Pnnce
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-r
Islands
Freah
north
winds,
I,'.!
ar
and
colder.
XXIX
No.
45.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrows
Tides
'
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.
S,t?
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-
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I.LJ
L
I
J
.
L.
,
Twc3erman
Bombers
Are
Downed
RED
ARMY
POUNDING
AT
FINNS
Are-
However.
Still
Being
Repelled
With
Heavy
I-o
at
Manner-helm
Line
Milliard
Helps
In
Defenders
IIILSINGFORS.
Feb.
22:
(CD
Rrd
armies
hammering
at
the
Msnnerhelm
Line
were
still
be-Inr
repelled
today
with
heary
Kustian
losses,
Finland
announc-td
as
she
called
up
a
new
batch
(
older
men
from
forty-four
to
forty
sis
years
of
ate
and
received
hrlp
from
a
February
blinard.
To
thousand
Hussians
were
killed
at
Tapale.
in
the
eastern
sector
tf
the
Karelian
Isthmus.
The
linns
acknowledged,
however,
that
fighting
on
the
western
end
f
the
line
had
reached
Karmara
rillmir
station,
twelve
miles
sonthtait
of
Vilpurl,
where
the
Radians
were
repulsed.
Kfl'
INOFORS,
Feb.
22
CP-r
been
simultaneous
Ru-
.
k
on
both
ends
of
the
VL
m
Line,
two
Red
Army
t
b'-i"&
thrown
agalmt
one
t
,
p
That
were
repulsed
1.3
which
lasted
far
into
'
Finland
reported.
The
hed
at
the
western
end
.r
where
control
of
the
'
KolvWtO
U
In
dispute.
V
oale
on
the
eastern
are-wo
divisions
launched
a
lalma
tttat
Fbrt
Kolvtato.
3
the
line
on
the
wett
end.
vJt:
iptured
are
attll
denied
Russian
force
at
Tal-rongly
aupported
by
ar-
iircratt
but
the
Flnna
."v
were
hoWtng
the
po--winch
they
had
wlth-i
'
the
week-end.
r
djtualttas
wre
reported
-
ivius
and
the
Finn
loaaeaj
light.
Nevertheless.
nird
to
be
an
unending
j
:
Russian
soldiers.
j
I
born
Finland
bUaaardsl
I.
prred
aerial
bombing
op-
cv.
s
but
to
the
north
In
the
PC
an
0
region
the
air
raids
have.
V
r-tvwed
with
Intensity
by
the
Scv..-
fifty-two
plane
having
en-
bombing
yesterday.
N
'
K
ihtno
another
Russian
di
V
,
sported
trapped
by
the
F.:
'f
swtrtlng
bllasard
and'
F
hrustt
threatening
it
wlth
on
They
will
be
stopped
i
and
hunger.
If
not
by
bul-aid
the
Finns.
VOTERS
ARE
i
ABOUT
SAME
Prince
Rupert
City
Show
Considerable
Increase
l'rinclpal
Uiss
Is
Anyox
If
estimated
bv
the
returning
off'.crr.
T
W.
Drown,
that
there
be
about
11,000
persons
regis-.
irrca
ror
the
forthcoming
federal
rlr.-T.ion
ln
skeena
riding.
This
will
e
about
the
same
as
In
the
1933
r'Mton.
There
will
be
about
3600
voters
In
Prince
Rupert.
It
Is
estimated.
k
compared
with
some
3200
ln
1935.
Ocean
Falls
h
mi'i
nn
Inprense
from
891
m
1935
to
1020
on
this
I
evasion.
Other
nnlnhln
ernln
nrfi
t
Tulscquah,
from
18
to
150.
nnd
J:llkson
"arbor,
from
48
to
120.
,
The
nrlnelnnl
ir
(
nv
a
-
j-
ivtM
StJ
MW
SSItV"
nere
1037
were
registered
ln
1935
anQ
Where
todav
thrrn
ni-A
hut.
twenty
UUle
change
Is
to
be
noted
ln
Wnt"Umber
'
VOlC"
ttl
,ntertor
Hockey
Scores
l'aclflc
Coast
League
rfand
5.
Seattle
2.
