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Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(S
AJVl.)
High
3:35
a.m.
21.5
It.
Prince
P'ipert
Cloudy,
southeast
15:55
p.m.
19.7
It.
wlnd,
1'
's
per
hour;
barometer,
Low
9:55
a.m.
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It
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t
valerate.
22:04
pjn.
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It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
iChi.iese
Are
Victorious
Austrian
Developments
Still
,T0
.
DEMAND
STATEMENT
OF
HITLER
fcJtat
Hritain
and
France
Asking
Fuehrer
To
Tell
ins
inienuons
In
Regard
to
Austria
I&huschnigg
Wants
em
Art-nomnnf
K
Anr
10
ngivvmviH
France
Looks
With
Suspicion
On
Mussolinis
Indorsation
UI
jtary
Cabinet
Shuffle
XDON
Feb.
17:
(CP)
Acting
cther
over
Austria,
dreat
Brl-
tag
and
France,
It
was
learned
'
night,
will
ask
the
Hitler
go-,
.future
prepetuatlon
of
the
mining
ftrmcnt
of
Germany
to
maKe
a
,
Sit
nn
nf
futurp
lnlrntlons
lnlto
n
-
prd
to
Austria.
Support
will
bt
mineral
.
resources
of
.....
Northern
Brl-,
.
tn
to
Chancellor
Kurt
von
Jtlsh.
Columbia
and
Its
future.
As;
i
.
.
.
.
hnusch:.:cj
In
any
move
to
re-
long
wail
cc.aroi
ana
insure
com-
ion
Austrian
Independence.
foreijjn
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
the
House
of
Commons
today
1
it
Sir
Neville
Henderson,
British
'dy
oaicaaor
to
lieriin,
naa
Dcen
,
tructed
to
Indicate
to
the
Ger
Government
"the
Interest
the
F
filch
the
British
government
tftes
and
has
alwav.s
taken
In
tha
ces,
MBtrlan
question,
Meantime
from
Vienna
comes
I
Wti
today
that
Austria
has
ser
-
It
M
notice
that
she
expects
Ger-
Wy
to
fulfil
promises
of
the
Mtier-Schuschnlgg
agreement
In
same
measure
as
did
the
Aus-1
as
by
naming
cabinet
ministers
!aeptable
to
Germany
and
by
it
JSWUltllVJ
amntv
tn
AimtHan
nnll
mi
prisoners.
Officially
Inspired
ispaptr
statements
declared
mt
Hltlpr
in
Ills
arlrtrpl
tn
Ihp
Ichstag
on
Sunday,
should
cry
warantee
Austrian
Independence
irectly
and
not
indirectly.
of
rthur
Seysslnquart,
new
Aus-1
the
n
minister,
of
the
Interior
andiycars
the
mineral
production
of
the
ol
the
Nazi
cabinet
appoint-
nrovlnce
had
been
$1,515,000,000
of
'Ms
is
going
to
Berlin,
carry-
Chancellor's
views
on
the
sub-
hp
Austrian
federal
diet
is
con-
Wtd
for
next
Wednesday,
taiy
has
given
official
benedlc-
the
Hltler-tndorscd
chan-
..v
uobliail
WiiUlllt'li.
Jrench
foreign
officials
voice
the
IfiniMnn
Ul
i
-i
ijp.wvi,
Hlai
mussuum
nas
aDan-
3lccl
Austria
to
Germany
In
re-for
a
promise
by
Hitler
cl
PPort
for
further
Italian
tcrri-
ia'
conquests
In
Africa.
iTerracp
Ranrlifc
'ook
No
Booty
fe
Disturebd
In
Act
and
Had
to
lilurry
Away
nefore
Hold-Un
Consummated
pair
ui
of
armed
miiicu
men
men
who
wnu
held
nviu
J
Smith's
store
at
Terrace
on
sday
evcnlnir
m
'dMurhtd
bv
UUle
help
while
enaad
In
their
:
I
and
made
their
gefaway
with-
I".
King
anything,
according
to
received
at
provincial
police."
