i
At
r
ml
wa
If
Brttuh
Meent
the
Latvl-
PPrs
to
have
to
writ
up
tine
&
tuyed
afloat
iit
nan
high
command
tn
t:i
'd
last
night
ol
having
i
.
British
patrol
shlpv
H
A
Kl,k
(Ik
SHOOTING
!wird
BroMtl
Fnrr
Trill
iKter
Incident
nn
Vnrl
It
rnr
Trill.
line
at
Sockeye
Lake
Appearing
before
Stipendiary
Icvoiu.
bodily
harm.
Edward
ow.;
ha.i
been
remanded
until
it
May
afternoon
of
next
week.
8ro
Wtratc
Andrew
Hiomtwon
In
fjv.na)
police
court
for
prellmln-:"
'fial
on
a
charge
of
shooting"
Earl
Hrochu
with
Intent
to
do.
'
a
recent
arrival
from
tho
'co!a
district
where
he
was
work-
fi
a:
a
ranch
hand.
Brochu
Is
a
upper
at
Bockeye
Lake,
in
from
119
21.
and
It
was
there
that
the
'ftt
incident
occurred.
On
going
to
his
trapllne.
It
ap-that
Brochu
tround
Brown
oc-
Wlntr
hi.
riiki
he
would
be
reoulrlnc
It.
Brown
"
apparently
In
a
friendly
way.
wpck
later
At
2
o'clock
on
the
oriiing
ol
January
21
Brochu
was
1.
--vu
iiLMu
i
s
so
nice
11
11
V
11
naa
just
missed
hu
head
and
aged
in
the
cabin
wall
nearbv.
not
had
been
fired
through
ie
rabin
window
which
was
brok-
1'
Olltxlrili
n..
.......
J
.1.
.!......
ii'
weapon.
It
Is
alleged,
had
been
"uweo
by
Brown
from
William
arton
of
Blllmnr
m
M
winter
waa
something
to
boast
j2(852.74
turned
over
the
about.
Rightfully
fine
weather
Is
the
topic
of
conversation
War
iNews
TOTAL
WAR"
SOON
PARIS
Speaking
to
French
nation
last
night,
camp
Newspaper
the
Pre-
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C
Weather
Forecast
She
mil
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Prince
Rupert
Fresh
to
strong
.
M
.1
I
A
A
ML
north
to
northeast
wind,
part
High
c'oudy
and
colder
with
rain
or
19:00
pjn.
18X
ft.
sleet
Low
12:40
pun.
6.1
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
t
i
i
ran
-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
JANUARY
30,
1(MQ.
PRICE:
8
CENTS
If
e&Wave
Of
German
Air
Attacks
ntensified
Warfare
erman
Chancellor
Talks
To
Nation
From
Skies
Directed
n
British
bhipping
DOES
GOOD
1
titAiiilii'i
flu
f
lH1o!tf
fi
fl
An4ttr!4i
lit
Jai
.
uuii
v-"
-
j
J
'
wn
19
1
R
II'
IH
I'.
Manes
Off
East
Coast
of
United
Kingdom
1
1
LONDON,
January
30:
(CP)
A
new
wave
of
Ger-
u,rt
Measure
of
ActlTlly
Ue.
an
raiders
struck
at
British
shipping
today
for
the
sec-i
veaied
Last
Night
In
Reports
if!
consecutive
day
of
intensified
aerial
warfare.
Great'
t
Annual
Meeting
nUin
announced
that
one
raider
had
been
shot
down
as
rt
signals
trom
vessels
oil
the
east
coast
told
briefly
M.
,
.
.
renewed
assaults.
Nazi
scouting
planes
were
chased
lhrw
th.
aj0
ror
warume
ac-
?rom
me
snore.
Yc
""day
raids
were
maae
upon
'
f
iurteen
larger
vessel
and'
trawlers.
Two
men
were
I
the
trawlers
Rlgotetto
and
L
tn
machine
sunning.
T;."
B;'th
steamship
Eton.
