Today's
Weather
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
light
northerly
wind;
barometer.
3021;
temperature,
23;
sea
smooth.
V
XXIV.
No.
299.
raniou
Muvlnc
Picture
Actor
Coming
West
Before
leaving
l
or
England
NEW
YORK,
Dee.
DougUi
F;
irh.ink
left
here
on
Wcd-
Et
gland
where
he
man
indefinitely.
Pfc-Christmas
Wrecking
crews
were
still
work
ing
today
removing
the
debris.
Prompt
action
of
Enflnecr
Bur-rell
or
the
International
flier
in
uncoupling
ills
heavy
locomotive
from
the
train
when
he
realised
his
(rain
had
naxsed
onto
the
siding
i
undoubtedly
prevented
a
heavier
,
toll,
How
It
Happened
TORONTO,
Dec.
27:
(CP)
For
ward
Brakemau
E.
S.
Lynch
oi
the
in
iduv
for
HoiU'vrocd
where
no
vn
,
An.imiiiii
ivisscn2cr
-
-1-'
-"
"
t
UU""i
(jwww
M
t
l-
nd
one
day
before
jeavui
4l"
:
train"
threw
the
switch
at
Dundas
Intends
to
ic-
..
.
-n,
CXnres
train
Retail
Sales
Card
of
Thanks
Adjutant
Laycock
of
the
Salvation
Army
wishes
to
thank
oil
the
donors
to
the
Salvation
Army
fund,
to
the
;
wirkcrs
who
so
freely
gave
their;
t
vices
and
to
any
who
did
any
crashing
into
the
Christmas
spec-da..
W.
A.
Klngsland.
general
man-ager
of
the
Canadian
National
j
Railways,
said
today.
When
Lynch
!saw
the
headlight
of
the
filer,
he
l
Ci,,c
m
became
xeltet
and
rushed
to
the
t
'switch,
unlocked
It
and
turned
It
for
the
siding
In
the
face
of
the
com-WASHINGTON,
DC.
Dec.
27:-j,ng.
ex,,Ie,ta,
iMiill
miles
in
the
United
States,
m
.
si
far
tills
December
are
estimated
b
the
Department
of
Commerce
t
b-
twenty
or
thirty
percent
ahead
Of
(in-
;.u:ir
month
last
year.
'omul
Sterling
and
('anadian
Dollar
New
York
Kxchaiitf'
new
VOHK.
Dec.
27:.
The
Bri
liah
pound
Htrrllno
was
quoted
nt
j
M'!,
here
yesterday,
off
vc
and
t
Canadian
dollar
at
$1.00.
ofr
'.
10c.
,
!
Mian
Lillian
Halllwell
of
Borden
.
u..l
tsanliliicr
Ktnff
left
Old
Country
Soccer
1.
CHRISTMAS
DAY
lOOTnALL
j
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
t
tint
Division
1
Arsenal
5,
Preston
Nortn
End
3.
Blackburn
Rovers
0,
Portsmoum.
Chelsea
2.
Aston
Villa
0.
Evertcn
fl.
Sunderland
2.
Orlmsby
Town
3,
Tottenham
Hotspurs
0.
Leeds
United
1,
Manchester,
City
2.
Leicester
City
0.
Huddersfleld
Town
3,
Sheffield
Wednesday
2,
Birmingham
1.
City
0.
Wolverhampton
5,
Derby
County
j
SCOTTISH
LEAOl'E
Mrt
Division
Celtic
4.
Queen's
Park
1.
Rangers
1.
Falkirk
0.
Second
Division
Edinburgh
City
2.
St.
Bernards
6.
BOXING
DAY
ENT.I.ISII
LEAGUE
First
Division
Aston
Villa
2,
Chelsea
3.
Birmingham
0.
Sheffield
4.
Derby
Country
2,
Wolverhampton
Huddersfleld
Town
2.
Leicester
City
3.
Liverpool
2,
Middlesbrough
2.
Manchester
City
3,
Leeds
United
0.
Portsmouth
3,
Blackburn
1.
Preston
North
End
7,
Arsenal
1.
Stoke
City
3.
West
Bromwlch
Albion
0.
Sunderland
7,
Evcrton
0.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
2,
Grimsby
Town
1.
Airplane
on
Its
Way
Into
Alaska
TANKER
""
IS
way
back
here
now
under
her
.
jc-n
power
after
having
flashed
out
distress
signals
Saturday
mgnt
stilting
that
she
was
on
fire
fol-'
lowing
an
explosion
on
board.
The
piiltlon
of
the
vessel
at
the
time!
was
1700
miles
west
of
Los.
Angeles,
j
LEVIS.
Que..
Dec.
