1 Tomorrows Tides Weather Forecast 11:23 a.m. 17 J ft. Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte High 23:10 p.m. 20.4 (t. Islands Moderate to fresh 5:10 ajn. 4.1 It. winds, mostly southeast, showery Lew 17:05 p.m. 8.Q It. with mist. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRICE: 5 CENTS Va XXVIII No. 149 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JUNE 27. 1939. Japese - Russian Fight Increases Nipponese For First Time Cross Frontier, Attacking Air Base Roth Tokyo and Moscow Now Admit Conflict is On- i mrr i liri r i l ! ! pons uiucr as to vnu is ui-uiuk iv.-i ur Worst of it Must Stamp : ah LONDON. June 27: CPi R II n. Oliver Btanley. Presl- 4 dent of the Hoard of Trade. announced in the House of Commons today that the gov- crnment was considering mak- lng it obligatory for tne coun- try of origin to be stamped on every tin of salmon sold in the United Kingdom. GERMANS BLATANT BERLIN, June 27: CP Ad- drf -lrw Oerman war veterans Chancellor Adolf Hitler declared fiat Rome-Berlin axis powers ihared a common fate and would vr.ztzh together for all-time. 1 Propaganda Minister Joseph Ocebbels. speaking at Essen, made mother demand for the return of Oerman colonics. He declared that Oermany had nothing to fear irom Orcat Britain or any other power I Orcat Britain cannot compete l'.h our might. the propaganda Minister said In answer to Prime Minister Chamberlain's appraisal of growing British strength. Last eek the Prime Minister said Britain's navy was the most powerful in the world, her army was In creasing In numbers and efficiency nd her air force was unexcelled by any other country; 'Frisco Port Strike Ends SAN FRANCISCO, June 27: -Ban Francisco's latest waterfront trlko came to tan end today and loading of forty-seven ships was Parted, A tentative arrangement has been reached between dock workers and the martlme commission based on agreement to arbitrate points In dispute following refusal of checkers to accept a Pun for payment on a monthly rather than a dally basis. Bulletins San Diego To England Trip -Re- TOKYO, June 27: (CP)--Japancse warplanes are re- SLASH FOREIGN SILVKR WASHINGTON, D.C. The United Slates Treasury slashed the price for foreign sliver today from 13c to 40c per ounce. This action followed the Senate action In boosting the domestically mined price yesterday. WINDSOR RETURNING HOME LONDON Lord lleaverbrook's I-ondon Evening Standard, usually well Informed about the Duke of Windsor's plans, said today that the Duke and Duchess bars decided to return to England next autumn to take up residence. One -Slop Flight Is Tlanned By Squadron Leader James Adams Of Royal Air Force LEADER OF 'NEW FIELD SOCIALISTS GUN READY Harold Winch to Head C.C.F. LegUlature Fireworks Officer Elected at Convention as in VANCOUVER, June 27: CP Harold E. Winch, fiery young member for Vancouver East, was elected house leader of the Co-ODeratlve Imetre In Tarls the Duke's secretary said jthe Mme time. The rescission was inev nau nui miuc any puni ivr adopted M to 31. autumn yet. NEW RELIEF AGREEMENT OTTAWA Hon. Norman Rogers, minister of labor, said last night that a new general relief agreement had been negotiated with all provinces, except Alberta, with which negotiations were still going on, whereby the Dominion asumes forty per cent of the cost of direct relief. In addition the Dominion will provide $7,500,-000 for a municipal improvement program whereby the Dominion and province will share In financing the cost of municipal work for which the material will be provided by the municipalities. JAIL BREAK AT McBRIDE Mc BRIDE Three youths picked the lock of the jail here and escaped. They had been In Jail for breaking and entering. SITDOWN STRIKE VICTORIA Eighty men have gone on sltdown strike In a Vancouver IMand forestry camp In sympathy with a strike of kitchen help. OPIUM SEIZURE SAN FRANCISCO Federal agents yesterday selxed 250 tins of opium, valued at $50,000, which they located aboard the liner President Coolidge, newly in from the Orient. Among resolutions adopted was one opposing any steps leading to conscription of man power for overseas service in the event of war A resolution making a secretary-treasurer of the party provincial convention was adopted. J. S. Black, Prince Rupert delegate, supported opposition to thr resolution by Herbert Oargrave. present secretary-treasurer, who said that the appointed official would have to be paid more than the elected officer who took the party business votes. The delegates approving the rescinding of a bylaw which permits members of the provincial executive to Hold office not more than .two years. Mr. Black said that