n
r-
X"
:.r
iri
.n
n
tcs
Ar.f
r
r
r
.
it
I
sir
If"
T
"I
of
trade
In
war-.prrtant
to
American
a
y
when
10.000,000
i.:;rmployed,
and
It's
'
abandon
the
U.
ti,
:
d
trade
at
a
time
ar
iai
golnx
It
beot.
w
ar
Uieir
heart
;
and
will
find
it
.ry
hate
In
the
re-stand
by
unmoved
bombers
rain
death
;es.
rir
t
days
of
the
r-
..a
:
stood
upon
th
t
f.he
freedom
of
the
ui
-1
t
v
maintain
a
tra
il
tT
'
neutrality
It's
a
-:i
7
a
r
-nmtry
can
do
it.
it
BUtesJvuan'l
w-
tlj
,
do
Jt
u
'?
war
of
n
embargo,
jn
.
.
In
which
the
Unl
really
taking
sides
and
Pi
Amuran
trad
wouli
r.j
w
i
Err:
ni
ik.
j
..
if
i.ie
ay
moacm-aay
i
nil-
prohibiting
Am-from
sailing
to
Trade
DulnHir.t
"nin
a
year
TI
n
fnrritm
"lumen
in
n
ii-
aMa
--
-
uurmai
vaiun
N-ur
Fnc.
"iwra
u
secede
nutln-M
-urn
oaa
to
worso
At
Inst
.'"ling
bctwppn
rii-Ant
n-itoi..
.
Great
Britain
.
Takes
Bremen
Mam-ow.
Sept
18:
(CP
The
German
mbavador
to
Rula
intimates
that
the
Nail
liner
llrcmen,
which
has
not
been
..!.
i
reported
since
she
left
New
IOI
HI1U
...
.
...
1
-.,
irty
ine
irnuDir
oi
inn
.
York
August
31,
was
captured
br
Great
Britain.
Foreign
Exchange
And
Exports
And
Imports
To
Be
Strictly
Regulated
OTTAWA.
September
16:
(CP)
Creation
of
a
government
board
empowered
to
regulate
the
control
of
foreign
exchange
transactions,
licence
imports
and
exports
of
all
goods,
monies
and
securities
and
use
an
exchange
stabilization
fund
as
an
aid
to
maintaining
exchange
rates
was
announced
Friday
night
by
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
finance.
The
control
becomes
effective
today
and
will
be
administered
with
the
technical
advice
of
the
Bank
of
Canada
with
post
offices
and
branches
of
the
chartered
banks
carrying
out,
as
agents,
the
various
local
functions
which
are
of
widespread
character.
Graham
Towers,
president
of
the
Bank
of
Canada,
is
chairman
of
the
board.
The
Bank
of
Canada
acts
as
technical
adviser
as
well
as
banker
for
the
board.
Local
branches
of
banks
are
already
in
receipt
of
their
instructions
as
to
the
new
foreign
exchange
regulations.
CONSPIRACY
IN
PRAGUE
Sccrrt
Police
Claim
To
Have
round
Organliatlon
Working
To
Give
Help
To
Allies
PARIS.
September
14:
The
Ges
ropes
bad
fortune.
Ur)o,
Nazi
secret
police,
claims
to
ij
the
tradltionauy
nave
discovered
an
organisation
pcan
states,
insisted
,
vneu
for
the
miroose
of
glv-
:
of
neutrals
to
carry
i
v,,in
tn
th
Allies.
Manv
ar-
w.ca
Dome
ousiness.
rMt.
have
been
made.
it:.--?.
Columbia
Unlver-
nr
.1
r"
s
wpe-
nn
.ntemationai
law.'
vveatner
rorecasi
r
'uauon:
"WIC
a,
y
me
neuirais
pos-
-
-
1-
-
hal
they
should
bv
let
abnormally
low
northwest
'
...
.iiiuc
ineir
normct
..
,.,
.
.
mmmm.
v.
..
...
rictntr
nvpr
KniiLnrrii
uriLiaii
isvii-
iiuiiirawy,
incir
uc-
.
.
i
a
tnr.i
t.
il.i
.u...
iimnia.
nam
nas
Deen
xeiicrui
un
-1
b?
free
to
carry
on
their
lh
coast
and
mattered
showers
f-trsr"'
i-n.
n.nAKi.
a
over
the
interior.
.
L
.
.
.
n
.
f
It.
