Weather
Forecast
retard
to
'the
Western
A,
1
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
C
3jv
V
Jotte
Wands
Strong
east
winds
.
gales,
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
e
Vol.
XXVIII..
No.
273.
c:
la
nix
nnnro
TURKEY
HAS
EARTHQUAKE
Hundrrdi
Dead
and
Many
Vlllatfs
Kurd
In
Violent
Shock
O.irln,
Past
Day
ANKIIARA.
Turkey.
Not.
23
(CP)
Hundreds
of
persons
are
feared
dead
and
many
villages
a,.a
h
.v
.hocka
over
a
period
of
twenty-four
hcurs
throughout
western
Turkey.
At
least
six
villages
have
been
levelled.
Conservative
Is
Elected
By
Acclamation
II
CHESTER.
Eng.
Nov.
23:
CP-
W
Oarfleld
Weston
of
Toronto
was
returned
by
Acclamation
to
the
House
of
Commons
as
Conservative
mcmoer
ior
wacciesneia
m
me
urt-
tLh
parliamentary
by-electton.
urn
i
Turn
m
f
mA
n
m
m
m
CLEARED
She
M
Action
Is
Now
Anticipated
on
0""
hate
against
Great
Brl-WMltrn
Front
With
Movement
u,n
and
10
haTe
a
Pretext
to
Of
Mcchanlied
Equipment
wlth
NalU'
lntnI
enemies.
The
British
Foreign
Office,
say-
Rer
ralnr
of
several
days
and
nad
an
knowledge
of
a
German
frost
was
hardening
the
ground
cU,I
charged
with
the
bombing,
thereby
tt
Is
e
xpected
It
may
soon
,tated
that
It
considered
the
Oer-be
possible
to
move
mechanized
man
Element
linking
the
British
equipment
again.
wtth
tne
bombing
as
"quite
ln-
However.
some
sections
of
the
comprehensible
"
country
are
j.1111
under
water
and
th
Oerpians-have
been
forced
to
n:
ve
outof(6ome
Wcstwall
position.
,
Ant..
1.4-...J
..II
iiy
iieaijr
aruurry
action
was
reported
yesterday
on
both
sides
J'.h
po
activity.
lijfantry
Ten
Ne
Air
Fields
Will
J
Be
Started
I
EDMONTON.
Nov.
(CP)
Hon.
w.
A.
Fallow.
minister
of
public
works,
announced
yesterday
ih&t
ln
.Jjill.M.I
.1
,
1
.1
,1
-
...
-
..1
.1
be
put
Irr
In
this
province
under
Dominion-provincial
plan.
Bulletins
B.C,
LUMBER
EXPORTS
"VICTORIA
British
Columbia
lumber
exports
to
the
United
Klntdom
were
down
41,000,000
board
feet
from
September
to
71,000,000
board
feet
In
October.
The
reason
was
the
shortage
of
ships
for
export
purposes.
EXPORTING
CHRISTMAS
TREES
rillNCE
GEORGE
One
carload
oi
Christmas
trees
has
been
shipped
from
this
district
to
California
and
another
five
are
to
leave
shortly
with
10,000'
young
trees.
DOUKHOBOR
DISPUTE.
VICTORIA
Legislation
will
be
Introduced
at
the
present
session
of
the
Legislature
designed
to
end
he
land
dispute
between
the
boukhobors
and
the
Sun
Life
Assurance
Co.
and
National
Trust
Co.
PILOT
IS
KILLED
FAIRBANKS
Pilot
Morris
Johnson,
veteran
commercial
pilot,
was
killed
yesterday
when
his
plane
crashed
into
bushes
near
'he
Fairbanks
airport
during
a
tiiowttnrni
yesterday.
