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IS
BELIEVED
GETTING
UNDER
WAY
IN
CRIMEAl
I
no
Milli
Men
With
Thousands
of
Planes
and
Mechanized
Equipment
Starting
Drive
With
Caucasus
On
As-Objective
INITIATIVE
DIES
DOWN
MOSCOW,
May
12,
(CP)
The
German
offensive
gainst
Soviet
positions
blocking
the
invasion
of
the
'aticasus
died
down
overnight
as
quickly
as
it
flared
p
on
Kerch
Peninsula
of
Crimea,
the
Russians
an-on
need
today.
A
mid-day
communique
said
that
noth-
nz
important
occurred
last
night,
indicating
that
the
fNafci
push
had
ceased,
at
least
temporarily.
HMtNE,
Switzerland,
May
12:
The
long-awaited
a:
"prinjy
offensive
is
believed
to
have
lcen
launched
Kim-1
he
Crimea
at
the
south
end
of
the
loin?
Kusso-
cixjui
front
with
the
immediate
objective
the
rich
Cau-
oil
fields.
Centering
on
Kerch
Isthmus,
the
narrow
v.'J'ich
joins
Crimea
with
the
mainland
of
Russia
and
:p
Sea
of
Aasov
from
-
Irii:
s
Jka
on
the
west,
a
sector
ii
m
fT
TT
lijrt
been
quiet
since
laU
VI
I
I
ft
1
1
I
H
MANPOWER
Vne
Into
action,
ac-'
-ports
reachimt
fkrne.
Prime
Minister
Markrnrle
King
are
fighting
with
thc
Lsplaln
Amendment
Matter
T:,r
Nasi
Infantry
Is
be-!
of
Card
in
Resignation
'
v
tank,
dive
bombers;
-
:
;
planes.
ixikraman
admit
re-iiie
putnU
although
!
yurk
la
said
to
have
'
It
I
In
thU
area
It'isiOan
news
agency.;
rnd
of
the
week
that
had
UMd
gas.
j
a
d
Berlin
arc
to
a
lient
a
to
the
pro-
CONFIDENCE"
IN
KING
OTTAWA,
May
12:
(CD
A
caucus
of
IJbcral
membris
of
the
House
of
Commons
and
Senate
today
unanimously
adopted
a
resolution
expressing
"unbounded
confidence
In
our
leader,
Markenrie
King,"
Chairman
T.
I.
Donnelly
said
after
the
meeting.
Virtually
all
(Juebcc
.
conference.
members
were
at
the
U'KKl
weather
In
the!
and
an
all-out"
at-'
OTTAWA.
May
12
(Canadian
tc
made
by
the
Germans
Pre-The
purpose
of
a
bill
.
1.
...u,
Iroduced
yesterday
afternoon
In
(British
Electrical
Workers
Gel
In
Their
Work
After
Being
Smug-
led
Into
Norway
-TOCKHOLM,
May
12
(Cana-Prr.
Britlxh
rlrctrical
ex-
e
reported
yesterday
to
i'-f
ib:i!.ioprt
lhr
Trnrvthnm
c
cuih
of
Trondhclm.
after
:
T.uyglcd
Into
Norway.
overseas
which
In
the
recent
pleb-
clause
restricting
the
government
from
calling
up
men
for
military
service
In
any
theatre
of
war
outside
the
Dominion.
Hon.
P.
J.
A.
Cardln,
minister
of
transport,
in
his
letter
of
resignation,
said
he
could
sec
no
reason
why
the
government
should
so
soon
after
the
plebiscite
vote
to
Introduce
a
measure
carrying
with
It
the
principle
of
conscription
lor
service
overseas.
While
the
amendment
would
give
the
government
the
power
to
do
so
there
was
no
Indication
that
thr
covernmcnt
Intended
to
resort
i,mnHintriv
to
cnnscrlotlon
for
111
ill
IV
SJ
V
a
j
-
'
,
overseas.
1
There
Is
a
feeling
that
the
vol
untary
system
may
be
conunuea
ror
the
time
being
In
the
cnllst-mnnt
nt
men
for
overseas
service.
A
f.lhnrnl
C.1UCUS
lS
being
held
today
to
discuss
attitude
toward
the
government
amendment
as
unit
iia
the
iwsltlon
of
Quebec
5
members,
the
majority
oI
whom
arc
boiicvca
10
oc
in
ouk'-
-
the
stand
taken
by
Mr.
Cardm.
Light
Attacks
By
Luftwafte
London.
Mav
12:
A
German
plane
dropped
bombs
harmlessly
on
a
northeast
coast
town
or
Ens-
land
yesterday.
