BUTE OF ROOSEVELT t m rtrt i Mini lunula tiun II " I " t Nation to Tajr War Debt Kttuuriy cimcnTON. D.C.. Dec. 2 I A a m.m. -!rn hui & iiitMtiu tfttt aw and admiration of the people I 11 . il ft 4 n nn v n a i usn i 11 j i !'-,g the next Installment due L t C . ft ft. ff I - a . ft -1 ft U ft t-s t I J - J It. ...... tli v m iitvi mwt ihiu va o Ftymrnt and there appears to iP CiiUk LilKk Li I IT UIUUUDIII Mill . i -1 . I i - a i .. DLOCK IN HOCKEYi Ttsmt In Pacific Coast 111 f of Are Now On I.ven Terms ininrwi rw ir?m . . . j . i , - rzi by a score of three to; FOUR PLANES "many Lost Machines In North 5a Yesterday Crews Are Saved BEKLIN, Dec. 2:-Four German meg were lost yesterday on nc u"1 of storniy weather. The were all saved. 3- l News GUIS? . LIN flit SCUTTLED CAPETOWN The 9321-ton German liner Watussi Has scut-tled off Cape Point apparently to avoid capture. Announcement tald she had been Intercepted by South African bombers. ANTI-MINK MACHINE LONDON The British Admiralty has devLscd a machine which will explode magnetic mines under water. A machine has also been devised to draw the mines to the surface as a steel-hulled ship does. CANADIAN AIll FIGHTERS LONDON At least 1000 Cana-dlans are now on service with the Koyal Air Force In the European tone. A Canadian fighter squadron Is being formed in France and will take Its place Immediately. Many Canadian aviators are In service with IlritUh defence units. CHAPLAINS NAMED OTTAWA Twenty-two Canadian Army chaplains have been named with the honorary rank of major. Fourteen are Angll-cans, four United Church and two Presbyterians, These are In addition to IComin Catholic I Chaplains. in overtime Pacific Coast. ." League game last night I onnHianc Am iwtt a three-way tie now' tween the threi teams In Of tl.l 1 mtt -Portland. Vancouver I utile AltnOUgli-' attle- for ih uue leader-1 57 Oddly enough, too, each of ilVlmnc Klntim I In 5reft teams In the league have .w.w.. r i i i ts many suais iu nave uccn , 'red against them. 8UDBURV. Ont.. Dec 2 CP Bulletins KINO TO BROADCAST LONDON Klnr George will be trd In the usual Empire Christ- t iv nrninriu. nriri ir tiftnii trff i tn m mnn ana nuir ts A tf ft f itr4? I III tthteen months hi Jail Friday n rin..i cnnn u-iiii nniinn in additional nine months at- lntosh on a charge of consplr- to defraud the public and AKMSTKONfi-AMMERS OFF MW YORK The Henry Arm- ' ' Ol IIIUUIIU ft wm-rw ki . . ii.. vtiausc ui ig unit " inn -v m it l iirk llfia sTmmI..I.. ...Ill ma nar. P VVlllllll9llUII ma I'v a ' UIIC tIIICi IU IIVMI asv "e In more than one division. fell sf t a n m tw ja inn nlJ bisii' wui KEW YORK Removal of the .AAA AAA I. I I II U -v,v iiuuiin r,xiuun irwin H UA.IJ'. t. 1 -.1,1.1.. - imiiui rair wiiiiiu iiiiio ! I. A urncrcu. Trr si nn i rrrn wwr mi n k m vii! i nnuu Six hundred foreign refugees from Finland's Arctic Coast entering .Norway after the Finnish invasion 'have included a number of Canad ians. Among those were twelve employees of the International Nickel Co. and their families. The International Nickel Co. at Sudbury received word of the safety of Its people although Its mines are reported to have been blown up. fithtlng forces. The broad- ipVonrll TnCH uCnaiC onnfo mill start at 6:15 a.m. Pa- Backs Daladier .MNLOUVKIl Sianey .Miner, . , . " f III Inwra PARIS, Dec. 2: (CP The French Senate yesterday approved the extension to Premier Edouard Daladier of decree powers for the dura tion of the war. The vote was 259 ( to 23. The measure had already cleared the major hurdle, gaining1 approval from the Chamber of Deputies. ! Fighting Dewey In Presidential Race New York District Attorney Throws His Hat Into Ring for Republi can Nomination NEW YORK, Dec. 2: (CD-Thomas Dewey, fighting district at torney, has formally entered the campaign for the republican presidential nomination. He has been offered and accepted the support of Ithe New York state delegation at the national convention. Others being prominently mentioned for the Republican nomination arc Senator Arthur II. Vandenberg of Michigan, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Senator II. Styles Bryd- ges of New Hampshire. Father Garrlty, who has been on a visit to the city on ecclesiastical duties, left bv last evening's train ,'on his return to Smlthers. Air Defences Very . Strong . LONDON, Dec. 2: I CP) The Air Ministry Is well satis- fled