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141
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TAXI
I
v
XXVIII
No.
V
a
19:25
17.1
It.
12:40
p.m.
5.1
It.
t
$54.314
000.
iin
$11,068,000.
'039,
was
$3.157334,000
with
"
liabilities
of
$3,642,049,000
W
active
assests
of
$484,715,600.
Railway
Finances
increased
deficit
of
the
Ca-
M-n
National
Railways
last
fls-
r1
year
the
minister
of
finance
Joined,
Jumped
Dominion
ex-f'lslllures
on
government-owned
,
Pltrprlscs
to
$58567.000.
ud
$14.-
POOO.
The
eovernmpnt
nlsn
nrtvnnred
N94.0O0
to
the
railway
for
capl-j
V
Purposes
but
$50,000,000
was
Jl'ald
through
ft
envprnmpnt-
"iranteed
Canadian
National
Pd
l-sue
I
BEAR
CATS
I
International
Air
Effect
on
Canada
WIN
TITLE
:
net
national
debt
at
March
fort
Arthur
Team
Scores
Third
Victory
Over
Montreal
to
Take
Allan
Cup
At
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year,
pending
passage
of
the
Canadian
.uw.000
was
outstanding
In
National
Railways
ouagci.
'way
temporary
loans.
There
The
budget
contained
few
sur
,a5
a
temporary
loan
of
$1,500,000
prises.
MONTREAL,
April
25:
(CD-Port
Arthur
Rear
Cats
defeated
Montreal
Royals
6
to
5
here
last
night
to
win
the
Allan
Cup,
emblematic
of
world's
senior
hockey
championship.
The
Rear
Cats
took
three
games
to
win
in
the
best
out
of
five
series.
A
rally
In
the
third
period
gave
the
Rear
Cats
three
goals
in
less
than
three
minutes
last
night.
As
Elsewhere,
States
Minister
lis
Dominion
Amontr
First,
However,
to
Swinir
Upward
From
Recession
Deficit
of
$55,000,000
Announced
Railway
Deficit
and
Wheat
Losses
OTTAWA,
April
25;
(CP)-Like
1937
but
in
a
more
r.King
degree,
the
year
1938
was
packed
with
drama
and
11
;
n
lion,
nutnus
i,
luiiiiui,
iiiiiumlt
01
nuance,
;
Ed
o
House
of
Commons
In
introducing
his
budget
to-
iv
Throughout
his
speech,
the
Minister
of
r
inance
em-
"1
the
incidence
of
the
international
situation
dur-:
two
years
on
Canadian
1
A
tenie
public
had
t
more
and
more
at-d.pl'imatlc
and
military
.
.0(1
Irom
"rrrtrslon
to
:
economic
barbarism
"
'
i1
occasionally
emerged
r
buried
again
In
a
new
j,"
and
uncertainty.
Un-t.jyi
Oreat
Britain
had
.on
severely.
Canada
T.
ng
the
first
to
show
.
tipturn
'avorable
to
Canada's
he
minuter
Hid.
in-pre
-season
crop
proa-
wng
livestock
and
Bn-'
a
lumber
markets,
b-.T.iUrr.
Improved
for-r'
British,
Columbia.
1
mentioned.
va
th:
"an;
lumber
area
The
-l
.strtes
appeared
de-brncfit
from
Improving
owh"Te
DritUh
and
defence
expenditures
benefitting
general
con-
nig
Deficit
revenue
revenue
estimated
estimated
hYilh
at
C09.MO
and
expenditure
at
TAX
AND
TARIFFS
No
Changes
of
Importance
are
Announced
by
Minister
of
finance
In
nudget
Bulletins
FASCIST-
NAZI
CHECK-UP
VANCOUVLR
Ihe
British
Columbia
command
of
the
Canadian
Legion
has
urged
the
Dominion
Command
to
support
a
national
surtey
of
Nazi
aiu
I'ascUt
activities
in
Canada,
the
registration
of
all
aliens
and
reiusal
of
admission
to
foreign
refugees
to
the
country.
FLOODS
IN
QUEBEC
RICHMOND,
Quebec
Many
acres
of
this
part
of
Quebec
are
covered
with
silt
after
deep
floods
have
receded.
For
a
time
streets
of
Richmond
were
five
fret
under
water.
.
