1
Today's
Weather
ml
t
Jomorrow's
Tides
High
4:05
a.m.
205
ft.
16:20
p.m.
18.7
ft.
Low
10:30
a.m.
5.9
ft.
22:31
pm.
5.8
ft.
(I
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
southeast
wind,
fourteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
1
29.28
(falling);
temperature
21
sea
smooth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUAIBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVII..
No.
29
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
4,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CKMS
0RMS
IN
CALIFORNIA
.
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1.
I
Jiltll
State
UC111115
iurrciiiii
iains
and
Heavy
Snows
Train
is
Derailed
'OS
ANGELES.
Feb.
4:
There
.11.1
i
i
i
kite
been
wrrenuaj
rains
m
me,
rSast
regions
of
California
and
deep
s
m
the
mountainous
portions
$the
state
almost
continuously
ng
the
last
lour
aays.
uivcrs
mi
flooding
their
banks.
ue
to
Inundation
of
the
track,
tfnlon
Pacific
train,
from
Chicago
Los
Angeies
wiui
no
pajciii;cio
with
mall
ana
express,
leu
me
;
near
San
Bernardino.
Loco-ive
and
one
car
turned
over
re
were
no
injuries.
Inowdrlfts
and
slides
were
re-ted
from
the
Coast
and
Sierra
ada
Mountains.
With
snow
six
deep
at
some
places,
motorists
e
marooned
at
numerous
points,
.g
unable
to
move
their
cars,
eavy
seas
disrupted
shipping
out
an
Francisco.
Three
large
lln-
were
unable
to
sail.
RAIN
IN
OLD
LAND
bat
and
Hay
Increase
In
United
Kingdom
JfDOX,
Feb.
4;
According,
to
1937
agricultural
'returns
of
.and
and
Wales,
the
estimated
uctlon
of
wheat,
hay,
and
po
s
was
larger
than
In
1936,
but
r
fiiures
were
recorded
for
ey
oats,
beans,
peas,
mangolds,
ipj
and
swedes.
The
reduction
he
case
of
oats,
beans
and
peas,
kh
showed
hicrhrr
vlelds
ner
acre
n
in
1936,
was
attributable
to
the
Icr
acreages
returned.
The
cs-
lated
vlrld
rpr
acre
and
Droduc-
fib
of
wheat
showed
very
little
nge
from
1936.
Only
the
yields
llxed
corn,
hay,
beans
nnd
po
es
were
higher
than
the
aver-
fr
the
past
ten
years,
the
debase
in
barley
being
particularly
wlceable
lEfhe
area
under
wheat
In
1937
was
(jBl.833
acres,
or
1.6
per
cent
great-
Binan
in
1938,
and
the
estimated
Jd
per
acre
was
10.1
cwt.,
compel
a
with
10.2
cwt.
In
1936.
The
case
in
the
acreage
In
the
to-
productlon
from
1.378.000
tons
"J936
to
13?nnnn
tnn
In
1037.
or
per
cent
The
yield
of
16.1
cwt.
acre
for
the
whole
of
England
Wales
was
1.0
cwt.
below
the
-year
average.
ie
decrease
of
nearly
4,000
acres
er
barley,
combined
with
a
re
gion
in
yield
from
16.2
cwt.
In
to
14.0
cwt.
In
1937,
resulted
decline
in
the
total
production
1
6C3.000
tons
to
570,000
tons,
a
ease
0f
87,000
tons.
Oats
Acreage
e
total
acreage
under
oats
de
sed
from
1,419,695
acres
in
1936
223,098
acres
In
1937.
The
yield
acre
was
estimated
at
15.3
cwt.
acre,
or
0.1
cwt.
greater
than
In
Previous
year.
The
total
produc-
aecreased
by
142.000
tons
to
m
tons,
a
reduction
of
13
ner
it.
Thp
rtllmoUH
..Inlrf
fnf
fin'
e
country
was
0.4
cwt.
below
t
'
.
1-
...
.1
vii
me
average
of
trie
previous
i
years.
lie
Increase
in
acreage
of
seed
1.460,783
acres
In
1037
as
n,l
1
.
.
Tftr,
I.UIJ
m
a
.
.
a
n
a
jiviu
uum
.i
rwi..
ii
z
i.z
Per
acre,
resulted
In
an
In-
;n
In
...
.
.
.
.
.
,
1936.
Meadow
hay
under
per-cnt
grass
Increased
In
produc-from
4,733,000
tons
in
1936
to
i
n
tr...
I..
.
.
tuns
in
iuji.
nn
increase
oi
v,.,
ui
o
per
cent,
ancouLtr
Wheat
""-UUVER.
Fph
4-
(HP
I
it
was
trading
at
$1.4134
on
Vancouver
market
lirlav
rome
4ITISn
WAK
UNISTER
CONFERS
WITH
HIS
His
shakeup
of
the
Imperial
A
my
General
Staff
well
under
way.