BRITISHERS
LINKED
UP
'ore
le,,nUe
Charges
Made
By
'""nan
Authorities
In
Connec-
tlon
With
Munich
Beer
Cellar
Bombing
BERLIN,
November
23:
(CP)
"
'"T
iTt
l"
"
Kcm
vice
agents,
listed
as
Captain
Rich-
"J
BteJeM
and
Slglsmund
.o.,
KIIU
uc
UUC3WU
B'
the
Netherlands
frontier
on
Nov-
ember
9.
were
officially
blamed
by
Oerman
authorities
yesterday
as
being
direct
links
In
the
Munich
bomb
explosion
of
November
8
which
nearly
cost
the
life
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler.
Officials
.formally
claimed
that
the
agenU
.cic
rcapwuioie
ior
me
oiasi
i,nU
;1,th
police
claim
set
the
time
bomb.
and
Otto
8trasser.
leader
of
ths
antl-Nazl
Black
Front
now
living
In
France.
Previously
Heinrich
Himmler.
Gestapo
chief,
had
not
linked
the
Britons
directly
with
the
bomblru
bat
had
announced
that
Esler
planted
the
bomb
at
th-instigation
of
Strawr
with
British
funds.
In
a
statement
at
Parts
denying
complicity
in
the
Munich
bombing.
Strasser
accused
Himmler
of
engineering
the
whole
bombing
Incident
himself
in
order
to
stir
uo
t"rffa,rmt
PARLIAMENT
PROROGUES
King
Pays
Tribute
to
War
Effort
of
Dominions
and
Exprcv.es
Confidence
at
to
Outcome
of
Conflict
LONDON,
November
23:
The
1
British
Parliament
prorogued
'day
with
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
paying
tribute
to
the
parti
the
Dominions
are
playing
in
tho
,
.
'
m
n
I
vn'.
-
1
..r-l
I
I
I..
able
help
Is
giving
the
greatest
;encouragement
to
me."
said
the
King
In
his
address.
"With
the
aid
of
our
faithful
French
and
Polish
allies
we
cannot
doubt
our
cause
will
prevail."
,
All
colorful
ceremony
in
connection
with
the
prorogation
was
abandoned
and
the
King
was
not:
present
In
person.
A
new
session
will
open
next
Tuesday.
A
proposal
of
the
Labor
party
that
a
secret
session
of
Parliament
be
held
In
connection
with
,war
matters
is
expected
to
be
ac-
ceded
to
by
the
government.
The
secret
session
would
discuss
supply
and
munitions.
Tried
To
Help
Germany
So
He
Goes
To
Prison
REGINA,
Nov.
23:
(CP)
Max
Stepp
was
sentenced
to
twelve
months
here
yesterday
on
a
charge
of
attempting
to
communicate.
with
the
enemy.
It
was
alleged
that
Stepp
endeavoured
to
Inform
'Germany
of
a
type
of
torpedo
which
would
be
guided
by
radio,
expressing
the
hope
that
It
would
help
the
Reich.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
Hast
at
11
o'clock,
was
reported
this
afternoon
to
be
on
time.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TItiNCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY;
NOVEMBER
23,
1939.
Ships
Arc
Two
Subs
Are
Sunk
PARIS.
Nov.
23.
The
French
Admiralty
reported
laet
night
that
two
German
submarines
had
been
sunk
within
three
days
by
the
same
French
tor-
pedo
boat.
'
WAR
IS
COSTLY
Cost
to
Great
Britain
Nearly
Sld,-090.0CO
Dally,
Chancellor
of
Exchequer
States
LONDON.
Nov
23
ThU
war
Is
costing
Great
Britain
nearly
$30,-000,000
dally.
Sir
John
Simon.
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
stated
yesterday.
It
U
the
most
expensive
war
ever
fought.
TRADE
DEAL
CALLED
OFF
Germany
Unable
To
Get
Any
Conceptions
From
Roumania
Bucharest
Cabinet
Resigns
(Her
Issue
--MiNwwiTr-A-n
I7"AX
TT
Tlie
Roumanian
government
re.
