Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides xStto Saturday, March 5, 1933 Prince Rupert Part cloudy, light High 0.31 a.m lfi:l ft. southeast wind; barometer, 29:98; 12:20 D.m. 20:5 It. temperature, 42; sea smooth. Low 6.29 a.m. 7:4 ft. 18 54 p.m 3:5 It NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol, XXIII., No. 53. PRINCE RUPERT,-B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1932 PRICE: FIVE CENTS WAR Al SHANGHAI HAS NOW ENDED NON-CONTRhHTORY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TABOO Undeclared Armistice 1 Between Japanese and Chinese Stores Have Reopened in City and Defending Army Has Fallen Hack Almost to Soochow Invaders Arc in Control SHANGHAI, China, March 4: War, which was never officially declared, seemed to have definitely ended in the Shanghai area today with an undeclared armistice. Stores were reopening after having been closed during the siege wlich lasted more than a month and the Chinese army had fallen back almost to Soochow. There has been no lighting since DECISION I SOON NOW fiovrnor Rolph to Announce Ills Finding in Mooney Parole on March IS FM HAMBNTO, March 4:-OoT-f rr t .l.uncs Rotph It. IMHWItt i i' expects to be able to givei 1, in . i., u about March 15 In the' C ' "f Tom Moonry. labor Jeaer,l ::r bfli.ilf of whom application hMj be i m.Kic lor parole titer years lnj p i.-:.iry. j OLD BILL APPROVED Chances ot Presidential Inaugur atlon and Congress Session : Dates Adopted WASHINGTON. March 4:-By a v " f 73 to 3. the Senate Wednes-ti v approved a bill which Senator K ins introduced 13 years ago Wi' reby Congress shall meet on Jamary 3 following a presidential Hon. Under the bill the presl-C utiaj Inauguration Is set lor Jan-ti 20 instead of in March. EXPORT IS REQUESTED Liberal Members Urge Government to I'ennit Pulpwood Being Sent From Province VICTORIA. March 4:-Limlted permission under proper safeguards u permit export, of cordwood to the United States for pulp making was pressed upon the government yesterday by Liberal members In the Legislature. APPEAL IS INSTITUTED Proceedings Started on Behalf of Mrs. Winnie Kutli Judd PHOENIX. Arizona. March 4 - formal appeal proceedings against a death sentence Imposed for first drgrce murder in the killing of hr former friend, Agnes Lerol. have been Instituted on behalf of Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd. Is In Effect orders were Issued yesterday to cease hostilities by both the Chln-j esc nationalist government and the 'Japanese military and naval com mands following the evacuation of Shanghai by the Chinese. The Japanese are now in control ol the city. AL SMITH IN FIELD ' (jandifot,. of j9g Aja want omlnation but Roweveldt Not Garner Considered More Likely NEw YORK. March 4 Former Oovernor A. E. Smith and Demo cratic presidential candidate In Ihe Wti election is again openly in the field for the party's nomination, it - announced. Either Oovernor Franklin Roosevelt or Speaker jjohn N. Oarner Is, however con sMered more likely to be chosen. BUTTE. Montana, March 4 Montana Democrats have decided in favor ot sending their delegates to the national presidential conven tion unfettered and free to sup port the candidate they deem most suitable. TO PERMIT EXPLOSIVES New Form of Killing Sea Lions and Seals Being Legalized By Ottawa ftTTiwi March 4 : Leelslfttton has been presented to the House of 1-1. I. IS. ...Ill Vt A Commons unaer wmcn u win uc-wi tn kin ..... hair seals and sea VUI1IV ivgn vw lions, conceded to be an enemy of the commercial lisneries, Dy mwmn of rockets and explosive materials. payroll" ISDOWN Brllish Columbia Industrial Outlay In 1931 Smaller man iwo Years Previous VICTORIA, March 4: British Columbia's Industrial payroll In 1931 totalled $150,000,000, according to figures made available here. In and In 1929 $172,000,000 1930 It was $190,000,000. ii i Union steamer Venture, Capt. Ernest Oeorgeeon, due from the south tonight, reports she will not