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AND
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SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
52.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
MARCH
2,
1940
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
7
at
Asy
JMl
IS.
InsiC
I
War
Assets
Con
ft
rrir-n
installations
is
.
i
I
m
Macklnnon,
,
w
vs.,
flay
afternoon.
a
I
Mr
Macklnnon
said
tha
lid
beam
with
the
Port
Ei
flation
and
continue
"progrTosively"
until
all
land
and
Dctin;;
ownea
Dy
me
American
hep
Rupert
firca
arc
placed
Jporation
I
He
added,
however,
that
no
bic
concerning
disposition
of
foment
by
the
Corporation.
From
Major
Josepn
carew,
fcet
in
Prince
Rupert
today,
clic
last
American
Ar,my
(d
(rom
nerc.
tu
inc
moment
mere
are
about
27
of
all
ail)
icft
In
the
city.
Affair-
are
being
cleaned
pt
oi
aij
local
accounts.
IING
IENT
NTIST
l
Mailc
in
Connection
Detention
in
Spy
Inquiry
irM
Tlie
Canadian
,ti
i
:t
S::lent'.flc
workers
jr
j
'atcment
protest
ncr
of
detention
of
Canadian
scientist"
imcnt
s
spy
Inquiry.
nt
r.::u
added
that
the
v:'.:
.
name
was
not
id
v.
;rked
urelessly
and
r'
'hr-fugitnu:
the
war
p:
-
leniuic
service.
ir
men
who
are
held
to
the
wpionage
case
-tb
to
see
their
hus-Mi
iday
but
defence
v
j
be
barred
from
i
w
:-h
their
clients
IBS
DECLARE
ERAL
STRIKE
SsalM-
Thc'KraVhTah''
"
nzs
proclaimed
a
t
:t
Ike
of
Arabs
In
Pal-ti.:ay
in
protest
against
p:
"ted
transfer
of
five
fxiirj
from
Belgium
to
land
m
the
Indian
Ocean
rORISTS
TO
HIGHWAY
fvtr,
Trip
Will
;e
.Made
lioal
Rather
Than
-while
Err
fty
representing
the
Prince
branch
of
the
British
a
Automobile
Associa-1
lave
here
by
boat
to-
'
i(
Port
Essington
where
iransfri-
to
a
smaller
boat
fclas
Prizzell
In
order
to
ithn
slide
situation
on
the
I
Rupert
Highway
near
fc'i
Them
ni.iv
lv
arc
the
.-ctic
of
the
road
B
1
'on
with
thr.
hi
Of
UlC
Trrrnrn
HnnrH
P1'
tt
EIWW
rnnHlHftit-.
tirlll
a
"
-vtvvio
mil
I
the
Terrace
noonln
in
lle
P
It
had
been
In-
jby
.ne
local
party
to
Ifrom
here
In
Tvr-n
hut
id
over
Uie
Rainbow
Lake
It
linn
.
.
.
una
icrjonca
lm-
IWkll!"
the
trln
tnmnr.
V1
be
j
it
j.inpv
ci.
the
prince
Unnnrt
Anfn.
Association;
J.
E.
Boddic,
to
I
Wdcni.
Hugo
Kraupner.
latha
and
Ralph
Browne
uoug
Frlzzell.
JH
TAKES
PT.
to
NGTON
MAN
l'cly
.if
Eric
H.
Poanan.
iH-ounht
to
Prince
,,?m
rn
Essington
on
;
L;
last
night
for
flowing
an
Inquiry
nefM.
M,
Stephens
into
rath
,nq,,lr
"icvcalcd
ot
Wa"
rroil
natural
p
Gasman
....
lived
in
the
dis-
rr
many
ycars
and
liad
w
41'C
ociiintirv..
.
.
rS
LhR
war
h0
ws
em-Z
ut
two
years
as
a
"r
the
American
Re
movrH
t
r'H
XJVorol
ion:ns
ago.