1487
1
r-r
T.ismng
in
the
North
8aa;
v
or
eignieen
m
of
yesterday's
air
raid-
1
Weather
To
Be
Proud
Of
It
Is
not
usual
(or
the
news-
tinty.
the
Prtnee
Rupert
branch
9
.of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
has
made
a
good
showing
tn
raising
finaaee
as
well
as
organizing
sewing
work
among
the
women
of
the
elty
and
district,
It
was
revealed
at
the
annual
meeting
last
night
In
the
reports
of
officers
.
and
committees.
The
collection,
according
to
the
hip
TautmlU
aboard
1'
f
Prt!!ff.
R"p"
5,11
touikd
$1021.72
Including
$2,603
were
killed.
Oerman
'
from
the
national
appeal
earn
.,,m1
fan
hMbt
An
thl.
UU1.
TO
fUVe
SUCh
bright
bright
SUn-
palsrn,
...
Jit
from
K...Ki.
ir
North
Sea.
memberships
prior
Fifteen
1
a
.
T
to
the
campaign.
$168.10
from
do-
t,m
mil.
n.f
H
m.l.r
DtCTBM
DCIT
UUI
WW
A
'hfMiuh
nererflv
dam-
nooQ
on
nations
and
3140.02
1mm
mvM
Qy
events
The
disbursements
general
,m
nr
nnjink
rv
nmnine
einnuM
.
Of
and.
if
th
donations
to
the
anneal
ram-
merchantmen
ndoneTHU
wp
"P.
H
ww
oe
tune
palgn.
tt
was
reported
that
1481
n-rt
inin.
wM.
aboa
lh
ummr
Thoufhte
The
rtpoTU
of
Mrs.
Robert
of
the
contrast
with
other
toss
Blanc,
chairman
and
other
mem-
Prince
Rupert
Still
Has
Chance
For
Building
Of
Ships,
Hanson
Advises
Evidently
there
is
still
a
possibility
of
Prince
Rupert
getting
some
of
-the
war
shipbuilding
contracts
which
are
now
being
awarded.
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
received
a
telegram
from
Olof
Hanson
M.P.
at
Ottawa
in
which
he
says:
"In
reply
to
your
letters
the
Departments
of
Na
.
tional
Defence
and
Transport
inform
me
that
Pacific
Goast
shipbuilding
allotment
is
still
underliscus-sion
owing,
"as
I
understand,
to
differences
iff
tenders.
"I
have
dikussed
this
matter
fully
with
Premier
Pattullo
and
am
co-operating
with
him.
I
am
going
-
to
Montreal
tomorrow
and
will
interview
the
Canadian
National
Railway
officials
as
you
suggested
in
your
letter
in
regard
to
their
tender."
work
and
purchasing
and
supplies
CommittPAK
Hp
hnruH
thro
u-nnlH
lndud-
a
conttnuatton
of
the
teamwork
to
ui
inp
.
.
.
"u
"
w
uwn
SO.
the
-,o-l
f-rf
th.
K..nA.
Kln-
"
TT,
Amon
lh0S
how
.assuunce
Mr.
ilacCallum
acknowledged
were
City
Commlssionex.
anex.
W.
J.
Alder.
Miss
Edith
Miller.
P.
C.
Miller
as
secretary
and
all
members
of
the
executive
executive
and
ana
commuiees
committees.
-
"
j.
wi
.
.i
..u
j.
.
...
...
:r
r
was
at
Yarlarwe
with
oers
oi
uie
wit
committee.
dU-
,
L
Jt
1101
"Pf-
At
2
o'clock
c.anda
had
nard,y
felt
the
ef
B.
fiatiM
vwims
that
inav
no
no
sWmI
closed
the
acUYttles
of
many
wo-
,
thafcrnoon
lneofflciai
ther-
m.n
uxrk
S-wn
hnlLil
ff9r.
fecU
ar
as
slid
Mr.
Mac
'
J.
i
ji
.
-
txi-u..
a
....
.
f'-lllnm
hilt
trlthn
Ih.
n.t
.lv
IB:
Uhitna
Dlanes
were
sue-
ie.n
ai
me
-r
menu
produced,
uie
report
or
Mrs.
