LONDON,
Feb.
:
(CP)
Bri
tish
fighting
planes
Intercepted
ind
shot
down
one
of
several
Gtrman
planes
which
raided
VI
1
1
.
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t
1
1
1
J
.
-
.
"
4
a
l
Minting
ana
micniin-junmin
ifwli
offshore.
The
Air
Min-kir
annnunrrii
that
a
German
.
t
i
i
t
.
v
-,
l.
IWiirk
an
th
touth
shore
of
lfc
Ilrth
of
Forth.
,
ships
were
reported
lost
al
liMth
semal
were
attacked.
Tt
men
were
lost
when
a
Hfe
boi
lim
one
of
the
atfactfetl
ttssth,
Ihe
800-ton
dredger
Fwrrawt,
was
swamped.
Seven
urtfinj
said
the
dredger
was
rrtidrrrd
unmanageable
by
a
torn.
The
French
ship
Marie
Dawn
is
rrportrd
to
have
been
sunk
by
I
mine
tilth
on
of
lirr
crew.
tly
Senegalese,
lost.
1
IUL.il
I
II
1
1
V.i
I
I
llnhmshincr
'whiles
reveal
that
the
average
Fredericksburg
bride
Is
27
and
i'he
groom
30.
I
But
the
unblushing
brides
are
jiionest
Willis
says
they
give
their
i"1-
WlinnUt
fldHltlnn
nr
i,Mrii-
-
-
"v
,114
kj
V
U
V
t
W
"On,
EVCn
thnso
Uhn
nrn
flvn
in
ln
year
hMaf
iuj.
-
kllAlt
tllUil
WUUlU"
e
mates
admit
their
ace.
ThoUgh
Willis
doesn't
subscribe
i
theory
thal
marriages
nrc
maae
n
in
heaven,
he
takes
every
reasonable
nrcenulinn
in
h
h.l
h.
i
.
"
nvuuill&a
UIV
"oi
the
nrodnpt
f
in,
i
n
"fuses
to
issue
licences
after
four
J'."!,
Or
hofnr
..f
.-
..
link
-wvi.c
nine
ii.m,,
in
com
,p
with
hU'
edict:
"N0
wait
ss
you're
too
late."
SEARCH
FOR
l
Four
More
Men.
Missing
From
hclticr
Varsity.
Are
Still
Being
"
Southt
Survivors
In
Hospital
'
PORT
ANGELES,
Washington.
.Feb.
9:
CP
-Although
HtUe
hope
ts
hld
for
their
survival,
search
contlnuas
undr
way
for
four
misting
members
of
the
crew
of
the
;
seiner
Varsity
of
Tacoma
which
'
foundered
on
the
rocky
West
Cokst
'of
Vancouver
Island
early
this
'u-ub
D
a,
,
i,
,
mil
I
ii
li
btm
pkked
up
off
Pachena
Point
I
i
Three
survivors
Hubert
Urslch,
.
llluber
Anclch
and
Anton
Mavler
Iractiru
u
tuuiu
mnic
iiiiicw
FREDERICKSnURO.
Va..
Feb.
8:
lng
rescued
from
there,
told
how
CP'
C
mrt
Clerk
Mason
11.
Wtl-
the
Varsity
had
lost
its
course
jS
Vnnn.a
Ka
muVl
ftn4
nAnO
nn
n
TV-pf
fniflnff
the
i
.
.
r
.
i-1
I
I
i
.
UmAAm
.
M
lu.
i
m
Vuf
ArHatf
thn
i
.
i
.
.
i
-
-a
.
.
k
.
i
m.aa
nrnimni
nam
ann
.
1
"
v.
mm
w...w.vv.
..it
v
v.
...v..
-
-
o
aur
are
now
in
hospital.
E
January.
1939.
rher.
Fred-
The
trio
reached
shore
safely
af-
'k
-burs
became
the
quick-
ter
their
rowboat
had
also
wrak-
sr
Mffm
w
ik.t
Ana
f
'l
r
fc
a
t...t
v
riir
nunnrwflrni.
1
1.
1
.
-i
in
r
m
r
r
Ar.
I
nn
n
7
I
ii
n
I
,
,.i.n
"
tit
W
H
UtUtC
kllUM
iVWi
'
9
1
1
V
MUfl
J
:.-ts
a
Diush.
i
Mary
present-day
brldca
actu-
7
'ake
Uie
leading
role
in
pre-,
t.'a!
arrangements.
Nine
time
Jt
ct
10.
