Tomorrows
Tides
Weather
Forecast
Low
Ecxvht
r.
.
14
Or
Plan-.
a.r
,.-d
mortal
4:37
ajh.
17.5
ft.
16:29
p.m.
10.1
ft.
10:31
ajn.
B2
ft.
ARFARE
23:20
a
p.
5.4
ft.
British
ON
SEAS
nmpslen
Threatened
by
rmmr-l'nltrd
States
Takes
.
tfp
to
rrotect
Hi
People
ig
Ship
Warned
re
CUImi
That
Jlwt
of
Larger
frmin
Indervea
urau
nave
lllreidy
Been
Ilpoed
of
LsHINOTON.
DC.
Oct.
3.
rngh
m
Mne
wijn
currwu
re-
i
that
Of-rmany
U
about
to
m-
.
i
I.
a
campaign
01
uniwiici-
tf:i
Aide
submarine
warfare
r.
s
madr
iu
Utird
protest
i
k.
hm!.
"as.
the
German
tov-i
nr
'
-'irday
delivered
al
i
.gxM'uiK
vessels
in
itnusn
.t"ri
Particular
warn-
iK;tinst
failure
to
stop
i
or
accepting:
Drtttsht
,
n.voys.
t
lr.fs
:
'tie
eviuem
intention.
n
-
launch
a
new
and
ttx
iomanne
campaign
'
B
'
h
and
French
ships.
rir
r
tt'ate
coraeu
nun
yes-
u
statement
ursine
:'ijM'ni
abroad
to
re-
n
neutrality
violation,
i
Is
Italder
Sub?
I'urh
;:jr.
Ui;it
Inn
(imtlmiM
OS
to
!'htv
:r
mil
!h
TtritUh
Khln:
f-'
as
,nnk
yesterday
olfjnBC-
of
Biazll
by
a
submarine
tn
havf
been
a
rnl
nossl
of
I
brum
a
submarine
ln-
Id
of
a
r.nrW
is
nt.
flmt.
sun-
The
Brazilian
steamer
Naclo
!
lanara
tiixtct-n
survivors
at
annlhpr
rlnvan
rrfieh-
I
that,
port
m
a
lifeboat.
The
fb
and
chief
engineer
of
the
cient
nr
aboard
tho
German
vessel
pi'tanr
,
gne
rrport
is
that
the
raider
'lying
the
Belgian
flag
and
heavily
disguised.
fircraft
and
long
range
alr-
FS
fire
rpnfirfl
t
hxm
hriptl
r
l
w
run
down
the
mar-
age.
4
Halibut
Sales
She
"!
3-
I
111
.
II
HI
I.
2
-rt
the
oubllratkm
1Um
E
1,,,
ln
,eadlng
the
fight
if
vri.trl.
.
.
t
.
1
1
i:many
reported
the
administration
to
repeal
the
'
rf-a-.t
n
thrito
wilnst
.jas,
rnbarA
clause
and
"substl
if:
;
hnrr
Mauritania
thm
.nrt
carry
nlan
in
:i
Atlantic
Oran:lhe
jn
states
neutrality
law.
;
v.i
i
i
from
New
York.
8uc,
a
change
in
the
neutrality
broadcast
sld
that
WOuld
inevitably
involve
Unl-...
wax
heavily
armed
tetj
stti
In
war.
Borah
declared.
taft
and
anti-sub-
...jj.-g
not
our
war.
Let's
stay
out
!of
it."
he
said.
