I
Weather
Forecast
pjjvf
Itupen
ana
yucrn
unar-
tffBis
navy.
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v.-
with
catteil'"t
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'lurries
I
an
Allied
contra
:;
the
Black
Sea
with
London
aatd
theyj
".at
ion
bearing
out
a
.1
Stockholm
newipap-.i
Soviet
leaders
as
interference
by
the
t
H
iNsian
shipping
would
i.
mrd
conflict.
Never-rwdent
that
Great
1
Frjitirr
intend
to
proceed
x'cnslon
of
the
blockade
::
any
their
fishUng
arm
In
have
already
charged
i
tiina
Germany
by
re-hips
at
Murmansk1
n-.d
quarters
at
London
!
j
t
reaaon
to
believe
that
Mri
been
done
recently
'
:'v
of
Petaamo
on
the
A:
1
1
ic
coastal
region
held
;
1
ounts
for
the
pretence
of
:
M
'
Royal
Navy
In
Arctic
Borne
reports
say
that
Bri-'
ipv
are
now
concentrated
j
Arable
numbers
In
thcee
)
nsure
that
German
prevented
from
using
elth-
iii.
Finnish
or
Norwegian
i
i
c
arrying
out
of
their
!u!r
Russia
appeared
to
be
'
-
for
action
both
in
the
ir.d
Caspian
Sea
areas.
Na-
U!
defence
and
aerial
fore-
fife
b(inif
nut
In
rpflrflnAsA
At
Crim
inal
rmrt
nf
lhi
C.&x-
Eci.
blackouts
have
been
ord-
i
as
a
precaution
aealnst
air
at-
k
Intcrfcrpnro
with
nil
sno-
P"f
i.'rom
thp
TtnntYianlnti
r?airn
a:
and
other
areas
thereabouts
r:'-ld
further
strangle
Germany.
V
with
this
end
In
view
that
the
arc
now
moving.
,'hcr
countries
In
a
spreading
t,y
ntct
drawing
In
Russia.
Rumania
COntltniK
trw
lnrreaKA
7'
armed
fnro.
j
nc
txpon
of
hlch
1
are
Jhe
Itna
banned
certain
products
would
be
essential
In
war-Turkey
Is
also
tnVlnir
u'nr.
'me
mewures
In
connection
with
Wroi
exports
and
Imports
relation
of
prices.
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News
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in
the
wie
course
cvuik
ui
of
rcucv
OCjL'an
mucftuiii'
ui
uumsiuii
Winers
UU
me
UUSSian
German
aerial
bomblne
attack
on
if
t
f
Murmansk
today,
the
newspaper
Berlinski
Ti-
North
sea
fishing
vewu
was
dis-
r.
ported.
This
report
is
in
line
with
predictions
cioaed
lost
night
by
the
Admiralty.
Alius
contemplated
extending
the
blockade
to
r.ne
0I,,cers.
ana.men
01
I
asnge
of
German
supplies
through
Norwegian
through
the
Black
i
ll
By
bolh
of
these
j.,
bern
claimed
that
born
co
-operating
with
Tbfrt
were
rumors
today
that
fcrilbh
war
TOtels
had
already
om
Into
ronfllct
with
Sdvlet
kirilcralt
but
there
was
no
con-
l;rmUsa.
The
Copenhagen
impapcr
Mid
that
British
craft
itrttUcnc
out
for
a
coniderable
Irtistt
to
prevent
shipment
of
ttv.Ua
supplies
to
Germany
and
VU
iny
poilble
attempt
to
I'litrrlsvilan
submarines
to
the
NO
niltTIIDAY
VICTORY
HELSINGtORS
The
twenty-second
birthday
of
the
Ited
Army
was
observed
today
without
any
spectacular
victory
In
Finland,
such
as
the
rapture
of
Vllpurl,
as
I
Dictator
Stalin
had
ordered.
The
Finnish
command
announced,
I
that
the
Mannerhcim
Line
de
fenders
had
beaten
back
attacks
along
the
entire
width
of
Karel-
.
