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No.
67.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
20,
1940
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
4-
X
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I'llJM'h
"
'
Field
.Marshal
Alexander
said
his
opinion
on
the
atomic
.
.t,,i!,lv
u
i
II
he
liis
last
exnression
of
nnininn
i.
i
atomic
bomb
will
replace
armies,
that
the
bomb
Is
likely
to
as.
If
not
mn
u
m.
for
a
lens
time.
He
docs
not
believe
tne
ifS
and
air
forces.
He
satel
i
..:,.
li
u-.nrfarp
as
much
...
rit
vunnnu'flpr.
ashes
At
ar
Trial
vfj
of
ISolh
Hermann
rin?
ami
Chief
Prosecutor
kson
Become
Frayed
ERNBERO
9'
Hermann
U
told
the
International
iry
'tribunal
today
that
he
ijned
numerous
anti-Jew-crce?
i
president
of
the
:nd
I
assume
full
isibility
for
them.
l
i
jwi
ill.;.
aim
v
no
n
vv.
.
T...1.
..ViIa
TTKa
,
prosecutor
showed
the
of
hours
of
cross-dxamt-
betwpen
the
two.
'
prcident
member
of
iknnni
niAttiiIifl
Tinlrcnn
't
to
compel
uoenntr
to
stop
wh
it
the
prosecutor
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ltd
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Jackson
pcrmiucu
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--
I
crowded
courtroom
in
Pal-
fa..
r
Pe'.lot
to
bluebeard."
He
-ri
it
i
n'linini'n
l
mv
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at
n
ft
it
u
the
killing
of
sixty-three
f
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collaborationists
and
that
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say
twenty-seven
of
the
MMii
iuviiuiii'u,
aim
they
were
collaborators.
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adv
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nun
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took
nlace
ves-
iy
when
Harry
arrived
home
,uoo
other
army
ncrson-
'
had
crossed
tho
ai.
on
the
He
de
Prnnpp.
"...c
nuine
seven
montna
Canadian
Army
title
Iiarrv.
tlm
hn.
c-8ht
crown
and
nnhhv
ffcn
height
chamnionshln.
7
in
1039
In
the
"ym
Highlanders
nf
Tn.
lung
With
another
hrnlhpr
was
killed
in
action.
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I
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GOVERNOR
-GENERAL
BELIEVES
LONDON'
(IT)
i-anauas
next
uovernor-oeneral
had
u:...
in
ov
about
the
atom
bomb
vesterdar.
Field
Mar.
,
.
.i,r,
hnmh
mleht
prevent
another
nialor
uar
fnr
innr
Bulletins
"ATOMIC
DICTATORSHIP"
MOSCOW
The
Moscow
newspaper
New
Times
In
an
attack
on
the
United
States
atomic
bomb
policy
has
charged
that
the
U.S.
Is
seeking
to
establish
an
"atomic
dictatorship"
throughout
the
world.
New
Times
often
reflects
the
official
Russian
vlru'
on
for.
eign
affairs.
DENY
ATTACK'
'
ATHENS
The
Greek
govern-ment
has
issued
a
denial
of
charges
that
the
(.reek
navy
has
shelled
ports
on
the
Albanian
coast.
PLAN
A
IK
RACE
VANCOUVER
An
air
race
between
London
and
Vancouver
may
be
a
feature
of
Vancouver's
jubilee
celebration
next
July.
It
is
anticipated
standard
passenger
planes
may
be
used.
HOCKEY
SERIES
EVENED
PORTLAND
The
best
6f
live
northern
sect
in
series'lh
the1
Pacific
Cast
Hockey
League
was
evened
here
last
night.
The
next
game
will
be
played
at
Vancouver
Friday
night.
iinfii'
ir.vrinv
nt.rivfi
Huiuiiirt
inc.
liquor
siiu-
''ft
atlon
i
held
a
nromiiirnt
snot
in
the
provincial
legislature
yes.
lerday
when
three
govern--ment
inembers,
Wismer,
Brown
and
Lahourdis,
urged
lifting
of
the
ralion.
F.spioN.(;r:
casls
OTr.MVA
Seven
persons
facing
charges
in
connection
with
Canada's
espionage
vestigatien
were
remanded
to-dav
In
March
2R
for
preliminary
hearings
in
police
court.
Seven
appeared
in
police
court
and
all
electrd
for
trial
by
jury,
tail
was
continued.
i:V
AKK
ACTION
WASHINGTON
Iran
has
appealed
to
the
UNO
Securily
Council
fcr
immediate
consideration
of
Hs
dipute
with
Russia.
