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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
nOL
XX,
NO.
295.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1941.
PRICE:
nVE
CENTS
uropean
War
At
Turning
Point
CANADA
AND
U.S.
ARE
ONE
GREAT
AREA
FOR
PRODUCTION
IN
CRISIS
Boundary
Lines
Almost
Gone
in
Co-Operation
Developed
Through
Year
by
Various
Boards
Co-Operate
in
Production
of
War
Supplies.
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Nineteen-forty-one
saw
the
49th
parallel
of
latitude,
which
for
more
than
a
century
has
been
a
shining
example
to
the
world
of
the
practical
benefits
of
a
good
neighbor
policy,
disappear
in
many
respects
as
a
boundary
line
between
Canada
and
ne
United
States.
By
a
series
of
inter-related
actions,
n-operatlon
ana
couaDorauon
uc
ween
the
two
nations
in
produc-,:a
of
war
supplies
was
advanced
u
ihe
point
where
boundary
lines
4iniu.st
disappeared
and
the
Nurtn
imcncan
continent
north
of
Mcx-,
:o
was
regarded
almost
as
one
vast
production
area.
This
trend
award
a
continental
viewpoint
U
expected
to
be
accelerated
as
a
re-ui.
of
the
United
States
b?com-
a;
open
belligerent
In
the
war
ana
ail
the
machinery
necessary
r
n
has
been
in
operation
for
(r.ruahs.
The
mutual
confidence
which
.i
u
.le
cped
between
Canada
and
the
United
States
over
a
,.od
in
ynrs
has
facilitated
the
.cation
and
successful
operation
il
a
seiies.of
permanent,
as
well
as
temporary.
Joint
commissions
fu;
handling
problems
of
common
concern.
Ihcm
wo
Joattnxubi-uatlooal.
boards,
each
concerned
with
Joint
w
.
r.
imc
production
plans,
the
common
defence
of
the
two
na-:
;ns.
cotvJcrvation
and
dlstribu-,an
of
raw
materials
and.
finally,
tr
oimic
collaboration,
both
in
wrt.vne
and
peace.
In
addition
to
bnirds,
there
are
various
direct
administrative
liaison
agen-
.
.
.
a
Attniim
..
3
in
wasnmgwn
ana
un-twa.
Hyde
Park
Pact
A,
far
as
the
United
Sates
is
oncerned,
this
mesh.ng
of
war
effort
by
the
two
countries
has
been
ol
tremendous
value.
Under
the
veims
of
the
Hyde
Park
agreement,
signed
by
Prime
Minister
..Kcnzie
King
and
President
Rout
vUt
April
20,
1941,
the
United
SUles
placed
millions
of
dol-u.s
worth
of
war
orders
In
Canada,
taking
advantage
of
production
facilities
already
in
operation
,
m
thr
v,
TTnitPrt
United
states
States
and
ana
wnicn
,
could
not
have
been
duplicated
in
the
United
States
except
at
great
less
of
time
and
energy.
In
addition
to
that,
the
United
Stales
has
gained
access
to
Canada
s
vast
natural
resources
on
a
priority
bas's
that
assures
a
continuity
oi
supply
and
inexhaustible
reserves
which
do
not
have
to
be
fnn.nnrtoH
nrrnss
an
ocean.
One
of
the
most
practical
achievements
of
the
Permanent
Joint
Board
on
Defence,
was
the
construction,
by
the
Canadian
government,
of
a
string
of
air
fields
from
Edmonton
north
to
Alaska.
The
immediate
object
of
these
fields
carved
out
of
rock
and
forest
of
the
northern
wilderness
was
to
provide
the
United
States
with
the
means
of
rushing
aircraft,
particularly
short-range
fighters,
to
Alaska
and
the
Aleut-
Ian
n
Island
isiana
bases.
oases.
This
defence
board
was
set
up
,
by
the
Prime
Minister
ana
u
President
when
they
conferred
at
Ogdcnsburg.
N.
in
August,
1940,
to
"consider
in
the
broad
sense
the
defence
of
the
north
half
of
the
Western
Hemisphere,
not
only
the
land
portions
of
the
two
nations
but
the
approaches
by
land
and
sea.
