"fit?
Ar
ancements
Are
flelnr
.
llbe
I
nr
Trio
To
TornnU
To
King
and
tjuetn
'in
Ontario.
March
14.
IP
FOR
"Han
Uglon
To
Take
tit
Cllfl
l'.rvl
SI...
"HI
M
See
King
Hafti.-ford.
Canada's
oldest
rthwrst
rebellion.
b
in
sponsored
by
the
Ca-
CLEAN
UP
I
ELECTIONS
:
train
will
carry
Kffo'ms
1"
Connection
itn
um-
tuplets
when
they
P'n
Espendltures,
Providing
v
22
from
Callander
Publicity,
Proposed
At
bo
presented
to
Kln
Ottawa
i
Queen
Elizabeth.
It
:..rst
trip
nway
from
OTTAWA.
Marcn
14:
(CP)-Hon.
f
the
world
famous
O.
C.
Power,
minister
of
pensions
A
ll
be
five
years
old
and
national
health,
yesterday
proposed
In
Parliament
that
a
spc-1
clal
committee
be
set
up
to
study
methods
of
decreasing
election
campaign
expenses.
Studies
would
be
based
on
machinery
of
the
last
two
elections.
Under
Mr.
Powers
i
nnvs
w
mm
A
I
Hll
Vkl
plan
It
would
be
required
to
pub-'
xlVJJLjL
YLil'liclzc
In
detail
how
funds
an'
raUcd
and
how
spent
and
th
amounts
would
be
limited
In
each;
103-
constituency.
The
object
was
to
To
I
avoid
extravagant
campaign
ex-Ipednlture.
Mr.
Power
said.
i
Mr.
Power
also
proposed
tnat
re-
.
distribution
should
be
considered
rr?
-
.
;
every
ten
years
by
the
committee.:
akv
Ul
oti
1J
a
atsvsw
vi
-
u
r
i
rnm
uirir
riin.MiLiiriit.iLti
r
.
r.i
.
..
1
ri
i
fa
in
off
the
coast
and
unsettled
TAX
LEVY
REDUCED
!
In
1938
It
Was
Ixiwct
In
History
Of
City,
Compilation
Of
Figures
Shows
,
The
1938
tax
levy
of
S142.T3I.-50
in
Prince
Itupert
was
the
lowest
in
the
city's
history,
according
to
a
"compilation
of
figures
since
Incorporation
which
was
on
Ilir
flrk
nf
ritr
Commissioner
ha
been
a
very
substantial
scaling
down
In
the
tax
levy
since
1932
when
it
amounted
to
$263,-393.83,
the
commissioner
pointed
out.
The
peak
year
in
city
tax
levy
was
1920
when
it
amounted
to
$274,189.28.
In
the
years
1911
anil
1912.
Immediately
after
in
corporation,
the
tax
levies
were
$137,021.57
and
$270,120.15
respectively.
The
figures
do
not
deal
with
local
improvement
taxation.
NEW
RECORD
ATTENDANCE
UIIsmIIsn
nf
tfnitcA
nf
nnmmnnS
t?.u..,.i
HahhIi
linn
fti
Itrlllvh
P1
-
k.!
R?
Sasklltoo1"
representatives.
!
umbla
Double
What
It
Was
ivint
lie
is
in,
103
years
old
,
njnn.H
n
Co-onera-
TUnv
vMr
,r..
"rd
nualnst
Louis
Rlct
amendment
to
consider
memoas
qi
v1CtORIA,
March
14:
(CP)
enabling
lumbermen,
miners,
fish-,
Hon
Df
Oeorge
m.
Welr,
minister
crmen
and
seamen
who
are
away
of
cducationi
announces
that
tht
from
their
constituencies
at
elcc"scno0i
population
of
British
Col
r'n;
"-ycar
01d
8on'
saw
ballots,
tlon
time
to
cast
i
umbla
last
year
rcacnea
a
new
i
high
mark
of
120,000
wnicn
was
Woo
tli
at
Fnvopncf
'2000
hl8hcr
tnan
the
year
pre
YYeainer
rorecabi
ivlous
and
douwc
that
of
twenty
I
years
ago.
