reported
to
have
launched
an
attack
in
force
trc
ay
against
the
northern
flank
on
the
Western
lont,
tlrivinff
llic
1'rencli
out
of
(.ierrnan
territory
ick
into
France
before
the
Nazis
were
repulsed
by
iench
counter-attacks.
1
Om
the
rc
ir
t
R'
F
ti
Pr-
rwa
lish
Air
Nation
r-h
peasants
not
ontlnuc
to
calm-rop.1.
Some
even
v
of
next
year.
a.
Uvity
on
the
part
b!
tween
the
Moselle
was
reported
to-,
b
heavy
artillery
'he
entire
western
e
German
lines.
f
a'
ions
In
the
rear
bc-
Wrfn'
nrcnaratlon
for
an
raiap
a'tark.
The
French
I
'
began
last
night
I
I'r
'v
heavy
in
the
sec-.
a
Mc
o
Haarrit
Forwit
I
Arrived
W
ocftober
fiIe
nd
the
British
air
dclc-
P
01
eight
landed
nt
Quebec!
""ay
and
has
arrived
here
oce
conferences
in
con-
'
plans
to
make
Cana-
alr
1
aPltal
of
the
British
?!
Mh
ill
trnltllncr
nlrmnn
ntrf.
J.
'"tJtna
"ir
ncuviues
"Wa,
Tim
nmi.u
....-..
WW
Znalr..!
.l
ta-
.
Bovcrnmcnis
W
o
much
to
Canada
for
tralncd'
Training
m
u
U1
DO
ItluaJ
il.
Won
"t'vtu
ucruss
mc
le
samn
.ui
...
.
.
''ale
.Ah
1.as
wn
cn
torr
Tiy-nne
survivors
jMoed
liner
Athonja
In-tlx
from
British
Columbia.
mi
AIMS
(Mober
1G.
"Every
passing
hour
works
for
declare
I
Marshal
baniehn,
commander-in-chief
of
Army,
in
his
first
interview
since
the
war
be-1
in
momw
the
Taw,
official
ir
I
es
have
been
a
minimum
in
comparison
comparison
.
new
described
report
.....
uwil
4ViliVVl
i
nis
is
a
war
ienee
and
waiting
for
the
time
being
at
least.
Lett
knur
vjr
u
ai
and
have
con-
1
in
i4
1
t
f
army.
KM
:
sirs;
NOT
FOR
.
ices
have
led
to
he
German
are
early
drive.
In
Bf
hensfeldt
Fbr-"se
flows
off
from
RUSSIANS
TO
GIVE
it
ts
estimated
man
troops
have
Poland
Complain
At
Ceding
heavy
artillery
Vilna
DUtrlct
of
IJlhuania
zed
equipment,
i
Allied
DEAD
IN
CRASH
SNOW
ROAD,
Out.
Bodies
of
two
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
officers
were
found
In
the
bush
here
today
in
the
wreckage
of
a
plane
which
crashed
Saturday.
The
plane
carrying
Pilot
Officer
II.
K.
Corbctt
of
Frederlcton
and
Pilot
Officer
G.
I
Olstcad
of
.
ulon
01
Piancs.'Heprcs-l
u'lnnlper.
came
down
on
a
navl-
''
Of
nlhni
n.t.
M.-l
.n...
il
rll.l.l
l-.l
P
re
also
coming
to
confer
10
CO-Orrllnnllnn
f
Tm.
.
1
......
v,w
,
,
w4
1
i
.
-
r
Servlrna
FRlverdale
stntr-rt
thn
nnnn.
authorities
wouiri
w
r,,n
"I
0Vr
T.i-.
KlliiMI
jiiuhiic
i.ifcut
......
town,
65
miles
north
of
Kingston.
HUNGARIAN
COUP
BUDAPEST
Hungarian
Nails
today
reported
that
the
police
had
arrested
140
members
of
the
outlawed
"Death
Legion"
to
head
off
a
coup
against
the
govern-meat.
