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VICTORIA,
iC
Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
Tom
orrow
s
Tides
prince
Rupert
Clear,
north
High
11:00
a.m.
19.4
ft.
wind,
6
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
23:36
p.m.
19.5
ft.
29
72:
sea
choppy.
Low
5:00
a.m.
7.6
ft.
17:26
p.m.
4.6
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI
No.
68.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
22,
1937
'
rJRlCE:
S
CENT
ANCOUVER
SUN
FIRESWEPT
TODAY
HREAT
OF
SPREADING
tad
of
Union
Says
Whole
Detroit
Automotive
Industry
May
Be
Tied
Up
3ETROIT.
March
22:
In
protest
alleged
brutal
treatment
ac-
rded
the
sltdown
strikers
In
the
ant
of
the
Chrysler
Motor
Cor-
liration,
Homer
Martin,
chairman
!
the
Automotive
Workers
Union,
xeatened
Saturday
night
to
call
i
general
strike
which
would
tie
every
automobile
manufactur-
gti
plant
in
Detroit.
iWalter
B.
Chrysler,
head
of
the
Iryder
Corporation,
says
that
it-re
will
be
no
negotiations
for
a
ittlement
of
the
dispute
until
the
Bdowners
have
evacuated
his
font.
The
six
thousand
workers.
cantlme.
continue
their
occupa-
pn
in
spite
of
court
orders,
chal-
ftigln
the
authorities
to
evict
Bern
Senry
Ford
stated
that
he
would
ck
his
plants
open
as
long
as
a
fcgle
man
would
continue
to
work
him
He
denied
that
he
had
lid
tha'
he
was
prepared
to
close
6wn
for
three
years
if
necessary.
Ignoring
threats
of
city-wide
itomotlve
strike
is
raids
on
strik-
-held
plants
continued,
police
htcred
the
plant
of
Thomas
P.
tnry
Printing
Co.
today
and
evic-
strlkers
who
had
occupied
the
an
since
March
11.
The
strikers
grrendered
peacefully.
,
iOVERNOR
IS
NAMED!
liiiwtn
Succeeds
Late
Col
I
f
I'rimnKse
ns
Yice-Hej;nl
Hep-
rtsentativc
for
Alberta
OTTAWA.
March
21:
(CP)
J
"uwcn
of
humonton
has
been
minted
Lieutenant
Governor
(;(
'wrta
to
succeed
Col.
P.
C
H
'
nmro.-ie
who
dini
lust
wtek
An.
ouncement
of
the
appointment
a
made
today
by
Prime
Min
'''Of
,,
William
...
t.mn
...
MiifLonvin
j
wii
uv
n
v
v
'i.
Thompson
Is
Back
in
Seattle
I'ientific
Director
of
International
I'islimes
Commission
Has
Been
in
Washington
j
SEATTLE,
March
22
Dr.
Will
Fc
staff
of
the
International
Psherlej
Commission,
returned
to
Fttle
ar
the
end
of
the
week
af-f
havine
snpnf.
rt
v
Pashlngton,
D.C.
on
business
in
pnnection
with
the
renewal
of
re
North
Pnpifu
i,,iii,..
-..
pween
Canada
and
the
United
lII.I.Mm
iii'mivi.
Mne
Btllmor
Spruce
Mills
Ltd.
PWmlll
at
Pnrnnlo
...1.1.1.
t
,
uuv
liuiuui,
WHICH
6n
.
i
luro"'0.
resumed
cut-F6
of
lumbej.
today
Weather
Forecast
1
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'ro,
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5
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tomorrow).
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pom
J"
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worm,
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toCllCtlarItte
ands-Moder-
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to
fresh
met
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nds
,
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rmeasi
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on?,"rtcloudy.
cold
with
occa-
1
,
"uwers.
r
with
owr
smmng
winds'
Spanish
Government
Claims
To
Be
Making
Big
Advances,
Capturing
Many
Towns
MADRID,
March
22:
(CP)-The
government's
northeastern
army
reported
today
that
it
had
pressed
an
insurgent
retreat
into
a
rout,
capturing
town
after
town.
