.A. Vancouver barrister, their candidate in the forth- i-minr federal election. .sir. Cameron's nomination was un- gnlmous, his name being the only hroutht before the conven- Wron In the chair, were II. W. e, Lawrence Lambly. Mrs. C. V. Iiitt, Alex MarKensie. C. O. mpbell, Jack Preece. K. II n'.on, II, F Wearmouth, Hob t McCarthy O. P. Tinker, (i. J. isrs, A, (). Franks, W. J. Itay and, tlr C II. Ilanklnson, lUrt Hubert Ward, W. II. union, George D. Tlte. David titchie. W Sullivan, Mrs. It- Or- fcird McLcod, John Bulger. Neil inrren P T Cousins. Robert In trail. George Grvsvenor and , r Swanson. RUINS WIH. WER HAWKS- lic shut Out Score In Na- HocHry league Game Last Night I bruary 28 Bruins n uncerUln man-by scoring a six-t -vi-tory over the Chl-; Hawks In the only x ure for the evening i "aai Hockey League ght the Bruins back a game oi the leaa- :k Rangers In the Boaton wltl play at Montreal, the De-?v will met the Ma-TBronto and Chicago Rangers In New NK'V YORK WHFT H'N V RK Feb 28. Wheat fu- W!i c to Vic yestcr- " May closing at 102ii ' M 'v price was $l.02. NEW YORK COPPER I SNEiV YORK Fph 28 Oonncr dnwn 02c. to .08c. to-1 ! Books Needed For Soldiers 5 T.w iiciirrs quartered at the Ja hospital buildlnir read a 5 "Q!d deal They have a library .J 'suction of about one hun- Vrcd bookv buf they have read ?i'JM! M k,uV.. I i., . v . uum cuizcns who a an r. :)t ripon tv, tu::picr sowiers. t Che ; ... Feb. 28.-For the ser 'o .tfht DrltUh Royal Air Force planes (lew over the German apl . tal of Berlin. The Air Ministry an nounced extensive and succs-sfui i .flight over Derlln. Hanover. Kiel Canal and. Baltic naval bases, drop-1 ping pomphloU. I I ne previous nigni mere nad been similar extensive flights over Berlin. Dusseldorf. Cologne and the Reich air and naval bases. At Parts a French communique fSon. He was proposed by It. W. Mia in naa been extensive Cameron and seconded by .Miss K. j frerwh reconnaissance flights over Earl. .sir. tameron nas aireaay - irreed to accept the nomination. Junes H. Thompson presided ttr the Conservative convention. Speeches were made by Miss Karl, , ft McAfee. R. W. Cameron and . K. Love Dcletates to the convention, at mrd at a meeting of the Prince upert Conservative Association t night with President, IL, W. PRESIDENT RETURNING Roosevelt Relieves Defences of Panama Canal Should Be Strnegthened BALBOA. Canal Zone. Feb. 28 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Is steaming homeward today aboard VSS. Tuscallooca following an In-pectton yesterday of Canal Zone k, defences with General Vorhees. the mliitarv M)Vrnnr nnrlnv file In. i - a j . cm . mm - Ispeetton. the chief executive was accompanied by army and nary officials by whom he was met. After the Inspection. Mr. Roosevelt ex pressed the belief that more guns and planes were necessary for adequate long range defence of the iaartat . ( The Preedcnt also tlitted Pan- -'arrfturIrfff yB and confer red with the cabinet of the repub disembark from the Tutcaltooaa at Chartetci. South Carolina, proceeding from there to Washington. I "Canadian "Canadian w ,! 1 T ended thcr IVlaitland 1 0 Make Tour Of Central B.C. M !'