.
.1
.
1.
I
f.n
Itlhmtii
Iflltlnr
ahnut
fun
"ii
oi
Tvricty
u
sum-1
-
-rted
to
be
conUm-i
battalions,
or
two
thousand
men,
I
at
one
point
and
eight
hundred
at
another.
Northeast
of
lake
Ladoga
the
Finns
captured
"large
quantities
of
war
material"
ad
wiped
out
Russian
patrols
farther
north.
TO
MEET
HITLER
BERLIN
It
was
announced
today
that
United
States
Under
Secretary
of
State
Sumner
Welles
Ruwian
warntrwsl
will
have
a
conference
with
Chan-
reilor
Adoli
inner
ana
roreign
Secretary
Joachim
von
Ribben-trop
nest
Wednesday
or
Thursday.
He
will
be
told
about
Great
Britain's
"piracy
on
the
high
seas"
and
other
things.
Twenty-one
.Members
of
Crew
Lost
After
German
Bombing
Three
Nazi
Planes
Lost
Finn
Ship
Torpedoed
LONDON,
Feb.
23:
(CPU-Sinking
of
the
naval
540-ton
trawler
renewed
the
Flfeahtre
were
lost,
there
be
ing
only
one
survivor.
Another
armed
trawler
was
badly
damaged
but
was
able
to
make
port
safely.
Berlin
admitted
that
three
German
planet
failed
to
return
home.
The
presence
of
a
German
submarine
operating
off
the
west
roast
of
Eire
w
revealed
last
night
with
the
picking
up
of
an
"8
O
S"
measage
from
the
2600-ton
Finnish
ship
Rita.
,
50
miles
south
of
Cape
Clear,
south-western
point
of
Ireland,
announcing
that
they
had
abandoned
ship
after
torpedoing
by
a
submarine.
-
The
French
high
command
In
Part
today
reported
a
"new
wave
of
German
submarines
operating
against
Allied
warships
and
merchant
shipping
In
the
North
Sea.
Naval
experts
exoreascd
the
belief
that
the
force
U
composed
larcely
of
recenUy
constructed
craft.
Use
Of
Marines
Flatly
Denied
"Utter
Nonsense"
Is
Way
Report
They
Boarded
Clipper
Plane
Is
Described
HAMILTON.
Bermuda,
Feb.
23:
1
CP)
British
officials
at
Bermuda
yesterday
termed
as
"utter
nonsense"
a
report
that
armed
British
marines
had
boarded
a
Pan-American
Airways
clipper
to
cn
force
removal
of
mall
for
British
Planes
I
Over
Germany
One
Side
Savs
They
Are
Success.
!
fill
The
Other
Says
Not
I
BERLIN,
Feb.
23:(CPt
A
Berlin
communique
claimed
yesterday
that
an
enemy
attempt
to
fly
over
Germany
had
failed.
A
British
plane
was
brought
down
over
Heligoland,
It
was
claimed.
Nevertheless,
the
British
claimed
having
made
successful
reconals-sance
flights
over
Austria
and
Bohemia.
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.73.
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Crow,
3.00.
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East
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2.10.
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2.30.
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.98.
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.80.
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LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
TONGASS
IN
TROUBLE
The
Alaska
Transportation
Co.'s
steamer
Tongass,
northbound
to
southeastern
Alaska
points,
struck
a
drifting
log
off
Cone
Island
in
Finlayson
Channel
between
Milbank
and
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
and
is
disabled.
Tugs
were
summoned
to
the
aid
of
the
vessel
and
the
steamer
Princess
Adelaide
stood
by,
later
proceeding.
The
vessel's
tailshaft
is
broken
and
the
engine
room
is
leaking.
The
deep
sea
salvage
vessel
Salvage
King
sailed
from
Victoria
early
today
to
assist
the
Tongass
which
wasat
first
reported
to
be
ashore.
