Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Foggy,
rain,
calm;
baromctr-
29.62;
temperature,
52;
seA
'h.
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
124.
IS
MANIAC
AT
LARGE?
No
Solution
Yet
Reached
of
Shoot-ing
of
Jack
Lepard
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
May
27-Is
a
maniac
at
large
or
was
the
recent
shooting
of
sixteen-year
old
Jack
Lepard,
Langely
Prairie
schoo:
boy,
the
vengeance
of
anothei
youth?
This
is
the
question
that
Is
agitating
people
of
the
Fraser
Valley
community
as
te
killing
of
tht
young
boy
on
the
road
ten
days
ago-wlth
a
revolver
bullet
contin
ues
unsolved.
It
Is
thought
by
the
authorities
that,
had
the
youth
been
struck
by
what
was
at
firs
thought
to
be
a
stray
bullet
the
person
who
had
actually
fired
11
would
have
come
forward
by
this
time.
J.
F.
C.
B.
Vance,
chief
of
the
criminal
Investigation
department
of
the
Vancouver
city
police,
has
been
called
Into
the
Investigation
but
has
been
able
to
throw
little
light
on
the
mystery.
The
coroner's
Jury
Saturday
returned
an
open
verdict
that
the
boy
had
come
to
his
death
from
a
revolver
bullet
fired
by
a
person
or
persons
unknown.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
May
27
(Canadian
Press)
The
price
of
wheat
was
71c
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
yesterday.
HAU
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
May
27
(Canadian
Press)
Bar
silver
was
unchangca
al
44ic.
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
SEVERE
ARMOUR
AND
CURRIF,
AWARDED
CONTRACTS
AT
FISHING
FLOATS
4
Armour
Salvage
Co.
has
been
awarded
the
contract
for
dredging
at
the
fishermen's
floats
east
of
the
dry
dock.
The
contract
for
building
a
breakwater
has
been
awarded
to
John
Currle
&
Son.
The
work
Is
being
done
under
ap-
proprlatlon
sought
by
Olof
Hansnn
MP
PR.
DAVID
mm
OTTAWA,
May
27:
Major
Gladstone
Murray
M.
C,
!
director
of
programs
for
the
British
Broadcasting
Com-
;
mission,
will
be
appointed
general
manager
and
head
of
j
the
new
Canadian
Radio
Corporation,
it
is
believed
in
J
official
circles
here.
t
j
OTTAWA,
May
27:
(CP)-A
Canadian
broadcasting!
rnrnoratinn
nnmnnspd
nf
ninp
hnnnrnw
rrnuofnni-o
nrnrL-.
l
-
-
v...j.wUV..
.
.
.
.
.
w
O
1U1
kj
IJtiV
ing
through
a
general
manager
and
with
powers
similar
to
those
enjoyed
by
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
was
urged
upon
Parliament
yesterday
by
the
special
committee
which
inquired
into
radio
administration.
The
cor-
poratlon
would
have
additional
STORM
lowere
to
regulate
and
control
ths
character
of
all
programs,
political
ind
other
advertising,
Adoption
of
the
report
would
nean
abolition
of
the
present
Canadian
Radio
Commission
of
three
members
and
Repeal
of
trjc
Canadian
Radio
Broadcasting
'
Act
of
1932.
It
would
mean
the
return
to
the
Radiotelegraph
Branch
of
the
Department
of
Marine
of
control
over
all
technical
and
scientific
aspects
of
broadcasting,
leaving
the
corporation
to
devote
its
time
to
regulation,
production
and
broadcasting
of
programs.
Future
political
broadcasts
would
be
restricted
to
addresses
and
must
be
fully
sponsored,
subject
to
regulation
as
to
time
by
the
corporation,
with
no
political
broadcast:
on
election
day
or
two
days
Imme
diately
preceding.
The
corporation
would
be
Instructed
to
co-operate
with
private
stations
to
the
fullest
extent,
the
committee
Including
In
Its
recom
mendations
that,
pending
com-nlete
nationalization
(which
was
re-af
firmed
as
a
principle),
the
listening
public
would
be
to
a
large
extent
dependent
upon
private
The
suggestion
Is
made
that
the
corporation
be
given
the
power
to
borrow
up
to
$500,000
from
the
Do
minion
treasury
to
extend
its
coverage
of
isolated
portions
of
Canada.
