$;tish
take
halpaya
CAIKfyV
A,rces
tlay
took
Ilalfaya
Pass,
final
remaining
pocket
"LO
mce
in
the
Libya-Egyptian
frontier
region.
At
Halfaya
St
irrison
of
an
estimated
5,500
men.
The
capture
of
Haifov
GL1SC
British
forces
for
action
far
to
the
t
towards
TK
V
UA
sere
slow
progress
continues
to
he
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along
the
co
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of
the
south
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:
usiiiuii
Even
More
Critical
Fall
Of
Kharkov
Believed
Imminent
COUNTER
ATTACK
FAILS
LONDON,
Jan.
17:
Hitter
f
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II
Lm
f:rni
ti
rnitnl
v
190,000
man
army
marshalled
I
ihr
tin
nf
Mozhalsw
salient.
Drnidiiuii
uu
tau
Liiuaii
ui
11-
i
.
i
iouj
cost
and
all
were
repulsed,
MOSCOW
Jnn
17
:
Chnnrp
nr
av
wim
inp
mss
ni
Knarenv
industrial
centre
in
Donets
sin
ano
fourth
largest
city
of
the
onrushing
Red
Army
nip
mipnnvA
nnn
rprnnnirp
nr
fi
u
fill
In
np
n
mnlnr
mcnsTpr
far
'
niaizi
nvandra.ninncA
nnt
i
Ati
Crimea
is
also
becoming
worse.
c
ucnia
rusnea
ud
irom
uer-
as
the
Reich
armies,
now
T
1
nrino
In
addition
to
Kharkov.
Moz-
a
inli
ft
m
1
RU1Y1U
1
IU1N
OF
JUDGES
Ellis
To
Supreme
Court
OTTAWA
fan
TkcHko
J
Fisher
of
the
Supreme
Court
British
Columbia
has
been
pro-
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ill
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inr
ta.i...
1
c
j
arianc
Back
From
Trip
As
tar
as
Burns
Lake
"wjui
rarKes.
area
recruitinu
no
fnU...
1
11
viuuicu
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oil
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nlfrVlt'e
train
f
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rusting
tour
through
the
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as
lar
as
Burns
Lake
in
the
tVLlUlU
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IIIIXlxI
lllfr
ill
i.
KPlla
-
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.
onaw
and
F.
Allam
arrived
-
oaiue
train
irom
une
m-
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nnn
r,
i
t
1
.
.
1
1
oaucu
i&si,
iiiiint
on
me
""-ess
Adelaide
for
Vancouver.
SCOTS
WIIA
HAE!
Basi
Paai..
-i
.
f
tmttu
L4aJ
'IWk
va
u
""and,
was
once
captured
from
1
English
Harrison
hv
fnnr
riir-
8
Scotsmen.
SOUTH
WAtrc
vv
south
Wales
is
the
n.imfi
of
ti
n
in
New
York
State.
Cirte
and
on
.the
desert
to
attack
by
the
enemy.
DEFEN
SINRAPORF.
SINGAPORE
As
final
.ence
lines
are
organized
for
Singapore
about
100
miles
up
Malay
Peninsula,
fierce
fighting
is
reported
today
with
the
British
resistance
definitely
stiffening.
The
fighting
Major
General
Gordon
Bennett,
commander-in-chief,
of
the
Australian
forces,
which
have
entered
the
battle
there,
says:
"Hang
on
we
must.
Hang
on
we
will."
There
are
indications
that
the
Japanese
are
now
trying
to
drive
across
Burmese
ftontier
from
Thailand.
In
the
.Netherlands
East
Indies
three
bases
have
been
itruck
at
by
the
enemy
without
serious
damage.
AFRICAN
PORT
RAIDED
MADRID
A
Free
French
destroyer
is
reported
to
have
entered
the
Spanish
port
of
Santa
Isabel
on
the
west
coast
of
Africa
and
seized
three
Axis
merchant
ships.
(At
London
Free
French
headquarters
declared
news
that
a
Free
French
destroyer
had
been
responsible
for
the
coup
was
without
foundation.
