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No.
67
ulletins
PLANT
BLAST
E'OWDER
.NVIL,
New
Jersey
An
ex-on
on
"burning
grounds"
of
Hercules
Powder
Co.
today
11
the
country
for
miles
nd
and
created
a
near
panic,
ffter,
there
were
no
injuries
damage
was
said
to
be
neg-ht.
It
was
at
first
feared
it
might
be
a
tragedy
like
which
claimed
fifty-two
1
Utt
autumn.
RT
VANCOUVER
HOSPITAL
CIVILIANS.
INTERNED
T4WA
Fifty
Canadien
cir-1
ire
interned
in.
mazi-
lp!(4
France
nrar
Parish
t
he
rtment
of
Eiterhal
Affairs'.
lonntti.
HOUSt
PASSES
BILL
'
'
'
'i'
fASHINGTON
The
IIohw
of
jresentitlres,
by
an
crver-fhslni
vote
of.
336
to
25.
late
rdy
approved
the
$7,000,-
POO
appropriation
bill
In
ron-
pion
with
the
"Lease-Lend"
I
to
Britain
program.
1SH
LONG
RANGE
lONDON
The
Dally
Mall
says
it
Great
Britain
will
soon
have
operation
long
range
bombers
m
the
United
States
far
cx-
"ling
In
ipeed
and
range
the
man
Metterschmidts.
TRAIN
COLLISION
fPARTANBURG,
South
Caro-
M
Six
members
of
engine
l
were
killed
In
the
head-on
lllision
of
two
trains
near
here
Sttrday,
I
MAKE
I1REAK
RELATIONS
BERLIN
Germany
is
consid-
png
steps
to
be
taken
In
the
nt
of
diplomatic
relations
Pth
United
States
being
broken
ft-
It
is
said
officially,
however,
pt
bermany
will
not
take
the
Jitlative
In
any
such
rupture.
5THENS
HONORS
ROOSEVELT
8
ATHENS
President
Franklin
lJS
been
HrlarH
an
linnnmrv
i'iitn
of
Athens.
One
of
the
F'nclpal
boulevards
is
being
ynmtd
for
him.
rROPAQANIlA
nilRNI-D
lsAN
FRANCISCO
Seventeen
of
Cerman.
nmsl.in
.
Italian
lB4
Jpanesc
propaganda
was
lamed
yesterdav
San
rncisco
post
office.
TWO
Stiirs
citvif
f.(Td
last
nlirht
rchant
ship,
saying
they
had
,
-
-v.Fruuiu
01(
lnc
norm.
r"t
eoa
nf
!
PeieTHl
tn
k...
u
n.m.i.
RESIDENCE
DAMAGED
4
Cologne.
'O,
V
mm
In
the
Countries
were
also
at
tacked.
No
British
planes
were
lost.
Tuesday
Night
Last
night's
Royal
Air
Force
attacks
upon
enemy
territory
were
a
continuation
of
those
of
Tuesday
night
when
violent
explosions
and
non
tried
for
a
basket
but
missed.
BRITISH
"-ADVANCE
t
'
.1
Pressing
Hard
On
Cheren.
Fall
.Whlchi.WJU
Mean
Italian
IVCollipse
CAIRO,
Marclh
20:
Wilh
co-roeratuion
of
th,?
Royal
Air
Force
the
British
are
prws!n
harder
on
(h?
strategic
Eritraan
town
of
Cheren
which
has
already
been
under
siege
for
six
weeks.
Its
fall
PLANES
win
involve
collapse
of
the
Italian
def'nrc
of
Eritrea.
Asmara
and
Tripoli
have
also,
been
bombed.
i
''"able
damage
was
done
to
""nuure
of
nin
r
,
-
u"iu
v
Street.
bv
fu.ewhlch
$9,25U,UIW
W
destroyers.
Jmm
England
To
See
President
Roosevelt
LOXDON,
March
118:
(CP)
Authoritative
sources
said
today
that
WW
Prime
JMiiMBHW
Minister
Tt.
w
O.
J.
Menzles
l.ivuuto.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
DRITlSn
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
"PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
20,
1941
LONDON
IS
HEAVILY
HIT
0NCEJVI0RE
Most
Intensive
Aerial
Assault
So
.
Far
This
Year
Delivered
On
j
British
Capital
LONDON,
Marcn
20:
Hundreds
higTl
CXtlCi.iV
J
and
inct
Incendiary
nau
""--bombd
were,
dropped
by
Mazi
air
t?
