Aid
Promised
By
General
Wavell
British
Commander-in-
She
mil
Tomorrow
sT
Ides
High
3:49
a.m.
20.9
ft.
Chief
Urges'
Defenders
15:55
p.m.
20.0
ft.
Low
9:59
a.m.
55
ft.
o
nana
Un
iUnns
Present
Situation
in
Far
Singapore
and
Netherlands
East
Indies
Being
Pounded.
KATAVIA,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
iVavell.
united
nations
commander-in-chief,
announced
oday
that
the
United
3tates
and
Great
Britain
were
ending
"great
remiorcements"
to
the
tar
Pacific
battle
irea.
Wavell
urged
the
Allied
forces
to
hariir
on.
savins
that
tnev
were
in
mu
same
uosuion
as
trip
nrimnn
Hrif
-
-r
t
titi
nrfin
.
m
u
m.
w
M-M
rr
i
ii
i
.11
in
TORPEDOED
Steamer
San
Oil
Attacked
by
Enemy
Submarine
Off
Atlantic
Coast.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
4:
0
The
cignter
San
Gil,
owned
by
the
jilted
Fruit
Co.,
was
torpedoed
an
enemy
submarine
off
the
Untie
Coast.
lurgeon
Urges
Naval
Base
and
Road
For
Here
OTTAWA,
Feb.
4:
?
Gray
rffPfin
i
.1
nH
m
i
rnm
rr
rii
ir
inn
n
upn
mjiip
sinn
m
tirwt
In
Pr
nro
fi
frro
n
ho
m
I
ready
to
send
a
force
to
at
aganuK,
Japan,
v
ORE
PAY
ISJJRGED
T
Kcnncy
Would
Have
Higher
Remuneration
for
Country
School
Teachers,
IiTORIA.
Pph
4-
Oi-Snpak
nff
the
leeislaturr
vpst.prriav
K.
T.
-v
vv.
iuuur;
JUtkHl
iiiviw
-----v.
u,tiv
o
ivt
w
w
VI1VUIU
uv,
V
V
v
Viibft
ground,
Mr,
Kenney
felt.
APLES
S
DAMAGED
Ports
Prove
Effective
Against
Enemy.
.
a
un
t-
t
if.
n
i
a
i
j.
V
u
1,
JV
"
1VU.YUI
4
h
cr
raiders.
In
their
attack
on
ie
Monday
night,
hit
dock.,
-o---
tutus
ttliu
u
ivian
uaov,
announced
today.
nerma
was
also
bombed
the
r-
'.um,
vessel
m
iue
central
uuna.
ALL
MEN
"
"
iiuii
in
t;irv
ivw
in
un'led
States
to
Be
Listed.
AbHlNGTON
Feb.
4:-,All
men
ooys
of
non-milltarv
ace
in
United
States
arp
t.n
Hp
rcais-
IU
Th
e
i
...
nnj
ia
"u
iv
ana
45
to
64.
Kesolute
v
East
to
Hat
tip
nf
Ynrnc
General
Sir
Archibald
lisn
ish
expeditionary
exnpdltlnnarv
force
fnro
u-Vi.i
which
stopped
the
Germans
and
saved
Europe
at
the
first
Battle
of
Ypyres.
.In
the
siege
of
Singapore
Brit
ish
gunners
rained
shells
into
Japanese
troops
massed
across
the
mile-wide
Johore
Strait.
Japanese
bombing
planes
continue
to
pound
at
Singapore
but
the
anti-aircraft
defences
are
taking
their
toll.
In
the
Netherlands
East
Indies,
Dutch
and
Japanese
troops
are
locked
in
heavy
fighting
on
Am-boina
Island
while
Berlin
quotes
Tokyo
headquarters
as
saying
that
the
Japs
had
captured
the
Celebes
seaport
of
Tawao
on
the
southeast
coast
of
British
Borneo.
In
Burma,
Japanese
bombers
raided
a
r
ports
but
a
delayed
Rangoon
dispatch
said
land
attacks
on
Burma
had
not
reached
the
proportions
of
a
major
offeasive.
BULLETINS
TAKING
NORMAL
SCHOOL
VICTORIA
Hon.
H.
G.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
announces
that
the
Victoria
Nor-
m
.
.
by
the
Dominion
government
for
use
as
a
military
hospital.
MORE
MEN
CALLED
OTTAWA
Two
hundred
more
trainees
are
to
be
called
up
in
British
Columbia
this
month.
They
will
report
to
Vernon
camp.
A.R.P.
