Hess
CLOSE
ON
i,,r,..-
ITALIANS
I.'..-..:.
iu
J',usiu,u
'
-Two
Tliirt
Doomed
in
fciniopia
im
Shippinc
Suffers
Heavy
Loss
at
Bengasi
(AlR),
May
13:
(CP)-
British
.
r
a
nnn
Italian.
flinditw
Amoa
niaji
.u
!
I
)
hnms.
nave
OCCUpieu
f
H
.
.
.
1
T
i.t
mtroiiS"5"-1
u'
'
ll
7
r.a
'.liiic
will
shoriiy
oe
scp-
me-'tinea
of
Chancellor
Adolf
11.
;
of
Orrmaiiy
wttn
l'rem.cr
!i
O'.alui
of
Uussia
and
riem-
f,TBe
:'io
Mussolini
of
itai
m
f
organization
of
Europe
nplo!i.-T.,.I
ally
and
bC6nomlcBliy
in
of
recent
and
lmpcndinp
DARLAN
IS
IN
BERLIN
limcli
Vicc-I'rcmlrr
is
Itrceivnl
by
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
BERLIN.
May
13.
-Admiral
Jean
Danai)
vicc-Prcmlcr
of
France.
Is
m
Berlin
where-
he
was
received
by
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
yesterday.
Concessions
which
France
1H
make
u
Germany
under
a
new
col-'obration
arrangement
are
under-itooo
to
have
been
discussed.
Germany
Claims
!
To
Have
Caused
Further
Losses
I
i
BERLIN.
May
13.
A
Nazi
submarine
pack
has
sunk
thirteen
British
freighters
In
the
Atlantic,
It
was
claimed
here
last
night.
All
Diphtheria
Serum
Used
Up
i'utlber
Supplies
of
Immunlzlnc
Material
Are
Ordered
and
Due
by
Week-End
Victory
Loan
Details
Given
OTTAWA.
May
13:
(CP)
Finance
Minister
J.
L.
Ilsley
to-
rlnv
nnnnnnr-pri
that.
Han
.Lin's
IIIUTONS
ON
OFFENSlVli
CAIKO
British
nicthani.cd
troops
have
beaten
back
five
Miiall
advaiicins
columns
of
Axis
Iroops
in
the
Salum
area
of
the
Egyptian
frontier,
British
headquarters
announced
today.
A
war
bulletin
said
Axis
forces
were
'cari'yinc
out
reconnaissance
in
force
and
were
advancinR
cast-ward
when
met
by
British
mechanized
advance
elements
and
turned
back.
The
communique
added
"our
air
forces
have
been
afforded
particularly
Rood
targets
by
the
withdrawing
enemy."
Bulh
at
Salum
and
Tobruk.
the.
British
have
now
assumed
the
offensive.
I'AltlilAMENT
MOVES
LONDON
-
l'rimc
Minister
W
inston
Churchill
lhl
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
he
believed
the
historic
debatihg
chamber
of
the
House
of
Commons
had
been
bombed
beyond
repair,
av
least
for
a
very
long
time
to
come.
He
added:
"We
have
already
begun
preparation
of
a
third
building
should
happen
in
case
anything
to
the
one
in
which
we
are
today."
I
Ml
diphtheria
immunizing
ma-i-'-i:al
immediately
available
In
J'nncn
rtupcrt
had
been
used
up
by
'loon
yesterday
by
persons
taking
WFdy
action
to
protect
their
child-rp
against
the
malady
which
caus-pf
the
death
nf
n
rhllrt
here
on
Sun-
aay
y
Flirthor
r
urther
stocks
Rt.rw.1ra
have
have
bCCll
oeen
SCllt
sein
,
,
SHANGHAI
TKOCBLE
SHANGHAI
United
Stales
marines
were
called
out
today
to
restore
order
in
Shanghai
after
disorders
had
occurred
near
the
barracks.
One
coolie
died
of
injuries
sustained.
