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Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
A.M.)
mm
High
10:08
a.m.
19.0
ft.
iTine
Rupert-Cloudy,
north
23:26
pjn.
16.3
ft.
wcst
wind,
elgfct
miles
per
hour;
Low
3:43
a.m.
10.8
It.
barometer,
30.16;
sea
smooth.
17:12
p.m.
6.5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
jVl..
No.
5.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
7,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
CIV
WAR
THREAT
AGAIN
IN
CHINA
WS?mn
RETURNS
TO
Forest
Production
In
This
Area
Has
Touched
Top
Mark
in
12
Years
Further
Improvement
to
be
Anticipated
During
Coming
Year
Forest
Products
Industry
in
Interior
Is
Also
Coining
Back
Saw
log
production
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
.he
year
1936
totalled
145,503,810
board
feet,
a
record
hie-h
production
for
twelve
years
or
since
1924
when
the
scale
amounted
to
a
total
of
171,592,993
board
feet.
This
very
gratifying
-state
of
affairs
in
the
logging
industry
of
the
district
is
shown
in
a
compilation
of
official
figures
as
furnished
ay
me
orest
urancii"
oftee
here
and
kept
by
the
Dally
News.
Tiie
total
for
1936
was
almost
three
times
that
of
1933
when
the
low
point
of
the
depression
was
recorded
at
56,106,234
board
feet
The
present
outlook
Is
for
a
still
larger
production
In
1937
and
a
return
to
the
level
of
the
more
prosperous
years
long
prior
to
the
depression.
The
saw
log
production
figures
or
the
past
twelve
years
arc
shown
as
follows:,
.
Year
Board
Feet
1MB
...L.-;3ia:..;;i45.503,810.
W5
131,339.285
1934
...135,967,361
1933
56,106,234
1932
84,056,854
1931
91,884,212
1930
138,025,729
19'iC
125,721,509
1828
91,298.323
1927
128.467.314
192g
138,414.945
1925
135,327,343
h?i
171,592,993
Hecember
Scaling
The
loe
scale
Der
sDecles
In
De
cember"
1936
was
as
follows:
Doug
las
Fir,
190,620
board
feet;
cedar
180.416;
spruce.
7,884,756;
hemlock,
1,577.019:
balsam.
10.755:
taeknine
133,009;
mlsccllaneou'i,
5,483;
total
9,932.058
board
feet
This
was
the
Mghcst
log.
scale
total
in
this
dis
trict
for
the
month
of
December
slr.iT
1929.
T?ie
ornri.np.tlnn
of
nnlf
and
nil
in?
In
the
Interior,
which
has
also
oi)
maintaining
a
healthy
in
crease
this
year,
totalled
308,154
lineal
fctt
In
December
1936,
this
being
the
highest
figure
for
8
DeCTmhor
.dnio
1Q9Q
Tim
nnl
onH
Piling
total
included
297,415
lineal
ie
or
cedar
and'
10,739
lineal
feet
ot
nemjock.
The
tie
count
In
December
1930
was
30.826
nlecesrill
hemlock--
ilS
Cnmil-.1rr,
M-JVi
11
1
rfnsYC
In
December
U'35.
With
the
Canadian
National
Railways
planning
continued
Improvement
of
its
Prince
Kupcrt
line
during
the
coming
year,
it
is
ykcly
there
may
also
be
An
expansion
of
tie
production
in
1937.
CortM
"
"
uuu
wt-9
iaov
lovuii
er
wtaUed
322
cedar
and
fence
posis
amounted
to
217
cords.
Rep
eal
of
Sales
Tax
Being
Asked
Kill
Before
State
Legislature
In
California
Would
Replace
It
With
Transaction
Tax
FjACRAM
RWTYI
rn1
Ton
1-
A
fcil!
has
been
introduced
privately
ft
the
rtnte
legislature
calling
for
the
repeal
of
the
three
percent
ales
tax.
v.hich
yields
the
state
t80.0oonnn
v
v
pvi
JVUI,
UL1U
UM-
Ultutlon
therefor
of,,
a
transaction
MIA.
Late
Telegraphs
PRINCESS
JULIANA
WEDS
TIIE
HAGUE
Crown
Princess
Juliana
today
became
the
bride
of
Prince
Bernhard
of
Lippe-Bicsterfeld
amid
rejoicing;
of
two
of
million
subjects
of
the
land
of
of
tulips
and
windmills.
