SSISTANCE OF TURKEY ritaln Lands Naval Forces and Troopi on Islands Off the Coast of Greece Fascists Advance Resistance GREEKS DOING WELL ATHENS, Oct. 31 Greek troops ire rfPTiea l nave iuunicr-ai- ticked north of the town of Ion-nina ioday and reliable sources uld they had stormed and re- (iDtured a nm. me uretRS, nsbing the mil unaer neavy nre laid to have seized large lid., .f hanrinnpfl arm nnrt aiu -i v. - " ' . i IL. li.ll.H. Tk. ..fiinmpni iiiiiii .lie iiiimui. inr innnin irrifir ... 111 inr .. .. a " 1. 1 1.1 rflmmuiiiLaiivi. aa,,i a w i. mi. I 1 ... - . .t t rt U i.-J a I. . a. nIIIU nntml A n ... t. i i w. I I . 1 J I T. 1 1 L 1 111 M IUIIU Uaa V u V . Turkish Position laougn oinciai wora was re- 1 Into the western sector ot weece's defences Wednesday ap parently driving for lonnlnna, fifty "Ues from the frontier and about 1" Same dLst.anpp from thfi roast. "eutral observers said the Greeks " resisting strongly although ance guards were slowly retreat U1 W main defences. At some Points the Greeks were holding the "',an back and claimed to have en 800 prisoners. Owing to the mountainous ter-"In. the Invaders are making little DSC nf maV..l..j I Kilt r"uery ls being employed on a 1,r&e scale. U ls saM hf nnnlliM st.rone . MIA, UllVb.V. w u 11 "an thrust ls being made closer W the COast In on i-ttnrt in rpaeh a T?ad approaching lonnlnna from 'e West hi( trnlnt e yet been made. There tanks no niBnvi j- .... , .1 -vnau.iCQ units are oeiin, " and Fiorina Is claimed to have "en. taken. Tnere has tvMv little mai aotivitv Kv tv tf iun There J" a twenty minute air alarm at . - j-n.Tuay dui no puiuu th ,rropped- There are reports ha agreed not to bomb "'cm I A. 1 . . 1 ' mon about $1,000,000. (Further Gains Registered By I Stock Market WILL TAKE 'NAZIS ARE COD ALONEi SENT BACK British Columbia Loses Big Fish Market in United Kingdom Under New Deal HALIFAX, Oct. 31: (CP) Cod Is I NFW YORK, Oct. 31. The stock market showed further gains yes- a.. 1. I t . I r 1 A rfn nwra i rnm r u ri nil i i iiui rii n r v & ji w hh ua w J main neutral for the pres- , it lea.-st lrt the uah between SEATTLE, oct. 3i.-un me arnv- .h..j i i i. 4 1 .till,, J Af ,.f rnH .vfT rvM ITIIfntf TclnrtH CTillt.h nf nW.nT Mt Atlf h API TOTIV0 filinrr. 11 Lil l Lrll UV LtdUb. VVliiiaili 1 0iCl u r Jin it AiiifiirAP Tnnv i iithi'l ' 1 1 rim ii i. i .ii iiilii i in. a v. aiiii i. & w ? w Hue y ta v v wyii-iivv v I . t .t ' i . j At ninwn nn n n r (Trtn a n vtiiit m i ii t Ankara semi-official sources . Saturday night last. The inquiry. , . tt . i i i ' a I H.t- tin. ffAt-. I Coast yesterday as did some of the Alaska's crew members. The rest are due today on the Aleutian and the Alaska herself ls also due BRITISH ON countries. but it had already five times yesterday been evacuated on Monday after Italian planes, flying with Greek colors, surprised the popula tion, killing 110 and wounams hfin,v V5 lonB as Greece aoes not ,,ooiihned gunned Rome Patras bombed The streets were machine Enemy Unable to Get to London Yesterday Lone Range Guns Across Channel Again LONDON, Oct. 31: (CP) The the only fish to be Imported by Royal Air Force engaged German Great Britain from Canada in fresh raiders before they reached London . .-ji-.i. u. ...... t.,1 and frozen form-In future, the Hall- V'sterrfnv and tnmwl lhfm hark In ,nnri liiunoic, nunviti, n . , - .......... ... ntfrndrrt Are Putting Up Stiff uul u.wu dj ,ut me ciouas. ine enemy iosi nine -r"j iioucuM, ui. u. panes at a cost 01 Jive onusn. me, D. Finn. The ruling means a loss early night attack was widespread of a million dollar market for Brit- on London, Liverpool, south, south-lsh Columbia fl$h shipments to east, northeast and northwest Eng-Great Britatn. Last year halibut land but met with fierce antl-alr-1 shipments to the United Kingdom craft fire which forced many at-market totalled 350 000 and k.