'
vo,,
i.nQ,
rt
-
.
.
1
lu.t'mnkf
the
air
force
there
vj
ai
111
1.1
1
f
11
v
i.
ujnin
s
Cl0dy
and
mild
,it)
.
iains
at
niaht
.
"
BULLETINS
SEATTLE
TIED
UP
.V
''SEATTLE
The
port
of
Seattle
was
closed
again
today
with
employers
and
longshoremen
deadlocked
and
waterborne
traffic
being
diverted
to
other
ports
since
noon
yesterday.
The
dispute,
1
which
halted
the
port's
activity,
started
over
the
unloading
of
cargo
from
the
Canadian
steamer
Border
Prince.
Longshoremen
contended
that
the
cargo
should
be
unloaded
to
the
wharf
and
reloaded
to
another
vessel
while
the
operators
claimed
that
the
cargo
should
be
transferred
by
slings
direct
from
one
ship
to
another.
AIU
IIOUTE
FOIt
YUKON
VANCOUVER
Establishment
of
a
weekly
Vancouver-Yukon
air
service
was
announced
at
the
city
council
meeting
here
today.
The
service
will
be
operated
by
Northern
Airways
Limited
of
Car-cross,
Yukon
Territory,
and
will
be
inaugurated
out
of
here
on
Saturday.
The
route
will
be
by
way
of
Williams
Lake,
Prince
George
and
Atlin
to
Whilehorse.
UNABLE
TO
ST0PBREAK
Roosevelt
Admits
Failure
to
Cope
With
Recession
New
York
Governor
Makes
Appeal
-
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Jan.
6
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
reported
today
that
he
had
clamped
the
brakes
on
spending
In
an
unsuccessful
effort
to
balance
thf
federal
budget
which
had
been
dislocated
by
business
recession,
Governor's
Appeal
ALBANY,
New
York,
Jan.
6:-Govcrnor
Lehman
appealed
to
the
New
York
Legislature
today
to
strive
to
promote
greater
co-operation
between
business
and
consumer
to
overcome
the
business
recession
the
extent
of
which
Is
difficult
to
determine.
Japan
Forced
Into
Shanghai
I
Former
Shanghai
Policeman
Inclined
to
Blame
Chiang
Kai
Shek
WINNIPEG.
Jan
6:
(CP)
A.
Sanson,
for
more
than
10
years
j
members
of
the
Shanghai
Interna-
tional
Settlement
police
force,
de-i
clared
on
a
visit
here
that
Japan
never
wanted
to
extend
Its
military
operations
Into
Shanghai.
He
expressed
the
belief
Japanese
'
would
have
been
content
to
remain
I
In
the
north
of
China
and
consoll-:
date
positions
there
but
Chiang
Kai
,
shek
Chinese
government
head,
perhaps
desired
war
to
enter
ter-j
rltory
where
It
might
cause
Inter-1
ventlon
by
European
powers,
u
might,
however,
have
beert
around
Shanghai.
Sansom
said-
he
believed
Japan
wntiiH
like
to
abandon
the
war
Ini
.
m.i
u..t
.Via
ti-ie
finlnfff
central
uinim
vuu
v...D
pulled
In
deeper
and
deeper.
BOOSTING
AIRF0RCE
!
Forty-two
Planes
Leaving
San
Diego
Will
Make
Honolulu
Strength
Largest
in
History
SAN
DIEGO,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Forty-two
United
States
patrol
,
,
l...Mut,.
ntlpS
Will
IIJ
w
to
1
111
wiiu
oifU
w
the
(strongest
t)m,w,st
ir
in
history.
2,000,000
LOSS
I
OiA,
B
C
Today's
Weather
(g
AJtf.)
Tom
orrow
s
Tid
es
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
fresh
JSWIm
High
4:44
ajn.
193
ft.
miles
easterly
wind,
14
per
hour;
16:41
p.m.
18.1
ft.
barometer,
30.40;
temperature,
45;
Low
10:59
a.m.
7.5
ft
sea
moderate.
23:03
pjn.
5.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vol.
xxvii,
no.
