R3
hi
J..
j,
:2
Lir4s
Prince
unced
that
no
jHxiiUonary
force
Australia
at
this
IB
SINKS
US.
CUTTER
imiOTON
March
20:
O-
3
c,ate
Navy
announc-the
coastcuard
eut-
'
recently
been
shell.
in
the
Caribbean
Sea,
-
uy
an
enemy
subma
on
board
were
rcs
WAR
NOW
0NTURN
Australian
Invasion
Situation
Is
Quiet
Port
Moresby
Itombed
Again.
nineteenth
air
attack
which
has
wore
more
badly
-
madc
urttahi
whleh
''
.ay
of
Invasion
ii
might
move
;
ur
.jit
or
Britain,
m
however,
the
i.ci
that
a
i
furre
might
not
SYDNEY.
Australia.
March
2:
The
Australian
Invasion
situation
was
quiet
yesterday
except
for
an
other
raid
on
Port
Moresby,
the
on
the
New
Guinea
port
which
the
Japanese
appear
to
be
Intent
on
reducing,
it
was
a
hit
and
run
raid
and
no
damage
was
done
or
casualties
caused.
Prime
Minister
John
Curtln
ex
pressed
confidence
that
Pott
Mor
esby
would
hold
and
suggested
that
a
turning
point
in
me
war
M
"t
10
Australia.
I
jn
the
South
Pacific
would
come
iw.suT
announced
aked
to
be
Pacific
war
1
'ii
had
no
know-Mr
King,
other
K
and
hard
irud
However,
he
-n
ultimate
vlc-
Hainmi's
Indorsation
1
;
D
Hanson,
Leader
of
f
Opposition,
hop-
"'d.s
of
Premier
King
"!J
He
was
afraid
f
anadiun
people
did
"
pnni
of
the
present
in
Australia.
CRITICAL
IN
BURMA
Japanese
Claim
Capture
f
Important
Air
Ilase
as
Rattle
fur
Toungoo
Stays
Tense.
MANDALAY.
March
20.
Tl.c
situation
in
the
Durma
conuwlgn
U
little
chanced
with
the
Japa
nese
continuing
their
advance
against
Chinese
and
British
forces
south
of
Mandalay.
An
important
air
base
was
claimed
by
tile
Japanese
to
have
been
captured
yes
terday.
Around
Toungoo
matters
arc
still
critical.
This
is
admitted
by
General
Sir
Archibald
Wuvcll
himself.
Drltlsh
headquarters
at
Moh
Ting
today
reported
Japanese
pressure
acalnst
the
Allied
lines
from
the
touth
and
cast
with
en
emy
parachute
troons
seeking
to
foment
a
native
revolt,'
EPIC
NAVAL
BATTLE
IS
DESCRIBED
Never
Itefore
a
ictory
Uon
At
Such
Great
Odds,
lieclares
Associated
Press
Writer
LONDON.
March
26:
O
A
light
British
naval
force
set
fire
to
an
Italian
battleship
of
the
35,000-ton
Uttorlo
class
wtth
gunfire,
rammed
her
with
a
torpedo
amidships
and
damaged
two
Italian
cruisers
In
a
three-day
running
fight
In
the
Mediterannean,
the
Admiralty
officially
announced
tonight.
The
Admiralty
acknowledged
damage
to
one
British
cruiser
and
three
destroyers
and
light
casu
alties
among
the
crews
in
the
successful
escort
of
a
convoy
to
embattled
Matt.
Preston
O
rover,
Associated
Press
staff
writer,
who
was
aboard
the
British
cruuw.
said
"It
was
a
battle
which
will
go
down
In
naval
annals
for
not
in
the
recollection
of
any
otffcer
present
had
such
a
prolonged
fight
been
won
by
so
small
a
force
against
such
great
odds."
O
rover
said
the
British
iuilMl
head-on
in
to
an
over
whelming
Italian
fleet
and
drove
it
awy
three
tunes
from
the
convoy.
The
Italians
finally
withdrew
although
they
had
the
assistance
or
dive
bombers
which
attacked
Uie
convoy
Incessantly.
The
Admiralty
report
denied
Italians
claims
of
extensive
dam
age
to
British
warships,
saying
that
only
one
merchant
ship
had
been
sunk.
t
Jap
Shipping
Is
Hard
Hit
WASHINGTON.
March
23:
..
...
at.
-1
.
.1.
-
It
U
esumaica
uiav
ju-
t
nan
has
lost
one-quartur
qf
her
shipping
since
she
enter-
ed
the
war.
The
snipping
problem
will
become
a
serious
one
for
Japan,
it
Is
believed,
if
there
Is"
much
further
ex-
tension
of
the
war
in
the
Pa-
clflc
for
her.
'
L
I
pflOVINOAul
t
LIBKAKY
t
RupertEb
Alaska
Highway
(CP)
Dean
R.