General
Svnonsls--
Pressure
Is:
111
11
a
Ml.v
.
i
k
rtl
lulillf
n
'uivai
ldllCY
weatner
continues
inrougiiouw
ui
i-
iiinri
pr
ITlilllUlt
r
-
-
.
tUh
Columbia
with
showers
on
the
Vwi
rarm
IVlarkets
j;:dscaltcrcdsnowfallsi,,thc
Construction
In
.
i
ti
nrw
Kiinnrr
nun
t-jui-r-ii
ijiiui-
m
-a
inr
ti
'
...
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W'U
renrespnt
inOIUll
In
Xf.-l
f
pmltle
1
cr
cy
cold
V.M
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lth
.
.
.
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ime
-
Mailt
lW.t
rj
Kin,
rain
Mjtth
u.
SQV
.
"
X
va.w
1
'
at
ft
nnnnHInn
forri'r,r
etprt
ng
conference
tn
he
1"
scheduled
to
speak
on
ers.
gram,
it
Is
announced.
!
H-
letters,
Dr.
Weir
said.
Tomorrows
Tides
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-kB-fr
141
Capitol
9:40
ajn.
17.2
ft.
me
TAXI
22:43
p.m.
10.8
ft.
3:23
a.m.
10.2
ft.
10:17
pjn.
6.0
ft.
Macey's
Coffee
House
NORTH
RUN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
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iff
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PRINCE
RUPERT
'
B.C.,
'
TUESDAY,
'
MARCH
14,
1939.
'-
K
.
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...
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v
l
.
...
-
,.-
-
-r
i
----
Hitler1lvForccs
On
March
Again
l?.StrBiii1
Keich
Troops
March
Across
5
linanclal
llrfp
Forthcoming!
Wreckage
of
a
boat
recently
foOf,
I
VLCLlI
I
I
U
11
U
til
5
JOVgKIc1
frniti
I
Provincial
rtmmi!
(iuvernment
tm
.
found
found
on
on
the
the
weot
west
coast
roast
of
of
Price
Price
!
r.
V"X.
,
In
Civic
Crisis
'
7
March
14:
CP
I
TWford
and
Vancou-i
:
irii
aciegawon
wnicn
V
na
seeking
financial
:
im
the
provincial
gov-the
effort
to
obviate
increase
In
city
tax-,
:
:n
1U
mttSlOn
J'MLCr-
p
cmier
T.
D.
Pattullo.
iitatins
that
the
,
deficit
of
$670,000.
re-
aoaUtince
in
hospitalization
and
IVillo
said
that
the
j
Mas
short
of
funds
r
.
ssary
work
and
W
ouver
needed
more'
t
have
to
tax
for
It
RCHBISHOP
LOSES
SON,
rr
Officer
Adam
Defender
Of
iVir.
-avtr
Killed
in
Hoyal
Air
Force
Ma:
h
14:
CP
-Fly-A;'um
DePencler.
son
A
lr
DePencler
of
'
hit
life
yesterday
Air
Force
seaplane.1
x
-
flving
tola,
plum-"
sea
near
Abbots-was
not
recovered.
"
i
feints
Having
j
S3
-
W
special
IT'
lram
hland
in
Milbank
Sound
has
betn
definitely
identified
as
being
that
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
W.
Ilussick
who
sailed
from
Port
Alexander,
Alaka,
In
a
small
launch
last
November
for
Seattle
and
have
not
been
heard
of
since.
It
Is
conceded
that
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ilussick
perished
although
no
trace
has
been
found
oX
their
bodies.
-S.O.S."
SENT
OUT
CHATHAM.
MassAn
-S.O.S."
message
from
a
ship
giving
the
name
Itelnor,
tentatively
Identified
as
a
Norwegian
motorshlp
sailed
from
Vancouver
Christmas
Day,
has
been
picked
up
by
the
radio
marine
station
here.
Hie
Vessel
give
its
position
as
6700
miles
east
of
Cape
Henry,
SEEKING
AftltEEMENT
TOKYO
The
Japanese
government
Is
seeking
through
lis
minister
at
Moscow
to
reach
a
new
agreement
In
regard
to
Japanese
fishing
rights
off
the
Is
land
of
Sakhalien
and
the
coast
of
Siberia.
