Vol.
XXVIII..
No.
297.
A
LOOKS
BA
IN
FINLAND
Resistance
to
Russians
Still
Stubborn,
However
Severe
Air
Raldi
Continued
Extreme
Cold
Fuel
In
Motorized
Equipment
Con
teals
Wounded
Russians
Freete
to
Death
better
again
today
,
IIELSIKGFORS,
Dec
21:
(CI)
J
Destruction
of
two
Russian
bat-
;
ttlioni
and
destruction
or
capture
of
Urge
quantities
of
Russian
link,
machine
cunt
and
other
weapons
In
successes
along
the
eastern
front
were
reported
today
by
the
Finnish
army.
JIFJJSINOrORS.
Dec.
21:
CP-A'.
Finland
officially
called
to
the
triors
til
able-bodied
men
forty
year
of
age.
military
source
claimed
that
hordes
of
Russian
troop
had
b-
n
thrown
ba-k
dot
to
their,
iwti
frontier
on
the
Karelian
Iith-
Soviet
bomber
continued
their
raid
on
Finnish
cities
to
the
south
wnlle.
a'corrllng
to
dispatches
from
Klrkenea.
Norway,
bltazardt
and
low
temperatures
had.
armarently.
par-j
tw
the
Russian
drive
In
north-err
Finland.
As
the
raid
continued
for
the
third
successive
day
over
HeUlng-fir
a
hftrllal
ara
was
singled
c
it
tnf
n'urk
d
sixteen
kW
for
the
blind
as
well
as
h'ipMaU
being
struck
by
a
squad-,
roo
of
ten
plane.
,
Th
air
raWl
t
the
moat
ev-j
tr
;inee
the
war
began,
leaving
fire
burning
In
a
number
of
cities
tnd
many
dead
Over
200
planea
were
uecd.
twenty
Ruwlan
machin
es
hing
brought
down
in
fierce
dog
flht
The
sub.iero
temperature
is
congealing
the
oil
in
Russian
,
tanks,
rendering
them
uscIcm
.
and
easy
victims
for
rapture.
Other
motorlied
equipment
is
also
being
put
out
of
commission
by
the
told.
Further,
the
extreme
cold
Is
causing
slightly
Injured
Russians,
not
prepared
for
such
conditions,
to
freere
to
death
before
they
can
be
min
istered
to.
The
Finns
were
said
to
be
preparing
a
new
fortified
line
south
of
Lake
Inarl.
The
new
troop
call
will
probably
dd
twenty
thousand
men
to
the
Finnish
forces.
Calling
out
of
these
men
appears
to
indicate
the
seriousness
of
the
Finnish
military
situation.
Staying
On
As
Commissioner
Mr,
Alder
Will
Continues
Until
End
Of
January,
It
Is
Now
Announced
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
Intimated
this
mornlnir
that,
while
It
was
originally
announced
that
he
would
bo
retiring
as
city
commissioner
here
at
the
end
of
this
year,
he
would
now
be
carrying
on
until
the
end
of
January
on
account
of
the
bridge
construction
work
which
will
be
under
way.
There
Is
no
official
intimation
vet
AS
to
who
Will
be
Mr.
Alder's
successor.
Xmas
Cheer
Fund
The
Salvation
Army
reports
that
Bums
Co.
Ltd.
have
donated
100
pounds
of,
meat
and
Swift
Canadian
Co.
Ltd.
100
pounds.
Sunrise
Oroccry
Is
giving
vegetables
and
Van's
Bakery
Christmas
cakes.
Previously
acknowledged
$59.35
Gilbert
Campbell
500
She
City
SUPER-STREAMLINED
MODEL
IS
.NEW
CHARIOT
FOR
MARS
HHUv
sUAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
'
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Island
Fresh
to
strong
southeast
winds,
Increasing
cloudiness
with
no
change
In
temperature.
Statin
;L9jg
Assllmly
streamlmed
its
the
fuseii-
1
at
roplane
is
this
'bullet
car."
the
invention
of
Bill
Clark,
world
war
veteran
and
aero
mechanic
of
Enid.
Okla.
Designed
for
use
in
w3r.
the
ear
Is
constructed
of
metal
throughout
with
two
wheU
in
f
ront.
one
at
the
back,
which
makej
for
fast
maneuverability.
