Today's
War
Summary
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
0:45
20.2
f
The
Gen,
cruiser
ncavrd
Prinz
k
'Clnt
botUed
UP
'or
months
at
Brest,
yesteida.
v
'V'
nnd
sleetstorm
and)tifter
a
naval
battle
with
the
Bi
rd
Heligoland.
other
naval
vessels
a.
and
eighteen
German
and
the
cruiser
of
the
ti
destroyer
loss.
cainsi
uuus
INS!
A
PARK
i
11
mi
ifiuii
HOLDS
ON
BITTERLY
-
i
41
.11..
rrn
'
i
self-destroyed
naval
base
on
north
to
a
village
on
the
Battle
of
Burma
1
rn
'.1
nnnnnfn
wivim
i-iAriiri
nrirn
of
the
Burma
Road,
China's
V
1
1
II
ft
no
t
It
ItHMnHinlA
nnn
1
attempt
Is
made
to
belittle
the
s
of
Martaban,
80
miles
from
U
III
n
nr
I
nil
in
MMrfnn
irmi
T
rx
i
nic
Japanese
drive.
mn
nv
T
....
-j
vi
11..
...
Til,
IA
II
.
mc
(jKbing
icauy
iui
u
laoi
stand.
here
has
hppn
a
lull
In
fltrWf.
on
the
Philippines,
giving
Gcn-
race
his
American
and
forces
on
Batan
Peninsula
raits
of
DoTer,
weresen
heading
Miips
were
heavily
escorted
with
.
the
battle
12
nritish
planes
At
least
one
of
the
battleships
ieie
bombed.
The
British
suffered
Singapore
Still
Holding
Singapore
defences
are
still
holding
out
against
tremendous
.
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I
-I-
1
.
I
i
m
.....
odds
The
Japanese
are
ami
uguiiug
nerceiy
io
iuriner
esiaDiisn
themselves
across
the
Salween
River
in
Burma.
There
Is
a
lull
In
fighting
in
the
Dutch
East
Indies
and
the
Philippines.
Further
Russian
Successes
Further
successes
are
claimed
by
the
Russian
newspaper
liiestia
in
the
Petrograd
and
Crirr,ea
areas
against
stiffening
Nazi
resistance.
Japanese
Suffered
Heavily
Washington
reveals
the
smashing
success
of
the
United
States
naval
thrust
at
the
Marshal
and
Gilbert
Islands
on
January
31.
The
Japanese
lost
five
warships,
including
a
17,000-ton
aircraft
carrier,
eleven
auxiliary
vessels,
thirty-eight
planes
and
important
shore
installations
were
shattered.
SESSION
IS
I
PROROGUED
Britons
Want
To
Know
Why
of
home
waters
could
be
so
in
the
murderous
assault.
challenged
as
Indicated
by
ne
situation
is
such
as
to
re-
T
e
cacuyc
ui
.
We
another
Dunkerquc.
i
battleships
Gneisenau
andt
aies
McDaniels,
Associated'
Scharnhorst
and
cruiser
Prinz
jo
uuiicsijunueii
seiii
iiii
iaai
"u5"'
j
.
patch
before
leaving
Singapoie.
together
witn
tne
situation
was
observing
the
fierce
bat-
which
has
arisen
at
amga-
from
a
hill
and
wrote
dramat-
pore,
was
voiced
in
oemanas
x
lly
of
the
valor
or
the
defend-!
In
parliament
for
explana-
I
Ions
which
may
cause
new
difficulties
for
the
Churcnm
f
government.
An
organized
4.
rnvnlt.
In
ripmanri
for
a
com-
pletcly
reconstructed
govern-
ment
appears
to
be
develop-
Ing.
Canada
Dependent
Upon
Herself
For
Her
Own
Defence
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
13:
With
Western
Canada
facing
direct
attack
both
by
sea
and
air,
the
Dominion
has
no
one
to
look
to
but
herself
for
herdefence,
Squadron
Leader
Ernest
McNabb,
noted
Canadian
flying
ace
of
this
war,
told
a
Victory
Loan
rally
here
trallamandated
New
Britain
Is
reported
occupied
by
the
Japan
ese.
CANADA'S
SECOND
VICTORY
LOAN
COMING
EVENTS
b?1DAy-
6:45
P.M.
Rev.
J.
II.
Myrwang,
CFPR.
BATURDAY,
2:30
P.M.
Military
Parade,
route
Second
and
Third
Avenues.
3:15
p.m.
Inauguration
Services
at
Dug-Out,
Federal
Building.
7:00
p.m.
