y
terday
m
hta
speech
X
.and
and
France
will
get
'
;v
-nry
hate
asked
for."
(W.ared
that
th'e
history
iL'-
i
1
htti
hm
nn
nf
mat.
WKX
:
.jcfch
VMtrdav.
From
the
l.v
'
'hreatcned
violence
unon
OTTAWA,
Jan.
31:
(CP)-Ordcrs
ng
$15,596,493
have
been
'1
during
the
past
week
by
war
purchasing
board.
It
Is
n:unccd.
of
thl
tl3.2DO.ooo
he-
f
r
the
bulldlntr
nf
anti-sub-
of
Canada
will
share
ln
or-
fuinu
are
uennei
wnuc.
o
minister
Ut
conomics
Will
k
Named
Now
5NDON,
Jan.
31:
(CP)-Prlme
F-.tcr
Neville
Chamberlain
states
r
the
creation
of
a
new
min
P
of
economics
Is
not
contcm
""a
at
the
nrescnt
limp.
The
prnment
considers
that
ccon-
nC
ITIntl.rt
OH
kolni.
h.xJUJ
"
Hit
tVtllg
tlllltUltU
undnr
sir
Jnhn
p
of
the
Exchequer.
tiles
After
tang
Illness
MONTREAL.
Jan
31:
CP
Sir
Herbert
Meredith
Marler.
former
Canadian
minister
to
the
United
h'T
...rt
hrrr
it.
r.f-irf
Stale
and
Japan,
died
today
(li
Orr'
Britain
and
France,
it
a;
that
TVr
Fuhrir
has
Vancouver
5
V
(.::
un
hnrv
nf
hroaVine
Uves
When
Craft
Itlr
a:.jnce
IRDERS
ARE
GIVEN
OUT,:
N
Took
Larte
Portion
Of
Con-
tracts
For
Anti-Sub
Craft
.
Had
Close
Call
From
Speed
Boat
in
J
Mr
Chamberlain
with
his
-
f
without
reaching
an
Reactions
10NDON
Jan
31:
(CPtDritUh
m
T
h
obserTera
saw
"noth
c
iu
Chancellor
Hitler!
a
;id
characteristically
em-
three
years
of
age.
Brothers
Nearly
Lost
Outside
Harbor
Took
Fire
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
31:
(CP)
Capt
Fred
H.
Clark
and
his
bro-
ther.
Herman
Clark,
had
a
narrow
escape
yesterday
when
a
new'
peed
boat
which
they
were
trying
out
caught
fire
Just
outside
First.
Narrows.
The
ywere
rescued
by
a
i
passing
boat
Widow
Of
Athenia
Victim
Passes
In
City
Of
Hamilton
lr:.;.-
craft
of
the
whale
catcher
i
Hon
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
HAMILTON
Jan
-
Port
announces.
.Mrs.
Agnes
Allen
who
hurtand.
:ontracU
went
to
Montreal.
Hcv.
William
Alien
rcl
and
Quebec
vards.
Otherlthe
sinking
oi
n
'
'
.
m
il.
j
rmr
VHier
tiding
vards
ln
other
sec-ir
ine
wul-
."":.
,.i
-
.
...
a
ii
.
u
t.
w
lronmiirni
Iday.
o
be,
placed
shortly.
Mr.,
n.
6w?
said
Vancouver
concerns
to
receive
i
Mrarts
from
the
federal
Bov-I-qs
Aiirea
auch
"
Retired
',000.
and
Pacific
Engineers..
Lnm
fiefnniC
2.000.
1
IU1U
VUOiwinu
Christian
Tervo
of
Victoria
Formerly,
:
,
Located
In
Norm
.Tnnri
inn
30:
(CP
ChrlS-
of
cus
oms
and
tlan
Tervo.
surveyor
excise
at
Victoria,
has
retired
He
formerly
lived
at
Tciegrapn
Stlklne
and
Atlln.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEG.
Jan
iirv.t
futiirAs
were
(Monday.
