debt
que,
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(t
A.M.)
3fhr
rrincc
Rupert
Cloudy,
fresh
High
5:28
a.m.
19.2
ft.
easterly
wind,
14
miles
per
hour;
17:40
p.m.
17.2
ft.
barometer.
30.40;
temperature,
45;
Low
,
11:50
a.m.
7.6
ft.
sea
moderate.
23:49
pjn.
6.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXVII..
No.
5,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
7,
1938.
HUGE:
5
CLN1S
Is'c
RAIL
RAii
WAvb
W
A
SPENDING'
WAS
BIG
Purchases
of
$G2,000,000
by
Canadian
National
Purine
1937
Helped
Canadian
Industry
MONTREAL,
Jan.
7:
Purchases
made
by
the
Canadian
Nationa'
Railways
during
1937,
amountlu".
to
over
sixty
million
dollars
from
approximately
ten
thousand
Canadian
firms,
assisted
very
materi
ally
in
bringing
various
branches
ol
Canadian
industry
back
to
normal
conditions,
R.
C.
Vaughan
Vice-President
In
charge
of
Purchases,
Stores
and
Steamships,
.-tntnt
n
an
Intprvlrw
riprp
vrs.
tcrday
in
which
he
reviewed
trie
We
expended
considerably
more
inr
Lne
uurciiudc
ui
uicllciiai
auu
-Kt,...
-
-
sitated
bv
the
increased
business
a
in"
in
iiiiii
rr
uusaL
imLi
aii
j
In
1
1111
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E
litl
U
A
A
A
IL,.
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i
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iiuriiru
uiili
u.
mi
-
r:.
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.
uui
auuuJ
weir;
aicu
uirtiBWM
greater
capacity
during
the
yeai
...v..
-
j
l
qulpment
requlremenU
of
the!
to
K
Ml
'Our
tntnl
nitrrhnsp
nf
mnirrial
:
as
n
l.l
:
.
.
1LW
cw
equipment
and
$11,216,000
fo'
fiinuunr.
rnnnnrs
AnnrnxiniHLCiv
i
ere
bought
In
Canada
by
the
Ca-
mdian
National
Railways
In
1A3T
hlch
consisted
of
materials
foi
entcd
by
track
tics.
New
Equipment
During
the
year
the
followlns
new
equipment
was
delivered
to
the
National
system
by
car
builders
in
Canada,
Mr.
Vaughan
announced
fifty
first
class
coaches.
Ten
mall
and
express
cars.
2.605
box
cars.
Fifty-nine
flat
cars.
fifteen
ballast
cars.
Thirty
sand
cars.
Three
hundred
gondola
cars.
'75
freight
refrigerators.
In
additions,
125
freicht
rcfrls-
wators
were
built
In
C.
N.
R.
hops
'Durinc
thn
vpnr
wr
nnn
n
1'cavy
alr-condltloned
program
In
I
connection
with
our
passenger
cars'
"no
126
cars
were
alr-condltloned,'
former
President
of
the
University
I
Alberta
has
had
sixty
young
men
Mr
Vaughan
added.
0
Wisconsin,
pledged
himself
in
her
forests
with
others
getting
'In
1937
there
was
a
substantial
ngainst
mud-sllnglng
and
petty
specialized
training
In
various
ar-'ncrease
In
the
price
of
some
lines
:
nniitlcs
eas.
Manitoba
also
went
strong
for
'
material,
but
we
are
hopeful
that
thPm
twill
In
I
,
-nil.
uc
1
1
i
i:.i.TiLiii.i
i.i
PHce
udurlng
the
year.
-ne
CXnenrilhlrp
h
fh
Pnnn
(Inn
M-n
..
-
i-auonai
Kixuways
or
sucn
"je
sums
of
money
In
Cunacrt
meant
many
million
man
nours
of
work
for
our
Canadian
CltlZen
ar,A
U
J
t
x
u,iU
hub
uone
mucn
io
us-t
various
branches
of
Canadian
"dustry
back
to
normal
conditions."
Prinf
L!
D
dpmc
Dan
Awaits
Signature
Urac...
""oiiiNQTON,
D.C..
Jan.
7:
'
c
bill
Bank
of
In-ng
prohibiting
the
protogra-
to
be
deposited
la
the
of
Settlements,
the
object
united
States
army
or
tcrnatlonal
jwy
defences,
having
passed
Con-
being
to
stabilize
currcne
es
of
the
PSS.
Was
On
tllP
rlntV
nt
Prr.lrlont.
vorl-.ns
nations.
DlSCUSSlonS
Wlin
nklln
D.
