Prince
Rupert
Cloudy
cool
and
calm.
VOL.
XXX..
NO.
293.
CABINET
ADJUSTMENTS
OTTAWA
Certain
adjustments
involving
portfolios
In
the
cabinet
are
about
to
be
made,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
hints.
the
end"
for
the
Axis
in
that
area.
V4
.T:-..
o
Weather
Report
She
Tomorrow
slides
The
Western
Air
Command
today
announced
that
seven
men
were
aboard
the
plane.
They
were
Flight
Lieutenant
E.
C.
MacDougall
of
Winnipeg:
Sergeant
K.
P.
Mitchell
of
Strasbourg,
Saskatchewan:
Sergeant
G.
II.
Andrews
of
Abbotsford;
Sergeant
It-Wood
of
Norwood,
Manitoba;
Leading
Aircraftsman
W.
D.
niley
of
Regina;
Aircraftsman
It.
W.
Adams
of
Edmonton,
and
Aircraftsman
R.
A.
Blakely
of
Kamsack,
War
News
PEARL
IIARROR
INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON,
DC
An
investigation,
called
by
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
following
a
report
from
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox,
is
to
be
made
into
the
circumstances
of
the
Japanese
raid
on
Pearl
Harbor
a
week
ago
Sunday.
It
is
alleged
that
the
base
may
not
have
been
sufficiently
alert.
"GLORIOUS
WAR
RESULT"
,
TOKYO
Premier
Tojo
has
called
the
Japanese
parliament
Into
special
session
to
receive
a
report
on
the
"glorious
war
result.'
NAZI
RETREAT
CONTINUES
MOSCOW-The
disorderly
Nazi
retreat
before
the
great
Ivus-sian
counter-offensive
continues
all
along
the
Itusso-German
front.
It
is
claimed
that
the
Red
Army
has
recaptured
5.8
villages,
most
important
of
which
Is
Klin,
fifty
miles
northwest
of
Moscow,
to
AXIS
FORCES
SURROUNDED
r.....
.:
.-j
rtrltUh
forces
established
oth
of
Gazala
in
Libya
today
but
there
has
been
no
decishe
result
outflanking
the
enemy.
Reached
as
yet.
British
troops,
a
point
thirty
miles
west
of
Gazala
which
forty
g'
surrounded
a
I
General
Tobruk.
The
British
armored
forces
have
l!nn.m.ii.
v.i
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11
is
said,
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i""-
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Nephew
of
Local
Man
Is
Officer
At
Hong
Kong
Thus
a
combination
qf
1,220,-
000.D00
is
at
war
with
three
na-
Hons
whose
combined
populace
1
only
217,090,03$).
This
figure
ln-
ludes
40,000,000
citizens
who
are
I
only
under
German
rule
today
be-
cause
-
thetr--cinmes
nave
Deen.
Invaded
'and
occupied.
Canada
is
concerned
commer-
:
cially
because
until
the
If
-
years
when
her
trade
with
al
countries
has
considerably
dimln
lshed
she
has
carried
on
a
considerable
trade
with
Japan.
Ex
ports
from
Canada
averaged
a:
annual
value
of
$15,030,000
worth
of
Canadian
goods
In
the
years
from
1935
to
1939.
with
Russia.
i
Sino-Jap
War
I
A
state
of
war
has
exisited
be
tween
,
Japan
and
her
72,000,000
people
on
the
one
side
and
China
with
her
population
of
400,000,001;
on
the
other
since
1937.
Japan
de
clared
war
on
China
on
July
7,
1937.
Intensive
fighting
has
taken
place
between
the
two
peoples
since
that
date.
'
Japan
has
not
formally
declared
war
on
Russia
but
In
1936
signed
mutual-assistance
pact
with
Germany
directed
against
the
so-
called
Third
Internationale
Comintern
organization,
with
head
quarters
in
Moscow
which,
in
fact,
has
long
since
ceased
to
exist.
Japan,
Germany
and
Italy
on
September
27,
1936,
signed
an
other
mutual
-
assistance
pact
which
guaranteed
support
from
one
another
in
the
event
of
nec
essity
either
in
the
European
or
Sino-Japanese
theatres.
It
is
doubtless
In
obedience
to
Hitler
under
the
provisions
of
that
pact
that
Japan
now
has
entered
the
world
conflict
to
ease
the
pressure
by
Russia
against
Ger
many
In
her
attempted
conquest
of
Soviet
Russia.