In
a
formal
charge.
Iran
accused
Russia
of
maintaining
troop
on
Iranian
soil
in
viola-lion
of
an
international
asree-mrnt.
The
Soviet
Union
also
was
charged
;
Interfering
in
Iranian
affairs
through
the
medium
of
Russian
agents,
officials
and
armed
forces.
The
roundl
meels
next
Monday
In
New
York.
If
AMMUKG
FOOD
RIOTS
HAMBURG,
Germany
Food
riols
on
a
small
scale
were
reported
to
have
broken
out
In
Hamburg
this
morning.
Housewives
were
reported
to
have
demonstrated
and
raided
shops
in
the
city.
NO
RATIONING
IN
U.S.
WASHINGTON
A
government
spokesman
said
today
that
there
is
little
hope
that
rood
rationing
will
be
reintroduced
In
the
United
States
to
help
relieve
the
world
food
shortage.
He
said
that
it
would
be
Impossible
to
organize
a
ration
administration
before
the
food
crisis
becomes
relieved
next
summer.
I
HUGE
GOLD
FISH
VANCOUVER
A
goldfish
20
Inches
long
and
a
foot
thick
has
been
discovered
in
a
fish
pond
on
a
Marine
Drive
estate.
Zoologists
say
they
have
never
before
beard
of
one
so
large.
Local
Tides
Tliursday,
March
.21,
1940
Hit-h
3:21
20.6
feet
Low
15:48
9:40
21:44
18.8
feet
4.7
feet
6.1
feet
ft
jrdish
Tribesmen
Attacking
Iran
-
Poisoned
Women
J
Are
Recovering
I
VANCOUVER
0
--Doctors
saia,
last
night
In
Vancouver
tha
twenty-five
women;
stricken
with'
food
poisoning
are
not
in
danger
Tlie
victims
were
attending
a
convention
of
the
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Canadian
Legion'"
British
Columbia
Command
They
expressed
the
belief
a
lun
i
chcon
at
a
downtown
Vancouver
cafe
may
have
caused
the
poisoning.
The
victims
collapsed
in
all
paits
of
the
convention
hall.
Food
Inspectors
arc
investigating.
AVIATION
TRAGEDIES
Two
Major
Crashes
in
California
Reported
TRUv-KEE.
Cai.
Traced
marred
aviation
circles
in
ihe
United
States
last
night.
An
'
Army
C-47
plane
crashed
yo-lerday
In
the
snow-clad
moun-
I
tain
eountrv
if
Lake
Tahno
in
California.
Twenty-six
service
personnel
were
aboard
and
20
bodies
have
been
recovered
so
far.
In
the
meantime,
a
private
,
pilot
has
reported
sighting
Kime
1
plane
wreckage
In
the
hills
above
I
Llvcrmore.
California,
and
it
is
1
thought
this
might
be
a
B-29
,
bomber
which
has
'been
missing
i
on
a
flight
frcm
Honolulu
with
1
sevrri
persons
aboard.
The
B-29
'
was
traced
list
by
radio
com-
;
municatlon
as
possibly
being
i
over
the
Sacramento
Valley.
RECOVER
TWO
ICt
MlSHAr
l
J
KINGSTON,
Out..
,
-Bodies
of
two
of
the
four
Wolfe
Island
men
drowned
Wncn
a
heavily
loaded
ice
skiff
overturned
just
off
the
island
Monday
have
been
recoverpd
and
dragsing
operations
continued
today
for
the
others.
The
four
other
men
res-
cued
by
shore
workmen
.were
in
good
condition
today.
The
bodies
recovered
wer?
those
of
George
Alaric,
19,
and
Clarence
A'dalie.
26.
Still
missing
arc
the
bodies
cf
Gerald
Alarie,
28,
brother
of
George,
and
Howard
Cummins,
23.
ONTARIO
DEFICIT
Budget
Brought
Down
This
Afternoon
in
Ontario
Legislature
TORONTO
0i
A
deficit
ot
$21,C65,C94
in
the
fiscal
year
ending
March
31,
1947,
was
forecast
today
by
Provincial
Treasurer
Frost
In
the
budget
suo-mitted
to'
the
Ontario
Legislature
this
afternoon.
Mr.
Frost
estimated
expenditures
at
$149,430,605.
Provision
for
increased
capital
spending
by"
almost
every
major
government
department
was
accompanied
by
projected
capital
expenditure
of
more
than
double
that
of
the
current
fiscal
year
ending
March
31.