Roosevelt
today
for
his
Solloway
:mr,
BIG
FIf,HT
FIGHT
!
Italians
I
Building
Warships
I
ROME,
Jan.
7:
The
Italian
government,
It
was
reported
today,
had
approved
plans
for
the
starting
of
construction
this
year
of
two
more
dread-naughts,
twelve
scout
ships
and
several
submarines
in
the
Italian
naval
building
program
for
the
year.
EXECUTED
IN
MOSCOW
Morning
Tost
Carries
Report
of
Mrs.
Robinson
Heine
Tut
to
Death
for
Nutting
LONDON,
Jan.
7:
The
Morning
Post,
In
a
dispatch
today,
said
that
Mrs.
Robinson
had
been
executed
Moscow
for
plotting
against
the
Soviet
government.
It
was
not
confirmed
whether
this
was
Mrs.
Donald
Robinson
the
case
of
whom
with
her
husband
has
been
much
In
the
limelight
of
late.
Mrs.
Robinson's
,
.
,
,
.
,
,
1
nw
sald
to
have
en
nAame
J
rw.
t-.
v.i.
-
";w
r
1
J
be
the
head
of
a
ring
dealing
In
fake
United
States
passports
such
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robinson
are
be-
Ill'VI'd
Lfl
I1HVI'
t
ti
JdllldlLd
lldO
Strike
Riot
First
Disorder
of
its
Kind
in
Years
Lands
Ten
In
Jail
and
31
in
Hospital
KINGSTON,
Jamaica,
Jan.
7:
Ten
men
were
In
Jail
and
thirty-four
in
hospital
today
following
the
first
strike
disorder
In
years
in
Jamaica.
The
trouble
arose
when
pickets
at
a
plantation
refused
to
comply
with
an
order
of
police
to
disperse.
No
Mud
Slinging
For
G.O.P.
Head
I
Dr.
Glenn
Frank
Accepts
Cha
ir-
manship
of
Platform
Committee
f
Republican
Party
CHICAGO,
Jan.
8:
In
accepting
chairmanship
of
the
platform
re-
..ionization
committee
of
the
Re-
nubllcan
party,
Dr.
Glenn
Frank,1
.
-
W
A
V
v
a
k
a
iMN
ANL1AL
A
A
1A
AGREEMENT
United
States,
England,
France,
Germany
and
Italy
.May
Get
Together
LONDON,
Jan.
7:-An
International
financial
agreement
between
......
-j
Pfo.
r.rpat
Britain,
France
Germany
and
Italy
Is
un-j
ii.il..-
Mrtffc
hprp
it
It
would
tnor
.
'
u
'Tnwi.hmpntof
an
I
provide
or
w
gold
-
-
interiittnu,l
of
the
war
settlement
a
view
to
the
stlon
also
will
be
re-opened.
IN
OFFlNfJ
Chinese
and
Japanese
Massing
Fori
Decisive
Struggle
Japs
Attack
British
Officers
SHANGHAI,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
Japanese
and
Chinese
forces
are
reported
massing
today
for
what
some
military
observers
believe
may
be
a
major
and
decisive
battle
in
the
Sino-Japanese
conflict.
Strategic
railway
lines
in
North
China
are
said
to
be
the
imnied-iate
objective
of
the
Japanese.
International
Incident
Major-General
A.
P,
Telfer-Smollett,
commanding
British
I
troops
in
Shanghai,
protested
to-.day
against
an
attack
by
Japanese
soldiers
on
two
Ilritlsh
officers
of
the
Shanghai
municipal
police.
Telfer-Smollett
accused
the
Japanese
of
invading
the
British
defense
zone
in
the
international
settlement
and
is
reported
to
have
issued
warning
that
repetition
of
such
an
incident
might
result
in
gravest
consequences.
Inspector
F.
G.
West,
one
of
the
British
officers,
said
that
Sergeant
A.
K.
Turner
was
attacked
by
Japanese
when
he
criticized
Japanese
soldiers
for
manhandling
Chinese
they
were
questioning.
West
was
attacked
when
he
went
to
Turner's
aid.
TRAINING
OF
YOUTH
Twelve
Thousand
Canadian
Girls
Boys
Benefit
Under
Federal
Scheme
By
THOMAS
WAYLING
OTTAWA.
Jan.
7:
The
million
dollars
voted
by
Parliament
for
J
youth
training
In
Canada
has
been
well
and
truly
spent.
More
than
12.000
young
Canadians'
have
benefited.
Many
of
them
will
"graduate"
this
month
and
already
have
Jobs
Iound
for
them.
