Hub Lo 10. WINS ITT 1 hi- : t 4:54 ajn. 18.7 BIG FIGHT B.C. ELECTRIC Me Uuiti., Commission took. 17:09 pm 20.0 f &?L$L 10:M a.m. 55 ft vt M-n nm Ht ft - ' AW v . rxvni tt story, and very appropriate to the timet. U comes forth, unfailingly,! as soon as vou raise the auMtlon of rr'aiiatory measures modern-day military defence for! D: m n New pressure wllllthls world-famous centre of the British settlement nrltUh Empire' shipping, ri there will be a I -well." says your host, smiling T lirifii gooas at rap 'broadly, "we're supposed to have , i;.d ti-re in China her lhe tnre. largest guns In the world t :, urc in control. here. lips: v i yesterday told by. "Really tremendous things, these thai any dfocuaskm Ruru Mafle during the Great War .ifitions must be re-'arvd intended for a super-battleship signatories of the and n rU out here instead. So aty and other ro-,large y, ltw mtulary people have ""- w ",c to lue a warning In the newspap ers when they Intend firing them for pracUee so that people living wtthin a radius of several miles can get their pictures off the walls and get-cotton In their ears." I A Joke, But-. This offered mild Joke, as mis Is ta ui4titu as m a ui j".s. rmamenU Uie British have as-( y.f. automobile man- M here is now an- Seam Station Is Ineffective tr-TKAV Aug 19 The Ora- It t: it ( ' U it in beam station Is satisfactorily and will be replaced as po- b It Is announced. ( ''xultle to the trans v f ta arurate beam has ' a. 2aion occurrences ln ' b: hood, It Is stated. NVESTIGATE lsMnbld at this amazing ocean 4 crossways. And this tropical Island, about 20 miles long and 15 wtde. commanding the nlne-mlle-wtde sea passage and connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today is regarded as virtually Impregnable. It Is no secret that this extravagant attention has had ln mind the it.i.li nr m .1 . V. Ka t nuin nrl. r'Mi-U. -.... tl'lll It... I. lt' "-" ... I Jtsde in rqulpment al (iracina Hand tlsh and Japanese IntereaU. It was Japan's advance as a world power after the Great War that gave Bri tain her first real worries about) Singapore. To Nipponese hope of "southward expansion by water. Singapore Is an obstacle. Now. with Japanese troops ln South China, and the Japanese nag on Hainan Island, south of Hong Kong, me de fence of Singapore Is more Important than ever. It Is notable that Singapore's defence is solely a land and air com- . i 4. tu w.t.. f Hiat Rlnoa- Dlliaiiuil. 4 lie Hiru'J pore must leave British naval forces 'free to go where needed. To Anv Lengths Rlncanore's defences Include the the most modern anti-aircraft Iweanons. An air force is building n o Liiargw oi company , - d DrlUsn "itt 01 rrP"" T;,. ' ar -,,rri,ned there. And i CTORIA Auk 19: (CP) The l'( -I tl.,Ui.. tt4i14i.. l. i mois Held o Blame For w Oil Price the nreat new naval base at Sclatar is mile from Slnnapore City, ln an ud uuur hp iiimiif u mines r. AilIliiiia mm s- : . . te. opened an Investigation l?recevTm ""0V of the British Col-,'- My ompletjl tw$ h company and its .uhsldlarlea. .Kong. U food supp y. Singapore and 6c. , i KETCHIKAN. Aun. 19 4- Coastguard and other rescue vessels rushed last night to VANCOUVJt, August 19: (CP 4 Coronation Island where the Constables Eldon Pinlcerton and 41 the New England Fish Co.'s Hugh Hamilton of ,the Vancouver i' cannery tender W. C. Arnold, city police force were acquitted In 4' carrying a crew of seven to County Court yesterday on charges 4- nine men, had foundered. nrDMICCTArVT ritory in the course of a round-the- Alemar Paha Continues as Prenv Irr, Holding Principal Cabinet Portfolios lllrmclf CARIO. Aug. 19.- Premier Ale- mar Pasha, whose administration recently resigned, has formed a new- cabinet In which he himself holds the principal portfolios. The panel has been submitted to King Fuad for his approval. Northwest Fires Checked By Rain Situation In Yellowknlfe Mining District Less Serlou Now Than lt Was I must Import most of its food. Even I EDMONTON. August 19: (CP)-lf the entire Malay Peninsula could neavy rains of the past few days . . . i .11 I I- t .f..ll..AK. h( turned to food production, It is said, it would not suffice. In Singapore now are some e.ouu Japanese small merchants and vniivH laborers and fishermen. Their position has Us