.nsporUUon
industry
'
reduction
of
inalcr-
and
the
increased
1
which
an-
menttal
Che
force
engaged
In
the
conf.ict
BBRUN
Apr
aiAxl8
u-boata
we
muai
see
inai
uw
joo
at
tn
y,
Mediterranean.
It
is
an-
nome
H
well
done."
said
Mr.
nounced
here,
have
sunk
two
Brt-
Mr
Vauchan
renrlnded
Vtuihan
"and
I
am
confident
tish
transports
of
14.090
total
ton-1
we
ooerate
the
tare-
0,41
aU
kUI
and
.ffkclncy
n&ie
In
the
Mediterranean
as
well
.
the
North
American
of
WT
mn
"U1
exercised
in
tne,
as
three
coasUI
sailing
vessels.
j.
j
uiniwrt
nf
the
struasle
tn
main-
.
i.
c:
we
nave
extenaeo
rr
-------
--
-
Not
only
have
we
tain
what
we
choose
to
call
our
of
l1fe-"
t
..
tracks
but
Indurtrial
other
war
require-
I
Mr-
Hopcraft
replied
on
behalf
we
have
gone
uiio
mat-1
of
the
Brotherhood
of
malnten-
issary
In
the
war
ef-1
ance-of-Way
Bmployeea
and
V.
v,
r
manufacturing
una.
I
warmly
praised
allthat
had
been
?
i.vards
we
have
built
done
to
develop
the
so-operative
movement.
He
stressed
the
ad-r
:
and
we
are
now
en-
.ntract
for
the
build-
vance
In
safety
measures
and
how
-
vessels.
For
that
pur-
the
men
had
been
enlisted
to
pre-ve
a
force
of
1200
men
vent
waste,
lessen
the
fire
haiard
f'.s
l
:
when
houalng
faclll-
and
reduce
accidents.
War
News
MALTA
ATTACKED
AGAIN
VAI.CTTn
-Malta
was
subjected
to
two
more
attacks
yesterday
by
Af
U
alriralt
SU
of
the
German
bombers
were
shot
down
and
four
danu;;ri,
(iOLDKN
KANGK"
CAI'TUKKD
Kl
IHVSII;V--ltcd
Star,
Soviet
Army
newspaper,
said
today
llai
"wfci-n
forics
had
captuied
"The
Golden
ltaiie,n
menacing
German
Ifonnhiild
in
Crimea,
but
there'werc
reports
that
some
linns
had
"nrd
Miuth
to
boMcr
Nail
divisions
on
the
Kalinin
front.
PRODUCTION
MOUNTING
H'ASIUM'iTON-l'reftldcnl
itomcvrlt
said
today
that,
the
war
pro-liKtlon
jtroKram
was
working
out
extiemcly
well
and
hinted
that
"oilier
program
might
be
piled
on
the
top
of
the
one
which
was
i'M
lantasllc
last
January.
-
ALL
NOT
1D0MIN0ES
HARMONY
Kalian
Commanders
On
Uusslau
"ont
Told
To
Avoid
Clashes
With
Germans
MOSCOW,
Aprll
'24:-
Tliat
all
going
so
well
between
the
r..
m-r
and
the
Italians
on
the
cm,-'1'
Lfront
,s
Indicated
by
an
hihi
h
has
bccn
lountl
ln
ini.
Ilal'an
commanders
were
"Wructed
to
"avoid
all
clashes
fouVwUr
nUlcs"
The
ordcr
was
cantl
y
the
Rusans
during
the
ui
prisoners.
TO
FINALS
Victoria
Team
Takes
Western
Ca-
nada
Basketball
Tillc
WINNIPEG,
April
24-
Victoria
Dominoes
won
the
Western
cana-da
senior
basketball
charaPlo"slllP
lust,
nicht
bv
defeating
Winnipeg
St.
Andrews
46
to
34
In
the
third
game.
