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'he
bi
craft
these
day
of
:
V
rkm
in
(
)vi
'tic
Yc
-sel
take
up
positions
urea
un;im
-td
of
hating
mine
hidden
below
the
Thru
.he
(Mtravane
are
put
to
work
cutting
cables
4
rh(
mines
in
nooiuon
and
causing
the
deadly
wea
':.
.-rge
on
the
surface.
Sharpshooters
promptly
cause
o
drstroy
Uic-marlm
on
the
watr.
Then
a
buoy
1
he
side
of
the
sweeper,
right,
to
Inform
sea
commerce
i
i.ippum
lane
U
free
of
mine.
TONS
POURING
a
of
Two
Allied
lliwers.ln
itini
War
IndicatrJ
ny
ir
tfai.ii
i
nrtmniriiinni
October
21
:
vat,
made
-
An
'day
of
SEAT
FOR
!
HERRIDGE
in
In-
MaglllO-
Unc
on
.
.ir.
ncrriuc
nia
piamicu
i
Tef'-n
Frnnt
tngein
r
with)
contest
Prince
Albert
riding
Vol.
XXVIII.,
No,
248.
ANNOUNCE
RAILWAY
CHANGES:
II.
A.
Dixon
Chief
Engineer
For
System
XV.
IL
Deve
nish
Suceeds
Warren
tmimi)
nil
.
I1
Ah
himKa
A
I
K
I
1N
Sof,al
Crcdlt
Mfmbrr
,n
sklthe-,tcndent
of
the
Calgary
division.
rxXK7KJVJ
wan
Has
Kellred
In
Ills
Favor
OTTAWA.
Oct
21:
(CP)
O.
B.
Elliott,
Social
Credit
member
for
KindenJey.
Saskatchewan,
has
PR'INCfc
"RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER
21,
1939.
:;Te7r:i
ALARMS
IN
t
Torpedo
Sinks
j
opHTI
ANn
Swedish
Ship
STOCKHOLM,
Oct
21:
(CP)
-
Torpedoing
and
sinking
of
.
the
Swedish
steamship
Oustaf
Adolf
was
reported
to
the
man-
agers
today
by-
the
Norweg-
lan
ship"
BIsca
which
rescued
KivniiMu.
wv.
n
a
,h.
PTt.w
of
nineteen
of
important
staff
changes
and'
i
promotions
affecting
officers
In
the
.
.
.
.
.
western
region
of
the
Canadian
Na-
-'
r
'
tlonal
Railways
were
announced
(here
yesterday
by
8.
J.
Hungerford,
U?OI
IKf
IC
chairman
and
president
of
the
Na.
oHlLfllY
liJ
tlonal
system.
'
.
.
II.
A.
Dixon,
now
chief
engineer
IA
flD
D
VI
iVjl
of
the
western
region,
has
been
ap-
Y
VIYIV
I
111
vJ
pointed
chief
engineer
of
operation
.
.
for
the
system,
succeeding
C.
B.
n
.ol
yet
Recbrered
From
Brown,
who
is
retiring
on
pension,
stunninr
Blow
Of
Sltninr
Of
'This
appointment
will
become
ef-j
Three-Power
Treaty
jfectlve
on
January
I.
1940.
Mr-
Dlx-'
Jon's
headquarters
will
be
in
Mont-
BERLIN.
October
21:
(CPi
The
real.
The
following
western
reg-
German
political
world
still
ap-
lon
changes
are
in
effect
conse-
pears
to
be
stunned
by
the
British-quent
upon
the
death
of
A.
E.
War-
French
-Turkish
mutdal
assistance
ren.
pact.
Nazi
circles
profess
the
be-
W.
R.
Devenlsh.
formerly
general
Hef
that
the
pact
may'Iead
to
re-superlntendent
of
transportation,
'percu'sslons
in
the
Balkan
coun-
'
'jO.OOO
men
bctwn
the,
glres
him
a
chance
to
obtain
a
Vancouver,
he
was
advanced
to
the
tne
watest
Black
Sea
power
'
':V
ii
twenlj-two
be-i
seat
before
the
general
election.
iHfd
nhr
colors
lnmnediatc-1
"
"
-
rrlS
tUm
AlllikH
Biii
In
.
