1 Islands - Fresh to strong X,. X No. 293. ,i irillMi u-hn uas nrpU. i rt.Unl rf lift MM- HialN... I Invasion last winter died . j i i a a mi irMcriiav iiuiii i i ran l t ifter attending a mill. review, He collapsed into i -i rlM Xmhii n... 1 inns vi v.i .. ...t .... i Kinnrtheim, passing away I L. n.MiAS iricln If III .... i I ! . i car 32C. rose from a joa;' i be the fourth Pre- i Suami, the Finnish re- )flfur when funds wwe t :-aeat iresiaeni rai " - iLl W LI uruL LI I 11 IC ouivri dc para. an-rl. . At n 1 . - "uvi ut uie coniuci cau- itol) to fall and In Au-h suffered a severe I'S-V n i ou:;iea nirnseu wnntne uuiur oi uie war FimII .... . '"c "ntj in hospitals and ior rebuilding the re- "rtd Farm to School at. started him on 'his way. i attained tjonularltv with jasants through his organ- Pn Of a ilivonlln! snrlptv for I youth, he was pleoted to Rent In 1904. 'ounht successfully against cl concriptlon, decreed by artst Russian Government '"wigly advocated the right Ir women. This right was fl in lfioft spoken in his views against "Saas efforts bv force to OUt- Cmvrlntlnn Vlf fre -..vwiimuii, ..w ly was In trouble with the administrators. as active in 1905-07 In fur- 1 Parliamentary reform the Czar tiro nnrMvl1d to because Russia was weak-Wmuat on Payc Three) I BERNE, Dec 20: (CP)-Drastlc : reorganization of the Vlchv cavern- Bombing Visitations to England Last Night Were Not Extensive ONLY ONE BOMBER LONDON, Dec. 20 (CP) A single bomber dropped a cluster of explosives on a section of London, this being the only activity In aerial attack upon Britain for today. There Is speculation as to what the next Naxl move may be. Expert opinion Is that there may be an even more greatly intensified air attack as well as u-boat attack on shipping. Some are Inclined to believe that the war will have entered a decisive phase by February. i.nvnnv. Dec. 20: (CP) Ger man bombers appeared over Lon-rion. Liveroool. Leicester, East Ang- lin and southern England again last 5-lu program for the farm- night but the raids were of brief given new homes, to duration, all clear signals m . - nsir nfi-npin in h urnr inc. Tne aiarm m uimuu ui. , .. . i,.. tnvi. Uniirs nf milet. One Ul UIE LMliUVLlUUU VI """"J v-o--- - Soke ' .nlAne rironned bombs but Utile as bo'm Arii im ia7i in damaee was done. Damage and f NIemela, near the casualties elsewhere In England a,coa:' of Bothnia. Ills fa-1 were unconsequentlal. "Derate r..m TTn I Kha;ij at Oulu (Ulenborg) rare of 'his aunt. But ' "fk irked him and he bck to his father's farm viua chctes. i unt who was I possessed of CHICAGO IN THIRD SPOT in That Position as Result of Last Night's Play rminAOO. December 20 (Cana dian Press) Chicago Black Hawks blanked the Montreal canaaieiw two goals to one last W """ moved Into a tie Tor tnira v in the National Hockey League MONEY OUT OF WAR LONDON Ut. Hon. Ernest Bevin declared today that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Great Idea of paying (or goods l a aemanaea by Ger- by good, will not only help to win ,u, duwiramg 10 reports received here. Premier Henri Philllppe Petaln has decided to comply. The ' changes will be announced by p-, on oaiuraay, it u expected. POUND AT ITALIANS Lloyd George Believes They Will Not Stand Up In War For Which They Hate No Heart LONDON, December 20 Speak-' inr In PirluMAn . l i.-.J il ... lJI 1UIIJ UlUl 1UI.U k I .. . .. . rrcmier uavid i.lnvrl- ut Aoranam uncoin lor no.. , i 'r , ... keep up th ti A.j- live X . t m AJk a the war but will take us out of the hands of speculators at the end of the war," Referring to the President's plan to lend arms to Great Britain, Mr. Bevin told a Luncheon: "Its in an indirat'on that the President accept the view that the great contribution to international stabilization at thf end of the war is labor and effort and not speculation and manipulation of currency." MAKE ITALY VASSAL LONDON The British Broad -catting Company says that a large number of anti-aircraft runners and other German units have ar-ved In Home as Germany pro-reeds with "an attempt to reduce Italy from the status of an ally attack on Italy hard ' lnat of vassal " H was einnhat- ahd heavy. The Italian people did leally denied at Rome that a not like this war Inrn wMh Tr larr number of fterman troons jot linen mai lit ciimDcu was kept up. ttiey -srcmld not stand. ; -stimated 75.000 to 90.000 Nail O ' ' 'IIJMITAI I.1I1KX III In rnA HMbil sr ww " scu uv uicdb of nam au rzil5 Presidency. evervlhinz to firm th Ahvslnlan . tw . : ' zm i t r-m m n n w w i a a Grateful to America iu r i iv V r h i i li i in ii.'k days of the war. He I former President il wr. ktrnly apprecla- '3r s made by him to ivii. i-iuyu ueuree aroiLtra ine 97 fi? brr war with fVv- ahm i,wka- hh I (V14i UnlMCl Willi WfcL.LV A - wmiimwik liicii l. its nr "iozirri ikn inpa vun us. r-nnn mat armixwi V1. 