.iTTI.E
OF
SINGAPORE
I
lapanese
Hesitate
To
Make
Assault;
Heavr'
y
Duel
nemy
Aircraft
Pounding
Away
at
Java,
Amboina
and
New
Guinea
Salwcen
River
in
New
Guinea
Finally
Crossed.
SINGAPORE,
Feb.
5:
(CPWapanese
sietre
armips
till
hesitated
today
to
gamble
on
a
direct
assault
atrainst
ingapore.
lueanwnne
mere
were
naming
artillery
hp
s
across
jonore
oirait.
ji
me
same
time
Jananpsp
ircraft
large
flying
boats
were
attacking
anew
the
ie
Netherlands
naval
oase
at
boerabaia
on
Java
Island
Is
Full
)ii.ent.
Colonel
Canadian
Legion.
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
5:
O'--
Lieu'
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston
of
Prince
Rupert
has
been
pro-
moled
to
colonel,
Pacific
com-
mand
In
a
list
of
promotions
which
was
made
public
here
today
IEARING
TOBRUK
ritish
Forres,
However,
Are
on
Offensive
in
Interior
of
Libya.
Still
iCAIRO
Feb.
5:
CN
Dispatches
ora
the
North
African
front
to-
iy
said
tt
was
believed
German
pearheads
had
advanced
to
with-
Before
proceeding
to
the
regu-
lr
business
of
the
meetlne
the
fince
Rupert
Teachers'
Associa-
pn
last
evening
heard
with
much
Merest
an
outline
of
the
work
of
be
Educational
Services
of
the
anadian
Legion
Auxiliary
Ser-
ces
by
E.
Crute,
regional
direc-
Pr
(or
the
Drovlnce
of
British
olumbla.
IThp
scope
of
the
courses
offered
as
indicated
when
Mr.
Crute
said
boy
embraced
subjects
from
ele-
bemarv
mathematics,
typing
and
bonnand
to
senior
matriculation
nd
university
graduation
stan-ird-i
They
served
a
real
pur
est1
for
the
men
serving,
men
and'
Hicer.s
of
all
ranks
of
the
na
il
military
and
air
forces
and
Borp
recently
of
the
women's
aux-
prv
corps.
A
specialized,
course
p
that
offered
as
a
pre-enlist-
aeni
course
for
the
recruits
of
be
an
force.
Large
classes
were
in
attendance
It
Nanalmo.
Vancouver.
Victoria.
ra
Bella,
Queen
Charlotte
Is-
jno
and
Seal
Cove.
ir
',he
exchange
of
views
that
DUowed,
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill
of
the
Sooth
Memorial
High
Schools
told
ne
courses
already
offered
un-
1
the
Dominion
-
provincial
cheme
These
included
technl
a)
course
and
mathematics.
They
louid
be
available
for
enlisted
oen
too.
The
services
of
the
lo-
teachers
had
been
previously
ffered
for
nersonal
Instruction
fhere
desired
Mi-
crute
said
he
was
glad
to
gave
the
Information
and
would
let
in
touch
with
the
educational
Dfflcers
of
the
various
service
nlts
In
the
area
and
advise
them
Pf
the
courses
and
assistance
that
he
men
may
have
Following
this
discussion,
the
meeting
went
on
to
routine
bust
ess
and
then
to
the
consldera
Hon
of
various
resolutions
for
the
aster
convention.
These
had
prepared
by
a
group
of
the
nale
teachers
and
were
presented
the
meeting
for
endorsatlon.
Jvely
Interest
was
shown
by
all
;
T.
L.
Davies
was
In
the
chair.
aim
rurv
MoresDy
on
tne
Austral
lan-owned
island
of
New
Guinea
for
the
second
time
In
three
days.
Am'.olna
base
was
also
still
the
scene
oi
snarp
lighting.
Fort
Moresby
is
only
three
hundred
miles
from
Australian
mainland
British
headquarters
said
that
Singapore
defence
guns
had
silenced
Japanese
batteries
and
raked
a
Japanese
transport
across
from
the
beleaguered
Island
while-
overhead
Royal
Air
Force
fighters
battled
attacking
Japanese
air
craft.
While
no
actual
Invasion
at
tempt
on
Singapore
Island
had
nuel
The
line
of
action
Is
nouncement
by
British
headquar-
II
150
miles
west
of
Egypt.