Willis
avers,
it
is
the
Re
elect
who
writes
or
tele-
'
"trie
iui
lUOb-linilU
tltiWi-
nba
on
Virginia's
marriage
'
And
Just
as
often
she
an-
B"J
all
the
questions
Willis
U
re-
'nce
ven
those
pertaining
to
he
f
ame,
age,
occupation
and
'armtage
of
her
Intended.
And,
don't
you
know
-
said
WIN
B'-'.
CVerV
nnv
nnrt
thn
thn
u.-n.
nn
pays
for
the
licence."
WUIls
only
explanation
nf
this
fanriformatilon
Is
that
most
wo-
?nen
who
clone
to
Fredericksburg.
POLES
TO
AID
FINNS
Expeditionary
Force
of
Volunteers
Leaves
France
to
Fight
Against
Russian
Aggressors
PARIS.
Feb.
9:
(CP)-An
expeditionary
force
of
Polish
volunteers
i.rt
iv.nKo
far
Finland
to
1
1113
IClk
II""
-
I
fight
against
Russia.
Tne
numocr'
is
not
disclosed.
Britons
Leaving
LONDON,
Feb.
9:
(CP-
That
itrinch
volunteers
were
preparing
C
1AL
u
F
KY
B
B.C.
Here
ta
a
ad
of
the
gl'iii
fciu.ue:
of
Fu.
.
.rmy
with
the
weapon
that
has
proved
to
be
w
jit.'
w
gh!
tn
gold
against
Soviet
Rufslan
tanks.
Thl
ia
an
anti-tank
gun
and
its
crew.
T"
du'r
K'
i.e
have
taken
a
terrible
toll
of
Red
tanks.
Sunk
in
hidden
gunpits
and
camouflaged
With
.snow
by
Mother
nature,
these
1
ttle
weapons
have
stopped
repeated
attempts
of
Red
army
mechanized
might
to
crash
through
FtnnUh
defence.
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LATEST
IN
Rl'SSO-FIXN
WAH
lli:i.SI.S(il
OKS
Continuation
of
Russian
assaults
on
the
the
Mannerhcim
Line
in
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
despite
heavy
Red
losses,
is
reported
by
the
Finnish
command.
In
the
Summa
sector,
where
the
Russians
claimed
capture
of
eight
of
thirteen
Mannerhcim
Line
forts
during
the
last
few
days,
t.ie
Finns
said
that
the
invaders
had
been
repulsed
with
heavy
losses
while
a
number
of
attacks
on
I'unnumjokl
and
Panuri
regions
had
been
beaten
off.
the
enemy
losing
about
00
men
and
12
tanks.
The
Finns
denied
that
the
Russians
still
held
any
forts.
Saboteurs
landed
behind
the
Finnish
lines
by
parachutes
are
reported
raptured.
General
Gregory
M.
Stern
is
reported
(o
be
replaced
by
Marshall
Iloyeni,
famous
cavalryman,
as
Russian
Commander-in-chief.
Moscow
claims
that
the
Russian
Navy
had
driven
British
naval
vessels
out
of
the
Baltic.
FRENCH
WAR
CONDUCT
PARIS
The
French
Chamber
of
Deputies
went
Into
secret
session
today
to
discuss
the
government's
conduct
of
the
war
after
Premier
Daladicr
disclosed
recent
raids
on
Gestapo
offices
In
France.
Daladicr
said
that
the
raids
disclosed
an
elaborate
questionalrre
asking
agents
about
the
Premier's
prestige,
his
friends
and
adversaries.
The
Premier
requested
a
public
debate
but
the
House
voted
for
a
secret
session.
DUKE
OF
WINDSOR
AT
FRONT
PARIS
The
Duke
of
Windsor,
as
a
major-general
In
the
British
Army,
is
on
a
three-day
tour
of
the
British
Expeditionary
Forces
on
the
Western
Front.
Today
he
lunched
at
the
Welsh
Guards
officers
mess
and
later
visited
the
Royal
Air
Force.
SOI.MHItS'
I'AItCKIS
FKEE
LONDON
Arrangements
have
been
made
for
parrels
to
and
from
members
of
expeditionary
forces
from
the
British
Dominions
and
colonics
to
be
exempt
from
duty.
'
LAROR
MEMRER
DAMNS
RUSSIA
LONDON
A
Labor
member
of
the
British
House
of
Commons,
bark
from
a
trip
to
Finland,
condemns
Russia
for
its
aerial
bombing
of
open
towns.