There
was
first
a
civil
ceremony
at
the
tiuaint
town
hall
and
later
In
his
toric
color-splashed
Groote
Kern
Juliana
and
Bernhard
pronounced
their
vows.
INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC
LONDON
England
and
United
States
are
in
the
grip
of
a
widespread
Influenza
epidemic
which
a
has
taken
twenty
lives
in
New
York.
There
have
also
been
a
number
of
deaths
in
London.
AUSTRALIA
WINS
MATCH
MELBOURNE
Australian
cricketers
won
the
third
test
cricket
match
today,
making-
the
count
to
date
two
to
one
for
England.
PERRY
BEATS
VINES
NEW
YORK
Fred
Perry
of
England
opened
his
professional
career
here
last
night
with
a
7-5,
3-G,
6-3,
6-4
victory
over
Ellsworth
Vines.
RANSOM
IS
PAID
OVER
Dr.
Mattson
Indicates
This
Though
His
Boy
Has
Not
Yet
Been
Returned
TACOMA,
Jan.
7:
(CP)-Dr.
W.
w.
Mattson.
father
of
kianappeu
Charles
Mattson,
Indicated
late
vpstcrdav
that
the
$28,000
ransom
mnnpv
had
been
.
Dald
over
as
de-
,
manded
but
that
the
abflucior
naa
failed
to
live
up
to
his
undertaking
to
return
the
boy
safe
to
his
home.
Dr.
Mattson
virtually
admitted
that
he
had
been
in
contact
with
the
black-bearded
desperado.
Over
ten
days
has
now
elapsed
since
Charles
was
snatched
by
a
massed
man
from
his
home.
nr.
Mattson's
aDDcal
to
the
press
yesterday
for
cessation
of
surveil
lance
of
any
kind
over
nis
muv-
mpnu
was
internrcted
to
mean
that
he
had
the
gravest
fears
that
the
boy
would
come
to
harm
n
nc
(Dr.
Mattson)
was
not
assured
o
absolute
freedom
in
following
me
kidnapper's
Instructions.
Mattson
urged
that
no
publicity
to
exchange
of
messages
be
given
any
which
may
"seemingly
be
progressing
between
myself
and
the
kidnapper."
Thirty-Hour
Working
Week
Bill
Providing
This
as
Basis
To
Be
Presented-
to
United
States
Congress
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Jan.
7:
A
bill
tailing
for
the
establishment
of
a
thlr.tyhour
basic
working
week
In
the
United
States
will
be
presented
to
Congress
by
the
House
labor
committee,
it
was
intimated
yesterday.
PRESIDENT
GOES
INTO
CASE
NOW
Confers
in
Regard
to
Pacific
Coast
Strike
Negotiations
Being
Resumed
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Jan.
7:
It
was
announced
at
the
White
House
yesterday
that
appeals
had
been
received
from
Governor
Mernam
California,
Mayor
Angelo
Rossi
San
Francisco
and
other
In
terests
for
presidential
interven-j
tlon
to
end
the
long
Pacific
Coast
j
maritime
workers'
strikejarid
ship-!
i
ping
tie-up
which
is
now
on
its
seventieth
day,
President
Roosevelt
has
called
Secretary
of
Labor
Frances
Perkins
and
Assistant
Sec
retary
of
Labor
Edward
S.
Mc-Grcady
Into
conferecne.
Word
has
been
received
here
of
resumption
of
negotiations
De-
ween
ship-owners
and
represen
tatives
of
some
of
the
unions
involved
In
connection
with
the
West
Ccast
dispute.
Four
separate
peace
conferences
with
as
many
strik
ing
unions
are
scheduled
for
to
day,
the
all
important
one
being
that
Involving
offshore
shippers
and
Uie
Masters,
Mates
and
Pilots
of
America,
Head
of
General
...
MotOrS
at
i
ni
riant
t
Mfred
P.
Sloan
Arrives
at
Detroit
From
New
York
Presidential
Intervention
Unlikely
n.
if,o,
o
S'oan
pri
de
J
f
Generator,
arrived
here
yesterday
from
New
York
on
business
In
connection
with
the
affairs
of
the
company
whose
huge
local
plant
has
beer,
tied
up
by;
a
strike
involving
thousands
of
workers.
It
is
unlikely
that
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
will
intervene
ncrsonally
in
the
strike
for
the
time
being
at
least.
