War News SINGAPORE REINFv. r ciNr.APORE The fightinr strenrth Vv CONTRACT l Is Announced Three bs Daily Between Montreal tAnd Vancouver Planned rAWA, Feb. 19: The federal pmwnt has renewed the air contract, with TransCanada Knes. The Montreal-Vancouver Ce is to be Increased from two liee trips dally. ited States In t in y of Commerce Asks His Records RIITMriTovr t- r. vsk 10 g before the House banking that United States "is in the "V""J 1.1. bUtCi 11C aou- the records. MHKKHKHXH3 a pore base was reinmrcea ioaay Djr mousa.. fy. 4 5 and such great numbers of bombers and fig.. neutral observers believed the balance of air po r-3vaa w ........... 0 iiii. a l.1Une nl fl 4 A M !)Thv Pinlnnil ...U.LI. .tllfarv Micrrv ami lnriMH rnn f irinr. u.4 t.' c ui iuuaj - w....w.i vuai me L.IH- , . .. 4r1v In mipi tnv hfM nf v4nrfn U i South Pacific. ETHIOPIAN TOWN TAKEN ' CAIKO The strategically important Ethiopian village of hara. aDDroximatelv 150 miles norlhurt f a .Ml. shah been captured by British forces along with many prisoners. i tin1miriAr nnnnnif1 Tlia. rrai ii auuum a uMaa vu iiilic were man v raciin . among the Italians. Elsewhere north of Addis Ababa, the tis.h continue mopping up operations. In Italian Somaliland inrm rnntiniiinr bombinr of Italian nhirrlivix In . vavv a a - " j . - . . a.. II.IL. sirgc u .... ..... ""; ui iicicu Rues on. NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY LONDON The government informed the House of Com- ns today that u naa received a special message from Japan rring to mediate in the war and also accusing the United r and Great Britain of warlike nreiaration in I he PaHfir thoritalive London quarters said that Britain would not "en- k i.. nrniwi.'il. iinlll .nmn1i. t'l.ln.i. I. .1 I. : i t. I. Ill yvV(, .a ...... vv....w.v f.v.v.j a.u uu saillCU ENEMY SHIPS SUNK CAIKO Koyal Air Force dive bombers have sunk a 4,000-German vessel in the Mediterranean. It was being used as i il. .: ..nH.. rru. At. en.. j j At i K ill mtuiiviiHiivMUt m tiv 4a uaiiiabcu 111 I CC uinri i!. ! I tn rtli$Ain r n n ti villi rv ti(icir ONLY FIT MEN NEEDED OTTAWA Only men in A, Bl and B2 medical categor- will be affected by the first call to the colors of twenty-one r olds under the new four month traininr nlan. It 1 on. 1 f 1 . ..II II 1 11 .. . .. . ... iiiru. . . 1 1 l. l. . t ii l I. .a L.iiiiim irii .111 n iiiii. fti f ri u-.i. UDY FOR BRITISH TO ider. First Lord of the Adml 'Vast New Developments" In Mediterranean Forecast By Fascist Newspaper ROME. Feb. 19:- Province Asked arterial highways in the province; be hard surfaced as soon as Wendell Willkie To Visit Coast VICTORIA. Feb. 18 - Wendell Wlllkle Is expected to visit Victoria ln May for the Rotary International convention. The Vancouver Board of Trade Is inviting Mr. Wlllkle to Vancouver. Ships And Planes Are Being Banned WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 19--Presldeht Franklin D. Rose"u last night issued a decree forbidding commercial shipping or air- -v. JVUYVCI -Niroiu- Knnnrt Will In IU111V inn."""' EVERYBODY WELCOME 3 r. Vol. XXX., No. 42. THOUSANDS FOR MALAY inM. mIahu haAn -1 i 111. t tt.. u. t I OTTAWA Well informed j source's have said an increase of ten cents a day in pay is under I consideration for recruits called - . ii tl;i.. --:... up lor lour mum imi j ing. It would bring the pay of the recruits to $1.30 a day, the scale of the active army. VANCOUVER. Feb. 19: Afteri i.ruisnMii hearing an address by Hon. W. J. LONDO-ine ru,sn Bvc- Asseistlne. minister of mines and I mem is prou u...s the United ivingaom to c 0u. natural resources, who stated that, seme $2,000,000 would be spent en, American countries of Chili. Bra- . r t . T a JM Unfit AVtf A T f T roads this year, a local road and wi, wwmu uu tourist organlzaUon asked that all! special permit. B.C. EXPENDITURES VICTORIA The British Columbia budget will require $33,-000.000 for expenditures during I the coming year, it is estimated. The increase is due to assuming new relief cost responsibilities following the withdrawal of the federal government. LEADER IS CRITICAL Hon. It. B Hanson Thinks Govern ment Should Cut Down Expenditures OTTAWA, Fef. 19. A measure of inflation may become necessary lat- z.r in fhp war but at Dresent it would be a false move, the Opposi Hon leader in the House of Com mons, Hon. R. B. Hanson, declared f 4 TTnited States de-.m the House of Commons today. fence outoosta in Alaska, Hawaii He expressed disappointment at the and elsewhere in the Pacific area. Premier T. D. Pattullo Will Address a Public Meeting N THE MOOSE HALL AT 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT Tllft 1). It . . ...... 