LH3RARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
w
s
8e
main
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XVIII..
No.
299.
PRINCE"
RUPERTTbxCS
ATURDAY7
DECOIBER
2
3,
1939.
PHICE:
CENTS
1
gl
gl
Red
Rout
Complete
i.
Old
Fashioned
Christmas
Cheer
To
be
sure,
we're
a
lot
more
modern
nowadays
.
.
.
and
justly
proud
or
our
advancement.
But
there's
one
thinjj
that's
never
been
improved
upon
the
Rood
old
fashioned
Christmas
spirit.
We
look
back
to
the
days
of
sleigh
hells,
frosty
breath'd
steeds,
footwarmers
and
mufflers
...
and
wish
the
genuine
joy
of
those
hearty
times
to
all
our
readers.
May
your
Christmas
be
as
full
of
treasured
happiness!
,
1
The
Daily
News
oooooooooooooooooooo
oaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooboooc-ooocoooocioooooooooa,
'XMAS
IN
GERMANY
Hitler
And
III
Gang.
Assured
of
Good
Time,
Ttll
People
To
j
Forirt
About
Festive
Season
;
BERLIN,
Dec.
23:
'CP
la
,
Oermany
it
will
be
a
real
"war,
Christmas"
for
t
most
of
0r-,
mini.
Propaganda
Minuter
Ooeb-1
be:.?
told
the
people
ytraay
that
thry
must
forget
Christmas
Uitil
After
the
w
H
expressed
confidence
that
Tic
tory
was
as-
"inCeflwAf
Hitler
and
the
mt
it
the
Nazi
leaders
are.
how-em
planning
to
have
a
good
to?
no
matter
what
the
rest
of
the
people
msy
have
to
put
up(
1th
The
Wllhelmatraffe
Is
prac-'
trHv
deserted
of
political
and
B'l'sr
futures.
Der
Fuehrer
will
rlai
between
his
luxurious
moun-Uin
retreat
at
BT-hirvjaden
and.
the
br
Hardens
of
Munlrh.
Young
Fisherman
Now
In
Vancouver,
Sesrth
Being
Continued
on
West,
Cossl
of
Vancouver
Island
For
Capt.
Geo
rr.e
Sinclair
VANCOUVEH.
Doc.
23:
iCP
Hugh
Skinner,
young
Vancouver
(
fisherman,
who
walked
for
flve
ly
in
his
bare
feet
over
rocky,
shores
of
QuaUlno
Sound
after
the
fish
packer
Oreat
Northern
V,
m
wrecked,
was
flown
yesterday,
from
Zcballos
to
Vancouver
for'
hospital
treatment.
He
had
been
found
on
Thursday
by
a
search
pilot
Search
Is
being
continued
for
Skinner's
father.
George
Skinner,
the
skipper,
who
is
still
un-lound,
his
son
reporting
that
he
was
becoming
weak
from
exposure
nd
hunger
when
he
was
forced
to
leave
him.
Ted
Bernard,
the
engineer,
had
been
washed
overboard
when
the
Great
Northern
V
truck
the
rocks.
I
8
Bulletins
TWO
NAZIS
Altfi
DOWN
LONDON
The
Air
Ministry
disclosed
last
nltht.lhat
two
German
llenkcl
Lumbers
were
brought
down
jeslerday
during
1
attempted
air
raid
on
the
British
cast
coast.
One
;ls
plunged
in
swoke
and
flame
into
the
Firth
of
Forth
under
fire
of
anti-aircraft
guns
and
pursuit
planes.
The
other
was
brought
down
off
the
roast
of
Suffolk.
I
lion.
Norman
Itoters,
minister
of
national
defences,
has
sent
ac-
kncUdrmi-nt
of
donation
of
$100
made
by
the
Skeena
Fisher-
men's
Association
to
be
used
in
connection
with
national
defence
of
Canada.
"I
deeply
appreciate
the
spirit
of
loyalty
and
co-operation
expressed
In
such
a
tangible
manner."
the
minister's
acknowledgement
states.
Other
members
of
the
government
also
associate
thermeWes
with
appreciation
for
the
gift.
