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calls
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warned
that
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fir
control-
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other
reck-
fxm'iici'iir'
rir
our
noses
noi
Today's
Weather
riffle
Island-
-Overcast,
rain-kmirtlnet
wind,
12
mi
I
en
per
I:
sea
smooth.
Kara
Island
Part
rlomly.
IthwiM
ujii'l;
(2
miles
per
K
(urometer,
20.74
;
tempera-
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light
chnn.
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temperature.
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prncf
learning,
calm,
liyanuli
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calm.
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Ann
art
:'.8.
in.
I'ldUdy,
call'
irl
i
lotldy
calm,
40
iiiiiilv
calm.
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wlton
Cloudy
calm.
87.
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Cloudy,
calm,
cool,
pfs
Lai
e
Sin
wing,
calm,
nci'in
lr
Ik
Mty-mi
hs
tain,
north
wind,
per
hour;
barometer.
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wtvan
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ia
smith
wind,
12
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norlheasl
wind
per
hour;
barometer
Outer
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tlm
Plot
in
Russia
s""
Official!
Said
tO
e
nTolved
in
Conaylrmej
Moscow
i--a
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hiu
i
M,Mi
soviet
""KCS.
20
A
number
officials
are
repor-
"ivolved
in
another
Kit
'n
the
Lena
Rlver
0
Arr.sts
are
expected
soon.
W
is
Suing
Vancouver
City
"""liar
..
""'ee
Department
uior
seeks
7U
pM
wages
20:W.
A.
(ls,,h
...
wiit
.
"",u
police
depart-
?...
has
started
suit
WARNING
ON
NETS
fisheries
Commission
Fears
IG
Conservation
Plan
Might
Be
Interfered
With
SEATTLE.
April
20:-
the
possibility
of
destructive
against
the
commission's
program
of
conservation
of
the
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
yesterday
Issued
a
warning
against
the
use
of
nets
in
the
Pacific
halibut
fishery
such
as
have
been
tried
out
in
Norwegian
waters.
A
statement
on
the
matter
given
out
yesterday
over
the
signature
of
George
J
Alexander
chairman
of
the
International
Fisheries
Commission,
warned
that
those
who
invested
In
nets
and
'
equipment
for
this
kind
of
fishing
cen
"hoodwinked
"
by
the
Commit-
!
would
do
so
at
their
own
risk.
Al-!
"iuummui
o,K.iuauui,
u
dfl-
u
IiUlea
10
ca"
a
nclai
sulKe
"
though
there
has
been
nothing
finite.
It
is
said
that
some
have
tilc
vwm
oiaa
uj
inpauij
mw
been
considering
halibut
fishing.
Seventy-Five
Names
Added
Voters'
Liid
for
Forthcominii
I'rorlncial
Election
Now
lieing
Pinall)
Completed
Seventy-five
names
were
added
to
the
provincial
voters'
list
tot
the
forthcoming
general
electlol
j
through
personal
appearance
be-bore
Government
Agent
Norma!,
A.
Watt
in
court
of
revision
Jtf
registrar
of
voters
yesterday.
T'
ti
list
is
now
being
compiled
and
j
within
a
couple
of
days,
the
total
number
of
persons
iialified
hi:
vote
in
Prince
Rupert
riding
will
have
been
finally
ascertained.
.Then
the
printing
of
the
Hl
t
Be
used
at
the
election
will
prn
ceed.
Halibut
Sales
American
19,000
pound:
and
6c
and
8.9c
and
Be.
Canndlnn
21.500
DOUnd
laud
Violet
P.,
8.000,
Pacific
CANAIHAN
tiOLB
PRK3B
8.8(
7,ti(
and
Be
and
7.7c
and
Tic.
American
California.
8,00,
Cold
Storage
8.8c
and
6c.
iking.
11,000,
Booth,
8.9c
and
lc.
Canadian
Teeny
Mill.
v.
4,600,
'"l(l
s,"r
age,
7.6c
and
5c,
Edward
Lipnelt,
9,00,
Atlin,
'
MONTREAL.
April
SWl
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tor
nadlan
gold
7
.
Be
Residents
Of
tea
i
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Stalin
$frto0
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
A.M.)
Prince
mipcrt
-Overcast;
north-st
High
10:40
a.m.
18.0
ft.
t;
miles
per
hour;
baro-29.76;
23:02
p.m.
