Weather.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Quetn
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
norlhwest
winds,
shifting
to
southeast
and
becoming
strong.
Cloudy
and
cooler
with
occasional
rains.
Vol,
XXIX.,
Wo.
5.
Log
Scaling
In
1939
Increase
Over
Shows
Year
Before
She
As
Result
Of
Fall
Activity'
Log
,
'
prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
year
1939
tc
0,930,48-1
board
feet
which
was
a
slight
ineiea&
scale
of
10.18
which
was
125,721.-
fjyi
ooani
iceu
VIA
"just
n
co;ilra
6
5.
V
the
production
up
V
h
'Prk
the
improvement
eonttr
U:?
and
a
urge
increase
r
jotcem-bfr
1939
over
December
1938
almost'
entirely
accounted
accounted
for
lor
the
the
years
Increase
Month
by
month
last
year
the
icale
was
as
follows,
figures
for
the
same
months
In
1938
also
being
shown
for
comparison:
1939
1938
Board
Ft.
Board
Ft.
January
385.907
3,202.191
February
809.260
820.628
March
.......
238.U8
1.141.423
April
2.336.031
2494.684
May
9.102JB14
10.374.644
June
1935,333
25,18392
July
32.754.893
16.616.140
August
34.263.111
26.050.123
September
18.078379
13.024,278
October
16.991.707
9.983.318
KoTrmber
4342304
7,501.887
December
4.209,390
877.331
Totals
129,930,484
123.721.094
December
Scaling
The
scaling
figures
per
species
for
December
1939
were
as
fol-lort,
figures
for
the
same.
month
In
MM
also
being
shown:
December
December
1939
1938
Board
Ft.
Board
Ft.
Dwrjlai
Fir
91.137
Spruce
2.734,774
493.182
Cedar
60866
273.762
Baluai
446,960
33.784
Hfmlock
328,253
45.033
TUU
,
4509490
877,331
Fret
Product,,
w
The
pole
and
piling
scale
In
the
taterior
for
December
1939
totalled
iSO.WJ
lineal
feet
In
comparison
tlth
157431
lineal
feet
In
December
im
No
Urs
were
recorded
In
Decem
ber
1939
whereas
7.135-were
counted
in
he
same
month
in
1938.
The
irdwood
count
this
Decem
ber
was
83
rords
as
compared
with
im
in
December
1938.
SITUATION
INN0RTH
Utile
roMlbillty
Keen
or
Direct
Aid
By
Allies
to
Finland
Ruula
and
Germany
Still
Protesting
LONDON.
Jan.
There
u
be-
cnueu
started
off
bat
v
with
T
month
of
July
almost
hrnuoht
of
1938.
Uunng
the
fall
tt
-
GERMANY
POUNDED
French
Artillery
Actlre
to
a
Depth
of
Ten
Miles
Aircraft
Also
Busy
PARIS.
Jan.
6French
artillery
pounded
German
villages
to
a
depth
or
as
much
as
ten
miles
beyond
the
frontier
today.
French
reconnaissance
planes
were
also
active
over
German
territory.
The
French
aim
la
evidently
to
break
up
new
Ger
man
troop
concentrations.
i
French
military
authorities
re
port
no
change
In
German
troop,
disposition
to
Indicate
Immediate1
armed
action
to
back
up
a
renewed
Nail
campaign
of
threats
against
neutrals.
Reich
troops
remain
massed
fac
ing
French
positions
although
mil
itary
activity
la
slight.
SKIPPER
TC
CACTI
ID
La
Capt.
Skinner
of
Lot
Fih
Packer
Alive
on
West
Coast
Rut
in
Extremely
Weak
Condition
VICTORIA.
Jan.
6:
CP
Rewueiwar
Is
not
to
be
regarded
as
any
craft
fought
high
seas
off
the
'West
precursor
of
peace,
it
Is
staled
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
today'
to
In
authoritative
Quarters.
Indeed,
bring
aid
to
Captain
Oeorge
Skin-
an
Intensification
of
the
.war
ner.
Vancouver
fish
boat
sklpper.iagalnst
Oermany
is
seen
by
some
ter
wandering
lor
three
weem
witn-
out
water
and
food
following
the
wreck
of
the
fish
packer
Oreat
Northern
V.
A
radio
anneal
for
assistance
was
.
wirelessed
by
the
steamer
Princess
iMaqulnna
which
advised
of
Capt.
Skinner
s
safety.
Report
was
made'
to
the
provincial
police
that
Skin-
Trade
which
was
offered
to
him.
ner
had
been
found
on
Brooks
Bay
The
resignation
of
Lord
Mac-half
a
mile
east
of
Long
Point.
