Weather
Forecast
Prince
Ilupcrt
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
east
wlni1"
cU-l
with
not
much
change
raturc.
Cut
Country
One-Fifth
4
.
5i
n
-
-
-
-
w-.
it1
.
oLXXVIIT
feVO,
Under
Orders
To
In
Two
Now
of
Distance
KIKKNES,
Norway,
Dec.
6:
On
the
Iwtniy-seeond
anniver-ury
of
the
declaration
of
Fln-nhh
Independence,
the
Soriet
srmy
today
reported
that
it
was
tlmost
one-flflh
of
the
way
icroHi
Finland,
apparently
under
orders
to
cut
the
country
In
two.
The
army
Is
said
to
have
pene-tratrd
15
miles,
reaching
Koula-Janri
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
nr.
leavinr
150
miles
to
be
roirrra
ociorr
rimanu
ii
Germans
Lose
region
In
ten
days.
The
Wa-
were
scuttled.
Officers
crew
of
the
Ussukuma
Interned.
MOVEMENT
and
were
OF
WHEAT
Locil
Elevator
Now
About
One
Quarter
Full
May
be
Some
Time
Before
F.iports
Are
Made
been
delivered.
About
seven
hun
dred
carloads
will
be
required
to
fill
the
house
up.
Some
three
hun
dred
carloadr
are
at
present
on
the
raliwav
line
west
of
Edmonton
bound
for
Prince
Rupert.
Dutch
Shipping
Being
Hard
Hit
More
and
More
Netherlands
Ships
Held
up
Because
of
Allied
Blockade
and
German
Mines
AMSTERDAM,
Dec.
6,The
scr
lous
way
in
which
Dutch
shipping
SUCi(je
is
being
affected
by
the
Aiiiea
dioc-
kade
of
Ocrman
exports
and
import
and
the
German
mine
laying
BrtlvlHoa
U
hfin'mlnfr
lnrreaslnelv
evident.
More
and
more
Dutchl
ships
are
finding
It
necessary
to
tie
P.
California
Food
Prices
Dropping
Returning
To
Normal
After
Having
Mounted
At
Start
of
War
LOS
ANOELIJS,
Dec.
0:
Food
Prices
hir
nra
Gradually
return-
.-"7
r
i
Ing
to
normal
levels
nfter
having
advanced
sharply
following
outbreak
of
the
European
war.
i
I
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
6:
Two
shiploads
of
refugees
from
Helsingfors
arrived
In
Stockholm
yes
terday.
Among
them
were
500
Swedes
and
43
Americans
Including)
families
of
the
United
States
em
bawy
staff
from
the
Finnish
capl
tal.
NEW
GOVT
'
DEMANDED!
Ilritain
Heady
To
Talk
Peace
With
Trustworthy
Regime
in
Helen,
i
Declares
Halifax
i
LONDON.
Dee.
6
Viscount
Hall-4.
fax.
British
foreign
secretary.
4,
speaking
In
the
House
ct
Lords
on
war
alms,
stated
that,
once
'Germany
established
a
government
4-
which
could
be
trusted.
Oreat
Brl-
I
T
1
13,11
would
be
rea
ready
Large
Y
eSSCl
to
discuss
terms
of
..
CAPETOWN.
Dec.
8:
CPt
-
British
warships
hare
scored
again
In
South
African
waters
by
capturing
the
7334-ton
German
combined
passenger
and
fre'iht
liner
Ussukuma
In
the
South
Atlantic.
It
Is
of-
Mlelalhr
stated.
The
Ussukuma
-
i
is
me
tnira
snip
me
uer-fmans
have
lost
In
the
same
and
willing
peace.
But
un
til
such
a
government
was
established,
the
Allies
would
not
lay
down
their
arms,
the
Foreign
Secretary
declared.
He
blamed
Oer-
I
.
.
-tO
making
a
complete
net
across
the
mouth
of
the
great
body
of
water.
.
