CANON
CODV
TORONTO
Dec
M
Hon.
Dr
11
J
Cody,
president
of
the
Unl-
rMty
of
Toronto,
was
quietly
niurted
In
St
Paul
Anglican
Cathedral
hero
yesterday
to
Miss
Jl.irbata
Blackstock
daughter
of
Mrs
Blackstock
and
the
late
Tho-hi.ik
IlUrkslock
K.C
since
August.
'A.
Pressure
Lifts
In
Stock
Mart
NKW
YOHK.
Dec
Ml:
Pressure
lifted
hi
the
stork,
bond
and
com
modity
markets
here
SILVER
AND
COPPER
ON
NEWJfORK
MART
NEW
YOHK.
Dec.
:-Uar
sll
ver
rlnaed
at
43V
on
the
local
me
tal
market
yesterday
and
copper
wns
unchanged
at
8
V
per
pound.
paralysing
cold
ware
wu
continuing
throughout
Canada
and
the
United
States
last
night
wtth
seven
mtirr
oersons
reported
dead
in
Can
as
a
result
and
fifty
In
the
State.
However,
theft
were
.......
fmn
Mrtaln
smarten
of
an
mrlr
restate"
f"
The
heaviest
snowfall
In
year
rover
the
cltV
of
Saint
John,
N
il.,
with
train
and,
ship
traffic
greatly
tlclavrd
Manitoba.
Saskatchewan
and
Alberta
reported
the
most
generally
severe
cold
snap
In
years
with
tern-i(
-rut
urea
ranging
from
twenty
to
tinrtv-five
below
aero
At
Hdmon-tuu
and
Prince
Albert
Is
was
34
be-'i-w
sero.
Ontario
and
Quebec
were
also
ex-,..n
nring
tempera
tares
of
far
be-
I
For
the
entire
Dominion
thermo
meter
readings
ranged
from
XI
ab-)vc
arm
at
Vancouver
to
81
below
at
Fort
Norman.
ut
of
the
deaths
from
caM
in
United
States
ware
In
the
Mlddh
West.
NEW
BOARD
IN
CONTROL
Trustees
of
Canadian
National
to
Assume
Duties
at
New
Year
Nrt
19M
Revenue
Si
Million
Hollars
ottawa
December
38
The
vrxtrrdav
-
hnmrA
nt
LnuWa
of
the
Can-
while
nuin
the
v
dollar
.
gathered
r
itrengUi
huhiii
dUn
National
-
Railways,
with
Mr
.
nnd
the
session
was
the
most
active
justice
C.
P.
Fullertnn
us
chairman
and
F.
K.
Morrow
of
Toronto
and
Edouard
Labelle
of
Montreal
as
other
members
will
take
over
con
trol"
of
the
government-owned
rail
way
system
as
from
January
1.
it
was
announced
yesterday.
Net
operating
revenue
for
the
Canadian
National
system
for
1933
Is
estimated
at
W.000.000.
the
same
I
as
last
year,
It
was
announcea.
Prince
George
Repair
Job
Is
Awarded
Local
Dry
Dock,
Officially
Announced
Today
It
was
officially
announced
this
afternoon
that
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
and
shipyard
had
heen
awarded
the
contract
for
the
repairine;
of
the
steamer
Prince
(Jeorge,
which
sustained
extensive
keel
and
of
last
week
in
bottom
damaKo
on
Wednesday
night
a
Hlraiidinp;
near
Anyox.
The
repair
work
has
already
commenced
and
is
to
he
completed
in
thirty-five
continuous
working
days.
Boat
Owners
and
Fishermen
to
Tut
Up
Co-operation
Fund
Havlnc
secured
the
financial
co
operation
of
the
Trlnce
Itupert
Co
operative
Fish
Fund
for
the
project,
Albert
ti
MeCaffery
have
aecinea
vo
Instal
sharp
freezing
faculties
for
the
handling
of
halibut
and
other
ftah
m
connection
with
the
new
lee
manufacturing
plant
on
the
local
waterfront
which
Is
now
neannt;
completion.
This
will
provide
another
faeltlty
here
for
the
handlin?
of
fresh
and,
froeen
fish.
Halibut
boat
owners
and
fisher
men.
In
the
co-oferatlvc
fund,
have
already
gathered
together
,.n
amount
In
excess
of
104)00
by
re-
iguiar
deduction
of
a
uroporllg
of
llhe'toreeeetlnf
fMhlnr
trios.
