FASCISTS
TO
MAKE
STAND?
CAIRO
A
vigorous
battle
appears
imminent
on
the
Lib-yin
desert.
Six
thousand
Italian
troops
are
lining
a
deep
ratine
west
of
Derna
where
the
Fascists
are
evidently
preparing
to
to
make
a.
stand
to
stop
the
British
drive
westward.
Tripoli,
the
rapltal
of
Libya,
was
raided
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
last
night.
Ships
and
docks
were
damaged
by
the
dumping
of
several
tons
of
bombs.
LULL
IN
AIR
WAR
LONDON
There
was
another
lull
today
in
the
air
war
but
no
one
expects
it
will
last
for
long.
The
only
activity
of
the
day
was
shelling
across
the
Straits
of
Dover
which
lasted
for
three
bonrs.
As
soon
as
weather
becomes
favorable,
scale
of
attack
on
both
sides
wil
increase
proportionately,
a
British
military
spokesman
said
today.
Two
enemy
planes
were
brought
down
during
yesterday's
daylight
attack.
Last
night
there
was
only
scattered
enemy
activity
over
this
country
and
no
bombs
were
dropped.
t
WEEK'S
SHIPPING
LOSSES
NEW
YORK
A
neutral
estimate
places
British,
allied
'and
neutral
shipping
losses
from
war
action
during
the
week
endinf
Januar
31
at
38,032
tons.
Three
Swedish,
one.
Nether
v
lands,
6ne"
Britlsh'an'cTcTObjfweglan
ships
were
sunk.
TATrnir
ATT
BY
HANSON
il
Member
Hopes
That
Commis-ion
Report
Will
Be
Considered
anson
Denies
eported
Change
Move
to
Supplant
His
as
Con-
servatlvc
Leader
&TTAWA,
February
1-Hon.
R.B.
fison
denies
rumors
that
Connives
are
meeting
in
Toronto
I
noose
a
new
leader
to
replace
k'sterdav's
nirrulatlnn
nf
the
Dally
News
2210
ft
Y"r
Inspection
is
InvitcJ
PATTULL0
READY
TO
NEGOTIATE
la
my
opinion
the
people
of
British
Columbia
Was
Unwilling
to
f.
ada
expected
discussion
to
take
ift
on
the
Rowell-Slrols
commissi
report,"
said
Olof
Hanson,
M.
Skcena,
yesterday
in
a
state-1
cuses.
ir.
Hanson
Is
chairman
of
the
tish
Columbia
caucus
at
Ottawa.
arn
Against
ar
Racketeers
(ln
Exporters
and
Chiscllcrs
Would
Exploit
War
Charities
iTTAWA,
Feb.
I
Warning
was
"d
against
"exploiters
and
chls-rs"
who
are
endeavoring
to
line
own
pockets
by
racketeering
!er
the
guise
of
war
charities.
Enter
Conference
on
Hard
and
Fast
Line
Set
Out
by
Dominion
ton
this
subject.
"I
hope
yet
VANCOUVER,
February
1
(Can-
OTTAWA,
February
1
Plans
are
being
studied
for
the
production
in
Canada
of
heavy
bombing
planes
that
could
be
flown
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean,
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions,
announced
yesterday.
He
said
that
destroyers
would
also
be
constructed
in
Canada
if
present
plans
were
carried
out
Metaxas
Funeral
Held
In
Athens
the
report
will
be
brought
up
adlan
Press)
Keadiness
to
discuss
Thousands
ray
iriDuie
io
lU
merits
fully
discussed."
matters
of
Dominion
ana
provin-
premier
oi
ureece
Hanson
stated
that
he
an
ciai
interest
was
expressed
yesier-
ated
the
rpnort
and
the
recent
day
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
on
Old
War
Guns
in
the
agenda
as
outlined,
the
Prime
Not
Nccessary
iart
at
Present
in
Minister,
on
Denau
oi
me
uvuiumh,
closed
the
conference
In
a
friendly
spirit."