1 . I. 1 - . .- RAIDS ARE BUT BRIEF troops had entered Italy through Brenner Pass. DEEP FASCIST PLAN LONDON A secret order has been found wherebv a croun of Italian submarines was instructed to..t.cU Spani$h.meKh,nt sels plying between Casablanca and Lisbon. The attacks were to be without warning and the intention, it Is assumed here, wa to blame them on the British nary in order to stir up Spanish feeling against Great Britain. EIRE GETTING ANXIOUS DUBLIN In order to strengthen the defences of Eire against possible Invasion, the ports of Galway and Sligo have been placed under military control providing, among other things, for the examination of all ships entering these ports. Other Eire ports are already under such regulations. Unidentified planes flew over Dublin last Sunday", it is revealed. ITALIANS TRAPPED Road of Escape From Bardia Torbruk Bombarded by Sea and Air CAIRO, to rearguard forces left to defend Bar dla are trapped and their way of escape by road westward to Torbruk Is under both naval and aerial bombardment, British war communiques reported tonight. General headquarters said the sttua- Hon ior the Italians in Bardia area was now precarious and disclosed '.that 31,548 Italian prisoners had ! been counted since the counter-of- nean- hoWrf Ihim to buv ...: ni Brums fenslve started, many more tnous- iii 1 ii M. 11 ands having been taken in addition. An estimated 30,000 more Black Shirt forces face surrender or annihilation In the Bardia area. The Royal Air Force disclosed that at least eighteen Italian planes were destroyed in a mass raid on Benlna airdrome, Tuesday night. . ' au wn Bruins 1 me wnoie airarome was set aiuc. stanams u,s l r nc nlaht nardln and nprna were who lost 5 to three to in. w -1 'ZttZT at New York, in ine miru 1 rr.. r ii,t Now York York I Five Five Italian Italian pli . Week-end games wm w lOWS: ! fn Saturday Americans ai Boston at Montreal. Sunday-Boston -t:Rnw Toronto at New gcrs at Chicago, York with Americans. POUND STERLING NEW YORK, December 20 The pound sterling; was unchanged at $4.03 li on the ' New York metal market yesterday. oi jasoer rarK uoagei 2 j . LIBRARY 1 9mm earner rueuiM I Tomorrow's Tides n-e Rupert and Queen Char- S. X She in Australia For Those Be tween Ages of Nineteen " and Thirty-Three CANBERRA. Ausa'Ja, December 20 All single men Ja Australia between the ages of 19 sad 23 are to be called up for ccmipulory military service. It was announced today. There Is no htfenf-n of oalHn? up married men for the time being at least. Robert Sommerville, Manager of Jasper Lodge, Goes to Saskatoon ' a was largely through mler Benito Mussolini had plunsed' had arrived In Italy. Reuters dis- ment at Saskatoon, accordlne to an tions of :' rf .oi"s on behalf of them and. If concentratprf natches. however, said that an announcement made today by J. iuiy froi from Air Force. R. E. Cuhney, assistant Mr. Sommervlllej Dorn at Est Calder. Scotland, saw servlc? in the First Great War and, after retiring from the British army in India, entered the hotel business. He joined the hotel department of the Canadian National Railways in 1929 and has been In company establish tawa and Jasper National Park. Mr. Cuhney. newly anv!nted manager at Jasper Park Lodge, was born in France. He served his apprenticeship in the hotel business In France, England, Switzerland and Italy. In 1919 he became as-' soclated with the Bowman-Bilt-more Hotels Corporation as steward at the Belmont and Biltmorc hotels. In 1924 he was transferred to the Ansonla Hotel as chief auditor and four years later was appointed manager, which position he held until 1938 when he severed his con- hotels In Port Arthur, Halifax, Ed- Dec. 20: (CP)-- Italian j ronton and Saskatoon. SHIPS ARE TORPEDOED British and Norwegian Vessels At tacked by Nazis Irish Ferry Machine-Gunned LONDON, December 20 The Bri tish freighter Carleton, a 6.000- tan vessel, is reported by Mackay Radio to have been torpedoed 300 miles of the Irish coast. A Nor wegian ship, .the ss. Varangberg, was also aUacked in the same region where earlier In the week the liner Napier Star and other ves- Tons of bombs were dropped and I . werj reported 0 t it. t 1. .t. I The channel steamer Cambria, operating between Dublin. Liverpool, a 3,600-ton vessel. and was Africans and ana the uie Detroit Red , down oyer thi western desert yes- and h CT thM offlcer was kmed. Americans