reflection year after year of Labor union officials had a detrimental effect upon the Canadian labor movement because such long term officers ofterl "go to sleep." DALADIER CONCERNED Says Present International Situation Is Gravest In Twenty Years PARIS, June 27: (CP) Premier Edouard Daladler sent the French Parliament on summer vacation today after declaring French troops must be kept under arms In the midst of the gravest International crisis "In twenty years." He said that It was now apparent that the aim of foreign efforts was to sep arate Frenchmen and to disrupt French-British solidarity whlcrt was "lndespenslble for world peace.' The French cabinet met as a formal council of ministers under President Albert Lebrun to consider the negotiations to brlnf ham mF.no. June 27: Sauadroiv Russia Into the British-French Leader James R. Adams of the'antl-aggresslon bloc. Royal Air Force announces plans, nn.fnn fllcht from Saiu At 10:20 Saturday morning the 1U4 ,,v " " " ..... I Diego to England in a new nuuwii.iuc ucyniuucnv vn u plane of which delivery is Dcinj resiaence oi vv. urcenwwa, oeai taken here. The one stop Is plan- Cove, where a roof fire had been ncd at Botwood, Newfoundland, a distance of 3300 miles irom nerc. Thence the Atlantic Ocean will be spanned. started from the chimney. About $15 damage was done to the dwelling which Is owned by the Canadian Fish St Cold Storage Co. Great United States Weapon Fires 100-pound Shell Fifteen Miles WASHINOTON, D. C, June 27. The United State army has lifted the secrecy from its newest and longest range field gun, a fifteen ton weapon. The 155 milll- callbre gun fires shells Commonwealth Federation in the twenty five thousand yards TODAY'S STOCKS Vancouver ' Big Missouri. .12. i. Bralorne. 12.00. Cariboo Quartz, 2.11, Lientonia, .02. Fairvlew. .03 y4. He iley Mascot, .75. Minto, .014. Noble Five. .01;, ' Pa.itlc Nickel, .16 fask). Pnrf Orlotl 1 in I Pioneer. 2M. Premier, 1.82. Priver. 1.25. Reeves McDonald, .18. Reno, .51. Relief Arlington, .13 .. Reward, .01;. Salmon Oold, .09. v Sheep Creek. 1.24. ' Cariboo Hudson, .09.; Hedley Amalg., .01VW Oils A. P. Con.. .HV. . Calmont, 22. '" C. & E., 2.00. Freehold. .03 Vi. Home, "20. Pacalta, .05. Royal Canadian, .19. Okalta. 1.00. Mercury, .06. Prairie Royalties, .21. . Toronto Aldermac, 2QVz. Beattle, 1.22. Central Pat., 2.43. Cons. Smelters, 39.50. East Malartlc, 2.54. Fernland, .04. Francoeur, .20. Oods Lake, .33. Hard Rock, 1.02. Inf. Nickel, 47.50. Kerr Addison, 1.86. Little Long Lac, 2.90. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.98. Madsen Red Lake, .37. McKenzie Red Lake, 1.30. Noranda 77.75. Pickle Crow, 4.55. Preston E. Dome, 1.49. San Antonio, 1.69. Sherrltt Oordon, .92." Stadacona, .43. Uchl Oold. U8. Bouscadlllac, .0Y2. Mosher, .14. Oklend, .08. Smelters Oold, .03 Vi. Dominion Bridge. 29.00. New York American Can, 94. American Telephone, 1 62 Vi. Anaconda;? 24. i r Bethlehem Steel, 568. Chrysler, 707k. Canadian Pacific, 4!B. General Electric, 34;. Douglas Aircraft, 68V4. Eastman Kodak, 168. U. S. Rubber, 42ie. U. S. Steel, 478. Montreal Brazilian, 9B. Canadian Car, 10 Va-Dominion Bridge, 28 Vi. Montreal Power, 32VJ. National Steel Car, 46; Steel of Canada, 74j5. wltn Legislature at the provincial sec- a resultant sixteen foot hole in tlon convention here last night. jth.? ground. Winch s name was the only onej nortcd officially to hav crossed into Russian dominated tfven the convention after the dele- i A- i Suter Mongolia and raiuod an air base in continuation of VtJJ lH Uake It the first instance m which the ' Ifitrhtinc. was Japanese hv ,,, Mlt ftr, . nr M: XTi. lor, knmm in have crossed the boundary, A Japanese rplnlat him In mmhrhln r-. ui minor nature Army communique from Hsinkmg, Manchoukua, said that troactive to date of resignation last nL".t " eigni Mongol piancs were derrj-ed, Janese and Russian reports czifcr. as to loose being sustained m t,he Manchoukuoan-Mongollan bcrdcr aircraft combat which both e:1c now admit is proceeding. At trie er.d of the week Moscow, in an c'J'r.'iil communique, had said that fen , five planet mere shot down. ':t Jucanrsp admitting, however.' ' 2 only one had failed to return. The Tass. official Soviet news agen- :a:d that two Russian planes. f-e also lost in the fight. A new attack by Mongolians Is I expected I 4' , ! ; ! February when he was elected mayor of Vancouver. Most of the fireworks of the convention came during election of officers. Many objections were voiced to a resolution adopted Friday barring Members of the Legislative Assembly from holding positions on the party executive. After President W. W. Lcfeaux had been returned