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Help
CLOSE
ON
JAPANESE
Great
Nipponese
Offensive
Collapse
And
Chinese
Turn
Tables
HONO
KONQ,
Feb.
3.
A
great
Japanese
offensive
in
southern
Ho-nan
Province,
aimed
at
surrounding
100,000
Chinese
troops
and
controlling
an
important
railway
line,
has
collapsed.
The
Japanese
force
itself
is
now
being
closed
In
on
by
the
Chinese.
I
Italy
To
Carry
On
Even
Though
Losing
Colonies
ROME,
Feb.
3.
Even
If
she
is
forced
to
abandon
all
her
colonies,
Italy
will
carry
on
the
present
war
policy,
a
Fascist
spokesman
announces
In
admitting
the
fall
of
Derna
to
the
British.
NO
SESSION
IS
NEEDED
Neither
Should
Ottawa
Conference
Failure
Affect
Election
Plan,
Says
Tattullo
VICTORIA,
Feb.'
-3
Premier
T".
D.
Pattullo
tees
no
necessity
of
Calling
a
special
session
of
the
legislature
as
a
result
of
the
collapse
of
the
conference
on
.the
Rowell-Slrols
r
i1'
-s
heb?llevelt
necessary
that
the
provincial
electfftrl
SPLIT,
Yugoslavia,
Feb.
3:
(CP)
A
concerted
British
and
Greek
i
submarine
campaign
against
Hal-
I
Ian
military
supply
routes
deep
in
the
Adriatic
Sea
was
Indicated
to-
,
day
by
reports
that
seven
Italian
j
vessels
had
been
sunk
recently,
i
Travelers
reported
that
a
submarine
today
sank
the
Italian
freighter
Vittorio
Benito
of
about
5,000
tons
and
another
unidentified
6,000-ton
Italian
vessel.
A
single
Greek
submarine
of
only
570
tons
Is
credited
with
finking
10,000
tons
of
Fascist
shipping
including
a
10,000
ton
troopship
in
convoy
at
the
Bulletins
COEKCING
SOLDIERS
BELGRADF
Marshal
Ugo
Cav-alierro
and
Count
Ciano
have
arrived
at
the
Albanian
front.
Orders
have
been
given
to
shoot
on
the
spot
any
Italian
soldiers
who
attempt
to
retreat
or
speak
INFLUENZA
IN
HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM
Twenty-five
per
cent
of
the
people
of
Holland
are
estimated
to
be
suffering
from
WILLKIE
WELCOMED
MANCHESTER
Wendell
Will-kle
got
a
great
reception
in
Manchester
today.
Crowds
sang
"The
Stars
and
Stripes
Forever."
In
Birmingham,
there
were
cries
of
"Tell
them
we
can
take
it
but
send
as
much
help
as
they
can."
Willkie
also
visited
Coventry
and
Liverpool.
SEAMEN
ARRIVE
AT
AN
EASTERN
CANADIAN
PORT
Scores
of
British
merchant
seamen
have
arrived
eu-route
to
Australia
and
New
Zealand
to
take
over
ships
for
service
in
carrying
goods
to
the
United
Kingdom.
FORMER
KINO'S
PRINTER
OTTAWA
J.O.
Patenaude,
former
King's
printer,
died
Saturday
night
at
the
age
of
73.
ROTHCHILI)
ARRESTED
PARIS
Baron
Eugene
a
-
.
-l
T4
n
1
1
1
nrlcrvnprq
U'orp
kill
A
M
K
NHMFNT
V
1
when
a
British
ship
evacu
CONSIDERED
Steps
Already
Being
Taken
Towards
Ameliorating
Local
Zoning
Bylaw
With
reference
to
the
local
zon-
Saturday's
Circulation
of
ihc
Dally
News
2170
m
Your
Inspection
is
InvitcJ
I
lnrv
V.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
I,
.
i
i
,
de
should
be
postponed
until
next
year.
Rothschild
of
the
famous
finan
SUBS
IN
.
!
