H H H i D L v r r BOMBED Contacts Between And Mobile Rivers Fighting on the .-.'.erday consUtctl J ai'tlftn In lh vt- ' t- ame heavier today ?f jsolle River and A German com-neen allied soldiers i .en German uerman shock w . i a sociated this speech with that of , United. States Minister James Cromwell to Canada which last week caused much criticism due to comment partial to the Allies. ted States was for Cromwell's, it was felt. "Concentrated propa- ganda" was the way m which the oiKwwHorniMi- nf ,w. Prln(.. n,ltv.r Twn who said It w a erj. Aaoeiaijo,, arKi geographical flurry unco-ordln- repreteritatlve. md operation. Mr DavU Mld he had Jpent a - I . 1 ni 'ndt Royal Canadian r iin in. i. ci,nj,,j f.r iicitncy and Iulpment April 5: CP Sec-Domtnlons Anthony ' 3 the Royal Cana- m England yes-immcnted on their of training and DS ENTER MAMPUAITl7ITri 1 Regulars Cross Frontier Jpanese Territory And Rum Village. ' Women's Auxiliary ,of the dbn Legion held IU monthly US Ixst nlttht in the Canad- PSlon rooms when business was . - a rounne nature, ue-w no presented on the recent 'u banquet and fashi9n show. Pigments were reoorted under r a spring tea and sale on M5 and a Vlmy lea on April 10 "e home of Mrs. W. F. Robort-b Ar4; tance was requested from I Canadian Legion In connection r we serving of coffee to the , on Sunday evenings. Mrs. H (very busy time. He had attended general session oi me convention, executive meetings, sectional meet ings Including some In science and he had also made time to visit an art exhibit. Discussion of various matters had been long and livoiv The cas nf the rural teach- thnc niittlrlf Vancouver vv . - - l nuu and Victoria had been considered. A report of the provincial salary committee had provoked much discussion. There were many serious Inequalities. In spite of much that has been another. As a result, leacners oi ability were not particularly at- I nhr renorts dealt with pen- iw. April 5: (CP) Domci went ,.nt AC" 'y reported today that ii j . oik u smaii viiiace uu STUDENTS ..r Imll S- PPITh . 1 I i 1.1 . - i .: Star liner Maure- WASHINGTON. D. C. April 5: PARIS, April 5: (CP) Leglsla-' , -f' " New Yoric March CP A speech I"'V. u. of """'".J Attorney Oen- Vitll- l,on awaiting ..... , passage In France r 11T 1 v coiuic inrrc manors 01 t nivcrMiy 01 nn H71 iTHrSllinS wun me uni-. i&ti uolumhia Charsed Under Defence Regulations I? A.r rorce uumura -r onar.i crcn was aescnoea DV.iviitnr. nt a TTnivrttv ni rhhh f German war- one senator. United States envoys Columbia publication have been ar- f-.fi Jade Estuary la various countries abroad were j rested on orders of the government if rrnoon. the Air charged with radlaUng sympathy f0r alleged infringement of Ihc De- : - ltincC8. The off I- for the Allied cause. fence 0f Canada regulations In con- said: "It U be- CommenUng m Toronto. Premier nection with comments made in the destroyers were Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario said April 1 issue In regard to the war. A. planes returned that Conant had not consulted . Jilm In regard to the speech. Had he done so. Mr. Hepburn said he' I TO I I H V A VJ would have suggested to him ' w ' " kj xum. Conanti the possibility of arousing International discussion Doubtless. Premier Hepburn said., Mr Conant felt very keenly on ,. me maucr. naving seen some oi his own relatives leave for overseas recenUy. SALARIES F ,.ne and Moselle p"wf" s"'Pr,st? At Low Scale For Teachers Here Convention Delegate Reports At the monthly mecUng of the Prince Rupert Teachers' Assocta BY ALLIES Wishes Of American I'eoole Were Weapons Germany Would Promptly Be Beaten, Says Reynaud PARIS. ADrtl 5: "If itood wishes fof the American people were w p pv ta p ripv