.Miv? at $10.54. drop-; ' d;v by .02s. to .07c ! Edward F. 1 M: ut 10.48c. VANCOUVER. Feb. 28: CP Hoh. R. L. Maltland. provincial Concervative leader, who has beeni In the East In connection with the federal election will start a tour of' the province from Revelatoke March j IS on behalf of Conservative candidates. He will visit Kamloops af-t ter Revelftoke and then turn up to. the Cariboo district to asslat Fred; 'Stephens, the Conservative candidate there. j ': PASSING OF CANNERYMAN; Nason, for Years Man ager of Boswell, Dies In Vancouver vavrnttvm. Feb. 28: CP ' Edward F. Nason. well known coast '' eanneryman and for yeai manager 'of Boswell Cannery on Rivers Inlet, ilPri vostcrdav at the age of flfty- Ifour after having been 111 for sev eral months. Listless Trading J horn all Corporal Purdon .the ffc- CfJr Mjirf" lTUUl j Ibunan has a,kcd the Dally Un OlOCK 5nfw to make on appeal for Coming Tonight TODAY'S STOCKS (Oounrtr 8 O Jotwaton Co I Vancouver Big Missouri. .00. Bralorne. IQJbQ. Cariboo Quartz, 20. Dentonla, Falndcw. Mhk. Oold Belt, . HedJey Mascot. .48. Mlnto. SUV,. Noble Five. M. Pend OrelUe, 1.75. Pioneer. 2.11 xd. Prenner. t2S. Privateer. .68. Reeves MacDonald, .18. Reno.- 37. Relief Arlington. .12. Balmon Gold. .03. Sheep Creek. U09. Qartboo-HudfoniH Hedley A mat. J00. Ods A. P. OwL. -16. Calmont, 5. C. tz K, l.W. Freehold, M. Home, 2J6. Paalta,.M. Royal. Oan, .17 Okalt, IM. MtfBIff M. Praliw RoyalUes. .18. Toronto Aldermac, 29. Seattle, 1.18. Central Pat, 230. Cons. Smellers. 44.00. East Malartlc. 3.70. Fernland, .03 V. Francocur, .41. GodrLake. 8. Hardrock, 1.04. ' Int. Nlekel. .43 V. Kerr Addison. 2J1. Little Long Lac. 3.05. McLed Cockshutt, 2.00. Msdsen Rade Lake, .40. Mimeta, .71. Noranda. 72.00. Pickle Crow. 3i0. Preston Bast Dome. 2.09 San Antonio, 222. Sherrltt Oordon. .95. Bouseadtllac. .04?. Uchl. .70. Mother. .03. Oklend, .08. Smelters Gold, .01 . Dominion Bridge. 37.75. PREMIER IN.WEST WINNIPEG. Feb. 28: After 1 .- .1 MtUnliuii, list nlftht (n his first platform address of the campaign, Prime Minister William I Lyon MacKenzle King was enroute ... kt, PonnHInn Nfttlnnnl Rftll- New York Issues Mover 1,1. rtlnnMnn Hesavsthe v ., Yesterday M? "u " T::"'" UH "- U.li.n 1.ID rt,'Y .fill 1 T 1 1 Pll T V II L t under whoso ' - i . . ... r,-.i....i ...v.r.i me library Is con- vrmt NEW vnnif YORK. ppb. 28. Yesteraay ,"" . .... Wted. arp a xl 7UK may be left at the order- joom at the old hospital or bp called for- ltmore rw nvcnimt t0 donors, volumes Zl, .Jeft at thc Dally News "II-- inp ...in u ..l.i L.. A bv28 v;" st0ck 'he will 'arrive Thursday to receive . . . was was listless listless on on the me m New - renominatlon that cvenlnB. To. Exchange luVPr,cvc.S"ovcr night he will n..M. mnnii The day s lunio 1 1 . e ichangcd at HG.73 ana ,atcr today, nt 30.51. j.12 spend at Saskatoon. Ernest Lapolntc, Do- was 510,000 shares w th the ! ina m . , minister of Justice, who ar trial average 146.73 a !rlVcd 'here from Ottawa with Mr. -r j Authorize Contracts ubrarv Weather Forecast Tomorrows Tides Pi.u n Rupert and Queen Char-j High .... 5:35 am 20.0 It. ',' Mands Fresh to strong 18:41 pjn. 16.7 ft. , tiast winds, cloudy and cool u :i probable snow tonight. Low .... 12:12 pjn. 5.6 ft. j NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXIX No 50. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940. PRICE: 8 CENT3 lANDIDATJ MORE RAIDS IS (HGSYON GERMANY ,a Conservatives Put Vani narrbter In Field for Federa Liection Honors Making the third candidate t.-l- I tttm flvlrl It! aitfllllnn nlof Hanson, the Liberal, and rorge Weaver of New Westmin- the C.C.F., Sheena district unicrvatives, In convention here day chose George F. Cameron I Air force Planes Fly Over 'In For Second Successive Mint ENCIRCLE yiiPURi Russians Moving to Take Finnish City Defenders Fight Desper- I ately in Mannerhelm Line HELSINGFORS. Feb. 28: ICPI A communique last night Indicated that the Russians were aiming at some sort of encirclement of Vllpuri, strategic second city of Finland.' The Finns are reported desperately in Mannerhelm Line positions southeast and east of Vllpuri, resisting stubbornly what seems ceasless waves of Russian attacks