ADRIATIC
British
and
Greek
Undersea
Craft
Taking
Big
Bags
in
Italy's
Own
Waters
cial
iamuy
nas
ocen
arrcsii-u.
GIBRALTAR
EXPLOSION
GIBRALTAR
Six
soldiers
and
one
civilian
were
killed
in
an
accidental
explosion
of
blasting
TROUBLE
IN
JOIIANNESBOURG
JOHANNESBOURG
Johannesburg
is
quiet
today
after
thirty-six
hours
of
serious
rioting
between
police
and
soldiers
and
anti-British
elements.
No
deaths
are
reported
but
110
were
injured.
Armored
cars
and
tear
gas
were
used
in
quelling
which
followed
meeting.
the
disorders
a
republican
I
I
Italians
Are
Nazi
Victims
LONDON,
February
3
(Can-
adlan
Press)
A
large
numoer
atlng
them
from
the
Libyan
coast
was
bombed
by
a
plane
believed
to
be
German,
the
Ad-
rnlralty
announced.
Prince
Rupert
"b
ujuaw,
mention
oi
which
wua
made
recently,
1't
is
learned
that
InrniTinrrUlOnS
Progress
has
tlrcady
been
made,llli'l'1ru
towards
formulating
of
amend-
.
ments
which
would
make
the
measure
more
equitable
and
applicable
to
local
conditions.
It
Is
understodd
civic
authorities
are
sympathetic
to
the
move
tor
such
amendments.
'R.A.F.
HITS
i
OUT
AGAIN:
i
.
-
'
Local
Golf
Club
and
A.
SlacKenzic
Furniture
Both
Gaiettcd
This
Week
VICTORIA.
Feb.
3:
Incorporation
is
announced
of
the
Prince
ttnnrrt
Golf
Club
Limited,
capital
ized
at
$10,000
in
4Ui
snares
oi
pur
value
of
$25
each.
Another
Prince
Rupert
incorpor
ation
is
that
of
A.
MacKenzleFur-
nlturiJ
Limited
capital
$:u,uuu
in
20,000
shares
of
one
dollar
each.
invasion
liases
Heavily
Attacked
England
Fairly
Quiet
LONDON,
February
3
(Cana
dlan
Pres)
The
Royal
Air
Force
bombed
targets
in
the
northwestern
part
of
German
occupied
France
in
a
pre-dawn
attack
tndav
in
continuation
of
week-end
thrusts
?ainst
Axis
cbj'ctlv
frnm
Flanders
it
Sardinia.
Ifnne
admit
that
Bri'h
,
torpedo
planes
stact
a
success-
i
ful
attack
against
Sardinia.
t
LONDON,
Feb.
3.
The
Royal
Air
Force,
with
American
fliers
participating,
renewed
its
attacks
heavily
over
the
week-end
on
German
invasion
oorts
including
Brest.
Boulogne.
Ostend
and
Lorient.
At
least
NAZIS
NOT
SO
STRONG
I
four
German
planes
were
brought
down
hi
do-filit.
with
loss
of
one
British.
Folkestone
was
able
to
hear
heavy
explosions
coming
from
across
the
Channel.
london
had
oulet
nights
Saturday
and
Sunday
a
did
the
rest
of
FnInd
and
all
the
enemy
air
activity
to
be
reoorted
Sunday
ws
one
German
plane
which
dropoed
eight
bomb?
aimlessly
in
a
field.
Early
today,
however,
there
wasie-newed
activity
by
German
planes
on
London
and
elsewhere
In
England.
Weather
continues
to
hold
down
the
dull'ne
if
P-it'.h
and
airman
air
forces
but
reliable
source?
predict
that
-springtime-
-wilt
"
brjis
greater
fury
and
frightfufness
than
ft
a
int1ri
hat
ntrA
nnnn
the
Dover
Area
by
German
Mong-'
range
guns.
Reports
of
Air
Force
Size
Greatly
I
Exaggerated,
Says
London
Times
LONDON,
Feb.
3.