Te
I
Intention
Is
to
further
build
up
the
fund
by
continuing
such
WEAKENING
OF
FRANCE
Threat
of
Retaliatory
Tariff
of
Great
nrltaln
Forces
Paris
to
Uft
Fifteen
Percent
Surtax
PAJIIS.
December
38
(Canadian
Praaal
Unoer
threat
of
reprisals
by
the
United
Kingdom.
France
yesterday
took
off
the
fiiten
percent
exchange
surtax
on
British
goods.
The
oflctol
reason
given
or
the
action
was
that
"Engusn
money
Is
now
considered
stable.
It
was
admitted,
however,
that
the
British
reprisal
threats
had!
forced
France
to
act.
Oreat
Britain
;
had
already
moved
to
Impose
a
re-!
tollatorv
tariff
of
thirty-one
per-1
rnt
unon
certain
French
goods;
unless
thciurtax
was
cancelled
at
at
once.
ARE
CLOSE
TO
RECORD
Frances
Marsalls
and
Helen
Rlchey
i
Have
Rut
Few
Honrs
Left
to
Make
Lnduranre
Mark
MtAMi
Fla..
Dec.
38:
(
CP
--Mrs.
I
Frances
Marsalls
and
Miss
Viola
j
Helen
Rlchey
arc
now
almost
within
grasp
of
their
nmbltlon
of
breaking
the
world's
endurance
flight
record
for
women
which
they
will
have
accomplished
If
they
can
re
main
aloft
until
this
evening.
We
only
hone
that
our
motor
i
holds
out.
Wc
will
stay
up
ns
long
as
It
lasts."
said
a
note
dropped
fiy
the
nalr
yesterday
from
their
mono
plane,
Outdoor
Olrl.
Vancouver
Beer
Parlor
Held
Up
i,
Two
Armed
Randlls
Escape
Willi
$ZM
From
Premises
of
Hold
Canada
on
Richards
St.
-
VANCOUVER.
Dec
28:
(CP
Two
armed
bandits
held
up
the
beer
parlor
of
the
Cannda
Hotel
on
Richards
Street
last
night
and
escaped
with
$200.
Tomorrow's
Tides
'
Today's
WeatKe.
W
.
N
High
0:00
sun.
16.9
ft.
prince
Rupert-Overcast,
light
.
11:30
p-m.
203
ft.
'
Low
5:30
a.m.
10.4
ft.
northerly
wind;
barometer.
20.80;
18:30
42
It.
1
1
p.m.
temperature,
30;
tea
smooth.
,
NOHTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THt'RS
DAY,
DECEMBER
28,
1933
GENERAL
COLD
WA
VE
IS
CONTINUING
NEW
FISH
FREEZING
FACILITIES
FOR
LOCAL
WATERFRONT
Many
Deaths
As
Result
OtMost
Severe
Winter
Weather
In
Years
Parnlyinn
I'riRiilHy
All
Over
Canada
and
United
States;
Sixty
Ilclow
icecortlcti
ai
rori
ainun,
aim.,
mumk
Forty
is
General
on
Prairies
WINNIPEG,
Dec
28:
Wtatern
Canada
was
struggling
.
i
:il
iv...
..wf
Bvnfo
Jn
woitLhor
it
has
exucrienceu
in
earw.
Sixtv
lielow
tero
una
rcordwl
at
Port
Smith,
north
of
Edmonton,
white
it
wan
forty
Iwlovv
or
lower
at
inanv
point
on
the
prairies.
More
man
one
numuwi
Vvi
soiis'an
d-ad
in
the
United
States
owing
to
the
cold.
Signs
of
Itesplte
Married
mHOtm).
Dee.
:
(CP
The
TO
FREEZE
i
FISH
HERE
Additional
Facilities
to
be
Provided
In
Connection
With
Ice
riant
Co-operation
Given
Seek
Love
Clue
in
"
Sphinx"
Murder
FRANCE
IS
Seeking
to
pierce
11..'
mystery
tn
the
Sphinx
murder
of
Dr.
Leonard
Stcver.
abw.
44
yr.ir-.ild
bachelor
dentist
of
Pasadena,
Calif.,
detectives
are
attempting
to
locu.
several
beautiful
women
who
were
Hated
In
a
diary
kept
by
the
slain
dentist.
Dr.
Stever
was
shot
down
during
a
rainstorm
near
the
Sphinx
at
the
entrance
of
the
Pasadena
Scottish
Rite
cathedral,
while
he
was
en
route
to
visit
Mrs.
Frances
Cocn
Cooke,
also
above.
Pasadena
divorcee
Police
scouted
the
"confession"
of
an
unnamec.
woman
who
declared
she
killed
the
dentist
because
he
had
double-crossed"
her.