Man
and
woman
hanged
MONTREAL
Achille
Grandin
and
his
wife.
Marie
Louise
Clou-tier,
were
hanged
at
Montreal
jail
today
for
the
murder
in
August
1937
of
the
woman's
first
husband,
Villemond
Borchu.
SANTA
ANITA
DERBY
LOS
ANGELES
Sweepida
won
the
sixth
running
yesterday
of
the
mile
and
one-eighth
S30.000
San-
ta
Anita
Derby.
Royal
Crusader
was
second
and
Weigh
Anchor
third.
It
was
an
upset
victory,
Sweepida
being
a
30
to
1
shot.
The
hore
paid
$C8,
$60.
$20
and
S10,
Royal
Crusader
SJ3
and
313
and
Weigh
Anchor,
S6.60.
ON
BANK
BOARD
(VTT
AW
A
Austin
C.
Taylor
of
Wnctuver
has-been
-Appointed.
director
of
the
Bank
of
Canada.
SPIES
ARRESTED
AMSTERDAM
Twenty-two
alleged
German
spies
have
been
ar
rested
in
Holland.
Similar
arrests
in
Belgium
are
reported.
Unidentified
war
planes
flew
over
Holland
yesterday
and
were
fired
upon.
NA7J
FORAYS
AGAIN
LONDON
Nail
planes
resumed
forays
in
raids
on
the
east
coast
today,
one
plaAe
being
reported
off
Essex
and
another
off
Norfolk.
The
first
plane
was
reported,
without
confirmation,
to
have
been
shot
down
by
antiaircraft
fire.
Fighters
pursued
a
second.
A
third
bomber
flew
low
over
Sunderland.
"
RITES
IN
OLD
LAND
London,
Aldershot
and
Edinburgh
Pay
Final
Tribute
to
Tweedsmulr
LONDON,
Feb.
23:
(CP)
There
were
three
memorial
services
for
the
late
Lord
Tweedsmulr,
Governor
General
of
Canada,
yesterday.
In
Westminster
humble
citizens
mingled
with
the
nation's
great.
The
Lord
Chamberlain
represented
the
King
at
the
rites
which
were
also
attended
by
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
and
members
of
his
cabinet,
Lord
Baldwin,
the
former
Premier,
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett,
former
Prime
Minister
of
Canada,
and
Hon.
Vincent
Massey,
Canadian
High
Commissioner.
Favorite
hymns
of
Lord
Tweedsmulr
"I
Vow
to
Thee,
My
Country"
and
"When
I
Survey
the
Wondrous
Cross"
were
sung.
Also
present
was
Lord
Tweedsmuir's
second
son,
an
officer
of
the
staff
of
the
First
Canadian
Division
and
successor
to
the
baronetcy.
The
First
Canadian
Division
had
military
service
at
Aldershot.
In
Edinburgh
a
service
was
held
at
St.
Giles
Cathedral.
The
Department
or
Transport
announces
In
a
notice
to
mariners
that
the
Rose
Spit
gas
and
whistle
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
BOMBINGS
IN
LONDON
Further
Incidents
Laid
At
Door
'
Of
Irish
Republican
Army
:
LONDON,
Feb.
23:
CP
t
There
were
further
bomb
explosions
In
London
yesterday
attributed
to
activities
of
the
Irish
Republican
Army.
Twelve
persons
were
injured
In
the
busy
Oxford
Street
shopping
area.
At
Marble
Arch
there
was
an
explosion
in
a
men's
lavatory
but
no
one
was
Injured.
1
i
AMERICANS
;
ARE
FREED
Harold
E.
Dahl,
Whose
Case
Be-j
came
Notorious,
Freed
By
Franco
;
Government
In
Spain
'
MADRID.
Feb.
23:
CPi
The
United
States
embassy
announced
today
that
the
last
eight
American
citizens
held
as
Spanish
civil
war
prisoners
had
been
released.
The
grouo
included
Harold
E.
Dahl.