Forestry,
mining,
apprenticeship
in
various
trades
and
learner
training
proved
most
popular
with
the
boys
while
specialized
training
and
household
work
attracted
the
girls.
The
million
dollars
voted
by
par-Jiannt
was
supplemented
by
a
similar
sum
put
up
by
the
provinces,
the
latter
having
actual
charge
of
the
working
out
of
the
scheme.
Reports
reaching
the
Department
of
Labor
indicate
that
the
scheme
ceived
a
fine
reception
throughout
the
Dominion.
1
British
Columbia
put
her
Jobless
young
men
Into
forestry
and
placer
mining
and.
with
the
coming
of
winter
rural
courses
have
been
set
under
way
for
boys
and
girls.
In
the
cities
household
and
specialized
training
classes
have
started
forestry
and
Saskatchewan
established
special
courses
in
various
subjects.
Six
cities
in
Ontario
Toronto,;
Hamilton,
Windsor,
Preston,
St.
Thomas
and
Sarnla
-
established
special
courses
oi
nousenoia
iram-Ine
for
girls,
the
first
of
whom
Acquitted
Today
-
tlRir:
!big
PI
plane
anf
r
rt
ti
f.
rr
Chautemp
may
vuit
PARIS,
Jan.
7
r
Premier
Ca-
mllle
Chautemps,
It
was
stated
In
authoritative
quarters
today
was
contemplating
reslenlns:
if
his
appeal
to
capital
and
labor
1
for
an
earlv
conference
on
new
working
contracts
goes
un-
heeded.
BULLETINS
FIRST
ORE
SHIPPED
The
local
provincial
government
ore
sampling
plant
sent
its
first
shipment
to
smelter
yesterday
when
some
twenty-nine
tons
was
dispatched
to
Tacoma
on
the
freighter
Northholm.
Another
15
tons
or
so
is
left
In
the
plant
and
will
go
to
Trail.
Further
shipments
into
the
plant
from
districts
mine
are
expected
ANSLOW
II0N0UED
At
a
farewelr
smoker
tendered
Chief
Petty
Officer
Instructor
,
John
Anslow,
who
leaves
tonight
for
Victoria
to
make
residence
in
retirement,
officers
'and
men
uf
the
local
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
presented
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Anslow
with
a
hand
ome
tncroved
iil-t
tr$v
JCjfeS,
presentation
was
Made
by
Lieutenant
Commander
Walter
Hume
and
Mr.
Anslow
responded
suitably.
A
framed
picture
of
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
headquarters
was,
also
presented.
EXCHANGE
OF
TRADE
EDMONTON
Exchanf
e
of
coal,
fruit,
fish
and
other
commodities
will
be
discussed
next
Monday
when
Trade
Minister
W.
J.
Asselstine
of
British
Columbia
will
confer
with
Tremier
William
Aberhart
on
trade
matters.
The
conference
was
announced
at
Victoria
last
night
but
details
of
subjects
to
be
discussed
were
not
announced.
NEW
AIR
SERVICE
..Ginscr..
Coole
Forim
company
to
'
VpCBMfrt
III
IU
1
Lfllt
IVIf
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
7:
(CP)
R.
L.
(Ginger)
Coote
of
the
Bridge
River
and
Cariboo
Airways
yesterday
announced
a
new
company
Is
being
formed
to
oDcrate
a
service
between
Vancouver
and
Fort
St.
John
In
the
!
Peace
River
Block
to
connect
with
the
present
Edmonton-Yukon
mall
route.
Weather
horecast
,Purnlsritd
through
ue
curtcy
the
Dominion
Mttcoroiosicai
Bureau
at
Prltifc
Ttupert.
This
nre-
cXi.
from
obvcrsallons
ta
ken
at
5
a.m.
today
iuiu
covers
tbr
31
liour
period
riitlln?
S
p.m.
tomorrow)
vails
In
the
Interior.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
lotte
Islands
Fresh
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild.
Showers
at
night,
Saturday
becoming
unsel
tied.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
cast
winds,
shift
ing
to
southeast,
cloudy
and
mild
with
showers,
Saturday
becoming
unsettled.
"graduate"
this
week.
During
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
training
the
girls
wore
uniforms
Is
high
over
British
Columbia
and
and
received
a
small
allowance
relatively
low
off
the
Queen
Char-while
In
training.
lotte
Islands.
Showers
have
occur-The
youths
also
received
the
al-jed
on
the
coast.
Cloudy
weather
lowance
for
pocket
money
but
also;
with
moderate
temperatures
pre-
received
free
board
and
lodging.'