FLOOD
AT
l'ENTICTON
PI
NTICTON
Under
weight
of
flood
waters,
the
big
Ellis
Creek
dam
was
broken
just
before
midnight
last
night.
Twenty-live
fruit
farming
families
in
the
district,
,.r
here,
sixteen
miles
bc-
forced
to
f
ec
lo
the
dam,
were
main
br.dge
Ihelr
homes.
The
over
Ellis
Creek
was
washed
out.
Kivcr
bridge
was
The
Okanagan
in
danger.
HITS
AT
BENGASI
-----
.
t
recorded
voic
and
arc
expected
to
arrive
by
V
"'.
of
Commons
last
nigni
the
1
ousc
have'
end
of
the
week.
There
was
cancel
f
0
",r
no
further
cases
of
tne
niuiauy
sported
up
to
today.
MOVED
TO
UEVELTOKF.
Constable
Jack
Lockle,
who
has
pen
on
the
force
of
the
city
police
here
for
th
ct
four
vpars.
has
Kn
Pin
uit'"
division
......
n.n.Tirv
.iii.r
n.C.F.
or
iew
""":
.
to
which
both
.
..
.
r,...iirv:lllve
Petain
To
Meet
Admiral
Leahy
MAY
NOT
USE
members
S3
Z,
'""'"
-le
Ing
opposed.
feather
Ff-rasl
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
--
3:03
a.m.
22.1
It.
16:10
p.nv-.1W
It-
r,
-wo
mile;?
fV
.
Low
8Q
ej'fra
It.
22?P5
pjnr
-
6.6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I'remicr
of
France
Back
From
Riviera
and
Will
Sec
Envoy
to
France
forthcoming
Victory
Loan
will
has
has
returned
returned
from
from
CONVOYS
NOW
Olhcr
Means
Of
Delivering
United
Slates
Goods
Safely
To
Britain
May
Be
Found
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
May
13:
P:
:-.reta.ry
of
the
Navy
Frank?
Knox
staled
last
nin'ht
rthat
some
way
of
rn'tivin-:
ttv
safe
delivery
of
Ameri
nn
goods
to
Great
Britain
other
than
by
convoy
may
be
employed.
.DISCUSS
SERVICE
;
'I
oi
onto
Conservative
Members
Demands
Conscription
Blow
At
National
i'nity,
Declares
Italslon
OTTAWA
Mav
13:
Dr.
II
W
"
J
iirnrn
Conservative
iwmber
ember
T.)rnnUi-rarkdale.-;ln
v..irHav
ripmanded
conscription
selective
and
compulsory
enlistment-
a
Hie
only
solution
of
Canada's
Tmplcx
defence
problems.
Hon.J.
L.
HP-Won.
minister
of
naMwral
defence,
dvclarrd
that
surh
a
proposal
wffi
a
blow
at
Canadian
unity.
BUILDING
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
13,
1941.
were
dropped.
Nor
were
any
oiner
parts
of
the
country
attacked.
During
yesterday
the
German
air
REICH
HIT
ONCE
MORE
:
lloyal
Air
Force
Strafes
Hambur;
And
Bremen
Again
With
Heavy
Bombs
MANNHEIM
AGAIN
LONDON,
May
13:
(CP)
Fires
(
that
involved
whole
blocks
of
buildings
were
set
in
the
German
industrial
centre
of
Mannheim
and
the
sister
city
of
Ludv.i-
,
hafen
last
night
by
the
lloyal
Air
;
Force.
At
Coldgne
fires
were
started
among
railway
sheds
and
elsewhere
in
the
centre
of
the
city.
LONDON,
May
13.
Continuing
lis
no
rest
for
Germany
campaign.
A.
nip
n.val
Air
Force
again
raided
for
Hamburg;
Bremen
and
other
lm-Farliament
po'rtant
German
centres'
witrn;ood
CHANGES
effect
last
night,
once
more
dropping
high
explosive
bombs
and
incendiaries
U
cause
further
damage
on
already
heavily
hit
industrial
objectives.
