Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
southeast
to
southwest
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
Intermittent
rains,
becoming
showerv
Nearer
1
Soviet
Capital
Moscow
Rosiov
Battle
Germans
Claimed
Driven
Back
62
Miirs
in
Ukraine.
Of
cow
and
Is
hammering
at
the
sec
ond
LANDED
IN
NORMANDY
Ililthh
Patrol
Goes
Ashore
On
French
Coast
and
Returns
Home
Safely.
LONDON,
Nov.
25:
The
Ministry
of
Information
announced
today
that
a
small
Hritlsh
patrol
was
landed
on
the
Normandy
coast
Sunday
night
and
returned
complete
with
the
only
casualty
a
man
who
had
been
struck
in
the
arm
by
a
machine
gun
bullet.
The
statement
derided
the
Herman
claim
that
on
the
night
of
November
21
the.
"British,
attempted
U
land
on
the
Fiench
Channel
coast
with
several
boats,
the
German
coastal
protection
repulsing
them
with
heavy
losses.''
The
ministry
said
lhat
the
Hermans
were
betraylnif
anxiety
about
British
Intentions.
Soviet
tomorrow
sT
ides
Em
Sails
High
7:55
ajn.
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ft.
20:02
pjn.
165
ft.
Low
0:57
a.m.
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ft.
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25,
1941.
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Lull
Y
1
Desert
Fighting
Is
orted
WHAT'S
BEHIND
RUSSIA'S
GRIM
DEFENCE
STAND
IN
RESISTANCE
TO
NAZIS?
Leader
Foresaw
German
Assault
and
Girded
For
It
With
Forced
Training
and
Diligent
Creation.
Written
for
The
Canadian
Press
By
CARLETON
J.
KFTCHUM
LONDON,
Nov.
25:
Russia's
remarkable
performance
in
her
war
with
Germany
has
astounded
the
world.
Two
or
three
outstanding
factors
should
he
stressed
in
accounting
for
the
formidability
of
her
defence.
The
first
is
the
fact
that
soon
after
the
revolution
and
with
the
advent
of
the
first
formal
Congress
of
the
Soviets
"
the
Parliament
of
50
MILES
AWAY
NOW
Socialist
the
Union
of
Republics
now
No
known
as
the
Supreme
Soviet-Russia
adopted
a
system
of
compulsory
military
training
for
the
entire
population
of
the
Union
While
France
was
building
her
Maglnot
Line
designed,
unsuccessfully,
to
render
that
country
Immune
from
a
new
Invasion
Rus-
within
five
years,
Under
the
provisions
of
the
first
j
and
later
of
the
second
Five
Year
Industrialization
Plan
Russia
created
a
formidable
chain
of
factories:
factories
which
produced
airplanes,
tanks,
all
calibres
of
heavy
and
light
artillery,
machine-guns
and
even
ships
of
war.
These
two
Five-Year
plans,
executed
by
virtue
of
a
high
tempo
of
production
to
which
millions
of
men
and
women
contributed,
gave
Russia
almost
complete
Industrial
independence
by
the
summer
of
1933.
Thus
the
U.S.S.R.
became
in
ma.
o-,
thnrouehlV
competen.
w
uc-
fend
her
territory
of
8,000,000
miies
aeainst
any
would-
The
complete
unity
of
Russia's
total
population
of
ibu.uuu.uu.
siv
izetv
ls
another
factor
to
be
stressed
In
explaining
her.
achievements
In
this
war.
Until
the
revolution
Russia
knew
a
population
divided
by
150
nationalities;
150
THAILAND
MOBILIZES
All
Armed
Forces
Are
Called
Out
to
Resist
Possible'
Japanese
Attack
Soon.
BANGKOK,
Nov.
25:
Thailand
has
ordered
complete
mobilization
of
all
her
armed
forces
which
would
indicate
that
the
authorities
expect
it
will
be
necessary
soon
to
resist
a
Japanese
attack.
BIG
F0PCE
IN
BRITAIN
Less
Than
100,000
Canadian
Soldiers
Are
Now
In
Old
Land
LONDON,
Nov.
25:
With
the
Under
this
system
every
youth
afr,lval
of
the
nfth
armored)
di-
reaching
the
age
of
18
if
gradu
ated
from
high
school
and
19
it
Natl
Drive
Appears
To
Be
Drawing
not
wa.
reauired
to
oresen-
him-
self
for
a
period
of
mllitaiy
training
and
report
regularly
in
th
years
thereafter
once
or
twice
a
year
in
case
he
might
be
ree.ulr-vd
lor
the
regular
standing
army.
