September
1
next
year.
number
of
students
they
send
for
training
j
Premier
King
revealed
that
Can-j
das
war
effort
was
now
costing
the
Dominion
$1,000,000
dally.
JAP
Force.
SHIP
IS
SEIZED
CrMs
Averted
Orer
Sciiure
By
Brlllsh
of
Vessel
I-adcn
With
German
Cargo
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
A
crisis
loomed
between
Oreat
Britain
and
Japan
as
a
result
of
the
taking
Into
a
British
port
for
contraband
control
examination
of
the
Japanese
steamer
Sanjo
Maru
having
on
board
Oerman
potash
and
machinery
loaded
at
Rotterdam,
Holland,
Ihe
vessel,
however,
was
released
when
the
British
authorities
were
satisfied
that
the
cargo
had
been
purchased
before
the
export
blockade
went
into
effect
November
27.
Wilkins
Offers
His
Services
To
Canada
For
War
OTTAWA.
Dec.
16.
Sir
Hubert
ennrrllrt
nlnni
for
an
Antarctic
ex
pedltlon
and
Instead
Is
offering
his
services
to
Canada
In
war
effort
In
any
capacjiy;
In
the
First
Oreat
war
he
served
in
tne
Ausiranau
Che
OTTAWA,
December
18:
(CP)
Agreement
was
reach-j
ed
Sunday
on
a
three-year
$000,000,000
Empire
air
training
scheme
which
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
in
an
address
last
night,
said
was
destined
to
provide
Canada,
the
United
Kingdom,
Australia
and
New
Zealand
with
war
forces
"whose
co-ordinated
strength
t
Jd
be
overwhelms
i."
The.
.
,
1
sjreement
runs
until
March
31.
1943.
and
may
be
extended
by
rau-'
oi:
agreement.
The
great
majority
of
the
stu-cVs.
the
Prime
Minister
stated,
trTjld
be
Canadians
with
other
INFANTRY
IN
ACTION
rrjntrtes
sending
some
for
advane-
,
"
,
,
,
,
,
1
"nfh
Successful
In
Driving
Back
rd
training
although
most
of
the
,,erfe
of
'"
0n
-s
nlng
will
be
carried
out
them-
Vt"k
Western
Front
V!?
T
!?.r??fJ!
PARIS.
Dec.
18
CP,-bne
of
r.rme
and
Its
share
of
the
cost
.
,he
mm
,.i,.lMI
SI
be
M50,OOOJOOO-H8W)JOOO
up
lJJ
Front
resulted
in
the
driving
back:
,
7rr
f
Oerman
attack
east
of
the
-
-
of
Can-
hed
m
various
parts
Mwll
WM
nnsldcnbltt
srasnd
exuung
fields
.
twenty
seme
h
d
h
d
hu
,
,.4
or
7'i;
-'
oermans
had
attempted
,:z
shools
of
all
Itjpe.
will
be
pro-
fonk.afd
under
h
Tided
for
pilots,
obiervers.
gunner.
f,re
T.releM
operators
and
ground
and
ci'enanee
crews,
rit
of
many
thousands
of
pilots
tnnusitty
artut
three-fifths
as
man
ah
observers,
a
sttghUy
larger
number
of
gunners
than
pilot.
The
rsci
figures
were
not
yet
svsJIable
Mr.
Mackentie
King
said.
fansda
will
provide
all
the
factll-lr
as
well
as
the
most
of
the
stu
dent.
Forty
thousand
men
will
be
em-plnrd
In
the
scheme
Including
2700
cffl
fM
and
6.000
civilians.
Oreat
Britain
will
provide
most
of
the
aire
raft
engines
Australia
and
New
Zealand
will
share
In
the
cost
according
to
thtj
to
move
,
covering
Bulletins
JUGOSLAV
LEADER
KILLED
BELGRADE
Dr.
