Bulletins
She
BELGRADE,
February
18:
(CP)
The
Yugoslavian
Premier
and
Foreign
Minister
left
today
for
Germany
aboard
a
special
plane
and
were
reported
to
have
reached
Munich
where
they
were
met
by
German
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Ribhentrop.
It
was
reported
here
that
the
VugoSlav
officials
Premier
Cvetkovic
and
Foreign
Mm-
PROVIDING
SAFEGUARD
Roosevelt
Srclts
Undertaking
From
Britain
Hoarding
Flet
Senate
Approval
Of
Dill
Expected
APPROVED
BV
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Vcb,
13:
(CP
The
United
States
foreign
relations
committee
today
ap-ptaved
the
administration's
"Aid
to
Britain"
bill
by
a
vote
of
IS
to
I.
The
legislation
was
approved
in
substantially
l"he
same
form
that
It
was
voted
upon
by
the
House
of
Representatives.
It
now
joes
to
the
Senate
for
debate
which
starts
Monday
and
it
Is
hoped
to
end
in
two
weeks.
The
committee
acted
after
It
had
rejected
a
proposal
to
restrict
the
President's
authority
to
send
American
armed
forces
out
of
the
western
hemisphere.
WASHINOTON.
D.
C.
Feb.
13:
In
connection
with
his
"lease-lend'
aid
to
Bnla.n
plan,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Is
said
to
have
ahejdy
requested
the
British
government
to
issue
sealed
oiders
to
naval
commanders
to
spc(?d
Uiclr
ships
to
United
Stairs
waters
If
such
a
thing
should
.happen
as
Oermany
seizing
En
,i
iid
While
American
author;-
i
Ui-i
am
satisfied
that
Britain
can!
repel
invasion,
this
step
is
being
taken
as
an
additional
safeguard.
Another
report
In
Washington
is;
hat
United
States
destroyers
;
miht
be
given
to
Oreat
Britain
In
trade
for
the
great
new
British'
.Battleship
Klhg
Oeorge
V.
j
f-
was
tnougnt
tnat
tne
senate
foreign
relations
committee
might
vote
approval
of
the
"lease-lend"
bill
i
:iay
In
which
case
debate
on
hr
floor
of
the
Senate
could
commoner
next
week.
An
informal
poll
of
the
Senate
ye.-
torday
Indicated
that
the
"lease-lend"
bill
would
pas3
with
64
to
70
out.
of
06
members
oi
the
upper
chamber
supporting
it.
This
would
give
Roovelt
the
most
smashing
victory
he
has
had
since
entering
tho
White
House.
ister
Cincat-Markovic
would
go
to
Bcrchtcsgaden
.to
see
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
tonight.
News
of
the
trip
of
the
YugoS)av
ministers
startled
diplomatic
quarters
which
a
few
hours
earlier
had
been
discussing
efforts
of
Turkish
diplomats
to
form
a
pro-British
line-up
of
Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria,
Greece
and
Turkey
to
preserve
Balkan
peace.
Yugoslavia
might
be
the
corridor
for
Nazi
legions
in
the
even;
they
strike
At
Greece.
Greek
announcement
of
fresh
ad-.yancesUn
Albania
.strengthened,
.the.,
belic
thar
Germany
might
uot
watt
much
longer.
Bulgaria
Enigmas
An
official
Hungarian
news
agency
reported
today
that
the
Bulgarian
government
radio
had
broadcast
a
speech
contending
that
Bulgaria
wfes
entitled
to
an
outlet
in
the
Aegean
Sea
across
Greek
territory.
Meanwhile
Bulgaria
remains
one
of
the
immediate
enigmas
in
regard
to
the
present
diplomatic
drive
of
Germany
to
gain
control
of
the
Balkans.
Bulgaria
still
denied
today
"wild
rumors"
from
abroad
that
large
German
forces
had
arrived
In
Bulgaria.
It
was
said
that
no
Nazi
airmen
or
soldiers,
definitely
ldentl-;
fiable
as
such,
had
been
seen.
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C.
UOA11
PKOGKAM
VICTORIA
A
road
program
is
to
be
started
in
British
Columbia
soon,
it
is
reported.
Transpro-vincial
and
TransCanada
systems
will
receive
special
attention.
