PROVINCIAL
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
mmm
Prince
High
..
3:11
ajn.
20,3
It.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
14:55
20.9
It
pjn.
northwest
to
west
winds,
cloudy
Low
9:10
ajn.
7.0
It.
and
cool
with
occasional
rain.
21:29
pm.
3.7
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Wvzl
XXIX
No.
8.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY.
JANUARY
1L
1940.'
PRICE:
8
CENTS
I
i
iore
-
Belisha
Case
To
Be
Aired
-
y
fclNNS
INNSN.W
N?
iWilliam
William
Chapman
Chapman
!l
i
Premier
Is
Off
iKPFPINH
KEEPING
UP
IIP
LT
F
W
War
C
i.
ON
B0R1M
OF
RUSSxyf
UTf
I.Sapilneu
'"
nwm
,
Thirty-Mile
Stretch
Third
Division
of
Iledi
in
Dancer
of
Reds
Using
Women
I,,
round
Half-Froxen
Behind
F'
Finnish
Lines
Further
Ittories
All
Along
Line
lor
Defenders
wmi
THE
FINNISH
ARMY
AT
El
rHE
RUSSIAN
FRONTIER,
Jan
11
ICP
Finish
troops
nave
eaiaD-
l&rd
pCiiUons
along
a
thirty-mile
rt.-r'
of
Russian
border
In
central
x:A
cast
of
Lake
Kianu
alter
tfaya
of
heavy
fighting
in
"-
Russian
divisions
were
na-hed
while
a
third.
xty
miles
hr
south
of
Suomaasalmi.
U
be-
j
-A
M
;-u'""x!.ueQ.
Eki
rtnp
are
corapieumc
the
g
ip
of
the
fleeing
Rut-
4r.
I
tie
ssin
iw
idstu
anw
in
f
:,
Red
Army
which
were
t-A
t:.-:
thrown
tolo
disorderly
Rt'-t.
tif
er
thousand
had
been
It
'
rmed
report
said
that
Huftsiaa
division
was
ur-y.
Kakkammo
to
the
.imi.
now
a
city
of
com-
i-ble.
for
the
first
time
,t
war
started
has
been
Lti
Russians
who
are
in
full
v
.
dre
d
RaisJln
dead
were
n
a
batilelleid
north
of
Lake
lt"
i
when
the
Finns
dispersed
ISoTrf
uuslioru
tsklng
forty
prts-
a
r.-
ntsh
eommuntque
said
IS
t
.ut
the
remwnu
of
the
:
r:-iorjn
eirwoa
naa
:
vn
back
acroM
the
bor-
r
;h
military
authoriue
med
t
have
hurled
the
lusi
back
aeroM
their
own
r
a:
four
p4taU
while
pa-j-.c.fr
rover
of
heavy
artillery
Iff
:,A
advanced
one
mite
on
the
i'
iMhmus
front.
Smaihlnr
of
Rmlan
attacks
In
the
Sails
and
Prtsamo
sector
was
iTtporifd
in
the
Finnish
dally
irmr
communique
today.
Sails
i'
on
tbt
eastern
front.
Petsamo
ii
where
Canadian
nickel
proper-
are
located
on
the
extreme
Itles
northern
corridor.
The
Russians
tre
thrown
bark,
It
was
said,
s'ter
an
atUrk
for
which
the
linns
prepared
with
artillery
fire.
Women
Spies
Ear
'
women
are
acting
as
sec
Br
fi
'j
for
Russia
behind
the
-h
line,
it
was
declared
today.
'hr
secret
service,
they
are
"vrd
to
have
been
landed
by
UuUs
from
airplanes.
Half-
p:cn
ani
starving
a
number
were
pad
in
hiding
in
the
woods.
lanufacturer
And
inancier
Passes
0.
Dawson
of
Toronto
Victim
Of
Hrt
Altark
On
Train
Between
Boston
And
Toronto
TORONTO.
Jan..
11:
(CP)-A.
O.
Jaw.
