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Prince
Rupert
is
to
become
a
base
for
Pacific
sup-as
has
been
generally
rumored
for
m
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months
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some
such
move
as
that
cessarv.
The
cost
will
bp
ctuirfyi;
uvur
any
inner
transportation
scheme.
KVIV0RS
ECOVF.RING
But
Four
of
Those
Lost
In
bhip
Torpedoed
Off
Nova
Scotia
Were
Chinese
A
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an
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lifeboats
after
the
ship
was
to
the
bottom.
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all
uia
miuwi'h
cuecis,
most
oj
in
the
way
of
frozen
ears
fingers
and
swollen
feet.
I
and
the
latest
count
indl-nlnety
rescued
which
would
ninety-one
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were
out
last
night
checking
the
observance
of
the
newly
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blackout
regulations
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in
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will
be
out
again
to-
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In
use
at
residences.
Those
Seemed
were
notified
in
these
Mby
the
wardens.
It
Is
also
ted
out
again
that
it
is
not
outside
when
nobody
Js
at
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In
residences.
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control
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either
precaution
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COL.
KNOX
SUSPICIOUS
Does
Not
Believe
Stories
of
Internal
Unrest
and
"Terrible
Situation"
in
Germany.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
14:
CP-Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
said
today
that
he
believed
stories
of
internal
unrest
in
Germany
were
spurious
and
deliberately
spread
to
take
the
edge
of
America's
war
effort.
'
"Almost
every
one
of
the
stories
about
a
terrible
situation
in
Germany
originates
in
territory
controlled
by
Germany.
This
alone
should
arouse
suspicion,"
Col.
Knox
said.
STATUS
IS
UNCHANGED
Eire
Not
Helping
Anybody
In
War
Will
Fight
Aggressor
DUBLIN,
Jan.
14:
Eire's
status
of
neutrality
In
the
war
will
remain
unchanged,
announces
Pre
mier
Eamonn
de
Valcra.
Nothing
will
be
done
to
disturb
it
such
as
the
granting
of
sites
for
bases.
Eire
will
defend
Itself
from
any
aggression,
whoever
the
aggressor
may
be.
Council
At
Pt.
Simpson
Joseph
Offutt
Chief
There
tor
Year
Others
in
Charge
of
Village
Affairs.
Joseph
Offutt
has
been
elected
chief
councillor
of
the
village
of
Port
Simpson
for
the
coming
year.
Other
councillors
are.
Aiirca
Price,
Phillip
J.
Green,
Elijah
Pollard,
William
R.
Simpson,
John
Sankev.
Mark
Green.
Jacob
Mor
rison,
Stephen
Morrison,
Samuel
Hughes,
John
C.
Tait
and
Henry
Helln.
The
village
constables
for
the
year
are
Phillip
Green
Jr.,
Fred
Campbell,
Charles
Sankev
and
Joshua
Thlt,
JAPANESE
TO
INVADE
AUSTRALIA
Possible
MaJor
Stand
May
Be
Made
There
Progress
of
Far
East
War
WAVEI.L
IN
ACTION
Cencial
Sir
Archibald
Wavell,
commander-in-chief
iof
the
new
Allied
Far
East
command,
has
arrived
in
the
East
Indies
and
already
has
launched
a
series
of
dynamic
counter
blows
against
Japanese
invasion
forces,
military
dispatches
said
to-day.
Dutch
troops
were
reported
moving
Into
action
on
the
border
of
the
Kingdom
of
Sara
wak
wheic
Japanese
troops
have
seized
the
capital
of
Kuching
and
most
of
the
northern
territory.
Simultaneously
Netherlands
planes
bombed
Japanese-occupied
Tarakan
Island
and
a
Japanese
base
in
southern
Philippines.
Official
announcement
at
Ilangoon
says
"further
antiaircraft
reinforcements
have
m
arrived
in
Burma
and
more
are
I
on
the
way."
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Jan.
14:
Oi
The
Japanese
thrust
into
the
Celebes
Indicates
that
Tokyo
-.war
lords
may
be
aiming
at
an
early
invasion
of
Australia
as
the
next
objective.
Some
Washington
observers
envisage
the
grim
possibility
that
the
united
nations
may
be
forced
back
to
Australia
before
a
major
counter-offensive
could
be
launched.
A
British
military
expert
in
London
declares
the
loss
of
all
Borneo
and
'the"
Celebes4
Is
likely
"unless
heavy
aerial
and
naval
reinforcements
for
their
defence
soon
arrive.