S.
Wilson
of
the
faculty
of
engineering
at
the
University
of
Alberta
announced
that
the
Do-
minion
government
win
St
highway
from
Prince
Rupert
to
connett
with
the
Alaska
Highway
in
northeastern
British
Columbia.
He
said
this
information
was
contained
in
a
letter
from
the
government
asking
for
every
available
junior
and
senior
engineering
student
at
.
the
university,
uean
Wilson,
ot
course,
had
no
detailed
information
local
Temperature
37
25
mm
tin
DALADIER
Former
Premier
of
France
Blames
upon
foe
the
Marshal
defeat
Henri
Ign
power"
was
endeavouring
to
rmlnate
the
trials
because
of
I
embarrassing
evidence
that
was
being
brought
out.
,
Nothing
was
known
about
the
i
suspension
of
the
trials,
said
the
i
presiding
magistrate.
.
EXECUTIONS
IN
SPAIN
VICHY
Thirty-five
persons
have
been
executed
in
Spain
for
communist
activities,
according
to
reports
reaching-
hetc.
JAPS
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
A
total
of
1600
Japanese
are
now
encamped
at
Hastings
Park
following
arrival
of
considerable
numbers
from
up
the
coast.
Arrangements
hate
been
made
for
500
Japanese
to
work
in
the
Manitoba
sugar
beet
fields.
NEWSPAPERS
COMMENDED
VANCOUVER
The
Vancouver
city
council
passed
a
lesolution
yesterday
strongly
commend
inutile
three
Vancouver
newspapers
for
pressing
for
adequate
measures
for
protection
of
the
coast.
The
Vancouver
Sun
claims
the
resolution
was
directed
specially
toward
it
but
the
other
two
papers
were
included
to
be
polite.
CLAIMS
ASSAULT
OTTAWA
Liguoirl
Lacombc,
insurgent
member,
who
was
led
out
of
the
House
of
Comiunn
Tuesday
night,
claims
he
was
punched
in
the
face
and
pain
fully
Injured
after
having
been
escorted
out
of
the
chamber.
He
did
not
identify
his
assailant.
CANADIANS
FROM
SINGAPORE
OTTAWA
The
Department
of
External
Affairs
announces
that
ten
Canadian
citizens
have
arrived
safely
in
Australia
from
Singapore,
They
include
Mrs.
David
Milne,
Mrs.
EugciiQ
Johnson
(Victoria),
Mrs.
Phyllis
Mor-ris
and
two
children,
Mr.
G.
0.
Mitten,
Sirs.
Feake.
and
child
and
Mrs.
Sidney
Wood.
.
..,
..
-
?'-.
n
"
t
.
'
IS
HEARD
:
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
MARCH
20,
1942.
KulktiKA
Condemning
the
excessive
and
unrestricted
sale
and
consumption
of
beer
and
liq-
C
uor
new
prevalent
in
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
and
because
Fetaln
Talks
About
.Suspension
!
parlors,
licensed
clubs
and
wet
1
Of
Trial
H'
canteens
and
also
requesting
i
LONDON,
March
26:
O-A
husband
and
wife
who
rescued
three
Polish
airmen
from
a
borfber
which
had
crashed
near
their
farmhouse
have
been
awarded
the
BUM.
Civil
Division
t.
i
ANOTHER
LAUNCHED
VANCOUVER
Another
10.000
ton
freighter,
the
Fort
Dabine,
was
launched
yesterday
from
a
Vancouver
shipyard.
ON
DAYLIGHT
SAVING
PORT
ARTHUR
Poit
Arthur
will
go
on
daylight
saving
time
April
6
and
Fort
William
is
being
asked
to
follow
suit
L1NDBEKGH
JOINS
FORD
WASHINGTON
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
is
in
Washington
conferring
with
the
War
Department
.following
the
invitation
extended
him
by
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
to
join
the
new
bomber
manufacturing
plant
at
Willow
Run
near
Detroit
as
a
consulting
ONE
IJMDE
PER
WEEK
WASHINGTON
One
safety
razor
blade
per
week
per
shaver
is
to
be
the
limit
set
in
the
United
States.
(JUEE.VS
BROTHER
ARRIVES
NEW
Y
O
R
K
Hon.
David
Howes-Lyon,
brother
of
(Juccn
Elizabeth,
has
arrived
from
England
to
become
identified
with
the
office
of
the
represculativa
of
the
ministry
of
economic
warfare
in
the
United
States.
Suspension
Of
Forty
Hour
Week
Being
Opposed
WASHINGTON,
March
2G:-Or-ganlzcd
labor
is
taking
up
a
campaign
against
a
move
to
have
leg.
Islatlon
enacted
to
suspend
the
forty-hour
week
and
eliminate
the
closed
shop.
blows
but
Just
as
last
year
I
warn
ed
you
we
could
not
have
succes-
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
Low
so
have
reverses
unrelieved
by
successes."
