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LONDON
No
statemeiu
To
German
Demand
VICHY.
Jan.
25.
The
French'
lovernment
is
reported
divided
on
tiethor
or
not
to
accede
to
ucr-
any
s
demand
for
a
base
In
ench
Tunisia
Marshal
Henu
oillippe
Petaln
is
opposed.
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..
,
,
,
...
.
..uic,
cunurmauon
or
denial,
from
British
sources
today
u.
regard
to
announcements
in
Berlin
and
Komc
of
another
attack
bv
German
an
bombing
planes
on
the
British
Navy
In
the
Mediterranean
A
German
report
was
that
two
British
battleships
and
a
heavy
cruiser
had
been
hit
west
of
the
Island
of
Crete
and
that
Italian
submarines
in
the
Atlantic
had
torpedoed
a
7,472-ton
British
auxiliary
cruiser
II.M.S.
Umius
with
troops
on
board
and
a
Greek
steamer.
The
Home
report
was
not
quite
so.
boastful,
stating
that
a
British
battleship
had
been
hit
in
the
Mediterranean
as
well
as
the
British
auxuliary
cruiser
and
the
Greek
ship
in
the
Atlantic
BRITISH-NAZI
AIR
WAR
LONDON
Only
activity
claimed
last
night
in
the
air
war
between
Germany
and
Great
Britain
was
another
damaging
attack
by
the
Koyal
Air
Force
on
the
Nazi
submarine
base
of
Lorient
In
German-occupied
France.
This
afternoon
German
planes
were
reported
over
East
AngUa
but
none
had
appeared
over
London.
GRAECO-ITALIAN
WAR
ATHENS
Greek
troops,
despite
Italian
reinforcements,
have
captured
further
new
positions
in
Albania,
taking
further
Fascist
troops
prisoner
as
well
as
seizing
additional
war
materials
in
their
fresh
victories.
ANOTHER
ATTACK
ON
SICILY
VALETTA,
Malta
Within
the
last
twenty-four
hours
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
have
made
smashing
new
attacks
on
Axis
air
bases
in
Sicily.
(Meanwhile
the
Home
radio
said
today
that
the
first
step
toward
eliminating
the
British
Navy
from
the
Mediterranean
would
be
a
continuous
and
violent
air
attack
on
Malta.)
ACTOR'S
RELATIVES
KILLED
LONDON
Five
relatives
of
Cary
Grant,
noted
screen
actor,
were
killed
when
their
home
in
Bristol,
England,
was
destroyed
by
a
high
explosive
bomb
during
an
air
raid,
it
has
been
disclosed.
They
were
the
actor's
uncle
and
aunt,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
II.
Leach,
their
daughter,
son-in-law
and
grandson.
fcOVT
IS
SAFE
CASE
i
DIVIDED
COMING
UP
Jichy
Split
In
Kegard
to
Acceding
Andrew
Wallace
Charged
With
Shop
Breaking
as
Result
of
Waterfront
Incident
Andrew
Wallace,
a
recent
arrival
In
Prince
Rupert
from
Vancouver,
was
charged
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
In
city
police
court
here
Ahead
for
Year
Dispite
Fewer
;
Pending
the
hearing
of
tne
Vi-
was,
of
course,
undisclosed.
It
would
not
have
been
legal
for
thP
Kins
Georce
V.
to
stay
longer
since
international
law
says
that
a
foreign
warship
can
remain
In
a
neutral
port
only
twenty-iour
nouis
unless
sDeclal
permission
is
obtain
ed
for
making
repairs,
taking
on
Alarm
to
be
Sounded
Tomorrow
Afternoon
In
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
21.
NILE
ARMY
MOVING
ON
December
Passengers
,
'
dece,
ponce
are
reticent
aooui
uis-
russinn
the
case.
It
Is
known,
CAIRO,
Jan.
25:
(CP
-The
Army
WINNIPEG
Jan
25-Because
or
however,
that
the
police
were
given
of
the
Nile
has
now
completely
Extremely
adverse
weather
concu-
assistance
oi
a
scienuuc
nature
oj
mu-f
",':,,
Ions
of
the
Prince
more
than
twenty
housand
Italian
experienced
during
the
latter
Dr.
H.
N.
Brocklesby
W
.
:
.
.
.
