u
Munw-.
i
Italian
coastal
city
of
Libya
fell
to
Australian
and
;hanlzed
forcM
tday
uder
a
heavy
barrage
of
warship,
am.
planes
and
thus
the
BritUh
.cored
another
ma
or
victory
in
the
African
campaign.
Having
launched
the
final
assault
on
Tobruk
early
yesterday
the
Australian
and
British
land
forces
quickly
moved
a
distance
of
five
miles
through
first
and
second
line
Italian
defences
while
the
Royal
Navy
poured
in
shellfire
from
the
sea
and
the
Royal
Air
Force
dropped
high
explosives
from
the
skies.
It
was
a
surrounding
movement
from
all
sides.
During
the
assault
the
Italian
cruiser
San
Gcorgio
was
seen
in
flames
in
Tobruk
Harbor.
Oil
tanks
also
burst
into
fire.
Another
Italian
general
was
captured,
making
twelve
in
all
who
have
been
taken
In
the
African
campaign,
while
a
large
number
of
troops
were
added
to
the
80,000
which
have
already
been
taken.
Considerable
war
equipment
was
also
captured.
Meanwhile
the
Italians
continue
their
retreat
into
Eritrea
from
the
Sudan
and
into
Ethiopia
from
Kenya.
Two
Italian
divisions
are
in
full
retreat
in
Eritrea.
RUSSIAN
EMBARGO
LIFTED
WASHINGTON
The
United
State,
last
night
lifted
the
"moral
embargo"
on
exports
of
airplanes
and
air
equipment
to
Soviet
Kussia.
The
embargo
had
been
Imposed
December
Zu
1929
as
a
sign
of
American
disapproval
of
the
Russian
invasion
of
Finland.
The
decision
to
lift
the
embargo
Is
interpreted
as
a
friendly
gesture
towards
the
Soviet
but,
as
practically
all
air-craft
production
has
been
virtually
earmarked
for
Great
BrI.
tain
and
the
United
States
needs
for
a
long
time
to
come
there
Is
doubt
that
the
action
In
lifting
the
embargo
will
lead
to
any
important
shipments
to
Kussia.
SECOND
QUIET
NIGHT
LONDON
London
and
the
rest
of
England
had
its
second
successive
night
without
air
raids
following
a
day
In
which
there
were
assaults
on
various
parts
of
the
country
including
London
and
eastern
England.
None
of
the
attacks
proved
serious.
London
had
three
alarms
during
yesterday.
Unfavorable
weather
was
again
responsible
for
the
quietness
in
the
air
war
last
night.
INSTRUCTION
TO
BRITONS
No
New
Orders
Regarding
Leaving
Japan
Have
Been
Issued
LONDON.
Jan.
22.
There
Is
no
official
knowledge
here,
it
was
stat-
BIG
CROP
ed
yesterday,
of
the
British
consul
1940
wheat
crop
of
Canada
at
550
-In
Japan
having
warned
Britons
to
OC0.OOO
bushels,
the
second
largest
leave
Japan
although
advice
of
last
on
record.
.
The
largest
was
566
-November
that
Britons
would
be
000.000
bushels
in
1928
well
advised
to
leave
that
country
unless
Important
business
keut
them
there.
There
had
been
no
lurther
Instructions
since
then.
Stock
Market
Is
Downward
Tendency
to
Decline
an
380.000
Shares
Change
Hands
on
.Monday
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
A
total
of
380,000
shares
changed
hand.,
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
Monday.
The
trend
was
downward.
The
Industrial
average
t
closing
was
129.74,
down
.51;
rails,
28.85,
down
.18,
and
utilities.
20.15,
down
.12.
The
tendency
continued
downward
yesterday.
IS
SEEKING
CONVENTION
Member
for
Cariboo
of
Opinion
Liberal
Tarty
In
Province
Should
Meet
at
Once
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
22.
J.
O.