Air
Service
Is
Increased
More
Flights
Are
Being
Provided
Between
Vancouver
And
Victoria
And
Seattle
futures
of
amendments
U)
inc
re-
Summary
bvlaw
which
was
gone
i
f.,Hhn
R3.100
oounds.
9
5c
into,
thoroughly
again
at
a
meeting
d
7c
tQ
10c
and
7c
of
the
zoning
commission
last
nigni.
American---None.
and
recommended
for
enactment.
Canadian
In
attendance
at
the
meeting
last
Gony,
13,000,
Edmunds
&
WalK-night
were
John
Dybhavn.
the
g
9c
and
7Jc
chairman,
S.
E.
Parker,
City
En-i
CUpper
Mf
u.SOO,
Booth,
10?
and
glncer
F.
N.
Good
ana
uity
neia-
7c
iurer
D.
J.
Matheson.
.
HI
.
U
rmw
rkWT
WITH
THE
BIUTISII
i,,T7,
,11
lYCgllUClIl
.
.
i
,
..mi
ml
ron
swept
1
ini
j
-
ilengasi
Harbor,
Libya,
by
nUhl
nd
e
h
one
and
hurled
perhaps
she!
s
Into
explosive
tIls
of
high
The
cru.s
AJa
the
Axis
base.
in
she
"g
led
four
destroyers
Bengasi
alongside
ships
anchored
hits
and
se
mole,
scoring
direct
bc-Xs
ablaze
two
merchantmen
me
peppering
the
entire
lur-bor
area.
war
nunow
is
adoited
budget
of
UTTAWA-The
war
Now
At
Nanaimo
Ontario
Battalion
Arrives
m
Island
City
To
Continue
Its
Military
Training
NANAIMO,
May
13:-A
regiment
'
7c
Minpnra
Falls.
Ontario,
ar-
rived
here
yesterday
to
continue
training
at
the
local
military
camp.
Broadcast
By
Roosevelt
Is
Being
Delayed
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
13:
The
broat'f.-ast
of
President
Frank-n
r
nnoKPvelt's
sneech.
which
...
nil
.
--r-
.
'
yuov
w
"
J
'
,
hn.n
.
.
.
..
n
A
.
..
.
.
,
,v..M4,.lw4
...
tnr
TimntTOW
.
'
iransrerred
to
me
uig
uuuu
mtnton
of
the
RocKy
naa
Deen
h'8hway
patrol
with
headquarters
Capt
J.
A.
MlHon
ev-'
evening,
has
been
cancel
ed.
ln-
at
Kevelstoke.
He
and
Mrs.
Lockle
Mountain
Ranffnieit'lD
Leth-.stead,
there
will
be
a
fireside
chat
'
be
leaving
for
the
south
with-'
ening's
train
for
a
duties.
p
wM
two
weeks
hence.
'he
next
few
days.
bridge
on
military
Halibut
Sales
Balsac
I.,
H.500,
AUln,
luc
ana
7.2c,
1
Borgund,
7,000,
Booth,
10c
and,
7.2c.
Arlington.
3,800,
Storage,
9.5c
and
7e
Jupl.er,
4,000,
Atlm,
9.9c
ana
7c.
M
I...
2.000.
Storage
9.9c
and
7.1c.
R.
K.,
2,300,
Storage,
9.9c
and
7.1c
Essential,
13,000.
storage,
uoc
and
7c.
Domino
II.,
9,000,
Pacific,
More
Canadian
Naval
Officers
MYSTERY
9.'c
.
m
12.
Start
(Training
m
Ijltna
H.
M.
-r
C
S.
Victoria
Hoyal
Roads
Near
"
vTrrroniA.
Mav
13:
A
new
riass
nf
125
nrosDcctlve
naval
of
fleers
yesterday
commenced
inree
thi.'
teourses
of
training
at
II.
M.
C.
S.
Royal
Roads
(Wie
iormer
Hatley
Park).
OF
HESS
force
aimed
at
some
Britlsn
airdromes
and
did
some
damage,
caus-
Srcrulaliru
Itifc
As
To
Sensational
Ing
casualties.
