r
nrrrn
nun
nun.
CAL
BOYS
!
ON
MATCH
Itl
.!,..
-r
la.
t
f
.
uui
lic
nrrp
mi
11
iz
11
l.
the
boys
from
Prince
Itu-hJ
no
dilfkolty
whatever
tr.:.lni
by
a
score
of
31
to
18.
in
I
3
form
and
Inl
iturtnr
:le
of
the
tame,
the
half
:rt
beinc
19
to
17.
Ocean
W
hid
nome
touch
luik.
Trd
nt
accounted
fof
ten
of
Whc
liupcrt's
no
int.
1
while
rl:?
Santerbane
mide
six.
he
Prince
Itunerl
elrli
were
unt.l
the
finishing
seconds
1
n
;tn
ov
1
n
j
Scries
Gets
Off
Tonight
-i'
'
April
4:
Opening
b'
st
four
out
of
seven
a
'
n
Toronto
Maple
Drlrolt
Red
Wings
for
Cup
will
open
at
Ma-Gui'dms
here
tonight
A
II
.WAYS
W
I
A
4fc
A
US
CONGESTED
riki.11..
iv.
1,
.
.....
i,u
uiiu
aumiirasi
r.uropc
1
XKllOLM.
April
4:
There
here
of
railways
ln
1
3
southwest
Europe
being
!
3
by
traffic
consisting
of
v
"
-vrment
of
Ocrman
forces
"
its
probably
preparatory
iing
offensive
that
the
4
'
Planning.
.11111
f
m
A
II
IV...
.
League
Starts
'wn
cals
Dcrenled
Los
'Kles
AiircU
In
First
(ainc
Thursday.
KAN
FRANCISCO.
Anrll
4-In
opening
came
of
th
Parific
Baseball
League
on
5n
Francisco
Seals
defeated
nU
AngcU
by
a
score
of
"
--.-.
-.U'tl
,1411
NEW
AIR
.
".illl'llic
SERVICE"
No
Difficulty
in
Defeating
Trans
Canada
Kalends
Us
Opera
Out
In
Owing
Seconds.
I
j
It-
News)
Otwu
Palls
tions
To
Newfoundland
MONTREAL.
April
4:
-Looking
toward
the
commencement
of
scheduled,
commercial
service
to
Newfoundland
on
Atay
1,
Trans-!
arlzation
fllghU
to
St.
John's
Friday,
it
was
announced
by
H.
J.
Symington
K.
C,
president
of
the
TransCanada
Air
Lines.
Up
of
the
Dominion
into
domestic
airline
network.
Two
Itanc
uill
ho
maHn
In
Knw.
"Canada
is
Interested
in
trans-
Atlantic
air
service
and
New
foundland
Is
the
North
American
fjatcway
In
such
service.
We
afc
very
happy
to
further
this
ser
vice
and
also
further
the
war
ef
fort
of
the
allied
nations."
Bicycles
Frozen
In
United
States
All
Sales
and
Deliveries
Hilled
Industrial
Workers
Gbl
First
Call.
as
from
midnight
Thursday.
Henceforth
defence
workers
will
get
the
first
call'
on
such
.vehjclcs,
Bruco
Mlckleburgh,
S.A.
Chccsc-man,
C.
II.
Lclghs,
C.
E.
Holland
and
T.
L.
Davlcs
sailed
Thursday
night
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Vancouver
to
attend
tho
annual
convention
of
tho
British
Columbia
Teachers'
Federation.
MORE
SH'PS
TORPEDOED
Two
United
States
Merchantmen
1
Sunk
in
Caribbean
Norwegian
1
,
Vessel
and
Small
Tug
Off
!
Atlantic
Coast
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
April
4:
-Torpedoing
of
two
United
States
nerchantmen
in
the
Caribbean
Sea
and
the
shelling
and
sinking
a
small
tug
off
the
Atlantic
oast
were
announced
by
the
Uni
ted
States
Navy
yesterday.
Another
victim
of
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
was
a
medium-sized
?
)
wezian
t"5hlp
torpedo
xl
sunk
off
the
United
States
coast
on
Thursday.
A.R.P.