1,0.
ii
I!.
u
tain
for
Uie
united
plates
snortiy
JaidCrs
Qn
thickly
populated
areas
The
Royal
Air
Force
also
made
a
V
T
,T
.
-TT
,
7
.
..
jto
see
President
Franklin
p.
Roose-
of
London
dor
Jig
Wednesday
night
heavy
attack
on
the
German
sub-
"
"'velt.
and
and
early
early
Lorient
last
night.
t
Low
,
a"rumr(
lack'
Lindsay
of
Prince
Rupert.
Rupert's
line-up
at
the
whistle
consisted
of
Campbell,
Currie.
Bey-
non.
MacPhee
and
Houston.
Davis,
M.
BuKsardeh,
Eliot,
Har-
ris
and
Mortenson
Started
for
the
1
visitors.
T"I4.
A.
A
II
1
n
xupcic
guu
axic
iip-oix
ana
iey
ASSISTING
IjljlY'lJlJ
i
tack
commenced
early
in
the
eve
fires
were
started
at
the
German
'Ketchikan
then
took
the
ball
and
dians
In
Ncrth
America
to
take
naval
bases
of
Kiel
and
Wllnclms-
M.
Bussanlch
scored.
After
slow
an
actual
and
important
part
hi
I
haven
with
hnth
hieh
pnlmtlve.t
rif,,rfvf
i,..
tanks
at
Rotterdam
were
sharply
attacked.
The
Air
also
Min
STOUTER
F.ach
pledging
lstry
also
announced
that
the
Royal
loot
to
the
project,
the
pro-
iiil
government
and
the
city
Vincouver
have
authorized
mneouver
General
IIopital
tbead
with
the
construc-
l
1
$100,000
two-hundred
lijitlon,
Air
Force
had
bombed
docks
at
total
score
of
8
(points.
M.
Busman-
in?
out
their
vilVae
but
reportliv?
ich
came
in
with
a
couple
of
nice
any
uniuthri?ed"l.!gJ5'"
)rt-,it-'';vt
i
baskets
and
th
half
ended
wJi
the
city
Uself.
A
permanent
A.
R
lomsday
morninz,
ihe
assault
increasing
in
intensity
as
the
night
woie
on.
The
attack
lasted
six
hours
and
tfteie
were
'uncounted
deaths
and
heavy
damage.
It
was
the
heaviest
raid
on
ning
ana
was
accuiujjaiucu
u
and
fire
bombs
being
dropped
by
a
made
two
baskeU
foltowsti
bv
an-
to
the
men
of
MeSJakaitla
who
have
.p,,
';
V;
considerable
number
of
planes.
Oil
.other
from
MacFhee.
Slowly
but
whole-heartedly
agreed
to
cb
The
Wednesday
night
raid
on
Britain
followed
that
of
Tuesday
2
iy
7""
T
,
A:
,
,
VTnT
,
night
when
london
had
its
longest
the
ended
c
Prince
rt.
The
f
tnba'.
k
quarter
9
to
6
in
its
City
of
Rurf
since
December.
Homes
were
fTv,
tlK
".2
demolished
and
some
persons
were
In
the
srsond
quarter
w
r,,
Lindsay,
perform
Air
Raid
Protection
du'les
,
,
,
Emden,
a
"target"
at
Tcxel
and
twolDominato
ud
Margan
came
on
and,
as
thtfr
v'.l'ae
:
pdvnnta-?
r
e
'
plane
failed
to
return.
Lindsay
played
very
nice
ball
and
in
the
ctly.
they
ejeprrssed
the
ppvn
hosnRis
'n
Tonrton
were
damaged
during
last
night
and;
was
also
h-aviy
damaged.
Nurees
and
first
aid
workers
were
among
the
victims.
on
personals
and
Dominate
toik
comolementcd
by
a
tfmllar
fhtins
jher
first
ecclesiastical
voyage
of
ManPhee's.
centre
position.
At
thre
restriction
in
(the
surrounding
area
1
the
year
after
having
been
tied
up
m
'mites
(to
play
the
Sivoys
substi-
and
to
h?s
end.
in
crrw-ianv
with
here
for
the
winter.
She
left
yes-ftutd-
with
MacPhee.
Holkrstdd
j.
o.
Gtlfett.
the
local
Indian
I
terday
afternoon
for
Stewart,
Any-pnd
Campbell
comirtg
on
again
for
Agen.
the
Commissioner
of
Police
ox
and
Alice
Arm
as
well
as
other
the
locals.
