RITAIN
UNIT
ON
WAR
BRINK
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s
Tides
Hiiii
L.TC
r
r-
10:52
a.m.
17.5
ft.
22:39
p.m.
18.2
p.m.
4:20
am.
6.0
ft.
10:35
p-m.
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ft
v
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11
IL
ill
COMES
UP
tv
u
i
ttn
inter
ference
Hy
lUln
R.
AIDER
RESIGNS
"wwifr
or
.Municipalities
Mill
DiscuM
Future
of
City
'7
r
Halibut
Sales
akla,
40.000
rnlrt
-fc'
nd
5.5c
i
Weather
Forecast
"fnerai
8ynopsls-
A
moderate
lon
0,f
lhe
Queen
Charge
blanda
Is
causing
showers
on
m.
?rthenx
BrWsh
Columbia
coast
but
th.
,.v.
u..
u..
f.i
"Muiu
iiua
uccti
umhi
"
parls
0t
Drltlsh
Co1
ann
and
nrarm
warm
i..
In
ii..
the
i.
Interior.
i
British
and
French
military
missions
which
have
been
In
Moscow
negotiating
on
behalf
of
their
i-i...
(ni.
ttii-on-tvMritr
mutual
jCOUIIVIlc
lui
t
iiuti.
t"1
I
n
rn
pvnpr
tpti
to
TC-
AUu
nm
Hf
.
1
turn
home
at
once
tw
there
will
be
Aa$,
a
32.000.
-
0.5c
Royal,
8.1c
and
ftf
urther
ncKoUatlon.
It
Lanadlan
vauaaian
I'".
r,,aWv
tot
that
was
inAiv-w
a
v.-
the
missions
had
deciaca
vo
icuve
Moscow
tomorrow,
thereby
definitely
breaking
off
negotiations
for
the
pact.
The
decision
of
the
Bri
tish
and
French
to
icavc
was
nuuv
forelegn
minister.
Ribbentrop.
had
lett
,iua.iiuu
-
Moscow
by
airplane
w
report
vu
n..n.i.iinr
Arioir
inner
on
uic
VsilUUWlliv
,
signing
of
the
non-aggression
pact
with
the
Soviet.
n.nika
flatts
were
interspersed
with
Soviet
cnu
ni
rin
red
banners
Danncia
as
no
decora-
"ivum
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
n
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
24,
1939.
orld
Faced
With
Catastrophe
Of
Arms
As
Free
Hand
In
East
Of
Europe
Demanded
By
Hitler
MARKSMEN
CLEAN
UP
fjoidi.
rttrr
Itrat
Third
And
Olf
Itollar,
fourth
MONTREAL,
Auut
21:
(CP
r...
Il'llllim
rhUholm
nf
iiUr
Satkalrht
wan.
vrorril
r
.-t
w
tuctihia
inn
rvs
inn
i
in
Ihe
Canadian
outdoor
r
irvmiiiiuii
uiaiMiiiiTii
w
wi-
"GOD
KNOWS
I'VE
DONE
MY
BEST"
DECLARES
CHAMBERLAIN
IN
SEEKING
SWEEPING
AUTHORITY
FOR
GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION
GIVES
CHEERING
ASSENT
DALADIER
MOVES
FOR
NATIONAL
UNION
GOVERNMENT
IN
FRANCE
-
ALL
FACTIONS
TO
UNITE
TO
RESIST
IMMINENT
GERMAN
MOVE
LONDON,
August
24:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
had
demanded
a
free
hand
in
East
Europe
and
said
that
Great
Britain
"finds
herself
confronted
with
imminent
perils
of
war.
He
t.i
.
i
.
-
I
1
ln(ho
thf
made
these
statements
in
askmc
Parliament,
summoned
in
special
sc.u,
m
i
.
"iL
r
i
i
TIiaca
wniilH
include
the
tak-
Kuvcmmcni
wuii
swecninu
uuwers
iu
meet
uiv
ciiici
utm-r
.
-
:
f
ii
:i
i
ii
.
nf
(nnA
cunnlies
and
def(
iii
uvcr
ui
iiic
railways
miw
uuici
iiaiinpui
laiiuu,
luiiuui
w
r
i
-
-i
-
n
i
l
:
i
J
,u
u
iU
-
i
.RritUrt
governments
i
Challenge
To
Democracies
EUROPEAN
SITUATION
IS
NOT
ENTIRELY
HOPELESS
ALTHO'
NO
LESS
SERIOUS
rcxipno.
Auguat
21:-
rum.
win,
tin
for
Evnorted
To
Strike
Within
Hours,
Crisis
Ms
("
ayed
threhlnK
opera-
vra
f'lima-Tu-n
Avrnues
of
Escanc
From
War
J
r
i
v
ouarten
of
weter.i
-
"
!-
r?J?
