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Alexander
Scolt.
Senior
M'mber
Of
Scott
ti
Peden
i
Germany
I
firm,
Dies
March
19:
(CP)
L
T
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Scott,
well
known
liant
of
Victoria
and
r
T
of
the
firm
of
Scott
Ik.
T
111.
H.
-
.
4
suring
Oermany
an
unbroken
flow
of
supplies
overland
to
counteract
Lmns
defeated
the
AUIed
blockade.
k
inMM
4
to
3
last
'
auuxmiauve
eciior.
uwvan-
irouirer
wnn
the
uui
we
conierenee
meant
cnange
.
tmes
and
Port-
OI
Italian
atUtude
or
that
It
was
:
-iirth.
the
series
!
',llnked
wlth
any
InterconUnenUl
I
..mrs
to
one
for
mon
or
any
peace
plans
elabor-(
ld
by
the
ministers
of
Italy
and
the
Vatican."
i
There
is
general
dismissal
of
yes-
i
lenwy
s
report
uui
Miner
nad
submitted
to
Mussolini
an
eleven-point
tpeare
plan
based
on
a
four-way
division
of
Influence
In
Europe.
!
"It
Is
absurd
If
Nasi
Oermany',
thinks
she
can
shape
Italian
policy
to
as
to
deprive
Italy
freedom
of
,
action
"
said
a
Rome
radio
broad-
...
...
.
east
last
nlffht
sa
ror
I'runcis
X-.'-.':
snounres
that
the
tl
Atr
Torre
stlacked
and
r
:.
jrrmuniniiF
uin
inr
a
r
-
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(he
attack
upon
our
1
.
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.
M
t
nvi
m
me
urancys.
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nr
.
iinra
nsi
sta.
m
i
.
s
iiviti.iH
r.
WILL
USE
i
BIG
SHIPS
()ueen
Mary
And
Mauretanla
To
Carry
Troops,
It
Is
Learned
NEW
YORK.
March
19:
CP
Vlth
the
arrival
here
ywtcrday
of
770
officers
and
men
to
complete
the
personnel
of
the
two
great
j
ships.
It
became
definitely
known
that
the
80.000-ton
liner
Queen
:
Mary
and
the
33.000-ton
Maure-,
tanla.
which
have
been
tied
up
here
since
early
In
the
war.
were
to
be
commissioned
as
troopships.
British
and
Canadian
censorship'
officials
authorised
repetition
of
United
States
reports
to
this
ef-Ifect.
The
vessels
are
now
being
loaded
and
may
leave
Wednesday.
It
Is
rumored
mat
me
two
Dig
liners
will
go
Into
Australian
troopship
service.
There
Is
no
Immediate
indication
that
the
British
Admiralty,
which
uoV
controls
all
DrlUsh
shipping.
tin1
nftv
wartime
plans
for
the
d'-ad
here
at
the
age
Queen
Elisabeth
which
slipped
Into
Hr
had
been
a
real-
New
York
recently
after
a
secret
'
a
since
1898.
maiden
voyage.
riTiriimriaaitiiii,l,llB,j
MAN
ION
IS
OPPOSKI)
TO
PRINCE
KUPKKT
g
His
Own
Words
Prove
It
!
!
3
the
Liberals
placed
In
the
csllmales
$600,000
for
a
Tourist
at
Prince
Rupert.
BUT
WHAT
HAPPENED?
T.
'he
Conservatives
were
put
Into
office
and
on
Page
3081.
May
I5'li.
1931,
Official
(Hansard)
Government
records:
MANION
SAYS.
Mr
Speaker,
there
was
an
amount
of
$COO,000
placed
In
the
"Umates
of
192j
for
a
hotel
in
Prince
Rupert,
a
little
p'"
"f
5.S00
nrnnti.
...
.,..1
S23.000
hotel
d
make
II
pay.
