DALADIER
ENDORSED
PARIS
Premier
Daladler's
plan
to
abandon
the
40-hour
week
as
an
emergency
measure
in
order
to
speed
up
naval
and
armament
construction
in
view
of
the
international
situation
was
endorsed
yesterday
by
the
Popular
Front
party
which
called
upon
other
parties
to
also
support
it.
The
dominating
Socialist
party
Is,
however,
opposed
and
a
seamen's
strike
is
threatened
if
any
attempt
is
made
to
carry
the
plan
to
conclusion.
CONVENTION
OPENS
KELOWNA
The
provincial
Liberal
convention
opened
here
this
morning
with
delegates
In
attendance
from
all
parts
of
the
province.
Hie
Alaska
Highway
will
be
one
of
many
important
matters
to
be
discussed
by
the
convention.
The
resolutions
committee
is
now
in
session.
ITALO-JAPANESE
FRIENDSHIP
"
HOME
Another
token
of
Halo-Japanese
friendship
came
yesterday
with
the
decoration
of
Premier
Ilenito
Mussolini
with
the
Grand
Cordon
of
the
Supreme
Order
of
the
Chrysanthemum,
highest
hontir
in
the
gift
of
Japan
for
a
foreigner.
TOKYO
PLANE
CRASH
TOKYO
Two
large
airplanes,
one
a
transport,
crashed
in
mid-air
over
Tokyo
yesterday
and
twenty-clght
persons,
perish
rd.
In
the
resulting
disorder,
130
persons
sustained
injuries
requiring:
hospitar
treatment.
'
DEMOCRATIC
RIFT
WASHINGTON
Posibility
of
a
rift
In
the
Democratic
Party
involving
President
Roosevelt
and
Postmaster-General
James
A.
Farley
appeared
Wednesday
night
to
hinge
on
the
decision
of
Senator
James
1'.
Tope,
Democrat,
whether
to
run
or
not
as
an
independent
candidate
In
the
November
elections
in
Idaho.
The
New
Deal
senator,
who
was
defeated
by
Representative
I).
Worth
Clark
in
the
recent
Democrat
primary,
apparently,
holds
the
key
to
a
situation
which
may
result
in
confirming
whether
M.r.
Roosevelt
and
Farley
have
broken
or
are
on
the
verge
of
a
break.
AGREEMENT
WITH
CHURCH
VATICAN
CITY
The
Observalorc
Komano
announced
Wednesday
night
that
the
Fascist
Party
had
agreed
to
permit
its
members
to
Join
the
Catholic
Active
Vatican
Youth
Organization
as
a
result
of
the
Vatican
government
agreement
Saturday.
MUTILATED
HERSELF
MERCED,
CaL
Mrs.
Ola
Irene
Harwell,
26-ycar-old
religious
fanatic,
obsessed
with
the
idea
that
she
had
sinned,
was
in
critical
condition
Wednesday
from
shock
and
loss
of
blood
after
she
had
gouged
out
her
right
eye
with
a
pair
of
scissors
and
hacked
off
her
left
hand
with
an
axe
during
family
prayers
Tuesday
night.
BANKER'S
SON
WEDS
DUNDEE,
111.
Guy
Stillman,
19-year-old
son
of
James
A.
Stillntan,
once
head
of
the
National
City
Hank
of
New
York,
was
married
Wednesday
to
Miss
Nancy
Holbrook,
18,
in
a
noon
ceremony
at
St.
James
Episcopal
Church.
MILK
MARKETING
AGREEMENT
ALI1ANY,
NX
Dairy
farmers
In
seven
states
who
supply
New
York
City's
fresh
milk
have
voted
more
than
four
to
one
in
favor
of
a
Federal-State
Milk
Marketing
agreement
for
the
metropolitan
area
It
was
announced
Wednesday.
TO
HELP
NEW
DEAL
s
HYDE
PARK,
N.Y.
President
Roosevelt
on
Wednesday
for
the
second
time
this
week
discussed
the
critical
Ohio
political
situation
with
Charles
O.
West,
his
Tormcr
congressional
contact-wan,
and
It
was
indicated
later
that
West
will
Invade
that
slate
o
stump
for
hard-pressed
New
Deal
candidates.
DROWNED
AT
KILLARNEY
KILLARNEY,
Ireland
Five
English
tourists
were
drowned
Wednesday
when
a
boat
carrying
a
party
of
seventeen
struck
a
bridge
side
and
capsized
while
trying
to
shoot
the
rapids
between
the
Upper
and
Lower
Lakes
of
Klllarncy.
