Today's
Weather
(8
AJV1.)
prince
RupertFair,
north
wind,
'
four
mile--
per
hour;
barometer,
29.10;
sc
derate.
Vol
XXVI..
No.
80.
BRlt&IN
Federal
Minister
of
Labor
Offers
To
Mediate
Automotive
Dispute
OSHAWA,
Ont.,
April
13:
(CP)
Still
deadlocked
over
the
Issue
of
Committee
on
Industrial
Organlza-recognition.
0$hawa's
General
Motors
strike
entered
a
new
week
yc
terday
and
its
sixth
day
today
tfw
the
walk-out.
Tne
week-end
was
featured
c
.'.dV.icti
negotiations
and
great
mass
meetings
for
nearly
four
thrwund
striker
Idle.
j
C
I
O.
h-.-ads
declare
that
pres-
sure
win
or
urougm.
10
Dear
upon
Grrvrul
Motors
In
the
United
g
.Ci
towards
a
settlement.
J
Minister
to
Negotiate?
I
Kc
-mun
Rogers,
federal
minister
of
l::b?v
to
mediate
the
dispute
tween
the
company
and
Its
3700
w
keis
now
on
strike..The
worker
have
accepted
the
minister's
jfliT
but
cSccktlvesof
'the
com-F-.ny
indicated
last
night
that
Gr
nil
Motors
will
decline
the
'
Uon
at
least
for
the
present.
T,;
company
has
been
co-operat-i;:
with
Piemler
Mitchell
Hepburn
cf
Ontario
in
his
effort
to
settle
Hepburn's
Stand
'
support
oi
nis
caomei
r
be
demanded
by
Premier
Hepburn
of
Ontario
in
his
stand
a
the
John
L.
Lewis
Committor
Industrial
Organization.
T
Pftmler.
who
immediately
af-strike
started
promised
Way
Weather
Forecast
force
of
his
cabinet
would
be
PU
in
the
fight
against
the
C.
I.
0.
cay
reiterated
his
attitude
rc-g..
;'us
the
Oshawa
strike.
If
was
fight
against
the
"forces
cf
J
;hn
L.
Lewis
and
communism
are
now
marching
hand
in
rent
aid
the
Premier.
If
any
m
"nber
of
his
cabinet
was
out
of
-pathy
with
the
present
policy,
tarn
that
member
must
resign,
the
Premier
said.
Mass
FlighrOiT
to
Hawaii
't'K
Unhid
SlafCM
Navy
Squadron
Safe
at
Half
Way
Mar
k
ImsI
Night
AN
DIHGO,
April
13:
rwdve
I
iMt'
d
Slates
Navy
patrol
plane,
whi-h
left
yesterday
aflernoon
for
IVarl
Harbor,
Hawaii,
weic
'Ported
safely
about
half
way
t"
uKHuuauon
last
mgni,
w
estimated
on
leaving
that
Uu
mass
fKht
would
take
about
twenty
i,ourH
'Uf
niniied
thruug.,
the
courteny
o.
Domlnlou
Mrtcorotoglcftl
Bureau
mn
and
Prince
Rupert.
Thl
tor
l
compiled
from
observation
t
"'
r
0
n
m.
today
.und'covMs
Ui
3
"ur
rrlod
ending
8
p.m.
tomorrow).
lorni
of
considerable
inten-;,v
s
centred
about
200
miles
ofr
Hie
north
0f
Vancouver
Island
cuiiNing
gales
and
rain
on
tlu
coast
I'rlncc
Rupert
Rupert
District
District
and
and
I
British
Fascists
mm
Split
Up
I
4
LONDON.
April
13:
(CP)
British
Union
of
Fascists
headed
by
Sir
Oswald
Mosley
has
been
split
by
the
forma-
tlon
of
the
rival
"National
So-
clallst
League"
led
by
Mosley's
former
two
chief
lieutenants,
Many
of
Mosley's
former
fol-
lowers
are
said
to
'
have
gone
over
to
the
rival
group.
