J rnt. Today's WeattrJr Tomorrow's Tides She prlii'"! Rupert Raining, light High 2:06 a.m. 20.7 ft. , r. y wind; barometer, 29.10; 13:57 pin. 223 ft. (..jap-furc. 42; sea smooth. Low 8:02 ajn. 6.3 ft, 20:40 psn. IA ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HRITISII COLUMWA'S NEWSPAPER To XXIV No 240. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934 PRICi: FIVE CENTS SCOTT IS WINNER IN GREAT AIR RACE SALT HERRING AND SALMON NOW UNDER MARKETS ACT British Flyers Reach Melbourne In Record Time; Capture Prize Was One of Most Sensational Flights in History of Avia tionDutchmen isccond and Americans Third In Aerial Marathon Mfc LIJOURNK, Oct. 23: (CP)-Comnletinir one of the sensational flights in the history of aviation, C. W. t PAt . . I . t. -. r ... mrl trm .TnmM A. Mnl "...M.cNunai out., Oct. 23: " " ti !,cp' Dr. A. R Da oc their "so", who had led by a substantial . Jh, announced 'yester- ' margin on the first leg of the speed tX 'cw D1' lulntup- i.miM fm grounded 2 at Alia d. miDht i ...... l,. UV I-XIH'CICU IU "avc Ihn hnn., ..; u nnni me expec but who arc now habad with engine trouble might. If I r. ..iiiM hr mndc ill time. COI1- hni n '"I I nH. "ihT .ht to nosslbly figure Muiiik.U()ii:vs were i t , tn r 'cswrnay. They nrc tnlnuplc,ulld ,,cn,lh now and Unhealthy coat of tan tntm. .ll of thc nour they PcndouUldc dally In the fresh ttnd unshlne. POOL ON POULTRY New Co-operative Marketing Or-ganlzation For Prairie Provinces is Mooted Yyttaua rw irni tf ik. majority of the producers favor It and the federal government ap-' proves, the marketing of poultry products of the three prairie provinces may be brought under the National Products Marketing Act. it Is Indicated here. All producers. wholesalers and retailers would be I ScoH nml Campbell Black, intrepid British flyers, set, licensed and central and provincial ir bitr de Haviland Comet mononlane down here todav co-operative marketing organiza-. ;..4 : a., ii no- r i i f.u lOons formed. m id uraii'iiM; in iiiu i i,.)i.j-niiii' r,iiyiunu to iUt'luounie, j race They landed at r lemmgton race course ahead of p-.:jr Not only did theya1 1 ',,: time record for a flight t . ji.a to Australia by four J( ;.. , fifscen hours In reaching Crwui tn two days, four hours ... T3 minutes but they exceeded :t t ' ' x'ravagant hopes of any .'ltftUnU in the great t by making the entire : ) f. m Mtldenhall. England, to A'k. Ti' tn less than three days. v ' .n ume was two days. 22 25. ralnutcCel. June s-juncr Irish flyer, had been '" 1 when he said before the -r nt .he race that the trip could '' w sixty hours. Yet Scott HONOR FOR ROOSEVELT H.nrrr Degree 'Conferred By Wll- lum and Mary Collet e To Addrm Hankers Wrdncy 'A MUNOTON. DC: Oct. 23: i ? Franklin D. Roosevelt rc- ; -r' the Capital following a -i-nid culsc up the Potomac -4 '.crday an honorary degree Dor Mr of Lawrf was conferred i tin by William and Mary Col- l" Wc-lnr ;day night the President ti-i prak before the annual con-rt of the American Bankers' kM -tU!,n and Is expected to make iw am announcements regard-h administration's monetary Banking policy. POUND STERLING Montreal, Oct. 23: (CPThc . . found sterling closed at "' on thV local exchange mar s'r t'ttlay. CANADIAN DOLLAR NEW YOUK. Oct. 23: (CP) The nadjan dollar closed at a pre- ;:1Um n' 2' on the local foreign cx- ctlange market yesterday. " "iunm; qui.vruri.irrs Vita.. - "uv .-normal haiues and Black were only sllghUy longer tn doing It. After conquering motor trouble and the world's foremost flyers, Scott and Black rocketed across the finish line at 3:34 pm. after the fastest long distance flight avlaUon has ever known. They had far out distanced all competitors. Official' authorities of the Royal time of Scott and Black for the flight as 71 hours. The winning machine caused trouble with only one engine functioning while crossing Timor Sea Between Darwin and Charleville they continued against handicap jwlth only five of six cylinders work mg. "It was a lousy trip and that's praising It." said Scott as he clam-; be red to the ground after the finish. Both pilots secured only two hours sleep during the entire trip. Dutchmen Second More than one thousand miles behind Scott and Black, the Dutch flyers, C. K. Parmenteer and J. J. Moll, were last night dashing across Australia, almost certain of finish lnir In second nlace to take the $7500 prize. They too put up a great fight in their big Douglas passenger carrier. After a thlrtyminute stop at Port Darwin following a hop from Java, where they landed passengers, they were on their way again to Charleville and Melbourne last nleht. leavinit Charleville at midnight "Pacific Standard Timet after a brief stop. Third place and a prize of J25O0 ntiDeared to be