4.
pjijsJCE
rupert,
B.C.,
raURSDAY,
JANUARY
G,
1938.
'
"
i-kice:
s
ckmT
Fifty
.
07r.
.
Chinese
-
.
Killed
.
in
Air
Raid
;
-
DEFENSE
mokm
President
Roosevelt's
Billion
DoIIk
Program
Expected
to
be
Approved
by
Congress
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.,
Jan.
6:
President
franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
billion
dollar
defense
progTam,
the
greatest
In
peace-time
history
of
the
United
Stalls,
expected
to
meet
with
no
serious
opposition
In
Congress
as
the
general
opinion
of
the
members
Js
that
preparedness
for
war
Is
essential.
i
There
was
denial
In
official
quar-j
ters
yesterday
of
reports
published
to
Canada
that
American
strate-J
gits
and
politicians
consicerea
Canada's
undefended
coasts
a
menace
to
the
security
of
the
United
States.
NEWSPRINT
AFFECTED
Governments
of
Ontario
and
Quebec
Are
.Moving
to
Control
Production
TORONTO,
Jan.
6:
It
is
re
vealed
here
that
plans
arc
bclwj
made
for
the
governments
of
Ontario
and
Quebec
to
co-operate
with
newsprint
interests
to
control
newsprint
production
In
the
two
provinces.
Pulp
representatives
point
on'.
that
buslnesi
receS$to3
In
the
United
States
are
having
a
bad
ef
fect
on
the
newsprint
industry.
To
Appear
In
County
Court
Young
Port
Simpson
Indian
To
Elect
Ilcfore
Judge
Fisher
On
Charge
of
Theft
From
Dwelling
Having
been
Drought
here
yev
terday
afternoon
aboard
the
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
8.
Freddie
Talt,
22
year
old
Port
Simp
n
Indian,
will
appear
befort
Judge
W
E.
Fisher
in
Count
Court
for
election
on
a
charge
of
theft
from
a
dwelling.
Talt
we.i
committed
for
trial
at
Port
Simpson
by
Indian
Agent
W.
E.
Colli-son
He
Is
alleged
to
have
entered
the
United
Church
parsonage
and
stolen
some
$60
In
cash.
Assignment
Of
Mining
Company
Afy
Gold
Takes
Action
to
Satisfy
Claims
of
Creditors
Totalling
$17
1,
88
1.63
TORONTO,
Jon.
6:
Argosy
Gold
Mines
Ltd
has
made
an
authored
assignment
for
the
benefit
of
creditors
whose
claims
amount
10
$174584.03.
Weather
Forecast
tliFi'h?t)
th?uh
the
courUaj
0'
Vlctort
,VMtcro,Kcl
Bureau
at
cast
i.
u
rr"
nuport.
Tnu
'ore-i
cn
7
;um1"
from
obvorsatlon
t-entiiup
S
p.m.
tomorrow).
tinC?ene!'al
synPsls-Pressure
con-anri
8h
Vcr
Br,tlsh
Columbia
K
er
have
occurred
on
the
nnrtu
mort
ast'
Flne
weather,
with
kroperature,
continues
In
aliu
"
o
her
parts
of
British
Columbia.
i
r
nrp
d.
.
-
.
.
lotto
t
1
""v1
ana
Queen
unar-mn.H
.
,dPteh
southeast
wind,
S
Lalr
and
m"d
with
showers.
jt.
,
ui
vuiicouver
isiana
ana
uv""
p.-
-r'csn
entt.
-
-...j.
11
ctoriiinr
January
19
Fourteen
explosions,
believed
s
:t
by
Chinese
Communists
In
reprisal
for
Japanese
military
successes,
wrecked
the
busy
industrial
city
of
fslngtao,
In
North
China,
blowing
the
Japanese-owned
textile
factories
uo
and
setting
huge
conflagrations
burning
among
the
wrecked
buildings.
Losses
in
the
almost
complete
annihilation
of
the
business
section
part
of
the
port
were
estimated
to
reach
2,0C0,000.
This
Is
a
view
of
the
harbor
and
city
of
Tslngtao.
