By
HON.
JAMES
A.
MacKINNON
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
Tn
Canada
the
outstanding
phenomenon!
of
1910
has
been
the
transformation
of
thej
whole
economy
of
the
nation
from
a
peacetime
basis
to
meet
the
compelling
necessities
of
war
Such
a
process
cuaot
be
completed
an
at
uikv,
uui.
...
M.v
....,
activity
of
the
country
nas
uee
vn
oi
indin
1941
tne
uominwn
I
fcj
wartime
economy,
going
an
ta
order
to
tfvc
.UlC-5X?Unu-,a.
diuppor
to
the
Empire
In
the
con-
Ilia
in
which
,
the
freedom
of
the
world
and
the
j
nrvfMi
nf
ht
democracies.
The
results
of
our
industrial
war
!fort
are
already
being
felt
In
the
.
ttual
theatres
of
war.
At
the
i
si
of
1940
we
are
told
that
Can-idian
nr
'hnntted
transport,
carried
to
E?vpt
under
the
protection
of
the
Brit
ish
navy,
has
been
a
vital
factor
ui
the
defeat
of
the
Italian
Invasion
of
Egypt.
This,
though
it
U
only
the
first
fruits
of
the
war
,
effort
of
the
country's
Industries.
U
t
favorable
omen
for
the
result
sf
the
larger
conflicts
that
are
still
to
come
in
a
war
that
will
require
i
maximum
of
mechanized
transport
and
of
munitions
of
war.
i
Canada
Indeed.
Is
being
turned1
Into
a
vast
arsenal
of
Empire,
where
nr
equipment
Is
being
produced
a
an
enormous
and
Increasing
ttle
In
factories
that
arc
exempt
from
thp
risk
nf
aerial
bombing.
.1
It
Is
evident
that
both
Canada
a'ld
omain
are
actively
avauinc
mem-
(
selves
of
these
facilities,
since
the
pand
total
of
orders
for
war
stores
placed
by
bur
Department
of
Munitions
and
Supply
up
to
the
end
of
November.
1940,
amounted
to
?87Z,-000,000,
including
$692,000,000
on
Canadian
account
and
$180,000,000
on
British
account.
In
addition,
"pltal
commitments
for
plant
extensions
and
construction
of
new
Plants
up
to
the
same
date
amount
to
no
less
than
$282,000,000.
The
effects
of
this
enormous
stimulus
tn
(Vtn
nnsvnmln
oMlvltlPH
flf
cnada
are
evident
in
every
aspect
c'
our
national
life.
Perhaps
the
most
all-embracing
of
these
Is
em
vuyment.
Official
estimates
Indicate
that
total
number
of
wage-earners
$J
employment
increased
by
some
.OOO
between
September
1039,
"Jd
the
same
month
of
1910,
since
ien
at
least
50,000
have
beenftdd-S
At
November
1.
1940.
the
otflc-
141
Index
number
of
employment
cnea
the
highest
point
ever
re
"Wed,
at
159.2,
as
compared
with
"9
1
September
1,
1939,
at
the
ouU
break
of
the
war.
In
manufactures,
"ten
as
a
whole,
five
workers
were
P
oyed
at
the
later
date
for
cv-four
employed
at
the
earlier.
8
t..fv
.
.
....
j
v,,c
per
ceni
more
worsera
e
employed
In
the
Iron
and
steel
:rr01
industries;
at
the
later
date
-"Ml
HL
fhn
ine
...UM-
l
iUs.
shirk
.,
ca"ier,
while
in
the
in
:!
,n
Jndustryjilho
increase
ePloyment
Nvas
nf
less
than
370
-vuunued
on
TAQE
FOUR
BulIeFins
LEAK
AT
VLADIVOSTOK
LONDON
Hugh
Dallon,
minister
of
economic
warfare,
said
today
that
a
so-called
Vladivostok
leak
of
war
supplies,
including
United
States
cotton,
through
Soviet
Russia
into
Germany
was
a
source
of
worry
to
Great
CONTRACT
FOR
SHIRLEY
HOLLYWOOD
Shirley
Temple,
now
11
years
eld,
Is
returning
to
the
movies.
Announcement
was
made
yesterday
that
she
had
been
signed
by
Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr
contract
at
on
a
$100,000
$2500
per
week.
She
has
already
earned
$3,000,000
as
a
movie
star.
CHURCHILL
OUTSTANDING
LONDON
The
magazine
Time
has
named
l'rlme
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
as
the
outstanding
personage
in
international
affairs
for
the
jear
1910.
