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Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
She
Sunday,
(February
14,
1932
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9.
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High
6:00
a.m.
18:1
ft.
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXIII-.
No.
36.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.CV
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
13,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
PREMIER
BENNETT
WRITES
CANADIANS
ARE
Local
Unemployed
Executive
is
Told
by
Premier
Bennett
That
Agreements
Have
Been
Fulfilled
The
central
committee
of
the
Unemployed
Association
of
Prince
Rupert
had
a
session
yesterday
afternoon
to
consider
a
reply
received
from
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett,
Prime
Minister
of
Canada,
to
a
resolution
on
the
unemployment
situation
sent
to
him
recently
from
a
recent
ma.-.s
meeting
of
citizens.
The
central
executive
inter-
fcprrtrr1
Premier
Bennett's
communl-
,
j-i-nv-iw
Rt-fcLLUIlD
PRESIDENT
Aid.
Macdonald
Heads
Labor
Coun
cil
for
Eleventh
Year
City
Policing
is
Discussed
a:
s
D
Macdonald
ha
been
r
r(t
president
of
the
Prince
It;.;:
Trades
and
Labor
Council
t
i
leventh
onsecu'-lve
year.
..ffirers
have
been
elected
U
:
1
president
J.
J
OtllU.
&:
Treasurer
Frank
Derry.
6
i
'
ician
D.
McPhee
St:
i:i'-at-Arm
Jack
Ratch-
f::'
E-
Committee
W.
M.
B:
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Bfn
Dalgarno
and
J.
S.
5.ii
K
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l-.tui:--"
Committee
J.
J.
OilUit.
A.
'
I
uih
s
Black
and
W.
WUson
Legislative
commit
DAvb
BcrUnd
T
B.
Bkrtk.
A.
McLean
F
W
sump-Vincent
and
D.M
Phcr
T:
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ii
nr
ii
has
endorsed
a
re-::m
the
Canadian
Legion
'V
H
nembranee
pay
be
made
u
d
.'
irv
holiday.
A
request
t
'!
?:
't
wUl
be
sent
to
Ottawa
A
meeting
Thursday
nigh'
u
il
Rave
city
policing
ma'
c
a
:
ng'hv
discussion,
i
COMMITTEES
'
ARE
CHOSEN
President
of
Hospital
Board
Announces
Ills
Selections
tor
Year
W
M
Brown,
chairman
of
the
t
"
of
director
of
the
Prince
1.
i
ucncral
llotpttal,
at
the
b
h
i
mooting
last.nlf.ht,
announ-11
.ipointment
of
standing
com-!'
-i
lor
the
nresent
war
as
fol-
I
...mc
-Frank
Dlbb.
O.
V.
Wtl-hi
u.
e.
Benson
and
Norman
A,
W.ut.
II
uo
Aid.
S.
D.
Macdonald,
A
u
W.
Rudderham,
Robert
Oor-
1
o
p.
Ttnker
and
Dr.
C.
II
Han-
ti
.,u.
tiMuuds
Robert
Oorden,
Aid.
8.
1
M.udonald,
Aid.
0.
W.
Rudder-ti
I'n
.nid
R.
e.
Benson.
Lm
uiivc
0.
V.
Wilkinson,
F'
ink
Dlbb.
Aid.
S.
D.
Macdonald,
&r
c
IL
Hanklnson
and
O.
P.
Tin-ki
i
1
ti
lust
named
In
eaelt
case
h
ti
'umim
of
the
commutes.
NEW
YORK
STOCK
EXCHANGE
I100MS
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
13
When
'idlng
closed
at
noon
on
the
"w
York
Stock
Exchange
to-
':y
ufter
two
hours
of
frenzied
U'.Uvltv.
nrirM
u.'ita
nhmit
S2
4"
1,1
SlB
above
yesterday's
final
miotatlon.
Scores
of
leaders
''"wed
net
pains
Of
$4
to
$7
but
many
did
much
better.
.cation
as
throwing
the
blame
for
ceaaatlon
of
unemployment
relief
upon
the
provincial
government.
A
further
resolution
was
passed
by
the
central
committee
of
the
unemployed
reiterating
the
demand
for
the
resignation
of
the
present
British
Columbia
government.
The
opinion
was
expressed
by
the
com
mittee
that
the
provincial
government
withheld
unemployment
re
lief
"in
a
senseless
endeavor
to
re
trench
and
exhibited
a
distinct
In
ability
to
meet
existing
conditions."