There
were
also
courses
In
the
rur
-
l
al
areas
and
special
forestry
camps
from
which
the
boys
went
Into
the
logging
and
pulp
Industries.
J
Fifty
boys
went
Into
the
Halley-
bury
School
of
Mines.
Similar
schools
have
been
es
tabllshed
In
Nova
Scotia.
Quebec
Is
Just
starting
iier
for
estry
camps.
IS
MISSING
U.S.
Navy
Bomber,
With
Seven
Men
On
Board,
Lost
off
California
Coast
SAN
DIEGO,
Jan.
7:
Three
hun-
numerous
surface
craft
are
joining
the
aircraft
carriers
Lexington
and
Saratoga
today
in
a
search
for
a
navy
bombing
plane,
with
crew
of
seven
on
board,
which
has
been
mlsMng
since
3
o'clock
Wednesday
afternoon
In
the
course
of
a
secur-
coast1'
"iSht
"
thC
Callfornla
acquitted
by
a
jury
this
morning
on
charges
of
theft
in-CThe
incident
of
the
missing
plane
volving
over
$2,000,000.
The
former
capitalist
and
invest-i?
linked
up
with
the
bombing
or
ment
house
head
was
immediately
discharged
from
cust-thc
united
states
gunboat
Panay
ody.
Friends
of
the
broker
who
clapped
and
cheered
when
In
the
YangSte
River
as
thl?
secur-
rVin
aonnittal
n-ic
onnnnnwl
woro
oopVi
firwl
51
fnf
fVio
lty
patrol
was
Instituted
following
the
Panay
affair
after
It
was
reported
that
vessels,
with
JaDanese
on
board,
were
operating
close
to
American
naval
manoeuvre
areas
tn
the
guise
of
fishing.
JEW
OFFICE
IS
RAIDED
Canadian
labor
Orel'
Buns
Foul
Of
Quebec
Anti-Communist
i
Laws
MONTREAL,
Jan.
7:
(CP)
Hcodiuartcrs
of
the
Canadian
Labor
Circle,
whose
officers
describe
it
as
the
largest
non
-political
Jewish
organization
in
Canada
vcre-
raided;
by
he
-police
who-car-rled
off
eight
hundred
books
orT
the
library
shelves.
The
raid
was
made
last
week-end
but
was
reported
only
today.
Officers
said
the
books
were
seized
under
thci
Quebec
anti-communism
laws
as
Yiddish
classics.
SEATTLE
FINANCES
ruget
Sound
City
Having
Difficulty
Trying
to
Get
it
Back
on
its
Feet
SEATTLE,
Jan.
7:
Possibilities
of
municipal
financial
reconstruction
for
Seattle
are
being
discussed
at
a
conference
today
between
representatives
of
various,
tax-paying
bodies
and
the
city
council.
Other
lntorests,
business
and
iflnanclal,
will
also
be
called
in,
It
is
planned,
In
the
effort
to
put
the
city
on
Its
feet
financially.
There
is
no
Immediate
prospect
of
state
aid
to
the
city,
it
Is
said.
OPPOSITION
FORMING
UP
Powerful
Interests
To
Combat
Plan',
To
Cut
U.S.
Public
Expenditures
!
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
7:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
plan
to
cut
public
expenditures
will
meet
with
strong
opposition,
It
Is
evident.
Powerful
forces
are
mustering
to
combat
any
reduction
In
relief
or
public
construction
programs.
The
chief
executive's
proposal
to
reduce
the
C.C.C.
program
by
$125,000,000
is
seen
as
a
move
to
abolish
the
C.C.C.
Don
Budge
Wins
Over
Bromwich
SYDNEY.
Jan.
7:
Don
Budge
of
United
States
defeated
John
Bromwich
6-4
8-6
in
tennis
here
today.
In
doubles
Von
Cramm
and
Henkel
,
of
Germany
defeated
Budge
and,
Mako
of
United
States
6-4,
6-1,
6-3.
i
m
c
Charges
Of
Theft
Of
Two
Million
Dollars
Dismissed
In
Toronto
Former
Prominent
Financier
Found
Not
Guilty
by
Jury
Friends
Who
Cheered
When
Verdict
Announced
Are
Fined
By
Court
TORONTO.
January
7:
.
...
Missing
Girls
Report
Safety
Bernlce
White
and
Hazel
Hevenor,
girls
who
had
been
missing
from
their
homes
since
Monday
after-
noon,
reported
their
safety
to
the
mtv
rrT
iro
nun
a
ro
rnnr
KiU
n-
th
their
parents
again.