This
system
created
a
vast
reserve
army,
ranging
In
strength
Irom
to
Have
Been
20.OO0.J00
to
40,000,000
men.
Russia
in
the
First
Great
War
held
Germany
at
bay
for
3Vi
years
with
only
12.000.000
men.
She
entered
that
conflict
entliely
un-
IONDOV,
Nov.
25:
German
prepared
and
with
an
extremely
A
.
...
....
m
-
.i
I
1
1
mi
lorces,
umuiuins
mr
uera
small
army,
yet
despite
tne
ract
duve
towards
this
Soviet
capital
that
Germany..
hadfcthen
apow-c!y.
has
reached
a
point
-within
erfurrYavy"
"at
her
disposal
and
'hlrty-nne
miles
of
it
last
night.
Russia's
capital
of
that
dr.y
St.
according
to
German
claims.
Mos-
Petersburg,
later
Pefrograd
and
row,
rdmltUng
further
advances
then
Leningrad
stood
at
the
by
the
Nazis,
placed
the
distance
mouth
of
the
Neva
River
on
the
away
at
51
miles.
sea
within
easy
striking
distance
Nazi
armies
in
the
north
were
from
Germany,
Russia's
'steam-admitted
today
to
have
cut
Into
roiier"
resisted
every
assault
the
flank
of
the
Moscow
defense
iaunched
upon
it
until
it
-was
arc
and
:
cached
a
point
fifty
miles
given
the
'cease
fire"
order
by
its
from
the
capital
at
the
rail
town
hlgh
command
led
by
the
czar,
of
Klin.
Russians
in
underground
case-
Then
and
Now
ments
were
killed
when
the
case-
Russia's
capital
today
is
Mos-ments
were
dynamited
by
the
en-
cow,
many
miles
Inland
and
so
emy.
Using
an
army
of
500.000
ringed
round
by
fortifications
that
men,
Germany
has
broken
thrpugh
it
has
shown
itself
to
be
a
capital
"he
first
line
of
defences
of
Mos-
city
almost
Impregnable
vision
in
England,
there
are
now
more
than
100,000
members
of
the
Canadian
armed
forces
In
Great
Briiain.
Major
General
E.
W.
Sansom
Is
Relieved
Australians
Say
They
In
command
of
the
fifth
division
Could
Have
Held
Out
for
included
In
which
are
fifty-six
Another
Year,
nursing
sisters
from
Nova
Scotia.
The
new
arrivals
will
soon
be
LONDON,
Nov.
25:
The
Aus-gettirag
five
days'
landing
leave
to
tralian
brigadier,
who
was
in
com-
glared,
if
his
men
had
been
allowed
to
act
a
year
ago,
they
"might
have
electrified
the
world
and
altered
the
whole
course
of
the
war.
.
sia
was
building
Stalin
Lines,
one
dlffercnt
reHglons
and
more
tnan
arwr
tne
omer.
uw
150
ianguages
and.
dialects.
tend
school
for
at
least
seven
J-40.
years.
-UUV-HV"
Education
is
given
&41-.4
only
..4Jf
in
444
i
.
..
.
J.
.4l.lt..
TUiVXU,
matids
an
enormous
Industrial
production
machine
which,
augmented
by
the
supplies
now
being
rushed
to
him
by
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States,
will
be
able
to
serve
the
needs
of
his
battling
armies
for
an
indefinite
period
In
the
future.
Snow,
faithful
ally
of
the
Russian
people
throughout
the
ages,
has
now
come
to
the
aid
of
that
gallant
union
of
180,000,000
peo
ple.
Does
history
repeat
itself?
Will
Hitler
be
compelled
as
Na
poleon
was
compelled
to
acknowledge
Moscow
as
his
nem-sls?
The
next
few
weeks
should
furnish
the
answer
to
those
two
questions.
All
in
One
Direction,
It
Is
Revealed.
Nov.
25:
The
Japanese
make
tne
union
inau-uu-u,
.
laneuaae
which
means
that'n-
-rnt,,
u,
,
111
sail
before
been
able
to
hold
back
Hltler'sunlted
States
ls
anticipated
for
a
hordes
of
steel-helmeted
maraud-month
at
least.
ers.
Stalin
has
at
his
disposal
al-
nnnctyaaMar
Privateer
Reno
Calmont
Home
Royal
Oils
Canadian
......
Thirteen
Nations
Sign
New
Anti-Comintern
Pact;
Will
Wage
War
Upon
Bolshevism
BERLIN,
Nov.
