it.
wm
it
IMfein
si.
J5f
Mr
I"
;i
:.
arrived
ut
0
p.m
adian
Air
Force
plane
ja
later
aftur
Major
minister
of
utr.
hud
.'her
pJune.
They
i
at-
coast
from
Van-i.i.s
different
mute
n.i
well
as
Hymn
:d
500-mile
coa-st.
i
to
it
up
the
Major
Power
'
.1
short
run
north
i
Panhandle
before
c
Rupert
and
IUjw
United
8Utei
air
Island,
near
Ket-pUnet
stopped
at
'lute
from
Vancou-:!;'-ir
only
-.Uip.
und
nid
rnn
Rupti
r;
riare.
i.
-ion
and
Major
irrly
noii
-rumnul-u
to
their
opin-i
defences.
They
rountry
and
with
a
city
and
a
slra-
akened
his
to
the
"goal
kp-
They
are
the
for
'
-
who
go
out
and
ig."
he
remarked.
r
Power,
the
mln-
f.isi
visit
to
Prince
'
.
Ralston.
Major
-
'
here
a
year
ago
the
Seal
Cove
air
u.i
embryonic
stage.
i
,.as
been
done
here."
wrather
favored
the
'
the
ministers
and
Tiiey
were
shown
the
this
morning
after
.
in
their
pianos
for
'or
Power
and
hit
.
11
15
ajn.
for
All-ite
to
Victoria.
Coi.
flis
afternoon.
They
on
no
patUculur
ir
as
the
coast
lour
bruiiK
guided
to
large
j
.itlicr
conditions
as
tn
Col.
S.
1).
John-
D
met
and
escorttd
f
national
defence
i
"it
R.
H.
Morris,
act-
'ttd
at
Seal
Cove,
rc-ii.mLstcr
of
air.
Tliere
'f
honor
and
Inspec-Thc
vIlUrs
had
-1(
ut
the
UUtno.iloii
Tis
mess.
A
Narrow
I'-scapc,
UaUlim
(in.)
i..-
m
m
Ottawa
Miortly
after
noon
1
Nalurtlay.
The
plane
of
Col.
:
N,'
hail
etulne
Iroublc
tthlle
mbe
over
northern
(l.ilnrln
'"I
hi
make
a
forcril
land-a
miow
mid
iec-rovrrcd
r
about
twenty
miles
from
'""kaslng,
Conceivably,
the
l(cl
mieht
hnv.
Its
It
III..
"fl
with
"Us,
"ll,..ll..
..
rh,,'l
Col.
UaMon,
..0c
f
.""ffrrcd
a
scratch
."
The
,,ls,tT
and
other
....l.,r
nt
!'arly
"wever,
had
to
hike
"T
'c
and
out
!J
c
half
to
mile
a
rail
or
mi
r
-i.il
ncep,
sft
snow.
An-
r
I'lanc
was
soon
on
hand
LV
thtn
up
and
Col.
Ral-r"
font
inn..
i
......
o
Ala
....
1
i
ower,
leaving
other
r
'f
his
parly
behind
.
to
ternoon
in
the
course
of
an
'
!
mem
i
NAZIS
LOSE
DESTROYER
Enemy
Naral
Attack
mi
Convoy
Headed
for
.Murmansk
lleatru
Off
by
British.
LONDON.
March
31:
0-BrlU.h
and
Russian
naval
forces
sank
a
German
destroyer
and
beat
off
attacks
of
Oerman
surface
craft
ana
u-Doais
on
Sunday
while
escorting
a
convoy
to
Russia,
the
Admiralty
antra
tv)
tafia
Him
aklng
the
trip
lojoerman
submarine
were,
severely
r
ana
no
u
wik.
i
damaged
"If
not
sunk."
Two
Urtt-
wonderful
Wip-smd
fun
Bftgfrnyer
'Cctc
'tMiMtfe$rt
1:.ey
were
much
Im-1
returned
safely
to
nort.
Cermany.
admltUng
the
loss
of
the
destroyer,
claimed
that
an
Allied
transport,
carrying
tanks
to
Murmansk,
had
been
destroyed.
;
Lew
Ayres
to
Conchie
Camp
Famous
.Movlnc
Picture
Star
Takes
Tills
Rather
Than
Bear
Arms
HOLLYWOOD.
Match
31:-Lew
Ayrot,
noted
moving
picture
star
and
hero
of
the
"Young
Dr.