That
$600,000
hotel
was
provided
for
in
tlie
estimate,
of
1929
AND
WE
HAD
TO
STOP
IT."
'
CONSEllVATIVKS
MANION
SAID
SO
HAD
TO
STOP
IT
Nw
Judge
for
YourselvesAre
the
Conservatives
Friends
of
Prince
Rupert?
J"
l
iberals
have
provided
practically
every
Improvement
there
"
llls
city
which
Incidentally
created
a
good
many
needed
jobs
VOTE
FOR
HANSON
Ami
rViitliinr.l
l'rnirr
U
plia
Federal
Liberal
Association
of
Prince
Rupert.
B.C
1
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n
jrj
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"PEACE
HEADLINES"
EMPTY
WASHINGTON,
I).
C-Stephen
Early,
tecretary
to
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt,
said
to
day
that,
on
the
hauls
of
author
itative
reports
received
by
the
(
United
States
government,
"peace
JUiMK.
March
19:
(CP)
Possibility
that
Chancellor!
headlines
would
appear
to
be
t
Acr
nf
fjprtnanv
and
Prnminr
Hpnitn
TiiKcn1ini
very
empty."
He
said
no
Infor-
:.i
f
-..1
'
n
mauon
naa
ueen
receiver
10
sun-
iron
I
10
II
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ail
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ai
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as
to
what
happened
in
the
Brenner
Pass
,lrenn"
r
conference.
rendezvous
between
the
dictators
4
yn:ujr.
There
U
talk
too
of
a
possible
Rome-Moscow
rapproaehment
before
any
three-way
dlvUton
of
Bal-
kan
soheres
of
Influence.
I
Diplomat!
saw
neutralization
of
a
si
a,
a1
a
a
a
i
a
a
a
a
a
a
si
H
ilia
SMASHING
VICTORY
BERLIN
Germany
is
determined
to
obtain
an
early
and
smashing
victory
over
the
Allies,
a
Nail
spokesman
said
today.
It
may
take
diplomatic
rather
than
military
form
for
a
start.
GOVERNMENT
TO
RESIGN
LONDON
A
Reuters
dispatch
from
fonrnharrn
In
Isinrlnn
t
he
Pacific
Coast
4
.
w
Ansaioo
oi
rwrwn
Minister
Cl-
Myg
the
Itlti
government
of
championship
ano'
Leghorn
newspaper,
denied
Finland
is
expected
to
resign
tomorrow.
There
is
no
dissatisfaction
or
disagreement.
NEUTRAL
SHIPS
SUNK
ROTTERDAM
A
S.OOO
ton
Italian
collier,
one
of
the
vessels
which
figured
in
the
recent
Incident
between
Great
Britain
and
Italy
over
the
coal
blockade,
was
sunk
by
a
German
mine
yesterday.
Two
DanUh
trawlers
were,
strafed
off
Jutland.
The
Urltlsh
freighter
Tibertan
is
misting
and
Is
believed
to
have
perished
with
her
crew
of
fifty.
A
Scott
Uh
trawler
has
boen
sunk.
EVACUATING
HANKO
HANKO,
Finland
Evacuation
of
llanko,
picturesque
Finnish
summer,
resort,
is
proceeding.
It
means
the
leaving
by
many
Finns
of
their
pleasant
homes,
to
tettle
where
they
do
not
know.
The
Russians
are
to
take
over
on
Saturday
and
establish
a
naval
base.
There
is
deep
resentment
among
the
evacuees.
GERMAN
SHIP
SINKS
COPENHAGEN
The
German
steamer
Ekersheim,
3003
tons,
is
reported
to
have
been
wrecked
off
Jutland
March
13.
COLONIAL
UNIFICATION
PARIS
Virtual
unification
of
British
and
French
colonlan
empires
for
the
duration
of
the
war
in
the
spheres
of
production
and
transportation
has
been
achieved
as
a
result
of
the
conference
here
of
British
Colonial
Secretary
Mat-
I
calm
MacDonald
with
the
French
'
Colonial
ministry.
