I
pj
:yn
Rupcri
strung
suuinriH
iiids
or
moderate
galea.
Cloudy
.'
L
-j
,.
ith
occasional
rain.
ii
n::.a
jiW'
BH
his
UUOU
CRITICAL
a
.
a
-
"IS
I:
':r3
he
built
a
home
here,
'i
i
R
contracting
work
for
W
.
i
privately
and.
during
Of
rat
War.
became
iden-'t
logging
Industry
on
C
i,
miotic
Islands.
Since
pxnox-The
Labor
Onnosl
.1.1
avir
nun
FltPulipr
In
She
lienor!
is
That
Arrangements
.May
Itc
Made
to
He
.a
m
m
A
J1
Dad
With
Welsh
toal
Aiier
iierman
puci
ucmovcu
i
LONDON,
March
C
Nine
Italian
ships,
laden
with
ck
lined
from
Germany
to
Italy,
are
now
being
de-
y
af
anchor
at
the
contraband
control
station
near
'
F
inland,
and
a
check
is
being
kept
on
other
vessels
.
.m
i
r
ni
l
...it.
arc
known
to
nave
saneu
irom
nuuuruani
wiui
iu?
i.urgoes.
It
is
reported
that
arrangements
may
be
-
made
to
reload
the
ships
with
Bri
SSING
OF
W
VI
I
IK
.
II
11
Vancouver
iggitu
operator
on;
.
.
yte
Islands
for
ov-J
j
,
and
well
known
f
Prince
Rupert.
j.r
passed
away
last
m
at
Vancouver
as
irrigations
following'
wuirh
ultd
In
a
n.jlUon.
tish
coal
after
the
Oerman
coal
has
been
slesed
a
war
prize.
In
Rome,
however.
It
U
declared
by
authorta-Uve
Italians
that
the
seizure
of
the
ships
tended
to
bring
relations
between
Rome
and
London
to
a
crisis.
1
Late
today
one
Italian
ship
"Lo-
aim"
t.aa
rftlMiMl
hv
lh
nmv
nrm
wdii.ivi
miiu
.
...
.
,.
,
.
i
export
commuiee
wnen
u
was
e-
nsnceroi
hj
in
'
.k.
,a
.,ii4
rm.
!
terdam
before
the
ban
became
ef
Ifectlve.
Gyro
Club
Has
Business
Lunch
The
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
was
It
had
in
regular
monthly
business
session
far
some
days
that
the
this
afternoon
when
matters
of
club
j.?
but.
nevertheless,
business
were
taken
ud
including
tabbing
will
come
as
a
reports
of
committees.
Frank
Skln-Xi
to
many
friends
and
ner.
local
agent
of
the
Union
Steam-He
was
one
of
the
hip
Co
.
was
elected
to
membership
.:
fcnwn
and
most
sue-
m
the
club.
C
P
Balagno
was
ap-ahsu
,
pointed
to
the
Boys'
Band
commlt-
'
C
loud.
Minnesota.
tee
as
Oyro
Club
represenUUve
suc-
ago.
Mr.
Morgan
ceedlng
W.
II.
Tobey
who
has
left
Prince
Rupert
from
the
city.
iatre
in
contracting
The
club
deckled
to
hold
a
hoe-
.
!
Trunk
Pacific
Rail-
down
dance
in
Aorll.
arrangements
;
n
He
started
to
for
the
affair
being
left
to
the
en-
vr
-mile
piece
of
right-1
ter
talnment
committee.
President
'
-
Zenardl
to
Inverness,
a.
A.
Hunter
was
In
the
chair
and
'
?
i:
moved
Into
Prince
there
was
a
good
attendance
of
t;
a
became
a
British
sub-
members,
congratulations
wcrcc
tended
to
the
secretary.
W.
J.Scott,
on
becoming
the
father
of
a
son.
a
presentation
being
made
by
W.
F.
Stone.
ad
conUnued
active
jori-iern
yntCS
-
"
M:
Morgan,
besides
his
f
rwvrd
by
two
daughters.
E
:r
'
Palmer
and
Mra.
