Weather
Forecast
rrince
Ilupcrt
and
Qurcn
Char-
.
lytic
Islands
light
variable
winds,
mostly
fair
and
mild.
faH
XXX..
No.
93.
ITALIANS
i
FIRED
ON
!
BY
NAZIS
II
Duff's
Men
Caught
Between
Bri
tish
and
German
Guns
Mege
Of
Tobruk
Continues
CAIRO.
April
21.
German
troopj
Dpcned
fire
on
Italian
Infantrymen
endeavouring
to
retreat
from
the
assault
on
Tobruk
yesterday.
Tor
time
the
Italians
were
being
mow-
rd
down
both
by
British
and
Gcr-
nan
guns.
Four
out
of
twelve
German
tanks
vere
knocked
out
at
the
outer
de-
Icnccs
or
TooruK,
the
remainder
being
driven
back.
The
Nazis
are
also
being
held
at
Salum
where
the
xls
drive
appears
to
have
bogged
down.
Either
side
claims
having
inflicted
casualties
and
Jo.w
of
fcqulpment
on
the
other.
The
Royal
Air
Force
continues
Intensive
and
effective
bombing
on
ithe
Allies
In
Eastern
Libya
lnclud-
ting
Dcrna.
Bengasi
and
Tripoli.
Mranwhllc
In
Ethiopia
the
ad-
tvance
of
British
forces
upon
the
Important
town
of
Dessye
contin
ue
with
two
hundred
more
prla-
loncr:,
taken
yesterday.
MOMENTOUS
AGREEMENT
United
Stales
and
Canada
Pool
Resources
lo
Aid
Britain
OTTAWA,
April
21
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King-
of
Canada
was
on
his
way
back
to
Ottawa
today
anil
President
Franklin
I).
Ilooscvclt
or
the
Unllrrl
Slates
was
back
in
Washington
following
a
momentous
conference
at
Hyde
1'ark,
New
York,
yesterday
afler-nwwt
at
which
agreement
was
reached
whereby
the
productive
resources
and
utilities
of
the
two
great
North
American
nations
will
be
pooled
in
an
"all
out"
effort
to
aid
Great
Britain
to
defeat
the
totalitarian
aggressors
with
a
maximum
of
effectiveness
and
a
minimum
or
delay.
PARADE
IS
j
j
ALL
READY
i
Arrangements
Complete
for
St.
George's
Day
Procession
on
i
Wednesday
1
Arrangements
were
reported
com-
pietcd
this
morning
lor
me
m.
ucorge's
Day
parade
on
Wednesday
afternoon,
of
this
week.
Military
and
civilian
units
will
participate
and
it
Is
expected
to
be
quite
a
col-
orful
procession.
I
The
place
of
muster
will
be
the
uourt
House
grounds
on
McBrlds;
Street
and
the
time
2:45
with
the
procession
moving
off
at
3
o'clock
I
The
route
will
he
McBrlde
Street
to
Sixth
Avenue,
Sixth
Avenue
to
Fulton
Street,
Fulton
Street
to
Third
Avenue.
Third
Avenue
to
Sixth
Street,
Sixth
Street
to
Second
Avenue,
Second
Avenue
to
Fourth
Street,
Fourth
Street
to
Third
Avenue,
Third
Avenue
to
McBrlde
Street
and
Court
House
grounds
I6r
dispersal.
The
personnel
of
the
parade
will
Include
motorcycles,
Rocky
Mountain
Rangers
Band,
military,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
Sea
Cadets,
Boy
Scouts,
Girl
Guides
and
Wo-men't
Servle
club.
snould
the
weather
be
wet
both
--
uC
ana
nan
noiiaay
win
De
Postponed.
She
DAILY
SAM
ROBERTSON
D.
-
-
n
PAT
USSHER
E.
BURRITT
HAROLD
PAIR
UOUULAS
AMARON
FOSTER
BARCLAY
War
News
K.A.F.
HITS
COLOGNE
HARD
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
started
large
fires
in
Cologne
last
night
and
also
raided
Ducsseldorf
and,
Brest
docks
Oil
stores
Rotterdam
and'
docks
at
Duiiker4ju-&nd-Oslenk-'
were"
also
bombed
and
a
heavily
laden
ship
was
hit
and
left
sinking
off
the
Norwegian
coast.
Enemy
activity
over
(ircal
Britain
during
the
night
was
on
a
minor
scale.
