War News THF: UAL ATION YugoSJZv -Ithdrawn on the LONDON )N ..iiipasicrn " f . Inilgv I'niled Stales, Is Head . fV. 3i of th Greeks . r.-l ti. . it., defence OI aaiuiim, 11 YOIUt April 0: Ijriim Cr.: .idlait minister 1: Uic i oiIm tln .If,r1:iv In Ttirkn. i OWIW." " . 1 .v j ... to. u. II oital in New ... I -' I .. 'iir.nr ' session before Judge W. E. of cases. O flvll n n - a r rn . II. Malkln Co. (Prince Rupert) vs. Lee Wlag and Norman G. r lun.mni.a 'T-ro n mi. i . 3d T W nrniim vs nlnlnt.lff Fulton lor defendant, next OTTAWA. Anrll R- fPPlPrlmp "wr wuiiam Lyon Mackenzie n8 told the Houso of Commons --., uiai auacKS on ureece 'Afc Athens. i, VujnSUv withdrawal gives tn.. " ,,e to the rdar ICivcr to pursue wicir anve iowa. from that ..iin Meantime "it urcciw, reported lb Irenrthrnrrf heavy Brltlsn rciniurtcmcnu., are said lo be nJiUing at the ... f Doints In the narrow Struma River Valley against hard , attacks. A statement in iinuon loaay mat Salonika had t some of "s strale,c Importance was taken by some as pav-i. . ...av for Allied withdrawal therefrom. Y ir luc "' . , ' ....nrlfd to nave capiurcu acutari on me Albanian coast um the Italians, it appeared last nighl that the Yugoslavs re aiming to cut across nortncrn Aioania with a view to ENEMY TAKE DERNA KOME Italian and German forces today occupied the bvan port of !"" 175 m11" st ' Bengasi, the Italians t i ...lav Drrna had been tkrn hv iv UrttUi. fm ti.. J Jl U 1 1 J ' " " J - . . . l.viil V 1 1 . .. tmiiarv 30. (London announced (hat (hi mlihil9...i nail If 1 1 ..... nnuutunui Libya was continuing but there was no confirmation there of linn bv the Axis of Derna.) MASSAUA IS NEAR FALL CAIKO The Italian evacuation of Massaua, last port and . , i. . rr.. . 1 . i .. I r.w.A runcnuiu oi mc i i.is m appears near as the cle- nders lue started destroying; harbor works as well as scuttling . i nwn( llim falllnr Inln rnrmv Ii i ti I 1? l M..L. t l v i' - " - - i . - a ua .1 i .m!..,! 41.. .1 - f st nicht. SSES IN SEA LOSS NEW YORK1 INCREASE i Kcen Issued by British AdmiraltyAverage 08,000 tons I'er Week COUNTERING SUBS -LONDON, April 8: LT) The WORKING ON LEASE-LEND r May o. ., ,,Anr cwrptnrv nf . the . Uarrtnpf nnri Alpxantlcr Har- .... . . ofohiisn nose iiuisvin V Vr. n.lclni, r.,,t r,f a 'Ul U , " ..iv .wib oiuuiD iuv . Ttl( Ctntpe DpliarL- . IVl Mnw nnd the uriusn r. ...v. .ivviv .Krt nrl nff Un- ... .ann m i t-t i i v i ii i iiiivl la. x kj u a w- -us -j utMnufv ........... i.jii Mttrwrrfim t , . - - nor rnn -dpnsn-iciiu. utU(,' O "un uw w ( approved, American ally 25,000, Storage. 12.50: Culiiiillan and Met'!',, 10.000. Storage. 12c and DEAD AIR BASE match Irom IS TAKEN liirllirr DrvrlonmCIl t Il I'ri1 Umi irinv rlnlmcd I As Uesull Of Coup d'etat Ist Week i mnirv Anrll 8: (CFa A -It.. I . .... . n.i..ii 1 jh!V11iin. tO XX.I1 UV. that Iraq troojw. last night seized a Drttlsn aviation base near uagoau. 1 i inJnn innt. sources asscrtca k -..Ulan EARNESTs. Upnt. vjjih ovcrthrowia aa vrlixcc tension ni tvr italkniDi U Seen ' Ahrinl llpft tho country had ocftur- Real start ol Campaign by red as n result of Italian intrigue). r-rcmlcr King Weather Forecast mm Vol. XXX.. No. 83. PRINCE RUPERT IS WELL Canada. Industry would move to Another advantage tills port had Canada after the 'war and flrm3 NoirrnERN and central British Columbia's newspaper TllINCE 'RUPERT, B.C., TOKSDAY, APRIL 8, 1941. According to Alan Cormack, superintendent of ship-1 building at Prince Rupert, the city is ideally suited to the N A I N Tiirr A V Y i1jl I in T 1 establishment of a nermancnt shipbuilding business. It has the location on the