Today's
Weather
the
legislation
would
transfer
sinking
funds
into
the
hands
of
the
provincial
government
which
would
have
the
right
to
re-Invest
In
pro-j
vincial
or
guaranteed
bonds
as
well
as
senior
government
securities.
Municipalities
so
refunding
would
be
stopped
from
further
borrowing
without
provincial
consent.
WAR
HEAT
PREVAILS
Feeling
Runs
High
in
Shanghai
As
Japs
Invade
Northern
Provinces
SHANGHAI,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Feeling
close
to
war
heat
prevailed
In
Shanghai
last
night
as
reports
arrived
of
further
Japanese
invasions
in
northern
Chinese
provinces.
POUND
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL.
Nov.
20:
(CP)
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
t
at
$4.87
'a
on
the
Montreal
.exchange
markot
yesterday.
Weather
Forecast
(HiMiUhcd
through
the
courtesy
of
Dominion
MeteoroloilCal
Bureau
l
Victoria
aiw
rrlncc
Rupert,
Thla
lore-"list
Is
comnlll
frrm
lviprva.tlonS
ta
ken
at
5
a.m.
today
and
covers
the
0"
ui
period
ending
0
pm.
tomorrow;
Pressure
ls
abnormally
high
over
mis
province
landi
there
are
scat
tered
rains
on
Vancouver'
'Isla'nd
d
the
mainland,,
Prince
Rupert
Dlstilct-Modcr-O'tc
Eouth
wind,
part
cloudy,
no
temperature
change
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Mod
-rate
to
fresh
oast
and
south
wind,
cloudy
and
mild
with
rain.
west
Coast
Vancouver
Island
Bay
Alberta
Gov't
She
Cancellation
of
Old
AgreementProvided
For
Under
New
Bill
More
Details
Announced
in
Regard
to
New
Ore
Sampling
Plants
One
of
Which
Will
'be
Located
Here
Measure
on
Municipal
Borrowing
VICTORIA,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
An
act
authorizing
adjustment
of
an
agreement
affecting
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
passed
its
third
reading
in
the
Legislature
last
night.
The
Act
enables
the
cancellation
of
an
agreement
made
in
1918
whereby
Prince
Rupert
required
consent
for
the
filling
in
of
Cow
Bay
where
It
had
not
been
carried
out
andX-rr
which
the
city
and
railway
company
were
both
desirous
should
not
be
effected.
Third
reading
was
given
to
a
bill
setting
up
ore
sampling
plants
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Nelson.
The
plants
costing
$25,000
each
will!
each
have
a
resident
engineer
fh
charge.
The
engineer
will
act
In
an
advisory
capacity
to
prospectors
and
assist
In
the
development
of
prospects.
It
la
expected
they
will
prove
a
boon
to
the
small
mine
owner
who
is
now
unable
to
operate
profitably.
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo
gave
credit
for
the
bill
to
W.
J,
Assehtlne,
M.
L.
A.
for
Atlln,
who
explained
that,
under
the
Act,
the
government
would
make
a
complete
survey
of
ore
deposits
of
sufficient
grade
to
ftand
shipping.
The
government
would
buy
the
ore
for
cash
and
market
It.
The
Legislature
today
gave
third
ftadlnc
to
a
bill
amending
the
Municipal
Act
by
providing
provincial
consent
for
refunding
of
municipal
debts
whereby
fifty-one
percent
by
value
of
the
bondholders
agree
Municipalities
coming
under
SEA
GULL
ELECTROCUTED
;
ALL
LIGHT
SERVICE
OUT
.
The
entire
cltv
light
and
power
service
was
off
for
about
ten
minutes
early
yes-
tcrday
afternoon
when
a
sea-
gull
flew
Into
the
main
trans-
mission
line
Just
outside
the
Cow
Bay
sub
station.
The
bird
took
a
66,000
volt
charge
when
its
spread
wings
touched
,
the
two
high
lines
and
was
badly
roasted
in
the
electro-
cutlon.
