r,
t
Rupert
and
Queen
Qhar-I
,
ds
Fresh
easterly
winds,
strong
with
increasing
and
unsettled
at
night.
XXHX
No.
107
.
.
IB
k
a
a
a
a
t
i
Including
Powell
Ri-
utfCran
1'atU).
died
jester-
t&c
ace
of
51
after
having
uur
tame
lime,
a
nrovin-
h:
lion
ulll
be
necevkl-
.mi,
niTin
nil
H
wuil.i.
CHADS
WIN
iu
iiirint
urri
riirnnru
iu
Tinrtaver
Western
48
to
47
-..
........
.
...
jirac
win
dc
jnijru
iv
KENTI
CKV
DERBY
ill
let-a
t
i
1
1
n
unet
Miiuroay
io
win
Kentucky
Derby
over
the
"rite
Hlmelcch.
which
lecand,
koithr.
The
winner
led
by
.miDVfil,c?
licitrnTlfl.
T
III
.
i
i
.
i
1
1
c
III
n
,u,v.-
I.rn,..
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l
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1
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,
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t
V
......
.
IfMn...
1-J
t,.t
I
aiiuiiiliaiiiu
UJ
i
Mtf
lion,
Vincent
Masey
,a-
"n.
Norman
Korers
and
ac-
McNauli-
I
SPIES
ARRESTED
OU'EST
Two
hundred
IllflUt;
III
IU
IKIIIUII
ancjeu
rranrn
ann
iius-
"j
nnj
in
liuntary.
inc
""n
destano
U
said
to
have
mc
iniormatlon.
STtVENSO
Al'IHIINTF.Il
J"rAVA
(iroup
Captain
L.
S'tvtnson
(well
known
In
f
Kupe
rt)
has
been
appoint-w
tike
charre
or
the
Western
air
trainlnic
centre
with
Quarters
hrm
an,1
-Ur
In
""Oil
In
C,.L,l.l
.....
RrltUh
Columbia.
ITA1
.IAVVJ
CllfVF
1tlittKT
h..-,
,M
sja
I'llMil
JU.UAI1F.
-
Yugoslav
anil-f4't
unj
arc
reporled
to
have
"own
two
Italian
nli
"r
frontier.
1'lt
W
i'ti
ni',,1,1
ti...
ifiv
i
i.iili,
I
lit
ulh
time
has
come
for
'li.f
nPC
,,M"
cst"da''
"-own
..lucri
anu
mi
rnncess
the
Pontiff
today.
I
North,
Che
Many
Developments
Over
'Week-End
Mdkc
Explosion
in
Balkans
and
Mediterranean
Seem
to
Ik;
Very
Close
at
Hand
Extension
of
the
war
to
southeastern
Eur-
itr
cnnmnil
ntiim
imtnmnnl
(fwln-
limn
1
1
anv
.
tljfv
P.VIII.t4
i
III
II
IIIIHI
fc
will,
I
.v
'
4
i
t.i
ft
tlnpn
.
Ii.i
fire,
ilmc
if
iVtn
ottntltni
1-VillfiYV.
ing
were
week-end
developments:
Turkish
troops
reported
massing
along
the
.
Greek
and
Unitarian
frontiers.
Request
of
the
British
amhassador
at
Sofia
to
Bulgaria
seeking
permission
for
Allied
and
Turkish
troops
to
pass
through
Bulgaria.
German
troop
concentrations
near
the
Yugoslav
and
Hungarian
frontiers.
Italian
military
activity
near
the
Yugoslav
frontier
and
naval
concentrations
in
the
Dodocan-esc
Islands.
Appearance
of
Russian
reinforcements
in
former
Poland
near
the
Ruthenian
lwrdcrs.
Publication
of
German
reports
that
the
Allies
arc
about
to
land
troops
at
Salonika.
(Official
London
said
there
was
"absolutely
no
truth"
in
this.)
Presence
in
the
Aegean
Sea
of
units
of
the
Allied
battle
fleet.
Enormous
Allied
naval
mobilization
off
Egyptr
A
new
spy
scare
in
Hungary,
resulting
in
the
arrest
of
two
hundred
persons
suspected
of
working
for
both
France
and
Russia.
Closing
of
Yugoslavia
to
all
men
visitors
from
Germany.
1
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
150,500
pounds,
and
7e
to
9.6c
and
7c.
Canadian
110,000
pounds,
and
65e
to
95c
and
6.5c.
