Tomorrows Tides "dun.-: 'at, lolt K )NO April 4 -The !mv- ts reported to over all islands from North Borneo to ! MONTREAL. April 4;"Congrat Ii, do-China Anxiety ulattons on rapid progress ol in rard Jo eeftkt PhiUiptM standi. IHpIIpi I lcrhhnor f P W a m m I II I VI ijULrtl TIclLCia Requested Priestley R. N. Weather Forecast Or Prr ; I !l Synopsis A shallow de- i Off the Oiipfn Chnrlntto '!1C! llnv nn,,,.J I.. .... 41. A lit' wuuacu iuiii uu mic u h Columbia Coast and the "nrr has hirnm. cutH '"QI Plcar and cold at night. pP.lCoast of Vancouver Island clniri uthorly winds, part wun mist or light rain Deserter From Ship Drowned Mrvugrj of Congratulations To TranCanada Air Lines TraruCanada Air Lines In making possible inauguration of pascen- ger service between Montreal andi Vancouver." said Sir John C W.I Relth. eh airman of Imperial Airways Limited, in a cable received I by 8. J Hungerford. chairman and president of the Canadian National Railways and president of (the TraneCanada Air Lines, on the i occasion of the Inauguration of trans-continental passenger service. This Is another link," h continued, "In the chain of British committee of t'ictatr communications that will ul-rt Chamber of Com-.timatrly girdle the world. We look venlng reported to th forward to your trans-continental ut u meeting, urgtnj .air system being connected with imhUng of Metlakattii Empire eastern routes by the cs- . the addition of three . tabllshment of regular Atlantic place of the spars now services." r.rmttse also recommend-:r light on Rose Spit. f)dM and the straits pit were used a great fishermen John Leydon. chairman of the Irish Air Lines Aerrtanta, cabled: "Heartiest congratulations on inauguration TransCanada Air Lines, wishing the enterprise every suc- and others, cess.' nr would be useful ln Other messages were received n with defenee measures from Oer "Sherlngton. secretary of iattrr for riern sm shin-1 ihi Railway Research Bureau Rotary Committee On Dental Clinic In Session Mondav j " nll'.hriltll W T nnrl' Ml J 'Lordon: Hartley Euston, Railway 1 Services Limited London: the English aviation magazine "Flight." .and W. McAdam, Agent General "Congratulations." said Flight, "on reaching climax of patient and careful development work" Mr. Mc Adams said: "As British Columbia's representative in Uw .United Kingdom I send you con- oi mc i-rincc uupcrt oratulatlons and gooa wisncs up nub's dental clinic com- nn innnonraiinn nassenecr service ' wa; held yesterday after- .TransCanada Air Lines. This hls-v nfn work already under- torlca development brings closer ''3 reviewed and plans foi Canada's Pacific Coast provlnncc a Uvutea discussed. In at- ,n MnMirrt.nnd and record sub- ' were John Dybhavn. City stanUaj advance Empire communl- -lonpr W t aihap rnl T I .. .. Overturning of Canoe At Port Al-bernl On Saturday Proves Fatal tho PORT ALBERNI, April 4: (CP)- wti;rior '.-i- r.-u-i . in rfosrrihpil eric oii5uury. tvsi" , flnce Runprf imri nMn ri.or.ihv rtrHUh rnltimbla iiollce as a rioserter from the Brltlsn irciBie Ufflngton Court, was drowned Sat-nrrin niir-nK uhii a canoe over turned. Ills companion. Kenneth Etherldge, sawm ashore saieiy. PAKIS. April 4: (CPlClrcle close to the Foreign Office said that the Franch and Turkish gov I i ernmenti were negotiating the future of Alexandretta. etnl- I Sirla, but that the Turkish am basiador had promised there would be no occupation of the region by force. Annexation of Alexandretta is reported to be Turkev's nrlce for supporting the "Halt Hitler" bloc. HAVE SOLD TWO SHIPS Prince William Brought $3400 And Prince Henry $300,000 I OTTAWA, April 4: CP The House of Commons was Informed yesterday that two Canadian National boats formerly operated on the Pacific Coast had been sold In the past eighteen months. The Prince William, It was reported to the House, had been sold for $3500 cash and the Prince ship Co- which was now operating her as the North Star on the St Lawrence River. TODAY'S WrATHER northeast wind, two miles pel hour; barometer, 30.29 (rising); temperature. 31: sea smooth. Triple Island Scattered clouds, easterly wind, stx miles per hour; sea smooth. Langara Island Scattered clouds, calm: barometer, 30.33; temperature, 32; light swell Bull Harbor - Broken clouds, southeast wind, three miles pei couid help, hour; oaromeier, jujj; tempera- bring In new settlers for the land. This, he claimed, was a mistake. One of the duties of a public body such as the Chamber of Commerce was to try to crystallize public opinion. The colonization depart ment of the railway, he believed, was ready to do its part but it was hindered by public opinion. The members at Victoria and Ottawa in a few decades. Something must be done. If the country adjacent to ture. 36; light swell. 