-i-i.-.j ni T r WH HWnf uaaVI VV JWbVaWaB VUVti slles In the sea and open fields, completely regardless of objective. An undetermined number of per- sons are reported to have been trapped In the basement of a large : apartment house which was hit by , a Nazi aerial bomb last night. More ', than, 150 persons were In the basement when the bomb exploded but were soread out In groups and only those Immediately under the damaged section were trapped. A communique Issued at neon uth a t",10111110? said there was little air activity over .UlUUu Miarcs. iiiausinai average England durlng the morning al-l at closing was 132.98. up .79; rails, though a lone raider dived within' 28.90. up .38. and utilities. 22.31. up a few nundred feet of the ground .25. The upward trend was even tn riron hlBh PXniosive bombs on a uid of Crete and on the island i"" .iu.6 0utheast Inland town. Cfpnaionia south of Corfu. I Night, attacks . . . V. 1 1 1 nni rrnm iroousmus cuiivuyrui Ttitil craft The number-' of. 1 A. L 1 H WtlUL V V. W V iV WV - t 1 HV 1 kWJLJJLt .STRANDING were confined em and southern England al- "though some bombs were dropped In the Midlands. Damage, ,as. a whole, wa IIg1it. " In the Channel area Oerman long Endeavour Will Be Made to Ascer- range guns on the French coast op-tain Canse of Steamer Alaska ened fire briefly across the Straits ROYAL AIR FORCE HITS NAZIS HARD ' iv - ---- . ...,. Attack on Knemy Dy i-rmsn i idncs rtn Tk ikni Tn. grr vpn nnniirn lilt m fii 1 1 1 e i ui lii iiic5c 9Uuitt:a oaiu utav M- vua4 t 4UI,a bllC " Tnrratt I. 1 j a. 1 HnHHAi4 iL. ... Till I V nroAtA ott ruicclHlA hlH U . . - va 1 ua, Germany will' co-operate 100 per "ik wiin naiv in inp ramraiin -o-.o. uicctc, lb is uiiibiauy o.ai- .. oerun, ine uiumaie oojec- 'J,e of the Axis, it Is nolnted out. Is pursuit oi tne war against "mi uruain. The Battle Yesterday The Italians nolnted a. heavv at- Continues with Effective rounding of Various Objectives LONDON, Oct, 31: (CP) The Air Ministry announces that Royal ,Alr Force bombers scored many rrir,FT01nl7F'hlts overnight In docks ana snip UrTEiINljlVL berths at Ostena which had been WA repalred'by the Germans following Are Attackin Italy Both by Sea and earlier bombings British re- Air in North African CamPa.Sn J,"- a heavy after a second bomb had explosion r0n rvt si - The BritUh forces have assumed the of fenstve burst both on land and In the air n the JWjJl the Belgian and Neth- war tn Norm Ainca. me -" - - ,f . thp nerman North' 5 WJSZZZZZ tSWil jcaiciuajr v..v-"- - , i.,,,. anA piushne and auacwng miurv fariroU nf the enemy M ,11 lit .u. J VM.Dhvw Libya. IS denied" IN MOSCOW Official Soviet News Agency Con- trarilr.. nnort That Fianes Are Being Sent to Greece Moscow. Oct. 31: (CP)- Tass Soviet News Agency today denied a renort that Soviet airplanes were reaching, Greece. The report was f.hi bltr German naval base at Em den. Cherbourg was also attacked! as well as other Channel points ana objectives In the Reich. One German plane was brought down by the British in the attack on enemy territory, the Royal Air Force also losing one. TLT n " ranes-89 Well Over 500 is Itemed in" Na- iigmers ana to iiemj - -der an agreement between the two RED CROSS AT TERRACE TERRACE, Oct. 31. Terrace Kea, PROVINCIAL . LIBRARY VICTORIA, p.C. 1 Bulletins CONTRACTS FOR SHIPS WASHINGTON, D. C Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mor-genthau announces that Great Britain has already placed heavy contracts witri United States people of Berlin are sick of war," he said. "They do not care who wins so long as the war Is soon over." nniTONS