r
MADE
s
v
-
i-i
1
mi
.
ENFORCED
aouth
Unna
ji
Ships
Hound
From
Holland
With
German
Coal
Are
Intercepted,
iTDfVl
Marrh
5:
'CP
The
b
'
wren
Oreat
Oritaln
and
...
i
.
.
.
Kb:
"if
nyre
critical
loaay
as
jBi
v
rontraband
control
It
ilian
ship
bound
r
"
flam
o
iiaiy
wun
car-
i
-p.
.jn
roal
and
prepared
.
4
Driers
nt.
Hon.
Ron-r
nuter
of
economic
"
Parliament
today
that
j.
a!
i
steamships
had
al-d'-'jined
In
compliance
r
vouily
announced
In-Vx',
ndtng
the
blockade
to
Mr
Cross
made
it
the
intention
to
,
ninU
under
the
two-b)ockade.
Any
coal
-
out
of
Rotterdam
to
'
br
sublect
to
setaure
as
::d
Mr
Cross,
adding
pments
had
now
eas-
shins,
laden
with
'
r
Italy,
sailed
itrrdan;
In
the
be-'
Britain
would
not
HONO
KONO.
March
5:
CP
Japanese
w
arables
shelled
positions
twenty
miles
north
of
the
Portuguese
port
of
Macao
throughout
the
morning
today
and
then
landed
a
force
for
a
new
penetration
of
South
China
Just
across
the
mouth
of
the
Pearl
River
from
Hong
Kong.
The
renewal
of
the
Ja-
pane
offensive
in
South
China
was
also
marked
by
ac-
tlvity
of
war
Diane
in
resum
4'
ption
of
the
bombing
of
Chin
ee
area
CITY
HAS
COLLAPSE
XkaiVSSf
8HENEN0AH.
Pemwylvania.
Mar.
m0fe
MV
,,.,
Jt"
5:
.CP.-Part
of
mid-city
Shenen-
.i.nHin.
in
doah
"nk
lowlr
etrday.
toppl-
butldlnf.
as
abandoned
anthracite
'
-
Germany
to
IUlv
s:
Bui?.;
3
of
IUlv
that
It
Ztr
Antlc-ltalWh
ft-political
relations
and
hi
denunciation
of
pvt
between
the
two
liwver.
in
some
Ital-h
nosslblllty
of
a
hi
seen
v
M
,
ran
be
made
in
German
coal
to
-uns
short
of
coal.
bu!
herself
to
blame.
f
Welsh
coal
avail
-.?
pointed
out.
w
lype
Ut
Jtato
Being
Jveloped
Now
t:
COtwpacu
ailCT
iitiiuwiiti.
were
hurt,
Mining
experts
said
that
the
cave-ins
might
continue
for
two
weeks.
Two
thousand
people
have
fled
from
their
home.
Twister
Visits
Illinois
State
Hurricane
Does
Much
Damage
in
Evensville
District
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
March
5
-
Rcprcscntatlves
of
enemy
governments
mingled
here
Sunday
at
a
service
of
Pontifical
High
Mass
held
v..,-
tn
nWrve
the
first
annlver-
Mar'i
leader
the
coronation
of
Pope
Plus.
.
...
...
t
1.
Jlnnn-
a
Killed
and
two
others
Ambassadors,
hign
cnurcu
u
i?
Waimi'M
k
.v,.
i
1
.
1--
1
nnvomment
officials
i,
"
"j
.hum
iiicu
nuo
wjrifs
iiiiu
PI
11
l"irlni,i,l...
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n.t
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InrludlnE
TCP-
i"'iv'i
01
uoi.
rci-
were
111
inuui"
-
Foua'iita,
mllltarvrti.fntnriinrtl.nfnMvM
from
the
BriUsn.
r
IUi
iirmaeni,
wnosc
lireiFrencn,
uerman,
rujun
picved
t-j
have
been
aimed
at.
'embassies.
irnTsTrinTiTiiii"
rn
1
1
g
T"K
FISHKRIES
ADVISORY
HOARD
IS
AHSO-U'TKLY
NOT
A
PRICE-PIXING
HOARD
J
'
obJc
.
t
L,
to
assist
the
Minister
of
Fisheries
In
arranging
an
wawly
supply
of
fish
to
the
nrltlsh
market
and.
at
the
same
reasonably
maintain
existing
market
contacts.
i
I".other
rd.
It
Is
to
give
Orcat
Britain
and
France
as
much
jjj
as
we
tan.
without
unduly
disturbing
the
supply
for
Canad-
fa
an
cor
umption.