RAILWAY
TIED
UP
Passengers
Transferred
from
Inbound
Train
and
Are
Due
Here
This
Evenlnr
Trouble
At
Salvus
Owing
to
several
benti
being
washed
out
of
the
bridge
at
Sal-
making
It
impossible
for
rfvnilnment
to
cross,
the,
regular
train,
due
from
the
East
at
10:20
last
ntebt,
failed
to
get
through
and
Ls
not
expected
in
before
some
time
tomorrow.
Howaver,
a
stub
train
was
sent
out
at
12
o'clock
this
morning
to
pick
up
passengers
and
luggage
who
an?
being
transferred.
This
stub
train
mv
nnsslblv
be
back
by
7
o'clork
this
evening.
It
was
not
known
ithls
morning
whether
It
would
bring
in
tne
mail
oui
1
was
was
considered
likely.
Mail
clerks
were
sent
out.
A
pile
driver
Is
busy
at
Salvus
repairing
the
bridge.
This
is
the
scene
of
the
most
serious
trouble
on
the
line
at
this
time,
although,
with
high
water
general
west
of
Hazelton,
there
have
teen
wasn-
outs
at
other
points.
Tributaries
of
the
Skeena
River
nave
reeii
bringing
down
an
excessive
amount
of
water
tand
all
railway
fri!r
crews
have
been
kept
on
the
alert.
Clear
and
cooler
weather
in
the
Interior
gave'
promise
mis
morn
Ing
of
affording
some
relief.
Having
Shuffle
Hon.
Lucicn
Maynard,
Minister
Without
Portfolio,
To
Take
More
'Active
Part
rnMONTON.
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Moderate
to
fresh
north
wlnds'soclal
Credit
Part
cloudy
and
cool
at
night
Jill
hcaMi-
,
1
TnMnn
Mavnara.
wno
jiw
it
rvr4.fn11n
yvvii
.
.
,ni
now
fake
a
more
auuvc
AihPrtA
covernimeni
annua
lowing
the
temporary
retirement
.frctary
and
key
man
m
uie
scheme,
owing
to
C
JOBS
ARE
PROVIDED
Six
Thousand
Single
Men
to
Get
Work
fn
B.
C.
Under
$1,500,000
Scheme
i
r,
",..;
VICTORIA,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Single
unemployed
men
.in
British
Columbia
will
be
cared
for
'this
.winter
with
jobs,
in
forestry
(amps
and
on
roads
under,
a
new
agreement
reached
between
the
provincial1
and
federal
governments.
It
was
announced
yesterday
by
Hon.
George
Pearson,
minister
of
labor.
At
a
cost
of
$1,-500,000,
the
scheme
will
take
care
of
roughly
six
thousand
men.
In
order
to
obtain
the
work,
the
men
must
have
been
in
the
province
prior
to
November
15.
No
Trace
Found
Of
Young
Couple
Feared
Drowned
According
to
divisional
head-1
quarters
of
the
provincial
police1,
this
rncirnlng,
the
police
boat
P.I
mT'CT),
outbf
Ocean''
Falls,"
was!
.UJl
searching
for
Wayne
Glider-1
sleeve
and
Sarah
Hober,
both
aged
13,
who
are
believed
to
have'
been
drowned
in
Burke
Channel
on
Tuesday
in,
the.
capsizing
of
a
rowboa
in
sudden
windstorm.
Up
to
that
Jime,
however,
no
trace
had
been
found
of
the
couple.
FIRES
IN
ALBERTA
Forest
Conflagration
Near
Cal
gary
Burns
Several
Buildings
CALGARY,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Six-j
teen
school
chldlren
and
their
teacher
narrowly
escaped
death
yesterday
when
flames
from
.a
forest
fire
near
here
swept
down
cr-a,
school
housg.
Fanned
by
a
thirty-five
mile
wind,
the
flames
wiped
out
the
school,
ranch
properties,
homes
and
buildings.
All
were
abandoned
safely
by
their
occupants.
Power
lines
were
broken
down
by
the
wind.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Telegraphs
1
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
moderate
southeast
wind,
light
chop.
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
light
southeasterly
wind
J
barometer,
30.10;
temperature,
46;
light
swell.
