1
1
ll
OF
WHARF
Item
of
$20,000
Placed
in
Ottawa
!
Estimates
For
Job
at
Digby
Island
Word
has
been
received
from
Olof
Hanson,
M.
I.
for
Skecna,
'It
announcing
that
an
item
of
$20,
000
has
been
placed
in
the
supplementary
estimates
at
Ottawa
for
repairs
to
the
Digby
Island
wharf,
Tenders
for
the
carrying
'
out
of
the
work
are
to
be
called
early
in
the
spring.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
47,000
pounds,
7c
and
to
7.1c
and
5c.
Canadlan-188,500
pounds,
5.5c
and
5c
to
5.7c
and
5c.
American
Teddy
J.,
12,000,
7.1c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Viking,
11,500,
7c
and
5c,
Cold
Storag.
Midway,
12,000,
7c
and
5c,
Pacific,
i
Zarembo,
12,000,
7.1c
and
5c,
j
Booth.
Tatoosh,
22,000,
7c
and
5c,
going
to
Seattle.
Canadian
Aiken,
12,000,
5.5c
and
5c,
Pacific.
:
Borgund,
6.Q00;
Cape
Race,
5,500;
Drott,
6,500,
and
Margaret
I,
20,-000,
5.5c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Balsac,
13,000,
5.5c
and
5c,
Booth.
Kaien,
9.500,
5.7c
and
5c,
Atlin.
Embla,
13,000,
5.6c
and
5c,
Booth.
Capella
12,000,
5.5c
and
5c,
Pacific.
Cape
Spencer,
9,000,
5.6c
and
5c,
Atlin.
Arctic
1,
6,000,
and
Jupiter,
6,500,
5.5c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Manoeuvres
Of
Pacific
Fleet
United
States
Navy
to
Visit
Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii,
This
Summer
SAN
DIEOO,
March
31:
Admiral
Hepburn
announces
that
the
Pa
cific
fleet
of
the
United
States
Navy
will
proceed
to
Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaiian
Islands,
this
summer
for
naval
maneouvres.
VANCOUVER
BEEF
PRICES
VANCOUVER.
March
31:
The
nf
Wi
1
cfppr
mont
In
Vnn.
Icouver
Is
7'2C
per
pound,
Jimmy
Walker
js
Back
in
Service;
Tardy
as
Usual
NEW
YORK.
March
31:
Former
Mavor
,ame.
j.
Walker
has
re
-
turned
to
the
public
service
as
a
a
lunacy
commission.
true
rorm
b
turnin
up
.
..
an
hour
late
lor
work
INSURGENTS
LOSING
OUT
Spanish
Rebel
Command
Having
Trouble
With
Both
Inside
And
Outside
Enemies
ANDAJUR,
Spain,
March
31:
(CP)
Government
forces
smashed
by
land
and
air
at
Insurgent
troops
today,
trying
to
cut
through
Into
the
Almaden
mining
region
of
Cludad
Real
Province
south
of
Toledo.
One
column
was
engaged
In
bitter
fighting
at
Alearacejos,
about
thirty
miles
north
of
Cordoba,
on
the
southern
front.
Meanwhile
from
Bayonne
on
the
Franco-Spanish
border
continue
to
.
come
reports
of
widespread
execu-j
tions
throughout
insurgent-held
Spain
to
suppress
bitter
dlssatls-
,
faction
with
Italian
Influence.
Several
score
persons
are
reported
to
j
have
been
shot
"as
a
result
of
abor-Itive
plots
against
(he
Insurgent
I
command.
