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es
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AM.)
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0:30
a.m.
20.3
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13:10
p.m.
19.5.
ft.
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
Low
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'.
7:03
a.m.
3.2
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30.04;
sea
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
194.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
20,
1937.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Ql
rter
Musst1
Quebec
Rayon
Plant
Is
Being
Reorganized
Capital
To
He
Increased
and
Output
Cnriaclty
Changed
l'rom
300
Tons
to
600
Tons
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
.20:
Urown
Company,
largest'
rayon
pulp
manufacturers
in
the
New
England
state3
mid
ut
La
Tuque,
Quebec,
which
as
a
result
of
the-depression
has
been
in
the
hands
"f
liquidator
for
some
time,
is
to
be
reorganized
and
the
Quebec
plant
increased
from
J'.OO
tons
capacity
to
COO
tons.
The
sum
of
$12.C(I0,000
Is
to
be
raised
to
paj
for
Mie
new
plant,
pay
the
debts
of
the
eompnny
and
provide
working
capital.
Today
the
comtianv
Is
earning
'wice
rh
much
as
is
necessary
to
provide
the
Interest
on
the
bonds
and
the
Increase
In
output
will
increase
its
earning
capacity.
Control
of
the
company
will
pass
Into
new
hands.
The
plant,
which
formerly
cost
$16,000,000,
has
timber
limits
ample
to
provide
sustained
or
neruetual
sup
ply
of
wood
for
thi
Increased
plant
at
Quebec.
Tin.
Min
ror'iitillflll
zatlon
Is
to
be
raised
in
Canada.)
ii
dees
Rapprochement
With
London
is
Possible
Of
n
Opinion
Italy
Premier
Address
at
Palermo
is
Peaceful
with
One
Exception
Declares
Bolshevism
or
Anything
Similar
Will
Not
Be
Tolerated
in
Mediterranean
NEW
YOUK:
(CP)
-
Har
silver
was
unchanged
at
Wjc
fiT
fine
ounce
on
the
New
York
met
al
market
today.
-
A
.e
t...
rpi,
i.i--
.
i
f
.,.:,.
nrcjwcd
bv
the
efficiency
of
an
exDression
of
peaceful
inten
lions,
The
exception
was
the
as-ttrUon
"We
will
not
tolerate
Mediterranean
Bolshevism
or
anything
similar"
Haas
Indian
Is
Blown
Seaward
rMr
.!
ThTt'enlh
Unlucky'
For
Sam
l.inrotn
nut
It
Might
Hnvc
Keen
Worse
ARRANDALE.
Aug.
20:
Last
Frid
j
Mie
Thirteenth
may
have
teen
.somewhat
unlucky
for
Snm
Lirs
?o!n,
native
fisherman
of
Ar-finale,
but
It
might
have
beo
or-e
ul
Unit.
Lincoln
13
safe
bark
at
Arrandalc
after
having
been
blown
out
of
Walts
I'aa
'W
by
a
heavy
north
wind,
when
h'
engine
broke
Oown.
He
wa3
tc:cued
by
one
of
four
botts
which
were
gent
oul
1
to
search
for
him
after
he
had
been
mles-t
fnK
for
a
day.
Lincoln
wag
unable
to
run
his
engine
so
he
started
in
to
row
but
could
make
little
lro-Kre-.;
against
the
wind.
One
of
rescue
boats
finally
found
him
and
took
him
to
ArrandaK
BIG
'QUAKE
IN
MANILA
Damage
and
Panic
In
I'liillipinc
Islands
Metropolis
Hut
Lives
i-ost
MANILLA,
August
20:
(IJan
adlaVl
Press')
Two'
SharJT'eaTth-quakes
threw
Manila
into
.darkness
early
today.
Krsidrnts
lied
from
their
homes
and
hotels
Into
darkened
streets.
Many
fires,
started
by
the
worst
shock
In
forty
years,
added
panic.
Several
large
buildings
and
a
number
of
churches
were
damaged.
There
were
many
injuries
but
no
deaths
are
reported.
Vancouter
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
20:
(CV)
t
Wheat
was
down
to
$1.21
or.
the
Vancouver
market
today.
itAie
sn.vim
Shanghai
Is
Ablaze
ritish
Accord
Chinese
Are
Holding
Invaders
Departure
of
Soldiers
From
Tokyo
to
China
As
Well
As
Other
Oriental
Impressions
Miss
Edna
Wilkinson
Writes
Interestingly
of
Her
Visit
to
Japan
to
Attend
Convention
of
Tcachers'in
Japanese
Capital
PALERMO,
Italy,
August
20:
(Canadian
Press)
change
teacher
trom
hngiana
who
spent
utsi
yeai
nere
trr?
v
I
.
.
7
'.