in store for Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pang hnrn. crack American pilots, who arrived at Port Darwin from Singa pore early Tuesday morning with their Seattle-built low-wlngcd, all-metal Boeing transport monoplane. After a delay caused by oil trouble they hopped off two hours later for Charleville. Rfrtine nut further behind be tween Allahabad and Singapore were the BrlUshers. Cathcart Jones and Ken Walker, in their de Haviland Comet, a similar .... plane to that i it of the winner. Aitnougn oui oi we money, they were putting up a gal- lant flight. Trading Dull On New York Market Little Interest In Inactive Session Strength Shown by a Few Specialties NEW YORK. Oct 23: The New York Stock Exchange had an excep tionally dull day.i-lttle Interest was shown In an Inactive session although a few specialties displayed some strength. Theday's turnover amounted to 530,000 shares. The Industrial average at closing was 94.00, off .44; rails, 36 0.8 off 20; utilities. 19.86; off .02: and bonds. 93.43, up JM. Wheat Prices Are Still Rather Weak Losses of One Cent Recorded Winnipeg and More Than That in Chicago Lily Pons Is Stricken With In WINNIPEO. Oct. 23: (CP- Wheat prices displayed conUnued weakness here, dropping another cent on the day's trading. At Chi cago prices fell back as much as Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Oct. 23: (CP Wheat was quoted at 10c per bu shel on the local exchange yester day. Appendicitis LONDON. Oct. 23 -Lily Pons, New York operatic star, having been stricken suddenly with appendicitis, has been admitted to a London hospital to undergo an Immediate operation. As a result, all her European tour engagements have been cancelled. New York Mayor Takes Stump In v Wisconsin Fight In handicap honors. I NEW YORK, Oct. 23: -Mayor tionooand Cun I Florclla LaGuardla left here Sun- As winner In thc main event, a day for Wisconsin to take the stump contest of pure speed. Scott re- In support of Ins Progressive friend, .,rt, nf M)000 and Senator Robert LaFollette, who Is Continued on Page a luacuic. j Winner in Great Air Race FOILING OF PLOT Assassination Of Former Presi Of Cuba Believed Prevented SANTA DOMINGO. October 23: plot to assassinate former Presl- lent Gerardo Machado of Cuba vas beiievea loiica at me week ind with thc denial of permission o eiglu university oi uavana siu-; dents to land here. Machado Is Mmi M0li4ttv ro am n t1lfe1 rn Further Storm Warning Issued On Lower Coast SEATTLE, Oct. 23: CP Follow lng Sunday's severe gale on the lower mainland of British Coluni bla and the Pacific Northwest, fur thcr storm warnings were Issued ,CClvcs u mioii - V. ..., tn..0rU u Inst nl"ht Anrither storm vm snlH J.' ..i.l I J ..... u-nrlll Xf.UUU. 11113 M.'1-KlllU ll' WUUlii uui a amount of the yellow metal having ' expected to speak In Madison and to be coming in from the Gulf of C W A, Scott victor tn Engluid-Melbourne marathon, Is seen here studying his course on the globe DUTCHMEN LIVED HERE LOST WAY Forced to Land 4.00 Miles From Objective and Soft Ground Delays Continuing MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 23: Parmentier and .Moll lost their way and were forced to land at Albury, 200 miles' northeast of Melbourne at 8:28. The ground was so soft tluit they were unable Fish Exports of This Province Will, It Is Expected, Be Expanded Local Hoard of Five Members to be Appointed Will Have Considerable Power in Promoting Industry on Pacific Coast OTTAWA, Oct. 23: (CP) Approval by the Governor General-in-Council of a scheme for the regulating of the marketing of dry salt herring and dry salt salmon of British Columbia was announced today and it is expected the result will be larger exports of these commodities to the Orient with higher prices for the producers. The scheme will be administered by a locals board of-two members appointed r w rt n it y the meal oil and salt fish section I H K K 1 I K I S 1 V I of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association in British Columbia,1 two by the federal deputy minister 1 pif ftcVHo .nil i .halrmqn wV( r. ' A usiSk wSiiswsia PROTESTED shall be a person with no direct In- terest, financial or otherwise. In Little Entente Protesting to League-production or sale. , r Of Nations at Harboring By regulated products scheme Hungary IThe contemplates the establishmenkjuf . . . a.,,, i , . iciKyr"-- a cash market for British Columbia 1 Belgrade. Oct. 23: Reuresen- Vi7 A I? Q A Cf P013 t0T marketlnS ,n e 0rlent tatlves of the powers of the little J Vit IyJ Jv,ot alJ dr7 53,1 herring and salmon Entente. In session here, decided to . ; produced In the province. protest to the League of Nations at Saanlch' The local board 4U have the! the harboringbr Hungary