MMt...M
T.lqnn
i
iraica
ny
mc
niKu
.
.
.
-
"i
uiscrcniv
marKcis
ana
"
"
fc:h
frf::.h,
tnr
'shifting
to
south.
Cloudy
.
and
.
cool
,
.wiin
occasional
rains.
CHaifS
nrlMth
u.-nrcri.n
Irv
t.
ftMnw
till
TL
IHW
10
KCTU
htiiA:!
mn
ir
mn
mil
nr
1
11
i
1
inn
pmmi
rv
nitn
iiiiiiiiLX-11
liiu
n.eron
had
Congress
clamp
age-old
principle
ot
Jeuerson
united,
states
mounted,
ar
or
1812
was
the
re
j
HiuLii
li
m
Kiinin
iriirv
"c
u
a.
enterorl
nrnt
the
usual
tifn.f
'
wie
lima
-v
3
haH
v.4iiu
ouuuiui-
OU
Mf
"
I
U
ul
mm
H
PDlnn
"-.w.
mns
OI
U.
O.
ph"8:
and
lcd
nearly
60
n
l.he
zinnia
dls-
in-..
-
"-'"iuwi
vi
war.
"35,
the
U.
s.
first
bc3an
to
the
embargo
to
keep
American
vessels
out
of
war
trade
in
event
the
president
declared
a
war
ex
istent.
That,
of
course,
means
dropping
rights
as
neutrals
to
free
sens.
The
history
of
neutrality
has
been
full
of
contradictions
llkci
that.
It
leads
to
all
sorts
of
com?,
plications
arguments
over
con-
traband,
privateering,
retaliations.!
Nations
at
war
have
even
fought
for
the
trade
of
their
enemies,
i
These
are
the
facts
nbout
ncut
Duke
Of
Windsor
Sees
Chamberlain
wuim
I
IT
1
I
J
war
News
i
i
PAU1S
The
French
mine
riuton
exploded
in
an
nn-dbtloed
port,
killing
one
of
her
sailor.
"
nCKM.V
German
sources
rlsim
to
have
destroyed
a
Polih
mine
Ujrr
and
two
run
boats
France
agalns
near
Gydnla
in
the
Baltic
Sea.
.
ope
that
war
started,
mas
Jefferson
had
.5
pretty
forthright
European
wars.
When
t
d
French
started
wr-.t
to
his
old
A!
r.
in
Donald:
"
'
war
is
decreed
by
s
'
nly
to
pray
that
k
'
-
ra
a
great
deal."
IT
V?"
'
:tA
tt'ftt
rf
i.i
iH
n
r
iha
VANCOUVER
W.
II.
Sharpe
of
this
city
concedes
the
death
of
hi-
wife
in
the
sinking
of
the
Ath
formerly
a
Saskatchewan
School
teacher.
Former
King
Edward
VIII
Called
At
No.
10
Downing
Street
Yesterday
LONDON,
September
16:
The
Duke
of
Windsor
visited
Prims
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
at
No.
10
Downing
Street
yesterday
VALVE
IS
ATFAULT
Cause
Of
Disaster
To
United
States
Submarine
Squalls
Is
Relieved
Established
"PORTSMOUTH.
New
Hampshire
ScDtcmber
16:
A
faulty
main
In
duction
valve
lock,
which
failed
to
-!it
hi.hiipH
from
the
rcDubllc's1
reclster
properly.
Indicating
that
;
-
,
-1
1
,u
-t,
.-.,
isn
v-nrs
of
cxDcr
cncc
ns
a
na-
me
vessel
was
cn
...
...
tlon.
Americans
usually
let
their
j
not.
Is
blamed
by
r
rnM
inH
wmnir
load'naval
Inquiry
for
OCIIOC;
UI
"-
c.
-
'
nnl..
them
into
a
struggle,
or
else
insist
on
the
right
to
use
the
world's
highways.
Belligerents
don't
always
like
that.
They
seem
to
be
more
In
terested
ln
winning
than
Ihfy
are
In
the
rUhts
of
neutrals.
thp
nisnsier
10
we
uji.h-u
uwiw
submarine
Squalls.
Tweniy-nve
bodies
have
been
recovered
from
the
Squalls
which
was
successfully
raised
and
placed
in
dry
flocK
ye
nrHv
A
twenty-sixth
body
was
missing.
