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lVAKSHIl'S
SUNK
SAIGON,
French
Indo-China
The
French
Asiatic
squad-ton
was
said
by
French
sources
today
to
have
sunk
two
Thai
warships
nd
severely
damaged
a
third
in
the
first
important
naval
engagement
in
lightly.
etwecn
French
Indo-China
and
NEV
X
V-
ins
ATHENS
New
gains
e
r-ea
and
the
region
north
of
Klisura
are
reported
Afr
-pu
''spatches
while
the
Greek
press
stated
that
oneX
'orces
In
Albania
have
been
knocked
out
of
the
.
estimated
that
Italian
losses
so
far
were
"0,000
kilu
ed
and
taken
prisoner.
RESIST
AT
ANY
COST
CAIHO
According
to
reports
reaching
here
the
Italian
garrison
at
Tobruk
has
been
ordered
to
resist
at
any
cost.
Meanwhile
the
siege
by
the
British
continues.
An
Air
Ministry
news
ervlce
statement
in
London
says
that
the
remains
of
eighty-seven
Italian
planes
are
rotting
on
El
Adem
airdrome
fifteen
miles
south
of
Tobruk.
The
Koyal
Air
Force
delivered
a
heavy
blow
at
Bengali,
another
Important
Italian
base
in
Libya,
yesterday,
setting
large
fires.
Fall
of
Tobruk
ij
expected
within
a
week.
ILLUSTRIOUS
ATTACKED
AGAIN
LONDON
Berlin
and
Rome
yesterday
claimed
another
ittack
had
been
made
on
the
British
aircraft
carrier
Illustrious
at
Valetta,
Malta.
It
was
officially
stated
here
that
German
Siukas
had
visited
Valetta
but
It
was
not
admitted
that
the
Illustrious
was
there.
It
was
suggested
that
the
reports
might
have
been
in
the
way
of
kites
to
secure
Information
as
to
the
whereabouts
of
the
Illustrious
which
is
a
military
secret.
RUMANIA
VS.
RUSSIA
BELGRADE
There
are
reports
of
recurrent
nightly
clash-ei
on
the
frontier
between
Russia
and
Rumania.
It
is
said
that
five
or
so
soldiers
are
being
killed
there
every
night.
PROPAGANDA
MACHINE
BUSY
VICHY
The
German-controlled
French
propaganda
ma-thine
continues
to
emit
anti-British
propaganda.
The
latest
itateraents
are
that
Great
Britain
stole
Canada
and
Egypt
from
France.
It
is
even
said
that
"God
Save
the
King"
was
stolen
from
France,
it
having
been
written
by
Louis
XIV.
WITHDRAW
FROM
HAWAII
TOKYO
A
Japanese
newspaper
advises
the
United
States
to
withdraw
Its
fleet
from
Hawaii
where
it
is
but
a
"challenge
and
a
threat."
CONCENTRATE
ON
BRISTOL
LONDON
The
west
coast
port
of
Bristol
was
again
ingled
out
last
night
for
a
concentrated
Nazi
air
attack.
Wave
after
wave
of
German
bombers
came
over
In
relays
to
drop
incendiaries
and
high
explosive
bombs.
It
was
stated
that
con-liderable
damage
was
done
to
commercial
and
other
buildings
Ua$uaUle,Vj
ermparaUyf
ly
Jiht,.The
re,3VePnie-
cr-ioui
fires.
Elsewhere
In
England
and
Wales
the
Nail
bombers
Ippeared
but
their
attacks
were
not
heavy.
Southeast
and
southwest
England
saw
the
raiders.
In
London
there
were
two
lUrms
during
the
night
but
"nothing
much
happened,"
it
was
stated.
Itescue
workers
were
today
still
engaged
in
digging
bodies
out
of
h
men's
hostel
which
was
struck
direct
by
a
bomb
Wednesday
night.
Forty-five
bodies
have
been
already
taken
out.
.
UNITED
STATES
AT
WAR
ROME
Premier
Mussolini's
newspaper
today
declared
that,
for
all
Intents
and
purposes,
President
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
was
"openly
and
actively
at
war"
although
without
the
consent
and.
possibly,
the
knowledge
of
the
people
of
the
United
States.
HI,
statements
were
"offensive
and
provo-eatlve-
and
he
was
exercising
an
"uncontrolled
and
unchecked
dictatorship."
SHOULD
BRITISH
NAVY
FALL
WASHINGTON
Should
the
British
Navy
fall,
the
United
States
would
be
outnumbered
two
to
one
on
ttie
high
seas,
Secretary
of
War
Henry
L.
