Free
France
At
War
With
Japan
General
De
Gaulle
and
Bclgianl
Government
Make
Declarations.
LONDON,
Dec.
9:
General
De
Gaulle
has
declared
Free
France
at
war
with
Japan.
The
Belgian
government
In
exile
has
likewise
declared.
NOTICE
To
Telephone
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public
is
requested
not
to
use
their
telephones
during
IlLACK-OUT
PERIODS.
POWER
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or
any
other
EMERGENCY
unless
it
is
absolutely
necessary,
as
it
is
impossible
to
handle
the
traffic
during
these
periods
and
attend
to
the
necessary
telephone
services.
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co-operation
of
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emergency
during
this
time
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Tomorrow
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ides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
IslandsModerate
southwest
High
5:40
ajn.
18.1
It.
winds,
cloudy
with
scattered
showers.
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pjn.
175
ft.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Low
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COLUMBIA'S
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XXX..
NO.
287.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
9,
1941."
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CENTS
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FORCES
OFF
COAST
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Effective
All
Alons
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Co-operation
of
Citizens
of
iVcc
Rupert
and
Other
Cities
Asked.
VICTORIA,
Dec.
9:
(CP)
Effective
immediately
between
dusk
and
dawn
and
continuing
until
further-notice,
the
premier
of
British
Columbia,
on
the
advice
of
the
military
authorities,
last
night
issued
instructions
for
a
complete
blackout
of
lights
and
radio
communication
on
Vancouver
Island,
the
whole
coast
of
British
Columbia
and
the
lower
mainland.
The
Western
Air
Command
announced
last
night
a
complete
black
out
of
Vancouver
Island,
British
Columbia
coast
and
the
lower
mainland
"because
the
war
situation
is
such
that
an
attack
by
Japanese
forces
on
the
Pacific
Northwest
coast
is
imminent."
An
official
statement
said:
"Attention
all
citizens
of
British
Columbia.
"The
war
situation
is
such
that
an
attack
by
Japanese
forces
on
the
Pacific
northwest
coast
is
imminent,
therefore,
on
advice
of
the
military
authorities,
the
premier
of
British
Columbia
has
issued
instruc-Ions
for
a
complete
black-out
of
lights
and
radio
communication
on
Vancouver
Island,
the
whole
coast
of
British
Columbia
and
the
lower
mainland.
"Co-operation
of
the
citizens
of
Vancouver,
Victoria,
New
Westminster,
Prince
Rupert
and
Nanaimo
especially
is
essential
to
make
this
effective.
"All
lights
of
any
kind
must
be
extinguished
or
completely
obscured
including
vehicles
and
boats
of
all
'
""
kinds.
"Further
instructions
will
be
issued
authorizing
lights
for
ships
and
essential
services.
"The
public
are
assured
that
defence
arrangements
by
the
navy,
army
and
air
force
are
completed
and
ready
for
any
emergency.
There
is
no
necessity
for
any
panic
or
evacuation.
"These
instructions
go
into
effect
immediately
to-dny
between
dusk
and
dawn
and
continue
until
further
notice."
SITUATION
SERIOUS
British
Columbia
coastal
districts
bristled
today
in
a
state
of
emergency
following
warnings
by
military
and
civic
leaders
that
an
attack
on
the
Pacific
Northwest
was
"imminent"
and
that
the
Japanese
were
off
the
Aleutian
Islands
and
"we
expect
them
here
any
time."
Mayor
Andrew
McGavin
of
Victoria,
made
the
statement
concerning
the
Japanese
off
the
Aleutians
and
said
the
situation
was
very
serious.
His
statement
came
as
heads
of
the
army
and
air
force
warned
that
the
black-out
ordered
for
coastal
districts
last
night
was
not
a
black-out
but
the
"real
thing"
and
there
is
every
reason
to
believe
there
will
be
an
attack
on
the
Pacific
Northwest."
These
warnings
came
soon
after
Premier
T.
D.
PattuJIo
broadcast
that
a
fill
wartime
black-out
would
go
into
effect
immediately
on
coastal
districts
and
Vancouver
Island.
Strike
In
San
Diego
Is
Off
War
Situation
Actuates
Millmen
to
Return
to
Work.
BAN
DIEGO,
Calif.,
Dec.