Edo
Marko-vltch,
director
general
of
Jugoslav
SUte
Export
Society,
was
killed
In
a
pistol
duel
with
police
attempting
to
search
his
apartment
In
a
series
of
raids
for
evidence
of
foreign
sponsorship
of
Communist
demonstrations.
GARNER
CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON
Vice-President
John
Nance
Garner
officially
announces
that
he
will
accept
the
presidential
nomination
If
It
is
offered
to
him.
OPENING
YANGTSE
RIVER
TOKYO
Japanese
forces
In
China
have
decided
to
reopen
the
Yangtse
River
to
third
power
commerce
under
military
restrictions,
the
Foreign
Office
announces.
A
spokesman
however,
said
that
he
did
not
know
when
the
decision
would
take
effect.
War
Brings
Hopes
To
Hapsburg
Heir
Ex-Empress
of
Hungary
Hopeful
of
Restoring
Archduke
Otto
to
Throne
J
CSA
Vv
M
-
w-
I-'
"
to
the
throne
of
Hungary
who
lives
In
genteel
poverty
at
the
Chateau
Steenockenzeel,
12
miles
from
Brussels,
with
his
mother
and
seven
brothers
and
sisters.
In
a
setting
like
that
of
a
ro
mantic
novel
this
erf-royal
family
has
lived
for
10
years,
planning
for
thi
rfnv
when
Otto
could
have
a
crown.
TtIds
by
members
of
the
family
have
taken
them
to
many
countries,
Returning
they
report
to
ex-Em
press
Zlta,
who
in
the
family
cnb-lnet
fills
the
duties
of
foreign
minuter
and
minister
for
home
affairs
Adelaide,
Otto's
26-year-oia
sis
(BAD
WEEK
0NWATER
Losses
In
War
at
Sea
Were
Second
Heaviest
for
Any
Week
Since
Start
of
War
LONDON.
Dec
18:
(CP)
Tonnage
of
shipping
destroyed
In
the
war
at
sea
last
week
totalled
84.uou.
di.-000
of
which
was
British.
Lives
lost
totalled
an
estimated
215.
It
was
the
second
heaviest
week
since
the
war
began
for
sea
casualties.
Ten
more
ships
were
victims
on
caoture
by
the
British,
Is
the
forty
first
German
ship
to
be
scuttled
or
sunk
since
the
beginning
of
the
war,
TODAY'S
EXCHANGE
spot.
she
holds
doctorates
in
political
and
social
sciences.
Archduke
Robert-Charles,
24,
Is
the
English
"ambassador"
and
Felix
Frederic,
23.
Is
on
a
lecture
tour
through
Canada
and
the
United
States
and
recently
was
a
guest
at
Government
House,
Ottawa.
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
7:40
ajn.
18.0
ft.
Trlnce
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
.20:00
p.m.
15.4
ft.
Islands
East
winds,
cooler
Low
0:42
ajn.
8.0
ft.
with
showers
at
night.
13:50
pjn.
9.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRIT1S
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVIII
.
No,
294.
IMHNTK
RUPERT.
B.C..
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
IB,
1939.
PRICE:
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CENTS
Brii'sh
Sub
Sinks
Nazi
Cruiser
C.
.
3
uST
v-r
Agreemetf'or
Great
Empire
rir
Training
Scheme
Now
Signed
Prime
Minister
Tells
Details
of
$600,000,000
Program
to
Make
Empire's
Co-ordinated
Air
Strength
Overwhelming
Work
All
Over
Canada
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War
TNews
VwMwuuuwv,wwvw
Following
ir
luld
Raid
Yesterday
Yesterday
At
LANDIMi
Or
UAiS
ADIAiNo
LONDON'
"I
tan
announce,"
said
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
In
an
addres
this
afternoon
"that
a
leading
dirision
of
the
Canadian
Army
has
safely
and
smoothly
been
disembarked
at
a
British
port
and
will
to
into
training
in
this
country
before
Joining
their
British
comrades
on
the
Western
Front."
