His
PROVINCIAL
LIB!
Weather
prince
Rupert
and
Forecast
Queen
Charlotte
mm
tin
Tomorrow's
Tides
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
northeast
to
cast
winds,
part
High
0:15
ajn.
18.7
ft.
cloudy
and
colder
with
some
rain
12:03
pjn.
21.9
ft.
or
slee'
Low
.
5:58
ajn.
8.1
ft.
18:45
pjn.
2.6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C,
MONDAY.
v
JANUARY
22,"
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
Forestry
Major
Sea
Disaster
Of
Italian
Liner;
Lost
In
Mediterranean
Sea
i
TOULON,
France,
January
22:
(CP)
A
few
crew'
members
are
still
missing
today
with
539
survivors
landed
following
a
major
sea
disaster,
not,
however,
associated
with
the
war,
in
the
destruction
by
fire
at
sea
early
Sunday
of
trie
Italian
liner
Orazio.
The
11,669-ton
ship,
with
412
passengers
and
crew
of
.300
on
board,
was
shattered
by
-
a
BRITISH
TAKE
OFF
GERMANS
to
...HE
Intrrtttlnr
Caie
Arle
a
Hesu
Incident
Off
Japanese
Coast
TOKIO,
Jan.
22:
(CI)
The
Jipanete
government
formally
prvtnlrd
to
(treat
Britain
today
tt
the
halting
of
the
Nippon
Yu-ten
Kthlia
liner
Atama
Maru
by
a
British
cruller
olf
the
Japanese
titt
and
the
taking
off
of
tifnty
one
(!erman
eamrn
who
vtrt
n
their
way
home
via
Riul
fro
mthe
United
States
lbfrt
they
had
been
employed
m
ta
American
freighter.
The
prstnt,
delivered
to
the
British
emknj
Is
regarded
at
a
rout-be
diplomatic
move
and
It
not
nprrlrd
In
Japanese
official
iMrlrrt
to
develop
Into
a
major
tfilrr
my.
'
'
"
The
Germans,
It
It
suggested,
rrt
technicians
and
skilled
sea-nra
and
are
regarded
by
the
llri-tKh
at
being
of
pwnlble
aid
to
r.frminy
In
actively
prosecuting
the
war,
thereby
being
legal
prU-nm
of
war.
It
l
expected
they
III
be
taken
to
Hong
Kong
and
Interned.
In
a
message
to
the
ship
owners.
Capt.
U'atanabe
of
the
transpacific
liner
says
that
the
Brl-tlh
naval
officers
halter
his
ship
came
aboard
and,
after
making
Inquiries,
removed
the
Germans.
As
a
result
of
this
action,
official!
ot
N.Y.K.
said
that
It
was
probable
that
the
company
would
refoe
to
carry
any
more
Germans
en
Its
boats.
This
may
affect
over
M
German
members
of
the
crew
f
the
scuttled
German
liner
Col-ombm
now
at
San
Francisco
awaiting
transport
to
Vladivostok
tnroute
home
on
Japanese
ships.
.
Japan
Does
Not
Want
Trade
War
Vwipsper
Says
Another
Proposal
Will
k
1-
IT..U..I
Ul.l..
For
Interim
Agreement
TOKYO.
Jan.
22
Japan
wishes
w
old
a
tariff
war
with
United
States
following
the
expiry
of
the
treaty
between
the
two
countries
on
January
20,
newspaper
Asahl
says.
Another
proposal
for
an
interim
8rremcnt
will
be
offered
by
Japan,
the
newspaper
says.
Germans
Storm
Fuel
Trains
AMSTERDAM,
Jan.
22.-H
Is
rpnnrt4
hern
that
nrmun
desperate
for
fuel
with
which
to
cook
and
keen
warm,
have
stormed
coal
trains,
carrying
Off
f..-l
i
i
i
i
a
iuci
111
UU5KCW,
WI1CCI'
S"
bnrrrm..
......