"-"V
"'
"
"v
'
,
"
-
"
v
itiirui
minrAawn
im
run
v
r
r
nu..w
a
i
a
ui
tariTC
iiiuiiliis
win
r-
auuiu
mi-
wwini
wvb
wwaa
-
i
s
.niimi
snnu
bpti
mniiinsvi
Jt
I
ton
bed
pads.
Mrs.
A.
L.
Holtby
re-
the
way
of
helping
there.
"We,
I
ported
for
the
wool
committee
e
prepared
for
a
long
'that
material
had
been
given
out
struggle."
said
Mc.
MacCallum
'for
3
sweaters
and
163
pairs
of
"and
one
which
will
tax
the
ef-1
socks.
Mrs.
Blance.
in
her
general
rts
of
us
alL"
He
had
been
glad
j
report
for
the
work
committee,
o
be
of
assistance
so
far.
acknowledged
work
that
was
being
Correspondence
included
a
corn-carried
out
not
only
In
the
city
municatlon
from
Lieut.
Col.
S.
D.
!
but
outside
including
Port
Simp-
Johnston
inquiring
into
the
possl-'
;son.
Metlakatla,
Woodcock.
Queen
billty
of
obtaining
sweaters,
muf-J
j
Charlotte
Islands,
Brown's
Mill,
tiers,
mittens
etc.
for
men
of
the'
and
even
Hyder,
Alaska,
where
the
102nd.
Battery
engaged
in
work
at
mier
Daladler
advised
his
people
women
were
so
anxious
to
help
the
exposed
points.
j
to
be
ready
like
gooa
ic-aivrs
.Canadian
Red
Cross
that
they
had
in
response
to
an
Invitation
fori
for
Hitler's
"total
war
which
must
now
come
soon.
It
would
not
only
be
vain
but
formidable
to
try
to
conceal
that
Oermany
was
not
a
most
formidable
enemy.
French
civilians
should
live
like
soldiers.
Munitions
workers
and
farmers
should
produce
"as
much
as
possible.
ITALY
WARNED
.MOSCOW
Russia
warns
Italy
against
Joining
with
the
Allies.
She
will
suffer
heavily
If
she
does.
Meantime
Italy
1
charged
in
the
official
Soviet
press
with
having
one
foot
In
the
Allied
and
one
In
the
uerman.
irsvli
assails
lite
undertaken
even
to
take
care
of
the
Society
to
be
represented
at
a
the
duty
charges
on
material
Canadian
Legion
war
service
or-crosdng
the
line.
Among
Individ-
ganlzation
meeting
to
be
held
this
j
,ual
workers
whose
services
Mrs.
Thursday,
Arnold
Flaten
was
dele-Blcne
aeknowledged
were
Mrs.
H.
gated
as
representative
of
the
So-'
T.
Cross,
Mrs.
Kldd.
Mrs.
R.
C.
St.
ciety.
.Clair.
Mrs.
Thomasson.
Mrs.
E.
J.
Mrs
j
c
McLcnnan.
formerly
iFltspatrick.
Mrs.
A.
L.
Holtby.
Mrs.
.ui.
i
wtljr,
will
uc
1Q
iCH
I
I.
,
,
.
...
,
...
.
J..
R.
Elfert.
Mrs..
J.
A.
Hlnton,
resent
tne
local
at
the!
in.
i.
r.
s
uvu,
Mr
uoman
praTinelal
CoUncn
meeting
to
be
Oerman.
Mrs.
W.
W.
Wrathall,
Mrs.!nM
,
Vgnm
mnnfn
KODeri
uaitreii,
Mrs.
jonn
MCKae,
Miss
Kathleen
Lane.
Mrs.
C.
H.I
Election
of
Officers
Elklns,
Mrs.
O.
B.
Church,
Mrs.
C.
'O.
Norrlngton
and
Mrs.
William
jcrulckshank
as
well
as
the
follow-
inff
out
nf
Innm-
MLu
Hrdford.
Port
Simpson;
T.
A.
Bryant,
Met-
Honorary
President.
Hon.
T.
D.
lakaUa;
Mrs.
Franks.
Woodcock;
uuu.