Lcal
Tides
("day
Ma.-oi,
o
-
.j,
lam
,1;29
20.1
feet
13;19
21.9
feet
,1
19
5.8
feet
19
U
2.1
feet
Start
Taking
on
Monday
.0.'gln
to
take
over
the
fc
.Rupert
area
on
Mon
'gcr
here
announced
.
transfer
operation
.ad
Watson
Island
in
military
aumoriucs
in
the
under
title
of
War
Assets
announcement
was
yet
av-
the
land,
buildings
and
senior
United
States
Army
comes
word
that
within
45
personnel
will
have
been
re-
up
here
Including
the
pay-
Fifth
Ship
Now
Fired
Former
German
Milwaukee,
Now
Empire
Waveney,
Wreck
In
Liverpool
Harbor
After
Fierce
Itlaze
LIVERPOOL,
(CD-Thf
Ger-inau
rle
ship
Empire
Wave-.
fifth
vessel
to
catch
fire
in
Liverpool
harbor
In
35
hours
heeled
over
against
ihe
quayside
Saturday,,
abandoned
to
Haines
which
the
police
hinted
mUht
have
been
the
work
of
saboteurs.
The
loss
h
estimated
at
nearly
nine
million
dollars.
The
flames
at
times
were
mast
high
and
were
very
difficult
to
fijht.
The
Empire
Waveney
was
the
former
German
Milwaukee.
Other
ship
fires
in
the
port
were
on
the
Drottin-holm,
Tudor
Star,
Sandak
and
Ayr
shire
Coast.
NOTABLES
ON
AQUITANIA
MONTREAL-When
the
liner
Aqultania
docks
In
Halifax
Sunday
afternoon
she
brings
Important
United
Nations
Organization
delegates,
high-ranking
government
representatives
and
Industrialists
from
Europe
nmon
her
more
than
100
civilian
passengers,
M.
fc.
uokc,
general
pasrenger
agent,
Canadian
National
Railways,
states.
Other
passengers
on
the
Cunard
White
Star
liner
arc
1,046
Canadian
servicemen's
brides
and
their
116
children,
C2
British
service
personnel,
70
nurses,
four
medical
offlters
and
two
Royal
Netherlands
sailors.
Among
the
civilian
passengers
Prince
Eric
of
Denmark
and
hLs
daughter
Countess
Rosenberg,
Sir
George
William
Rcn-del,
K.C.M.G.,
United
Kingdom
representative
of
the
European
committee
of
UNRRA,
a
UNO
delegate,
and
Lady
Rcndcl,
Col.
Sir
Albert
Bingham
of
Sheffield
Cutlery
Ltd..
W.
H.
Smith,
freight
manager
of
Ellcrman
and
nushnall
Steamships
Co.
and
Huntingdon
Gilchrist
of
the
United
States
foreign
office.
Washington.
Five
special
trains
arc
needed
take
the
servicemen's
dependents
to
almost
every
section
of
the
Dominion.
These
trains
will
leave
Halifax
over
ON.R.
lines
on
Monday
morning.
Two
will
go
western
Canada,
two
to
'Ontario
polnts.xind
one
to
Montreal.
To
bring
the
civilians
to
Mont
real,
the
C.N.R.
will
operate
a
"boat
special."
Three
C.N.R.
"War
Bride"
specials
are
now
enroute
across
Uie
Dominion
carrying
dependents
who
arrived
in
Halifax
yesterday
the
Scythla.
There
is
one
bringing
wives
and
children
to
vestcrn
Canada,
another
to
Ontario
points
and
the
third
carrying
eastern
Canadians
to
their
new
homes.
T.
II.
Sorenson
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative,
sailed
last
night
on
the
Cardena
on
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver
at
the
conclusion
of
the
annual
meeting
of
the
organization
Friday.
T.
Norton
Youngs
is
expected'
to
return
on
the
Catala
Sunday
from
a
buslnes
strip
to
Sp
anish
Are
Massing
O
n
PICKETTING
RESUMED
Members
of
the
"Jobs
for
All"
As.H)clatlon
la.st
night
enthusiastically
supported
the
Idea
of
continued
picketing
of
the
local
C.N.R.
offices.
Picketers
who
have
become
a
familiar
sight
on
the
streets
of
Prince
Rupert
during
the
pant
few
weeks,
are
on
the
Job
again
this
afternoon
between
2
and
4
o'clock
with
their
plarards
drawing
attention
to
the
dry
dock
situation.