War
News
GERMANS
ATTACKED
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
planes
today
are
reported
to
have
attacked
Herman
torpedo
boats
continuing
reconnaissance
flithtt
over
Borkum
and
Ilellgo-land.
Details
were
not
available
immediately.
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
PARIS
Military
sources
reported
that
French
machine
gunners
repulsed
Herman
raids
with
enemy
looses
as
patrol
activity
increased
on
the
Western
Front.
There
was
artillery
fire
in
the
Vnsge
Mountains
and
along
the
Rhine
and
skirmishes
In
front
of
the
Maginot
Line
yesterday
on
the
anniversary
yesterday
of
the
Siege
of
Verdun
in
1916.
ROUMANIA
PREPARES
m
CHAREST
Koumanla
has
ordered
already
Urge
military
preparations
speeded
up
following
authoritative
reports
that
Germans-
is
challenging
the
government
ban
on
export
of
aviation
gasoline
to
the
Reich.
IIUNOARIANS
TO
FINLAND
PARIS
One
thousand
Hungarians
(
passed
through
Paris
yesterday
on
the
way
via
London
to
Finland
to
join
in
the
war
against
Russia.
Ten
thousand
more
Hungarian
volunteers
are
reported
to
be
on
their
way.
EXTENDING
SIEGFRIED
LINE
AMSTERDAM
Germany
Is
reported
to
be
extending
the
Siegfried
Line
along
the
Dutch
frontier.
Operations
are
being
guarded
with
utmost
secrecy.
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
22,
1940.
TURKEY
HAS
EARTHQUAKE
Forty
Persons
Killed,
Twenty
Injured
And
Heavy
Damage
Done
ANKHARA,
Turkey.
Feb.
22:
1
CP
1
Seventy
persons
were
killed,'
fifty
Injured
and
heavy
damage,
done
ln
an
earthquake
In
the
Kar-j
sari
region
140
miles
south
of
An-;
kara
yesterday.
Four
villages
were
repeated
levelled
by
a
series
of
shocks.
The
shocks
were
also
felt
at
Ankara
and
Andana.
Thousands
of
cattle
were
killed.
I
BIG
CHECK
FOR
FINNS
John
I).
Rockefeller
Contributes!
$100,000
To
Relief
Fund
I
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
22:
A
check
for
$100,000,
the
largest
single
one
yet,
was
received
yesterday
from
John
D.
Rockefeller
for
the
Finnish
relief
fund.
.
New
York
Stock
I
Values
Fall
Off
Turnover
Yesterday
Was
"S0.000
Shares
Only
Utilities
Are
Up
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
22::
Turnover
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
yesterday
totalled
780.000
shares,
values
being
generally
lower.
The
industrial
average
at
closing
was
148J4.
oir
31:
rails.
30.81,
olt
25.
and
utilities.
25.05.
up
05.
i
ACCOUNT
OF
:
WAR
EFFORT
i
Mackemie
King
Answers
Manlon's
Criticisms
Leader
of
Opposition
Forgetful
OTTAWA,
February
22:
CP
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
Wednesday
night
game
a
detailed
account
of
the
government's
war
efforts
and
told
the
voters
that
he
and
his
colleagues
were
"quite
prepared
to
be
Judged
on
our
record"
ln
the
coming
Dom-1
lnlon
election.
He
said
that
the.
Conservative
leader,
Dr.
R.
J.
Man-Ion,
had
named
the
election
Issue,
holding
the
administration
respon-,
slble
for
what
he
termed
"our
un-(
preparedness
and
our
weak
war
ef-,
fort."
If
he
meant
that
the
govern-
j
ment
had
been
caught
unprepared'
for
Canadian
defence,
It
was
untrue,
Mr.
King
said.
If
he
meant1
i
unpreparedness
In
peacetime
for
'live
participation
by
Canada
ln
a
I
European
war
he
forgot
facts
and.
condemned
himself.
In
peacetime.
Mr.
King
said.
Dr.
Manlon
had)
never
advocated
preparedness
for
war
In
Europe.
"He
knew,
said
Pre-,
mler
King,
"as
everyone
listening
to
me
knows,
that
neither
Parliament
nor
the
people
would
have
sup
ported
expenditures
ln
peacetime
to
prepare
for
active
participation
by
Canada
ln
a
European
war."
