Tomorrows Tides Today's Weather IO' Vol. XXVII.. No. 2Z0 10:45 a m. 20.5 It. 23:34 pm. 18.0 ft. 4:20 a.m. 8, (t. 17(25 pjn. 4.9 (t. A. Credit CAUSE SET i FOR CRASH Tet nd IaUI i:rror r Judmfnt Believed Renonlble for Tran- I Canida uuaier vttaWA. Dec. 3: CP-Fog and a fsUl error of Judgment by Pilot n,rmtd Imrir were responsible for .u- ,r.h near Reslna on Novem ber 18 of a TransCanada Air Line sir liner In whicn imne ana nu pilot Jack Herald, lort their lire. ThU U the finding of an officii! inquiry board, report of which ... Minted yesterday to Hon. !... n n. Howe, minister ofi rncrnrt The report said that the lm-i 4ite -aue of the craih as un- dltrminbl 'bul probabilities are Uut the airrraft was not eauted to th rat nf climb reeom- ICJIUUi1- mended In the company Instruction U eliminated the powl-kim. nf n nines or nlane materli! filling l"d declared that the plane hid been satisfactorily tested be- fwt lfint Reglna airport PUTTING ON : NEW TAXES : TtUtta Trr Cent lmpot on Undl-iUt4 Profit Ufe Insurances frrmlumt Alo lo be Taied VICTORIA, Dec. 3: CP -Yesterday In lh Lttlilaturrvltoii. John Ai t providing for a fifteen percent Us on undivided and undistributed profits of corporation. If the minister of finance cn sidertd the funds accumulaUon cf any corporation in exceaa ol buuness requirements he might1 r'ify them in wrlUng If the ex-i ttss was not distributed within ikiM. ihaa(Lpr. he could' Uxatlon. Another amendment would pro-tide tor a M percent ux on in-larance companies on gross amount of premiums, replacing the present insurance taxation. Vancouver To Montreal Air Mail Service VANCOUVER. Dally air mall Dec. 3: service Taking Evidence By Dictaphones Sltnoirsphers Displaced In Su-preme Court In New Zealand She Gov's Aid To Build Boats . . HALIFAX. Nova 8eotia. Dee. tlals In Regard to Handling Jewish Refugees J: CP The provlncUl loan t 4- board announce that ar- 4- ransements have been com- then dccUre the exce liable to This Appears To B One of i:en- LONDON. Dec. 3: CT At the .conference here yesterday in regard to the Jewish refugees question that thrre must be a H w u w.ww - - - HH..II.. nf h nttltude of pelling them from tne counwj This is a matter which will be tak-.m uith Forelen MlnUter Joach- l !lm von Rlbbentrop of Oermany hrn ho vlslta Paris next week. CPl rspltc repeated overtures from between f in regard to co-opcratlon Montreal and Vancouver by Trans-',n lhe rcmoval of the Jews no re-Car.ada Air Lines was Instituted ply nas yet been received from ye lerday with the arrival of a lhc Reich In the matter. .A.. i nr a fliaht t-, .A.ifrpnri' here Is also cn- twenty-four, devouring to deal with the piiRiu cf a little less than . L...i.....iiiml. .i i rwvi jpws now In Poland aiier noun. Anoiner pi.uv - u . 0p er ar flight in the opposite direction. havtng been and i dump 1 e bord r enroute. Five stop, were made many upon by the conference. rcpnv.- tatlves of tniny-iwo eluding Canada, will be summoned to take final action in regaru lhThrec hundred Jewish children i n tnnrinn vesteroav iruu Oermany and England Is preparing t receive five thousand muiv. The Nethcrlanas ana - WELLINGTON. Dec. 3. (CPi - rp arlng receive 1500 Jcw-Dlctnphonea have been Installed in Frc(U8ecs from Oermany Al th r.inn nr ovlrirnre. The time honored method of stenographic tfcord is being thus displaced. Grote Stirling Is Renominated TENTICTON. Dec. 3: (CF)-Hn' Prole Stirling of Kelowna has lm nominated as Conservative ndldate for rc-clectlon in Yam riding at the next federal election. ready Holland has received some Jews buj wrlrf ii in rurlln nna cise- Jews arc In where in Germany. compicie r"- Ar nm today, it nas ucen u.---pm' vt,i! solidarity by as a Ly oi the Nazi authorities. WINNIPEG WHEAT UP cembrr closing aCplic Feed Alfalfa RFIPH MUST ilo Legislators. COOPERATE miaiiivu" " i Oermany which has been stripping Jews of all they have .before ex members of the House. GIRL WAS after a thlrty-nour aosence, w that she had been abducted by men who thought by mistake that she could pay raitwme. Tl; father ..m hi was released when the men became convinced that he was unable to pay ransom. rwtors said that the gin naa noi been harmed while held by the men although she arrived home with her clothes In tattered condition. BRITAIN TO SEND GOLD': . Will Be Placed In Hands of Bank Of Canada To Unance Amis Orders For Turks May Buy Big liners ploj ees who .i2dmerclj, complied Jf ....C In imlno nr villi 11 ii&iJii uiuna i.uuik wh strike this week. Some walk-outs have developed In sympathy with discharged strike leaders behind whom the