Brlt-'ters,
Japanese
patrols
had
crossed
(orces
are
on
the
offensive
in
the
lower
Salween
River
at
a
num-
be
Interior
iOLDIERS'
COURSES
ral
Teachers
Hear
of
Educa
tional
Work,
Sponsored
by
ber
of
points,
creating
threat
of
a
direct
thrust
against
Rangoon.
This
admission
came
after
an
earl
ier
report
thai
the
Japanese
were
moving
northward
along
the
east
bank
of
the
Salween
after
having
been
balked
in
attempts
to
get
across
In
the
south.
Trans-Canada
Planes
Go
On
Daylight
Time
WINNIPEG.
Feb.
5:
Effective
2
a.m.
February
9,
the
date
on
which
clocks
throughout
Canada
wilt
be
advanced
one
hour,
all
trips
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
will
operate
on
the
new
time.
Only
three
trips
will
be
in
the
air
at
the
change
over
hour
a
westbound
trans-continental
plane
approaching
Winnipeg
and
tv,o
eastbound
trans
-
continental
planes,
one
enroute
to
Moncton
and
the
other
arriving
at
Wlnnl-
peg.
After
2
a.m.
they
will
operate
one
hour
late
to
destination.
TODAY'S
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(Courty
8.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
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Canadian
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Central
Patricia
Consolidated
Smelters
Tlnrrimrk
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Long
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VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
30.
TRAFFIC
TO
SE
ALCOVE
Local
Engineer
Engaged
to
Make
Survey
With
a
View
to
Taking
Care
of
Increased
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
announced
this
morning
that
D.
McN.
Lowe,
local
civil
engineer,
had
been
engaged
to
make
a
com
plete
survey
of
the
Seal
Cove
road
situation,
congestion
and
danger
of
which
has
been
the
subject
of
complaint
recently,
with
a
view
to
determining
the
best
means
of
handling
greatly
increased
traffic
in
that
area.
Mr.
Lowe
will
in
yet
been
made
today,
battalions
'vestigate
all
possible
routes
and
of
crack
Japanese
troops
were
ob-!
also
furnish
estimates
of
cost.
served
to
be
moving
down
through
i
Malay
for
what
appeared
likely
would
be
a
full-dress
attack
up-
on
the
stronghold.
This
was
while
i
heavy
artillery
exchanges
were
In
progress
across
Johore
Strait,
the
British
big
guns
dealing
out
in
full
measure
of
return
for
what
they
received.
In
Tokyo
It
was
declared
that
the
Japanese
would
soon
launch
an
all-out
attack
on
Singapore
In
full-scale
Invasion.
Barges
which
had
been
massing
for
days
would
be
used.
The
supreme
struggle
fifty
miles
of
.Tobruk,
eight
j
iwas
now
on.
ilcs
west
of
the
Egyptian-Libyan
'
In
Burma,
according
to
an
LEAFLETS
ON
FRANCE
Royal
Air
Force
Planes
Used
Inform
French
of
Plans
to
Help
Them
Throw
Off
Nazi
Yoke.
INDIA
IS
DISCUSSED
Is
Becoming
Strong
Enough
To
Demand
Home
Rule
Question
Of
Remaining
in
Empire
Predicting
that
India,
despite
its
many
internal
nfluences
and
cleavages,
would
get
Dominion
status
because
it
was
becoming
to
It
by
Britain,
A.
H.
Wharton
of
Vancouver,
who
for
years
was
a
resident
of
the
country,
spoke
before
a
dinner
gathering
of
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
last
night
on
the
subject
of
"Will
India
Remain
In
the
British
Empire
After
the
War?
Mr.
Wharton,
with
a
large
fund
of
information
at
hand,
delved
deeply
Into
traditions
and
history
of
India
a
country
which
was
as
large
as
Europe
with
Russia
sub
tracted.
Of
polyglot
population,
It
to
had
no
less
than
225
languages
among
its
peoples
with
all
grades
of
civilization
from
the
aristocratic
princes
to
the
crudest
aborigines
who
still
had
their
stone
age
cus-
aeo
and
would
be
one
of
the
most
!
later
come
the
Mohammedans
to
likely
theatres,
of
action
whenever
conquer,
thus
starting
the
tradi-
the
united
nations
open
a
major
"onai
antagonism
Deiween
ninaus
Invasion
campaign.
