J'on
Tuesday,
afternoon.
4
PH0VIM1AL.
LIBRAKY
l
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
Iligh
8:14
ajn.
165
feet
M'.simum
50
21.00
pjn.
18.1
feet
Ml
1,1
mum
47
Low
1:57
a.m.
8.9
feet
14:16
p.m.
CZ
feet
vb.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TXXXI
Na
120
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
MAY
23,
1942.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Mcx,
ma
I
Decides
To
Declare
War
DEAD
IN
ENGLAND
i
Robert
II.
UluMoii,
Formerly
lor'
l
est
Service
Here,
Dies
II
Lelghton.
one
of
the
,
f
the
rZiJiJ,!
towing
Industry
-2
;
a)
i
oi
uw
coasi
wno
was
n
tor
with
the
Purest
jr-
Prince
Rupert
for
ton
iic
twenHw.
died
recent-I
.
Hid.
according
to
word
been
received
v
,i
n
by
H
Taylor
of
Prince
Rup--
T
u'Td
cam
to
Mr.
Taylor
k
Copeland
of
the
Royal
I
"
who
is
a
nephew
of
the
l.f
L'
ighton.
..-
II
V
thum
bad
not
been
any
v
tuit
had
bom
In
the
best
'
until
he
was
overcome
by
j
uttack
one
Sond7
eve-,
:ik
away
In
a
few
mln-
C:
arrived
ftrst
la
Vsn-1902
and
Joined
Mte
law
hit
;.f
':;e
late
Hen.
W.
J.
Dowser.
wrnt
into
the
loftginir
In-the
Queen
Charlotte
In
1916
he
Joined
the
Ca-F
ie.slry
Corps
and
served
r
with
the
230th
Bat-f.rderly
room
ttnaeant.
r
a
tne
war.
he
Jolne
the
r
D
anch
sexrlce
a.
Prince
d
after
ten
year
er
.
ird
to
to
to
England
'!
;.
brother
as
partoer
In
r
-.
ic
Piling
Oo.
of
London.
11
L'.i:hton
his
been
pros-
1
.
itrlef
foUowtrtg
her
erly
d'ath
lali
ak.
III
IV
I
Af'I.W
'
nuo
i
auto
ARE
SHOT
like
her
Tra
f
renchmen
Are
Put
To
Death
Ins
following
Attack
Upon
Nail
Soldier
her
VI
"!Y
May
23:
Tin
Oer-unccd
today
Uiat
ten
had
been
executed
In
f-
an
attack
aUst
a
C.
;dicr
on
May
19
and
ten
v.
:
be
shot
if
the
altaekcr'
'
.d
within
eight
days.
A
Frenchman
who
attempted
U
.
'he
Nail
soldier
made
hU
r
7
MOVED
TO
INTERIOR
Srtfhi
itav
Itaker
(iolnr
To
WIIILims
lake
Serjeant
Oallagher
Coming
Here
r
v
IU
Ilaker,
who
has
been
t
-
city
police
here,
has
been
'
'
"
rrd
to
Williams
Lake.
He
ty
ci
placed
by
Staff
Btrgeant
W
Gallagher
from
New
West-
lUll.lOIOUS
(ii;STAI'0
io;;rjM"N.
May:
23
Tlic
i'
wspaper
Landbote,
corn,-1
rr-
on
the
number
of
soldiers'
announcements
In
the
Ocr-irs
drclarea,
"should
the
of,
1012
bring
as
many
as
the
summer
of
1941,
wjl)
be
reduced
mostly
to
underfed
children
and
old
men."
Revised
BASEBALL
Schedule
MAY
SlTILj
2
P.M.
MIIUCALS
vs.
MIDLANDS
I
luii
DRY
DOCKS
vs.
WATTS
&
N1CKKRSON
MAY
25TH,
C:00
P.M.
EDMONTON
FUSILIERS
vs.
CO-OP
8:00
p.m.
MEDICALS
,VS.
WAITS
&
N1CKERSON
-
,
.
unensive
LONDON.
Mav
23:
Oi
Vat
squadron
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
swept
to
an
offensive
acr
the
Channel
.
.
today
'
af-
u
the
Nazi
submarine
nest
at
St.
Nazalre
from
which
all
day
the
raiders
returned
jnfcly.
J.
Historic
Exeter
Cathedral
Badly
Damaged
in
Raid
LONDON.
May
23
It
Is
officially
announced
that
hUtorit
Exeter
Cathedral
suffered
a
direct
In
a
recent
raid
by
the
Oer-man
luftwaffe
and
was
badly
damaged.