Thus
Japan
is
also
virtually
In
a
state
of
war
Empire
Preparations
Canada,
Australia
and
New
Zealand
are
units
of
the
British
Commonwealth
of
Nations
with
an
immediate
concern,
apart
from
trading
or
commercial
interests
Involved,
from
their
defensive
points
of
view.
Australia
and
New
Zealand
as
well
as
other
British
possessions
in
the
Far
East
have
long
apprehended
Japan's
entry
Into
the
war
and
have
been
preparing
for
It
on
an
intensive
scale.
Hence
the
secret
but
hurried
departure
some
weeks
ago
of
Canadian
troops
now
in
Hong
Kong
and
at
other
points
In
the
Far
East.
The
western
coast
of
Canada
In
cluding
Vancouver
Island
Is
strongly
garrisoned
and,
of
course,
Only
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.
OFF
TO
ATLANTIC
BATTLE
Ilgh
peoples
who'se
combined
populations
aggregate
a
figure
'ouTe
today
by
"Si
Yt!
in
excess
Of
1;200,000,000.
The
total
population
Ol"
the
i
Ralston,
minister
of
national
'de-
Islands
of
Japan
according
to
a
1938
census
was
72,222.-
fence.
600
Q.
R.
S.
Blacicaby,
manager
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal,
has
a
real
personal
In
terest
in
tne
Japanese
"irge
vi
Hong
Kong
for
the
very
good
reason
that
he
has
a
nephew,
Lieut.
Girth
Blackaby,
In
the
thick
of
the
fighting
there.
Lieut.
Blackaby
Is
with
the
London
Rifles
Regiment
and
is
the
son
of
Mr.
Black-
aby's
brother,
Norman
Blackaby,
a
Midlands
bank
manager
in
London.
The
young
officer's
father
also
served
in
his
day
with
the
London
regiment
as
a
ncn-com-mlssloned
officer.
The
populations
of
tne
;
;
countries
with
which
she
now
Is
at
war
are:
British
Empire,
500.-;
000,000;
China
400,000,000;
United;
States,
150,000.000;
Union
of
So-
viet
Socialist
Republics,
180,000,-;
000,
making
2.
total
of
l,230,vOJ,-
000.
-
Japan's
No.
1
ally
In
her
war
against
the
democratic
nations
is
Germany
whose
total
population
in
1933
was
65.000,000
but
has
xa:
to
about
103,000,000
by
virtue
of
the
territories
occupied
since
present
war
began.
The
population
j
of
Fascist
Italy
is
42.E,uT).
Another
Corvette
slides
dewu
the
ways
of
a
Canadian
shipyard
to
join
the
large
fleet
that
has
already
been
turned
out
by
Canadian
workmen.
To
date,
Canada
has
launched
77
corvettes,
59
minesweepers,
11
patrol
boats,
19
motor
torpedo
and
crash
boats,
and
some
7C0
smaller
craft.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
has
announced
that
additional
contracts
are
being
negotiated
for
55
more
corvettes
and
25
minesweepers
of
a
type
substantially
larger
than
those
constructed
so
far.
Sixteen
trawlers
are
also
on
the
schedule.
are
located
everywhere
In
the
broad
Pacific.
:
In
summing
up
Japan's
position
created
by
her
entry
intp
the
war
it
Is
important
to
recognize
that
she
Is
a
remote
group
of
four
or
five
Islands
isolated
In
the
Far
East
and
completely
surrounded
by
enemy
nations
by
the
United
States,
China,
the
Soviet
Union,
Australia,
New
Zealand
and
Canada.
Those
nations
represent
no
fewer
than
1,230,000,000
people
of
the
democracies
now
compelled
to
become
the
enemies
of
-
a
small
group
of
Islands
inhabited
by
only
72,000,000.
SIX-KEYED
TYPEWRITER
One
typewriter
built
especially
for
the
blind
has
only
six
keys.
powerful
units
of
the
British
Navy
tjaaascasasjoaiasaisoiaafsaat
Blood
Plasma
For
Hospital
New
Service
To
Be
Instituted
Here
Dr.
Large
Donates
Nucleus
Of
Equipment
At
the
suggestion
of
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
the
hospital
board
decided
last
night
to
proceed
with
the
organization
of
blood
plasma
service
in
connection
with
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Dr.
