AH
h
ATHENIA
recorded.
Members
of
the
Senate
'and
House
were
told
that
they
had
(
been
called
so
that
the
eovemment
Government
May':
A
A
I
et
rower
or
cuon
OTTAWA,
September
7:
(CP)
Proposals
for
fur-
.fHAitsi
nnltAti
riv
fnnfirin
nn1
nctimfif
fa
fro
nvnnn
Tti
caused
by
a
state
of
war
which
now
exists
were.'
launch
I
might
seek
authority
for
measures)
necessary
for
the
defence
of
Can-'
ada
and
for
co-operation
In
a
de-
itermlned
effort
which
was
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
!
miR
t
f
racist
ftirf
har
i(in
rclrn
With
pMslbillty
of
Further
i
The
Oovernor
Oeneral.
in
the
Slight
Redaction
8peech
from
the
Throne,
said:
"My
I
ministers
are
con
ri
need
that
Can-t
'ada
La
nrenarnl
to
unit
in
a
na-
Erotember
7:
CP
.
7
.
...
'
-
i
rvwaJH
iinurr
snn
inamui
unsi
A
-i.
Ult
II
HiU
Mi
lift.
Ul
.u
.
I
is
.
Ht'
Islands
on
Monday..
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Jill
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t
r
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'
.
.
.
I
y
i
ramiunr
nomor
itn
-
wit
vhii
luciciru
w
i
j,
.
r
thal
th
death
finance
but
It
was
believed
that
I
J-
r
was
announced
that
'"
eaJW
n
t"C
special
war
iwslon
cr
-i
f
the
Athenta
had
fcrj
a
OaJway.
Ireland.
The
emergency
scaokm
of
Par-
VI
t
Orrenock.
Seotland
(lament
merely
opened
and
ad-,
tk
Southern
Cross
had
Journed
until
tomorrow
without
.
.
I
.
.
...
...
cr.
.
n
aooara
ana
omer
learning
the
precise
details
of
the
"
-.'v
mi
rvisviivy
"viv
pmni.ipaMi'ii
til
t4
siiiu
uvl
amberlain
Reports
d
Parliament
Upon
P
v
rogress
war
Mak
es
i
nninin
nnn
rnnrn
r
i
ir
ii
i
i
n
tr
11
i
i
ii
m
ii
ii
i
r.
Is
Torpedoed
And
Shelled
I
torpedoed
without
warning
by
4-
a
submarine
which
came
to
!
the
surface
and
shelled
the
chin
at
Mftvvati
voro
Kln
been
sunk
and
the
Corlnthea
attacked
but
undamaged.
SWAS
BASE
I
ficiency
and
SmoothnessPoland
ResiRtinp
IPANAIVl
A
Stubbornly
Protectintr
Shioninir
I
nllAlflfl
,
I
a
r,
LONDON,
September
7:
(CP)
Great
Britain's
war
ft
13
rapidly
gaining
momentum,
Prime
Minister
Nev-
L
hamluiylnlM
tnlH
tYin
Mmua
nf
rnmninna
trtifH'
in
Vim
-ivviiiiiu
iuiii
i.111;
iiuuci;
ui
utttii
tuito
iumh.i
in
mi?
SL
rPnnrf
In
Ihh
nnhnn
cinnei
tMn
einnl
n
in
t
tnn
nf
tn
r
"
n
e:?..
Franpp.
Itlco
nursolvrs.
snid
thf
Prpmlor
"has
":it,'t
r
ri"::
i
11
surcea
wiin
cumpieiu
emciency
ami
Miiuuiiiiit
-
.
.
.
.
and
they
are
now
contacting
the
.
.
1
-
U.I.
I
'
hinC
RnHnmfnrl
w
XKW.iar
hi
come
4
Local
Water
,snetJ
Without
a
nermlt
'v
dULllUrilllu
I
enemy
on
the
common
frontier.
The
!
I
outbreak
of
war
found
the
same
j
spirit
of
determination
and
solldar-!
Hy
nmong
the
French
people
m
Is
(evident
here."
On
the
utrni
front,
thp
Prime
:lal
to
crush
all
opposition.
Polish
soldiers
are
contesting
every
yard
of
the
German
advance.
,
In
addition
to
the
sinking
of
the
iAthcnla,
Mr.
Chamberlain
said
;
there
had
been
attacks
on
other
v
y-i
J
British
merchantmen
by
German
IS
liliarnPfi
submarines
and
three
or
four
ships
Hiroet
hits
on
one
German
raid
were
from
tne
dominions.