of Inter- Captain II. Babington of . . ,,,,r,,,fttr!fnrthf Pwer to reBulate tlme and: national terrorists It was charged u.ta i lesieruay Aiier Lcngwy place Qf marketing and quanUty that no sUps belng teken by j ncss and quality of the products which I Hungary to disband actlviUes of , . . . ... , re marketed. The board may also this kind. Word was received this morning . . , . .... . of the death yesterday near Vic- " r' . I . . . . , , , I returns ana require au persons en- toria of Captain H. Babington, for- j . . ., J ... merly of Prince Rupert, aged 63, years. Caotain Babington was for many to get away for Melbourne imme- : years manager of the Rupert Mar diately. The fourth place Is at present held by Lieut. Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller of England, who arrived at Katavia late this evening. In the fifth place is Squadron Leader MacGregor and Walker of New Zealand who reached Rangoon at midnight tonight. Three other machines were repotted enroute to Karachi, India from Bagdad. The Mollisont are still at Allahabad with engine trouble. Ine iron Works In the premises now occupied by the Armour Salvage Co. in this city. He was also interested in the towing business and was a pioneer in crab canning on Queen j Charlotte Islands. He was born In j Liverpool, England, and came toj Vancouver with his father. Captain i Babington, who was a skipper In I the deep sea trade 45 years ago. I After leaving Prince Rupert he j put in an auto ferry between Deep ! Bay and Mill Bay. giving cars the I opportunity of avoiding the stiff climb over the Malahat. the past year. He made his home with Captain and Mrs. Brodhurst in Saanlch near the famous But-chart Gardens. Soldiers Killed In Madrid Blastj Suctesled Extremists Might Havi I uaci omeinine io uo nun Incident in Spain MADRID. Spain. Oct. 23: (CP) I Twenty-seven soldiers were killed fugec. The studenU were believed! and n ,otl)ers'nJur",flMdyT: .vi tia.v UVdlllO UVJi. ....... . . . , . . have been the result of extremist . activities. IIALinUT SALE There wns no sale of halibut on the local ,Flsh Exchange this morn ing. The 'only boav m was' tne ue lief. Capt. Merrill Sollows. with 6.000 pounds of halibut and 7.000 pounds of black cod. which sold privately to the Canadian Fish & Cold Stor age Co. Mrs. Jack Woods (Annette Stone) will return to thc city on the Prince Georce Thursday from a ten day; who to obtain a licence. The local board will be known as ' the British Columbia Salt Flsh! Board and will have its office In i Vancouver. I NEW FLIGHT MARK MADE1 l Italian Aviator Flies S'ti Miles Non-Stop From Trieste To East African Coast ROME, October 24: The non- The captain had been ailing torjstP sene fh reorl et unuea &tes some years ago oy flyers in a hop from San Francisco to Honolulu, a distance of 2413 miles, was bettered by the Italian aviators, Mario Stoppanl and Llppo Zappata, with a 2576 mile flight from Trieste to Italian Somallland In Africa. jKidnapped New York Youth Is Returned Home NEW YORK. Oct. 23: -Louis F DeSoto. son of a wealthy New York Junk dealer, was returned to his home at the week-end as mysteriously as he had been kidnapped a few days ago. It was announced that no ransom had been paid. Card of Thanks The Women's Auxiliary and the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League express their very sincere appreciation of tin support of those who donated goods for the bazaar, the artists contributed to the program business trip to Anyox and Stewart. and the many who patronized It, ROOSEVELT INTERVIEW 'Would Not Disfranchise For Paup-X erism Silent on Fiscal Policy ; I WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 23: ! "Any proposal to prevent those on relief rolls from voting owing to pauperism is thoroughly un-American." declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt in talking to newsrrv. papermen here. The chief executive declined to commit himself In any way on nfc mored important changes in gov- crnment monetary and fiscal policy., King's Fortune Left to Widow And Boy Ruler BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavla, Oct. 23: Under the terms of the will of the assassinated King Alexander of Jugo-Slavla the bulk of his estate of $10,000,000 goes to the Dowager Queen Marie, his widow, and the 11-year old Klnj Peter. NEW SILVER MARKET IN MONTREAL OPENS WITH HEAVY TRADING 'IT MONTREAL, Oct. 23: (CP) With orders from all parts of f, the world waiting to be filled on the only open silver market In the western hemisphere, thc Canadian Commodity Ex- change Incorporated opened for trading yesterday amid a burst of activity in trading un- t Its of ten thousand ounces. The official opening was conducted by Premier L. ' A. Taschereau. " T