162 Men + Death Trail Marks Record Production . Of Lumber In This Province | 3 MILLION FEET Stacked against a near- record production of three billion feet of lumber in the province for 1937 are the mangled bodies of 62 British Columbia loggers. But -while the story of wealth was told in official statistics released by the } BC forest branch this week, it re- mained for the BC Coast Council, International Woodworkers of Am- erica, to reveal the appalling death toll of the woods, Official figures show that of the four basic industries in BG, the highly mechanized and dangerous timber industry records $9,000,000 more wealth production than min- ing, the second in wealth, and is 10 percent ahead of 1936 produc- tion. The cut to the end of November, 1937, was 2,810,650,212 board feet compared with 2,578,585114 for 1936, estimated at $79,000,000— $7,000,000 more than in 1936. More than half the exported lum- ber went to the United Kingdom market. Of the balance Australia took 149,473,346; Japan 30,387,688: China, 98,967,592; South Africa, 41,109,933 feet. Eixceeded only by the 1929 rec- ord, with mining production esti- mated at $70,000,000, agriculture, $53,230,000, fishing, $17,500,000, tour- ist trade, $35,000,000, the grand total of $220;000,000 was reached for 1987. Ban Defied JERSEY CITY, NJ, Dec. 29— (PP) —Im a half-abandoned church that was the only forum offered in the city, 500 workers, liberals and free-speech fighters broke down the » ban on democratic rights in Jersey City for the first time since Mayor *» Frank Hague declared: “I am the Slaw.’ The state supreme court has been asked to review the cases of > five CIO organizers who were jailed * for distributing leaflets here. oh owesnaitunee ‘CHINATOWN | New Year’s DANCE | 37 EAST PENDER on FRIDAY, DEC. 31 Dancing: 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Fun! Thrills! Novelties! . | a | Auspices: Young Communist League “Spend New Year’s Eve with the Gang!” Canadian Boys Are Defending Democracy In Spain Woods Death Toll Highest Recorded Canada’s Leading Progressive The People’s Advocate Western Newspaper VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937 Fascists Are Active In -S. America Rome-Berlin Axis Seeks Complete Destruction of Democracy in Latin America WANT MARKET By DAVID BERNSTEIN. Federated Press. The emergence of Brazil] as a “corporate” state jolted the world into recognition of the fact that democracy’s state of health is none too good in Latin America, Between them Hitler and Mussolini are plot- ting the destruction of what- ever elements of democracy exist in South America. In time of war, the continent will be of tremendous importance to belligerent nations. Chile has ni- trates, and nitrates mean explo- Sives. Argentina has grain and cattle, and armies fight on bread and beef. In time of peace, the South American continent is just &sS important, for here a new mar- ket for all sorts of products is opening as rapidly as the back- Ward fascist and semi-fascist re- filmes will permit it. There are nearly 15,000,000 people in South America who were born in Italy or are descended from Italians. More millions are of German descent. Wazi and fascist agitation has gone far among the German and Ttalian settlers in South America. Qne Chilean news- paper the other day remarked an- grily: “German presumptuousness in Chile has become so unbearable that the Chileans in German set- tlements feel like foreigners. All true patriots fear that in case of War these nuclei of infection will become centres of sabotage, espion- age and even armed rebellion.” Propaganda streams across the Atlantic from Rome and Berlin in the form of books, lectures, “in- spired’” newspaper articles, and what-not. During the recent pres- idential campaign in Argentina, Mussolini had no compunction PAPINEAU BS about sending Luigi Federzoni, president of the Italian senate, to Buenos Aires for a pre-election ‘speaking tour. Financial penetration, too, has become an important part of the fascist activity. Dictator Benavides of Peru buys Caproni bombers from titaly—expensive bombing planes bought for a tiny nation that has not been at war for years and has no expectations of enter- ing one. The explanation, of course, is that Italian interests have in- vested upwards of a hundred mil- lion dollars in Peru. Benavides is paying ransom money to them by buying armaments which he doesn’t need. Today Latin American nations are either goose-stepping into fasc- ism or Gesperately fighting to ward off the disease. Furtively, they look for help to the United States and its Monroe Doctrine. Over 