The
British
Columbia
representatives
left
knowing
that
many
uurauuus
questions
will
win
have
ii-
to
be
discussed
Canada
However
OTTAWA.
February
l
Municl
palltles
in
Canada
which
have
old
field
nieces
and
machine
guns
as
!
souvenirs
SOUVenirS
of
OI
we
he
First
ruai,
Great
uica
War
$20,095.11
Compared
With
$11,-916.70
In
Same
month
Last
Year
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
January
Just
ended
to
talled
$20,09514
as
compared
with
$11,916.70
In
the
corresponding
month
last
year.
.
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LIBRARY
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War
News
Churchill
Calm,
Confident
ITALIANS
BADLY
BEATEN
ATHENS
With
the
latest
Italian
counter-offensive
in
Vlbanla
meeting:
a
worse
fate
than
any
which
went
before,
the
irtrks
have
captured
important
new
positions
on
mountain
irights
and
are
advancing
rapidly
north
of
Klisura.
Two
hun-Ired
prisoners,
including
seven
officers,
have
been
captured,
rhe
entire
Tepellni
area
is
now
under
Greek
control,
the
High
Command
announces,
and
the
town
ls
about
to
be
mopped
up.
BIG
ATTACK
ON
BRITAIN
VICHY
French
military
observers
believe
that
February
brinr
a
major
frontal
attack
on
the
British
Isles
by
ADMIRAL
RAEDER
SPEAKS
BERLIN
Admiral
Raeder
told
Nazi
shipbuilding
workers
jtttcrday
that
"you
have
constructed
the
best
U-boats
in
the
world
which
will
lead
to
victory
this
spring."
Raeder
re-echoed
Iht
forecast
of
Chancellor
Hitler
that
the
spring
would
bring
i
more
intensive
submarine
campaign.
TRIM
UNITED
STATES
GUNBOAT
WITH
250
IN
CREW
VISITING
PORT
U.S.S.
Charleston,
on
Friendly
Call,
Is
Wclcomed-maining
Here
Until
This
Evening
-Re-
U.S.S.
Charleston,
flagship
of
Capt.
R.
C.
Parker
U.S.N.,
commander
of
the
Alaska
sector
of
the
United
States
Navy,
is
an
interesting
visitor
to
Prince
Runert
and
her
250
officers
and
men,
who
have
been
granted
special
shore
leave
during
their
stay
here,
are
receiving
a
hearty
welcome
as
they
mingle
among
the
many
men
of
the
local.
"
naval
and
military
services
and
the
WILL
BUILD
PLANES
AND
i
DESTROYERS
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe
Reveals
.
Plan
For
Further
Huge
Production
of
War
Equipment
in
Canada
citizens
generally.
The
spirit
of
the
visit
here
ls
one
of
mutual
friendship
even
In
these
days
of
war.
A
remark
dropped
by
one
of
the
Charleston's
officers-"We
do
not'
,
consider,
you
as
anything
but
friends
and
I
think
we
will
always
feel
that
way"
expresses
the
spirit
very
well.
A
spokesman
for
Capt.
R.
C.
Parker
told
a
Daily
News
rep-
resentatlve
in
an
Interview
that
"we
stopped
here
to
pay
our
res-
jpects
to
local
navy
and
army
of-
j
fleers"
which
might
be
simply
interpreted
as
a
friendly
visit.
I
The
Charleston
arrived
in
Prince
i
xiaivui
rwuay
ai
i.ci
uuuil
jand,
by
special
permission,
tied
up
j
alongside
local
naval
.headquarters
'
where
she
will
remain
until
tonight,
j
She
came
In
from
Ketchikan
where
'
this
week
she
had
delivered
fur-
;
vlvors
of
the
United
States
Army
transport
Kvichak
which
wrecked
...Present,
orders
,foreUhteen
,2
"n.ayson
unanneon.(Monaay
.
i
i.