HIGHWAY
way
for
the
United
States
through
British
Columbia
to
Alaska
has
been
proposed
as
a
possible
concession
in
return
for
further
a
d
by
United
States
to
Great
Britain
in
the
war.
l'RESIDENT
ASKS
TOWER
ii.cuivr.TON'
The
new
ses
early
this
sion
61
Congress
opened
afternoon
as
the
old
one
ended
at
noon.
Next
Monday
President
...
...tn
nrcntiallv
asK
a
uooscveii
ui
-
joint
session
of
Senate
and
House
CA
him
lde
discret.onary
to
grant
powers
In
extending
aid
to
Great
Britain,
through
his
"lease
ami
lend"'
plait.
viriiv
REORGANIZED
VICHY-Thc
Vichy
government
today
but
with-;ouTthe
wa?
reorganized
return
of
Fo"'
Laval
who
was
recently
lcr
ricrre
Ssfel
Marshal
retain
Kmj
and
I'aul
I
lan
stale
as
chief
of
relations
arc
still
Franco-Gcrman
in
auth
r
-tativft
slated
dd&le.lt
was
duarlcrs
today,
but
not
alarinlnf.
(f
f
A
.
'
-
CAMPAIGN
AGAINST
TIRANA
L1BRAPV
r-1
Weather,
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
impei
wmm
Jt
prince
Islands-
Strong
southeast
High
6:00
ajn.
18.9
It.
16.d
JnndJ
reaching
gale
force
before
18:00
pjn.
ft.
Jight
unsettled
and
milder
with
Low
12:07
p.m.
8.7
ft.
rain.
.
'
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
"niCE:
I
CENT?
VOL
AAA..
"
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
3,
1941.
-1
If
;.?.-
H
f
"ai,.
"0.
V
arships
Are
Blown
Up
EMPIRES
ARSENAL
IN
CANADA
IS
CALLED
ON
TO
SACRIFICE
IN
WAR
i
t
Pl!u...1in
4k
Mn4lnLj
lrtnnnttitf
I
)
1
1
4
i
K
r
m
om1
Mfll
,i5
.
ft
.
ir
i
r
i
Every
Dollar
oi
ucsourccs
ior
victory,
says
minister
SAVE
TILL
IT
HURTS
ronn
mnnpv
in
abundant
sunnlv
is
an
essential
factor
in
our
war
effort
and
all
Canadians
are
urged
as
a
part
of
their
personal
contribution
to
the
war
to
''save
till
it
hurts,"
and
to
lend
their
current
savings
to
the
country
at
tne
current
raies
in
i
merest
If
we
are
worthy
of
our
forefathers
who
laid
the
foundations
of
the
Dominion
in
these
northern
wilds,
if
we
are
worthy
of
our
kinsmen
and
friends
across
the
Atlantic
wno
are
carrying
on
uie
uKiu
with
indomitable
courage
against
those
who
would
reduce
Europe
to
slavery,
we
shall
make
whatever
sacriiices
are
necessary
iu
win
mv;
Trade
Minister
MacKinnon.
6
War
a
d
GERMANY
ATTACKED
AGAIN
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
returned
to
the
attack
on
the
great
German
port
of
Bremen
last
night
and
et
large
new
explosions
and
fires.
Emden,
at
the
mouth
of
Dottmund-ems
Canal,
was
also
struck
heavily
by
the
British
planes
with
incendiary
and
high
explosive
bombs.
In
addition
to
Bremen
and
Emden,
heavy
raids
were
staged
upon
Channel
ports
between
Calais
and
Boulogne.
ATHENS
Greek
land
forces
and
the
Royal
Air
Force
are
now
directing
the
campaign
in
the
war
with
Italy
In
Albania
against
Tirana,
the
Albanian
capital.
Elbasannl,
thirty
miles
from
Tirana,
was
yesterday
subjected
to
heavy
raids;
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
a
terrific
barrage
by
Greek
land
gun
j
as
the
Greeks
gained
further
ground,
capturing
Italian
prisoi;ers
and
supplies.
High
explosives
and
Incendiary
bomb
were
dropped
in
the
centre
of
Elbasannl
by
the
British
planes
and
the
main
road
was
also
struck.
If
Elbasannl
falls,
the
road
to
Tirana
will
be
clear.
On
all
other
fronts
further
Greek
successes
are
reported.
