itno-"
Purge
in
Russia
aio
mrccung
HntiUh
Campaign
Heads
Falling
c,tffa
rromineni
uiwciau
sirridr
Reported
io
nave
IWn
"Liquidated"
MOSCOW.
Jan.
12
f-nh
Stalin
is
reported
to
be
w
vv
r
-
anfiucUng
personally
an
iron-.
handed
purge
of
the
Soviet
Army
tnd
officialdom.
Numerous
"liqui
dation
have
already
uicen
puce.
it
u
aid.
Stalin
Is
also
understood
o
be
keeping
In
almost
consiani
THIS
SHIP
!
UritUh
Hihllnj
Plane
Itiul
Between
(50
and
'
Mile
Per
Hour
Can
00
LONDON
Jan-
12:-The
Royal
Mt
T
:
it
is
revealed,
has
de-1
trtfiki,
celebrated
Polish
pianist
nd
former
Premlar
of
Poland,
has
mlvtd
in
France
to
Join
the
pro
'Clonal
government
of
Poland
as
nuni-'rr
without
portfolio.
He
has
wen
iivlng
for
some
time
In
scclus
wn
in
Switzerland
and
came
to
Fun:
from
there.
British
Columbia
Member
To
Engage
In
Troop
Training
VANCOUVER.
Jan
12:
(CP1
cPt
Macgreeor
Macintosh.
Con-
rvatlve
Member
of
the
Legislate
has
been
calted
t0
take
over
wtles
In
an
infantry
training
dc-
at
Calgary,
it
was
lei
rncd
He
wilt
leave
Salt
Spring
Isl-
u
on
Tuesday.
FLIGHTS
SUCCEED
RMI
Air
Form
Piano
Ar.ln
'it
Seaplane
Bases
And
Heligoland
LONDON
,
-st.
Am.
ivi
,
,,;
Alr
Forcc
made
furthe:
"Kcessful
rcconnalManr.
flight
night
over
western
and
north
"
i.m
nrn
r
.
w.
""many
,
ana
over
sea-
r-e
mises
in
Heligoland
Ulght,
Ministry
nnnounced.
1
.h
Government
Official
An
nounces
That
Z3.121
Persons
Lost
Lires
I8TABUL,
Jan.
12.
-An
official
statement
by
the
Turkish
govern-
ment
annniinrpa
that
71
191
nr
re
tons
were
killed
In
the
recent
earth"
quakes
In
Anatolia.
There
were
j
79.991
Injured.
Buildings
destroy
ed
numbered
16,385
and
29,390
were
Dictator
partially
destroyed,
RESCUING
OF
MINERS'
tflfDhonl'"
communicaiion
wun
i
.
h.iiMiii.ijiM
rr
ini
Knv
tmw
-
m
la
the
FlnnUh
war.
Infuriated
at
the
failure
of
thej
rvmish
campaign.
8UUn
was
rfpcr'.ed
to
have
extended
the
purge
to
the
Industrial
and
diplomatic
field.
Among
those
reported
"liquid
ity
re
the
iv
directors
of
the
Bo
llery
Hopes
To
Get
Fifty
Sixty
Men
Out
Alive
HELPING
Or
DARTLEY.
West
Virginia.
Jan.
12:
(CP)
As
rescue
crews
strug
gled
through
debris
and
gas
to-
ward
sixty-eight
miners
entomb
ed
by
an
explosion
that
killed
(.art
twntv-thre.
n
J
RLnlllnes
ritt
cr'"i
ana
puoiuner
oi
me.
7
"
"
"i.
enel
manager
oUr
P(d
Creek
il
Pravda.
uho
k
newspaper
c
CI,
n.inn
f
pini,nrt
Pocahontas
Coal
Corporation,
still
"j
-ik,m
.
iKrhtmnr
vir
"Prd
hope
that
fifty
or
sixty
S
u7
general
In
the
FlnnUh
!3
b
Iound
"V"
K"u11
of
K,t.cU,on.
l
rsmpslri
and
the
former
Soviet
V""?
-
...
i-
n.iun.rnr.
.lofn
hope-
E.
U
I
O....
..-.t,...
......
.
Iivnvuc
nviktii
"lit
icfnjiKru
w
i
.
t
i
.
i
.
i
g
.
FINLAND
e'
;xl
a
new
Spitfire
range
.
.j
tX'-d
fighting
etine
capable
"Three
Scandinavian
Nations
Tak-
s
r?f"d
of
between
450
and
700,
In
Active
Step
To
Give
Mill-
rulrs
per
hour.