Ouns
could
be
mounted
In
the
pointed
noe
and.
claims
Inventor
Clarkj
enemy
bullets
would
glance
off
the
streamlined
sides.
Pilot
of
the
machine
Is
protected
by
a
bullet-proof
hood
and
the
tires
are
similarly
guarded.
War
News
CANADIANS
"UNBEATABLE'
Al.Dr.KSilO'
lit.
Hon.
Leslie
liore-Bclisha,
secretary
of
state
or
war.
visited
the
Canauian
active
service
forces
in
camp
jester-day
and,
after
a
two-hour
inspection,
classified
the
Canadian
as
"unbeatable."
It
was
a
bright
sunshiny
day
in
contrast
to
the
cloudy
and
foggy
days
the
Canadians
had
had
since
their
arrival
ITALIAN
SHU'
SUNK
AMSTERDAM
The
Italian
fteatrshlp
Cnmltas,
JS
tons,
sank
off
tfushln
r
a?t
erTtrHrfnV
a
mine.
The
Netherlands
navy
sent
vessels
to
pick
up
the
crew.
,
WESTERN
FKONT
QUIET
!
PAKIS
The
Western
Front
continues
very
quiet.
A
French
(
communique
says:
"No
events
of
'
Importance
to
report.
,
TROOPSHIP'S
ESCAPE
LONDON
It
has
been
learned
that
it
was
a
Canadian
troopship
which
collided
with
Cunard-White
Star
liner
Samaria
off
the
west
roast,
CZECHS
ItECOGNIZED
LONDON
The
Ciech
national
;
committee
under
Former
President
Edouard
Benes
and
Ambassador
Jan
Masaryk
has
been
rrcognlted.
This
will
permit
of
enlistment
of
Crechs
In
the
Allied
armies.
AIR
BATTLE
IN
HOLLAND
Nrlehrlands
Planes
Are
In
Combat
With
Visitors
of
Undetermined
Nationality
AMSTERDAM,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
Netherlands
planes
fought
an
air
battle
today
with
aircraft
of
undetermined
nationality
in
full
view
of
residents
ot
Utrecht.
The
Invaders
reportedly
came
from
the
cast
where
Holland
borders
on
Germany.
Exeter
Is
Said
To
Be
Ashore
Reports
Circulating
About
British
Cruiser
Which
Was
Damaged
By
Admiral
Graf
Spee
BUENOS
AIRES,
Dec.
21.
There
are
unconfirmed
reports
that
II.
M.
S.
Exeter,
badly
damaged
In
the
Battle
of
Uruguay
with
the
German
pocket
battleship
Graf
Spee
last
week,
Is
ashore
near
Bahia
manca
No
Word
in
London
LONDON,
Dec.
21.
The
Admiralty
has
received
no
word
of
the
Exeter
being
ashore.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
II
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
21
,
193U.
Span
GT.
BRITAIN
NOT
BOUND
Admiralty
Feels
It
Is
At
liberty
To
Fight
Anywhere
On
High
Seas
LONDON.
Dec
21:
(CP
Notwithstanding
the
Pan-American
nations'
protest
at
hostile
activities
within
their
300-mile
neutrality
zone,
the
Brltith
Admiralty,
it
U
stated,
feels
at
liberty
to
fight
anywhere
on
the
high
seas.
It
is
admitted,
however,
that,
if
these
neutrality
zones
could
be
made
effective.
It
would
be
all
to
the
advantage
nf
the
Allies.
LEADING
UP
TO
SUICIDF
Iterealed
That
Capt.
Langsdorff
quarrelled
nitterly
With
Hitler
4
Over
Ship
Scuttling
BUENOS
AIRES.
Dec.
21
It
was
revealsd
late
yesterday,
foltow.ne
hb
suicide
that
Captain
Han
Langsdorff,
commander
of
the
lOerman
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Graf
Spee.
which
was
scuttled
out-1
side
Montevideo
on
Sunday
following
the
Battle
of
Uruguay
last
week.
quarrelled
bitterly
with
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
in
a
transAtlantlc
telephone
conversation
with
Der
Feuh-
rer
Just
prior
to
the
scuttling.
i
Langsdorff.
It
appears,
desired
j
to
sail
out
of
Montevideo
for
a
fin-
lsn
ligni
wun
me
waning
oruisn
I
warships
but
Hitler
Insisted
on
the
j
ship
being
scuttled.
