rn 1 Today's Weather tomorrow s lides (I AM.) calm; barometer, Prince Rupert-Clear, 29.4 (falling); 24, sea smooth. feol " XXVH-. No. 27. 0 HELP 9 v CHINESE III Named Chairman of New La- Plans Many Units WASHINGTON, D. C... Feb. 1: formation of Labor's Commit- Mr Civilian Relief in unina t a nnounced today by Mat- I Woll, vice-president oi mo Jcrican Federation of Labor. Mr. 11 will be the permanent chair- of the committee upon wnicn Iriv 100 representative labor of- ijals in all parts of the country Sit serve II believe this will be one oi me titcst efforts American labor ever undertaken." Mr. Woll We shall announce oin jjris as they are perfected, but I say now mat we snail pro- id as rapidly as possible In a to which American labor Iftiust about 100 percent united," tlhe committee was formed under , . ' i I -r provisional vuiiii indiisiuij ui Jbert E Hyatt, editor of The timal of the National Fcdera- h of Postofflce Clerks. Mr. Hy- wlll serve as secretary of the nanent committee. , MaUnf It Clear I fhe provisional commltce asked Wo.l to accept the permanent irir...rJ.ilp and in his letter acceptance he said: I We must make It clear at itvs set that one of our tasks wlli to sec to it that the viewpoint ; ilabor Is not misrepresented by tup and persons who have no ' tthority to speak for labor and Jo have cither a deliberate pur- m to misrepresent organized Is or an emotional zeal more of I w meddlesomeness man uv nd rcstuls." I If Woll said he planned to ap- nt chairmen of local commit I Un every city and town. I p his letter asking Mr. Woll to ome the permanent chairman 1 Hyatt said that members of. provisional committee felt thai formation of a relief organlza- n was the best way to "shou , appreciation of the braven 1 id endurance of the Chinese cl an popnlatlon." mong the hleh officials In F of L. 'unlnns iwhn have ae- ' pted membership on the conv tee arc ames Maloncy, president Olass. Wttle Blowers Association; James' 'f.v president National Brother-' of Operative Potters; Felix' Knight, president Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America; muel Evans, Tobacco Workers wiauonai union; Frank u LP'ers, president Commercial Tel ISaphers Union; C. L. Rosemund 1 In-tematlonal Federation ii M Technical Engineers, Architects W "rafUmen's Unions; N. P. All- K8- international Association of chlnists. ub-Contracts re Given Out jncouver Firms Get Special Work In Connection With New Federal nufidiiif Sub-contract for tile and tcrrazo rk ln connection with the new iral building here has been araed by Bennett it White, cen- a' contractors, to Darlington & SKins of Vancouver. Sub-con- ?'cts for models and castings for namental concrete work has been arded to Charles Harcga of Van - 1 ver The sub-contract for eravcl not yet been awarded, it h an - 1 unced. HA II SILVER NKW YOUR: (CP) -liar Ml- 1 wan undianircd nt 41?ic !'' r' w "'into n the New York met aikct today. V&uld Take ntrol Of Arms Cargo OTTAWA. Feb. 2: Hon. Clarence D. Howe, minister of transport, uuroaucea a om m t trie House oi commons last, nignt, wnicn wouia give me government control or trans- i p0rtatlon of all munitions ana war materials from uanaaa io to nations which are at war. The government would take the right to divert such cargoes to any part of the British Empire. ; TODAY'S STOCKS I (Courtesy 3. U. Johi'utlou Co.) Vancouver B. C. Nickel. .18. Big Missouri, .47. j Bralorne, 8.95. I Aztec. .03. Cariboo Quartz, 1.98. Dentonia, .11. Golconda, .05 V4. Mlnto, .032. Falrvlew, .06 (ask). Noble Five, .03 Vi-Pcnd Oreille, 2.15. Pioneer, 3.00. , Porter Idaho, .03. Premier, 2.00. i Reeves McDonald, ,40. Reno. .49' -V Relief Arlington, 22. Reward, .05V;. Salmon Gold. .07. Taylor Bridge, .04 'a. updiey Amalgamated, .05'4. i premier Border. .OlVi. I silbak Premier, 1.90. congress, .01 "4. Home Gold. .01 V. orandvlcw, .09. Indian. .02. Quatslno Copper, .033,i. Halda Gold. .05. Oils A. P. Con.. .26. Calmont. .44. C. & E., 2.45. -Freehold. M. McDouzall McDougall Segur, Segur, .23. Mercury, .16. Okalta. 