CAMPAIGN SEEMS HOPELESS ritish Continue to Thrust Deeper and Deeper Into Libva ' Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somaliland Derna's " 'l tall Appears Imminent LONDON RAIDS RENEWED LONDON After more than a letk of almost unbroken ouict h fir as this metropolis is con- rmfd, Nail air raiders renewed itir visits over I-ondon today, hey were bombers and rccon-aissance planes. Fire bombs ere dropped In on section of it city during the third of four 'arm period. I.Mi'e dama was iarm periods with damage and unilties. Anti-aircraft runs ere scllve a'l over the citv. Ifirst arm of fhu dav cam 'ate In e morn In r a rid" 'IaWd Tor hoot half in hour, the others inr In the afternoon. The iwth alarm of the day was the -nd of the war. They were the fft alarm) since last Thursday. pWDON. January 27 (Canadian hi A Ocrman bomber. 'which high explosive bombs on EPped eas coast district yesterday, td Tvcral persons but was ?hot 'ti. ihp Air Ministry announced gAnother ioni raider dropped IMw oo a northeast coast town. pbs on a northeast coast town. Pi persons, fcunday a lone German raider ppped bombs on a northeast pit town. RAIso Sunday a Oerman bomber pj brought down from over the FOR GOODS Farmers Would Have Larger Share Of National Income OTTAWA, Jan. 28. Asking for a Ifgcr share of the national income f better prices for their products, i delegation representing western kmers met Premier W. L. Macken- (' King and almost the entire cab let yesterday, receiving a sympatic hearing. pooooooaaoooixioaoaooaooooOTooowoow NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER War News PETAIN'S NEW AUTHORITY VICHY .Marshal Henri Phil-lippe Petaln has issued a decree assuming new authority to punish all office holders for their misdeeds against the state. The decree is retroactive for ten years. Extensive cabinet reorganiiatlon is believed impending. TO STOP GAP LONDON Great Britain is taking steps to tighten up on leakage of supplies through Russia to Germany, Minister of Economic Warfare stated today. Russia has been obtaining new stocks of such materials as cotton, copper, wheat and machines, from the United States, it is said, to replace its own stocks which have been sent to the Reich. IJASIS OF EXTRADITION OTTAWA Theft of a row boat in which he crossed the St. Law- I ine farmer asked that thev be. nrn Mver is being used as ne laid nn 4Vtn Uabm inntt iftOA nU. ' , t V.i cn rxtradi- Minister of Agriculture J. G. ardiner said that some farm 'cfs were already above those vels. Minister of National Resources T. Crerar also was active In the cussions. Yesterday's Circulation of the Daily News 2190 Yr Inspection Is InvileJ tlon proceedings against isaron Franz von Werra, escaped German prisoner, who made his getaway after landing from England and was picked up at Ogdensburg, New York. AIR RAIDS RESUMED LONDON High explosive and fir- linmbs fell on London to day, bringing back death and , destruction to the capital where , oi- mM sirens had been silent since last Thursday. One woman was killed and considerable damage reported to houses in the residential area but no other serious casualties were reported. prince rupert; b:cm Tuesday, January 28, mi. Help Of United ANOTHER ITALIAN GENERAL SURRENDERS AS MUSSOLINI 'WAR AIMS QUESTION Isolationist Senators Feel United States is Entitled to Information port might be expected any time. (that Turkey would stand fast The stage for the final assault is; against ain-"sinn and that Janan now set and its commencement is but a matter of hours, In Ethiopia. Italian troops, faced with a hopeless situation, are reported withdrawing even from the capital of Addis Ababa. In Italian Somaliland the Fascists are being equally hard Dressed. The Royal Air Force continues to pound away in various spheres. of t ho North African war. . - ReDorts have been current that xviarsnai gnui uoaouo v vuutiv uraziani, Italian 4kM4iai4 take place in a couple of weeks. tack.i BRITAIN CAN WIN VICHY, France Admiral William D. Leahy, new United States ambassador to France, says Great ment in denying reports attribut ed to him of having said that Great Britain would be defeated. EMPRESS IS SAFE ONDON The Tress Association reported today that the British