11.11., llScofltfCPfl '. small reduction of the ordinary costs of government, saying that in 1941-42 the Civil estimates showed a deduction of some eighteen million dollars against the current year but in this figure fifteen million was represented by the fact that no provision was required for the Canadian National Railways deficit. Mr. Hanson suggested that the taking of the decennial census ar ranged for this year, should be post ' poned as an economy measure. , LONDON, Feb. 19-Bar silver is 'unchanged at 23'i pence per ounce i VICTORIA. D C. TO DEATH ; People Of Dodocanese Islands In I Bad Way From British Blockade At Singapore Ready For .-word reaching here the people of I With Japan LONDON, Feb. 19: contingents of Australian arrived at Singapore yesterday en- dally. route to the Malay Peninsula to protect that quarter with its rich rubber and tin resources from possible attack. The number was not revealed although it is known there are thousands. They are mechanized units, fuy and heav 'LEASE-LEND OPPONENTS expert on European affairs." TAKES HALF , QEmOME Minister of Finance Gives an Idea Of Huge War Cost OTTAWA, Feb. 19: 'CP Fin- a nee Minister J. L. Ilstey toid( ths House of Commons yesterday ; trJit the Canadian people would, have to meet war and normal government costs ln the fiscal year 1941-1942 amounting to more than half the estimated naional income of all the people of Canada which la estimated at five billion three hun dred thousand dollars. He estimated Canada's expenditures during the . present fiscal year at $875,000,000. , WILL MILK i YUGOSLAVIA Reich To Get Larger Share Of Balkan Nation's Agricultural Production BELGRADE. Feb. 19: In to consent to move German .troops through Yugoslavia, Chan cellor Adolf Hitler, at his conler-ence with the prime minister and .foreign1 minister of Yugoslavia, received, it is reported, assurance that Germany would get a larger share of this country's agricultural production. Canadians Urged To Leave Orient Suggested That All Those Who Do Not Have To Stay Return to Dominion OTTAWA, Feb. 19. The Canadian government is urging all Canadians whose affairs do not make it imperative for them to remain there to return home from the Food Parcels To Prisoners Being Doubled VANCOUVER, Feb. 18. Norman1 Somervllle K.C. ot Toronto, here for the British Columbia Red Cross convention, states that, parcels of food for British prisoners of war ln Germany will be doubled from the on the London metal market today, present 10,000 per week. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWBPAPE1 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR Y 19, 1941. 'AUSSIES IN I STARVING 4, Hitler Funeral; L Berlin Bombing J d. CUU. n. tA nrhof 1rln4 nrn. A By equipped. Great grey transports. h , Won, Make 0utr,eht Ca$h TFT I A PI convoyed by naval vessells. brought Available-Wlllkie Under f UElL LlVlV. them. 1. nciuuinan rue Great numbers . of , . bomber . and . oT,:?tua?d W?" SlVe Opponents of the "lease-lend" a'id Brush balance tf air in power to Britaln m were heard in the southeast Asia. Senate yesterday Meanwhile, hfavy Japanese nav- &;nator Burt(m faid WILL LOSE t 4 nin iit 1 rh bombing, then Germany would mier expressed the belief that con- Tomorrow's THes High 8:24 ajn. 19.0 ft. 21:50 pjn. 105 ft. Low 1:6 ajn. 9.1 ft. 15:10 pm. 6.1 ft PRICE: 5 CENTS. CASUALTIES PEACE IS IN BRITAIN DEMANDED iTwenty -Three Thousand Have Been I mwvnmf tpk iqp,. Killed And Thirty-Two Thousand Great Contingent Of Forces Arrive ATHENS, Feb. 19:-According to' Cffnt!y em&?r 1 Wants And Greecc To. U War vitea suggestions irom unitec t . rw rmif Not. Invasion LONDON, Feb. 19:- rtlllllR 1.1 IT " ------- the Italian Dodocanese Islands are'; " "m Bate of Britain began early last' '.k,- .oc f n ..