Weather Forecast Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Islands Moderate to fresh southwest winds, cloudy and wild with intermittent rain, becoming occasionally partly cloudy BATTY s? , minister the Far East. to drive the Axis out of Libya. Owing to the British sea control, the only means of reinforcing now available to the Axis is the very uncertain method of air transport. Furious entrapped German armored units have taken the offensive. British filers are operating far behind the German line, doing damage to their communications and supply i.nes. Hundreds of planes are ceaselessly in battle vying fur air supremacy. Big Battle Expected The Germans have rushed up rcintorcemcnts to Rezegn, ten miles south of Tobruk, and a heavy battle Is expected there momentarily,, .th?- British. Hjglv .Command announced wday. A communique said, that the British had wiped out a third of the tanks in a German column attempting to divert attention from the main battle by a thrust eastward across ihe frontier while the Tobruk gar-';son penetrated farther vst n.to Cie encircling line of Axis troops. Considerable British tank le- GOING TO FAR EAST Roos- Proceeds Collected From Employees of Canadian Pacific Hallway Turned Over Today. MONTREAL, Nov. 26: Cere tnony In connection with the pre's Ouebec MOHTREAL, Nov. 26: Rt. Hon Passes Away RT. HON. ERNEST LAPOINTE mke- NEW ;ASE PASSES IN ! British Forces Being Effectively Co-ordinated To Hurl Axis Out. Of Lbya CAIRO, Nov. 26: Successive naves of Bruwh inotorizea mfam-; suioikd by aitiliery, are now o: uu aiuned agauiav Jie Axis MONTREAL Hen. Ernest Lapointe Died This Morning: Funeral In , forcea in the fie.ee Datue souui rnet j.apcirne, minister of Jus-it Tobiuk following ine .ank bout died this morning at 5:16 in whxh born s.ae low. heavily, 'Pacific Sandard Time) in Notre the Britsh, however, being in a Eatne Hospital. Prior to death he I aken to Quebsc where It will lift in state pending burial. Death came to the great sta.es-r.:an of French-Canada in the ninth day of a grave illness dur- On Entry To War WASHINGTON, Nov. 26:-Unltedl Perhaps the most KJrated of d livered ; Sep-tn States speeches was SUppneS have been going his th Tn... ... ....... ivw n. 1939. at the special ses- Tomorrow sTidei High 8:56 am. 1J ft. 21:15 pro. 165 ft. Low 2:01 ajn. 7.5 It 15:06 pjn. 8.2 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER VOL XXX., NO. 270. PRINCE RUPERT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2fi, 1941. PRICE: FIVE CENTS F rce es On Two Fronts DESTROY ! BELGRADE Nazis to Haze Yugo Slavia Capital1 in Reprisal For I Resistance. ' I WASHINGTON. D.C., Nov. 26: . The White House In Washing-' ton disclosed today that the Unit-; ed States government intelligence j services had reported Germany was preparing to raze Belgrade, J the capital of conquered Yugo Slavia, because the Nazis are con- position to puvide leuifoicunen. had been conscious at intervals. A vinced that Chetnika, the Serbian hich the Axis Is not. mys cians Duueun wet nht said guerillas, are using it as their base The central Mediterranean fleet critical condition, no lm- of operations. ot the Royai Navy sank two more I'rovemem. He gradually sank loaded supply sh.ps bound for Lib- during the night until the end va today. Italian warships, acting caait. He had shown remarkable as a convoy, made their escape. resistance in view of rnpele-53 con-Meantime British land, navy and ditlon during the r few day; air forces, all In superiority over but hls hert 1 the end gave way the enemy, are co-ordinating their to t1 strain. The body is being strength effectively STRUCK ON RIPPLE ROCK Alaska Liner Aleutian Returning After Accident With 200 Aboard. SEATTLE, Nov. 26: The northbound Alaska liner Aleutian wi'h 200 passengers aboard sr:rr KHplr Uo-k in Sevnonr Narrows early toay and le-cMvc? extensive bottom damage, Alaska Stam.hlT) Comoanv offices reported. The ship's pumps kept the water under cmtiol and the vessel turned about to start back here under her own power. RECAPTURED Canadian National Caught Escaped Nazi at Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS. Nov. 26: A German prisoner, caped from a i crvcs have now reached the for- Ing which a series of attacks shook manville, was .ard haitJr aremt. his ruBKed frame. Attendine doc- ara