liidiaa
lras
aeries
by
'.
i
nmtasloner
on
condi-
(
o(
rjhekiang
Province
and
the
N..1-rukid
France
be.
(
ral,
fale
to
eenlra,
Cbnsu
.ape
to
BrtUln.i
I
.....
.
Ma
I
;nd
hot
water
aunpUes
in
blocks.
ii..
more'
petrol.
Few
have
to
be
booked
weeks
practically
no
tobacco,
'.lowed
only
two
packs
of
provided
the
dealer
'i
ihry
must
be
rclster-'mcd
hto
supplies.
Wool
iwrmltted
to
smoke.
....
..I
IuiaH
Stall
I
fM
IN
NEUTRAL
SPAIN
MATiRiD,
May
21:
0"
Spain's
"
tsLUlll
1UUU
4HV
...vc
to
be
changed
says
the
ww.aprr
Hoja
del
Lunea,
charg-
,
M
't
2.O00.000
forged
cards
are
in
use.
CHUNGKING.
May
22:
(CP)
On
the
critical
China
front
,
missionaries
left
Kinhwa
today
as
Japan's
furious
offensive
drew
near
to
thai
ttrilrrl.
v
I
in
n
uvum.
-uu
-
h,ch
te
proThotul,
capIU,
vuunurunu,
may
u,
int
JR-
k"1
effected
a
landing
of
v
32
Os
I
can
e-
how
France
Uwd
through
jenowin
rrovuee
They
r
months
There
U
twenty-five
Uans-
in
France
The
daily
'
u
wWcb
PPftehl
from
the
o(
flwwaa.
This
would
terrible
!
la
a
pro-UfeUon
to
be
of
the
part
Japanese'
.,
buy.
easily
enough,
fuu
and
thr
iiaif.
'HKmrnent
to
bottle
up
the
interior
ot
chtoa
,rom
various
direction
o
which
the
ration
one
prruu
weryld
U
China
oot
of
the;
i.
rc
is
little
meat.
.
...
.
.
I
rvaU
and
with
a
.
tuble.
one
can
man-:
poonda
ol
them
iiiiik
la
AOtd.
except
ojfre
ia
a
black
brr-
I
lo
inr
sou
in.
nowever.
ine
-
uni
-.en
roast
barley
hat:
.t'.'
d
Cocoa
and
ta
j
President
nf
Mexico
Would
Go
To
,d
anjwhrrr
Mootha!
War
With
Asis
Without
Fur-v.
dhkappcaxtd.
and!
ther
Delay
iir
formed
in
front)
.,.
rhanre
Uiere
sUU
MEXICO
CITY.
May
22
-
Pre
.
,ii
s
stdenl
Ceamanrho
of
Mexico
ulli
'luanUtirk
of
treaii
MMnt
to
PaxUaawnt
within
a
d
Irult
which
reach
,
te
days
a
atatement
demanding
nYtna
toefA-
heia
deeiaratkan
-of
war
by
lexlro
;
i.sitlona
of
Oerman
upon
Germany
Chances
are
aald
:hr
producUon
areas
to
be
to
out
of
one
hundred
that
m
a
aoon
a
they
it
will
be
pasted
!,r
oerman
cwnnuf
.
abaotute
prlortly
Means
Kmpty
Purse
iiimoat
all
toodatufls
ra
iy
increased
whereof
workmen
and
civil
PR.
RUPERT
GOES
OVER
u
in
oroer
w
nuun-
..
.
:ane
aemblance
of
Srfm,
To
showing
Way
Prrtty
.bUity.
hate
only
been
Vt
,n
Kfd
Cr0M
campaign
10
per
cent.
This
ipty
paw
and
an
m-
jar
M
prfnee
Rupert
Is
con-
!or
wires
and
moth-1
eernKi
the
Red
Cross
campaign
Canadians
Flew
Great
Distance
-
a
certain
number
of
LONDON.
May
-
Plant
was
It
charge
wander
John
with
Uicm
one
can
buy
and
linen
U
almost
un-
of
the
itoyai
V.lu.,auT?:
Wool
and
cotton
stocks
kr
available
normal
sup-warm
clothing.
For
In-"le
only
way
to
obtain
a
'
lothes
is'
to
turn'
in
two
Mil)
wcarablo
sulU'to'
the
Hrip
Organization.
mudflats,
j
.Miles
Covered
To
Reach
Far
Last
Wing
Commander
Plant
in
Charge
squadron
ol
uying
UUttl
have
arrived
In
Uie
tor
Bast.