19.5
ft.
temperature,
40;
sea
Low
4:38
a.m.
6.9
ft.
16:50
p.m.
6.2
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI
No.
92.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
20,
1937
pkice:
s
rami
g.
RANCO
SETTING
UP
DICTATORSHIP
rk
PUliiiuMciu
uuucei
id
Unpleasant
Pill
For
British
Folk
to
Take
i
,4
im
liwwiini'
T;i
lf:iii
All
I
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ii
1
1
i
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1
1
1
1
Ruinuwitu
-
Must
ray
.now
impost
as
i
onsinnuuon
To
National
Defence"
LONDON,
April
20:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
Neville
Chamber-
Mmiwiillm-
fif
thu
K.i'lnniifr
int
lviilncf'fl
(Jr;it
R
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lliiwwilrtl
icvtnuc
iiiiiduu
anu
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iwn
nr
a
ui
ii
us
oi
ifos.wv
,
principal
new
sources
of
i
o
c
m
25',
In
the
income
tax
and
a
f..
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nlm
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LU
A
VII
OUJ
IVUIU
vy
iiae
roAAn
a
MO
t
K
.
.
T
It
Ah
..Mi
tviri
1
for
1937-38
is
SPREADING
OF
STRIKE
I
Walk-Out
in
United
States
in
Svm-!
pathy
With
Oshawa
Mooted
By
Some
Hepburn's
Warning
Threatens
More
Drastic
Combata-tive
Action
Than
So
Far
Instituted
DETROIT.
April
20:
(CPi-Threats
of
new
walk-outs
from
General
Motors
plants
drew
attention
of
automobile
manufacturers
and
employees
yesterday.
Leaders
of
the
Automobile
Workers'
Union
are
reported
to
be
considering
a
sympathy
walk-out
in
the
United
States
following
failure
of
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
of
Ontario
to
negotiate
a
settlement
of
the
General
Motors'
strike
at
Oshawa
where
3700
workers
are
idle.
Homer
D
Martin,
president
of
the
United
,
i
Automobile
Workers
of
America,
said
yesterday,
however,
that
then
was
little
likelihood
of
a
genera:
strike
In
the
United
States.
Agents
of
John
L.
Lewis'
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization
have
been
barred
from
Premier
Hepburn's
conferences.
Hepburn's
Warning
I
TORONTO.
April
20:
iCP
In
I
Toronto
Premier
Hepburn,
saying
!
he
had
been
told
Committee
for
.Industrial
Organization
organizers!
were
to
start
strikes
in
two
Canadian
mining
areas,
warned
that
any
further
invasion
by
the
Lewis
organization
would
bring
more
drastic
combatative
action
than
had
been
Instituted
to
date.
Mayor
Alex
Hall
of
Oshawa,
addressing
a
mass
meeting
of
strikers
last
night,
declared
that
they
had
this
method
of
L"(
wbuw
now,
The
meeting
unanimously
rejec-
I
ted
an
offer
of
higher
wages
on
1
a
five-day
forty-hour
week
basis
presented
by
Mayor
Hall.
Announcing
that
the
workers'
cMon
had
been
reached
in
a
ret
meeting,
Hugh
Thompson,
organizer
for
the
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization,
indicated
failure
oi
the
General
Motors
of
Canada
to
recognize
the
United
Automobile
Workers
of
America
affiliate
of
the
C.
I.
O.,
had
resulted
in
rejection
of
the
proposal.
Settlement
of
the
strike
seems
as
far
away
as
ever
as
result
of
the
deadlock
on
C.
I.
O.
recognition.
Victoria
Die
Passing
of
Mrs.
Mary
Kenny
Frances
I,
Hutchinson
Recorded
And
VICTORIA,
April
20:
Two
well
known
Victoria
residents
passed
away
yesterday
One
was
Mrs.
Mary-Kenny,
aged
80,
who
had
lived
here
for
many
years.
The
other
was
Francis
Joyce
Hutchinson
who
was
for
many
years
a
member
of
the
Victoria
police
department.
Dressmakers'
Strike
Near
MONTREAL.