General Confederation of Labot ordered its members to line up solidly. Sailors of the liner Normandle VICTORIA. Dec. 3: CP LouU yesterday disregarded mobillzaUon Lebourdats. the energetW member orders to return to work and the of the Legislature for Cariboo, who vessel was delayed In sailing until . . ....1 J Via arlnMa( If Interests himself In many mailers navai sanors couiu uc ai notralnlne to the Industrial devel- necessary, to man her. The per- ooment of hla riding. Is now ad- sonnel of the Normandle headed vocatlng the advantages ana pos5i-;me crews in iukj atuva bllltles of alfalfa flour. He plans defied the government's attempts on giving an "alfalfa dinner" to to break their general strike by rroulsllioning au snius m wu. Latest Move Of Italy Is Talk Subject I ROME. Dec. 3: (CP) The Earl of Perth, British ambassa- nnr, called on Fore I en Minis- ter Clano today, the visit being supposedly for the purpose of 1 I .-!.. W . . TUltnn X campaign for annexation of French territory. i NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C;, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1938. Unions SS. rRlN'CE HENRY e poking forward to confirmation ol the sale of die liners MONTREAL Dt ember 3 CP ajudian Rational Steamships a Prmre Henry and Print David to Turku intercls R B. Teakli general -nanagdr said last night The two 7,003-ton luxury liners, built in 1530 for Pa.iftc Coast servlne and for severa years lyirg more or ess Idlion the Atlantic coast have been on the market lor some time The company will retain oniy the Pr.nce Robert wh.ch :s opeiated during the summers on the Alaska route. CONFORMING DALADIER WITH PACT RELENTANT Italy limits Naval Armament Un der New Accord Wllh Great Would Not Be too Hard on Striken Who Merely Obeyed Orders Britain PARIS. Dec- 3: CP Premier LONDON. Dec. 3: iCP Italy Edouaid Dalad.cr showed a meas viuiarrfav innnunrM her ennfor- tir nt rflfnlmff In deallne with - .aa i-.n in at. matinn tn !h 1036 London naval ih ttriv Mtuatinn In France last ptcicu W i V V - ... w ' . - - fist the fishing fleet to build treaty, limiting the sue of naval night when he advised employers niw boats Sums ol up to ju artnameni. wa pat " m re-engage wunouiJrcjuu.ccui will be available from a Joint Anglo-IUllan accord. fund ortt0.D00 6BHtnbUi w Hr minuter of finance. !ntimal-j. b ' tedcnl and provincial gov- I nLnlirJQ:c T0 ed an amendment to the Taxation;.,. u LcDOUruaib 1 O Spies Are NEW YORK. Dec 3: CP Sentences of from two lo six t. vears' Imprisonment were Im- posed yesterday upon two men and a woman who haa been t convicted of selling United states military secrets. . The sentencing Judge commented J rtTtmty"'vyehave'no -sawdust rrrlnlrlrf on our nrlson vards." h No Federal Aid For Drought On Prairies Coming EDMONTON, Dec. 3: CP Hen. Dr. W. W. Cross, minister of public health, announced yesterday that the government had been advised from Ottawa that there would be no federal aid In the prairie drought .Piotestlng the attempU to force j ' ,.eas thts year h Hirr tn u-nrk at government 14. C OM.V.W w .. w . D - employees, the strikers prevented the Normandle's scheduled sailing irvm fTT,T, Some walkouts have developed Will nlJSVlln sympathy with the discharged A'V1 vt men behind whom the Oeneral Confederation of Labor has order- . j .i. t.t iur r.n U?nan dAi members to line up solidly After Hnding She roula Could Not Not ,allsts char?cd Daiadler wlth ...,.... UnJnB up m the Fasclst mnu. ences In crushing the general OXON HILL. Maryland. Dec. 2: sit Many of the benefits ob- irn. William Brown, father of 18- tfiinrd under the Popular Front .-r.niri Marv Browai. who reap- hnvp ben lost, they declared. penred at her home Thursday night Sentenced I TO BUILD AIRCRAFT Plant, divine Employment To 600,t To Be Built at Vancouver VANCOUVER. Dec. 3: (CP ' Aid. Halford D. Wilson, chairman of the civic airport committee, yesterday forecast the establish ment next year of a $300,000 aircraft manufacturing plant near Sea Island airport for the building of planes for the British government. Six hundred men will be employed WILL SEE POPE PIUS rhamhrrlaln And Halifax to be Received by Pontiff Drulng Visit to Rome GALE HITS LAW MILL Victoria House Has to Suspend When Lights Go Out South Gets Fieue Storm VICTORIA. Sec. 3: (CP) Holding up shipping, blowing down power and communication lines and trees, doing more or less minor damage and even halting the session of the Legislature, a fierce gale, assuming a maximum velocity of sixty-six miles per hour in Vittorla, swept over Vancouver Island and the .Lower "Mainland' yesterdaV