Increasingly
strong
Isi
becoming1
the
feeling
in
General
'
Francisco
Franco's
armies
against
(foreign
Influence,
reports
reaching
Bayonne
say.
j
At
Gibraltar
it
was
stated
that,
reports
from
Algeclras
said
that:
mass
executions
had
been
ordered)
of
fifty
conspirators
against'
Franco's
regime,
two
hundred
gov-
(
ernment
prisoners
being
shot
In
.
reprisals.
j
Using
Italians
At
Casablanco,
French
Morocco,
was
reported
today
by
usually
reliable
sources
that
General
Franco,
the
Insurgent
chief,
seemingly
beset
by
continuing
strife
In
the
Spanish
Moroccanxradle
of
his
rebellion,
had
brought
one
thou-
sand
Italian
colonials
into
the
zone
from
overseas"
to
stamp
out
a
stubborn
revolt
against
himself.
The
colonial
troops,
'
described
in
some
quarters
as
either
actual
-Italians
or
natives
from
some
Italian
possession,
were
said
to
have
landed
at
Ceuta
and
to
have
been,
spread
through
the
zone
where
Franco's
Subordinates
have
smash-j
ed
at
a
civilian-military
uprising
with
executions
and
arrests.
Fifty
persons
are
reported
executed
and
1100
arrested.
COUNT
IS
EVEN
NOW
Canadiens-Red
Wings
National
Hockey
Semi-Final
Series
Goes
Into
Fifth
Game
MONTREAL,
March
31:
Montreal
Canadiens
defeated
Detroit
Red
Wings
by
a
score
of
3
to
1
last
night
in
the
National
Hockey
League
title
play-off
series
to
even
up
the
count
in
the
round
two
games
all.
The
fifth
and
deciding
game
of
the
round
will
be
played
on
Thursday
night.
The
winner
will
meet
the
victor
in
the
New
York
Rangers-Montreal
Maroons
series
for
the
Stanley
Cup.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
Statin
means
prominent
politically
wnn
MONTREAL,
March
31:
The
in
its
borders,
leaders
of
tbe
Canadian
gold
price
yesterday
was
party
and
the
professional
poll-$34.71
per
fine
ounce.
ticians
generally
were
to
learn
Richard
Marpole
FilPC
in
ftllf
ll
111
UUUlll
Prominrnl
Vancouver
Business
Man,
Born
in
Kamloops,
Passes
Away
VANCOUVER,
March
31:
Rl-
chard
Frederick
Marpole,
promin-
ent
Vancouver
business
man.'died
vesterdav.
He
was
born
in
Kam-
loops.
Today's
Weather
lOyvrnunonl
THoiirmpha)
Terrace
Itain,
calm,
:?8.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm.
10.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
!'.8
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
'IS.
Stewhrt
Part
cloudy,
calm.
Hazellon
Raining,
calm,'r8
Smithers
Raining,
calm,
mil14
Hums
Lake
t?nowlng(!enliu,
H2.
Late
Telegraphs
SOCIAL
CREDIT
PLANS
EDMONTON
After
a
day
of
sudden
changes,
the
way
was
paved
yesterday
for
early
adjournment
of
the
Alberta
Legislature
to
permit
the
Aberhart
government
to
complete
its
plans
for
a
Social
Credit
program.
An
interim
supply
bill
calling
for
a
sum
of
$5,500,000
was
introduced
and
given
first
and
second
readings
before
the
House
.adjourned
until
3
o'clock
this
afternoon.
WAR
ON
'ISMS
OTTAWA
Unremitting
warfare
against
communism,
fascism
and
all
subversive
elements
has
been
declared
by
Minister
of
Justice
Lapointe
not
by
"guns
or
jail
sentences"
but
by
education,
coupled
with
elimination
of
the
causes
of
unrest
and
administration
of
justice
and
charity
to
all.
The
minister
outlined
his
methods
in
the
House
yesterday,
suggesting
the
formation
of
a
league
of
Canadian
citizens
to
combat
subversive
movements
and
maintain
Canada
as
a
democratic
state.
FORCED
DISSOLUTION
TOKYO
The
Japanese
Army,
charging
leaders
of
political
parties
with
obstructing
"vital
laws"
for
national
defence,
forced
dissolution
of
Parliament
today,
An
election
will
be
held
April
30.
JOHNSTON
ACQUITTED
VANCOUVER
A
charge
of
manslaughter
against
Charles
S.
