i
Weather
Forecast
L
Tomorrow's
Tides
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mm
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
High
10:53
a.m.
19.8
It.
Islands
Strong
south
to
23:29
pjn.
17.8
ft.
southwest
winds,
mostly
cloudy
with
Low
.
4:29
ajn.
8.4
ft.
some
occasional
rain.
17:28
pjn.
6.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVIII.
No.
272.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NO
V
E
M
B
E
H
22,
1939.'
PRICE:
S
CENTS
Ge
rmar
3
Are
Swept
From
Skies
Fifteen
Planes
Dropp
Today
By
Of
F
ranee
This
Number
to
Ik?
Added
to
Three
Brought
Down
Yes-
tcrday-Berlin
Admits
at
Least
Some
Losses
WITH
THE
ROYAL
AIR
FORCE
IN
FRANCE,
No-
vembcr
22:
(CP)
British
and
French
fighter
planes
swept
the
skies
clear
of
German
reconnaissance
raiders
today,
shooting
down
seven.
Eight
enemy
machines
were
destroyed
by
anti-aircraft
fire.
In
the
day's
fighting
the
French
lost
two
fighters
and
the
FRANCE
IS
IN
ACCORD
WITH
MOVE
Calloboratlng
With
Great
Britain
In
Blockade
of
German
Exports
Protests
Eipccted
Press
Agrees
(
LONDON.
November
22:
(CP)
The
French
government
has
deckled
to
collaborate
with
the
blockade
of
Oerman
exports
as
tU
is
Imports
which
wax
an-rousced
yesterday
In
London
by
'l
fna
Minister
Neruie
Chamber-
Tr
cabinet.
A
government
announcement
at
Paris
also
states
that
French
naval
warfare
against
Oermany
will
be
expanded
to
assist
in
the
new
campaign
to
make
Oerman
exports
subject
to
seizure
at
tea
as
reprisal
against
the
unrestricted
Nazi
sea
warfare.
Diplomatic
observers
in
Great
Britain
anticipate
that
the
decision
of
Oreat
Britain
and
France
t"
blockade
Oerman
exports
will
meet
with
protest
from
Italy.
Russia
and
possibly
other
neutral
nations.
It
Is
explained
that
the
decision
to
institute
the
blockade
was
made
only
after
all
the
possible
reper
cussions
were
taken
Into
consldera-
j
tkm
and
after
full
consultation
with
France
It
was
decided
that'
to
Impose
an
economic
strangle-!
hold
on
m
Oermany
uermany
was
was
the
ine
only
oniy
ei-
ef
'our
warning
shots
which
the
h
f
t'n
sJAI
red
Sho
k
rmnanlon
"
com
?
"'Vessel
.
failed
to
heed
after
which
"ganster
ganster'
methods
of
warfare
Last
Evening
and
Now
b
In
Hos-
the
turned
her
fectlve
Nazi
and
preventing
the
enemy
from
benefitting
from
same.
If
protests
are
made,
the
deci
sion
will
to
many
violations
of
International
law
In
respect
to
war
by
Oermany.
The
aim
of
Oreat
Britain
Is
to
force
Germany
to
yield
as
a
result
of
blockade
of
all
her
trade.
Stoppage
of
her
exports
will
prevent
her
from
accumulating
foreign
currency
with
which
to
buy
goods.
The
British
press
is
In
unanimous
accord
with
the
latest
move
against
Germany.
The
Daily
Herald
says
the
government
is
entitled
to
prilse
for'
Its
firm
and
prompt
reply
to
Hitler's
unwarranted
methods.
The
Dally
Telegraph
says
It
is
riot
only
Great
Orltaln's
right
but
her
duty
to
retaliate
against
such
briital
'methods
as
Hitler
is
employing.
Latent
Japanese
InV
asipn
Checked
Nipponese
Themselves
Admit
That
Trure
Has
'Been
No
Progress
During
Past
Twenty-Four
Hours
HONO
KONO,
Nov.
