Conscription
Adopted
By
Britain
h
Tomorrow's
Tides
Capitol
Satin
141
High
7:30
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TAXI
20:35
p.
7
Low
1:08
am.
Macey's
Coffee
House
13:53
pjn.
f
v.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
1
XXVIII
No.
87.
wenty
Year
Old
Youths
To
Be
Iomcntous
Announcement
Made
to
Parliament
by
Prime
r
A
V
LI
At
Minister
Prior
to
Hitler
SpeechLabor
Party
lui
I
ilULU
Announces
it
Will
Fight
Proposal
Tooth
ftultonlliU
Tell
Dominion
Ooternment
Angling
It
Ketchikan
Summary
And
Nail
LONDON,
April
20:
(CP)
In
a
momentous
state-
I
.
f..ii..
..i
i
.
i
a.
-
e
n
i
l(T.T.
carciuiiy
imuiiiilu
iu
jiii-icui;
wiu
ajjevuii
ui
vuaucci
Adolf
Hitler
on
rrulay
In
reply
to
President
rrank-I),
Roosevelt's
peace
assurance
overtures,
Prime
Min
er
Neville
Chamberlain
announced
in
the
Houes
of
Com-
m
today
that
peacetime
compulsory
military
training
'
.
.
,'
would
be
introduced
for
the
first
forty
Cent
Wheat
rice
Inadequate
Committee
Of
Canadian
AgrN
l&rrt
I
ret
Strelhead
and
Eighteen
American.
58.000
pounds,
7.2c
pd
ic
to
8.1c
and
5.5c.
Canadian-
29,000
pounds,
6.8c
td
5c
tn
1c
nnrl
peaking
it
off
at
the
stem.
time
in
modern
history.
Legislation
will
be
Introduced
next
week,
the
Prime
Minister
said,
giving
the
government
power
to
call
up
for
military
training
all
men
between
twentieth
and
twenty-first
birthdays.
The
plan
Is
to
give
six
months'
training
and
then
the
men
will
either
enter
the
territorial
army
for
rfftWA
Apnl
2o:
(CP
A
wiiwio
nan
yrars
ur
paao
m-
"
:if
Canadian
agrlcultur-
the
special
reserve
or
tne
regu-ded
by
Premier"
John
l
'
Manitoba,
has
told
the
The
total
number
of
men
affect-L
venrtnent
that
the
60c
will
be
310,000
but,
due
to
physl-'
price
for
wheat
Is
In-
cat
dtubllitlea
and
other
llmita-Thp
guarantee
should
tlons.
the
government
expects
to
than
eighty
cenU
per
train
only
about
200.000.
Arj
omciai
spoKorjnan
saia
mat
weather,
fine
steelheaJ
m.
Jtenn
nnW
ulrnmi
nsnmg
conunun
ur.
nke,y
nftVe
use(uj
hrre
by
local
anglers.
'AGHINQTON.
DC
results.'
-
"
d
three
feet
In
length
arc
.
..,
This
Will
Be
One
Of
Forms
Observance
Of
Birthday
Of
King
Ot
OTTAWA,
April
26:
(CP)-
In
SYDNEY.
Australia.
April
20:
LONDON.
April
26:
(CP)-
Of
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
26,
1939.
Called
Out
For
Military
Duty
Under
Legislation
Now
Coming
!
WARSHIP
I'oslbility
That
King
and
Queen
May
Travel
On
Passenger
Liner
LONDON,
April
26:
(CP)
An
alternative
plan
for
the
King
and
Queen
to
use
a
passenger
liner
rather
than
the
battle
cruiser
Kepulse
for
their
voyage
to
Canada
is
reliably
reported
to
be
under
consideration.
One
suggestion
is
that
Their
,
Majesties
may
use
the
Canadian
Pacific
steamer
Empress
of
Australia,
now
at
Southampton
which
presumably
could
be
made
ready
in
time.
The
suggestion
is
that
it
might,
be
considered
advisable
to
keep
the
Kepulse
free
in
view
of
the
present
international
situation.
Black
Legion
Killer
Paroled
the
conscription
bill
wxuld
apply
;
".ty.Two
lear
Old
John
in-m-ir
between
only
to
aWe-bodled
men
...nti.fh
.H
t-ntv.firBt
nt
Released
After
Serving
birthdays.
He
pointed
out.
how-.ever.
that
youths
bordering
on
these
.birthdays
would
be
able
to
take
(training
If
they
had
special
reas-
Three
Years
LANSINO.