arrive until tomorrow. The vessel after arrival on her will sail soon return south. NEGOTIATING i ON FISH DUTY I ! OTTAWA, March 4: Negotiations are being ' 1 proceeded with between the United States and Canadian governments concerniing a reduction of duty on Canadian 1 caught fish going ' into the United ' States, Premier R. B. Bennett told the House of Commons yesterday. He gave no details. NO NEWS OF CHILD Personal Appeal is Made to Kid-napppers By Col. Charles A. Lindbergh TRENTON, NJ., March 4: C?l. .and JlJFharles ALind bcrgh fasned:an appeal direct to the kidnappers of their 19-month old son, Charles Augustus, today assuring them that "entire confidence may be placed In any promise we may make." The appeal is taken to suggest that Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh will pay the $50,-000 ransom without prosecuting the kidnappers if the child is returned safely to them. There were no new developments during the night in the Lindbergh kidnapping case at Hopewell, NJ, which was again the all absorbing topic on all United States radio broadcasts. Frequently during, the night the following appeal authorized by Col. Lindbergh was read over the air on American broadcasting chains: "Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh not only wish but hope that anyone knowing the whereabouts of the child will make every effort to communicate at once with them." Throughout the night many stations of the National Broadcasting Co. and associated stations Including KOMO of Seattle remained on the air in the hope of being able to aid In the quest for the child or to broadcast some news of developments to the anxious American public. PASSES IN VANCOUVER Charles May, Former Mayor of Edmonton, Died in Southern City Wednesday VANCOUVER, March 4: Chas. May, a former mayor of Edmonton, died at his home here Wednesday. He had made his residence In Vancouver for a number of years. MANAGING DIRECTOR nFP n. E. RESIGNS 1 VICTORIA, March 4: Wll- , lard Kitchen has resigned as 1 manneimr director of the Pa- clflc Great Eastern Railway, It President Herbert Hoover has wai iftampr) vtirrtnv. it is . thorlzed the submission of his .mninnH v, win remain ns a member of the board 4, . jonay Lindsay and Britain's ambassador to the Unl d States, Sir Ronald Lindsay, Is a big man. Here we see him wr.h Wlston Churchill, former chancellor now lecturing in the United States, after the twq had called on President Hoover at the White House. HONEYMOON IS PROBED Both Bennett and Hcrridge Deny That Bridal Tour Was Made at Public Expense OTTAWA. March 4: Sweeping denials that the honeymoon trip of W. D. Herrldge, Canadian minister to Washington, and his bride, Miss Mildred Bennett, sister of the Prime Minister, had been financed by the Canadian government were made by both Premier R. B. Bennett and Mr. Herrldge yesterday at a hearing by the special Parliamentary committee of charges to this effect allegedly maed by O. N. Oor-don, former Ontario Member of Parliament Premier Bennett also denied that he had acquired a new private railway car at a cost to the public of $125,000. HOOVER TO RUN AGAIN Republicans of Ohio Arc Author ,If d by ch,cf Executive to Place Ills Name in Nomination WASHINGTON, D.C., March 4 ! name when the Ohio presidential nomination primaries are held in thc State of Ohio on May 10, It Is announced. . Winston Churchill OFFERS TO TAKE LESS Los Angeles District Attorney Sett Example by Consenting to Twenty-five Percent Reduction LOS ANGELES, March 4 Aaron Fltts has offered to accept a reduction in salary In his capacity ai district attorney from $12,000 t: $9,000. This Is the chief feature or a program of salary reduction In his department which he has just presented. Halibut Landings SUMMARY Canadian 11,300 pound, 4c aud 2c. to 42c. and 2c. ' AMERICAN Portlock, 26,000, left for Seattle. CANADIAN' Aiken, 7.000, and Albert K., 2,-' 300, Cold Storage 4c arid 2c. j Borgund, 2,000, Atlln, 4.2c and 2c. WEATHER REPORT Triple Island Overcast, strong easterly wind; sea moderate. Langara Island Overcast, light southeast wind; sea moderate. Dead Tree Point Part cloudy"; light southeast wind; barometer. 