'
This
mining
of
the
entrance
of'
i
the
Quit
of
Bothnia
Is
another
Swedish
measure
of'
emergency
Since
the
movement
of
grain
to
protection
as
have
been
the
mobl-the
local
elevator
commenced
this
nation
of
the
army
to
a
strength
fall,
some
150
carloads,
or
threeot
i50000
and
the
bolstering
of
hundred
thousand
bushels,
have
d.f.nCM
in
the
north
and
on
the
Island
.Sea.
of
Ootland
In
the
It
will
be
some
time.
It
la
expect-'
n
.it
i,
ed,
before
ships
will
be
coming
here
tlll
At
Large
to
load
wheat
for
export.
Baltic'
Trunk
Murderess
Winnie
Huth
Judd,
Mining
For
Second
Time
Within
Few
Weeks
From
Asylum,
Feared
Suicide
PHOENIX,
Dec.
6:
Winnie
Ruth
Judd,
trunk
miirdercss,
escaped
fv
n
c
tirr
A
limn
T
rrm
et
n
t
a
nv1
um,
has
not
yet
been
recaptured.!
Fears
Increase
that
the
woman,
who
Is
known
to
have
been
carry
ing
a
razor,
may
have
committed
Drive
Through
t
Luxembourg?
LONDON,
Dec.
6:
(CPiTne
Daily
Mall
today
headlined
re
nnrl
that
Germans
were
massing
for
an
attempted
drive
Into
France
through
Lux-
cmbourg.
There
were
similar
reports
in
Rome.
Oerman
dl-
visions
had
been
moved
from
the
Dutch
to
the
Luxembourg
frontiers.
It
was
reported.
'MONSTROUS
ABOMINABLE"
rpROVlNClAL
1
1
LIBRARY
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
'PRINCE
RUI'ERT,
II.C7,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
6,
193'J.
T
sssr
lsmT'
.IsIsbBIsIsIbsIsb
IH
S
lalL
nd
Conservative
at
Oxf
a
Orou1
aembly
"
Dr
J.
E
Duy
parliamentary
If
ader
et
th
So
iallst
party
in
Holla",
and
LKd
Addlngton
of
the
British
House
of
Lords
are
shewn.
OOOOOOOOOOOUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVOOOOOOO&OODOOOOOOOOOOOOQ
I
I
i
War
Npws
FLEW
OVER
SCAPA
LONDON
A
German
plane
flew
over
the
Orkney
Islands
and
Scapa
Flow
today.
Air
raid
signals
were
sounded
for
half
an
hour.
No
bombs
were
dropped.
FINNS
OVER
LENINGRAD
t.MOSCOW
Two
Finnish
planes
attempted
to
bomb
Leningrad
today.
A
Russian
statement
said
that
one
was
brought
down
and
the
other
flew
away.
I
FLY
I
NO
OVER
HOLLAND
BRUSSELS
Two
unidentified
foreign
planes
flew
over
today
and
drew
fire
of
Dutch
anti-aircraft
guns.
NEW
YORK
H.
K.
Knickerbocker,
noted
international
correspondent,
describes
the
Russian
Invasion
of
Finland
as
the
"most
monstrous
and
abominable
crime
of
modern
history."
There
is
every
evidence,
Knickerbocker
declares,
that
Russia
also
Intends
to
continue
the
Invasion
of
Sweden
and
Norway.
"The
Soviet
wants
that
Swedish
ore,"
declares
Knickerbocker.
'
'
LENINGRAD
DENIES
LENINGRAD
The
Leningrad
military
district
denies
the
capture
by
the
Finns
of
31
Russian
tanks
and
fifteen
airplanes
In
action.
Such
reports
are
complete
inventions,
it
Is
declared.
Russia
has
only
lost
two
planes
and
two
more
may
have
fallen
Into
Finnish
territory.
On
the
other
hand,
eleven
Finnish
sljlps
have
been
shot
down.
Not
a
single
tank
has
been
lost,
declare
Soviet
authorities.
BRITAIN
SUPPLIES
FINLAND
LONDON
Authoritative
sources
disclose
that
British
firms
are
arranging
to
supply
a
score
of
fighting
planes
and
a
quantity
of
other
war
material
to
Finland.