6
i
.u,..
r,ir,oi
ata.
troons.
and
Is
continuing
Its
sweep
mart
of
the
month
wnen
many
n
nupwi,
ri
V"
""
t,
sneed
j
t
nvnticroni
a
t
nn
in
orn
rtwT
inn
wilit
siens
ifau-
wwiwmu
v
.lr
Lines
carried
only
4571
passen-
lng
to
Wallace
s
arrest.
crs
In
December
.compared
with
,740
In
November.
The
figures
were
.
m
nYYYri
eported
by
D.
B.
Colyer,
vlce-prcsi-
I
,
l-f
H
A
I
HK
ent.
today.
1
J.
kA
Air
mall
carried,
however,
was!
8,000
pounds,
more
than
5000
iounds
greater
than
the
November
load
figures
and
attributable
to,
This
Trus
is
is
tne
me
MOVES
OUT
eached.
I
vimmt
Halifax
k
i
.
.
.i
n
nan
i
"
ftir
express
aroppea
irom
iu.ooi
ounds
In
November
to
9,448
in
De
Kembcr.
In
1940
TransCanada
Air
Lines
fcarrled
53,180
passengers
against
P1.59G
In
1039.
The
peak
month
was
August
when
7,000
passengers
used
Khe
national
air
service.
Air
mall
for
the
year
totalled
783,-;83
pounds
compared
with
451,631
a
1939.
while
air
express
aggregat-
td
105,788
pounds,
more
than
twice
f
ne
volume
of
1939.
Stock
Market
Trend
Unward
NEW
YORK.
Jan.
25.
The
New
York
stork
mnrkph
turned
UDWard
late
trading
yesterday
after
los
ing
Rround
parilpr
in
the
session
d
continued
strength
early
today.
he
davR
flirrinvpr
nmminfpd
to
410.0Ofl
shnMs
TVin
Ixrliicf
rlol
nvpv
"Be
at
r.loslnir
rnQ
V)$.W).
nn
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ANNAPOLIS,
Maryland,
Jan.
25:
(CP)
The
battleship
King
George
v..
which
brought
Viscount
Hall-
fax
to
the
United
States
yesterday,
.
Derna,
Bomba
ad
Bengazi,
the
Mid-,
Idle
East
command
announces.
There
i
have
been
smashing
attacks
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
Derna,
Bomba'
and
Bengazi
since
yesterday.
On
the
Sudan-Eritrean
front,
the
Italians
have
abandoned
two
more
.
i
I
An4ln,,lnrv
tVlA
VP."
OUl.pOSbS
aliu
ttie
tmiv"iu"i&
w
i
1
treat
while
In
Ethiopia
native
pat-1
eavy
Christmas
mall.
.
..
r.r.e
v.
steams
Down
u
mM
-a.niM.s
nn
,Wk..
.UK.
l
tl
tnlnl
vpK
"
"
...
I
rioui
nave
uiwiuujr
an
""
'"i
Chesepcake
nay
Aiier
ueiivcr
Italians
in
hit-and-run
thrusts
near
Lake
Tana.
Tank
Column
Dispersed
British
general
headquarters
announced
today
that
a
column
of
Italian
medium
tanks
had
been
dis
headed
out
Into
Chesapeake
Bay
persed
yesterday
three
miles
east
of
hpfore
noon
today.
The
destination
Derna
or
about
175
miles
Inside
of
Libya
from
the
Egyptian
frontier.
It
Is
believed
that
British
military
strategy
will
be,
like
in
the
cases
of
Sidl
Barannl,
Bardia
and
Tobruk,
to
encircle
Derna
and
Bomba
while
driving
through
to
Bengazi.
The
advance
is
being
carried
out
fuel
or
on
account
of
weather
de-jso
.rapidly
that
MarshaU
Grazl-
lay.
RAID
HERE
ON
SUNDAY
Mnrii
inlprpst
Bcinir
Shown
am.
Uie
XlUllUU
tuuuuaaun-ju-
chief,
Is
given
no
opportunity
to
re
form
his
retreating
forces.
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell,
the
British
commander-in-chief,
visit
ed
occupied
Tobruk
yesterday.
Meantime
in
East
Today's
communique
also
report
ed
further
native
successes
m
tin
iopia
and
added
that
the
Italians
had
abandoned
more
posis.
Ahnnt.
si
hundred
m-lsoners
were
Mnrii
miihllc
interest
is
develop-
t
kfi
ln
tvitrea
whiie
those
captur
ing
in
the
practice
air
raid
alarm
i
ed
a(.
wm
number
not
less
which
will
take
piace
""
i
than
twenty
thousana.
mld-alternoon
at
u
Rupert
during
time
not
disclosed
until
it
occurs
and
is
heralded
by
tne
wowing
i
sirens,
sounding
of
bells,
etc.