25:
(CP)
The
German-sponsored
anti-comintern
pact
was
broadened
today
to
include
thirteen
signatories
and
was
renewed
for
a
five-year
period.
Bulgaria,
Denmark,
Finland,
Croatia,
Rumania
and
Slovakia
were
signed
up
by
reprejeenta.ives
in
a
demonstration
at
the
Reichschancellor'
and
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Rib-bentrpp
read
a
telegram
from
the
president
of
the
Japanese-puppet
Nanking
regime
of
China
that
his
g-j.etfnmtni
aiso
joined.
The
new
members
joined
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Spain,
Hungary
and
Man-choukuo
in
an
agreement
described
by
the
Berlin
ii
ess
as
aimed
against
"all
destructive
powers
,
hicii
duecjy
or
indirectly
support
Bolshevism."
EVACUATION
POWERS
ARE
OF
TOBRUK
IN
SESSION
wnicn
tney
are
looking
forward,
mand
of
the
forces
which
not
only
United
States,
Australia,
Admiral
Critical
LONDON,
Nov.
2o:
(CP)
Admiral
of
the
Fleet
Sir
Roger
Keyes,
who
recently
w
a
s
relieved
of
command
of
shock
and
invasion
troops
he
had
trained,
'
today
criticized
"a
ne-
ative
power
which
con
trols
the
w
a
r
machine
in
Whitehall."
Making
his
attack
in
the
Huse
of
Commons,
Sir
Hog-
er,
wno
nad
Deen
call
grand
defence
which
was
aided
by
the
Royal
Navy,
the
Royal
Aus-
tralian
Navy
and
the
Royal
Aus-
A.B.C.D.
Nations
Meet
Again
.Washington
to
Discuss
Japanese
Situation.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
Representatives
of
Great
resisted
.
...
trie
-
siege
o
but
-
kept
t
-
up
-
t
a
ana
una
the
441V
Netherlands
iivvuuiauvu
East
iMiu
LIKES
'EM
FRIED
IK.
"lln
L
roicc-
Bralorne
10.35
The
transfer
of
ef-
troops
was
Carlboo
Quartz
205
fected
by
ships
without
a
single
Hedley
Rlascot
43
casualty.
Pend
0reWe
x
C2
I
British
Forces
.
pioneer
Premier
I
Move
to
Canada
sheeP"c7r:zpziz:
in
2.20
.63
.43
.12
.88
.16
Russia,
apprehended
the
present
e(j
f
rom
retirement
to
Movemenf
of
Troops
Has
4ot
Been
c.
&
E
110
B
war
oi
revenge
Dy
uermany
as
iar
..
ai.
fvnnnu
,in
Tlif
Nazis
are
also
striking
hard
hack
as
1922
and
in
her
earliest
M
.
at
Leningrad
and
Rostov.
constitutions
not
only
made
pro-
On
the
Ukraine
front,
Soviet
vision
for
compulsory
military
dl;nalch?s
announced
today,
a
training
for
all
her
young
man-
oowr
ful
Russian
counter
-of
fen-
hood
but
created
a
powerful
stand-
slve
west
of
Rostov-on-Don
had
jng
army
and
air
force
which
she
hurled
the
Germans
back
sixty-
equipped
with
all
the
most
mod-
two
miles
and
Indicated
a
furious
ern
Implements
of
war.
attempt
to
recapture
Rostov.
2.40
-
-
a
.41,4
Toronto
LONDON,
Nov.
25:
Whib
Ca-
Beattie
1.03
nadlan
forces
have
been
arriving
central
Patricia
1.42
in
large
numbers
in
Great
Brit-
consolidated
Smelters
'38.50
ain,
there
has
been
quite'
a
large
Hardrock
68
movement
of
British
soldiers
in
jerr
Addison
4.C0
the
reverse
direction
to
I
Jap
Liner
Is
i
f
Lominff
Uver
pickie
crow
....
2
when
sne
nao
ra
There
ls
today
unlversal
com.
t
g
for
'S,
'51t,S
Puls
educatln
which
means!
,Anolher
Voyage
to
San
uw
buiucu
W4
-V"
J
;n
ithat
every
child
by
law
must
at-
Francisco.
dustriallzation
Plan
calculated
to
Canada.
Littie
Long
li53
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.96
Madsen
Red
Lake
54
McKenzle
Red
Lake
1.06
Moneta
Moneta
30
65
Preston
East
Dome
3.05
San
Antonio
2.21
Sherrltt
Gordon
91
President
Roosevelt
Is
fond
of
pendent
of
an
ouwiae
uu
aU
dlvlslons
of
language
have
dis-the
end
of
the
month
on
another
fried
Potatoes.
appeared.
voyage
to
San
Francisco.