ITALIAN
WAR
VIEWS
LONDON
The
new
Italian
ambassador
to
London,
Gulseppe
Boscanlnt,
will
confer
tomorrow
with
Foreign
Secretary
Lord
Halifax.
Italy"
war
views
ami
the
possibilities
of
peace
will,
It
is
RuIa
Is
Believed
To
Hare
Faced
Winter
Conditions
Make
Troop
Delegation
With
Proposals
I
Training
in
Canada
Impartiable
"NO
WAR"
GARVIN
LONDON,
October
16:
J.
L.
Garvin
said
unequivocally
in
the
Sunday
Observer
yesterday
that
there
would
be
no
war
over
(Inland.
He
predicted
a
settlement
being
reached
between
Russia
and
Finland
which
would
be
satisfactory
to
both
sides
as
well
as
to
other
nations
concerned.
'
of
ltuan
mititary
concentra-
on
the
llnnUh
frontier
as
a
"fabrication.
HELSINQFORS.
Finland.
Oct.
jl6:
(
CP
Indefinite
postponement
ox
turtner
tinnisn-soviet
lams
at
Moscow
led
diplomatic
circles
today
to
believe
that
Finland
had
J
been
faced
with
proposals
she
.would
find
difficult
to
accept.
It
ts
said
unofficially
that
Russia
asked-for
the
right
to
establish
naval'
bases
on
certain
Finnish
Islands
on
tthe
Qulf
of
Finland.
There
are
conflicting
reports
as
J
to
whether
or
not
the
conversa
.
'Hons
will
be
resumed
following
the
'
w.
m
..
.
....
.
.
.,...-.
it,.
nHl.u
.lAi.Mnt,
may
be
Dlannlnc
iWiUNAa.
mnuania,
October
ie:
fUUi"
u"r4'--'k""'
to
w
Helslngfors
ucisingior
to
t
government.
t
s
on
the
Western
Tlle
Po,uh
lln
h"
informed
l,rm
Moscow
chaW
that
U
mcnt
0,
:
Lithuania
that
consult
J.
-
ni.nt
a,
rt
consiaers
me
itussian
eovern-t
ki..
,u.
.
.-l....
ment
had
no
riant
to
Hive
Llthu
...
.
an
In
trrrltnrr
which
is
a
nart
of
ata
The
Finnish
foreign
minister.
In
a
statement
at
the
wecic-ena.
"When
one
negotiates,
it
SHANGHAI.
October
16:
(CP)
One
hundred
Japanese
airplanes
are
reported
to
have
been
destroyed
by
twenty
Chinese
raiding
expected,
be
aired.
It
Is
said
there
will
be
no
definite
peace
or
aid
plan.
Premier
Mussolini
had
a
conference
yesterday
with
the
war
minister
after
which
he
ordered
the
strengthening
of
Italian
artillery
and
other
forces.
I
OTTAWA.
Oct.
16:
(CP)-Lack
of
facilities
for
the
concentration
of
a
laree
hod
v
of
troon
In
Canada'
the
decision
to
send
the
first
divis
ion
overseas
in
two
months.
Generally
speaking,
the
equip
ment
will
be
obtained.
In
England
and
the
men
will
take
only
clothing
and
personal
kits
although
infantry
unit
mav
take
rifles.
I
I
Machine
guns,
field
guns,
anti-j
io.uk
Kmia
iinu
transport
win
oe
provided
In
England.
TURKS
IN
DEADLOCK
WITH
REDS
Three
Major
Demands
In
Connection
With
Proposed
AjTeemtnt
Are
,
Rejected
By
Southern
i
planes
at
Hankow,
five
more
being
shot
down.
Japanese
claim
that
was
brought
down.