100 From BGC. . =. The Flower of Canadian Youth Next Shipment to Canadians in Have your goods in our office by February 5th Let’s make this a bumper shipment in recognition of the Canadians’ part in the capture of TERUEL! SPAIN leaves in FEBRUARY Son of Tom Ewen, Prov. Sec’y of Communist Party of B.C. Over 200 B.C. Boys in Spain look to you for smokes. BRUCE EWEN Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion ' 43 - 615 West Hastings Street Vancouver Phalanx Leaders Arrested (The brilliant loyalist offensive at Teruel. moralizalion in fascist territory. Following is t Spain. ) By FEDERATED PRESS reveal. to prevent escape of the plotters and to halt news leaks. Sell 5,000,000 Penny Stamps ry 6) Here are some of the Hollywood celebrities who aided in the drive of the Motion Picture Artists Committee’s drive to provide Chrisi-— mas gifts for Spanish children. Left to right (top): George Bernard Shaw, Sylvia Sydney, Fanny Hurst, (bottom): Edward Arnold, Richard Arlen. Strife Increases Between Franco’s Fascist Factions executed against difficult terrain in stormy weather and taking the enemy completely by surprise, may be studied against a background not only of improvement in the training and assurance of government troops but of increasing de- he latest news to leak out of fascist-held parts of PARIS, France, Dec. 29.—More than 5,000 members of the original Spanish Fascist Pha- lanx are under arrest in a purge comparable to the June, 193 The borders of fascist Spain were shut tight on both the Portuguese and French sides by) bay ia SPANISH FASCISTS IN REVOLT 4, days in Berlin, sources here Removal and execution of Gen- eralissimo Francisco Franco was the object of the plot nipped by authorities, it was confidentally stated. Foreign troops and Moors were used to carry out the purge. The movement is’ ascribed to a coalition of old guard Fascists and Carlist requetes. Spanish Fascists originally back- ed Franco against the rival claims of Generals Mola, Queipo de Llano and others, a well-informed Span- ish Fascist explained, but the in- creasing preference given to Ital- jan and German technicians and troops brought a party crisis. Franco accepted the advice of for- eign staffs and dissolved the pha- lanx, forming a single totalitarian party, which aroused violent old guard resentment. Persecution of Fascist realer Manuel Hedilla is seen as another proof of the clash. “Franco has absolutely no Span- ish support,” a requete spokesman declared. “He has neyer been popu- lar and became head of the state only through the support of the Germans and Italians.” Opposition representatives in Paris would not concede that the plot had been defeated by the prompt action of Franco forces. They insisted he had lost prestige even with his original foreign backers and would have to be re- placed in spite of the present purge. Widespread Discontent. The plot appears to be months old, but to have been delayed by the accidental death of General Emilio Mola in a plane crash. Mola founded the first fascist government at Burgos, which has never sur- rendered all its functions to the Franco totalitarian government at Salamanca. Mola was slated to replace the diminutive Franco. His death precipitated a struggle with- in the ranks of the opposition be- tween partisans of Generals Caba- nellas, Queipo de Llano, Col. Yague and the defender of the Alcazar, Colonel Moseardon. France took Celebrations Mark Elections Soviet Candidates Make Promises After Election MOSCOW, USSR, Dec. 29 (FP)—Soviet candidates prefer to make their promises to the electorate after they are elected rather than before. : The men and women who will sit in the Supreme Council, highest governing body in the land, when it convenes shortly, probably in January, avoided vote-s catching promises during the cam-| he would speak up for the special paign. Now that the election is; needs of Baku. He said these in- over, they are letting it be known | clude covering the outskirts of the just what they will drive for. city with parks, especially where “Building new homes in our city, there are oil refineries and work- improvement of cultural and living | €TS settlements, extending gas conditions of the workers— these | Mains and sewage systems in vil- are some of the measures which I | l4ges in proximity. to old fields, shall strive for,’ declared K. TI. | and connecting Baku and summer Butenko, director of the Kuzentsk | Tesorts by electric railway. Tron and Steel Works, who was Election week was one continu- among the 1143 deputies elected in | ous celebration as people partici- December. He