ar
a
-
m
HI
II
.r.K
A
EPIDEMIC
II
AT
July
18
Ix-ipatchei
i.
iw
report
en
rnu
ti..
ft.
t'r..i.
Of
France
To
Thwart
Activity
rf
t.;
c"
July
IB
-SUi
nee
slowur
.
u;
on
Prances
sen-;y
hunt
teUewtnt
the
ihnst
to
pruncuk-.li
information
Is
the
,ir.s
nation
be-i
thrill
;U
mi
Fran
by
'
;
:f
.nnt
are
that
r'.ncii:
in
mure
spy
c
v
me
since
1
The
Paris
Sotr
gives
of
the
succos
of
the
liy
announcing
that
the
rvicc
of
the
Suretc
ua
arrested
more
Oerman
:nnng
the
Unit
three
Uils
year
than
during
'
'
Mx
years
preceding
the
War
wrrtul
has
become
the
el-modern
propaganda
that
t.a'.f.-iriuesj
find
they
are
work-t
ainst
a
new
type
of
"spy"
'ion
to
the
traditional
type
Hih
ix
trt
nhbitn
mllltiirv
iK-rt
as
scientific
paychologl-and
their
double
duty
ts
pr
ad
propaganda
and,
still
"s
ln.ortant.
to
send
volumln-
HirU
to
the
homeland
on
effect
of
propaganda
In
the
ir
to
which
they
art?
as-That
is
why
Uic
efforts
Orrinan
intelligence
workers
i''
up
men
"of
confidence"
'ur
.staffs
of
French
news-;rr
were
completely
snuffed
b'
FrnnMi
mllltnrv
1nltllonfl
Yellowstone
Park
Has
Large
Blaze
Forest
Conflagration
Out
of
Con-trol
In
East
Central
Section
YELLOWSTONE
PARK,
July
IB:
lorest.
fire
Is
blazing
out
qf
control
in
the
cast
central
section
of
Yellowstone
National
Park.
Hamcs
are
mcnaclne
one
thnm-
Mid
ncrc.M
of
timber.
About
175
arc
"wmpung
to
-encircle
the
fire
ftd
an
appeni
has
been
made
for
"uaiuonal
men
to
bring
tlu.
num
bcr
to
about
300.
K
-"-,v""
111
person
others
111
in
a
cholera
nhirh
bruke
oat
in
the
River
port
June
M
AU
:!
ted
to
be
Chinese
INSIDIOUS
ESPIONAGE
Commission
Pasting
through
Prince
Rupert,
with
the
commission
party
was
J.
W
Wardle.
federal
engineering
expert,
who
had
flown
north
from
liasetlon.
meeting
the
commission
at
AUin.
The
secretary.
Mrs.
J
L
Montgomery
and
Dr
John
A.
Stewart
of
Victoria
were
also
with
the
RAIDS
ARE
CONTINUING
81111
Another
AerUI
Thrust
by
Soviet
rianes
Deer
Into
,
HSINOINO.
July
1,8:
lCP
Man-vhookuoan
advices
report
that
eight
Soviet
warplanes
attacked
a
railway
centre
at
Halunarshan
yes-,
trday.
It
being
the
fourth
of
a
scr
ies
of
such
raids
within
a
week.
Four
railway
cars
and
the
post
of-
flee
building
were
destroyed
and
.four
persons
were
wounded.
'
The
Halunarshan
raid
following
that
on
Fularkl,
400
miles
from
the
Manchuokuoan
-
Outer
Mongolian
border,
which
was
visited
by
a
Russian
bombing
squadron
for
the
deepest
thrust
yet
made
by
the
Tim
new
type
has
beeni
Russian-Mongolian
....
.
..
mvpmmpnt
forces.
Local
Co-Op
Gets
Tiercing
Licence
i
.
Permit
U
Granied
hy
Government"
Following
Keren!
