I T Phone 77 TAXI (TOMMY'S) Stand, Capitol Theatre Block Any time, anywhere, 50c Is the (are. 7-Passcnger Chrysler Car puMHAY, India, Nov. i( Pi Nadir Shah i AV A f - T ' i I WA iiiNOTOW. DC Not. "The Krntoefcy on Tuesday vo-' ' one m favor of repeal of f - nth Amendment, betas; seventh state in the un-against the national pro- w overthrow of which Is :A ':) '!. it.: i.i red Although the voting on Tuesday. Kentucky unt Its votos until yea- into account the results In the total popular vote mntry m the repent re- has been t.MM.Deo for d 4,110 against or al- 1'ii-r In nn far ranaal. North w Smith Carolina are the only '' t .i, ,, Whteh voted acalrni re- A- 1 rnult of election day vVo-ifss than 13 deaths were 0 per in Kentucky wHh at least ' Injured. i MlVr C. It. Orme was the todsy at the regular week- 1 1" won of the Prince Rupert 'i!v ciub in the Commodore rrrnidsnt John Dybhavn was 1 iialr.Mr. Orme gave a Na-nr Week Ulk which haa 'ft ported from last ween. JffMi And dollar ntiTII above TAIt NEW YonK. Nov. 9: CP)-p Canadian dollar, which 'vm at par with the Amcrl- "n the local foreign ox- ")nc vwterdfly, wns at onc- .:onth ent premium today. . "tUh Pulld Burling was at M.05 today. Yester- dosed nt $4.05Vi. ers who now come within the scope of unemployment Insurance provisions. At present there are somewhat mote than t0 million people on usmiMfcyiiwt rtgtsu rs of tlx ' sawmsfy. aW Mac aeetsutc of 'months. A Questioner In the House of Commons efteitod the fwinef cheertnc news that the wntwi(WOy-ment Insurance fund will show a turpi us on account during the current fiscal year of more than I.-260 000 which will meet winter contingencies and allow something towards the deficit of mfteeejaoQ caused when the fund tot out of hand and the dole was created Vancouver Stocks Vsnrourrr rhg Missouri. .40. B C Nickel. At. B R X, M. B Ft. Cons.. XX. Cariboo Oold. 1M. Cork rrovlnee. Jl. Oeomfea River. M. Indian. .91 H. Lucky Jbn. .SI. MertdUn. Morning star. .16. Native Sons. Jl. National Silver. M. Noble rive. 0V rend OrelUe. .7$. porter Idaho, .. lmnler, 1 11. Kves McDonald. .1. v , Reward. .fW. Reno. "r. Silver Crest. Wayside. W. Whitewater. W. Waverley, M. oils Pabyan. Home. 1JQ. C St 1JK. Freehold. M. A. P. Con.. Jl-CalmonU .11-Sterling Pacific. M. Toronto Alexandria. Columarlo. At. Central Patrlcta. i. Klrkland Uke. M. Noranda. 34.16. Bherrllt-Oordon. 1.10. International Nkkel, Jl. Oranada, .. Macassa. W. Slsco. .1.49. The annual Nloia basaar opened this afternoon in the Moose Hall and will continue Unl.ht. tomorrow nfttmoon and umw row .venlng. Mrs. F. M Crosby It general wml LONDON, Nov. 9: (CP) Sixteen million persons will Ik covered by a gigantic new unemployment insurance scheme which is to be instituted by the British government A measure for revising and co-ordinating previous Plants ilans with witn imorUnt iniorwni additions auditions has nas been Been introduced introduced in in the tnc i, aged ,, 51, ,.. King or ou$c 0f Commons by Sir Henry Betterton, minister of anistan, 'iniuttitl "-TUB wa asat- .'IRliiiti. .. t. i. .i . -.j -ill- - rd yesterday, it le . in atlvieo receiv- . it. His wn, Mo-1 Zahir Shah, Kd jocceds him. KENTUCKY GOES WET UVu Than Thirteen rmn !' la Ktfcfriidum Day Violence In Blue (iraM Stile Wet Vole Decisive l"itf tr Nation Show Tlirre T One Popular Vole Against rrohlbltlon tabor It is the moat widely em- bracing of any metal scheme ever introduced at Westminster and adds four million persons to those work URGES ALL BACK FISH INDUSTRY II. Orme Speaks ef Value t-lshtrirs to City in Address To Rotary Club of In an address to the Rotary Club at Its retuiar weekly luncheon In the Commodore Cafe today Ex-Mayor C. H Orme stromtly urged that the people of Prince Rupert be a unit behind the fishing industry If Uk fishermen secured adequate retwe tor ttielr efforts it affected the whole community favorably Th' city was now down to bedrock ami she fishing Industry was IU main bet la opening. Mr. Orme spoke of M falue of ' National Fish Week' in advertising the fisheries of the eewntry. In some sections fish was hardly ever eaten. Ts snow the value of the Industry, the speaker quoted from aov-eewneflt statistics to show that In 1994 the fisheries of the Dominion brouRrjt In $47,000,000. In the following years this was considerably reduced. In 1910 the value in the provmee was $23,000,000 and in the