LOSSES
AT
SEA
IN
WAR
LONDON
Three
British
ships
were
lort
and
a
fourth
abandoned
as
a
result
of
large
scale
German
air
raids
on
North
.
Sea
shipping
InvuN
ing
a
least
thirteen
ships
Utt
night
and
early
today.
The
trawler
Pearl
was
abandoned
after
three
of
her
crew
had
been
wounded
by
German
raiders.
Two'
trawlers.
New
Choice
and
Campagnus,
and
the
187-ton
steamship
Sernlty,
operating
as
a
mine
sweeper,
were
sunk.
The
new
phase
of
warfare
pitting
planes
against
small
ships
also
sent
the
trawler
Eileen
Wray
to
port
with
a
damaged
hulL
-
FURIOUS
RUT
INACCURATE
,
LONDON
In
an
address
this
afternoon.
Rt.
lion.
Winston
Churchill.
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
charged
Germany
with
outrageous
tactics
of
attacking
small
fishing
vessels
and
merchant
ships
by
air
bombers
as
a
retaliation
f
of.
heavy
losses
which
had
been
Inflicted
upon
It
by
the
British
navy.
The
heat
of
their
fury,
however,
has
tar
overreached
the
accuracy
of
thel.-aim,"
declared
the
First
Lord.
He
charged
the
Germans
with
machine
gunning
sailors-on
decks
of
sinking
vessels.
The
Nails
are
now
feeling
the
long
arm
of
sea
power
on
their
shoulders,"
said
ChurchilL
He
paid
tribute
to
the
personnel
of
the
navy
which
was
bearing
the
brunt
of
the
war.
NAZIS
DRIVEN
OFF
LONDON
Nail
war
planes
appeared
at
several
points
off
the
British
east
coast
today
but
were
successfully
driven
off
by
anti-aircraft
fire
and
pursuit
planes.
COMMODORE
HONORED
.
LONDON
Knight
Commander
pf
the
Order
pf
4it
Bath
has
been
conferred'
upon
Commodore
Henry
llarwood,
commander
of
the
squadron
In
the
Battle
of
Uruguay.
He
Is
now
a
"Sir."
Promotion
to
the
rank
of
admiral
has
also
been
giren.
Captains
of
the
AJax,
Achilles
and
Exeter
Parry,
Woodhouse
and
Bell
are
also
to
be
decorated.
GREAT
BRITAIN
AND
ITALY
LONDON
Great
Britain
and
France
are
reported
to
be
negotiating
with
Italy
whereby
the
latter
country
would
get
concessions
In
North
Africa
including
a
corridor
across
the
Suden
to
connect
Libya
with
Ethiopia
and
Somaliland.
Italy
would,
in
return,
quit
the
Rome-Berlin
axis.
EXfcTtR
AT
FALKLANDS
Seventy-two
British
Officers
And
Men
Were
Killed
In
L'ruguy-n
Naval
Engagement
I
medical
supplies
to
assist
In
treat-1
ing
the
wounded.
"Good
Old
Nev"
British
Troops
Cry
Greeting
PARIS,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
don-
The
castle
In
exile
Is
owned
by
ned
his
salmon
fishing
outfit
to
the
Marquis
de
Croix
who
donates
trudge
through
the
mud
as
he
It
rent
tree
to
the
family.
Despite
continued
his
visit
to
the
western
Its
Jack
of
modern
comforts,
the
front.
Everywhere
he
was
greeted
chateau
is
a
godsend
for
Hapsburg
with
cries
of
"Good
Old
Nev.w
finances
are
at
a
low
ebb.
But
ioj
There
were
air
raid
alarms
as
far
as
It
Is
known,
the
Hapsburg
Premier
Chamberlain
drove
up
In
crown
Jewels
are
still
In
the
fam-
his
camouflaged
car
to
Viscount
.r
nnrf
like
him
n
Graduate
of
the
lly's
possession.
