v.: XXVIII. N A I"" riei yotl OFFICIALS ATLANTIC PROMOTED Changes In Colonisation Depart-mtnt of Railway Announced MONTREAL. Jan 3.-Promotlon I Railways, Immediately effective., Mttn Southhampton and Mont- are announced vooy m ireai Uiued by J. 8. Mtoowan. director of the department. T P. Detltn. formerly western superintendent of Colonisation and Agriculture at Winnipeg to appointed awUrtant director, the position prerloualy held by Mr MeOowan. HU office in be in Montreal E. II Ourton. fWmerlv manager, land settlement and development, with office at 8t , p.ni Minn.. U appointed western! superintendent of colonisation and I sgrirulture at Wtnnlpeg. J. B.' Lsnrtoct. formerly avpennienarm r( rranch-Canadlan cokmliatton fir Canada with of f ke at Montreal. U transferred to St. Paul a man-ltr land settlement and development for the United State C. E. Couiture. formerly supervisor f group movements at Montreal, we-eed Mr Lanetoct aa supertntend-in of Franeh Canadian coWmUa- throughout the western provinces, tended the School of Agriculture. Old. Alta and later the College of stTituHBrtt 'Unlv eraUf h-Albt rt f-im which he holda a DSc 'agrt-nl'urah degree. 19H. During hi a year In university he represented AlberU at th? Canadian tnter-w veralty ltveatock ludglnf com-pt'i'ion at Toronto at which time he won the dominion individual h.mpionahlp. The same year he sax the nignes uanaoian cwij ti.stant director of colonltaUon and ttonal system In Montreal, he will bring to the east a broad unowicage of we.itern agricultural conditions. FIX PRICE OF SILVER United States To Continue raying S4.61c rer Ounce For Newly Mined Metal WASHINOTON, D. C. January 3 (CP) President franklin P. RooseveU has ordered continued nt o4-M cents per fine ounce the United States Treasury price for newly mined domestic sliver. The President directed that the sliver Imperial Airwave announced yesterday. Ai toon as Botwood. Newfoundland. is clear of ice. four NEW YEAR'S DEATH LIST No kr-M Than 27 Victims of Acci dents Over Holiday in United Slates NEW YORK, Jan. 3: (CPl-New were the principal cause of tragedy while many lost their live ln fires. Cold weather conditions were to a Thnmaa Parker Devlin ww bocn 'considerable extent responsible. i! Largs Ayrshire. Scotland. He J Lu at Christmas the accident tme to Canada in 1918 and was toll In Canada for New Year was froioved on livestock larrru gratify tngly light TWINS WERE VP A D ADA DT Odd Multiple Birth In Hospital Over New Chicar.o Year ailCAOO. Jan 3: CP 'Twins were born In dllferent years In a Chtcaeo hosDiUl. The first, a tout lug against twenty -three American boy. was delivered five mln- si iveraiUea at the Chicago tntr- julr before midnight Saturday in ns'ional exhlbiUon. After gradua-lim A boy. weighing five ( on he was livestock editor ana po,, arrived a few field reoreaenUUve of the nor- midnicht In 1939. Wes? Farmer. Winnipeg, irom which pojttion he resigned to Join the! Canadian National Railways' as as li'tant agricultural agent In Aug-Uil 1921 Later he was promoted to the position of district superintendent of colonisation and agriculture for Saskatchewan, headquarters at Saskatoon. In April. 1929. he became superintendent of fsrm employment at Winnipeg Later he advanced to the .MUon o? western superintendent of agri culture for the railway and. In July 193, he was appointed western superintendent of colonization and airiculture. He also Is well known among the Uveatock breeders of Canada and the United States, having acted as Judge of Clydesdale horses at the larger Canadian ex hibitions and several times at the C hicago International show. As as- Nova Scotia Mine Closes minutes af- Historic Colliery Ceases Production After Many Vnrs SYDNEY. Nova Scotia. Jan. 3: CP Historic No. 