BATTLE
IN
NANAIMO
NANAIMO
Two
thousand
troops
took
part
in
a
sham
battle
here
yesterday
as
part
of
a
war
savings
campaign
demonstration.
GERMANS
RECAPTURED
CALGARY
Two
German
prisoners
who
escaped
from
an
internment
camp
near
here
were
recaptured
last
night.
AIR
WAR
LIGHT
LONDON
The
air
war
between
Germany
and
England
was
light
last
night.
Liverpool
was
the
only
place
reporting
enemy
planes.
BENGASI
SETTLES
DOWN
BENGASI
Bengasi
and
other
British
captured
territory
In
Libya
is
settling
down
happily
under
the
new
British'
rule
Even
the
Italians
relish
it.
The
British
continue
to
make
satisfactory
African
fronts.
progress
on
all
Marshal
Grazianl
Is
reported
to
have
been
summoned
to
Rome.
TRAINING
PERIOD
OTTAWA
The
first
four-inonth
training
period
for
military
draftees
will
start
March
30,
It
is
announced.
li.j.1fiu.A
.;-ic,
".
.vf.
aw:
a
eru;ii:i
ds.bri
a..
rcu-ui
N.azi
a.r
i.
.
this
.nmate
oi
a
working
nr.
n's
hosns
i,
dragged
from
his
ltv
ing
tomb,
given
first
aid
and
prepared
for
trip
to
the
hospital.
Speculation
ArloPeace
OP
-War
Continues
As
Leaders
Of
Prince
George
District
Plants
An
ticipatc
Much
Activity
Sawmills
ln
the
Prince
district
are
looking
forward
to
one
of
the
busiest
seasons
on
record
this
year,
according
to
word
brought
to
the
city
from
the
interior.
The
Sinclair
Mills
plant
is
already
cutting
lumber,
it
being
the
first
occasion
since
1929
that
a
mill
in
that
district
has
started
up
so
early
in
the
season.
Other
mills
are
getting
In
readiness.
The
Prince
George
district
mills
specialize
ln
western
white
spruce
lumber,
the
most
of
it
going
to
the
Eastern
Un
ited
States.
The
Interior
is
having
an
exceptionally
jnild
winter
and
.there
is
little
snow.
Betrothal
Ring
For
Binoculars
Fair
Exchange
is
Heart
Affair
for
Canadian
Soldier
and.
Sweetheart
LONDON,
Feb.
13:
(CP)
Among
40,000
hlnoculars
received
by
the
Ministry
of
Supply
from
people
ln
Britain
was
one
pair
offered
by
a
Canadian
soldier.
The
glasses
were
handed
over
ln
response
id
a
campaign
by
the
ministry
on
behalf
of
the
fighting
forces.
"I
hate
to
ask
for
money
for
'these,''
said
the
Canadian,
"but
ince
I
was
over
here
I've
got
engaged
and
I
can't
afford
to
buy
the
girl
a
ring.
Could
you
give
me
enough
for
that?"
The
ministry
saw
to
it
that
he
got
his
money
and
the
girl
got
her
ring.
.
.
than
that
complete
understanding
had
been
reached
pn
European
George
'
matters
in
regard
to
the
war
as
well
as
Mediterranean
and
African
prob
lems.
That
co-operation
in
regard
to
the
Axis
campaign
had
been
reached
appeared
likely
in
view
of
a
statement
made
in
London
today
that
an
Axis
thrust
against
Gibral
tar
and
Suez
might
be
expected:
within
the
next
thirty
days.
Creation
of
a
Latin
block
pooling
the
Interests
of
Italy,
France
and
Spain
is
being
undertaken
it
appears
likely.
There
will
be
no
separate
peace
for
Italy,
It
is
declared
ln
authori
tative
German
quarters.
This
state
persistent
rumors
which
have
em
anated
from
Vichy
that
peace
negotiations
between
Italy
and
Great
Britain
may
be
instituted
with
General
Francisco
Franco
of
Spain
as
mediator
and
Marshal
Henri
Phillippe
Petain
of
France
as
arbiter.
Reports
ln
other
quarters
suggest
a
new
peace
plan
between
Italy
and
Greece
under
which
Greece
would
retain
that
portion
of
Albania
which
lt
has
occupied
and
demobilize
her
forces,
declaring
herself
a
neutral
in
the
war.
