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First Council
In Northwest
Yellowknife's IN!icipal Body
OnI O Aril of r
les
Tw.o • prominent miniug Mee are.
naw acting as •councillors of. Yel:
lowknife administrative district fo.1-
lowin
evernheldthe'
infirst
the Northwest 1 Terri-
• tories.
Y J. • McNiven, supeqeinteudent a of
• Negtis Miin\es I,itnite'cl, and'George
Carter: ground erew chief of 'Con-
eolidated• Mining and Smelting Co.,
were, , elected. in voting early in De-,
cember at this mining centre 6't5
air miles north of Edmonton..
-'i- 675 'Miles Prom . Edmonteh'•
Two other members -.will be ap-
pointed :1 y the'fedeeal goaeriiment,
and to complete. ',the
G}bbon, >:esidetit;
magistrate. " for',
the Northwest Territories,., will a:ct;
Bs ehaii�man. '
T'he. Northwest Territories Cou•n
cii . rsleeted a petition signed
voters. asking Postponement of
establishment eeF�a- .local' adminis-
tration in Yellowknife district..
Voters' of the district asked for
.postponement because tI ey.felt the
war, might retard mining develop-
.. went arid the sett'lehent-was net .iii
a position to, pay the additional tax-
ation necessary.to•conduct a local
administration.
Y � in Territor.
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Quebec Crest
Is Rectified
•• Remove' Peiliris, Correct .Fleurs-
e- ys m
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Quebec province plans to correct
"inecc•u"racies"in the coat of arms,
" 1 it bas used since 19.05'.
Maurice'Prodeur, heraldic .exprt
•. of the 'Provincial Tourist Bureau,
•• ha • niiounc hat the("I. w• i-'
s a od 4 o nsu
'Mounting '•the •emblem,,henceforth
will rest slightly .eboi•o the shield' .
.
instead of touching pit.",To make the
Crown' "thoroughly authentic, of-•
ficials also •will remove iron it the
pearls' bordering its top •
•More"M:apt' Leaves Removed••,
a egen will include. re-•
"° • 'mqval "of ell..ma'ple 1ea'ves. except
"tlie:3 on a common stem, ideated at
":the.bottom .of the•sh"ield, and eltin-
inatioti' af.the, two' "erroneous"
fleurs-de-lys :tile •embii nt'a top
section.
They wiln7be replaced by tftree
fleu'r-de-lys, rcprodut:•ed • from . the .
coat. of artis Of. King Frain:is.1, wee
'occupied the throne of Preece •
when Can4ada Was discovered,.
tats
Polish People;
Facing ~amine
e'
• i Since
'Most Dasastrot.s. Fara ne
Middle Ages Is Expected As
• Result of Nazi Looting: •;'.:
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' Reliable reports reaching : Rum-
anian :border: towns from German-
occupied Poland indicate that the
"most dlsastrous•'famine since the
middle ages is expected• since the
Germans are systematically• remov-
ing the'country's supplies.
• This, added to the geaet•al hai•oc, :•
resulting from the war •last Sept-
ember, is expected to, create a ,dis:
• a'ster such as has not been. seen, in
modern times, the.reports said. •
Removing ''countries' Supplies , '
The worst devastation was said
to exist in that' part of, the ,coun-
try where "100,4300-frerman5 a sviicua
ted from Russia are to be'seettled,''
•Despite wholesale evictions bf the
Polish' inhabitants not enough
beiges are available, •itwas said; to ,.
shelter all the incoming Germans,
Hypnotized Bird
With Flashlight
Leamington Man Brings Can-
ada Goose Back,Alive From.
Hunt
As a. marksman; Wally Wallace,
.Leamington, (Out.) grocer, lays no
claim to fame, but when hegoes'
after a Canada goose he brings it
back — alive. _
Wally went out and got himself
a 'goose one night in about 'three'
minutes fiat.
His bird was no piker for size
fe.Ither; it topped tbe scales in Wal-
ly's grocery at seven, pounds. What
As 'more he didn't have to go far
afield •, to bring, home the prospec-
tive .Cliristni.as linnet. It practical=
ly walked into his yard.