pledged an increase | pated in mammoth parades and in the production of steel to 5500 | demonstrations for the wunited tons daily. ticket of Communists and non- M,. Y. Yevseyenko, petroleum en- | Communists. One highlight was the gineer, chairman of the Baku city | pledge of 3000 Stakhanovite work- soviet, and deputy from the chief |} ers that they will boost production oil centre of the USSR, said that to evén higher schedules. We're headin’ for the Advocate Annual Ball THE TIME: 9 to 1am. January 28 THE PLACE: Hastings Auditorium THE GIRL: We leave that to you. — TICKETS 50 CENTS — CHAMBERLAIN’S SWINGY BAND IN ATTENDANCE Refreshments!! Fun and Froliec!! LEN advantage of the dissension to dis- solve the’ Phalanx and create a single party. A leading Spanish Fascist here admitted’ widespread discontent in the ranks of the Phalanx, but de- nied that the old guard was in- volved in the Franco plot. He at- tributed the movement to “Marx- ists,” who had joined the Phalanx since the beginning of the war. The Spanish Fascist party grew much more rapidly than any other in Fascist Spain, he asserted, and the doors may have’ been opened too wide since the attempted coup of July, 1936, he thought. Social- ists, Communists and thousands of trade unionists took refuge from the violence of the early days in the ranks of the Phalanx, he said. He accused these “Marxists” of fo- menting opposition to the Italian and German ‘friends of National- ist Spain,” and to Franco, but ad- mitted that old guard Fascists have complained of preference given to foreigners in hotels, trains and f New Youth Publication Proves Hit New Year’s Eve Dance In Chinatown Marks Open- ing of Drive Campaign For New Advance. $200 TO RAISE When Vancouver ushers in the New Year this weekend the progressive youth of the city will be down in China- town —at 37 East Pender Street, to be exact—celebrat- ing the birth of 1938 with a New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the Young Communist League and thereby contributing to the suc- cess of the finest youth magazine yet published in Canada. Hor this New Year's Eve dance marks the opening of the campaign to raise $200 in British Columbia toward the national objective of $2,500 set as the minimum sum re- quired to ensure regular publication of the New Advance. Attractive enough to meet the taste of the average young Ca- nadian, the first issue sold out com- pletely, thanks to live-wire agents and the popularity of the progres- Sive youth movement. With Jack Phillips as drive manager the second issue of New Advance is as- sured of wide publicity. Written by young Canadians, the reader sees at a glance that New Advance not only faithfully reflects the lives of young people but answers a great number of ques- tions now being asked by youth to- day, answers them not in pedanfic Style but in live articles, short stories, snappy illustrations, and re- ports of youth activities. Youth and Unionism The economic status of thousands of youth is a question of first im- portance to New Advance, and a | recent stirring article from the pen of M. Draper, president, Trades and Labor Congress, shows that the editorial board is fully aware of the present Sweep of young people to- ward the trade unions. Activities of Canadian Youth Councils, YMCA, Church Youth, Young Communist League, the role youth is playing in stormy Quebec province and a host of interesting angles unequalled in youth publica- tions, are all features. Foremost in the present drive is the YCL, which plans to hold socials and meetings to arouse interest in the magazine and win financial sup- port. Maurice Rush, district secre- tary of the league, declares his or- ganization is prepared to carry the brunt of the campaign, but asks the assistance of all interested in the youth movement to do their bit. Val Christie, treasurer of the drive, is seeing to it that as far as sub blanks are concerned, publicity and individual letters, no stone will be left unturned to make the drive a success. Chinese Fleeced By Fraser Mills MAILLARDVILLE, BG, Dec. 29. —Twenty-three Chinese living in one bunkhouse here pay $9 per month each to Fraser Mills com- pany, Woodworkers’ union officials amusement halls of Fascist Spain. Opposition spokesman here would not indicate the name of the oppo- sition candidate to replace Frano, but it was hinted that the radio- General of Seville, Queipo de Liano, was in sympathy with the plot. 2500 Hire Spies WASHINGTON, DG, Dee. 29.