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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
v
XXVUI
No.
81
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
6,
1939.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Italian
Naval
Vessels
In
Albania
Bri
..Or.
-
Mutual
fe',$tance
In
Case
Of
Provided
Ilritish
Parliament
Informed
Secret
Police
and
Nazi
Organizations
Arc
Reing
Deported
LONDON.
April
G:
(CP)
11
t
.
i.
1
Wit
'.I!'
Will
111
lv
ne
jmi,va
niHceti
vi
on
1
i
nurinanuni
vi
lit
via
v
ircaiy
vi
v
u
wj
uusis
uuoin
wmi
eucn
ii.try
pledging
military
assistance
to
the
otl
,
.(!'.
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
a
r
House
of
Commons
today.
He
also
declared
that
i'
Uritain
was
maintaining
a
close
waich
on
the
Al-
uuatton.
Albanian
auth-
.tk.iretf
Or
et
Britain
that
v
uUi
not
accept
conditions
,
..
.ib.e
with
their
sovereign-
1
Sir
Samuel
lloare
announced
that
the
government
was
taking
tp
to
deport
members
of
Hie
(,rn
in
secret
police
and
other
Sui
organizations.
Traditional
Policy
1
v:
WW.
Annl
8
'CI
Poland
her
traditional
policy
of
1
mid
good
neighborly
re-,
'r
influential
KurlerCw-
'1
the
London
agreement
nathenln
rolUh-Brttish
which,
without
a
doubt.
an
infiuence
over
the
I'
situation
by
cementing
'
"astng
peace
NEW
STRIKE
11
THREATENED
ruab
hhment
of
Hiring
Halls
At
Seattle
.May
Lead
To
Further
Shipping
Tle-Tps
si
TTLE.
April
fl:
CP-
The
!
Union
of
the
Pacific
pre-'
another
shipping
strike
on
-asl
If
the
United
States
M.
-.me
Commission
goes
Ahead
'
it
plan
for
the
eatnbhahment
halls.
M'antime.
It
Is
reported
from
f
Francisco
that
a
settlement
Vr
dtamitft
fvlM-ern
the
Mart-
Workers
Union
and
Alaska
t.
,n
cahners
U
Impending
and
'
"
j)trket
lines
may
be
with-1
to
permit
of
the
loading
ot
A.
sa
cannery
supply
slilps.
Industry
Urged
j
To
Get
Behind
Defence
Program
j
KEW
YOnK,
April
6:
-Sl)cakligi
fcf
re
the
National
Industrial
cor.-'
vrn'mn
here
last
night.
Assistant,
kC'Tc-tary
0f
War
Lewis
Johnson;
uT.cd
industry
to
get
behind
Presl-tJfiit
nooseyeU's
rearmament
and
defence
program.
Snowbirds
Flock
In
Eastern
Townships'
w,ler
Will
l-ist
Some
Time
In
Southern
Quebec,
Old
Timers
Say
PUERnnoOKE,
Quebec,
April
0:
C'P
Flocks
of
snowbirds
arc
fly-
over
the
Eastern
Townships,
"id
timers
say
this
means
winter
"l
last
for
jome
time
longer.
Polish
Pact
Negotiated
Attack
Is
By
Treaty
That
Members
of
German
The
Anglo-Polish
agree-
..
1
1
1..
t
:..
t
other
if
at-
announced
IMPORTANT
CROP
PLAN
Far-Reaching
Scheme
of
Acrrage
Insurance
Is
Introduced
U)
.Minister
of
Agriculture
OTTAWA,
April
C:
CP;
Legislation
providing
for
a
far-
reaching
crop
acreage
Insurance.
pun
was
inirouurea
in
rariu-menl
yesterday
by
lion.
J.
O.
Gardiner,
minister
of
agriculture.
It
Mill
be
tried
first
in
the
Western
Canada
spring
wheat
areas
and
may
he
later
extended
to
the
rest
of
Canada.
Under
the
plan
there
would
be
bonus
of
$W0
per
acre
where
the
yield
goes
below
fire
bushels.
There
would
be
a
one
percent
levy
on
all
grain
going
to
terminals
to
provide
a
crop
insurance
fund.
