I
XXVIII.,
No.
A
ar
At
I
oac
OLL
IS
IMMENSE
i
Estimates
of
Turkish
Dead
And
Damace
Incomplete
ANKIIAKA,
Turkey,
Dec
29:
(CP)
With
communications
still
disrupted,
accurate
information
in
regard
to
enormous
casual-lies
and
damage
in
the
earth-quake
In
noitheastern
Anatolia,
ahlch
has
wiped
out
numerous
cities
and
towns,
Is
still
unavailable
latest
official
summaries,
bevrr,
make
it
certain
that
It
u
one
of
the
major
catastrophes
of
modern
times
with
a
death
list
that
will
run
into
prsbably
fifty
thousand
not
including
victims
of
exposure.
Msny
Injured
are
dying
for
:
lick
of
medical
rare
while
count
less
others
are-frerting
to
death.
Mre
disturbances
are
ex
i
pected.
Further
Horrors
Ra;ng
blizzards,
starvation,
ex-
ure
looters
and
rxril
of
disease
ri
tnlM
rf
hftrmr
In
a
rt
h
'
;ke
sicken
Anatolia
today.
Of-
,
-t.
w
,,
h.
a,..
v,.
.
a
bubs,
i
wm
wi
m
u
ft
-
ki
k
in
u
ft
uivuc
ft
ft
ft
tmes.
The
latest
flKuresevWentlvi
to
not
include
critically
Injured.
Vn,WlM.
lhAUnrf..
f
rw.rw,.
rrmilri
burled
lnUhertolni
SbluliJEoniro!rm
QUITS
AS
GUARDIAN
Lal
Responslbltitifti
for
Quintuplets
MIAMI
REACH.
Florida.
Dec.
29:"
CP
Arthur
RlaChL.
lawver
lor
Ur.
i.rdlanshlp
of
the
Dlonne
quln-
htr
guardian
will
retain
office.
irmicr
Miirnrii
iicpoum
ui
wu-
..
as
ill
sccepted.
m
a
a
I
m
m
-.
I
tnrsp
IJvrrlsl-
,
IUIJ.1
ft
tt-IIS.
I
-
O
t.
J
swsiiiiirvi
I
Milt.
-0
On
Western
Front
Today
I
PARIS,
Dec.
29:
(CP)
Snow
and
held
down
lighting
on
the
icrn
rTon;
toaay
wi
uium-'
.
.
.
"
avtvl
uv.
v,
1
1
j
"
n
The
French
repulsed
two
Gcr-
Mbflva
ji9fciawj.
ICy.
IIC
waa
uub
mMnB
..vw.
.......
and
to-hand
combat,
as
patrol
nc
encountered
the
bear
in
a
hol-cttvlty
increased
at
that
time
,nw
trunk.
Dashing
back
to
the
lonir
h
nrthnm
finnt
nf
the.tji-
ui,
r.f
KTlLsninipla
he,
"
"'"-
"tern
front.
1
rish
Republicans
D.
D..i
uftft
w
riL
I
ill
i
mi
ill
rv
m
.
LONDON,
Dec.
29:
(CP
Fifty
u""
aT"
-ioerry
in
Northern
xreiana
ior,quj
";:-"-,,.
,nfnrmn.'
he
duration
of
the
war,
overpower
i
their
guards
and
broke
loose.
A
've-hour
battle
ensued
with
bottles
ni
aI..i
i
ciuds
Deing
usca.
ronce
ana
"oiers
finally
quelled
the
dlstur-ance
and
took
thl
rioters
back
Into,
ustody.
'
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
N
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Island
East
winds,
increasing
to
strong,
cloudy
and
becoming;
showery.
mm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
29,
1939.
British
Battleship
HI
president
Meets
Va,ders
of
Jews
i
A
I
II
ina
rroiestants
i
1
WASHINGTON.
D
C
.
29.
-President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
conferred
with
Protestant
and
Jewish
leaders
in
connection
with
his
new
peace
campaign
which
has
led
to
the
appointment
of
Myron
C
Tay-
lor
as
personal
ambassador
to
the,
Vat
lean.
International
Issues
gen-
erally
were
discussed
and
the
church
leaders
gave
assurance
that
they
were
In
agreement
with
the
President's
aim
to
restore
peace
to
the
world.
