STATEMENT
nuru
"
-
...
.
Officially
Announces
Outcome
Of
I.ngagemeni
j
Nineleen
Is
Bag
livoc
it....,,
hi
Willi
Jra
Invasion
;VA:-.ULNOTON.
D.C..
Feb.
23
;
,
t
:i::ed
au.it
navy
ii.oally
Saturday
that
6
uc.'ompamed
by
NcUi-,
uarhp.
aank
two
enemy
y.i
Me
Uland
of
Bali
...
..Kht
damage
to
the
...
and
minor
loss
announced
that
Uni-.
u:.(t
Netherlands
naval
munched
a
second
analmt
Japan-iorces
heading
tor
u.c
reported
to
have
of
shipping.
This
.:.
addition
to
an
ihe
Island
of
Bah
.
i
in
Hit
Unking
or
:
nineteen
Japanese
-.a
fire
cruiser,
three
i
n
transport!,
destroyer
wai
aunk
'.amared
In
the
sea
H
Tour
Allied
plane.-,
the
Jauaneae
lost
timber.,
and
fighters.
USSIAN
ADVANCE
Icrlcj
In
Moscow
Today
IUTIiI
l.linil
Hurl
Ir.
Ilrv
IWL
VrsUrclay,
Expired,
In
Hospital
This
Morning.
-J
Lund,
a
resident
of
Prince
1
for
thirty-one
years,
for-
y
lirrman
and
also
formcilyl
r-cd
as
a
carpenter
by
the
V-
'mcnt
of
Public
Work,
died
40
this
morning
in
Prince
Oencral
Hospital
from
in-ln
Juries
sustained
about
2
k
yesterday
afternoon
in
a
taot
fall
from
a
ladder
at
the
.
ie
shop
In
the
dry
dock,
.
-cased
was
57
years
of
age
.
Norwegian.
He
was
quite
known.
He
resided
at
1141
-
-
Place
and
Is
survived
by
a
-
-3w
and
two
children.
cuui:
nervous
sailors
LONDON.
Feb,
23:
0
Strangest
'ip'
In
the
Royal
Navy
Is
a
VihfA
inn
tak.
KArArlnrr
fmm
JltVfUKf
imiiKIn
uttrsmA
f
(IP.
tiC:i
n
rnn
ktvuuii;
ouiivivu
fcj
v-
CKItMAN
COMMANDER
SURRENDERS,
1
1
ALFA
Y
A
'
-
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i
In
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:
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an.
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e
rod
at
Halfaya
-Ilei.f.re
Pat.
:o
tije
bc.icg
:
Bt.
....
v.x
Major
the
Rer
Bach
a
German
army
chaoluw
'
.truud
when
all
other
German
officers
quit
the
enabti.;
t
He
is
shown
here
with
a
colonel
of
sappers
aa
he
came
to
make
the
surrender
and
to
show
the
Allied
forces
where
minefields
had
been
laid
so
that
occupation
of
the
fortress
could
be
completed.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oonr
8.
U
J
oft
a
ton
Oa.1
Vancouver
Orandvtcw
Bralorne
Cariboo
Quarts
Hedley
Mascot
I
Pcnd
Oreille
.
Pioneer
W
Feb.
23
In
a
general
Prrmlcr
"
.aiming
further
auc-
prtf,.,.
aiong
the
1700-mile
KtlMJ
Z
-r
Joseph
Stalin
to-
gheep
creek
I
ifd
complete
liberation
.
0n,
:r
,-n
the
Natfs.
An-
0a,monl
of
gain
imporunt
c
&
the
celebration
today
nn
.
Beattlc
'up
and
276
"ly
central
Patricia
:
the
enemy
hi
seven
cHdatrd
shelters
1
wnr
against
unman
w
radio
declared
today
IES
OF
INJURIES
Hardrock
Kerr
Addison
Little
Long
Lac
..
McLeod
CockahuU
Madsen
Red
Lake
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U0
JW'i
nil
1.70
.4b
IX
.17
.70
.15
.97
nty-foutth
anniversary
.n
i
Cftnadlan
.
45
f
"he
Rd
Army.
?