The
year
19J9
would
be
declared
an
emergency
year.
Companion
Measure
This
acreage
bonus
ssstem
of
farmers'
assistance,
as
outlined
by
Gardiner,
will
be
companion
j
to
the
60c
minimum
price
guarantee
at
Ukehead
announced
earlier
by
the
.Minister
of
TraJe
i
and
Commerce,
lion.
W.
I).
Eulcr.
j
It
is
expected
it
will
cost
about
$15,000,000
annually.
Under
the
bonus
scheme
the
farmer
with
the
smallest
crop
In
emergency
sears
get
the
greatest
assistance
on
a
scale
graduating
from
$1
an
acre
to
$W0
according
to
crop
yield
averages
up
to
a
maximum
of
400
acres
in
cultivation.
The
deduction
fund
will
be
built
up
by
one
per
cent
of
all
the
grain
delivered
at
terminal
elevators
being
taken
over
by
the
gov-
,
ernment
and
sold.
This
fund
will
be
augmented
by
government
contributions.
The
bonus
will
apply
to
acreage
cultivated
regardless
of
what
crop
Is
son.
It
supplies
for
the
present
ohly
on
the
prairies
and
In
Ilrltlsh
Columbia
although,
as
said,
the
principles
may
later
be
applied
ehewherc.
C.
C.
F.'er
Pleased
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.
C.
F.
mem-ber
for
Rosetown-Rigltar,
Sas-katchewan,
and
one
of
the
leaders
of
that
parly,
approved
ot
the
plan
which
he
described
as
"one
of
the
most
lar-reacmm
which
had
ever
hi.rn
nmnosen
.
11..
Interests
OI
Hgn"
l"
culture.
"
UlCl
LOUntry
JOLLCI
Scottish
League.
First
Division
Celtic
3,
Motherwell
2.
Aberdeen
3.
Kilmarnock
0.
ALTA.
BILL
MEMBER
OF
RULED
OUT
ALTA.
HOUSE
Provincial
Securities
Interest
Act
It
Declared
Ultra
Vires
EDMONTON.
April
:
CP-The
Supreme
Court
of
Alberta
yester-day
ruled
ultra
vires
5!
the
provln-
cial
Legislature
the
Provincial
Se-
eV"t
ohaVflh"
ereat
rate
on
provincial
bonds.
The
aet
was
chillenaed
by
an
Onta-1-
corporation
holding
Albsrta
bonds.
Bulletins
MM
VII.I.K
AT
VANCOUVER.
VANCOUVER
Capt.
John
Iv-arson
arrived
In
port
this
morning
after
his
first
trip
to
the
fishing
i
grounds
with
the
.Melville
which
brought
in
20,000
pounds
The
catch
sold
lor
more
than
$2000
on
the
Fish
Exchange.
j
I
PREMIER
C.RAVELY
ILL
SYDNEY.
Australia
The
condition
of
Prime
Minister
J.
A.
Lyons,
suffering
from
a
complication
of
ailments
after
a
serious
heart
attack,
is
described
as
desperate.
Army
Day
Being
Observed
Today
In
United
States
FORT
LEWIS,
Washington.
Apri,
6:
Three
thousand
troops
an
taking
part
in
a
demostratlon
ci
mllltarv
manoeuvres
in
observant'
of
Army
Day
here
today
HAZELT0N
ROUTE
IS
UNQUESTIONABLY
BEST
Any
FOR
ALASKA
HIGHWAY
Other
Than
That
Would
be
Disastrous,
Declares
Frank
Dockrill
in
Speaking
Before
Gyro
Club
"Those
who
took
routes
other
than
Hazelton
for
the
Yukon
in
the
Gold
Rush
days
usually
met
with
disaster
and
I
predict
that
there
will
also
be
disaster
if
any
other
route
than
that
north
of
Hazelton
is
taken
for
the
Alaska
Highway"
was
the
flat
and
unqualified
declaration
made
by
F.
M.
Dockrill,
prominent
pioneer
frontiersman,
rancher
and
Industrialist
of
Telkwa,
In
-
.
addressing
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
at
luncheon
yesterday.