April
90:
A
tentative
agreement
on
all
but
twO
ooints
in
the
dressmakers'
dispute
Ore
Sampling
Plant
Here
To
Be
Installed
at
Once,
States
Premier
Pattullo
VICTORIA,
April
20:
Published
statements
suggesting
that
the
provincial
government
might
not
be
proceeding
with
the
establishment
of
an
ore
sampling
plant
at
Prince
Rupert
at
the
present
time
were
denied
last
night
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
who
stated
that
the
plant
would
be
installed
at
once.
Premier
Pattullo
reiterated
an
announcement
made
in
Prince
Rupert
that
instruction
had
been
given
to
proceed
with
the
establishment
of
the
plant
immediately.
There
had
been
no
change
in
plans
and
the
necessary
information
was
now
being
gathered.
D0UKS
TO
BE
PROBED
Royal
Commission
Being
Considered
by
Premier
King
VICTORIA,
April
20:
Premier!
T.
D.
Pattullo
stated
last
night
that;
Prime
Minuter
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
was
considering
the
appointment
of
a
royal
commission
to
investigate
the
Doukhobor
problem
with
a
view
to
a
permanent
solution.
1
Fire
Destroys
t
100-Mile
House
I
4
ONE
HUNDRED
MILE
HOUSE,
April
20:
Historic
4
100-Mile
Hoiife
on
the
Cariboo
Highway
was
destroyed
by
fire
early
yesterday.
Some
of
the
old
lecords
and
fittings
of
the
ancient
log
building
were
safely
removed.
4
Send
Mounties
To
Fiesta
in
Frisco
Suggestion
of
Vancouver
Board
Of
Trade
Finds
Response
From
Premier
Pattullo
VICTORIA.
April
20:
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
yesterday
endorsed
j
a
proposal
of
the
Vancouver
Board
jf
Trade
that
a
squad
of
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
be
sent:
to
San
Francisco
to
participate
In
the
Golden
Gate
Bridge
opening
fiesta.
The
Premier
thinks
it
would!
be
good
advertising
and
will
ask
I
Hon
Ernest
Lapointe,
federal
min-j
ister
of
justice,
to
send
a
party
of!
the
mounties.
Weather
Forecast
'Furnished
Uinun.
Hie
courtesy
o.
I
tie
Dominion
Meteornloificiil
Bureau
s
I
Victoria
ud
Prinv
Hinwrt
Thl
fe-e
ohhI
Is
cmptlod
from
ohftrvattOns
j
ken
,t
5
a
m
Uxiay
'""t
ttWM
tils
S
v,oio
ivrliwl
I'lulln?
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'nmnri.lW1
General
Synopsis
.
deproaaloi
is
passing
inland
near
the
Queen
(
nariotte
islands
causing
rain
II
western
llritish
Columbia
and
il
is
colder
in
the
norm.
Prince
Rupert
Difetrjct
and
(fneeii
Charlotte
Islands
Fivsl
to
strong
winds
mostly
northeft
.with
possible
sleet
or
snow.
West
(oast
ol
Vancouver
CI
nffAmant
and
Strong,
southwest
winds
OeiUClllClU
wUh
,,ljn
Wednesday
P',e
I,
northwest
winds,
rain
and
cooler
BAR
SILVER
here
has
been
reached
and
an
NEW
YORK
(CP)
Bar
silver;
early
ending
of
the
strike
Is
ex-
was
unchanged
at
45'
per
ounce
,,'rlce
Clued
w'sie.day
pected.
It
was
itaUti
.
un.on
qua.'
t,
.
In
it
i
1
1
I
I
at
$34.58
per
fine
ounce
i
1
1
r?
-
-
on
the
New
York
meuu
market
to-
day.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
wuui
ltia
O.
IA
Juu.,fjl.
OU
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.24.
iiig
Missouri,
.49.
Bralorne.
7.40.
Aztec
Mines,
.08.
Caribco
Quartz,
1.50.
Dentonia.
.15.
Gclconda.
.US'i.
Mmto.
.23
V2.
Meridian,
.03.
Noble
Five,
.063,4-Pend
Oreille,
3.05.
Porter
Idaho,
.05'
2.
pioneer,
4.85.
Picmier.
2.60.
Reeves
McDonald,
1.30
Reno.
.98.
Relief
Arlington,
.20.
Reward.
.10.
Salmon
Gold.
10
va.siue,
UOV2.
i
Premier
Border.
.03
1
1.
Silbak
Premier.
2.50.
Congress,
.07',2.
Home
Gold,
lo2'
2.
Indian.
