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XXXI,
NO.
8.
Rattle
of
pacific
1RITISH
WITHDRAWING
FURTHER
IN
MALAYA;
LULL
IN
PHILIPPINES
Japanese
Evidently
Planning
for
Full
Dress
Invasion
of
Netherlands
hast
Indies
Chinese
Offensive
Bright
Spot
of
Far
East
Picture
R.A.F.
Active.
USINC.
MONSTER
TANKS
Japanese
troops,
led
by
monster
tanks,
were
claimed
in
an
official
Tokyo
broadcast
today
to
have
driven
to
within
ten
miles
of
Kuala
Lumpur,
210
miles
north
of
Singapore.
At
the
same
time
field
dispatches
claimed
that
a
general
offensive
was
begun
early
this
morning
in
the
southern
part
of
the
city.
British
Far
East
headquarters
tersely
announced
that
battle-wearied
Imperial
troops
had
withdrawn
farther
south
from
the
latest
defence
lines
north
of
Kuala
Lumpur,
but
no
details
were
given.
As
an
ominous
lull
in
the
Philippines
suggested
that
a
zero
hour
might
be
approaching,
Batavia
believed
that
a
major
Japanese
offensive
was
imminent
against
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
where
there
have
been
persistent
enemy
reconnaissance
flights
and
outside
at
tacks.
However,
the
defence
forces
of
the
Nether
lands
East
Indies
are
said
to
be
well
organized
and
there
is
believed
to
be
little
fifth
column
danger.
LONDON,
Jan.
10:
With
British
troops
withdraw-
)g
further
down
the
west
coast
of
Malay
Peninsula
in
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Japanese
ianK
ana
mian-
y
forces,
a
lull
continues
today
in
the
assault
upon
Gen-
ral
Douglas
MacArthur's
American
forces
on
the
Phil-
binea
and
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are
definitedndrcatiOns4thattlie'"efremy
Elev
ator
Destroyed
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SUPERIOR,
Wisconsin,
Jan.
S10:
9
Two
explosions
fol-
i
lowed
by
a
fire
destroyed
the
lOreat
Northern
Railroad's
El-
levator
X,
giant
grain
storage
;
plant,
today
with
loss
estl-imatcd
at
$2,250,000.
Seven
i
persons
were
Injured
In
fight-
ling
the
blaze.
:onscript
EVERYTHING
larold
Winch.
C.
C.
F.
Leader,
presents
Amendment
To
Throne
Speech
in
Legislature
VICTORIA,
Jan.
10:
-Speaking
the
Legislature
yesterday,
Har-
d
Winch.
Leader
of
the
C.
C.
F.
position,
urged
mobilization
of
material
and
financial
re-
purces
as
well
as
manpower
for
it.
He
presented
an
amendment
the
reply
to
the
Speech
from
pe
Throne
which
Mr.
Speaker
Iprman
Whlttakcr
said
he
would
lie
upon.
(SURANCE
extension
aose
Whose
Pay
Has
Gone
Over
$2000
Owing
to
War
Will
Now
Be
Covered.
OTTAWA,
Jan.
10:
0j
Amend-
rnt
to
the
Unemployment
Insur-
pce
Act.
to
be
announced
In
a
days,
will
extend
provisions
of
fce
act
onlv
to
those
whose
sal-
les
have
by
war
conditions
been
shed
over
the
$2000
limit,
an
jithoritatlve
spokesman
said
yes-
Jay,
n
Thursday
It
had
been
said
it
the
act
would
be
extended
to
elude
those
earning
up
to
$3,000
ir'y
but
Information"
today
lowed
that
the
extension
would
gt
cover
such
a
wide
range.
are
mating
ready
lor
a
major
in
vaslon
thrust
on
the,
Netherlands
East
Indies.
The
new
Chinese
offensive
is
the
bright
spot
of
the
Far
East
picture.
The
extent
of
today's
withdrawal
by
the
British
forces
In
the
Slim
River
sector
of
the
Ma
layan
front
above
Kuala
Lumpur
was
not
disclosed.