Many
Funerals
in
Then
Her
Own
in
Natl
Raiders
Broutht
Death
To
Woman
With
Unusual
Propensity
EXETER.
Eng
.
May
23:
0
Eld
spinster
Annie
Bradford
spent
most
of
her
life
attending
funer
rxeply-rellgWusMho---fctudicd
newspapers
and
carefully
selected
funeral
services
she
felt
the
would
to
attend.
Naturally
she
gave
preferences
to
any
burial
rites
In
own
church.
Rarely
did
she
know
the
people
she
was
mounm
The
other
day
Annie
went
to
final
funeral
her
own.
I
A
heavy
bomb
from
Nail
're-
prtflal"
raiders
brought
sudden,
death.
Her
body
was
found
out-'
side
the
window
from
which
she
used
to
gaze
for
hours
on
end.
TODAYS
STOCKS
(ODurtenj
B.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
Vancouver
'
Grandvlew
"...
.14
Bralornc
7.25
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
Hcdlcy
Mascot
.24
Pend
Oreille
120
Pioneer
1.40
Premier
.48
Prlvalccr
......
.30
Reno
.03
i
Sheep
Creek
.73
Oils
'Calmont
18
C.
&
E.
-00
Home
25
Royal
Canadian
03
Toronto
Beattic
.68
Central
Pat
.93
Cons.
Smelters
37.50
Hardrock
.4
Kerr
Addison
3.85
Little
Long
Lac
10
McLcod
Cockshutt
1.30
Mtadscn
Red
Lake
.43
McKenzlc
Red
Lake
.65
Moncta
-
-27
Tickle
Crow
-
!'73
Preston
East
Dome
1-83
San
Antonio
-
L63
Shcrrltt
Gordon
65
CONVOY
SAVERS
AWARDED
LONDON,
May:
23
0.
Two
destroyer
lieutenant
commanders,
Guy
Rolfe
and
Harold
Unwln,
have
been
awarded
bars
to
their
D-S.C.'s
for
sinking
two
enemy
E-boats
and
the
destruction
of
a
Ocrman
bomber
during
a
channel
battlo
over
a
convoy
which
lost
'neither
a
ship
nor
a
man.
NO
FAPEI&
MONDAY
Monday
being
observed
as
the
general
holiday
for
the
marking
of
.Victoria
Day,
there
wilt
bo
no
regular
edition
of
the
Dally,tfews.
Tho
next
regular
issue
will
appear
BLACKOUT
REVIEWED
Smoker
Were
Careless
Durinr
Test
On
Wednesday
Night,
A.K.P.
Committee
Hears
i
The
local
Civilian
Protection
(A.R.P.)
committee
met
yester
under
the
chairmanship
of
J
Little
to
consider
report
and
review
results
of
the
test
blackout
which
was
held
on
Wednes
day
night.
There
had
been
a'tra-tlfylng
and
general
effort
on
the
part
of
the
public
to
co-ojterat
in
observing
the
regulations,
ii
was
indicated.
There
were,
of
course,
certain
weaknesses
steps
to
rectify
which
will
be
taken.
One
of
the
principal
complaints
wai
thet
of
smokers
lighting
up
and
showing
parks
duupg
the
blackout
Some
cars
had
also
offended
with
their
IghU.
The
rosponse-of
the
civilian
Mpulatlon
had
been
particularly
good.
8lrens
In
many
cases
had
I
not
been
heard.
I
General
reports
showed
progress;
being
made
as
far
as
ponsible
to
perfect
arrangement
to
be
made'
the
event
of
an
emergency
ar-1
islng
here.
There
Is
no
sign
how-
1
ever
of
further
equipment
arriving
the
near
future.
,
,
HALIBUT
SALES
I
.
'
Summary
American
30.000
pounds,
14.5c
and
12e.
'
(
Canadian
pounda,
He.
and
lie
to
He
and
lie.
1
Pacific.
Canadian
Kalen,
14.500.
143e
nd
lie.
Storage.
Morris
II..
12,090,
14.3c
and
11c,
Atlln.
Rio
Rita,
C0OO,
14.3c
and
He.
Storage.
Takla
O..
3j000.
14.1c
and
11c.
Booth.
Skeena
M.,
900,
14.1c
and
11c.
Booth.
Nornan.
5,000.
14c
jand
lie.
Storage.
Midway,
2.000,
14c
and
11c.
Storage.
Minnc
V.,
4.000,
14.1c
and
11c
Booth.
Club
Licence
Suspension
Is
.