MEETING
OTTAWA
A.R.P.
authorities
from
all
over
Canada
are
in
conference
here.
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie
assured
them
that
preparations
are
being
made
for
any
emergency
which
may
arise.
HERE
FOR
MONTH
OTTAWA
Lieut.
General
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton
will
remain
in
Canada
for
a
month
to
consult
with
the
minister
of
national
defence
and
other
officials
on
administrative
matters.
KINC0LITH
PATRIOTIC
Donation
of
$83
Made
to
Government
to
Help
Fight
War.
KINCOLITH,
Feb.
4:
The
people
bf
Kincolith
are
behind
the
Dominion
in
Its
war"
effort.
This
fact
was
clearly
demonstrated
on
Sunday
evening
when,
at
a
spe
cial
patriotic
service
in
onnsi
Church,
various
organizations
oi
thp
villaee
contributed
to
a
luna
which
is
being
sent
to
the
Domin
ion
government
as
a
gift
fromtne
people
of
Kincolith
to
aid
in
the
prosecuting
of
the
war.
Tin
all,
$85
was
given
Dy
me
iui-lowlng
organizations:
Kincolith
council,
Qhrist
Church
Committee
and
Women's
Auxiliary,
Church
Army
and
Church
Army
Sisters,
Kincolith
Club
and
Maple
Leaf
Oulld.
Kincolith
Concert
Band
and
the
women
of
the
band,
Senior
RnHotv
nf
Roval
Pumle.
Sons
of
Kincolith
and
Ladles
Aid.
Sncefal
Dravers
were
said
by
Elders
William
Smith
and
Come
Hue
-Mnlcnn
A
SCrmOn
On
the
eight
points
of
the
Atlantic
char
ter
was
delivered
by
the
mission
ary.
LOCAL
TEMPERATURE
Maximum
Minimum
47
23
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
29.
USE
JAPS
ON
ROADS
British
Columbia
Ready
to
Co-
Operate
With
Federal
Government.
VICTORIA,
Feb.
4:
Premier
John
Hart
says
the
provincial
government
will
co-operate
to
the
fullest
extent
with
the
federal
government
in
any
project
of
road-bullding
in
the
northern
interior
whereon
Japanese
labor
would
be
used.
Five
hundred
Japanese
now
on
the
coast
may
be
used
in
that
work.
DANGER
OF
JAPANESE
Daughters
of
the
Empire
Think
They
Are
Too
Close
to
Military
Establishments.
With
a
view
to
having
some
pos
sible
action
taken
In
connection
with
the
matter,
Municipal
Chap
ter,
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
at
a
meeting
last
night
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
Alex
MacKenzie,
decided
to
draw
to
the
attention
of
provincial
chapter
the
proximity
of
Japanese
people
to
certain
local
military
etablish-
ments.
The
chapter
expressed
fear
that
this
might
lead
to
possible
danger.
Officers
for
the
coming
year
were
nominated
at
the
meeting,
Mrs.
J.
A.
Teng
being
re-elected
as
regent
as
there
were
no
other
nominations.
There
will
be
contests
for
some
of
the
other
offices
at
the
annual
m'eeting
to
be
held
March
2.
Mrs.
H.
N.
Brocklesby
and
Mrs.
C.
E.
Cullin
were
named
a
committee
to
arrange
for
a
pro
gram
at
this
meeting.
It
was
agreed
to
co-operate
with
the
Provincial
Department
of
Health
in
connection
with
distribution
of
literature
on
the
subject
of
venereal
disease.
The
chapter
decided
to
purchase
from
the
building
fund
Victory
Bonds
to
the
sum
of
$200.
Mrs.
Teng,
the
regent,
presided
over
the
meeting.
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ALL-STAR
BASEBALL
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4:
Owners
of
the
major
league
baseball
clubs
announce
that
there
will
be
two
all-star
games
this
season
for
the
army
bat
and
ball
club
fund.
Consideration
Is
also
being
given
to
a
plan
whereby
ten
percent
of
players'
salaries
would
go
into
defence
bonds.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
JAPANESE
MOVEMENT
Some
Are
Already
Leaving
B.
C.
Voluntarily
Wanted
In
East-Fishermen
to
Great
J.
Lakes.
-
OTTAWA,
Feb.
4:
OH
Movement
of
Japanese
out
of
defence
areas
of
British
Columbia
has
already
begun
on
a
voluntary
basis,
it
was
stated
by
an
,
official
here
today.
The
date
v
when
compulsion
will
be
used
in
the
case
of
Japanese
not
Canadian
citizens
will
be
decided
in
a
few
days
and
will
likrly
begin
soon.