Thousands
of
little
brown
soldiers
are
swarming
through
the
Jungle,
their
Immediate
objective
being
Kuala
Lumpur
whose
railway
and
highway
lead
direct
to
Singapore.
The
Japanese
infantry
is
being
paced
by
heavy
tank
forces
with
bombing
planes
overhead.
Dive
bombers
are
already
said
to
have
devastated
Kuala
Lumpur.
The
British
are
putting
up
stiff
resistance
by
artillery
but
the
Japanese
are
reckless
of
the
toll
of
life,
leaving
thousands
of
dead
and
dying
In
the
Jungle
as
they
move
There
were
two
air
raid
alarms
last
night
at
Singapore
but
no
bombs
were
dropped.
One
enemy
plane
was
shot
down.
Meanwhile.
British
bombers
dropped
many
missiles
on
objec
tives
In
Thailand
and
the
occu
pied
portion
of
Malay
Peninsula,
doing
much
damfage
In
blasting
and
firing
shipping,
railway
lines
and
military
buildings.
Particularly
have
British
filers
pounded
Japanese
supply
vessels.
A
radio
broadcast
picked
up(in
New
York
said
that
British
planes
had
staged
another
heavy
attack
on
Bang
kok,
the
capital
of
Thailand,
dropping
a
large
number
of
bombs.
Widespread
fifth
column
activity
In
Malaya
on
behalf
of
the
Japanese
Invaders
Is
reported.
The
Sultan
of
Johore,
one
of
the
Malay
States,
has
appealed
to
all
Malayans
to
stand
firmly
oy
the
Allies.
Continuous
reconnaissance
fllehts
and
bombing
attacKS
on
outside
points
Indicate
the
immi
nence
of
the
Japanese
turning
their
attention
to
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
for
an
Invasion
thrust.
Japanese
bombing
planes
have
attacked
Tarantan,
Netherlands
East
Indies
oil
port.
Nipponese
submarines
have
also
been
active.
Chinese
Offensive.
While
the
British
and
Ameri
cans
are
seriously
threatened
by
the
Japanese,
the
activities
o
General
Chlane
Kai-Shek's
Chi
nese
forces
are
providing
much
hone
and
encouraeement.
In
ad-
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
10,
1942.
price:
five
cents
BULLETINS
ESCAPED
HONG
KONG
VICTORIA
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
L.
Marchant
received
a
cable
yesterday
conveying
the
good
news
that
their
son,
Allan
Mar-chant,
had
escaped
safely
from
Hong
Kong
where
he
had
been
serving
with
the
Canadian
ces.
or-
JUDGE
IN
ADMIKALTV
VANCOUVER
Mr.
Justice
Sydney
Smith
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
ftrithh
Columbia
has
been
appointed
judge
in
admiralty
in
succession
to
the
late
Mr.
justice
M.
A.
MacDonald.
ESCAPE!)
FROM
OK
ALL
A
VANCOUVER
Douglas
Murray,
18,
and
Ernest
Buckingham,
16,
escaped
from
OkalU
Prison
where
they
were
Kcrving
time.
They
made
their
set-away
while
engaged
in
clearing
snow.
VANCOUVER
DEATHS
VANCOUVER
Funerals
took
place
here
today
of
Dr.
W.
A.
McTavish,
well
known
Vancouver
physician
and
surgeon,
and
of
Mrs,
William
Telford,
a
citizen
of
many
years'
standing.
COAST
SHIP
Steamer
Ruth
Alexander
Victim
of
Enemy
Action
in
Far
East.
WASHINGTON,
'
Jan.
10:
The
tteamer
Ruth
Alexander,
for
years
a
popular
vessel.
on
the
Pacific
coast
run
betweeji
British
Colum-
bia,
Puget
Sound
and
California,
has
been
sunk
by
enemy
action
off
the
Dutch
East
Indies,
the
United
States
Navy
announces.
One
member
of
the
crew
was
killed
and
four
injured.
All
others
escaped.
Rumanians
With
Guns
Executed
Nazi
Authorities
Taking
Drastic
Steps
To
Ensure
Return
Of
Weapons
In
Occupied
Country
BELGRADE,
Jan.
