SETTLING
OF
PRICE
Intthrr
Subcommittee
In
Connec
tion
With
World
Wheat
Con-frrtnee
is
Proposed
KnMF
April
14:
CP
The
cx-
-
Jb
rommlttce
of
the
world
,
-
lllllMlltUUI
v
vs
u
v
-
l'"
t:.
s
TV
4!
minimum
prices,
it
Is
sug-
Sr
'ci
should
be
haseri
nn
a
five
or
M
pc:-c
t
Increase
In
the
nrlce
of
s'
1
"j.at
nrlre
nf
nther
ornriet
'
be
fixed
so
as
to
maintain!
P"
'?
Mo
such
ns
thev
how
have
'
tr
to
Manitoba
No.
2.
Liquor
Business
Not
So
Large
As
Was
Anticipated.;
OLYMPIA,
Wash..
Anrll
14:-
'"ll"
their
first
tt'wlr
nf
hiitln
LOOK
INTO
VALLEY
OIL
Investigation
to
be
Made
of
sibllltlcs
Alone
Lower
Frascr
Itlrrr
wii
ouue
liquor
stores
Iiau,
aiuii
i
nuiu,
i.
.v
She
LONDON,
April
14:
(CP)
The
British
Iron
and
Steel
Federation
today
made
public
the
draft
of
a
five-year
plan
through
which
it
hopes
to
gain
complete
control
of
the
industry
throughout
the
Empire.
The
impression
was
created
that
the
scheme
has
the
approval
of
the
treasury
and
that
the
present
thirty-three
and
one-third
percent
duty
on
Imported-Iron
and
steel
will
rc-
,
.
main
In
force
Instead
of
expiring
next
October
as
planned
originally.
The
duty
was
Imposed
on
the
condition
that
the
Industry
reorganize
It-
self.
'
The
five-year
plan,
which
would
i
free
from
state
control,
seeks
to
recover
for
Oreat
nrifaln
llm
Intt
inrM
mnrlreti
for
iTfofTinS'slfti
ind
to
make
the
InM
dustry
Independent
of
tariffs
within
five
years.
It
contains
provisions
to
reorganise
production
by
elimination
of
wasteful
competition
and
encouraging
amalgamations
as
well
as
modernizing
plants.
It
alms
at
co-ordination
of
every
iron
And
steel
enterprise
In
the
British
Empire.
The
scheme
Is
described
as
the
ivlsory
sub-committee
last
biggest
attempt
in
oreat
Britain's
r
mmended
thrfcreaUon
of
history
to
promote
Industrial
re-Eub-commlttce
to
meet
In
!
organization.
:n
and
settle
the
Question
of
ll
nMtat
mlnlmtim
M
ArM
j
v
i
Po.
VICTORIA.
April
14:
CP-11
possibilities
In
the
Frascr
Valley
will
be
Investigated
Immediately
by
the
provincial
government
as
part
of
Its
program
for
using
the
resour
ces
of
the
province
for
economic
,
Hon.
A.
Wells
Dray,
mln-lands.
states.
CANADIAN
GOLD
.'.over
which
had
.n
nnHri.
lower
at
S34.67
vesterdav
but
ret
riirf
iti-
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.
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in
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ifi
n
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tfni
nri
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trn
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n.Li
lihiiiv
hiiii
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IV
Vt
IIV
ft
mcnt
$34.73
Special
Final
Clubbing
Offer
FOB
ONE
WEEK
ONLY
Commencing
Monday,
April
lfi
Pictorial
Review,
National
Home
Monthly
and
the
Daily
News
ilL'L'w131
ftrrangement
with
the
IMctorlal
Review
and
National
inn
Pi
,0'u
ly
we
are
able
to
offer
these
two
high
class
magazines
tli
l"c
t
i?
D?"y
Ncw
'of
one
year
to
Prince
.Rupert
people
only
on
following
terms:
Cash
Down,
50c
Balance
10c
a
Week,
For
One
Year
5!rC!nlu,bbJ118
offcr
cscs
nt
the
end
of
next
week.
