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southern
fringe
or
the
country
Making
the
first
visit
of
a
rttgnir.g
King
to
Canada,
the
royal
couple
wis)
arrive
at
Quebec
Mav
1J
n
!!
ii.
8.
RepuUe
and
leave
Jnra
Halifax
on
the
tame
vessel
Jxt
l
'
on
their
return
to
England.
Three
and
a
half
days
will
be
ipe::t
ii
the
United
State
between
j
thje
date.
They
will
mil
each
prou.v
.!
capital
and
all
Urus
fr.
but
Wtndior.
Ontario.
0-
VrtorU
Day
Their
Majwtlo
r.:,
be
to
Winnipeg.
From
there
tfcey
T
il
travel
wet
with
stops
at
fn
a
Mnooe
Jaw.
Medicine
Hal
tr1
falnary
There
will
be
a
b
'
pfop
at
KarhkMM
and
from
ViRf-iiter
Their
Majestrea
.will
proceM
to
Victoria.
On
the
return
Can
there
wUl
be
brief
stop
ai
Nor
Westminster
and
Chllliwacfc.
Ei:
,ard
on
the
prairie
Edmonton
lad
Saskatoon
will
be
vUlted.
The
detaiU
or
the
British
Oolum
bis
!.!,erary
are
a
follows:
Amv
Vancouver
10
ajn.
Mon-til
May
20.
Leave
Vancouver.
5
pm.
Arrive
Victoria.
8
pjn.
Leave
Victoria
9
ia
Wednesday
Mar
S3
Arme
Vancouver
noon.
Leave
Vancouver
1
pm.
Aimost
all
the
travelling
will
be
done
by
train
and
as
far
at
possible
by
day.
Steamer
will
be
used
In
VivlUng
Prince
Edward
Island
and
Vancouver
Island.
In
th
Ma:
'imei
there
will
be
some
mot
onr.g
Except
at
Ottawa.
Victoria
r.d
Quebec.
Their
Majestic
witi
pend
the
nlghta
on
their
specla
train
On
June
7
the
King
and
Queer,
vil
cross
Into
the
United
State
t
Niagara
Falls
and
will
return
there
from
Washington
on
June
12
A
visit
will
also
be
paid
to
New
foundland
on
June
17
after
Ca
nsda,
sir
Henry
Walwyn.
chief
commissioner
of
Newfoundland,
has
Wen
advised.
In
announcing
the
Itinerary.
Premier
King
expressed
confidence
Weather
Forecast
Oeneral
Synopsis
A
storm
appears
to
be
centred
southwest
of
Vancouver
Island
and
unsettled
showery
weather
has
been
general
on
the
coast
while
over
the
Interior
it
continues
milder.
Prince
niinert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Strong
east
winds,
Part
cloudy
and
somewhat
colder,
wun
rain
and
sleet
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Yanfouvcr
lsla,na
rain
culties
DRIVERS
TO
BE
TESTED
All
Motorists
In
British
Columbia
Must
Demonstrate
Capabilities
VANCOUVER,
Jan
4:
CP
I
British
Columbia
motorists
face
th
'
possibility
of
having
to
learn
to
drive
all
over
again
if
they
fall
in,
examinations
being
launched
thU
week
by
the
provincial
Motor
Vehicles
Department.
Applicant
for
operator'!
lie-
enceo,
whether
they
are
beginner
or
have
been
driving
cart
for
years,
will
be
required
to
take
a
will
ten
examination
on
provisions
of
the
Motor
Vehicle
Act
and
to
undergo
tests
for
hearing,
eyesight
and
reaction
to
various
em-,
ergeneiea.
Persons
falling
to
meet
minimum
standards
will
be
refused
their
permits.
Officiate
say
the
new
plan
Is
In
reality
an
experiment
In
aeeiden
prevention.
It
follows
Inauguration
last
year
of
a
30-mlle-an-heur
speed
limit
In
cities
and
munlcl-J
palltles
and
a
compulsory
automobile
testing
policy.
f
Sucre
of
last
Years
measures
was
demonstrated
In
statistics
for
the
first
eleven
months
of
1937
and
1938.
The
number
of
motor
vehicle
licences
Issued
in
thai
period
Increased
from
111.669
to
114.420
but
the
number
of
accident
dropped
from
4.506
to
4.369.