Flight
Of
Nazi
Leader
From
Germany
lo
liriiam
LONDON.
May
13:
,Much
still
remains
to
be
explained
regard-
ng
the
strange
case
of
Iludolf
Hess,
No.
3
ranking
Nazi
leader,
for
twenty
years
Adolf
Hitler's
right
hand
man,
who
is
now
a
prisoner
of
war
in
Great
Britain
following
his
sensational
landing
on
Saturday
near
Glasgow
from
a
Nazi
warplanc.
Hess
had
flown
across
eight
hundred
miles
from
M)
ut
Invest
Germany
in
a
plane
piloted
by
himself.
The
official
British
announcement
said
lhal
a
Mest.erslchmidt
10
plane
had
been
seen
to
crash
to
(he
erimnil
out
of
control
near
a
northwest
Scottish
town
on
the
night
of
May
10.
The
pilot,
in
.
German
officer's
uniform,
baled
out,
sustaining
a
broken
ankle.
At
first
the
officer
gave
a
different
name
but
later
said
he
was
Hess,
producing
photographs
taken;
at
different-ages
to
establish
his
identity.
Early
today
ihc
Ministry
of
information
announced
Ihe
man
had
been
identifed
"beyond
all
doubt"
as
Hess.
I.aler
he
i
cached
Glasgow
hos
pital
in
custody
and
there
ne
spent
last
night,
being
removed
today
to
some
undisclosed
place
to
be
questioned
by
British
officials..
It
was
said
he
might
be
taken
to
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden.
A
Berlin
statement
said
that
Hess
had
either
met
with
an
accident
or
fallen
out
of
his
machine.
Nazi
officials
at
Berlin
cmrirf-slerl
that
he
was
mentally
.
.
...mji
...VilVi
mav
be
nCW
S3rvice
Deuwetu
vunwu.v
statement
4im.n
e;i
said
til.
Suilt
building
dls-
and
Seattle.
in
the
first
class
'.
.-,
-r
v,o
r.'.tw
frnm
$3500
to
'$2500
and
the
making
of
It
possible
again
to
build
residences
on
iwen-flve
foot
lots
are
the
principal
inations.
the
Nazi
Hess
is
forty-five
years
of
age.
He
was
often
referred
to
as
the
"brains"
of
the
Nazi
party.
MOONLIGHT
FLIGHT
Hess
started
out
Saturday
on
his
flight
from
Augsburg,
Germany,
where
he
escaped
from
the
grasp
of
Hitler.
He
made
the
long
flight
in
five
hours
in
bright
moonlight.
The
plane
was
un-armed
and
there
was
not
enough
gas
for
a
return
flight.
He
had
seized
the
plane.
I
His
plane
was
completely
;
wrecked
after
the
crash.
There
were
machine
gun
bullet
punc-'
tures
in
the
tail.
The
German
nffirpr
was
greeted
by
a
farmer,
I
David
McLean,
with
a
pitchfork
1
who
found
him
in
a
ditch.
Hess
surrendered
without
a
struggle
and
was
then
taken
to
the
farmhouse
where
he
was
invited
to
take
a
cup
of
tea.
He
declined,
however,
and
asked
for
water
in
stead.
It
was
on
the
estate
ol
tne
Duke
of
Hamilton
where
Hess
landed.
Hess
was
prominently
Identified
with
Hitler
in
the
writing
of
"Mein
Kampf."
Hitler
dictated
the
text
which
was
written
by
If
In
Hess
had
played
a
leading
role
nil
Nazi
d
nlomatic
moves
particularly
that
with
Russia
In
the
fall
of
1939
Just
netorc
ine
war
started.
A
member
of
the
Inner
war
council,
he
Is
In
possession
of
the
deepest
Nazi
military
"secrets.
Born
In
Alexandria.
Egypt,
and
twice
wounded
during
the
First
Great
War
in
which
he
served
ai
an
aviator,
Hess
was
close
to
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
"PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Flight
Is
Absorbing
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teraay.