Large
has
already
made
the
necessary
nucleus
of
equipment
avail
able
to
the
hospital
as
well
as
an
initial
supply
of
plasma.
The
idea
is
to
have
a
supply
of
dried
and
hilled,
blood
always
on
hand
for
transfusion
purposes
in
case
of
emergency.
Before
plasma
was
devised,
there
was
the
process
of
transferring
blood
direct
which,
in
some
cases,
resulted
in
undesirable
delay.
Arftold
Flaten
was
anxious
that
it
'be
made
clear
that
the
establishment
of
a
plasma
bank
by
the
hospital
would
be
a
separate
undertaking
altotfther
from
what
mlht
be
done
by
the
Red
Cross
along
similar
lines.
0:20
ajn.
205
It.
12:12
pjn.
23:6
ft.
Low
6:08
ajn.
6.4
It.
18:54
pjn.
1.0
ft
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ermans
Scores
of
Pcv
ons
of
Situation
In
Far
East
Is
More
Serious
Nazis
Are
Overrun;
Dead
Left
In
Fields
With
Things
Coins
Their
Own
Way
Now
West
of
Moscow,
Russians
.May
Turn
Attention
to
Pacific.
MOSCOW,
Dec.
16:
(CP)-On
the
Russo-German
front,
according
to
today's
Soviet
dispatches,
General
Gregory
Zhukuv's
Red
armies
are
furiously
battering
the
Germans
on
both
flanks
of
the
Moscow
defence
are,
over-running
scores
of
positions
and
strewing
the
battlefields
with
Nazi
dead.
A
special
Soviet
communique
.aid
that
more
than
three
Nazi
,
divisions
were
smashed
In
the
recapture
of
Klin
where
huge
quantities
of
equipment
fell
Into
Busman
hands,
A
the
same
time
there
are
indications
that
Russia
may
soon
take
an
active
part
In
the
Dattlc
oi
the
Pacific
ADJUSTING
INSURANCE
War
Conditions
Brine
Old
Ques
tion
oi
Discrimatory
lutes
to
Fore.
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
16:-Read-Instmerrt-of-present
wrrtsttina
suranco
premiums
Is
expected
to
be
made
In
view
of
the
new
fit-uutlon
In
the
Pacific.
At
present
seme
rates
are
far
out
of
line.
For
Instance.
Insurance
on
coffee
from
Costa
Rica
to
Vancouver
is
one-half
of
one
nercent,
yc
the
osmium
asked
for
tjw
same
frrjgnt
from
Vancouver
to
Prince
Rupert
j.e
one
percent.
Bulletins
PARIS
DVNAMITINd
PAWS
Despite
the
fart
that
one
hundred
hostages
arc
awaiting
execution
for
a
previous
similar
Incident,
a
dynamite
bomb
exploded
yesterday
in
a
Nazi-seized
restaurant
in
Paris.
AIR
FORCE
PLANE
HAS
GONE
DOWN
Six
Or
Seven
Men
My
Have
Been
Lost
at
Nanoosc
Bay.
NANAIMO,
Dec,
16.
O
Provincial
police
today
resumed
an
intensive
search
of
Na
noose
Bay
in
hopes
of
finding
trace
of
a
Koyal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
which
crjLshedandsank.
there
Ust
night
after
developing
engine
trouble.
A
Stranraer
flying
boat
was
seen
by
residents
off
shoie
as
it
attempted
to
land
in
rough
water
where
it
settled,
overturning
and
sinking.
There
is
no
announcement
yet
as
to
the
plane's
crew
but
the
machine
is
believed
to
have
been
carrying
six
or
seven
men.
BRITISH
FORCING
GERMANS
Great
New
Battle
of
Tanks
anC
Men
Developing
in
Libya.
CAIRO,
Dec.
15:
H
Gieat
Britain's
desert
armies
in
North
Africa
have
swept
seventy
miles
west
of
Tobruk
and
slashed
into
the
heart
of
strongly-held
Axis
positions
in
a
great
new
battle
of
tanks
and
men,
Cairo
headquarters
announced
today
as
a
decisive
phase
in
the
struggle
appeared-
under
way.
British
aimored
forces
have
now
outflanked
and
brought
to
battle
all
remaining
German
tank
units
in
Libya,
it
is
announced.
