FIRST
DAY
LONDON,
January
31:
(CP)
First
rl
BUDAPEST.
Jan.
31
Itoatlcd
bands
of
Iron
Guards
are
still
resisting
the
Nazi
regime
"In
Rumania.
Three
thousand
rebels
against
the
government
of
Premier
Ion
Antonescu
have
been
arrested
ln
Buchirst
alone.
Jails
are
congested
and
even
the
schools
are
now
being
used
toi
house
prisoners.
Many
mayors
of
Roumanian
cities
and
towns
wh6
were
dismissed
In
the
purge
have
been
FAR
EAST
WAR
OVER
which
are
believed
not
to
know
that
j
an
Armistice
has
been
called,
the
j
border
war
between
Thailand
andi
French
Indo-China
was
over
while
negotiations
for
peace
proceeded.
The
peace
conference
was
being
conducted
on
a
Japanese
warship
and
other
Japanese
warships
were
standing
nearby.
AMERICANS
IN
SERVICE
United
States
Fliers
Arc
Now
On
Guard
for
Great
Britain
LONDON,
January
31
The
squadron
of
American
volunteer
fliers
In
England
has
completed
Its
training
and
1s
now
on
active
service
engaged
ln
guarding
of-Brltaln
SHELTER
DEATH
SHEFFIELD,
England,
31
(CP)
Two
women
who
took
a
bucket
brazier
Into
an
uhveiitlla-Anderson
shelter
in
Sheffield
prt
of
the
fumes,
Butch
aavs.
"TVin't
and
win?
blazing.
I
feel
very
cocky
again,
look
for
,the
fight
and
find
it
ls
out
of
sight.
I
go
home
and
find
that
I've
2,
1940)
First
day
at
our
new
station.
Leapt
from
our
I
virgin
couches
at
0G50.
This
shook
me
a
bit.
Was
still
I
slightly
dopey
when
at
15,000
feet
we
sighted
a
large
lump!
nf
hilt
v
Bnlifl
Wnnl
nf
OA
rin.,ninu
Ol
n.
...!n.
i
.
.
.
i
only
fired
300
rounds.
(Next:
C
.
who
ls
ollowlng
me,
gets
plugged
and
has
to
crash-
Big
Air
Base
Scheme
Puts
.
Many
At
Work
SEATTLE,
January
31
Three
thousand
skilled
workers
will
be
Nevertheless
Some
Fighting
Contin-
given
employment
on
a
$24,OO0.O0Q
ues
as
Thai
and
Indo-China
J
air
base
scheme
in
Alaska.
The
Talk
i
payroll
will
amount
to
$50,000
a
SAIGON,
Jan.
31.
Except
for
ajday.
few
minor
clashes
participants
in
PROMISES
US.
HELP
President
Roosevelt
Makes
Pledge
in
Receiving
Credentials
of
New
Envoy
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
3L
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
yesterday,
in
formally
receiving
the
credentials
of
viscount
namax
as
British
ambassador
to
the.
United
States,
pledged
United
States
to
give
assistance
m
an
ever-increasing
scale
to
Great
Britain
In
carrying
on
the
war.
Istanbul
Air
Raid
Alarm
ISTANBUL,
Jan.
31.
Istanbul
January
had
Its
first
air
raid
alarm
yester
day.
It
Came
in
Uic
cuiuae
three
day
practice
of
air
raid
precaution
measures.
Airplanes
soared,
overhead.
T
4ttiigM
United
States
Secretary
of
Navy
Makes
Strong
Plea
for
Support
of
"Lease-Lend"
Bill
er
escort.
Attacked
enmasse,
then
dived
away
as
fighters
!
cpi-
secvretary
of
the
Navy
COMMENTS
ON
HITLER
"Just
Another
Pep
Talk"
"Travesty
of
Pacts
and
Tissue
of
Falsehoods."
LONDON,
January
31
"Just
an-
came
aown.
Joined
Butch
aealn
after
a
frantic
tail-watching
break-away,
and
started
after
the
bombers
again.
Suddenly
we
see
a
Dornier
coming
towards
us
running
for
home.
We
jump
on
it
Butch
site
on
it?
tail,
pumping
lead
at
it.
1
do
quarter
attacks.
He
doesnt
like
this,
lumps
fall
off
and
smoke
pours
out.
I
am
awake
now
and
felling
hungry.