6 mine of the Dominion Colliery Co. has been closed down permanently after 67: years of continuous production dur ing which It yielded thirteen million tons of coal. Forty-sevirn miners are thrown out of work but It Is hoped they may be absorbed by the opening of a new colliery in the district WIPE OUT ITALIANS F.ntlre Division lleported Decimated Loyalists Still Find Comfort HIiNDAYE. ' Franco - Spanish Frontier. Jan. 3; (CP) An entire Italian division, fighting for Ihe Insurgents In the Spanish civil war. Is reported to have been almost completely wiped out near Lerlda ln Catalonia. There are still con-flictlnir reuorts as to the progress 23 minutes. Tomorrow s Tides 141 Capitol i nii ii i ii rmi ru m TAXI High - 0:04 am. 184 ft. Low 11:54 p.m. 22.4 ft. 9:44 a.m. 8.0 ft. 18:40 pm. 2.1 ft. Marrh 2AFlrln Offlrpr A V about 30,000 miles. 10 hours, 22 minutes. July 21 Pick-a - bark airplane 'Mercurv arrives at Montreal, com. 24-ton flying boats will atart ser-i Detm(r ...... iur..v nleht ni Dro. vice Passengers will not be carried route from Elre ,n 20 hours, i until uier 42 minutes. August 18 President Roosevelt and Prime. Minister Mackenzie King meeting for opening of Thousand Islands International! bridge, reaffirm United States-1 Canadian friendship and mutual interest 1 September 2 Contract for Ca- " .1 . I YMri hnJtrfa fataHtlM in thu.naoian aircrai. punn vj make September 1 Captain Oeorg speed record at new high of 350 mlie an hour at Bonneville. Utah. September 24 Prime Minister Chamberlain In British House announces Illtlf riiadsummoned a conference at Munich to find solution for Czech crisis. September 29 Britain. France. Italy and Oermany sign peace agreement at Munich. October 8 It Is announced King and Queen will visit Canada In 1939. I October 17 Air-express Instl-uted Montreal - Winnipeg on Trans-Canada Air Lines linking up with regular western service. October 2& Bluenose wins International fisherman's trophy. November 17 Trade agreements signed at Washington by United Kingdom and Canada with tbe United States, designed to Increase exchange of goods between the three countries. November 24 Francis L. Rigby of Wembley. Alta.. wins world's wheat championship, and his brother. W. J. Rigby, the oats championship at the Chicago International Oram and Hay Show. ELECTION EXPECTED Chamberlain Completes First Historic Year as British Tremler LONDON, Jan. 3: (CPi-Wlth the passing of 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain completed his first full year as head of the British government. In 9. New Year's message to the nation, Mr. Chamberlain made it clear that he was still Intent on bending every effort to maintain peacf In Europe but reiterated that he was not willing to concede Bri tish honor to threat of force. In other words, his policy is not "peace at any price." The Munich conference was, of of battle. Loyalists claim that the course, me nigwigni 01 Mr. Cham- snall's pace advance being made byberiains first year as prime Minis the rebels, emnlovlne every resource tcr ana prooaoiy 01 nis wnoie car nt their command, actually constl- eer. Whether or not the peace that tutes a loyalist victory. ensued from that historic gathering! Insurgents today were reportrd of statesmen shall go down ln his- to have established lines along & tory for him as a great victory 6r sixty-five mile front for what may a great defeat still remains to be become an Intensified drive against seen. With a general election ln Barcelona, the provisional capital, oreat uniain consiaerea almost a NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BltlTISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939. WASHINOTON, tiC Jan. 3: I1KT10V Jon iCPi ITaonl.r! . ... . . .. rni Drulfltnirrinkllnn Rrvoo. ln ,he Department of l.r-AUUc aiY maUl 1 ST " TZZ VaNYiS5d " ""'"-.