1
.
'
-
'
I
......
V.
ib
a
pcch
by
British
War
tUr
Horc
-
Bellahii.
Even
failing
to
interfere
'
l
r-nx.
trannnnru!
mn
from
ind
1
to
France
af
mon,
fef
p.anrs
and
guns.
Lldai
rvf
i
hn
ltrlilxh
nnri
ref;r.cnt
m
the
war
was
rc-
A
.
.
i-drr
armh
and
Great
nritaln
determined
to
give
them
full
W.I.h
all
thi
hmnrhes
oi
rtned
services.
1
lnnnATrc
Li
1
11
II
IU
I
.
1
HIS
STAND
uyd
Oeorge
Claims
He
Has
r
llClniltltr
Ml
-...j
t'llJlillli.MIIIVU
In
Regard
to
Peace
Conference
VlClntlCltf
IY.Inrn..HnJ
It
'ft
VOI1
Mn
Ux
firm
at
a
nce
as
well
as
oh
battle-
LlOyd
Georoe
isnlrt
tin
wntl
Consistent
In
rlorl.nrl
xiltnacr"
to
nnrmnnw
wot
-
"
""""
"
w
I1IIku.
J
I
J
t
"ousiy
showlnu'
wlllinit-
"V
UllMTIIll
n
'
-
-.1
went,
-
...j.v
u
wuuiun-uce
5Cl-
I
War
Nfiws
IlLKMN
The
German
High
Command
acknowledged
today
that
Trench
soldiers
still
occupied
German
soil
In
Warndt
Forest
wrst
of
Saarbruecken.
Previously
they
had
said
that
french
troops
me
ni
oosiiion
in
tills
re-;
..
in..
i
........
-nn,niii.
imm
thcr
peace
move.
COPENHAGEN
Dispatches
report
Chancellor
Hitler
may
make
another
bid
for
peace
on
basis
of
cessation
of
hostilities
on
Western
Front
and
setting
up
of
Independent
state
in
Poland
with
Warsaw
as
capital.
With
winter
not
jet
begun,
Germany
Is
already
feeling
'
economic
pinch.
Germany
denies
any
peare
Intention,
however.
BEItLIN
Oerman
-
Russian
trade
negotiations
at
Moscow
have
reached
an
Impasse.
;Itoth
nations
want
to
buy
rather
than
sell.
EDMONTON
Ciechs
and
Slovaks
of
Alberta
are
registering
for
lUltlix.
1
I
III.
Illl.a
i
rin
nr
ihni
1.
1
i
..
l
i
nriirri
ii
ri
u
i
aaiiiv
general
world
settlement
hart'
come
when
United
Male
snouui
liinc
n
fvhmv
upon
civilians.
IIOKDICAVX,
France
Three
hundred
survivors
of
the
torpedoed
British
ships
City
of
Man-dalay
and
Yorkshire
were
landed
here
yesterday
by
the
American
liner
Independence
Hall.
Many
were
Injured
and
were
tak-
position
of
chief
engineer
for
the
Pwer-
must
speP
a
watchrul
eye
railway
ln
western
Canada
with
on
everything
relating
to
the
Black
headouarters
at
WlnnlDe
and
as
SeR
approaches."
Although
the
i
previous
experience
as
engineer
In
lnt0
the
orblt
of
war
railway
work,
he
engaged
in
construction
activities
with
the
Trans-1
continental
Railway
ln
1912
and'
INDIANS
SENTENCED
But
German
Planes
Failed
To
Do
Very
Much
Either
Yesterday
Or
Today
EDINBUROH.
October
21:
(CP)
Air
raid
alarms
were
sounded
In
six
Scottish
cities
and
towns
yesterday
In
view
of
the
visit
of
German
.The
plan
the
Intercolonial
Railway
as
dlvls-
having
been
committed
for
trial!
from
the
Hawaiian
to
the
Philll-
r
'
...
.
.
.
.
1
&
1
,v.a
v..n..vv
"
-
-
-
-
-
-.j.
.(vwaw
"
v..
...
.
aii.i
t
iiirii.
'
1
iiui
.
