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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
13.
1941.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
apaese
Nazi
Calrophe
In
Quarter
Million
Man
Army
Before
Moscow
Is
Utterly
Defeated
Vast
Quantitcs
of
Materials
Being
Abandoned
by
Germans
in
Their
Disorderly
Retreat
Over
Frozen
Plains
Is
Greatest
Soviet
Victory.
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
(CP)
German
set-backs
in
Russia
typified
by
Soviet
announcement
of
the
utter
defeat
of
a
750,000-man
army
before
Moscow,
may
develop
ca-ui:
rophically
for
the
invaders,
London
military
commentators
said
today.
Observers
expressed
the
belief
that
the
speed
with
which
.
1
Heading
For
,
!
Mediterranean?
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
'
A
British
source
said
today
that
fhe
bulk
of
the
German
air
force,
which
is
reportedly
be-
ing
withdrawn
from
th
Rus-
sian
front,
might
be
concen-
'.rating
for
a
terrific
assault
oij
the
British
Mediterranean
4
fleet
He
said
Axis
attempts
to
defend
North
Africa
are
doomed
unless
the
supply
route
across
the
Medlterran
can
Is
opened.
SALES
TAX
BEING
CUT
Automobile
Industry
Is
Being
Assisted
To
.Maintain
Price
Structure
,
OTTAWA,
Dec.
13:
The
form
oi
assistance
granted
to
the
Canadian
automobile
industry,
in
order
k
enable
it
to
maintain
the
1941
price
structure
as
the
price
ceiling
or.
1942
automobiles,
has
been
a
writing
down
of
the
sales
tax,
It
t
learned
here.
Some
mystery
about
this
matter
far
unclarlfled
by
the
price
control
authorities
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
has
led
to
reports
In
Eastern
Canada
that
substantial
assistance
has
had
to
be
given
,to
the
motor
car
industry
to
permit
It
to
opsrate
under
the
price
ceiling.
The
circumstances
under
which
was
decided
to
grant
rebates
of
aiea
tax
have
not
been
disclosed,
ui
it
is
understood
that
motor
ui
production
costs
have
gone
up
mid
Chrysler
Is
understood
to
have
installed
1942
improvements
that
'uatify
a
variation
of
price
from
m-
1941
scale.
What
the
position
"a.-,
been
with
the
other
two
Canadian
manufacturers,
For,!
'and
General
Motors,
has
not
been
disposed,
Rotary
Club
Sends
Check
for
Queens
Bomb
Victim
Fund
The
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
ias
sent
a
cheick
for
$102.75
to
the
Queen's
Canadian
Fund
for
British
oomb
victims.
This
amount
Includes
donations
received
as
follows;
pHnce
Rupert
Reading
Club
$
9.
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Navy
Auxiliary
....
50.
Centennial
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..
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28.75
Jack
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sailing
tonight
""
the
Prince
Rupert
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
captured
munitions
were
nrfnnt.pH
fnr
PaH
Armv
Ilea
nrnnlH
1----
be
a
determining
factor.
They
said
that
the
Germans
were
un-
doubtedly
abandoning
vast
military
supplies
in
withdrawal
under
twin
scourges
of
attacking
Russians
and
zero
cold.
The
German
withdrawal
Is
continuing
both
before
Moscow
and
on
the
southern
end
of
the
long
front.
Berlin
admits
a
break-through
of
the
Nazi
lines
and
heavy
losses
as1
the
Russians
smash
forward
without
regard
to
their
own
losses.
.Moscow'
-says
thatth
a,
second
general
offensive
of
the
Nazis
with
a
view
to
encirclement
of
Moscow
has
completely
crumbled.
The
greatest
victory
of
the
war
for
the
Russians
is
resulting
In
the
utter
smashing
of
the
huge
German
military
machine
with
which
it
had
been
hoped
to
capture
Moscow.
At
least
twenty
German
divisions
have
been
destroyed.
The
enemy
are-
in
disordered
flight
along
the
frozen
plains
In
two
sectors
of
the
Moscow
front.
R.A.F.
IS
ON
FORAY
Extensive
Attacks
Made
During
Night
on
Occupied
France,
Netherlands
and
Northwest
Germany.
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
Oi
British
bombers
made
an
extensive
foray
over
the
German-occupied
continent
last
night,
blastln?
docks
at
Brest
and
Dunkerque
and
bombing
an
oil
refinery
at
Donges
near
St.
Nazaire.
The
British
airmen
were
also
over
northwest
Germany.
