Work ana nrri" Olhf r, Say Pre Report ' Mrasured by Service to the sick .. . VJ11nf - - - nn. k during mc yrar iu m um-i h infinitesimal compared with id -he annual report oi me pre- ,f the Prince Rupert, aenerai a! Association submitted at . Hntr la nleht hv .,k Dtbb n the absence of O. P. rikr: We are trying to keep 'ro with hospital improvements ,1 ' - ng about a Deuer leeung. a !fr understanding and a better . .pe ration between the public 4 ,r medical ana nursing pro- Sv-tc:. I do g,- .- hat r2 . 'he not know of any affe affects the great mas- peopl people more than the of hospital work and hos- i adminutration. T v there it unnecessary pov- . .ir and Insecurity. People ?4 t, epical aid ana care, uur gov- m' tr deny resporwlbiltty so the ? ntviauBi u i r i a a ic- t.r war there will now be- a s& - lewpotnt. Insofar as pub- . :. ronrerned this broad-' i .:;.',; M has been alow In em- T there U no doubt that It. about " ! " the year the new hoa- , . m pie ted and formally. tm? if , r.p rronnoai eecreiary. If: W r. July 14. upward of 500 present. Tfatwfer of if furniture. e. irom i ;.:ul to the new building lis rrse : uememoer A j-t annual general meet- rman advised you that ar! cumber -off 'deUllscropujr4, : IT ' t?" Itffv -vrucUon which could en at the time the eon-awarded. Such was the ; 'he pstyear Numer-deveioned necessitating expenditure for !m-whi-h could not be Among the more eostly ' i 'img of an Inclnetwtor ' r. and additions in the ng shelving: jrds engineers' and order-t. etc. $U0Q. klng range ($400). 1 dumbwaiter (S1T75). in basement of Nurses' of grounds in front and f hiillrllnff If " ".0 full effects of the method If rating hospital days by the; Wfr .:: :al cnrernmint a-a felt ns' spared o six months In 1938. Our t 'r::S!ures in connection with the " budding referred to In this re- Tic"?essitated the borrowing of I 1B30 from the bank at five per merest asalnst which bonds to -ie value of $154)00 have been hy- vrated Due to Increased hosoital costs 'he revUed ivstem of comnut- Jn hospital days by the govern- .per; we have been compelled to k2rd lates '.ill Operating Loss During Year of S1.26J.87 vt chj niiirn in irta ikaHmca nr . hit u . . . nbiittIV V r- o!.puai. not onlv in ,mliP. lt"ntinued on Page Two) ! Russian Offensive Against Man-nerheim Line Piercer Yet Rut linns Claim To Re Holding Fast IIKLSINGI OHS, Feb. 13: The Russians have unleashed a fierce new offensive against the Man-nerheim Line, using 8 to 12 inch guns for the first time In the war, the heaviest to date having been 3 to 6 inch. Three hundred thousand Soviet troops are crowding the line. Despite Russian claims that advance positions of the line have been penetrated, the Finns claim they are still holding fast. Shells from tbc big Russian guns have fallen as far back as Vlborg, twenty miles behind the lines. The Soviet still is reckless of the number of men being sacrificed and It Is said that an other division Is faced with nlhlUtlon. Seven hundred foreign planes from (treat Rritain, France. Italy I and other nations are reported to have reached Finland. s v an- ! Aussies To HOSPITAL DEFICIT Financial Statement Shows Net Past andal statement given to the an-'mial meeting of the Hospital As-.soeiatlon last night, was $7,907.92. The auditor explained, however, that this took into account de- BOSTON IS NEAR TOP NEW YORK. Feb.13: (CPi-Bos ton Drutns crept up to within twoj of the New poinU or one game Ynrk Rancers in the National; Hockey League Standing Sunday night by defeating New York Americans while the Rangers were be .'"".." ing, blanked three to nothing the action of other hospitals A ' he Province by increasing ourA0 ?A chkago as a mailer or tact 1. . nriods. m ti.11 . .... came was in me ' -v r -- since the in- ""T "1 i.c m the tit !. ,... u-.-..-. :...,..ithe thira Deing scir - . w , nuspuai supjiucs the cellar- . . nn Sunday Qundav in ame on mounting and u liweiv io:thlrd ..., " " w " J 11.. llnntrM I.HIiaUllH" ,J vmue UWCUHiR wrtiiiii, ... '.. ---- - on nrnnnr.1 f tv,. .... j 1. 