r
,
.1...
a.
inblned
American
and
"r
'
iirrLi
(in
uir
a
buik
r.dfd
47.458
609
pounds
dur-
past
season
The
Am-
.1
.
.
-
t-
UftUmff
.
.
.
.
i
.
J
L
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i
A
IT
liVE
LAK
VAU
t
'Mn.ii-.
i.uanttl.or
Hitler
the
1U
Beer
lull
l'utan
i
...
.
a
.
.
AERIAL
COMBAT
Form
planet
yesterday
but
ptr
msv.
nn
itriiitn
mvir.
rise:
it
-
i
ann
u
mrm
nriipi-pn
an
iiair
iifrun
Tfporii
ruun
inn
n
Allied
n
him
and
iitc
ncr-
nun
trtirnir.
.
i
ARRANGING
rt'HCHASKS
LONDON
Brltlh
war
supply
u
niiP
war
nnrrnatrv
i,uii
L
Greenley
will
be
comp-
oiipr
.
nra
i
inn
irr
il.
rurvis
ill
be
dlrertorcenerat
of
pur-
AUdMENTING
NAVY
OTTAWA
Forty
commercial
of
Canada
are
belnt
com-
utmcnt
the
Canadian
fleet
of
I
V
J.
.A
f
1
1
-I'VI1,
1IICJ
Will
IIC
U'VII
""u
naval
purposrs.
IIIIIIC
"
"nee
utTia
are
among
me
ycs-
NEW
TOKI'EDO
BOAT
OTTAWA
A
new
type
of
small
rredn
boat
Is
In
he
turned
out
11
PltiftA
Th.
....tl
.111
rarr
K
U
H
IIC
lllil
Wilt
n
officer
and
seven
men
and
111
have
fourteen
torpedoes.
TWO
SHIPS
SEIZED
HELSINGFOilS
Another
n'l
case
to
that
of
the
CHy
of
has
developed
with
the
,uure
In
the
Gulf
of
Bothnia
a
Cterman
tnhmnrln.
nt
lif
"nnlsh
ship
otaga
which
had
a
prlte
crew
tUr.i
..n
i
.n.i
ilN
STATE
Itisun-jp
rr
dTttood
the
French
offer
will
be
ajLar
DriVMP
1
0
definite
"no."
Next
week
member
of
the
Polish
government
will
be
here
from
Parts
and
the
peace
offer
will
be
discussed
at
that
time.
The
opinion
is
general
In
Great
wit
made
under
heart
Oerma
qrenure
and
that
Wllhelmlna
and
Leopold
are
fearful
of
what
wU
happen
to
their
own
countries
I'
the
war
continues.
London
papers
agree
that
there;
awiM
hit.
tn
Vu.
Atu1tiilr
(riiar.
i
OFALARM
Holland
and
BeUium
Continue
l'n-I
easy
Over
Povlbllity
of
German
Invasion
j
THE
HAGUE.
Nov.
8:
CP-The
Netherlands
government
yesterday
I
extended
martial
law
to
key
com-
The
atmosphere
Is
aLso
tense
In
Belgium
following
the
return
home,
Be
Taught
Women
Special
Six
Weeks'
War
Time
Britain
and
France
that
the
offer'
Course
To
Be
Given
In
Nanalmo
NANAIMO.
November
8:
CP
A
six
weeks'
course
will
be
given;
here
for
women
deslrious
of
driving
ambulances
and
trucks
in
war
service.
Thirty
women
over
sixteen
years
of
age
will
be
eligible
for
antees
against
further
HlUer
as-1
the
classes
startin?
November
1J.
,
irrMtlnn
Kri
Hrtuht
vat
nred.
I
of
the
real
desire
of
Belgium
and
Holland
for
peare.
a
desire
that
wa
IMPAIRING
soared
by
Great
Britain
and
Francr.
The
Dally
Mail
said
that
Great
Britain
and
France
were'
fiehUn
for
peace
and
lf-respect
where-
Hitler
was
flihtlng
for
conquest
and
power.
The
papers
-"wldife
UUle
hope
at
this
time
for
pece
alone
acceptable
lines.
Diplomat
feel
that
Germany
-ill
'havf
nftrelraee
minj
of
Us
steps
and
that
stnttr
aypects
of
Hltler-ltm
will
have
to
be
removed.
There
wj
the
feellnc
among
some
that
itinee
Hitler
had
started
the
war
by
Invadlnp
Poland
in
spite
of
repeated
warnings,
the
peace
pro-twili
should
have
been
sent
to
htm.