Falls by a P,,Ht,n Canadian waii National tors sold that death was caused Railways engine crew. by "cancer of the pancreas complicated by a pulmonary affection." An unbroken tenure of more than 35 years in the H-use of Commons, bold qualities of leadership and a charming personality, William C. Bullitt Named Special made Rt. Hon. Eirntat Laponte a representative of President Canadian institution. Few Cana-Roosevelt. dian vublic men ever enjoyed a greater measure of personal popu- WASHINGTON, D.C.. Nov. 26: larity in every section of Canada 0, William C. Bullitt, former than did the tall, genial represen-Unitcd States ambassador to Rus- tatlve of the constituency of Que- SUPPORT PATTULLO Sleeting of Iince in New Member Of Cabinet VICTORIA, Nov. 26: P -Frank Pifrnam, member for Nelson - Cjeston, was sworn in today administer of agriculture, replacing K. C. Mae donald, rose resignation was submitted some days ago, but was net immediately accented. SO. AFRICA i DOES WELL? Fifihting Fogc Is Honor to General Smuts. I CAPE TOWN. Nov. 26: In BIG QUAKE ASSELSTINE REDS DRIVE REGISTERED RESIGNED? NAZIS BACK Seismographic Instruments At Minister of Labor Announces That Counter-Offensive Around Rostov West Bromwich Thrown Com- He Has Withdrawn From And Leningrad Effective Mos- pletely Out Of Gear Pattullo Cabinet. , cow Hard Pressed LONDON. MW. 26: So strong VICTORIA, Nov. 26: W Hon. W. MOSCOW, Nov. 26: ' Vigorous was an eajthquake shock recorded J- Asselstine, M.L-A. for Atiln and new counter-offensives by the Red by the seismographlc at West minister of labor, late last night Army around Rostov and Lenln-B: Tiwich last night that it threw announced that he. had submitted grad have driven the Nazis back he me-hsnH-n completely out of his resignation to Premier T. D. many miles. At the same time, the .?ear, nvking it impossible to im- Pattullo. Later Mr. Pattullo said Germans continue their great med'itelv determine the location that Mr. Asselstine had not re- drive upon Moscow, fifty miles or distance of the centre of the signed, the resignation havln? not northwest of which an Important . islv 'Tr..v f h h w?s later in- been accepted. accepted. Mr. Mr. Asselstine Asseiscine then men Nazi Nazi break-throueh break-throueh is is admitted iiimlLii dlcatcd to have been centred in said mid-Atlantic, possibly about 500 statement today, vile- r-r.t 'he coa-4 cf Africa. Pen- urn and levers were thrown out tr n t nn and ilhe ir-rh was dislo- if A 1 i 1 Ulth cated from its sorkets. It was the VM XALj larger quake ev?r to be recorded by the observatory. Spain reported a rather heavy shock but there were no Immediate reports of damage. Lisbon in spite oi political squabbles which the fields started praying. nave civiceo; mc country, aoum Africa in tw years has forged a w war macliine of Impressive ( hSr nnpn far P IM strength, a machine already piov- :-!vUklLtU ed by its achievements Li tne Abyssinian campaign. Nazi Filtht voiumn efforts .o Keep me union out oi tne war W A D OTTr1 1? raids over western EnSkiwi last Army defences to a point within VY All ilUllll n5gh' but dama'5e not exten" less than sixteen miles of Moscow, broke down when Gen. (now fie.Q Som. slaC?erinT Fieures In Casu marshal) J. ,C. Smuts, Soutr. At-rican prime minister, led the nation into the struggle alongside Great Britain and all the Com monwealth except Eire. It aitins .n1 Fnivment Destruc tion Issued MT'W Nov. 26:-The Sovlc, Tnfnrm t4nrt Tin Vm - c ,,,z: .... an... voived a split twiweeh biau ana 1"'' ' uj" reBarQ Docks at Brest and- Cherbourg to losses Gentian:' . T, nn Gen. J. t r i u.. ...u- in the war with B,,ti, Hertzog wh, w,;. in tha nr.rc,ffn mitt, hi, nl -UU ULrW ' ers. " ;, r r:.r.rr. , . au miS8.ng total ,i..uuj wnne r "he Germans have lost six million came 10 the fore wnen Ule main Engine Crew men. Ul,rru f"";, c" """f Russia has lost 7,930 tanks, 6,800 and the nationalist leader Dr D. ,anes and 12 9 T ieHU' Gelmany has l0'1 15'000 tanks. had formed the Reunited Nation- 15nnn anri 7Qnnn M. nil.) Tl,.i T... Ill I I-- ' " 6"" Who had 05- rau iniii-u.guc party in " AiriKaansj on n a a strict strict camo near Bow- p n . recaptured at Niag- neutrality policy But when Ma- (jaS KatlOiling lan started working for an Atri- O kaans repubhc they fell out. His more moderate ally Hertzog wanted equal rights