- .7 .7. 7. " e wi he uariea prior to Juness,i.w. -y.ai,.,,! . B-n.i the appointment or Former oover "II. K. II." for Wallie- Services of Many Recognfctd LONDON, January 3: CP-Th? King's New Year honors this year " ' . . j. .. ...... rfl.tlk..l a nr14a fUtit Commlngs who has (olned to re- philanthropy, arts, sciences ir.1 turn to Drlrate nractice. commerce but also extended to the Murohv ho Is a staunch sup- more obscure and ordinary folk of porter of the New Dejil, was sworn the Empire In recognition cf in yesterday yesterday 'Ices to their King and country. August 14-Liner Queen Mary'w sets new record for North Atlantic eastern run in three days. 20 hovrs, Bulletins United State were estimated latRo3ra Alr ForCe rattne airplanes'. r0m Bitter Cret. Coiutable L. . . . . a... t . annn inrpn I. . . .. . w I ti i.. r. i.viri nigm ai nit. Auiomooue acciaenuii . ( i- iu .u oepiemDer --v.anaaian wnw Tharsdaj to start a searcn. crop placed at 3583300 bushels. better than 10-year average and nearly double the 1937 crop. iKOSPECTOIt OVERDUE Divisional headquarters of provincial police here are advised that Jack Ilarkley, well known Portland Canal prospector, is thres weeks overdue at Stewart IIAMMF.IVS BODV FOUND As a result or drafting operations police have recovered the beth. A railway porter was siw among those elevated. As usual, no Canadians vexe In eluded in the 'list Sir Campbell iStewart. born In Canada tnd ne Macey's Coffee House PRICE: J CENTS Storm Hits Lower Coast AIR MAIL1: o . , t. : CABINET Service Will Be Commenced Prior to June, Imperial Airway Announces opois in news I HONORED BY KING Frank .Murphy of Mlthltan New Bennett Failed To Get Feeraje- Uniled Slates Attorney General No One Man Dead, Roads Inundated And Homes On Island Abandoned davs 21 or Manx wurpny ox Micmgan aa c u.uwuiu -. i J . ... . J .. . j . . tUnB MKa.n.t fo, I 1 Xr f i i t i fl t If Attorney uenerai oi- me unuea j h ,, ,Ui tiovcrnmini nignnvaicnman ai LampDCII Uiver looses lilS states in succerslon to Hraer F. acHlevements in the puoue service; Life by Electrocution in Worst Tempest Recorded In l ears VANCOUVER, January 3: (CP) Vancouver had Dourinp rain on New Ypar's Dav nnrl rhprp iras nlcn Jio-iw . TX7ZuX:. PdpitaUon on Vancouver Island The Island Highway ! etcies. ;64 knighthoods and scwi m the Courtenay district north and south of that town is I of lesser honors were awarded. under water and the flood caused at least one death. Fami-I Among those raised from otocur. lies have been forced to evacuate low-lying areas following uy were wuimicii who ujuii men Into the hulls of the giant British i linen Queen Mary and Queen Eliz- DROWNED AT PAPER TOWN r the worst rain and wind storm in ; many years. Courtenay New Year's Day celebrants were marooned at Campbell river by a 100-foot wash out on the highway Just south of there. A similar wash-out tied up the highway fourteen miles south of fYmrtpnav TeTnhnn nnlpt i ........ . : . i i--. c..nt:.- . t ... n r ' :an important Bmisn newspapei .uiiuu. Lc r.i.u, sidewalkes and part of the highway I executive, was made a Knight-of F"s Is Reported yeTe out wnen waters at the Orand Cross of St. Michael ! the mouth of the Courtenay. back- 'and St George. . OCEAN FALLS. Jan. 3:- John ed up by the gale, overflowed down Some had thought it possible Bergland, well known in this dls- the main street, that Forr- - M'nUtfr R. P. trict as Trapper John," left his; Basements were flooded and iiett 01 caaaaa wouia oe eie ,abin and traD line to spend roads Washed out bv the storm wm. w uikmuu body ouonn Hammer, mncrman . . . . .,, u-i i., . -ui and I cannery A 1. if 1 1 1 waicnman, .VItlt. ai " - wiwe " - , , m.niinnf Hnwm U.V. thlt this mar WOI . . . . v . r . ... . j.. , . . i T . 