American
39,000,
95c
95c
9.3c
and
7c,
IJootti.
Vikiruj,
1000,
9.Gc
and
7c,
Stor-
i
Seven
Brothers,
11X00,
95c
and'
7c,
Royal.
Excel,
21,000,
9.5c
and
7c,
Atlln.
Hazel
H.,
22.000,
9.6c
and
7c,1
Royal.
Oarland,
14X00,
9.6c
and
7c,
Pa
cific.
Lltuya.
31.000.
9.3c
and
7c,
Stor-
Annabellc,
Storage
Canadian
14X00.
9.4c
Domino
II,
700,
and
6.4c,
tasted
the
48th
lllnhland-
Storage.
a
Rol
.Montreal,
Seaforth
'
"-
u,,u-?
lUndrr-
I',mnntn
.i.H
I'rln.
It
aCHlC
atricu
reilments
on
i
Sat-
Sat-
Tooaie.
nw,
Un.
9c
and
65c,
At-j
5,000.
9.4c
and
0.5c,
Storage.
Joan
W.
I,
9.3c
and
65c,
Atlln.
Cynic,
4,000,
9.4c
and
6.5c,
Stor
age-
Tramp,
17,000.
95c
ana
Storage.
nut?.
2000
.9.4c
and
bdc,
mun,ds
&
Walker.
Minnie
V..
7,ow,
v.k
Booth.
9.4c
and
65c,
65c,
Ed-
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsls-A
storm
is
ap
proaching
the
Queen
Charlotte
Is-1
lands
from
the
westward.
The
pres
sure
continues
high
over
Brltisn
Columbia.
The
weather
has
been
mild
throughout
this
province
and
scattered
showers
have
occurred
in
southern
districts.
urf
ronst
of
Vancouver
Island-
Fresh
east
to
southeast
winds,
Increasing
to
strong
at
night,
ran
cloudy
and
mild
with
shower
TODAY'S
(Oourtnj
e.
D
Vancouver
Bi(
Missouri.
.09.
Bfatorne,
10X0.
Cariboo
Quartz,
250.
Dentonla,
.01.
Falrvtcw,
.01
Vi.
Gold
Belt.
.24.
Hedley
Matcot,
.40.
Mtnto,
.02$.
Noble
Five,
.
Noble
Five,
Pend
Oreille,
1.65.
Pioneer,
255.
Premier,
1.10.
Privateer,
59.
Reeves
McDonald,
.15.
Reno,
.25.
Relief
Arlington,
.06.
Salmon
Gold,
.03.
Sheep
Creek,
1.08
f
'
Oils
A.
P.
Con.
.14.
Calmont,
55.
C.
&
E,
1.75.
Freehold,
.02.
Home,
,2.40.
Royal
Can.,
.17.
Okalta.
1.10.
'
Mercury,
.05
W.
Pratrlc
Royalties,
.16.
Torontq
Aldermac,
.23.
BeatUc,
1.04.'
Central
Pat
2.08.
Cons.
Smelters,
39.T5.
East
Maiartlc,
355.
Fernland,
.03.
Francoeur,
58.
Gods
Lake,
.38.
Hardrock,
.00.
Int.
Nickel,
36.00.
Kerr
Addison,
2.40.
Little
Long,
255.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.85.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
.38.
McKcnzIe
Red
Lake,
1.20.
Moneta,
.68.
Noranda,
.65.50.
PJckle
Crow,
3.05.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.03.
San
Antonio,
2.25.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.82.
Uchl,
50.
Bouscadlllac,
.03
VJ.
Oklend,
M2A
Smelters
Gold,
.0.
Dominion
Bridge,
32.00.
mmln
STOCKS
Johnson
Oct.
,0W.
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
May
6:
'(CPt-The
Sinclair
Oil
Co.
has
reached
a
settlement
with
Mexico
over
seizure
of
ell
properties,
re
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
6,
1940.
liable
sources
said.
In
State
De-
OV
partment
quarters,
however,
on'n-
cate
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
n
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ion
was
expressed
mat
tne
aipio-
ru0,.
t,.jlt
f
tUa
ntl:.tl
.
nothing
In
the
way
of
a
settlement
since
the
Mexican
ernment
has
refused
a
proposal
of
International
arbitration
until
after
the
full
course
of
the
Mexi
can
courts
has
been
exhausted.
Th
United
States
Department
Chamberlain
of
St
will
mnfer
with
Latln-American
governments
on
the
question.