Each
team
had
previously
won
one
game.
Tho
Dominoes
now
go
to
Mont
real
to
meet
the
Oilers
ln
the
Do
minion
finals.
,
DOWN
IN
SIBERIA
One
of
Machines
Which.
Bombed
Japan
Last
Saturday
Makes
Forrrd
landing
On
Itusslan
Territory
MOSCOW.
April
24
Tass
News
Agency
announces
that
an
American
bombing
plane,
the
crew
of
which
says
it
was
one"
of
the
machines
which
raided
Japanese
cities
last
Saturday,
has
made
a
forced
landing
on
the
Siberian
coast
and,
ln
accordance
with
lnterna-ional
law,
Russia
not
being
at
war
with
Japan,
the
machine
has
been
iclied
and
the
crew
Interned.
Ambassador
William
Stnndtcy
has
asked
Washington
for
Instructions.
(At
Washington
both
the
United
States
Army
and
Navy
Departments
declined
to
comment
on
the
Moscow
report!.
An
official
announcement
ln
Kuibyshev,
the
provisional
capital
of
Russia,
said
that
a
United
States
bomber
which
raided
Japan
last
Saturday
and
then
lost
Its
bearings
had
been
forced
down
ln!'
Russian
maritime
province
on
the
Sea
of
Japan
and
the
five-man
crew
had
been
interned.
It
appears
to
be
an,
already
com
pleted
test
of
the
year-old
Japan-ose-Russlan
neutrality
pact
al
though
United
States
embassy
of
ficials
said
that
Instructions
were
being
sought
from
Washington.
Meanwhile
Tokyo
seeks
to
draw
Information'
from
Washington
by
broadcasting
that
America
has
no
way
of
communicating
with
American
planes
which
took
part
ln
the
attack.
CRASHED
IN
BLIZZARD
nr.Asnow.
Anrll
24
Oi
Two
air
men
wno
aeciaca
to
remain
ufc,
."
their
posts
were
uninjured
wnen
a
Coastal
Command
Beauflghter
gotj
out
of
control
during
a
blizzard
and
fell
2,000
feet
into
the
side
of
a
mountain.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
Local
Temperature
t
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard.
Time)
High
9:00
ajn.
16.6
Icet
Maximum
44
21:54
pjn.
17.4
feet
Minimum
-
37
Low
2:35
am,
9.9
feet
15:11
pjn.
7.0
feet
NORTIIEHN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXI.
No,
90.
v
,L
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Cm
FRIDAY,
APRIL
24,
1912
i
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
piimpini
iniHfttAo
-in-rvn
Talk
of
Invasion
Is
In
Air
This
Will
He
Done
As
Soon
As
Housing
Facilities
Arc
I
Completed
C.
N.
R.
Head
Reviews
Company's
"
War
Activities
j
SEVEN-DAY
WEEK
NOW
OTTAWA,
April
21:
(C
?)
The
Prince
Rupert
shipyard
will
shortly
go
on
a
seven-day
week
plan
adopted
in
agreements
signed
with
other
Pacific
Coast
yards,
it
was
learned
officially
last
night.
MONTREAL,
April
21:
"In
our
shipyards
we
have
b
minesweepers
and
we
are
now
engaged
on
a
con-tM
t
Hip
building
of
cargo
voxels."
said
R.
C.
Vautrh-
t
1!
n
i
T'
Mut-iii
vi
nit-
viiiiiiuuwi
ixanonui
uamvays,
yester-
iving
a
review
01
the
railway
systems
war
or
that
nurnoKC
we
have
a
force
of
1200
men
at
,i
id.
wnen
housing
ltd-
mpletwU
thit
number
-a
ill
be
doubled
ability
of
the
Cant-.a
Railways
to
deal
etui
th
the
retpotisibilitlOT
transport
vt
due
to
co-operation
of
1U
v
a
statement
made
by
during
the
cou
rae
of
t
representatives
at-
First
Halibut
I
For
Vancouver
VANCOUVER.