NEW
BRITISH
WAR
PLANES
LONDON
Lord
Beaverbrook,
minister
of
aircraft
production,
announces
that
four
new
types
of
British
warplanes
two
bombers
and
two
fighters
are
now
under
production
in
Britain.
Three
of
them
have
already
been
put
into
service!
With
the
increase
In
home
production
and
mounting
supplies
from
United
Stales,
more
war
planes
are
now
in
service
reserve
than
ever
before,
says
Beaverbrook.
rand
"
in
BULGARIA'S
HOPE
SOFIA
Differences
between
Germany
and
Soviet
Russia
may
be
the
main
hope
of
Bulgaria
maintaining
her
neutrality.
A
Bulgarian
official
made
the
statement
yesterday
that,;H
Germany
wants
to
move
troops
through
Bulgaria,
Bulgaria
.will
have
to
let
the
Nazis
do
so.
There
are
an.estimated
250,000
Sz
troops
in
Rumania
now
with
more
in
Hungary.
Some
observers
believe
that
the'rtastm
for
therheavrGerman
troop
movements
by
Germany
into
southeastern
Europe
may
be
more
as
a
precaution
against
Russian
action
than
for
the
purpose
of
assisting
Italy
In
the
war
against
Greece.
CALLING
THIRD
DRAFT
OTTAWA
Thirty-eight
camps
across
Canada
'
are.
.being
perpared
to
receive
the
third
lot
of
Canadian
draftees
between
ages
of
21
and
25
who
have
been
ordered
to
report
on
January
10
for
a
month's
period
of
training.
Whether
the
period
will
be
extended
to
four
months
will
be
decided
on
the
return
to
Canada
of
the
minister
of
national
defence,
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston.
SEEKS
3IORE
DESTROYERS
LONDON
It
was
rported
yesterday
that
Great
Britain
was
seeking
more
destroyers
from
United
States
for
convoy
service
and
anti-submarine
patrol.
This
will
be
one
of
the
first
matters
to
be
taken
up
in
Washington
following
the
arrival
there
of
Lord
Halifax
as
the
new
ambassador
to
the
United
States.
Demand
For
Airplane
Spruce
Accounts
For
Large
Increase
In
Timber
Last
Year
In
North
Timber
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
year
1940
aggregated
222,790,575
board
feet
as;compar-
ductlon
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Is
lands
for
use
in
building
oi
war-i..
,,-oe
tn
laree
extent
respon-
sible
for
the
great
increase
in
the
1940
scale,
-
The
figures
per
species
for
scaling
this
December
and
last
were
as
fol-
l0WS:
1940
1939
Board
Feet
Board
Feet
Mr
:.
924,759
Spruce
10,928,867
Cedar
3,318,743
Balsam
:....
823.91K
Hemlock
3,863,524
jaCkplne
'5,400
Totals
M9,93a,iao
91,137
2.734,774
608,263
446,960
328,253
4,209,390
mb
mb
nib
m
hd
Forest
Troducts
Production
of
poles
and
piling
lni
the
interior
In
1940
also
snowea
m
increase
In
1940
over
1939,
the
figures
of
2,256,768
lineal
feet
for
this
year
comparing
with
1,739,437
lin-Mi
fret
last
year.
Of
the
pole
and
I
pile
production
this
year
406,396
lln-'
cal
feet
was
in
cedar
and
1,500
lin-
i
rof
In
hpmlOCK.
Ties
for
Decemoer
ihiu
hiuutovu
only
82
pieces
while
cordwojd
count
for
the
month
Just
ended
was
Wants
Details
Of
Peace
Offer
Senator
Burton
K.
Wheeler
Joins
In
Demaud
That
Particulars
Be
Disclosed
llUd
JlllltVl
Ml
IMC
-''"'
offer
which
the
Department
state
in
October
1939
refused
to
convey
from
German
Nazi
leaders.
to
Great
Britain.
rnnnPE
niTTF.RLY
COLD
I
mystery
RAIDS
ON
ENGLAND
'
.
casting
Corporation
said
today
that
the
French
Admiralty
Nari
Ambers
r
Concentrated
Attack
linL,i
af
V,VW
thnf
thp
submarine
Sfax
and
the
f
On
Cardiff
Last
Night
,
LONDON,
Jan.
3:
CP)
With
a
concentrated
aitack
upon
Cardiff,
Welsh
industrial
city,
which
sustained
its
heaviest
pounding
of
the
war,
German
planes
made
small
scale
attacks
on
rxher
widely
scattered
isectlcns
of
Great
Britain
again
last
.night.
