pwnaiion
Critical
STRIKES
IN
STATES
ARE
:
SPREADING:
Threat
Is
Becoming
Greater
jjoops
siana
in
ncnumcaj
to
eltor
t
Act
on
I'resiaents
Order.
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Nov.
19:
strikes
spread
In
C
-Synipai-ny
t
urn;:-;'
Stales
commercial
coal
minc
,auy
and
more
were
tr.rest-
:::o
as
President
Franklin
0
Rooa-vt;
conferred
with
gov-
oinciais,
management
;.
representatives
in
an
avert
the
threatened
railway
workers,
learned
that
fifty
thou-
sjno
troDpt
were
in
reaainess
lo
iv::
me
mines
if
the
president
decided
to
use
them
to
back
n-sertion
that
coal
for
op
slcc
mi.
must
be
mined.
ai.
uuioritative
source
said
thai
tt
president
would
probably
witMico
action
in
the
Captive
nn:.-
dispute
affecting
53,000
Eir.c::
producing
fuel
for
the
vita
etc:
anils
until
after
the
con-grc;;
on
industrial
Organization
-
-.
in
r"trnit
pr.d
on
Prl-
Torpedoed
Twice
Within
24
Hours
JVEIPOOL
"Nov.
19:
0
After
belrj
isrpedoed
twice
within
24
tr:::
Maicoim
Larkln,
30-year
j
uvn
d:h
seaman,
arrived
..sr..-
D
minutes
after
hte
wife
cc.i
u;'jraua
n
whb
miss
us.::)
t;..s
first
ship
was
hit
it
ur.pc3
overboard
and
clung
to
i
k..
3:
j
until
rescued.
A
St
Hours
later
the
rescue
ship
.iViR
by
a
Pb6rLar-
fc.
sanacd
to
get
Into
a
life-tat
On
ui!
way
home
I
won-
ttd
a
Jcr-y
would
score
a
hat-
...It
:rc5
times'."
he
said.
Another
Russ-
'
Jap
Clash
On
North
Border
TOKYO
Nov
19:
9
One
Rus-csiaiet
was
killed
and
two
wre
spiarcd
in
a
clash
of
Man-:!;oukuoar
frontier
guards
with
a
Soviet
detarhment
which
crossed
Hit
horde)
Sunday
about
twenty-j
mac
west
of
Manchull,
Do-e:
New
Agency
said
today.
De
Gaulle
Asks
For
More
Tanks
Germany
Will
Be
Beaten
When
Allied
Mechanized
Equipment
Is
Superior.
Al;ic
NDON
Nov.
19:
O)
The
Ger-
'
Wiii
he
beatpn
when
the
"Or
(1
mui'.mnes
of
war
are
supe-
numbers
and
.Quality
to
.
udum
leader
of
the
"-nctj
,m
durlng
a
ylslt
Free
to
a
-ink
factory.
Machines
said,
mpnnt.
first,
nf
nl!
'ho
clause
they
had
3,000
:.a.ust
1,000,
he
declared;
.
'"lucred
France
because
,7
nao
'0.000
against
3,000,
and
J!
advni:cnB
in
Russia
because
-
nuv,.
25,000
against
15,000.
Coal
and
Water
Saves
Gasoline
Winn:
'I";b
Driver
Takes
Old
Eng-
""h
Truck
to
British
Columbia.
WINNIPEG.
Nov.
19:
CF.
A.
I
Drive
Into
tasi
uoya
By
British
I
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
(CP)
A
Reuters
dis-
Tint
Vl
W
Cnlr
nr
M
Aiuiu
vaiiu
ocuu
tonight
that
it
was
officially
announced
there
that
a
British
advance
into
Cirenaica
(Eastern
Libya)
--'
had
"MORE
ENCOURAGING"
WASHINGTON
There
was
no
official
statement
today
regarding
the
American-Japanese
conferences
on
the
outcome
of
which
the
crisis
in
the
Pacific
is
said
to
depend.