A
leaflet,
headed
"The
C.N.R.
guilty"
and,
charging
cynical
disregard
of
the
Interests
of
this
community,
the
company
and
the
country,
Is
featured.
President
Bill
Greenwood,
in
a
stirring
appeal
for
picketers.
declared:
TThe
grand
results
obtained
by
the
flood
of
wires
sent
to
Ottawa
about
the
Civic
Centre
show
what
can
be
achieved
when
the
whole
city
unites
to
demand
action.
Mass
picketing
and
a
deluge
of
protests
to
the
C.N.R.
and
responsible
government
officials
at
Ottawa
by
the
citizens
of
this
city
can
produce
similar
action
on
the
dry
dock
question."
The
meeting
also
held
a
lengthy
discussion
of
the
brief.
which
the
association
has
presented
to
the
Industrial
Development
Council.
In
the
brief
it
is
pointed
our
that
"Many
of
us
had
hopes
that
the.
prosperity
of
the
war
years
mighl,,continue
into
the
peace
since
pur
city
has
proven
Its
ability
to
handle
cffl-clcnily
the
numerous
tasks
it
has
been
called
upon
to
perform.
We
now
realize,
however,
that
this
prosperity
will
not
continue
unless
tremendous
pressure
Is
-exerted
by
nhVrieoplevof
this
city"
for
the
lmulementatlon
of
a
number
of
specific
plans."
Proposals
made
call
for
the
maintenance
of
the
dry
dock.
maximum
utilization
of
the
grain
elevator,
full
implementa
tion
of
the
Cameron
Report
and
development
by-fl'vtyB.C.
Power
Commission
of
the
hydroelectric
power
potentialities
of
Northern
B.C.
VANCOUVER
HAS
LOST
SUNSHINE
VAXCOUVER-Thc
sun
Is
disappearing
from
Vancouver.
There
was
an
all-time.
low
for
sunshine
between
November
1
and
February
28
with
only
146',j
hours,
according
to
E.
B
Shearman.
Dominion
meteorologist
The
40
year
average
for
this
period
had
been
220
hours.
GUDOY
FIGHT
WAS
FARCE
CHICAGO-'
The
fight
between
Arluro
Godoy.
Chilean
heavyweight
challenger,
and
Lcc
Sav-old
of
Patcrson,
New
Jersey,
at
Chicago
last
night
was
declared
"no
contest"
by
Referee
Johnny
Bchr.
The
bout
was
stopped
in
the
eighth
round
when
it
had
two
more
rounds
to
go.
The
crowd
of
nearly
8,000
booed
every
round
until
the
referee
halted
the
proceedings
because
Godoy
was
falling
to
make
a
fight
of
It.
MUSK-OX
AT
BAKER
LAKE
Winter
Military
Kxprditiou
Across
Northern
Barren
Land?
Making
Good
Headway
CHURCHILL
0
Two
weeks
after
shoving
off
on
a
3100-mile
trek-
across
Canada's
Northland,
the
first
section
of
Exercise
Musk-ox
moving
force
completed
the
first
leg
with
Friday
night's
arrival
of
four
of
eleven
snowmobiles
at
Baker
Lake.
400
miles
north
of
Churchill.
Two
other
divisions
were
following
some
hours
behind.
Despite
unfavorable
weather,
one
of
the
worst
blizzards
of
the
winter
having
been
encountered,
good
progress
was
made,
one
hundred
miles
having
been
cov
ered
In
one
of
the
days.
Suite
fins
BKTTFIt
WEATHER
REPORTS
OTTAWA
Federal
government
weather
forecasting:
services
are
being
decentralized
to
provide
more
detailed,
more
up-to-date
and
more
specific
broadcasts
for
the
Canadian
public,
it
was
announced
Saturday
by
the
Department
of
Transport.
A
district
office
at
Vancouver
will
give
detailed
forecasts
for
the
territory
west
of
the
Rockies.
RAILWAY
STRIKE
LOOMS'
NEW
YORK
John
L.
Lewis
today
filed
'
a
30-day
strike
notice
for
his
100,000
United
Mine
Workers
and
notified
bituminous
coal
operators
lie
wants
to
reopen
wage,
talks
with
them
in
Washington.