By
April,
1941,
the
board
had
completed
"strategic
plans
for
the
mh...
rt
naval
defence
of
Canada
and
the
United
States
which
were
submitted
to
the
two
t-overnments
and
probably
formed
the
basis
of
the
strengthening
of
the
east
coast
and
west
coast
defences
that
has
been
accomplished
since
then.
I
Collections
Qf
Taxes
In
City
Are
Up
!
General
taxation
collections
at
Prince
Ru-nert
at
89
percent
are
the
highest
for
any
.
"
..
-
j
year
since
it
was
announced
at
the
city
hall
-this
morning.
The
percentage
in
1930
was
89.5
and
in
1931
it
was
87.7
percent.
MENACE
OF
JAPANESE
Member
of
Victoria
Executive
Speaker
at
Local
Canadian
Legion
Meeting.
An
interesting
speaker
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
Canadian
Legion
last
night
was
Jack
Neary
of
Victoria.
Mr.
Neary
who
feas
been
on
the
executive
of
the
Britannia
Branch
of
the
Legion
in
Victoria
for
years
discussed
various
phases
of
Canadian
Legion
activities.
He
reminded
his
listeners
how
for
years
the
Biit-ish
Columbia
Legion
had
empha-
of
Japancse
Con
lndustries
on
on
th
tne
Pacific
Coast.
Events
have
shown
that
they
were
right
in
their
demands
for
close
scrutiny
of
such
enterprises.
A
hearty
vote
oi
Jhante
was
accorded
Mr.
Neary.
The
meeting
of
the
Legion
ioqk
nhro
in
the
clubrooms
wl'h
vice-
president
W.
J.
Ranee
in
the
chair.
Among
the
many
letters
of
appreciation
for
courtesies
extended
by
the
brancn
was
one
Lionel
Cy
Peck,
V.C.,
who
wrote
at
of
the
acknowledgement
length
in
kindness
of
the
brancn
in
uuvim.
him
as
its
guest
on
tne
occasiun
.mtann.
Day.
Colonel
Peck
spoke
specially
of
tne
honor
he
felt
in
having
Deen
mu
w
command
the
Memorial
parade
on
that
day.
The
need
for
more
veierau
w
the
Veterans'
Guard
was
stressed
fmm
local
recriiiiuiB
m
nre
verv
few
of
ii-
n,Vu.rs
plietble
u
ontprtalnment
comm.ttee
arrangements
for
has
completed
ii
enme
extra
comforts
for
-ii
in
this
area
as
well
as
thosa
men
who
went
overseas
from
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
form
of
Christmas
modified
to
hold
a
tree
this
next
Sunday
afternoon
for
children
of
members
of
the
branch
and
Women's
Auxll-
iary
The
ennaren
uu
nu4.
the
usual
picnic
this
year
and
the
i
eomo
uras
remiueQ
tu
tuo
cost
oi
"
,
,
...
.
ronndian
Fund
for
Air
..j
..i.Htvia
hut
it
was
felt
that
thev
were
entitled
to
a
uuiwiuiao
tree
even
if
on
a
iimueu
ewic
War
THREAT
TO
MALAYA
Great
Britain
acknowledged
that
a
withdrawal
south
of
the
Krian
River
on
the
southern
border
of
Kedah
in
Malaya
had
increased
the
threat
to
Penang,
strategic
Malayan
city
on
the
land
loute
which
the
Japanese
must
take
to
reach
Singapore.
RUSSIANS
FORGING
AHED
The
Red
Army
has
advanced
forty
miles
in
twenty-four
hours
while
pursuing
the
Ninth
German
Army
west
of
recaptured
Kalinin
and
today
(he
Nazis
are
withdiawing
from
Mohaik.
another
Important
city
which
they
had
occupied.
Mohahk
is
fifty
miles
west
of
Moscow.
The
enemy
are
also
in
full
retreat
west
of
Leningrad
now
and
communications
have
been
re-established
between
Moscow
and
Leningrad.
To
the
south
Kharkov
is
hack
in
the
battle
rone.
The
Russians
have
recaptured
hundreds
of
Villages
and
the
Germans
arc
back
where
they
were
months
ago$:
The
enemy,
in
their
flight,
are
abandoning
huge
stocks
of
fighting
equipment
including
tanks
and
motors.