Stimson
told
the
congressional
foreign
relations
committee
today
in
advocating
immediate
passage
bill.
Now
wa,
the
time,
of
the
"lease-lcnd"
all
aid
to
Britain
Stimson
said,
by
aiding
Britain
to
prevent
Cny
from
cet-ting
should
be
given
America.
Roosevelt
a
foothold
in
South
full
power
without
restriction
to
help
Britain.
PATTULLO
POSITION
Tells
Why
He
Opposed
Recommen
dations
of
RowcU-btrois
Commission
ITALIANS
be
MOVE
OUT,
Vol."
XXX.,
NoTT
i
Athens
endeavouring
to
bring
SUBMARINES
.
BUSY
AGAIN
Delandic
Are
Reported
Victims
of
U-boat
Campaign
NEW
YORK,
January
17
Radio
reports
submarine
attacks
and
torpedo
attacks
on
and
ton
British
motorshlp
D?landic
In
the
Atlantic.
,
Berlin
claims
to
have
sunk
six
ships
of
tonnage
totalling
40,500.
I
NO
LET
UP
IN
ATTACK
Wilhclmshafen
Strafed
Again
During
Night
by
Royal
Air
Force
LONDON;
January
17
(Canadian
Press)
British
bombers
roared
across
the
English
Channel
from
Dover
this
afternoon
and
heavy
explosions
along
the
German-held
French
coast
Indicated
Intense
bombing
attacks
on
Channel
ports
from
Calais
area
to
Boulogne.
The
explosions
in
the
imajor
attack
rru!d
he
heard
through
the
mist
!
rnf
mnPA
thflti
on
Vimir
nffpr
the
V
.v.
-
planes
took
off.
..
,.n..u.
niinRnlnr
The
davllsht
foray
followed
a
jVlUMSIuii
v-
On
as
Greeks
Continue
Pressure
uon
of
its
rccommenaauons
...
;
,nue
to
retreat
n
a
statement
yesterday,
T
D,
Pattullo
ot
British
Colum-said
main
objection
taken
to
le
Implementation
of
the
report
as
that
its
rpsnlt
would
be
cen
tralization
and
control
In
federal
authority
which
would
not
only
prevent
expansion
but
would
make
It
a
most
Impossible
to
retain
existing
standards.
Premier
Pattullo
said
trat
proposals
submitted
would
be
.
retrievable
because,
oncc
a
prV-e
surrendered
Its
rights,
it
would
never
be
able
to
get
them
DaCK,
British
rVOnmhla
wns
nrp-
Pared
to
discuss
questions
of
mutual
concern
between
the
province
and
all
second
successive
night
or
heavy
raids
on
Wllhelmshafen,
Germany's
i
,
.
irrpat.
Norm
navai
uu-si;.
athf.ns.
Jan.
17.
Willi
,
1c
n.
Greeks
continuing
to
t
and
0stend.
OTTAWA
Jan
17:
(CP)-
The'
as
fresh
Italian
u"ini.'7"
have
:
'T
t-
I
l
The
Wllhelmshafen
attack
was
aicommlsslon'a
report
on
Dom-'
back,
non-combatants
thao
m
tne
tol.S?MS0iIPnn!
Italian
s
rongholds
was
in-l
ed
leaving
the
g
hlghl
M,
shelved
veay
la
fac-M
Valona,
Beratl
.ua
successful
results,
the
Air
Ministry
ot
.
,
n-itich
nnhim-
Aioania.
---"-.::"
said,
adding
tna.
live
WMtoE
b
anrAiberU
to
could-
ported
to
be
only
twelve
mucs
,
had
rcturned
First
Raid
British
along
tho-line
despite
efforts
to
All
Royal
Air
Force
planes
re-bolster
turned
safely
from
the
big
raid
of
noisier
up
up
uii.
their
courage.
"Wednesday
night
on
Wllhelmsha-
f
O
BUILD
CARGO
SHIPS
Ifen.
Fires
were
so
extensive
that
.
'nhrht
that
they
could
be
seen
130
vsniiNr.TON
President
miies
away.
The
flames
from
Wed-"fl
.....
rnnrress
vestcr-
nesdav
nleht
still
lit
up
the
tar-
uoosevc.i
:
-
riUsh
alnnen
last
day
lor
auui""""--
--
-
-
"
.
1-
Laiili'l
ira
Hlffltf
nnnnnft
Ih
whicn
i"
go
'ships.