'
Requests
for
Japanese
workers
have
come
from
provinces
as
far
east
as
New
Brunswick,
chiefly
from
lumber
camps,
a
spokesman
said.
Such
movements
would
be
voluntary
with
the
lumber
camps
paying
the
Japanese
prevailing
wages
and
part
of
the
transportation
costs.
The
movement
would
probably
be
by
carload
or
even
trainload.
The
same
source
said
it
was
suggested
Japanese
fishermen
from
the
coast
might
be
employed
on
the
Great
Lakes
but
the
proposal
had
not
yet
been
studied
sufficiently
yet.
CONTENTS
0FB0MBS
Australian
Beer
Bottle
Tops
Rusty
'
Nailvand
Old
IUW
Blades
-In-Jap
Missiles
BRISBANE.
Australia,
Feb.
4:
-
,
.
,
vta
'
itciugcca
auiviu&
iicic
j&iiii
v-
baul,
capital
of
New
Britain,
say
that
bombs
which
were
dropped
on
that
city
by
the-Japanese
were
filled
with
Australian
beer
bottle
tops,
rusty
nails,
used
razor
baldes
and
scrap
iron.
CONDEMNED
TO
DEATH
Former
Premier
Leon
Blum
Declares
There
Is
No
Chance
Of
Fair
Trial
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
Writing
to
a
Free
French
newspaper
in
London,
Former
Premier
Leon
Blum
of
France
describes
himself
as
"a
man
already
condemned
to
die."
He
declares
that
he
cannot
get
a
fair
trial
in
French
courts
in
war
guilt
trials
owing
to
the
courts
being
controlled
by
the
Nazi-
dominated
Vichy
government.
He
denies
the
charge
of
having
been
responsible
with
others
for
the
fall
of
France.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Chicago
5,
Boston
3.
Brooklyn
2,
Rangers
3
(over-
time).
Many
Flowers
Are
Blooming
Testifying
to
the
mildness
of
the
winter
and
the
early
arrival
of
spring
weather,
no
less
than
six
varieties
of
early
flowers
are
now
blooming
in
:Mxs.
IL
F.
Wearmouth's
gar
den
on
her
island
across
the-;
'harbor.
Most
notable
of'
the
early
bloomers
is
the
snow-
drop
which
usually
does
not
show
until
about
March.
Other
flowers
out
now
are
arabls,
periwinkle,
pansy,
daisy
and
primrose.
Spring
growth
in
city
gardens
is
also
well
under
way.
There
is,
of
course,
the
danger
of
a
frost
blighting
the
growth.
(
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
471942."
:7,:7:!REDARMY
laninet
is
Realigned
I
LONDON,
Feb.
4
O)
Lord
Beaverbrook
was
made
min-
.
.
.
,
1
-
1
1
1
-
n
i
wai.
piouucuon
waay
and
Sir
Andrew
Rae
Duncan
;
succeeded
him
as
minister
of
supply
in
a
long-awaited
cab-
inet
realignment.
Col.
J.
J.
Llewellyn,
parliamentary
sec-
of
retary
to
the
ministry
of
air-
craft
production,
took
Sir
An-
drew's
post
as
president
of
the
Board
of
Trade.
An
1m-
in
portant
government
post
Is
to
be
taken
by
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps,
It
Is
reported.
DELEGATES
ARE
NAMED
Mrs.
J.
R.
Low,
Mrs.
J.
D.
Frasei
And
Otlo
Young
Represent
Local
Red
Cross
at
Vancouver
At
the
regular
monthly
executlvs
meeting
of
the
Red
Cross
Soclet;
heid
In
the
City
Hall
last
evening,
I
c-ith
Prosirtent-
W
R
Mi-Afpo
in
I
the
chair
and
a
full
attendance
of
members,
Mrs.
J.
D.
Fraser
and
Otto
Young,
both
of
whom
will
be
in
Vancouver
at
the
time,
were
named
as
delegates
to
the
provin
cial
convention
Instead
of
the
president
and
treasurer
who
are
unable-
to
attendThese
-delegates,
with
Mrs.
John
R.
Low
who
was
elected
at
the
annual
meeting,
will
!eivethe
branch
full
representation
at
the
convention.
A
comprehensive
report
was
re-received
from
the
provincial
division
in
reference
to
parcels
for
prisoners
of
war.
