man
fpr
four
non-operating
unions
said
that
members
had
voted
to
fwalk
out
unless
carriers
met
their
pay
demands.
The
workers
had
I
asked
for
an
Increase
of
twenty
cents
an
hour.
MOSCOW
IS
SUSPICIOUS
Thinks
Japan
Is
Trying
By
Any
Means
to
Start
Conflict
MOSCOW,
Aug.
4:
The
news
paper
Izvestla,
official
organ
of
the
Soviet
government,
charges
Japan
entire
Soviet
press
blazed
with
in
dlgnatlon
as
Japan
rejected
a
deter.
I
mined
Russian
protest
against
the
raid
on
the
Russian
consulate
at
Peiplnu
durlnc
the
fighting
be
tween
Chinese
and
Japanese
for
the
possession
of
the
city.
HOMElS"
DAMAGED
Loss
of
Some
$2000
From
Fire
and
Water
at
Residence
of
Mrs.
J.
C.
McLennan
Considerable
damage
was
done
to
the
residence
of
Mrs.
J.
C.
McLennan,
Borden
Street,
'at
4:10
this
morning
as
a
result
of
a
fire
which
broke
out
in
a
clothes
closet
on
the
second
floor.
The
fire
crept
downward
into
the
first
floor
and
upward
Into
the
attic.
Damage
to
Iho
building
and
furnishings
may
run
into
$2000
or
so,
a
good
deal
being
due
In
the
effects
of
water,
There
Is
Insurance.
Stem
Rust
Attacks
U.S.
Barley
Crop
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
3:
The
De
partment
of
Aerlculture
announces
that
the
barley
crops
In
a
number
of
the
central
states
had
been
attacked
by
stem
rust
which
threat
ened
to
seriously
affect
the
crop
uiu
year
ORD
IS
i
RECOVERED
Small
Chicago
Boy,
Believed
Kidnapped,
is
Claimed
by
Couple
With
Whom
He
Was
Found
CHICAGO,
Aug.
4:
(Canadian
Tress)
Assistant
State
Attorney
Wllbert
Crowley
said
today
that
the
thlrty-month-old
boy
police
believed
had
been
kidnapped
last
night
from
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Otto
Ilorst
had
been
found
at
the
home
of
another
couple
who
claimed
to
be
his
real
parents.
The
boy,
Donald
Horst,
was
recovered
by
Crowley,
state
attorneys
and
police
at
the
home
of
John
Regan,
26-year-old
machinist,
and
his
wife,
Lydia.
25.
JAPANESE
I
ADVANCING
Chinese
Are
Kxpccled.
However
To
Make
Massed
Stand
1'EIIMNG,
Aug.
4:
The
Jap
ancse
army
penetraiea
oo
iimca
capital.
From
Nanking
came
re
ports
of
wholesale
evacuation
oi
foreign
families.
!
south
of
l'eiping
Wednesday.!
more
than
half
way
to
Ihe
Keo-i
tei
Tien
region
where
Japanese;
commanders
expect
a
Chinese
army
to
take
its
first
massed
stand
against
Japanese
in
North
China
While
the
Japanese
swept
o'li
south,
2000
forgotten
men
of
the'
Uth
Chinese
army
were
uisarnv
is
trying
to
provoke
a
conflict
with
I
,,
iejm,
northwest
of
the
U.S.S.R.
by
any
means.
The
!
iitlrdnir
and
headed
into
Ihe
Today's
Weather
(Oovemmnt
TMegriivn"
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
Gi.
Alice
Arm
Kain,
southwest
wind,
5G.
HazelVoji
l'art
cloudy,
calm,
59.
Smithers
Fart
cloudy,
calm
52.
Hums
Lake
Clear,
calm,
57.
Victoria
Clear,
southwest
wind,
12
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter,
29.98.
Kstevan
ClouUy,
norinwes'.
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter.
30.
0G.
Prince
George
Calm
nnu
rainy
barometer,
29.78.
Dlgby
Island
Northwest
wind,
8
miles
per
hour,
barometer,
SO.
02;
rain.