The
Prime
Minister
gave
further
details
of
Canada's
war
effort
to
date,.
There
were
now
70,000
men
on
active
service
for
the
army
of
Canada,
9,000
ln
the
air
force
and
6,000
ln
the
navy.
A
great
Increase
ln
these
numbers
was
being
planned:
Some
forty
completed
airports
were
available
as
a
result
of
civil
developments
and
forty
new
airports
were
being
developed
from
the
Atlantic
to
the
Taclfic,
the
Prime
Minister
said.
WHEAT
TRICES
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
22:
Wheat
prices
were
up
around
Uic
yesterday
ln
New
York
with
May
closing
at
$1.058.
Winnipeg
pilces
were
up
'4c
to
with
May
at
89I2C.
Bulletins
I
TROUBLE
IN
INDIA
NEW
DELHI,
India
Combat
broke
out
on
the
troubled
northwest
frontier
today
as
the
British
military
moved
in
to
clean
out
marauding
tribesmen
and,
per-
haps,
meet
again
the
old
and
elu
sive
foe,
the
Fakir
of
I
pi.
There
have
been
rumors
of
possible
Russian
incursions
through
Afghanistan.
Great
Britain
Intends
to
take
no
unnecessary
chances.
RULER
OF
TIBET
new
delhi
Behind
the
gates
'
of
Potala.
most
famed
Tibetan
palace,
sU-year-oid
Ling-Ergh
La-Mu-Tan-Chu
was
enthroned
as
the
fourtheenth
Dalai
Lama,
spiritual
and
temporal
ruler
of
the
countrr
th
P
of
the
world.
1
SWEDEN
IS
INDIGNANT
I
STOCKHOLM
Swedish
military
authorities,
it
is
announced,
have
issued
new
instructions
to
all
anti-aircraft
units
to
fire
on
any
military
planes
over
Sweden.
Orders
followed
the
bombing
by
"
SoTift
Planes
yesterday
of
the
i
village
of
Pajala.
A
sharp
protest
was
delivered
to
the
Soviet
gov-
ernment
in
Moscow
last
night
through
the
Swedish
minister.
;
.
McMILLAN
NAMED
TORONTO
II.
R.
McMillan,
promineni
nnrnn
woiumoia
in-
dustrlallst,
was
yesterdav
elected
president
otthe
Canadian
'Cham-
ber
or
commerce
in
succession
in
the
late
M.
S.
McLean.
FOUR-CORNERED
FIGHT
NORTH
VANCOUVER
Thomas
.Mills
has
entered
the
North
Vancouver
federal
election
contest
as
an
Independent,
making
it
a
;
four-cornered
fight.
GUARD
AT
BUCKINGHAM
LONDON
Members
of
the
i
i
sra
t
r..
I
j
7"
r
"
vul"
.
I
rencn
unaouni
may
moun
,
guard
at
Buck
ngham
Palace
If
hey
do.
It
will
be
the
first
time
.
that
any
other
than
n
Imperi
l
regiment
has
furnished
the
guard.
ADMIRALS
CHANGED
LONDON
Vice-Admiral
Sir
Charles
Edward
Kennedy-Purvis,
who
has
been
in
command
of
the
British
cruiser
squadron,
is
being
transferred
to
the
post
of
com-mandeHin-chief
of
the
American
West
Indies
squadron,
suc-
ceeeding
Sir
Sidney
Meyrlck
who
I
-
A
I..
mm
m.
a
mm.
(Admiral
M
r9
Mm.m
1
I
S
V
is
returning
home.
Mey
rick
visited
Prince
Rupert
two
years
ago
with
his
flagship
II-M.
S.
York
and
a
number
of
local
people
met
him.)
NORWAY
SIGNS
UP
OSLO
Norway
Is
reported
to
have
concluded
satisfactory
trade
negotiations
with
both
Germany
and
Great
Britain.
Details
are
not
available.
MORE
LOGS
THIS
YEAR
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Output
Will
Be
Doubled
On
Account
Of
War
Demand
Queen
Charlotte
Island
logging
camps
will
be
doubling
their
output
this
year
on
account
of
war
demands.