Hlsjmlllan
as
minister
of
Information
condition
Is
extremely
weak.
Ef-
was
requested
by
Premier
Cham-
I
forts
are
being
made
to
take
medl-
eaJ
aid
to
him.
lne
House
of
commons
ramer
The
Great
Northern
V
was
wreck-i
than
the
House
of
Lords
for
the
ed
In
Quatslno
8ound
last
month.
'portfolio.
The
ministry
of
infor-sklnners
son.
Hugh,
managed
to
mation
has
been
under
fire
for
i
reach
safety
and
was
taken
to
hos-
nitiil
in
Vancouver
where
he'
L
re-
afterMe
year
or
ago
for
a
major
l!v
(
.
,,.
V
7
.
ICOVCTing
covcrlng
from
irom
foot
iooi
Injuries
injuries
aivcr
fti.ri
ffr'wtai
tire
day.
in
hU
bare
feet
to
t?
Lm,.
I
f,
)hf.
Ailfl
In
search
of
he!p.
The
engineer
of
Jnd
In
it
war
against
Russia.
Nor
w
it
thought
will
there
be
a
direct
breach
of
neutrality
by
Scandinavia
rountrles.
fantlme
press
campaigns
con-unue
both
in
Russia
and
Germany
Jiaitut
both
the
Allies
and
the
Scandinavian
countries
In
regard
to
wnr
activities
on
behalf
of
Fin
una.
H
British
troops
are
twed
In
Fin
nd,
it
will
be
regarded
as
an
act
f
war
against.
Russia,
a
Soviet
pokesman
said.
'
6Pdcn
was
warned
along
with
other
northern
states
by
thp
Nazi
Preu
today
to
observe
strict
neu-lr
In
the
Rusao-Finnlsh
war.
while
Finland
may
not
receive
Direct
military
aid
from
the
Allies,
she
u
receiving
British
arms
and
mrnunition
for
her
own
use,
authoritative
quarters
said.
Weather
Forecast
general
anopsia
A
deep
depression
Is
aunrnnrhlnir
Vnnnii-
v
Wand
from
the
southwest
and
lre.
DrCSSUrK
It
rtt
all
UAIU
Mlfth
nvnl
jne
nterlor
of
British
Columbia,
unsettled
weather
prevails
on
the
West
Const
ot
Vancouver
Island
Kale
.hTITM1?
reaching
un-c.
unseiiioa
nnri
miiri
with
rain.
&
'
-
the
boat
was
drowned
and
safety
of
count
Gort
to
e
post
of
com-.M-r
skinner
had
been
des-
mander-ln-chief.
U
understood
to
paired
of.
i
Swedish
-Ship
Is
Shelled
And
Sunk
Was
Victim
of
Attack
by
Russian
Submarine
In
Gulf
of
Bothlna
Yesterday
I
.
...
STOCKHOLM.
Jan.
small
Swedish
steamer
nuni
n
xhelled
and
sunk
in
the
Gulf
j
ot
Bothnia
yesterday
by
a
kuss
an
submarine,
nf
teen
members
of
the
crew
were
saved.
am
Powell
Is
Married
To
Young
Actress
Nevada,
Jan.
6:
LAS
VEOAS,
,r.m
.wiiiiam
Powell,
well
known
Ul
1
nil"""'
-
'
T
mi'ltt
nnri
nlano
Lewis,
screen
utn
-
actress,
were
married
at
a
dude
,
nnr
ViprA
vesterday.
It
is
the
liWiV.ll
third
marriage
for
-
Powell
who
y.n
jls
,s
47
47
years
years
of
otage..
agc.;
His
last
wile
wns
uaroic
mjihu'wi
of
....i.
Clark
o.w.
Gable.
Miss
mI.m
Lewis
Lewis
is
3i.
'
lOv'INCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUBHiiA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY6ri940T
uiliiHliSK
StimBD
'
'
ssslsssniisiiiiiiiisas
Rt
Hon.
Lev.
Hore-BeUsha,
(left)
commander-in-
luef
of
British
Amy.
NO
LET-UP
IN
WARFARE
Hore-Belisha
Would
Not
Take
Junior
Cabinet
Post
Correspondence
Published
LONDON.
Jan.
6:
Reorganlza
tion
of
the
British
cabinet
with
the
retirement
of
Leslie
Hore-BelUna
as
-.secretary
ot
state
Jqc
J'ujjucauon
oi
correaponoence
between
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
and
the
members
of
'the
cabinet
involved
In
the
shake-
up
reveal
that
Hore-BelUha
re-
signed
from
the
cabinet
rather
than
accept
the
Inferior
portfolio
of
President
of
the
Board
of
berlaln
who
desired
a
member
of
some
time,
Hore-Bcllsha,
who
was
respon-
reorganization
o
me
iiriusn
Army
including
the
elevation
'
of
Vls-
.have
differed
recently
with
Gort
In
regard
to
the
war
campaign.
