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MARCH
9,
1940.
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Kr.
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ed
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I
I
wUhn
m
W
Nrf
UmZ.1
CAoto
Co-operate
Way
Help
mild
However,
Welcome
Considerable
Force,
Such
as
;uiary
vessel
near
Sylt.
it
was
not
Complete
Division
of
80,000
Men
With
Ships
and
l'lanes
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
roliable
informant
today
as
the
Imtisn
government
tnat
Aiueu
intervention
in
.iri
if
ir
i
sont.
nt.
nil.
must
ho.
nn
a
larrR
sralp.
Othpv-
;e
Sweden
will
make
every
I
ct
her
status
oi
neutrality
oy
.died
troops
across
her
frontiers.
.l-
.hfl.
hanH
thlc
informant
Uieuwiw
"
illlfll
II
II
ft
,Kted
a,
saying
that
a
consid-
V
-r-
ii
m
k
'ffmtfniiv
wpionmprt
hv
k.a-
nirMii1arlv
if
nrrnm-l
iled
by
ships
and
planes
ii
iifii
i
ALI
WILL
KEEP
PF.Af.F.
in
Tolicy
Expected
Fol-winj
ithame
Visit
of
German
Foreign
Minister
IE,Mareh9
CCP)
Informed
Ln-tsrces
said
today
that
Italy
Id
probably
retain
a
policy
of
t-to
'trency
after
the
visit
to
m
.
Jciclilm
von'tubberiTrop,!
Gero
foreign
minister.
It
Is
,
'
visit
while
Important,
.
by
Italians
as
an
Iotr:rded
j
'::r
alarm.
i
:::sr
Adolf
Hitler
Is
be-,
red
by
Ibllans
to
have
taken
:tlve
in
sending
von
Rib-
f
trp.
diplomatic
sources
suspect-
:
ft:t
he
may
be
seeking
Italian
:
ta
thf
event
of
war
in
Scandin-
v
i
result
of
British-French
fi
?
to
Finland.
U
also
understood
that
von
pntrop
will
urge
Italy
to
take
ptermined
stand
in
regard
to
the
'
ntion
of
German
coal
cargoes!
beating
across
the
ice,
has
gain-Italy
by
the
Allied
contraband
0d
a
"restricted
foothold"
on
the
.rol
blockade
and
against
the
fment
of
troops
and
war
sup-s
through
Scandinavia
to
assist
pna
in
the
war
against
Russia.
I
ussians
Join
Up
lth
rinnKh
Almv'more
act'vely
continue
assistance!
l
Ulllldll
tl
HI
J
t0
Finland
and
probably
assist
with
er
of
Men
With
Shot
Guns
Wiercd
Services
But
They
Were
Not
Accepted
i
LSINaFClRS.
Marrh
n.
The
"Ish
army
authorities
have
giv-
Permission
to
219
rcn.winns
tn'pini.nnrl
and
Russia,
official
French
I
f
the
Finnish
army
and
take
part
'
?
wa
against
thP
nokhpvlks
11
there
were
450
Russians
who
to
loin
but
onlv
2lfl
hid
"1
Thr
nlVinri,
i
.
uuicis
were
equipped
ot
guns
but
they
were
told
f't
this
war
was
not
sport
and
?
could
not
be
accepted.
Hockey
Scores
lfeattle
6:
Vancouver
7
No
Patronage
Mr.
King
has
ruled
that
there
be
no
patronage
in
war
work.
Jhc
l'icy,
cveii
before
the
war,
was
to
hire
first
returned
m.
.
then
men
belonging
to
the
militia,
or
naval
reserve,
and
this
wa
adhered
to.
'
I0r
Hanson,
and
a
W
I
IT
M
In
Half
To
Finland
Associated
Press
quoted
saying
that
Sweden
had
ad-
etlort
short
ot
war
to
pro-
.
i?
A11!-
AV
i
L
iorestaiung
tne
transport
.
.
W
I
1
1
I
J
K
A
t
JV
FINLAND
IN
SOVIET
WAR
Allies
Give
Indication
of
Intention
of
Active
Intervention
Unless
There
is
Early
End
of
Northern
War
Sweden
Is
Being
Placed
On
Spot
Unlcss
rcace
ls
restored.
