DESTROYER
ARRIVES
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
United
States
destroyer
Shaw,
which
fe
credited
with
having
fired
the
first
naval
shot
in
the
battle
it
Pearl
Harbor
December
7,
has
arrived
at
a
west
coast
port.
BILLIONS
FOR
WAR
llurr
AnnroDriailon
Hill
nun
I
tilted
States
House
Two
Ships
a
Day.
V,
v
T
N
Feb,
18
-
A
-
'
'00.000
war
expendl--?
unanimously
ap-
")
House
of
Reprrt-tght.
the
rote
being
;
r,g
u
provides
I
or
.Luon
at
the
rale;
of
;:cr
day
of
a
total
of
--ting
in
all
six
and
1
n
dollars.
Close
Schools;
Older
Boys
To
Work
on
Farms
T3RIA,
Feb.
18
-
A
bc.ns
considered,
said
H.
O,
Perry,
minister
of
yesterday
to
close
1
I
I
K
l
V.
I.J
r.
SUSPECTED
In
Canal
Zone
Defences
n"AL
ZONE.
Feb.
18:
Tlicrc
to
believe
that
enemy
'
-
which
have
been
preying
K
:.jpnlng
in
the
Caribbean
-'
be
operating
from
a
well-'-i
base
possibly
within
-i
Z
.me
defence
area.
;:rarch
is
being
made
for
'
c
l.ldc-out.
British
fnliimriin
At
Quarter
Mark
llAS
ft.
i
I.
a
.
tr
"aJi
oi
,!rtory
Loan
Campaign
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
18:
British
l
.
mhu
.
....
.
.
""""
ana
me
xukoii
naa
Cached
nenrlv
lho
nnp.nu.irfr
"P
to
last
night.
C.N.R.
FOLK
!
BACK
LOAN
Men
me
montn
to
six
flinH
and
Women
of
Railway
System
Give
Support
ada
today
by
D.
C.
Orant.
vice-
president
In
charge
of
finance
and
head
of
the
Canadian
National
Railway's
special
Victory
Loan
organization,
indicate
that
the
men
and
women
of
the
nalionaLsystem
are
giving
enthusiastic
support
to
the
government's
big
drtve
for
war
funds.
Special
canvassers
appointed
and
trained
last
week
under
the
direction
of
regional
officers,
with
the
eo-operatlon
of
members
of
the
war
finance
committee,
startled
the
canvass
of
their
fellow
employees
Monday
morning
and
J
their
reports
to
their
regional
officers,
as
summarized
In
messages
(received
at
headquarters
here,
are
to
the
effect
that
the
vast
majority
of
the
W.000
men
and
women
In
the
offices
and
shops
and
on
the
line
In
Canada
are
out
to
do
I
their
utmost
to
swell
the
victory
t"
k
r
'
r
IK
vMir
arftfhnt.i
.
,
,
.
-
-
.....
-v...
w
"imr
amainir
wnn
aaiLaiiicii
bsyj
may
work
on
l'l
lim
a
fin
are
meeting
with
a
most
gratifying
reception
from
the
employees
they
have
been
appointed
to
canvass."
said
Mr.
Grant.
"Reports
from
regional
headquarters
indicate
that
the
members
of
the
big
!
Canadian
National
family
will
give
i
all
the
support
they
can
to
the
loan.
"All
solicitation
committees
have
been
well
trained
at
the
series
of
organization
meetings
held
last
week."
continued
Mr.
Orant
"They
arc
well
posted
to
answer
all
questions
regarding
the
loan
and
the
methods
of
subscribing.
Including
the
arrangements
for
payroll
deductions
to
cover
instalment
plan
purchases
of
bonds."
PLENTY
OF
TEA
HERE
At
Least
One
Thing
In
Which
There
Is
No
Shortage
Despite
War.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
18:
-
The
tea
controller
for
Canada
says
there
is
nlentv
of
tea-
for
home
con
sumption
in
the
Dominion.
Ship'
"lark
In
lh
emkj
t...
m.nt.
op.
cllll
enmlni'
from
CCV
uvvuttu
rivwi
j
wtruti
.iii.tba
ow..
v
o
t-
Ion
In
spite
of
the
war.
CANADA'S
SECOND
VICTORY
LOAN
COMING
EVENTS
Wednesday,
6:45
p.m.
G.
E.
Wootten,
CFPK.
