pri
uarwui
ii
av
Ml.
My
MsTiT
BSISD.
Attacked
Again
ntrr
Offensive
u
1
1
li
hpear-
hcad
of
Submarine
It
Suggested.
M.irrh
16:
-
Indl-xiK
expected
In-
.:nmonwltfj
u
at
..CM-
have
raided
.
.
only
thirty
miles
f
Australia
on
Mack
being
..in
fighter
::rlcr
Japanese
bomber
lu
a;iin
today
at
Darttin,
1
i:
n
i
t
MM'
It1,.
tit
'3
t.
one
of
the
few
re
ar..
.-.j
ratal
strong
poinu
oi
i
I
..::rd
Naliom
in
the
south-
lit
r::,..-
The
attack
was
snolher
intended
to
Darwin
at
a
station
(t
IcJ
Nations
warships
and
Miiilh
which
to
oppose-
the-
u'..
i
!.ialnn
from
an
arc
W.:r
s.fj
In
the
Islands
lu
r-"
The
Sydney
radio
''
1
it
only
slight
dam-:J
tr-:;
suffered.
Brifvn
Invasion
IJkcJy.
'
.on
that
an
tn-
wa.s
in
the
mak-
:
cd
for
the
Aus-Major
General
Bennett
who
head-
s
tn
Malaya
and
.
fall
or
8lnga-a
speech
at
8yd-
Australian
aoldwr
w
for
the
defence
.valth,
'
.t
In
Australia
of
movements
from
.:
ou.s
gatheung
of
:
which
the
Aus-
'
was
poliittd
at
'
'
.
.
ally
offset
today
;
..i
d
air
counter-
'At
Japan.
Reas-
l
iuied
Stales
as-
f.
coinmunlcatlons
f
Mibmarlncs
as
a
m'd
tn
the
Aus-
it
was
without
tu-1
1
1
hope
was
nour-iniiouncemem
that
"i
urine
liad
arrived
i
sixty-day
voyage
waters
in
which
kins
oi
Jaiwncsc
uiik
r"
r.
on
New
(Juluoa
is-
"va
more
Sunday,
one
'
und
one
from
the
iiv
being
Kept
back
'ft
fire.
'
"Irtwrs
are
hacking
"i'Rh
the
Jungle
tp-
-'-fx
on
the
ground
at
f
'
Biitaln.
were
smash-in
Royal
Australian
.''.auk
Gasmata
on
'
an
also
been
atUck-
b
Australian
bombers.
;
American
bombers.
f"f-1'"
on
Gasmata
and
;
!d
the
skies
of
New
themselves.
Not
an
r
mo
rame
up
to
meet
'
'"ph
there
was
nntl-1
'i
machine
gun
fire.
In
Allied
planes
were
lost.
f"
alcd
In
relays
and
dealt
nuiiishment
by
dealing
to
ihn
.Inrar.Ko.
and
shipping.
nlso
further
Allied
on
Japanesc-occupSed
"cw
urttoin
and
In
Bur
TO
MOVE
ALL
JAPS
Coastal
Arca
of
Itritisti
Columbia
To
Be
Cleared
This
Week
VANCOUVER.
March
16:
-
;
Coastal
areas
of
British
Columbia.
Including
Vancouver
Island
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
will
have
been
cleared
of
people
of
Japanese
origin
within
the
coming
week.
Pending
internment
disposition,
they
are
to
be
concentrated
at
Hastings
Park,
Vancouver,
where
arrangements
hive
been
made
to
accommodate
them
temporarily
German
Officers
In
France
Being
Shot
by
Own
Men
PARIS.
March
16:
Several
Oer-man
officers
have
been
shot
by
their
own
men
among
the
French
occupational
forces.
In
addition
to
France,
there
to
unrest
in
Bel
gium.
TODAY'S
(CMtUsT
S.
D.
'
'
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Grand
view
Bra
tome
Cariboo
Quartz
Medley
Mascot
Pend
Oreille
.
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Pioneer
Premier
Privateer
Rem
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Creek
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Calmer
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&
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Royal
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Shipping.
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Unlird
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Submersible
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Central
Pat
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Cons.
