In DISARMING Britain and Italy Anxious to At old (onme With V. S. Against Anti-German Bloc - , t i LONDON. April 27:-Oreat"i1-u und Italy have fully acquatn-... United States with tlwlr (mi'i m and future Intentions in ; i European disarmament. ni i to avoid anything In the i.r an antl-Oerman bloc. Di .ijln and Italy are anxious mtise their disarmament vli hr United States before itf.xwe at Oeneva on May . learned GOLD TAX DISCUSSED Definite DecMoii on Form of New Impost to be Iteached Tomorrow OTTAWA. AprU 27: -Hon. Edgar N. Rhodes, minister of finance, told t mscrvatlve caucus yesterday that definite decision on the form proposed tax on gold wilt be Kai:hcd on Saturday. McGeer Due This Vancouver Man Going on Trip CC Mrt'allnm n Trsvi.1 With I'rrtirh Explorer as Wireless Operator ' She an official statement until some final conclusion has been reached, Mr Pattullo yesterday criticized the gold tax as provided for under the federal budget as being an en croachment upon the rights of ' the provinces. A special dispatch sent from Ot tawa to the Vancouver Province to-day reads follows: - The Job of getting at least M.- 000.000 from the federal govern, ment Is proving longer than antl-' clpated and. after a week of ne gotiations. Premier Pattullo Is preparing to leave for Toronto for the week-end. returning on Monday. He itll lhas no definite Idea what the federal government will give In the way of financial assistance but he told newspapermen that he viewed the whole situation "with considerable complacency." Whatever happens in the present negotiations, he said, his government will be able to handle the situation. "While Premier Bennett has given no Indication of his views it Is generally accepted that Premier Pattullo will receive at least enougn 'The outstanding question remaining to be settled Is whether Ottawa will finance British Colum bia In Its program of work ana wages." MINING TO Week-End in East! BE STUDIED; RrllKh Columbia M. L. A. to Present Ce For I'ubllclv.Ounrrf Hank Economic Advisory Council, to Devote Its Immediate Attention I To Coal Industry OTTAWA, AprU 27:-Q. O. Mc- . ',, fW it . . .. VICTORIA. April 27 (CP Im- i a. oi win " . Vancouver, ; . .-..ill . . to make a .pedal mediate step, "lve here this week to present hi..... . .... . .f.irtu nf the coal Industry in un- j from the unemployment standpoint at the present time. Government Has Difficulty In Tram 1 rdlll Dispute lluUUlC ST. PALL, Minn, April 17: A weiet army of federal agents was 'reported here yesterday to have concentrated at strategic point In the Middle West while Department of Justice officials revealed that they expected an Immediate and final, clash with ! 1 1 1 l.i to balance the current bud-J - Jonn money ! 1 M, nnemnlovment costs ruthless outlaw and fugitive from of approximately $6,000,000. Dr. N. 0. Mortensen. medical liealth officer, was susperfded by the city yesterday after It had been dlclo.ed that he had dressed wounds received by Dilllnger while raiding the First National fUnk at Mason City, Iowa, on March 13. without reporting the incident to the police. Roosevelt Naval Move and Japan's Policy Related? WASHINOTON. D.C.. April 27:- tra. k J0!. PUDH"y-. ""I sh Columbia have been decided President Franklin banitm i. nnon bv the economic .0 ,,u currency comraiucc - - . Parliament. It is expected he will council following a ti- f v a plenty of opposition. D. Roosevelt s advisory move to expand the United States series of meet- Navy Is linked by some observers ... - . ... i rv. I . ' I .1 rrtu ru"i . iiic wilil juunu 9 unitw. IllgS. riui. chairman, announces. , policy. Coal was selected as a prooiemi nresentlne the greatest difficulties Kingsford-Smith Is Off to Trisco VANCOtrvrn n, SYDNEY. AUSiraiia, April 41. Irucc r iZ v . ,V Wing Commander Charles Kings- niSiT ofVanco"v"' nTTAWA Anrli 27-Flrst efforts ford-Smlth left today for San Fran- I MAXY .MOKE WORKING IX D0MIX10X NOW OVEK ONE YEA It AGO ; OTTAWA. April 27: CP An increase of 150.000 Is shown MENACE IN in the number of persons em- ployed In Canada on April 1 this year as compared with a year ago. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. SANDSTORM Black Itluzards Sweeping Over Middle West of United States CHICAOO. April 27. Black dust 'and sand blizzards sweeping over the Middle West are menacing crops In the huge areas of the United States "bread basket." I'ound Sterling: and Canadian Dollar MONTREAL, April 27: The British pound sterling was quoted at $5,131-4 on the local foreign ex change market yesterday and thei united stales aouar at 89 n-zzc. NEW YORK. April 27:The British pound sterling was trading at! $5.134 on the local forelsn ex- Autralla Ace to Superintend ever made towards giving fed Coivstructlon of Plane For Big Rare SPLX1AL COMMITTEE ON TOURIST TRAFFIC FORMED BY SENATE eral encouragement and studv Today s Weather Tomorrow's Tides High 0:08 ajn. 20.8 ft. prince Rupert Overcast, light mrUierly winds hirmne 3o.2; 12:42 pjn. 19.3 ft. Low 6:37 pjn. 3.7 It. temperature, 47; sea smooth. 18:40 pjn. 5.8 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol XXIV . No. 98, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934 PK1CE: FIVE CENT PREMIER PATTULLO IS COMPLACENT HANDLING OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN CANADA PRAISED jVo A nnouncement Yet Available Regarding Work-Wages Money British Columbia Premier to Meet Finance Minister Rhodes This Afternoon Expected He Will Cct j Enough to Balance Budget and Pay Relief Costs ; OTTAWA, April 27: Premier T. D. Pattullo of British ' Columbia was to meet Hon, Edgar N. Rhodes, federal minister of finance, this afternoon to discuss details of the loij which it is understood will be made to the Pacific ( oat province to assist it in balancing its budget and pay-in"' unemployment costs. Meantime, it was stated in auth- 'Eorltatlvc quarters that Premier ........ .mr... j Pattullo had been asked to modify VlhW IlKIlN his request for $8,000,000. Neither T IJU II IJ Ul Vll .tide to the negotiations will make German Girls Emulate Soviet Sister at Manual Labor Russia Is not the only nation where womca j manual labor Here s! vn iht fair members of a women's work camp in Yicim;? of BerLn, r-avtlnpr their day's work By pledging allegiance to the new flag bearing the Swastika, women as well as men of thr nation are working together to bring Oermany back to its former, Jxwitlon among the world powers. .-'.. CLOSE ON DILLINGER Final Clash With Desperado Expected Soon Doctor Suspended For Dressing ' Wounds 1 OPPOSING GOLD TAX agea tne working oi low placers. 5c. Halibut Arrivals American- Summary I British Columbia Is Highly Lauded By PI Newspaper of Seattle This Province Congratulated on Make-Up of Advisory Council and Country Congratulated For Manner Of Handling Liquor , SEATTLE, April 27: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in an editorial yesterday, paid high tribute to the manner I in which Canada is solving its economic problems, the pro-j vince of British Columbia being singled out for special praise. The wisdom of forming an economic advisory council in that province consisting of seasoned and exper- ienced men in business and indus- ' trial aIfairs instead of "a bunch of 1 T inrnT T n nllKhrCI IN college boys" was lauded. INTERESTED Solution of World Wheat Problem j Important to This Port, Says 1 Pool Manager Explains Situation Utile Activity Can be Expected Here Until World .Markets The editorial also congratulated Canada on the handling of its liquor laws. PIONEER OF NORTH DIES Israel Trembtay. Son of First Peace ' River Block Settlers, Drowned At Pouce Coupe Improve PQUCE COUPE, April HT. Israel ! Tremblay, aged 42, son of the first I Prince Rupert should be as Inter- white settler in the Peace River pstprf in' a successful solution of the Block, was drowned in the Peace General Disapproval of New Impost . p . nrhl(m a. nnv River near here yesterday. He fell Expressed by Miners in Yukon i from horse into the river. fie clty according to R. D. Purdy, Jils Territory j general' manager of the Alberta Tremblay had been known to be , Wheat Pool, a visitor this week in subject to heart attacks and It Is DAWSON. April 