Anyone
wish-Daiii
M.nke
lvantage
of
this
special
offer
should
call
at
the
or
r
lrls
mcc
Rnl
88n
contract
to
take
the
paper
for
a
year
lcIcPhonc
for
the
route
boy
to
call.
DAILY
NEWS
-
Phone
98
GRANT
IS
RESTORED
Ter
Diem
Payment
to
Hospital
RestomrtoFormer
Level
By'
Provincial
Government
The
hospital
board,
at
its
regular
monthly
meeting
lat
night,
was
in
receipt
of
the
welcome
announcement
In
a
communication
from
the
deputy
provincial
secretary
that
the
provincial
government
had
decided
to
rc-establih
per
diem
grants
to
hospital
to
the
scale
prior
to
the
year
1932-1933
by
increasing
the
grants
by
25c
per
day
over
last
year's
scale
to
approximately
8c.
The
increased
grant
will
become
effective
as
from
April
1.
Satisfaction
was
expressed
by
officers
of
the
board
at
the
increase.
There
was
also
a
letter
from
the
provincial
secretary's
department
in
regard
to
relief
cases
from
unorganized
territory
outside
the
city.
Atlin
Statutory
Case
Proceeding
Leslie
Smith,
Charged
With
Offcnrt
Against
Young
Girl,
Taking
Speedy
Trial
Before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
The
trial
of
Leslie
Smith
of
At
lin,
charged
with
a
statutory
of
fence
involving
a
thirteen-year
old
lrl.
is
proceeding
before
Judge
W.
S.
Fisher
In
County
Court
now.
having
commenced
at
10:30
this
morning
with
accused
entering
a
olea
of
not
guilty.
About
half
a
dozen
witnesses
are
being
heard.
L.
W.
Patmore
Is
prosecuting
while
R.
L.
McLennan
Is
acting
as
defence
counsel.
The
hearing
was
adjourned
from
this
afternoon
to
Monday
morning.
ALBERTA
OPPOSED
TO
CONTINUING
OFFICE
OF
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
EDMONTON,
April
14:
(CP
With
party
lines
broken,
the
Alberta
Legislature
last
night
voted
29
tcf
20
to
request
the
Dominion
government
to
make
no
further
appointment
when
the
present
term
of
Llcutcn-
ant-Oovernor
Walsh
Is
com-
pleted
In
1036.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
Clear.
High
1:43
am.
223
ft.
touthcast
wind;
barometer,
29.9
i.
14:21
pan.
20.1
ft.
temperature,
61;
sea
smooth.
Low
8:18
ajn.
1.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
20.20
p.m.
5.9
ft.
Vcl
XXIV
No.
88,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
14,
1M
PKICE:
FIVE
CENT8
FIVE
YEAR
PLAN
ON
BRITISH
STEEL
PLANS
IN
CONNECTION
WITH
WORKS
PROGRAM
REVEALED
United
Kingdom
Hopes
to
Regain
Complete
Control
Over
Industry;
Protection
To
Remain
in
Force
NUN
LOST
HER
LIFE
SUrr
St.
Charles
PerUhed
at
St.
(irreolre,
(Jue
bee,
in
Burning
Of
Convent
GREOOIRE,
Que..
April
14:
Tnc
body
of
SUter
Bt.
;
was
recovered
from
debris
Grrgolre
convent
of
the
Sls-f
Br
Joseph
and
8t.
Valller
:
wjs
destroyed
by
fire
early
morning.
N
fsre
destroyed
the
convent,
residence
and
three
other
Production
to
be
Reorganized,
Wasteful
Competition
Eliminated,
Amalgamations
Encouraged
and
Plants
Modernized
Scheme
is
Believed
to
Have
Approval
of
Treasury
i
using
a
io.
oi
voluntorv
inri
Ford
Restores
$5
Minimum
j
3Ww
,
Declaring
chat
no
one
unyth.r.y
by
raising
wages
as
.soon
xs
he
Is
abU
Henry
Foro
Dot.olt
motor
magnate,
has
restored
the
$5
a
day
minimum
wage
fo-
employees
cf
his
Industry,
the
wage
he
instituted
for
the
nrst
time
in
1914.