At
luoruri
1:11-
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iuuu
auu
may
uu
purcuuseu
t
nioun-
,ui.i
.
j.
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.
,r..n
r.amurca
uiin.y-i.vu
t
uuuikiii,
ur
uv
iwvnifiiu.
t
penal
.
-
....
.
.
in
I
r
fn
fTVII.
i
faltio
ii
a
surprise
uu-
1
Harming
raids
on
axis
positions
ontmueo
in
the
Salum
area.
Trrnrii
carnage
was
done
to
Ital-...
and
German
shipping
In
Ben-
nuroor
eaiuruay
iusk
t
6-i
riiu.i
aw.
It
was
officially
an
:ed
at
night,
tne
uriusn
It.?,
-utttinng
no
losses
ucspm;
i-
.
i
i
t
attrmi)i.
of
the
enemy
awe
oumu-
cr
to
drvs
the
warships
on.
DICTATORS
TO
CONFER
Imptiidini:
Mrclincs
of
Hitler
with
Stalin
and
Mussolini
VXH
IY
May
13.
-It
Is
believed
Bulletins
VICHY.
May
13.
Marshal
Henri
Philllppe
p'etaln,
Premier
of
France,
a
trip
to
the
j
German
Air
Force
Lays
Off
Lon
.
don
Has
Tvo
Hour
Alarm
But
No
Bombers
Appear
LONDON,
May
13.
London
had
a
two-hour
air
raid
alarm
starting
at
mlrinleht
last
night.
There
w3
be
for
5WO,ooo.ooo.
subscrip-
RiVieraand
l.
to
meet
Admiral
Wll-
.
d
of
-anti-aircraft
fire
but
A
irr
Krw-tb-C
ttr(1l
nnon
Tuna
O
nnA
A
.
i
a
lhn
.
.
.vUUvW.Uu,n.u,uiKtUu
.
Uam
D
Leany,
minister
nm
n0
no
nianes
planes
appeared
aDDeaTed
and
and
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OC
YLU
Tnrc
Of
War
Changing
By
Incident
Is
Regarded
as
Potential
Bearer
of
Nazi
SecretsDescribed
as
"Defiantly
Sane"
Is
at
Least
Great
Propaganda
Windfall
isr
A
7.1
l.RAnRRSHIP
MEETS
HE
RUN,
May
13:
(CP)
Close
upon
Rudolf
Hess'
flight
to
Scotland
the
sub-leadership
of
the
Reich
met
today
with
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
for
what
was
claimed
to
be
"a
demonstration
of
determined
will
for
victory."
LONDON,
May
13:
(CP)
Rudolf
Hess,
No.
3
Nazi
leader
and
possibly
Adolf
Hitler's
closest
confidante,
parachuting
from
a
Messerschmitt
fighter
onto
a
Scottish
moor
last
Saturday,
a
potential
bearer
of
Nazi
secrets,
fled
the
Hitler
regime
in
a
development
that
may
alter
the
course
of
the
war,
British
authorities
declared
today.
COMMENT
cance.
New
Army
Base
At
Portland
Is
Now
Completed
PORTLAND,
Ore..
May
13:
Port
land's
new
army
base
has
oeen
completed
and
a
thousand
men
are
being
transferred
here
from
Vancouver,
Washington.
TOKYO
IS
SHOCKED
Japanese
Officialdom
and
Tress
Be-wildcred
Owing
to
Flight
of
Hess
from
Germany
nviir-vo
Mn
13
Jnnanese
1UU1U,
.
I
'ficlaldom
and
press
are
openly
.stunned
and
bewildered
over
the
'wiripnt
of
Rudolf
Hess
fleeing
from
Germany
to
Great
Britain.
Government
skokesmen
ana
newspapers
admitted
their
shock.