There
were
reporis,
however,
that
the
atmosphere
was
"more
encouraging."
Senator
Claude
Pepper
of
Florida
said
that
Japan
would
have
to
show
a
more
conciliatory
attitude
if
she
wished
to
preserve
peace
in
the
Pacific.
EDEN
ON
BURMA
CRISIS
LONDON
Foreign
Secretary
Anthonv
Eden
said
today
that,
I
if
Japan
attacked
the
Burma
road,
it
would
bring
about
a
"very
serious
situation."
WEYGAND
BEING
OUSTED
LONDON
It
is
repnrtcd
in
Free
French
quarters
here
that
General
Maxime
Weygand
is
to
be
ousted
as
commander-in-chief
of
the
Vichy
French
colonial
army
in
North
Africa.
WILLKIE
CRITICAL
NEW
YORK
Wendell
L.
Will-kic,
speaking
at
a
dinner
last
night
at
which
he
was
presented
with
a
medal
for
his
efforts
on
behalf
of
international
goodwill,
charged
the
Roosevelt
administration
with
failure
to
adopt
an
effective
policy
to
deal
with
labor
disputes
in
war
industries.
SAFE
AT
CAIRO
CAIRO
Lawrence
A.
Slcin-h'ardt,
United
States
ambassador
and
Sir
Walter
"6
nt
tin
i
.
.
.
i-r
..f
lm
Rrilish
i
'
,
1
1
1
1
1
I
T
1
P
fT
m.
r
ai.ni,.
Mam.
.Inn
II
1
1'
I
1,1
v"i
IQ
p,.
f-e,
oujo
uue
wwjr
i
niiiiivnn".!
1
t.
.1
ic
m
..i
i
t
..
sitrvi
rn
ill
Cairo,
Un5,Hf
t00k
a
tfuck,
manufac-l
who
had
been
missing
last
week
8r
AEnBland
20
years
ago,
to1
in
an
airplane
flight,
arrived
.
'an
Columbia
rpxmttKvk,,rn.
i,r
vivstpnlav
and
3Iaxim
Lit-
a
ambassador
to
combination
of
roal
n
n
H
vinoff.
new
Soviet
aiw..
'The
machine
travrllrd
the
United
States,
20
twit..
...
.
.
.
.
.
ttn
num.
up
sulci,
tuiiuj.
is
due
here
Germans
at
Standstill
I
NAZI
FORCE
IS
TRAPPED;
HEAVY
LOSS
.
Only
In
Crimea
Is
Any
Ileverse
l
Admitted
by
Russians
tion
of
Kerch.
l
,
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
OD
A
Tass
dispatch
from
Moscow
today
said
that
German
troops,
trapped
in
a
pocket
near
Novocherkassk,
had
v,
.
,
.
sunerea
a
neavy
aeieat
and
the
begun.
Reuters
said
loss
of
thousands
of
men,
thirteen
I
that
troops
had
already
tanks,
273
trucks
and
many
men.
nnViJovnrl
n
-fi-Pfir
w.!!,.
4
Novoehprltasslr
l
ttt-pntv-flvp
mlloe
WVf
vv
C
XlXltJ
illUC
"
-"v
(
nenetratinn
int
n
t)i
northeast
of
Rostov
In
the
south-1
tprrirnrv
ern
ront
and
one
of
the
key
tcmcuij.
polnts
Jn
defence
or
the
Caucasus.
LAPOINTE
IS
ILL
4-
Bulletins
MONTREAL
The
condition
of
Justice
Minister
Lapointe,
who
is
ill
in
the
hospital
here,
may
be
considered
dangerous,
his
attending
physician
said
today.
KIKKLAND
LAKE
STRIKE
TORONTO
Strike
in
eight
Kirkland
Lake
mines
was
called
today
by
the
union,
although
in
Ottawa
Hon.
Norman
Mc-Larty,
minister
of
labor,
said
efforts
to
negotiate
differences
weie
still
in
progress.