Smelters
38.00
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....,
45
Kerr
Addison
3.35
Utile
Long
Lac
97
McLeod
Cockshutt
U7
Madscn
Red
Lake
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McKentte
Red
Lake
75
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MVk
Pickle
Crow
2.02
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East
Dome
2.19
San
Antonio
1-00
Shcrrltt
Oordon
70
SUB
TAKES
LARGE
BAG
'lie
JaDanoae.
and
I
60,000
Tons
of
Japanese
depth
charges
and
bombers.
Sauk
PWtTH.
Australia,
March
10:-
a
tlnlLrrt
states
submarine
has
arrived
here
after
a
peillous
15.
000-mlIc
voyage
during
which
it
sank
60.000
tons
of
Japanese
ship
ping
in
raciflc
waters.
The
route
was
by
way
of
Indo-Chlna,
Malay
and
the
Philippines.
The
submer
sible
had
narrow
escapes
from
London
Has
False
Air
Raid
Alarm
jlrl
Turns
Out
That
Sirens
Vtcre
.ci
Off
By
Mistake
In
West
Knd
Ot
Metropolis
LONDON,
March
10:
Air
raid
signals
were
heard
In
the
west
End
of
London
on
Saturday,
it
was
later
explained
that
the
air
raid
sirens
had
been
set
off
by
WAR
NEWS
I
MAY
STAB
RUSSIA
LONDON
Signs
are
not
lacking
that
the
Japanese
may
be
planning
a
slab
in
the
back
at
Russia
through
Siberia
of
similar
iharactcr
to
the
Pearl
Harbor
"sneak"
which
brought
United
States,
into
the
war.
The
sending,
reported
from
Stockholm,
of
a
new
ambassador
from
Tokyo
to
Moscow
is
seen
as
a
vss'b'c
parallel
to
Japanese
emissaries
having
been
sent
to
Washington
co-incident
with
the
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
and
the
Philippines.
However,
Russia
is
believed
to
be
ready
for
any
eventuality
from
such
bases
as
Vladivostok
and
Nikolaesk.
There
are
Siberian,
bases
only
.six
hundred
miles
away
fiom
Tokyo
and
they
are
endowed
with
heavy
striking
power.
JAPANESE
PROFLIGATE
LONDON
A
military
observer
here
estimates
that
Japan
has
profligately
thrown
some
six
thousand
planes
into
the
Bailie
of
the
Southern
Pacific
during
the
past
three
months,
many
hundreds
of
which
have
been
lost
while
even
greater
numbers
have
been
burned
out.
The
replacement
ability
of
Japan
is
far
less
than
the
rate
of
loss.
The
same
applies
to
the
navy,
all'
of
which
Indicates
that
Japan
is
staking
all
on
lightning
victory
instead
of
a
long
sustained
campaign.
IN
CHARGE
OF
CEYLON'
LONDON
Vice-Admiral
Sir
Jeffery
Leighton
has
been
placed
In
charge
of
all
British
forces
In
Ceylon
as
commander-in-chief,
the
Colonial
Office
announces.
,
RAIDER
OVER
LONDON?
'
'
LONDON
A
single
raider
broke
through
lhc
coast
defences
today
and
gave
London
its
first
daylight
alarm
in
almost
a
year
before
being
chased
away
without
dropping
bombs',
Prince
Rupert
Did
Fine
Job
in
Victory
Loan
By
Beating
AH
Objectives
Final
official
Victory
Loan
tabulations
for
this
area
were
announced
from
local
headquarters
today.
Prince
Riincrt
with
an
original
combined
ouota
of
S185.000
sur-
CAMPAIGN
IN
BURMA
j
British
Forces
Recapture
Three
Villages
Temporarily
as
Dl-vcision
Chinese
NBW
DELHI.
India,
M.trch
10:
o
British
headquarters
announcr
ed
today
Uie
capture
in
Burma
of
three
villages
along
tno
biiung
River,
about
eighty
miles
north
of
Rangoon,
bui
saia
me
counter
attack
was
intended
only
as
a
diversion
and
that
British
and
In
dian
forces
returned
to
their
former
positions
according
to
plan.