British
minister
of
war,
Leslie
Hore-Belisha,
holds
a
private
conference
with
his
new
appointee
to
the
post
of'
chief
of
staff.
General
Viscount
Oort,
V.C.
Viscount
Gort
(RIGHT),
sucreeds
Sir
Cyril
Deverell
In
widespread
changes
designed
by
Mr.
Hore-Belisha
to
re-vltallze
the
Important
executive
staffs
of
the
army.
The
war
minister
is
explaining
to
his
new
staff
he
id
some
of
the
plans
he
has
In
mind
for
making
the
Imperial
army
more
attractive
to
recruits
MOVING
TO
VANCOUVER
V.
M.
Blackstock,
Manager
of
Bank
of
Commerce,
to
Become
Inspector
Winnipeg1
Man
Ills
1
Successor
Walter
M.
Blackstock,
for
several
years
manager
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce
has
been
advised
of
his
transfer
,
to
Vancouver
as
an
Inspector,
rc-;
sumlng
duties
similar
to
those
,
which
he
held
berore
coming
to
1
Prince
Rupert.
With
Mrs.
Black-,
stock
and
daughter,;
Sheila,
he
will
be
leaving
here
during
the
next
ten
days
or
two
weeks.
Mr.
Blackstock's
successor
here
is
to
be
R.
O.
Hopkins,
now
assis
tant
manager
of
main
office
in
Winnipeg.
Mr.
Hopkins
was
form
erly
an
accountant
at
Vancouver.
Departure
of
Mr.
Blackstock
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
regretted
both
In
business
and
social
circles.
He
and
Mrs.
Blackstock
have
become
well
known
and
popular
In
the
city
and
have
made
a
host
of
friends.
Ice
Breaker
Is
Rushing
To
Aid
Soviet
Making
Additional
Arrangements
to
Rescue
Drifting
Polar
Scientists
nnpAtir
TTVh
4!
With
One
u.
oUmHv
rushlne
to
the
.vvw.vw.---
aid
of
the
North
Pole
scientific
par
ty
of
four
which
has
become
endangered
through
disintegration
of
Its
drifting
Ice
floe,
the
Soviet
gov-rmPnk
is
making
arrangements
to
dispatch
further
rescue
ships.
CLUBS
TO
DEBATE
The
Rotary
Club,
at
Its
meeting
yesterday
afternoon,
decldca
to
accept
a
challenge
from
the
be
he
d
to
Gyro
Club
to
a
debate
in
the
near
future.
Dr.
Neal
Carter
was
appointed
by
President
Wcldon
McAfee
to
meet
a
representative
of
the
Gyro
Club
and
make
arrangements
for
the
event
Development
For
Rupert
No
Labor
Peace
Is
In
Sight
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4:
Indi-
eating
that
there
Is
little
im-
mediate
hope
of
a
truce
being
reached
between
America's
warrlne
labor
factions
the
Am-
erican
Federation
of
Labor
yesterday
discharged
its
com-
rhlttee
which
has
been
negotl-
ating
for
peace
with
the
Com-
mlttee
on
Industrial
Organiz-
atlon.
j.
BAR
SILVER
N'HW
YOPvK:
(CP)
Uar
sil
ver
was
unchanged
at
448ic
pf,r
fine
ounci'
on
the
New
ork
metal
market
today.
Peter
DeJong,
who
has
been
on
a
trip
to
his
native
home
in
Holland,
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
this
afternoon.
Mrs.
DeJong
and
child
are
still
In
the
Old
Country.
NEW
STAFF
CHIEF
GERMANY
IS
CRITICIZED
Japan
Apparently
Does
Not
Welcome
Her
as
Mediator
in
Chinese
Conflict
TOKYO,
Feb.
4:
Germany
was
criticized
In
the
Japanese
Diet
yesterday
for
attempting
to
mediate
the
Slno-Japanese
conflict.
Meantime,
the
Japanese
Continue
to
claim
a
victorious
advance
Into
China.
Filibuster
On
Anti-Lynching
Bill
Continues
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
4:
j
Senator
William
H.
King
of
Utah
;
was
continuing
the
filibuster
In
the
Senate
yesterday
against
the
antl-lynchlng
bill
which,
apparently,
Is
doomed
In
spite
of
a
defense
of
its
constitutionality
by
Senator
Robert
Wagner
of
New
York.
British
Freighter
Is
Bombed
And
Sunk
In
Mediterranean;
Insurgent
Aircraft
Blamed
LONDON,
February
4:
(CP)
According
to
a
report
from
Spanish
government
quarters
in
Barcelona
today,
the
British
feighter
Alcira
was
bombed
and
sunk
by
two
insurgent
planes
off
Barcelona.