02'2.
Quesncl
Quartz,
.12.
Oils
A.
P.
Con
,
.28.
Calmont.
.45.
C.
ii
E.,
2.25.
Freehold,
09'
2.
McDougaj
Scgur,
.18.
Mercury,
.25.
Mcrland.
,122.
Okalta.
1.18.
Pacalta.
.11
Home
Oil,
1.55.
United.
.18.
Weymam,
.17.
Toronto
Beattie,
1.10.
Central
Patricia,
2.85.
God's
Lake,
.52.
Lee
Gold,
.04
'2
Little
Long
Lac.
5.10.
McKcnzie
Red
Lake,
1.30.
Pickle
Crow,
5.65.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore.
.54.
San
Antonio,
1.35.
Sherritt
Gordon.
1.99.
Smelter
Gold.
05.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.90.
Oklend.
.27.
Mosher,
.42.
Gilbec.
.04.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
.75.
Stadacona,
1.35.
Frontier
Red
Lake.
.17.
Francocur.
.75.
Manitoba
&
Eastern.
.03.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.30
Bouscadillac.
.41.
Rubec,
0534-Thompson
Cadillac,
.80.
Bailor,
.04.
Bankfield,
.85.
East
Malartic,
1.00,
Preston
East
Dome,
.93.
Hutchison
Lake,
18.
Daw.wn
White.
.17
McQualg
Red
Lake,
.18
Ratah
Red
Lake.
.22.
Aldcrmae,
.95.
Kerr
Addison.
2.35.
Uchl
Gold,
.90.
Martin
Bird.
.82.
Chestervllle.
2.35.
Hugh
Pam,
.28.
Augite
Porcupine.
.32.
Rlchmac.
.54.
Quebec
Manitou,
1
00.
VOTE
FOR
STRIKING
Tie-up
of
British
Coal
Industry
Looms
7
to
1
in
F'avor
Of
Walk-Out
LONDON,
April
20:
(CP)
Coal
miners
of
England
and
Wales
voted
7
to
1
today
in
favor
of
-triking,
it
was
announced
by
the
Mine
Workers'
Federation.
The
strike
is
planned
to
protest
against
the
refusal
of
owners
of
the
Harworth
Colliery
in
Nottinghamshire
to
hold
collective
bargaining
negotiations
with
the
Federation's
local.
PASSING
OF
PHONE
MAN
(icorge
II.
liaise
Dies
in
Vancouver
At
Age
of
Seventy-Eight
Years
VANCOUVER.
April
20:
iCP)
George
H.
Halse.
aged
78.
former
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Telohon
Co.
and
at
one
time
an
l
alderman
of
Vancouver,
died
here
today.
He
came
to
British
Columbia
j
nearly
forty
years
ago
and
retired
i
In
1931.
'
I
The
late
Mr.
Halse
was
known
in
i
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
here
a
few
j
years
ago
in
connection
with
the
I
extension
of
the
Northwest
Tele
phone
Co
s
radiophone
service
into
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
president
of
'he
Northwest
Telephone
Co.
at
i
that
time.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEG.
April
20:
The
Win
nipeg
wheat
price
continues
a
renewed
upward
trend.
May
futures
closing
at
$1.30'
yesterday.
Solution
Of
Mattson
Case
Tacoma
Doctor
Hopeful
That
Kidnap-Slayer
of
His
Son
May
Soon
he
Caught
TACCMA.
April
20:
-Threats
against
his
16-year
old
son
and
15-ycar
old
daughter
which
had
been
coming
to
him
since
last
December
when
his
younger
son.
Charles.
!
was
kidnapped
and
murdered
have
had
ploughed
through
a
channel.
Dr.
A
.
K.
.lure,
consulting
engineer
for
the
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.,
who
had
bee.n
among
party
of
officials
of
the
company
who
have
been
vis-
iting
Anyox
during
the
past
VANCOUVER.