-v, grams Americans rl nht nugnt 1 jute k to io -r , i i uiuj BY HITLER Threatened Po-erful naval blockade. They are dying at J "fJJ';hl!i J'aad 32,000 Injured, ' according toi BELGRADE, Feb. 19:Chancel-- the fans answered that they . f -,T ,1m- ArUlf HlUer of Germany, ac- wum w ucai """" - cording to inionnauon m autnora-. ler's funeral. Others would , - Tr,n Uve quarters, has demanded that' " like to hear the bombing of PK h M 1 h K 'Italy and Greece stop fighting atr Berlin. The German radio did 1 lJLilT UI4IY ance. Falling to comply, Greece is not air these sugestions. wwjnff threatened with Invasion. German- 1U 1 1JU1IJ flying daily over Greece. Through Germany, according to Mr. PattuIIo in City to .Meet con- rennrts. Italy has already begun . ttituents and Address Public (overtures to Greece for peace. With Meeting -Nazi troops already approaching t her northern frontier by way of Paying one of his periodical visits Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Greece to his constituency, Hon. T. D. Pat--may have little alternative but to tullo. Premier of British Columbia accept unless the British send an ll A I V W All and Member of the Legislature for expeditionary force now that Tur- ' lmJU If Prince Rupert, arrived In the city key' has agreed with Bulgaria to on the Prince Rupert this morning stay out of war. a iorces are reponea 10 os mass- . . TT,toH Bt!lto. w,,i, -.q.h California nil Eirt Prrdict That . ... v.. t-i. ..... fJ to help Britain, the best, way would This Will Settle. Issue Against secretary. Ben Hethey. Mr. Pat- ft is saidt befoi the British wiuc 11v.il rujiiiu. w i, .tv,! t. n uc mane aia.iauiL inv iAJ .. , , , , . .J', ?uUU?r' Vl f billion dollars in cash.' , u and tne that both Great BrtUln iDutch East Indies ready for are a.p.4 r.1H p Nw ,,,,..,, oennany As- it via Against Italy BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. it): H. tullo will address a public meeting could send forces from North Af- tonight and will sail Thursday night rica. ' on his return south. , Meanwhile German war materl- Choosins to reserve public state- als are reported to be moving sno-waown iui japan un uie u pritirl7irt WnriPlI Willltle who P ' Bostoff California oil exwrt. f. k- Qt. a l, w rc,.i j -r..i I mTk, t?L Vw.h ni Republican candidate in the last predicts, that, a fuel shortage will dress tonight, Premier .Pattullo Istanbul, Turkey, newspapers !?hlf thP imm sut presidential election, for1 his active bring about the defeat of Germany would not drawn out thfs mora- praise the Turko-Bulgarlan non- r - - , support 01 tne "lease-iena" meas- as n conmouiea w anai 01 naiy. ;co-operauon aiinougn no joirnw ure Both were sarcastic. Vanden assurance of this hs yet been giv . ' ... , m mi 1 wVWKv becn poDulation If necessary. j As for Jaioan's olfer yesterday to act as mediator in present wars I the answer of both Great Britain and United States appears to b? Vast new de- tmt this( nations ar interested I'S K;aaW' ln the MedUerranran m deed and i words as.faas it mgnt warnea unvona - inrm hv ih athnri- . . j !. ru.n r.H..rBii .T-JC"...' ST-' .. .-xv. Japan ,s tonwmta. UICi-vvm.u.vvv B jauve Fascist newspaper Vox Popo-. . .. , .. lo be prepared for a supreme fc,, nrv. mxvtthi 4Uim. h H should be realized, he j, ln North Afrlca. M Adolf Hitler had bei supposed token to mean Hng for a formidable attack ln the vesVeTn Medlter-B by his great military ma- nima, possibly against Gibraltar, and with the element of sur- I1?lla:i troops have In other words. Britain should to colors idy to meet a large scale in- j Uftempt. ill 1 O f Mug victory eventually un- . Harfl 13111 . rand ieadprxhln and through , rong will of the people. A-(l All Uorlc In hi said that "we now hold the nil liuuuo 111 ftive in the Mediterranean and tontlnue to maintain it." MAIL Bulletins ing In reran! to the tmmtrtence of apsTsslon treoiv as assurlns neap Germany was dependent for her a rrovitirifli eilectlan Hp would fr 4io nivor.. TWV AQinfJ R17 TP ADDrn? LrrZrP3 C velt',liPPer.ambassad0.' N rU5n ?eUs-. toH, lU.cohhelleeBtrmtlon of German troops in 111 T rllJlVlX 1 ULt I AVfU 1 LiU m Z made a to Mt. dlscerse centres of t scorniuny duooed mm "tne great tnes? oe ossiroyea Dy unuai As for local road work, the Pre-Rumania. Lord of Admiralty Warns That fat Assault by Hitler Is Due DN. Feb. 19.