The
Japanese
staged
their
heaviest
daylight
air
attack
on
Singapore
yesterday
but
the
enemy
planes
were
driven
off
with
heavy
losses
to
themselves
while
the
base
suffered
but
slight
damage.
In
addition
to
attacking
Singa
pore
proper,
Japanese
bomoers
today
smashed
at
British
troops
at
tempting
to
hold
a
new
defence
line
150
miles
up
the
Malay
Penin
sula
after
abandoning
Kuala
Lum
pur
In
a
retreat
described
as
car
ried
out
in
good
order
and
rela
tively
few
casualties.
The
withdrawal
irom
Kuala
Lumpur
took
nine
hours
and
was
accompanied
by
remarkably
few
casualties.
The
Japanese
are
al
ready
hammering
at
the
new
British
defence
line
150
miles
north
of
Singapore.
British
Malayan
troops,
leaving
a
trail
of
destruction
In
their
wake,
are
continuing
their
withdrawal
to
the
narrowest
point
of
the
Malay
Peninsula,
thus
gradually
shortening
the
line
for
a
more
effective
stand.
At
Seremben
the
width
of
the
peninsula
is
120
miles.
Sixty
miles
below
Seremben
the
peninsula
norrows
down
to
eighty
miles
In
width.
Demolition
operations
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Engineers
are
slowing
up
the
Japanese
advance.
Fresh
British
regulars
and
Australians
are
reported
to
have
been
landed
in
Malaya.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
operating
from
Burma
arc
continuing
effective
raids
on
bases
of
the
Japanese
In
Thailand,
railway
lines,
oil
depots
and
other
objectives
being
hit.
Within
three
days,
It
is
predict
ed
in
some
quarters,
the
Allies
will
have
air
superiority
over
Malay.
In
the
Philippine
theatre
today
a
Tokyo
press
dispatch
claimed
that
Japanese
troops
had
won
control"
bfjlhc?
'gateway
to
Batan
Peninsula.
Five
Japanese
warships,
and
five
transport
vessels
have
been
struck
by
British
and
American
bombers
during
the
past
forty-eight
hours
and
ten
enemy
planes
have
been
brought
down.
Earl
Batt
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from(
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
president
Of
Norway
Here
During
Spring
I
An
Important
v
I
s
1
1
o
r
to
Prince
Rupert
during
the
coming
spring,
probably
In
May
will
be
President
J.
C.
Hambro
of
the
Norwegian
Storthing
(parliament.
Pres-
ldent
Hambro
now
living
In
New
York
following
the
Nazi
nrrr.unat.lnn
nf
his
homplnnri
will
be
here
in
the
course
of
a
tour
of
Canada.
CABINET
CHANGES
Lord
Beaverbrook
Is
Expected
to
Remain
in
United
States.
LONDON,
Jan.
14:
0,-Changes
tne
camnet
were
described
as
imminent
today
in
parliamentary
circles
with
.some
informants
say-
iHS
tnat
a
new
minister
of
supply
might
be
appointed
not
because
of
any
dissatisfaction
with
Lord
Bea
verbrook
but
because
he
is
expected
to
remain
In
Washington
to
help
co-ordinate
Allied
supply
problems.
The
changes
may
be
announced
even
before
the
return
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
from
the
United
Statesi
and
Canada.
ASSISTANCE
TO
AIRCRAFT
reople
of
Coast
Asked
To
Give
Help
Speedily
In
Forced
Landings
VICTORIA,
Jan.
14:
Air
Commodore
L.
F.
Stevenson,
officer
commanding,
Western
Air
Command,
asks
the
people
of
the
coast
to
give
every
assistance
possible
In
the
event
of
forced
landings
which,
with
greater
numbers
of
aircraft
now
operating
along
th
coast,
will
become
more
frequent.
Communities
and
individ
uals
are
requested
to
dispatch
boats
to
the
assistance
of
aircraft
without
delay
when
such
assistance
is
needed.
AMENDMENT
IS
BEATEN
C,
F.
Conscription
Amendment
Defeated
26
to
11
VICTORIA,
Jan.
14:
The
coali
tion
government
was
sustained
bj
a
vote
of
26
to
14
in
the
first
division
of
the
new
legislature.
A
C.C.F.
amendment
calling
for
conscription
of
wealth,
natural
resources
and
manpower
was
rejected.
Herbert
Gargrave,
C.C.F
member
for
Mackenzie,
criticised
the
handling
of
the
A.
R.
P.
willTnow
fate
soon
Japan
Willing
to
Send
Information
via
Red
Cross
Regarding
Hong
Kong
Prisoners.
OTTAWA.
Jan.
