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No.
70
IMPORTANT
CHANGES
IN
Seventy
-Three
Men
Dead
As
Result
Of
Queen
of
World's
Lightcr-Than-Air
Craft
Was
Caught
In
Lightning
Storm
Off
Jersey
Coast
About
Forty-Five
Miles
From
New
York
Chief
of
Aeronautical
Bureau
And
Ship's
Commander
Are
Dead
Great
Ship
Was
Demolished
in
Impact
With
Water
After
Vain
Efforts
to
Right
Her
Was
on
Test
Flight
From
takchursl
NEW
YORK.
April
1:
(CP)
Seventy-three
men
are
believed
dead
as
a
result
of
the
destruction
of
the
giant
I
nited
States
naval
dirigible
Akron,
queen
of
the
world's
airships,
nt
alwut
12:30
this
morning
in
a
ligljtningstorm
off
the
Jc'rtfcy
cn'asl
about
twenty
miles
fro'm-Barnegat
Light
and
approximately
forty-five
miles
from
New
York
Harbor.
Four
men,
one
of
w
hom
later
died,
were
picked
up
bv
the
Danzig
Free
State
tanker
Phoebus
which
an-sv
crcd
an
"S.O-S."
call.
mong
those
lost
are
Admiral
William
A.
Moffett,
chief
if
the
Navy's
Bureau
of
Aeronautics
and
the
ship's
commander.
Commander
F.
C.
McCord.
Lieut.
Commander
H.
V.
Wiley
and
two
enlisted
men
arc
the
only
know
n
survivors.
While
details
of
the
catastrophe
arc
fragmentary,
a
message
from
Lieut.
Commander
Wiley
described
how
the
ship
in
a
lightning
storm
began
to
lose
altitude.
Efforts
were
made
to
right
her
by
dropping
ballast
but
finally
the
rudder
control
was
carried
away
and
the
descent
continued
to
the
water
where
the
ship
was
demolished
in
the
impact.
In
the
lightning
flashes
he
could
sec
the
men
swimming
in
the
wreckage.
Discipline
in
the
car
was
perfect,
he
said.
The
rescued
man
who
died
w
as
Chief
Wireless
Operator
Robert
Copcland.
,
,
The
Akron
had
made
many
test
flights
and
weathered
worse
storms
but
it
is
presumed
she
w
as
struck
by
lightning
which
to
take
her
along
She
was
on
a
test
flight
was
the
New
England
coast.
She
left
Lauekhurst,
New
Jersey,
Monday
evening.
CONSENTS
T0TRIAL
UrltKh
Government
Will,
However.
Impose
embargo
If
RumUii
I
Hearing
Is
Unfair
'
1
'Mx)N,
April
4-11
wa
unof-'v
reported
Ut
night
that
the
Ll..
I,
Kownment
hud
conaenUd
I'l
Mi.'
trial
In
Mmcow
ot
fix
Bng-
;
'''uni
who
are
chrtl
by
the
I
v'c
'
povernment
...111.
with
..ImIII.x..
plotting
to
tal
n
iin..c
power
stations
In
Russia.
wvemment.
however.
reserve
"ulu
to
place
an
embargo
on
n
"ii
goods
snUrin
live
United
K
""'.ic.ii
if
the
trial
it
considered
tiUi.Hi
Thirty-Hour
Week
Before
Congress
i
WASHINGTON
D.C..
April
4:-
1
'
i
i
ion
with
a
view
to
eatab-
'Milll
l
tlllrlP-llotir
U'lilklncr
wak
"w
being
considered
by
both
If
I'-'-s
of
the
United
State
Con-
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
mm
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
4,
1933
Giant
United
States
Airshipl
OPERATE
OCEANIC
Well
Known
Skeena
Klver
Plant
to
He
Hun
Under
New
Ownership
Repairs
necessary
to
putting
Oceanic
cannery
on
Smith
Island
In
the
Skeena
River
district
In
shape
to
resume
packing
operations
this
year
for
its
new
owners,
Robert
and
C.
II.
OlUespie
of
Van-
r
u
now
In
progress.
Mr.
Oil-
.
.
.
i
-
I
lesple.
wno
IS
W
DC
manaavr.
iiu
members
of
the
cannery
crew
arrived
a
week
ago
from
the
south.
It
is
possible
that
the
plant,
which
has
not
been
operated
for
four
years,
may
put
up
some1
springs
before
the
swekeye
run
.
commences.
Last
vear
the
cannery
was
purchased
from
Ute
D.
C.
Paekm
by
Mr
Oosse
and
J.
Field
Strang.
Mr.
Strang
has
since
dropped
out
and
Mr.
oillespie
become
lMereawti.
NO
IIALIIUIT
SAL
There
was
no
sale
of
halibut
at
Uic
local
Flali
Bxchange
this
morn-in
t
only
boat
in
was
the
Ca
nadian
Relief
with
18.000
pound
which
is
holding
over
until
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
JMITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Are
Believed
of
Destruction
LIQUOR
Keeps
Busy
'
in
Bt'ri.ii.