— (PP) —Over 2,500 industrial firms, the list of which ‘‘reads like a blue- book of American industry,” employ spies to report on the unionization of their workers, the US senate civil liberties committee states in a re- port to the senate on the phase of its work covering industrial espion- age. I> ilers of BES SESS SESIASSSS = BOA PREIS < SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS FSSSSSSSLS, % A, 4a By ANNA ROCHESTER Regularly $2.50 — Special: $1.50 A Basic Work, a Study of Finance Capital state this week in the BG Lumber Worker, union organ. Escaping domination of the usual tyee, who generally receives all wages to be doled out at his will, Chinese workers at Fraser Mills due to their solidarity, receive higher Wages than any other of their na- tionality working in other shingle mills in BC, the tyee receiving a percentage of cost of food supplies only. Chinese sawyers are paid 25 cents per square, packers 16 cents. Union officials, quoted by the Lumber Worker, declare that white workers would do well to emulate their soli- darity in view of recent threats of wage cuts. Boycott Japanese Goods. > meric New Age Please note our New Address: 28 EAST BASTINGS ST. SLOSS LO SG IIIS EY, Va Wo Bookshop ncouver, B.C. TRINITY 5753 SSSSSssssss $< SSSSSSSSscss SS SSSSsssssss SSSs SSSSSSSssssx 4 February Shipment For Spain Friends Here Plan To Raise $1500 In Cash or Kind For Volunteers WIDE APPEAL Canadians fighting for de- mocracy in Spain all received a well-tilled Christmas stock ing, according to J. C. Chivers, provincial organizer for the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papi- meau Battalion. The Ghristmas shipment, made possible by the splendid response of Canadians to the national campaign of the FM PB, was eagerly awaited by the volunteers and, if letters received by friends and relatives here are any indication, provided a major topic of conversation. In keeping with plans of the national committee to send an- other shipment of comforts on February 15, British Columbia, which is asked to cooperate to the. extent of $750 cash and $750 goods, is preparing a new Campaign, has already collected $200 cash and the Same amount in kind, “The Friends have never let up,” stated Chivers, who has this week Sent circular letters to committees throughout the province, to trade unions, CCE clubs and other or- Ganizations sympathetic to the cause of Spanish democracy. : Mac-Paps ‘Real Men’ Typical of letters received by the HMPB here is the following from Harry Rushton, Toronto volunteer: “I could go on praising the boys, but you can tell the folks back home who are helping us in Spain that they are real men,” he writes. “We were in an attack, and for some of the boys it was the first time. But let me say that all the Mac-Paps did a good job. “It is hard to pick out boys for particular mention, but R. Rose of Hamilton, a first aid man alone with Cluney, brought in the wounded from no man’s land with- out hesitation. “Frank Whitefield of Vancou- ver whose coolness when he led his section undoubtedly saved many lives. “We're quartered in a Spanish castle, the owner of which is fight- ing for Franco. This will be a good place for Spanish kids after the war. Meanwhile we've heard a lot about the Christmas parcels coming from home and we're hold- ing guessing contests as to the contents.” Chivers confidently expects the Hebruary shipment to be filled on time. He told of a local salesman who sold 4380 copies of Hello Gan- ada last week. This booklet, com- piled from letters and diaries of volunteers in Spain, found a ready sale over Christmas. “You'd be surprised at the num- ber of people who are acquainted with the work of the Mac-Paps in Spain,” Chivers declared. Lake Logging company workers, Rounds, BC, have sent $20.50 to- ward the February shipment cam- paign. Project workers at camp 10, Powell River, BC, who have in the last few weeks sent quantities of tobacco for the Mac-Paps have promised more support around January 10, pay day. The entire crew recently staged a 2-minute silence at a meeting in honor of comrades fallen in Spain. Nazi Amnesia BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 29.— (FP)—Germans can still Sing their old favorite, Die Lorelei, but they must forget that a Jew, Heinrich Heine, wrote it. Nazis are now mal- ing a habit of omitting the author’s mame in songbooks. Likewise the Tame of the playwright, Arthur Schnitzler, is omitted in the film Liebelei, taken from the famous play by the same name. Mes SMS ON THE AIR Be Sure To Tune In The PA News Broadcast over CKMO (1410 Kilocycles) Se NAUGURATING a Sunday morning broadcast of local and provincial news. Ss First Broadcast SUNDAY, JAN. 2nd 9:45 A.M.