Langsdorff
had
what
repairs
were
possible
made
to
the
damaged
ship
during
the
short
time
allowed
by
the
Uruguayan
government
In
the
hope
that
Hitler
might
reconsider
the
scuttling
order.
Langsdorff,
on
Instructions
of
Hltlert
set
off
the
time
bombs
which
sent
the
Admiral
Graf
Spee
to
her
doom
in
Rio
de
la
Plata.
Langsdorff
was
45
years
of
age,
and
served
In
the
First
Great
War.
News
of
his-suicide
was
received
In
Berlin
by
the
people
with
consternation
and
sympathy.
A
German
naval
spokesman
expressed
"understanding
and
appreciation"
of
his
step.
It
was
In
keep
ing
with
the
traditions
of
"our
Feu-hrer.
the
navy
and
the
Oerman
people."
Capt.
Langsdorff
was
burled
In
the
German
cemetery
here
today
as
Germany
sent
an
official
protest
to
the
Argentine
government
at
the
Internment
of
the
Graf
Spee
crew.
Secrets
to
Grave
thoughts
In
the
hours
before
he
committee
suicide
will
accompany!
him
to
the
grave.
The
commander
wrote
a
farewell
letter
to
the
German
embassy
but
the
Argentinean
naval
commission
Investigating
his
death
recommend
cd
that
the
letter
be
withheld
f
rom
the
public.
j
High
-Low
Orders
Are
Given
Bulletins
ALIFOKD
BAY
CONTRACT
OTTAWA
Canadian
Creosot-Ins
Co.
Ltd.
has
received
a
contract
for
construction
work
at
I
Alii'ord
Bay
seaplane
base
in
British
Columbia
valued
at
$8012.
it
is
announced.
.
!
FOR.MEK
JUDGE
DIES
VICTORIA
Hon.
J.
A.
Mac-donald,
former
chief
justice
of
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal,
died
last
night
at
the
i
agtj
of
eighty-one
years.
Born
la
Ontario
he
came
Jo
Rossland
in
ins
and
wasmeeber
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
for
Rossland
from
1903
to
1907.
For
a
time
he
was
provincial
Liberal
leader.
He
j
was
appointed
chief
Justice
of
the
j
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
'
in
1909
when
the
court
was
es
tablished.
He
had
been
In
ill
health
for
some
time.
BOXING
DAY
HOLIDAY
VICTORIA
Boxing
Day,
December
26,
will
be
a
public
holiday
for
stores
and
offices
In
British
Columbia.
It
will
not
be
a
holiday
under
the
Factories
Act.
BUY
U.S.
LUMBER
LONDON
The
British
government
would
buy
fifteen
to
thirty
million
feet
of
United
States
lum-ber
and
ten
American
ships
providing
approval
of
the
United
states
government
is
given.
RETIRED
CLERGYMAN
DIES
CO.MOX
Rev.
II.
M.
Ellis,
retired
Anglican
pastor,
Is
dead
at
the
age
of
eighty.
NEW
LIBERAL
WHIP
VICTORIA
J.
Howard
Forrester
of
Vancouver
has
been
appointed
new
Liberal
whip
in
the
Legislature,
succeeding
Hon.
C.
S.
Leary,
recently
appointed
minister
of
public
works.
Forrester
has
been
deputy
whip
since
1936.
SWEDE
SHIP
HITS
MINE
Mars,
Vessel
of
H99
Tons,
Goes
Down
With
Seven
Believed
to
Have
Terlshed
LONDON,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
The
Swedish
vessel
Mars,
1499
tons,
sank
off
the
northeast
coast
of
England
14
"uae-
oix
men
nave
been
rescued
and
seven
are
missing,
The
Esthonlan
freighter
Uco
la
also
reported
to
have
been
a
victim
of
a
Nazi
plane
while
an
unidentified
vessel
is
reported
to
have
struck
9
mln
an
sunk
off
a
Dutch
Island.
'SCARED
BY
CANADIAN
United
States
Naval
Officer
Says
Fraser
or
One
of
Her
Class
Caused
Columbus
to
Scuttle
NEW
VOItK.
Dec.
