v
Of
Southern
Pacific
Considerable
Numbers
of
More
American
Forces
Have
t
I'
i.
Reached
Commonwealth
for
United
Nations
Campaign.
W
ASHINGTON,
March
17:
(CP)-General
Douglas
11
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.11'
IS
I
v
r
m
m
m
m
i
m
m
k
while
Close
In
On
Mr
1'MI:
.
il
.
Ill
!!!.
...
.
I
1
A
ur,
nero
01
me
rnmppines,
nas
arnveu
in
Alls-take
over
supreme
command
of
the
United
Na
tures
m
the
par
Pacific.
I
he
United
States
var
vfi:iont
said
that
MacArthur's
assignment
to
the
,,.
Australian
theatre
was
requested
by
the
Autral-
ii'
mi.
II
1
command
'ic
Philippine
where
..Mila
Is
still
bring
de-
fully
against
upe-
forces.
It
was
also
ij
the
War
Depart
-t'nited
States
troops
,.
units
In
considerable
.
reached
Australia.
,
rrivrn
i
rom
hire
I'll
a
i
-
.
a
i
v
SUBMARINE;
HERE
SAFE
William
Doherty
Ship
-
.
..
.
,
I
TtlU
of
Vojaje
Across.
s.sed
the
Atlantic
y
in
a
convoy
one
v,
:
H
ti
was
wok
by
tor-
the
ship
on
'
.imolf
travelled
was.
boats.
FMUier
William
.'in
County
Donegal.!
iiived
In
Prince
Ilu-'
u
Honed
In
this
die-Catholic
Church,
v.
.s
Carroll,
who
croaa-'v,
has
been
delayed
In
'"
undergo
an
;
be
here
later.
i
tv
croaaed
Hie
At-mhter
aboard
wliicn
'
i;iH
pa;iaenger4
-
'he
nr
cccleauuUcal
stu-
it
The
hl3
Imme
II.
d
that
In
which
1
1
y
travelled
was
tor-
i
.sunk
one
night.
i
board
were
report-
.
ii
thirteen
lost.
German
Army
'
r"OW.
March
47:
t
-
The
i
German
Army,
cntrap-Staraya
Russa.
south
of
ad,
has
lost
one
of
Its
most
'mpmtant
points
of
resistance'
In
nrjvy
fighting,
the
Moscow
radio
dispatches
identified
the
POIlU
rmlu
no
uvr
i
DIDNT
KNOW
WAR
ON
Weston
FAVELL,
Eng.,
March
'
Mrs.
Sarah
Adccfck,
who
m
this
Northants
village,
,
.
'
nad
been
told
Britain
was
war
SOUTH
HAS
!
BIG
STORM
Tornado
Kips
Alone
COO-Mile
Strip
Leaving
123
Dead,
900
Injured
I
and
Millions
of
Damage.
j
1
NEW
YORK.
March
17:
Tornadic
storm
ripped
vcr
a
six
hundred-mile
stiip
of
six
southern
and
mldwesteni
stales
yesterday,
leaving
in
their
wake
at
lrat
123
dead
and
more
than
9C0
injured
as
well
as
millions
of
dollars
In
property
damage.
Terrific
winds
cut
across
the
northwestern
section
of
Mississippi
where
at
least
sixty-five
,
aie
known
to
be
dead
and
ap
1
j
;
,
P.".:
ma
and
five
others.1
I
"tr
nmkirValiiui
ntnoH
tu
nics
known
to
be
in
passengers
o.i
Palher
l
ip
were
awaiccneel
one
'
m
and
asoembled
in
with
their
lirebclU.
prepared
for
any
cm-Lutcr
they
wre
allowed
uain.
no
attack
having
1
"aching
port
on
this
'-er
Doherty's
ship
was
'
"uplr
of
times
by
sub-Thc
U-boats
were
known
wb.v
but,
actually,
none
b
the
passengers.
proximately
620
others
injured.
tilth
winds
also
left
a
trail
of
death
and
destruction
In
wet-tern
Kentutky
and
Tennessee,
slrurk
Indiana
and
killed
at
least
twenty
in
Illinois
and
were
reported
as
far
west
as
mitral
Miuourl.