Japanese
lorcca
arc
advancing
further
into
Burma
north
of
Rangoon
along
the
Irrawaddy
and
Sitting
Rivers
but
Chinese
troops
arc
reported
arriving
in
considerable
numbers
in
central
Burma
to
reinforce
the
British.
The
Royal
Air
Force
is
active
in
southern
Burma
including
Rangoon
where
a
number
of
Japanese
shrps
have
been
sunk.
Last
Week's
Recruiting
ncc
Rupert
Man
And
One
From
llacllou
l.nlisi
,
There
were
two
rccrulLs
Tor
the
acUve
service
forces
from
Prince
Rupert
during
the
past
week.
They
Wcro
Frank
Dixon
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Phillip
Louis
Stephens
of
trHnit.
BoUi
sailed
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
Friday
night
for
Vancouver.
over
the
top"
by
amassing
a
grand
total
of
$1,097,150,
this
being
146
percent
of
the
unit
quota
of
$750,-000.
Lome
Aggett.
local
organizer.
when
releasing
the
totals,
had
this
to
say:
"The
people
of
Prince
Ru
pert
have
completed
a
magnifi
cent
Job.
Better
than
one
in
every
four
of
the
population
liave
purchased
and
this,
I
believe,
Is
a
new
Canadian
record
for
a
city
of
this
size.
It
was
particularly
gratifying
to
note
that
subscriptions
kept
rolling
In
even
after
the
various
quotas
were
broken.
This
was
a
strong
indication
of
the
citizens'
realization
of
the
gravity
of
the
situation
in
which
wc
find
ourselves
today
the
Importance
of
lending
savings
for.
sorely
-
needed
war
equipment.
"Before
returning
south,
Geoffrey
Wootten,
divisional
organizer,
and
I
would
like
to
take
this
opportunity
of
thanking
those
citizens
who
took
a
part
in
this
drive
and
particularly
the
saleswomen
and
salesmen
who
put
aside
their
everyday
duties
to
do
their
bit
and
who
actually
produced
the
final
results."
CAPITOL
SPACU
The
floor
area
of
the
Capitol
at
Washington
Is
14
acres.
JWUS10
IN
PRINT
Printed
music
dates
back
to
tho
year
1465.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
yiCTORIA,
8.
Local
Temperature
She
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
High
1:39
ajn.
215
fect
ii'it.
41
13:50
p.m.
21.9
feet
an
31
Low
7:51
am.
3.4
feet
20:06
p.m.
3.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
n
v
il
N".
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARC3U6,
1042.
pmce:
tve'cento
S
ia
ii
k.i
7"
vi
Lommon
eaitn
near
testing
lime
Pacific-
IAY
TRY
FUSTRALIA
INVASION
jailor
Itaid
Islands
Only
Thirty
way
Allied
I'Unc
on
Offensive.
IMl,
,
n
I-
Russians
Are
Pressing
Hard
Upon
Nazis
Now
ACTIVITY
IN
LIBYA
Allied
Planes
Smash
at
Marluba,
Bengasi
and
Tripoli
Land
Activity
Too.
CAIRO.
March
1C:
--
Allied
planes,
including
United
States-
made
Douglas
bombers
flown
by
South
African
pilots,
smashed
Axis
planes
on
the
ground
and
other'
enemy
Installations
at
Martuba
i
VANCOUVER,
March
16:
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
arrived
here
by
plane
at
Into
strife
and
misery
again
as
they
endeavored
to
Implement
their
philosophy
of
fear
and
hate.
Melbourne
Has
Air
Raid
Scare
Anti-Aircraft
People
ot
Headed
Fire
Started
And
Australian
City
For
Shelters
MELBOURNE,
March
16:
Anti-nlrcraft
guns
went
into
action
and
Melbourne
people
took
to
air
raid
shelters
yesterday
when
an
Australian
plane
wandered
astray
and
was
mistaken
for
an
enemy
machine.
For
some
time
there
was
considerable
excitement
as
It
was
generally
believed
that
the
city
was
being
attacked.
Honolulu
Has
Its
Fourth
Raid
Alarm
HONOLULU,
March
16:
Honolulu
had
Its
fourth
air
raid
alarm
of
the
war
Saturday,
there
being
a
47-mlnuto
alarm
between
3
and
4
o'clock
In
the
afternoon.