Este
van
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
30.38.
Victoria
Clear;
northerly
wind,
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.39.
'
Vancouver
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
30.40.
Prince
George
Clear,,
'
calm;
barometer,
30.50.
Terrace
Foggy,
calm.
34.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm.
40.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
25.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
cooler.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
22.
KING
EDWARD.
FINISHES
HIS.
TOUR
OF
WAIN'S
LONDON,
Nov.
20:
King
Edward
VIII
has
completed
his
tour
of
the
coal
towns
of
South
Wales.
He
gave
a
message
of
great
hope
to
the
people
there,
asserting
that
every
Sal
omes
1
I
Before
As
Intrepid
Flier
Broke
Record
An
unusua'l
pese
of
Jean
Batten,
Intrepid
New
Zealand
avlatrlx,
as
she
was
assisted
from
her
speedy
monoplane
at
Sydney.
Australia,
just
before,"
setting
a
new
England
to
Australia
record
of
five
days,
20
hours
and
50
minutes.
Miss
Baien
left
shortly
after
this
picture
was,
made,
and
landed
at
Darwin
the
next
day
with
the
re-c5rdh?rMe?pltftarnlng3v8he.madt
a
.daring.
JUGWl-jnileJcttirii
ney
to
New
Zealand.
BIG
PROBLEMS
CONFRONT
NEW
GRAIN
COMMISSION
Year
Old
Wheat
Trade
Sessions
Start
Late
Telegraphs
JAPANESE
CATASTKOrilE
OSARUSAWA
A
rushing
avalanche
of
water
from
a
reservoir
swept
away
this
town
today,
drowning
more
than
1000
residents
and
destroying
500
homes.
In
December
.
,
WINNIPEG,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Problems
of
the
grain
trade
will
be
sifted
by
Mr.
Justice
W.
F.
A.
Turgeon
when,
as
a
royal
commissioner
on
appointment
bV
the
federal
government,
he
starts
inquiry
sessions
here
on!stru;:t'lon
maln
highways,
December
1.
The
6.0
year
old
industry,
marked
through
out
its
history
by
a
clash
of
opinions
on
Selling
and
mar
STOKK
DEKBY
WILL
VALID
TORONTO
Mr.
Justice
Mid-dleton
today
upheld
the
validity
of
the
Stork
Derby
clause
of
the
will
f
the
late
Charles
Vance
Millar.
Water
is
High
At
Ocean
Falh
Torrent
Running
Over
Top
of
Rig
Dam
There
Following
Excessively
Heavy
Rains
Excessively
heavy
rainfalls
during
the
past
week
or
so
have
brought
he
level
of
water
up
to
the
top
of
the
big
dam
at
Ocean
Falls,
according
to
word
received
here
from
the
paper
town.
All
outlets
have
been,
opened
and
ithere
Is
still
a
heavy
flow
over
'the
top.
WHOLESALE
HOUSE
DEAL
Announcement
ls
made
this
af
ternoon
of
the
selling
out
of
the
thlnir
that
nosslbly
could
be
done!
well
known
local
pioneer
wholesale
Kcting
systems,
once
more
will
go
mder
the
scrutiny
6f
n
Investf-ntor.
Production,
buying,
selling.
holding,
storing
and
exporting
of
Canada's
grain
are
Included
in
the
reference.
With
wide
range
of
price
and
production,
the
story
of
the
Wes-
,ern
Canadian
grain
trade
started
October
21i
1876,
when
the
first
load
of
wheat
S37
1-6
bushels
was
made
up
at
Winnipeg
and
sold
at
85
cents
a
bushel
to
Eastern
Canadian
buyers.
The
Winnipeg
Grain
Exchange
as
founded
In
1837,
re-organized
in
1908
and
grew
to
be
the
greatest
primary
wheat
market
in
the
world
with
a
membership
of
about
500.
It
is
linked
with
all
major
markets
of
the
world
and
Its
ir'-'rf-Tvrice
of
minor
betterments
of
tral'u
aid
roids.
Bridges.