Take
Over
Portfolios
The
new
ministers
took
over
the
portfolios
of
war
arid
Information
In
the
cabinet
today
following
the
politically
sensational
shake
-
up
announced
suddenly
to
a
puzzled
British
public
last
night.
Rt.
Hon.
Oliver
Stanley,
President
of
the
Board
of
Trade
and
a
son
of
Lord
Derby,
has
taken
over
the
place
as
War
Secretary
of
Hore-Bellsha
who
Eamed
fame
by
his
mdem!-
.
-
Armv
ith
Sir
John
"V,HI(
W11U1I111U11
VI
111C
AlllWCitMt
1
,
U
OH
n
I
.
calm
barometer,
29.94r
tempera-Airways,
AirU..,.e
,.MMriinn
rr
succeeding
Lord
Mac-.
,.u.
,
I11I11UI1
H
A.1111141.V1
Ul
AlllUllllUblUi
ana
oir
Anarew
jjuncan.oarrisicr
and
banker
assuming
Presidency
ot
the
Board
of
Trade.
The
press
generally
protested
at
the
replacement
ot
Hore
Bclisha.
One
paper
saw
It
as
a
reactionary
move
to
the
left
by
age
over
youth.
The
Dally?
Mall,
said
that
Hore-Bellsha
had
Ltot
been
getting
on
with
the
generals."
Today's
Exchange
United
States
funds
Buying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium
,
str,lng
funds
Buyln5
spot(
An
n
tin
-
They
Differed
removed
as
British
War
Bulletins
i
LOCAL
BOV
KILLED
CIIILL1WACK
The
funeral
will
be
held
here
Sunday
of
William
Tippcns,
former
University
of
British
Columbia
student,
who
was
accidentally
killed
when
struck
by
a
trailer
Thursday.
Re
was
born
in
Prince
Rupert
in
1915,
his
father,
William
D.
Tip-
Century
machine
Bren
light
pertsaUwaymnhar.iOJKtanttah;r
killed
in
a
train
wreck
on
the
low-
arms
factories
in
a
dally
stream
er
Skeena
many
jears
ago.
The
young
man
was
a
nephew
of
Mrs.
J.
W.
Nicholls
of
Prince
Rupert.
C000
PLANES
IN
CANADA
TORONTO
The
Toronto
Star
says
that
at
the
height
of
the
Empire
air
training
scheme,
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
will
have
60C0
planes.
Great
Britain
had
4500
planes
and
Russia
is
believed
to
have
some
"900.
ATTEMPT
ON
LIFE
G.
Godfrey
Phillips,.
British
Com-,
missloncr
at
Shanghai,
Almost
Assassinated
SHANGHAI.
Jan.
6:
(CP)
C.
Godfrey
Phillips,
commissioner
general
and
secretary
of
the
Shanghai
Municipal
Council,
escaped
in-Jury
in
a
daring
assassination
attempt
Phillips
is
a
Briton.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
i
Prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
southwest
wind,
two
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.92
(falling);
temper
ature,
40;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island-Part'cloudy.
north
wlnd,
eight
miles
per
hour;
light
C
hoD
r.,M,
i..,nw,Mt.
Mim
-
...T"
.77T'"
-T..
T,.'
"
'
'
sci
5m.In:
.......
ucaa
Tree
roini
ran
ciouay.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
vercast,
easterly
;
wind,
35
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.83
(falling);
temperature,
heavy
swell.
Alert
Bay
Light
drizzle,
southeast
wind,
21
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.88;
temperature,
42;
sea
rough.
Estevan
Raining,
southeast
i
wind,
35
miles
per
hour;'
barometer,!
29.92.
Victoria
Fair,
northeast
wind.
BRUSSELS,
Jan.
6:
(CP)-A
new
five
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.-j
Belgian
cabinet
was
formed
last
03.
-
night
by
Premier
Plerlot
"in
the
in-
Vancouvcr
Cloudy,
easterly
wind!
terests
of
economy
and
harmony,"
five
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
30.-lsucceedlng
his
government
which
05.
Ihad
resigned
vesterday.
Plerlot
re-
Prlnce
GeorgeCloudy,
easterlyrmains
as
Premier
and
Lieutenant
wind
.five
miles
per
hour;
barom-IOmeral
Henry
Denis
continues
,as
AV
ni
'
...