Italian
press
for
printing
reports
iMrs,
J.
C.
S.
Dunn
Massett;
Mrs.)
of
Finnish
victories.
OIL
TO
REICH
IJERLIN
The
Rdch
is
sending
railway
equipment
across
Russian-occupied
Poland
in
order
to
bring
back
oil
from
Roumania.
SNOW
STOPS
FK5UT1NG
PARIS-Fresh
and
heavy
snowfall
curbed
military
activities
on
the
Western
Front
today.
French
artillery
shelled
(icrman
Uoor
battalions
engaged
in
sire.
ing
the
Siegfried
Une.
Stanford,
Hyder
and
Mrs.
Willis
croft,
Brown's
Mill.
The
first
ship
ment
of
sewn
and
knitted
articles,
Mrs.
Blance
reported,
had
been
made
January
20
and
the
next
would
be
ready
February
2.
Mrs.
O.
B.
Church
reported
for
the
sick
and
wounded
soldiers'
supplies
and
hospital
supplies
committee
and
Mrs.
A.
L.
Holtby
for
the
wool
committee
as
well
as
Mrs.
J.
B.
Gibson
for
the
purchas
ing
and
supplies
committee.
President's
Report
In
his
presidential
report,
F.
A.
MacCallum
mentioned
the
local
ef-
rut
J
V
.nnna
'frt
ln
tne
"atlnal
drlvc
1
"
OdaV
S
ilXCuange
outstanding
event,
reflecting
J
it
on
the
energy
of
those
r
as
an
cred-
rcspon
.
.ible
under
the
chairmanship
of
The
election
of
officers
resulted
j
In
the
return
en
bloc
of
all
the
former
officers
as
follows:
President,
F.
A.
MacCallum.
First
Vice-President.
Dr.
H.
L.
A.
dl
1UIT.
Second
Vice-President,
Mrs.
J.
B.
Gibson.
Third
Vice-President,
Mrs.
J.
H.
McLeod.
Secretary,
P.
C.
Miller.
Treasurer,
Arnold
Flaten.
Executive
Mrs.
C
II.
Elklns.
Mrs.
F.
N.
Good,
Mrs.
F.
A.
MacCallum,
Mrs.
William
Crulckshank,
Mrs.
Robert
Blance,
Mrs.
Jack!
Preece,
Mrs.
T.
J.
Boulter
and'Mrs.
C.
C.
Mills.
Before
the
adjournment
of
the
meeting
the
President
read
circular
letters
regarding
conditions
in
war-stricken
Poland
and
Fin
land
and
the
dire
need
there
from
United
States
iunu-
A
old
niien,
The
ball,
organized!
,
:
.
spot,
10.
percent
premum;
"lllnH"
Mrs.
P.
N.
rjood.
had
been
asuch
organizations
as
the
Red
spot,
11
percent
prcrmuu
.
Ririine
funds
-
Buying.
I
$4.43;
selling,
spot.
$1.47-
..-.nf
success
and
Mr.
Macuauum
also
un
How
this
work
was
being.
acknowledged
the
work
of
the
accomplished
was
described.
JAPAN
IN
BAD
WAY
Fuel
and
rower
Shortage
Causes
Many
IndiKieies-Of
Ntppon'To
Close
Down
,
TOKYO.
Jan.
30:
iCPt
An
electric
power
shut-down,
caused
by
a
critical
coal
shortage
and
dwindling
water
power,
brought
to
a
standstill
today
all
factories
but
those
engaged
in
urgent
produc-
whirh
viHtM
iL
?sht-
w
81
above-
ProoAbly
rrd
bed
gowns,
nine
pairs
of
pajamas,
oubtfdly
be
a
strain
upon
the
tlon
of
war
materlals
and
essential
d
and
the
fast
coast
:
.tf-
guns
were
fired
in
the
urr-,i
and
air
raid
warning
Jci
In
a
number
of
north-1
dUtrlcts.
Bomb
were
the
Shetland
but
did
jx-nhagen
the
loss
or
the
twenty
of
the
Danish
P
Frcdnsborg.
3000
tons.
struck
a
mine
oft
Scot-announced.