April
24
-Cap-
lain
Jim
Parson.
twelfth
annual
meet-
boat
Aj-nosC.
again
vtem
committee
of
skipper
to
mainUrunce-o'-
third
year
with
his
I
the
lirst
I
land
halibut
at
4
anagement
o-ocra-
Vancouver
this
year.
II
Is
his
i;rnt.
Mr
1941
In
tueeaaaion.
The
VauftAtn
added
Acnes
c
landed
8JO0
pounds
lh
tyKlm
had
yesterday,
receiving
1
9c.
flat.
grwtesi
amount
of
.:,
h
Story,
exceeding
peak
year
of
IMS.
r.
nce
had
been
due
no
raannrr
In
which
!.nrr-ofway
workers
i'd
their
duties
in
k
and
bridge
struc-
;
standard
neceaeary
and
expedlUous
op-
heavy
traffic.
4
ties
are
completed
that
number
of
worker
will
be
doubled."
Mr.
Vaughan
explained
that
the
company
la
also
operating
for
the
government
a
number
of
ships.
In
addiyon
to
the
services
of
the
Canadian
National
steanuhlfM,
ra
hlAh
mftkiif
m
am
r
lit
riclrftn
'
ROSTOCK
POUNDED
Baltic
Sea
Port
Was
Target
of
R.A.F.
IaM
Night
Left
Mass
of
Flames
LONDON.
April
21
(Canadian
Press)
Canadians
helped
the
Royal
Air
Force
to
sow
a
whirlwind
of
bombs
and
blazing-flames
in
a
smashing
night
attack
on
UostipV,
Nazi
supply
base
for
the
Finnish
front.
It
was
revealed
today.
The
Baltic
port
was
evidently
badly
dam-axed
by
the
pounding.
"All
we
rou'd
itee
of
Rotuck
was
a
square
of
fire
as
we
headed
home.'.
reported
one
Canadian
flier.
"The
town
was
lit
from
end
io
end.
"Four
British
planes
arc
mlsklng.
The
Itoyal
Air
Forre
was
again
orer
.Western
Lurope
last
night.
Berlin
and
Luxembourg
radlc
stations
went
off
the
air
about
midnight.
Berlin
admitted
today
tint
a
(trilith
plane
had
reached
there.
Meanwhile
German
raiders
t
were
over
viti'hcatt
and
south-went
rat
Inwni
of
England
as
well
as
Wales
during
the
nljht.
Three
of
the
enemy
air
craft
were
brought
down.
British
Ships
Claimed
Sunk
...
.
wm.
I.ll
M.
TI..I
f
f
:.?
conditions
which
......
..
.u.
j
...
-re
Sent
Down
In
...
.
.Mediterranean
support
those
men
and
the
armed
j
BULLETINS
KOLF
BKCIIN
D1KS
KA.MLOOPS
Kolf
Edward
Bruhn,
aged
30,
son
of
Hon.
It.
W.
Bruhn,
provincial
minister
of
public
works,
collapsed
and
died
on
the
shore
of
Shuiwap
Lake
yesterday
after
towing:
ashore
a
capiized
boat
buoyins;
up
a
companion,
Harry
Steepe,
who
could
not
swim.
BOOSTINO
"iES"
VOTE
VANCOUVEI!
Liberal,
Conservative
and
C.
C.
F.
pa
i
ties
have
joined
forces
lo
get
out
a
"Yes"
vole
in
the
manpower
plebiscite
next:
Monday.
The
city
has
been
divided
into
sections
with
a
section!
assigned
to
each
party.
KOYALTY
IN
VANCOL'VMt
VANCOUVER
Cronu
Prince
Olo.
and
Princess
.Martha
of
Norway
are
vkiting
Vancouver.