-HAS
MOT
i
SOLD
OUT
Trcmier
William
Abcrliart
Denies
Suggestion
Dunning
Says
Alberta
Treated
Fairly
An
ouicial
being
reply
was
o
A
u
havc.
rd
Genera
Mo-
today
rom
the
flnanclers
said
t:-
of
Canada
to
an
offer
of
Hon.
.
.
,m
ko,v,,w
i
m.
.
,
ill
m
IvlIHti
William
xivviiiat
,
.
u-rpHv
fiHrirpss
hpfrtrn
the
Pronhe-
ticized
the
statement
ol
Graham
Towers,
general
manager
of
the
Bank
.of
Canada,-
that
Alberta
r
quired
no
financial
assistance
from
Ottawa
and
also
declared
that
It
was
unfair
for
the
federal
govern
ment
to
take
out
so
much
more
revenue
from
;the
provinces
than
It
-
put
In.
I
Treated
Fairly
OTTAWA.
April
13:
Shown
a
I
statement
by
Premier
Aberhart
of
Alberta
that
his
province
was
not,
treated
fairly
by
the
Dominion
In'
Mrta
"fairly
and
squarely.'
Relief
Workers'
Strike
is
Uverjdltlons
Decision
Made
to
Return
to
Work
l'cmllns
RcvK'w
of
bituation
Uy
Central
Committee
At
a
special
meeting
of
the
unemployed
yesterday
afternoon
o
receive
the
report
of
a
committee
which
intcrveiwetl
civic
authorl
ties
in
reirard
to
reinstatement
of
city
relief
strikers
who
have
been
on
strike,
it
was
decided
to
ac
cent
the
report
of
the
committee
and
return
to
work
pending
a
re
view
of
the
situation
by
a
central
rommittee
comprising
delegates
from
various
organizations
which
was
recently
formed.
Forty
men
returned
to
work
on
Wantage
Road
this
morning.
They
nr..
tn
1m
itiven
the
back
relief
relused
to
AUCKLAND
NZ.,
April
13!
(CP)
harlotta
Islands-North-1
J
Stoorl
whose
B
"
'
upcii
Uiai
P!ivto,.l..
It
fin-
which
thev
had
work
on
the
understanding
mat
......
MrcT
they
w'
nowrk
it
o?
.In
fact,
CRQW
S
NEST
tll''re
IS
no
cnunu
xium
j'1
vious
basis
of
relief
distribution.
The
strike
committee
neirotlated
veslerday
with
City
Treasurer
D
1J.
Matheson.
I1AR
SILVER
NKW
YORK";
April
13:
(CI')-
Jiar
silver
w8
trading
ai
.c
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
yesterday,
down
from
the
end
of
the
week.
MAORI
"WtoniET"
DILS
'
"j
Kales,
gnles,
cool
cool
and
ana
showery
-.""a'
-
--
-
v..u
r....
-
showery
...
Lhiiitv
tn
foretell
,h
the
future
fl,irp
flltUre
trained
calned
gaineo
v-insi
oi
Vancouver
i-!
.
,
!,..,i
i
is
rinrl
dead
near
mar
"n1-
Stronlr
southerlv
L-ales.
'
him
a
large
following,
mild
with
occasional
rains.
iWhatatane
He
had
12
wives.
STRIKE
OFF
Fcrnle
Coal
Mine
Tic-up
Averted
Pending
Further
Negotiation
FERNIE,
April
13:
A
strike
of
ome
one
thousand
Crow's
Nest
Pass
district
coal
miners
has
been
averted,
It
was
announced
yester
day.
There
will
be
furth'er
nego-j
tlatlon
of
the
demands
for
higher
wages
and
better
working
condl-1
Hons.
The
miners
are
members
of
LIBRARY
4-
1
Summary
American-
-C4.000
pounds,
0c
and
Cc
to
9.Cc
and
6c.
.Canadian
-47,500
pounds,
7.8c
and
5c
to'
8.5c
and
5c.
American
Urania.
24.000.
Booth.
9c
and
6c.
Excel.
17.000,
Atlln,
9.4c
and
6c.