Fatalities
fell
from
109
to
91
and
the
number
of
persons
suffering
Injuries
decreased
from
2.414
to
2.153.
The
destructive
nature
or
some
accidents,
however.
Increased,
I
property
damage
from
$422,748
to
$144,039.
'
Testing
Machine
One
of
the
novel
testing
machines
that
will
be
used
in
the
new
The
system
Is
new
In
Canada
buti
Is
In
Its
early
stages
In
a
few
of
the(
American
states.
a
4
s
hammI
rnv4r
DA
LA
1)1
ER
AT
TUNISIA
OABES,
Tunisia
Premier
Edouard
Daladier
today
inspected
Tunisia's
Maginot
Line
of
the
Desert"
and
called
it
strong
enough
to
resist
any
attack.
"Tunisia
it
safe,"
was
Daladier's
comment
after
his
tour
of
defence
works
facing
the
Italo-Llbran
frontier.
Speaking
at
a
banquet
last
night,
Daladier
told
French
officers
that
France
had
adequate
strength
to
enforce
security
of
Tunisia.
.
ARTESA
CAPTURED
IIENDAVE
Two
insurgent
columns
are
reported
to
hare
raptured
the
little
textile
town
of
Artesa
known
as
the
"key
to
Catalonia"
and
only
sixty-five
miles
from
Barcelona,
the
provisional
capital
of
loyalist
Spain.
Artesa
is
also
the
controlling
point
of
three
main
highways.
Advance
forces
of
the
rebels
entered
the
town
last
night.
NEW
JAPANESE
CABINET
TOKYO
Emperor
llirohlto
today
commanded
Baron
Koi-chlro
Hiranuma,
Fascist
inclined
President
of
the
Privy
Council,
to
form
a
new
cabinet
succeeding
Trlnce
Konoye's.
The
latter
last
night
resigned
with
the
declaration
that
the
war
in
China
had
eom
s
Uge
where
new
policies
under
a
new
cabinet
should
be
formulated.
Feeling
is
so
intense
in
sonie
quarters
that
fears
are
expressed
for
the
personal
safety
of
some
of
the
retiring
ministers.
NEW
ENVOYS
NAMED
OTTAWA
Lieut.
Col.
G.
P.
Vanler,
counsellor
and
secretary
to
the
Canadian
High
Commissioner's
office
In
London.
Is
appointed
minister
to
France.
Jean
Desy,
counsellor
to'
the
Canadian
legation
at
Paris,
is
named
minister
to
the
dual
legations
of
Belgium
and
Netherlands.
Designation
of
lion.
It,
R.
Bruce,
Canadian
jninbter
to
Japan,
is
also
officially
announced.
.
,
BUDGE
BEATS
VINES
NEW
YORK
Don
Budge
made
his
professional
tennis
debut
succevsfully
last
night
by
outsteadying
Ellsworth
Vines,
ranked
as
No.
1
pro
for
the
past
five
years,
6-3,
6-1,
6-2
before
a
capacity
crowd
of
16,000
in
Madison
Square.
Garden.
examinations
Is
called
a.
"reacto-
4
nonnnrx
mn
4
nnrxtr
meter
"
It
la
like
a
standard
auu-
A
I
I
I
I
VH
I
I
I
K
A
I
h
I
I
Y
mobile
front
seat
in
which
a
motor-
"VV
V
U
iJ
JLf
IS
I
IXrWJLtU
I
that
Canadians
would
understand
(ljt
slt,
tnin(i
a
driving
wheel
and
mai
-
the
me
intrlcacle
ii.unLii-o
ui
of
tne
mc
Dii-
snua-
gocs
through
nrouBh
the
tne
motions
motions
oi
of
oner-
opcr-
FIGHTING
IN
CHINA
SHANGHAI
Severe
fighting
on
widely
separated
fronts
is
reported
after
a
holiday
lulL
Chinese
say
they
have
broken
the
long
stalemate
along
the
Sui
River,
fifty
miles
south
of
Kiukiang
on
the
Y'angsle
River,
forcing
a
crossing
and
capturing
two
towns
on
the
north
bank.
PATTULLO
IN
EDMONTON
EDMONTON
Here
yesterday
on
his
way
to
Ottawa.
Premier
T.
I).
Pattullo,
In
an
Inters-lew,
emphasized
the
Importance
of
a
realignment
of
taxation
fields
so
that
the
provinces
would
be
enabled
to
raise
funds
to
carry
on
responsibilities
assigned
to
them
under
the
Act
of
Confederation.
