prince Rupert Clear, light northerly wind; barometer, 29.83; lomnerature, 42; sea smooth. fj-vj Vol. XXV NO. 92. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY Today's Weather A, B.C. She PREMMR BALDWIN TALKS BRITAIN IS PREPARING Ulcst Air Equipment Added To nefences of Suez Canal j ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. April 18: (CP)--Despite Increased European tension following Germany's occupation of the Rhlneland demllltar-t bed zone. Britain Is pursuing her j task of perfecting the defences of , Egypt and the Suez Canal. j It Is not a generally known factj i.n ha an imp smni nnn ' maw uciuwwa w-.--w planes brought here by Britain, six ol the R. A. F.'s new "Queen B" robot airplanes were transported here for the sol purpose of giving the naval anti-aircraft guns tome real practice. i In actual warfare, the British1 lr ministry expects these robot planes to be useful in carrying cargoes of bombs for release over enemy lines. As their cost Is approximately $50,000 each, they make rather expensive targets. Recently one of the "Queen Bees" was an elusive target for more than an hour off Alexandria harbor before it was brought down, j finally the little destroyer leader Galatea scored a hit. 1 flight of the Queen Bees Is dl-! rected by a radio control on land' it the Abouklr airdrome which (aides radio apparatus located In Kanniam Mace Ktv Aerear cockpit of the robot ma-.'c4U1C,il VI sune Typical of the risks taken by uml fliers here was a recent prac tice flight of 37 planes from th tircraft carrier rr er nlnrinu. Olorious. Far Far out out a the Mediterranean, a mist suddenly arose between them and their base They flashed SOS. cails and tire Olorious guided them tor some time but a landing was Impossible and their gasoline sup- plles diminished steadily. taekfly the mist lifted and af- lersome time the planes were able to come down. I Atlantic Flying Safe, He Claims ' u iP. Tioncer Predicts AH Mails Will Be ' Flown In Five Years HAMILTON. Bermuda, April 18: 'Falrvlew Cemetery. 'CPi if cnfpr tn fiv thn Atlnn.! Frank Roma, the widower, who "c than it Is to cross Piccadilly," aid Commander Sir Walter Window, air mail nlnnppr riLwusslnK . 1 ' " 1 wns-Atlantic mall service during recent visit to this proposed j trans-oceanic air base. We should have had It years inere's nothing to stop It," declared the famous aviaUon es- Ift who believes that in five years a the world's malls wlil be carried h Bi. Sir Walter cent the first "alr-all" letter across the English Channel In 1009 and Inaugurated a ;eMar airmail delivery ln India Vancouver Wheat VANcouVERTTprll 18; (CPJ-hat was quoted at 800 on the Vancouver exchange yesterday, ad-,ancing u, 8isic today. Ql;EEN MARY HITS "r sriiKi) OF 30 KNOTS AND MOKE Evidence reveaiea Mrs. weisiu-w man had been receiving $1 a da;' spn.irate maintenance since 1904 lirTtr -v. -hwk, Scotland. April cp-Thc new White .6r.Cunard liner Oueen Marv established a t0M nppt nf . ""ore than thirt. knnu in t5cd trials off the Isle of . Arrn today. j. ' T 5- W ' ' W v "4. Thp firm ctirfonn f tu j . f; cri, m battery ,V.. u4Qry QUSl I,ym chariots. The guns are drawn HI D ' O 1 1 Mrs. Koma is Held Tgt congregation at Church Of . , .iiiiiuiiviaMuii A Ills .viurillll Ti Pi v Trlhula There was a large congregation ",Y,lc T" thU morn,1"f when hg requ em, "a "1C UUi u lrr" " 7"" kn,own member of the local Italian t colony, whose death occurred ear- iner in uie wees, was ceieoraiea Dy ,Rev. Father Maurice Smith O. M. I. jThe children's choir was ln atten- dance. The nallbearers were L Palmero, D. Cavalierl, P. Mazzel, cassesano, f rea Lanza ana Frank Montesano. The burial will take place tomorrow afternoon from the chapel of B. C. Undertakers' to was in Vancouver when his wife suddenly died, returned home on the Princess Adelaide yesterday . i I 1 IV- !a"erno" irom utc suuut- t l j j DlVOfCe Awarded To Gay '. Bride CHICAGO, April 17: (CP) Th? story of a romance .of the "gayjcalm; barometer, 29.80: 3a smooth 90s" that cooled with the turninR tf the century was repeated before ! Judge Joseph Babath ln Superlo Court here by Mrs. Chariott! Weightman. "It was the most beautltul court ship there ever was," she said. ": was an invalid. He used to can? me to and from my wheel chali We were married ln 1832." Mrs. Weightman recalled tlu ln the next five years she made jher husband five suits and twe 'overcoats. But ln 1902, she tcsti- !'fle he ordered her from their .home. "Once I went back," she said, "but he refused to admit tnp. . . . . 