Then
local
Air
Raid
Prevention
workers
,,-m
nroneed
to
assigned
stations
rprf
to
nracttce
their
technique,
.tr
POUND
STERLING
NEW
YORK,
January
25
The
British
pound
sterling
was
up
',4c
today
on.
the
New
York
foreign
ex
change
at
$4
03
Va
BELGRADE,
Jan.
25.
Italian
soldiers,
according
to
reports
reaching
hpl-p
nrp
hpinir
marhlnp-tninnpH
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Uoiirleay
6.
D.
Joiuulou
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.041-2.
Bralorne,
10.00.
Cariboo
Quart,
2.80.'-.
Dentonlo,
.01A.
Falrvlew.
J01.
Geld
Belt,
.28.
Hedley
Mascot,
.53.
KOble
Five,
.00?8.
Pend
Oreille,
1.80.
Pioneer,
2.10.
.
Premier,
.92.
Privateer,
.54.
Reeves
Macdonald,
.15.
Reno,
.10.
Relief
Arlington,
.023,4.
Salmon
Gold,
.028.
Sheep
Creek,
.82.
Cariboo
Hudson,
,01A.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.08
Vi.
Calmont,
.23.
C.
&
E.,
1.35.
Home,
2.25.
Pacalta,
.05A.
Royal
Canadian,
.12.
Okalta,
.65A.
Mercury,
.06A.
Prairie
R6yalttes,
.07-'2.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.14.
Beattie,
1.15.
Central
Pat.,
1.85.
East
Malartlc,
2.81.
Con.
Smelters.
.383i.
Fernland,
.05.
Francoeur,
.43.
Gods
Lake,
.33.
Hardrock,
.97.
Int
Nickel,
35.007-8.
Kerr
Addison,
3.75.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.00.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.19.
Madsen,
Red
Lake,
.60.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.20.
Moneta,
.53.
Noranda,
55.00s8.
Pickle
Crow,
2.85.
Preston
East
Dome.
3.30.
San
Antonio,
2.55.
Sherritt
Gordon,
.82.
Uchl,
.35.
Bouscadlllac,
,0234.
Mosher,
.06.
Oklend,
.08.
Smelters
Gold,
.012,
Dominion
Bridge,
25.00.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
JANUARY
25,
lMT
Survivors
of
the
Tnadic
made
a
cheerful
group
when
they
reached
the
safety
of
an
Australian
part
alter
being
maroonsd
by
a
Nazi
raider
on
Em
ira;
Island,
100
miles
north
of
Rabaul.
Their
shtD
was
one
of
three
sunk
on
the
night
of
December
6",
off
Naura,
the
Island
which
German
raiders
are
reported
to
have
shelled
In
the
guise
of
a
Japanese
ship.
Italians
Machine-
TROUBLED
Gunned
From
Rear
RUMANIA
M
.
.
-.
,
,
1
l.l
itw
4
...
,
Reports
Conflict
!
from
the
rear
to
make
them
hold
PrImier
Announces
Again
Today
,
their
positions
In
the
Albanian
war.
That
Order
Restored
"Fue
hrer's
Shadow
,
,
BUCHAREST,
January
25
New
turmoil
has
broken
out
in
Ru-j
m;nla
with
further
demonstra-;
great
fuehrer."
In
the
past
many
Iron
Guards
men
have
committed
suicide
at
such
suggestions
from
their
leaders.
Antonescu,
who
claims
mastery
of
the
nation
after
a
week
of
bloodshed
and
terror
during
which
na
less
than
six
thousand
persons
are
estimated
to
have
been
slain,
announced
that
he
was
forming
a
new
political
organization.
Before
Antonescus
announce
ment,
Sima
was
reported
to
be
bar-
be
sped
up.
This
was
Bullett's
fiftieth
Other
witnesses
to
be
heard
to
day
at
the
House
committee
hearing
are
Mrs.
J.
Bornen
Harriman,'
former
United
States
minister
toj
commence.
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Invasion
Of
America
RAIDER
SURVIVORS
NEAR
END
OF
ADVENTURES
Former
Ambassador
To
France
Advocates
Aid
To
Britain
Now
United
States
is
Running
Risk
of
Facing
Ninety
Per
Cent
Of
World
Under
Totalitarian
Control
WASHINGTON
n
n
Jannnrv
9Z
(r.P
William
C.