&nadlan
manufacturing
cxecu-
lv
best
known
through
assocla-
wlh
the
textile
Industry,
died
11
h;s
berth
nn
n
trntn
uhlli
pn-
t
from
Boston
to
Toronto.
He
;3'
ttnnnrontlu
Ut
nloHm
nf
n
(arf
attack.
ALARM
LAST
NIGHT
rAUlS.
Jan.
11
m)Ar
raid
ntht
In
Paris.
Forty
minutes
later
"'
'i
clear"
signals
were
given.
i
N
planes
were
slrli'ieil
over
tl.c
1
t'ty.
J
r
Wanted
Because
:
M
111
T?
1.
i
in
ramuy
j
mnnwm
.
....
tan
11
..
mxt
v.
t
borough.
Ontario,
police
are
seeking
William
II
Chapman
to
inform
him
ecrWu
Illness
In
his
family.
Chapman
was
last
reported
tn
Prince
Rupert
but
is
believed
to
have
returned
to
Ontario.
SUICIDAL
'
ATTEMPT)
I'rrnie
Youth,
Committed
for
Trial'
on
Murder
Charge,
Tries
to
End
It
All
FERN
IE,
Jan.
11:
CP
Roy
Whitehouse.
22-year-old
Fernie
(
youth,
committed
for
trial
on
a
charge
of
murdering
William
Ingram,
aged
70.
last
November
at
tempted
to
commit
suicide
in
Jail
here.
He
is
expected
to
recover.
I
Two
others,
charged
with
murder
connection
with
the
same
crime
-James
Morgna.
aged
19.
and
Waller
Halle.
19.
appeared
for
prelim
inary
hearing
yesterday.
Successor
To
iTobev
Is
Not
Yet
Appointed
VANCOUVER-
Jan.
11:
CP
Canadian
National
officials
here
say
that
no
successor
has
as
yet
been
named
to
W
11.
To
bey.
C.N.R.
divisional
superintendent
at
Prince
Rupert
whose
appointment
as
gen
eral
manager
of
the
Pacific
Oreat
Eastern
Railway
was
announced
yesterday
Details
of
Mr.
Tobey's
appointment
were
completed
at
a
meeting
here
yesterday
with
Premier
Pattullo.
French
Favor
Plan
Of
Pope
Great
llrllain
and
Germany
Have
Yet
to
Answer
to
Peace
Plan
ROME.
Jan
1
1
-According
to
an
announcement
in
Rome
France
haV
replied
in
the
airirroauve
10
a
pan
of
Pope
Pius
for
peace
negotiations.
RepM
are
still
awaiwc.
nowever.
from
Great
Britain
and
Germany.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
calm:
barometer.
39.91
rising
:
temperature.
37;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Wand
-
Showery,
west
northwest
wind,
sixteen
miles
per
ately
rough.
hour;
barometer.
09.M.
sea
moder-Langara
Island-Rahitn."
west
northwet
wind,
eighteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.94;
sea
Dead
Tree
Point
near.
barometer,
30j02;
temperaiurc,
sea
smooth.
.
BuU
Harbor-Overcast,
weeiuro
wind,
twenty-one
mUes
per
hour;
barometer.
29.96
(falling';
temper-
aturc.
43;
heavy
swell.
Alert
nav
Scattered
clouds.
westerly
wind,
ten
miles
per
.
mui.
Mt
barometer,
29.99;
temperature,
.
moderate
swell.
.
Estevan-Cloudy.
norttieriy
ten
miles
per
nour;
30.07.
Victoria-Cloudy,
easterly
two
miles
per
nour.
30.11.
.
.
,
Vancouver
-
uiouay.
"r"'
wind,
ten
mile
per
nout,
-
meter:
barometer,
ju.w.
Prince
George
ciouay,
-
past
wind,
fifteen
mllM
P
h('ur-barometer,
30.09
Ill
ill
war
News
SYMPATHETIC
ANYWAY
STQCKHOLM
King
Guitar
ol
Sweden,
in
his
throne
speech
ter
today.