Made
Public
jMORE
HILL.
England
O
J.
VICTORIA,
May
23:
Q
Liquor
j
Smith
Is
80
and
when
In
mtstalce
Commissioner
W.
F.
Kennedy
yes-1
he
received
an
official
notice
tel-terday
officially
announced'
that
i
Uns
him
to
register
for
flrewatch-tho
licence
of
the
EmDress
Club
atl'ns
In
case
Nazis
drop
Incendiaries
Prince
Rupert
had
been
suspend-
cd
following
conviction
of
an
cm-
ployce
for
violation
of
th
Liquor
j
Control
Act.
I
i
GOOD
OLD
PIMPERNEL
A
BRITISH
PORT.
May:
23
0
On
the
walls
of
the
tiny
wardroom
of
H.MS.
Pimpernel
arc
more
than
150
signatures,
each
is
a
re
ceipt
for
life,
the
name
ofthepcr-
son
saved
from
death
in
the
At
-
'
lantlc
by
this
convoy
corvette.
BULLETINS
MOKE
AIRMEN
ARRIVE
LONDON
Another
nartv
If
a
t
uanauian
air
rorce
men'
arrived
In
Great
Britain
today.
The
group
was
a
fairly
small
one.
CONFER
EN
C
E,
ENDS
OTTAWA
The
United
Nations
air
training
conference
ended
here
yesterday
with
general
agreement
on
many
.matters
pertaining
to
the
prosecution
of
the
war
in
the
air.
A
trlpower
commission
for
air
Ir.-iirfing
in
North
America
representing
Great
Bri-lain,
United
Slalev
and
Canada
will
be
formed.
DKOrilM;ilO$1
SAILS
LISBON
The
Swedish
-American
liner
Drottingholm
saik'd
last
nicht
fo-
the
United
States
with
875
persons
diplomatic
re-presen
t
alives,
correspondents
and
their
families
on
board
,
Among
those
on
the
Doltingholn.
was
Admiral
Will
Man
D.
Leahy,
United
Ambavsador
to
France,
being
called
home?
from
Vichy
for
consultation.
i
VANCOUVER
R
Erl
A
It
I
LITATI
ON
VANCOUVER
The
Vancou-
ver
city
council
is
Submitting
a
So0,000,000.
pfgram
for
civic
improvements
to
the
provincial
post-war
rehabilitation
committee.
The
program
includes
the
complete
reclamation
of
the
False
Creek
area,
rebuilding
of
firanrille
and
Canibie
Street
bridges
and
a
civic
audUorium
ffrfd
frlrtrsUdlumr"
TO
REMOVE
JAPANESE
OTTAWA
lion.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
announced
yesterday
that
Japanese
now
engaged
In
road
work
in
the
Rocky
Mountains
would
be
removed
to
the
beet
fiejds
of
Ontario.
It.
C.
NOT
JITTERY
TORONTO
Premier
John
Hart
of
British
Columbia,
in
an
interview
yesterday,
said
the
people
of
British
Columbia
were
not
jittery
about
the
possibility
of
a
Japanese
invasion.
They
were
prepared
for
any
eventuality,
declared
Mr.
Hart.
The
British
Columbia
Premier
said
that
feeling
was
strong
in
British
Columbia
in
favor
of
conscription.
EXEMPTION
AT
80
LONDON
May:
23
WICH-
he
exclaimed
"Why
call
me?
They
haven't
called
the
79's
yet?"
nnrrroitivr.
wiiiskkv
LONDON.
May
23:
Vh
Warn
WIPE
OUT
INVADERS!
Chinese
Claim
to
Have
Dealt
Blow
To
Japanese
Landing
Foices
At
Fuchow
Japanese
invasion
force
so
far
at-
tempting
to
land
around
Foochow
between
Shanghai
and
Hong
Kong,
J
has
been
wiped
out,
according
to'
Chinese
claims
last
night.
The
Invasion
force
there
u
umaf
'K.009
However,
the
attemDted
landing
in
strength
agairwt
Fu-
en
i-Mmo-..
appears
thus
far
to
janpanei
Te
are
sun
driving
on
chekiang
Province
with
the
aim.
evidently,
of
seizing
Chinese
bases
frn
which
air
attacks
miaht
p..
made
aaalnst
Japanese
cities.
A
British
Roval
Air
Fntr
ing
of
the
rising
risk
of
whiskey
,
according
to
reports
reaching
here,
being
"doctored"
because
of
war-1
Is
waging
a
losing
fight
against
time
shortages,
the
British
Med-!
blackmarkct
smugglers
of
enemy-lcul
Journal
declares
"hooch"
.
occupied
Europe,
swarms
of
whom
ormcthyl
alcohol
may
cause
death
In
one
to
three
days.