21:
(CP)
A
'
naval
officer
who
saw
the
German
liner
Columbus
scuttled
off
the
United
States
coast
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
approach
of
a
Canadian
destroyer
led
the
Nazi
seamen
to
fire
and
sink
the
ship.
An
unidentified
officer
aboard
the
United
State
cruiser
Tuscaloosa
is
quoted
by
the
Daily
News
a
saying
that
the
approach
c.
the
Canadian
destroyer
Fraser
or
one
of
he?
class
caused
the
scuttling.
MpM
of
the
Columbus
seamen,
howerer,
identified
the
royer
an
being
of
a
British
i
list
G
ves.eL
I'onnerlv
ba;eJ
at
Esquimau,
Hie
Frar
1
no
!ran
er
tt
Prince
P.uncrt.
She
was
here
in
the
summer
of
1937
when
the
Governor
r.ner-a!
P-'n-r
It
-inert.
It
Har.1
H.M.r.s.
Traser
that
Nut.
Owe
Stiisrt
of
Prince
Ku-f
t
risde
a
training
cruis
to
the
West
Indies
early
this
spring.
PRI7E
SHIP
BROUGHT
IN
Cap
Norte
Reaches
British
Port-Was
Captured
Off
West
Indies
October
A.
......
!In
LONDON,
Dec.
21:
(CP
The
British
Navy
has
brought
Into
port
the
13,615-ton
German
steamer
Cap
Norte
which
was
captured
off
the
west
Indie
In
October.
The
?
vessel
belonsed
to
the
Hamburg-South
American
Steamship
Co.
'
,
!to
keep
CONTROL
Opening
of
Yangste
River
1Us
Drastic
Restrictions
I
TOKYO.
Dec.
20:
CP
While
re-.
CONTRACT
LET
FOR
TWO
BRIDGES
HERE;
BENNETT
AND
WHITE
Were
Lowest
of
Four
Tenderers,
Their
Figure
for
Work
Being
$10,855.09
Construction
to
Start
at
Once
i
i
Bennett
&
White
Construction
Co.
of
Vancouver,
who
during
the
past
year
or
so
built
the
new
Post
Office
ant
horpital
buildings
in
Prince
Rupert,
were
today
awarded
!
the
contract
by
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
for
the
,
construction
of
two
new
bridges
across
Hays
and
Morse
Sixty
Years
Old
JOSEPH
STALIN
MOSCOW
iJt
21
CP
-Russia
itie'a:sted
w.
a
".at
svale
today
me
bu.lidav
ul
her
leader,!
the
pre.--'
as
the
pillar
of
hope
tot
the
workers
of
caDitalistic
states."
also
played
their
part
In
the
great
Nation
throughout
the
country
to
the
Georgian
cobbler's
son
who
rule
183.000.000
neoDle.
Hailed
a
the
hero
of
Socialist
labor,
he
was
decorated
with
th
rinn-pr
.r
r
nin
OIlliTlliniCannO'
0
,
W
i
-
Inml'ITia
r
inri
opening
the
Yang$te
River
to
for-j
,
!l?n
shlDping.
Japan
retains
several
restrictions.
There
will
be
ln-(Wnmon
P-JlHr
Cit
section
of
canto
for
munitions
or
"
ulllCll
UUillJ
Jl
goods
that
might
be
helpful
to
the
r
Chinese.
Chinese
aliens
will
be
wvtivu
jwi-vm
O
v.
w
a
r
"VdV,
TS
continue
to
use
British
-owned
I
sible
for
the
safety
of
foreign
ships
using
the
river.
Columbus
Crew
Given
Freedom
Arc
Classified
as
Distressed
Mariners
in
United
States
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
21,
The
crew1
of
the
scuttled
German
liner
Col-t
umbus,
landed
here
Wednesday,
night
by
USJS.
Tuscaloosa,
have1
been
classified
as
distressed
mar
-
1
lners
and.
as
such,
will
be
given
shelter
and
freedom
In
the
United
States
for
sixty
days
j
ROUMANIAN
Ar.RFFMFNT
iuuiJiiuii
HALIFAX.
Dec
21
Suspended
i
bombed,
torpedoed
and
machine
sentence
wa?
ordered
for
three
Uunned
within
three
days.
Def
en-Halifax
women
who
pleaded
guilty
slve
armuig
Is
also
being
consider-of
attemctins
to
communlcat
tn
ed
for
the
fishermen.
persons
in
the
United
States
Infor
-
matlon
on
ships'
movements
here.j11?11
British
naval
units
were
de-They
were
Mrs.