HI
'
LONDON,
August
24
:
(CP)-The
international
cris-
the
Canadian
Nn-llS,
although
not
entirely
nopeiess,
appearvu
eeii
iiiuic
w
y
u
nrctannt
w
enr
nus
lor
the
democracies
tociay
wneii,
iuijuwihu
.arget
crop
in
maw
j
formal
signing
early
this
morning
at
Moscow
by
German
Minister
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop
Soviet
J
Premier
and
Foreign
Minister
Vyacheslaff
the
German
Russian
non-age
rev
might
become
null
and
void.
rr
T
D
Pattutlo.
who
was
'
Under
the
pact.
Ocrmany
and
'
'V
.vernlght.
announced
Russia
each
bind
themselves
not
to
;
L-'vernment
had
received
associate
with
any
other
grouping
aMon
of
W.
J.
Aider
at
bf
powers
which
airecuy
or
:
t.
,.ioner
to
take
effect
ni
directly
Is
aimed
at
the
other
par-
,
r
i
...
.
i
....
m.i
i
te
".rn
i
a
n
T
.
-
--
:
uc
jrar
in
uic
iiirou-
y.
iiivj
-v
i..,..Mi'r
oi
inuiuciuiiiiiicd
iy
rriiiatii
m
vwi.
......
U
...
i
.
'
oc
nere
to
discuss
the
question
another"
on
tneir
common
imn"
kLnd
of
government
to
fol-
esU
and
to
adjust
their
differences
"
i
a
matter
for
the
tnunici-.by
arbitration.
department.
i
Thm
inuj
oprmanvs
a
nblicatlon
uubv"
to
and
anu
ouviui
Molotoff
of
ision
treaty
which
had
been
under
Rugsia
had
officially
put
up
the
rormal
negotiation
yeeraay
ai-;swaUka
emblem,
ternoon,
It
became
known
that
wth
lhe
brotherhood
of
Russia
had
not
taken
advantage!
a,jm
ancj
Communism
an
ac-ln
this
treaty
of
the
usual
escape
;
compUshed
fact,
the
democraelfs
elausc
nrovldlng
for
denunciation:
,
f,finr
a
ci,allrnte
such
as
w
kiiuiiu
iiiiniuinr!.
.
....
ln
casc
0j
onc
0j
me
coniracung
Ipartlca
attacking
a
third
power
by,
.
r
.
1
.v.
rt
Ih.
r(tff
thor
have
not
known
before
over
the
Usue
of
I'oland
which
J
appears
likely
to
precipitate
within
the
course
of
a
few
hours
conflict
even
more
enormous
and
terrible
than
the
Oreat
War.
Never
since
1911
has
the
International
situation
been
more
serious.
Two
avenues
for
peace,
however
sUll
remain
open.
One
is
the
apnea!
of
King
Leopold
on
behalf
of
the
Oslo
conference
of
smaller
na
tions.
More
important,
however,
V...U
hn
Prpmlpr
Benito
MUSSOUnl
VJCMimuj
-
The
Premier
nIH
thit
Mr
AH,.
.
i
.i
..ti..nmlnl.rn
ind
I.
h1lf.Vfrt
hv
mMV
to
hold
ww.w
.
jnnan
in
11117
Miiki
kuuit.iv
...
nnu
.v.
..
.
rf
a
or
ur.ht
th
riiv
ihmuch
a
..
nnri
tmiitftpd
as
IsitnH.tv
n
he
did
at
Munlcn
a
year
"
'
1
lll'ULI
dllLl
U
UIIU
"
I
VJ
'
umicuiT
time
and
unacr
very
Russia's
mutual
assistance
agree-
ago.
the
key
to
the
situation.
There
..uuuiuons.
;m-ril
w
th
France
are
expectations
In
some
quarters
that
Mussolini
may
call
ln
the
f
Hrnnt
nrltflln.
Pattullo
Favors
Westerly
Route
noi
po
;nce
first
UgttlllBl
till
il
1
1
iv
i
rv
o
.
mi.
wiiainuci
lam
iuiu
mi-
iiuuoi
.
-
D
-
-
-
1L.1
d
l
:
i
i.
Dnunr.ramainprl
unaffected.
Mem-
bers,
packing
the
chamber
to
capacity,
rose
and
cheered
ihe
Prime
Minister
after
he
declared:
"If
all
our
efforts
to
find
a
peaceful
solution
and
God
Knows
I
have
done
my
best
fail
and
we
find
ourselves
forced
to
embark
upon
a
struggle
bound
to
be
fraught
with
suffering
and
misery
for
all
mankind
and
the
end
of
which
no
man
can
foresee,
we
shall
not
be
-
i
.
r:i.:
rr
iim
nnlitiral
future
of
a
far-away
state
in
foreign
lands.
