9M hi inuiM wmcn wouiu onij mean aiairr ana nimennjc, inr iL.I 1 .. i aalll 1,1 k. ..I If It S...t-II. Mrttil 31 lift finin'a nPnhlfmi firl Iiniti In turn tamilr! riD 111 1 1 V a viwavti WARFARE, FREE NORWAY Steady Stream to Join Fighting Service of Allies. in - fly HAROLD FAIR Canadian Prcas Staff Writer L1 NDON, March ll:(CP)--Norway has never tie since the Germans invaded in April, 1!M0. . . a a MM a i' 'tnnHAH haiii KlnnLf a nttinlnl ? t ct n r on f hnrn Ml if r h nion the exiled government carries on the strug- . Hi ii. M m m a t f JM c we Jintr a force ot modern viKines ior mis coniuct r the main concern of Premier Johann Nygaards- f.-" and is n .t: i n:cnt lnte fleeing to June. 1940. with com-rity of the 8tortlng to act on its behalf ? " meland remains oc-T.-.s 63-ycar-old one-time t are t t nt 'on e c) a . a - army s i by 1' ex-i n d r d by Ii?".! Ncr- HAROLD PAIR 3 j l Ta. h'.d luj the growing navy has wr cr-.i out of action since the Th? Norwegian cabinet has -J ,t:.. 111KB. UCIli:iU4tY UbWIIU- t? Ksr.iT Haakon VII. Ministers 3 c .: Idnr wrlfnw of tlielr 30.- ::u:.',rymcn in the merchant rl"o and the thousands of men 8'::nd m size only to Uie Brl-O..., merchant marine total- -.ubuk uvcr w nc uuics una - .....ii mu.wu wns were losfc - -....ujr utuun. uri'uiv jor uic - c - iHH uic DU1K 01 UIC UCCl -vi. w,c prcscm lorcign mm- "jbvc i,ic, wno as sniminc .v. u,k invasion lime. worKca Manaicr acwus m a small ' Operation of Uic fleet is vested UlC Norwenlan fililnnlnn- nntl . "iiosujn in unaon ana rev "c uom it, plus an income tax "orwciruina in the free KU, MnhU. Ik. i j v.v ftv( vttiiiivilb vl ''nance it '"forcempnta urrii KC ana lne flBhtliTB forces "mve slnHII- r Jnousanrt. f . . Ia5, u Jiurwcgians cscapca Borernment spokesmen d' and crossed the INorUi Sea n a steady stream." The women UllPI- r. K ivnmmi.ui . i .....v.iw wuill, U1U U.UX" illary service known as the Lottr or British war Industries. In Touch With Norway The government, centred in a bis Kensington apartment house. Is never out of touch with the homeland. A broadcast news service tells of the exiles' activities and escaping Norwegians bring to London stories of conditions. Other information comes from various underground channels. Meanwhile the government, prc-Darlng for the day of liberation. has created stocks of food and medical supplies to be rushed to Norway immediately the Germans are removed. Food will be needed before long. Lie In 1939 built up a two-year supply but the Ocr-mans have looted so much that people "will Just about get cnougn this winter" a Norwegian source said. ST. NAZAIRE HIT AGAIN French Port As Well As German Objectives Again Subjected To Uomblng by Royal Air Force VICHY, March 11: The British Royal Air Force, It was staica here last night, had again bomb ed St. Naralre. Six persons were killed and several wounded. Objectives In Germany were also bombed and three British planes were shot down. : Road to Be Built : t Inside of a Year : n.. March II:: The United States to t ilirnlich Al- bcrta, British Columbia and Yukon 1 exnectcd to DC COill- plcted within a year. Secret- ary of the Interior Harold Ickes- said yesterday that It must be built in a hurry. She BRAZIL IN READINESS President Vargas Assumes Authority to Take Steps Nrccs-sary In Any Emergency. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11: O) President Vareas of Brazil is sued decrees today giving himself authority to declare a state of war or a state of emergency tnrough-out Brazil In case of foreign- men ace. Imminence of Internal disturbance or existence of a plan of conspiracy. The moves follows In creasing Brazilian snipping losses off the Atlantic coast. WILL BE AVENGED Mackenzie King Promises Retribu tion for Japanese Alrociucs in Hong Kong. OTTAWA. March 11: Trlmc Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King promised yesterday that there would be reirwuiion uGauut the Japanese for tneir airociucs against' thp British at Hong Kong but he 'called upon Canadians to refrain from any move lowaras vmirtflricc being wrought upon Japanese In Canada for fear that there might be further rcprlcals on Canadians in the hands of the Japanese. Lieut. Waiter Johnson and Lieut. Earl Norrls, who have been taking courses of Instruction In the south, returned 'to the city on the Prince ttvpert this morning. WILL TAKE OVER ANY0X George Lee, Former Smelter Su perintendent for Gran by, in Charge of Ventures In connection with Uic transfer of the old Granby Mining and Smelting property at Anyox from Consolidated Mining & SmclUng Co. to the Ventures Limited min ing corporation which plans the establishment of an Iron and steel j plant there. C. H. Kennedy, man-' ager of the A. R. Williams Mach-' Inery Co. and George Lee, former smelter superintendent at Anyox and now identified with Ventures, arrived in the city on the Prince Rupert this morning from Vancouver and are proceeding today by power vessel from here to the former smelter town. Mr. Lee will be taking charge at Anyox for Ventures and nis Immediate work 111 be organization on the ground for the new undertaking. Facilities still remaining at Anyox will be used to as great . . . . . LI . l ...111 an fxient as possiuie. m probably be ten months, Mr. Lee says, before operations will be In a position to commence. The ultimate plan is for a sizeable ln- dustry being revived at Anyox. TODAY'S STOCKS (CuurUtfV 3, D. Johnston Oo.) Vancouver Orandvicw Wi Bralorne 725 Cariboo Quartz 1.12 Hcdley Mascot -..... .25Vi Tend Oreille - 1-30 Pioneer , 1-55 Premier 40 Privateer -33Vi Reno -18 Sheep Creek - .77 Oils Calniont 15 C. & E 100 Home - 2.30 Royal' Canadian 03 Toronto Bcattle -70 Central 1.12 Cons. Smelters 38.25 y Hardrock 45 Kerr Addison 3.40 Little Long Lac 1.05 McLcod Cockshutt . 