Tur-geon,
M.P.
for
Cariboo,
Is
seeking
an
immediate
convention
of
the
British
Columbia
Liberal
Association
to
consider
the
situation
following
the
collapse
of
the
Dominion-Provincial
conference
on
the
Rowell-Slrols
report.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
moderate
disturbance
is
centred
off
the
Ore-Ron
coast
and
the
pressure
continues
abnormally
high
in
the
far
north.
The
weather
remains
fair
and
slightly
colder
throughout
British
Columbia.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Moderate
to
fresh
northeast
winds,
part
cloudy
with
not
much
change
In
temperatures.
m
Trlncc
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
ge
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
northeast
to
cast
winds,
part
cloudy
and
becoming
somewhat
colder.
Yesterday's
Circulation
of
the
Daily
News
2160
K
Your
Inspection
Is
Invited
OF
WHEAT
Sccond
Largest
in
History
of
Canada
was
Recorded
In
1910
OTTAWA,
Jan.
22.-The
Domin-
ion
Bureau
of
Statistics
places
the
The
value
of
the
1940
crop
Is
plac-
ed
at
$283,000,000
a,
cflnWrPrt
u-Hh
$282,000,000
In
1939
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oourtcey
8.
D.
Joluiaton
Co.)
(
m
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
M'4.
BraJorne,
10.10.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.50.
Falrvlew,
.001
Y.
Gold
Belt,
.28.
Hedley
Mas:ot.
.56.
Noble
Five,
.00?8.
Pend
Oreille,
1.75.
Pioneer,
2.10.
Premier,
.92.
Privateer,
.55B.
Reeves
Macdonald,
.15.
Reno,
.10.
Relief
Arlington,
.03.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
Vi.
Sheep
Creek,
.82.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.01A.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.08.
Calmont,
.24.
C.
it
E..
1.35.
Heme,
2.25B.
Pacalta,
.05
&A.
Royal
Canadian,
.11.
Okalta.
.70.
Mercury,
.00A.
Prairie
Royalties,
.07&.
Toronto
Aldermac.
.15.
Beattle,
1.18.
Central
Pat.,
1.75B.
Cons.
Smelters,
38.00
Vi.
East
Malartlc,
2.76.
Fernland,
.05
Vi.
Francoeur,45.
Gods
Lake,
.35.
Hardrock,
.96.
Int.
Nickel,
35.00
12.
Kerr
Addison,
3.40.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.00.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.06.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
.55.
McKenzie
Red
Lake.
1.17B.
Moneta,
.522-Noranda,
55.00.
Pickle
Crow,
2.85,
Preston
East
Dome,
3.10.
San
Antonio,
2.46.
Sherritt
Gordon,
.80.
Uchl,
.36.
Bouscadlllac,
.02.
Mosher.
.06.
Oklend,
.08
V2.
Smelting
Gold,
.01
Vi.
Dominion
Bridge,
24.00.
CHICAGO
WHEAT
CHICAGO,
Jan.
22.
Wheat
futures
were
Vic
lower
yesterday
on
the
Chicago
grain
exchange,
May
trading
at
86c.
-
.
i
NORTHERN
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
18.
"
Are
TOBRUK
IS
LATEST
OF
victories:
Australian
and
British
Forces
Smash
Through
Defences
of
Italian
Port
East
African
!
Drive
Continues
MOVE
MEN
AND
BOOTY
LONDON,
January
22
(Canadian
Press)
The
Admiralty
announced
tonight
that
ships
of
the
Mediterranean
fleet
had
removed
j
fifty-four
thousand
Italian
;
war
prisoners
and
huge
supplies
of
war
booty
from
the
I
North
African
theatre
of
war.
CAIRO,
January
22
(Canadian
having
dri
ven
eight
miles
through
the
defences
of
Tobruk,
were
within
three
miles
of
the
town
itself
at
dusk
yesterday
and
today
operations
developed
satisfactorily
with
occu
pation
of
the
town
at
noon.
Thousands
of
the
defenders
had
been
cut
off.