1.01 Pacalta, .13 (ask). Toronto Beattie. 1-35. Central Patricia. 2.33. Gods Lake, .54. Little Long Lac, 5.95. McKenzle Red Lake, .96. Tickle Crow, 5.00. Red Lake Gold Shore, .30. San Antonio, 1.41. Sherritt Gordon, 1.50. Smelters Gold. .0134. McLcod Cockshutt, 1.50. Oklend, .19. Mosher, .17. Madsen Red Lake, .42. Stadacona, .27. Frontier Red Lake, .06. Francocur. .35. Moncta Porcupine, 2.28. Thompson Cadillac, .24. Bankfield.. 70. East Malartlc, 1.49. Preston East Dome, 1.29. Hutchison Lake, ,13. Dawson White. .03 (ask). Aldermac. .50. Kerr Addison, 2.07. Uchl Gold, 1.62. Martin Bird, .44. Intern Nickel. 49.50. Noranda, 59.50. Con. Smctlers. 60.00. - SWAMPED B SNOU TORONTO, Feb. 2: (CP) Heav - lcr falls of snow than last year resulted In an in Toronto have application for an Increase i from $52,000 to $00-000 in e si clearing snow from im wuw tawa conference 'Victoria and Prince Rupert This w .... been'Ml P"' obversatiotu ta Mav the Droblem had ,fro-n MV.yd?a one mo'e au : iieuiv u.v,uU..mm. v , ... .itiiotinn r.i!ir.ert in hp hanrtcs ..rv minister of the United Kingdom. In consequence, of tne Legions repre- sentatlons to the B.E.S.L., a sum of $25,000 liad been made Immediate- ly available for relief among ex- I Imperials in uanaoa, irom me un- j ltcd Services Fund. At the same time J. R. Griffin, organizing secretary of the British Legion, had come to Canada to ln - vestlgate the problem. His report . nad not yet been received. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Feb. 2! (CP) No. i rnPtrtAi.n tfVi no itn d mint r1 horo at & NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1938. Continuing FIGHTS FOR IMPERIALS Canadian Body's Effort to Obtain Better Conditions for Old Country Veterans Continues, President Says FORT WILLIAM, Ont., Feb. 2; (CPl The problem of rehabllltat- mg jn Canada those ex-service men who served In the British forces is one of me most difficult with which the Canadian Legion has ever had deal, Brig-General Alex Ross, Dominion president, told the scv- enth biennial convention of that association in his annual report. The most reliable estimates avail- able Indicated there were 75,000 Im- iperlal ex-oldlers resident in Can- ada who had come to the Dominion since the war. The War Veterans Assistance Commission had registered 5,177 as being unemployed The matter of obtaining for that number some measure of security was as much a responsibility of the organization as that of caring for those who had served in the Canadian forces, Oeneral Ross said. The problem has been "greatly complicated by the development of rival organizations." Such bodies had sought to Justify their existence on the score of Legion inactivity on their behalf. "I Indignantly repudiate any such suggestion, and while frankly admitting our failure to make sub- ounoi llc.c.u.c. ou. General Ross, "such failure has not been due to the lack of effort, or lour handling. It has been due to the inherent difficulties of the problem, and the fact that we can- not and no Canadian organization whether Imperial or otherwise can V.m..a mm. 41 A.,,,, tr fVlA uavc Ji.ji .uukkk v..v British government, which Is the government