(The
Canadian
Pros
learwd
they
'were
mostly
Canadians).
Wuim
Forty-one
members
FOR
SUBS
.Mexican
Gorernment
Seals
Up
Radios
of
Interned
German
Ships
Tor
Violating
Neutrality
.MEXICO
CITY.
September
7:
The
Mexican
government
today
ordered
sealed
the
radios
of
six
German
ships
now
interned
In
Mexican
ports
for
alleged
violation
of
Mexican
neutrality
by
being
In
constant
communication
with
the
Reich.
One
of
the
six
vessels,
the
Jiner
Columbus.',
which
took
refuge
at
Vera
Crux,
is
alleged
to
have
been
operating
as
a
base
for
four
German
submarines
In
the
Caribbean
Sea.
Another
of
the
German
ships
Is
the
Orinoco
at
Tampico.
FISHERMEN
SEE
Sl.'B
CAMPECIII,
Mexico.
September
1:
Mexican
fishermen
report
having
sighted
a
German
submarine
in
the
Caribbean
Sea.
It
Is
said
to
have
arisen
to
the
surface
near
the
boats
while
fishing.
The
appearance
of
a
German
submarine
off
Key
West,
Florida,
is
also
reported.
CONTROL
Will
Re
Under
Military
Than
Civil
Jurisdiction
Duration
ot
War
Rather
For
WASHINGTON.
September
7:-Prcsldent
Franklin
D.
Rooevelt
issued
an
emergency
decree
todaj
placing
the
Panama
Canal
undei
military
Instead
of
civic
control
fo:
the
duration
of
the
European
war.
Control
of
the
sone
Is
being
trans
"wuiu
beptembcr
7:
A
url-
Minister
rcportea,
"tne
i-oie
are
f-rred
from
the
civil
governor
10
,
"-rr
ana
a
nrencn
ngnting
nara
agamsi
a
strong
ana
General
Davia
u
stone,
in
com-j
"
-
ski,
:
irinir
nimiMi
nuiin.
.
phi
n
i
aci
anamv
n'nn
arm
ruinnir
nn
'
j
r
ii
it
n
sv
rri
rri
itv
v
hi
i
nc
'
ociore
leavlne
this
noil'the
welclu
or
numbers
ana
mater-
----.
-
-
K
.
zone.
SUGAR
IS
PLENTIFUL
u.a
u
...i,
m,
Hmiiiv
hart
Federal
Government
Issue?
Warn.
Itaken
Immediate
counter
measures!
ing
Against
Profi
eerlng
In
This
I
lir
Til
InliA
A
a
-
....
a
W
.
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viw
HttUftVVa
IHIIU
U
A
LV.
Ui
Irtllft
VWSSVWJ
w
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w
t'
aa
nrpfonHA.
1
.
.
4
1
tui.
"
e
iiuperta
water
supply
ns
taklne
time
to
bring
Into
full
r,
vui
.oucraiiuu.
n
.
.
'
ucr
111
I
A
raia
ay
we
ah
rwtc
"u
uii
rt.i
.....
....
.
.
1,.
.
-"
"iinouncemcnt
this
helmshafcn
had
resulted
in
at
least
y
id,
nnini
in
ii
ZTll
uard;d
Tnd
no
S.
S
Lall?wed
I
enter
the
Country
OTTAWA,
September
7:
(CP)
Representatives
of
sugar
retinitis
eomoanlcs
were
called
Into
confer
ence
by
the
government
yesteraay
after
which
apublic
announcement
,
i...
Knehin
thd
Prlmi
Mln-1
was
made
that
any
attempt
to
re
.m
Rrveral
of
the
airmen
'strict
supply
or
raise
prices
unduly
nittine
in
the
Wilhelmshrifcn
air,
would
be
rigorously
dealt
with.
Peoole
are
advised
to
Duy
tneir
normal
stippJiM
and
go
ahead
with
canning
as
there
Is
no
shortage
PARIS
French
general
staff
announced
late
tonitht
that
the
Germans
were
ruining
up
reinforcements
to
meet
increasing
French
attacks
on
the
northern
flank
of
the
western
front
PARIS
George
""'i"
Bonnett,
.
night
sunk
by
an
explosion
In
French
Foreign
Minister,
yester-
mldAUantic
Twenty-nine
sur-
T
"
conference
with
Sir
vivort
reported
she
had
been
.A
t
in
thrt
Srvpprh
lrnm
ihp
I
hrnnp
whir'h
wno
mm!
hv
4-
nf
th
or.