Fran''
Knox
testified
today
before
the
Senate
foreign
'"relations
committee
in
the
hearing
on
the
"lea
intend"
aid
to
Britain
bill
that
the
United
States
government
had
information
that
Germany
was
watchlns
long
range
weather
forecasts
for
a
period
of
expected
good
weather
in
which
to
launch
an
invasion
of
Oreat
Britain.
Knox
renewed
hi?
forecast
of
a
very
grave
crisis
within
sixty
or
ninety
davs
in
the
course
of
his
testimony
which
T
r
"TJ
more
ammunition
on
hlm-thls
'included
statement
that
it
was
described
Chancellor
Adolf
papers
guy-s
nnWied."
x
..0kay
Bud,
..wi,d
fancy..
to
talk
as
Col
char!es
nun
yDMcraoy.
ira-
and
forrnate
on
the
Dornier
as
he
1'.!
ctsandatlssueoffalae-
hcads
for,
Rochford
(small
town
hoods."
said
one
newspaper,
point-
ln
g,,.
He
ls
a
wreck-rudders
ing
to
misrepresentation
of
facts
ln
rIbbons
and
pleces
falIlng
of
both
past
and
present.
all
the
0ne
g
comes
out
at
The
BrltUh
answer
to
Chancel-
m
feet
parachute
streams
as
he
lor
Adolf
Hitler's
speech-of
Thurs-
hlts
the
groUnd-
bounces.
Butch
day
is
that
tree
people
will
fight
and
x
Me
very
cocky
g0
home
and
to
the
end
until
Germany
ls
forced
shoot
a
horrid
llne
to
throw
out
the
Nazi
control.
This
rshoctlm;
a
line"
Is
R
A
F
was
conveyed
ln
a
British
Broad-
sian,g
Ior
boasting
of
one's
ex-casting
Corporation
statement
to-
piolta).
day
The
American
press
attaches
little
importance
to
the
latest
Hitler
speech.
ARE
STILL"
RESISTING
Iron
Guards
Continue
Ficht
Against
Antonescu
Congestion
of
Prisoners
A.
Lindbergh
had
done
of
a
negotiated
neaee
in
Eurooe.
Llndberch.
Knox
asserted,
was
not
competent
to
speak
on
the
subject
of
military
strateev.
He
said
that
Germany
and
Great
Britain
alike
were
seeking
desperately
for
a
plane
that
would
be
master
of
the
skies.
I
Col
Knox,
in
urging
full
and
immediate
supDort
to
Great
Britain.
,sald
that
United
States
Reeded
tlme
to
preoare
to
meet
a
strqnp,
Hun
Into
'Whole
Pile"
aggressive
Germany
if
it
was
to
Two
more
quick
sorties
seeing
,
pre,yengthi
war,
trjim.belngr.lii-fiot$J;
nd
then
n101"
'
blitzkrieg
"erTeS
fffmcrKKttSnM,
Br
cri
the"fburth
do.
We
run
into
a
tain
were
defeated,
he
declared,
whole
pile
of
Messerschmitts
110s
Germany
would
most
certainly
en-ond
Dorniera.
Too
far
to
attack
the
deavour
to
take
over
bases
on
this
bombers,
so
we
start
mixing
it
with
Side
and
move
Its
forces
across
the
the
110s.
They
circle
and
a
lot
Atlantic
as
soon
as
she
earned
suf-
come
down
vertically
behind
us.
fiiient
strength.
Negotiated
peace
I
lose
Butch
and
everyone
else
could
only
result
ln
stalemate.
As)
as
l
turn
round
ana
rouna.watcn-
ionK
as
the
Nazi
system
continued,
ing
my
tall.
Then
a
110
rears
up
united
States
would
have
to
have
a
in
front
of
me,
plain
view
and
does
.
tremendous
army
and
navy
to
en-a
steep
turn.
Range
is
almost
point-1
sure
her
continued
existence,
blank
as
I
turn
inside
and
plug
vvhlle
Col.
Knox
was
giving
his
him.
He
disappears
under
my
nose
testimony
before
the
Senate
for-and.
when
I
see
him
again,
he
isieiEn
relations
committee,
the
bill
was
sent
at
the
other
end
of
the
Capitol
to
the
House
of
Representatives
floor
for
a
momentous
debate
starting
Monday.
After
a
brief
hearing,
the
House
rules
commit
tee
gave
the
bill
legislative
right-of-way
under
procedure
calling
for
three
days
of
general
date
and
permitting
unlimited
offering'
of
amendments.