RELEASED OTTAWA As a result of the entry of Greece in the war, Fly-in; Officer Campbell of Revel-stoke D.F.C. and eighteen other Royal Air Force fliers have been released from Internment in Greece. STILL SEARCHING OTTAWA Airplanes and surface craft are continuing a widespread search around the mouth of St. Lawrence River for trace of H.M.C.S. Bras d'Or, missing since October 18 and conceded lost. The Bras rt'Or' was enroute from Clark CH. Quebec, to Sydney, and was last -Tghted in- a snowstorm in Gaspe Passage. ROYAL MESSAGE OTTAWA The King and Queen have sent, through the Govern--or General, a message to the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway expressing regret at the loss ot the Empress of Britain. Their Majesties recalled a pleasant voyate they had had in the vessel returning last year from their visit to Canada. PETAIN TELLS FRENCH VICHY Marshal Peiain, speak-ing'to his people not as a "father" but as a "master," said that he had made a deal with Germany to relieve France of some of its burdens. The plight of 2,000,000 French prisoners would be bettered, cost of German occupation would be lightened, the line of demercation between occupied and unoccupied France would be less rigid and the feeding of the people would be facilitated. The French government, At least, kept its sovereignty. Assuming full personal responsibility for the deal, Petain pleaded with the people to follow him in co-operating with Germany. French national honor was not reflected upon. GIBRALTAR ATTACK GIBRALTAR There was an unconfirmed repprt yesterday that, by use of a special device, the Germans had attempted to torpedo British warships in Gibraltar. The torpedoes had, however, missed their mark, one hitting shore. Canadians May Go To Eastern Arena Of War I SAINT JOHN, Oct. 31. Whether or not Canadian soldiers will be cent to the Near East campaign will, de pend on future developments, HonJ J. L. Ralston, minister, of national defence, stated last night. Cross Association sei as meir od- C.N.R. steamer rnnce Kuperi, jectlve in the recent drive for funds j Capt. Nell McLean, Is due back In the sum of $500. So well have the, &t 7 0,dock thU evenlng Uom has reached $543 with more to at 11:15 p.m. for. Ocean Falls, Pow-come. ' ell River and Vancouver, Weather Forecast ! Tomorrow's Tides prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Wands Moderate to fresh High 2:01 ajn..22.0 ft. and 13:59 p.m. 23.9 ft. southeast wind, mostly cloudy Low 8:04 a.m. 4.8 It with rain. mild 20:39 pjn. 0.8 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITO H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER NO. 00. ol.XXIX., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940. PRICE: S CENTS reek. Continue Stiff "4 : SEARCH IN RIVER NOW yards for construction of freight iployces are now vessels. RAIDS ON BERLIN VANCOUVER-A German-Jewish refugee, arriyinj here aboard a Japanese ship enroute to haven . in the United States, told of how effective the Royal Air Force was Canadian National Railways Have Not Abandoned Effort to Recover Bodies of Lome Creek Victims Canadian National Railways em- Skeena River by scene of the accident. searching the boats between t tftl . A A A t 1 1 Resistance NAZIS ARE HESITANT FOR ITALY British Forces in North Africa Formidable as Navy Holds Command of Seas (Lorne Creek and Terrace for trace j By MaJ.-Gen. Sir Charles Gwynn oi ine coaies oi j. u. uarpemer una LONDON, Oct. 31: (CP) The S. J. Mayer of Smithers, engineer Battle of Britain goes on. It be-Canadlan National Railways train, comes Increasingly an air battle, wno nave Deen missing since meir, conducted by night, against mater-engine plunged Into Lome Creek ial and morale, the Navy contin-ln the collapse of a bridge approach Ues to control sea communication. in its bombing of Berlin. "The jten days ago, states James Clark, . But we cannot expect to hear much . . . . 