on three fronts. Eighteen Rusdan tanks and a large quantity of Russian small arms were claimed to have been taken by the Finns W R Dcvp .! v of Winnipeg to yesterday despite their retreat. ay first vis;f her" .s.nce apoolnt- Meantime reinforcements have ment as Vir P" -ident of Canad- been ruined up to both sides and lan National Railways. He and his bitter fighting proceeds In the Vll- oarty are due at 7 pjn. by special purl section. train Baron von Mannerhrlm. Finnish commander-in-chief has ordered the complete evacuation or all towns within twenty-five miles of beleaguered Vlipurl. A Russian communique from Moscow today claimed that Finnish defences on the Mannerhelm line were crumbling and that the Russians were advancing on all other fronts. So far In February nlnety-stx Finnish civilians have been kil'ed In Russian air raids, a statement at Helsingfors said. . I i being built at Prince Rupert. DAN CUPID VERY BUSY Darts of Matrimony Have Been Flying Since War Began OTTAWA, Feb. 28 -Slnce the war started last September. Dan Cupid has been very busy In Canada. The number of marriages this January totalled 3,500 as compared with 2.-300 In the same month last year, an Increase of 48 per cent. Conservatives in Federal Election 1 War News CANADIANS IN FINLAND I HELSINKI The Helsinki radio j today announced that the first Canadian Volunteers had arrived in Finland. HUNGARIAN INCIDENT BUDAPEST: Hungarian po- flghtlng "ce today laid virtual siege to the French Legation where, they as serted, French ministers were harboring forty Czech refugees, who had entered Hungary illegally. LLOYD GEORGE'S WARNING LONDON: Speaking at Dorchester, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd-George, who was Great Britain's Prime Minister of the Firt Great War. warned this country sharply that it faced an acute food shortage. "We are not so well off as last time for a long war," he declared. Lloyd-George took issue with Fomer War Minister II-re-Relisha's advocacy of Immediate and act've hrlp to Finland. Great Britain should not be skidded over the icy snows of the north into a war with Russia, he declared. The final peace should not be a sham pact but one of lasting endurance. GERMANY HELPING RUSSIA HELFINGFORS: Russia is Importing German technicians to operate the Salmajervi nickel min s In Northrn Finland which n-t B'Haln and Canadian Interests were to , have opened shortly, ft Is learned here. It is also planned to similarly operate iron mines in that area. , .l.U,rpUlJJb For vMiiri . -pAn,S:BrJn,-ing Vxo more Germans down doWn Mtw', two OTAWA. Feb. 28: (CP Hon. C. D. Howe announced today that an order In council had been passed awarding con- tracts for mine-sweepers to British Columbia shloyards. Each ship costs $620,000. two 4 German planes which took part mand. DROVE GERMANS OFF LONDON: The British trawler Aurora, one of four attacked; by German war planes yesttrday, drove off two after a twenty minute machine gun battle. Smoke was streaming from the tall of one attacker, it was reported today. EASING UP CENSORSHIP PARIS; The French press wlll e restored wllh complete free-to enress politics) opinion. D'nlnniatle and military news nil), however, still he strictly censored. KING IS n A A Art V NAME IS wmi CHANGED Pictures l ong and Widespread War and Stresses Importance of Having Competent Government Will be Known as National Government Candidates I WINNIPEG, February 28 (Cana- SAULT STE. MARIE, February 28 dian Pressi Prime Minister Wlll- H Canadian Pressi Hon. Dr. R. J. lam Lyon Mackenzie King, paint- GERMANS ; GERMANY RESCUED ANXIOUS JFour A'""en Who Lost Their Flane Would Guarantee Roumanian Bor- on Picked Up From