"Repeal
of
the
u-ral
shipplm:
cw-jgbargo
clause
will
most
ccrtaln-if'-r
heavily
in
th
.ly
bring
war
to
our
shores
d
rontiguouf
waters.1
senator
Key
Pittman,
chairman
'.
vcmui
have
beeni0j
thc
foreign
relations
committee
v
week-end.
right
Whch
has
recommended
repeal
of
!i
coaat
and
one
in;
embargo
clause
and
adoption
......
umi
"
0J
mP
IUIU
I'H
K
r
.imiah
schooucr
vas
thal
the
neutrality
law
as
It
stood
!
l
i
an
Esthonian
vessel,
at
present,
favored
Ocrmany.
w'r
'which
was
able
to
get
supplies
r
of
the
Swedish
'..
rvntrni
Eiirone.
and
denied
I
said
he
had
ben
1
a
ubmarlne
which
took
!
ard
idler
releasing
him
:
i
i.
The
commander
X.;.-
by
convoys.
Sweden
to'
Great
Britain
and
France,
maritime
nations,
the
privilege
of
getting
war
supplies.
.
thntioht
that
it
may
....
Jk
ls
itu
,ve...
u-boat
u-ooai
told
wiu
the
"'
not
uke
three
three
weeks
wccks
to
io
reach
.
a
-
American
Ina
J.,
13,000.
13c
and
7c.
Stor-
Canadlan
Sallda,
10,500.
13c
and
7c.
Stor-
,
City
Manager
Petition
Has
ut-uny
an
larger
ucr-
rcnured
number
ana
uwu
ir.
.
"vi...
Fu
x
had
'
been
uwihcu
v.n.
Immi.
tion.
small
poastnl
un-'
pa
craft
being
about
all
the
nad
left.
'ONDON
GOLD
PRICE
I
OTTAWA.
Oct.
3
view
today
that
defeat
of
Great
Britain
and
France
is
impossible.
He
said:
"If
one
surveys
the
whole
front
sea,
land,
air
and
economic
sources
I
am
convinced
the
Allies
can
defend
their
Empires.
The
end
may
be
victory
for
them.
At
the
worst,
it
mieht
be
stalemate.
I
don't
n
,
.-ww
wTi
-
i"
mum
.
Fiity-seven
svunwis.
m-t
.
l
thrv
hnH
Irinri
L.
run
him...
..
i
l
r.
InHlralffl
bv
At
ITDf
I
A
I
111
A
f-
T1-
Swedish
government,
nTaS3
m
to
faV0r
fnvnr
the
the
revision
revision
as
as
sliips
to
stay
ln
nr0D0scd
by
the
administration.
IJi
Lti
1
Y
lx
(Lithuania
and
Finland
Are
Next
'
In
Line
For
Pacts
With
Moscow
MOSCOW,
October
3:
Foreign
Minister
William
Munters
of
Lat
via
was
ln
a
two-hour
conference
v
Rupert
Chamber
o
Commace
Jj.'"
along
similar
last
ni-iht
President
J.T.
Har-
vcy
told
the
cnamocr
u.a
...
;j
bc
ncxt
ln
llnc
petition
asking
for
submission
,M
.
U-
of
the
plebiscite
on
mc
pro-
-r
nwhllo
it
Was
announced
byl
.
..j
Pitv
managership
had
wni:h
Admiralty
numirauy
at
at
Paris
rans
last
msi
L
bccn
cn
5igncd
signrd
by
by
more
more
tha
man
an
the
me
t
T
Commissioner
fnr
for
action.
nrtlnn.
It
It
was
probable
tnai
mc
voic
t
would
be
taken
at
an
early
date
so
that
the
matter
couia
-r
j,
in
the
Lculslature
at
its
.
...n..n1ini
crlnn.
i
iirLiiuuimiin
"
divisions
of
Russian
troops
were
transferred
through
from
the
Esthonian
toi
ne
muvhu.
frontier
yesterday
just
to
iena
strength
to
the
ncsotlatlons
with
Latvia.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
October
3:
(CP)
wheat
nrlccs
were
off
.
.
vt...
l3'c
13,4C
to
to
Pic
Pic
yestcraay
yesicraay
w.m
wun
mi-
Ion
nn,.
I
VJ
4
iSa?'
d
"it-
ember
closing
at
70?,c.
ctosed
V1a
at
at
$37.51
per
fine
ounce,'
J
LIBRARY
VICTORIA.