RUSSIAN
ARMY
REVOLT
STOCKHOLM
The
Helsingfors
correspondent
of
the
newspaper
Social
Demokratcn
said
today
that
disorders-have
occur-;
red
In
the
Leningrad
garrison
due
to
the
unexpected
resistance
to
the
Finnish
troops.
BRITISH
SHIP
LOST
LONDON
The
British
steamer
Huntsman
Is
reported
to
have
been
lost
at
sea.
a
many
for
the
Russian
invasion
or
6
o
Finland
i
oooooooooooooooooooooooonoooooooo&dooooooooooo&ooooa
:
BOTHNIA
I
BLOCKED
Mines
Stretched
Completely
Across.
Entrance
of
Strategic
Body
Of
Water
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
ft
The
Gull
of
Bothnia,
lying
between
Sweden,
'and
Finland,
has
been
completely!
blocked
by
mines.
Sweden
has!
stretched
mines
from
the
west
to,
the
Aalund
Islands.
There
are
Fin-1
nlsh
mines
from
the
east
coast
to-
i
ward
the
Aalund
Islands,
thus,
inc.
WARSHIP
OUT
PAHIS
It
has
been
revealed
here
for
the
tirt
Urn?
hst
tho
SCMO-ton
battleship
Sthamhorst,
one
of
Germany's
wt
formidably
war
vessels.
Is
ranting
the
tilth
eas
with
the
pockM-bAyLnJP-P?uthlajjdJ
These
two
veeh
are.capaWe
t;1tnr.
a
fret'derof
damage
before
"(hey
are
captured.
FEAR
UNITED
STATES
.
TOYO
The
United
States
Is
pictured
In
the
Japanese
press
ar
potential
foe
of
Japan,
replacing
Russia
in
that
position.
-
Ouarter
Of
Million!
Hungary
Expresses
Dollars
Raised
jits'
Sympathy
for
j
Finnish
People
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
6-Klng
Gus-tav
headed
a
Finnish
relief
Red
Cross
campaign
with
a
subscription
BUDAPEST.
Dec.
6.
The
government
of
Hungary
has
expressed
Us
Ij.
nf
$9,500.
A
ouarter
of
a
million
;
sympathy
In
warm
terms
for
for
Fin-
14,4.4.4.4.4.4.4.
4
dollars
has
already
been
raised.
land
In
Its
Invasion
by,
Russia.
NEW
PLANES
i
IN
FINLAND
FROMJTALY
Safe
Delivery
.Made
of
Fifty
Savole
'
Bombers
To
Be
Used
In
Defence
Against
Russian
Invasion
HELSINGFORS,
Dec.
ft
Within
two
days
fifty
new
fighting
planes
from
Italy
have
arrived
for
the
Finns
to-
be
used
In
the
defence
against
the
Russian
Invasion,
On
Monday
twenty-five
arrived
and
yesterday
twenty-five
more
came.
The
Savole
bombirs
were
accompanied
by
Italian
pilots
and
instructors.
How
the
planes
were
safely
dej'vered
here
remains
a
mystery
but,
nevertheless,
they
are
here.
BEAR
LOOKS
TO
BALKANS
Rou
mania
Urged
to
Sign
Pact
With
Soviet
Similar
to
Those
with
Baltic
States
MOSCOW
Dec.
6:
(CP)
Mo$-'eow
turned
her
attention
today
from
Finland
to
the
Balkans.
An
article
published
in
tne
"Com
munist
International,"
mouth-pie-e
of
i.ne
international
communist
organization,
urged
Rou-i
,inb
tit
itn
a
mutual
assistance
pact
immediately
with
Russia.
It
.
salLJhe
trea.tr
h9ili5.,inJ3.r
to
treaties
Russia
had
aif
ned
with
Latvia,
Esthonia
and
Lithuania
through
which
she
gained
naval
and
military
bases
on
the
soil
of
th
Ihree
Baltic
states.
W'hat
amounted
to
a
practical
drmnd
was
also
trade
upon
BrraMa
to
break
awav
from
Roumanla
and
return
to
Russia.