Off
the
southeast
coast
an
en
cmy
bomber
was
phot
down.
llooth.
BULLETINS
hitm:r
AM)
OAS
LONDON
The
German
radio
says
(hat
Hitler
will
nut
use
gas
unless
it
is
first
used
against
Germany.
Gas
which
the
Germans
are
said
In
lnvi
nuil
fumes
from
a
new
type
of
explosive.
ROTARY
GOVF.RNOK
VANCOUVER
Fred
l.
Jones
of
Spokane,
although
hick
in
hospital
here,
was
elected
district
governor
at
the
northwest
conference.
VANCOUVER
Ml
I.I
ACCIDENT
VANCOUVER
Un
Living
-stone,
2C,
was
killed
instantly
yesterday
when
an
81-inch
cutoff
saw
broke
in
the
Acme
sawmill
here.
Thousands
of
bits
of
steel
flew
into
(he
air.
Weattle
Booth.
ami
.th
,tn
thivro
there
u
U
stilt
iltll
Pr
tviorithc
House
of
Commons
by
,,i,a,.
Prime
Ocsirojcr
and
,
'
;.
tare,,
...
evcls
...
Dis-
t
the
terrain
la
a
tea
'""
m,u,i
the
terrain
Is
a
ea
iy
be
planning
an-assault
agalrisl
Len-
.
successes
arc
claim-
ianj
in
the
Klllnln
Sabotage
RAILWAY
King
to
amend
the
National
Resources
Molbllzatlon
Act
was
said
by
Mr.
King
to
give
the
government
"freedom
of
decision
as
to
action
with
respect
to
method
of
JAP
SHIPS
TORPEDOED
posed
of
By
United
Stales
Submarines
WASHINGTON
DC,
May
12
(Canadian
Press
1
-
The
Department
which
Urcy'saTd
they
des.rcd
the
"efSem
avTn'uT
vi
ships,
one
of
them
a
naval
auxll-
government
to
possess.
Mr.
King
said
the
amendment
constituted
wry-
no
change
of
policy
as
far
as
the
government
was
concerned
and
was
a
logical
consequence
of
the
plebiscite.
The
amendment
deletes
Sectjon
(
Three
of
the
Act
which
contains
a
GIVING
TO
RED
CROSS
C.
A.
S.
E.
Brlnd
15.
Parker
Ltd
60.1
s.
a
Parker
20.
North
Star
Bottling
Works
25.
Imperial
Machine
Works
5.
Joe
Ratchford
5.1
McMeckln's
Brokerage
10.
Miller's
.Cigar
Store
5.;
r
HOtfiNCIAL
-
-
wm
klA,
B.C.
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
High
0:01
ajn.
205
feet
Maximum
67
12:34
p.m.
18.8
feet
,
52
Minimum
Low
6:31
ajn.
3.9
feet
18:34
pm.
6.2
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
SVOL
XXXI,
No.
110.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
12,
1942.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
HAZI
BIG
TOLL
ON
ENEMY
AT
MALTA
against
the
Russians
is
believed
,u,i:,n
r,al,cs
,,rol,
A
As
to
have
not
I.-,,
n..iu.n
i
Bomb
In
1
ierce
But
I
ruitless
.
,
-
I'"'"
f
Assault,
VALETTA.
Malta.
Mav
12:-New
Spitfires
of
the
Rojfol
Air
Force
arc
now
in
action
fan
defence
of
'the
fortress
Island
of
Malta
and
their
activity
Is
bettered
largely
responsible
for
the
Increasing
'
number
of
enemy
planes
which
arc
being
shot
out
oft
the
skies
as
they
conUnue
their
almost
Incessant
assault.
I
No
less
than
101
.
Axis
planes
have
been
shot
down
In
thirty-six
'hours
from
overMalta,
slxty-thrcc
of
them
falling
in
a
single
da
vs.
The
emt
to
Uic
British
was
HALIBUT
SALES
only
three
planes.
American
30.000.
13.5c
planes
seemed
to
be
dropping
I
most
as
fast
as
the
bombs.
o
cante.
m.000.
13
and
lie
More
Shins
Sunk-
Y
i
I
-J
iff
Mm
.
.
.
IMIUCI
.
JU,WV,
11.
1C
UH1
11C,
I'.dari.
30.000,
13
3c
and
11c.
Storaie.
FYankUn,
4SJHW.
and
11c.
Atlln.
Oanadlan
;
Iiorsund,
Ijm,
14c
and
lie,
WhUst.
I
Arctic
I..
15.000.
14Gc
and
11c.
CORAL
SEA
IS
COSTLY
TO
NIPPON
Storage.