Mid
that
the
Swedish
people'i
desire
to
help
Finland
for
was
"manitted
unmistakeably"
in
their
humanitarian
aid
but
he
gave
no
,
suggestion
of
possible
military
assistance
in
the
war
agalnstRussia.
REICH.
TIGHTEN
IN
(1
UP
BERLIN
The
Naii
government
is
clamping
down
on
Germans
who
buy
more
goods
than
they
need.
One
way
which
may
be
resorted
to
to
prevent
the
hoarding
of
goods
may
be
to
pay
wages
partly
in
"I.
O.
U.V
ITALY
PROTESTS
1
ROME
Italy
is
protesting
to
Berlin
at
the
stoppage
of
materials
through
the
Reich
from
Italy
to
assist
Finland
in
the
war
against
Russia.
,
AMBASSADOR
HOME
LONDON
Sir
William
Seeds,
British
ambassador
to
Russia,
is
home
from
Moscow,
accompanied
by
Lady
Seeds.
Ostensibly
It
is
a
holiday
but
it
is
thought
the
en
tor
may
not
return
to
the
Soviet.
He
says
that
Russia
is
determined
to
continue
its
campaign
against
Finland
no
matter
what
the
consequences
may
be.
TAKE
IT
TOO
LIGHTLY
TOItONTO
At
the
opening
of
the
Ontario
Legislature
yesterday.
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
expressed
the
view
that
Canadians
were
not
taking
the
war
as
cerlously
as
they
should.
He
predicted
that
it
would
be
a
long
war
and
probably
a
botrible
and
brutal
one.
CoL
George
Drew,
Conservative
leader,
agreed
with
..
.......
t
L.
nHM
nJ
I
1
1.
1
1
11
c
1
kuiici
.1111
c)riiMni
u
i
view
Hut
Canadians
were
fight-
Ing
for
their
lives
as
much
as
were
the
people
of
Finland.
CANADIAN
KILLED
LONDON
rilot
Officer
Richard
Coe
of
Olirer.
British
Columbia,
Is
listed
as
being
killed
in
action
with
the
Royal
Air
Force.
He
had
recently
been
married
to
Hasel
Brown
of
Krl-owna.
T
TTkTrif
I?
CAM
U
1
1
ILEi
U
riiYl
VULNERABLE!
Could
Not
Defend
Herself
Against
Enemy
Coalition,
Says
Naval
Expert
WASHINOTON,
Jan.
11:
Ad-Stalk,
mlral
Harold
R.
chief
of
naval
operations
for
the
United
state,
sunnortlnc
a
billion
and
"a
quarter
dollar
program
of
naval
expansion,
declares
that
United
States
must
be
prepared
to
defend
herself
not
from
one
enemy
nation
but
from
a
possible
enemy
coalition.
He
says
that
the
country
could
not
defend
Itself
successfully
against
a
combined
attack
by
Germany,
Russia,.
Italy
and
Japan.
President
Roosevelt
Is
asking
Congress
to
make
$50,000,000
available
for
new
warship
con-
strucUon
j
Japanese
Warning
tokYO.
Jan.
11:
(CP)
Expan
akm
of
the
United
States
navy
would
precipitate
a
building
race
with
Japan,
Tokyo
newspapers
pre
dicted
today,
a
Japanese
Navy
spokesman
hinting
to
the
same
ef
fect
One
paper
cauea
tne
ex
panslon
an
"American
menace."
1
11
BAR
GOIJ)
LONDON,
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
today
at
$3554
per
fine
ounce
To
OttawajFor
Highway
Meet
I
'
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
"11:
CP
spending
the
dayfci
Vancouver,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattulloleft
last
night
Ottawa
with
the
Intention
of
belrig
there
on
January
24
for
a
scheduled
Joint
meeting
of
the
Can-
adlan
and
United
States
Alaska
hlghway
commissions.
I
I
TRAPPED
IN
MINE
Eighty-Seven
Men
EnUmbed
In
West
Virginia
Colliery
BARTLEY.