Better Than Salt Sprinkling ,
Tho goose-hnrrrt was carried ant
at Sturgeon Creek, where the Lea-
mington man has .a summer cot-.
tage, Wally paid a visit to'the nim-
bler `residence to see that all vwas
In order and was conducting a toter
of inspection when he heard a very
lenely "honking" in the vicinity..
Armed only with ' a • flashlight,
had it all over the tittle -honored
,salt sprinkling recipe. The geese.
Stood bewildered- until 'he • landed
and then the,'battle was on,' In the
darkness the goose and its woijld•
be captor• thr es)ied about on • he
conquered. '• •
' Before the year, 19.39 drew to.
a close the war with Germany ,had
already `begun" to be"
overshadow--
• edin significance by the war in •
Finland. Events of the first 'week.
of. 1940 threw it still further in
the shade. World attentionthen was
concentrating' ' more' • and .snore
' closely on the Russo-Finntjsh cote.• flict; seeing in,:it the beginning of
a new Armageddon in •which,all'
the Western. -powers would be
fighting against "a combined Rtis-
' -sia and Germany. ,
rely- not Germany ' en our • gide
agalus.t Rubeia?. NO at ail likely'
Ftoui• ••mouths• "of •watching the;*Euir-
4pean:, conflict dial/6 :led us ,to• ;the
'belief that Prussia 'a"tnd-: Gerniany.
• cannot be separated, by' mere.arish-
ful thieking. own our art that theee
two nations are united 1n
iron' purpose; • and that to defeat
one, the Allies may have to defeat
both. It appeared' last • week to be
only a 'question of time before'Eng-
land'and France would be l•nvoived
`}n• wars' ,(all 'part of•.the same war)
on new and• far-flung fronts — in
Ir'iniand, in the Balkans,' in .Iraq
(300,000 Allied troops were& eon-
centrated in nearby Syria), "}a Af.
• ghanistan (intense' border 'concen-
trations reported on both sides).
In Germany Hitler was seen to •
be .swin •.ingenore and more to the .
left, prophesying'in his .New Year
speech that "the'Jewish capitalis-
tic world will• not survive, the 20th
•
So, turning the' corner into "1940,
the. world came face to face 'With
the pro'speet•.of• a longelrawn' con=
flier, with outeome'unpredictable.
• Iiut cheer u0" In . Canada, that,
• same ,week the liionne Quintuplets
•a'nrounced that they would••shortly
b'e reenited•with their' parents: •
in "Ontario, the Legislature pre-
pared to•open .`. to''int•roduce en
abling legislation' fol• 'the St." Law-
rence ,VaterweY:project . , y and re-
introducethe amusement.tax .
A piebienite field in. Toronto show-.
•ed :t1iat its'citizens were ',in, line
w•i'lt people in a "haleeo3,, ri other,',
cenee' .i:•IIanii'lton, Louuol!, Bitch- •
em;r, 1lrantforde 'Chatham, Inger-
,soli 1• who, voted against susliencling
municipal, elections fore the dun -
Orin •nt' Ib.e tar.
Ii,,;, ;ghtsof the .tear= week: safe
tiindiiig of tbe.second. contingentof '
Caaadian•trooph..on" British soil...
-tbe unprecedented. toll of • earth-'
quake victims in Turkey an,.,
Anglo -Swedish trade. agreement •
was signed . , Britain and' Franco
• *sent more :armed ai'.d, to Finland . •
. a whole .Russian division was
reported by the Finns to have,been'
cut to pieces ... Japan and Russia
reached a new accord , • ,King
' Ge?orge VI signed a, proclp.niation
making 2,000,000 "men liable to. 'ser-
• vice within the next few months in
.Great Britain's•army, navy or. air..
force. Germany threatened
anew to.mak•e disastrous air'raida
.din England: -
Scapa Flow Said
Large Enough to
Hold All Navies
•
Of World, And Room to Spare
- • - :� IBO' Square -Mile Area .of.