It
is
expected
that
200,000,000
feet
of
timber
will
be
taken
out
tn
1910
whereas
the
normal
output
runs
around
100,000,000
feet.
cut
and
all
low
grade
material
icu
There
are
orders
for
65,000,000
In
the
woods.
In
producing
what-fcet
of
clear
spruce
for
war
pur-
,
ever
was
required
of
the
high
grade
poses,
largely
In
the
manufac-
;spiuce,
It
was
to
be
hoped
that
nurture
of
airplanes.
:
kets
would
be
available
for
the
tre-As
far
as
can
be
learned
at
'
mendous
quantity
of
low
grade
ma-prcscnt.
there
are
no
definite
terial
and
timber
from
other
tree
plans
for
operations
in
addition
to
the
present
ones
although
it
Is
not
unreasonable
to
expect
that
some
might
develop
in
view
of
the
demand
for
spruce
timber.
IMPORTANT
STOREHOUSE
OF
TIMBER
Canada
Will
Be
Increasingly
Depended
Upon
and
Its
Wood
May
Be
Greatest
War
Contribution
As
the
war
continues
Canada
will
be
increasingly
depended
upon
to
supply
not
only
the
timber
requlre-
ments
of
the
United
Kingdom
and
.France
but
of
neutral
countries
which,
because
of
blockade.
r
,t
.on
from
the
Baltic
countries,
a
.
i0Tmer
principal
S
--S
source
of
supply,
predicted
District
Forrester
R.
C.
8r.
clalr
In
an
addrMS
before
lne
Prince
Runert
Gyro
dub
ves;erday
on
me
suojeci
01
uses
01
wood
in
Modern
Warfare."
If
trench
war-
fare
developed
similar
to
that
of
1914
it
war
doubtful
if
timber
sup-
plies
f
"
ln
Europe
r
could
be
locally
"J
ob-
t'nd.
certainly
not
in
the
United
Kingdom
and
probably
not
lor
Icnz
in
Fran?e.
Mr.
St.
Clalr
told
'how
British
Umber
had
been
de-
rAftfd
In
the
First
World
War
and
French
forests
also
extensively
drawn
(iron
although
not
so
srl-
)ousiy
as
the
British
owln?
16
dras-
oe
restrictions
ln
the
Interests
of
conservation.
forejt
sltnatkm
ta
FTance
(Mr.
St.
Clalr
observed
ln
passing.
nosslbly
much
better
today
In
nct
than
It
was
In
Oermany
.hpr
durin
thf.
rMi.
th.
,toresU
had
been
heavily
drawn
nrm'ttKrfHnv
Ar'hrnj
me
V9
Ml
V
W
J
SVI
mnr(,
nr
nnrmai
urnn-th
a
'policy
which
could
not
be
continued
indefinitely
without
wrecking
the
whole
plan
of
forest
management.
Additional
forests
had.
Mr.
St.
Clalr
admitted,
been
brought
into
the
Reich
by
the
acquisition
of
Czechoslovakia
and
Poland
but
the
'local
domestic
needs
of
these
countries
were
such
that
Germany's
(forestry
situation
could
not
be
much
benefitted
as
a
result
Canada.
Mr.
St.
Clalr
said,
had
Um
for
Unlted
R
t
flf
country
ln
world.
In
qualUy
Canada
had
probably
the
best
in
the
world
and,
In
variety
of
softwoods,
was
exceeded
only
by
the
United
States.
In
Canada's
spruce,
balsam
ind
hemlock
were
the
best
species
for
cellulose
production;
In
Douglas
fir.
one
of
the
best
construction
materials
and
in
Sitka
nn.a
t
S
tt
Ho-ef
iivwl
fnr
almlanA
j
wlth
lts
characterls-
tics
of
clear,
straight
grain
and
relative
strength
for
Its
weight.
So
far
as
manufacturing
plants
were
concerned,
Canada
was
admirably
cltnaterl
n.-lth
n
lflrpe
ranarltv.
Its
I
principal
handicap
as
far
as
the
war
was
concerned
was
the
distance
,
from
the
combatant
areas
and
the
I
difficulty
of
shipping.
So
far
ln
this
war.
orders.
lor
wood
products
had
far
exceeded
.shipping
space
available
.