10:
Rumanian
soldiers,
failing
to
turn
in
their
guns
when
ordered
to
do
-so
by
the
Nazi
forces
of
occupation,
have
been
ordered
executed.
Prince
Rupert
Men,
From
,
Oldsters
to
Fuzzy
Youths,
Rallying
to
A.R.P.
Duties
The
men
of
Prince
Rupert,
old
and
young
alike,
elderly
business
men
down
to
fuzzy
school
boys,
are
tak-
mg
seriously
the
responsibility
of
being
identified
actively
with
civilian
protection
(A.R.P.)
service.
This
was
apparent
from
the
size
of
a
general
meeting
held
at
the
Canadian
Letrion
Hall
last
nicht
for
the
nurnose
of
im-
MISSION
Many
IS
OVER
Duff
Cooper
Is
Not
Required
Further
At
Singapore
Following
Appointment
of
YVavell
To
Command
LONDON,
Jan.
10:
O)
Capt.
Alfred
Duff
Cooper,
cabinet
coordinator
of
Far
Eastern
affairs
at
Singapore,
has
been
told
to
"wind
up
his
mission,"
it
was
announced
today.
The
statement
said
his
mission
had
been
brought
to
an
end
by
the
appointment
of
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell
to
the
southwest
Pacific
command.
SALVAGE
REQUIRED
Lines
of
Old
Material
Can
Be
Used
The
salvage
campaign
Is
calling
for
rubber,
old
rugs,
mattresses
and
blankets,
rags,
all
kinds
of
sacks,
sacking,
paper,
magazines,
cartons,
barrels,
bottles,
bottle
caps,
broken
china,
crockery
and
glass,
old
phonograph
records,
old
car
batteries,
coat
nangers,
old
postage
stamps,
tinfoil,
tooth
paste
and
shaving
-cream
tubes,
old
keys
and
scrap
metal
of
all
kinds.
dltlon
to
penetrating
the
outer
defences
of
the
Important
cities
of
Canton
and
Nanchang,
which
the
Japanese
have
held
for
many
months,
the
Chinese
have
sur
rounded
Ichang
and
have
crown
ed
their
smashing
defeat
of
the
Japanese
at
Changsha
by
bring
lng
down
seven
enemy
planes
there.
The
Chinese
air
force
Is
now
becoming
an
active
factor.
Yesterday
the
Chinese
planes
headed
off
eight
Japanese
air
raiders
which
essayed
the
first
attack
of
the
year
on
the
capital
city
of
Chungking.
A
.
parting
instruction,
issuing
equip-
ment
and
enrolling
new
A.R.P.
wardens.
There
were
probably
some
150
or
so
men
in
attendance,
all,
apparently,
anxious
to
be
or
ganized
and
ready
for
useful
service
In
the
event
of
emergency
arising.
The
large
and
enthusiastic
meeting
further
advanced
plans
for
the
better
carrying
out
of
air
raid
precautions
and
necessary
activities
in
view
of
possible
developments.
J.
S.
Wilson,
chief
A.
R.
P.
warden,
was
in
the
chair
and
others
taking
part
in
the
proceedings
were
J.
J.
Little,
chairman
of
the
local
civilian
protection
committee;
Inspector
Ernest
Gammon,
provincial
police
and
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock.
All
the
speakers
stressed
the
necessity
for
enrolment
of
more
A.
R.
P.
wardens
to
reinforce
those
already
enlisted,
also
the
advisability
of
Immediate
action
In
perfecting
and
co-ordinating
the
organization.
In
opening
the
meeting
chairman
Wilson
reviewed
briefly
the
spade
work
that
had
been
done
which
would
now
bear
fruit.
Need
of
Observance
The
chief
protection
officer
for
the
city,
J.
J.
Little,
spoke
on
the
need
for
strict
observance
of
the
regulations.
He
stressed
the
desir
ability
of
each
warden
being
thoroughly
familiar
with
his
district.
Air
raid
sirens
were
now
In
the
city
and
these
would
provide
com
plete
coverage
for
the
whole
community.
The
unnecessary
use
of
the
telephone
during
emergencies
should
be
stopped.