C.
Smith.
Marian
nIfd
toiy
by
the
Admiralty.
All
Buckley
and
Constance
Bell.
AIR
FORCE
GOES
OVER
,
,
-
Tor"",""d",.n
L.
c,';e
SuT
port
First
Division
Medical
and
Dental
Unit
Also
OTTAWA,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
The
First
Canadian
Division
will
be
supported
In
the
field
by
a
squadron
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
and
will
also
be
aided
by
specialized
.
10:12
a.m.
19.4
ft.
23:03
pjn.
17.0
ft.
3:31
ajn.
92
ft.
16:53
p.m.
8.1
ft.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
urrc
at
a
iigurc
oi
aufiao.w.
Other
tenderers
were:
Coast
Construction
Co.
Ltd.,
Vancouver,
$42,123.06.
John
Currle
&
Sons,
Prince
Rupert.
$46,105.90,
Armour
Salvage
Si
Towing
Co.,
K$9lJ99.t
Construction
on
one
or
the
other
of
the
two
bridges
will
commence
it
once.
The
contract
figures
do
not
Include
the
aporoaches,
which,
the
city
Is
putting
In
Itself,
nor
the
Inspection
charges.
Taking
these
"osts
Into
account,
the
total
cost
wU!
be
about
$16,000.-
The
bridges
will
be
of
cresoted
'umber
construction
with
concrete
footings.
The
contractor
undertakes
to
provide
a
temporary
sidewalk
across
'
Ha
vs
Creek
during
construction
and
demolish
the
existing
bridges.
Earlier
Closing
Of
Cabarets
In
Vancouver
Urged
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
21:
(CD-Church,
and
temperance
organization.',
are
pressing
for
midnight
closing
of
Vancouver
cabarets
on
Saturday
night
instead
of
2
ajn.
Sundays
as
at
present.
TO
PROTECT
FISHB0ATS
Naval
Vessels
and
Planes
to
be
Assigned
to
Combat
Attacks
of
Germans
on
Defenceless
Craft
LONDON,
Dec.
21:
iCP
Oreat
Britain
is
assembling
ships
and
fighting
planes
to
protect
the
unarmed
North
Sea
fishing
fleet
as
-a
result
of
German
aerial
attacks
In
which
thirty-five
vessels
have
ben
.
German
reports
of
having
sunk
the
Germans
have
been
sinking
have
been
small
fishing
vessels
and
unarmed
coastal
ships.
One
British
coasting
vessel
and
six
little
fish
boats
have
been,
sunk
during
the
past
few
days.
Sending
Protest
To
Three
Nations
Pan
American
Nations
Claim
Violation
of
Neutrality
Zone
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
21.
An
unprecedented
protest
is
to
be
sent
by
the
nations
of
the
Pan-
American
conference
to
the
govern
corps
units
amounting
to
six
or
.ments
of
Great
Britain,
France
and
Bucharest
Finally
Decides
to
Double
seven
thousand
men,
Hon.
Norman!
Germany
at
the
violation
of
the
lis
Oil
Shipments
to
Reich
Rogers,
minister
of
national
de-
.
Pan
American
neutral
zone
through
fence,
announced
last
night.
(engaging
In
naval
battle
tnereln.
BUCHAREST.
Dec.
21:
(CP)-
Tho
110m
Royal
Canadian
Air
The
protests
will
be
sent
within
Roumanla
has
finally
agreed,
after
,
Force
Squadron
0f
Toronto
has
been
forty-eight
hours.
Secretary
of
tonslderable
negotiation,
upon
a
.
chosen
to
go
overseas,
the
Winnipeg
State
Cordell
Hull
intimated,
new
trade
agreement
with
Ger-j
and
Ottawa
unit
also
to
be
associ-
Further
Incidents
will
bring
many
which
will
double
the.
exports,
ated
with
the
Toronto
squadron.
stronger
reaction
from
the
twenty-of
oil
to
the
Reich.
The
rmwlthly
Hospital
and
dental
uztlU
will
al-
one
Pan-American
nations,
the
pro-shipmenUwlll
bei!90,000
tons.
so
be
sent.
test
Is;.
expected
to
state.