Commence-
j
mcnt
of
Operations
VICTORIA,
July
18:
(CP
The.
yesterday
granted
a
'
when
Nazi
Asent
ui
o
r:
-
-
,
Prince'
Ahr
uercca
saimon
licence
w
lo
the
me
i
ouLvnUCU
til
IHMIUIII1IH
,
f
(n(v
Itun
i.nl
WnllnnnllsL,KUl,cr
n.'-n:prrs
which
Influence
French
Association
P'Jb'f
opinion.
Tiir
rfforU
of
Uio
old-fashloncd
f
Pf
of
spy,
whose
object
was
Ri..
.ary
Information
have
suffered
iwavy
casualties
In
Franco
In
rc-cenr
years.
Fishermen's
Co-operative
.
(Some
time
ago
the
Co-oporatlvc
started
mild
curing
and
Ucrclng
salmon
In
the
plant
formerly
occupied
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Shellfish
Co.
on
the
local
waterfront.)
Nanaimo
Scrap
Yard
Picketed
To
Prevent
Shipment
of
Material
llclng
Made
To
Japan,
Place
Is
Surrounded
NANAIMO.
July
18:
(CP)-Plckcl
lines
have
again
surrounded
a,
scrap
metal
yard
here
as
activities!
started
therein
which
It
was
believed
might
be
a
prelude
to
an-1
other
attempt,
similar
to
that
of
J
some
months
ago,
to
ship
the
material
to
Japan.
Bulletins
Pandora
Leaves
Juneau
On
Its
Big
Adventure
Vancouver
Dig
Missouri.
.12.
Rralorne.
11:60.
Cariboo
Quartz.
2.15.
Dentonla.
.024.
Falrvlew.
.03.
Oold
Belt.
.33.
Hedley
Mascot,
.02.
Mlnto.
.014.
Noble
Five.
.01
.
Pacific
Nickel.
.12.
Pend
Oreille.
1.40.
Pioneer,
2.45.
Premier,
1.87.
Privateer.
1.24.
Reeves
McDonald,
Reno.
.48.
Relief
Arlington,
.12',;.
Reward,
.01
li.
Salmon
Oold,
.08
ft.
Sheep
Creek.
1.15.
Hedley
Amal.,
.01.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.14.
Calmont,
.31.
C.
&
H.
2.01.
Freehold.
.02
Vs.
Home.
252.
Pacala.
.05
li.
Royal
Canadian,
.20.
Okalta,
1.02.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.22.
Toronlo
Aldermac.
.33.
Dcatle.
158.
Central
Pat..
2.51.
Con.
Smelters.
43.00.
East
Malartlc.
2.60.
Fcrnland,
.03ft.
Francouer,
.20Vi.
Oods
Lake.
.34.
Hardrock,
1.00.
Int.
Nickel,
50.00.
Kerr
Addison,
1.92.
Mttle
Long
Lac,
2.80.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.99.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.37.
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
1.31.
Moneta,
1.11.
Noranda,
80.00.
Pickle
Crow.
4.70.
Preston
E,
Dome,
1.56.
San
Antonio.
1.72.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.07.
Stadacona,
.48.
Uchl
Oold,
1.24.
Bouscadlllac,
.04.
Masher.
.11!
3.
Okclnd,
.0714.
Smelters
Oold.
.03.
Dominion
Bridge,
30.00.
Stalin
Tomorrows
Tides
Weather
Forecast
r
2S38
a.m.
2J
ft.
ml
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
120
p.m.
212
it.
Island
Moderate
north
to
9:10
a.m.
OiJ
ft.
northwest
winds,
part
cloudy,
moderately
21:28
p.rn.
4.4
(I.
warm
with
occasional
showers.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
II
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
N"
16$
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
18,
1939.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Japa
-ese
Ship
is
Burned
At
Sea
GENERAL
OF
JAPS
IS
DEAD
On
el
Nipponese
Heads
in
China
and
Llrtrn
Companions
I'erUh
VUtn
l'laiie
Brought
Down
West
route
is
favored
Northern
B.C.
and
Southern
Yukon
favors
Koute
North
of
Hazel-Ion,
Commiion
Finds
The
Canadian
Section
of
the
Alaska
Highway
Commission,
headed
-
by
Hon
Charles
Stewart
as
chalr-
-
July
li:
tCIN
Dome!
man
and
also
Including
J.
