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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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VOL.
XXX.,
NO
288.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
10,
1941.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
mi
if
Two
Great
British
Warships
"Sunk
m
L41
I
ATTACKING
HONG
KONG,
SINGAPORE
Japanese
Enter
Defences
of
Former
But
Are
Balked
Take
Malayan
Air
Base.
HONG
KONG,
Dec.
10:
to
Some
Japanese
penetration
of
Hons
Kong
defences
was
acknowledged,
in
a
communique
today
but
it
was
declared
the
attack
was
halted
though
fighting
continues.
British
forces
apparently
have
lost
Kota
Bparu,
northern
Malaya
air
base,
where
Japanese
landed
strong
forces
just
inside
the
Thailand
frontier,
but
a
communique
indicated
tonight
that
they
have
balked
Japanese
drives
in
that
atea
and
at
Kuan-tan,
200
miles
north
of
Singapore.
British
military
authorities
last
night
said
that
a
number
of
small
Japanese
landin;
parties
on
Malaya
bad
been
steadily
mopped
up.
I
Twenty
Nations
I
Against
Japan
I
4
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
10:
Australia,
New
Zealand,
South
Africa,
China,
India
t
and
Canada
are
the
latest
na-
tlons
to
Join
United
States'
and
Oreat
Britain
in'
the-
tidal
declaration
of
war
on
Japan.
Twenty
nations
have
already
declared
war
on
Ja-
pan
including
the
Central
American
republics.
Cuban
parliament
yesterday
ratified
'
its
declaration.
LAPOINTE'S
SUCCESSOR
Louis
St,
Laurent
of
Quebec,
Is
Canada's
New
Minister
of
Justice.
OTTAWA.
Dec.
10:
O
Appoint
ment
of
Louis
S.'
St.
Laurent
of
Quebec
as
federal
minister
of
Justice
and
attorney
general
was
announced
today
by
Prime
Mtnister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King.
Regarded
as
one
of
the
uppermost
lawyers
in
Quebec,
he
has
been
sworn
in
to
succeed
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
Lapolnte
who
died
recently.
He
will
seek
election
In
Mr.
La-pointe's
seat.
HUNS
ON
RETREAT
Still
Falling
Back
Before
Russians
AH
Along
Front
MOSCOW
Dec.
10:
The
Soviet
army
Is
still
driving
the
Germans
back
along
the
whole
front,
particularly
on
the
south
and
north.
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SOLDIERS
OF
MANY
NATIONS
SAIL
WITH
CANADIANS
The
traditional
'thumbs
up''
and
thi
'V"
ior
Victory
signals
were
everywhere
in
evidence
as
the
most
recent
contingent
of
iroops
to
arrive
in
Britain
embarked
for
the
voyage
from
a
Canadian
port
In
these
photos
are
represented
sclciers
from
many
nations
who
formed
pa;-
of
the
contingent.
In
the.
upper
left
hand
photo
a
group
of
Netherlanders,
trained
in
Can
&
da,
proudly
display
the
flag
of
their
homeland
At
upper
right
is
a
group
of
American
Poles.
Even
the
sailors
of
the
ship's
crew
kneeling
in
the
front
row
are
Poles.
Lower
left!
a
group
of
smiling
members
of
an
Ottawa
mechanized
unit.
The
photo
at
lower
right
shows
a
group
of
Czechs
from
Canada
who
have
answered
freedom's
call.
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
4p
War
CALLS
NATION
UP
FOR
LONG
AND
HARD
FIGHT
Must
Be
Waged
Against
"Crafty
and
Powerful
Dandits"
Until
Victory
Is
"Final
and
Complete."
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
10:
Summoning
the
aid
of
every
man,
woman
and
child
in
the
United
States
in
a
war
which
he
said
would
be
long
and
hard,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
last
night
gave
his
first
address
to
the
nation
since
United
States
went
to
war.
He
listed
Germany
and
Italy
with
Japan
as
"crafty
and
powerful
bandits
against
wnom
war
musi
be
waged
until
victory
was
"final
and
complete."