HAS
PRACTICE
Mane
ton
uHl
be
the-
r"Ai
GaaadlanT.rn
.1-
-5F:rr-
T
A
AuT"r.
terminal
rmlnal
of
the
new
service
and""
SR,f
connections
will
be
made
with
T.
C.
A.
service
throughout
Canada.
Enrou
te
to
Newfoundland,
a
slop
will
be
made
at
Sydney,
Nova
ScoUa,
thus
bringing
this
Indus
trial
centre
at
the
rnost
easterly
the
Themselves
Well.
On
Thursday
evening
all
sections
of
the
Westview
A.R.P
out
In
full
strength
fur
a
which
proved
very
realistic.
A
series
of
incendiary
bombs!
dropped
between
.the
residences
of
Alex
Turnbull
and
Frank
Dlbb's
foundland.
The
Imnortant
lr
h,
O
f
a
h
a
m
Avenue.
Sixteen
at
Gandor
Lake
will
be
one
and!0"11
ln
aU
HU-
nL
dl0p.ped
.n
St.
John's,
the
Island
Capital,
the."
waIk
of
Thomas
Priests
resl-oy,.
dence.
Before
the
fire
wardens
the;00"11
el
tnere
Mr8
Prlcat
had
Hight
crews
assigned
to
service
have
alreadv
rr-oortM
fnrlP"t
O"1
expedlUously
with
Kind.
duty
at
Atlantic
division
head-1
Sveral
of
Ule
50,1103
feJ1
ln
dan
Quarters
at
Moncton
and
ground
gerous
spow
ana
couia
not
w
handled
with
sand.
One
fell
ln
suffs
are
now
on
duty
at
Sydney
and
in
Newfoundland.
e
bush
near
Dr.
Mandy's
resl-
Aprll
will
be
a
shakedown
dencc
wUh
daner
10
ine
nouse-month
during
which
arrangements
wardens
quickly
connected
ror
rogular
air
mall,
passenger
nos
to
Ilre
hydrant-
there
and
and
air
express
services
will
be!
the
Kuation
was
soon
well
In
completed.
hand.
Another
which
fell
near
the
"The
extensive
developments
'
Poh
of
J.
Chrlstensen's
residence
being
undertaken
ln
relation
to
I
had
to
be
carried
away
with
a
hemispheric
defence
by
Great
,
special
A.R.P.
shovel
U
a
point
Britain,
the
United
States
and
!
where
it
was
less
dangerous.
Canada
lend
considerable
Import-;
Telephones
being
out
of
com-ance
to
this
new
service.-
said
'
mission,
the
police
were
stationed
Mr.
Symington.
1
at
every
half
block
and
passed
the
By
rati
and
boat
transportation
message
to
the
station
wnen
a
per-
the
trip
from
Moncton
to
St.
John's
Is
now
54
hours.
It
will
be
about
four
hours
by
air.
son
was
injured.
The
ambulance
with
first
aid
equipment
and
men,
quickly
eased
the
Injured
and
got
them
back
to
the
station
where
1
they
were
given
further
attention.
An
explosive
bomb
fell
ln
front
of
Frank
Dibb's
house.
The
police
kept
all
persons
a
safe
distance
front
bomb.
Still
there
were
Uo
casualties
when
it
exploded.
The
police,
having
been
busy
preventing
the
people
from
getting
near
the
bomb,
were
not
ln
a
position
to
pass
a
message
so
a
runner
with
a
bicycle
was
sent
to
the
station.
The
result
was
very
satisfactory,
the
ambulance
was
there
ln
a
short
time
and
the
Injured
taken
care
of.
1
a
bomb
fell
ln
thick
bush
near
WASHINOTON.
Aurll
4:
All
J.
Chrlstcnscn's
house
and
started
sales
and
deliveries
of
new
bicycles!
a
bush
fire
which
at
first
looked
In
the
United
States
were
frozen
i
as
If
It
would
burn
me
nouse.
inc
water
main
being
broken,
the
pump
was
quickly
In
action
at
tho
water
hole
and
the
situation
was
very
satisfactorily
taken
care
of
In
a
short
time.
The
first
alders
worked
very
well.
Al
Moscr
sailed
on
lh
Cardena
today
for
Bella
Bella.