Variety
Programme,
CFPR,
Prizes
and
Playlet.
ott.
hunday
Victory
Loan
Sunday
Services
at
Churches.
9:00
p.m.
AU-Mllitary
Variety
Programme,
Cap-
ul
Theatre.
MONDAY,
6:45
p.m.
Mrs.
J.
A.
Tcng,
CFPR.
GET
READY
TO
BUY
VICTORY
BONDS
(She
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
37.
!
VICTORIA.
Feb.
13:-The
ses-
el;
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"
rianrsr
iiiiiduciii
niui
uciuus
Ait
in
i
i
liiit
hi
i
liaii
ii
n
um
mn
it'Vm
.
-
.
,
.
.
ilslature
was
prorogued
at
3
o'clock
:
...
-
-
rj
ht
van
uiaatai
luiu
iajuis.
ueii
i.
in
Battle
of
Burma
Next.
(yesterday
afternoon
by
Lieutenant
the
engagement
which
began
on
Governor
W.
C
Woodward.
'Thursday
when
the
26,000
-ton
.
.
.
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ft
VAcrIltT
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r
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linnn
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litre
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liinii
i.rnn
fnitcrf
pi-
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tti
what
appear
to
be
hopeless
I
'eaerai
government
immeui-
gen
sllpped
from
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and
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in
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a
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r
r
t-tnva
i
a
1
1
k'nrnA
n
in
ov
Do,,!.,,.
f
,
the
war
situation.
The
resolution
.j
.
unconditional
surrender.
was
movea
oy
premier
jonn
uari
attacked
the
enemy
ships
which
ne
enemy
is
uruwiiiE
its
lines
.
'
were
accomnaniea
dv
aestrovers.
'eaucr.
E-boats
and
heavy
fighter
air-
Speakers
on
the
resolution
men-
craft
escort
0n
account
of
tioned
the
lack
of
appreciation
by
vislblllty
the
lnal
resuit
0f
the
Ottawa
of
the
danger
of
this
coast,
terrlfic
aw
and
"the
extent
of
a
danger
wnich
was
stressed
by
damage
,done
was
not
immedlate
Herbert
Oargrave,
C.C.F..
Macken-.
,v
nsrprtanPfi.
hut
official
com-
he
Janancsp
rinimrH
tnriv
zle,
who
charged
military
author-;m..n.'
pre-sfri
the
belief
that
the
city
and
of
the
main
for-
IIP
PnPmv
nrn
o
n
Irnrttr
Ifi
rrarl
have
complete
mastery
of
the
On4
T
hJmIUaJ
Uni
U.
of
tho
lortress
could
only
be
flllPf
n
f
riiua
or
fhA
vrcT
Pl
V
n
r
r
nt
ran
t
rr
li
na
nccn
IIP:
nliirrrn
lrr
ir
4ttrA
Krtvi
K
machine
gun
the
defenders,
as-
all
three
"mairi
tar,ge"tshdd
been
hit
along
with
one
destroyer.
At
least
eighteen
Nazi
aircraft
fight-
A
Prince
Rupert
Beats
Kincolith
I
Score
of
41
to'
26
in
Second
Basketball
Games
Last
Night.
handily
by
a
score
of
41
to
20.
Union
Jack
GREAT
NAVAL
BATTLE
IN
STRAITS
OF
DOVER;
HUGE
ENEMY
WARSHIPS
ESCAPE
of
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Grahdvlew
-
-W
Bralorne
-
Cariboo
Quartz
nil
Hedley
Mascot
.25
Pcnd
Oreille
1-50
Pioneer
I-60
Premier
'
54
Plvateer
36
Reno
-
-
i7
Sheep
Creek
.77
Oils
Calmont
'
-15
C.
&
E
-
1-00
Home
-
-
2.35
Royal
Canadian
,
".05
Toronto
Beattie
-8l
Central
Patricia
97
i
Consolidated
Smelters
38.00
Hardrock
:.
-48
'
Kerr
Addison
Little
Long
Lac
".
L15
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.13
Madsen
Red
Lake
38
McKenzie
Red
Lake
85
Moneta
23Vi
Pickle
Crow
-15
Preston
East
Dome
...:.
2.70
San
Antonio
1-53
Sherrltt
Gordon
-
.78
SO
THAT'S
IT
There
are
no
snakes
or
toads
on
the
Isle
of
Man
in
the
Irish
sea
i
Churchill
1
On
Sunday
J
LONDON,
Feb.
13:
Prime
MinUter
Winston
Churchill
to
the
Empire
on
Sunday.