Pridee, Rupert district $13,000,000. Threuahout Canada the industry emptatytd 78.000 people. In B, C. 14,ee0 were employed. In 1930 the Investment In the fisheries amounted to $64,000,000. Turning then to local conditions, Mr. Orme said the game wns a hard one ln'hleh only a real-steed man chM engage, especially of recent years Not only were the buyers and the oold storage plant depending on the Industry but the railway depended on It for its existence. In the past few years there had been no stability In any business, the speaker said, and especially In the fUh business but he was glad to say that the outlook was better now than It hart been for some time. Condition of Sir Arthur Currie Is Reported Better MONTREAL. Nov. 9: ICP The wridltlon of Sir Arthur Currie. who Is suffering from a small cerebral blood vessel blockade, continues to show Improvement. It was reported' by his physicians today. Tomorrow's Tides High 7:23 a.m. 16 ft. 19:02 p.m. 16.2 ft. Low 0:29 a.m. 7.9 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMMA'S NEWSPAPER 12:55 pjn. 10.9 ft. V;: XXIV No. 260. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBE R 9, 1933 PRICE: FIVE CENTS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SCHEME Lgg THIRTY-SEVm STATES OPPOSE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT Sixteen Million Persons Will Be Covered by New Legislation For Workless In Great Britain ; Afghan King Is Murdered I Number of Those Without Jobs in Old Land Decreased By Half Million in Last Six .Months Cheering Surplus Will Meet Contingencies of Coming Winter VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, Nov. 9: (CP) Wheat was quoted at 63ic on the local exchange today. New Armament For English 'Planes auaauutf w That certainly is a business-like looking gun. It fires a high explosive shell and is mounted on the new British flying boats. This Is the first time any recoil gun has been mounted on an aeroplane. The gun has an accurate range of 1.500 yards and fires 100 pound and a -ha If shells a minute. PAYROLLS INCREASE Index of Returning Better Times Indicated by Compensation Board Official An index of returning better times in the province was given by Dr. O. B. Murphy of Vancouver, medical officer of the Workmen's Compensation Board of British Columbia, who, In ad-dreeing the Prince Rupert Oyro Club at luncheon Wednesday, stated that for 1933 auditrd payrolls in British Columbia were expected to amount to $135,000, 000 as compared with Sltt.OOO, 000 In 1933; $190,000,000 In 1939: $183,300,000 In 1928 and $177.-000,000 in 1930. Dr. Murphy was speaking on the subject of "The Workmen's Com-pensation Act of British TAKE OVER NEXT WEEK fiovernment to Change WednesdayMart, Finance Minister; Pearson, .Mines and Labor VICTORIA, Nov. 9: (CP) The new Liberal administration will be sworn in next Wednesday at noon a few minutes after Premier S. F. Tolmie and his cabinet resign. It Is unlikely that Premier-elect T. D. Pattullo will give any indication of the personnel of hU cabinet until he presents the list to the Lieutenant Oovernor for his approval. John Hart of Victoria now seems a strong possibility as rain istrr of finance with G. S. Pearson of Nanaimo taking over the portfolios of mines and labor for both of which he is eminently To the Electors of Skeena Please accept my sincere appreciation for the generous support given me on November 3nd. I earnestly hope that time may Justify your confidence and that wc can get toi ther in this district Irrespective of party at-filiations, and work for the benefit of all. E. T. Kenney. W.C.B. WORK RESTORING - DESCRIBED! OLD GRANT Dr. G. B. Murphy, Medical Officer Of Compensation Board, Interesting Speaker Many Benefits Much Information Conveyed as to Functions and Operation of Important Legislation Much interesting information in regard to the nature, functions, operation and history of the Workmen's Compensation Act of British Columbia was conveyed to members and guests of the Prince Rupert Oyro Club yesterday afternoon l when Dr. O. B. Murphy, medical of-I ficer of the Workmen's Compensa tion Board, was the speaker before a luncheon of the local service or ganization in the Boston Cafe. Past President William Cruickshank. occupied the chair in the absence of President T. W. Brown and guests Included J. R. Drysdale of Premier, David Watt ot Vancouver and