VICTORIA
PIONEER
DIES
VICTORIA
.Mrs.
Jessie
Write,
81.
is
dead
here.
She
was
born
in
Victoria,
the
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Irving
who
landed
In
1851
from
England
via
Cape
Horn.
ALASKA
VIA
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
The
executive
cf
the
United
Farmers
of
Alberta
Is
urging
the
advantages
of
a
route
through
Alberta
for
the
Alaska
Highway.
It
is
rontended
that
it
would
cost
less
to
build
and
could
be
more
easily
maintained.
.
DEPT
IS
WA8HINOTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
71,-u.
-f'thll-arhlnir
stnff
portatloil
laWS.
The
report
of
the
committee
Is
..
..
I
i-i
tiuv,
o-hnnt
re.
of
Booth
Memo
hhfJ"'
'
expected
to
lend
further
momen-
lona.
i
i
MAY
BE
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1939.
them
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
I
Prince
George
this
morning
from
',
Vancouver.
They
are
identified
with
the
Northern
Construction
Co.
and
J.
W.
Stewart
Ltd.
and
the
E.
J.
Ryan
Contracting
Co.
and
are
here
to
get
work
j
started
on
fortifications
being
established
by
the
Department
if
National
Defence
at
the
entrance
of
Prince
Rupert
Harbor
on
both
the
Kaien
and
Dlgby
4.
Island
sides.
I
Tti
wnrtr
11
9c
lh
'
construction
of
an
air
bate
at
Aliford
Bar
Onecn
Charlotte
Ulandv
fr
which
the
same
concerns
hare
the
contract,
will
be
started
at
once.
1
DROWNING
ACCIDENT
John
Hammer
Beliet-ed
To
Have
Stepped
Into
Water
at
Lowe
Inlet
Bringing
in
the
body
of
John
Hammer,
fisherman
and
cannery
.watchman,
which
was
recovered
by
dragging
at
Lowe
Inet.
down
the
coast
from
here,
where
he
had
been
drowned
some
time
between
noon
on
December
22
and
6
o'clock
on
the
evening
of
December
24,
the
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.
L
8
returned
to
Prince
Rupert
Tuesday
afternoon.
It
Is
believed
that
Hammer
had
tied
his
boat
up
at
the
cannery
float
and
had
accidentally
stepped
overboard.
Circumstances
appear
to
have
been
entirely,
accidental
There
were
no
witnesses,
deceased
having
been
alone
there
at
the
time.
Hammer
was
born
July
3,
1901.
in
Norway.
He
had
been
farming
In
Saskatchewan
before
coming
to
this
district
some
years
ago.
He
was
a
single
man
and
a
brother
left
Saskatchewan
last
Novembei
for
Norway.
Deceased
had
been
naturalized
In
1928.
The
remains
were
turned
over
tc
the
B.
C
Undertakers
and
burial
took
place
this
afternoon.
;
p.
y
mvj
tbn
and
the
large
amount
of
atlnr
a
car
n
tests
the
drivers'
i;MPonilbilily
Tlaced
by
Dies
Com-
Skiff
With
Clothing
But
No
Person
firP
LOSS
YY
cLS
sround
to
be
covered
In
such
a
wd
of
reacu0n
to
various
dim-
limited
space
of
time
made
It
Im
possible
to
arrange
visits
to
many
Places.
I
mittee
for
Un-American
Activities
Aiwnicy
ucri
uv
..
.......v.
Th8
Dlcj
CommlUee
on
unAmer
says
S
II
ii
is
is
priHJii-iiiuut
pjuon.iiiukii.t
i
sii-t.
an
believes
leves
they
they
more
"accident
conscious.
opening
of
Congress
yesterday.
It
will
require
more
than
a
year,
larMi
r-.DonslDllltv
uiion
the
De-
to
subject
all
drivers
to
the
testa.
uartment
0f
Labor
for
a
large
part
The
motor
vcnicie
urHi'
ot
subversive
and
espionage
actlvl
Aboard
Found
in
Ecstall
River
The
finding
by
Joe
Brown
of,
Held
Down
Low
.
....
p.
Percentare
of
Actual
Loss
to
Amount
of
Property
Involved
River
of
a
derelict
skiff
...