REBELS
SHOT
DOWN
HAUCELONA
A
government'
war
communique
said
today
'hat
33
insurgent
planes
were
shot
down
in
air
battles
over
the
Thro
front
during
the
past
two
days
while
Loyalists
lost
six.
TELLS
OF
TAKU
MINE
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Men
Employed
at
Property
Are,
There
are
900
men
working
regularly
In
the
big
Alaska-Juneau
mine
at
Juneau
and
150
men
in
the
Taku
Polaris
mine
at
Tulsequah.
As
a
result
Juneau
Is
the
best
town
a.
ii
i
tt
r
on
ine
coast,
accortung
io
n.
n.
I
Shepard,
pioneer
of
Juneau
and
!
representative
of
the
Canadian
Na
VICTORIA,
B.r
!
PHONE
(Joe
Brown)
80Taxi
TomorroW
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Tides
High
...
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1.
1:30a.m.
22.8
ft.
NIGHT
SERVICE
13:58
22.2
ft.
p.m.
,6
AT
Courteous
Driven
Low
7:51
a.m.
1.1
ft.
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20:11
2.7
ft.
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
25,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
ort
Day
Is
Centre
Of
Interest
FINAL
BULLETINS
PARALYSIS
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
Vancouver's
first
case
of
infantile
paralysis
in
the
present
epidemic
was
reported
yesterday,
a
small
Point
Grey
boy
being
stricken.
One
other
case
Is
receiving
treatment
here
a
Pender
Harbor
patient
who
has
been
kept
alive
in
an
iron
lung
for
some
weeks.
A
girl,
who
developed
the
malady
in
a
summer
resort,
died
on
Monday.
HUGE
CROWD
GREETS
WORLD
FLIERS
IN
NEW
YORK
Bearded
and
Weary,
Hughes
and
Crew
Land
After
Circling
Globe
in
91
Hours
Its
propellors
still
whirling
slowly,
the
bis
transp0rt
monoplane
World's
Fair.
1939.
In
which
Howard
Hughes
and
four
companions
hurtled
around
the
globe
in
91
hours,
rolls
16
a
stop
on
the
concrete
apron
at
Floyd
Bennet
airfield,
New
York,
while
a
rinr
Prince
Rupert
Gives
Itself
Over
To
First
atic
Celebration;
T
Witli
Superb
Weather
Prevailing,
Holiday
Atmosphere
Pervades
AH
as
Program
of
Harbor
Events
Continues
Throughout
Day
With
Grand
Crowning
Dance
Tonight
With
warm,
sparkling
sunshine
streaming
forth
from
a
cloudless
sky,
the
glistening,
dancing
waters
of
Prince
Rupert's
spacious
harbor
form
the
setting
today
of
the
first
annual
Port
Day
to
be
held
here.
The
waterfront
is
the
gathering
place
for
the
majority
of
the
people
of
the
city
as
well
as
the
many
visitors
who
are
in
town
for
j
th'e
occasion.
Much
Interest
Is
be
ing
manifested
in
the
various
items
on
the
nrngram
of
marine
events
and
the
whole
celebration
under-1
taking
gives
promise
of
being
an
unqualified
success,
even
beyond
the
hopes
of
Its
most
cnthuslostic
organizers.
With
a
general
holiday
spirit
prevailing,
the
proceedings
commencec
at
10:30
a.m.
with
a
parade
of
decorated
boats
followed
by
a
morning
program
of
events
consisting
of
salmon
collectors'
boat
race,
gear
baiting
contest,
cruiser
race,
row-
boat
races
and
trailers
race.
Re
suming
after
a
luncheon
intermission,
the
card
continues
this
after-
tional
Railways
at
that
town,
who.n0qn
with
outboard
motorboat
race
was
in
the
city
yesterday
alter
a
trip
to
Seattle.
Mr.
Shepard
has
been
there
for
42
years
and
has
been
agent
for
the
railway
since
the
boats
commenced
to
operate.
Mr.
Shepard
sees
great
prospects
at
Tulsequah.
He
says
they
have
a
175-foot
vein
of
twenty
dollar
ore
and,
while
he
was
there
not
very
long
ago,
they
cut
Into
another
vein
35
feet
across
going
$35
t0
the
ton.
The
company
buys
all
its
sup
plies
in
Canada
and
only
Canadians
are
employed
at
the
mine.