Kll-dare"
scries
as
well
as
one
of
the
leading
members
of
the
cast
of
the
famous
old
"All
Quiet
on
the
Western
Front,"
has
refused
on
the
grounds
of
religious
objection
to
war
to
take
up
arms
and
has
been
ordered
to
a
conscientious
objectors'
camp
In
Oregon.
lAyres'
father
a
court
stenographer
In
(Minneapolis
expresses
surprise
at
his
son
being
a
conscientious
objector.
The
younger
Ayres
had
ty
at
Edmonton
as
it
returns
to
Ottawa.
Police
'
tToii
been
interested
In
the
Red
Cross,)
Home
the
father
said).
Irtovnl
catch
up
later.
Col.
Ralston
paid
tribute
to
the
manner
in
which
Wine
Commander
Kdward
Pritrhard
handled
lhe
situation
In
the
forced
landing.
Ill
addition
to
the
ministers,
the
party
visiting
Prince
Rupert
overnight
Included
Air
Marshal
L.
S.
Drcadncr.
chief
of
air
staff
for
Canada;
Air
Vice
Marshal
Anderson,
air
member
for
air
staff;
Air
Vice,
Marshal
L.F.
Stevenson,
chief
western
command,
Victoria;
Major
General
R.
O.
Alexander,
officer
commanding,
western
mil-
j
Uary
command,
Victoria;
Col.
George
Currlc,
executive
assistant
to
the
minister
of
national
de
fence;
Wing
Commander
McFar-lanc,
personal
assistant
to
Uic
chief
of
air
staff;
Flight
Lieut.
Diamond
and
Flight
Llcuf..
Schooling,
pilots
of
the
ministerial
planes,
and
Lieut.
Preston.
General
J.
C.
Murchle,
assistant
chief
or
staff,
department
of
national
defence,
who
was
here
last
week,
will
Join
the
ministerial
par
AIR
ALARM
No
Enemy
Planes,
However,
Came
Over
Famous
Tea
Me
of
India
COLOMBO.
Ceylon,
March
31:-
Thls
principal
city
of
Ceylon
had
ts
first
air
raid
alarm
yesterday.
The
all
clear
signal
soon
came.
No
Japanese
planes
came
In
sight.
CENTRE
IS
LIVE
ISSUE
Incorporation
Papers
Have
Arrived
and
Plans
for
Local
Project
I
Are
Due
in
April.
PHOVINCIAL
LIBRARY
Wml
Yes.
I
read
Cecil
Brown,
and
so
did
Goebbels.
He's
qubttng
him
all
Are
Continuing.
lamtiw-
gainst
-Japan
and
si
OerraanV.',..
f
T
M
Kcinj:
ttiffl
i
Robbed.
k
Oet
this
straight.
The
British
ar?
Vancouver.
Grand
view
Braloine
7.20
Cariboo
Quarts
LOG
Hedley
Mascot
J5
Pend
Oreille
1.20
Pioneer
-1.51
Premier
JB
Privater
26
Reno
-.30'
Sheep
Oreek
.75
oils.
.
Calmont
11
a
&
B.
4
.
.
2.30
CwuKltan
.03
-'4
Toronto
BeatUe
.S3
Central
Patricia
J8
Consolidated
Smelters
3,750
Uardrock
.35
Kerr
Addison
-
3
JO
Utile
Long
t
Lac
1.00
Madten
Rl
Lake
42
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.20
McKenilc
Red
Lake
G5
Monetft
-
.23
Pickle
Crow
.
'
150
Preston
East
Dome
1.88
San
Antonio
1.60
'
Shcrrttt
Gordon
.72
Casey
Resigns
to
Become
Minister
In
War
Cabinet
MELBOURNE,
March
31:
Premier
John
Curtln
announces
the
resignation
as
from
midnight
tonight
of
Rt.
Hon.
R.
O:
Casey
as
Australian
minister
to
the
United
States.
Mr.
Casey
is
Joining
the
Imperial
war
cabinet
as
minister
of
state
for
the
Far
East.
our
allies.
City
police
are
continuing
their
I
read
all
the
Interviews
with
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
(Standard
Time)
High
-
-
1:10
a.m.
215
rect
31.5
Maximum
13:29
pm.
21.C
Icet
Minimum
42.
Low
7:25
a.m.
3.6
feet
19:41
pjn.
3.1
lect
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
AAAi
w.
iv.
-
"
V,
o
i
INISTER
OF
DEFEND
APPRECIATIVE
OFWV1
COAST'S
WAR
POL
,JN
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
31,
1942.