"Mrvcs
nd
pubvc
bulHings
are
taken
care
of
by
separate
and
additional
funds
according
to
the
neccesslUcs
of
upkeep.
There
are
separate
funds
again
for
the
con-
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
.!.r.
6:20
a.m.
17.7
ft.
18:07
p.m.
17.5
ft.
Low
......
12:12
p.m.
9.1
ft.
(I
AM.)
Prince
nupcrl
Clear,
southeast
wind,
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.40;
sea
smooth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
X
No.
272.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
bc.,
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER
20,
1936
rniCE:
5
CENTS
Vol.
i
t
Legislature
Evacuation
of
Madrid!
is
Commencing
1
i
APPEAL
COURT
HOLDS
'
KOffl
Rl
IffllTI
(S
ONTARIO
CONTRACTS
U111UU1
1111121
FOR
POWER
BINDING
TORONTO,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
The
Ontario
Court
of
Appeals,
by
majority
decision
of
three
to
two
yesterday,
ruled
that
the
Ontario
Power
Commission
had
been
ultra
vires
of
its
authority
in
rescinding
con-
t
tracts
between
the
Ontario
government
and
companies
for
supply
of
power.
The
con-
tracts
were
still
valid
and
bind-
ing,
the
court
ruled.
Maintenance
Of
Roads
is
Given
Better
Attention
VICTORIA.
Nov.
20.
Road
maln-
(tenance
In
British
Columbia
Is
es
I
tlmated
to
cost
$1,815,000
during
the
next
financial
year.
Of
this
Prince
Rupert
gets
$15,000
an
in
crease
of
$3,000
over
last
year,
The
amount
has
nothing
to
do
with
road
construction
shared
by
the
provUtwof
..British
-ColumbUuand
'Dominion
nor
has
it
any
reference
the
expenditure
of
the
proposed
ito
loan
of
$5,000,000.
New
Westminster
gets
only
$1,500;
Skeena
$29,000
-as
;
compared
with
$23,000
last
year;
Atlln,
$21,000.
as
compared
with
$17,000,
and
Omtneca,
$40,000
as
(compared
with
$32,000.
Perplexing
Market
Systems
Revealed
in
History
of
Sixty
a
t
"tlTv
tr
for
new
bridges
and
for
miner
road3
and
trails.
Money
for
unemploy
ment
relief
is
also
separate.
'
The
maintenance
vote
for
roads
and
trails
is
a
small
proportion
of
the
total
public
works
expenditures
In
any
one
year.
Roosevelt
Is
On
High
Seas
President
of
United
States
Due
In
Buenos
Aires
November
30
BUENOS
AIRES.
Nov.
20:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
Is
now
on
the
high
seas
enroute
to
Buenos
Aires
to
attend
the
Pan-American
confer-ance.
Stopping
at
Poft
of
Spain,
Trinidad,
and
Rio
de
Janeiro
en
prices
are
watched
by
traders
and
i.
route-
he
ls
due
to
reacn
here
on
growers
in
every
country.
I
November
30.
I
;
Illglu-st
Price
EVer
,
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICES
The
highest
price
ever
paid
forj
WINNIPEG.
Nov.
20:
(CP)
wheat
on'
the
Winnipeg
exchange
Wlnnlpsg
wheat
prices
were
Vc
was
$3.05
a
bushel
for
May
futures
to
lc
lower
yesterday,
Novembei
on
May
3.
1917,
and
the
lowest
closing
at
$1.07.
Chisago
prices
IsRelentless
Thousands
Known
to
Have
Been
Slain
During
Fortnight
In
.
Capital
Supplying
Arms
Germany
and
Italy
Expected
to
Aid
Rebels
Anthony
Eden's
Sarcasm
MADRID,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
.The
're
lentless
Fascist
aerial
bombardment
spread
new
and
untold
death
nd
damage
through
Madrid
yes
terday.
Explosions
of
at
least
twenty
huge
bombs
in
the
early
morning
took
many
lives
and
left
nu
merous
injured.
Bombs
aimed
at
the
capital's
central
district
shat
tered
Segovia
.Bridge
over
the
Manzanares
River,
the
main
span
leading
Into
the
city
from
Fascist-
controlled
outskirts.
