PHONE (jo Drown) 80 Taxi Tomorrow's Tides DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Careful and Coi-leous Driven (New IP" nouth) a . . vyvti No- No. 255 255' LESS RAIN Iher IlaiTtecn Mre Favorable This Year in Prince Rupert Than in 1937 Mie same iwrnn .. . . a. rt-nwi 3.45 mches as against i 1237 while this year's sunshine j . . . ort roe 0 v. t r Anr. pendir period of 1937. Hifchc barometer reading at sea ' toc - burometer reading at sea Maximum . . temrjerature. 69 on. i Minimum temperature. 36 on Os- - I jrr i" t . II.. i wan temperature. 49.7. Prclpitf.ion. 9.3 Inches. Bunshln; 55.3 hours. 1 HKKF. ARE I NOMINATED v, iftcascu .nemocr in uraii" nn t.u:i i ... . ... . , I "laiuvoua, rcacrai ticciion, s"kj To Succeed His Father . i WANDON, Man.. Nov. 1: (CP) 'iirce candidates wrri nnmln yesterday for th federal bv I 'JCLinn L . , uj pq nem -in uranaum member 14 to choose a successor the late D. w. Bcaublcr, Con- v -native, who died recently. The! arc uconre ucauoier. v. wie iaic member, conscrva- e; Jame E. Matthews. Liberal.' mm " J asWice Prince Rupert Gets Coast Section Of Skeena Under Redistribution Shake-Up VICTORIA, November 1: (CP) Notice of pro-posed redistribution of provincial electoral districts was filed in the Legislature yesterday. A new constituency of Oak Bay, now included in Victoria riding, would be created, taking one member from Victoria's present four. Other changes would include: Fort George To get a small area from Cariboo. Kamloops To include Valemount and Albreda polls on the line of the Canadian National Railway. Prince Rupert The piece of coast country ly-ine between Mackenzie and Prince Rupert electoral districts including uuii'iiau:, rvuiuiuai., etc., tu uc taken from Skeena and transferred to Prince Rupert. Skeena Takla Lake country to be taken from Omineca and a piece of coast country to be transferred to Prince Rupert ORE SUN: iC.C.F. PLAYS a Jame-, H. WoodSi C. C. F. Mr.l FORT WILUAM, Nov. 1: (CP)-'thewj and Mr. Woods were Loaded with 1,525 metric tons of - ,. vaiiuinaips n hn 1Q1S irpnpral . o- 1 ectlon. m yM m astetul hshmg Nnv 1 ThP flsh- ? authorities hpr nrp nrivislnir . . ""nermcn uhn Knvp hpen . 'B COd. tpmrwnn iUn llvpr.C " wirowinir tli fi..i . i- 'iS3"0"8 a that lhe utlon be Allowed by prose- PRINCE RUPERT, LONGHAND Conservatives Jtin With Liberals To Defeat Victoria Non- Confidence Motion VICTORIA. Nov. 1: (CD The Conservative Opposition voted with the government yesterday to defeat a Co-oiieratrve-'Corrf: monwealth Federation non-confidence motion in the Pattullo government, the division being 38 - 8. Tom Uphill, Labor member for Fernie, joined the C. C. F. on the division. R. U MaKland K. C, Leader of the Opposition, said that part of tint motion was a drift toward Communism and, as such, his followers would vote against it. Fines In Police Court Are Higher - . A a.. I.. Mia ic All l wuu ...... c-mso in I.UIIII'AIIU V " Police court lines in prince nu ivrt for the month of October this year totalled $375 as compare:! with $265 in the same month last vrar. Fines for the year to date have reached a total of $3077 as against $2438 In the first ten months of 1837. There were thirty-one police court prosecutions during October resulting in 27 convictions. Nlnc-'teen arrests were made and eleven summonses served. Flour Cargo l r 1 I I Icln KniinH . oit - aini - i muu IlOUr. Vne oucainci. mum . wcglan ship under commana oi Captain S. .Lura, steamed out of this Great Lakes harbor on a 22- day voyage to her home port, Oslo. Norway. The draught of the canal locks down the Great ibices aocs nm permit the Brott to be loaded to .orwpitv and more flour will be loaded at Montreal. Total weight of the craft when she starts across the Atlantic will be 2.100 metric tons. A metric ton Is equivalent to 2,200 pounds. The Brott s voyage was ner second out of Fort William although her captain has made, five, trips here since 1936. The, -vessel is 255 feet long. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Cut HIGHWAY ENDORSED Would be of Great Benefit to British Columbia, Washington and Oregon Says Association HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, Nov. I: (CP) A resolution approving the construction of the Uaska Highway was adopted by the Evergreen Playground 'Association, declaring that the highway would be of great benefit to British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Cop-' ies have been sent to Premier T. D. Pattullo and other interested Canadian and American government officials. IS REMOVED FROMARMY General Lull wig Beck, Who Disagreed With Chancellor Hitler, Goes Into Oblivion BERLIN, Nov. 1: (CPi-Oeneral Ludwig Beck and another high of- j ficer of the German Army hav' been removed owing to disagree-( ment with Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The removal is a sequel to the Czechoslovakian affair prior to whch General Beck advised against the Invasion of Czechoslo-1 vakla. expressing the opinion tha .i Germany was not ready to meet a . combined Allied, force In. .'war. ILtoutenant' geHpralBr "AffiHI ry" Franz Holder is General Beck's successor. I Schooner Angeles Is Taken In Tow Drifting and Partially Wrecked Halibutter Picked Up By Coastguard V7 t SEATTLE, Nov. 1: The coast guard cutter Spencer has taken In tow the partially wrecked halibut schooner Angeles in which Capt. H. R. Hansen and crew had drilted for a week in the Gulf of Alaska before being picked up by the steamer Alaska. WORK FOR AGREEMENT Railway Companies and Employees In States" To Co-operate In Ironing Out Differences WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 1. ( CP ) Representatives of United States railway companies and ol employees' unions yesterday prom-irt Prpsident Franklin D. Roose velt to make every effort to reach an amicable settlement 01 tnc dlsoute. Until the President Intervened recently, a natlon-wldc rallwav strike had been threatened A special commission last week advised the President that the proposed fifteen percent wage cut was not Justified. Five Million Boxes Of Apples In Crop Okanagan Valley Has Big Held Of Fruit This Year Two Million Already Shipped rENTICTON, Nov. 1: (CP)-The Okanagan apple crop this year, one inreest on record, will mn.int. It Is estimated, to ,5,500, boxes. More than two million boxes have already been snippea. t- B.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1938. Is Bulletins DIES IN HOSPITAL ALBERT Baxendale, 69, former Court House gardener, passed away at the Prince Rupert General Hospital this, morning after j having been in falling health for ; several months. He was. born in . .. . .1 . .j Lngiana and had been a resident of Prince Rupert since 1925. He was single and resided oh Wantage Road. COMEDIAN PASSES MALIBU BEACH.' CaL Be-spectacled Robert Woolsey of the famous film comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey, died yesterday after an eighteen-month liver illness which had forced' his retirement from pictures. Bert Wheeler, his partner, broke a personal appearance tour at Chicago 1 and flew here to attend the funeral. 1 HOUSE ASSEMBLING LONDON Premier Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons today, that he intended to bring the Anglo-Italian accord into force "as -soon as passible" and will offer a motion for debate tomorrow to that effect. He spoke as the House assembled for a session expected to be devoted largely to debate on rearmament, civil defence, and foi-eijn policies. Mr. Chamberlain also announced a new . drive to put 'rlvilin derertceSoiPa wuiid,ba. Is and rededtrated the govern ment to general .European appeasement. At the same time he announced that Sir John An derson, derson, newly newly appointed appointed Lord Lord Privy Seal, will be minister in charge of civilian defences, dir- ectlng air precautions and ar rangements for "national volun tary service." NEW CHIEF JUSTICE I rrAWA Mr. Justice V. F.