S?l
.
If
SALIENT
DATES
41
HIV
S.-M
Todays
Weather
OF
YEAR
1941
129
High
Low
temperature,
temperature,
31
35.
J.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
January
10.
Aircraft
Carrier
Illustrious
cruiser
Southarrtptoii
(subsequently
sunk
while
belns
towed
to
port),
and
destroyer
Gallant
severely
damaged
naval
battle
off
Sicily.
'January
22.
British
forces
capture
To
hruk
and
take
25,000
prison
ers.
February
6
Bengasi,
capital
of
Eastern
Libya,
falls
to
British.
February
21.
Sir
Frederick
Banting
and
two
others
killed
In
plane
crash
near
Musgrave
Harbor,
Nfld.
March
1.
Bulgaria
Joins
Romc-Berlln-Tokyo
military
alliance.
March
4.
British
force
makes
surprise
raid
on
Lofoten
Island3.
March
11.
United
States
lease-lend
bill
becomes
law.
March
14
Two
nights'
German
air
raids
over
Merseyside
and
Clydeslde
areas
kill
1.000
persons.
March
24
Axis
capture
El
Aghclla,
Libya,
in
new
drive.
March
27.
King
Peter
II
of
Yugoslavia
and
his
new
government
pledged
to
resist
Axl3.
March
28.
Royal
Navy
sinks
three
Italian
cruisers
and
two
destroyers
at
Cape
Matapan.
April
4.
Nationalists
take
Iraq
government.
April
6.
Germany
Invades
O
r
e
e
c
e
and
Yugoslavia:
British
forces
occupy
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia.
April
9.
German
troops
occupy
Salonika,
Oreece.
April
13.
Axis
forces
take
Bardla,
Libya;
Japan
and
Russia
sign
flve-yr-neutrality
pact,
April
18.
British
force
lands
at
Basra,
Iraq,
to
protect
oil
Interests.
April
25.
U.S.
extends
Atlantic
and
Pacific
naval
patrols
for
Western
Hemisphere
prolection.
April
27.
German
troops
occupy
Athens.
April
30.
British
troops'
evacuation
from
Greece
completed.
May
10.
Rudolf
Hess,
German
deputy
fuehrer,
files
to
Britain
and
Is
held
as
prisoner
of
war.
May
20.
Germany
starts
parachute
and
gilder
Invasion
of
Crete;
Italians
surrender
to
British
at
Amba
Alajl,
Ethiopia.
May
22.
British
cruisers
Gloucester
and
Fiji
and
four
destroyers
sunk
in
Battle
of
Crete.
May
24.
British
battle
-cruiser
Hood
sunk
by
Gemini
battleship
Bismarck.
May
27.
German
battleship
Bismarck
sunk
400
miles
west
of
Brest.
May
31.
British
forces
evacuated
from
Crete.
June
1.
British
assume
full
control
In
Iraq.
June
8.
British
and
Free
French
march
into
Syria
and
Lebanon.
June
18.
Germany
.and
Turkey
sign
friendship
treaty.
.
June
22.
Germany
Invades
Russia.
July
7.
U.S.
naval
force
arrives
in
Iceland.
July
12.
Britain,
and
Russia
agree
on
joint,'
action.
July
13.
Five-week
campaign
In
Syr-la
ends
with
defeat
of
Vichy
French
forces.
July
26.
Japan
occupies
naval
and
air
bases
In
French
Indochina.
August
7.
Russian
airman
make
first
raid
on
Berlin.
August
14.
Announce
eight
-ooint
program
reached
by
Prime
Min-
'Ster
Churchill
and
President.
ttfposevelt
at
Atlantic
confer-
.ce;
Artnur
B.
Purvis,
chalr-
Ati
of
British
Sunrenv
Onn-
i
1
.CV
U.S
killed
in
plane
V-
"Cn
Britain
.
O
August
20.
King
makes
flight
to
Brit-
n
25.
Russian
troops
inva,
-
ri.
August
29.
Hitler
and
Mussolini
conclude
five-day
conference.
September
4
Mackenzie
King
at
London
luncheon
urges
UJ5.
declaration
that
she
stands
with
Britain.
September
7.
Mackenzie
King
r
e
t
u.r
n
s
from
Britain.
September
3.
Raid
on
Spitzbergen
by
Canadian
troops
supported
by
British
and
Norwegians
renounced.
September
16.
Shah
of
Iran
abdicates;
succeeded
by
Crown
Prince.
September
22.
Russians
admit
rvacuatlon
of
Kiev.