After
stressing
the
hard
fighting
going
on
in
Burma
and
the
Japanese
threats
to
Australia
and
India,
Mr.
Churchill
said
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic,
"after
markedly
turning
In
our
favor
for
five
or
six
months
has
now
for
the
time
being
and
only
for
the
time
being
become
worse
again."
A
year
ago,
the
prime
minister
pointed
Out.
Britain
had
stood
alone.
"Now
three
of
the
greatest
nations
in
the
world
are
allied
with
us."
SINKING
OF
SHIPS
Survivors
From
Two
Vessels
Are
Landed
At
Norfolk,
Virginia,
And
East
Coast
Canadian
Port
NEW
YORK,
Manch
26:
The
Department
of
the
Navy
announces
the
sinking
by
enemy
action
of
a
medium-sized
British
merchant
vessel
off
the
east
coast
of
the
United
States.
Thirty-four
members
of
the
crew
reached
Nor
folk,
Virginia,
safely.
Sinking
of
another
Allied
vessel
was
indicated
by
the
announcement
thai
forty-nine
survivors
had
reached
an
East
Coast
Cana-llan
port.
TO
MEET
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
Has
Dale-Negotiating
With
Lndian
Leaders
NEW
DELHI,
India,
March
26:
Mahatma
Oandhi,
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
will
arrive
In
New
Delhi.
to
meet
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
special
envoy
of
Great
Britain
to
iiiaia,
who
is
in
uii$
cuumry
w
win
India's
full
co-opcrailon
in
the
war
on
the
promise
of
political
Independence.
Yesterday
Sir
Stafford
met
the
heads
of
the
All
India
Congress
party
and
the
Moslem
League.
The
executive
committee
of
the
All
India
Congress
is
called
Into
session
Sunday
to
consider
the
British
government's
proposals.
(Standard
Time)
9:46
ajn.
22:40
pm.
3:19
ajn.
16:15
p.m.
:
Big
Battle
17.0
feet
ICS
feet
J
0.1
feet
6.9
leet
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Hies
Cannot
Lose
War
-
Churchill
da's
War
Plans
IBILIZE
TW0
MORE
DIVISIONS
mrr
lorce
tlur
Itritim
s
Need
IV4
i.miM-
nn:
men
To
lAWV
Marrh
26.
r
Piae-
:i
r.ti
who
will
comprLe
t;rr.lh
and
eighth
army
i:
(
rmatlon
ot
which
1
ten
announced,
will
be
c,
under
compulsory
ir
cf
the
National
Re-
'.I
i.alion
Art.
Hon.
I!;'
'-.z
minister
of
na-i;!:-.
r
lold
a
press
con-
ir
t
The
minuter
alw
rj
C-ji
nearly
all
men
(
..:
the
seventh
divl-!
ptw
on
hand
and
;J
faur
month'
basic
":
cf
the
men
ot
the
mobilized
Mime
ft
alMi
tntn
railed
up
and
cannot
be
tent
u
1
:rr
the
present
law
oluntcer.
The
for
the
ev-;:
will
be
appointed
:
llabton
said.
:.
.26
0
Prune
Lyon
Mackensle
of
Common
k
vc
rnment
ha
'.'.
ion
of
two
i
divisions
the
4i
well
as
ex-and
air
force
thai,
since
the
t
ar
with
Japan,
now
battalion
'"d.
HHtethw
wtth
amber
of
addl-and
coast
de-
EXPLOSION
KILLS
20
I'rrmature
Matt
in
Ijmr.tonr
((uarry
at
Easlon,
Pennsyl-vania,
Today.
EA8TON.
Penn.
March
26:
-A
premature
dynamite
expiation
killed
at
least
twenty
nun
today
In
a
limestone
quarry
at
the
plant
of
the
Lehigh
Portland
Omen'.
Co.
WOULD
END
!
RESISTANCE
Japanese.
Evidently.
Starting
Out
Hnal
Drive
Against
Defenders
Of
Philippines
WA8HINOTOX.
DC.
March
36
Reports
indicate
that
toe
Japanese
are
commencing
an
all
out
final
attempt
to
end
resistance
of
American
and
Filipino
force
on
the
Philippine.
There
Is
Increased
bombing
and
trvMpd
.KtWjK
4SMUlsUny4r
bringing
op
farther
reinfercemenu
on
land.
Fifty
-
four
heavy
Japanese
bombers
battered
at
Island
forts
at
the
entrance
of
Manila
Day
In
a
six-hour
assault
today
but
damage
was
slight
and
four
ot
the
raiders
were
brought
dowa
PLEDGE
OF
MCARTHUR
American
Commander
-
in
-Chief
Promises
Vh-lory
Or
Heath
No
CAMILHItA,
March
ZC:
o
Oeneral
Douglas
MacAr-thur,
commander-in-chief
of
United
Nation
forte,
pledged
tonight
that
"Mier-
can
be
no
rompmmise.