Navy
nas
suns
iwcniy
Toronto
2.40
.83
1.06
36.00
.46
3.50
M
14
.37
Vi
McKenzle
Red
Lake
M
Moneta
Pickle
Crow
2-10
Preston
East
Dome
2.56
San
Antonio
Shcrrltt
Gordon
-78
NORTH
GOES
OVER
WELL
Siill
Showing
Way
lo
Rest
Province
In
Victory
Loan
Campaign.
CANADA'S
SECOND
VICTORY
LOAN
COMING
EVENTS
Monday,
6:.15
p.m.Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell,
CFPK.
Tuesday,
G:45
p.m.
G.
11.
S.
Blackaby.
CFPK.
Wednesday,
6:45
p.m.T.
W.
Brown,
CFPR.
BUY
VICTORY,
BONDS
of
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
23:
The
first
week
of
the
Second
Victory
mnalen
ended
with
Brit
ish
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
r.nMiin.T
si
r
nerccnt
of
quota
wt
both
general
canvass
and
special
names
combined.
Mnrii.rn
nrttlsh
Columbia,
with
57
percent
of
quota
on
general
canvass
already
credited,
Is
con
sidered
to
be
doing
very
sausiac-torlly.
particularly
when
compared
with
thirty-seven
percent
for
he
rest
of
the
province.
j
r
"
Locallire
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
8:14
am.
16.9
ft.
Maximum
21:31
p.m.
14.9
ft.
Minimum
Low
1:16
a.m.
10.1
ft.
14:55
pan.
7.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
'BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXI
NO.
45.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Cjfl&NPAX
.FEBRUARY
23,
"
1942.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
'I.
A
KAMI
i
On
East
Indies
Is
Continuing
EURTHER
SINKINGS
Two
More
Vessels
Vicllms
of
Naii
U-boats
In
Caribbean
Sea
LONDON.
Fb.
23:
-Two
more
sinkings
by
Oerman
u-boats
in
Caribbean
waters
are
reported.
On
to
a
Norwegian
tanker
sunk
off
Araba
with
39
members
of
the
crew
lout
and
nine
rescued.
The
olhar
Is
a
United
States
vessel-Admiral
Cole
sunk
off
WORK
BY
CONTRACT
Word
.Received
That
Boom
Defence
Project
Not
Being
Done
on
Cost-Plus
Basis.
In
regard
to
work
on
the
boom
depot
on
the
local
waterfront
which
has
been
under
discussion
of
late,
a
communication
has
been
received
from
J.
M.
Somervllle.
secretary
to
Hon.
P.
J.
A.
Cardln,
minister
or
public
works
at
Ottawa,
stating
that
reports
of
this
work
being
carried
6ut
on
a
cost-
plus
basis
are
in
error
but
that
tenders
were
publicly
called
for
the
contract
awarded
in
the
usual
manner.
The
work
is
in
the
hands
of
the
E.
J.
Ryan
Construction
Co.
Some
complaint
has
been
heard
locally
at
crushed
rock
having
been
imported
for
the
work.
R.
A.
F.
"NO
RIDERS"
LONDON.
Feb.
23:
ft
The
Air
Ministry
has
issued
orders
which
prohibits
R
A.
F.
vehicles
giving
lifts
to
hitch-hikers
U.S.
Cutter
Torpedoed
t
4
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
23:
V
The
United
States
coast-
guard
cutter
Alexander
Ham-
ilton
was
torpedoed
by
an
enemy
submarine
off
Iceland
and
capsized
while
being
tow-
ed
to
port
with
moderate
loss
nf
life,
the
Navy
Department
announced
today.
.
Burma
Making
Strong
Stand
t
r
RANGOON.
Feb.
23:
The
Rangoon
radio
has
called
upon
the
forces
and
the
I
people
of
the
Burmese
capl-
tal
to
makelt
a
second
Mos-
cow
After
almost
a
week
of
v
trying
the
Japanese
have
"
been--unable,
to
dislodge
the
allied
defenders
from
the
Bllln
River.
Allied
aircraft
are
also
salt
to
be
In
control
of
the
air
which
Is
proving
.