BERLIN
AIR
RAID
BERLIN
A
reported
air
raid
over
Berlin
yesterday
proved
to
be
a
Gcrntan
plane
that
was
lost
and
was
shot
down
In
mistake
fpr
an
enemy
plane,
TERRACE
mS
DISAPPEARS
TERRACE
Some
concern
Is
felt
In
Terrace
at
the
disappearance
of
E.
Hamcr
who
is
teporlcd
to
have
gone
to
his
mining
prospect
on
the
mountain
just
behind
Terrace
but
who
has
not
been
heard
of
for
several
days.
A
search
party
l
out
at
this
time.
Nation
o;Sjaj
refers
tp
Ing.in
'
tJg
jw
MIHPSta-UtoanU
Of
the
Vfln.
:"?5:?2.r
l.n
that
Vore.e,
oreijen
tn
mnvrf
dtotrtct
under
tne
agreement
dc-i
?v"
"
ave
been
nn,and
the
fore,8n
moyed
countries.
by
Rusr--
y,s
among
the
"?n.
IVV.
minister
said.
If
tnerc
had
been.
n.i
on
the
Wet-
"
"
"r
ir
77'
pi!art
mM
not
hav
.urrend-
n
tbit
fmnl
an1
10:
Lord
to
marcn
into
vnnr
wnicn
is
ia
.
:
"
"
------
agaln
bccome
tne
"lhuanlan
caPl"
Thv
have
taken
are
keeping
watch
-
pillboxes
which
"d
to
them.
Thous-cuni
have
been
on
ate
also
reported
A
position.
taL
Bulletins
HACK
IN
niKTIII'L.CK
Private
Adams
of
the
Sixteenth
Canadian
Scottish
was
bom
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
He
went
away
with
his
parents
and
for
years
has
lived
on
Vancouver
bland.
Now
he
Is
Is
In
barracks
at
the
same
old
hospital
building
where
he
was
born.
imilTLI)
ACROSS
STRAITS
George
OIen
and
Arthur
Thompson
left
Cumshewa
Inlet
,
October
8
for
.Massett.
Tbey
ran
into
a
storm
with
their
gasboat
Igo
and
ran
before
It
to
anchor
age
off
Ranks
Island
where
they
spent
four
days
before
coming
here.
The
provincial
police
were
advised
that
they
were
missing
and,
on
checking
up
with
the
fisheries
department,
found
they
had
reported
here
safely.
erea.
rat
nature
oi
me
nuvuan
demands
has
not
yet
been
made
I
clear.
The
Finns
fear,
however,
that,
'the
secret
proposals
borne
by
Dr.
Juho
Paasiklvi,
head
of
the
mission
to
Moscow,
may
menace
the'
,neutrallty
or
even
the
Independ-;
lence
of
Finland.
Shortly
after
Paaslvlkl's
arrival
today,
a
spokes-
man
for
the.
Foreign
AIR
LOSS
Office
said
.the
mission
might
return
to
Mos-j
cow
but
added:
"We
don't
know
.when."
I
If
Ik.
rr.nrr
mi-uiiLtiui-,
Hit
iuuiiu;
tL)u.vu,
for
any
eventuality.
Norway,
following
the
example'
of
Sweden.
Is
reinforcing
her
de-
back
again
and,
oddly
enojuch,
he
fences
against
the
possibilities
which
might
arise
out
or
Russian
incursions
upon
Finland.
FOR
JAPS
ISTANBUL,
Turkey,
October
16:
(CP)
Turkey
made
"fever-
j
'
Jh"
military
preparations
to-
day
on
the
strength
of
reports
t
that
.Russian
troop
were
mass-
j
the
Caucasus
MounUlnv
j
on
goQdulh-
.Minister
Sak-
ru
of
Turkey,
now
encased
In
diplomatic
dheu&kions
in
Mos-
.
cow,
had
refused
three
major
basic
Ruvsian
demands
Recognition
of
the
partition
of
Poland,
formation
of
a
neutral
Balkan
bloc
under
the
aegis
of
Russia
and
Germany
and
territorial
expansion
of
Russia
and
Roumania.