This
ls
Those
are
the
principal
factors
taken
to
Indicate
that
no
break
which
explain
why
Russia
has
in
relations
between
Jap?.n
and
LOST
TO
NAZIS,
1940
Belgium
gained
her
Independence
from
the
Netherlands
In
1831
most
an
unlimited
reservoir
ofm
&
well-trained
manpower.
He
com
War
News
j
AXIS
ADMITS
REVERSE
ROME
Axis
sources
themselves
disclose
that
the
extreme
left
British
wing
has
swept
westward
a
total
of
more
than
two
hundred
miles
since
the
beginning
of
the
Libyan
invasion
while
the
rieht
wing
had
effected
the
capture
of
Gambut.
This
deep
penetration
of
a
southernmost
column
was
disclosed
in
an
Italian
communique
revealing
the
fall
of
an
Italian
garrison
north
of
Glalo
oasis.
The
British
In
this
area,
it
appeared,
were
beating
toward
the
Gulf
cf
Slrte,
well
below
the
major
Axis
port
of
Bengasi.
RAIDS
ON
ENGLAND
LONDUNTwo
Gciman
bombers
were
brought
down
Sunday
during
ralaVon
scattered
parts
of
England,
NIPPON
IS
Said
In
Shanghai
That
She
Would
Go
So
Far
As
to
Break
With
'
Axis
to
Stay
Friendly
With
U.S.
SHANGHAI,
Nov.
25:
iJome
observers
in
Shanghai,
this
ereat
origin
place
of
international
rumors,
believe
that
Japan
would
go'
so
far
as
to
break
off
her
relations
'
with
the
Rome-Berlin
AxU
in
or
der
to
preserve
peace
with
the
United
States.
Axis
Partners
Representatives
of
France,
Germany
and
Italy
to
Confer
Near
Berlin.
Klinpnr
nrrivpH
vMtorriav
'
J'
Britain,
China
I
nrol
.
.
I
.4..
-j..
-.4.1.
.
nmnomoe
sveauy
an.&
irum
luurus
uuruis
were
in
session
again
last
mgnt
to
Liutui
xui&iucilliCO
10'
rlnt.
ti
1
rv
n
kalnw
n-m
m
r.
f
r
A
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1
.
.
.
1
1
1
141-
T
.
uujo
"ut
ic4ii6
;iaiuau.u
uisguss
leiauuns
wini
japan,
rto
at
the
week-end,
says
that
his
further
actual
progress
has
yet
forces
could
hive
held
out
for
an-
be,en
made
in
the
negotiations
be-1
other
year,
indeed,
some
of
them
tween
United
States
and
Japan
Prince
Rupert'
Truck
&
Equipment
Co.
Take
Out
Papers.
Two
.Prince
Rupert
company
in-
Grandvlew
.'.
16Vi
corporations
are
announced
In
the
,iaiest
issue
or
tne
British
Columbia
Gazette.
One
is
Gordon
Sc
Anderson
Limited
with
capitalization
of
$50,000,
and
the
other
Prince
Rupert
Si
Equipment
Co.
'Ltd.,
with
capitalization
of
$10,000.
Bulletins
YANKS
IN
GUIANA
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
The
White
House
announced
Monday
that
a
contingent
of
American
troops
would
move
into
Dutch
Guiana
to
protect
valuable
bauxite
mines
which
supply
the
United
States
with
large
quan-I
ities
of
raw
aluminum.
The
I
movement
of
troops
into
Guiana
is
in
co-operation
with
the
Netherlands
and
Brazil
governments.
The
American
troops,
it
is
stated,
will
be
withdrawn
4as
t
soon
as
the
danger
to
the
mines
is
removed."
CUBA
WILL
GO
IN
'
HAVANA
President
Fulgcncio
Batista
of
Cuba
predicted
Sunday
that
the
United
States
would
be
in
the
war
by
next
I
spring
and
added:
"When
the
I
United
States
declares
war,
Cuba
will
be
the
first
nation
to
enter
!
war
on
her
side."
CIANO
IN
BERLIN
BERLIN
Count
Clano,
Italian
foreign
minister,
has
arrived
in
Berlin
to
confer
with
Nazi
OPTIMISM
NOT
WARRANTED
TOKYO
A
new
communication
was
sent
Monday
by
Tokjo
to
the
Japanese
emissaries
In
Washington
but
their
contents
were
not
disclosed.