Vancouver
Northeast
wl
ture,
55.
sea
Third
Soviet
Plane
Expected
To
Arrive
Soon
SAN
KRANCISCO..
Aug
4:
-
ass
through
the
polar
regions.
Z
ii
Queen
Elizabeth
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
80.00.1
1
fV7
Vnnvc
Olfl
Alert
Hay
Moderate
westerly
15
J
I
I
CtUO
11U
light
fog,
barometer,
30.11.
.
Hull
Harbor
Light
southwest
wind;
barometer,
30.01;
temperature,
65;
moderate
swell.
Triple
Island
Southwest
winu,
10
mile
per
hour;,
cloudy,
light
swell.
Langara
Island
Southwest
wind,
20
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.94
temperature,
53;
moderate
rough
sea.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
rain;
barometer,
30.09;
tempera
LBi
VICTC
Today
8
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(S
AJ.)
he
High
12:40
pjn.
19.7
ft.
Prince
Rupert
Raining,
northwest
Low
6:29
a.m.
1.6
ft.
wind,
eight
miles
per
hour;
18:40
p.m.
5.8
ft.
barometer,
30.02;
sea
smooth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
vol,
xxvi.,
i
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
4,
1937
price:
s
cents
lAssi
Jated
Boards
In
Session
Here
RAILHEAD
Defense
Plans
Are'
rw
I
fl
c
IS
COMING
'
f
V
v
y?
Hon.
Ian
McKenzie
i
r
f'nMnHinH
IValtntinl
resident
vunauMiH
And
Party
Due
Friday
j
VANCOUVER,
Auk.
4:
Hf,n.
J.
Hungerford,
chairman
lan
McKenzie,
minister
of
(lend
!S
president
of
Ihe
Canadian
fense,
on
arrival
here
stated
that
Cational
Hallways,
is
at
present
the
defence
plans
of
Ihe
govern-in
the
coast
In
the
course
of
his.
ment
on
the
I'acific
coast
were
mnual
tour
of
inspection
of
the
progressing.
Considerable
woik
iompany's
western
lines
and
is
i
had
already
been
done
and
the
ue
here
from
Vancouver
Friday
!
scheme,
now
in
the
hands
of
the
corning
aboard
the
steamer
department,
was
gradually
tak-'rince
Rupert.
Accompanying
ing
shape.
However,
much
more
,!r
Hungerford
is
a
party
in-
remained
to
be
done,
luding
B.
L.
Daly
of
Winnipeg,
j
Robert
J.
iMoffalt
or
urauwcn,
'(flask.,
Col.
D.
H.
McDougall
and
H,
J.
Symington
k.u,
uireciors
nd
A.
K.
warren
of
Winnipeg,
lice-president
In
charge
ol
web-
Bern
lines.
Coming
north
from
ancouver
will
be
W.
T.
Moodle,
neral
superintendent
for
Hri-
jjh
Columbia;
b.
.Morrison,
tut
engineer
and
O.
A.
JIc-fcicholl,
Ilrict
general
passenger
agent
THREATEN
TO
STRIKE)
1
Born
lluudrfd
iiiousand
nan
Workers
Demand
More
Pay
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
4:
An
an
nouncement
that
more
than
eeven
lundred
thousand
railroad
employ-prs
are
ready
to
go
oa
strike
gave
Ricw
Impetus
to
peacemaking
cf-Borts-
61
the
'
N'allonai
Mediation
fBoard,
George
M.
Harrison,
spokes
TEST
KALOON
FLIGHT
ENDS
IN
DISASTER
Lifted
by
80
balloons,
four
feet
in
diameter,
the
Pleiades,
latest
of
all
aerial
craft,
is
shown
at
the
right
as
it
rose
from
Soldier
Field
at
Rochester,
Minn.,
carrying
Dr.
Jean
Picard,
famed
strato-spherist
on-a
six
hour
flight
during
which
he
drifted
100
miles
and
rose
lo
a
maximum
height
of
11,000
feet.