The
letter
from
Premier
Bennett
read
as
follows'
"I
have
your
letter
of
January
lOUi.
and
the
enclosed
resolution
passed
by
the
citizens
of
Prince
Ru
pert,
with
regard
to
the
dispensa
Uon
of
relief,
both
of
which
I
have
flitf'TrresrefnUy.-andJnayaMure
you
that
every
agreement
made
by
Um
FMeraK
authorities
with
the
Provincial
authorities
has
been
liv
ed
up
to."
Assists
Father
MLvs
Josephine
Sterling
Is
helping
the
Oarncr
family
out.
Rep.
John
N.
Oarner
of
Texas,
new
Speaker
of
the
House
at
Washington.
DC.
has
always
had
his
wife
as
secretary
He
finds
that
It
is
not
enough.
WORLD
DAY
OF
PRAYER
HELD
HERE
ThP
World's
Day
of
Prayer
was
held
yesterday
...
in
the
Salvation
...nk
MnnunlnllvM
Army
uttaaei
ch,v"-"
'
.
-U....1,
l.Vln
nart.
The
ol
eacn
cnwvn
-.
-
-
service
opened
by
soft
music
played
bv
Mrs.
J.
Mowat
and
the
meeting
was
lead
oy
uapmi
Prayers
were
offered
for
each
na.
tion.
for
HI.
Majesty
the
Kins
r.
far
all
who
are
passing
nuu,..
land
and
other
cult
times
in
Ihls
countries
whose
means
of
livelihood
are
uncertain
anu
find
work.
tB"
cannot
...
.
....
t-anrtorpd
DV
SScJ
2
His
IT.n."
ThU
WU
INVOLVED
IN
FAR-FLUNG
LIQUOR
RING
WAGE
CUT
REJECTED
!
y
Teachers
Federation
Will
Not
Accept
Reduction
Proposed
By
Board
A
meeting
was
held
last
night
in
the
city
council
chamber
between
the
full
board
of
school
trustees
and
the
Federation
of
School
Teachers'
Association.
The
federation
presented
a
refusal
to
accept
the
trustees'
proposal
of
a
reduced
salary
schedule.
Nothing
was
accomplished
in
this
respect
at
the
conference.
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
FIFTH
ROUND
ENGLISH
CUP
Bury
3;
Stoke
City
0.
Newcastle
United
3:
Leicester
City
1.
Sheffield
Wednesday
1;
Chelsea
1.
i
Watford
1;
Bradford
0.
Portsmouth
0;
Arsenal
2.
Huddersfleld
Town
4;
Prestoo
North
End
o'
Manchester
City
3;
Derby
Cow.-ty
0.
Liverpool'
l
;
Orlmsby
Town
0.
THIRD
ROUND
SCOTTISH
CUP
Clyde
2;
St.
Bernards
0.
Dundee
United
1;
Kilmarnock
1
Hearts
0;
Rangers
1.
Motherwell
2;
Celtic
0.
ENOLISU
LEAGUE
FIRST
1
DIVISION
Blackburn
Rovers
5;
Sunderland
Blackpool
2;
Everton
0.
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
SECOND
DIVISION
Bristol
City
1;
Swansea
Town
1.
Manchester
United
Burnley,
no',
played.
Notts
Coun'y
2;
Nottingham
Forest
6
Oldham
AUjletlc
2;
Leeds
United
1
Plymouth
Argyle
3;
Barnsley
0.
Port
"ale
2:
Mlllwall
2.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
3;
Cheset
fleld
3.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
5
Southampton
1.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
FIRST
DIVISION
Alrdrleonlans
2;
Queenspark
0
Dundee
2;
Falkirk
0
Partlck
Thistle
1:
Aberdeen
0.
St.
Mirren
6:
Lelth
AthleMc
3.
Morton
4;
Ayr
United
-4.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
SECOND
DIVISION
Alloa
3:
Queen
of
South
4:
Armadale
5:
East
Fife
4.
Edinburgh
City
3;
Kings
Park
4
East
Stirling
4;
Hibernians
1.
Forfar
Athletic
3;
Dunbarton
P
Montrose
5;
Boness
1.
Ralth
Rovers
4:
Albion
Rovers
C
St,
Johnstone
4:
Arbroath
1.
Stenhousemuir
3;
Brechin
City
2
JAPANESE
LAND
TROOPS
x
ivn
AttMR
AT
SHANGHAI:
FIGHTING
QUIET
TODAY
'
SIIANOIIAI.
Feb.