ON
WAY
HOME
SANDIEGO
Homeward
bound
for
Esquimau
after
a
training
cruise
to
the
West
Indies,
four
Canadian
destroyers
Ottawa,
Uestlgouche,
St.
Laurent
and
"raser
sailed
from
here
yester
day.
COURTING
R0UMANIA
iRritain
Endeavouring
To
Draw
j
That
Nation
Away
From
Rome-i
Rcrlin
Axis
BUCHAREST.
Roumanla,
April
25:
(CP'
Interest
centres
In
what
Is
believed
to
be
a
British
attempt
to
draw
Roumanla
away
from
the
Rome-Berlin
axis.
A
British
economic
commission
headed
by
Sir
Frederick
Lelth
Ross,
which
has
reached
Bucharest.
Is
expected
to
offer
extensive
credits
to
this
country
and
may
also
discuss
political
and
military
relations.
.'
?
WHAT
DOES
THIS
MEAN?
Speculation
About
Return
Of
British
Ambassador
To
Germany
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(OtxirtMf
b.
O.
Jotwrtoa
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.18.
Bralome.
10.25.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.10.
Dentonla,
.02
Falrvlew,
.04.
Oold
Belt.
.49
(ask).
Hedliy
Mascot,
1.14.
Minto.
.01
ft.
Noble
Five.
.02.
Pacific
Nickel,
.12.
Pcnd
Orlelle,
1.30.
Pioneer.
2.40.
Premier
1.88.
Privateer,
1.07.
Reno.
22.
Relief
Arlington,
.10.
Salmon
Gold,
.10.
Sheep
Creek.
1.08.
Cariboo
Hudson.
2SVt.
Oils
A.
P.
Con,
:14i.
v-Calmont,
.34.
C.
&
E.,
1.96.
Freehold,
.03Vi.
Home.
2.20.
Pacalta.
.05.
Royal
Canadian
.17.
Okalta,
1.00.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.19.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.31.
Beattle.
1.08.
Central
Pat.,
2.15.
Cone.
Smelters.
47.75.
East
Malartlc.
231.
Fernland,
.04.
Francoeur,
.lSt'.
Gods
Lake,
.25
Hard
Rock,
1.03.
Int.
Nickel,
45.75.
Kerr
Addison,
1.56.
Uttle
Long
Lac.
2.65.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.93.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
34.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.12.
Moneta.
.95.
Noranda,
75.00.
Tickle
Crow,
4.70.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.28.
San
Antonio,
l.5.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.94.
Stadacona,
.47li.
Uchl
Gold.
1.16.
Bouscadlllac,
.05.
Mosher,
.14.
Oklend.
.07.
Dominion
Bridge,
25.50.
RAR
GOLD
LONDON.
April
25:
(CP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
was
down
2c
yesterday,
closing
at
$34.-91
per
fine
ounce.:
,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
25,
1939.
FINANCES
ARE
GOOD
British
Columbia's
Finance
Minister
Makes
Report
Big
Surplus
Last
Year
Maccy's
Coffee
House
PRICE:
ft
CENTS
B--Ai..
a
n
a
r
tj
.
Unsettled
Has
Adverse
IM.oO.
the
deficit
for
1333-
!
climated
at
$60,100,000.
(
'
$25,000,000
for
loss
on
.
("d
wheat
price.
Mr.
'
A
the
House
that
he
e
overall
deficit
of
$55.-t
ihe
1938-39
fiscal
year.
?et
address
a
year
ago
M
a
$23,000,000
deficit
:?
with
a
1937-38
deficit
000
ares
are
subject
Uj
re-fn
final
figure
for
1933-
"trtained.
OTTAWA,
April
S3:
(CP)
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister
of
finance,
In
presenting
his
budget,
drtlaied
that
major
taxation
reductions
were
dearly
Impossible.
The
budget,
exlenus
Income
tax
exemptions
and
grants
inoj.e
lax
reductions
for
industrial
capital
extensions
and
betterments,
lar-if
changes
are
"neither
unmer-ous
nor
of
striking
importance."
The
budget
imposes
five
per
rent
tariff
on
crude
rubber
and
tin.
The
excise
duty
on
vinegar
and
spirits
Is
increased
from
Z'e
to
60c
per
gallon.
The
three
per
cent
excise
tax
from
imports
entering
under
intermediate
and
treaty
tariffs
is
removed.