We
shall
be
fighting
for
prcserva-tion
of
those
principles
destruction
of
which
would
involve
destruction
of
all
possibility
of
peace
and
security
for
the
peoples
of
the
world."
the
cheering
the
Prime
Minister
received
from
alludes
as
lie
mpleted:
hw
thirty-three
7mitc'
speech
seemed
to
evidence
burial
of
political
differ-enccs.
lit.
Hon.
Arthur
(Irecnwood,
acting
leader
of
the
Lalwr
Opiwsition,
and
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair,
Liber-al
leader,
pledged
support
of
their
parties
to
the
government.
The
House
adjourned
until
August
31
after
approving
tho
government's
Emergency
Powers
Defence
Act
on
third
reading
without
division.
The
bill
goes
immediately
to
the
House
of
Lords.
King
George
was
reliably
reported
to
have
taken
far-reaching
steps
today
by
the
signing
of
ordcrs-in-council
to
strengthen
Great
Britain's
preparedness.
FRENCH
NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
In
Paris
Premier
Edouard
Daladier
made
plans
tr
form
a
national
union
government,
uniting
all
factions
in
France,
it
was
learned
today
as
five
classes
of
jeservists
massed
under
partial
French
mobilization.
Emergency
troops,
bearing
war
packs,
sped
to
the
German
and
Italian
frontiers.
Some
well
informed
diplomatic
quarters
predicted
a
German
move
by
tomorrow
and
perhaps
tonight.
For
Alaska
Road
But
Suggests
There
Are
Many
Considerations
iirnvinei.
.
.
.
.
'lory.
T?imprt
who
was
in
the
citv
vesterdav.
"I
have
been
working
on
this
for
a
long
time
and
I
hope
to
see
it
iUliUiiAoauvii)
v
'
i
,
,
,
.
,
,
Poland
discuss
po
carried
to
a
point
wnere
u
is
Douna
France
and
made
Jn
locatmg
route
as
0ne
slbllltics
of
averting
conrilct
in
to
continue,
i
mean.
01
course.
DJ
fof
a
permament
highway.
Polltl-the
eleventh
hour
by
peaceful,
the
building
of
the
highway,
conslderaUons
0r
the
consid-means.
Mussolini
Is
understood
to
'through
to
Alaska
and
I
by
construe-'
tlon
of
individual
benefit
must
believe
that,
strong
as
they
may
ton
of
the
laterals
which
will
give'..
uiu
ii,
Tht
m
be.
Germany
and
Italy,
even
with
j
every
Important
point
connection
'hy
the
commisslon
had
been
such
assistance,
active
or
passive,
with
that
highway."
chosen.
Another
meeting
of
ths
as
they
would
be
able
to
muster
ASKea
as
to
wnai
way
nc
mougnii
ommlssli)n
wouid
take
place
would
still
be
no
match
,
for
the
j
the
highway
wouia
go,
Mr.
Pattuiio
OUawa
ln
December
prior
to
the
r1inirprarlcs
Wltn
uieir
control
uusaiu
said
that
mat
he
ue
was
m
the
seas.
It
Is
noted
that
Mussoimi
has
made
no
definite
commitment
anxious
to
nave
lual
compIetion
of
the
report
and
the
Hazelton
route
chosen
forU.
to
Dresent
0n
that
more
than
one
reason.
In
the
first
of
assistance
to
Germany,
over,
place
it
wouia
oeneni
inc
people
Poland
although
he
has
urgediln
the
settlements
east
of
here
1
.
.
.
m.H...AltAM
Tilt
'
M,J
.n..ll
Avantitllu
Ka..
nr
t
occasion
Backs
Kint's
War
Tolicy
Speaking
of
war
conditions,
Mr.
Poland
to
accept,
wiai,w
..-...
.
7"""
t,.,;
bM
h
...
Fiatl
in
ir.
tprms
ii'rmce
uupcri.
n
wouia
De
Deuer
"'
,
,
.
lers
terms.
1
.u-
,.
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
Kins
CUniaX
IS
.ear
ipjcea
ll)
TIC
mc
nimuiii
jjuh-;
-
..
.
,.,
i
lucumu
'
"
'
important
consiaerauon.
n
aiso
be
callcd
at
once
lf
necessary
ard
We.tcnn.
"I
"."L
"r,
l
r.r.T:'
.!,.
entrance
of
the
Mos-
not
sooner
w
w
1
u
TOuW
be
the
flne,t
scenic
drUe.lthat
the
covemment
would
have
MnH..;r:V
"
K.uuvrr.
uuun.win
"."V.V:"
.