The
pianos
flew
thousands
ol
nines
from
their
starting
point
In
North
Ireland.
MAYRE
TIRED
OF
SEA
WAK
tnnmnM
Ulnv
21!
W
Alt
old
Koni
has
taken
over
mc
1.
ihnv
more
inamcs
ivic
..
,
,
iinn
tho
nermans
can
ao.
ine
ms
fellow
swam
up
tho
river
from
the
sea
nnd
suns
hlmselt
dally
on
tne
HA
I
SING
NORMANDIE
WASHINGTON
The
Depart-nient
of
the
Nuvy
has
given
or-ders
to
raise
and
repair
the
great
French
liner
Normandie
which
burned
at
New
York
February
9,
turning
over
and
Unking.
Work
of
raising
the
vessel
will
take
a
year,
it
b
expected.
ISAKRYMOKE
ILL
HOLLYWOOD
John
llarry-mure,
noted
f:reen
actor,
is
seriously
ill
after
a
long
draining
operation
to
prevent
pneumonia.
He
was
showing
a
tendency
to
those
I
left'-600
troop
at
he
port
of
Fu-1
rally
early
today
and
bis
physi-
clans
felt
quite
hopeful
UtlKSIANS
EXECUTM)
.MINSK
One
hundred
and
fifty
Kuian
patriots
have
been
executed
by
the
German
occupational
forces.
TOMMY
I'AKK
IJEATEN
lUUGHTON,
England
Tommy
tjuro
cm.
larae
cmra.
.
,
.
without
the
butchers
d4"
measure
of
sue-1
larr,
former
noted
Welsh
boier.
rr"
ln
''KhUng
off
the
enemy.
til
r
pity
IHHatoes
iy
UaMQMred
At
..,.""
Will
Uemand
Declaration1
was
defeated
in
an
election
for
a
seat
on
the
town
council.
MOTOUISTS
OITKNDLItS
VANCOUVFIl
Motorists
were
the
worst
offenders
in
the
test
blackout
on
Wednesday
night.
Outdoor
and
neon
signs
wrre
also
seen.
As
for
the
automobile
headlights,
observation
plane
pilots
reported
they
could
be
seen
from
long
distance.
Few
Vancouver
people
actually
had
up
their
blackout
equipment.
W.C.
Main-waring,
A.U.P.
chairman,
(minted
out
that
this
should
be
up
readlnpcai
H
might
be
nccev
l
sary
(o
have
bla'ckouls'for"
sev-'
eral
day
at
any
lime
now,
AXIS
CLAIMS
KOMi:
The
sinking
of
a
United
States
battleship
ot
the
Maryland
class
off
the
coast
of
Uracil
is
reported
by
the
Italians.
(The
claim
is
not
confirmed
In
Allied
quarters).
QUELS
WIIJIEUMA
LONDON
Queen
Wilhelmina
ot
Holland,
in
a
broadcast
last
night,
said
the
tide
of
the
war
..f'4r
end
leas
waiting.
'u
MV
weU
ovtr
top
with
$10.-
j
turning.
Every
hammer
blow
i.
to
find
hungry
chU-
'itb0
annoUDCel
this
morning
as
I
In
United
States
and
British
having
been
received
while
QUltei
hops
brought
the
successful
tie
coal
fr
domestic1
a
numbcr
0f
jurther
contributions
J
end
that
much
nearer.
Intervals,
one
lets
....
.fin
Trwtrd
from
those
who
-
taa
v
-
of
low-grade
coal
hay.
not
yet
been
contacted
or
fori
sun
ha
been
regu-
0ijier
reasons
have
not
made
their'
uu
exceed
your
quota
iCOntribuUon.
nee
ymUjffr
mf
be
j
prjncc
Rupert's
showing
In
this
.
use
of
electricity
has
rlve
appears
to
be
considerably
d
and
authorlaed
better
than
the
average
to;
the
limited
to
a
mere
province
and
the
country
a
a
fnrmer
quantities.
Elec-
wnole.
.:
i.s
forbidden
and
also.
According
to
report
last
night
an
central
beating
In-
ik,
national
campaign
was
ap-
proadilns
the
hair-way
mark
of
Uie
$9JD00,000
drive.