War
News
GOKRINft
IN
SECLUSION
BERLIN
The
second
ranking
Natl,
General
Ooering,
is
in
seclusion
at
his
shooting
chalet
and
,hrre
"
PI'n
as
to
what
'
mtn.
There
are
believed
to
.
.
.
h.
n
.i
i
i
.
""w
,n
"'nr
to
keep
on
Kd
tCr
"
oth
Wf.
to
the
,4
-
-
NEW
GENERAL
NAMED
MOSCOW
Youthful
General
G.
If.
Stern
is
reported
to
have
been
appointed
military
commander
at
Leningrad
and,
as
such,
chief
of
the
Itussian
campaign
in
Finland.
He
succeeds
General
G.
A.
Metetskoff
who,
It
was
reported
a
few
days
ago,
has
been
relieved
on
account
of
the
-failure
of
the
campaign.
BILNNITT
SPIIXKS
M0VTRE,I
Speaking
here,
former
Prime
Minister
R.
B.
Bennett
said
that
Canadians
arc
fighting
in
this
war
for
an
Empire
which
had
always
been
the
bulwark
of
Christian
civilization.
CANADIANS
ON
LEAVE
LONDON
Soldiers
of
the
first
Canadian
Division
will
soon
be
.getting
down
to
the
real
routine
of
training
for
war
service.
Meantime
three
thousand
are
going
off
today
for
New
Year
leave
while
2C00
who
have
been
off
for
Christmas
are
returning.
'Brown
Bear
Is
Treed
And
Shot
VA
usley
Brings
Down
Big
Bruin
Despite
uarknrss
snot
on
Saturday
last
by
Ed
Wes-
iiiuiau
'ir
hi,
run
and.
una
ded.
treed
re
b
ar
and
managed
to
kill
It
I
with
two
shots.
This
was
dirncuit
i
to
do
because
It
was
dark.
Appointment
Of
j
Commissioner
Is
Not
Made
As
Yet
VICTORIA,
Dec.
29:
(SP)-In-
.
of
ihi.
nonartment
of
Muni-'
rln.il
tta,
Aliairs
ciivtu
........
.
tlon
that
no
announcement
is
yet
TUnnl
IY-1
BRING
OIL
TO
RUPERT
This
Is
One
of
Alternative
Routes
For
Peace
River
Pipe
Line
VICTORIA,
Dec
29MCP1
The
provincial
government's
oil
drilling
program
In
the
Peace
River
Block
will
start
next
May.
it
is
announced
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pattulio.
The
first
hole
will
be
driven
at
Camosun
Creek.
If
oil
is
found
In
commercial
quantities,
there
would
be
three
alternative
routes
for
piping
to
the
coast.
The
shortest
route
would
be
to
Kinisquit
on
Dean
1
ChanncL
The
other
two
would
be
to
Prince
Rupert
or
Vancouver.
There
would
be
no
serious
engineering
problems
in
connection
with
the
pipe
lines,
the
Premier
said.
,
GERMANS
!
I
ARE
HELD
British
Naval
Watchfulness
Keeps
Many
Ships
In
Oriental
Ports
SHANGHAI,
Dec
29:
(CP)
Thirteen
German
merchant
ships,
the
largest
o
which
is
the
North-GermanLloyd
liner
Scharnhorst,
continue
to
be
held
in
the
ports
of
Shanghai,
Kobe
and
palren
owing
to
the
watchfulness
of
British
warships
of
the
China
station.
There
are
about
900
men
in
all
on
the
thirteen
ships.
Bulletins
KILLED
NEAR
TRAIL
THAI
I
-John
W.
McLeod
was
killed
near
here
when
his
car
went
over
a
300-foot
embankment.
Four
other
occupants
of
the
car
two
men
and
a
woman-were
injured.
BOYS
CONVICTED
ABBOTSFORD
Two
boys
of
juvenile
age
were
tried
in
camera
in
juvenile
court
on
charges
of
,
,
,
,
,
murder
o
a
storekeeper
at
Clay-
burn.