Neither
Pacific
or
Atlantic
coastlines
were
now
safe
from
attack,
declared
the
nresldent.
He
scoffed,
however,
at
Japanese
claims
mat
mppon
had
already
won
naval
suprem
acy
of
the
Pacific.
The
attack
on
Sunday
against
unitea
ouues
uj
the
Japanese
had
been
me
cwn
of
a
decade
of
international
immorality
and
a
treacherous
violation
of
long
standing
peace
between
United
States
and
Japan.
This
Is
a
"dirty
war
and
we
did
not
want
to
get
into
it,"
the
Pre
sident
declared.
But
now
that
Uni-
icd
States
was
in
it,
it
would
stay
till
the
finish.
He
recognized
Germany
and
Italy
as
"undeclared
enemies."
Mr.
Roosevelt
said
he
had
been
studying
wartime
production,
which
would
now
have
to
be
intensified,
and
announced
that
henceforth
there
would
be
a
seven-day
week
and
that
new
war
Industrial
plants
would
be
es-
P"
use
Grinds
and
attend
to
the
neces-
durin
j...!nir
lhl
tnis
time
lime
OI
IlilllUliai
itablished
an
existing
ones
extended.
This
war
was
not
for
conquest
as
far
as
the
United
States
was
concerned
but
for
the
preservation.
of
freedom
and
security
as
against
treachery
and
brutality.
Declaring
tha,t
aid
must
continue
to
be
given
to
the
.other
warring
democracies,
the
President
suggested
that
victory
would
not
be
complete
by
defeating
Japan
In
the
Pacific
while
the
Axis
won
the
Atlantic!
APPOINTS
CABINET
Five
Liberals
and
Two
Conservatives
Harry
Perry
Minister
of
Education.
VICTORIA,
Dec.
10:
i
Hon.
John
Hart
today
announced
the
formation
of
a
new
coalition
government
as
follows:
Premier
and
Minister
of
Finance
John
Hart.
Attorney-General
R.
L.
Mait-land,
K.C.
Minister
of
Mines
and
Trade
and
Industry
Herbert
Ani-combe.
i
Minister
of
Labor
and
Provincial
Secretary
George
Pearson.
Minister
of
Lands
and
Municipal
Affairs
A.
Wells
Gray.
Minister
of
Agriculture
Dr.
K.
C.
McDonald.
Minister
of
Education
H.
G.
T.
Perry,
OF
LIGHTS
A
UP
Wardens
Find
Citizens
Anxious
to
Co-operate
With
Regulations
Improvements
Are
Needed.
Activities
of
civilian
protection
workers
in
Prince
Rupert
last
night
was
devoted
principally
to
the
checking
up
of
lights
showing
up
in
the
black-out.
While
much
need
for
improvement
was
found
and
there
were
many
glimmers
through
the
hastily
installed
win
dow
coverings,
general
report
was
that
the
citizens
were
making
a
real
and
willing
effort
to
comply
with
the
regulations.
In
few,
If
any
cases,
were
rebuffs
received
when
the
wardens
called
with
their
suggestions.
To
the
contrary,
most
everyone
welcomed
the
visitors.
No
doubt,
by
tonight
tha
blackout
will
be
much
more
effective.
This,
of
course,
will
be
necessary
If
the
citizens
are
to
be
allowed
to
retain
the
privilege
of
having
electrical
supply
at
their
own
will
during
black-outs.
Wardens
were
practically
unan
imous
in
complaint
at
the
large
amount
of
Illumination
thrown
by
automobile
headlights.
This
was
something,
It
was
generally
agreed,
that
tended
to
moke
the
blackout
effort
futile.
INTENSE
PATROLS
Both
American
and
Canadian
Planes
From
This
Coast
Searching
for
Japanese
Aircraft
Carriers.
VICTORIA,
Dec.