At
this
time
the
scor?
anrJ
civil
Pmt-tion
Officer
In-'northern
points.
At
Stewart
Mrs;
ptood
32
to
29
for
the
home
team,
terviewed
the
Chief
and
Council
I
Slater
will
Join
the
Northern
Cross.
A
personal
by
Harris
and
a
field
yesterday.
The
officials
were
pleas-
She
and
.Mr.
Slater
had
been
there
1
Continued
on
PAGE
FOUR
ed
with
the
response.
I
for
tne
winter.
Italian
Forces
Disintegrating
Fascist
Troops
Desert
In
Albania
And
Cross
Border
To
YugoSlavia
BELGRADE.
March
20:(0?)'-
Albanian,
soldiers
i,
i.
fhrhtinc
on
the
Italian
side
of
the
war
;
th
Greece
crissld
th?
frontier
late
today
and
surren
BIG
VOTE
FOR
NAVY
ri
nr
Hfi
(117.000
Sought
In
Parliament
For
Construction
u.
War
VcsscIs
Jscxt
rWAnrA'
TiTarrfi
18:
(CP)
-Hon.
VX
Hill
t
-
,
,
r,
h,.t,ih
minister
of
na-
iUlJJUS
nuttiUi
-I
ffnlp
tlonal
defence
lor
presented
to
Parliament
y
to
n.000
estimates
amounting
and
wnrtrue
for
the
acnuisitfon
Uon
of
vessels
?7li,
de7a
March
SI.
ffi
lntcEratlng
Tepellni
entered?
autnonues,
leinuuug
i
,
u.
,...v
dered
to
Yugoslav
Eration
of
the
Italian
army.
The
deserters
also
included
...L
-H-Wated
that
the
Italian
forces
were
dis-
A
second
report
of
the
day
that
the
Greeks
had
entered
Tepellnl
was
received
from
the
border
but
was
still
unconfirmed
as
had
been
earlier
reports
to
the
same
effect
A
British
bomber
attack
on
Tepe
llni
was
announced
today
on
the
heels
of
a
Greek
report
that
the
sector
there
was
littered
with
dead
from
the
frustrated
Italian
attacks
it
was
also
reported
without
con
firmntinn
from
YueoSlavia
that
creat
numbers
of
British
troops,
In
eluding
Canadians
and
Australians,
had
landed
yesterday
at
saioniKa
i
The
renorts
that
numbers
of
Bri
tish
troops
had
landed
at
Salonika
evoked
from
German
diplomatic
quarters
tonight
the
declaration
that
Adolf
Hitler's
armies
"in
Bulgaria
may
move
aj
any
moment
'
agalitSft
Greece,
war
FIRST
AID
TURKEY
IS
TO
BRITAIN
IN
ACCORD
Light
Surface
Craft
to
be
Sent
Im
mediately
by
United
States
Ship
Docking
Considered
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
iMarch
20:
(CD
Col.
Frank
Knox,
Secretary
of
the
United
States
Navy,
said
yesterday
that
the
navy's
first
aid
to
Great
Britain
under
the
"lease-lend''
program
would
be
to
supply
light
surface
vessels,
such
as
submarine
chasers,
motor
torpedo
boats
and
other
"mosquito"
vessels.
Col.
Knox
said
that
Great
Britain
had
asked
to
use
American
navy
yards
for
repair
of
war-damaged
ships
but
no
action
had
yet
been
taken
on
this
request.
JUDGMENT
RESERVED
Ottawa
Cithen
Pleads
Not
Guilty
to
Charges
Under
Defence
of
Canada
Regulations
OTTAWA,
March
20:
(CP)
Magistrate
Glen
Strike
yesterday
reserved
Judgment
until
March
26
ifter
the
Citizen
Publishing
Co.
of
Ottawa
had
pleaded
not
guilty
to
two
charges
laid
under
Defence
of
0'ii
Ada
regulations.
"Complete
Identity"
Of
Views
With
I
Britain
Reached
ANKARA,
March
20:
The
.
minister
of
Turkey
is
turning
to
Ankara
(today
after
$
conference
at
Cyprus
with
British
(Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden.
The
conference,
at
which
a
"complete
identity"
of
views
was
reached,
Is
Interpreted
in
some
Idlptanatic
quarters
as
Turkey's
re-
jply
to
German
overtures
to
Turkey
jto.
withdraw
from
her
military
al-Ulance
with
Great
BriSaln.