.
ill.
.
.
.
v
.
a
.
n
sam.nrv
a
,
I
i
r
r
m
w
m
.
.
...
.
.
.
...
a.
.....
mowing
supervisory
posts
at
uamp-
yesicraay
auernoon
on
cnarges
or,
ar-
r'
v.
yesterday
,j,
repeated
,A,llvr.
hi.
nis
'.,
..I
,.,..
,ij
n,.i
r.rrmanv
was
i
.
...
.
......
l4'vT
in
recarn
in
ine
Mresi&im
1
.
1.
.
.....
1
.
.
.....
.
....
.
w
.
determination
ii.i.....r.;
of
'
the
.ui
n.T.h
Reich
"ol
vv'"
-
-
imade
general
superintendent
ror.irom
a
awemng
at
canyon
City
on
i
Ion
with
office
at
Wlnntoez.
Man-1
Itoba,
which
position
he
held
until1
his
present
promotion.
WalUr
Clark
Owens
was
born
In
Manltou,
Man.,
October
29,
1884.
He
entered
transportation
service
on
May
1,
1904,
and
progressed
through
the
positions
of
clerk,
brakeman,
Conductor,
trainmaster
and
asslst-jant
superintendent
with
the
Canadian
Northern
Railway
at
various
j
points
throughout
western
Canada.
1
In
1927
ho
was
appointed
superin
tendent
of
the
Winnipeg
terminal,
i
division
of
the
Canadian
National
'and
in
1930
became
superintendent
of
freight
train
service
on
the
staff)
'of
the
chief
of
transportation
at'
j
(Conlimicil
on
Page
Tied)
j
!
I
,1
M
1
1
i
en
lo
nospuws
in
ihibuhihts.
The
survivors
were
singing
the
National
Anthem
as
they
landed.
Survivors
reported
that
their
vessels
were
attacked
509
miles
off
the
Spanish
coast
by
a
submarine
which
had
followed
them
all
day
C.
Grew
drew
official
fire
at
Tokyo
where
Japanese
Indignation
was
expressed.
The
statement
followed
reports
of
a
mob
attack
on
a
Uni-
such
had
under
his
Jurisdiction
paPer
acknowledged
that
Russlan.ted
States
mission
at
Chenloo.said
1
1
A
-
A
A
I
At-.
-
r
4-
J.
.
.
.
many
Important
projects.
mieresw
ere
noi
airecuy
aueciea.to
nave
been
made
with
the
know-
nni.w
and
that
the
treaty
protocol
freed
.ledge
of
Japanese
authorities,
n..lnih
itom
-wlth
Russia
Tn?fe
was
talk
in
American
w
r
hnrn
m
T
vJJSSJ
nn5
11
Fald:
"The
treaty
cannot
bc
"-Icircles
of
"uncontrolled
hooligan-land,
,
h
November
21
1882.
and
was
,
garded
M
an
lnstrument
of
peace.,ism"
in
Japanese
controlled
China
eaucavcu
ai
ot.
uu.uu.uu,
ac(c
It
testifies
to
the
fact
that
Great
and
the
possibility
of
United
ana
Trinity
college,
uuonn.
Auer
Brltain
and
France
drew'
Turltev
statM
Xfarlnp
hpinr
nr.cci
inin
action
ls
discussed.
I
Japan
complains
at
the
abrogation
of
the
trade
treaty
by
the
1
United
States,
the
transfer
of
large
the
following
year
found
him
with
Willie
Stevens
and
Richard
Guno.
numbers
of
United
state
warshim
area,
the
position
In
which
Japanese
troops
have
been
placed
China
by
blockade
and
the
en-
.deayour
to
Isolate
Janan
fmm
.tne
Canadian
National
Kaiiways
ai,
me
naas
mver.
appeared
before
trade.
.Toronto
nd
later
at
North
Bay.
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
ln
County
Court!
The
American
attitude
ls
admlt-Ont.
In
1928,
Mr.
Devenlsh
became
j
this
morning
and
pleaded
guilty.!
tedly
disturbing
the
Japanese,
ceneral
suDerintendent
of
the
A1-.