22:
(CP)
-A
spokesman
for
the
Chinese
nationalist
government
says
that
the
latest
Japanese
thrust
Into
China
has
been
checked.
The
Japanese
themselves
admit
that
there
ha3
been
no
progress
In
the
last
twentyifour'
hours.
Air
Forces
and
Britain
,
BritUh
none.
t,
Air
raid
warnings
were
sounded
throughout
northeart
France
today.
Last
night's
war
ministry
communl-que
said
that
three
Nazi
planes
hadN
been
shot
down
near
the
front.
The
Oermans
admitted
that
at
least
one
of
their
planes
failed
to
return
from
reconnaissance
nighU
yesterday.
TALKS
TO
OWN
FOLK
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar
Speaks
to
Canadians
Today
In
Radio
Broadcast
LONDON.
Nov.
22:
(CP)
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar.
minister
of
mines
twr-WiiiTat,Tesoiirtejfc'
f
of
Can"
-
ada
and
the
Dominion's
delegate
to
the
Imperial
mlnMcri
war
conference,
in
a
broadcast
today
to
Canada,
said
that
the
English
and
French
peoples
were
mobilising
'
"every
atom
of
their
strength."
He
said
that
the
Empire
discussion
had
been
most
helpful
In
revealing
the
complexity
of
the
war
problem
and
providing
suggestions
for
meeting
it.
Just
returned
from
a
visit
to
the
Front,
.Mr.
CreTar
declared
the
Maginot
Line
was
virtually
Impregnable.
VICTIM
OF
22
RIFLE
pltal
at
Part
Simpson
Last
evening
on
the
townslte
at
rt
Simpson.
Alfred
Deane.
four-
teen
years
of
age.
was
shot
by
one
Of
his
companions,
accidentally.
It
Is
assumed,
with
a
22
rifle.
The
bullet
went
through
the
chest
and
entered
the
lung
and
the
lad
Is
now-being
cared
for
at
the
Port
Simpson
Hospital
to
which
place
he
was
taken
Immediately
after
the
accident.
Alfred
is
a
brother
of
Jack
Deane,
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fish-!
ermcn's
Co-oj?ratlve
Association,
and
also
of
Pat'
Deane
of
this
city.
,
Bulletins
KAISER'S
CONGRATULATIONS
BERLIN
The
former
Kaiser,
William
Hoheiuollern,
Is
reported
i
i
u.
i
rl,.n.
J
10
liaVC
SCIll
virnilll
u
i
cellor
Hitler,
congratulating
him
I
rrrnt
rsrane
from
the
Munich
bomblnr
assassination
.attempt.
I
ESCAPE
FROM
HOME
VANCOUVER
Three
youths
made
their
getaway
from
the
Borstal
Home
at
Burnaby
yesterday.
I
WILLIAM
COCKSIIIJTT
DIES
BRANTFOltD
William
Cock-sliutt,
8i,
former
President
of
Cocksliutt
Plows,
died
last
night.
TRAWLER
IS
SUNK
Another
Victim
of
German
Mine
139
Sinkings
Since
War
Began
I
LONDON.
Nov.
22:
(CP
The(
trawler
Delphlne.
British.
200
tons,
was
sunk
by
striking
a
German
mine
tn
the
North
Sea
late
Tuesday.
71,2
crew
r
thirteen
was
rescued.
is
fnth
v"el
ma?e
fhc
to
be
sunk
since
the
week-end
In
n?
thVSart
of
the
war
139
'
vesseu
have
been
sunk,
75
of
them
beln
British,
;
:
Ru
T
A
Nil
1
IVjLil-'!!
-
IS
LOYAL
1
.'iscount
Cralgavon
Assures
Britain
of
Full
Support
LONDON,
Nor.
2V
iCPt
V-
f?unt
Pm
of
Nor-
mtiu
iiciiiu.
n
tuning
Liunbun-
"In
every
war
ilm
we
are
sec-nd
to
none
of
the
Dominions
In
s-to-portlnr
the
Brltlih
government,"
He
pointed
to
the
manner-In
wfc'-h
Irishmen
are
flocking
to
the
colors.
