For
the
second
time
in
a
brilliant
legal,
military
and.
James
Lavton
Ralston
of
Amherst.
N.S..
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an
of
medium
height
and
stocky
build
tJoi.
uaiston
gain-,
hli
military
knowledge
the
hard
y-wtth
the
fighting
forces
in
hlj
59th
year,
Ralston
has
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CTlryartrl
ffactr
AT
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b,iii
wnii
iaw
uucattwvn
rink
In
the
legal
profession
1
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lilt.
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new
las,
wiwi
uuiiiuity
tuiu
Hnn
NArmin
wnppr
was
a
lime
the
Conservative
op-
for
the
retirement
of
Prime
Bl
rim.
I.
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.
1
much
at
home
in
a
gathering
r
veterans
as
In
the
sanctity
the
privy
council
chamber.
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In
th
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deDart
nf
At.
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.
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.
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1
mi
jwiniKTor
'nwpr
mm
aTy
Minister
Macdonald
are
both
"
comrades
of
the
first
great
"
They
call
each
other
"Lay-n-
"Angus
L."
and
"Ghubby."
Career
In
(Maritime
ton
was
born
September
27,
,sl'
m
Amherst.
N
a.,
where
his
mediate
predecessor.
Norman.
was
Dom
is
vrnrs
later.
educated
af
rtalhnnslp:
"""Slty,
Hallfa
and
Emitted
m
hki
-
ova
BcoUa
hghiandbat-a"on
as
mni.
j
j
-iy
m
France
from
February
bu
inn
Ofm
t
Li
IstL
?.career
brought
him
the
Mulshed
Servl,o
nrA.r
and
a
twice
mentioned
In
des-
Many
Attend
j
His
Funeral
'
i
Final
Rites
Yesterday
Morning
For
,
Late
R.
F.
Perry,
Pioneer,
Ex-Alderman
and
Railway
Official
I
There
was
a
larce
conzreeatlon
'
at
the
Church
of
the
Annunciation
I
yesterday
morning
when
solemn
-
.
,
J
1
,
.
.ffl.l.l
nlA
ana
local
railway
utiiciai,
waa
tcje-
bratcd
by
Father
VV.
F.
Lantagne,
:
the
parish
priest.
The
choir
was-ln
1
attendance
with
Gillis
Couture
singing
two
solos
during
the
mass
and
Mtss
Frances
Moore
presiding
at
the
organ.
Interment
in
the
Roman
Catholic
section
of
Fairvlcw
Cemetery
followed.
Pallbearers
were
Paul
Dempscy,
Theo
Collart,
R.
W.
Cameron,
Alex
Mackenzie,
James
H.
Thompson
and
Harry
Long.
Delayed
by
an
extra
call
at
Ocean
Falls
with
school
teachers
and
other
,
.passengers,
Union
steamer
Catala,
Capt.
James
Findlay,
did
not
ar-'
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taV
lit
UVI
la
11V11I
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southbound.
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Kilston
intwitpH
is
not
much
tmes
or
outdoor
pursuits
for'
Mston
is
not
much
Interested
i
patches
and
was
made
a
com-
tamej
or
outdoor
pursuits
for
mander
of
the
Order
of
St.
Mich-
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hat
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Qtience
m
nlster
In
the
Mac-
given
an
acciamauou
m
,
....
.!
J..l
n
1830
Ralston
was
Instrumental
the
Dominion
election
01
tnai
organizing
civilian
flying
clubs
iyear.
ougnout
Canada
Now
hp.
sees1
tnierea
ww
""""
uentnis
irom
tnose
eiiorts
to
whch
uie
6
e.--
-
Today
Ralston
flies
a
great
deal
w
Alia
navels
iitrcfaaiLttbL'u
ur
e
wok
of
organizing
an
army,
netner
he
goes
by
car,
train
or
lre,
he
usually
takes
a
bulky
irtfollo
of
work
or
lmDortant
law
nractlce
in
talned
his
seat
In
parliament
and
acted
as
opposition
financial
critic.
When
the
Dominion
elections
were
called
In
1935
Ralston
de
eided
to
remain
out
of
politics.
He
lf
tssociates
with
whom
he
did
until
the
war
started
last
r
conifr
on
pressing
problems,
septemoer
wncn
ne
"-"
n'swn
is
hannv
with
his
as
lat
thp
dlsnosal
of
the
government
in
whatever
capacity
he
could
be
used
but
expressed
a
preference
for
service
overseas.
p
was
called
at
once
to
Ot-
,.h
thp
Finance
Mln-
lster,
Charles
Dunning,
whose
re
signation
on
account
01
uineaa
had
been
In
Mr.