1 1 JI..I.1 .1 I L f l n divisional supsiiuienueiH, uanga- or Up many activities. Ian National Railways, who re- Any orosfect of the main armies turned Tuesday nighj from the of Britain and Germany coming to Mr. oiam swuea mat me engine view, almost disappeared. The air .had been finally lifted out of the war may continue for a long per- bed of Lome Creek and had now fod with only minor alterations In been taken to Smithers. It has method. teen considerably damaged. The We are afforded an opportunity engine contained no bodies. of reviewing the situation in other In addition to Mr. Carpenter and theatres of war. Libya and Abys-Mr. Mayer two transients have Inla are nf Deen missing since me acciaenc ana active theatres but are feared to have also lost their theatres are numerous lives. TODAY'S STOCKS Vancouver 4'' ' " Bit Missouri, .05. .. . Bra lorn-. 10.00, - Cavibso Quartz. 2.00B, Drrtfcn!?. .00l2A. Fairview, .00 V2. Odd Belt. .22A. HrriJcv Mascot, .47A. , Mint:-. .01 Vi. Pacific Nickel. .07. Pend Oreille, 1.70. , Picneer, 2.05. Premier. .85. ' '' Privateer, .55. Reeve. MacDonald, .15. Rene, .12. Salmon Gold, .02. . s Sheep Creek, .90. ; ' Cariboo Hudson, .02V'2A. Oils , A. P. Con., .12A. Calmont, .21. C. Si E., 1.57. Home, 2.20. Pacalta...05. ,'t Royal Canadian, .08Va Okalta, 1.00A. Mercury. .04. Prairie Royalties, .07V'a. ' Toronto Aldermac, .14. Beattie, 1.12, Central Pat., 1.87. Cons. Smelters, 33.00. East Malartic. 3.05XD. Femland, .02V2A. ' Francoeur, .34. Hardrock, 1.00. Int.. Nickel. 36.:!4. . Kerr Addison, 3.10, Little Long Lac, 2.15. McLeod Cockshutt, 2.40. 1 Madsen Rad Lake, .54. McKenzie Red Lake, 1.10. Mdneta, .58. t'.. Noranda, 58.00. Pickle Crow, 2.90. Preston East Dome, 2.84. San Antonio, 2.30. . Sherritt Gordon, .80. 'U Uchl, .402. ''J' Bouscadlllac, .02 Mosher, .07. .i Oklenfi, .07Vj. Smelters Gold, .00V2. Dominion Bridge, 25.B. . JAPS IN RETREAT Nipponese Forces Withdrawing From Kwangsi Province Into Indo China CHUNGKING, Oct. 31. Japanese forces are reported in full retreat in Kwangsi Province. They are withdrawing to Indo-Chlna. the latest, Greece. In Libya, Grazianl Is still at tempting to develop his communl is now formidable also. The opposing armies, however, are, and may remain for some time, outside striking distance of each other for anyr . . thing, in the nature of offensive or ' counter-attack. Before the offensive stage Ls. reached, Grazianl may receive rein-1" - forcements in aircraft and mechanized troops from Germany. But sea communications with Libya are by Japan's Move The Pact of Japan with the Axis Powers, designed to place a brake on Anglo-American collaboration, has had, If anything,, the opposite re-i suit. WhaiJtS Effect? will be prt ,the attitude of v itussla is xstiil obscure but so far it does not seem materially to have changed the general military situation. In that situation, the outstanding point to my mind, Is that Germany, who up to n6w has won her victories mainly with her army, Is unable to-discover a theatre In which she ean use her army to the detriment of Britain. It rrufy become purely an' army of European occupation. She must rely almost solely on her air force for offensive power. And In the air she has met her match. POUND STERLING NEW YORK, Oct. 31. The British pound sterling was trading at $4.03 Vs on the New York foreign exchange market yesterday. PLANES ARE GOING OVER President Roosevelt Tells of What Is Being Done to Help Great Britain LONDON PLEASED LONDON Official British circles received with unconcealed enthusiam the news that