road
section
of
the
western
front
rom
west
or
me
vosges
Moun
ilns
to
the
Moselle
River,
num-
roui
Oerman
raiding
parties
dur-
I
the
night
crossed
"No
Man's
and'
in
a
series
of
sharp
raids
n
French
outposts.
The
en
ay
i3
lorcea
10
retire
oy
rrencr
utomatlc
weapons.
There
were
also
artillery
e;t-
thsnges
today
and
signs
were
not
licking
that
the
Oermans
were
!
pUnnlng
a
large
scale
offensive
In
the
Luxembourg
area.
NAZI
SUB
GIVES
UP
0bemr
Oescrlbes
Depth
Bomb
Attack
and
Rescue
of
U-Boat
Crew
LONDON.
Dec
7
(CP-
An
eyewitness
aboard
a
British
destroyer
tells
of
the
attack
on
a
German
mbmarln
bv
depth
bombs
and
the
U-ho'
coming
to
the
surface
"3
surrender
Th
British
shins
were
seeking
vrthem
waters
when
reports
relived
told
nf
an
enmy
u-bot
etfd
to.
the
souto,The
destroyer.
F
raced
10
tne
spoi
ana
Dcgan
10
Quarter
the
sea
on
a
prearranged
plan,
Ouni
were
manned,
denth
ehr(t
redv
Suddenly
a
flag
hoisted
bv
one
destroyer
Indicated
cf
Irredcsccnt
oil.
Air
Force
Flies
Over
Naw
Bases
Flight
by
Royal
Air
Force
Yesterday
LONDON,
Dec.
7:
(CP)
Royal
Air
IcWm
nlanp
mnrtp
another
SUC-
INVESTED
BY
THE
KING
gggft
gggggAgflHigggggg&iM
mwBT
Cade:
if
.
Ac
De
e.
,
re
Y
TJ!
-
."."uthi
Fhmg
mMa!
whi
h
wa.
per
".ally
ws
cdt
S:
-epart
W.U'am
X
f)
in
i'er.iB.t.in
(it
hs
g.iiant-.
:
j"yus
operations
against
th
:nera
Si-rgemt
WUlets
wis
a
nv-.rbc-
ol
a
tombing
ck
wh'Ph
wa
atluked
by
German
planet
With
the
pilot
killed,
Wlllets
took
over
the
controls
and
landed
the
bombe-
and
its
crew
sufclj.
The
Kin?
presented
him
with
the
medal
personally.
BALKANS
.
RESTIVE
Fascist
Grand
Council
In
Sestlon
Allianrt
With
Hungary
.May
Draw
In
Britain
and
France
the
scent
had
been
picked
up.
ROME.
Dec.
7:
(C
An
Italian
Deoth
charae
af
r
depth
charge
move
to
stop
any
Russian
drive
In
was
dropped.
The
detonations
of
southeastern
Europe
is
believed
trios
massive
cannlsters
about
the
Imminent
as
the
Fascist
Orand
ill!
of
dustbins
seemed
to
squeeze
Council
prepared
today
to
meet
thr
air
They
shook
the
ships
from
with
Premier
Dcnlto
Mussolini
Ob-whlch
they
were
projected
and
servers
suggested
a
military
raspd
huge
mushroom-shaped
llance
between
Italy
and
Hungary
hummocks
of
water
which
burst
might
emerge.
This
Is
considered
upwards
In
great
spout
cf
spray
ft!
a
warning
to
Russia
which
has
tlngwi
irey
by
the
high
explosive.
Intimated
to
Roumanla
that
she
Then
the
attack
was
suspended
should
fall
In
line
with
Soviet
de-snd
watch
kept
for
the
u-boats
mands
or
be
prepared
to
take
the
or
tell-tale
patches
of
oil.
Nothing
consequences,
wss
sighted.
The
attack
was
re-
If
Russian
aggression
extends
to
newed.
Finally
a
submarine
broke
the
Balkans,
Great
Britain
and
surface
bow
first.