In
addition
.
ana
Moslems,
someming
mai
ex
to
pointing
out
the
great
war
effort
of
the
United
States,
the
leaflets
suggested,
on
behalf
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
that,
when
the
proper
time
came,
arms
would
be
put
in
the
hands
of
those
French
who
wished
to
take
part
In
the
fight
to
throw-
off
the
Nazi
aggressors.
JAPS
SAY
LONG
WAR
People
of
Nippon
Warned
of
Se
vere
Restrictions
Conflict
May
Last
Ten
or
Twenty
Years.
TOKYO,
Feb.
5:
An
official
spokesman
warned
the
Japanese
people
today
that
they
might
expect
a
long
war
with
severe
economic
restrictions.
The
conflict
might
last
ten
or
twenty
years.
Japs
Leaving
For
Ontario
I"arty
of
Ninety
to
Depart
From
Vancouver
Next
Monday,
It
Is
Announced.
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
5:
Ninety
Japanese,
going
voluntarily
to
On
tario
to
take
up
employment
mere,
will
leave
on
Monday
next,
It
is
announced.
No
compulsdry
movement
from
coast
defence
areas
has
as
yet
commenced.
I
Canada
and
Soviet
Are
F.Yrliancnnor
-"-""t
S3
LONDON,
Feb.
5:
TO
The
Canadian
High
Commissioner,
Vincent
Massey,
and
the
Rus-
sian
ambassador,
Ivan
Mais-
kv.
today
signed
an
agree-
ment
for
the
exchange
of
consular
representatives
by
Canada
and
the
Soviet
union.
isted
to
this
day,
complicated
by
divisions
of
Influence
among
the
people
of
their
side.
Into
this
picture
had
eventually
come
the
British
and
the
French
to
cause
further
division
among
the
native
people,
the
British
finally
becoming
ascendant
in
control.
Gandhi
and
his
millions
of
followers
called
for
home
rule
but
the
question
was
who
should
home
rule
be
given
to.
British
Mistakes
Mr.
Wharton
referred
to
instances
of
British
hign-handedness
in
India
and
declared
that
the
day
when
the
British
people
could
jlook
down
on
the
people
of
India
was
most
assuredly
gone.
Refer
ence
was
made
to
the
mistakes
of
Dalhousie
and
Curzon,
successive
governors-general,
In
handling
India
and
the
efforts,
In
a
measure
successful,
of
Minto
In
puttin?
things
right.
The
Gandhi
passive
resistance
campaign
and
the
Round
Table
Conference
in
London
were
dealt
with
by
the
speaker
In
leading
up
to
the
forming
of
the
Delhi
central
government
and
the
establish
ment
of
provinces,
the
princes
being
opposed
to
the
federation
with
'
whl:h
they
would
not
join.
Further
divisions
among
the
Hindus
themselves
on
one
hand
and
the
Mohammedans
among
themselves
on
the
other
had
led
to
more
Internal
difficulties.
There
had
also
been
labor
troubles
with
the
commencement
of
the
present
war,
The
Gandhi
party
had
control
of
seven
of
the
eleven
provincial
houses
and,
when
self-government
had
been
denied,
the
governments
of
these
seven
provinces
had
quit
leaving
the
British
governor
In
authority.
Head
men
of
India
were
against
Gandhi
but
had
used
him
to
get
home
rule,
the
speaker
asserted
Will
Become
Dominion
India
would
get
Dominion
satus,
the
speaker
asserted,
because
It
was
becoming
strong
enough
to
assert
Its
rights.
The
army
was
becoming
Indianlzed.
Industries
to
supply
the
instruments
of
war
had
become
developed
within
the
coun
try.
The
common
people
were
be
coming
organized.
There
was
re
sentment
against
any
attitude
that
Great
Britain
and
United
States
ruled
the
world.
Quoting
the
words
of
one
famous
Indian
spokesman
"We
fight
for
civilization,
greater
than
patriotism
Is
humanism."
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
raiNCE
RUPERTB.atjmyjSj)AY,
FEBRUARY
j,
1942.
SABOTAGE,
FASCISM
Minister
of
Finance
Has
Something
to
Say
About
Those
Who
Refuse
to
Buy
Victory
Bonds.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5:
Those
who
talk
about
refusing
to
buy
Victory
Eonds
as
a
protest
against
the
strong
enougn
w
assert
us
own
i
plebiscite
on
conscription
are
rights
and
would
remain
a
part
of
;
guilty
of
"sabotage
and
fascism,"
the
British
Empire
if
a
policy
of
declared
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
humanism
was
adopted
in
regard
0f
finance,
last
night.
j
The
plebiscite
was
the
"natural,
honorable
and
'efficient"
course,
declared
Mr.
