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nvp
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ociore
polling
day.
he
warned
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mc
jirsi,
Lime
in
uuuui
LINKING
UP
WITH
NORTH
Surveys
are
reported
to
have
been
completed
for
the
Vancouver
island
Railway
from
the
Coast
Cop-ocr
nroperty
to
the
east
coast
of
the
Island
either
at
Suquash
Port
McNeill.
I
concerned.
Another
m.iw
r
,m
inWoct
"h.
iur
me
expon
oi
surplus
license
was
refused,
resulting
States
Powell
River
Garage
Fire
Flames
Kept
Department
Busy
for
Three
Hours
Yesterday
Oil
Tanks
Threatened
POWELL
RIVER,
Jan.
19:
(CP)
A
stubborn
fire
in
a
garage
here
yesterday
kept
the
fire
department
busy
for
three
hours.
Oil
tanks
for
a
time
were
threatened.
U.F.A.
IN
Future
of
Coast
Copper
Railway
Across
Van-'cratlve
Commonwealth
Federation
couver
Island
Associated
With
Re-Opening
of
Anyox
Smelter
The
latest
report
to
be
heard
In)
connection
with
the
plans
of
the.
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting!
Co.
for
Its
mining
operations
on;
'on
the
West
Coast
with
renovation
and
re-openlng
of
the
Anyox
smelter
for
treatment
of
the
ores
of
ntlnuc
indefinitely
at
the
head
that
mine.
me
party.
Since
then
Mr.
Ben-
"-v
uituouuujr
awtoi'i
1
V
n
.
.
.
In
t
li
rt4
1
...
FREIGHTER
PROCEEDS
the
British
Columbia
coast
assoc-
latcs
a
railroad
building
project
British
Ship
Cragpool
on
Way
To
across
the
north
of
Vancouver
Is-J
Rotterdam
Thirty
arc
Dead
land
from
the
Coast
Copper
mine)
As
Result
of
Storm
ROTTERDAM.
Jan.
19:
(CP)-The
British
freighter
Cragpool
wa&
reported
last
night
to
have
won
a
battle
with
a
storm
on
the
At
lantic
Ocean
and
to
be
on
her
wa
here
with
hull
damaged.
The
ves
sel
had
sent
out
distress
signals
or'
stating
that
water
was
lcakin
into
her
engine
room.
The
suggestion
is
made
that
it'
Thirty
persons
are
rcporica
cicac.
would
be
more
economical
to
treat
at
sea
and
In
Great
Britain
as
a
the
Coast
Copper
ore
at'
Anyox
than
result
of
the
fierce
storm
of
the
attempt
to
transport
it
to
the
com-
last
few
days.
pany's
smelter
at
Trail.
The
report,
emanating
from
!
Stewart,
is.
of
course,
without
confirmation
as
far
as
the
company
is
"vv
v4
niwv
iwv
v.o
1
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TPIIKnl
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.
1
a.
tut-
iurmcr
wiaening
uil
I
ir
I
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ii
ll
i
"6
una
Mr.
Hepburn.
Late
im
member.
Mr.
Itohum
nsltnH
fnr
n
FAVORED
Federation
of
Labor
is
Also
In
Favor
of
'lratie
ircaiy
With
United
a
long
and
acrimonious
public
1
awa
.inn
19:
(CP)
The
despondence
between
the
two
r(inriu
'Federation
of
.Laboi
lQers.
n
la
anticipated
the
ques-
yesterday
made
representations
to
Jn
of
power
export
will
be
subject
tne
federal
government
favoring
a
major
debate
In
the
Commons
adeauate
defence
measures
foi
H
rocitit.
11.1.
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1
.
MM.nn-k.ttr
-
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ui
inis
pnntmvpMV.
uu
n
nn
n
trnne
umtciiitiifc
move
t0
initiate
a
national
Wuh
the
United,
States
and
fair
nmc
Of
unemnlovmpnt.
Insnmnpp
,..--
onri
wnrklnir
conditions
lcgis
l
launched
by
the
Dominion
gov-'
lation.
Full
consideration
of
the.
Aerial
Squadron
I
Making
Headway
i
Diglitecn
of
Uncle
Sam's
Naval
Planes
Flying
Across
Pacific
SAN
DIEGO,
Jan.
19:
(CP)
Eighteen
United
States
naval
planes,
on
a
flight
from
here
to
Pearl
Harbor
with
127
officers
and
men
on
board,
were
reported
last
night
to
be
making
excellent
progress
despite
none
too
favorable
weather
conditions.