13-Fight-
ing
along
the
Woosung
front
subsided
early
Sunday
but,
un-
der
cover
of
darkness,
the
Ja-
panese
landed
troops
and
tanks
and
guns
and
ammunl-
Hon
from
transports.
Satur-
day's
fighting
was
limited
to
Intermittent
artillery
lire.
?
Answers
Local
Unemployed
H
''wPti
HBr-Bl3iA
BB
Premier
Bcnne
gives
assurance
lived
up
to
by
Halibut
Fishermen
and
Boat
ff"
Owners
Take
Responsibility
Of
Honoring
Unpaid
Checks
Halibut
boat
owners
and
fishermen,
at
a
meeting
last
night
in
the
Eagles'
Hall,
decided
to
take
care
of
some
$8,-000
of
unpaid
checks
issued
last
spring
by
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
by
pooling
the
total
amount
outstanding
equally
among
all
the
men
of
the
fleet,
each
man
to
pay
his
proportion
out
of
his
share
from
fishing
this
season.
'
Therefore,
some
400
ram
in
the
LIE
GIVEN
TO
RUMORS
No
Other
Municipality
in
B.
C.
Thinking
of
Returning
to
City
Volice,
It
Is
Stated
Twenty-two
municipalities
in
British
Columbia
are
now
being
policed
by
the
provincial
force
and
Prince
Rupert
is
the
only
one
in
which
it
has
been
even
suggested
to
return
to
city
policing,
it
was
declared
in
an
official
statement
this
morning.
The
lie
was
also
given
to
a
ru-pior
which
has
been
circulated
to
the
effort
that,
should
Prince
Rupert
revert
to
city
policing,
three
members
of
the
present
city
detachment
of
the
provincial
police
would
be
staying
with
the
city
force,
one
officer
having,
indeed,
already
made
application.
"No
member
of
the
city
detachment
has
made
such
application
and
there
are
none
whft
have
any
Intention
of
leaving
-the
provincial
police
force,"
It
is
declared.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
JUMPS
UP
TODAY
;
i
..
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
13:
Wheat;
was
quoted
at
64c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
!
that
relief
agreements
will
be
Dominion
fleet
will
pay
approximately
$20
each
to
clean
up
the
chert.
Most
j
of
the
checks
were
cashed
by
1
tradesmen
doing
business
with
the
'fleet
although
some
are
still
being
i
held
by
boat
owners
to
whom
they
were
Issued.
There
were
about
seventy
men
present
at
the
meeting
which
was
presided
over
by
J.
M.
Morrison
with
W.
E.
Drake
acting
as
secretary.
HOSPITAL
DEFICIT
FOR
LAST
MONTH
The
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
was
operated
at
a,
deficit
of
$472.07
during
the
month
of
January,
Uie
report
of
Frank
Dlbb,
chairman
of
the
finance
committee,
presented
at
last
iughfs
board
meeting,
stated.
Revenue
for
the
month
amounted
to
S410T35
and
expenditures,
$4570.92.
There
were
1591
hospital
days
at
the
comparatively
low
cost
per
day
of
$2.88.
4-
INSPECTION
OF
PICKLED
FISH
MAY
I1E
NECESSARY
OTTAWA,
Feb.
13:
Trans-
portatlon
and
sale
of
pickled
1
4-
fish
not
Inspected
by
annta
of
1
the
government
would
be
pro-
i
hlblted
by
a
bill
which
was
n?-
viewed
In
the
House
of
Com-
mons
yesterday,
WORKLESS
Vancouver
Men
Named
In
Indictments
Made
By
New
Orleans
Jury
Al
Capone
Declared
to
Have
Been
Directing
Head
of
Booze
Smuggling
Organization
British
Columbia
Exporters
Caught
in
Net
NEW
ORLEANS,
Louisiana,
Feb.
13:
One
hundred
and
four
indictments,
charging
conspiracy
and
violation
of
the
United
States
Federal
Prohibition
Act,
were
handed
down
yesterday
by
the
federal
grand
jury
investigating
operations
of
what
authorities
described
as
a
far-flung
international
booze
ring.
Federal
agents
claim
that
"they
have
evidence
which
indicates
VACCINE
COMING
Precautions
to
Be
Taken
Against
Outbreak
of
Smallpox
in
Prince
Rupert
In
view
of
the
outbreak
of
smaUpoxln
VanconVeirT'a
"supply
of
vaccine
is
to
be
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
and
those
who
desire
to
be
thus
protected
from
the
dread
malady
will
be
inoculated
free
of
charge
by
the
medical
health
officer,
Dr.
