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Diw
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NG
SOUTH
Japan's
invasion
armies
were
pictured
by
Tokyo
headquarters
Jodav
as
driving
into
the
rain-lashed
jungles
er
Johore
State,
110
mjlfs
north
of
Singapore,
while
British
and
Netherlands-
planes
(ought
Japanese
raiders
in
a
fierce
battle
over
Singapore
Itself,
johore
Stale
is
the
last
defence
bulwark
before
Singapore:'
NEARER
TO
SINGAPORE
Axis
reports
reaching
London
said
that
Japanese
troops
had
landed
on
an
island
in
the
Netherlands
Khio
archipelago
Just
south
of
Singapore
in
a
new
thrust
to
the
British
stronghold
and
claimed
that
Japanese
forces
on
the
Malay
east
coast
had
outflanked
the
town
of
Endau,
100
miles
north
or
Singapore,
and
its
fall
was
imminent.
ON
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
In
the
I'hilippine
war
theatre,
according
to
a
Tokyo
broadcast
declaration,
Japanese
troops
are
now
pressing
General
Douglas
MacArthur's
defenders
southward
into
Batan
I'eninsula
but
Washington
reports
said
the
Philippine
defenders
shot
down
two
of
nine
heavy
Japanese
bombers
attacking
CotTegidor
Island
and
put
others
in
flight.
SUBS
NEAR
NEW
YORK
On
the
American
home
front
the
Navy
announced
that
an
Axis
submarine
had
torpedoed
a
9,577-ton
Panamanian
tanker,
the
Norness,
sixty
miles
off
Long
Island
In
the
closest
approach
to
the
United
States
east
coast
since
the
war
began.
RUSSIANS
DRIVE
WESTWARD
On
the
Russian
front
the
recaptuie
of
Medyn
and
other
settlements
In
snow-covered
.Mozhaisk
area
was
reported
by
the
Russians
but
there
were
Indications
that
a
solid
German
stand
may
be
near
as
Berlin
newspapers
told
again
of
fighting
in
specific
tones
after
sis
weeks
of
generalities.
Some
observers
thought
that
the
Nail
armies
were
now
on
the
winter
line.
AIR
PRESSURE
IN
LIBYA
Increased
Axis
air
pressure
is
being
brought
to
bear
on
the
British
forces
in
Libya
but
there
have
been
further
advances
near
Halfaya
Pass
to
the
cast
and
around
Agheila
to
the
southwest.
HAMBURG
HEAVILY
BOMBED
The
Iloyal
Air
Force
heavily
bombed
Hamburg
last
night.
The
German
response
on
the
British
Isles
was
very,
light.
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SHOWN
British
Columbia
Has
80903
Peo
ple
and
Prince
Rupert
6.G56,
According
to
Census.
OTTAWA.
Jan.
15:
0i
The
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
said,
last
night
that
the
population
of
British
Columbia
last
June
2
totalled
809,203
as
compared
with
691.263
in
1931.
The
report
is
based
on
preliminary
figures
obtained
at
the
decennial
census
of
last
June.
Prince
Rupert's
population
is
given
as
6,656
as
compared
with
6,350
in
1931.
Americans
Sink
Big
Jap
Ship
I
WASHINGTON.
Jan.
15:
Jh
The
United
States
Depart-
rrwnt
of
the
Navy
announced
today
that
a
17,000-ton
Jap-
anese
merchant
liner
had
been
sunk
by
an
American
submarine.
The
vessel
was
of
the
fast
Yawata
class,
owned
by
Nippon
Yusen
Kaisha,
and
probably
was
convertible
into
an
aircraft
carrier.
Local
Fisherman
Dead
in
South
Andrew
Aursay
Passes
Away
in
Vancouver
last
lear
on
Ingrid
II.
The
local
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
has
been
advised
of
the
death
In
Vancouver
of
one
of
its
well
known
members,
Andrew
Aursay,
who
for
years
was
active
out
of
this
port
both
as
halibut
and
salmon
fisherman.
