'
"
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.
.
rt.
Uesale
Atr
4.Bv
O
V.
r
Japs
in
He
ng;Kape
And
Mi
e
Rampant
LONDON,
March
10:-V
Secretary
An-
or,y
imumi
i-ii)Wvu
in
uy.
oi
summons
10-i.nf
tho
.Tnnnnpsn
,'irmv
in
Homr
Knnrr
Imrl
Unn
'n.
u'hnlncnlP
rttrn.fMMPS
In
the
nxonniml
IK
Y
Ul
llVF1V.w
"
-------
...
VOW
vvvujiiu
ViUVWI
lony
and
declared
that
the
Japanese
emperor,
his
i.innl
nnrl
the
U'hnle
.Innnnece
nnnnln
ii'nm
in
linfifty
British
officers
and
men
were
bound
..A
fnnt
;irw1
then
VinvnneHn1
In
rlnofVi
4V,1tn..,
T
'
I
(11114
AVVV
........
V.V
V
V4VUV1I
X'JIIU
g
the
capture
of
the
colony.
Women,
both
European
and
Asiatic,
were
i
tnt1rf1frl
nnrl
nno
vi'Vinln
PMnnon
Kofv:4
lll'tl
illlU
lillllMvivu
.......
VIV
tiaivrtv.
U1111IVOV.
UlOlilvb
as
declared
a
brothel
without
exception
for
the
itii
of
any
inhabitants,
Eden
said.
These
happenings,
previously
reported
to
the
.
.
ut
n
t
inn
iiiifiiM
iiiiiiiii
iiiii
ii
nnnn
n
RVKYS
OF
ROAD
PROCEED
....Hnn
nf
Itlrhurav
I
rom
End
to
Terrace
Fspectrd
to
Start
Soon,
l
t
f
'
ii
vying
the
route
way
from
Prince
Ru-
m
Ink.
nAulKlif
1
,
J
HMO
pvsw.
nths
to
complete.
with
a
view
to
,
f
.-t
contract
at
this
'
it.,
'
"
ad
will
emerge
on
it
t
-
i-:"ject
Is
under
the
lil
v
wit
on
of
II.
L.
llayne,
:
for
the
province
Ti
l
b.a
The
first
of
H
A.
Stevens,
arrived
':ain
and
uent
out
;.
base
at
Hayport
.;.
.7.
formerly
used
.
;
Madame
DdpuW
U
t
will
be
here
soon
MI
fill
U'lII
VOTK
W1U1
a
base
at
Terrace
to-.if
There
will
also
tvom
based
near
.
i
'
cdarvllle.
The
lat-k
b
y
be
H.
L.
Cairns
suncyed
part
of
rr.
tie
stretch
beyond
work
U
being
ear-;e
provincial
govern-.
construction
will
be
.
tovernmcnt
Job
un-
Fupenrtilon.
It
has
r.
whatever
with
the
way
running
from
Ed-t;:e
Peace
River,
mett-
.
J.nad
at
Dawson
Creek
'
j
Fort
8t.
John.
Fort
;i
u
estimated
to
cost
t;
1
from
there
to
the
:
m
a
DJ
Of
$5,000,000.
Who
(;r
this
h
not
jet
been
c
:.:a",e
of
the
cost
of
the
-i
R
-rr
project
has
yet
been
'.hn
work
can
be
car-
"
czr.x
oi
me
river
paralleling
crti
deal
of
information
has
uy
Dcrn
nrnvinirt
liv
iwr.
.
r
-
'
'-
J
vtut
IIUIIOU1I,
,
www.
":i
are
familiar
with
the
LP
(.
tl.A..
-..111.
f.
It,,na
''6
tnide
ft
htplfmlnnrw
rrrniw
ir..:5
and
there
are
on
flic
at
3l:
fine
seta
of
nhotograDlis
uc
ui
1
1
ii'ii
ii.
iii;iri'K
is
ii
ii
i
it
rc'Jtc
Tills
is
a
nrolcct
In
Sri
T
r
s
..i
i
i
tlla'AVt
thntun
n
nrrnf
In.
:l
but
it
took
ft
l
war
.
to
bring
inuic
particularly
vo
at
:
that
now
the
two
gov
arc
rn-fmirnUni
nni
"I"
ni
"
I1T
flln
......
..
.
.
-.1
c".ual
construction.
Bombers
Hit
Italian
Ships
t
A,IIO.