Imperial
troops
have
driven
thirty
miles
beyond
Gazala,
which
is
forty
miles
west
of
Tobruk,
and
arc
"continuing
the
thrust
against
enemies'
reserves
and
rear."
JAPAN
ISOLATED
WITH
HER
ENEMY
ALL
AROUND
Population
pf
British
and
U.
S.
Allies
Five
Times
That
of
Axis
With
New
Partner
Japan's
Population
According
to
1938
Census,
72,222,000.
The
Japanese
Empire,
in
declaring
war
upon
the
British
Empire
and
the
United
States,
has
aligned
her
self
as
an
ally
of
Germany
and
Italy
against
a
group
oi
Promotion
For
General
Stuart
Announcement
of
Officer's
Elevation
Is
Made
By
Minister
of
National
Defence.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
16:
)
Promotion
of
Major
General
Kenneth
Stuart,
chief
of
general
staff,
to
Via
II
J
A
1
Fall
of
Hong
Kong-
FACE
FACT
IT
CANNOT
HOLD
OUT
British
Press
Warns
Public
to
Be
Prepared
for'
News
to
This
Effect.
Japs
400ues
From
Singapore
First
Landing
Is
Made
on
British
Borneo
Little
Change
in
Philippines.
SINGAPORE
IN
DANGER
LONDON,
Dec.
16:
0)
An
informed
source
said
today
that
Hong
Kong
might
have
to
be
evacuated
and
that
a
serious
threat
to
Singapore
had
developed
in
land
fighting
on
Malay
Peninsula.
The
source
said
that
"British
lack
of
naval
supremacy
has
changed
the
entire
situation
in
northern
Malaja.
The
British
land
defence
was
planned
on
a
basis
of
naval
supe-liority
but
both
British
and
United
States
fleets
have
suffered
hard
blows.
Now
the
naval
situation
has
allowed
the
Japanese
to
develop
an
offensive
on
a
large
scale.
There
definitely
is
danger
a
real
threat
to
Singapore
by
land."
Several
British
quarters
expressed
doubt
that
Hong
Kong
could
hold
out
indefinitely
against
concentrated
Japanese
attack.
The
German
radio
quoted
Tokyo
reports
tonight
as
claiming
that
Japanese
forces
have
invaded
points
on
Hong
Kong
island.
LONDON,
Dec.
16:
The
Dally
Express
warned
the
British
public
today
that
it
must
be
prepared
ior
the
fall
of
Hong
Kong.
The
Daily
Mail
said
that
the
loss
of
Hong
Kong
had
long
been
expect-,
ed.
It
would
be
"sad
but
not
serious."
The
Daily
Mirror
said
that
it
should
be
remembered
that,
while
Hong
Kong
was
the
nearest
striking
point
to
Japan,
it
was
also
the
most
vulnerable.
I
From
Kowioon,
only
a
mile
'
away,
Japanese
artillery
has
started
battering
Hong
Kong
which
has
scant
hope
of
reinforcements.
Chinese
forces
have
been
intensifying
the
assault
from
the
rear
and
are
harrasslng
enemy
communications
between
Canton
and
Hong
Kong.
Meanwhile
in
Malaya
Japanese
mechanized
forces,
supported
by
dive
bombers,
have
pushed
the
British
a
distance
of
fifty
miles
to
a
point
four
hundred
miles
from
Singapore.
The
British
are
fight
ing
desperately
against
better
Japanese
equipment.
There
was
a
new
air
attack
on
the
United
States
naval
base
at
Manila
today
but
it
was,
apparently,
light
for
there
was
no
air
alarm
in
Manila.
Japanese
landing
forces
have
been
apparently
halted
In
the
Philippines,
the
American
defends
ers,
according
to
reports
last
night,
having
them
bottled
up
'
at
three
points.
"There
is
no
chanrj3
in
the
situation,"
said
a
terse
mili
tary
communique
today.
Tokyo
claimed
today-
that
the
first
Japanese
expeditionary
force
had
been
landed
in
British
At
Washington
the
war
department
of
the
United
States,
stating
that
enemy
air
activity
on
the
Philippines
was
now
of
a
minor
character,
announced
that
United
States
army
bombers
Had
renewed
attacks
on
Japanese
vessels
off
Legaspl
on
tho
Island
of
Luzon,
seriously
damaging
enemy