"SNAPPING"
TV
VBV
V
INCREASE
DEFENSES;
United
States
Tightening
Up
On
Regulations
Regarding
Photography
and
Mapping
WASHINGTON.
D,
C,
Jan.
6:-
United
States
authorities
art
tightening
up
on
the
regulations
,
In
regard
to
photographing
and
mapping
of
United
States
defences
not
only
In
this
country
Itself
but
In
Panama,
Hawaii
and
other
American
possessions.
Penalties
run
up
to
one
year's
Imprisonment
and
fine
of
$1000
for
persons
'violating
'
the
ban.
Manslaughter
Charge
Dropped
Prosecution
Against
Smithcrs
Man
Following
Hunting
Accident
Withdrawn
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
have
been
advised
that
a
charge
of
man
slaughter
against
William
Duff,
arising
out
of
the
fatal
shootlns
of
Fred
Cook
in
a
hunting
accident
near
Smlthers
last
fall
hns
been
withdrawn
on
authority
of
the
attorney
general.
WILL
BUILD
MANY
CARS
a
rjon
tracts
Let
by
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
for
New
Freight
Carriers
MONTREAL,
Jan.
6:
(CPJ
As
part
of
a
$10,000,000
equipment
program
covering
freight
cars
an-
nounced
by
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
yesterday,
tenders
ari
J
called
for
two
thousand
steel
box
cars
and
seven
hundred
othei
freight
carriers.
Poured
Gas
On
Boy
And
Lit
It
Police
of
Halifax
arc
Investigating
Alleged
Act
of
Wanton
Cruelty
HALIFAX,
Nova
Scotia,
Jan.
0:
Police
here
are
searching
for
a
youth
alleged
to
have
poured,
gaso-
line
on
Johnny
Griffiths'
left
hand
and
then
set
fire
to
it
with
a
match.
The
'
ten
year
old
boy's
hand
and
wrist
were
blistered
badly-
VancouLtr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Wheal
was
trading
at
$1.4834
on
the
Vancouver
market
today.
AS
CHINESE
BLOW
UP
.
,
.
.
Q
Federal
Block
Work
To
Start
I
End
Of
Month!
With
the
contract
expected
t
w
siimPd
nt
ottnu.'n
nht
januarv
20.
work
of
construe-
tlon
of
the
new
federal
build-
lng
In
Prince
Rupert
will,
it
Is
expected,
be
under
way
around
the
end
of
January
or
early
In
February.
John
G.
Bennett,
head
of
the.
Vancouver
con-
tractlng
firm
of
iBennett.
it
White,
which
has
been
award-
ed
the
contract,
is
due
In
the
city
about
the
end
of,n
Sej
month.
Toronto
Flier
Is
Killed
In
England
Pilot
Officer
II.
G.
Clitheroe.
Born
In
Moose
Jaw,
Loses
Life
In
Crash
STOKE
-
ON
-TRENT,
Staffordshire,
Eng.,
Jan.
6:
Acting
Pilot
Officer
H.
G.
Clitheroe,
only
son
of
Fred
Clitheroe,
court
reporter
of
Toronto,
Ontario,
and
a
native
ot
Moose
Jaw,
Saskatchewan,
wa?
killed
when
his
plane
crashed
Into
tree
on
the
Maer
Hill
estate
near
here.
Today's
Weather
lOoveramcnt
li(r.(n'
Triple
Island
-Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
fourteen
miles
per
hour;
moderate
chon.
Langara
Island
-
Cloudy,
south-
east
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
bar-
reer,3016:temperature,4I:llght
Two
Girls
Are
Bull
"Harbor
Overcast,
showery,
Cf'H
M!
!
southwest
wind,
seven
miles
per
ullli
If
lISSlIlS
hour;
barometer,
30.22;
tempera-
ture.
43;
light
swell.
iternlec
White
and
Itaxcl
Hcvenor
Estevan
Raining,
easterly
wind,
Relieved
in
Town
Not
Aboard
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
Grain
Shin
30.28.
j
Victoria
Cloudy,
northerly
wind,
two
local
girls.
