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NORTHERN
AND
CHNTRAL
RRITISH
COLUMMA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXI,
No.
262
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBE
R
11,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CNTS
Allies
Get
French
Fleet;
Laval
Turns
ON
THE
FRENCH
FRONTIER,
Nov.
11
(CP)
Marshal
Henri
Phillippc
Petain
today
declared
that
the
French-German
armistice
had
been
broken
by
the
entrance
of
German
troops
into
the
unoccupied
zone
and
reportedly
left
France
free
to
defend
herself.
Vichy
reports
said
that
the
French
fleet
was
enroute
to
join
forces
with
the
United
Nations.
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
decision
to
occupy
all
of
France
reportedly
followed
Pierre
Laval's
refusal
to
accept
a
military
alliance
with
the
Axis.
German
airborne
forces
arc
reported
to
be
landing
in
Tunisia
to
counter
a
British-American
invasion
threat.
Such
are
the
latest
developments
today
after
German
troops
were
reported
earlier
in
the
day
speeding
through
unoccupied
France
toward
a
Mediterranean
area
which
Adolf
Hitler
said
American
and
British
troops
planned
to
land
upon
as
a
sequel
to
the
Allied
coup
in
North
Africa.
Hitler,
in
a
letter
to
Marshal
Petain
said
he
had
known
about
the
"landing
for
twenty-four
hours
and
that
it
was
directed
at
Corsica,
which
island
they
will
occupy,
and
against
south
of
France."
HITI
1
I
Lr
YANKS
IN
TUNISIA
Iran
Entered
by
American
Tank
Crrus
and
Now
Subjugated
CASABLANCA
SUKKENWKHS
LONDON,
Nov.
11
(CD
The
Allied
occupation
of
northwest
Africa
nearcd
completion
today
with
the
request
of
the
Vichy
commander
at
Casablanca
for
an
armistice.
LONDON.
Not.
11
9
An
unconfirmed
Krcnch
report
said
tha
Ameitcan
vanguards
had
plercc
the
border
of
Tunisia,
having
ad
vanced
in
that
direction
from
the
landings
In
Algeria,
but
a
Vichy
broadcast
suggested
that
the
plan
was
to
by-pass
It.
Vichy
saw!
that
its
derW
tens
wre-tarint
to
resist
such
a
thrust
and
some
urces
believed
that
the
biggest
battle
of
the
campaign
might
oc
cur
In
French
Tunteia.
Oran.
chief
French
North
Afrt-an
port
on
the
Mediterraneon.
iias
been
taken
by
United
States
ank
crews
and
the
city,
apparent-y.
had
become
Xully
subjugated
when
an
American
column
itruck
out
for
the
next
and
brg-:er
Roa!
of
the
expedition
sup-
josedly
Tripoli.
All
communications
between
!
creaslngly
difficult.
Morocco
and
the
French
mainland
were
cut
yesterday
morning.
Vichy
tlavas
News
Agency
reported
or
7
SER
CARRIER
AT
ROCK
British
Naval
Movements
Into
Mediterranean
Are
Reported
AIGECIRASV
Spain.
Nov.
11
It
s
reported
here
that
the
British
ilrcraft.
carrier
ILMS.
Furious
with
six
destroyers
and
convoy
of
"wenty-two
arge
merchantmen
has
arrived
at
Gibraltar.
Soon
after
arrival
of
the
fleet,
thirty
'ightcr
planes
took
off
headed
in
ward
over
the
Mediterranean.
BATTLE
OF
i
...
SO..
PACIFIC
Japanese
Positions
Deteriorating;
Both
on
New
Guinea
and
Guadalcanal
MELBOURNE.
Nov.
11
With
fresh
landings
of
American
rein
forcements
and
constant
pounding
by
aircraft
of
the
United
Nations,
the
position
of
the
Japanese
on
New
Guinea
Is
being
made
in-
There
Is
little
cnange
in
uuaaai-canal
where
the
Japanese
are
still
retreating
from
the
Henderson
Vichy
ree
at
Cblanca
air
field
area
before
the
pursuing
m
appears
to
be
crumbling.
Americans.
Canada's
Remembrance
Day
5&
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i
.
..
...
A.
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or
Ti
n
vV-.;wlViN
tr
FAITH
LD
IN
THE
CANADIAN
'
THFID
l
nr.
Fueh
uenrer
HTS
s
Honors
Are
Paid
to
British
Soldiers
At
Head
of
Campaign
in
Middle
East
LONDON.
Nov.
11
General
Sir
Harold
-Alexanderr
British'
com
mander-ln-chlef
in
the
Middle
East,
has
been
awarded
Knighthood
of
the
Grand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
the
Bath.
Lieut.
General
D.
L.
Montgomery,
commander-in-chief
of
the
British
forces
In
Egypt
and
consueror
of
Marshal
Erwln
Rommel's
African
Corps,
has
been
promoted
to
rank
of
general
and
made
Knight
Commander
of
the
Order
of
the
Bath.