September
27.
Canadian
corvette
Levis
tunk
by
enemy
action;
18
lost.
October
6.
Germans
start
big
offensive
against
Moscow.
October
16.
Russians
abandon
Odessa.
October
17.
Lt.-Gen.
Hideki
Tojo
new
military
premier,
of
Japan.
October
22.
Fifty
French
hostages
shot
for
killing
of
German
officer
at
Nantes.
October
24.
Additional
50
Frencn
hostages
shot
for
killing
of
German
official
at
Bordeaux.
October
29.
-
Russians
evacuate
Kharkov.
October
30.
VS.
destroyer
Reuben
James
torpedoed
and
sunk;
99
lost.
November
9.
Royal
Navy
sinks
four
Axis
destroyers
and
10
transports
off
Italy.
November
14.
Aircraft
carrier
Ark
Royal
sinks
off
Gibraltar;
one
man
lost.
November
16.
Canadian
troops
reinforce
Hong
Kong
garrison.
November
17.
British
army
sta.-ts
new
drive
in
Libya.
November
29.
Russian
counter
offensive
drives
Axis
army
from
Rostov-on-Don.
December
7.
Japan
attacks
Britain
and
the
United
States
in
Pacific
and
Far
East.
Canada
at
war
with
Japan.
December
8.
Britain,
United
Stales
and
other
countries
declare
war
on
Japan.
Moscow
drive
olf
for
winter,
Germany
says.
Decemjber
10.
Battleship
Prince
of
Wales
and
battle-cruiser
Repulse
sunk
off
Malaya
by
air
attack;
about
500-
lost.
December
11.
Germany,
Italy
and
United
Staies
formally
declare
war;
VS.
airmen
sink
Japanese
battleship,
cruiser
and
destroyer.
December
12.
German
armies
before
Moscow
routed;
85,000
killed.
British
units
nenetrate
50
miles
west
of
Tobruk,
Libya.
December
15.
Russians
drive
to
exterminate
Oernans
retreitlnf
on
frost-bound
fronts.
December
16.
British
make
smash'.n?
attacks
on
German
and
Italian
divisions
west
of
Gazala,
Libya.
Roosevelt
appoints
five-man
commission
to
determine
why
U.S.
forces
were
not
on
the
alert
In
Hawaii,
Dec.
7.
December
17.
Three
VS.
commanded
In
Hawaii
removed
because
Japanese
caught
them
by
surprise
Dec.
7.
December
18.
British
pursue
enemy
in
fu11
flight
In
Libya.
Japanese
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
VOL.
XXXI,
NO.
1.
J
apanese
Washington
13
UCilWUd
Resistance
Continues
Situation
in
Southern
Pacific
Awhile
But
in
Are
Manila
and
the
nearby
naval
base
of
Cavite
fell
to
the
Japanese
today,
the
War
Department
at
Washington,
D.C.,
announced
in
a
joint
statement
with
the
Navy
Department.
Both
places,
it
was
,
said,
had
been
evacuated
of
military
and
naval
supplies
and
equipment
before
advance
units
of
the
enemy
arrived.
The
War
Department
said
that
"loss
of
Manila,
while
serious,
had
not
lessened
resistance
to
enemy
attacks."
Advancing
units
of
the
Japanese
entered
Manila
at
3
p.m.
Friday
(10
p.m.
PST
Thursday).
In
London
a
spokesman
declared
today
that
the
British
and
American
fleets
cannot
be
expected
to
operate
effectively
in
the
southern
.Pacific-until
they
obtain
adequate
air
support.
He
asserted
that
the
Japanese
might
even
be
able
to
neutralize
the
use
of
Singapore
as
a
naval
base
by
bombing
from
air
bases
in
Malaya
but
added
"we
must
keep
the
long
view
of
the
Pacific
situation
remembering
in
the
long
run
that
the
Allies
can
outbalance
the
Japanese."
General
Sir
Henry
Pownall,
British
commander-in-chief
in
the
Fai
East,
declartd
today
that
"considerable
help
Is
on
the
way"
to
British
.Malaya
and
that
"it
is
intended
to
fight
every
inch
of
ground
down
the
peninsula."
.
...
Ihe
Australian
Associated..
Tress
said
It..
bad.
le&ned
authoritatively
today
that
Geheraf
Sir
Archibald
Wavell;
will-
command
Allied
land,
sea
and
air
forces
in
the
Pacific,
Customs
and
Excise
Revenue
In
Prince
Rupert
Sets
New
Hirfi
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
calendar
year
of
1941
struck
a
high
rec
ord
of
$550,502.