Deep Water, Admirable Base
---Usually Calm in Autumn
When that,gallant' ship the Roy,
al Oak went to: the bottom of Sca-
pa Fleet and speculation was rife
about what lied:beeoine ofth Ger-
• pian submarine"and its audacious
crew, an armchair critic ' sitting
among his smoke -room friends sug-
gested that the harbor should be
conmbedi He would have been stag-
gered to learn that there are
'about one hundred 'square miles
of deep water in 'that ,marvelous
anchorage. •
Fifteen Miles Long
All the navies in ,the world
couid be accommodated there, and
it would still be possible for a de-
stroyer flotilla to carry out fir-
ing Or torpedo practice in a corn-
er kept clear for the manoeuvre.:
There is nothing in,these facts
which gives away official secrets;
•:any reliable guide -hook or encyclo-
pedia will reveal to the• inquirer
that the . Plow is' about •15' niiles
long from north o 'south' and a
mean eight' miles road. The Ger-
man navy most k ow every inch -
of it •as wetll as they know their
own anchorages, and who can say
how many' spies in'the guise of
holiday-makers have madethosci'
delightful sea trips hi the auturnh
to Stroniness and Kirkwall./
Cyclone Area
Why 'autumn particularly? 'A
considerable experience of Grkiley
Weather revealed that that is the
best 'time of all the year to visit
those islands. Summer conditions'
arrive tardily there, and pitiless
hail as late as J'uly is quite a cont-
mon experienee'It is cclonic area
eee .esu.411$0•.; : ver le the British,:
Isles.
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Ministers
Ca adian'
°, Visit Al!-nwdiau .�
Squadron 1n' £ngIand
HOW. THEY FEEL .AEOUT'•IT'
The Ottawa `lournal carried an
editorial headed, "The great Canad-
ian bog comes Lao the 'picture." It
wasn't a story. about *Toronto el-
Timm•ins•.Press.
VIGILANT CITIZENS.
Otter'viile, Oat,'is .A town -'hien
doesn't skill to Beed a police force. •
The gunman who rolpbed thelocal
branch of the Royal Bank pf Can
a'da was easily weaker! in • hand
a *vigilant group' of . eltieens svf),o
: capgpti the ;b'andit after .a ,chase
'xiovyn the 'Main street, -- • Buffalo
Courier - Express..– ; .
• 'PLACE. FH
oR TE
!Photo' it •a place for ,the .'distiric-
tion of Ic.C. If it is to have nrean=
'ing, the' number in' the province
should be limited. New IK.C.'s
should be limited. New }CO.'s also
shouid becreated• op1y when death"'
makes a• -vacancy; And ".the distinc-
+ tion should be :conferred 'only on
• recommendation of 'a representat-
ive•no'n-political •body. — Winnipeg
Tribune.
e
Masse ., .' . ",' ,6r•. ,u r - (+i- ti n,s llai
visiting London for conferences, of demur. ns ministers; visited the all -Canadian air squadron which ,has
been, farmed- at the suggestion of.'the Canadia+ government, front men of the "Dominion ,serving with the Royal
'.AirForce.. The squadron is 'about to take its .place in the sir defence of the Empire. The Hon. Tell. •Crerar
is .shown" inspecting ranks' of the all -Canadian air squadron. , '
REALLY NOT PENNIES
' IA million United State::,, "pen
nies1" were reportbe,d shipped 'to Tor-
onto to make " up the Christmas
cent -shortage, here. The happy re-,.
lotions. • eiristing between the two;
coon ries in• s ^an i Ttfen ttinrei
this; free circulation of• small .coins
whicheveryone. accepted without
question, But they cease to be, 'cal-
led "pennies" -when they eter' 'Ca
nada. To Canadians a penny•is still
two cents, not one, although 'our
• own : pennies net
•nearlyall out of ',
circutaticn; now, and have hot been
',coined for ;many, many. • 'ears..—
, Tovronto'Star Weekly.' .
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east of Sioux 'Lookout,'to Lake :St. •
Joseph, 'approximately . 100 miles.
