VANCOUVER,
Feb.
10:
0
bx
McAuslane,
vice
-
president
I
the
Canadian
Congress
of
bor.
said
today
that
repiesen-ires
of
the
shipbuilding
un-i
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
:k
and
officials
of
the
Cana-n
National
Railways
had
ched
complete
agreement
on
m
and
working
conditions
if
r
a
seven
-
day
conference
the
Canadian
Congress
of
or
head
said
that
wages
and
king
conditions
agreements
e
similar
to
agreements
now
force
in
Vancouver
plants
they
are
"highly
satisfac-
'
to
both
parties.
DURT
OF
REVISION
folftes
Its
Sessions
and
Ap-
troves
Assessment
Roll
for
Current
Year.
fort
of
revision
on
the
city
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Hi
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changes
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lot
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block
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lots
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China
Line
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Feb.
10:
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of
his
staff
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MOST
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Kcs
Swift
Removal
of
All
Japanese
From
Coastal
and
Appeals-ior
immediate
construction
of
Northern
Highways.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
10:
(CP)-Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
eena,
told
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
that
his
istituency
is
vnai
iu
me
war
enort
and
should
be
de-ded
to
the
limit.
He
expressed
general
satisfaction
t
the
government
was
aoing
an
possible
in
this
direc-
If
TInr.n
1
1
M
r
J
Jtir
1
I
ill
n,
iur.
naiisuu
uicu
swui
removal
oi
all
Japanese
greement
IS
REACHED
on
and
Management
of
Loral
Dry
Dock
in
Accord
on
Wage
and
Working
Conditions.
Hum
coastai
uniisft
Columbia
to
Inland
points
and
expressed
hope
that
the
Alaska
Highway
project
would
be
carried
out
and
Prince
Rupert
given
road
connection
with
the
interior
and
the
rest
of
Canada.
Ihe
latter,
Mr.
Hanson
declar
ed,
was
a
"strategic
necessity
for
the
defence
of
Canada
and
I
cannot
state
too
strongly
that
it
Is
an
enterprise
which
should
be
undertaken
at
once."
URGED
TO
BUY
BONDS
Tians-Canada
Air
Lines
Asks
Sup
port
of
Employees.
MONTREAL,
Feb.
10:
H.
J
Symington,
K.C.,
president
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines,
is
mak
ing
an
appeal
In
support
of
trje
Victory
Loan
and
has
addressed
a
message
to
each
Individual
em
ployee
of
the
air
lines.
"Canada
is
In
imperative
need
of
more
money
with
which
to
carry
on
the
war."
states
Mr.
Sym
ington
in
the
letter
sent
to
all
members
of
the
staff,
and
he
continues:
"The
Dominion,
through
Its
government,
asks
every
man
and
woman
employed
by
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
to
answer
the
call
by
subscribing
to
the
Second
Victory
Loan.
"It
is
an
Invitation,
without
coercion,
to
invest
in
the
future
of
our
country,
and
it
Is
one
to
which
we
will
readily
respond.
To
strengthen
th
e
war
machine,
to
provide
greater
quantities
or
air
craft,
ships,
tanks,
guns,
food,
as
well
as
equipment
for
the
men
in
the
field
and
at
defence
posts
is
the
duty
of
all
of
us."
In
order
to
facilitate
purchases
of
bonds
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
will
arrange
that
members
of
the
staff
may
authorize
payroll
deductions
for
that
purpose.
JASPER
TO
HAVE
JAPS
First
Migration
From
Coast
to
Interior
to
Be
Carried
Out
Next
Week.
OTTAWA.
Feb.
10:
Q
First
Japanese
nationals
to
be
moved
from
British
Columbia
protected
areas
will
be
sent
next
week
to
a
work
camp
at
West
Jasper,
Alberta.
The
camp
will
accommodate
.
hundrpd
men
at
first
and
it
Is
understood
they
will
be
engag
ed
on
road
worK.
BRITISH
ON
OFFENSIVE
Striking
Again
at
Axis
In
name
Of
Libya
Air
Force
Particularly
Effective
CAIRO,
Feb.
10:
Having
re
gained
their
striking
power,
me
British
forces
have
once
again
seized
the
offensive
in
the
Battle
of
Libya
and
are
again
striking
west
of
Tobruk.