Johmton
in
connection
with
the
alleged
baking
powder
poisoning
of
Mrs.
Elwood
Dunbar
was
dismissed
by
Police
Magistrate
Wood
today.
COOLIDGE
AIDE
DIES
Former
Senator
William
Morgan'
Ilutler
Passes
Away
in
IJoston
1
I'ftSTdW
Mnrrh
.'11-
I
API
Former
Senator
William
Morgan
U.S.
Tests
New
Trans-Pacific
Air
RouU
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVI..
No.
75.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
31,
1937
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LEGEND
I
WWfyxytfwvy
Sumv
o'vnrt
The
dotted
line
on
the
above
map
shows
the
route
followed
by
the
Pan
American
Airways
clipper
which
has
completed
a
test
flight
from
Alameda
to
Auckland,
New
Zealand
with
a
view
to
establishing
a
new
7,000-mile
trade
route.
At
the
top
of
the
photograph
is
the
giant
four-en-glned
Pan
American
Clipper
which
made
the
test.
The
solid
line
In
the
map
shows
the
present
trans-Pacific
Clipper
route
to
the
Orient.
UCHRAIN
IFinishes
Long
'REPAIRING
HAS
FALLEN!
Pan
'wnty.Onc
Indies
so
Far
This
Year
in
Los
Angeles
And
Still
Falling
LOS
ANGELES,
March
31:
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a
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ns
Aneeles
and
It
Is
still
rontlnu-
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Kormnllv
I-ns
Alltrplps
trpf
nnlv
'will
t.
i
n
riFim
mri
fir
ruin
ill
iHntr
thfl
nact.
throf
mnnfht
fnn.
I
Chicago
reports
temperatures
ofi
:iuw
ureziiig
point
whii
a
inree-
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All
nvm
tho
KfMrilath
new
snow
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FISHERIES:
Not
to
Send
Its
Ships
Over
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
March
31
i
in
von
i
.
-m-ci
iiafm
t
rT
urr
a
arm
1
i
UK
Vnnil'nMnciKn
n
'
r
f
ninfT.
!
are
moving
for
the
protection
j
f
Pacific
Coast
fisheries
from
for-!
6'.
incursions,
particularly
me
Jlmon
from
Japanese
operations.
Bone
has
put
forward
a
resolu-on
asking
the
Secretary
of
State
-
vuuravuj
iq
5t-ure
rtTCUglllWUH
f
PclaI
rlghU
of
American
fish-en
to
the
salmon
fisheries
In
tra-terrUorlal
waters
off
the
oast
of
Alaska,
Scnwellenbach
has
Introduced
inTVIOMH
1J
1-
it.
i
&
f-
Wlllil
WUM1U
JJlUiUUlW
welgn
vessels
from
landing
at
'r
American
or
Canadian
ports
f
outntUng
or
any
other
purpose.
Menace
Itcmovrd
'n.ru,
March
31:
The
Japan-
--
e.vtwinieni
announces
am,uu"tM
mat
it
m
H
not
send
Its
nationals
to
fish
n
lntpmnH-i
wt,a
w,c
"Tl"".
.
.
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ii
k
i
Mriricn
'A
timr
o
nnnT.
Summer
b
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nd
earS
mvesugaun
Vher
'
"nas.
d:
'
Eastf
r
Moinnrlnl
i
Affn.
VUn
i.v.i
JUAUlUOtUll
.
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rfll
ir
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m
TcxawAddrcss
Also
Hroad-
I
cast
by
(iovcrnor
W
LONDON.
i
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n
muii.ii
o.
i
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upwards
nf
fnnr
Viimrlrnrf
II.-
Willi
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SChOol
exnlnslnn
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puit
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the
caniui
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UOV-
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.
.
Special
u,,ui
address.
Pl.ni
nt
'iinwi.
VANcrmvpn
.
"
Marcn
31
:
Hour
Aflvriv..-
advaMj
t
..
t
U
iui
.r
""u'er
Jic
per
Dar-
beine
,,.
