; 5c. LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C. FllONE (Joe Brown) 80 Taxi Tomorrow's Tides High 8:45 a.m. 15.7 ft. DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE 20:46 pjn. 18.9 ft. and Courteous Drivers Careful Low 2:10 a.m. 6.0 ft. (New 1938 Plymouth) 14:00 p.m. 9.1 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol XXVII.. No. y A PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1938. PRICE: 5 CENTS Expressions of International Friendship By Roosevelt-King Receive Widespread Approval IVY LEA, Ontario, August 19: (CP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King yesterday afternoon officiated jointly at the dedication of the new international bridge through the Thousand Islands. Prime j Minister King said that,-in politics as well as in roadmak-; - Ing, Canada and the United States EAST ROUTE of of IS FAVORED Member of United States Highway Commission Says This Will be Governing Factor I SEATTLE. Aug. 19: (CPI-Repre-scntatlve Warren O. Magnuson and Donald Macdonald of Fairbanks. Alaska, members of the International highway commission, meeting In Magnuaon's office here before leaving today for Victoria where they will meet Premier T. D. Pattullo. expressed the belief that there should be no delay In getlng commissions representing both United States and Canada to function jointly in connection with the proposed Alaska highway. Micdonald said that snow con ditions would affect the choice of Ihe hlo""v mute. "The area east of the Coast Range is arid and mow fall t not sq ..heavy,", he said. "That condition is true all up the western coast of North America. That should be the governing factor In touting the road. Whether the road Is to be kept open all the year round will, of course, depend upon the amount of traffic." 37 ARABS ARE SLAIN Finest Battle of Years is Strife- Town in Palestine JERUSALEM, August 19 Th? year's fiercest battle In the strife-torn Holy Land brought death to 37 Arabs Thursday in an engagement between British troops and planes and a band of Arabs neai Acre. Two British soldiers were killed and one. officer and seven privates wounded. British alrcrail participated, LONDON GOLD PRICE LONDON, Aug. 19: (CP) The price of bar gold in London was off lc yesterday, closing at. $34.90 per fine ounce. . WINNIPEG WHEAT PRICE WINNIPEG, Aug. 19: (CP)-Wheat prices sagged l&c to 88c on the Winnipeg ! market yesterday, October closing at 67?Bc. . Standing Of Candidates Standing of contestants in Port Day Popularity Contest at 1 p.m. today: Frances Steguvlg (Moose) 10,100. Ida Slatta (Sons of Norway) 10,000. Maxlne Hellbroner (Cam- bral I.O.D.E.) 8,800. Alice Gomez (Gyro Tlay- Brminr1e n AAA (peep 1 Fish -iicuo uiuuii; 7,000. l,uuu. reddle Morgan (Rotary) 7,100. ment As had learned and practised the art bridge-building. "The peoples this continent," Premier King declared, "whether concerned with steel and stone or with the Invisible realities of mind and-spirit, have for the most part been bridge-builders worthy of the name. I thlnlr speak the minds of both countries, when I say not only are we determined to preserve the neighborly relation and the free ways of life which are our priceless heritage! but we earnestly wish to see them ' become a part of the common heri- tage of mankind." . Earlier In the day President Roosevelt had said: "We In the Americas are no longer a far away ",ontinent to which eddies of con-1 troversles beyond the seas can bring no Interest or no harm. The Dom- f inlon of Canada Is part of the sis-' erhood of the British Empire. Ii lve to you assurance that the peo- -ile of the United States will not stand Idly by if dimlnat'on of Canadian soli Is threatened by any other Empire.". i j . The President spoke of "wanton jrutallty" and "undemocratic regimentation" by governments but did not name any foreign nation. Mr. Roosevelt made a vigorous ilea for the long-debated St. Lawrence River waterway treaty and said that, unless Canada and the United States take