.
War
News
j
NAVAL
LOSSES
LONDON
Naai
Ium
officially
admitted
today
include
the
brauli
desUoyer
Afndl
and
the
trawler
Penn.
Hercules
and
Leonora,
each
-with
"runt
men,
overdue
and
believed
lost.
The
French
naral
ministry
announces
the
sinking
of
the
French
de-'
slroyer
BLson,
which
normally
carried
a
crew
of
209
men.
The
1
rothh
natal
staff
announces
the
Poliih
destroyer
Grom
was
sunk
by
a
bomb
in
Norwegian
opera-
.
lions,
making
the
third
destroyer
loss
announced
today.
GERMANS
BEATEN
BACK
I
PARIS
After
having
had
three
outposts
surrounded
in
one
of
the
most
powerful
Ger-
man
onslaughts
so
far
in
the
war,
the
French
beat
back"
the
enemy
with
heary
artillery
fire.
It
was
a
bloody
engagement
with
the
Germans
suffering
heavy
losses
while
those
of
the
French
were
insignificant.
HEAVY
R.
A.
F.
LOSSES
.
LONDON
The
heaviest
casualty
list
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
so
far
in
the
war
is
announced
sixty
killed,
seven
wounded
and
53
missing
and
believed
dead.
Among
those
killed
Is
Squadron
Leader
Kenneth
Dur-and
who
led
the
British
attack
on
Kiel
and
Wilhelmshafen
the
opening
day
of
the
war.
on
TO
ATTACK
BRITAIN
BERLIN
Intensive
air
attacks
upon
the
British
Isles
may
mark
the
next
phase
of
the
war,
It
is
said
here.
VISITING
ENGLAND
LONDON
The
Norwegian
foreign
minister
and
defence
minister
are
visiting
London
to
confer
with
British
military
authorities
on
the
campaign
In
Norway.
Later
they
will
go
to
Paris.
HASBEEN
ARRESTED
KAMLOOPS,
May
6:
(CP)
Provincial
police
headquarters
here
announce
the
arrest
of
James
Mc-Innls,
50-year
old
prospector,
In
connection
with
the
killing
of
Harry
Wilson,
49-year
old
trapper
and
University
of
Toronto
graduate
In
the
remote
upper
Clearwater
Valley
between
here
and
Blue
River.
Wilson's
body
was
found
by
a
relief
Inspector
who
visited
the
cabin.
He
had
been
shot.
I
Administration
Spot
In
Uieat
Britain
Fol
ow
ing
Failure
Of
Norwegian
Campaign
slgn.
as
being
responsible
for
the
Norwegian
affair.
The
view
of
the
British
Labor
Party,
as
expressed
by
speakers
at
the
week-end.
is
that
there
can
Oreat
Britain.
Peace
manv
hv
nppriHaMnn
with
Ger-
cannot
be
tne
direction
of
Narvlfc.
From
Ber
lln
Germany
claimed
to
have
dispatched
Alpine
troops
from
the
lrcnaneiin
area
on
a
two
hundred
mile
trek
through
the
mountains
In
an
attempt
to
aid
Narvik
troops.
Chancellor
littler
ordered
that
the
on
troops
take
Narvik
at
any
cost,
glv
wiu
uiicDsive
aenat
activity
to
LONDON.
May
6:
With
Prime
hh,.
,,-
wm.k
71.
.JI
the
destroyer
Atridi,
the
victim
oil
Oerman
bombs
while
convoying
troops
being
withdrawn
from
Nam-
sos.
No
transports
in
tha
convoy
I
be
no
peace
with
Germany
until
:."Za
CeA
T
r
bombers
Nazl
military
power
is
crushed.
If
perman
were
it
is
not
crushed.
It
will
crush
2?
t;J.Ml?1'
was
completed
in
May
193a
andi
normally
carried
219
men:
The
Ad-
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M.I.
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a
mat?
&
aHfnnp
nssrm
Spread
Of
Conflict
To
That
Area
Seems
More
Imminent
Now
SETTLEMENT
'GERMANY
NOW
DRIVING
ITALY
IN
IS
REACHED
AGAINST
NORTH
NORWAY;
!
READINESS
Sinclair
Oil
Co.
Conies
To
Terms
With
Mexican.