9:
In
view
oi
the
war
situation,
union
organizers
today
called
off
a
strike
of
1500
rnlllmen
here,
stating
there
would
be
arbitration
of
the
demand
for
wage
Increase.
Bulletins
ENEMY
IN
PACIFIC
SEATTLE
United
States
planes
took
ofl
today
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.
HAItT
IS
PREMIER
VICTORIA
Hon.
John
Hart
was
sworn
in
as
premier
today.
NEW
YORK
ON
ALERT
NEW
YORK
New
York
was
put
on
an
air-raid
alert
today,
but
later
army
officials
said
they
were
just
tests.
INVESTIGATE
RAID
WASHINGTON
A
military
investigation
is
being
proposed
in.
connection
with
the
surprise
raid
by
Japanese
warplanes
on
Honolulu
on
Sunday.
There
Is
a
suggestion
that
there
was
not
sufficient
vigilance.
OFF
GOLDEN
GATE
SAN
FRANCISCO
It.
is
reported
that
unidentified
aircraft
approached
to
within
a
few
miles
of
the
Golden
Gate
yesterday
and
then
turned
back
to
sea.
JAPS
CONFIDENT
TOKYO
The
Japanese
boast
that
their
naval
power
is
sufficiently
strong
to
battle
and
retain
control
of
the
Pacific
Ocean.
This
is
their
answer
to
threats
of
British
and
American
naval
blockade.
.
-.
SMASHED
LIT
WINDOWS
SEATTLE
Crowds
smashed
windows
last
night
where
lights
were
showing
in
violation
of
the
black-out
regulations.
MORE
CITY
LOTS
SOLD
Several
Parcels
Disposed
of
With
Final
Reconsideration
of
Bylaw.
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
was
in
session
yesterday
af
ternoon
to
finally
reconsider
ana
adopt
bylaws
providing
for
the
transfer
of
further
property
to
wartime
Housing
Limited
in
connection
with
the
house
building
program
In
Section
Seven
and
for
the
sale
of
nine
parcels
to
prlvaje
purchasers.
The
latter
were
as
follows:
Lee
You
Kow
Lot
28,
block
30,
section
1,
$1,000.
Hirao
Mochldl
Lot
17,
block
32,
section
1.
$1,172.55.
Knut
Hallberg
Lots
1
and
2,
block
29.
section
6,
$345.00.
Jules
Seauin
and
Jo3.
Nault
Lots
5.
6,
7
and
8,
block
2,
section
1,
$800.00.
Peter
J.
McCormlck
and
a.
Mc
cormick
Lot
10.
block
2,
section
8,
$35.00.
Nickolas
Kro
Lot
4,
block
31
Albert
Dalzell
Lot
43,
block
6,
section
7,
$105.00.
S.
Heglund
and
G.
Heglund
Lot
26,
block
14,
section
7,
$160.00
John
E.
Morris
Lot
44
and
east
half
of
45.
block
3,
section
z,
$236.75.
HOW
TABLES
TURNED
LONDON,
Dec.
9:
O
More
than
19,000
offensive
sorties
were
made
against
Britain
by
the
Nazis
In
September
1940
when
the
Battle
of
Britain
was
at
its
height,
but
only
1500
In
September,.
1941,
BIKES
FOR
A1RFOLK
LONDON,
Dec.
9:
(J)
Airmen
and
WAAFS
quartered
at
a
distance
from
their
airdromes
will
be
given
bicycles
in
an
experiment
to
save
gasoline
and
mechanical
transport.
Nipponese
Planes
Reconnoitre
Off
San
Francisco
As
Well
As
In
Vicinity
of
Aleutian
Islands
HELPING
IN
I
EMERGENCY
i
Youth
Congress
Makes
Suggestions
!
in
Connection
With
Civilian
Protection.
The
regular
meeting
of
the
Youth
Committee
of
Prince
Rupert
on
Sunday;
night
held
a
timely
discussion
led
by
Howard
Hill
on
civilian
protection
organization
in
Prince
Rupert
viewed
in
the
light
of
present
emergency.
Mr.
Hill
explained,
that
an
efficient
organization
had
been
built
up,
and
that
the
chief
needs
now
were
for
thorough
civilian
training
and
I
for
more
equipment.