Only
a
feeble
rearguard
action
is
now
being
fought
by
the
Germans.
Berlin
radio
speaks
o'
"unimaginable
power"
of
Russian
resistance.
FULL
RETREAT
IN
LIBYA
Axis
forces
arc
in
full
retreat
everywhere
in
the
Libyan
campaign.
All
their
lines
have
been
bioken.
The
British
are
now
150
miles
inside
the
Libyan
border.
Between
Tohruk.and
Gazala
forty
uns
were
found
yesterday.
The
enemy
tank
forces
have
been
clecnl.
British
tornting
planes
are
e.fcctively
attacking
coastal
points.
Bulletins
TAX
CONFERENCE
OTTAWA
A
conference
between
the
federal
government
and
representatives
of
the
provinces
in
regard
to
taking
over
the
income
tax
opened
hcra
today
with
Finance
.Minister
J.
L.
llsley
presiding.
Fire
provincial
premiers,
including
Hon.
John
Hart
of
British
Columbia,
are
in
attendance.
TURKEY
FOR
CHRISTMAS
'
OTTAWA
Arrangements
have
been
completed
through
the
Red
Cross
whereby
there
will
be
Christmas
turkey
for
Canadian
prisoners
in
Germany
and
for
German
prisoners
in
Canada.
TYING
UP
JAP
BOATS
NEW
WESTMINSTER
More
than
one
thousand
Japanese
fishing
boats
from
all
Marts
of
the
coast
are
being
tied
up
under
guard
at
a
central
point
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
ON
MANCHOUKUAN
BORDER
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army
is
reported
to
be
manoeuvering
in
Siberia
near
the
Thailand
border.
PAN-AMERICAN
CONFERILNCK.
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
Foreign
ministers
of
all
American
republics
are
called
to
meet
here
January
15
to
consider
the
situation
arising
out
of
the
war
between
United
States
and
Japan.
Canada
may
also
be
invited.
REGISTER
ALL
MEN
WASHINGTON
The
House
of
Representatives
yesterday
passed
a
bill
calling
for
the
registration
of
all
American
men
between
18
and
35
for
militarv
or
non-combatant
selective
service.
WOMEN
AS
POLICEMEN
OTTAWA
Speaking
here
yes
terday,
Hon.
J.
G.
Gardiner,
minister
of
agriculture,
called
on
all
women
of
Canada
to
be
policemen
against
any
attempt
to
run
up
prices
in
contravention
of
the
jirice
ceiling
law.
1912
WHEAT
ACREAGE
EDMONTON
Speaking
here
yesterday,
Hon.
J.
G.
Gardiner,
minister
of
agriculture,
advised
farmers
to
keep
the
1912
wheat
acreage
to
the
same
level
as
last
year.
Great
Britain
would
take
all
available
pork
and
dairy
products
and
United
States
was
in
the
market
for
all
cattle
that
could
be
supplied.
News
I
5
SUPREME
,
'the
'
COMMAND
ond
FOR
WAR
to
."
1
!
DiscuionsLnder
Way
for
Estab-
lishmcnt
Top
Authority
for
Allies.
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
!W
Discussions
aic
under
way
for
the
establishment
of
a
supreme
Allied
war
authority
to
direct
high
strategy
against
the
Axh,
the
authoritative
Press
Association
said
tonight,
and
some
quarters
of
here
believe
Washington
will
be
the
headquarters.
REGISTER
!
JAPANESE
I
I
Provincial
Police
Taking
Names
of
I
All
Nationals
and
Thse
Naturalized
Since
September,
1922.
Registration
of
Japanese
nationals
and
all
Japanese
naturalized
since
September,
1922,
is
now
proceeding
at
provincial
police
headquarters
here,
starting
with
quite
a
rush
this
morning.
The
registration
is
being
camel
out
under
Defence
of
Canada
Regula
tions
with
the
Royal
Canadian
'Mounted
Police
assisting
the
pro-
,
....
Japanese
born
In
Canada
and
the
United
States
and
thosa
naturalized-
in
either
country
prior
to
September,
1922
are
not
required
to
register.