1
VOTK
POR
HANSON
I
1L...I
.
...
.
.
t..-
Ti...nrt
11
f
',
"
i.iucrui
Association
oi
rnnce
mi"-'""
-
wi
cm
rau
mxm
am
imn:a
u
i
tu
r.i
va
r
va
t
1
Hermans
Give
No
Explanat'on
of
Order
Affecting
Netherlands
Frontier
of
communism
or
fascism.
What
really
threatens
the
world
U
the
force
of
evil.
MASTER
OF
ORCHESTRAS
Dr.
Karl
Muck
Was
Itegnrded
As
Classical
Conductor
in
Truest
Sense
1
STUTTGART,
Germany,
March
5
(CP)
Dr.
Karl
Muck
Is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
80.
sidered
by
many
music
lovers
of
Oermany
and
the
United
States
as
ithe
best
qualified
Interpreter
of
EVANSVILLE.
Illinois.
March
5--Va
Vner
"
I
visited
this
part
of
lUIn-
A
twister
Dy
thnt
Qf
nevef
fam
oU
at
the
week-end
causing
at
least.
al
Qf
ifery
KQn
&i
two
deaths
and
doing
considerable
he
chQsen
J
damage.
A
ntne-year-ow
gin
was(
aj
muslcal
killed
here.
A
Worics
rrasrcM
-chM
of
the
Wagner
festivals
at1
ministration
worker
lost
his
me
ai.
i"tatriith
Viirs
fr
mrvrr
than
5:
.CP)-'
.
ZlenTRMZlly
ears
h,s
conducting
of!
a:
tun
;
,
.,
i
Khirlov
ny
n.
Marcn
was
muv
urmw.."..v-
.
-parslfar
and
"The
Ring"
werei
wn'
w
jrlety
of
potato,
alml-
Nt
'
led
Oem
type,
which
,
.
i
a
major
crop
In
th
Knemies
Mingle
Kassination
Dictator
Was
sal
Plot
Aim
WAna,
Cuba.
March
5:
(CP)-
At
High
Mass
Various
Dijnatorles
At
Pontifical
High
Mass
on
Pope's
Birthday
Twice
Dr.
Muck
was
the
conduc
tor
of
the
Boston
Symphony
Or-i
chestra:
Ftom
1906
to
1908
and
then
again
from
i912
to
1918.
The
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
Stock
Market
Little
Changed
Fluctuation
Continues
Slight
in
Trading
In
Securities
at
New
York
NEW
YORK,
March
5
Turnover
.
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange!
totalled
4C0.000
shares.
The
Industrial
average
was
up
.10
at
146.43;
rails
up
at
30.40,
and
utilities
up
M
nt
24.19.
In
the'
first
hour
today
trading
was
dull
and
price
ranRe
narrow,
industrials
advancing
.12c.
to
146.55
and
rails
.08
to
30.54.
Mistake
Of
SiAir
Force
Went
Into
Action
Against
British
Machine,
Causing
It
to
Crash
In
Flames
GRAVES
END,
March
4:
(CP)
Royal
Air
Force
planes
went
Into
action
by
mistake
against
an
unfamiliar
blue
and
Breen
colored
nlane
which
they
forced
down
In
finmps.
It
turned
out
to
be
a
Bri
tish
plane.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTdRIA,
B.C.
reather
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
and
Queen
Char-L
:c
Rupert
High
0.00
a.m.
18.7
It.
Fresh
to
strong
,jinds
11:54
p.m.
193
ft.
Low
6:01
ajn.
7.6
ft.
ir.ild
wiln
occasional
rain.
18:25
pjn.
4.6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BMTIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
5,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
War
Purchasing
Criticized
War
Resumed
:
FRONTIER
IS
CLOSED
LOAN
BILL
IS
SIGNED
President
Roosevelt
Affixes
His
Sic-nature
to
Export
and
Import
Bank
Measure
AMSTERDAM,
March
5
(Cana-
WASHINGTON.
DC
March
5
j
man
,rress--jne
uerman
irontier
The
first
act
of
President
Frankiin
between
Borken
and
Wlnterswljk.
where
a
railway
crosses
the
border,
was
closed
yesterday.
No
explanation
was
given
for
the
order.
J
Son
Of
Former
U.S.
President
X
Communists
In
Canton
JYftlSlHg
fOrCC
States,
who
will
lead
an
International
brigade
of
volunteers
to
Finland
to
fight
against
Russia,
has
resigned
his
majority
in
the
standing
British
army
and
again
becomes
a
reserve
colonel.