Z,Z
which
Li
"quarters
here.
Two
suspects.
'ested
as
the
train
was
leaving
f
the
coast
laterln
thp
pvenlnir.
l
being
held
at
Terrace.
They
re
given
the
names
of
Ernest
person
and
James
Bennett.
.
flro
dennrtmpnt
VioH
.
o
nnll
'"It".
t
v....
,
''0
1'esterrinv
nf(
ornnnn
in
inn
fWence
of
L.
Astorl
sr..
Fourth
rnuo
East,
where
sparks
from
the
rey
nad
set
the
roof
afire
c-
aamage
was
done.
MUST
LOOK
NORTHWARD
IN
FUTURE
.
;
This
District
is
British
Columbia':
i
Potential
Mineral
Storehouse,
I)r.
Mandy
Tells
Gyro
Club
As
the
older
mines'
of
the
south
part
of
the
province
become
ex
hausted.
British
Columbia
will
have
i
...
I00lc.
to
newer
tcrmory
ror
lts
mineral
supply
and
the
most
likely
territory
Is
the
great
empire
of,
Northern
British
Columbia
tribu-j
to
Prince
Rupert,
declared
Dr.
jJoseph
T.
Mandy,
resident
mining!
engineer
for
the
north-western!
mineral
survey
district,
in
address-
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
at
luncheon
yesterday.
Perhaps
the
industry
oi
me
province
win
nave
;
relv
on
the
exDloltatlon
of
the
as
there
Is
a
mining
Industry;
earin,
mere
win
oc
one
in
Northern
British
Columbia,
he
as-:
serted.
In
opening
his
address,
Dr.
Man-;
lauded
the
Gyro
Club
on
its
ta-;
tention
,oi
interesting
lucn
in
me
natural
resources
and
industries
of
district.
If
one
was
to
interest!
himself
In
the
sale
ot
these
resour-
he
should
have
a
knowledge
of
,
LONDON
An
English
manu-them.
I
facturinr
concern
has
received
Mining
was
a
pioneering
Industry,
took
the
country
In
the
raw
and
developed
It.
The
work
of
the
pros-1
pector
and
miner
was
of
prime
lm-1
portance.
Dr.
Mandy
briefly
reviewed
tne
history
of
British
Columbia
mining.,
had
had
its
Inception
in
a
lo-l
callty
close
to
Prince
Rupert,
namely
the
west
coast
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
where
the
first
gold
had
been
found.
It
was
a
far
from
the
$20,000
initial
production
there
to
the
1937
production
$73,000,000
In
this
province.
In
course
of
the
last
twenty-two
which
$164,000,000
had
been
from
Northern
British
Columbia,
Tit
mining
Industry,
the
speaker
pointed
out,
was
subject
to
the
things
as
affected
other
Industries
Including
world
affairs
and
lnter-natlonal
relationships.
It
was
un
ique
and
different
from
other
nat-
j
ham
and
James
C.
McKay,
prom-ural
resources,
however,
In
that
its
inent
Reno
gamblers,
were
sen-resources
did
not
multiply.
It
was
tenced
to
nine
years'
imprison-a
"wasting
Industry"
for
once
a
me-
ment
today
following
conviction
tal
was
taken
it
could
not
be
re-;
of
mail
fraud
and
conspiracy
in
paced,
i
a
$2,500,000
nation-wide
swindling
Mining,
therefore,
was
depend-j
ring.
Each
was
also
fined
$11,000.
ent
upon
the
work
of
technicians
j
the
prospector,
who
found
tne
minerals;
the
geologist,
who
ferreted
out
minerals
from
their
hiding
places;
the
mining
engineer
who
work
ed
on
the
economic
problems
oi
ex-
traction,
and
the
metallurgist,
who
dealt
with
treatment.
Sale,
consumption
and
financing
were
also
Important
matters.
The
sneaker
then
turned
to
the
.,
-
,
,.(un
n
of
thp
the
.Wn
of
Perpetuatbn
mining
Industry.