Makin
his
first
visit
to
London
since
the
war.
Vlcount
Craiiavon
called
urvm
Prime
Minister
Nellie
Chamberlain.
Rt.
Hon.
Wlnton
Church'll
and
Kir
John
Anderson.
INTERCEPT
NAZI-SHIP
Germans
Sink
Vessel
lUthor
Than
Let
It
Fall
Into
Hands
Of
.
British
LONDON.
Nov.
22:
(CP)
A
Oerman
ship,
tne
Bertha
Fisser.
bearing
the
alias
"Ada
of
Bergen,"
4,110
tons,
was
Intercepted
by
British
warships
off
Iceland.
The
Oermans,
occording
to
the
Admiralty,
Immediately
started
to
sink
the
ship
which
later
drifted,
on
the
rocks
of
Iceland
and
broke
up.
Members
Of
the
crew
were
picked
.up.
A
Ueuters
dispatch
differs
some-'what
from
the
Admiralty
an
nouncement,
saying
that
the
Oerman
ship
was
set
fire
by
shells
from
the
British
warship.
There
guns
were
upon
and
she
was
hit
fourteen
times.
if.terc.1burstulnt
J18,?
a."d'
m"
'
drifting
ashore,
broke
in
two
a
tnn
t
nnn
AIRUVAr
1
ORDERED
Canadian
Manufactured
Reconnaissance
Shins
Pass
Tests
At
Ottawa
OTTAWA,
November
22:
(CP)
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
has
accepted
the
design
of
twin
englna
Bristol
Bollngbroke
reconnaissance
aircraft
made
In
Canada
after
tests
at
Rockcllffe
and
orders
for
seventeen
of
these
machines
have
been
placed.
Slmillar
to
British
machines
which
successfully
raided
iTel
Canal
air
base
at
the
.first
of
the
war,
these
ships
have
a
maximum
speed
of
three
hundred
miles
per
lT
hour
and
220
miles
per
hour
when
iloadcd
with
half
a
ton
of
bombs.
'Their
cruising
range
Is
2000
miles.
Crew
Of
German
Ship
Is
Interned
LONDON,
Nov.
22:
(CP)
The
German
freighter
Relngold,
which
was
captured
yesterday
by
the
British
Navy
and
taken
to
a
Scot-
tlsh
port,
had
a
cargo
of
wheat.
The
crew
has
Been
Interned.
War
News
INTELLIGENCE
OTTAWA
Canadian
forces
are
to
undergo
intelligence
tests.
The
Koyal
Canadian
Air
Force
will
be
the
first
to
take
them.
A
board
of
physocologists,
with
Sir
Frederick.
Banting
as
chairman,
will
rarry
out
the
tests.
PRISONERS
ESCAPED
LONDON
Four
German
prisoners
of
war
have,
t
scaped
from
a
British
internment
camp.
Two
were
soon
recaptured.
WAR
IS
COSTLY
TOKYO
The.
Japanese
gov-ernm-it
has
to
date
spent
350.010,000
on
the
war
with
China,
it
is
announced.
UCTS
INOPERATIVE
LONDON
The
British
government
ha
advised
the
League
of
Nations
at
Genva
that
all
naval
limitations
pacts
in
which
Great
Britain
I
a
participant
are
inoperative
on
account
of
the
war.
FIGHT
FOR.
PRINCIPLE
LONDON
Richard
Butler.
Un-5-retry
of
Forritn
Affairs,
said
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Great
Britain
was
fighting
today
-
for
the
principles
upon
which
ihe
League
of
'Nation
was
foqided.
There
might
appear
to
be
some
nn-reali'l
rt
.
hrt
tntTnaitan!
co-operation
must
return
iF'civ'-,J
latioi
.l
rjcJmaiijUlnrd,
LLOYD
GEORGE
CRITICAL
Lu.MJON
Former
Prime
Minister
David
Lloyd
George
criticised
the
British
gurernment
today
for
Its
slowness
in
going
to
war.