The
compressed
France
might
be
drawn
Into
war
air
was
leaking.
There
was
only1
against
the
Soviet
in
view
of
their
enough
pressure
left
to
blow
the
pledges
to
support
Roumanla,
tanks
and
come
to
the
surface
to
give
the
crew
a
chance
for
their
lives,
nils
the
commander
decided,
1
M
M
(Vj
I
IVJ
M
l
I
to
do.
The
sub's
stern
was
still
JL
XV
VATII1
1
Ul
1
1
submerged
when
the
conning
tower
T
z".
bwn
IN
MINING
It
was
a
case
of
surrender.
Some
ot
the
u-boafs
crew
were
leaping
overboard.
Others
held
up
their
Spencer
Penrose,
Who
Made
For-hands,
destroyers
approached,
low-J
tune
at
Cripple
Creek,
Dies
At
ered
boats
and
rescued
the
entire
Age
of
Seventy-one
crew.
I
The
submarine
flung
her
bows
J
vertically
In
the
air
and
sank
COLORADO
SPRINOS,
Dec.
7:
stern
first
In
a
flurry
of
whitened
CP)Snencer
Penrose,
aeed
71.
water
and
an
ever-wldcnlng
patch.
wn0
made
a
fortune
from
mining
In
the
Cripple
Creek
gold
rush,
lsj
dead
here.
Penrose
came
out
of
the
Colorado
gold
fields
at
the
turn
of
the
century
with
a
fortune
and
a
resolve
to
enjoy
life.
Mining
deals
In
the
early
days.
of
the
Cripple
Creek
boom
gave
him
Another
Successful
Reconnaissance!
his
financial
start;
successful
op-j
eratlon
of
copper
companies
bal
looned
his
wealth.
With
cost
no
handicap,
he
built
an
elaborate
playground
at
Broadmoor,
six
miles
j
from
Colorado
Springs
and
for
j
IIUUIC
more
than
IUU11
a
generation
W
H.
U
k.VJ
let
nenncri
m.vw
-
cessful
reconnaissance
flight
y
I
advancing
age
nor
the
responslblll-
terday
over
Kiel,
Cuxnaven,
nam-
Ucs
of
njs
vnrie(i
financial
lntcr-burg,
Brunsbuettel
and
other
wls
lnterferc
with
gaiety,
northern
Germany
naval
bases
inj
jn
1937,
0n
a
promontory
of
Chey-Schslcswlg
-
Holstcln.
German
fnne
Mountain,
he
built
the
"Shrine
charges
that
the
British
planes
of
tne
Sun
as
a
memorial
to
Will
flew
over
Denmark
were
denied
by,
Rogers,
the
cowboy
laugh-maker,
the
air
ministry.
Oerman
reports
Within
the
shrine
is
a
crypt
in
said
the
Britons
were
driven
off
by
.
,
,
anti-aircraft
fire.
,
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on
Page
Three)
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15'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
7,
1939.
PRICE:
ft
CENTS
Germans
85.
Fail
In
Blow
On
Forth
RAIDS
ARE
'
NUMEROUS
Sal
Every
German
Attempt
On
French
Outposts
Driven
Rack
With
Automatic
lire
PARIS,
Dec
7:
CP
Along
a
fTi
E
a
I
puiienns
j
Ilt'XTElt
IS
KILLED
KA.MLDOI'S
Douglas
Fulton,
15-year
old
Kamloops
hunter,
was
fatally
Injured
when
shot
in
mistake
fpr
a
deer,
the
coroner's
Jury
yesterday
finding
that
his
death
had
been
accidental.
The
khak(
colored
Jacket
he
was
wearing
looked
like
a
deer.
I
.AWN
BOWLER
DEAD
VANCOUVER
L.
Chalmers
Jack,
well
known
lawn
bowling
authority
and
secretary-treasurer
of
the
British
Columbia
Lawn
Rowling
Association
since
its
Inception
In
1916.
died
yesterday
at
the
age
of
53.