Dorothy
Thompson
iPPliTQFR
GO
BRITAIN,
j
5
niTrmxrmimto
I
J-i
Vr
U
fcVLKlliilMi
ELSE
GOES
Famous
Woman
Commentator
Deplores
Criticism
Over
Sinj-a-porc
What
About
Pearl
Harbor?
Tle
following
uJ
by
Dorothy
Thompson:
I
All
right
.
.
.
all
right
.
m.
S.
Naiad
Torpedoed
Was
Vessel
of
5,000
Tons
LONDON,
torch
31:
The
Ad
miralty
announces
the
loss
of
the'
5,000-ton
cruiser
Naiad,
giving
no
details.
lhis
Is
believed
to
be
a
9.000-ton
cruiser,
the
torpedoing
of
which
has
been
claimed
by
Germany
.
BURMA
IN
BAD
WAY
over
the
place.
Yc
I
know
the
Japanese
Are
Makine
Headway
'n
omgaporo
was
noi
so
Toungou
Abandoned
By
uod-
Ye-
1
know
about
the
Piper
of
IncorooraUon
of
the
com'
lcfenders
1
Potency
YeV
I
know
they
did
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Asso-
.
.
.
I
nation
have
just
arrived
from
001
follow
a
scorUhcl
earth
policy.
NEW
DELHI,
March
31:
O
A
'
Victoria
and
the
first
oublic
meet-
Yes
you
can't
fef3
worse
about
it
mixed
force
of
Japanese
and
lng
of
the
association
will
have
V
than
I
did.
I
know
-what
It
means,
traitorous
Burmese
has
penetrated
I
be
held
within
a
month.
It
U
an-
Maybe
I
know
wltel
It
means
bet-
to
Shedaung,
within
ten
miles
of
,
nounced
by
Dr
R
O
Larr.".
chair-
tr
than
you
do
the
fall
of
Sing-
Pronie.
in
heavy
fighting
in
which
man
of
the
a.ssoclation.
..
Tji
.,,,,
.,...
Word
has
also
been
received
.
.
.
S
JZil
I
,T
hr"
hmdr
and
from
the
provincial
architect's
de-t
,
.
pities
cap-
par
Uncnt
that
the
plans
will
be
T,
lhe
mc
T
1
n
t
fUnd
,u
u,c
tured
sevenr
Prtners.
ready
in
April
When
the
piatu
kllng.
Who
allln
whom
Possible
abandonment
or
Toun-arrive.
the
committee
will
tmme-
names?
Is
this
wdr
In
the
Far
was
indicated
in
dispatches
dlatery
go
into
action
again
with
a
view
to
pushing
on
to
.he
actual
accomplishment
of
the
objective.
Another
Slugging
Incident
in
City
East
the
fault
of
the
British?
We
'""
the
eastern
front
but
Chung-talked
a
year
and'
a
half-Ham
yin
discatches
said
the
Chinese
Fish
with
a
German
agent
In
his
h?W
the
eastern
part
of
the
office,
the
American
first
commit-
town.
tee
riddled
with
Nazi
ageits-about
whether
this
was
our
war.
The
British
supported
us
In
the
Far
East,
not
we'
the
British.
Do
you
remenwer
Peart
Harbor?
Were
we
so
hot
at
Pearntajbor?
i
...
.
.
.
l
Listen.
Drotners:
ipi
U
a
war
TRIALS
MAY
BE
STOPPED
ar
Omit
Hearing?
At
Riom
To
Be
Suspended
And
Afar
Not
Be
Itesumed
Investigation
of
another
slugging
the
American
citizens
who
came
VICHY,
March
31:
The
war
complaint
The
complainant
is
from
Penansr.
The
nrittsh
didn't
,.u
Mni.
mnm
,
k-
o,.nW"m,'
'evacuate
the
Americans
properly,
tended
from
April
2
to
April
15
H
h-hiV
.
7-Ti
rhuT,
m'
The
British
didn't
have
anti-air-
and
it
Is
doubted
If
they
will
be
out
at
a
lane
near
Third
Avenue
6151(1
euns-
Tne
BrlUsh
didn
t
u,
resumed.
Five
former
French
and
Sixth
Street
where
ae
was
set
ano
ine
nusn
aian
t
tnar.
Tne
leaders
Fdouard
Daladier,
Leon
upon
and
relieved
of
a
stake
of
w,tn
c
Siamese
cat
had
Blum
and
Maurice
Gamelln
among
$200.