HALIBUT
RF.C.ULATIONS
Opening
date
for
halibut
fishing
on
this
roast
In
1940
has
been
i
set
for
April
1
by
the
Internation
al
Fisheries
Commission.
T,,i
I
dale
Is
the
same
as
last
year.
There
will
be
no
changes
in
quotas
in
either
Areas
No.
2
or
No.
3.
The
last
clearance
date
for
Area
No.
3
has
been
done
away
I
with
and
only
a
closing
date
for
fishing
Mill
be
set
in
a
manner
similar
to
that
which
is
followed
for
Area
No.
2.
Fishermen
will
be
permitted
to
clear
for
only
one
area
each
trip.
Formerly
they
could
clear
for
both
areas.
Baby
chicken
under
five
pounds
must
not
be
retained
or
had
In
possession.
ANTHONY
FOKKEK
DEAD
NEW
YOKK
Anthony
Fokker,
airplane
designer
and
builder,
died
In
hospllal
here.
Forty-nine
years
of
age,
he
was
the
first
man
In
the
aernautlcal
Industry
to
become
a
millionaire.
1
I
din
i
Christmas
and
New
Year
Greetings
To
the
residents
of
Central
pnd
Northern
Hritlsli
Columbia,
I
extend
my
sincere
wish-es
for
a
Christmas
full
of
ITaiinincss
and
a
New
Year
with
much
Prosperity
OLOP
HANSON
Ol
5'
SEA
FIGHT
IS
LIKELY
:
,
,
...
.
,
TbUMjr
of
taigagemenl
Between
German
and
British
.Fleets
Is
Seen
PARIS,
Dec.
23:
CP
PossibU-'ttv
nf
&
ma
lor
naval
enzacement
Ken
as
a
result
of
the
more-1
mine
oiast
ment
of
a
Oerman
war
fleet
out
J
of
Hamburg.
VesseU
of
the
British
i
T
TTLIT
ITTJEiVT
!Nary,
It
was
known
yesterday.
I
Q
t
,
J
JlLCnljLvlT.l
had
gene
out.
I
French
.sources
attribute
the'
TJ
P
DTJ
k
py
t
jmavtnienWoC
theOemiftn'fleTt
tol
--
JLITilj
I
inLiFi
the
purpose
of
bring"
"pressure
to!
bear
uPn
neutral
sUtes
.border-1
inK
n
Oermany
which
Nail
news-,
(papers
ha
been
urging
to
form
an
anti-British
bloc.
IBLACK
SEA
lHAS
STORM
Bulgarian
Ship,
With
Crew
Of
Fourteen,
Among
Casualties
Of
Tempest
VARNA,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
A
terri-
fie
storm
In
the
Black
Sea
has
Icaused
widespread
damage
toshlp-
ping.
Casualties
Include
a
Bulgar
ian
ship
with
loss
of
fourteen
'members
0
the
crew.
Shipping
Board
Being
Organized
.Major
J.
G,
Parmalee
Is
Appointed
To
Head
New
Federal
Body
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23:
(CPI
The
Canadian
shipping
board
to
direct
shipping
from
Canada
to
the
United
Kingdom
Is
being
organ
ized
with
Major
J.
O.
Parmalee.
deputy
minister
of
transport,
as
chairman.
Parade
Starts
India
Trouble
Fifty
Injured
When
Moslems
Attack
Hindu
Procession
Passing
Their
Mosque
LUCKNOW.
India,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Fifty
persons
were
Injured
In
riot
ing
at
Gorakhpur
In
the
united
Provinces
when'
Moslems,
offering
thanksgiving
prayers,
objected
to
a
Hindu
procession
passing
their
mosque.
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEO,
Dec
23:
(CP)
Wheat
futures
were
2?ic
to
2Bc
lower
on
the
Winnipeg
market
yesterday
with
May
closing
at
87ic
to
87?Jc.
In
New
York
wheat
prices
were
l3c
to
Ihc
lower
today
with
May
at
$1.01
Vi-
NAZI
SEA
i
nee
tid
Wan
Double
That
of
Allies
Daring
Past
Week,
It
It
Disclosed
LONDON,
Dee.
