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Today's
(S.A-M.)
Weather
iL'
Tomorrow's
Tides
prince
Rupert-rClear,
light
northerly
High
1:40
a.m.
21.5
ft.
vind;
barometer,
30.02;
13:36
p.m.
24.0
It.
temperature,
37;
sea
smooth.
Low
7:35
a.m.
55
ft.
20:19
p.m.
0.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vni
XXV..
No.
2L
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,
.
ONTARIO
AIR
BASE
HARD
HIT
BY
GALE
'
'
;
TRTTNTON,
Ont-
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Two
aircraftsmen
es-
t
capea
aeap
by
lncnes
in
a
1
seventv-raye
sa!e
'hat
swept
.
L
1
S
1
rl
II..
a
I
a
I
EE.1
't,
I
day
One
.man
was
critically
lrinnd
and
,iv
nth-,
r
sent
to
JWav
mm.lw'
P-
4
tlmated
a.
$25,000
was
done.
A
telephone
buldllng
crashed
throuah
ab
uiMlng
where
the
men
were
peeking
shelter.
1
4,
&
A
-w..)
-t.now?
reinBtttmsinut;
nortiiwara
C0NNELL
SPEAKER
Offers
His
Group
of
Four
at
Nuc
leus
of
Movement
Toward
A
New
Economic
Order
I
VICTORIA,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Uev
Robert
Connell,
M.LA.
for
Vic-
1A1
UJJJUOillU14
Ul
iUUl
lit
bite
British
Columbia
Legislature
.as
the
nucleus
of
a
group
or
party
of
men
and
women
who
would
'be
united
nitpH
hv
by
a
n
rfofini
definite
nrin-ini.,
principle
of
f
nntlnn
HlrptoH
tmyaH
hft.
n
c
.
tablishmpnt
nf
a
npw
p-onnmir-
order.
I
!
Speaking
In
the
debate
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
Mr.
Connell
urged
that
such
a'
volley
of
constructive
co-opera-
tlon,
was
required
In
this
province.
Nathan
Amster
New
President
Granby
Company
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
30:
CP-
Nathan
L.
Amster
was
elected
Terrace
at
2:30
Wednesday
after-president
of
the
Granby
Conso'.l-
noon
on
account
of
fog
patches
dated
Mining,
Smelting
&
Power
'while
on
a
flight
from
Bablne
to
Co.
on
Thursday.
Charles
Booking
was
the
former
president.
Certificate
For
Balanced
Budget
Summerside
is
One
of
Elghtc.i
In
Canada
to
do
So
SUMMERSIDE,
P.E.I.,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
A
certificate
from
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
hangs
in
tne
Summerside
civic
building
now,
indicating
that
thti
r
'
'
riwuK:
a
uems
GEiML
MMM
STRIKE
IS
NOW
ON
MURDER
CONVICTIONS
Canada
Supreme
Court
Confirms
Sentences
Of
Death
on
Four
B.C.
Men
Richardson,
Eneas
and
Alex
George,
Cantord
Indians,
And
Charles
Russell,
Vancouver
Bank
Bandits,
Lose
in
Fight
For
Life
OTTAWA,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Appeals
of
four
men
convicted
of
murder
in
British
Columbia
courts
were
dismissed
today
by
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada.
The
men
are
Richardson,
Eneas
and
Alex
George,
three
Indian
brothers
convicted
of
murdering
Dominion
Constable
F.
H.
Gisbourne
at
Canford
Indian
Reserve,
and
Charles
Russell,
convicted
of
the
murder
ofH
William
Hobbs.
Vancouver
bank
teller
The
court
did
not
pass
Judgment
cm
Earl
Dunbar,
convicted
with
Russell,
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Yukon,
13,000.
Cold
Storage,
8.6c
and
7.5c.
Canadian
Sea
Maid,
24.000.
Cold
Storage,
7.7c
and
6.5c.
Oslo,
12,000,
Atlln,
7.Gc
and
6.5c.
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YORK
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
The
Canadian
dollar
c!osed
at
a
premium
of
l-16c
on
the
New
York
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday.
