YORK. March 18: (CP) he New York stock market show- I a sllgb' Howard tendency yes- day Industrial average et clos- was 123.48, up .06; rails, 28.07, jn .02, and utilises, 19.70. down Weather Forecast General Svnoruds A moderate ewoanr i.s appraachtns the from it.Vi nrnci 'mhn cirfoc f beeu overeast and light to iNcratf! rain hsia fallin nh Ihe I IjVest Coast of Vancouver Island ut io moderaltc and occa- r,dl csh south to sou'Lheast J3, mostly overcast wito Intor- Bp . CQmmmng mua. Eh. Rupcrt and Queen Char- 111 and mtteiulivg mild. FI!Kpi . with Si,. -"-""4 AT KITKATLA L:L,and Mrs' Silas Inncs left f Wlth remains of Baw it ""kiiihto win x,ase jut on K8" i00k th0 PartV mT- a Mrs- ln" m win r., N7IUml0 lhe at the I "u. Bros, caruipry. TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. JohnMon Co.) Vancouver . Big Missouri, .04. Bralorne, 9.85. Cariboo Quartz, 2.55. Dentonla, .00 Vi. Falrvlew, .01. Oold Belt, .25. Hedley Mascot, .55, Minto, .02V2A.' f . Pacific Nickel. .04. Pend Oreille, 1.45. Pioneer,. 2.25A. Premier, .85. Privateer, .48. Reeves MacDonald, .10. Reno, .10. Relief Arllngton, ;.02V4. Salmon Gold, I.02A. . Sheep Creek, .88 A. , I Oils A. P. Con.,.07ii. ' Calmont. .18. ' 1 Q. Si E.,1.25. Home, 1.97A. Pacalta, .02 ft. , Royal Canadlan,..09&. Okalta,.55. Mercury, .04. Prairie Royalties, .07A. Toronto Aldcrmac, .IUV2. Beattle, 1.05. Central Pat., 1.75. Con. Smelters, 36.,i. East Malartlc 2.61. Fernland, .024. Francoeur, .39. Gods Lake, .28 Vz. Hardrock, .77. Int. Nickel, 33.Vz. Kerr Addison, 3.75. Little Long Lae, 1.76. McLeod- Cockshutt, 1.85. Madsen Red Lake, .57. Mc"-enzle Red Lake, 1.08. Moneta, .50. Noranda, 53.00. Picklo Crow, 2.75. Preston East Dome, 3.io. San Antonio, 2.35. Sherrltf Gordon, ".G8. Uchl,20. , T. Bouscadillac, .02 ,1. Mosher, .04Vi. . . OQcria, .04. t A tho 25 ships sunk in the week ending March 9 were British, totalling 81,244 tons and the balance Allied. The average per week of losses in February was 75,000 tons and in January 53,-000 tons. Warning is issued to Ilrltons to be prepared t0 face even greater losses. KING IS THANKFUL ATHENS King George II. has sent personal thanks to his troops for their victory over the Italians in the recent Fascist offensive in Tepelinl area. COLD IN EAST TORONTO Highways are blocked and railway traffic disrupted as result of a blizzard and cold weather. ' Tho death list as a result of the winter storm in North Dakota and Minnesota has reached a total of CG. BREMEN TOTAL LOSS LONDON Information obtained from an unimpeachable source is to the effect that the great North German-LIoyd Uner Bremen, which was burning at the port of Bremen yesterday, is extensively damaged and may even bo considered a total loss. Tho fire has been extinguished. There aro reports that the giant vessel, 51,731-ton pride of the German trans-Atlantic 4nc.Al.inti fleet, fleet, has has sunk. sunk. VANCOUVER WINS OPENER . VANCOUVER Vancouver Lions won tho first game of the Pacific Coast Hockey League playoffs Monday night with a 2 to 1 victory over Seattle Sea Hawks. The second game will be played in Seattle Friday night and the third,' if necessary, in Vancouver next Monday night. The winners In this best two out of three game series will meet lb(J Spokane Bombers for the league champ- ionship, i UbRA Housing Situation Is Drawback Here; Prince Rupert Is Doing Nothing By II. F. rULLEN OTTAWA, March 18. The housing Situation at Prince Runert is one of the drawbacks far as fuller