1.33 Madscn Red Lake .36 McKenzle Red Lake .83& Moncta - . .25 Pickle Crow 2.05 Preston East Dome 2.41 WAR NEVft Tomorrow (Standard Time) sT ides . & High 9:39 a.m. 19.0 iU - 22:46 pjn. 18.0 ft. FREE FRENCH STIUKlfc Low 3:16 ajn. 9.0 ft LONUON Free French forces have tnick a C.V,YL 'sert 16:17 p.m. 4.9 ft. French Equatorial Africa against the Italians, l ti&V ber NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ..lninrr(. r - FLEET NOT TURNED OVER? LONDON There U rio indication at present of the French . a.!..-. In rnil HIPP 11 I aPFm n W m Y A K. klj - J PAPERS DEMAND OFFENSIVE LONDON London newspapers, expressing indignation at the ill 1 .-. linn tCttntr urttlfK wm atjlk-.l - I I - . . iirocui" " v umiiutu iu I'aiuoinTiii Jen Irrday by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, agree In demanding ,..,il5 nffrnslv arainit Janin. n iiiiiiivm"""- - - r TO DEFEND MADAGASCAR ANKARA Units of the Vichy fleet are being transferred Iiom HTILIT.!! IIIWIV W - . . w., ...V - VI lllllll. MORE SHIPS SUNK NHV YOKK A 7,000-ton Amrrinn tanker and a Brazilian , i m Ma.an- . I 9 f IK llal a.. ff a - ROMMEL VISITS HITLER iSTANHL'I General KotumeU, tommanderlnchlef of Axis . a. t.il ft I . 1 GERMANY SEEKING HELP MOSCOW Germany Is reported to hare called upon Hungary, . . . i i a litl a a a . nrinf nffrnt.Yt. JAPAN'S THREAT TOKYO A Japanese government spokesman adrled Australia ftffiv in nun iiir nsi ur iiiiti iiir uiiir i ir a iiip .iriiiriiaiiui VOL. XXXI., NO. 59. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 11M2. AS PRESIDENT DICUSSSED WAR STRATEGY OF UNITED NATIONS ssssssss &S3SisH I I iHyjD Prcsiticii Rocccvclt. points to the Far B t on a large wall map which he used during his talk on war strategy wh.. h wa;; broadcast from the White House The president warned that the United Nations woUid suffer core reverses before they rcrc able to take the offcr.sive. but promised that the offensive would be take n soon by the AiJIcd for :es of freedom. Former Local Bank Manager Dies in South . - NORTH VANCOUVER, March 12: -Arthur Twiss Broderlck. aged 83, who was a resident of Prince Rupert from 1916 to 1924, having been manager of the old Un- Ion Bank of Canada there, died here at the first of the week. He had lived here In retirement for many years. . v Jap Nationals Ordered South Royal Canadian Mounted Police and provincial police authorities have received in- structions to send forthwith to Vancouver all male Japa- nese nationals over the age of 18. They will be sent aboard the Prince Rupert tomorrow' night. The number Is about 40. PASSING OF DAN MASON cumbs To Heart Attack TERRACE, March 11: An old time resident of Terrace district passed away suddenly on Saturday when Dan Mason dropped dead while at work at Copper City, of a. heart ailment. Interment was at the cemetery on the hill near Terrace on Tuesday from the United Church. Mr. Mason was employed in past years by the Department of Public Works in con struction work. He was also active in prospecting. Local Temperature Maximum Minimum 38 33 Anti-Aircraft Gunnery Here To see anti-aircraft gun- ncry being installed in prince Rupert is a source of gratlfl- cation to local people who have been anxious about this form of defence now that this port Is becoming Increas- lngly Important in the war picture. What is being done now Is only a start of what Is to come In the way of all around Increasing of defences. Independence For India Is Now Promised LONDON, March 11: B Prime Minister Winston Chur- chill today repeated Great lBritaln's promise of Dominion , status for India after the war and announced that Sir Staf- ford Cripps would go to India as an emissary to seek assur- j ranee that a precise plan al- ready drafted by London would gain general Indian acceptance. NAVY IS PRAISED Submarine Activity of Enemy Off Eastern Seaboard of Canada I Not Surprising to Officer I OTTAWA, March 11: LU-Cmdr. William Strange of the Royal Ca- nadian Naval Volunteer Reserve today urged Canadians not to let! submarine activity near the east ern seaboard have too prominent a place in their minds. . . i PRICE: FIVE CENTS Smashing At Jap Armada In South Pacific DEFENCE OF INDIA PLANNED Resistance In Burma and Java Continues Australia Readying For Invasion Attempt FIVE ENEMY SHIPS SUNK CANBERRA, March 