J.
P.
Cade,
it
was
announced
this
morning
by
Mayor
Cyril
II.
Orme.
According
to
word
received
in
the
city,
passengers
or
members
of
ship
crews
are
not
being
allowed
to
disembark
either
at
Ocean
Falls
or
Powell
River
unless
they
are
able
to
present
proof
of
vaccination
within
three
years.
This
is
being
taken
as
a
precautionary
measure
at
the
two
paper
towns.
Reports
received
from
Vancouver
are
to
the
effect
that
there
have
been
twenty
cases
of
smallpox
there
with
seven
deaths,
six
being
unvacclnated
members
of
one
family.
The
disease
broke
out
In
the
Rurnaby
section
and
is
believed
to
have
been
brought
there
by
visitors
from
Everett
during
the
recent
holiday
season.
PROBE
IS
STARTING
Senate
Investigation
of
Beauhar-nols
to
Start
Next
Week
OTTAWA,
Feb.
13:
A
special
committee
of
the
Senate,
under
chairmanship
of
Hon.
Charles
Tan
iner
of
Nova
Scotia,
will
start
an
in
vestigatlon
next
Tuesday
of
the
re
laUonshlp
of
Senators
W.
L.
Mc-
Dougald.
D.
Raymond
and
Andrew
Haydon
to
the
Beauharnots
power
project.
The
Investigation
Is
being
made
as
an
outcome
of
disclosures
made
In
a
House
of
Commons
In
vestlgatton
last
year
of
Beauhar
nols
affairs.
PASSING
OF
LUMBERMAN
Alex
Hendry
Passrd
Aiyay
In
Vancouver
Last
Night
at
Age
of
Fifty-Seven
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
13
J.
Alex
I
Hendry,
aged
57.
well
known
Brl-
!
tlsh
Columbia
lumberman,
died
sud
denly
at
his
home
here
!ast
night.
He
was
a
member
of
a
family
of
well
known
lumbermen.
that
Al
Capone.
Imprisoned
Chicago
gangster
leader,
was
directing
head
of
smugglers
and
runners
who
purchased
liquor
in
Canada
for
disposal
in
the
United
States.
Those
Indicted
Include
John
Bruce
of
the
Vancouver-Burrard
Stock
and
Bond
Co.,
Vancouver;
Dave
Cocking
of
the
Vancouver-
Consolidated
Exporters
Corporation
Ltd.,
Vancouver;
William
J.
Levin
of
the
Vancouver
.
NaUonal
Supply
Car
Vaneotivert
Russell
Whltelaw
of
Vancouver,
and
Albert
Morrison,
representative
of
Vancouver
liquor
manufacturers.
The
syndicate
was
engaged
In
distributing
liquor
throughout
tho
entire
middle
west,
It
was
stated.
Dr.
Kergin
Tells
Young
People
of
Peace
River
Tour
The
Young
people
of
St.
Peters
Church.
Seal
Cove,
were
instructively
and
Interestingly
entertain
ed
last
evening
with
an
address
by
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergin.
In
his
opening
remaiks,
the
speaker
hinted
at
many
possible
subjects
drawn
from
the
history
of
his
own
remarkable
profession
but
considered
that
this
country,
this
province
and
this
particular
part
of
It
would
be
a
more
helpful
and
inspiring
subject
Consequent
ly,
the
trip
of
the
Doctor
and
hi
two
sons
on
a
ten-day
tour
through
the
Peace
River
Country
was
described.
His
vivid
word
pictures
were
often
very
amuslns
and
always
alluring,
especially
to
the
lovers
of
pioneer
condiUom
and
he
made
the
hearts
of
the
young
Canadians
present
glow
with
pride
at
the
knowledge
of
the
extent
of
the
Peace
River
District
and
Its
latent
mineral
and
agricultural
possibilities.
Wheat
Prices
Soar
In
Winnipeg
Mart
Prices
Closed
Today
From
2Hc
to
23ic
Higher
Than
Those
of
Yesterday
WINNIPEO.
Feb.
13:
Wheat
prices
elosed
here
today
from
2V2c
to
24c
higher,
than
yesterday.
WEATIIERREPORT
Langara
Island
Overcast,
light
northeast
wind;
sen
calm.
Triple
Island
Overcast,
light
southeast
wind;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
light
south
wind:
barometer.
30.30;
temperature.
40;
light
swell.
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