to office for the third consecutive term and Arnold Web-lter und Arthur Turner of Vancouver had been named vice-presidents, the convention reminded I Friday's resolution but this had no immediate effect on the three of-' fleers already chosen, i The convention rescinded the resolution preventing members from holding two elective public offices at the same tlm although some delegates argued mat a man uld not do two Jobs efficiently at SAN FRANCISCO, June 27 : I CP I In Saturday's earthquake at Pasadena brick fireplaces toppled, furniture was overturned and dishes broken. In Holllster district a San Benito winery wall' crumbled but no Injuries were reported. (Couruy S. D. Jpbiurtou Co.j PASSING OF GRAIN MAN James Armstrong Richardson, One of Western Canada's Business Leaders, Dead WINNIPEG, June 27: (CP) James Armstrong Richardson, grain dealer and one of Western Canada's most prominent business men and Industrialists, died suddenly at his home here yesterday of a heart attack. He was fifty-three years of age. Mr. Richardson had Just returned from a trip East and appeared to be quite well Since he graduated from Queen's University in 1906, Mr. Richardson never forgot. In the stress of duties as head of one of the greatest grain companies In America, his alma mater and he proved a true bene factor of the university. Today the spacious Richardson Stadium is due mainly to his ef forts and his munificence. The stadium, scene of so many TIENTSIN BLOCKADE IS BELIEVED NEAR END AS CONFERENCE PLANNED v. Japanese, Nevertheless, Arc Making Ready to Take Further Control of China by Seizing All Ports Of Importance MEETINGS BEING HELD TOKYO, June 27: (CP) The British ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, conferred half an hour yesterday with Foreign Minister Arita on a basis for settlement of the Tientsin blockade controversy. A cabinet meeting is being held today to discuss Japan's policy in connection with the episode. At Tientsin, the Japanese array commander, in an interview, said that Japan was determined to apply increasing pressure "until the British change their attitude." SHANGHAI, June 27: (CP) The Japanese blockade Memorial of the international settlement at Tientsin appeared to be breaking up on its thirteenth day today as Nippon moved .tirHnc towards a new drive to take possession of all Chinese rugby battles since 1921. was given ports of importance, suggesting that all foreigners evacu- a. . i . i I H i... . r t n 1 o i 1 PVisrl tine Vrin n nrafttnrv Visitvli lm Tft.ticVt nnrl Kin In memorv of the late Caotaln ' French settlements at Tientsin 'George Taylor Richardson, one of the greatest hockey players ever developed at the university. Many were the munificent gifts which Mr. Richardson made to Queen's University, and he was regarded as .one of the most successful gradu-jates of the University. James Armstrong Richardson was born In Kingston August 21, 18S5, the son qf Oeorge A. Richardson and Agnes McCausland. He was educated at Hillcroft Academy and then entered " Quen'shere Jie graduated as a bachelor in ars fh DRIVEN OUT BY VOLCANO to relieve the shortage which has been causing hardship. In spite of a Japanese threat o slay all Chinese who attempted to run in supplies, milk service was being resumed. On Saturday the blockade had been ex tended from British to French con-Last White Residents Flee From cesslotl. MeanUme. the British au-Alaska Peninsula Town Of thorltles were planning? to send Perryville troops from Shanghai to Tientsin, suggesting that the intention Is PERRYVILLE, Alaska, June 27: to take decisive measures unless the CP Last white residents of thU blockade is settled before the end vUlaje, . Radio jjeratorrA. D. r wP-ek- ..Reprisals, f neces- 1906. The same year he. entered iit-, ,ivrrf v,. nv.rnm.r.t omlc measures such as an embarzo. the firm of James Richardson Se motorship North star at the helgnt Speculation Is rife as to where Sons, and In 1907 was transferred of terriflc explosions from volcanic the projected conference between to take charge of the Toronto office Mount venlamlnoff. Johnson stl- Great Britain and Janan In rezard of the firm, where he remained for mated that flashes of fire to the llfUng of the embargo may I five years. In 1912 he was sent to ..