Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Strong
winds
or
gales
mostly
easterly,
cloudy
and
mild
wlth
some
sleet
or
rain.
.
wvrV
Mrt
)
U,
i
an
unquawiea
success,
nit
clrU
having
been
sold
out
some
Lme
ahead.
W
M.
Brown
being
In
the
chair.
he
.saging
01
"U
lanaaa
openea
he
evening's
festivities,
followed
ounced
with
aue
solemnity
oy
C
8!uart.
Ttien
The
Haggis
piped
in
by
8.
O.
Les-1
borne
aloft
by
a
member
of
he
Canadian
ucoitun.
ana
sei
e
fire
D
C
Stewart,
who
delivered
he
Address
to
tne
itaggu-
m
p'.endld
manner.
The
Urst
tofcst
of
the
evening.1
Tr.e
Kiiig
J
was
followed
by
the
i'
x,
Ainnrm
accompanied
uy
ir
it.
.i
urutiursuy.
uiier
uicrr
t:e
it
w
'
.
itts
by
a'
Scotch
orches-
i
Tpfufd
of
Mrs.
Halerow.
pi-'
'
Messrs.
Breen
arid'
rtcc,
r
vi
ilmlitl,
The
numbers
?rt
'4
'amous
"Bon
Acord"
and
K
?
Mi
people
rr
ill
v
an
after
his
birth
is
.1
gb
was
honored
In
every
t'-wi;
and
village,
not
only
in
ra!.?e
Scotland
but
in
every
ir
nf
'he
world
where
the
Eng-Ji
Ui.'.'uige
is
spoken,
an
honor
J.npara,;cued
In
history?
No
other.
rely
his
own
composition.
wo
uneducated
nloushman
as
Hen
staled.
Burns
had
a
fair
ed
ucation,
n
ormA
Itnna'lrd;
Of
Iometrv
and
mpnsuratlmi
and
n
dipped
Into
philosophy.
A
Feat
reader,
he
studied
Shake-
iWarc
Xflllnn
Pnnn
and
other
rtaf
poets
but
It
was
from
hla
early
r..
the
talei
of
Jennie
Ellson,
til
twrsnnal
nf
nunltitnnn.
nnH
hi
""egalherlnBa
with
the
fair
sex
ha
U-
j
t
1
1
wiry
was
that
of
the
human
oatt
life,
love
and
passion
were
w
iheme.
lie
never
forgot
his
'"ship
with
the
poor
and
lowly.
He
ira.
hypocrwy
and
cant.
"urns
wastt
democrat,
alwnvs
Pay
to
take
up
the
battle
for
the
r
111.
pni-tu
.t...nn1.
.-A...
1
toreot
Tll1
nhrl
Vila
nim.4l.nl
n
4
V.
A
(
niii(C(i
on
iVo
Four;
j
vessel
mm
SCOFF
AT
RF.ro
ItT
States
of-flfials
SIIANOIIAl-l'nited
here
scoffed
at
reports
which
were
published
yesterday
life
of
Nel-,on
the
asalnst
of
a
plot
United
Stales
T.
Johnson.
..-K,..,.inr
in
China.
A
Japan-
Mill
II
v
-
ese
Army
spokesman
had
said
....
....I.
-1
nlol
exist-
m.s
'-"
-.
yesienuy
r.
al-i
ed
on
the
part
01
mmcn
---
-'to
cause
a
crisis
in
jap"
ed
States
relations.
ADVISED
TO
I.EAVL
STOCKHOLM
The
United
adviscl
,
n.-erlcan,
State,
legation
ha,
to
consider
re
urn
lng
home
"because
of
"'"f
'
ternatlonal
situation."
t
J
1
,a
"P11"'
closed
today.
It
is
warning
and
11
1.
,rrelv
a
routine
there
Is
no
cause
for
umi
jewnj
cern.
The
warning
is
not
because
a
German
Invasion
is
fcarcu.
MOKE
SUnTviCTlMS
LONDON-Lalcst
victims
of
the
war
at
sca
Include
inc
r.nllila.
1110
tons,
...
..
..mi
three
killed.
bcoiiisu
-
.....-.i.
,
escuc
twelve
nine
missing
and
Miranda,
11
nils
the
Norwegian
Ai
Oerman
lng.
The
lGOO-ton
K
anus,
was
scutl.cd
whw
Trench
Plro
i..,-.tr,l
l.v
a
Military
training
i
g-xi..
'ul.
sp.
n
Au.
traua
as
Aut.