In
rapid
advance
on
the
insurgent
stronghod
of
Siguenza,
the
main
column
of
General
Jose
Miaja,
commander
of
Madrid's
armies,
was
reported
to
be
approaching
Almadrones,
only
twelve
miles
south
of
the
insurgent
base
of
operations
at
Siguenza
after
a
twenty-eight
mile
advance
from
Guadalajara.
INDUSTRIES
TAKEN0VER
France
Working
Against
Time
In
Nationalizing
Munitions
Making
t
PARIS,
March
22:
(CP)
The
French
government
is
racing
against
time
to
nationalize
the
country's
war
industries.
Today
it
took
over
two
of
the
country's
largest
airplane
factories
and
ordered
the
expropriation
of
a
third.
'
In
addition
to
the
three
plants
brought
under
the
air
ministry,
the
government
ordered
nationalization
of
a
"stamping
and
mechanical
construction"
company
at
Caudebec;
This
completed
the"
largest
single
foup
of
private
munitions
works
to
be
brought
under
government
control
at
one
time.
Premier
Pattullo
Sailing
Tonight
Leaving
Vancouver
For
Prince
Rupert
Presides
Over
Cabinet
Meeting
VICTORIA,
March
22:
Premiei
T.
D.
Pattullo
presided
over
a
meeting
of
the
cabinet
council
on
saiuraay.
ai
ine
conclusion
oi
me
meeting
it
.was
announced
that
business
had
been
entirely
of
a
routine
nature.
Premier
Pattullo
will
sail
from
Vancouver
on
the
steamer
Prince
George
tonight
for
Prince
Rupert
to
pay
a
visit
to
his
constituents
there.
Stock
Averages
Are
Falling
Off
New
York
Industrials
Have
Their
Worst
Week
For
Year
NEW
YORK,
March
22:
Indus-
j
trial
average
was
off
.17
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
at
the
;
end
of
the
week.
Rails
were
up
.14
:
and
utilities
up
.11.
Due
to
labor
troubles
and
other
conditions,
in-
j
dustrial
issues
on
the
New
Yoric
;
Exchange
have
had
their
worst
week
for
a
year
with
the
average
for
the
week
off
6.C4.
The
rail
average
was
up
.52
for
the
week
and
utilities
off
.09.
Australia
Bans
Windsor
Films
Censor
Refuses
to
Permit
Showing
Of
Former
King
Skiing
In
Austria
I
niMmrnnA
Mnrch
22:
Aus-
.
i
u
n
tralian
moving
picture
cen&uis
S
pictures
of
the
Duke
of
Windsor
skiing
In
Austria,
VICTIMS
INTERRED
Precautions
Were
Taken
at
Paris
Yesterday
Against
Repetition
Of
Demonstrations
PARIS,
March
22:
Elaborate
precautions
were
taken
by
the
mobilization
of
large
numbers
of
bile
guards
Sunday
to
prevent
any
demonstrations
during
the
holding
of
the
funeral
of
five
victims
of
last
Tuesday
night's
serious
rioting
between
Fascists
and
Communists
at
Cllchy
in
the
outskirts
of
the
city.
Rumors
persist
that
the
Popular
Front
government
of
Premier
Leon
Blum
wlll
dissolve.
FISH
PRICE
LOW
TODAY
Quarter
of
Million
Pounds
of
Halibut
Misses
Holy
Week
Market
Sixteen
halibut
boats
landing
catches
totalling
217,000
pounds
at
Prince
Rupert
today
ran
into
a
weak
market
owing
to
the
fact
that
they
came
in
too
late
to
make
delivery
east
before
the
end
of
Holy
Week.
Consequently,
prices
were
low
twdye
American
vessels
re
ceiving
7c
and
5c
to
7c
and
6c
for
242,500
pounds
while
four
Canadian
boats
were
paid
6c
and
5c
and
6.1c
and
5c
for
74,500
pounds.
It
was
the
first
big
day's
business
of
the
year
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Fish
Exchange.
American
Doric,
33,000,
and
Garland,
12,000,
Atlln,
7c
and
6c
Estep,
20,000;
Alki.