27:
CP
Captain
Joseph
Ellzear
Bernler,
noted
French-Canadian
Arctic
explorer,
died
at
his
home
here
yesterday
at
the
age
of
eighty-two
years.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
27,
1931
berths
Already
Booked
For
Queen
LONDON,
Dec.
2i
-Twc
hundred
.
ths
have
already
been
booked
for
'he
maiden
voyage
of
the
new
giant
White
Star-Cunarder
Queen
Mary
o
New
York
in
the
spring
of
1936.
Cuban
Communists
Arc
Arrested
On
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
27:
CP
Wheat
was
quoted
at
77sc
on
the
local
exchange
Saturday,
advancing
to
78'
c
Monday.
Splendid
Response
to
Appeal
Of
Salvation
Army
This
Year
Made
Numbers
of
People
Happy
The
splendid
response
of
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
to
the
appeal
of
the
Salvation
Army
made
it
possible
for
a
great
many
families
to
be
made
happy
this
Christmas,
and
it
came
at
a
time
ot
special
need
when
the
trosty
weather
increased
the
cost
of
living
and
made
the
young
people
hungry.
All
day
Monday
a
band
of
willing
(
.
.
.
"'
workers
packed
hampers,
some
of
.Xrail5fer
whlle
Mrs.
Pierce
catered
lliom
vpru
lin)(
ntipi
mnffl
than
the!
,
...w.i
....j
....
B
...
niosi
accepiaoiy
10
wie
wumu
average
man
couta
mi,
vue
iouh
number
sent
out
being
53
as
well
as
a
quantity
of
much
needed
cloth
ing.
There
was
one
little
slip-up.
The
baker
who
had
promised
one
hundred
loaves
of
bread
found
himself
so
rushed
with
orders
that
he
could
not
possibly
deliver
it
and
donated
cash
Instead.
Tills
made
it
Impossible
to
Include
bread
in
the
Bound
from
San
Francisco
to
hampers.
Anchorage,
a
Pacific
Alaska
Airways
Those
who
aided
lt
packing
ham-alrplanc
has
been
at
Prince
George
ptrs
in
addition
to
the
Salvation
for
the
past
day
or
so
awaiting
moro
Army
staff
were
Rev.
C.
D.
Clarke,
favorable
weather
conditions
before
Rev.
W.
D.
Orant
Ilolllngworth,
TV
-OVHWH
.-.
.
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i
,
.
.
.,
u,-j
fliK
H
nnA
tre
Mnrlh
Mil
TJW
nn
Monday
evenings
train
for
vWlluiiuiug
lis
iuimiu
iiisiiv.
a
iiatui
iiini
mi..
.........
.......
Hie
nhr
tlmai
Xue
Ul.lllC,
OI
Wllitll
w.
i,
oiuiuws,
ci
uuir.,
i.tiiu
.nnvrritfuii,
miuiji.
twnir
toward
helping
on
me
goon,
'-r
''
;
'",,
nrnn
wh
weU
known
northern
flier.
Is
pilot.
Almond,
E.
Wllkle
and
Percy
Miller.
.rk
of
brlnghlg
cheer
and
lu-
'.a
n
w
.
'
'
'
'
Ha,
wm
be
cnttaned
in
commercial
ser-
Tliose
who
delivered
the
parcels
Pmcss
to
many.
during
the
Christ-
r
p.uuu.
interior
of
Alaska.
wrre
George
Dawes
and
Kurulok
mas
season.
lnvrii.
Since
last
week
a
sack
of
turnips
and
a
sack
of
carrots
were
received
from
Munro
Bros,
and
a
local
lady
innated
groceries
to
the
value
ot
iwo
dollars.
Cash
donations
were:
Previously
acknowledged
$249.00
Georgetown
Lumber
and
Box
Co.
10.00
Keiiny.
L00
S.
i
M
2,00
Rupert
Dairy
2.00
A
Friend
.,
2.00
L.
W.
Patmorc
10
00
H.T.Cross
500
S.
D.
Johnstone
Co.
Ltd.
...
10.00
Baker
In
place
of
bread
5.00
Proceeds
of
pots
59.72
Total
$355.72
-
Republican
Party
Delays
Organizing
Nothing
Will
be
Done
of
Official
Nature
Until
Early
1936,
It
Is
Expected
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
27:
Republican
party
leaders
of
forty-three
out
of
he
forty-eight
states
have
voted
against
reorganization
of
the
party
in
1935.
As
a
result,
it
Is
expected
nothing
of
an
official
nature
will
be
done
to
mend
the
party's
fences
until
early
In
1936.
Some
feel
this
will
be
too
late
in
preparation
for
the
next
presidential
election.
Resignation
of
Miss
Alice
P.
Yost
as
chairman
of
the
women's
section
of
the
Republican
National
Committee
Is
announced.
Ann
Harding
Is
Granted
Custody
Of
Her
Daughter
RENO.