Building
of
400
light
naval
craft
is
also
piau-"-
Dominion,
especially
war
measures,
but
"we
were
no
P""
Admitting
the
Wednesday
night
raid,
Berlin
officially
stated
that
twenty
persons
had
been
killed
and
thlrty-flvc
wounded.
Robert
Smurthwalte
arrived
In
AMSTERDAM.
Jan.
17
Nazi
au-Jn.
A.
F.
Still
Hitting
Hard
at
Sicilian
thorltles
announced
that
measures
of
reprisal
are
to
be
taken
against
all
Dutch
people
guilty
of
hostile'
acts
against
the
Reich
control.
It
has
been
found
necessary
by
the
Nazis
to
take
drastic
measures,
so
numerous
have
such
acts
become.
The
decree
is
retroactive
to
the
time
of
the
occupation
of
the
Netherlands
by
Germany.
Germany
Seeks
Italo-Greek
Settlement
!
SOFIA,
Jan.
17.
According
to
well
authenticated
reoorts
,
here,
aides
of
Chancellor
Ado!f
Hitler
of
Germany
are
in
'
Cairo,
Jan.
17:
(CI
The
Royal
Air
Force
today
announced
a
new
raid
on
the
airdrome
at
Catania,
Sicily,
reported
to
be
the
base
for
'
German
divebomberi
In
the
Axis
offensive
against
theBritlsh
Mediterranean
fleet.
Buildings
and
several
aircraft
were
set
afire.
One
largn
blaze
started
by
the
first
aircraft
to
pass
over
theobjectlve
was
visible
fifty
miles
away.
It
was
from
the
base
at
Catania,
It
ij
believed,
that
the
attack
of
last
Friday
was
made
which
resulted,
about
a
peace
between
Greece
acc0rding
to
Admiralty
announce
t
ana
naiy.
ment,
in
the
sinking
-W
the
cruiser
H.M.S.
Southampton.
The
Admiralty
announced
yesterday
that
dive
bombers
and
Italian
planes
had
attacked
a
Mediterranean
convoy
of
British
naval
forces,
the
Southamp-1
ton
being
so
badly
damaged
that
she
had
to
be
sunk.
Fire
broke
out
J
aboard
the
warship
a"
she
was
be-
.towedto
-port,ld.'comnj-
-
-
-
of
whom
were
que.
The
crew,
most
British
Vessels
Almeda
Star
and
sav,
abandoned
the
ship
and
she
was
sunk.
Lieut.
Commander
Sydney
H.
Balfour,
formerly
of
Vancouver,
was
killed
In
action
on
the
Southampton.
An
earlier
statement
had
disclos
ed
that
the
Southampton
was
one
the
aircraft
carrier
Illustrious
and
the
destroyer
Gallant
both
of
which
reached
port.
la
nlaht
German
authorities
claimed
that
the
Illustrious
had
been
attacked
again
pfter
she
reached
port
and
had
suffered
such
damage
that
she
would
be
out
of
service
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
Ten
Planes
Downed
British
authorities
admitted
an
attack
by
Italian
and
German
bombers
on
Malta
but
did
not
disclose
whether'or
not
the
Illustrious
was
there
and
denied
that
any
military
damage
had
been
done.
The
British
did,
however,
announce
that
ten
enemy
planes
had
been
brought
down
in
this
attack,
five
by
Royal
Air
Force
fighting
planes
and
five
by
antiaircraft
fire.
An
Associated
Tress
corrspon-dent
on
the
Illustrious
has
given
a
graphic
description
of
how
the
aircraft
carrier
withstood
an
almost
continuous
dive-bombing
attack
for
seven
hours,
bringing
down
twelve
German
planes.
BRISTOL
IS
HIT
AGAIN
West
Coast
Port
Once
Again
laln
Objective
ot
Nazi
Bombers
Last
Night
LONDON,
January
17
(Canadian
Press)
The
important
shipping
centre
of
Bristol
bore
the
brunt
ot
German
air
attacks
on
England
during
the
night
and
serious
fires
were
started
by
incendiary
bombs.
The
raiders
also
struck
at
London
and
towns
In
the
south.
Sixty
fires
were
started
in
Bristol
but
they
were
quickly
quelled.
There
was
considerable
damage
number
number
of
of
ca
casualties
In
the
fietrimental
to
the
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
last
and
a
::J
"
J
British
Columbia.'
h
"Wgw
irm
"emu.