They
were
given
a
civic
welcome
at
the
City
Hall
yenleiday
alter
which
they
went
sightseeing.
YOI'NO
IS
ACqi'lTTIT.
VANCOUVER,
Sidney
George
Young
was
acquitted
by
an
Assize
Court
jury
at
his
second
trial
yesterday
cn
the
charge
of
murderinj
Frederick
Fawcrlt,
Oak
Street
diiigghl.
Now
lie
will
serve
fifteen
years
at
New
Weft-minster
for
armed
hold-up.
CANADA
AND
VICHY
Canada
is
the
only
OTTAWA
OTTAWA-
f."L.,I.,,i?--JL0-,!
jfiTnlng
dipli
Dominion
,still
rnain-
diptomafic
relations
with
Vichy
France
following
the
breaking
off
by
South
Africa.
Prime
Minister
Kin;
has
promised
a
statement
to
Parliament
on
the
matter
next
Tuesday.
VANCOUVER
MILK
PRICE
VANCOUVER
The
Vancou-I
ver
milk
price-
has
been
increas-1
ed
lc
tc
11c
a
quart,
the
highest
j
price
In
ten
years.
The
new
price
is
approved
by
the
Wartime
I
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
I
CANNOT
FINISH
ROAD
EDMONTON
The
Alberta
government
has
been
advised
by
the
British
Columbia
government
that
the
latter
cannot
complete
the
road
from
Fort
SU
John
to
the'
Alberta
boundary
because
it
has
not
enough
money.
NO
JAP
S1TDOWNS
OTTAWA
Hon.
Humphrey
.Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
said
BIG
FIGHT
IN
RUSSIA
War
May
Be
Settled
For
Allies
On
That
Front)
Declares
Lord
Beaverbrook
NEW
YORK.
April
24:
Speaking
before
the
American
Newspaper
Publishers'
Association
here
yesterday,
Lord
Beaverbrook
declared
that
Russia
is
the
most
important
fightin?
front
in
the
war
todav
The
outcome
there
may
settle
the
war
for
the
Allies.
Rus
sia
may
be
the
-means
by
w
the
whole
Axis
structure
ond
front.
The
newspaper
peer,
speaking
of
British
politic,
said
it
would
be
a
disaster
if
Prime
Minister
Churchill
should
be
disolaccd.
ROOSEVELT
recelved
yesterday,
in
answer
to
a
slate-
1
passed
ment
made
by
George
Ciuick-shank,
M.
P.
for
Fraser
Valley,
that
there
would
be
no
more
On
War
Strategy
Franklin
D.
RooseveK
to
the
effect
that
he
has
agreed
with
all
conclusions
reached
by
the
United
States
chief
of
staff.
General
George
Marshall,
following
his
recent
visit
to
Britain,
infoimed
sources
said
today.
The
agreement
is
in
connection
with
Joint
Allied
war
strategy.
PAPER
FOR
BLUEPRINT
j
It
takes
6,000
pounds
of
rag
'content
bond
to
make
enough
blueprint
paper
to
draw
the
plans
for
one
pursuit
plane.
Queen
Charlotte
t
City
Man
Passes
I
Roy
McKenzie.
Queen
Char-
lotte
City
hotel
proprietor,
away,
according
to
word
received
from
the
Is-
lands.
His
death
will
be
much
regretted
for
he
was
very
well
sltdowns
by
Japanese
on
road
j
known.
His
wife
is
In
Vaneou
work.
"We
have
broken
the
back
ver.
of
the
Japanese
problem,"
said
Mr.
Mitchell.
CIVILIAN
PROTECTION
COMMITTEE
(A.
R.
P.)
PMNCK
KUTKKT
AREA
A
test
of
all
sections
of
the
A.
K.
P.
will
be
carried
out
on
Sunday
afternoon,
April
26.