The
London
i
Times
military
writer
says
that
re
ports
of
German
air
strength,
said
to
be
36,000
and
even
higher,
are
greatly
exaggerated.
He
says
that
Germany
has
no
more
than
9,000
first
line
planes.
KNOX
IS
WORRIED
United
States
Secretary
Of
Navy
Wonders
If
Help
For
Britain
Will
Be
In
Time
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
3:
Col.
Frank
Knox,
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
testified
before
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee
Saturday
that
he
was
"tremendously
worried"
over
whether
the
United
States
could
furnish
sufficient
aid
In
time
to
Great
Britain.
Supporting
the
administration's
aid
to
Britain
leg
islation
before
the
committee.
Knox
said
"Frankly,
I
don't
know,"
when
asked
by
Senator
Nye
of
North
Dakota,
an
isolationist:
"Can
we
act
In
time
to'
save
Britain
if
this
awful
crisis
predicted
for
the
near
future
comes
to
pass?"
Chief
Of
Paris
Police
Arrested
PARIS,
Feb.
3.
The
former
prefect
of
Paris
police
and
100
other
officers,
have
been
arrested
by
the
Gestapo
for
permitting,
allegedly,
the
operating
of
an
anti-Nazi
grapevine
supporting
General
Charles
DeGaulle
and
the
Free
French
cause.
.
.JLJtjt.l.
Sick
Doctor
To
Be
Flown
To
Vancouver
-
SEWELL
INLET,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,.
Feb.
3.
Pi-
lot
Tommy
Laurie
arrived
here
today
with
his
plane
to
take
on
!
board
and
carry
back
to
Van-
i
couver
Dr.
S.
M.
Miller,
sur-
geon
for
the
J.
R.
Morgan
Lo?-
gin
Co..
who
is
seriously
ill
with
pneumonia.
The
doctor
is
in
n
imorovted
oxygen
tent.
The
plane
had
difficulty
in
ectlnc
hire
on
account
of
bad
weather.
On
Saturday
It
had
to
turn
back
after
getting
hnl'
av
north.
Yesterday
it
hid
v-
son
?
My'hl.vn
Is-
land.
"
few
nilles
shQrt
of
her?.
coming
on
today.
ISFMIURF
Italian
Campaign
in
Albania
Becoming
More
and
More
Flop
ATHFNS.
Feb.
3
With
the
entire
TenpPnl
area
reoorted
under
Greek
control,
actual
orcuntlon
of
th
town
only
a
nuestSon
of
monDln?
un
isolated
detachment
and
'the
hi-jh,
"command
statins
'that
the
Greeks
!,n,ait1
P"tona-
disports
By
m'tfaf'-rawm
Saturday
it-
of
actual
warfare
were
lellinr
'chf
S8ty
at
A,
-m-i
,
uu
...
fort-
to
seize
the
offensive
must
be
regarded
as
failures.
More
than
15.000
Italian
troops
are
surrounded
at
Tepelinl
and
the
Greeks
are
menacing
the
port
of
Valona.
The
Royal
Air
Force
delivered
a
heavy
attack
against
Valona.
Store
houses
and
munition
dumps
of
the
Italians
were
hit.
Narrow
Escape
From
Bombing
ill
u
avito
vv
""Kt"
"o
-
j
England
and
Scotland
since
the
war
government
would
take
over
vital
ill
began.
The
outstanding
miracle
was
the
evacuation
of
Dunkernue.
Sergeant
C.
A.
Purdon
of
Fortress
Headquarters,
whose
home
is
In
New
Westminster,
tells
a
story
of
an
almost
miraculous
escape.
His
brother,
who
lives
at
Ewell
In
Surrey,
recently
built
a
new
house.
A
few
weeks
later
he
was
called
away
by
the
government
In
connection
with
some
engineering
work.
The
wife
and
children
went
to
stay
with
Sergeant
Purdon's
people.
That
I
night
the
Germans
came
over
and
dropped
a
bomb
on
the
new
house,
an
incendiary
bomb
that
went
through
the
child's
bed
and
badly
messed
up
the
place
with
oil.