J
PROVINCIAL
WAR
NEWS
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
(Standard
Time)
High
3:36
a.m.
21.9
feet
16:23
p.m.
19.0
feet
INDIA
IS
WQ."?
PRIZE
Low
...10:15
ajn.
2.2
feet
MINIIO.N-Hellef
Is
growing
5
.re
is
not
so
much
likeli-
22:25
pm.
6.1
feet
..i
i
laniiipur
Invasion
at
V
i
Pik.
...
n
.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
RRITISH
COLUiMMA'S
NEWSPAPER
thr
moillfllt.
India
is
belle
in,
i-
,
.,
V
vV
'""m
mure
Ifmpuilf
.
...
A
l-iri
limnnr
rxnrdltlt
rv.
i
i
c
I
at
Singapore
for
pivot
Jr
1
nts.
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
79.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY7APRIL
4,"
1942:
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
r.MTKI)
STATES
t$l
LOSSES
WASHINGTON
The
United
SoVf$'
y
Department
an-
Negotiations
Conti
ik
in
South
Pacific
waters
late
In
(
f
.nd
early
in
March.
nuing
.ji
tanker
Twelve
men
were
lost
In
lh
-
-m
-
-
-
oaiih,
unurr
mem.
ATTACK
OX
SIBERIA?
.ONDONFceling
is
growing
In
military
quarters
that
Jan.
.
......
I
.
-
illiL-
.
.
.
t
.
'
T
"
iui
me
instituting
ihc
new
German
spring
offensive
against
Russia.
CNE1SENAU
HIT
AT
KIEL
MiNDO.V-Announcement
is
mada
in
London
of
thr
r.rrman
uir.liin
Gnrisenau
havinr
htm
tnrrriv
.tin.,..j
tn.i
.
dy
nnmn
uomuers.
uoyai
Air
Force
pilots
describe
how
th
.
.
-
II
TO
DESTROV
NAZI
INDUSTRIES
LONDON
Ihitaln
plans
through
heavy
aerial
assault
t..
1
l
Ml
III
jjiiuuik
22,000
NAZIS
KILLED
RY
REDS
MOSCOU'-rurther
notable
successes
hate
been
achieved
by
:nl
Army
over
the
Nails,
Moscow
claims
thai
Sinno
vi.
it
'
.
niiii
tilt-
.iiiviri
nrrnv
iki
a
t
.
i
ma
NAZIS-OS.
NAVAL
RATTLE
Itll)
III,
JANEIRO
There
are
rumors
of
a
German-AmerJran
i
il
triltlr
In
thr
Atlantic
off
tlir
mii
r
it..
.11
..
POWER
IS
SATISFIED
Minister
of
Air
Expresses
Gratification
With
Progress
Heine
Made
on
Coast
Air
Defences
VANCOUVER,
April
4:
Hon.
C.
O.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
for
air,
before
leaving
the
Pacific
Coast
on
hU
return
to
j
Ottawa,
nid
that
he
wai
im-
,
mensely
pleased
with
th
progress
!
that
wai
being
made
with
the
es-
1
tablishment
of
air
defences
on
this
coast.
R.A.F.
IJLASTS
FRENCH
FACTORIES
WORKING
FOR
NAZIS
Clouds
of
smoke
pour
from
the
M.tUc;;:
mour
truck
factory
at
Pois-sy,
17
miles
northwest
of
Paris.
France,
as
British
Royal
Air
Force
oombers
1
ip
a
apart
in
low-level
bombing
raid
in
broad
daylight
The
factory;
wa-!
turning
out
war
equipment
for
the
Nads.
The
raid
was
made
without
enemy
opposition,
and
wak
otte
of
the
heaviest
to
date
of
those
staged
on
occupied
France
by
the
3.A.F.
The
same
factory
wasMin
bombed
this
Thur
day
night.
LI
More
Volunteers
AIR
BLOWS
ITwelve
Million
Are
Needed
For
j
ARF
HFAVYi
Tons
of
Spuds
Coast
Reserve
VICTORIA.
April
.4:
Before
lea
vim
on
his
return
to
Ottawa
vnces.
Hon
7i.