His
diary
stated
that
a
woman
threatened
him.
BUYING
IS
SIAM
KING
INCREASED
IS
COMING
Christmas
Trade
in
Prince
Rupert
Ahead
of
Last
Year
It
Is
generally
conceded
among
business
people
of
Prince
Rupert
that
Christmas
trade
this
year
here
showed
a
marked
Increase
over
last
year.
Many
merchants
report
that,
despite
lower
commodity
prices,
profits
wvre
increased
owing
to
much
larger
turnover
Well
before
Christmas
l.ve
sea
sonal
stocks
were
beginning
to
show
signs
of
depletion
and,
in
certain
lines,
complete
exhaustion,
indicating
that
trade
was
larger
than
the
merchants
had
estimated
it
would
be.
Rank
managers,
usually
conservative
In
such
mailers,
admit
that
there
was
a
general
Increase
In
Christmas
trade
this
year,
one
estimating
that
it
was
possibly
seventeen
percent
ahead
of
last
year
while
another
remarked
that
hundreds,
If
not
thousands,
of
dollars
more
were
spent
In
Christmas
buying
(his
year
than
last.
The
protracted
cold
snap
also
result
rd
In
increased
buying
of
rrlaln
lines
of
clothing
while
furl
dealers
a
No
had
greater
trade.
UNITED
ST.YHS
GOLD
WASHINGTON.
DC.
Dec.
38:
(CP)
The
United
States
Treasury
price
of
gold
was
unchanged
at
I
$34.08
per
ounce
today
as
compared
(with
$3210
In
Montreal
and
the
same
In
London.
Oriental
Monarrh
To
Pay
Another
Vlit
To
United
States
For
Ocular
Surgery
BANQKOK,
Slam,
December
38
-King
Praladhlpok
of
Sttm
will
shortly
pay
another
visit
Vo
the
United
State
for
a
further
operation
on
his
eyes.
It
wu
announce
yesterday,
the
monarch
having
been
advised
by
his
physicians
to
do
so.
It
was
also
revealed
that
he
had
been
Invited
while
m
trie
Uni
ted
States
to
visit
the
White
Hm
at
Washington
as
the
gueet
of
srdont
Frankrtn
D.
Roosevfttk
Under
the
constitution
of
Slant
the
King
is
not
nermlttcd
U
weai
glasses
for
the
reacting
of
official
nroclamatlons.
It
Is
with
a
view
to
Improving
his
eyes
so
that
he
may
be
able
to
do
so
that
another
operation
is
advised.
Soviet
Looks
For
I
Grave
of
Barents
Ist
Retting
PUre
o(
Dutch
lit-plorrr,
Who
Died
.too
Years
Ago,
lleing
Sought
morcow.
Russia.
Dm.
36:
So-
vlet
nolar
exnlorers
are
endeavor
ing
to
locate
the
grave
of
the
Dutch
'
scientist.
Vlllem
Barents,
who
perished
337
years
ago
in
the
wastes
of
the
Arctic
Ocean
while
seeking
a
northwest
passage
to
the
Orient.
;
FOR
PEACE
Unwilllnj
to
Nejotiate
l)ianna-ment
With
Germany
Thouth
Ready
to
Cut
Down
War
Machinery
PARIS,
Dec.
ZH:
President
Albert
Lebrun,
at
a
cabinet
meeting
yesterday,
approred
In
principle
refusal
to
enter
direct
disarmament
negotiations
with
Germany.
It
was
learned
In
official
quarters,
however,
that
France
was
willing
to
hrrap
one-half
of
her
bombing
airplane
if
other
nations
would
do
likewise.
It
was
also
revealed
that,
in
the
interests
of
pmt,
France
was
still
willing
to
enter
upon
a
general
disarmament
program
along
the
lines
as
suggested
at
conversations
last
summer
between
British
and
French
representatives
in
ParK
providing
French
secur
ity
h
at
all
times
maintained.
-Today's
Stocks.
iCvvHnj
8.
O.
Johnston
CAM
Vancouver
v
Tend
Oreille.
.75.
Oeorgia
River,
.02.
Big
MtaewurL
JO.
R.
C.
Nkkel,
.48.
BralerRC
10J90.
B.
R,
X.,
58.
B.
R.
Orm.,
.30.
Cariboo
GoW.2CO.
Indian,
.01.
Mmto.
.11.
Meridian;
.26.
Morning
Star.
.19
Vi-Native
Son,
.06.
National
Silver,
.(.
Nobfe
Five.
.111.
