t
government
In
connec-1
the
Flint
case.
idv
ces
received
In
Ber-
t!ht
said
that
the
City
t
tit
sailing
from
Mur-
Susla.
to
Oerminv
under
Hie
release
of
the
shin
had
prvtously
announced
in
Moa-
that
announcement
had
wnetner
me
runt
was
un-
thlch
took
her
to
Murmansk.
Aaifrican
crew
of
the
City
of
miT.ht
possibly
be
landed
it
iri
Bii.r
r
n
m
i
iiv
ni
pimL
nun
from
Murmansk.
United
?
iha
ittatfifsn
irtro
r?n
iiii
In
Moscow
where
he
discussed
esse
with
the
vlce-commlssar
been
put
off
for
more
than
a
new
and
vigorous
protest
Is
United
States
at
the
action
of
I
Soviet
In
dealing
with
the
situ-
Is
agreed
that
the
Americans
be
In
grave
peril
If
the
City
should
become
Involved
in
I
while
endeavouring
to
uie
Diocicade
it
migm
db
vcr
Washington
last
night
Scc-
,;uy
oi
runt,
uwier
owvc
-"'JH
U1L1
Vt(V
4
-
the
case
had
been
handled,
ucuiarly
the
lack
of
courtesy
w
United
States
ambassador
to
I.
ad
Mnrrl
Af
ACQ
IM1
1
.
Y
iiii
f
a
ml.
m
a
ill
il
I
lriiii
o
-j
-".yum
ui
kits,
jiiuu
icnife
r
ui
one
biuucs
aumonncs
1
fern
mental
hospital
at
Phoen-
Arizona.
hotnr
un
l,i
T
iu
An.
-
"J
tturn
in
'tilth
imr
rtnn
.
a
mat
she
Planned
to.sa
1
"Vliujum
HOW
00
THEY
STAND,
AMSTERDAM
The
Berlin
correspondent
of
the
Amsterdam
Telecraph
says
that
the
state
appears
to
be
preparing
for
a
is
expressed
by
United
i
German
and
Soviet
offensive,
a
S.
.
.11
....
NO
REFERENDUM
WASHINGTON
By
a
vote
of
Ci
to
22,
the
United
States
Senate
yesterday
rejected
a
proposal
that
a
referendum
should
be
held
before
war
could
be
declared
by
the
United
States.
BATTLK
AT
SEA
LONDON
A
dispatch
to
the
Dally
Express
from
Copenhagen
told
of
a
battle
In
the
North
Sea
in
which
ten
airplanes
engaged
in
battle
with
British
war
vessels.
It
was
suggested
that
the
fight
was
caused
by
German
submarines
endeavouring
to
penetrate
the
British
naval
cordon.
SWISS
PHONES
CUT
BERNE,
SwlUcrland
Telephone
communication
between
Germany
and
SwlterlM
has
been
cut
off
and
between
Germany,
Italy
and
Jugoslavia
it
Is
curtailed.
HARD
FINANCING
BERLIN
The
Reich
Is
having
difficulty
with
tax
certificate
financing
and
may
have
to
change
the
system.
SCOTS
DIGGING
IN
PARIS
Viscount
Gort,
British
commander-in-chief,
watched
the
Scottish
dig
In
on
the,
western
front
yesterday.
For
the
trenches
they
are
discarding
their
kills
for
overalls.
For
ceremonial
occasions,
of
course,
they
still
wear
the
kilts.
ITALY
DEFIES
BLOCKADE
GIBRALTAR
The
Italian
liner
Saturnla,
laden
with
iron
and
copper,
defied
a
British
naval
order
from
warships
off
Gibraltar
yesterday
to
proceed
to
England
and
continued
to
Naples.
The
metal,
the
British
thought,
might
be
bound
for
Germany
and
therefore,
contraband.
GERMANY
AND
POPE
BERLIN
The
Berlin
press
Vi
.
.
I
....
t
T
linn
r
-vii
many
rcDons
oi
winnio'
nizmy
iriu
i
r-
T
n
T..
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s
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.
a
.
II..1
nAiiMrninir
It
11
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w
Li
1
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.
iiiin
i
in
n
t
run
ir
m
urn
nvas
iiiim
iii.iviib
-
-
-
--
--
r
fair
treaties
but
omitted
reference
to
the
condemnation
of
totalitarian
states
and
neo-Paganlsm.