tie. tprdav terday wlthnnt without ajlngle a kneP. Brit British sh loss. loss.i Wings had a one-all overtime planes were brought 'machine-gunned in .the Irish Sea NEW YORK COPPER NEW YORK, DecAnber 20 Copper was .05c. higher yesterday on the New York metal market with May closing at 11.05c. per pound,v NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT.B7crrFRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940, Mannheim in Southwestern Germany I WIDESPREAD ATTACK LONDON, December 20 (Canadian Press) The Koyal Air Force during last night continued Us offensive against Germany by pounding important military objectives at Essen, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Du's-i berg. British bombers also hit at the Bergen-Oslo railroad in Norway which is much used by the Ministry announced. LONDON, Dec. 20: (CP) Three straight nights of Royal Air Force bombardment of Mannheim in southwestern Germany were described yesterday as part of a Bri- . tish move to smash German-Italian OTTAWA. Dec. 20 Robert Som- communications. Linked with the merville. formerly manager of Jas- thlrd attack Wednesday night was per Park Lodge. Rocky Mountain a sraash by the Royal Air Force at summer resort operated by the Can- jtaiy where Milan factories. Genoa ad-ian National Railways, has been docks and northern Italian air-appointed manager of the Dessbor- Qromes were raided, ough Hotel, year-round vstabllsh- Mannheim is one of the key Junc- the river-rail routes to the Ruhr Valley with its Van Wyck, General Manager of ho- neavy industries and the Saar Va!-tels for the Canadian National sys- jey which produces coal that Italy tern. Mr. Sommerville succeeds S. needs. W. Aslln. now on active service as naval bases o! the Nazis an officer In the Royal Canadian in France were also struck. manager and credit manager at the weather, the Royal Air ForoeTsfrucV Chateau Laurler. Ottawa, W sue- 8t 0n plants, munition factory and Germany including Essen. HELPING ! BRITAIN ments In Edmonton, Winnipeg. Ot- United States Moves to Expedite of Supply of War Materials SUPPLY DOUBLED WASHINGTON, D.O, Dec. 20, President Franklin D. Roosevelt today ordered that deliveries of warplanes to Great Britain be doubted. This will mean that WASHINGTON D.C., December 20 1 (Canadian Press) In connection nectlon with the Bowman-Biltmore with the authorization by the no British contracts actually would 1 b signed unless Congress acts on i President Franklin D. Roosevelt's lease-lending plan. However, British authorities are contracting now for sixty merchant ships for which they will pay cash without approval of the presidential pro gram. Simultaneously, . the Seize Enemy Ships It was reported today that a proposal was being considered where- nadlan Press) changed at 3434c per fine ounce , on the New yesterday. York metal market Hockey Scores PACIFIC COAST Seattle, 2; Portland, 3. own I Vl ford, defeated last week in the Vancouver mayoralty contest, has arrived here c start a refresher course at University of Toronto. "I have more interest in my profession than anything else and am axious to get back to practice," Dr. Telford remarked. NEW ENGLAND QUAKE BOSTON AH of New England was shaken between 2:25 and 3:29 this morning by a severe earthquake shock which seimo-graphs indicated was centred 100 miles north of Boston. Build-Ines and homes rocked and rattled but there was little mater- seventy per cent of the airplane ' ,al damage, construction of this country will go to Britain,, involving deliveries j iuu 10 buu pianes in January. 1 BUND MEN IN ARMY NEW: YORK Two thousand members of the German-American Bund have found their way into the armed forces of the United States, it is reported. This corporation and came to. Canada. United States .government today, U is suggested, was accomplish-Mr. Aslln, a native of Oxford, for the British government to ne- ed by pre-arranged plan. England, has been with the Can- Rctiate new war material con- adian National Railways hotel de- lracts possibly totalling $3.0on.nno- partment since 1928 having acted in 030 at once- Secretary d the Tress- Jpii7 Ynr K Stor K" mnnaopriai ran-joiHo of , urv 'Henrv MDTeenthau said thatl-c "In, kJlUV.IV 0 .Mf-.ww.v,. ct VUUipdllJf - " I Exchange Lower Downward Movement Continues For Fourth Successive Day In Gotham Trading New Envoy To .France Is To NEW YORK SILVER 1 1 M J NEW YORK, December 20 (Ca-1 LCaVC lYlOnday WASHINGTON D.C., December 20 Admiral William D. Leahy, new United States ambassador to France, will leave for Lisbon aboard U. S .3. Tuscaloosa next Monday. Later; next week, Ambassador William Phillips will leave High 6:05 ajn. 19 It. 18;H p.m. 17.8 It. Low 12:" P - 7 - -'- 1 L -"Trr- i '- ritish Navy Is Now In Adriatic I 'I'l.'L' nil A HI .4 nf T 4 I, U IU II 111 i m n v ft m m m U.I I - . 