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Today's
Weather
(I
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prince
Rupert
Overcast,
north-east
wind,
four
miles
per
hour
barometer.
30.07
(falling);
temperature
44;
ea
smooth.
adrid
reDorts
said.
Meanwhile
Oeneral
Francisco
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d
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nnnrnaphinB
Harcel-
a
on
three
sides
and
it
is
preenct-
that
he
will
refrain
from
severe
mbardment
of
the
city
In
the
be-
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position
to
cut
oil
war
materials
1
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....
-Mn
Mttin
rw
i
no
nnvom.
imti
Drovlsional
capital.
Naval
,-ift
have
the
port
blockaded
from
Usea.
I
The
only
thing
holding
up
the
ln-
bjent
advance
in
any
way
Is
the
!
L
m
t
1
1
.
1.
.l.tj.
'
tai
stana
oi
loyalist,
ouitiuc.
Eii
With
both
sides
strongly!
Bofjced,
the
battle
for
Tortosal
Iub
the
Mediterranean
Increased
Ifct'.:adt,y
today
with
government
ftraa
actually
driving
insurgents
Vrm
several
positions.
The
United
States
consulate
was
to
the
Taee
nf
San
Andres,
thirty
4UVU
MM
Wl,
Protest
Non-intervention
LONDON.
Anril
6:
(CP)P
The
panth
government
made
a
final
ar
rpATirat
nir
that.
nnn-inLPrven-
OLSTIIRF.
IS
JiMPLE
lears
Situation
in
Saskatchewan
Also
Better
EDMONTON.
Anril
6
The
Dro-
'aciai
Department
of
Agriculture
ies
mat
there
Is
now
a
sufficient
"fill
fVi
,
i
.
L
rmM
ntiM
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1
1
I
A
Vtn
v..
ttociic
1.3
UCtidltu
l-U
Ml-
best
in
many
years.
'rora
baskatchewan
comes
the
fP0rt
that
thprp
U
Kiifflrlnt
mols-
in
sub-soil
to
guarantee
germ-
Weather
Forecast
,
tZzi
ra
lnrugn
tne
court!
"
I,.,",
UUTOn
McwwoioRlcal
Bureau
i
PPHed
from
obvereatlon
ti-
m
u
It
H
.
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cover
vui
f
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tomorrow!.
General
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V
UlVUlUUiltU
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pic
coast
but
the
weather
has
i
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wc
interior
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fftr
v
VIIIIUUUVIT
laiiMIU
ug
Southeast
wlnris
tjinlirht
ah
rain.
Vancouutr
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Anril
ft
i
Whpnt
M
QUOtprt
Vin...
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v.
ivjc
kuuay
at
ti.oo',u
Seven
Men
In
Chicago
Hotel
Halibut
Sales
Summary
Amcrican-4
1,500
pounds,
and
7c.
Em
...ju
Qim
vnma
Burn
To
Death
I
CHICAOO,
Apr"
6:
(CP)
Seven
men
were
burned
to
death
and
three
others
were
hurt
when
flames
roared
through
a
four-storey
hotel
In
the
centre
of
the
"Flop
House
'
district
during
a
raging
bliz-
zard
early
this
morning.
Thirty
to
seventy
guests
were
carried
down
ladders
by
firemen.
X
TAX
FIGURES
I
MUCH
HIGHER
Minister
of
Revenue
Says
Revenue
From
Income
Levy
Alone
Eighteen
Millions
Up
OTTAWA,
April
6:
Income
tax
revenue
for
tne
year
enuuic
March
31
1937-37
totalled
suV
365,531,
a
net
increase
over
the
previous
twelve
months
of
$18,-
000,000
according
uj
pieumuiai;
figures
announced
today
by
Revenue
Minister
Ilsley.
NEW
POWER
Uc
Canadian
45,000
pounds,
lo.ic
and
6c
to
105c
and
6c.
American
Onah,
13,000,
Pacific,
11.1c
and
7c.
.
......
Sherman,
16,500,
Cold
btoragc,
lie
and
7c.
Pierce,
12,000,
Cold
Storage.
11.4c
and
7c.
Canadian
Capcila,
12,500,
Booth,
10.3c
and
Arctic
I,
14,000,
Pacific,
10.1c
and
6c
Domino
II,
8.500,
Booth,
10.Cc
and
6c.
CONTRACTS
Ontario
Legislature
Gives
proval
With
Conservatives
Opposeu
English
League
Liverpool
3,
Manchester
Athletic
3.
catch
or
14,500
pounds
while
23
Vic.
was
paid
by
Booth
lor
1800
pounds.!
juneau
saie
i
JUNEAU.
