(8
AM.)
rrlnce
Rupert
Foggy,
calms
barometer,
29,96;
temperature,
52;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
182.
w
14
British-
Later
she
reported
her
crew
of
for
Ok
v
r
i
-
ty-three
safe
and
the
vessel
at
Algiers
thirty
miles
to
the
southeast.
A
few
hours
later
Lloyds
said
that
the
Italian
steamship
Monglo
had
dispatched
an
"SOS"
saying
she
was
being
bombarded
from
the
air.
Stronghold
Encircled
HLNDAYE,
August
6:
(Canadian
Press)
A
powerful
siege
force,
In.
eluding
a
rejuvenated
Catalan
army,
has
virtually
encircled
Generalissimo
Francisco
Franco's
upper
Aragon
stronghold
of
Hucsca,
the
Insurgent
.command
admits
Meanwhile
at
Madrid
insurgents
arc
pumping
explosives
into
the
city
Government
batteries
opened
a
fierce
counter-fire.
Extortion
Attempt
Has
Been
Revealed
Money
South!
From
Husband
of
Amelia
Ear
hart
In
Return
for
Alleged
Information
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
August
6:
J.
Edgar
Hoover,
chief
of
the
fed
eral
Bureau
of
Investigation,
announces
that
an
attempt
has
been
made
to
extort
$2000
from
George
Palmer
Putman
on
alleged
information
which
would
lead
to
the
finding
of
his
wife.
Amelia
Earhart
Putman.
the
missing
tviatrix.
Vancouter
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
August
6:
(Can-adlan
Press)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.28
on
the
Vancouver
exchange
yesterday.
M
mh
Air
Attacks
Are
Made
By
Spaniards;
Vessels
Send
Out
S.O.S.
Calls1
:
i
Insurgent
Stronghold
in
Upper
Aragon
is
surrounded
by
Catalan
Army
Rebels
still
pouring
explosives
Into
Madrid
!
LONDON,
August
G:
(Canadian
Press)
Lloyds,
British
underwriters,
reported
from
Gibralter
today
that
Italian
and
British
steamers
had
been
bombarded
by
war
planes
at
almost
the
same
spot
off
the
Algerian
coast
near
warn-torn
Spain.
The
British
tanker
British
Corporal
flashed
an
"SOS"
stating
that
she
was
being
bombed.
REPUTATION
OF
Vancouver
Most
Air-Minded
City
Japan
May
Push
Conflict
To
Yellow
River
In
Effort
To
Extend
Its
Area
of
Control
NANKING,
August
6:
(Canadian
Press)-Of-ficial
foreign
circles
in
the
central
Chinese
capital
heard
today
that
the
Japanese
army
had
informed
diplomats
at
Tientsin
that
Sino-Japanese
hostilities
may
be
pushed
to
the
banks
of
the
Yellow
River.
North
of
the
Yellow
River
lies
a
five-province
territory
in
which
Japan
desires
dominant
influence
Hopeh,
Chahar,
Shansi,
most
of
Suiyan
and
the
northern
one-third
of
Shantung.
Most
of
the
fighting
so.
far
has
been
in
Hopeh.
Most
of
the
Chinese
government
troops
are
presumably
still
south
of
the
river.
Information
received
here
said
that
the
Japanese
consul
at
Tientsin
had
told
the
senior
foreign
consul
there
that
"continued
concentration
of
Chinese
troops
north
of
the
Yellow
River
means
hostilities
in
that
region."
4
Minister
of
Transport
Says
This
In
Address
at
Luncheon
in
His
Honor
VANCOUVER
August
6:
Van-
couver
is
the
most
ain-mlnded
city
in
Canada.
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
Minister
of
Transport,
declared
at
a
Vancouver
Board
of
Trada
luncheon
In
his
honor.
Hon.
Ian
Mack-enzie,
Minister
of
National
Defence,
and
S.
J.
Hungcrford,
president
and
chairman
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
were
guests
at
the
same
luncheon,
faoaid
of
Gram
tics
indicate
a
carryover
of
less
than
40,000
,00d
bushels
of
wheat
at
the
end
of
the
last
crop
year,
closing
later,
July
31.