British
Col-lumbla
was
at
47
percent
of
the
!
seen
and
thoe
that
objective.
.'.Mil
to
a
small
number
,
Vancouver
ha
put
up
$301.-ftiio
receive
a
HUle
more
i80.70
out
of
the
objective
of
$124.-iitillon
a
month.
Taxis
qqq
aUd
victoria
$73,83353
of
$7.-
't
"m
Pari
and
there
are
ooo.
uses
left.
The
number
ofi
rcmsUitUy
decreasing!
DIED
OF
STARVATION
CIIUSnKINO
Wliile
Chinese
authorities
rerxtrt
there
will
be
a
big
crop
in
central
China
this
year,
It
is
rrxrtcd
that
200
persons
died
of
starvation
In
Shanghai
'
In
April
alone,
ALLIES
ON
LIBYA
ITiOST
CAIRO
There
Is
patrol
activity
over
the
whole
of
the
Libyan
front.
One'
enemy
dive
bomber
has
been
brought
down
during
an
attack
on
Cairo.
ALLIED
SHIP
SUNK
ItOSTON
A
small
Allied
freighter
was
sunk
off
the
New
England
roast
May
17
by
an
enemy
submarine
which
torpedoed
her
twice.
One
member
of
the
crew
was
killed,
20
others
being
successfully
landed.
WAR
TRAINEE
POLICE
LONDON.
May
21:
V
Some
provincial
police
forces
nrc
being
trained
at
local
military
eswousu-mcnts
In
the
use
of
tommy
guns
and
machine
guns
and
In
guerilla
warfare
tactic
so
as
to
enable
Uicm
to
work
with
the
armed
forces
should
the
.need,
arise.
,
MOTHER
OF
TROOPS
MOSCOW.
May
21
!
O
sixty-
year
old
Ilena
Pluglilna,
wife
of
a
locomotive
engineer,
has
virtu
ally
a
private
army
or
ner
own.
Nineteen
of
her
24
sons
are
adopted.
She
has
five
sons
hi
the
Red
Army
ana
me
i
osier
emmreu
Include
Red
Army
commanders,
engineers
ani
doctors;
Local
Temperature.!
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
IDgb
.
6:51
a.m.
165
feet
j'
-
mum
20:05
pm.
175
feet
I'J.
uum
Low
0:59
ajn.
9.4
feet
13:20
pm.
6.7
feet
NOKTIIEKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Jtl
Nu
119,
T3TTT'ET
TJTTnrTjrn
r
r
nnm
Mr
-m
a
i
r
rn
-
m
"
1
1
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
'
"
'
Lf
"
iTT
Nippon
Warship
Sent
To
Bottom
FRANCE
IS
SHORT
ON
FOOD
NOWl
)!i!k
Is
Skimmed,
Escept
(or
Rabies
UUlc
Tobacco
and
None
lor
Women
Clothing
It
Hard
To
(let
I'M
r
IM.iRE
DIBTHBLM
INVASION
BULLETINS
Ur
CHINA
"
Twc-ty.five
Thousand
Japanese
Ars
Reported
Landed
at
I'u-
j
chow
in
Fukien
Province
j
TRAINS
TO
FREE
HOMELAND
-
.
'
'
W
-siS
aH-'
a
ten
a
a-
:
AUMUDlA,
MWiir.
may
S2:
&i.
t
i
i
France
H.
Farnum,
state
J
director
of
civilian
defence.
said
today
that
''accurate
in-
formation
Is
In
powewkm
of
the
police
and
army
author!-
ties
to
show
that
foreign
agents
have
recently
landed
on
the
coast
of
Maine."
More
Recruits
For
Canadian
Army
In
North
Latest
rejrults
for
'
the
Cana-
i
dlan
Army
from
pVince
Rupert
I
area
have
Included
Alexander
i
Craig
of
Ocean
Falls.
Frederick
W.
Semenoff
of
Prince
Ruper;
and
Frederick
Whtffln
of
Smlthers.
Craig
and
Semenoff
have
already
reported
at
Vancouver
and
Whlf-fln
will
be
reporting
later.
TODAY'b
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8.
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Hedley
Mascot
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Peud
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Oils
Calmont
,
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Brattle
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Central
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Cons.