E,
II.
"
An
were
present
at
Van-'
.r:
the
end
came.
D.
E.
)
t
nillmor.
brother
of
de-'
-id
yesterday
afternoon
'
CVaia
for
Vancouver
and
-r
in
lima
Ia.
11..
?...-.
I
Is
Opening
Soon
Development
Work
to
be
Resumed
on
Property
Within
Next
toupie
of
Weeks
,
i
toic
oi.
censure
on
spciiuiiig
wc
-.
"vi.uiirni
unlay
ior
res-
linn
nf
f,...i
t
.1
-
"
na.es
in
rairsiinc
Arabs
in
Jru,
i.t....i...
i..i.
tl
.1
-
.
i
CHUNGKING
The
Chinese
claim
to
have
sunk
ten
Japanese
naval
river
ships.
Two
hundred
Japanese
soldiers
were
drowned
when
a
transport
was
sunk.
icictxi
11.1HII
turn
t
i
i
!
The
C.C.F
and
the
War
TWO
years
am
Hi-
v.
r.
v
,n.,tiilpr.
were
soliciting
aid
for
Ue
Republican
In
the
Spanish
War.
Thev
urr.
i,.
..
ii.
.i
...-n,...
r,f
f.rrinany
and
iy
and
wanted
the
Empire
to
resist
this
domination.
Since
"MI
ICVPM
atH.II
it-
.
.
.
i.
n
iiumiii!i
imvc
IrtliCII
ill
uinrtif-r
"
Today
Hie
C.C.IVs
arc
opposed
to
war.
"o
You
hellrv
II,.
n
r
t"
...i....
ii.-
,,,v
rlalm
tllfV
have
-
....
.,,,,1
.uuscow;
VOTK
FOR
HANSON
konna
federal
Liberal
Association
of
Prince
Rupert.
B.C.
1
n
n
zi
xu
eb
rum
ns
:
:
i
1
1
FISHERY
unior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hears
Representatives
of
Boat
Owners
and
Offers
Assistance
Some
of
the
problems
which
are
facing
the
local
halibut
fishing
fleet
were
described
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
its
regular
monthly
dinner
meeting
last
night
by
Capt
J.
M.
Morrison,
president
of
the
Canadian
Halibut
Vessel
Owners
Association,
and
Capt.
O.
J
Hanson,
vice-president.
The
Junior
Chamber
thereupon
preferred
Its
good
offices
to
assist
the
association
In
any
way
possible
to
solve
these
problems
with
a
view
to
bettering
the
conditions
of
the
Industry.
The
president.
A.
S.
Nlcker-son.
was
authorized
to
appoint
a
committee
to
work
with
the
vessel
owners
In
this
regard.
The
problems
In
connection
with
which
it
was
thought
the
Junior
Chamber
might
be
of
assistance
were
those
of
having
more
adequate
mooring
quarters
provided
for
the
fleet
at
Prince
Rupert,
obtaining
federal
government
assistance
In
connection
with
construction
of
new
and
larger
boats
and
better
Insurance
arrangements
for
the
fleet.
-
CapWMorrWon
I
Capt.
Morrison
told
how
mooring
accomodation
at
the
floats
be-,
yond
the
dry
dock
was
already
quite
Inadequate,
there
being
great
congestion
there.
It
had
been
the
plan
to
provide
additional
mooring
facilities
at
Seal
Cove
but
the
air
base
had
ruled
this
out.
Later
there
had
been
talk
of
a
site
oeyond
the
elevator
but
nothing
nad
been
done
about
It.
Capt.:
Morrison
told
of
the
fine
winter
quarters
which
the
fishing
fleets!
had
at
Ketchikan
and
other
A1-!
aska
ports.
I
The
speaker
also
referred
to
the.
LIBRAftV
VICTORIA,
B.C.
eather
forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
M
ANION"
Bulletins
NEW
GOVERNOR
OTAWA
William
Clark
of
Frederitton
has
been
appointed
Lieutenant
Governor
of
New
Brunswick.