May
closing
3l:
(CP
-
a.c
t
c
NO'
S17TTLK5I
ENT
BEACHED
TOKYO
It
was
announced
last
nljht
that
the
Japanese-Russian
commission
seeking
to
mark
permanently
the
battle-scarred
boundary
between
Manrhoukuo
and
Outer
Mongolia
had
disband-
agree
ment.
There
have
been
many
dashes
in
this
area
between
Russians
and
Japanese
and,
without
failure
to
reach
a
settlement,
it
is
to
be
supposed
they
will
be
resumed
in
the
spring.
18.000
POLES
SLAIN
PARIS
The
Polish
government
In
exile
announces
that
Germans
have
put
to
death
18,000
Poles
of
all
classes
since
the
Nasi
occupation
of
Poland.
FLEW
NE-Ii
DENMARK
COPENHAGEN
A
German
plane
flew
within
three
miles
of
Copenhagen
today
and
was
fired
upon
by
Danish
anti-aircraft
guns,
making
off
towards
Sweden.
It
was
a
fine
clear
day
and
there
could
be
no
mistaking
locality.
CASUALTIES
SO
FAR
LONDON
So
far
In
the
lighting
of
this
war
only
five
men
of
the
British
Army
have
been
killed.
Casualties
of
the
other
services
navy
and
air
force
have
been
much
heavier,
making
a
total
of
750
including
one
nurse.
I
A.
J.
MacDonald,
president
of
the
jUurrard
Shipbuilding
Co.
and
well
known
Vancouver
contractor,
was
a
business
visitor
ln
the
city
for
a
couple
of
days
last
week.
Land
Planes
For
Finland
nERGEN,
Norway,
Jan,
31:
(CP)
Two
hundred
Amerl-
can-made
airplanes
for
the
Finnish
air
force
were
landed
here
from
United
States
steamships
yesterday
and
started
Immediately
by
rail
for
Finland.
Considerable
Activity
1
In
This
Area
Of
Front
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
SANK
OFF
ORKNEYS
Sisteen
Members
of
Crew
ut
tlsh
Ship
'
GlrahH
Uk
Thtir
Lives
boat
capsized.
'Artillery
Busy
Jn
Saar
River
With
Guns
Western
PARIS.
Jan.
31:
CP-
There
was
marked
artillery
activity
north
of
the
Saar
River
on
the
western
Japan
front
yesterday.
Oerman
pressure
was
renewed
against
Allied
lines
west
of
the
Saar
River.
The
Germans
attempted
two
raids,
both
being
repulsed.
Great
Britain
Is
Hard
Hit
By
Continued
Cold
paralyzed.
Chopped
Body
Out
Of
Ice
Remains
of
Alfred
Burlen
Re
covered
From
Yukon
River
DAWSON,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
The
Body
of
Alfred
Burlen,
who
lost
his
life
when
a
wood-laden
tractor
went
through
the
Ice
on
River
near
Mayo,
was
chopped
lTVf1
Hilt
out
of
the
ice
yesterday.
Burlen
came
from
New
Westminster.
The
body
of
W.
G.
Scott,
who
was
killed
ln
an
accident
at
the
Surf
Inlet
mine,
Is
expected
to
(arrive
here
tonight.
The
fatality
'.occurred
a
few
daysgo
and
de-
I
tails
are
lacking.
Weather
for;si
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prlnce
Rupert
Fresh
4,
we
nnrth
to
northeast
Wli
.
High
7:17
ajn.
19.4
ft.
cloudy
and
colder
with
A
20:28
pjn.
16.1
ft.
Low
.
0:40
ajn.
7.7
ft.
13:54
pjn.
62
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIX
.
No.
26.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
ROT
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
31
3107
PEICE:
i
CENTS
hamberlain
Tells
Of
War
Effort
:EICH
IS
i
INSULTED
.
.
n.l
If
r
I
i
nil
loin
'c
nii"ci
man
Ever
Under
German
Hule
t
BERLIN,
Jan.
