v
XXIX
No.
77.
Mil
C0KX
'10nS
Over
Affic
On
Danube
River
DFI
GRADE.
April
1,-Compllca-.
,
avr
an
n
between
Oerman.-,i
,TuKol;ivta
over
Danube
RWer
t:
i;
vr
&
bc-n
First
Fresh
Halibut
Here
son
Brings
In
200
Pounds
The
native
boat
Thclma
of
Port
Simpson
was
the
first
vessel
to
land
halibut
at
Prince
Rupert
today
fol
rowinx
the
opening
of
the
season
midniRht
last
night.
She
brought
in
200
pounds
which
the
Bacon
Flsh-erles
purchased
for
8c
straight.
Roy
al
Air
Force
Over
Germany
And
Get
Home
Safely
LONDON.
April
1:
(CP)
The
With
onlv
three
small
polls
having
4
-
O
J
2
5
o
.3
3
S
2
-
f
1
-
':
Tnuwquah
ST
10
41
3
Takla
.
2
2'
14
0
KlemtB
$
4
12
0
Uutedale
-..16
16
9
0
PaHlOg
24
5
14
0
Oollcj
mount
19
3
4
0
NoraVee
.
12
0
9
2
Tatalrose
.
11
2
26
0
Orakty
Plains
26
4
8
1
Ootsa
.
36
3
15
2
Wistaria
18
1
16
I
The
only
.potU
remaining
to
be
heard
from
are
Mill
Bay.
Band-
spit
and
AUI
inlet.
There
was
no
rwtt
ntCumhew
Inlet,
the
ballot
box
not
reaching
there
on
account
of
stormy
weather
which
prevented
delivery
by
any
means
prior
to
election
day.
The
official
count
In
Skeena
w
mnouncetf
that
one
had
iainn
has
been
set
for
April
18.
ied
out
of
court.
Results
of
the
military
vote
are
f
were
a
follows:
expected
to
be
received
tonight
Dibcau
vs.
Mrs
Cora
Mc-
from
the
chlc(
electoral
officer.
$379.
T
W
Brown
for
W
O
Fulton
for
defend-r
i
-iurt
roro
v
J
thn
Anderson.
W
O
Fulton
for
plaintiff.
T
x-i
for
defendant.
seUled
out
'
M
Aiam
stewarv
m--Hnrold
D
Ileywood.
$94.40.
t
W
Brown
for
olalnUJf.
R
L.
Me-'
tr
defendant,
next
court.
were
no
annlicatlons
for
r
..'.'ttiim
this
month.
Finnish
Relief
Receives
$5000
From
Title
Bout
N
v.
York.
April
1.
-As
his
.hare;
r"
a
'
;
appointing
gate
In
last
Flight's
fight.
Joe
Louis,
world's
wr-ight
boxing
champion,
revet
$27,000
while
his
battered
op-
r
:f
nt
Jnhnnv
Pavchpek.
cot
$5000.
Customs-Excise
Revenue
Higher
March
Shows
(Jain
Over
Same
Month
IJit
Year
as
Does
Year
To
Date
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
;
month
of
March
this
year
totalled
$10.77456
as
compared
with
$7,918.12
in
the
same
month
last
year.
The
revenue
for
this
year
to
date
ag-'gretatea
$34,402.14
in
comparison
,with
$22,969
for
the
first
three
months
of
1939.
LOST
LIVES
IN
FLOODS
Tiv
Finnish
relief
fund
benefited
Tou
0f
Ten
Taken
as
Kcsult
of
High
1
f
.
extent
of
$5000
from
thel
water
n
Various
Tarts
of
f
h
.
States
I
SKies
anu
f
of
early
rel.ef.
promise
day
gave
IM'KENZIE
TO
T0K1U
OTTAWA
.'f'XiaS
revolving
atou'
P0"'
,5
,ton
te
MacKenzie
m,
u
.
nost
War
News
WAR
IX
EIGHTH
MOM
II
LONDON
The
European
war
entered
its
elthth
month
today
nith
the
Allied
and
German
enemies
still
In
deadlock
militarily,
diplomatically
and
economically.
There
has
not
been
a
single
large
engagement
on
the
Western
Front
to
date
nor
has
thtre
bcn
a
naval
or
aerial
clIMon
of
major
importance.
Neutral
observers
are
inclined
to
believe
lHal
the
prmpect
of
one
side
the
other
starting
a
maj-
or
Initiative
Is
more
remote
than
ever.
Tniy
are
inclined
to
the
brlicf
that
diplomatic
and
economic
manoeuverlng
will
continue.