In
Berlin
the
Germans
claimed
a
British
destroyer
fiad
made
the
seizure.)
.T
CHURCHILL
1
BACKH0ME1
'
Prime
Minister
In
England
Again
After
Historic
Trip
To
United
States
and
Canada
LONDON.
Jan.
17:
Prime
Mln-
Istcr
Winston
Churchill
returned
(
1
to
England
today
from
his
historic
'
trip
to
the
United
States
and
Canada.
He
made
the
Atlantic
crossing
from
Bermuda
in
fifteen
hours
on
a
flying
boat.
He
was
j
accompanied
by
Lord
Beaverbrook
and
heads
of
naval,
military
and
air
force
mission.
Reports
are
still
prevalent
of
Imminent
changes
in
the
cabinet
to
be
made
by
the
Prime
Minister.
This
may
involve
the
relief
from
their
present
portfolios
of
Anthony
Eden,
Lord
Beaverbrook,
Ernest
Bevin
and
Sir
Kingsley
Wood
so
they
may
devote
their
energies
exclusively
to
functions
as
members
of
the
war
executive.
Mr.
Churchill
stepped
prosically
from
a
train
In
London
this
morning,
home
from
the
history-making
visit.
He
had
flown
from
Bermuda
tn
Plvmnnth
The
prime
minister
and
four
of
his
chief
lieutenants
made
the
long
over-water
Jump
In
a
four-engined
flying
boat
of
the
British
Airways.
It
is
expected
the
prime
minister
will
.broadcast
a
report
to
the
empire
soon,
possibly
tomorrow
night.
HALFAYA
IS
NOW
TAKEN
Axis
Hold-Out
Stronghold
Falls
to
British
Forces
This
Morning
5,500
Soldiers
Surrender.
CAIRO,
Jan.
17:
0)
Halfaya
Pass,
Axis
stronghold
on
the
Egyptian
-
Libyan
desert
frontier,
fell
to
Imperial
siege
forces
this
mjornlng
with
unconditional
.surrender
of
more
than
5,500
of
the
hard-pressed
garrison.
Thus
the
British
army
smashed
the
Axis
attempt
to
parallel
the
British
hold-out
at
Tobruk
and
won
access
to
the
main
coastal
route
of
supply
to
advance
assault
forces
pursuing
the
main
body
of
Axis
forces
three
hundred
miles
further
west.
HAD
BAD
HEADACHE
n'.-itI
Field
Marshal
Succumbs
to
Apoplexy,
It
Is
Officially
Announced
in
Berlin.
BERLIN,
Jan.
17:
J
Field
Marshal
Wnlter
von
Reichenau
has
died
of
apoplexy,
the
Nazi
authorities
announced
today.
$2000
INSURANCE
There,
was
insurance
of
$2000
covering
building
and
contents
of
the
residence
of
Casey
Vinic
on
Eleventh
Avenue
which
was
destroyed
by
fire
Thursday
morning.
THEY
MUST
SWIM
From
now
on
all
recruits
for'
the
New
Zealand
army
must
learn
to
swim.
.
WAR
NEWS
Wmln
Tomorrow
sT
ides
VOL.
XXXI,
NO.
14.
Talk
on
Throne
Specclt
Continues
With
Various
Matters
Taken
Up.
VICTORIA,
Jan.
17:
C.
S.
Leary,
Liberal
member
for
Kaslo-Slocan,
speaking
in
Throne
Speech
debate
yesterday,
was
critical
of
time
being
wasted
in
debate
in
the
legislature.
He
urged
a
special
war
effort.
Grant
McNeill,
C.C.F.,
North
Vancouver,
called
for
democratization
in
the
armed
forces.
Roderick
McDonald,
Liberal,
Llllooet,
criticized
the
public
util
ities
commission,
saying
that
it
had
only
rendered
one
decision
which
had
been
later
reversed
by
the
courts.
Orange
Ladies
Bridge,
Dance
Successful
Affair
University
Of
B,C.
Is
Winner
Takes
Mcflowan
Cup
for
Intercollegiate
Debating
Last
i
Night.