Weather
Forecast
imrnistiKl
through
the
courtfsjr
of
she
rxnlnson
storomloHfcmt
Biursu
tt
VtetnrM
muI
ITuv
IVuwrt.
ThU
-fc.
u
r
np4im
rom
oawrrTn
w
kt
1
im.
today
uxt
ooer
tt
3C
hour
pwlod
dln
5
O-m.
tomorrow
General
Svnonsls
A
severe
J.
ne
Mr
Dunning
forecast
-nrm
annoars
to
be
approaching
Dl'?""30
revenue
Todav
he
es-
nt,rntta
Txtanris
HC
tUCTt
"
'
$501.577
000.
a
decrease
of
weather
remains
cool
and
showery
'?000
frornt
he
record
pre-
on
lhe
British
Columbia
coast
but
1
"rsr
It
has
been
mostly
fair
In
the
in-'
"
25'ures
had
been
estimated
terjor.
I
l-
4
600,000
but
that
"estimate
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-,
r
I.
.
-
.
.
,
i
u
iTrpnirt
rwv9iisi
ni
nis-
....
-
p..,iu.n.i
nw
nnn
-
-
lone
isianus
ouuuiumi
6.v
'
sly
poor
earnings'
of
the
colder
wllh
ram.
National
Railways
sys-
Wcfit
Coast
0
Vancouver
Island
t:
i
prospective
wheat
losses.
'
to
southeast
gales,
cool
rrind
total
of
expenditures
.,,,
,i
hi
mui
i
is.
.
frr-h
.
JSS7
34S00O.
the
minis
'
:Mnucd,
Ordinary
expend!
t-
$418,372,000
are
up
$1,480.-
"r
tho
previous
year.
Special
ilt.urees
on
relief
and
agrl-distress
are
$4883.000
i3
$20,000,000
less
than
last
The
Canadian
National
de-
ANOTHER
SHIP
DESTROYED
10LLO.N,
trance
Shortly
before
midnight
last
night
the
5.0)0
ton
French
steamer
Angler,
old
and
out
of
commission,
was
destroyed.
Ihe
vessel
was
due
to
be
broken
up.
There
is
a
suggestion
of
sabotage.
nitlTISII
DOCTOR
KILLED
SHANGHAI
Dr.
lie
r
tram
UCy,
prominent
British
phsician
and
urjeon,
Hias
killed
and
his
wife
was
seriojsly
injured
when
a
car
Dr.
Lilly
at
driving
collided
with
a-bus.
Just
previous,.
Japanese
guards.
It
is
said,
had
attempted
to
stop
Dj.
Lilly.
1111
RY
LIGHTNING
HALF
MOON
RAY
Twelve
men
suffered
shock
and
slight
'
burns
when
hit
by
lightning
jes-)
trrday.
I
EQUALITY
RECOGNIZED
OTTAWA
Premier
W.
L.
Mac-kenrie
King,
speaking
in
Parliament
sesterdar.
said
that
Canada's
equality,
ol
status
had
been
recognized
by
King
George
Inviting
him
(Mr.
King)
to
go
to
the
I'nited
States
with
him
as
his
personal
minister.
If
business
is
not
in
shape
for
prorogation
while
the
King
is
In
Ottawa,
there
will
be
an
adjournment
during
the
royal
visit,
it
is
announced.
Con-trrvative
Leader
Manlon
is
agreeable
tn
this
but
Social
Credit
and
C.C.F.
members
believe
there
should
only
be
a
brief
LONDON,
April
25:
CP)
the
statement
of
Prime
Min
ister
Neville
Chamberlain
that
no
unusual
significance
Is
to
be
at
tached
to
the
return
of
Sir
Nevlllj
I
Henderson,
British
ambassador,
to
Berlin,
diplomatic
quarters
are
U11
speculating
as
to
a
motive
lor
the
action.
Some
suggest
that
Henderson
may
have
been
Instructed
to
warn
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
that
Oreat
Britain
may
Invoke,
compulsory
military
service
unless
he
gives
a
satisfactory
anrvr
to
the
peac-
proposal
of
President
Franklin
D.,
Roo?cvelt
of
the
United
States.