1 v nai Credll U f.lv... Orrai J praise Is due to members of . .i ..i..ir nvpr tne a 3 to 2 overume vnww Red Wings at Detroit, m 10.. , br"X Leafs Played to a four.all overume ""-""", tonttht Detroit ana oosvou play at Boston. Will Contest Seats In Coming Election Where Electorate Is i Ready, Says Herridge OTTAWA. Feb. 14: (CP) In the forthcoming general election the New Democracy movement will confine Its candidates to constituencies where the "electorate Is ready for It." Hon. William D. Her-rltdge, leader of the movement, announces Mr. Herridge himself will contest Kindersley seat In CAMPAIGN GOES OVER Canadian Lezion Hears Satisfac tory Reports Regarding Canvass Reports of the first day's canvass of the city In connection with the financial campaign of the Canadian Legion to raise MOO .000 or the War Services Incorporated educational and personal program, as presented at the regular executive meeting of the local branch of th Canadian Legion last evening. Indicated a 4 very sympathetic and substantial prov provincial Ti l f 1 response. Advices from iiOiy LctUQ headquarters also Indicated imilRAT (TlI tV.K It A til- that many, places are "going over ttu top" In the first appeal the Legion UaUan troop, from the el- h'J Letters de.U the general public mated thirty thousand Antlp- odeant who were landed at Su- ez yesterday, have begun arrtv- ing In Palestine. The first con- tlngent reached Palestine after a flve-hour train Journey from Sun. New ZeAMnders are still at Suez, from the superintendent of Essondale Menial Hospital thanked the local branch for Its contributions to Christmas Cheer for patients of the hospital who were formerly members of the branch. A leuti of thanks from Captain T. D. Johnston also contained appreciation 'of sutrolles Point. Four applications for membership were received and these will be presented at the regular meeting on Wednesday evening when, in addition to general business, there will be a showing of moving pictures by School Inspector Alex Turn bull, an ex-service man him-, self. Also referthments wirl ' be! served. Brigadier Stockwell. officer com- manding. Military District No. 11. The operating loss of the Prince ho v sited the branch recently, Rupert Oeneral Hospital for the had been very appreciative of the year lJ9. according to the fin- efforts of the local veterans to; provide entertainment and other! help for the troops in town. He was also very enthusiastic over, the educational and personal service to be provided through thei . . . . 1 Dotation, excluding which the Canadian War Services and had, a -ng oi private ana semi- jrL, .., hav hn 41282. been much lmDressed by addresses UiMu to harmonize with' " I eost of the new build ' furnishings to date am- 3 $120,8779. Grants Iss ? to the balance sheet It , iitrv univit " v -".-- I - 7 given by Brigadier General Alex I During the year there had been Hosi. K C . Dominion chairman of( a net increase In expenditures of me campaign. $3060. The expenditures had total- led $83,979.70. principal items or 'expenditure ..... being: salaries and II A I ft W wages. $m.4u.j; supplies. io.iv :prn that apart from de- 42; rvices. $8533.90; there was a net loss on tton $6tM505. C arcounU of $1262.87.1 1 of revenue was $56.-" statement Is read you will 071.78 including $3278.63 net at the granta are less by Pnue from patients which was an 1939 as compared with 1938. 'increase over last year and $19.-svernment and city grants (72655 from government and munl-"ea.sed In round figures by Cpai grants which was a decrease, id $1162 respectively. Last . BRITAIN'S WELCOME Chamberlain Announces United States Delegate Will Be Taken Into Full Confidence LONDON, Feb. 13: (CD The British government will take Sumner Welles, personal representative of President Roosevelt of United States, who is to visit London, Pari?, Italy and Berlin shortly on a survey of International conditions, fully Into Its confidence. Speaking in the House of Commons today, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said: "It is hardly necessary for roe to say that His Majesty's government will welcome President Roosevelt's representative and will take him fully into its con-fidence to aid him In forming an estimate of the situation." Premier Chamberlain's statement was greeted with loud cheers in the House. Hockey Scores Pacific Coast League Seattle 2, Vancouver 6. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTOR 'A, B.C. War News HELSINGFORS-i- After thirteen days of bitter fighting the Finnish military authorities announced tonight that all positions of strategical Importance on the Karelian Isthmus had been won back by counter attacks. The Finns asknowledged for the first time that they had "withdrawn-late Sunday from some positions in the Summa sector. LU.MJUN THe admiralty an nounced today that it was recruiting ten thousand additional fishermen for naval patrol duty to meet the menace of German mine-laving aircraft arid magnetic mines. It was disclosed also that the Royal Air Force is expanding swiftly. Ten thousand fishermen have already entered the naval senlce and three hundred more are being recruited weekly. JAP-DtrrCH PACT TOKYO The Japanese For-el'n Office announces that nec-earjr leps have been taken to. terninte a Japanese - Netherlands tratr on jnHirlal ettle-mrnt. arbitration and conciliation. A new flact will he negotiated. There is no political significance, said hnth Japanese and Netherlands officials. SUSPEND BROADCASTING OTTAWA All political pa rile have aereed on suspension of broadcasting political camnaitn TWO WERE SUNK. I ONDON Reuters aeencV to-dav reported from Olo that the Norwegian motorship Snestad, 1.141 tons, u sunk bjr a mine or torpedo on Sunday. The crew was saved. Survivors of the British trawler Toglmo, 290 tons were landed on the southeast coast of Ireland and reported that the vessel was shelled by a German U-boat and sunk. WATCHING SOVIET EMBASSY PARIS The foreign ministry anonunced that a special police watch had been installed over the Soviet embassy here in disregard of Its diplomatic immunity because of Its relations with the outlawed French communist party. DRIVE ON WOMEN LONDON Scotland Yard and military authorities have started a drive on women spies and against gossiping which might lead to the enemy obtaining Information of importance. REPAIRING DEUTSCHLAND LONDON The Evening Standard, in a dispatch from Copenhagen, says that the German pocket battleship Deutschland is at Stettin receiving repairs to damage done when she struck a mine. PRINCESS PArS REVIEW ALDERSIIOT Lady Patricia Ramsay visited Aldershot Saturday and Canadian soldiers marched proudly before her, cheering for "Princess Pat" after whom the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, one of the finest regiments of the First Great War, was named. She was accompanied by her husband, Admiral Ramsay, and son, the latter a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. ROOSEVELT'S TRACE MOVE PARIS French newspapers were forbidden yesterday from Weather Forecast Tomorrows Tides High 4:44 a.m. 19.0 ft. prlnre Rupert and Queen Char- X 17:05 pxa. 16.8 ft. Low 11:15 am 7.0 ft. wiiids. cool with light rain or aleet. 23:08 pm. 7.6 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Pl, XXIX No. 37- PRINCE RUPERT." B:C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY lg 1940. PRICE: t CENTS HOSPITAL ACAVi ) RE Vl'ED Institution 1 & o. 5 Ilent 'h BIG GUNS NEW DEMO ARE USED MOVEMENT VOTING IN J Another notner G PR. RUPERT Returning Officer Announces Details of How Polling Will Take Place In further explanation of the an n January With No Damage Listed Dtirin the month of January there were five fire alarms in Prince R-inert. n" damaee being recorded lr any eae. In January last year there was but one fire alarm. So far In February there has been only on call. tha beine at 4:55 a.m. February whn the ignition system of an auf'Knnbile toik fire on the Canadian National wharf. 