7MirMiT.
nca
ioaay
alter
a
Breakdown
of
trade
negotiations
jn
which
Germany
had
brought'
pressure
to
obtain
more
oil
from
Roumania
at
lower
cost.
The
Oerman
pressure
reportedly
caused
a
cabinet
split.
Premier
Constantine
Argetoln-anua
has
been
asked
to
form
a
new
government.
The
Oerman
economic
delega-
tlon
has
left
Roumania
for
home.
All
It
was
able
to
obtain
from
Rru-
manlan
was
the
lifting
of.an
em-
bargo
on
oil
seeds.
Trade
Agreement
Between
Canada
And
Gt.
Britain
rYTTATITA
XTnt.
Ol
IPDI
n
1
vyana-
-
dlan
aian
Irn.
iraae
aiifhnrlf
aumonues
lP
ihlnV-
minic
It
u
wou?be
to
the
advantage
of
botn
Oreat
Britain
and
Canada
If
a
trade
agreement
greement
were
were
signed
signed
pro-
pro-
vldlng
for
supply
of
wheat,
bacon
and
cheese
by
Canada
to
Great
Britain
for
the
war
period.
Under
such
an
agreement,
there
could
be
price
stabilization
on
these
com-
modules.
To
Lead
New
Zealanders
i
General
Bernard
Friaberg
V.
C.
Is
Given
Command
of
First
Expeditionary
Force
WELLINGTON.
New
Zealand,
Nov.
23:
(CP)
General
Bernard
Friaberg
V.C.,
who
served
with
distinction
at
the
Dardanelles
in
the
First
Great
War,
being
mentioned
In
dispatches
six
times
as
well
as
whining
the
coveted
Victoria
Cross,
has
been
appointed
commander-in-chief
of
the
first
New
Zealand
expeditionary
force
In
the
present
war.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
winnu-jiu,
rtov.
wm-iu
nlpeg
wheat
futures
were
off
c
dor
to
Belgium,
has
been
called
to
to
?c
yesterday
with
December
Washington
for
consultation
In
re-closing
at
70!bC.
In
New
York
yes-
gard
to
trade
with
European
na-terday
wheat
prices
were
unchang-
Hons.
He
will
be
In
the
United
ea
to
',4c
owcr
wnn
way
ciosuu
at
88!c.
War
News
VATICAN
CRITICAL
ROME
Observatore
Romano,
Vatican
newspaper,
strikes
out
at
Germany
for
its
violation
of
international
law
In
laying
floating
mines.
GERMAN
WAR
AIMS
PARIS
LeSoir
cays
it
has
learned
that
German
war
aims
include
the
annexation
of
Alsace-Lorraine,
.parts
of
Holland
and
Belgium.
Roumania
and
Jugoslavia.
FLEES
FROM
GERMANY
THE
HAGUE
Because
the
Nazi
government
threatened
to
tike
over
all
his
patents
Wilhelm
Mes-sershmldt,
designer
of
the'neil
known
fighting
plane
bearing
his
nam,
has
fled
from
Germany
to
Holland.
IK
WAR
IS
NOT
WON
CAt
C-.T?Y
Picturinc
the
nns-hllr
f
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
reaching
out
to
Canada
in
the
evnt
of
German
t
winning
the
war.
Hon.
Dr.
R."j.
Manion.
Conservative
leader,
speaklnr
here,
pointed
out
that
an
airplane
base
In
James
Bav
would
place
the
Germans
within
CO
6
miles
bomb-in;
distance
of
Canada's
major
centres
of
population.
IN
SKIES
Allies
Have
Brought
Down
Seventy-Nine
Planes
so
Far
In
Present
Conflict
.
?LT
...
'
uT
m....
HHkiui,
guua,
mic
itiaiwuig
progress
In
their
campaign
to
end
Oerman
reconnaissance
flights
over
France
and
the
British
Isles
as
evidenced
In
the
bringing
down
of
seven
enemy
planes
yesterday.