AUSSIES'
TEA
TESTS
BRISBANE,
Dec.
18;
O)
Tests
are
being
made
in
tea
growing
i
Queensland
with
100
trees
but
"little
hope
Is
being
held
out
for
suxess
because
of
the
long
period
of
selectivity
needed
to
fit
the
type
to
the
climate."
H.M.S.
Dunedin
Is
Torpedoed
LONDON.
Dec.
18:
The
Admiralty
announces
th3
loss
of
H.M.S.
Dunedin.
The
ves-
sel
was
a
5000-ton
light
crul-
ser
with
complement
of
500
officers
and
men.
She
was
torpedoed
and
sunk
In
the
At-
lantic.
Axis
Front
!n
North
Africa
Completely
Shattered
While
Nazis
Are
On
Run
In
Russia
HONG
KONG
IS
HOLDING
Blow
for
Blow
Being
Exchanged
There
Between
British
Defenders
and
Enemy
Japs
Battle
of
Malaya
.apancsc
Continue
Fierce
Drive
Towards
Tenang
and
SingaporePhilippines
Raided
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
British
defenders
of
Hong
Kong
are
still
exchanging
blow
for
blow
with
the
enemy
Japanese
across
trie
oae-mlle
distance
between
Kowloon
and
the
port
and
Island
proper.
.The
garrison
Is
believed
to
still
:have
a
chancd
of
holding
out
al-
though
it
has
been
suggested
that
position
is
untenable.
Sir
Mark
Youne.
governor
of
Hone
Kons,
today
refuse!
a
sec
demand
from
the
Japanese
surrender.
Nevertheless,
Lon
don
mllliarv
experts
appeav
to
be
agreed
that
Hong
Kong
cannot
hold
hold
..outLindefinltely
.outLindefinltely
if
if,
,
the
the
Jap-l
Jap-
Bn3
-
tin
lo
srfTEe'
'
f"
A
Nil
IN
men
on
ani,
and
materials
rials
that
that
will
will
be
oe
i
i
necessary
to
take
It
The
Japanese
have
already
suffered
heavy
casualties
at
Kowloon.
The
Japanese
are
still
fighting
furiously
In
their
drive
down
the
Malay
Peninsula
to
threaten
Ilrst
Penang
and
then
Singapore.
British
troops
defending
parte
northern
Malaya
withdrew
to
new
positions
during
the
night
and
are
now
reorganizing.
Alcng
the
Muda
River
Japanese
attacks
were
held
back,
the
British
holding
positions
there.
At
some
points
the
enemy
has
suffered
heavy
casualties.
In
Philippines
The
Philippines
continue
quiet
with
no
further
serious
land
at
tacks
by
the
Japanese.
The
JaDanese
raided
two
Amer
ican
air
fields
on
Luzon
Island
today
but
did
little
damage.
No
casualties
are
reported.
The
entire
Philippine
army
is
being
taken
over
by
the
United
States
army
of
the
Far
East
in
the
course
of
an
amalgamation
of
'
all
defence
forces
with
a
view
to
bringing
about
the
greatest
pos
sible
co-ordination.
The
war
In
the
Far
East
appears
to
be
settling
down
momentarily
at
least.
CUBA
FOILS
AXIS
PLOT
Aim
Was
to
Set
Up
Naval
Signal
ling
Equipment
for
Benefit
of
Enemy.
HAVANA,
Dec.
18:
A
fifth
columnist
plot
to
set
up
naval
signalling
equipment
In
Cuba
for
the
benefit
of
the
Axis
has
been
un
covered
and
three
arrests
have
already
been
made,
it
is
announc
ed
by
the
government.
The
ar
rested
Include
one
alleged
member
of
the
German
Gestapo.
Italians
and
Japanese
are
also
believed
to
be
involved.
BEN
FRANKLIN'S
SHEET
SMS
The
Saturday
Evening
Post
was
originally
the
Pennsylvania
Gazette
bought
by
Benjamin
Franklin
In
1729,
STALIN
DESCRIBES
GERMANS
AS
RESEMBLING
FORCES
OF
NAPOLEON
IN
BLOODY
RETREAT
FROM
MOSCOW
.BRITISH
IN
RELENTLESS
PURSUIT
IN
NORTH
AFRICA.