4JR BASE PROGRESSES Good Headway is Being Made By I Contractors With Seal Cove Work Good progress Is being made by the E. J. Ryan Contracting Co with the levelling of the parade ground for the new airport at Seal Cove. The contractors are now taking out ' a strip of rock adjoining the Can adian Fish and Cold Storage Co.j property and. as soon as this is completed, they will transfer their! activities to the other side of the 1 cove where a very extensive level-' ling operation is to be carried out. Retaining walls also have to be built in that mat neighborhood. neiguournuoa. i parade ground from It will be the vot barracks and on the island where' READY FOR FUNERAL OTTAWA His Excellency. Lord Tweedsmuir returned for the last time to Parliament Hill to the hushed sorrowing capital where "lilrjrknd !tw alike paid final res- peels to the-. Governor General. ITALY IS SNARLING ROME Italy is rapidly rushing fortifications at the south end of Brener Pass as Germany fortifies the north end ostensibly to prevent invasion of Austria. (in tit 1 T fC 1 1 Newcombe's restaurant Is being Y0FK Ui DUlidlll? moved to a site Just across the road 3 from where it now stands In order rnmmiffaa T onrlprl to make room for the admlnstration VUlililUllCC LidUUcU building which Is to be erected 1 there. On the other side of the! the sawmill stood will be the officers' mess. Contracts have not been let for these buildings. A new bridge Is being built with creosoted timber across the gap in the old railway grade leading to the slips' and the radio station. Tne airport is gradually taking shape and, If the work continues steadily Of Appreciation To Frank Dibb And His Colleagues Passed At Hospital Annual Expressions of appreciation were voiced at the annual general meet CI vjerman onip Is Scuttled By Crew; British Take On Men nouncement made yesterday that all federal election voting by civil- Vessel Was Intercepted By One of Three Warships Ad-ian electors of Prince Rupert in the miral Makes Announcement on Reaching Port-forthcoming federal election would cKXnttMintT. w. MO DE JANEIRO, February 13: (CP)-Rear Ad-Brown stated today that there miral Sir Henry Harwood told the Associated Press here - would be fifteen or sixteen poll- today that the crew of the German freighter Akama, af- recruitinc more fishermen ing booths, covering the various ter having set their ship afire yesterday off the coast of divisions of the city, in that hall. Voters of the watershed of Prince Rupert Harbor and Metlakatla Passage outside the city. Including marine station, wireless station. Dodge Cove, Tucks Inlet and the north shore, will vote at Digby Island. At Galloway Ranlds there will be a poll for the people resident in the watershed from Sal Cove to Zen-ardl Rapids outside the clt limits. Soldiers and sailors who lived in th eUy before enlistment ind are still hire will vote as civilians In Prince Rupert if they are of full asr Soldiers and sailors who have been moved here since enlistment or have been moved awav since enlistment and all wldiers and -alls'' under twenty-one years of age will cast their ballots at Royal Fore-e polls. Wives of roWk and sailors who hav been moed here and hive themrelve taken up residence In h elt 'not merely for short visits' will be entitled to vote at the civilian polls. s'w-the 0Ter tne nitional Can- . artSn p.rpalraslin r7'nriton fVVB VlFft VclllS nr'wot unui sner me mneu m the Governor General. Lord Twredsmulr. ' WASHINGTON The United States War Department announces that two new Army sir corns rtations will be located at Fairbanks and Anchorage. If Congress appropriates sufficient funds. Brazil, were taken aboard a British cruiser. Sir Henry's Bulletins SCHOOLS CLOSE TOMORROW Schools and government offices will close tomorrow afternoon in view of the funeral of Lord Tweedsmuir. Governor General, it was announced this afternoon. ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE STOCKHOLM Three prominent Stockholm business men were arrested today on charges of espionage. They are alleged to have et" power in regard to shipping. The arrested are Erlund E, Lind, En;lbr-born employee of a German company; Donald W. Beach, an employee of a British company, and Sven E. Svendsen, an iron ore dealer. flagship cruiser Hawkins entered port here last night. In waters off crazn are aiso ine cruisers shire and Dorsetshire. It is. not known which intercepted the Wak- ama. HOSPITAL DIRECTORS Dibb, Flaten, Tinker, Borland and MacCallum Elected Last Night Frank Dibb, Arnold Flaten, GJ. I Tinker. D. O. Borland and P. A given Information to an unnam- jMaCcallum were elected members of the board of directors Tor the year 1940 at the annual meeting of .the Prince Rupert General Hospital I Association which was held last night in the city council chamber. .After the general meeting, the board went into session and chose .Frank Dibb as chairman for the 1 year. F. A. MacCallum as vice-chairman and H. W. Birch as managing secretary. The board also Includes Government Agent Nor-nian A. Watt and W. O. Fulton, as representatives of the provincial government; Mrs. H. L. Landry. The" funeral train from Montreal representing the Women's Auxiliary, arrived exactly at noon. Miteen ana ur. H. a. Large, the Prince Rii- minute later the casket lay on the dais in the centre of the Senate chamber where it will remain until the state funeral tomorrow. COMMITTED SUICIDE WINNIPEG Mike Atamon-chuk. who had been sought for three days as the slayer of a Winnipeg policeman and the wound-er of another in a gun fight, committed suicide by shooting himself when he was cornered by police. HITLER AND MUSSOLINI BERLIN Chancellor Hitler conferred yesterday by telephone with Premier Mussolini, presumably in regard to the forthcoming Welles mission from the United States. German opinion against the mission is said to be hardening. In Moscow it is suggested the mission may lead to United States entering the war on the side of the Allies. I pert Medical Association as well as two civic representatives yet to be named. The new board will have its first meeting this Friday LIBERAL MEETING Delegates Chosen For Convention On Wednesday And Executive Chosen iJ- ing of the Prince Rupert General' The annual general meetlnz of I the Prince Rupert Liberal Association was held last night In the Metropole Hall with W. O. Fulton ; presiding. Officers for the year were elected and delegates for the district convention were chosen. It was announced that the convention would meet In the Metro-ipole Hall Wednesday morning and, if necessary, would adjourn to the afternoon. The officers chosen were: Honorary President, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. Honorary Vice-Presidents, Prime Minister T. D. Pattullp, K. C, LL. D.- and Olof Hanson, M. P. Past President, W. M. Brown. President, W. O. Fulton, j Vice-President, George Mitchell. Treasurer, Dr. J. H. Carson. Secretary, A. Brooksbank. I Executive R. Gordon. Lpp Di11 Clccone. J. L. Blaln, C. O. R. Anderson, J. R. Murray, H. Men- zies, C. C. Mills, Tom Morgan, Dick Long. J. Judge, J. A. Lindsay, J. T. Collart, O. A. Johnson, Dan Larsen, Pete Gamula, A. D. Vance and B. J. Bacon. On the question of delegates to I Hospital Association to Frank the nominating convention to be I Dibb and his bulldlne committee held February 14 on motion of the general layout should be clear;whlch had carried out such a nneiPaulrm0"rantdi' ' ,Steen' " de ded that 411(5 and to all observers by early l"lc"s summer. Job 1(b ,t last year vear in dlrMtinir directing the the con-lwas con" executive act In that capacity saying that President Roosevelt of the United States was working towards an armistice in the European war by April with a view to a general peace conference in the L'njted States by June 1. . sirucuon 01 me new nospiiai 1 alontr with the follnwlnir addl- bulldlng. F. A. MacCallum spoke t Ions: fittingly along this line, referring, O. W. Nlckerson, S. E. Parker, to, Mr. Dibb's invaluable work, WUUam Robb, W. M. Watts, Victor . . m , . , . . Basso-Bert, Samt't Painter, Jack and a .vote, of thanks was tendered B M -g 6,' the committee on motion of Mrs. Carj ZareU, Paul Armour and F. S. Walton and N. Mussallem. Fred Lanza. m