Ex-Kaiser's
Son
r.i.-t(-ii
.
"'i
!
Pnnre
AujM-t
VV:1
,:.d
n
.'i.ir.uigui
.
th.
Men
Look
Down
For
First
Time
On
World's
Highest
Mountain;
Feat
Was
Accomplished
Monday
URGE
WORK
NOT
DOLE
Delegation
Walts
Upon
Premier
Ilennett
and
Asks
Change
Prom
Present
System
OTTAWA.
April
4:
A
delegation
of
eastern
Industrialists
met
Premier
K.
It.
Bennett
yesterday
and
urged
upon
him
the
desirability
of
providing
work
for
the
unemployed
instead
of
the
dote.
They
argued
that
not
only
was
the
present
system
useless
to
the
country
and
a
waste
ot
money
but
that
It
also
had
a
very
bad
effect
on
the
individuals
receiving
the
dote.
The
Premier
promised
to
consider
the
suggestion
made.
Theodor
Loblaw
Of
Toronto
Die
prominent
.Merchant,
Who
Headed
Chain
of
Gnu-cries,
Pavses
at
Age
of
Sixty-Two
TOUONTO.
April
4:
(CIM
Theo
dor
Loblaw.
aged
OS,
prominent
mer-
clianl
and
head
of
a
chain
of
grocery;
(tores,
died
here
on
Sunday.
h
VANCOUVKIt
WHKAT
VAltaOUVBR.
April
4:
(CP
Wheat
was
quoted
here
today
at
40
i.e.
Lord
Clydesdale
and
LieuL
Mclntyrc
With
Photographer
Make
Historic
Ascent
in
Tw
o
Planes
One
of
Pilots
Suffers
From
Frostbite
PURNEA,
India,
April
4:
(CP)
Two
airplanes
sailed
across
the
summit
of
Mount
Everest
yesterday
and,
for
the
first
time
in
history,
men
looked
down
upon
the
highest
mountain
in
the
world.
The
feat
was
accomplished
bv
the
Marquis
of
Clydesdale
accompanied
by
Lieut.
D.
r
.
Mclntyre
and
an
expert
photographer
named
Bennett
who
rtsuoeffded
in
taking
a
number
of
I
pictures.
The
two
airplane
used
In
fmY
a
iirnTiT
r
I
AM
I
1
accomplishing
the
feat
I
lew
to
an
vi
ivr.,
x
xi
v
va
LICENCES
Japanese
I'Uhermen
From
Skeena
and
Naas
Kiters
Taking
Out
Permits
This
Week
There
Is
much
activity
at
the
Dominion
Fisherle
office
In
Prince
Rupert
this
week
with
the
issuing
personally
of
gill
net
fishing
licences
for
the
1933
season
to
Japanese
fishermen
of
the
Skeena
and
Naas
River.
There
Is
a
limit
this
year
of
295
Japanese
licence
on
the
Skeena
nrnit
being
the
Mine
as
last
year.
Uy
the
end
of
the
week
saost
of
these
licences
will
have
beau
laaued,
It
la
txpected.
Canadian
Dollar
on
New
York
Exchange
NEW
YORK.
April
4:
The
Biltlsh
pound
sterlliu
ctswf
at
$.4ta
n
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday
The
Canadian
dollar
clotted
at
83
REGULATIONS
FORECAST
Conservatives
Voted
Against
Government
Bill
Lou
let,
Walkem
and
Dick
Lined
Up
With
Opposition
Against
Taking
Grants
From
Municipalities
v
iiCTOKIA,
April
I:
(CP)
A
motion
lo
deny
second
reading
of
lion.
J.
W.
Jones'
bill
eliminating
pari-mutuel
granU
to
municipalities
was
defeated
in
the
Legislature
21
to
15.
Uphill.
Lou
let.
Walkem
and
Dick
voted
wilh
the
IJberals
against
the
second
reading.
KEKI'INf.
ALL
fiKRMANS
HOME
TTM.IV.
Cermnny,
April
4:
(CP)
Without
offering
any
explanation
the
Hitler
govern
ment
announced
y
ester-
tlnv
that,
boionintc
at
1
"
WW
lllti
V
one
would
le
allowed
to
leave
(lennan
soil
with
out
special
permission
of
the
police
stomped
on
his
passport
I
altitude
of
35.000
feet
In
ninety
;
minutes.
At
the
peak
they
found
the
wind
velocity
to
be
sixty
mile
per
hour.
tered
considerably
from
the
frost
encountered
at
the
high
altitude
bat
Lord
Clydesdale
was
cheerful
when
he
landed.
The
ships
had
Intended
making
only
a
test
flight
but.
when
conditions
were
found
to
be
good,
they
proceeded
to
accomplish
their
adventure.