West
Virginia.
Jan.
11.
Eighty-seven
men
are
trapped
two-and-a-half
miles
underground
ln
a
colliery
here.
Forty-seven
miners
escaped
and
already
four
bodies-
have
been
brought
to
the
surface.
Three
sections
of
the
mine
are
affected.
Help
Is
being
taken
from
Pittsburg
and
other
outside
points.
!
Labor
Shortage
.
In
Canada
Seen
MONTREAL,
Jan.
11:
(CP)
Belief-that
Canadar'faces
a.
period
of
maximum
employ-
mcnt.
possibly
a
labor
short-
age.
due
to
the
war
was
ex-
pressed
by
Morris
W
Wilson,
president,
at
the
annual
meet-
ing
of
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada.
Appointment
of
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett
as
chair-
man
of
the
London
committee
It
of
the
bank
was
announced
after
his
election
as
a
dlr-
ector.
.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oouricj
a,
D.
Joowvou
Itei
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.12.
Bralorne.
10.90.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.45.
Dentonla,
.01J4.
Falrvlew,
.01
ii.
Gold
Belt.
.25..
Hedley
Mascot,
J$.
Mlnto.
.OUi.
Noble
Five.
.01V5.
Pend
OrleUe,
7.16.
Pioneer,
2.16.
Premier,
1.38.
Privateer,
.92.
Reeves
McDonald,
58.
Reno.
.42
V4.
Salmon
Oold,
.02.
'
Sheep
Creek,
1.15.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.03?,
Oils
.
A.
P.
Con,
20.
J
Calmont,
.42.
C.
it
E.,
250.
Freehold,
.02.
Home,
2.85.
Vs
Pacalta,
.06.
Royal
Can,
.17
Vi.
Okalta,
155.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.19.
Toronto
.
.
Aldermac,
26.
Beattle,
1.07.
Central
Pat,
2.46.
Cons.
Smelters,
48.00,
,
'
East
Malartlc.
3.75.
Fernland,
.05.
Francoeur,
.65.
Gods
Lake,
.60.
Hardrock,
U3.
Int.
Nickel,
45U.
Kerr
Addison,
2.52.
Little
Long
Lac.
3.15.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.34.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.55.
McKenzle
Red
Laker1.46.
Moneta,-.86.
Noranda,
78.00.
Pickle
Crow.
4.15.
OFFENSIVE
1
Aircraft
Attacks
Inflict
Substantial
Losses
on
British
Shipping
in
North
Sea
Third
Day
Of
It
""man
"
.nore
txien-
dT
Now
and
MaT
Prtszgt
Start
Of
ji
tons-txpeciea
uomDing
Over
Land
(
JfSSL'SvSt
taCPve7w!
fare
continues
to
mfiiit
substantial
losses
on
British
and
neutral
snip-
ping.
Altogether
in
the
last
three
days
twelve
small
naVe
beci
attacked
by
German
air
craft.
Third
Day
Of
It
German
war
plane
ranged
from
Scotland
to
the
southeast
coast
of
England
today
In
the
third
day
of
ppeA
up
aerial
warfare.
No
Drtbs.
however,
were
droiroed
on
Und
and
no
alarms
were
sounded,
"rhe
on,y
tlm
was
a
small
coastal
v,Rel
which
was
set
on
fire
by
a
bomber.
An
Air
Ministry
communique
said:
"There
wag
considerable
air
activity
off
the
east
eoart
of
Eng-
land
and
Srotland
this
morning:"
Raids
over
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
the
Firth
of
Forth
and
the
Hnmber
and
Thames
estuaries
were
listed.
Two
German
planes
approached
Kent
at
a
height
of
20,000
feet,
ed
oyer
the
land.
Thejr.
were
driven,
off
by.
anti-aircraft
fire
which
resulted
in
one
house
being
damaged.
The
raids
were
the
most
wide-rpread
the
Germans
have
so
far
essayed
and
some
took
them
as
an
Indication
that
the
Germans
might
be
prepared
to
start
the
long-expected
bombing
of
England.