23:
CPi
Germany's
mercantile
lea
losses
In
the
war
for
the
weejc
ending
yesterday
were
more
thantiouble
those
of
the
Allies
owing
to
tne
scuttling
of
such
ve&sels
as
the.
Columbus.
It
was
stated
In
Admiralty
circles
today
During
the
week
fourteen
British
.
,
.
.
.
,
-ii
Sft'ELir
ft
mn.nl1
smaU
veels
Including
fishing
craft
and
coastal
ships,
their
a-
,.
.3
whereas
Germattrloit
40.927
tons.
inis
is
in
aauiwuii
w
lyc
uiuvwii&
up
o:
the
battleship
Admiral
oral
rr:.;
r:,:;
.
.
2,
Lo
of
neutral
tonnage
during
the
weJk.
was
30.000.
Todays
Losses
Further
small
shlas
were
lost
to-
jday
bv
striking
mines.
Sinking
of
the
Norwegian
ship
Rudel
jh.
924
tons,
when
she
struck
!a
mlne.ln
the
North
Sea
was
dls-iclc-cd.
the
crew
being
saved.
A
dispatch
by
exchange
telecrauh
agency
from
Copenhagen
mid
the
steamship
Jaegersborg.
l"5t
tons.
'
---
feared
lost.
The
British
tanker
Doslnla
reached
port
with
a
list
as
a
result
of
a
Different
Scene
Than
In
Three
yMrs
at
Birthplace
of
Christ
BETHLEHEM,
Dec.
23:
CP
The
little
town
of
Bethlehem,
5rt5?MJi
f
c?kL1"
Day
In
three
years.
No
longer
do
soldiers
guard
the
route
from
Jerusalem
to
Bethlehem
which
Is
now
thronged
with
pilgrims.
GERMAN
RAILWAY
WRECKS
KARLSRUHE.
Germany,
Dec
23:
(CP)-
Another
disastrous
railroad
collision
in
Germany
occurred
last
nirjit
near
Karlsruhe
with
probably
one
hundred
losing
their
lives.
Faulty
signalling
is
believed
to
have
been
the
cause
and
two
station
agents
have
been
arrested.
The
trains
crashed
at
full
speed
head-on
on
a
single
track
line.
The
equipment
was
almost
demolished
and
there
were
scenes
of
horror.
It
was
the
second
serious
wreck
of
the
day
on
war-strained
German
railroads,
the
total
dead
in
both
being
182
with
139
injured.
officials
announced.
The
first
Wilson
wno
aiea
recenuy
is
noi
ex-colllslon
had
occured
earlier
in
jPected
to
be
made
until
after
the
the
day
at
Genthln.
JNew
Year-
Yesterday's
wrecks
raised
to
ten
the
number
of
such
disasters
since
the
war
with
a
total
of
319
killed
and
311
Injured.
The
wrecks
are
generally
blamed
on
black-outs.
Xmas
Cheer
Fund
The
Salvation
Army
effort
Is
being
Increased
by
the
donation
of
two
tons
of
coal
by
Albert
St
Mc-Caffery.
Vegetables
from
Mrs.
A.
McKenzle,
fruit
from
S.
C.
Thomson
and
carrots
from
J.
Wear-mouth.
Cash
donations
fellow:
Previously
acknowledged
..$82.90
H.
S.
Wallace
5.00
J.
Campbell
2.00
Mrs.
O.
W.
Woodland
....
5.00
Christmas
.
Tot
22.30
Anonymous
20.00
mm
BIG
FIGHT
.
tr.n
DESCRIBED
Battle
of
Helgoland
Bight
Was
Largest
In
History
of
Air
Combat
centre
n
tne
Empire
oroaacass
Christmas
morning
in
which
varS-
LONDON.
Dec.
23:
CP
The
ous
parts
of
the
BritJi
Common-story
is
now
being
told
of
last
wealth
will
participate.
The
King
.
..m.i
t
will
riv
a
flrex!rf.tjilk
from
Sand-
n
,
m
Parm,
stand-
jomou
mm
unuiuii
uidim
uii
Heligoland
Bight.
