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B.C.
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set
forth
m
not
,
exrhanKi-d
tx-twein
the
govern-
S
,
lU
,h('
Uiuu"d
SI1
on
March
18
In
Ottawa,
prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
Is
I
jiuw
iiwui
nun.
j-urrepom.
Monai.
uniica
btates
minuter
to
i
,
'.
minister's
oHloe.
A
similar
note
was
handed
to
Mr.
Molfat
by
Mr.
Mackentte
m.
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ii
mi-
nivnwRV
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FT77
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y
LLLJ
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tAIFV
BASES
JPOIRRQni
7Y
?
"Win
HIGHWAYS
I)
kY'rf
STATE
BOUflDflfW
V
WW
:m':-'
-
M.,rcl
23:
-War
in
the
Pacific
nu
.suddenly
mm-ml
the
hUU
highway
from
the
States
and
Canada
u;
artual
project
of
intense
activity.
Formal
notes
between
United
'
or
Minister
W.
I
-
"ckenzc
KB
and
the
highway
have
been
exchanged
by
Prime
M''if;it,
U.S.
minister.
Vast
quantities
or
equipment
and
hundreds
of
labourers
and
cngl-
the
outbreak
of
war
wun
japan
t
this
new
battlefield
of
road
builders
against
the
wiioerne
jr
v
y
-
m
the
long-range
stratecv
of
the
new
conflict.
Already
engineering
history
hto
been
ihis
same
route.
Ia
tlio
single
space
of
last
summer
Canadian
e
ngwecra-
spannca
in.
e
between
the
United
mni
hordor
Alaska
with
a
string
ot
Diwi..,
iu.-uh
air
route
will
be
closely
followed
by
the
new
highway,
which
will
lwcn
and
fJmhfJ"J
thence
,
""
to
'
Prairie
to
Fort
St.
John
to
Watson
Lake
to
Whltehorse
to
boundary,
'ska.
The
road
will
be
about
1200
miles
lonB.
Although
two
"iuny
months,
neither
will
be
followed
by
the
new
highway.
!"
l0'nagto
'Sl
on
,he
map,
the
highway
buUdcrs
will
be
able
to
fkVd'"U
"
L'
'ay
already
cut
through
th
bush
from
Fort
St.
John
to
Fort
Nc
so
J
w
highway
will
bo
completed
within
a
year
by
the
thousands
of
yJgJ.Si
the
lob.
The
vanguard
Is
now
Veins
concentrated
at
Dawon
Creek,
B.Cthecnaoisicei.
Japanese
fifth
column
plans
for
the
conquest
of
Brazil
have
been
(Ucloacd,
according
to
a
Rio
de
Janeiro
dispatch.
It
is
stated
that
an
army
of
35,000
was'
only
awaiting
Instructions
from
Tokyo.
A
fwmber
of
arrests
have
been
made.
Handling
Payrolls
Is
More
Difficult
WINNIPEG.
March
23:
4
;
FHOVlV
'AL
:
r
'
FOUNDER
First
Patrol
Car
in
Rupert
I
I
Another
indication
of
the
mctropoUtanlsm
that
Is
be-
,
coming
Prince
Rujerli
is
the
!
arrival
of
a
patrol
wagon
for
I
!
pUv
rmlir
thi
first
there
ha
ever
been
here.
It
was
delivered
yesterday
from
Van-
TREACHERY
IN
BRAZIL
Twenty-Five
Thousand
Japanese
Fifth
CoIumnists'There
J.
s,
OF
C.C.F.
IS
DEAD
nmiuor
ahnard
thp
meamer
VANCOUVER.
March
23:
PHnrtt
Nnmh.
ifb!
of
rec-
James
S.
Woodsworth,
founder
of
ulation
tvoe.
havlne
capacity
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
w
m
y
for
easily
six
prisoners.
It
is
a
Ford
machine.
Woodsworth
Dies
in
Vancou
ver
Hospital
After
Lon;
Illness.
some
Ume.
and
particularly
since
:th
u-nr
th-
mnadikn
National
earnestly
for
the
cause
he
I
Railways
has
found
l
increasing
battles
over
Malta
Saturday.