with the strength and 'capabilities of Oreat Britain's air defences as demonstrated under severe Inspection. They were built to deal with ware after wave of enemy mass at tacks and have proven particularly effective against the occasional raids which Nazi planes have so far Indulged In. & The strength of atl-aircraft i batteries and the number of defence planes are being rap- Idly Increased. JEER NAME OF STALIN Anti - Soviet Demonstrations Sweden and Denmark Windows in Copenhagen Legation Broken COPENHAGEN. Dec. 2: (CD-All windows in the Soviet legation here were smashed during the night. Nor was Denmark the only country in which there were anti-Soviet demonstrations. Last night In the first demonstration of Swedish entlment since the Itnsslair invasion of Finland over two thousand Swedes crowded before the Finnish Legation in Stockholm shouting "Long Live Finland." The name of Joseph Stalin brought Jeers. Old Country Soccer South A Arsenal 3, West Ham 0. Charlton Athletic 2, MUlwall 4 Clapton 2, Tottenham 1. Crystal Palace 1, Norwich 0. Southend 1. Watford 2. South B Aldershot 1, Bournemouth 4. Brentford 3, Reading 0. Fulham 7, Brighton 4. Portsmouth 4, Southampton 1. Queen Park 3, Chelset 2. Midland Birmingham 1. Northampton 1. Luton 7, Coventry 0. Walsal 0, West Bromwlch Albion !. Wolverhampton 5, Leicester 0. Northwestern Accrlngton 2, Barrow 2. Bolton 3, Blackpool 1. Burnley 3, Rochdale 1. Carlisle 1. Oldham 2. Preston Northend 2, Blackburn 0. Southport 1, Bury 2. East Midlands Chesterfield 5, Barnsley 2. Lincoln 3, Mansfield 2. Notts County 1, Grimsby 2, Rothcrham 1, Notts Forest 0. United 3. Western Chester 1, Brighton 1. Crewe 4, Stoke 2. Liverpool 2, Everton 2. Manchester City 6, Stockport 6. Portvale 1. Wrexham 0. Tranmere Rovers 2, Manchester United 4. Trisco Fair Is j Definitely Over Big Golden Gate Exposition Is To Be Liquidated SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2:-flans for a repetition of the Golden Gate International Exposition next VINCIAL r r LIBRARY VICTORIAf B.C. . r . Tides earner rorecasi Tomorrows mm High . 6:15 aju. 19.1 ft. 18:22 p.m. 18X ft. 1st 3lr " nd raln WIin no cnan6C mnf-ature. .Low 12:15 psn. 80 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.CV. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1939. ittlc? Finland Making Good AWKWARD 1 Allowed Themselves U be Trapped Into Vulnerable Positions by French on Western Front PARIS, Dec. 2: (CPK Actli'Ujr on the Western Front was still on a minor scale today, French tricking of Oerman patrols Into vulnerable positions where they were blasted by machine gun and rifle fire at close range being the feature of the fighting. South of Saarbruecken one fairly large German patrol advanced to within range of the French and was blasted with some hand to hand fighting Near Llssemboun: a Oermnn raid was allowed to take a position and wa' then driven out with several killrd and wounded. A French communique reported patrol encounters and reciprocal art'llery exchanges with little activity in the air. A French patrol penetrated deep lntr Oerman territory around the ln Vostes and came back with valuable information, not losing a ongie man. MORE SHIPS SENT DOWN Two More Germans Captured by British Three Neutrals and One Britisher LONDON. Dec. 2: CPf Two Oerman ships, the 2185-ton steamship Eilbek and the 215-ton trawler Sophie Busse. have been captured by British naval units and brought to , an English port The destruction of three neutral and one British merchantman slnre yesterday raised to at least 171 the number of ships sunk ln the war. The latest victims are the Finnish ! steamship Mercator. the Britisher Dalyran. the Norwegian Realf and the Danish schooner Orethe. The Realf. an 8,000 ton vessel, was actually sunk either by submarine" or mine ln the North Sea Thursday night. The crew of forty-four and ten others took to lifeboats and were picked ud by an Italian ship. One is believed lost. Poles Hide Gems ! Of Czarist Days Resting Place of Russian Crown Jewels Mystifies Europe LONDON, Dec. 2: (CP) Oone of Europe's many guessing games to-, day concerns the whereabouts of, the Russian crown Jewels, the pro perty of the Republic of Poland, j The JcVels have belonged to (Poland since 1833 when a promise oU.rri.U tlTmtnaivta,, Ehaffl'IH msi). Viu Iha Rnvlpf. OflVCmmPllt in' 'return Polish national treasures was