29:84; temperature, 42; heavy swell. Premier Bennett Tells Delegation Frankly He Will Not be Threatened Disorder Marked Demonstration Prior to Interview of Workless With Prime Minister Officer Slightly Injured and One Man in Jail i OTTAWA, March 4: Emphatic and unqualified refusal to "demands" for non-contributory unemployment 1 insurance and declaration that neither the government or parliament would be deterred by "threats,5' was given by i Premier R. B. Bennett yesterday to a delegation of unemployed of various nationalities from different cities. SENTENCE TO STAND Al Capone Soon to Take Up Residence at Leavenworth Pen i CHICAOO, March 4: Sentence ! of Htyea.rs Jrnpjisonment on Al Ca- i-pone.-forjtevasioii ofthe Income tax 14 wa lias uceu cumuiucu uy uie su- 1 perior court. Capone is about to be" taken to Leavenworth Penitentiary j where he will start serving his long term. WILL END ISOLATION French Government to Open Information Bureaus In Various Countries ot World PARIS. March 4: The Ffench government announces that it intends to establish a press Information bureau for the United States either In Washington or New York Similar Information bureaus for the dissemination of information regarding French affairs will also be opened in other countries, it I planned. This move Is being taken with a view to ending the diplomatic Isolation of France. HUGE SHARK INFRISCO Enormous Marine Monster Was 26 Feet Long and Weighed 4700 Pounds SAN FRANCISCO, March 3: A shark weighing 4700 pounds and measuring 16'i feet In length was killed in San Francisco Bay. An elephant feUh was used in dispatch- ping the marine monster which had been destroying fishing nets. INQUEST PROCEEDS THIS AFTERNOON Inquest into the death ot Mrs. Agnes Catlette, who died suddenly on Wednesday mornlnffiat 'her home on Eighth Averrue-Wetrs continuing Uils afternoon before Coroner Norman A. Watt, following the performing of an autopsy which was ordered by the coroner. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER. March 4: Wheat was quoted at 65Vjc on the local jexchange today. 'some disorder marked a demon stration preceding the interview when several hundred marchers were refused entrance to Parliament Hill. One officer was injured lightly. One man is being held at the police station. MOVE IS RUMORED . Reports Current That Post Office Will Vacate Present Location This Year With the lease on the present post office building expiring in June of this year, there are persistent but unconfirmed reports current in the city that the local federal offices including the post office will be removed to another building. Among the buildings mentioned is the Federal Block where the post office was located before it was moved several years ago to the Dominion Block. There Is no confirmation available in official circles of any intention ot the government to move the post office. RECEIVED BIG SUM Senator Raymond Admits Beau- harnois Gave $200,000 to Liberal Campaign Funds OTTAWA, March 4-Acknowleds- ment that he had received $200,000 for the Liberal party campaign funds from R. O. Sweezy. formr president of the Beauharnols Pow er, Light Si Heat Co., in 1030 was given to the Senate investigation committee yesterday by Senator Donat Raymond. He had not solicited the contribution, howeve.-, the Senator declared COMMISSION ON RELIEF Mackenzie King Makes Suggestion In House of Commons OTTAWA, March-4: Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, leader of tha Liberal 6pp0slUon. suggested in the Houie -of Commons thls week the appointment of a national unemployment relief commission. CARD OF THANKS R. Elmhurst, father of the.lato William Elmhurst, desires to thank all friends for the kind expressions of sympathy shown in his recent bereavement.