He
told
how
the
'or
source
of
tne
m
in
ru
-
i
ish
,o,
Northf-
;
"'."
.
"tmc
gruuuuiuiii'c;
wuvw
onmo
im
from
the
depths
.
in
uuu
vvmv
r
-
ages
past,
bringing
up
the
mlnera
solutions
which
formed
the
mineral
rloiioslts.
Pnnnmin
nsupcts
of
mining
were
then
touched
upon.
Rock
which
today
was
considered
useless
might
tomorrow
be
capable
of
profitable
treatment.
With
the
depletion
of
t,n
Mohpr
Grade
ore.
it
became
necessary
to
turn
to
the
lower
a
m.ii;
nrnrcsses
were
being
.constantly
devised.
Some
day
it
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
BULLETINS
NANAIMO
PIONEER
DIES
NANAIMO
James
Stewart,
a
resident
ol
Nanaimo
for
thirty
seven
years,
died
here
yesterday
at
the
age
ol
eighty-two
years.
He
was
the
father
of
Robert
Stewart
of
the
Free
Press
Publishing;
Co.
STRIKE
HEIST.
DELAYED
PARIS
The
strike
of
railway
uorkprs
in
Nnrtliprn
Franrr
for
I
'
an
1HS
per
cent
increase
from
!
the
present
wage
scale
of
18c
per
hour
has
been
deferred
for
eight
days,
TALKS
OF
FARMING
OTTAWA
Dr.
E.
S.
Archibald,
director
of
experimental
farms
for
the
federal
Department
of
Agriculture,
Arrlrnltur
Hkrnui.il
discussed
ii,
the
future
fi,lr
0f
the
prairie
agricultural
indus-
try
before
the
Rowell
royal
com-
mission
vrsterdav.
lie
i
declared
.
.
i
that
eighty
per
cent
of
the
good
1
agricultural
land
ol
the
prairies
.
.
...
..
was
already
under
cultivation.
inat
me
inree
prairie
provinces
could
support
a
population
of
thirty
million
people
was
a
deius-
ion.
he
asserted,
although
chang-
cd
farmins
conditions
might
re-.
suit
in
an
enlargement
or
tne
industry.
BIG
ORDER
PLACED
from
Argentina
the
largest
order
for
grain
handling
equipment
ever
placed
in
this
country.
It
amounts
to
S3.000.000
and
is
in
connection
with
a
program
of
imurovement
of
grain
handling
I
facilities
In
the
Argentine
which
will
include
the
establishment
of
fourteen
terminal
elevators
and
smaller
granaries
throughout
the
country.
EXECUTED
IJY
MOB
TIA
JUAN
A
A
detachment
of
thirty
soldiers
marched
on
Tia
Juana
jail,
seized
a
former
comrade,
Juan
Castillo
Morales,
31,
asserted
confessed
ravish-mur-crcr
of
little
Olgo
Comacho,
took
him
to
a
cemetery
on
a
hill
and
executed
him
with
a
volley
of
rifle
bullets,
it
is
reported.
GAMBLERS
CONVICTED
NEW
YORK
William
J.
Gra-
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
League
Vancouver
1,
Seattle
0.
might
be
possible
to
obtain
gold
from
the
ocean.
Farewell
Presentation
An
Incident
at
the
luncheon
was
HYDRO
DEBATES
WILL
LIVEN
ONTARIO
HOUSE
IN
NEARING
SESSION
Echoes
of
October
Election
and
Question
of
New
Power
Contracts
to
Animate
Proceedings
Opening
February
23
Uy
HAROLD
TORCNTO,
February
17:
i
u
...
i
:iTi
'
uuu
a
i.euv.
y
imuve
.,iu;
i
,..1
n,
me
jjuuulcii
ftjjuuigni,
wneii
io
s
zuth
legislature
opens
rebruary
z6.
rower
is
expect
prl
tn
furnish
nno
nf
thp
main
ifpms
fnr
rlphntp.
TJputpn
unf.r!nirnnn,.