use of the drv dock there for war shipbuilding is concerned. The feeling is evident here that Prince Rupert, is dointr nothing to relieve the situation in regard to housing ancl the government cannot be expected to do everything. Olof Hanson, the member lor Skeena, is. working hard for' Prince Runert. He already has definite promise that the shipyard will be kept busyf I had an interview with the Prime Miniter yesterday "and was well received. I am meeting "the Minister of Supply this afternoon to discilss shipbuilding' at Prince Rupert. Ian Mackenzie m;as indisposed yesterday but, if he is -down' today,. I shall meet him before leaving for home tonight. Yesterday I lunched with Olof Hanson and several other British Columbia members. I also had talks with Senator J. H. King, Speaker J. A. Glen, Senator William Duff, the Leader of the Opposition and a number of prominent members. I expect to arrive home Saturday night. Bulletins LOSSES IN SEA WAK LONDON Losses In the war at sea for the week ending March 9 totalled totalled 25 25 ships ships or or an an aggregate aggregate Blast In Downtown nnrterl iniured todav In an ex- plosion in downtown Montreal. 11. rpr'Trts KnJd it wa a rushed to the scene. Cause of the blast is undetermined. No Comment" By 'Great Britain War I mm Tomorrow sTides High 5:26 am 195 ft. 3. O.. 18:44 p-m. 16.9 ft. - - ' -4 WHMHSHS HKHXWW Wt, o, ft MOMDAY , NIfiHT'S AIR I? At. r , .Lot? 12:10 pm. 5.1ft. t'lw1'-- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER LONDON' D-M.n. German news agency admits ' Ihe oral Air Force attacked the north coastal area of Gt.many icndy night. The important air and naval base of Wilhelms- Vol. XXX., No. 65. PRINCE ItUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. PRICE: 5 CENTS. lTen was attacKea. as usuai u is asserted mat no damage done to military odjccuvcs out mat resident areas were Eimhed A numDer 01 civilians Deing Kiuen. ihe German uftwaffe attacKea wiuciy scparatca pumis in me urnish Isles 1th licht ra'ds' AoinS "tt,ft damage and causing few casual- Three Nazi Subs Sunk The raiders came over me norincasi, cast Angna and rotUnd. London nau a quici mgiii, me iirsi in eignt wunout iarni. A German pianc ien inio inc sea oir me Thames jtuary, having been brought down by anti-aircraft fire. GERMANY SENDING MOKE TROOPS ISTANBUL, Turkey In view, it is supposed, of British Drees being landed In large numbers In Greece, Germany, it is ported here, is Increasing her forces in southern Bulgaria from 100,000 to 800,000. NAZI U-BOAT ON THIS SIDE NEW YORK Advices reaching here are to the effect L.i ran re tierman suDmarines ana cruisers navp hern nw " - fcispatched to waters off the New England coast of the United States to prey on urnisn snipping. SCOFFS AT HITLER THREAT wAmilNGTON. D.O Viscount Halifax. British ambassa- Bor to the United States, scoffs at the threat of Chancellor ..... t.. t i .1 1 : t f . Hitler mai ail unucu owim suiiur3 apiuuitciung ine Edolf ritlsh Isles be sunk. It Is but an empty threat, declares alifax, who declares that Germany will be unable to inter line in any permanent way with American shipments to the United Kingdom. 