It
May
Become.
Battleground
of-Wqrld
War
WAR
CONTINUES
HELSINKI,
May
9
There
has
been
no
armistice
in
the
Russo-Finnish
war
despite
suggestions
along
this
line
from
Rome.
Reports
that
fighting
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
has
ceased
are
denied.
Instead,
battle
continues
on
all
fronts.
Two
thousand
more
Russians
have
been
killed
north
of
Lake
Ladoga.
Today
the
tide
of
war
appeared
to
be
turning
against
Finland
and
in
fa
'
vor
of
Russia.
The
Red
Army,
northwest
shore
of
Viipuri
Bay
from
which
it
can
threaten
complete
encirclement
of
bcleagured
Viipuri.
PARIS,
March
9:
(CP)
Swing
ing
sharply
against
Russia,
Great
'armed
intervention
if
the
Heisimci
government
decides
to
right
to
ine
bitter
end,"
sources
close
to
the
French
Foreign
Office
said
yester-
dav.
Commenting
upon
Swedish,
ef-
forts
to
negotiate
peace
between
.
sources
said:
"Finland
has
the
pos-1
sihllitv
of
taking
tne
roaa
v.iui
Sweden
has
Invited
her
to
explore
m
nf
aoDealln?
to
the
Allied
pow-
u..nncn
ivptlnn
nn
hpr
behalf,
France
and
Great
Britain
are
ieauf
negoUatedL
later
svinenui'ua
is
to
continue
the
efforts
to
safeguard
eXpected
to
proceed
to
Italy,
the
Independence
of
Finland."
Germany,
it
was
learned,
has
SCENE
SHIFTS
been
asked
to
assist
Finland
in
ob-Today
the
negotiations
appear-
j
talnlng
from
Russia
an
ameliora-ed
shifted
to
Moscow
with
Swcd-
j
tion
of
the
peace
terms
which
have
en's
role
more
or
less
finished.
now
been
asked.
There
were
rumors
that
Riga,
Sweden
has
reiterated
Its
previous
Latvia
'
might
be
the
centre
of
decision
not
to
permit
the
passage
1
of
Allied
troops
or
war
equipment
to
Finland
which
would
constitute
H!
3
MB
M
continua
tion
of
fair
government.
1
rif
n
i
nnn
ARE
BOMBED
Royal
Air
Force
1'lanes
Active
Over
Borkum
and
Sylt
I
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
The
air
ministry
announced
yesterday!
j
that
Royal
Air
Force
planes
bomb-1
.ed
three
German
patrol
vessels
near
(Borkum
and
a
German
naval
aux-
said
whether
the
planes
scored
hits.
;
The
action
followed
a
night
of
German
bombings
on
British
and
neutral
shipnlng
In
which
three
,
British
and
three
Belgian
trawlers,
were
attacked.
,
Sedition
Trial
Adjourned
Again
Three
Toronto
Men,
Charged
With!
Distributing
Ked
Literature,
Further
Remanded
TORONTO,
March
9:
(CP)
Harry
and
Louis
Binder
and
Arthur
Saunders
have
been
remanded
for
another
week
on
charges
of
printing
and
distributing
allegedly
seditious
j
Communist
literature.
i
final
negotiations
and
that
the
Finnish
delegation
was
already
there
to
meet
Soviet
representatives.
Efforts
to
settle
the
undeclared
war
drew
speedily
to
a
climactic
stage
with
the
probable
outcome
still
shrouded
In
Indecision
and
secrecy.
Meantime,
Sweden,
anxious
to
,keep
Scandinavia
from
war
and
on
SDOl
owing
in
immuieunAiMjiu
Ittlft
armed
intervention
Is
pushing
the
'peace
drive
in
the
Russo-Flnnish
(conflict.
Stockholm
has
established
contact
with
Helsinki
and
Mos-Icow
and
efforts
are
being
extended
to
other
capitals.
Marshal
Man-
nerhelm,
the
Finnish
commander-in-chief,
and
Marshal
Vassily
Blu-
jcher,
once
Russia's
far
eastern
army
commander,
are
said
to
be
In
the
sweaisn
capuai.