Sararoclu
is
attending
a
new
meeting
at
the
Kremlin
today
with
Premier-Foreign
Commissar
Molotov.
Russia
is
also
reported
to
have
asked
for
the
closing
of
the
Dardenalles
not
only
in
wartime
but
also
in
peace
and
the
cancelling
of
agreements
by
Turkey
with
France
and
England.
Kamloops
Rhodes-Scholar
Leaves
Jack
Davis
Off
To
Oxford
to
Take
Up
Advanced
Studies
KAMLpOPS,
Oct.
16:
(CP-Jack
Davis
of
W
Kamloops,
--w
fw,
awarded
a
LINDBERGH
In
Great
CRITICIZED
Soviet
airmen
took
part
in
thc
raid,
asserUng
that
Russian
bodies
were
found
In
one
plane
which
Airman's
Speech
Draws
Fire
Both
Britain
And
States
United
LONDON,
October
16:
(CP)
The
British
press
was
very
critical
of
the
address
of
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
In
regard
to
Canada
en-
dcavourlng
to
drag
United
States
Into
a
European
war.
He
was
variously
described
as
"Hltier-mlnded."
'A
Nazi
sympathizer"
and
a
"med;
dler."
Some
American
newspapers
were
also
critical,
of
Lindberg's
speech.
The
New
York
Herald
said
It
was
"fantastic
logic"
and
"bad
in
taste."
EVERYONE
MUST
HELP
WALL,
England,
October
16:
(CP)
Rev.
Frederic
Cecil
West-
garth.
Vicar
of
Wall,
was
fined
$22
for
refusing
to
provide
nccomoda
Hon
for
evacuees.
He
pleaded
1
billeting
notice
had
not
been
serv
ed
him
as
the
law
demanded.
hmorrow
s
Weather
Forecast
4
16
am.
19.0
fk
wmm
10
03
ft.
20S
ft.
Prince
Rupert,
and
Queen
Charlotte
1010
ajn.
7.4
IL
Island
Fresh
.to
strong
22
46
pjn.
4.1
ft.
southwest
winds,
showery
and
somewhat,
colder.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
16,
1039
PRICE:
6
CENTS
-IJ-l-
hi
l'l
AZI
PLANES
RAID
SCOTLAND
Ly
Passing
Hou
r
In
"War
Of
Patience"
Works
For
AlliesSo
Says
Chief
French
Commander
FRENCH
DRIVEN
BACK
PARIS,
October
1G:
(CP)
German
troops
DIFFICULT
FACILITIES
FOR
FINNS
ARE
LACKED
Hard
of
Acceptance
German
Attack
On
Firth
Of
Forth
Is
Three
Six
Hundred
Members
of
Interned
German
Vessel
Threaten
To
Quit
Ship
led
near
here,
are
?
mutiny
unless
they
receive
six
weeks'
pay
now
due
them.
They
also
demand
shore
leave,
at
pres-
t
ItTi
t
AO
O
Willi-
fc)
UUj,.
IBvU
base
for
German
submarines.
Japanese
Is
Appreciative
Nipponese
Resident
of
Okanauan
Makes
Contribution
to
Defence
of
Canada
OTTAWA,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
A
Jap
anese
resident
of
the
Okanagan
dis-
fence
of
Canada"
in
appreciative
of
"peace,
freedom
and
benefit"
he
and
his
family
have
enjoyed
during
Turned
Back
With
Enemy
Bombers
Down
under
winter
conditions
make
final;
MISSLES
DROPPED
IN
VICINITY
OF
FAMOUS!
fD
TIC
Vlf
training
here
impra:Ucable.
hence!
RRinfiE
WHICH.
HOWEVER.
WAS
NOT
I
VIUlljlIV
iU.
-J
I
i
a
a
I
r
a
.