Reich
authorities,
however,
are
believed
to
have
recognized
this
was
directed
against
Germany.
nrodueers
are
agreements
with
the
Brltlsn
ministry
of
Supply
to
supply
420,000,000
pounds
of
electro-
lytic
copper
over
a
period
of
a
year
for
British
war
require-
ments,
It
was
announced
last
night
.DISORDERS
'
IN
PRAGUE
Anniversary
of
Founding
of
public
Is
Observed
Re
PRAGUE.
October
28.
Yester
day
the
Czechs
defied
the
German
prohibition
and
celebrated
the
founding
of
the
CzecnosiovaK
re-
i
public
in
1918.
The
people
wore
the
national
colors
and
tne
msuncuve
Masarak
caps.
German
police
clashed
with
the
P7pph
nnd
many
were
arrested,
one
estimate
giving
eight
hundred
-
persons
as
having
been
taken
10
I
German
polic
headquarters
as
c
result
of
Incidents
in
various
pans
of
Prague.
One
clash
occurred
when
Czech
crowds
broke
through
a
police
cordon
roping
off
Wcnceslas
Square
before
the
City
liau
w
prevent.
demonstrations
In
front
or
tne
statue
of
St.
Wcncelas,
patron
saint
of
the
Czechs.
NEW
FINNISH
PROPOSALS
1IELSINGF0RS
The
government
of
Finland
will
submit
new
and
final
proposals
to
Russia
on
Monday,
Hopes
are
still
held
for
an
amicable
compromise.
T
provincial!
i
s
earner
.
rorecasi
r
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Tomorrows
I
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER
28,
1939.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
n
V.
Dogfight
Over
Dalkeith
S.
SHIP
m
n
a
i
ami
1
l
hAI
INI
BLOCKADE
of
Flint
-
In
Real
Jeopardy
.
On
Ington
Indignant
HAS
NOT
SAILED?
iciifvr.Tns.
October
28:
n.jatu
.
-
-'
.
.
J
t
If
xiird
ttean.tr
CUjr
0f
Hint
itill
tt
Murmamlu
i
German
prize
crew
to
whom
with
her
American
crew
on
':i
the
United
8tate
rf
Norway
after
having
sail-
.
i
il.
a
.
I
....t
i
wt.
ail
mric
luuiiuiik
ina
uiu
r
rv
rir
wiiui
111
v
u
nil
ia
riiii.
stuck
or
seizure
as
the
at-
l
.
1
11
III
1
I
A
.
SUBMARINE
DESTROYED,
Bodies
Come
To
Surlare
Alter
German
Undersea
Craft
Is
j
Disposed
Of
By
Depth
I
Charges
I
PARIS,
October
28:
(CP)
j
French
military
commentators
said
today
that
the
French
Navy
had
established
proof
that
a
'
German
Submarine
had
been
sunk
on
Thursday
in
undisclosed
waters.
Bodies
of
one
officer
and
several
men
are
stated
to
have
come
to
the
surface.
The
u-boat
is
believed
to
have
been
the
victim
of
a
depth
charge.
French
anti-submarine
activity
is
Increasing
in
Intensity
and
effectiveness.
I
War
News
INTERLUDE
IN
FLIGHT
FROM
POLAND
Dunr
ne
laght
of
temfled
Poll
h
-omen
and
children
from
towns
and
vdlar"
in
the
path
of
Germany
s
blitzkrieg,'-
scenes
like
this
vers
(
jc
ru
along
the
eountryde
whenever
German
warplanes
u
speared
overhead.
The
fugitives
took
to
the
ditches
and
uuihe.-.
and
Sud
uaml
the
'birds
of
ut
omen
had
passed.
Then
they
resumed
the
weary
trek
towards
Roumanla.
I
T
T!l-
J
Cf-nf-oo
Qanifa
Aarifc
Kith
possible
support
from
Italy,
j
UllllCU
UiaiCO
UCliail-
ilio
against
Great
Britain
and
France.
The
Berlin-Rome
axis
is
stronger,
he
declares,
than
some
pou-s,
he
declares,
than
some
not
agree
with
a
statement
published
In
an
influential
newspaper
In
Rome-today
that'
'Italy
will
.retain-Its
neutrality
In-spite;
of
pressure.
No
foreign
ideology
can
cause
Italy
to
Intervene."