,
In
.u
the
i
lcei
urauiyingiy
low
effect
the
tests
will
have
but
he
lean
activities,
reporting
In
the.
or
the
EcsUU
River
about
three-
will
make
drivers
House
or
uepreseniauves
at
me
quarters
of
a
mile
below
Brown's!
property
value
Involved
by
fire
sawmill
and
opposite
Beaver
Flats,
S
In
Prince
Rupert
during
1938
totall
suggests
the
possibility
of
another
ed
$40,935,
the
actual
loss
trom
fire
trag'y.
Provincial
police
were
en-
for
the
year
being
held
down
to
the
deavourlng
today
to
ascertain
th
creditable
total
of
$3,536
or
well
un
plans
to
hold
examinations
In
Van-
t,cs
and
propaganda
In
the
United'
owner
of
the
skiff
and.
It
possible,
der
ten
per
cent,
or
the
total
fire
couver.
Victoria
and
the
larger
cen-
sutcs
Tne
committee
accused
the',
determine
whether
there
had
been
loss
of
$3,536
during
the
year
$3,356
tres
first.
Travelling
units
then
Department
of
falling
to
efrectlvely
any
untoward
Incident.
was
to
property
and
$180
to
con-
wlll
be
sent
to
other
districts.
exercise
Us
powers
In
enforcing
de-'
it
Is
a
green
boat,
flat-bottomed
tents.
Value
ot
contents
Involved
with
square
stern,
eight
or
nine
was
$17,545.
or
the
$236
or
property
feet
In
length.
There
was
a
rope
loss
from
fire
In
December
$230
was
In
the
boat
which
also
contained
In
the
Stork
building
on
Second
Av-
trm,
.u
iur"ra
1
evening
V;'TX
nfter
after
st
spend
cndlnK
n
g
u
tl.c
c
turn
to
the
move
looking
to
the
re-
a
pair
or
dress
gloves,'
rubber
coac
enue
and
$6
to
a
h
cl2
8
wlnds
or
lcs,Sunday
uthfnst
f
m
rj
cloudy
and
mild
with
occasional
Christmas
holiday
season
In
Vic
house
on
Third
Oeorge
Cope-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
8.
D.
JohnMoo
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
Zl.
Bralorne,
11.50
ask.
Aztec.
.05.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.35.
Dentonia,
.06
tt.
Golconda,
.06
ask.
Minto,
.01
Vv
Falrvlew.
.03.
Noble
Five,
.03
Vs.
Pend
Oreille.
1.80.
Pioneer.
2.47.
Porter
Idaho,
.02
i.
Premier.
255.
Reeves
M:Donald,
.24..
.
Reno,
2V.
Rellel
Arlington,
.13;
-
Reward.
.054.
Salmon
Gold.
.10.
Premier
Border.
.01.
Stlbak
Premier,
1.71.
Home
Gold.
JOl
ask.
Grandview.
.05.
Quatsino,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.29.
Calmont,
.64.
C.
&
E.,
2.75.
Freehold,
.07.
Hargal,
2d
ask.
McDougal
Segur,
22.
Mercury,
.14
ask.
Okalta,
1.70.
Pacalta.
.11.
Home
Oil.
3.70.
Toronto
Beattie.
U8.
Central
PaU
254.
Gods
Lake,
25.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.15.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
12.
Pickle
Crow,
5.10.
San
Antonio,
1.30.
Sherritt
Gordon,
15.
Smelters
Gold,
.02
Stadacona,
1.
Francoeur,
20.
Moneta,
18.
Bouscadlllac,
.08.
Thompson
Cadillac,
25.
Bankfleld,
22.
East
Malartlc.
2.77.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.70.
Aldermac
.49.
Kerr
Addison.
1.80.
Ucht
Gold.
1.62.
Int.
Nickel.
55.00.
NorancVa,
81.00.
Con.
Smelters,
60.75.
Athona.
.05
Vi.
Hardrock,
1.75.
Barber
Larder,
.13.
Fernland,
Jl.
Dominion
Bridge.
36.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.98.
Oklend.
.26.
Mosher,
.18.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.52.
PROUD
PIONEER
WINNIPEO.
Jan.
4:
(CP)
Anderson.
81.
Port
Arthur.
Is
proud
railway
pensioner.
He
drove
the
last
spike
In
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
at
Jackflsh,
Ont..
May
16,
1885.
joining
the
steel
being
laid
from
East
to
West.