March
in:
Oi
firll.
''h
torpedo
bombers
set
fire
w
an
iijiiin,.
..i
.
.
;
"-ii
nuuvi,
ii
hut
'mi
vessel
and
me
central
"crday.
Jt
today
a
destroyer
Mediterranean
was
announced
Brown
To
Be
Heard
From
England
Today
I
Leadlntr
Alrpralttman
ait.
liam
M.
Brown,
son
of
Resi-
mental
Sereeant
Major
and
Incidentally,
Is
a
former
Dally
News
delivery
boy.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(
Court
y
S.
O,
Jotuwfoa
Co.)
Vancouver
Orandvlrv
,
.1414
Bralorne
-
MS
Cariboo
Quaru
1.00
Hedley
Maot
Tend
Oreille
-
Pioneer
.
-
-
l5
Premier
-
40
Privateer
..
Reno
Sheep
Creek
Oils'
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.16'
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Calmont
15
C.
ti
E.
,
15
C.
it
E.
102
Home
.
2.45
Royal
Canadian
.
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Toronto
Beat'tle
-
-70
Central
PaUlcla
1.15
Cons.
Smelters
1
..
38.00
Hardrock
-
3
Kerr
Addison
-
3.40
Little
Long
Lac
105
McLeod
Cockshutt
U7
Madscn
Red
Lake
M
McKcnzic
Red
Lake
84
Moncta
-
-25
Pickle
Crow
2.00
Preston
East
Dome
2.47
San
Antonio
I-62
Shcrrltt
Oordon
-77
Commons
Recess
For
Easter
To
Start
March
27
OTTAWA,
March
10;
0
Tlic
House
of
Commons
Easter
recess
will
be
from
March
27
to
April
2C,
It
was
revealed
today.
She
VOL.
XXXI..
NO,
58.
In
Vital
SUtistlcs
Men
Dying
I
llnHH
Faster
Than
Women
VICTORIA.
March
10:
B.
C.
births
soared
to
a
new
high
last
year,
following
the
unprecedented
'marriage
boom
of
1940.
In
1941
there
were
15.649
births,
compared
with
14,238
in
1940,
an
Increase
of
1.411
according
to
the
annual
report
of
Uie
government
s
division
of
vital
sutsttcs,
made
public
recently.
Victoria,
per
capita,
showed
a
greater
increase
In
marriages
and
birth
than
any
other
place
In
the
province,
srtr
There
were
295
more
births
in
this
city
last
year,
compared
with
1940
and
101
more
marriages.
Vancouver,
on
the
other
hand,
had
641
more
births
last
year
than
trie
year
before
but
marriages
dropped
by
six.
In
Victoria
there
were.
last
year,
i
s?4
WrLhm
792
deaths
and
816
marriages,
compared
with
1.130
1
births,
795
deaths
and
715
mar-
rlagcs
in
1940.
Throuehout
the
province
last
year
8,051
boys
and
7,598
girls
were
born.
In
1940
there
were
imi
ooys
and
6311
girls.
.Men
Die
Fast
Men
continued
to
die
at
nearly
twice
the
rate
of
women.
In
1941
in
B.C.
there
were
8,058
deaths
5f2
of
them
men
and
2.950
wo-
n.
In
1940
there
were
7,748
dcath&-4,9577
men
and
2,791
wo
men.
Divorce
dropped
from
637
in
1940
to
518
last
year.
This
year
again
appears
headed
for
new
records
In
marriages
and
blrths-
In
January
there
were
1,365
births
703
boys
and
662
girls-compared
with
1,266
births
in
January,
1941537
boys
and
635
girls.
Marriages
Up
Mnrrineea
In
January
this
year
totalled
604,
compared
with
547
in
j
the
same
month
of
1941.
There
were
847
deaths
538
men
and
310
women
In
January,
compared
with
855
deaths
537
men
onrt
aia
women
In
January,
1941.
Vancouver
figures
arc
broken
down
as
follows:
1941-5,722
births,
3
200
deaths,
and
4,559
marriages;
1940-5,081
births.
3.113
deaths
arid
4,564
marriages.
WAR
NEWS
RACK
FOR
MADAGASCAR
I.ONION-Unofflclal
quarters
discussed
the
poli
ty
today
Is
and
of
the
Vichy-conlrollcd
of
Allied
troops
moving
soon
to
occupy
MaZaVarTn
U,e
western
part
of
the
Indian
Ocean.