Thursday,
0:45
p.m.
W.
R.
McAfee,
CFPR.
""lay,
6:15
p.m.-Mr.
P.
H.
Linzey,
CFPR.
BUY
VICTORY
BONDS
i
unrest
which
U
growing
at
the
'oonduct
of
the
war.
IS
DEFEAT
FOR
ENEMY
?
British
Planes
and
Warships
Turn
j
Tables
on
Convoy
Attackers
)
in
Mediterranean,
LONDON.
Feb.
18:
British
Diane
and
warships,
covering
evidently
Important
convoy
movements
in
the
Mediterranean,
have
turned
Into
defeat
Axis
attempu
to
blast
the
merchantmen,
the
Admiralty
declared
today.
Two
British
merchantmen
were
n.'
lert
but
others
reached
their
des-MONTREAL,
vmvrorai
i-.k
Feb.
19.
8
Reports
u
tom
mMy
and
tor0
hiu
received
from
all
sections
of
Can-1
,,
.L
,i
'ers
and
a
destrojer.
ROAD
VOTE
THIS
YEAR
Prince
Rupert
Gets
$15,000
Out
Of
Total
of
$1,000,000
Allotted
For
Whole
Province
VICTORIA,
Feb.
18:
For
main
tenance
of
roads
this
year
northern
ridings
receive
vote
as
follow
:
Prince
Rupert.
$15,000.
Skeena.
$29,000.
Omlneca.
$45,000.
Fort
George.
$42,000.
Mackenzie.
$21,000.
Peace
River.
$30,000.
SITUATION
IS
BETTER
Convoy
Route
to
Southern
England
Improved
Since
Nail
Warships
Leave
Brest.
LONDON.
Feb.
.18:
With
the
German
battleships
Gnelsenauand
Scharnhorst
and
the
heavy
cruiser
Prtnt
Eugen
out
of
Brest,
the
po
sition
on
the
convoy
route
Into
the
Thames
River
and
southern
England
is
now
better
than
it
was
hefnre.
Trlme
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
the
House
of
Com
mons
yesterday.
As
long
as
the
great
ships
were
at
Brest,
they
were
a
constant
menace
to
the
British
supply
line.
Mr.
Churchill's
suggestion
of
an
early
Improvement
of
Britain's
naval
strength
by
the
addition
of
Important
new
and
large
naval
craft
is
understood
to
have
referr
ed,
among
other
things,
to
two
more
battleships
of
the
King
nenroe
V
class
which
are
soon
to
go
into
service.
BRAZILIAN
Is
SHIP
SUNK
First
Vessel
South
Ametlcan
Republic
Has
Lost
In
War,
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
18:
The
first
Brazilian
ship
to
be
lost
In
the
war
has
been
torpedoed
and
sunk
off
the
North
Carolina
coast.
Survivors
were
landed
last
week
at
Norfolk,
Virginia.
It
was
a
5100-ton
vessel
and
the
thirty-second
ship
to
be
sunk
oft
the
Atlantic
coast.
VICTUn.,
Prince
Rupert
continues
to
I
make
excellent
progress
to-
!
wards
its
quota
in
the
Victory
j
Loan
campaign,
the
$342,'00
figure
having
been
reached
last
night
after
taking
into
account
the
second
day's
sub-
s-rlpttons
totalling
$225,400.
The
total
to
date
is
71
per-
cent
of
the
quota
of
$485,000
which
it
is
expected
will
be
easily
achieved
before
the
week
U
out.
Uo
to
last
night
thr
had
bem
41
individual
subscribers.
JSmltheYs
reports
4'
$23,200.
or
S3
nereent
nf
It.
the
camoaign.
The
percen-
'
tage
of
quota
for
this
unit
as
tar
as
renorted
to
dat
ic
si
percent
compared
with
25
percent
for
the
province
as
a
whole
Among
yesterday's
subscribers
here
were
John
Bulger
Ltd-
$3000.
and
C.
Minns.
$1000.
Mrs.
E.
Low
was
the
purchaser
of
the
first
bond
here
Monday
morning,
It
is
announced.
LOAN
BOAT
FOR
NORTH
s
Cannery
Tender
Pine
Leaf
on
Can
vashing
Trip
Along
Coast
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:-Bedeck-ed
with
Victory
Loan
posters,
a
trim,
staunch
82-foot
salmon
cannery
tender
has
left
Steveston
on
a
five-week
errand
in
behalf
of
Ills
Majesty.
