PACJETOUR Expert Optical Service Watch Clock and Jewelery Ilcpairinc, Hand Engravinc CIIAS. DODIMEAD Optometrist in Charge Licensee lor Numounts The very latest In eye-wear Phone 261 for Appointment Max Heilbroner JEWELER THE STOKE OF MANY GIFTS Just Arrived The Latest in Novelty Jewelery for Ladies' Summer Frocks Don't Forget Mothers' Day Sunday, May 12th WATCH OUR WINDOWS Waterfront Whiffs Halibut Landings This Year Substantially in Excess of Year Ago New Slate of Officers on Adelaide Good Sockeye Run Expected Halibut landings at the port of Prince Rupert for the 1940 season up to and including yesterday totalled 2j850,- wy pounds as compared with 2,537,200 pounds at, a corresponding date last year. This year's Canadian landings stand at 1,218,869 pounds as compared with 1,075,800 pounds a year ago while the American total is 1,631,800 pounds in comparison with 1,465,- 400 pounds. For he week ending mon manners in Prince Rupert dlsr irici. wmcn operaiea last yeaa will , 0 ... agam thU summer and ln ad 400 pounds made up of 374,100 dlUon. shannon Bay in Massert Xh- pounds Canadian and 418,000 let pounds American fish. Prices dur- tag the week held steady with the Ten vessels sold halibut catches high bid for American fish 9.9c and totalling 157.000 pounds at Seattle 7c; paid the Edgecumbe for 11,500 yesterday as follows: Polaris, 40,- week was 9.6c and 6c received by 00- San Juan- 10,8C and 9c Nor-the AJC for 2800 pounds and the man K- 13-000' Jun, 10c and low 8.8c and 6c paid the CoUlson 9c: Bertha U00. SebasUa. psjc for, 25000 pounds. . and c; Swift II.. 10.000, ooth. , j !9'sc and 9c; Mermaid, 900,' Whiz, With 'thfi j-eeulars now beint? on 9V and.. 9c; Spray. 18.000. Booth. vacation prlc to the opening up of lC. and!t?ci. Sable was sodat 5c. the summer season, an almost en- fJP, MJi'M 3c, iirejy new siaie oi reue: officers is .tv75Sj nftir mannlfiH Ik. rfu ti 1 " Adelaide which was in port j ester-day afternoon and evening on her regular weekly voyage. Capt. John Williams is in command. Gus Sullivan is chief engineer. Charles Young is purser and John Douglas, chief steward. All are regularly aboard boats of southern runs. Slim, iou'te tliat! "I always get a kick out of meeting Ben. He may bo fields away; but he's sure to yell, 'Hi, Slim, you're thatl Folks kid us, not knowing what it means . . , Back in '18, Ben's wife was pretty sick. I stuck around and did his chores. One sun-up he came into the barii Blaring oddly- at the package 6f tobacco in liU hand. I said, casual like, There's no other tobacco just like Old Chum.' But he was pointing to the name, Old Chum, 'You're just that!' be said . . I always wave back my package meaning, 'You too, and happy days!'" Canada At War 25 Years Ago May 4, 1915. Italy denounced Germany and Austria, co-members of the Triple Alliance. Most of 1st A-good run of sockeye salmon Is Canadian Division withdrawn to exoected in the Skeena River this reserve lines for rest after suffer-year. An active market is expect- tag severe losses at Battle of Ypres. ed both for sockeye and other var- Britain requisitioned Australian iettes of canned salmon. All sal- New Zealand ;neat supplies. poctrt pooch,, lad CUT COARSE FOR THE PIPE CUT FINE FOR ROLLING VOUR OWN BRITAIN FACED WITH RAISING CONTINENTAL ARMY (Continued Irom Page One) as far more orderly. The expansion of our Citizen Armies is .being made upon the machinery that exists in the Territorial Army and rZI," . ....i admirable 11 u i year since mat iriuwiiai Army was doubled, and it is nearly a year since the Militia Act. now the National Service Act. became law. This Act. enables the registration nf mrn h-(-"Nn certain aies and their calling up as and hrn reoulird. This does not metn that all the olntr mc-sary are not forthcoming by any means, but it does mean that the army can be formed and carried on with the least possible dislocation to Industry and that the civil life of the country can eo on as unlnterruDtedlv as other circumstances allow. Alreadv an orderly flow of tronns has begun from this country to overseas. I want to say a few words about even for that force. . tl Z. , T' improvisation had to be made, but It is common knowledge how short the nold armv um in jun - MKOC Uitll colt days, of guns, and of shells. and how hard put to it was on . Ji ft ifiat account, it was not until THE DAILT NEWS the militiamen. Well, they are Just talk about "Brass Hats" I will the young men of our raceTThey just say that, almost without ex-will sing when it rains like many ceptlon. these men have m their generations of British soldiers be- youth, been decorated for Qallant-fore them. I don't think I neediry in the Field. Some of these say more. And the young officers? 