Turkey
is
believed
to
have
reiterated
her
intention
of
actively
casting
her
lot
with
Britain
should
Germany
Invade
Greece.
The
Turkish
foreign
minister
is
reported
to
have
said
that
Turkey
and
Greece,
in
roUatxxraMon
wiui
Great
Britain,
would
have
a
com
mon
victory.
CAN'T
STRIKE
BACK
LONDON,
March
20:
(CP)
Pcp-nered
with
machine
gun
tire
from
Nazi
planes
back
and
forth'
Over
the.
English
Channel
Coast,
the
Observer
Corps
cannot
reply
as
defence
High
Low
.
Pacific
Nickel,
.04.
Pend
Oreille,
1.45.
Pioneer,
2.10.
Premier.
.87.
Privateer.
.48.
Reeves
M:Donald,
.10.
Reno,
.10.
Relief
Arlington,
.02V4.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
(ask).
Sheep
Creek,
.85.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.08.
Calmont,
.18.
C.
&
E.,
1.20.
Home,
1.90.
Pacalta,
.022.
Royal
Canadian,
,09.
Okalta,
.53.
Mercury,
.04.
Prairie
Royalties,
.051'2
(ask).
Toronto
Aldermac,
.IOV2.
Beaitde,
1.06.
Ceniral
Pat.,
1.70.
Cons.
Smelters,
35.00.
Easi'
Malartic,
2.64.
Fernland,
.02.
Francoeur,
.39.
Gods
Lake.
.26V2.
Hardrock,
.78.
'
Int.
Nickel,
33..
Kerr
Addison,
3.75.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.77.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.90
(ask).
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.57.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.07..
'
Moneta,
.50.
,
Noranda,
53
.
Pickle
Crow,
2.70.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.20.
San
Antonio,
2.36.
,
Sherritit
.Gordon,
.69i
Uchl,
.23
(ask).'
BouscadSllac,
.02.
Mosher.
.04V2.
Oklend.
.04.
Smelters
Gold.
.01.
Dominion
Bridge,
26b.
Former
Premier
Has
Been
Exiled
Reports
That
Milan
Stoyadlnovlc
Has
Been
Expelled
For
Trying
To
Line
Up
With
Axis
BELGRADE,
March
20:
(CP)
Former
Premier
Milan
Stoyadlnovlc.'
a
qualified
source
said
yes-
terdav.
has
been
exiled
from
Yugo-
...inmm)
tmulrt
attract
attention,
alalia,
because
he
attempted
to
re-1
promptly
and
explicitly.
ff
with
the
Axis.
8:04
am.
18.2
ft.
21:30
pm.
17.0
ft.
1:35
pm.
95
ft.
14:44
pm.
3
2
fU
PRICE:
5-CENTS.
alian
Ships
Are
Sunk
By
British
ral
Air
Force
Keeps
Up
Blasting
Of
Enemy
Bases-Cologne
And
Lorient
Hit
ILONDON.
March
20:
(CP)
Several
factories
inf
I
1
i
1
Tl
1
T
1
11
1
Lr..
I?ne
were
nil
ay
uriusn
uomus
ana
oiner
aamacc
was
n
I"
.
.
1
1
1
j
m!i?
jght
10
coiniHuiut'ctuuii
aim
utwpuiiaLioji
iacimies
he
Royal
Air
Force
last
night,
the
Air
Ministry
an-
iced.
One
large
building
was
seen
to
disinegrate
un-
RUPERT
IS
WINNER
OF
HOOP
GAME
osc
Clean
Tlay
Features
Inter
national
Basketball
Second
Match
Tonight
impact
of
heavy
hombs
and
two
other
factories
Ue
il
hX
OCllVD,
WIG
OCtUllU
Ul
WlllCn
WW
OS
,
the
sixty-second
raid
of
the
war
on
T
T
nigTea
,j"
j
,'
7"
"
!
the
vlsitln;
'"""'s
MENZIES
TO
VISIT
U.S.
Premier
Of
Australia
Coming
From
Two
Supply
Vessels
And
Transports
Are
Attacked
By
Subs
Troop
Ship
Believed
to
be
Almost
Certain
Victim
as
Undersea
Craft
go
Effectively
Into
Action
Against
Enemy
ITALIAN
WARSHIP
SUNK
ALEXANDRIA,
Egypt.
March
20:
(CP)
An
Italian
warship
identified
either
as
a
cruiser
or
a
large
destroyer
was
among
ships
sunk
by
British
torpedo
planes
in
attacks
on
the
night
of.