Marrh
12.
Lewis
said
the
miners
"wilt
continue
to
work
for
the
ensuing
thirty
days."
JUDGES
DISAPPEAR
BERLIN
The
Allies
are
investigating
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
three
German
judges
and
a
high
official
of
a
German
court.
ROUNDING
UP
NAZIS
LONDON
The
American
roundup
of
German
financiers
has
now
reached
36
of
the
country's
wealthy
bankers
who
arc
accused
of
getting
rich
on
the
spoils
of
Nazi
aggression.
LOST
APPLICATION
WASHINGTON
The
American
State
Department
has
invited
Russia
to
send
representatives
to
Washington
to
discuss
a
requested
SIHIon
doI-
lar
loan.
United
States
-gov-'
eminent
officials
disclosed
that
the
Soviet
application
for
the
loan
was
lost
In
the
State
Department's
files
for
six
months.
It
was
accidentally
found.
RECORD
SNOWFALL
PARIS
Sixteen
Inches
or
snow,
lias
now
fallen
in
Paris,
the
heaviest
fall
in
67
years.
Food
channels
to
the
city
have
been
tied
up.
BUFFALO
IS
FISH?
CALGARY
The
question
has
arisen
here:
Is
buffalo
meat
fish?
11
is
being
offered
for
sale
here
on
Tuesdays
and
Fridays,
meatless
days.
COMPULSORY
AUTO
INSURANCE
REGINA
The
compulsory
auto
insurance
bill
has
been
approved
by
the
Legislature.
It
provides
for
an
extra
impost
of
$5
on
motors
and
SI
on
drivers
which
goes
into
an
accident
fund
under
which
farmcis
may
derive
benefits
of
520
weekly.
SECOND
PRISON
RIOT
LONDON
There
hav
been
a
second
military
prison
riot
which,
was
quelled
after
mutineers
were
-trapped
on
the
roof.
PORT
SIMPSON
TO
BE
NATIVE
MECCA
FOR
BROTHERHOOD
ANNUAL
MEETS
Between
125
and
150
native
leaders
from
all
parts
of
British
Columbia
are
converging
this
week-end
upon
the
village
of
Port
Simpson
where
the
annual
convention
of
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
British
Columbia
will
convene
on
Monday
morning,
probably
lasting
the
better
part
of
the
week
for
the
discussion
nf
manv
matters
of
vital
inter-
'
1
est
to
the
native-
population.
Many
of
the
delegates
are
already
in
Prince
Rupert
heading
Simpson-ward.
President
William
Scow
of
Alert
Bay
and
possibly
fifty
or
sixty
other
delegates
will
be
here
on
the
steamer
Catala
tomorrow
evening
bound
north.
Among
others
attending
the
convention
wilt
be
Major
D.
M.
Mackay.
commissioner
of
Indian
Affairs
for
British
Columbia,
and
Indian
Agent
James
Glllett
of
Prince
Rupert.
Another
interesting
visitor
to
the
meeting,
who
is
now
in
Prince
Rupert,
will
be
Miss
Lynn
Brown
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia
extension'
department.
JAP
DIPLOMAT
SCHOOL
yOKYO
Premier
Shidc-hara
formally
opened
a
new
foreign
school
for
diplomats
today
with
thirty-nine
stu-dcnlj
applying
for
training.
It
hasj.npt
been
disclosed
when
Japan
will
be
allowed
tp
resume
contact
with
the
world.
U.S.
RKBUKES
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON
In
a
demonstration
of
a
stein
new
policy
toward
Russia,
the
Uniied
States
department
publicly
rebuked
the
Soviet
Union
for
:
firing
on
two
American
plaiies
which
flew
into'
the
Port
Arthur
area
In
Man-ciiuiia
and
for
removing
industrial
equipment
from
Man-cliufia.
PROTEST
TO
MOSCOW
WASHINGTON
Officials
here
foresee
another
possible
United
States
protest
to
Moscow
over
the-
Iranian
situation
Russian
troops
have
started
only
a
paitial
withdrawal
from
Iran.