He
denounced
Prime
.Minuter
Chamberlain
for
not
having
attacked
Germany
a
year
ago
after
Hitler
had
violated
the
.Munich
agreement
concerning
Czechoslovakia.
SWEDISH
SHIP
STOPPED
STOCKIIOLM-v
Swedish
ship
was
stopped
sfnd
searched
in
Swedish
territorial
waters
by
a
German
flying
boat.
After
the
searching,
the
commander
of
the
flying
boat
apologised
and
took
off.
BULGARIANS
MISTREATED
SOFIA
Bulgarian
workers
in
Germany
are
being
miscreated
and
underfed.
Having
received
complaints,
the
Bulgarian
government
is
asking
Germany
to
repatriate
its
nationals
in
the
Reich.
ATTACK
ON
K
OILMAN!
A
LONDON
The
News-Chronicle
says
that
Germany
is
preparing
to
attack
Roumania
through
Hungary,
700,000
Nazi
troops
being
massed
for
this
purpose.
AIRMEIN
PICKED
UP
LONDON
Three
German
airmen
were
picked
up
today
by
the
British
Navy
in
the
North
Sea
and
landed
at
a
roast
point.
The
fliers
were
in
a
collapsible
boat.
David
Brown,
for
supplying
liquor
to
Indians,
was
fined
$50,
with
option
of
one
month's
Imprisonment.
In
city
police
court
yesterday.
COMMUNIST
PAPER
CLARION
BANNED
OTTAWA.
Nov.
22:
(CP)-
j
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
Lapolnte,
mln
.
lster
of
Justice,
on
recommen
datlon
of
the
board
of
censors,
'
nas
1551,0(1
an
order
prohibiting
uUDllCauOn
or
the
Toronto
Communist
paper
"The
Clar-
DAMAGED
j
RY
MINFi
talian
Vessel
Is
Latest
Victim
Ot
Indiscriminate
Mine
Laying
Of
Germany
LONDON.
Nov.
22:
(CP)
Latest
ictlm
of
the
Oerman
mine
warfare
today
was
an
Italian
steamer
hlch
was
badly
damaged
off
the
jutheast
coast
of
England.
ThI
fisel.
although
in
serious
shape,
as
able
to
st.iy
afloat
and
was
iwed
to
port.
Her
crew
of
thlrty-nree
s
unlniurfd
The
name
of
he
vessel
was
Flnona.
OUR.
NAZI
WIPS
DOWN
kJilll
u
UKJ
?
f
11
'
r
Aiifes
Hand,
of
PARIS.
Nov.
22-
CP
Four
Nazi
lanes,
at
least
one
by
a
British."
tkjt.
were
bronht
dewn
by
the;
'''es
tterdav
two
in
the
vicjnlty
f
the
We-twali.
one
hack
of
the,
"vnr-b
VriM
in
he
Western
Front
and
one
at
sea
to
which
two
were
I
driven.
Trentv
Narl
nhn'shive
?
ib-n
hnw-rit.
down
durintba
past
seven
weeks.
1
S
AN0S
YISlTEDt
T
Six
German
Bombers
Drop
Missiles
On
Shetland
But
Fail
To
Score
Hits
LONDON,
Nov.
22:
(CP)
Ostensibly
aiming
for
military
objectives,
six
German
airplanes
bombed
the
Shetland
Islands
today
with
ex-
plosive
missiles
but
failed
to
score
a
nit.
There
were
air
raid
alarm
signals
with
the
"all
clear"
coming
a
few
minutes
later.
No
damage
was
done.
1
A
communique
later
said
that
me
sneuana
raiders
urea
at
an
anchored
Royal
Air
Force
seaplane
but
nobody
was
Injured.
Anti-aircraft
guns
also
roared-n
South
Essex
this
afternoon
but.
villagers
said
that
no
planes
be-'
?ame
visible.
An
east
coast
.
battery
fired
a
dozen
rounds
at
a
German
bombe:
'
flying
seawards.