So
far
since
the
war
began
Russia
is
the
only
country
which
has
mae
any
gains
a
a
result
of
military
activity
by
virtue
of
Its
campaign
in
Finland
unless
the
I'olUh
aggression
can
be
said
to
have
gained
something
for
Germany.
sovnrr
TAKES
OVER
MOSCOW
The
Soviet
Parliament
yesterday
officially
incorporated
its
newly
gained
terri-
I
tory
in
Finland
into
the
Union
i
of
Soviet
Republics.
FRENCH
PLNES
DOWNED
BERLIN
D.
M.
B.
news
agency
claims
that
seven
French
war
planes
were
shot
down
over
the
Western
Front
yesterday,'
SOVIET
ARMS
EXPANSION
MOSCOW
-Non-belllgerenT'
Soviet
Russia
has
launched
a
vast
new
arms
expansion
program
for
1910.
AH
tax
rates,
particularly
those
on
Incomes,
are
being
materially
increased.
No
Sign
Yet
Of
Big
Push
Exchanges
of
Reconnaissance
and
Patrol
Units
on
Western
Front
PARIS.
changes
April
1.
There
were
ex-bctween
reconnaissance
I
'
.
A-,n
i-
icp
Scc-Und
patrol
units
on
both
sides
of
NEW.YRKfJnR
Bf
P
nnsM-
the
Western
Front
Saturday
with
"
"
I
oi
i
been
inundated
by
I
A
llfAC
Native
Boat
Thrlmn
nf
Port
Slmtt-l
wn,Cn
lWN
..
.
rH,rr
to-.SldO.
w
H.
-
i
AAA
inir
irinutiw"'"
w
t
the
Dominion
Motforological
Bureau
at
Victoria
and
mnc
Hujwrt
ThU
lore
cat
ti
compiled
from
obHerratlons
tak
fpROVlNCIAL
1
11BRABY
I
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
rr.nw
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-i
',e
island
Moderate
to
fresh
w.
rid,
shifting
to
northeast.
Fair
t
aa
and
unsettled
on-Tuesday.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITLS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
1,
1940.
Month
Just
Ended
Not
As
Good
As
January
And
February
But
.year
,
Year
To
to
Date
uaie
Considerably
onuaeraoiy
Better
Better
John
Bull
Finds
Slutton
Substitute
Not
So
Good
As
Cured
Hog
LONDON.
April
1:
(CP)
Macon,
the
cured
mutton
substitute
for
bacon,
has
passed
out
of
llty
by
the
British
aversion
to
a
(change
In
diet.
Not
long
ago
the
ministry
oi
iooa
nauea
macon
as
the
answer
to
the
bacon
shortage
and
extolled
Its
virtues
to
housewife
and
epicure.
But
neither
housewife
nor
epicure
thought
much
of
the
new-old
dish
(It
was
new
to
many
ln
Hons
i-
.
iirvrihern
wrtrinprii
California
v
,,
have;
hflVo:acsualtles
acsuaiues
ln
m
killed
M.iea
and
ana
wounded
wounaea.
England
but
up
in
Scotland
they
vanla
vaiia
ana
fioruie
,v"
.
,
There
lndicatlons
as
yet,
spring
are
no
havp
been
curlnc
u
for
vpars
ftt
but
clearing
;howevr'of
a
major
push
on
either
home).
Now
the
ministry
of
food
;
has
decided
to
forget
about
macon.
I
"The
ministry
had
only
one
WaafliAr
Pnvonacf
lcure
made"
MW
a
ministry
of-TrCalllCl
I
UIClaM
iUclal.
"Unless
one
has
acquired
a
j
taste
for
lt,
I
think
most
people
(Furn-iiod
through
the
courty
oti
prefer
Jthelr
usual
breakfast
dish
of
bacon."
tn
ftt
5
UD.
today
luid
cowrs
the
39
hnrnn
anA
ham
were
mnro
nhnrid
hour
period
cUng
at
S
P.
tomoorrowant
than
.
ffW
months
back
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
weekly
ration
per
head
was
doubl-
...
nccome
Is
high
north
of
Prince
Rupert
and
ed
from
four
to
eight
ounces
coon
Rumor
Has
It
Thai
t
'
.south
of
Vancouver
Island
with
a
after
rationing
was
Instituted.
Canadian
.Mm"1"
,u
.depression
approaching
the
Queen
What's
more,
bacon
and
ham
can
Charlotte
Islands
from
the
west,
be
ordered
ln
restaurants
without
The
weather
has
been
mild
with
a
ration
books
and
ham
sandwiches
few
light
scattered
showers
over
are
still
obtainable.
the
Interior
of
British
Columbia.
