prince
Rupert-Snowing,
southerly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.60;
light
swell.
XXVI.
No.
41
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11
ll
4
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as
the
railway
and
highway
concerned
with
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Conclderinn
wpnthpr
rnnrilt.Inns.
nvcnUon
reported
on
that
ea
thing,
referring
to
renewed
Con-rvativc
enthusiasm
which
was
'ng
displayed
particualrly
on
the
mala
and
and
In
the
Interior
follows
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I.IIIILI.
Honorary
President,
Rt.
Hon.
R
Honorary
Vice-President,
Dr.
F.
i-aucrson.
President
J.
T.
Harvey.
Second
vice
-
President.
Jack
Swcitary-Trcasurcr.
Percv
cam.
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wnson,
D,
C.
Stuart
and
R
Benson,
UAR
SILVER
xuitK,
(CP)-Bar
silver
unchanged
at
44Vc
per
ounce
"ie
mew
YnrV-
aay,
ALEXANDER
CRITICAL
Hitter
Attack
Made
Upon
British
Government
For
Its
Policy
In
Regard
to
Defence
Dishonesty?
Chamberlain
Says
Dominions
Not
Expected
to
Help
Cranborne
'
Reiterates
This
LONDON,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
A.
V.
Alexander,
who
was
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
In
the
second
Labor
government
of
Great
Britain,
made
a
bitter
attack
In
Parliament
this
afternoon
on
the
government's
rearmament
plans
Intended
to
build
up
defence
arma
ments
at
a
cost
of
400,000.000
In
five
years.
"The
nation
Is
asked
to
pay
a
bill
vmcheprehteSlleHlvef
lh
entltude
and
folly
and
In
some
cases
dishonesty
of
the:
Tory
government
in
foreign
policy,"
Mr.
Alexander
charged,
He
accused
the
government
of
abandoning
the
principle
of
collective
security
as
a
basis
of
foreign
policy
and
the
niacins
of
Its
reliance
on
big
armaments.
Last
night
Sir
Neville
Chamber
lain,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
in
the
discussion
on
defence,
said
nmerter.
29.40;
sea
rough.
np.iri
Tree
Point
Clear,
cairn.
birometer.
29.65.
Estcvan
Snowing.
norUiwesteriy
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer
29.76.
Vlotorla-Snowlng,
westerly
wind
38
miles
per
Hour;
Daromeiei
29.30.
Prince
Ocorge
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
29.48.
Hazclton
Cloudy,
calm,
10
aoove.
Smhhers
Part
coludy,
calm
cool.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm.
15
oe-
low.
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
18
above
Alyansh
Snowing,
calm,
20,
Alice
Arm
Snowing,
calm,
21
above.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
19.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
20.
BODY
OF
KIDNAPPER?
QUINCY,
Cal.,
Feb.
18:
The
body
of
a
man
who
may
have
been
at
Ta-
a
Mnttsnn
kidnao-klller
nnmo
a-n
found
drowned
near
here
yesterday.
The
fingers
had
been
metal
mnYkt
mutilated
as
If
to
avoid
uww
Identification.
WiH
Mrs.
Simpson
Wed
Him?
PARIS,
Feb.
18:
(CP)-Le
Matin
newspaper
reported
today
that
Mrs.
Wallis
Warfield
Simpson
has
no
intention
of
marrying
the
Duke
of
Windsor.
"Persons
in
close
touch
with
Mrs.
Simpson
affirm
that
she
has
no
intention
of
remarrying,"
Le
Matin
said.
"She
is
said
to
have
repeated
this
many
times
to
friends.
"Mrs.
Simpson's
financial
position
is
such
as
to
permit
her
to
wait
for
some
time
before
making
a
decision."
Manitoba
Plans
to
Lighten
Burden
,On
Those
In
Lower
Income
Brackets
House
(jpens
WINNIPEO,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
Revision
of
the
provincial
Income
tax
schedule
to
relieve
the
burden
on
persons
having
small
incomes
will
be
effected
by
legislation
to
be
Introduced,
It
was
forecast
In
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
read
at
the
opening
of
the
first
session
of
Manitoba's
twentieth
legislature
today.
that
the
Dominions
would
not
be
Labor
M(m
Are
called
upon
to
assist
in
financing.
.
,
,
trit
eal
AUOUl
said
armament
expenditures.