leapons. the Allies would win this I II VI I h I I war tomorrow." said Premier Paul 11UVUUUUL Reynaud of France yesterday in a .ed to the people of the United Mira, Bound From Newcastle to Oslo, is Persistently Bombed by Germans OSLO, Norway, April 5. After having been bombed eight times by German planes, the NorwTglan passenger ship Mira, with two of her 107 passengers slightly Injured, arrived here today from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. The Mira started out In convoy but was not accompanied aU the way. Passengers said the first bomb- Ing occurred shortly after the trip said about progressive education, started and one of the attacking! Canada and British Columbia planes was believed destroyed by1 were much behind other parts of. the warships in the convoy. Two I i the British Commonwealth. The 'more attacks occurred on the fol- system of salaries In operation. lowing day. The fourth of the ser- r - 1 I h.a VAAnfmlVJirl fit1 (a. rt vrs ( r4 rwiMtvftArl f h A riAvf Hltf association, one that wouia inciuue, Canadlan60 ,00 teachers In adjacent areas. Among Items of correspond was an acicnowicagvur.. i - Hon. T. D. Pattullo of a onei 1 regarding local salaries that had miHi.it in him as a re- suit of his meeting a delegation of local teachers. On that occau he expressed surprise- at the low salaries. . . . ... . 11.. Arthur SUt A letter irom ,,!age. and 8c to 12.9c and 8c. American pounds, lie Onah, 10,000, 12.9c and 8c, Pacific. Canadian Gulvlk, 11,500, 12.7c and 8c, Royal. Cony, 14,000, 12.9o and 8c, Pacific. Kalen, 14,500, 12.5c and 8c. Stor- ton thanked tne assot" E ypsett, 11,000, 12.7c and 8c, their expressions of sympau.j. noyal. Provincial Constable Andrew Grant of Smlthers arrived in ne city on last night's train from he It s the visit. brief interior for a first time he has been here since a ,if.t M-hlch necessitated WHS n t.a 111 II. inc iiv id.nn "'"" iihre Hcrp n.n. n fl. II.J lil Uantr confined tO tne rnui' ' . ' i. .1 UliUltU- , " ".'"(, ww... 'members, Hospital for several wees. Lake' Blwa, 8,000, iz.5c ana bc, Storage. I.C.. 1,100. 11.1c and 8c, Pacific K. Y., 2,100, 12.5c and 8c, Royal. K. I 800. 11c and 8c, Storage. Congo. 3,000, U.lc and 8c, At lln. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C. I ' HIGHWAY REPORT SOON WASHINGTON, D. C Repre-' Mutative Warren G, Magnuson of Seattle announces that 'the Alaska llljhway Commission plans to recommend the selection of an fnland route touching- large population centres. He said the report of the Commission would ( be made to the President soon. GERMANY STALLING OFF BERLIN Total war may begin within half a year. In reply to a statement by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain that Germany had "mis- ed the bus" by not JtJlUnj stronr. responsible German ouar- 8tate . ters said: "Let's talk about France and Oreat Britain were! missing the bus in about sis amply strong to win the war and months from now." preserve the security and in teg- j v(V f 9 IVia n 1 1 1 a MsrlAts . t.M . nrH. u.., nrM.i-y utvii-, builulm, wkuo VfcfcSELS French outpost -T" f cd Reynaud. . Z 111 pi oy uie urrmin b and machine gun j . 1 1 . ii convention convention held new In in Vancouver Vancouver was was . s the main feature of business. This A rrtrp I I A I fjr K I SUT IN was given by T. L. Davlcs, presl-jxTll 1 rViV JL NORWEGIAN LONDON Plans are being j made by the British government, I it is reported, to produce cargo vessels on a mass basis and' upon i a vast scale the like of which has never been .known before. ucn yard will specialize in a certain type. UK ITA I.N OUT OF WOODS LONDON "The British hour of danger is past. We are out of the woods now. Britain Is ready for any