difficulties. They are watched ciosciy. uuv there has been no trouble oeiwccn fiii Chinese unci nnd and Jananse Japanse here, here, a despite ORDMoiw . ht Oklahoma. u August! fB,rlv lnvuh BatrioUsm on me hai. .. H " production. In I1H- n.rt of the former. Singapore Is Uu." uianvd y the Woe of . ,v,ilrrd. and too cautiously k u Dim In r.""' for a.. uPsctU"R . . nterested In the future to permit !crurt "iwr" a i per Darrei ,ruae oil hn,. .. I u.. -... tuur ycura biiu lOonn Vprodllccd no than! is'stej arr; e,s- ne aoutnern llllnm. w,urounng io ODtam with ,.co"lratlon In connection , vnflr tW0 Weeks' linfrfnun I price ri w wwuirc the anything like riots. 0c Halibut Sales Amrrlran Majestic, 28.000. Pacific, 8.3c and nr. renorted to have effectively checked serious forest tires in the Yellowknlfe mining district ot ine Northwest Territories. Thanksgiving Day Date Change Not Wholly Favored WARTITNGTON. D. C August 19 Twenty-six of the forty-eight !ntr have accepted the new Thanksgiving Day date of Novcm- bcr 23 as set by President Frame iin n Roosevelt. Twelve have dc finitely repudiated the date ana Frisco. tOOO, COM StorC "J"' M V V" ' " oi aemanainT ana. receiving iws bottles of rum from Harvey Me- Klbbon. taxi driver, to halt speed ing charge proceedings against! him. The charges were based on . . Lit'. A t . iniormaiton ooiamcu ay xwutyur Lyle Lyle Telford Telford. The The case case wa wi ; heard heard Big JaPanee Plane to Come This Dad Whiteside said, adding that lt Wsv in Course of lokio to New n Gla " wueve me eviaenc York Trip ' McKibbon or Frank Oodbcr. WASHINQTON iv Permission has United States for a twin -motored t i rr re Jawnese airplane to fly over Al- III Air 1 FaillC aska and other United States ter ""iworia lllgnt Ulis ibu. inc itignv iran - iinioi Airpunn iriri jt)u look across the open hotel ver-Jn to commence from Japan before 18.626 Miles In Sis Months 'andah at the oalnu. with the shlp-Rmtmhr an Th mutp m b I iCisun ny I'Hrol Au'"nobl,e;crowded harbor only a short dU-lnorthward from Tokyo tU the Al- ll-ri si rtsrcalnlnc Aiency Un ,y But en ln ,UU jests tn, to Falrbank, and thenee. MONTREAL. ,vrw,t,., 0m Ifdcrallon of Ubor A dlstance j,lke lhu JW1 Kni4t wrjous con- down uie Pacific slope towards New lu di. . at,. the state of nfl.. . . ... . SI t-mes times aro . airam in uie rsr Kasi. also, ineir.- r,t hnm mil k Jimnu .""" iv ujr a w iv- - - - K . f iilMTwvblle uxjrkers VaW sausiacuon wan me manner -jomaU 'In which Singapore Is being fortl-l OrganlMllo. - as Uvelr "- 'imous l-lnchers. guar- : rv tn preference to " F-rteratlon of Ubor. '"ntred to burst eardrums at 100 . if.vrdi. are but a small part of the CHOLERA August 19: (CPl- equivalent to more man around tneworia was cern In Singapore over Y0rv The olane wtU carrr six men. -51 . . . . . i - - hv airman nT iTaninana VlCTOr ' r Tomorrow s Tides L Weather Forecast- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. SATURDAYAUGUST 19,19 39. The transcontinental air mall, service, ln operation only four months of the six, handled about 12 tons more mall than the aggre gate tonnage of the 15 planes In the fleet. Each of the T. C. A. Super Electras weighs pounds. r . I i 1 1 iKetired Admiral Back in States Harry F- Yarnell. Late Commander-in-Chief in Orient, Lands Home At San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO. August 19:- Rear Admiral Harry E. YarneH, Idee yesterday. Plied with ques tlons by newspapermen ln regard to the Oriental situation, Admiral Yarnell had no comments to make other than that the chief event as far as the United States was concerned had been the sinking of the gunboat Panay Mrs. Yarnell was more communicative. She said that her husband had been the mainstay of the' whole international situation ln the Orient and that all foreign nationals regarded him as such. Weather Forecast General Synopsis Pressure re mains high off the B. C. coast and westward. Light showers have occurred on the North coast, but the weather has been fair ana warm throughout the Interior. West Coast of Vancouver Island i-Moderato to fresh north-westerly winds, fair and warmer. 