Flight
at
that)
"peed
have
already
been
ii(
bearing
the
previous
mark
H
miiPi
per
hour.
time
hu
not
yet
come
to
us?
,fic
.super-fighters,
it
is
said.
lb:'
!
r
-
.
u
u
said
there
be
me
surprises
PADEREWSKI
!
IN
FRANCE
Voted
Polish
PianUt
and
Former
frtmltr
Joins
TrovUlonal
Government
PARIS.
Jan
12
-Ignace
Jan
Pad-
tary
AiwNtance
To
Finland
COPIMIAGEX,
Jan.
12:
(CP)
-DahUh
Iroojn
have
answered
Finland's
call
for
practical
aid
b)
moving
up
to
the
fields
of
action
to
Join
in
the
fitht
ajalnit
l(uian
invasion.
Four
Swedish
contingents
had
previously
gone
to
Finnish
fronts.
At
Oslo,
Norway,
King
Haakon,
disclosed
a
program
for
voluntary
military
drills
for
any
citizens
desirous
of
taking
such
training.
Observers
believed
they
might
train
with
a
view
to
giving
service
to
Finland.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(CourtMj
6.
D.
Johfwton
Oo.)
Vancouver
Big
MUsouri.
.12Vfc.
IJralorne.
10.90.
Cariboo
Quartt.
2.50.
Dentonla.
.01ft.
Falrvtew.
.01
H-Oold
Belt.
.26.
Hedley
Mascot,
.55.
MJnto.
XI
V.
Noble
Five.
.01H.
Pend
Oreille,
2.15.
Pioneer.
2.15.
Premier,
1.38.
Privateer,
.92.
Reeves
Macdonald
,2.5
.
Reno,
A2Vt-Relief
Arlington,
.14.
Salmon
Oold,
.02V.
Sheep
Creek,
1.15.
Cariboo
Hudson.
.02Vi-OILS
A.
P.
Con,
.19V4.
Calmont,
.41.
C.
&
E.,
2.15.
Freehold,
,02ti.
Home,
2.75.
Royal
Can.,
.17
Vj.
Okalta,
1.20.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20.
Toronto
Aldcrmnc.
.35Vi.
Bcatlt,c
107.
Central
Pat.,
2.50.
Con.
Smelters,
48.00.
East
Malartlc,
3.70.
Fcrnland,
.04.
Francocur,
.63.
Gods
Lake,
.61.
Hardrock,
1.32.
Int.
Nickel,
M.
Kerr
Addison.
2.46.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.10.
torr
To
Defeated
Candidate
For
President
So
He
SUrts
Trouble
Insurrection
was
suppressed.
He
was
arretted
with
two
others,
however.
The
Ecuadorian
Air
Force
also
revolted
and
some
persons
were
reported
killed
in
street
fighting
'.
beJore
the
revoit
waxpui
flown..
i
SURPLUS
ON
WATER
MAIN
Work
Was
Carried
Out
At
53,800
Less
Than
Had
Been
Estimated
Use
Of
Overs
Asked
As
a
result
of
favorable
price
In
.purchase
of
pipe
and
efficiency
of
j
labor
employed
on
the
work,
a
surplus
of
$9,800
is
shown
on
the
$40,000
city
water
main
replacement
program
which
Is
now
ncar-.ing
completion.
AppllcaUon
Is
now
I
being
made
to
the
government
to
I
use
this
surplus
for
other
water
j
main
renewals
including
Fifth
Av-'enue
East
from
Bowser
to
Green
Street.
Seventh
Avenue
West
'from
Tatlow
to
Taylor
Streets,
German
Plane
Flights
Are
Protested
BRUSSELS,
Jan.
12.
There
have
been
further
flights
of
alien
fighting
planes
over
Belgian
territory.
A'
governmental
protest
has
been
sent
to
Germany.
McLcod
Cockshutt.
2.30.
Madden
Red
Lake,
.53.
McKenle
Red
Lake,
1.44.
Moneta,
.87.
Noranda,
78.00.
Pickle
Crow,
4.05.
Preston
East
Dome.
2.18.
San
Antonio,
2.31.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.10.
Stadacona,
.09.
Uchl,
.96.
Bouscadlldc,
.03.
Moshcr,
.09.
Oklend,.13&.
Dominion
Bridge.
37.50.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
flealher
Forecast
She
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
northwest
High
3:11
ajn.