This
Increase
also
applies
In
Canada.
Forty-seven
thousand
of
the
70,000
men
employed
by
Ford
throughout
the
United
JStates
benefited
by
the
Increase.
Ford
Is
shoftrn
above,
with
a
scene
from
his
plant
at
Dearborn,
Mich.,
in
background.
CITY
COMMISSIONER
SUGGESTS
FLAT
FOUR
PERCENT
INTEREST
ON
OUTSTANDING
DEBENTURES
In
making
public
today
the
annual
financial
report
for!
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
year
1933,
City
Comniis-'
sioner
W.
J.
Alder
offered
the
suggestion
that
ft
would
be
j
to
the
interest
of
the
holders
of
outstanding
city
deben-!
tures
to
the
amount
of
$1,S43,51S,
issued
at
varying
rates'
of
interest
from
five
to
seven
percent,
to
agree
to
a
flat
j
rate
oi
iour
percent
per
.annum'
payable
semi-annually,
the
city
to
undertake
to
raise
the
sum
of
$100,000
per
annum
out
of
which
the
Interest
would
be
paid
and
the
balance
used
for
redemption
of
debentures
In
the
order
In
which
the
original
bonds
fall
due.
"Any
attempt
for
some
ypars
to
raise
a
greater
sum
than
$100,000
per
annum
for
debt
purposes
will,
I
am
satisfied,"
states
the
Com
missioner,
"result
in
further
depre-
-
elation
and
greater
reversions
of
rvirirkT
TTp
in
property
to
the
city
and
eventually
ISpr
IS
Ipnivirrilze
the
securitv
nf
the
nrln.
'
-'kJl
U
1
Li
1U
4
g...
-
"
-
cipal
of
outstanding
debentures."
i
The
commissioner
reports
a
collection
of
$156,226.63
on
1933
taxes
or
sixty-eight
percent
of
the.
levy
League
of
Nations
Committee
Falls
of
$229,194.39.
total
arrears
of
gen-'
To
Reach
Solution
of
Colombia-cral
and
local
Improvement
taxes!
Peru
Trouble
amounting
to
$452,035.29.
Although
all
due
and
past
due
in-
UNSETTLED
j
GENEVA,
April
14:-Thc
special
terest
to
debenture
holders
had'.,
'
V
8
.
"ons
Investigating
,w
the
Ama-
been
met
during
the
year,
there
upper
had
been
no
funds
available
for
the
zn
bocrd"
d!spuLc
of
a"d
South
American
ad-amounting
repub
es.
payment
of
matured
debentnres
after
falling.
In
Kterday
;
to
$138,700
and
the
sinking
fund
was
short
$30,487.30.
iU,s,f?rt
t0cht
nny
se
Ufmcn,
I
of
the
Issue.
The
plan
now
Is
to
call
"Work
for
our
able-bodied
men
I
a
conference
In
Rio
de
Janeiro
beat
reasonable
wages
for
at
least
jtween
representatives
of
the
two
sufficient
time
to
enable
them
to
republics
which
are
reported,
mean-get
off
relief
until
normal
times
re-1
time,
to
be
arming
themselves
for
turn
Is
much
lu
be
desired,"
dc-
war.
Dominion
Government
To
Follow
Lines
Set
By
Industrial
Bodies
,
Plan
of
Canadian
Construction
Association
to
Expend
$50,000,000
Including
$3,fi90,000
in
British
j
Columbia,
is
Recalled
'
OTTAWA,
April
14':
(CP)-Public
works
which
will
be
initiated
by
the
Dominion
government
in
connection
with
the
relief
of
unemployment
will
be
"along
the
line
of
suggestions
made
by
construction
associations
and
other
industrial
groups
throughout
the
country
during
the
last
months,'
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
told
the
Hnnse
of
commons
yesterday.
.