King
Oeorge
discussed
the
peace
offer
at
Buckingham
Palace
with
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
and
ForclRn
Secretary
Lord
Halifax.
.
.
,r
NEUTRALITY
Secretary
of
State
Cord
ell
Hull
Explains
Ills
OppoUtion
to
Switch
In
Registry
of
American
Ships
....
..
...
.'J
WASHINGTON.
Nov.
8:
CP
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
expresses
opposition
to
the
transfer
to
Panama
registry
of
United
Staten
Lines
ships
on
the
ground
that
such
acUon
would
Impair
the
Integrity
of
the
new
neutrality
act.
If
reg
istry
was
transferred,
the
ships
could
be
sailed
to
Europe
although
they
could
not
carry
United
States
crew
or
passengers.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
directed
the
United
States
Mari
time
Commission
to
defer
approval
of
the
appllcaUon
for
transfer
of
the
registry
oi
ships.
The
President
desires
assurance
that
they
may
not
be
required
In
the
national
defence
of
the
country.
John
Franklin,
president
of
the
United
States
Steamship
Lines,
sayi
there
is
no
intention
of
wlth-d'awinf
applications
for
transfer
of
teglstry-
It
the
company
is
forc
ed
out
of
the
transAtlantlc
business.
It
would
go
out
of
business,
he
said.
Strong
Team
For
,as
King
Leopold
of
Belgium
left
for
V
TailCUUVCl
anrnilVPT"
LilUlld
I
lfiTIQ
home
after
hU
two
days
of
con-
jferences
with
Queen
Wllhelmlna.
The
ruling
now
covers
all
eleven
orovlnces
of
Holland.
Guy
Patrick
Signs
Up
Eight
Old
And
Three
New
Players
Hopes
To
Get
Frank
Jerwa
if
th
Klne
after
the
two
davs
of
VANCOUVER,
NOvemDer
8:
ui'i
--
-
i
.
.
.
ii..
urgent
talks
with
Queen
Wilhel-:-Quy
pamcx.
manager
oi
vnc
mlna,
the
apparent
aim
of
which
Vancouver
Lions
in
the
Pacific
a.
tn
Viin
their
countries
out
of
Coast
KoCKey
League,
nas
figneo
i-or
war
and
uim
nrotect
piuicvi
their
uicu
vital
iiw
unci-
inter-
uo
nuni,
--
oi
lasi.
-
GVunrA
hrnnoh
tlrlffliim.
.IiaWKS.
MASS
OFFENSIVE
PARIS
Signs
were
seen
on
the
Western
Front
of
a
possible
mass
offensive
by
the
Germans
who
have
sixty
divisions
concentrated
near
the
French
village
of
Forbach
which
has
been
under
bombardment
the
last
few
days.
FLINT
DEMAND
REFUSED
OSLO
Norway
has
firmly
re-
,
Vancouver
Gets
Gale:
Windows
Are
Blown
In
VANCOUVER,
November
8:
(CP)
Small
boats
along
the
lower
mainland
went
scurrylns
for
shelter
last
night
before
a
severe
gale
!
which
lasted
for
several
hours.
No
!
actual
damage
to
boats
was
re-irjortcd.
Windows
were
broken
In
jected
a
second
German
demand
'Vancouver
by
force
of
the
gale
and
for
the
return
to
Germany
of
tlie
electric
and
telephone
lines
were
prle
ship
City
of
Flint.
blown
down.
.
r
i
earner
rorecasi
Tomorrow's
Tides
.px-ince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
High
11:31
am.
22.4.
It.
T
-iinflL
r
rrn
nnrmvui
.
j
tViiftinff
In
unnthratL.
Pari
low
5:22
am.
5.5
It.
J.,
mmI
mlm
nlrkf
miiNh
-
18:05
PJB.
25
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
'PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
8,
1939.
PRICE:
CENTS
o
v
e
Hears
Of
Naval
Disaster
''
J
BKU.
BRTiH;
HEEDS
HMDS
IFRENCH
FRENCH
ARE
ARE
I:
'-ICLAIM
CLAIM
BY
BY
iFUicI,
British
Snkmarin
Submarine
U
Is
EA1
PEACE
PLEA
BUT
HOPE
FOR
IT
IS
NOT
GREAT
iiann
in
iiuiri
i
i
ii-iiiiiii
iii-niir
m
a
iuit'iiiiini
Although
Their
Sincerity
is
ISot
(luestioned
LONDON,
November
8:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Nev
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
thai
Dutch-Belgian
peace
offer
was
receiving
"careful
con
in
official
circles
here,
however,
appears
to
be
that
the
ta'wn
offer
of
Queen
Wuhelmina
and
King
Leopolo
1
ha
IHtle
hop
of
sueceM.