Forty
Million
Men
In
United
States
Today
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
13:
if)
National
renlstration
In
the
United
States
is
expected
to
reveal
40,000,000
men
between
the
ages
of'
eighteen
and
sixty-four
Including
10,000,000
between
19
and
44
who
will
be
liable
for
military
ser
vice.
Alarms
Are
Real
Thing
I
VICTORIA,
Dec.
13:
The
Western
Air
Command
an-
nounced
today
that
there
was
nn
intention
of
sounding
any
test
air
raid
alarms.
No
such
alarms
will
be
given
unless
there
is
reliable
Information
that
the
Japanese
are
nearby.
Are
NAZIS
ARE
ENCIRCLED
British
Forces
Are
Driving
Westward
Through
Libya
Toward
Derna
and
Bengasi.
CAIRO,
Dec.
13:
Oi
British
forces
west
of
Tobruk
are
attacking
encircled
Axis
troops
at
Ga-zala,
British
headquarters
declared
today.
A
communique
said
New
Zealand
forces
had
cut
of!
Gazala
in
a
drive
from
Tobruk
and
said
that
other
British
col-
j
umns
well
in
the
west
were
caus-
!
ing
widespread
confusion
and
destruction
among
scattered
Axis
units
while
attempting
to
break
through
toward
Derna
and
Bengasi.
WORKING
MIDWAY
No
Interruption
With
Cable
Communication
Across
Pacific,
San
Francisco
Reports
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Dec.
13:
ff
The
Postal
Telegraph
cable
department
reported
today
it
was
working
Midway
Island
without
interruDtion.
Earlier
in
the
week
Japan
claimed"
IT
flad,taTteif
session
of
Midway.
Wake
and
Guam
Islands
but
it
has
since
been
learned
that
such
was
not
the
case.
W
Now
Russia
FOUR
DEAD,
TRAM
LINE
n.
C.
Electric
Freight
Collides
With
Speeder
On
Marpole
Branch
South
Of
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
;Dec.
13:
Four
men
were
killed
when
a
speeder
collided
with
a
j
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
freight
train
on
!he
Marpole
line
south
of
here
yesterday.
The
killed
were
Ames
K.
Aho.
Ernest
llllyer,
John
Dj'ck
j
and
Steve
Porkyo.
.
TRANSPORT
WIPED
OUT
'
4000
Japanese
and
Their
Boats,
Enroute
to
Malaya,
Smashed
By
Netherlands
Submarines.
BATAVIA,
Dec.
13:
Oi
Ncth-lands
submarines
were
credited
today
with
t
h.e
destruction
of
about
four
thousand
Japanese
i
soldiers
and
four
transports
off
southern
Thailand
and
another
!
naval
force
was
said
to
have
liquidated
a
Japanese
settlement
on
the
east
coast
of
Botneo.
The
transports
were
smashed
as
Japanese
reinforcements
were
being
moved
to
the
Thailand
front.
News
DARING
LIBYAN
EXPLOIT
ALEXANDRIA
Sweeping
within
point
blank
range,
a
British
cruiser
heavily
shelled
Derna
on
the
Libyan
coast
in
a
dating
surprise
attack
yesterday
and
safely
emerged
from
one
of
the
biggest
dive-hnmbing
assaults
since
Crete.
Axis
shipping
and
harbor
installations
were
heavily
damaged.
Meanwhile,
the
British
forces
on
land
are
steadily
moving
forward
against
the
Axis
west
of
Tobruk.
A
point
fifty
miles
west
of
Tobruk
has
now
been
reached.
AIR
ATTACK
ON
MANILA
MANILA
There
has
been
a
fierce
air
attack
on
Manila
and
Nicholls
air
field
beyond
but
the
American
military
authorities
state
that
damage
has
not
been
serious,
defences
proving
effective.
Jap-anese
forces
have
been
landed
on
Luzon
Island,
but
the
situation
is
well
in
hand.
MALAYA
AND
HONG
KONG
SINGAPORE
Japanese
forces
landing
on
north
Malaya
arc
engaged
in
fierce
fighting
through
the
jungle
with
the
British
dcfcndeis.
At
Hong
Kong,
according
to
Japanese
claims,
the
defences
have
been
penetrated
a
distance
of
fifteen
miles.
SECOND
ITALIAN
CRUISER
SUNK
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
another
cruiser
had
been
sunk
by
British
destroyers
in
the
making
the
second
to
be
sunk
in
two
days.
CATASTROPHE
FOR
NAZIS
LONDON
British
military
authorities
here
predict
that
the
Nazi
rcttcat
before
the
Russians
west
of
Moscow
will
develop
into
a
catastrophe
for
the
Germans.