North Sea tvo. m: a British Iisvnuv?, trawler yesterday rescued from the North Sea four German fliers whose plane had been shot down outside the Firth of Forth In the course of an attempted air raid on the British east coast. The Germans had taken to a rubber boat after their plane dropped into (he sea. A second German plane crashed on British soil. NO PEACE EXPECTED! lln. ders In Return for Products-Price Too High For Bucharest BUCHAREST, Roumanla, Feb. 28: (CP) Authoritative quarters said today that Germany had offered to guarantee lioumanian borders in return for huge increases of oil, wheat and other raw material shipments to the Reich. Authorities said It was extremely doubtful if Roumanla would accept because virtual Nazi control of her exports was. too high a price. Meantime" German anger at Roumanla is said to have increased as a result of the signing of a trade agreement with France and the increasing of railway rates on Roumanian goods to the Reich. Bucharest Is considering emergency mobilization of all her Industries. Sumner mner Welles Welles of of the the United United State! States' , . . the occasion of his UK to Ber- 01 ActlVltV . It it Is Is authoritatively authoritatively stated In I Nazi quarters. Nor does he expect fl- WocfoiTl PVnnr ' to receive a oeace plan which will: vJll l! C51CI11 1 IU111 Justify serious consideration. I Der Fuehrer will, it Is expected,. Germans Claim to Have Resisted advance his ambitions In regard tol French Party Successfully central and southern Europe and will stress claims for return of col- PARIS. Feb. 28. Renewed patrol onles lost by Germany after the activity between the French and tan war. A Nazi spokesman said yesterday that "British terror must be broken before the constructive forces of EurODfl can co-operate." Welles left Rome at midnight last night and Is to make a stop Switzerland before arriving In Ber lln nrfthahlff nn tVIHav IT a ttil Rlbbentrop on Friday, it Is expected. and Chancellor Hitler on Saturday in massed German flights over rTf Tilt WIT France during the past forty- . J II lyj M V H eight hours was announced to- I 'J day by the French high com mitter's Mood Not Conciliatory For Welles Visit j BERLIN, Feb. 28- Chancellor Adolf Hitler will advance no peace' 1 . T T I r A - . r. . A STRIKERS Action of Sitdowners at Pioneer Mine Will Not Be Tolerated. Says Premier Pattullo VANCOUVER. Feb. 28: CP Striking miners at the Pioneer Gold Manlon, Conservative leader, de- Ing a dark picture of a long and proceedings, Mr. Pattullo said "this dared today that "all candidates widespread war, opened his west-who belong to the National Con- em campaign here last night with servatlve party are supporters of a plea for a return of the govern-the national government move- ment as "the ablest body you can ment." He said there might be bring together, of one mind and On Way From Winnipeg .to Princel0ther candidates supporting the one purpose, to serve you In the Albert Today national government and added: war effort. "I personally prefer to use the, Speaking last night at the first term 'national government In de-;of two meetings he will address In scribing our candidates." ;the west, Mr. King warned Usten- i MUST WORK UPON FARM I French Government Requisitions, Agricultural Workers, Requiring Them To Put In Spring Crops PARIS, Feb. 28: (CP)' The ers that the next Parliament would I be a "war parliament" with the covcrnment having power and death over citizens. of life Weather Forecast General Synopsis A disturbance, kind of thing cannot be tolerated In British Columbia." He said that the members of the International Mine and Mill Workers Union at Pioneer went on strike five months ago contrary to the Industrial Arbitration and Conciliation Act and he added "the law must be upheld and It Is In the Interest of the workers as well as of the employers that It should be. WHERE REAL 30.03 ou.oo an uu dutlutles uumuhm nw- uu"":, (filled ,, Kine. Klllgt "K did not accoinpmij accompany the niciianu i farm 'workers wuimis requisitioned, rtrijuiaiwuiicu, holding, uuiuiiiki West n t vuhh Coast ui of Vancouver vuutuuici Island iiaii day and 10 v a.m. o.m. Tuesday "-o as nortn- ....