He
was
Liberal
member
of
the
last
Parliament
for
Voik-Sunbury,
New
Brunswick.
PATTULLO
IS
COMINCr
VICTORIA
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo
will
leave
next
Monday
to
Visit
Ocean
Falls
and
Prince
Rupert
on
a
speaking
tour.
MAXINE
ELLIOTT
DIES
CANNES,
France
Maxine
Elliott,
67,
American
actress,
who
was
successful
both
In
Europe
and
North
America,
died
here
last
night,
International
Fisheries
Commission
I
collision
with
a
tugboat
but
dar-
regulations
In
regard
to
Area
No.
2
and
No.
3
fishing.
As
It
was
now,
the
larger
boats,
particularly
those
of
Seattle,
had
the
advantage
over
the
smaller
boats,
In
which
classification
were
to
be
found
the
most
of
Prfnce
Ruperfs
boats,
In
that
these
larger
boats
were
able
to
fish
In
Area
No.
2
during
the
early
part
of
the
season,
then
after
Area
No.
2
was
closed,
move
on
to
Area
No.
3
which
the
majority
of
the
local
boats
were
unable
to
reach.
The
result
was
that
larger
boats
shared
some
$1400
a
season
while
smaller
hnnt
hart
nnlv
4ftn(l
nr
sr
Within
the
COUrSC
Of
the
neXtlTh
r.nmmnn
hart
Hn
n.lroH
couple
of
weeks
it
is
expected
the
,nat
areaj
b(J
dosed
aUhe
mine
on
the
Ec-
i
Northern
Pyrites
e
Ume
be
reopening
for
an-'
stall
River
will
nrnnosed
tn
the
other
active
season
of
development.-!
The
superintendent,
E.
E.
Mason,
Is
expected,
to
arrive
shortly
from
Vancouver
where
he
has
been
Commission
that
the
opening
of
the
season
be
deferred
from
April
1
to
May
1
which
It
was
felt
might
have
the
tendency
"of
keeping
part
time
boats
such
as
salmon
packers
and
tuna
vessels
out
of
the
halibut
I
fishery
and
permitting
the
reg-
jular
halibut
boats
to
share
possibly
$100
or
so
a
season
more.
Capt.
Morrison
felt
also
that
It
was
unfair
for
the
Canadian
patrol
to
be
so
strict
while
the
Am
erican
was
known
to
be
lax.
Capt.
Morrison
spoke
Interest-
incly
of
some
early
day
cxperlen
i'ces
in
the
halibut
fishery
with
S
which
he
has
been
Identified
since
gj
1895.
Sil
Capt.
Hanson
S
Capt.
Hanson
brought
up
the
a
question
of
the
federal
government
"
..
II
X
I
1
IIJ
g
lenaing
money
to
assist
m
uuhu-
interview
In
regard
to
this,
had
suggested
that
It
might
be
possl-blt
to
obtain
some
results
If
there
was
a
united
front.
If
It
could
be
Q
(
possible
say
to
finance
ten
new
gilarge
DoaiS
lo
openue
uui.
ui
"
Prince
'Rupert
some
100
men
would
kJ
(Continued
on
Paye
Four)
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
6,
1940.
National
Leader
;
SIEGE
OF
I
UflDTTDI
v
iir
urn
Finns
Admit
Themselves
They
Cannot
Hold
Out
Much
Longer
HELSINGFORS,
March
6
(Canadian
Press)
Vilpurl
defenders
are
still
battling
the
Russians
In
that
strategic
area,
so
communique
says,
although
Finnish
military
authorities
gloomily
admit
that
the
Reds
are
closing
In
on
Vilpurl,
Finland's
stragetlc
second
city
and
objective
of
the
Soviet's
campaign
tf,
the
south.
They
do
not,
however,
admit
complete
surrender
of
the
city.
The
Russians
have
penetrated
through
the
southern
suburbs
of
the
city,
capturing
the
railway
station,
and
are
moving
up
on
two
other
sides.
The
defenders
art
burning
as
they
go
what
remains
of
the
ruined
city
prior
to
Its
complete
fall
which
appears
to
be
a
matter
only
of
hours.