Last
year
he
was
on
the
Ingrid
H.
There
are
no
particulars
as
to
the
cause
of
death.
Mr.
Aursay
was
a
Norwegian
and
about
35
years
of
age.
He
made
his
residence
here
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Emil
Bostrom,
now
of
Nanalmo,
and
left
here
about
a
year
ago
for
the
south,
OUITS
MINE
FOR
JACKPINE
WOODS
FRANCOIS
LAKE,
January
15:-Mr.
and
Mrs.
Louis
Galr
visited
the
parents
of
Mrs.
Galr
at
Tche-slnkut
Lake
on
their
return
from
the
Pinch!
mercury
mine.
Louis
prefers
the
smell
of
the
jackplne
ily
will
move
to
Forestdale
where
Mr.
Galr
will
work
in
the
Umber.
mmln
lite
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXI,
NO.
12.
MOVING
ON
INTCUIBYA
Progress
Made
by
British
At
Halfaya
and
In
West
Hold-up
On
Coast
CAIRO.
Jan.
15:
Oj
British
and
Allied
lnjantry
have
moved
forward
to
new
positions
against
Axis
hold-out
forces
In'
the
Halfaya
border
region
of
Egypt
under
cover
of
destructive
aerial
and
artillery
bombardment,
It
was
announced
today.
Far
to
the
west
the
advance
In
the
coastal
sector
was
delayed
in
difficult
country
by
strong
resistance
but
further
south
the
forward
movement
continued.
RECRUITING
GOOD
HERE
Twenty
Or
More
Local
Young
Men
Ooing
East
in
Air
Force.
Flying
Officer
W.
C.
Ooudie,
Flying
Officer
H.
B.
McGregor,
medical
officer,
and
Corp.
M.
W.
Howden
arrived
in
the
'city
on
the
Prince
George
yesterday
morning
front
Vancouver
to
conduct
recruiting
sessions
here
for
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
They
will
sail
Friday
night
by
the
Princess
Adelaide
on
their
return
to
Van
couver.
Fiylng
Officer
Goudie
this
morn
ing
reported
that
there
had
been
a
gratifying
response
by
recruits
at
the
opening
ssssion
of
the
board
yesterday
afternoon,
no
loss
than
thirty-seven
applhations
having
been
received.
As
a
result
of
further
attestation
expected
today
and
tomorrow.
It
is
anticipated
that
upwards
of
twenty
local
young
men
will
be
leaving
here
by
next
Monday
night's
train
for
Edmonton
and
Toronto
to
commence
their
training
In
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
HAMBURG
BOMBING
Heavy
Attack
Last
Night
by
Hoyal
Air
Force
on
(treat
German
Port
LONDON,
Jan.
15:
Oi
The
Air
Ministry
announced
today
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
bombed
Hamburg
last
night
in
force
and
left
large
fires
burning
In
docks
and
shipyards.
Emden
and
other
ports
were
also
bombed
bat
Hamburg
was
the
main
objective.
Five
planes
failed
to
return.
There
were
only
light
raids
on
the
British
Isles.
HAZELT0N
'
MAN
LOST
Searchers
Are
Out
for
J.
Robertson
Who
Is
Missing
on
Trapline.
HAZELTON,
Jan.
15:
To
re
sume
a
searcn
tor
J.
Kooertson
who
has
been
missing
on
his
trap-
line
for
two
months,
William
Green
and
Fred
Anderson
left
Hazelton
this
week.
This
Is
the
third
party
which
has
gone
out
to
look
for
Robertson,
the
first
two
having
failed
to
(flnd
any
trace
of
him.
Dogs
have
been
taken
out
to
assist
in
the
search.
Robertson,
when
he
went
out
on
the
trapline,
expected
to
be
back
Inside
of
two
weeks.
Fears
jare
entertained
for
his
safety.
Silly
Talk
Says
Navy
Secretary
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
15:
In
spite
of
reverses
and
retreats,
It
Is
silly
to
describe
the
German
army
in
Russia
as
being
panic-stricken
or
about
to
fall
apart,
declares
Col.