31:
CP
In
form
-
-curces
say
that
Diego
von
Ber-
German
ambassador
to
the
:
Bee
has
called
attention
of
the
is
Secretary
of
Btate
to
"preju-
kl
broadcasts
insulting
to
me
(
h
on
Polish
conditions
lnclud-1
pciiccutlon
of
Polish
Catholic
?
Nazi
governor
of
Poland
U
re-cd
to
say
that
the
people
of
2
T
1
arc
napycr
uiiucr
uniniii
,hsr.
they
were
under
Polish
'
l
va.'
an
radio
last
week
broad-
it
a
"tints
critical
of
Oerman
ir.C!;1
of
the
population
of
ron-xi
Polish
areas,
these
accounts
lr,j
'crroooratea
oy
tne
roiun
;
Iba:
-y
a'
the
Vatican.
(Vatican
Lr
-
.
-Ufl
that
the
Oerman
pro-1
unavailing
i
OOK
FOR
VIOLENCE
Suln
And
France
To
Get
What
thtj
Akrd
For.
Says
Hitler
lond.n
snd
Farli
See
"Noth
DOS.
It
t
id;:'
t
ing
New
'an
31:
CP)
-A
new
lence
In
the
war
is
Naiu
on
th
streneth
FINNISH
SHARPSHOOTERS
INFLICT
HEAVY
TOLL
ON
RED
INVADERS
Ht'tiKl
sa.
V
'J?ir.'-
.1
PASSING
OF
MR.
MARLER
Former
Canadian
Minister
Minis-
.
T
!
J
-
I
it
.
.
I
.
AHrJfllltfor!
de-
,rr
ln
unucu
Jaic
ana
japan
War
News
Wearing
the
now-familiar
white
hood
and
H-oud-llke
garment
over
his
uniform
to
make
him
a
more
difficult
target
against
the
snow,
this
Finnish
sharpshooter
U
anait-Infc
a
favorable
opportunity
to
put
in
a
telling
shot.
.
He
Is
at
his
post
in
front
of
the
Man-nerhelm
Line
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus.
Finnish
riflemen
like
this
man.
have
taken
a
terrible
toll
of
charging
Russians
in
the
main
attacks
that
have
broken
against
the
itjmncr-heun
lortilicatlons.
PULP
MILL
,
STILL
LIVE1
Buckley
and
Besner
Here
Today
Looking
for
Site
Possibility
of
Anyox
Suggested
"The
pulp
mill
project
Is
Just
a
alive
as
ever."
said
F.
L.
Buckley
today
on
arriving
from
Vancouver
with
Olier
Besner.
"Both
the
sites
we
had
at
Prince
Rupert,
have
been
taken
away
from
us.
git
is
looking
for
another
that
has
brought
us
here."
Mr.
Buckley
stated
that
a
site
had
been
offered
at
Anyox
where
there
is
a
power
plant
and
other
.equipment
and
buildings
that
could
be
put
to
use.
M-.
Buckley
and
Mr.
Besner
will
be
here
for
the
next
few
days.
IN
SOVIET
Privation
COPENHAGEN.
Jan.
31:
CP
Russian
prisoners
taken
by
the
RETURN
IS
ESSENTIAL
Back,
Must
Get
German
Ambassador
Told
ing
Again
Today
Sailors
Meet-
I
.civilian
uprljUes'in
the,
Soviet
Jtis,
public.
These
asp
being
crushed
bloodily
by
the
Red
authorities.
Arm
offlce"
and
other
wn0
oi)pose
LONDON.
Jan.
31:
CP-SMeen
the
eovernment
summarily
put
members
of
the
crew
of
the
Brl-
are
death.
this,
there
is
much
to
Despit
tlsh
ship
Olralda.
2178
tons,
which
witin
the
owStal-nlght.
sank
off
the
Orkney
Islands
last
Prote8t
n's
campaign
against
Finland.
were
drowned
when
a
life-
Yviaespreaa
nunger
ana
privation
not
only
In
Moscow
and
Leningrad
but
many
other
cities
and
towns
of
the
Soviet
Republic
are
resulting
in
ever-Increasing
manifestations
of
discontent,
reckless
of
what
the
consequence
may
be.