W.
Spen-:
irom
Han
to
ywtar-
cer
and
Arthur
Dixon
of
Victoria,
d
that
Major
Otrwai
was
In
the
city
again
yesterday
on
n
and
etevoi
ottver
Jap-
live
way
to
Vancouver
aboard
the
killed
wtMMt
a
naval
steamer
Prince
Oeorge
alter
hav-
inrred
to
land
to
Hupeh
Ing
been
north
to
hold
section
at
!'
u
said
that
the
plane
Atlin.
Whltehorse
anU
Carcnus.
.imaged
by
Chinese
bul-
All
three
northern
points
agreed
with
Prince
Rupert
and
the
western
central
Interior
as
well
as
the
coast
and
Alaska
in
favoring
the
western
route.
Much
valuable
Information,
members
of
the
commission
reported,
had
been
obtained
as
a
reult
of
the
northern
hearings-
In
order
to
cover
the
three
points
as
expeditiously
as
possible.
lists
nf
almta
ris
frnm
f"n
CUUISLIl
SPEEDS
NOIITII
BUEMEItTON
UA8.
cruiser
Houston
was
steaming
north
under
forced
draft
today
to
the
navy
mine
sweeper
Partridge,
off
Prince
Rupert,
on
which
a
member
of
the
crew
has
been
stricken
with
acule
appendicitis.
The
Partridge
has
no
surgical
BRITON
WELCOMED
WARSAW
Genera)
Sir
Edmund
Ironsides,
British
chief
of
staff,
here
to
confer
with
Polish
military
authorities,
was
given
an
enthusiastic
reception
on
arriving
last
night.
In
Germany
Natl
newspapers
said
that
Britain
wa
giving
Poland
the
right
to
provoke
a
world
war.
More
East
Prussian
troop,
arrived
In
Danzig
following
a
conference
by
Chancellor
Hitler
in
Munich
with
his
military
advisers.
cruiser
Pandora,
carrying
five
men
and
one
woman
who
hope
to
make,
a
24.000
mile
Journey
through
the'
Northwest
Passage,
left
Juneau
today
bound
for
Nome,'
Alaska.
The'
IJ-ton
erulseruJs
captained
by
.Dr.
Homer
Hint
Kellems.
4.
OkU-
homa
minister
and
rancher
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oourtcy
8.
D.
JotuaiUMi
Oo.)
.16.
5?
ROAD
WORK
RESUMING
Sum
of
$18,000
Available
for
Exten-.sioru
Around
Prudhomme
Lake
Concentrate
on
Terrace
Gap
With
$10,000
available,
work
on
building
of
the
local
highway
along
the
shore
of
Prudhomme
Lake
will
be
resumed
this
week,
giving
employment
to
a
crew
of
forty
men.
It
is
expected
the
funds
now
available
will
enable
close
to
half
a
mile
of
further
road
being
built.
It
ts
not
the
intention
to
open
a
road
camp
but
to
take
the
men
out
dally
to
the
work.
j
As
for
the
road
between
Usk
and
Cedarvale
where
there
Is
a
gap
of
'twenty-six
miles,
surveys
are
now
being
made
with
a
view,
evidently.
jto
calling
for
tenders
Instead
of
doing
the
Job
by
day
labor
as
has
been
the
case
in
the
past.
Prorision
Is
also
made
to
continue
the
program
of
improvements
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
City-Port
Clements
and
Ma&tett-Tow
Hill
rruirM
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
ion
In
the
Portland
Canal
district!
I
improvements
are
being
carried
out
American.
Bitter
and
Olacier
I
Creeks
as
mining
projects.
JUNEAU.
July
18:-The
58-foot
"p
THERS"
HONORED
Sis
Day
Ceremenies
in
town"
To
.Mark
Seventy-fifth
.