It
Is
learned
that
a
twenty-year-old
Royal
Air
Force
pilot
was
responsible
for
the
bringing
down
in
the
North
Sea
of
a
bomber
which
had
flown
over
London.
Another
Ger-
i,-
,
u
j
.
.
V.
t
bTh'S
.
-.11
li
S2.:K2?
,
...
S
uomo
ratals
was
Drousnt
down
in
ih.
the
sea
c.
near
r,.,
Ostend.
Bele
n.,..
urn
A.
Of
the
seven
German
plane,
brougS
down
yesterday,
.even
u,r.
.
JJ.
bat
bat
with
with
Allied
Allied
nursult
pursuit
nial
planes
and
two
fell
to
anti-aircraft
fire.
An
official
communique
Issued
at
Paris
said
that
five
Oerman
pur-
suit
planes
had
been
shot
down
In
France
yesterday
and
a
German
reconnaissance
plane
fell
In
Bel-glum
after
an
attack
by
French
chasers.
Last
nlaht
It
was
unofficially
reported
that
eight
German
planes
had
been
brought
down.
a
uerman
piane
circiea
over
Paris
last
night
and
anti-aircraft
guns
flashed.
An
hour
later
the
-i
i
.i
.
,
,
i
mi
cicur
ugiiai
was
given,
wo
tombs
were
dropped.
The
total
of
German
planes
brought
down
so
far
In
the
war
Is
.
A
.
u
To.
orpicmow,
-had
been
struck
by
a
raiding
Ger-ln
October
and
28
so
far
In
Novem-
man
bombine
alrnlano.
ber.
United
States
Ambassador
To
Belgium
:
Called
.
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
23:
Joseph
uavjes,
unuca
states
amoassa-
aiaies
oniy
a
snort
time,
It
Is
an-
nounced.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
....
r
11:29
aa
205
It.
Low
5:15
ajn.
12
ft.
Lost
At
Sea
POLAND
HAS
NEW
DOMAIN
War
Time
Capital
Is
Set
Up
Al
,
Anger,
160
Miles
From
Paris,
France
I
PARIS.
Nov.
23:
(CP)
A
temporary
Polish
domain
for
the
war
1
has
been
established
at
Anger,
160
miles
from
Paris.
There
Premier
stkorsky
and
his
cabinet
have
set
themselves
up
In
a
chateau
0:1
a
large
estate
half
a
mile
square.
Canada
To
Train
Half
Of
Wed
Pilots
In
War
TCROVTO.
Nov
23:
(CP)
Can-
ada
will
train
more
t-an
half
the
"'lot
to
be
used
by
the
Allies
In
the
war.
it
was
announced
In
an
address
here
lt
nl"ht
bv
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
transport.
"
PREMIER
SPEAKER
Allied
forces
Are
Ready
For
Any
Eventuality,
Declares
Mr.
Chamberlain
LOXDON,
Nov.
23:
(CP)
Tne
AlUcd.
forces
are
ready
.for
any
-t-gntuairtjr
nita-ary"
uunnthmfot
u'f-t
v'c'nrr
!n
the
war.
Prime
Minister
Chamberlain
said
in
a
dnner
speech
today.'
It
was
essentially
a
question
of
rising
to
meet
the
challenge
to
liberty
and
Independence,
lie
was
satisfied
with
sfrenth
of
h
f'ghtlng
forces.
declared
the
Prime
Minister
referring
to
the
alliance
with
France
He
also
expressed
satisfaction
with
the
mutual
assistance
of
Turkey.
SO.
AFRICA
ON
WATCH
-
.uoo
ui
iunj
ucs,
leiegrapn.