Some
form
of
compulsory
national
service,
nerhim
In
relatively
limited
measure
at
first
is
indeed
reliably
underrtood
to
have
beer
agreed
upon
by
the
British
government
with
the
intention
of
maklnt?
the
decision
known
before
HlUer
answers
Rooeyelt
on
Friday.
It
l
aid
that
Russia
and
France
have
joined
in
an
appeal
to
Great
Britain
to
institute
some
form
of
com
pulsory
service.
The
stmesMon
of
6ome
Nazi
authorities
in
Berlin
that
the
re
turn
of
Henderson
to
Berlin
mavi
mean
a
return
to
the
Eurotanlo.rand
apnessement
policy
w
scoiiea
aii
here
1
.
I
.
VANCOUVER,
April
23:
(CP)
Hon.
John
lUrt,
minister
of
finance,
announced
last
night
that
provincial
revenues
had
reached
a
new
all
time
high
of
$32,600,-000
for
the
fiscal
year
ending
.March
31
last.
He
also
reported
being
an
all
time
provincial
record
as
well.
During
the
year
the
government
set
aside
$
00,000
for
retirement
of
serial
bonds,
paid
off
$2,000,000
debt
last
Jury,
made
a
$1,000,000
sinking
fund
payment
and
a
$1,000,000
payment
out
of
current
revenues
to
defray
part
of
the
cost
of
unemployment.
Total
government
expenditures
last
year
were
$28,700,000,
a
$7,-COO.000
increase
since
the
Pat-tullo
government
look
office.
Democrats
Are
Being
Courted
Great
Britain
Raises
Taxes
to
Meet
Great
Bill
For
Rearmament
Sir
John
Simon,
Chancellor
of
Exchequer,
Brings
Down
Largest
Peacetime
Budget
in
History
Motorists
and
Smokers
Must
Pay
More
LONDON.
April
25:
(CP)
Sir
John
Simon,
Chan-
a
surplus
on
operating
account
cellor
of
the
Exchequer,
presented
his
second
budget
to
for
the
year
of
$3300,000,
this
the
House
of
Commons
today,
.announcing
new
taxes
designed
to
raise
24,000,000
this
year
but
leaving
the
already
high
income
tax
of
27Vj
per
cent
unchanged.
The
government
places
most
of
the
burden
of
extra
taxation
to
meet
the
gigantic
rearmament
SETTLING
OF
STRIKE
Cannery
Supplies
Are
Now
Be;in-ning
To
Move
Alaskaward
Again
bill
on
the
motorist
and
smoker
for
the
fiscal
year
which
began
April
1.
Following
the
policy,
as
anticipated,
of
raising
most
of
the
money
by
indirect
taxes
on
luxuries,
the
biggest
British
peace
time
budget
also
announced
additional
taxes
on
tobacco,
sugar,
automobiles,
blank
film
and
photographic.
plates.
'
The
new
budget
also
hits
taxpay
ers
by
imposing
further
Increases
SEATTLE,
April
25:-Settlement
m
the
or
extra
income
tax
of
the
strike
which
has
been
de-
i0n
those
with
big
Incomes.
Estate
llay.ng
the
loading
and
sailing
of
duties
are
increased.
Alaskan
cannery
tenders
for
the'
The
government
will
spend
1630.-pt.rth
with
the
season's
supplies
ooo.OOO
"or
more"
on
defence
dur-ls
now
belna
-affected.'
Several
of
,
,nff
,h;
T.aP
Old
PartT
Is
Ridding
For
?H.
J
-
Support
of
AnU-New
Dealer,
QAl
0
d
FS
TAX
,
CHICAGO.
April
ar-Th
Re-
preventing
-Wean
Mirty
is
making
a
real
,
.
.
..1
,
loaning
Ui
uic
&iiif
ncic
um
uu-i
,
,,
..
.
.
.
I.
drive
to
line
up
the
support
of
,
of
.
.
,
nnrf.
bo!
and
outlaw
Democrats
for
"--
"
'
(the
1940
campaign.
Already
pro--rew
is
reported
among
anti-New
.Dealers
of
the
administration
par-
in
what
the
Grand
Old
Party
"-Clares
"the
march
towards
the
-storatlon
of
native
Wrecked
Freighter
Bought
For
Scrap
cratic
Candidate
Suits
Him
NEW
YORK,
April
25.