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w.r
37.50
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llardrock
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Long
Lac
1.03
McLeod
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'Mi
Private
Oreeorio
Mlt
tr.
..mp
,
the
Furjui".
soldiers
training
in
the
U.
8.
for
the
restoration
of
hu
homeland,
is
practising
the
correct
method
of
throwinf
the
hand
grenade.
Notice
the
look
of
determination
on
His
face.
:
RED
ARMY
S
i
Enemy
Lands
un
mame
v,oasi
i
DRIVES
ON
inent
Russians,
However,
Continue
Offensive
NEW
TRICK
FOILED
MOSCOW,
.May
22
(Canadian
Press)
Germans
once
more
have
hurled
strong
tank
forces
into
counter-attacks
in
the
raging
Kharkov
battle,
this
time
employing
tricky
new
tactics
of
screened
attack.
However,
the
new
mechanized
thrusts
have
been
repulsed,
Red
Star
army
newspaper
said
today.
The
j
newspaper
reported
that
"the
'
enemy
is
making
a
furious
ef-I
fort
to
take
the
initiative
out
;
of
our
hands
but
this
is
not
last
year
and
the
relation
of
the
opposing
forces
is
quite
different."
At
London
a
Reuters
recorded
German
broadcast
said
that
the
Russians
had
broken
through
the
"main
German
fighting
line"
over
an
eight-mile
front
southeast
of
Lake
Ilmen
after
heavy
artillery
preparation.
LONDON.
May
22
British
military
quarters
are
advised
that
Tunoeftienko's
army,
are
having
further
successes
ln
the
Kharkov
area
in
spite
of
danger
of
being
outflanked
by
the
Nazis
from
the
sJACCORD
ON
MARTINIQUE
Military
Problems
About
Settled
Economic
Matters
May
Take
lime
Longer
WASHINGTON,
May
22
Secre
tary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
said
last
night
that
he
expected
military
problems
between
United
States
and
Martlnque
vould
be
settled
within
a
week.
Economic
pro
blems
will,
however,
take
longer.
JAPANESE
CRUISER
IS
SUNK
BY
SUBMARINE
OF
ALLIES
IN
PACIFIC
Two
Merchant
Ships
Also
Sent
To
Bottom
And
Fourteen
Enemy
Planes
Knocked
Out
In
New
Guinea
and
Timor
MELBOURNE,
May
22:
(CP)-Allied
submarines
-were
officially
credited
today
with
sinking
of
a
7,000-ton
Japanese
cruiser
and
two
merchant
ships
totalling
15,000
'
tons
in
the
Battle
of
the
South
Pacific
while
United
Nations
planes
knocked
out
fourteen
more
Japanese
planes
in
attacks
on
enemy
bases
in
New
Guinea
and
Timor.
Al-
lled
headquarters
identified
the
.
.-
'ruiser
as
one
of
the
Kako
class
rT
J
f
Hi
4
"rpri
.With
six
eicht-inch
guns
and
nor-'
A
I
I
VI
II
All
,
mal
crew
of
604.
UTILIZING
Being
Made
From
Trince
at
war
with
Germany.
comodation.
j
d.
JLJL
I
vi.
a.
X
MJ
OF
PEACE
Tl-ITC
PORT
Duke
of
Bcdford
cUs
War
"D,s-
AAXl'L;
1
Ul
1
I
astrous
and
Unnecessary"
Japs
Prevented
Grain
Shipments
LONDON,
May
22
The
Duke
of
'.Bedford,
pacifist
and
advocate
of
Kupert
peace
with
Germany,
made
bis
!
maiden
speech
in
the
House
of
OTTAWA,
May
22:
0b
The
Jap-
Lords
yesterday.
He
declared
the
anese
were
an
Important
factor
ln
war
to
be
"disastrous
and
unnec-
i
keeping
grain
shipments
out
of
essary"
and
had
been
brought
I
Prince
Rupert
from
reaching
an-
about
by
unresponsible
pollUcians.
jticipated
volume.
D.
A.
McGibbon
The
people
would
nqt
have
Conor
the
Board
of
Grain
Commls-sented
to
it
if
they
had
known
the
sioners
told
the
House
of
Com-
truth
about
it.
mons
committee
on
agriculture
Lord
Cranborne,
ln
reply,
declar-today.