AnU-aircraf
:
guns
barked
during
the.
evening.
as
the
bombers
came
over
London
once
more.
They
were
also
over,
west
and
southwest
Eng-lafod
8hd
Wales;
For
several
hours
Catdlff
was
concentrated
upon
VU
UU
.
n
vwivw.
w
i
4here'
were
some
casualties
The
night
raids
followed
an-"
w
ether
quiet
day.
A
town'
in
Kent
was
struck
during
the
day.
New
Mayor
Of
Toronto
Named
Hr.
T.
J.
Cenroy
Succeeflj
Day
as
Chief:Magistrate
Attaches
itself
Of
Explosions
d'affaires
of
Eire
in
I,.
i
-ii,!..
nf
tVio
VrirPfst
Rrnnfli
discloses.
For
Berlin
to
make
an
energetic
pro-
ALASKA
AM8M
"""""
.
.
.
'HCiaimuninixi8uor
w.
t..
test
,
to
the
r.erman
German
government
eovernment
ttMCiiiNGTON
A
l.ouu-iooi
nuomhM.
J
the
SCaie
Was
iv.voo.ivo
uuaui
iccu
cio
W.I1-
right-of-way
for
a
military
high-
:
,
4,209,390
board
feet
in
the
last
month
of
1939.
The
impeius
m
a"iJic
at
the
air
attacks
which
nave
been
made
upon
Dublin
and
elsewhere
in
Eire.
The
explana-
Roosevelt
Sends
Message
To
King
New
Year
Greeting
of
Chief
Executive
to
Victor
Emmanuel
LONDON.
Jan.
3:
President
PranViin
n
H'-oMvplt
of
the
United
-
-
-
-
Considerable
damage
was
done
and
state?
sent-
a
New
Year
message
to
King
Emmanuel
of
Italy.
THETIS
SINKS
10NDON.
ITALIAN
To
Result
Of
Which
Was
Two
Sinkings
Submarine
and
Auxiliary
Vessel
Go
to
Bottom
While
on
Way
from
Casablanca
in
Morocco
to
Dakar,
West
Africa
mp.vv
vnttK"
.Tnrmnrv
3r
fCPI
The
British
Broad-
U
CI
Li
ailllUUilWU
-
V
J
Vv
w
w.w
v---
-
auxiliary
naval
vessel
Rhone
had
sunk
after
heavy
explosions
on
the
way
from
Casablanca,
French
Morocco,
to
Dakar,
French
West
Africa.
There
is
much
speculation
1
n
t.n
what
mav
have
caused
the
ex-
j
plosions.
No
official
statement
was
;
Immediately
available
as
to
the
cause.
MOVE
ON
TORBRUK
New
Line
of
Strategy
in
War
in
Libya
Many
Guns
Are
Taken
1
CAIRO,
Jan.
3;
turj
me
aruisn
Itorces
have
moved
to
wumn.iive
1
miles
of
Torbruk
which
important
SUB
Italian
port
tne
Koyai
Air
torce
is
;
severely
bombms
in"
the
course
or
a
i.new
line
of
campaign
"wnicli
ap-
.A--Sivftft!J?siftriTrtTiiVi
fcnhmar.
oears
to
havethe
oMCctTsnrirjpprng
Ine
is
credit.?d
by
the
Admir-
t
up
all
of
Libya
before
finally
taxing
alty
to
ths
BriUsh
submarine
Bardla.
An
eany
airect
aiiacs.
on
Thunderbolt,
f
ormerlly
the
,
Torbruk
is
expectea.
Thetis,
which
sank
June
1,
Two
hundred
uanan
guns
nave
'
1939,
taking
ninety-nine
men
been
taken
by
tne
unusn
including
1
TORONTO,
Jan.
3.
Dr.
F.
J.
Con-
to
their
deaths,
the
undersea
seven
anti-aircraft
guns,
rpy
was-elected
mayor
of
Toronto
craft
being
later
Taised
and
TT7.
,"T
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
It:
McLean
sail-
n
reconditioned..
yesterday
over
J.D.McNish.
He
sue-
.
jkcS?
Day
who
41
not
seek
t
.?
Aussies
Enter
Bardia
IRELAND
IS
I
HITAGAIN
Bombers
Dropped
Missies
in
Dublin
arid
County
Wesford
Magnetic
Mines
in
Irish
Sea
VIGOROUS
PROTEST
DUBLIN,
Jan.