It
described
as
the
largest
aerial
battle
In
his-
tory
with
eighty
aircraft
taking
nart
'
P-"M'h
h!n
were
making
an
aerial
rmmn-MMince
when
-
'"b
-
i
th
nve
to
one.
r
battle
ensued
and
both
ds
pvt
n
number
of
shins.
One
BrU'h
!an
?ine
known
to
have
dlsoosed
of
five
Germans.
"
r,FRMANY
1
FRANTIC
Fire
Hundred
Vessels
Are
Ordered
to
Try
to
Grl
Home
From
Neutral
Ports
With
Cargo
PARIS.
Dec.
23.
CP)
French
sources
say
that
Allied
naTles
are
keffMn?
close
watch
for
some
500
German
ships
which
are
reported
t"
have
been
ordered
home
to'
the
Reich
"by
all
possible
routes"
from
neutral
port
with
cargo
estimated
at
two
million
tons.
Oermany
Is.
authorities
say.
making
frantic
effort
to
bolster
up
her
rapidly
dlm-
initmng
supplies
by
getting
raw
material
for
the
ships
to
carry-
.
"
Two
British
i
And
One
Nazi
Plane
Downed
Friday
PARIS.
Dec.
23:
(CP
Two
Brl-
tlsh
planes
and
one
Oerman
Mes-
at
$65,000,000.
agriculture
at
$50.-serschmldt
were
shot
down
ln
yes-
O00-000
and
fisheries
at
519.000,000.
terday'
aerial
engagement
on
the
Western
Front
when
reconnals
sance
machines
clashed.
It
Is
an
:
nounced.
Aerial
reconnaissance
continued
over
the
Western
Front
today
but.
owing
to
Intense
cold,
patrol
land
activities
were
practically
suspend-
ed.
Appointment
In
New
Year
Likely
.
ence
Day
when
there
will
be
dem-
Will
Be
Then
Before
It
is
Known
onstratlons
of
the
civil
dlsobedl-Who
Will
Be
New
P.G.E.
Chief
Pnce
campaign
VICTORIA.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Ap-
polntment
of
a
new
general
man-
ager
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
to
succeed
the
late
Robert
Turkey
On
Menu
Of
Trans
Canada
MONTREAL,
Dec.
23:
Passen-
gers
who
find
themselves
flying
on
the
TransCanada
route
of
the
TransCanada
Air
Lines
on
Christ-
mas
Day
need
not
miss
their
turkey,
It
was
learned
at
Trans-
Canada
Air
Lines
headquarters
today.
The
festive
spread
will
be
Included
in
the
menu
and
there
will
be
Christmas
cake,
mince
tarts
and
such
seasonable
trlmm-
lngs
as
nuts
and
bonbons.
The
Christmas
menu
will
extend
over
the
holiday
week-end.
Each
flying
travveler
will
receive
a
holly
bordered
Christmas
card
bearing
the
best
wishes
of
the
T.
C.
A.
'p
Christmas
J
sP.eak
Morn
Radio
Interest
Will
Centre
On
Empire
Broadcast
To
Be
Presented
Monday
LONDON.
Dec.
23:
(CP)-Radto
.Interest
on
Christmas
Day
wlU
-----
-
ard
Tim,
GOVT
IS
ARRESTED
Itusiian
Puppet
Administration
Of
Finland
Deceived
Dictator
Stalin
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
The
newspaper
Social-Demo-kraten
reports,
without
confirmation,
that
the
entire
Terl-Joki,
Finnish
Communist
"people's
government
has
been
arrested
by
Rnssla
because
it
had
misled
Dictator
Joseph
Stalin
concerning
Finnish
military
strength.
It
was
a
puppet
government
cf
Russia
led
by
an
exiled
Communist.
PROVINCE
PRODUCTS
Aerial
Attacks
Costly
and
Ineffectire
HELSING
FORS,
Dec
23J
(CP-
Finnish
anti-aircraft
batteries
yes-
terday
shot
down
one
of
seven
Russian
war
planes
which
dropped
twenty
to
thirty
bombs
on
the
Hel-singfors
area
in
the
fourth
successive
day
of
Russian
air
raids.