Dispatches
reaching
here
prior
to
the
announcement
said
that
British
and
Australian
forces,
aided
by
the
navy
and
air
force,
had
registered
their
gains
after
smashing
both
outer
defences
of
Tobruk,
Sydney,
Australia,
dispatches
said
that
Tobruk
had
already
fallen
to
the
British.
Italian
authorities
admitted
penetration
of
the
main
eastern
defences.
The
port
reports
said
had
been
reduced
,c.uu.l'culu
to
.
ruins
by
lne-
the.
biz
S.RSI
euns
i
oi
tne
Britisn
Mediterranean
fleet
aim
ciuuu5
oi
smoKe
irom
ourning
petroluBipsJ&ung'ovVr.
thetowii.
,
Australian
snocK
troops
and
a
picked
British
regiment
led
the
assault.
'
In
East
Africa
the
British
command
announced
that
Italians,
being
pursued
In
Kassala
sector,
had
withdrawn
forty
miles
east
of
the
Anglo-Egyptian
and
Sudan-Erit-
J
rean
borders
and
were
giving'
ground
east
of
Metemma.
Theyi
were
also
being
driven
dock
from
positions
inside
the
Kenya
-
Kthio
-
1
plan
frontier.
JUDGE
IS
RETIRING
J.
C.
McReynolds
Asks
President
Roosevelt
to
Relieve
Him
From
Supreme
Court
Duties
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
22.
Associate
Justice
James
C.
McReynolds,
in
a
letter
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
today
announced
his
retirement
from
the
bench
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States.
The
retirement,
he
asks,
be
made
effective
February
1.
Justice
McReynolds
has
served
on
the
Supreme
Court
since
1914
and
is
over
seventy
yearj
of
age.
He
hails
from
Tennessee.
!
;
Loggers
Buy
,
Ambulances
Loggers
of
the
Pacific
Mills
of
Ocean
Falls
at
Queen
Char-
lotte
have
donated
a
complete
ambulance
for
the
Canadian
Red
Cross.
Also
the
T.
A.
Key-
ley
Logging
Co.,
the
J.
R.
Mor-
gan
and
the
A.
P.
Allison
Log-
glng
Co.
have
each
donated
ambulances.
All
these
compan-
les
are
busy
taking
out
air-
plane
spruce
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
A.
P.
Allison
Logging
Co.
puts
on
a
moving
picture
show
every
week-end
at
its
big
camp
In
Cumshewa
Inlet,
all
tho
pro-.
cceds
going
to
the
Canadian
Red
Cross.
,
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
B.C.,
WEDNESDAYrjANUARY
227
19417
Planning
Minister
MiViKt.
Is
Home
AT
AN
EAST
COAST
CAN-
ADIAN
PORT,
Jan.
22:
(CPt
Hon.
JJj.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
returned
to
Canada
today
from
a
tour
of
f
embattled
Britain.
Very
soon
:
the
minister
Is
expected
to
make
important
announce-
ments
regarding
future
Can-
adlan
military
policy
Including
extension
of
the
present
thirty
day
national
service
training
periods
for
draftees.
Bulletins
RUMANIAN
DICTATORSHIP
BUCHAREST
To
restore
and
rut
down
nuhraks
in
city
an-t
country
which
have
amounted
to
virtual
civil
war.
Premier
Ion
'ii't'Sfu
ha
clameri
down
a
virtual
military
dictatorship.
There
will
be
death
sentences
f"
Unv
ivh!
attack
Nazi
soldiers.
Eighty-seven
Industrial
plants
have
been
already
mili-tarizrd.
An
arm
leadr?
ha
been
masSc
thief
of
police
In
Bucharest.
There
are
reports
today
of
an
auermrnt
between
the
re-TrlUnj-
Iron
OutrdNts
anj
the
Antonescu
retime,
.The
Commu?
nlst
lmenf
.
still..
hownreiy
continues
fractious.