AIR
TRAVEL
IS
GREATER
WINNIPEG,
March
23:
Trans-
Canada
Air
Lines
carried
5765
pas
sengers
and
120.565
pounds
or
air
mall
In
February,
according
to
W.
F.
English,
assistant
vice
president.
Due
to
the
shorter
month
the
figures
showed
slight
de
creases
under
January.
Compared
with
February
1941,
however,
there
was
an
Increase
of
almost
50
percent
In
traffic.
British
Planes
Arrive,
Amveiin
a
in
Cubaf
uunai
n
l
LONDON
March
23:
A
Reuters
dispatch
frtm
Ha-
vana
says
that
British
air-
craft
have
arrived
In
Cuba
to
loin
United
States
air
patrols
operating
against
Axis
U-
boats.
Authoritative
source
declined
to
comment.
.
.
T
Not
Afraid
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
if
vol:
XXXI
.
NO.
69,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
23,
1942.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
i
Attacking
In
Pacific
Of
Alaska
J
LONDON,
March
23:
A
statement
has
been
issued
in
Tokyo
assuring
the
Japanese
people
that
there
is
an
air-
tight
protection
for
Japan-
ese
against
any
American
at-
tack
from
the
direction
of
Alaska
or
the
Aleutian
Is-
lands
and
the
United
States
"
Fpderaticn
and
former
member
cjf
nas
no
effective
bases
there
parliament
for
Winnipeg,
died
In
anyway,
a
Vancouver
hospital
on
Saturday
nfr
a
lnthv
fllnftu
Kltv-
eight
years
of
age,
he
retired
from
public
life
shortly
after
the
start
of
the
war.
One
of
the
founders
of
the
C.C.F.
in
1932.
he
was
iU
leader
until
two
years
ao
when
failing
health
caused
him
to
re
sign
the
presidency.
;
The
body
of
Mr.
Woodsworth,
Meet
of
Vessels
Comes
to
Grief
in
'.who
was
one
of
Canada's
matt
colorful
parliamentarians,
will
be
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
"March
23:
cremated
Tuesday
and
the
ashw
scattered
at
sea
off
Vancouver.
A
public
memorial
service
will
likely
be
held
next
Sunday.
Of
medium
height,
thin
and
T.iry,
Mr.
Woodsworth
was
blessed
with
a
voice
and
presence
which
commanded
attention.
From
his
seat
he
occupied
so
Ion;
in
the
House
of
Commons
at
Ottawa,
far
down
the
chamber
to
Mr.
Speaker's
left,
he
could
be
heard
with
ease
In
a
house
which
battle
many
less
audible
parliamentarians.
In
the
heat
of
debate
he
tv,r
would
step
from
his
front
rowseat
into
inw
tne
"le
centre
tenu"
aisie
anu
pieau
i
wav
supporting.
His
Van
Dyke
beard,
i
ah
dlsrussed
bv
the
farmer
-
labor
members.
Subsequently
conferences
were
held
In
western
Canada
and
eventually,
on
August
1
of
that
year,
a
meeting
was
held
at
Calgary
where
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
came
into
being
with
Mr.
Woodsworth
as
provisional
president.
In
this
Tram.,
i-ifiv
ivrrr.,1
r.r-rtirr
Ti.w
office
he
was
confirmed
at
KC-
February
Than
Ist.
.
glna
I
J
In
July.
1933.
The
new
movement
made
ltscU
Itlt
in
subsequent
by-elections
and
provincial
elections.
Mr.
Woods-worth
proved
an
active
and
energetic
campaigner.
In
the
by-tlcc-
tlon
lor
the
jedcral
constituency
of
Mackenzie,
where
ex-Judge
L.
St.
O.
Stubbs
carried
the
C.C.F.
flag
against
a
Liberal,
a
Conservative
and
a
United
Front
candidate.
Mr.
Woodsworth
was
me
of
the
heavy
guns
Jor
the
new
party,
oners.
When
the
smoke
or
battle
naa
cleared
away
It
was
round
the
C.C.
r.
representative
naa
run
sccona
to
the
Liberal.
The
other
two
candidates
were
not
seriously
In
the
running.
1
room
July
29,
1874,
at
Etoblcokc,
Ont.
Mr.
Woodsworth
came
or
old
United
Empire
Loyalist
slock.