-Rt. Hon. A. V. - 7 UIJI V W- IJIM1W WU Vt IW rj V Derg canea wiuiue rresiaent koosc- raw iue. suppues on xumuuiian aim males no statement as to when it to this peace now being the con- have to depend upon her lnade- rtnictlon of ths Skeena River high- f,, w srn quate synthetic oUproductlon with- way might soon be undertaken as a U All Sx In the Rclrtt or upon What might ir.ticnal undzrtaldng. It was the lJLdt MjXJUiJ be obtained from Russia. .TODAY'S STOCKS Vancouver" Big Missouri, .04. Bralorne, 9.60. canboo Quartz, 2.65. Dernlonia, .01 task). Fairview, .01 . Gold Bjlt, .25. H.dley Mascot, .55 (ask). Noble Five. .00 '2 (ask). Pacific Nickel M. Pend Orielle. 1,45,' . Pioneer, 2M. - Premier, .82. Privateer, .46. -R?-?ves McDonald,. .10. Reno, .10. Relief Arlington, .023,4 . Salmon Gold, .01. Sheep Creek, .75. STERLING ADVANCING General McRae Named Chairman Vancouver Senator Will Head Na tional War Services Drive for : : $5,000,000 Oils sis $5,000,000. A. P. Con., .08.,-;, , : Calmont, .17. C. ft E.. 1.10 (bid); Home, 1.75. Pa-alta. .04Vi (ask). Royal Canadian, .10Vi (ask). Okalta, .50. Mercury. .04. Prairie Royalties, .07 Vi. Toronto Aldermac, .11. Beattte, 1.05. Central Pat., 1.67. Cons. Smelters, 35.00. East Malartic, 2.58 Fern land, .04. , Francoeur. .36. Gods Lake, .30. Hardrock, .75. Int. Nickel, 31.. Kerr Addison. 3.10. Little Long Lac. 1.75. 1 McLeod Cockshutfc, 1.78. i Madsen Red Lake, .54. 1 McKenzie Red Lake, 1.13. Moneta, .48. Noranda, 50.00. Pickle Crow, 2.67. Preston East Dome, 2.75. San Antonio, 2.18. Sherritt Gordon, .69. Uchl. .27. Bouscadillac. .02. Mosher, ;04I2' Oklend. .05. Smelters Gold. .01. Dominion Bridge, 24.00. Weather Forecast Prince Rupert Light variable winds, fair and mild with light frost at night, inmt'en of the province to give attention this year to Queen Char lotte Island roadi. 'f - Contract For Salvaging Of KU.S. Vessel Vancouver Fire Loss For Year Is Record Low VANCOUVER, Feb. 19. Vancou- NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The BrI- ver lire loss lor uxe year i y tlsh pound sterling advanced to $200,000, the lowest since 44.03 U on the New York foreign fire loss records were started to be exchange market today, kept. IS LOWER Enemy Got Only 29,000 Tons' Dur- ing Week Ending February 9 I LONDON, Feb. 19: British shipping losses by enemy action during the week ending February 9 were less than half of the average at 29,000 tons, it is announced. At the same time it is announced that German shipping losses since j , the war began have amounted to TORONTO, Feb. 19,-Senator A. tw0 mmton p. McRae of Vancouver has been Inamed chairman of the national committee on the war services cam- Urlfl0 CITE 7 palgn to be conducted on behalf of D vliVlD vVjLiLi the Canadian Legion, Salvation Ar- . my, Young Men's Christian Assocl- Tjf F A lVf K ation and Imperial Order, Daugh-i J lflf lxv3 ters or tne mpire. me oDjecuve; 'Enemy Danes Attack Canal Area But Achieve No Results PORT SAID, Feb. 19: The Suez Canal area was bombed by enemy (planes yesterday. There were no ; I casualties and no damage. .1 I VICTORIA, Feb. 19. A. C. Bur-;dick, president of the Pacific Salvage Company, confirmed that the company had received the cantract to salvage the United States army i Finances Of Saskatchewan I transport Kvichak and deliver her Improvement in Prairie Province's to the dry dock at Prince Rupert. J Financial Situation Recorded COLD WAVE BEING FELT REGINA, Feb. 19. An Improve-: ment in Saskatchewan provincial finances is announced. Revenue for-the year ending February 15 is plac- . ed at $18,350,000. Thirty Below Zero ls Recorded In Rehabilitation Committee For WINNIPEG, Feb. 19: A cold n n I IT 1 wave is sweeping over Manitoba 5. V. IS IiameCl and Western Ontario. Winnipeg has recorded thirty below zero and northwestern Ontario fourteen be low. VICTORIA. Feb. 19: A provincial sub-committee of Hon. G. S. Pearson, minister of labor, Hon. John Hart, minister of finance. arfd Hon. A. Wells Gray, minister of lands, has 1een appointed by Premier. T. D. Pattullo to cooperate with a federal committee ln plans for the rehabilitation of cx-service men. NEW YORK COrPER NEW YORK, Feb. 19r-The price' of copper was .08c higher at 11.05c per gound on the New; York metal market loda'y. . jR