TItrrKS
MOVE
TROOPS
ISTANBUL
The
TirKsh
ra-l'o
announces
that
Turkish
troops
are
being
moved
from
Asiatic
into
European
Turkey
to
guard
arainst
the
possibility
of
a
German
move
in
the
Balkans.
Warning
that
Turkev
is
ready
and
able
to
defend
herself
again
as
e
nay
aone
,nc
nast
,s
S'ven
wnn
ine
woras;
-mose,
wno
wish
to
brat
their
heads
against
the
rock
of
Thrace
may
do
so."
WILLKIE
I
EAVES
NEW
YORK
Wendell
Willkie
left
today
for
Bermuda
on
the
first
lap
of
his
flight
to
England
to
see
what
effect
the
war
is
having
on
that
country.
He
should
arrive
in
London
on
Friday.
MINIMUM
BUTTER
TRICE.
CALGARY
The
minimum
butter
price
will
be
set
in
April,
Hon.
J.
G.
Gardiner,
minister
of
agriculture,
told
a
farmers'
convention
here.
There
is
no
intention
of
importing
butter
from
Argentine.
PERMISSION
I
FOR
BASES
United
States
Will
Seek
to
Co-Oper-ate
With
South
American
Countries
in
Defence
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
January
22.
South
American
republics,
es-
nprlallv
Tlrn7ll
will
hp
nnnrnnrhed,
bv
Inn
United
States,
it
Is
reported
I
here,
with
a
view
to
obtaining
their
i
permission
to
establish
sites
for
air
and
naval
bases
in
the
event
of.
necessity
through
foreign
aggres-
slon
or
Invasion.
Russo-German
War
Inevitable
Soviet
Authorities
Are
Said
to
Heal
ize
This
ANKARA,
Jan.
22.
Observers
ViAfo,
1aa1iia
tVtnl
T5
n
-a-i
llinct
iitc
uvvmi
c
viuxy,
ivuom
tcaiuM
jthe
inevitability
of
eventual
war
with
Germany.
Great
Britain
Is
Now
Into
Full
Stride
Churc
JAPANESE
'SO
SORRY'
Unionize
for
Taking
Pictures
Suggested
Matsumoto
Did
Not
Know
Any
Better
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
22.
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officers
stated
vesterdav
that
a
camera
tak
en
from
A.
Matsumoto,
a
member
Pllcy
announced
yesterday
was
of
the
Japanese
consulate
staff,
necessary
because
during
the
next
contained
pictures
taken
around
slx
months
Britain
will
for
the
ftrst
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
sia-
tlme
witness
an
intense
demand
for
tlcn
at
Jer'co
P-"h
'
well
as
per-
man
and
woman
power.
He
admlt-sonal
family
pictures.
tec
that
the
peak
of
the
war
effort
Oscar
Orr.
the
city
prosecutor,
had
nt
yet
been
reached
and
It
said
he
did
not
believe
Matsumoto
cannot
be
until
all
plants
are
work-
had
intention
of
violatina
Defpnee
of
Canada
rpenlatlons.
The
local
consul
has
apologized
for
Matsumoto
having
taken
the
picture?,
explaining
that
he
had
only
been
here
a
month
and
possibly
wau
not
aware
of
regulations.
Matsumoto'
case
has
been
turned
over
to
military
authorities
WOULD
NOT
DELAY
AID
Former
Ambassador
Kennedy
Believes,
However,
There
Should
Be
Check
on
President's
Power
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
22.
Aprearing
before
the
congressional
foreign
relations
committee
con
-
sldering
the
"lease-lend"
aid
to
Brl-
tain
plan,
Former
Ambassador
Jo-
shores,
but
to
carry
a
formidable
seph
P.
Kennedy
urged
yesterday
amphibious
army
Into
Germany
and
that
a
limit
be
placed
on
the
power
German-occupied
Europe
to
chal-of
the
chief
executive
under
the
lenge
Hitler
on
his
own
ground.