Thirty
Itussian
sub
marines
are
reported
to
be
trolling
the
area.
CONFERKINK
AGAIN
pa-
NEW
YOUK
Conferences
.'of
V
C.I.O.
and
American
Federation
of
Labor
leaders
ith
a
view
io
bringing
about
industrial
peace
in
the
United
States,
as
demanded
by
President
Hoosevelt.
are
being
resumed
here
tonight.
The
Union
Jailc
at
hir
bow.
the
white
ensign
of
the
Imperial
nay
at
her
trn
and
her
fleet
flag
amidships,
the
new
Qrltuh
submarine
H
M
S.
Sterlet.
Is
pictured
a
few
minutes
after
she
had
Mid
int
the
water
at
Chatham
dockyards.
The
Sterlet
was
sponso
.
d
by
Mrs.
C.
B.
Talbot,
wile
of
Vlce-Admlral
Talbot,
director
of
naval
dockyards.
The
launching
of
the
craft
completes
the
class
of
12
quick-diving
submarines
built
since
1930.
TODAY'S
WEATHKR
Prince
westerly
rising);
Rupert
Overcast,
wind;
barometer
temperature.
30;
rmopth.
Triple
Island
northeast
wind
hour;
sea
smooth.
Laneara
Island
Light
snow;
easterly
wind,
20
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.00;
temperature,
33;
sea
choppy.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast
nor.theast
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour
;
barometer.
30.05;
temperature.
34;
sea
choppy.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
southeast
wind,
15
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
36:
sea
smooth.
!
Alert
Bay
Overcast,
southeast;
wind,
10
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter.
30.29;
temperature,
36;
sea:
choppy.
miles
Victoria
Raining,
southeast
wind,
eight
miles
per
hour;
baro-
u
iv
Hi,
ou.o.
Vnnfftiivor
Plnnriv.
pastprlv
Declares
Its
Independence
POLAND
IS
:
INCREASING
ITS
FORCES
German
Troops
Are
Farin;
Polish
Along
Frontier
Following
Occupation
of
Steel
Town
PnAGI'F.
Mar'h
II:
(CP)
The
Praetie
office
of
the
famous
Witt-kowitz
iron
and
steel
works
at
Moraswaska-Ostrava
late
today
said
that
it
had
been
informed
occupied
it
half
an
hour
previously
and
had
also
occupied
the
town.
Now
troops
are
facing
the
Poles
across
the
frontier,
the
message
said.
Warsaw
reports
said
that
Poland
had
increased
its
'
forces
along
Poland's
border
with
Car-patho-Ukraine
for
"protection
of
that
border.
Berlin
renorts
said
that
Tar.
Hitler
for
protection.
Threaten
!
WINTER
IS
Minister
I
VERY
LATE
.
VICTORIA.
March
14:
CP
Urn.
Dr.
George
M.
Welr.
Provincial
secretary,
made
it
'
known
yesterday
that
he
had
been
In
receipt
of
threatening
letters
advising
him
to
stop
his
campaign
against
vice
condl-
tions
In
British
Columbia.
W.
J.
Alder
this'
morning.
There
1
was
paying
no
attention
to
he
ftill
hovers
over
Canada
Soon
Thcrp
Will
Be
Little
Left
of
Post-War
Republic-German
"Rights"
.and
Demands
Are
Insisted
Upon
By
Der
Feuhrer
BRITAIN
NOT
OBLIGATED
LONDON,
.March
14:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville-Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
there
were
no
circumstances
in
Czechoslovakia
compelling
Great
Britain
to
implement
the
guarantee
of
Czech
frontiers
as
imposed
at
Munich.
Chamberlain
said
that
any
guarantee
was
"against
unprovoked
aggression
against
Czech
frontiers
and
no
such
aggression
had
taken
place."
PRAGUE,
March
14:
(CP)
The
hand
of
Chancellor
over
the
telephone
by
the
works
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany
has
again
fallen
heavily
on
manager
that
German
troops
had
Czechoslovakia.