Argentina
Dumps
Old
Wheat;
Mart
Shows
Reaction
WINNIPEO,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Reports
of
Argentina
putting
large
quantities
of
old
crop
on
the
market
yesterday
caused
a
marked
decline
In
wheat
prices
both
here
and
in
rhinotrn
winninpnr
nrlcfis
fell
back
from
2"c
to
2V2c
with
band
by
poisoning
was
"supersti-Octobcr
closing
at
$1.09',b.
The
tlous,
Ignorant
and
driven
to
de-Chicago
prices
dropped
Vic
to
spalr,"
the
presiding
Judge
gave
I'bc
with
December
closing
at
'sentence
of
10
years
with
hard
la-$1.1438.
bor.
AIRPLANES
ONLY
MODERN
FEATURE
OF
SPAIN'S
WAR
Fighting
Mostly
Guerilla
Pot
Shooting
With
Weapons
Of
Old
Vintage
and
Ancient
Shells
Falling
as
Duds
FRANCO-SPANISH
FRONTIER,
Oct.
,30:
(CP)-Guerilla
warfare
is
the
rule
throughout
the
Spanish
conflict
and
the
battles
are
little
different
from
those
of
a
century
ago.
Anyone
who
tells
you
Spain
is
the
proving
.wound
for
the
next
"world
war"
simply
hasn
t
seen
a
battle.
Radio
stations
announce
hundreds
of
thousands
of
mn
locked
In
combat
with
thew.
latest
equipment-but
'thi
radio
stations
are
the
only
ones
in
Spun
who
think
so.
Many
of
the
"modern
arms"
shlPPed
into
Spain
from
foreign
countries
are
old,
stocks,
swept
out
of
arsenal
at
bargain
prices.
Field
Suns,
constructed
at
the
Spanish
orks
at
Ovlcdo.
date
from
1905.
onei!s
are
often
more
than
?0
years
old
and
faU
to.
explode
for
that
very
teason.
Only
.the
nl
minima
art
nnnf
nrtfi
P"ots
fall
to
make
the
most
of
"Jem,
During
the
bombardments
'
Irun,
for
example,
more
than
Projectiles
were
dumped
Into
"c
Hiaa.
isna
River
or
onto
the
a:
i
WARNING
TO
REDS
Sir
Samuel
Hoare
Urges
Moscow
Organizations
Not
To
Meddle
With
Affairs
of
Britain
LONDON,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Sir
Samuel
Hoare,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
today
issued
a
warning
to
the
Moscow
Comintern
(Communist
international
or-anization)
not
o
interfere
with
the
affairs
of
England,
declaring:
"It
is
almost
always
disas-strous
to
interfere
in
the
affairs
of
other
countries.
I
recommenu
that
observation
to
agents
of
the
Comintern.
They
will
find
the
more
they
interfere
in
domestic
affairs
of
this
country,
the
worse
it
will
react
against
their
activities."-
Sir
Samuel
was
addressing
a
west
end
meeting.
Ten
Years
For
Killing
Husband
PHILIPSTOWN,
South
Africa,
Oct.
30:
(CPlIIolding
a
woman
rnnvicted
of
murdering
her
nus-
jeach
at
Hendaye,
France.
The
ppoQ-raohv
of
Spain,
that
feat
of
nature
which
stopped
many
a
good
general,
including
Napoleon.
Twuinarte.
simply
doesn't
lend
It
self
to
the
use
of
modern
method:.
There
are
so
many
natural
bav-riers
that
Invaders,
to
capture
them,
must
use
assault
by
the
good
old
Infantry.
Trenches
were
used
for
the
first
time
at
Irun,
and
were
so
badly
dug
by
both
that
they
proved
unusable.
Near
the
end
of
August,
after
six
weeks
of
war,
this
correspond
ent
watched
the
insurgents
attac!:
government
positions,
at
San
Ita-(Contlnued
on
rage
Four)
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER
30,
1936
WEATHER
WAS
BAD
But
Mollison
Hopped
Off
From
Newfoundland
Yesterday
And
Made
It
Smashed
Record
Iritish
Aviator
Accomplished
Aim
Of
Making
New
Mark
For
Atlantic
Crossing
HARBOR
GRACE,
Nfld.,
Oct.