1
perambulators
(HIUIUUL
and
other
conveyances.
t
In
Sinking
Some
Believed
violent
explosion
alter
which
she
took
fire
sixty
miles
from
Barcel
ona.
The
survivors
took
to
lifeboats
and
tome
Jumped
Into
the
sea
without
waiting.
British
and
French
warships
were
among
the
vesels
which
picked
them
up.
taking
them
Marseilles.
Toulon
and
other
ports.
NAMES
NEUTRALS
Churchill
TelLs
Ones
That
Are
In
Particular
Danger
P.Unt
For
Invasion
of
Lowlands
Found
LNDON.
Jan.
22.-Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
listed
by
name
a
number
of
European
neutral
nations
which
faced
danger
of
destruction
unless
they
united
with
the
Allies
against
the
forces
of
aggression
among
which
he
unhesitatingly
named
Russia
as
well
as
Oermany.
Plans
for
an
invasion
of
Belgium
and
Holland
had
been
found
in
a
captured
Russian
plane,
Churchill
declared.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Court;
8.
D.
Jotmatoo.
Oo.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.11.
Bralorne,
10.90.
Cariboo
Quartt,
2.45.
Dentonta,
.01.
Falrvlew.
.01i.
Oold
Belt.
.21.
Medley
Mascot.
.55.
Mlnto.
.01
Vs.
Noble
nve,
.01.
Pacific
Nickel.
.12.
Pend
Orielle.
2.00.
Pioneer.
2.15.
Premier.
1.35.
Privateer.
.91.
Reeve
McDonald,
.28.
Reno.
.48.
Relief
Arlington,
.12.
Salmon
Oold,
.02V.
Sheep
Creek.
1.16.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.18.
Calmont,
.41.
C.
tt
E..
2.10.
Freehold.
.02
V.
Home,
2.83.
Royal
Can..
.18V4-Okalta,
1.12.
Mercury.
.06
Vi.
Prairie
Royalties",
.19
Ji-
Toronto
Aldcrmac,
.33.
Beattle,
1.12.
Central
Pat.,
2.47.
Cons.
Smelters,
45.25,
East
Malartlc,
3.95.
Fernland,
.04.
Francoeur,
.60.
Oods
Lake,
.59
Vs.
Hardrock,
1.28.
Int.
Nickel,
.44.
Kerr
Addison,
2.51.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.05.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
2.28.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
.51.
Moneta,
.88.
Noranda,
77.50.
Pickle
Crow,
3JB0.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.19.
San
Antonio.
2.33.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
1.02.
Btadacona,
.09.
Uchl,
.82.
Bouscadlllac,
MVi-Moshcr,
.08.
Oklcnd,
.13.
Dominion
Bridge,,
37,75.
Boat
SOVIET
DEAD
TESTIFY
TO
FINLAND'S
GRIM
COURAGE
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Tlie
twisted
bodirs
of
these
slain
Russian
tr
ops
.graphically
tell
the
story
uf
Finland1.,
grim
resistant
to
the
Soviet
invader.
This
picture
was
made
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
front
Lying
where
they
felt,
cut
down
by
Finnish
fire
and
the
bitter
wlntr
weather
that
has
proved
the
brave
atue
nation's
stoutest
ally
to
date,
the
Red
Amy
soldiers
are
part
of
the
thousands
annihilated
In
vain
attempts
to
smash
through
the
Mannerhelra
line
of
defences.
Neutral
estimates
place
Russian
casualties
as
mgn
a&
33.000
on
all
fronts
In
Finland.
WarNpws
.
1IUKC
OF
W1NUSOR
HOME
LONDON
The
Duke
of
vVlnct.
or
Is
home
on
leave
from
his
military
duties
as
a
major-general
with
the
British
Army
in
France.
It
is
his
second
visit
home
since
the
abdication.
The
Duchess
Is
not
accompanying
him.
RELAXING
REGULATIONS
LONDON
Regulations
in
regard
to
blackouts
are
being
relaxed.