'
an
important
factor
in
hold-
mg
up
the
approach
of
the
invasion
Jforces.
The
Japan-
cs
have
bombed
the
delta
of
the
Irrawaddy
River
and
,
several
towat
In
central
Bur-
'
ma.
RESISTANCE
BY
NATIVES
Japanese
Are
Finding
Going
None
To
Easy
In
Philippines
l
WASHINGTON.
DC:,
Feb.
23:
General
Douglas
McArthur.
com-mandcr-in-chlet
of
United
States
forces
in
the
Philippines,
reporu
a
rising
tide
of
resistance
by
natives
to
the
Japanese
invaders.
There
has
notfbeen
mu:h
action
dyrlngihe
pa
two
or
threes
day.-erUr.
on
Bataan
PeninsuLa.
Saturday
an
artillery
exchange
was
all
that'
was
reported.
I
DISTRICT
RECRUITS
Twenty-Nine
Men
Attested
Here
Since
First
of
Year
Less
Than
Half
of
Total
Categoriied.
Since
the
first
of
this
year
twenty-nine
recruits
have
been
at-
.
tested
for
army
service
In
Prince
Rupert
district.
This
figure,
however,
is
less
than
half
of
the
total
number
that
have
been
categor-1
ized.
I
Recruits
since
the
first
of
the
year
have
Included
the
following:
Morley
Dale
Speers,
Prince
Ru
pert
John
King
Murray,
Prince
Rupert.
Marshal
Arnold
Montgomery,
Prince
Rupert.
Alexander
D.
Murray,
Premier.
Fred
Roblson,
South
Hazelton.
Lester
E.
Shaw,
South
Hazelton.
Archie
Victor,
South
Hazelton.
John
Ronald
Helkenberg,
South
Hazelton.
Alme
Paul
Dionne.
Prince
Ru
pert.
John
Thomas
Peter,
Ootsa
Lake.
Douglas
H.
MacLeod,
Ocean
Falls.
E.
E.
Moore,
Burns
Lake.
Thomas
Prpsby,
Terrace.
Irvtn
Pennington,
Burns
Lake.
A.
M.
Anderson,
Burns
Lake.
R,
H.
Jewell,
Burns
Lake.
B.
A.
Bateson,
Smlthers.
J.
T.
Jensen,
Burns
Lake.
S.
Marsh,
Burns
Lake.
D.
Ocrow,
Burns
Lake.
T.
W.
Graham,
Prince
Rupert.
T.
P.
Scully,
Prince
Rupert.
Raymond
Bracewell,
Prince
Ru
pert
R.
D.
McDonald,
Prince
ituperi.
F.
G.
Jensen,
Prince
Rupert.
A.
D.
Morrison,
Atlln.
h
C.
F.
Grahamy.
Atlln
i
l
G.
Davis,
Telegraph
Creek.
S.
O.
Doll,
Terrace.
J.
N.
Henderson,
F.
G.
George
and
J.
S.
Brooks
are
now
In
Prince
Rupert
for
medical
examination
with
a
view
to
enlistment.
FLYING
IN
ALASKA
There
are
over
150
airfields
In
Alaska
and
passenger
miles
flown
reach
8,000,000
annually.
BULLETINS
ROOSEVELT
TONIGHT
WASHINGTON
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
will
address
the
nation
tonight
over
a
world
radio
network.
The
time
will
be
7
o'clock
Pacific
time.
MOVING
NORWEGIANS
TORONTO
The
Norwegian
air
training
school
is
to
be
mover'
.rom
Toronto
to
Muskoka.
There
will
be
only
advanced
training
at
Little
Norway
BRAZIL
PROTESTS
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
Norway
has
protested
sharply
to
Germany
at
the
torpedoing
and
sinking
of
two
Brazilian
ships.
PORTUGAL
OBJECTS
LISBON
The
Portuguese
government
has
protested
to
Japan
at
attacks
on
Timor
Island.
FRENCH
CORVETTE
SUNK
LONDON
A
Free
French
cor
vette
has
been
sunk
by
enemy
J
EDMONTON
OVER
TOP
EDMONTON
Edmonton
is
the
first
large
Canadian
city
to
go
over
the
top
in
the
Victory
Loan
campaign.
