Volume 20, No. 6
Thursday, February 11, 1937
Prince George, B. C.
Cabinet Crisis Develops Over Health Insurance
Medical Men Assert the Measure
of protection Afforded by j
Statute is Insufficient NO COMPROMISE OPEN: Hints that DrTWeir will Quit
the Cabinet if Colleagues
Defer Introduction
Victoria, Feb. 8�Something ap-' a cabinet crisis has been in the clash between the men of the province and . � ^r G. M- Weir over the in-t-tiuction of the health insurance measure designed to become oper-'the on March 1st. In view of the lnlt there is said to have devel-.' ', a division of op'nion in the cabinet is Io �vhe�ief it would be atlvisab'e xu>n<\ insurance to incUgents and the very low-wage earners. Dr. Wallace Wilson, chaimian of the health committee of the College of Physic'ans and Surgeons, has iisued a statement in which he says that while it is true ihe � profession considers the remuneration to be pa:d under the ,act is inadequate, what tho doctors objected to most .strenuously was the failure of the health act to make provision for insurance for the indigent, the low-wage earner or widow pensioners. To Hie .medical profession no scheme of health insurance could be considered as acceptable which leaves these classes unprovided for. A ballot of the mem-i". of the medical profession is being t-ake'n on the question of co-operation on the part of the profession with the hoalth act. This vill be a formal vote, with the ballots counted by -scrutineers not members of (he profession, and is i ��;;>'��. ted to confirm the verbal votes lakon at the meetings of medical men held in Victor a and Vancouver recently in which the doctors decided almost unanimously to refuse co-operation. The position taken by the medical men ci to the last stone to I be delivered by Captain Morgan, but ] it pioved a counter and won the com- I petition. The Morgan rink consisted ! of Morgan. McEachern, Bowman and j Matheson; and the losing rink Arnett, j Ivioilat, Munro and Mullet.
Earlier Wednesday evening the Ass-man rnk had snatched a victory from the Dupre rink In the final for the j Kelly cup. The veteran Dupre played j under a great handicap in that he was ! forced to play the entire match with- j cut thc services of Chris NeiLson. his third, who had succumbed, to an attack cf the flu. The Assmin rnk wa.s j composed of Assman, V. Giles. A. John- '< �on and J.^Burns: and the Dupre rink! r..f Chris Neibon. J. Bailey and R. j McDonald.
The consolation competition was' fought out between the Morrison and James rinks, the victory going to the | former. The Mcrr'son rink was com-! posed of Morrison, E. Burden, W. j Smith and W. McChesney; and the. James rink of James, Judy Guile. P. j Kelsberg and G. Mealing.
The consolation prize awarded to the \ rink winning the most games in the j bonspiel, and failing to take down a j prize, went to the Bexon rink. i
During the bonspiel there was a raffle for a sack of flour. The winning ! number was 9756 and the curling club management would like the holder of the winning ticket to make h;mself known and take home his prize.
The members ;" the Prince George Cuiling Club staged the greatest bonspiel in the club's history during the week. The event attracted five out-s:de rinks, two from Quesnel, two from Well? and one from Smithers. and the
tended there were many more pressing necessities; but if the members, of the cty council wr-:-e out in front of requirements at the time, the requirements have sinte caught up. What must be satisfying to the municipal authorities is the un'form verdict of the pilots who have made use of the f eld that in it the city has the making of one cf the best landing- fields in the province. The recent heavy snows brought with them a new problem in that the city has learned that a .snow-covered f'eld should be rolled and not plowed to ensure safety in landing, and the city k looking1 into the matter cf securing a roller for the purpose. There is every reason to believe the municipal landing- f:eld will be more extensively 'used during the coming summer than ever before, especially if the board cf trade .succeeds in having Prince George recognized nr. the br^e. for the air service wrth northern provincial points, nnd the establishment of the long deferred mail service for Alaska Ls proceeded with. It ecev without-saying there will be less objection to landing field expenditures in the future. There is no immediate desire fcr a licenced airport, but it is realized n lond'ng field which could be utilized in all kinds of weather would move than return its cost in th" business it would bring to the city merchants. _________o________
01d-Timers Turn Out in Force for Dinner and Dance
John Mclnnis Delivered an Able Address on Reminiscences of the Early Days
Supreme Court Malaga Fell to of United States the Assault of Comes Under Fire Rebels Monday
I Congress May Move to Make the Marks Most Important Victory j Court More Responsive to of the Insurgents in Eight
| National Legislature . , Months of Civil War
Lampooning of August Body to IMPORTANT NAVAL BASE be Subject of Investigation by the Senate
Washington, Feb. ii�Will the United ; States supreme court'be able to stand the aa>ault whrch is �01111118: from the present congress? This is the question ', many pec pie are asking themselves, The couit at present consists of nine men. During the fust Roosevelt term ' the supreme court thiew out mast of: ! President Roosevelt's "hew deal" leg- ' j lslation, and mast of it on five-four | j divisions. Had the decisions of the | j court been more pionounced they j j wculd probably have, been accepted , ; with better grace by the new dealers, � but as it was the voice ol" congress, j J strongly supported by the nation, was I negatived time after tune by an adverse vote cf cne. Then1 are a num.-! j ber of proposals a-3 to hew this should I be overcome. One is that supreme . :ourt decisions shall require more than .1 majofity vote of cue. Another pro- , pcsal is that personnel of the supreme court, be increased from nine to fifteen ' judec;. Ti.eie is of course a considerable clement who are Impressed with ; Ihe sanctity of the supreme court, and i opposed to any effort to regulate it !