Sentence,
of
five
and
three
"'
""i"""
'
I
vivntin
nihvrrii
iiilc
i
.A.,uiu-jonn
.May,
ss,
resi-
j
dent
of
Nanaimo
for
fifty
years,
I
is
aeau.
Hf
ue
lie
uas
was
mhs
well
wen
wen
known
Kno
nnuwn
a
s
a
a
cabinet
and
violin
maker.
I
DEAD
AT
BELLA
COOLA
BELLA
COOLA
Mrs.
Ole
IIA
Ny
1
gaard,
83,
pioneer
woman
nf
of
nlla
Bella
Coola
valley,
Is
dead
at
the
age
83.
1
RAF;
HELPING
VANCOUVER
The
war
is
proving
a
boon
to
liththouse
keepers
at
at
lonely
lonely
points
points
alonj
along
the
coast.
1
n.i
it,
r..
,l,.M
he
dut,M-
drop
newspapers,
magatlnes
and
books
for
the
lighthouse
keepers.
MUSSOLINI
AND
I'Ol'E
ROME
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
will
pay
a
visit
of
homage
to
Pope
Pius
on
Thursday
of
next
week,
it
is
officially
announced.
Weather
Forecast
Qcneral
Synopsis
A
deep
depres
sion
is
approaching
the
Queen
rhnrlotte
Islands
from
the
south
and
.
.
Is
,.,,.in
causing
gales
,01ac
-
wrlth
with
mln
rain
on
on
V.
J.
tHC
tuaau.
s.v.av.4
.v.....,
SUCCCea
n
in
whO
Will
Aide?
u
ommLloner
of
the
CltyjmlKl
throughout
British
Columbia.
S
the
retire-'
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-
Prince
Rupert
on
Int
ot
or
Mf"
Mr.
Alder
ut
January
31
Southeast
winds,
shifting
to
south-mcnt
showerjJ
next.
KARELIAN
FIGHTING
IS
BITTER
Russians
Leave
Their
Dead
in
Large
Numbers
on
Frozen
Lakes
Finns
Still
Holding
or
Advancing
Railway
Cut
Defensive
Invasion
Reported
to
Have
Reached
Iennlngrad
Murmansh
Line
RUSSIANS
ASK
PEACE?
LONDON.
Dec
29:
(CP)
Peace
proposals
to
the
Finnish
people
are
.reported
by
London
listeners
to
have
been
broadcast
by
a
Rus-
sian
station
over
a
wave
length
of
th
Finnish
Lahti
station
which
temporarily
went
oat
of
action
durinr
an
afr
raid.
Finnish
cir-
s
ridiculous.
here
said
the
proposals
were
HELSINQ
FORS.
Dec.
29:
(CPl
Bitter
lighting
on
Karelian
Isthmus.
particularly
on
the
ice
of
Lake
Suvanto.
Is
reported
by
a
Finnish
communique
which
said
that
many
Russian
dead
were
left
on
the
Irct-
panles.
consisting
of
800
men.
were
claimed
by
the
Finns
to
have
been
annihilated
in
fierce
hand
to
hand
fighting.
Reneated
Russian
tank
atta:k$
have
been
shattered
on
the
wiVh
.1
c
Dvto
steamer
Yageborg.
Ior
nu,e
years
on
a
common
foe-lth
,
.
the
nnnUh
i
u
defensive
s
In-
the
British
trawler
Loch
Doon
and
the
economic
depression.
Thelr
vasion
ox
Kussia
oroaoened
by
a
second
thrust
toward
the
Lenin
grad-Murmansk
Railway,
supply
artery
for
the
Red
Invaders
In
the
Arctic
Ocean
sector
and
other
nor
thern
fronts,
by
Finnish
columns
supported
by
bombing
planes
al-
ready
said
to
have
damaged
or
sev-
erea
me
nne.
ngnung
conimuea
on
Russian
soli
near
Lieksa
on
the
east
central
iron;
toward
the
strategic
railway.
A
picked
battalion
of
Finnish
ski
troops
was
assigned
to
drive
through
Russia
115
miles
north
of
(Lake
Ladoga
and
east
of
Lleska
in
tne
attempt
to
cut
the
railway
and
isolate
Russian
forces
and
break
the
food
supply
to
Murmansk.