Latest
figures
released
by
tire
iioarti
of
Grain
Commissioners
on
July
23
showed
total
Canadian
grain
in
store
was
35,196,133
bushels,
compared
with
37,97,7,649
a
week
ago
and
124,076,998
a
year
ago.
Carryover
last
year
was
128,703,-
298
bushels
and
in
1926
was
40,139,-363
bushels.
It
Is
anticipated
official
figures
on
the
1936-37
carry-
over
will
be
announced
this
week.
Meanwhile
on
the
Winnipeg
Grain
Exchange,
wheat
prices
skidded
last
week,
July
winding
.up
Saturday's
session
with
a'
five-cent
drop.
At
$1.36?'8,
July
wheat
was
more
than
20
cents
below
the
seasonal
high
estimated
July
17.
The
October
future
finished
Saturday
at
$1.32
and
December
at
$1.28M-.
FIRST
CAR
OF
WHEAT
Passes
Through
Winnipeg
L'nroute
To
Fort
William
Elevator
WINNIPEG.
August
8:
The
first
Today's
Weather
omorrow
s
Tid
m
he
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
6,
1937
Ships
Bombed
PUINCE
RUPKKT
IS
SPREADING
4
Dave
Borland,
manager
of
the
Capitol
Theatre,
states
that
when
coming
north
on
the
,
Prince
Robert
this
week,
the
people
on
the
boat
were
talk-
ing
about
the
wonderful
stories
they
had
heard
of
the
flowers,
at
Prince
Rupert
and
all
were
keen
to
sec
the
gardens.
Tills
Is
a
splendid
reputation
the
city
Is
getting
and,
rf'tile
good
work
Is
continued,
Prince
Ru-
pert
will
be
known
far
and
wide
as
the
city
of
flowers,
a
place
that
must
be
seen
by
all
tourists.
APPOINTED
KING'S
ORDERLY
OFFICERS
'i
ho-Indian
Jiraerly
officers
for
1937,
pictured
telo.u
leaving
for
Buckingham
Palace,
where
they
were
received
by
King
George
VI,
who
gave
them
their
duties
for
the
yar.
CARRYOVER
Former
Local
IS
SMALL
Railwayman
Evelyn
Farmer
Victim
of
Fall
i
,
,
Loses
me
Less
Than
Forty
Million
Rushers
on
Land
in
Canada
"
,
;
Howard
D.
Barrett,
several
years
r,.n..
ago
a
c
chief
clerk
here
to
the
division-WXNNIPEU.
Aug.
6;--Ca
terecl
the
new
cop
yea
today
with
P
dled
ln
Vancouyer
projects
ot
its
smallest
wheat
car-
&s
resuU
ryover
since
1Mb.
I
rather
unusual
slreet
accident.
While
no
official
estimate
of
the
.
b
carryover
has
been
announced.
,
d
s,
Commission
siaus-
.
.
.
.
thfil
running
board
of
a
parked
car.
;
Seven
hours
later
he
died
in
hospl-i
tal
as
a
result
oMniuries
sustained.
Mr.
Barrett
became
quite
wel'
i
known
durins
his
residence
here
and
many
will
resret
his
untimely
fate.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Gyro
Club
while
here.
Jack
Johnson
Rushed
to
Smithers
Hospital
Where
lie
Died
From
Injuries
Received
SMITHERS,
Aug.
6:-Jack
John
son;
a
well
known
farmer
at
Evelyn,
near
Smithers,
was
fatally
Injured
while
carrying
on
his
haying
operations
on
the
farm
owned
jointly
by
himself
and
his
brother-in-law,
Ed
Joh.nson,
on
Monday.
Mr.
Johnson
was
on
top
6f
a
wag.
on
load
of
hay
which
was
being
hoisted
Into
the
hay
loft
of
the
barn.
He
lost
his
balance
and
fell
over
the
front
of
the
hay
rack
hitting
the
wagon
tongue
ln
his
fall.
He
was
picked
up
immediately
and
rushed
to
the
Smithers
hospital
where
he
died
Tuesday
from
the
Injuries-received
ln
the
fall.
car
of
tlic
1937
crop
of
Manitoba
Ha
was
57
years
of
age
and
had
wheat
arrived
ln
Winnipeg
yester-1
lived
at
Evelyn
for
many
years.