The
test
flight
to
prove
the
fcasability
of
flight
with
a
multiple
arrangement
of
harnessed
balloons
almost
ended
in
disaster
when
the
release
arrangement
in
the
gondola
failed
to
function
and
he
was
forced
to
fire
a
2Z
calibre
revolver
into
several
of
the
hydrogen-filled
bags.
..It
is
believed
one
of
the
bags
caught
fire.
In
the
upper
left,
Is
Dr.
Picard
wearing
a
football
helmet
which
he
wore
to
avoid
getting
his
head.
bumped.
In
the
lower
left
he
is
shown
just
before
the
take
off.
all
all
ready
ready
to
to
start
sum
irom
irom
osco
GO
0
years
to
.
on
its
flight
over
the
North
U
!yestenlay
n
to
the
United
Slates.
All
it
la
h
R
,
Celebrated
Bitthday
Today
In
Highlands
of
Native
Scotland
Veterans
For
Pensions
At
55
At
Convention
PENTK
TON,
Soviet
representatives
here
state
jmoua
endorsatlon
..
,
,
,
i
posed
reduction
in
Aug.
4:
Unani
of
the
Ihe
age
Former
Native
Chief
Died
At
Rupert
Hospital
FISH
SEASON
IS
EXTENDED
Sockeye
May
Be
Taken
on
Skeena
River
Until
August
13,
It
Is
Announced
pro
limit
that
me
iniru
uu...
f
waf
vcterans
pensi01l3
fron.
55
g
waa
mark
t
the
convention
ol
Benjamin
Bennett,
a
native
res!
dent
of
Kltsumkalum
died
In
the
.,.,nT
er.tlanri
Ancr
4'
nUt
nnH
an
ex-chief.
He
was
a
Owing
to
the
bad
weather
this
RANGER
IS.
WINNER
Finishes
Mile
Ahead
of
Sopwith's
Endeavor
in
Third
Event
for
America
Cup
NEWPORT,
Aug.
4:
Harold
S.
Vanderbilt's
defending
Ranger
finished
the
third
race
of
the
America's
Cup
series
today
one
mile
ahead
of
T.
O.
M.
Sopwith's
Endeavor
II.
The
Ranger
set
a
new
record
on
the
first
leg
of
the
thirty
mile
course.
One
more
win
will
retain
the
cup
for
United
States.
MOVE
MADE
FOR
PEACE
France
Approves
of
Exchange
Be
tween
Britain
and
Italy
Delegates
Area
Are
week
and
for
some
days
previously
(
.nr
fishing
on
the
Skeena
River
has
,
been
poor
and
the
escapement
of
Two
Days'
Activity
Laid
Out
Preliminaries
Disposed
sockeye
to
trie
spawning
grounds
has
been
very
good.
This
factor
fortified
by
representation
from
Olof
Hanson.
Federal
member
for
the
district,
Induced
the
Depart,
ment
of
Fisheries
to
extend
the
gill
netting
season
for
one
week
to
August
13.
In
the
ordinary
course
hA
French
Fnreien
Office
renorted
a
harbor
excursion,
dinner
and
that
a
recent
friendly
exchange
of
dance
being
conducted
by
the
Jun-letters
between
heads
of
the
Italian
i
lor
Chamber
of
Commerce.
and
British
governments
had
the!
full
accord
of
France.
The
exchange
!
was
interpreted
in
Paris
as
one
of
two
moves
on
the
part
of
Britain
to
fiquldate
Europe's
peace
problem
by
isolating
the
Spanish
war
and
es.
tabllshlng
another
Locarno
Treaty
for
European
security.
i
War
Veteran
Of
Terrace
Dies
.
Markely
Dropped
Suddenly
When
Working
in
Hay
Field
TERRACE,
Aug.
4:
Another
war
veteran
has
passed
away,
on
Monday
2,
P.
Markely
dropped
suddenly
as
he
was
working
at
his
hay
crop.
The
interment
is
taking
plac
today
at
the
cemetery
near
Terrace,
Rev.
C.
A.
Hinchliffe
is
officiating
and
the
pallbearers
are
rnlnmliin
PnmmnnHdrawn
from
his
fellow
war
veter-
waiting
for
is
better
weather
con
.