Its
Impor-Unce
haXg
been
doubled
since
the
fall
of
Singapore,
Such
an
A.ncd
move
might
have
to
be
made
to
t'",
vuuld,
undoubted!,,
lion
of
the
Island.
Free
French
co-operation
be
sought.
KSSKN
HKAVILV
HIT
LONnOtf-Uoyai
TX.r
Force
bombers
set
f
hrs
o
Uirca
s
a
heavy
attack
last
night
on
the
German
I
jlte
of
the
Krupp
munitions
works,
me
a
r
missing
I
rom
he
attacks
Uwta
which
whim
today.
Three
British
bombers
arc
the
Ruhr
alley.
In
objectives
also
were
directed
at
other
mmln
Mr.
W.
M.
Brown
of
thU
city.
'
will
be
heard
In
the
message
DIDTLIC
IM
4
period
from
England,
where
1
flU
111
ii
sertine
wun
ine
noyai
Canadian
Air
Force,
at
5:05
n.m.
today.
He
will
be
sneak-
lne
over
the
Canadian
Broad-
4
Cedric
Mah.
member
of
a
well
known
local
Chinese
family,
is
now
learning
flying
in
California.
The
picture
shows
the
former
Booth
Memorial
High
School
student
In
the
pilot's
seat'
of
a
plane.
He
is
reading
a
copy
of
Bo-Me-Hl,
the
school
paper,
through
courtesy
of
which
this
picture
appears
in
The
Dally
News.
CONVOY
IS
of
Canadian
Troops
Landed
I
B.C.B00MI
SAFE
0VERfri"
caAtlng
Corporation
network
J.More
Boys
Than
Girls
Are
Showi
IUn
,nlo
u.
A
Least
once
(cn7
h.
Wui
.
aUn
Drobablv
ov.r
.hfrt.
!
l
T
r
Hrirlu
-
r
unur,
.
j,
.
.
t-
i
i
A
UltVVb
JIUIIl
Ul)(iailU.
"
,,,
A
.aw
.
'IT
for
the
ie
depart-L
depart-1
.
.
Rainbow
Lake
af-j
:
,s
some
duubt
as
4
no
doubt,
be
honlne
that
re-
4
ceptlon
will
be
favorable
so
thrv
miv
hear
"niir
Brown.
AT
A
BRITISH
FORT,
March
10:
O,
A
convoy
carrying
a
laree
contingent
or
Canadian
soldiers
and
airmen'
reached
port
afler
a
safe
passage
through
submarine-Infested
waters
during
which
depth
charges
were
dropped
at
least
once
wlun
U-boats
were
reporteO.
Besides
many
hundreds
of
airmen
and
reinforcements
for
the
Canadian
Army,
the!
Contingent
included
CanadUnnrsblgsXte.
tcrs
and
Dominion
volunteers
for
the
mechanized
transport
corps.
Gigantic
anything
went
wrong
around
Len
lngrad,
the
Russians
might
smash
right
through
the
Baltic
States
into
Germany.
Reliable
sources
say
that
confidential
advices
Indicate
the
Germans
have
aban
doned
earlier
plans
for
a
defensive
war
in
the
north
and
a
sharp
offensive
In
the
south
and
now
Jnn
n
nnnnrnl
nttnnlr
tn
V
1
P
u
nf
In
Uic
Staraya-Russa
area
and
the
weakening
of
the
Finns.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
10,
11)42.
The
central
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
is
now
but
awaiting
the
arrival
nf
th
final
nlan
from
the
provincial
architect's
department
in
Victoria
before
proceeding
with
.further
stens
to
bring
the
project
into
fruiUon.
As
soon
as
the
final
.plans
arrive
they
will
be
submit
ted
to
the
federal
authorities
with
a
view
to
obtaining
the
necessary
nermlt
for
construction.
Mean-
while
papers
of
Incorporation
under
the
Societies
Act
have
been
drawn
up
with
a
view
to
making
;
applicaUon
to
Victoria
for
a
char
ter.
New
Hitler
Wants
To
Smash
Russia
and
Bring
End
To
Threat
Upon
Reich
Plans
for
Defensive
War
in
North
and
Offensive
South
Abandoned
in
Favor
of
General
Assault.
in
LONDON,
March
10:
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
is
reported
to
be
digging
deep
into
his
reserves
of
manpower
today
and
moving
up
forces
for
a
gigantic
spring
offensive
from
Leningrad
to
Rostov
with
a
view
to
smashing
Russia
and
ending
the
growing
threat
to
Germany
proper.