GERMANY
CAREFUL
BERLIN
Vice-Chancellor
Herman
Goering
issued
a
decree
today
that
all
bronze
bells,
Including
church
bells,
as
well
as
cop-
nvr
flltlnra
if
tinllitlnrx
hf
turn.
ed
over
to
the
state
for
Its
arma-
J
meni
reserve.
BRITISH
FLEET
CRIPPLED?
BERLIN
Half
or
the
British
fleet
of
battleships
lies
crippled
at
home
and
the
entire
Home
Fleet
Is
paralyzed
as
a
result
of
German
aerial,
torpedo
and
mine
activity
said
a
German
statesman
yesterday.
The
only
British
battleships
now
capable
of
fight
ing
are
the
Nelson
and
Rodney,
1
declared
the
claim.
SOVIET
SATISFIED
STOCKHOLM
Official
Swedish
circles
arc
said
to
have
been
riven
assurance
by
the
Soviet
ope.
PROVINCIAL
I
LIBRARY
.
r
j
Tomorrow
sT
ides
and
Queen
Char-i
Puprrt
High
10:36
am.
195
ft.
,
Fresh
southeast
to
23:20
p.m.
195
ft.
'
cloudy
and
mild
with
.1,
tt.Mtu.
Low
4:20
am.
7.9
It
i
tarn-
17:02
pm.
4.1
ft.
j
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
U
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
07
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
19,
1940.
PRICE:
8
CENTS
mpcant
apeecn
oy
inamoeriain
I
KAL1ZA11UIN
Ur
BALKANS
IS
AIM
OF
DICTATORS'
PARLEY
.
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ullivii
On
Tlilc
Ac
Qnliwwi
of
Un...
War
News
SEAREToSWERGreat
Britain
and
France
Wi,!
Illegal
Mines
Cause
Of
Most
Of!
Sinkings
Submarines
Getting
Few
Victims
Now
I
LONDON.
March
19:
CP
Dur-j
ing
last
week
threeBritUh
ships,
with
tonnage
totalling
5,439,
were
lost
in
the
war
at
sea.
Two
French
vessels,
with
tonna.se
of
3,172
In
the
aggregate,
were
lost
and
four
neutrals
of
tonnage
'
totalling"
15,-121.
These
figures
were
below
average
and
most
of
the
losses
were
due
to
illegal
mines.
!
Sine;
February
24
only
four
vessels
have
been
sunk
by
German
:
submarines.
j
Many
Oerman
submarines.
It
Is
stated,
following
contact
with
Allied
naval
units,
have
been
withdrawn
for
repairs
and
to
rest
their
crews.
Hope
Abandoned
For
73
Miners
No
Chance
Of
Men
Entombed
Ohio
Colliery
Being
Alive
In
ST.
CLAIRSVILLE,
Ohio.
March
19:
CP
Hope
Is
now
finally
ab
andoned
for
the
bringing
out
alive
of
fifty-four
trapped
miners.
Badlrs
of
17
miners
have
already
been
brought
out
and
two
others
died
'.n
rescue
attempts.
The
total
death
toll
will
reach
73,
It
Is
now
expected.
GOVT
BEING
CRITICIZED
Illegal
Radio
Broadcast
Goes
On
Air
For
Twenty
Minutes
In
Great
Britain
LONDON.
March
19:
tCP
An
Illegal
broadcasting
station
went
on
the
air
for
twenty
minutes
last
night
with
an
attack
on
the
right
to
tnd
ror
Durable
And
Moral
Peace,
Premier
Declares
Bulletins
SENATOR
DEAD
HAMILTON,
Ont,
George
Lynch
Staunton
ed
legal
counsel,
died
here
today,
ETNA
IX
ERUPTION
MESSINA
Mount
Etna,
40
miles
distant,
is
in
the
most
'
violent
eruption
in
forty
years,
throwing
ashes
and
sand
even
as
far
as
this
city.