I
Huge
supplies
from
Canada
un-
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
der
the
British
government's
Moderate
to
strong
north
to
nreement
to
buy
un
Brought
Down
wiiuun.
mun
.
omre
wc
irc-
4
glnnin
or
the
war,
133
uerman
Plane
have
been
shot
down-
lt
13
SEATTLE.
April
1:
CP)-A
Sixteen
Oerman
taniiers
a
total
strength
of
but
68
to
be
sight-seeing
airplane
trip
The
month;
ol
Marcn
aw
not
swuea
nere.
held
ud
The
Reich
n
heard
from.
he
rluralitv
for
ant
hmht
riMth
tn
rira
Rtpriine.
keen
up
the
.fine
weather
record
iu
vlRnrously.
WARNING
BY
CHURCHILL
Anticipates
Earlv
Intension
of
War
Hints
Trouble
With
Rusia
I
NDC:N
Anrll
1
First
Lord
of
A
n.iralty
Winston
Churchill
Hr'
hi
that
they
will
be
:p
i
n
to
make
supreme
tx-beforr
this
war
1
aver.
lies
,
:
iripates
early
extaoatoa
of
Or-at
DrlUln
ha
no
In-,f
-.Peking
fouble
with
Rue-'
s
ready
to
follow
where
-
-
w
.r
leads
Pmirsftr
fruif
VUU1ILJT
VUUll
April
Session
Th
f
iir.
Itrfnrr
Jur!ri
U
P
l'..her
One
Being
Settled
and
Other
Two
Stood
Over
T
r
x
were
three
oases
for
the
at-r
Judge
W.
El
Fisher
when
irt
was
In
regular
mon-ii
for
April
this
morning.
set
over
to
the
next
court
Hamon,
Liberal
candidate
for
re-
aaad
75
n'lot.
and
four
child-
for
1940
wh'xh
January
and
Feb-
eiectlon.
in
Skeena
riding
stanis
at
ren,
Janet
and
Charleen
Tay-
"ary
started.
(During
March
rain
449.
that
being
the
excess
of
his
vote
over
the
combined
vote
or
all
three
opponents.
The
total
vote
for
the
four
candidates
to
date
Is
as
follows:
Hanson.
Liberal.
4818.
Weaver.
C.
C.
F..
2800.
Cameron.
Conservative,
1419
Morris.
Independent
Liberal.
150
Mot
recent
polls
to
report
are
as
follows:
lor
and
th-lr
cousins.
James
Ia
amounted
to
b.io
mcnes
as
.
iut
aiimi
THriAr
Th
firt
compared
with
7
45
Inches
In
the
were
daughter
of
a
King
County
commissioner.
same
montn
last
year.
However,
the
sunshine
this
March,
totaling
OENIAL
OF
i
PACT
MADE:
us
nours
m
me
nrsi
mree
-f
-PT
.a,tt
a9,reement
between
montns
oi
wnue
me
precipi-
pre-ident
Roosevel:
and
dlpbira-
uuon
aggregates
dui
idjo
mcnes
Me
--------f--.-
tr
tn-jo-
an
compared
with
28.93
mcnes
in
tne
parU
that
united
States
would
first
quarter
offcast
year.
eventallv
entrr
he
war
on
the
S.
O.
Mellor.
Dominion
met-
of
CrMt
BriMn
and
rrance.-eorologist.
this
morning
Issued
the
An
aUeBatlon
to
this
effert
hadj
Minimum
barometer
reading.
29.039
on
MarcrT26.
,
Man
temperature.
42.5
Maximum
temperature,
59
on
March
25.
Precipitation.
8.16
inches.
Sunshine.
74
hours.
Maximum
wind
velocity,
southeast.
42
miles
per.
hour.
March'
3.
Body
Is
Found
Near
Butedale
Peter
Hussher,
Fisherman.
Is
Believed
To
Have
Succumbed
To
Natural
Causes
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
are
advised
of
the
finding
Saturday
night
on
the
beach
near
his
shack
not
far
from
Butedale
of
the
body
of
Peter
Hussher,
a
fisherman.
Death,
as
far
as
can
be
learned,
was
due
to
natural
causes,
presumably
a
heart
attack.
The
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
7
from
Ocean
Falls
is
at
the
scene.
Back
To
Bacon
For
Breakfast
'0NT1NUING
Five
Canadians
Draw
Horses
In
Grand
National
I
Heavy
Explosions
Arminrl
Helicrnland
Reuters
Rerort-.