T. N. LePage. A. & Nkkerson. J.J.XlUle, O. A. Woodland. Dr. W. S. Kergln. Dr. C. II. Hankinson and Peter Sunderland. The present Compensation Act Dr. Murphy explained, had come Into effect In 1917 and. during the sixteen and three-quarter years It had been in operation, approximately $45,000,000 had been paid out. $36,000,000 of this being in ac tual compensation to workmen and dependents and $9,000,000 In medical aid Including hospital medical nursing and dental service, artificial appliances, etc. Approximately 1 50.000 claims had been handled of vhlch 3.500 had been fatal. The irgest total expenditure in any Ingle year had been over four and third mUlton dollars in 1929. the econd largest in 1928 and the third rget in 1930. Under the benefits ot the' Act a vidow received $35 per month until lier death or re-marriage and each hlld $730 per month until attaining sixteen years of age. It could be eadlly seen, therefore, where the fatal case of a man with a large family would be very costly to the board. Benefits of Art Under the original Workmen's "-om pensation Act which was In existence from 1902 uiktll 1917. nothing was paid to an Injured workman during the first two weeks. Then a maximum of $10 per week up to a total compensation of $1500 was paid. Under the present Act the rate of compensation was This is Dominant Issue at Annual Convention of B. C. Hospitals: Association VICTORIA, Nov. 9: (CP)-Bugr gested restoring of the provincial government grant to hospitals to Its former basis was the dominant issue yesterday before the annual convention here of the British Co- lumDia nospiiaw Association. H. W. Birch, managing secretary of the Prince Rupert General Hospital Is representing that lnstltu-'km at the convention. URGER0AD TO ALASKA Seattle Highway Official Urges Pan-American Conference in South America to Take It Up SEATTLE, Nor. 9: (CP) CoW t ruction of the international Ps- HU? HlghjrajrJraia AkaJoJ ico city somilcr rmtf rone 0 ftr.' Issues at the forthcoming Pan" American conference in Mente-video. Uruguay, next month. Asabel Curtis, president of (he Washing ton State Good Roads Association, urged yesterday in a eommuniea- Uon to Secretary of State Oordeil Hull. New Member For I Atlin Will Be i Here Tonight W. J. Asselstlne. M. L. A.-elect for Atlin and mill superintendent oi the Premier mine, will be a paste n-fcief aboard the Prince Oeorge this evening In company with D. L. Pttj, general manager of the Premier Gold Mining Co.. going through to Vancouver where they will attend a mining convention at which both will be speakers. Mr. Assdstlne's name is being prominently mentioned hi connection with the ministership of mines In the cabinet of Premier-elect Pattullo but there will be nothing definite known In regard to this until Mr. Pattullo formally announce the personnel of the cabinet on taking over the premiership next week. GOLD PRICE $33.15 WASHINGTON. UJBn Nov. 9: at first 564 ot average earnings nV Jl, 7 . 7 but had been Increased until It was SSf ' now Present rates of nav- ment were eight to ten times great- Mrs. James Dsnhotme of TWl er than under the .oW scheme. Dr. who recently underwent a major Murphy gave examples of where operation In the Prince Rupeit some very heavy claims had been General Hospital is now anv. oald In cases of disabilities rang- leectng at the home of Mrs. Mar-In? over a number of years, one tin Miller at Bllimof before return, case mentioned having totalled Ing to her home on the Queen $10,000 and another $18,000. Claims, the speaker stated, were usually adjusted and checks Issued (in from three to six days from the i receipt of all the necessary docu-: ments. When there were delay 1 they were usually due to lack of adequate Information which should , be supplied either by the workman, employer or doctor. The cost of administration ot the Act. Dr. Murphy Informed his 11s- Charlotte Islands. 41 C. C. F. READV TO TAKE OPPOSITION IN LEGISLATURE 4 VANCOUVER. Nov. 9: (OP) The Co-operative Common- wealth Federation la ready to 4 accept the pdsiUon of official teners, was approximately 34 of, Opposition In the British Oo- the assessments collected and was lumbla Legislature, a spokes 4 the only money which was not dl-1 man for the Federation stated 4 rectly returned to the workman ; 4 last night. 4 either In compensation for loss of i e (Continued on Page Four) 14 4 444444444444