.
,rt,,cuver
market,
now
Pacific
Flighti
American
Clipper
Lands
At
Auckland
After
Four-Hop
Trip
From
Alameda
AUCKLAND,
March
31:
Completing
Its
trail-blazing
flight
across
the
Pacific
Ocean,
the
great
American
flying
boat
Pan
American
Clipper
landed
here
yesterday
from
Pago
Pago
In
the
Samoan
Islands.
The
ship
had
made
the
flight
from
Almeda,
California,
In
four
hops.
It
will
return
to
California
over
the
same
route.
Tweedsmuir
Is
In
Washington:
5c
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
31:
Lord
Tweedsmuir,
Gov-
ernor
General
of
Canada,
and
Lady
Tweedsmuir
arrived
In
Wash'lneton
late
yesterday.
i
They
are
the
guests
of
Presl-
dent
and
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Rnnpvplt.
nt
th
White.
House
for
two
days
and
are
being
accorded
honors
usually
re-
served
for
royalty.
TO
ATTEND
CROWNING
r.rrard.
Pershing
and
Rodman
To.
Ueprcscnt
United
States
In
London
1
WASHINGTON,
March
31:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
announced
the
personnel
of
the
official
delegation
of
the
United
mclal.
aeir?
L
i
nt
states
lO
auenu
ua-
-
Kin
oeoree
VI
In
London
In
May.
-
"
c0"s,sts.
lf
E
j,
Pcr8hing
and
Admiral
Hugh
......
...ni.
tuu
oMo
.
Rodman,
reurea,
mm
'The
United
States
battleship
New
York
will
take
part
In
a
naval
re-i
view
n
ff
SDlthead
which
will
form
W
of
the
Coronatln
celebraUn
program.
Halibut
Boat
W
W
"
Marooned
Groupj
opattt
p
March
31:
-The
hall
OW
here
from
4U-1
the
but
schooner
Electra.
,,nifs
with
a
catch
of
,..,....
nwreni
.rteA
""
hnvlne
answered;
J
na.iUUl,
"
ii,1.nlfflff
t
isiana.
A
a
landing
k---
pany
was
sent
;
!
i
ashore
i.
and
nA
fnnnri
rouna-un
three
nrnnnP(,
-:
-
.
u
hpen
there
for
persons
wu
-----
..
.1..
mun
tt
octrn
left
....
-
-
nvc
muuw.o.
rooa
ana
kcio
-
'P.un.
Ctvil-M
spare.
fcutler
died
here
at
the
age
o'.
nf
ine
.
,
B
ZVt
'
w-
seventy-six
years.
He
was.
Repub-,Perlntendent
Tob,ey
an
iun
n,u,i
v,o!rmn
i
ivi
nounced.
IIVUII
llU.IUllttl
VU.IJ1J11U11
l
A
tJ
a
and
manager
of
Calvin
CooIidgeV
election
campaign
in
1924.
Butler
was
one
of
the
sons
of
Massachusetts
thrust
sudden'
upon
the
national
political
hori
zon
by
the
chain
of
events
which
placed
Calvin
Coolidge
in
tho;
White
House.
Among
the
first
of
those
sum-!
moned
to
Washington
by
Mr
j
Coolidge
for
political
advice
af-
i
ter
the
death
of
Warren
G.
Han'-1
ing.
Mr.
Duller
within
little
mou
than
a
year
had
made
a
name
fit
i
himself
as
the
manager
of
the
Cooljdge
campaigns
and
had
succeeded
to
the
seat
in
the
United
States
Senate
made
vacant
by
tt,
death
of
Henry
Cabot
Lodge.
.
While
Mr.
Coolidge
had
callo!
,to
the
direction
of
his
political
destinies
a
man
then
little
known
outside
his
own
state
and
by
nq
many
of
them
In
the
bitter
school
of
experience,
that
the
man
was
far
from
a
novice.
II..
lm,l
-Irnrl
his
lr.nl
ni
ni?