-'A. , Turgeon has been appointed Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, j .i,rAi1Inir Civ V IV r CI flflnlt'ltn Haultain ) who has retired. '. Politics Bad 1 For Lawyers I OTTAWA, Nov. 1: (CP) Hugh J. Plaxton, Liberal Mem- ber of Parliament for Toronto Trinity, told the Bren gun in- j nnirv vpstprdav that he had no financial interest either in the John Inglls Co. or the gun con- , tract which had been awarded the company. Plaxton inform-4 ed the Inquiry that, when a lawyer entered politics, his professional earnings shrank to such small proportions that he did not need to keep books. Canada Should Be Prepared To Engage In War TORONTO, Nov. 1; (CP) Air Marshal William A. Bishop, V. C. Canadas ranking ace of the Great War, made an appeal yesterday for national preparedness. Canada could build all the planes and train all the pilots needed to pre serve democracy In Europe, he de clared. He feared that war would come and that Canada should be prepared to become Involved In it. Further TfDEDT!lnjunction Continued JAFFA PORT, a i r i.. British Forces In Control of Pales-1 tine, Seaport Which Has Been Base of Arab Rebels JAFFA, Nov. 1: (CP) Conttnu-' ing the campaign to crush Arabi rebellion, two thousand picked British troops yesterday took con-l SL,f KPf,esllneK sea?ort,: using the cltv as a base. - DISMISS CHARGES Intimidation Prosecution of Consolidated Mining Co. Fails to Stand Up TRAIL, Nov. 1: (CP) Magistrate Macdonald yesterday dismissed ln- tlmidation charges against S. G. Blaylock, managing dlreitor, and the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. The charges were laid in connection with the September 24 issue of "Liberty" containing an article dealing with Committee on Industrial Organization activities at Akron. Ohio, and ent'tled "Why Akron is a Ghost City." The BrlU'h Columbia organizers of the International Union of Mine m nr, ooh, wrv.r. n t r. ajmiate. tended to Intimidate em- ployees joining the union and that copies had been distributed among smelter workers. i i wj AlaSKa riaVMff Very Mild Fall Thirty-six Years Since Weather Has Been So Moderate JUNEAU, Nov. 1: Southeastern 'Alaska has hppn havlnf? the mild- 'est fall In many years. The maxl-jmum thermometer reading in Jun- cau in October was 64.4, the hlgh- .est recorded for the month since 1902. The all time high record for October was 66 on October 18, 1896. TODAY'S WEATHER Prince Rupert Overcast, misty, northerly wind, four miles per hour; barometer, 29.54 (falling); temperature, 45; sea smooth. A"Ple "'uu u.c.t, auUCi,. southeost wind, ten miles per hour; I llni cnP- Island - Part cloudy, calm; barometer, 29.68; tempera- ture, 45; sea smooth. Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, fog ' . . 'j1-' . l! 1 rtn pin. catches', calm; barometer, 29,70; temperature, 37; light swell. Bull Harbor Part cloudy, easter ly wind, three miles per hour; barometer, 29.56; temperature, 38; light swell. Alert Bay Clear, calm; barom- Her, 29.60; temperature, 44; sea smooth. Estevan Raining, northeast wind, ten miles per hour; barome- tor 90 U Victoria Fair, southerly wind, 12 miles per hour; barometer, 29.50. Vancouver Raining, calm; barometer, 29.56. Prince George Foggy, southeast wind, four miles per hour; barometer, 29.60. Terrace Cloudy, calm, temperature 38. Alyansh Raining, calm, 40. Alice Arm Cloudy, calm, 40, Anyox Raining, calm, 40, Stewart Clear, calm, 31. Hazelton Foggy, calm, 35. Smlthers Cloudy, calm, 30. Burns Lake Foggy, calm, 32. High Low Blocked -vna constitutionality Trial Manson's Order Premier Pattullo Questions "Propriety" of Judge's Action in Case Government Taking Issue to Court 01 APPOai VANCOUVER, November 1: (CP) Early trial to determine the constitutionality of the. British Columbia Coal and Petroleum Products Control Board Act was ordered today in Supreme Court by Mr. Justice A. M. Man-son who also ordered continuation of the injunction Trade Treaty Nearly Ready To Be Signed 1 WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1: CPl Officials at Washing- ton stated last night that ne- sotlatlon of the new trade ' I tvTo TTnitorT " ' the United ct States is virtually complete and there appears to f be no obstacle in the way ot an early signing of the pact. ucw"" "'- T nwnced but It to expected they " 06 time, M are the terms of the ! . migiu-niiKiJtatk Virtue rtgicc- ment. DERELICT SIGHTED 1 Halibut Boat, Returning Fro Prince Rupert to Juneau, Sees Wreck but no Sign of Life I JUNEAU, Nov. 1: Cap- tain Tom Ness of the halibutter Emma, returning from Prince Rupert, reported sighting an unidentified craft about 68 feet j long stranded o(f Point Hugh at the south end of Admiralty Island. At half tide, the mast and four feet of boom showed, carrying a flag of some light color with stripes. Oil was, coming to the surface but there was no sign- of life ashore. The coastguard is 'proceeding to investigate. ' l.v;n Up Warm October October Temperature Was Highest In Thirty-eight Years TORONTO, Nov. 1: (CP) Central Ontario had the warmest October since 1900. The mean tem- Perature or tlie montn was 5-- w" " ' Anniversary Of Parcel Post In United States WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov, It-Marking the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the establishment of parcel 9:25 ajn. 175 ft. 21:35 pjn. 16.6 It. 2:34 a.m. 8.0 ft. 15:26 pjn. 8.0 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS against the government-approved reduction in the price of gas. The Judgment was based on Supreme Court hearing of last Thursday at which seven oil companies and two retailers asked the Judge to continue the injunction. "The plaintiff's contention Is that the true purpose of the Act was to interfere with the importa tion of petroleum products by the plaintiffs from another country, in other words to interfere with trade and commerce. In my view. me piainim nas set up a case that merits consideration of our courts through trial In any ordln- way lnJuncUon Kltl7lim enforc&. imPnt nf tho final ariH Tof rrilaum tToaucis Boara order, approved by the " government; -reducingu prices three to slx cents . "Impropriety" Alleged VICTORIA, Nov. 1; (CP) Pre-in !mipr T n Ptttilln a statement today, referred to what he termed "Impropriety of a judge of one of our higher courts in granting an Injunction" restraining the carrying into effect of an important act of the Legislature without first no"iying tne government of application for an Injunction. The Premier made his statement after receiving advice 'of Mr. tice A. Manson's decision continu ing the injunction. The statement, apparently, re ferred to the granting of the .inal application for an iniunctlon on October 24. It said that any continuance of grantlne Injunc tions without notification may compel the Legislature to take action to preclude anything fur ther W the kind. Appealing Injunction Later H. Alan MacLean, solicitor from the Attorney General's department, announced that he was preparing an appeal against continuation of the injunction which he hoped to file this afternoon. He termed in an lnterocutory appeal which would get hearing within six days. He said he would try to bring it before a court of appeal sitting which opened today. Alaska Fisherman Reports Safety Some Alarm Had Been Felt At Ketchikan For Shorty Amos And Dragging Started ' tyyji KETCHIKAN, Nov. 1: Harry 1 (Shorty) Amos, well known Craig j fisherman, who had been missing ,for a week and was feared to have 1 drowned, is very much alive but it took circulation of reports ex pressing fears for his safety to establish that something serious had not befallen him. It had been post service in the United States, thought that he might have fallen the first week In November has into Thomas Basin from his boat been designated National Parcel and dragging had even been Instl-Week by rostmastcr acncral tuted. Last night he reported hla James Farley. ,safety to the authorities. "IV V-S 1 1 i-i an I ,1 m