.
r
War
News
mat
Tomorrow
s
I
ides
High
4:40
a.m-
20.6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWBPAPJBK
HARD
RULE
FOR
DUTCH
Measures
of
Reprisal
Are
Being
Imposed
by
Nazis
for
Hostile
Acts
MINCE
RUPERT,
.
B.C.,
,,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
17,
1941.
J
-
i
CATANIA
IS
jANTI-JEW
Further
Information
UNDER
FIRE
ONCE
MORE
Base
for
German
and
Italian
Bombing
Planes
Illustrious
Is
Attacked
Again?i
Vancouver
Officer
jWas
Those
Lost
in
Sinking
M.S.
Southampton
Among
i
of
II.
'
I
DRIVE
ON
i
Businesses
Are
Being
Taken
Over
From
Non-Aryans
in
Paris
'
PARIS,
January
17.
Measures
,
against
non-Aryans
are
being
taken'
Election
In
B.C.
Mooted
VICTORIA.
Jan,
17.
The
possibility
of
an
early
provlu-
cial
election
on
the
Issue
of
Dominion-provincial
relations
Is
being
discussed.
The
C.C.F.
has
challenged
Premier
T.
D
Pattullo
to
go
to
the
country
in
defence
of
his
actions
at
Ot-
tawa
In
connection
with
the
collaose
of
the
conference
on
the
Rowell-Slrols
report.
BE
CAREFUL
i
OF
BRITAIN,
Propaganda
Ministry,
.
..otirrancc,
Suggests
That
South
America
'
Be
Careful
I
VICHY,
Jan.
17.
Replying
to
a
message
of
Capt
Alfred
Duff
Cooper
to
Latin
America,
the
propagan
da
ministry
of
France
has
turned'
sinking
of
the
15,000
ton
British
of
lhree
shlps
damaged
in
action"
I
guns
against
Great
Britain,
imp
Aimeaa
biar
ana
me
iu.uuu-
oIl
sicliy
January
10.
Others
were
It
warned
South
America
to
beware
of
Britain
which
had
been
hostile'
T
oHti
America
fnr
spvpral
een-(
III
.w.
'
O
eratlons.
France
was
on
the
side
of
Italy,
Spain
and
Portugal,
the
ministry
declared.
Bulletins
ANOTHER
R.C.A.F.
CRASH
PINCHER
CREEK,
Alberta-Three
occupants
were
Injured
when
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
struck
a
tree
near
here
late
yesterday.
NO
APPEAL
POSSIBLE
CALGARY
Judge
W.
A.
McDonald
ruled
here
yesterday
that
there
can
be
no
appeal
against
judgments
of
local
rental
boards
after
they
have
been
approved
by
Ottawa.
PREMIERS
CONFERRED
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
conferred
yesterday
with
provincial
Premiers
who
had
not
opposed
the
Rowell-Sirois
Commission
i
SACRAMENTO
PLANE
CRASH
SACRAMENTO
A
United
States
Army
bomber,
twenty
hours
overdue
after
leaving
here
with
seven
men
on
board,
Is
tke
object
ot
widespread
search
today.
COLD
WAVE
IN
EAST
HALIFAX
Two
persons
are
dead
here
as
a
result
of
a
cold
wave
which
Is
sweeping
the
Atlantic
seaboard.
Several
deaths
are
also
reported
from
such
points
as
New
York
and
Philadelphia.
HANDWRITING
ON
WALL
LONDON
The
handwriting
is
on
the
wall
for
the
Axis,
declares
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair.
Fascism
in
Italy
is
doomed
although
Nazi-ism
still
holds
in
Germany.
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Gods
Lake,
...6V2.
Hardrock,
1.03.
Int.
Nickel,
35.008.
Kerr
Addison,
3.65.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.00.
M.:Leod
Csckshutt.
2.25.
Medsen
Red
Lake,
.59.
Mon?ta,
.52.
Noranda.
56.00.
Pickle
Crow,
2.87.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.30.
San
Antonio,
2.55.
Sherrltt
Gordon',
.81.
Uchi,
.36.
Bouscadillac,
.03
V.
Mosher.
.07.
Oklend.
.08V...
Smelters
Gold.
.OHi.
Dominion
Bridge,
27.00A.
Trainees
Are
Drafted
Into
Various
Units
Low
like
two
hundred
local
men
who
trained
for
a
month
at
Gordon
Head
before
Christmas
have
been
ordered
to
Join
the
Canadian
Scottish
Regiment,
Non-Permanent
Active
Militia.