and moved Inland over Vancouver. Oddly enough it was during the consideration of the new utilities reflation bill that the lights in the Legislative Chamber went out. Candles and lamps pressed into service but, with fading daylight at 4 pjn Premier T. D. Pattuilo decided it was too dark to carry on and suspended the session. The Princess Marguerite, inbound from Vancouver, found it too rough to get into the harbor and was cruising outside last evening awaiting an abatement of the slorm before essaying a landing. After holding off the harbor mouth for six hours, she finally docked. Prince Rupert Part cloudy southeast wind, six miles per hour;' barometer, 29.71 (falling); temperature, 41; sea smooth. next Thursday. PRICE: CENTS This Province Bill Is Introduced By Minister of Finance, Making Funds Easier Scheme is Based Upon Same Lines as One Already in Operation in Nova Scotia One Per Cent Per Month Charge VICTORIA, December 3: (CP) Hon. John Hart, minister of finance, last night introduced in the Legislature a bill to set up credit unions throughout the province. It is based on similar legislation in Nova Scotia and would permit any ten or more persons 10 iorm a union on irnvernment annrovaL The caoital would consist of an $5 Loans would be made to members living in the area set forth In their union constitution only for provident, productive or merchandising purposes at rates up to one per cent monthly Inclusive of all charges. When the House adjourned last night for the week-end, It was intimated that prorogation might be Three scows were sunk at Og- I made his sctaway In a car. Thii den Point as a freighter broke 'makes the fourteenth attack by a away from her moorings. It was i mystery slasher to have been so r.rr.L frrirhtrr F.varros f .. rtrw--teH V. ----,--- . 4t upuikVU. which rammed the three timber-laden scows as she swung broadside after breaking her lines in the hurricane. Three men were slightly injured in attempting to make the vessel fast. A dredge was damaged and a skylight was torn off the elevator. Windows throughout the cllv were smashed and light service disrupted generally. The damage In Victoria is estimated at thousands of dollars. From Vancouver also came reports of power and communication lines blowing down and min or damage being done to property or shipping. Alex Smith and Francis Jones. Vancouver hunters, were rescued by Japanese fishermen when their duck punt capsiied In the Fraser River near Sea Island. Shipping Turkeys North By Plane VATICAN CITY. December 3:' Christmas Fow Being M-d From VANCOUVER, Dec. 3: (CP, -- IS IT ONLY IMAGINING? Some English Authorities Inclined To Be Skeptical About Fhanto-torn Slasbingv in, orth , LONDON, December 3 (Canadian Press' There Is a tendency in certain criminal Investigation clr- - cles here to the belief that the re- Dorted "phantom slashings" In Northern England may be the I figment of the Imagination of hy sterical women. A fourteen-year old girl has con fessed that her story of being at tacked was a lie. She admitted that she had received cuts accidentally. ; She has been arrested on a charge of causing public mischief. Practically all the wounds have-been merely superficial. However, there was report last night of another Incident at Hall-; fax, a married woman being slashed in the arms by a man who Will Subsidize Large Quantity 'Of Export Grain WASHINGTON D.C.. Dec. 3: (CP) Under the export subsidy plan, It I is anticipated 120,000,000 bushels of American wheat will be placed In 'the world markets before next .July. So far 64,000,000 bushels has been disposed of In this manner. Country Elevator Destroyed By Fire Twenty Thousand Dollars Damage in Destruction of House at Holden Yesterday Roval Canadian Mounted Police CP-K is reported nere u yjy tamomon , . TENDON December 3: (CP);no more will be seen riding horses plus,wl" "ce!ve . . trnvfnw-rYWrw 3- (CP-J elevatof here was destroyed by fire nncing oi n 'r"-" Tr; ;7""fu : , - ,B .,iinM. has recovered suf-iday a plane leaving for the norinf i !taln " 11 In Canada and United States., WINNIPEG, Dec. 3: CPi-HW t o WRr it might be dlf. In .ytng orders sent Winning wheat w from BrUaln M. P. ke. up ict V rs,frdny' to Canada. ' blto. been oeen 5iuPl-u shlpp .c U...K , ------ - u . . . - 2nn of the Tonight's train, due from tho Regtna ;ma and irom now on R. u. ncieniiy irum hb " '" " " " . ... hotel In . the tot .at a n 11 nVtnrir clock, was mail rnnrted reported undertake his low for delivery, to a p offlc officers will ride in automo-last week to again . regular duties. jmmui-c. j i4 "jis :