U-BOATS
IN
DIFFICULTY
Some
Running
Short
t
Fuel-
1'
Others
Hare
Fired
Last
TorpedoesMore
Ships
Are
Sunk
LONDON.
Sept
18:
CP
-Messages
which
have
been
Intercepted
indicate
that
some
German
submarines
at
sea
have
been
running
short
of
fuel
and
that
some
have
shot
their
last
torpedoes.
Operation
of
the
British
Nary
are
making
the
activities
of
ene-nv
under
'
A
Belgian
motorship
was
also
re
ported
to
have
been
sunk
In
the
English
Channel
jesterdaiU..
.
.:lt
was
the
Alex
van
Opstall
which
was
sunk
either
by
a
min
or
torpedo,
the
British
blaming
the
sinking
on
enemy
action.
Survivors
of
the
freighter
Vancouver
City,
sent
down
a
couple
of
days
ago,
reached
Liverpool
yesterday.
Three
of
the
crew
had
been
killed,
It
was
disclosed
on
arrlal.
High
'the
ship.
KELOWNA
A
meeting
of
representatives
of
various
Okanagan
communities
is
to
be
held
here
to
plan
joint
civilian
war
activities
during
the
conflict.
EDMONTON
R.
G.
Wilson,
superintendent
of
electricity
for
Edmonton,
says
that
a
black-out
rould
be
brought
about
In
Edmonton
on
notice
of
a
minute
and
a
half.
There
would
be
whistle
signal
warnings.
Labor
itio
i
r
'
i
nmorrow
s
i
laes
Weather
Forecast
3:44
am.
20
ft.
15
46
p.m.
21.5
It.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
9:46
a.m.
50
ft.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
22:23
pjn.
3.2
ft.
southeast
to
south
winds,
unsettled
and
cool
with
rain.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
vrvill
lo.
2i'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
1G,
1939.
PRICE:
I
CENTS
errific
Battle
Is
Now
In
Progress
v
.
TUT
-it
r
w
vt
SA.
bUT
Ob
-
OF
IT?
(niton
Ml'"
Aniwer
Prrs
Staff
Writer
77
a-
-
gauge,
there
an
Hi
tamers
to
American
jf7
are
t-uaight
from
Uw
i
v
n.rmiclvei
profe
no
rd
8Utes
efforts
to
rality
dragged
het
War
and
the
war
of
Wo
struggles
with
;.s
since
1778.
Allies
Still
Have
Upper
Hand
On
Western
Front
With
Polish
Defenders
Holding
Out
Yet
NOT
VERY
FRIENDLY
sea
craft
Increasingly
difficult.
Sev-
jnJon
tna
Forced
To
Admit
;eral
have
already
been
destroyed,
g,
noiXXt
To
Pound
naval
authorities
deeming
it
un-
Baltic
JJy
.fc..iet
wis?
to
dlacIoAe
Just
how
many.
In
Foreseen
any
case,
it
is
confidently
stated
that
submarines
will
soon
be
re-
joNDON
September
16:
An
in-moved
as
a
menace
to
shipping.
tematlonal
political
cirrespo
.dent
Yesterday
the
5200-ton
freighter
of
tne
London
Dally
Herald
admit
Fanad
Head,
enroute
from
Mont-
thal
.Ru4Sia
has
certainly
taken
a
real
to
Belfast
was
reported
to
have
hostIf
attitude
towards
Poland'
i
been
junk
by
a
submarine.
"SOS."
wnten
ml.nt
justify
anticipation
signals,
reported
10
nave
wra
pics-
tnat
the
pians
3Cuv
co-
ed
up
on
both
sides
of
the
Atlantic.
opf
niioa
w1th
Germany
agalns:
are
believed
to
have
been
from
this
that
Country
Jt
u
suggested
that
vessel
Russia
may
take
a'drantage
of
th."
'
loday
the
loss
of
two
more
Brt-
.ltuat,on
to
annex
UtY
and
Es-
tlsh
snips
was
repo.ua-u.c
thon,a
and
tn
BlU,c
of
R1?a
trawler
Da
vara
and
the;
oil
tank-
jjieh
Soviet
officials
still
insist
Brllih
Blockade
U
Proving
Effective
In
PiTventinf
Germany
From
Getting
Supplies
LONDON.
September
16:
(CP-
,
The
vessel
was
torpedoed
amidships
yhp
Ministry
of
Information
yes-
l
.
.
.
V-
.
enia.