RESIST
Allt
ATTACK
The
Oolden
Gate
and
the
San
Francisco-Oakland
bridges
were
designed
and
built
to
tHst
air
attack.
Chinese
Kill
Hundred
Thais
.
'
LONDON.
March
17:
O-
mr
up
if
re
wnvoj
una
'
j.
....
Chinese
forces
in
U?e
Durma
.he
voyage
waj
made
hundred
Thai
soldiers
in
a
clash
in
Tong
Tong.
Thai-
j-r
land.
Ilcuters
reported
today.
I
A
vie
accord
inn
u
and
Japan
b!'ad'
aM-
;
The
ls!iij:d
LONDON.
March
17:
O.
-Reulerii
reported
from
Tanglers
today
Uat
Vtehy
authorltis
in
Morocco
have
ordered
the
internment
of
all
Bri
tish
subjects
between
eighteen
and
fifty
residing
in
coast
towns.
About
two
thousand
persons
arc
believed
Involved
In
the
step
I
which
reliable
sources
said
was
I
taken
in
reprisal
for
Force
bombing
attacks
pled
Prance.
KIMS'S
srtiuc.Eov
The
sturncon
te
called
the
royal
fLsh
in
Eimland
because
the
KiAg
ran
rlaim
any
sturgeon
caught.
WAR
NEWS
Chilean,
freighter,
-
REDS
STILL
WINNING
MOSCOW
Further
successes
are
claimed
by
the
Soviet
In
the
out
of
llussla
and
break
invaders
the
Naxl
great
campaign
lo
drive
offensive.
The
Itussian
air
up
the
anticipated
German
summer
of
almost
four
lo
onc
over
the
Germans,
fo.ee
claims
an
advantage
during
the
past
month
having
brought
down
200
enemy
planes
Timoshenko
Is
now
hrcalen-Ing
Marshal
v.hlle
losing
G7
themselves.
to
wipe
out
the
base
the
Nails
have
eslahl.shed
at
Kharkov.
ATTACK
ON
DARWIN
killed
and
Iwclvc
wounded
CWIU
IlllA-Threc
persons
were
,
tii
air
raid
of
yesterday
on
Port
Darwin.
The
attack
which
suffc.rd
some
damage,
no
was
directed
acalnst
the
air
base
planes,
however
being
lost.
YANKS
IN
AUSTRALIA
WASHINGTON
American
forces,
In
considerable
more
it
was
announced
today.
Australia,
bers
have
landed
In
and
ground
and
air
forces
were
incluucu.
iANK
ELEVEN
ALLIED
SHIPS?
...Urine,
have
sunk
.!.
,
A.
e;,
tankers
TOKVtpanese
waters,
it
Is
claimed
here.
and
frelf
hler.
In
Indian
and
Burmese
mee
CHILEAN
SHIP
SUNK
X.r
.
i
rovernmcnt,
following
a
cabinet
Italy
ft
ting,
SANTIAGO
today
,
7n
called
The
e,l
dlnlonatlc
dUiomai.c
r
representatives
I
of
torpedoing
Germany,
of
11;
a
resun
oi
conference
as
Japa
Japan
Into
a
later,
responsible
for
I
Greece's
mer
chant
navy.
Is
in
the
Unit?d
State
a.
The
Greek
organization
was
set
up
in
London
last
September
when
King
i
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
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TomorrowsTid.es
(Standard
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'
2:11
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2i
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feet
Maximum
14:26
p.m.
21.2
feet
3s
u
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8:29
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lect
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l4.
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,"
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
17,
1912.
A.'
x.u
drovck
on
the
p,,
.;
j'i'iro
Morrow,
is
oe-onsim
the
wmld
make
an
excellent
l;.se
v..
-
i.l
.;"-ne
)
butcr
d.t
for
operatisns
from
cam
paign
It
conducts
by
radio
and
carricc
on
its
normal
administrative
functions.
Five
ministers
are
In
London,
while
service
ministers
,
are
with
the
forces
in
the
Middlr
Bast
and
the
shipping
.-ni'i
George,
other
uuuuzu
am
aw
members
or
the
Royal
Family.