This
aggregate
compares
with
a
total
of
5223,410.72
in
1940.
The
revenue
in
each
month
dur
ing
the
year
showed
a
substantial
increase
over
the
pre-
vious
vear.
Montn
dv
montn
follows,
the
1942
tigures
also
being
snown
ior
compar
Bulletins
'
i
NEW
YEAR
IN
LONDON
LONDON
In
spite
of
blackout
and
other
limitations
imposed
by
wartime
conditions,
London
had
an
enthusiastic
and
happy
celebration
of
New
Year's
Eve.
Night
clubs
and
amusement
reports
plied
a
great
business.
Three
thousand
persons
danced
in
the
darkness
in
Fie
adilly
Circus
and
sanj
"Auld
Lang
Syne."
LONG
ISLAND
CRASH
NEW
YORK
Five
men
were
killed
when
a
United
States
Army
plane
crashed
on
Long
Island
In
the
course
of
a
routine
flight.
HACK
IN
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
following
his
visit
to
Canada,
returned
to
Washington
yesterday
to
resume
conferences
with
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States.
LONDON
Shipping
losses
on
the
Atlantic
for
the
past
quarter
have
been
reduced
to
eight
percent
of
what
they
formerly
were.
Miss
Ituth
Elliott,
who
has
been
visiting
here
for
the
past
few
days
as
the
guest
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Skinner,
McBrlde
Street,
is
sailing
tOtglit
on
her
return
to
Vancouver.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
,
B.C.
JTCHDAY,;
JANUARY
2,
19-12.
Admit
Lvii
May
Be
Embarrassing
for
Long
View
Allies
Superior.
Mark
at
Half
Million
me
revenue
in
lyi
was
as
ison:
1941
1940
January
$20,095.14
$11,916.70
February
19,100.12
11,710
89
March
12,832.96
10,774.55
April
14,208.03
11,203.03
May
126,097.91
13.047.15
June
27,486.30
13,931.45
July
42,080.56
28,649.00
August
56,878.43
33,941.25
September
..74,115.28
32,543.78
October
83,012.19
22,250.93
November
....
28,454.71
14,773.16
December
....
47,140.18
21,573.93
Totals
$550,502.00
$223,410.72
Major
John
McGregor
V.
C.
slipped
and
fell
on
McBrlde
Street
near
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
yesterday
morning
during
the
Canadian
Scottish
parade
to
the
national
prayer
service
In
the
Capitol
Theatre.
Striking
his
head
and
being
temporarily
stunned,
he
had
to
fall
out
of
the
parade
and
proceed
to
hospital.
His
injuries,
however,
were
not
serious.
Sign
Anti-Axis
Pact
WASHINGTON.
Jan.
2:
V
Ambassadors
and
ministers
of
anti-Axis
nations
came
to
the
United
States
Department
to-
day
to
sign
what
Panamanian
Ambassador
Jaen
O
u
a
r
d
1
a
described
as
a
Joint
pact
of
solidarity
and
pledge
that
none
of
the
nations
would
sign
a
separate
peace.
f
Take
SHELLING
HAWAIIANS
Three
Different
Islands
of
.Mid-Pacific
Group
Attacked
By
Japanese
Submarines
HONOLULU,
Jan.
2:
ThTee
different
islands
of
the
Hawaiian
jroup
have
been
shelled
by
Jap
anese
submarines
but
little
damage
was
done
and
no
casualties
are
reported.
A
wharf
at
Hilo
sus
tained
slight
damage.
HITLER
IS
ATFR0NT
Goes
to
Russia
in
Endeavor
to
Stem
Tide
of
Nazi
Retreat
In
Range
of
Mozhaisk.
STOCKHOLM,
Jan.
2:
05
A
Reuters
dispatch
to
London
today
quoted
Stockholm
ciirlcs
as
saying
that
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
had
flown
to
the
central
front
in
the
hope
of
stiffening
the
stand
of
battered
Nazi
armies
in
Russia
from
headquarters
near
Smolensk,
150
miles
behind
the
lines.
Soviet
troops
aie
reported
within
artillery
range
of
Mozhaisk
today
in
a
direct
drive
upon
that
German
stronghold,
fifty-seven
miles
west
of
Moscow.
The
new
Soviet
thrust
in
that
direction
is
co-ordinated
with
fresh
encirclement
gains
ab0Ycand-belnw.it.