Bullitt,
former
United
States
ambassador
to
France,
;
told
the
congressional
foreign
affairs
committee
hearing
on
the
"lease-lend"
bill
today
that
invasion
of
the
Western
Hemisphere
would
be
"almost
certain"
if
the
British
Navy
were
destroyed
and
totalitarian
power
gained
control
of
;
ciuicr
me
nwauiu;
ur
wc
ratu
before
the
United
States
two-ocean
fleet
was
ready.
..Bullitt,
who
refuted
statements
of
a
contrary
nature
which
had
been
made
earlier
In
the
hearing
by
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
told
the
committee
that
"the
most
certain
way"
to
insure
aga'nst
such
defeat
would
be
for
the
country
to
go
to
war
although
he
declared"
we
are
determined
not
to
be
drawn
into
war."
If
Great
Britain
should
be
defeat-
HIS
VIEWS
SNOBBISH
Officer
Removed
From
Command
of
Cadet
Training
Unit
in
England
LONDON,
Jan.
25:
(CP)
Secretary
of
War
David
Margesson
told
d,
Bullitt
asserted,
it
would
leave
the
House
of
Commons
that
Lieut,
ninety
per
cent
of
the
human
race
Col.
R.
C.
Bingham,
who
charged
arrayed
militarily
and
economically
in
a
letter
to
the
London
Times
that
under
Axis
domination
against
the
working
class
men
now
serving
as
United
States.
The
Western
Hemls-
army
officers
had
"largely
fallen
phere
would
be
a
multllated
stump
down"
on
the
job,
had
been
relieved
on
a
totalitarian
globe,
probably
,
of
command
of
the
officers'
'cadet
necessitating
a
military
government
training
unit,
in
the
.United
States.
This
was
the
Bingham
said
in
his
letter
tha',
ilsk
in
delaying
or
withholding
Im-,
"never
was
the
old
school
tie
and
fTiaay
witn
snopDrciiuB
iui
m
,.,
c.
-..
m.,..
......
t-,v.
tk.
a
.,(.......
i-..
i
i7m
,
mprtintn
oih
in
rirpnt
Britain
RnL
the
best
It
stands
for
more
Justified
iemmconneQuony.iuiuicrei.ciii,
TobrukrrAlso
...
tu
iiM.nn.'.Mkin.i.
nrm..
u.b....i.-aj1ik
rfwinrprt.v
BnnhAM..he
tinted.,
than
todays
rbreaUuancWUringefthaSUc
Welding
machine
works
on
the
local
i
waterfront
and
an
attempt
to
open
the
safe
there
by
use
of
acetylene
welding.
equipment
belonging
to
the
shop,
At
the
request
of
accused
himself,
the
case
was
adjourned
for
.
kWet
wardItom..
Coins:
Ahead
in
East
Incredible
Speed
Italians
in
Full
and
Complete
Ke-trcat
Everywhere
in
Africa
ENVOY
IS
WELCOMED
Norway;
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
La-
Roosevelt
Establishes
Precedent
in
bor,
and
Dorothy
Thompson,
noted
Meeting
Halifax
newspaperwoman
and
correspon-'
dpnt
All
are
advocating
"all
out"
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Jan.
25.
uima
ttKunist
uie
regime
oi
rre--
-
-
Prwrfdpnt
Franklin
TV
Rnospvplt
ps-
m
pr
Ton
Antnnwi
aio
u)
ureal
criLain
in
support
ui
m.er
Ion
Anton
.u
n-Vii.h
which
ap-,
n
tabllshed
when
..,ease.lend
precedent
yesterday
pears
to
be
falling
apart.
I
J"
measure
he
went
down
to
Annapolis
to
per-There
to
Army
an
Eavy
cm"s
are
w
aP
ap.
bs
Indi-
appears
to
every
u
welcome
viscount
Halifax
before
the
committee
sa"y
welcome
viscount
naiuax,
raHon
tha
Oprmanv
u
nrprmrtna
pear
secretly
'
cation
tna
uermany
is
preparing
thp
nPW
nmhassador
from
Great
to
and
tate
onaay
ana
tne
sessions
m
uic
-
-
-
"
step
in
control,
pro-
Br
tain,
and
Lady,
Hal
fax.
He
went
bably
bablv
rlannln
planning
to
to
usp
use
thP
the
countrv
country
!