'Prince Rupert were settled the Alert Bay Scattered clouds, wnoje ituau0n would be changed calm; barometer, 30.48; temperature, 34; sea smooth. Estevan Cloudy, easterly dlnw, adopted It would not be long be Vancouver Clear, scatcrly wlnd,!fore WQU,d be a dally tram six miles per nour; oaromeier, 30.38. Prince George Snowing, erly wind, four miles barometer, 30.38- APPEAL HEARING SET north- per hour; D running and Prince Rupert would. I 1 II.. t 1 1 .1 r n be coming here. 141 Capitol 1:40 a.l 14:20 p.m o TAXI 8:14 ajn 20:25 pjn. 5 c. l C 5 J Maccy's Coffee House NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939. PRICE; 5 CENTS acific Alliance Being Advocated inaOf Iraa Killed In Auto Accident De fence In This Arena ritish Consul Slain By Frenzied Crowd In Mosul Mourning f nti Ifrwl Iri I'rwlvi Ssnt I rf f lf Aiaiui m u a u &s . a a a irt. iuaisiiia Destroyed Four-Ycar-OId Boy New Ruler Under Regency MOSUL, Iraq, April 4: (CP) G. E. Monck-Mason, i onsul here, was assassinated by a mob which i uv consulate and burned it. Martial law was tiro-! ' and order restored shortly. The outbreak occur-! :.tj.H frenzied mourning for King Ghazi who had' k l in an auto accident a few hours earlier. Ghazi's j , four-year-old son, Felsal, has been Japs Taking Over Islands proclaimed King under a regency, j : 0LD LAND IS PLEASED 'FOUR DIE I IN CRASH' Two United States Navy Bi-plancJ Crah in Massachusetts EAST BA1NTREE, Mass. April 14: f CP (-Two United States Nay biplane crashed Irom mid-air here and (our men died as they plunged to earth. TURK HAS HIS PRICE Demands Ceding of Alexandretta by France in Keturn for Supporting -Halt Hitter'' Bloc Great Britain Warns Italy Against Any Interference With Albania Independence L'ONDON, April 4: (CP) Great Britain is reported in informed quarters to have dropped a strong hint to Italy not to copy German expansionist tactics by marching into Albania. These quarters said that any, Italian action in Albania affecting that country' independence would be a violation of the AngloItafian agreement. In Rome a radio station announced that negotiations were under way for strengthening the 1927 defence alliance between Albania and Italy. JACK BENNY EXECUTED WAS GUILTY NEW YORK, April 4: CP - VALENCIA. April 4:. lCP Jack Benny, radio and screen Death before the firing Iquad was comedian, yesterday admitted guilt the fate of the former republican on charges of smuggling based on military chief of police for Val-the purchase of $2,000 worth ol cncla. It Is alleged, thaV, SSjOO'i Jewelry jfor hls wife and partner, persons were' -murdered here dur- Mary Livingstone He was fined Ing "the civil war. Italian troopf r $10,000 and given suspended sen- ar reported to 'be ambarking- for -tence for a year and a day. home. People The Hinterland And Prince Rupert Will Become Tremendously Busy Seaport Frank Dockrill Gives Chamber of Commerce Picture of ' -Whait Prince lJupert May Become as Interior Develops I "Can Prince Rupert grow?" inquired Frank Dockrill nf Tplkwn. nrpsifipnt nf the Assneiatpd Boards nf Ti-nrlp nf Henry for $500,000 on terms, the I Central British Columbia, in the course of an address to lauer vessel 10 me v-iarKe oieam-, tiln pr,nf.0 ,mvt f'h.nmhpr nf ('nmniPWP nr irs innnrhlv dinner meeting last night. He answered the question by saying he believed the only way in which the city would grow was to "people the hinterland-. ' with productive settlers." Agriculture always, preceded Industrial de- ivelopment. There had been an Prince Rupert Scattered clouds,jidea that this country- dare not ed In attempting to clear off the land. Interior Production In opening his address Mr. Dockrill, who was introduced by P. Ray. vice-president of the Chamber in the absence of J. T. Harvey, the president, through Illness, said this was the forty-first year In which he had been working In Prince Ru pert's hinterland, a district that was twice the size of the state of Washington. It was the largest area of land suitable for mixed farming in British Columbia with the exception of the Peace River. The cost of clearing was small and T Tu 7;.,nthe productivity of the land high. Ill HIV ,. . 