Michigan.
April
26
Seventy-two
year
old
John
Vibrant,
who
was
sentenced
to
three
nI.
-
m
m.
,nHntnn
to
ten
years'
imprisonment
for
the
nch
Trout
Are
Being
C.uchl
"
""V
Premier
Chamber-
Lon
killing
of
John
Poole.
aln
M,d
the
Rovernment
was
ready
nam
le
ST-'IUKAN.
"April
26
-
In
splte
jj
t
yea?,
'
penitentiary
He
had
ser-
Joe
Di
Maggio
fc
:
r-ught
while
18
to
20
inch
M
be
uken
to
,lmlt
J
D
Marne(j
Dut
tre
belnir
taken.
'
...
.
.
..
a
w
1U
lllal
1
1CU
E
llaska
Judge
Renominated
mon
llellenlhal
Named
For
An
other
Term
by
Presldrnt
ItooMvelt
inroflts
of
armament
lirms
ana
leg
islation
to
that
effect
would
be
in-
'
troduced
shorUy.
Nineteen
Year
Old
Entertainer
To
announcement
e
"aseoau
siars
unae
The
conscription
Is
designed
as
a
warning
to
Gcr-
many
and
Italy
that
Great
Britain
NEW
YORK,
April
26:Ioe
Dili
nrenarcd
to
stand
behind
guaran-
Magclo,
24-year
old
slugging
stan
'tees
of
the
Independence
of
Rou-
of
the
New
York
Yankees,
Is
to.
mania,
Poland
and
Greece.
be
married
to
19-year
old
Dorothy
I
I
Th
tjibor
nartv
served
notice
Arnold,
screen,
radio
and
night'
'..
.
.
...in
iv,t
vA
Km
lino
hv
rinh
mtprtnlner
The
marrlaee!
inn,
li.
i&iii
iiKiii
l.
.
v.
w...
.
.
j
.--.
i
line,
presaging,
perhaps,
the
biggest
will
take
place
this
summer
or
April
26:
i',iroi
ficht
In
recent
years.
No
fall.
Hcllenthal
of
the
Third
doubt
lhe
bni
wm
pass
though
af
.
of
Alaska
has
been
hPr
a
long
debate
6m:..ated
for
another
term
by
I
rodent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
it
M
announced
yesterday.
Halibut
Sales
Bonfire
Chain
Across
Canada
Weather
Forecast
(FurnUhrat
Ihrovign
th
eourUwy
ot
Ui.
Iimlnion
Mrtorolotc
BurcU
t
'Victors
Mid
mnce
Rupert.
This
tort-crt
Is
complkd
from
observations
ta-km
at
8
m.
today
And
covers
tr
3C
hour
period
ending
S
OJn.
tomorrow.
General
Synopsis
A
storm
centered
off
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
is
causing
gales
on
Vancou
ver
Island.
Rain
has
occurred
on
the
coast
but
It
remains
fair
In
'the
Interior.
American
celebration
of
the
birthday
oi
tne
.
.
Venture.
37.000,
Cold
Storageicing
on
May
20.
a
chain
ot
Don-,
-
-
;
r;
'
and
5c
Iflres
will
be
lit
across
Canada.
"-"-;.-.
77
euy,
10,000,
Cold
Storage,
a.ic
Majesty
win
dc
in
Showery
c.nrv
anrl
and
hnmlr
becoming
pd
5.5c
day.
IVbltor,
5,000,
Atlln,
8c
and
5.5c
1
-
Canadian
I
.
.
i
iToodle,
10,000.
Booth.
7c
and
5c.
Uolf
H
Kflhch
It
"'"
Pt
At
iU.UUU,
UU1U
UVUBt
W
and
5c
Rkpcna
M.
II,
0.000.
Royal
7c
K
J
1
Expenditure
Will
Unomc,
3,000,
Atlln;
0.8c
and
5c.
Kp
llnnTl
IJeienCe
gradually
colder
with
possibly
sleet
at
night.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
-Southerly
gales,
showery
and
Imlld.
Austrian
Archduke
Is
Dead
In
Vienna
'
-calmly
preparing
for
a
long
mc
io.ouu.wu
ouUBcv
Salvador.
who
was
a
son-ln-
Ive.
a
golfer
here
was
a
bit
tier-.
Parliament
yesterday
by
Sir
jonn
uu
Arrhrinin.