,,,
n.hhm.'ler
IS
cxpcctca
to
neuver
.us
hh-i
hm
fnwol.B
,
10
Ir"h
winds,
south-
cow
civil
airarci.-
,
uiUmatum
to
Poland.
He
may
"owevcr.
umr
oww
l..u..1Wm.i.uU
".r-
..
"
Miuth.
tniMtiv
fnii.
in,i.
in,n
ilrivirted.
It
U-a
the
ursi
n....-'
v,
tiitmllnm
Nn
mistake
must,
to
fdtmttnneA
on
Paae
Tvta)
tdy
wilh
sh
;;
.-7-,'
",
7,
iu
history
that
Soviet
uonwwm
un
-v
,
.r
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
southwest
wind
shifting
to
northwest,
cool
and
shower.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
New
Salvation
Army
Head
Is
Known
In
Prince
Rupert
COMMISSIONER
CAKPENTER
LONDON
Augu.-t
24
CP1
-Conunlssloner
George
L.
Car-pen'''
-il
Car.ada
wa?
today
elected
commander-in-chief
of
the
Salt
it
itu
Army
Tuth
rank
of
General,
succeeding
General
Evangeline
Boo'
h
who
is
retiring
because
of
the
age
limit
With
Russia
Out
Of
Way
Move
by
Hitler
On
Poland
Imminent
'
Even
if
it
Means
Bloodshed,
Invasion
Seems
Now
Inevitable
I'olcs
May
Act
German
Forces
Active
Near
Belgium
I
BERLIN,
August
24
:
(CP)
With
danger
of
meeting
the
Russian
army
midway
in
Poland
eliminated
by
the
:
non-aggression
pact,
determination
of
Nazi
to
settle
tlj&
Polish
issue
promptly,
even
if
it
means
bloodshed,
became
.
clearer
each
hour.
The
authoritative
"Dienst
Aus
Deutch-
;
land,"
possessing
very
close
connection
with
the
Foreign
'
Office,
declared
that
a
solution
of
;
.
5
I
the
Polish
problem
was
an
"lm-
f
a
n
T,rln,,
mediate
necessity."
I
AT
Plllx!
T.
Adolf
Hitler
unexDcctedly
arrlv-
UXXi
i
vvvu
ed
t
Templehof
airdrome
late
this
afternoon
from
his
mountain
retreat
near
Berchtesgaden.
Der
Ppuhrer
was
ereeted
by
the
Italian
UHlUaSiMiUUi,
i
tumuuu
nivvw.
v,
who
chatted
with
him
for
a
fev
.minutes.
Hitler
Immediately
left
the
airport
for
the
Reich
chancel-
"
r.,
nf
tViA
rrv'nof
fncL'S
hnfnvn
I1S
19
tfl
nHPll
1111
LMlS
.
.
i
ik.
o.,
tn.
irth
country
to
prospectors
and
others
and
to
make
it
day
to
make
Albert
Forster.
Nazi
issible
for
it
to
be
an
important
part
of
the
great
Pacific
(
party
leader
m
Danzig
the
free
"
.
.
,
..
ii
t.
....i
i
iritvs
chief
nf
state.
This
means
said
tion.
T.
u.
i
auuiio,
rrenner
ami
.
einutri
::-t-Arlhur
that
Arthur
Qrelser.
Dreiser,
hitherto
nltherto
head
head
of
the
little
state,
ceases
to
b-;
chief
executive.
Greiser
was
re
garded
as
a
moderate
TViA
nfflMni
rtprmnn
npws
bur
INCREASED
More
Troops
Being
Moved
Towards
Shanghai
International
Settlement
SHANGHAI,
August
24:
The
Japanese
are
reported
to
have
moved
additional
troops,
alons
with
tanks
and
other
mechanized
equipment,
into
an
area
along
the
International
Settlement
border
where
a
British
policeman
killed
two
and
wounded
six
of
the
puppst
Government's
policemen
with
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that
a
German
patrol
had
suo-macnme
gun
baiuraay
aiwr
crossed
the
Polish
frontier
this
wing
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mornlne
and
occupied
an
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about
three-auarters
of
a
mile
within
Polish
territory
near
Ilawa.
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Beer
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in
a
special
dispatch
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asserted
tonight
that
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Brussels
reported
that
long
lines
after
one
had
fired
a
warning
of
German
military
trucks
weisishot
Into
the
celling.
seen
by
border
observers
to
be
moving
within
sight
of
the
Bel-
were
reported
authoritatively
to
glum
town
of
Eupcn,
former
aw-
have
been
occupied
during
the
man
territory.
German
fortiflca-
night.
Numerous
artillery
pieces
tlons
facing
the
Belgian
frontier
were
being
drawn
Into
place.