American
aviator,
whose
cas
received
wide
publicity
when
his
wife
got
General
Franco
to
snare
him
from
execution
by
writing
a
letter
with
her
photograph
enclosed.
Dahl
was
captured
while
serving
for
the
Spanish
loyalists.
HEROES
IN
OLD
LONDON
Men
of
Ajax
and
Exeter
Entertain,
ed
by
Lord
Mayor
and
Hear
Churchill
LONDON.
Feb.
23:
t
CP)
Seven
hundred
and
seventy
heroes
from
UMS.
Ajax
and
H.M.S.
Exeter,
I
home
after
the
battle
in
which
the
!
German
battleship
Admiral
Graf!
Spee
was
so
badly
damaged
that
she
scuttled
herself,
were
entertained
at
a
Lord
Mayor's
banquet
In
the,
guild
hall
today.
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
First
Lord
of
the
Admir
alty,
and
the
captains
of
the
Ajax-.
and
Exeter
were
speakers.
Paying
tribute
to
the
olficers
and
men
of
the
Ajax
and
Exeter,
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
Great
Bri-1
tain
had
lost
nearly
three
thousand
men
in
sea
warfare
and
he
described
the
Graf
Spee
victory
as
"almost
a
relief."
Mr.
Church-in
said
that
naval
auxiliary
ves
sels
now
totalled
about
1700
and
I
i
the
number
was
increasing
rapidly.
He
said
that
the
rescue
of
merchant
seamen
from
the
German
prison
ship
Altmark
proved
that
"the
long
arm
of
British
sea
power
can
be
stretched
out
not
only
for
foes
but
for
faithful
friends."
j
The
banquet
followed
a
great
parade
through
London.
"
!
The
men
of
the
warships
were
given
heroes'
welcome.
Cinema
houses
were
thrown
open
to
them.
Fifty
Women
Are
Signed
Up;
More,
However,
Needed
Approximately
fifty
Prince
Rupert
women
have
already
signed
up
In
the
British
Columbia
Women's
Service
Club
but
more
recruits
are
still
needed
and
the
execuUve
of
the
club
has,
therefore,
decided
that
recruiting
will
continue
for
two
meetings
one
tonight
and
another
ion
March
1.
Mrs.
G.
Wharton,
the
organizer.
Is
still
confident
that
the
women
of
Prince
Rupert
will
rea
pond
to
the
appeal
for
support
at
buoy,
northeast
of
Overfall
Shoal
the
time
of
national
emergency.
Col.
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
has
s.
D.
Johnston,
officer
command
J
broken
away
from
Its
moorings
and
ing
the
Prince
Rupert
garrison
will
not
be
replaced
until
further
area,
has
consented
to
the
use
of
notice.
0
the
Armory
for
drill
purposes.
Tomorrows
Tides
High
'1:54
ajn.
22.8
ft.
14:04
pm
23.0
It
Low
8:04
am.
3.0
It.
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p-m.
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40.
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1
Allied
Blockade
Being
Extended
iteps
Taken
To
Prevent
Russia
Both
On
North
and
South
From
Giving
Assistance
to
Germany
jrcad
of
War
Both
Directions
is
Being
Risked
Other
ations
PrcparniB
to
lict
in
Reports
of
Russo-British
Conflict
Unconfirmed
ISTANBUL,
Turkey,
February
23:
(CP)
The
Russian
steamship
Svanetia
was
stopped
and
searched
by
a
British
cruiser
near
the
southern
entrance
of
the
Dardanelles,
it
was
learned
today.
Italian
freighters
were
also
searched
in
the
first
such
general
British
action
in
these
waters.
COPENHAGEN.
February
23:
(CP)
Allied
war
TRAWLER
IS
SUNK
Bulletins
Million
Dollar
Contract
Given
Local
Dry
Dock
TWO
MINE
SWEEPERS
TO
BE
CONSTRUCTED
AT
YARD
HERE
WILL
GIVE
WORK
TO
400
OR
500
MEN
PLANT
TO
BE
OVERHAULED
I
Word
was
received
today
at
the
office
of
Olof
Hanson
that
the
contract
had
been
signed
at
Ottawa
whereby
two
new
type
mine
sweepers
will
he
built
in
the
Canadian
National
Railways
dry
dock
at
Prince
Rupert
at
a
cost
of
some
$1,-250,000.