Royal
Air
Force
fighters
chased'
away
a
German
reconnalssanc;!
olane
which
appeared
over
thej
mouth
of
the
Thames
River.
Looks
To
United
States
As
Large
Factor
In
Peace
WASHINGTON.
D.
C.
Nov.
22:
(CP)
Cardinal
VUleneuve.
Roman
Catholic
Archbishop
of
Quebec,
paying
a
visit
here,
predicted
that
United
States
Influence
would
weigh
weign
heavily
ncavuy
In
in
the
me
balance
uaiaute
ui
of
a
a.
durable
peace
after
the
war
was
'
over.
Orkney
Islands
Are
Closed
Up
Roth
Residents
and
Visitors
are
Being
Restricted
I
i
PARIS,
Nov.
22:
(CP)
The
persistence
of
Oerman
air
raids
on
the
Orkney
Islands
has
caused
Rt.
Hon.
-.n.
.
n.u.u.
r.
.
War,
to
re5lrlct
residents
and
no
one
will
'be
permltted.tb
live
or
visit
there
without;
special
permit.
German
Arrested
For
Munich
Bombing;
Was
British
Plot
I
Declares
DENIES
KNOWLEDGE
PARIS,
November
22:
(CP)
Otto
Strausser,
head
of
the
German
Black
Guard
and
arch-encn
y
of
Adolf
Hitler,
denies
responsibility
for
the
Mmich
beer
cellar
bombing
or
that
he
even
knows
Gcorg
.
El-w
or
the
British
secret
service
agents
mentione
d
by
Heinrich
Himmler.
He
admits,
however,
that
the
anti-Nazi
influence
of
the
Black
Guard
has
vcn
spread
to
the
German
troops
on
the
Western
F'
ont.
Strawcr"
accused
Himmler
of
planting
the
Munich
bomb
himself
to
stir
up
a
campaign
of
hate.
BERLIN,
November
22.
It
was
stated
last
ni
?ht
bv
Heinrich
Himmler,
chief
of
-
V'Olicc,
Jthat
George
EJser,
36
,
;ad
confessed
having
placed
Adolf
Hitler
had
spoken
only
a
feu-
minutes
pr
vious.
i
-
L
-
'
Elser
is
formally
charged
w
th
tak-
4.
Sub
Raids
Naval
Base
.
-
-
NEW
YORK.
Nov.
22,
Ac-
cording
to
dispatches
to
New
V-k
a
German
submarine
clipped
Into
the
BritUh
naval
;the
bomb-
base
at
the
Firth
of
Forth
nser'
HlmmIer
states.
as
during
Tuesday
and
damaged
rested
on
November
II.,
th:
e
days
a
new
lU.UUU-ton
crnLr.
then
escaping.
.
.JT
4
i
TO
ASSAY
ORE
HERE
it
nm.-
u
K9hi;h,t
In
Province,
It
Will
Be
At
Piince
Rupert,
Minister
Announces
VICTORIA,
Nov.
22:
(CP)
Hon.
W.
J.
Asselstine,
minister
of
mines,
told
the
Legislature
to-
day
that
he
could
not
say
defin-
iieljr
that
a
branch
assay
office
ou
d
be
established
in
the
province
this
year
but,
if
it
was,
it
would
be
at
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Asselstine
spoke
after
E.
T.
Kenney,
member
for
Skeena,
had
maintained
that,
if
an
office
was
warranted
outside
of
Victoria,
it
should
be
at
Prince
I
Kuprrt
ore
sampling
plant.
Previously
George
Murray,
Liberal
member
for
Lillooet,
urged
a
branch
office
closer
to
the
Cariboo
mining
district.
The
House
approved
estimates
of
the
mines
department
totalling
$132,960
including
$200,000
for
Peace
River
oil
exploration.
Other
votes
made
yesterday
were
$311,198
for
the
Department
of
Agriculture,
$8,S39,818
for
public
debt
and
$80,181
as
part
of
Trade
and
Industry
Department
supply.