There
seemed
to
be
no
reason
for
the
bombings
other
than
that
they
are
open
towns,
says
the
member
who
saw
at
first
hand
what
was
going
on.
New
York
Stock
t
inln
In
(hr
m
'beyond
the
blushing
age.'
His
"
'
teamed;
Mo
r
rt
Q
StrOIltT
"substantially
correct"
in
author!-.
Ultlve
fluart
Wa;-;fl
Largest
Turnover
In
Weeks'
Busl-able
to
be
called
up
for
actUe
ser-
Trading
On
Wall
vice
with
the
British
forces
how-
J
ThJ
ever
are
not
being
permitted
to
j
loin
un.
I
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
0:-Tradlng
The
first
contingent
of
British
on
the
Ncw
y0rk
Stock
Exchange
volunteers
for
Finland
may
leave
jyeatcrday
totalled
870,000
shares,
next
week.
Hundreds
are
register-tne
heaviest
turnover
In
weeks,
lng
for
service.
at
the
Finnish
le-jxhe
industrial
average
at
closing
gatlon.
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
9:
(CD-Wheat
Uc
lower
with
nrv
ojft.in
t
RSHc.
In
New
Yors
!
May
was
up
lie
to
c
at
99c
was
148.40,
up
1.77:
rails,
31.46,
up
.63,
and
utilities,
24.95,
up
.16.
BAR
GOU)
LONDON,
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
today
at
$35.54
per
fine
ounce.
Germans
Removed
From
Portuguese
Ship
By
French
.
PARIS,
Feb.
9.
The
French
cruiser
Cape
Nord
Intercepted
a
Portuguese
ship
and
removed
two
German
seamen
who
had
boarded
tho
vessel
at
the
Azores.
Hockey
Scores
National
League
Toronto
1,
Rangers
2.
Detroit
2,
Canadleris
1.
Americans
2,
Chlchago
3.
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrows
Tides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
mm
Islands
8trong
southeast
High
....
2:39
ajn.
20
i
ft.
winds
or
gales
at
night,
mild
and
15:35
pjn.
20.8
ft.
Low
8:45
ajn.
5.8
ft.
showery.
20:59
pjn.
3
ft.
j
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AND
CENTRAL
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No.
34.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
9,
19407
PRICE:
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CENTS
V3
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Sam
Interested
In
Europe
i
mi
a
ni
L'
Anl
Alii
Aliii
WELCOMED
bird
Contingent
From
This
Dom
inion
Gets
Fine
Keceptlon
on
Landing
In
England
SOMEWHERE
IN
BRITAIN.
Feb.
IC'P
Crowds
waved
and
cheer-
ri
.Td,
At
first
the
crowds
did
not
lici
'hey
saw
they
were
Canad-
f
erecting
rolled
across
the
water
i'h
a
chorus
of
"Well
done.
Can
's.,
and
Bravo,
nravo.
The
'
resent
was
soon
settled
down
at
AZ1
PLANE
SHOT
DOWN
r,trmn
Bomber
imposea
ui
un
l
firth
of
Forth
Today
During
!UM
On
Shipping
I
'j
TIME
OUT
FOR
FINNISH
TANK
BUSTERS
PROTEST
Conversations
With
IGNORED
ki
wi
t.
T.
France
Refuses
to
Reconsider
Ac
i
tion
In
Raiding
Russian
Trade
Office
in
Tarij
sp
cial
train
for
Montreal
to
receive
further
treatment
with
facilities
there
The
train
had
been
held
in
readiness
since
early
mtrnin-
to
carry
His
Excellency
to
Montreal
hospital
if
his
condition
permitted.
A
bu'Jetin
from
uome
at
id:
15
a
l
Standard
Time
had
reported
the
condition
of
Lord
Tweedsmulr
as
"more
critical"
and
said
an
operation
had
been
performed.
An
announcement,
issued
by
five
doctors
in
attendance,
said
the
operation
had
"temporarily
relieved
the
increased
intracranial
pressure.
Last
nitht's
report
said
that
the
condition
of
Lord
Tweedsmulr,
Governor
General
of
Canada,
wbi(h
was
reported
yesterday
to
be
grave
Jt
unchanged
although
a
report
issued
earlier
by
his
physicians
last
night
said
he
had
rested
more
easily
during
the
afternoon.
Judgment
For
Plaintiff
In
Timber
Case
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
9:
(CP)
The
Supreme
Court
action
of
Elk
River
Timber
Co.
vs.