New
Neutrality
Plan;
Germany
Is
Reserved;
London
Jubilant
WASHINGTON.
October
28.-
ARE
NAZIS
ALL
READY?
Belief
Still
Held
By
French
Military)
Authorities
That
Bit
Drive
is
Contemplated
PARIS,
Oct
28.
More
daring
activity
by
German
combat
patrols
along
the
Western
Front
with
further
massing
of
Reich
troop
continue
to
indicate
a
larre
offensive
Is
early
to
be
launched
by
the
Ger
conjecture.
ELECTION
'
IS
DENIED
I
No
Intention
of
Precipitating
Con-'
test
This
Year,
Says
Mackenzie
King
Semfie
Iat
nicht
passed
the
administration's
Neutrality
"and
wholly
without
foundation."
Sm
f
,-Wo
Tho
vntn
u-n
ft?
tn
The
Premier
announced
that
by-
ARE
AFTER
WARSHIPS
I
Navy
Receives
Orders
To
Conduct
Relentless
Search
For
Two
German
Pocket
Battleships
LONDON,
October
28:
(CP
nrltUh
no
vol
vp(l
havp
iwplvpd
was
one
uerman
coomem
u
;ltnstructlons
t0
conduct
a
relent-
"
.
'
-
-
,
-
,
cessiui
in
iracsmg
aown
uie
iwu
-unfriendly
and
hostile
would
de-
tMm
and
elther
destroylnc
or
npnrt
pntlrelv
on
subseauent
devel-
.1
...iu.r
Spellbound
dog
fight"
right
over
the
city
of
Dalkeith
preceded'
the
bringing
down
of
the
raider.
Hundredc
of
civilians
standing
In'
streets
and
fields
witnessed,
the
combat.
Machine
gun
bullets
fell
In
showers'
In
the
main
street
of
one
town,
several
spent
bullets
spattering
near
a
police
station.
"It
was
a
magnificent
display
of
aerial
acrobatics
and
held
us
spell
bound."
one
spectator
said,
des-.
cribing
how
the
ships
swooped
andj
wneeiea
as
ine
itoyai
Air
twee
OTTAWA,
Oct.
28:
fCP
Prime
planes
kept
In
constant
pursuit
of!
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
the
visitor.
j
Klnz
said
today
that
reports
the
tveniuaiiy,
vine
uerman
piane
lng
was
considering
hold-
general
election
before
next
wall
and
bounding
onto
a
hillside
session
of
Parliament,
scheduled
where.it
burst
Into
names.
The
Unitdd
.State
for
,Jahuarv
were
,.
.unauthorized
Uin
auer
iwciujr-uiiw
.
"TWl'."
elections
would
be
held
In
the
St.
'
30.
With
the
repeal
of
the
arms
embargo,
United
States
JamPs
and
Jac(JUM
CartIer
Mins
rprmanc
PPor,
would
be
permitted
to
sell
all
commodities
including
war
of
Montrcai
on
December
is.
coi.
iiioiia
lvcacii
materials
to
belligerents,
including
Canada
and
Germany,
j.
l.
Ralston,
minister
of
finance,
is
Cf
f
10ls
Pnif
,
it
would
be
on
a
modified
cash
and
expected
to
be
candidate
in
one
of
0
CO
LUSH
1
Oil
4
Copper
For
Gt.
Britain
OTTAWA,
October
28:
(CP
.
i
i.e.
mm
t.imnn-m(T
.mm
.
v.
n
.irtiniT.
carry
djsis
wim
iu
wuii"s
uirov
huuiko.
of
the
goods
to
the
war
zones
by
ships
of
the
purchasing
nations.
The
new
law
now
goes
to
the
House
of
Representatives
where
Its
pass-
age
U
believed
to
be
assured
by
next
Tuesday
with
a
small
but
safe
ma-
Jorlty.
Eastern
Canadian
copper
'
-
r'Tr
;Z
would
ciear
ine
way
spceunj
iui
sale
of
arma
to
belligerents
and
would
go
home
by
next
week-end.
Berlin
Reserved
BERLIN,
Oct.
28.
"This
may
cause
us
to
hurry
up
with
the
war
!
LONDON,
Oct.
28:
(CP)
An
armed
British
merchant-
f-
man
yesterday
landed
eighty
captured
German
teamen
at
an
unnamed
Scottish
port,
They
are
being
Interned
as
!
prisoners
of
war.