I
Arcade,
10,500,
Royal,
9.6c
and
6c.
;
the
Peace
GJoa,
11.530.
Royal,
9.4c
and
6c
Canadian
I
Melville,
6,000.
Pacific,
7.9
j
5
c.
I
"Morris
II.,
5,000,
Pacific,
7.8c
and
sc.
5c.
5c
Southend,
7,000;
Pacific,
8.4c
and
White
Hope.
5.000,
Raclflc,
8c
and
Tramp.
8,000.
Cold
Storage,
7.8c
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
Am-
8.4c
and
5c.
erica,
an
affiliate
of
the
Committee
.
,
Joan
W..
I.,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
13,
1937
TAKING
CAUTIOUS
EFFORTS
CONTINUING
TO
SETTLE
AUTO
DISPUTE
DEADLOCK
1NSTRIKE
No
Progress
In
Negotiations
For
Ending
of
Tie-up
at
Oshawa
Rogers
Enters
Colorful
Schooner
"Girl
Pat"
in
U.S.
Custody
'
ViElured
on
the
Delaware
Rive
r
at
Philadelphia,
Pa..
Is
the
Girl
Pat,
Me
Grimsby.
Eng..
.fishing
trawler
that
left
her
port
a
yea
ago
and
never
returned,
writing
colorful
maritime
history
all
over
the
face
of
the
seven
seas.
There's
more
mystery
attached
to
her.
for
the
Girl
Pat
is
in
custody
of
the
U.
S.
Coastguard,
members
of
which
remain
silent
as
to
why
and
wherefore.
Hotel
Employees
Threaten
Strike
the
matter
of
financial
assistance,
Fourteen
Leading
Hostelries
in
San
Iton.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister.
Francisco
Bay
Region
May
of
finance,
declared
that
the
fe-
'
Be
Tied
Up
j
dhral
government
was
treating
Al-J
,
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
is:
Employees
of
fourteen
leading
ho-
tels
In
the
Bay
area
are
threatening
to
go
on
strike
for
higher
wages
and
improved
working
con-
Car
Goes
Over
Road;
Three
In
It
Are
Unhurt
Tommy
Glenn,
local
taxi
operator,
and
two
passengers.
Margaret
Fowler
and
Harold
Hampton,
miraculously
escaped
injury
in
an
automobile
accident
la.t
night
just
east
of
Hays
Creek
bridge.
Glenn
was
driving
off
the
bridge
at
10:10
p.m.
when
the
steering
gear
locked
and
the
car
went
over
the
side
down'
an
emoanKmeni,
turning
over
a
couple
of
times
in
doing
so.
The
driver
and
two
passengers
climbed
out
unhurt.
The
car
sustained
considerable'
damage.
BOARD
IS
UNANIMOUS
Conciliators
Agree
on
Kail
way-men
Getting
AH
Cut
Back
OTTAWA,
April
13:
(CP)
Restoration
of
basic
wage
rates
by
April
1,
1938,
to
some
ten
thousand"
employees
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
who
are
members
of
the
Canadian
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Employees,
is
the
unanimous
recommendation
of
the
report
of
the
board
of
conciliation
released
by
the
Department
of
Labor.
In
effect,
the
recommendation
calls
for
the
same
terms
as
agreed
upon
by.
the
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
in
recent
negotiations
with
the
running
trades
whereby
the
ten
percent
deduction
from
the
basic
wage
rate
would
be
completely
restored
by
degrees
over
a
period
of
on?
year.
Halibut
Sales
Jean
Batten
Given
Award
British
Aviatrix
Gets
Trophy
For
Outstanding
Achievement
Of
Year
LONDON,
April
13:-rJean
Batten,
noted
British
aviatrix,
who
flew
from
Eneland
to
the
Antipodes
re
cently,
has
been
awarded
the
Har-
J
mon
trophy
for
outstanding
aviation
achievement
of
the
year,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
Prince
Rupert
Edmonton
Road
Most
Important
Legislature.