Approaching
aircraft
were
later
reported
to
have
been
friendly.
Red
Forces
At
Gates
of
Kharkov;
Liberation
Of
That
City
Promised
Particularly
Bitter
Fighting
in
Ukraine
and
Crimea
as
Russians
Hold
Initiative
AH
Along
Great
Battle
Line.
MOSCOW,
March
1G:
(CP)
Russian
soldiers,
Three
enemy
planes
which
offered
i
ap-resistance
were
brought
down,
i
plying
great
pressure
on
the
Germans
in
the
Ukraine
Bengasi
and
Tripoli
were
also
and
Donets
Basin,
were
reported
standing
on
the
ap-raided
yesterday.
i
proaches
to
Kharkov
today
with
liberation
of
the
city
aircraft,
r7ra7t
were
acUve
active
ehw
miles
reP?rte(1
ne.ar-
.
lhe
"l
Star,
Soviet
Army
newspaper,
west
of
Tobruk.
Minister
Of
Labor
Pays
Coast
Visit
said
yesterday
that
the
hour
of
liberation
for
Kharkov
was
at
hand.
This
city
o:
850,000
'
persons
is
declared
to
have
suffered
wholesale
atrocities
at
the
hands
of
the
Nazis.
It
is
estimated,
that
14,000
civilians
have
been
executed,
one
hundred
of
tht-m
being
hanged
publicly
in
the
streets.
Other
Russians
have
been
shipped
to
Germany
and
other
occupied
countries
to
be
used
as
slave
labor.
All
along
the
Russo
-
German
front
the
Soviet
forces
are
gener
ally
holding
the
offensive
with
MANY
MORE
SHIPS
SUNK
IKnemy
L'-Boats,
With
Torpedoes,
Continue
To
Take
Large
Toll
Off
Atlantic
Seaboard
NEW
YORK,
March
16:
Sink-
ing
by
enemy
submarines
with
their
torpedoes
of
seven
more
Allied
vessels
off
the
east
coast
of
the
United
States
Is
reported.
Most
of
them
were
In
the
Caribbean
Sea
with
one
off
the
Bahamas
and
another
off
Nova
ScoUa.
One
was
a
large
tanker.
This
brings
to
over
eighty
the
number
of
sinkings
off
the
Atlantic
coast
since
January.
SWEDISH
INVASION
DOOM
OF
GERMANY
i
i
Hitler's
Next
.Move
May
Be
in
That
Direction,
It
Is
Suggested.
LONDON.
March
16:
There
are
increasing
signs
of
a
German
invasion
of
Sweden
being
planned.
Ski
troops
and
motorized
forces
are
being
massed
with
concentrated
in
Norway,
Denmark
and
along
the
Baltic
Coast.
Road
Survey
Is
Starting
TERRACE,
March
16:
A
party
of
surveyors
arrived
here
on
Wed
nesday
with
tents
and
equipment
and
set
off
by
speeder
In
a
west
erly
direction,
thus
raising
hopes
that
a
start
Is
to
be
made
on
the
road
to
the
coast.
LONDON,
March
16:
Dr.
Edou-ard
Benes,
head
of
the
Czech
o-slovakian
government
in
exile,
declares
that
only
a
miracle
can
now
save
Germany
from
defeat.
noon
today
from
Ottawa,
being
on
He
spoke
ot
PlltlcaI
interference
particularly
blttec
and
sanguinary
the
coast
to
observe
measures
tn
connection
with
the
evacuation
'A
Japanese
from
protected
zones
of
coast
defence.
WHAT
WAR
IS
ABOUTiS
killed
Hon.
Richard
G.
Casey,
Australian
Minister
to
United
Stales,
Speaks.
.nrl
this
fimiro
within
iho
fircr
fivr.
rlnve
of
th
Ihi-nnl
WASHINGTON.
March'
16:-Dc-
1
ii
i
it-
'mocracy
is
the
way
of
peace
and
weeks'
campaign
and
then
went
on
to
beat
a
i
set
objec-
jUbcrt
rascum
is
theway
of
tlVe
Of
SG0O.000,
filial
figures
amounting
to
$630,80-0
orUar
and
aggressiop.
declared
Hon.
over
ui
pcrccni
oi
me
original
Richard
G.