HOUSING
SCHEME
CURTAILED
OTTAWA
In
order
to
conserve
financial
resources
for
war
purposes,
Hon.
i.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
finance,
announces
there
will
be
a
curtailment
of
the
Dominion
housing
scheme
after
January
I.
Loans
will
be
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
7:
(CP)
A
medical
phenomenon
apparently
unequalled
anywhere
In
Canada
was
disclosed
when
it
became
known
that
Mrs.
Jack
Dye,
aged
32,
had
given
birth
this
autumn
to
a
fourth
consecutive
set
ot
twins.
All
the
twins
were
born
within
five
years
and
arc
alive
and
well.
Dr.
R.
Elder,
who
attended
Mrs.
Dye
when
the
fourth
set
ot
twins
was
born
August
31,
said:
"I
ran
find
no
other
case
In
Canada
ot
such
a
record
as
Mrs.
Dye
has
established."
ASM
RUSSOJAP
PACT
NEXT
Conversations
Looking
Toward
Non-Aggression
Treaty
Reported
Under
.Way
At
Tokyo
TOKYO.
!.
7-:
CP-It
Is
learned
reliably
that
conversations
looking
toward
a
non-aggression
pact
with
the
Soviet
Republl
are
now
progressing.
No
Announcement
Contract
For
Local
Air
Base
OTWA.
Dec.
7
Cpi
No
official
-nnouncement
has
yet
been
made
hTe-
In
regard
to
the
!tH
of
a
contract
for
me
projected
new
bare
fr
the
Roral
Canadian
Al
Force
at
Seal
Cove.
Prince
Rupert.
ART?
MOVING
NORTHWARDS
JTire
Se.TMmtM
ShH
t
Kan
Elerh-n1
Wh
Flexible
Snout
from
Tropics
KARAAN.
Alaska;
December
T
r
.
1
.
l
-
.
I-
.a
.
1
A
I'll
uinorv
iai
1....-
'nr
"n
"'her
tronlcal
fish
are
r,i,,,w
Ai"Ka
waters,
a
hu
sea
Labor
Non-Confidence
Motion
Rejected
By
Parliament
t
Secret
Session
Of
Parliament
Is
LONDON,
Dec
7:
(CP)
The
Bri
tish
government
received
endorsa-
llmlted
to
a
maximum
of
$4000
,on
irom
ramameni
laie
weanes-
and
there
will
be
no
loans
for
apartments
or
duplex
houses.
JAPAN
AND
PHILIPPINES
MANILA
Japan
stands
ready
to
selie
the
Phlllipines
once
the
Islands
are
given
their
independence
by
United
States,
a
prominent
sugar
planter
declared
yesterday.
RECORD
IN
dnv
on
Its
'.ir
nnliev.
Rv
a
VotA
nf
1303
to
125
a
Labor
want
of
confi
t
I
elephant
or
elenhant
seal,
hitherto,
'found
only
oft
th
coaU
of
Mrtf-
tco
and
orcaslonallv
tn
ftuthrn
California
water.
w?l.f
pcentty
towed
to
h
beach
iat
Kasaan
after
-(In
hof
hv
ntlvps,
They
are
us-in?
it
for
trap
bait.
Natlvrs
were
amazed
at
seeing
tne
ununiai
animal,
wnicn
was
identified
by
members
ot
the
forest
ryice.
aboard
the
Forester.
The
ineclmen
bore
mute
evidence
of
a
previous
encounter
with
a
for-mldabl
enemy,
an
old
scar
of.
lm-menre
size
on
its
left
side
showing
where
a
laree
piece
$f
flesh
had
been
torn
out.
ENDORSED
i
BY
HOUSE
dence
motion
was
rejected.
The
motion
criticized
the
Chamberlain
government
in
connection
with
the
organization
of
resources
and
manpower
In
war
effort
I
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
told
Parliament
of
a
hew
hydrophone
apparatus
improving
the
detection
of
submarine
presce.