Weather
Forecast
(Furnished
through,
the
courtesy
of
j
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
l
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
Thla
tore-
cast
U
compiled
irom
oostervaviona
token
at
5
.m.
today
and
covers
the
3fl
hour
period
ending
5
p.m.
tomorrow).
i,te
ifrossure
renuiuia
nravlnce.
Fine
cold
weather
con
tlnucs
on
the
coast
east
to
the
riockles.
Prince
Rupert
and
district
Light
variable
winds,
part
cloudy
at
might
with
occasional
snow.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
north
winds,
generally
fair
and
cold
with
occasional
rain.
Wost
Cooast
of
Vancouver
Isl-
and
Light
to
moderate
North
to
Northwest
wlnd,
part
cloudy
with
slowly
rising
temperatures.
LOGGING
HERE
PATROL
IS
CONTINUED
Germany
Not
Withdrawing
From
Spanish
Waters
U.
,S.
Coastguard
Active
Madrid
Bombed
Fierce
Attack
yas
Spanish
Government
Claims
That
ialr
Thousands
of
Nazis
Are
Fighting
Against
'Them
ITALY
AGREES
ROME,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
Italy,
agreeing
"in
principle"
that
foreign
volunteers
should
be
discouraged
from
enlisting
in
Spain,
answered
Franco-British
demands
for
non-intervention
with
reservations
pointed
at
the
French.
The
reservations
were
based
particularly
on
the
question
of
the
Franco-Spanish
bor
der
over
which
most
of
the
in-
i
ternational
volunteers
fighting
with
Madrid
have
passed.
The
note
also
contended
that
Italy
had
brought
up
the.
volunteer
question
lit
August
but
France
did
not
accept
her
point
of
view.
Meanwhile
Germany
has
sent
an
answer
to-
the
French;
and
British,
embassieswhih,
was
believed
to
reflect
a
conciliatory
attitude.
BERLIN,
Jan.
7:
Germany
has
no
intention
'of
abandoning
Its
naval
patrol
of
the
Spanish
coast.
by
"Active
piracy"
by
Spanish'
govern
ment
vessels
against
German
ship
ping
must
be
prevented,
it
is
de
clared.
U.
S.
Censorship
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
7:
Strict
censorship
has
been
clamped
down
by
the
United
States
State
Department
In
regard
to
the
movements
and
activities
of
coastguard
vessels.
This,
It
Is
believed,
Is
In
view
of
the
attempt
to
prevent
ship
ment
of
arms
from
this
country
."or
use
In
the
Spanish
civil
war.
of
Madrid
Bombed
Again
MADRID,
Jan.
7:
Twenty
bombing
planes
siagea
a
nerce
bombardment
on
Madrld
yesterday
aueiiiuun,
imimiib
aiuvn&
vmw
places
the
fourteen-storey
building
of
the
American
Telegraph
Si
Telephone
Co..
the
capital's
highest
structure.
Loyalists
planes
finally
drove
the
attackers
off.
Madrid's
stubborn
defenders
beat
a
strategic
retreat
west
of
the
capital
in
the
face
of
a
violent
at-
tack
by
the
insurgent
army
repor
tedlv
Including
18,000
German
"volunteers."
The
defence
council
claimed
that
government
troops
were
following
a
retreat
plan
outlined
in
advance.
The
council
emphasized
that
main
defencesriorthwest
and
west
of
the
capital
were
unim
paired
and
the
government
itlll
commanded
all.
Important
roads
linking
the
capital
with
forces
In
the
Guadaramma
Mountains.
Ten
thousand
Germans,
organized
Into
motorized
units,
are
said
to
have
fought
with
government
mllltla
in
suburban
Las
Tozas.
The
government
claimed
an
additional
o.uuu
uermans
were
concentrated
in
the
University
City
sector.
Entire
sections
of
the
capital
were
devastated
yesterday
by
In
surgent
artillery
with
the
bombing
planes
adding
to
the
terror.
French
Navy
Concentrates
PARIS,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
Thirty-four
French
naval
vessels,
accom
panied
by
a
number
o'f
submarines,
will
be
concentrated
m.&panisn;
waters
by
January
iu
"in
case
mey
are
needed
in
connection
with
the
Spanish
crisis."
San
Francisco
Folk
Shivering
Thermome
ter
Descends
to
40
Above,
Lowest
Reacting
so
Far
This
Winter
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
7:
The
:oldest
weather
so
far
this
winter
recorded
here
yesterday
morn-ng
when
the
thermometer
descen-led
to
forty
above
zero.