Ta
mash
u
mas
lost
some
teeth
plenty
to
say,
as
I
remember.
,
them
have
been
ont
rial
since
as
a
result
but,
otherwise,
was
not
Listen,
sister,
you
got
home
all
February
19.
badly
injure.
He
is
uncertain
as
right,
didn't
you
you
and
the,
The
evidence
has
been
distaste-
to
the
Identity
of
his
assailant
TODAY'S
(CMirttwy
8.
D.
STOCKS
Juttnaloa
Co.)
Siamese
cat?
Ever
occur
to
you
ful
to
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler"
who
I
to
offer
one
prayer
of
gratitude
to
has
been
urging
that
the
trials
be
God?
If
you
weren't
properly
pro-
suspended.
wcieu,
wiiat
nave
yuu
ever
uunei
I
to
protect
anyone
else?
Llste
I
sister,
you
get
busy
and
join
the
in;
air
raid
precaution
service.
Get
.
ousy.
mere
s
a
lot
to
no
right,
icrc.
And
if
things
don't
go
well
right
here
whom
will
you
Liame
the
British?
Only
Half
of
Motorists
to
Purchase
Gas
The
British
didn't
.have
to
have!
OTTAWA,
March
31.
Only
half
a
war
with
Japan
and
they
did
of
the
motorists
in
Canada
will
not
have
to
have
a
war
with
Hit-.be
allowed
to
buy
gas
when
ra-ler.
Do
you
know
that?
Theyltionlnc
coes
into
effect
tomorrow.
(could
have
tossed
the
continent
to
'Only
about
that
proportion
have
tlip
winds
and
made
a
deal
with
made
application
for
rationing
jboth
our
enemies
against
us.
A
tickets.
I
military
deal,
a
financial
deal,
at
trade
deal.
All
they
had
to
do
was.'
go
Nazi.
All
they
had
to
t!o
was;
I
agree
about
spheres
or
lnf'uenci
In
the
western
hemisphere
and
the
,
cast.
Hitler's
still
moaning
that;
si
is
t
wu-y
tuun
i
no
u.
i
Did
you
ever
look
at
the
map?
There
are
seventy-odd
million
An
j
.
.
I
1
r,
1
I.
i.
11
1
giu-oaxun
nicinucrs
ui
inc
ui&usu
speaking
world
outside
the
United
(States
and
they
arc
scattered
from)
land's
end
to
hell
and
gone.
Not
quite
two
years
ago
they
had
the
Germans
at
the
channel
and
there
weren't
any
anti-aircraft
guns
In
Britain,
cltlicr.
Forty-seven
million
people
on
a
little
Island
and
they
could
starve
In
a
fortnight.
And
for
a
year
and
a
half
they
held
the
world
at
bay
alone.
Tliat
doesn't
make
any
Impression
on
yott?
Fifty
thousand
of
Ihem
died
right
In
England.
I
can't
remember
that
anybody
whimpered.
When
the
king
of
Belgium
made
a
separate
peace,
Paul
Rcynaud
cried,
"Treason."
Churchr.1
salci.
"Wo
reserve
Judgment."
Did
you
ever
read
Lincoln's
second
Inaugural-
address?
Take
a
look
at
It
again.
"Tho
judgments
(Continued
on
Page
2)
RED
CROSS
APPEAL
OTTAWA
The
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
will
launch
Its
$9,000,000
campaign
on
May
11,
it
was
announced
yesterday.
This
will
be.
the
first
appeal
since
October,
1910.
ARMY
PAY
INCREASE
WASHINGTON
The
basic
pay
for
a
United
States
Army
private
is
beinc
increased
from
S-IO
to
$12
with
proportionate
increases
in
all
other
non-commissioned
ranks.
A
second
lieutenant
will
get
$1800
instead
of
S1500
per
year.
HONG
KONG
INQUIRY
OTTAWA
The
inquiry
Into
the
manner
of
sending
of
Canadian
troops
to
Hong
Kong
ended
yesterday.
The
report
will
be
made
later.
FAVORS
RATIONS
VICTORIA
Speakiii!-
here
yesterday,
M.
J.
Coldwell,
'
Dominion
C.C.F.
leader,
said
Can
ada
should
impose
rationing
of
cheese,
butter
and
bacon
if
that
Is
necessary
in
order
to
ensure
supplies
of
these
foods
for
Br.it-ain.
J
WAR
NEWS
SUBMARINE
WARFARE
WASHINGTON
An
intensification
of
submarine
warfare
in
waters
off
the
United
States
coast
is
expected
with
the
coming
of
sprins.