Canadian
Press
and
special
dispatches
received
by
the
Daily
News,
confirmed
the
announcement.
The
dry
dock
management
itself
had
not
been
advised
up
to
shortly
before
noon
but
it
was
expecting
word
momentarily.
It
is
expected
that
work
will
be
started
almost
at
once
in
getting
the
plant
in
readiness
to
handle
the
work.
The
work
will
involve
the
employment
of
some
five
to
six
hundred
men.
Adequate
facilities
for
the
carrying
out
of
the
work
already
exist
including
foundry,
machine
shop
and
woodworking
departments.
Overhaul
of
wharves
and
other
parts
of
the
plant
would
be
required
but
this
could
be
speedily
effected.
The
vessels
would
be
built
in
the
same
berths
where
the
old
C.G.M.M.
boat$
Canadian
Scottish
and
Canadian
Britisher
were
built
twenty
years
ago.
Special
framework,
as
then,
would
have
to
be
erected.
It
is
estimated
that
it
would
take
about
three
months
to
get
the
plant
in
readiness
for
the
carrying
out
of
the
work.
Construction
of
the
two
mine
sweepers
would
be
carried
out
simultaneously
and
would
probably
take
eight
or
nine
months.
WORK
FOR
OTHER
B.C.
YARDS
Canadian
Press
dispatches
said
that
additional
contracts,
amounting
to
more
than
$8,000,000,
had
been
awarded
to
British
Columbia
shipbuilders
for
the
construction
of
fourteen
mine
sweepers.
This
was
revealed
in
Vancouver
shipping
circles.
Burrard
Dry
Dock
representatives
said
that
two
of
the
vessels
would
be
built
at
Prince
Rupert
in
the
Canadian
National
Railways
dry
dock.
The
Burrard
company
and
North
Vancouver
Ship
Repairs
Ltd.
had
each
been
allotted
six
vessels.
Previous
contracts,
amounting
to
$6,000,-000,
had
been
awarded
Vancouver
and
Victoria
firms
for
constructing
submarine
chasers.
H.M.S.
Achilles
In
New
Zealand
Ship
Which
Participated
in
Battle
With
Graf
Spee
is
Given
Great
Reception
WELLINGTON,
New
Zealand,
Feb.
23:
(CP
There
were
scees
of
great
enthusiasm
Here,
today
when
H.
M.
S.
Achilles,
which
par
ticipated
recently
In
the
battle
pff
the
coast
of
Uraguay,
which
re
sulted
In
the
destruction
of
the
German
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Graf
Spee,
arrived
here.
Weather
Forecast
snow
in
the
Interior.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Fresh
shifting
winds,
mostly
easterly,
showery
with
not
much
change
In
temperature.
Judge
W.
E,
Fisher
sailed
last
night
on
the
Prince
George
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
I
Conservatives
i
Consider
Fight
Local
Executive
Meets
to
Discuss
Possibility
of
Entering
Federal
Election
Contest
To
consider
the
possibility
of
running
a
candidate
at
the
forthcoming
federal
election,
the
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Conservative
Association
held
a
meeting
last
night
but
arrived
at
no
definite
dc-cesion
In
the
matter.
R.
W.
Cam-
eron,
president
of
the
Association,
was
In
the
chair.
a-.
j
(Artillery
Fire
presslon
off
Vancouver
Island
is'
Kiif
(
llnPT'WKA
'
Front
Is
Quiet
PARIS,
Feb.
23;
(CP)-The
Western
Front
was
qulettoda
except
for
artillery
fire.
Twelve
French
prisoners
were
rcportedto
hiive
been
taken
by
the
enemy.