Reverberations
Heard
in
Vicinitv
of
German
Naval
Base
LONDON.
ADril
1.
Reuters
reports
heavy
explosions
having
been
heard
Siturriav
In
the
vicinity
of
Heligoland
Bight.
Eighty-Three
Years
Of
Age
Robert
Pint
Butchart
Of
Victoria
Celebrated
His
Birthday
On
Saturday
1
VICTORIA,
April
1:
(CP)
Robert
Pirn
Butchart,
prominent
local
industrialist
and
business
man
after
whom
the
famous
Butchart
Gardens
are
named,
celebrated
his
eighty-third
birthday
on
Saturday.
DUBLIN,
April
1:
(CP)
Five
Canadians
drew
horses
in
the
Irish;
He
recalled
to0
that
supplies
o
.
Hospitals
Sweepstakes
based
on
the
Grand
National
Steeplechase
to
be
run
Friday
at
Alntree.
FASIILY
TTES
AT
FAIR
NEW
YORK,
April
1:
(CP)
About
50
"typical
American
fami
lies"
will
live
In
the
World's
Fair;
as
guests
of
the
fair
this
'sum-'
mer.
The
families
will
be
selected
th
Tv.m.
through
newspaper
contests
and
A
Mlnlstrv
rptinru
nnvni
Air
minister
to
Japan,
i
nnrthrnst
winds.
Clear
todav
with
ininn's
pxnortahla
snmins
hpirw.fi
will
live
ln
the
"Town
of
Tomor
P
.,
"
'
....
vnrnnt
sine"
"
-u
nrw
over
ucrmany
iasi
jia
-
.n1nh
Bruce
uruue
Randolph
Kht
and
returned
safely.
ment
of
Hon.
increasing
cloudiness
tonight.
eliminate
the
shortage.
row.
Vancouver
Big
Missouri.
.094-Bralorne,
10.45.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.46.
f'alrview,
.01
i..
Gold
Belt.
.25.
Hedley
Mascot.
.43
Vi.
Minto,
.033.4.
Pacific
Nickel.
.08.
Pend
Oreille,
1.65.
Pioneer,
2.26.
Premier,
126.
Privateer,
.71.
Rene,
20.
Relief
Arlington.
.06.
Silmon
Gold,
.03.
Sheep
Creek.
1.03.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.031..
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.15.
Calmont,
.33
Vi-C.
&
E.,
1.96.
Freehold.
.02.
Home.
2.50.
Royal
Can.,
.17.
Okalta,
1.14.
Mercury,
.07.
Prairie
Royalties,
.18.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.24
Ji.
Beattle,
1.08.
Central
Pat..
2.11.
Conr.
Smelters.
41.50.
East
Malartlc,
3.75.
Fcrnland,
.03.
Francoeur,
.52.
Oods
Lake.
.48.
Hardrock,
1.10.
Int.
Nickel.
41.62.
Kerr
Addison,
2.48.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.05.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.21.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.43.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.29.
Medsen
Red
Lake,
1.29.
Moneta,
.70.
Noranda.
74.00.
Pickle
Crow,
3.40.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.16.
San
Antonio,
2.42.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.91.
UchI,
.70.
Bouscadlllac,
.03
Vi-Masher.
.07.
.
OklendtJ)6ti.
Smells'
.Qdld.
.01.
Domtuii
tlildge,
35.75.
High..
Low
.
9:58
a.m.
17.3
ft.
22:45
p.m.
17.9
ft.
3:52
a.m.
9.2
ft.
16:24
p.m.
6.4
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
i
.
Policy
Of
Allies
In
War
HIS
LEAD
IS
LARGE
With
Hut
Four
Small
Polls
to
Hear
From
Olof
Hanson
Has
1818
Votes
And
Weaver.
2800
:
WEATHER
Total
Of
133
Six
Dead
In
J
lii
m
a
Dm
Nazi
Planes
r,
,
111
lTimVVli
,
.
rlane
Lrasn
At
Seattle
Strengthening
Blockade
Against
Reich
Through
Scandinavia
-
Balkans
Premier
Paul
Reynaud
of
France
Also
Discloses
Plans
For
Combatting
of
"Communist
and
Hitlerian
Intrigue
PARIS,
April
1:
(CP)
Premier
Paul
Reynaud
out
lined
in
a
cabinet
meeting
today
new
Allied
war
decisions
74
hours,
was
iiightiy
in
excess
of
No
Aerfenil.nt
About
United
states!
generally
interpreted
as
signifying
a
bolder
policy
toward
4
69.6
hours
in
the
same
month
last
Entering
war.
say
iiuii
'
Scandinavia
and
the
Balkans
in
an
effort
to
strengthen
T1
4.