It
is
three
percent
over
its
quota
of
$1,000,000.
GERMANS
RECAPTURED
WATERTOWN,
N.Yw
Two
German
prisoners,
who
escaped
from
the
Bowmanville,
Ontario,
Internment
camp,
were
recaptured
here.
NEW
ARCHBISHOP
LONDON
Dr.
William
Temple,
Archbishop
of
York,
succeeds
Dr.
Cosmo
Lang
as
Archbishop
of
Canterbury.
The
Bishop
of
Winchester
becomes
Archbishop
of
York.
WEATHER
IMPROVED
British
Force
Drives
155
.Miles
To
Within
80
Miles
From
Bengasi
CAIRO,
Feb.
23:
Weather,
which
has
been
restricting
military
operations
In
Libya
for
same
time,
has
Improved
and
enabled
a
British
force
to
launch
an
assault
against
the
Axis
which
penetrated
to
a
point
80
miles
from
Bengasi.
BriUsh
bombers
are
ranging
far
afield.
Killed
In
Island
Logging
Camp;
His
Body
Comes
Here
The
remains
of
Wllmont
I
Bill)
Miller,
logger,
killed
In
an
accident
at
Church
Creek,
Cumshewa
Inlet,
last
week,
was
brought
to
the
city
on
the
Camosun
this
morning
and
will
be
taken
on
to
Vancouver
aboard
the
Catala
tomorrow
for
Interment.
Miller
was
born
in
Nova
Scotia
and
was
a
widower.
Jao
Invasion
Completely
Bali
Force
Prince
Rupeu.
closest
point
action
in
the
Battle
of
the
At-
in
Canada
to
possible
attack
lantic.
1
by
Japan,
at
the
week-end
I
surveyed
the
results
of
the
TREATMENT
OF
PRISONERS
'.
first
six
days
of
the
Second
NEW
YORK
The
Interna-
victory
Loan
campaign
and
tional
Red
Cross
announces
it
found
that
1149
persons,
or
has
been
advised
that
Allied
one
out
of
every
six
of
its
soldieis
captured
in
the
Far
East
!
4-population,
had
subscribed
are
getting
the
same
fodd
as
to
the
loan
which
went
Japanese
soldiers
and
civilian
!
over
the
top
last
Friday
Internees
are
being
treated
prop-
.
night
and
i?
still
mounting
L-t-.wilh
applications
-.continuing-
X.
;
V.
1
1
.
1
.1.
wj
puur
111
wiiiic
mere
are
CANADA
HEARS
CRIPPS
numerous
others
for
which
it
LONDON
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps
!
has
not
been
possible
as
yet
!
spoke
over
the
radio
to
Canada
j
last
ni;ht,
urging
support
of
the
I
Victor
Loan
campaign.
to
assume
credit.
Col.
J.
W.
Nicholls,
local
Victory
Loan
organizer,
paid
tribute
to
the
splendid
work
that
Prince
Rupert
canvassers
were
doing.
Subscriptions
ud
to
Saturday
night
totalled
$499,450.
REPLANT
FORESTS
Province
to
Put
in
10,000.000
Trees
a
Year
to
Replenish
Woods.
VICTORIA,
Feb.
23:
0
A
big
reforestation
plan
for
British
Columbia,
calling
for
the
planUng
of
10,000,000
trees
a
year
to
replenish
the
province's
giant
forests
now
being
logged
off,
will
get
into
full
swing
this
spring.
Land
Minister
A.
Wells
Gray
said
that
all
areas
for
replanting
have
been
cleared
and
prepared
in
advance
and
spring
planting
will
have
begun
on
denuded
areas
Feb.
15.
Many
men
will
be
employed
to
clear
the
land
of
snags
and
brush
and
plant
the
Douglas
fir,
Western
hemlock
and
red
cedar
trees.
Trees
production
has
now
been
accelerated
In
two
branch
nurser
ies,
the
minister
said,
and
for
the
first
time
the
1942
nursery
pro-
Fleet
Is
Smashed;
Is
Isolated
Only
One
Ship
Escaped
Destruction
by
Allied
Bombing
Planes
Attack
on
Java
Being
Bitterly
Held
Off.