forfeit and the Poles retained I the crown Jewels, deposited with them in 1920 as security against return of their own riches. The Polish valuables had been seized by the Czarist regime in the vari ous partitions of poiana. Tne rus- slan Jewels were removed from Warsaw before the German ln- vaelAn dinner wHfi npr.cnnnl lpu.'Orr of the Polish nobility and their eventual haven is rumored to be ln Britain or the United States. DISCIPLINE EVER ROCHDALE, Eng., Dec. 2: (CP), Complaints of ARP workers here they were expected to salute military, naval and ARP officers WAR IN FINLAND Capital .Moved From Helsing-ton United States Em-Bargo Against Russia HELSINGFORS EVACUATED As a precautionary measure, the Finnish government todayevacu-ated Helsingfors for an undisclosed city. Exodus of civilian population continues. RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION At Moscow Russia formally ree-nized the "people's" provisional regime which she proclaimed for Finland while scorning the embattled Finn's own government. Premier Molotov praised the Russian-approved group as a factor leading to "hone for a peaceful and satisfactory solution of the present crisis." lana IS seen dt lnnnn om?-ii- dom as a direct menace to Ger- manf'throuth giving the Soviet control of the Gulf of Finland and cuttlnt off the German trade route with Sweden. FRANCE'S STAND While announcing that France was prepared to take a firm stand over the Russo-Finnish situation providing United States takes the lead by breaking off diplomatic relations or some such measure. Premier Edouard Daladier today officially declared France's neutrality In the matter which he said was a "Baltic issue," which concerned Germany above all. MORAL EMBARGO INVOKED President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States today invoked a moral embargo against the export of anything in the way of war materials to Soviet Russia in view of that country's ruthless bombing of Finland's civilian population. Tliis action on the part of President Roosevelt followed a statement by Premier Foreign-Commissar Molotov of Russia that , an appeal of the President to Russia to refrain from the barbarism of bombing civilians was "pointless" because Russia was not bombing civilians and did not intend to do so," directing its attack only against military objectives. Fathers Are Demobilized PARIS, Dec. 2, (CP) Premier Edouard Daladier announced today that all fathers of two or more children who have been mobilized will be released and sent back home. Hundreds of thousands of men will eventually be affected. LING WINS TRIP PRICE: S CENTS Stand ft ft m : GERMANS Defenders Are Proving Match For Cruel Russian Hordes In Spite of Overwhelming Odds Have Succeeded in Driving Red Invaders Rack at Many Points, Taking Numerous Demoralized Prisoners And Much Pooly Built Fighting Equipment Despite the tremendous Russian drive by land, sea and air and although there appears to be overwhelming odds, in numbers at least, against them, valiant Finland continues to strike back at the massed attack of the Sov-'et. A great measure of success, too, is rewarding the de-lensive move against the aggression which has aroused pretest from the entire civilized . world. Yesterday the Finns were reported to have taken twelve hundred or more prisoners and thirty- six tanks from the Russians in the land fighting. They claimed to have brought down sixteen Soviet Finland. Finn'sh Victories Independent reports from Copenhagen and other Baltic countries today indicated further marked success; s by the Finns over the according to civilian refugees from Finland at Kirkenes. Norway, in Earlier the city was reported ln the hands of Russian troops who1 , had parachuted to earth. British- were rerrted to have been blown. up by Finnish troops to prevent Russian capture. Refugees also declared that the Finns ,had defeated the Russians AIR RAIDS POSSIBLE bombing planes and to have sunkj the 8500-ton Russian warship Kir-' Premier Edouard Daladier Warns off with five hundred of crew. The French People To Be Rendy Russians, on the other hand, made' For Bombardment claims of successes in widespread parts of. the territory of their little PARIS, Dec. 2: (CP) Premier neighbor. Edouard Daladier yesterday warn- Finland's new government, head- ed the French people that, while ed by Rlsto Rytl. fifty-year-old mass air attacks by Germany upon pretldent of the Bank of Finland, France have not yet been engaged .has pledged itself to fight to the ln, it is possible that they may-be j last ditch in defence of the coun- launched at any time and he ad- ! trv's Indspendmie. "We fight with vised the people to continue to bs e TO GERMAN rtn.w MEVrE ', ,tout hearts and. dear conscl- prepared for them. Yesterday Russian Invasion of Fin- RCvVe' wiaW-ar enCfc-. declared reconnaissance planes flew tarter our Indenendence or bar- deep into northeastern France, but .fcaln away pur jrjghjJcllTgow ment. j .... 