Berlin
itself
admits
reverses,
although
claiming
that
these
are
only
of
local
character.
The
second
general
offensive
of
the
Nazis
against
Moscow
is
being
completely
routed,
Moscow
asserts,
declaring
that
no
less
than
85,000
Germans
have
been
killed
between
November
1G
and
December
10
with
twenty-three
out
of
fifty-one
divisions
wiped
out.
Enemy
tanks
numbering
1431
have
been
completely
destroyed
with
5416
lorries,
G75
guns,
335
trench
mortars
and
870
machine
guns.
GUAM
CAPTURE
PROBABLE
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
navy
announced
today
that
it
was
unable
to
communicate
with
the
Pacific
island
of
Guam
by
either
radio
or
cable
and
added
that
capture
of
the
island
by
the
Japanese
was
probable.
There
is
no
confirmation
here
of
reports
that
Honolulu
was
bombed
six
times
during
the
first
nine
hours
following
arrival
there
of
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox.
UNDER
PROTECTIVE
CUSTODY
WASHINGTON
French
sailors
have
been
removed
from
French
vessels
in
American
ports.
This
action
has
been
taken
for
their
own
safety.
French
ships
are
still
in
a
stale
of
"protective
custody"
and
are
still
flying
the
French
flag.
Being
Stopped
Invasion
Attempts
In
Malaya
and
Philippines
Are
Checked;
Hong
Kong
Being
Hard
Pressed
DESTROY
ITALIAN
FLOTILLA
-
-
Three
Axis
Cruisers
Believed
to
Have
Been
Disposed
of
by
Allied
Submarine
Attack
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
P
A
pack
of
British
and
Netherlands
destroyers
pounced
suddenly
on
two
Italian
destroyers
In
the
Mediterranean
and
left
another
burning,
the
Admiralty
announced
today.
With
an
Italian
cruiser
sunk
by
a
British
submarine
yesterday,
an
entire
flotilla
of
three
Italian
cruisers
has,
apparently,
been
destroyed.
GAS
RATION
NEXT
SPRING
After
Then
It
Will
Be
Supplied
Only
On
Production.
Of.
Rationing
Coupons
OTTAWA,
Dec.
13:
Rationing
of
gasoline
will
go
Into
effect
in
Canada
next
April
1,
it
was
announced
yesterday.
There
will
be
no
gasoline
supplied
after
that
date
without
rationing
coupons.
Restrictions
will
be
placed
on
the
supplies
"to
drivers
of
nonessential
private
cars.
Commercial
vehicles
wll
be
supplied
on
the
basis
of
their
normal
requirements.
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
says
that
rationing
of
other
goods
In
Canada
may
soon
be
expected.
JAP
ENEMY
TO
RUSSIA
Soviet
Ambassador
to
United
States
Does
Not
Pay
Very
Complimentary
Respect
to
Nipponese.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
13:
0)
Maxim
Litvinov,
Russian
ambassador
to
the
United
Stales,
today
characterized
Japan
as
"our
common
enemy"
and
called
the
Japanese
"Axis
gangsters."
Litvinov
told
a
press
conference
"complete
understanding
exists
or
will
be
arrived
at"
between
powers
opposing
Axis
ag-gressino.
NEW
PRICES
F0RWHEAT
OTTAWA,
Dec.
13:
Consideration
of
western
wheat
prices
In
view
of
the
new
price
celling
policy
will
be
before
Ottawa
authorities
this
week,
It
Is
expected.
The
question
whether
the
precedent
already
established
with
respect
to
Ontario
soft
wheat
followed
with
respect
to
western
hard
wheat
may
be
decided
soon.
The
new
price
ceiling
on
Ontario
soft
wheat
has
been
defined
as
a
bushel,
on
a
Montreal
basis,
which
means
an
average
of
$1.12
to
Ontario
farmers
to
whom
however
wheat
growing
Is
a
minor
line.
The
Wheat
Board
is
acting
as
administrator
of
prices
for
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
with
respect
to
grains'.
Spectacular
Dogfight
Over
Manila
Drynci
News
Agency
Claims
Capture
of
Kowloon
Better
News
Fram
Singapore
Today.
Sea-borne
Japanese
troops,
which
gained
a
foothold
at
Lmgayen
on
the
west
coast
of
Luzon
Island
in
the
Philippines,
100
miles
north
of
Manila,
have
been
wiped
out,
it
was
reported
officially
today
as
United
States
fighter
planes
pitched
into
waves
of
Japanese
bombers
in
a
spectacular
ciogtignt
over
the
Philippine
capital.
bulletins
i----
ARE
OFF
TO
.