The
vessel
Is
In
command
of
In
British
Columbia
waters
will
be
invaluable
for
the
mission.
In
and
out
of
coast
waterways
and
up
steep
inlets
some
of
which
penetrate
inland
for
80
to
90
miles,
this
ship
the
"Pine
Leaf
will
carry
a
crew
of
Victory
Loan
salesmen
who
will
sell
Victory
Bonds
to
loggers,
fishermen
and
others
in
out-of-the-way
spots
on
British
Columbia's
coast
and
's-
land.
The
ship
has
been
loaned,
provisioned
and
supplied
without
one
cent
of
cost
to
the
Victory
Loan
organization
through
the
courtesy
of
Richard
Bell-Irving,
managing
director
of
the
Anglo-Brltlsh
Columbia
Packing
Company.
The
Pine
Leaf
will
travel
approximately
two
thousand
miles
before
returning
to
Vancouver.
Ocean
Falls
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
will
be
visited.
All
Night
Liquor
Store
Is
Closing:
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:
The
all-
night
liquor
store
in
Vancouver
will
be
discontinued
after
the
end
of
this
month,
It
is
announced
by
the
chairman
of
the
Liquor
Control
Board.
Thereafter
It
will
adhere
to
the
same
hours
as
other
liquor
stores,
closing
at
6
p.m.
weekdays
and
9
p.m.
Saturdays.
FIRST
JAPS
HAVE
LEFT
One
Hundred
Dispatched
From
Vancouver
To
Jasper
To
Prepare
Road
Camps
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:
The
first
party
of
Japanese
to
leave
the
protected
area
of
the
coast
moved
today
for
Lucerne
and
Rainbow
near
Jasper.
It
was
a
party
of
one
hundred
who
will
engage
in
camp
construction
work
for
other
Japs
who
will
be
moved
to
engage
in
work
on
the
Trlnco
Oeorgc-Jasper
highway.
Why
was
WAR
NEWS
mmln
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
High
3:53
a.m.
21.0
ft.
.
Vo,
!J
16:04
p.m.
195
ft.
Low
.
10:00
a.m.
5.0
ft.
SUHt.
AGAIN
22:15
pjn.
5.0
ft.
PPeared
off
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
roat
of
Aruoa
louay,
v
0
.
United
Stales
Alll
N'U'..
tf.
.i
O
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.,
oaay.-
VOL.
XXXI..
NO.
41.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
18,
1942.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
,h,
.
bomDing
CITY
OF
1
TOKYO
Tokyo
authorities
ar
prisoner."
The
British
forces
rapi
gO,0(H)
fncludinr
British,
Australians
ai,
?
vtftr
cly
tit
are
numbered
"at
jlan.
RUSSIANS
ADVANCE
STEADILY
MOSCOW
Increased
Nail
resistance
notwithstanding
the
Russians
continue
to
adrance
steadily.
They
are
now
only
fifty
U,
from
the
frontier
of
old
Poland.
Sis
polish
divisions
are
now
finhtint
with
the
Russians
In
the
White
Russia
drive.
Two
large
centres
Kharkov
In
the
Donets
Basin
and
Novgorod
In
the
Leningrad
area
appear
to
be
almwtt
In
the
grasp
of
the
Ked
Army.
There
has
been
a
new
break
In
the
(Jerman
line
fifty
miles
south,
cut
of
Vyasma.
Kussian
warships
are
shelling
enemy
positions
near
Scbastapol.
AXIS
BACKS
UP
IN
LIBYA
CAIRO
The
enemy
hate
abandoned
a
seventy-seven
mile
strip
near
U
Azeila
in
the
Libyan
lizhtlnt,
it
was
reported
last
EXCHANGE
AIR
RAIDS
LONDON
The
lloyat
Air
Force
was
raiding
northwest
Germany
with
its
bombers
again
last
night.
There
were
also
enemy
raids
on
northeast
England
and
Scotland,
but
damage
was
light
and
casualties
few.
COULD
BOMB
UNITED
STATES
WASHINGTON
President
franklin
I),
Roosevelt
warns
that
the
enemy
could
shell
and
even
drop
bombs
on
Detroit
under
certain
conditions.
Dutch
Governor's
Appeal
churchill
:
-
escape
to
M.