The
Germans
are
said
to
fear
that,
if
sian
requests
for
even
greater
shiDments.
The
need
for
speed
In
delivery
nf
ennds
has
been
increased
by
re
rent
inactivity
on
Russian
iroiu,
TLhi.-h
bodes
no
uood
for
the
snrinir
and
bv
the
fact
that
the
northern
sea
route
to
Murmansk
and
Archangel,
though
still
open.
unexpected
successes
will
soon
be
more
perilious
by
the
Dispatches
from
Stockholm
and
Zurich
quoted
the
editor
of
tho
Helsinki
newspaper
Sanomat
as
writing
cm
his
return
from
Berlin
that
"Hitler
is
putting
all
his
eggs
in
one
basket"
for
the
spring
oi
coming
of
the
bright
Arctic
nights.
Anvthlnc
that
cannot
be
deliv
ered
during
the
coming
month
or
six
weeks
may
not
be
capaole
oi
delivery
until
long
after
the
Ger
man
offensive
begins.
The
Grim,
Facts
The
Russian
winter
offensive
f
cnslvc
and
that
"we
shall
witness
ranks
as
one
of
the
most
magnlfl
.
.
.
...
I
....
1
1
the
Greatest
gamble
In
history
The
coming
German
spring
offen
sive
dominates
everything
in
Germany.
Tanks
and
the
Luftwaffe
will
be
thrown
into
battles
in
numbers
never
before
experien
ced."
Reports
from
Moscow
Indicate
that
the
Allies
are
now
making
an
all-out
effort
to
rush
fresh
supplies
of
tanks
and
fighter
air
craft
to
Russia
before
the
opening
of
the
German
spring
offensive
and
are
seriously
considering
Rus-
cent
military
efforts
In
history
and
has
definitely
handicapped
Germany's
chances
oi
success
this
spring.
Yet
the
offensive,
nas
pot
xnrercded
In
rolling
un
any
size
able
portion
of
the
German
armies
or
in
regaining
any
of
the
pnnci
oal
German
bases
except
Rostov
on-Don
in
the
extreme
south.
Roth
Smolensk
and
Kharkov
are
still
in
German
hands
despite
des
terat
Russian
efforts
to
retake
them
and
tho
German
armies
are
still
within
100
miles
of
Moscow
tinuing.
-Tomorrow
sT
ides
,v
(Standard
Time)
Allih
8:19
ajn.
18.6
It.
21:44
pm.
18.9
ft.
Low
1:46
ajh.
9.0
ft.
15:01
pm.
5.7
ft.
iruli.:nn:!Battle
Of
Java
LONDON.
March
10:
Oi
Prime
Minister
Winston
'
Churchill
will
make
a
state-
ment
on
the
government's
(
India
policy
at
the
next
sit-
ting
of
the
House
or
Com-
'
mons,
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
Lord
Privy
Seal,
told
the
i
House
of
Commons
today.
Ob-
servers
think
the
statement
'
may
come
tomorrow.
of
Victoria.
T
FINAL
PLAN
IS
AWAITED
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Japs
March
Toward
India
Cedric
Mah
Flies
in
California
Is
N
Enemy
Organizing
for
Smash
Against
General
Arthur
in
Philippines
Australia
Watches
for
Invasion.
OW
India
Policy
ijClosed
Lhapter;
Dattle
Is
Keeping
up
in
Burma
Mac-
Japanese
troops
surged
westward
beyond,
fallen
Rangoon
today
toward
the
Irrawaddy
oil
fields
and
the
riches
of
India.
Rangoon
itself
is
a
city
of
blackened
ruins.
On
other
fronts:'
The
Battle
of
Java
is,
apparently,
a
closed
chapter
with
Jananese
forces
occupying
Bandung
and
presum-
iablv
Surabaya
naval
base.
Blacked-out
communications
ncc
Kupert
Civic
Centre
Asso-
hulo
the
extent
Of
anv
llirhtinGr
mat
maV
D0SS1D1V
De
COn-
ww
w--w
y
fj
cj
-----
r
a,
ar
Ibvv
In
the
Philippines
it
is
thought
that
a
new
attempt
1
!
m
i-st
Aiif
A
mnirtn
n
TTi
1
JnlnA
rnaicf
nnnn
nn
la
vUiIilU
LU
'yc
uuiy
xiiiiti
iaii-A
iwiJiiiu
iwioiaiitw
uii
Bataan
Peninsula
as
Lieut
Gen.