emergency." So declares General Sir Edmund Ironside, British chief of military staff. "A fortnight ago I became sure of this. Britons would welcome a go at real war now." Stating that it was figured Germany had about a million men drawn up around the low countries, Sir Edmund said these countries had also had time to arrange to protect themselves. one of the best. There teachers ; when two passengers were injured ; r ""au d ,n were paid on the basis of their by splinters.. .A British destroyer ,,1??!! work as teachers. The slie of the came up and drove the attackers . 'i" I,,?., school or its location did not make off. one position more desirable than, The Mira, a vessel of 1152 tons, was slightly damaged. Halibut Sales Summary of officers. The meeting on, lom d 129c record as being In ,n J"U4 favor of a Wer I and 8c, WORRIED ABOUT ALASKA WASHINGTON Delegate .Anthony Dimon of Alaska urges says, and would be an effective starting place for an Invasion of North America. JOINT PARLIAMENT LONDON The Daily Mall said in a front page story today that the Idea of a British and French Parliament to deal with broad questions of common concern had already been taken up by leaders of the two nations but were sill In the visionary stage. It said the discussions had taken place In Paris and London. Patrol Vessel Claimed Sunk Germans Not Quite so Extravagant In Boasts of Losses Inflicted on British BERLIN, April 5. The Germans claim that their aircraft sank one -) small British patrol warship In the North Se, damaging five other Kokul, 2.100, lie and 8c, Storage, chant ships. earner Forecast Tomorrow's Tides E r. ,! ntirl Oupen Char. n. ? u 7" I 2r.i3 - Moderate norm High 0:30 ajn. 20.0 It. cloudy and somewhat 12:40 pjrt, 19.6 It. Low ... 6:50 ajn. SO It. J 1 1MB 18:58 p.m. 5.1 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS.H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER RX. N" 81 bh tlner Reaches Hono- Some Ob. , V.ken To Amerl- Peddling Of Communist Doctrine' Her Way "Down Under" can Solo ' 40 Comment On I May Be Classed As Treason 1 I Ontario Attorney General In France I PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940. WL '?FH F0R .Chloe Davis, Ased u nan am i riKLrKurAUANJJA TL:.i. A II I T 1 nineen, AAiiegeu 1 u Have Slain Family .Makes Proposal To Mexican Government In Regard To Oil Fxnronriatinn of American oil properties. Strength To Undergo Test Sandsplt polls, the total vote to date stands as follows: Hanson 4965 Weaver 2821 Cameron 1469 Morris ..... 151 Atll Inlet on the Queen Charlotte 'PROMOTION FOR ODLUM coolest individual! have ever seen," told the police today a. o. l. McNaughton, commander tVint cho hoaf tr. Honlh hoi- mnthpf unci hnhv hvnthpr ShP oi lni rlr" division. ARRFSTEn insisted that the fat?! bludgeoning of two youngest 8istere!0lJecIh?iiil2rV,Sr! iiuu vvvu uuiiv jis v v vjt iiiv iiivvjivt v"' (ti cio A Ji iv aic Wibli liic M LMJU Edgar Edwards expressed the be lief that the girl was responsible for a rrif- rvT1 TT.T the deaths of the eiUre groun- -Mrs. I K A H IN Lolllta Davis. 36: Daphne, 10; De-, borah, seven, and Marquis, three. Bulletins JLFn.UJLXjnLi.lU OTTAWA. April 5: (CP) Bie British Company Has Created to Handle Business stock fOnarlo Rifles at the age of seventeen. He served both in the South African and the First Great War, winning the D. S. O. and belnc mentioned In dispatches in the litter. MaVin? Making hi his hnm. home tn In Vjnnr., Vancouver. I he Is In civil life a newsnaDerman C nnH financier TV .tlsh company, wnl:h will operate which operated as a morning under close control of the govern- paper. ment along broad lines, has been , ... .created to handle trade between i 4 HJfliTX T''V Great Britain and the Bilkancoun- I