Joint govern mental action, "a group of American interests may gain a monopoly In developing the river." Britain-France Approval LONDON, Aug. 19: (CP) Approval was expressed both In official circles and in the press of Great Britain and France at the manifestation of international friendship by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King yesterday at Kingston, Ontario. They were accepted as a further Indication of the solidarity in the cause of democracy. Pattullo's Views VICTORIA, Aug. 19: (CP)-Prem-ler T. D. Pattullo, commenting on the Kingston speech of President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, said: "That is the kind of declaration I would have expected from President Roosevelt. There Is no question that on the North American continent there Is a com munity of interest that would not permit of any foreign nation semng foot on North American soil. I al so have no hesitation in saying that I, ,-,n rfmiht. whatever In my mind as to where Canada would stand It the United States found It- self in difficulty. Washington Interpretation WASHINGTON, D.C.. Aug. 19. At Washington President Roosevelt's speech was interpreted as an extension of the Monroe Doctrins to Canada. The Doctrine, orglnally stated by President Monroe In 1823, states the United States' determination to oppose aggression by an outside power In the western hemisphere. Previously it has been interpreted as applying soley to the Latin American republics. Halibut Sales American Tatoosh, 25.000, Cold Storage, 7.7c and 6c. Canadian tnnriii it.. 14 000 At.lin, 7.9c and The building, at the right Is the vegetable market at Halla. Palestine, where 39 Arabs were killed when, during the height or the shopping hour, a bomb exploded. Forty others were injured, and th death toll is expected to Increase. Follftwing the bombing, maddened Arab mobs sacked and burned Jewish stores. Police, unable to handle he situation, were forced to call on British troops and marines. OLD PRICE AGREED ON Minister of Labor Makes Statement Today Regarding Salmon Price Arbitration SKTTLE.MENTUEACHEn VICTORIA, Aug. 19: (CP) Hon. George Pearson, minister of labor., said today that an agreement had, been reached between B.-ltish Columbia cannery operators and salmon fishermen setting the price to be paid by the canners for this year's catch at the same rates as in 1937. Application to have wound up the arbitration board which lias been negotiating with the canners and fishermen in an attempt to settle the price dispute would be sent to him by all parties to the dispute, the minister said. VANCOUVER. Aug. 19: (CP) "The future of the investigation is I AnnftirfPf1 uncertain," Hon. George Pearson, lo nppuuiicu minister of labor, said yesterday, following the resignation of Mr. Xamed British Columbia Represen-Justlce Denis Murphy, chairman, tative at Queen's University and R. R. Payne, canners repre- Summer School sentatlve, as members of the board of arbitration on the 1938 salmon KINGSTON, Qnt., Aug. 19 Ken- price question in Northern British ncth F. Harding, Prince Rupert, has Columbia. 'been appointed British Columbia "If two new members are not ap- representative of the Queen's Unl-nninfpd it Is lust Dosslble some verslty Summer School Assocla- other way may be louna 10 seme the controversy but, until I have I gone more thoroughly, into the. Question, I cannot state ust what, will be done." I A. W Nelll, MP for Comox-Al-j bernl, representing the fishermen,! is the third member pf the board. Stop Legislators T1J Qrko4iQe j lCtlUlllg upcclico Because oilier reoplc Could Write Them, Mr, Speaker Tells i Member I i SYDNEY, N.S.W., Aug. 19 (CP)-Speaker R. W. D. Weaver of the; New South' wales legislature nas forbidden members to read their speeches. Reason: Persons outside the tt.... ...nra nrllllnir in write mem bers' speeches on any bill for 10 shillings each. When the minister oi mines, k. M 1- 4nil - ffrfi tffvi n prepared speech, the Speaker stop- ped him. "If the reading of speech- es Is to be allowed to continue." he commented, "members could ask someone outside publicity agents as it were to write their speeches without making research for them- selves." Empire WHERE BOMB KILLED 39 IN PALESTINE ! TPS.. OA i . i . t Caught Child I In Death Fall I , LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19. 