The
committee
urged
that
the
"closest
possible
co-operation"
should
be
maintained
between
the
corporation
and
the
Canadian
Press
in
the
matter
of
news
IS
ON
WAY
n.N.R.
Liner.
Not
Badly
Hurt
on
Coral
Reef,
Leaves
Hamilton
For
Halifax
HAMILTON,
Bermuda.
May
badly
damaged
after
all
fol
lnwlne
her
stranding
on
a
coral
reef
near
here
Saturday,
the
Ca
nadlan
National
Steamships
liner
Prince
David
was
able
to
sail
from
Hamilton
for
Halifax
where
she
will
be
repaired
and
renovated
preparatory
to
being
recommlsslonea
In
a
special
tourist
cruise
service
this
summer
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
R.
Oatman
arc
here
today
on
their
return
to
An
yox
after
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
WASHINGTON,
D.O,
May
27:
At
a
conference
between
House
and
Senate
representatives,
agreement
was
reached
on
terms
of
the
largest
naval
program
ever
undertaken
hv
thi
Ilniiiwl
FIVE
DIE
RADIO
COMMITTEE
MAKES
ITS
Full
Nationalization
Of
Broadcasting
Urged
As
Ultimate
Objective
Meantime
Public
Would
Depend
Upon
Private
Initiative;
Corporation
of
Nine
Governors
Would
Replace
Commission;
Control
Measures
SHIPS
FOR
UNCLE
SAM
United
States
Joins
Naval
Race
With
Expenditure
of
Half
Million
Dollars
!
in
blaze:
Disastrouc
Forest
Fire
in
New
Jersey
is
Finally
Brought
Under
Control
NEW
GRETNA,
New
Jersey,
May
27
(Canadian
Press)
A
disastrous
forest
fire,
after
having
claimed
a1
'east
five
lives,
was
brought
under
control
yesterday.
Over
750
men
had
fought
it
for
over
two
days
3ome
reports
said
that
fourteen
Tien
were
missing.
Six
Men
Missing
After
Collision
Of
Boats
at
Sea
LONDON,
May
27
(Canadian
Press)
Six
men
are
missing
and
uobably
drowned
as
a
result
of
,he
trawler
Picador
sinking
after
colliding
with
the
tanker
San
Sal
ador
in
the
North
Sea
yesterday.
Fourteen
men
of
the
crew
of
the
jPicardor
were
rescued.
REPORT
!
TRANS-PACIFIC
DIRIGIBLE
SERVICE
IS
SUBJECT
OF
SAN
FRANCISCO
REPORT
.
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
27:
(CP)
The
San
Francisco
Chronicle
siys
that
a
Japan-
t
cse
aviation
'
Inaugurate
company
plans
to
a
five-day
dlri-
T
(jiuic
ocuitt
uuuM
wit
rucuic
Ocean
front
Tokyo
to
Van-
ccniver.
The"
report,
however,
is
not
immediately
confirm-
able.
Vancouver
is
not
at
nre-'
States
in
peace
time.
It
provides
'
scPl
equipped
as
for
the
expenditure
of
over
half
a
billion
dollars
on
naval
and
aircraft
construction
including
12
destroyers,
many
submarines,
two
large
battleships
and
311
fighting
aircraft.
The
program
will
go
to
the
House
and
Senate
where
it
is
assured
of
approval
after
which
President
Roosevelt's
assent
will
be
required.
SAILING
OF
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
23,500
pounds,
7.8c
ind
6c
to
8.2c
and
6c.
Canadian
Nil.
American
Oceanic,
14,500,
8.2c
and
6c,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Q.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
27,
1936
VISITS
:
SELASSIE
i
jGREAT
SHIP
Liner
Queen
Mary
Sails
From
Southampton
and
is
Given
Great
Scnd-Off
SOUTHAMPTON.
Eut.,
Mav2:
(CP)
The
Queen
Mary,
pride
of
British
shipbuilde
s,
sailed
on
her
maiden
yoya-e
.across
th
At'an-tic
Ocean
at
4;30
this
afternoon
(7:30)
ParififiUmUnl
Time).
It
was
a
beautiful
sunny
day.
Thousands
of
spectators
had
poured
into
the
city
to
watch
the
liner's
departure
on
her
initial
voyage
to
New
York.