The
ramtiy
lives
Oorfs
headquarters
yesterday
but
Louvaln
University,
Is
the
family
quietly
and
sometimes
appear
labor
and
agricultural
minister
for
mass
at
the
vlllaBe
church.
at
the
all
clear
sounded.-.
signal
was
soon
HELIGOLAND
the
battle.
AIRFIGHT
Makes
Elaborate
Claim
Mouth
of
Elbe
River
i
BERLIN.
Dec.
18:
(CP
"Thirty-four
British
bombers
are
-said
by
Several
of
the
Britishers
broke
throuzh
In
the
direction
of
Wll-helmshafen
naval
base
and
dropped
bombs
but
the
Germans
reported
no
damage.
Helieoland.
a
German
naval
has
Is
nn
liand
off
the
north
coast
of
Germany.
The
raid
was
In
connection
with
the
n"v
BritUh
"security
natrol"
des'ined
to
deal
with
German
mln
layinir
bas
around
the
Ferlslan
Islands
and
elsewhere.
RUSSIANS
REPULSED
Says
HEISINOFO-rS.
Dec.
IS:
The
Finns
claim,
ta
have-
reuUedthU
Invading
Russians
all
along-
the
fine
except
1n
the
far
north
di
.v
In
the
week-end.
On
thi
centril
front
two
Soviet
forces,
totalling
20.000
ren
rp
claimed
to
have
been
surrounded.
Soviet
forces
suffered
heavily
in
casualties
of
men
and
in
le-sses
of
mechanized
equipment
Including
thirty
tanks
in
the
Lake
La-
riota
.wtion.
thre-
of
them
be
In
of
the
huge
e
pride
of
Russia';
reds
of
dead
were
left
in
heaps.
Finnish
shor
guns
sunk
a
Russian
patrol
boat.
The
Finns
have
sailed
out
their
last
reserves
men
up
to
forty
years
and
officers
up
to
sixty.
Bad
weather
Is
preventing
Rus-
slan
air
activity.
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
CP-
It
Is
-,
K'mn
nf
,anH
u.
officially
announced
that
seventy-
8upd
anotner
appeal
to
the
WQrld
LYt
U
OI
1LLM1
IlilVili
UlILUPrS
uiin
n
o.,,
,nr
.
Claims
Uruguay
Violated
Interna'
tinnal
Law
In
Connection
With
Graf,
Spee
Daring
Exploit
Out
Near
M
Elbe
By
Und
Mutiny
Reported
Among
Russians
Invading
Finland
water
five
miles
off
shore
outside
Montevideo
Harbor
after
having
been
scuttled
early
last
evening
by
her
erew
on
the
personal
orders
of
C
hancellor
Adolf
Hitler.
Three
explosions
of
time
bombs
destroyed
the
shio.
Two
hundred
and
fifty
members
of
the
crew
had
been
left
ashore
before
she
slipped
out
of
this
!
The
remainder
escaped
billet
I..
U
'
c
.rU
...
CI.Krt8C:
moral
and
economjc
support
ncu.u.vuajr
u.ttn
n.
the
nations
in
the
M.
S.
Exeter.
Achilles
and
AJax
,-
inv,r.
Carried
outh
Of
ersea
Craft
German
authorities
to
have
been
j
shot
down
m
a
terrific
air
battle
Relatively
Small
Craft
Knifed
Her
Way
Through
Defen-off
the
north
German
coast
m
the
;
sivo
Fortifications
6000-ton
Vessel
of
"K"
Class
vicinity
of
Hellgo'and.
Forty-four
j
vjr
:m
British
aircraft
reportedly
partlcl-j
haved
beerf
chimin
tacre'aed'
LONDON,
December
18:
(CP)
While
Great
Britain
losses
uoon
the
other
ever
since
was
still
flushed
with
pride
over
the
naval
exploit
leading
to
the
scuttling
of
the
Nazi
pocket
battleship
Graf
Spee,
he
Admiralty
announced
that
a
German
cruiser
had
been
jnk
by
a
British
submarine
off
the
mouth
of
the
Elbe
fivp.
in
Heligoland
Bight
The
Admiralty
said
that
the
..".