King's
hands
since
July,
1039.
Prince
County,
Prince
Island,
gave
Ralston
an
acclama
tion
In
January
last
ana
a
eut.
majority
in
the
Dominion,
elec
tions
of
March
28.
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Tomorrow's
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V
Prince
RuPt
and
Queen
Char-
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Fresh
to
strong
i..v
High
2:26
am.
22.1
ft.
mithwest
winds,
shitting
to.
south-trlr,
14:46
p.m.
22.4
tt.
mostly
cloudy
and
cool
with
Low
8:44
a.m.
1.7
ft
raln
towards
night.
21:08
p.m.
1.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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i
XXIX,,
NO.
207.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C:,-TUESDAY.
SEPTEMBER
3,
1940.
PRICE:
I
CENTS
Important
Deal
Between
United
States
and
Great
Britain
Is
Consummated
Canada's
War
Chiefs
COL.
THE
HON.
J.
L.
RALSTON
Minister
of
National
Defence
By
C.
R.
BLACKBURN,
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
(Copyright,
1940,
by
The
Canadian
Press)
NAVAL
AND
AIR
BASES
IN
NORTH
AND
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
ARE
EXCHANGED
FOR
FIFTY
DESTROYERS
"GIFTS"
IN
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
BERMUDAS
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
September
3
(CP)
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
notified
Congress!
today
of
an
agreement
between
the
United
States
and.
Great
Britain
under
which
the
American
government
will
lease
naval
and
air
bases
in
British
possessions
in
the
north
and
south
Atlantic
and
transfer
fifty
over-age
destroyers
lo
Great
Britain.
The
United
States
will
acquire
naval
and
air
bases
in
Newfoundland
and
the
islands
of
Bermuda,
Bahamas,
Jamaica,
St.
Lucia,
Trinidad
and
Antigua
and
in
British
Guiana.
"The
right
to
bases
in
Newfoundland
and
Bermuda
are
gifts,"
said
the
President.
"Other
bases
mentioned
have
been
acquired
in
exchange
for
fifty
of
our
over-age
destroyers."
The
President
enclosed
an
opinion
from
Attorney
General
Robert
Jackson
"regarding
my
authority
to
consummate
this
arrangement"
Great
Britain
has
given
United
States
definite
assurance
of
its
intention
"never
to
surrender
or
sink
the
British
fleet
in
the
event
of
waters
surrounding
the
British
Isles
becoming
untenable
for
His
Majesty's
ships."
The
United
States
Department
of
State
made
this
known
in
publishing
correspondence
between
Secretary
of
.State
Cordcll
Hull
and
British
Ambassador
rLord
Lothian.
v
British
Foreign
Office
officials
in
London
greeted
news
of
the
Anglo-American
exchange
of
air
and
naval
bases
for
over-age
destroyers
with
"greatest
possible
satisfaction."
SINKING
OF
REFUGEE
CHILDREN'S
SHIP
BY
end
was
the
pinking
of
a
ship
carrying
320
children
bound
for
Canada
as
well
as
other
passengers.
All
were
taken
into
lifeboats
in
rather
a
rough
sea
and
picked
up.
The
purser
was
the
only
one
who
lost
his
life.
He
slipped
as
he
was
getting
into
a
lifeboat
and
was
drowned.
The
children
seemed
to
rather
enjoy
the
and
were
taken
off
safely.
The
sea
was
rather
rough
and
they
had
to
wait
in
the
lifeboats
until
the
first
rescue
ship
arrived.'
During
that
Jme
they
song
all
the
songs
they
knew,
especially
the
songs
the
solders
and
airmen
sing
such
as
"Roll
.
,.-lnut
the
Barrel."
After
they
had
He
remained
as
finance
minlsrlDCrDCtual
bombardment
of
various
until
the
budget
had
been
prw
sometimes
the
pntrd
June
24.
24,
but
but
was
was
aireauji"
--
slated
for
the
defence
portfolio.
Col.
Ralston
was
married
in
190T
to
Nettle
Wlnnlfred,
daughter
of
John
McLeod
0f
Amherst,
and
he
has
one
son,
Stuart.
planes
camo
111
wttvta
any
ouiiic
times
in
large
formations.
Yester
day
the
International
News
Service
told
of
a
raid
of
200
planes
flying
Dr.
of
France
were
visited
last
night
and
destructive
hits
made.