Another
mine
f'Jo
w,
the
298-ton
Belgian
ship
fa
u
arh
struck
the
explosive
111
m
thp
air
raids.
for
January
I
TVT
liT
I
34
paeumonia
jackets.
M
pillow
Red
Cross-
He
nttmd
to
the
hor-
pubilc
serTlces.
gum
fti
trianml.r
bands.
7fi
"
in-i-oiana
ana
riniana
ana
wnai
tne
itea
cross
was
doing
in
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Coune7
S.
D.
JotmaCoo
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.10.
Bralome.
10.90.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.45.
Dentonia,
.01&.
Falrview.
.01V'4.
Gold
Belt.
.22.
Hedley
Mascot,
.55.
Mintol
.om.
Noble
Hve,
.014.
Pacific
Nickel,
.10.
Pend
Orielle,
1.75.
Pioneer,
2.03.
Premier,
1.36.
Privateer,
6.
Reeves
McDonald,
.28.
Reno.
.42
Vt.
Relief
Arlington.
.12ft.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
Ht.
Sheep
Creek,
1.18.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.04
Vi.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.18.
Calmont,
.40.
C.
&
E..
2.08.
Freehold.
.02
ii.
Home.
2.80.
Royal
Canadian,
.18
Vi.
Oklta,
1.08.
Mercury,
.06Vi.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20.
Toronto
.
Aldermac,
.30.
Beattle,
1.10.
Central
PaU
2.47.
Con.
Smelters,
46.00.
East
Malartic'3.85.
Fenrland,
.04Vi.
Francoeur,
.52.
Gods
Lake,
.55.
Hardrock,
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HITLER,
SPEAKING
BY
SURPRISE,
SAYS
HE
IS
SURE
OF
NAZI
VICTORY
With
Italy
Friendly
and
Russia
Guarding
Her
in
Rear,
the
Reich
Cannot
Lose,
Der
Fuehrer
Asserts
BERLIN,
January
30:
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler,
speaking
today,
declared
that
Germany,
bound
to
Italy
by
close
friendship
and
protected
from
the
rear
by
Russia,
could
not
lose
the
war
which
he
said
had
been
forced
upon
her
b
"arrogant'
Britain.
The
first
phase
of
the
war
had
been
ended
ended
Hitler
said
by
the
German
blitzrieg
-
.
..
in
Poland.
Churchill,
Hitler
said,
1
I
Bulletins
110STAK
BEATEN
CHICAGO
Tony
Zale,
Indiana
steel
mill
worker,
scored
an
up-stt
decision
over
Al
Ilostak
of
Seattle,
recognized
by
the
National
Boxing
Association
as
middleweight
champion,
here
last
night.
NO
JAP
KSDUCTION
OTTAWA
There
will
be
ho
further
reduction
this
year
in
British
Columbia
coast,
it
is
announced.
Japanese
licences
are
now
13
percent
of
the
total.
GERMAN
CHARGED
VANCOUVER
A
German
seaman
has
been
arrested
here
and
charged
with
violation
of
Defence
of
Canada
regulations.
He
is
alleged
to
have
sent
informa
tion
to
his
wife
and
friends
at
I
Rotterdam
about
Canadian
tsources.
There
is
the
possibility
ot
five
years'
imprisonment
and
$5000
fine.
j
CONSERVE
FUEL
I
LONDON
The
British
govern-
ment
has
warned
the
people
to
;
conserve
coal
and
other
fuel
in
.
vview
of
the
cold
wave,
the
most
severe
in
fifty
years.
There
is
no
food
shortage
but,
owing
to
crippled
transportation
systems
due
,
In
the
cold,
distribution
is
meantime
difficult.
ALBERTA
ELECTION
EDMONTON
Premier
William
Aberhart,
announcing
last
night
that
the
ninth
session
of
the
present
legisluature
would
open
February
8,
said
that
the
date
of
the
general
election
would
be
set
at
the
earliest
possible
moment.
It
might
be
on
or
before
April
15,
the
Premier
said.