3:
(CD
The
government
of
Premier
Eamonn
de
Vatera
today
ordered
the
Defences
of
Important
a
Italian
Base
In
Libya
Penetrated
by
British
Looks
Like
Major
Attack
Has
Startcd-Port
of
Tripoli
Is
Subjected
to
Two
Heavy
Air
Raids
by
British
of
attacks
on
neuirai
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,
nnprat,nn
nroceed.
vrtm
Minister
d
Valera
hur
riedly
called
a
secret
cabinet
sessions
to
discuss
the
situation.
There
was
rumor
that
the
government
might
give
the
German
minister
to
Eire
his
passports
if
I
the
bombings
continue.
The
WASHINGTON,
-'an.
3:-Sena-l
M,
.
tl-
m.minent
has
tor
Burton
K.
Wheeler,
leader
of,
:
.....
the
Nails
pub.
the
congressional
isolationist
group,
.
.
wlth
the
attacks
was
of-
u.
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tn
lino
AamanA
that
mat
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thai
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details
be
published
of
a
peace
.,,,.
homh
and
a
een
Of.
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u..
i.
.t.lk
'ynAA
n
mik
iaraciiuic
..in.
..
l
number
of
magnetic
sea
mines
were
German
made.
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nUtmrt.r
iM
awithrr
nxnln
HrAnnpd
tn
F.irp
last
nlcht
prevails
all
over
Europe
today
They
fell
on'County
Wexfoid,
sixty
from
the
English
Channel
to
miles
south
of
Dublin
where
there
the
Eastern
Mediterranean
and
were
no
casualties
and
no
damage,
from
Spain
to
Russia.
There
was
J
Later
In
Dublin
twelve
persons
were
heavy
snow
in
the
English
Chan-
i
Injured.
ncl.
;
i
:
Magnetic
mines,
believed
to
have
CAIRO,
January
3?
(CP)
British
general
head-av
that
Australian
forces,
support-
otmtprl
thp
dpfenee
of
Bardia.
Mill-
STSS
f-E
-
lciSmon
inlereted
the
announcement
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.
,rnin
here.
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nf
n
mm"
nr
nttapk
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the
besiecreu
Italian
ua&e
aiiiucni
13
-1
iixou
nuiu
-
u
,
j
Dayiisht
raiders
bombed
Dublin
,
jn
Libva
but
said
that
everything
was
likely
to
depend
on
"
again
today
in
the
latest
series
1
how
the
lniUai
stages
of
the
present
Tne
Koyai
Air
imte
uunuv..
shipping
in
the
Libyan
port
of
Tripoli
In
two
heavy
raids
on
the
night
J
nf
Januarv
1
and
early
yesterday,'
It
is
announced.
During
the
first!
attack
bombs
straddled
the
south-1
east
mole
where
five
cruisers
were
-nnrA
ami
eotwrnl
flrp.s
werp
start-1
1HWICU
HUBVlK.w
.
cu
iieai
scujiaiic
iiiio".
-1
second
raid,
direct
hits
were
scorea
on
the
customs
jetty.
Vancouver.
been
drooped
from
planes,
found
In
the
Irish
Sea
between
Ireland
and
England
and
also
oh
land.
;The'y
were
removed.
Italian
Lines
Are
Broken
Up
ATHENS.
Jan.
3:
(CP)
Italian
defence
lines
from
the
1
Chlmara
sector
on
the
Adri-
attc
coast
to
the
Kllsura-
4
Teoellnl
region
In
middle
Al-
Rt.
Rev.
W.
A.
Geddes,
Anglican
bania
have
been
breached
at
rcy,nn
nt
thp
ViiVon
with
head-
various
nolnLs
laim
fierce
IaS-
I
XJlOllU
vv
--
'
-
.
I
f
nwin
nmi
a
nnespn-
lct
?inlr
nssanlts
TPDuliied
T
.
inri
r
f
Via
i
QUai
tcio
an
ui""i
"
i
i
DUBLIN,
successive
Jan
night,
bombs
-
were
'"l
t
ltr
aboard
the
Princess
Norah
yes-second
,
Qf.prnnnn
Bnlne
throunh
to
VViUMJ
U
1
and
put
to
headlong
flight,
the
Greeks
report.
A
number
i
of
tanks
have
been
destroyed
In
futile
Italian
thrusts
alone
i
.
...
i.
i
1
.i
j.
wore
i
"1
coast
ana
on
iwie
nui
wiciu
-r
battle
front.