"No-one
who
knows
and
Is
honest
can
j
advocate
any
other
route."
Mr.
Dockrill
referred
to
the
dlf-
Ificultles
of
the
Omineca
route.
one:
;of
the
principal
of
which
was
the
I
fact
that
watersheds
had
t0
bj
'continuously
crossed
one
to
thei
other,
some
of
the
watercourses
being
half
a
mile
deep.
The
problems
of
the
Omineca
route
would
bo
"terrible,"
he
asserted.
1
Mr
Dockrill
was
inclined
to
j
think
that
snow
conditions
on
the.
Eskimos
to
be
Indians.
The
dispute
.Hazelton
route
about
which
one
I
had
arisen
between
the
Dominion
herad
were
over-estimated.
Inany.and
the
Province
of
Quebec
as
to
case,
it
was
not
necessary
to
fol-'who
should
be
responsible
for
re-
inw
the
telegraph
line
but
certain
lllcf
of
Eskimos.
As
a
result
of
the
DOinta
tnuiu
uc
(uire
uiuuuu.
The.
difficulties
.
on
the
Hazelton
route
,!,
ic
.u
other
and
the
advantages
were
;ways
0(
stacking
both
the
Stlklne
and
Atlln
areas
Mr,
Dockrill
was
speaking
on
the
(Conliminf
on
Pngo
Five)
rremier
Abeihart
and
All
Soe'al
Crcdittrs
Turn
Out
at
Funeral
Or
William
Edgar
Haves
EDMONTJN.
April
6:
CP
-Premier
William-
Abcrhart
and
fif-y
Social
Credit
members
of
the
Alberta
Legislature
attend
ttu
funerel
yesterdaV
of
William
Ed-far
Hay?n.
member
for
Stony
Plain,
who
died
earlier
in
thr
Seek.
Mr
Hayes,
who
was
a
druggist
at
Stony
Plain,
was
born
at
Vnr-Albert.
Ontario.
.April
14.
1870.
of
r.nlu-li
and
Sebjttoh
descent.
H-was
educated
at
.Port
Parry
High
School
and
Ontario
College
of
Phaimacy.
He
then
came
t,
A'
t-'tta
-r.d
set
up-ra
bustneai
as
.
pharmacist.
He
"was
married
In
If
-i
it
DM'tah
Ia':e
of
Ho'don
Alberta,
and
Is
survived
by
two
daughters.
Deceased
served!
as
a
membei
'f
th
tnwri
enuhell
and
achooi
board
of
Stony
Plain
and
was
also
active
in
agricultural
socieuer
tit
was
elected
to
the
Legislature
r.
JlM5
He
was
a
foember
of
tht
United
Church
of"
Canada
and
a
Ehrtner.
rur
wheals
wow
Passing
Coast
On
Way
North
SEATTLE.
April
6:
The
annual
migration
of
fur
seals
paTst
the
Wpsh'ngton.
Vancouver
Island
and
Brif'sh
Columbia
Coast
to
the
Prlblloff
Islands
in
Alaska
Is
now
under
way.
United
States
coast-
guard
and
Canadian
naval
and
fisheries
patrol
vessels
are
CO-
operating
in
convoying
the
herds
Court
Decides
Eskimo
Indian
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
Renders
Judgment,
Ending
Four
Year
Controversy
OTTAWA,
April
6:
(CP)-
The
Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
In
a
decision
yesterday
ending
a
four
:
year
controversy,
aeciarea
the
Judgment
the
Dominion
must
take
care
of
the
Eskimos,
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICE
WINNIPEG,
April
6:
(CP)
Win-
nlpeg
wheat
futures
were
Uc
to
S
lower
yesterday
with
May
clos-
lng
at
594c
per
bushel.
Cruiser
And
Destroyers
Arrive
As
II
Duce
Holds
;
At
D
urazzo
R
eview
AROUND
EUROPE
TODAY
so
LONDON
Interest
in
the
unset-l'.tj
condition
of
international
affairs
"till
centred
today
on
Italy
and
Albama
ssitli
the
general
exportation
that
the
Italian
oce'jnation
ml'ht
commence
at
anv
moment
despite
the
statement
on
behalf
of
Al-han's
that
it
wntld
fitht
for
Its
inervrdenee
at
alt
costs.
