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01d
Line
In
Munich
Beer
Threatens
Britain
With
ore
Intensive
U-boat
Warfare
:il,
Feb.
24:
(CP.)
Chan
ve
his
oration-while
stand-
n
old
wooden
table
under
a
a.
rever
British
ships
appear,"
3
Hitler
"Nazi
submarines
troy
them."
He
claimed
that
tons
of
enemy
shipping
had
ink
within
the
last
two
days
K
90,000
tons
Qf
warships,
puld
be
much
more
than
m
April
on.
traced
the
political
history
Mny
since
the
birth
of
Na-
first,
it
had
been
people
of
Germany
were
,we.
His
nredeeflssars
as
!
Germany
had
been
divided
doctrines.
However,
both
m
and
socialism
were
now
d
Success
had
been
nhLiln-
hc
new
doctrine
whlrh
is
'gnt
for
the
whole
nations
Jor
the
Interest
nf
certain
niS
Was
Whpro
tho
nnun
-w
v..
..Wk.V
in
uermanv
HirforoH
t-nm
lehrer
talked
y
had
suffered
under
"the
1
Versailles
and
nt
Mm
v,
wises
of
the
signatories
of
oi
1914
were
responsible
iritaln
pany,
way,
he
;
chafeed
was
out
only
trj
des
v
,
""""i
hi
uii
unneraiuea
sun-
eech,
admit
let.
yV'h;J
nc
A,rican
campaign
but
Seed
arrival
of
.
:Wy.
nored
detachments
in
land
Libya.
He
boasti.
t
T&
-.lever
happens,
will
itwith
Germany
to
the
t
.nised
a
new
Italian
wive
against
the
Greeks
ai.
.
'd
what
he
called
a
ijminority
of
Italian
"weepers,
fc
iiblers
and
snakes."
He
JAat
Italian
morale
cannot
be
broken
and
that
the
Axis
rtain
to
defeat
Great
Britain
and
Greece.
ANTI-NAZI
HLOC
CONDON
Great
Britain
is
reported
to
me
attempting
rSrmation
of
a
Turkish,
Greek,
Yugo-Slav
bloc
to
halt
the
MMSampaign
in
the
Balkans.
From
Egypt
and
East
Africa,
IfMifcn
Secretary
Anthony
Men
and
General
Sir
John
Dill,
Bri-
fjrni)
chief-of-staff,
will
proceed
to
Ankara,
Athens
and
Bel-
next
week.
SEVEN
ITALIAN
SHIPS
SUNK
LONDON
The
British
Admiralty
announces
that
submar-
Mbave
sunk
t,cven
naiian
supply
snips
in
the
Mediterranean.
MATTER
OF
HOURS
(LONDON
Authoritative
sources
said
today
that
the
mov-
if
f
the
Nazis
into
Bulgaria
may
be
only
a
matter
of
hours.
LITTLE
ACTION
IN
AFRICA
CAIRO
Little
action
is
reported
today
on
the
African
Nazi
pilots
are
reported
active
in
North
Africa.
Only
faction
is
reported
on
the
Albanian
front.
BATTLE
OF
BRITAIN
:
LONDON
Flights
of
the
Boyal
Air
Force
and
the
Gcr-
Luftwaffe
were
almost
at
a
standstill
during
Saturday-
There
was
but
little
activity
by
the
enemy
over
England,
bombs
were
dropped
in
northeast
Scotland
and
eastern
I
ml
soon
after
dark.
There
was
a
resumption
of
air
com-jumlay
night
with
the
Nazis
over
London
and
Hull
and
Jrilish
striking
at
invasion
bases.
ARMISTICE
EXPIRING
HONG
KONG
The
armistice
between
French
Indo-China
Diailand
expires
Tuesday
and
it
is
expected
hostilities
may
burned,
Japan,
it
is
felt,
may
take
advantage
of
the
situa-
o
strike
southward.