10:
O;
While
Seattle
reported
that
United
States
planes
had
taken
off
yesterday
to
sweep
six
hundred
miles
out
to
sea
to
search
for
two
or
three
Japanese
aircraft
carriers
and
some
submarines
reported
In
Pacific
coast
waters,
the
Western
Air
Command
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
reported
that
patrols
were
being
intensified.
Prince
of
Wales
and
Repulse
Are
Lost
at
Malaya
in
Largest
Blow
Against
Navy
Since
War
Started
JAPS'
OIL
RESOURCES
VERY
LOW
That
Is
Why
She
Is
Staking
Everything
on
Short
War,
It
Is
Believed.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
10:
ing
to
a
grave
shortage
of
oil
upply,
Japan
is
staking
every-hing
on
a
lightning
war,
the
real
objective
of
which
is
the
resources
tf
southern
Asia,
including
the
Netherlands
East
Indies,
which
he
has
long
coveted,
military
observers
here
believe.
She
Is
con--entrating
now
on
means
to
eliminate
British
and
American
naval
and
military
strength
in
that
area.
NEW
YORK
0NALERT
Atlantic
Coast
Stirred
Up
By
Re
ports
Yesterday
That
Attack
Was
-Imminent
.
..
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
10:
There
was
varying
unconfirmed
reports
of
Imminent
attack
by
hostile
1
planes
as
the
great
metropolitan
area
of
New
York
was
put
on
air
raid
alert
twice
within
an
hour
shortly
afternoon
yesterday.
The
first
alarm
sounded
at
1:25
pjn.
Eastern
Standard
Time
with
the
all
clear
twenty
minutes
later.
At
2:05
pjn.
the
second
alarm
sounded
but
it
was
found
to
have
been
given
In
error.
Authoritative
sources
at
Portland,
Maine,
said
today
it
was
reliably
reported
hostile
forces
were
an
hour
outside
of
Boston
at
2
p.
m.,
the
same
time
as
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
warned
the
United
States
to
be
ready
for
a
sudden
Axis
blow.
Later
Army
officials
said
the
New
York
alarms
were
just
tests.
Use
Only
One
Room
of
House
This
Is
What
.Mrs.
Roosevelt
Sug-
j
gests
During
Black-Outs
Or
Air
Raids.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
10:
Mrs.
Roosevelt,
wife
of
the
president,
urges
housewives
of
the
United
States
to
occupy
only
one
room
of
their
houses
during
air
raid
alarms
and
black-outs.
TELL
IT
TO
THEM
The
U.
S.
Marines
have
been
referred
to
as
"Webfoot
Soldiers,"
"Soldiers
of
the
Sea,"
"Devil
Dogs"
and
"Leathernecks."
Ontario
Aid
Is
Accepted
I
OTTAWjA,
Dec.
10:
CP)
Brit-
lsh
Columbia
has
accepted
an
offer
of
flre-fightlng
equip-
ment
to
be
used
In
the
event
of
air
raids
and
it
will
con-
1
stltute
equipment
for
a
fire-
fighting
force
of
between
eight
and
ten
thousand
men,
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
mtnister
of
pensions,
announced
today.
Were
Victims
of
Air
Attack
by
Japan
Prime
Minister
Promises
Early
Statement
on
General
War
Situation.
LONDON,
Dec.
10:
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
he
had
bad
news
which
he
felt
should
be
imparted
without
delay.
'H.M.S.
Prince
of
Wales
and
H.M.S.
Repulse
have
been
sunk
while
carrying
out
operations
against
Japan
on
Malaya,"
he
said.
Both
were
sunk
by
air
attack.
t
(The
prime
minister
promised
a
brief
and
early
statement
on
the
yji
,
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111
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
10:
Pj
Two
air
raid
alarms
early
today
plunged
San
Francisco
t'
into
black-out
almost
one
hundred
percent
effective.
The
alarms
were
accompan-
ied
by
reports
that
flares
had
been
dropped
over
the
city,
presumably
from
enemy
planes.
T0BRUK
IS
;
JOINED
UP
iitnvrmpnt
nt
AvU
Forces
West-
ward
Across
Libya
Desert
Has
Been
Accelerated.