U.S.-JAPAN
WILL
FIGHT
Sir
Victor
Sassoon
Believes
Germany
Will
Push
Nippon
Into
War
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Jan.
31.
Arriving
here
yesterday
from
Hong
Kong,
Sir
Victor
Sassoon
predicted
that
United
States
and
Japan
would
I
LIBRA
pv
OONA
RIVER
MAN
DIES
Victim
of
pneumonia
which
developed
from
a
severe
cold,
Dal-mar
Anderson,
68-year-old
fisherman,
died
at
Oona
River,
Porcher
Island,
at
2.
o.clock
Thursday
morning
and
his
body
was
brought
in
last
night
by
Harold
Jensen.
Mr.
Anderson
was
a
native
of
Sweden
but
had
been
in
Canada
for
many
years,
having
been
for
a
considerable
time
a
resident
of
Oona
River.
As
far
as
can
be
learned,
there
are
no
relatives
in
this
country.
RIBBENTROP
IS
WORRIED
Would
Like
to
See
Petaln
and
Laval
Get
Together
More
Quickly
BERLIN,
Jan.
31.
A
spokesman
for
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop
said
today
that
the
German
foreign
minister
was
"astonished
and
con
cerned"
over
the
failure
of
Premier
Marshal
Henri
Phillippe
Petaln
and
Pierre
Laval
to
get
together
more
quickly
in
France.
Berlin
appears
to
agree
with
a
campaign
which
has
been
launched
by
the
Paris
press
attacking
the
Vichy
government
for
failure
to
cooperate
with
Germany.
Signs
are
not
lacking
of
a
collapse
altoge
ther
in
he
co-operation
of
be
at
war
within
a
year.
Germany
.
and
would
push
Japan
into
war
with
the
United
States,
Sir
Victor
said,
in
the
effort
to
divert
American
support
from
England
so
that
Germany
would
have
better
chances
in
an
invasion
of
Britain.
Racket
In
Insurances
EDMONTON,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
Edmonton
police
announced
'
today
that
theft
and
false
pre-
tences
charges
have
been
laid
France
Germany.
Jack
Nichol
Is
Dead
In
South
Only
Son
of
Former
Newspaper
Owner
and
Lieutenant
Governor
VICTORIA,
January
31
John
More
Nichol.
only
son
of
the
late
W.
C.
Nichol,
one
time
owner
of
ithe
Vancouver
Province,
and
lieu
tenant-governor,
died
here
yesterday
at
the
age
of
43
after
a
lengthy
illness.
against
sixteen
Edmonton
ln-
oiof
Hanson.
M.P.
for
Skeena.
ar-
surance
adjusters
and
garages.
;
rived
in
the
city
from
Smlthers
on
The
crown
alleges
that
padding
iast
nlcht's
train
and
will
sail
on
of
Insurance
bills
was
carried
,tne
venture
tonight
for
Vancouver,
out
by
some
or
tne
qeienaants
'calling
at
Bella
Bella,
Namu
and
while
others
stole
various
au-
(
other
coastal
points
on
the
way
tomobiie
accessories
oy
listing
them
on
Insurance
bills.
south.
On
his
return
north,
he
ex
pects
to
be
accompanied
by
Mrs.
Hanson
who
has
been
spending
some
time
in
Vancouver.
WeatHen
Foret
.3.
Sails
Tomorrow'sTides,
Prince
Rupert
easter?
Strong
.
High
4:24
am.
10.9
ft.
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or
moderately
galea,
unset.
'oft.fat-
16:26
am
1C.2
ft.
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nnd
mild
with
nln
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Low
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22:41
pjn.
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ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
26.
Speed
Urged
On
Aid
Bill
Flying
For
Britain
Being
the
Diary
of
the
Last
15
Days
in
the
Life
of
a
Koyal
Air
Force
Ace
MENACE
IS
REAL
SAYS
COL.
KNOX
Air
Raid
Horn
Heard
in
Montreal
Montr
1
Tfn
"n
winfd
la
'
week
-nd
Hi
at
ihe
time
has
come
for
them
"to
prepare
an
air
raid
shelter"
ln
every
rr
:e.
Asrs-tant
Director
Charles
Barnes
of
the
Montreal
Folic
Department
and
organizer
of
the
'C.P.C."