GREAT
GREEK
OFFENSIVE
ATHENS
The
Greeks
are
now
mopping
up
after
conclud-
smashing
seven-day
offensive
against
the
Italians
in
Al-
Ihirtcen
hundred
prisoners
were
captured
and
important
ions
were
taken.
Yesterday
Uoyal
Air
Force
bombers
at-d
Italian
munition
dumps
and
supply
stores
in
Albania
and
t
Fascist
planes
were
brought
down.
GAS
TEST
IN
LONDON
Hitler
Depends
Upon
This
For
Invasion,
He
is
Due
for
Failure,
'
It
is
Agreed
LONDON,
Feb.
24.
If
Adolf
Hit-1
ler
depends
upon
a
gas
attack
for
a
successiui
invasion
ne
is
aoomea
to
failure,
Londoners
felt
today
fol-
WILL
PASS
THIS
WEEK
Arvid
Sandhals
and
George
Sim
.
.
.!,
am
tho
Ca
ons
returned
to
me
uj
-
.
i-,.
i.-i.
iu
frnrn
v
ctoda
where.
they
recently
took-a
course
of
ulll-
..i&.Xl;
1
tary
-training,
n
4
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
467
.IV.
JO
Prime
Minister
CWckill
-
rrjitxaSi
LANK
Srr
BRITISH
ADVANCE
lowing
a
gas
attack
protection
re-
'niponaiH
uruu..u
loll
Hitler,
in
an
emotional
rearsal
which
was
pronounced
to
to
the
German
people,
said
nave
Deen
very
successful.
The
uit
Germany
would
unleash
pimllco
section,
already
badly
:
jpc
of
submarine
Into
"cx-
wrecked
by
air
bombing,
was
select-
Be
Gained
Over
Italians
In
Somaliland,
Eritrea
And
Ethiopia
varfare"
next
month.
"They.
ed
for
the
test.
A
harmless
but,
CAIRO.
Feb.
24:
(CP)
British
out
in
March
and
April
very
distasteful
gas
was
released
general
headquarters
announced
crman-ltallan
co-operation
but
the
anti-gas
measures
function-
today
that
the
British
advance
In
tn
to
them,"
Hitler
shouted.
ed
smoothly
and
effectively.
There
the
whole
area
east
or
Juoa
Kiver
Ulcs
at
sea
can
only
begin
were
twenty
"casualties."
the
ex-
in
Italian
Somainana
is
developing
ne
reason
was
that
we
norimont
nc
mnzt
rpnllstic.
sue
Bssfullv.
Furuier
crossings
oi
to
schpol
the
new
U-boat
r
the
battle
to
come.''
was
speaking
on
the
an-
of
Nazism.
He
spoke
in
ious
beer
hall
where
the
or-
movement
rnmmene.ed
Th
beer
hall
was
redec-
o
make
It
look
as
much
as
like
the
original.
Der
Feu-
i
VICTORIA,
B.C.
COME
THEN
LET
US
TO
THE
TASK
TO
THE
BATTLE
&
THE
TOIL
Each
to
Our
Part,
Each
to
Our
Station,
Fill
the
Armies,
Rule
the
Air,
Pour
out
the
Munitions,
Strangle
the
U-hoats,
Sweep
the
Mines,
Plough
the
Land,
Build
the
Ships,
Guard
the
Streets,
Succour
the
Wounded,
Uplift
the
Downcast
&
Honour
the
Brave.
Let
us
go
forward
together
in
all
parts
of
the
Empire,
in
all
parts
of
this
Island.
There
is
not
a
week,
nor
a
day,
norj
an
hour
to
be
lost.
i5m
i'll
Bulletins
ALFONSO
STILL
LIVES
ROME
King
Alfonso,
the
former
monarch
of
Spain,
clings
to
life
today
although
all
hope
for
recovery
has
been
abandoned
.and
extreme
unction
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
was
given
Saturday
night.
Following
the
last
scries
of
heart
and
respiratory
attacks
Friday,
physicians
report
Alfonso's
condition
un
changed.
He
cannot
lie
down
but
Ithe
river
have
been
imads
and
the'
has
to
be
seated.