LnSrrarfd
anew
as
aI
Air
tlonally
TieavV
frost
during
the
ston,
minister
of
national
defence
said
that
British
Columbia
men
were
not
joining
the
reserve
army
In
sufficient
numbers.
FUTURE
OF
BIG
MISS
Consolidated
Superintendent
Says
Usual
Spring
Shut-Down
Will
Take
Place
What
Next
Uncertain
M.
O'Brien,
general
super-
Royal
Air
Force
and
Luftwaffe
Exchange
Blows
of
Greatly
Increased
Intensity
Frozen
in
Reich
STOCKHOLM,
April
4:
Twelve
million
tons
of
potatoes
were
lost
inflicted
P31
w,nler
Ttle
Kelcft
Force
heavy
damage
on
the
siatfnr.i
truck
nlant
outside
heavily
of
other
food
stocks
be-
of
Paris,
raided
docks
at
Le
Havre
and
carried
out
fighter
sweeps
while
the
Germans
countered
with
blows
at
the
southeast
coast
of
England
Thursday
night
in
a
raid
of
extraordinary
intensity.
The
Nazi
aerial
armada
Thursday
night
subjected
southeast
English
coast
points
concentrating
on
Portland
and
Dover
to
one
of
the
largest
bombing
attacks
of
the
war.
The
country
virtually
rocked
with
aerial
battle.
Early
reports
said
that
at
least
two
enemy
planes
were
Mikciiucui,
ui
iiiui,
wv,wu4,uM
1
wrought
down.
Mining
&
Smelting
Co..
was
a
passenger
aboard
Uie
Prince
George
yesterday
bound
from
Trail
to
Stewart
to
pay
a
visit
to
Uie
Big
Missouri
mine.
It
is
Mr.
O'Brien's
first
trip
north
in
a
year
and
a
half.
During
about
half
of
that
time
he
has
been
ln
Ontario
In
connection
with
munitions
work.
On
account
of
low
water
conditions,
the
Big
Missouri
mine
will
be
having
Its
annual
spring
shutdown,
Mr.
O'Brien
states.
He
did
not
commit,
himself,
however,
on
what
the
future
policy
in
regard
to
Uie
operation
of
the
big
low
grade
property.
Olof
Hanson
In
Vancouver
M.P.
for
Skcena
on
Coast
Now
and
Will
Be
Here
Next
Week
for
Easter
Kcccss.
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skecna.
arrived
tn
Vancouver
a
few
days
ago
from
Ottawa
following
the
adjournment
of
parliament
for
a
month's
Easter
recess
and
will
bo
here
.on
the
Prlnco
Hupert
next
Wednesday
from
the
iouth
to
spend
a
few
days
here
and
at
Smlthcrs
before
returning
to
Sergeant
Clarence
Flnlcy,
ln
training
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
Is
homo
from
Lcth-brldge,
Alberta,
to
spend
leave
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
H.
Flnlcy,
323
Eighth
Avenue
East.
He
will
be
leaving
on
4
Monday
evening's
train.
Across
Atlantic
In
Record
Time
Domber
Makes
Flight
In
Than
Seven
Hours
LONDON,
April
4:
-A
new
record
was
established
Thursday
for
a
bomber
flight
across
the
Atlantic
Oeean.
An
American
pilot
made
the
2400-mile
flight
In
six
hours
and
forty
minutes,
more
than
one
hour
being
cut
off
the
previous
record.
Tail
winds
favored
the
flight.
DRIVE
OFF
JAPANESE
Defenders
of
IUtaan
Arc
Mopping
Up
On
Enemy
Whose
Breakthrough
On
Ilataau
Was
In
Vain
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
April
4:
0
Bataan
defenders
are
reported
to
be
mopping
up
pocketed
Jap
anese
units
which
Thursday
burst
through
the
main
line
of
the
American
and
Filipino
forces
In
two
assaults,
only
to
be
thrown
back.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
Minimum
52
ik
35
cause
of
the
severe
winter.
Idestroyer
I
G0ESD0WN
British
Admiralty
Makes
Bare
Announcement
of
Loss
of
II.
M.
S.
Keythrop
LONDON.