Finland
Is
known
to
be
pondering
the
Swedish
transmitted
Russian
'peace
terms,
described
as
severer
.
than
those
rejected
before
the
war,
but
from
Helsinki
comes
evidences
of
Finnish
determination
to
fight
rather
than
bow
to
victorious
Rus
sians.
Russia,
It
has
become
known,
demands
that
her
terms
be
fulfilled
before
an
armistice
Is
accepted.
Reuters
quoted
well
'informed
sources
as
saying
that
the
United
States
might
be
asxea
to
act
as,
mecriator.
President
Franklin
D.
n0
such
request
had
been
received.
secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
also
savs
that
United
States
has
not
been
to
mediate.
Paul
Ervind
Svinehufvud,
former
Finnish
President,
arrived
in
Berlin
by
plane
and
Immediately
visited
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop's
office,
accompanied
hV
the
Swedish
minister
to
Ger-
many
Arvid
Richert.
Later
he
was
to
interview
Chancellor
aooii
mi-
ier
whom
diplomats
believed
might
I
be
asked
to
intercede
with
Russia';
fnr
ttrm:
rn
t-MpVi
npnr-p
mlsht
be
,
a
breach
of
neutrality.
Pnlli,
(
Hi
A
on
ViPnr-o
tpriTIS
ItlHV
readily
result
in
Sweden
becoming
lotner
worm
war
uaiucgiuuuu,
"!L
s5"il.r.ekl.ipfi":
i
,
mcntary
suggestions
W
1UVU
"
I
have
been
largely
shrouded
In
se-
ii
a.i
on'KX"
Viir
-
1
rrnlnlnpr
hptwppn
Russia
and
Fin-
.land
has
reached
a
final
stage.
unrtpr
nerman
wressure
111
her
attempt
t0
mediate
the
Russo-
Finnish
conflict.
'
BRITAIN'S
LONG
RANGE
ROMBEUS
Shown
in
flight
here
are
two
of
the
Vickers-Welllngton
bombing
planes
of
the
type
that
are
frequently
making
series
of
long-distance
reconnaissance,
plane
flights
over
Berlin
and
other
German
cities
on
the
most
extensive
scale
so
far
in
the
war.
For
five
successive
nights
there
.'were
flights
as
far
as
Berlin,
dropping
leaflets
and
parachute
Ilares
The
flights
have
gone
over
th?
Frisian
Islands,
Kiel
Lueback,
'Hamburg,
Bremen,
Hanover,
Cuxhaven,
Bruns-buettel
and
other
clies
in
northeast
and
central
Germany.
An
official
statement
said
;that
all
the
British
reconnafssance
planes
have
returned
safely
from
their
flights
although
German
anti-aircraft
guns
barked
at
themf.
.X
Red
Navy
Active
In
Black
Sea
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
A
sudden
surge
of
Russian
naval..
activity
in
the
Black
Sea
is
re-
ported
in
the
London
Evening
Standard.
Two
Russian
des-
troyers
have
halted
Greek
and
Turkish
steamers
and
are
holding
them
at
Sebastapol.
A
Dutch
freighter
reports
having
met
four
Russian
submarines
4'
and
two
destroyers
of
most
modern
type.
rJJC
A
TT
u
r
u
VI
I
HOLY
SEE
Berlin
Claims
Concordat
With
Vati-,
can
Renewed
Settle
Tolish
Authority
BERLIN,
March
9.
Nazi
authorities
stated
today
that
a
successful
pact
had
been
arranged
between
Germany
and
the
Vatican
renewing
the
old
concordat
which
existed
before
the
ansch-luss
in
Austria
and
establishing
an
agreement
on
Polish
authority.
An
audience
has
been
arranged
for
German
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Rlbbentrop
with
Pope
Pius
at
the
Vatican
next
Monday
to
put
the
final
seal
of
approval
on
the
agreement.
At
the
Vatican
the
new
concordat
was
not
officially
admitted
although
the
Holy
See
said
that
a
better,
understanding
with
Germany
seemed
likely.
Dutch
Martial
Law
Declared
TMW
HAflTIP.
March
Q
fPPI
Koyai
decree
extending
mariiai
law
to
the
greater
part
of
the
Netherlands
is
announced.
There
was
no
official
explanation
of
reason
for
the
decree
which
Is
presumed
to
be
for
precautionary
purposes.