'afternoon . . . .. . . "i mniMuura. m.j Lnnsimas tve. aol osuie seen OT?r me aeaa man is Anarew jonn- l. I,'?0 rome m spring honors list af. holidays, his disappearance was. ston, aged 62, a provincial pubUc i w in r-M.U s is ii xoay in bnnsini frf Mf Bfnnett assumes his rest- tlV0riti to the police who recov- works night watchman at Camp-and Is due here it 4 oilock mis . . r.ianrt ...j u... wi. nn-ii.D.- M.ik. Mesnuineyaeiaus oit- rz. Athhl n .rd to - ... ui. v ti- ' i , w utu the drownint are not available. Hammer had been missing at Lowe Inlet since Chrhtmas. CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS Customs and exche collections it Prince Rupert ?ort for December totalled $S.55Ud in comparison with S30.S33.il In the same month last jeir. Collections for 1937. FIRE LOSS $3456 The total property loss from Chief II. T, Lock. This compares with $8,010.75 loss in 1937. Total insurance paid arilrnt fire losses ...... . . U14J1JT iCCfc . . UUi iiU Wttk I'.l 1, WtiCil UIHfc MJ A iUU 1, 1 11.U1( the sUtus of the Duchess of Wind- nfsdar ' which was blown down with a pow- sor who Is still not "Her Royal K u believed he slipped off the er pole on Sunday. ' Highness." t float while going down to his boat The gale was general along the j The New Barons ( Although 64 years eld, he was coast from Oregon to British Col- - " - ui ljvu . . I quite uuuu.c uui, itui& uiuuia. I Sir Frederic Artnur ureer, ior . rubber outfit, he would have. mer Lord Justice of Appeal. luule chance in the icy water. ' Sir Maurice Hankey, former cabl- ;net secretary to the committee on Imwrial defence. last year was $1971.50. There I ... 10 Til were 68 rails in 1938 as compared ' with 47 In 1937. Eight of the yaer's 68 calls ere false alarms. During necember 1938 there were four calls with property loss of $336. PURGE IN CHUNGKING HONG KONG-Usuilly well-In-formed Chinese said that a "considerable number" of persons had been executed ln Chungking, the provisional capital of China, with hundreds more under arrest after with Japan in contradiction to national policy of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Stick. The number of those liquidated has been placed at 200. The purge is at the order of Chiang Kal Slick. MORE RUSSIANS EXECUTED MOSCOW Five former mem-bers of the Soviet political police In the Moldavian Republic have been sentenced to deith for fraudulent arrests of innocent persons. ROYAL REUNION TUNNED LONDON The Royal Family Is planning a reunion in March, It Is reliably reported. The Duke of Windsor will return from France but will not be accompanied by the Duchess. 1 Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd return- must be delivered to the United I Barcelona is the ultimate objective sure bet In 1939, his own people will cd to (he city on the Cardena Sun-States coinage mint before June of the Insurgent offensive which have the opportunity of passing (day night from a trip to Vancou iaa&. . was begun last month. tneir juogment. 1 ver, TODAY'S WEATHER ih,",end"r,rlV..V: 1 CecllBlshooHarmsworth.younr.1 Rapert Raining, south-S53.76 as aislnst 07,II6.Sl In b th of lord Rothfrmere and .... Jfl . wr. h,. the late Lord ortncuiie. (failing- temDera- tVSUVM mvrm 9 - " 1 Sir Laurence Richard Phillips ,.,,. ,h.n Welsh Industrialist who equipped island-Raining, easterly T , . . ..J . t. . ..linn Vn. . . ana annaiea w uic nauuu v- fire In Prince Rupert in 19JS wis -j (or paralyzed ex-service men. . ' a i . a s. n i vswM. JM6. II IS announeca oj rt l Lanzara " t.i,nl.,rf n,ith IVIRGINIA Island-Cloudy, .enroute from Port Alberni, with I lumber for Scotland, was forced to 'head Into Victoria when her deck (cargo loosened south of Cape Flat-'tery. The Greek steamer Regottles hove to unable to battle , the gale ' sweeping out of the Pacific Off the Oregon coast the gale was wind, eight miles per hour; light reported to nave reacnea a veio- ; city oi eignty mues per nour. tagni steamers were anchored at Astoria, west wind, ten miles per hour; ba- unable to move. Houses and several .rometer. 