TO
FIGHT
TO
END
HOME
The
Duke
or
Aosta
military
governor
of
Ethiopia,
advised
Premier
Mussolini
today
that
he
had
refused
British
terms
(or
an
armistice
but
would
"fight
to
the
end."
RIBIIENTROP-CIANO
MEET
HOME
Dividing
up
of
Yugoslavia
and
a
peace
settlement
with
Greece
are
among
subjects
believed
to
have
been
discussed
by
Foreign
Minister
von
Ribbentrop
of
Germany
and
Foreign
Minister
Ciano
of
Italy
at
a
conference
at
Belvedere
Palace.
WEYGAND
IS
ALARMED
TUNIS
General
Maxime
Wey-gand
says
that
the
war
crisis
had
readied
a
serious
position.
He
,
reiterates
determination
to
defend
the
French
North
African
Empire
rrom
any
aggressor.
King
Peter
At
Beirut
V1C1IY,
France,
Apr.
21
(Ca-
,mdlan
Prc:r
,
Snatches
.
-
.
,
.
...
Jmm
Bdrut
Lebanon,
said
that
seventeen-year
old
King
of
YugoSlavia
had
reached
Jerusalem
after
a
Medllt;rrancan
ln
wnich
an
unidentified
mcmber
of
lne
yUgoSlav
cab-
lnct
",as
killed,
by
an
attack-
:
lng
plane.
&'Two
British
Ships
Sunk
Were
Victims
Of
German
Bombers
Off
East
Coast
Of
Scotland,
It
Is
Claimed
BERLIN,
April
.21:
Two
British
merchant
ships
were
sunk
off
the
feast
coast
of
Scotland
by
German
bombers,
it
was
claimed
here
yes-
terday.
VlMCiA
A
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
iercv
Fight
Keeps
ThPie
arc
among
prominent
Canadian
Prris
staff
men
who
contribute
stories
about
variou.?
of
the
war.
DESTROYER
G0ESD0WN
Italian
Submarine
Claims
to
Have
Bagged
British
Naval
Vessel
in
Mediterranean
ROME,
April
21.
Italian
naval
authorities
state
that
a
Fascist
submarine,
torpedoed
a
British
destroyer
in
t
her
eastern
Mc'dfteri
an-can.
.
i
Lord
Halifax
In
Auto
Crash
British
Envoy
And
Wife,
However,
Escape
Injury
Near
Baltimore
BALTIMORE,
April
21:
Lord
Halifax,
Brltl
h
ambassador
to
the
United
States,
and
Lady
Halifax,
escaped
Injury
when
a
car
In'
which
they
were
driving
collided
with
a
truck
near
here
late
Saturday.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
55.200
pounds,
B.fij.
7c.
to
9.1c.
and
7c.
Canadian
121,200
pounds,
8.2c.
and
7c.
to
8.9,3.
and
7.3c.
American
Onali,
10,000,
Booth,
9.1c
and
7c.
Remus,
8,000,
Royal,
9c.
and
7c.
j
Jackplnc,
11,700,
Atlln,
9.1c
and1
7c.
Howard
B.,
14,000,
Royal,
9c
and.
7c.
Mary
It.,
11,500,
Booth,
8.8c
and
7c.
Canadian
Kalen,
14,000,
Storage,
8.4c
and
7c.
aicvu,
.,
I.
nnfrntp
1IUMIU.
racuic.
OAm
uuu
hiohbu...
7.2c
Gibson,.
10,000,
Storage,
,,oraEC
8.3c
Bc
and
ana
7c.
Delmar,
3,000
Storage,
a
u.x
2c
and
ana
7c.
,'
neien
.
,7.3c.
Svalbard,
9,000,
Booth,
8.A.
and
Jc.
Fanny
F.,
'6,000,
Atlln.
8.8c
and
7c.
Bum,
0,500,
Storage,
8.2c
and
I
7.2c
Blue
Boy,
8,000,
EOmunos
Walker,
8.6c
and
7c.
Borgund,
7,000,
Aiun,
o.w
uu
ldl
7c:
r
...
.
Ef;sentlalp
8,500,
Atlln,
o.oc
anu
7
9v
Orca,
4,000,
Booth,
n.c
ana
e.
t
mr
i
aoo.
Storage,
85c
and
7c.
f
Hoklne'l,300,Atlin,
8.3li
and
7c.