V
.r.-i
u
inignt.
sne
is
in
tne
freighters
for
Great
Britain
would
be
considerably
Increasd.
Existing
shipyards
would
be
enlarged
rather
than
new
ones
built.
Mr.
Howe
also
announced
a
$5,000,000
addition
to
the
government-owned
gun
plant
owned
by
John
Inglis
Co.
in
Toronto
had
been
authorized.
Heavy
infantry
tanks
and
huge
quantities
of
guns
will
be
turned
out.
ATHENS,
Feb.
I
The
funeral
of
ing
U.S.S.
Erie.
She
ls
330
feet
long
ferer,
,m
k
imnnrinnt
his
return
from
the
Ottawa
con-
the
late
Premier
General
John
nuutu
4iwv
-
-
...
lis
of
discussion
at
Ottawa
when
.Terence
on
the
Rowell-Slrois
re-
Mataxas
took
place
yesterday
irom
Uament
convenesboth
among.
port..
In
a
long
statement
review-
Athens
Cathedral
witn
tne
aieiro-
ivldual
members
and
provincial
ling
British
Columbia's
stand,
pre-
.polttan
of
the
oreeK
onurcn
oni-
mlcr
rattuiio
oeciarea
mat
iauuui
ciaiing.
as
uie
uuuy
iy
w
Ion
representatives
would
not
con-
thousands
filed
past
to
pay
resent
to
the
appointment
of
any
spects.
There
was
a
brief
memorial
committees
except
on
the
basis
of
Eervice
for
the
troops
at
the
front,
an
agenda
proposed
by
themselves.
"We,
therefore,
opposed
going
In-
to
committee
upon
this
basis,'
said
Mr.
Pattullo
"but,
having
done
so,
we
were
still
ready
to
discuss
any
nnd
nil
matters.
However,
as
we
and
other
provinces
did
not
concur
May
Give
Up
course
of
ft
'voyage
to
Alaska
as
far
north
as
I
Dutch
Harbor
tp
make
a
survey
of
I
defence
bases.
On
board,
besldrs
'
the
naval
staff
and
regular
ship's
complement,
are
United
States;
.
Army
officers.
It
Is
the
second
such
'
cruise
the
Charleston
has
made
thd
:
the
third
inspection
by
Capt.
Parker
who
ls
in
charge
of
all
United
States
naval
activities
in
Alaska.
!
The
normal
headquarters
of
the
Charleston
are
In
Seattle
and
her
function
ls
to
make
frequent
trips
to
Alaska.
She
came
north
last
fall
from
Panama
where
she
had
j
been
based
as
flagship
in
Central
American
waters.
Built
at
Charleston
and
sioned
in
1936,
the
Charleston
is
'
one
of
two
United
States
warships
I
of
her
particular
type,
the
other
be-
and
her
tonnage
is
Z4uu.
sne
car
ries
four,
six-inch
guns
and
has
all
'
equipment
also
Includes
a
seap'.ana
launched
from
a
platform
amidships
by
hoist.
The
Personnel
The
crew
numbers
250
and
the
officers
are:
Capt.
Ralph
C.
Parker
U.S.N.,
commander
of
the
Alaskan
sec
tor.
Commander
Gordon
B.
Sherwood,
commanding
officer
U.S.S
men,
medical
officer.
Lieut.
Commander
William
Miller,
staff
air
officer.
I.lpnt.
Commander
J.
R.
Griffin.
Bulletins
WEYGAND'S
APPEAL
ALGIERS
General
Weygand
appealed
today
to
halt
a
million
French
African
soldiers
under
his
conpnand
to
stay
out
of
the
war
and
accept
the
armistice
with
Germany
as
final,
supporting
the
"national
revolution"
of
Marshal
Petain.