shore of a splendid protected; harbor, has an excellent climate, has railway and ship-1 ping facilities and the present owners of the shipyard are BASES HIT spending a lot of money putting in ' AHaiks ISy Ko.val Air Force On a plant that will be able to handle wucn many compmincti, mt. Western Germany Last Night much larger work than that being Cormack rcmUulcdl his audience 1 donn thrie today All thl Infnrma. Uiat. Willie some onimodltlcs were IJMDON Aiwll 8: Tlip RovrI ! lion and much more was conveyed dearer in I'Ulncc, itupcit than In Air F0rcc attacked important Nazi I by Mr. Cormack to the members of somc OI wc ,arScr lllCb' U1C c15 naval bases of Kiel, Bremeilhaven I ChrifHe, Canadbn Minister Kevisrd I lgurcs lor March Have' the Prince Rupert Chamber of m- oUlcr airecuons were less ana and Emdcn in Western Germany j Commerce at its regular monthly ,1C ura mn WU1K uu1' n wlc WU0lc last nwht. Tlirr Brlt'1i bombers, meet nu ast n aht with Wcldon "YUl awauLj maa k.ici for live nours last McAfee presiding. There was a h'ghcr litre ilian elsewhere. As n?ht, raining hundreds vt Urns larun attendance of members, name ihc clty Srew tills flight d crep- cj Very powerful bomb? on sub- wouW clmilnated. Us would marhic building yards and docks, Junior Chamber members and a few visitors llkc lnc aiainhcr iP B afler Ailnilrallv atiiimnirixl (..Mif.1.1 I Mr finii:ir.k rnninlhnpnlri .1ip pi"".i. . that Great Britain has more than Chamber uf Commerce on the litre To JStay 450 nrlsoners taken from sunken I large amount of work it was do- Au till Ho rtprtnanptiifV uf ilif ln Pmmrt in frl I fc" : . . . I 1 .. . ;., n..t lititr f .4iriu hv Jhn mi n i r( 0.3 f .. .. . 1 u. 1 i ' v i nail niiuiuai nits auu aiu !" t-T.,, ...w .... tiiupDuuaing lnuusLry ncrc TJlC sd' i' -ir-niy r nsciy uv counter measures apainst U- ;wo meetings rcaa uicre ana ouicr SIX.akcr gavc it as his opinion Uiat v I) pt Rob -t Borcbni ,ats recaitly have met with 'business on the agenda. People ;i,i,building was here i stay. It na Rumr-i nwxinu ic crralcr success. t wuo uiu jh wjwivu uic meetings was 1h t)Cnr,i nlR,i llla,ic hc . . ..... ftf Al . ..I I n 'found it KlUf ult, lo realize Uic town. II Uic people'-tu;.ipoiwed the Iwm' wnuu". wni o. iui i-rauure cxU.lU, of 41ic wmk. oi :r lie wa- speaking ,nfllIvirv ,, wn Krirr Hip i.h Nova S-otla. and was oVC" locallUon of Uic Aitpyard. he ncM jt' could ,,,c Fht?imil Ju, a . . J TYM.nK L1A1I. UlliITU 4L1 IV1 HLUblUl OllllJUlllk nn il i m rl nnllti I I net nvnm iU8Iortwowcc cna ng Marcn auU tt wsw raWlcr far frum a b Uw RAID ON IRELAND The first bomb in eighteen days was dropped li t night on London when a missile fell near a hospital and killed one patient. Five planes were lost by thc was that the railway ran its siding were today wondering where they !Gcrman5 last nfellt irigrtL ullO wie suupyuru, uius liiioiiK lu-n' t. i . avoiding the extra handling whlcn Thc speaker mentioned that only was a handicap to many places. Uie construction wages on. a ship UU D I V44 There was a good shipyard. How- was at present left in Prince Rup- 1 LjIYIOJ. IJUJL ver. he Icund an apathy here crt. Just now the boilers, the en- n that was a handicap. People would gin t , the steel castings and much i IN HlnH j m m m. m m German YugoSI .-.11 i... fl,.Un,l LI1P IllTiLVlITML LU11 fll 11111 111 Lilt: UUk" ITmiiAunr In Mint rrtlVfyil' II "UrrW .... . . ... taiU Ul C1IJ CAVtlll Ull IWIVU WUA UCllCrUl. AI1K ilLLilCKX UTR ITllIl- ... vfr -nhri-fip'. uiniv tic ol the Atlantic. For the one no wnrN Drr ,.han Vancouver. i ..k.c... k... i lad was carrica cut by Nazi sldercd a direct challenge to Bui- nn ... . el ----- iiurtutu uvuuuui nai jik ou n , . , . , , . u.