Secretary
for
the
Dominions
An-'
(thony
Eden
told
Parliament
that
soldiers
irom
uanaaa,
Ausiraua
TI?1!
IMTlITV.and
New
Zealand
would
be
short
P
jU1IjLI
1
1
ly
a"'vlng
in
England
for
overseas
Vancouver
Woman
Has
Birth
To
Four
Sets
ot
Twins
Within
Five
Years
service.
Capt.
Eden
also
said
that
thousands
of
Empire
pilots
and
Given.
air
crews
would
be
turned
out
in
the
advanced
training
centres
to
be
established
in
Canada.
Date
Is
Set
For
Next
Wednesday,
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
Announces
LONDON,
Dec.
7s
(CP)
P.rlme
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
announced
today
that
a
secret
sitting
ot
the
House
of
Commons
would
be
held
next
Wednesday
to
consider
war
effort
and
other
relative
Questions,
v.
1
War
News
C
i
i
i
r.
RUSSIANS
USE
POISON
GAS
HELSIXGFORS
A
Finnish
telegraphic
agency
reports
that
the
Russians
have
used
asphyxiating
gas
in
an
attack
on
Finnish
batteries
north
of
Lake
Ladoga.
Eleven
Finns
were
asphyxiated,
the
Agency
said.
A3ISP1CANS
FAREWELL
FINNS
MOSCOW
United
States
di-lomats
were
the
only
neutral
nation
representatives
to
bid
farewell
to
the
Finnish
delegation
whn
it
left
Moscow
for
home
tonight.
SINOI.F.
SHOT
DID
IT
IIEI
.SIN'GFORS
A
Slnele
shot
hv
FHnlh
rifle,
well
aimed
j
at
the
ras
tank,
is
reported
to
I
have
hroutht
down
bombing
plane.
pi'cstvs
DESERT
HELSINGFORS
Twenty-one
Rnan
rmr
pilots,
charged
with
sabotage
and
refusing
to
fl-SI
arainst
th
Finns,
are
reposed
tn
have
been
executed
by
Soviet
authorities.
MUST
CUT
OFF
TRADE
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Court?
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.11.
Bralorne,
11.00.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.14.
Dentonia,
.02.
Fairview,
.02.
Gold
Belt,
21.
Hcdley
Mascot,
.37
Vi.
Mlnto.
.01
'4.
Noble
Five.
.OHi-Pend
Oreille.
2.30.
Pioneer,
2.25.
Premier.
1.32.
Privateer.
.90.
Reeves
McDonald,
.35
Reno.
52.
Salmon
Gold.
.03.
Sheep
Creek,
1.16.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.15.
Calmont,
.35.
C.
&
E.,
2.15.
Home,
253.
Royal
Canadian,
Okalta,
1.12.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
17f3.
.19.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.38.
Beattle.
1.09.
Central
Pat.,
2.30.
Cons.
Smelters,
48.50.
East
Malartic.
325.
Francoeur,
.42.
Gods
Lake.
.62.
Hardrock,
1.34.
Int.
Nickel.
45.75.
Kerr
Addison,
2.11.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.00.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.33.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.45.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
127.
Moneta,
.81.
Noranda,
76.75.
Pickle
Crow.
4.30.
Preston
East
Dome.
2.08
San
Antonio,
2.15.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.20.
Uchf
Gold,
.81.
'
Bbuscadlllac,
.04.
Mosher,
.09.
Oklend,
.12.
Dominion
Bridge,.41.00,
German
Is
Murdered
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
7:
'CP)
!
A
venreful
person,
with
a
j
personal
or
racial
grudge.
Is
sought
as
the
bludgeon
slayer
of
Dr.
Walter
Engelberg.
Ger-
man
consulate
secretary
here.
.
LOST
IN
SEA
WAR
Four
Neutral
Vessels
Are
Victims
Of
German
Torpedoes
or
Mines
LONDDN.
Dec.