There
hare
also
been
a
number
of
severe
earth
1
rumblings.
TREATY
WITH
SPAIN
LONDON
A
new
trade
treaty
between
Great
Britain
and
Spain
was"
signed
in
Madrid
yesterday.
The
'terms
were
not
immediately
d'scloscd.
CONTROL
IMPORTS
LONDON
Imrortint,
of
all
food1u'fs
to
Great
Britain
is
to
be
placed
under
special
licence.
TURKEY
AND
RUSSIA
Blames
Germany
For
Blocking
Aid
to
Finland
Nazi
Falsehood
About
Destruction
of
Fleet
Government
Will
Not
Be
Stampeded
LONDON,
March
19:
(CP)
Great
Britain
and
France
are
fighting
and
will
continue
to
fight
until
a
mor-
Senator
:
al
and
durable
peace,
such
as
that
sugested
"by
President
.
si,
not-
pranklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States,
has
been
achieved,
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
in
a
lengthy
speech
which
was
one
of
the
moit
important
he
has
,
.
given
since
the
war
began.
"It
was
A
for
such
a
peace
that
we
took
up
arms
and
we
intend
to
fight
on
until
It
Is
secured."
Chamberlain
declared.
"All
proposals
to
end
the
war
are
useless
if
they
fall
short
of
a
moral
and
durable
peace."
Principal
points
of
Mr.
Cham-be
rh
Ins
speech
included:
Flrrt.
the
dedication
of
Oreat
Britain
and
France
to
fight
until
a
mora!
and
durable
peace
had
been
secured.
Welles
Says
No
Plan
For
.
Peace
Given
ROME,
March
19:
tCP)
Un-
der
Secretary
of
State
Sumner
Second,
a
charge
that
Germany's
Welles
disclosed
tonight
that
threat
of
military
Intervention
In'
n
Pce
plans
or
mediation.
Norway
and
Sweden
had
prevented
Proposals
had
been
offered
him
the
sending
of
a
fully
equipped
Al-'.
by
any
belligerent
or
other
lied
army
of
100,000
men
which
had
European
governments
during
be?n
ready-to
leave"
for
the
relief
of
his
tour.
He
also
declared
that
"ANKARA
TurWer
is
readr
to
Third,
declaration
ration
cast
said,
had
outlived
his
allotted
manja
appears
to
be
swinging
even
that
Great
Britain
and
France
were
NEW
YORK,
March
19.
Stock
span
and
his
usefulness
with
a
ci0Ser
to
the
side
of
Germany
and
ready
to
meet
any
new
German
war
transacUons
on
the
New
York
Stock
most
unfortunate
year.
The
broad-
RUSSia.
King
Carol
Saturday
night
'effort
that
might
result
from
the
Exchange
yesterday
totalled
510,-cast
concluded
with
the
playing
of
granted
the
Oerman
.minority
of
conference
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hit-'
000
shares.
The
Industrial
average
"Ood
Save
the
King."
750,000
In
Roumania
the
right
to
ier
and
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
j
at
close
was
145.59,
down
.17:
rails
CENSURE
REJECTED
es
Government's
Shipping
Policy
ones.
St.
Patrick's
Day
In
Eire
DUBLIN.
March
19:
(CP
There
re-entabllsh
old'
ties'
of
friend
Mp
with
Riwia
nd
enter
a
non-aggression
pact
if
desired.
This,
H
Js
'aid,
would
interfere
In
no
war
with
mutual
assistance
pacts
between
Turkey,
Grent
Britain
and
France.
CLOSER
TO
DICTATORS
Chamberlain
governments
war
.
...
policy
which
it
declared
had
led
Ring
Carol
Grants
Xaiis
Right
To
the
country
Into
the
"most
un-
Organiie
In
His
Country
profitable
and
ridiculous"
war
In
history,
cnambenain,
tne
Droaa-
BUCHAREST.