The
time
is
expected
to
be
1
p.m.
Pacific
daylight
saving
time.
PARADE
TO
OPEN
DRIVE
First
Demonstration
of
Loan
Campaign
Taking
Place
'
Tomorrow
Uefnoori
'
ers
were
known
to
have
been
de-
parade,
in
charge
of
George
W.
stroyed
by
being
shot
down.
The
Cripps,
will
be
the
initiatory
feat-Royal
Air
Force
lost
forty-two
ure
of
the
Second
Victory
Loan
planes
twenty
bombers,
sixteen
campaign
in
Prince
Rupert.
It
will
fighters
and
six
other
planes.
take
place
tomorrow
afternoon
The
enemy
ships
were
heading
rain
or
snine,
mustering
on
mc-
LONDON,
Feb.
13:
Q
Dls-
west
towards
the
Straits
of
Dover
Bride
Street
and
marching
along
may
of
Britons
that
the
rule
when
discovered
by
the
Royal
Air
Second
Avenue
to
the
junction
of
Force
By
the
time
they
were
first,
oecono
ann
iniro
Avenues,
first
engaged
they
had,
apparent-
thence
along
Third
Avenue
to
the
ly
negotiated
nearly
half
of
the
Post
Office
where
a
brief
inaugur-
...
n
ntlnn
corvino
will
hp
hplrl
urtth
Tit.
seven
nunoreo
mues
liuiu
oira
.....
to
Heligoland.
Rev.
G.
A.
Rix
D.D.,
Bishop
of
Caledonia,
officiating.
The
composition
of
the
parade
will
be
a
detachment
of
provincial
police,
mechanized
units,
military,
standard
bearers,
sea
cadets,
air
raid
protection
workers-,
women's
service
corps,
fire
depart-
j
ment
and
ambulance
auxiliaries.
!
The
program
at
the
inauguration
service
will
include
a
brief
address
by
Bishop
Rlx,
singing
by
j
,
,,
'a
massed
choir
under
direction
of
In
.1.
the
second
game
or
tne
.
in
wit.
t
j,
MHsnn
cplpftinns
hv
thp
Ca-
Prince
Rupert
vs.
Kincolith
series
i
.
.
!
nadlan
Scottish
inrt
ninht..
thp
local
team
won
pipe
band,
singing
of
well
known
hymns
and
national
1
'
anthems,
with
sea
cadets
as
guards
of
the
flags,
standard
bearers
will
carry
the
British,
United
States,
Norwegian
and
Chinese
flags.
IS
HANGED
IN
TORONTO
Man
Who
Strangled
His
Wife
Pays
Extreme
Penalty,
TORONTO,
Feb.
13:
Bill
New
ell,
former
aircraftsman
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
was
hanged
at
dawn
today
for
ths
strangulation
murder
of
his
wife
In
the
fall
of
1940.
Dr
Davidson
iK
j
Welfare
Head
Victoria
-Man
Goes
to
Important
Post
in
Federal
Government
Service.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
13:
Q
Dr.
George
F.
Davidson
of
Victoria
was
yesterday
appointed
executive
director
of
the
Canadian
Welfare
Council
in
succession
to
Miss
Charlotte
Whltton
of
Ottawa
who
has
resigned.
ajn,-12:38
.
(By
Canadian
Press)
p.m.
22.5
ft.
Low
6:40
ajn.
55
ft.
jo
O.
A
19:14
p.m.
U
ft.
X.
VjX
i
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
and
the
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
13,
1942.
oincuy
LONDON,
Feb.
13:
(CP)
The
German
battleships
two
words
mean?
Still
Forbidden"
;
"Strong
Verboten"
Would
Be
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
as
Well
as
Prinz
Eugen
Make
i
miliar
word
if
Enemy
Gateway
From
Brest
to
Heligoland
Many
Air-
f
won
war.
craft
Lost
in
Terrific
Duel.
"Streng
Verboten!"
ra-
Have
you
wondered
what
those
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
and,
the
cruiser
Prinz
Eugen
if
you
were
in
Germany
or
if
1
PHILADELPHIA,
Feb.
13:
eral
Douglas
McArthur,
comman-
Army
and
bungling
thus
eliminated,
declared
Wendell
Wlllkie
in
a
Lincoln
Day
address
here.
Willkie
said
he
would
run
again
for
president
in
1944
if
nominated.
ULLETINS
GET
JAPS
OUT
OTTAWA
Arthur
Slaght,
Liberal,
Parry
Sound,
urged
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
the
government
get
the
Japanese
out
of
British
Columbia
as
quickly
as
possible.