20.1
ft.
winds
with
no
change
In
temperature
15:31
pjn.
19.9
ft.
Low
9:48
am.
12.
ft.
22:00
p.m;
4.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
10.
4
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
12,
1940.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
n'i
'ii
in
.
J
m
"
RUNNING
1A
;0M
QUAKE
APPOINTED
DIRECTOKS
QF
THE
ROYAL
HANK
jHEux
"K
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssl
sisssssssssssssssssssssssl
BtttBKKKII
IIAUOLI)
CHABTREE,
Montreal
prominent
figure
In
Canada's
pulp
and
paper
industry
and
well
v
i.
own
Industrialist.
ECUADORIAN
REVOLT
ON
.other
men
trapped
by
the
blast
In
GUAYAQUIL,
Ecuador,
Jan
12
the
corporation's
No.
1
mine
yes-
(CP
Jose
Maria
Velaseo
Ibarra,
tr4av
r.irlt
rfwtav
ninin
Ks4
lt
nnntranilit
Af
m
mA
Kv
t
slso
r
Iv
P4
p
II
f
,were
recovered
584
feet
below
sur-
majority
vote
as
presidential
can-1
10
OI
JuJuL
1
face
at
one
of
three
mine
entries,
dldate.
led
an
uprising
of
ser-.
;
BeanU
aad
thirty
soldiers
but
thel
Right
Hon.
It.
B.
HENXETT,
P.C,
K.C.
will
act
as
chairman
of
the
bank's
Yondon,
England,
Committee
of
Directors.
,
I
i
War
News
MINES
SINK
SHIPS
LONDON
Mine9
In
the
last
twenty-four
hours
have
sunk
the
British
tanker
F.I
Oso,
the
Italian
ship
Traviata
and
the
British
steamship
Grants.
GERMAN
COAL
SHORTAGE
BERLIN
With
weather
cold,
the
German
people
are
beginning
to
feel
the
shortage
of
fueL
Frozen
canals
prevent
the
movement
oi
the
fuel.
Use
of
warm
water
is
allowed
only
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays
now.
BALTIC,SEA.
FREEZING
Labor
unions
have
declared
a"
IILLSINGFORS
The
Baltic
general
strike
in
protest
at
the'
Sea
is
beginning
to
be
badly
election
of
the
new
president
I
blocked
by
Ice
due
to
extreme
cold.
V.
S.
TLANES
ORDERED
LONDON
The
British
government
has
placed
an
order
with
the
Brewster
Aircraft
Corporation
in
United
States
for
1U
fighting
planes
at
cost
of
$60,000
each.
They
will
be
twin-engined
low-winged
models
with
four
machine
guns
each.
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
PARIS
Several
sharp
skirmishes,
wi(h
artillery
and
aerial
activity,
are
reported
today
on
the
Western
Front.
MORE
NAZI
SHIPS
LOST
iTaylor
Street
from
Sixth
to
Sev-
-
'enth
Avenuea.
Orant
Place
frompsukuma
Scuttled
and
Sunk
Off
i
Fourth
to
Fifth
Avenues.
Fourth'
aincan
uoasi
io
avoia
capiurc.
Avenue
West
from
Grant
Place
to
Emmerson
Place
and
Ninth
Avenue
East
from
Bacon
to
Conrad
Street.
Work
U
now
under
way
of
replacing
the
six
Inch
main
on
Fifth
Avenuo
East
between
Mc-Bclde
and
Bowser
Streets.
it
Is
Learned
LONDON,
Jan.
12:
(CP)
Two
German
ships
have
been
added
to
the
toll
on
Nazi
shipping.
.
In
addition
to
the
Bahla
Blanca,
8500
tons,
which
struck
an
Ice-1
berg
off
Iceland
and
sank,
her
crew
of
sixty-two
being
rescued
and
taken
to
Rejkavlk,
It
was
re
ported
from
Capetown
that
the
Ussukuma,
7834
tons,
was
scut
tled
off
Africa
a
month
ago
to
escape
capture.
Its
crew
was
NEW
YORK
WHEAT
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
12.
Wheat
prices
were
off
sharply
yesterday
from
134c
to
2c
on
the
New
York
market
with
May
closing
at
$1
even.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
12.
Copper
closed
at
11.25c
'per
pound
on
the
t'New
York
metal
market
yesterday
J.
W.