Anniversary
nf
Confederation
Conference
CHARLOTTETOWN.
July
18:
(CP
In
a
simple
ceremony
seven
tablets
commemorating
the
Prlnc
Edward
Island
Fathers
of
Confederation
were
unveiled
here
yesterday
as
distinguished
speakers
of
five
eastern
provinces
paid
tribute
to
the
men
who
"bullded
better
than
they
knew."
The
provlncer
represented
Included
Prince
Edward
Island,
Nova
Scotia,
New
Brunswick,
Ontario
and
Quebec.
-
From
different
parts
of
Canada
SAN
FRANCISCO.
July
18:
I
With
only
two
witnesses
so
far
called,
the
Harry
Bridges
deportation
hearing
appears
likely
to
run
a
course
of
several
months.
The
'bring
25
or
30
witnesses
to
the
stand
In
its
attempt
to
prove
that
Bridges,
waterfront
labor
leader
and
West
Coast
chief
of
the
C.
I.
0.,
Is
a
communist
and
should
be
deported
as
an
undesirable
alien.
Are
Saved
By
Young
Couple
Miss
Nellie
Fraser
of
Barker
and
John
E.
Westaskiwln
Showed
Courage
CONSCRIPTS'
JOBS
ARE
PROTECTED
feacelime
Calling
Up
Costs
John
Bull
a
Lot
of
Money
LONDON,
Julr
i:
(CP)
Em-jarung
on
her
ilrs:
peacetime
conscription
since
the
Middle
Ages,
Great
Britain
is
busy
de-j
vising
systems
to
protect
the
civ-.
Ulan
interests
of
the
20-year
olds
against
being
cut
off
worn
their
normal
employments
at
completion
il
their
service
periods.
The
conscripts
will
be
paid
the
equivalent
of
at
least
35
cent,
a
lay
during
their
six
months
of
training.
Married
men
will
re-"
ir-
an
addition
aliowanee
of
I
about
$3.90
a
week
for
their
wirof
it
separate
allowances
for
child
ren.
Wa-
P
-rotary
Lsali
Hore-Bellsha
has
estimated
that
cou-criotlon
will
cost
Great
Britain
$49,100,000
this
year
In
addition
to
$141,000,000
to
be
spent
for
ac-tmidu
on
and
equipment.
Conscripts
of
Axis
,
The
managed
economies
of
Germany
and
Italy
will
be
less
dis-(
u-y
ti
than
Ureal
Britain
s
37
I
conscription.
In
the
German
.
:rli
Uon
plan,
few
men
in
key
aosltions
In
armaments
will
b
called
up
and
where
they
are,
employers
can
take
only
temporary
substitutes.
Employers
must
also
contribute
to
the
allowance
of
reservists
called
ud
for
trainlnz
Italian
manpower
for
war
of!i-
claliy
is
estimated
at
10.wo.ouu
in
the
standing
army
and
reserves
and
calling
up
350,000
reservists
has
not
pinched
the
nation's
Industry,
commerce,
or
agriculture,
according
to
government
Under
the
Italian
system,
ex-1
emptlons
enable
factories
to
keepl
most
of
their
skilled
workers.
Most
descendants
of
the
Fathers
of
ordinary
reservists,
under
Italy's
Confederation
are
gathered
here.ml'arj'
conscription
service,
are
for
the
six
day
ceremonies
celebrating
the
seventy-fifth
anniversary
of
the
conference
which
led
ultimately
to
union,
of
the
British
provinces
of
the
North
American
mainland
into
the
Dominion
of
Canada.
The
celebration
began
yesterday.
Federal
and
provincial
government
representatives
are
also
here
for
the
occasion.
Bridges
Hearing
Be
Lengthy
Deportation
Proceedings
Will
Profc-
shly
,L;si
Several
Months
semi-skilled,
or
unskilled
workmen.
Laborers
for
replacements
arc
plentiful.
Military
service
means
belt-tishtenlng
for
many
families.