Casey.
Australian
mln-
quoia.
oi
conieni
wun
mis
ister
to
the
United
States,
In
an
achievement,
the
citizens
of
Prince
address
last
night.
War
of
aggres-Rupcrt
aUw
set
themselves
a
sec-'si0n
against
freedom-loving
na-,ondary
objective
of
1800
subscrib-'
tlons
was
nothing
new,
declared
crs
O500
subscribed
in
the
1041
Mr.
Casey.
The
last
war
haa
been
Victory
Loan
campaign)
and
cas-
only
an
instalment
in
the
strug-lly
smashed
this
mark
to
obtain
a!eic
against
aggression.
Nov
the
complete
total
or
1917
subscribers,
fight
for
freedom
was
on
all
over
Unit
"C,"
which
extended
east-lagain.
ward
to'Vanderhoof
and
north
to1
Tne
wicked
ambitions
of
ruth-the
Yukon
boundary,
also
"went
less
men
had
thrown
the
world
battle
raging
on
the
southern
fronts
in
the
Ukraine
and
Donets
I
Basin.
General
Timoshenko's
for-1,
Ses
ar.e
drjving
.on
towards.
Jthe
Sea
of
Azov
ah8
'riumeroui
Nazi
!
prisoners
have
been
taken.
A
Russian
communique
reported
"no
important
changes"
on
the
eastern
front.
thousand
Nazis
have
been
during
the
past
week
and
much
valuable
equipment
taken
from
the
enemy
on
the
souchern
end
of
the
front.
Speaking
yesterday
in
Berlin,
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
said
that
unexpected
difficulties
in
Russia
had
made
it
necessary
to
postpone
the
spring
offensive
to
summer.
by
the
"Gestapo
Guttersnipes"
with
the
military
authorities
who
may
take
control
of
the
Czech
government.
MAY
TAKE
EVACUEES
This
and
Mennonlle
Situation
Considered
by
Francois
Lake
Farmers.
FRANCOIS
LAKE,
March
16:
A
meeUng
of
the
Francois
Lake
Farmers'
Institute
was
held
last
Wednesday
evening
and
was
well
at
tended.
Business
taken
up
In-
eluded
shelter
for
coast
evacuees
j
and
the
Mennonlte
situation.
Cor-;
rcspondence
from
J.
B.
Munro,
deDutv
minuter
of
agriculture,
was
carefully
considered.
The
subject
of
handling
evacuees
from
Prince
Rupert
coming
up
for
discussion,
the
opinion
was
expressed
that
children
might
be
difficult
to
handle
unless
accompanied
by
their
mothers
or
some
adult
in
authority.
The
available
accommodation
Is
known
and,
should
the
occasion
arise,
provision
can
be
made
In
short
notice.
Uncha
Valley
people
have
a
wide
acquaintance
in
Prince
Rupert
and
several
of
the
lakes
district
people
may
make
their
own
arrangements.
The
following
resolution
was
passed
unanimously
on
motion
of
Joseph
Sugden,
seconded
by
Lee
Cooper:
"Whereas,
there
U
general
dis
satisfaction
in
the
central
inte
rior
over
the
fact
that
the
Mennonlte
settlers
arc
exempt
from
military
service.
And,
whereas
the
other
youths
of
our
district
have
cither
Joined
the
forces
or
engaged
In
other
war
activities.
"Therefore
wc,
the
members
of
this
Institute,
request
that
our
member,
Olof
Hansen,
take
Immediate
steps
to
endeavor
to
have
the
law
exempting
them
from
military
service
rescinded.
"And
that
copies
of,
this
motion
bo
forwarded
to
all
Farmers'
Institutes
south
of
and
Including
Burns
Lake,
cast
as
far
as
Endako
and
west
to
Palling,
with
a
request
that
they
endorse
the
motion
by
sending
resolutions
to
our
federal
member."
CHINLSU
1UANS
Branches
of
tho
Chinese
government
arc
called
yuan;.