Iraqui
Claim
;
To
Have
Taken
Back
Positions
BERLIN,
May
13,-The
IraquU
hnvp
pained
back
part
ol
the
posi
tions
nrnnnd
Habbanlyah
from
which
they
had
been
driven
out,
It
was
claimed
here
last
nignt.
rine
British
authorities
In
London
ed
to
confirm
this
claim.)
connection
with
the
strange
epi-lsode,
these
authorities
insisted
only
ItUnf
ITocc
Mmo
fr
TJrltnln
rlpfinxit.1v
(XM
UlCC
sane.
They
said
he
had
no
special
Jr
ilEluO
mission
but
that
Britain
Is
the
beneficiary
of
a
great
propaganda
Lord
Halifax
Speaks
in
Kansas
windfall
If
not
actual
military
help.
City
on
Strange
Flight
of
,
The
German
version
In
Berlin
was
Nazi
Leader
still
that
Hess
was
the
victim
of
hallucinations,
one
of
which
was
KANSAS
CITY,
May
13.
Lord
hope
for
the
restoration
of
Qennan-Hallfax.
British
ambassador
to
the
British
friendship.
United
States,
speaking
here
last
Rt.
Hon.
Alfred
Duff-Cooper,
Brl-night
in
the
course
of
his
western
tlsh
minister
of
information,
told
a
tour,
-mentioned-the
incident
of
luncheon
-meeting
today;
"I
can
Rudolf
Hess'
flight
from
Germany
only
say
his
arrival
here
shows
the
to
Great
Britain.
'
first
breach
in
the
Nazi
party
which
"Iferr
Hess
Is
quite
an
important
has
occurred
since
Hitler
murdered
man,"
said
Halifax.
"II
was
Hitler's
a
huge
bloc
of
his
own
followers
in
deputy
and,
after
Goering,
had
June
1934."
been
designated
by
Hitler
as
second
At
the
same
time
Prime
Minister
in
line
of
succession.
None
of
us
Winston
Churchill
announced
in
now
know
the
reason
for
this
as-
the
House
or
Commoas
that
a
fur-tonlshing
parachute
descent.
Per-
ther
statement
would
be
made
haps
he
was
'mad'
before
he
left
shortly
ab()ue
the
Hess
flight.
Germany
If
not,
he
may
not
be
Hess
has
been
removed,
from
a
the
only
one
of
the
sort
in
Ger-
Glasgow
hospital
to
an
undisclosed
many
Or
perhaps,
Hess
has
acted
point.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
as
he
did
because
he
saw
the
writ-
and
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
lng
on
the
wall.
If
so,
It
may
be
Eden
may
question
Hess
personally,
an
event
of
deep
and
great
signlfl-
It
Is
suggested.
The
Prime
Minis-
ter
aisappoiniea
wie
nuuoc
'.when
pressed
for
Information
which
he
declined
to
give.
RIFT
IN
I
GERMANY
iin;inrv
Mav
lie
Seeking
to
Over
throw
Nazi
Party,
it
is
Suggested
MONTREAL,
May
13:
(CP)
-The
Montreal
Herald
quoted
Otto
Stras-scr".
leader
of
the
anti-Nazi
Black
Front,
in
a
copyright
Interview
to-'
day
as
saying
the
escape
of
Rudolf
Si
from
Germany
to
Britain
'.seems
to
Indicate
that
German
army
chiefs
and
Herman
Goering
seek
to
overthrow
the
Nazi
party.
of-1
GASBOAT
TRAGEDY
.
NELON
The
British
Columbia
Police
fear
that
the
occupant
or
occupants
of
a
large
launch
which
burned
and
sank
in
Koolenay
Lake
twenty-five
miles
east
of
Nelson
yesterday
may
have
been
lost.
Losses
In
Sea
War
Are
Lower
LONDON,
May
13:
(CP)
British
merchant
shipping
losses
in
the
Battle
of
the
At-
lantlc
In
April
were
301,070
tons,
the
lowest
in
eieven
t
months,
It
was
announced
to-
day.
The
effectiveness
oi
counter-measures
against
U-
boat
and
bomber
attacks
is
in-
dlcated,
It
is
suggested.
.
t
m
us
.t
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