ROVI
Today's
Weather
(t
AM.)
Tomorrow's
Tides
prince
Rupert
Overcast,
light
Ik
wmln
southeast
wind,
39
miles
per
rain
"Igh
11:36
a.m.
22.5
It.
29.10
(falling);
hour:
Urometer,
Low
5:26
a.m.
8.1
ft.
temperature,
43;
sea
rough.
18:21
p.m.
1.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
10.
XXVII.,
Vol
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
13,
1938.
IMtlCE:
5
CENTS
Five
Hundred
Killed
In
Madrid
Charred
frtions
Show
Clearly
Fate
Of
Great
Aircraft
And
Its
Crew
Every
Item
Recovered
Shows
No
Hope
Held
of
PAGO
PAGO,
Samoa,
January
13:
(CP)
Clear
indication
that
the
giant
Pan
American
Airways
flying
boat
Samoan
Clipper
and
crew
of
seven
were
killed
by
fire
and
explosion
were
brought
here
by
the
United
States
mine
sweeper
Avocet.
The
Avocet
returned
to
port
with
charred
fragments
of
the
flying
boat
after
an
all
day
search
OFFICIALS
ARE
MOVED
-
.
4.
District
Forester
A.
E.
l'arlow
Is
Transferred
to
Kamloops
Wad-
Ington
to
Vancouver
A,
E.
Parlow,
for
the
past
eiglu
years
district
forester
at
Prince
Rupert,
has
been
notified
of
his
transfer
to
Kamloops
In
a
slmllat
lapacuy
nun
Mrs.
now
ana
sort)
he
expecU
to
leave
next
week,
lor
Kamloops
to
assume
his
new-
duties.
Mr
Parlow
Is
no
stranger
to
Kamloops,
having
been
located
there
before
the
war.
Immediate!
before
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
he
was
assistant
district
forestei
at
Vancouver.
Transfer
of
A.
H.
Waddington
fire
Inspector,
to
Vancouver
Is
also
announced.
Mr.
Waddmgton
has
been
here
xlnri
1Q9Q
havlnir
rnmf
from
Nanalmo.
Announcement
Is
not
yet
made
of
successors
to
cither
Mr.
Parlow
or
Mr
Waddington.
Removal
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Par
low
and
Mr:
and
Mrs.
Waddington
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
regret
ted
by
their
many
friends.
Today's
Weather
(Ooveriunent
"legr.jti
l
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
south-wst
wind,
thirty
miles
per
hour,
sea
moderately
rough,
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
easterly
'nd.
five
miles
per
hour;
barometer
29.15;
moderate
sea.
Dead
Tree
PointPart
eloudv.
calm,
barometer,
29.18;
tempera-ture
37;
moderate
swell.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
showery,
easterly
wind,
45
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.40;
temperature,
43,
sea
rough.
Alert
BayOvercast,
rain,
south-fast
wind,
fifteen
miles
per
hour,
barometer.
29.62;
temperature,
38;
light
swell.
Estevan
Raining,
southeast
wind,
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.38.
Victoria
Raining,
norther!
w'nd,
four
miles
per
hour;
barrister.
29.90.
VancouverRaining,
calm;
bar-meter,
29.98.
Prince
George
Raining,
south
fy
wind,
16
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.08.
Terrace
Light
rain,
calm;
32a
Alyansh-cioudy,
calm,
36a.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
32a.
"uyox.
-Cloudy,
calm,
29.
StewartLight
dray
snow,
calm,
7a.
Hazcltoii-cioudy,
calm,
25a.
Smlthers
Overcast,
calm,
28.
"urns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
25a
.,
IIAK
SILVER
NhW
YORK:
(UP)
-Par
.f
I
ir
hh
unchanged
at
11ic
por
""e
on
iii-it
....
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kt.....
vi.
i
,,,,
w,e
inuw
turn
niu.-
al
market
today.
Clipper
Blew
Up
Signs
of
Internal
Explosion
Recovering
Bodies
twelve
mues
on
rago
Pago.
Every
Item
recovered
showed
signs
of
an
Internal
explosion.
No
hope
Is
held
of
recovering
the
bodies
of
Captain
Edwin
Muslck
and
his
six
companions.
There
will
be
temporary
suspension
of
further
commercial
flying
between
Honolulu
and
Auckland.
The
Samoan
Clipper
disaster
will
be
th6roughly
Investigated.