Arjril
6-Flrst
halibut
of
the
season
was
landed
at
Juneau
,
yesterday
by
the
Vivian
and
Spen-j
ccr,
each
oi
wnlcn
had
catches
oi
0,000
pounds.
The
prices
were
7c
and
7V2c
and
5c
and
5V2c.
TAKE
OVER
INDUSTRY
Rewards
Posted
In
Texas
Murder
I
British
Parliament
Approves
Taking
Over
of
Coal
Mines
By
Government
LONDON,
April
6:
(CP)
The
British
House
of
Commons
last
night
approved
public
control
of
the
British
coal
Industry,
sending
iL.
.
I
n
.Un
UnttFA
nf
1
Ir..j
sume
complete
ownership
of
all
'
coal
resources
in
the
country.
Some
4,000
persons
now
own
tne
coai
mines
of
the
country.
Dispute
On
Fish
Price
Deadlocked
Totals
of
$1600
Offered
For
Infor
mation
Leading
to
Solution
Of
Texas
Killing
AUSTIN,
Texas,
April
6:
Re
wards
toUlllng
$1600
have
been
Its
Ap-
'Kidnap
Trial
To
Start
Tomorrow
TORONTO.
April
6:
CP)-Dy
aj
and
gon
QtantA
vote
of
62
to
24
the
omano
,
read-
aPP
,
Ncw
Jf
,
Court
on
second
lature
yesterday
gave
ing
to
the
bill
covering
new
agree-1
mcnU
between
the
Ontario
govern-
:
to
mcnt
and
Quebec
power
.h-
,
MWAnK.
New
Jerscv.
Anril
6.-
Conservatlvcs
opposed
raui..
Mtorncys
for
ejUs
pker,
former
of
the
contracts.
nuriin.xt.nn
Countv
detective,
and
;
I
his
son
were
Instructed
yesterday
to
:
produce
me
pair
in
coun
on
inurs-
H1J
rminffV
oui.uw
S(lCCCr
I
day
to
face
trial
following
their
in
Uld
Louniry
d
lc,tincntonchargcsortorture.kld.
napP'B
VI
I
UUi
TltllUVl
yilJk
W
l-n
nt
Ilriinn
TJtpharrl
Itannt-
Birmingham
.
2.
mgan
for
thft
Llndbergh
baby
kldJ
clty
5'
nap-niurder.
.
ViCTCl'lA
omorrow
s
Tid
erlcan
Pulp
Sc
Paper
Association,
before
the
tariff
committee
yesterday,
opposed,
on
behalf
of
the
industry
in
the
United
States,
concessions
to
pulp
and
paper
Imports
from
Canada,
stating
that
conces-
jslons
would
help
other
countries
Settlement
of
Differences
Between
more
thjm
they
would
Canada
tlMi
Alaska
rackers
and
Fishermen
imports
of
pulp
and
paper
to
Has
Not
Yet
Been
Reached
j
Unlted
from
Canada
totalled
.
.P.
.
$172,000,000,
according
to
figures
h
i
In
-
SEATTLE,
April
6:
-Despite
verest
dlcations
of
a
few
days
ago
that
J
.
an
early
settlement
might
be
made!
.
of
the
dispute
between
Alaska
M..!-
AriH
Knlr
fishermen
and
packers,
which
threatens
to
disrupt
the
northern
canning
season
this
year,
a
deadlock
still
exists.
The
fishermen's
union
is
holding
out
for
the
same
nrice
as
last
year
while
the
pack
crs
insist
on
a
fifteen
percent
re
duction.
.Workers
Have
Staged
Strike
I
TRENTON,
Nova
Scotia.
April
6:
(CP)
Trouble
having
developed
over
the
union
status
of.
one
man,
175
employees
of
the
nut
and
bolt
department
of
the
Nova
Scotia
i
Steel
and
Coal
Co.
went
on
strike
'yesterday.
Other
departments
are
not
affected.
'
Incendiarism
Douk
Village
hP
arrest
and
conviction
of
the
'
Hay
Shed
Destroyed
by
Fire
Bug
at
murderer
of
Mrs.
Weston
Frome
of
Berkeley,
California,
and
daush
tcr
who
were
murdered
in
the
desert
near
Van
Horn.
Glade
West
of
Nelson
NELSpN,
April
6:
(CP)
British
Columbia
police
are
advised
by
a
constable
sent
to
investigate
that
a
hay
shed
was
destroyed
by
fire
of
incendiary
origin
in
the
Doukhobor
village
of
Glade
west
of
here.
It
was
first
reported
that
the
village
Belgium
Premier
Defends
Action
Tells
Parliament
Why
Government
Has
Recognized
Italian
Sovereignity
In
Ethiopia
BRUSSELS,
April
6.