POLICE
OF
CAPITOL
There
are
four
police
depart
ments
operating
In
the
District
of
Columbia,
Washington
area.
'
TO
rut
4
:
Canada's
observance
of
Remembrance
D
ay
centred
today
at
the
Memorial
Chamber
Athlone
officiated
at
the
ded
cation
ol
Tower
at
Ottawa
where
the
Earl
of
,
the
Peace
Remembrance
containing
the
names
of
60,000
Canadians
who
gave
the
r
lives
In
Book
of
n
fhe
mt
Ore?
War.
The
Governor
General
was
assisted
by
Prime
Minister
WlUiam
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
and
other
dlgnatories.
Pictures
show
the
Peace
Tower,
the
table
and
the
frontispiece
of
the
book.
1
FRANCE
Aim
Apparently
ToS
dze
Outright
Control
Of
Coast
of
Mediterranean
GENERALS
PROMOTED
Armed
Forces
of
Reich
Roaring
Towards
Marseilles
In
Violation
of
Armistice
Agreement
of
1940
LONDON,
Nov.
11
German
armed
forces
are
roaring
south
through
Vichy
France
over
the
of
Chief
of
State
Henri
Phillippe
Petain.
They
have
reached
Lyon
on
the
Rhone
River,
lit)
mues
from
Marseilles,
important
Mediterranean
port
which
is
believed
to
be
one
of
the
principal
destinations
and
towards
which
Itheyare
rushing
in-a
lenginy
leiier.
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
makes
the
explanation
to
Marshal
Petain
that
this
move.
in
violation
of
armistice
terms
of
1940
with
Vichy
France,
has
been
made
necessary
to
meet
an
Anglo-American
invasion
of
southern
Europe.
It
is
also
being
done,
the
Fuerher
claims,
to
"protect
the
interests
of
France."
Nothing
is
said
about
this
but
U
Is
thought
that
part
of
the
latest
Nazi
program,
in
a
desperate
ef
fort
to
meet
the
situation
caused
by
the
occupation
of
North
Africa
by
the
AffieS;
rnay'be
to
seize
the
strategic
Mediterranean
Island
of
Corsica.
The
port
of
Toulon
and
the
French
fleet
might
also
fall
Into
Nazi
hands.
As
a
measure
of
appeasement,
HlUer
has
granted
Petaln's
request
to
move
the
capital
of
France
from
Vichy
to
Versailles.
He
blames
General
Giraud,
who
escaped
from
prison
and
joined
the
Allle3,
for
France's
latest
plight.
No
surprise
Is
expressed
In
London
at
the
latest
move
of
the
German
chancellor.
President
Roosevelt
Explains
Reason
of
Africa
Campaign;
Instead
of
Frontal
Attack
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
11
(CP)
The
high
military
command
of
the
United
Nations
decided
on
a
North
Africa
offensive
in
1942
as
an
alternative
to
a
full
scale
frontal
attack
on
western
Europe,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
disclosed
yesterday.
Mr.
Roosevelt
said
that
the
decision
on
the
North
African
offensive
would
not
limit
big
scale
operations
In
other
i
war
theatres.
It
Is
indicated
by
the
length
of
time
elapsing
from
the
time
discussion
of
the
offensive
started
that
Russia
had
been
fully
President
Roosevelt
said
that
Inception
of
plans
went
back
to
the
flying
visit
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
to
Washington
last
December.
The
question
of
a
frontal
attack
was
studied
at
that
time
and,
although
considered
feasible,
was
later
scrapped
when
further
study
disclosed
huge
ship
ping
requirements.
MAY
DIVERT
THEIR
SUBS
Germans
Expected
to
Turn
Their
U-boats
Out
Against
Allied
Convoys
to
North
Africa
LONDON,
Nov.
11
It,
Is
believed
In
Admiralty
Quarters
that
the
Germans
may
divert
their
sub
marine
power
In
the
effort
to
In
terfere
with
shipment
of
Allied
supplies
to
the
forces
In
Northwest
Africa.
Steps
are
being
taken
to
audi
a
uwn.
jinteir
LOSS
IS
MORTAL
Churchill
Reports
to
Parliament-
Victory
Bells
to
Ring
on
Sunday
Further
Attack
LONDON,
Nov.
11
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
Parliament
today
that
the
enemy's
losses
in
the
Battle
of
Egypt
have
been
mortal.
"An
attack
will
be
mailt
in
due
course
across
the
Channel
or
the
North
Sea."
the
Prime
Minister
said.
Mr.
Churchill
also
announced
that
General
Alexander
estimated
the
Germans
and
Italians
lost
fifty-nine
thousand
men,
killed,
captured
or
wounded.
The
Prime
Minister
also
announced
that
church
bells
trill
be
run&
next
Sunday
throughout
Great
Britain
to
celrbratt
"our
victory"
In
Africa.
HOCKEY
SCORES:
New
York
5,
Chicago
2.
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