T.B.
Most
Deadly
Of
India's
Ills
Lady
Linlithgow
Opens
Fund
Tc
Fight
Empire's
Great
Scourge
BOMBAY,
India,
Jan.
13:
(CP
A
country-wide
drive
against
tu-oerculosis,
which
kills
300,000
to
600,000
people
In
India
every
year,
is
Inaugurated
with
the
appeal
issued
by
the
Marchioness
of
Lin
lithgow,
supported
by
the
Viceroy
Lord
Linlithgow.
The
campaign
will
be
an
Important
and
Integral
part
of
the
plan
described
as
"the
equalization
of
classes
In
terms
of
health."
In
her
appeal
Lady
Linlithgow
said;
"From
Inquiries
which
I
have
made
I
am
satisfied
that
of
aU
the
evils
which
afflict
India
and
which
charitable
endeavot,
strengthened
by
adequate
resourc
es
and
properly
directed,
can
help
to
mitigate,
tuberculosis
Is
at
ortci
the
most
deadly
and
the
one
which
most
needs
attention
in
a
fresh
aspect."
The
King
and
Queen,
whose
patronage
Lady
Linlithgow
enlisted
during
her
recent
visit
to
England,
have
given
expression
to
their
practical
sympathy
by
donating
1,000
($5,000).
The
King
also
expressed
a
desire
to
be
kept
In
close
and
constant
touch
with
the
response
to
the
appeal.
Lord
and
Lady
Linlithgow
have
subscribed
10,000
rupees
($3,800).
It
Is
proposed
that
the
central
organization
In
Delhi
should
have
Lady
Linlithgow
as
president
and
be
under
expert
technical
direction,
Including
the
possibility,
in
the
first
Instance,
of
a
specialist
in
antituberculosis
work
being
recruited
from
Europe.
VancouLtr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Jan,
13:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.45
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday,
advancing
to
$1.46o
today.
GOLDFISH
A
ItATTLEIl
KITCHENER.
Ont.,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
Th
world's
llchtest
sleeper
has
been
found.
Awakened
by
a
rat-,
tuna
O
sound
the
....
other
.
night,
a
STRIKE
E
IS
OVER
NOW
Six-Day
Tie-Up
of
Seattle
Water
front
is
Brought
to
an
End
SEATTLE,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
A
labor
dispute,
involving;
a
British
Columbia
vessel,
was
settled
last
night,
thus
ending
a
week's
tie-up
on
the
Seattle
waterfront.
The
settlement
was
based
on
strict
maintenance
of
terms
of
the
agreement
which
ended
the
1936-37
waterfront
strike.
Work
In
the
the
latest
strike
ceased
on
January
4
when
longshoremen
refused
to
transship
cargo
from
the
holds
of
the
Vancouver
freighter
Border
Prince
direct
to
another
vessel
without
placing
it
on
the
dock.
French
Convicts
Prove
Expensive
Special
Supplementary
Estimates
Pcssed
for
Fugitives
Reaching
Trinidad
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Trinidad,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
French
fugitives
from
the
penal
colony
at
Cayenne,
Trinidad
finds,
are
expensive
visitors.
This
British
colony
has
had
to
add-srrpplementary
'estimates
am
ountlng
to
$2,300
to
cover
the
cost
of
maintenance
of
the
destitute
convicts
from
French
Ouiana.
Arriving
In
open
boats
after
days
at
sea
in
tattered
rags
under
the
tropical
sun,
the
fugitives
have
to
be
fed
and
clothed
In
most
cases
before
they
can
be
deported.
Then,
they
usually
have
to
be
supplied
with
a
new
boat,
food
and
equipment
to
continue
their
venture
for
freedom.
Nine
Months
For
Simpson
Indian
Freddie
Tail
Sentenced
for
Theft
of
Cash
From
Dwelling
of
Minister
Freddie
Tait,
for
theft
of
a
sum
of
some
$60
from
the
dwelling
o:
the
United
Church
minister
at
Por'
Simpson,
was
sentenced
to
nine
months'
Imprisonment
at
Okalla
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
yesterday
afternoon.
Two
Indian
Juveniles
from
Port
Simpson
appeared
before
Indian
Agent
W.
E.
Collison
on
charges
of
break
ing
and
entering
on
the
reserve.