EAST
INDIES
WITHDRAWAL
NEW
DELHI
Withdrawal
of
British
troops
from
the
Dutch
East
Indies
will
commence
tomorrow.
AQUITANIA
DELAYED
HALIFAX
The
liner
Aquit-ania,
bringing
war
brides
and
notable
passengers
from
Britain,
is
delayed
21
hours
by
Atlantic
storms
and
will
not
be
arriving
until
tomorrow.
orried
About
Iran
Foreign
Secretary
Kevin
Returns
to
London
from
Holida
yin
Country
LONDON
Foreign
Minister
Ernest
Bevln
returned
hurriedly
to
the
Foreign
'Office
today
from
a
week-end
in
the
country
because
of
the
situation
arishi;
through
Russia
failing
to
re
move
her
troops
from
Iran
as
had
been
agreed
upon.
The
bulk
of
the
Russian
force
still
re
mains
in
Iran
and
will
stay
there.
Moscow
says,
until
the
situation
in
the
northwestern
areas.
Including
the
province
oi
Azerbaijan,
is
cleared
up.
The
Foreign
Office,
while
making
no
statement
officially,
Is
believed
to
take
the
stand
that
Russia
by
itself
cannot
invalidate
the
treaty
by
which
the
Allied
forces
were
to
be
out
of
Iran
by
today.
The
Franco-Spanish
situation
Is
also
cammanding
the
pcrsonol
attention
of
the
Foreign
Secret-
Mrs.
W.
A.
McBroom
sailed
this
morning
on
the
Cardena
for
Victoria
where
her
father,
J,
Woodman,
has
passed
away.
WEATHFR
FORECAST
Prince
Rupert
-Cloudy
and
mild
with
frequent
rain
during
the
morning,
becoming
partly
cloudy
to
clear
afternoon
and
in
the
evening.
Moderate
southerly
winds,
becoming
fresh
northwesterly
after
noon.
Sunday:
clear,
becoming
partly
cloudy
1
In
the
late
afternoon.
Fresh
northwest
winds
decreasing
to
moderate
at
noon.
Extreme
temperatures
today
44
and
32.
George
Glllls,
one
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Dally
iNews
delivery
boys,
Is
making
a
good
recovery
in
.the
Prince
Rupert
hospital
where
he
underwent
an
operation
for
appendicitis
early
in
the.iwceb.
PREMIER
IS
RESIGNING
Situation
in
Indonesia
Not
Composed
as
Yet
British
Forces
Remaining
RATA
VIA,
tf;-J3r.
Gutan
SJa'h-
rir,
prime
minister
of
the
sclf-procallmed
Indonesian
republic.
resigned
today,
Dutch
sources
reported.
SJahrir's
move
followed
a
vote
by
the
central
com-ni'i'tee
of
the
Indonesian
na
tionalist
rnovrmeni
in
favor
of
broadening
its
cabinet,
they
said.
British
troops
are
not
being
withdrawn
from
java
as
had
been
earlier
reported.
Dr.
William
Hoven,
acting
dir
ector
of
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
Internal
administration
department,
said
tocay
that
he
has
"definite
proof"
that
recent
disturbances
in
the
Celebes.
Borneo
and
New
Guinea,
were
inspired
and
organized
by
the
Japanese.
I
B.C.
AUTO
ASS'N
BEHIND
LOCALS
Congratulations
to
President
Harry
Black
and
Executive-Assistance
Pledged
J.
Harry
Black,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Automobile
Association
of
British
Columbia,
has
received
a
telegram
from
M.
Leo
Sweeney
of
Vancouver,
president
of
the
provincial
association,
extending
congratulations
on
his
(Mr.
Black's)
election
as
president
of
the
branch
here
and
also
to
the
board
of
directors.
"We
are
100
per
cent
behind
you
la
your,
en.-deavour
to
secure
better
roads
and
a
square
deal
for
all
car
owners
in
your
community
and
those
adjacent
to
you,"
says
Mr.
.Sweeney's
wire.
AIR
BASE
IS
CLOSING
DOWN
The
signals
section
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Base
at
Seal
Cove
was
discontinued
this
week
and,
being
discharged
from
service,
the
personnel
will
leave
in
a
fewjrtays,
being
meantime
.engaged
in
clearing
up
Uie
equipment.