'.oidiers
pour
into
tratnio)
camps
to
brush
up
on
their
war
ta
'.(-,.
Thr
c
J
dnrs
ae
sh
wn
waiU)
cheerfully
for
orders
as
to
where
to
pilch
their
tent.
They
will
ultimately
reach
the
European
batUefrom.
to
fight
side-by-side
wilt,
the
Tommies
and
pollus.
BLUEN0SE
NOT
SOLD
Bruj
ol
Afton"
and
were
fol-
Nne
of
Tendr
for
Famous
Racing
a
or
tr-
encore,
an
entnusi-
,
ruhinr
Schooner
Accepted
t:.-.
:r
t--!ved.
'
.
TV
'all
to
The
Immortal
t.irNEinURQ.
Jan.
28:
ir
ta
the
following
most
In-
rt,v
for
th,
celebrated
fishing
"What
was
there
about
Burn
air
J
ut'
said
Red
Flag
Cause
Of
Near
Riot
At
Columbus
Meet
COLUMBUS.
Jan-
28:
(CP
A
jCP
nftar
dm
developed-
at
a
,
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
anniversary
celebration
meeting
here
yes-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oourvey
8.
O.
JotMtMon
Oo.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
10.
Bralorne,
11.00.
Cariboo
Quarts,
2.45.
Dentonta,
AMi.
Fatrvlcw,
.0114.
Oold
Belt.
53.
Hedlcy
Mascot,
.56.
Mlnto.
.01.
Noble
Rve.
.01.
Pacific
Nickel,
.10.
Pioneer,
2.12.
Premier,
1.35.
Privateer.
.87.
Reeves
Macdonald,
28.
Reno.
.45.
nellef
Arlington.
.12.
Salmon
Oold,
.02
Vi.
Sheep
Creek,
1.17.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.00
3-4.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.18.
Calmont,
.41.
C.
&
Em
2.15.
Freehold,
.02
Vi
Home,
2.72.
Royal
Con.,
.17
Okalta,
1.20.
Mercury.
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20
Vi-
.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.31.
Beattle,
1.14.
Central
Pat.,
2.48.
Cons.
Smelters,
45.87.
East
Malartlc,
3.95.
Fernland,
.04
2-3.
Francoeur,
.55.
Gods
Lake,
.56.
Hardrock,
1.26.
Int.
Nickel,
.44.
Kerr
Addison.
2.47.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.05.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.21.
McKenzie
Red
Lake.
1.40.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.52.
Moneta,
.86.
Noranda,
76.50.
Pickle
Crow,
3.90.
Preston
East
Dome.
2.18.
San
Antonio,
2.38.
Shcrrlt
Gordon,
.99.
Stadacona,
.092.
Uchl.
.89.
Bouscadlllac,
.04.
Moshcr,
.08.
Oklcnd,
,15.
'
Dominion
Bridge.
38.00.
BANNING
!
GERMANS
N.Y.K.
Decide,
Not
to
Fermit
Those
of
Military
Ate
Riding
on
Their
Ships
ters
announcea
uiai
wine
nC
tpeaicing.
usteners
rushed
in
ais-
-
"
"
"
J.
I
a
.1
,hf
heirU
of
hU
country-
lng
conn!
and
that
the
ship
ortjw
to
tear
it
down.
-.r
Th
man
who
spoke
to
the
..t
Kr.
tnt
ihe
time
be-1
vutu
intiH.
"
"
,
?:?
f
the
people.
In
the
lang-
lealL
1
whose
mem-
DRY
OUT
!
GERMANY'
t
rvrti
the
Bard
of
Avon,
has
so
(Jffal
nrn,n
watching
World
Oil
I
beared
himself
to
the
hearts
of
supply
With
This
In
View
pc
iplr
The
'ploughman
poet'
.
.
siids
ainne
"
1
LONDON.
Jan.
2fl:
(CPt-Oreat
Mr
8'uart
eonUnued
with
refer-
,,
,
.frhinK
the
world's
oil'
i.
I
vsass
I
am
.i
Bums'
early
years,
his
(lddfc
a,mlng
at
drJing
Up
the
oil
and
poverty
on
the
farm
of
of
fu.i
gunDiy
for
the
Oer-
Ifichlca
where
his
father,
William
.rhinP
authorities
say.
H
15
rr,
?
a
man
rt
a
ilrnntv
anrl
tflP-
r
M
titnti
vi
s
vmh
.
.urn
deposition,
strove
to
wrest'
living
from
the
hungry
soil.
He'
rownrd
upon
fun
and
levity.'