One
was
sent
down
to
industrial
school
for
two
years
while
the
other
received
two
years'
suspended
sen
tence.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
low
pres
sure
area
is
now
centred
on
mt
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
ralnv
mild
weather
continues
on
tlu
coast
and
lower
mainland.
It
Is
mild
over
the
Interior
of
British
Columbia,
accompanied
by
light
snow.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Strong
east
to
southeast
winds
or
moderate
gales
cloudy
'and
mild
with
rain.
Friday
continuing
unsettled.
1938
FIRST
STRAW
HAT
PETERBOROUGH,
Ont.
Jan.
13
(CP)
Al
Sharp
sold
a
straw
hat
to
Peck
Barber
December
31
but
it
will
,
.
.
.
I
1
rnn
-
n
housewife
Investigated,
a
goiauau
ue
tiueu
us
a
ijo
run,
Mr.
oar-was
flipping
the
stones
In
Us
bowl,
ber
wears
a
straw
hat
at
work
all
with
its
tall.
the
year
round.
Judge
Of,
Appeal
Court
Collapses
Mr.
JuMice
McPhlllips
Strlcken-Ileportcd
From
Hospital
To
Be
"Resting
Quietly"
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
Mi
ustice
McPhlllips
.of
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
coi
'apsed
just
before
yesterday
a
ternoon's
court
session.
He
wa-taken
to
hospital
where
he
was
re-lorted
today
to
be
"rcstlrt1,
quietly."
BOYS
MAY
COME
OVER
Travel
Fund
For
British
Lads
to
See
Canada
Established
by
Wealthy
Englishman
LONDON,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
W.
II.
Rhodes
of
Bradford
and
London,
chairman
of
the
Allied
Industrial
Services,
has
donated
25,000
for
the
establishment
of
a
special
trust
fund
under
which
fifty
secondary
school
boys
would
Je
enabled
to
visit
Canada
annually
during
the
next
ten
years.
BULLETINS
TAKE
OVER
COW
BAY'
The
city
is
about
to
take
over
Cow
Bay
area
in
exchange
for
a
number
of
city
lots
adjoining
the
Court
House
grounds
which
will'
be
used
to
improve
those
grounds
and
will
then
proceed
to
clean
up
the
mess
at
Cow
Bay,
destroying
the
derelict
boats
and
making
the
place
more
suitable
to
a
tourist
entrance
to
the
city,
the
City
Commissioner
told
the
Rotary
Club
today.
The
bylaw
to
give
effect,
to
it
is
to
be
passed
tomorrow.
CHINESE
OFFENSIVE
SHANGHAI
With
General
Han
Fu
Chum,
commander
of
Shantung
troops,
General
Chlong
Kai
Slick,
is
said
to
have
outlined
a
major
counter
offensive
along
the
Tslnpu
Railway
which
meets
the
Lunghai
Railway
at
Suchow
some
300
miles
northwest
of
Shanghai.
Chiang
arrived
at
Suchow
by
plane
yesterday,
Chinese
sources
said,
to
direct
an
attack
on
Japanese
Invaders
threatening
the
Lunghai
Railway
which
is
China's
east-west
life
line
TEN
DEAD
IN
EXPLOSION
PITTSBURG
Thrilling
stories
of
heroism
and
tragedy
arc
related
by
twenty-five
survivors
of
a
mine
blast
seventeen
miles
east
of
here
yesterday
in
which
eight
are
known
dead
and
two
others
are
missing
and
believed
dead.
LOYALISTS
STRONGER
Government
Positions
Being
Consolidated
Near
Teruel
MADRID,
Jan.
13:
Spanish
loyalists,
making
.further
advances,
are
reported
to
have
consolidated
their
forces
west
of
Teruel,
lmprov-i
lng
their
hold
on
the
strategic
pro-vlnclal
capital
which
has
been
the
J
centre
of
conflict
for
the
past
three
i
weeks.
Burned
UNIFYING
IRELAND
Issue
Causes
Early
General
Election
To
Be
Called
In
Ulster
By
Premier
Craigavon
BELFAST,
Jan.
13:
(CP)
Dissolution
of
the
Parliament
of
Northern
Ireland
on
January
2U
and
a
general
election
on
February
9
was
announced
unexpectedly
today
by
Viscount
Craigavon,
Prime
.Minister.
Viscount
Cralxavon
declared
that
the
early
election
had
been
precipitated
by
the
issue
of
union
with
Ireland,
formerly
the
Irlh
Free
State.