B.C.
NEW
BRITISH
TORPEDO
BOAT
TRAVEL
50
KNOTS
PER
HOUR
Liners
Running
01
lne
Canadian
section
01
me
on-
tanceuea.
ine
iormer
wui
leave
irctiTwnTYw
n
r
rvt
i-
;.ViffXlL0Jr'
.7'.,iS
Columbia
-
Alaska
Highway
here
on
October
6
and
the
latter
...
I
11
AidiJi
Ul
UVIUUI
U.
V
.
.
,
.
.
.
M
1
I
..1
J
Ml...
WJmmission
wm
De
uciooer
it
as
scncauiru.
uuki
ar!
as
pobJ
US-',..
hrx.A
ln.
itnu.H
RiniM
prooaDiy
reaay
,
m
ship.
In
view
of
J
tiSina
,n
chairman.
Hon.
sailings
will
be
announced
In
due
.bout
ut
f
r
mem
,
.ir
fare
n
Al-
fL..
Charles
Stewart,
said
today.
time.
.
i
!na
ei
oovn
to
me
ircaiy
m
-
r.
-ary
of
ihe
Treas-
v.rnw
ih
mnt
of
thp
world's
i
m
!.
hi
ordered
that
troubleg
today."
So
said
the
aged
n.
inlfesU
be
kept
,.,rtu,
f
THnhn
RnntAr
Wll-
IIKJl&lf1V,14
Ut
.
....
Great
Britain
And
France
Cannot
Be
Beaten,
Asserts..
Former
President
Hoover
NEW
YORK,
October
3:
(CP)
Former
Herbert
Hoover
expressed
belief
in
an
inter
IIERBF.RT
HOOVER
see
any
possibility
that
it
can
be
defeat"
R0UMANIA
FOR
PEACE
But
Must
Keep
on
Equal
Footing-
Still
Warring
Against
Iron
Guard
BUCHAREST.
Roumanla,
Oct.
3.
....
T.,ustatedthatatnotImewasnaUonal
last
nignt
wun
mM
q.
Roumanla
more
re.
Stalin
and
Foreign
Kfnlntnv
In
regard
to
the
conference
which
j
COuld
not
afford
to
be
on
an
un
It
is
known
had
to
do
with
the
ex
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
D,
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PKlNCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
3,
1939.
Premier
On
One
of
the
newer
type
of
motor
torpedo
boats
in
the
Britla
1
Navy
She
travels
at
fifty
knots
per
hour,
ten
knots
faster
than
any
previous
torpedo
boat
She
fires
a
21
-inch
instead
of
18-lnch
torpedo
and
can
discharge
them
ahead
or
astern.
The
Txat
Is
driven
by
a
1000
h.p.
engine.
DEBATE
ON
Highway
Report
NEUTRALITY
Due
In
January
Senators
Pittman
and
Borah,
leaders
Pro
and
Con,
Heard
Yesterday
Italian
Atlantic
REPULSE
Attacks
scattered
in
small,
and
well
pro
Bulletins
,
POLITICS
ARE
OUT
OTTAWA
No
political
bias
will
be
permitted
to
enter
into
the
issuance
of
military
commissions
.
.
1.
I
f
HBAMAltin,
"w
"
"
'
i
or
IIIC
nMKIIIg
Ul
numv.
...:,
The
Roumanian
government.
In;
on
Gorman
Rogers,
minister
of
-1.1.1
..n.AMArf
t'A.t.nlillf
'
.
.
an
OlilClUl
uurunn
juhiuoji
national
defence
says.
They
will
be
handled
by
recommenda-
.
.
r
..
.
it
:i
:
.
.
...
-,.,K
nlssar'
.
1
llii
01
ulc
acl,'c
-
Commissar:
.
.