The
Government
allots
a
few
lire
a
dav
to
families
of
reservists
called
to
the
cors.
Families
able
to
sup-1
port
themselves
receive
notning.
Poor
families
get
enough
government
aid
to
buy
food
and
pay
the
rent
In
Soviet
Russia,
where
no
reservists
have
yet
been
called
up,
no
dislocation
of
economic
or
personal
life
has
resulted
from
the
European
crisis.
I
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
62,500
pounds,
8c
and
5c
to
8.3c
and
5.5c.
Canadian
29.000
pounds.
6.9c
and
5c
to
7c
and
5c.
53c
American
Ilene,
35,000,
Cold
Storage,
8c
and
5.5c.
Reliance
I.,
15,000jj
Royal,
8.3c
and
Gonev.
12500.
Royal.
8.1c
and
5.5c.
Canadian
Sclma.
14,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.9c
and
5c.
Mother
III..
14,500,
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
Weather
Forecast!
General
Synopsis
Barometer
re-
WETASKIWIN,
Alberta,
July
18:
mains
low
north
of
Vancouver
Isl-
(CP)
Miss
Nellie
Barker
and
John
I
and,
The
weather
has
been
show-E.
Froser.
a
Wetasklwln
couple,
jery
and
cool
on
the
coast
and
Is
have
been
receiving
praise
for
their
moderately
warm
over
the
Interior
courage
In
saving
the
lives
of
three
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
unidentified
men
when
their
boati
Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
upset
In
a
lake
near
here
after
ajwlnd.
shifting
to
south.
Cloudy
and
squall
struck
them.
.
'
cool
with
showers.
Two
Hundred
Persons
Rescued
From
Vessel
In
Mid
-Pacific
Bl
Only
Three
Persons
on
Bokuyo
Maru
are
Unaccounted
For
Survivors
Were
Picked
up
by
Tanker
Which
Answered
"S.O.S."
Message
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
(CP)-The
Marine
Ex-
oeing
caiitd
up
for
compulsory
(
change
said
today
that
209
of
212
persons
reported
to
be
iS&'Tuie
sovcnmenrJ
0d
the
Japanese
freighter
Boyuyo
Maru
were
rescued
ans
but
it
have
not
been
announced
oeiore
me
snip
sanK
in
names
llZo
miles
east
of
is
understood
pros-;
iokohama
in
the
Pacific
Ocean.
No
details
of
the
disast-
ccuve
conscripts
wui
be
protected
er
were
reported
in
private
message
to
the
Associated
Oil
WORLD
IS
PEACEFUL
o
War
This
Vear,
Tis
Freely
Pre
dicted
in
Britain
Wheat
Slumpx
Stock
Market
Strong
LONDON,
Jul)
CP
Calm-ei
liew
of
inc
international
situation
was
reflected
today
in
Uiitun
nine-
ana
one
ouinghl
fureeast
was
that
"there
will
be
no
Lwopean
war
involving
Great
Britain
this
year.
Lord
Beaverbrook's
newspaper,
the
Dally
.News,
predkts,"no
war
this
year."
Price
of
wheat,
a
war
commodity,
which
rises
frequently
with
mounting
fears
of
war,
fell
to
three
shillings
seven
and
three-eighths
pence.
The
peaceful
tone
of
interna-tianal
news
caused
optimism
on
New
York
stock
market
yesterday
and
there
was
a
strong
wave
of
buying,
making
it
difficult
to
keep
up
with
orders.
Buyers
jumped
into
action
as
they
have
not
done
for
months
and
issues
mounted
from
one
to
seven
points
with
a
turnover
for
the
day
of
1,700.000
shares.
SNOW
ON
ALBERTA
Heavy
Rain
Continues
In
Peace
Hirer
District
Following
Drought
Hail
Does
Some
Damage
Pioneer
Victoria
Barrister
Passes
Richard
T.
Elliott
K.
C.
Capital
City
At
Age
Sixty-nine
Dies
Of
In
VICTORIA,
July
18:
(CP)
Richard
T.