Of
course,
combatltive
measures
will
be
similarly
intensified
.
Nail
U-boats
were
reported
yesterday
to
have
sunk
four
more
vessels
two
Allied
merchantmen,
one
United
States
and
one
im-diuin-siml
British
ship.
ADMITS
RAID
WAS
HEAVY
BERLIN1
The
German
High
Command
says
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
raid
on
I.ubcck
in
the
Baltic
Sea
over
the
week-end
was
the
heaviest
so
far
in
the
war.
Civilian
damage
was
severe
but
not
comparable
lo
that
which
was
wrought
to
industrial
,
,
PACIITC
WAR
COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
'jlie'PacUli)
war
council,
meeting
here
tomorrow,
will
ileal
with
questions
of
production,
supply,
shipping
and
Kcneial
war
strategy.
The
membership
consists
of
Canada,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
Great
Britain,
United
States,
China
and
(he
Netherlands.
India
may
be
given
a
scat
at
a
later
date.
Formation
of
the
new
war
council
has
been
given
a
friendly
but
not
enthusiastic
reception
In
London.
It
Is
taken
as
a
logical
sequel
tu
(he
appointment
of
General
Douglas
MacArthur
as
commander-in-chief
of
United
Nations
forces.
Wide
acclaim
was
given
in
Melbourne
to
the
new
council,
formation
of
which
"completes
the
organization
fur
offensive
action
and
ultimate
victory."
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CENTS
United
Nations
In
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fully
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of
the
exposed
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Allies
Have
Supremacy
of
North
Australia
Air
Tis
Said
at
Melbourne
New
Blows
Delivered
at
Air
Bases
of
Enemy
in
New
Guinea
Nipponese
Lose
Many
Planes
and
Ships.
MELBOURNE,
March
31:
(CP)
New
aerial
blows
at
the
Japanese
invasion
base
of
Lae
in
New
Guinea
were
announced
today.
Direct
hits
were
scored
by
United
Nations
airmen
in
a
bombing
attack
in
which
fires'
were
set
among
airdrome
buildings.
The
rainy
season
has
started
and
is
severely
hampering
.
the
enemy
on
land.
T
Trill
tMl
Ct
o
tns
A
mm..
In
am
J
j.
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w
.ain.i
hftl,0
rtiilijf
UZdUlJlldl
t-
ers
reported
that
United
States
flyers
had
shot
down
fifty
enemy
pursuit
planes
in
action
and
sank
or
seriously
damaged
forty-six,
Japanese
transports
and
sixteen!
warships
up
to
March
1.
j
It
was
also
declared
at
General
Douglas
MacArthurs
headquarters
in
Australia
that
the
United
Nations
had
now
assumed
control
of
the
air
north
of
Australia
from
;
the
Japanese.
j
BULLETINS
COMMISSIONER
S-
T
WOOD
Head
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police,
forme:
i.,
inspector
at
Prince
Rupert.
REDS
STILL
MOVING
ON
further
y'ctoris
To
Russians
Spite
of
Stiff
German
Counter-Attack
In
MOSCOW,
March
31:
Oi
Hard
won
gains
by
Soviet
cavalry
which
repulsed
a
stiff
German
counterattack
on
the
Kalinin
front
northwest
of
Moscow
and
occupied
an
important
populated
place
were
reported
today
by
the
Soviet
Information
bureau.
On
the
central
front
the
Russians
continued
to
drive
towards
Smolensk
while
in
the
north
a
strategic
point
west
of
Leningrad
was
claimed
to
have
been
recaptured
by
the
Red
forces.
LOOKS
LIKE
BREAKDOWN
Outlook
Not
Good
for
British
Plan
In
Regard
To
India
NEW
DELHI,
March
31:
(rowing
indications
that
(he
proposal
to
grant
India
Dominion
status
might
break
down
over
Britain's
insistence
on
re
taining
control
of
Inda's
defences
during
the
war
came
today
from
the
All-India
Congress
executive
committee
and
other
souries.
Iindon
sources
also
were
pessimistic.
Fraser
Valley
Products
Will
Be
Decreased
VANCOUVER,
March
31
Decreased
production
of
berries,
produce
and
eggs
In
the
Fraser
Valley
will
be
unavoidable
as
a
result
of
their
removal
of
Japanese
from
that
area,
It
is
forecast,
by
Austin
C.
Taylor,
chairman:
of
the
British
Columbia
Security