CHINAMAN'S
BODY
FOUND
NEW
WESTMINSTER
The
body
of
an
elderly
Chinaman
was
found
yesterday
in
the
middle
arm
of
the
Fraser
River.
Tapers
-gave'
t
h
e
"'ti
a
m
e--
Wong'
Chew.
(There
was
formerly
a
well
known
Chinaman
in
Prince
Rupert
named
Wong
Chew
who
operated
a
store
for
years
at
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
Eighth
Street).
TOKYO
TRAIN
WRECK
TOKYO
Twenty
persons
were
killed
and
several
injured
in
a
train
wreck
near
here
today.
FATAL
AUTO
CRASH
MONTREAL
Four
persons
were
killed
in
an
automobile
crash
near
Montreal
yesterday.
Tass
said
that
the
Germans
had
I
attempted
a
drive
in
that
area
which
was
now
brought
to
a
standstill.
German
attempts
to
slash
Red
army
lines
above
and
below
the
defence
of
an
arc
shielding
Mos-J
cow
were
declared
by
the
Russians
today
to
have
been
frustrated
in
the
upper
Volga
and
Donets
basins.
The
Crimean
crisis
is
acknowl
edged
even
though
the
Soviet
Ur-1
ion
does
not
recognize
the
German
High
Command's
claim
to
have
captured
Kerch.
WHITTAKER
i
;
QUITS
NOW!
Newly
Appointed
Attorney
Gen-
g
cral
Krcaks
mth
Premier
a
Wants
Hart
And
Pearson
1
u
.
.VJCRlA,..Noviaon7naBj
Wlirtitaker,
appointed
attorney
,
general
In
the
Pattulto
government
less
than
a
week
ago,
today
resigned
the
portfolio,
saying
that,
when
he
was
sworn
in,
he
believed
.
John
Hart
and
George
Pearson!
would
retain
the
portfolios
of
fin-
J
ance
and
labor
respectively.
In
his
letter
of
resignation
to'
Premier
Pattullo,
Mr.
Whittaker1
said:
"With
a
government
so
constituted
I
thought
you
would
be
able
to
command
sufficient
sup
port
from
the
Liberals
and
Op-(
position
groups
to
retain
tne
confidence
of
the
public
and
provide
the
people
of
the
province
with
good
wartime
administration."
Mr.
Hart
and
Mr.
Pearson
having
since
resigned
over
the
coali
tion
issue,
Mr.
Whittaker
said:
'
"With
the
loss
of
these
two
cabl-
j
net
ministers,
ithe
position
has
changed.
I
feel
that
any
attempt
(to
carry
on
under
the
present
set-
i
up
might
very
well
result
in
an-
j
other
election
which
must
be-avoided
at
all
costs."
.
RED
CROSS
!
GETS
GIFT
Canadian
National
Railways
Re
fund
Turned
Over
By
American
Visitor
WINNIPEG,
Nov.
19:-davs
ago
a
resident
of
.
cj
'
tllnnacntg
nolH
n
visit
Winnl
ence.
This
morning
a
letter
was
re-rplved
from
the
msseneer
bv
Mr,
VICTORIA.
EX-
.
I
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
prince
Rupert
District
and
QUrr:
Charlotte
Islands
Light
High
2:05
a.m.
21.8
ft.
partly
cloudy
and
mild.
13:56
pjn.
24.0
ft.
Low
8:00
a.m.
5.4
m
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
20:36
p.m.
0.4
ft.
.T
YXX
NO.
270.
yuu
1
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
19,
1941.
PART
OF
SOVIET
FREIGHTER'S
CREW
Three
of
the
four
able
scawomen
aboard
the
Russian
freighter
Petrovski
wave
a
greeting
while
standing
'neath
the
Soviet
flag.
Left
to
right,
attired
in
their
sea
outfits
are
Maria
Antonovna
Bon-darenko.
Valentina
Tolinovna
and
Klavdaa
Scrgevna
Borovik.