11: -Smashing blows against a Japanese invasion armada off New Guinea were announced today with at least five enemy ships declaied wrecked or sunk as the battle for the approaches of Australia burst with explosive fury today. A Royal Australian Air Force bulletin said that waves of Australian bombers Inflicted havoc on Japanese seaborne forces, attacking a cruiser, setting two ships afire, leaving another large ship burning and scoring several direct hits on a warship. At the same time dispatches said that Japanese invasion fleets were reported moving toward Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea, three hundred miles from the Australian mainland, and were being attacked continuously by Australian planes. "It is oovious w everyone wno CALCUTTA, March 11: British rcaus uic news uiv. wiuumuura troops, navlng smashed their way now are operating not lar irom DUt of a JaDanese traD in south- the North American coasts," he ern Burma, have Joined with Chl-sald in an address to Ottawa Ca- nese forces In the north to con-nadian Club. Unue- their resistance against the "This is no occasion for surprise, enemy in what is now becoming and certainly none for anything the defen.ee of India. General Al-approaching dismay . . . such at- exander. hero of the British evac-tacks may make the headlines, but uation of Dunkerque whose mili-they should not In the public tary philosophy is one of the at-mind be permitted to occupy un- tack, is now in command of the reasonable prominence. forces in that area and there are Fundamentals Unchanged. expectations that, in fighting 'They may alter the point of against him, the Japanese will by attack, but they do not alter the no means continue to have every-fundamentals of the Battle of the thing their own way. Atlantic. Merchant ships must Meanwhile, both India and Aus-stlll be kept on the seas; the trans- tralia now occupy the spotlight fer of vital supplies to the people and it should very soon became in the front line of Britain must apparent In which direction the go on. Japanese are to continue their The experience may be a new drive once they have consolidated one to us, but it Is an old one to their newly galneti positions In the the British. The spectacle of sur- East Indies. Possibly they will vlvors Is as familiar to them as Is drive in both directions, the sound of bombs and depth-1 Signs point to an invasion at- I charges being dropped on tne tempt at Australia possioiy within malefactor. The necessity for lit- e Ulk and much action Is well Old Timer of Terrace District Sue- I understood by them. rAw Ciranira Tl'h n TTCPntlv VsiliUi. umwh.., - - w - j 1 A. 1 - - IUk came irom Toronto w join u; stafr of the plans and operations division at naval service headquarters, said the Battle of the Atlantic the "trench warfare or the seas" holds the key to Brit ain's ability to hold out against the Axis. Canadians' Work. The Roval Canadian Navy had . i i i ii ..... an nonoraDie piace u mt up front of the fight. By lar tne heaviest portion of its activity was in the north Atlantic zone where ocean traffic Is not found In peacetime. The figures or u-Doats sunn were not the real measure of success, he said. "Our success can only be measured by the quantity of material landed on the other side. ". . . That there has been a notable success In this fundamental matter is well known." WAS DEAD Andrew I'ele Succumbs Suddenly at Age of Seventy. TERRACE. March 11: Sudden, death took on of the old timers of Terrace district on Sunday. Andrew Pete, who has spent many local years In the district prospecting, died in nts snacK near ue- ceased was about seventy year? of age. two weeics oy way or a troop landing at Port Darwin. The usual Japanese prelude leading up to such a move is taking form and signs of a movement of enemy warships and transports are being closely watched for. There have already been such movements around New Guinea. United States, Dutch, British and Australian air forces which had been operating in the East Indies are already moving to new bases for operation in Australia. General McKay, Australian chief of staff, has warned the people of the Commonwealth that a large scale of Invasion of Australia would be difficult for the Jap anese but not beyond their capacity. Hon. Francis Ford, minister of war, urges the people to "know nothing" and "to give misleading Information." Prime Minister John Curtln has offered all facilities of Australia to the government of the Netherlands East Indies ifor the purpose of carrying on. Curtln said that Australia could be used both as a base and sanctuary for the people of the United Nations, Approaches to the harbor of Calcutta have been mined, it is learned, and Ceylon defences are being strengthened against the possibility of a Japanese thrust ': towards India. In cast and central Java the fighting Is continuing although an armistice has been declared at Bandung to save the civilian population from massacre at the hands of the enemy. HOCKEY SCORES Chicago, l; Boston, 5, am ,i....i i" '