.
.
Ursula,
a
relatively
small
craft
of
500
tons,
had
knifed
through
a
(screen
of
destroyers
and
past
fortifications,
and
sunk
a
6,000-ton
I
cruiser
of
tha
Koln
class.
The
Press
Association
said
it
learned
authoritatively
that
this
stroke
had
no
connection
with
the
torpedoing
and
damaging
of
an-
STOdCHOLM.
Dec
18:
Rerorts
other
large
German
cruiser
last
"enchlne
here
state
that
a
Rus-
week
although
both
Incidents
ot-'s'an
reeiment
in
north
of
Finland
rurred
on
Thursday
last.
The
Ur-has
mutlned,
shot
Its
commander
sula"s
commander,
Lieut
G.
C.
Fin-and
rone
0ver
to
the
Finns.
There
nts
R-N-.
said
he
Identified
the
are
also
other
rumors
of
dlssatls-
sunken
cruiser
only
by
silhouette
faction
among
Russian
troops
but
so
It
might
therefore
be
either
the
Military
As
Well
As
Moral
And
none
of
these
reports
are
con-J
Koln,
Karlsruhe
or
Konigsberg
Economic
Support
Needed
To
;
firmed.
the
three
vessels
of
the
class.
I
Hold
tm
Beds,
Finland
ADMIRAL
GRAF
SPEE
ENDS
CAREER
MASS
OF
BROKEN
JUNK
IN
RIVER
BOTTOM
Dramatic
Conclusion
of
German
Pocket
Battleship
Scuttled
by
Her
Crew
on
Personal
Order
of
Hitler
MONTEVIDEO,
December
18:
(CP)
The
maraud-
30
ton
type,
the
ing
German
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Graf
Spee,
one
of
s
mechanized
for-
the
most
modern
and
highly
destructive
type
of
fighting
"Endeavouring
to
outflank
the
fra
in
the
wr!d
.h?s
Jme
to
th.
:
end
.of
her
career,
a
Manncrheim"
Line,
the
Russians
broken
mass
of
jUIlk
in
the
OOZy
Silt
of
the
mouth
of
RlO
were
pounded
to
pieces
and
hund-
ue
la
I
lata.
Ihus
she
lies
in
a
depth
of
twenty
feet
of
mm
-
t
a
i
-
of
Uruguay.
Thirty-one
l'""
"
sent
tne
snip
to
the
bottom
.
-
u
,1
con
'in
PI1"
.
-....
.
were
v
nv
fc-lnllnrl
rofnefniv
f
AUA
a
a
I
-
raFliiiehf
CI
vt
U-ftfa
rf
(ha
A
a
A
five
officers
and
fifty-six
men
were
aboard
H.
M.
S.
Exeter
iw-i
Islands
safelv.
The
extent
of
thp.
damage
to
the
Exeter
is
not
yet
dPaed
rrom
Buenos
Aires'
United
States
funds-
Bu1ng,jn8
in
KAnt
nremlum:
selllnc
l"
",c
t
um-wra
ana
v
-
r
'soot.
11
per
cent
premium
uec-
to.
5.1
.
i.
n.
war
nas
orousm
new
opc
-
.,,
.,,
tnnt
.1
17.
-nir
ArrrinnkTA
itiin.
nrPLPiiurr
1
-
-
made
known.
A
hospital
ship
Is
be
RMAN
PROTEST
Hying
directly
In
the
path
of
shallow
draft
shipping
between
Monte-viedo
and
Rio
de
Janeiro.
Her
,
fighting
tower
still
protrudes
above
i
the
surface
of
trie
water.
In
scuttling
the
warship.
n
...
-.
JUIn
T
.1
I
.
I
fVjerniuii
usiiiudii
dttuiegic
suicide"
rather
than
"humiliating
surrender"
was
followed.
.Interment
,
would
not
be
submitted
to
for
the
,
ship.