It
Is
only
the
Rprt
P'ncq
Kvipv
that
ran
supply
food
parcels
to
prisoners
of
war
and
up
to
December
6
last,
there
had
been
received
by
the
society
a
total
of
78,267
acknowledgement
cards.
Mrs.
John
R.
Low
reported
sat-lsfartory
progress
in
the
work
room
and
stated
that
more
workers
would
always
be
welcome.
Dr.
Basil
Bailey
reported
that
considerable
success
had
attended
the
salvage
drive
and
that
a
ship
ment
had
been
taken
by
the
Car-dena.
Owing
to
lack
of
storage
space
It
had
been
necessary
to
forego
the
solleltlon
of
salvage
for
a
short
time
and
of
paper
for
an
indefinite
period.
Dr.
Bailey
also
stressed
the
great
amount
of
work
to
be
done
In
sorting
and
pasklng
and
asked
for
more
workers.
P.
C.
Miller
was
appointed
chairman
of
the
salvage
committee.
Volunteer
workers
should
get
In
touch
with
him
for
instructions.
The
treasurer,
Arnold
Flaten,
reported
a
satisfactory
month
re
garding
collections
from
member
ship
fees
and
donations.
He
also
reported
that
a
total
of
650.
blankets
had
been
received
by
the
so
ciety
in
connection
with
A.
R.
P.
work,
also
complete
sets
of
first
aid
equipment
for
distribution
to
the
various
stations.
Mrs.
S.
D.
Johnston,
as
convenor
of
the
Red
Cross
Corps,
and
P.
C.
Miller,
as
chairman
of
the
salvage
committee,
were
elected
members
of
the
branch
executive.
Donations
of
$25
each
from
Max
Heilbroner
and
R.
L.
Mcintosh
were
reported.
C.
ivilian
.,.
HP
Irani
Traffic
Stopped
Freedom
of
Movement
Limited
In
Occupied
Countries
to
Permit
Troop
Movements
BERLIN,
Feb.
4:
Restriction
on
civilian
traffic
in
Nazi-occupied
countries
all
the
way
from
Fin
land
to
the
Black
Sea
continue
to
be
imposed
to
make
way
for
the
movement
of
German
troops
prin
clpally,
it
Is
believed,
for
use
as
re
jlnforcements
on
the
Russian
front
MOVES
ON
Nine
German
Danes
Are
Brought
Down
Near
Moscow
Yesterday
MOSCOW,
Feb.
4:
All
along
the
Russo
-
German
battlefront
the
Red
Army
continues
to
smash
ahead
against
the
retreating
Nazi
forces.
.Vmolensk,
principal
anchor
point
the
German
line,
Is
still
a
maJor
objective
whl:h
Is
being
gradually
approached.
The
Red
Army
is
now
fighting
around
several
key
towns
Smolensk
area.
Near
Moscow
yesterday
nine
Nazi
planes
were
shot
down.
The
Red
air
fleet
continues
active
in
fighting
off
the
enemy.
Fierce
renewal
of
the
Russian
power
drive
west
of
Moscow
is
hurling
reinforced
German
divi
slons
back
upon
the
key
invasion
base
of
Smolensk,
230
miles
west
of
the
capital,
the
government
newspaper
Isvestla
reported
today..
It
said
that
heavy
fighting
was
in
progress
in
several
vital
towns
of
the
central
sector
while,
at
the
same
time,
the
powerful
'Red
Army
counter
-of
fenslve
m
Donets
Basin
was
said
to
be
progressing
without
check.
HONG
KONG
CASUALTIES
For
Canadians
Total
Four
Hun
dred,
It
Is
Estimated.
"
OTTAWAf
Feb.l:
iw
Hon.
J.
Li.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
de
fence,
told
the
House
of
Com
mons
last
night
that
Canadian
casualties
at
Hong
Kong,
while
not
yet
definitely
known,
were
estimated
at
.600.
This
figure
was
reached
in
proportion
to
a
mes
sage
received
Monday
that
Hong
Kong
casualties
amounted
to
about
4000
killed
and
wounded
out
of
the
total
garrison
of
12,000.
This
was
a
"very
rough
guess"
and
in
cluded
Canadians.
The
Canadian
force
at
Hong
Kong
totalled
1885
when
sent
there.
Mr.
Ralston
denied
a
suggestion
that
the
casualty
lists
were
being
withheld
until
after
the
February
9
by-elections.
WORK
ON
PROJECT
Progress
Being
Made
With
a
View
To
.Bringing
Civic
Centre
Here
Into
Being
This
Fall
With
expectation
that
actual
construction
may
get
under
way
by
the
coming
fall,
final
plans
for
the
proposed
civic
centre
project
at
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
arid
McBride
Street
are
about
to
be
prepared
by
the
provincial
architect's
department.