His
father,
the
late
Rev.
Dr.
James
Woodsworth,
was
for
many
years
superintendent
or
missions
In
the
northwest
for
the
ibrmer
Methodist
Church,
revered
as
one
or
the
pioneers
or
religion
on
the
MANY
AXIS
SHIPS
SUNK
Mediterranean
at
Hands
British
Subs.
LONDON,
.March
23:
O
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
two
U-boats,
two
supply
ships,
six
schooners
and
a
motor
vessel,
the
latter,
crowded
with
1
1
oops,
have
been
sunk
in
the
Mediterranean
by
British
submarines.
The
action
occurred
at
the
approaches
to
the
Strait
of
Messina
between
Italy
and
Sicily
within
sight
of
shore.
Initiation
Of
New
Members
LIVENING
UPJIBYA
British
Forres
Indicate
Confidence
to
Meet
Weight
or
Axis
Attack.
CAIRO.
March
23:
O-Although
two
or
the
hottest
months
or
the
year
lie
ahead,
British
and
Axis
armies,
lacing
each
other
across
a
rifty-mllc
"No
Man's
Land,"
are
stepping
up
preparations
for
a
resumption
of
large-scale
warfare-Confidence
of
British
force?
to
meet
attack
were
demonstrated
by
a
spectacular
foray
In
which
mobile
columns
battered
Axb
positions
In
the
Timlml
Mertiiba
sector
Friday
and
Saturday,
killing
an
undisclosed
number
a
h
d
re
turning
to
the
lines
with
100
pris-
TALK
OF
INVASION
LONDON.
March
23:
London
newspapers
are
speculating
again
on
the
possibility
of
a
German
invasion
attempt
on
the
British
Isles.
Chancellor
Adoir
Hitler,
it
Is
suggested,
might
make
an
cl-
rort
In
this
way
to
bring
the
war
In
Europe
to
an
end.
War
in
Pacific
INDIA
AND
.BURMA
ARE
OBJECTIVES
Attack
of
Japanese
Will
Be
in
That
Direction
Instead
of
Australia
Heavy
Air
Fighting.
STRIKE
AT
JAPS
MELBOURNE,
.March
23:
O;
Sustaining
their
counter-offensive
on
invasion
approaches
to
Australia,
Australian
airmen
struck
today
at
the
Japanese
right
wing
in
Netherlands
Timor
after
having
wrecked
some
two
score
enemy
planes
in
week-end
operations.
Despite
heavy
losses
the
Japanese
sent
a
bomber
and
fighter
force
against
Port
Moresby
in
New
Guinea
in
th:
heaviest
attack
of
the
war
on
that
city
and
also
attacked
Wynd-ham
in
western
Australia.
Allied
attacks
yesterday
were
directed
chiefly
at
the
Japanese
base
of
Lae,
New
Guinea,
and
undelined
the
offensive
spirit
mapped
out
by
General
Douglas
MacArtlmr
who
said
today
had
"absolute
confidence
complete
victory."
MOST
JAPS
in
NEW
DELHI,
March
23:
Vith
many
military
observers
belicvbg
that
there
is
more
likelihood
of
Japan
devoting
her
Immediate
attack
In
the
direction
of
Burma
and
India
rather
than
agains:
Australia,
strong
Japanese
forces
are
I
reported
to
be
poised
for
a
drive
Via
CUtnHir
T)ln
(nittnerls
.j4JydJchWto-meU4b-
situation.
vpvpustacne
a&d
uaarJipu
ewrmWrsor-nferawdy-ljl
BfrmTlere,,
fin
connection
wun
me
compiling
-
-
-
-
-
uie
local
sons
or
norwat
ixxige
ore
indications
of
a
maior
attack
and
checking
of
payrolls,
the
Issu
ace
of
pay
cheques
and
related
ateountine.
Railway
navrolls
arc
'becoming
more
complicated
dally
!
due
to
the
number
of
deductions,
various
war
conditions
and
war
!
lpcislatlon
and.
to
meet
this
sltu-
headquarters
in
Winnipeg.
This
practice
has
already
been
put
into
effect
on
all
of
the
larger
railway
systems
on
this
continent.