Study Aerial Photographs'
With:aerial photographs o f that.
whole 'area of muskeg, lake, 'rock,
and bush on file in thee,, Department
of Mines, and Resourcies, it is pos-
sible to plot the route of the •road
through racky',hills, across wood
ed •valleys,aroundolakes and 'mus-
keg bogs in the coinfort of Gov-
ernment office. • '
After a study' ;'of ''the photo-:
, graphs, however, it may be necese
• Bary' to fly ' over the, proposed,
route in order to settle; the`,best
way of traversing or getting ar-
ound some of the many obstacles.
Ca` iada's domestic exports its the.
'first ten months of 1939 totalled
$726,741,86'5 compared.with $682,-
716,7.99 in theeorr.esponding per-
iod of .19.38.
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The . Book Shell
"AMERICAN SKI-IN,G." •
By Otto Eugen Schniebs
Otto Eugen•'Scrhniehs," Ametica'•s.
-foremost authority on ski•ing, in
presenting. this .new' ,method for
• akides'on this .continent, has' writ--
ten the first comprehensive book of
ski-ing devoted entirely;••in word
and 'picture?, ' 'to American `tech-.,
nfgties, and American. terrain: A
large'blook, it has some of the most
•'beautiful illustrations we have .ever
seen; including many 'action shots,.
and movie{ strips. It is', the ' best.
work available for beginners as.
well as experts.
Note:. Schniebs has develoPod a
'School of Ski-ing -which' is 'neither
Series, 'Austrian; Norwegian,;nor,•of
any foreign s.chotli; but rather com-
bines the best features of. all. •
"American Ski ing" .: by Otto.
Eugene Schniebs :.Toronto: Smi-
there & Bonelii, 170'Bay St. • , -
$3.50. •
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Puck Chasers
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TOPICS OF THE•CURRENT
HOCKEY SEASON ,
• - MEMORIAL' CUP DATES ••
P1ayf. dates .have been set by
the C.A.H.A. for the' eastern Jun-
• for hockey finals before ' he win-
ning team, leaves for the W.es•t and
the Memorial; Cup fina,,is- Series
'.°A."' will have Maritimes at Ottawa
on March 19, 21 and 25. Series "B"
presents the "Winners of series .4."
at Queliee.evith the"first game at
Ottawa on March 26th, and ,remain-
• ing games In the Quebec branch
on -March 29 and, April 4t, The"
Eastern Junior finals will be play-
ed at either Ottawa .or Quebec on
April'. 3, with' 80.11owing games at
• Toronto on April 5 and S. Should
a Maritime team reach the 'Veal
round, all games will then be play.
ed in Torou.te.,
ALLAN CUP.DATES • '
Arrangements this year for the
Allan Cup play -downs in Eastern
Canada will follow along the ,Suc-'
cessful lines set last spring.,` The
O.H.A. (includi•ng the,
must have a winner by .ifarch 27th
•and the Quebec Association has the
first . of April as?,:their deadline. Ot-
tawa and District anti Maritimes
• start their. championship teams on •
the.•ioad to Allan Cup•fam'e by 18th
of March. An effort will be made to
start the Allan Cup final series.on
.April 12, or April 13, as Saturday,
April 13,.lias been'set as the open-
ing date . for the'. C. Ale .,A annual
meeting in Montreal. 1 •
In the tentative, Allan. Cup play-
off dates for Eastern 'Canada for
•series• •"A" Ottawa plays at Itiat•i-
' times 'on .March 13 'and' 20. return
:games in Ottawa, Marcb,.23.1 2;i, and
27. Series "B" pi•es.ents he winner
of series "A" against ;the. 0.. 1.1,• A.
winners with the first gam. inOt-
tawa March 30th,' and ,the two re-
maining ganies;70,, ,Toronto, April
1and, 3•.!•Thp' fiiia'!. •serites in• East-
ern Canada winners •o't ' A" ''and'
"B" series meet the Gluedlec Assoc-
' Iation winner with d•el'inite dates to
be arranged later. "
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WNehi:You gitin6' ku
DRPER.;FER PR1t3TINCT
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TiE SPAPE{Z, ' •,
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Channel Tunnel
Again Proposed
Planned For After the War
British `Support Is. Pledged to
France in Long -Mooted l ro-
ect
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.Construction of the long:discus-
sed tunnel under the English chant
net is likely to, be one of the first
big allied post -War undertakings -
The French public works minis-
ter. Anatole de Monate, disclosed
this to the chamber "of deputies -
'during , debate on his ministey's .
budget. DeMorziesaid the .i'rench "
govertime,ithatt obtained a• pr,l,nl-r
• ise of suppert, "in principle" for -.the
scheme front "a; high British' pr. -r-. `
sonage."
