WAR
AIR
CLEARED
Information
And
Heassaurance
Oirrn
By
British
Trlme
Minister
On
Number
Of
Subjects
j
D!N
March
20:
iCPi
R-,
:
determination
to
accom-i.i
orirtnally
set
war
aim
i
a
.
ic
'.o
fight
on
for
"moral
Pr
me
Minister
Neville
1
:.n
In
his
address
to
the
E
II
'UK
of
Commons
today.
ip
a
number
of
points
on
t
(
nn
wh'rh
;h
people
m
waiting
rather
for
tn-rr
'fsu-anfr
The
r
M
mster
proclaimed
the
Al-!
f-ir
anythtnK
the
A
r
ieht
bf
tue.Mrtng.
-i
'I
the
Rovernment's
the
Finnish
war
and
vviy
nwi
Sweden
that
v
v.-e
in
ftrave
dastf.
,,Mr.
r
h
-i
4
efrfrHrTr-'
'
his
government's
policy
v
On
nan
air
raid
n
f
,
-it
rt'iw
failure
Mr.
iain
declared
"the
free
-
is
to
strike"
mutt
'
m
ne
d
bv
exnrru.
Tried
To
Help
Finland
r
r-.rne
Minister,
in
eonnec-
tt
T
t.
NATIONAI,
IXAGUL
PLAY-OFFS
I
"
his
announcement
that
h-H
Tf-Mred
ti
send
r
ri;
to
FUi
ntd's
aid
be-eud
of
April,
added
that
:
i
-rerwed
'o
aM
Sweden
tiv
Oermn
aggression
Md
was
Infinned."
con-M-
rhambrlaln
"that
we
prepared
to
Increase
our
or-j
'
irre
to
any
extent
and
as
-
m
possible
in
the
light
of
,
re
under
military
devel-,
We
did
not
hesitate,
even,
to
mirselree.
to
meet
Fin-as
far
as
possible
and
fiplay."
t
i.
irnb?r)aln
gave
the
list
of
'
which
bad
been
asked
for
Finns
and
the
Hat
of
what
"
sent
them.
Prime
Minister
termed
thei
'
peace
as
a
great
tragedy
'
rimpmmled
Finland's
In-'
'
'.leiice
and
integrity,
the
:;
a's-:
bringing
danger
to
the
,pP
of
Norway
and
Sweden.
P
iMrtng
to
the
vUlt
of
Under
t-!"
'"ary
nf
state
Sumner
Welles
f
'U
United
8tat.
Chamberlain
sa:d
that
Preaiden'.
Roosevelt's
far
finder
had
had
the
chance
to
sf';
'he
Miles'
unity
of
purpose.
Amenrant
I,
Detroit
2
(overtime).
son
0.
Rangera
4.
Chicago
2.
Toronto
3.
Prince
Robert
Now
Warship;
Contract
Let
OTTAWA.
March
20:
(CD
The
Rurrnrrl
n
rwir
Cn
"f
North
Vancouver
has
been
awarded
a
$600,000
contract
;
f
onveft
the
former
Cana-
n
National
steamer
Prince
"obert
into
an
armed
merch-
.
W
cruiser.
At
Halifax,
the
nnce
David
s
being
slmlllar
'y
ronvertcd.
PARIS.
March
20
Mlntster
Ilenaud
is
today
in
form
Inn
nlmler
and
Arthur
Forming
New
War
Cabinet
Finance
!
engaged
;
a
new
t"-airl'ne1
war
cabinet
for
France
under
which
It
is
gen-
eralty
anticipated
a
more
ac-
;
ttve
and
Mtretrtve
pursuit
of
the
conflict
against
Ormany
will
be
followed.
The
former
Daladlei
cabinet
r-i-ne
due-
Ing
th-
nltht
and
shortly
af-
ter
Ptk1
vs
il-i
-"v-n
Hv
-
rl-n
Albert
Tehran
to
form
,
new
one
Annonnce-
ment
of
!-
oerwonnel
It
ex-
ratted'
fflomtila
rtlsr
Bulletins
IIITLi;i:
AITOiNTMNT
ItlJCUN
Ikrr
Hitler
has
appointed
Dr.