To
the
north
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
another
stragetic
point.
Ta-iple
is
still
holding
out.
The
Russians
are
still
paying
dearly
in
heavy
casualties
for
everything
they
gain.
In
the
far
north
the
offensive
of
I
the
Soviet
In
the
Petsarno
area
Is,
also
assuming
lrger
and
more
in-'
tensive
proportions.
The
Reds
continue
their
aerial
bombardment
of
southern
Finnish
CHARGES
DENIED
DUTCH
SUB
SUB
said
the
city
and
nearby
villages'
AMSTERDAM
The
Nether-
were
in
ruins
from
artillery
and;
OTTAWA
A
government
lands
submarine
0-11
sank
in
aerial
bombs
and
the
invaders
were
spokesman
today
denied
charges
Ing
rescue
work
saved
three
of
the
crew.
all
but
WELLES
IS
ILL
LAUSANNE
Sumner
Welles,
Special
envoy
of
President
Roosevelt
to
European
capitals,
has
been
stricken
with
la
grippe.
A
royal
Pullman
has
been
sent
from
Paris
to
take
him
to
the
French
capital.
INTEREST
TOO
HIGH
LONDON
The
Daily
Herald
Is
critical
of
the
three
per
cent
interest
rate
on
the
new
government
loan.
It
is
held
to
be
too
high.
PIONEER
MINE
REOPENS
PIONEER
MINE
The
workings
guarded
by
extra
police,
the
Pioneer
mine
reopened
today.
Only
former
employees
are
being
taken
on.
Seventy-nine
men
have
returned
to
work,
none
being
union
members.
K.
H.
HEATS'
DIES
Vancouver
E.
II,
Heaps,
pioneer
Vancouver
lumberman.
Is
dead.
He
was
a
former
President
of
the
Board
of
Trade
and
alderman,
having
been
especially
prominent
around
the
turn
of
the
century.
DIMAGGIO
SIGNS
ST.
PETERSBURG,
Florida
The
last
New
York
Yankee
holdout
has
signed
up
Joe
DIMaggio
who
has
accepted
a
contract
for
$30,000,
an
increase
of
$5000
over
last
year.
COMMUNISTS
RAIDED
WINNIPEG
Communist
headquarters
here
were
raided
by
city
and
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
and
several
arrests
made.
There
will
be
charges
of
violating
of
the
Defence
of
Canada
tacks
along
a
line
due
east
of
the
J
equipment
is
reported
massed
on
city,
the
Finnish
command
an-J
the
Dutch
frontier.
nounced.
j
A
Havas
rtlsnatrh
from
Vlinuri'
perilously
close.
The
entire
city
of
Premier
Mitchell
nepourn
oi
seventy
thousand
was
evacuated.
Half
Mi
lion
A'my
t
An
estimated
500,000
men
are
said
to
be
driving
on
the
Manner-helm
Line,
half
of
the
number
against
Vilpurl.
Many
of
them
I
have
been
endeavoring
to
approach
!
over
the
thick
Ice
of
Vilpurl
Bay
and
a
;reat
number,
together
with
their
equipment,
perished
through
the
action
of
the
Finns
blowing
up
the
Ice
by
mines.
There
are
indications
that
the
Russians
mean
to
pr?ss
beyond
Vilpurl.
The
Russians
claim
to
have
pen
etrated
the
Karelian
Isthmus
38
miles
on
the
east
and
twelve
miles
on
the
west.
The
pressure
on
the
Mannerhelm
line
Is
Increasing
and
the
Finnish
position
has
become
desperate
as
they
drop
back
from
second
to
third
line
defences.
The
Finns
claim
to
be
holding
their
own
in
bitter
fighting
In
central
and
northern
Finland
,hav-
ing
actually
repossessed
themselves
of
some
positions
which
had
been
taken
by
the
Soviet
forces
and
driving
the
enemy
back
to
where
they
began.
Fighting
has
been
heavy
and
bitter
In
these
areas
with
the
Finns
claiming
heavy
'Russian
casualties
as
they
scored
a
major
victory
by
trapping
a
brigade
near
Lake
Ladoga
and;
killing
2000
men
by
sniping
and
freezing.