An
16:45
pm.
iZ
ft.
measure
but
warned
against
mak-
rrmy
of
four
million
men
was
arm-
.,,,,,
,
ing
revisions
which
would
hamper
ed
and
uniformed
not
only
for
the
I
'tTlZ,
or
delay
all
out
aid
to
Great
Brl-
purpose
of
defence
of
hearth
and.
oyer
town
Meanwh,le
the
tain
Such
aid
thou
d
stop
.
short
of
home
but
preparations
were
well
Greeks
rf
t
war.
the
former
United
States
en-
advanced
in
equipping
it
for
the
of-.
dUional
,u
,
h
Tepe-voy
to
London
believed.
ifensive.
He
gave
details
of
plans
,
sectoJ.
lmj
-
I
for
the
new
expeditionary
force
I
MASSETT
COUNCIL
William
.Matthews
is
Named
Chief
of
Queen
Charlotte
Iuland
Village
for
Coming
Year
MARSTrrT
.Tan
22
William
Matthews
has
been
elected
chief
councillor
of
Messett
for
the
year
1941,
other
councillors
being
Geof-
jfrey
White,
Peter
Hill,
Eddie
Jones,
uodirey
K.eny
ana
uiiver
naair.s.
Godfrey
Kelly
is
secretary
of
the
council
and
Oliver
Adams,
treasur-
er.
Committees
for
the
year
are
as
follows:
Finance
Edale'
Jones
and
Peter
Hill
Sanitary
Godfrey
Kslly
and
Geoffrey
White.
Fire,
Water
and
Light-
Oliver
Adams
and
Eddie
Jones.
Building
and
RoadSr-
Geoffrey
White
and
Godfrey
Kelly.
Community
Hall
Eddie
Jones
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Vitro
ArtflTYlc
"
Mr.
ChurchUl
said
tnat
tne
lor?
Of
slvhv
thiuwnd
Britons
in
the
air
war
more
than
half
of
which
were
civilians
was
a
terrible
figure
but
it
was
far
less
than
the
lives
lost
in
a
single
protracted
battle
on
the
Western
Front
In
1916-17.
He
referred
to
the
fact
that
this
war
had
already
been
on
for
sixteen
months.
I
.
.
M
.1
1
1
-
I
1
I
T
Mr.
Churchill
said,
extremely
Im
portant
developments
were
taking
place
onrontiers
of-.both-Abysm-
ia
and
Eritrea
which
may
be
productive
of
fruitful
and
extremely
pregnant
results.
"It
may
well
be
that,
while
I
am
speaking,
Tobruk
(
and
its
garrison
are
in
our
hands."
,
he
added.
Reveallncr
that,
behind
the
rippls4l
linn
tn
consprlnt-.
lahnr
Hps
an
Inlpnxo
demand
for
manpower
to
supply
an
j
army
on
scale
for
fighting
both
ov-'
erseas
and
at
home.
Mr.
Churchill
1
disclosed
that
Britain
was
deter-
mined,
not
only
to
defend
Its
own
,
which
would
go
abroad
when
the,
i
time
appeared
propitious.
Plans
i
were
well
In
hand
to
provide
It
with
all
the
arms
and
equipment
neces
sary
for
the
campaign
against
Ger-
jmany.
Four-fifths
of
the
new
plants
required
were
already
com
-
1
pleted.
Mr.
Bevin
Speaks
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
Bevin,
minister
of
labor,
said
yesterday
in
discussing
the
labor
registration
measure,
that
industry
in
Great
Britain
was
;
speeding
up
instead
of
bogging
down.
"Members."
he
said
"would
'be
gratified
if
I
were
able
to
tell
.........
units
can
now
be
organized
nd
equipped."
RUSSIA
TO
BOLSTER
UP
Cannot
Ignore
-War,
Soviet
is
Warned
Bumper
Crop
is
Reported
versary
of
the
death
of
Nikolai
T
l
A
..1
J
U.l
Tj,.l
Ml
.bolster
its
defences
In
view
of
war
i
conditions
which
the
Soviet
could
,
not
possibly
Ignore.