liner Empress of Australia was safe in port. It did not give details about the ship which had previously been reported torpedoed 200 miles west of Dakar, French West Africa. TO USE ITALIANS LONDON Secretary pf War David Margcsson told Parliament today of a plan whereby Italian prisoners from North Africa would be brought to England to work In agriculture. Margesson said that a total of 111,000 prisoners had been taken In Africa and that many of these had already been sent to India. NAVAL HAG REVEALED LONDON British "naval authorities made the deferred announcement today of a bag by naval planes In the Mediterranean two months ago when aerial torpedoes accounted for the destruction of two Italian submarines, a destroyer and a depot ship. This was before the raid on Tar- anto. . '''?."( '. ROME. Jan. 28. Then British planes, according to Italian claims, were brought down over the week- flnH hw Vio Italian Iri flohtlnir in would seize French In- undoubtedly the Afrlcsn and Grpek areas. n.rhlna. Hull said there was no intention of Drovidlng United States naval convoys for British ships taking Americap suoolles to EngKnd. Another witness at yesterday's private hearing was Admiral Harold R. Stark who soote o naval "'atters, Later Stark said he had REP A raw: CRHISFR? press Dort. the identity of which was not disclosed for reasons of secur ity, although it is bellved It may have been Bathurst In Gamha. Last, night Miami, Florida, reported receipt of "S.OS." messages stating that the Empress of Australia had been torpedoed 200 miles off Dakar, French 'Vest Africa. In the Atlantic Ocean and was down by the bow rtiese re ports at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time stated that the Empress of Australia had first flashed that ter 1 a 1 9 XI IUaI States 4 Commissioner's t Congratulations , Inspector Ernest Gammon, provincial police, has received WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 28.-In a messase from commissioner a Joint statement prior to the open- T w. s. Parsons It Victoria I inB yesieraay 01 me neanngs Dy me extendlng congrati senate senate roreign ioreign relations relations committee commir.ee I A1KU, Tnnii5iMr 98- ZS. a n t, the excel'ent shoi iPAIPO January (CP)--Another Italian general on the "lease-lend" bill to aid Great I SnndaS Yn the air! reported to have surrendered nersnnniw t o , Britain. senator Rm-ton k whoPw J" 11 atlens on In? made raid pro- e sunaay. givalry omcei when British forces, charging with fixed of Montana and senator Gerald p. Dr. oiidden. chied Air Raid Bavonets, PUShed bevond Keru tmvmvl A,wr.,f ; ti Nye of North Dakota, isolatlonallst Pr-rtetlon officer for the Do- Agorgat had not fa en up to t6dav but itnn ! L f cla d that Unlte Hntaif m nlon from ottafa- wh0 ,s cap- before going to entitled to tritrea. 3Lf A war. was at Victoria, added In ire ire bv Dy the ine British uriUSn is IS oxwrtp, expected -i preSent momentarily. On this know the war aims and peace con- his congratulation! to those fWO NAZIS COME DOWN Destroyed 1 uu'"ii4i iuu prisoners) anions or an Demgerent nations responsible ; have been captured, making a total such as Great Britain. Greece, 1 01 more than 1200 taken there to China, Germany. Italy and Jarjan. date. Neither the identity 6f the) Secretary of State Cordell Hull, latest general to be captured or the (speaking yesterday at the opening size or his command Is disclosed. TU Y 1 1 . . . , me luwans nave Deen driven rrom t hp la cf nncf nn Vi r-n it ,, . - -w v .liw uuuairu m call n . I " " tn and " n frontier and the British are almost I Couple of Bombers Heine i half way to the Red Sea. , In N?rth Africa the British com-; mand said that the concentration of forces in the Derpa area was continuing and the capture of that of the Senate hearing, reiterated what he had said before the House committee in favor of sDeedy action on the lease-lend bill so that there mi?ht be no delay in extending the helo which Great Britain urgently needed so that control of the seas might be maintained for democracy. Secretary of State Hull Dredlcted Italy Claims To Have Downed Ten British Planes. ITALIANS LOSE OUT Another Counter-Attack Thrown Back by Greeks Sub-Zero Weather ATHENS, Jan. 28. A second Ital ian counter-attack north of Klisura UNCLE SAM Must Accept "New Order" In Orient Present Attitude "Outrageous" ter Matmoko cf Jaoan, sneaking come. here, reiterated that United States must accept the new order In the pome J-"v Tn British Pacific. The present attitude 3f been "wide open" in expressing his -Hjirs. rerorted to ihave been I United States he described as out- ordnjons-- .