Domel
(Japanese)
News
Agency
said
"optimism
is
not
warranted."
GERMANS
RECAPTURED
SUDBURY
Three
German
prisoners,
who
escaped
from
an
internment
camp
near
hero
were
recaptured.
They
were
huddled
In
a
railway
shed.
v
Battle,
of
Libya
FOR
PEACE
ALL
ENEMY
'
FORCES
IN
TANK
BOUT
Fighting:
Fierce
And
Casualties
On
Both
Sides
Heavy
British
Columns
Continue
Advancing
CAIRO,
Nov.
25:
Enemy
forces
have
thrown
all
their
reserves
into
action
in
the
big
tank
battle
south
of
Tobruk.
Fighting
is
fierce
and
casualties
on
both
sides
are
heavy.
Within
an
area
of
about
forty
square
miles
the
British
and
Axis
I
ft
lVl
AAf
ftfin
tanks
are
locked
in
battle
1
U
lfiCCl
UUU11
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
British
British
enlim
columns
con
tinue
their
advance
westward,
seme
far
into
Clrenalca
and
one
within
four
miles
of
Joining
up
with
the
forces
operating
out
of
I
Tobruk.
The
Royal
Air
Force
keeps
PARIS,
Nov.
25:
Representa-
in
continual
action
In
co-operation
tlves
of
Vichy
France,
Germany,
with
the
ground
forces.
Italy
and
Spain
will
meet
near
According
to
latest
com-nunl-here
within
twenty-four
hour3
to
Que
the
great
tank
battle,
which
discuss
plans
for
further
Axis
col-
has
been
raging
for
three
days
on
.laboratlon.
Spanish
Foreign
Min-
an
undefined
desert
battlefield
lister
Sunear
arrived
here
jester-
nearRezegh.
began
to
die
down
i
day
and
Italian
Foreign
Minister
today
as
forces
of
both
sides
weie
reduced
by
heavy
casualties.
Infantry
fighting
in
this
region,
ten
miles
to
the
southeast
of
Tobruk,
was
Intensified,
however,
as
the
British
poured
reinforcements
in-
l
T
,
j
to
the
fray.
There
was
no
evl-
Are
lllCOrpOrateU
dence
of
fresh
troops
being
sent
into
battle
by
the
Germans
who
are
being
gradually
cut
olf
from
were
not
happy
about
the
re-
with
a
view
to
possible
:
agreement
go
.
Goreon..-S
Anderson
.
Ltd.
-and
supplies,
by
-the.
swlftBritish
drlv
r
British.
Poles
and
Indians
have
now
been
stationed
at
Tobruk
to
replace
the
Australians
after
their
on
Issues'
lh
the
Pacific,
TODAY'S
STOCKS
iiAuiKy
B,
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
westward
along
the
Mediterranean
coast.
Vegetables
Are
Not
Included
that
the
general
price
ceiling
going
into
effect
in
Canada
next
Monday
will
not
apply
"for
the
present
at
least"
to
fresh
fruits,
vegetables
and
green
.products.
i
'
OTTAWA,
Nov.
25:
The
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
yesterday
HER
DEATH
REGRETTED
Mrs.
S.
C,
Thomson
Passes
Away
Today
After
Brief
But
Critical
Illness
After
a
brief
but
critical
illness,
:
death
came
early
this
morning
at
!the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
Mrs.
Adele
Bremner
Thom-json,
wife
of
Sidney
C.
Thomson,
prominent
local
business
man.
She
had
been
a
patient
In
the
hospital
for
only
five
days.
Her
passing
iwlll
be
deeply
regretted
by
her
;wide
circle
of
friends
for
she
was
well
known
and
highly
esteemed.
Mrs.
Thomson
was
born
in
Charlottetown,
Prince
Edward
Isl
and,
the
daughter
of
a
former
lector
of
customs
there.
A
school
teacher,
she
came
here
from
Coldstream
In
the
Vernon
district
and,
1
ber
of
the
teaching
staff
of
Seal
Cove
S:hool.
She
was
married
to
Mr.
Thomson
In
1929.
She
was
a
member
of
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
and
very
popular
in
social
circles.
In
addition
to
the
widower,
de
ceased
is
survived
by
a
daughter,
Frances
Thomson,
an
a
brother,
Gerald
Bremner,
in
New
York.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
BRIGHT
TWO
IN
ONE
Stainless
steel
is
a
combination
of
nick"!
and
chrome.
fit
Ik
m
.