Lighting
systems
are
being
Installed
in
trains
and
limited
use
ot
automobile
headlights
during
fog
is
to
be
permitted.
SWITZERLAND
CAUTIOUS
BASLE
Precautions
are
being
taken
by
Switterland
against
the
possibility
ot
a
German
thrust
through
the
country.
Some
towns
are
being
evacuated.
LEAVES
RESTORED
AMSTERDAM
Leaves
of
the
v.Vciherlands
army,
cancelled
last
week
because
of
the
fear
of
German
Invasion,
are
being
restored
this
Wednesday.
PLANES
OVER
NETHERLANDS
THE
HAGUE
Unidentified
warplanes
flew
at
great
height
over
the
Netherlands
today,
flying
in
easterly
direction.
Dutch
anti-aircraft
guns
and
pursuit
planes
went
into
action.
FURTHER
CLASHES
CANTON
Further
clashes
between
Japanese
and
Chinese
forces
In
this
region
and
elsewhere
have
occurred.
Near
Nan-ning
there
have
been
COO
Japanese
casualties,
it
is
reported.
ASSAULT
FAILURE
Germans
Try
But
Fall
To
fierce
Maglnot
Line
Increase
Activity
1
Nail
Plane
Down
"
PARIS,
Jan.
22.-Complcte
failure
of
it
Ocrman
assault
on
the
Magln
-
ot
Line
Is
reported.
All
along
the
western
toiu
iroiu
huaciuuvuh,
vu
the
Rhine,
River
there
was
increased
LITVIN0FF
RYF.rnTF.n7
,
COPENHAOfiN,
Jan22V-Ac-
cording
to
reports
reaching
here.
Maxim
Litvtnoff.
former
.
J.
r
i
t
i
i
recently
fell
into
disfavor
as'
"being
friendly
with
western
powers
and
too
dangerous
to
Russia,"
has
been
liquidated.
I
I
CONTRACTS
THIS
WEEK
Announcement
In
Regard
to
War
Orders
to
be
Made
at
Ottawa
This
Week
OTTAWA,
Jan.
22
Parliament
opens
on
Thursday
and,
soon
alter
the
House
will
hear
a
detailed
'account
of
Canada's
war
effort.
The
main
story
will
be
told
by
Prime
Minister
V.
L.
Mackenzie
King
In
the
course
of
debate
in
reply
to
the
speech
from
the
Throne.
Many
details
will
be
brought
out.
It
is
expected.
In
answer
to
questions.
Before
the
session
opens,
It
Is
expected
announcement
will
be
made
of
letting
of
important
war
orders
Including
contracts
for
anti-submarine
craft
and
airplanes.
Western
Front
Is
Quiet
Today
PARIS,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
Both
French
and
German
communiques
Indicate
little
If
any
action.
"Nothing
to
report,"
said
a
French
communique
Issued
today
at
Paris
over
which
city
several
German
planes
flew
during
the
night.
'
"No
particular
events,"
says
a
German
war
bulletin.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
Is
adnormally
high
In
the
far
north
but
aDDears
low
west
of
iyancouver.
Scattered
showers
have
occurred
on
tho
coast
while
over
me
interior
it
is
moaeralcly
cold.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
ea
snowers
activity.
A
German
pursuit
pianeiFresh
east
winds,
part
cloudy
was
brought
down,
a
French
com-
and
somewhat
colder
with
scatter-
munique
says.
Alpine
Fir
Missing
pr
Bulletins
SHOTS
FIRED
AT
DRY
DOCK
"On
two
success)??
n!;Mdur
ing
the
Utter
part
of
last
week
military
guards
and
provincial
police
have
fired
after
prowlers
prowler
or
prowlers
evidently
:j..,
made
their
way
into
the
yards
through
the
fence
and
were
espied
first
by
the
military
guards
for
whom
they
refused
to
halt.
After
escape
from
the
yards,
the
pursuit
continued
un
the
hillside
towards
Ambrose
Avenue
by
which
time
the
police
had
joined
in
the
chase.