Rebels Launched Their Attack by Land Forces Supported on Sea and in the Air
London, Feb. !>�Advices from G-oiiUiur teil of tin- ca.pture of Malaga tin. morning by tne Spj.ii-l.h i government forces -statement, that while trade did notstances rg some" of their relatives had necessarily follow the flag, the supreme : btvn sent bolorr tho firin,r , ,d wh,](i court could be counted upon to follow \others nad managed to make their es-
The play started Saturday afternoon i and continued virtually without intermission until Tuesday evening when thc finals were reached in the three competitions. Some of the coldest weather of the winter was experienced while the bonspiel was on. but the players turned out at all hours of the night,
f I Regrets Were Read from Number of Pioneers Who Moved Out to Other Parts
the elections.
1 cape and their immediate whereabouts
The dissatisfaction witih the .supreme COuld nol be determined The great-s by no means confined to members , ost joy in lhe capture came lroin SOmo
of congress, The court has b^en lam-
300 rebels who had been confined for
popned in a pamphlet. -The Nine Old , scveral monlhs Tne fall of thc riL Wen. published by Drew Pearson and not altended by anything in the
Robert S. Allen, the well-known Wash- Lnture of a massacre of prisoners such ington columnists. .This publication as marked the .capture of other places
by both .sides, although during the
There were about 130 persons present at the annual dinner of the Fort George Old-Timers' Association in the Pr nee George hotel .on Wednesday evening over which r.rsident Walter
discusses the members of the court in t highly irreverent, manner, comment-"ng upon their predilections at the time r;l their elevation, and suguesting they"! have been influenced by them unduly in their judicial duties. Now it may be quite psrmif'j'ble for members of con-o:res? to rail at the supremo court, bul it i; something enf-irelv diffrrent for
eight months thousands had been ex-
fiequcntly with the temperature down Flynn presided. Letters of regret over around 30 decrees below zero and inabilily to be prc.;Ont vvcre rcad frort1 .seemed to enjoy every m nute cf it. { Hon H G Ponyt F P Burden. H. B. Of the visiting curlera the Haipr \Guestf Messrs_ Deykin and Bishop and rink from Quesnel had the, greatest Emic Livingston, find J. H John ,011 measure of success. The Harper boys j ,0;u his rt><,rcts ovcr the longdistance were consistent winners at the mime telcphpne from Seattle. Satri Cocker,
while they were resident's of the city, and they apparently have lost little of their skill since "their removal to Ques-
of Vanderhobf had been slated to make the address of the evcrrhg but lie wai j unable to negotiate the highway .."be-
rebels failed today :n their at- tho lines of commuivica-(ion between Madrid and Vnlencia. in the vicinity of I,ho cap'.tpl. There was Fome fierce fi-:htin. bnrs. It follows tbsrefore Uint "
".rl"l.p :v.''j;:"" ^k(1(! ,t0 ,im"-;:,r;-heniPf to ciit
thn i>:iplicntu'i > contained in rJio-i. \ini' Old Moil" ann it would no! be surprising if it should result in the discovery the feet of the eminent justices are like less eminent feet and fashioned of clay.