AlU.t
AlnKhm,
pearance
at
a
Queen's.Park
opening
in
two
months.
Appointed
in
Nov-
ember
to
succeed
Dr
Herbert
A
rUCC.
"
h
ne
onened
Openea
"
me
the,
rneplal
EpECl.ll
"sue
SUC-
"
,
,7
.
j
XrTftVr
Wemllr
Henb
,'
.
.
r.
.
,L1Derai
government
was
reiurnea
in
ln4the
rnp
i
irmnpr
cUer
b
n
ppnprn
general
election
pippLinn.
A,we
art"pr?r
,
f"
t
,
I
?T
session,
session,
the
the
Ontario
Ontario
Hvdro-Electrlc
Hydro-Electric
'
Commission
announced
it
had
renewed
contract'
with
three
Que
bec
power
companies
Beauharnols
Light
Heat
and
Power,
McLaren-
Quebec
and
Gatlneau
whose
ag-
V
.
.
.a,.
,
,Kf
rcements
-were
denounced
In
thff
1935
session
that
saw
an
Ineffectual
mree-aay
conservaiive
imousicr
to
prevent
cancellation
of
these
contracts
and
one
with
the
Ottawa
vauey
wimpmiy.
Tne
power
question
Duiicea
large
.n
the
camDalen
that
sent
Premier
Henburn
back
to
Queen's
Park
with
rupport
of
66
members
in
the
90-
ii
i
scat;
uouse.
oerai,
w
conservative
victory
woum
mean
restoration
oi
tne
agreements
me
wvenimwu
uau
incu
i11CBui.
void
and
unenforceable."
Already
Conservatives
have
charged
the
ous
aspect
when
Port
Arthur
seeks
government
with
"double
dealing"
legislation
permitting
Aviator
AI
and
the
argument
will
continue
cheesman
to
sit
on
the
city
coun-when
the
administration
seeks
leg-
Cii
Elected
In
the
municipal
vot-lslattve
validation
of
the
agree-
inSi
he
was
unable
to
take
his
ments.
oath
of
office
because
he
was
Leopold
Macaulay,
mamber
for
York
South
and
former
highways
minister,
leads
the
23-man
Conser-
vatlve
opposition
In
the
absence
of
Conservative
Leader
Earl
Rowe.
In
the
Liberal
sweep,
Mr.
Rowe
was
'.defeated
In
Simcoe
Centre.
Still
Conservative
leader,
he
directs
the
party
from
his
House
of
Commons
scat
at
Ottawa.
The
premier
counts
a
straight
Liberal
force
of
61,
two
less
than
after
the
election,
due
to
vacancies,
In
addition
Mr.
Hepburn
has
the
support
of
two
Liberal-Progressives
and
one
Independent-Liberal,
La-
bor
Minister
M.
M.
MacBride.
Only
third-party
member
In
the
House
Is
Farquhar
Oliver,
United
Farmers
of
Ontario
representative
from
Grey
South.
First
death
In
the
newly-elected
(legislation
occurred
February
3
when
Milton
D.
McVlcar,
Liberal
member
for
Lambton
East,
died
pt
pneumonia.
The
other
vacancy
occurred
when
William
F.
Schwenger.
Liberal
member
for
Hamilton
Cen
the
presentation
to
one
of
the
tre,
was
appofatcd
a
country
court
members,
J.
H.
McClimon,
who
Is,
Judge.
leaving
the
idty
for
Vancouver,
of1
Conachcr
Shoots
a
handsome
cigarette
lighter
as
a'
The
17
Liberals
and
12
Consei-
token
of
csteenf
and
best
wishes
for
natives
who
succeeded
forme,
the
future.
Sentiments
suitable
to'mpmhprs
In
thp
October
8
votliv.
the
occasion
were
voiced
by
the!
got
a
taste
of
parliamentary
pre-president
ta
making
the
presenta-iCcdure
at
the
three-day
spec'a'
tion
and
Mr.
