F HHHaHHBiHBaaB r , $11.00 to $2.95 it You Have Foot Troubles, s'ee Us AMILY SHOE STOKE LT The Home of Good Shoes THE DAILY NEWS. PKINCE ItttPEItT - BRITISH COLUMBIA SUBSCRIPTION KATES I City delivery, by carrier, yearly period, paid In advatce" Paid In advance, per week . Paid in advance, per month ..- never in the nast been looked nrtnn n ir. AWuhV D. Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by1 Prince' Rupert Dally News. Limited. Third Avenue II. F PULLEN - Managing-Editor iy mkli to' all parts of British Columbia, trie British'- Embire a'ricf Jfnltd States, yearly period, paid In advance . By mall to all other countries, per year , News Department telephone . gfi- Advertising and Cuculatirin Telephone , ;,, ; 98 Member of Audit Bureau 6t Circulations MU.Y 1T)iTjnN A . " J' - . . . I.UUUIa rnlfOn- Trt rrvnntnrl 4-Unt- i4- ...... 1.1 . . tV .. $5.00 .12 .50 .v.. giamcu ijiau it vvuuju go Dy way oi iiazeiton. Then came the construction of the highway north of Vanderhoof which very soon should reach Finlay Fbrk's. This gave the idea that the Alaska highway c6uld b6 more cheaply constructed from Finlay Forks to' Alaska' than from Hazelton to Alaska. We do not know anything of the country west fr6m Finlay Forks or north from Hazelton except some stories from people who have tramped over the country. We sincerely hope that the Hezelton route is the better as that is likely to benefit not only the places along its route but also would be likely to benefit Prince Rupert by helping to force construction of the hiehwav info Print Ru pert. If the highway has any military significance it certainly should come by way of Hazelton, it would seem. When Premier Pattullo was in tho pitv nhrsVit vowv. THAT JAPANESE DEEEAt A Correspondent of the New Yorlc f iffies iii a: rWs. patcb to' his paper a week or two a'go said: Ih'ai, despite official denials, the Japanese had suffered their vefy first serious defeat and sets their losses at a'r6und' forty thousand men. When the Japanese retreated in' Southern' Shdntinig they left their dead and wounded behind therrt, "jb ."cn.u uiuMiuwji in ijitijuiiesse iiuiuary nisiory. The correspondent tells how, when the Japanese were po'undmg against the Taierchwang-SuohoW lines, tne countryside became filled With inn6cent-l6okintf Chinese farmers who were really disguised soldiers They cut the f nn ..'JL'A n A' it - 1 ! ,11 1 icau lines ui cuininunicanon ana (iiverten canals and munication with Japanese bases ceased arid, the men" depended upon food dropped from1 airplanes, tne snor'taire of gasoline was sb serious that tanks, trucks and ariVbu- men including Several crack regirrierifs s'oriie'thing like 20000 are tbday alive. Japan .had. suf feretf her first rna-j6r defeat, a disaster that almost amounted to a rout. Two men, accused of stealing a Fred Perry of England, left, congratulates his American tennis rival Ellsworth Vines, after the latter had beaten Perry in the renewal of their professional tennis tour. The pair put on a thrilling five-set duel in Los An ;ele to mark the 1938 inaugural with Vines pulling out on top o.Iy after a terrific three-hour struniUe SPORT CHAT 3.00 ; 9.0C .One official of a professional United States rugby team maj watch a game in the Western Inter-Provincial Football Unicn this fall, Joe Ryan, manager of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers said after a visit to Chicago. The of Tuesday, April 26, 1938. ficial planned to study western - (Canada rules, particularly thos ALASKA mnWW&V iWmvv dealing with kicking, with a vieV AAA A W A A J iJie route to be taken by the Alaska Highway has I the United states professional'. ii It .was'- V all this?" demanded Vienna at the end of the English season seems "very remote, but no official decision has yet been made," says George Allison manager of the Gunners. First-team players of five years" service will be given a 500 ($2,500. benefit by Mlllwall, English soccer league, southern section team whose big "gates" are envied by I major-division clubs. Benefits may! ftU LU JLUdU IOJUJ 11 (.lie: kaill galas second-division status. car, were found playing football at , tional winner, has been retired af a nrifK in I innnn hv rrnc mh. -t ' i 1 1 . w4x.u t fall 1 UlliUVV. Ul lllbVtlbUti4il grows up. Officiating in a match Scotland-Wales matches as the ! in Weymouth, Entfand, between Scottish are unable to meet the the Welshmen on Saturdays. I "h'piaymaies, Playmates, uesmond Desmond swallowe swallowed jJ, fX t, v u i. in . . ' ,i. he was very emphatic that the route would be by Way of whistle instead of blowing it Thirty persons were arrested at Falkirk, Scotland, when they broke windows of a Glasgow-bound train and caused disorder after Glasgow Rangers defeated Falkirk 2-1 Why 2.000 110.000) fnnris rif SDnnscred privately an unqffi- the Durban and Maritzburg teams clal Indian cricket, team, the Raj- of the Natal Footh.ill Assnfinttn.r Iputna eleven, will t6ur EngianJ was accumulated and not "shared una summer, me ooject of the out" was a Question nut bv a visit is to give voung players ex- "ginger-upper," and not answered JJ(:.i;p oi r,ngnsn wicKets and at the annual meeting. IiltlTISH AIR hEFENSICS The Uritish air defenses are weak but they are much stronger than they were. In fact so atrnnir have thevhe- v . . . . icome that the government can' now afford to' 'admit th'e'y MANUFACTURE PLANES AND MUNITIONS rare weak. Had the rftWrlitinn to kxa tr,A J. Nov that there is talk of building .,afrl.laW6s iri Can-'ernment would' s6 far as possible haVe kept it a profound' a'da as well as in United States for Great Br'itdi'n arid secret. Ho.w.ever the European countries have npt been that other riiunitions have to be manufactured (here deceived. ' They knew Britain' was not ready so they in might be a possibility of securing a contract for this work posed upon her. Possibly the reason for the present ad-at Prince Rupert. The possibilities here are just as great mission may been seen in the desire of the Chamberlain as at any other place if only we get the contracts. The government to keep out of trouble, in Czecho-Slovakia. 3 3 St. Louis 3 Rftlpctlnh rnmrnittpo nt flio S.niN"2W Ydrk 3 Desmond Sollls. 11, says he won't tish Football Association has pan- Detroit 2 be a soccer referee ' when he Joe Dimaggio Is Sighed Up 1 .833 6ordon-Coopcr NEW YORK, April 20: (CP'i-Joe In, which tobacctf If You Need PERRY AND VINES RENEW PRO MATCHES STILL tan" b .molted," xfords VICTORIOUS Pittsburg Pirates Come lip' iVoni Hehiiid to Score Seventh Win SEE US Without .Defeat Our range of Men's Oxfords is exceptional! large; Latest styles and size"d'fo fit dvery. foot. Priced From ' CI GARETTES IS FINE " Brooklyn at Boston, postponed that has been carried on. on account of threatening weather. A. W. Newman presided and, (n Philadelphia at New York post- opening remarks. vreferre3) to the poned. rain. good work the centre liad been Chicago C, Pittsburgh 8. carrying on and trie' benefit whicn St. Louis 0, Cincinnati 5. had been derived by those attehd- American League ihg, especially the boys and giris New York 1, Philadelphia 6. or the city. Next season Mr. New-Cleveland at Chicago, postponed, man hoped there would be a lar Boston 7. Washington 0. Detroit 10, St. Louis 1. The standings to date: National League" W (Pittsburg - 7 New York 5 A big car pulled up at a curb irilm tne rourtn rouna Scottish C") 3 Aldwych, England, and was in- cer cup- I Chicago "".Zl .... 4 sianuy srrounaea Dy people "What's Popularity of schoolboy ruebv ir, . Brooklyn ; 2 pohceman. . . . "Battleship won,-.nnn nrmnt, ,n r,,H . ' Phiinrtoinhin i TZVi radl- U WaSWales continues. More than 25, St. Louis , 1 .Grand National Day. Cardlfr American League is.ensDoro- jacK. iJ33 urand Na- rr I PITTSBURGH, April 20: CPt 'Pittsburg Pirates came up from behind yesterday to score four runs I In the eighth inning and defeat ' Chicago Cubs 8 tbG for their seventh : straight victory without a defeat jsb far this season.. The Cubs drop-, ped from third place to fourth be-lnw the Idle Boston Bees. Cincin-.natl Rsdi and St. Louis Cardinals, J who had been tied in the cellar, mdt in the only other National 'League game played yesterday and I the Reds shut out the Cards. Cln-I clnnati, as a result, is now in sixth place ahead of the Phillies, l In the American League, the waited until the match ended and career, the Champion ' 'Chase. He . ' ,'"a arrested them in thp rirPint. Washington ri .ma iun; bvvic ijiuviuuaiy. room. , Boston Red Sox blanked the Wash- vM,jliai ExhibiUoh of Wdrti ington Senators and are but hair i-rShc-e Rtitert Uecreatloiial : ; a game behind the leading Cleve- Centre land Indians. The Senators drop- ped into a tie for firth place with Tnere was a good-sized and in- the '3t. Louis Browns who were tereste(j gathering at tlie'Exhlbl- loslng to the Detroit