Continued
and
cold
weather,
with
pos-ible
frost
at
right,
is
predicted.
iviui.n
unci
BEING
SPENT
IN
DISTRICT
loads
and
Trails
Have
Improved
t
Conditions
in
Northern
Part
f
Of
B.C.
Over
Ha'f
Million
V
Expended
Many
people
do
not
realise
that
-ur'ng
the
past
year
the
sum
of
'195.000
was
set
aside
by
the
department,
ol
Labor
of
the
Federal
K
joveniment
to
be
expended
dar
ns
the
present
economic
year
on
he
highway
connecting
Prince
;iupcrt
with
Jasper
and
that
a
similar
amount-
was
-
provided
by
the"
provincial
government,
all
of
which
will
be
spent
before
spring,
total
sum
of
$390,000.
This
Is
in
addition
to
the
$100,000
expended
the
Department
of
Mines
on
the
road
north
of
Vanderhoof
known
as
the
Manson
Creek
Road,
$50,000
on
the
Big
Missouri
Road.
$3,000
on
the
Dolly
Varden
Road
$5,000
on
the
Dease
Lake
Road,
H.OC0
on
the
Unuk
River
Road.
$2,030
on
the
Hudson
Bay
Mine
Road
near
Smlthers
and
$5,000
on
the
Telkwa
River
Road.
The
tctal
sum
expended,
in
ad
dition
to
the
work
done
by
the
provincial
government
In
repairs
and
general
uptofp
amounts
tc
$564,000.
While
Uie
greater
part
this
Ls
a!reaay
spent,
there
1?
enough
left
in
most
of
the
districts
to
do
some
finishing
up
in
tne
spring,
prior
to
the
opening
of
the
new
figc?.l.
year.
The
money
has
bew
providing
work
and
wages
for
a
alrge
number
of
men
and
is
an
Indication
of
what
can
be
done
by
co-operation
between
he
Vvo
Ternments.
FOR
RELIEF
OF
DEBTORS
legislation
to
be
Introduced
At
Ottawa
RcnTCvlng
Gold
Clause
Periillzatlon
OTTAWA,
.Tun.'
7:
(CP)
Legls
latlon
will
be
Introduced
at
the
iomlne
session
of
Parliament
to
orotect
debtor.
i
under
Canadian
law
from
htnog
to
pay
premiums
of
gold
clf'J',s
in
bonds,
Hon,
Charles
A.
Duuning,
minister
of
finance.
telU
the
Canadian
Press.
LegWatlon
will
be
in
line
with
that
des.snn:
to
allow
debtors
with
obligations
Rovirned
by
the
laws
of
Canada
arui
containing
a
gold;
clause
to
dlvlwrge.
their
debts
by
payment
of
face
amount
in
legal
tender.
WESTERN
LUMBERMAN
IHES
INGERSOLL,
Ont,
Jan,
7:
(CP)
-John
Dundcrhill,
69,
who
from
1904
to
191C
was
In
the
lumber
business
in
New
Westminster,
B,
Cy
died
here
leccntly.
Marshal
Chang
s
Goes
Red;
Open
Revolt
Against
Nanking
Gov't
Sudden
Communistic
Resurgence
is
Alarming
Sianfu
Seems
Doomed
to
More
Trouble
Indeed
City
Is
Already
Reported
in
Disorder
SIANFU,
Shensi
Province,
China,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
It
is
reported
here
that
the
majority
of
Marshal
Chang
Hsueh-
td'ang's
former
Manchurian
army
has
joined
the
Red
troops
of
Shensi
and
Kansu
provinces
in
open
revolt
gainst
the
central
government.
Sudden
resurgence
of
Communist
influence
during
the
past
twenty-four
....
hours
,
--
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4
BETTER
TEAM
WORK
FROM
4
SUPREME
COURT
OF
U.
S.
IS
URGED
BY
PRESIDENT
4
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
7:
In
characteristic
plain
and
blunt
terms,
President
Frank-
lin
D.
Roosevelt,
in
his
mes-
sage
to
Congress
yesterday,
called
upon
the
federal
Judl-
clary
for
better
team
work
with
Congress
and
the
admlni-
stration.
He
declared
that
the
Judiciary
had
not
kept
In
step
with
the
legislative
and
exe-
cutlve
branches
of
govern-
ment.