Frank
Knox,
United
States
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
In
contending
that
reports
of
Internal
dissension,
disease,
demoralization
and
unfavorable
conditions
generally
within
Germany
are
merely
Nazi
propaganda
designed
to
lull
the
Allied
nations
into
a
sense
of
false
security
and
slow.
flown
war
cuu,
PRINCB
RUPERT,
B.C.,
.THURSDAY,
JANUARY
15,
1942.
Off
on
their
hazardous
journey
across
the
Atlantic,
ships
of
a
winter
convoy
forge
steadily
onward,
while
the
escort
from
which
they
are
viewed
heels
sharply
to
a
heavy
wave.
This
photo
was
made
by
Lieut.
Gerald
Richardson,
R.CN.V.R-.
FUNERAL
IN
(ALBERTA
Accompanied
by
the
brother,
K.
R.
Wood,
city;
engineer
of
Calgary,
and
sister,
Mis.
Munro,
who
arrived
here
Tuesday
night,
the
remains
of
'William
Craigle
Wood,
local
dry
dock
employee,
whose
death
occurred
early
in
the
week,
will
be
taken
by
tomorrow
night's
train
to
Car-stairs,
Alberta,
where
interment
will
be
made.
Deceased
was
a
returned
soldier,
a
member
of
the
Masonic
Lodge
a
n
d
had
active
in
the
Canadian
National
Recreation
Association
Lawn
Bowling
League.
FORT
WILLIAM
BLACKOUT
FORT
WILLIAM
Fort
William
hail
its
first
blackout
rehearsal
last
night.
For
thirty
minutes
lights
in
the
business
section
were
extinguished.
Thousands
of
members
of
the
civilian
defence
committee
took
part.
It
was
described
as
a
complete
success.
TRAFFIC
FATALITY
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
its
fourth
traffic
fatality
of
the
year
late
yesterday
when
James
McNair
of
North
Vancouver
was
struck
and
killed
by
an
automobile
on
Hastings
at
Lillnoet
Street.
HARDWARE
BURNS
VANCOUVER
The
Gordon
Hardware
at
Seventeenth
and
Dunbar
was
destroyed
by
an
early
morning
fire.
The
owner
and
his
wife
and
family
had
a
narrow
escape.
EXPANDING
U.S.
ARMY
Great
Increase
in
Strength
Being
Brought
About,
Secretary
of
War
Announces.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
15:
f
Secretary
of
War
Henry
L.
Stlm-son
announced
today
that
the
United
States
Army
had
started
expanding
to
approximately
3,-
600,000
officers
and
men,
more
than
doubling
the
present
strength
In
ground
and
air
forces.
Trapper's
Death
Is
Investigated
The
provincial
police
boat
P.M.
L.-7
from)
Ocean
Falls
with
the
coroner
has
left
Ocean
Falls
for
Maddlson
Channel
near
Klemtu
to
investigate
the
death
of
Jack
Garner,
half
breed
trapper
from
the
Fraser
River
district.
His
body
was
found
on
the
trapline.
CONVOY
ON
THE
HIGH
SEAS
WHERE
WILL
THEY
GO?
OTTAWA
Japanese
who
are
to
be
lemoved
from
the
defence
areas
of
the
British
Columbia
coast
will
go
to
the
interior
of.
the
province
or
the
prairies,
it
is
expected.
Japanese
who
are
able
'to
pay
their
way
may
50
wherever
they
like
as
long
as
it
is
out.
of
the
defence
areas.
CONSULATE
CLOSED
VANCOUVER
The
Thailand
consulate-general
has
been
closed
by
order
of
the
.Dominion
government
.
Capt.
(Hon.)
W.
J.
M.
Watson-Armstrong,
who
was
in
charge,
is
not
surprised.
He
had
threatened
to
resign.
MALTA
UNDER
FIRE
MALTA
There
were
no
less
than
seventeen
alerts
yesterday
as
Malta
continued
under
heavy
air
attack
by
Axis
planes.