-nnir nfpnrn nrr m Tpvispn iiniirivi . , . , . i iHiira UHii. -ilriil . .wnirii .11115 uiwii pann in rnmo inu inn wnr T Mnrtliy with title of U'C loss was thirty shins of tonnage lhc year Ulc wcro undcr donc lic bclievcd u awacited Jor an liuur. ( . inrnuinfT mi nun iiir iiluci m tt i ... . - . iiil viLiiuaii iiiuma iiuikbu minrxer " ,'.c nanaicap w a severe ciinia wouia dc aonc. uic mops ncrc .. . , . . TTTM1 ! UK I -IN List for Month of April twenty-seven ships mianinc .,, Jhi., i,nri ,tn hp nrti- -..u ku,i wiuciVreu conuuuuu; ,tu; r - . .i LIU CiTil Cases and One Appeal on considerable sacniice ana , jicuit to work in the summer be- Mr. Cormack said hc believed by merchant service ana me cause there was too mu:h sun- shipbuilding was going to move to The average loss lor February shlne . osnnn rc! wppHv nnri ihnt for the war to date 66,743 tons. listed on the April calendar of .t I n ri urn (n vh in ri'uiiim Tomorrow s Tides High . 11:36 ajn. 203 It. Low 5:29 p.m. 5.8 ft. 17:50 pjn. 4.1 It. PRICE: 5 CENTS. Nazis Make Fierce Drive SUITED FOR PERMANENT SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY SERVICE TO DUBLIN OFF Steamship .Sailings .Across Sea Cancelled Irish Official Tells Chamber of Commerce of Excellent Facili-:rooN. April :- The Great II..... Wl,:U Cl,....l,1 I in. AM ir lv on 'wcsu.ni itauway wniiuuiicra tiu- Ever-Increasing Scale i ccllatlon of ftcamshlp sailings n?roJl the Irfch Sea 1 Dublin. Advances In lavia Grecian Open Up Left Flank Berlin Claims Important Gains in Balkan Campaign Rut These Are Not Immediately Confirmed-Belgrade is Heavily Bombed BERNE, April 8: (CP) The Greeks were left alone today to defend a vital section of the Balkan front when YugoSlav forces withdrew in southern Serbia but there were no early indications, despite fierce fighting, that the Germans had won any decisive advantage. The Greeks said they were holding firm at Rupel Pass where a Ger SOFIA IS HARD HIT Heavily Bombarded for Second Straight Night by British and Yugoslav Bombing I'lanes CAIRO, April 8: (CP) The Royal Air Force bombed military objec tives at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, Sunday night, it was officially announced today and again last night the Royal Air Force and Ulster Town Attacked For Hour Yugoslav planes subjected Sofia to Liverpool Bears Brunt London violent bombardment. Heavy dam-(ets Bomb Five Shlfis a-rp was donc to the central railway man armored column sougnt 10 penetrate the Struma Valley. Capture ol Scutari in Albania and Zara In Greece was reported by the Yugoslav army. In Berlin the Germans claimed today Uiat troops in the drive Irom Bulgaria and Rumania had advanced to Skoplje, Important industrial and military centre in southern Yugoslavia about 100 miles northwest of Salonika. (There was no immediate Allied confirmation of this report). Unconfirmed reports reaching Budapest said Uic Germans had occupied the Yugoslav city of Nis on the Sofia-Belgrade railway. Numerous other towns In Yugoslavia on the way to Belgrade had also been Downed I station, warehouses and other es-1 occupied by Uie Germans It tabllshments. Huge lircs were I claimed. was LONDON. April 8: -The first air ntraied and death and destruction! Ncw alr raids have been made by !ooo tons. The average weekly l.ss fldallj , PflnfiC nupcitt cou,d MUm the ar l blatnany ' raUcred points .during Marcn is piacca oy mc u-jMr Corrnack w, they had had steps of the John Brown Company JLhI with Livcrixwl 'bearing the brunt inlraltv at 98.0DO tons. f h, oi n, ri r. n m. e,i r..,,,i ,i,im, The Battle ol the Atlantic may,, "5 KVmnn, rnnAinn PpniP o ii,...mw -if tlie raids on northwest England. CEQQTfiN dccldc thc rcsult 01 lhC " 'f' talked about there being too much centre. They could get the build- T 'n "to """JJ OL JOlUll declared, and it must be expected Uxcm that ccrlnd lt' casua3tlcs . faln bul hc rCmmdcd . . iB rights of engines and othci w " - t .uiu- ,UU o nn nQTTQ Tf foci tr 1 n ff Bulletins the Nazis on Belgrade ana aive-bombuiK attacks are claimed tp American Kcinr Sent AbroaU lo,,. r, i i , ij.