.
..
c'.n:uliai.
Leirion
of
tin,
ans.
He
leave
Mrs.
Markely
jditions.
August
15
is
set
as
trie
jritjsll
Em,,jre
Service
League,
(widowed
and
one
son.
i
latest
date
me
plane
can
B.utij
Weather
Forecast
Furnished
'hrouKi
tl,
courteay
o
.!.
Dominion
Metoi'ologlcl
Bureau
i
Victoria
inl
Princ
Rupert.
Thli
tore
caat
Is
compiled
from
observation
tt
ken
fct
5
am.
today
and
covert
the
31
hour
period
ending
5
p.m.
tomorrow
.
General
bynopsis
rressure
is
high
southwest
of
Vancouver
Isl-
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital',
and.
Cool
and
rainy
weather
pre-yesterday
morning
after
a
lengthy
!
vails
in
Northern
B.C.
and
it
is
Illness.
He
was
seventy-four
years
warm
in
the
south.
Prince
uupert
uistnci
ain
trn,oi,ov.(..,Mor
onH
ic
tnrvivprf
hv
jjovprai
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Strong
The
Delegates
The
delegates
are
as
follows:
Williams
Lake
Roderick
Mac-Kenzle,
H.
C.
Richardson.
Quesnel
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Earl
Malcolm
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
H.
Alli
son
From
Wide
in
vity
io
Deal
With
Problems
of
This
Morning
Committees
Go
Into
Session
To
Prepare
For
Deliberations
With
delegates
in
attendance
from
Prince
Rupert,
Terrace,
Smithers,
Vanderhoof,
Prince
George,
Quesnel
and
Williams
Lake,
the
annual
convention
of
the
Assoc-
of
events
fishing
would
have
closed
iated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
op
Friday
evening
at
6.
ened
this
morning
in
the
city
council
chamber
here.
Many
matters
of
importance
to
the
development
of
the
central
and
northern
sections
of
the
prov-
.
.
Ince
are
to
be
considered
and
a
-..
number
of
resolutions
are
being
ts
1
1
-
I
A
Nh
presented
by
the
various
member
boards.
The
convention
will
continue
In
session
tomorrow.
At
the
opening
this
morning,
J.
J
Little,
president
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
Brlt-imi
Columbia;
extended
a
welcome
on
behalf
of
the
Associated
Boards.
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
extended
a
civic
welcome
and
F.
A.
MacCallum,
the
greetings
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
The
convention
committees
then
went
into
session
prior
to
the
full
convention
instituting
Its
deliberations
this
afternoon.
IN
OCEAN
Doubt
Expressed
as
to
Survival
ot
Eleven
Passengers
BALBOA,
Canal
Zone,
Aug.
4:
The
United
States
destroyers
Babbitt
and
Taylor
steamed
at
full
speed
yesterday
toward
a
point
twenty
miles
off
Colon
breakwater
where
airplane
observers
reported
the
luxury
amphibian
Santa
Maria
was
seen
In
the
sea.
A
Pan
American
Grace
Line
spokesman
said
ia
kucc
t
th
was
indication.,
as
guests
at
Ir
regular
weekly
lunch--
theV
eon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
to
'aWthe
any
of
the
efeven
eleven
pS
passen-
iwr!
hnrl
siirvlvpri
Rpnnrts
tn
lhp
Wlth
erandDr.H.N.
fJ
ley
u,
k
"
Sak:
War
Department
from
a
searching
Brocklesby
Preslden
a,f
armada
flf
flve
army
and
In
the
chair.
This
evening
there
will
n
descrlbed
the
slghtln(f
be
a
theatre
party
for
the
delegates
of
Jane
twent
mlles
due
ast
at
he
Capitol
under
the
auspices
of
Coion
and
said
that
there
was
no
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
sJ
Qj
e
Commerce.
Tomorrow's
proceedings
win
uiciuue
aiicuuauce
ui
me
ueie-
f
i
l
A
TTT
C
PARIS.
Aug.