GAS
TAX
GOES
UP
Alberta
Legislature
Increases
Impost
From
S
to
6c
Per
Gallon
EDMONTON.
April
4:-The
Al
berta
Legislature
yeaierrUy
passed
I
a
bill
Increasing
the
provincial
gasoline
tax
from
5c
to
6c
per
All
Cost
of
Permits
To
Be
Cut
to
25c;
Beer
Price
Also
To
Be
Reduced
Purchase
of
Bottled
Beverage
in
Parlors
For
Consumption
Outside
and
"C.O.D."
Orders
to
Home
Provided
For
in
Mooted
New
Regulations
VICTORIA,
April
4:
(CP)-Liquor
permits
will
cost
25c
instead
of
$2
under
contemplated
changes
in
the
cov-
ernment
liquor
regulations,
it
Buildings.
Bottled
beer
may
for
consumption
outside
the
to
homes
on
"C.O.D."
orders
Increase
Mounties
1
mm
nurt.
nl'fiii
ommiE
OTTAWA.
April
4
Hon.
Hush
Guthrie,
minister
of
justice,
stated
yesterday
that
It
may
be
necessary
to
substantially
increase
the
force
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
In
the
near
future
i
on
account
of
Communist
activity
being
more
dangerous
In
the
Dominion
today
than
It
has
been
for
some
time.
WILL
BUILD
BIG
BRIDGE
Two
Million
Dollar
Contract
to
Be
Approved
by
LegUIature
For
Private
Construction
VICTORIA.
April
4:
(CP)--The
government
intends
to
introduce
a
bill
providing
for
an
agreement
for
construction
of
a
two
million
dollar
traffic
bridge
over
the
Fraser
River
from
Ladner
to
Woodward's
Landing.
The
bridge
will
take
two
years
to
complete
and
will
employ
from
1,500
to
2.000
men
and
will
save
$100,000
in
employment
relief
alone.
Onrnun,
Long
&
Co..
London
builders
nt
a
Sidney,
Austratia
bridge,
will
he
in
charge
of
con-ktructton
for
the
Utdner
Bridge
Company
Ltd
a
private
concern.
The
tolLs
will
be
fixed
by
the
government.
Editor
of
Medical
Journal
Succumbs
Dr.
W.
A.
Young
Died
Yesterday
In
City
ot
Toronto
TORONTO.
ApriMi-Dr.
W.
A.
Young,
editor
of
the
Canadian
Journal
of
Medicine,
passed
away
in
this
city
yesterday.
The
New
Chevrolet
is
on
Display
at
Kaien
Motors
Show
Room
Cordially
Invited
rhone
53
PRICE:
FIVE
CENT8
is
learned
at
the
Parliament
be
purchased
in
beer
parlors
premises
and
delivery
of
beer
by
telephone
are
provided
for
maer
ouier
contemplated
changes
In
the
regulations.
Lower
price
of
bfr
are
also
forecast.
Another
change
provides
for
the
placing
of
the
sign
"licensed
premises"
instead
of
the
present
"open"
outside
of
beer
parlors.
TREASURES
DESTROYED
Half
Million
De'lar
Loss
in
Van
Home
Home
MONTREAL,
April
4:
CP
Art
.rexsures
valued
at
$500,000
were
dr
troyed
by
an
early
morning
fire
in
the
home
of
Mrs.
Van
Home,
daughter
of
the
late
Sir
William
Van
Home.
The
collection
In
Its
entlrity
has
been
valued
from
at
$1
500.000
to
$2100.000
and
was
40
destroyed.
MRS.
OLIVE
BEJ1
DIES
Pioneer
Woman
of
Province
Passes
In
South
at
Age
ot
9J
VANCOUVER.
April
4:
-Mrs.
Olive
Bell,
one
of
the
beat
known
pioneer
women
of
British
Columbia,
passed
away
yesterday
at
the
age
of
93.
She
came
to
the
province
In
1899
and
had
resided
In
British
Columbia
since.
She
I
survived
by
two
sons.
J.
A.
Ward
Bell
and
J.
Warren
Bell.
Home
Owners
Given
Relief
Order
Signed
by
Preidwit
Affects
Both
Principal
and
Interest
In
United
States
WASHINGTON.
D.C,
April
4:-An
order
was
signed
yesterday
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
granting
relief
to
home
owners
in
this
country
from
principal
and
Interest
payment
during
Ue
coming
year.
WOKKLKSS
MARCH
IN
VANCOUVER
IlEFUSLD
f
VANCOUVER.
April
4:
-The
board
of
pollet
commissioners
4-
of
Vancouver
yesterday
refused
a
request
ot
the
unemployed
for
permission
to
stage
a
nun-
ger
march
hete
today.
It
had
been
planned
that
thoueands
of
wKkJesi
ihould
take
part
In
the
demonstration.
e
it.
.