On
the
sound
of
the
sirens,
which
will
give
the
Imminent
Danger
signal
of
five
blasts,
repeated
three
times,
all
members
will
proceed
immediately
to
their
posts
and
will
continue
to
man
their
posts
until
the
signal
of
three
blasts
is
sounded,
repeated
three
times.
On
thei
Imminent
Danger
signal
all
civilian
cars
will
pull
into
thqeurb
to
a
stop
and
will
remain
stat-tionary
untiLpermitted
to
proceed
by
the
police.
J.
J.
LITTLE,
Chief
Protection
Officer
C.
P.
C,
A.
R.
P.
North
Pacific
District,
Which
Way
Will
Attack
Come
-From
Britain
or
Germany?
London
Star
Suggests
May
1
As
Zero
Hour
New
List
Of
Rules
To
Govern
Civilians
Issued
LONDON,
April
24:
Spring
is
here
and
so
is
in-
,hichivason
ta
me
invasion
talk
is
two
ways.
The
w
'
London
Star
goes
so
far
as
to
suggest
May
1
as
the
zero
brought
down,
n
the
soviet
should,
hour
for
the
Allied
invasion
of
Europe.
However,
the
be
knocked
out
of
the
war,
there
possibility
of
a
Nazi
invasion
attempt
on
Britain
is
not
e:""'-
.It
"?n-.
Herbert
Morrison,
Home
Secretary,
r
i
thing
Vi
ra
t-iii
possible
K1.'
vnnrt
must
Vus
be
.
-
-
.
fore,
every
govern
civilians
in
case
of
German
,
,
,
Declaring
that
the
best
form
off
defence
was
attack,
Beaverbrook
I
said
that
Britons
passionately
dc-1
Uanfl
J
A
llCttU
Ul
V.
1.
J,
sired
the
establishment
of
a
sec-
Is
Under
Fire
Showdown
In
Regard
to
Philip
Murray
is
Expected
to
Come
To
Head
Soon
!
.
NEV
YORK,
AprU
24-Not
only
i
nnw
i
tw
n
Al,XflrB
h
hu
'eadersh'P
the
membership
xlL21ljiixJjLjLi
of
Philip
Murray,
president
of
the
"
-
Congress
of
Industrial
Organlza-
Pri-ne
Minister
Churchill
Receives
tlon,
is
being
challenged
and
an
.Messages
indicating
Accord
early
showdown
Is
exDected.
Prin
ivecuru
ivuacnt'u
CHINA
AND
BRITAIN
IN
AGREEMENT
Close
Military
Collaboration
Plenty
of
Soldiers
The
Battle
of
Burma
CHUNGKING.
April
24
Chungking
reports
that
China
and
Great
Britain
have
just
reached
an
agreement
for
close
military
col-
cipal
crittlsm
against
Murray
laboratln-
There
will
be
no
limit
comes
from
the
United
Mine
LONDON.
April
24:
O
-
Prime
Workers
of
America
nf
which
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in
Burma.
.
a
message
from
President
C.I.O..
Is
head.
I
As
for
thebattle
situation
In
TWENTY-TWO
i
Will
Be
Total
of
119
Polling
PUces
In
Skeena
riding
at
Plebiscite
Next
Week
FOUR
ADVANCE
VOTERS
At
the
opening
session
of
the
advance
poll
yesterday
in
connection
with
the
federal
manpower
plebbcite
only
four
ballots
were
cast.
The
advance
poll
will
continue
this
afternoon
and
evening
and
again
tomorrow.
.Mrs.
Percy
Mcintosh
is
in
charge
as
deputy
ieturnlng
officer
with
Miss
Edith
Johnstone
as
poll
clerk.
The
advance
poll
is
at
the
office
of
the
returning
officer,
T.
W.
Brown.
With
the
possibility
that
Telegraph
Creek
may
not
vote
because
supplies
could
not
be
delivered
in
time,
there
will
be
119
polls
in
Skeena
riding
for
the
forthcoming
manpower
plebiscite
on
Monday
next,
it
Is
announced
by
T.