House
hearing
will
then
be
complete
as
a
spring
beard
for
a
campaign
through
the
Balkans
towards
Greece
and
Turkey.
i
Antoncscu's
Statement
'
Vice-Premier
Horla
Sima,
described
as
leader
of
the
Rumanian
Iron
Guardlsts
rebellion,
was
reported
j
today
to
be
under
arrest
as
Premier
'Ion
Antonescu
called
on
the
Iron
.Guards
to
purge
themselves
or
be
!
purged,
proclaiming
"I
have
be
hind
me
the
loyal
shadow
of
the
with
the
hearings
by
the
Senate
in
presmenuai
yacni
ru-forelgn
relations
committee
then
to
tomac
aboard
which
the
new
envoy
later
naa
ainner
Deiore
proceeauig
:
to
Washington.
The
envoy
and
his
lady
had
safely
arrived
at
the
em-
bassy
today.
J
Halifax,
in
a
statement
from
the
presidential
yacht,
reiterated
the
need
for
Immediate
aid
by
the
United
States
to
Great
Britain.
With
American
aid,
there
was
ho
doubt
Britain
is
Going
to
Save
Labor,
'
the
Axis
powers
could
&e
beaten.
Time
and
Paper
by
Reforms
The
sooner
this
aid,
the
Sooner
the
I
victory,
he
declared.
ujjnlhjn,
January
za:
iu
ri
viscount
Halifax
said,
after
a
Reforms
In
rationing
procedure
to
conference
with
Secretary
of
State
save
labor,
time
and
paper,
are
be-
Cordell
Hull,
that
"we
see
things
ing
instituted
by
Lord
Woolton.
very
much
alike."
minister
of
food.
,.
When
new
books
come
Into
use
shortly,
coupons,
will
be
cancelled
by
retailers
with
a
rubber
stamp.
Instead
of
clipped,
obviating
hand
ling
14,500,000,030
coupons
a
year
in
stores
and
food
offices.
In
ad-'
JtI.
lennnnnA
Mminnvi
Antralnnosl
i'ALL
QUIET
IN
ENGLAND
.rlcaded
ln
a
green
house
from
gov-
maae
rrom
75
lons
0r
paper,
will.
Nail
Raiders
Stay
Away
From
Ens
ernment
officers
who
had
a
war
rant
for
his
arrest.
With
conflicting
reports,
the
exact
internal
situation
ln
Rumania
Is
still
somewhat
confusing.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressuie
continues
low
off
Vancouver
Island
and
is
relatively
high
east
of
the
Canadian
Rockies.
The
weather
Is
unsettled
throughout
British
Co
lumbia.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-
Fresh
to
strong
south
to
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
occassional
rain.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
northeast
winds
mostly
fair
and
becoming
.milder
with
some
light
snow
or
1
sleet
towards
.tonight.
be
saved.
land
for
Fifth
Successive
Night
Twelve-montn,
ration
books,
in-1
.
stead
of
the
present
six-month
LONDON,
Jan.
25:
(CP)
Once
books,
likely
will
be
available
next
;
again
the
government
said
there
July
and
these
will
save
1,000
tons,
was
hardly
any
enemy
activity
over
of
paper
a
year
.xn
cost
01
pro-
areat
Britain
last
night.
Today,
duclng
one
edition
of
50,000.000
ordinary
ration
books
is
about
70.000
($311,500)
while
the
postal
delivery
to
the
public
costs
about
90,000
($400,500).
Registration
every
six
months
will
be
abolished,
relieving
the;
public,
stores
and
food
offices.
bad
weather
has
held
the
Nazlral-
from
handling
360,000,000
counter-ders
at
home
or
if
Hitler
Is
rest-
folls
a
year,
ana
it
wui
De
per-
m2
his
alrforce
for
another
masa
mlssable
to
buy
two
weeks'
rations
'blow.
at
a
time,
instead
of
one
as
at
pre-
sent.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
11
o'clock,
was
reported
at
noon
today
tt
be
three
hours
late
however,
German
planes
were
reported
over
East
Anglla.
London
was
still
quiet
and'
thy
Nazi
planes
also
stayed
away
from
other
parts
of
the
country.
It
w
the
fifth
successive
night
of
quiet.
There
Is
speculation
as
to
whether
LONDON
SILVER
"V
LONDON,
January
25
The
sliver
priccusvas
.tmchanced
jwhlch
would
bring
it
ln
at
2
a.m.
'today
at
23)4
pence
per
fine
Ounce