Italian
Iroons
are
reported
concen-
tn
f-';5l
radv
to
cro
the
Adriatic
Sea
and
enter
Al-V.snia.
4
The
Albanian
foreign
4
!,.)-
ade
an
airplane
flight
to
Kime
yesterdav
to
confer
with
the
Italian
rovern-jrent.
The
Albanian
'elation
here
said
todav
"the?
Is
n
trtith
in
reports
of
an'tm-pendlng:r
Italian
protectorate
VverAthamir-
-T
"t.
INNtSBRt'K
Hih
ranking
mlli-fa-v
offi
rx
of
fJermnv
and
flair
ire
eonferrinr
at
this
Trv-the
'
frontier.
Thr
'HVf
of
staff
lead
the
respective
delegations.
Manoeuvres
are
etne'ted
to
be
held
with
the
Hea
"f
Imnresine
Fvr"'e
wh
the
strength
of
the
Rome-Rerlin
axis.
LONDON
Polish
quarters
here
took
the
view
last
night
that
the
Rrith-Potih
mutual
defence
alliance
against
aggression
wen
in-
effect
as
it
result
of
the
third
British-Polish
conference.
It
amounts
to
a
visual
mili'rv
alliance.
Pr'tre
.Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
is
expected
to
make
an
announcement
in
the
House
of
Commons
today.
Foreign
Secretary
Col.
Joseph
Beck
of
Poland
is
conferring
in
London
on
behalf
of
his
country.
Yesterday
Col.
Beck
had
luncheon
at
Windsor
Castle
as
the
guest
of
the
King
and
Queen.
Princess
Eliiabeth
was
present,
BERLIN
The
"Man
the
dun"
speech"
of
Lord
Stanhope,
First
1
Lord
of
the
British
Admiralty.
is
(
described
cicscrioea
as
as
propaganda
j"""""-
a
gainst
the
Reich,
designed
al-
so
o
to
to
Impress
Impress
Poland.
LONDON
Lord
Stanhope,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
expressed
regret
yesterday
that
his
I
"Man
the
Guns"
speech
should
have
caused
general
alarm.
In
the
House
of
Commons,
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Greenwood,
Labor
leader,
demanded
the
resignation
of
Stanhone
but
U
Prime
.
.
.
....
Minister
.
Neville
Chamberlain
refused
to
mil
fnr
it
LONDON
London
County
Council
school
teachers
have
been
required
to
register
their
Easter
vacation
addresses
so
as
to
be
available
for
Immediate
call
in
the
event
ot
evacuation
measures
during
the
vacation
period.
LONDON
GOLD
PRICE
tftNnoN
Anrll
6-
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
down
lc
yes-
terday
at
$34.83.
Of
PI
anes
On
Adriatic
Some
Sources
Say
That
Formula
May
Be
Found
To
Make
Occupation
Acceptable
May
Be
Just
Gesture
to
Other
Balkan
Nations
TIRANA,
April
6:
(CP)
An
Italian
cruiser
and
two
destroyers
arrived
at
Durazzo,
Albania,
today
as
the
'ountry
feverishly
discussed
reports
of
imminent
Italian
occupation.
Many
reservists
have
been
mobilized.
Some
irecs
expect
that
Albania
will
resist
any
Italian
aggression
but
there
is
a
possibility
a
formula
may
be
found
to
.
.
1
make
the
Itallin
occupation
ac-
Stimson
Non-Isolationist
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Henry
L
Stimscn.
time
Republican
Secretary
4-
State,
yesterday
urged
April
6:
tary
airport
near
the
Adriatic
sea-CP
one
board
where
he
reviewed
planes
and
of
new
recruits
as
rumors
of
military
Con-
gres
to
throw
taolatton
of
the
United
State
overboard
and
give
President
Franklin
D.
4-
Roosevelt
greater
power
to
dls-
4-
criminate
between
aggressors
4
4-
and
vicUaw
In
war
by
amend-
4-
tag
the,
United
States
neutral-
Turin
which,
as
It
now
stands.