'twice, three or even four times. Here a new system Is already in They have been well shot over, practice and to my mind it Is. an There is Just one more comparl- system. The future son that I want to make between young officer goes with all the 1940 and 1914. and this Is in re-other militia boys to the depot gard to our relations with our where they are trained and at the 1 Allies the French. You will re- end of two months a certain quota member that in the last war It of young militiamen are nomln- ws not unOl three and a half -ted to be trained as officers, and years had passed that unity of iey are nicked on a system of command was conceded and that marking, without favor or affec- Marshal Fbch was appointed "Oen '.ion, and quite regardless of what they were before. Boys look very innentec! experience of its pre- sure grudge my saying this, that uvvcoouia in me iasi war ana tne successors loaay nave one whole science of Munition making . enormous advantage which was Is no new thing as It was in 1915. 'denied to them ln 1914. The hlgh-Ori.;the other hand the equipment commanders of today were so oi an army is a very much more to speak bred and born on the complicated business than It was theories and practice of Contin-tweiity-flve years ago. There . are ental warfare, of warfare on the wo, m comparison with the last grana scale, thev know th!r remit over the world, and thev are physically fit and mentally alive. They live simply and they uc nara. iney are ouue votm the new young entry to the army, enough. And to those ' who like to I - 1 HARMONY HOYS ON THE WESTERN FRONT alllv sbbbbbbbbHbbShIIIhJJbbbbbVi w.is ing ox memDers of Britain's Hoyal Air Force Is trying out the power of music on theSavage breast, acrow the way. themselves the "Orosvenor -House. Orchestra," T 11,?uscrbeln lhc "a of their dugoul ' It is aba the name of - ' a ritzy Londor. hotel. erallsslmo." We have started this war with unity of command, and much alike in battle dress. The we have started particular quality to which weight Is given is that of leadership. The results I am told are very Interesting in one training unit the boy who was the first choice had been a farnr laborer and in another the first choice was the son of a small contractor who em ployed pwfeu five. live. I 1 do uu not nut know Miuw whether wucuici great confidence this war with in the French High Command. Relations that exist between our commanders and their French comrades in France are so close, that when one recalls the misunderstandings and disagreements which occurred In the last war. these ""car seem OtVUl almost atuiuah unbelievable. UUUCIICTJUIC. I 1 rV D ... the provision and the ac tual delivery of weapons, guns, of shells, of tanks, and vehicles, of hutting, 0f signalling equipment, of engineering stores, and the whole of the parahpernalia which is necessary for a modern army . In 1914 it never had been contemplated that we should send to the Continent more than the original Expeditionary Force and it was very soon clear that the scales on which equipment had been calculated crausauon qi me army, dui i am wm icu you me same mmg. mere quite sure as an old soldier that is more to it than that. The sen-it Is a very sound way of dlscov- timent of belonging to one army erlnj leaders. foes right down to the rank and I come to the class of officer, file of the army, and to theitlent of an Insane asylum, enters that which is called "The Middle rjeoole of France with whom they I the picture. A blood-chllting cll Piece," that is Regimental Subal- oage. The army has gone baek to I max ensues. Other outstanding terns. Captains and Majors. The France not as foreigners, but as Middle piece in ?very army is a friends. difficult thing to get really level. and It Is no use blinking at the