Fvn.v
..
.
..
.
.
-.l
r.f
the
KX-
law
"
",uru
wncn
a
Koir
ball,
drive
fm
another
tee.
struck'lils
nine.
VIENNA,
April
26.
The
Arch-
simon.
u,a,,
ulul
.
-
j
d.cd
here
Monday.
He
be.
chequer,
auoui
one
nan
-
101lu
.
t
u
House
of
Tuscany
fence
and
rearmament.
.
INOJIEED
-I
FOR
WAR
T01!
'secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
I
Agrees
That
All
Disputes
Can
(
Be
Settled
Peacefully
NEW
YORK,
April
26:
Speaking
before
an
American
Red
Cross
Society
national
convention
dinner
here
last
night.
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
Joined
with
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
appeal
fof
maintenance
of
world
peacv
"There
are
no
differences
arising
between
nations
which
cannot
be
settled
by
friendly
adjustment.'
declared
Mr.
Hull,
"if
there
Is
a
'sincere
desire
for
peace
and
a
nection
with
the
nation's
firm
determination
to
respect
un-
dertakings."
Barter
Treaty
To
Be
Extended
iA
States
May
Trade
With
Beltium
And
Holland
As
It
Is
Doing
With
England
Hull
Indicates
great
barter
deal
between
United
Stater
and
Oreat
Britain
whereby
pottnn
and
wheat
from
the
United
land.
TODAY'S'
STOCKS
(Oourty
8.
O.
Jotnutoa
Ox)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri.
.17.
Bralorne.
1055.
Cariboo
Quartz.
2.10.
Dentonla.
.024.
v
Falrview.
.034.
Gold
Belt.
.49
ask.
Hedley
Mascot.
1.12.
Minto.
.om.
'
Noble
Five.
-.02.
;-
,
Pacific
Nickel,
.12.
i
Pend
Oreille.
1.26.
Pioneer.
2.41.
,
.
Premier,
1.85.
Privateer.
1.07.
Reeves
McDonald,
.2U
Reno.
.33.
'
Relief
Arlington.
.10ii
ak.
Reward,
.03.
.
-
Solmon
Oold.
.10j
ask.
.
Sheep
Creek,
1.06.
-
,
Cariboo
Hudson,
.26$.'.
Hedley
AmaU
.04
aik.
;
'
Oils
A.
P.
Con,
.15.
Calmont,
.31
C.
&
E..
1.95.
Freehold,
.03
i.
Home.
2.11.
-Pac
Royal
Canadian,
.17
j.
Okalta,
1.00.
Mercury,
.06.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties.
,19.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.294.
Beattle,
1.12.
Central
Pat.,
2.10.
Con.
Smelters,
47.00.
East
Malartlc,
2.28.
Fcrnland,
.04.
Francoeur,
.15.
Gods
Lake.
.25.
Hard
Rock,
.98.
Int.
Nickel,
45.50.
Kerr
Addison.
1.52.
1
Little
Long
Lac.
2.60.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.92.
Medscn
Red
Lake,
.34
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
1,11,
Moneta,
.95.
Noranda,
.74.
Pickle
Crow.
4.60.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.25..
San
Antonio,
1.35.
Shcrritt
Gordon.
.93.
Stadacona,
.46j.
Uchl
Oold.
1.18.
Bouscadlllac,
.05.
Mosher,
.14.
Oklend.
.07.
Smelters
Gold,
.03.
Dominion
Bridge,
25.75.
1
For
England
LONDON,
April
26:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
1
Neville
Chamberlain
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Great
Britain
will
conscript
men
of
the
age
of
twenty
years
to
bear
arms.
The
decision
has
been
reached
as
an
extreme
measure
in
con
defence
activities
to
combat
the
menace
of
European
dictatorships.
service
in
modern
peace
time.
SJJ,
that
fJSSl1
the
proposed
War
Veterans
Demonstration
Police
here.
staged
an
anti-Nazi
demon
stration
which
was
broken
up
by
the
police.
.Texas
Killing
Triangle
Case
Doctor's
Wife
and
Friend
Are
Shot
Dead
He
Gives
Himself
Up
To
Police
'
EDINBURGH.
Texas.