Relatives
stay
j
British
announce
the
capture
of
constantly
beside
him,
awaiting
Marjherlta
and
the
Important
port1,
thc
jnd
cf
lolib,
both
north
oi
occupiea
Chisimalo,
along
wdth
many
pris
oners
and
war
supplies.
Royal
Air
Force
headquarters
announced
that
eight
Italian
planes
had
been
destroyed
and
sev-
i
.it
nut
t.
p,t,pr(e.i
to
be
tral
others
seriously
damaged
in
'
Ratified
by
United
States
an
attack
by
British
planes
yester-.
on
the
Eritarean
port
of
Mak-
ay
S
"
nate
in
Few
Days
tale.
Advancing
In
a
pincers
move-
'ment.
British
and
Free
French
'forces
are
gaining
ground
on
the
nu
24---
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
Eritarean
railway
centre
The
United
States
Senate
:or
heren
ich
,been
on
ob-debate
on
the
"lease-lend
Aid
to
ve
fof
sQme
tlme
mtsh
Britain"
bill
today
and
by
the
end
bemg
asslsted
by
Senegalese
of
the
week
It
is
expected
that
a
wm
nmh
EqUatorial
Af-vote
will
be
taken,
Although
ad-irlca
ministration
leaders
anticipate
that
i
.
.
the
measure
will
be
carried
by
atitjhe
upper
Nlle
Just
becn
taken
least
a
two-to-one
margin,
it
is
ex-.
The
.,
Royal
Royal
Air
Air
Force
Force
continues
continues
pected
that
some
amendments
may
be
agreed'upon.
One
such
amenu-ment
may
be
that
which
has
been
proposed
by
Wendell
Wlllkie
that
aid
be
confined
to
Great
unwui,
Greece
and
China
Instead
of
giving
the
Prisident
a
free
hand
to
extena
aid
to
any
nation
he
sees
fit.
Talk
of
a
filibuster
is
sun
uwlu
In
some
opposition
quarters.
It
was
declared
today
that
the
aa-
ministration
plans
to
convoy
mer-
chant
ships
with
cargoes
to
Great
Britain.
generally
active
In
the
African
campaign.
'
Three
Billion
More
Is
Asked
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Feb.
24:
President
Franklin
D.
Roose-
'
velt
asked
Congress
today
for
an
additional
three
billion
dal-
lars
for
national
defence
pur-
,'
poses
for
the
balance
of
the
current
fiscal
year.
.
BEAVERBROOK
TALKS
LONDON
Lord
Bcaverbrook,
in
a
radio
address
to
Canada
yesterday,
said
that
German
bombers
had
lost
their
terror
for
England.
All
damage
to
industry
had
becn
repaired
and
plants
were
far
better
protected
today
than
previously.
The
greatest
need
was
for
food
and
weapons.
He
urged
that
the
seaj
be
searched
for
ships.
MANY
PLEDGES
MADE
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Finance
llsley
said
that
more
than
one
million
Canadians
had
so
far
pledged
themselves
to
buy
war
savings
certificates
regularly.
This
'is
half
of
the
objective.
Many
places
had
made
enviable
records
for
pledges.
Among
these
was
Qualicum
Beach,
Vancouver
Island,
which
had
an
allotment
of
350
pledges
but
made
1100.
JAPAN'S
WARNING
TOKYO
Co-incidental
with
a
warning
to
Great
Britain
and
United
States
to
call
a
hall
to
"offensive"
military
activity
In
the
Far
East,
Nicht
Nichl
newspaper
boasted
today
that
Japan,
If
necessary,
could
destroy
Singapore
and
Guam
with
a
single
blow.
LONDON
SILVER
.
LONDON.
Feb.
24:
Price
of
sil
vcr
on
the
London
metal
market
Is
unchanged
today
at
2338C.
NOICTFIKRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
EI
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY,
24,
1941.
7A
AIR
RAIDS
EXCHANGED
Royal
Air
Force
Strikes
Boulogne
and
Calais
Nazi
Attack
on
London
and
Hull
LONDON,
Feb.