Unification
is
expected
to
be
raised
by
Eamonn
de
Valera
Prime
.Minister
of
Ireland,
at
conferences
In
London
with
British
statesmen
next
week.
Chased
Out
Of
Boat
By
Shark
Fisherman
Leaps
Into
Sea
As
Fish
Enters
Boat
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Trinidad,
Jan.
13:
XCPi
A
Trinidad
fisherman
and
a
shark
had
quite
a
little
game
of
chase
before
the
denizen
of
the
deep
gave
up
the
chase.
Mungal
was
hauling
In
a
fish
on
his
line
when
a
shark
gave
chase.
The
fisherman
managed
to
get
his
catch
Into
his
boat
but
the
shark
Immediately
followed.
Mungal,
startled
when
the
shark
leaped
Into
his
boat,
jumped
Into
the
water.
The
shark
returned
to
the
sea
and
the
fisherman
as
quickly
scrambled
back
to
his
boat
and
the
fish
he
had
caught.
Trinidad
Assents
In
Colonial
Plan
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Trinidad.
Jan
13:
(CP)
Trinidad
will
join
in
tht
plan
for
a
unified
Colonial
Police
force
throughout
the
Empire
dur-ng
the
new
year,
it
was
announced
by
the
Chief
of
Police
here.
In
order
to
give
effect
to
the
scheme,
an
ordinance
will
be
passed
In
the
legislature
nextyear
altering
the
title
of
the
Trinidad
Con
stabulary
to
the
Trinidad
Police
Force,
it
was
said.
Several
of
the
smaller
islands
have
already
consented
to
the
new
plan
which
came
Into
effect
elsewhere
last
year.
Porridge
Cause
Of
Prison
Row
HALIFAX,
Jan.
13:
(CP)-An
altercation
over
the
quantity
of
porridge
being
served
sick
prisoners
in
Rockhead
Prison
sick-bay
here
added
two
'months
to
the
term
of
one
prisoner
and
caused
facial
discomfort
to
another.
According
to
evidence
at
the
hearing,
one
man
was
dishing
out
porridge
for
the
sick
prisoners'
Sunday
breakfast
and
didn't
put
enough
in
the
bowl
to
suit
one
of
the
waiters.
The
latter,
he
alleged,
thereupon
struck
him
on
the
"ear
and
nose."
The
Judge
In
sentencing
the
waiter
rebuked
him
for
creating
a
disturbance
in
such
an
institution
as
the
city
prison
where,
he
said,
It
might
have
caused
a
riot.
At
the
same
time
he
commended
the
prisoner
for
the
"laudable
work"
he
had
been
doing
in
looking
after
the
Interests
of
the
sick
men,
Explosion
Of
Materials
Of
War
In
A
Subway
Takes
Heavy
Life
Toll
Details
of
Disaster
in
Capital
of
Spain
are
Difficult
to
Obtain
Blast
Occurred
as
Crowded
Train
Passed
By
LONDON,
January
13:
(CP)
Explosion
in
a
Madrid
subway
today
was
reported
to
have
killed
between
five
nundred
and
six
hundred
persons.
Details
of
the
disaster
could
not
be
obtained
immediately
from
Spain.
One
report
via.
Paris
said
that
war
materials
stored
in
the
subway
exploded
as
a
crowded
train
passed
by.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
i
Courtesy
S.
O.
Johnstou
Co.)
Vancouver
J.
C.
Nickel.
.23.
Big
Missouri,
.49.
tfralornc.
8.90.
ztec,
.072.
Dcntonia,
.11
'2.
Alinto,
.03
'A,
fairview,
.06.
Noble
Five.
.04.
Pend
Orielle,
2.34.
Pioneer,
3.20.
Premier,
1.97.
Reeves
McDonald,
.53.
Reno,
.55.
Relief
"Arlington,
.19.
Reward,
.00.
Salmon
Gold,
.07'2.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
Hedley
Amalg.,
M.
s
Premler-Bordcrf.02:
'
Silbak
Premier,
2.00.
Congress,
.02
Ji.
Home
Gold,
.01
ti.
Grandvlcw,
.10.
Indian,
.02'.
Quatsina
Copper,
MYi.
Halda
Gold.
.0G'i.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.33.
Calmont,
.59.
C.
&
E.,
2.90.
Freehold.
.07a;.
Hargal,
.25.
McDougall
Scgur,
.2a.