'
I
STRUCK
SHRAPNEL
DROPS
IN
STREETS
OF
EDINBURGH
LONDON,
October
16:
German
war
planes
visited
the
Scottish
coast
early
this
afternoon
but
the
attempted
attack
on
coastal
objectives
failed.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
engaged
the
enemy
in
action
and
inflicted,
it
was
claimed,
heavy
losses.
Three
German
bombers
are
unofficially
reported
to
have
been
shot
down
in
the
area,
one
in
the
Firth
of
Forth
and
two
on
land.
No
report
of
any
damage
was
received
although
several
bombs
dropped
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Forth
Bridge,
all
striking
the
water
as
the
planes
approached
from
the
North
Sea.
Anti
nircr2ft
guns
went
into
action
at
Edinburgh
wit''
firing
particularly
heavy
in
the
neighborhood
of
tltr
Firth
of
Forth.
There
was
also
much
aerial
activity
and
some
aircraft
were
reported
to
have
been
sren
in
pursuit
of
other
machines.
It
is
reported
that,
several
nieces
of
shrapnel
were
picked
up
in
the
streets
f
Edinburgh.
Air
raid
warnings
were
not
sounded.
Successful
reconaissance
flights,
it
is
officially
stated,
were
carried
nut
by
British
planes
over
-njirjlhcrii.and.
central
(xcrmanyjast
night-:The,-re-
ports
did
not
sny
whether
the
planes
had
encountered
anv
resistance.
A
German
communique
is
reported
as
claiming
that
two
enemv
planes
one
British
and
one
French
were
brought
down
at
Mainz
and
Frankfort.
The
British
plane,
a
Whitney
bomber,
was
brought
down
by
anti-aircraft
fire.
I
MUTINY
ON
WHAT
WILL
COLUMBUS
HITLER
DO?
Only
a
Few
High-Ranking
Know
Prespects
of
Peace
Steadily
Diminishing
for
ending
the
war.
quarters
here
express
1
developments
may
be
forthcoming
'very
shortly,
probably
this
week.
I
There
appears
to
be
no
doubt
that
the
difficulty
of
developing
ithe
friendship
with
Russia
and
'Italy
Into
common
assistance
concerned
since
the
lining
up
of
the
Reich
with
the
Soviet
Russia
seems
more
Intent
upon
Improving
hpr
nun
nnslflnn
fVion
nMfN
ncclcf-
trlct
In
British
Columbia
has
made
,ng
Germany
Tne
convlctIon
a
contribution
of
$100
for
the
de-i
ohserver,
that
hnth
B.,in
and
Italy
are
most
liable
to
follow
(a
neutrsl
course.
Meantime,
there
is
every
lndlca-
thirty-three
years'
residence
In
the
tlon
lhat
j;1Uer
wU1
be
forced
to
Dominion.
Halibut
Sales
Coolidse,
Royal.
American
29,000.
10.6c
and
Spray,
30.000,
11c
and
7ct
Atlln.
concentrate
upon
the
western
front
with
Russia
blocking
him
both
on
the
Baltic
and
In
southeastern
Europe,
.
Headquarters
for
Der
Fuehrer
on
j
the
Selgfrled
line
are
still
being
(
pared,
indicating
that
a
major
Ger
man
offensive
there
may
be
anticipated
at
any
time.
WAS
HIT
H.
M.
S.
Southampton
Struck
Dur-Air
Raid
Of
Scotland
LONDON,
October
16:
(CP)
German
bombers
hit
the
cruiser
Southampton
in
the
Firth
of
Forth
during
the
first
air
raid
over
Great
Britain
this
afternoon,
according
to
a
joint
air
ministry
and
admiralty
announcement.