30:
CP)
The
hop-off
of
Captain
lames
Mollison
from
here
at
3:40
Sastern
Standard
Time
yesterday
ifternoon
In
continuation
of
his
roJected
speed
flight
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
from
New
York
to
London
was
In
spite
of
adverse
weather
reports
but
thirteen
hours
md
thirteen
minutes
later
he
ar
dved
safely
at
Croydon,
England,!
after
the
2100-mile
hop.
He
landed
I
it
Croydon
at
9:53
a.m.
Oreenwich
Ume
(1:53
a.m.
Pacific
Standard
time).
It
was
Molllson's
fourth
Atlantic
crossing
but
the
first
time,
that
London,
as
the
eastern
goal,
had
!eenreaehed
v
without
nforeed-
landing
enroute.
Mollison
left
Harbor
Grace
so
hurriedly
at
3:40
yesterday
afternoon
that
he
neglected
to
clear
the
customs,
thereby
making
him
self
liable
to
a
fine.
He
had
hoped
to
cover
the
distance
In
ten
hours.
His
estranged
wife,
Amy
John
son,
was
not
on
hand
to
welcome
him
when
he
landed
this
time
but
(rom
the
country,
where
she
is
re-
uperatlng
from
the
effects
of
the
recent
plane
trail-out
crash,
she
xent
a
telegram
of
congratulations.
Only
a
dozen
spectators
welcomed
the
near-exhausted
filer
ho
shattered
all
records
for
At
lantic
crossings
with
19
hours
and
59
minutes
from
New
York
to
Lon
don.
He
plans
only
a
few
days
rest
before
attempting
to
break
the
re-
ord
to
South
Africa.
PECULIAR
SITUATION
Ontario
Youth
Admits
Killing;
Of
Grandfather
After
Being
Acquitted
WALKERTON,
Ont.,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Earl
Leffler,
aged
19,
who
two
years
ago
was
acquitted
on
charge
of
murdering
his
65-year
old
grandfather,
Philip
Stroh,
has
confessed
that
he
accidentally
killed
his
grandfather
with
an
axe
during
a
quarrel.
He
cannot
be
tried
again
for
murder
unless
a
crown
appeal
for
a
new
trial
were
granted.
The
crown
did
not
appeal
his
acquittal.
Leffler
Is
being
held
In
Bruce
County
Jail
after
pleading
guilty
to
creating
a
public
nuisance
by
ac
cuslng,
his
grandmother
of
the
slaying.
The
new
charge
carries
a
maximum
possible
sentence
of
life
Imprisonment.
Omental
Plant?
For
Stanley
Park
VANCOUVER,.
Qct.
30:
(CP)
Two
hundred
rare
Oriental
planti
ARE
Bishop
Rix
Expects
to
See
Highway
Completed
Shortly
From
Vanderhoof
Into
Peace
The
highway
from
the
Peace
River
has
been
located
by
surveyors
to
connect
with
the
road
now
being
constructed
from
Fort!
St.
James
northward
and,
before
very
long,
it
seems
as
ii
the
Peace
River
country
will
be
connected
with
the
Canadian
National
Railway
at
Vanderhoof,
according
to
Right
Rev.
G.
A.
Rix.
Bishon
of
Caledonia,
in
an
and
shrubs,
transported
here
for
town
was
one
or
18
balancing
its
the
Chinese
village,
a
feature
of
budget
In
1934.
Vancouver's
Oolden
Jubilee
pro-
The-
municipal
honor
roll
cer-gram,
have
been
donated
to
Stan-
tlficate
was
received
at
the
las,
ley
Park
for
permanent
planting,
'
session
of
the
Summerside
Board
The
federal
department
of
ag.l-
of
Trade.
Tills
town
was
listed
culture
granted
permission
for
tha
with
towns
of
500
to
1000
papula-transfer
provided
the
rooti
were
tlons
and
was
the
only
munlci-cleaned
of
their
native
soli
and
pallty
in
Prince
Edward
Island
to
properly
fumigated.
receive
the
award.
UPHELD
address
to
the
Rotary
piub
at
it
weekly
luncheon
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
yesterday.