Also
included
in
the
vessel's
crew
of
45
is
a
woman
doctor,
20.
The
Petrovski
is
the
first
Soviet
ship
to
dock
in
New
York
harbor
since
Germany
invaded
Poland.
War
N
ews
"
CftSH
IN
MANCHOUKUO
SHANGHAI
One
Russian
border
patrol
guard
is
reported
to
have
been
slain
and
two
others
captured
by
the
Japanese
after
they
had
crossed
from
Outer
Mongolia
into
Manchoukuo.
GERMANS
OVER
ENGLAND
LONDON
German
bombing
planes
destroyed
two
buildings
in
an
cast
coast
town
in
raids
during
the
night.
Enemy
planes
weie
also
over
the
southeast
coast.
NEW
NAZI
OFFENSIVE
ON
LONDON
With
freezing
weather
paving
the
way
for
the
movement
of
mechanized
forces,
the
final
Nazi
offensive
against
Russia
has
commenced,
British
military
observers
believed
today.
Moscow,
however,
reported
that
Red
armies
had
hurled
the
Germans
back
further
on
two
sectors
of
the
Moscow
front,
inflicting
heavy
casualties
and
capturing
much
of
the
enemy
equipment.
This
was
accomplished
in
spite
of
continued
heavy
German
rein-lorcemcnts.
In
the
Donets
Basin
area
the
Soviet
forces
were
holding
thci.'
own
but
it
was
admitted
they
were
still
getting
the
worst
of
it
in
Crimea,
having
retreated
across
Kerch
Straits
with
all
their
equipment
intact.
In
Berlin
it
was
announced
today
that
German
bombers
had
attacked
Moscow
and
Leningrad,
leaving
large
fires
in
their
wake.
Roads
and
railways,
where
Russians
were
moving
forces
by
night,
were
also
attacked,
the
Nazis
claimed.
R.
A.
F.
IS
ACTIVE
AGAIN
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
attacked
objectives
in
northern
France
as
well
as
enemy
shipping
in
the
English
Channel.
Naples
and
Brindisi
were
also
bombed
during
the
night,
it
being
the
second
successive
night
of
attack
on
Naples.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oourusy
6.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Pend
Oreille
Vancouver
!
Grandview
!
Bralorne
Cariboo
Quartz
A
few
Virginia.
Hedley
Mascot
:peg
and,
on,
his
return,
a
railway
neer
I
official
noted
that
there
should
Premier
be
an
adjustment
on
the
prise
of
Privateer
his
ticket.
The
matter
was
refer-,,
Rno
Ted
to
Walter
Dobbs,
general
pas-!sheeP
Creek
senger
agent,
Canadian
National
I
Railways,
who
quickly
sent
out
a!Calmont
money
order
to
cover
the
differ-
c-
&
E
nome
Oils
.17
10.50
1.D9
.45
1.62
2.07
.03
.47
.12
.88
.lGtj
1.22
2.65
A
Royal
Canadian
-
04
Toronto
Dobbs
returning
the-
money
order,
Seattle
1.02
which
had
been
endorsed
back
to
'Central
Patricia
1.42
the
company.
Consolidated
Smelters
38.50
His
letter
read:
"We
are
return-1
Hardrock
.08
lng
to
you
express
money
order.
Ke-rr
Aacuson
We
have
signed
this
order
and;
Little
Long
Lac
.
1.52
would
thank
you
very
much
If
you'
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.00
A
would
hand
this
money
to
the'Madsen
Red
Lake
.52
Vi
Red
Cross.
Wishing
for
Britain
,
McKenzle
Red
Lake
1.06
a
crushing
victory
agalnat
Its
Moneta
23
enemies."
Pickle
Cr6w
2.60
Yesterday
Mr.
Dobbs
passed
.the
Preston
East
Dome
..
3.t)0
money
order
along
to
the
local
San
Antonio
.'
2.15
branch
of
the
Red
Cross
Society.
Jsherrltt
Gordon
...