They
took
off
at
9
o'clock
yesterday
morning
and
expected
to
complete
the
flight
In
about
20
hours
SIX
HOUSES
BURNED
rnV":
-l
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(I
A.M.)
prince
Ilupert
Overcast,
northwest
High
4:10
a.m.
21.3
It..''
wind,
two
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
16:20
p.m.
19.8
ft.
.
29.78
(steady);
temperature
I.ow
10:24
a.m.
5.4
ft.
38;
sea
smooth.
22:36
p.m.
4.4
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liK
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVII.,
No.
15.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
19
1938.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Post
Office
COMING
LVUJN
HAS
IMPORT
ISSUES
TO
OCCUPY
PARLIAMENT
.
ii
rt..
:
t
.
o7
nr:n
r
i
Program,
of
Important
Legislation
Developments
of
Wide
Political
Significance
OTTAWA,
January
19:
(CP)
Developments
of
widi
lolitical
significance
which
featured
the
parliamentary
n
n
avnant
ar
trt
Vo
fViroslinfl
nut
rm
fVio
flnmc
nf
tVio
ilivuu
-
I
ITahcp
nf
nmmnns
and
Senate
alter
nnrliament
nnpns
-fc-
-
-
-
-
-
v
JJl
UMl'V
j
J
iii
u
1
1
n
i
n
lieu
iTi'iir
inn
iiriii
inn
i
tw
l
u
r-
i
i
rrmrurninuni
c
.)
otinn
u'irn
Tiio
nmni
i,rpniL
nnministratinn
ni
Ainprtn.
w
the
subject
of
references
be-
g
heard
In
the
Supreme
Court
of
mada,
new
trade
policies,
the
feud
tween
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
ing
and
his
erstwhile
supporter,
Premier
HeDburn
of
Ontario,
unem-
oyment
Insurance
and
the
dense
program
The
third
session
of
the
18th
par-imcnt
since
Confederation
will
en
under
the
shadow
of
heavv
i
U
U
1
n
U
,..WI.t.
partially
at
both
the
Commons
d
Senate,
and
at
both
Liberals
d
Conservatives.
Since
the
last
nlng
five
members
in
each
amber
have
died
and
a
sixth
Sen-
While
the
crime
minister
and
a
...
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1
1
I
I
.
A
.
I
Ke
sccuou
wi
nis
caDinet
vraveii-
ln
Europe.
Ottawa
enjoyed
a
if
tvr!nd
nf
nuler
utter
fhi
nine.
nt,
The.
ministers
attended
the
ronatlon
of
King
George
VI
and
Alackcnzle
King
also,
visited
rmany
Belgium
and
France.
The
fall
brought
considerable
ac-n,
however,
with
the
federal
gov-
nment
disallowing
three
acts
of
ke
Social
Credit
administration
of
fDerta
and
later
develonments
Mch
resulted
in
references
being!
ade
to
the
supreme
court
ques
ting
the
disallowance
power
and
e
constitutionality
of
three
bills
l
which
Alberta
sought
to
deal
pl'th
banks
and
newspapers
In
that
jrovince
Leadership
Settled
Plans
of
former
Prime
Minister
B.
Bennett
with
respect
to
lead-ship
of
the
Conservative
party
d
of
the
official
opposition
In
e
House
of
Commons
constituted
subject
of
lively
Interest
when
rllament
prorogued
last
spring.
This
was
settled
when,
after
a
cation
In
Europe,
Mr.
Bennett
;t
his
associates
In
caucus
here
d
tt
was
announced
he
would
CHAUTEMPS
IS
PREMIER
Former
Prime
Minister
of
France
Heads
New
Administration,
of
Centrists
PARIS,
Jan.
19:
Camille
Chautemps,
who
resigned
as
Premier
last
week,
succeeded
last
night
In
forming
a
new
French
cabinet
along
conservative
lines.
The
new
government,
consisting
of
the
centrist
Radical
Socialist
members,
is
expected
to
meet
with
severe
opposition
from
the
Left,
having
entirely
eliminated
Socialists
and
Communists.
It
Is
a
complete
breakaway
from
the
influence
of
Former
Premier
Leon
Itlum
and
his
Popular
Front.
Georges
Bonnet,
former
ambassador
to
the
United
States
and
a
member
of
the
last
Chautemps
government,
is
minister
of
state.
CHINESE
VICTORY
:
Guerilla
Warfare
Uelng
Carried
On
With
Success
Against
Japanese
SHANGHAI,
Jan.