'filch
must
have
been
galling
to
ie
youthful
Burns,
who
was
lull
if
the
gaiety
of
life.
The
speaker
great
influence
on
the
young
I
Sir
William
Wallace,
who
was
!
inspiration
for
"8cots
Wha
Ho'
S
.
1
.
.
.
i
11
SI-
Id
songs
and
ballads,
often
hand
s'
down
by
word
of
mouth
Inter-tr
him
greatly.
The
most
out-
andlng
example
of
songs
written
om
one
of
these
was
"Auld
Lang
yne
sent
to
Mrs.
Dunlop.
r
mp
iuvv
1
vr
iwutm.
vvi
w
1
Bulletins
'
lng
the
stopping
of
two
N.YJC.
ships
in
the
Pacific
last
week.
The
rul-
i
lng
worries
members
of
the
crew
of
the
scuttled
German
ship
Columbus
I
who
planned
to
return
to
Germany,
across
the
Pacific
by
way
of
Japan,
land
Russia,
travelling
on
Japanese
t
ishins.
NAZI
SUB
IS
VICTIM
French
Claim
Successful
Attack
on
Submersible
by
Patrol
Boat
PARIS.
Jan.
26:
CP
An
evening
communique
credited
a
French
patrol
boat
with
having
"successfully
attacked''
a
German
Dependents
Allowances
Enlistees
Not
Required
to
Show
Now
They
Had
Been
Contributing
to
Support
OTTAWA,
an.
26:
CP)
Under
the
widening
of
dependents
allowance
regulations
to
Include
depend
ent
relatives
of
men
who
were
on,
relief
or
destitute
when
they
en-
listed,
men
are
no
longer
required
to
show
that
they
maintained
a
dependent
relative
within
six
months
prior
to
enlistment
If
prevented
from
doing
so
by
circumstances
outside
his
control.
RED
CROSS
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
n
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
26,
1940.
War
News
'1
!
1
1
CHEAT
HEU
OFFENSIVE
MOSCOW
An
Important
council
of
Soviet
Russian
and
political
leaders
led
to
the
belief
that
a
great
Russian
offensive
on
the
largest
scale
yet
may
be
expected
against
Finland
with
the
general
objective
the
Mannerheim
Line
or
north
of
Lake
Ladoga,
probably
the
latter.
The
Russian
chief
of
MORE
Vir.OROL'S
ATTACK
j
I
OXDON
Germany
is
reported
I
to
be
building
a
number
of
new
aircraft
carrier
for
use
in
connection
with
anticipated
more
vigorous
air
attacks
upon
Allied
I
shipping
and
possibly
British
territory.
The
Reich
claims
one
a
day
submarine
production
now.
There
Is
some
question
as
to
how
i
the.
carriers
could
be
kept
fuelled
I
and
outfitted
even
if
they
were
successful
in
eluding
the.
British
I
naval
and
aerial
patrols.
GERMANS
DISPERSED
PARIS
French
artillery
fire
today
dispersed
German
troops
who
were
engaged
in
fortification
construction
work,
in
the
Vosges
Mountains
section,
a
French
com-
rAV
ITtAtfciSCO.
Jan.
26:
tCP
man
artillery
fire
in
reply.
The
-A
temporary
ban
against
trans-,
day
was
alo
marked
wllh
consid-
Bluenow
of
International
Wng
of
Germans
subject
to
mlli-rm
sehooner
terday
when
a
Red
Flag
was
unfurl-
hut
CadL
Ancus
Wal-
j
w
1
i
.
u
o.
h
tary
service
has
been
ordered
by
the
KnifiHriiul
.
..
N
nnnn
Vmeon
Kaicna
T.(n
fnllrta-.
erable
aerial
reconnaissance
ac
tivity
on
both
sides.
A
lone
French
scouting
plane
got
deep
into
Ger
,
Vancouver
Boy
.
Boxing
Champ,
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Jan.
26:
Tomorrows
Tides-
High
Low
.
2:59
a,m.
22.0
It.
15:00
p.m.
22.5
ft
9:04
ajn.
4.7
It.
21:28
p.m.
l
It.
PRICE:
S
CENT3
Election
Expected
On
March
26
AN
I
K
UIM
A
"t
BURNS
DAY
IS
SUCCESS
----
t
l
l
.t
Im
1
fun
fir
III
AMAH
mmww
Memory
of
Scotia's
Hard
I
t
I
Ust
evening
at
the
Oddfellows'
uu
over
two
hundred
persons
as-1
tmbled
to
celebrate
the
onnlver-'
.
.