Tomouuki
Yamashita,
conqueror
of
Malaya
and
Singapore,
nas
been
appointed
eommander-iri-chief
of
invasion
forces.
Australian
nlanes
are
keeoincr
a
sham
watch
for
the
-
J
A
expected
approach
of
a
Japanese
invasion
armada
toward
Australia
from
New
Guinea
where
a
third
enemy
landing
was
made
today.
!
British
militarv
Quarters
virtually
concede
the
loss
v
a
v
-
of
the
entire
southern
tip
of
Burma.
from
Rangoon
to
the
Bay
of
BengaJ
but
declare
that
BriJishndIndian
troops
will
fight
on
with
their
Chinese
allies
in
central
Burma.
Nazi
Offensive
itself.
It
is
also
assumed
that
the
'
Germans
have
employed
the
winter
to
refit
their
air
and
tank
forces
and
will
be
able
to
throw
fresh
and
gigantic
forces
into
their
offensive.
It
Is
hoped
that
reinforcements
of
tanks
and
aircraft
received
from
the
Allies
will
enable
the
Russians
to
maintain
air
equality
If
not
air
superiority
over
the
front
and,
if
they
do
this,
they
may
have
a
chance
oi
slopping
the
Germans
for
the
second
time
in
a
year.
Their
tank
position
may
riot
be
as
good
but
here
too
the
Alies
have
made
a
tremendous
contribution
and
expect
to
in
crease
t
Taken
as
a
whole,
the
situation
on
the
Russian-German
irom
is
not
designed
to
make
the
Russian
chances
of
a
successful
offensive
action
anywhere
else
look
too
brhrht
this
vear
and
until
after
the
forthcoming
German
offen
slves
have
been
smashed.
Even
though
Russia
were
to
be
com
pletely
successful,
her
losses
would
probably
be
sufficiently
severe
to
necessitate
a
considerable
period
of
resuscitation
and
refitting.
Thus,
it
is
probably
too
much
to
hope
that
the
Allies
can
secure
much
assistance
from
Russia
in
the
Far
East
this
year.
The
Nasi
Direction
Experts
differ
regarding
Uie
probable
direction
of
Uie
new
German
offensive.
While
it
has
been
assumed
that
they
would
strike
at
Rostov-on-Don
and
the
Caucasus,
the.
Germans
still
have
a
large
number
of
Rumanians.-and
other
third-class
troofls
In
that
area
and
the
proDlcm
of
moving
up
German
shock
troops
would
be
consider
able.
Many
capable
observers
con
sequently
believe
that
the
Oer
mans
will
again
go
either
for
Len
lngrad
or
Moscow
In
an
attempt
to
smash
the
main
Russian
armies.
KITKATLA
DROWNING
George
Robinson,
Native,
Believed
to
Have
Suffered
Heart
Attack
and
Fallen
Into
Inlet.
George
Robinson,
36
-
year
-
old
Kitkatla
naUve,
was
drowned
at
the
end
of
the
week
from
his
boat.
about
ten
miles
up
Kitkatla
Inlet
from
the
village,
according
to
information
received
at
the
Indian
agent's
office
here.
He
had
been
engaged
in
trapping
with
a
part
ner
who,
after
Robinson
had
be
come
missinz
from
their
cabin,
went
in
to
the
village
and
report
ed
the
fact.
A
searcn
pany
oi
villagers
went
out
and
found
the
body
In
shallow
water.
Robinson
had
been
subject
to
heart
trouble
and
is
believed
to
have
fallen
Into
the
water
from
his
boat.
Deceased
was
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Robinson,
also
of
Kitkatla,
and
was
married.
The
funeral
took
place
at
Kit
katla
today
with
the
resident
missionary,
Rev.
B.
Shearman,
ULTIMATUM
FROM
CITY
Victoria
Demands
Better
Type
Of
Construction.
,r
or
wartime
VICTORIA,
March
10:
Unless
Wartime
Housing
Ltd.
meets
the
city's
demands
for
definite
Improvements
in
the
specifications
of
dwellings
planned
near
the
Outer
Wharf
for
V.
M.
D.
workers,
fed
eral
authorities
will
have
to
expropriate
the
land
on
which
to
build
them.
Mayor
Andrew
Mc-Gavln
said.