April
4:
Of
The
Admiralty
announces
the
loss
of
the
destroyer
Keythrop
but
gives
no
details.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Grandvlew
15
Bralorne
7.15
Cariboo
Quarto
1.00
Hedley
Mascot
25
Pend
Oreille
1.20
Pioneer
-
1.50
Premier
.38
Privateer
26
Reno
21
Sheep
Creek
69
Oils
Calmont
10
C.
St
E.
95
Home
2:31
Royal
Canadian
03
Toronlw
BcaUlc
.
-
70
Central
Pat
.93
Cons.
Smelters
-...38.00
Hardrock
.35
Kerr
Addison
3.35
Little
Long
Lac
.90
McLeod
Cockshutt
.....
1.20
.
Madsen
Red
Lake
I.J
.45
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.70
Moneta
-'
25
Pickle
Crow
1.80
Preston
East
Dome
1.85
San
Antonio
1.50
Sherritt
Gordon
75
Tabernacle
Closed
For
War,
Salt
Lake
SALT
LAKE
CITY,
April
4:
For
the
first
time
ln
history,
the
famous
Mormon
Tabernacle
here
has
been
closed
to
all
visitors.
It
will
remain
so
closed
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
OUTLOOK
IN
INDIA
MORE
FAVORABLE
Possibility
of
Compromise
Looms
As
Others
Enter
Into
Negotiations
In
Support
of
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
NEW
DELHI,
April
4:
0,
Nego
tiations
between
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
and
Indian
leaders
took
a
more
favorable
turn
today
with
the
possibility
of
a
compromise
looming
up
more
strongly.
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell,
British
commander-in-chief
in
the
Far
East,
has
Joined
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
special
British
envoy.
Former
Assistant
Secretary
of
War
Lewis
Johnson
has
arrived
in
New
Delhi
to
take
part
in
the
negotiations
In
which
Generalissimo
Chlanj
Kai-Shek
of
China
has
also
become
actively
interested,
having
intervened
to
urge
India
to
accept.
India's
millions
are
still
wrangling
over
the
British
proposals
to
grant
India
self
rule
after
the
war
in
return
ror
iignting
support
during
the
war.
REVERSES
INBURMA
Situation
For
Allies
Is
Becoming
Increasingly
Serious
Near
Frontier
of
India
NEW
DELHI,
April
4:
-Grave
new
reverses
marked
the
Allied
defence
of
Burma
yesterday
as
British
headquarters
acknowledged
thatnhewJaparfesead'cracked"the
'
right
wing
anchor
at
Prome,
the
key
to
Burma's
vital
oil
fields,
which
has
been
abandoned.
The
enemy
has
made
a
new
landing
on
Burma
only
seventy-five-miles
from
the
frontier
of
In
dia
proper
and
325
miles
from
Calcutta.
Thus
the
British
forces
in
Burma
may
be
cut
off
both
from
India
and
from
communication
with
the
Chinese
army
In
Burma.
The
supply
line
between
India
and
Burma
would
also
be
Interfered
with.
Ambassador
To
Spain
Is
Named
Dr.
Carlelon
J.
II.
Hays
Is
Choice
Of
President
Roosevelt
For
Diplomatic
Post
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
14:
0
Dr.
Carleton
J.
II.
Hays,
mem
ber
of
the
faculty
of
Columbia
University
and
prominent
In
Roman
Catholic
Church
affairs,
was
yesterday
nominated
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
as
United
States
ambassador
to
Spain.
NIPPONESE
SHIPS
SUNK
United
States
Navy
Announce)
Hag
Taken
Hy
Submarines
in
East
Indies
Waters.
WASHINGTON,
April
4:
0'
American
submarines
have
sunk
or
damaged
four
Japanese
warships
in
.
recent
action
in
the
Java
Sea
and
Indian
Ocean,
the
Department
of
the
Nivy
announced
today.
One
light
cruiser
Is
reported
sunk,
another
damaged
and
two
Japanese
seaplane
lenders
damaged
near
the
Indies
island
of
Bali.
At
the
same
UmQ
tho
Navy
announced
that
,v
medium-shed
United
States
merchant
vessel,
a
medium-sized
Latvian
merchantman
and
a
Small
Canadian
vessel
were
torpedoed
and
sunk
but
gave
net
deta,'.