Special
Precautions
Taken
to
Guard
the
result
of
striking
a
Oer-
Great
Britain
is
taking
e
ergeti-Atalnst
German
Raider
man
iplne
In
the
same
vicinity
action
to
defend
Italian
i
lipping
!
whercnumerous
merchant
ves-
and
national
diimltv
ai?ai
,t
thZ
CAPEOWN,
South
Africa,
Nov.
23:
(CPi
In
view
of
the
report
that
a
a
ieniy-one
ieniy-one
omcers
omcers
and
men
are
known
to
have
v.
.....
io.uw-ion
u-rman
u-rman
uner
uner
wmcn
wmcn
es-
es-
-ped
from
Portuguese
East
Africa;
.
.
....
""uj
uos
oeen
convenea
10
me
.
.
,1
.
.
ut"'
Pt'CT
"ons.
ha!e.
ben
ordered
alonK
the
"V.1
.
coast-
m.
out
oi
aii
ngninouses
ana
silencing
or
radios
has
been
ordered
among
nth.7f
saieguaras
Seaplane
Destroyed
At
Shetland
Base
German
Raider
Successful
in
Setting
Anchored
Ship
Afire
Yesterday
LONDON,
Nov.
23:
The
Royal
jAlr
last
nlght
admltted
the
dMtrnrtinn
hi-
fir
rt
ckn.
at
ja
Shetland
Islands
base.
The
plane
Planes
Delivered
By
Great
Britain
Roumania
Has
Obtained
Thirty-Six
Planes,
it
is
Announced
LONDON,
Nov.
23:
(CP)-Dellv-
ery
of
thlrty-slx
planes
has
been
made
bv
Great
Britain
to
nnnman.
la.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
Nov.
23:
Copper
closed
at
11.46c
per
pound
on
the
New
York
metal
market
yesterday
March
delivery.
Unrestricted
Campaign
Of
Marine
Warfare
By
Nazis
Takes
Big
Toll
Three
British,
Two
French
and
One
Greek
Are
Latest
Victims
Both
Submarnes
and
Mines
Are
Active
LONDON,
November
23:
(CP)
Six
more
British,
French
and
neutral
vessels
were
added
today
to
the
heavy
maritime
losses
of
the
past
week
as
a
result
of
indis
rimin-ate
Nazi
warfare
at
sea.
Losses
disclosed
today
ir
:Iuded
the
British
steamship
Darino
which
was
sunk
by
a
submarine
on
November
19,
sixteen
of
the
crew
being
ir
issing.
Other
newly
reported
losses
at
..j,1
.
'
;
sea
lpclnde
the
following:
Greek
freighter
Lena
R.,
twenty
fonr
saved.
Struck
a
mine
off
the
southeast
coast
of
England.
Was
on
way
Antwerp
with
cargo
of
Brain.
Brttisn
steamer
Geraldus,
twenty-six
saved,
1
British
trawler
Salby,
torpedoed
by
submarine,
seven
saved,
five
m
Using.
French
trawler
Saint
Clair
B-922,
eleven
feared
lost.
French
trawler
Bayles
n,
sixteen
saved.
Inner
Cabinet
In
France
Is
Formed
PARIS,
Nov.
23
An
Inner
catinet
is
being
formed
to
give
ev
en
more
expeditious
attention
1
war
questions.
t
Destroyer
Is
Mine
Victim
LONDON,
Nov.
23.
The
Bri-1
tish
Admiralty
announced
last
:
nlph
the
destruction
of
the
9i.jHM.uw
aesiroyer
ayosy
wttn
t
,
,
,
t
sels
dt
various
nationalities
have
Been
sunk
during
the
past
.
t.
j
.
"
.
.
.
t...i
t-i..
,
mjurca.
,
Forty
t
TZ!'
1
I
?'
i1!.
.e..flfth
casu
1
.
lLml
ne
",lun
Navy"
apart
Tl
iru
"ine
sweepers,
smce
tne
war
began.
The
Gypsy,
a
ves-
f
sel
of
1300
tons,
was
later
'
beached.