Abyssinia
To-
Britain?
Still
another
rumored
peace
plan
this
one
between
Great
Britain
and
Italy
would
provide
for
a
British
protectorate
over
Abyssinia
with
Emperor
Halle
Selassie
back
on
his
throne.
Italy
to
be
allowed
to
keep
Libya.
The
report
Is
that
United,..
States
Ambassador
William
D.
Leafiy
to
France
has
been
Instrumental'
ln
connection
'with
these
terms.
Weather,
Forecast
tin
Tomorrows
Tides
Prince
Rupert
anct
Queen
Charlotte
High
5:52
a.m.
22.0
It.
Islands
Light
northwest
15:00
p.m.
21.9
ft.
winds,
fair.
Low
9:02
a.m.
4.0
ft.
f'J
'
21:21
p.m.
1.8
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXX.,
fJo.
37.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
13
,
1941.
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Pacific
Situation
Becomes
Grave
YugoSIavIa
Next
On
List
Australia
Alarmed
As
Great
Premier
And
Foreign
Minister
Of
Country
Summoned
By
Hitler
Flight
From
Belgrade
to
Munich
and
on
to
Bcrchtcsgaden
TonightMay
Hit
Pro-British
Plan
BATTERED
SURVIVOR
RESCUED
Britain
Admits
Japs
Likely
To
Join
Actively
With
Axis
WAS
PURE
ACCIDENT
able
rate
of
speed,
possibly
twenty
miles.
Witness
did
not
see
the
cnlld
being
hit
by
the
car
but
he
saw
the
driver
pick
the
lad
up.
He
ness)
went
to
the
kitchen
to
advise
the
parents
who
went
ou:.
About
fifteen
minutes
or
half
an
hour
later
he
saw
Mazzei
at
the
house.
He
appeared
nervous
but
there
was
no
sign
of
liquor.
Medical
Testimony
Emergent
Session
of
War
Cabinet
Being
Called
British
and
American
Nationals
Urged
to
Leave
Orient-Dutch
Ships
Ordered
to
Neutral
Ports
SYDNEY,
Australia.
Februarv
13:
(CP)
A.
W.
Fad-
inquwt
into
neath
of
Little
Jackie
deputy
Prime
Minister
of
Australia,
declared
today
N
S
n
"n-Jaf
Mzel
"
that
the
War
llad
re3ched
3
neVV
staSe
f
the
utm0St
SV-
Exonerated
ity
to
Australia
and
indicated
that
"grave
advices"
con-
cerning
the
situation
in
the
Pacific
had
been
received.
The
death
of
three-year-old
jack
The
information
was
received
during
a
session
of
the
war
Nelson
came
as
a
result
of
an
acci
dent
when
struck
Ty
an
automobile
driven
by
Pat
Mazzei
and
no
blame
could
be
attached
tothe
driver.
This
was
the
verdict
yesterday
afternoon
of
a
coroner's
jury
which
Investigated
the
circumstances
of
LOCAL
MAN
CASUALTY
OITAWA,
leti.
13:
vC?)
Loss
of
nojJiern
Em-peon
markets
dur-mg
1940
has
caused
Britain
to
iook
to
Canada
and
the
United
States"
for
her
pulp
and
paper
jUj.,mes.
A"4
uaac
iiao
.uvtiuijvu
-
(Wit-
iacioriy
ana
iransauaintw
suppucia
rntra
l.ff
ttrt
rtrtllht
ff
fVllr
willing-
advisory
council
which
adjourned
pending
the
appearance
of
service
.chiefs
at
an
emergent
meeting
of
the
war
cabinet
tomorrow.
The
announcement
of
the
Deputy
Prime
Minister
of
Australia
followed
an
official
admission
irom
the
British
government
in
Lon
Ion
that
noon
on
Eighth
Avenue
East
which
Geo2f
Brown
Seriously
Hurt,
S
uf-
Japan
mlght
sud(jenly
intervene
in
culminated
In
the
death
of
the
child
Tuesday
night
In
Princj?
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Evidence
indicated
that
the
boy
stepped
out
suddenly
in
front
of
the
car
which
was
driving
at
moderate
speed,
possibly
fifteen
to
twenty
miles
per
hour,
giving
the
driver
no
chance
to
avoid
strlklnor
him.