They
are
a
Tew
minutes
by
airplane
from
Juneau.
JAP
BOATS
ARE
SEIZED
Thirteen
Picked
Up
For
Fishing
in
Howe
Sound
Without
Having
Licenses
t
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
25:
(CP)
halibut
gear
setting
and
hauling,
sailboat
race,
native
war
canoe
race,
salmon
gillnet
casting
and
hauling,
canoe
race,
dory
race,
Inboard
speedboat
race,
surf
board
JERUSALEM,
Aug.
25:
(CP)
J.
S.
Moffatt.
assistant
dls-
trict
commissioner
of
Pales-
tine,
died
last
night
from
five
f
bullet
wounds
received
when
gunmen
invaded
the
district
administrative
headquarters
at
i-
Jenln.
Refugee
Problem
Causes
Concern
Switzerland
Takes
Exception
Jews
Rein
Dumped
There
to
LONDON,
Aug.
25.
George
Rub
lee,
executive
director
of
the
Inter
national
Refugee
Conference,
visited
Lord
Halifax
at
the
Foreign
Office
on
Wednesday
and
was
said
to
have
discussed
prospects
of
approaching,
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
to
enlist
German
co-operation
in
the
refugee
plan.
Meanwhile
from
Berne
comes
word
that
the
Swiss
government
has
decided
to
take
swift
steps
to
J
control
the
now
oi
Jewisn
retugees
from
Germany
into
the
country.
Protesting
against
the
German
government
driving
them
into
Switzer
land,
the
Swiss
government
points
out
that
it
already
has
its
own
unemployment
problem.
f
police
and
officials
keep
back
the
huge
throng
of
welcomers.
V
reception
as
great
as
that
accorded
Col,
Lindbergh
on
his
return
from
Paris
awaited
the
fliers
on
completion
of
a
historic
flight.
Commissioner
In
Palestine
.Assassinated
IJAPS
ON
ADVANCE!
Progress
Towards
Hankow
is
Re
I
newed
Twelve
Dead
In
Chinese
Air
Liner
HONG
KONG,
Aug.
25:
(CP)
Air
line
officials
said
today
that
atj
least
twelve
persons
were
killed
yesterday
as
a
result
of
a
plane
be
ing
forced
down
and
machine-gun-1
ned
by
Japanese
bombers
between
Canton
and
Macao.
The
drive
on
Hankow
continues-
and,
with
reinforcements,
the,
Jap
Power
Company
In
Costa
Rica
Expropriated
SAN
JOSE,
Costa
Rica,
Aug.
25.
President
Leon
Cortes
has
approved
a
senate
proposal
for
expropriation
of
properties
of
.the
American-owned
Electric
Bond
&
Share
Corporation,
which
serves
San
Jose,
with
light
and
power
as
well
as
street
car
service.
The
proposal
climaxed
a
lengthy
dispute
between
the
government
and
the
company
over
terms
of
a
new
operating
franchise.
Train
Service
;
Changing
Soon
Will
Revert
to
Thrice
a
Week
in
Either
Direction
Next
Week
Next
week
trains
on
the
local
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
will
revert
t0
falPand
winter
schedule
of
three
trains
a
week
In
i
each
direction.
The
time
table
will
jbe
the
same
as
last
winter
with
(trains
leaving
Monday,
Wednesday
I
and
Friday
evenings
at
6
o'clock
and
arriving
on
Tuesday,
Thursday
and
Saturday
nights
at
11
o'clock.
Today's
Baseball
American
League
Cleveland
2-3,
New
York
5-15.
Chicago,
0-5,
Boston
1-9.
St.
Louis
8,
Philadelphia
5
(13
in
nings).
Second
game
St.
Louis
1,
Philadelphia
4
(seventh
Inning).
.
Detroit
2,
Washington
8.
National
League
Philadelphia
2,
Pittsburg
1.
(Sec
ond
game
Philadelphia
2,
Pitts-
anese
appear
to
be
making
definite
burg
1
In
eleventh
inning.)
progress
again
toward
the
provis-,
New
York
7,
St.
Louis
4
(sixth
ln-ional
Chinese
capital.
nine).
.
Boston
6,
Cinncinnati
4
(twelve
LONDON
GOLD
PRICE
Innings).
Second
game
Boston
5,
Cincinnati
0,
end
of
fourth
Inning.)
LONDON,
Aug.
25:
(CP)
The
Brooklyn
2,
Chicago
3.