Bloedel,
Stewart
&
Welch,
arising
out
of
disastrous
Vancouver
Island
forest
fires
last
year,
ended
yesterday
In
a
verdict
cf
the
Jury
in
favor
of
the
plaintiff.
Chief
Justice
Aulay
Morrison
will
award
damages
after
an
assessment
has
been
made.
i
PROGRESS
ON
SPANS
New
Hays
and
Morse
Creek
Bridges
To
Be
Ready
By
April,
It
is
Expected
Satisfactory
progress
is
being
made
with
the
construction
of
the
new
city
bridges
across
Hays
and
nrppke
nnd
thf
pxnpctntlon
Is
that
both
will
be
ready
for
traf-J
flc
by
April.
Work
Is
being
carried
out
concurrently
on
both
spans
by
the
contractors,
Bennett
&
White,
under
Superintendent
Burnlp.
Demolition
of
Hays
Creek
bridge,
City
Engineer
F.
N.
Good
said
this
morning,
had
shown
conclusively
that
Its
replacement
was
fully
Justified.
Westvlew
Bridge
was
even
worse,
Mr.
Good
said
In
warning
the
public
that
there
should
be
extreme
care
In
crossing
the
old
structure.
Meucrai
Mdiiuns
io
Get
Under
Wav
PARIS,
Feb.
9:
CP
The
French
'
government
is
reliably
reported
to
.
,
hav:
ret.
i-
;
n-;
a
i
soviet
Under
Secretary
of
State
Sumner
Welles
Being
r.
Sent
to
i
protest
against
police
raid
on
the
Italy,
France,
Germany
and
Great
Britain
by
Russian
commercial
office
here.
President
Roosevelt
Three
Russians
were
arrested
in
the
pan
off
cam
wiendto
wT
Tt
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
February
9:
(CP)
Secretary
W
Pe
U
communist
propaganda.
State
Cordell
Hull
announced
today
that
conversations
Russia
protested
u,
France
at
the
'of
informal
charactei"
have
been
commenced
with
neu-office-.
being
searched
and
docu-
ral
governments
"in
view
of
evident
desire
of
all
neutral
ment-.
removed
therefrom.
Return
nations
for
eventual
restoration
of
world
peace."
He
said
oi
papers
was
demanded.
.t
ihe
conservations
involved
no
plan
or
plans
but
are
in
tne
nature
of
preliminary
inquiries"
n
m
-v
rriTv
m
-
liJ
I
V"
1
I
V
Y
JLlU
r
I
I
III
relating
t(
the
international
econ-
X
J
omic
situation
and
world-wide
re-
-i
.
u-r--t
.tm
ductiort
of
armaments.
IVll
IN
I
Hb
A
I
Easier
In
the
day
President
AllVll
JLiVLjrlLi
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
an-
nounced
the
sending
of
Under
Sec-
01TAWA,
Feb.
9:
CP)
A
few
hours
after
an
operation.
Lord
oi
uanaua,
was
DUced
on
a
COURT
OF
REVISION
t.ovcrnor
t.entrai
liemoved
From
ttary
of
State
Sumner
Welles
to
ouaa
To
.Montreal
By
Special
Europe
for
a
oersonat
survey
of
Allowance
Made
on
Some
Building
Train
Today
Following
Op-
conditions
In
Italy,
Fance.
Grmany
Valuations
But
None
on
Land
eration
Condition
Critical
and
Great
Britain.
Mr.
Welles
will
No
ON.R.
Appeals
leave
within
a
few
days.
The
Presl-,
dent
said
that
he
was
authorized
to
Court
of
revision
on
the
munlcl-
make
no
proposals
or
commitments
pal
assessment
roll
was
concluded
Tweedsmulr,
Governor
General
;
and
hU
findings
would
be
of
secret
thlj
morning
by
Acting
City
Com-
nature
for
the
President
and
the
mlssloner
D.
J.
Matheson,
the
roll
Secretary
of
State.
When
asked
if
being
approved
subject
to
certain
pea:e
procosals
were
involved,
changes
In
valuations
on
improve-Presldent
Roosevelt
asked
the
news-
ments.
none
of
trie
appeals
on
land
papermen
not
to
speculate
on
the
being
allowed.
This
was
the
first
purposes
of
the
mission.
Ume
in
many
years
that
the
Can-
.
adlan
National
Railways
entered
no
Military
Dispatches
to
Paris
Indi
cate
They
Are
Keeping
Busy
on
Western
Front
(COuXwu)
.i
U
jotmaua
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.10.