A
Finnish
attack
uoon
the
Far
North
Russian
"
forces,
which
had
dug
,
near
Salm,Jervi
alter
a
flf-
(ty.mlle
retreat,
apparently
fttiled
m
ine
race
or
stronc
soviet
onnosi-
tlon.
.
.....
sh
Russian
legions,
reported
ik..
the
rinni,h
,nit..,w
k
wj
vft
ftit
ft
vu
4
j
ii.
.
.
.
f.
mirih
wi
i
lnty
rAntral
i
nv
nn
in.
..
"
o
fronts
under
command
of
Dictator
Joseph
Stalin's
personal
friends
for
new
smashes
against
the
stubborn
...
rM
I
rums,
auuear
to
oe
meetinz
wun
in..
Utile
i
success
the
Finnish
.....
high
com-
...
hewed
Russian
assaults
on
half
a
y
1
sionewau
nn.
Mien
,
I
j
H
ArAnftft
,
,
With
the
Finns
unbowed
after
a
month's
attack,
the
Russian
Soviet
air
force
again
smashed
at
southwestern
Finland
today
almost
as
if
in
reprisal
for
a
victory
claimed
by
Finland
on
the
eastern
front.
It
was
said
today
that
the
Finns
may
be
actually
winning
a
new
foothold
on
Russian
soil
for
a
third
thrust
toward
the
Leningrad-Murmansk
Railway.
A
Russian
plane
attacked
railway
junctions
at
Huvinka,
Riithlmaka
and
Karjaa.
Hango,
southwest
coastal
base,
was
also
under
alarm
but
llelsingfors
was
all
clear.
Coastal
towns
of
Kotka
and
Provoo
were
bombed
overnight.
The
result
of
the
raids
were
not
available
immediately.
Coming
upon
the
heels
ot
a
re
.
.
ft
1
vat
I
I
ft
ponea
rinnisn
anve
oi
as
mucn
as
fifty
miles
Into
Russian
territory,
three
hundred
thousand
Russians
In
Farfki
I
aL
'JAPANESE
!
LOSE
OUT
..
.
.
ininese
uaim
to
nave
mulcted
Enormous
Casualties
Upon
In-
vaders
During
Past
Month
.
HONO-
KONO.
Dec.
29;
(CP)
A
Chinese
sookesman
asserts
thai
Japan
suffered
100.0Q3
casualties
on
all
fronts
in
December
cam-
paigns.
adding
that
each
week
three
Japanese
vessels
had
been
damaged
on
the
Yangste
River.
Around
Nannlng
Japanes
casu
altles
have
been
particularly
heavy,
entire
battalions
being
decimated.
At
the
same
time
it
Is
declared
In
Tokyo
that
the
Japanese
government
is
laying
the
groundwork
for
a
new
and
more
extensive
offensive
throughout
China.
LOSSES
IN
WAR
AT
SEA
,
""J""
ww
Are
Involved
In
Four
Ships
Believed
to
Have
Perished
LONDON.
Dec.
29:
(CPi
The
snlsh-rtiln-
Hilhav
nV:
tnofrnrrSiM-
struck
a
m!ne
off
,h.
nnrtLat
'oast
of
England
in
the
North
Sea
andUewu;.tne
-f
fifwn
.
n..,..
termlned.
,he
Brltl!n
steamer
Mortock
are
all
overdue
and
feared
lost
The
total
death
mil
of
ih.
,i,i.
wv
011
may
reach
45.
C
Vne
1
nym'w
VJcrilian
V
cSSCl
ASuOre
i
After
Being
Chased
IO.VDON.
Dec
29:
(CP)
The
3,"'on
erman
merchant
ship
Glucksburjr.
bound
for
Hamburg
acround
with
nd
nd
off
f
IL
the
coast
of
,
T
Soa
,
n
J
""J"
i,
i
,
by
Brl-
Jjh
na
vessels.
It
was
said
to-
:
"c
iHvur
io
PIfA
effect
-
f
salvage.
lvon.
uu
n-c
were
.
reportedly
C"CUJ
massing
massing
to
to
court-
court-
.
.
.
.
..
..
...
ia-"
.u
retreats.
KeiiaDie
I'Ut
...
.
.