After
further
search,
the
intruders
escaped.
As
far
as
known,
the
bullets
failed
to
reach
their
mark.
(Approved
by
censor).
FOUR
YEARS
FOR
RROWDER
NEW
YORK
Earl
Browder.
American
communist
leader,
was
convicted
on
two
charges
ot
passport
fraud
and
senttnred
to
four
years'
imprisonment
with
fine
ot
$2000.
CHINA
BITTERLY
COLD
SHANGHAI
A
bltjer
cold
wave
is
sweeping
over
North
China.
In
one
town
alone
five
hundred
persons
are
dead.
HONORABLE
COMPROMISE
BOMBAY
An
"honorable
compromise'
over
the
question
of
Indian
self-government
is
proposed
by
Mahatma
Gandhi,
Nationalist
leader,
who
is
to
confer
with
Lord
Linlithgow,
the
ViceRoy
ot
India,
early
in
February.
DIPLOMATIC
RUPTURE
ROMF
A
diplomatic
rupture
between
China
and
Italy
is
foreseen
over
the
Italian
recognition
of
the
Japanese
puppet
government
of
China.
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek,
charging
Uiat
the
government
was
ratified
by
Italy
even
before
It
was
formed,
seeks
an
explanation.
SHOT
GIRL
AND
SELF
N
E
W
WESTM
I
NSTEK
Ed
ward
Fuchs,
32,
died
from
what
police
said
were
self-inflicted
gunshot
wounds.
The
police
said
that
Fuchs
turned
the
gun
on
himself
after
shooting
and
.
wounding
Irene
Drybrough,
19,
in
Tort
Moody.
LAWYER
IS
DEAD
.
VANCOUVER
Charles
William
Craig,
68,
prominent
Vancouver
lawyer,
died
last
night.
He
rep-
Provincial
Police
Are
'
Searching
Ocean
Falls
District
For
Cruiser
RANGER,
WIFE
AND
ENGINEER
ARE
ON
HOARD
;
I'
'
BELLA
COOLA,
Jan.
22:
(CI)
Provincial
police
launches
are
scarch-
,
ing
Dean
and
Rurke
Channels
for
the
forestry
boat
Alpine
Fir
which
has
been
missing
for
five
days
on
o
trip
from
Ocean
Falls.
:
The
launch
carried
Ranger
Phillips,
his
wife
and
Mike
Christiansen,
engineer.
DESTROYER
G0ESD0WN
British
Suffer
Losses
Over
Week-End
In
War
At
Sea
II.
JL
S.
Grenville
Sunk
'
LONDON,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
Four
Biitish
ships.
Including
a'
destroyer,
and
three
neutral
vessels
'were
Intruded
iiiheavyr''week'-
end
toll
in
the
war
at
sea.
The
i
destroyer
was
the
flotilia
leader
Grenville,
a
fine
up-to-date
vessel
of
1185
tons
and
with
speed
of
thirty-six
knots,
which
was
the
victim
on
Saturday
of
(
'
either
a
mine
or
torpedo.
Eight
'
of
the
crew
are
known
to
be
dead,
seventy-three
others
are
missing
and
may
be
dead
while
118
are
reported
to
have
been
saved.
The
commander
went
down
with
his
ship.
I
Twenty-nine
persons
are
believed
to
have
been
lost
with
the
,
six
merchant
vessels.
In
addition
to
the
Grenville,
the
other
victims
of
the
war
at
sea
.
were:
I
British
tanker
Caroni.
8107
tons,
sank
after
unexplained
explosion,
crew
saved.
.
British
steamship
Protesilaus,
.u.m
-..c.
..s
,mc,
crew
saved,
tnis
vessel
is
well
known
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
British
steamship
Feryhill,
1086
tons,
mined,
twelve
of
crew
believed
lost.
Esthonian
steamship
Nautic,
1050
tons.
Swedish
steamship
Flandria,
1179
tons.