Iinr'nl
tnc
astute
Murray
Crance,
foi
any
n
a
r
in
iiepull
can
councils.
That
training
wnij
buttressed
by
the
driving
powci
and
the
Keen
business
sense
thft
had
made
William
M.
Ilutler
one
of
the
largest
and
most
successful
cotton
manufacturers
in
the
cour
'ry,
Hutler's
first
'job
was
to
get
the
party
nomination
for
Presl
dent
Coolidge
and
that
was
mt
as
easy
as
appeared
on
the
sur
Ifncn.
The
Senate
cabel
which
had
;
backed
Harding
was
not
prepared
j
to
surrender
easily
the
power
it
j
had
wielded
in'
party
affairs,
and
'nome
of
its
members
were
firml.i
.
II
1
I,
f
.
1.
A
..
I
f
.1
.
,1J
ot
ino
ueiiei
inai
ounujte
uiu
be
regarded
by
the
country
as
i
political
accident.
'
How
far
they
were
wrong,
J
now
a
matter
of
historical
record
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
V
I
Socialists
I
Back
Lewis
!
CHICAGO,
March
31:
The
annual
convention
of
the
Socialist
Party
ended
here
after
endorsing
the
Committee
on'
Industrial
Organization
under
John
L.
Lewis,
insurgent
labor
leader.
The
formation
of
a
Farmer
Labor
party,
whose
policies
would
be
based
on
production
for
use,
was
also
'
approved.
j
Delay
Explained
Connection
With
I
Federal
Building
1
:
sentencing
last
December
to
four
Word
has
been
received
from
jars
m
penitentiary
of
L.
Avery
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.,
at
Ottawa
in
white,
Exhibition
accountant,
who
which
he
explains
that
the
delay
In
pleaded
guilty
to
theft
of
$41,831
regard
to
the
post
office
building
0f
association
funds.
proceeding
is
that
so
many
depart-:
ments
are
Interested
In
the
provl-'
slon
made
for
them.
The
plansiPf
TI
CD
Cf
TO
have
to
be
approved
by
the
post
EiUJ-iEjIY
vJUIVIL
office,
customs,
transport,
fisheries,
and
Indian
departments
and
must
I
also
be1
satisfactory
to
the
public!
works
department
which
is
glvei!
the
task
of
erecting
the
building.'
All
these
departments
must
give
their
O.K.
to
the
plans
before
ten-!
ders
can
be
called.
Rockslide
Holds
Up
r
Train
Traffic
i
Train
in
From
East
Eleven
Hours
i
Later-Everything
Normal
Again
Today'
Three
rockslldes
two
In
the
late
I
afternoon
and
one
In
the
evening
coming
down
on
the
railway
line
four
miles
west
of
Amsbury
caused
delay
to
the
train
which
was
to
nave
arrived
jrom
e
east
at
10:20
last
nieht
and
It
did
not
eet
in
un
til
O-in
this
mnrnlnc.
Traffic
was
back
at
normal
this
morning
fol-,
During
the
work
on
the
slide
last;T.
D.
Pattullo'
announced
definitely
evening,
M.
Kastelia,
a
laborer,
was
caught
by
a
falling
rock
and
sustained
a
broken
leg.
He
was
brought
In
to
the
hospital
by
a
work
engine.
Lindberghs
Fly
a
Lieutenant
lieutenant
uuveriiur
Governor
Eric
cue
v
W
estward
A2ainiHamber
wlu
Britisi1
Columbia;
O
i
only
only
official
official
representative
representative
at
at
tin
the
Noted
American
Aviator
nnd
Wife
Returning
to
England
From
India
KARACHI,
India,
March
:():-On
a
return
flight
tn
England
Col.
and
Mrs,
Charles
X
Lindbergh
landed
at
Karachi.
It
had
been
said
that
they
might
fly
Australia
and
New
Zealand
but
they
did
not
do
this.
Bishop
of
Yukon
Is
Operated
On
ltt.