"
(niilred
tn
than
at
,
nresent.
t
Roumanla
Roumanla
.i..
v-.u
.
mri
Vnr
.11
---
i
UriilvS
U
II
IHC
Ua
jimin
No
statement
was
made
1
d
,
d
jvv.
.
"
aU
thin2s
but
"
-
It!
..,,:,..,
jjmm.i-ii.
itinn
in
Latvia
nt
a
non-aggrcs
slon
pact
similar
to
that
which
D
CI.il
Soviet
I
'has
has
been
been
imposed
Imposed
by
oy
the
me
ouvic
F.sthonla
under
which
Rus
jsla
get
strategic
rights
on
the
...
.
x
nut
.
Krn
At
m
the
wit
meeting
iv......B
of
tne
rnnce
i
conferences
"
wlth
with
the
tne
uthuantan
umuanwiu
lUitJK"
itwiva
o
k
lllncs
commence
today
today
and
ftnd
Fln;
Fln.
lowed
to
enter
Into
the
giving
of
equal
footing
with
other
nations.
ordfrs
for
w,r
suppnf
s
or
Con-The
remnants
of
the
Iron
Guard.t
......
tracts.
which
caused
the
recent
assasslna-i
tlon
of
Premier
Armand
Callnescu,
would
be
run
to
earth
and
punish-1
ed,
the
statement
said.
J
WAR
BUDGET
IS
ADOPTED
Gets
Second
Reading
in
British
House
of
Commons
Without
Division
LONDON.
Oct.
3:
(CP)
Chan
cellor
of
the
Exchequer
Sir
John
Simon's
war
budget
was
read
for
the
second
time
by
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
without
divis
ion.
BY-ELECTION
SHORTLY
VICTORIA
The
provincial
by-election
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Hon.
F.
M.
McPherson,
minister
of
pub-He
works,
who
has
accepted
appointment
to
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners,
will
be
held
shortly,
stated
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo
yesterday.
He
did
not,
however,
name
the
exact
date.
Mr.
McPherson
will
leave
October
12
for
Ottawa.
POWELL
RIVER
DROWNING
POWELL
RIVER
Walter
A.
McLean,
aged
13,
was
drowned
when
a
boat
capshed
here
yesterday.
Two
companions
escaped
themselves
but
were
unable
to
rescue
McLean.
Tokyo
Sees
GERMANS
!
Of
States
T
Undines
of
Alaska
Road
Commls-
GENOA,
Oct.
3.--U
was
officially
jj,,-
steadily
Driven
Back
Along
'
slon
to
be
Ready
at
That
Time
denied
yesterday
that
the
sailings
Fr,
n.nit.
Despite
vi,nru
Vijorous
TOKYO
TOKYO.
Oct
Oct
3.
J.-iTte
The
action
actum
..
nf
th
Italian
liner
Rex
and
Comte
.
.
i.-
nt
Of
the
me
Uni
(CP)
Reports
de
Savoie
for
New
York
had
been
tecled
croups.
Tne
tiennan
i-iacks
.by
defenders
of
the
Siegfried
Line
were
hurled
back
by
"
French
couifter-attacks
and
the
roult
was
that
the
French
were
ahl-
to
make
further
progress
which
was
promptly
consolidated.
,
So
far
have
the
French
now
ad-
,
vanced
east
of
the
Saar
that
j
the
German
artillery
tire
actually
dropped
into
German
terri-'oiy
A
trrre
French
communique
said
that
local
enemy
attacks
had
been
repulsed,
adding
that
French
engineers
had
located
three
thousand
German
land
mines.
The
most
of
yesterday's
action
was
west
and
east
of
Saarbrurcken.
The
Allies
are
still
watching
for
a
major
German
offensive
on
the
western
front
where
tweny-five
more
German
divisions
are
reported
to
have
moved
up
yesterday,
making
just
upwards
of
750.000
German
troops
on
the
western
front.
Secret
German
Station
Heard
Again
in
Denunciation
of
Hitler
and
Stalin
BASLE.