The
liner
Dunbar
Castle,
sunk
by
a
German
mine
off
the
southeast
coast
of
England
Tuesday
night,
was
inbound
wtth
convoy,
it
is
now-learned.
The
liner
foundered
In
fifteen
minutes
but
only
three
were
killed
among
her
198
passengers
i
and
crew,
it
Is
now
learned,
i
The
Admiralty
announces
that
;
the
Danish
ships
Ivan
Kondrup
and
1
j
Feddy,
reoorted
to
have
been
sunk
on
Tuesday,
are
still
afloat
!
New
marine
losses
today
Includ-ed
a
ship,
believed
to
be
an
Italian,
which
struck
a
mine
off
the
East
Coast
and
an
unidentified
vessel
which
sank
after
collision
off
the
west
coast.
1
(Artillery
Active
iOn
Western
Front
I
Both
Sides
Using
Guns
in
Vicinity.
Of
Vosges
Mountains
1
PARIS.
Jan.
11.
A
French
communique
reports
renewed
lively
ar
tillery
activity
by
both
sides
both
ormer
Secretary
Will
Get
Chance
Next
Week
To
Tell
Story
Prime
Minister
Expected
to
Reply
in
Course
of
Parliamentary
Debate
Secretary
of
Union
Outspoken
Sees
"Privilege,
Snobbery
and
Social
Distinction"
LONDON,
January
ll.-Rt.
Hon.
Leslie
Hore-Belisha
will
be
given
the
chance
at
the
opening
of
Parliament
next
Tuesday
to
state
his
case
in
connection
with
his
removal
as
secretary
for
war,
it
has
been
agreed.
Then
the
whole
RUSSIAN
.
SHAKE-UP
Red
Officers
Recalled
From
Finnish
'
Front
To
Go
On
Trial-Executions
In
Supply
Department
1
One
Commissar
Removed
j
MOSCOW,
Jan.
11:
An
important
shake-up
in
high
Soviet
government
circles
is
impending.
Announcement
is
made
officially
by
the
Scviet
news
agency
of
the
removal
of
the
commissar
of
aviation,
Mikhail
Kakanovtch.
to
another
post
.
-The
Russian
-supply
commi
-
1
-
sarlat
is
also
reported
to
be
especially
under
inquiry
and
is
said
to
have
already
resulted
in
some
executions.
Further
reports
are
to
the
effect
that
ever
one
hundred
Russian
officers
have
been
recalled
from
the
Finnish
front,
some
to
face
trial
before
special
courts.
These
reports
have
arisen
from
many
sources.
Officers
as
well
as
men
aTe
now
said
to
be
deserting
from
the
Red
Army.
TEN
HOUR
AIR
FIGHT
Reports
Differ
As
To
Result
Of
Battles
Over
Bases
Yesterday
LONDON.
Jan.
11:
(CP
Ten
hours
of
actual
fighting
is
said
to
have
occurred
In
three
aerial
bat-'tles
between
British
and
German
planes
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Island
of
Sylt
and
Heligoland.
Germany,
yesterday.
The
British
report
that
one
German
Messerschmldt
plane
crashed
In
flames
into
the
North
Sea
and
another
badly
damaged.
was
iorced
down
in
Danish
terri
tory
and
her
crew
interned.
One
British
ship
failed
to
return.
Strategy
of
blow-for-blow
aerial
warfare
is
seen
In
Great
Britain's
that
Great
Britain
was
ready
to
strike
back
hard
against
the
Germans.
It
Is
stated
that
kulte
extensive
damage
was
done
to
the
jo
reman
bases
by
the
bombing.
London
newspapers
said
that
up
to
fifty
British
and
German
planes
had
engaged
in
a
day-long
fight
over
the
northwest
German
coast
but
officials
said
that
these
reports
exceeded
the
facts.
The
British
air
ministry
reported
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
had
made
reconnaissance
flights
over
north
west
Germany
and
Heligoland,
maintaining
security
patrols
over
German
mine-laying
bases
on
the
Frisian
Islands.