British
idiiuui
vcuun
.
Nearly
Fifty
4
Million
Pounds
,
authorities
will
study
It
together
with
with
France
France
and
and
Poland,
Poland.
HOLDING
ON
Germans
Unable
to
Shake
Defence'4'
Of
Forbach
Merlen
Also
Under
Fire
PARIS,
Nor.
8:
(CP)
Military
observer
report
that
the
French
are
holding
fast
to
the
Important
Forbach
salient
on
the
Western
Front
despite
intermittent
German
artillery
fire.
ine
fTcncn
are
auo
rcporiea
vo
have"
flattened
a
German
land
movement
against
Merten.
another
French1
ffonUer
city
south
of
Saar
Louts.'
'
,
War
Aims
Of
Labor
LONDON,
Nov.
8:
(CP)
The
British
Labor
Party
today
pub
lished
a
war
aims
manifesto,
emphasing
reconstruction
of
Poland
and
Czechoslovakia
and
some
form
of
federation
for
Europe.
The
prime
requisite
to
any
ernment
IIAZELTON
ROUTE
SLA
I
ILL
tinned
ita.cs
members
of
tne
British
Columbia
Alaska
Highway
Commission,
in
a
report
released
by
the
of
Hie
of
Ipresentative
Warren
Magn
son,
said
that
the
proposal
was
a
-worthy
and
feasible
project
of
reasonable
cost
but
withheld
definite
recommendations
of
route
and
financing.
The
inland
route
from
Vancouver
via
Hazel-ton,
Atlin,
Whitehorse
and
Dawson
to
Fairbanks
is
tentatively
favored
"HAM,
-AND.
K6GS1.0UT
.
SAN
FRANCISCO
California
over
the
age
of
fifty.
Ohio
voters
also
turned
down
an
old
age
pension
plan
by
three
to
one.
ELDER
WINCH'S
ADVICE
VICTORIA
E.
L.
Winch,
C.C.F.
member
for
Burnaby,
yesterday
urged
the
Legislature
to
"forget
the
war"
and
consider
everyday
problems
of
life
In
British
Columbia
which
were
its
real
concern
instead
of
affairs
of
the
Empire
and
Dominion.
TWO
YOUTHS
HELD
MISSION
CITY
British
Columbia
police
are
holding
two
youths,
both
under
sixteen
years
of
age,
for
questioning
in
the
slaying
of
Reuben
Cooper,
56-year-old
storekeeper,
in
nearby
Clayburn
village.
Cooper
was
shot
by
burglars
in
his
store
during
i
Bulletins
i
the
night.
AT
BUCKINGHAM
PALACE
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain,
Canadian
Mines
and
Natural
Resources
Minister
T.
A
Crerar
and
other
visiting
Dominions
ministers
were
guests
of
the
King
and
Queen
at
dinner
In
Buckingham
Palace
last
night.
the
Unc-up
this
winter
-
and
...
three
it
l
n
pnr
nr
WnrK
1
ests.
Informed
quarters
say
that
Nftfpf
HOICU
1
Uf
If
UITK
to
get
He
also
hopes
Leopold
vw,
Is
concerned
over
the
pes-
new
players.
-
.
.
e.l-
Coo
ilblllty
of
German
attack
against
ran
"nsa
",c
Among
Those
Who
Were
Also
Blind
MONTREAL.
November
8:
(CP
Sir
Charles
Lindsay,
aged
94,
chairman
of
the
board
of
directors
of
C.
W.
Lindsay
and
Co.
Ltd..
died
Tuesday.
He
was
knighted
for
work
among
his
fellow
blind.
NEW
YORK
COMMODITIES
NEW
YORK,
November
8:
(CP-
GERMANS
Nails
Say
Three
British
Planes
Were
Brought
Down
But
Ignore
Their
Own
Losses
BERLIN.
Not.
8:
CP
The
Ger-
4man
High
Command
claims
that
three
Allied
planes
were
shot
down
in
dog
fights
Monday
in
southwest-era
Oermany.