Civilian
Protec-ticn
Committee
and
William
Fair
on
a
roof
of
a
building
test
a
dlaphorie
horn,
twenty-five
of
which
spaced
a
mile
and
three-quarters
rrHrt
on
roofs
that
have
been
selected,
would
adequately
cover
the
metropolis.
These
horns
can
be
heard
over
an
area
of
'four
square
miles,
but
to
overcome
normal
sounds;
within
offices,
stores,
factories,
homes
and
public
conveyances,
etc.,
sites
half
that
distance
apart
have
been
chosen
as
a
result
of
many
tests.
These
horns
being
operated
by
compressed
air,
a
reserve
supply
is
available
to
offset
danger
of
power
Bultetins
CASUALTIES
.More
Than
Seven
Thousand
Italians
Killed
or
Wounded
by
1
Greeks
During
Last
Few
;
Days
I
i
ATHENS,
Jan.
31.
More
than
seven
thousand
Italian
soldiers
liave
,
,
been
killed
or
wounded
during
the
.
last
few
days
in
the
course
of
the
failure
of
the
Fascist
counter-oi-
'fensive
against
the
Greeks
In
the
war
in
Albania.
Greek
forces,
pushing
north
of
Klisura,
are
reported
to
have
found
heaps
of
Italian
dead
and
many
wounded
in
abandoned
Fascist
positions,
A
Greek
spokesman
said
that
four
Italian
counter-attacks
had
been
repulsed
in
two
days.
Later
reports
from
the
Albanian
front
said
that
the
charges
were
so
disastrous
that
Italian
commanders
had
to
call
off
the
offensive
action
to
reorganize
their
forces.
The
Italians
are
reported
to
be
withdrawing
from
Tepelini,
one
of
the
important
points
on
the
way
to
j
Valona.
This
withdrawal
of
Italian
troops
from
the
key
point
ln
the
Greek
drive
in
Valona
was
reported
by
military
circles
at
Belgrade
but
there
was
no
Immediate
FISHING
IS
IMPROVING
Industry
is
Getting
Out
of
Red,
Declares
Hon.
J.
E.
Mlchaud
OTTAWA,
Jan.
31.
The
Canadian
fishing
industry
ls
getting
out
of
the
registry,
Hon.
J.E.
Mlchaud,
minister
of
fisheries,
says.
Things
are
getting
better
for
the
men
ln
the
industry
which
provides
a
living
for
half
a
million
people.
NO
BREAK
IN
ITALY
Ridiculous
to
Suggest
That
His
Ally
is
Cracking
Up,
Declared
Chancellor
Hitler
BERLIN,
Jan.
31.
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler,
ln
his
speech
yester
day,
ridiculed
reports
that
Italy
was
cracking
up.
All
hopes
of
revolt
ln
Italy
were
futile.
Germany
and
Italy
would
march
ahead
side
by
side.
OHIOOWOCHaOWf00HXHHKW
War
News
j
HEAVY
RAIDS
RESUMED
LONDON
Nazi
bombers,
coming
up
the
Thames
estuary
in
large
formations
and
then
breaking
up
into
various
sec
Hons,
today
staged
the
most
intensive
and
widespread
series
of
daylight
air
raids
London
and
other
parts
of
England
hav;
experienced
in
months.
There
were
far
flung
"lone
wolf"
-aids.
Several
persons
were
killed
and
a
number
of
buildings
dem
Wished.
Many
incendiaries
were
dropped
but
these
were
q'
ickly
doused.
Three
persons
are
known
to
have
been
killed
a:
id
at
least
four
injured
today
in
an
afternoon
raid
on
London
i
hich
followed
two
earlier
bombless
alarms.
There
were
no
alerts
jverj
night.
JAPAN
VS.
CHINA
SHANGHAI
Violent
fighting
is
reported
to
have
irok-en
out
again
between
Japanese
invaders
and
Chinese
def
eiders
in
the
southern
part
of
Honan
Province.
ITALIANS
QUIT
TEPELINI
ATHENS
Tepelini,
important
town
on
the
way
to
Va-Icna,
has
been
abandoned
by
the
Italians
to
the
Greeks
H
the
war
in
Albania.
The
Italians
are
now
falling
back
on
Vr
'ona.
The
Greeks
brought
down
four
Italian
planes
in
air
fig
iting
over
the
battle
front
ln
Albania
yesterday.
The
Italian
attempted
to
use
tanks
in
the
Albanian
fighting
but
they
b
gged
down.
The
Fascists
have
lost
heavily
again
in
prisoners
and
equipment.