,.,,
mi.
a
(jcvcrnnr
General,
Lord
Tweedsmuir,
at
the
opening'
tn
and
unaccounted
for.
Lat-
prl
session
of
Parliament
today.
It
was
one
of
T
"
announced
mat
me
th.
V-.
.wh-
atearaer
Royal
Sceptre
had
Richard
Phlpps,
British
ambassa
dor.
DANZIG
Danzig
has
now
been
completely
isolated
by
German
forces
but
a
small
garrison
has
not
yet
yielded
up
the
Polish
munitions
plant
here.
NEW
VORK
Profit
taking
tempered
the
New
York
stock
market
yesterday,
arresting
the
wild
buying
stampede
of
the
day
4.
previous
for
munitions
and
com-
'j.
nWitiei
Issues.
"War
babies"
A-
gained
one
to
four
points
for
the
4.
day.
.
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
German
consul
here
has
resigned
from
an
exclusive
dab,
161
members
of
which
threatened
to
quit
if
he
was
permitted
to-
remain
a
member.
WASHINGTON
The
government
is
concerned
over
the
advancing
prices
of
sugar
anij
Hour.
To
prevent
profiteering
in
view
of
the
war
situation,
the
gorernment
may
itself'
release
Urge
quantities
of
such
commodities.
Sugar
and
flour
have
gone
up
1c
a
pound
in
Los
Angeles
and
San
FrancUcn
and
that
is
typical
of
Males
cities.
other.
United
EDMONTON
More
than
fliers
in
Alberta
have
volunteered
for
military
service.
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
is
expected
to
call
a
special
session
of
Congress
September
IS
to
consider
neutrality
measures.
WASHINGTON
A
proclamation
issued
by
the
United
States
in
connection
with
its
neutralitv
laws
fails
to
name
Canada
as
a
belligeren;
nation
to
which
the
neutrality
laws
would
apply!
LONDON
Parliament
has
unanimously
approved
new
principles
of
the
"Armed
Forces,
Munitions
and
Service
Act."
The
territorial
army
is
no
longer
a
separate
unit.
WARSAW
German
planes
have
dropped
leaflets
giving
assurance
that
the
famous
painting
"The
Black
Virgin"
will
not
be
harmed.
BERLIN
Berlin
was
"black
out"
and
quiet
last
night
after
reports
of
another
Polish
air
raid
had
been
denied.
WARSAW
Tolish
authorities
here
deny
the
fall
of
Krakow,
saying
that,
one
German
column
had
entered
and
was
later
driven
out.
Fifteen
German
planes
are
reported
to
have
been
shot
down.
LONDON
It
was
explained
last
night
that
British
antiaircraft
puns
on
the
east
roast
had
mistakenly
fired
upon
British
planes
in
error
for
Germans
after
yesterday's
German
air
raid
had
been
driven
off.
coast
to
ensure
neutrality.
Coastguard
vessels
from
the
Pacific
Coast
are
being
transferred
including
the
Spencer
from
Cor-dov.
the
Ingram
from
Port
Angeles
and
the
Hamilton
and
u
a
ID
ne
from
Oakland.
i
-
.
I
i
I
Tomorrow
s
i
laes
Weather
Forecast
8:55
am
ISO
ft.
20.58
p.m.
162
ft.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
2:14
tm.
flJ
ft.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
14:12
pjn.
0.4
ft.
southeast
winds,
shifting
to
south,
unsettled
and
cool
with
rain.
NORTH"
EUN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUftlblA'S
NEWSPAPER
xxvin.
2Q9:
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBERS,
1939.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
?i
POWERS
FOR
OTTAWA
surcs
For
Defence
of
Canada
and
Resistance
of
Ag
Itrcssion
Planned
W
ar
midget
is
Anticipated
'
arliament
AssemblesI:
Another
Ship
:1
Late
War
News
l
41
j
LONDON.
Sept.
7:
CP-The
seven
thousand
ton
British
freighter
ireignter
Manaar
Manaar
was
was
last
last
Peace
Talk
Heard
In
Europe;
Mussolini
May
Be
Mediator;
Will
Hitler
Bid
For
Truce?
Ralston
Is
In
Cabinet
OTTAWA,
Sept.
7:
CP
Col.
J.
L.