Mercury,
.18.
Okalta,
2.10.
Pacalta,
.12.
Home
Oil,
1.35.
,
Toronto
Bcattic,
1.35.
Central
Patricia,
2.33.
Gods
Lake,
.60.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.45.
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
1.00.
Pickle
Crow,
5.00.
Red
Lake
Gold
Short,
.19.
San'
Antonio,
1.40.
Sherritt
Gordon,
1.65.
Smelters
Gold,
.01'i.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.35.
Oklend,
.19.
Mosher,
.14.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.29
Vi.
Stadacona,
.32.
Frontier
Red
Lake.
.05.
Francocur,
.44.
Moneta
Porcupine,
2.25.
Bouscadillac,
.09.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.29.
Bankricld,
.66.
East
Malartic,
1.24.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.17.
Hutch'.son
Like.
.09,
Dawson
White,
.02.
Aldcrmac,
.60.
Kerr
Addison,
1.92.
Uchl
Gold,
1.17.
Martin
Bird.
.44.
Inter'l
Nickel,
50.00.
Noranda,
60.00.
Con.
Smelters,
62.00.
OLD
CHURCH
CELEBRATES
STR
EETS
VILLE,
Ont..
Jan.
13:
(CP)
St
Andrew's
Presbyterian
Church
Sunday
School
observed
its
103rd
anniversary
with
special
ser
vices.
Organized
In
1822,
early
records
show
that
officials
at
that
time
didn't
think
a
Sunday
School
necessary.
.
GYRO
CLUB
OFFICERS
INSTALLED
D.
G.
Borland
Takes
Over
Presidency
For
Year
at
Special
Dinner
Last
Night
Full
Program
At
a
specially
arranged
dinner
meeting
last
evening
In
the
Boston
Cafe,
D.
G.
Borland,
president,
and
other
1938
officers
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
were
installed
by
W.
H.
Tobey,
district
lieutenant
governor.
Trie
Installation
ceremonies
and
matters
Incidental
thereto
were
puncluated
b'y'an
acceptable
program-
after
which
there
was
entertainment
of
an
Informal
nature.
A
midnight
preview
of
the
new
picture
"A
Star
Is
Born"
at
the
Capitol
Theatre
was
the
concluding
feature
of
the
evening.
The
list
of
officers
for
the
year
is
as
follows:
President,
D.
G.
Borland.
Secretary,
H.
S.
Meadows.
Treasurer,
William
Cruickshank.
Directors
Frank
Dibb,
W.
M.
Watts,
Orme
Stuart
and
J.
H.
Mc-Clinton
Various
Speakers
Dr.
II.
N.
Brocklesby,
the
retiring
president,
was
In
the
chair.
He
briefly
reviewed
the
activities
of
the
club
during
the
past
year
from
club,
community,
district
and
International
standpoints.
For
the
club
Itself
the
year
1937
had
been
an
active
and
successful
one.
As
for
community;
activities,
the
sum
of
$2611
had
been
expended
on
play
ground
work.
In
addition
there
had
been
development
of
the
Morse
Creek
skating
rink
and
swimming
pool.
Extensive
Improvements
had
been
made
to
the
playgrounds
which
had
been
In
full
operation
for
five
months.
The
new
president,
D.
O.
Borland,
congratulated
the
retiring
president
and
officers
and
the
membership
generally
on
the
work
of
the
past
year.
If
he
was
accorded
the
support
that
had
been
given
his
predecessor,
he
would
be
satisfied.
VV.
H.
Tobey,
the
district
lieutenant
governor,
had
kindly
remarks
to
make
in
regard
to
the
Rotary
Club
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
which
were
represented
at
the
gathering.
He
also
paid
tribute
to
the
work
of
the
officers
of
the
past
year
and
expressed
confidence
that
the
new
officers
would
carry
on
equally
well.
Mr.
Tobey
then
gave
a
brief
discourse
on
Gyro
objectives
and
precepts.
R.
M.
Wlnslow,
on
behalf
of
W.
R.
McAfee,
the
president,
brought
greetings
of
the
Rotary
Club
to
the
Gyro
Club.
He
referred
to
the
valuable
work
being
carried
on
by
the
Gyro
Club
and
extended
best
wishes
for
the
future.
F.
A.
MacCall'um,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
also
paid
tribute
to
the
Gyro
Club
for
the
spleridld.commun-
(Continued
on
Page;
Four)