A
German
communique
said
that
four
German
and
nine
British
planes
had
engaged
in
the
com
bat
and
that
three
British
planes
had
been
brought
down.
east
and
west
of
Vosges
Mountains
I
swift
retaliation
for
German
air
on
the
western
front
with
a
re-attacks
on
shipping.
While
ac-sumptlon
also
or
aerial
activity.
counts
of
the
large
scale
raid
of
A
French
company,
in
a
surprise
'the
Royal
Air
Force
on
the
Island
attack,
broke
the
German
line
at!
of
Sylt
are
still
incomplete,
ob-Kreuzberg.
cast
of
Forbach.
today.
!
servers
regarded
them
as
a
sign
Later
the
Germans
counter-attacked
and
the
French
withdrew.
Today's
Exchange
United
States
funds
Buying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium.
Sterling
funds
Buying,
spot,
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$1.47.
Preston
East
Dome,
253.
San
Antonio,
255.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
Stadacona,
.09.
Uchl,
1.01.
Bouscadlllac,
.03.
Mosher,
.09.
Oklend.
.134,
Dominion
Bridge,
3855.
Chamberlain
Is
expected
to
reply.
The
secretary
of
the
national
'railway
union
labels
Hore-Belisha's
removal
as
a
public
scandal
for
which
the
Prime
Minister
is
respon-
sible.
It
wa;
a
discredit
to
Chamberlain's
judgment,
he
says,
and
was
the
result
of
Intrigue
among
the
brass
hats.
The
dismissal
was
made
worse
by
the
choice
of
successor.
The
government
was
becoming
mediocre
with
privilege,
snobbery
and
social
distinction.
Bulletins
VANCOUVER
ROBBERY
-VANCOmr'ER
'
Burglars-
stole
$2931
from
the
rooms
of
Wong
Sal,
veteran
Chinese
restaurant
operator,
while
he,
his
wife
and
daughter
were
eating
an
early
morning
meal
today
with
.two
leading
members
of
a
Chinese
theatrical
company.
ROUMANIA
AND
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST
Roumania
and
Hungary
are
said
in
authoritative
quarters
to
be
ready
to
settle
their
differences.
Roumania
will
not
cede
Transylvania
and
it
is
expected
Hungary
will
give
up
her
demands
for
territory
for
the
period
of
the
war
at
least.
FIVE
POISON
DEATHS
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Trinidad
Five
persons
are
dead
here
from
arsenic
poisoning
due,
it
is
believed,
to
using
brown
sugar
Shipped
from
British
Guiana.
AGAIN
EXCHANGE
HEAD
VANCOUVER
A.
E.
Jukes
has
been
re-elected
President
of
the
Vancouver
Stock
Exchange.
HAS
NOT
HEARD
IT
VICTORIA
Hon.
W.
J.
Assel-stine,
minister
of
trade
and
industry,
says
he
has
heard
nothing
of
the
report
that
sixty
British
ships
have
been
allotted
to
carry
lumber
from
British
Columbia
to
the
United
Kingdom.
VETERAN
TEACHER
DIES
VANCOUVER
Herbert
Hamilton
Smith,
veteran
school
teacher,
for
sixteen
years
a
member
of
Kitsilano
High
School
staff
and
former
registrar
of
Victoria
College,
is
dead
at
the
age
of
sixty-six.
Weather
Forecast
(PuniUhed
through
the
courtesy
of
the
Dominion
Itatroraloglctl
Buretu
if
Victoria
and
Prlnc
Rupert.
This
forecast
Is
compiled
from
observations
Uk-
n
5
im
today
end
covers
the
IS
hour
pTtod
ending
at
3
pm.
tomoorrow)
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
is
low
over
the
north
coast
and
is
relatively
high
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Showers
have
occurred
on
the
riorth
coast
while
over
the
Interior
It
Is
mod
erately
cold.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Fresh
south
to
southwest
winds.
,
cloudy
and
cool
with
scattered
showers.