V A Wg P I I III tries of Bulgaria, Rumania. Greece, Jugoslavia. Hungary and Turkey, it was announced In the House of Commons today by the Chancellor ARBITRATION I ADVOCATED &. NEW POST1: of the Exchequer. Sir John Simon. Fred Seibm To Industrial Department of Canadian National Railways WINNIPEG. April 5: An Im portant change Is announced to- connectlon with the Indus- department of the Canadian NaUonal Railways by W. R, Dev radio addrw particularly, dlrecti-staried"bf fore the' Alliesw 5H'C'f''9f'' 'Cordeil ' Hi "fnlSJi geHeraf man'afer. Trlls Is the appointment of Fred V. Set bert. B. Sc.. as industrial commissioner for the western region with headquarters in Winnipeg. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 5: Mr. Seibert, formerly superin- CP) Secretary of State Cordeil tendent of development and nat associated with mining and metal lurgy practically all his life and Is one of the best posted officials on natural resources In Western Canada. Steadily increased Industrial activity Is responsible for the change. Another Vote On War Policy Of ganlzatlons proposing to locate In Reynaud Government to be Western Canada. He will also de-Taken Next Week vote his time to the encourage- ment of Industries to establish PARIS. April 5: (CP Premier branches, especially those firms Paul Reynaud has agreed to a gen- which have not yet become Identl-eral debate In the Chamber of Dep- fled with the west," said Mr. Dev-uties leading to a confidence vote cnlsh. on war policy. This will take place Mr. Seibert was born In Bruce after a meeting of the Senate next County and graduated from the Thursday. THIS POLL V1UU1UISVVW ural resources investigator for the department. He Joined the Cana- Everybody at Mill Bay on Naas Rlv- dlan. National Railways In 1929 as er Supported Hanson and Mac- superintendent of natural re-keniie King Government .sources and since that time has i become Intimately connected with The people of Mill Bay, Naas Rlv-! the develooment of natural re-er cannery settlement, are "solid"! sources In the west. He Is a mem- with the Mackenzie King govern--ber of the Enclneerlng Institute ment and the Liberal member, Olof iof Canada and many other metal- Hanson. They voted unanimously Jurglcal organizations. for Hanson at the federal election last week, there not being a- single dissentient vote at this poll. The eight ballots cast there were all for the government candidate, returns from the poll, just received by the returning officer, T. W. Brown, show. Returns from Sandsplt, received Weather Forecast PRICE: & CENTS FUEHRER'S EXAMPLE Commander OI Second Overseas 'shortage of Metal In Reich Is Division Of Canadian Active Service Force To Be Major General OTTAWA. Anrtl 5: ff!P Rrlira. ' ' " ...... -mw - .. , ,, ., a T vx ranama uanai a crai Gordon conant ol Ontario unaer wnicn cussemination or numus iyiiiiuk nuri.uuiiicr ami oiimu uiumti uj mauns aier uenerai victor w. uaium, arrived in Honolulu suggesting that Canadians should .Communist propaganda would be Them to Death Shifts Blame for Deaths of whose appointment to command tores and refuelling, do everything In their Dower to regarded as treason and an of- ctA- IT-. n-,l MrWknr ltne second Canadian Active Ser hrlteved to be on the enlitt UnitpH Ktni infn h. ,,, 'fence sublect to imnositlon of the v aua or New Zealand on the side ol the Allies drew fire'dealh Penalty. An . ... 4 . r M 1 T U . J r . t - - . i . circles yesterday. One Senator as- vice Force division for overseas Indicated By Hitler In Strip-pin; Chancellory Of Brass BERLIN, April 5: (CP) At the order of Chancellor Adolf Hitler, collosal bronze doors and candelabra of the Chancellory will be thrown into the melting pots as an example to the nation for the 6erTjce- wU1 be Promoted to the purpose of Impressing the IOC LOb AINbfcLbb, AMnPT.FC; April Anril O. (Ul (rPChcx ) Lflloe TinvU UaUS, nrrpfl agea ran of Major-General which Is sity of using all metal resources. .11, uescriDea uy a psycniainst as uie ciueics.