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leaders
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tax
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Co.)
Vancouver
13.
C.
Nickel,
,18.
V
Bralorne,
8.90.
Aztec,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.00.
Dcntonla,
.11.
Golconda,
.05.
Mlnto,
.032.
Falrvlew,
.04
Vi-Noble
Five,
.03.
Porter
Idaho,
.03.
Pioneer,
3.10.
Premier,
2.25.
Reeves
McDonald,
.35.
Reno,
.61.
Relief
Arlington,
.22.
Reward,
.04.
Salmon
Gold,
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.05.
Hedley
Amal.,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.01l,.
Sllbak
Premier,
2.00.
Home
Gold,
.01
V2.
Grandvlcw,
.08Vi.
Indian,
.022.
Quatslno
Copper,
.03
ii.
Halda
Gold,
.06
Vi.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.25.
Calmont,
.45.
C.
&
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2.76.
Freehold,
.05)'t.
HargaU
.18!i.
McDougal
Scgur,
.22i4.
Mercury,
.16.
Okalta,
1.92.
Pacalta,
.12.
Home
Oil,
1.28.
'
Toronto
Bcatlie,
1.31.
Central
Patricia.
3.00.
Oods
Lake,
.53.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.80.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
.1.01.
Pickle
Crow,
4.80.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.27.
.
San
Antonio.
1.45.
Sherrlt
Gordon,
1.46.
Smelters
Gold,
.02.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
3.75.
Oklend,
.35.
Mosher,
.27.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
.45.
Stadacona,
.25.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.45.
Moneta,
2.35.
Bouscadillac.
.H'a-Thompson
Cadillac,
.26.
Bankfield,
.85.
East
Malartlc,
1.61.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.16.
Hutchison
Lake,
.08.
:
Dawson
White,
.02!'2.
Aldcrmac,
.55.
Kerr
Addison,
2.14.
Uchl
Gold.
1.78.
Martin
Bird,
.52.
Hardrock,
2.35.
Int.
Nickel,
50.25.
Noranda,
60.00.
Con,
Smelters,
60.00.
the
kidnappers
of
twelve-year-old
Peter
Levine
are
concerned.
The
lad
has
been
gone
since
Thursday
of
last
week.
All
police
and
newsmen
have
been
withdrawn
to
a
distance
of
one
mile
from
the
residence
and
authorities
have
agreed
t0
make
no
attempt
to
interfere
until
assistance
is
aked
by
the
family.
WORST
IS
CQNCEDED
Nine
Persons
fn
Missing
Air
Liner
j
Near
Fresno
Must
Have
Perished,
Company
Admits
FRESNO,
Cal
March
5.
Trans
continental
and
Western
Air
Line
officials
today
expressed
the
belief
that
all
persons
in
the
company's
air
liner
which
has
been
miss
ing
in
the
mountains
near
here
slnce;
last;
Tuesday
must
tbedead.
Search
from
the
air
and"
by
ground
parties
for
trace
of
the
missing
plane
has
so
far
been
fruitless.
DENIAL
BY
JAPANESE
Arc
Not
Entering
Canada
Illegally,
Tis
Said
Only
Research
Work
VICTORIA,
March
5':
(CP)
Kaji
Nakamura,
former
member
of
tlv
Japanese
Diet,
denied
here
that
Japanese
were
entering
Canada
Illegally
.
He
said
there
were
no
Japanese
naval
reservists
on
coast
fishing
vessels
and
that
deepsea
Japanese
canneries
operating
off
the
Alaska
and
British
Columbia
coast
were
In
reality
only
conducting
a
research
of
the
life
habits
of
sal
mon.
Many
Japs
Hold
Service
Licenses
To
Operate
Gas
Boats
Half
of
All
Licenses
Issued
Arc
To
Nipponese
Who
Arc
Naturalized
Canadians
Service
licenses
for
people
wish
ing
to
operate
boats
as
cannery
tenders
or
In
other
work
have
already
been
Issued
to
130
whltr.
people,
58
Japanese,
two
Chinese
and
one
native
Indian.
This
Information
was
secured
by
a
commit
tee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
through
Olof
Hanson
M.
P.
The
president
commented
on
the
fact
that
half
the
licenses
Issued
were
to
Japanesa
Objection
was
taken
to
the
issu-
llng
of
these
licenses
and
It
wps
.explained
from
Ottawa
that
they
'were
British
subjects
and
the
de
jpartment
had
no
recourse
in
the
I
maltcr.
j
O.
W.
Nickcrson
suggested
thv
'licenses
should
be
Issued
only
to
jmen
whose
names
were
on
the
l'st
'of
voters.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
League
Spokane,
2;
Vancouver,
3.
'
LINING
UP
TOUWSTS
i
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(t
AJVl.)
She
High
3:34
a.m.
21.2
It.
calm;
barometer.