March
19:
Rou-
PARIS,
March
19:
(CP)
There
Finland.
the
Oerman
and
Italian
dictators,
the
purpose
of
which
had
given
rise
to
much
speculation.
He
had
no
Information
whatever.
For
all
he
knew
It
might
have
been
to
discuss
the
reasons
for
the
sinking
of
an
Italian
steamer
yesterday
by
a
Ger
man
mine.
there
nothing
of
Importance
was
of
the
BrUsh
and
to
see
weri.
no
mllltarv
demonstrations
In
report.
In
Berlin
It
was
claimed
he
did
not
convey
any
sugges-
oF
complete
.
Hons
of
peace
to
any
European
fflsltv
of
theOefmTn
IsHtement'
power.'
.WWelle
left'
Rome
tljBt
the
British
tteet
had
been
crip-
tonight
for
Genoa
where
he
pled
by
the
much-vaunted
aid
raid
'
will
sail
tomorrow
aboard
the
on
Scappa
Flow
which,
from
a
mill
Comte
dl
Savoie
on
his
return
tanr
rtandrelnt.
had
bein
a
failure!
.
'
tp-Jhe
United
States.
Fourth,
revelation
that
the
Brit
ih
eovernment
had
informed
Un-j
lted
States
Under
Secretary
of
State
:
:
Sumner
Welles
on
his
recent
visit
that
Great
Britain
and
France
in-
AJormTir
Ronrra
Of
t-nded
to
tloht
to
a,
finish
unt!l'ndITU
"
lAdilge
UI
ibrir
war
aims
had
been
accom-iOr
I
T71
l
l
on!.
lotock
rluctuation
Fifth,
determination
that
the
eov-'
ernment
would
not
be
rushed
Into'
any
disastrous
military
adventure,
j
York
Transactions
Yesterday
1
Totalled
510,000
Shares
Ready
For
Anything
.
Mr.
Chamberlain
told
the
House
form
Hitler
Youth
groups.
at
Brenner
Pass
yesterday.
29-86,
up
.08,
and
utilities,
24.04,
up
Roumania
Is
reported
to
have
The
Allies
would
not
be
diverted,
-02.
In
the
first
hour
today
Indus-received
assurance
from
both
Oer-
he
Prime
Minister
declared,
from
j
trials
were
up
.27
at
145.86
and
many
and
Russia
that
there
shall
tne
purpose
for
which
they
had
en-
rails
down
.04
at
29.82.
be
no
armed
Invasion
as
long
as
tered
the
war.
Roumania
keeps
her
undertakings
Dlscussin?
the
possibilities
of,
to
the
Reich
and
the
Soviet.
ineace.
Mr.
Chamberlain
told
of
the.
...
.
.,
House
.
of
.
Commons
,,.
r
Endors-
Another
report
Is
that
there
Is
welcome
.
that
had
been
given
Un-Brltlsh
n
...,,-.
,,.m.t
j...
o
by
peace
will
be
respected
In
Rou-
Welles
of
the
United
States
In
Great
man,a
during
the
present
war
un-
Britain.
I
Twr,
io-
mm
a
.
Tr
"I,
h
;t'tss
thelr
actlons.
He
referred
to
the
conference
ofj
7
,
-
make
it
impossioic
for
Its
war
shipping
policy
was
re-
'Jected
by
the
House
of
Commons
I
yesterday
by
a
vote
of
266
to
99.
The
WpcrAfn
front
moUon
was
proposed
by
Emmanuel
Shtnwell,
a
Labor
member.
The
Pnfrnc
ArfivA
Kovernment
enunciated
a
policy
of
ulIUlo
XlLllYC
replacing
lost
ships
with
newly
built
killed
and
others
had
been
wounded.
There
might
be
retaliation
for
that,
he
significantly
suggested.