-uiuoueu, ine same, as xnat held by General'The metal doors will be replaced with wooden ones. t Living Cost Up . Three Percent The cost of living has risen ap- started hUl proximately three per cent In newspaper career as a reporter on Canada since the beginning of - the old Vancouver World and the war. It is announced by the LONDON. April 5. A large Brt-. founded . the Vancouver Rta Canadian war time prices con- trol board. It Is till lower. however, than It was In 1929. wholesale prices had risen fif- teen per cent and were now ' eight per cent higher than In 1938. Steps were being taken. It was stated, to guard against undue price rises. ONE PLANE ROUTS SIX Details "Of .flow 'British Flying-" Fortress Got Best Of Nails In Battle lAjMisvzi, Apni a: iisri ine story was told yesterday by an eye-witness for the London Eve- Hull ural will the nln& Standard of how a single said today that the United resources, continue States had nronosed arbitration tn work of this deDartment In tak-' &unaenana four-motored iour-moiorea nymg Mexico to settle the two-year dls- ins over his new duties as Indus-' fortress" of the Royal Air Force nub. over Moxipo-j. Prnmnrintinn trial commissioner He has been(Pul ,t0 rout slx merman Domoers In an engagement over the North Sea. One of the Nazi planes was brought down In flames, a second was forced to land In Norway where the crew was Interned and the four others took to flight. Although damaged Itself, the British according to Mr. Devenlsh. "Mr..P,an(! "ew 200 mlles DacK w us Selberfs department will offer base whlch 11 "ached safely. every assistance to industrial or- the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science. He spent some years Immediately after graduating In survey work in Northern Alberta with the Department of Interior and Control Ports In Australia Contraband Stations Are Being Established Down Under LONDON. April 5. Commencing University of Toronto In 1912 with next Monday, some Australian ports will be used as British contraband control bases, It Is announced. Foreign ships will be taken there for examination under blockade oper ations to ascertain the nature of I IIMAIMIIVll II IS late.r t00k 0V" the dutles of nat" ! theIr PrEes artf whether thejt might be consigned ultimately to Germany. Lived Here For Thirty Years Late Carl Jackson Was Esteemed Pioneer Of This City Funeral To Take Place Tomorrow" The late Charles Carl Jackson, ntnnr.Br nt h1 rltv urhn rilpfi A VC couple of days ago In the Prince is Northern British n Co high over - Hospital, was born umbla and low off Vancouver W-ta s tfen slxty.three yeif, ag0. and. The weather has been mild ... Mmo tn p,m,rt. 1qlft today, give nine for Hanson and .throughout the province with light 'd had made hl4 m he for Cameron with none for Weaver i s" . , T . 'since. He was well known and his or Morris. Taking Into account Mill Bay and -iuuutia bu itco.t nmuot giuik Ing to easterly. Part cloudy with no change In temperature. BAR GOLD LONDON. CIM The Montreal friends. Mr. Jackson 13 survived b'y four children Henry, Oke, Mrs. Margaret Webster and Erls. There are also four grandchildren Mickey and Leona Websted of Prince Rupert and Yvonne and Cart, Jackson price 'of bar ' cold on the London iof Vancouver. -. Jjf . 'patrol vessels as well as three mer-. Island? Is the only poU,jest to be marked was unchanged today nt The funeral will take place to- i heard from. j$37.54 per fine ounce. 1 morrow. 1