24:
(CP)
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
hit
again
during
the
night
at
familiar
targets
along
the
invasion
coast,
raiding
Boulogne
for
the
seventy-fourth
time
and
Calais
for
the
sixty-first.
Large
fires
were
seen
after
the
British
planes
had
blasted
the
Invasion
ports.
Hostile
war
planes
appeared
over
East
Anglia
today
after
attacks
last
night
which
were
centred
on
Lon-
were
also
lightly
struck,
There
were
several
dog
fights
ov
er
the
English
Channel
yesterday
a3
the
British
fighters
held
off
the
Nazi
attacks.
For
an
hour
today
long
range
British
and
German
guns
engaged
in
a
long
range
duel
across
the
Straits
of
Dover.
Arrangements
For
Athlone's
Visit
OTTAWA,
Feb.
24.
Hon.
E.
W.
Hamber.
Lieutenant
Governor
of
British
Columbia,
Is
a
visitor
in
Ot
tawa
in
connection
with
the
making
of
arrangements
for
the
visit
this
summer
to
British
Columbia
of
the
Governor
General,
the
Earl
of
Ath
lone,
and
Princess
Alice.
ROOSEVELT
AT
HYDE
PARK
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
took
the
week-end
off
at
Hyde
Park.
With
him
Is
Harry
Hopkins
who
returned
recently
from
a
trip
to
England
as
the
chief
executive's
personal
envoy.
cn
my
planes.
The
Admiralty
today
announced
the
sink'ng
by
enemy,
action
of
the
armed
trawler
II.
3L
S.
Ormanrt.
Announcement
is
also
made
of
a
direct
attack
having
been
made
in
the
Mediterranean
by
German
dive
bombers
on
the
clearly
marked
hospital
ship
Dorsetshire.
Twice
attacks
were
made
but
the
vessel
escaped
being
hit.
Seven
Italian
supply
ships
have
been
sunk
and
an
eUbth
left
In
a
sinking
condition
following
an
attack
by
British
submarines.
SOFIA
CAFE
SEES
SCENE
Clash
Between
United
States
Minister
to
Bulgaria
and
Nazi
Military
Officer
SOFIA,
Feb.
24.
There
was
ai
don
and
the
East
Coast.
London
scene
in
a
Sofia
cafe
yesterday
be-,
suffered
very
little
damage,
not
very
tween
George
H.
Earle,
United'
manv
bombs
being
drooped.
Hull,
states
minister
to
Bulgaria,
and
a
I
however,
was
quite
heavily
hit
and
German
military
officer.
there
were
at
least
two
persons
kill-
At
the
request
of
Earle,
the
cafe
'
,
.
.
-J
.UU
IJ
U1
,.rrS
.n
M.
Later
the
German
officer
seen
with
his
face
bound
up.
4
Eleven
Days
Of
Sunshine
Tomorrows
TTdes
High
1:06
a.m.
205
It.
13:05
pjn.
21.4
ft.
Low
7:10
p.m.
5.7
ft.
19:34
p.m.
2.8
ft.
was
Today's
cloudy
weather
ends
r
eleven
straight
days
of
bright
sunshine
In
Prince
Rupert.
During
that
entire
period
skies
have
been
cloudless
and
the
sun
has
not
been
obstructed
for
a
single
moment.
..There
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Banting's
Fate
Is
Mystery
jMissing
Plane
Located
iBut
Information
About
jSurvivors
Still
Lacking
!
At
Least
One
Member
of
Party
Believed
Alive
Search
Machine
is
Now
On
Way
to
Scene
to
Investigate
;
OTTAWA,
February
24:
(CP)
Hon.
Clarence
D.
i
Howe,
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
announced
today
J
that
a
military
plane
in
which
Sir
Frederick
Banting
was
'
reported
missing
had
been
located.
The
minister
said
he
had
no
direct
word
of
survivors
but
a
message
had
been
,
written
on
the
snow
near
the
grounded
machine,
indicat-
,
ing
that
some
one
had
survived.