4, I Danzig Coup BERLIN. Aug. 19: IS READY 1 1LU1 to lAIrtlnes In the 1578'625 revenue i,, Ancrles Aircraft Firm Progress- force." Wllliam Christie, Named to Bella Coola, Was With Roman Catholic Church winiam Phristie of Southbank. Malcolm Campbell. In the first test of his 1800 horsepower speedboat nineblrd II. on Conlston water. covered a measured miles at 110 miles an hour. He later shattered Purchases 1,670,000 Bales to Com plete British Barter Deal WASHINGTON, Aug. 19: (CD- Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace announces that the gov ernment has secured title to 1,670,- 000 bales of 1934 cotton. This will be used to complete the cotton-rubber barter deal with Great Bri tain and make delivery to Sputa, France and Switzerland. Premier Mussolini, still hoping rJctal quartcrs 0?er reports of Ger- to to keeo keeo Italy Italy at at peace. peace, Is is re- re- man .m..., nuujary nrpnaratinnx preparaUons In. In. nr au- 10 1UJ r M J Wide UamS Made V to ha" mes t termed quarters said the govern-een been tfm by th me given oy I.,. . -B-- to chancellor Hitler urg- - - 4- m.. -frn nn nn u .aV,n(. ncvca- mem iroai now uu iaioiik .4- Ing moderation and a get-to hary meagures to meet any eventu-4- gether gether with Poland. allty." ,. British-French Rritih-Freneh resoluUon resoluUon to oocose "any attemot at a blow ,of force under whatever form lt may aoDear" was stressed anew. ! At Castel Gandolfo, the Papal summer residence. Pope Plus ap- tske lightly "the serious respon 'ilbllity of making an appeal to 'miles travelled during the Ilni. ing With Bomber Contract j.-vir j.-, y ; . j SaUstlcs released br T. C. A. SANTA MONICA. Aug. 19. The! TODAY'S WEATHER I. u . . . .. I Prin Runert CI par. west wind.' Iincrrac in rai.ii Aui7uBthe Frencn Air uorps is rrauj iori ---- - rnnnth month. Junes jitn-'. fntni total nf of M2 252.188 i wa&. wa&'n!f,n(5 ..... at . the k Tv.tii Douglas;2 . 1 2 ml! miles per Per hour; hour; barometer, barometer, 30.30; 30J0, PnTrarnriP test5 today M I I I IK I VI II ... u.. o et n , V s.. . . i . twnnerature. 54: sea smooth. ii ii uj o.om Mum .... rTance a ' iiiiiij grru.ct .Alrcnm piani. pajiusi , - liUiiaav . , .... , j Anrtt k. .: i. .. ml A.prt Alert Bav Bay Part Part cloudy. cloudy, CHUNOKINO. China. Aug severe epidemic of cholera Is re ported at Wuchang. Foreign sour- that foreigners are subjected to a disinfectant bath. New Egyptian Gov't Formed May total, which topped April by Another Central Chinese City Af-J7" "T t,h" fn-lrd With Malldr I""'"-" ' r. "T vice now operating between Montreal. Ottawa and Toronto. Alan loiaiung puuiiu. iu. .i nn . . .--l- kl more man w wiia. .4.itu j j Si 0.000.000 for the ships which will fly faster than 300 miles an hour with a full load of bombs. New Indian Agent planes during the m said 1 Chinese are not lrmitted, "xQnr lYllSSlOnarV . 4 I 1 .. nn4 t'WIIIII m.w-. io pass in or oui u au calm; barometer. 30.43; temperature. 50; sea smooth. I Bull Harbor Clear, west wind, 21 miles per hour; barometer 30.23; . iiuj whose appointmen. as new inaian. Victoria Calm, clear; baro - Agent at Bella Coola Is announced. l.. . . io,.. f tho Rn-lmeter. 30.20. man Catholic Church. While new ln the service of the department, Mn 1 he is understood to have had con- Vancouver - Clear northwest iSderaole experience with the In-lnd, 15 miles per hour; baro- jdlans. He Is a married man wun , five children. I .Campbell's New 'Boat Is Fast who has Just retired as com-, Bluebird II. Covers Measured Mile mandcr-ln-chlef of the United i At HI Per Hour States Navy ln Far East walers, ar-l rived here on the President Cool-' CONISTON, Eng.. Aug. 19 sir meter. 30.19. Prince Georse Clear, south wind. 2 miles per hour; barometer. 30.42. I Bull Harbor Clear, west wind.l 10 miles per hour; barometer, 30.29. Betty Lowman In Canoe Again Leaves Ketchikan For Port Alex ander After Her Trip In Halibut Boat his own record of 129.5 miles perj KETCHIKAN, August 19. Betty hour by travelling at 141.74 miles ; Lowman, canoe girl of Anacorte.