The
Intention
is
to
entirely
discontinue
the
local
j
base,
;
MASSETT
HOME
IS
DESTROYED
Mrs.
James
Martin
escaped
only
with
the
clothes
In
which
she
stood,
indeed
attcr
some
difficulty
had
been
experienced
lu
arousing
her,
when
her
pioneer
home
at
Massett
was
destroyed
by
fire
early
in
Sunday
morning
last,
according
to
word
received
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
It
was
a
l.rge
two-storef
house
near
Delkatla
Slough.
Mrs
Martin
occupied
the
lower
portion
and
had
the
upper
floor
rented
out.
It
was
at
2
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
fire
broke
out
from
unascertained
cause.
There
was
Insurance.
Following
the
fire,
Mrs.
Martin
has
taken
up
residence
with
her
daughter,
Mrs.
Edward
Pongs.
TELLS
OF
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
ISLE
The
island
of
Tristan
da
Cun-ha,
lying
in
the
South
Atlantic
Ocean,
midway
between
South
Africa
and
South
America,
said
to
be
the
loneliest
Inhabited
island
In
the
world,
was
the
subject
of
a
talk
by
Aid.
Hilda
lies-son,
of
Winnipeg,
president
of
the
Business
and
Professional
Women's
Clubs
of
Canada,
before
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
In
the
Boston
Cafe
Thursday.'
A
visitor
to
Tristan
da
Cunha
while
on
a
world
cruise
in
1935,
Miss
Hessori
told
of
the
lonely
life
of
Its
Inhabitants,
who
number
about
165,
and
of
the
near
inaccessablllty
of
their
island
home.
Frontier
UniteifStates,
Britain
'
And
France
Agreed
on
Franco
Denunciation
PARIS
(CP)
Francisco
Franco,
Spanish
dictator,
has
massed
200,000
troops
along
the
Franco-Spanish
border,
a
correspondent
of
the
French
newspaper
Lc
Soir
reported
today.
He
said
that
the
forces
included
regular
Army
troops
and
Moroccans.
Meanwhile
at
Washington
it
was
learned
that
Great
Britain,
France
and
the
United
States
arc
pressing
for
final
agreement
on
a
Joint
declaration
encouraging
the
Spaniards
to
overthrow
Franco.
The
State
Department
has
confirmed
that
Britain
and
France
have
approved
in
principle
the
American
proposed
declaration
reliably
reported
as
spurring
the
Spaniards
to
set
up
a
broadly
representative
interim
government.
Franco
has
charged
France
with
hostile
acts
on
the
fron
tier
and
with
trying
to
dis
credit
Spain
in
international
councils
whereas
he
asserts
Spain
has
been'a
good
neigh
bor.
The
Franco
government
de
clared
yesterday
that
the
clos
ing
of
the
Spanish
frontier
by
France
and
anti-Spanish
dem
onstrations
abroad
are
part
of
an
international
communist
plot
desiened
t6
draer
Snaln
-
"down
Tlnto
disorder
and
chibsT'
There
are
reported
to
have
been
anti-Franco
disturbances,
declared
by
the
Spanish
government
to
be
Inspired
by
French
guerrillas,
in
central
Spain.
COMMUNISTS
OBEY
ORDERS
I'lcilgc
Themselves
at
Meeting
With
General
Marshall
CHUNGKING
At
a
conference
between
Communist
leaders
in
northern
proylnces
and
thi
special
United
States
envoy
to
China,
General
George
Marshall,
the
Communists
promised
they
would
obey
all
orders
Issued
by
the
Chinese-American
committee
charged
with
enforcing
Chinese
unity.
CIVIC
CENTRE
MEETING
CALLED
THIS
AFTERNOON
Anticipating
the
arrival
here
this
afternoon
of
Brigadier
E.
C.
Plow,
officer
commanding
Military
District
11.
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
called
a
meeting
of
city
council
members
and
the
Civic
Centre
Association
to
discuss
the
turning
over
of
the
Y.M.C.A.
to
the
Civic
Centre
Association.