19:
(CP)
Chinese
guerilla
forces
were
reported
early
today
to
be
staging
successful
attacks
against
the
Japanese
In
various
quarters.
One
of
the
raids
was
not
far
from
Shanghai
to
the
southeast.
Bitter
fighting
was
re
ported
along
the
Yangste
River
near
Wuhu.
INo
election
Is
Expected
Seiners'
Strike
Stops
Operation
Of
Local
Plants
""IMH.LS
ARE
By
Premier
I
OTTAWA,
Jan.
19:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
said
last
night
that
he
believed
nothing
would
arise
"within
the
next
year
or
two"
necessitating
a
general
election.
Referring
to
reports
that
the
government
was
con-
siderlng
the
possibility
of
an
election
this
year,
the
Prime
Minister
said:
"We
don't
want
the
people
to
get
the
impres-
slon
that
there
is
any
ccrtaln-
ty
on
this
point."
4
A
strike
of
herring
seiners
has
prevented
the
resumption
of
oper-
atlons
at
the
Port
Edward
and
OrnPTAlT
r
SSIl
iN
T1"
Inkt
reduction
plants.
Hkrh-UlJlJlJlVl
1
cr
price
for
fish
Is
demanded.
Thomas
Anderson,
superintendent
,lbcrta
Agricultural
th
.-1..
IniPt
nlant.
said'
today
Body
to
be
Decided
at
Meetings
in
Edmonton
EDMONTON,
Jan.
i8:
iCP)
-This
annual
convention
of
the
United
Farmers
of
Alberta
got;
under
way
here
yesterday
with
the
day
being
given
over
pretty
well
to
preliminary
formalities.
Today
the
convention
gets
down
to
real
business
with
Important
matters
o
be
debated
Including
whethei
the
organization
shall
remain
ir
the
political
arena
or
become
merely
an
economic
-
body.
The
Question
of
whether
or
not
it
shal.
remain
affiliated
with
the
Co-op
is
also
to
be
decided.
that.
If
the
strike
was
not
today,
he
would
be
closing
his
plant.
ended
down
SITE
FORh
BUILDING
H.
K.
Christensem
Acquires
Additional
Frontage
on
Third
Avenue
For
New
Bakery
Plant
Five
front
feet
of
the
south
sid:
of
Third
Avenue
almost
across
from
the
Federal
Block
was
ac
quired
by
H.
K.
Christensen
fot
M50
under
a
transaction
which
was
approved
by
City
Commission
cr
W.
J.
Alder
this
morning.
This
five
feet
will
filve
Mr
Christensen
a
total
of
thirty
foot
frontase
for
a
new
buildln?
which
he
is
to
erect
to
house
his"
bakery
nlant.
The
other
25
feet
Is
a
lol
which
was
formerly
owned
by
Mrs
Alfred
Carss
and
which
is
occupied
by
an
old
building
which
Is
to
be
taken
down.
Mr.
Christensen
will
start
build
ing
at
an
early
date.
ISASFR
EVIDENT
Wreckage
Believed
From
Freighter
Halda
Cast
Up
Off
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
j
VICTORIA.
Jan.
19:
(CP)IJ,
appears
certain
that
the
freighter
REOPENING
Five
Hundred
Men
Back
to
Work
in
Portland
Following
A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Deadlock
PORTLAND,
Oregon,
Jan.
19:
Five
hundred
men
went
back
tc
work
yesterday
In
two
-
Portland
sawmills
which
had
been
deadlocked
since
last
August
on
account
of
the
dispute
between
American
Federation
of
Labor
and
Commlt-'tcc
on
Industrial
Organization.
Simplifying
Of
Tax
Structure
Recommendations
Made
to
Royal
Commission
by
Manufacturers
And
Insurance
Men
I
I
OTTAWA.
Jan.
19:
(CP)
The1
Canadian
Manufacturers'
Associa-I
tion
and
the
Canadian
Insurance'
before
the
Rowell
Royal
Commls
sion,
advocate
a
simplified
struc-i
ture
of
taxation
and
control
of
financial
and
Industrial
institutions.
SEVENTEEN
ARE
DEAD
iThls
is
Known
Toll
to
I
St.
Hyaclnthe
College
May.
Be.
More
Date
Ft
OI
ST.
HYACYNTHE.
Jan.
18:
(CPi
Seventeen
were
definitely
knowr.
last
night
to
be
dead
as
a
result
of
the
fire
early
yesterday
morning
In
Sacred
Heart
College.