1 . . -.1.1.1. in me tut u-at ivi wiucu , ,u . .iit, I figures were available, the district were scarcely a thousand families!. ,., . ,ftnnnn had 30 000 of six miles per hour; barometer, 30,'gettlng tnelr 1Wn from land. p odpced pounfc and million 34. Victoria -meter, 30.38. Clear, calm; baro- If the plan for placing ten thous and families in the district were alslke clover seed a and a half pounds of timothy seed. It had shipped seventeen cars of oats and-68 carloads of stock of which 29 came to Prince Rupert. However", he considered the future of the I '";sc" h' ; country lay with dairying and kilt: dlllM Ul wt nanwiij .it!., "wun 1 ... J t mixed farming. EVtMf Vflfl fo niTA DrlrtAA floAPltA rile Referring to the recent suggestion I . noMibUltles of of the vice-president of the Can- dalry farming. The peopie sub-adlan Pacific Railway that Prince scribed half the capital necessary rjrasfi'R"Pt was an unnecessary extrav- to start a creamery and then ad- eal of Robert Conviction vertlsed for a capable man who was and fine cf asance, Mr. Dockrill said that J rforS8Ct beneranto So?! Prince Rupert had a greater hlnter- has been set for April 12 In Coun-!land than had Vancouver where. JuS.TSI to secure a man anci me lucKy gooa ty Court before Judsc ' W. E. Flsh-.durlng the first twenty years, a er (generation of settlers had been kill- (Continued on Page Four) Is Subject Of Plan By Member for Vancouver Voud Bring Canada, United States and British States Together Urges Alaska Highway, Ship Subsidies, Arms Purchases, Shutting Out Japs and Naval Base OTTAWA, April 4: (CP) A defensive alliance between Canada, the United States and British states on the Pacific was urged in the House of Commons last night by Howard Green, Conservative member for Vancouver South, at the end of a foreign affairs debate. He declared that the present policy of no commitments on the Pacific war neither fair to Canada's friends ; or potential enemies. Independent district In Northern Admits Smuggling Jewelry and U Thirty-Five Thousand Persons Are .,,.,,- p-i-if I Fined $19,000 In Addition To Said To Have Been Murdered 1 Year Suspended Sentence I In Valencia During Civil War uimia piugLdui iiitiuucu me , Alaska Highway, subsidies for con- . struction of passenger ships for the ' Canada-Australian service, pur-4 w-k'WT "rif f chase of arms from Australia, shut-' 111 K 1 1 I r t,nt plt ot JaPanese Immigration - to British Columbia and the estab- : Huhinir nf a NnrtVi Pixifln ii.1 TODAY'S STOCKS Vancouver Big Missouri, .18. ' Braiorne, 10.00. ; ,. f v3p'! Cariboo Quartz. 220. -Dentonla, - .02i. - Fairvlew, .05. Gold "Belt, M. Hedley Mascot. 123. Minto, .02. Noble Five, 02 Pacific Nickel. .12. Pend Orielle, 1.40. Pioneer, 2.45. Premier. 2.01. Privateer. 1.10 Reno, .40. Relief Arlington, .10fe. Reward. .03. Salmon Gold, ,19V4. 6heep Creek, 1.05-Oils A. P. Con.. .16. Calmont, .36. C. & E, 2.10 Freehold. .03. Home. 2.28. Pacalta. .054. Royal Canadian. .19-Toronto Aldermac. .19. Beattle. 1.15. Central Pat., 2.32. Cons. Smelters, 49.50-East Malartlc, 2.38. Fernland. ,05. Francoeur, .20. Gods Lake. .21 Hard Rock, 114. Ink Nickel, 46.50. Kerr Addison, 1.71. Little Long Lac. 2.90. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.95. Madsen Red Lake, .36-McKenzie Red Lake, 1.17. Moneta, 1.05. Noranda, 73.25. Pickle Crow. 4.90. Preston E Dome, 131. San- Antonio, 150. Sherrltt Gordon, 1.05. Stadacona, 56. Uchl. 135. Bouscadlllac, .06-Mosher, .16. Oklend, ,08ti. Smelters Gold, .OUi. Dominion Bridge, 27.00. Clerk Slugged; $600 Is Taken Bandit Visits Business House Cheyenne, Wyoming Britain Can Hold Her Own Passengers Are Questioned But No Arrests Made i LONDON. April 4: (CP) j Britain experts express confl- dence that they can maintain a three to one advantage over 1 4- the German navy If Chancel- H- lor Adolf Hitler denounces the 1935 naval treaty with Great ii- Britain as he has threatened I to do. i BELFAST, Ireland, April 4: (CP Passengers aboard the steamer Duke of Lancaster, one of the ; vessels which is alleged to have been sabotaged while crossing the ; Irish Sea supposedly by members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, were all questioned before being permitted to land but no .arrests were made. REPORTS ON BUND Interesting Information Brought j Out Regarding German-Ameri- I can Organization i J NEW YORK, April 4. Report of I investigation Into activities of the German-American Bund here has ibeen made. The organization Is estimated to have 6300 to 8300 members which is not as many as had been believed. Its main objectives 'are to promote love of and loyalty J to the Fatherland among German-Americans, to disseminate antl-. Jewish propaganda and to combat Communism and Marxism. Bund Leader Kuhn Is reported to have been a personal friend of Chancel lor Adolf HlUer. Ketchikan Civic Election Is On Three Candidates In Field Campaign Was Active And KETCHIKAN. April 4: With i three parties In the field for con-Ialtrol, Ketchikan civic elections aru j being held today- The three parties are Citizens' Committee, Citl- CHEYENNE, Wyoming, April 4: zens' League and Labor. There A bandit visited a local business i have been 100 absentee advance house yesterday, slugged a cleric ballots. The campaign was an ac-and escaped with $600. tlve one. i