C0NDFMN
!
RUSSIANS
Pan-American
Movement
Against
'
Soviet
For
Invasion
of
Finland
'
is
Gaining
Ground
BUENOS
AIRES,
Dec.
6
The
Pan
American
movement,
led
by
Argentina
and
having
as
Its
goal
the
expulsion
of
Soviet
Russia
from
the
League
of
Nations
for
Us
unwarranted
aggression
against
Finland,
a
fellow
member,
continues
to
gain
ground.
An
official
statement
by
the
government
of
Argentina
yesterday
declared
the
Russian
Invasion
of
Finland
and
the
method
being
employed
by
the
Soviet
to
be
contrary
to
elemental
rules
of
humanity
and
civilization.
EDENSHAW
WAS
LOST
Well
Known
Seineboat
and
Fish
Packer
Abandoned
In
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
Crew
Rescued
A
message
received
from
Murray
Potts,
customs
officer
at
Alert
Bay,
conveys
information
that
the
well
known
Massett
seineboat
and
fish
packer
Eden-shaw,
owned
and
operated
by
Capt.
Douglas
Edenshaw,
was
abandoned
in
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
last
Friday
night.
The
crew
was
picked
up
by
the
motor
vessel
Skedans
and
transferred
to
the
Korashio,
another
motor
vessel,
bound
for
Prince
Rupert.
No
further
details
were
given
In
the
message.
The
Korashio
had
not
reached
this
port
up
to
this
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
10:15
ajn.
21.3
It.
23:10
p.m.
18.9
It.
Ixiw
-
3:54
ajn.
7.3
It.
16:55
pjn.
42
It
j
PRICE:
ft
CENTS
li
2s
Are
Winning
War
At
Sea
USS1ANS
PENETRATE
35
MILES
rm
tVlflfllllV
Refugees
From
Helsingfors
In
Swede
Capital
OXFORD
OKOITISTS
FOR
CONVENTION
Reassuring
Picture
By
Winston
Churchill
In
Report
To
Parliament
British
Aerial
and
Naval
Patrols
Have
Destroyed
Five
Submarines
During
Past
Week
Britons
Still
Rule
Waves
LONDON,
December
6:
(CP)
British
aertil
and
naval
patrols
destroyed
five
German
U-boats
during
the
past
week,
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
First
Lore
of
the
Admiralty,
told
the
British
House
of
Commons
tod.
y,
giving
a
reassuring
picture
of
sea
warfare.
The
Fir
t
Lord
aimed
that
German
submarines
were
now
being
c
-stroy-
r
faster
than
Germany
could
build
.
-
T
them
and
train
crews.
Other
features
of
Mr.
Churchill's
statement
were
that
Great
Britain
has
Installed
defensive
armament
In
one
thousand
merchantmen
and
before
long
the
total
will
reach
two
thousand.
Only
one
ship
in
750
has
been
sunk
in
convoy.
Oreat
Britain
has
several
million
ton
of
neutral
shipping
under
charW
and
wants
more.
Hitler's
magnetic
mines
have
been
hitting
neutrals
harder
than
Great
Britain.
Finns
Given
4
A
SMASHING
VICTORIES
BY
FINNS
One
Hundred
Russian
Tat
ks
Destroyed
and
Two
Thousar
1
Red
Soldiers
Slain
HELSINGFORS,
Dec,
6.
Late
4-i
Tuesday
night
the
Finnis,;.
"
high
commaadr
in
an
official"
cr
tununtr
'
que,
claimed
further
stunr.
ng
vlc-
tories
against
the
Russian
in
the
llff
D
1
defenic
against
Soviet
:
lvaslon.
lYlOneyDcICK
Ohe-hundred
and
fifty
tai
is
were
reported
to
have
been
c
stroyed
wiUl
heavy
1055
ol
1Ue
of
Sussian
WASHINGTON.
Dec
6:
-
President
Franklin
D.