We
shall
win
or
shall
die
and
I
pledge
you
the
full
resource
of
and
all
the
mighty
power
of
my
country
and
all
the
bio!
t
my
countrymen."
At
dinner
at
Parliament
House.
General
MacArthur
declared
his
ronfldenrc
in
ultimate
victory
and
said
he
hrnutht
"the
unbreakable
faith
f
a
free
man."
ACTIVITY
IN
LIBYA
Fighting
Goes
on
in
Spite
of
Sandstorm
Conditions
K.A.F.
Pounds
Away.
CAIRO.
March
26;J
Despite
sandstorm
conditions,
thete
Is
considerable
land
awrtty
by
both
sides
on
the
Libya?
from.
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
'been
pounding
away
at
the
enemy.
:
Rotary
Urges
lOnly
railure
to
Use
Liquor
Curb,
CWrwhc
mino
Power
a
a
w
V
S
Would
Bring
Defeat
of
the
demoralizing
gift
of
wi
c
,torc
jlisfortunes
But
They
Will
Not
Be
Without
liquor
generally
in
the
war
i
effort..
the
Prince
Rupert
Ro-
1
tary
Club
today
unanimously
Successes,
Declares
Prime
iMinistcr
Atlantic
Situation
Is
Worse
Again.
passed
a
resolution,
submit-
!
ted
by
Dr.
Joseph
t.
Mandy.
LONDON,
March
26:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Win-
requesung
that
immediate
ac-
ston
Churchill
declared
today
that
the
Allies
"cannot
lose
Uon
be
taken
to
restrict
the
n
v
.....
"e
ar
excePl,
rougn
our
own
iauure
io
use
our
com-,
sale
and
consumption
of
beer
and
liquor
through
the
eur-
bined
overwhelming
strength
and
to
use
our
multiplying
t
laiiment
of
aeUviUes
of
the
oDDortunities
tnat
will
nresent
tnemselves
to
us.
Arl-
government
liquor
store,
beer
dressinir
the
annual
meetincr
of
the
central
council
of
the
Conservative
and
Unionist
Assort-
.
.
,
.
,
j
I
&vwiwt
.
vituiLiuit
oaiu,
x
uaii-
,
.
4V
thmt
"l
ths
e
ijasTtrarv
issuance
oi
nf
licences
rnrM
s
tt
tu.t
'.I
not
offer
anv
guarantee
that
we
RIOM.
MiirJi
M.-ifBrmer
Pre-
for
beer
and
liquor
establish-
tare
at
the
end
of
our
misfortune.
,mier
Edouard
Dalactier
of
France.
menta
be
drastically
curtail-
i
it
would
be
foolish
for
us
not
to
at
the
war
guiK
trials
yesterday,
1
ea.
be
prepared
for
further
heavy
!
placed
the
lot
France
blame
Over
Malta
LONDON.
March
26:
ToT'Thlrly
germafi
arW-T5&OTT
were
destroyed
or
damaged
yesterday
in
one
of
the
great-
est
air
battles
ever
fought
over
embattled
Malta,
the
Air
Ministry
reported
tonight
RAIDING
BY
AIR
Germans
Come
Over
England
And
British
Arc
Over
France
Again
During
Night
RUHR
HEAVILY
HIT
LONDON,
March
26:
0)
Hundreds
oL
British
bombers,
including
many
flown
by
Canadians,
hammered
at
industrial
targets
in
the
Ruhr
Valley
last
night
in
one
of
the
heaviest
attacks
yet
undertaken
from
the
air
against
Germany.
A
let-up
in
bad
weather
permitted
the
Royal
Air
Force
bomber
squadrons
to
resume
the
offensive.
The
Air
Ministry
said
targets
were
"very
heavily
bombed"
with
loss
of
eleven
planes.
LONDON,
March
26:
German
raiders
were
over
the
southeast
coast
of
England
last
night,
heading
Inland.
However,
little
damage
was
done
and
few
casualties
were
reported
although
the
force
was
considerable.
British
air
raiders
were
also
over
Northern
France
again
since
yes-
,
tcrday.
British
air
raiders
were
also
over
Northern
France
again
since
yesterday
ACTION
TO
BE
SOUGHT
.Mass
Meelin!t
lie
Held
Sunday
oil
Trafalgar
Square
to
Urge
Opening
of
Second
Front.
LONDON,
March
23:
A
mass
meeting
Is
called
for
nex
Sunday
on
Trafalgar
Square
for
tho
pur-pose
of
demanding
violent
action
against
the
enemy.
Opening
of
a
second
front
against.
Gefffiany
to
expected
.to
bo
denuncjed.
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