Porter
Idaho,
.12.
Premier.
1.06.
Reeves.
.14.
Reward.
.07.
Reno.
.85.
Sliver
Croat,
.0Si.
Wayside.
.41.
Whitewater.
.06Vfc.
Warerly,
.01.
Oils
Fabyan.
.00.
Home.
1.50.
Freehold,
.10.
A.
P.
Oofl,
.1.
CalmonU
.10.
Sterling
Padtte,
.49.
Toronto
Alexandria,
.Mtt.
Col
ii
mark).
52.
Central
Patricia,
0Va.
KlikutiMl
Lake,
J39.
Sherrttt.
105.
Granada.
Aft.
Macaasa.
1.70.
Slseo.
1.41.
New
Yotk
U.
S.
Steel.
46.
General
Motors,
314.
American
Can.
974-Allied
Chemicals.
Uttfc.
New
York
Central
31.
Toronto
Int.
Nickel.
ll.Oi.
Noranda,
33.1.
Trek
II
utiles.
5.75.
Ikwne.
33.60.
HoWtnier.
1135.
Me
Inly
re.
40.75
Eldorado,
3
70.
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg
December,
63
V.
May.
6SH.
July.
69.
Chicago
Deember.
83
H.
May.
861
July.
85Mi
C0MMUTI0N
REQUESTED
Dutch
Minister
Appeals
to
German
Foreign
Minister
For
Life
of
Man
Who
Fired
Reichstag
BERLIN.
Oermauy,
Dec.
38:
Count
tJnburg
Sit
rum,
Dutch
minister
to
Germany,
asked
Baron
von
Nelrath,
foreign
minister,
yesterday
to
commute
the
death
sentence
passed
upon
MartrthH
van
der
Lubbe.
a
Dutch
workman,
for
the
burning
of
the
Rekhstag
buUdlog
last
February.
OPERATION
ON
BRAIN
Jimmy
Wridel
Mskes
Dramatic
flight
With
Infant
Patient
BALTIMORE.
Mo.
Dec.
K
WP
im&
B.
WetdeL
tpum
Araeil-Fa7vlp3e?r
aT?ft!a
ne
prfcC
arrived
here
Tuesday
night
after
a
dmraa-tie
Uetve
hour
dash
through
btte-zard
nd
fog
for
a
distance
of
1460
tfttios
from
Houston
Texas,
with
Sue
Trennell.
five-mouth
oW
In
fant,
win)
will
undergo
a
delieal
emergency
opefaUeti
within
the
next
few
days
for
water
on
the
brain.
Weldel
made
the
I
light
Safely
despH
trntns
of
seasoned
aviators
against
seaylng
the
trip
imder
such
eXflsswli
weather
condi
tions
as
prevailed
aknc
the
route.
He
wade
one
atop
ecuoute
at
New
Orleans
for
reluellrng.
The
Infant
Is
now
tying
at
John
Hopkins
Hospital
under
observa-"
thin
of
Dr
Walter
E.
Oandy.
noted
;
brain
specialist,
who
will
perform!
the
operation.
DEFICIT'
IS
HUGE
United
States
Government
Behind
One
Thousand
Million
Dollars
.
Preparing
Budget
WASHWOTON
DX?..
December
3d
(Canadian
Plea)-
The
United
Ma4ee
govemmettt
deficit
yester
day
passed
the
Ubonsmnd
million
dollar
mark
as
Preekient
FranklUi
D.
Roosevelt
and
Bw
advisers
were
Hrepartng
the
astefttnlatratlnn's
fir
buOtet
for
presentation
to
Con-areas
which
opens
m
Ttursoay
of
next
week.
It
was
Inthnated
that
the
president
had
no
Intention
of
diverting
to
any
axtent
from
the
line
of
action
on
which
he
is
now
working
for
Hie
Industrial
rehab-
lliatlon
of
the
exmnUy.
The
President's
message
to
Con-
greas
wlU
be
carried
over
a
natloa-
wide
radio
hook-up.
Solemn
Funeral
Service
Held
In
Parisian
Station
PARIS,
December
38
(Canadian
Pfss-
DDrsped.
Wtth
black,
the
great
underground
liaO
of
the
Hast
Station
here
was
tranaformed
Into
a
funeral
chapel
yeMerday
as
a'
great
multitude
pgUteml
for
the
final
rites
of
ttwtiy
of
the
303
vle-tlms
or
the
tntgfc
train
coHUten
near
here
last
Saturday
ntght.
France
was
tn
virtual
national
i
mourning
for
the
victims
ot
the
IdsMster.
,