The proposals of the president for I r;pRMAN PFOPI F the re-organization of the supreme V�tlKlviAl>l I ^UL ll court have, becn so drawn thai it J�. OPEN IN CRITICISM-OF contended no constitutional issue is
,T;-ed. but they will meet with con- HITLER'S PROG RAM MB r;dcvrable opposition from Ecvcual of the |
Deinocrat'c members of congress. They! London. F"cb. ,s Th(- Daily Mail car-wculd Rive the president power to nom- tries store innte an additional juclgo rii any court V'hen an Incumbent'. Having held office for ten years, readies i)-e age of:, 70 v!'p--s and within s'x months i-5 neither top retired or resigns; and provision thai ;i "n decision en any constitutionnl quo1?- LQi
ion bn promulsrated wMhput ample
program by residp.nl
1!' t}'.s- sto: ics cin b( : ritici.sm '. the fii � openly direc ted agi jn< c ho a suni :d po chief !�.;�< "^rtth- thi
h.nl I-
(Inner v.ie John Bermnn, Mr, and
-posed of Roy White, II. Jones. A. John- iyt,< T Wnldof. Mr. and Mrs, C. c MMh "
n and J. McMahon
n and J. M rvid Jim Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Andy
The Wells curlers extracted a lot of j ForrCst,. Mr. and Mrs. George Tapping.
fun otli of the bonsp'el but were not Mr; ,,,u, Mp- T Griffith; Mr. and Mrs.
serious contenders for any of the j
trophies. The personnel of these
rinks was: Geddes, H. Abey. S. Wright ond R Cockburn: and J. Moonoy. R. Evcrfon.' A. McDowell and M. D. Biickhart.
Snlby Wat-on, Mir. nnd Mrs I. B. Guest, j "P-ad" Kelly, "Baldy" Hughes, Mr. "nnd Mrs. John Mclnnis., Mr. and Mrs. John | I:�ow.ky. Mr, and Mrs. J. Yarzeau. Mr and Mrs. P. Garland. Mr. and Mrs w Prnser, Mr. and Mrs. Georsc Abbott.
Tlie visiting rink from Smithers. I y^:,~ pascall. Mrs. Barnes. Mrs. Parks, which put up a number of interesting j Mr and MrK VV. Reid. Mr. and Mrs games, remained a contender in the Baker, M. C Wiggins. Mr. and Mrs bonspiel unt:l Monday night when it Karl Anderson. A. B. Moffat, Mr. and dofeatwl in the McCullagh shield Mn. Yardley. Mr. and Mrs Tom
t,ho
nnifpri''states. The presidonl rhargrcl �Ho iridiciary hn-i become a scattered. !^";r.]v orvr;uiived. nnd slowly < nrv:itin" . third house of the national legislaturo
KING'S AMNESTY FAILED WHEN GRANTED TO MEN IN KINGSTON PRISON
Ottawa. Feb. 9�Alfred G. Hall, an ! expert on the treatment of criminals, today to-.tifk-d before the royal com-I mi'� inn Investigating the prison system of the dominion that the recent king's amnesty extended to prisoners in the Kingston penitentiary had failed in its purpose in that 80 per cent of the
ol open criticism of Hitler's of several (it, es. ub.Uantiated the which has been st thp dictator r roiij1 years ago. id ; i' rbnipla nt �( nd us', of Ger- � � � , to the assistance of the ; i !;i ) ! ! in Sptiin. (ierm in ( itizens sire retiorted to be openly incetihg on =rtrci'1 cornci and dencuiicing the dispatch of U'l '!'�; to Span. 'Che cnsuai-
..... inn the German "volurito?rs"
have frequently been heavy, but the ( iilwinl'enuiition eiven out by the gov-.' eminent with respect to them is that the men liavo been killed or wounded in mniioi tivres.