,
DEFENDERS
OF
FAITH
1
gard
tothe
page
by
the
Un
ted
0ermn
pockelj
tanad
.
n
ar
Against
Hitlerlsm
So
Described
States
Senate
OI
me
anmmuira-
h-,tih,
!,,
th
Arimlral
tlon's
new
neutrality
law
and
the,Schecr
flnd
Deutschland,
which
are!
repeal
or
tne
em
go
wu.
on
the
Wght
seas
Whether
or
not
the
action
would
be
..
.......
By
Premier
King
OTTAWA,
October
23
rpirnrnpn
nv
11111111.11
uciuiiiiiv
aa
...
.
1
.1
.
w
-
way
Premier
King
nada's
fighting
forces
In
a
war-
DDlnlon
of
official
"
"
"
time
address
last
night.
The
-"-
opinion
uuuousu
uic
"'J-
nalnst
Hltlpr
hp
quarters.
41
..
!
U
111
,
,Unf
hA-J
(CP)
Is
the
described
Ca-
I
war
termed
a
crus-
indon
Jubilant
.
w
w,
i
TV
,u
,1
ade
to
save
Christian
civilization.
I
LOVDON
l
M-Ttoe
BrltlSh,may
abV
TP
?
HltlerUm.
with
its
principle
of
rK..
.
inhllnnt
nvpr
thp
rpnpftl
r.tota
hv
7
'j,
iorceiui
aggression
aggression
Instead
of!
ihr
States
"the"
Vt
peaceful
negoUatlOn,
was
the
very
Senate
of
,7
,
the
tini
United
Pd
States
Senate
or
tne.thelr
w
fuel
and
food
supplies.
;niithi.
of
the
Crlstlan
GosDel
rmMren
Mause
and
thp
ad-1
u
i.
t
'aniunesis
OI
ine
urisuan
uospei
"V."
vr
of
the
.k!
administration's
;tni.r.Hnni.
neu
'
.fJcn.4
u,e,iU
u"a
"
and
would
prevail
unless
men
were
option
trallty
revision
plan.
TO
BUILD
HANGARS
Allford
Itay
Included
In
Further
Air
Base
Development
OTTAWA,
October
28:
(CP)
Further
expansion
of
Pacific
Coast
airplane
accommodation
was
an
nounced
when
the
defence
purchasing
board
called
for
tenders
for
hangars
at
four
Royal
Cana
dian
Air
Force
Stations.
Three
seaplane
hangars
will
be
built
at
Allford
Bay,
Coal
Harbor
and
Uc-luelet.
Two
single
land
plane
hang
ars
will
be
erected
at
Patricia
Bay,
with
eleven
six-Inch
guns,
Each
.
it
n
t
a
nnn
prepared
to
sacrifice
their
lives.
nas
a
cruising
ramus
ui
t.
mnP.
n,in.
than
miles
and
speed
of
twenty-eight
.
assert.d
M
K1
kD
Ca.
Fears
of
encountering
Brltlsa,.
nnv
h
de.
naval
vessels
has
undoubtedly
.
UIMlln1
,lM
eaV(,
keptthem
off
the
requehted
trade
Uhe
wrW
frQm
barbarlsmi
,
and
accounted
for
the
facV
routes
Jn
thfi
of
prmler
Klns
that,
so
far,
they
have
done
so
oermanv
Is
little
damage.
a
crusade
to
save
Chritslan
clvlllz-
ine
uwn.
f
allon
and
those
enUstlng
in
the
off
Newrounaiana,
is
creaiwa
w
Lmlc
are
tfnt
and
foremost
de-
having
sunK
ine
isnuan
wMfenders
of
the
ralth.
Stonegate
and
the
Swedish
vesseJ
ed
to
have
seized
the
City
of
Flint
WAathAI
rOrPCaSl
"
CaiUCI
1
UlClddl
and
placed
the
German
prize
crew
j
aboard
mat
vessel.
Ine
Aumlralj
RrhPPr
is
thp
vessel
which
Is
be-1
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
lleved
to
have
sunk
the
British
lis
high
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
ship
Clement
In
the
South
Atlan-j
Islands
southwards,
and
fair,
mild
tic.
The
Admiralty
yesterday
ex-
weather
prevails
on
the
coast
while
pressed
the
opinion
that
she
might
have
rounded
Cape
Horn
and
gone
Vancouver
Island.