It
was
announced
that
Russia
had
Vinr)
n
KnmnAn
VintMrAcf
r
t
11ft
flrtrt
flflfl
,
nau
a
uuitii,
iiamou
vi
tviuvu.uvu
tons
and
production
of
the
Soviet
had
increased
by
fifteen
per
cent.
3135
MOSCOW
Jan.
22-The
secre
Adams.
Chris
tary
of
the
Communist
party,
speak-Weah
Albert
Matthews,
Edwards,
Joseph
yesterday
at
ceremonies
In
oh
and
Peter
Adams.
nctKi
fr
av0
servance
of
the
seventeenth
annl
t,i
D.,fs
wwtn.nrAi.
"""S"""
"'"""'"
bert
Edwards.
Robert
Elklns
and,
Robert
Arm
-
strong,
here
to
spend
.leave
from
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un.,.t
J
i
t
J.
r,
AU
.4
h
WlCll
UaVal
UUVlCo
Ub
CjoUUlUlcUb
ill
rived
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
Rupert
today.
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Offensive
fiili
Tell
Getting
Premier
s
House
Today
Not
Only
Prepared
to
Defend
Itself
Against
Worst
Hitler
Has
to
Offer
But
is
Contemplating
Carrying
Fight
Right
to
Der
Fuehrer's
Own
Door
LONDON,
January
22:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
proclaimed
to
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
"this
great
nation
is
getting
into
its
stride,
is
accomplishing
the
transition
from
days
of
peace
and
comfort
to
days
of
supreme,
organized,
indomitable
exertion."
Winding
up
a
debate
on
manpower,
the
Prime
Minister
said
that
the
industrial
registration
.
.
Two
Germans
Are
Downed
LONDON,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
British
fighter
planes
downed
two
German
bombers
In
air
fights
today
as
raiders
stabbed
at
the
Kent
coast
and
east
t
Yorkshire.
There
was
little
damage
and
no
casualties
in
i
either
attack.
ITALIANS
REPULSED
Large
and
Carefully
Planned
Coun-
ter-Attack
is
Hurled
Back
by
Greeks
R.A.F.
BOMBS
ITALIANS
ATIDNS,
January
22
(Canadian
Press)
The
Royal
Air
Force
announced
today
a
punishing
raid
on
Italian
military
buildings
and
railway
communl-
...
ir
t
t.'Tl
!
!
1
ATHENS,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
It
was
offlclally
reported
yesterday
that
Greek
forces
had
repulsed
what
they
described
as
the
largest
:and
most
carefully
planned
lounter-
attack
yet
attempted
In
the
Tepeltnl
sector
of
the
Albanian
front.
As
a
result
of
their
desperate
effort
to
halt
the
Greek
advance,
the
Italians
are
said
to
have
lost
their
original
positions
and
great
riumbc
-s
of
attacking
forces.
Swarms
f
tanks
and
planes
and
waves'
of
infantry
were
used
in
vain
by
the
Italians.
Salonika
was
again
sub
acted
to
aerial
bombardment
yesterday.
Annual
Meeting
Of
Burns
Lake
Church
Is
Held
BURNS
LAKE,
Jan.
22.-
Tho
annual
congregational
me-
ting
of
Burns
Lake
United
Church
was.
held
recently
at
the
church
wi
h
a
very
good
attendance,
Rev.
Ad
m
Crisp
presiding.
Interesting
rep
3rts
were
given
of
the
activities
ani
varloits
organizations,
showing
a
general
advance
throughout
the
vear.
The
official
board
was
-e-elected
with
the
addition
of
four
new
members
B.
E.
Valde,
Fred
Stanyer,
John
Vanderveen
and
Mrs.
C.
Lop-er.
The
minister
expressed
his
appreciation
of
the,
loyalty
and
helpfulness
of
the
congregation
during
1940,