for the English and the Alrikaans-speaklng people. Opposition Splits Hert?og quit the Nationalists In Canada Not Coming at Once Ruuert Liberal dent South Africa but with equal w!ter or Possibly it ome ?nto force m March- wi for s nele-ales Delegates "Slits both tongues. Quarrels Association Sends to Convention at Van couver. The Prince Rupert Liberal As - sociation last night went on rec- NEW LIFE $295,019,009 also broke out between Malan and the Ossewabrandwag, (Ox-wagon Guard) cultural and seml-mllltary organization. asserted "among those people who Kingdom. He was tne jugner course he planned to Uke-In sup- made! , alk abQut a unlted IlnUJ ClMlAM 'Canada of the first treaty porting Mr. Pattullo and his rea- anw ihl A United . MateS Shi' its own ac- He the onlyllm' .. ea"5f t ks imivo , : cyr.jnis tooiuij country on suu nS iui for su so doing. uuiug. 11C was wa ..iiC v.., section therp Afrikander- frikaans O i. i-i . i iml Jf'vras an agreement for person present who was sure he!.ac?f CH in,t"etu" are more 1 Supplies Going 1T bc " the ' Z" . , . T Vvnn rrL states and signed by Mr. Lapointe 1 0 Tree rrenCnripr full powers from the King. OTTAWA. Nov. 26: Gasoline TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. O. Johnston Co.) When the Ossewabrandwag went nr,rfi,., Grandview ic 16 mi.. -.-.j . w '1 sia and France, has been appoint- . , rl( tho into politics and drafted a renub- jlr. Jjapoinies posiuun m wua- urn uiioijimvuoijr ouuii iiiv. - ... - rsiuiurne iu.jo llcan constitution, Malan accused and Cariboo Quartz 2.05 sense ne lnneritea oir wuuiu m.uu aymi, neaiey Mascot a , , . , , the of the British Co- sabotage. There was trouble over '0rellle Laurier's position as the outstand- to meeting Pend 1.62 ine spokesman of French-speaking lumsia Liberal Association to dc wvv"aS Pioneer 210 "Hnlrkn RnitlW" CanaS but he also, in practice if held in Vancouver next week, towards ; Oswald 1 , iormer Fund Presented ii.tr. iiirinir thp vpars strnnirlv nreed sunnort of not in fact, was almost a co- There were several speakers who minister oi aeience, Z, "cau"' heading a Privateer tne smaji group wnicn aavoated a Reno w t. MarkPnzlP Klnir Prinrp Rnnprt member as the onlv national-soclalUtic republic headed a Liberal government. possible course to take and none Gfn- Smuts acknowledged the x stence of these racial ard of po- demurred. Hp upled the key portfolio Justice, vitally important ln a fed- Delegates chosen were S. E "tlcal uarrels n a 8Pe"a' eral state such as Canada with Parker, Jack Judge, W. O. Fulton. Queenstown. 'We have a divided questions of conflicting Jurisdlc- Harry Menzie, Robert Gordon, J.,PPIeV h? saId- but ,he added "u tion between the lederal parlla- A. Lindsay, A. Iversen and H. F.jw"1 not ?va.ys rema n so. onH hp legislatures of the.Pullen. In addition to these will' 'The tlme coming I shall Sheep Creek Cr.lmont C. & E. Beattie entatlon of the proceeds of a h frequently tary of the district association but the time will come when this Hardrock Oils .66 .47 .12 .87 .15 1.12 Home 2.45 Royal Canadian Toronto not se e It and I do know not Mitehell and Arthur provinces. be George c t j patrld 140 ' i ivhpthpr nnv nf vmi will coa !t .. In the imperial ana interna- urooicsoanK, presiaent ana secre- ''" Consolidated Smelters 39.00 .68 'Golden Bomber" campaign for r -mr..mtai.vt' fm rv nM .nfrMn omKorc f thp will be a united people and there ..Z" , funds conducted among employ- &nd ne a ploneer Jn provincial association. will be a united national will." LUUe Lac coast' . . n . the developments in Empire reia- As a number of the delegates Urced Urged Hope ope and and Trust .. Madsen Madsen Red Red Lake Lake way took place noon here this after- 'tlons - which ' resulted in uanaaa may not be able to make the trip ... The prime minister charged the McLeod Cockshutt . It was broadcast over the ; domln.jns assuming sou'th for the meeting, most om..JK'nt -to-coast hook-up of the Ca- ss7f ete sovereignty ! tnem wiU glve their proxies to Mr. 3 in Broadcastlne Broadcasting CoroornUon. Corporation, i ia . . with nh tn the United United nwK,J Brooksbank, who outlined 1rtn,i rV,P the hostility to the government but naaian PQUamy Mckenzie rteu iaiie Moneta JL 65 .60 ,55 Va 1.93 1.06 .30 Pickle Crow .1 2.61 Preston East Dome J:. 