-n-d pn thousand feet Into tha take nlaee. Janan annears to favor Western Canada as vice-president aIr captaIn of tne Nortn star Tientsin while Great Britain would In charge of western branches. Win- says erupUon can 150 prefer to have negotiations closer guidance and through the keen business intellect which he played the James Richardson & Sons company developed Into one of the continent's greatest grain exporting organizations, with offices at Kingston, Winnipeg, Calgary. Toronto. Montreal and other places In Canada, and with elevators along the Great Lakes. Johnson and his wife have fled aJr-- "laJ usc lne 'Orm oi econ- and the next six nlpeg, during years mlles at sea reiainea mat posuion. ua ine death of Senator H. W. Richardson he was chosen as president of the Company and under his skilful! i George Brown dis-,Laid At Rest Funeral of Well Known Port Simpson Man Takes Blace This Afternoon to the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo. The Japanese Navy announces new offensives against Wenehow and Fooehow, last remaining Important Chinese ports, and have urged foreign nationals to leave those cities by Thursday noon. A Domel News Agency dispatch from Swatow to Tokyo says that Japanese Navy officials forcibly prevented two British steamers j The funeral of the late Oeorge E. from unloading passengers and Brown of Port Slmoson took place freight at the South China port. In On February 1. 1918, he became this afternoon from the chapel of Shanghai British authorities ln- associattd with the Allied Wheat the B.C. Undertakers to Fairvlew swuciea navai oniciais w press xor Commission and at the Joint re- Cemetery under Canadian Legion an Immediate lifting of the Swa- i quest of the buyer for the Allied auspices. Rev. Canon W. F; Rush- tow restrictions and said that, if ; Governments and the Eastern Can- brook officiated and Mrs. Carr pre- the Japanese refused, British war- jadlan mills, took charge of wheat sided at the organ to accompany ships would escort merchantmen distribution to the 284 flour mills the hymns which were "Abide With to and from Swatow. ;ln Eastern Canada. Shortly after- Me" and "The Lord Is My. Shep- British Threat 1 wards he was asked to become vice- herd!" Pallbearers were L. J. Clapp, president of Wheat Export Com-' J. Anderson, Peter Solem, Gordon LONDON, June 27: (CP) The pany. Limited, as secona-m-com- woore, k. e. Moore ana Ben up- uispaicn, aiscussing measures mai mand of the purchasing and for- j sin. warding of grain and grain pro-. ducts for t'he Allied Governments In Canada. Mr. Richardson was a member of ;the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, be ing president of that body in 1923 and 1924; member of the Calgary ; Grain Exchange, Toronto Board of Trade, Montreal Board of Trade. Chicago Board of Trade, New York I produce exchange, and a director I of the Canadian Bank of Com merce, president of the Eastern Terminal Elevator Company, presi dent of the Pioneer Grain Com- REMAIN AT KETCHIKAN I ureal amain may taice in reprisal 'for the Tientsin blockade, said , there were fifty thousand Japanese within the British Empire who might feel the pinch In the event of reprisals. There Is still indignation In London at the strlrmlne of British cltl- 1 zens for searching at Tientsin, these Lighthouse Service Headquarter having Included Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Not Being Removed As Had Flnlay. Cedrlc Davis and J. A. Been Feared Whltewright. Davis Is honorary I New Zealand agent and J. A. Whlte KETCHIKAN. June 27: Advices have been received In Ketchikan that it is not the Intention to re- anv vW.nrirtAntnf t.hP Peerle.imove lighthouse headquarters wright, secretary of the Tientsin Country Club. Japanese authorities persist in stating that reports of such incidents are British pro- Grain Company, vice-president of trom Ketchlkan to Juneau as had paganda and that they will not be the Guardian Realty Company, dlr-j" ,ca"u """" w,c "- investigated. tnr nt thP Kintn Portsmouth "on of the lighthouse and coast- and Cataraqul Railway Company 6 ua'" ,, t .,1 and other Canadian companies. m,rs of the, lighthouse jtaff . . will be moved. Commander W K. tie was a memoer oi me coun- - -- . ell of the Canadian National Instl-i P50" wUI htf re thU ek! svn"oL-PreUr, 4..i- ... oii-j ,. u o.jiln connection with the making of General synopsis Pressure r, re- lUKIlUHltumimuuilluicuuniu,.. . .main. ralntluoltr Inn of Management of the Central Western Division. . I Queen Charlotte Islands. The Mr. .Richardson married Murlal Ridge Goir Club. University Club Sprague. daughter of Mark Spraguc of Toronto, Canadian Club of New of Belleville, Ont., In 1919. He was (York. Frontenac Club of Kingston a member of the Manitoba Club, and the Winnipeg Squash Racquets St. Charles Country Club, Pine Club. He resided In Winnipeg. Weather Forecast weather continues unsettled with light showers in Northern British Columbia and on the coast. West Coast of Vancouver Island Moderate fresh southixly wlndj, cloudy with mist and ifght rain.