Dec.
27:
An
order
was
issued
here
granting
Ann
Harding,
screen
actress,
custody
of
her
daughcer
for
ten
months
of
each
vear.
The
order
Is
being
protested
by
Miss
Harding's
former
husband,
ILirry
Bannister.
Widows
of
Federal
Agents
Killed
By
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
Low
Bandits
Provided
WASHINGTON.
DC.
Dec.
2i
Attorney
General
Cummlngs
announced
here
that
It
was
the
5t"ten
to
nrovlde
pensions
for
the
widows
of
all
federal
agents
who
v
v
lost
mcir
lives
iignung
Dan-
.
6:11
a.m.
18.3
It.
18:20
p.m.
155
ft.
.
12:25
p.m.
9.1
It.
PRICi:
FIVE
CEN18
PLOT
50
ASSASSINATE
STALIN
'i-
i
1
FIFTEEN
KILLED
IN
'XMAS
TRAIN
COLLISION
IN
ONTARIO
Orville
Wright
-Honored
On
Anniversary
OtvUle
W
!:
f
-T.
u
ie
r-
.
a
,.
,e
he
hclds
in
his
left
hand,
It
is
a
model
of
the
one
Mu
fc
took
u
K
.
Hawk
N.J
or.
G..m
ftrsr.
conquest
of
the
air
In
his
right
hand
U
a
mod!
i't
i
mod.
i
n
B-x-uig
pJai;-
exemplifying
the
latest
in
aircraft.
It
shows
the
progress
made
tn
the
31
years
since
the
first
flight.
Wilbur
Wright,
the
other
of
the
famous
brothers,
is
not
living,
but
posthumous
g
lory
w
showered
upon
him
during
the
anniversary
of
the
epic
ascent
that
changed
the
cours
e
of
the
world's
history.
Open
Siding
Switch
Cause
oi
Disaster
at
Dandas
Tuesday
Eve
ltoulnr
Canadian
National
Train
Crashes
Into
Excursion
Special
Near
HamiltonThirty
Persons
Injured
HAMILTON,
Ont.,
Dec.
27:
(CP)
Fifteen
were
killed
u
n.
thirty
hiluifd
in
hosnital.
some
in
critical
condition,
.......
v
;-
.
-
.,
.
,
4
ii
the
toll
of
a
collision
about
:zv
v.nrisunas
mgut
m
w
lich
Canadian
National
Train
No.
Hi
hit
an
opeii
siding
ai
d
crashed
into
a
special
train
filled
with
holiday
travel
era
at
Dundas-
station
seven
miles
from
here.
AH
the
Kdead
had
been
IdenUfled
last
night.
-
nil
uiimihw
jur"v
Lougiasrairbanks
To
Visit
Hollywood
TO
EMPTY
i
ELEVATOR
Lik&I
II033:
to
c
Acute
in
Export
ing
After
OverYear's
Idleness!
MOKE
GRAIN
CjJMING
With
two
steamers
-chartered
for
local
loading
In
January
the
Brad-burn
due
on
January;
6
and
the
Vancouver
City
on
January
17
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
local
elevator
will
commence
exporting
activity
again
for
the
first
time
in
well
over
a
year.
Both
vessels
coming
here
next
month
are
British
ships
of
the
Reardon-Smlth
line.
They
will
load
full
cargoes
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent.
It
is
expected
that
a
couple
of
more
ships
will
follow'
soon
after
the
Bradburn
and
Vancouver
City
and
that
the
most
of
the
grain
in
the
local
house
will
have
been
shipped
out
by
early
spring.
After
the
old
grain
has
been
shipped
out
it
Is
the
Intention
to
fill
the
local
house
up
again
with
new
grain
from
the
prairies.
Alleged
Subversive
Activities,
Engineered
by
Leon
Trotsky,
are
Revealed
by
Moscow
Authorities
IMPERIAL
TRADE
UP
anadian
Exports
to
llritish
Empire
Countries
Are
Away
Ahead
This
Vcar
OTTAWA,
Dec.
27:
iCP
-Cana-Itan
exports
to
British
Emplie
mntrles
during-the
eight
months
3nding
November
30
increased
iO.fr
or
more
than
$55,000,000
over
he
corresponding
period
last
year
to
a
total
of
$242,235,000.
the
Bureau
f
Statu
tics
announces.
J'jan,
it
is
Said,
Was
to
Overthrow
Present
Bolshevik
Leadership
France
Will
Not
(Jive
up
Exile
Even
If
Russia'
Seeks
Extradition,
Leaders
Declare
MOSCOW,
Dee.
27::
(CP)
An
alleged
plot
against
the
.ife
of
Joseph
Stalin
and
intervention
of
"capitalistic
powers"
to
overthrow
the
Bolshevik
leadership
of
Soviet
Russia
was
disclosed
last
night
in
a
communique
narrating
testimony
of
Leonid
Nicolaief
f
and
thirteen
others.