The
air
attacks
on
Malta
are
believed
to
presage
an
invasion
attempt.
HONOLULU
HAS
ALARM
HONOLULU
Honolulu
had
a
four-minute
air
raid
alarm
period
last
night.
No
enemy
planes
appeared.
STORM
OF
PROTEST
LONDON
Led
by
t
h
e
Daily
Express,
London
newspapers
have
raised
a
storm
of
protest
at
the
ineffective
defence
of
Malaya.
The
Express
declared
that
"liquor
-sodden
planters"
and
others
had
not
lived
up
to
their
responsibilities.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Wmrtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
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Grandvlew
.17
Bralorne
8.60
Cariboo
Quartz
1.72
Hedley
Mascot
.24
Pend
Oreille
1.65
Pioneer
2.00
Premier
.58
Privateer
.42
Reno
.13
1
Sheep
Creek
a.
.79
Oils
C.
&
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1.15
Calmont
,16
Home
2.58
Royal
Canadian
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Toronto
Beattie
90
Central
Patricia
1.21
Consolidated
Smelters
38.30
Hardrock
.50
Kerr
Addison
3.95
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Long
Lac
-
1.28
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.6C
Madsen
Red
Lake
.45
McKenzle
Red
Lake
.96
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...
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Pickle
Crow
2.25
Preston
East
Domte
3.10
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1.95
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Gordon
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ATTACK
BY
U.S.
FLEET
Having
Established
Itself
at
New
j
Asiatic
Base,
May
Start
I
Ncw
Campaign,
i
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
15:
It
Is
.;learncd.
-
ln
Washington
that
the
enure
unitca
states
Asiatic
fleet,
iwnich
it
was
announced
at
ithe
time
of
the
fall
of
Manila
had
been
safely
removed
from
Cavltc
naval
base,
is
now
intact
at
a
secure
base
from
which
to
carry
out
a
campaign
against
the
enemy.
It
is
believed
that
the
new
base
Is
In
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
area.
OIL
WELLS
DESTROYED
Long
Time
Before
Japanese
Will
Be
Able
to
Get
Fuel
From
Captured
Sarawak.
MELBOURNE,
Jan.
15'
It
Is
stated
in
Melbourne
that
it
will
take
the
Japanese
eighteen
months
to
re-establish
oil
wells
in
captured
Sarawak
Kingdom
of
the
East
Indies,
so
great
was
the
destruction
wrought
to
the
wells
before
evacuation
by
the
defenders.
It
will
be
Impossible
for
the
Japanese
-to
get
even
a
trickle
of
oil
for
six
months,
It
Is
declared.
ARE
ACTIVE
IN
PACIFIC
Japanese
Claims
That
Dominion
Vessels
Chased
Off
Ocean
Are
Denied.
OTTAWA,
Jan.
15:
fc-Canadian
ships
are
operating
in
the
Pacific
regardless
of
Japanese
radio
claims
that
Canadian
vessels
are
being
kept
out
of
that
ocean,
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
minister
of
the
navy,
said
today.
Mr.
Macdonald
disclosed
that
Canadian
troops
sent
to
Hong
Kong
had
been
escorted
across
the
Pacific
by
the
Canadian
cruiser
ILM.C.S.
Prince
Robert
which
had
returned
ana
was
now
engaged
in
other
operations.
Wolves'
On
Trail
FRANCOIS
LAKE,
January
15:
Returning
from
a
skating
party
at
one
of
the
small
lakes
which
mirror
the
surrounding
hills
of
lakes
district,
Bill
Wiley
and
Gerald
Cooper
were
bolstering
each
other's
courage
when
two
big
black
wolves
met
them
on
the
trail.
The
wolves
took
to
the
timber
and
Bill
Wiley
says
that
Oerald
beat
their
time
only
in
the
opposite
Tomorrow
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PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
RAIN
SLOWS
UP
BATTLE
OF
MALAYA
Only
Johore
Still
in
British
Con
trol
Singapore
Air
Raids
Heavier
Burma
Reinforcements.