PrUicc
Rupert
-Clear,
16:05
p.m.
18.7
ft.
30.02:
temperature,
40;
sea
Low
10:09
a.m.
4.1
ft.
22:06
p.m.
6.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No
54.
XXVII
MARCH
1938.
PUICE:
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(JEN
lb
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
5,
rtirement
Announced
By
Bennett
Is
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i
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liiu
vaudgcr
ror
Prince
kSf
When
Present
Commissionership
Abolished
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if
fimnifrro
Will
Sonim
nil
AvnllnlJn
Tf
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Ill
I
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w
4if
unii;it
llll
III
"
mation
Kefc-ardinjj
System
In
Use
In
Other
Cities
KIDNAPPERS
ARE
SILENT
olice
and
Newsmen
are
Keeping
Out
of
Case
of
Young
1'eter
Levine
NEW
ROCHELLE,
Newark.
March
0
motion
of
&
V.
Evitt,
seconded
by
W.
O.
raton'XShsTSco'
e
Prince
unpen
Lnamoer
01
commerce,
at
its
dinner
dread
silence
sun
prevaiies
as
far
asi
tetinglast
night,
gave
tne
legislative
committee
the
duty
makincr
a
thorough
investigation
of
the
possibilities
of
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fintinintmpnt
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ciieveu
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nis
uuues.
,lr,
Evitt
laid
he
felt
that,
while
commissioner
had
carried
out
duties
well,
the
experience
with
mayor
and
council
form
of
city
emm:
had
not
always
been
In
:
Ln
mind
the
possibility
of
ap-
W
Nlckerson
aid
he
favored
en
as
long
as
ine
manager
iniiinpr
the
lurlsdlctlon
of
a
t:-r...i.
He
thought
the
gov-
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ad
been
many
excel-
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it
was
pointed
out
was
no
Idea
of
a
change
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be
prepared
and
no
one
vi
cuy
government.
ancouver
Loncern
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u'wr
uas
rcceivca
me
sud-
wct
from
the
contractors,
Bcn-
Sealing
Ships
Off
To
Grounds
Five
Vessels
of
.Newfoundland
Fleet
Leave
St.
John's
Today
After
Being
Icebound
ST.
JOHN'S,
Newfound
1
a
n
a
March
5.
After
having
been
Icebound
since
last
fall,
five
of
Newfoundland's
large
sealing
ships
lef
today
for
the
sealing
grounds.
BULLETINS
Many
large
tour
parties
are
being
lined
up
by
Canadian
National
Railways
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
this
summer.
Two
of
the
most
important
of
.these
will
be
a
Los
Angeles
Chamber
of
Commerce
party
which
lias
chartered
the
steamer
Prince
Robert
for
a
special
Alaska
cruise
early
in
June.
The
other
will
be
a
group
of
possibly
some
200
persons
from
Mississippi
and
other
southern
states
due
here
on
July
22.
LOG
SCALE
IHGIIF.lt
I
Log
scaling
In
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
month
of
February
this
year
aggregated
320,G'I8
board
feet
as
compared
with
281,821
hoard
feet
in
the
same
month
last
year,
bringing
the
total
for
the
first
two
months
of
the
present
year
up
to
4,022,-819
board
feet
in
comparison
with
640,481
board
feet
for
the
corres
ponding
period
last
year.
PALESTINE
DISORDERS
-JERUSALEM
The
commander
of
British
Palestine
forces
hastened
to
the
Jenin
zone
today
following
a
clash
between
British
troops
and
Arab
terrorists.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
bombed
a
fleeing
terrorist
band
which
killed
j
one
British
soldier
and
wounded
f-threoothers
In
a
elastt-at
lage
of
L'amnun
nea;
Jeni
enin.
least
forty-five
terrorists
have
been
slain
in
the
affray
which
began
yesterday.
200
MAY
BE
DEAD
LOS
ANGELES
The
dead
and
missing
in
Southern
California's
most
devastating
flood
had
reached
a
total
of
200
today
as
rehabilitation
work
continued.
The
latest
check
shows
bodies
of
82
victims
recovered,
sixty
of
them
having
been
identified.
Still
missing
are
128.
The
death
toll
is
expected
to
be
considerably
swelled.
REBEL
BOMBERS
BUSY
IIENDAYE,
France
Insurgent
bombing
planes
have
killed
more
than
one
hundred
persons
along
the
Spanish
east
coast
in
a
renewal
of
systematic
air
raids.
JAPANESE
PRESSING
SHANGHAI
Long
range
Japanese
operations
aimed
at
Hankow,
seat
of
the
Chinese
Nationalist
government,
have
increased
pressure
on
Chinese
troops
defending
two
widely
separated
fronts
along
the
Yellow
River
and
along
the
Yangste
River
west
of
Wuhu.