Ilsley,
who
predicted
an
overwhelming
vote
in
favor
of
releasing
the
government
from
its
commitments
against
conscription
i
lor
overseas
ierviuc.
MESSAGES
FROM
SPY
New
York
Court
Hears
From
Con
fessed
Girl
Agent
How
Confederates
Reported
Ship
Movements.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
5:
P
The
toms.
Mysore
and
Hyderabad
were;
Roval
Air
Force
Is
stre
wine
occu-
not
actually
In
India
at
all,
having
'
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
5:
An
13-
pled
France
with
millions
of
independent
rule
by
their
princes.
;
year-old
German-born
girl,
who
pamphlets
proclaiming
the
gigan-The
Hindu
race
had
been
formed
I
has
already
confessed
her
own
tic
scope
of
United
States
war
J
centuries
back
by
two
kinds
of
guilt,
yesterday
told
the
court
In
plans.
It
was
disclosed
today,
with
'
people
the
kindly
and
gentle
the
trial
of
six
men
and
women
the
dispersal
particularly
intense
Mongols
from
the
China
side
and
charged
with
espionage
of
how
in
Brittany
Peninsula
and
north-
the
fierce,
virile
and
white
Af-
j
the
impending
departure
of
ships
west
France
which
first
saw
Am-';
ghans
from
the
west
and
north,
j
from
New
York
harbor
had
been
erlcan
soldiers
twenty-five
years
'Into
that
Hindu
civilization
had
reported
to
the
Nazi
authorities.
Kurt
Ludwlg,
.the
alleged
-head
of
the
spy
ring,
simply
wrote
the
Information
in
Invisible
Ink
on
the
backs
of
envelopes
addressed
to
Lisbon
and
Madrid.
GREAT
JAP
SPIRING
No
Less
Than
150,000
Nipponese
Are
Connected
With
It,
Declares
Dies
Committee.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
5:
The
Dies
committee
on
anti-American
activities
has
gathered
a
mass
of
evidence
aganst
Japanese
agents
in
the
United
States,
It
is
announced.
There
are
150,000
Jap
anese
nationals
connected
with
a
vast
spy
ring
in
this
country,
H
is
declared.
SAYS
MORE
SHIPS
SUNK
Germany
Makes
Claim
in
Regard
to
Submarine
Activitin
Off
American
and
Canadian
'
Coasts.
BERLIN,
Feb.
5:
The
high
command
claimed
today
that
six
more
ships
of
tonnage
totaling
47,000,
Including
a
15,000-ton
ore
ship,
had
been
sunk
by
Axis
sub
marines
off
the
east
coast
of
Canada
and
the
United
States.
the
speaker
predicted
In
closing
that,
If
such
an
attitude
were
adopted
by
Britain,
India
would
stay
in
the
Empire.
Miss
E.
M.
Earl,
the
president,
was
In
the
chalr'at
last
night's
gathering.
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell
said
Grace.
Mrs.
T.
Dixon
sang
acceptable
vocal
solos.
Mrs.
J.
A,
Rutherford
presided
at
the
piano
to
accompany
"O
Canada
and
'God'Save
the
King."
Mrs'
Gar'butt
of
the
Y.
W.
C,
A
Hostess
House
was
on
hand
to
thank
members
of
the
club
for
cakes
being
supplied
for
Sunday
afternoon
teas
at
Hostess
House
expressing
hope
that
the
supply
would
be
kept
up.
Miss
Earl
announced
that
scraps
of
wool
gathered
last
fall
had
now
been
converted
Into
forty-six
blankets
for
Bundles
for
Britain
and
eighteen
more
were
coming.
Alaska
Governor
Emphasizes
Need
for
Highway
Construction
to
Alaska
Immediately.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
5:
0
Governor
Ernest
Omening
of
Alaska
told
the
congressional
road
committee
yesterday
that
he
expects
two
or
more
highways
from
the
United
States
io
Alaska
will
be
constructed
to
meet
the
demand
for
land
transportation
of
supplies
and
war
munitions.
The
governor,
supporting
4
bill
to
authorize
construction
of
a
$50,000,000
highway,
said
that
immediate
action
is
necessary
and
delay
of
a
few
weeks
now
might
delay
construction
for
a
year.
Gruening
said
that
the
whole
Pacific
situation
would
be
changed
and
become
more
favorable
if
a
road
was
built.