Frits
Todt,
builder
of
Hit
Siegfried
Line,
as
minister
of
inunilioiis
with
Instruction
to
increase
prod
utt
Ion
by
all
avail-
,
able
means.
PATHOL
AMHUSIIi:i
PAIHS
French
troops
arc
re-
t
ported
to
have
ambushed
a
Ger-
man
patrol
west
of
the
Saar
Hlv-er
and
turned
back
other
enemy
units
west
of
the
Vosees
.Mouiw
tains.
A
German
reconnaisance
;
unit
Is
reported
to
have
suffered
heavy
losses.
DF.FI1NS1VF.
PACT
STOCKHOLM
Intimations
that
a
defensive
pact
among
Fin
land,
Norwey
and
Sweden
may
be
pressed,
despite
the
Kusslan
declaration
that
it
would
be
aimed
at
her.
came
from
official
Scandinavian
quarters.
One
reaction
was
that
the
Soviet
stand
might
force
the
Scandinavian
neigh-
a
-
i
hnr
to
conclude
a
seem
pac,
rharerd
with
printing
and
dlstri-
butlng
anti-war
propaganda,
have
been
committed
to
stand
trial
at
the
spring
assiics.
NO
MORE
SILVER
WASHINGTON
United
States
banking
and
currency
committee
approved
the
bill
which
would
of
foreign
sliver
end
all
purchases
by
the
treasury.
PATROL
ENCOUNTERS-
PARIS
A
British
victory
over
,
i.
nnnnimrril
wciiRiti
gate
A
German
pairm
In
a
French
communique
tonight.
-On
the
said:
The
communique
front
held
by
the
Brill
troops
rr
of
patrols
encoun
there
was
an
which
turned
entirely
to
the
ed-vantagc
of
the
Allies.
BAR
tiOI.0
LONDON.
(CP)-me
Montreal
London
fences.
H
He
price
,
nf
of
Mr
bar
sold
gold
on
on
the
market
wan
u
-
$3754
per
fine
onrp
PNOVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTOR!
B.C.
Night
Attack
By
Devastating
Raid
on
Island
of
Sylt
Today
LONDONMarch
20:
(CP)-The
unleashed
Royai
Air
lorce,
its
appetite
whetted
by
a
bourning
seven-hour
raid
on
uie
(jerman
forti-itcation
of
Sylt
Island,
returned
to
the
scene
today
with
bombs,
guns
and
cameras,
to
work-more
havoc
and
prove
it
with
pictures
cf
the
scene.
Air
Ministry
sources
said
the
object
of
the
daylight
Lights
was
to
secure
photographs
but
reports
received
here
from
Tonder,
Denmark,
snid
Sylt
v
as
apparently
hcinjr
bombed
aU
over
fT'tn.
The
two
phntograp-i
planes
returned
safely.
')Hrih
coastal
observers,
hampered
bv
poor
vip'biiitv.
snfd
there
npparertly
were
si"
ti'ips
of
bombers
in
the
no
raid
with
rcerhcrniin'j
Ing
up
n
terrific
defence
ftisi'adc.
Already,
on
the
strength
of
glimpses
cauiht
by
the
bombing
crews,
the
air
ministry
renortcd
tint
the
first
gigantic
raid
destroyed
the
seaplane
hangars,
a
railway,
jetties
and
concrete
ramps.
All
the
aircraft
used
in
today's
raid
returned
safely
but
one
in
last
night's
raid
failed
to
return.
The
Danes
said
they
fired
warning
shots
at
one
unidentified
plane,
which
flew
oyer
Danish
soil
and
that
several
bambs
dropped
on
the
Danish
coast
on
which
they
said
one
plane
landed
with
spitting
machine
guns.
In
the
House
of
I,ords
this
afternoon
Lord
Strabolgi.
Labor
peer,
said
he
had
estimated,
on
information
from
official
sources,
that
more
bombs
dropped
on
Sylt
during
the
two
raids
than
on
London
during
the
entire
course
of
the
First
Great
War.