Thp
vfiLui
m,
est
close
to
shore
that
the
explos-
Ion
attracted
large
crowds
to
the
beach.
PROTEST
IS
MADE
I
All
Dutch
Shipping
is
Cancelled
as
Result
of
Latest
Developments
In
Shipping
Lanes
BRUSSELS,
Nov.
23:
Belgium
and
Holland,
as
expected,
have
Joined
In
a
protest
to
Great
Britain
against
the
proposed
seizure
of
German
exports
from
neutral
vessels
as
a
measure
of
retaliation
against
indiscriminate
mine
laying.
The
formal
protests
will
be
delivered
by
the
two
nations
to
London
as
soon
as
'official
notification
has
been
received
from
Great
Britain
of
the
intention
to
seize
the
German
exports.
Meantime
all
sailings
of
Netherlands
vessels
have
been
cancelled
and
Dutch
snipping
is
at
a
standstill.
Dutch
ships
are
believed
to
have
been
I
.....j...b
vuiwiuciauic
uerman
ex-
Ports-
18:08
ajn.
4.9
It.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
AIR
MINE
IS
LATEST
WARSTUNT
Have
Been
Dropped
by
Tazis
in
Thames
Estuary,
London
Hears
Everything
Being
D01
e
to
Meet
Sea
Dangers
LONDON,
Nov;
23:
Sh
John
Simon,
Chancellor
of
ti
e
Exchequer,
charges
Oerman
with
using
Illegal
magnetic
mnes
in
the
war
at
sea.
"All
that
s
ill
and
science
can
devise
will
be
ased
to
meet
this
new
d"anger.v
thi
cellor
declared.
A
special
convoy
svst
m
for
protection
from
mines,
sub
narlnes
and
warships
is
being
a
ranged.
Mine
sweepers
will
accompa
iy
mer-
chant
vessels
which
will
ilso
be
supplied
with
special
mine
sweeping
equipment.
German
planes
are
enc
ged
In
dropping
of
mines
In
the
sea
by
paracnute
it
has
been
larned,
this
having
been
done
by
a
ship
flying
low
over
the
Thames
stuary
yesterday.
This
aerial
sc
vlng
of
miniature
high
explosive
n
in
as
by
paracnutes
by
lowflying
Jerman
nlan?
r,rf
h
p.
"-
.wAwfc.
ui
u
Uiiaii
new
German
naval
warft-
th
imrinn
T.Wr,
vv(,uiu
oaja
4
i
VUUi-
mentine
mentine
uin
urn
respntmpnt
resentment
whlcn
T
tenr
exDressed
bv
It'lv
and
-aau,
japan,
the
mc
former
jurmer
uermai
German
allies,
agaInSt
German
plracy"
-
W
.
A
'
.l
f
arillllH
ilitti
lot
.
"
:,Dritting
Mmes
(Information
In
Regard
To
Them
Received
By
United
iates
Navy
Department
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Nov.
23:
(CP)
The
United
States
":.vy
De
partment,
has
been
advl:
d
that
there
are
at
least
thirty-oi
mines
adrift
in
the
North
Sea.
arnlngi
have
been
issued.
BISHOPS
APPROVE
Anglican
Church
Heads
V
-coenlze
Moral
Obligation
in
Wagi:
g
War
WINNIPEG,
Nov.
23:
(C
)
Formal
approval
of
the
Emplrr
struggle
against
Hltlerism
was
give
,
by
the
Council
of
Bishops
of
the
Jigllcan
Church
In
session
here.
Weaker
nations
had
been
robbed,
invaded
and
left
half
dead,
read
t
ie
Bishops'
resolution
which
recc
:nlzed
a
moral
obligation
to
go
to
t
ie
assistance
of
thMf"
nations.
(?ihnn
n
A.
Rlx
or
Prince
Rupert
U
among
uiose
present
at
the
Winnipeg
meeting.