No
other
damage
was
reported
and
the
ministry
of
the
Home
Secretary
recorded
no
civilian
casualties
were
SEA
WAR
IS
MORE
INTENSE
One
British;
Two
French
and
One
Over
Heek-End
of
German
Campaign
LONDON,
October
16:
(CP)
The.
sinking
of
the
Norwegian
freighter
Gressholm.
which
struck
a
mine
Friday,
and
the
disclosure
Sunday
of
the
destruction
of
three
more
Allied
ships
two
French
and
one
I
British
marked
a
sharp
Increase
In
sea
hostilities
as
the'
war
enter-
ed
its
seventh
week.
Eight
siirvlv-ors
of
the
Oressholm,
which
was
bound
for
England
with
wood
pulp,
reached
Holland
today.
Three
members
of
the
crew
were
missing.
,
German
submarines
over
the
week-
Naiis
en(j
sani
me
British
steamer
Loch-
avon
and
the
French
liners
Louis-lane
and
Bretagne.
At
least
fifteen
are
believed
to
have
perished
when
VERA
CRUZ,
Mexico.
October
6:
BERLIN,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
Only
itheFrcnchshlpsratdon.
Six
hundred
members
of
the
w
hioh.nvino
ni.
n
nrpriirtl
Four
hundred
survivors
of'the
two
crew
of
the
steamer
Columbus,
chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
next
step
French
P3
were
Plcked
UP
aAd
third
largest
German
liner,
intern-
now
that
Prime
Minister
NMrillft;Ianded
bv
British
warships.
threatening
to
chamberlain
has
rejected
his
terms'
Tne.
Admiralty
declined
to
com.
Tnfhrrri(1ment
today
on
a
claim
of
the
Ger-
the
belief
I
man
suPreme
nlS
army
command
that
the
door
Is
still
open
for
a
and
sank
the
British
battle
cruiser
Roy-
ent
denied
them,
are
com-
neutral
natlon
to
act
aan
lnter.
piaining
aDout
snort
rations.
medlary
although
today
there
still
niHw
hj
mc
snort
rawo.u,
"
along
that
line
and
the
chances
of
,
of
the
week
for
Oxford.
I""
Vlew
Ul
of
the
",c
fact
that
the
Colum-
,
....
v,
bl
I
I
that
the
same
submarine
which
al
Oak
had
also
scored
a
torpedo
about
hit
on
the
battleship
Repulse.
There
is
something
strange
nppeared
to
n0
actlon
llkely
bloody
war
fU
ShfirTJlO'P
III
a
a
long
long
and
and
eventually
eventually
bus
has
been
receiving
food
sup-
appeared
to
be
mcreasing
Uie
requirements
of
the
crew
of
v,,Co1ntfe"ncHes,
beSf,
Hit
f
and
.
8
advisers
diplomatic
and
1
undred
mlUtary-contlnue
to
be
held
fre-nimh,,e
It
has
been
suggested
that
the
fluently,
presaging
that
Important
hs
hn
nctinff
as
a
IWlkiW
VttV
"
s
If
-1
1
r
Sugar
In
Canada
OTTAWA,
October
6:
(CP)
The
wartime
food
control
board
predicts
that
there
will
be
no
shortage
of
sugar
In
Canada
during
this
war
as
there
was
In
the
last
although
hoarding
may
make
It
necessary
to
take
action
In
the
against
the
Allies
Is
causing
Hitler,
regulation
of
prices.
A
normal
sup-
and
his
colleagues
no
little
con
cern.
Italy
seems
to
have
become
quite
lukewarm
as
far
as
Germany
Is
ply
of
sugar
for
the
coming
year
is
already
assured
with
the
nev?
raw
crop
coming
in.
Allied
Plane
Production
Is
Much
Superior
PARIS,
October
16:
British
.and
French
fighting
aircraft
production
will
soon
be
triple
that
of
Germany
even
at
the
peak
of
the
Reich's
production
possibilities;
'
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
Oct.
16:
(CP)-iWlh-nlpeg
wheat
futures
were
3,ic
to
lc
down
on
Saturday,
Outber-
closing
at
70
Vic.
A
i
(.7
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