1 John C.Jaiky 220;pound wrest- v jer, saw a crowa gazing up - a child stranded on a third casement. He pushed his way through the crowd to a snot beneath the child ana. when the casement broke, hurling the child' into space, he pulled off a sensational vest pocket baseball catch. The child, five-year-old Mary Shore, was frightened but un- hurt. Ken Harding uon lor me ensuing year. ', Search For Danny T J Pyinflncc JLOUgc rriilllcbo Quest by Land and Air, However, Continues. in-View;.pf:.$U)00 Reward Offer LITTLE CURRENT, Ontario, Au- gust 19 (Canadian Press) Search jfor the body of Daniel Dodge, 21- en, Mrs. Leo Dolron and Mrs. Mil-iyear old heir of automobile mil- ler and Mrs. R. E. Moore was cash- lions, continues, by. seaw and air, ier. In charge of the home spurred 'by a $1000 "reward offer by ing table were Mrs. F. St, Amour the stepfather, Alfred Wilson ol and Mrs. Peter DeJong. Detroit, hut So far without success, CANOEISTS : ; IN JUNEAU, Two Men Complete Trip From Se Se " amc jn Frai i JUNEAU, August 19 Forty-six days out of Seattle, two men ar- rived here Thursday in a canoe to look for work. The closest toi disaster they came, said the men,' waswhtn a bulky native girl tried to Jump into their canoe from a - ' cannery v,harf, . ... . 1 4 -p omti&aZi Search For Fire Bug Is Continued nvesligalion of Near Arson Tra gedy in Vancouver is Proceeded With by Officers VAWJOUVEHj:ABi!nsteirmt - - d,an Press,Fire warden Archil Kjng b continuing hls jnyestiga- tkm of an obviously lncendlary flfe hwe earller lq the weck wncn Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dashevsky and their two children had a narrow escape from their burning home, crawling to safety through a window when they were unable to get out by the doors, both front and back having been tied shut with heavy 'wire. Officers, convinced that the blaze was the work of a fire bug, have examined remnants of chopped wood and automobiles, wliich were drenched with gasoline, for fingerprints or other clues. x. Catholic Ladies i Tea And Sale Is i Very Successful , i The home of Mrs. J. Fred Ritchie, Fourth Avenue West, was the scene yesterday afternoon of a very suc- vessful tea and sale of home cook ing by the Catholic ladies. The rooms were taste fully decorated with begonias and other flowers and the tea table was centred with a handsome lace cloth Mrs. E. J. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. M. P. McCaffery poured and serviteurs were Mrs. G. W. Nickerson, Mps. o. P. Balagno, Mrs. Eugene Fitzpatrick Miss Blanche Curtin and Miss Mar garet McCaffery. The tea room was in charge of Mrs. J. Lome MacLar- in raffles, Mrs. M. F. Nickerson was the winner of a tea cloth with No. 170 while Mrs. Robert Bartlett, with No. 57, won a box of, candy. stock Mart Is Sluggish Dullest Day in Two Months Re- corded at New York NEW YORK, August 19 r The stock market was very sluggish Safeguard West Canada Needs British Migrants To n r rreserve democracy Anglo-Saxon People Must Attack Waste of Unused Lands and Waste of Manpower Through Unemployment Sir Henry Croft Impressed SMITHERS, Aug. 19: (CP) The establishment "of British settlers in the Canadian West to safeguard "Anglo-Saxon peoples upon this continent from penetration .by nationals opposed to the ideals of democracy" was urged here last night by Sir Heniy Page Croft, chairman of the British Empire Settlement Committee, who, with his Bulletins OFF TO CONVENTION M. P. McCaffery, G. W. Nicker-son, Arthur Brooksbank, W. O. Fulton and T. W. Brown will leave tomorrow evening on the Prince Rupert for Vancouver enroute to Kelowna to attend the convention next week of the British