.-
IR
FORCE
RECRUITING
Mobile
Unit
To
Visit
Prince
Rupert
Soon
To
Receive
Attestations
A
mobile
recruiting
unit
of
the
.loyal
Canadian
Air
Force
will
be
n
Prince
Rupert
on
January
14,
.5
and
16,
it
is
announced.
This
unit
will
be
marked
by
a
iecided
innovation
since
it
.
will
jrovlde
facilities
for
both
medical
:xamination
and
attaitatlon
in
jrder
to
complete
immediate
en-.istment
of
acceptable
applicants
on
the
spot.
The
unit
will
be
in
charge
of
Flying
Officer
W.
C.
Goudie,
a
well-known
Canadian
pilot
of
the
last
war,
accompanied
by
.a
medical
officer,
Flying
Officer
H.
B.
McGregor,
and
Corporal
M.
W.
Howden.
The
quota
set
for
immediate
enlistment
in
Prince
Rupert
includes
9
aircrew
(pilots
and
observers),
5
standard
tradesmen,
20
general
duties
and
one
radio
mechanic.
Young
men
with
a
ziUnlmumvof
one
year
High
School
may
be
enrolled
in
the
youth
training
school
for
airframe
mechanics,
aero
engine
mechanics,
and
wireless
operators.
Those
with
two
years'
High
School
completed,
who
are
physically
fit
for
aircrew,
may
be
enrolled
in
the
pre-enllstment
school
for
pilots
and
observers.
NOISELESS
NEW
YEAR
Prince
Rupert
Observed
Hogmanay
Enthusiastically
But
Reasonably
New
Year's
Eve
was
celebrated
enthusiastically
but
reasonably
in
Prince
Rupert.
There
was
good
response
to
the
appeal
of
the
authorities
that
It
be
a
noiseless
Hogmanay
as
far
as
outside
activities
were
concerned.
There
was
absence
of
the
usual
whistle
of
ships
and
industrial
plants.
Nor
did
any
air
raid
alarms
disturb
the
calm
of
the
midnight
hour
when
1941
passed
out
and
1942
came
in.
There
were
several
dances,
military
and
civilian,
and
private
parties
were
numerous
both
New
Year's
Ew
and
New
Year'3
Day.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAA
AAA
War
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Manila
News
FALL
OF
MANILA
ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
War
Department
announces
the
fall
of
Manila
and
Cavite
naval
base
today
as
General
Douglas
iMcArthur
consolidates
his
defending
forces
in
stronger
positions.
Despite
the
overwhelming
numbers
and
superior
equipment
of
the
invaders,
heavy
casualties
have
been
inflicted
upon
the
enemy.
AH
communications
with
Manila
had
been
cut
off
since
last
night
and
the
War
Department
was
prepared
to
hear
of
the
loss
of
the
capital
of
the
Philippines
although
this
would
not
mean
the
end
of
fighting
in
the
Philippines.
The
stronghold
of
Coriegidor,
known
as
"Little
Gibraltar
of
the
Philippines,"
may
be
able
to
hold
out
for
weeks
if
not
months.
Tokyo
claimed
Thursday
that
Japanese
forces
were
within
six-and-a-half
miles
of
Manila
from
the
north
and
twenty
miles
from
the
south
and
continuing
to
advance
with
further
reinforcements
being
landed.
Generally
speaking,
there
was
no
improvement
in
the
position
of
Manila
as
heavy
Japanese
invading
forces
continued
to
advance
from
north
and
south
upon
the
capital
of
the
Philippine
Islands.-
LORD
MAYOR'S
MESSAGE
LONDON
Sir
John
Lawrie,
Lord
Mayor
of
London,
has
sent
a
message
of
encouragement
to
the
people
of
the
Philippine
Islands.
London
had
heard
with
heartfelt
sympathy,
the
Lord
Mayor-
said,
of
the
ruthless
bombing
of
the
open
and
defenceless
city
of
Manila.
The
Japanese
were
evidently
copying
faithfully
ths
brutal
methods
of
warfare
practised
by
their
Nazi
masters.
The
people
of
the
Philippines
like
the
people
of
London
could
not
be
daunted
by
the
worst
barbarism
that
could
be
inflicted
upon
them,
Sir
John
was
confident.
RUSSIANS
MOVING
AHEAD
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army,
in
spite
of
stubborn
rearguard
resistance
by
the
Nazis
at
some
points,
is
advancing
on
all
fronts.
In
Crimea
an
enemy
retreat
is
being
turned
into
a
rout.
West
of
Leningrad
the
Russian
advance
is
uninterrupted.