SINGAPORE,
Jan.
15:
With
British
Jungle
fighters
in
a
new
withdrawal
still
apparently
maneuvering
to
defend
a
narrow
front
ninety
miles
north
of
Singapore
as
engineers
blow
up
communications
to
impede
the
Japa
nese
advance,
heavy
rains
are
tending
to
slow
up
hostilities
In
Malay
Peninsula
down
the
length
of
which
the
Japanese
have
now
advanced
two-thirds
of
the
dis
tance
to
Singapore
since
the
war
began.
Of
the
nine
Malay
states,
only
Johore
state
still
remains
In
effective
British
control,
and
Tokyo
claimed
today
that
even
it
had
already
been
entered.
Enemy
bombing
of
Singapore
Is
becoming
heavier.
Yesterday
fifty
Japanese
planes
came
over
and
their
bombs
caused
55
casual
ties,
the
highest
yet.
One
and
possibly
five
;
planes
were
brought
(down
by
aritl-alrcraft
fire
and
British
and
Dutch
fighter
planes.
People
of
Singapore
realized
to
day
that
the
enemy
were
closer
to
them
than
they
thought
when
postal
authorities
announced
that
it
was
useless
to
send
mall
to
many
parts
of
the
Malay
States
which
had
fallen
Into
Japanese
hands.
Johore,
the
last
Malay
State
remaining
under
British
control,
Is
separated
by
a
comparatively
narrow
channel
from
Singapore.
News
that
fresh
air
and
land
reinforcements
have
reached
Burma
gave
hope
that
a
strong
counter-offensive
might
be
based
from
there
against
the
Japanese
In
Thailand
and,
occupied-Malay.,
and
thus
relieve
the
pressure
In
the
direction
of
Singapore.
Canadians
are
among
the
reinforcements
which
have
been
landed
in
Burma.
There
was
a
two-hour
attack
by
Japanese
bombing
planes
on
Rangoon,
the
capital
of
Burma,
yesterday,
but
little
damage
was
done.
British,
United
States
and
Netherlands
bombers
are
becoming
active
against
the
enemy
all
the
way
from
Borneo
to
the
Philippines.
On
Philippines
On
the
Philippines
General
Douglas
McArthur's
forces,
still
resisting
valiantly
against
overwhelming
odds,
threw
back
an
other
heavy
attack
by
the
Japan
ese
yesterday,
inflicting
severe
casualties
on
the
enemy,
but
were
forced
to
fall
back
themselves
to
day.
The
commander
of
the
Japanese
occupying
forces
in
Manila
yesterday
announced
that
anyone
in
juring
or
attempting
to
injure
Japanese
soldiers
or
civilians
would
be
shot
to
death
and.
If
the
guilty
persons
were
not
found,
ten
persons
would
be
held
subject
to
execution
for
each
Japanese
Injured.
Severe
penalties
for
espionage
and
sabotage
are
also
decreed.
This
is
taken
to
indicate
that
the
Philippines
are
keeping
up
a
strong
fifth
column
activity
against
the
occupying
Japanese
forces.
Motive
Power
Superintendent
New
Appointment
in
Service
of
Canadian
National
Railways
Announced.
WINNIPEG,
Jan.
15:
Announce
ment
is
made
today
by
W.
R.
Devenish,
general
manager
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
of
the
appointment
of
W.
O.
Nugent
to
the
position
of
assistant
general
superintendent
of
motive
power
and
car
equipment
for
the
wes
tern
region
with
headquarters
at
Winnipeg.
Mr.
Nugent,
a
native
of
Monc-ton,
entered
the
service
of
the
inter-colonlal
railway
In
June,
1897
as
a
machinist
apprentice
In
the
Moncton
shops.
He
remained
In
Moncton
until
December
31,
1919
when
he
was
transferred
to
Trans-cona
as
superintendent
Of
locomotive
shops
Xor
the
Canadian
National
Railways
which"
position
he
has
held
until
hfa
present