I
n
!
A
....
M
cl,
tfv.wo.
Secreur
aiuu
V-,
u.
u
BREN
GUNS
l"1UD17inT,l'7T
not
vUUed
Helslngfors.
An
lnces-llrrriLr
1
1
Y
IV""1
arery
barrage
of
the
Man-"inerhelm
Une
Is
being
kept
up
1
1
.
1.1
...
'
,
,
Thrills
In
British
Manoeuvres
Armored
Machine
Gun
Carriers
i
In
Training
,
By
HAROLD
FAIR
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
Jan.
6:
CP)
Murder
ous
little
spitfires
ol
the
Twentieth!
for
the
modern
streamlined
army.
No
weapon
has
so
captured
the
popular
fancy
as
this
trim
Czech-
invented
gun
which
a
boy
can
sling
over
his
should?
r.
I
Few
thrills
In
an
age
of
mech-l
anized
warfare
exceed
the
sight
of
squat,
armored
Bren
gun
carriers
hurtling
over
rough
ground,
their
crews
dismounting
and
setting
up
the
fast-firing
guns
that
look
like
big
rifles
in
a
matter
of
'seconds.
.
The
gun
is
simple
to
operate,
.but
Intricate
in
manfuacture.
I
saw
them
made
during
a
visit
to
a
Royal
Ordnance
factory
while
being
shown
examples
of
work
done
Jn
sunplyln?
the
army
with
materials.
The
gun
consists
of
172
parts
which
require
3,174
opera-(Continued
on
Paye
Three)
BY
DUTCH
Netherlands
Reaffirms
Dctermlna-j
tion
To
Resist
Any
Invasion
THE
HAGUE,
Jan.
6.
In
an
unexpected
statement
today,
the
Nfth"n.ds
Evnment
refrm
.
.
.
...
.
.
,
,vaslon
by
either
side
in
the
war
ibeeen
Germany
and
the
Allies.
"The
integrity
of
the
Nether-
lands
cannot
be
negotiated,"
said
the
statement.
"Any
invasion
will
be
resisted
with
all
our
resources."
AT
D
1
IN
eW
Belgian
Government
Tierlot
Continues
as
Premier
and
General
Henry
Denis
as
Minister
of
War
il.lllUVU4
U4
ai.
4
High
Low
REBELLION
IN
RUSSIA
Soviet
Helpless
To
Do
Anything
About
Situation
In
Murmansk
Area
Finns
Drive
On
'Have
Now
Crossed
Frontier
75,
'
Miles
To
Lake
Onega
Red
Air
Raids
COPENHAGEN.
Jan.
6:
Unrest
and
even
open
rebellion
is
rife
In
tne
Red
Army
in
the
Murmansk
area,
according
to
reports
received
iiierc.
Witn
the
Lenlngrad-Mur-jmausk
Kauway
cut
in
at
least
.en
places,
it
is
now
impossible
to
get
in
supplies
to
the
Soviet
forces
in
that
area.
Nor
is
it
possible
to
send
in
troops
to
quell
the
uprising.
Meantime
fast-moving
Finnish
patrols,
in
a
daring
thrust,
are
eporiea
io
nave
goi
around
a
i
main
body
of
the
Red
Army
and'husDand
nad
asked
police
protec-
penetrated
to
a
depth
of
seventy-
five
miles
Into
Soviet
territory
to
ieacn
the
strategic
Russian
city
of
Petrozavodsk
0n
Lake
Onega.
warplanes
continue
(Russian
bombing
of
southern
Finland
cities
including
Vllpurt
but
have
Qfiuui
wiuiuui
success
m
mating
a
oreacn.
Temperatures
of
from
thirty
to
rorty
below
zero
are
reported
In
the
central
and
northern
war
areas.
TODAY'S.
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Oourtry
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.
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.13
Vi.
Bralorne.
10.90.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.30.
Dentonla.
.01.
Falrvlew.
.01
4.
Falrview,
2i.
Hedley
Mascot.
-53.
Minto.
JJli.
Pacific
Nickel.
.13.
Pend
Oreille,
2.20.
Pioneer.
2.15.
Premier.
1.38.
Privateer.
.94.
Reeves
MacDonald,
2B.
Reno.
J&Z.
Relief
Arlington,
.13.
Salmon
Gold,
.02ti.
Sheep
Creek,
l.n.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.03
ii.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.19.,
Calmont,
.45.
C.
it
E..
2.20.
Freehold,
.02!k.
Home,
2.94.
Royal
Can-
.ny7.
Okalta.,
1.25.
Mercury.