Tsouderos
and
most
of
his
cabinet
arrived
hero
from
South
Africa
after
a
story
book
escape
from
Crete
where
they
moved
after
the
fall
of
Greece.
The
cabinet,
which
includes
as
permanent
under-socretary
or
state
for
foreign
affairs
Charal-
ambos
SImopoulus,
Greek,
representative
In
London
since
1935.
is
recognized
by
Britain
and
consulted
by
the
British
government
on
matters
pertaining
to
Greece
such
as
arrangements
for
a
food
shipment
to
the
starving
kingdom.
recently
announced.
Because
of
Insufficient
transport
facilities,
both
in
Greece
and
incessant
German
dive-bombing,
the
Greeks
were
unable"
to
withdraw
only
a
portion
of
their
army,
Sa:.':a.i!ii
island
which,
,
between
the
Soviet
the
air
against
Vladlvos-
tok.
and
it
r'KrU'tt
that
Russia
lias
mn.vscd
tro&ps
alonR
the
coast
opposite
it.
The
government
has
aiao
ordered
that
ail
Jap
holdings
t;crt
be
sequestered
and
placed
under
control
of
a
gom-mlssar
lor
alien
property.
It
Is
possible
that
ttmyjhope
to
tie
up
oil
production,
the
exploitation
of
wbW
w
celled
to
the-
Jans
In
1926.
,.
BRITONS
(KING'S
CABINET
OF
INTERNED!
FREE
GREECE
HOUSED
Action
of
Vichy
Government
In
Tanslers
Taken
As
Iteprisal
xr
ILA.r.
ltomblns'
Attack
of
France
IN
MAYFAIR
DISTRICT
With
Prime
Minister
and
Five
Ministries
It
Carries
While
Army
and
Navy
Units
Fifjlit
With
British.
on
Hy
DOUGLAS
AMARON
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
March
17:
(CP)
Greece,
last
of
the
nations
to
fall
before
the
Nazi
onslaught,
is
rc-marshalling
its
forces
in
the
Middle
East
and
keeping
its
Royal.
Air
'government
organizations
alive
in
London,
home
of
free
on
oocu-
j
allies.
From
headquarters
in
Mayfair,
the
government
under
Prime
Minister
Emmanuel
Tsouderos,
a
Cretan,
organises
the
propaganda
but
from
this
nucleus
and
a
small
but
steady
trickle
of
refugees
new
formations
are
being
established.
Two
brigades
have
been
formed
i
under
Gen.
isanaKaKw,
com-i
mander-ln-chtef.
and
tt
is
esti
mated
that
this
strength
will
be
increased
soon
to
two
divisions
which
will
serve
with
other
allies
on
any
front
they
can
be
used
Equipment
and
armament
are
the
same
as
for
corresponding
British
units.
Navy
and
Air
Force
Rear
Admiral
E.
Cavidias
commands
the
naval
force
which
forms
part
of
the
Mediterranean
fleet.
It
consists
of
the
10,000-ton
cruiser
Georgelos
Averoff,
three
1.400-ton
destroyers
three
1,100
ton
destroyers,
three
350-ton
tor
pedo
boats,
five
submarines,
one
fleet
repair
ship
and
several
aux
ltlary
craft.
The
Greek
air
force
lost
almost
all
its
planes
In
combat
against
the
Germans
and
on
the
ground,
but
about
1.000
officers
and
men
were
evacuated
and
have
been
re-equipped
and
re-organized
In
the
Middle
East.
One
fighter
squad
ron
already
is
in
action,
under
Royal
Air
Force
command,
and
other
units
are
being
organized.
BACK
TO
300
B.C.
The
word
telegraph,
date.?
back
to
300
B.C.
It
Is
a
combination
of
two
Greek
wo
ds:
Tele,
"afar
off"
!and
graph,
"t
write,"
or
literally,
to
write
afar
off.
rIG
STOK.M
IN
SOUTH
NEW
YOltK
One
hundred
and
fifteen
persons
have
been
killed
and
millions
of
dollars
damage
is
estimated
as
a
result
of
severe
storms
yesterday
in
south
and
southeast
stales.