The
crew
is
reported
to
have
been
saved.
Great
Britain
and
France
are-
to
act
jointly
in
sending
seventy
warships
into
the
Mediterranean
in
the
effort
to
prevent
further
piratical
attacks
on
merchant
ships,
it
was
said
last
night.
The
loyalist
government
of
Spain,
according
to
dispatches,
has
announced
that
it
will
cease
aerial
bombardment
of
noncombatants
pending
the
outcome
of
efforts
being
made
by
outside
nations,
led
by
Great
Britain,
to
reach
an
agreement
against
such
type
of
warfare.
.
Meantime
another
insurgent
aerial
raid
t
on
Barcelona
was
reported
last
night.
',.
Sum
Of
$75,000
k
Provided
For
In
Defence
Estimates
At
Ottawa;
Two
New
Destroyers
For
Pacific
.
,
T
Stocks
Have
Wide
Break
NEW
YORK,
Feb
4:
The
bear
movement
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
resumed
yesterday
with
a
general
wave
of
liquidation
forcing
averages
down
to
their
lowest
level
since
1935.
The
break
was
led
by
American
Telegraph
and
Tele-
!
phone
values
of
which
totall-
In:
$160,000,000
were
wiped
out.
The
Industrial
average
for
the
d:.y
was
off
$457;
rails
off
.39.
and
utilities,
.90.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jobivston
Co.)
i
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
.18V.
Bis
Missouri.
.47.
Bralorne,
9.00.
Aztec,
.07V-..
:i
Cariboo
Quartz.
1.95.
Dentonia,
.11.
"
I
Golconda,
.05.
Mlnto,
.03',5.
Falrvlew,
.05.
Noble
Five,
03
'2.
Pcnd
Oreille,
2.00,
Pioneer,
2.90.
Porter
Idaho,
.02.
Premier,
2.07.
Reno.
.48.
Relief
Arlington,
.2M'2.
Salmon
Gold,
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04
Hcdley
Amalgamated,
.043i.
Premier
Border,
.01
Vs.
Sllbak
Premier,
1.90.
Congress.
.OO3..
Grandview,
.09.
Indian.
.02",.
Quatsino
Copper.
W.
Halda
Gold.
.05',.
Oils
,
A.
P.
Con..
.25.
Calmont,
.43.
C.
&
E..
2.40.
Freehold.
.OS1.
Hargal,
.17.
McDou-jnll
Scgur,
.22.
Mercury.
.15.
Okalta.
1.85.
Pacalta,
.12.
Toronto
Beattlc.
1.34.
Central
Patricia,
2.41.
Gods
Lake,
.53.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.85.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
.92.
Pickle
Crow,
4.80.
Red
Lake
Oold
Shore,
.272-San
Antonio,
1.37.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.45.
Oklcnd,
.18.
Mosher,
,14.
Smelters
Oold,
.01
'A.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.46.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.39.
Stadacona,
.25
V.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.07.
.
Francocur,
.38.
Moncta,
2.27.
Bouscadlllac,
.08.
Bankflcld.
.69.
East
Malartic,
1.47.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.26.
'
Hutchison
Lake.
,13.
Dawson
White,
.02.
Aidcrmac,
.50.
Kerr
Addison.
2.02.
Uchi
Gold,
1.60.
Martin
Bird,
.44.
Intcr'l
Nickel,
47.25.
Noranda,
58.00.
Con.
Smelters,
59.00.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
Knapton
are
sailing
tonight
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
for
Vancouver,
Mr.
Knapton
has
been
with
the
lighthouse
tender
Albcrnl
here.
Pacific
Coast
to
be
Concentrated
Upon
in
Way
of
Protection
Base
to
be
Established
on
Queen
Charlottes
At
Aliford
Bay
OTTAWA,
February
4:
(CP)
Appropriation
of
,$75,'-)00
for
permanent
force
airdrome
development
at
Prince
Rupert
was
contained
in
defense
estimates
.tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
by
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister
of
finance,
in
presenting
his
main
estimates
for
the
vear
starting
April
1.
In
connection
with
the
air-
ARE
SAFE
IN
NORTH
Radio
Advices
Indicate
Pilot
UaroU
Giltam
Is
Down
Forty
Miles
From
Barrow
POINT
BARROW,
Feb.
4:
Radio.
messages
Indicate
that
Pilot
Harold
iGillam
and
his
mechanic,
George
.Saunders,
who
have
been
lost
on
object
of
providing
a
system
of
la
flight
from
Fairbanks,
to
Point
coast
defense
concentrating
first
iBarrow,
are
down
bit
safe
some
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
.jfortymlies
fr:6m,?Qln.,BarrQw,v
,TwQ.nexbulldlngs.wiUX?ret(ed
Their
exact
location
however,
is
at
Esquimau
to
store
torpedoes
and
not
ascertained.