.
.
.
U
1....
J
CT-
I
.V.
Iff
ttl
me
mucn-iurcu
wonun
oti
Robert
Burns.
Held
under
the
uspKM
of
the
women's
Auxiliary
Canadian
Legion,
the
affair
f
.
.
.
.
ANZACS
ARRIVE
FOR
TRAINING
Wants
No
Politics
During
War
So
He
Called
Election;
Some
.
Criticism
Of
Sudden
Contest
MARCH
26
PROBABLE
DATE
OTTAWA,
January
26:
(CP)
After
a
Liberal
caucus
this
morning,
Prime
Minister
King
said
the
election
would
probably
be
held
March
26
but
he
would
not
know
definitely
until
he
had
a
final
report
from
the
chief
electoral
officer.
OTTAWA,
January
26:
(CP)
Less
than
four
hours
staff
and
hi$
lieutenants
liter
left
after
the
opening
yesterday,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
for
Leningrad.
Meantime
Russian
Mackenzie
King
at
7:07
last
evening
announced
the
disso-
attacks
are
still
being
repulsed
by
j,,tinn
nf
pnlifimonf
ovi'nrr
fho
.o,r
f.
nlo
4,;V.
the
Finns
with
great
loves
Wo-men
have
been
found
to
be
fighting
in
the
front
lines
with
the
Russians.
w
"
iiuiiivtib
J'
v
hJiv
f
CJi
ail
blUVUUll
V
111W.11
is
expected
to
take
place
late
in
March.
Following
the
opening
the
House
had
adjourned
for
dinner
but
the
cab-
-
-
-
.
lnet
went
into
session
and,
after
de-
liberating
for
no
more
than
ten
minutes,
decided
upon
the
lightn
ing
dissolution
of
the
sixth
session
of
the
Eighteenth
Parliament
which
wax
thereupon
announced
by
the
Prime
Minister.
I
Explaining
reasons
for
the
disso
lution
and
calling
01
an
immediate
election,
Mr.
King
said
that
this
i
CP
Kenny
Lindsay,
young
was
his
answer
to
criticism
of
his
whirlwind
from
Vancouver.
government's
war
effort
Including
British
Columbia,
outboxed
Al
that
of
the
Ontario
Legislature.
He
Ellis
of
Detroit
last
night
to
charged
the
Ontario
Legislature
win
the
flyweight
title
in
the
with
deliberately
opening
a
political
National
Diamond
Belt
ama-
campaign
against
his
government.
teur
boxing
championships.
He
did
not
wish
a
political
campaign
Originally,
the
winner
In
the
In
Parliament
during
war
and
Lindsay-Ellis
bout
was
schedul-
deemed
it
advisable
to
ask
the
ed
to
meet
Basil
Jones
of
New
people
for
a
new
mandate
to
carry
York
in
the
final
but
Jones,
be-
on.
An
Immediate
election,
the
lng
overweight,
was
ruled
ineli-
Premier
pointed
out,
would
also
per-
glble.
New
York
Stock
territory
where
it
set
man
wa,
mm
vr
j
"rv
a,
d,!fVMTrfchmidts
Mart
Is
Weaker
which
it
eluded
by
a
daring
power,
dive
returning
to
it,
home
base
sefely.
Small
Falling
Off
in
Averages
Yes
7
terday
BRITISH
PLANE
DOWN
mlt
of
the
members
61
the
First
-Canadian,
Division;
VoUng
JnEi);r
land
before
leaving
for
France
anST.
I
the
Second
Dlvtsipn
voting
in
Can
ada
before
leaving
for
overseas.
r
Both
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manlon,
Con
servative
leader,
and
J.
S.
Woods-worth,
Co-operative
Commonwealth
leader,
were
critical
of
the
calling
of
the
election
on
such
short
notice.
They
agreed
it
was
an
effort
to
obtain
a
snap
decision.
Dr.
Manion
charged
Mr.
Mackenzie
King
with
Hitler
methods
and
Mr.
Woods-
BERLIN
The
German
high
NF.W
YORK.
Jan.
26:
(CP)
The
riit.ri
tha
Viara
nt
hi.
'
British
Blenheim
scouting
plane
had
been
shot
down
yesterday
j
near
Duisburg,
close
to
Essen,
the
great
German
munitions
manufacturing
centre.
German
tight-I
ers
downed
the
British
machine
!
which
was
believed
to
be
on
its
I
way
to
the
Ruhr.