Gasoline,
calcium
and
sodium
bombs
are
very
Inflammable
and
cause
numerous
flresfThe--pa4a4ll'
pest-
of
flee-was,.
-struck
by
bombs
and
was
badly
damaged,
several
workers
within
jelng
killed.
Defence
authorities,
declaring
that
victims
of
the
two
weeks
of
jombing
had
reached
thousands,
said
the
real
toll
1
may
never
be
:nown.
They
declared
many
refugees
of
Tuesday's
bombardment,
vho
had
huddled
In
a
subway
station,
were
asphyxiated
when
a
omb
blocked
the
entrance.
Government
forces,
with
a
fierce
sounter-attack,
fought
back
a
pro-
lected
rebel
advance
on
the
north.
;
A
steady
stream
of
men,
women
ind
children
poured
out
of
the
danger
zone
today
under
urgent
orders
to
evacuate
areas
of
Fascist
I
bombardment
Rain
today
forced
a
let-up
In
the
i
fighting
and
gave
.
refugees
a
chance
totake
up
new
quarters.
Defence
officers
said
that
the
republic's
Improvised
army
was
mah-
nlng
barricades
on
three
sldesoI
Insurgent
troops
who
are
holding
positions
In
the
suburban
unlver-
5ity
city.
Prince
Alfonso
of
Bourbon
ancT-
Orleans,
son
of
the
Infante
Alfonso
of
Spain,
who
joined,
the.'
Spanish
Fascist
air
force,
was
killed
In
a
forced
landing
near
Madrid,
a
family
friend
announced
today.
The
Prince
was
a
cousin
o'f
the
Former
King
Alfon$o
and
a
nephew
of
Queen
Marie
otr
Rou
mania.
Franco's
Recognition
ROME,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
The
Joint
action
of
Italy
and
Germany
In
for
mally
recognizing
the
Insurgent
re-v
glme
of
Dictator-Designate
Francisco
Franco
in
Spain
followed
by-less
than
a
month
the
Italo-Ger-man
agreement
under
which
the
two
countries,
both
accused
by
K?
Spanish
and
Russian
governments
price
ever
paid
was
38
cents
a
!
were
lV8c
lower
to
o
higher
with
of
aiding
Spanish
Insurgents
with
bushel
for
the
December
future,
on
December
closing
at
$1.16'2
to
men
and
arms,
agreed
to
work
to-
December
16,
1932.
Prices
at
pre-(Continued
on
page
three)
S'upfcliw'Cobrt'-Of
Urged
to
Listen
TAMPA,
Fla..
Nov.
20:
Speakers
at
the
annual
convention
of
the
to
better
their
lot
would
be
done.l
grocery
business
of
Stewart
&
Mob-United
States
to
heed
the
will
of
He,
met.
all
manner
of
his
subjects
ley
to
Kelly-Douglas
&
Co.
of
Van-
the
people
as
expressed
jn
the
re-and
attended
numerous
events.
couver
effective
December
1.
cent
presidential
election
1
;
$1
16s8.
LEGISLATURE
RISES
gether
on
major
European
problems.
Italy
will
send
a
representa-
tlve
to
the
Insurgent
provisional
.
government
at
Burgos,
Spain.
,,
To
Supply
Arms
AFTER
BRIEF
SESSION
,
PARIS.
Nov.
20:
It
ls
exnected
VICTORIA,
Nov.
20:
(CP)
Prorogation
of
the
Legislature
Is
set
for
3
o'clock
this
after-
!
In
official
quarters
here
that
offl-clay
recognition
by
Italy
and
Ger-
many
of
the
Franco
regime
in
Spain
will
be
followed
by
active
American
Federation,
of
Labor
noon,
making
It
the
shortest
supplying
by
those
nations
of
arms
warned
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
session
In
British
Columbia
and
ammunition
to
the
Insurgents.
parliamentary
history,
(
J
Eden
Sarcastic
LONDON,
Nov.
20:
(CP,)
For-
(Continued
on
page
three)
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m-1
rg
1
m
ft
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