'
.92
'Head
of
War
Labor
Board
Humphrey
Mitchell,
Chairman
Industrial
Disputes
Inquiry,
Is
Named.
OTTAWA,
Nov.
19:
P;
Humph
rey
Mitchell,
chairman
of
the
In
rlustrlal
Dlsnutes
Inauirv
Commls
'
region
disclosed
an
additional
deposit
100
miles
long
and
from
eight
to
10
miles
wide.
Needed
for
Alloys
Antimony
provides
another
example
of
recent
development.
Required
for
alloys
In
storage
battery
plates,
bearing
and
babbit
metals,
rubber
goods
and
paints
it
was
almost
entirely
Imported
prior
to
1938.
An
electrolytic
plant
erected
at
Trail
in
that
year
provides
more
than
sufficient
to
meet
Canadian
needs.
Canada's
production
of
chromium
slumped
following
activity
of
ithe
First
Great
War
and
has
been
small
and
irregular
for
the
past
20
years.
Main
source
of
the
metal
Is
eastern
Quebec
and
a
mill
with
a
dally
capacity
of
100
tons
Is
now
being
erected
there
to
boost
the
present
production
of
a
few
tons
a
week.
I
A
new
mill
under
construction
at
Gowland
Lake,
N.
B.,
for
manganese
production
will
also
have
a
capacity
of
100
tons
a
day
and
'surveys'
are
being
made
to
locate
further
deposits.
Tonnage
of
this
ore
at
present
in
sight
are
far
'from
surf
blent
to
meet
the
needs
of
Canada's
steel
industry.
Tungsten
In
Gold
One
of
the
most
important
war
metals
Is
tungsten,
used
chiefly
of
as
an
alloy
in
the
making
of
high
quality
steel
an6
cutting
tools
Scheelite
Is
the
chief
Canadian
ore
from
which
tungsten
can
be
obtained
and
is
found
largely
in
.gold-bearing
veins,
but
seldom
in
quantities
sufficient
to
be
mined
ision,
was
today
named
chairman
at
a
profit.
Lf
thp
National
War
Labor
Board.
1
Gd
mines
in
Ontario
and
Que
BROOK
REPLACES
DILL
LONDON
The
War
Office
announced
today
that
General
Sir
Allan
Brook
will
replace
General
Sir
John
Dill
as
chief
of
general
staff
effective
December
1.
MODERN
MUSKETEERS
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
)
Four
fliers,
known
as
the
"Four
Musketeers"
because
they
have
spent
most
of
their
time
together
since
they
joined
.the
R.
-A.
F.,
have
destroyed
61
enemy
planes,
gath
ering
an
impressive
array
of
dec
orations.
bee,
and
even
in
such
distant
points
as
British
Columbia
and
I
Mayo,
Yukon,
are
shipping
this
j
ore
to
the
mines
and
geology
I
branch
at
Ottawa
which
has
the
only
Canadian
equipment
to
make
.
.
.
.
I
M.
I
1
1
1
1
t
1
L
nign
Eraae
scneeiue
concentrates
from
run-of-mlne
ore.
None
of
'the
scheelite
now
being
obtained
from
Canadian
gold
mines
Is
being
mined
at
a
profit.
No
tin
was
produced
In
Canada
before
the
war
but
small
quanti
ties
are
now
coming
from
Trail
as
a
by-produlit
of
lead-zlnc-
silver
operations.
Investigation
is
under
way
into
Canada's
supply
of
amber
mica,
required
for
the
manufacture
of
aviation
spark
plugs.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
WEYGAND
TO
(RUSSIANS
BE
OUSTED
DRIVE
OUT
Vichy
France
Pro-Consul
in
North;
Africa
About
to
Be
Moved,
I
Says
London
Report.
j
'
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
V)
Members
of
the
Free
French
organization
'said
today
they
had
heard
a
report
that
General
Maxlme
Wey-gand
has
been
or
was
about
to
be
ousted
as
Vichy
pro-consul
In
North
Africa.