Advance
II..
12.000,
14.4c
and
He.
Toll
a
Kesull
of
South
Sea
Naval
Battle
Is
Mounting
Troops
As
Well
As
Baits
1
LELT
INTACT
MELBOCItNl-
May
12
(tT
,
Observers
expressed
the
belief
1
tonight
that
Japanese
invasion
forces
were
faily
well
intact
de-l
spite
the
battering
in
the
Coral
Sea
battle
and
were
hiding
in
islands
to
the
north
and
with
the
bulk
of
the
Japanese
Grand
Fleet
in
Japanese-mandated
islands
a
little
further
north.
raising
men
for
mtUUry
service
-
...h
.;
!
They
said
the
fleet
probably
could
rtmMe
quickly.
the
western
Pacific
had
sunk
a
MELBOURNE.
Way
12:
OiGen
First
Submarine
Attack
In
St.
Lawrence
River
Canadian
Freighter
Sunk
OTTAWA,
May
12
(CP)-Sinking
of
a
freighter
in
the
St.
Lawrence
River,
the
first
enemy
submarine
attack
in
those
waters,
was
announced
today
by
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
minister
of
the
Navy.
The
attack
occurred
May
11
and
forty-one
survivors
have
been
landed.
Mr.
MacDonald
said
that
future
sinkings
in
this
area
would
not
be
made
public
in
order
to
withhold
information
from
the
enemy
but
he
said
the
situation
was
being
watched
and
long-prepared
plans
were
in
operation.
VICHY
IS.
eral
Douglas
MacAr
thurt
I
lead-
Canadian
LCfi10n
quarters
In
Australia
reported
to-j
"
day
that
Japan
was
stlU
paying;
Cv.-..!;.,.
Qecinn
a
heavy
price
for
her
defeat
In
the
battle
of
the
Coral
Sea.
A
communique
said
that
Allied
filers
tracking
down
scattered
remnants
of
the
huge
enemy
invasion
arma-rad
had
damaged
two
and
probably
three
more
ships,
raising
the
II.
S.
Nickerson
$
5.
cicht
dav
total
to
23
or
24
Japan-
E.
A.
Nickerson
10.Cse
ships
sent
to
the
bottom
or
A.
V.
Oudmundson
5-'
crippled.
Helen
&
Milady
Beauty
Shop..
5.j
The
Mcst
Japanesc
shlps
re.
Family
Shoe
Store
and
I
rlpil
sunlt
arc
two
transuorts
In
Steve
King
CO.
g-,,.
Island
and
a
large
M.
Borland
5.
A.
-
auinca.
Unkn
0,f
New
uapiwi
uarDcr
anop
o.
McLaren's
Music
Store
""'
5.
10,
lost
warships
SUPRISES
MAY
COME
Empress
Hotel
Company
lt0-j
Talk
of
Axis
Moving
In
Various
Jones'
News
Stand
10.
1
Directions
To
Catch
Allies
Hclccrson
Ltd
off
Guard
.Turkey
Imperial
Barber
Shop
:..
5.1
1
unafrald
Ernest
Unwln
o.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
M.
Taylor
10.
1
.
.
.
Mr
and
Mrs.
Rod
McLcod
.
.
ANKARA,
May
12:
It
la
pre-
lll
I
t
it.
n
I
I
liniiM
wh
riVrttt
and
Chrlssle
.::
a.
ociea
ncre
m-'k
mj
own
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jaines.
Fogg
5.
be
suaacn
axis-
aiuuw.w
variuus
Mads
Randerls
a.
quiwicia
uuuvi
u
Mr
and
Mrs.
Geo.
Hudema
....
5.
1
plan
to
catch
thc
Allies
unawares
Mrs
P.
Basso-Bert
.,
5.
and
decide
thc
Issue
of
tho
war
5.'wlth
strokes.
Here
Jn
Mrs'
II.
B.
Wallace
lightning
Mrs
J
D
Frascr
5.
Ankara,
however,
fear
of
an
ln-
A
E
Ireland
5.',vaslon
of
Turkey
by
thc
Nazis
ap
Mr
and
Mrs.
Art
Oswald
5.
'pears
to
bo
waning.
Certain
de-Mr',
and
Mrs.
John
Currle
,
fence
measures
are
being
demo-XThlrd
Avenue)
..-
5.Jllshed.
.
LlAULUtlTt;
Uv-OOIUll
.Meeting
Held
Last
Night
In
Preparation
For
Regular
Monthly
Gathering
The
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
was
In
regular
session
last
evening
In
preparation
for
the
monthly
meeting
on
Wednesday.
President
W.
J.