McCllnton,
In
replying,
session,
opened
December
1,
to
referred
Q
the
genuine
regret
he
buttress
the
succession
duties
act
felt
In
leaving
Prince
Rupert
and
it
had
been
called
by
the
premier
the
sincere
hope
he
had
of
return-
to
strengthen
legislation
facta?
Ing
here
some
day.
,
I
a
court
test
that
cast
doubt
or,
J.
W.
Kllpajrick
was
welcomed
as
collection
of
succession
duties,
one
a
new
member.
of
the
province's
major
rcvenuc-
The
speaker
at
next
week's
Gyro
producers.
Club
luncheon
will
be
Arthur
Sut-j
An
idol
of
the
lee
lanes
and
ton,
principal
of
King
Edward
High
formerly
one
of
Canada's
greatest
School,
6n'"'Some
Problems
of
High
athletes,
Lionel
Conacher,
Liberal
School
Education."
member
for
Toronto
Bracondale,
17,
1938.
Absorb
J.
FAIR
(CP)
Power
policies,
ra-1
nt
belne
made
unt
next
week
.u.i-.i
..lDendtaK
arrival
of
lurther
lnfor-
uugiam,
uai
uuaueu
iuj
,i
;
c
ri..
me
seuuuu
.wmuii
in
umai
-
.;il
-,l,n
Ma
?annnA
n,-..
-HI
"re
the
first
shot
In
the
ses-
sin's
opening
debate
when
hf
;
mvcs
the
addiess
In
reply
"
to
the
'
rch
from
the
throne
Romcc
Begin,
Liberal
member
for
Russell.
haa
hrm
rhnyPn
sppnndpr
i
,
rmnr,
iui,(in
oncerns
encerns
anro
anromiment
n
tment
oi
of
a
a
T
soecia
special
I,
1
ommlttee
t0
Investigate
cancer
rcatmonts.
So
far
the
government
has
announced
It
will
Investigate
treatments
of
Dr.
J.
E
Hett
of
Kitchener.
Ontario,
MU
.
.
that
oi
Dr,
wuliam,
,....
JP.
v.
Kocnfii
.
..
Jl,.'i
...
tarjQ
j
Labor
legislation
was
forecast
by
Mr.
MacBride
when
the
Ontario
executive
of
the
Trades
and
La-
bor
congress
of
Canada
made
its
annual
representations
but
Iv
nompH
h.
HM.vt
nnt
w
m.M,K!roH
in.ici,nnn
niOI.
the
statute
books
to
which
the
j
courts
might
take
objections."
He
added
there
would
be
a
"certain
'
amount
of
legislation
this
session,-
Tne
usuaUy
drab
private
bills
Cnmmittee
will
havn
an
nrivpnlnr.
thousands
of
miles
away
with
Sli
Hubert
Wllkins,
seeking
tne
lost
Russian
fliers
somewhere
in
the
Arctic.
.
j
But.
the
power
question'
over-1
shadows
other
Issues.
The
Niagara!
River
ice
Jam
which
crippled
one'
Commission
power
house
and
threatened
the
great
Queenston
'nlnnt
failed
to
affect
the
prov-
lnce's
power
supply
because
the
newly-contracted
Quebec
powei
w-as.
available.
Conservatives
dur-
tag
the
election
had
contended
such
a
Jam
would
show
the
pr0v
-
ince
faced
a
power
shortage
bf
cause
reserves
were
low
after
gov-
ernment
cancellation
of
the
oI'ii'-'t'iu"
"
raiC"
contracts.
Tnls
Person
makes
certain
com-
Power
Deal
Details
'ments
pertaining
to
educational
Dr.
Thomas
H.
Hogg,
who
succeeded
T.
Stewart
Lyon
as
commls-
reorganization,
announced
the
new
shou)d
discuss
Tne
fo,jowIng
ob.
contracts.
The
commission
con-
scrvallons
are
made
ln
tne
above.
tracted
for
a
total
of
6
0.000
horse-
mcntloncd
lctter:
under
which
will
power
agreements
That
lherc
are
..ccrtalu
serl.
reach
their
maximum
ln
one
to
six
ous
obitacleS"
existing
in
the
Jun-ycars
and
continue
thereafter,
lor
nlgh
school
organi7atloili
Dr.