-i 4 TMri nia t,w!,v 1., nnuminwnl ; . ttf tu Miiuscry 01 nome octuruy mi- - nnr. kiimiiiu u.iliiiiuilj uiuti. nu i f 1 nuiin iiii i.iio iiiiiii.iliv wua tu - .TtT...... , nr iri:riL.siniLii ik.. 11. vfiuii" i ... .... t.n: Establish Closer Naval Liaison uW m thpm had ahxady makc ln Rupcrt Inm Busincss Block ln city of arJ rf Rew was shakcn JJg JJJ' (CP) k. wu-(.2, , VY-.u. r uiion lor .. ( m, rranlt a"u ."'L . " , .. , ruiux uiuiuuiu-tu : ithe worK as wen as any ouicr yara East. The rjcomc wouia wave to go,u.-uiui aim nu.i. t imn.w to In Canada. after Uiis industry and build it up was suiiocaica toaay in a lire 01 On nt the difficulties lound here here. undetermined origin in Uic oatti- was the lack of skilled labor. They Mr. Cormack urged support lor siock jjiock in aowniown amon-had imported some men but they ihc Canadian NaUonaT Railways 'ton. Mrs. Sarah Kelly suffered ,, fmininjr n it of vounff men which wav tlic only Ilrm leaving severe burns and her daughter, Who were doing excellent work and its busincss in Prince Rupert. ItMk. Sally Kelly, minor burns. in o vpnr or two thev would have had its ships ovcrnautca at uic I 4 " ... .... . t . 1 HI., lil . J A .In nln mflr l ' built up an organization mat dry uock nui uic snips oi uic.mcy iiu w uu wwui ui . could not be beaten. Tne young other companies were not seen jwhy men had to remain idle lor I PHnop Runert men wore making there. People siioum rcmcmDcr an nour. incre was very utue wai.! cood mechanics and "these men Oils. They -must got behind and time at the shipyard here and . .... . . .. . . . .... . t . 1. .. ii,,,,. rt . . ii .. should be encouraged, conditions 6aK up uiosc wito am wic nuxi,,cvcn uuuu wun Biauutwij j . hniiirf l made as cood for them for the city. He did; not UiniK tiucca. n tvKsihlo Manv of thc men had lokhvs: about thc rahi here sliould Finally Mr. Cormack reminded .,i,,.i, .Hp i.npwipri mam nfiabout the sliloyard and its work Mckcrson, vi a result of which Tlip stirlnkpp snM Mr. fJnrmArk PXlvlahlcd Jiat UlC I their ooso men wiiu uruu .uwv-. , Rupcrt and liked thc shipyard ho heard all Korts or stories about railway company was spending a and. thc work had gone away be-.how work had lo be itoni out after! lot of money on the plant Juwt rnu.se Wicv Could not find a place' it was put liu He could jay that now, evidently for thc purpose of t their wives. There was no no waxing out nuu wvu iwuti.niuKuuni uinuwiu. tnhvc W In ' that ' way " they had .or iic slilpyard work. If the own- than had becii done so far. He ro- IJltlVV I ..." . .... 1. . . l lu ,w m,r irood men. He crs ol tho vessels lound uiat, as tusca to agree wia-t ynvun: uwjili- . B I ... ..,., , ,, U V- M. ..u t, r.r.tr.A n PomljKsirv atifl construcuon was uiuttx-ums. u uu- .buy ui 'we jtuui wuuiu i. bunkliouie would have , to be buUt. fcrent type or work should be than Uie present sot-up. Hc also or .the vessel in did not that a certain amo f f tip mpn were llvhur under done on! some part agree . ... . . . 1 . 