Huge
fleets
of
Russian
planes
continue
to
bomb
Finnish
cities,
killing
many
people
and
doing
enormous
property
damage.
There
were
two
flights
over
Helslngfors
Friday
but
no
bombs
were
dropped
and
there
were
no
alarms.
One
town
yesterday
was
virtually
demolished
with
loss
of
at
least
fifty
lives
and
scores
Injured.
A
hospl-
Ual
was
hit.
Finnish
aircraft
have
been
active
In
vigorous"
counter-attacks.
Russian
troops
In
the
vicinity
of
Vilpurl
have
been
machine-gunned
from
the
air
with
disastrous
effect.
Ontario
in
regard
to
a
story
of
violent
disturbances
in
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
centre
near
St.
Thomas
having
been
suppressed
by
the
censors.
The
censors
confirmed
the
spokesman's
statement.
So
also
did
Hon.
Norman
Rogers,
minister
of
national
defence.
Premier
Hepburn
announ-ed
that
he
had
decided
to
make
public
the
story
of
the
disorders
in
spite
of
censorship
ban.
Later
in
the
day
he
accepted
an
invitation
to
visit
St.
Thomas.
NAZIS
ATROCITIES
PARIS-Polish
authorities
here
report
further
Nazi
atrocities
in
German-occupied
Poland.
One
hundred
and
thirty-six
Tolish
school
boys
12
to
13
years
of
age
were
nnea
up
ana
snoi.
sixij-thousand
men
and
women
have
been
massacred.
Hostages
were
executed
after
being
forced
to
dig
their
own
graves.
Machine
guns
have
been
mounted
In
choir
lofts
of
churches.
GERMAN
INTERCEPTED
ARUBA,
Dutch
West
Indies
The
German
freighter
Seattle
is
reported
to
have
been
Intercepted
at
sea,
presumably
by
an
Allied
warship.
She
sailed
from
Vancouver
July
27
with
250,000
feet
of
B.C.
lumber.
MOSCOW
REGRETS
MOSCOW
The
Russian
Foreign
Office
has
sent
to
the
Swedish
legation
a
formal
expression
of
regret
over
the
bombing
of
the
Swedish
village
of
Pajala
on
February
21.
The
Soviet
thereby
accepted
responsibility
for
the
bombing
which
It
had
at
first
denied.
No
details
of
the
note
to
Sweden
were
revealed.
More
than
100
bombs
were
dropped
on
the
High
0:34
a.m.
192
ft.
12:31
p.m.
20.1
It.
Low
6:40
ain.
6.6
ft.
19:00
p.m.
4.1
ft.
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Tense
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voal
ohms
nave
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nntrahanrl
ti
DISCUSS
HALIBUT
Australia
Is
Making
Effort
In
Big
Way
To
Help
Win
War;
To
Spend
80,000,000
Pounds
SYDNEY,
Australia,
March
6.
Prime
Minister
Menzies
today
stated
that
Australia
plans
to
dispatch
an
army
corps
of
four
divisions
for
service
overseas
in
the
war
against
Germany.
In
addition
the
government
envisages
the
establishment
of
a
reserve
of
90,000
men
and
the
calling
up
for
home
training
of
possibly
50,000
men.
An
army
corps
normally
numbers
80,000.
The
program
will
cost
80,000,000
sterling,
the
Prime
Minister
said
in
a
nation-wide
broadcast
today.
The
air
force
is
to
be
strengthened
to
seven
times
the
size
it
was
in
1939.
War
News
BRITISH
COMMUNIQUE
LONDON
The
first
British
communique
in
regard
to
action
on
the
Western
Front
to
be
given
out
since
the
war
began
announc-
ed
that
the
enemy
had
taken
a
cities
and
towns.
Helslngfors
was,
British
outpost
which
was
later
cut
off
from
communication
with
regained.