SOVIET
TELLS
KOREAN
AIMS
Wants
"True
Democracy"
There
Which
Would
lie
Friendly
to
Russia
SEOUL.
0'
The
Soviet
Union
bluntly
stated
Its
alms
in
Korea
at
the
opening
of
the
joint
American
-
Russian
commission
today
and
charged
that
"there
I?
furious
resistance"
to
Korean
democracy"
by
reactionary
and
antl-dcmocratlc
groups."
The
Russian
occupation
com
mander
in
northern
Korea
said
"the
Soviet
Union
has
a
keen
Interest
in
Korea
being
truly
democratic
and
Independent
country,
friendly
to
the
Soviet
Union,
so
that,
in
future.
It
will
not
become
a
base
for
attack
on
the
Soviet
Union."
RUSS-CANADIAN
HARMONY
AT
WASHINGTON
RECEPTION
-the
Soviet
charge
d
affairs.
Nikolai
V.
Novikov,
and
Mme.
Novikov
(left),
who
were
hosts
at
a
gala
reception
at
the
Soviet
embassy,
Washington,
in
observance
of
the
28th
anniversary
of,
the
Red
army
and
navy,
chat
amiably
with
Brigadier
Elliot
Rodgers,
of
the
Canadian
joint
staff.
Judging
by
the
smiles,
Russian-Canadian
harmony
seems
to
be
intact.
Square
DeaLFor
Prince
'
Rupert
Urged
jby
Member
Urges
Repair
of
War
Damage
in
This
"First
Line
of
Defence"
City
Charges
-
VICTORIA
(CP)
-At
Legislature,
W.
H.
Urctt,
pleaded
for
a
square
deal
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
matter
of
recompense
for
torn-up
streets.
,He
said
that
"Prince
Rupert
was'pn
the
first
line
of
defence
in
the
Pacific
and
during
tho
war
years
traffic
was
79,000
Pounds
Flatfish
Landed
In
spite
of
rough
weather
in
Hecate
Straits
and
adjolnin
J
waters,
six
beam
trawlers
brought
79,000
pounds
of
flatfish
to
Prince
Rupert
during
the
lait
week.
In
addition
they
landed
small
amounts
of
grey
cod
and
ling
cod.
The
boats
aro
the
Zenardi,
Thclma
S
Qulnlmass.
Chamiss,
Seiner
and
Western
Fisher.
ASKS
FOR
RATIONING
UNKItA
Director
Says
Drastii
Action
Needed
to
Meet
Food
Shortage
ATLANTIC
CITY
UN
KM
A'
director
Gen.
Herbert
Lehman
has
asked
the
47
governments
rcnccscntcd
dn
the
relief
organ-
!
Izatlon
to
impose
resolute,
war-
i
time
food
controls.
He
told
tire
UNRRA
council
meeting
at
Atlantic
City
that
such
controls
vhould
includi
the
rationing
of
commodities
of
which
there
i
a
short
supply
in
order
to
meet
the
'world's
peacetime
needs.
In
opening
the
debate
on
the
problems
UNRRA
faces
In
th;
comlni
months,
Lehman
Insisted
that
voluntary
measures
are
not
enough,
no
matter
how
energetically
they
arc
pursued.
T
h
e
recommendation
for
rationing
was
one
of
seven
which
Lehman
presented.
Says
Russia
Cannot
Wage
A
Lengthy
War
Now
WASHINGTON,
(CP)
Rus-ia's
ability
to
wage
a
successful
major
war
now
was
questioned
today
by
a
United
Stales
military
observer
who
said
that
food
shortages
are
major
obstacles
to
further
Red
Army
campaigns.
the.
night
session
of
the
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert,
i
beyond
anything
ever
dreamed
.
r
t
r4
a
1
IJ.J
J
U
oi.
eurci.
uuut-u
nau
ut;i-
torn
up,
sewers
smashed
and
trr-
mendous
damage
done.
"A
full
million
dollars
damage
was
done,"
he
said.
The
province
holds
considerable
property
in
Prince
Rupert
and
"it
seems
only
fair
to
suggest
that
this
property
should
make
some
contribution
by
taxes
to
the
city's
coffers,"
Mr.
Brecl
said.
The
Prince
Rupert
member
termed
the
province's
contention
that
the
Rupert-Terrace
highway
was
a
federal
responsibility,
was
one
of
evading
responsibility.
He
urged
the
establishment
of
a
coastguard
service
and
advocated
n
municipal
insurance
scheme
under
provincial
jurisdiction.