SEIZING
CONTRABAND
PARIS
During
the
past
week
French
vessels
have
stopped
nine
ships
at
sea
and
removed
therefrom
15,600
tons
of
contraband
bound
tor
Germany.
Since
the
war
started
251
ships
have
been
stopped
by
the
French
and
480,-500
tons
of
contraband
removed.
SECOND
DIVISION
SOON
OTTAWA
The
Second
Canadian
Division
will
be
sent
overseas
as
soon
as
possible,
Trime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
told
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
but
it
will
not
be
before
the
general
election
is
held
late
in
March.
The
government
intends
to
see
that
the
First
Division,
already
In
England,
is
regularly
and
properly
reinforced.
NEW
SUPER
GUN
LONDON
The
Dally
Telegraph
say,
that
the
Germans
have
developed
a
new
super
gun
which
will
fire
153
miles,
being
designed
to
shell
London.
It
Is
115-118
feet
long
and
fires
616-pound
shells.
HOSPITALS
Weather
Forecast
Several
T.i
Be
Ooened
In
Northern
General
Synopsls-A
deep
depres-
France,
It
Is
Announced
'slon
Is
centred
west
of
Vancouver
,
Island
and
Is
causing
strong
winds
LONDON,,
January
26
(Canadian
rcss)
The
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
Is
preparing
to
open
several
base
hospitals
In
Northern
France.
Details
of
location,
food
supplies
and
personnel
have
been
arranged
but
are
not
announced.
on
the
coast.
The
weather
is
un
settled
In
most
parts
of
this
prov
ince.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-
Strong
southeast
winds
or
gales,
cloudy
and
mild
with
w
rains,
-----
'
-
n
VI
kit
ibihvtakvu
v.
W
V
V
command
today
coniirmed
mai
a
turnover
on
the
New
York
Stock
tatorshin
tactics.
Dr.
Manion
de-
Exchange
yesterda?
totalled
540.-
ciared
that
Mr.
King
had
been
pre-000
shares.
The
Industrial
average
paring
for
an
election
and
not
for
at
closing
was
off
.71
at
14659,
rails
vrar.
He
spoke
of
"cheap
politics."
off
.04
at
3059
and
utilities
off
.07
Mr.
Woodsworth
thought
that
the
at
25.11.
Russian
Wheat
Export
Banned
Will
Re
No
Licences
Following
Assumption
of
New
Powers
by
Government
OTTAWA,
an.
26:
(CP)
the
taking
power
by
the
government
through
order-ln-council
to
licence
exports
of
goods.
Including
wheat,
to
countries
adjacent
to
the
enemy,
it
U
learned
privately
that
recent
Russian
wheat
pur-;
chases
will
not
be
licensed.
Air
Commodore
Is
Appointed
To
Legation
Soldiers'
Club
At
Aldershot
LONDON,
Jan,
26:
(CP)
The
Dominion
Soldiers'
Club
Is.
being
opened
at
Aldershot
where
the
Canadian
First
Division
Is
quartered.
It
will
supply
refreshments
such
as
the
askjnal
Canadians
ure
u.;d
to
getting
at
home.
government
should
at
.least
have
'given
Parliament
an
account
of
Its
stewardship.
'
Earlier
Senator
Arthur
Melghen,
speaking
in
the
Senate,
referred
to
the
fact
that
there
had
been
no
,forecast
of
legislation
in
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
said:
"To
call
Parliament
without
any
legislation
'ready
for
it
Is
an
affront
unheard
of
in
the
history
of
this
Institution."
DEAL
IN
PLAYERS
I
Eddie
Shore
Traded
to
New
York
I
Americans
for
Eddie
',
Wiseman
BOSTON,
January
26
(Canadian
Press)
Art
Ross,
manager
of
the
'Boston
Bruins,
last
night
announced
an
Important
deal
In
National
i
Hockey
League
players
whereby
OTTAWA,
Jan.
26:
(CP)
Air
Eddie
Shore
is
traded
to
New
York
Commodore
VV.
R.
Kenny
has
been
(Americans
for
Eddie
Wiseman.
The
appointed
air
attache
to
the
Can-(transfer
of
players
Is
effective
at
adlan
legation
at
Washington,
It
lsjonce.
No
cash
was
Involved.
Shore
announcea.
lis
a
aeienceman
ana
Wiseman
a
right
winger.
Ross
said
that
Shore
was
no
longer
Interested
In
playing
for
Boston
and
had
wished
himself
to
be
traded
to
the
New
Yorkers.
Today's
Exchange
United
States
funds-r-
Buying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium.
Sterling
funds
Buying,
spot,
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$4.47,