Brigadier
Plow's
visit
is
the
result
of
an
appeal
by
Mayor
Daggett
to
the
Minister
of
National
Defence
for
more
lnfor-
hiatlon
on
the
department's
previously
announced
plan
to
take
over
thd
Y.M.C.A.
building
for
use
by
both
the
Reserve
Army
and
the
Civic
Centre
Association.
Mayor
paggctt
was
informed
that
Brigadier
riow
left
Van
couver
by
aircraft
tills
morning
and
was
expected
to
arrive
about
3
o'clock.
The
meeting
was
called
for
3:30.
AGREEMENT
UPON
SPAIN
Britain
and
France
in
Accord
With
Antl-FrHnco
Edict
LONDON
Sources
here
say
Britain,
France
and
Uie
United
States
arc
near
agreement
on
a
Joint
declaration
against
Spain's
Franco.
At
the
same
time,
a
Madrid
dispatch
received
here
said
leaflets
calling
for
general
strikes
against
the
Franco
regime
are
being
circulated
in
Span.
Death
Sentence
v
For
Woman
Spy
.
OSLO,
Norway
For
Uie
first
time
in
Norwegian
history,,,
'
woman
received
the
death
sentence
from
a
Norwegian
court
when
25-year
old
Magsl
Anderson
wa3
sentenced
yesterday
for
espionage
and
in.-forming
for
the
Germans,c.ur-
lng
the
occupation.
ROAD
REPAIR
TO
START
"ABOUT
WEEK'S
TIME"
.
Information
that
grader
work
will
begin
on
the
Galloway
Rapids
section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
in
about
a
week
was
received
Uiis
morning,
by.
the
Prince
Rupert
Automobile
Association,
President
J.
Harry
Black
from
Jlon.
E.
T.
Kennedy,
Minister
of
Lands
and
Forests,
who
passed
on
Information
received
from
Public
Works
Minister
Herbert
Anscomb.
Text
of
the
telegram
received
by
Mr.
Black
this
afternoon
follows;
"Minister
tHon.
Mr.
Anscombf
now
advises
that
road
to
Gal-
Iloway
Rapids
has
been
open
all
VYiiikvi
uiju
111.
v
i
uupaooiiii;
a
t
any
time.
Further
states
consistent
speed
of
20
miles
an
hour
can
be
maintained.
Chuck
holes
and
washboard
will
be
graded
otjt
when
weather
permits
which
is
anticipated
about
a
week's
time."
Commenting
on
the
telegram
Mr.
Black
told
the
Dally
Jiews:
"The
telegram
hasn't
told
us
anything
we
don't
know
at
the
present
time.
I
think,
however,
that
they
ought
to
be
able
to
use
the
grader
right
away;
since
the
city
has
been
able,
to
use
its
grader
on
the
streets
all
winter."
CHURCHILLS
END
VISIT
TO
MIAMI
MIAMI
BEACH,
Florida
Winston
Churchill
has
ended
a
six-weeks
vacation
here
and
sTarjfff
for
Washington
by
train
fqllsy-ing
a
one-hour
recepUdif
It-tended
by
some
300
persons
whom
the
ChurchilLs
met
in
Florida.
PERON
STILL
HOLDS
LEAD
I
r.rj
2Z
t
Z
But
Fount
in
Argentina
Election
is
Still
Close
BUENOS
AIRES
With
about
four
per
cent
of
the
ballots
cast
in
last
Sunday's
Argentine
election,
"Strong
Man"
Peron
holds
3
.two-to-one
lead
in
the
indicated
electoral
vote.
Peron
has
slightly
more
Uian
62,000.
votes
to
nearly
57,900
for
his
Democratic
Union
opponent
for
Mic
nrcsldcncy.
Dr.
Jose
Tamborlui.
The
electoral
seating
indicates
188
for
Peron
and
72
for
Tani-
borinl.
LOGS
SHOW
LARGE
GAIN
TT.
:
j
;
Sawlog
scale
In
the
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
during
February
dropped
to
3,600,893
board
feet,
a
little
more
than
one-third
of
the
January
cut.
but
the
pole
and
piling
production
last
month
was
651,187
lineal
feet,
an
increase
of
more
than
240,00
feet
over
January.
Hockey
Scores
Faclfic
Coast
Vancouver
9,
New
Westminster