TOKYO.
Jan.
31:
(CP
The
Japanese
Foreign
Office
announces
that
Foreign
Minister
Ar-!
,lta
told
British
Ambassador
Sir
Robert
Cralgie
that
return
to
Jap-Ian
of
twenty-one
Germans
seized
by
the
British
Navy
from
the
liner.
Asama
Maru
was
"essential."
The.
two
met
again
today.
Meantime
from
San
Francisco,
it
was
reported
today
that
mem-i
'bers
of
the
crew
of
the
scuttled
LONDON.
Jan.
31:
(CPi-r-Short-
German
passenger
liner
Columbus
age
of
fuel
and
food
supplies
faced;
may
endeavour
to
cross
the
Pact-many
parts
of
Great
Britain
today
Octan
on
their
way
home
to
as
the
most
severe
cold
wave
ln
Germany
aboard
Japanese
fishing
fifty
years
continued.
Transporta-
ioats
from
San
Francisco,
Seattle.
Hon
to
a
large
extent
Is
still
s
Portland
and
other
ports
In
spite
of
the
threat
of
British
battleships
i
lying
in
wait
to
capture
them.
The
two
weeks'
limit
by
which
they
must
leave
United
States
or
submit
to
Internment
expires
to-i
morrow.
A
Japanese
steamer,
with
38
Germans
on
board,
is
now
at
Honolulu
from
San
Fianclsco
en-route
to
the
Orient.
Japanese
authorities
do
not
admit
that
the
action
In
resuming
the
blockade
of
the
International
settlement
at
Tientsin
is
ln
retaliation
for
the
Asama
Maru
Irt-
Jcldent
but
but
say
say
that
that
It
it
is
Is
due
due
to
to
ac
Today's
Exchange
Unlted
States
funds
Buying.
Prodigious
Results
Are
Being
Obtained
Commons
Informed
More
Than
1,250,000
Men
Lnder
Arms
Convoy
System
Having
Fine
Success
Aircraft
Construction
;
'
.Multiplied
Seven
Times
.
LONDON,
January
31:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
announced
in
a
speech
in
Parliament
today
that
a
German
U-boat
was
sunk
yesterday
when
it
attempted
to
attack
a
British
convoy.
It
was
the
first
submarine
attack
on
a
convoy
for
some
time.
Mr.
Chamberlain
said
that
the
war
effort
had
alreadv
achieved
"nro-
uigious
results
wain
upwards
oil
one
and
a
quarter
million
men
under
arms"
and
the
navy
protecUng
convoys"
with
such
success
that
they
were
being
increasingly
used
by
neutrals."
Aircraft
construction
was
seven
times
that
of
1935-36.
Mr.
Chamberlain
announced
that
the
Admiralty,
as
a
measure
of
coordination
of
efforts,
would
tomor-
row
become
responsible
for
all
Bri-
...
.
.
,
.
tlsh
merchant
shipbuilding
6
and
re-
Discontent
Over
Finnish
Campaign
.
Palrs-
i..,.
k
ii..
Figures
Issued
yesterday
showed
that
260
allied
and
neutral
ships
IN
PLANE
CRASH
CARCROSS
Pilot
Brook
Walter
and
four
passengers
escaped
with
a
shaking
up
but
the
plane
was
demolished
in
a
landing
here
yesterday
from
Skagway.
The
passengers
were
Constable
and
Sirs.
C
II.
Bennett
and
Mrs.
John
Garrett
of
Atlin
and
an
unidentified
man.
(Mrs.
Garrett
had
been
visiting
in
Prince
Rupert
with
her
son
and
daughter-in-law,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jack
Garrett
and
left
here
Sunday
morning
aboard
the
Princess
No
rah
aboard
which
Constable
and
Mrs.
Bennett
were
passengers
after
a
trip
to
K.
J.
HAUGHTON
DIES
VICTORIA
Edward
J.
Haugh-ton,
formerly
superintendent
of
Dominion
Government
Radiotelegraph
Service
until
his
retirement
a
year
ago,
died
here
yesterday
after
a
lengthy
illness.