Rev.
W.
A.
Geddes
Expects
To
l)cave
Vancouver
For
Dawson
I
On
April
16
VANCOUVER,
March
31:
Rt.
the
v
Yukon,
underwent
j,.0f
a
successful
coccfi,i
operation
here
yesterday.
He
ex
;
pects
to
sail
from
here
tor
the
Yukon
on
April
16.
DOLLAR
AT
PREMIUM
NEW
YORK,
March
31:
(CP)
The
Canadian
dollar
was
trading
at
a
premium
of
7-64c
on
the
New
York
foreign.
exchange
market
yes-
terday,
up
from
VbC
at
the
week-
end.
POLICE
COURT
FINES
The
total
revenue
of
the
police
department
rrom
fines
this
month
amounted
to
$tftO.
j
I
FRAUD
IS
APPALLING
Sensational
Report
Brought
in
Ity
Auditor
on
Affairs
of
Vancouver
Exhibition
VANCOUVER,
March
31:
(CP)
Walter
Wardaugh,
Vancouver,
Internal
auditor,
In
a
report
to
the
city
council,
says
that
"continuity
of
fraud"
in
the
records
of
the
Vancouver
Exhibition
Association
Lj
so
"appalling"
that
it
would
be
Impossible
to
-estimate
the
mone
tary
loss
suffered
by
the
association
since
1931.
:
The
council
yesterday
instructed
Wardaugh
to
discontinue
his
audit
for
the
years
prior
to
1937
and
rc-
Jferred
the.
report
to
the
Board
of
Control
of
the
Exhibition.
In
one
respect
alone
there
were
defalcations
of
$45,866.
Wardaugh's
audit
followed
the
OF
TREATY
Canadian
Minister
Confident
Of
Negotiating
Trade
Pact
With
Australia
VANCOUVER,
March
31:
Passing
through
here
on
his
way
back
Ottawa
after
a
visit
to
Aus
t
tralia
to
negotiate
a
new
trade
itr
treaty
between
Canada
and
Aus
tralia,
Hon.
W.
D.
Euler,
minister
.
.
.
.
-
.
uuuc
uuu
cumiueiLe,
expres&ea
Iui
confidence,
.that
afSaUsiactory
,agreement
would
be
reached.
D
a
f-.H
rJrtf
Tn
I
ailullO
llOl
10
Attend
Crowning
LxpecteU
mat
JSrittsll
Columbia
Will
be
in
Thick
of
Election
Fight
by
That
Time
VICTORIA,
March
31:-Premler
yesterday
that
he
will
not
be,
going
to
London
to
attend
the
coronation
of
King
George
VI
on
May
12.
While
the
Premier
has
not
yet
made
the
definite
announcement,
the
expectation
Is
that,
by
that
time,
the
general
provincial
election
campaign
will
be
on.
W.
s
Coronation,
Premier
Pattullo
announced.
Light
Trading;
Prices
Strong
Industrials
Show
Gain.
During
Wcfk
Rails
and
Utilities
Unsettled
NEW
YORK,
March
31:
A
total
of
530.000
shares
changed
hands
in
trading
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange,
It
being
the
lightest
day's
trading
since
the
first
of
the
year.
The
industrial
average
was
up
,91
for
the
week,
rails
off
1.53
and
utilities
off
.07.
For
the
day
in-
1
dustrlals
were
up
2.45;
rails
up
.21
ana
utilities
off
.07.
Meningitis
In
Epidemic
Now
Eskimos
Near
Bethel,
Alaska,
Suffer
From
Malady,
Spread
Of
Which
is
Feared
D
ETHEL,
Alaska,
March
31:
An
epidemic
of
spinal
meningitis
Is
sweeping
the
native
Eskimo
population
of
this
part
of
the
coast
ofi
I
Alaska.
Already
five
are
dead
and
It
Is
feared
the
epidemic
may
spread
Into"
the
Kuskokwln
Rlvcr
I
mining
area.
,
;.
i