0USAND BRITISH KILLED IN AIR RAIDS T Toll Taken by Nail Bombers PI . j -., rl..l. trui Kjierseysiae aim v,j"o Late Last Week nDON. March 18: (CD Sroiimately one thousand per- kj were killed In Nazi bomb-Briids on Merseyslde March 12 1 13 and one Clyde area on KhlJ and 14, the Air Ministry Ministry of Home Security imnced tonight In a joint i-aunlque. Thirteen hundred listed as injured in the raids. I ILLISION - OF TRAINS Itthtr Strious Railroad Accident i Inited States Today Arms Workers Victims NDHAM, Ohio. March 18:, A railroad official said today forty workers were seriously. ired and 125 more or less scrl-1 ly hurt with seycral possibly - a when an Erie Kauroaa, :ht train crashed Into a com-l Itr train, carrying 600 con-, iction worker to the United ites War pqpartment's $15,000,- I Puntnnn -V All 1 Art r)l n n 1 1 yy f ew York Stock larket Firmer ht Upward Tendency Shown In Yesterday's Trading ADVANCE Important Positions Around Cheren Taken In Addition To Recap turing Berbera ITALIANS REPULSED CAIRO, March 18; (CP) counter-attacks against positions recently captured by Bri tish forces in Eritrea have been repulsed with heavy Fascist losses, British general headquarters announced today. More than 800 Italian prisoners were taken. CAIRO. March 18: (CPt In addition to recapturing Berbera, the capital cf British Somaliland. Bri A Ah force 4ave alss titan i -portant heights covering Cheren, k.eycHy livJ.be British drive into Eritrea, general fuodquarters announced yesterday. Berbera. which had been evacuated by the Italians to the- British last iAugust, was retaken Sunday after a successful landing in cooperation with tthe navy and air' force. Important Naval Victory In Battle Of Atlantic Revealed By Prime Minister Churchill OPENING OF DRIVE HERE-COL. FELL British Columbia Chairman Of National War Services' Campaign Heard By Local Gathering Col. J. P. Fell of Vancouver, thalnhari of the British Columbia jsomm&tee "on the national war .services drive, was the speaker pea er last last ievenlnsr at 'dinner In with the frr'iUJuUon of ths drive fully meet the quota of $5000 which, had been set for it Cbl. Fell - told how it had been Describes Present Sea Conflict as One of Most Momentous in Annals of War Enemy War Vessels Now Operating Far Afield LONDON, March 18: (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced today the sinking of three German U-boats Monday in the Battle of the Atlantic. He proclaimed the battle "one of the most momentous ever iought in all annals of war." Introducing John G. Winant, new United Stages am- bassador to Great Britain, at a Pll- vjinu place," sail Col. FeU of Mr. Tlma Club luncheon, Mr. Churchill t ujvullo. also declared that "not only Ger- Conditions In England man. U-boats but German -battle fai-takjiiz cf h.s own experiences cruisers have crossed to the Am- 1jajJ1jUlu viutaw Me oUtDieaic of erican side of the Atlantic and connection ..... . . and ,,. where , . j ,. ... , .van- lounoj ium visjcu.z have already sunk some of our in- r ,, 77 1 ma-awd fox ne ume in vol- dependents routed ships not taU- S&TwnS! uiui, nan. 8uam serv.ee. Col. lng in convoy." Enemy warships VfTnK'sw? lch MM evervete 111 had sunk vessels as far west as the t tl'Jif a new kmd 01 s?mt 42nd Meridian on the North Amerl- i- nifwH vl .'SSi iieavy ,lumto- o.tncr hard- when Great Britain and United t "I !lso .f13 "ld !n..Se..d-!t!Ll ittps. the morale and ciieorfutes states would share .together the me iunw.cn 01 ine wat.rvitra uu , ,,a ln QVmnK rinhplii-v- . ..... .v.. t,.i when asked to assume ihe leader ship of th Conservative party, - . . . ' r XlrtU UiU. ill JO 1J H111C IUI building adjomtn't H. J. Heinz decided thiis year to amalgamate, party voU but for complete 'Co. of Canadi Ltd.. food pro- t In ,the interests of