Most
of
them
reported
for
service
yesterday.
It
Is
said
here
that
a
number
of
the
new
men
who
recently
went
tx
Gordon
Head
for
training
as
weu
as
others
who
have
already
trained
for
a
month
will
be
drafted
Into
various
units,
.some
choice
being
allowed
as
to
what
units
they
wish
to
Join.
Various
British
Columbia
units
are
being
weakened
by
men
going
overseas
from
them
and
these
places
have
to
be
filled.
James
Asselstlne.
son
of
Hon.
W.
.
1
.
.
1
t
n
...
.
1
9
DiAMitni.
J.
ASSeiSUIie.
lU.JIlc.iy
Ul
rici
ufi
.
has
gone
east
to
join
the
Air
Force,
j
16:44
pjn.
19.1
ft.
10:52
a.m.
6.1
ft.
23:10
pjn.
4.6
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Alaska
Highway
Report
Being
Awaited
Prior
To
Making
Findings
(by
the
Nazis
in
German-occupied
J
France.
Businesses
of
11,000
Jews
Announcement
Made
Today
By
Hon.
Charles
Stewart,
i
in
Paris
are
being
taken
over
by
Chairman
of
Canadian
Section
of
Commission
'
commissars.
.
.
.
OTTAWA,
January
17:
(CP)
Further
information
on
possible
routes
of
the
proposed
Alaska
Highway
is
required
before
a
formal
report
can
be
presented
by
the
commission
investigating
the
feasibility
of
the
project,
'
Hon.
Charles
Stewart,
chairman
of
the
Canadian
section
of
the
international
commission,
stated
today.
He
said
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S,
D.
JohnMoa.
Co.)
15.
that
a
report
of
engineers
on
the
far
northern
section
is
still
being
I
awaited.
Following
its
receipt,
a
I
meeting
will
be
held
to
prepare
for
final
presentation
of
a
report.
RED
RADIO
SETF0UND
Oatfit
in
Toronto
Believed
to
Have
Been
Used
for
Anti-British
Propaganda
TORONTO,
Jan.
17;
(CD-Police,
in
an
early
morning
raid
Tuesday,
seized
a
mobile
short-wave
radio
ting
unit
said
to
have
been
used
for
carrying
anti-British
"and
U6mmuntstle'prt)p"aganIa,0
it
was
learned
today.
Arrest
was
made
of
Allan
B.
Parsons,
aged
26,
alias
James
Carlyle,
shortly
after
the
transmitter
was
found
built
into
an
old
automobile
in
an
East
End
garage.
NAVY
BASE
BADLY
HIT
War
Activities
of
WHhelmshnfen
Will
be
Handicapped
for
Months
as
Result
of
Attack
LONDON,
Jan.
17:
(CP)
The
j
blasting
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
of
the
German
naval
base
at
Wll-
helmshafen
lasted
"throughout
the
I
night"
Wednesday
and
the
raid,
the
fortieth
since
the
outbreak
ot
the
(war,
was
described
as
the
heaviest
and
most
successful
yet.
The
at-
tack
was
renewed
last
'night
"highly
concentrated
and
highly
1
successful."
In
addltton
to
Wllhelmshafen,
the
Royal
Air
Force
bombed
docks
at
Emden,
Bremerhaven
and
Flushing
1
and
enemy
airdromes
were
also
at-.
tacked,
the
Air
Ministry
announced.
I
As
a
result
of
the
Wllhelmshafen
attacks,
which
have
lef(
much
of
(the
place
In
ruins,
the
base
will
be
,
seriously
handicapped
for
month3
j
as
far
as
war
activities
are
concerned,
the
Air
Ministry
said.
Nearly
Two
Hundred
at
Victoria
1
c.P.R.
steamer
princess
Aaeiaiae,
Taken
for
Canadian
Scottish
.
Capt.
William
Hughes,
is
flue
in
port
!at
4:30
this
afternoon
from
Van-
VICTORIA,
Jan.
17.
Something
!
couver
and
waypoints
and
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
on
her
return
south.
Joseph
Sirois
I
Dies
Suddenly
QUEBEC,
Jan.
17:
(CP)
Jo-
t
seph
Slrols,
aged
59,
chairman
of
the
Dominion
Unemploy-
ment
Insurance
Commission
t
and
former
chairman
ot
the
Rowell-Slrols
Commission,
re-
port
ot
which
led
to
an
abor-
tlve
conference
at
Ottawa
this
.
week,
died
here
today,