On
a
visit
here
he
displayed
the
spike
pre-!
sented
to
him
In
1933.
Macey's
Coffee
House
PRICE:
5
TENTS
Ro
v
scvdt
Talks
On
Munich
Peace
KlngY
itinerary
Is
Announced
"'Storms
From
Abroad"
Are
Day
In
Victoria
And
Vancouver
Each
With
Brief
Visits
Elsewhere
Tour
Will
Be
Largely
of
Southern
Fringe
of
Dominion
Where
Most
of
Population
is
Concentrated
OTTAWA,
January
4:
(CP)
Described
by
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
as
"final,"
the
it-
inerary
of
the
visit
of
King
George
and
Queen
Elizabeth;
to
Canada
this
summer
has
been
placed
before
the
public
It
provides
for
almost
fifty
iKsrsonal
appearances,
bring
ing
Their
Majesties
to
the
most
populous
districts
on
the
FINAL
BULLETINS
Directly
Challenging
To
?i
America,
President
Feels
FORT
WORK
i
COMMENCES
"Undeclared
Wars,"
"Deadly
Armaments"
and
"New
Aggression"
Must
Be
Met
by
United
States,
Chief
Executive
Tells
Congress
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
January
4:
CCP)
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
told
the
United
States
Congress
contractors
Arrive
From
Vancouvet
and
the
the
world
today
that
peace
had
not
been
"assured"
To
surt
operations
At
En-
.
at
Munich
and
that
"storm
from
abroad"
directly
chal-trance
of
Harbor
lenged
American
democracy.
Addressing
a
joint
session
of
the
Senate
and
House
of
Representatives,
the
President
u.
umDtn
ana
ii.
r.
surer
,.
.
..,
.
.
.
asserted
that
undeclared
wars,'
"deadly
armaments"
and
"new
I
aggression"
threatened
three
Institutions
which
were
lndlspenslble
to
I
America
religion,
democracy
and
!
International
good
faith.
He
added
that,
only
through
unity,
both
(physical
and
spiritual,
could
these
J
storms
be
kept
from
the
United
States.
Giving
notice
that
he
would
make
recommendations
In
a
lew
days
"for
the
essentials
or
derence
against
dangers
we
cannot
safely
.
assume
will
not
come,"
Mr.
Roose-Kelt
warned
ot
the
danger
rrom
In
filtration
ot
philosophies
or
force
Into
the
western
hemisphere.
In
a
special
message
to
Congress
next
week,
the
President
will
call
for
large
increases
la
United
States
derencei
'
iSteamer
Had
i
Very
Rough
Time
!0ff
Island
Coast
I
i
VICTORIA,
Jan.
4:
Insurance
underwriters
today
examined
th4
stormwracked
freighter
Boulder-jpool
as
workmen
began
straight
ening
out
the
ship's
deckload
of
lumber
which
was
loosened
by
huge
waves
Monday.
The
only
apparent
damage
the
ship
suffered
was
buckled
stanchions
and
broken
and
dented
bulwark
plates.
Meanwhile
Captain
Robert
Cole
and
two
passengers,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
'M.
A.
McLeod
ot,
Vancouver,
said:
"Glad
to
be
out
or
It."
Two
hugs
waves
smashed
over
the
Britisher's
bow
and
crashed
the
deckload
Into
the
cabins.
REVENUE
DECREASE
Prince
Rupert
People
Paid
Less
In
Excise
Taxes
In
1938
Than
For
Five
Years
Customs
and
excise
collections
at
Prince
Rupert
for
the
calendar
year
or
1938,
totalling
$173,852.76,
were
j
the
lowest
tor
any
year
since
1933,
Indicating
that
less
imported
goods
were
being
used
by
people
of
the
district.
Month
by
month
excise
collections
were
as
follows
In
1938,
figures
for
1937
also
being
shown
for
comparison:
January
$
8,027.74,
February
14,739.50
March
...
39.787.18
April
4,727.79
Alex,
May
9.539.79
I
June
12.778.62
July
13.978.96
August
2096.47
September
20,441.60
October
10,133.45
November
10,348.26
December
8,552.30
$
7,903.52
7,865.69
20,773.90
22,718.40
25,721.92
13,63832
11,01050
29,288.21
12.573.81
11,318.91
14,063.81
30,333.41
Totals
$173,852.76
$207,436.61