3.10 San Antonio 1 2.21 Sherritt Gordon 90 SO KEEP COOL Avpraap hnriv t.pmnpr:t.t:ri' It was historically essential, he Ma deerees ,ahrenhelt. contended, that the races should come together and a successful ' of both races and all colors to prosperous country be built up abandon the policies of the past Life Insurance wiles In Canada when co-ooeratlon between the and have faith, have hope and first nine monthi of 1941 am tvn races had been firmly estab- have trust in each other and n.ove percent with new bukiess ihhed Smuts deciarsd'l call on men yours. forward to the destiny which is he would have a further to have been made by the enemy, EXCHANGED France but powerful grouITor Royal Air Force bombers last night. TODAY'S WEATHER , Prince Rupert Cloudy, southwest wind, five miles per hour; taking then on to a main highway to the capital. Pushing past Tula, the enemy are within 60 miles of Moscow on the east. The Russians today acknowledged serious new German gains on the northern and southern flanks of Moscow's defence arc but declared the Red Army counter-at tacks in the Ukraine had thrown Poi-tuga' was also heavily shaken. German Bombers Over England the Nazis back slx mlles northwest Portugese peasants workinz In And British Over Occupied i, of r,-t,. Rostov-on-Don In a sector I where the Germans have lost from ' thirty-seven to sixty miles. I The Vichy radio, quoting Gcr-LCNDON, Nov. 26: German man reports, said Nazi mechanized bombing planes staged widespread forces had slashed throush Red .... Kv. meir closest approacn zincs tne several injured in one southwest Moscow drive started on October .own of England. One enemy 2- re was no confirmation plan was rhot down. elsewhere of the Vichy report. At the same time the Royal Air Fo.ce was active with raids on Calais and elsewhere in occupied AMERICANS FOR HOME Tokyo Consulate Urges They Leave Both Japan And China TOKYO, Nov. 26: The United barometer, 30.18; tempera tme, 39; states consulate in Tokyo is again sea smooth. urging all Americans to leave Jap- Triple Island Showery, south- an immediately. Similiar sugges- west wind, sixteen miles p;r hour; tlons are being made to American? sea moderately rough. In China. The sailing of the Jap- Langara Island Hall showers, anese liner Tatuta Maru to San southwest wind, thirty mile-s per Francisco has been delayed until hour; barometer, 30.13; tempera- December 2. ture, 39; sea rough. : Dead Tree Point Cloudy, wes- ana formed his own Afrikander j"at'onln? is not expected to be barometer, 30.22; temperature, 35; party, standing for an indepen- Posed ln Canada before late iight swell. Bull Harbor Cloudy, noitnwest ind, two miles per hour; barom- eter, 30.22; temperature, 4G; moderate swell. i Darometer, ju.zo; tempera'.ur.:, ij. I Vancouver Cloudy, t -erly ' wind, two miles per hour; barom 04'4 hour; barometer, 29.91. 1.04 An interesting talk on "Modern Advancements ln Medicine" was given Prince Rupert Gyro Club at Its regular weekly luncheon today by Dr. R. G. Large. President W. F. Stone was ln the :hair and there was a good attendance of members with a few guests. Air Reserves From Russia To No. Africa Alert Bay Cloudy, rjjtheast wind, fifteen mlles per hour; ba- BERLIN, Nov. 26: Berlin ack-rometer, 30.17; temperature, 48; nowledges that air reserves are light swell and chop. - , being drawn away from the Rus- Estevan Cloudy, southeast , sian front to be used in the I lb-wind, four miles per hour; barom-i yan campaign against the new eter. 30.24; temperature, 49; light British offensive. swell. Victoria Foggy, north north west wind, four miles per !. . - HAAS!. J . Oft! nhouhr; Unions Meeting I At Kirkland Lake eter, 30.26; temperature, 46. I . Prince George - Fair, s o ti t h Conference To Be Held In Con-southwest Wind, five miles per nprllnn Wilh T-ahor Tic-utl - - Of Mines KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont.. Nov. 26: A conference of trade unionists will be held here Saturday in connection with the strike by which several important mines are now tied up. The mine operators say that 920 of 4000 strikers have now returned to work. PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT 8 o'Clock Canadian Legion Hall To Discuss National Mobilization for Total War This meeting is part of a nation-wide campaign sponsored by the Dominion Command of the Canadian Legion.