W.
Brown,
returning
officer.
Prince
Rupert
will
have
twenty-two
polling
tables.
The
enumeration
In
Uis
city
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
plebiscite
has
been
completed
and
shows
a
total
of
4407
voters
as
against
'
Ing
3754
listed
Tor
the
federal
election
which
took
place
ln
March
1940.
Polling
on
the
plebiscite
Tor
the
City
of
Prince
Rupert
will
take
place
in
the
Toe
II
Rooms
on
Monday
from
8
a.m.
to
8
pjn.
Voters
have
been
requested
to
bring
with
them
the
slips
given
to
them
or
left
for
them
by
the
enumerator
so
that
they
may
find
their
proper
polling
station
without
delay.
Persons
who
are
qualified
to
vote
.but
who
have
Inadvertently
been,
left
off
lists
mav
vote
at
their
proper
polling
station
If
they
!Mcan
be
vouched
for
personally
by
a
voter
ordinarily
resident"
lh
the
same
polling
division
and
whose
name
Is
on
the
list
and
if,
ln
ad
dltlon,
the
voter
whose
name
Is
off
the
list
brings
with
him
his
NaUonal
Registration
Certificate
Ordinary
voters
whose
names
are
on
the
lists
need
not
bring
with
them
their
NaUonal
Registration
Certificates.
Burma,
British
and
Chinese
forces
are
still
ln
command
on
the
Irra-waddy
River
but
elsewhere
they
are
not
so
secure.
.
.
V"V
11
l
ITFTiP
"nuie
eastern
ena
or
tne
line
MIC
jLu
riLlVLi
chinese
have
abandoned
an
Important
town
and
are
now
I
f!iyhtln(T
a
rfiormn,
alnlnn
a
a
tlon.
Fresh
Japanese
troops
are
being
poured
into
the
battle.
Japanese
troops
are
now
report
ed
within
100
miles
of
Mandalay.
important
Burmese
city,
it
was
disclosed
today
ln
a
British
communique
which
said
new
attacks
were
developing
in
Taunggyl
area.
In
spite
of
reports
to
the
contrary,
the
Important
0ll
town
of
Yenanguang
Is
still
in
Chinese
hands
although
General
Chiang
Kal-Shak's
forces
in
that
area
appear
to
be
in
danger
of
being-outflanked.
Pounding
Rabaul
Meanwhile
United
N
a
t
i
o
ns
headquarters
in
Australia
report
that
Allied
planes
continued
almost
daily
attacks
on
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
by
blasUng
shipping,
barracks
and
warehouses
at
the
Japanese
base
again
today.
The
rald-ers
swooped
low
to
machine-gun
Japanese
forces
on
the
ground.
There
had
been
similar
attacks
on
Tuesday
when
buildings
and
shore
installations
wera
bombed
and
on
Wednesday
when
docks
were
concentrated
upon.
It
was
also
announced
that
the
Japanese
had
made
three
bomb-
attacks
yesterday
on
Port
Moresby.
New
Guinea,
but
the
damage
was
negligible.
Further
enemy
landing
have
been
made
on
the
Philippines
but
on
Cebu
and
Panay
Islands
the
American
and
Filipino
defenders
continue
resistance
although
they
are
greatly
outnumbered.
Corrcgl-dor
was
bombed
again
but
not
so
severely.
Important
Confeiencc
Gene
rial
Douglas
MacArthur.
United
Nations
commander-ln-dhlef
in
the
southwest
Pacific,
and
Prime
Minister'
John
Curtln,
together
with
other
executives,
conferred
for
'
four
hours
yesterday.
No
announcement
was
made
other
than
that
"matters
of
the
greatest
Importance"
had
been
discussed.
SEEDED
BV
PLANE
Mountainous
slopes,
have
been
successfuly
grass
-
seeded
from
airplanes
in
Idaho,