Ranee
was
in
the
chair
and
other
members
of
the
executive
In
attendance
were
Iter
The
enemy
is
bellcvsd
to
have
ry
Thrupp.
G.
W.
Abbott.
Dr.
R.
C.
R
A
Creech
5
lost
heavily
of
troops
In
the
Battle
amrord.
Nell
Cameron.
S.
A.
W
M
WatU
20
I01
Coral
8011
ll'
vlcw
ot
thc
Cheeseman.
Hugh
M.
Smith.
J.
M.
Miss
Blanche
Wrtin"7I.
10anSport
sunk
7
t
least
two,
Walker,
E.
Woodward
and
C.
L.
Dr.
J.
F.
Magulrc
50.
vmg
orai
un
w
i
;
Youngman.
1
or
inn
iwo
aamaKea
m
aauiuua
ui
wiuc
in
aaauiou
w
ruuiiiid
hiiu
Elite
Beauty
Parlor
10.
which
might
have
been
aboard
the
j
branch
business
there
wa3
a
re-
Parkin
Electric
port
Indicating
that
the
soldiers'
plot
at
Falrvlew
Cemetery
had
been
Improved.
This
Is
being
done
particularly
at
this
time
so
that
It
will
be
n
shape
for
tho
Decora-lion
Day
ceremony
held
annually
under
the
auspices
of
the
graves
committee
of
the
Queen
Mary
Chapter
of
the
Imperial
Order.
Daughters
of
the
Empire
It
Is
hoped
that
the
approach
to
the
plots
will
also
be
-put
In
gopd
shape
shortly.
Applications
for
three
transfers
to
thc
branch
were
considered
and
letters
of
thanks
once
again
acknowledged
assistance
given
by
the
branch
to
needy
comrades,
both
local
and
to
some
from
a
distance.
HALIFAX
BUTTER
SHORTAGE
HALIFAX
The
most
serious
butter
shortage
in
years
here
Is
being
faced.
KNUCKLING:
Invn
ds-
Indications
Are
That
Vichy
May
Soon
Yield
Completely
To
Hitler
s
sara
inai
me
question
or
Mar-
descent
I
Unique
may
be
one
of
these
mat-'
nest."
pers.
ii
is
aiso
saia
inai
mere
is!
,
.
.
1
11
a
.J
1
1
niuc
uy
vyiiuiicciiur
nuuu
mi-
1
ler
to
further
tighten
his
control
upon
France
in
preparation
for
his
laortnE
offensive.
Stan
are
not.
throw
In
Its
full
weight
with
the
Axis.
As
for
Martinique,
it
has
been
said
at
Washington
that
United
States
will
not
deal
directly
with
Vichy
s
long
as
a
Laval-controlled
government
remains
In
office.
1
Conferences
are.
however,
being
held
at
Martinique
between
United
States
representatives
and
the
French
governor
in
connection
'with
the
protection
of
the
Caribbean
Sea
island.
Churchill
LONDON.
May
12:
CP
Prime
Minister
Winston
VICHY.
May
12:
Chief
of
State
Churchill
said
todav
that
"air-
Marshal
Henri
Philippe
Pelain
has
bome
invasion
become?
more
1
cut
short
a
holiday
In
the
country
4
and
m0re
a
possibility"
but
t.
return
to
Vkrhv
for
"urgent
any
attemtJt
of
the
Germans
rponf
due
to
certain
events."
It
to
land
in
Britain
"
would
be
a
"
ittle
Brown
Men
Losing
SUCCESSES
FOR
CHINA
Fighting
Northward
of
Burma
Is
By
No
Means
One-Sided
Japanese
Isolated
At
One
Point
Defence
of
India
General
McArthur
Organizing
Against
Invasion
From
These
Quarters
STILL
FALLING
BACK
NEW
DELHI,
May
13:
(CD-Chinese
military
quarters
reported
today
that
Japanese
columns,
driving
up
(he
Burma
road
Into
China
proper,
had
been
thrown
hack
and
had
retreated
to
the
Burma-China
frontier
town
of
Wanting.
Other
reports
said
that
the
deepest
Japanese
thrust,
into
China's
Yunnan
Trevince
had
reached
a
point
twelve
miles
northeast
of
Lungling
which
Is
fifty
miles
inside
of
China
but
declared
that
the
enemy
had
been
driven
back
thirty
miles
by
Chinese
counter-offensive.
It
was
announced
here
that
British
troops
in
Burma
guarding
the
approaches
to
India
had
turned
back
a
Japanese
column
moving
north.
CHUNGKING.
May
12
(Cana-
J
I
dlan
Press)-Chinese
troops
are
Into
a
hornets
1..