Hlr
day
over
Canadian
National
Rail-'
brothers
Ed
Johnson
and
Andrew
ways.
The
shipment
arrived
ln
car;
Johnson
and
his
sisters,
Mrs.
Fred
CN
403676
and
was
loaded
at
Morris,
Rosberg
and
Mrs,
E.
Johnson
all
re-Manitoba.
It
was
consigned
to
N.
side
af
Evelyn.
M.
Paterson
Elevators
at
Fort
Wll-1
Funeral
will
take
place
at
Smlth-llanv
and
graded
No.
1
Durum.
I
ers
on
Friday.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
gerford
are
B.
L.
Daly
of
Wlnni-jand
peg
and
Robert
J.
JVlonatt
oi
Bradwell,
Saskatchewan.
A.
E.
Warren
of
Winnipeg,
vice-president
in
charge
of
west
ern
lines,
heads
the
officials
who
are
also
in
the
party,
these
including
Howard
A.
Dixon,
chief
engineer,
western
region,
Winni-peg
W.
T.
Moodie,
general
superintendent,
British
Columbia
district,
Vancouver;
G.
A.
Mc-
Visitor
Here
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Balsac,
8000,
Cold
Storage,
High
-r
1:25
ajn.
222
ft.
13:23
p.m.
20.7
ft.
Low
7:53
a.m.
0.8
ft.
20:10
pjn.
3.9
ft.
8.4c
Embla,
12,000,
Atliri,
9.3c
and
6c.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
Hazelton
Part
cloudy,
calm,
temperature,
56.
Smithers
Part
Clear,
54.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
45.
Terrace
Part
cloudy,
calm,
54.
Alice
Arm
Part
cloudy,
calm,
54.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
54.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Fever
Prevails
In
China
Now
All
Indications
Now
Are
For
Conflict
Of
Big
Proportions;
Hankow
And
Nanking
Prepare
RAIL
CHIEF
IS
VISITOR
S.
J.
Hungcr.ford,
Head
of
Canadian
National
Hallways,
Here
In
Course
of
Inspect.on
lour
!
Directors
Also
Important
Party
in
City
Interest
Displayed
in
New
Industrial
Developments
Here
In
the
course
ol
a
weslern
in-snection
tour
to
obtain
a
first
hanu
view
of
matters
on
whict.
future
action
may
be
based,
S.
j,
Hui.gerfoitl,
president
and
chairman
of
the
Canadian
tional
Railways,
arr.ved
in
the
city
th
s
morning
on
the
Rupert
from
Vancouver,
!
the
round
trip
on
the
tseamet
land
wll
proceed
this
afternoon
Ito
Slcwart
and
Anyox,
returning
there
tqinorrow
evening
.south
'"bound.
Thft
directors
with
Mr.
Hun-
Month-Old
Undeclared
Hostilities
Approaching
Zero
Hour
Large
Scale
Clashes
Anticipated
Japan
To
Change
Policy
NANKING,
August
6:
(Canadian
Press)
China's
capital
verged
on
war
fever
tonight
while
Japanese
bluejackets
in
riankow,
Central
China's
great
trading
centre
tar
up
the
Yangste
River,
feverishly
evacuated
their
people
and
faced
Chinese
soldiers
across
the
street
barricades.
The
Nanking
Air
Defence
Association
bought
gas
masks
Minimum
Wage
Scale
Raised
'
"
and
told
the
people
what
to
do
ia
Sawmill
Workers
of
Province
to
Receive
Five
Cents
an
Hour
More
VICTORIA,
August
6:
The
Board
of
Industrial
Relations
has
ordered
Prince
an
Increase
of
five
cents
per
hour,
accom
,'i
effective
August
15,
In
the
mlni-
panled
by
party
of
directors
and,mum
wage
scale
for
sawmill
work-
.other
officials,
iney
are
maKuiBjers.
case
of
bamb
or
gas
attacks.
The
month-old
Chinese-Japanese
undeclared
war
has
approached
what
military
observers
call
a
"zero
hour"
before
expected
widespread
hostilities.
Opposing
forces
along
the
Peiplng-Hankow
Railroad
seerd
to
be
rapidly
nearlng
a
collision.