Arlington,
3,000,
Booth,
8.3
and
7c.
Cynic,
5,000,
Storage,
sjc
Asakl,
5,000,
Pacific,
.
8.c
nnA
and
7-
7c.
ROSS
MUNRO
LOWS
V.
HUNTER
TW0NAZIS
ARE
SLAIN
Sixteen
Of
Those
Who
Escaped
From
Tort
Arthur
Back
In
Toils-
-Twelve
SliU
At
Large
OTTAWA,
April
21:
(CD
Two
of
28
German
prisoners
of
war
who
escapedUrom
-a
northwestern
Ontario
camp
on
Friday
have
been
shot
and
killed,
a
Department
of
National
Defence
spokesman
said
today.
Six
prisoners
remain
at
large.
Of
twenty-two
accounted
for,
two
are
dead,
one
is
seriously
wounded
and
one
is
slightly
wounded.
PORT
ARTHUR,
April
21
Twcn-'
ty-two
of
the
German
prisoners
who
escaped
Jrom
an
internment
camp
near
here
have
been
rccap-
Itured,
leaving
six
still
at
large.
jEleven
had
been
picked
up
Saturday.
PACT
WAS
SURPRISE
Even
Matsuoka,
He
Says,
Did
Not
Expect
Agreement
With
Moscow
Is
Back
In
Tokyo
TOKYO,
April
21:
Foreign
Mln-lister
Matsuoka,
back
In
Tokyo
ycs-
today
after
his
trip
to
Berlin,
uome
ana
Moscow,
saia
uie
soviet-
'Japanese
neutrality
pact
was
a
complete
surprise
to
him
and
had
been
negotiated
in
less
than
ten
!
minute)
while
he
was
in
Moscow.
He
had
merely
called
at
Moscow
for
a
courtesy
visit
and
the
Soviet
authorities
had
Initiated
the
nego
tiation
of
the
pact.
The
terms
hadi
been
satisfactory
to
Japan
so
he
hd
signed.
It
had
not
been
ex-
,t
at
nir
Matsuoka
said
that,
as
a
result
ot
hS
trip,
the
tripartite
pact
had
becn
..Usnlencd,
e
hatf
9CCfiaim
,
pushed
on
the
trip
all
he
had
set
fo
dQ
DIES
AT
STEWART
Dr.
H.
A.
Whillans
Passes
Away
Suddenly
In
Northern
Mining
Town
STEWART,
April
21:
(CP)
Dr
Henry
Alexander
Whillans,
aged
C9,
died
suddenly
here
yesterday.
He
j
had
been
relieving
as
resident
phy-!
tlclan
and
surgeon
Dr.
M.
M.
Mor-
j
rlson
who
is
on
a
trip
East.
.Dr.'
,
Whillans
was
formerly
located
at
Stewart
and
was
an
active
member
of
the
Stewart
Board
of
Trade
and
,
'prominent
in
fraternal
circles.
J
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
1NEWS
WAR
CORRESPONDENTS
Tomorrow's
Tides
APRIL
21,
1911.
price:
s
cents.
Up
In
Balkans
LONDON
IS
,
HITAGAIN
Another
Heavy
Blitz
Attack
by
Nazis
Saturday
Night
Quiet
j
Sunday
&
LONDON,
April
21.
Much
dam
age
was
done
and
several
civilians
were
Kinca
in
anomcr
large
scaie
Nazi
aerial
attack
on
London
Saturday
night.
Anti-aircraft
defences,
however,,
proved
effective
and
the
raid
was
not
as
heavy
or
sustained
as
that
of
Wednesday
night.
Towards
morning
the
mass
attack
had
dwindled
to
small
numbers
of
planes.
Mlllwall
docks
and
Greenwich
were
among
sections
of
the
mtropolis
to
be
heavily
hit.
Other
Nazi
planes
roamed
over
the
east
and
southeast
counties
and
struck
at
several
points
and,
while
some
damage
was
done,
casualties
were
not
exceptionally
heavy.
Two
enemy
bombers
were
destroyed
during
the
night.
No
Royal
Air
Force
raids
over
enemy
territory
were
reported
Saturday
night
but
there
were
daylight
raids
yes
tcrday
on
Brest
and
Channel
ship-
Pm&
,
.
.