Columbia Liberal Association. NEW INSURGENT DRIVE 4wr rlid the French'' Irontier , aim loosed a neavy arr ram on Barcelona in preparation for a general offensive. General Franco will personally lead the new drive, presumably against Catalonia and possibly there will be a simultaneous drive against Madrid. TAKES SERIOUS VIEW LONDON Sir Neville Henderson, British ambassador to Ber- lin, has been instructed to in- ( form the German Foreign Minis ter that the British government takes a "serious view" of the arrest of Capt. Thomas Kendrick, official of the British passport office in Vienna. Reason for the arrest is unknown. PACIFYING SUDETEN'S PRAHA Premier Hodza disclosed today that the Czechoslovak government would give choice of political positions in an attempt to pacify the German Sudetens. The Premier made the disclosure in conference with Viscount Uunciman, unofficial British mediator. AUSTRALIA WINNING RKOOKL1NE, Mass. Australia virtually clinched the inter-zone Davis tennis cup finals by defeating Germany in both open- ing singles matches. NEW INCIDENT TSINGTAO There was a new "incident" between British and Japs yesterday when a British sailor tore down a Japanese flag: at the door of a hotel. The sailor was taken into custody and later apoligizcd. ANXIETY IS FELT STEWART Anxiety is felt here for Ihe safety of Matt Tiegen who was taken to his trap line on Tiegen Lake, seventy miles north of Stewart in June, 1937, by a Pacific Airways plane piloted by the late C. R. Elliott together with Lee Adler of Hazelton. The latter walked out on the snow and ice to Hazelton early in the spring. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, August 19 (Cana- "dlan Press) Wheat was trading at yesterday and U W-,thuUe.st69ij.,tbnUhe Vancouver market session in two months'.; -jS yesterday)- I pany, spem yesieraay in me iiUiK- ley Valley, leaving today for.Hazei-ton enroute to Prince Rupert where they are due tomorrow. The British Parliamentarian, who is studying the posibllities of mass migration to the British Columbia Interior, declared that "the task, of the Anglo-Saxon people and, more particularly the British, is to plan an attack upon the waste of our great unsettled lands and waste of our manpower through unemployment." In the course of his tour of the Bulkley Valley, Sir Henry was greeted at Burns Lake by Olof Hanson, M.R. for Skeena. said 3H there was no doubt j,., In .v. his mind "but that one can safely liken the vast stretches of fertile, unused lands visited in the watersheds of the Fraser, Peace and Skeena rivers as an area resembling the promised land of the Scriptures. "We stood at Vanderhoof," said Sir Henry, "and viewed a panorama of land equal In area to one of the larger European states and we saw but three per cent being used for producing crops. Mr. Olof Han- son M.P. told me that in his own ; riding of Skeena there is a total of ' 124.800 square miles. Yet Mr. Han- ! son stated that in that vast area, 1 embracing Queen Charlotte Islands, J Terrace, Smlthers, Burns Lake, Francois Lake and the Babine ' country, he had around 16,000 vot- ers. In my own riding of Bourne- '. mouth we have 59,000 voters on the list." Sir Henry and his party take the historic Hamilton trail today to Hazelton enroute to Prince Rupert" where they wfll embark Saturday evening for Vancouver. Z, Today's Baseballl National League Boston-Brooklyn, night game. Philadelphia, 2; New York, 4. Pittsburg-St. Louis, postponed to be played as a double-header late- cr. American League New York, 5; Philadelphia, 2. Washington, 3; Boston, 4 (ten innings). Chicago, 7; Cleveland, 2. i z St. Louis, 7; Detroit, 8, Hank Greenberg's homer won game In ninth inning. Second game St Louis, 4; Detroit, 6 (fourth inning)? Forty Years Is Sentence Baltimore Public Enemy No. 2 Is Scnf Over Road For Long Term BALTIMORE, August 19 Charles. Bird, known as Public Enemy No. 2 was sentenced yesterday to 45Va years penal servitude for a series o( Baltimore robberies. j, X