The
OUTLOOK
IS
GOOD
J.
T.
Mandy
Returns
From
Interior
And
Sees
Very
Hopeful
Conditions
The
mining
outlook
in
Central
British
Columbia
from
Terrace
to
Vanderhoof
Is
very
encouraging,
according
to
Or.
J.
T.
Mandy.
mining
engineer,
who
with
his
assistant,
W.
J.
Lynott,
arrived
from
a
tour
of
that
district
Sunday
night.
Several
discoveries
such
as
'that
of
the
mercury
mine
at
Pin-chi
Creek
and
the
antimony
on
Stuart
Lake
near
Fort
St.
James
are
among
the
encouraging
features.
Both
of
these
are
being
developed
by
big
companies.
In
and
around
Smlthers
a
num
ber
of
leased
propetles
are
being
worked.
At
the
Duthle
property
23
men.
are
employed
and
there
is
1
a
little,
community
being
formed
there
with
its
own
school
about
to
be
opened.(
Already
nine
children
irssh
are
there
and
othersli
Other
properties
in
the
Bablne
and
nearby
Topley
are
also
being
worked
with
good
results.
Dr.
Mandy
noted
the
fact
that
a
number
of
engineers
had
been
visiting
properties
in
the
district
and
considerable
Interest
was
taken
in
some
of
the
prospects.
Every-
tt'llPro
IntnrA.f
mam
eVi
ahsI
Via
looked
for
further
developments'
as
n
result.
I
Turning
to
other
matters
than
mining,
Dr.
Mandy
noted
that
fewer
tourists
vl'ited
the
district
this
year
than
in
the
past
few',
summers.
The
roads
over
which
he
travelled
were
in
good
condition
and
there
had
been
a
con
siderable
improvement
in
this
respect
on
roads
such
as.
that
lead
-
lng
to
the
Babine:
Mountains
and-the
28
miles
from
Topley
to
Top-1
ley
Lanaing
on
uamne
Lake.
At
the
lake
cabins
had
been
erected
and
fully
furnished
and
these
were
attracting
people
from
the
outside.
It
.was
a
very
delightful
place.
Mrs.
Mandy
is
expected
to
come
home
from
Fort
St.
James
next
week
and
Dr.
Mandy
plans
to
leave
for
Portland
Canal
points
this
week.
NAZI
TORPEDO
ATTACK
C
N.R.
War
Fund
British
Continue
to
Show
Supremacy
in
Air
Over
Ger-
Refugee
Children
orl
manv
Ifniinrl-nn
nf
Vrok-KnH
War
Npws
3
The
outstanding
war
event
of
the
Labor
Day
week
Coming
To
Canada!
Donation
Boost
Of
$1500
Employees
Gives
Fund
All
Donate
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
3:
The
Children's
Refugee
Fund
in
the
offices
of
the
Welfare
Federation
.vnorni
Thpv
fmmecnateiv
tooK
towara
tne
coass
01
ivcuw.
w
,
.
.
.
,
.j-
-
r
-
.1
.
.
iiere
13
iitiiui
iouu
wjuajr
u
a,
their
stations
as
for
lifeboat
drill
were
met
.
before
they
reached
tne
q
disbursement
coast
by
Brmsn
tpunrc
Qf
unds
by
the
newly
created
war,
ricanes
and
a
number
of
them
ot
reUef
rund
started
a
month
agJ
down
while
others
were
driven
back
by
c;
R
employecs
throughout
across
the
channel.
Another
Ocr-
the
provlnce
u
ls
the
largest
man
lormation,
seems
single
donation
yet
made
to
as
happening
to
their
comrades,
turn-
sUt
lhe
chUdren
now
arrivlng
ed
back
home
without
dropping
a
frQm
overscas
bomb.
Up
to
last
night
fifty
Oer-
fitartpd
iareiv
ftt
the
initiative
bed
been
safely
landed
at
a
west'
man
planes
were
bagged
during
the;of
craitsmen
at
the
C,
N.
R.'s
Port
coast
port
they
were
shown
around:
day,
the
British
losing
but
thirteen,
,
Mann
shopSi
some
$2000
wa3
raised
the
port
and
then
sent
to
their
res
pective
homes.
Most
of
them
expressed
the
hope
that
they
would
vet
be
sent
to
Canada
and
none
of
craft
gUns,
Thlrty-slx
were
victims
of
fighting
peai
money
came
from
rall-
planes
and
the
balance
01
anu-air-way(
steamship,
telegraph
and
and
them
were
afraid
to
take
the
Attacks
on
London
were
very
few
chance.
during
the
long
week-end.