1
'
-
conference
.nno.onnn
arrangements.
n
rrp
1
1
pm
.11
1.x.
'
writes
.....i
II
l
Hi-
.hirrl
Inlupvl.
Ill
the
aliu
u
io
uiv
miv-
-
-
-
Miss
Wilkinson
from
Tokyo.
"I
am
woud,
Is
full
of
huge
buildings,
the
filled
with
admiration
for
the
treat-
type
or
which
can
be
it-en
anywhere
m?nl
which
Is
given
us
and
for
the
elst!
ju
the
world.
It
Is
In
the
small-unfailing
kindness
and
courteslci
er
cities
and
In
the
rural
areas
that
that
are
shown.
Everywhere
we
the
traveler
sees
Japan
proper-have
free
transit,
free
literatuie
narrow
streets,'
shops
open
to
the
and
free
entertainments.
Invita-
street,
homes
huddled
together
and
tlons
are
so
numerous
that
we
can-
the
streets
packed
with
tiallic
not
hope
to
accept
more
than
about
ranging
from,
modern
cars
to
rlck-a
third
of
them.
shaws
and
bullock
carts.
The
kl-
,
"Last
night
we
were
taken
to
a
mona
Is
everywhere
worn
much
leading
theatre
,to
witness
a
per-
in,ore
extenslyethan
I
Imagined,
fortffiutte
of
classical
drama.
The
"Men
'rook
"quauitTh
kfmoius,
wood-costumes
weie
gorgeous
after
the
en
slices
and
straw
hats.
It
seems
manner
of
that
particular
school
quite
in
keeping
that
they
should
of
acting.
The
play
seemed
to
be
over-acted
but
I
was
quite
enthrall
ed
by
it.
Normally
the
performance
'
takes
about
five
hours
but
this
last,
ed
exactly
two.
It
was
quite
dif
ferent
from
anything
1
had
ever
witnessed.
The
stage
was
enormous.
The
orchestra
and
singers
sat
on
the
stage
at
the
sides
or
at
the
back.
Singers
chanted
in
queer
monotones
11
the
way
tlirough
to
the
accompaniment
of
drums,
flutes
and
a
strange
Instrument
rather
like
a
guitar
and
called
a
sameset.
The
lights
in.
the
body
of
the
thea.
tre
stayed
on
all
the
time.
An
extension
of
the
stage
.passed
right
through
the
audience
to
the
'ack.
On
this
extension
one
of
the
actors
made
his
appearance
(Continued
on
page
five)
CRISIS
IS
SOON
OVER
President
Rafael
Franco
of
Paraguay
Yields
to
Demand
to
Reform
His
Cabinet
ASUNCION,
Paraguay.
August
20:
Following
the
occupation
of
this
capital
city'of
Paraguay
by
military
forces
with
the
support
of
navy,
the
cabinet
of
President
Rafael
Franco
complied
with
the
demand
that
thev
reslcn.
Yeildlne
to
the
mill-
passing
rv
nrp.csiirp
Ihp
Prpslrtpnr.
took
through
the
audience
on
his
way
to
refuge
,n
the
military
academy
but
ed.
the
main
part
or
the
stage.
col.
Parades,
leader
of
the
uprising.
Tokyo
Modern
City
said
Franco
would
be
Invited
to
"Tokyo,
like
every
otner
large
city
remain
as
President.
SEVEN
PERSONS
KILLED
WHEN
RUNAWAY
COAL
CARS
HIT
EXPRESS
Seven
persons
were
killed
and
10
injured
when
the
ocean
Limited
cracK
monireai-Ilalifax
collided
head
on
with
eight
runaway
coal
cars
at
Springhlll
Junction,
express
n
4
The
coal
cars
were
being
shunted
about
the
railway
Jard
there
when
eight
heavily
'loaded
cars
moved
out
on
the
main
track
and
evaded
all
efforts
of
an
engineer
to
with
engine.
The
engin
and
three
cars
of
he
express
were
thrown
catch
them
nn
t
'l
Z
.
irneks
bv
the
crash.
The
engine
which
received
the
brunt
of
the
head-on
.
i
i"
iu.,
r..nni
i.nvp.i
In
and
lvimr
on
Its
r
de.
I
he
engineer,
an
ex-
Crasn
t
biiuii
-
---
-
,
ih.j
flv-P
alleged
tramps
riding
the
rous
were
Kiiieu.
I
A
II
A
I
I
A
acKrvii
rvions
Line
American
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
told
two
hundred
thousand
Ital-
as
a
member
of
the
staff
of
Booth
Memorial
School,
gives
organiZing
efforts
among
agricui-
ians
today
that
"a
.lasting
rapprochement
with
England
some
interesting
impressions
of
a
visit
to
the
Orient
to
tUrai
and
white
collar
workers.