ENEMY
IS
BEAT
OFF
Bombers
Ineffectual
Against
British
Convoy
In
Mediterranean
Hospital
Ship
Escape
WITH
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
I
FLEET,
Feb.
24:
(CP)
British
warships
this
week-end
beat
off
1
The
plane
was
located
on
a
point
I
of
land
on
the
direct
route
between
i
Canada
and
Botwood,
Newfound
land.
It
was
at
first
feared
that
the
plane
might
have
fallen
Into
the
sea
or
crashed
on
the
Marltimes
coast.
A
search
plane
capable
of
landing
at
the
scene
has
been
sent
to
investigate.
At
Montreal
officials
announced
that
a
man
had
been
seen
on
the
Newfoundland
coast
and
it
was
believed
he
was
Capt.
Joseph
Crcigh-
'
ton
Mackey
who
was
In
charge
of
auempts
by
German
bombers
to
tne
military
plane
carrying
Panting
smash
a
group
cf
convoyed
ships
Whlch
had
been
missing
since
Frl-
and
safely
escorted
them
to
a
J
day.
,
Central
Mediterranean
port.
j
others
on
board
were
Navigator
German
low-level
raiders
thrice
William
Bird
of
Kidderminster;
attacked
fleet
units.
England,
and
William
Snailham.
of
Withering
barrages
of
antt-
Bedford,
Nova
Scotia,
aircraft
fire
aided
Navy,
fighter
v
with
the
rank
61
malor.
Banting
planes:
which
accounted
for
five
4W,0
becamVVorld
famous
Tnrough
being
the
discoverer
of
Insulin
for
the
treatment
of
diabetes,
has
been
chairman
of
the
committee
on
aviation
medicine.
TURKEY
TO
FIGHT
FOR
INTEGRITY
Sends
Note
of
Warning
to
Bulgaria
in
Regard
to
Position
Balkans
Atmosphere
Still
Tense
j
ANKARA,
Feb.
24:
The
foreign
minister
of
Turkey
has
warned
Bulgaria
that
Turkey
will
go
to
war
if
there
Is
any
aggression
against
Turkish
territorial
integ-'rlty
or
independence.
Turkey
can-mot
remain
'indifferent
to
.foreign
activity
In
any
Turkish
"zone
of.
neutrality."
The
suggestion
seechs
to
be
that
Bulgaria
is
regarded
as
such
a
"zone
of
Integrity."
The
Turkish
foreign
minister
also
announced
that
Turkey
Is
prepared
to
stand
by
her
alliance
with
Great
Britain.
Wlille,
there
Is
no
official
cqn-
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age.
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sections
oi
uigianq',
The
German
onicer
remonstrate
.
.
-
,ntQ
and
Earle
asked
why
he
should
not
mcrea
have
made
the
request.
A
cham-
q
Qf
td
on
reads
around
Sofia
and
anti-Nazis
are
being
rounded
up.
I
Measures
of
preparedness
for
war
ore
being
rushed.
I
King
Boris
is
reported
to
recognize
that
Bulgaria
Is
"aC
the
mercy
of
developments,"
:;NINE
ARE
DROWNED
Truck,
loaded
with
Ice
Cutfers,
.
Crashes
Into
St.
Lawrence
River
have
been
84
hours
of
consec-
j
LONGUEIL,
Quebec,
Feb.
24:
(CP)
utlve
sunshine
except
for
the
.
Nine
men
were
drowned
today
night
breaks.
This
ls
an
aver-
when
a
truck
loaded
witty
leg
cutters
age
of
6.7
hours
per
day.
'
crashed
through
St.
Lawrence
River
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
24:
Copper
Ice
near
here.
POUND
STERLING
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
24:
The
pound
sterling
is
firmer
on
price
was
,18c
higher
on
the
New
.the
New
York
foreign
exchange
f
.
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ij-w
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York
metal
marm
toaay
wun
way
onarKet,
Being
quoteu
irauy
at
at
11.80c
per
pound.
'
$4.0314.
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