NEW
WAR
INDUSTRY
Canada's
Mineral
Resources
Tapped
for
Raie
Elements
in
Many
Lines.
OTTAWA,
Nov.
19:
Ofi
Mercury
in
precision
instruments
being
used
by
British
and
Canadian
forces
is
being
provided
by
one
of
Canada's
newest
industries.
Prior
to
the
war
this
country
imported
practically
its
entire
supply
of
mercury.
Now
it
produces
a
sufficiency
for
all
Canadian
requirements
and
exports
considerable
quantities
to
Britain.
The
development
of
mercury
production
is
one
phase
of
a
general
speed-up
in
many
branches
of
Canadian
mining
and
an
intensified
search
for
strategic
metals
required
for
war
purposes,
i
Across
Canada
geologists
from
the
department
of
mines
and
individual
prospectors,
encouraged
by
the
government,
are
searching
iiseiy
areas,
une
discovery
or
a
GERMANS
Enemy
Forced
to
Abandon
Posi-
tions
They
Had
in
Crimea.
Won
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
The
Tass
News
Agency
reported
tonight
that
Russian
forces
had
recaptured
strategic
heights
in
the
Crimea
with
the
help
of
intensive
action
by
dive
bombers.
The
agency
said
the
Germans
were
forced
to
abandon
positions
they
had
won
and
form
a
new
line
further
back
but
it
was
not
said
in
what
part
of
the
Crimea
the
action
occurred.
luciuuiy,
near
ruicm
ime,
tjnusn.pf
some
tialf-dozen
"star-turn"
Columbia,
by
a
government
geol
wacKKroaooHo0ttuHKhixKKKH
ogist
In
1937,
opened
the
way
for
DESTROY
AIRCRAFT
Royal
Air
Force
Carries
Out
Damaging
Raids
Over
Eastern
Libya
CAIRO,
Nov.
19:
)
The
Royal
Air
Force
announced
today
that
eighteen
Axis
craft
were
destroyed
in
patrols
over
Cirencalca
(east
ern
Libya)
yesterday.
Even
"Star-Turns"
Have
Their
Finish
LONDON,
Nov.
19:
W
Just
as
in
the
First
Great
War,
the'
groat-r
Tiart
nf
British
shlnn!nt
Iihsm
deposit
of
cinnabar,
an
ore
ofinave
been
due
to
the
operations
U-boats,
Sir
Archibald
Southby
said
reeenilv.
"I
rinn'r.
frhlnlt
T
am
this,
new
industry,...
Ligiving
away-
any
-secrets
when
I
rn
e
deposit
Is
now
pro-,
say
that
a
few
months
ago
we
put
viding
more
than
sufficient
three
of
the
German's
star-turns
mercury
to
replace
that
previously
;m
the
bag,"
he
added.
"You
don't
imported
from
Italy
and
during
:,:atch
these
star-turns
with
any
the
past
summer
a
survey
of
the
l0f
the
ordinary
devices
with
which
you
catch
the
others
and
you
can
take
it
from
me
we
are
doing
very
well."
Naples-Brindisi
Are
Raided
Again
Royal
Air
Force
Carries
Out
Further
Attacks
on
Italian
Cities.
ROME,
Nov.
19:
IP)
The
Italian
High
Command
announced
today
that
Naples
and
Brindisi
were
raided
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
last
night.
It
was
the
second
straight
night
raid
on
Naples.
LOCAL
WOMEN
MAY
ENLIST
Recruiting
Officer
Of
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corps
Due
Here
Before
End
Of
Month
With
several
local
young
women
contemplating
joining
up
for
active
service,
Subaltern
Commander
(Mrs.)
Joan
B.
Kennedy,
re
cruiting
officer
of
the
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corps,
Is
due
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
before
the
end
of
this
month.
WHERE
DOCTORS
FAIL
The
percentage
of
deaths
caused
by
heart
disease
is
greater
among
doctors
than
laymen.
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