COUNCIL
APPROVES
VANCOUVER
The
city
council,
in
special
session
last
night,
approved
in
principle
of
the
proposed
joint
operation
of
the
new
Canadian
National
hotel,
here
by
the
Canadian
National
and
Can
adian
Pacific.
It
reserved,
how
n.'At
IK
a
l-l4
nf
rtK
I
t
If
tin
PUGILISTIC
UPSET
NEW
YORK
Gunnard
Bar-lund,
-Finnish
heavyweight,
sprang
a
fistic
upset
last
night
by
stopping
Buddy
Baer
in
the
seventh
round
of
a
scheduled
tenner
here.
Baer
was
belted
about
the
ring
until
he
told
the
referee
that
he
had
"had
.enough"
and
the
bout
was
halted
with
announcement
of
a
technical
knockout.
Baer
weighed
212
pounds
and
was
a
two
to
one
favorite.
Barlnnd
weighed
200.
DEBT
IS
Conservative
Leader
COLOSSAL
T
n
Canadian
National
Deficits
From
1922
to
1936
Over
Billion
Dollars
Without
Interest
OTTAWA.
March
5:
(CP)
of
the
Canadian
National
Rail
NAZIS
IN
CABINET
:
At
Least
Two
Sympathizers
to
b
Admitted
to
Administration
of
,
Czecho-Slovakla
PRAHA,
Czecho-Slovakla,
March
5.
Despite
the
fiery
announcement
yesterday
of
Premier
Milan
Hodza
that
Czecho-Slovakla
was
ready
to
to
the
cabinet.
WILL
BUY
IN
RUPERT
Railway
Heads
to
Increase
rur-
chases
Appreciation
of
Olor
Hanson's
Work
Expressed
At
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night,
the
president,
F.
A.
MacCa!"
lum,
spoke
appreciatively
of
the
work
done
for
the
chamber
by
the
federal
member
for
the
district.
Olof
Hanson.
There
was
a
large
number
of
communications
froir
him
covering
a
multitude
of
sub
lects.
In
one
case
he
seems
to
have
made
a
trip
to
Montreal
to
take
up
with
S.
J.
Hungerford.
president
of
Canadian
National
Railways
the
possibility
of
buying
more
sup
olles
from
local
merchants.
Mr.
Hanson
reported
that
the
railway.
heads
agreed
to
try
to
In
crease
the
amount
purchased
out
his
city.
Mr.
Hanson
pointed
out
that,
when
they
purchased
fresl
vegetables
at
Prince
Rupert,
these
"ere
usually
raised
In
the
Interlci
nlong
the
line
of
their
railway
by
white
people
whereas
when
pur
chased
in
the
south
they
were
raised
by
Orientals.
1
1
Harry
Pritchett
......
j
.
..
i
n
lo
U.S.
were
not
acceptable
to
the
city
solicitor.
President
S.
J.
Hungerford
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
said
work
will
be
started
Immediately
and
rushed
to
completion.
Tentative
opening
date
will
be
the
last
week
in
May,
1939.
The
probable
finished
cost
will
be
$12,000,000.
C.I.O.
Leader
Going
Back
to
Seattle
on
Sixty-Day
Visitor's
Permit
portation
from
the
United
i
ens
He
Oh
D
Premier
Wins
Opening
Game
1
Premier
defeated
Prince
Ru-
pert
69
to
46
last
night
in
the
I
Triple
Island
Overcast,
north
northwest
wind,
three
miles
per
hour;
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Broken
cloudf
calm;
barometer,
30.02;
tempera
ture,
44;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
calm
barometer.
30.04;
temperature,
40.
sea
smooth.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
north
west
wind,
eight
miles
per
hour
barometer,
29.96;
sea
choppy,
n
i
awa
raney
esires
To
Quit
ways
from
1922
to
1936
Inclusive
totalled
$526,302,014
plus
$492,691.-
wi
c
on
Until
National
Convention
Is
Held
This
?JSJ?iSySrSJ
Summer-Party
Reorganization
Work
is
Beih,
deficit
of
$1,018.
903.414.
Hon
Clar-
Instituted
ence
D.
Howe,
minister
of
transport
told
the
House
or
commom.
OTTAWA.
March
5:
CCP)
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett.
tSS
S
r,e7c1d
lonner
Prime
Minister
and
new
leader
of
the
Opposition,
$33,
582.152
to
$8,891,012
surplus.
No
asked
the
national
Conservative
conference
here
late
to-interest
had
been
paid
in
1926
and
day
to
relieve
him
of
leadership
df
the
party.
Mr.
Ben-deficits
had
started
again
in
1927.
nett
said
he
would
carry
on
until
a
national
convention
ot
the
party
which
will
be
held
during
trie
coming
.i
summer.
The
announcement
by
Mr.