Tne
Canadian
Construction
Association,
meeting
In
Toronto
last
January,
revealed
plans
to
spend
about
$50,000,000
on
public
works
if
the
government
would
provide
the
money.
It
mentioned
a
sum
of
$3,690,000
to.be
spent
In
British
Columbia,
!
ALASKA
IS
WETAGAIN
Liquor
Importation
Into
Territory
"Sow
Legal
Traffic
to
Open
Officially
May
1
JUNEAU,
Alaska,
April
II:
(CP)
Within
a
few
hours
after
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
had
sitned
a
bill
in
Washington
yes-terday
repealing
Alaska's
prohibition
laws,
the
Alaska
Liquor
Control
Board
announced
that
legal
liquor
traffic
would
be
opened
on
May
1.
Shipments
of
liquor
into
the
territory
are
legal
at
any
time
now
but
a
few
weeks
will
be
required
to
set
up
the
liquor
control
system.
DEADLOCK
IS
ENDED
Federal
Government's
Belief
Passes
Committee
Stage
Bill
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
,,i;Vex
"Imberg,
AgedTJ,
llesident
allereiForQuarttrof
Century,
Passes
Away
The
death
occurred
this
morning
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
where
he
had
been
rushed
for
treatment
List
night
of
Alex
Holmberg.
aged
77,
a
resident'
of
Prince
Rupert
for
upwards
of
a
quarter
of
a
century
and
who
for
many
years
was
engaged
In
raising
poultry
in
Westvlew.
Deceased,
whe
had
lived
at
one
time
on
Porcher
Island
and
who
was
well
known
in
the
city,
was
born
In
Sweden
and
Is
survived
by
a
son,
Alex
Holmbe
rs.
,
formerly
of
this
city,
and
a
daughter.
Miss
Ellen
Holmberg.
now
re-:
siding
at
Abbotsford
In
the
Fraser
Valley.
Funeral
arrangements
are
In
the
hands
of
Haynor
Bros
,
undertakers.
NO
HALIBUT
SALE
Only
the
small
American
boat
Visitor
being
In
with
6.500
pounds,
there
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
thft..
local
Fish
Exchange
this
mornln?.
!The
Visitor
Is
holding
over
until
i
Monday
morning's
sale.
'TRAIN
LATE
TONIGHT
t
Delay
having
been
again
caused
Clares
the
commissioner
in
his
re-'.
OTTAWA.
April
14:
CP-Break-
by
track
trouble
between
McOrlde
port
InS
two
weeks
deadlock,
the
gov-
and
Red
Pass,
tonight's
train,
due-
-All
the
city
departments
arc!ernment
s
rfUef
biU
P"1
through
from
the
east
at
10
oIock,
was
re-
fnnrtinninT
in
efficient
manner
,
the
committee
stage
In
th?
House
ported
this
morning
to
be
four
0
I
nf
nnmmnMA
Inei
a.
I
I.
A
1
lit
w
vwuiuiuiia
iaai
iiigm
una
win
re
goodj"1
thlrd
readlng
on
Monda-repair
City-owned
buildings
are
in
'
and
properly
Iniured.
The
water
system
Is
being
kept
up.
the
telephone
system
Is
being
Improved
and
the
fire
department
was
never
more
efficient."
hours
late
which
would
bring
It
In.;
,
at
2
a.m.
tomorrow.
Canadian
Fishing
Industry
To
Be
Probed
By
Committee
Headed
By
Commerce
Minister
OTTAWA,
April
14:
(CP)-
The
plight
of
the
Canadian
fishing
industry
will
be
investigated
by
the
select
committee
of
which
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
is
chairman
and
which
has
recently
been
investigating
mass
buying,
price
spreads
and
industrial
conditions.
This
was
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
by
Premier
R.
R.
Rennett
who
pledged
the
government
to
give
most
favorable
consideration
to
any
scheme
advanced
by
provincial
authorities
to
place
the
industry
on
its
feet.
The
Stevens
committee,
said
the
Premier,
will
hear
representations
designed
to
increase
prices
and
lower
the
spread
between
producer
and
consumer.
v..
1