fact that in a Citizen Army, as In all other armies, you will have In TZTtTt -nab inequality there will be weaknesses and there will be mis- fits. There is only one thing for UN in MARRIAGE that, and that is a rigid selection , Mis FJUabeth Chandler Becomes for promotion and a system of in- Bride of James Cowrll of filtration from units that are ef I Fortress SUnab fieient, of officers into units of those that imt are are not 1101 quite qulle 80 so good. June' of 1915 that the Ministry of KOod-l A u,tt but Interesting wedding Munitions was begun-after ten Whle -ueUon 15 dellt'. U took place at 7:30 last night at months of war .U H01 nd sometimes It is the deanery. Very Rev. James B. Again it was formed on verv anKint' but surelT th Ines Olbson DD.. dean of St. Andrews lltrie and it rw .,. mu,t accepted, for It may be a Cathedral. officiating when Miasl year1 that its output became reallv qufUon of UVM: and P""nal Elizabeth Ruth Chandler, daughter1 effective. Today, we have had in prefefence murt lre Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Chandler of existence the Ministry of Supply Good Officers thU city, became the bride of James for some time, but, as it has not1 As to the higher commanders, ' wgU. of the Forlre4 SnaU' sUrted from nothing, but with a and aff. I am full of hope; . f "P h"e The bride Rlfn lot of good spade work done for it, some comparisons are odious, and n marriaRe by her father. MUs before it came into existence, it I am not going to make comDari-,ETa handler was bridesmaid and pounds and the-low 85c and 7c 000 Punk- Whiz. 93ic and 8i,cilnas at its disposal men whose between the higher com-tScreant 8 McNeil was grooms-1 paid the McKlnley and the Levia- Mariner. tfJOOO. New England, 8!icjnamc are very weU-known in the anders that we have today and m.an 011,7 reUlv and immediate, thaw fn f Annnn -n and 9c! Shlrlev J.. ii.oon Washlner.: Industry of this countrv inHnttn those under whom wo hart fh'Irtend J attended the ceremony. 000 pounds respectively. For Can- ton' 10c and 9c: Summit, 10 .000. Se-ilUeU. 00111 as regards the man-inonor to serve many years ago. ' rwi , Briae . va . born and rad in adian fish the high Drice of the W4C anavc; Kecovery. Iv.-l"1"1"1' or rat worx people has'oul no' one oi me jaier win i am months since Prince Rupert made a earn win intro rr ..., DRY DOCK Mi Daily NeM3uiirica "AdVotink war very much heavier burdens Boche alreadv. That Is the only in the claims of anti-aircraft de- comparison that I am going to - - fence and of an enormously ex- make, but I am going to say panded Air Force. But in spite of something more. .PRINPF RT TPPDT these additional hnrrin .t .... "" lv r 1 ... "c tuiuuunacra ana nigner surely be many months , ahead of staff officers of today we have a ourjast experlence-I hope so. for body of men brought up In the it U upon supply that depends as same school of thought, they have much as anything else firstly the worked together for years, they - w hiuwii 4uu secona- nave held since war iy ine tignung power or our ar- ties all mies. The Slen ThenuelTes Now about the men themselves responslblll- i MYSTERY IN FILM -Cat and Canary" and "Llano Kid-Are Showing at Capitol Theatre Here A mysterious, foreboding atmos-here of dire events to come key- otes the picture "The Cat and the "anary" which Is featured on the screen of the Capitol Theatre to- j night with Bob Hope and Paulettej Ooddard co-starred. The story starts with Hope. Miss Ooddard and four other potential heirs going to a deserted and lonely mansion In the Louisiana bayous for the reading of a will. Dimming Hunts, mysterious tolling of a bell and the prediction by the housekeeper that one of the eight persons present will be dead by morning accompany the reading of the will. MUs Ooddard Is named heiress with the provision that a second heir will get the estate should she die or become Insane within a month. Then The Cat." the murderous escaped na- players In the supporting cast Include John Beale. Douglass Mont. gomer. Dale Sondegaard. Elizabeth Patterson and Oeorge Zueco, Ml'LETTE Goddard In "The Cat And Canary" on a d Llano Kid; ... dit who posts a son of rich Mr x hope of obtain:.' . and Jewels. TV. 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