Inspector
Gammon
of
the
Prov
incial
Police
showed
the
need
for
the
complete
co-operation
of
the
civilian
population
with;
the
police
If
the
whole
district
is
to
be
properly
supervised.
H.
T.
Lock,
assistant
chief
protection
officer
and
fire
chief,
told
of
the
arrival
of
pumps.
To
make
these
fully
usable
in
case
of
emergency
It
would
be
necessary
to
have
small
reservoirs
made
and
he
suggested
that
those
present
might
be
interested
enough
to
volunteer
to
do
the
required
dig
Continued
on
Page
Two
Reich
Is
Prepared
For
Jolt
By
Press
Chief
As
Russ
War
Goes
Awry
GOES
DOWN
LEAFLETS
ON
FRANCE
Messages
From
United
States
Art
Dropped
On
Paris
and
Lille
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
10:
A
paper
barrage
from
the
sky
ha.
been
dropped
on
occupied
Franc
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
behall
of
the
United
States.
It
consisted
of
a
distribution
of
"United
States
Leaflet
No.
1"
containing
a
message
of
hope
and
encouragement
from
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
In
the
Paris
area
1,380,000
leaflets
were
dropped
and
at
Lille
600,000.
Presidential
Secretary
Stephen
Early
said
the
leaflets
stressed
the
traditional
friendship
of
France
and
United
States,
contained
quotations
from
recent
statements
and
speeches
of
President
Roosevelt
and
gave
assurance
that
uni
ted
nations
would
win
the
war
and
the
peace.
NEW
STAND
I
BY
ROMMEL
Nazi
Forces
in
Libya
Expected
to
Fail
Back
on
El
Agheila
To
Break
Up
Hold-Outs.
CAIRO,
Jan.
10:
0
Marine
supply
efforts
of
the
Axis
indicate
that
Lieut.
Gen.
Erwln
Rommel,
falling,
back
to
El
Agheila
at
the
Inner-most
curve
of
the
Gulf
of
Sirte
in
Libya,
may
make
a
stand
there
as
supplies
by
sea
can
be
assured.
The
Axis
retreat
from
western
Clrenaica
has
become
so
rapid
that
British
advance
forces
are
unable
to
bring
the
enemy
to
action,
it
was
announced
today.
Only
light
ground
fighting
mentioned
was
between
British
vanguards
and
enemy
rearguards
covering
the
retreat
from
Agedabla
toward
El
Agheila.
The
Axis
army
appears
to
be
in
full
flight
along
the
coast
of
the
Gulf
of
Cirte
into
Tripolitanla.
Meanwhile
three
hundred
miles
to
the
east
units
of
the
British
Navy
have
Joined
land
artillery
and
air
forces
In
an
effort
to
destroy
Axis
hold-out
forces
In
Hal-faya
Pass
area
along
the
Egyptian
border.
VICTORY
IS
NEAR
Former
Prime
Minister
of
Australia
Believes
His
Country
Will
Be
Subjected
to
Physical
Attack.
CANBERRA,
Australia,
Jan.
10:
Former
Prime
Minister
R.
G.
Menzies
expects
that
Australia
will
be
subjected
to
physical
attack
by
the
enenty
before
the
war
Is
over
but
he
expresses
the
billet
that
victory
Is
much
closer
than
might
seem
possible
on
the
surface.
HANDLING
JAPANESE
Keccommendations
Made
To
Fed
eral
Parliament
Will
Not
Be
Disclosed
Until
Submitted
OTTAWA,
Jan.
10:
The
Joint
conference
between
federal
and
provincial
representatives
of
British
Columbia
has
made
recommendations
regarding
the
Japanese
situation
on
the
Pacific
Coast
which
will
be
presented
to
Parliament.
Details
of
the
recommenda
tions
will,
however,
not
be
made
public
until
they
have
been
presented
to
Parliament.
I
lUIT.ITAIrY
SITUATION
NOT
ONLY
"SPRTOTTS"
TtTTT
"CRITICAL"
REVOLUTION
IS
DENIED
RUSSIA
DRIVING
WESTWARD.
The
German
propaganda
department
in
Berlin
admits
that
military
operations
of
Ihc
Reich
have
entered
not
only
a
"serious"
but
a
"critical"
stage,
all
German
newspapers
publishing
statements
to
this
effect.