In
an
Interview
given
at
Prince
George,
said
the
aim
of
the
provincial
government
'was
to
complete
the
highway
through
from
Prince
Rupert
to
connect
PEACE
IN
INDUSTRY
Validation
of
Wagner
Bill
Expected
to
Stabilize
Unrest
Between
Capital
and
Labor
WASHINGTON,
April
13:
(CP)
Thousands
of
workers
and
their
bosses
in
United
States
industrial
centres
are
speculating
on
how
the
validation
by
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
of
the
Wagner
Labor
Relations
Act,
guaranteeing
collective
bargaining
rights
of
the
workers,
will
affect
their
positions.
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
predicts
an
upsurge
in
union
organization
and
the
end
of
company
unions.
Warren
Madden,
chairman
of
the
Warner
Labor
Board,
foresees
greater
industrial
peace
and
expeditious
settlement
of
many
lahor
disputes
pending
In
the
courts.
UNREST
OF
!
with
the
Alberta
section
right
j
fhrnmrh
to
Edmonton.
This
was
the
primary
work
to
be
undertaken
and
a
conslderaoi
section
would
be
constructed
tms
year
east
from
Hansard
anu
also
east
and
west
from
McBrlde.
Tills
would
hara
to
take
precedence
of
the
highway
to
which
also
was
lmpor-
I
Tha
!r.!iHn
nf
thp
hlchwnv
I
Into
the
Peace
would
have
to
be
there
was
a
big
mming
aeveiop.
'
ment
going
on
to
the
north
of
iVanderhoof
where
almost
unlimited
amounts
of
money
were
being
expended
in
mining
ventures.
TRICKED
OF
$G5,000
and
5c.
NICE,
France,
April
13:
(CP)
Cape
Spear,
3,000,
Cold
Storage,
'
John
Saphla,
wealthy
visitor
to
the
v..
'
j
'
Riviera,
said
to
be
of
British
na-
8,500.
Cold
Storacc.
tionalltv.
has
been
the
victim
of
on
Industrial
Organization-In,
the
,
8.5c
and.
5c.
United
States.
1
Oslo,
5,000,
Atlln,
8.2c
and
r.c
confidence
men
who
robbed
him'
of
$65,000.
LAR0R1TES
Contending
Factions
Resort
to
Gun
Fighting
and
Bloodshed
In
.
.
.
'
Conflict
PITCHER.
Okla..
April
13:
(CP)
Truculent
lead
and
zinc
workers
returned
to
their
jobs
yesterday
In
an
atmosphere
Intensified
by
a
bloody
week-end
In
which
nine
persons
were
shot
with
the
leaders
of
the
unaffiliated
group
of
workers
announcing
their
determination
to
"prevent
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization
unionization
tot
this
territory."
Wounding
of
eight
men
and
a
boy
a,t
Galena.
Texas.
Sunday
by
gunfire
from
headquarters
of
the
International
Union
of
Mine.
Mill
and
Smelter
Workers
climaxed
a
weekend
of
beatings
and
floggings.
GUARDING
Special
Precautions
to
Further
Destruction
Doukhobors
VICTORIA,
April
13:
(CP)
Commi&vlonsr
J.
II.
McMullln
of!
the
provincial
police
Tom
orrow
s
Tid
es
High
Low
has
guards
on
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
bridges
between
Nelson
and
Midway
and
around
the
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
plants
at
Trail
In
an
effort
to
stem
Incendiarism
of
the
past
week
In
West
Xootenay
Doukhobor
settled
dls-
Urlcts.
Special
precautions
are
also
being
taken
by
the
police
in
Grand
Forks
district.
Refuse
to
Deal
About
Negotiating
Strike
Differences
..:
2;55
am.
225
It.
,
15:46
p.m,
19.4
ft.
...
9:39
a.m.
1.5
ft.
21:41p.m.
6.5
It.
PKICE:
5
CENTO
STAND
SHIPS
ARE
HELD
OUT
British
Freighters
Advised
Not
To
Enter
Spanish
Waters
II.
M.
S.
Hood.