Stevens
wa
sentenced
to
two
vears-Manv
TiniitH
riiIac
fie
r
Mn.
bcrta
district
with
headquarters
at
less
one
day's
imprisonment
and
I
celling
orders
ln
Japan
ln
view
of
tximonion
ana
in
moo
ne
was
aa-jviuiu
iu
uneyear.
une
growing
critical
situation,
vanced
to
position,
of
chief
transportation
lor
tne
western
reg-
PRICE:
5
CENTS
planes
on
reconnaissance.:
Vrnnce
will
brintr
Germany
to
her
knees
es.
flying
at
great
height.
stranfrulation.
in
the
opinion
of
United
States
government
k
nut
uiiii.il
lias.
mt
aiiu'auLiaik
In
a
Washineton
despatch,
Nicholas
Greg-
Ic"
0"..Dy,an":aI!ira.,l!ppnnnmists.
guns
and
pursuit
planes.
There
j
economists,
w
tween
British
warships
and
German"
air
raiding
planes.
CRISIS
IS
DEVELOPING
IN
ORIENT
GERMANY
FACES
DEADLY
FACTOR
IN
TRADE
LOSS:
WILL
BE
STRANGULATED
Washington
Experts
View
Britain's
Hold
on
Nazis'
Com-
-m
-
Tfl
rrl,
n
h
merce
jiore
uecisive
inuucutc
man
miaiw
NEW
YORK,
October
21:
(CP)
Great
Britain
and
many's
$2,250,000,000
export
trade
is
facing
ruin
as
the
allies
swing
into
action
with
every
economic
and
financial
weapon
in
their
power,
the
despatch
said.
It
added:
Germany
started
the
war
behind
.i:ratch
economically.
Weakened
by
the
heavy
burden
of
recent
extraordinary
military
expenditure.
GAS
USE
b
dv
economic
Hprald
Tribune
corresnondent,
said
the
consensus
is
morning
lasting
twenty-four
min-
that
"the
allies'
war
against
the
Reich
s
commerce
and
utes
resulting
from
a
reported
en-
trade
will
prove
more
potent
than
gagement
in
the
North
Sea
be-
arms
in
deciding
the
conflict.
Ger-
EXPECTED
Germans
Believed
To
Way
To
Resort
To
.
Warfare
Be
Pavinf
Chemical
the
Retch
is
poor
in
gold
and
for-j
elgn
exchanze.
Her
funded
andi
lojjdon,
October
21:
(CP)
The
floating
debt
Is
estimated
at
be-
nrituh
War
Office
wraresscs
the
wvn
M
,
.a-
-een
XK)OX)0OMO
and
20
1,000,000,-.
belIef
tnat
Germany
about
to
re.
becomes
general
manager
of
the
tries
but
how
far
the
neutarllty
of
TnVvn
!'
,.rriJT
.
7T
mormauy
aoorn
ow!0rt
to
the.
use
of
poison
gas
on
region.
W.
C.
Owen,
formerly
gen-
the
Balkan
nations
may
be
affect-
ILw
SShS
00'C0
to
W-000-000-0001-
,
the
Western
Front
in
contraven-
eral
superintendent
of
the
Alberta
ed
is
not
clrar.
Berlin
newspapers
ZrZd
that
EL
ILnrl
thZ
The
a,Ues'
naval
bIockadc
u
8rad-,tion
of
intemaUonal
law
In
respect
district,
succeeds
Mr.
Devenlsh
as
yesterday
either
did
not
mention
"t"0
"
tri.n
"JL"
n"r
S!
ually
"eckln,!
er
barter
to
rfare.
Nazi
authorities
are
neneral
suDerintendent
of
trans-
the
slenlnz
of
the
Dact
at
all
or
.?:50
"
''"w-
m
trade
with
South
America,
cutting
receatlng
the
fallacious
charge
-portatlon
with
office
at
Winnipeg,
nlsyed
it
down.
th?reby
admitting
.hl
tiade
treatv
with
jTran
a,
0ff
from
the
RIch
Vltal
PP11"
of
that
Great
Britain
supplied
poison
J
II.