The
Roval
Air
Force
continues
pndle.u?
Doundlnc
of
the
Axis
sup
...
i
ply
lines,
hitting
them
wun
mucn
damage
as
far
west
as
inpon.
Vichy
Helping
Axis
in
Libya
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
K
Rt.
Hon.
Hueh
Dalton.
minister
of
economic
warfare,
charged
Vlchv
todav
with
permitting
deliveries
of
food
and
gasoline
to
reach
Axis
troops
In
Libya
from
Tunisia
In
French
North
Africa.
ers.
VOL.
XXX.,
NO.
34.
MEIGHEN
DEFEATED
Conservative
Leader
Loses
to-G.C;
F.
by
4,000
New
."Ministers
Endorsed.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
10:
Seeking
entry
to
parliament
in
his
rapacity
as
leader
of
the
Conservative
party
in
Canada,
Senator
Arthur
Meighen
was
defeated
In
the
South
York
federal
by-election
yesterday.
His
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
opponent,
J.
Noswortliy,
had
a
majority
of
four
thousand.
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
the
new
minister
of
labor,
was
elected
In
Welland,
and
Hon.
L.
S.
St.
Laurent,
the
new
minister
of
justice,
was
successful
in
Quebec
East.
Dr.
Gaspard
Fau-teux,
Liberal,
won
in
Montreal-St.
Mary.
In
addition
to
the
two
most
recent
additions
to
Mackenzie
King's
cabinet,
a
supporter
of
the
prime
minister
retained
a
third
Liberal
seat
at
stake
in
the
by-election,
this
being
Dr.
Fauteux
in
Montreal
St.
Mary.
Mr.
Noseworthy,
the
successful
C.C.F.
candidate
in
the
fourth
seat
who
had
the
distinction
of
beating
Mr.
Meighen,
twice
head
of
a
Dominion
government,
is
a
fifty-year-old
To
ronto
school
teacher.
Commenting
on
the
results
of
the
by-elections,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
gave
the
opinion
that
they
constituted
an
expression
of
disapproval
by
the
people
of
bad
faith
and
broken
pledges.
The
Prime
Minister
requested
that
an
end
be
now
put
to
controversies
which
made
for
disunity
In
the
war
effort.
Mr.
King
said
in
his
statement:
"The
voters
in
the
lour
ridings
showed
the
Canadian
people
they
did
not
propose
to
allow
bad
faith
and
broken
pledges
to
be
erected
into
principle
of
action
in
this
country.
FIE
ON
THE
PIE
PIERRE.
S.
D.,
Feb.
10:
O
Sev
ami
South
DaKOta
uusinessmen
s
innp.heon
clubs
are
serving
war
HosKPrts.
instead
01
a
siaD
of
man-sized
pie,
waitresses
pres
ent
the
diners
with
a
clean
plate
containing
a
10-cent
aeience
stamp.
SOAP
FROM
PETROLEUM
A
new
process
Is
being
developed
to
make
soap
out
of
petroleum.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAYj
FEBRUARY
10,
1942.
TURNING
OUT
BARRAGE
BALLOONS
X
view
'of
the
new
huge
balloon
room
at
the
plant
of
the
Firestone
Tire
and
Rubber
Co.
in
Akron,
O..
where
as
many
as
12
great
barrage
balloons
may
be
Inflated
at
one
.time.
The
company
Is
going
into
mass
production
of
these
gas
bags
that
proved
their
worth
In
defending
vital
points
against
marauding
aircraft
in
Britain.
Workers
in
foreground
are
assembling
big
bag.
The
inflated
balloons
In
rear
have
passed
Inspection.
racmc
war
Council
Meet
t
'
"
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
The
Pacific
War
Council
met
to-
day
in
London
under
the
chairmanship
of
Prime
Min-
is'ter
Winston
Churchill,
Great
j
Britain,
Australia,
New
Zea-
j
land
and
the
Netherlands
be-
ing
represented.
The
Aus-
tralian
representative
took
it
that
Canada
was
not
repre-
sented
because
it
was
in
no
Immediate
danger
of
attack.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Grandview
15
Bralorne
7.90
Cariboo
Quartz
nil
Hedley
Mascot
21
Pend
Oreille
1.50
Pioneer
1.85
Premier
57
Privateer
37
Reno
17
Sheep
Creek
.