-damped last week, lrArt attack by; rageous." -"r '" r - '"" : : ' . nerrnin nnd Nazi-dive bombers in ' Matsuoko objected to United Mm Geo Little left bv la.: pv- the Mediterranean, have been tak- States Including Australia and New i ------ - - j commander-in-chief In Africa, haslenlng's train on her return to Ter- en to Alexandria for repairs, it is Zealand in her sphere and declared been dismissed. These reports are I roe after a week-end visit in the ated here. (The British Admir- (.that, if United States insisted In denied- Iri- official Italian quarters ' elty. Wth her was her niece. Miss sltv has not as yet commented one ( making China her first line of de-and London 'Authorities fail to con- Mary Olsen, whose marriage Is to wav cr another on this alleged at- i fence, it was bound to lead to firm thenu IN PORTi r ; prth Sea by an armed trawler. ,rtrtrtrtrtrtnAArtrtn66ooeo&OGO60fiO Torpedo Attack is Reported by fere captured. One escaped. were a few German raid-' (there ek-end. over East Anglla during the London passed its eighth night ' st nlht without an air raid arm but thre were minor raids he east Midlands and east of Rotland, ; Slf A xttt njiAnr i Canadian Steamer Empress of Australia in South Atlantic LONDON, January 28 The Press Association announced un.n t today t that the Canadian liner Em- to successful , the present war a or Australia was Mfo sale in completion." He made this stale- Is Vital Democracies Cannot Continue War Unless Aid Measure Passed Greeks. Ground was gained by the Great Britain Has Already Exhausted Credit and Orders Greeks who captured tanks and other equipment as well as taking more prisoners. Far below zero temperature In Al bania is helping the Greeks and, hampering the Italians. For Planes Are Being Held Up, Secretary of Treasury Tells Committee WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28: (CP) Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau told the United States me Fascist -high command in Senate foreign relations committee today that Great Bri- Rome has admitted that German ( tain, Greece and China "cannot continue to fight" unless dive bombers have been used i Conirress enacts the administration's British aid bill Tpq. against the Greeks in Albania. flfvino- thai Hip Rrirish n-nvprnmpnf haA ovV.ai,ofk,l rl11o. General Sir Archibald Wavell.l 'h fnr hlVino, wflr snnliPS British commander in chief in Af- that Morgenthau said British orders TV. u , .!. w .1 I two thousand fighting planes' Greece. were now being held up for lack of , cash. He said also that he had j "mentally" charged off some time ago Great Britain's first Great War '.debt to the United States. Hei . fitmncrlv favnrpH PrpsiHpnt PAfim. f C XRJ A U WI7TV velt's plan to help the democracies, , Morgenthau said. The Secretary of the Treasury informed the foreign relations committee that the war was casting tGreat Britain $48,000,000 a day or TOKYO, Jan. 28. Foreign Minis- sixty per cent of the national in WEEK'S NAVAL LOSSES LONDON "Naval losses Fom" enemy action for the week end-in; January 20 amounted lo five vessels with total tonnage of 34,772, it is announced. A;ain this is considerably below the average. United States Army Transport Sinks IS oArL C nrwt&rk&A Cannrx amp rvgrouna in Finl ayson Channe Vessels From Various Directions, Including Prince Rupert, Hasten to Scene Some of Passengers and Crew Placed Ashore PASSENGERS COMING HERE? According to word received from Vancouver this afternoon U.S.S. Charleston is supposed to pick up the passengers of the Kvichak and bring them to Prince Rupert. There was one woman oassenirer on the Kvichak Mrs. David Wislcy. Off Sister Rocks in Finlayson Channel between Royal Island and the mainland, about 120 miles south iof Prince Rupert, the chartered 200-foot American can sne was oemg wrpeaoeu. wen mai i ,, T . , ,. , ., T n, V I bow and la-ery tender Kvichak, now being used as a United States' she was Was down UUWXL by Uj the 11 1C wvw tiiivt - tj o "v Funeral Of Jack Cherry Bulletins NEW CABINET FORMED BUCIIARIST Premier Ion Antonescu has formed a new cabinet consisting of thirteen generals with himself as chief of state and foreign minister. The new administration is in complete accord with the German Xn t 1 rvttn TVi a nur.s continues with soldiers patrolling ' the streets under orders to shoot I without question any one found' with machine guns. All passports have been cancelled to prevent escape of rebes. King Michal and Queen Helen have made a large donation for the relief of wives and families of slain officers. Antonescu is sick in bed suffering from fatigue. RELEASE REFUGEES WASHINGTON Germany offered to release 450,000 "racial and political refugees" providing , they are taken to the United j States. The offer is viewed with suspicion. NORWEGIAN TRAINING SCHOOL VANCOUVER The Royal Norwegian Air Force is to open a training school here, using planes from the United States. NAVAL TRAINING. SCHOOL VICTORIA One hundred probationary sub-lieutenants have commenced training at II. M. C. S. Royal Roads (formerly Hatley Park), the new naval training school here. DR. SKELTON DIES OTTAWA Dr. O. D. Skelton, Under Secretary of Stale for External Affairs, died suddenly today. He was 62 years of ,age. First reports said he had suffered a heart seizure in an automobile. He was permanent head of the department under which Canada's growing diplomatic service functioned and acted as deputy to the Prime Minister in relation to all matters concerning Canada's relations with other countries. R.C.A.F. RECRUITS NEEDED OTTAWA James F. Duncan, that she was being shelled. Army transport, is ashore and partially submerged with! d'pu y ,min til s,ter tot air'. 1 Js I . .sixty-three persons who were on board now huddling on 2S sitlon, has issued ? an Lvl appeal 5& P, for l The chapel of the B.C. Undertak ...a. .4-Af4mr ft 4ViA fllrV the beach awaiting rescue. First , , - , , .. ' vessel, apparently, to reach the di5tress calls wlth the result that scene In response to distress mes- eral of the late Jack Cherry, whose LT''T with salvage equipment, death occurred suddenly last week. Rev. Canon W. F. Rushbrook officiated and Mrs. C. J. Norrlngton presided at the organ to accompany the hymns which were "Abide With Me" and "Safe In the Arms of Jesus." Following the service, Interment was made In Falrview Cemetary. Pallbearers were Ray Scherk, Walter Zellskl, Harry Edgar, Kenneth Lineham, Earl Brochu and Sam Currie. ' sages would be UJS.S. Charleston, a warship, which was reported due at 1 p.m. The Prince Rupert salvage boats Pachena, Capt. Verne Daly, Green, left here. at 2 o'clock this morning and should reach the Kvichak some time this afternoon. Fish packers from Bella Bella and Butedale are also report cd proceeding to the scene as well as the United States coastguard cutter Nehama and tug Lapomte The steamer Prince Rupert was also reported heading for the scene but she would be a long way off The Kvichak grounded last night and immediately sent out rescue vessels were soon speeding I to her aid. All twenty-three pass-, engers and part of the crew were soon taken ashore in spite of rough weather as the vessel appeared to be in a dangerous position. The captain and remainder of the crew stayed aboard. ANOTHER DRAKI OTTAWA Notices have been sent out to the fourth batch of young men to undergo medical examination prior to being ordered to nationail service training camps. A considerable number of conscientious objectors will be called out for non-combatant duty. recruits for air crews of the Royal Canadian Air Force. TOWN NAMES CHANGED TORONTO Names of two Ontario towns have been officially changed owing to the war. New Germany becomes Maryville and German Mills is to be known in future as Parkway. , BURNABY ARMS PLANT OTTAWA If present plans are approved, a $5,000,000 armaments manufacturing plant will b5 established at Burnaby, Vancouver. It will manufacture naval and anti-aircraft guns and will be In the form tf an addition to the Dominion Bridfe) Co.'s plant at Burnaby. . ,;. . 4 .