1 . A 4Ua Kl .mmint rwf rA nnfl tlfO O TKlOftWATV . Ticfrip DiStrlCt nnd alia Ouccn VUt" uoor conditions VUliUiWUJlo and w.u. this must dc oraer w jmpruvu w mt nhWu w ..wj t...nn tJlinpr. -Ww.lr,n rf ihn. rpnr1p . .... ..-r - - modcr- rcotiried. When men were up an compaea wiui uij uas Kiyc4i. ivi H.,.v... moacr rcauiea. . . to . . . J""1 , Charlotte Islands-Llsht a b 11 W. R. MpATee thanked 1 iMen vi 111 i.iiLUkiv - 1 l 1 Li 1 1 ij uiuiiVMi'h ivkj .. - - . n Vn ri . f 1 uvw casionai .1.1, ntin T ri'.MI w" ---- juui'" . iij . - ja..v i . . .1. . owners of the shirt?. Emoloyees Mr. Cormack lor his intensely in - -v&va.uvin m; nprniotitf mnrir. ulc uiiu tne launrh nt Hooriitf nrti. to south winas. ClOUUjr w to ... t ol the 7Q; T ' I mln and becoming Showery. aiui - ..4 l.ailUtti0il, -" . . with w the cost of living could not always understand why teresting addresf. TURKEY ENIGMATIC ANKARA A Turkish spokesman today expressed sympathy tor Yugoslavia and Greece and predicted ultimate German defeat in the Balkans but made no definite statement of what Turkey herself might be expected to do. II.C.A.F. CRASH MONTREAL Sergeant J. M. Harris of Sarnia was fatally injured in the crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force training plane near here yesterday. Lead- ous. LETI1BIUDGE WINS REGINA Lclhbridge evened Hip Wpwlprn Panaila Allan Cups scml-finais at two games I each last night by defeating 1 Ilcgina 3 to 1. The next game I will be played at Moose Jaw tomorrow night and thc lourth at Calgary Saturday with the filth, if necessary, on Monday. SFLIT UF YUGOSLAVIA ROME Virginio Gayda, Fascist editor, said today that the intention was to divide Yugoslavia up between Germany, Hungary, to work nlglit and day and much be encouraged. Too much promin-.thc Chamber that, in order to iiulfaria and Italy., credit was due Uicm tor tne cx-jcncc "was given 10 uus mautcr ui uiukc u suvcuaa ui jsmjjuiumuib! ccllcnfc results attahicd. climate. The people here fjhould at jtlierc must be good men at Uic Housing Thc Men all times and under all conditions head and good men hi .the plant. One or the drawbacks hi Prince be loyal to hctr city iand speak At the conclusion questions were r, i ,.,nc iimf. r hnnslns Tt was weU of It. . asked by Arnold Flatcn, G. R. S. lmtxirtant problem and one me iiuc&wun ui jrvuoj kxj uuj , w. ... .v. .,. RED CROSS SHIPMENTS First Consignnieut Being Sent By United Stales to Yugoslavia Within Two Weeks NEW YORK, April 8. Norman H. Davis, president of Uie American Red Cross, announces that arrange ments have been made for the shipment within the next two weeks of the first consignment or $1,000,000 of Red Cross medical supplies to Yugoslavia. '5.- w . ' ' hare been mo'ch"rmilitarjrT5b,::' jectives in Serbia. Belgrade has been bombed five times and Sarajevo is said to be in ruins. Thc Greeks claim to have inflicted enormous losses on the Germans, decimating large numbers of parachute troops which had been landed behind their lines. KILLED IN AIR RAIDS Civilian Britons To Number Ol 4,239 rerished During 3Iarch 5500 Injured Great Britain in March air raids. DEMAND IS REJECTED Mexico Flatly Refuses to Give Back Axis Ships Attack on Greece and Yugoslavia Condemned MEXICO CITY, Aprll8. Tlie Mexican government has flatly rejected thc demand ol Germany and Italy lor the release of twelve ships which were seized hi Mexican ports. The Mexican government also denounces the attack of Germany. ADHERES TO AXIS Japanese Foreign I'olicy Still Rased on Alliance With Germany and Italy TOKYO, April 8. Premier Frfnce Konoye, ln an address, said "that Japanese foreign policy was still based on adherence to the tripartite alliance with Germany and Italy.