,
Capt.
Landgorff.
in
a
statement
j
following
the
scuttling,
declared
BERLIN,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
D.
B.
N.ithat
the
refusal
of
the
Uruguayan
News
Agency
(official
Nazi)
an-
government
to
extend
the
seventy-
nounced
today
that
the
German
two
hour
period
for
making
of
re-
Minister
to
Uruguay
had
pro-
pairs
to
damage
done
in
the
battle
tested
against
the
order
which
last
Wednesday
with
the
British
yesterday
gave
the
pocket
battle-
cruisers
Exeter,
AJax
and
Achilles
ship
Admiral
Graf-
Spee
the
al-
had
made
the
action
of
scuttling
ternatlve
of
quitting
Montevideo,
necessary.
The
Spee.
he
declared,
where
she
had
sought
refuge,
br
was
not
In
seaworthy
condition
for
and
assistance
of
the
Uruguyan
government
In
connection
with
disposal
of
the
dead
and
wounded.
Capt.
Langdorff
and
a
few
of
his
officers
were
the
last
to
leave
the
ship
in
a
launch.
New
Explosions
Today
New
exDlosinns
shook
lh
twist.
In
.
.
..
.
'iy
and
.
:.
;:
....
"A
:
:
."VIZ.
iea
najK
01
ine
Aanum
orar
spee-
"V
"
L
1
"""c
wv.w.ti
I
today
even
as
a
high
Argentina
the
explosions
which
was
soon
fol-1
.,.,.
tha,
fh.
rPBMf
struggle
lowed
the
the
flam-;of
by
sinking
of
1039
wuW
be
lnterned.
m5
cm:i.
l.jjv.
nans
Liingaorii
A
Mma
...
,.,,M-
wounaea
senousiy
ana
o;ners
jess
mif
fHof
i
..
Tne
Admiral
oral
SDee
went
"
"
uc
"
uiaw
iu.p.
KArmnn
I
pnpiiLr.
miulmlu
lu
a
i
v"
..
..mh
auvit
ail
uuuci
una
urrii
"
.
jdown
with
the
Nazi
swastika
still
iner
hul1
arresting,
four
of
the'
crew
for
questioning.
Most
of
the
officers
and
crew,
went
to
Buenos
Aires
by
tugboat
and
barge
in
the
hope
that
Ar
gentlna
would
treat
them
as
ship
wrecked
sailors
rather
than
as
bel-thejllgerents'but
a
high
Argentine
of
flcial
said
they
would
be
Interned.
Officers
may
be
granted
freedom
on
personal
pledges
not
to
participate
further
In
the
war.
Pan-American
Nations
Protest
Violation
of
Self-Declared
Neutrality
Zones
Objected
To'
BUENOS
AIRES,
Dec.
18:
Pin-
American
nations
will
dispatch
facing
Internment.
The
action
was
the
passage
home
across
the
Allan-
notes
to
Germany
and
GreaUUri-
termed
a
"flagrant
breach
of
In-
Uc-high
seas
much
less
for
again'
tain
protesting
at
mtF
f&ftlc
pf
ternatlonal
law"
and
the
possl-'
engaging
In
another
battle
with
the
;
Uruguay
last
Wednesday
and
other
blllty
was
seen
that
Germany
j
waiting
British
warships,
in
order
naval
activities
as
an
Intrusion
on
might
claim
damages
from
Uru-
to
save
his
men,
the
only
thing
to(the
300-mlle
neutrality
zone.
Prl-guay.
It
Is
claimed
that
the
vtsel
do
was
to
scuttle
the
ship.
Every-
mary
responsibility
Is
placed
oil
was
entitled
to
fifteen
days
under
thing
possible
had
been
done
to
he
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Oraf
the
Hague
convention
to
repair
make
repairs.
Capt.
Langd&tf
ex-jSpee
for
having
attacked
shipping
her
damages.
pressed
gratitude
for
the
sympathy
In
those
waters.