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
17:
The
McGowan
Cup,
for
inter-cqllegiate
debating,
lias
been
won
by
the
University
of
British
Columbia.
Last
night
In
Vancouver
a
University
of
British
Columbia
team
won
a
unanimous
decision
over
a
University
of
Manitoba
team
while
another
British
team
was
winning
over
University
of
Alberta
at
I
Former
Local
1
Man
In
Japan
t
,
Irving
N.
Linnell,
who
many
years
ago
started
his
diplo-
matlc
career
for?
the
United
-
States
In
PrinceUupertr-had
his
last
appointment
in
Japan
and
.has
not
been
heard
of
since
last
October
when
he
was
in
Yokohama.
His
wife,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
S.
Fisher,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
is
now
residing
at
Medina,
Washington,
with
her
parents.
Naturally,
there
is
some
anxiety
as
to
Mr.
Lin-
nell.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Grandview
17
Bralorne
8.00
Cariboo
Quartz
1.70
Hedley
Mascot
.
34
Pend'
Oreille
1.70
Pioneer
-
2.00
in
Melronole'Premler
11,11
vii,t
rrjvuwer
A
very
successful
bridge
drive
and
dance
was
held
last
evening
In
the
Mctropole
Hall
under
the
auspices
of
the
L.O.B.A.
,
Prize
winners
In
bridge
were:
ladies'
first,
Mrs.
J.
Owens;
second,
Mrs.
A.
Dickens;
men's
first,
J.
Krikevsky;
second,
J.
Vidervick.
Following
the
bridge
drive,
delicious
refreshments
were
served
by
the
committee
including
Mrs.
J.
Moller,
Mrs.
H.
Killin,
Mrs.
V.
Menzies,
Mrs.
Wide,
Mrs.
A.
Murray
and
Mrs.
L.
Dodd.
Convenor
for
the
affair
was
Mrs.
L.
Dodd.
The
evening
concluded
at
1
a.m.
after
dancing
to
Mrs.
Black's
orchestra.
James
Krikevsky
acted
as
master
of
ceremonies.
58
42
Reno
1434
Sheep
Creek
.20
Oils
Calmont
-17
'
C.
&
E
1.15
Home
-
2.37
Royal
Canadian
.04
Toronto
Beattie
90
Central
Patricia
1.19
Consolidated
Smelters
1.XM
Hardrock
.50
Kerr
Addison
3.95
Little
Long
Lac
-
1.30
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.53
Madsen
Red
Lake
.48
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.95
Moneta
-
.25
Pickle
Crow
2.26
Preston
East
Dome
3.10
San
Antonio
,
1.93
Saerritt
Gordon
.88
.
COAT'S
MILK
'Goat's
milk
should
be
pasteur
ized
for
the
same
,
reason
that
cow's
milk
Is
pasteurized
say
health
authorities.
SALT
LAKE
PIONEERS
July
24,
1947,
will
commemorate
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
advent
of
pioneers
Into
Salt
Lake
valley.
Local
Temperature
Minimum
39
Maximum,
47
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Battle
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
17,
19427
of
Singapore
,
Is
On
1
BRITISH
WAR
CHIEFS
STUDY
PLANS
IN
WASHINGTON
Three
top-ranking
chiefs
of
Britain's
armed
force-;
study
maps
of
war
areas
as
they
follow
progress
of
the
world
war
at
the
British
embassy
in
Washington,
D.C.
Left
to
right,
Field-Marshal
Sir
John
Dill;
Adntiral
of
the
Fleet,
First
Sea
Lord
and
Chief
of
Naval
Staff,
Sir
Dudley
Pound,
and
Air-Chief
Marshal
Sir
Charles
Portal.
VICTORIA
DEBATING
:
ENLIST
IN
1
AIR
FORCE
Seventeen
Local
Young
Men
Join
Up
and
Will
Be
Leaving
Next
Week
Three
for
Air
Crew,
Archibald
Kerr
Ills
Successor
LONDON,
Jan.
17:
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
has
been
retired
at
his
own
request
as
British
ambassador
to
Russia.
His
successor
is
Sir
Archibald
Kerr,
ambassador
to
China.