He
suggested
that
Angus
Maclnnis,
C.C.F.,
Vancouver
East,
be
made
an
adviser
to
Premier
King
on
labor
matteis.
MONTREAL
TRIALS
MONTREAL
Of
eighteen
men
arrested
in
Wednesday's
anti-conscription
riots,
thirteen-pleaded
guilty,
one
failed
to
appear
and
one
was
still
In
hospital.
ROOSEVELT-KING
SPEAK
OTTAWA
Prime
3Iinister
Mackenzie
King,
President
Koosevelt,
Rt.
Hon.
Hon.
Arthur
Bcvcn
and
Sir
Walter
Citrine
will
be
hcaid
in
an
international
radio
broadcast
Sunday
night
inaugurating
the
Victory
Loan
campaign.
FINED
FOR
HOARDING
People
Who
Bought
100
and
Pounds
of
Sugar
Fined
in
Toronto.
5C
TORONTO,
Feb.
13:
Four
Toronto
persons,
two
women
and
.two
men,
were
fined
$5
with,,
op-
Ui.,
rtf
flvo
rtnva'
f
lmnrlscmtncrtt1
ft01
WUll
V,
J
f
yesterday
for
receiving
deliveries
of
sugar
In
excess
of
the
new
rationing
regulations.
Three
of
the
accused
received
100
pounds
of
sugar
and
one
50
pounds.
They
were
charged
with
hoarding.
SAP
FOR
SYRUP
From
30
to
40
gallons
of
maple
sap
are
needed
to
make
a
gallon
of
maple-
6yrup.
.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Waves
Japanese
Invaders
Drawing
Closer
To
Singapore's
Centre
Emergency
Session
of
Australian
Parliament
Is
Being
Called
Netherlands
Will
Fight
to
Finish-More
Activity
in
Burma.
were
heavily
bombed
in
Dover
Straits
Thursday,
it
was
the
Nazis
we
m
your
country,)
.
officially
announced
today.
This
occurred
while
the
two
theywxuid
soon
be
most
familiar.
;
The
Union
Jack
waved
over
Singapore
city
today
but
'powerful
battleships
and
the
heavy
.'cruiser,
the
bulk
of
b
J
Verboten:
strlctly
'"j
Japanese
crawls
shock
forces,
alternating
between
inching
Uermanv
s
remaining
heavy
warships,
were
making
a
it
is
interesting
to
think
is
wh
wnai
sensational
escape
irom
a
one-
------
year-old
dry
dock
internment
at
n.i;.
legislature
Appeals
to
una-
wrest.
Alter
tne
engagement,
one
wa
to
Strengthen
Defences
Without
Delay.
I
of
the
most
spectacular
battles
of
the
war,
the
great
vessels,
hidden
.by
mist
during
a
rain
and
sleel-
Istfirm
fllr1
nn
fhp
FrmlleVi
Phn.
,
and
suicidal
rushes,
had
reached
suhnrhnn
Tr.n.r.
i-
v;n
.
.
-
,
It
ar.nlH
mn
In
r.,
,,r,
n,
llf
HtWC
1IIU1C
IIIHII
LWO
IHlieS
irOm
IHe
Meflrt,
fit
thf
Plfv
our
life
of
liberty,
security
and
That
Was
the
position
On
the
southern
Tiart.
nf
n
"li-milo
.,
..-
"
-
-
personal
freedom-it
-streng
Ver-
battle
line,
while
on
the
central
front
the
Japanese
an
boten"
were
to
greet
us
at
every
peared
to
have
seized
most
of
the
.
-
L
turn.
water
supplies.
A
10:30
DJn.
(8:30
Are
you
doing
what
you
can
to
a
rn.
.Pacific
Daylight
Time)
Sing-1
stop
"Streng
Verboten"
sighs
be-1
apore
newscast
referred,
however,'
KirL
in
WKifa
coming
a
reality?
to
the
situation
as
being
unchang-
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111
If
Illlc
Buying
VICTOP.Y
BONDS
nsxt
ed
and
earlier
in
the
day
Hon.
D
week
is
the
least
you
can
do.
Thpv
ton
u'nlllrt
hf
"Rtrpntr
Vpr
ttf
-i-li.
1
J
j
,
r
win
uenvcr
a
lauiu
iiuuicos
t
ti
If
the
enemy
were
here.
CALLS
FOR
MCARTHUR
Willkic
Would
Brine
Home
Philippines
Commander
to
End
Bungling.
Francis
Forde,
army
minister
of
IVUSMd
AL.It.
i
1
Again
I
rtuatiaiia,
received
a
message
irom
4
Lieut.