He
that
Britain
would
pay
for
defence
lvutiurs
oiauu
alone.
Viscount
Cranborne
declared
that
the
Dominions
would
not
be
expected
to
be
automatically
Involved
In
the
event
of
Britain
going
to
the
defence
of
French
or
Bel
gian
security.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Trlegrnpha)
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
snow
flurries:
visibility.
15
miles;
south-
.
.
...
...
an
1
1
Hnas
l.niit.1
mH.
a
lair
avienaance
at
tne
wesi
wuiu,
etlng
which
was
held
in
the'ierate
swell.
Sles
Hall.
Geortre
Hill,
the
re-i
Lansrara
Island
Cloudy,
south-
rrviM,nf
ume
in
in
the
u
.iiiir
chair.
u-Aot.
urinrf
25
miles
rer
hour;
bar
ing
president,
was
T
Harvey,
D.
C.
Stuart
and
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
18:
Percy
Bengough
and
Blrt
Showier,
speaking
before
the
Vancouver
Trades
and
Labor
Council,
criti
cized
doctors
for
their
refusal
to
o-operate
with
the
provincial
health
insurance
scheme
which
:
r:oy"i2,AkL
they
urged
the
government
to
put
be
used
In
refloating
her
Into
effect
without
delay.
Today's
Weather
mi
if
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
.A.M.)
7:40
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RELIEF
FOR
'Lindberghs
Make
I
TAXPAYERS!
Landing
Came
Down
in
Assyrian
Desert
Yesterday
But
Unhurt
And
-riane
Not
Damaged
'
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
18,
1937
The
discussion
or
world
production
and
distribution
of
food
sup
p'y
and
other
matters
pertalnlnp
thereto
which
was
commenced
lasf
night
in
First
Presbyterian
Church
by
Dean
F.
M.
Clement
of
th
University
of
British
Columbia
an:
which
will
be
continued
tonight
and
tomorrow
Is
of
timely
Interest
and
one
-yhlch
should
merit
the
attention
of
all
-sections
of
th?
community
who
profess
to
ba
concerned
over
matters
of
practi
cal
economic
moment.
Dean
Clement,
who
specializes
in
agriculture
from
jthe
.
.
ecpnornio.
standpoint
has
a
broad
command
and
a
largs
.,,.
fund
of
current
information
of
the
BAGDAD.
Feb.
18:-In
the
course
...
t
c
.a
,nnartxnt
of
a
projected
flight
to
Australia
night
Re
spoke
fQe
wU
Qver
an
and
New
Zealand,
Col.
and
Mrs.
hQur
and
aU
he
to
gay
was
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
made
a
fore-
Jlstened
to
rapt
merest.
Hav-
ed
landing
in
the
Assyrian
Desert
,
lng
last
dlscussed
trenjs
yesterday.
Neither
were
Injured,
,n
Great
BrLUxln
and
European
the
plane
was
undamaged
and
they
countries
in
regard
to
their
food
will
be
able
to
proceed.
supplies.
Dean
Clement
will
to-
night
develop
'the
Influence
whlcr
RAISING
HALIBUT
BOAT
may
be
expected
In
Canada
and
British
Columbia
as
a
result
of
The
Armour
Salvage
Co.
expects
t
tnose
that
the
Vancouver
nanout
Doar.
1
Western
Fisher,
which
stryck
al
rock
In
a
snowstorm
at
Stewart'
Anchorage
In
Grenville
Channel
Tuesday
evening
and
sank,
will
be
delivered
here
by
tomorrow.
Thej
salvage
boat
Algle
was
successful!
during
the
night
in
efforts
to
put;
tne
western
tisner
on
an
even
dlscuss
what
had
taken
place
In
keel
and
came
in
this
morning
to
'
Britain
In
more
recent
times
In
get
a
scow
and
drums
which
wlllthe
handling
of
problems
of
fool
U.
S.
BUSINESS
BETTER
I
.
Rev.
Urank
Hardy
j
'supply.
As
It
had
been
for
th
1
past
centuray
and
a
half,
Great
OFFICERS
AT
PRESBYTERY
Britain
Britain
At
the
outset
last
night,
Dean
Clement
said
that
he
would
have
liked
to
see
a
more
complete
cross-section
of
the
community,
including
the
unemployed
and
those
in
various
walks
of
life,
at
the
lectures.