directly affected. Must Try New Line The Legion had striven to do much, and In this connection the statement had been freely made "that the sudden Interest on our part is inspired by fear of those other organizations "'O- which have srjrune ud and are springing up," he 'declared. "Nothing could be farther from the truth. It just so happened that as a result of years of effort and investigation we had reached the point where we felt that an entlr- elv new line of approach must be .JL. It, a Hppumn rn. '.inclded with this outburst of or- ganizing activity." The ex-lmper- ials who had settled ln Canada were "just as much comrades as those those services had been with the Canadian forces." General Ross detailed the com - plexltles of the ex-Imperials' prob- lem. recalling how successive rep- rcsentations by Canadian Legion delegates at the various conferences of the British Empire Service Lea- Uue had been received by the Brl- tlsh ministry of pensions. Since 1929 the Legion had regularly put forward the case of the ex-lmper- tr, iqi9 hart had trainprt eained Der- npr. ;i .A. fill L-A. ill M VWH nMB'avu vvs noopcs tn nritish rahinpt min- Z:.: ...u nftnrt.n ...... , n. isn-ia vvnu v .b - To Isle Of Capri r f5 IEilflMY.rf2 MARSHAL VON BLOMBERG RF.RI.TN Pph 2: (CTI. Marshal Werner von Blomberg, minister of a-r h.nH.H hi rcif ir. t rh ,t,or fnH(1 Ko. . . b Is,ands honeymoon trlp highly reliable ln- formatlon dlsciosed today. Indica. . nrfr th t th oflcers or the .nJ,, lesed wlth eiomberg's marriage .H n vniin etonn(T. raDner anri this was followed by ha he had rcllnqulshed S DOSt CRUISER IS SENT . Flatshin of British Fleet Dispatched - From Gibraltar to alencla Pact May Be Abandoned LONDON. Feb. 2 A British cruis- er was dispatched from Gibraltar to Valencia yesterday In connection with the Incident of the sinking-of .to'1? crur, a 'P. - destroyers which had been -nt earlier in the day to search for the marauding submarine which was 1 responsible for the sinking. ! I" view of the sinking of the Endymlon, Foreign Secretary An- ' thony Eden Is expected to an- nounce, on behalf of the govern- ment. nullification of the non-in- terventlon treaty as a futile mea- sure. ... . . Weather Y Ol CCaSt " the the task task nerformea. performed. lor. lor, on on ims ims easiest part of the road, an aver- IPurntehtd throuSht th r .eourtMy o , UlC uominion MiiecioioKici nurrau - - uenerai synopsis ' rressure is relatively low on Vancouver ! red in southern British Columbia and temueratures have Increased a ntUe throughout the province Prlnce Rupert District ami Queen charlotte Islands- Fresh northerly winds, mostly fair with not much change ln temperature l west Coast of Vancouver. Island 'Fresh to strong easterly winds .mild at first followed by light showers. LONDON GOLD PRICE l! LONDON, Feb. 2: (CP) The rlo of har trnlrf VPctnVrtn v In york $35 Q To SNOW W"vn i41 AT STEWART Worst Blizzard in Four Years-Snow Plow Had Arduous Task siEWAKT. reo, i: - risnuua me worst snow swrm since arrival here some four years ago the bis V snow plow, driven by Jack Brooks, was put to a sever- rat hm ..u u.u. had at least one harrowing ex- nnrr whPn thPv wfirn comolete- r" - Jy buried by a snow-slide about I,.. . .u tn DmiA, High . 