Bulletins
START
DOCK
REPAIRS
Work
will
start
next
week
on
overhauling
of
the
railway
tracks
in
the
local
dry
dock
yards
as
part
of
the
program
of
renovation
work
at
the
plant
which
must
precede
a
commencement
of
work
on
the
contract
for
two
mine
sweepers
which
has
been
awarded
the
plant
by
the
War
Supply
Board.
DIES
AT
PRINCE
GEORGE
Mrs.
Ross
Ketter,
formerly
Miss
Betty
Edgcumbe
of
this
city,
passed
away
in
the
Prince
George
Hospital
on
Monday
of
this
week,
the
funeral
taking
place
in
Prince
George
on
Thursday.
The
mother,
Mrs.
Edgcumbe,
now
residing
at
Salt
Spring
Island,
a'nd
sister,
Miss
Joyce
Edgcumbe,
will
be
returning
to
the
city
this
evening
from
Prince
George.
They
will
have
deep
sympathy
of
many
friends
in
their
sad
bereavement.
Deceased
is
also
survived
by
a
brother,
Philip
Edgcumbe,
now
at
Kimberley.
SMOKE
EATERS
WIN
TRAIL
Trail
Smoke
Eaters
defeated
Nelson
Maple
Leafs
5
to
0
in
the
first
game
of
the
best
out
of
five
series
for
the
Kootenay
Hockey
league
championship.
The
next
game
will
be
played
Tuesday
night.
Conferences
Are
Being
Continued
Efforts
Are
Still
Being
Made
to
Iron
Out
Allied
Blockade
Difficulties
I
WASHINGTON,
March
9:
(CP)
1
Conferences
are
continuing
here
in
the
attempt
to
iron
out
Allied
blockade
difficulties
between
Great
Britain
and
France
and
the
United
States.
Frank
Ashton-Gwatkln
and
Charles
Fist,
British
and
French
i
War
News
HITLER
TO
SPEAK
BERLIN
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
is
to
make
a
speech
tomorrow
in
which
declarations
of
world
wide
interest
may
be
made.
of
MORE
RUSSIANS
CALLED
MOSCOW
All
men
in
north
Russia
up
to
thirty-five
years
I
t
age
have
been
called
out
for
military
service.
In
order
to
allay
alarm,
the
call
was
by
personal
message
rather
man
Dy
pudiic
proclamation.
1
GERMAN
PLANE
LOST
BERLIN
The
German
High
Command
reports
that
a
plane
'
failed
to
return
after
a
recon-
naissancc
flight
over
Northern
I
France
j
TALKED
PEACE
)
LONDON
Dr.
Salter,
a
Labor
,
member,
said
in
the
House
of
'
Commons
yesterday
that,
after
secret
conference
in
a
farmhouse
in
Holland
recently,
attended
by
the
Archb'shop
of
Canterbury,
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
had
refused
proposals
for
a
peace
conference.
NAZI
LOSSES
LONDON
Almost
a
quarter
of
the
ship
tonnage
of
the
Reich
has
been
lost
either
by
internment,
sinking,
scuttling
or
capture
s'nee
the
war
began,
the
British
A-lmlralty
claims.
MORE
FINNS
GOING
TORONTO
Another
group
of
some
200
Finnish
volunteers
is
about
to
leave
for
the
Homeland
'to
fight
against
Russ'a.
There
will
also
be
25
Canadian
fliers.
(Walter
Nylund
and
Martin
Ny
berg,
'ocal
Finns,
left
last
night
by
train
for
Toronto
enroute
home.)
MORE
SHIP
SINKINGS
LONDON
A
collision,
followed
by
a
mine
explosion,
sank
the'
British
steamship
Thurston,
3,-072
tonf,
an!
the
French
vessel
Snai
with
only
one
survivor
of
both
crews,
it
is
disclosed.
From
Bordeaux,
France,
comes
word
ot
the
sinking
of
the
patrol
boat
Marie
Yette
after
a
collision,
twenty-one
being
drowned.
STEINHARDT
CONFERS
MOSCOW
Lawrence
Stein-hardt,
United
States
ambassador
to
Russia,
conferred
for
two
hours
at
the
Kremlin
yesterday
with
Premier
V.