The
house
was
partly
destroyed.
If
the
family
had
been
at
home
the
child
would
most
certainly
have
been
killed.
WeatKer
Forecast'
(FurnlshM
through
the
court
r
o!
the
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
t
Victoria
and
Frtace
Rupert
This
fore
cast
u
complied
Iron)
obaervntloru
taken
at
5
xn.
today
and
covert
the
18
hour
period
ending
at
5
pxa.
tomoorrow)
General
Synopsis-
deep
and
ex
ile
and
100
Officers
Charged
With
(tensive
disturbance
is
centred
off
Permitting
Anti-Nazi
iKodlak
Island
and
is
causing
gales
Grapevine
with
rain
on
the
const.
The
pres
sure
is
relatively
high
over
the
State
of
Idaho.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Southeast
gales
shifting
to
south,
cloudy
and
mild
with
rain.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
.Strong
southeast
winds
or
gales,
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
'E,JGreatly
Accelerated
Important
Railway
Town
of
Agrodat
,
in
Eritrea
Taken
By
British-Moving
on
Bengasi
CAIRO,
Feb.
3-Whlle
British
tanks
rumbling
smoothly
westward
in
Libya
towards
besieged
Bengasi
are
retorted
to
be
on
the
very
heels
of
the
retreating
Italians.
British
forces
have
captured
the
important
railway
town
of
Agrogat
in
Eritrea
as
they
continue
the
drive
which
is
pushing
the
Italians
out
of
the
country
toward
the
Red
Sea.
Two
Italian
divisions
are
reported
trapped
while
retreating
towards
the
Red
Sea
as
the
British
now
move
to
encircle
and
cut
oft
the
town
of
Barentu,
40
miles
from
Agrodat,
on
the
way
to
the
capital
Asmara,
and
the
principal
port,
Masawa.
The
campaigns
in
Ethiopia
and
Italian
Snmnliland
aWn
nroceed
satisfactorily
with
the
British
advancing
on
all
fronts
and
the
Italians
steadily
retreating.
Agrodat
fell
after
a
two-day
battle.
Hundreds
of
Italian
prisoners
were
taken
and
a
considerable
nuantity
of
arms,
transport
and
other
war
materials.
An
air
attack
marked
the
final
phase
of
the
capture
of
the
town.
The
Royal
Air
Force
scored
h.Ms
on
three
shins
in
Tripoli
Hsrb"T
Saturday,
setting
one
a-fr.
On
enlane
was
destroyed
and
others
were
damaged.
Other
hve
taken
Important
Italian
j
r'ns
rfrnnped
hundreds
of
bombs
on
the
road
of
the
land
advance
from
Derna
to
Libya.
U.S.
WILL
BE
IN
WARi
.
.
.
I
I
This
Will
Be
Result
ol
passing
"Lease-Lend"
Bill.
Representative
Fish
Says
Industries
and
civil
rights
would
be
suspended.
Representative
Fish
spoke
a
few
minutes
after
Philip
F.
LaFollette.
former
Wisconsin
governor,
testified
before
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee
that
Edouard
Daladler.
former
French
Premier,
told
him
in
1939
that
France
ex
pected.
United
States
to
aid
his
country
with
money,
materials
and
men.
La
Follette
realized
the
men
ace
of
totalarlanlsm
to
the
United
States
but
was
not
In
favor
of
the
"lease-lend"
bill
as
It
now
stands,
Princess
Royal
Is
Colonel-In-Chief
Sister
of
King
Chosen
Honorary
Head
of
Canadian
Unit
War
Effort
For
This
Dominion
Is
Planned
Many
More
Troops
to
be
Sent
Overseas
to
Assist
In
Battle
Of
Britain
Great
Expansion
of
Navy,
Air
Force
and
Arms
Production
OTTAWA,
February
3:
(CP)
Movement
overseas
of
a
great
army
of
airmen,
infantry
and
armored
un:ts
this
year
was
promised
Sunday
night
by
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
in
a
broadcast
address
si
pport-ing
the
February
war
savings
drive.