EIGHT
MILLION
BRITONS
LONDON
Great
Britain,
it
is
estimated,
may
have
eight
million
men
under
arms
by
September.
The
Italians
attempted
to
use
tanks.
DRIVING
ON
ALL
FRONTS
CAIRO
British
forces
continue
their
drive
across
northern
Libya
towards
Bengasi
following
the
capture
of
D:rna.
Somewhere
between
Derna
and
Bengasi
the
Italians
ar
expected
to
make
a
stand.
A
number
of
Italian
counter-attat
fcs
in
Eritrea
have
been
repulsed
by
the
British,
the
Fascists
si
ffer-ing
heavy
casualties.
In
Ethiopia,
the
British
are
appr.
idling
the
important
town
of
Moyale.
In
Italian
Somilllani
the
British
campaign
continues
satisfactorily,
-
IVRMIsflcJF:
SIGNED
"
SAIGON
An
armistice
was
signed
today
in
the
war
between
Thailand
and
French
indo-Chlna.
Terms,
negotiatsl.by
1
Japan,
were
not
immediately
disclosed.
The
armistice
:nds
months
of
intermittent
border
fighting.
Japanese
military
Mediators
were
looking
on
during
the
signing
by
the
reprssen-tatives
of
Thailand
and
French
Indo-China
and
a
Japanese
naval
force
was
standing
by.
Enemy
Sub
Off
Coast
Of
Canada
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
31.
The
!
V
possibility
of
an
enemy
sub-
marine
operating
off
the
east
j
coast
of
Canada
ls
seen.
A
i
f
suspicious
undersea
craft
ls
re-
ported
to
have
been
sighted
not
.
4
far
frnm
St.
John
.
Newfound-
lanH
In
the
virlnitv
Of
the
T
Grand
Banks.
King
Receives
.
Harry
Hopkins
President
Roosevelt's
Personal
En
voy
Lunches
with
His
Majesty
LONDON,
Jan.
31
King
George
i
i
gave
an
audience
yesieruay
tu
Harry
Hopkins,
personal
envoy
to
President
Franklin,
D.
Roosevelt.
Hopkins
had
luncheon
with
His
Majesty
and
the
Queen.
GERMAN
IS
SHUTDOWN
At
Least
One
Nazi
Raider
Destroyed
By
British
Yesterday,
It
Is
Known
.
LONDON,
Jan.
31.
One
German
air
raider
ls
known
to
have
been
shot
down
during
the
course
of
day
light
raids
by
the
Nazis
yesterday.
The
raids
on
England
yesterday
were
the
heaviest
in
several
weeks
but
they
were
of
scattered
nature
with
only
a
few
machines
partici
pating.
Balloons
ln
barrage
at
Dover
were
slneled
out
for
attack
and
a
number
were
dropped.
There
was
no
air
raiding
activity
in
any.
part
of
England
last
night
TELLS
OF
i
DUNKERQUE
Noted
Correspondence
Sa:
s
Hitler
Lost
His
Chance
to
G
t
to
England
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
31.
7
bert
G.
Nixon,
noted
war
conrespc
dent,
at
a
dinner
in
his
honor
lr.
t
night,
said
that,
if
the
British
r
my
had
not
succeeded
in
the
evac
ation
of
Dunkerque,
which
he
covei
id,
there
might
have
been
no
Engla:
d
today.
Hitler
could
have
been
lr
London
in
ten
days
after
the
cc
'apse
of
France,
declared
Nixon.
"N
w,
however,"
Nixon
said
"I
don't
believe
she
could
get
there
in
ten
years,
"Their
morale
ls
high,"
s
Id
Nixon
of
the
British
people,
".s
usual.
they
do
every
job
they
unc-Ttake
in
a
thorough
manner.
FORD
IS
ADAM
NT
Automobile
Magnate
Wc
Id
Give
His
Plants
to
Goven
ncnt
Rather
Than
Bow
to
(
.1.0.
DETROIT,
Jan.
31.
Heury
Ford,
automobile
manufacture
T,
magnate,
yesterday
author
d
the
statement
that,
rather
tl
m
agree
to
the
Congress
on
Indui-.rlal
Or
ganization
demand
for
a
closed
shop,
he
would
turn
his
pli.nts
over
to
the
federal
government
for
a
rental
of
$1
per
year
so
aat
they
might
be
used
for
natlont
I
defence
purposes.
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Circulation
of
the
Daily
News
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Inspection
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