The
Trlme
Minister
of
Belgium,
in
Parliament
voctnrHov
rtpfpnrlpd
thfi
nptlnrt
nf
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
6,
1038.
With
Germany
now
entrenched
in
Austria,
Czechoslovakia
is
a
ixiously
waiting
to
see
what
Hitler's
next
move
will
be.
Repeated
warnings
have
been
issued
by
Czech
Premier
Hodza
and
President
Benes
that
any
aU
:mpt
to
annex
their
country
will
nean
an
armed
conflict.
President
Benes
is
shown,
(centre,
conferring
with
some
of
his
military
chiefs
during
recent
army
manoeuvres.
At
right
is
Minister
of
War
Franhisek
Machnik.
The
officer
.gesticulating
Is
General
Adalbert
Luza,
and
at
the
extreme
left,
General
Louis
Kneicl.
OPPOSED
TO
CONCESSION
me
measure
uu
j
uk
uuk
-
Lords.
The
proposal
is
that
even-
Special
Tariff
on
Canadian
Tulp
tually
the
o
government
would
as-
and
Taper
to
United.
Slates
Not
Favored
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
April
6:
I
(UFJ
tTesiaeiu
Everest
oi
uie
nm-
BULLETINS
BLUM
WINS
TEST
TAR1S
Premier
Leon
Blum's
demand
for
emergency
financial
powers
passed
a
first
crucial
test
when
the
Chamber
of
Deputies
today,
after
a
bitter
debate,
voted
approval
of
the
finance
bill
by
a
small
majority
of
sixty-one.
TLANE
RESCUES
FAMILY
SIOUX
LOOKOUT
An
airplane
rescued
a
family
of
ten
from
a
muskeg-mired
car
toda
after
they
had
been
stranded
for
four
days
without
food.
They
were
taken
to
Pickle
Lake,
about
fifty
miles
east
of
here.
CORONER'S
JURY
VERDICT
VICTORL
The
verdict
of
the
coroner's
jury
yesterday
in
respect
to
the
death
of
Sidney
Cole-bourne,
who
was
shot
to
death
in
bed
at
his
home
here
early
last
Friday
morning,
was
that
he
had
been
slain
by
a
person
ot
persons
unknown.
Mrs.
Cole-bourne
has
been
charged
with
the
murder.
ARE
TIED
IN
SEMI-FINALS
EDINBURGH,
April
6:
Extra
time
failed
to
settle
the
scml
finals
in
the
Scottish
Cup
soc-
j
err
issue
between
East
Fife
and
St.
Bernard's.
Tlaying
the
sec-
ond
game
to
determine
which
meet
Kilmarnock
in
the
finals,
the
second
divisioners
'battled
to
a
one-all
overtime
tie.
had
been
razed
but
later
it
was
Amlrpw
Carmirhael
Jtarned
that
damage
was
really
slight.
COLLECTOR
APPOINTED
Succeeds
Nor
man
DcGraves
as
Customs
Head
At
Vancouver
OTTAWA,
April
6:
(CP)
Ap-!
High
ACTION
IS
I
PROMISED
.Startling
Proceedings
May
Be
Ex-
petted
Following
Quebec
Public
l
Accounts
Probe
.
-
pointmcnt
of
Andrew
Carmlchael
as
collector
of
customs
and
excise
artn
lor
me
pon
m
vmituuvci
i
ou-nounced
by
the
Department
of
National
Revenue.
Mr.
Carmlchael,
a
former
Vancouver
resident,
fills;
the
post
made
vacant
on
the
death
of
the
late
Norman
DeGraves.
LONDON
COLD
PRICE
the
government
In
formally
recog-1
LONDON,
April
6:
(CP)
-Bar
gold
nizlng
the
sovereignity
of
Italy
over
closed
at
$34.98
per
ounce
on
the
lo
Ethiopia.
cal
metal
market
yesterday.
.
QUEBEC,
April.
6;
(CP)
Before
adjournment
of
the
public
accounts
committee
of
the
Quebec
Legisla
ture
vesterdav
for
the
year,
Prem
ier
Maurice
Duplessis
gave
assur
ance
that
startling
proceedings
may
be
expected
following
the
long
investigation
by
the
committee
covering
the
former
Liberal
regime.
"Action
necessary
t0
Insure
justice
will
be
taken,"
stated
Premier
Du
plessis.
Calgary
Relief
Workers
Refuse
iTo
Do
Any
Work
There
was
no
disorder.
The
men
Just
refused
to
work.
The
strike
was
called
by
th
Calgary
Unemployed
Union.