The
Alaska
governor
favored
a
route
running
from
Seattle
through
Fort
George
and
Foit
St.
James
to
Whitehorse,
but
added
he
believed
the
prairie
route
might
be
constructed
soon
after
the
first
route
was
built.
Air
Raid
Alarm
In
Indo-China
Fifteen
Minute
Alert
Is
Reported
at
Hanoi,
Principal
Port.
BERLIN,
Feb.
5:
It
was
report
ed
here
today
that
there
had
been
fifteen
minute
air
raid
alarm
at
Hanoi,
principal
port
in
French
Indo-China.
TURKEY
HAS
AXIS
SPIES
Fifteen
Have
So
Far
Been
Placed
Under
Arrest
in
Course
of
Round-Up.
ANKARA,
Feb.
5:
Six
more
arrests
of
Arabs
acting
as
Axis
agents
have
been
made
in
Turkey,
making
fifteen
altogetner
in
tne
round-up
ot
a
recently
discovered
I
spy
ring.
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
4:29
am..
20.6
ft
16:41
p.m.
18.8
ft.
Low
10:47
ajn.
5.9
ft.
23:00
pm
5.1
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Russian
Liberation
Near
All
Occupied
Soviet
Territory
Will
Soon
Be
Back
in
Red
Fold
Nazis
Can
Never
Recapture
Initiative,
Declares
Presi
dent
Kalinin
Plan
for
German
Spring
Offensive
Crippled.
MOSCOW,
Feb.
5:
(CP)-President
Kalinin
of
Russia
proclaimed
today
that
"the
hour
is
near
when
all
the
occupied
portions
of
the
Soviet
Republic
will
return
to
the
family"
of
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics.
Kalinin
declared
that
Red
Armies
are
now
approaching
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ui
riin.c
ivufc&ia,
Latvia,
riSionia
ana
Liitnu
Italian
Subs
I
Pay
Penalty
I
LONDON,
Feb.
5:
t
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
several
Italian
subma-
rlnes
had
"paid
the
ultimate
penalty"
after
being
sent
to
help
the
German
submarine
'
campaign
in
the
Atlantic
LOOKS
FOR
TWO
ROADS
uanla.
"The
Germans
will
never
recapture
from
the
Red
Army
the
initiative
which
has
been
gained,"
Kalinin
said,
adding
that
Soviet
troops
had
thrown
the
Invaders
back
175
miles
in
some
sectors.
Front
line
dispatches
said
that
Russia's
winter
campaign
was
designed
to
cripple
the
Germans,
fnd
break
their
spring
offensive
can
get
under
way.
This
campaign
was
pressing
steadily
forward.
A
new
break-through
by
the
Russians
on
the
Kharkov
front
was
reported
today
while
the
Red
Army
was
also
continuing
to
plow
through
towards
Smolensk
with
six
more
communities
captured
since
yesterday
all
this
in
spite
of
fierce
Nazi
resistance
in
the
vain
effort
to
stop
the
advance
of
the
Soviet
forces.
WELCOME
GENERAL
McNaughton
Arrives
in
Ottawa
Will
Not
Become
Involved
in
Controversy.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5:
Lieut.
Gen
eral
A.
Q.
L.
McNaughton,
commander-in-chief
of
the
Canadian
Corps
in
Britain,
arrived
in
Ottawa
last
night,
being
met
by
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
and
military
leaders.
General
McNaughton's
visit
will
not
be
long,
It
Is
now
said,
and
he
does
not
Intend
to
become
Involved
In
any
of
the
controversial
Issues
of
the
day.
TO
TALK
SHIPPING
Secret
Debate
in
British
House
of
Commons
Is
Expected
Soon.
LONDON,
Feb.
5:
A
secret
debate
In
parliament
on
the
shipping
situation
Is
expected
soon,
according
to
reports
current
In
authoritative
quarters.
Prime
Minister
Winston
Chui-chlll
Is
expected
to
make
a
statement
In
regard
to
the
new
duties
of
Lord
Beaverbrook
as
minister
of
war
production.
Canadians
In
Prison
At
Kowloon
1
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5:Infor-
matlon
has
been
received
here
to
the
effect
that
Cana-
dlan
and
British
prisoners,
taken
by
the
Japancso
at
Hong
Kong,
.are
being
held
In
concentration
camp
at
Kowloon
and
arc
being
treat-
ed
"reasonably
well."
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