This
would
place
the
figure
at
more
than
a
thousand.
Last
Night's
Raid
LONDON.
March
20
Early
re-
four
hours
and
scores
of
bombs
ports
here
today
said
that
one
hun-.
ur
HmmwH
Th
Air
onitrv
WASHINaTON,
D.
C,
March'
20:
Representative
Anthony
Dlmond
of
Alaska
yesterday
urged
the
war
denartment.
officials
which
he
interviewed,
to
speed
up
the
strengthening
of
Alaska
de
suaccsted
that
work
on
at
Anshorago
and
Fair-(government
owing
banks
should
be
expedited.
Profiteering
In
United
States
i
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
High
11:30
am.
203
It.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
toutheast
winds,
unsettled
and
Low
.
5:24
pan.
5.9
ft.
mild
with
rain.
17:54
pjn.
3.0
ft.
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J-J
Daylivfrt
AncE
Night
Air
Attacks
British
Air
Force
Followed
Up
UP
Canadian
National
Had
Greatly
Increased
Business
In
1939,
President's
Ileport
Shows
OTTAWA.
March
20:
CP-
TORONTO.
March
20:
(CP)
Took
Own
Life
Neti
operating
revenues
of
the
Cana-d.an
National
Railways
Increased
$14,783,000
in
1939
as
compared
with
the
previous
year,
according
to
the
annual
report
of
the
sys-
SEAPLANE
HANGARS,
RAILWAY,
JETTIES
AM)
STSoSi
RAMI'S
DESTROYED
OR
BAI)LYINJUREI)
PHOTOtiRAPIIERS
WENT
WITH
TODAYS
OUTING!
ONLY
ONE
PLANE
LOST
the
president.
S.
J.
Hungerford.
Net,
revenue
in
1939
totalled
$20,-1
854,418.
U.S.
ENVOY
SPEAKS
UP
;
Nothing
To
Fear
From
Allied
Vic
tory
In
War
What
Would
It
Be
Like
If
Germany
Won?
Janes
H.
R.
Cromwell,
United
States
minister
to
Canada,
declared
'
in
an
address
yesterday
that
the
"ar
and
its
issues
affect
everv
neutral.
'
Cromwell
said
that,
if
the
Allies
won
h
could
see
"no
threat
to
weil-be"
to
ceace
or
to
the
so-cll
and
economic
order
of
the
nrnl
democracies,"
explosions
equal
to
those
of
tho
Tirri?ntis
nieht
Should
x
Oennany
tiumprLhe
-ami
r
ltb
German
.anTi-nirrrft
batttrW-lrvreted'tfe
Suicide
is
Found
by
Coroner's
Jury
in
Case
of
S.
II.
Rawlins
Found
Dead
in
Cabin
KETCHIKAN,
March
20.
A
cor-
dred
Air
Force
raids
oners
yesterday
InvestlgaUngi
Royal
planes,
wave
stated
the
were
of
un-rece-
after
wave,
attacked
the
German
'dented
magnitude
in
the
history
of
ieolS.H;Ra,rtowas
air
bases
on
the
Island
of
Sylt
for.,
aerial
warfare.
found
in
hIs
cabIn
wlth
hU
throat
several
hours
during
the
night,
the
I
Observers
from
Danish
territory
cut
and
a
pocket
kn,f
lylng.
nea"
foud
lt
was
a
case
Of
sul-In
raids,
the
greatest
yet
undertaken
nearby
say
that
the
whole
German
b,J:
the
war.
being
described
as
com-
coast
from
the
mouth
or
the
Elbe
cide-
Rawllnf
was
pench'cn'
pletely
successful
by
Sir
Kingsley
to
the
Dankh
border
was
raked
bv
adlan
war
veteran
fifty
years
k
of
operative
only
in
event
Wo0d.
secretary
for
Air.
In
report-'
,
become
tne
attacks.
There
m
numerous
tbeenesUbUsVer
Sels
be!
not
oeen
esuDiunea.