27: (CPien- the City. No increase in handling at believed he may have had one of eral disapproval of the ten percent the Prince Rupert terminal, leased these, causing him to fall from the gold tax imposed under tne. leacrai Dy the Alberta Wheat Pool, can be horse. budget Is expressed by miners looked for until the world grain Deceased is survived by a widow throughout the Yukon who feel that business Is In a healthier condition, and son and daughter. the new tax on top or tne two ana witn burdensome surpluses reduced a half percent already imposed up- and an improved price level which on gold exported from the Yukon wm make It possible for Importing will mean a large curtailment jn C0Untrles to lower their tariffs and prospecting and operating with a mining quotas without ruining corresponding reduction of output, their own wheat producers by The two and a half percent tax flood, of cheau wneat from over. on gold of a valuation of SIS an seas ounce or over has been effective for A, th nrpsent tw Mr Purriv many years and has been collected stated. "It Is difficult to offer any by the federal government. encouragement as to increased Recent high prices have encour- Wheat shipments through the Canadian 77.000 pounds. 5c and but. with the world wheat situation j 4c to 5.4c and 4.5c. , ' as It is. we cannot do anv more ! to tourist traffic, a special , Walker. 5c and 4c, committee of the Senate will Investigate tourist possibilities and Inquire ns to the best means of encouraging and ex- pandlng It. Senator Robert F. Green represents British Co- lumbla on the committee , DOOM FOR CHILDREN Fifteen Face Death In Toronto From Baffling Malady With No Hope of Cure TORONTO, AprU 27: Fifteen grade prince RUpert terminal beyond the Toronto and district children, wlth- requirements of our lease of the out hope of cure, are facing a lln-j elevator, which provides for the Bering death from a rare disease I filling of the terminal once each which has baffled medical science fycar. We would much prefer, and the world over. j so would the people of Prince Ru- - tpert. if we could fill and empty It T i VDIf I not once but many times a year, f f I l f 1 il -99,000 pounds. 7c and providing we could do so to advan tage compared with other chanenls IS TAKEN A . than we are doing now. I American 4 "With greatly reduced Imports by Tw" EsfaPe .W,ih ...,.- 51004 011 I Nordic 27.500 pounds. juunua. Cold Stor- Enrnnean curupctn rountrles wwnnw. n.inad.i. uiraua, Aus. ! Hiding up Man In Toronto change market yesterday with Hie nus-t ra!Hian rfnllsr at i nniL age c ana ac. iran. me uimea oiaics ana Ar-, " " - " I .. . nnn .. ..... . roruocK, .u.uuu; uoouage. -a.uuu, uentine are not 'inaing a vcrv large. , -s and Visitor. 7.000. Cold Storage. 7c nd none of them are finding a , T?110?1?- pm ' , iT , !ue" ,n of l"ld A' and 5c. , .continued on Page 6. Drner h! 'obbi; ' ' the at 197 t Empire Building Spadina Canadian - Avenue yesterday afternoon and Margaiicc. 8.000. ana j. k.. tu,uw,-i .orinprV I InPrarfir robbed him of the R. J. Sapera Co. s ! ; Atiin. 5c and 4.ic. , . Tramp, 15,000, Cold Storage, 5,4c OTTAWA. April 27: (CP) !and 45c- . ! Taklntr the first definite move CaPeIla l 15-000-. Cold stora8e" 50 . .ana 4..c. Joe Baker. 5.000. Edmunds Alice May. 4,000. and White Hope. 20.000, Cold Storage, 5c and 4c. i BAR SILVER Is Dead in South payroll of $3000. Fred J. Buttlmer PaWs Awav In KISSED GIRL SO IIAUD ... f Vancouver P6undeH PMntt At ' . HE BROKE HER JAW i itivers inlet Area BUDAPEST. Hungary. April j" VANCOUVER. April 27: Fred J. 27: Zoltan Vlnlss, a civil ser- ' Buttlmer. retired cannery operator. vant, was sentenced to one died at his home here. The late Mr. month's imprisonment here Buttlmer years ago founded the yesterday because he kissed a VANCOUVER. April 27: iCP) Brunswick Canning Co. which had girl so violently that her Jaw Bar silver closed nt 42i.c perjaunce n salmort canning plant In Rivers oroice in mree places. on the local metal market yesterday and advanced to 43c today. unci wnicn was wicr lanen uyit,- by the B. C Packers. , 4 ,1 I; Iff