7:
(CP)
Since
DRIVE
OFF
NAZI
RAID
IN
PLANES
Germans
Headed
Off
On
I
rojecled
Visit
to
Firth
of
Fortt
New
British
Device
for
Dovning
Aircraft
LONDON,
Dec.
7:
(CP
The
Dally
Sketch
said
todty
that
a
"new
secret
British
weapot"
is
believed
to
have
brought
lown
a
Germaif
bomber
off
the
Norfolk
5
coast
yesterday.
The
report
was
not
confirmed
officially.
Authoritative
sources
rep
rted
air
engagemmts
over
the
Ncnh
Sea
yesterday
in
-which
two
3erman
Dornier
flying
boats
wer?
badly
damaged.
British
pursuit
planes
sp-d
aloft
today
to
intercept
Germa
i
fliers
a
Kussian
lyesieraay
mere
nave
oeen
iurineroer
uic
r.rwi
oi
rorm
r?
in
I
victims
of
Nazi
torpedoes
and
;Scotland.
The
raid
was
suc
essfully
mines
tn
the
war
at
sea.
Four
ships
broken
up
with,
the
drivin
.
off
of
of
neutral
nations
are
reported
the
enemy
by
British
pursuit
lost.
planes,
one
of
the
German
ilrcraft
The
most
serious
casualty
is
that
having
been
seen
to
be
h
There
iof
h
Netherlands
motorshio
Taj-Jwere.no
bombings
by
the
C
irmans,
andoen,
bound
for
Dutch
East
In-
jno
Nazi
plane
having
Tached
rti""-
whfch
was
froedoed
and'land.
It
was
reported
ti
at
an-
.unc
in
th?
English
Channel,
.other
German
Dornier
fly
lg
boat
.FVrty-clht
rarvivor.
including
all
had
been
badly
damaged
ever
the
1
14
jen?ers.
have
been
picked
up
North
Sea.
,
bu
eiht
members
of
the
craw'iare
Twelve
Bfltish
and
clgi
t
Ger-m''
ii?.
nians
participated
in
the
mgage-
Th
Oreeic
steamship
Paralos,Jrnt.
7aere
was
heav;
antl-3300
tons,
with
cargo
of
German,
aircraft
gunfire
as
the
pla?
js
bob--"l
ws
nnic
m
the
Engllsh,b?d
uo
and
down
in
com
iaL
All
1
Channel
hot
far
from
the
Thames
alon?
the
coast
there
wa
much
Germany
Will
Not
Consider
Neth-
5nv
Fh
ts
believed-
to
have
.aircraft
activity.
erlands
Neutral
If
They
Trade
been
the
victim
of
a
mine.
Twenty-)
.
With
Great
Britain
.,.
-jjwpmembfts'.
.ot
the
crew
were,'
'
.
"'
"
"
picke
dup
and
three
were-lost-
BERUN.
Dec
7:
(CP)
Germany
The
Norwesian
steamshlo
Prim
will
consider
the
Netherlands
truly
n'p
ran"'
In
nn
explosion
and!
neutral
only
if
she
refuses
to
ex-
eicht
were
drowned.
port
to
the
British
Isles,
informed
circles
said.
Th
Artmin'tr
yimeed
to-
IB0TH
SIDFS
CLAIM
WINS
"t
that
th
naval
trawler
u'ithn-)qn
h"-
hen
sunk
by
Conflicting
Reports
as
to
regress
a
m!p
H
the
Vh
Sea
yester-
j
ln
Europe's
Latest
War
dv.
eiht
men
hlny
lost.
,
Th
?ooa-tnn
TaIsh
freighter.
LONDON.
Dec.
7:
(CP)--
Both
.Ovuta
ts
rportid
sunk
In
the
Turns
and
Russians
elate
-d
vlc-ivb
Ra
with
six
of
her
crew
of
tories
in
Wednedays
f
ghting.
twenty-one
missing.
.Finnish
reports
were
to
th
effect
TWO
SHIPS
ARE
SUNK
I
that
two
hundred
thousa
d
Red
j
troops
had
been
repulsed
c
1
three
itronts,
thousands
being
mowed
down
by
artillery
and
macl:
ne
gun
fire.