Mr.
King
sa
d
that
many
indications
were
that,
within
a
short
while,
the
enemy
will
make
a
tremendous
ei-
fort
to
destroy
the
British
Commonwealth
with
a
series
of
smashing
blows
of
unprece
dented
fury.
The
program
provides
for
the
dispatch
overseas
this
year
of
the
Third
Canadian
Division,
an
army
tank
brigade,
remainder
of
troops
for
the
I
corps
now
In
England,
large
increases
in
the
equipment
and
personnel
of
both
the
navy
and
the
air
force
and
a
huge
expansion
in
the
production
of
war
equipment
In
Canada.
The
Canadian
government
will
spend
more
than
$100,000,000
during
the
fiscal
year
of
1941-42
In
for
mation
and
equipment
of
the
ar
mored
division
and
tank
brigade
to
reinforce.
the
CanadianXorps
over-
'
seas,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
announced
today
at
a
conference
called
to
clarify
de
tails
of
the
Dominion's
accelerated
I
war
program.
Mr.
King,
In
his
address,
appealed
to
every
Canadian
to
assist
in
rally
ing
the
strength
of
the
nati6n
so
that
Christian
civilization
might
be
saved
from
disaster.
-
Chancellor
Adoll
Hitler
has
made
his
aims
clear.
He
would
make
a
tremendous
effort
to
smash
the
Bri-itlsh
Commonwealth
of
Nations
in
!
a
desperate
race
against
the
growing
strength
of
the
British
Empire
wteiuBuiw,,....
Viand
the
support
of
the
United
Representative
Hamilton
Fun,
Tf
,.,,
Ko
efrotu
New
York
Republican,
opened
the.,n
war
the
ow
opposition
debate
on
the
aid
for
.
.,
.
f
r.
.
j
Britain
bin
in
me
wouse
oi
"ei"c"iada.
Sergeant.
Purdon's
Brother
and
sentatlves
today
wun
me
preaicuun
Familv
Went
Visiting
Just
In
I
that
United
States
will
be
Involved
rw
.
r
-1
1
i
wo
r
In
Piirnnp
unA
Asia
with-
The
only
way
to
meet
total
war
was
by
total
effort
not
for
a
day,
1,me
,0PC
'
""C
not
for
a
week
not
for
a
month,
not
in
six
montlu
if
the
measure
is
.p-
,
,
,
...
iv.L.h
.-lthn.it
rhanee.
Fish
alio
f
a
'ear
but
every
day
unt11
vIc
VVOIiacriUi
estates
mow
ocviu
)n,
,,.
tv-
man
.
n-nmiri
woman
.Mw
v,,
kb
hannnif,
In
nredlcted
that
the
United
States
and
child
must
do
everything
pos
sible
to
help.
Total
effort
could
be
obtained
in
two
ways
one
way
was
by
compulsion
which
was
the
en
emy's
way.
The
other
way
was
by
the
freewill
offering
of
a
free
oeople,,
the
way
of
Canada
which
It
was
hoped
to
maintain.
There
would
be
need
for
more
change
In
dally
lives
of
the
people
In
Canada
during
1941
than
had
been
known
in
1940.
None
were
too
humble,
none
were
too
poor,
none
were
too
weak
to
make
their
contri
bution
toward
the
winning
of
the
war.
Not
all
could
fight,
like
the
young!
men,
on
the
front
lines
but
almost
every
one
could
supply
money
to
support
the
fighting
forces
by
pio-vldlng
them
with
transport
and
equipment.
The
Prime
Minister
appealed
to
the
people
to
lend
all
they
could
as
quickly
as
they
could.
The
government
asked
Canadians
to
save
carefully
and
lend
freely,
to
set
LONDON,
Feb.
3.
Princess
Royal,
,
aside
some
portion
of
their
Income
cut-
f
iha
irinir
ha
hpen
named
er
wages.
Tho-
all
would
es-
V
""OI
colonel-ln-chlef
of
the
Royal
Can
adian
Corps
of
Signals.