Elliott
K.
a.
prominent
barrister
of
Victoria
for
many
years,
passed
away
yetserday
at
the
age
of
sixty-nine.
His
home
had
been
here
for
sixty-four
years.
In
politics
he
was
a
Liberal
and
once
was
an
unsuccessful
election
candidate
against
the
late
Sir
Richard
McBrlde.
He
was
senior
member
of
the
firm
of
EUlott
and
Ma
6l
can.
Co.
from
its
tanker,
the
Associated,
which
picked
up
the
survivors.
The
Japanese
vessel
left
San
Ped-o.
California,
on
July
2
after
put-
.lng
in
there
when
nitrate
cargo
be
gan
smouldering
in
the
forward
Id.
The
freighter
sent,
out
"S.O.
3."
calls
for
five
minutes.
Then
he
signals
were
cut
off,
indicating
he
fire
had
disabled
the
radio.
Slight
Hop
e
ls
Still
Held
For
Men
In
Colliery
jPROXpDENCE,
Kentucky
July
18:
Hope
has
not
yet"'
been
entirely
given
up
that
nine
of
thf
twenty-eight
men
entombed
In
the
gas-laden
galleries
of
the
Duv-In
mine
still
are
alive.
F.
V.
Ruck-man,
president
of
the
company,
said
he
believed
the
nine
men
may
have
barricaded
themselves
from
the
deadly
fumes
that
swept
through
the
mine
after
a
dust
explosion
Friday
night.
NO
CHANGE
IN
WAGES
Apparently
There
is
to
be
no
W.PJL
Revision
WASHINGTON.
July
18.
Works
Progress
Administration
workers
have
lost
all
hopes
of
having
Congress
revise
the
1939
Relief
Bill
and
'restore
"prevailing
wages"
for
July
18:
(CP)
ed
work.
Senate
opponents
of
the
Heavy
rains
came
at
the
end
or
Security
wake
provision
nave,
the
week
to
break
a
drought
in
agreed
to
drop
their
fight
to
have
the
Peace
River
area
of
Alberta
'the
act
changed,
and
British
Columbia,
continuing
I
Montana's
Democratic
Senator
yesterday
throughout
Northern
(
Murray,
leader
of
the
move,
said
Alberta
with
hall
and.
even
snow
that
WJ?
Jl
strikes
and
the
violence
in
some
parts.
The
hail
did
some
1
that
attended
them
In
some
cities
damage
to
crops
in
the
Grande
I
last
week
had
proved
embarrassing.
Prairie
and
Fairview
districts
of,
He
declared
that
the
strikes
had
the
Peace
River
as
well
as
to
gar-
spoiled
the
cause
of
the
WJP.A.
dens
around
Edmonton.
Snow
was
J
workers
In
Congress,
reported
from
an
area
200
miles
1
At
tne
time
Billings
Con-west
of
Edmonton
but
it
melted
as
R9hftth
indicated
that
he
it
struck
the
ground.
would
withdraw
his
House
Bill
to
restore
the
prevailing
wage
rates.
The
new
Relief
Act
requires
that
all
workers
put
In
one
hundred
thirty
hours
a
month
for
an
aver-'age
wage
of
about
$53.
Murray
said
that
the
only
hope
I
for
revision
of
the
wage
scale
lay
with
President
Roosevelt.
He
saia
that
the
.bill
gives
the
President
direct
authority
to
revise
the
former
hours
and
wage
rates.
Mr.
Roosevelt
declared
last
week
that
WPA
workers
cannot
strike
against
the
revision.
In
Chicago
CJ.O.
leader
John
L.
Lewis
said
that
his
organization
would
not
sponsor
a
National
W.P.
A.
strike.
Lewis
said
that
he
agreed
with
AJ
of
L.
leaders
that
the
new
Relief
Law
Is
bad.
He
said
that
the
C.I.O.
fought
the
Relief
Act
when
It
was
before
Congress,
while
the
A.F.
of
L.
apparently
was
unaware
of
the
strife
it
would
cause.