Iniuries
Included
a
feting
from
Fractured
Skull,
Father
Advised
the
war
on
the
side
of
Gem
any
and
Italy.
There
was
definite
evidence,
,
,
.
it
was
said
in
London,
that
Japan-
The
following
has
been
message
ese
extremists
were
Uns
charge
received
by
James
Brown
of
this
,n
Tokyo
and
Qreat
Bmaln
would
city
from
naval
service
headquart-
not
surprlsed
we
Japan
cnter
ers:
.
the
war.
British
nationals
are
again
"Deeply
regret
to
Inform
you
that
belng
urged
t0
Jeave
Ja
and
your
son,
George
James
Browp,
or-
Unlted
states
ls
al0
recortpd
to
riniihif
frartnro
of
the
skull,
broken
dtnary-
-seaman,
Royal
Canadian
have
urged
all
Americans
in
the
Far
collar
bone
and
broken
thigh.
The
avai
oluniew
xvcc.
East
wno
are
not
urgently,
jaauir-
chtld
never,
regained
consciousness
seriouslrhurfand
is
sufferinrtrom
-to
reTurnhome.
bcr'w-n
h
time
of
the
accident
fractured
skull.
He
Is
being
placed
0reat
Brttaln
ln
the
meantime,
and.hls
death.
in
hospital
in
South
America.
You
,s
sald
to
have
remlnded
Xokyo
of
The
conducted
by
wi"
be
kept
informed
of
his
pro-
inquest
was
tne
fate
that
has
befaUen
other
Nations
Hold
Secret.
Meets
?;,?
c.Indedir!.ctedi
KSSSSJE
aboard
nd?
$
j"0?-
...
.
franco
was
nis
pupn.
mere
was
sun
specuiauon,
wunouija"u
rM"ci1
BUSY
YEAR
FOR
MILLS
cacuiuuuwuu
ui
mnicain,
inc
i
mionier.jpoicauon
oi
possioie
im
jury
consisiea
oi
n.
r.
j-kjck,
iure-
man,
J.
C.
Gllker,
S.
J.
Hunter,
LONDON,
February
13.-
General
Francisco
Franco
Sessefwele
of
Spain
and
Chief
of
State
Henri
Phillippe
Petain
of!M
X.
urquhart,
Dr.
r.
o.
Large,
France
met
today
at
Antibes
on
the
French
Riviera.
Years!
jaCk
h.
Nelson.
Bobby
Menzte,
Asie
ago
Petain
was
a
professor
in
a
French
university
and'Amtsen,
constable
d.
d.
Mcinaoe
CANADA
IS
SUPPLYING
any
olflcial
mtormatson
as
to
wna-
m.
n.
uiijumh
wm
owumus
au
Grea
Britain
Not
Getting
Pulp
transpired
in
loaay
s
lants.
iu"
ouu5
Franco
arrived
at
Antibes
today
that
afternoon
looking
out
Into
the
from
Vintemiglia
In
the
Italian
Rl-
street
where
seven
or
eight
boys,
viera
where
he
had
met
Premier
,
among
them
deceased,
were
playing
Benito
Mussolini
yesterday.
No
marbles.
Witness
saw
the
car
corn-particulars
of
the
Franco-Mussolini
l"B.
travelling
in
an
easterly
dlrec-ponferpnee
were
made
mibllc
other
!
"on.
It
was
travelling
at
a
reason-
"And
Paper
From
Usual
Sources
pendingliwar
developments
in
the
Pacific
is
the
advising
of
Dutch
steamers
to
proceed
at
once
to
neutral
ports.
Two
Dutch
East
Indies
ships
are
putting
into
Manila
as
a
result
of
receiving
such
orders.
RAILWAY
DIRECTOR
Robert
J.
Moffatt
Of
Canadian
National
Passes
Away
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
13:
The
following
message
was
recei'
ed
here
from
S.
J.
Hungerford,
c
lairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
.
...
"7"
Railways,
at
present
in
Va
icouver
ness
to
meet
the
needs
of
Oreat
'
v...
,
..
.
t
Britain.
However,
the
necessity
of
reserv-
htntn
rn
o
rA
covtner
-f
rr
by
brain
injury.