The
necessary
surveys
and
soundings
oi
the
site
have
Just
been
made
anfc
forwarded
to
Victoria.
Monday
night
central
commit
tee
on
the
civic
centre
was
in
session
at
the
home
of
the
chairman,
Dr.
R.
Q.
Large.
The
articles
of
Incorporation
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association
of,
Prince
Rupert
have
Just
been,
drawn
up
and
were
passed
upon
at
Monday's
meet
ing
which
decided
to
send
them
on
to
the
sponsoring
organizations
for
approval.
If
this
Is
forthcom
ing,
formal
steps
of
Incorporation
will
be
proceeded
with
at
once.
The
bylaws
call
for
a
directorate
of
ten
two
each
to
be
appointed
by
Gyro
Club,
Rotary
Club,
Jun
ior
Chamber
of
Commerce
ana
Sons
of
Norway
and
two
at
large
from
the
association
generally.
Membership
fee
is
set
at
$1.
Monday's
meeting
heard
from
the
chairman
that
some
$250,
being
the
assets
of
the
Boys'
Club,
which
Is
being
wound
up,
would
be
turned
over
to
the
civic
centre
fund.
22:17
pjn.
4.0
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
DERNA
IS
GIVEN
UP
Further
Withdrawal
in
Libya-
Main
Forces
Have
Yet
to
.Meet.
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
British
forces
have
withdrawn
from
Der-na,
160
miles
northeast
of
Bengasi
and
95
miles
from
Tobruk,
in
their
retreat
in
Libya,
military
commentators
said
today.
The
main
British
force
in
Libya,
it
is
stated,
has
not
yet
clashed
with
Axis
assault
troops
which
have
pushed
roughly
two-thirds
of
the
way
back
from
El
Aghella
which
was
'the
highwater
mark
of
Britain's
westward
drive.
HELP
FOR
MCARTHUR
Welcome
Reinforcements
Reach
Luzon
Island
Japanese
Warship
Reported
Sunk
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
4:
Welcome
reinforcements
have
reached
General
Douglas
McAr-
thur's
beleaguered
American
and
Filipino
forces
on
Luzon
Islani
In
the
Philippines,
it
was
disclosed
last
night.
They
conssted
of
a
nav
al
battalion
of
marines
and
bluer
Jackets.
Meanwhile,
in
spite
of
continued
enemy
assaults,
Mc-Arthur
still
holds
on.
A
small
American
torpedo
boat
is
reported
to
have
sunk
a
Japanese
warship
vhllejattemptlngto,
slipiritolanlld
Bay
under
cover
of
darkness
last
night.
HUSBANDS
ASSAILED
London
Courts
Give
Wives
Chance
to
Speak
Mind.
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
Police
courts
gives
wives
a
chance
to.
say
what
they
think
of
their
husband.
A
number
of
women
really
spoke
their
minds
recently
when
a
series
of
husband-wife
disputes
ap
peared
before
police
court
in
Tottenham,
a
suburb
of
London.
Here
are
some
thumbnail
sketches
of
matrimony:
Wife
No.
1:
"My
husband
is
far
too
attractive
to
be
left
alone
long.
It's
not
always
his
fault.
Other
women
can't
resist
him."
Wife
No.
2:
"I
never
really
cared
for
my
husband.
But
I
was
willing
to
take
a
gamble.
My
mother
drummed
it
into
me
that
you
never
know,
whether
you
like
marriage
or
not
till
you've
tried.
I
didn't
realize
that
when
I
found
out,
it
might
be
too
late."
Wife
No.
3:
"I
was
a
cook
for
eight
years.
I
never
had
a
single
complaint
about
my
cooking.
Not
until
I
cooked
for
my
husband.
He
criticized
the
very
first
meal
I
put
before
him.
He's
been
com
plaining
ever
since."
Wife
No.
4:
"I
tried
for
years
to
put
some
polish
on
my
husband.
Now-
I'm
wiping
my
hands
off
him
forever."
DIRECTOR
OF
A.R.P.
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett
Taking
Oter
Personal
Charge
in
Van-
couver.
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
4:
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett
will
take
over
administration
of
the
A.R.P.
organization
in
Vancouver
and
Is
asking
for
relief
from
other
than
his
normal
civic
duties.
Col,
Guy
H.
Klrkpatrick,
who
has
been
executive)
director
of
the
A.R.P.
here,
la
retiring,