Government
In
Regard
To
Seiture
Of
j
Properties
'
MOVES
TOWARD
NARVIK
Inquires
From
Great
Britain
About
Massing
of
Navy
and
Sounds
1
Warning
Plan,
Apparently,
is
to
Give
Strong
Aerial
Support
to
,
Ground
Forces
Britain
Denies
"Fantastic"
I
MaT
Foreign
Minister
fjpririnn
Snproccn
:Clano's
newspaper
published
a
irarnlntr
n
flrpat.
Rrltiiln
STOCKHOLM,
May
6:
(CP)-German
aircraft
flerif,"
Z
drive
them
off.
There
were
air
raid
alarms.
arid
er
nonheir.
Nor:
ay
:n
such
numbers
today
as
to
indi-
ranean.
cauinz
for
an
emanation
that
the
Nazis
plan
to
attempt
occunation
of
the
nor-
in
regard
to
same.
nr.
.v
1
1
nn
......
L-
I
I
A
1
TMh,
(
MimnI.t.
v
lnwnln.HV.T.
i
-an
nu
cis
inc
&uulh.
unuuiciauw,
ma
tic
controversy
over
Mexican
luuuwj
uispaicn-
i-.i
.
i
es
to
SedKsnneusnaners
sairthnt
mnrp
than
nnp
Tmn.
it
Is
claimed.
There
are
eight
mil-
ih
",.C!m?:nl":
!
dleU
UfcimU?-
1,lanC3-Jay
flying
in
,
"nTof
SSTanTSLS
i
would
continue.
In
fact
there
r
gov
GOVT
TO
GtT
LUST
340
naval
vessels.
Hiere
are
121
submarines
strung
along
the
Italian
coast
facing
France
and
a
perfect
coastal
defence
system.
Italy,
it
is
further
claimed,
is
in
a
position
to
dose
the
Mediterranean.
Italy
also
seeks
an
explanation
ing
assurance
that
reinforcements
tu,
.,k
iipiiaicuuji
we
uci-
diverted
man
plan
Is
to
support
land
forces
waters.
from
Mediterranean
Meantime
In
addition
to
Alex-
sinister
Neville
Chamberlain.
First
Where
the
Tast
med
fleet
Nuns
tcn
Vr
ord
of
the
Admiralty
Winston
L?
0o
.
been
completed.
Churchill
and
Secretary
lor
Air
-
uW
indicate
tu
strong
units
of
the
British
fleet
Sir
Samuel
Hoare
as
tl
fdcal
fig-
6
a,sscmbled
In
Aegean
Bea
ures
for
attack.
L.
C.
M.
S.
Amery.
r
MeanwhUe
Z
.,
omclal
Z
.
sources
?
in
In.east
of
Greece
and
south
of
Turkey
Leslie
Ilore-Belisha
and
Alfr7d
tanell
Duff-Cooper
are
expected
to
lead
ZTclZr
?ish8Tovearnta8alS1Si
SUge
l
trench
J
&E5
TLvm
Planes
Over
"
-
,Bt
ouHimana
England'
riAm.nf
n
t,K.
cjalms
that
"one
.
.
snin
was
nit
dv
a
.
enemy
battle-'
.
T1
.
.
,
...
u
,
ununu
pianea
naa
captured
a
m
Norway.
At
Southampton.
Herbert
Morrison
urged
a
speeding
up
of
the
war
effort,
suggesting
that
Cham
bomber
off
"",cs
"'""J
iina
aneiiana
isi-
upon
to
satisfy
the
people
thai
v9Hir
cw,"
.u.
ands
Visited
Saturdar
Nieht
everything
possible
had
been
done
7"
i
"uu
"T"
'!
British
submarine
which
hart
hn
damaged
py
a
mine
-planes
visited
the
Thames
Estu-
Admirahr
Announcement
close
to
London
and
also
the
Tne
iitMau
Aamirany
officlaU?
shtland
nds
Saturday
night
no
BUILDING
COLLAPSE
Visualized,
said
one
speaker,
unless
.",;,
Z
11
"
f
'J
Structure
at
Corner
of
Fraser
Street
,
terms
were
guaranteed
by
United
States
and
other
powerful
neutrals.
Another
spokesman
said
that
The
British
Admiralty
officially
j
aenies
aestructton
by
German!
es
of
35-9
Great
Britain
was
fighting
for
her
battleship
Q
Eteabeto
class
and
f
8X00
very
existence.
Fascist.
Commun-
1st
and
;must
also
be
dealt
with.