March
15,
16
and
17
on
the
Albanian
ports
of
Val-ona
and
Durazzo,
a
British
naval
communique
announced.
.
LONDON.
March
20:
(CP)
British
submarines
.ihunderous
explosions
of
bombs
i,aVfi
sunk
t,v0
heavilv
laden
Italian
suddIv
shins
and
al-
The
idea
of
bc
the
first
in-
JSj7
SfR.2SS
most
certainly
destroyed
a
troop
transport
'and
another
planes
made
a
"big
procession.-
supply
ship,
the
Admiralty
announced
today,
tanking
At
least
four
planes
were
brought
of
the
two
supply
ships
of
about
2500
tons
each
was
cred
ited
to
the
submarine
lriumph
and
a
third
supply
ship
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtety
ei
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Mi'souil,
.03Vi.
Bialorne,
10.00.
Cariboo
Quarte,
255.
Dentonia,
.O0V.
Fa'rview,
.01.
Gold
Belt,
.25.
Hedley
Mascot,
55.
M-DurrnrttW-Wrf'fibtr
Noble
Flv?,
.OOtV
(askt
earns
played
very
evenly
and
the
Indians.
wt
he
of
nlsrht
raiecking
wa
close.
Holkestad
came
th.c
Iras
'nireren?
feature
Whfrh
was
the
worst
of
ariy
dlr-
Mirough
with
three
baskets
and
0f
th?
Prince
RuoerS
bl--k-ru
1'jected
against
that
town
Harris
and
Mortenson
played
n'.ce-
th
attitude
cf
he
M?tlakaa
In-1
ly
f4f
the
visitors.
d
dians
'
whose
large
reserve
fronts
(
t
Tte
last
quarter
was
ttoe
most
Mv4jWy
bsyond
th
west
side
of.
The
Angncan
mission
boat
Nor-
pxcf
'ng
of
the
game.
Rupert
Ion',
fhe
harbor.
Naturally
-anv
black-
i
thern
Cross,
with
Rev.
E.
w.
Slater
Pndsay
who
went
to
the
showers
m
prince
Ruoert
hos
tr
b
!
missionary
in
charge,
is
away
on
jitalians
who
corroborated
the
statement
mat
tne
Italian
lorces
were
disintegrating.
An
attack
on
convoyed
.transports
was
carried
out
by
the
submarine
Utmost
and
Its
torpedo
hits
were
followed
by
a
very
violent
explosion.
It
is
considered
certain
that
at
least
one
of
the
transports
was
completely
destroyed.
1PARTIAL
JOINING
TO
AXIS
Yugoslavia
Refuses
to
Co-Operate
In
Military
Way
BELGRADE,
March
20.
Under
the
agreement
between
Germany
and
Yugoslavia,
which
it
Is
reliably
stated
will
be
signed
next
week,
Yugoslavia
will
give
economic
collaboration
but
will
not
permit
the
passage
of
troops
through
her
territory.
Germany
undertakes
to
respect
the
integrity
of
Yugoslavian
frontiers
and
territory.
It
will
be
a
signing
up
of
Yugoslavia
with
the
Axis
on
a
partial
basis.
Yugoslavia
refuses
to
become
involved
in
war.
Born
In
Metlakatla;
Dies
In
California
Mrs.
Dewey
Homey,
Former
Mary
Leijhton,
Passes
Away
At
Wilmington
Mrs.
Dewey
Homey,
the
former
Mary
Leighton,
daughter
of
the
late
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Leighton
of
Metlakatla,
died
yesterday
afternoon
at
1:35
in
Wilmington,
California,
where
she
had
lived
for
years.
She
left
here
twelve
years
ago.
Besides
her
widower,
Mrs.
Homey
is
survived
by
four
children.
A
sister
is
Mrs.
Bert
Wouden
of
Prince
Rupert.
Horace
and
Gus
Leighton,
also
of
this
city
are
brothers.
Mrs.
Homey
was
bom
In
Metla
katla.
WcatKer
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
weather
has
been
cloudy
and
mild
on
the
coast
and
light
to
moderate
rains
have
fallen.
A
disturbance
Is.
approaching
from
the
cs8
West
Coast
of
Vancouvef
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
Intermittent
to
continuous
rain.
'
;
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen"
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
Their
business
Is
to
flash
warnings)
gain
power
and
align
Yugoslavia
with
rain.
Breaking
over
the
Queen
Charlottes
tonight.
,5.