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.21,
Toronto
Aldermac,
J6.
'
Beattie.
1.08.
Central
Pat.,
2.55.
Con.
Smelters,
48.00.
East
Malartic,
3.80.
Fernland,
.04.
Francoeur,
.67.
Gods
Lake.
.66.
Hardrock,
1.38.
Int.
Nickel.
46?i.
Kerr
Addison,
2.55.
Little
Long
Lac.
3.15.
McLeod
Cockshutt.
2.42.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
J3.
McKenzle,
1.46.
Moneta,
.93.
Noranda,
78.00.
Pickle
Crow.
4.20.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.23.
San
Antonio,
2.42.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
Stadacona,
.11.
Uchl,
1.01.
Bouscadlllac,
.0ZV.
Mosher.
.09.
Okland,
.14.
Smelters
Gold,
.OO1.
Dominion
Bridge,
38.50.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
FUTURES
WINNIPEO,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Win-
Tomorrow's
Tides
11:36
ajn.
21.6
It.
5:36
a.m.
8.5
ft
18:29
psn.
Z2
ft.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
DISCUSSES
WAR
DEBTS
'Bankruptcy
and
Not
"Repudiation"
Cause
of
Britain
Suspending
Payments,
Says
Beaverbrook
LONDON,
Jan.
6:
CP)
Lord
Beaverbrook,
discussing,
the
war
debt
situation
yesterday
in
his
paper,
the
Daily
Express,
said
that
Great
Britain
had
kept
paying
to
the
United
States
until
she
went
off
rne
goia
standard
ana
was
faced
to
suspend.
The
failure
to
pay
after
1933
was
due
to
"bankruptcy"
not
"repudiation.'"
WOMAN
IS
MURDERED
Wife
of
C.I
O.
Official
at
Aberdeen,
Washington,
Slain
by
Axe-Wielder
ABERDEEN,
Washington,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Within
a
month
after
her
tion
or
tne
family,
Mrs.
Dick
Law,
wife
of
a
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization
official,
was
killed
last
night
by
an
axe-wieldlng
intruder.
,
The
police
said
that
no
special
guard
had
been
posted
after
the
husband's
request.
EAST
GETS
COLD
SNAP
Lowest
Theermometer
Readings
la
Four
Years
Recorded
Heavy
Snow
In
Ontario
J
CHICAGO,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Lowest
'temDeratures
In
the
Middle,
West
in
lour
years
were
recoraea
toaay.
The
cold
wave
Is
extending
east
ward
toward
the
Atalntic
sea-In
board.
Ontario
there
are
heavy
snows,
blocking
roads;
;
Clipper
Ship
Forced
Back
Has
To
Return
Again
To
Oakland
After
Being
Out
Seven
Hundred
Miles
I
.
OAKLAND,
Jan.
6::
The
Pan
'American
Airways
Phllllplne
Clip
per
made,
another
return
to
her
base
here
at
6:45
this
morning
on
account
of
stormy
weather
on
the
pacific
Ocean.
She
had
been
700
miles
out
on
a
projected
flight
'to
Honolulu
and
the
Orient.
R0UMANIA
IS
STIFF
tKing
Carol
Serves
Strong
Warning
j
To
Russia
Against
Trying
to
"
Invade
Bessarabia
CHISINAU,
Roumanla,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
King
Carol
of
Roumanla
served
Russia
a
strong
warning
to-
iday
that
Roumanla
will
fight
"as
one
living
wail"
if
Russian
armies
1
attempt
to
invade
Bessarabia.
He
insisted
that
Bessarabia
will
"always
remain
Roumanla
by
force
of
arms."
An
alliance
between
Italy,
Hungary
and
Roumanla
for
protection
of
Balkan
integrity
is
mooted.
In
Venice
an
authorlative
spokesman
indicated
today
that
Foreign
Minister
Clano
of
Italy,
because
of
the
danger
of
Russian
Invasion
of
the
Balkans,
had
urged
Hungary
to
settle
amicably,
its
claim
on
Roumanian
Transylvania
provincf.
,
In
Rome
Virginia
Gayda,
authoritative
Fascist
editor,
confirmed
that
proposals
to
block
Russian
expansion
in
the
Balkans
were
the
main
topic
of
discussion
Jn
Venice
at
meetings
between
Italian
and
Hungarian
officials,
Gayda
said
.that
Italy
had
no
aggressive!
inten-
nlpeg
wheat
futures
were
off
lUc.Uonsagalnst
Russia
.but'
Intended
tq
Ubc
.yesterday
with
May
clos-fto
stop
the!
exnansTori
0f;
communing
of
RftTln
li.
Ism,
.