April
20:
(CP)
couple
of
weeks,
was
a
passengei
Wheat
was
selling
at
Sl.Slj
on
the
aboard
the
Catala
today
return-Vancouver
market
today.
jing
to
Vancouver.
i
BLOCKADE
IN
FORCE
Land
and
Sea
Patrol
of
Spanish
I
Frontiers
Coder
Way
Madrid
Bombed
by
Night
Bilbao
Relieved
I
British
Food
Ship
Slips
Into
Port
With
Precious
Cargo
Of
Provisions
SALAMANCA,
Spain,
April
20:
I
(CP)
Insurgent
Spain
was
to-
day
converted
by
Generalissimo
:
F'rancisco
Franco
into
an
auth-j
oritarian
state
after
the
pattern
I
of
Italy
and
Germany
with
him-j
self
as
virtual
dictator
of
the
!
territory
his
armies
have
wrested
from
the
Spanish
government.
By
a
single
sweeping
decree
the
i
generalissimo
outlawed
all
poli-i
tieal
parties
except
one
under
his
sole
leadership
and
took
over
all
semi-military
organizations.
The
decree
declared
that
the
action
did
not
shut
the
door
to
possible
restoration
of
the
Spanish
monarchy
if
Franco's
armies
were
victorious.
The
two
major
insurgent
political
parties
Cnited
Phalangist
and
Carlist
Requetes
are
combined
into
a
state
party
similar
to
the
Fascists
in
Italy
and
the
National
Socialists
in
Germany.
Franco
has
decreed
that
the
new
party
will
be
known
as
the
"Spanish
Phalanx
of
Traditionalists
and
the
Offensive
National
Syndicalist
Juntas."
LONDON.
April
20'
The
nonintervention
blockade
by
sea
and
land
designed
to
isolate
the
Spanish
civil
war
finally
got
under
way
it
midnight
last
night.
Warships
of
Great
Britain
and
France
are
patrolling
off
the
insurgent
-controlled
coastline
of
Spain
while
German
and
Italian
ships
are
pa-
I
trolling
the
government-controlled
I
portion.
i
Land
observers
have
also
been
posted
on
the
various
frontiers
with
a
view
to
preventing
smuggling
In
of
volunteers
or
war
supplies.
In
spite
of
the
Spanish
insurgent
blockade,
the
British
merchant
ship
Seven
Seas
Spray,
carrying
food
for
starving
Bilbao,
slipped
into
Bilbao
harbor
during
the
night.
A
British
destroyer
protected
the
vessel
until
she
was
ten
miles
from
Bilbao
and
then
she
proceeded
under
apparent
protection
of
Basque
coast
artillery,
Spanish
government
destroyers
and
auxiliary
craft.
The
cargo
consists
of
foodstuffs
which
it
Is
believed
will
last
Bilbao
for
a
week.
Madrid
Bombarded
i
MADRID.
April
20:
The
first
evidently
ceased,
said
Dr.
W.
W.nlghj
bombardment
of
Madrid
bv
Mattson
yesterday.
The
last
to
be
inaurgent
aircraft
since
New
Year's
received
was
about
two
weeks
ago.i
Eve
occurred
last
night.
Many
non-Dr.
Mattson
said
yesterday
that
he
,.ombatants
were
killed.
'
believed
the
perpetrator
of
the
insurgent
guns
bombarded
down-
crime
against
nis
youngei
sun
town
Ma(i,id
for
,ne
ninlh
conse.
might
be
brought
to
justice
soon.
(.uUve
dav
today
auuarcntlv
in
an
Navigation
On
Lake
Superior
Vessels
start
Moving
Into
Thunder
Bay
From
I'ort
Arthur
And
Port
William
PORT
ARTHUR.
April
20.
Navigation
of
Lake
Superior
from
Port
Arthur
and
Fort
William
opened
Sunday
when
lake
boats
started
;
moving
through
the
breaking
ice
i
on
Thunder
Bay
after
Ice-breakers
effort
to
force
the
government
to
relinquish
its
starvation
grip
on
three
thousand
insurgents
still
cut
off
in
the
University
City
suburb.
Government
Critic
Ued
LONDON,
April
20:
Members
ot
j
the
Labor
and
Liberal
opposition
1
main
attacked
the
government
i
yesterday
on
its
policy
in
connec-'
lion
with
the
blockade
of
Bilbao,
!
Spain.
Premier
King
To
Lead
in
Service
Will
Have
Their
Majesties
in
Congregation
at
St.
Paul's
During
Coronation
LONDON,
April
20:
During
Ids
forthcoming
visit
to
London
for
the
Coronation,
Premier
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
will
lead
a
service
at
St.
Paul's
Cathedral
which
King
Georgo
VI
and
Queen
Elizabeth
will
attend.