14:
The
federal
government
hopes
to
soon
receive
word
as
to
the
fate
of
Canadians
in
the
British
garrison
at
Hong
Kong.
The
Japanese
government
expresses
willingness
to
transmit
information
regarding
prisoners
through
the
International
Red
Cross.
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena.
arrived
in
the
city
on
last
night's
train
from
Smlthers
and
will
sail
on
the
Prince
George
tomorrow
night
for
Vancouver
enroute
to
Ottawa
to
attend
the
session
of
parliament.
New
Federal
Regulations
In
Regard
To
Enemy
Aliens
Are
Announced
At
Ottawa
Today
AXISSTAND
BEING
MADE
nrilish
'Makc
Contact
Wllh
Enem
On
Gulf
of
Cirte
CAIRO,
Jan.
14:
An
unexpected
stand
is
being
made
by
Axis
forces
on
the
Gulf
of
Cirte,
south
of
Agedabia,
the
British
havin
made
contact
with
them.
It
was
a
Scottish
regiment
from
Transvaal
which
captured
Salum
near
the
Egyptian
frontier,
it
is
announced,
and
Is
now
in
occupancy
there.
The
British
comimand
today
re-
J'!
C"
tivlty
on
the
Libyan
front
but
announced
British
advance
forces
were
increasing
pressure
on
the
main
body
of
Axis
forces
south
of
El
Agheila.
WORST
IS
NOW
OVER
So
Says
Iningrad
Radio
As
Siege
Is
Lifted
Reds
Gaining
Everywhere
WHOLE
FRONT
MnniLFT'
-
t
MOSCOW,
Jan.
14:
Q
A
military
writer
in
Izvestia
said
today
that
the
Russian
capture
of
Gorokhovo
near
Moshaisk
had
eliminated
"the
last
zone
of
positional
warfare
on
the
Moscow
front"
and
the
whole
front
was
now
in
motion.
He
said
the
Germans
had
maintained
a
stable
line
until
the
fall
of
Gorokhovo
but
now
the
German
wing
had
collapsed.
The
Red
Army
was
pressing
the
Germans
on
the
central
Moshaisk
front.
MOSCOW,
Jan,
14:
"The
worst
Is
now
over,"
said
the
Leningrad
adio
in
speaking
on
the
relief
of
he
long
Nazi
siege
which
Is
now
being
lifted
with
the
defeat
of
the
Nazi
assailants.
The
railway
from
Tikvln
to
Leningrad
is
now
open
again.
Two
more
important
cities
west
if
Moscow,
Including
.
the
railway
centre
of
Kerov,
have
been
recaptured.
The
Russians
are
now
conducting
an
effective
attack
against
the
enemy
in
the
Far
North.
To
the
south
in
the
Crimea,
where
the
weather
is
less
severe,
the
Germans
are
making
their
best
show
at
resistance
although
they
are
also
falling
back
there.
URUGUAY
AND
U.S.
Lease-Lend
Agreement
Is
Signed
Up
With
South
American
Republic
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
14:
Uruguay
has
signed
a
lease-lend
agreement
with
the
United
States
providing
for
a
supply
of
military
equipment
to
an
amount
of
some
$17,000,000
to
$20,000,000
per
year,
U.S.
Legation
Is
Occupied
Japanese
Take
Over
At
Bangkok-Minister
and
Staff
Confined
BANKOK,
Jan.
14:
Japanese
have
occupied
the
United
States
legation
In
Bangkok,
the
capital
of
Thailand.
The
minister,
Willis
R.
Peck,
and
his
staff
have
been
confined.
Whole
Idea
Is
to
Guarantee
Just
Treatment
While
Safeguarding,
Canada's
National
Interest
Details
of
Program.
OTTAWA,
Jan.
14:
(CP)-Japanese
and
enemy
aliens
of
whatever
origin
except
those
holding
police
permits
to
remain
are;
to
be
removed
from
defense
areas
)f
British
Columbia,
it
was
announced
today.
Civilian
:orps
of
Canadian
Japanese
will
be
organized
to
provide
Dpportunities
for
service
by
those
Japanese
who
have
expressed
desire
to
assist
in
Canada's
war
effort.
.
These
measures
are
announced
by
an
inter-de
partmental
committee
which
has
been
considering
the
Japanese
problem
for
several
days.
They
are
designed,
an
announcement
said,
to
guarantee
Just
treatment
to
Japanese
while
safeguarding
Canada's
national
Interest.
The
prograni
includes
thfe
following
steps:
All
Japanese
fishing
operations
on
the
Pacific
Coast
are
prohib
ited
and
the
fleet
of
1100
vessels
immobilized
pending
negotiations
for
transfer
to
Canadian
operators.