Three
Months
On
Drunk
Charge
Napoleon
Geraunt
waa
sentenced
to
three
months
In
Jail
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
city
police
court
this
morning
i
when
he
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
drunkeness.
It
was
a
third
offence.
Louis
Blysak
and
Jack
Mulligan
each
were
fined
$25
with
an
option
of
seven
days
in
jail
when
they
pleaded
guilty
to
charges
of
intoxication.
DONCASTER,
Eng..
0
-Every
year
Britain
pours
Into
the
skies
sufflcicnt'unburned
coal,
In
the
form
of
smoke,
to
supply
every
home
in
London
for
six
months.
Arnold
Marsh,
general
secretary
of
the
National
Smoke
Abatement
Society,
said
In
an
address.
V
Col.
Conrad
U-ui7.;i,
Yclircd,
long-time
commentator
for
a
semi-official
field
Journal,
reported
in
a
survey
of
current
conditions
in
Eurcpe
and
the
Middle
East
that
the
Soviet
Union
"faces
critical
shortage"
In
labor
and
military
supplies
as
well
as
food.
MORE
HOPEFUL
ABOUT
FOOD
.Minister
of
Agriculture
Gardiner
Not
as
Pessimistic
as
.Some
OTTAWA-rA
more
optimistic
Ftatemcnt
on
d
than
usual
-j-.
.
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
conditions
are
really
milch
brighter
than
pictured
by
propaganda'
from
the
field
of
action.
Mr.
Gardiner,
who
has
recently
returned
from
a
trip
to
Eur-
ope.
says
he
had
travelled
through
France,
Belgium,
Den-
fc
Holland
and
Germany.
He
was
ic
assured
rj
.,f
that
no
one
i,oc
has
actually
died
of
starvation
since
the
end
of
hostilities
last
May
3.
SEINER
LOST
IN
LAREDO
SOUND
The
J.
H.
Tocid
and
Co.
seiner
Howe
Sound
III
has
been
rc-portedjost
while
seining
for
herring
for
live
bait
In
Laredo
Sound.
Tlie
crew
is
said
to
be
safe.
The
Howr
Sound
III
was
seining
for
live
ban
lor
the
J.
II.
Todd
hemn;;
pound
at
Namu.
SITUATION
IN
PERSIA
IS
MORE
COMPLICATED
Fighting
Going
On
Around
Border
of
Iraq
Strangers
With
Turk
Dialect
Seen
TEHRAN
(CP)
An
Iranian
general
staff
officer
1
said
today
that
three
Iranian
garrisons
near
the
Iraq
border
were
fighting
off
attacking
Kurdish
tribesmen
and
aerial
support
has
been
dispatched
to
pre-v
mt
them
from
being
cut
off
from
their
divisional
indquarters.
B.C.
GETS
POOR
DEAL
-
VICTORIA,
Ui
Opposition
Leader
Harold
Winch,
speaking
n
.he
budget
debate
In
the
egjslature,
said
that,
under
any
lederal
government
proposal
n.idc
to
date
at
Dpminlon-prov-nrial
conferences,
this
province
vould
cither
have
to
accept
a
cut
ii
'.he
provincial
revenue
or
go
hrmsh
tho
unpleasant
process
if
boosting
other
taxes.
Under
the
Dominion
plan
proposed
at
the
last
conference,
Mr.
Winch
said,
British
Columbia
would
be
entitled
to
$18,000,000
which
would
be
less
than
that
which
would
be
collected
if
the
province
had
Its
own
taxes.
"Brltlrh
Columbia
cannot
he
asked
to
accept
a
lower
return
from
Ottawa
because
It
auto
matically
means
a
lower
standi
ard
of
.government
service
than,
people
enjoy
If
they
Imposed
their
owij
approved
taxation,;''
he
continued.
Mr.
Winch
said
there
Is
no
parallel
to
the
case
for
this
province.
In
all
other
eight
provinces
the
Dominion
proposals
would
i.
t
ui
u
ul.i.
they
ever
Jcriveil
rpm
their
own
taxes,
he
said,
.,
,
,
Mr.
Which
spoke
fpr
more
.than'
two.
and.a.half,
Jiqurs,
cqvering
a
wide
rqng.pf.
liem.s
ah'4.crl,ticlZT
irw
the
government
for
falling
to
undertake
a
housing
scheme.
Tlie
Oppos'itfoh
leader
compared
grants
mentioned
in
the.
Hart
budget'
with
'those
of
the
.Saskatchewan
Socialist
government
which
he
said
were
much
higher
and
of
great
benefit
to
the
people.