Roosevelt
has
now
nulldlnts
Crack
and
Homes
Topple
enlisted
500
men
for
the
brigade
When
Shenendoah
Coal
Work-
and
P
to
have
three
thousand
ing
Cave
In
i
Rooeevelt
says
that
the
menace
to
the
world
today
is
not
a
question
D.
Roosevelt
after
returning
from
his
cruise
to
the
Canal
Zone
andj
beyond
was
to
affix
his
signature
j
to
the
bill
increasing
the
caoltal
of
the
export
and
Iraoort
bank
from'
$IOOlOOO,000
to
$200,000,000
andj
thereby
making
possible
loan.
to
Finland.
China.
Sweden,
Norway
and
other
countries.
Finland,
through
its
minister
to
the
United
States,
is
already
arranging
to
make
purchases
of
whrt.
corn,
lard
and
other
com-
LONDON.
March
5
Kermlt
modifies
In
United
States
Immcd-Roosevelt,
son
of
Former
President
latt,y
wlth
h
ne'
lne
of
credit
.Theodore
Roosevelt
of
the
United
Bulletins
JAPANESE
TRAIN
DISASTER
TOKYO
Over
IZ0
passentew
am
believed
to
have
been
killci
and
many
others
injured
wbrft
a
tr:(
n
plunged
into
the
fiver
Raihuwaku
in
northern
Japan.
The
train
dropped
from
a
bridge
which
had
been
struck
by
an
avalanche.
RETAINS
TrrCc
TORONTO
Georgle
Pace
retained
the
bantamweight
title
last
night
by
fUhtinf
a
fifteen
round
draw
with
Loo
Saliea
of
New
York.
Each
fiher
weighed
ll?1
-pounds.
A
crowd
of
8300
fans
saw
the
fight.
Having
the
reputation
of
being
TUHKO-RUSSIAN
NEGOTIATIONS
Ja
classical
conductor
in
the
truest
sense
of
the
term.
Dr.
Muck
for
......
.
more
than
three
decades
was
con-
riutrn
Two
Deaths
ana
....
.
.
LONDON-A
dispatch
from
Budapest
to
the
London
Daily
ExpreM
says
that
Russia
is
seeking
to
negotiate
a
trade
treaty
with
Russia
on
the
basis
of
terms
uhlch
last
fall
were
rejected
by
Dictator
Joseph
Stalin.
CONTRACTS
FOR
CF.UISERS
NEW
YORK
The
New
York
Shipbuilding
Co.
has
received
from
the
Department
of
the
Navy
contracts
for
two
15,f
30-ton
cruisers
at
a
cost
of
S1.990,000
each.
They
will
be
of
th
St.
Louis
class
with
six
inch
ans
and
will
be
named
Cleveland
and
Columbia.
The
contract
calls
for
completion
in
36
and
39
months.
TO
BUILD
PLANES
VANCOUVER
Boeing
Aircraft
Co.
here
U
expecting
contracts
from
the
War
Purchasing
Board
for
the
building
of
fighting
aircraft.
NELSON
BEATS
KIMBEHLEY
NELSON
Nelson
Maple
Leafs
havci
won
the
Kootenay
Hockey
League
play-offs
from
Klmberley
Dynamiters.
Last
night's
game
rrsulted
In
a
three
all
draw.
Nel-
on
won
the
second
game
2
to
nil
in
yesterday's
short
trading
session
!
after
a
1
alt
draw
In
the
first.
Nel
son
will
Eaters.
now
meet
Trail
Smoke
RUFFING
SIGNS
UP
NEW
YORK
Red
Ruffing
has
signed
up
his
1940
contract
with
the
New
York
Yankees.
His
salary
w
ill
be
$23,000,
an
increase
of
$3000
over
last
year.
RATIONS
OF
MEAT
PARIS
Even
horse
meat
and
tripe
are
being
placed
under
rationing
restrictions
in
France.
For
three
days
each
week
the
serving
of
beef,
mutton,
veal
and
goat
in
French
restaurants
will
be
banned.
INTEREST
ACT
OUT
LONDON
The
Trivy
Council
Judicial
committee
today
ruled
as
unconstitutional
legislation
passed
In
Alberta
In
1937.
reducing
provincial
Interest
rates.
I
War
News
i
1
SUBMARINE
DESTROYED
LONDON
A
Royal
Air
Force
destroyed
a
German
submarine
in
shallow
water
off
the
mouth
of
the
Elbe
'River
a
few
miles
from
the
German
coast
yesterday.