McKlnnon.
formerly
sunerln-
it
as
a
serious
setback
for
German
b(lnc
an
L
ramnailnlraw
materlaU-
Eas
to
pIand-
xt
15
supposed
he
and,
shortly
afterwards,
became
diplomacy
The
new
situation
in
.
ir'
Thwar
rhnnrf'
Germany's
growing
war
needs
in
that
this
Is
being
done
to
Justify
es
general
superintendent
of
the
the
Mediterranean
Is
viewed
with
Valu
state
-.mT
.su
'nlrftv
?rma!nents
"aucing
tne
amount
ns
use
by
the
Germans
against
Alberta
district,
succeeding
Mr.
Ow-
the
gravest
concern
In
Informed
comrx'-
and
-hvoocrisv
"
it
dV
of
arms
and
munitions
she
can
ex-
Great
Britain
and
France.
It
is
re-ens
Mr.
McKlnnon'
headquarters
Oerman
circles
inasmuch
as
Italian
clarpd
tnat
VT.iddstAi
should
nort
ls
ndermlnlnK
the
structure
caUed
that
Germany
made
similar
will
be
at
Edmonton.
8herman
and
Soviet
Interests,
heretofore
that
-J-ian
is
m
an
ind.
ftf
her
a"1111,1115
ln
tne
Balkans,
false
charges
before
resorting
to
Smith
formerly
assistant
suDerin-
considered
as
definitely
friendly
..,.!
"
.i,"
11
5hf
i?
gradually
losing
her
barter
ciiemlcal
warfare
ln
the
First
lenaeni
oi
me
rimonion
"c
nciui.
ic
iicu
a
u-
aivision.jw
tne
worj
purther
the
Daner
'succeeds
Mr.
McKlnnon
a
suoerln-
ectly
involved.
I
..
..;
.S,a
W
nd
and
she
must
look
Meantime.
reizned
hi
seat
In
the
lloue
of
Toronto
with
honors
in
science.
Af-rommons
and
Hon.
W.
I.
Her-
et
woritinc
as
a
land
surve-or
ln
According
to
dlspa
inches
les
m
m
.
in
Moscow
me
uvcrnmrnfc
nfwv
Mjn
and
paper
iiTcsu
omarci
ttioi
uic
snothcr.
United
t
.
t
I
I
-
...
...
.
.
r-i
1
,
1
.L.
1
....
,
.
the
vacancy.
Mr.
Ilmidce
made
.
.
.
.
.
i
a
i
.
j
i
A
the
injuring
of
State.i
fparin?
nair,
.vw
iitmorncj
imuci,
n
jOntarlo
and
Mnnltoba.
he
joined
cw
Dnuiii-nruui-imn
tnat
JU
dtizns
may
become
en-
accepted
the
Invitation
to
contest
the
Canadian
Northern
Railway
at
"inevitably
creates
the
Imoresslon
dangeied.
has
protested
and
today
Winnipeg
as
a
draftsman
In
1B03
m
cenam
pian
mru
io
u.r
tne
United
States
consul
at
and.
shortly
afterwards,
became
wedge
between
Germany
and
the
.Shanghai
had
a
long
talk
with
resident
engineer.
After
serving
In
Soviet."
The
editorial
said
the
Japanese
authorities
with
a
view
a
supervisory
capacity
over
engln-
treaty
creates
a
new
balance
of,
to
restoring
peace
and
order.
.
eerlnir
activities
at
Marvfield.
Sask..
Power
in
tne
weauerranean,
aaa-.
Meantime
a
statement
made
by
a
home.
A
further
Matkemle
Klnir
but
the
new
plan
Red
pass
Junction,
resplendent
and
lnS
that
"the
Soviet
Union,
being'unlted
States
Ambassador
Joseph
there
Is
no
extensive
from
f
"iJf'h
oil.
wheat
and
timber
activity
at
present
en
the
western
H.
A.
Dixon
was
born
at
Sandhill,
Kome
aipiomauc
circles
lvaiy
.
the
Treaty
of
Versailles
ini,BeOT
Ircra
Kumama-
weuirai
r
w
cav.
ii
.w-
Ont..
October
1.
1878.