TO
RETURN
PRISONERS
LETHI1HIDGE
The
largest
shipment
ot
German
prisoners
of
war
out
of
Canada
yet
to
be
undertaken
will
commence
at
Lcthbridgc
and
Medicine
Hat
shortly.
The
first
of
20
trains
will
leave
here
'tomorrow
with
the
vanguard
of
the
prisoneis
who
will
be
returned
to
England
to
work
on
labor
pro-
MOUNTBATTEN
VISITS
SIAMESE
ROYALTY
Admiral
Louis
Mountbattcn,
Allied
supreme
commander
In
Southeast
Asia,
leans
over
to
chat
with
Ananda
MahidoL
the
20
-year-old
king
of
Siam.
who
has
just
returned
to
his
native
country
from
.a
school
in
Switzerland.
They
arc
pictured
at
a
gala
garden
party
at
which
the
king's
subjects
celebrated
the
signing
of
peace
with
the
Allies.
The
officer
told
reporters
that
garrisons
of
Sarda-sht
and.Baneli
in
Kurdistan
arid
Saqqlz
on
the
Azerbaijan
-
Kurdestan
border
"have
been
under
attack
Jora
week
but
are
holding
out;'
lie
said
that
tribesmen
from
botn
Iraq
and
Iran
were
involved,
in
the
action
and
his
agents
had
reported
"strangers
wh6'
spe"ak
a
Turk
dialect
similar
to
that
heard
,
in
northern
Azerbaijan"
were
observed
among.
the
tribesmen.
He
estimated
that
the
attackers
numbered
three
thousand.
Meanwhile
It
was
reported
at
Washington
that
Iran's
formal
chargf
that
Russian
troops
have
overstayed
their
term
and
Soviet
agents
were
adding
to
Iranian
worries
appeared
certain
to
gain
attention
of
the
United
Nation's
Organizations
security
council.
TALKS
ON
SPY.
CASE
Minister
of
Justice
St.
Laurent
Hcartior
First,
Time
OTTAWA
Canada's
Minister
of
Justice
"has
made
his
first
comment
on
the
espionage
probe.
He
told
the
House
ot
Commons
thought
unUl
recently
that
any
spycrnment
in
Canada
would
have
to
track
down
spies
In
Its
own
service.
If
Is
hoped
that
it
will
never
fall
on
any
government
to
do
fo
again.
I
hope
that
If
It
does
there
will
not
be
In
office
a
government
that
will
shirk
'its
rer
ponslbiUtles."
;
For
the
first
time
me
minister
linked
with
the
spy
probe
the
name
of
the
BrlUsh
scientist
Dr.
A.
Nunn
May,
who
is
now
under
detention
In
Britain.
Cardena
Sails
South
in
Ballast
Union
Steamship's
vessel
Car-
dena
sailed
for
Vancouver
In
j
ballast
at
3:45
Tuesday
after-i
noon
to
obtain
repairs
tojicr
bottom
which
was
tlaauised
when
she
went
aground
pM$$-sctt
Inlcc
late
Saturday
after-
noon.
A
survey
made
at
Port
j
Clements
by
Diver
Rayner
Mont-j
gomcry
and
later
by
Harbor
j
Master
J.
R.
Elfert
here
indicated
that
damage
was
Jlmitcd
to
strained
plates
amidships.
NATIVE
ELECTS
TRIAL
BY
JURX..
Rufus
White,
a
native,
appeared
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
Uiis
morning
on
a
charse
of
breaking
and
enter
ing
with
theft
and
elected
jury
trial.
He
is
alleged
to
have
entered
the
premises
of
Ward
Electric
earlier
this
month.
TODAY'
WEATHER
,
General
Summary
t
Cloudy
skies
over
northern
'
B.C.
in
advance
of
a
weather
system
off
shore
arc
expected
to
I
persist
tomorrow.
Generally
cleat
I
skies
over
southern
B.C.
arq
ex-I
pected
to
give
way
to
cloudy
skies
tomorrow
with
rain
on
the
south
coast.
Temperatures,
will
continue
mild
today
and
Thursday.
Th'iirpr!tl
Cloudy
with
rain
showers.
Maximum
temperature
today
33,
minimum
33.
Thursday:
overcast
with
rain.
Winds,
southeast
25
m.p.h.
'
"""
LOW
INCOMES
It
Is
estimated
that
before
th
war,
one-third
or.
trio
U.S.
families
had
Incomes
under
$1,000
a
year.