ISSUE
NOW
AVAXES
BIG
ond
protest
to
Great
Britain
on
the
seizure
of
the
twenty-one
German
seamen
from
the
liner
Asa
ma
Maru,
the
case
has
approached
the
proportions
of
a
major
political
and
international
issue.
The
new
protest
demands
formally
that
the
Germans
be
returned.
PLANES
OVER
TIENTSIN
TIENTSIN
Only
the
barest
food
supplies
are
available
to
the
British
and
French
concessions
at
Tientsin
as
import
of
all
food
has
been
banned
by
the
Japanese
in
tightening
the
blockade
measures
which
were
first
effected
June
It
last
and
since
then
relaxed.
Japanese
military
planes
flew
over
the
concession
today,
there
being
no
official
explanation
of
the
flights.
APPOINTED
TO
SENATE
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzle
King
last
night
announced
the
appointment
of
six
new
senators
as
follows:
J.
Fern-
was
burning
to
start
the
second
phase
of
the
war.
Addressing
himself
to
Churchill
over
the
radio,
HiUer
accused
the
First
Sea
Lord
of
letting
"middle
men
express
the
hope
that
the
fight
soon
may
not
stop
short
of
women
and
children."
It
was
the
first
address
by
Itltler
to
the
nation
since
his
narrow
escape
from
death
in
the
Munich
bombing
last
fall.
Declaring
that
German
armaments
production
bad
reached
the
planned
height.
Hitler
said:
"I
can
assure
the
Oerman
people
that
in
the
past.
five
months
tremendous
things
have
been
done
which
put
In
theshade
all
done
In
the
prev-
JkTunese'f
Sfilnl
IkraceTOThV
everryearsr
The
speech
was
unexpected
and
was
arranged
with
great
secrecy.
Today
is
the
seventh
anniversary
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
assuming
power
in
Germany.
There
was
no
session
of
the
Reichstag.
Nor
were
the
usual
celebrations
of
the
occasion.
Der
Fuehrer
merely
addressed
the
people
over
the
radio.
REDS
STILL
,
LOSING
OUT
About
The
Only
Success
Russians
Are
Having
Is
Bombing
Civilians
And
Killing
Women
HELSINGFORS,
Jan.
30:
(CP)
The
Finnish
command
reported
yesterday
that
its
troops
had
killed
over
1250
Russians
in
two
battles
during
which
the
Invaders
were
driven
back
on
the
eastern
front.
.
About
eight
hundred
Russians
were
killed
and
1760
captured
northeast
of
Lake
Ladoga
and
in
;the
Aittojoki
sector
to
tho
south
the
enemy
left
over
450
dead.
J
Twenty-three
persons
were
killed,
four
of
them
women
and
nineteen
patients,
when
Russian
bombers
raided
a
village
near
the
Karelian
Isthmus
front
and
bombed
a
'field
hospital.
These
were
among
100
killed
and
300
injured
ln
air
F"n
MiniS"
T0I7Vlth
'raids
across
southern
Finland
yes
ter
Arita
of
Japan
sending
a
sec
,
terday.
i
The
Finnish
high
command
an-"
jnounced
today
that
Finnish
planes
land
anti-aircraft
batteries
brought
down
twenty-one
Russian
planes
.during
the
raids
on
Monday.
One
i
Finnish
plane
is
reported
lost
although
the
Russians
claimed
that
iseven
were
brought
down.
It
was
declared
that
the
Finns
had
bombed
a
"certain
harbor
and
vessels
lying
there."
Informed
circles
assumed
that
It
was
the
Russian
naval
base
of
Kronstadt
near
Leningrad.
Red
planes
appeared
over
southern
Finland
again
today.
Vllpurl
was
raided.
and
Fatard,
Quebec:
Hon.
J.
C.
Elliott,
Ontario;
Arthur
L.
Beaubien,
Manitoba;
Donald
McLennan,
Nova
Scotia;
John
J.
Stevenson,
katchewan;
Dr.
Arlstride
Blais,
Alberta.
Seven
vacancies
remain
to
be
filled.
The
parly
representation
In
the
Upper
Chamber
now
stands
at
38
Liberals
and
51
Con
servatives.
t