The
Bishop
told
of
having
spent
a
month
In
the
Peace
River
district
this
yar
and
of
ths
huge
crop3
harvested
there
averagine
about
35
bushels
to
the
acre
and
runnlnr
ud
to
flftv
bushels.
Ho
also
pictured
the
situation
with
tne
large
trucks
uv.ea
with
erain
Marine
Workers
Called
Off
Jobs
to
Number
Ofv
Thirty-Seven
Thousand
Pacific
Coast
Shipping
Crippled
With
118
Ships
Caught
Between
San
Diego
and
Seattle
Tie-up
Is
Spreading
Quickly
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Oct.
30:
(CP)
A
general
maritime
strike
crippled
United
States
Pacific
Coast
shipping
today,
quickly
spread
to
other
industries
and
brought
repercussion
in
Atlantic
and
Gulf
ports.
Thirty-seven
thousand
dock
Workers
were
ordered
off
their
jobs
at
midnight
when
efforts
to
set
up
.new
working
agreements
be-
i
Ktween
ship
owners
and
seven
fe-
U
A
TYUIM1
derated
unions
failed.
From
Seattle
Wtl
1
vJCliPJlj
't0
San
Dleg0
men
began
Plcketlns
coming
into
the
elevators-at
baineciprocity
and
St.
Lawrence
Sea-
n.
Creek
and
bther
polnU.
mos
,JI
"
grading
"
No.
l
Garnet"
The
Prea
between
the
price
of
wheat
at
Fort;
William
and
at
Diwson
Creek?
was
27
cents
a
bushel
but
the
fnrmers
could
make
I
money
at
50;
i
bushel,
net.
Tne
great
-cry
in
that
country
was
for
n
fA
V,
W
T.
m.
t
V.
.
-4
4Lt.
-
tua
vy
tc
uaui
4tiiu
wii3
wfcia
from
Jort
St.
James
"toward
Fin-
lay
Forks
part
of
the
way
and
would,
doubtier.s
be
continued
very
soon.
Already
130
miles
were
either
built
or
Contracts
let
for
construe-
tlon.
Thjs
roid
would
be
vastly
j
.'mportant
to
the
Canadian
Na-
tlonal
Railways.
,
A
Fine
Vtoft
The
speaker
then
told
of
the
Peace.
They
rere
a
o'urageou.-i
and
resourceful
people,
the
sa'.t
of
the
earth.
The
pioneers
wer?
spearhead
of
progress,
the
same
sort
of
people
they
had
in
the
Bulkley
Valley.
He
gave
a
meaning.
Among
the'
Incidents
was
that
of
the
man
who
had
lost
four
young
daughters
when
his
car
backed
off
the
ferry.
Later
(PnnHnnpH
nn
rtacro
v
HELD
AT
TERRACE
'
Consolidated
rianr.
Enroute
To
Anyox,
Delayed
by
Unfavorable
Weather
,
TERRACE,
Oct.
3Q;
Ah
airplane
i
of
the
Consolidated
Mining
and
j
Smelting
Co.,
which
made
a
forced)
landing
in
the
Skeena
River
near'
Anyox,
was
still
held
here
Thursday
by
continued
bad
weather.
The
plane
came
down
in
the
river
about
a
mile
below
the
bridge
after
having
circled
around
looking
for
a
landing'
pkee
and
was
piloted
into
a
safe
bay
by
W.
Robinson
of
Lakelse.
Stock
Markets
Still
Move
Up
ELECTION
way
Matters
of
Concern
To
Canada
OTTAWA,
Oct.
30;
.
(CP)
Two
matters
of
outstanding
Interest
to
Canada
are
involved
In
the
United
States
presidential
election
next
Tuesday.
One
is
that
of
the
reel
proclty
trade
treaty
and
the
other
the.
St,
...Lawrence,
.s.eawax,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
of
course,
favors
continuation
of
the
trade
treaty
tnd
has
stated
that
he
would
re've
the
St.
Law-
Jrence
seaway
project,
Governor
Alfred
M.
Landon
has
attacked
the
trade
agreement
with
Canada.