Twenty
eight
other
persons
are
still
unreported.
Some
of
them
may
have
found
shelter
elsewhere.
Some
may
have
perished
In
the
conflagration
Twenty-two
of
the
fifty-six
sur
vivors
are
In
hospital,
some
of
them
in
a
serious
condition.
The
fire
alarm
was
turned
In
b
an
early
morning
workman
who
saw
the
flames
leaping
from
the
building.
PAYROLL
GOES
UP
Year
1937
Expected,
When
Compila
tion
Complete,
To
Compare
Favo'rably
with
1929
year
of
1929
when
$289,000,000.
Halda,
six
weeks
overdue
at
Hong
victcri
ami
rrii.w
uurt
tiu
'-re-Kong
from
Vancouver,
perished
f.n
at
5
.,'.
lwla,y
aiKl
ve-s
tn-
:m
with
her
crew
In
the
Pacific
Ocean,
or
pcnwi
mdiuir
s
p.m.
lomorrowi
probably
not
far
off
the
British
0cncr-j
synopsis
Pressure
rc-Columbla
coast.
A
do0r
believed
.ma)ns
comparatively
low
on
the
to
have
been
from
the
missing
ves-
Coa-t
and
llght
raIns
nave
occurrcci
sel
is
reported
to
have
been
picked
on
Vancouver
Island
and
lower
up
at
uio-oos,
a
village
on
tne
west
malnand.
Moderate
temperatures
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island.
United
States
Aircraft
Tender
Is
Coming
Here
Ground
By
First
Conservative
Member
The
Islands
To
Be
Broken
Of
Week
For
New
Federal
Building
Will
Take
Seven
Months
to
Build
and
Will
Give
Employment
to
Average
of
Fifty
Men
During
That
Time
Ground
for
Prince
Rupert's
new
$125,000
federal
;
building
on
the
north
side
of
third
Avenue
between
Third
land
rourth
btreets
will
be
broken
by
the
iirst
oi
next
week,
it
was
announced
by
J.
G.
Bennett,
head
of
the
Van-.
couyer
contracting
firm
of
Bennett
&
White,
who
arrived
j
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
Vaii-
AFRAID
OF
JAPANESE
Association,
making
representations
i
immediate
Census
is
Advocated
bj
for
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
19:
(CP)
-An
immediate
census
of
all
British
Columbia
Japanese
is
recommended
by
Captain
McGregor
Macintosh,
Conservative
member
of
the
Legislature
for
the
Islands
constituency.
He
considers
the
census
"imperative"
as
the
first
step
towards
remedying
"the
most
serious
Oriental
penetration
of
our
industrial
life"
before
It
was
""too
late."
v'
'
Capt.
Macintosh
said
the
"Japanese
are
arriving
Ih
this
province
in
ever
increasing
numbers
and
one
gravely
doubts
if
all
of
these
arrivals
are
legal."
The
Islands
member
added;.
"I
am
creditably
informed'
that
a
month
or
so
ago
forty
Japanese
arrived
in
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
from
a
floating
cannery."
NOCHANGE
IN
GRANTS
Federal
Relief
Contribution
to
Province
Remains
at
$115,000
Payrolls
Not
Keeping
Pace
VICTORIA.
Jan.
19:
(CP)
The
couver.
Employlng
an
average
of
about
fifty
men
throughout
the
period
of
construction,
it
is
expected
that
seven
months
will
see
the
building
completed
and
ready
for
occupancy,
said
Mr.
Bennett.
This
means
It
should
be
ready
by
early
fall.
Accompanying
Mr.
Bennett
here
from
Vancouver
was
A.
J.
Cook
who
will
be
superintendent
In
charge
of
the
construction.
Mr.
Bennett
will
1
return
to
Vancouver
on
the
Prince
George
tomorrow
night.
Mr.
Bennett
had
no
announcement
to
make
this
morning
as
to
the
actual
procedure
In
regard
to
the
carrying
out
of
the
work
such
as
to
whether
excavation
would
be
by
day
labor
or
sub-contract.
He
gave
assurance,
however,
that
local
labor
would
be
used
as
far
as
possible
throughout
the
work.
-
He
f
would
know
more
tomorrow-in-
regard
to
these
details,
Mr,
Bennett
said.