It
is
not
expected
the
81,773-ton
ship
will
attempt
to
break
the
Normandic's
trans-Atlantic
crossing
record
on
this
voyage.
TO
LONDON
ormcr
Emperor
of
Ethiopia
Tra
yds
Aboard
II.M.S.
Capetown
From
Haifa
to
Gibraltar
a
dirigible
,
,
TT
Tomorrow's
Tides
'
'
'
High
7:15
ajn.
15.6
ft.
20:06
p.m.
17.4
It.
Low
....
1;05
a.m.
8.9.
ft.
1314
pjn.
7.0
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
VANCOUVER
Power
Lines
Disabled
and
Three
Homes
Are
Set
Afire
by
Flashes
Of
Lightning
in
Southern
City
Residents
Driven
Terror-Stricken
From
Their
Homes
Into
Streets
North
Vancouver
Plunged
Into
Darkness
as
Heavens
Make
Display
VANCOUVER,
May
27:
(CP)
An
electrical
storm,
one
of
the
most
severe
ever
experienced
here,
struck
the
Lower
Mainland
last
night,
disabled
power
lines,
set
three
homes
afire
and
drove
residents
and
others
into
the
terminus.
A
mooring
mast
and
.
...
.
.
'
'
.
tv.
,frPffs
T.io-Vitninir
cti-nrk
wirino-
Vipfwopn
Hio
orlinnonf
i
h4vy
expenditure,
would
have
L
7!
?
f
A-
M??5
and
J.
A.
Hogarth,
entering
the
to
be
Installed.
i
.mm
i-a.akiiic
m
uiuimwn
auuaiu
iwarsnaii
nome
on
me
wire
ciuiues,
he
British
cruiser
H.M.3.
Cape-
iine.
The
charge
hurled
one
of
the
town.
At
Gibraltar
he
will
board
a
Marshall
children
across
the
room,
commercial
liner
for
London,
per-
Another
fled
to
the
street
and
was
j
mission
having
been
granted
hlT
injured.
A
radio
was
demolished
in
to
visit
England.
It
is
expected
flc
the
Hogarth
home
and
both
houses
will
confer
with
Premier
Stanley
wprP
hadlv
damaepd
Baldwin
to
enlist
his
support
fcr
North
Vancouver
was
plunged
,
DESCEND
ON
NAZIS
.he
Ethiopian
case
when
it
comes
lnto
darkness
when
a
bolt
struck
R-iiric
t
A.,-),
fh,
tn,
m
,
M
-
,
1
aauVIKM
U
I
V
All
V
I
V
A
CTuore
me
league
ui
aans'
a
feeder
power
line,
There
are
eight
persons
in
Selas
sie's
party.
H.M.S.
Capetown,
on
which
Em
peror
Halle
Selassie
is
being
taken
from
Haifa
to
Gibraltar,
is
well
known
on
the
Pacific
Coast
through
visits
here
while
attached
some
years
ago
to
the
West
Indlef
station.
Activities
in
New
York
Study
Subject
This
striking
picture
shows
the
fastest
slngle-engined
bombing
aeroplane
In
the
Royal
Air
Force.
A
low
wing
monoplane,
with
retractable
undercarriage
and
tall
wheel,
which
will
exceed
In
speed
all
other
planes
of
Its
class
in
the
British
Air
Force
Is
shown
flying
over
a
military
airport
In
England
during
its
test
flight.
Here
Enroute
To
Mine
on
Islands
CoL
Hartstone
and
Party
ol
Men
Arrive
In
City
From
South
Ine
act
of
the
federal
government
or
the
construction
of
this
line
md
it
Is
understood
that
the
mea-ure
will
come
before
Parliament
n
the
course
of
the
next
two
weeks.
The
proposed
line-
wll
lstart.
at
Senneterro
on
the
National
trans-ontlnental
railway
and
will
be
99
nlles
In
length.
Running
southwes
Upon
Castle
of
Prince
Stahremberg
VIENNA,
May
27
Following
an
attack
on
Prince
von
Stahremberg's
lastle,
the
headquarters
of
the
Helmwehr,
Chanhellor
Kurt
von
Schuschnlgg
ordered
a
series
of
raids
by
the
police
on
Nazi
clubs
as
a
result
of
whlcn
twenty-eight
Enroute
to
the
Halda
Gold
"mine
J
prominent
Mzl"
'leaders
have
been
on
Skldegate
Inlet
with
party
of!
arrested,
During
the
day's
disor-men
who
will
be
engaged
in
tun-lder,
two
ptrsons
were
killed
and
nel
extension
work
on
the
property,
several
injured.