1 Af'pr hearing her story, Judge cMih pave her a divorce from Charles Weightman and restored hor maiden name Weightman nvpr a SIUUU insuiuntr policy in lieu of alimony. NORTHERN AND. CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936 British Artillery Raise Desert Dust Near Libyan . inis spot maices an Ideal train- Is galloping into action over the the wheels of the modern war by three pairs of horses with a FIVE ENGLISH BOY " ANr BERLIN. ntmf TM Anril 7T 18: (CP ,, i ' rie tJigiisn scnooi Doys, iiiciiiwcio via a Mining yaiiy ui t, twenty-seven, died of exhaus- tlon todav ln the hniv r.Ion east of Frleburg in the south i ' vest of the German state of Baden after the party had lost way in a snowstorm. - t Pnla Man UClIa VyUUlCl Hlall Made Magistrate Appointment of Andy Christensen Of Anaham Lake is Announced at Victoria VICTORIA, April 18: (CPI The, appointment of Andy Christensen of Bella Coola and Anaham Lake as a stipendiary magistrate for the counties of Cariboo and Prince RuDert was announced at the ." legislative buildings Friday. , Today's Weather Dead Tree Point Cloudy, calm; barometer, 29.92; temperature, 44; sea smooth. Triple, Triple, Island Island Part Part cloudy cloudy Langara Island Light showers, :loudy, light easterly wind; light swell. , Terrace Clear, calm, 40. Anyox Part cloudy, calm, 40. 1 Stewart Clear, calm, 42. Hazelton Clear, calm, 50. i Smlthers Clear, calm, mlldi j Burns Lake Clear, calm, 39. City of Nelson Has Large Fire Thirty Thousand Dollars Damage! illustrated by photographs taktui fall connection with the car-Whcn Packing: Sheds- Are I by the crew, adorned the common nival at the Exhibition Building as Destroyed NELSON, April 18: (CP)-Da-mage estimated at $23,000 was caused by fire which destroyed two large packing sheds of the Associated Growers and damaged three adjoining homes' here last night.. . man astride to handle each nair manoeuvres are practically impossible. Across the border from igjpk is L,ioya, Deionging 10 Italy. RF.H SHIP --' HtiFFTElY " skinner of Russian Vessel at IlaJl- fax Turns Down Workers' Newspapers hauf'ax. April 18: (CP- Youthful Pavel Alexeev, skippei u..,.v - mis port since ine revoiuiion prefers calm waters for hlmsell 'and his craft Greeted by Willian: D APS T V" n Mil .V nt4 n -v haw W turns, this will mean a saving of i iu oi. i i i. m 14. captain of the Start Bolshevik will: ; $70 m to .the. motorl bUc propaganda 'on be newspapers ,of th ovince half of the workers," Alexeev re- i . . -plied; ' "?d,e a"thrit t. ti of ,the oto; "You will excuse, please I am not permitted to accept." ';V,ehiclet th,e P"mler- 1who1 ? mmlster of public works last Their business ln Halifax. Uie Soviet commander hastened to explain, was to load grain. And a Innrtlnv tr H91lfav vprinrP, ' wiU have made wheat!meantime "bates, d 209 3 bushds The rate reduction does net lno lhe holds of th starl Bol.'them. apply t0 trucks anv or otne.r shevIk in nlne hours ' settin2 4 Marltlme record. ,of motor venlcle other than P38 r.i..- L- -uw..j i-enger cars. Licence fees for ijiiiiuua iruuiuiia 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 nuijiii 11 the neat little freighter with lhe thrill of stepping on Soviet sot". They found a crew of 28 Including' M VV M w V V-f MMkCk M 1 kusina, 23-year old stewardess. She knew the arts and science ot . the make-up box. Her prettily' curved curved Hps lips were were lightly lightly touched touched with lipstick, and she posed for cameramen. Down ln the saloon, Vera' was serving breakfast. She sat dowa !and ate with the men. The meal consisted of small herring, bread.l,, , , , .... .. . , In wpV n. oh f ,,:KeS5ie Clayton, Who Took Tart tumblers. j Behind a red transparent stai an electric lamp burned throwing the features of Stalin Into relleT. A red framed picture of Lenin with a huge bow of black, crepo like paper ornamented the wa! Pictures of other leaders, new 3le Clayton, who will be remem-Soviet buildings, the ship's own bered by many people who atten-newspapcr printed on board and ded native war dances held last ( rooms. Musical Instruments, the, one of the participants ln that guitar, the balalka, hung in their spectacular entertainment. He suc-places cumbed to tuberculosis. A -depository for contributions Clayton was about thirty years to party funds was made ln thojef age and Is survived by a widow form of a castle with a red flat; and family as well as his mother, at a. window. Newspapers and! Mrs. Charles Morrison, and five magazines were pn the readlns table.v Border - -----ai WhP thP ... Reduction In Licence Rates c AnnniinrPf) Id rillllUUULCU FREDERICTON, April, 18: (CPi The 1936 licence for passenger automobiles will cost New Brunswick motorists nearly fifteen percent less than last year. Premier ee has been reduced from 70 cents to 60 cents per hundredweight, the minimum remaining