4:
Sources
close
to
gates
at
me
itotary
uiud
mncneon,
I
p
A
I
ff"H
5
K
X
FOR
CITY
Commissioner
Alder
Makes
New
Ap.
pointments
for
High
School
and
Nurse
for
Health
Work
In
preparation
for
the
coming
school
session
Commissioner
W.
J.
Prince
George
W.
L.
Armstrong,
Alder
has
made
a
number
of
ap-
Harry
Bowman,
J.
O.
Wilson.
pointments
to
positions
In
the
high
Vanderhoof
George
Ogston,
Sam
school
and
elementary
schools
as
Cocker.
follows:
Smithers
H
H.
Griffin.
1
High
School
Terrace
E.
T.
Ktltney,
M.L.A.,
Home
Economics
Miss
H.
Irene
R.
W.
Riley,
Harry
King.
Hodgson
of
Victoria.
Prince
Rupert
W.
J.
Alder,
S.
E.
Mathematics
and
Science
David
Parker.
W.
M.
Blackstock,
D.
C.
Mc-
M.
Mitchell
of
Vancouver.
Rae,
G
W.
Nickerson,
J.
Dybhavn,
A.
General
Subjects
W.
J.
Mouat
of
Brooksbank
and
H.
F.
Pullen.
Vancouver.
The
Committees
The
convention
committees
and
S.
E.
Parker.
King
and
W.
M.
Blackstock.
7c.
Halibut
Sales
McKenney
gratefully
are
and
family
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History
and
Allied
Subjects
Charles
Hayward,
B.A.
Prlnclual
Arthur
Sutton.
as
follows:
Elementary
School
Resolutions
-
H.
C.
Richardson,
Actlng
Princlpal
of
Borden
street
Earl
Malcolm,
J.
O.
Wilson,
Sam
ScnoolW-
w,
c.
O'Neill.
UOCKer,
u.
n.
urmin,
r..
i.
iiiucj
mhpr
,rie,
Mlsa
Mav
May
Jones.
Ml
Rllppn
fllhsnn
and
two
ex-
Credentials-Rod
McKenzie,
C.H.
change
chem
from
England.
Allison,
Harry
Bowman,
R.
W.
Riley
Health
Nurse
to
act
both
ln
the
and
W.
J.
Alder.
schools
and
homes
Miss
Priestley.
Audit
w.
b.
Armstrong,
iiarry
BRITAIN
CHARGED
Canadian
Chelan.
25.000.
Booth,
9.9c
and
i
Zionist
Head
Says
It
Is
Responsible
,
.
,
.
Frisco,
12,000,
10c
and
7c.
ii.
wish
Cold
Storage,
Card
of
Thanks
L.
to
For
Holy
Land
Ills
ZURICH,
Switzerland,
Aug.
4:
Dr.
Chalm
Welzmann,
president
of
the
World
Z)onist
organization
and
the
Jewish
agency
for
Palestine,
charged
Britain
today
with
responsibility
for
the
Holy
Land
Ills.
Dr.
Welzmann
told
'the
Zlon
Worlds
Congress
-
here
that
the
British
plan
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kindnesses,
exnressions
expressions
oi
of
,
,
to
v
parutlon
Palestine
who
sovewsu
of
her
native!
were
sent
to
Port
Esslngton
yester-
many
dav
aay
in
muic
the
ii
Highlands
b
Jewish
and
AraD
state
ana
a,
man
Coa8t
IsN
floral
tributes
West
'
Vancouver
sympathy
and
re-
where
the
burial
will
take
nlace"
today.
The
lung
nre-'riiv
pre-day
where
tne
ounai
wm
taKe
piace
Scotland
based
funda.
sector
was
on
a
resh
"ron8
westerly
westerly'
rplvnd
ceiveu
dnrini?
during
Hip
the
Illness
uiness
and
anu
dated
scnted
her
with
a
diamond
and
em.
Haynor
Bros,
were
ln
charge
of
the
an"T
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bracelet.
'funeral,
arrangements.
I
winds,
mostly
cloudy
and,
cool,
loss
of
a
wlfo
and
mother.
mental
misconception.