"I
appeal
to
you
not
to
leave
the
path
of
order
and
discipline
which
would
only
mean
destruction
of
France
and
peril
for
all
who
take
part
in
this
undertaking,"
he
said.
.
REJECT
"NEW
ORDER"
LONDON
The
Netherlands
government
has
advised
the
Japanese
government
at
Tokyo
that
it
will
reject
any
move
which
would
have
the
effect
of
bringing
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
under
any
new
order
in
the
East
under
any
nation.
W1LLKIE
LEAVING
SOON
LONDON
Wendell
Willkie
expects
to
leave
next
Tuesday
on
his
return
to
the
United
States,
having
been
called
back
to
testify
before
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee
on
the
lease-lend
bill.
Yesterday
he
visited
Dover
and
saw
anti-aircraft
guns
fired.
Before
leaving
he
will
visit
Coventry,
Manchester
and
ALLOWS
HIGHER
FREIGHTS
OTTAWA
Att6rneGeneraV
Gordon
Wlsmer
of
British
Columbia
told
the
Board
of
Trans
port
Commissioners
that,
if
the
railways
are
allowed
to
raise
their
rates,
war
industries
of
British
Columbia
will
be
seriously
undermined.
The
Board,
however,
refused
to
suspend
the
increase
In
rates.
YUKON
CRASH
TWO
KILLED
DAWSON,
Y.T.
A
White
Pass
and
Yukon
Route
plane
crashed
shortly
after
taking
off
from
the
Klondyke
River
twelve
miles
from
here
Friday.
Lionel
Vines,
pilot,
was
killed
and
one
passenger,
Ernest
Chapman,
Dawson
merchant.
The
plane
was
en
route
to
Bonnet
Plume
district
where
Chapman
had
a
trading
post.
W.
G.
McADOO
DIES
WASHINGTON
William
Glbbs
Mloo.
former
California
sena-well
the
latest
In
naval
equipment
as
comfortable!
one
time
Secretary
of
the
as
being
a
very
vessel
for
those
who
man
her.
Her
I
Treasury,
died
today.
JOE
LOUIS
WINS
NEW
YORK
Joe
Louis
knocked
out
Red
Burman
of
Baltimore
In
two
minutes
and
49
seconds
of
the
fifth
round.
Burman
had
stood
up
well
to
Louis
until
the
fifth
round
when
three
terrific
blows
over
the
heart
sent
him,
f
11
1
A
4U
rnnAe
whpr
hft
i
Bailing
u
WIC
ivjiw
....w
)
hardly
stirred
until
after
the
Charle-i
count-
ston.
Lieut.
Commander
Charles
G.
Phleger,
aide
to
commander
Alaskan
sector.
Lieut.
Commander
Roland
M.
i
.
between
the
province
and
the
Dom-;ehave
lve
up
for(Huebl
executive
officer
Mr.
Pattullo
v...
JZ.
A
thA
Lieut.
Commander
Robert
R.
Lea
-
added.
Mr.
Pattullo
refused
to
bediawn
Into
general
discussion.
He
handed
his
statement
to
newspapermen
with
the
comment
to
use
it
"all
or
nothing."
i
Police
Court
Fines
Lower
Total
For
This
January
Was
$175
as
Compared
With
sw
Year
Police
court
fines
e
J""
totalled
$175
pert
for
this
January
as
compared
with
$227
In
the
same
month
last
year.
xi
-
-----
were
heard
this
January
in
tlty
poiico
r-Mt:
.e1'
'
-1
11,Lii
position
has
not
yet
been
reached
where
the
metal
is
needed.
Customs-Excise
Revenue
Higher
Collections
for
This
January
Total
JANUARY
AIR
RAIDS
LONDON
London
had
88
hours
of
air
alarms
in
January.
There
were
eighteen
night
without
attack.
Forty-one
alarms
were
sounded,
making
the
total
for
the
war
to
date
458.
It
was
the
quietest
month
since
September,
civil
engineer.
(
J.