Dean
Clement
then
proceeded
tc
There
Is
a
notable
Improvement
Falls
was
elected
chairman
of
j
population
in
1930.
yet
it
had
made
in
business
in
the
United
States,
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery
of
the
99
wrcent
of
the
world's
purchases
says
O.
W.
Nickerson
who
returned
United
Church
at
the
sessions
here
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
Eastern
today.
Rev.
J.
R.
Love
of
Port
Canada
and
the
United
States.
Simpson
was
re-elected
secretary.
Ten
Workers
on
Golden
Gate
Plunge
to
Death
as
Scaffold
Of
Giant
Span
Drops
Into
Bay
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
Four
investigations
have
been
launched
into
the
two-hundred
foot
death
plunge
of
ten
Golden
Gate
Bridge
workers
from
a
collapsing
scaffold
late
yesterday.
Statu
officials
declare
that
the
scaffold
had
been
twice
declared
unsafe.
Bridge
builders
asserted
that
it
was
never
criticized.
The
ten-ton
moveable
structure,
suspended
on
wheels
beneath
a
giant
span,
fell
when
a
wheel
slip-.
ped
from
a
girder
on
which
it
ran,
tilting
the
scaffolding
into
its
fatal
and
rending
plunge.
The
material
carrier
together
with
the
ten
men
crashed
through
the
protective
net
below.
The
most
of
the
bodies
have
not
yet
been
recovered.
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Lcbrun
of
France
who
has
banned
help
to
either
side
in
Spanish
war.
was
still
the
market
cf
.
,
,
t
m
ths
world
today.
Although
It
had
I
Inminintl
Nftr
In
of
Ocean
but
thre2
pnt
of
the
world's
""""
of
bacon
and
ham,
96
percent
of
the
mutton
and
lamb,
63
percent
of
the
bvtter,
62
percent
of
the
eggs,
59
percent
of
the
beef
and
46
percent
of
the
cheese.
Great
Britain,
therefore,
exerted
a
w
great
Interfere
With
Highway
Traffic
OTTAWA,
Feb.
18:
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
Minister
of
Trans-
.
.
..
i
i
I
(Ufli
Hn
Influence
on
the
export
countries
P",
announced
yesiciuuy
ma.
u
of
the
wor'd
su:h
as
Canada.
,
legislation
to
reguiaie
dus
or
huck
Great
Britain's
Change
(
traffic
in
Canada
would
be
put
Into
After
having
been
a
fiee
trade
effect
until
after
the
provinces
had
country
since
the
repeal
of
ths
been
consulted.
This
announce-Corn
Laws
in
1846,
Gfoat
Britain
ment
was
made
In
a
message
sent
had
turned
porttotlonist
in
the
to
Premier
Maurice
Duplessls
ot
matter
of
food
supplies
In
1931.
By
Quebec.
this
action
many
countries
of
the
world
had
been
affected,
partlcu-
JtcorveS
.Itultrnient
larly
the
producing
countries.
Ip
jn
)'fijry
Products
1032
had
come
the
Ottawa
trade
.
.w.nl
Marketing
Appeal
agreements
under
which
the
ten
percent
duty
on
all
foddstuffs
lm-i
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:
Mr.
Jus-
rxvrted
by
Britain
had
been
cut
tlce
A.
M.
Manron
reserved
Judg
eff
as
far
as
the
Empire
countries
ment
In
Supreme
Court
yesterday
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Canadian
National
Railways
In
South
Blocked
by
Snows
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
Rail
communication
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both
trans-uanaua
lines
lsoiocKeu
east
ui
vancuuver
slides
which
have.
covered
the
tracks
of
Canadian
Na-oi
nnd
Canadian
Pacific
P
always
in.
many
places
as
Id
weather
loosQns
the
snow
on
mountain
sides.
Two
nadiail
I
aClUC
WUSlUUUim
uawis
nave
ukvu
ueui
ncai
early
weane&-rr
Fresh
slides
east
of
Revel-
a1a
nmra
thin
T
a'Pniv-
KVT
ilia
T
-
1L.
Tnttli
Tfn
lint?
lino
Madrid
and
Air
Attacks
on
City
By
Rebels
are
Being
Made
Again
OF
TIMELY
INTEREST
IJ.C.