She
has
not
been
heard
of
without
warning
ana
me
cic
uc-
tenjay
announced
mat.
aunng
me
since
the
torpedoing.
She
was
'er
saw
the
submarine
wmcn
past
weej
a
result
of
me
block
ade
operations.
large
quantities
of
contraband
bound
for
Germany
had
been
seized
including
28,000
tons
of
petrol.
26,000
tons
of
iron
ore.
wood
pulp
and
other
Keep
Peace
Year
OTTAWA.
Sept
16:
(CPl-
r
TV
IJ
The
Trades
and
Labor
Con-
fOr
Dig
fair
j
nf
ranarta.
the
All
Can-
ada
Conzress
of
Labor
and
the
Canadian.
Federation
of
Labor
Issued
simultaneous
stat-
menu
last
night
declaring
that
efforts
wxuld
be
made
to
maintain
labor
peace
in
war-
time.
They
have
agreed
vo
co-
4-
operate
in
preventing
disputes
during
the
war,
MINISTER
labor
Golden
Gate
Pacific
International
Exposition
May
Run
Into
1910
SAN
FRANCISCO.
September
16:
It
seems
probable
that
the
Gold
en
Gate
Pacific
International
Exposition
will
continue
for
a
second
year
in
1940.
Mayor
Angelo
Rossi
has
been
asked
to
name
a
.citizens'
committee
to
consider
financing.
Among
the
means
be-
lng
considered
for
financing
the
I
second
year
would
be
state
or
fed-
'
jeral
aid,
a
civic
bond
Issue
or
straight
contributions.
j
IS
NAMEDPress
Censors
j
Veteran
Civil
Servant
Is
Appointed
Are
Appointed
to
Succeed
.
.
...
Sir
Herbert
..!
Marler
'
At
vtasningion
OTTAWA,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Wal-
1
Iter
S.
Thompson,
director
of
cen-
mTAWA.
Rpnt
16:
(CP)
Lorlne
sorshlp
for
Canada,
announces
the
.
.
n.
...-.,..
i
v,e
'
annrtlntmpnt
of
Claude
Melancon
to
Washington,
succeeding
Sir
Her
bert
Marler
who
has
resigned
ow
lng
to
111
health.
War
Supply
Board
Plan
Joint
press
censors
for
Canada.
Keep
Out
Of
War,
Lindbergh
Warns
Fierce
Fighting
Along
Forty
Mile
Front
Is
Reported
Today
Hungarian
and
Other
Sources
Indicate
Wins
For
Poles
LONDON,
September
16:
(CP)
A
terrific
battle
was
reported
progressing
along
forty
miles
of
the
western
front
today
as
hundreds
of
thousands
of
French
and
German
troops
came
into
contact
after
two
weeks
of
skirmishing.
Fighting,
Paris
reports
said,
stretched
all
the
way
from
the
Moselle
River,
where
France
earlier
claim-
ed
further
advances
Into
German
GERMANS
RETREAT
-PARIS,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Ger-
rums
are
retreating
at
various
PAMTD
AD
A
Point?
alonfthe
western
front.
IS
SEIZED
dandoninr
and
dfstrovlnr.
lace?
in"
the
line
of
their
with
drawal,
it
was
announced
tonight
in
a
French
communique.
The
.Maginot-West
Wall
battle
cone
was
the
scene
of
heavy
fiehting
today,
the
communique
said,
both
sides
putting
heavy
.artillery
and
infantry
units
into
action.
The
Germans-
are
continuing
to
send
up
reinforcements
in
a
constant
stream
to
the
lines
in
the
effort
to
bolster
up
their
lines.
Russian-Jap
.
Peace
Signed.
MOSCOW,
Sept.
16.
Tass,
t
official
Soviet
news
agency.
early
today
reported
an
agree-
ment
whereby
Russia
and
Ja-
pan
will
cease
hostilities
on
the
Manchoukuoan
-
Outer
Mon-
gollan
frontier
where
for
months
there
has
been
fight-
lng.
Present
positions
will
be
maintained
with
a
Joint
com-
mlttee
to
determine
the
per-
manent
frontiers.
.
AIR
BASE
DESTROYED
Polish
Planes
Succeed
In
Measure
Of
Relief
For
Beleaguered
,
Warsaw
WARSAW,
September
16:
Polish
base
from
which
German
planei
J
were
operating
In
bombardment
of
Warsaw.