A
great
and,
perhaps,
decisive
turning
point
"marked
Europe's
war
on
two
fronts
today
as
Great
Britain
announced
the
Axis
front
in
North
Africa
was
completely
shattered
and
Russia
declared
that
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
invasion
armies
were
fleeing
in
chaos.
President
Joseph
Stalin
of
Russia
was
quoted
as
describing
the
Germans
as
resembling
the
forces
of
Napoleon
in
their
bloody
retreat
from
Moscow
in
1812.
Havas
News
Agency
said
a
German
withdrawal
in
the
Ukraine
had
brought
the
industrial
city
of
Kharkov
back
into
the
battle
zone
and
on
the
central
front
Russian
cavalrymen
were
reported
to
have
chased
German
troops
to
within
nineteen
miles
of
Orel,
200
miles
south
of
Moscow.
In
the
north
around
Leningrad
the
Finns
reported
the
Red
Army
had
shifted
the
weight
of
the
offensive
against
them
with
Soviet
troops
attacking
along
the
whole
eastern
sector
of
Lake
Onega.
This
clearly
indicated
that
Leningrad
defence
armies
were
now
tree
Irom
uerman
pressure
on
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and
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Cairo
reports
that
the
Axis
front
has
been
complete-,
ly
shattered
in
eastern
Libya
after
five
days
of
fierce
combat
and
once
proud
armored
forces
of
the
Germans,
with
surviving
Italians
associated,
are
in
full
retreat
before
relentless
British
pursuit.
A
communique
said
that
the
enemy's
front
has
everywhere
been
broken.
HAWAIIAN
SHAKE-UP
High
Commanders
of
Navy,
Army
and
Air
Force
Are
All
Relieved
as
Result
of
"Sneak."
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
18:
The
United
States
entrusted
the
supreme
command
of
the
Pacific
fleet
today
to
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nimitz.
He
succeed?
Admiral
Husband
E.
Kiramel,
commander-in-chief
of
the
Pacific
fleet,
who,
with
two
other1
top-ranking
officers
of
the
Hawaiian
area,
was
relieved
of
command
pending
outcome
of
an
investigation
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
ordered
of
the
Pearl
Harbor
sneak
attack
by
the
Japanese.
The
army
relieved
Lieutenant
General
Walter
C.
Short
of
command
of
the
Hawaiian
military
department
and
Major
General
Frederick
L.
Martin
of
command
of
(he
Hawaiian
air
forces.
Lieut.
General
Delos
C.
Emmons
replaces
Short
and
General
C.
L.
Tinker
takes
over
air
command.
I
Withdrawal
I
Is
Unusual
I
.
..
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
IB
-The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
Vichy
authorities
haa
taken
the
unusual
stop
of
withdrawing
charges
that
a
British
submarine
had
sunk
the
French
freighter
St.
Denis.
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Pn,(
PmmH.l
PORTUGAL
CONCERNED
Government
in
Special
Session
to
Consider
Occupation
of
Island
of
Timor.
LISBON,
Dec.
18:
The
Portu
guese
government
is
meeting
in
special
session
to
consider
"serious
events"
concerning
the
Island
of
Timor,
north
of
Australia.
No
details
were
given
but
it
was
suggested
that
relations
between
Great
Britain
and
Portugal
would
have
to
be
gone
into
in
view
of
the
new
war
in
the
Far
East.
The
Netherlands
government
in
London
announced
that
Timor
had
been
occupied
by
Allied
troops
as
a
measure
or
protection
against
the
possibility
of
it
being
used
as
a
possible
base
for
Japanese
sub
marines.
Netherlands
and
Aus
tralian
forces
carried
out
the
oc
cupation.
Part
of
Timor
has
been
held
by
the
Netherlands
and
part
by
Por
tugal.
Timor
lies
between
Java
and
Australia.
The
announcement
of
Its
occu
pation
by
the
Netherlands
government
stressed
the
.activities
of
Japanese
submarines
off
Timor
and
said
the
occupation
was
to
safeguard
it
against
Japanese
ag
gression.
Only
5
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.
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