He
is
not
noi
oe-
of
attack.
ling
to
Parliament.
Extensive
dam-
.
.
,
,
.
I
and
spectacular
explosions
aslHeved
to
have
had
financial
wor-
age
was
done
as
Indicated
by
a
COMMITTKO
lOK
TRIAL
checkup
by
reconnaissance
planes,
bombs
reached
their
marks.
Ger-lrles
and.
as
far
as
U
known,
had
OTTAWA
Harry
and
Louis
which
surveyed
the
scene.
Muni-,
man
anti-aircraft
guns,
caught
at
no
enemies.
Saunders,
t
ttons
dumps
were
among
objectives
first
by
surprise,
later
barked
out
.successfully
hit.
The
raids
were
In
jn
response.
WHEAT
PRICES
,
swift
and
deadly
retaliation
for
thei
In
Berlln
tne
,mportance
of
the
.
,
(German
raid
on
Scapa
Flow
at
the'
.,..
.
.
.
NEW
YORK,
March
20-Wheat
was
dounted'
the
atteck
be
week-end
when
one
civilian
was
prices
were
?8c
to
ic
higher
on
the
killed
and
others
injured.
"iR
ccscnoea
as
a
propaganaa
New
York
market
yesterday
with
!
The
raids
lasted
for
upwards
of
stunt.
Urges
Speeding
Up
j
Alaska
Defences
Anthony
Dlmond
Inler
views
War
Department
At
Washington
:
May
closing
at
$1.03.
Mrs.
Alfred
Watt
O,
,B.
E.
of
London,
England,
formerly
of
Victoria,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
;
Prince
George
this
morning
from
the
south
to
be
the
speaker
to-
j
morrow
evening
at
a
dinner
of
the
Solons
At
Washington
Do
Not
Like
Womcn's
Canadian
Club
after
hlch-
will
sail
her
return
Prices
increased
To
Government
she
on
In
View
Of
Foreign
Tlane
ls0'h-
Mrs-
Watt
nas
nad
a
verJ'
0rtiers
j
distinguished
career
and
has
at-
,talned
international
note
In
con-
'nectlon
with
Women's
Institute
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
March
20:
work.
She
Is
the
only
women,
be-
firltlrlsm
Is
heard
In
rmnrrMslnnnl
sides
Madame
Curie,
the
CO-
quarters,here
In
regard
to
alleged
discoverer
of
radium
ever
to
be
Increase
'of
price
by
airplane
man-
offered'
the
French
Order
of
Merit,
ufacturers
to
the
United
States
While
here.
Mrs.
Watt
Is
the
house
to
their
plants
guest
of
Mrs.
Neul
Carter,
Fourth
j
being
crowded
with
foreign
orders.
Avenue
West.
or
ni
nelnr
annupa
m
rnuntrles
alreadv
conquered
by
the
Reich.
I
Cromwell
Criticized
WASHINGTON.
March
20.
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
dir-'
ected
James
H.
R.
Cromwell,
Un-'
ited
States
minister
to
Canada,
to
I
send
him
immediately
the
official
version
of
Cromwell's
Toronto
;
speech,
praising
Anglo-French
war-aims
and
criticizing
the
Germans.
Some
members
of
the
foreign
re-'
fiatlons
committee
said
they
be-'
lleved
Cromwell
overstepped
the
bound;
of
diplomatic
restraint
and'
there
was
some
talk
of
a
demand
for
his
recall,
'Ketchikan
Man
NEW
YORK,
March
20:
With
the
Queen
Mary
and
Mauretanla
apparently
pre-
pared
to
sail
within
24
hours,
the
crew
brought
from
Eng-
land
speculated
with
news-
men
that
the
ships
may
be
used
to
transport
Anzac
troops
across
the
Pacific
to
v-tveouver,
enroute
to
Eng-
land.
VANCOUVER.
March
20:
Port
authorities
here
say
it
vruld
be
quite
practical
to
""'v:
the.
giant
Queen
Mary
here.
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.70.
Noranda,
71.00.