Satur-
Each
day
and
each
night
Royal
Air
Force
bombed
Berlin
and
other
German
centres
striking
effectively
at
objectives
such
as
oil
plants,
fuel
stations,
airplane
factories,
docks,
canals
and
railway
centres,
setting
fires
and
destroying
air
centres.
Raids
were
also
carried
out
yesterday
on
North
Libyan
ports
In
each
case
the
objectives
being
reached
without
loss
to
the
British.
The
Royal
Air
Forco
again
struck
at
Italy.
Germany
has
been
keeping
up
a
the
pilots
of
seven
landing
safely.
nn
the
lnlflal
..elve
a
dollar"
ap-
the
day
night
no
air
raid
alarms
were
heard
and
several
attempts
to
fly
express
employees
throughout
the.
province.
An
employee
committee
headed,
by
A.
D.
Paul,
car
foreman's
clerk,
Port
Mann,
administers
the
over
the
city
were
headed
off
by
j
fund
which
will
be
replenished
German
raids
continued
todav
on
behind
it
snnthpast:
Kneland
and
northeasti
charities
Scotland.
In
a
speech
in
London
Prime
Minister
Churchill
told
the
people
of
Britain
and
the
world
that
slow-
machinery.
with
well-devoloped
Roumanla
yesterday
against
the
los
of
Dart
of
their
territory.
Ger-
ly,
painfully
but
surely
the
British'
man
fags
were
torn
down
and
the
were
wresting
supremacy
in
the
air
from
the
Germans.
It
was
reported
last
night
that
400
Italian
prisoners
of
war'
had
ar-rled
at
Bombay.
,
.
Demonstrations
.tpok
place
,
in
Change
In
War
Course
Within
Few
Weeks
Is
Foreseen
by
Observers
Nazi
and
Fascists
Expected
(o
Intensify
Drive
on
Three
Fronts
LONDON,
September
3:
(CP)
A
change
in
the
course
of
the
war
within
the
next-few
weeks
is
predicted
by
observers
who
watch
the
struggle
in
Britain,
the
Balkans
and
the
Mediterranean.
It
is
thought
that
Germany
and
Italy
will
increase
the
pressure
on
all
three
fronts
and
1
.
,,
?
then
swing
the
weight
into
whlch-
1
the
Royal
Air
Force
fighters.
The'from
trme
to
time
Dy
iurtner
ap-,
ports
ana
air
centres
on
inc
coast
country
seemed
on
the
verge
of
revolution.
Military
officers
Joined
in
the
protests
and
one
general
declared
he
was
going
to
England
to
Join
General
de
Gaulle.
The
coun
try
was
still
morning.
Halibut
Area
t
Three
Closes
t
September
26
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SERIOUS
AIR
CRASH
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WASHINGTON,
D.C
Senator
Ernest
Lund
ten
of
Minnesota
and
24
others
died
Saturday
night
in
the
crash
of
a
Pennsylvania
Central
Air
Lines
plane
forty
miles
from
here.
It
was
the
heaviest
death"
toll
in
the
history
of
Un-.
ited
States
commercial
aviation.
Twenty-one
passengers
and
four
members
of
the
crew
were
killed
when
the
plane
splintered
on
the
ground
while
flying
during
a
heavy
rainstorm.
APPEALS
TO
COLONIES
VICHY
Premier
Henri
Petaln
has
appealed
to
the
French
colonial
Empire
to
maintain
its
unity.
France
had
lost
the
war
and
three-fifths
of
her
territory
was
occupied
but
the
national
spirit
of
France
would
never
die,
Petaln
said.
INTERNATIONAL
INCIDENT
SHANGHAI
Two
Chinese
gunmen
have
killed
a
Japanese
newspaperman
in
the
international
settlement.
International
complications
may
ensue.
GERMAN
AIR
TOLL
LONDON
An
official
statement
says
that,
in
the
first
year
of.
the
war,
1948
enemy
planes
have
been
brought
down
1752
by
Royal
Air
Force
fighter
squadrons
and
the
balance
by
anti-aircraft
guns.
WILL
FILL
DRAFT
OTTAWA
It
is
expected
men
of
the
21-year-old
class
will
suffice
to
fill
the
first
Canadian
draft.
They
are
expected
to
be
called
out
by
October
9.
Halibut
Sales
American
Estep,
29,000,
11.5c
and
8c,
Pa-
peals.