McAuley,
assistant
superln
tendent
for
Canadian
National
Railways
at
Prince
George,
arrived
in
the
city
on
last
night's
train
for
a
brief
visit
here
on
official
duties.
He
will
return
to
the
Interior
on
this
evening's
train.
G.
A.
DOBBIE.
Gait,
Ont..
well
known
in
Ontario
industrial
and
financial
circles.
JAP
GOV'T
RESIGNING
Administration
of
Premier
Abe
to
Quit
on
Sunday
Over
Yangste
River
Issue
TOKYO.
Jan.
12:
CP'-Pr?mier
Nobuyuki
Abe
announced
today
that
he
would
resign
with
his
cab--inet
on
Sunday,
bearing
out
pre-
fall
if
the
United
States
failed
to
teaet
favorably
to
Japanese
proposals
for
the
reopening
of
the
lower
Yanote
River
to
third
power
trade.
Abe's
government
will.
It
Is
expected,
be
replaced
by
a
civilian
admlnist
ratten.
Meantime
Japanese
military
au--UmkUIm
tMmturther
suceesses-lft
the
campaign
in
China
where
a
new
puppet
government
is
being
set
up.
Japan
ha
protested
to
France
at
the
shipping
of
supplies
through
French
Indo-Chma
to
China
and
It
is
ssid
here
that
the
protest
will
be
heeded.
TAKE
ALL
Arrangements
Made
For
Great
Britain
To
Take
Entire
Exportable
Surplus
Of
Canada
I
LU.uuiM,
Jan.
icri
ureai
Britain
has
purchased
Canada's
entire
exportable
surplus
of
alum
inum
and
has
made
arrangements
to
expand
the
production
there,
It
was
disclosed
today.
Materials
For
New
Bridges
In
City
Purchased
shipped
north
and
work
will
thenj'
get
under
way
on
the
bridges.
New
York
Stock
Market
Is
Weak
TOransactions
Yesterday
Totalled
810,000
Industrial
Average
Off
Almost
Two
Points
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
12.
Stock
transactions
on
the
New
York
Stack
Exchange
yesterday
totalled
840,'
000
shares.
The
Industrial
average
MUNICIPAL
SUPERVISOR
TO
BE
NEW
COMMISSIONER
OF
THIS
CIH
'TIS
ANNOUNCED
Affairs
Will
Re
Actually
Directed
Locally
by
D.
J.Mathe-son
as
Acting
Commissioner
Tribute
Paid
to
Work
Of
W.
J.
Alder
VICTORIA,
anuary
12:
(CP)
R.
S.
Gilchrist,
supervisor
of
municipalities,
will
be
new
commissioner
for
Prince
Rupert,
Hon.
A.
Wells
Gray,
minister
of
municipalities,
announced
today.
Mr.
Gilchrist
takes
over
at
the
end
of
this
month
from
W.
J.
Alder
who
is
resigning
to
devote
his
efforts
to
his
own
business.
Mr.
Gray
said
Mr.
Gilchrist
will
remain
in
Victoria
supervising
Prince
Rupert
affairs
anil
D.
J.
Malheson,
city
clerk
and
treasurer,
will
be
acting
commissioner
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
minister
paid
high
tribute
to
Mr.
Alder
for
his
eight
years'
work
as
commissioner.
He
had
been
responsible
for
many
improvements
and
his
serr
vices
had
been
entirely
satisfactory,
the
minister
added.
Mr.
Gray
said
that
the
proposal
to
have
a
city
manager
for
Prince
Rupert
would
be
examined
this
year
by
the
government
and
municipal
department
officials.
Legislation
to
authorize
the
scheme
is
wanted
by
Prince
Rupert
citizens
and
may
be
enacted
at
the
next
session.
DETAILS
OF
BOND
ISSUE
?l:.t,0?S
ha'h?
!0I?mme"1
U!d
interest
On
Fint
Canadian
War
Loan
to
be
3't
Per
Cent-Other
Particulars
OTTAWA,
Jan.
12:
(CP)
Details
of
the
first
Dominion
War
Loan
were
announced,
last
night
with
$200,000,000
In
3U
per
cent
bonds
to
be
offered
Canadians
next
Monday
morning.
The
bonds,
to
be
offered
at
par,
will
be
dated
February
1910.
maturing
February
I,
1932
but,
by
a
system
of
annual
drawings
by
lot,
they
will
be
callable
in
five
equal
sections,
beginning"
February
1,
1918.
In
addition,
the
Finance
equal
par
value
of
the
new
issue.