Standing-
By
Limit
Protection
.Military
Operations
Still
Continue
Around
Madrid
Fall
of
Bilbao
Imminent
LONDON.
April
13:
If
British
merchant
vjessels
go
Inside
the
three-mile
limit
of
Spain,
British
'
naval
vessels
can
do
nothing
to
.
protect
them
whether
they
are
at-'
tacked
by
Spanish
government
or
!
insurgents.
This
was
stated
offl-
clally
last
night
following
the
announcement
earlier
In
the
day
that
.
the
British
government
was
not
!
recognizing
the
Spanish
insurgent
!
regime.
British
warships
will
protect
British
merchant
vessels
in
tMe
event
of
their
being
attacked
outside
the
three-mile
limit
off
the
'
Spanish
coast.
j
Five
British
merchant
vessels
j
headed
for
Bilbao,
Spain,
with
food
j
supplies
for'
the
beleaguered
Spanish
government
port
were
advised
I
to
keep
outside
the
.
three-mile
limit
of
Spain
under
protection
of
H.
M.
S.
Hood,
largest
warship
of
the
British
fleet,
which
Is
standing
by.
Insurgent
warships
will
fire
upon
them
If-
they
venture
inside,
General
Francisco
Franco
has
warned.
Foreign
Secretary.
.Anthony
Eden,
declared
last
night
that
Great
Britain
was
following
a
cautious
foreign
policy
because
"we
refuse
to'
lead
Europe
off
the
precipice."
He
answered
critics
of
the
government
with
the
assertion
that
Great
Bri
tain
would
not
take
action
likely
to
divide
Europe
into
two
blocs.
Madrid
Battle
Continues
MADRID,
April
13:
CP
Reln-orced
Insurgents
today
fought
off
iovcrnment
troops
trying
to
force.
x
ring
around
three
thousand
of
General
Franco's
men
in
University
City,
the
northwestern
suburb..
Government
officers
said
the
enemy
was
moving
up
heavy
con-
;
centratlons
of
troops
to
resist
thrusts
against
Garabltas
and
!
Aguila
hills
In
the
Casa
de
Campo
i
sector.
'
Meanwhile
tightening
up
of
the
O
I
riPQ
'
insurgent
warship
blockade
after
B
lllVjIjlJiGreat
Britain's
withdrawal
of
protection
from
her
merchantmen
Prevent
j
within
Spanish
waters
.has
threa-By
tened
to
force
the
surrender
i
Bilbao
to
the
encircling
insurgent
I
armies.
.
Today's
Weather
I
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Terrace
Rain,
cloudy,
44.
Alyamh
Cloudy,
calm,
47.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
wast
wind,
48.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm.
46.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
'Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm.
33.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
39.
Victoria
Cloudy,
southwest
wind.
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.46.
Estevan
Rain,
south
wind,
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.08.
i
Prince
Oenree
Ilftln
onlm-
hnrn.
Wiih
Ilrnmmte
,ncter-2920
1?
UII
UlUUUlOlO
,
Vancouver
Fair,
southeast
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.44.
nnrf
'definitely
decided
upon.
At
present
Alberta
Packing
Plants
Not
Anxious
Alert
Bay
Part
cloudy,
calm:
..
.
,
a.
1
fc
.
barometer,
29.30:
temperature.
48:
!
moderate
sea.
j
Bull
Harbor
Part
cloudy,
fair;
EDMONTON,
April
13:
Meat
barometer,
29.06;
'temperature,
45;
packing
plants
here
and
at
Cal-,
moderate
swell,
gary
have
refused
to
meet
union!
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy,
leaders
in
negotiations
to
settle
north
wind,
5
miles
per
hour;
baro-the
present
strike
dispute,
It
was
meter,
29.20;
temperature,
40;
light
reported
last
night.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
13:
(CP)
Wheat
was.
quoted
at
$1.37',8
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
today.
'
swell.
Triple
Island
Overcast,
east
wind,
4
miles
per
hour
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
southeast
windj
barometer,
29.28;
temperature,
44;
sea
smooth.
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it.
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