The
"damage
done
by
the
Soviet
aerial
bombing
was
very
slight
and
there
were
few.
If
any.
casualties.
The
bombers
continued
their
raids
to-
:
t
day.
Meantime
the
Russian
hordes
were
in
wholesale
retrea'.
before
the
Finns
on
the
northern
and
central
fronts
and
were
being
battled
to
a
standstill
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
to
the
south.
vaders
at
Sala
in
the
mid-sector
on
Total
rrimary
Output
For
Year
Is
whlCh
they
had
been
attempting
to
Estimated
At
520900,000
bisect
Finland
through
its
waistline.
Forestry
Leads
lThe
Russians
were
being
hurled
back
In
great
confusion.
VICTORIA,
Dec.
23:
CP
Fig-
The
Finns
were
holding
the
Rus-ures
are
incomplete
but
provincial
511115
at
bav
ln
D,tter
"Shting
on
offices
estimate
primary
produc-
Ka"Uan
Isthmus
and
were
tlon
of
British
Columbia
this
year
launchine
a
counter-attack,
will
amount
to
some
$209,000,000.
'
Loss
on
both
central
and
south-
rv-
forestry
figure
Is
Dlaced
at
.
.m
aha
na.wu.uuu,
metals
and
minerals
Independence
Day
yrY
InrJin
Tc
af
1
U1
iUUIa
15
Uul
January
26
Set
As
Time
For
Demonstration
In
India,
It
Is
Announced
BOMBAY.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Ma-hatma
Gandhi
and
his
Nationalist
Party
Congress
of
India
have
set
January
26
as
National
Independ-
I
In
the
far
north
the
Reds
have
withdrawn
past
Salmijaervl
which
j
,
they
had
occupied
a
week
ago
to
the
,
region
of
British
and
Canadian-.
owned
nickel
mines
and
today
were
i
diverted
by
the
Finns
from
a
northerly
to
eastery
direction
towards
I
their
own
frontier.
They
are
in
no
:
shape
to
withstand
the
rigors
of
25
J
below
zero
weather
and
thousands
I
are
freezing
to
death.
A
countcr-
offensive
with
bombing
by
the
tFInnspf
the
IningradTHurraansk,
Rail
war.
their
supply
line,
forces
the
Russian
withdrawal.
There
was
also
a
rout
of
the
In
era
ronw
a"
TerT
heavy
:or
the
uiteeiane
General
Is
fired
General
Metetskoff,
the
military
chief
of
Leningrad
Is
reported
to
have
been
relieved
of
his
duties
after
being
called
to
the
Kremlin
at
Moscow
to
explain
his
army's
failure
to
score
decisive
victories.
He
Is
blamed
for
making
Inadequate'
preparations
for
a
quick
victory.
Russian
military
authorities
are
implying
their
defeat
by
failinR
to
make
further
claims
of
victories.
A
Moscow
communique
last
night
said
that
"most
difficult
geographical
conditions
have
presented
themselves"
in
the
Finnish
campaign.
The
Mannerheim
Line
is
not
inferior
to
the
Siegfried
and
Maginot
lines,
the
Russian
military
authorities
declare.
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PREMIER
PATTULLO'S
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE
In
the
midst
of
so
direful
world
events
it
may
-seem
incongruous
to
rejoice
but
one
can
hardly
avoid
it
in
view
of
the
fact
that
we
live
in
such
a
favored
portion
of
the
world.
In
any
event,
it
is
our
duty
to
be
of
good
cheer.
Accomplishment
is
difficult
if
we
are
downhearted.
Let
us,
therefore,
determine
that
with
resolute
spirit
we
shall
go
forward
in
our
daily
lives
ready
to
do
any
service
or
make
any
sacrifice
to.
winning
of
the
war
in
order
that
there
may
be
a
fair
and
just
peace
so
far
as
may
be
humanly
possible.
"
V
,
My
best
wishes
to
everybody
for
Christmas
and
the
New
Year,
.
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