H.
Harrington,
Capt.
R.
Vincent
Lieut.
Richard
McGlathery,
en-
and
Major
F.
L.
Beadle.
glneer
officer.
Capt.
C.
E.
Ansell
ls
on
board
as
Lieut.
Nicholas
A.
Lldstone,
aide,
civilian
pilot.
CaDt.
Gebree
R.
E.
Shell,
com-
Soon
after
arrival
of
the
Charlcs-
mahdlng
marines.
i
ton
local
naval,
military,
govern-
Lleut.
Edward
E.
Ferguson.
'
ment
and
railway
oiaciais
visnea
Lieut.
Harold
F.
Christ.
'
the
ship
and
the
visits
were
duly
re-
Lleut.
Howard
T.
Blerer,
supply
turned
by
Capt.
Parker
and
other
officer.
I
officers.
Lieut.
Kenneth
F.
Muslck,
avlatos.
local
naval
headquarters
late
yea
Lieut.
William
C.
P.
Bellinger.
Lieut.
Robert
T.
Ellcr,
dentist.
Ensign
Elbert
D.
Sprott.
Lieut.
Justin
Q.
Duryea.
Ensign
Paul
R.
Snyder.
Ensign
John
J.
Llnd.
terdav
afternoon.
A
basketball
game
has
been
arranged
for
to
night.
There,
was
general
liberty
for
the
men
of
the
shin.
Special
permission
was
granted
for
local'
naval
officers
and
ratings
to
visit!
The
United
States
Army
officers
the
Charleston,
the
ship
not
being!
are
Col.
T.
L.
Martin,
Lieut.
Col.
open
for
public
inspection.
Hard
Days
Ahead
But
Victory
Sure
Prime
Minister
Declares
Speaks
to
Dockside
Workers
at
Porstmouth
Opinion
General
That
Great
Assault
of
Nazis
Due
Soon
PORTSMOUTH,
February
1.
In
the
face
of
dire
forebodings
in
many
other
quarters,
Prime
Minister
Win-
1
ston
Churchill
was
calm
and
hopeful
last
night.
Speaking
t
i
1
t
?
1
1
1
M
A
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A1-
L
fit
HIT
lo
aocKsiae
workers
wnue
on
a
lour
oi
ine
port
wun
iurs.
Churchill
and
Harry
Hopkins
of
the
United
States,
he
said
"With
the
Royal
Air
Force
already
demonstrating
WAR
WITH
FURY
DUE
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
Urges
Whole-Hearted
Support
For
Savings
Campaign
OTTAWA,
Feb.
I:
(CP)
War
of
unprecendented
fury
within
a
few
weekg
was
forecast
today
by
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
.Mackenzie
King.
"Within
a
few
weeks
we
are
certain,"
he
said
"to
witness
war
as
the
world
has
never
known
it
before."
He
was
urging
support
of
the
February
war
savings
drive
which
opened
today
with
enthusiastic
demonstrations
'InTtfrbrttb'arrd
6tfiercnresTIf.
King
will
be
heard
in
a
national
radio
address
at
2
o'clock
tomorrow
afternoon,
Pacific
Standard
Time.
RAILWAY
REVENUE
INCREASE
Us
superiority
ana
with
assistance
from
the
United
States,
we
are
cer
tain
to
win
the
war."
As
a
result
of
the
assistance
being
offered
by
the
United
States,
the
Prime
Minister
said
he
could
not
help
feeling
"enormously
encouraged."
The
ordeal
might
be
long
and
hard
but
"we
shall
come
through"
and
these
times
would
be
marked
in
history
for
Britain
as
filled
TvUh
glorious
achievement
and
duty
done."
There
were
cries
of
"Good
Old
Winnie"
and
three
cheers
for
the
President
of
the
United
States.
A.
V.