Tenders
will
be
.Into
the
Pacific
Ocean
or
sne
called
for
twelve
hangars
In
Nova
might
be
in
waters
or
mc
xncuan
Scotia.
.
,
Ocean.
light
showers
have'
occurred
In
the
Interior.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island!
Scots
Watch
As
Air
Downs
German
men
Force
Raider
Two
Nazi
Airmen
Dead
"Magnificent
Display"
Says
Spectator
Other
Visits
by
Fritz
British
Ships
Over
Germany
mans.
,
.
Inrreased
on
both
oatrol
sides
and
Is
reported
artillery
here!
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October
UClODer
28'
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-The
ine
Air
Air
ministry
Ministrv
an-tlvlty
an
thi.
tviief
row
th.t
the
oer-
nouneed
today
that
a
German
airplane
had
been
forced
,man
are
getting
ready
lor
a
-zero
down
in
Scotland
by
British
fighters.
The
ministry
said
hour."
that
the
German
craft,
which
had
been
attempting
a
re-
The
Allies
are
ready
io-
the
en-
connaissance
flight,
was
forced
down
just
east
of
Dalkeith.
emy
to
strike
at
any
nolnt.
The
mom,ot.a
nf
fl,o
roxt-
nf
tho
(lormfirt
nlnnp
nro
AoaA
Oermsn
are
massed
all
alnn
the
.iva
v
w.-
-
...v
t
v
line
from
the
North
Sea
to
Swltrer-
ana
one
wounaea.
ine
Pu
was
"land
Where
they
may
attemot
to
u"
hrpflk
throinh
It
rtlll
matter
of
A
speciacuiar
Bulletins
ISLAND
3L
P.
DIES
SU.MMERSIDE,
Prince
Edward
Island
A.
E.
McLean,
71,
Liberal
Member
of
Parliament
for
Prince,
died
here
after
a
long
illness.
COAL
MINE
DISASTER
DUNFERMLINE,
Scotland
Thirty-five
lives
were
lost
in
nearby
Valleylleld
colliery
and
twenty
were
Injured.
Resulting
fell
to
earth,
crashing
Into
a
stone)
from
an
explosion,
It
was
the
worst
British
mining
tragedy
of
the
year.
'
WESTMLNSTER
MAN'
DIES
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Herbert
l
RyalL
pioneer
business
man
and
I
chairman
of
the
Parks
board,
l
died
yesterday
at
the
age
of
seventy-two.
He
introduced
baseball
here
before
the
turn
of
the
century.
KAMLOOPS
SAFE
JOB
KAMLOOPS
The
safe
of
the
Inland
Building
Supplies
here
was
smashed
and
$150
taken.
VOTES
FOR
WOMEN
QUEBEC
One
of
the
first
acts
of
the
new
Godbout
government
in
Quebec
is
expected
to
be
the
giving
of
the
provincial
franchise
to
women.
ANGLO-RUSSIAN
PACT
LONDON
Negotiations
continue
between
Russia
and
Great
Britain
for
a
trade
agreement.
Ambassador
Ivan
Malsky
and
President
of
the
Board
of
Trade
Oliver
Stanley
are
still
conferring.
ANGLO-ITALIAN
AGREEMENT
LONDON
Under
a
new
agreement
between
Great
(Brltain
and
Italy
there
will
be
a
permanent
trade
commission.
BREMERTON
BUSY
'
SEATTLE
Keels
for
two
new
aircraft
tenders
are
being
laid
at
Bremerton
Navy
Yard.
Each
will
cost
$5,000,000.
CONVICTION
IS
UPHELD
Appeal
In
Case
of
John
Saunders
For
Selling
Liquor
Falls
In
Supreme
Court
'
Decision
has
been
received
from
Mr.
Justice
Denis
Murphy
In
the
matter
of
the
stated
case
appeal
of
John
Saunders
against
a
conviction
and
fine
of
$300
Imposed
in
city
police
court
by
Magistrate
Mc-Clymont
on
a
charge
of
selling
liquor.
His
Lordship,
to
whom
the
case
was
presented
at
the
Supreme
Pnnrt
session
in
September,
af-
i
firms
the
convicUon.
T.
W.
Brown
acted
lor
the
ap-
Moderate
to
fresh
northwest
winds,
pellant
in
this
case
and
Wi
O.
Ful
fair
and
mild.
ton
for.
the
crown.
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