'
unoiliciai
sources
rpnnrfrf
,'l9f
RUSsla
had
called
more
troops
tothe
c0lors
to
supplement
the
vast
armv
aireadv
Pstim,t.
i
...
,
ouiuc
Muancu
of
itnniwi
.
.
-.w,uuu
men,
presumaojy
to
De
used
to
bolster
tne
army
gainst
nniano.
The
number
of
men
was
not
disclosed.
.
Finnish
dispatches
say
that
four
have
l03t
itftuiSeddaRyr,ans
Cannon
which
have
been
bom-
bardlng
Vilpurl
have
been
sl'enced
by
Finnish
bombing
planes.
i
Russian
air
raids
on
numerous'
cities
of
Finland
were
not
very
et-
fective.
llelsingfors
early
yester-l
day
was
visited
by
an
armada
of
Russian
reconnaissance
planes
which
dropped
no
bombs
although
people
of
the
city,
aroused
by
the
air
raid
alarms
scurried
to
shelters
in
their
night
clothes
and
fur
coats.
The
flight,
It
was
suggested,
might
presage
further
bombing
raids.
Russians
in
Revolt
Heavy
firing
behind
the
Soviet
lines
and
persistent
rumors
that
Soviet
airplanes
had
bombed
and
machine-gunned
their
own
troops
on
the
northern
Iront
gave
rise
to
renorts
of
revolt
In
the
invadlns
n
ranks.
One
explanation
was
that
trie
Russian
planes
had
attacked
their
own
troops
by
mistake.
High
Low
.
Damaged
:
;
,
iraae
Pacts
T
LONDON,
Dec.
29.-
Great
Britain
is
negotiating
trade
agreements
with
fourteen
na-
"oris
Including
Sweden
which
ncd
up
yesterday.
Norway
and
Denmark
are
among
the
nations
with
which
new
agree-
ment
are
being
negotiated.
WORKING
ON
HOME
FRONT
Year
Ends
With
Call
For
Better.-I
ment
of
Conditions
In
Canada
By
WALLACE
WARD
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
OTTAWA.
Dec.
29:
CP
The
impact
of
the
war
upon
Canada's
social
services
appears
slight
in
the
early
stages
of
the
conflict.!
uut
the
agencies,
both
govern-
mental
and
private,
hare
laid
plans
for
the
future
on
the
prom
ise
that
the
welfare
sector
ol
the!
tront
must
not
8lve
way.
.
Social
agencies
affiliated
with
thT'Canadlan
Welfare
Council
as
weU
as
tns
Publlc
asncles
provincial
and
Dom
-
j
Inloti
Kovernments
hav
Wn
8
a
grim
war
of
their
own
nowj
mPalgn
to
meet
a
national
em-
ergency
o,n
the
economic
front
has
fitted
them
for
the
task
of
facine
wartime
proDiems.
i
Canada
is
devoting
its
wealth,
Its
materials,
its
manpower,
to
a
MONTREAL,
Dec.
29:
(CP)
Rep-successful
prosecution
of
the
war,
resentatives
of
United
Kingdom
ln-and
those
directing
the
social
ser-
terests
are
negotiating
with
the
vices
of
the
country
realize
their
Canadian
National
and
the
Canad-responstbility
in
keeping
up
the
I1311
Pacific
Railways
lor
a
reduction
civilian
morale
at
home.
Rellef,,n
freight
rates
across
Canada
lor
for
those
who
cannot
work
or
can-
thirty
million
feet
of
British
Col-not
find
work
must
be
maintain-'
umbla
timber
Shortage
of
shipping
ed:
war
or
no
war.
the
helpless,
'is
holding
up
the
movement
of
Brlr
the
sick,
the
aged
and
the
younz
tlsh
Columbia
Umber
to
Qreat
Brl-
must
be
looked
after
Just
as
In
peacetime
auW.
Pte
social
agencies'can
be
sfcured.
t.,.t
n
.
.,
.
wuiiuumiy
uiesi
canvas-
sers
have
surpassed
their
object
-
1
llres,
and
governmental
services
an
"
rarrvintr
J
on
as
usual.
Bulk
of
povernments
who
must
Drovlde
dlrect
Tellet
In
fonn
of
food,
'
fuel,
t
shalfpr
anH
t.