Whole
companies
we
decimated
on
the
Kayrelian
1st'
mus
as
they
attempted
to
advance
n
foot.
The
Russians,
according
to
"
inn
re-
.British
Vessels
G
Down
Off
NoTa
(
Scotia
Collisions
Loss
of
Life
M
,
Z
.
'
equipped.
Since
the
war
.
gan
a
HALIFAX.
Dec
7:
(CP)-
The
ag,
elfn
R0an
d
ty-six
airplanes
have
b.
-n
des-
I
loss
of
the
5989-ton
British
'
c1"-
n
f
renter
Manchester
Regiment
tf0d-
I
with
an
unannounced
number
of
jngfors
Finnish
authorU
s
de?
(
her
crew
and
the
4607-ton
Bri-
:clare
tne
naUon
ha;
by
no
I
tih
freighter
Chancellor
in
col-
means
called
UP
lt3
entlre
lisions
at
sea
in
the
fog
is
dis-
The
W
tag
to
I
clewed
with
arrival
of
survivors
j
withdraw
from
the
Arctic
Jast
to
here.
The
Reriment
was
rammed
,a
stronger
line
of
defenc.
They
'
by
the
British
liner
Oronesa
and
are
undoubtedly
harassing
t
ie
Rus-
the
Chancellor
by
the
British
ans
with
guerrilla
tactics.
,
tanker
Athelchlef.
i
A
Soviet
military
com
unique
J
,
said
that
Russian
forces
hai
imash-
Til
rT
TTn
m
ed
through
the
main
Fir.
lsh
'lalfl
1
1
r
III
fence
Une
on
the
Karellan
v"
J
iVr
-
,The
Russians
engaged
in
NEUTRALS
Holland
Takes
Issue
With
Germany
In
Regard
To
Resisting
British
Blockade
THE
HAGUE,
Dec.
7:
(CP)
The
Netherlands
government
officials
1
took
issue
with
Germany's
attacks!
iinnn
npiitmls
for
larlr
nf
lrrtncl
measures
to
combat
the
British
sea
blockade.
They
said
that
the
neut
rals
yere
under
no
obligation
to!
resort
to
violence.
attacks
by
air
on
Petsamo
er
points
ln
northern
Fin
de
thmus.
omblng
id
oth-nd
but
did
not
bomb
Helsingfors.
The
Russian
claims,
which
were
discounted
in
Heb
i;fors,
said
that
the
Soviet
fore
were
advancing
northward
fr
a
the
Karelian
isthmus.
Reliab
Finnish
sources
disclaimed
innvT
ledge
of
any
sudden
I
usslan
gains
in
that
sector.
A
Swedish
newspaper
vomari
reported
to
Stockholm
t"
-.t
the
Finns
were
exacting
a
?mcn-
dous
price
for
the
I-
aslon,
whole
companies
being
mowed
down
in
thousands.
The
Finns
charged
the
ussians
if
vuuiw
1
ii
tiuoi
;
with
machine
gunning
civ
'tans
ln
General
Synopsis
A
severe
storm
central
Finland,
kijllng
one
and
ln-off
Vancouver
Island
is
causing.
Juring
sL.
'
gales
with
rain
on
the
British
Col-!
president
Kallio
of
Finlr
id.
Jn
a
umbia
coast.
The
weather
has
message
marking
the
twent
-second
been
mostly
fair
and
mild
ln
the
anniversary
of
the
Declm
tlon
of
Interior.
Finnish
Independence,
c
.-pressed
m-..
A.
Dunroe
left
on
Tuesdavi
west
Coast
of
Vancouver
isiana
commence
true
ne
couia:
-ust
me
evening's
train'
for
a
trip
to
Pentlc-
Southeast
to
south
gales,
mild
with'
Army
to
defend
'home
nnd
west-ton,
v.
rain.
ern
clvilizatlon.'