IVs
Would
endorsed:
for
Midlands,
However,
'
Have
Improvement
In
1
War
Situation
LONDON.
Feb.
18:
Members
of
Parliament
from
the
Midlands,
In
caucus
yesterday,
expressed
unabated
confidence
in
the
leadership
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
but
asked
that
there
be
more
co-ordination
between
trir
service.
Reference
was
made
to
t
$340,000
For
Victory
Loan
t
BE
PROBED
j
Judiciary
Board
to
Investigate
Flight
of
German
Warships
From
Brest.
LONDON.
Feb.
18:
Prime
Mln
teter
Winston
Churchill
told
par
Uament
yesterday
that
there
would
be
a
secret
investigation
headed
by
a
member
of
the
high
court
of
justice
Into
the
escape
Ircm
Brest
th
tough
the
Straits
of
Dover
last
week
of
the
German
battleships
Qneisenau
and
Scharn-
the
movement
not
quota,
on
the
opening
day
of
tected
Immediately
after
daylight
on
the
day
In
question
and
was
lalson
between
the
navy
and
air
force
as
close
as
it
should
have
been?
It
is
quite
possible
the
finding
may
not
be
made
public.
S:
PRESS
NOT
I
SATISFIED
rrime
Minister
Churchill
Continues
To
Be
Under
Fire
LONDON.
Feb.-
18:
The
Lon-:oa
press
has
resumed
almost
un-
n
i
m
o
u
s
denunciation
of
the
Churchill
government
for
its
conduct
of
the
war.
particularly
in
Regard
to
the
escape
of
the
German
battleships
Scharnhorst
and
.
MrteUtnauTfroraBreV.
.The-gen-
liX1
United
-f"
4
'
fral
"
dplnion
'in
regtrd
to
the
facing.
j
Prime
Minister's
explanation
of
the
escape
of
these
ships
is
that
t
was
"weak
and
unsaUsfactory."
One
paper
wondered
why.
If
It
was
such
an
advantage
that
the
'
battleships
should
be
away
from
Brest,
the
British
Navy
had
not
the
veteran
skipper
Captain
Matt
convoyed
them
and
given
them
a
Wilson,
whose
37
years'
experience
shield
of
aircraft.
Another
paper
demanded
that
Churchill
reorganize
his
cabinet
rather
than
try
to
silence
his
critics.
ALL
OUT
FOR
WAR
All
Property,
Public
and
Private,
SubJect
To
Australian
Government
Order
CANBERRA.
Australia,
Feb.
18:
National
mobilization,
as
announced
yesterday
by
Prime
Minister
John
Curtln,
will
Involve
all-out
mobilization
of
manpower
and
wealth
and
the
requisitioning,
If
the
government
sees
fit,
of
all
property
both
public
and
private,
for
war
surposes.
A
war
loan
of
$105,000,000
was
announced
by
the
premier.
CREWS
BUY
WAR
BONDS
British
Columbia
Tugboats
Competing
To
Determine
Which
Shall
Get
Pennant
First
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:
Men
aboard
one
hundred
tugboats
on
the
British
Columbia
coast
are
in
a
race
ror
tne
Duying
oi
victory
Bonds
to
decide
which
boat
shall
be
the
first
to
run
up
a
loan
pennant
on
its
mast.
JAPANESE
CELEBRATE
Fall
of
Singapore
Cause
For
Moch
Jubilation
In
Tokyo
TOKYO,
Feb.
18:
Over
150,000
Japanese
troops
took
part
In
a
great
victory
celebration
following
the
capture
of
Singapore.
Premier
Tojo
gave
a
triumphal
speech.
United
Nations
Urged
To
Take
Offensive
In
War
At
Risk
of
Losing
Policy
of
Constant
Retirement
May
Lead
to
Defeat,
He
Fears
Chinese
Commence
Invasion
of
ThailandUnited
States
Planes
Attack.
SYDNEY,
Australia,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
With
the
zero
hour
near
in
the
battle
for
Java,
Lieut.
Col.
Hubertius
horn
and
the
heavy
cruiser
Prinz
van
Mook
of
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
appealed
to
Eugcn.
The
investigation
will
be
the
united
nations
today
to
take
the
offensive,
search
out
based
on
iwo
principal
questions:
the
enemv
and
fiPht
on
the
risk
nf
Insinn-
rhp
wnv
Vo
o
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w.w
Mm.