RaUton,
former
mln-
Ister
of
national
defence,
is
Canada's
new
minister
of
fl-
nance
in
succession
to
Hon.
C.
A.
Dunnlnz.
whose
resignation
has
been
accepted.
It
was
an-
nounced
yeterday
by
Prime
Minister
WlllUm
Lyon
Mac-
I-
kenrle
K'nz.
Col.
PaUton
for-
'
merly
sat
for
a
Nova
Scotia
seat
but
has
been
out
of
oub-
lie
life
for
some
time,
oractis-
i
ing
as
a
lawyer
in
Montreal.
4
Mr.
Dunnin?
recently
an-
;4-
nouncM
OTln?
to
4
Mackenzie
King
admlnlstra-
tlon.
TO
CARRY
Quick
Conquest
of
Poland
May
Motivate
Feuhrer
to
Call
It
Quits
Before
He
Has
To
Fight
on
Western
Front
or
His
Own
Restless
People
Revolt
LONDON,
September
7:
(CP)
Some
international
Once
More
ar
war
c0Uls
Europe.
In
Rome
it
was
predicted
utile
luuic
that
speedy
German
conquest
of
Poland
would
be
followed
by
peace
overtures
in
which
Premier
Mussolini,
entrenched
in
a
position
of
apparent
neutrality,
would
take
the
Initiative
by
renewing
peace
proposals
and
suggesting
an
armistice.
Some
Italians
expected
that
Mussolini
would
make
the
first
more
toward:
a
pacification
program
by
renewing
proposals
for
a
conference
of
the
powers
on
a
general
settlement
of
political
and
economic
Ills
of
Europe.
The
abstention
of
Italian
officialdom
and
press
from
any
criticism
or
expression
of
avor
for
any
nation
since
the
war
began,
it
imi
rfii
o
-Jnounces
;s
that
that
Ja;
Japan
has
informed
111
health
ST,,,.n
n,
t.;,,
iOreat
Britain
Britain
de
definitely
that
she
his
retirement
as
minister
of
.
D
.
.
,ui.u
does
not
ot
Intend
intend
t
to
become
involved
flnnT
vhvh
nnrtfola
he
.
.
.
.
In
the
European
European
war.
held
since
1915
and
in
orevious
.
.
...
'
.
Uidu
uucca
uicuiauuu
uiuic
acceptable
to
those
countries.
It
may
be
a
few
weeks,
however,
before
-.eice
plan
takes
definite
form
al-i
hough
some
consider
that
nego-
tlatlons
may
start
at
any
time.
,
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany,
it
U.
suggested,
may
.sue
for
peace
on
thej
Former
King
of
England
and
His
Oasis
o(
partition
oi
raana.
aie
vwie
Are
Leaving
rrance
D
L
LI
I
LL
w
-
xay
jisue
a
diplomatic
expression.
JTV
JTP'J
JlLl-ilJ
"
regret
at
being
at
war
wilh
Great
JAPAN
TO
KEEP
OUT
Great
Britain
Officially
Advised
Of
Nippon's
Strict
Neutrality
LONDON,
September
7:
(CP)
The
Ministry
of
Information
an-
WINDSOR
RETURNS
Tomorrow
Fot.Home,.-.
-
'
Britain
and
France.
Insistence
of
CANNES,
France.
Sept.
7:
(CP)
Special
American
Ships
To
Be
Sent
official
Germany
that
"not
a
shot"
A
spokesman
for
the
Duke
and
To
England
To
Pick
Up
Citizens
has
been
fired
on
the
western
front
Duchess
of
Windsor
announced
Waiting
To
Return
Home
is
taken
by
some
as
the
forerunner
day
that
they
would
leave
tomor-
of
some
sort
of
a
truce
move
by
row
for
London.
They
left
England
LONDON.
September
7:
CP
-
Hitler.
after
the
abdication
In
December
Ambassador
Joseph
P.
Kennedy
There
are
few
who
believe
that
1936
and
have
not
been
back
since.
announced
today
that
American
oreat
Britain
and
France,
now
--
-
-
ships
would
be
sent
to
England
riots
workers
in
such
are
at
war
wou,d
cease
flgnU
among
cen-
ZZ?
AnfpHns
hl
r
nsid
conference
until
tres
as
Cologne,
Dusseldorf
and
Escorting
h
home
Americans
who
ho
ha
s
-
,
owm-
to
the
sharD
food
ration.
been
caught
in
this
country
by
the
wer
nas
comply
wimarawn;
immi.
of
.ir
and
outbreak
of
the
European
Two
ships
will
be
here
within
a
few
days.