Unless
an
acceptable
explana-
--s.
muuiiiainjruin
oireei,
ownea
Dy
ttenry
koss-
stronghold
40
miles
east
of
Trond-llow
of
the
United
States
and
occu-
tlon
can
be
made
k
by
and
Fifth
Street
Fell
Saturday
Afternoon
Due
to
foundation
weakness,
an
ancient
building
on
the
double
cor-
After
having
withstood
a
26-day
ner
at
the
northwest
of
Fraser
and
tra
TTafVV
fnwiM
(
f
T?l
fit.
a.
.
.
.
ment
on
Tuesday,
the
possibility
heli
overlooking
the
railway
line
pied
by
Japanese,
collapsed
Satur-
WpHnAerliiw
TVitt
ftt,rA
f
f
Win
lng
to
Gcrman
report
Chamberlain
government
will
rest.
It
Is
felt
by
observers,
on
the
effectiveness
of
the
explanation.
Some
newspapers
are
patient.
Others
are
openly
critical.
NEW
MARK.
IN
SKIING
.
w.
uj
0
-
uaji
aiiuwil,
tiic
riaoCi
O
t
i
U
zar.
iinany
surrendered,
aeord-
front
falling
until
the
mnt
TENNIS
IS
UNDER
WAY
iComadina
And
Mrs.
Lambie
Win-I
ners
In
American
Tournament
At
Prince
Rupert
Club
Courts
Hans
Thorner
of
Switzerland;
Breaks
Jasper
Slalom
Record
I
The
formal
opening
of
the
JASPER,
May
6.
Another1
record
Prhtce
Rupert
Tennis
Club
season
to
his
credit,
the
Swiss
skier
Hans
took
place
yesterday
at
the
Acro-Thorner
was
on
his
way
east
today
polls
Hill
courts
with
a
keenly
alter
three
weeks'
skiing
In
the
vast
contested
American
tournament
in
Alplands
of
the
Canadian
Rockies,
j
which
the
winners,
from
among
During
his
visit
at
Mallgne
Lake
fifteen
competing
couples,
were
he
lowered
by
four
seconds
the
Johnny
Comadina
and
Mrs.
Wll-Trapper's
Valley
giant
slalom
rec-
11am
Lambie.
They
were
presented
ord
set
earlier
In
the
season
by
Nor-
by
William
Cruickshank,
who
was
man
Rault,
Northern
Alberta
champion.
Accompanied
by
Mrs.
Thorner
In
charge
of
the
tournament,
with
a
challenge
cup.
Qroup
winners
were
Comadina
'and
Mary
Louise
Schott
of
Santa,
and
Mrs.
William
Lambie,
Sergeant
uaroara,
uaiuornia,
me
noiea
t-ur-jonuon
ana
miss
xrene
Mitcneil,
opean,
who
now
makes
his
home
in
New
York,
enthusiastically
ranked
the
new
Trapper's
Valley
Skiing
area
the
equal
of
any
of
Switzerland's
winter
resorts.
He
predicted
a
bright
future
for
Canadian
Commander
Borrle
and
Mrs.
W.
N.
Miller.
In
the
play-offs
Britton
and
Miss
Mitchell
beat
Borrle
and
Mrs.
Miller
and
then
lost
to
Comadina
and
Mrs.
Lambie
by
a
score
of
6
to
4.
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY
National
League
New
York
3,
Chicago
2.
Philadelphia
2.
.Cincinnati
3.
Boston
1,
St.
Louis
3.
American
League
Chicago
10.
New
York
3,
St.
Louis
1,
Boston
4.
Detroit
5,
Philadelphia
14;
'
Cleveland
12,
Washington
4.
SUNDAY
National
League
Brooklyn
9,
St.
Louis
6.
Boston
5,
Pittsburg
1.
Philadelphia
7,
Chicago
5.
New
York
2,
Cincinnati
3.
American
League
Cleveland
6,
Boston
1.
St.
Louis
7,
Washington
3
Chicago
6.
Philadelphia
5.
Detroit
6,
Netf
York
4.
was
made
almost
level
with
the
sidewalk.
The
back
of
the
50
by
50
foot
structure
was
evidently
broken
in
the
fall.
Earlier
in
the
day
It
had
been
heard
creaking
by
passersby.
The
building
had,
long
been
In
a
bad
state
of
repair.
Steps
will
be
taken
to
have
the
ruin
removed.
It
had
served
many
purposes,
once
being
a
large
pool
hall,
once
a
paint
shop
and
once
a
tin
shop.