Ontario
School
Official
Stole
:
Funds
of
Board
EAST
WINDSOR,
Ont,
Aug.
16:!
Rene
Langlols,
former
secretary;
treasurer
of
Sanswlch
Bast
school
board,
was
given
two
years'
sus-
.
I
-
J
nil..
nlArtHtnn
'
..ltt..
n
n
.knn,.
nf
clnall'nii
a
large
sum
from
board
funds.
Today's
Stocks
(Court.?
B.
O
JohnUn
Co.)
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
.93.
Oranada,
.62.
Inter.
Nickel,
25.10.
Noranda,
-4255.
Ventures,
.94.
Lake
Maron,
.08
V4.
Teck
Hughes,
6.75.
Sudbury
Basin,
135.
Smelter
Gold,
.25.
Little
Long
Lac.
6.75.
.
Astoria
Rouyn,
.09
ft.
Maple
Leaf,
JUi.
Pickle
Crow,
1.55.
Long
Lac
Lagoon.
30.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
J5.
MANCHUItlAN
RAILWAYS
NEGOTIATIONS
STOPPED
TOKYO.
Japan.
Aug.
16:
NegotlaUons
for
the
sale
of
the
Chinese
Eastern
Railway
t
were
broken
off
Indefinitely
yesterday
when
Cheuchl
Of-
ashl,
foreign
minister
of
Man-
chukuo,
left
for
Hanking,
as
a
A
rAinlt
nf
Mnsrnu;'
rHeCtlOn
Of
the
Manchuokuo
offer
made
through
Japan's
Foreign
Min-
j
lstcr.
,
.
Todays
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
prln-e
Rupert
Overcast,
light
High
..
5:18
ajn.
155
ft.
ru
licu
t
wind;
barometer.
30.22;
17:30
pjn.
18.8
ft.
temperature
59;
sea
smooth.
Low
.11:16
am
1Z
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VcL
XXIV
NO.
191
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
16,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
SILVER
BOUND
TO
AFFECT
CANADA
Thousands
1v
acres
alberta
crop
ruined
by
storm
Most
Severe
Causes
Heavy
Damage
In
Lethbridge
Region
Loss
as
Result
of
Visit
of
Wild
Elements
Which
Struck
Southern
Prairie
Last
Night
is
Estimated
at
alf
a
Million
Dollars
LETHBRIDGE,
Alta.,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
Thousands
of
z?.?z
i
of
crops,
mostly
wheat,
are
in
ruins,
having
been
de-el
by
the
most
devastating
storm
to
strike
Southern
Ki
xrta
in
years.
The
loss
is
estimated
at
more
than
$500,-(00
T
ic
storm
struck
late
yesterday
and
had
abated
r
r
c.
i.at
today.
CODE
PRICE
OF
SALMON
litkin
Cannent
Ak
For
.Minimum
W
Si
ll
rrr
Uottn
l
or
Pinks
Under
.V.
It,
A.
Prohibit
Loss
mi;
rment
of
United
Slates
Pro-faction
Represented
In
Petition
At
Ketchikan
KTT
"KAN
Au
16:
(CP
A
r
,
n.
e
of
$1
10
a
dxrt
for
'K
salmon
was
requested
f
?;
-
inal
Recovery
Act
ad-:
by
Alaskan
cannera
In
'
-
'
ailed
a
defence
aalrst
':
r
vlng
financial
condl-
T
jr.urrs
declared
they
would
t
u
operate
under
the
r-
Hi
:e
announced
In
Seattle
ul
$1
a
dozen
for
pints.
rget
concerns,
they
In-
ii'l
break
cyen.
Insertion
Aie
of
a
clause
prohibiting
'
u
loss
was
requested.
C
rr.nien
here
represented
''-
'
M"7
percent
of
the
pink
sals'
i
I-
od
in
Ue
United
States
'i
a
.
ir
estimated
at
$8,000,000.
DISMISSALS
UNJUSTIFIED
MlniUr
of
Labor
Says
No
Kscuse
f
or
Youths
Losing
Jobs
Because
Of
Minimum
Ware
VICTORIA,
Aug.
16:
(CP)-Dls-a
of
delivery
boys
In
retail
:rn
bemuse
of
the
new
minimum
Kn-
order
giving
them
$12.75
per
c,-k
after
a
year's
experience
Is
J'wuut
Justification.
Hon.
George
------
CM
WW
I
V
r
The
minister
Issued
an
ap.
1J
to
all
boys
thus
dismissed
to
m
Perwr"l
letters
giving
Q"
alls
THKKE
STITCHES
IN
!!
MUSCLE
OP
1H.AI
:aut
.
illl
rtm
-
-
Ol'
CHICAGO
WOMAN
CHICAGO,
111.,
Aug
16:
A
.
'mm
wnmnM
no
I,
io
ypnrs
oi
age.
t
h
nVerlng
nlcc'y
Allowing
tCate
ur8'cal
operation
in
vnrce
stitches
were
m
i
.