The
bearer
bonds
will
be
of
denominations
of
$50,
$100,
$300
and
$1000.
BALKANS
LINE
UP
Italian
Solidarity
Move
Gains
Ground
Rulers
Of
Roumania
And
Jugoslavia
Meet
BUCHAREST,
Roumania,
Jan.
12-
ICPl
Klnir
Carol
of
Roumania
Meantime
a
Hungarian
delega
tion
has
arrived
In
Bucharest
to
conclude
arrangements
for
an
agreement
between
the
two
coun
tries.
BAR
GOLD
LONDON,
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
bf
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
today
at
$35.54
per
fine
ounce.
Mrs.
Swain
sails
by
the
Princess
Adelaide1
this
afternoon
on
her
re
turn
to
her
home
at
Vancouver
af
ter
SDendlne
the
Dast
month
here
was
off
1.92
closing
at
an
average
of
visiting
with
her
son
and
dauehter
148.21
Ralls
were,
off
.42
at
31.43
In
-Jaw,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lyle
Swaln'i
RUSSIANS
MAKE
NO
HEADWAY
Gigantic
Effort
of
Russians
Against
Finland
Meets
With
Little
Success
WITH
THE
FINNISH
ARCTIC
ARMY,
Jan.
12:
JCPrThe.Russlaiv
tinny
Is
"making
a
gigantic
effort
to
cut
a
path
southward
from
the
Salla
and
Petsamo
fronts
In
the
ArcUc.
having
started
a
twin
attack.
The
fighting
continues.
However,
an
undisclosed
village
In
the
Salla
sector
is
the
only
northern
!
position
which
the
Reds
have
been
Minister
has
discretion
to
accept
able
to
fortify
strongly,
applications
for
conversion
of
j
Meantime
Finnish
marksmen
are
Dominion
three
per
cent
bonds
i
reported
to
have
picked
off
groups
maturing
March
1.
1910,
into
'of
Soviet
troops
in
the
air
as
they
attempted
to
land
by
parachute
.from
planes
behind
the
Finnish
lines
on
Karelian
Isthmus.
The
general
attack
of
the
Russians
on
The,
ranee
of
registered
bonds
j
the
Kerellan
Isthmus
is
sill
being
will
be
$500
up
to
$100,000.
Chartered
banks
will
loan
in-vesters
un
to
eightv
percent
of
the
principal
amount
of
bonds
to
be
purchased
at
3'
interest
for
a
period
of
three
months.
successfully
resisted
by
the
Finns.
QUINTS
TO
NEW
YORK
Famous
Canadian
Girls
Will
Be
Exhibited
at
World's
Fair
This
Year
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
12
Mayor
Fl-orella
LaOuardia
reports
that
arrangements
have
been
about
completed
to
bring
the
Dionne
quintuplets
to
the
World's
Fair
this
year.
A
replica
of
their
Callander,
Ontar
io,
home
will
be
built
on
ground
and
Regent
Prince
Paul
of
Jugo-ormer
occupied
by
the
Soviet
Bennett
&
White
Contracting
Slavla
are
reported
In
official
build
the
lo
"ave
"CiU
tt
SCV4C,
will
Co.,
who
new
Haysl"
Creek
and
Morse
Creek
bridges
for,ference.
It
is
understood
that
materials
I
Carol
sounded
out
Paul
on
the
the
city,
have
purchased
carrying
out
of
creosotlng
In
Vancouver,
according
to
word
received
at
the
City
Hall.
As
soon
as
the
materials
are
ready,
they
will
be
i
Italian-Hungarian
offer
of
support
to
Roumania
in
return
for
a
Roumanian
promise
of
territorial
revision
with
Hungary
after
the
rtussia
exniDii.
iney
win
do
seen
by
the
public
but
will
be
unable
to
see
the
public.
All
proceeds
will
go
to
Canadian
Red
Cross.
NO
BRITISH
SUB
SUNK
German
Report
of
Nazi
Patrol
Boat
Sinking
Submersible
Is
Officially
Denied
LONDON,
Jen.
12.
The
German
report
of
a
Nazi
patrol
boat
having
sunk
a
British
submarine
Is
offici
ally
denied.
Mrs.
R.
T.
Leah
and
two
children,
who
have
been
spending
the,
Christmas
and
New
Year
holiday
season
here
with
Capt.
Leah,
are
sailing
tonight
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
on
their
return
to
their
home
at
New
Westminster.