J.
4.
.4111
I
-'
year.
The
year,
to
date
still
main
tain
a
great!
improvement
over
WAFIUNOTON.
A-iril
!939.
The
sunshine
thus
far
totals
ej
statp
crtMl
1-
189.9
hours
in
Comparison
Wlin
.tnt-m.nt
rt'vlaim-
-.11
Vnn:lMijl
the
blockade
on
Germany.
He
also
disclosed
new
measur-
cre"i-c
tVio
fnTYiVnf
finer
nf
"fnmmiinitit
nnH
Hitlprinn
in-
w
ithin
the
nation.
DEAL
WITH
JUGOSLAVIA1
following
weather
summary
lor
b?en
made
by
oermanv
on
the
basis;
I
March:
0f
documents
Durrrorted
to
have
Maximum
barometer
reading
at
b(,fn
foand
ln
poih
government
Nesotiations
With
Great
Britain
sea
level.
30.415
'bn
March
18.
.-rhtvi..
Arc
Opened
Today
by
Country's
Minister
to
London
CHIANG
IS
RECOGNIZED
United
States
Ignores
Newly
Declared
Puppet
Government
WASHINGTON.
April
1
United
States
continues
to
recognize
the
Nationalist
government
of
General
LONDON.
April
1:
(CP)
Anglo-
Chiang
Kai-Shek
In
China
Instead
Ju8slaT
negotiations
were
opened
of
the
newly
declared
Japanese
WIT'T
T"kTT"H
s
n
iV
PKrlVllrlx
today
b
Dr-
lvo
BeUns
Trice-Pr1-
puppet
administration.
Jt0
1
IvLilliUjlV
.;.ni
0f
the
National
Bank
of
Jugo-
,
n
.
Relations
Damaged
Sfavla.
and
Sir
Frederick
Ulth
Peter
Fraser
To
Be
Head
Qf
New
RW,
cef
.economic.
adviMrJtp
the
TOKYO,
April
lt.
(CPJL-A.
fpt.
l7.-ram
Oovrrnm-nfln
Sue-
,p,l!lsh
geveniment.
"Jugoslavia
Is
eign
Office
spokesman
said
today
t
ce-sionTo
La'e
SI.
J.
Savage
'geeking
easier
currepcj
arrange-
that
United
States
refusal
to
re-
tnenf
and
leis
rigid
enforcement
of
cognize
the
Japanese-approved
re-WFTT'INGTON.
New
Zealand,
Qrf!t
Britain's
contraband
control
gime
of
Wang
Ching-Wei
in
China.
April
1:
CP
i
Peter
Frar.
acting
af
feetme
her
ourchases
of
raw
ma-
although
expected,
would
damage
vn-ster
or
rew,
eaiana
.
.
.
abroad.
since
the
late
Premier
M.
J.
Sav-
age
became
ill.
was
today
commissioned
bv
Oobernor
General
Vis
count
Galway
to
continue
as
head
,
of
he
Dominions
Labor
govern
ment.
IOLMY-S
STOCKS
effort;-
to
imorove
American
relations
Japanese-
Pacific
Northwest
!
i
Had
Severe
Storm
Debris
Being
Cleared
Up
Between
California
and
Seattle
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
1
Deb-
1
ris
Is
being
cleared
from
roads
all
'
the
way
from
Northern
California
,
to
Seattle
after
the
worst
storm
of
the
winter.
Trees
were
blown
down
i
and
buildings
damaged
by
high
winds.
'
Police
Court
!
Fines
Lower
Collections
for
Month
of
March
Totalled
$280
Total
of
39
Cases
Police
court
fines
for
the
month
J
of
March
totalled
$280
as
compared
wun
5bsa
in
tne
same
montn
last
year,
bringing
the
total
for
1940
to
date
to
$1079.50
as
compared
with
$1305
in
the
first
quarter
of
1939.
RESUMING
OLD
NAME
National
Government
Title
To
Be
Dropped
And
Conservative
Taken
On
Again
OTTAWA,
April
1:
(CP)
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manlon,
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
says
that
the
National
Government
party
tag
will
be
dropped
and
the
party
will
again
be
known
as
National
Conservative.
It
Is
expected
a
national
convention
will
be
held
during
the
coming
summer
to
commence
rebuilding
of;
the
old
party
follow
lng
last
week's
general
election
nd
to
elect
a
new
leader,
-the
assumption
being
that
Dr.
Mai
.
ill
retire