(Second
London
gold
price
was
off
lc,
clos-
game
Chicago
4,
Brooklyn
4,
end
Ing
at
$34.91
per
fine
ounce.
of
sixth
Inning.)
Totalitarian
Stroke
May
Be
Coming
It
Is
Believed
In
London
Suspicion
is
Held
of
Definite
Connection
Between
Fresh
International
Complications
Over
Spanish
Intervention
and
Czechoslovak
Minority
Negotiations
riding
and
comical
stunts.
ll'IMUIli'
JCdbUU
.1
LONDON,
August
25.
Great
Britain
feared
Wed-
cuiminating
feature
of
the
day
p
.
r
j
j
nesday
night
that
the
resurgence
of
the
Spanish
crisis
Hall
hibitlon
tonight
when,
with
'
1
1.1
11J
L
1
1
1
J.
L
1
L
due
ceremony.
Miss
Ida
siatta
win
might
coincide
with
some
bold
stroke
by
the
totalitarian
be
crowned
Miss
Prince
Rupert,
Se,ners
a"d
Trap
operators
niyen
hoc
m
Central
Europe.
Suspicion
was
strong
in
informed
Queen
of
Port
Day.
Also
at
this
'oup,e
0Dysl7Jn
KelT"
.diplomatic
quar
quarters
that
there
might
be
definite
connec-
Hanna
will
toba
nlonA
H
a
nrnenn
n
1I4
'
-HV
t
tlon
of
prizes
won
in
the
marine
sports.
With
an
advance,
saie
miwuww.
.;-''
of
1500
tickets
for
the
dance,
a-
waawieBuureauoirisnwiwuuy-,
ln
allowed
two-day
extension
in
a
monster
attendance
Is
assured
and
it
will
be
one
of
the
biggest
events
traP
"d
seine
fish!nS
ln,
ft1
of
its
kind
staged
ln
Prince
Rupert
trict-
thc
sca,so"
e"?
tonW-ln
:
salmon
run
is
holding
up
well
and
many
a
day.
I
the
canneries
are
very
busy
here
Port
Day
is
going
over
with
aijnst
nnw.
with
the
fishlntr
s-a-
bang
ln
Prince
Rupert
and,
with
all
son
ending,
some
of'
the
canneries
conamons
iavonng
it,
tne
lnno-.
wm
be
closing
next
week,
vuuon
appears
io
nave
oecn
luuy
Justified
ns
a
regular
annual
event.
An
interesting
feature
of
the
day
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
SLUMPS-
WINNIPEG,
Aug.
25!
(CP)
Thirteen
resident
Japanese
fishing!
Is
the
presence
in
the
city
of
the
wheat
prices
dropped
sharply
yes-
boats
were
seized
in
Howe
Sound
yesterday
and
the
operators
charged
with
fishing
ln
waters
ln
which
they
had
no
license
to
operate.
Greenville
Concert
Band
which
ar
rived
this
morning
and
is
providing
music
which
even
further
enlivens
Continued
on
Page
3.
terday,
being
down
almost
3c.
Oc
tobcr
dropped
2?sC
to
64j8C"aftcr
tions
between
the
fresh
International
complications
of
Spain's
little
world
war
and
the
Czechoslovak
minority
negotiations.
The
refusal
of
the
Spanish
Nationalist
leader,
Generalissimo
Francisco
Franco,
to
give
up
his
foreign
volunteers
in
accordance
with
.
the
27-nation
withdrawal
plan
and
Italy's
frank
admission
that
regular
army
men
and
officers
have
been
sent
to
the
Spanish
battlefrant
recently
was
the
immediate
worry
of
Prime
Mln
ister
Neville
Chamberlain.
But
beneath
the
dangers
of
Spain
lay
fears
of
some
diversion
move
by
Fuehrer
Adolf
Hitler
in
Central
Eu-
Ketchikan
Mayor
Home
With
Bride
Reception
at
Home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
R.
Hcckman
in
Chief
Magistrate's
Honor
KETCHIKAN,
Aug.
25.
Mayor
A.
H.
Zlegler
returned
to
Ketchikan
with
his
bride
following
a
honeymoon
trip
to
Seaside,
Oregon,
and
Harrison
Hot
Springs,
British
Col
umbia.
There
was
a
reception
at
having
slipped
llAc.
o.n
Tuesday
jo
I
rope.
Chamberlain
conferred
with(thc
home
ot
Mr
and
Mrs
Jt
R
67&C
-
'-'
'
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
Heckman.