U,.onU,1
Th
Dnmln,
onlrl
If
,,Ur
in,
l!m,ll!WHn
.ritn
wh'toh
slln
WPMT.
fv(m
hCTd
tO
attCna
an
HUeiTiailOnai
nfMem
immu,t...
VuU
I
UttWIIlUl
111V
DUIU
4
IttjUOVVt
WS
Jl
TV
'"V.
,
,
-w.
.
-
-
!
1
l'liTo
rp:ifh((rs'
convention
in
Tokyo.
'
One
cannot
fail
to
be
lm
Sailor
Killed
Aboard
Flagship
i
Counter
Attack
On
C.1.0.
Planned
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(
Courtesy
S.
D
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
15.
C.
Nickel,
.10.
llig
Missouri,
.B-Vi.'
Bralorne,
7.35.
B.
.K.
Con.,
.0.
Aztec,
10.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.60.
Dentonia.
.13V$.
'
)5
Uunwell,
.02.
Goiconda,
.08l.4i;'
v
51
in
tb,--0B
y-K,ji
'
Meridian,
.01.
Kairview
Amalg.,
,0G.
Noble
Five,
.0GV4.
Pend
Orielle,
4.00,,
Pioneer,
3.90.
Porter
Idaho,
.0o.
Premier,
2.25.
Iteeves
McDonald,
.83.
Iteno,
.92.
-
Kelief
Arlington,
.25.
Reward.
.08.
.
'
Salmon
Gold,
.073i.
'
Taylor
Bridge,.
.0bV:
Hedley
Amalg.,
.05.
'
Premier
Border,
.02.
Silbak
Premier,
1.95.
Congress,
.03.-Home
Gold,
.02,fc.
Grandview,
.20.
Indian,
.02.
Quatsina
Copper,
,05.
Oue'nellc
Quartz,
.09.
Whitewater,
.14.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.33,
Calmont.
.55.
C.
&
E.,
2.41.
Hargal,
.18.
McDougall
Segur;
.24.
Mercury,
.29l2.
Okalta,
1.57.
Horn
Oil.
1.85.
United,
.20'A.
Weymarn,
.10.
Toronto
k
Beattie.
1.25,
1
Central
Patricia,
2.80.
r.ndsi
L"ke.
.CG.
Lep.
Cold.
.03.
MtMe
Long
Lac,
5.30.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.32.
Pirkle
Crow.
5.C5.
Retl
LaVfl
Gold
Shore,
.35,
San
Antonio.
1.02.
Sherritt
Gordon,,
2.80.
Smelters.
Gold.
.03.
!
MeLeod
Cvkshutt,
1.92.
j
Oklend,
.17.
I
Mosher,
.22.
i
Gilbec,
.Ol.
I
Mndsen
Hc-1
Lake,
.70.
Stadaconw.
.1.31.
Frontier
HeH
Lake;
.09.
!
Francoeur,
-.68.
:
Mnnltob'i
Knstern,
,03Vi.
,
Rubec.
.02.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.51.
Bailor.
.02.
Bnkfletd.
;75.
East
Malart'c.
1.15.
Preston
East
Dome.
1.25.
Hutchison
Lake,
.15,
Dawson
White,
.11.
Raiah
Red
Lake,
.07.
Aldermac.
1.15.
(
Kerr
Addison.
2.4G.
'
itchi
Gold,
.90.
.
;
Martin
Bird,
.54,
.
Cruiser
Augusta
Hit
by
Anti-Aircraft
Shell
General
Offensive
Launched
to
Drive
Conquerors
Out
of
North
China
SHANGHAI,
August
20:
(Canadian
Press)
One
American
Federation
to
organize
fourtn
0f
Shanghai
was
ablaze
today
as
Chinese
aircraft
and
white
Collar
Workers
struck
gavagely
at
Japanese
properties
along
the
Whang-washinoton,
August
20:-The
Po
River
and
Chinese
artillery
blasted
at
Japanese
de-American
Federation
of
Labor
plans
tense
lines.
Foreign
property
suffered
heavily
as
the
....
.
ini
1
ii.ii
ii;.
ii
s
:
i..
to
start
a
counter
attacic
on
ovi.u.
secona
onangnai
Dauie
wnnm
a
weeK
uecaine
increasingly
Copies
oi
tne
telegram,
oraerea
ors
to
be
sent
following
a
cabinet
meeting
yesterday
were
re-
leased
by
Premier
Aberhart.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
1
American
47,000
pounds,
9.6c
OTlrt
it
destructive
oi
me
ana
weaun.
in-whole
Pootung
waterfront,
teeming
Industrial
area
across
the
river
,
it.,
i
a
a
r.1
1
1
l
1,
AuthorilV
lames-
A
larSe
section
of
Hong-
j.