The
plane
made
a
direct
hit
with
one
out
of
four
bombs.
The
u-boat
was
struck
between
conning
tower
and
stern
and
billows
of
greyish-black
smoke
then
appeared.
PACIFIC
RELIANCE
SUNK
LONDON
Sinking
of
the
British
liner
Pacific
Reliance
of
the
Furness
Line
is
announced
as
a
result
of
enemy
action
off
the
west
coast.
The
entire
crew
of
fifty-three
of
the
600-ton
vessel
was
landed
safely.
HOLLAND
INDIGNANT
AMSTERDAM
Dutch
shinning
circles
express
indignation
at
continued
attacks
by
German
aircraft
on
Dutch
shipping,
one
ves-!
at
least
having
been
sunk.
"Complete
lack
of
respect
of
international
law
and
neutrality
of
small
nations"
is
alleged.
GERMAN
LOSSES
HEAVIER
LONDON
An
official
statement
issued
here
claims
that
German
losses
in
the
war
at
sea
for
the
week
of
February
26-March
3
-rere
nuie.
times
thosev-otV-Ulroal
Britain.
The
Germans
I9U
18.-000
through
seiture
and
scuttling
and
the
British
1.900
tons.
Onlr
25
out
of
11,000
convoyed
ships
have
so
far
been
successfully
attacked
by
the
Germans.
Claims
in
Berlin
that
Germany
has
lost
onlr
eleven
submarines
so
war
in
the
war
are
ridiculed.
At
least
fifty
are
known
to
have
been
destroyed.
NEW
WAR
LOAN
LONDON
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
Neville
Chamberlain
announces
a
new
300,000.000
war
loan.
The
announcement
was
made
by
the
Chancellor
in
the
House
of
Commons
today.
VHPURI
HOLDS
OUT
I1ELSINGFORS
In
the
face
of
an
even
more
Intensive
Rus-sian'siee.
Viipuri
was
still
holding
out
today
with
the
Finnish
flag
continuing
to
flv
over
the
be-leacuered
city.
The
Russians
claimed
to
have
captured
three
more
villages
on
the
outskirts.
Fresh
victories
are
reported
by
the
Finns
in
the
Lake
Ladoga
and
Tctsamo
areas.
WESTERN
FRONT
QUIETER
PARIS
A
quieter
day
was
ported
on
the
Western
Front
day
with
reduced
activity.
Colder
weather
has
been
restricting
ground
and
aerial
patrol.
NAZI
ASSURANCE
BRUSSELS
The
Belgium
government
has
been
officially
assured
by
Germany
that
there
will
be
indemnity
for
the
shooting
down
of
two
Belgium
planes
last
Saturday
when
one
flier
was
killed.
Special
instructions
have
been
given
by
the
Reich
that
Belgian
neutrality
must
be
respected.
New
Marketing
Board
Formed
Will
Govern
Handling
of
Vegetables
and
Seeds
in
Province
VICTORIA,
March
5:
(CP)
A
!
new
board
under
the
Natural
Pro
ducts
Marketing
Act
has
been
form
ed
to
regulate
the
marketing
of
vegetables
and
seeds.
NEW
YORK
COfPER
NEW
YORK,
March
5
Copper
I
prices
were
up
.03c
to
.05c
yesterday
ion
the
New
York
metal
market
wltn
closing
at
10.55c
per
pound.
jMay
Secret
Court
Goes
Into
Session
Today;
London
Press
Talk:
Unnamed
War
Office
Colonel
is
Said
to
Have
Recommended
Ex-convict
as
Contractor's
Agent
Cabinet
Shake-up
Expected
j
LONDON,
March
5:
(CP)
An
assembly
of
a
War
Office
secret
court
was
announced
today
as
London
news-I
papers
continued
to
express
concern
over
the
supply
ministry's
conduct
of
its
vast
purchasing.
The
court
met
to
question
an
unnamed
War
Office
colonel
who
is
reported
to
have
recommended
a
discharged
convict
to
the
supply
office
as
a
contractors'
agent.
Cabinet
changes
are
receiving
n
1
si
1
rTl
1TD
widespread
discussion
in
political
I
A(JAANx
circles.
Some
pre
anticiDatine
an
VilJLJljrllllJ
extensive
reconstruction
of
the
ad-1
minlstraUon,
possibly
Including
the
setting
up
of
a
smaller
cabinet
to
direct
the
war
effort.
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Winston
Churchill'
Seven
Hundred
to
Leave
This
Counts
mentioned
as
the
possible
head
trJ
to
Fiht
Against
Russia
of
the
new
cabinet.