WEATHER
FORECAST
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
-.
continues
low
on
the
Northern
Brl-J
isn
loiumoia
coast
ana
is
relative
ly
high
south
of
the
Kootenays.
0
.
,
,
.
,
,
,
!
with
showers
over
the
interior.
I
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Fresh
to
strong
west
winds,
part
cloudy
and
mild.
Probably
a
few
scattered
showers.
American
Red
Cross
Making
Britain
Gift
LONDON,
Nov.
22.
The
British
Red
Cross
has
accepted
the
gift
of
$25,000
In
cash
and
a
large
quantity
of
dressings
from
the
American
Red
Cross.
Chief
Of
Gestapo
the
Gestapo,
German
secret
-
year
-
old
German
of
fc
unich,
the
time
bomb
which
t
xplod-
jing
part
In
an
antl-gov
rnment
plot.
According
to
Himmler,
he
plot
was
organized,
by
Otto
Strausser.
a
former
Hitler
lleutenaj
t,
now
;
described
as
the
"renegaci
anti-.
Nazi
leader
abroad
and
:
.ead
of
"the
Black
Front."
on
bt
oalf
of
tne
Brltlsn
secret
service
t
whose
cmply
he
was.
Elser
was
dred
to
carry
out
the
actual
pla
:ing
of
"tiuu,
us
had
endeavoured
to.
esipe
to
A:Switzerland.vIn
August,
a
wdinrs
jtcv,Elrjsurported
confei
ion,
ha
carved
out
the
redess
f
or
'lv
e
bomb
,,and
the
nlht
before
the
e
plosion
i
Visited
the
place
to
see
tha
everything
was
in
readiness.
1
ie
plot
naa
been
planned
ever
six
e
August
193S.
The
British
secret
scrvic
head-Quarters,
where
the-
plot
'as
en-
eineered
bv
a
mn
nam
Bes;
and
a
Capt.
Stevens,"
Bri
Ish
in
telligence
agents,
with
the
collaboration
of
Strausser,
are
said
to
have
been
In
Holland.
B
st
and
Stevens
were
captured
N
vember
I9
'hlle
endeavouring
to
e
:ape
to
the
Netherlands.
Strausser
Is
said
;to
be
now
In
Paris.
Other
arrests,
besides
E"
er.
are
understood
t0
have
been
m
de.
Britain
Denies
It
LONDON.
Nov.
22:
(CP)-
:harges
.in
Germany
that
British
agent?
had
engineered
the
Munlc
bomb-ling
plot
against
Chancello.
Adolph
Hitler
brought
a
promp
denial
from
Great
Britain,
It
be
g
officially
denied
that
the
gov
rnment
'or
any
of
its
agents
had
a;
knowledge
of
the
crime.
Furth
r,
Ger-'many
Is
charged
with
Gi
at
Bri-jtaln
of
kidnapping
two
Britons
,who
are
held
In
Gern
ny
on
charges
of
plotting
a
Ger
ian
resolution.
It
Is
believed
h
re
that
these
two
men
were
:
latched
across
the
frontier
from
lolland
Into
Germany
In
a
strar
e
Incident
which
took
place
.
n
after
the
Munich
bombing.
NEW
PHAS
a
COMING
UP
.
.....
c
.
.
....
...
,14
1
.Oil
LIIUll
OVVlV..J
"
Warns
Canada
Against
V
Ishful
Thinking
OTTAWA,
Nov.
22:
(Cr
Capt.
Harold
Balfour,
British
u
ier
secretary
of
air
and
leader
o
the
aviation
training
delegation-
to
Canada,
speaking
at
Ottawa,
lid
that
Canada
was
capable
of
oducing
airplanes
second
to
none''
"So
far
this
had
been
a
diplomatic
rar.
The
second
phase
of
the
war
v
is
about
to
start.
Possibility
of
ar
Internal
crack-up
In
Germany
Is
r
it
wishful
thinking,
he
says.
Tb
British
government'
has
no
such
Illusions
but
Is
preparing
for
a
Ion:
and
arduous
war,
lastlnff
three
year
or
possibly
longer.