'ed
a
negotiated'
peace
with
Ger-
Origlnally
it
had
been
expect-
many
would
be
"an
unpardonable
ed
much
grain
would
be
moved
betrayal
of
our
country
and
the
out
ol
Prince
Rupert
to
Japan
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Japanese
wanted
deckioads
of
London
MiuUry
Experts
See
Pos-,iumber
when
taking
grain
cargoes
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sibility
of
Sail
Ranking
More-
,to
make
the
best
use
of
ship
ship
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As
lumber
was
not
always
avail-
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at
Prince
Rupert,
Japanese
"vnnui
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ships
went
to
Vancouver.
'
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DOMINICAN
i
SHIP
SUNK
Australia
Calls
Up
Older
Men
To
Erect
Buildings
CANBERRA,
May
22
Australian
men
between
the
ages
of
forty-five
and
fifty-five
are
being
called
up
however,
work
n
military
construction
south.
Red
Star,
reports
that
the
enemy
have
been
stopped
I
projects.
in
the
south.
In
the
far
north
there
has
been
a
surprise
attack
by
the
Russians
in
which
three
thousand
Finns
and
Germans
were
killed.
Three
thousand
Nazis'
are
also
I
reported
to
have
been
killed
ln
the
;
Smolensk
area
of
the
central
front.
Baseball
Scores
American
League
Philadelphia
11.
Detroit
3.
Washington
5.
St.
Louis
2.
New
York
1.
Chicago
0.
Boston
8.
Cleveland
3.
National
League
Cinclnnattl
2.
Philadelphia
3.
Pittsburgh
at
Boston.
Chicago
at
New
York
and
St.
Louis
at
Brooklyn,
postponed.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
California.
18,500,
14c
and
11c.
Atlln.
Electra,
45,000,
125c
and
11c,
Storage.
Canadian
Strafen,
14,000,
13.5c
and
11c,
Storage.
North
Forland,
4,000,
13.3c
and
11c,
Booth.
a.
is.
uanao
Moved
from
bmilhers
To
Vancouver
Frank
To
Smithers
Dobson
SMITHERS,
May
22
A.
N.
Dan-do,
manager
of
the
Royal
Bank
at
Smlthers
for
the
past
several
Sevond
Vessel
of
Small
Republic
is
years,
has
received
notice
that
he
Sunk
by
Enemy
Action
has
been
appointed
manager
of
the
bank's
branch
at
Hastings
NEW
YORK.
May
22
Another
street
East
and
Nanalmo
ln
Van-Dominican
ship,
a
900-tonner,
couver.
He
will
leave
Smithers
second
of
the
country's
vessels
to
early
In
June
to
take
up
his
new
be
tost
by
enemy
action,
has
been
1
duties.
torpedoed,
it
is
announced.
Some)
since
cominn
to
Smlthers
Mr.
of
those
on
board
were
rescued
Dando
has
become
one
of
Its
lead-
but
several
were
drowned.
The
mg
citizens
and
has
taken
an
ac-Dominlcan
Republic
is
officially
tlve
part
in
every
institution
that
worked
lor
the
betterment
ot
the
I
town
and
district
and
he
will
be
I
greatly
missed
in
many
organiza-tlons.
At
the
present
time
he
Is
!
President
of
the
Chamber
of
Com-Imerce.
the
Red
Cross
Society
and
Uhe
Smlthers'
Curling
Club.
He
Is
an
active
member
of
the
Smlthers
Brass
Band
and
that
Institution
will
now
have
to
find
a
good
bass
player
to
replace
him.
Mrs.
Dando
also
has
made
many
friends
in
Smlthers
and
will
be
missed
In
a
number
of
societies.
Frank
W.
Dobson
of
the
branch
of
the
Royal
Bank
at
Hastings
and
Homer
Street
ln
Vancouver
is
expected
to
arrive
ln
Smlthers
shortly
to
take
over
the
manager
ship
of
this
branch.
INSPECT
PRISONS
International
Red
Cross
Representative
lo
Visit
Hong
Kong
BUENOS
AIRES,
May
22
The.
Argentine
Foreign
Office
announces
that
Japan
has
agreed
that
an
international
Red
Cross
officer
should
visit
Hong
Kons
and
Inspect
conditions
among
British
and
Canadian
prisoners
ol
war
there.
Japan
has
refused,
however,
to
permit
a
Red
Cross
Ship
from,
delivering
supplies
for
these
prisoners
at
Hong
Kong,