They
had
been
staying
In
a
vacant
house.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
'
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Joluuton.
Co.)
Vancouver
Stocks
B.
C.
Nickel,
.10.
Big
Missouri,
.50.
Bralorne,
9.00.
Aztec,
.07.
-
-
;
"
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.73.
JDentonla,
.10.
Golconda,
.07.
Minto,
.03
W.
Falrview,
.05
!b.
Noble
Five,
.03
V2.
Pend
Oreille,
2.35.
Pioneer,
3.20.
Premier,
2.05.
Reeves
McDonald,
.45,
Reno,
.57.
Relief
Arlington,
.18.
Reward,
.06Vj.
Salmon
Gold,
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.0434.
Premier
Border
.01.
Silbak
Premier,
2.05.
Congress,
.02'4.
Home
Gold,
.0154.
Grandview,
.10
Vi.
Indian,
.02
li.
Quatslno
Copper,
.03
M.
Ols
A.
P.
Con,
.36:
Calmont,
.62.
C.
&
E.,
3.00
Freehold,
.08.
McDougal
Scgur,
.27.
Mercury.
.18.
Okalta,
2.22.
Pacalta,
.14.
Home
Oil,
1.35.
Eastern
Storks
Bcattlc.
1.38.
Central
Patricia.
2.40.
Gods
Lake,
.55.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.50.
McKenzie
Red
Lake.
1.03.
Pickle
Crow,
5.05.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.20.
San
Antonio.
1.46,
Sherrit
Oordon,
1.45.
Smelters
Gold,
.OH?.
McLeod
Cockshutt.
1.45.
Oklend.
.14.
Masher.
.14.
Madsen
Red
Lake.
.34.
Stadacona,
.34.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.46.
Moneta,
2.30.
Bouscadlllac,
.10.
Thompson
Cadillac.
.32.
Banktleld,
.69i2.
East
Malartic,
1.20.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.11.
Hutchison
Lake,
.09.
Dawson
White,
.02
Y2.
Aldermac,
.55,
Kerr
Addison,
1.97.
Uchi
Gold,
.94.
Martin
Bird,
.48.
Int.
Nickel.
48.25.
Noranda,
57.00.
Con.
M.
&
S
00.00.
fCP)
Isaac
Sollowav
was
disturbance.
The
charges
against
.Solloway
arose
out
of
brokerage
!
transactions
before
the
depression.
UNABLE
TO
CARRY
ON
.
wim
Dodd
e
,
signed
as
U.S.
Ambassador
to
Germany
i
NEW
YORK,
January
7:
William
Dodd.
who
has
resigned
as
United
States
ambassador
to
Germany,
arrived
yesterday
from
Berlin
and
left
New
York
today
for
Washington
to
present
his
report
to
thp
State
Department.
J
Dr.
Dodd,
In
an
Interview
af
tet
arrival
fierisi
said
.he
'
had
found
himself
powerless
to
do
any
good
for
his
country
or
the
world
against
tfte
Influences
of
Nazlism
so
he
had
decided
to
resign.
Seattle
Strike
Still
Unsettled
Lengthy
Conferences
Between
Longshoremen
and
Their
Employees
Fail
to
Bring
About
Agreement
SEATTLE,
Jan.
7:
Counclllator
Marsh
said
last
night,
after
long
conferences
between
Seattle
long
shoremen
and
their
employers,
that
although
discussions
had
been
friendly,
no
agreement
had
yet
been
reached
towards
ending
the
J
dispute
which
has
again
tied
up
the
port
to
waterborne
traffic.
"There
-
Is
nothing
to
report,"
said
Marsh
who
stated
that
conferences
would
be
resumed
today.
LOYALISTS
i
HOLDING
ON
Battle
Rages
at
Tcrucl
with
Heavy
Casualties
on
Both
Sides
H
END
A
YE,
Franco-Spenlsh
Frontier,
Jan.
7:
Loyalist
forces
claimed
today
to
be
still
holding
firm
at
Teruel,
strategic
provincial
capital
In
the
Aragon
sector,
after
three
savage
attacks
by
Insurgents,
the
third
of
which
was
still
In
progress
this
morning.
Heavy
casualties
on
both
sides
are
reported.
Foreign
Demand
Holds
Up
Silver
Price
In
States
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
7
(CP)
Strong
demand
ln
London
and
elsewhere
abroad
Is
having
the
effect
of
holding
the
New
York
open
silver
price
Steady
at
4434c
per
ounce
In
spite
of
the
slash
this
week
In
the
government
price
on
silver
newly
mined
In
the
United
States,