New
ambassador
to
China
is
Sir
Hall
Seymour.
TOM
CAT
JINX
BELFAST,
Northern
Ireland,
Jan.
17:
W
Oscar,
the
world's
most
travelled
and
most
shipwrecked
cat,
is
not
going
back
to
sea.
The
Royal
Navy
has
labelled
Oscar
a
Jinx.
Shipwrecked
three
times,
Oscar
will
spend
the
rest
of
his
days
in
a
sailor's
rest
home.
NEUTRAL
ROTARY
Despite
the
war
Rotary
Clubs
are
carrying
on
In
Sweden
and
Switzerland.
TALL
BAMBOOS
Bamboo
plants
reach
a
,
height
of
40
feet
or
more.
High
2:27
a.m.
21.S
ft.
14:17
pjn.23.1
ft.
Low
8:25
a.m.
5.1
ft.
20:54
p.m.
0.9
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Japanese
Are
Making
Further
Headway
Now
Crossing
Muar
River
Tokyo
Claims
to
Have
Occupied
Malacca
and
Broken
Through
Australian
Defence
Lines
to
Within
Fifty
Miles
of
Stronghold.
I
SINGAPORE,
Ja.
17:
(CP)
A
major
battle
for
Singapore
was
reported
developing
today
as
British
headquarters
announced
that
Japanese
troops
had
gained
a
foothold
on
the
south
bank
of
strategic
Muar
River,
ninety
miles
north
of
Johore
Strait.
A
Tokyo
broadcast
quoted
front
line
dispatches
as
claiming
Japanese
forces
had
completely
occupied
Malacca,
;"
-.
t'lld.
miles
northwest
of
Singapore,)
a
onprinpn
ffi
land
a
Domei
dispatch
claimed
a
A(
I
KrSS
IS
Japanese
spearhead
had
broken
t
i-iUlJ
1U
through
defences
to
within
fifty
miles
of
the
stronghold.
Up
to
early
today,
the
Australians
had
been
reported
holding
in
Malaya.
Far
to
the
north
other
Japanese
Invasion
columns
were
reported
striking
into
Burma
In
an
attempt
to
cut
off
China's
back
door
route
of
war
supplies.
Dispatches
fjom
Batavia
said
Japanese
bombers
had
renewed
attacks
on
the
big
East
Indies
naval
and
air
base
at
Imbolna
while
i
in
the
Philippines
a
United
States
Department
of
War
bulletin
reported
that
a
heavy
Japanese
at
tack
was
now
in
progress
against
the
right
flank
of
American
and
-4
Filipino
-defenders.
--
The
Royal
Air
Force
is
striking
Seventeen
local
young
men
were
j
hard
in
Malaya
at
the
Japanese
attested
by
the
Royal
Canadian
iwho
are
also
reported
to
be
suf-
Air
Force
recruiting
ooara
wnicn
ferlng
badly
from
maiaria.
completed
us
sessions
,
nere
yes
terday.
They
will
be
leaving
next
Monday
by
train
for
Edmonton
and
Toronto
to
take
up
training.
Going
to
Edmonton
will
be
T,
W.
Colllson,
R.
A.
Silversides,
J.
E.
Gleeson,
H.
F.
Clarkston,
R.
F.
Clarkston,
H.
W.
D.
Worsfold,
H.
R.
Hamilton,
K.
A.
Lundeen,
P.
Austen,
E.
L.
Crosby.
IL
R.
Crosby,
R
W.
McLarry
and
R.
E.
Tobey.
Those
leaving
for
Toronto
will
be
J.
A.
Leighton,
H.
C.
Hatch,
D.
A.
Gushue
and
D.
W.
Burnip.
Of
the
seventeen
Collison,.
Worsfold
and
Tobey
have
enlisted
for
air
crew.
On
Its
present
trip
the
recruit
ing
board
also
visited
Ocean
Falls
and
Powell
River,
enlisting
four
teen
men
at
the
former
point
and
ten
at
the
latter.
NEW
ENVOY
TO
RUSSIA
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
Retires
Sir
I
Spain
In
Incident
I
MADRID,
Jan.