Search
planes
are
mine
sweeping
equipment.
Innt.
Thp
nlnnp
hind
been
misslnf
!
at
..:itu..
J
-
-
r
-
since
Monday.
Today's
Weather
(Ooverament
"Vlezram
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
south-cast
wind,
24
miles
per
hour;
temperature,
25;
sea
choppy.
I
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
light
snow;
northerly
wind,
eight
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.30;
temperature,
26;
sea
moderate.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
?trong
southwest
wind;
barometer,
:9.26;
temperature.
27;
sea
choppy.
Bull
Harbor
Part
cloudy,
calm;
urometer,
29.40;
temperature,
28;
light
swell.
Alert
Bay
Clear,
calm;
barome-cr,
29.45;
temperature,
25;
sea
mooth.
Estevan
Fair,
northwest
wind,
ourteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
'9.50.
Victoria
Clear,
westerly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.48.
Vancouver
Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer
'.9.52.
Prince
George
Cloudy,
northeast
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.50.
Terrace
Cloudy,
northeast
win1,
temperature,
10a.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
3a.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
7a,
Anyox
Clear,
calm.
4a.
'
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
2a.
Smtthers
Clear,
calm.
15
below
,
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
17
below.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
8a.
I
Five
Killed
In
I
l
Ontario
Mine
1
i
SUDBURY,
Ontario,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Five
Men
were
killed
to-
day
when
a
skip
lowering
flf-
teen
men
at
the
950-foot
level
of
the
Levack
mine
of
the
In-
ternatlonal
Nickel
Co.
fouled,
pinning
the
men
between
the
skip
and
shaft
timbers.
Five
other
men
were
Injured
and
brought
to
hospital
at
Copper
Cliff.
drome
development
at
Prince
Rupert,
preliminary
Investigations
and
surveys
have
been
under
way
for
some
time
and
are
continuing.
Total
defense
estimates
are
$34,-034,364
Including
provision
for
purchase
of
two
new
destroyers
for
duty
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
The
destroyers
Crusader
and
Comet
will
be
bought
from
the
British
Admiralty
for
delivery
next
summer.
The
estimates
which
are
nearly
three
million
dollars
less
than
last
year's,
provide
for
the
continuation
0f
the
defense
program
with
the
,
OIIIMVMV
Idlllllics
aim
iiuai
n
l
'
to
cost
$75,000
are
to
be
provided
at
Aliford
Bay
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Increases
in
the
personnel
of
the
navy,
naval
reserve
and
air
force
ire
contemplated.
It
Is
proposed
to
order
flfty-ftve
.lew
aircraft
of
various
types
for
I
'he
permanent
force
and
twenty
:or
non-permanent.
General
Estimates
The
main
estimates,
as
presented
;o
the
House,
forecast
expenditures
an
government
services
and
admin
istration
during
the
next
fiscal
year
of
$418,968,456
exclusive
of
railway
deficits
and
relief
costs,
a
reduction
of
nearly
three
million
dollars
from
the
current
fiscal
year.
Provision
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways
deficit
and
unemployment
relief
will
be
made
In
special
suplementary
estimates.
These
amounted
to
almost
$56,000,-
000
in
the
current
year.
More
For
Post
Office
Public
works
estimates
total
$12,113,635
Include
$170,000
.
for
thc'Prince
Rupert
public
building,
part
of
which
is
a
revote
of
$113,-000.
1
There
is
also
$76,970
for
the
Prince
Rupert
floating
dry
dock.
The
flshqrles
department
esti
mates
ask
$1,785,840
for
the-
fiscal
year.
A
million
dollars
Is
listed
for
fisheries
Inspection
Including
fishery
officers
and
guardians,
fisheries
patrol
and
protection
services.
For
development
of
deep
sea
fisheries
and
creating
&
demand
for
fish
there
Is
an
estimate
of
$62,-000.
There
is
a
decrease
of
nearly
$5,000
In
the
$240,000
estimate
for
fish
culture.
Weather
Precast
I'
iFurnUliiJ
through
the
iturtrM
o
t(,
Dominion
Meteuuliwlcul
Bureau
At
;
'Irt-rlii
tiiid
Prluc
Rupert.
Tills
otf-
n.t
K
ponrnued
rro.n
oijvorsaiioriv
W
Irsn
at
5
a.m.
today
and
corern
the
:tb
iow
period
r.dinf
s
p.m.
tomorrgwn
General
Synopsis
Pressure
rc-
malns
iow
0ff
the
Queen
charlotte
islands.
Weather
has
been
mild
wltn
ram
nnd
snow
ln
.
southern
British
Columbia.
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
iotte
Islands
Cloudy,
moderately
coid
Wlth
snow
flurries.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Fresh
westerly
winds,
clearing,
not
much
change
in
temperature.