He
is
a
grad-
expressed
doubt
that
the
Turkish
oJ
th
co'ntentlon
Italv
is
now
conttlnn
Germany's
uon
ana
outpost
bHnxusnes
arouna
Pt
would
cause
anyf
change
in
,n
the
Balkan
marketa-
and
uate
from
the
School
of
PratUcal
terrorism
hasP2slUon
aarbec.kent
,Zl!,brU"ke!'
Science
at
Toronto
and
took
his
Uallan
diplomacy
1
broken
out
to'shanS-rmalS
V&L
'
riai
.Moscow
Think,.
"Tnp
uowin
raoipv
snow
oer-
w,uu.
""-
OX
degree
at
the
IJniverslty
of1
,
t-esterdav
in
Ihe
kllhne
of
a
Brl-f
Tnanr-s
trade
with
orlncioal
coun-iand
stl"
larseiy
one
uerman
tries
in
Latin
America
and
the
Bal-
J
territory.
The
Allied
armies
are
kans
for
1938:
being
gradually
Increased.
The
passage
of
time
assists
the
Latin
America
'Allies
ln
their
objective
of
starv-
Impsrts
Exports
,ing
Germany
by
land
and
sea.
Mexico
$25,973,000
$18,665,0001
Aurentlna
96.407.000
61.431.000
..
,.,
Brazil
88505.00Q
65549.0001
L,C5lt4U
Y
ncf
nil
1UU1C
MltlA
1U
In
f
Chile
38.796.000
24,419.000
Total
$249,381,000
$170X64,000
PI
n,.
QA.
A
UOWll
OOOH
The
Balkans
jtlOSe
'
Bulgaria
$38,417,000
$24.718,000
Greece
40,557.000
Rumania
71397,000
Turkey
50.198.000
Yugoslavia
69.140,000
48,689.000
1
wm
Cease
operations
For
Winter
67,734,000
62257,000
58.081,000
Total
$279,709,000
$261,479,000
With
these
markets
closed
to
the
About
Middle
of
Next
Month
The
Northern
Pyrites
mine
on
J
the
Ecstall
River,
wrilchi
has
been
In
ijorftr
i4mV!mnAnl
lnncriHnn
Tteich,
it
will
have
to
look
elsewhere
throushout
the
past
scas6n
ls
pre.
meet
its
material
needs.:
o
raw
ri
tQ
down
about
N).
However,
tw-o
factors
enter
the
sit-jvmber
15
uatton.
First,
Germany
lacks
sub-j
,
stantial
amounts
of
gold
or
f
prelgn
I
"
-
,
."
exchange
to
purchase
materials
for
phosphates
and
other
minerals
have
ttsh;
second,
a
large
number
of
na-Jbeea
very
small.
Hons
have
placed
wartime
embar-j
United
States
trade
experts
do
goes
on
the
export
of
essential
raw
'not
believe
that
Russia
could
fulfill
materials
and
products.
Germany's
needs
for
raw
materials
In
order
to
prepare
against
such
land
minerals.
They
say
Russia
has
a
situation.
Germany
has
made
an
difficulty
In
filling
her
domestic
agreement
with
Soviet
Russia.
Russia
has
been
to
Germany
an
important
source
of
lumber,
pulpwood,
gasoline
and
lubricants,
barley.
needs
despite
fabulous
resources.
Rehabilitation
of
Poland
from
an
Industrial
standpoint
will
take
some
time
while
agricultural
production
cooking
oils
and
fats,
furs,
flax,
ls
not
expected
to
return
to
any-
hemp,
Jute
and
butter.
Her
lm-
where
near
normal
for
at
least
a
'ports
of
copper
zinc
ore,
lead
ore,
year.
GIANT
AND
DWARF
OF
FRENCH
TANK
CORPS
This
picture
gives
an
excellent
idea
of
the
tremendous
size
of
the
French
nlncty-two
ton
tank
which
has
done
such
damage
on
the
Western
Front
where
it
ls
credited
with
having
aided
materially
ln
the
tank
battle
that
ended
with
the
French
In
command
of
strategic
Borg
Forest.
The
"baby
tank."
weighing;
twelve
tons
affords
a
good
comparison.
France
ls
employing
vast
numbers
of
theso
machines
ln
her
slow
but
steady
advance!