The
Germans
do'
not
even
mention
a
German-French'
aerial
batUe
reported
from
Paris
in
I
which
nine
of
twenty-seven
Ger
peace
settlement
would
be
a
trustworthy
gov-
'Vonpnimnf
Mov
mt
in
Germany.
i,auwufW
maJ
Get
Airolane
Making
Plant
VANCOUVER.
November
8:
'CP
-Negotiations
are
under
way
for
h
establishment
of
a
branch
ln
of
a
Brit
h
Mreraft
manu-ifacturine
concern
here.
Aid.
Hal-ford
D.
Wilson,
chairman
of
the
i
civic
airport
committee,
announces,
i
PAMPHLETS
t
FOR
PARIS
Tw
Unidentified
Planes
Fly
Over
French
Capital
and
Drop
Pamphlets
Draw
Anti-Aircraft
Fire
HITS
OUT
!
AT
RUSSIA
Fascist
Editor
In
Rome
Holds
Soviet
At
Least
Partially
Respon-
sible
For
War
I
--
ROME,
November
8:
CP
Vlr-gin!o
Oaydo.
authorative
Fascist
editor,
in
an
article
today,
held
Russia
at
least
partially
responsible
for
the
present
war.
He
charged
Russia
with
imperialism
and
with
interfering
with
affairs
In
the
Balkans
which
were
not
of
its
concern.
i
LOSSES
AT
i
SEAFEWER
Great
Britain
Anticipates
Little
In-teruption
Henceforth
With
I
Shipments
from
Dominions
LONDON,
Nov.
8:
CP
With
sharply
decreased
losses
to
shipping
,
from
German
submarine
attack,
during
the
past
month,
British
officials
are
confident
that
supplies
from
the
Dominions
for
the
war
can
henceforth
be
moved
without!
serious
Interruption.
ConsequenUy
plans
have
been
announced
for
the
purchase
of
all
Canadian
exports'
of
lead
and
zinc
for
the
duration
of.,
the
war
in
addition
to
the
Domjn-'
i
Ion's
copper
export
output.
I
New
York
commodity
prices
yester-1
day
were
as
follows:
diver,
34c:i
James
Balrd
of
McRae
Bros.
Ltd.
March
copper.
1165;
December
cot-
radio
department
has
been
elected
ton.
9.12;
December
rubber.
20.20;,
a
member
of
the
Junior
Section
of
March
sugar
No
3,
1.84;
March
sugar
No.
4,
1.43.
the
Prince
Commerce.
Rupert
Chamber
of
Victim
Of
Accident;
H.M.S.Oxley
Lost
Brief
Announcement
Made
to
House
of
Commons
By
First
Lord
of
Admiralty
Details
Are
Withheld
For
Meantime
LONDON.
November
8:
(CP)
Rt
Hon.
Winston
jnan
attackers
were
reported
shot
Churchill,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
told
the
House
of
ldown.
'Commons,
Commons,
in
in
a
a
brief
Dnei
statement
statement
todav.
toaay,
that
mat
the
tne
British
tiriusn
submarine
Oxley
had
been
lost
by
an
accidental
explosion
under
"circumstances
which
made
publication
inadvisable
at
this
time.
No
details
were
revealed
by
the
First
Lord,
nor
did
he
give
the
date
of
the
acci-
1
-
dent.
Ihe
cause
of
the
disaster,
it
war
tentatively
believed,
was
not
associated
with
enemy
naval
activity
or
sabotage.
The
Admiralty
an-noupced
four
officers
and
49
men
were
lost
The
Oxley
was
completed
In
1927
and
had
a
displacement
of
1354
tons
and
normal
complement
of
54
officers
and
men.
The
Admiralty
Lord
told
the
floase
that
the
Royal
Navy
had
"suffered
greater
loss
of
life
than
ell
other
forces.
French
and
British,
on
sea.
land
and
in
the
air
combined."
He
added
that
"war
at
-?a
has
been
in
fact
the
only
war
vhirh
ha
been
proceeding
on
full
s?ale.
"
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
a
German
"bmarlne
had
been
able
to
enter
Scapa
Flow
and
sink
the
battleship
Royal,
Oak
because
defences
were
Inadequate.,
i
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
12.
Bralome,
10.25.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.15.
Dintonio,
.01
v2.
Fairview.
.02.
Gold
Belt,
.20.
i"y
Mascot,
.43.
Minto,
.02.
Noble
Five.
.02
li,
Pacific
Nickel,
J4.