Hogg
said
the
new
agreements
2,
xhat
the
Junior
high
school
revised
former
contracts
with
the
s
an
experiment
respective
companies,
reducing
the
3,
tne
Department
of
Ed-
orlce
from
$15
per
horsepower
toJucatlon
COnSlders
academic
pro-
$12.50
per
horsepower.
Under
the
"amended
agreements"
the
com
-
mission
estimated
a
saving
oi
sn,
-
200,000
between
now
and
1945
and
a
mediate
children
of
this
city
arc
net
saving
during
the
life
of
the
"to
be
sacrificed."
agreements
of
$78,923,000.
The
Ot-,
5.
That
the
B0oth
Schoo.
tawa
Valley
Company
contract
had
Building
Is
fitted
primarily
for
el-been
amended
previously,
ementary
school
purposes
and
Beauhamois
provides
125,000
thence
unsuitable
for
secondary
horsepower
immediately.
This
will:
school
work.
be
increased
yearly
by
25,000
horse
In
North
Europe
Revision
Court
Is
In
Session
Twenty-Four
Appeals
against
Assessments
in
This
Provincial
District
Dealt
With
.
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
Al-
With
John
Dybhavn
acting
as
though
resistance
to
Japan's
smash-Judge
and
twenty-four
appeals
on
tag
onslaughts
north
of
the
Yellow
the
list,
court
of
revision
for
Prince
River
was
reported
crumbling
Supert
provincial
assessment
dls-
last
night
with
the
Japanese
war
trlct
was
In
session
on
Tuesday
and
machine
continuing
to
roll
on
a:-
Wednesday
of
this
week,
adjourn-
matlon
affectlns
anneals
In
Bella
coola
and
Kltlmaat
areas,
A
couple
of
adjustments
have
tne
river
wnlle
hundreds
or
tnous-been
made
affectinz
cannerv
Dron-
ands
of
Chinese
troops
defending
ertles
In
the
Rivers
Inlet
district.
T.
W.
Brown
appeared
on
behalf
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Other
appeals
were
dealt
with
through
Correspondence.
"
,1
L
.
J'Cril'IKr
I
in
PI
HSI
Prlnce
Rupert
and
Quecn
Char-'the
...
,
.
lotte
tt
Tlri
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
winds
cloudy
and
milder
with
rain.
V
ancouttr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
Wheat
was
trading
at
Sla
on
the
(Vancouver
market
yesterday,
rlslnc
to
$U6?4
today.
DIED
IN
REGINA
Word
was
received
here
this
moinlng
of
the
death
at
Regina
of
rMrs.
George
Creighton,
aged
74
liars.
She
was
In
Prince
Rupert
in
the
autumn
visiting
with
her
mn
innror
nice
u
i'
uttuntf
tntniiii
liiii
i.rr
1
1
uifii
wnu
vvfrn
"""'"I"-"":
r.
..tpmnM,
,
thp
kZn
"1C
her
death
was
vlsltins
another
;
daughter,
Mrs.
Harvey
Naismlth,
at
Rsglna,
.
Charles
Graham,
insoector
of
mines,
left
on
last
evening's
train
for
a
trip
to
Smlthers
on
official
j
duties.
I
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
and
son,
Har-
left
on
last
evening's
train
for
a
trip
to
Smlthers.
TncnPrfnr'c
VlAWC
HWJ'CV.IUI
O
T
ICVYo
Edltor.
Dally
News:
I
would
be
pleased
If
you
would
lve
me
the
use
of
yur
columns
t0
makc
a
few
necessary
comments
uPn
a
letter
published
recent'y
!'n
yur
newspaper
signed
by
a
policies
in
general
and
to
pro
-
posed
educational,
changes
in
this
city
which,
as
a
representative
of
fCCncy
as
the
measure
of
success
0f
a
teacher."