1. 1IM r ik a a a-J a-r rresident Kallio, Seized ..i. At Military llevirur. Collapses In Arms or General CHANGES ATVICHY Demands Made by Germany and retain lias Agreed to Comply, It Is Reported r i War News ALL SINGLE TO SMASH kalian Fleet Turns MkN I Afi I hi) AXIS I INK A . I To Be Compulsory Military Service This ls Object of Bombardment or 1 Bid at Sea Important Port of Albania is Heavily Shelled But Fascist Fleet Refuses to Come Out LONDON, December 20: (CP) British sea power uaa swept past the Gulf of Otranto into the lower Adriatic between Italy and Albania, battleships pouring nearly nnn linn rlrwl tons of hirjrh exnlosives into the Albanian port Germans for military purposes , 0f ylona, the Admiralty announced today. The raid was in an overnight raid, the Air , , , TfoKon notnr onrl nn Ttnlinn shinnincr JIUl tllitHClimru blic Italian nai uiiu v. y L- n . was found. Failure of the Italian Bulletins LOST ALL HIS FILES LONDON Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of supply for Canada, has started his conferences with the British government. Mr Howe states that he lost all his files when the liner Western Prince was torpedoed. BREAD SUBSIDY LONDON A bread subsidy is being established jn' England. It will enable bakers to sell four Last night, despite unfjorablepound loavff? for lie. TELFORD IN TORONTO warships to appear is viewed rs an indication that British, domination of the Mediterranean has extended to the Adriatic. Rome Itself admits that there have been British air attach on Frlndisi on .the Ad-' riatlc coast of Italy and as far norm as Bari. The British Admiralty .also announces that, in a five-day, bombardment of Bardia, three, supply ships were sunk when a light: force penetrated the inner harbor. During the past week a 2ritih submarine sank' a heavily laden Italian supply ship and a large Italian tanker south of Italy. 1 The British continued their remorseless pounding of Bardia today with the Italians, trapped in the beleagured Italian port .battling fiercely to break through, the Meanwhile the Royal Alr.Force blasted the Libyan coast westward to Derna, 175 miles from the Egyptian frontier. Practically the en- tire military camp at Derna was left in flames. ITALIANS PERISHING Intense Cold Causes Hundreds of Deaths Among Albanian Ttoops Fascist Retreat Continues ATHENS, Dec. 20: (CP) The. Italians in Albania are having to fight cold weather as well as the Greeks and it is also a losing-fight. . According to advices reaching here, hundreds of Italian soldiers, poorly equipped for such conditions as they are having to face, have been found frozen to death. Temperature has been running twenty-two below along parts of the mountain front and, In addition, there arc deep snows. The Greeks themselves are i changing sentries every half an hour on account of the rigors of the , weather. I Meanwhile the Italian retreat ' continues to be general. Abandoning three key points, they are falling back towards Chimara and Val- ona on the coast and Port Talermo Is in danger of falling, having been NEW YORK. December 20-The aireadtr renorted abandoned. Crack United INew York Stock Exchange market naari imariter nn disorganized. states government is considering auppra again yesteTaay ior me -jg R0yai Air Force dealt heavy the establishment of a "high com- fourth successive day but stead- bombing blows at Valona yesterday, mand" for the defence program. led somewhat in lat trading. The -n,. Itaiians sent fiehters aloft to iXJ'v Jry. onittd to meet the British planes and one of 1 j tlu tupo r to iiuugiib uunu muic 1 t 1 rift n 4 J V . uuw" the British lost none. 53; rails, 27.09, down '.16, and by the United States government tutmtes 19gl; down 17 mignt seize iuo uerman anc iiaiian ships, which have sought refuge In United States ports since the start of the war, and sell them to Great Britain. Light and heavy units of the British Mediterranean fleet have also been attacking Valona, Bari and Durrazzo. Lack of food in Albania Is also becoming serious. Weather Forecast General Synopsis The pressure appears low off the British Column bia coast and Is relatively high over the State of Utah. The weather remains unsettled throughout this province and rain has occulted on the coast. , West Coast of Vancouver Island-r-Fresh to strong soulhTasR; winds. jby plane on his return to his du-(shifting to south, unsettled' . and ties at Rome mild with rain, y- '