CAIRO,
Dec.
10:
)
The
British
Command
today
announced
rejoining
of
hands
of
the
To-bruk
garrison
with
British
forces
at
El
Adem
in
the
Libyan
Desert
and
declared
that
the
westerly
movement
of
Axis
forces
has
"now
apparently
accelerated
under
vigorous
pressure
of
our
forces."
British
forces
have
recaptured
Gambut,
forty
miles
cast
of
the
fortress
of
Tobruk,
the
communique
added.
CORVETTE
IS
SUNK
IUI.C.S.
Windflower
Is
Lost
in
Collision
One
B.
C.
Casualty.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
10:
Hon.
An
gus
Macdonaia,
navy
minister,
announced
today
that
H.M.C.S.
Windflower,
a
corvette,
had
been
sunk
in
collision
and
twenty-three
members
of
the
crew
are
missing
and
must
be
considered
lost
at
sea.
The
only
British
Columbia
cas
ualty
was
Ordinary
Seaman
Alfred
E.
Whitney
of
Vancouver.
Orme
Stuart
Formerly
On
H.M.S.
Repulse
Lieut.
Orme
Stuart
of
this
city
was
some
time,
ago
aboard
H.MsHS;
Repulse
which
has
been
sunk
at
Malaya,
but
more
recently
h
been
on
one
of
the
American
de
stroyers
which
was
turned-over
to.
the
British
navy.
As
far
as
is
known,
he
is
now
on
the
Atlantic.
TOO
MUCH
CHRISTMAS
Pte.
Paul
F.
Christmas
of
Camp
Walters,
Texas,
says
he's
getting
fed
up
with
his
sergeant's
gags
about
his
name.
general
war
euuauon
wiiicn
naa
undergone
both
favorable
and
ad-
verse
changes
during
the
last
few
days.
Lord
Moyne
gave
a
similar
statement
to
the
House
of
Lords.
The
Commons
was
shocked
with
the
solemn
annourjeement
by
Mr.
Churchill
that
the
battleshlo
Prince
of
Wales
and
the
battle
cruiser
Repulse
had
been
sunk
In
the
Pacific
In
Oreat
Britain's
biggest
naval
loss
of
the
war.
The
Prime
Minister's
statement
was
as
follows:
"I
have
bad
news
for
the
House
which
I
though
I
should
impart
at
the
earliest
possible
moment.
Report
has
been
received
from
Singapore
that
H.M.S.
Prince
of
Wales
and
H.M.S.
Repulse
hava
been
sunk
while
carrying
out
operations
-against
a
Japanese
attack
on
Malaya.
No
details
are
as
yet
available
except
those
In
a
Japanese
communique
claiming
both
ships
were
sunk
by
air
attack.
"I
shall
take
odcaslon
at
an
early
date
to
make
a
short
statement
on
the
general
war
situation
which
has
from
many
points
of
View
both
favorably
and
adversely
undergone
important
changes
in
the
last
few
days."
MANILA
IS
HITAGAIN
Parachutists
Capture
Vigan,
200
Miles
North
of
Philippine
Capital.
MANILA,
Dec.
10:
05
Two
waves
of
Japanese
bombers
raided
Manila
and
suburbs
this
afternoon,
hitting
hard
around
military
centres.
The
Philippine
constabulary
reported
today
that
ehemy
parachutists
had
captured
Vigan
on
the
coast
two
hundred
miles
northwest
of
Manila.
EXCURSION
FOLKS
HERE
Some
Fifty
Interior
People
Arrive
on
Annual
Pre-ChrLstmas
Shopping
Trip.
Some
fifty
Interior
people
arrived
in
the
city
from
various
points
as
far
east
as
Prince
George
on
the
annual
pre
-
Christmas
shopping
excursion
last
night.
Some
will
be
returning
home
this
evening
while
others
will
be
here
until
Friday
night.
'JA'
.
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:
'
Only
12
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.
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