Gen.
A.
E.
Percival,
British
MOSCOW,
Feb.
13:
C
,
commanding
officer
at
Singapore,
Russian
dispatches
asserted
to-
!
saying
that
the
defenders
were
day
that
the
Soviet
winter
of-
i
still
putting
up
"stout
resistance
fenslve
had
reached
White
against
great
odds."
Even
the!
Russia,
ski
troops
penetratine
Tokyo
radio
spoke
of
the
firm
re-.
German
lines
to
strike
in
the
sistance
at
Singapore
but
It
was
area
which
borders
Poland.
apparent
the
net
was
drawing
Where
entry
was
made
was
steadily
tighter.
not
specified
but
it
could
have
In
Australia
Prime
Minister
John
j
been
by
advance
units
oper-
Curtin
summoned
parliament
to
aUng
north
and
south
of
t
meet
a
week
from
today
"because
Smolensk.
01
continued
deterioration
of
tne.
Pacific
situation,"
i
Tn
tho
Tnrtipe
thn
Npthprlnnrls
der-ln-cmel
qt
the
American
.
mr
InQles
commaridr
porteirf
ces
m
thfr
PhDipplnes,
should
be
0,,
,
fh
t,,c
iJ
brought
home
and
put
in
supreme
aimed
at
Java
whlIe
Batavia
dls.
military
and
semi-military
command
of
the
United
States
patches
said
the
Netherlands
would
never
abandon
the
islands
without
a
fight
even
If
the
British
decided
to
pull
out
to
Australia.
Reports
ffom
Rangoon
said
that
heavy
fighting
had
broken
out
again
In
the
Paan
area,
thirty
miles
from
the
mouth
of
the
Salween
River,
where
the
Japanese
are
attempting
to
force
a
subsi
diary
landing
in
wards
Rangoon.
Masbate
Island,
chipelago
lying
WATER
HOLE
TRIED
OUT
Section
Two
A.
Have
U.
P
Fire
U'ardens
Work-out
Last
evening
the
fire
wardens
with
H.
R.
Hill,
chief
warden.
In
their
drive
to-.
charge
of
Westview
ascertained
to
what
extent
a
water
hole
would
one
of
the
ar-1
last
with
one
of
the
Ontario
gaso-between
Luzon
line
pumps.
and
Mindanao,
the
principal
is-,
ai
b
p.m.
tne
wardens
took
lands
of
the
Philippines,
has
been
pump
and
equipment
to
a
dam
at
seized
by
the
Japanese.
a
natural
drain
at
the
end
of
Water
Street.
It
was
satisfactory
TO
PROBE
i
HONGKONG
dian
troops
for
Hong
Kong.
.i
&0eHaaoaoiHiao0oaoao0iwaa0&aa
inasmuch
as
they
got
an
Idea
of
the
amount
of
water
these
pumps
j
throw.
When
the
pump
started
the
gen
eral
idea
was
that
the
amount
of
water
In
the
hole
would
last
for
i
hours
but
in
30
minutes
the
...
......
.'water
was
down
four
Inches
and
Chief
Justice
Duff
Asked
Lyrnau
m
fQrty
mlnutes
down
another
to
Conduct
Inquiry
for
three
lnches
To
have
pumped
a3
Government.
low
as
sucllon
pipe
wouia
take
it
,
I
would
possibly
have
lasted
one
'and
one-quarter
hours.
:
OTTAWA,
Feb.
13:
W
Prime
There
are
not
any
buildings
that
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
the
pumps
would
not
throw
.water
King
has
requested
Chief
over
in
Prince
Rupert.
Justice
Lyman
P.
Duff
to
act
as
a
I
rdval
commissioner
to
conduct
an
LOCAL
TEMPERATURE
inquiry
Into
circumstances
sur
rounding
the
departure
of
Cana
Maximum
47.5
Minimum
34
PROCLAMATION
The
Commissioner
of
the
City
of
I'rince
Rupert,
acting
in
accordant
with
the
wishes
of
the
Hon.
Mr.
J.
L.
Ilslcy,
Minister
of
Finance,
does
hereby
request
that
all
citizens
and
merchants
in
the
City
of
I'rince
Rupert
display
the
Union
Jack
and
decorate
their
buildings
and
homes
during,
Canada's
Second
Victory
Loan.-
Also
that
they
support
this
worthy
cause
to
their
fullest
extent.
(Signed)
D.
J.
MATIIESON,
City
Commissioner,
City
of
Prince
Rupert.