.77
Oils
'
Calmont
,
15
C.
&
E.
1.05
Home
2.50
Royal
Canadian
05
Toronto
Beattle
33
Central
Patricia
1.05
Consolidated
Smelters
38.25
Hardrock
.47
V2
Kerr
Addison
3.75
Little
Long
Lac
1.25
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.55
Madsen
Red
Lake
,
.40
McKenzie
Red
Lake
85
Moneta
.25
Pickle
Crow
u
2.25
Preston
East
Dome
2.85
San
Antonio
1.65
Sherritt
Gordon
81
MORE
AXIS
SHIPS
SUNK
British
Torpedo
Vessels
Continue
Active
Against
Enemy
in
Mediterranean.
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
B
British
submarines
sank
one
Axis
ship
and
torpedoed
two
others,
one
of
which
almost
cetralnly
sank,
in
new
attacks
In
the
Mediterranean,
the
Admiralty
announced
today.
N0RMANDIE
GOES
DOWN
Great
Liner
Sinks
Into
Hudson
Kivcr
31
ud
Following
Explosion
and
Fire.
,
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
10:
The
(lames
which
ravaged
the
United
States
naval
auxiliary
vessel
Lafayette,
formerly
the
monster
French
trans-Atlantic
liner
Norma
ndie,
were
started
by
a
welder's
torch,
it
has
been
ascertained.
Like
a
great
wounded
monster,
the
fire-seared
and
waterlogged
vessel
succumbed
to
the
surging
tide
today
and
toppled
to
ignominious
rest
in
the
Hudson
River
mud.
The
great
vessel
rolled
over
early
today
and
now
lies
on
her
port
side
in
forty
feet
of
water.
The
flames,
after
being
touched
off
by
sparks
from
the
welder's
torch,
swept
through
a
large
quantity
of
kapok
packing
and
raged
over
the
vessel
for
three-and-a-half
hours
yesterday
before
being
brought
under
control
about
6
p.m.
when
she
had
a
twelve
degree
list.
One
hundred
and
ten
workers
on
the
ship
were
taken
to
hospital
but,
as
far
as
is
known,
there
were
no
deaths.
NEW
DUTIES
ing.
OF
'BEAVER'
Arc
Explained
to
Parliament
To
day
by
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill.
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
Q
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Lord
Beaverbrook,
newly
appoint.
ed
minister
of
war
production,
will
represent
Great
Britain
in
various
polling
arrangements
with
the
United
States
In
a
capacity
corresponding
to
that
of
Donald
Nelson,
head
of
the
American
war
production
board.
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
Lord
Beaverbrook
would
exercise
gener
al
supervision
over
the
departments
of
supply
and
shipbuild
WHEN
DUTCH
HELD
IT
The
Dutch
controlled
trade
between
the
Orient
and
Europe
for
150
years
until
the
British
won
Malaya.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Singapore's
Fateful
Hour
More
Japs
Landing;
Forces
Swarm
In
On
Last
British
Fortress
London
Itself
Indicates
Infiltration
of
Enemy
Into
City
Proper
Further
New
Blows
Towards
Netherlands
Indies
and
Australia.
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
(CP)-Japanese
troops
swarmed
on
to
Singapore
Island
in
new
landings
today,
forcing
the
British
Imperial
defenders
to
execute
a
new
withdrawal
in
the
struggle
for
Britain's
last
great
stronghold
in
the
Far
Pacific.
Informed
London
quarters
said
it
was
possible
the
Japanese
had
infiltrated
into
Singapore
city
itself
and
attacked
the
radio
station
there.
The
station
was
1
nrrtss.
v
blanked
out
this
morning.
Dispatches
said-
that
the
din
of
battle
for
the
city
intensified,
after
dawn
and
a
great
pall
of
smoke
hung
over
the
fighting.
Japanese
planes
flew
low
over
Singapore's
outskirts
and
residents
heard
the
whine
of
machine
gun
bullets.
Even
as
Singapore's
fateful
hour
approached,
the
Japanese
were
striking
new
blows
In
the
Nether
lands
East
Indies
and
toward
Australia.
A
Dutch
communique
said
that
Japanese
troops
had
landed
near
Macassar,
chief
port
on
the
southwest
coast
of
Celebes
Island,
in
1
what
was
seen
as
a
move
toward
assault
on
Java
Itself.