The
survivors
of
the
Alhenla,
Kennedy
said,
would
be
i
the
first
to
be
afforded
transportation.
More
than
five
thousand
Americans
are
pressing
the
embassy
for
transportation
borne.
TO
BATTLE
TOFINISH
Poles
Ridicule
German
Reports
Of
Advances
Warsaw
To
Be
Vigorously
Defended
WARSAW.
September
7:
CP
While
Germans
claim
to
have
brouRht
one-third
of
Poland
a1-
ready
under
subjugation,
the
Pol
fierce
struggle.
Thirty
miles
north
,
of
Warsaw
lines
are
apparently
be-1
Ing
drawn
for
a
fierce
fight
to
the
death.
There
will
be
prolonged
as
and
ammunition
are
being
captur
ed
are
dubbed
as
false
and
rldlcul
"
"
,ous,
being
designed
only
for
home
WASHINGTON
United
States
i
consumption
in
Germany.
Is
increasing
Us
naval
and
coast-
i
Polish
military
authorities
dc-
1
It
Alt
it
'
.
.
M
I-.
l
guard
patrols
on
the
Atlantic
clare
tnat
tne
uerman
aavauce
rapidly
slowing
up
In
face
of
fierce
Polish
resistance.
More
conservative
Germans
estl
war.
from
Poland.
Very
likely
Hitler's'
.fM,
it
i.
k
I
ca4
i
s-ssv
&
j
attavA
niaj
,
i
so
eatu
complete
removal
as
the
ruler
of
some,
actuate
Hitler
In
an
early
bid
Germany
would
be
demanded.
At
for
peace
on
the
best
terms
he
can
the
outset
Britain
said
"This
Is
a
obtain.
Some
reports
have
It
that
fight
to
end
HlUerlsm
and
we
will
j
the
Nazi
authorities
have
even
re-fight
until
it
is
accomplished."
I
sorted
to
machine
gun
fire
to
put
Reports
that
are
beginning
to
down
some
of
the
Internal
strife,
filter
past
the
strict
German
cen-,
Allied
air
raids
are
said
In
French
sorship
of
increasing
unrest
and
reports
to
have
caused
panic.
On
The
Western
Front
FRENCH
AND
BRITISH
CONTINUING
INVASION
OF
SOUTHERN
GERMANY
ish
authorities
insist
that
Warsaw
Nazi
Retiring
Hefore
Advance
Towards
Main
Defences
win
never
be
given
up
without
e
of
Siegfried
Line
Violent
Attack
Upon
Prices
Soaring
Gains
azi
Industrial
Centres
BASLE,
Switzerland,
September
7:
(CP)
German
.-!
.nn
swP
before
Warsaw!
advance
guards
on
the
western
front
are
reported
in
bqr-
isurrenders,
it
is
believed
by
ob-ider
advices
to
be
withdrawing
slowly
into
the
main
forts
(servers.
j
of
their
Siegfried
Line
as
the
French
push
into
German
German
reports
that
Polish
re-
territory.
The
'French
are
reported
as
advancing
as
much
IT1"
3S
;vervwhere:as
flfteen
kilometres
in
some
places
along
the
northern
and
that
tens
of
thousands
of
so!-
-
-
dlers
and
large
quantities
of
Bunsill'
Whoof
-jiTiiuiipcg
nilgai
Over
Four
Sessions
Exchange
Total
35c
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
7:
(CP)
ot
Imate
It
'may
be
two
weeks
before
Wheat
prices
were
up
another
5c
Warsaw
falls.
j
yesterday,
gains
for
four
sessions
The
capital
of
Poland
has.
beep
'
UqJaUins
35c.
October
c)osed
at
transferred
southward
to
Lublin.
j
79c
,
'..
wing
of
the
.line,
seizing
first
line
German
pillboxes.
Foreign
observers
believe
it
will
be
at
least
a
week
before
the
French
can
launch
a
drive
against
the
main
German
line.
It
is
said
in
some
quarters
that
the
Germans
have
been
ordered
in
the
meantime
to
I
fight
only
defensively.
This
may
account
tor
tne
lamng
back
of
the
Germans
with
no
great
resistance
According
to
French
reports
there
has
been
strong
German
resistance
In
spite
of
which
the
French'
forces
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on
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