ITALIANS
ATMALTA
Two
Fascist
Danes
Brought
Down
During
Attacks
Yesterday
VALETTA,
Feb.
3.
Enemy
nlane
attacked
Malta
yesterday
I
and
at
least
two
were
brought
down.
tabllsh
a
bond
between
themselves
and
those
who
fought.
"Lend
free
ly,"
iy,
said
saia
the
ne
Premier
"and
help
save
Twenty-five
new
squadrons
would
be
sent
overseas.
The
Canadian
navy
would
be
Increased
to
416
ships
and
26,920
men.
Mr.
King
also
gave
details
of
the
arms,
armament
and
fighting
equlpme.it
which
would
be
made
in
Canada,
this
to
consist
largely
of
such
equipment
as
was
not
obtainable
from
the
standardized
stock
of
the
United
States.
VICHY
MEM
UNDER
EIRE
Rival
Committee
Formed
Wl
'h
View
To
Wresting
Control
of
France
VICHY.
Feb.
3.
The
radio
in
German-occupied
Paris
announ-
ed
Saturday
nlsht
the
formation
of
a
rival
committee
to
Marsha'
Henry
Phlllippe
Petain's
National
Union
Group
and
violently
assallfl
"The
Men
of
Vichy."
The
Paris
cDmmlt-
'ee.
It
was
stated,
would
st"nd
for
complete
collaboration
with
the
Germans.
Petain's
committee
of
.
fifty-one,
formed
this
week,
Is
Intended
to
construct
a
new
party
of
national
revolution
and
cement
spiritual
union"
of
all
France.
There
are
reports
that
Former
Premier
Pierre
Laval
is
returning
here
on
Wednesday
from
Pa
-is
with
:
Admiral
Darlan
bringing
German
demands.
The
political
situ
it
Ion
In
unoccupied
France
contihues,
tense.
Reaction
was
awaited
with
much
Interest
to
a
Free
French
appeal,
conveyed
through
General
-harles
De
Gaulle,
to
France's
Nort'ri
African
army
that
It
Join
in
the
fight
against
Italy
in
Libya.
A
m
ly
rom
General
Weygand
at
Algler
Satur.
day
night
urged
adherence
to
Pe
tain.
DEAD
IN
TRAFFIC
One
Fatal
Accident
at
Vancouver
and
Another
Near
Chilliwack
Over
Week-End
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
3.
Tlvre
werj
several
traffic
accidents
In
Tancou-
ver
and
district
over
the
w
ek-end.
Two
of
them
were
fatal.
Charles
Samuelson
of
Vancouver
was
killed
when
struck
by
i
street
car
near
the
British
Colur
bla
Electric
Co.
station
at
Carrrll
and
Hastings.
It
was
the
flf-h
fatal
traffic
mishap
in
1941
and
ame
on
the
heels
of
a
warning
by
1
"ayor
J.
W.
Cornett
that,
if
the
pres
nt
rate
,""l'11B
kept
up.
this
would
bo
the
ieavlet
will
be-
human
lives.
You
yourself
Vot,vo,,a
t,Uw
for
fr
In
addition
to
disclosing
the
important
reinforcements
It
was
planned
during
1941
to
send
overseas,
the
Prime
Minister
stated
that
organization
and
development
of
the
air
training
scheme,
already
eight
months
ahead
of
schedule,
would
be
continued.
The
personnel
of
the
air
force
would
be
Increased
to
36.000
before
the
end
of
the
year
and
the
number
of
planes
to
4.C0O.
traffic
fatalities.
Jimmy
Louis,
sori
of
a
Cr'lllwack
Indlan
chief,
was
killed
In
rn
automobile
accident
on
the
Ved-ier
River
road.
Concluding
a
one-day
visit,
to
port,
U.S.S.
Charleston,
American
gunboat,
sailed
at
midnight
Sa'ur
day
mlghfl
for
Alaska
In
the
cours?
of
an
inspection
Cruise1.
am
lei
1S