U.S.S.
KEAILNEY
KESUiMKS
OPERATIONS
I
Torpedoed
In
the
North
Atlantic
last
year,
the
U.S.S.
Kearney
limped
to
port.
She
Is
pictured
here,
steaming
out
of
an
east
coast
port
to
resume
opera-tlons
against
Axis
shipping.
Is
Last
Straw;
session
of
the
cabinet,
President
Manuel
Avilo
Camanchn
has
called
an
extraordinary
special
session
of
Parliament
for
the
iiurpose
of
officially
declaring
war
upon
the
Axis
Powers-Germany,
Italy
and
Japan.
It
will
be
the
first
t,me
in
ninety-five
years
that
Mexico
has
declared
war
on
a
toreign
country.
Th-
decision
-
-
:
of
government
to
declare
war
mj
rjjr
i
np
follows
the
taUng
of
a
second
Aln
AKr
Mexican
vessel.
Protest
had
al-
JTXXXiu
unit
reached
the
heart
of
China.
ready
been
made
aeainst
the
sink-!
i
is
announced.
lnB
or
a
first
vessel
by
an
Axis
Chinese
headquarters
reported
submarine,
Germany
having
fall-,
today
that
General
Chiang
Kai-ied
to
8ive
a
satisfactory
explana-fTiek's
armies
had
slaughtered
t,on-
more
than
half
the
Japanese
lnva-'
vnlh
the
declaration
of
war.
slon
force
at
one
point
on
the
expectation
Is
that
all
property
(
China
coast
and
had
repulsed
25.-
belonging
to
people
of
the
Axis
000
other
enemy
troops
attempt-1
nations
will
be
seized
and
the
na-mg
to
land
under
guns
of
ten
,tlonals
Interned.
warships
near
Foochow.
capital
of
General
Cardenas,
former
Pre-;
Fukien
Province.
Survivors
of
the
(SWent,
Is
expected
to
bs
made
lirst
JaDanese
force
were
said
to
(minister
of
defencei
have
fled
to
their
ships,
abandon-
!nr
huae
auantlties
of
equipment,
While
the
threat
to
Foochow
appeared
diminished,
other
Japan-
ese
columns
re
driving
into
neighboring
Cheklang
Province
and
on
Klnkwa,
gateway
to
the
Chi-,
nese
interior.
'
On
other
fronts
land
fighting'
appeared
dormant.
Allied
planes
maintained
relentless
attacks
against
Japanese
bases
in
Burma
and
to
the
north
of
Australia.
Terrier
Given
Battle
Honors
A.
F.
Mascot
In
Many
Actions
In
Nearly
Three
Years
Service
CAIRO,
May
23:
CR
Bimbo,
a
friendly
little
Yorkshire
terrier,
has
a
war
record
of
which
any
soldier
might
be
proud.
Owned
by
a
Royal
Air
Force
pilot
who
takes
him
on
all
his
flights,
Bimbo
wears
his
"battle
honors"
on
his
collar.
Here
they
are:
"Arab
rebellion
1939.
Sidl
Barranl
1940,
Bardla
1941,
Benghazi
1941,
Abu
Suelr
blitz,
shot
down
In
acUon
22-12-41,
prisoner
of
war
1911,
Malta
blitz
1942."
PS.
Bimbo
Is
still
"on
active
service"
In
the
Middle
East.
WHERE
HITLER
LOSES
BASLE
.
May
23
:
Q
Hitler,
'
arc
busy
nightly
on
the
Nether-
'
lands-Belgian
border.
AGAINST
THE
AXIS
Sinking
of
Another
Shi
Parliament
Convened
State
of
Hostility
Against
Ratified
Cardenas
To
Become
Minister
Of
Defence
wxrr
r"TTv
tit.,
i'iunjvj
viii,
may
Mexico
nas
a
standing
army
or
seventy
thousand
men.
a
reserve
400.000
trained
men
and
fifteen
.warships
In
the
Pacific.
I
I
1
RED
CROSS
Jas.
Clark
$15
M.
A.
Burbank
10
Fred
Walton
10
A.
R.
Leake
12!
J.
Jurgevich
-
12
G
Mogden
9.23
Mrs.
A.
Martinson
7
'
D.
R.
Creed
5
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
S.
Stewart-..
5
1
W.
Brass
-t
5.