The
authorities
Col.
Harstone
arrived
from
Van-,
were
In
full
control
bv
nlaht.
NEW
YORK,
May
27:
A
special
COUver
on
the
Prince
George
this
There
were
also
raids
on
Nazis
course
of
study
is
to
be
conducted
'by
Columbia
University
this
tum-imer
dealing
with
various
phases
of
metropolitan
life
and
activities
of
New
York.
The
course
will
be
started
this
week.
j
Many
First
Year
Death
Claimi
NEW
YORK,
May
27:-Statlstlc'
which
have
been
made
public
hen
show
that
78,000
death
claims
wen
paid
in
the
United
States
durinf
Banner,
10,000,
7.8c
and
8c,
Atlin.'
the
past
year
on
life
Insurants
Huskie
L.,
4,000,
8c
and
6c.
Atlln.
policies
in
their
first
year.
Britain
Builds
Fastest
Bombing
Fighting
'Plane
morning
enroute
to
the
Islands
.
Jin
other
ports
of
Austria.
New
One
Hundred
Mile
Railway
Project
in
the
Mining
Fields
Of
Quebec
is
Planned
by
C.
N.
R.:
MONTREAL,
May
27:
The
Canadian
National
Railways,
having
pioneered
the
opening
of
the
rich
Noranda-
Rouyn
mining
field
by
the
building
of
a
branch
line,
plans
this
year
to
begin
construction
of
a
second
branch
leading
ff
the
National
transcontinental
railway
into
the
new
old
mining
field
east
of
Rouyn.
Powers
are
being
sought
mder
the
authority
of
a
branch
1
CITING
OF
?
T0WNSEND
Father
of
Old
Age
Pension
Plan
May
Be
Taken
Before
Court
-After
All
terly
It
will
pass
through
the
well
:nown
mining
field
where
Perron,
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
May
27
-
Lamaque,
siscoe,
bumvan
ana
n.
SDeciai
committee
of
the
iher
mines
are
located.
Then
It
ij0USp
0f
Representatives
lnvestl-wlll
proceed
In
a
westerly
direction
gating
the
Townsend
old
age
pen-passing
through
the
Canadian
Ma-!
sion
pian
is
undecided
as
to
whe-lartlc,
O'Brien,
McWatters
mining
;
thcr
Dr.
Francis
E.
Townsend,
the
section
to
tie
on
at
Rouyn
with
the
j
father
of
the
plan,
who
walked1
Taschereau-Noranda
branch
com-!
out
of
the
committee
In
a
huff
lasi
:ng
In
from
the
north
of
the
trans-'
week,
should
be
cited
for
comment
tontlnentat
railway.
The
proposed
before
the
House
Itself
or
before
line
will,
the
Canadian
National
the
District
of
Columbia
Supremo
Railways
believe,
best
serve
the
In-1
Court
or
whether
the
Idea
of
clt-terests
of
the
territory
and,
at
the
Ing
him
shiuld
be
abandoned
a'-
same
time,
prevent
duplication
by
together.
Since
the
Incident,
Dr.
private
interests
of
the
National
Townsend
has
been
resting
In
Bal-transcontln?ntal
and
other
publicly
tlmoie.
There
Is
no
desire
to
mako
owned
facilities.
a
martyr
of
the
elderly
physician-
In
a
statement
made
here
last
i
economist
night,
S,
J.
Hungerford,
president!
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
said:
"It
is
an
historical
fact
that
the
development
of
the
Abltibl
section
of
Northern
Quebec
has
resulted
from
the
building
of
the
National
transcontinental
railway,
which
Is
a
part
of
the
Canadian
government
railways
entrusted
to
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
The
investigation
committee
is
resuming
its
sessions
today.
C.
Robson,
brother
of
Bert
Rob
son
purser
of
the
steamer
PrincB
George,
came
north
on
the
Prince
George
today
from
Vancouver
to
Join
the
steamer
Prlnco
Charles.
He
Is
Identified
with
the
stewards'
department.