Switzerland,
Oct.
3.
Af
ter
a
counle
of
days'
silence,
the
mysterious
secret
anti-Nazi
raaio
station,
presumably
believed
to
be
broadcasting
ln
Germany,
was
heard
again
yesterday.
The
broadcast
asked
the
German
Deonle
what
had
been
gained
from
the
conquest
of
Poland.
True
ter
ritory
had
been
gained
but
had
not
much
more
been
lost.
In
an
aDDeal
especially
to
women,
the
broadcast
suggested
that
the
truth
was
at
last
being
learned
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Strong
southwest
to
vest
winds,
cool
with
rain.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
War
Progress
GREAT
BRITAIN
WOULD
CONSIDER
PEACE
BUT
NOT
HITLER
PLEDGES
Present
Partition
of
Poland
Will
Never
Be
Accepted
Meantime
Threats
of
"Peace
Offensive"
Heard
Fuehrer
to
Speak
at
Week-End
LONDON,
October
3:
(CP)
"Great
Britain
will
examine
and
check
any
Hitler
peace
proposals
but
no
mere
assurances
of
the
present
German
government
can
be
accepted
by
us,"
declared
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
before
the
House
of
Commons
today.
"We
will
not
be
threatened
by
vague
hints
of
German
and
Soviet
i
i
.
collaboration,''
the
Premier
declar-
gafety
Zones
at
Sea
to
be
Establish
ed
by
Nations
of
the
Americans
ea
as
me
nouse
cneerea.
ere
v
could
be
no
ending
of
the
war
..'on
the
basis
o
the
present
status
of
Poland,
Mr.
Chamberlain
reiterat-
ed.
j
The
Prime
Minister
told
of,
the
progress
of
the
war
on
land,
air
:
and
sea
since
his
last
report,
deal
ing
also
with
further
home
defen-
sive
measures.
The
Premier's
rejection
of
the
-r
offensive"
was
not
Allied
Strategy
Works
unitea
btates
in
aaaing
x
...
hiy-
'
reiniorcemen
s
to
its
r
Tf
faut
u
,eft
mie
PARIS.
October
3:-Bi8
Ger-
fleet
at
Honolulu
is
accepted
Qn&t
launched
attack
by
official
Janan
as
an
arm-
t
an
man
Runs
relenUng
jn
toe
fight
agalmt
yesterday
a5ainst
the
French
ed
demonstration
against
Ja-
HlUcrlsm
and
aggresslon
whlch
the
rearhead
between
Saarbrutcken
pan.
"The
Tokyo
correspond-
emment
tepeatedly
reiter.
ent
of
the
London
Dally
Tele-
-also
and
Tiebruecken
and
at-
ftted
,t
b
destr(jy
tempeted
to
strike
at
French
re-
t
aph
goes
so
far
as
to
suggest
statmg
that
Great
Britain
and
-y
that
United
SUtes
Is
preparing
inforcements
and
communica-
France
vmald
not
threatened
lion
with
the
main
MaKlnot
t
to
put
J"'
itself
on
'
a
"
war
"
"
basts
-shich
7
.
"to
to
abandon
abandon
the
the
nurDOse
purpose,
for
for
isnicn
hs,Ve
entered
this
stmizle-.-
w..
.
.n.j
.,,t.
h
4-nn
on
fh
the
jtifdi.
sifde
of
or
Great
Great
Britain
Britain-
V
.
Sui
.
.
i
L4I1C
UU
I
I.IIICU
.
T
.
'
Frrnrh
Uralrrv
oX
kftclnr
trooM
and
Ftancei
the
prim
Prime
Minister
Minister
salrt
said
that
that
th
the
jrxt
t,
rf.s
'-r-
.
i
invasion
.of
Poland
-was
not
-tee
PRESERVING
NEUTRALITY
fundamental
cause
of
the
war.
iThat
cause
was
overwhelmed
since
in
this
country
and
Franee
by
the
intolerable
nature
of
a
state
of
affairs
ln
which
nations
of
Europe
were
faced
with
ths
alternative
of
Jeopardizing
their
freedom
or
of
mobilizing
their
forces
at
regular
intervals
to
defend
it."