The
Children's
Refugee
Fund
.clfic.
was
selected
particularly
because
Atlas,
32,000,
11.6c
and
8c,
Booth,
it
has
no
extensive
organization!
Sunde,.
40,000,
10.8c
and
8c,
Stor-
as
have
the
national!
age.
Tordenskjold,
40,000,
11.4c
and
8c,
Atlln.
Glacier,
13,000,
11.7c
and
8c,
Atlin.
Urania,
25,000,
11.1c
and
8c,
Royal.
Canadian
Elwln
S.,
32,000,
11.6c
and
8c,
Storage.
Miss
Joyce
Edgecumbe
of
the
local
school
teaching
staff
return
ed
to
the
city
on
the
Casslar
this
much
disturbed
this'
morning
from
Vancouver
where
she
'
spent
the
summer
vacation.
ever
shows
the
least
resistance,
Two
German
attempts
to
smash
through
London's
air
defences
failed
today
against
combined
fire
of
British
fighter
planes
and
antiaircraft
guns.
The
second
attempt
in
the
afternoon
kept
London
under
alarm
for
over
an
hour.
Observers
said
that
About
threw
hundred
raiders
were
beaten
off
Ph.
'with
twerity-threeGerman
planes
if
International
Fisheries
Com-
awwoyea.
uritisn
losses
were
w-
mission
has
set
midnight
Bep-.,n
e'8nt,
Pu"
tember
26
for
the
closing
of
"e
"
mam
u(r
commercial
halibut
fishing
in
the
North
Pacific
westward
f
from
Cape
Spencer,
southeast-
ern
Alaska.
This
is
Area
No.
3.
f
The
southward
Area
No.
2
was
previously
closed.
f
t
.
!i
-j
man
attacks
were
directed
again
chiefly
at
airdromes
in
southeastern
England
which
have
been
at
tacked
repeatedly
during
the
last
fortnight.
Thousands
of
incendiary
bombs
were
dropped
by
waves
of
Nazi
bombers
during
a
six
hour
attack
on
a
northeast
English
city
Saturday
night
and
early
Sunday.
Reports
safd
that
no
military
objectives
wer?
damaged
but
some
fatalities
resulted
and
private
1
property
was
hit.
Few
planes
ap
peared
In
the
London
area.
Secretary
ot
War
Anthony
Eden
said
today
that
it
would
be
"fool
ish
to-
supposethjjt,
because
autumn
approaches,
the
threat
of
invasion
is
.already
past."
He
said:
"The
contrary
is
the
fact.
There
lis
no
shred
of
evidence
to
show
'that
Hitler
has
abandoned
his
declared
Intention
to
seek
to
subdue
this
country
by
invasion."
"The
minister
observed,
however,
that
,
"August
for
us
was
In
many
re-ispects
the
best
month
of
the
flihting
year."
I
The
Admiralty
announces
that
sixteen
merchant
ships,
thirteen
of
them
British,
were
destroyed
by
"'enemy
action"
during
the
week
ended
August
26.
The
total
of
79,-
000
tons
compared
with
an
average
weekly
loss
Qt
52,000
tons
since
1
the
start
of
the
war
but
was
be-'
low
the
average
of
80,000-
tons
since
May
27
when
the
war
on
'Shipping
was
intensified.
I
Pressure
On
Rumania
'
Informed
sources
In
Bucharest
1
predict
that
German
motorized
divisions
will
take
over
on
Sep
tember
15
"protection"
of
Rumania's
south
Bucovina
border,
newly
formed
by
Rumania's
ces
sion
of
North
Bucar.ina
to
Soviet
Russia.
Meantime,
rumors
persist
that
Germany
will
move
armed
forces
into
Transylvania
this
week
to
assist
Hungary
If
thereshould
be
any
resistance
by
Rumania
against
the
agreement
to
give
Transylvania
over
to
Hungary.
There
Is
also
expectation
that
Bulgaria
will
move
Into
Dobruja.
Retire
In
Kenya
i
British
forces
have
retired
southward
from'
Buna
In
Kenya
Colony
on
the
Ethiopian
frontier,
military
circles
announce.
Winners
In
Photography
Those
Who
Took
Awards
at
Recent
.
Carnival
Are
Announte
Prlve-wlnners
in
the
amateur
photography
contest
at
the
recent
Carnival
were
as
follows:
Landscapes
1.
Miss
Owen
Ellis,
2.
R.
Forrest.
Indoor
Shots
I.,
O.
Quelpa,
2.
Miss
Joy
Green.
'v
Mrs.
M.
M.
Lamb,
.
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