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
own
press
chief
prepared
the
German
nation
for
a
jolt
today
by
solemnly
acknowledging
that
Nazi
military
operations
"have
reached
an
extremely
serious
and
indeed
critical
phase"
as
the
Russians
swept
on
to
new
triumphs.
The
statement
came
from
Dr.
Otto
Dietrich
and
was
published
in
all
German
newspapers
as
advices
from
"somewhere
on
the
German
frontier."
It
said
that
persistent
reports
of
incipient
revolution
in
Germany
coinciding
with
the
debacle
on
the
Russian
war
front
had
impelled
the
German
Foreign
Office
to
issue
a
denial.
Foreign
correspondents
were
called
from
their
beds
one
night
last
week
and
told
of
the
reports
and
given
the
official
denial.
The
correspondents
were
surprised
that
the
stories
created
so
much
concern
in
Berlin.
The
important
city
of
Mozhaisk,
west
of
-Moscow,
is
threatened
with
recapture
by
the
Soviet
army
as
it
continues
its
counter-offensive
with
increased
energy
against
the
faltering
Nazi
invaders
from
end
to
end
of
the
long
Russo-German
front.
Recapture
since
yesterday
of
half
a
dozen
towns
on
the
central
front
is
announced.
With
the
siege
of
Leningrad
now
lifted,
the
Red
Army
has
now
won
its
way
a
third
of
the
distance
back
to
the
Latvian
border
and
is
still
on
the
advance.
To
the
south
the
German
assault
upon
Sebasta-pol
has
now
turned
into
a
frantic
retreat
with
100?-000
Germans
and
Italian
soldiers
in
imminent
danger"
of
being
completely
trapped.
Nazi
reinforcements
arc
being
rushed
from
France
in
the
effort
to
stay
the
collapse
in
Russia.
The
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
today
quoted
a
Moscow
announcement
that
twelve
thousand
Germans
had
been
killed
in
the
Volkhov
and
Tikhvin
sector
on
the
Leningrad
front
since
early
December.
Soviet
front
line
dispatches
declared
that
the
Red
Army
troops
were
advancing
at
a
pace
of
more
than
four
miles
a
day
and
had
recaptured
Mosalks,
17
miles
west
of
Kaluga,
and
further
tightened
their
vise
on
100,000
Germans
still
holding
out
at
Mozhaisk.
Russian
spearheads
were
reported
within
twenty-five
miles
of
the
Vyazma-Bryansk
line
where
Hitler
is
expected
to
rally
his
fleeing
armies
for
an
attempted
stand.
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No
Submarine
Is
Found
Off
New
England
BOSTON,
Jan.
10:
Reports
of
an
enemy
submarine
being
In
New
England
waters
have
been
Investigated
but
with
no
result.
MEIGHEN
.
CRITICAL
Thinks
System
of
Voluntary
En
listment
Has
Brought
"Absurd
Situation"
in
Canada.
TORONTO,
Jan.
10:
The
Con
servative
leader,
Senator
Arthur
Meighen,
speaking
here
last
night,
said
that
the
system!
of
voluntary
enlistment
In
Canada
had
brought
about
an
"absurd
situation"
al
though
It
was
something
-
that
would
have
to
be
co-operated
with
as
long
as
It
was
In
force.
Senator
Meighen
criticized
the
government
for
Its
methods
In
mo
bilization
of
manpower
for
war.
NEW
SUPT
IS
NAMED
.Miss
Mary
Eraser
It.
N.
To
Take
Charge
of
Local
Hospital
Miss
Mary
Fraser
R.
W.
of
"Winnipeg
has'
been
appointed
lady
superintendent
of
the.
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
In
succession
to
Mss
Margaret
Jamieson
R.
N.
who
recently
resigned.
Miss
Fraser
Is
a
Canadian
graduate
of
St.
Barnabas..
Hospital,
Minneapolis,
with
diploma
In
hospital
administration
from.'
University
of
Chicago,
She
Jias"
been
lady
superintendent
of
RegMa
and
Port
Arthur1
Hospitals.
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