It
was
to
be
expected
mat
tnere
wouia
oe
a
uemenaous
Increase
In
Canadian
output
and
manufacturing
capacity
would
be
iaxru
wj
mc
uuuwt
Local
Situation
Turning
to
the
local
situation,
Mr.
lumber,
a
balance,
could
probably
be
Queen's
University.
Is
volunteer
St.
Clalr
said
that
this
district
was
maintained.
I
chairman,
a
score
of
classrooms
arc
ln
a
much
better
position
to
handle
"We
In
Canada,"
said
Mr.
St.
.
in
use
nightly.
From
the
First
Dl-spruce
business
with
three
large
op-
Clalr
ln
summing
up
"have
the.
vision
on
Its
arrival
ln
England
1
,
t
.
n
,
h
UA
"..
car.
OVlor
lotte
Islands
with
equipment
on
the
j
ground.
It
was
to
be
hoped,
how-i
ever,
that
the
emergency
would
not
be
so
great
as
to
bring
about
a
repe
tition
of
the
wasteful
methods
of
1
1918
when
only
the
best
trees
were!
species
that
grew
ln
mixture
with
the
spruce.
If
the
present
market
lor
pulp
and
paper
was
maintained
and
If
Increased
munitions
manu
facture
provided
a
market
for
box)
High
Low
.
Raid
Qn
East
Coast
Results
In
Disaster
For
Enemy
Aircraft
dun-Equipped
British
Fishing
Vessels
Now
Proving
Effective
in
Dealing
With
Attackers
From
Air
LONDON,
February
22:
(CP)
Two
German
were
shot
down
by
British
fighters
and
anti-air-
craft
fire,
it
was
officially
announced
this
morning
by
the
Air
Ministry.
As
the
Nazi
i
1A1
-
east
coast
they
also
drew
machine
gun
fire
from
several
recenti
vpppntlv
annpH
armed
trHvW;
trawlers
un
which
ich
thpv
they
a
nttpmntprl
tempted
tn
to
nttnrlf
attack.
ni
l
l
L?
L
A
V
I
IllxrlJA
LuMlJ
1
i
1
C
IT
J
T
A
Till
N
.
1
HI
U
I
HI
a
1
Harm
mm
mm
mm.
"mmm
mm.
A
AA
1
Close
Watch
is
Being
Held
There
in!
Case
of
Russia
Starting
Trouble
I
LONDON,
Feb.
22:
(CP)
The
Daily
n
era
Id
says
that
reports
of
heavy
Soviet
troop
concentrations
in
the
Caucasus
and
along
the
I
a
Iran
border
are
compelling
the
Allies
to
keep
a
close
watch
on
the
situation
in
the
near
and
middle
east.
"This
disquietening
information,"
the
Herald
says
"re-
Teals
more
heavy
concentrations
of
Russian
troops
taking
place
In
J
th
ffaurasn
nn
TurkeVs
eafem
1
-
-
-
w
border
and
the
north
frontier
of
Iran.
"Iran,
with
its
rich
oil
wells,
is
especially
singled
out
for
attack,"
the
paper
said.
DYNASTY-IS
OVER
long
Regime
In
Lousiana
Ends
With
Defeat
of
Kingfish's
Brother
NEW
ORLEANS,
Feb.
22:
(CP)
Voters
in
the
Democratic
gubernatorial
run-off
primary
defeated
Governor
Earl
K.
Long,
brother
of
the
late
"Klngfish,"
Tuesday
and
nominated
Attorney
Sam
Jones
for
the
office,
ending
the
ten
year
old
Huey
P.
Long
dynasty.
The
outcome
in
favor
of
Jones
became
known
with
the
final
returns
yesterday.
It
was
a.
close
fight.
The
Democratic
primary
means
virtual
election
in
Louisiana.
I
Weather
Forecast
I
n-nfmi
Rmnni
Th
nrpssnrp
remalns
nigh
over
northern
Brl-
tlsh
Columbia
with
a
shallow
de-
nrpsslnn
rpntroH
near
Vanrnnvpr
Island
Thg
weathcr
has
been
falr
d
Mmewnat
colder.
throuchout
this
province.