None
of
the
members
ot-ibcSupjeme
Couriof,
Up.1-
ted
States
bench
were
In
at-
tendance
at
the
session.
4
ALBERTA
SYSTEM
jpeclal
Planning
Committee
Presents
Plan
to
Put
Douglas
Theories
Into
Effect
EDMONTON,
Jan,
7:
CP)-The
.iew
financial
system
for
Alberta
.vhlch
has
been
recommended
by
.he
special
committee
on
planning
appointed
by
Premier
William
Aberhart
would
mark
the
appllca-,lon
for
the
first
time
anywhere
in
the
world
of
Major
C.
H.
Douglas'
.'oclal
credit
theories.
The
new
money
which
it
is
pro
posed
to
make
negotiable
within
the
province
would
be
debt
free.
Credit
houses
to
be
established
hroughout
the
province
would
unction
like
banks.
A
propaganda
bureau
would
be
jperated.
Under
the
rjrovinclal
wholesale
,set-up
to
handle
the
Import
and!
export
trade
of
Alberta,
a
bureau
ivculd
buy
produce
In
Alberta,
pay
ing
for
It
with
Alberta
money
and
then
sell
It
outside
fpr
Canadian
jurrency.
Dividends
of
$5
'
Monthly
dividends
of
$5
would
be.
provided
every
t
registered
Alberta
citizen.
Preservation
of
natural
resources
would
be
insured
by
setting
aside
ah
area
which
could
not
be
developed
by
outside
capital.
WOULD
CUT
BRIIJC.E
TOLL
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Jan.
7:
City
and
state
officials
are
urging
a
reduction
from
65c
to
25c
In
the
toll
for
automobiles
crossing
the
new
Sari
Fianclsco-bakland
bridge.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
The
Vancouver
wheat
price
yesterday
was
$1.26ya
as
compared
with
$t.26s
In
Winnipeg
and
$1.37B
In
Chicago.
The
Vancouver
price
was
up
to
$1.28
today.
Army
wuscu
wiueapicau
icuia
mat
Sianfu
is
doomed
to
renewed
disorders
like
those
of
December
12
when
Marshal
Chang
rebelled
gainst
the
Nanking
government
ind
captured
Premier
Chiang
Kai-
Shek.
It
is
reported
that
65,000
soldiers,
who
took
part
In
the
December
12
coup,
have
suddenly
become
restive
gangs
roving
leader-!ess
through
the
streets,
Intimidating
the
populace,
looting
shops
and
stopping
business.
Military
authorities
have
ordered
the
erection
of
sand
bag
barricades
and
a
system
of
trenches
around
the
city
proper.
FISHERIES
MARKETING
Salted
Salmon
and
Halibut
Ready
To
Come
Under
Provincial
Scheme
in
Event
Of
Federal
Failure
VICTORIA,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
In
the
jvent
of
rejection
of
the
federal
Marketing
Act
by
the
Privy
Coun-:il,
plans
are
being
made
to
make
tppllcatlon
under
the
provincial
Marketing
Act
of
marketing
schemes
governing
the
salt
'.fish
and
halibut
industries
of
British
Jolumbla,
It
was
learned
Wednesday.
Saltery
owners
have
agreed
to
operate
under
the
federal
board
until
a
settlement
Is
made.
1
Prince
Rupert
halibut
boat
owners
and
fishermen
have
decided
to
jcome
under
the
provincial
marketing
act
In
the
event
of
the
federal
act
being
declared
ultra
vires.
Pontiff
is
Near
Unconsciousness
Had
Period
of
Prostration
Yesterday
Following
a
Couple
of
Brief)
Conferences
VATICAN
CITY,
Jan.
7:
Pope
Plus
had
a
period
of
prostration
late
yesterday
following
a
couple
of
brief
conferences.
The
Pontiffs
legs
and
abdomen
were
giving
him
particular
trouble.
He
was
short
of
breath
and
attending
physicians
described
him
as
being
"extremely
weary."
He
has
been
close
to
unconsciousness
on
more
than
one
'occasion
during
the
last
forty-
eight
hours,
it
has
been
revealed.
Card
of
Thanks
The
chiefs
and
people
of
Port
Simpson
desire
to
express
appreciation
of
hospitality
and
kindness
shown,
by
the
chiefs
and
people
of
Kltkatla
during
their
recent
visit
for
the
funeral
of
the
late
Chief
Zlbassa.
(Signed)
JOSEPH
OFFUTT,
Chief.