Rh
J
.
.
"fan
muscie
t
Il.in
Kn
.1..
lr
J
,
slitDDca
with
an
Tempest
No
Trace
Of
John
Labatt!
TORONTO,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
The
Toronto
Star-yosterday
aid
that
a
note
believed
to
be
authentic
had
been
received
by
members
of
the
kidnapped
brewer's
family
in
London
from
John
S.
Labatt,
who
was
abducted
for
ransom
on
Tuesday,
reading:
"Do
everything
possible
to
aid
my
release
and
obey
the
orders
given."
Up
to
late
last
evening
there
was
no
trace
of
Labatt.
More
than
forty-eight
hours
after
his
brother
had
been
kidnapped,
Hugh
Lnbntt
remained
in
his
hotel
here
today
with
$150,000
in
cash
as
a
ransom
but
still
no
word
came
from
the
kidnappers
nor
had
any
authentic
contact
been
made.
4
4
iWILL
TEACH
AGRICULTURE
Will
be
lncludrd
In
Curriculum
of
Ontario
Public
Schools
TORT
WILLIAM,
Aug.
16:
Hon.
Duncan
Marshall,
provincial
minister
of
agriculture,
speaking
at
the
Ijikehead
Exhibition
here,
an
nounced
that
the
government
has
decided
to
have
agriculture
taught
ns
a
mrt
of
the
public
school
cur
riculum
in
Ontario
beginning
in
the
Uilrd
grade.
Property
Owners
In
States
Aided!;
Loans
to
be
Made
by
Government:
For
Improvement
Work
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Aug.
16:-
'
j,
p,
t.
O'Conner.
comptroller
of
.'currency,
yesterday
approved
a
plan
dXcd
to
facilitate
the
making
of
government
Issued
loans
to
pro
-
perty
owners
for
alterations,
re-
pairs
and
Improvements.
DARING
FLIERS
WHO
CROSSED
ATLANTIC
L
r
m'j
A
Heading
for
Bagdad
6.600
miles
away.
In
an
attempt
to
break
tne
world's
non-stop
long
distance
record,
James
Ayling
and
Leonard
Held
pointed
the
nose
of
their
twin-winged
aeroplane
"Trail
of
the
Caribou"
into
the
rising
sun
and
zoomed
away
after
a
long
run,
landing
in
England.
The
take-off
had
been
repeatedly
delayed
by
adverse
weather
conditions.
Six
hundred
gallons
of
gasoline
brought
from
England
for
the
attempt,
were
aboard
the
ship,
and
as
a
good
luck
token,
the
fliers
carried
a
miniature
Buddha.
Top
centre.
"The
Trail
of
the
Caribou."
once
owned
by
Captain
James
and
Amy
Mollison.
as
It
stood
on
the
sands
of
Wasaga
Beach
just
before
the
take-off,
and
(second
climbing
into
the
air
for
a
perfect
start
Lower
centre,
map
of
the
proposed
flight
Coverage
of
Currency
By
White
Metal
Would
Be
Big
Help
to
Trade
.11011
.
H.
II.
Stevens
Gives
His
Views
on
Monetary
Matters
But
is
Not
in
Position
to
Say
What
Would
Be
Policv
of
Government
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
Any
action
such
as
that
taken
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
Uni-
ted
States
or
by
any
other
country
in
regard
to
silver
is,
UUUIUI
IU
11HIUV1IV.C
V-'UlllUm
lit
OUIIIC
UltUOlUU
III
m-i
towards
that
metal,
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
said
in
a
public
address
here
last
night.
...
,
,What
that
policy
would
be
he
was
r
i
i
r
!
rolisnramiiy
Is
Tortured
By
Robbing
Bandits
WARSAW.
Poland.
Aug.
16:-,
Four
masked
bandits
raided
a
far-
j
mer's
home
near
Clelncho,
tortur-'
ing
the
owner
and
his
family
inUr
surrendering
their
savings
by
pour-,
ing
hot
wax
on
their
feet.
j
Former
Official
i
Of
Insull
Freed
Marshall
Campbell
Acquitted
at
Chicago
on
Charges
of
Embcizlrmcnt
CHICAGO.
Aug.
16:
Marshall
Campbell,
who
once
headed
a
subsidiary
concern
In
Samuel
Insult's
o
billion
dollar
utilities
empire,
found
not
guilty
by
a
Jury
here
charges
of
embezzlement.
Ca
J.sld
'
wa
as
J
on
not
In
a
position
to
say.
If.
however,
It
were
possible
for
leading
'com-
merclal
countries
through
Inter-
national
agreement
to
accept
silver
as
coverage
for
their
currency,
It
would
be
a
boon
to
trade.
QUIET
DAY
IN
MARKET
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
16:
Stocks,
moved
sluggishly
within
a
narrow
price
trend
Tuesday
with
only
fractional
changes.
The
day's
business
was
light
with
only
530.000
shares
changing
hands.