VineMf
......
aIWiMa..
t
r
"f".wu.
i
"I-"""'!
vi
urnei
t
In
Member
there
were
about
12,'00
employable
persons
on
dir.(
ect
relief
rolls,
of
them'
,
.
.
.
...
many
.
-
neaas
or
rnmniM
nisr
nKHin
h
.
.
ect
relief.
These
employables,
ex-
Avonunuca
on
rage
tour)
tven
Canada
I
J
Ar.!-..
LieQ
riJjainSl
German
Propaganda
Marhlne
Is
Working
Against
Tourist
OTTAWA,
Dec.
29:
(CP)
The
Oerman
propaganda
machine
Is
held
responsible
for
the
dissemination
ot
publicity
.unfavorable
to
Canadian
tourist
travel.
One
farfetched
report
Is
that
tourists
on
visiting
Canada
are
liable
to
be
conscripted
for
military
service.
;
Hockey
Scores
National
League
Toronto
6,
Canadiens
4.
Pacific
Coast
League
Seattle
2,
Portland
5.
4:00
am
15:55
psa.
10:03
ajn.
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pjn.
20.9
It.
205
It
6.5
It.
i2
tl.
PRICE:
CENTS
ATTACK
ON
J
WAR
VESSEL
i
Vessel
of
Queen
Elizabeth
Type
Damaged
by
Sub
With
Three
Men
KiUed
LONDON,
Dec.
29s
(CPJ
It
was
announced
today
that
a
German
submarine
had
torpedoed
a
British
battleship,
three
men
being
killed
and
the
vessel
damaged.
Early
reports
on
the
incident
gave
no
details.
German
reports
were
that
the
battleship
was
of
the
Queen
Elizabeth
type
of
31,000
tons.
The
official
announcement
of
the
Admiralty
stated
that
a
German
submarine
had
attacked
a
British
battleship,
killing
three
men
and
causing
"some
damage."
Officials
declined
to
make
further
comment
and
gave
no
Indication
of
the
identity
of
the
battleship
or
when
or
where
she
was
attacked.
It
was
learned
unofficially,
however,
that
the
ship
was
safe
and
proceeding
t(r
port.
The
German
Supreme
Command
statement
said
that
the
German
submarine
had
"torpedoed
a
battleship
of
the
Queen
Elizabeth
class
the
Queen
Elizabeth,
Warspite,
Valiant,
Bar-ham
and
Malaya.
Each
carry
eight
15-inch
guns.
Since
the
war
began,
the
Navy
ha?
lost
one
battleship,
the
Royal-'
Oak,
sunk
by
a
submarine,
"an-
other
malor
lo
havlnr
Wn
thV
sinking
of
the.
aircraft
carrier
r
SH
I
PflI
t
N
I
OF
TIMBER
",a
-oun"J
rurcnasers
ouid
ve
Railways
Providing
Rates
Are
Suitable
tain
by
water
and
it
Is
now
prcpos-
ed
to
ship
across
Canada
by
rail
to
r
raunays
mc
as&uiK
am
per
100
pounds
but
the
purchasers
iay
they
wnnot
pay
more
than
50c.
Prisoners
To
Be
Exchanged
Arrangements
Between
Cer
Germany
And
A,,i"
To
Transfer
N
on-
,
1
hhiuih
LONDON.
Dec.
29:
Arrange
ments
are
being
made
through
International
agencies
for
the
exchange
between
Germany,
Oreat
Britain
and
France
of
women,
children
and
men
over
sixty
years
of
age
who
were
caught
in
enemy
country
at
the
outbreak
of
war.
MINISTER
TO
CANADA
Hugh
Wilson,
Formerly
U.S.
Ambassador
to
Germany,
May
Come
to
Ottawa
WASHINOTON,
D.C,
Dec.
29:
;P)
President
Franklin
D.
Roose
velt
Is
expected
to
name
a
new
minister
from
the
United
States
to
Canada
shortly.
Speculation
here
Is
that
Hugh
Wilson,
former
ambassador
to
Germany,
may
be
designated
to
Canada.
A
minister
to
Australia
will
be
appointed
later.
'