Nicolaief
f
confessed,
according
to
the
statement,
the
slaying
of
Sergei
Kiroff,
Stalin's
lieutenant,
early
..:
.
in
December
and
linked
the
name
n
4
rrr
in
l
Leon
Trotsky,
exiled
Soviet
Y
A
K
l
1
uder,
with
an
"underground
ter-
4
J
jrtstlc
group"
to
which
Nlcolaefi
i
"V'Mr'irillI'PFi.
belonged.
After
Kirofrs
assasslna-
1
I
IN
f
1
K
IVSr
I
J
.v.i,
.
.
y
.......
v.
u
.
vy
ivu.
...
....
w
j
another
section
of
the
group
and
that
widespread
subversive
activity
against
the
authorities
should
follow.
A
final
round-up
of
anti-Stalin
conspirators
following
the
assas
mm
p.-
,
r
Ti
rin-o-Drr
Meyers.-niari.;ejooloK
'
v
m
TIF!
ri'nWTtTkin--
-WlarV
J
S
TirSt
1
np"
'ffSaUxperW
the
SmiU'nta!.
rROrFKnlNfl
!
C5,0rte?;
nr,reral
T,500
Sutecomes
con?Irm-atlori
of
the
1
IJULLfinVJ
,fa:ing
the
firing
squad
this
week.
rfJ,ntlflMtlm
dentlfication
by
k.nr
Dr.
w
W.
A.
a
nPmPn,
Clemens,
LOS
ANGELES,
Dec.
27:
-The
tanker
Australia,
which
left
here
a
few
days
aeo
for
Australia
with
a
full
cargo
of
fuel
oil.
Is
on
her
A-'ready
over
100
have
been
executed
following
the
killing
of
Kiroff
oh
December
1.
Trotsky
"Safely
Hidden"
.
PARIS,
Dec.
27:
(CPI
French
officials
said
today
that
Leon
Trotsky
"safely
hidden"
in
France
and,
"even
if
the
Soviet
asks
his
Charges
of
Threat
c?Ton'
he
in
not
be
surren-
HAVANA.
Dec.
27:
Four
Cuban
t
.nA
ih.i
n,iuomraunra
were
arresiea
ai
uie
week-end
of
threaten
fire
h.irf
been
hroueht
under
eon-!
on
charges
v..
v,
tine
to
kill
United
States
consular
DEATH
OF
EXPLORER
ornciais
nerc.
Smithsonian
Institute
Expert
Ag
rees
With
Dr.
Clemens
Regard-
.
ing
Local,
Monster
Jlrector
of
the
Nanalmo
Biological
Station,
of
Prince
Rupert's
"sea
crpent"
as
being
a
basking
shark.
Samples
of
quills,
etc.
had
been
sent
.q
Dr.
Meyers
by
United
States
Con-ral
G.
C.
Woodward.
Dr.
Neal
Carter,
director
of
the
Pilnce
Rupert
Fisheries
Experlmen-
al
Station,
recently
received
from
i
Scientific
author
at
Munich,
Ger-
liny.
&
request
for
full
particulars
n
regard
to
the
remains
of
the
lo-al
monster.
Buster
Collier
To
Wed
New
York
Show
Girl
Soon
NEW
YORK,
Dei.
27;
Buster
Coliier,
well
known
screen
actor,
md
Marie
Stevens,
New
York
show
-;lrl.
have
filed
notice
at
Orecnwich
village
of
their
intention,
to
wed
on
New
Year's
Eve.
Miss
Stevens
was
r:bbed
on
Saturday,
losing,
among
oiher
things,
her
engagement
ring.
Huge
Booze
Haul
Made
By
Police
In
Kansas
City
KANSAS
CITY.
Dec.
27:
In
the
largest
liquor
raid
ever
made
in
Kansas
City,
federal
officers
at
the
end
of
the
week
seized
25.000
gallons
of
alcohol
and
800
gallons
of.
bootleg
whisky.
Eight
arrests
were"
made.
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NEW
YORK
REPORTS
SAY
LINOnF.Itntl
IS
REALLY
CANADIAN
4
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
27:It
was
reported
here
recently
that
the
birth
of
Colonel
Charles
t
A.
Llndbersh.
famous
Amcrl-
can
flier.
Ind
been
registered
1
not
in
United
States,
as
has
al-
ways
been
supposed,
but
at
the
court
house
at
Klngsvllle.
Ont
in,
which
case
Lindbergh
would,
strictly
speaking,
be
a
Canadian
rather
than
an
Am-
eriean.
The
report
U
subject
to
i
."pine
doubt
and
a
cheek-up
Is
being
made.
r