AIR
SCORE
IS
20
TO
1
United
Nations
Have
Best
of
Over
Japs
at
Burma
It
RANGOON,
Feb.
10:
The
score
in
the
air
war
over
Burma
is
running
20
to
1
In
favor
of
the
united
nations
over
Japan.
NEW
DRIVE
IN
SPRING
Axis
Will
Make
Bid
to
Control
Mediterranean
and
Cut
Off
India
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
An
Axis
drive
with
a
view
to
closing
both
ends
of
the
Mediterranean
at
Gibraltar
on
the
west
and
Suez
on
the
East
is
foreseen
for
the
coming
spring.
Gibraltar
would
be
attacked
through
Spain
and
Suez
from
North
Africa.
This
would
be
part
of
a
plan
whereby,
with
the
Japanese
mov
ing
from
the
East,
India
would
be
cut
off.
Second
Avenue
Property
Sold
George
Ross
Purchases
Building
and
Lot
Adjoining
His
Own
Premises.
The
property
known
as
the
Tltc
Building
on
lot
8,
block
23,
section
1,
was
sold
by
the
city
yesterday
to
George
Ross
whose
premises
on
Second
Avenue
It
FROM
1G
TO
60
CAPE
TOWN,
Feb.
10:
Wj
Announcing
various
physique
categories
the
British
South
African
Medical
Corps
says
uiere
Is
a
place
in
the
country's
defence
forces
for
every
fit
man
between
16
and
60.
Union
steamer
Catala,
Capt.
Harry
McLean,
Is
due
back
In
port
at
4
o'clock
this
afternoon
from
and
will
sail
half
an
hour
later
Stewart
and
other
northern
points
In
continuation
of
her
voyage
to
Vancouver.
MUKmlINu
0FRZHEV
Strategic
City
Is
Under
Siege
Now
by
Russians
Suburbs
Are
Broken
Into
Nazis
in
night.
MOSCOW
THREAT
OVER
MOSCOW,
Feb.
10:
0
The
Red
Army,
having
cleared
three
provinces
in
the
Moscow
area
of
invaders,
pushed
on
today
in
the
face
of
stubborn
Nazi
resistance
and
the
Germans'
own
version
of
scorched
earth
policy.
With
the
Nazis
completely
driven
out
of
Moscow
province
and
Tila
and
Ryaban
province!
to
the
south,
Russian
divisions
are
reported
to
have
freed
a
large
portion
of
the
Kalinin
region,
northwest
of
the
capital,
and
to
be
continuing
their
advance
against
the
withdrawing
Germans
around
Leningrad,
east
of
Smolensk
and
in
the
Ukraine
LONDON,
Feb.
10:
ID
A
stock-holm
dispatch
to
the
Dally
Express
reported
yesterday
that
the
Russian
Army
began
storming
the
strategic
town
of
Rzhev
at
dawn
Saturday
and
broke
Into
the
east
ern
suburbs.
Rzhev,
130
miles
west
of
Moscow,
has
been
practically
encircled
by
the
Russians
for
some
days.
Everywhere
along
the
1000-mile
Russo-German
front
the
Nazis
are
withdrawing,
their
headlong
flight
at
some
points
taking
on
the
aspect
of
disorderly
rout-
Particularly
was
this
so
In
the
Donets
Basin.
Kalinin
and
Sebastapol
sectors
also
saw
further
Impor
tant
Russian
gains.
VAST
SUMS
war.
ARE
VOTED
Roosevelt
Signs
Huge
Naval
Appropriation
Bill
and
Seeks
Like
Amount
for
Army
and
Maritime
Commission.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
10:
President
Franklin
D.'
Roosevelt
yesterday
signed
the
$26,000,000,000
naval
appropriation
bill,
largest
fiscal
measure
ever
enacted
in
the
history
of
the'
country,
and
Immediately
asked
for
another
appropriation
of
similar
size
for
the
army
and
the
maritime
commission,
all
for
the
prosecution
of
the
First
Siren
in
Vancouver
Tried
Air
Raid
Alarm
Signal
Tested
Out
in
Southern
City
This
Afternoon,
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
10;
The
first
of
nineteen
air
raid
alarm
sirens
to
be
Installed
in
Vancouver
was
tried
but
at
2
o'clock
this
afternoon.