The
list
generally
was
dull
and
colorless.
The
industrial
average
at
closing
was
91.12.
off
.68;
rails,
3858,
off
.38;
utilities,
3052,
off
.25,
and
bonds,
92.29,
up
.53.
CANADIAN
EXCHANGE
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
16.
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
$1.02
9-16
on
the
local
foreign
exchange.
,
Eskimo
Sentenced
To
Five
Years
In
Prison
For
Killing
COPPERMINE,
Northwest
Territories,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
Ahlglak,
Eskimo
native
of
King
William
Island,
was
found
guilty
of
manslaughter
here
and
sentenced
to
five
years'
imprinmentHe
was
charged
with
the
murder
of
Ani
Aniruak,
another
na-
tlve,
following
a
jealous
quarrel
over
his
wife's
preference
for
his
Irlend-
Peasants
Clash
mi
With
Guards
In
Colombia
City
BOGOTA,
Colombia,
Aug.
10:
Seven
persons
were
killed
and
more
than
twenty
injured
In
a
clash
be-
tween
peasants
and
civil
guards
here.
Western
Alaska
Vessel
Strands
Steamer
Starr,
Bound
From
Seward
For
Peninsula,
Ashore
on
Etg
Island
SEWARD.
Alaska.
Aug.
16:
The
steamer
Starr,
enroute
from
Seward
to
the
Alaskan
Peninsula,
Is
ashore
on
Egg
Island.
Funeral
Notice
The
funeral
of
the
late
Leonard
Sydney
John
Brewerton
will
take
place,
tomorrow
(Friday)
at
2
o
clock
from
the
parlors
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
PASSING
OF
RAILMAN
W.
E.
Duperow,
Well
Known
In
Prince
Rupert,
Passes
Away
In
Winnipeg
WINNIPEG,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
W.
E.
Duperow,
aged
62,
assistant
to
the
passenger
traffiq
manager
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
for
many
years
general
passenger
agent
for
the
old
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway,
passed
away
here
Tuesday
night
following
a
long
Illness.
I
The
late
Mr.
Duperow,
who
was
lone
of
the
best
known
railwaymen
In
Western
Canada,
while
identified
with
the
old
Grand
Trunk
Pa-'clflc
Co..
made
frequent
visits
to
1
Prince
Rupert
In
the
early
days
and
was
very
popular
here.
The
station
of
Perow
in
the
Bulkley
Valley
was
named
for
him.
Bom
In
Stratford,
Ont,
September
4,
1872,
Mr.
Duperow
was
edu-t
cated
in
the
schools
of
that
city
and
entered
the
service
of
the
iGrand
Trunk
Railway
at
the
age
of
21
years,
holding
various
posl-
Itions
until
he
finallv
berame
rhW
I
clerk
In
the
district
passenger
ot-j
ic
in
jBiuaio.
in
imn
ne
jeitna
railway
for
five
years
daring
which
time
he
was
general
manager
of
the
Huntsvllle,
Lake
of
Bays
and
Lake
Simcoe
Navigation
Co.
at
Huntsvllle,
Ont
In
1909
he
returned
to
the
Grand
Trunk
Railway
as
travelling
passenger
agent
at
To
ronto
and
In
1910
he
was
appointed
city
passenger
and
ticket
agent
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
at
Victoria,
in
1912
becoming
general
agent
at
Vancouver.
In
1914
he
was
appointed
to
the
position
of
assistant
general
passenger
agent
at
Winnipeg
and,
when
the
Canadian
Government
Railways
took
over
operation
of
the
transcontinental
lines
east
of
Winnipeg
In
1915,
he
was
appointed
to
the
same
office
for
the
Canadian
Government
Lines.
In
1917
he
was
appointed
general
passenger
agent
for
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
and,
after
amalgamation
of
the
western
lines,
was
named
assistant
to
the
passenger
traffic
manager.
Married
to
Annie
May
Close
In
1394,
Mr.
Duperow
is
survived,
be-iides
his
widow,
by
two
sons
and
one
daughter.
He
was
a
Protestant,
a
member
of
the
Masonic
craft
and
a
follower
of
all
lines
of
sport.
French
Party
To
Visit
Canada
Is
Being
Named
Now
PARIS.
Aug.
16:
The
National
French
Commission,
organized
to
participate
with
other
French
in
stitutions
In
celebrating
the
four
hundredth
anniversary
of
Jacques
artler's
voyage
of
discovery
up
the
5t
Lawrence
River,
will
be
named
ihls
week.
The
party
will
make
the
rip
to
Quebec
on
the
palatial
French
liner
Champlaln.
King
and
Queen
At
Sandringham;
Scotland
Next
LONDON,
Aug.
16:
King
George
and
Queen
Mary
left
London
for
Sandringham
Castle
yesterday
for
a
week's
vacation.
Next
week
the
King
will
go
to
Scotland
for
grouse'
shooting.
.
Ii'!ftJ