Unions
Opposing
Arbitration
Bill
Measure
Providing
For
Making
This
Compulsory
Not
Popular
With
C.I.O.
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
April
6,
The
Committee
for
Industrial
Or
gan
ganization
zation
and
and
other
omer
union
union
organ-
organ-
6:00
am.
18.4
It.
19:30
pjn.
16.7
It.
Low
12:50
p.m.
52
ft.
1'KIUE:
CENTS
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A
BIG
Dir
PRICES
DDirre
CZECO-SI-OVAKIA
READY
TO
FIGHT
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With,
Remand
QN
HAUBm
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lruce
Is
broking
Withim
Bids
at
Seattle
.
nnTT
rTA
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A
fl.
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i
Fancy
For
First
Half
of
Season
Up
to
23Uc
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Anril
6
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halibut
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!
REFORMS
Federal
Legislation
Provides
For
Sweeping
Changes
in
Canadian
Electoral
Laws
I
OTTAWA,
April
6:
(CP)
Sweeping
changes
in
Canadian
electoral
laws
are
embodied
in
lejgislatidn
presented
to
Parliament
yesterday
on
behalf
of
the
government
by
Hon.
Charles
G.
Power,
minister
of
pensions
and
health.
The
amendments
include
provision
far
a
public
record
of
all
political
contributions,
limiting
of
candidates'
expenditures,
abandonment
of
absentee
voting
as
being
inefftectual,
restoring
of
the
franchise
to
Doukhobors
and
the
making
promises
to
the
electorate
of
government
expenditures
In
the
event
of
success
at
the
polls.
The
changes
are
not'applicable
to
provinces
or
municipalities.
THE
OBJECTIVE
Clear
and
less
expensive
federal
elections
are
the
objective
of
two
bills
which
are
now
standing
for
their
second
reading
in
the
House
of
Commons
They
are
an
"Act
Respecting
the
Franchise
and
Election
of
Members
to
the
House
of
Commons"
and
an
"Act
Respecting
Political
Expenditures.
The
former
is
a
general
election
law
embodying
main-
principles'
of
the
Election
Act
and
Franchise
Act.
The
latter
is
a
new
Separture
designed
"to
limit
election
expenditure
and
subject
them
to
full
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S0CRED
IS
UNDECIDED
No
Definite
Decision
Yet
Reached
In
Regard
to
Saskatchewan
.
Provincial
Election
'
EDMONTON,
April
6:
(CP)
Premjer
William
Aberhart
stated
"yesterday
that
the
Alberta
Social
Credit
League
had
not
yet
definitely
decided
in
regard
to
taking
a
i
hanrl
in
the
forthcomins
eeneral
Provincial
election
In
Saskatche.
CALGARY,
April
6:
(CP)-Cal-
'gary
It
had
been
reported
that
the
relief
workers
went
on
strike
fan.
-take
ue
Intended
to
go
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and
i
today
in
protest
at
a
reduction
in
foodjallowances
to
relief
recipients.
.
,
Upswing
In
Stock
Mart
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Further
Gains
in
New
York
Expected
End
of
Spanish
Civil
!
War
Causes
Favorable
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Reaction
NEW
YORK,
April
6:
An
upswing
continued
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
yesterday
with
averages
up
about
one
point
on
the
entire
list.
United
States
Steel
made
a
gain
of
nearly
two
points
The
Drospect
of
an
early
end
of
&h
cm
war
Js
believed
izatlons
are
opposing
a
bill
which
lb,e
for
lhe
favorabie
re-has
been
introduced
in
the
Senate
actjon
calling
for
compulsory
arbitration
'
of
maritime
disputes.
.
BAR
SILVER
Ohio
Governor
To
i
Seek
Third
Term
L.
Davey
Will
Be
Opposed
For
Democratic
Nomination
by
Charles
Sawyer
EV
YORK:
(CP)
Bar
ili
ver
was
unchanged
at
42740
per
line
ounce
on
the
New
York
met-
al
market
today.
Austrian
Governor
To
Speak
In
Berlin
1
Hitler's
Representative
in
Vienna
j
To
Make
First
Speech
In
COLUMBUS,
Ohio,
April
6.
Gov-j
German
Capital
ernor
Martin
L.
Davey
announces
DERLIN,
April
6:-Dr
Arthur
his
intention
of
seeking
a
third
,
,
,
..
,
Ohio
,
Scyss-Inquart,
governor
of
Aus-term
executive
ot
chief
as
following
the
annexation
by
State.
Charles
Sawyer
will
oppose
J
Germany,
will
make
his
first
publla
him
for
the
Democratic
nomination,
speech
in
Berlin
Saturday,