ArJrll
26
ENVOY
IS
SNUBBED
British
Ambassador
Seeks
Interview
With
von
Ribbentrop
But
Is
Denied
It
:
Neville
Henderson,
British
ambas-sador
to
Germany,
Just
returned-
to
Berlin
after
six
weeks
In
Eng-
land.
ought
an
Interview
day
with
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop,
German
foreign
minister,
but
the
latter
stated
he
was
unable
to
see
him.
:
YANKS
AND
:
CUBS
LEAD
It
is
the
first
time
that
World
Series
Teams
Of
Last
Year
Britain
has
resorted
to
sun
out
on
Top
in
Two
compulsory
military
Baseball
circuits
.h
NEW
YORK,
April
26:
(CP)
'
New
York
Yankees,
by
again
de-
PB1CE;
1
CENTS
PESSIMISM
ADMITTED
Minister
of
Finance
Concedes
Ilij
Picture
Not
Overly
Bright
Endeavours
to
Encourage
Capital
Offers
Inducement
Special
Allowance
in
Income
Tax
to
Be
Given
Those
Undertaking
New
Work
OTTAWA,
April
25:
(CP)
It
presenting
what
was
described
as
a
"business
man's
budset"
to
Parliament
yesterday
Hon.
Charles
A.
j
Dunning,
minister
of
finance,
said
he
was
fully
conscious
that
hi3
estimated
deficit
of
$60,000,000
for
the
coming
year
might
be
"unduly
pessimistic.'
The
main
estimates
provide
for
expenditure
of
$457,200,000
of
which
$29,400,000
represents
de
fence
expenditures
capitalized
under
a
special
sinking
fund
plan.
To
the
remaining
$427300,000
must
featlng
the
Philadelphia
Athletics
i
be
added
$122,300,000
asked
for
In
eight
to
four
yesterday,
retained
the
supplementary
estimates,
the
leadership
of
the
American
Mr.
Dunning
said
that
Income
League.
They
have
now
won
five
(tax
changes
were
designed
to
pro-games
and
lost
only
one.
.mote
Investment
of
capital
In
pro-The
Chicago
Cubs
dawned
th'lductlve
enterprises.
An
amount
up
Pittsburg
Pirates
five
to
three
to
J
to
ten
percent
of
the
costs
may
stav
on
top
In
the
National
League,
lbs
deducted
for
capital
tmprove-
Cleveland
Indians,
with
an
easements
made
in
the
year
beginning
States
would
be
exehanaed
tor
r.-.,
Xne:r
Disapproval
of
Nazis
eight
to
one
victory
over
Chicago
May
1,
the
deductions
to
be
spread
rubber
and
tin
fmm'Enlnd
may
,
Svdncv
Broken
Up
By
White
Sox.
assumed
the
runner-i0ver
three
years
b
extended
to
Belgium
and
Hol
up
position
in
tne
Americani
Business
and
financial
'jcadeis
leasue.
dlsofaclng
Detroit
Tlgersiwere
urged
by
the
minister
to
KYn'FY4ustialia.
4'-
Lst-
make
.every
etfo.it.
JiVtTpandpr.-
-Aoril
-JSiLES-W1
IS.
7r'
ThirTrnnatl
Reds,
rbutmg'duetion.
employment
andtrtcomes
T
a,i
Consulate
the
st-
Cardinals
five
to'!n
order
to
avoid
the
necessity
of
front
of
th
the
n
Oerman
consulate
.
,
.
OI
A
.
in
the
National
League,
the
Boston
lupon
work
creating"
programs
Bees
losing
a
close
3
to
2
decision!
imaginative
business
leadership
to
the
Brooklyn
Dodters
to
dropjcan
guide
Canada
out
of
the
pres-
into
fourth
place
below
the
Phillies
jent
era
of
unbalanced
budgets
and
who
were
defeating
the
New
York
widespread
unemployment,
the
fi-
Giants
eight
to
one.
TODAY'S
W-ATHER
Prince
Rupert
Showery,
south
east
wind,
five
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
2957
falling);
temperature,
41;
light
chop.
Triple
Islandi-Showery,
easterly
wind,
eighteen
miles
per
hour;
CPi-Mrs.
Velma
Montague
and
moderate
chop.
'a
man
companion
nae
Deen
snui
Langara
Island-Overcast,
south-dead.
The
husband,
a
prominent
fast
windi
four
mlles
hour:
Hidalgo
County
physician,
has
glv-
barometer!
29.14;
temperature.
37;
cn
hlmselt
up
to
me
ponce.
iNew
Comet
Seen
By
Alberta
Man
To
Ketchikan
Port
KETCHIKAN.