3:00 a.m. 20.6 It. 15:00 p.m. 20.7 ft. Low 9:10 a.m. 5.9 ft. 21:20 p.m. 3.9 It. Leaving1 Pr emi lond y eve"- afloat until picked up by -nee although they an, ninrtTeVowToSht snow all the t ?eK" 2 f "'Z which I bclng gradUa"y PUShed baCk-wav rel?hter Marmlon. was dli to arrive In Stewart The Japanese government an- f m ? W f en?aged ,n dlscharsmg coal mmced today ln connectlon w)tn The first tisk was the clearing of the snow on the Premier hill so. that the road could be used by cars. By the time this was ac- co:nrllshcd, the snow, falling at about an Inch an hour for scversl rinvs had so blnnket?d the coun- trv that from what is known as 11 mile to the Red Brides, a distance cf about a mile and a half, thi road, cut out of the steep moun tainside, was comnletclv filled ln, from the tops of the twenty-fooi Soviet Government Sends One Ice missionary and his wife and an-.t to1i no iho Innnr lrfp r Rrrakrr and is Prcnarinr to Other woman. tv, mart hi nntpr pH-tp was his a stccD slope of snow most of the mr, nnrt in manv niiuP55 whpre , r!lrn(1 nrvn thp mnntan. - fl t trouble was experienced 'v reason of the plow cutting tru 0-v out at the bottom and rs- "n" th snow further up the - iiv MArr'of the 'iruntes "alsi "or-rpd n'Ht- heavy slides and at . r.0nt a.hout half a mile on the "m'or sirlo of the Red Bridge, nrhib the plow was fighting its way through a slide, another one cam"; mh'ne down the mountain to romnletcly bury It. Fortunately those on th nlow were Cic Drotected "" hv a roof and as a remit. Brooks a5e toThrow Vc driving gear into reverse and back out. Plow is Buried C. Adam, who was following down behind the plow, said that i loin iroo v-ni n t it was a marvelous sight to see that plow, big as It is. completed disappear under ton? of snow that came down over it. and then to see it come backing out from an rxperiencc few men have had and u ,. . t snow slides would Invite. No soon- er had Brooks backed out and lth those that wcre with him dcancd the snow away from them. sclves than they out the bl, machine hick into the slide and fought lt for an hour before they got throuh the short distance of t,venty feet starting from 9 mile at 9 a.m. Wednesday the plow fousht the nc-aVy snow all the way to Stewart to arrive in town at about 8:30 tne same evening, ine iouu ais tnnce for this run was eleven thus ,s ven s?mc ldca.f f hour was all thct -- ... was nossiDie. rhursdav the nlow snent the day at onenin, the arterial hUh- wnv thro.h tiwn. as well as tha road for some rtutnnrp distance ud n thp me - PPt,lrnn from there It SDent of the night before on the Stew. ... ..if ad becn" badly d- "lLhl.ai!?n ZT LiL 1 ' ' " t ,nce Monday ,ast was re - storcd ' Old Country Soccer First Division English League Arsenal 3, Leicester City 1. Manchester City 0. Sunderland 0 Liverpool 2, Preston North End 9 , Dcrby County 4 gtoke CUy , Move In ; ; OBEDIENCE, SAVED L,FE,-: OCEAN FALLS, Feb. 2: Rare presence of mind was dlst played by Ronnie Chapman, aged 3'2, when he tumbled from the company wharf here Into deep water In freezing temperature. His plight was nQt notlcd untll w, Thomp- . $on ftnd Raymbnd spotted smuggling m the water. fTQm whapf off,ce To,d .,. b ' th t ne back and keep stU1 he lmmed'ate immediately v obeved 0Deed anrt hiinvpii hv air trannea in J ri his " heavy J snow-suit, " "" remain- nearby. . rp-v 111 tlfrilf if M VI I Tr j-H 1 V JLVLilJ s J lu. DRIFTERS Disnatch Another MOSCOW. Feb. 2:-A Soviet Ice- breaker has been dispatched to the rc"c ccaii wuu a vw iu- Ina Russian North Pole campers we0 ar reported to be ln danger - owtafto thitaklnrnpnhf lC6 - Hoc on which they have been drift- ing. Preparations are also being made to send a second Ice-breaker, Toduy's Weather Trlnlp Tslnnrt-Partrloudv. north- east lnd' six miles .Pcr hour; sea smooth. Langara Island - Part cloudy, northeast wind, twelve miles per hour; barometer, 29.60; tempera- . n-t,. lu'c- 4 '"'" T , , Dead Tree Point Cloudy, calm; harnmpter. 