M.
Molotov,
presumably
on
the
Russo-Finnish
situation.
Later
a
full
report
of
the
conference
was
sent
to
Cordell
Hull,
United
States
Secretary
of
State
at
Washington.
Nazis
Planes
Driven
Away
Two
Enemy
Aircraft
Driven
Sea
wards
By
Royal
Air
Force
in
Fight
Off
England's
Coast
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
Observers
reported
sighting
a
group
of
British
planes
driving
two
German
warplanes
seaward
in
a
fight
off
England's
east
coast.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
moderate
depression
is
centered
west
of
Vancouver
Island
and
the
pressure
Is
relatively
high
over
th
Peace
River
district.
The
weather
has
been
cloudy
throughout
this
province.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
representatives
respectively,
are
1
Fresh
to
strong
southeast
to
south
meeting
with
Department
of
State
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
occas-officials.
jlonal
rain.
4
HOSPITAL
MEETING
New
Members
Welcomed
Commit
tees
Named
Holidays
for
Lady
Superintendent
The
first
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
1940
hospital
board
was
held
last
night'
at
the
board
room
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
It
was
a
brief
session
of
less
than
an
hour
and
business
was
largely
of
a
routine
nature.
Those
present
were
Frank
Dibb,
presiding,
W.
O.
Fulton,
F.
A.
MacCal-lum,
D.
G.
Borland,
Arnold
Flaten,
Mrs.
H.
L.
Landry
and
R.
E.
Benson,
directors;
H.
W.
Birch,
managing
secretary,
and
Miss
Jean
Harrison
R.N.,
lady
superintendent.
The
president
welcomed
new
members
to
the
board
In
the
per
sons
of
Mr.
Flaten
and
Mr.
Borland.
He
stated
that
another
mem
ber,
G.
P.
Tinker,
having
been
111
ot
late,
was
unable
to
attend.
Committees
for
the
year
were
named
as
follows
by
the
president:
Finance
Arnold
Flaten,
D.
G.
Borland
and
Norman
A.
Watt.
House
F.
A.
MacCallum,
R.
E.
Benson,
W.
O.
Fulton
and
Mrs.
II.
h.
Landry.
Executive
G.
P.
Tinker,
F.
A.
MacCallum,
Arnold
Flaten,
D.
G.
Borland
and
Mrs.
H.
L.
Landry.
Grounds
D.
G.
Borland,
R
.E.
Benson
and
W.
O.
Fulton.
Membership
Mrs.
H
,L.
Landry
and
F.
A.
MacCallum.
Mr.
Dibb
hoped
that
the
mem
bers
of
the
committees
would.
without
delay,
familiarize
themselves
with
their
work
and
the
op-
eratienv-cf
the-
hospital'
'generally:
-':
He
was
sure
they
would
find
the
work
Interesting.
Mr.
Dibb
announ
ced
he
was
inaugurating
a
plan
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
PACTS
ARE
APPROVED
Senate
Finance
Committee
in
Favor
of
Extending
United
States
Trade
Agreements
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
9:
(CP
The
United
States
Stnate
finance
committee
voted
12
to
8
to
approve,
without
amendment,
legislation
passed
by
the
House
of
Representatives,
to
continue
the
ad
ministration's
trade
agreements
program
for
three
years
beyond
June
12
next.
MANITOBA
IS
WINNER
Takes
Macdonald
Briar
Cup
for
Dominion
Curling
WINNIPEG",
March
9:
(CP)
Manitoba,
for
the
ninth
year
in
the
fourteen
of
the
competition,
won
the
Macdonald
Briar'
Cup,
emblematic
of
Dominion
curling
championship.
Manitoba
won
nine
games
without'
a
loss,
defeating
Alberta
yesterday
17-11.
Saskatchewan
was
second
with
eight
wins,
and
one
loss,
having
defeated
Ontario
yesterday
10
to
8.
CUSTOMS
OFFICER
DIES
VANCOUVER,
March
9:
(CP)
Frank
Urquhart,
73-year-old
retired
customs
officer,
is
dead
here.
Hcdtj
4
6
George
W.
Weaver
C.C.F.
Candidate
Tor
Skecna
Riding
in
MOOSE
HALL
Sunday,
3
p.m.