!
The
youth
'committee
unani-'mously
wished
-to
go
on
rcord
as
!
favoring
the
dalhng
of
a
mass
meeting
of
the
citizens
of
Prince
I
Rupert
by
the-
proper
authorities
i
at
which
provincial
lnsCructon
could
be
given
land
public,
support
mobilized.
One
concrete
suggestion
was
that
the
services
of
the
scores
of
hard-rock
miners
In
Prince
pert
could
be
utilized
in
construct
ing
air-raid
shelters.
Other
business
Included
the.
decision
to
plan
a
youth
parliament
for
next
spring.
Assistance
has
been
offered
to
the
authorities.
Selling
Reaction
On
Stock
Market
New
York
Exchange
Had
Busy
Day
Yeslerdsy
Disposing
Of
2,900,000
Shares
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
9:
The
reaction
of
the
opening
of
war
between
United
States
and
Japan
7P5
the
largest
selling
session
?lnce
November
1940
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
yesterday.
I
he
sales
totalled
2,900,000
shares
and
there
was
a
(considerable
falling
off
in
price.
Okalla
For
Housebreaking
Joe
Dallas
and
Allan
House,
for
breaking
and
entering
the
cabin
of
James
Scaly
along
the
railway
.ac.
were
sentenced
to
one
year's
Imprisonment
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
at
the
end
of
the
week
after
havlnz
been
'
Ru-
committed
for
trial
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
They
cleaned
out
the
cabin
of
clothing
and-other
attfclesfA'Juvenlle
was
also
involved
in
the
case.
Dallas
and
House
were
taken
Saturday
night
to
Okalla
to
serve
the
time.
STRICT
REGULATIONS
ON
BLACK-OUT
ARE
EFFECTIVE
HERE;
DETAILS
ANNOUNCED
The
following
statement
is
issued
by
J.
J.
Little,
chairman
of
the
Civilian
Protection
Committee,
in
regard
to
local
black-out
regulations:
"Last
night
we
were
ordered
to
black-out
the
city
and
all
surrounding
areas
on
instructions
from
Victoria.
As
you
people
did
not
know
what
to
do,
the
only
alternative
was
to
cut
off
all
electricity
in
the
area.
This
need
not
occur
in
future
if
you
will
make
an
effort
and
that
effort
must
be
made
to
totally
black-out
all
lights.
Remember,
we
will
be
compelled
again
to
black-out
tonight
and,
if
we
are
assured
that
not
the
least
bit
of
light
will
show
outside,
then
apart
from
the
outside
black
out
on
the
streets,
electrical
energy
can
be
supplied
the
homes
and
other
vital
institutions.
"Until
business
houses
are
in
a
position
to
black-out
their
store
completely,
it
would
be
advisable
thev
close
their
stores
from
dusk
until
dawn.
"Here
are
the
rules
you
must
follow:
"As
soon
as
it
is
dark,
all
lights
must
be
concealed
so
that
not
even
a
ray
of
light
escapes
to
the
street.
This
can
be
done
by.
heavy
dark
cloth,
blanket
or
black
building
paper
or
plywood,
fixed
securely
so
that
no
light
can
be
seen
from
the
outside.
"Parents
should
see
that
their
children
are
kept
off
the
streets
and
told
to
proceed
immediately
to
their
homes
as
soon
as
the
alarm
is
sounded
or
when
the
city
is
blacked
out.
"Everyone
in
the
city
must
be
prepared
so
that
they
can
black-out
immediately
not
tomorrow,
but
today.
They
must
cufoff
their
main
switch,
which
is
usually
near
the
meter,
until
they
have
completed
the
black-out
of
their
homes
or
business.
"This
is
your
individual
responsibility,
attend
to
it
now
today.
This
is
imperative.
"If
you
do
not
understand
the
regulations
please
phone
some
A.R.P.
worker
whom
you
know
and
they
will
advise
you.
"Please
understand
you
must
black-out
your
homes
and
businesses
completely
or
pull
your
main
switch
until
you
do
black-out
completely.
This
emergency
will
continue
from
now
on
so
we
must
all
co-operate
and
get
used
to
the
black-out.
If
this
is
not
done
voluntarily,
then
a
summary
conviction
will
follow
by
the
police
under
the
Defence
of
Canada
Regulations."