Bennett
of
his
retirement
followed
an
earlier
statement
by
members
attending
the
conference
that
Mr.
Bennett
had
not
resigned
as
national
leader
but
that
the
subject
was
due
for
discussion
later
in
the
day.
Mr.
Bennett's
successor
as
party
leader
will
not
be
chosen
until
the
national
convention.
His
brother-in-law,
Hon.
W.
,-t
nf
th
Northern
British
"erriage,
wno
nas
already
an-
Columbia
basketball
champ-
nounced
plans
for
party
ihin
pripc
at
PrPmi-r.
stiles
atlon,
will,-undoubtedly,
be
pro-
ifeach
an
understanding
with
Ger-
...
.
p
,
posed
as
a
successor
many
although
she
would
Insist
,
.
...
.,
wrT,n
This
morning
the
conference
de
W
cil
-lJl1.
!'
Premier
with
25.
Watson
the
jNazl
sympathizers
will
be.
admitted
j-iadl4
Lamblewasdismssed
party.
f-
,on,i.
auernoon
n
was
qecioea
10
T
oduys
Weather
elded
to
form
a
new
national
coun
tb
"direct
lofgarTiatltrn
wofTTbf
National
Liberal-Conservative
call
a
national
convention
ln
.Ot-itawa
this
summer
after
the
session
of
Parliament
parogues.
Will
Recommend
i
New
Floats
For
Use
Of
Fishermen
A
report
received
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
dln-
ner
last
night
Indicated
that
a
new
j
fishermen's
float
might
be
con-
Alert
Bay-Overcast,
calm;
baro
th
...
nf
hnaU
that
,vlsh.
meter,
29.91;
temperature,
39;
sei.
ed
t(J
Ue
up
there
or
the
wmtrr
cnoppy.
An
0fficiai
0f
the
Federal
Public
Estevan-Cloudy.
westerly
wind
Work3
Department
recently
visited
eight
miles
per
hour;
barometei
;the
dt
followlng
representations
Victoria
Cloudy,
westerly
wind
eight
miles
per
hour;
barometei
29.96.
Vancouver
Fair,
easterly
wind
four
miles
per
hour;
barometei
29.96.
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
tempera
ture.
24.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
23.
Anyox
Clear,
calm.
21.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
21.
Stewart
Clear,
calm,
20.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
24.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
30.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
10.
Made
Escape
From
Prison
PORT
ORCHARD,
made
by
Olof
Hanson
M.
P.
and
It
was
understood
he
favored
the
more
sheltered
water
at
the
northeastern
section
of
the
city.
'Premier
Thanked
For
Activity
In
Reducing
License
i
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
its
meeting
la?t
night
passed
a
resolution
thank-
ling
the
local
member,
Hon.
T.
D
rattullo.
for
having
secured
a
change
of
licensing
regulations
for
canneries.
In
moving
this,
G.
V
Nickcrson
said
the
fees
we.rc
now
Washington,
set
on
a
graduated
scale.
While
'
March
5.
A
wldesprsad
search
Is
he
considered
they
were
still
too
VANCOUVER,
March
5:
Harold
,'
under
way
for
Robert
Patterson
hiih
the
step
was
in
the
rigiu
Pritchett.
president
or
the
Inter-jwo
made
his
es:aw
last
night
direction.
national
Woodworkers'
Association,
from
Pert
Orchard
Jail.
affiliate
of
the
Committee
on
In-
dustrlal
Organization,
stated
today
j
M,,.
J0n
J
Fiflini
that
he
would
be
returnine
to
Se-
lUUl
llClCd
I
tUllCl
attle
after
spending
a
week
here,
having
been
granted
a
sixty-day
For
$2500;
Woman
States.
He
is
under
order
of
dc-
fiirUfc
hnt
MnnPV
States.;
5"vu
v
",u,,v;
General
Pershing
Still
Improving
TUCSON,
Arizona,
March
5:
Optimism
continues
to
pervade
all
announcements
'
from
the
sickroom
of
OLYMPIA,
Washington,
March
5:
j
General
John
J.
Pershing,
United
WpifJlPI
F'ftVPPJISt
Mrs-
Dorothy
Bardon,
convicted
I
States
Army"
war-time
cohimander-ITCUlClt.1
I
Ultiaol
murderess,
continues
her
fight
for'
ln-chlef.
Dr,
Rolando,
Davidson,
Prince
Rupert
and
Qucch
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
winds
mostly
northeast,
fair
and
slightly
cooler.
the
estate
of
her
rather
whom
she
personal
physician,
stated
today
was
convicted
or
murdering,
being
that
General
Pershing
was
steadily
sentenced
to
forty
years'
Imprison-
improving
although
there
was
still
ment.
The
estate
amounts
to
only
danger
of
a
heart
collapse
owing
to
$2500.
severe
strain
of
the
recent
illness.