H.
Lincoln
-
Paul
Boyklw
5
W.
Brannett
r
5
J.
Osborne
5
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R.
Winkler
5
h
sobels
b,
McLean
5
t
t:
urezo
5
.G.
Gunderaon
....
5
IB.
Ohrenchuk
....
5
S.
Yulawinckl
M.
McLcod
L.
H.
Scott
5
,
J.
Zogas
V.
I.
Courte
B.
Richardson
5
'
T.
Halgh
5j
Mrs.
II.
O.
Rolsch
5
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Cartwrlght..-
.
5
W.
F.
Flnley
-
5
Robert
Cameron
.,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Cook
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
E:
Ayres
5
Mcintosh
5
Angus
-
Mrs.
G.
Funnell
5
Gillls
Royer
5
Mrs.
Henry
Luth
5
Mrs.
J.
Durran
,
5
A.
J.
Watklnson
5
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
Nesbltt
5
Mrs.
S.
Dumas
-
5
Mr.
and
Mrs!
A.
J.
Lancaster..
5
Agnes
Hill
5
Mrs.
Thos.
Kelsey
5
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
L.
Ford
5
Baseball
Scores
National
.League
Brooklyn
1.
Npw
York
fe.
Boston
0,
hliadella.
'V,
,
American.
League
Detroit
4.
Chicago
7.
St.
Louis
at
Cleveland,
postponed.
(Only
games).
PORTUGUESE
DISCOVERY
The
Portuguese
discovered
Mad.
agascar
In
the
early
part
of
the
sixteenth
century.
Axis
Is
Now
MI
But
Finally
oo.
fn...;
L
i.
ruiiuwjni:
an
emerpent:
DESPERATE
Masses
of
Airborne
Troops
and
Pamer
Divisions
Fail
to
Stop
Russians
Around
Kharkov
Centre
Threatened
Allied
Planes
Still
Attacking
Bases
On
Burma
Road
and
North
of
Australia
NAZI
FLANKING
MOVE
MOSCOW,
May
23
Marshal
Timoshenko's
shock
troops
are.
PrirU4--Ii;iUJie-fjcen;.r.'v!vjr.
fortified
positions
before"
Khar-
kov
today
and
a
Red
Star
dispatch
said
the
Germans
are
"having
alternate
successes'
in
flanking
counter-attacks
to
the
south
despite
the
loss
of
fifteen
thousand
killed
there
In
three
days.
MOSCOW,
May
23
Desperate
efforts
of
the
Germans
by
throw-
ing
masses
of
airborne
troops
as
well
as
crack
panzer
divisions
Into
the
battle
have
failed
to
wrest
the
initiative
from
the
Russians
In
the
Kharkov
area
where
the
war
be-5
tween
the
Reich
and
the
Soviet
'still
centres.
Fifteen
thousand
Nazi
soldiers
have
been
killed
within
the
last
few
days.
The
last
Nazi
stronghold
outside
of
Khar-5
kov
is
declared
to
have
fallen
to
pieces.
Heavy
fighting
also
continues
'around
the
eastern
part
of
Kerch
peninsula
with
the
Germans
mak-5
ing
claims
of
annihilation
of
So-5
viet
forces.
Latest
reports
are
that
the
Na-5
zls
are
withdrawing
from
the
as-5'sault
on
Kerch
to
concentrate
on
Sebastapool
and
Rostov.
Here,
however,
It
Is
confidently
declared
that
the
whole
Nazi
war
machine
is
folding
up
and
will
never
again
be
capable
of
launch
ing
a
major
offensive.
CELEBRATION
AT
AIYANSH
Victoria
Day
Sports
To
Estend
Over
Week-end
Results
Of
Opening
Events
AIYANSH,
May
23:
(Special
to
Dally
News)
In
a
Victoria
Day
celebration
program
which
will
extend
over
the
week-endjCanyon
City
won
a
canoe
race
and
ba$c-bal
lgame
against
Alyansh,
Sons
of
Klncollth
won
the
first
football
game
against
Greenville.
'
!.;-.
,-
;'
'Inii
'.!
.
THEATRE
PERMIT
ISSUED
A
building
permit
foe
19759;
has
been
granted
to
Allan
Carolait
for
tne
rrince
Rupert1
yneairejwo.
covering
the
erection
Of
afw
theatre
at
the
comet
or
Second
Avenue
and
Fifth
-Street,
construction
operations
oh
Vvhlch
were
started
this
weeJcby
the
contractors,
Mitchell
!s
Currltf.
.
M"t"iy!