BATAVIA,
Feb.
23:
(CP)
A
Japanese
merchant
ship
of
more
than
10,000
tons
was
set
afire
and
other
ships
machine-gunned
in
a
new
raid
by
Allied
bombers
on
Banks
Strait
off
Sumatra,
united
nations
headquarters
announced
today.
This
statement
followed
news
that
Netherlands
and
American
air
and
naval
forces
destroy
One
Out
Of
Five
Buying
I
4.
Bonds
Here:
ed
and
scattered
an
entire
Japa-
inese
invasion
fleet
which
attacked
Ball
last
week.
Some
of
the
tn-ivaders
succeeded,
however,
in
get-
I
ting
ashore
and
over-running
part
of
the
island,
seizing
Denpasar
'airport.
The
communique
said
that
Japanese
who
landed
there
were
isolated
now
from
supplies
and
reinforcements.
A
single
ship
which
escaped
destruction
fled.
Bitter
delaying
resistance
is
continuing
in
Sumatra
on
the
west
flank
of
Java,
but
a
Dutch
communique
confirmed
Japanese
reports
of
a
landing
In
the
Netherlands
portion
of
Timor
Island
north
of
Australia.
Increased
pressure
is
being
brought
by
the
Japanese
on
Bur
ma
and
it
is
admitted
there
is
grave
danger
there.
CABINET
CHANGES
Further
Drastic
Reorganization
By
Churchill
Is
Announced
LONDON,
Feb.
23:
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
last
night
announced
further
cabinet
changes
to
appease
critics
of
the
government
before
the
secret
session
of
Parliament
this
week
to
consider
the
progress
of
the
war.
Most
important
change
is
removal
of
Capt.
Davis
Margesson
as
secretary
of
war
in
favor
of
Sir
James
Gregg.
The
latest
cabinet
reorganiza-
I
tiou
announced
by
Prime
Minls-I
ter
Churchill
is
the
most
dras
tic
yet.
In
addition
to
Capt.
David
Margesson
being
dropped
as
secretary
of
war
and
replaced
by
Sir
James
Gregg,
who
comes
from
the
civil
service
branch
of
the
war
department,
other
changes
are:
Col.
J.
J.
Llewellyn,
minister
of
aircraft
production,
succeeding
Lieut.
Col.
John
T.
C.
Moore-Brabazon.
Viscount
Cranbornc,
secretary
for
colonies
in
place
of
Lord
Moyne.
Lord
Portle,
minister
of
works
and
buildings,
in
place
of
Sir
John
Reith.
Viscount
Wolmer,
minister
without
portfolio,
in
place
of
Arthur
Gieenwood.
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
contin
ues
as
minister
of
air,
but
may
duction
will
provide
sufficient
b
sent
to
inda
office
to
set
planting
stock
to
carry
out
artl-:
up
a
new
administration
there
flctal
reioresiauon
on
a
iaie
scale.
The
minister
emphasized
the
magnitude
of
the
scheme
by
saying
that
last
year,
with
the
plan
not
yet
in
full
swing,
98,000
snags
were
felled
in
15,000
acres
of
forests
and
30.
miles
of
roads
were
constructed
for
motor
truck
travel
so
replanting,
crews
could,
get
Into
remote
areas.
SOUTH
AFRICA
RESTRICTS
CAPETOWN.
Feb.
23:
0)
Regulations
for
the
control
of
iron
and
steel
In
various
forms,
paper,
lubricating
oils,
rubber,
pneumatic
tires,
tubes
and
tins
have
been
announced
by
the
government.
in
nlace
of
Leopold
Amery
against
whom,
as
minister
for
India,
there
is
much
criticism.
ASKS
AID
OF
INDIA
Generalissimo
Chiang
-
Kal
Shek
Asks
For,
All
Out
Support
CALCUTTA.
Feb.
23:
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek,
who
is
still
in
India,
is
asking
Indian
leaders
to
go
all
out
for
the
united
nations
in
resisting
the
Axis
nations.
He
is
urging
Great
Britain
to
give
Indl
the
governmental
concessions
she
asks.