He
was
a
pioneer
of
the
Radiotelegraph
Service,
having
come
from
the
Dominion
Government
Telegraphs
to
be
first
operator
oh
the
coast
la
1907.
(Mr.
Haughton
was
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert
through
frequent
visits
of
inspection
here.)
ROGERS
DENIES
OTTAWA
Defence
Minister
Rogers
in
a
statement
today
des
cribed
as
"totally
untrue"
the
charge
of
Dr.
Manion
that
many
of
those
who
enlisted
in
the
Canadian
active
service
force
became
ill
due
to
lark
of
proper
clothing
and
blankets.
Plans
To
Form
Union
Cabinet
iraciorjddent
ac-
tr
p
h
j
it
Stewart
;tivltles
of
Chinese
anti-Japanese
It
Called
UDOn
I
HlAmAi.
I
tUa
Annnaeelna
I
a
a
&
.
1
.
1,1
1
1
rt
fn
talra
In
nn
f
a
t
lvf
nf
...
"
i
had
been
sunk
In
the
war
at
sea
so
Further
heavy
attacks
by
the
Rus-far
as
compared
with
1028
ln
a
cor-
slans
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
were
responding
period
In
1917.
The
ton-
thrown
back
by
the
Finnish
defend-
nage
ln
the
1917
period
was
doubled
ers
today.
On
this
and
other
fronts,
Finn
tell
of
widespread
militia
and
that
of
tQ
far
ta
thU
wa
Bulletins
HURL
BACK
RUSSIANS
Finns
Still
Holding
Their
Own
Heavy
Toll
is
Taken
By
Air
Fighting
HELSING
FORS,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
the
Russians
are
bringing
up
rein-
forcements.
A
Finnish
communique
today
reported
renewed
Russian
assaults
at
several
points
northeast
of
Lake
Ladoga
with
destruction
of
nine
Russian
tanks.
Five
Russian
planes
are
reported
to
have,
been
brought
down
since
yesterday.
Unofficial
reports
asserted
the
Finns
had
recaptured
Pltkaranta,
important
city
north
of
Lake
Ladoga,
twenty
miles
from
the
Soviet
frontier.
Finnish
sources
claimed
today
that
three
hundred
Soviet
planes
had
been
shot
down
since
the
war
began
with
800
fliers
killed.
Four
hundred
Finnish
civilians
have
been
killed
by
Russian
air
bombing
and
nine
hundred
wounded.
NOT
WELL
!
EQUIPPED
;Dr.
Manion
Renews
Charges
Re-'
garding
Clothing
of
First
Can-I
adian
Division
'
OTTAWA.
Jan.
31:
(CP)
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manion,
Conservative
leader,
yesterday
reiterated
charges
that
Canadian
troops
lacked
proper
clothing
when
they
left
Canada
.recently
for
England
and,
consequently,
became
111
This
was
particularly
so
of
British
Columbia
men.
Dr.
Manion
declined
to
disclose
the
officers
from
whom
he
had
received
his
information.
The
charges
were
denied
by
Hon.
Norman
Rogers,
the
minister
of
national
defence.
BAR
GOLD
LONDON,
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
tqday
at
$35.54
per
fine
ounce.
City
Commissioner
ahct
Mrs.
W.
J.
Alder
will
sail
Thursday
night
.
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leader
Manion
anounced
today
that
sume
residence
following
Mr.
Al-
It
he
is
called
upon
to
form
theder's
retirement.
He
held
his
final
next
Dominion
government
he
In-
1
Wetlng
as
a
city
Council
this
af-
spot,
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percent
premium,
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tn
pVan
Uri
UP
varimn
various
tnat-
mat-
spot,
11
percent
premium.
.both
the
old
parties
and
if
practl-
!ternoon
fan
Rtpriin.T
fnH.
Ttnvln.
sdoI.
cable
all
the
lmDortant
partly
in
ters
ot
cy
business.
Today
h
Mr
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$4.47.
the
House
of
Commons.
Alder
s
final
day
as
commissioner