Todav.
at
his
behest,
the
Parliampnr.
nf
Slovakia
declared
its
complete
independence
of
the
Czechs,
At
the
same
time
troops
of
the
Reich
marched
into
Czechoslovakia
on
the
pretext
of
protecting
Germans
from
ill-treatment
and
occupied
a
border
town.
Two
hundred
thousand
Ger-
.
r-r
w
j-.
"iirnxr
man
troops
were
reported
masted
III
Y
Al
I
III
3a
the
Czech
frontier
poised
for
lVVf
1
tlu
VI
1
1
further
occupation
unlets
the
Czech
ot
.
rT
ti
TTi-in
government
Immediately
grants
rsllrCI
1
Aki
Oermany"
"rights"
and
demands
liUlVVIljrllVlljO
which
is
was
expected
It
would
do
without,
resistance.
'
Palho-Ukraine
had
proclaimed
wl"r"r.
'
V:
-V
G
err,
rr
artillery.
Independent
and
appe"--
cavalry
and
searchlight
batteries,
Four
Homes
Are
Broken
Into
And
Sze
In
Cash
Taken
Police
On
Trail
with
full
field
equipment,
left
Leit-
mieritz
to
German
Sudetenland
to-
NEW
WE6TM2NSTR.
March
14:
day
moving
in
the
direction
of
Li-
CP
New
Westminster
police
are
boch
on
the
Czecho-German
fron-
seeking
a
gang
of
burglars
who
tier.
have
been
entering
homes
by
use
Germany
demands
included
that
of
a
knife
stuck
In
dodr
:famb3
the
twe
remalnina
anti-Nazi
mem-
and
have
netted
$200
in
four
rob-
bers
of
the
Czech
government,
one
beries.
of
whom
is
the
former
Premier
Unseasonable
Conditions
From
jan
Sirovy.
be
removed
forthwith.
Coast
To
Coast
of
Canada
wtth
the
secession
of
Slovakia.
Subzero
in
Alberta
an
that
will
be
left
of
Czechoslo-
vakla
will
be
a
small
portion
sur-
f
je
f
n
rODOSGu
"
111
roundinz
Prasue.
The
Czech
gov-
WINNIPEO.
March
14:
(CP)
ernment
today
announ:ed
formal
He
From
coast
to
coast
a
late
winte-
dissolution
of
the
federal
Czecho-
In
Al-
Slovak
state
following
the
declara-
New
Pension
Plan
California
House
bcrta
yesterday
many
highways
tfon
of
Slovak
IndeDendence.
cirnAMEKm
vfarrh
ii-T?or,
were
blocked
with
snowdrifts.
At
The
republic
created
at
Versailles
rpsentativ
Henrv
Mwhan
of
Oak-
Edmonton
the
temperature
wai
collapsed
after
nearly
six
months
ianci
has
Introduced
a
bill
In
the
,
three
below
zero
and
fresh
snow
of
disintegration
following
the
state
Legislature
which
would
ira-(had
fallen
to
establish
a
twenty
Munich
accord
where
the
nation
pose
a
one
percent
transaction
tax
year
coerrd
for
the
winter.
Owin
was
partitioned
In
order
to
keep
to
finance
an
old
age
peaston
plan
.to
the
snow,
TransCanada
Air
.peace
In
Europe.
Earlier
the
Czech
under
which
$75
Der
month
would
light
Lines
service
between
Edmonton
cabinet
had
resigned.
The
govern-
De
pald
to
smgie
men
on
reaching
30.15
and
Lethbridge
was
cancelled.
ment
announcement
was
the
first
(he
age
of
sixty
with
$100
for
mar-sea
There
was
also
snow
and
cold
official
notice
the
Czechs
had
of
the
Tie&
men
weather
elf
e
where
on
tne
prairies,
new
situation.
.
(
Overcast,
east
unseasonable
conditions
extenairg
Slovakia
declared
independence
three
miles
per
across
Ontario
and
Quebec
and
under
assurances
of
protection
to
the
Maritimes
with
a
fifty-mile
.from
Hitler.
pnlp
at
Ttallfnx.
p
I
i
!
vr.il
In
the
United
States
too
weather
is
unseasonably
cold
and
sixteen
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska,
March
i
(CP)
Mervln
E,
Anderson,
banks
truck
drlver-ls
a
lucky
man'
wind,
clcht
miles
ner
hour:
baro-
meter.