- what colder with rain. damage. Germans on the Western Front Is reported. East of the Moselle River the Germans repulsed a strong French patrol, a Berlin communique states. iCALL HOME TURK SHIPS AH Vessels re Required to Meet Import and Export Traffic of Islam bidden Turkish merchant ships to engage In tramp traffic, directing that every vessel must touch at a Turkish port each voyage. The order said that Turkish shipping was required by Turkey's need to mlns hi vp pntoraH tha mlns anrt rnrrv more nf hpr hpnvv lmnnrt 9nri say they will- remain 1 there until I export traffic In her own ships. The . i i j i . lr..njnn n.n u.j u uicir Qcniauus lor wage increases are granted. . The men, numbering forty, have occupied the mine at the 2400-foot level and are equipped with bedding and food for two or three days. Dr. Howard T. James, managing director of the mine, said he would ask the British Columbia police, through Sergeant S. D. Woods-Johnson, to take action against the slt-downers and get them out of the mine. Premier Takes Stand VICTORIA. Feb. 28. Premier London Daily Express had said yes terday that all Turkish shipping had been ordered to return to home ports, a report that was at first denied by Turkish authorities. SCHOOrs AT NEW POINTS Airmen to be Trained at Vancouver, Calgary, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa raiiuuo luaay anuuncea wiai me OTTAWA, Feb. 28: (CP) Hon. ...... f"" -." iNorman Kogers, minister oi na- Instructed to remove the sitdowners tlonal defence, announced yester-from the Pioneer mine and he stat;,day tnit alr training schools are to ed that "the mine shall be given .he established at Vancouver. Cal-protectlon so that It can again belgary. saskatoon. Prince Albert, Reopened up for the benefit of the,gina and Ottawa in addition to lo- woricers tnemseives and the neonle. of the province at large." Regarding this phase of the strike ISTANBUL, Turkey. Feb. 28: (CP) The Turkish government has for atlons previously announced. BERMUDA PURCHASE United States Senator Proposes Legislation to Buy it With War Debts WASHINGTON. D.C., Feb. 28. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina announces he will Introduce legislation In the "United States Senate calling for the pur chase of the BrltLsh Island of Bur- T 4 UT nt I I ri muda, payment to be made for. KAInl rAliljl same bv deduction from the British JJV wa.r debt to the United States. Town Has 8?4 Inches In nolds says he will introduce this Less Than Day ioui m view oi umisn mierierence with United States mall at Bur- approaching Vancouver Island from J VERA CRUZ, Feb. 28. A town muda. the southwest Is causing rains on near here had no less than 83,i j . BAR GOLD x , i4, mwHw fl.. linnii InHnv trading toiaueu .,.,. nlt. t tt a InfnnH. I Vsorvi f r f Vs a ckl 1 iivia wi1iitni nrsn- . cfrAisn crvn Hi a t tr tfApf trlnrlc irrt f!allfnrnia fitvirl rfvndltion.i hp Tirlop of bar cold on th I Jin rift n itROOOO shares with industrials u . Edmonton trol to assure sDrin ulanUne on ainrobablv moderate nales and some- came serious, doing widespread market was unchanged today a; full scale. $37.54 per fine ounce. KV4 ? MM. if