efficiency and natlonal unily and unted effort." ducts manufacturers. Police convenience, ihe annual drive for Cnurchm had Inherited a "fearful reported AhU a two-alarm funds for six organizations engag- ., when he assumed the Prime fire had bro'cen ou. and lire t ea in war services aiouviuea. iiic Ministership, said Col. Fell, but h engines and ambulances were f organizations were the Salvation f complained never blamei blamed ..... m L -i IT tr nt-JilAH An anvone anyone who who nrec:ded preceded him. him. His his wus sociation, Young Women's Chris- Uo WM to forget the past) look v ister said. , Mr. Winant salrt he would dn all J S hat enthusiasm wrav njtready de- "r . "new order" on a totalitarian basis T. ?nan tons., ,3, (CP, vP .eTt t0'1' rt-' vised figure for the week before r3Ulteen persons were re- he was. ttmfldent this city would Mlrttatcr Churchill who, that is HUH tons. Twenty 111 desf rabil'ity rf supporttng the cam- house and room, o'Jhers who may in his power to carry outtheipomr have been bombed out were wel- m0n nollcy of Great Britain and Montreal wM-MLSTSE ffi -l,Lto - He decried any Men 21 to 45 In Canada May Be Called Up tlan Association, Knights ox uow ,v,.,j onr1 tho hst could. 4- Ottawa Man-h m- (pp) . umbus, Canadian Legion and Im- hp snlrlt of th British Kvptv immarrlpd man In .frial Order, Daughters of the ptop1e today xhere was an enor- Canada or widower without Empire. The objective for the spiritual chanxo as a result children between the azes of Dominion was $5,500,000. tor-Brl' M thfs war Th,;s change, he was twenty-one tind forty-five will rtteh Columbia $553,000 and for ,.h infinTw srviai snri . k cnMwvf n n if r.tt- Prince Runert. $5j000. It 1 .riiuve uy, n Hfp for nil time to came. n.riss under revlsefl reffuia- t initial 10 worK ham ana mane ine Jn spUe of lossC3 and hardship, ,tions governing a ! dllVe drive a a SUCCeSS. success. W.. D.tHl, British 1rrar knew fVu they mora were month .nnV. n,ni,loni Col. Fell - detailed the - modus op- - the people cull f. Ua -lrt-V f nnrt 4Viat 4nlHt., , ii rill 111! 1 ' iitr 1 ji i i lo auu uivj -r litiuiiir; London Has Nothing To Say About erendi of the six organizations and WTre Qe.term!ned io carry on. They . i - .1 rr, A . ff. fin K fnm . i , 1 V. .... n.AH rt 1 1 ... . ... . i . iveporu-a imrai " u.,.u .w... tne va4ua0ie wmn. 'uicjr wcic a" mlghit not go to cnurcn. tney mignj If Athens Attacked carrying on, both In Canada and say (their prayers but, in this abroad, in providing, on a non- spiritual revaluation, the people of . twrfif molrlnfT hasks fill! villn.rv Rpr- t-I . I - 14.tv. miwtl, Vtofifkl, mwrkTlM March IK .(CP) f'""" onuuii wcic utuig a muu, Th rlo British comment '1 Rome reDorts that Great Bnrain uhk. has warned Italy and Germany":--";-, IVeneVVIIlH TlUcll nld attack Rome If Axis planes mentlowd the mobile canteens W much more serious, a much better l' " Jl .xi. i England wmcn were so mucn up- soldier and citizen than rcne oia m ITALIANS nrpoiated bv the Canadian force tT,iH w m was mnn interested in! which were almost constantly ai improving himself, less inclined i new four- compulsory military plan tabled in the House of Commons today by Hon. J. G. Gardiner, minister of war services. ' At Pt Ecsinal-nn ine move. lust to let go ana nave a guua iue . , .... H of UUs city I Armour Sale Co "I think the toe has come to while it lasted. 