Germans
countered
tnts
report
and
claimed
that
39
Polish
planes
had
been
destroyed
yester
day.
Polish
troops
were
reported
last
NEW
YORK,
September
14:
In
night
to
have
broken
through
the
thp
first
radio
address
he
has
ever
lines
of
the
invaders
at
several
mart
rvii
rhnrlp
A
Llndbereh
.
nolnts.
German
forces,
nettlne
far-
OTTAWA,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Gor-'ast
night
appealed
to
the
United
ther
from
their
bases
as
they
ad-i
don
W.
Scott
oi
Montreal
ana
wat-
states
to
stay
out
of
tne
war.
iterance,
are
now
saia
to
De
in
con-son
Sellar,
comptroller
of
the
Treas-J
warned
against
propaganda
from
siderable
danger
at
several
points
ury.
have
been
appointed
to
plan
both
sides.
Western
civilization
of
being
completely
cut
off.
preliminary
organization
of
the
mlcht
be
destroyed
if
the
United
German
advances
continue
to
be
war
supply
board
of
Canada.
states
went
Into
this
war,
he
said,
resolutely
resisted
by
the
Poles.
territory
towards
Saarbrucken,
rich
industrial
centre.
The
French
said
that
.Germans,
counter-attacking
.
in
the
lower
Nled
River
Valley,
had
been
repulsed
after
hours
of
fighting.
j
Germany,
meantime,
reported
advances
on
the
Polish
front
and
a
morning
Berlin
communique
said
I
that
enemy
artillery
was
active
at
Saarbruecken
but
enemy
thrusts
ST?
.?
;rM
,ha'
,here
"
n
tatent,9n
01
tne
Abandoning
and
Destrojinc
Villages
had
warded
wlth
bvy
,
,
h
.
British
losses
through
torpcdJ
of
g,
lnUrTentn.
tn
pnd
and
A
Th,r
Fa.,
Rart
.,
French
losses.
attack
in
the
war
to
aate
10
,nat
rrfsent
warlike
measures
are
Western
Front
I
Hun8arian
diplomatic
and
press
twrnty-one
entirely
precautionary
so
that
circles
at
Budapest
said
that
the
All
crews
ana
passengers
oi
me
Ruwta
may
not
be
caught
un-W
Fanad
Head.
Davara
and
Chey-
awares.
enne
were
rescuea.
Polish
defenders
of
Warsaw
and
Llow
had
pushed
back
the
beselg-ers.
Inflicting
heavy
losses.
Other
foreign
sources
also
reported
Polish
gains
but
there
was
no
contlr--matlon.The
French
said
that
heavy-German
attacks
had
been
repulsed
at
Vola,
a
suburb
of
Warsaw,
i
New
German
divisions
sent
against
the
Polish
army
were
'encircled
west
of
Warsaw
but
it
was
claimed
that
German
forces
were
closing
In.
A
German
communique
said
that
German
forces
had
swept
"shattered
units"
of
the
Polish
southern
army
before
them.
Germans
are
reported
In
Paris
to
have
Introduced
a
low
flying
aer-
,
ial
attack
in
operation
on
the
western
front
only
to
be
beaten
off
by
French
pursuit
planes
with
heavy
losses.
On
the
eastern
front
the
German
air
force
backed
up
swift
motorized
detachments.
:WILHELM'S
GRANDSON
IS
KILLED
Descendant
ot
Former
Kaiser
Is
Reported
Slain
In
Action
On
Polish
Front
BERLIN,
September
16:
(CP)
-'Reports
say
that
Prince
Oskar
Jr..
I
grandson
of
the
Former
Kalsei
(and
son
of
Prince
Oskar,
has
been
killed
In
action
on
the
Polish
fron.
Petrol
Rationing
In
England
Delay
.Motorists
In
Old
Country
Are
Al
lowed
.noiner
vteen
in
vtnicn
To
Obtain
Cards
I
LONDON,
September
16:
(CD-
Petrol
rationing
ln
England
has
been
delayed
for
a
week
so
that
many
motorists
who
have
not
ye
been
able
to
do
so
may
obtain
their
cards.
The
authorities
state,
that,
since
there
Is
no
Immediate
emergency.
It
Is
desired
that
no
hardship
should
be
worked
upon
any
person.
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Clipper
IL,
4,500,
Atlln,
9c
and
5c.
Oslo,
17,000,
Cold
Storage
8.9:
and
5c.