West
of
Moscow
twenty
more
villages
have
been
recaptured
and
five
trainload.;
of
ammunition
have
been
taken.
On
the
southern
front
200
enemy
motor
lorries
have
been
taken.
The
Red
Army
is
still
pursuing
the
-German
Sixth
-Army-
Division
west
at-Moscow-with.-otb.tT
Soviet
farces
continuing
their
advance
against
the
enemy
on
all
fronts
from
Finland
to
the
Crimea.
President
Kalinin
of
Russia,
in
a
New
Year's
Day
message,
said
that
fresh
Nazi
divisions
hail
put
up
terrible
resistance
but
it
was
ineffective
in
stemming
th
tide
of
the
great
Soviet
counter-offensive.
RUSSIA
HIGHLY
CONFIDENT
MOSCOW
The
Soviet
newspaper
Pravda
declared
today
that
the
New
Year
was
opening
auspiciously
for
the
Allies
in
whose
favor
the
tide
had
now
turned.
The
Red
Army
had
demonstrated
its
capability
of
handling
the
Nazis
single-handed.
Confidence
ppjrild
now
be
expressed
that
the
struggle
would
end
in
complete
defeat
of
the
Germans
although
there
would
be
much
bloody
fighting
yet.
Russian
resources
were
inexhaustible
and
the
Allies
were
supplying
tanks,
arms
and
planes.
Russia
was
not
only
fighting
for
herself
but
in
the
liberation
of
all
the
enslaved
people
of
Europe.
THE
LIBYAN
CAMPAIGN
CAIRO
British
forces
have
successfully
retaken
Bardia
in
Libya
and
have
raptured,
six
hundred
more
prisoners.
There
is
continued
pressuie
on
the
enemy
in
the
Agedabia
area.
The
Royal
Air
Force
continues
its
effective
support
of
the
ground
forces.
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
carried
out
bombing
attacks
on
enemy
points
in
North
Africa.
Italy
claims
that
the
British
as
well
as
the
Axis
lost
heavily
in
a
tank
battle
near
Agadabia.
British
naval
forces
are
effectively
preventing
supplies
and
reinforcements
reaching
th
enemy
in
North
Africa.
Tripoli
is
the
only
port
through
which
th
Axis
can
now
get
supplies
to
its
beleaguered
forces.
ITALIAN
MORALE
LOW
k
LONDON
Private
advices
reaching
London
say
that
Japmese
entry
into
the
war
has
done
nothing
to
improve
the
falterm?
morale
of
Italy.
Despite
efforts
to
bolster
up
the
failing
spirit
of
the
Italians,
gloom
still
persists,
particularly
since
the
entry
of
the
United
Stales
into
the
war.
The
attitude
of
the
Italian
people
is
that
they
are
sick
of
war
and
hate
the
Nazis
who
have
over-run
their
country.
British
bombings
of
Naples,
Taranto
and
other
Italian
cities
have
resulted
in
a
condition
of
panic.
Hunger
and
cold
are
only
engendering
anti-Fascist
moves.
A
pair
of
shoes
now
costs
$21
in
Italy
and
shoe1
repairs
cost
$8
a
pair.
ANOTHER
RAID
ON
NORWAY
LONDON
The
British
War
Office
announces
that
commando
parties
have
raided
another
important
island
off
the
coast
of
Norway.
Like
they
had
done
a
few
days
ago
at
another
Island,
army,
naVy
and
air
force
again
collaborated,
this
time
off
the
north
coast.
Landings
were
made
at
four
different
points.
German
prisoners
were
taken
and
some
Norwegians
were
removed
to
Britain
to
join
the.
Allied
forces.
MOVING
TOWARD
SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE
The
Japanese
are
reported
to
have
continued
their
advance
down
the
Malay
Peninsula
to
a
point
within
160
miles
of
Singapore.
ROTH
MANILA
AND
SINGAPORE?
TOKYO
Premier
Tojo
told
the
Japanese
Parliament
yest?r
day
that
it
was
only
a
question
of
time
before
both
Manila
arid'1
Singapore
would
be
In
the
hands
of
the
Japanese.
CHINA
STILL
FIGHTING
CHUNGKING
Heavy
Chinese
forces
have
been
brought
up
In
Hunan
Province
and
have
inflicted
heavy
casualties
upon
the
Japanese
invaders.
GREECE
AND
CRETE
BOMBED
CAIRO
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
bombed
enemy
submarine
bases
in
the
vicinity
of
Athens
and
on
the
Island
of
Crete
In
the
eastern
Mediterranean.
Much
damage
was
done.