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n
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1
A
FACE
FACTS,
HE
ASSERTS
I'eople
Are
Dangerously
Complacent,
Declares
Governor
of
1
New
York.
MONTREAL,
Feb.
18:
Herbert
Lehman,
governor
of
New
York,
addressing
a
Victory
Loan
lunch
eon
here
yesterday,
said
that
the
most
of
the
citizens
of
the
United
States
were
dangerously
complacent
about
the
war.
It
was
up
to
the
governments,
press
and
ra
dio
to
shake
this
complacency
and
present
the
facts
facts
which
the
people
of
both
Canada
and
the
States
,
were
well
capable
JAPS
HAD
AIR
LOSS
tne
policy
of
"constantly
retlrinz
to
prepared
positions
could
lead
to
a
position
in
which
the
Allies
might
lose
the
war."
He
urged
emuiaiion
oi
ine
Japs
in
more
reckless
strategy.
Even
as
Van
Mook
spoke
reports
were
heard
that
Chinese
troops
had
invaded
Japanese-dominated
Thailand,
striking
toward
Chieng
Mai,
300
miles
north
of
Bangkok,
!ln
the
first
land
counter-blow
of
I
the
united
nations,
i
Meanwhile
Japanese
invasion
hordes
still
held
off
a
direct
assault
on
Java
and
United
States
fighter
planes
helped
keep
the
invaders
at
bay
by
attacking
a
Japanese-held
airdrome
in
lower
Sumatra
and
shooting
down
four
enemy
planes
without
loss
to
themselves.
I
Only
air
superiority
and
plenty
of
troops
ean-save-Java,
declare
tired
Allied
forces
which
have
arrived
at
Batavia
from
fallen
Pal-ambang
in
Sumatra.
A
Royal
Air
Force
pilot
declares
that
the
East
Indies
can
be
saved
if
there
are
sufficient
planes.
I
In
the
Burma
struggle
Tokyo
!
claimed
that
Japanese
troops
had
No
Less
Than
Two
Hundred
Pilots
crossed
the
Bllin
River
and
"are
Shot
Down
at
Singapore
j
continuing
their
advance
north-Australian
Pilots
Escaped
,ward.M
A
civilian
evacuation
de-Under
Fire.
ipartment
established
by
the
Bur-
I
ma
government
to
assist
In
clear-
BATAVIA,
Feb.
18:
Three
Aus-
ing
civilians
from
Rangoon
today
tralian
pilots,
reaching
here
from
began
moving
their
own
employees
Singapore,
where
they
took
off
'to
the
interior,
under
enemy
machine
gun
fire,
j
lifting
their
planes
from
an
air
field
after
it
had
been
captured
by
the
Japanese,
declare
that
the
Japanese
lost
at
least
200
piloU
at
Singapore.
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CHANGE-OF
PYJAMAS
'
LONDON,
Feb.
18:
CB
Members
of
the
Auxiliary
Territorial
Ser
vice
who,
in
the
past,
had
to
provide
their
own
sleeping
attire,
will
be
Issued
two
sets
of
pyjamas
by
the
War
Office.
LOCAL
TEMPERATURE
Maximum
39
Minimum
36
SUGAR
TAX
BEING
CUT
To
Keep
Retail
Price
Down
In
Face
of
Increased
Basic
Cost
OTTAWA.
Feb.
18:
Minister
of
Finance
J.
L.
Ilsley
yesterday
an
nounced
a
reduction
from
zc
to
Uic
in
the
excise
tax
on
sugar.
The
object
is
to
keep
the
retau
price
down
in
the
face
of
increased
basic
cost.
Legislature
Adjourning
Financial
Arrangements
Between
Ontario
and
Dominion
Not
Yet
Completed
TORONTO,
Feb.
18:
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
asked
today
for
adjournment
of
the
Ontario
Legislature.
Negotiations
with
the
federal
government
having
not
yet
been
completed,
he
.was
not
able
to
announce
financial
plana
of
the
province.
t
Chiang
Kai-shek
And
Gandhi
Meet
CALCUTTA,
Feb.
18:
Ocn-
.
erallsslmo
Chiang
Kai
-
shek
of
China
and
Mahatma
Gandhi,
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
are
meeting
here
to-
oday.
An
Indian-Chinese
al-
llance
against
Japan
Is
believed
to
be
In
the
making.