Alexander,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
and
Hugh
Daltou,
minister
of
economic
warfare,
in
speeches
"yesterday,
predicted
a
heavy
assault
to
come
in
the
near
future
but
sault
to
come
in
the
near
future
expressed
confldtnce
of
victory.
SAMPLES
0FDUST
Expert
Evidence
Given
at
Preliminary
Trial
in
Local
Safe-
Cracking
Case
Operating
revenues
for
the
year
"""
1940
were
$247,527,225
against
$203.-
aceiyiene
wren.
Other
witnesses
at
the
prelta
-in
820,187
in
1939.
Operating
expenses
1940
were
$202,519,813
and
in
nary
trial
were
H
B
Stiles,
(
WU-1939
$182,865,768.
f1
For
the
month
of
December
op-
u.
vw
Minium
.witness
remains
to
be
heard,
the
The
summaries
follow:
Samples
of
dust
taken
from
the
premises
of
the
Star
Welding
works
and
examined
by
him
were
compared
with
dust
on
the
cloth-
!.After
ng
of
the
accused
and
the
samples
MONTREAL,
February
"nfSiS!
nts.
Dr.
H.
N.
Brocklesby
of
the
Prln
Rupert
Fisheries
Experi-cunted
tional
Railways
systm
in
1940
am-
to
$45,097,412.
an
Increase
mcn
Stan.
rlngt
J"1
of
524.152,993,
over
the
net
revenue
ejjer
'OI
18J,
.
.
,V,
iol
Of
This
was
made
known
today
"
ber
1940
results
which
showed
a
'""
-
w
:
shopbreaking
The
case
arose
out
with
the
publication
of
the
Decern-
f
a
recent
breaking
and
entering
net
revenue
for
the
month
of
$6,-
V,,
n
f
-2
499
937
as
of
the
local
waterfront
shop
and
compared
with
December
1939.
eratlng
revenues
were
operating
expenses
$17,463,257.
evident
attempt
to
rifle
the
safe
,iju,oui,;
--
jf
$43,707,038.
Expenses,
year
1940.
$202,519,813;
year
1939,
$182,965,768,
increase
$19,554,045.
Surplus,
year
1940,
$5,007,412;
year
1939,
$20,854,419.
Galento-Baer
Bout
Booked
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
1.
Tony
Gal-
There
was
a
reception
at
ento
and
Buddy
Baer
have
been
matched
for
a
bout
in
Madison
Square
Garden
In
late
March,
Hockey
Scores
Pcific
Coast
League
Portland
4;
Seattle
6.
icase
Deing
aajournea
uniu
reo-'ruary
7.
1939,'
oergwwi,
v.
u.
u
v
Revenues,
1940.
$23.736307;
':
$19,046,318;
increase
$4,690,489.
"'&.
w..
Expenses
1940,
$17,463,257;
1939.
vuv.
$15,272,705,
increase
$2,190,552.
i
Surolus.
1940.
$6,273,550;
1939,
$3-
773,613.
Revenues,
year
1940.
$247,527,225;
AAV
11)1
taXKBUVAnA
year
1933,
zu,oiu,io(i
uitic-aac
Classes
In
First
Aid
To
Resume
Men
and
Women
to..
Receive-
Instruction
Commencing
Next
Week
At
a
meeting
Thursday
night
of
members
of
the
executive
of
the
St.
John
Ambulance
Association
and
leaders
of
the
nursing
and
first
aid
sections
of
the
local
Air
Raid
Protection
organization,
It
was
decided
to
resume
the
holding
of
first
aid
classes
In
Prince
Rupert
inore
particularly
in
connection'
wltU
the
A.R.P.
The
meeting
was
presided
over
by
Arnold
Flaten
who
1$
active
both
in
the
Ambulance
Association
and
the
A.R.P.
Commencing
next
week
there
will
be
classes
for
men
on
Monday
evenings
and
fat
women
on
Wednesday
fcyenlflgs.
Bogus
Macdonald
will
act
&s
Instructor.