Pickle
Crow,
3.80.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.11.
San
Antonio.
2.28.
Sherrltt
Gordon.
.91.
i.
Uchl.
.74.
:
GUN
PLANT
Qr
H?
Mpryis
HAS
BLAST
Getting
Ready
,
Tm
K11M
A
ull
0I
Explo.
Leave
New
York
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BATON
ROUGE.
Louisiana,
March
20:
Two
persons
were
killed
and
others
injured
with
considerable
damage
done
in
an
explosion
on
the
Dupont
munitions
manufacturing
plant
here
yesterday.
The
plant
is
now
surrounded
by
a
cordon
of
police
while
investigation
rroceeds
as
to
the
possibility
of
sabotage.
GIVE
LIST
OF
LOSSES
It
is
suggested
in
Prince
,
Ru-ert
thRt
if
the
Queen
Sh,ps
victlmi"
B
Warfare
Dur-
M-nr
ing
Ust
Week
n"1
7
cannot
get
int0
Van-
couver
Harbor
without
dan-
.AdmifaltJr
?!'
of
eroundlnz.
the
nort
rince
Rupert
should
be
LONDON.
March
20:
(CP)
nouncing
that
nine
British
and
neutral
ships,
totalling
23,992
in
tonnage
had
been
lost
by
enemy
action
in
the
week
ending
last
Sunday,
the
British
Admiralty
Usfc
ed
latest
losses
as
follows:
The
British
ships
Melrose,
Gardenia
and
the
trawler
Halifax.
The
French
Capitaine
Augustine
and
a
35-ton
fishing
boat
Rose
Ef-
'
f
eullleeij
);"
.The
DutcKvesseTs
Amor,
Enota
and
Saint
Annaland.
The
Jngo-SIavlan
Slava.
Today's
Casualty
The
latest
casualty
of
the
war
at
sea
is
a
7310-ton
Dutch
freighter
which
was
reported
today
to
have
struck
a
mine
ff'
the
southeast
coast
of
England.
All
but
seven
members
of
the
crew
were
rescued
and
it
is
believed
they
may
be
sUIl
safe
on
board
the
sinkin?
vessel.
Stock
Market
Trend
Upward
Values
Move
Ahead
on
New
York
Exchange
Tuesday
NEW
YORK.
March
20.
Stock
sales
on
the
New
York
exchange
yesterday
totalled
650,000
shares.
Trend
of
values
was
upward.
Industrial-average
at
closing
was
14&-43,
up
.84;
rails.
29.95,
up
.09,
and
utilities,
24.07,
up
.03.
Weather
Forecast
"St"'
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
remains
low
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
is
relatively
high
over
Vancouver
Island.
The
weather
has
been
fair
and
mild
throughout
British
Columbia
with
the
exception
of
the
north
coaaf
where
rain
has
occurred.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Moderate
southwest
to
weak
winds,
part
cloudy
and
mild
with
showers
at
night.
Bouscadillac,
.03.
Mosher,
.07.
Oklend,
.06li.
Smelters
Gold,
.01.
Dominion
Bridge,
36.25.
I
C.C.F.
AND
THE
WAR
jjj
The
C.C.F.
U
asking
Canadian
electors
for
support
on
the
basis
of
1
r
non-partirlpation
of
Canada
In
the
war
except
as
a
supplier
of
"
materials
in
return
for
hard
cash.
i
f5
There
Is
an
attempt
on
the
part
of
the
C.C.F.
to
escape
tbe
political
consequences
of
this
policy
of
defeatism
and
coward-
ice
by
loud
professions
of
an
Intention
to
devote
themselves
to
the
Interest?
of
our
soldiers
when
they
return
but
their
return,
in
the
'
jjj
event
of
a
Illtlerian
victory
which
the
C.C.F.
wilt
do
nothing
to
prevent,
will
be
very
problematical
indeed.
(The
Winnipeg
Free.
Press.)
Vote
For
HANSON
who
has
always
supported
the
veterans
Skecna
Federal
Liberal
Association
of
Prince
Rupert.
B.C.
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