6.300,
and
Cora,
6,000,
Cold
Storage,
7c
and
5c.
Excel,
19,500;
Hyperian,
12,000,
and
Chum,
9,000,
Atlln,
7c
and
6c.
Fremont,
14.500,
and
Judith,
9,-000,
Royal,
7c
and
6c.
i
Emma,
11,000,
and
Arcade,
10,000,
Booth,
7c
and
6c.
Canadian
Takla,
26.000,
and
Prosperity
A.,
15,000,
Cold
.Storage,
6c
and
5c.
Morris
H.,
11,500,
Atlin,
6.1c
and
5C,
Relief,
12,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.1c
and
5c,
,
'
Many
Dead
In
j
Blast
in
Mine
Twenty-Nine
Perish
and
Twenty-Six
Missing
in
South
African
Goldfields
JOHANNESBURG,
South
Africa,;
March
22:
(CP)
Twenty-nine
per
illed
auua
wcik
.
iwuicu
uuu
twemy-wx
missing
(
as
a
result
of
are
an
ex-
...
.
.
niA.mn
urn
nn
..
urrflAvnt,
t
i.n
oUm4Iici
m
.u
n
r
coal
mine
ln
the
heart
of
the
South
African
gold-
fields.
TO
ATTEND
CROWNING
Norman
McGlashan
to
Represent
Local
R.
C.
N.
V.
R.
Unit
On
London
Contingent
OTTAWA,
March
22:
(CP)
The
contingent
of
?"3
officers
and
other
ranks
representing
the
Canadian
militia,
naval
and
air
forces
which
the
Dominion
is
sending
to
the
Coronation
of
King
George
VI
in
London
in
May
will
be
commanded
by
Col.
J.
E.
W.
Streight,
Liberal
Member
of
Parliament
fori
York
West,
it
was
announced
Sunday
night.
More
than
half
of
the
personnel
of
the
Canadian
contingent
consists
of
veterans
of
the
Great
War.
Included
in
the
Rpyal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
delegation
is
Normarn
S.
Glashan
of
the
Priice
Rupert
unit.
I
Additional
members
of
the
staff
will
be
appointed
later.
Construction
Of
Vancouver
Bridge
Is
Starting
Soon
VANCOUVER,
March
22:
Construction
will
start
within
two
months
of
the
$6,000,000
Lions
Gate
Bridge
across
theFlrst
Nar-
rows
of
Vancouver
Tfarbdf;
If
Is'
ten
percent
wageciit-The
announced
by
John
Anderson,
ballots
are
now
in
the
hands
of
.
manager
of
the
British
Company
j.whlcji
will
build
the
bridge.
Today's
Weather
(
GovenuiHmt
Trlegritplis
i
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
34.
Aiyansh
Clear,
calm,
30.
,
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
29.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
28.
I
Smithers
Part
cloudy,
calm,
co1-
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm,
20.
Victoria
Cloudy,
north
wind,
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.64.
Estevan
Cloudy,
north
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.68.
Prince
George
Clear
calm,
barometer,
29.82.
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy,
east
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
sea
smooth;
barometer,
29.66.
Dead
Tree
Point
Calm,
clear;
barometer,
29.68;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Clear,
north
wind,
3
miles
per
hour;
sea
smooth.
SNOWFALL
VALUABLE
Precipitation
on
Saturday
May
Mean
Millions
of
Dollars
To
Alberta
Farmers
CALGARY,
March
22:
Southern
Alberta
received
a
beneficial
snow
-
ian
oaturaay
wnicn
may
mean
millions
of
dollars
in
benefit
to
the
wheat
farmers
this
year.
Some
.eight
inches
of
snow.
fell,
and,
as
the
frost
was
out
of
the
ground,
It
will
be
absorbed
by
the
soil.
Farmers
are
rejoicing.
'
Juliana
And
Her
Consort
Are
Now
i
On
Way
to
Rome
I
VIENNA,
March
22:
In
the
uuuiae
oi
wieir
jsnKiny
nonevmonn
-
"
tour,
.
the
Crown
Princess
Juliana
-
.