,
4
J
London
had
a
quiet
day
Sunday
and
only
one
false
alarm
was
heard
last
night,
Two
Scottish
towns
were
raided
during
the
day
and
in
one
a
three-year-old
boy
was
killed
by
machine
gun
fire.
The
enemy
also
visited
the
southeast
coast.
STRIKE
IS
NOW
OVER
Cape
Breton
Coal
Miners
Return
to
Work
Today
BACK
TO
WORK
GLACE
BAY,
Nova
Scotia,
April
21
(Canadian
Press)
Cape
Breton
miners
reported
for
work
today,
ending
a
strike
which
kept
twelve
coal
mines
and
ten
thousand
miners
idle
since
last
Wednesday.
The
strike
had
been
called
U)
protest
the
action
of
the
United
Mine
Works
of
America
executive
in
signing
wages
contracts
before
submitting
them
to
the
workers
for
referendum.
Work
resumes
under
new
contracts
before
providing
for
a
moderate
increase
retroactive.
OTTAWA,
April
21:
Hon.
Norman
McLarty,
laborimlnlstcr,
Saturday
appealed
to
striking
coal
miners
In
Cape
Breton
to
return
to
work,
he
did
not
question
the
loyalty
of
the
miners,
the
minister
j
com
but
he
wondered
of
thev
real
ize
the
effect
of
such
strikes
In
vital
industries
on
the
war
effort.
Meantime,
according
to
word
from
Glace
Bay,
the
miners,
seeking
the
removal
of
two
executive
officers
were
reported
disposed
to
re
turn
to
worK.
Windsor
Will
Visit
Canada
Former
British
Monarch
Coming
To
This
Dominion
In
Summer
Or
Fall
PALM
BEACH.
April
21:
The
Duke
of
Windsor
here
from
the'
Bahamas
to
confer
with
his
financial
advisers,
said
that
he
hopes!
Iito
visit
Canada
late
this
summer
or
In
early
fall.
He
will
probably
visit
his
Er
p.
Ranch
In.
Alberta.
QUEEN'S
AIR
RAID
FUND
Mrs.
J.
J.
l..$5.00
High
Low
Ten
Thousand
t
Dollars
Taken
4
Up
In
Rupert
The
Canadian
War
Services
Fund
drive
in
Prince
Ruoert
more
than
doubled
Its
original
obective.
It
was
announced
today
that
over
$10,000
had
been
collected.
The
original
objective
was
$5,000.
TANKER
IS
SENT
DOWN
Fully
Laden
Enemy
Ship
is
Sunk
by
H.
M.
S.
Tetrarch
in
Mediterranean
LONDON.
April
21
(Canadian
Prpssl
Thp
RrtMoh
submarine
Tetrarcn
sank
a
fully
laden
eny'tan
front
with
the
rearguards
in
tanker
on
the
way
to
Tripoli,
the
Admlralty
announced
today,
TODAY'S
STOCKS
iCuuriety
a.
U.
Jumuixm
(lo.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.04
4.
Bralorne,
9.60.
Cariboo
uartz,
2J0.
Dentonia,
.01
Vi
(ask).
.
Falrview,.
,0U
Gold
Belt,
.26.
"
Ilediey
Mascot,
.50.
Minto,
.02
(ask).
Noble
Five,
.OO'z-Pacific
Nickel;
.04.
Pend
Orielle,
1.22.
Pioneer,
2.00.
.
.
-f
;
i
Premier,
.90.
Privateer,
.48.
Reeves
McDonald,
.10.
Reno,
.10.
Relief
Arlington,
.02.
Sheep
Creek,
.85.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.07z.
Calmont,
.17.
C.
&
E,
1.10.
Home,
1.60.
Pacalta,
.04
(ask).
Royal
Canadian,
.04
(ask).
Okalta,
.50
(ask).
Mercury,
.04'2-Prairie
Royalties,
.05.
Toronto
Aldcrmac,
-9.
Beattle.
1.05.
Central
Pat.,
1.70.
Cons.
Smelters,
34.75.
East
Malartic,
2.47.
Fernland,
.03
(ask).
Francoeur,
.38.
Gods
Lake,
21.
I
lard
rock,
.75.
Int.
Nickel,
32.25.
Kerr
Addison,
3.65.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.75.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.76.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.61.
McKenzie
Red
Lake.
1.00.
Moneta,
.45.
Noranda,
.53.
Pickle
Crow,
250.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.97.