1 1 Premier-Foreign Ccmmiasar. an address to the people last night, M. Molotov says that the new gov-was fulT of praise of the manner eminent of Finland is not accept- in which his forces were rising to able to the Soviet It does not im- 'the defence of home and father-orove matters between Russia and land. Von Mannerheim, who led a Finnish white army against the Red Russians in 1918 and was largely instrumental ln winning Fmnish independence, said to his forces: ."You know me and I know you. I know that all loyal Finns ...ill l , n W. -J t 1 . and fatherland. ik. .... 4 w.j That Russia is using hurriedly-built equipment from its newly ac- IKa w . . iuick uaiuw utucd woo MiUttabCU easily Ing out the Russians who were reported to be "exhausted, badly sloped and poorly nourished." They were finding it Impossible to carry on against the efficient de- mz planes brought down by the Finns yesterday came from Esth-onia. The Russians claimed to hav brought down ten Finnish planes Matching the ruthless Russian fenslve measures of the Finns , .,('. , . uiviuiuug noiuni cum ciuiuitru, was their act yesterday ln machine- gunning the crew of a sunken Fin- owned nickel mines in that area ZZZ "Z Z. J Are Ready For More The population of Finland has 'steeled itself for further attacks following the first two hectic days of warfare, bringing, great destruc- ln a battle fifty miles north of tlon ftnri mnt.h -,P!lth anf .., Salmljarvl. site of valuable mines nJ after the invaslon early oft the International Nickel Co. Russla Thursday by whlch w,s They said that the Russians had foiIowed by President Kal-left 150 killed on the battlefield. h&a declaration that the country , On the Isthmus of Karelia to was ln a state of war. me soutneast, one or tne principal The widespread attack included Soviet objectives in its Finnish, the aerial siege of Helsingfors, the Invasion, Finland's aircraft and dropping of bombs upon the port light artillery were reported today of Vllpurl, about sixty-five miles to be inflicting severe losses upon from the Soviet frontier, th the Russians. Numerous positions seizure by Red warships of Fin-were being recaptured by the;nlsh islands in the Gulf of Fin-Finns. Tanks and other Russian land, the taking of control of the equipment are found to have been north coast and many other In-poorly built and easy to put out of .cursions of armed force, action while the morale or "the. Soviet troops disembarked at Red forces is said to be very poor.Hangoe In southeastern Finland under the stress. .following bombardment of the Finlands "Maglnot Line" is port, unconfirmed reports said, proving a stout defence, military! t Moscow had demanded strategic observers report, and naval de-'concessions there during negotla-fences are being found by the I Hons before the Invasion. Russians to be well-nigh lmpreg- On the Arctic coast, nickel nable. workings at Petsamo wero hit dur- I An example of the efficiency and, lng bombardment of that Pinnlsk valor of the Finnish fighting for- port and were destroyed by ces is that of one young Finnish flames according to a dispatch Ling the Tailor was the winner of air force pilot who is reported to from Kirkenes, Norway, The dis- I brought the old axioms "there must 'a trip to Vancouver or cash option' have shot down no less than six patch did not make It clear It tht jnti,. rvi k HKriniirt. f KfimA srtrf imnmf in thi Red Crass drawing at last Soviet Dlanes since the war beean. aesiroyca property was ii.. i. t V... ItnoMotnrt It Via onn man mmn nnlt nartlallv Irnln.'lilcht'S dance. Hon is to be liquidated, been finally decided. w ....... iJ i tiivi.) J . . ..... . - - ed'" sold by Dong Sing. The lucky ticket was The chief of Finnish general, the International Nickel Co. staff, General von Mannerheim. In Canada. of of