;
4
TRat
the
Junior
and
Inte:-
-
1
6.
That
the
proposed
secondary
ruiCE:
5
cenis
SMASHING
ONSLAUGHT
IS
HALTED
Japan's
War
Machine
Hampered
In
Drive
Towards
Lunghai
Railway
most
unstopped
and
Japanese
van-
guards
were
reported
almost
in
sight
of
the
vital
Lunghai
Railway
and
the
strategic
cities
of
Chan.
chow
and
Kaireng
just
soutn
oi
the
railway
were
threatened
with
betas
trapped
by
two
Japanese
wnJes
advanctag
from
d
ferent
directions
theie
was
a
different
story
today
with
Chinese
red
armj
armies
and
guerilla
units
reported
to
have
captured
every
station
along
a
seveniy-.uve
mue
iireicu
ui
u-.o
iPelplng
-
Hankow
Railway
behind
Japanese
lines
In
north
China
The
Japanese
have
been
using
the
line
to
feed
reinforcements
attempting
to
drive
south
across
the
Yellow
River
to
cut
the
Lunghai
Railway.
Chinese
planes,
manned
by
for-;lgn
leglonalrres,
are
reported
to
be
wreaking
liea
vy
losses
on
Jap
anese
troops
and
fighting
equipment.
No
less
than
.thirty
Japan
ese
tanks
arid
an
ammunition
dump
are
said
to
have
been
destroyed.
Shanghai
Incident
An
Incident
of
United
Status
marines
for
the
fourth
time
turn
(tag
back
an
armed
Japanese
patrol
1
defence
sector
of
Shanghai's
in-.
temational
settlement
came
as
marine
officers
and
Japanese
au-
thorities
conferred
In
an
attempt
S1?
f
ttle
,the
of
authority
In
the
settlement.
Lieut.
Commander
R.
Bourke.
V.C..
D.S.O.,
R.N.V.R.,-
after
spend-
ing
the
past
week
visiting
In
the
city,
will
return
on
the
Prince
Ru-
pert
tonight
for
Victoria.
On
Vll
Junior
High
School
are
In
full
accordance
with
the
re-
vised
curriculum
and
that
no
serl-
ous
obstacles
exist.
The
writer
of
the
letter
should
be
more
specific
and
state
what
the
serious
obstacles
he
or
she
has
In
mind
arc,,
Tho
iepurunem,
is
at
au
nines
wiiiirs
to
consider
constructive
criticism
founded
upon
fact
and
experience.
:
Second,
the
Junior
high
school
is
no
longer
an
experiment.
It
Is
an
accomplished
proven
type
of
modern
school
organization.
It
has
been
In
existence
now
for
over
ten
vears
In
British
Columbia.
Todjy.
n
this
province,
there
are
20
Jun-or
high
schools
with
over
360
teachers
and
with
a
total
enrollment
of
over
10,000
pupils.
Five
of
the
nine
Canadian
provinces
namely
Manitoba.
Nova
Scotia,
British
Columbia,
Ontario
and'
Alberta,
are
now
organized
on
tha
junior
high
school
principle.
The
central
schools
of
England
are
organized
with
much
the
same
prln-ciole
ln
view.
The
6-3-3
plan
of
school
organization
has
proven
mast
acceptable
ln
this
country.
In
England,
and
ln
the
United
States.
It
Is
not
an
experiment,
but
sound
educational
practice.
In
the
third
observation
It
Is
'implied
that
the
Department
of
power,
except
for
50,000
ln
1941,
un-
school
will
be
overcrowded.
(Education
considers
academic
pro-
tll
the
maximum
of
250.000
is;
About
the
first
observation
I
de-Jflclcncy
solely
as
a
measure
of
sue-reached
ln
1943,
when
250.000
horse-1
sire
to
state
that
the
philosophy
cess
of
a
teacher,
certainly,
aca-(Continued
on
Page
Four)
i
and
alms
of
the
Junior
high
school1,
(Continued
on
Page
Tpftvl
1
I
1,
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It
1