The
requirements
of
the
service
will
result
In
the
transfer
of
a
AIR
FIGHT
AT
MALTA
LONDON,
Hurricanes
March
23:
British
him
from
other
members
of
the
"Ginger
group."
He
usually
received
a
good
hearing
himself
but
frequently
complained
he
and
his
colleagues
could
not
hear
exchanges
between
the
prime
minister
and
opposition
leader
farther
'aUnn
it
ha
iven
fonnd
necessary
up
the
chamber.
,
rpntrnllT
thlt
work
at
the
me
iaea
oi
me
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
is
said
to
have
taken
shape
in
Mr.
Woods-
worth's
mind
about
the
year
1930
Prior
to
that
there
had
been
close
,
remark3
by
Mr
Borhaven
and
lhe
land
approaches
to
Australia
yes
number
of
the
staff
from
various
commons,
wr.
vwuj,utui
icu
of
farewell
presentations
of
four-
points
to
Winnipeg.
1
the
Labor
wing.
v,o-opcrauou
plece
Alyer
tea
services
to
Mr
.
and
tlons
representatives
of
thoe
two
groups
stood
together
and
voted
together.
At
the
end
of
the
parliamentary
session
of
1932,
the
idea
of
a
new
dropped
twelve
Axis
(
naUonal
political
movement
was
fighters
and
two
bombers
In
were
initiated
at
a
meeUnj
Held
by
the
Nipponese
against
a
heav-Thursday
night
in
the
Oddfetjows'
ijy
mechanized
army
under
the
Hall,
the
Initiating
officer
bWig
command
of
General
Stilwell
of
Fred
C.
Borhaven,
organizer
fivm
"
the
United
States
Army.
Vancouver.
I
Meantime,
there
has
been
no
Business
at
the
meeting
Includ-1
contact
by
Australian
forces
with
ed
discussion
of
the
possibility
otapanese
troops
reported
to
be
having
invitation
dances.
moving
down
the
Markham
Val-
Followlng
the
business
session.
jey
in
New
Guinea
towards
Port
refreshments
were
served
under
Moresby.
the
direction
of
Mrs.
Chits
Jensen!
There
was
considerable
aerial
and
Mrs.
Olof
Skog.
There
were
'
f
tehllnz
over
Burma
and
the
Is-
cu-uiawu.!
"""vw
-
president,
Nels
Gunderson,
and
a
Labor
-groups
In
the
House
of
pieasant
feature
toe
makins
iconunuca
aiter
wie
Mrj
chrls
Jensen
and
and
1930
wnen
larmer-iaoor
repicu-
Mrs
0scar
who
leavlng
taUon
In
the
house
was
cut
fromfor
VanC0UVer
at
the
end
of
the
21
to
15.
On
the
majority
ofqnes-1
month-
Th(J
presentations
were
made
by
John
Storseth.
terday
with
the
enemy
suffering
heavy
losses
in
aircraft.
HAVE
LEFT
Only
13
or
G07
Who
Were
in
Area
Are
Now
Left
Illnes3
Is
Reason
for
Them.
or
a
total
or
607
persons
or
Japanese
origin
men,
women
and
children
who
were
known
to
be
resident
in
this
area,
591
have
now
departed
ror
Vancouver
where
they
are
being
assembled
preparatory
to
being
moved
out
or
the
protected
zones.
The
thirteen
who
are
still
here
have
remained
by
ncrmisslon
owing
either
to
per
sonal
or
lamlly
Illness.
The
special
train
which
started
Irom
here
Saturday
artenioon
Tor
Vancouver
took
no
less
than
525
Irom
the
area
Including
those
who
got
aboard
at
Prince
Rupert
and
those
who
were
picked
up
alon;
the
line,
more
especially
around
lower
Skeena
River
cannery
points.
Constable
Piper,
R.C.MP.,
accompanied
the
Japanese
as
fir
as
Pacific,
returning
on
Saturday
night's
regular
train.
Vice-Chief
of
Staff
to
Pay
Rupert
Visit
Major
General
J,
C,
Murchle.
vlce-chlcf
or
the
general
start
at
Department
ot
National
Dcrence
headquarters.
Is
a
visitor
to
the
PaclTlc
Coast
and
is
expected
in
Prince
Rupert
this
"week,
possibly
tomorrow.
m
1
Hi
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iii