-v per hour. U.S. Government Is Buying Cotton I who arrived here a few days aso from Juneau after making a six teen day trip with the halibut boat Norland and getting her share oi $100 like the rest of the fishermen, has taken to her canoe again. She left here for Port Alexander. Alabama Flood Proves Serious MONTGOMERY. Alabama, Au?. 19: Serious flood conditions onl the Alabama River, centering Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Islands Fresh to strong southerly winds, mostly cloudy with occasional light rains. Moving .. -1 ctm. anrl olcn affpftlnPl PRICE: S CENTS urope Having Another War Scare JAPANESE ISINGAPORE RETALIATE! IS STRONG LBrt On (ireat Britain Being lBtttveI A KuU "I ".ec- Wis hit B: ! K 3td t lion Of Demands August 19: CP)-Foi TOKT'" iVlV ' - economic questions i ,n the Tientsin dU- "j;.in prepared 10 iaxe Great Britain .Makes Hand Fort ress at Ocean Cnmways Virtu ally Impregnable RlNfiAPonR An io- irni - . . - - -... - ' ri.: til's rticcuon br Oreot Brt-'xhe story of Singapore's ear-pllt--n yr. : u-. of Japanese de-tlng 18-lnch Rum Is still good : ;rr: : OFFICERS 'Germany Said To Be nwona v,aimcij Al l II 111 I H 1 1 l Tender Founders I Charres Of Mayor Telford Against'. . - i Two Vancouver Policemen Thrown Out Toward Military Occupation Of Slovakia Against Pledge Troops Being Deployed Along Polish-Slovak Frontiers-Concern Felt in Official Cirlces in France Pope Prays to God to Prevent Outbreak n s. Kit A SliA VA. AUPTlSt 1VZ I Lji I A OrailSiaVit Coming uOOn broadcast last night said that, because of the "existing sit- Nazi vakia but this could not be confirmed in Berlin. German I EilUUlO 01U11 tended today that trnons were denloved alonir the Polish-Slovak frontiers rTn PI irilT Westminster i' sement of the Danzig prob- QV at jeast one hundred miles, a far greater zone than r UK r LIUII 1 "I have no hesitation in acquit-' Iem a "Uon of ?TbtJ. I that fixed by treaty last March omcenr Judge' rg compared ... the , present status of when wucil uctuiauj Germany guaranteed gumauKcu Slo-ipj-r a mjnTY i I the Danzig issue to that of ten yakja-e mdeoendence for twenty j 4' dav or two weeks before the Ilre Jears. Sudeten settlement last - year. In ... T . Parlj n-4- concern VW.tWV... n.n was " . . reit f-t. V . . in I of nf. INCIDENT British Policeman Kills Two Japan-ese Police After Being Shot in Back SHANGHAI, Aug. 13: (CP) A British policeman, armed with a machine gun, tonight killed two members of a Japanese-control- nealed to God to prevent outbreak j led Chines police squad !NEW i CHIEF and T,"T"l TITOT o nn tn ctatmn not I wounded sir others before he - - . . - " - K i dropped from a bullet in the back In a fight on the international settlement border. He was not seriously wounded. . v .i, International settlement police said the Briton was shot in the bark before he opened fire. AIR LINES temperature, 55; sea smooth. ,p. G. Johnson. Retiring As ice-Triple Island Overcast, south-1 President In Charge Of Opera- east wind, 5 miles per hour; sea smooth. Langara Island Overcast, south wind, 10 miles per hour; barometer, 30.25; temperatuie, 58; light chop. Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, calm; barometer, 30.32; tempera 60; sea smooth. ture, -. - - - tions, Succeeded By D. B. Colyer VANCOUVER, August 19: (CP) P. G. Johnson, vice-president ln charge of operations, TransCanada Air Lines, Is retiring September i and will be succeeded by D. B. Colyer. chief technical adviser, S. J Huncerford. president of the Air 1 Lines, announced last night fol lowing his arrival from Winnipeg. Johnson Is returning to. his busi ness interests in the United States but will continue to serve Trans Canada Air Lines ln a consulting capacity. SUBMARINE COMES UP British Navy Had Another Sear But Fears Were Unfounded LONDON, August 19. British sailors on shore leave at Weymouth ind Portland naval bases were remaned due. according to the Admir alty, to a brief scare over thp safety at a submarine. The craft was reported to have been late In com ing to the surface alter a Qive ous .. .. ii.;' finally arose normany. PLANE DISABLED , A oineer Coote Airways seaplane, carrying H. R. MacMlllan, president of B. C. Packers, ancr pany on cannery inspection tour, was un-oW. in net off the water on account of motor trouble and taxied back Into Prince Rupert yesterday after noon. Mr. MacMlllan and party left last night on a company boat for the West Coast of Vancouver Island and the plane waited over i4.i -I... v...,. .nr)rrl I n auralt arrival nf narts Wltu WniCu 3500 persons, homeless and have another plane arrived from Van-done extensive damage, couver late this mornlny. .. . . - V i' a. -i M