Two
British
soldiers
Stockholm
and
other
places
for
a
time
due
to
the
aerial
In
various
air
fighting,
the
Finns
claim
to
have
shot
down
seventeen
Russian
planes
while
tbe
Russians
claim
to
have
downed
seven
Finns.
Siege
of
Viipuri
Red
army
efforts
to
push
across
the
Bay
of
Vilpurl
In
the
encircling
drive
on
Vilpurl
itself
contn-
ued
In
conjunction
with
heavy
at
LOCAL
LADY
DESCRIBES
FINLANDERS
Gets
Word
From
Relatives
That
People
are
Enduring
Great
Suffering
But
Are
United
Against'
I
Russians
Mrs.
Irma
Johansen
of
this
city,
who
was
bom
in
Finland
and
still
were
killed
and
one
wounded
has
three
brothers
In
that
country
while
the
Germans
left
one
sold-
fighting
against
the
Russian
invad-
fer
dead
on
the
field
after
retreat-Inr.
Some
British
were
also
taken
prisoner.
A
number
of
small
but
savage
attacks
by
the
Germans
were
withstood.
Unfavorable
weather
has
held
fighting
to
a
minimum
generally.
An
armored
division
comnrising
400
to
475
tanks
and
11,000
men
with
complete
artillery
and
mechanical
ers
ana
also
a
motner
ana
latner
and
other
relatives
there,
is
col
lecting
funds
for
the
Finnish
unit
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society.
She
has
been
in
close
touch
right
along
with
people
in
her
home
land
and
she
saysthat
all
the
talk
about
there
being
d
Bolshevik
rebellion
in
Finland
Is
nonsense.
The
country
was
never
as
united
as
it
is
today.
She
recently
received'
a
letter
from
her
sister-in-law
In
that
country
which,
translated,
reads
as
follows:
"I
have
written
you
several
letters
and
postcards
but
you
mention
you
have
not
had
any
recently
Our
lives
are
a
tragedy
and
the
less
said
the
better.
The
times
are
sad.
Yet
all
this
we
shall
gladly
suffer
If
we
can
only
keep
our
loved
ones
and
our
fatherland.
It
is
Inhuman
that
during
this
time
of
high
culture
a
dirty
lot
like
the
Russians
can
attack
a
peace
loving
nation.
"If
there
is
any
righteousness
left
In
the
world,
our
country
will
win.
I
believe
our
nation
will
not
go
under
and
all
the
Finnish
people
believe
the
same.
Never
before
has
Finland
been
as
united
as
it
is
today.
People
of
all
political
parties
are
one
today
in
defending
the
country
against
the
invaders
and
the
bravery
of
the
men
and
women
is
such
as
must
prove
a
great
asset
in
time
of
war.
"We
sit
here
night
after
night
jand
knit
stockings
for
our
beloved
soldiers
and
our
thoughts
are
with
our
men
on
the
battlefront.
We
sit
and
wonder
if
our
boys
will
be
able
to
withstand
the
pressure
of
the
Russian
hordes.
You
must
have
heard
about
the
terrific
fighting
that
has
taken
place
and
of
the
bravery
of
our
men."
Another
letter
received
by
Mrs.
Johansen
from
her
mother
tells
of
the
terrific
inhuman
bombing
of
civilians
but
she
says:
"The
more
they
bomb
us
the
tougher
we
get
and
the
more
determined
we
are
to
drive
them
back."
Mrs.
Johansen
also
tells
of
a
little
seven-year-old
girl
who
was
being
evacuated
from
Helslngfors
.and,
Just
as
she
was
leaving
the
city,
a
Russian
bomb
struck
her
and
she
was
killed.
The
so-called
leader
of
the
puppet
government
which
was
formed
on
the
border
of
Russia
had
not
until
recently
put
his
foot
on
Finnish
soil
In
22
years.
He
left
the
country
In
1918.
When
we
started
he
went
away
saying
he
was
going
to
get
food
for
the
Red
guard
but
did
not
return.
If
he
had
any
followers
they
left
the
country
when
the
war
started.
The
Finns
today
are
a
.
unit
town,
causing
widespread
damage,
jagainst
the
Russians,