Pend
Orielle,
2.28.
Pioneer.
2.16.
Piemier.
1.39.
Privateer,
.88.
Reno,
30.
Relief
Arlington.
.13.
Salmon
Gold.
.03.
Sheep
Creek,
1.10.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.18.
Calmont.
.40.
,
.
C.
&
EL,
2.30.
Freehold,
.02.
Home,
2.70.
Royal
Canadian,
.23.
Oklto.
1.20.
Mercury.
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.22.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.43.
Beattte,
1.10.
Central
Pat.
2.34.
Cons.
Smelters,
49.75.
East
Malar
tic,
3.05.
Fernland,
.028.
Francoeur,
.41.
Gods
Lake.
.59.
Hardrock,
1.20.
Int.
Nickel.
4750.
Kerr
Addison,
1.99.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.10.
Madsen
Red
Lake.
.45.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.21.
Moneta,
SO.
Noranda,
7750.
Pickle
Crow.
4.30.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.90.
San
Antonio,
1.77.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.30.
.
Stadacona,
.38.
Uchl,
.85.
Bouscadillac,
.04.
Mosher,
.10.
Oklend,
.11.
iSmelters
Gold,
.01V.
Dominion
Bridge,
42.00
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEG,
November
8:
Wheat
futures
were
up
8c
yesterday
with
November
closing
at
70c
MEN
SAFE;
PLANE
TOO
Williams
and
Logan
Reach
Beirnes
Ranch
Pilot
and
Police
Officer
Also
Back
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
received
word
late
yesterday
afternoon
of
tiie
safe
arrival
at
George
Beirnes
ranch
at
Kispiox,
north
of
Hazelton,
of
Slim
Williams
and
Jim
Logan,
Alaska
highway
scouts
from
Portland.
Oregon,
who
have
been
missing
out
of
Telegraph
Creek
since
September
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I
unidentified
planes
which
flew
voters
turned
Jon
(l.e
"ham
,over
Paris
today
dropping
pamph-
and
egg
pension
plan
for
the
i
lets
were
fired
upon
by
French
second
time
jesterday.
voting
anti-aircraft
Runs
and
driven
off.
two
to
one
against
the
measure
The
leaflets
gave
extracts
from
a
which
would
have
provided
0
(speech
by
Premier-Foreign
Com-
ecry
Thursday
for
unemployed
mlssar
Molotoff
of
Russia
stating
that
Russia
was
joining
closer
with
Germany.
It
was
not
certain
whether
the
planes
were
German
jor
operated
by
the
French
com-munlst
organization.
The
printing
o?
the
pamphlets
indicated
that
they
probably
originated
in
TODAY'S
(Oourte7
8.
O.
STOCKS
Johoaton
Co.)
Canadian
Airways
plane,
with
Pilot
Russ
Baker
and
Provincial
Constable
Frank
Cook
on
board,
which
left
Fort
St
James
to
search
for
Williams
and
Logan
in
the
Bear
Lake
country,
until
this
afternoon
it
returned
to
its
base.
Inspector
James
Murdock
Passes
.Death
Take
Prominent
Member
Of
Vancouver
Police
Force
'
VANCOUVER.
November
8:
(CP)
Inspector
James
Murdock,
veteran
member
of
the
Vancouver
police
department,
died
yesterday
;at
the
age
of
fifty-four
years.
He
was
born
in
Dumfennline,
Scotland,
and
Joined
the
old
Polni
Grey
municipal
police
force
In
1912.
A
prominent
athlete,
he
went
.to
the
Olympic
Games
La
Paris
in
1924.
i
Island
Town
Has
;
Lumber
Yard
Fire
iOne
Man
Injured
and
Damage
Of
f
$20,000
Done
In
Brief
But
Spectacular
Blaze
At
)
Ladysmlth
1
LADYSMITH,
November
8:
(CP)
A
brief
but
spectacular
fire
last
night
destroyed
a
large
storage
shed
of
the
Comox
Logging
and
Railway
Co.
here.
David
Gray
of
Vancouver
sustained
head
and
back
injuries
when
struck
by
a
falling
timber.
Damage
is
estl-
mated
at
$20,000.
Nazi
Ship
Captured
,
LONDON,
Nov.
8:
(CP)
The
German
freighter
Uhen-
feLs
has
been
captured
and
-
tairn
tn
Freetown.
Sierra
Le-
!
one,
It
was
announced
by1
the
.
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Admiral
IV
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