Danish
steamship
Telkla,
1469.
In
addition,
the
1569-ton
Norwegian
vessel
Maurita
is
presumed
to
be
lost
Secret
Pact
Of
Britain-Japan
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
22.
It
was
reported
by
an
American
news-
paper
correspondent
that
Great
Brl-
tain
and
Japan
had
concluded
a
secret
treaty.
resented
the
Workmen's
Com
pensation
Board
in
1921
in
a
Trivy
,
uouncu
ease.
I
REFUSE
EXPLANATION-WASHINGTON,
D.
O-Japan-ese
police
at
Tokyo
have
refused
to
announce
charges
on
which
James
Youn
g,
International
News
Service
correspondent.
Is
being
detained,
United
States
Ambassador
to
Japan
Joseph
C.
Grew
advises
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull.
Young
was
taken
into
custody
following
a
trip
to
China.
No
Indication
is
given
as
to
when
he
may
be
released.
RUSSIANS
REPULSED
Attacks
Staged
On
Soviet
Air
And
Naval
Bases
Retaliation
Strong
Red
Attacks
Thrown
Back
Air
Raids
In
Finland
Continue
HELSINGFORS,
Jan.
22:
(CP)
Strong
Russian
attacks
were
flung
back
both
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
and
north
of
Lake
Ladoga
at
the
week-end,
a
Finnish
communique
'reports.
The
Russians
suffered
heavy
losses.
In
the
fighting
on
land,
the
Russians
are
still
meeting
with
reverses
0n
all
fronts
at
the
hands
of
the
stubborn
Finns.
The
retreating
Reds
have
finally
taken
a
stand
fifty
miles
from
their
frontier
in
the
Arctic
area.
Thousand
Russian
bombs
are
estimated
to
have
been
dropped
at
the
week-end
on
twenty-seven
Fln-'nlsh
towns
but
only
one
person
was-JcmedjAdf
ouxjoj
urfid.
There
was
considerable
property
damage
however.
Eleven
Russian
planes
are
believed
to
have
been
brought
down.
The
Finns
retaliated
on
Sunday
for
heavy
bombing
raids
by
the
Russians
over
their
cities
by
attacking
Russian
air
bases
across
the
Baltic
Sea
In
Esthonla.
The
Finns
also
dropped
bombs
on
the
Russian
naval
base
at
Kronstadt.
Overhanging
clouds
today
lessened
air
raid
activities.
Now
the
freezing
of
the
Gulf
of
Finland
from
Esthonian
to
Finnish
shores
confronts
Finland
with
the
possibility
of
an
over-ice
attack
from
Russian
bases
In
Esthonla.
Foreign
observers
specu-jlate
on
the
chances
of
success
of
'such
a
thrust
but
the
Finns
laid
they
were
well
prepared
to
meet
It.
Some
sections
of
the
coast
are
already
barricaded
with
barbed
wire
Russian
planes
were
ranging
over
southern
Finland
Saturday,
heavily
bombing
Abo
and
other
towns.
Police
Head
And
Civil
Protection
Organizer
Here
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
Parsons,
head
of
the
British
Columbia
Po-lllce
from
Victoria,
and
Major
S.
F.
M.
Moodle,
organizer
of
the
Civil
Protection
League
for
British
Columbia,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Venture
Saturday
afternoon
from
the
south.
Commissioner
Parsons
is
making
a
tour
on
official
Inspection
duties
and
is
also
Interesting
him-
self
in.
air
raid
protection
service
which
Is
the
particular
mission
of
Major
Moodle.
Preliminary
organization
has
already
commenced
here
and
will
now
be
perfected.
Accompanied
by
Inspector
C.
G.
Barber.
Commissioner
Parsons
will
leave
on
tonight's
train
lor
Smlth-
iers
and
other
Interior
points
en-route
back,
to
Victoria,
Today's
Exchange
United
States,
funds
Baying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium.
.
Sterling
funds
Buying,
spot,
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$1,47.