MVV
kew
district
to
the
north
Is
burn-
Af
All
lne
furiously.
Chinese
forces
are,
apparently,
4
sit
it
j
holding
the
Japanese
along
the
LnallenSeQ
4.
Jiver
banks
to
the
northeast.
Chln-
ese
artillery
repulsed
a
Japanese
,
.
effort
to
land
a
flanking
detach-
EDMONTON.
August
20:
mnt
at
Lluho
twfilve
mUes
to
th,
(Canadian
Press)
Authority
of
northwe5t,
the
Dominion
government
to
Qne
Um'ted
stateg'saiior
was
km-
disallow
provincial
legislation
ed
and
elgnteen
wounded
when
an
Is
challenged
In
a
telegram
ariUaircraft
shell
of
undetermined
sent
to
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
.
orlgln.
5lruck
th-
after
deck
of
the
Mackenzie
King
by
Prer
trulser
Augustai
nagshlp
of
the
Un.
Aberhart
In
reply
to
noUflca-
-ied
states
Asiatic
fleet.
tion
from
federal
authorities
Peiplng
it
was
reported
that
three
Alberta
acts
with
that
chlnese
armles
had
launched
respect
to
banking
in
the
pro-
R
,jeneral
offensive
to
wrest
North
vlnce
had
been
disallowed.
Cnlna
from
the
wouid.be
conquer-
Canadian
39.000
pounds,
8.2c.four
Planes
'
and
6c,
and
8.7c
and
6c.
I
American
Prosperity,
25,000,
Cold
Storage,
9.6c
and
7c.
I
Arne,
22,000,
Booth,
9.6c
and
7c.
I
Canadian
J
Tramp,
16,00,
Cold
Storage,
8.2c
1
and
6c.
Helen
II.,
23,000,
Atlln,
8.7c
and
6c.
BALANCING
OF
BUDGET
Believe
That
President
Roosevelt
Has
Chance
of
Achieving
It
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
20:
President
Roosevelt
has
conferred
with
treasury
officials
In
the
last
few
day
on
the
federal
budget,
leaving
with
them
a
strong
Impression
that
he
Is
trying
In
earnest
to
accomplish
his
goal
of
a
balanced
taudqit
In
the
present
fiscal
year.
While
two
parallel
columns
struck
northward
against
Peiplng
and
Tientsin,
a
third
Chinese
Army
was
holding
the
Japanese
at
bay
In
the
Great
Wall
pass
Just
north
of
Nan-kow,
reports
of
yesterday
that
the
pass
had
been
penetrated
being
deV
nled
today.
A
Japanese
ah-
raid
on
a
airdrome
at
Nanking
this
morning
resulted
In
the
destruction
of
a
hanger
and
MINISTER
IS
BLAMED
Japanese
Ambassador
to
Moscow
Charged
with
Anti-Red
Activity
More
Spies
Executed
Der.nlte
the
hadows
cast
by
a
current
deficit
of
nearly
280
million
POIVIMI
TWIOf
TF
dollars,
and
the
fact
that
the
na-
VVJlflUlUrUVUaj
tlonal
debt
probably
will
pass
the
thlrty-"evcn
billion
dollar
mark
this
week
for
the
first
time
In
the
country's
history,
treasury
officials
regard
the
prosnects
for
a
balanced
budget
as
bright.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
temperature,
60.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
56.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
56.
Stewart
Raining1,
calm,
58.
H7elton
Cloudy,
calm,
58.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
64.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
56.
MOSCOW,
August
20:
(Canadian
Press)
1
he
Japanese
ambassador
to
Russia,
Mamoru
Shlgemltsu,
Is
j
accused
by
Prava,
official
Commun-1
1st
party
newspaper,
of
abusing
his
diplomatic
rank
by
spreading
antl-Communlst
propaganda
secretly
In
the
Soviet
capital.
At
the
same
time
the
newspaper
Soviet
Siberia
reported
the
execution
of
thirty-four
convicted
spies
and
wreckers
at
Irkutsk
after
military
trials
on
charges
of
terrorist
activity
for
the
Japanese
intelligence
service.
WAS
BLUNT
Portugal
Does
Not
Mince
Matters
In
Break
With
Ccho
Slovakia
LISBON;
Portugal,
August
20:
(Canadian
Press)
The
communique
of
the
Portuguese
government
today
to
Czecho
Slovakia
breaking
off
diplomatic
relations
bluntly
attributed
the
Praha
government's
reluctance
to
permit
a
Czecho
Blo-vaklan
armamerjt
firm,
to
supply
a
machine
gun,
order
to
Portugal
to
Portugal's
attitude
on
the
Spanish
war.