29.54: temcerature. 25: smo0th. rjun Harbor Overcast, easterly wind, eight miles per hour; bar- ometer, 29.42; temperature, 36; sea smooth. Alert Bay-Part cloudy, easterly ZZZ'Z " , , s"; Estevan- Clear, , 0tr1v easterly vln, wind. four miles per hour; barometer. 29-52- , . . ' J tu t Victoria-Cloudy, northeast wind. four mllcs Per nour: barometer, 29.56. Vancouver-Cloudy, easterly wind fur miles per hour; barometer. 29.60. ncc ueurBe-oiiumS.- - -- Terrace - Cloudy, north wind. tC?lTL, v, i, "')'--iuuuj. "')'"-iuuujr. uuuu v,.u. Alice Arm Part cloudy, norm - east wind. 12. ., rio,. ,v,o,cf nujuA r i. viuuuj ..uw.". - wind. 12. Hazelton-C-oudy. calm 11 Smlthers Snowing, calm. 8. Burns Lake Snowing, calm, zero, Stewart Part cloudy, calm, 12 MAJORITY INCRE.VSES i ST. CATHERINES. Ont.. Feb. 3: (CP) Declared elected first by n majority of five votes. Major J. D Wright's lead Increased to nine ln a recount, WILL RESTORE FORT FORT ERIE, Ont., Feb. 2: (CP) PRICE: 5 UKrtiS JAPANESE ADVANCING Continue to Smash Chinese Reslst- ance on Way to Suchow Three Americans Slain? Geneva May Aid Resolution Called "Feeble" By 'ew Zealandrr, Is Adopted TOKYO, ' -"J Feb. 2: -The Japanese claimed : tuttha wholesale .0," virtoriei vlctorlea the advance towards Su- . . . pnnw CTMTfMT P railway centre The rhinpsp continue to out ud siup- the taklne over of China, that It would recognize no treaties made between Oeneral Chiang Kal She):, head of the Chinese nationalistic government, and democratic nations. Americans Slain? WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 2: United States authorities are investigating reports of the slaylns by Japanese soldiers In Shansl Province of three Americans a League's Resolution urvA, tea. i. ur - n. ie- lutlon urging member states to con- slder ln what measure they could- In an individual manner-give aid to i,uu woo auucu Uiuouw, by the council of the League of Nations today. Poland and Peru did rfdt - Wtrf - Th66te - fl: thrres6nr tlon was taken at a public session, W. J. Jordan, New Zealand dele- gate, expressed astonishment that China was willing to accept such a feeble resolution. Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese delegate, replied that his government found it " opportune to accept the . . . text, even ir it aid not give tun satisfaction to China's-desires. Koo said , that efficacious Intervention b thfi L p wUh Collaboratlon of other peaceful statcs would specd. .. . th h0SHtip. ln the Far "J East. JANUARY BUILDING Start on New Federal Bui.din, Work Gives Year 1938 a Good Besinnin. Beginnins Prince Rupert gets a good start ln bulldlng thls year wltn the new fcderal building. The permit for the building, taken out by the gcnerai contractors, Bennct Is White. is for $124,785, making th? total of permits for the month sm,360. Last year in January me amuuiucu w u.iv The permits for this January .L" '"0,Tn! u...., otunci, a wiute, icucmi uunu- ing, Third venue. $124,785, E. Cavenalle, machine shop iv,i,j a r.. tj onnn itmu cnuc uv L. B. Lambly, concrete founda- tlon, Sixth Avenue East. $400. O, W. Wilkinson, repairs to store. Seventh Avf nue East, $100. P. J Gibbons estate, repairs tn store, Third Avenue, $75. Radio License Fee Increase Is Criticized OTTAWA, Feb. 2: Gordon Conservative member for Peel ! County, Ontario, the first member Landmark of the war of. 1812-15! to speak on the bill to increase ra-and the Fenian Raid of 1866, the'dio license fees from $2 to $2.50, battlements here will be restor-d condemned the Increase and urged at a cost of $40,000. abolition of the fee.