Tne
injuries
coma
"'".'""ZZ
ZZ-
ob
k
railway."
ment
from
Berlin
is
in
answer
to
have
been
caused
by
being
struck
Earl'
1940
wood
PulP
was
It
ls
with
profound
rei
ret
that
the
members
of
the
boan,
of
directors
of
the
Canadian
National
ech.Ve
l
SSJI
tc?
,
,.,
.
,.
of
their
colleague.
Robert
j
J.
Mot-lor
Britain
to
look
after
her
own
.
4.
,
.
.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
who
attended
needs
as
far
as
possible
Thus
the
J
n
the
boy,
testified
that
the
skull
was
Wintag
indust
been
ouTde-fractured
ln
at
the
base
thrown
back
more
nd
more
oa
two
places
llberatkms
a
very
gn
lt
vahie
with
right
collarbone
and
right
materials
VJ''
to
the
system
and
the
qui
charm
thigh
broken.
He
was
unconscious
and
waste
paper,
whteh
in
peace-
Vsonauty
Wlll
sadly
time
used
in
sizeable
quanttt
es
J
are
rSnly
until
death,
immediate
cause
of
by
his
brother
which
was
cardiac
failure
preceded
by
British
paper-makers,
greatly
Jj
Gained
in
"substanUal
i
quantities
by
a
car.
They
were
very
severe
in-
Juries
and
the
child
would
not
have
rom
Nofy
a"d
Swen-
Anotner
I
Australians
Wi
'"Hi
lived
s
long
had
he
not
been
very
raw
material
for
making
paper-
;
Two
csparts-was
coming
across
the
TL
Cjjk
Cnrf.
healthy.
operations
were
per-
his
life.
Channel
from
France.
But
develop-,
I
Ildr
OUK
OOLiib
formed
in
the
effort
to
save
Jack
H.
Nelson,
father
of
the
e"ts
the
war
situation
chang-:
child,
testified
that
he
was
three
that.
Coiapee
of
France.
Melbourne,
Feb.
13:
(CP)-Ih
years
four
months
old.
He'
the
domination
of
the
Low
Countries
flf
lncreased
prlce
of
silk
father)
rushed
out
after
being
in-
Gnd
tne
reat
to
Scandinavian
stocklngs
tne
demand
today
is
for
checked
the
flow
of
all
formed
of
the
accident
and
picked
Producers
stockines
of
the
"sheerest"
weave,
him
up
from
the
side
of
the
road
WMroaucma
maa-
and
the
United
Canada
where
he
had
been
laid
by
the
drlv-
irom
er
of
the
car.
The
lad
was
placed
Stotes-
in
Mazzel's
car
and
they
took
hlm
1
to
the
hospital.
It
had
been
cus-
rw.
j
f
toniary
for
the
children
to
play
in
riltV
YYOmen
Ml
side
where
the
boy
was
picked
up.
piof
A
11
Pa
CC
Bobby
Menzies,
aged
13,
was
play-
11
31
rilu
viaoo
ing
marbles
with
other
boys.
Jack-,
le
Nelson
was
among
them.
Wit-
j
The
women's
first
air
class
under
lngs
needed
to
buy
a
pair
of
silk
ness
was
on
the
left
hand
side
of
,
the
St.
John's
Ambulance
Assocla-
stockings.
the
street
shooting
to
the
marble
ring
on
the
right
side
where
Jackie
tlon
of
this
city
had
its
second
session
last
night
with
about
fifty
in
was
with
the
others.
He
(Bobby)
attendance.
The
study
of
fracture
saw
the
car
coming
from
the
dir-
treatment
was
continued
under
In-(Conthutcd
on
Paqr.
S?.r)
I
structor
Angus
Macdonald.
says
The
Argus.
I
Ladies
of
leisure
or
business
girls
all
demand
sheer
stockings
and
I
they
are
buying
in
large
ruantltles
j
because
It
is
possible
that
later
no
J
silk
stockbgs'
will
be
procurable.
Business
girls
seem
determined
not
'
to
do
without
them
and
by
denying
themselves
othe?
things
they
are
able
to
put
by
the
extra
few
shi
ti
LADY
CHAMBERLAIN
DIES
LONDON
Lady
Chamberlain,
widow
of
Sir
Austen
Chamberlain,
died
tod.-:;
.