17:0)
Three
Axis
merchantmen
have
been
seized
by
a
Free
French
de-
stroyer
in
a
raid
on
the
har-
bor
of
Santa
Isabel
in
non-
belligerent
Spain's
Island
of
Fernando
off
the
west
coast
of
Africa,
the
newspaper
Ar-
rlba
asserted
today.
The
newspaper
indicated
that
Spain
may
have
already
made
the
seizure
a
diplomatic
issue
and
asserted
that
Spanish
armed
forces
hereafter
would
Drp.vent
such
incidents.
WILL
BUILD
MANY
SHIPS
United
States
Wartime
Program
Has
Now
Reached
Request
of
President
Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
17,
The
United
States
Wartime
Commis
sion
announced
today
that
It
had
negotiated
contracts
for
the
construction
of
632
additional
merchant
vessels
bringing
the
pro
gram
up
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
request
for
eight
mil
lion
deadweight
tons
of
shipping
this
year
and
ten
million
next.
German
Minister
Being
Interned
Envoy
to
Mexico
and
Forty-Three
Others
Are
Removed
to
United
States.
MEXICO
CITY,
Jan.
17:
The
German
minister
to
Mexico
and
forty-three
others
were
loaded
on
a
special
train
here
last
night
and
taken
to
the
United
States
where
they
will
be
Interned.
VICTIM
OF
AIRCRASH
Carole
Lombard
and
Twenty-One
Others
Lose
Lives
Near
Las
Vegas,
Nevada.
LAS
VEGAS,
Nevada,
Jan.
17:
Carole
Lombard,
noted
screen
ac
tress,
and
twenty-one
others,
includ
ing
her
mother
and
press,
agent,
perished
last
evening
in
the
crash
of
a
transport
plane
near
here.
It
was
one
of
the
worst
disasters
in
United
States
aviation
history.
Miss
Lombard
was
returning
to
Hollywood
from
a
personal
appearance
tour
In
Indiana.
On
receiving
word
of
what
had
happened.
Clark
Gable,
Miss
Lombard's
husband,
chartered
a
plane
and
immediately
took
off
from
Hollywood
for
Las
Vegas.
The
transport
plane
left
here
at
7
o'clock
last
evening
after
a
brief
pause.
Not
long
after
spectators
saw
It
crash
and
burst
Into
flames
in
nearby
hills.
There
was
a
tremendous
roar
and
the
flames
could
be
seen
for
miles.
In
addition-
to
the
fun-loving
wife
of
Clark
Gable,
other
passengers
on
the
plane
Included
fifteen"
United
States
Army
filers,
likewise
presumably
killed
In
the
crash
of
the
machine
a
Trans
continental
and
Western
Air
Transport
plane.
The
Army
fliers
were
members
of
the
ferry
command
returning
to
the
Pacific
coast
for
new
assignments.
They
boarded
the
plane
at
Alberquer-que
where
four
other
passengers
had
been
removed
to
make
way
for
them.
The
Ill-fated
transport
actually
took
off
from
Las
-Vegas
at
7:07
last
night
and
It
was
at
about
7:30
p.m.
that
workers
at
an
adjacent
mine
saw
a
flare
and
heard
an
explosion.
A
passing
pilot
reported
a
fire
on
Table
Mountain,
about
forty
miles
southwest
of
Las
Vegas.
Former
Premier
Of
France
111
Anxiety
Felt
Concerning
Condition
of
Leon
Blum.
VICHY,
Jan.
17:
Former
Pre
mier
Leon
Blum
Is
seriously
111
with
flubltls,
a
condition
tributary
to
heart
trouble.
Owing
to
his
age,
anxiety
Is
felt.
SWEDISH
TRADE
Sweden's
November
Imports
were
10
percent
lower
than
those
for
October,
while
exports
during
the
same
period
were
five
percent
lower
for
.the
previous
month.
DUTCH
INDIES
POPULATION
Netherlands
Indies
has
an
estimated
population
of
nearly
70,-000,000
persons,
Including
more
than
a
million
Chinese.