,
I
A.
R.P,HERE
IS
ON
JOB
Being
Whipped
Into
Shape
To
Function
Should
Actual
Emer
gency
Arise
The
local
civilian
protection
A.
R.
P.i
organization
continues
whipping
itself
in
shape
in
the
various
phases
of
activity
in
preparation
for
the
possible
day
when
it
may
have
to
go
into
action
In
real
emergency.
The
recent
practice
air
raid
has
had
the
effect
of
spurring
the
A.R.P.
organization
and
gave
It
the
basis
for
consideration
of
what
might
have
to
be
contended
with
in
the
"real
thing."
At
the
present
time
delivery
of
AJI.P.
equipment
for
use
locally
Is
being
awaited.
There
also
appears
to
be
a
ten
DESTROYERS
SENT
DOWN
II.
M.
S.
Lively,
Jackal
and
Klp-long
Are
Lost
In
Eastern
Mediterranean.
It
Is
Announced
LONDON,
May
12:
O)
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
three
British
destroyers
have
btcn
sunk
by
German
bombs
In
the
Eastern
Mediterranean.
They
were
the
Lively,
Jackal
and
Klplong.
More
than
five
hundred
officers
and
men
were
saved.
Early
reports
from
Rome
had
said
that
waves
of
German
bombers
had
sunk
three
or
four
British
destroyers
In
the
Eastern
Medi
terranean.
'
ON
LIBYAN
FRONT
LONDON
Although
there
are
reports
of
an
Impendlns
big
offensive
on
the
Libyan
front,
the
feeling
In
military
quarters
here
Is
that
intense
heat
will
Stop
It.
Meantime
only
light
activity
Is
reported.
holding
firm
all
along
the
Eunna
i
road
and
Japanese
forces
on-jtlnue
trapped.
Chinese
forces
j
which
had
been
cut
off
in
"Burma
nave
struck
north
from
Taungyl
and
recaptured
Maymyo,
former
tAHied-
headqueitwenty-
tttir
'
miles
northeast
of
Mandalay
on
the
new
severed
railway
leg
of
the
supply
route
to
China,
the
Chinese
High
Command
at
Chungking
said.
!
TV,,,,,
t
.
nWn.innl
lln
nf
..
nlcation
of
the
Japanese
column
which
drove
up
the
Burma
road
has
been
cut
off..
The
recapture
of
Chefang
by
the
Chinese
has
also
been
accomplished
and
now
Mandalay
Is
claimed
retaken
with
the
Chinese
driving
on
towards
Lashio.
Four
thousand
Japanese
being
left
dead
behlncL
The
Chinese
expect
to
drive
thc
Japs
out
of
South
China
back
into
Burma,
having
already
thrown
them
back,
21
miles
almost
to
the
bordei.
Further
local
successes
for
the
Chinese
troops
left
behind
In
Burma
are
claimed,
some
having
been
fighting
on
the
outskirts
of
Mandalay.
Other
Chinese
forces
U,
U
W.C
.
-
UUO-
retir,ng
t0Wards
A5Sam.
themselves
by
the
assembling
of
j
equipment
for
fire
fighting
and
other
protective
measures.
A.R.P.
police
wardens
-were
in
regular
weekly
session
last
Friday
night.
The
A.R.P.
police
warden
group
centering
at
Booth
Memorial
School
had
a
meeting
last
night.
Seven
Royal
Air
Force
planes'
raided
a
Japanese
airdrome
on
the
Irrawaddy
River
and
of
eighteen
bombers
on
the
ground
there
two
were
destroyed,
two
badly
damaged
and
five
others
set
afire.
The
airdrome
was
left
in
flames.
United
States
volunteer
filers
have
also
been
active
against
the
Japanese
on
the
Solweln
River.
These
American
airmen
are
giv
ing
the
Chinese
strong
assistance
in
South
China
and
North
Burma
and
are
doing
much
damage
to
the
Japanese.
Meanwhile,
as
the
Japanese
ga
ther
large
forces
at
Rangoon
for
an
evident
further
expansion
move
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell
is
stream-lining
Indian
defences
aga
inst
an
invasion.
It
is
anticipated
that
the
enemy
might
mov
by
land
from
Burma
against
north
east
India
or
by
sea
against
south
India.
Three
armies
are
being
organized
for
India,
one
In
the
northwest
to
guard
Khyber
Pas3
from
Afghanstan
and
one
In
the
south
for
Ceylon
and
central
Anti-British
And
American
Demonstration
PARIS.
May
12:
Anti-British
and
anti-American
demonstrations
are
reported
in
occupied
France.
.
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