Today's
Weather
(Oovernment
J-lr.lM
Triple
Island
-Raining,
southeast
wind,
twelve
miles
per
hour;1
light
swell.
j
Langara
Island
Raining,
southerly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.73;
temperature,
30;
'moderate
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
calm;
barometer,
29.76;
temperature,
30;
llght
swell.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm;
temperature.
27,
Alice
Arm
Light
snow,
north
east
wind;
temperature,
28.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm;
temperature.
26.
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
calm;
tern-
monthly
grant
from
the
federal
perature.
22.
irnvernment
to
the
urovlnce
of
Terrace
Cloudy,
northeast
British
Columbia
In
aid
of
unem-
wlnd".
temperature,
18.
ployment
relief
remains
unchanged'
Hazelton-Cloudy,
calm;
tcmpcr-
at
$115,000
In
spite
of
an
increase
ature,
14.
.
..
.
...
....
Smlthers
Clear,
calm:
tenmcra-
01
lnose
on
ine
rei.ei
rous
u
w
-
-
-
-
SEATTLE,
Jan.
19:
-
The
1937,
industrial
payroll
of
Washington,
"
"'
Bums
LakeCIear,
calm,
zero,
which
is
being
compiled,
will,
It
Is)
.
.
.
.
Prince
George-Cloudy,
norther-
in
British
rn,mhl.
Columbia
I
Payroll
gains
estimated,
run
close
to
the
peak
r
per
hour:
ba-
It
amounted
to
I
navc
not
KCPl
Pace
w,"
Pn?"""
rnmoter
09
84.
Weather
lojecast
it'iiriilxliiil
lliruuxli
i.lic
c;urtty
i,'
'I.
Udiiihilon
M'ilcirf'iltwlwl
nnrpoi
al
continue
over
the
Interior
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
easterly
wind
mostly
fair,
little
change
In
aturc
with
showers.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
i
volume,
It
was
stated
by
the
Dc
partment
of
Labor
yesterday.'
!
Whereas
production
this
year
was
j
,
ployment
was
twenty
per
cent
less,
j
Labor
saving
devices
are
held
largely
responsible
for
the
FEWER
NOW
ON
RELIEF
Notable
Shrinkage
in
Figure
For
October
1937
as
Compared
With
Year
Previous
1
OTTAWA,
Jan.
19:
CP
The,
National
Employment
Commission
Fresh
to
strong
east
wind
shifting
rcnortcd
yesterday
that
119,431
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
calm
barometer.
29.68;
temperature,
33
Alert
Bay
Overcast,
calm;
In-rometcr,
29.65;
temperature',
'35
sea
smooth.
Estcvan
Cloudy,
easterly
wind
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer
29.68.
Victoria
Cloudy,
southeast
wind
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.72.
Vancouver
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer,
29.84.
Political
Crisis
i
Suspended
While
Young
King
Weds
n.n
m
1
.
..
..
,1
nrl
...uVi
.......
,
1-1
.
1
I
nTiin
TnM
in.
mm
ti.,.
,n
.
.
i.u
uui
Liiiuab,
i;i()uuj
uiiu
iMuu'
iUliy
empioyuuie
pursuus
ic-ccivru
wi.iw,
uui,
.v.
ivt
i-muiu
showers.
direct
relief
to
which
the
govern-'
the
forthcoming
marriage
of
young
ment
contributed
last
October.
King
Farouk
to
his
seventcen-year
LONDON
GOLD
PRICE
This
figure
was
exclusive
of
farm
old
bride-elect,
political
troubles
in
The
United
States
aircraft
tend-,
resident
operators
and
dependents
Egypt
appear
to
have
been
suspend-
Icr
Teal,
on
the
way
to
Alaska,
Is
due'
LONDON.
Jan.
19:
(CP)
Bar
who
received
agricultural
aid.
The
ed.
Sir
Miles
Lampson,
the
British
HARRISON
MILLS,
Jen:
18:
(CP)
',
In
this
port
between
January
20
and'
gold
was
selling
at
the
equivalent
figure
compared
with
115,246
in
minister,
carried
the
congratula-
"ment,
reaulrtmr
nmrptrimt
rr
ronrns'-ntntlnns
is
oromiscd
by
the
Six
wooden
houses
were
destroyed
;
26.
She
has
a
complement
of
59
of
$34.87
per
fine
ounce
on
the
Lbn-
the
preceding
month
and
214,271
,
tlons
of
King
George
VI
to
Farouk
(Pnni
(Continued
j
on
Page
Four)
.
1
government.
.
hv
fire
here
vesterrtnv
men.
don
market
yesterday
in
October
1938.
yesterday.
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