Roose-
soldlf"
on
the
0x16
estimate
ptaced
the
-lumber
veil,
at
a
press
conference,
announced
that
Secretary
of
of
a
5usand-
the
Treasury
Henry
Morgan-
engagement
opened
1th
an
:hau
had
placed
in
a
sep-
arate
snrvnsa
nrrmint
rtihf.
by
Infantry.
Some
of
tb
'
tanks
intji!m-nt
nmon
vhh
mU
traps
In
the
snow
id
were
blown
to
f
,at
ot
Finland
has
deposited
for
due
pieces-
date
December
15.
Congress
through
were
demolished
'
y
antl-
will
be
asked
at
next
session
'tonk
uns
and
thelr
crews
:Uled-
to
remit
payments
now
total-
In
tne
north
hundreds
3f
Rus-
V;p-
$5
500.000
which,
had
been
alans
manning
from
Murm
nsk
to-
resularly
mad-
by
Finland.
wards
lUec
AiU
The
money
would
be
made
ther.
it
appears
to
have
been
a
avalliblB
tn
th
Finns
a
thov
Breat
day
for
the
little
c
ntry
of
desired
It.
BIDS
FOR
umbia
Shipyards
For
Thirtyj
Small
Vessels
OTTAWA,
Dec.
6
It
has
been
revealed
that
Ottawa
has
Invited
B.
C.
shipyards
to
tender
on
30
small
craft
for
war
purposes.
If
all
the
orders
were
to
be
pjaced
in
B.
C.
It
would
result
In"
about
$12,000,000
worth
of
work
but
It
Is
probable
that
eastern
1
yards
bidding
on
the
same
contracts
will
get
a
large
proportion
of
them.
I
The
Eastern
yards
have
the
ad
vantage
of
cheaper
steel
for
these
!
steel
craft
and
labor
that
costs
from
a
quarter
to
a
third
less
than
in
B.
C.
However,
with
better
weather
conditions
for
working,
B.
C.
'should
be
In
a
position
to
make
I
faster
deliveries
and
this
may
be
I
an
Important
consideration.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
storm
Is
slowly
approaching
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
from
the
southwest.
The
weather
has
been
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Fresh
to
strong
south
to
southeast
winds.
Mild
and
misty
with
rain
before
tonight.
i
iuaa),
uic
twcniy-sccou
.
uiuu-versary
of
the
Declaration
f
Fin-
Independence
from
Russia,
inlsh
saw
the
Finns
stubborr
y
and
.
bravely
resisting
the
encro
:hment
'
of
the
Reds
who
claimed
o
have
XIT
A
DD
A
penetrated
35
of
the
15!
miles
YY
AlVVlvAr
I
'across
tne
C9untry
to
the
orth
In
ithe
direction
of
Norway.
T!
Finns
claimed
however,
that
thk
vas
no
Tenders
Called
From
British
Col.
j
oi
mucn
impousncc
suicc
u
j
cuuii-
try
so
far
traversed
by
th
enemy
is
largely
uninhabited.
r
ie
de
fenders
promised
that
sti
ng
resistance
would
be
now
eneo
intered..
ROOSEVELT
outspoi:en
Expression
of
Admiration
.
'
d
Sympathy
for
Finland
Far
i'ijond
Usual
Felicitations
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dei
3:
(CPJ
President
Frahklln
D.
R
osevelt,
on
the
occasion
of
the
wenty-second
anniversary
of
the
undlng
of
the
Finnish
republic,
1
pressed
to
President
Kalllo
of
Fli
md
hfa
"ernest
hope"
that
the
Rx
so-Fln-nlsh
war
would
end
soon
30
that
Finland
might
continue
steady
de-
velopment
untroubled.
Mr.
Roosevelt-said
that
Jaef
hoped
the
tragic
days
for
FlnlalA
would
not
be
long
and'
that
tht
vpuld
soon
give
way
to
happier
ex
dltlons.
The
statement
of
the
)
resident
went
far
beyond
the
usua'
expression
of
felicitations
to
c'her
nations.
Admiration
for
Finland's
courage
against
aggression
was
expressed
by
Mr.
.Roosevelt.