29.66; temperature. 40.. bams were blown over and tele-I light swell. phone and electric lights were sent O iVV Pead T" P0"" Showery. ao wn. IS lArh southwest wind: barometer. 29.92; I Milder in West 1U Uni JJ terarfrafure 37; itght swelL i Throughout .Western Canada Alaska Cannery Tender Feared Lost Had Drifted With Engine Trouble The local lighthouse tender AI- cruiser Naskecna and the fisheries"' patrol vessel Cloyah were with- Bull Harbor Rain Ins, westerly weainer turned mucn muoer since wind, 18 miles per hour; oaro-jNew years tve ana continues so. meter. 29 08; temperature. 42; sea On Sunday the thermometer rose to moderate. ' "bove zero for the first time In a Alert Bay Raining, southeast week when six above was recorded. wind, ten miles per hour: Daro- at Winnipeg. bernl. the Indian Department mftf " 298; temperature, 41; light In Ontario. Quebec and the Marl times snow conditions continue Estevan-Ctoudy. . southerly wind, with a blizzard at Halifax. drawn from the searcn lor we iw-' , w hm... barometer. 29.30, chlkan cannery tender Virginia.) vlctoria cloudy, southerly wind.! rA1 1 7XT H7IT,U misfttii since last Monday between.,."" wr h'r: barometer.' I II iWIM Wl I H exoulslon of Former Premier IKetrhlkin and Prince Runert. on'r." r a-rvill II A A r- - . . aiju, j Wane Chlng-M el from the Chin- , receipt late New Year's Eve of con- yancouv,r Raining, southeast ese government party for desert- flrraatlon that the Virginia was saff'wm(j j4 mlIe5 t nour; baro- ing his post and suing lor peace at Hydaburg, away out on me 595a MUSSOLINI coast of Prince or wales lsiana.Tne, niroeciear. southerly. r. . n. .SK... mllM r h0Uf: b"To the gallows with Mussolini" uaoit hiuii v.w...B v..-.. Timtr Sound and was carried by 1 south east gale across Dixon's Entrance, 1 finally stopping at Hydaburg. All on board were safe and arrange-i ments were being made to take the ! Virginia into Ketchikan. (Waterfront 01 Jamaica Port Is Still Strike Tied Hazelton-Foggy. calm, temper ature. 28. Smlthers-Cloudy, calm. 28. Bums Lake Clear, calm, 22. Terrace-Raining, calm, 32. Alyansh-Clcar. calm, 28. Alice Arm-Cloudy, calm. 32. Anyox-Llght rain, calm. 32. Stewart Raining, calm, 33. Lethbridge Had Fine 1938 Crop was the cry that greeted Premier Edouard Daladler of France as he visited Corsica yesterday. The Premier was given a rousing reception by thousands of Corsica ns. Reiterating that France would not yield an lnth of territory to any nation, Dalad)t assured the Cor-sicans that tlu had no cause to 1 be alarmed. France was able and 'ready to defend all its territory ' from aggression. j From here Daladler proceeded to Tunisia where he took assurances to the Bey of Tupls that all French military forces were ready to de- ( KINOSTON, Jamaica, Jan. S: - 'nd Tunisia. If necessary, against (CP-Atmcd police are patrolling LETHBRIDOE, Alberta, Jan. 3: any Italian threat to French dom-the docks of Kingston, Jamaica, (CP-The Lethbrtdge district had Inatlon. The Bey assured Daladler where stevedores have gone on its third largest wheat crop in of his loyalty to France. 'strike, with a serious effect upon history in 1938. the yield belnc1 Daladler also made a triumphal the shipping of the port. A gen-, forty-four million bushels. This" entry into Tunis. Crowds smashed eral strike In sympathy with the'was exceeded only In the bumper through police lines to cheer him longshoremen Is threatened. crop years of 1927 and 1928. wildly.