It
was
Prime
Minister
Chamberlain's
fifth
war
nroeress
report.
He
PANAMA
City.
Oct.
3.
Twenty-
defined
the
three
major
develop-one
nations
of
the
Americas,
in
con-
ments
of
the
past
week
as
the
Oerr
feren-e
here,
yesterday
formally
de-
man-Russian
partition
of.
Poland,
clared
.their
neutrality
ln
the
pres-
the
German-Russian
pact
for
peace
ent
European
war
and
communlc-
in
Europe
and
the
German-Russian
ated
a
declaration
to
befligerent
economic
agreement,
powers
today
as
to
how
this
neu-
"There
is
nothing
In
those
af
ree-trallty
would
be
maintained.
'
ments
that
should
cause
us
to
do
Widespread
safety
zones
around
anything
other
than
what
we
are
the
American
coasts,
the
patrol
of
doing
now
mobilizing
all
the
re-whlch
the
nations
abutting
would
sources
and
all
the
might
of
the
be
responsible
for.
,are
proposed.
British
Empire
for
effective
prose-These
safety
zones
would
extend,
cutlon
of
the
war,"
Chamberlain
far
into
the
ocean.
jsattl.
The
neutrality
declaration
to
the
Waiting
On
Hitler
belliserents
from
the
lnter-Amerl-
Meantime
Europe
awaits
delivery
ctn
conference
voiced
intention
of
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
"peace
"remaining
apart
from
the
Euro-
ultimatum-
which
Is
expected
when
pe-an
connicf
but
declared
they
he
addresses
the
Reichstag
possibly
would
demand
"proper
rights-
as
on
Friday
or
Saturday
of
this
week,
neutrals.
It
asserted
that
neutral
There
Is
no
Indication
that
London
American
republics
"have
the
un-
or
Paris
may
be
brought
to
accept
disputable
right
to
preserve
free
any
partition
of
Poland,
from
hostile
acts"
waters
adjacent
The
beUet
here
Is
that
Hitler
to
the
American
continents.
.
knows
himself
that
his
peace
plan
,
.3
foredoomed
to
rejection
but
that
he
is
merely
manoeuvering
wun
a
4
lirpv
r
a
rj
Allll-IMAI
vlew
to
convincing
his
own
people
"111
1
1
'that
Oreat
Britain
and
Frenct
are
a
w
4
nrn
the
aggressors
in
this
wa.
KkIIAIH
A
I
Propaganda
Minister
Joseph
UJiJl
xi-r
V4
a.
a
Goebbels'
newspaper
yesterday
said
.
1
1
.
11
I
M
mat
rremier
cenuo
mussuuu.
oi
Italy
was
ready
"to
take
action
ln
the
i'ascist
spirit
if
the
western
powers
wanted
it
that
way'
This
was
construed
in
London
as
a
i
threat
of
an
Italian
alliance
with
Germany
and
Russia
in
the
event
of
Hitler's
peace
terms
beinj
re
fused.
No
Peace
Talk
With
Hitler,
LONDON,
October
3:
of
an
honorable
German
government
in
Dlace
of
the
admlnls-
frnm
nrltlxh
leaflets
droDDed
bv
tratlon
of
Adolf
Hitler
would
be
airplanes.
I
the
least
British
requirement
to
a
An
appeal
to
workmen
urged
!
cessation
of
war
upon
the1
Reich
them
to
fight
against
Hitler
and
'declared
Most
Rev,
William
Stalin
as
being
opposed
to
the
best
Temple,
Archbishop
of
Yorlf,1
last
German
interests.
night
in
a
radio
speech.
'
;
,