However,
it
is!
considered
unlikely
that
any
an-
Police
Officials
Strike
At
Mine
VICTORIA.
March
5.
CP
In
spector
John
Shirass
and
Sergeant
S.
D.
Woods-Johnson,
provincial
po
lice,
are
In
Victoria
to
confer
with
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
and
Attorney
General
Gordon
Wlsmer
in
regard
Roosevelt
Is
i:
Leaning
To
War
I
So
Says
Senator
Taft
of
Ohio
.
Regard
to
Chief
Executive
,
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
March
5:
(CP)
Senator
Robert
A.
Taft,
Re-nubllcan,
Ohio,
declares
that
Presi
dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Is
leaning
more
and
more
towards
war.
Windsors
Leave
Paris
To
Visit
Zone
Of
Battle
PARIS
March
5.
The
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Windsor
have
left
their
Paris
home
for
a
visit
to
the
war
zone.
The
Duchess
is
w
earing
a
Red
Cross
uniform.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT"
TO
FINLAND
TORONTO.
March
5:
(CP)
Col.
nouncement
will
be
made
before
thcifraser
Hunter
D.S.O.,
Toronto
Lib-
Easter
recess.
I
era
MI.
A,,
announced
yesterday
jthat
seven
hundred
Canadians,
In-
eluding
many
aviators,
will
leave
I
shortly
for
Finland
with
approxi-,
mately
250
Finnish
volunteers.
CoL
-
f
r
I
Hunter,
a
retired
IndlanAnnx
ot-
k
Omening
U
V
er
nceiancr
ttrt
Txrerlrvnrx
wiu
prooacuy
proceea
do
rmunu
himself
in
personal
charge
of
I
contingent.
Only
Two
Cases
In
County
Court
the
to
the
Pioneer
Gold
Mine
strike
calendar
For
This
Month
Light,
which
culminated
last
week
in
a
th
Actions
Being
Set
Over
.ixty-hour
sitdown
strike
deep
in
jjntn
April
the
mine.
j
:
1
In
the
absence
of
Judge
W.
E.
Nanaimo
Wage
Dispute
Will
Be
Arbitrated
loading
coal
on
cars.
.Fisher,
Court
Registrar
was
In
charge
of
County
Court
yesterday
(when
it
convened
for
setting
of
(cases.
There
were
only
two
acUons
'
on
the
list
and
they
were
set
over
1
until
AprU.
The
consideration
of
a
naturalization
application
from
Frank
Redmond
was
stood
over
un-
NANAIMO.
March
5:
CP
It
has'
t
tU
the
return
of
the
Judge,
been
decided
to
submit
to
arbltra-
The
two
cases
are:
tlon
a
dispute
between
the
Canad-
Charles
Bibeau
vs.
Carl
McEach-lan
Collieries
and
the
mine
work-n.
$279.
T.
W.
Brown
for
plaintiff.
PTs-
union
over
the
rate
in
rav
for.".
U.
Hilton
lor
deienaani.
Michel
Coco
vs
John
Anderson,
$40.08,
W.
O.
Fulton
for
plaintiff,
T.
W.
Brown
for
defendant.
i
Salvation
Army
jAnd
Espionage
Evangelical
Organization
Under
Fire
in
Japanese
Diet
TOKYO,
.
March
5
(Canadian
Press)
War
Minister
Hata
declared
before
the
Japanese
Diet
today
that
the
Salvation
Army
must
be
placed
under
proper
regulations
for
prevention
of
"espionage".
WARNINGS
SOUNDED
Victory
Will
Not
Be
Cheap
and
Easy,
Says
John
Simon
LONDON,
March
5:
(CP)
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
Sir
John
Sl-
;mon,
reviewing
the
first
six
months
of
the
war.
warned
against
the
elusion
that
victory
would
be
"cheap
WINNIPEG,
March
5:
(CP)
land
easy."
The
lull
In
fighting
had
Winnipeg
wheat
prices
were
ac
to
been
of
consolidation
with'
France.
Vac
higher
yesterday
with
May
clos-
j
He
warned
against
a
feeling
of
false
lng
at
888c.
New
York
wheat
prices
security.
were
3ic
to
fec
lower
with
May
at;
Herbert
Morrison,
prominent
La-$100?g
yesterday,
advancing
Tic,
to'
borlte.
speaking
at
Bristol,
said:
ll'ic.
in
early
trading
today
with
"We
should
not
be
easy
going
and
May
reaching
$1.02.
Jwait
for
something
to
turn
up."