RUSSIAN SECRET POLICE CHECKED IN RAID OF RED ARMY FOR SUSPECTS
competition by the Pidgeon rink. W. H. i Hughes. Mrs.' J. Steel. J. Leith. Mr. I men to whom amnesty had been ex- cers ()f llie H,.d army as treason (Continued on Page 8) and Mrs. R. Pipke. Mr. and Mrs. R. .tended were soon back in the prson sabota.ge suspects has brought for
DR. WALLACE WILSON CLOSES DOOR TO ANY COMPROMISE SCHEME
Vancouver. Feb. 9�Dr. Wallace Wil-K�n. rha'rman of the health committee cf the College of Physicians and Sur-Eeons, today closed the rioo- to any suggested compromise v:lth the government to permit the introduction of the Health Insurance Act en the first �f rievt month. Dr. Wilson r>nr-;rd cyer the remuneration to bo poiH to tne doctors for their serv'ces under lne act. but ureed po^M:-.?1�-icnt until T'"n net f^'f- inr.uranco to the poor and �eedy of the province, pnd until the �^rM>itrrr situation throuehout the oro-yincQ4s adegua'tely covered. From Vic-�v'a vord wrs rece!vf�d the provin-^al cabinet discussed the impasse for rV hours, but made no announcement following the meeting.
New Jersey
�_---------n--------~Z"rrrrolry, Mrs. D. Allan. Mrs. F. J. Moran.
PAUL WENDEL TESTIFIES j Mj-. and Mw W. Crocker, f. C. Gun'h:
AGAINST MEN CHARGED j^Ir]
W,TTU UTC ITTOMAPPTNG I Mrs. Eni:e Burden. Mrs. H. Hill. W. H. WITH Hlb |^JL�i>/Vffll^VJ JCnrislv s van Buskirk. Charles Free-
g__pauj vv^ndel the j man. Mr. and Mrs. Georce Williams,
-,n'Mr. and Mrs. G. Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. , q j A. P. Anderson Mr. and Mr;. F. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. Ewert, Miss McCullagh, J. against the Hediger. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gardner, his kidnap- 1 Mrs. Gabriel, D. Kiloren. Mrs. C. Pe.t-. ' erson. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Thompson, y ! Mr. H. Thicker. T. M. Watson. Mr. - I'and Mrs. Dan McDonald, M�%. and Mrs. E. Cahcon. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Grahan1, Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham. C. Pinker. A. Be:derman, I. Spaner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fl\Tin Mr. and Mrs. W. Forrester. Hal Rogers. Mrs. Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Van "Dyke, NMh-s. C. Wede-meyer, Mi's. Streiter, Charles Gow and C. Kettyle. Endako.
Other speakers at the dinner' in-eluded Ecb Poolev. Charles kettyle of Endako. Karl Anderson and John Ber-
London, Fob. 8�The acUvftles of the Hii.. l.m .secret police in raiding offi and forth
vhile of the remaining '20 pec cent J 1)I0tfVSt, (O Dictator Stalin on the part many had been befo: minor charges.
DOMINIONS WILL BE ASKED TO ASSIST IN EMPIRE DEFENCE
the courts on | oj K-;iement! Voroshilov. defence com-mi.' .ir As a result Stalin is reported �o have agreed that the activities of the secret police with respect to the army shall be suspended and that no further arrests will be made w.'thout the knowledge of Coinrnlsar Voroshilov, Several arrests of officers in the Red
had been_
torture. In h s t<;^ ed Ellis Parker iho ^^ detective, and his son. These men wen not placed on. trial as Governor Hoff-nrn refused an order for their extradition to tho state of New York. The Wendel "confession" was used shortly before the hour set for Hauptmann's a stay It had
execution;
ti
hour
to secure a stay It_ bt b
his effect for a short time but be'ng ^ovedited by Wendel the execution of Hauptmami was proceeded with.
London, Feb. 8�Sr Samuel Hoare, j army have already been made, first lord of the admiralty, has made it - r>�
dear that at the imperial conference ' CHRYSLER CO. HAS to be held after the coronation the: dominions will be invited to assist in ADVANCED WAGES FROM
defaying the cost of naval defence of the empire. Present naval expenditures approximate a billion dollars. Wh'le it is said no effort will be made to influence action on the part of the dominions it will be pointed out that Isolated: systems of local defence will Vkely prove extravagant as well as in-�^fir'ent.
10 TO 20 PER CENT
New York.
9�The announce-
man. better known throughout the interior as Johnnie-the-Jew.
ment was made today that the Chrysler has advanced tho wages of iyceo by from 10 to 20 pvr cent, an increase in the company's wage bill of approximately $13.000 000. The wane" increase was given to head off dissatisfaction in the company's plants.