San
Antonio,
2.25.
Sherritt
Gordon.
.65.
Uchl,
.14.
Bouscadillac,
.02.
Mosher,
.04
Vi.
Oklend.
.04.
Smelters
Gold,
.01.
Dominion
Bridge,
24.50.
President's
Son
On
Way
To
China
James
Roosevelt
Arrives
At
Honolulu
On
His
Way
To
The
Orient
HONOLULU,
April
21:
James
iRoosevelt,
son
of
President
and
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
arrived
.here
by
Clipper
plan
yesterday
ion
his
way
.to
Chungking,
China.
IjLast
week
Roosevelt
was
married
to
Miss
Romelle
Schneider,
a!
riuiji.
11:00
ajn.
18.1
ft.
23:26
p.m.
19.2
It.
4:59
ajn.
12
It.
17:15
pm.
CJ3
It.
ALLIES
ARE
BACKING
UP
IN
GREECE
.New
Defence
Line
Is
Beinr
K.stah.
lished
Before
Increased
Nazi
Pressure
Germans
Suffer
i
uuge
Losses
FIGHTING
IN
AIK
ATHENS
Air
war
in
the
style
of
the
1910
Battle
of
Britain
surged
over
Athens
as
British
and
Greeks
withdrew
to
new
undisclosed
positions
today
in
face
of
the
German
advance.
Sixteen
German
planes
were
brought
down
Sunday
fourteen
in
a
single
battle
over
Athens.
British
forces
took
new
positions
after
the
Nazis
penetrated
a
Greek-held
pass
at
Grevena
in
the
centre
of
Mount
Olympus
line
Friday.
CAIRO,
April
21:
Following
abandonment
by
the
British
of
Mount
Olympus,
Greek
and
British
.imperial
troops
are
withdrawing
to
new
defence
lines
on
the
Grec-
fllcting
heavy
losses
upon
the
en
emy.
With
heavy
fighting
still
go
ing
on
around
Kalabaka
region,
forty
mill,
west
of
Larisa,
which
the
Germans
claimed
to
have
cap
tured
Saturday.
Triskala
was
taken
by
Nazis
yesterday,
a
Berlin
an
nouncement
said.
This
would
bring
the
Allied
defence
line
to
within
100
iimiles
of
Athens.
The
German
drive
is
being
supported
by
heavy
(mechanized
equipment
and
uujt
arelal
attack.Mote
paWeffiie"
troops,
panzer
troops
and
tanks
are
being
.brought
up
in
the
effort
to
drive
through.
Eleven
British
planes
are
claim
ed
by
the
German;
;
to
have
been
destroyed
on
the
ground.
Ten
Nazi
planes
have
becn
shot
down
by
t
he
Allies.
In
Western
Macedonia
the
Greeks
are
also
falling
back
before
the
enemy.
Two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Yugoslav
troops
have
been
taken
prisoner.
Athens
had
five
air
raid
alarms
yesterday
but
no
bmbs
were
dropped
on
the
city
proper
although
German
raiders
soared
overhead.
BOARD
TO
ARBITRATE
Differences
Between
Canadian
Railways
and
Employees
Are
Going
to
Conciliation
OTTAWA,
April
21:
(Canadian
Press)
Establishment
of
two
boards
of
conciliation
under
the
Industrial
Disputes
Investigation
Act
to
deal
with
differences
arising
between
Canadian
railway
companies
and
employees
throughout
Canada
was
announced
today
by
the
Department
of
.
Labor.
One
board
will
deal
with
an
application
from
railway
employees
who
are
members
of
I
eighteen
standard
railway
labor
organizations
covering
various
classes
of
services
on
both
an-adian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
lines.
The
other
board
will
deal
with
an
application
from
clerks,
freight
handlers,
sleeping
and
dining
car
employees,
etc.,
employed
by
Canadian
National
and
Niagara,
St.
Catherines
and
Toronto
Railway.
The
dispute
arises
out
of
the
employees'
demand
for
a
living
bonus
which
the
companies
contend
is
not
justified.
Provincial
Constable
and
Mrs.
Peter
Cartwrlght,
who
have
been
on
a
holiday
visit
to
Vancouver
'and
Salt
Spring
Island,
returned
to
'the
city
on
the
Catala
last
night
and
will
be
leaving
soon
for
Ter-
race
to
which
point
Constable
'Cartwrlght
has
been
transferred.