...
r
i
ini
in
n
v.
ui
"u
jci
vuuauri,,
rrince
Bernhard
Lippe-Blesterfeld.'
left
Vienna
yesterday
for
Rome
by
way,
of
Innlsbruk.
j
Plot
Against
I
King
is
Bared
I
LONDON,
March
22:
The
"
Sunday
Referee
caused
a
sen-
satlon
with
publication
of
a
t
stdry
that
a
plot
against
the
life
of
King
George
VI
had
been
discovered.
It
is
sugges-
ted
that
there
had
been
a
plan
to
assassinate
the
monarch
on
his
coronation
day.
The
dis-
covery
of
a
secreted
knife
un-
covered
the
conspiracy.
At
least
one
suspect
is
being
questioned
by
Scotland
Yard,
the
Referee
says.
4
WILL
KNOW
WEDNESDAY
Tne
paper
published
as
usual
Further
Developments
Expected
day
with
the
editorial
and
business
Until
Then
in
Connection
With
Railway
Strike
MONTREAL,
March
22:
No
further
developments
in
connection
with
the
Canadian
railway
strike
vote
.are
expected
until
the
middle
of
the
coming
week.
This
was
the
statement
Saturday
night
of
Howard
B.
Chasa,
spokesman
for
the
railway
unions
whose
members,
it
Is
known,
have
voted
heavily
in
avor
of
walking
out
unless
there
15
immediate
restoration
of
their
the
central
committee
which
is
ex-
pected
to
'decide
this
week
on
the
matter
of
a
strike,
chase
said
that
there
would
be
no
statement
until
Tuesday
at
the
earliest
and
probably
not
until
Wednesday.
!
WATERHOUSE
i
;
BOATS
FREE
I
Pickets
Withdrawn
From
British
Columbia
Vessels
at
Seattle
Stevedores
Quit
A.F.L.
SEATTLE,
March
22:
Agreement
having
been
reached
with
the
Frank
Waterhouse
line,
own-
ers
of
the
vessels,
in
regard
to
crew
unionization
and
the
use
of
union
stevedores,
l)he
British
Columbia
freighters
Southholm
and
North-holm
are
now
having
their
cargo
handled,
pickets
having
been
withdrawn
at
the
end
of
the
week.
At
Tacoma
the
Border
Queen,
another
British
Columbia
ship,
Is
nnt.
hpfnir
mnrVM
as
shp
It
HcH
tin
by
picked
MnV
the
Hrst
o
mon
of
s
On
Saturday
announcement
was
year
than
they
were
in
the
cor-
made
of
the
withdrawal
nf
the
Mofltlmh
UrnrUi.c
TPocrntnn
Seattle
from
affiliation
with
Wil-
Ham
Green's
American
Federation
of
Labor
to
Join
with
the
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization,
the
John
L.
Lewis
group.
Drowning
News
Is
Exaggerated
II.
F.
Anderson
Reports
Himself
Very
Much
Alive
Fears
Of
j
Hanson
Unduly
Aroused
Bert
Hanson
of
Oona
River,
In
reporting
to
the
provincial
police
at
the
end
of
the
week
that
he
be-'
lteved
H.
F.
Anderson,
well
known
fisherman,
and
prospector,
might
jhave
fallen
overboard
from
his
boat
In
Kelp
Passage,
apparently,
had
had
his
fears
unduly
aroused.
Contrary
to
being
drowned,
Mr.
Anderson
reports
that
he
is
very
mnrh
nl
ve
Hp
had
mereiv
reft
his
.
'
"
rf
boat
anchored
for
a
time
while
he
.
...
...
weni
asnore
wiin
a
companion
to
die
clams.
Furthermore,
he
left
a
nole
Inside
his
boat
explaining
where
he
w,s.
T-..
LI
J
wu
nunurea
lnousuno.
f)nllnr
Dnmnao
,c
Dnno
-
-
-
-
-
its
jut
J
tl
To
Newspaper
Offices
Mechanical
Department,
in
Separate
Building,
Escapes-Publishing
as
Usual
Today
With
Temporary
Editorial
and
Business
Quarters
VANCOUVER,
March
24:
(CP)-Editorial
rooms
and
business
offices
of
the
Vancouver
Sun
were
swept
by
fire
early
today,
causing
damage
of
$200,000
$100,000
to
contents
and
$100,000
to
buildings.