For
the
duration
of
the
war
sale
of
gasoline
and
explosives
to
persons
of
Japanese
racial
origin
will
be
controlled
by
the
Royal
Cana
dian
Mounted
Police
Japanese
nationals
will
be
for
bidden
to
possess
or
use
short
wave
radio
receiving
sets,
radio
trans
mitters
and
cameras.
A
civilian
corpy
of
Canadian
Japanese
will
be.
organized
At
a
date
to
be
fixed
all
enemy
aliens
of
whatever
racial
origin,
except
those
holding
Royal
Cana
dlan
Mounted
Police
permits,
will
be
required
to
move
from
'pro
tected
areas"
on
the
Pacific
Coast
and
accommodation
will
be
provided
by
the
federal
government
where
necessary.
MAY
BREAK
WITH
AXIS
Nineteen
Nations
May
Rupture
Relations
at
Rio
Conference
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
Jan.
14:
Nineteen
Pan-American
nations,
at
a
"Good
Neighbor"
conference,
to
open
here
Thursday,
may
break
off
simultaneously
with
the
Axis
powers.
Argentina
and
Chili
are
believed
to
be
the
only
nations
that
would
not
favor
a
rupture.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(OourUey
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.).
Vancouver
Grandview
--
.18
Bralorne
8.60
Cariboo
Quartz
1.70
Hedley
Mascot
34
Pend
Oreille
1.65
Pioneer
2.00
Premier
58
Privateer
t
42
Reno
.15
Sheep
Creek
80
Oils
Calmont
16
C.
&
E.
1.15
Home
2.60
Royal
Canadian
04
Toronto
.Beattle
90
Central
Patricia
1.20
Consolidated
Smelters
38.50
Hardrock
.48
Kerr
Addison
3.95
Little
Long
Lac
1.20
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.61
Madsen
Red
Lake
'
.49
McKenzie
Red
Lake
93
Moneta
24Vfc
Pickle
Crow
2.26
Preston
East
Dome
3.00
San
Antonio
1.92,
Sherrltt
Gordon
.97
C.N.R.
steamer
Prince
George,
capt.
Edward
Mabbs,
arrived
in
port
at
11:30
this
morning
from
Vancouver,
Powell
River
and
Ocean
Falls
and
sailed
at
3
o'clock
this
afternoon
for
Ketchikan
and
Stew'
art
whence
she
is
due
back
here
tomorrow
nigm
soutnbound.
BATTLE
OF
ATLANTIC
IMPORTANT
Cannot
Expect
To
Clear
Japan
From
Pacific
All
At
Once
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
14:-Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
said
here
that
distance,
time
and
wide
distribution
have
been
factors
against
the
Allies
in
the
Pacific.
It
could
not
have
been
expected
that
Japan
would
be
cleared
all
at
once
from
the
sea.
The
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
was
still
the
most
important
issue
in
the
war.
FRICTION
SPREADING
Protest
Made
at
Gestapo
Perse-Men
cuting
German
U-Boat
LONDON,
Jan.
14:
Friction
is
reported
to
be
spreading
from
army
to
navy.
Admiral
Dernets,
commander-in-chief
of
German
submarines,
has
objected
to
Admiral
Raeder
at
the
persecution
of
submarine
men
by
the
Gestapo.
Dernets
also
charges
Raeder
with
exaggerating
losses
inflicted
upon
enemy
shipping
and
the
number
of
German
submarines
building.
PENSIONS
INCREASED
Premier
Hart
Asks
Ottawa
For
Better
Consideration
of
Aged
VICTORIA,
Jan.
14:
Premier
John
Hart
announces
that
he
has
asked
the
federal
government
to
Increase
old
age
pensions
to
$30
per
month
and
make
them
payable
at
the
age
of
65.
At
present
the
pensions
are
$20
and
are
not
payable
before
70
years.
Burnaby
Man
Is
Presumed
Dead
Robert
Cooper
McLarty
Has
Been
Lost
At
Sea,
Parents
Advised
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
14:
The
parents
of
Robert
Cooper
McLarty
of
Burnaby
have
been
advised
that
he
Is
presumed
dead,
his
ship
having
been
missing
since
June.
Why
Seattle
Has
Blackout
Barrage
Balloon
Got
Away
And
Hit
Main
Power
Line
SEATTLE,
Jan.
HJ-eattle
was
blacked
out
for
a
while
from
light
supply
line
Monday
as
a
result
of
a
barrage
balloon
hitting
a
main
power
line.