Discusses
Today's
Trends
Of
World
Food
Supply
Many
Problems
States
Facts
Last
Night
and
Will
Tonight
Deduce
Influences
Which
May
be
Expected
Portugal
Alone
Remains
Aloof
From
Non-Intervention
Efforts
to
Which
Tv'nty-t
x
Nations
Have
Been
Pledged
All
Volunteers
Banned
by
France
LONDON,
Feb.
18:
(CP)
Insurgent
victories
clotted
Dean
clement
of
University
of
the
Spanish
civil
war
map
today
as
Generalissimo
Fran
cisco
Franco
s
men
were
hurled
against
government
troops
in
mass
offensives
southeast
of
Madrid.
A
triple
air
attack
left
many
dead
and
wounded
in
the
streets
of
the
Spanish
capital.
These
had
been
the
first
air
attacks
Eslnce
January
6.
The
first
two
Signs
Decree
raids
were
on
the
outskirts
of
the
city,
taking
ten
lives,
but
the
third
was
more
centred
and
proved
more
fatal
to
civilians.
While
the
civil
war
raged
with
renewed
Intensity,
Portugal
remained
aloof
from
Intervention
efforts
in
London,
again
refusing
to
join
twenty-six
nations
In
a
plan
to
stop
foreign
help
from
reaching
Spain.
In
France
President
Albert
Le-brun
signed
a
decree
prohibiting
Frenchmen
from
Joining
either
side
In
the
war.
Troops
are
being
Isent
to
the
Franco-Spanish
fron-
tier
to
blockade
movements
of
I
fighting
men
or
materials
into
Spain.
The
general
ban
on-
foreign
volunteers
for'
Spain
''goes'
lnto'effcct
Saturday
at
midnight.
An
estimate
last
night
said
that
at
least
100,000
foreigners
were
fighting
on
either
side
In
the
Spanish
civil
war.
Severe
fighting
concentrated
around
the
siege
of
Madrid
as
the
conflict
entered
Its
seventh
month.
Officials
of
autonomous
Cata
lonia
meanwhile
promised
common
action
with
the
Spanish
govern
ment
In
effecting
a
unified
loyalist
defence
command.
The
Spanish
government
has
armed
Itself
with
fresh
powers
In
this
connection.
Three
British
destroyers
left
Plymouth
yesterday
for
the
Mediterranean,
their
funnels
painted
red,
white
and
blue
to
made
them
distinguishable
against
air
attack.
Weather
Forecast
Synopsis
A
shaCow
depression
Is
centred
north
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
light
snowfalls
have
occurred
on
the
coast.
It
Is
colder
in
the
interior.
Prince
Rupert
district
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
winds,
shifting
to
northwest,
with
scat
tered
snow
flurries,
clearing
and
turning
colder.
i
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Fresh
and
northwest
winds,
qlear
and
somewhat
colder.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
MONTREAL.
Feb.
18:--Thc
Canadian
gold
price
yesterday
was
$34.79
per
fine
ounce.
elgn
countries.
The
result
InJ
!ey
farmers
against
the
Dairy
technical
t
Z
?JS
knockout
been
that,
while
total
Imports
of
Products
Marketing
Act.
foodstuffs
into
Great
Britain
hadj
decreased
In
two
years
by
nine
ANOTHER
MARINE
CRISIS
percent,
Imports
from
Empire!
countries
had
Increased
twenty-!
SEATTLE,
Feb.
18:
Another
three
percent.
Empire
trade
had
crisis
Is
looming
on
the
local
been
increased
at
the
expense
of
waterfront.
Maritime
workers
nave
f
4
TECHNICAL
KNOCKOUT
FOR
BROWN
BO.MBER
4
KANSAS
CITY.
Feb.
18:
(CPJ,
Joe
Louis,
Detroit's
Brown
Bomber,
who
weighed
ed
a
over
Natie
Brown,
199V2
pounds,
of
Washington,
in
the
fourth
round
of
a
scheduled
ten
round
bout
here
last
night.
The
referee
called
It
off
after
42
seconds
of
the
fourth
fnroitm
vumtriM
Thpn
ramp
tho
disregarded
an
order
of
the
federal
round
as
Brown
clung;
to
him.
British
Agricultural
Marketing
Act
authorities
regarding
the
carrying
,
I
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