Construction Started Once before
Construction of such an under-
water artery actually was, started
more than i0.years ago, but was
• halted by the ,protests' of Victorian
' .• isolationists; who .feared: a French
invasion.. - •
Raoul Dau;ry. k`I°e•n,•li, transport
epeecialist, and former director of
' the i!'reuch state 'railways,.appoint-
ed, •minister '. for armaments' • last
September, emphasized the st}•at-
egie wartime value of such -•a tun-'
n'eI' in an article in tbe ,Spectator,
f'i•itish Conservative review; An. the,
fail of last yea -retie listed the ,fol.-•
.
. •laving' arguments in ite'favor: •
' •Arguments en Its •Fa36r '
• .1. The nature ' of the • spbsoil
'would make its construction relat-
tvely easy. .
' 2. Its Cost estimated, at. about 5,
• n (about-
• .000 000 fta cs out
00 0
,•
000), would be.less'than :the money
'heeded" to build three Ships' of •t.he '•
Herr , . ,
3. In case of war, 150 trains. coald
•
ge th;ove' each way daily, 'trans- .
porting two division with full
equipnlenf. ' . • •
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Patricia' goad.'
•Peine lapped
Dominion Government Survey-
' " ors Are Working ,Out a Mot-'
. or Road •Through. Osie ,Of
Ontario'"s Most Isolated Ar
• •eas
Dominion •Government surveyors
'are poring over aerial' photographs
of the Micky Lake "country in
North-western. Ontario in an en-
deavor to • lay out a. motor roar:}
into ••one •of Canada's most "north=
erly and isolated • gold mining '
areas; the Patricia district of
Northwctern Ontario. '
• Uncler Mining tical .Program
Tf built, the road will be the hig•-
. gest project so far pndertaken un1
der the mining road, program in-
augurated by the Dominion 'Gov-
ernment two .•years ago ' under,
' which Dominion and Provincial
Governments jointly finance the
• construction of roads into other-
wise inacessible mining areas.
The Patricia district contains
seyei•,,1il . pr-oducing gold properties t • . •
and the pgoposed road would run
from a point in the main line of
the Canadian' -National Railways,
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+or1d Wheat King
ceps At. Studies
Lloyd Rigby of Wenb'1ey, Alta.,
Expects to Graduate From •
University With Bachelor :.of
Science Degree in Agricul-
tore
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Francis Lloyd Rigby, 21 year-old
University of Alberta agricultural
student twice crowned world evneat •
champign, said recently he will
not embark on a 'series of .labora-
tory tests to determine the milling
qualities of Peace 'River wheat un-
til after he has,grativated. • •
The Wembley, Alta., youth, who
decided to test.the quality of grain .,
grown 127 .his own .district. after he • .•.
• won- his second..ehampionshi'p' et.
,'the Chicago .HaY and Grain ShoW'
i•eently,,•'mustr'''atud'ee two.. more
years th.efor.ee gra"duating with it,
B.Se. degree ;in •agi ict?I'tut e ' He
thinks that his •knowledge: of theory•
eticel agriculture at thatetime ,will
equip him betten, tot he job than• -at,
ll• 'tesent.
he' Valueof a, Word -
.
•A word's very little thing, '
Bat .it may .have- a friendly, ring
Or it inay bear. a• po•isened sting;
Be thoughtful ere you give it sting. •
•
..A word's -4 very•preejeus thing;'
And, oh, what joy • a word may
:bring - ' •
When; from the heart; you let it:
• springl • P
Be thoughtful ,ere you' ,give'' it
wing.
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CEO NEH6-Q-.
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