Just
now
it
begins
to
get
dark
about
I
p.m.
Manoeuvre
Is
Believed
to
Be
to
Pull
Main
United
States
Fleet
Away
From
Asiatic
Waters
for
Home
Defence
But
Washington
Says
It
Will
Fail.
Germany
Declares
War
No
Against
United
States
Confirmation
of
Tokyo,
Kobe
and
Formosa
Being
Bombed
Knocking
Out
of
Singapore
Said
to
Be
One
of
First
Aims.
Canada
and
the
United
States
took
urgent
defence
precautions
today
as
Japanese
aircraft
reconnoitred
over
the
San
Francisco
bay
area
and
other
Japanese
forces
were
reported
off
the
Aleutian
Islands.
Wash-,
ingtqn
observers
believed
the
Japanese
were
trying
to
compel
the
United
States
to
pull
the
main
fleet
for
coastal
defence
and
predicted
that
the
manoeuvre
would
fail.
Meanwhile,
the
prediction'
that
Germany
would
declare
war
against
the
United
States
in
a
few
hours
was
broadcast
by
the
Stockholm
correspondent
of
the
National
Broadcasting
Company.
It
was
later
reported
that
there
had
been
such
a
declaration.
Unverified
reports
of
the
bombing
of
Tokyo,
Kobe
and
the
Japanese
Island
of
Formosa
were
broadcast
by
the
Columbia
System
from
Manila,
these
being
the
first
such
reports
of
aerial
counter
blows
against
Japan.
However,
Imperial
headquarters
at
Tokyo
claimed
that
no
air
attack
had
been
made
upon
Japanese
territory
up
to
morning.
A
Tokyo
broadcast
said
that
Guam
and
Wake
Islands,
American-owned
stepping
stones
across
the
Pacific
from
Honolulu
to
Manila,
were
now
under
the
Japanese
flag.
Co-incidentally
Japanese
land
forces
were
said
to
have
opened
up
an
attack
on
the
area
of
Singapore
and
it
appeared
one
of
the
first
Japanese
aims
was
to
knock
out
this
stronghold.
Berlin
quoted
a
Japanese
communique
as
saying
Japanese
troops
were
advancing
in
northern
Thailand
toward
the
Burma
road.
PRINCE
RUPERT
GOES
ON
REAL
WAR
BASIS;
TAKES
TOTAL
BLACK-OUT
C00LY
Light
Watchers
Patrol
Streets
While
Civil
Protection
Workers
Man
Their
Posts
Inconvenience
Accepted
With
Equanimity.
Light
watchers
patrolled
the
streets
of
Prince
last
night,
nurses,
first
aid
workers,
stretcher
bear
ers,
decontamination
worKers
and
Iiremen
stayed
at
their
posts
from
dusk
until
dawn
as
the
metropolis
of
northern
British
Columbia
went
on
a
full
wartime
basis.
Dependent
as
they
are
upon
electrical
power
for
various
services,
the
people
of
Prlnca
Ru-i
.
'
,
......
pert
had
no
little
inconvenience
but
they
to6k
the
situation
with
equanimity
and
poise.
The
black
out
being
complete,
the
most
of
people
simply
retired
for
the
night
and
stayed
in
their
beds
until
morning
light.
There
was
no
excitement
whatever
and
the
police
reported
a
completely
quiet
night
The
blackout
was
completely
effective
and
there
was.
an
almost
one
hundred
percent
co-operation
in
spite
of
the
shortness
of
the
notice.
The
lights
went
off
at
7:15
p.m.
and
were
on
again
at
8:15
a.m.
It
was
entirely
quiet
as
Industries
had
to
close
down
for
the
night.
There
was
a
rush
for
flashlights
and
candles
In
case
another
blackout
should
be
called
for
The
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
dependent
entirely
upon
ciciii.iitjr
iu.
.leaking
a
it
u
aci-
vices,
was
somewhat
inconven
ienced
but
the
staff
met
the
sit
uation
well
and
there
were
no
serious
consequences.
ATTENTION
JACK
MINER
By
banding
birds
the
Fish
and
Game
Service
has
learned
that
some
birds
live
17
years.
Only
r
13
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.