PLEBISCITE
INSTRUCTIONS
OTTAWA
Jules
Caslonguay,
tfhief
electoral
officer
for
Canada,
is
sending:
instructions
to
returning
officers
throughout
Canada
today
for
the
manpower
plebiscite
to
be
held
April
27.
Returning-
officers
themselves
will
be
entitled
to
vote
on
the
plebiscite
and
provisions
are
made
for
voting
by
declaration
of
lertain
qualified
persons
who
may
not
be
registered
on
the
existing
voters
list.
ASSEMBLING
JAPS
VANCOUVER
Persons
of
Japanese
origin
continue
to
ariive
in
Vancouver
to
be
housed
at
the
two
main
exhibition
buildings
at
Hastings
Park
preparatory
to
Jicing
removed
from
the
coastal
protected
xones
to
east
of
the
Cascade
Mountains
in
the
greatest
mass
evacuation
ever
carried
out
in
the
history
of
I
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SAYS
PUNISH
PARENTS
EDINBURGH,
Marh
17:
Instead
of
birching
Juvenile
offenders,
Rev.
Canon
W.
Hall
suggested
at
an
Episcopal
Church
Diocesan
Council
that
a
switch
should
be
used
on
parents,
teach
ers
and
clergy
who
had
failed
In
I
their
duty
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
MacArthur
Is
Moved
To
Australia
Hero
of
Philippines
Nw
Nazi
Move
In
North
EuroDe
Seen
-
.
-
.
ww
u
In
supreme
Lommand
WIIKItK
SOVIET-JAP
BLOW-OFF
MAY
OCCUR
Norwegian
Ports
Are
,
Closed
By
Germans;
Try
To
Cut
Supplies
!
Attack
on
Iceland
Is
Seen
as
Possibility
Murmansk
j
May
Also
Be
Object
of
Germans
Tirpitz
Believed
Loose.
LONDON,
March
17:
(CP)
A
responsible
source
said
today
that
closing
by
German
authorities
of
all
Norwegian
ports
from
North
Cape
to
Aalesund
makes
"it
appear
ominously
as
though
the
Nazis
are
getting
ready
either
for
an
assault
on
American-British
supply
lines
to
Russia
.
or
a
move
against
Iceland."
This
source
said
that
.other
indications
of
an
impending
BULLETINS
new
major
campaign
in
the
north
I
were
today's
announcement
by
the
I
Nazi
High
Command
of
intensified
fighting
in
Lapland
where
the
Russian
frontier
is
only
fifty
miles
from
the
Soviet
port
of
Mur
mansk;
authoritative
information
that
the
Germans
have
sent
strong
reinforcements
to
Norwegian
garrisons,
and
massing
of
i
Nazi
troops
at
Trondheini.
The
source
also
said
that
the
Germans
are
believed
to
have
between
150,-
000
and
200,000
soldiers
in
Norway
compared
with
100,000
reported
last
autumn
and
warned
that
the
battleship
Tirpitz
may
now
be
loose
rjirthehigh
seaVas
She
ap-"
peared
to
have
avoided
an
aerial
torpedo
attack
eight
days
ago.
Senator
Dead
HON.
EDGAR
NELSON
RHODES
Former
Minister
of
Firuir.i:e
JAPS
DUE
IN
SPRING
Almost
Sure
to
Head
This
Way,
Regardless
of
Australia
Outcome
1
If
Uic
Japanese
are
defeated
there
tin
Australia),
says
the
Vancouver
Sun,
tfiey
will
probably
switch
to
Vladivostok
and
Alaska
and
so
on
to,
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver.
In
high
official
circles
at
Chungking
the
bciier
is
held
that,-
win
or
lose
In
Australia
Japan
will
invade
Siberia
through
Manchoukuo
by
April
15.
A
few
weeks
later.
If
not
simultaneously,
they
will
smash
their
way
to
this
coast
In
a
great
surprise
attack.
The
Vancouver
Sun
present?.
under,
these
circumstances,
three
alternatives;.;
To
Jump
In
cars;
and
ru.i.
To
stay
homo
and
hope
for
the
best.
To
flghtback
and
throw
out
the
Invader.
BURMA
J'HOM
INDIA
Burma
was
separated
from
In-dla'Aprll
1,
1937.