Bernlce
Whit-six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.42.
and
Hazel
Hevenor,
missing
from
Vancouver
Foggy,
calm;
baro-
th"elr
homes
since
Monday,
ate
meter,
30.42.
still
unreported
although
It
Is
b-
Prince
George
Cloudy,
northwest
llevcd
they
are
In
or
around
the
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barome-
city.
The
grain
ship
Olaf
BergV.
ter,
30.40.
Terrace
-Foggy,
calm,
tempera-
ture,
30.
Alyansh
Raining,
calm.
32.
Alice
Arm
Raining,
calm,
33
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
,Stewart
Cloudy,
calm.
31.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm.
Ca
Smlthers
Part
cloudy,
calm.
20.
today
sought
t0
organize
the
Post-Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm,
22.
;
man's
Protection
Service.
Hill
said
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
calm;
he
had
been
bitten
by
dogs
more
barometer.
30.15;
temperature,
30;
'
wbj.
TSINGTAO
IN
DEBT,
Public
Obligations
of
Uncle
Sam
Now
Placed
at
$296.36
Per
Capita
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Jan.
6:
Taking
Into
account
the
Increase
In
the
public
debt
for
the
next
two
years
as
anticipated
by
Presl-'''nt
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
in
his
budget
yesterday,
the
per
capita
debt
of
the
United
States
by
1930
will
have
reached
$296.36.
King
Carol
To
Visit
England
i
Roumanian
Monarch
to
be
Guest
Of
King;
George
and
Queen
Elizabeth
BUCHAREST,
Roumanla,
Jan.
6:
King
Carol
of
Roumanla
Is
on
his
way
from
Bucharest
to
London
wnere
ne
wm
pay
a
visit
as
the
guest
of
King
George
and
Queen
Elizabeth.
On
the
way,
It
is
reported,
he
may
stop
off
at
Paris
for
a
rendezvous
with
Madame
Lupescu.
MANY
ARE"
WQRKLESS
Total
of
Unemployed
in
United
States
Now
Placed
at
Eleven
Million
WASHINGTON,
D,.
C,
Jan.
6
As
many
as
eleven
million
people
were
estimated
yesterday
tc
be
unemployed
in
the
United
Staes
and,
due
to
the
business
re
cession,
this
figure
may
be
even
B,e"w
uur"'e
l"e
comins
w,nier
has
been
checked
up
on
by
wire
less
and
the
captain
reports
that
a
search
has
been
made
and
the;
are
not
on
board
there.
DOGS
VS.
POSTIE
SYDNEY,
N.S.W.,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Tom
Hill,
65-year-old
mall
carrier
than
100
times
while
delivering
let-
ters.
.
Japanese
Planes
Bomb
Hankow-Wuchang'
On
Yangste
River
Today
Strafing
Today
Believed
To
Be
In
Reprisal
For
Foray
Of
Chinese
Bombers
On
Wuhu
Yesterday
Penetration
Of
Shantung
Province
Continues
;
HANKOW,
Jan.
6:
(CP)
Fifty
Chinese
non-combatants
were
killed
or
wounded
today
when
thirty
Japanese
bombing
planes
dropped
projectiles
on
the
air
fields
at
Hankow
and
Wuchang
across
the
Yangste
River.
The
Chinese
suggested
that
the
raid
was
in
reprisal
for
yes-
,
terday's
foray
by
Chinese
bombing
planes
on
the
Japanese
-
,
air
base
at
Wuhu.
'
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
John&ton
Oo.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.09
Vi.
Big
Missouri,
.41.
,
Bialorne,
8.85.
Aztec,
.07.
cariboo
Quartz,
1.70.
Dentonla,
.IOV2.
Golconda,
.05.
Minto,
.03
V.
Falrvlew,
.05.
Noble
Five,
.03.
Pend
Oreille,
2.15.
Pioneer,
3.05.
Premier,
2.02.
Reeves
McDonald,
.37.
Reno,
.57.
Relief
Arlington;"tl6Vi
Salmon
Gold,
.06.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.04'2.
Premier
Border,
.01
'i.
Sllbak
Premier,
2.10.
Cqngress,
.02
V2.
Home
Gold,
.01
'8.
Grandvlew,
.082.
Indian,
.02.