April
25:
On
her!
way
from
Seattle
to
Unalaska,
the
light
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast
southeast
wind,
fifteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.28;
temperature.
41:
sea
choppy.
Bull
Harbor
Moderate
rain
southeast
wind,
eighteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.45;
tempera
New
Heavenly
Body
He
Located
Ii
ture,
43:
moderate
swell.
neliered
To
Be
Same
Discovered
i
Alert
Bay
Raining,
southea
By
Astronomer
wind,
thirty
miles
per
hour;
ba-
rometer,
29.63;
temperature,
44;
I
SEDGEWICK,
Alta.,
April
26:
sea
rough.
(CP)
Louis
B.
Smith,
a
Sedgewlck,
Estevan
Cloudy,
southeast
wind
I
man,'
the
other
night,
while
gazing
forty
miles
per
hour;
barometer
'into
the
heavens
saw
what
he
be-
29.68.
Mieved
to
be
a
comet.
It
is
believed
Victoria
Cloudy,
southwest
to
be
the
same
one
which
an
Oslo
wind,
six
mlles
per
hour;
baro-.astronomer
has
pust
announced
meter,
29.86.
Murnverlne
Vancouver
Cloudy,
southeast
I
wind,
sixteen
miles
per
hour;
ba-
I
.
rometer,
29.88.
AUcIro
roicfmnrH
I
Prince
George-Cloudy,
southerly
Alaolia
vuaoiuuiu
,wind,
fourteen
miles
per
hour
i-ii
i
f
If
temperature,
45;
barometer,
29.41
rlaPShlD
Un
YlSll
Red
Pass-Temperature.
34.
o
McBrlde
Temperature,
36.
Smlthers
Temperature,
35.
Smlthers
Temperature,
35.
Pacific
Temperature,
38.
flagship
Duane
of
tne
unueci
Aloclrn
I
fnnnAf
C
States
Coastguard
In
Alaska
wat-
"r'"
ers
was
here
Monday
with
Capt.
r
,
p
i
CI.!--Parker
In
command.
The
Duane
Cl
VlOOU
UKlllS
carries,
among
her
equipment,
an
amphibian
plane.
MULES.
HAVE
A
DAY
CAPE
TOWN.
South
Africa,
Ap-
Fine
Harvest
of
Furs
Is
Beirt,;
Brought
Into
Ketchikan
Now
KETCHIKAN.
April
26.
Fine
rll
26:
(CP)
Original
feature
at
stems
are
Deing
Drougni
net-Roscbank
Agricultural
fair
here
chlkan
for
the
local
buyers.
This
were
mule
gun
teams
trained
to
,1s
proving
a
life
saver
lor
Aiasican
gallop
like
horse
artillery.
trappers.
nance
minister
believes,
In
the
budget
speech
he
chlded
business
leaders
for
lack
of
foresight
and
ictlvityand
held
out
definite
Inducement
for
them
to
undertake
construction
and
plant
extension
and
modernization
projects.
Although
he
had
been
forced
to
'eport
a
heavy
deficit
for
last
year
and
to
forecast
an
even
heavier
cne
for
this
year,
Mr.
Dunning
declared
there
was
no
reason
to
fear
for
the
national
solvency
of
the
Dominion.
Mr.
Dunning
assured
any
firm
embarking
on
construction,
installation,
betterment,
replacement
or
xtension
of
plant,
machinery
or
fixed
equipment
a
credit
on
Its
Income
tax
equal
to
ten
per
cent
of
the
money
expended.
J
Ketchikan
Gets
Heavy
Snowfall
Had
Winter
Blizzard
For
About
An
Hour
Last
Evening
KTCHIKAN.
April
23:
Weather
continues
unseasonably
cool
and
very
wet
here.'
Last
evening
the
rain
turned
for
about
half
an
hour
to
thick
and
blinding
snow
hich,
however,
did
not
last
on
the
lower
levels.
LUMBER
ON
MOVE
NOW
Waterborne
Shipments
From
Bri
tish
Columbia
Coast
Show
Increase
This
Year
VICTORIA,
April
26:
(CP)
The
Pacific
Lumber
Inspection
Bureau
reports
a
substantial
Increase
In
waterborne
lumber
shipments
from
British
Columbia.
For
the
first
three
months
of
this
year
the7
amounted
to
313,000,000
board
feet
as
compared
with
292,000,000
In
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
1
fi