A
clash
is
considered
Imminent
along
China's
Great
Wall
north
of
Pel-
ping.
Japan's
Minister
of
War
told
Parliament
today
that
more
troops
were
being
dispatched
to
North
China.
He
said
that
the
Empire
might
be
forced
to
abandon
its
policy
of
"nonaggravation"
if
the
Chinese
attempted
to
recover
conquered
Pelplng
and;
Tientsin
area.
I
Over
One
Hundred
Dead
In
Typhoon
Widespread
Damage
Done
By
Stonn
Which
Sweeps
Over
Northern
Kprea
KEIJO,
Korea,
August
6:
(Can-
adian
Press)
One
hundred
and?
thirty
were
killed
and
eighteen
ln-
MONTREAL,
August
6:
The
jured
by
a
typhoon
which
caused
t
Canadian
gold
price
is
down
one
widespread
property
damage
ln
;
cent
at
$34.77
per
fine
ounce.
Northern
Korea.
:
Vanderhoof
Orator
Features
-Banquet
Given
Last
Night
For
Convention
Delegates
Sam
Cocker
Urges
the
Roys
be
Encouraged
to
Take
Pact
Industries
of
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia
'
The
outstanding
feature
of
the
dinner
given
last
night
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
the
yisit-,
ing
delegates
to
the
annual
convention
of
the
Associated
'
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
was
the
delightfully
witty
and
at
times
serious
address
of
Som
Cocker,
one
of
the
delegates
from
Vanderhoof.
After
a
series
of
sallies
in
which
he
kept
the
thoroughly
representative
audience
in
a'
merry
mood
for
some
minutes,
Mr.
Cocker,
who
was
the
last
speaker
of
the
evt-nning,
acqtiesed
with
previous
speakers
in
the
fact
that
north-
,
,
.
...
:,!crn
and
central
British
Columbia
S
J.
Hungerford.
presiden
and;wsaexceedingl
rkh
,
reflource&
chairman
of
Canadian
Natlonalland
opportun,tle8
for
expansion.
iiaiiways.
ixe
urged
that
the
older
people
ficholl,
general
passenger
agent
rancouverj
W.
A.
Metcalf,
as-iistant
to
the
president,
Mont
eal,
and
Walter
S.
Thompson,
di
rector
of
publicity,
Montreal.
Mr.
Daly
is
the
labor
repres
having
made
his
home
at
Dau
phin
and
Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
Mr.
Moffatt
is
a
prairie
home-deader
and
farm
leader.
Reports
that
Mr.
Hunjferford
gathered
indicated,
he
said,
that
(Continued
on
page
three)
demonstrate
to
the
young
men
of
ntative
on
the
board.
He
ins
also
agriculture
been
a
railwayman
for
.31
years,
young
men.
Weather
Forecast
'Purnlihed
t.hrot.ict
tl
courtesy
o
.'
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
at
'Ictorla
and
Prince
Rupert.
This
tor
ist
U
compiled
from
ohaervatlona
tajj
;rn
at
S
a.m.
today
and
covers
the
31
out
period
ending
6
pjn.
tomorrow).
General
Synopsis
A
shallow
trough
of
low
pressure
extends
the
country
that
they
have
a
bet-
northwarda
from
Vancouver
Isl-ter
opportunity
here
than
in
any
'
.
mnsine
fov.
showery
other
nat'on
or
dominion
here
were
industrial
opportuni
ties
In
fishing,
shipping,
lumbering
and
mining
and
there
1
was
"igr.i
Wotr,pr.
If
ha
calling
fci
Between
the
years
1920
to
102S,
Mr.
Cocker
said,
everyone
was
been
fair
and'
cool
in
the.
north
of
British
CoT-P'mbia(l
,
,
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-,
lotte
Islands
Moderate
variable
winds,
mostly
.
fair
and
somewhat
.
I
I
-
M
warmer
wun
morning
log
making
money
and
the
boys
were
'atches
Saturday
mostly
sent
away
to
universities
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Ip1
and
now
people
were
beginning
and
Moderate
shiftjng
winds,"
to
wonder
If
they
had
not
been
part
cloudy
and
cool
with
light
Continued
on
Page
2
rains
at
first.
'