Bralorne,
10.60.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.52.
Dentonla,
.01
i.
Fairvlew,
.01
ft.
Gold
Belt.
.25.
Minto.
n01s.
Noble
Five,
.OH'-.
Pend
Orlelle.
1.90.
Pioneer,
2.08.
Premier,
1.35.
Reno,
.38.
Relief
Arlington,
.12.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
ii.
Sheep
Creek,
1.16.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.04
'2-Hedley
Amalgamated,
.00;.
Oils
A..
P.
Con..
.18.
Calmont,
.38.
C.
&
E.,
2.08.
Freehold.
.02.
Home,
2.76.
Royal
Can..
.1734.
Okalta,
1.10.
Mercury,
,06Vi.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20.
'
Toronto
Aldermac,
.32.
Beattle.
1.11.
Central
Pat.,
2.40.
Cons.
Smelters,
46.50.
East
Malartlc,
3.90.
Fernland,
.04Vi.
Francoeur,.
.50.
Gods
Lake,
.56.
Hardrock.
1.23.
Int.
Nickel,
.45.
Kerr
Addison,
2.46.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.30.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.38.
Moneta,
.71.
Noranda,
74.87.
Pickle
Crow,
3.95.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.14.
San
Antonio,
2.45.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.00.
Uchl,
.83.
Bouscadlllac,,
.04.
Mosher,
.08.
.
.
Oklend,
.13.
Dominion
Bridge,
37.50;
.
appeals.
i,epriml
iFrCnch
Patrols
,aPS
changes
in
improvement
val-
Jc-
!Ic
1
-I
-
r-
-
Ba11oral3pwe4'brrVMathwo1
orty-alipwed
by
rVMatKcson
Keeping
Active
were
as
follows:
'
George
Tyson,
lot
3,
block,
10,
'section
1,
S720
to
$400.
S.
L.
Peachy,
lot
22,
block
24,
section
5,
$2625
to
$2200.
Mrs.
M.
Thompson,
lot
8,
block
33,
section
5.
$230
to
$150.
PARIS,
Feb.
9:
(CP)
Steadily
Fred
Lanza,
lots
39
and
49,
block
increasing
French
patrol
activity
29.
section
1.
$2600
to
$2400.
on
the
Western
Front
Is
reported
in
D.
Campbell,
lot
12,
block
37,
sec-
military
dispatches.
tion
7.
$775
to
$500..
Mike
Larsen,
lot
26,
block
9,
sec-jtlon5.
$1190
to
$1000.
j
H.
Simonson.
lots
23
and
24,
block
1
18,
section
7.
$1930
to
$1800.
S.
J.
Jabour,
lot
23,
block
9,
section
1.
$1485
to
$1250.
Ben
Sampson
(Littles
Newsstand),-
lot
15.
block
1,
PI.
1556,
$560
to
$400.
Chris
Berg,
lot
11.
block
14,
section
7
5nnn
tn
tiinn
I
J.
A.
Clausen,
lot
10,
block
24,
section
1.
$1145
to
$800.
!
A.
H.
Hill-Tout,
lot
12,
block
7,
section
6,
$1695
to
$1500.
I
M.
Krook,
lot
5
block
34,
section
7,
$1390
to
$1200.
S.
A.
Bird,
lot
13,
block
14,
section
5
$1990
to
$600.
T.
McClymont,
lot
II,
block
27,
section
7,
$620
to
$400.
Today's
Exchange
United
States
funds
Buying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium.
Sterling
funds
Buying,
spot,
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$4.47.
TIGHT
BOWLING
RACE
Canadian
National,
Recreation
Association
retained
the
leadership
of
the
Commercial
Bowling
League
last
night
by
scoring
a
clean
sweep
three
gamse
to
nil
victory
over
Canadian
Scottish
while
Gyro'
Club
kept
pace
one
game
behind
in
second
place
by
defeating
Angus
Apartments,
also
by
a
clean
sweep.
Jack
Paul
of
Canadian
National
Recreation
Association
wa3
high
'average
scorer
with,
198.
Union
steamer
Venture,
Capt.
John
Bodenj
is
due
lrl(
port
at
8:15
tonight
from
the
south
and
will
'.sail
at
10:30
pjn.
on
bet
return
to
Vancouver
and
waypolnts.
The;
steamer
Cardeha,,
which
Has
been
off
for
annual
overhaul
expected
back
on
the
run
next
week,