Whatever
the
intentions
of
the
Nazis
might
have
been,
"the
responsibility
for
the
consequences
must
rest
with
the
authors."
The
Prime
Minister
said
that
121
bombs
had
been
dropped
in
the
raid
over
Srapa
Flow
and
over
land
as
well.
In
answer
to
demands
for
a
more
dynamic
war
policy
from
some
crit-
ics
of
the
government,
Mr.
Cham-
"Whatvpr
th
nKtmmn
mav
h
berlaln
said:
"We
do
not
Intend
to
were
numerous
skirmishes
by
Oer-
n0weveP
we
ue
ready
met
jt'
be
hustled
into
a
military
adventure
man
patrols
with
French
outposts
i
and
are'not
iikeiy
to
De
diverted
havlnS
UtUe
chance
of
success
on
the
western
front
yesterday
in
tTom
the
purposes
for
wrtich
we
wh,ch
mlsht.
at
the
same
time,
the
vicinity
of
the
Moselle
River
entered
the
war
"
said
the
Premier
,have
the
Possibility
of
great
danger,
ana
eisewnere
dui,
according
10
Xfr
rhamur,n,n
,H
that
Mr
not
disaster."
tne
rencn,
tne
enemy
was
was
rej
ed.
A
French
communique
mlque
repuls-
Welles
had
been
able
to
obtaln
ln
The
best
way
to
said
vZelsmA
thp
views
and
sentiments
to
Preserve
un
obtain
victory
unshakeable
deter
mination
and
confidence
with
firm
conviction
in
the
Justice
of
the
Dublin
on
St.
Patricks
Day.
Presi-
""-
iw"
'cu
sus
'""'Llke
the
President
of
the
Unlted;cause
ana
slve
10
acnieve
me
dent
Douglas
Hyde
attended
ser-jhad
been
defeated.
vices
In
St.
Patrick's
Cathedral.!
"
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valera.
and,
Jg
(JrOerS
Roman
Catholic
church
services
BAD
FOR
RABBITS
SAUNA,
Kans.,
March
19:
(CP)
For
Planes
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
March
19:
(CP)
The
Allies
are
negotiating
"They
didn't
bring
the
rabbits
any'
for
the
purchase
of
one
billion
government
that
Russia
has
no
.
particular
luck"
warns
a
firm
here
dollars
worth
of
aircraft
In
the
further
territorial
aspirations.
In
,
which
has
for
free
distribution
thejUnlted
States,
it
was
stated
yes
Scandinavia
or
northwestern
Eur-
allegedly
"lucky"
left
hind
feet
ofterday
by
Secretary
of
the
Treas
27,000
rabbits
purchased
this
winter,
ury
Henry
Morgenthou.
1
States,
the
British
peace
aim
was,aunl
a
auraoie
ana
morat
peace.
mat
smau
nations
snouia
receive
,.r
rV-,
,
Just
and
effective-
guarantees.
A,fter
Ir-
Chamberlain
had
against
aggression
by
larger.
imwn.
iue
Kuvwnmenfcs
policy
was
oy
two
opposition
Retaliation
Suggested
'
leaders
Sir
ArchlhalrT
Sinclair.
The
Prime
.Minister,
speaking
of
Liberal,
and
Clement
Atlee,
Labor
the
air
attack
on
Scappa
Flow,
as
well
as
by
Rt.
Hon.
Leslie
declared
that
It
had
been
a
fall-
Hore-Bellsha,
former
Secretary
ure.
No
capital
ships
had
suffer-
for
War.
All
three
scored
the
gov-
ed,any
damage
whatever.
From
a
jernment
tot
allowing
Oermany
to
military
standpoint
the
raid
on
'keep
the
Initiative
In
the
war!
Scapa
Flow
had
been
very
unlm-
I
A
crowded
House
heard
the
portant
but
one
civilian
had
been
speeches