The
Association
of
Newspaper
Editors,
which
Is
In
convention
here,
an
Ecstall
River
Beinsf
Cleared
The
Federal
Department
of
Works
is
doing
some
work
in
Temple
Bar
and
Her
Cargo
Taken
jmproving
navigation
on
the
Ec-
By
Salt
Lake
Concern
tt
ere
stau
River
ior
tne
benefit
of
the
Four
Bids
Northern
Pvrites
mine
and
the
INCREASED
j
Further
Decrees
Are
Issued
By
French
Government
Forty-five
Hour
Week
PARIS.
April
25:
Minister
of
Finance
Paul
Renaud
yesterday
Federal
Government
To
Undertake
announced
decree
provfdlng
for
Work
For
Improvement
Navigation
Of
a
one
percent
increase
ui
uie
saies
tax
and
a
forty-live
hour
week,
lhe
greater
sales
tax
is
expected
to
Increase
the
national
revenue
by
$396,000,000
per
year.
Halibut
Sales
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
I
SEATTLE.
April
25:
The
frcigh-
Co
0thers
operating
on
the
(
Canadian
er
Temple
Bar,
which
was
re-
River.
George
Frizzell.
is
in
charge
Dicky
Boy.
2,000,
Royal,
12c
and
ertly
wrecked
off
the
Washing-
oi
tne
ton
coast,
and
her
cargo
of
scrap
'
ron
has
been
purchased
by
Mor-rlson-Knutson
Co.
of
Salt
Lake
City.
The
price
has
not
been
disclosed.
There
were
four
tenders
,
Roosevelt
May
Stand
Himself
i
Tax
Rate
This
Year
Is
Set
At
47.5
Mills;
Increase
In
Percentage
Of
Improvements
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder,
sitting
in
his
capacity
p'resident
of
United
states
May;
as
a
city
council
this
morning,
set
Prince
Rupert's
tax
rate
seek
Re-election
Unless
Demo-
for
the
year
1939
at
47.5
mills
as
compared
with
fifty
mills
last
year.
However,
thirty-five
per
cent
of
improvements
are
made
taxable
this
year
whereas
only
twenty-five
per
WASHINGTON,
U.U.
April
a.--
f
s
j
i
nnp
hnnrlrwl
npr
cpnt
Unless
the
nomination
by
the
1
-
i
"
Democratic
party
of
a
candidate
acceptable
to
him
Is
assured,
it
Is
Intimated
In
political
circles
here
that
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
may
stand
for
a
third
term
himself.
More
Drastic
Regulations
Newspapers
Will
Trobably
Be
Throttled
If
United
States
Gets
In
Another
War
1
ticipates
that,
in
the
event
o!
United
States
becoming
Involved
in
another
war,
there
will
be
even
more
drastic
restrictions
upon
newspapers
than
there
were
In
the
Great
War.
PRESS
LAW
IN
FRANCE
Publication
of
Foreign
Propaganda
And
Attacks
On
Race
And
Religion
Banned
Under
Heavy
Penalty
PARIS,
April
25:
(CP)
The
French
government
has
imposed
a
rigid
press
law,
forbidding
the
publication
of
foreign
propaganda
and
attacks
on
race
and
religion
under
penalty
of
heavy
fines
and
imprisonment.
The
new
law
is
believed
to
be
directed
at
curbing
the
growing
number
of
pamphlets
bitterly
attacking
Jews
and
at
political
Journals
accused
of
being
subsidized
from
abroad.
of
taxable
land
is
as
usual
levied
upon.
The
1929
rate
is
divided
as
follows:
general,
15.4
mills;
schools.
17.9:
money
debts,
14.2
mills.
The
city
has
to
raise
$135,216.87
by
taxation
this
year
as
compared
with
$14251657
last
year.
Of
the
$135516.87
being
raised
this
year
$30,953.41
Is
for
schools,
$40,422.73
for
money
debts
and
$43,-838.73,
general.
The
value
of
taxable
land
Is
plac-be
at
$1,671,410
and
of
taxable
Im
provements
(thirty-five
per
cent)
at
$1,173561.
The
rate
bylaw
was
given
its
Introductory
readings
today
and
will
come
up
tor
final
reconsideration
and
adoption
next
Monday.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
Aprlt
25:
(CP)
May
wheat
was
off
aic
on
the
Winnipeg
exchange
yesterday,
closing
at
603
ic.