TTAWA
VANCOUVER
Premier
John
Hart
and
Attorney
General
R.
L.
Maitland
were
here
today
on
the
way
from
Victoria
to
Ottawa
to
confer
with
the
federal
government
on
terms
of
settlement
of
Dominion
provincial
taxation
relations.
EXPLOSION
AT
TRAIL
TRAIL
Four
men
are
in
hospital,
one
injured
seriously,
as
a
result
of
an
exnlosion
vesterdav
-inthe
-Consolidated
Mininc
&4..InLondon.
authorltatlve.QuarW.
Smelting
Co.
plant.
DISTINGUISHING
BUTTONS
VANCOUVER
Ten
thousand
buttons
are
to
be
issued
to
Chinese
to
distinguish
them
from
Japanese.
The
buttons
will
carry
the
Chinese
flag
and
the
word
"China."
McCOY
VS.
ZIVIC
NEW
YORK
Fritzie
Zivie
and
Young
Kid
McCoy
fought
to
a
ten-all
draw
last
night.
It
was
a
very
fast
bout.
Referee
Art
Donovan
took
the
fifth
round
from
Zivie
for
a
low
blow.
JUGO-SLAV
ARMY
OTTAWA
Plans
are
being
made
for
the
training
of
a
Jugo-Slav
army
in
Canada.
OFFER
TO
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
government
has
under
consideration
an
offer
from
Canada
to
give
the
United
States
the
use
of
three
munitions
plants
in
the
Dominion.
AIR
ALARM
IN
'FRISCO
Unidentified
Planes
Reported
to
Have
Passed
Over
Again
Florida
City
Also
Alarmed.
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
13:
San
Francisco,
Alameda
and
Oakland,
had
a
two-and-a-half
hour
blackout
beginning
at
7:25
last
evening.
Air
raid
alarms
were
sounded
and
unidentified
planes
were
reported
to
have
passed
over.
There
were
many
traffic
acci
dents
in
the
dark
and
consider-'
able
disorder
developed.
Jacksonville,
Florida,
also
had
a
two-and-a-half
hour
t.i.r.
raid
alarm
last
night.
Xmas
Shopping
Rush
Expected
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
13:
Vancouver
merchants
are
preparing
for
a
real
rush
of
Christmas
business.
Shopping
had
been
slowed
down
owing
to
the
blackout
at
the
first
of
the
week.
unuea
stares
strength
In
the
Philippines
arena
of
war
is
gath
ering
strength
daily.
There
have
been
no
new
gains
and
no
new
landings
by
the
enemy
during
the
past
twenty-four
hours.
Several
Japanese
planes
were
shot
down
during
today's
air
raids.
Fifth
columnists,
who
are
said
to
have
fired
red
flares
to
attract
the
enemy
bombers,
are
being
rounded
up.
A
Dome!
broadcast
dispatch
from
Saigon,
French
Indo-Chlna,
asserted
that
British
trooD3
de
fending
Hong
Kong
had
with-,
drawn
from
the
first
line
of
defence
"following
Japanese
capture
of
Kowloon
on
the
mainland
facing
the
British
naval
base.
ers
acknowledged
that
British
troops
might
have
withdrawn
fr6m
Kowloon
but
said
there
was
no
confirmation
of
the
Japanese
claim
that
Kowloon
had
been
occupied.
Chinese
declared
today
that
their
troops
had
recaptured
Senchuan,
strategic
point
north
of
Hong
Kong,
in
hard
efforts,
to
relieve
pressure
on
the
British
Hong
Kong
garrison.
Royal
Air
Force
reinforcements
are
being
sent
both
to
Malaya
and
Hong
Kong.
At
Washington
the
War
Department
reported
that
the
Japanese
had
bombed
Cebu
In
the
Philippines
and
said
"the
enemy
plan
is
now
clearly
revealed
as
an
attempt
to
secure
improvised
air
bases
outside
the
area
encompassed
by
our
ground
defences."
Tonight's
British
communique
from
Singapore
indicated
that
Japanese
invasion
of
upper
and
middle
British
Malaya
had
been
checked.
Bulgaria
Declares
War
on
Gt.
Britain
And
States-Berlin
BERLIN,
Dec.
13:
The
Berlin
radio
says
that
Bulgaria
has
declared
ww
on
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States.
Last
month
Great
Britain
severed
diplomatic
relations
with
Bulgaria.
Blackouts
Now
Suspended
SEATTLE,
Dec.
13:
Blackouts
In
Washington
and
Oregon
are
being
discontinued
Indefinitely,
civ-Uan
defence
authorities
announced
yesterday.
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9
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Christmas.
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