President Franklin D. Roosevelt of United States approved the supplying of 12,000 more airplanes to Great Britain. London newspapers headlined Roosevelt's speech at Boston last night. BOSTON, Oct. 31: (CP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt said here last night that a steady stream of airplanes ls now flowing from j grips In the near future has, In my;18 ?reat Brltaln 1 llnnt that f the V DawaI Air Alia Force TVifnA vimm had U n A Royal now more planes than when the German blitzkrieg commenced. The President annuonced favorable consideration of a plan to send 12,000 planes to Great Britain in addition to I4)- 000 already contracted to be sent. The Chief executive also told .of potential !?tner f warJ in? I16 lsvm u"u oiatca ureat tin- Including cations and his advanrp hasp RnK. ItCaiit. , In announcing that he had ?iven support to the proposed step which J1 he said'would let Great Britain or- 12,000 12,000' lortPrt tn hnK,rrtm-k i vder more -United States guns on one side,- to harassing 'at-,'planes' Mr' Roosevelt. in his politlr tackr. by mobile.-land units on the0,1 sPeecn' Mld h had sked the jithexund td air: attack, his pre- defence.- prtorttteshwMeju.,. ,parations-are-.necessarily proceed- sympathetic consideration ' to tht " ihg siowly. He is-suffering losses Br,tlsn retluet for Permission to In matertaf krfd the cominunica- Qrder more Planes . h,ch . wouId tlonr. of his advanced troops make brUlg t,he tel British orders to conriderable demands upon his re-128,000 American Planes. , sources. V Mr- Roosevelt also said that steps Big Opposing Armies were beIn taken to BuUd up a ca: 1 While It would be a profound er- paclty of-aircraft production which ror to underestimate Italian would help .make the United States strength, both in numbers and the strst air power In the- quality of material, the Allied army world- ' i,r ' Spain Is Not Entering War Iberian Nation Will Remain Neutral In Conflict, it is Stated in Berlin no means safe from disturbance ' . and unless they can be made safe! ' BERLIN, Oct. 31: Spain will re-It is doubtful if qermany would mam neutral, although sympathetic risk sending many valuable troops! to the axis, it is said authoritative-' across the Mediterranean. ly here. Threat of British blockade Of other regions that demand at-! against Spain ls taken as the rea-tention Spain is perhaps the most for this course. Important. Pressure ls obviously ; being put on Gen. Franco to make w a move on Gibraltar, presumably, J' 17 A C V with Axis assistance. But no fact llV ElYO 1 is more certain tnan tnat Spam ls ,. war-weary. She Is extremely im- impoverished as a result of her own. , Civil War and Interruption of trade. VICTORY- I She stands to lose much morejRed star, Soviet Army Newspaper, than she can even be promised by. Thinks Italy Has Real Jcb In; the Axis by going to war. Perhaps! Greece jV. her attitude, like that of others, is. ojf . " the outcome the! waingPn of MOSCOW 0ct 31: (cpj-Greap- ' Ulaiaiil auw OUVla UiadbV.j ki LUC ,e Eastern Mediterranean, with herT fleet that Italy cannot hopo for a quick victory over Greece, dclared Red Star, the Soviet army news-A paper yesterday. Further, the pa- per said, Albania, was a c'lfflcuH country from which to cany on "a1 concentrated campaign. Southeastern Italy was also subject to effective aircraft attack from Great Britain. The Red tar, as It has done before, pointed out again -the t-"un--,. endlnsr attacks" on Great Britain J" had not given Germany superiority., hvthe air. ' , Is Killed In Plane Crash KITCHENER, Ont., Octv3i:, (CP) . Leading Aircraftsman Roy Armstrong of Winnipeg was killed yes- ' terday when a Royal Canadian Ali;-Force planB 'which! he was tlylnj alone cifiicd ri6ar here.