1 v,c,rir,r o mnvsUnn hv a H. is now proceeding with the con- U TCIn wlierehe have been enjoying such Hill-Tout, Col. Fell said that none tract of rebuilding work on the EiLlUlJl V l comforts and have hardly felt the of ,the national war services money government float and approaches effects of war, to cut down on our was going directly for reiugee wotk port Essing. To inspect this Other quarters are skeptical as to 'Bh Fleet Unable To Find Fas- own expendlUires and pleasures so although mobile canteens In case k one of of the the purpose purposes of or the xne . H . admissions i;:nc in tn t mii.mnn Mediterranean u ns i to tn provWe nrnvine Tniore mor Tfor for the the men men tn ta Tf f lrutensdve ve bombing bombing might might some-;vvl"B' some- :work U1 c r . motives of German connection with the Bremen. DEGAULLE AT GIBRALTAR GIBRALTAR General Charles DeGaullc, leader of the Free French Forces, arrived at Gibraltar form England Monday aboard a British plane. The nature of his mission is not cist Warships In Or Aegean Seas ABOARD A CRUISER SOME WHERE IN THE MEDITERKA- NEAN. March 18: (CP) The Bri- tthe services," declared Col. Fell, times minister to civilian popuia- vroeuue ui kvhat was to be said in an indl- tton. . lTX. vidua! sense as regards economy in answer to a quesuon Dy uoi. "'"IV might also be done coUedtlvely. Nfcholls, Col. Fell stated-that there or puouo wo uwu ' There were places, Col. Fell he- Was a minimum of overlappmg oe- u. " , ,,. , ii.. .k..Ji .A IV. fV vorinnra pnQ DI UUIM1U wik tlsh protscUng convoys sau-..uevea, wnere w imu uic fleet, via Jr ivtocouver vanwuur could save during war time on organizations. There was allocation er camcbunurom tn into Greek ,Dorts has tswept a Wands and ctario. SS-SSWmSn non-essentto. of services and .localities. The aim.e Queen . 7... i ,.o,, I ..u . i. n, nnrani,finni waa it conserve resources .v ana use,iue wc w'k' " andthe Aegean seas in an unsuc-1 "The wotk or uie orgamzawuu cessful hunt for Italian warships. engaged In these war services de-Hhem as ef fJcjlble WARM SOUTH AFRICANS MELBOURNE. March 18: (CP) serves . . the admiration &na eonu ijoi. iwicnous, in opeums ic fnu- dence of us all," Col. Fell asserted codings, expressed appreciation of Ul asKin empioyers, wnyiucva, mm "" all citizens to ' make generous con- ci.n. am ine Argus says Hh,,UonS i 4hat the men In the can troops fighting to North Africa - - have created a new record for heat endurance, licntlng in tempciU' tures of 135 degress ln'the shade,; but there wasn't any shade. Tonight's train, due from the East at 11 o'clock, was reported this morning; to ; be on time. were not forgotten by those who remained at home. Col. Fell read ai letter from Pre mier T. D. Pattullo commeuidlnfe Isupport of the . drive. "He , has ;iKhbwn"that his -heart! is & .the'1 the attendance and 'the enthusiasm ! that was being shown In the drive. He announced that the campaign In Prince Rupert would be opened next Sunday otfternoon with a drumhead service at the Court House grounds 4n which the vari ous local mlitla units would participate. In! the evening there would be" a concert by the Rocky Moun- Continued on PAGE FOUR Satala since Sunday, returning here this morning. He will be here until Friday night when ha will return south on the Cardena ROBERT DIXOtf BURIED The funeral at the late Robert Dixon, well known local fish vendor, who died last week, took place yesterday afternoon from ..the chapel of the B. C. Undertakers to Falrvlew Cemetery. Rev. E,"E. Brandt, pastor of FirsS Baptist Church, officiated, , - -'