at $10. On the' basis of last year's re- December extended the 1933 li cence period to May I, 1936. The PUSed 1936 plates in the trucks remain the same as the.v have been previously. T t name n - "j10" 8 ment derived a revenue of $484,- r t n niiiri rrt rdijlnVJ UF WAR DANCER Spectacular Entertainment Last Fall, Dies Word has been received in the city of the death at Klncollth at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon of Reg- 1 brothers. He was a sub-chief of 1 the Eagle tribe. OF PEACE Nations Must be Ready To Fight For It Says Premier of Gt. Britain Sees Hitler as Dominating Factor in European Situation '; Today Another War, He Fears, Would 3Iean : End of Civilization i WORCESTER, Eng., April 18: (CP) Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said today that the only way to secure European peace was to be ready to fight for it if necessary. "Collective security will never work unless all nations which take part in it are prepared simultaneously to threaten with military sanctions and to fight an ag- or If necessary" he said at afc11 political rally. Premier Baldwin . said that , VdclMfuehrer Adolf Hitler, "more y CR0ATS AND SErtBS Jhm any living man in Europe." CMSII AND JUGO- eould make or break peace on the SLA VIA IS EXCITED Conttnent. , Repeating his previous predlc- . BELGRADE, Aoril 18: (CP) tion that another war would end KIntense excitement raged Civilization in Europe, he said that through Jugo-Slavia yester- would be even more certain If na-i day foUowlng the of tions of the world went back on nlne persons, including a wo- their word and used poison gasses. . man and a glri; b an en. "I believe that, if such a thing were raged.Croat peasant near Zag- done, the raging people of every reb slaylngs are regarded country, torn with passion, suffer- having been due to frlctlon tng and terror, would wipe out between Croats and Serbs. every government In Europe and you would have a state of anarchy from end to end as man's protest ' against wickedness In high places" TODAY'S STOCKS I Courtesy S. D. Johnstoti Co.) Vancouver B. C. Nickel, .35. Big Missouri, .60. Bralorne, 7.5Q. B. R. Cons., .07i. B. R. X., .15. Cariboo Quartz, "1.40. Dentonia, 19. j Dunwell. .05 Va. Golconda, .142. Mlnto, .75 Vi. Meridian, .09li. Morning Star, .03 Vi. National Sliver, .02!8. Noble Five, .04. Porter Idaho, .053i. Premier, 2.32. Reno, 1.17. Relief Arlington. .34. Salmon Gold, .11. Taylor Bridge,' .10Vi. Wayside, .152. Oils C. & E., 1.26. ' Freehold, .07. Mercury, .15. 1 Toronto Bidgood Klrkland, 1.43. Beattle, 1.40. Central Patricia, 3.40. Chlbougamau, 1.42. God's Lake. .93. Granada, .21. Inter. Nickel. 48.50. Lake Maron, .04?8. Lee Gold, .03. Little Long Lac, 6.80. Macassa, 3.75. McKenzie Red Lake, 1.54. Noranda. 54.65. -Perron, j 1.52. ; Pickle Crow, 6.75. Red Lake Gold Shore. 1.16. , San Antonio. 2.50. ' SLsco, 3.38. Smelter Gold. .06. Stadacona, .34. Sturgeon River, .45. Sudbury Baslir, 3.93. Teck Hughes, 4.55. Ventures, 2.10. SILVER PRICE ADVANCES NEW YORK, April 18: (CP) Making its first change In weeks, the price of silver advanced 'Ac to 45c per ounce on the New- York metal market yesterday.. 'i ' t Tomorrow's Tides High . 11:39 am. 20.4 ft. . ,23':58 p.m. 22.l' ft. Low ..... : 5:34 a.m. 5.6 ft. 17:49 p.m. 4.3 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS 10 rnnn 10 uvuu rrince Rupert District Gets Real Boost From Canadian National Railways Undoubtedly one of the best pub licity vehicles the Canadian Na- tlonal Railways has ever given prince Rupert and the central Interior district Is a new booklet entitled "Central British Columbia" which has Just made its appearance, issued by the colonization and. Immigration department of the railway, it features agricultural possibilities and opportunities of this district. There are individual articles on each area separately and Prince Rupert Is given due prominence. The booklet Is profusely and attractively Illustrated with new scenes from all parts of the district. Hopes to Ascend Austrian Throne Prince Otto Signs Letter as "Emperor of Austria" TRURO, N.S., April 18: (CP)--H. :H. McNutt of Truro, a fellow-passenger with Prince Otto, claimant of the Austrian throne, on a cruise of southern waters, has received a letter which the Prince signed as j"Emperor of Austria." rne letter said tnere were Imme-dlate obstacles ln the way of Prince Otto ascending the throne which could be overcome soon, he ; hoped. Prince Otto sent the letter from a palace In which Empress Zlta and her family have found a haven in Belgium. ' Funeral Notice The Interment of the late Mrs. Frank Roma will take place from the B. C. Undertakers Chapel at 2 , p.m, tomorrow (Sunday),