The
three
storey
building
on
Pender
Street
is
owned
by.
Canton,
China,
interests,
lnere
is
full
insurance
coverage
on
both
the
buildimr
and
the
equipment
of
the
Sun
Publish-
b
lng
Co.
An
accompanying
four
storey
building
housing
presses
and
composing
room
machinery
was
saved.-
staff
working
in
temporary
quar-
ters.
Puerto
Rico
Stages
Riot;
Seven
Dead
I
PniSirv
P0.t
-d;
4
Mai.
ZZ.
(Lr)
Bloody
Street
fighting
between
police
and
nationalist:
demonstrators
for
inde
:
pendence
from
the
Uni
ted
btates
left
seven
dead
and
fifty
wounded.
Police
were
reported
to
have
opened
fire
on
a
rapidly
gathering
crowd
after,
the
nationalist
parade
had
been
banned..
4
j
Lumber
Exports
PI
uiiow
increase
Are
Twenty
Percent
Greater
In
B.
C.
So
Far
This
Year
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VICTORIA,
March
22:-
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Up
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Robbed
of
$100
Vancouver
Man
Roughly
Treated
By
Bandits
in
West
End
Saturday
Night
VANCOUVER,
March
22:
Colin
Weymark
was
robbed
of
$100
ln
cash
and
sustained
injuries
which
necessitated
his
removal
to
St.
Paul's
Hospital
when
he
was
waylaid
by
thugs
in
a
Davey
Street
lane
In
the
west
end
Saturday
night.
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DEATH
LIST
IS
NOW
425
Investigation
Into
Texas
School
Catastrophe
is
Still
Going
On
NEW
LONDON,
Texas,
March
22:
The
death
list
as
a
result
of
the
terrible
school
explosion
on
Thursday
afternoon
is
now
officially
placed
at
425.
Cause
of
the
explosion
has
not
yet
been
definitely
ascertained.
It
is
generally
believed
that
It
originated
in
the
walls
ra-
ther
tnan
ln
the
basement.
The
-
lapsed
Indicates
this.
Investigation
by
a
military
court
Is
proceeding,
-
TO
REPAIR
BIG
PLANE
Amelia
Earhart
and
Her
World
Girdling
Machine
to
Return
To
California
HONOLULU,
March
22:
Mrs.
Amelia
Earhart
Putnam
and
her
two
companions,
following
the
crashing
of
their
bic
nlane
Jwp
Saturday
while
taking
off
for
Holland
Island
in
continuation
of
meir
projected
flight
around
the
woria,
are
now
on
their
way
back
to
the
Unlted
stat"
aboard
the
liner
Maioio.
They
sailed
from
here
Saturday
for
Los
Angeles.
The
plane
will
be
shipped
back
for
re
pairs
at
the
factory.
Mrs.
Putnam
said:
"The
flight
Is
'lndicatl
that,
on
starting
out
,
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It
IS
expected
it
W'i
ill
be
a
couDle
of
months
before
the
flight
can
be
re
sumed,
Ambulances
raced
to
the
scene
of
the
crash
of
Amelia
Earhart's
big
plane
here
Saturday
but,
when
they
arrived,
Miss
Earhart
and
her
two
men
companions,
Fred
Noonan
and
Capt.
Harry
Manning,
were
climbing
unhurt
from
the
wrecked
craft,
all
having
escaped
injury.
The
plane
skidded
on
the
wet
concrete
runway
while
attempting
to
take
off
for
Howland
Island
ln
continuation
of
the
-
world
flight
and
the
left
tire
blew
out,
the
machine
tipping
over
on
the
left
wing
which,
with
the
undercarriage,
was
.damaged.
The
ship
had
carried
the
avlatrlx
and
her
party
safely
from
Oakland
to
Honolulu.
DOLLAR
AT
NEW
YORK
NEW
YORK,
March
22:
The
Canadian
dollar
has
been
trading
at
a
premium
of
3.32c
on
the
New
York
foreign
exchange
market.
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