He
considers
Imports
of
Canadian
cheese
and
cattle
to
the
United
States
particularly
harmful.
The
Republican
candidate
ha3
said
that
the
St.
Lawrence
seaway
is
needed
by
United
3tatas
but
has
not
promised
to
revive
it.
Weather
Forecast
(Furnished
through
the
courtesy
of
l!.e
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
at
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
This
fore
cast
Is
compiled
from
observations
taken
at
5
a.m.
today
and
corers
the
30
hour
period
ending
5
pjn,
tomorrow).
Pressure
is
rising
off
the
coast
and
It
Is
becoming
colder
In
Nor
thern
British
Columbia.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
shifting
wind-;
from
west
to
northwest,
part!;-cloudy
and
becoming
colder.
SPANISH
GOVERNMENT
?
IS
CONTINUING
GAIN
OF
LOST
GROUND
TODAY
Socialists
Advancing
Along
British
Stand
of
TOREJON
DE
LA
CALZADA.
Soain.
Oct.
30:
(CP)
Spanish
Socialists
sent
columns
of
infantry
supported
by
artillery,
airplanes
anu
tanns
as
tney
conunuen
to
press
forward
in
an
effort
to
drive
the
insurgents
bank
"at
least
to
Toledo."
Along
all
fronts
the
Socialists
wore
reported
to
be
advancing
today.
.
jEden
declared
that
Great
Britain
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
30;
(CP)
.Intended
to
continue
Its
policy
of
Stock
prices
showed
continued
sub-
strict
neutrality
in
connection
with
stantlal
gains
on
the
New
York,
the
Spanish
civil
war.
He
refused
market
yesterday
as
well
as
In
Montreal
and
Toronto.
BAK
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
fCPJBar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443ilc
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
,
Britain
To
Be
Neutral
LONDON,
Oct.
30:
(CP)-Speak-
;lng
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
night,
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
the
demand
of
Labor
that
aid
be
sent
to
the
Madrid
government.
The
Foreign
Secretary
defended
Portugal's
government
against
charges
of
violating
the
non-intervention
agreement,
declaring
that
the
international
committee
had
unanimously
agreed
that
not
a
bers
would
be
swelled
by
Incoming
men
aboard
ships
from
the
Orient
and
Alaska.
One
hundred
and
eighteen
ships
are
caught
along
the
coast
In
the
strike.
In
New
York
a
partial
sit-down
strike
In
sympathy
with
the
Paci
fic
coast
maritime
unions
was
announced
by
Joseph
Curarn,
chair
man
of
the
Seamen's
Defence
Com
mittee.
From,
the
AUantlc
Coast
today
came
word
that
the
maritime
strike.
,thereVhkh1waslkexpected
,
lowSWa
failed'
to
malerlall7e,
by
noon
and
leaders
were
undecided
yet
what
action
would
be
taken
pending
a
meeting
tonight.
Already
inquiries
have
been
received
at
Prince
Rupert
as
to
the
facilities
to
handle
freight
through
this
port
in
the
event
of
traffic
northward
from
Seattle
to
Alaska
being
tied
up
by
the
strike.
One
of
Babies
In
Millar
Race
I
Died
Yesterday!
TORONTO,
Oct.
30:
(CP);
Blanche
Timlin,
six-month
ihlld
lh
one
of
the
Millar
baby
muathon
competition,
which
Is
aoout
to
close,
died
yesterday.
Wrlle
the
parents
are
grlef-strlcktn,
the
death
does
not
affect
their
chances
to
win
the
prize,
the
baby
having
been
born
alive.
All
Fronts
Eden
Reiterates
Strict
Neutrality
single
charge
by
Russia
of
such
violation
had
been
proven.
France,
he
pointed
out,
was
one
of
the
na
tlons
absolving
Portugal.
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
was
among
thos
in
the
gallery
while
Captain
Eden
was
speaking.
i
Rome
Denies
Charge
ROME.
Oct'
30:
.(CP)
The
Italian
government
last
nlghtyigor-ously
denied
a
charge
Uutv
eight
Italian
warships
were
stai'.ding
by
ready
to
engage.
In
a
blockade
of
i
the
Catalonlan
coast
of
Spain.