.
,vf
nn..t
vanr
Td,
ii
vov
v
vyto
va
wiiv
uuivi
Aotatiu
.fnj.-ai0
tn
fpo-h
-.i-j.
c,m-
lng
tQ
north
mosly
falr
a'nd
be
,nn,in
cr.mn-v.f
Miri.F
kUlt''(i
ouuiv.nun
VV1MVS.
t
'
great
Empire
supply
of
the
univer
sal
usable
material
of
wood.
Perhaps
our
greatest
contribution
to
the
war
may
be
this
great
wood
supply.
Looking
Into
the
future.
is
It
not
our
responsibility
as
mem
-
bers
of
the
British
Empire
to
preserve
our
present
position
as
the
great
storehouse
of
softwood
timber,
to
sec
that
our
woodlands
are
adequately
protected
from
des
truction
by
fire.
Insects
and
fungi,
to
see
that,
while
the
mature
timber
Is
properly
cut
and
harvested
without
undue
waste,
that-the
soil
on
which
this
timber
Is
growing
is
preserved
and
reforested,
and
to
'see
that
we
do
not
cut
more
timber
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
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ajn.
21.7
It.
13:20
p.m.
23.0
It.
7:20
ajn.
4.2
It.
19:46
p.m.
1.0
It.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
airmen
raided
Great
Britain's
;the
northeast
coast
and
the
other
near
Stabbshead,
Scotland.
This
makes
fifty
Nazi
planes
that
a
s
ji.
m
k.
i
war.
fortv-on
havlnTheen
H.fln-
O
itely
accounted
for
while
nine
are
known
to
have
been
so
badly
In-
Jured
that
they
could
not
have
re
turned
home.
It
is
apparent
that
British
fishing
vessels,
equipped
with
anti-aircraft
.eun.
are
makin
effective
iisp
of
the
weapons
against
enemy
bomb-.
ing
planes.
Four
trawlers
drove
off
Nazi
plane
Monday
as
did
three
on
Tuesday.
SERVICE
IN
ABBEY
Final
Rites
of
Emperor
Today
For
Late
Governor
General
LONDON
.Feb.
22:
(CP)
Em-I
pire
honors
were
accorded
the
late
Lord
Tweedsmuir,
Governor
General
of
Canada,
at
a
service
today
in
Westminster
Abbey
attended
by
one
thousand
persons
including
a
representative
of
the
King.
Dean
Labiiliere
conducted
the
service
and
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
gave
a
blessing.
CAMPAIGN
DOES
WELL
With
$608
In
First
Week,
Objective
of
$1000
in
Canadian
Legion
Drive
Should
be
Reached
An
Interim
report
of
the
progress
of
the
financial
campaign
ln
Prince
Rupert
for
the
Canadian
Legion
iWar
Services
Incorporated
reveals
that
up
to
Saturday
last
the
sum
!of
$608
had
been
collected
ln
ac-
tual
cash.
This
was
as
a
result
of
partial
returns
Irom
four
ol
the
six
districts
so
that
there
Is
every
pros-
Dect
of
the
objective
Ol
$1,000
beine
reached
if
not
exceeded,
Advices
have
reached
the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
of
th
surrpss
of
the
effort
in
nrovid-
-.-
r
Ins-
educational
services
ln
various
centres
already.
In
Winnipeg.
14,-
800
lecture
attendances
were
re-
corded
in
tnree
weeics.
in
tne
King-
ston
area,
where
Dr.
Wallace
of
came
an
urgent
message
to
the
overseas
headquarters
for
the
continuation
of
the
work
there.
There
Robert
England
M.C.,
M.A.,
on
leave
from
his
post
of
economics
adviser
to
the
Winnipeg
Electric
Company.
Is
directing
the
work.
Locally,
canvassers
are
reporting
a
most
sympathetic
reception.
Ar
rangements
have
been
made
whero
deferred
payments
may
be
credited
and
a
very
pleasing
feature
of
the
response
Is
that
checks
and
other
donations
have
come
by
mall
Irom
sympathisers
!who
hnd
Hot
been
directly
canvassed.
Winning
the
war
"over
there"
Is
being
helped
by
supporting
the
training
for
preparing
for
peace.