4
terlals
to'tft
warrirls
natidhs.
4-
Stimwi
declared
that
Ger-
(
miny.
Italy
and
Japan
had
broken
promises
and
torn
up
t-eaties.
NO
PEACE
IN
SIGHT
British
automobile
manufacturer,
Negotiations
Between
A.
F.
L.
and
is
presenting
to
Canadian
hosplt-C.
I.
O.
Are
Suspended
"'als.
One
steamship
line
has
already
'offered
to
deliver
the
Iron
luns3
WASHINGTON.
D.
C.
April
6.
free
of
charge
t0
Canada.
Peace
negotiations
between
the
:
American
Federation
of
Labor
and
SSSSS2:
Lebrun
TO
Is
becond
1
yesterday,
John
L.
Lewis,
president
P
L
P-ncifUnt
of
C.I.O..
announced
following
aTreilCn
rreSlUeill
telephone
conversation
with
Mat
thew
Wold,
vice-president
of
the
Federation.
Unless
an
agreement
is
reached,
I
President
Roosevelt
has
threatened'
to
take
direct
steps
to
force
a
settle
-
ment.
1
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1
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To
Facilitate
Speedy
I)e
livery
of
Timber
To
United
Kingdom
.
TORONTO.
April
6:
(CP)
Tha
Ontario
government
Is
doing
its
bit
toward
speeding
up
British
armaments.
A
measure
Is
being
Introduced
In
the
Lecislature.
Pre-
'mler
mier
Mitchell
Miicneu
Hepburn
nepouru
announced
uimuunuui
yesterday,
and
will
be
rushed
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through
tnrougn
permitted
permitted
the
me
export
export
of
J
certain
hardwood
logs
used
In
airplane
parts.
Unemployed
Camp
On
Seattle
Lawn
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SEATTLE,
April
6:
One
thous-
ceptable
to
the
country.
Jugoslav
sources
Interpret
the
rumors
as
a
warning
to
Jugoslavia
and
Greece
to
stay
out
of
the
"Halt
Hitler"
bloc.
Mussolini
on
Adriatic
ROME,
April
6:
(CP)
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
flew
to
Jesi
mili-
occupation
01
AiDania
were
neara.
Newspapers
proclaimed
tnai
uaiy
was
ready
for
anything
although.
silent
concerning
Albania.
.
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Federal
Government
Assisting
Ho?-
pitals
To
Take
Advantage
Of
Lord
Xufield's
Generosity
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OTTAWA,
April
6:
tCP
It
was
announced
yesterday
that
the
government
'would
waive
collection
of
customs
duties
and
sales
tax
ou
the
iron
lungs
which
Lord
Nuficld,
To
Get
Two
Terms
.
PARIo
Anrn
rjp)
in
belne
(re,elected
yesterday
Albert
Lebrun
became
the
second
president
in
the
history
of
the
French
Republic
to
be
re-elected.
The
only
other
two-term
president
was
Julius
Grevy
who
was
re-elected
In
1835.
There
was
uproar
in
the
French
Chamber
as
the
vote
was
being
taken.
After
he
had
been
chosen
on
the
first
ballot.
Socialists
and
Com
munists,
who
had
stiffly
opposed
him,
shouted
"Resign!
Resign!"
Tweedsmuirs
Leave
For
Governor
General
Returns
East
Following
Three
Weeks'
Visit
To
Coast
VANCOUVER.
April
6:
(CP
-Following
a
three
weeks'
visit
tt
the
coast,
the
most
of
the
time
having
been
spent
at
Victoria
as
guests
of
Lieutenant
Governor
land
unemdoved
were
encamped
and
Mrs.
Eric
W.
Hamber
at
Gov-
last
nl?ht
In
tents
oh
the
lawn
o'.ernment
House,
Lord
Tweedsmulr,
the
county-clly
building
They
are
Governor
General
0
v
Canada,
and
demanding
more
satisfactory
relief
'Lady
Tweedsmulr
left
today
on
arrangements.
'their
return
.to
Ottawa.