Tigers. A vie- tlon j(aU iast ,iight for the clas- . tory for the Philadelphia Athletics mg display of the season by the ' 'over the new York Yankees put prinCe Rupert Recreational and, l them into a tie with the Idle Chi- physical Education centre which Icago White Sox for third place. Tne has functioned usefully during the i Yanks are in seventh position. past winter under Instructor Har-Cold, rain or threatening weath- nr Gordon-Cooper. The part'cl- I er caused the postponement of pants gave ail excellent exhibition three Major League games jester- of the various forms of athletic, day. exercises and gymnastics, fully! National League demonstrating the excellent work' i Cleveland 5 Bdit'cn 5' Chicago 3 L 0 1 2 3 ,4. 5 4' 6 ger turn-out of the young business and professional men to whom exercise and physical development should prove Invaluable. A 11C1 IWtlU IU UUUU ,U 1U- 'cally an outstanding gymnasium. Pct:; The speaker also referred to tht 100O splendid showing which had been oJJ made by the local team which .600 went recently to the mass display -571 of gymnastic competition In Van's33 couver. Next year it was hoped; .280 prince" Rupert would be represent- .200 ; ed by a girls' as well- as a boy's I .143 team. Mr. Newman paid tribute to the work of the instructor, Harry. 2 .714 Before the close of the evening's' 3 .5001 proceedings, R'. M. Wlnslow spoke 3 .500 j brief ly. complimenting Mr. Cooper 4 .425 and members of the centre for the 4 .429 excellence of the display. 5- .375 . The exhibition included Oram! 5 .286Marcn, luildamental gymnastics by men, wand drill by girls, mat! umbling, parallel bars, vaulting ipringboard tumbling; wrestlint; bo-ting, flaming club' swinging pyramids, liigh bar. fencing and dancing. In the fencing display KTtod TPfrt ti f T'U m.. Am j a. AfUr rnl J.-,roh ltn.,crt UeJ MA? ln Xlng fuses to Budge Bill Lon.1? and Albert Mali' gave a two three-mlnut,e round exhibition. and Miss .June Batt. Hafry Gordoi I'DlMaggio finally signed a $25,600 POP"- tes Passmore' and' Oeonie TW UMriiZT , cdntradt with the New Yorlc Yank-1 fson rendered adagio danc "U' S ,C NOrtft E"d HSh fobtball Cip r !$40,000 4 n 00(1 hut but Col Col. Jarfth Jacob nnntwrt. Ruppert, ! : owner of the club, refused to budget shipyard at the drvdock was found PvlWr fn.'r.itSMi,TiA''cMP.t9iw " ,ril 30. COSTLY BATTLESHIPS It is pst.rrinfpii tlinf in tba TTiA,i oi-t- uu.- j.v.-.v ak. . .. . , ,, : A """.1.. , , ""r"' wun.cn oiuica liiu iu;w hu,- Bwcfluiiiwuaa luc uynL ui way su liiul very soon .coTn-"";'-iu" uattiesnips win cost approximately one hundred jjillion dollars to build. That is a hutre. sum for a ship that will be obsolete in a few years. " TV. is mnrt t Vmyi whole navy would haVe cost a few years ago. If the lances were out of cbmmission and' even. artillery supplies! Country goes on spfehdincf money this wjiv It will he npres became exhausted. The guns were useless when a quar-jsary to plan well ahead for a receivership" f6r tli'e country ter of a million infuriated Chinese s'oldierS' set u'p6ri their 'that only a few years ago was thought to be so wealthy foes and the retreat and slaughter began: , that it hardly knew what to do with its money. Possihly Remforceiriorits Were rushed through but it was too at may bring s6me of that gold out of the cave where it is late. The Chinese counter-attack had been entirely, sue- hurried and pass it on to the rest of us cessful. Of the Japanese army in that sector of '62,000'' NO' PACIF16 ttiAtlW- 1-r.AY SAN FRANCISCO, April' 26,-All di1 .ami ine yarn undOUDtetliy could handle anything of-iflnal will be telezlsed by the Brl- i teams being travelling, there were' av.av.,1. tnui, jo jiucmcu s tne oniioriunitV. i uiuautajiiiig uu.iJ'Jiunou ftp- no games in tne pacific coast Lea gue yesterday. FOR' COMFORT and SERVICK PHONE 112 TAXI 2 NEW CARS ON CALL DAY and NIOHT A THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS' ! will com t to' your" b'om" iritf day (trough THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Aii Initrntittriil Diiff S'tuipafr'r ?"f,ino,t Plo't trtmi o, entlon;.nejthir do- "t.linorr thiin I . fb."i,!4l.,,0r,r.,,u,,y wHh lhm- '"tur.i lor bu.r mtn iii 1th.' I.mlljp, includW. tht Wft.ly Mrint Section. -- flif-s e'lnc PuMliVllii Boe'lrty .tint, tfotytr Btrtet, Boiton, MuchutetM .'pVrUrt" m' "'"rlPtloii to Th. Cbrl.il.. tole... Monitor for Mara. 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