Quatsina
Copper,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.35.
Calmont,
.58.
C.
&
E..
2.92.
Freehold.
.07.
McDougall
Segur,
.27.-
.
Mercury,
.17
Vi.
Okalta,
2.11.
Pacalta,
.12.
V
'
"
Home
Oil,
1.35.
Toronto
Seattle.
1.37.,
Central
Patricia.
2.40.
Gods
Lake,
.55.
Little
Lone:
Lac.
5,40.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.03.
Pickle
Crow,
5.05.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.21.
San
Antonio,
1.37.
Sherrltt
Gordon.
1.41.
Smelters
Gold.
.01
V.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.46.
Oklend.
.14.
Mosher,
.14.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.33.
Stadncona.
.35.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05
Vi.
Francoeur.
.50.
Moneta,
2.30.
Thnmnson
Cadillac,
.33.
Bmkfleld.
.70.
Preston
East
Dome.
1.12.
East
Milnrtlc.
1.21.
Hutchison.
.0314.
Dawson
White.
.03
(ask).
Aldermac.
.53.
Kerr
Addison.
1.92.
Uchl
Gold.
.96.
Martin
Bird.
.48.
International
Nickel,
.47o-Noranda,
.55.
Con.
M.
&
S.
Co.,
.59.
Vic
Lewis
of
the
Canadian
Na-lonal
Railways
B.
and
B.
department
was
taken
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
yesterday
afternoon
suffering
from
Injuries
sustained
In
an
accident
while
engaged
In
shingling
the
C.N.R.
wharf
snea.
A
car.
m
backing
up,
struck
"
wuu"
"
wiin.ii
was
Simla-
lng
and
he
fell
to
the
floor
of
the
Mwiarr.
.
To
.the
north
the
Japanese
are
continuing
their
penetration
into
Shantung
Province
beyond
i
Plotting
In
Russia
Very
Widespread
I
LONDON.
Jan.
6:
(CP
The
Dally
Mall
today
printed
a
dispatch
from
Riga
saying
that
large
numbers
of
Soviet
of
fieeTs:hve-Deea
brrested
for;
plots
to
kill
Dictator
Jo-vrph
Stalin
and
his
chief
assistant.
Nlcolal
Yezhoff,
head
0;
thi.
political
police.
LOG
SCALE
IS
HIGHER
Substantial
Gain
in
1937
isf
Re
corded,
According
to
Compilation
of
Official
Figures
Saw
log
production
In
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
year
1937
totalled
163,414,266
board
feet
as
compared
with
145,503,810
board
feet
in
1936,
according
to
a
compilation
of
Forest
Branch
monthly
figures.
The
scale
for
this
December
was
14,337,154
board
feet
as
against
9,982,658
board
feet
In
December
1936.
The
scale
for
December
thw
year
per
species,
figures
for
De:embei
1936
also
being
shown
foi
comparison,
was
as
follows:
Dec.
1937
Dec.
1930
Board
ft.
Board
ft.
Douglas
Fir
204,490
l&0.f?n
Cedar
,...1.844,084
180,415
Spruce
7,458,109
7,884,750
Jackplne
"21,980
133.60R
Hemlock
4.538,245
1.577.01C
Balsam
272.248
10.755
!
Miscellaneous
5,481
j
Total
14,377,154
9,931,658
I
Forest
Products
The
scale
of
forest
products
In
the
Interior
for
December
1937
was
H4.944
lineal
feet
144,304
Uneni
feet
of
which
was
cedar
and
thf
'
lance
hemlock
as
compared
with
308,154
lineal
feet
In
the
same
month
of
the
year
previous
The
tie
count
this
December
was
31,111
pieces
as
against
30,-
$26
pieces
In
December
1936.
Cordwood
this
December
was
49
cords
as
against
322.
No
fence
posts
were
scaled
during
the
month
Just
ended
wnereas
there
v.ero
247
cords
In
December
1936.
UAH
SILVER
N'KW
YOUR:
(CP)
Ear
sit-
jpr
"as
unchanged
at
4i?ic
per
fine
ounce
on
the
New
York
mct
1
al
market
today.
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