30
'
28.
Dame
Fortune
continued
to
smile
Hungarian
uiiiuiaiuiii
Hungary
has
sent
an
ultimatum
deaths
were
last
night
attributed'
to
the
Prague
government
demand-
ln
evacuation
oi
-arpaino-uK.-
j0
k
jralne
(Ruthenla)
by
all
Czech
j
FAIRBANKS
I
troops.
.
t
The
Budapest
action
followed
re-
(ports
that
fighting
had
occurred
at
t,.
c
,-.,
..n,
Tne
inaepeiwence
vote
Dy
wind
tenrl..r
M
a
a6
ne
wn
$750
,n
the
PSlovaklan
Parliament
today
follow
Alvansh
Cloudv.
calm.
14.
;on
the
DreaKing
up
oi
ice
in
tne
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
19.
.Tcnana
River
and,
hardly
was
ths
I
j
Anyox
Cloudy,
northeast
wind,
ink
dry
on
that
check,
when
he
:
18
'
In
nnlh-
Irn.hrpn
Wins'
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
zero.
pool
of
$4200.
Besides
these
he
has
won
a
number
of
smaller
lotteries
and
drawings.
1
4k
ed
Hitler's
order
yesterday
to
tht
j
ance.
CONVENTION
OF
MINING
Asselstine
of
British
Columbia
Is
Among
Speakers
At
Gathering
In
Quebec
QUEBEC.
March
14:
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i
several
Doints
on
the
Hungarian-
Speakers
at
the
opening
here
yes-
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frontier
between
terday
of
the
convention
of
th?
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I
Hungarian
and
Czecho-Slovak
Canadian
Institute
of
Mining
and
j
troops.
The
ultimatum
demands
Metallurgy
expressed
the
opinion
Immediate
release
of
ail
Hungarian,
hat
1939
would
be
the
most
pros-
SIOOO1?"
in
Carpalho
-
Vjmtat.
perous
year
in
the
history
.of
Ca-
Truck
Driver
Adds
Another
.
Estevan-Cloudy.
south
wind.
10
To
Lof
List
of
Cash
Winnings
june
enuvo
p.rcuuua
-
I
Hungarians
and
weapons
to
be
glv-'
E
A.
Collins,
president
of
th
the
lli..
nor
per
hour;
hm.r-
hammeter.
barometer,
30.20.
30.20.
en
Immediately
to
Hungarian
"self-.
institute
and
prominent
untario
...
defence'
formations
In
Carpatho-
operator,
pointed
out
that
mineral
H-mrrnW'
resources,
even
of
Canada,
were
Fair-,
rvinct
in
rnmnthrt.Tiv-r.iinp
mi
not
Inexhaustible
and
made
a
uprising
of
the
Sitch
Guard,
out-
plea
for
methods
of
conservation
lawed
Ukrainian
organization,
was
In
mining.
-.'snmirpsipd
bv
the
sovernment.
Bra-i
Hon.
W.
J.
Asselstine,
minister
rr.ucu
ueorBe-wear.
norineriy
upon
rum
warn
nc
wuh
'
uslava
renorts
said
that
tnat
forty
ro"y
had
naa
of
mines
for
British
Columbia,
ad-wlnd.
four
miles
per
hour;
baro-
$100o
worth
of
gold
at
the
Fair-.a
drcsslnsc
a
banauet
la.t
niht.
told
meter,
30.40.
I
.banks
Ice
Carnival
yesterday.
Two
the!
of
steps
that
were
being
taken
in
his
province,
with
federal
asslst-
to
Interest
youths
In
mining.
deposed
Premier
Tiso
to
have
the
-
-
Parliament
meet
forthwith
to
de-j
night
in
Bratislava,
chief
city
of
clde
whether
or
not
It
wanted
In-
j
Slovakia.
dependence.
This
was
tantamount'
Today's
new
move
on
Czechoslo-to
a
demand
that
It
declare
its
in-
i
Slovakia
marked
the
first
arinlver-dependence.
I
sary
of
Hitler's
annexation
of
Aus-
There
was
severe
rioting
last
trla.
i