(Til
JEKSTAD
ins
of
Norway)
oi
them
all,
Ruth
17
year-old
daughter
ad
Mrs.
Otto
Jerstad.
educated
In
Prince
ie
s
now
on
the
staff
Ink
of
Montreal
here
niplctlng
a
business
St
Joseph's
Ar?-
Bth
started
school
at
rmorlal
while
It
was
pntary
school,
later
IKlng
Edward,
then
io
ith
when
It
became
rhool
She
has
.in
ter
miccn.
a""
'-
prself
as
being
Inter-
jai.
types
of
sport
B.RA
WILSON
liriMnens
Llub
ra
Wilson
23-ycar-old
im
PortQtieen
Mar
who
hopes
to
re
drawn
this
year
from
toriorie
at
the
carnl-
3
o
a
o
n
ceremony.
Met.aicatla
on
April
(Barbara
Is
the
daugh-
llw
isle
Ambrose
Wll-Ic
was
educated
at
St.
s
School,
Alert
Bay,
ie
took
her
high
school
At
present
she
Is
llv-
tn
verness
with
her
and
working
at
the
there
She
has
two
Marjorlc
and
Joyce
Mvln
Leask).
and
four
Ambrose,
Roderick,
land
Raymond.
:RAL
MOTORS
AILING
WORK
f
'mis
lo
he
Takt-n
Off
I'ount
of
Steel
Situation
lOIT
V.
The
General
"orporaUon
will
take
the
fti:
off
from
manufactur-
'
n;cr
can
starting
Mon-
aiisc
f
the
United
States'
tin
-.ry's
disturbed
condl-
fumg
situation
of
early
pit
iy
180,000
workers
will
,
off
1
r"
no
Immediate
lndl-
l
o
other
plants
following
ascbalt
Scores
American
Fon'S.
10:
Detroit
9,
1
York
8;
Cleveland
2
7
Chicago
2
fdelphla
4,
4;
Brcwns
5,
National
''inati
1;
Philadelphia
4
"lit;
0;
Boston
3
no
3
New
York
6
Nrgh
6;
Brooklyn
10
JKE
D.V.A,
STUDENTS
ronton
tti-More
veterans
Kpected
to
enrol
for
the
f'me
at
the
University
of
"its
fall
than
graduated
Ipring
according
to
A.
C.
F'rs,
supervisor
of
training
Department
of
veterans'
here
retty
pullen
(Gyro
Club)
Betty
Patricia
Pullen,
born
In
Prince
Rupert
ID
years
ago
In
September,
daughter
of
the
late
H.
F.
Pullen,
publisher
of
the
Dally
News,
and
Mrs.
Pullen.
Betty,
willowy
blonde,
120
pounds
a.nd
5'
4"
'..:--.
received
all
her
schooling
in
Prince
Rupert
and
excelled
therein.
Now
she
has
Just
ilnlshed
two
years
at
University
of
British
Columbia
lead-Jng
to
entry
of
Vancouver
General
Hospital
training
school
for
nurses
this
fall
to
complete
a
course
in
public
health
nursing.
She
is
spending
the
vacation
employed
at
the
local
Forest
Branch
office.
Swim
miug
and
badminton
arc
her
favorite
recreations.
She
Is
a
Job's
Daughter
High
Low
Local
Tides
Friday,
July
18,
1947
0:54
13:59
7:35
1940
i
I.OKKAINE
YOUNG
MAN
(Junior
Chamber)
Brunette
Lorraine
Young-man
will
be
16
on
August
20,
Just
In
time
to
make
her
eligible
to
be
Queen
August
21
If
her
supporters
swing
sufficient
votes.
Daughter
of
Charles
L.
Youngman,
well-known
Prince
Rupert
pioneer
and
Mrs.
Youngman,
she
has
a
fine
singing
voice
which
she
hopes
to
train
professionally.
Starting
school
at
Borden
Street,
she
Is
now
In
Grade
Eleven
at
Booth
Memorial
lUgh
School,
and
Is
spending
the
holidays
working
at
Frasc.-and
Payne's
store.
She
is
studying
the
piano
on
the
side.
Her
hobbles
are
singing,
dancing
and
swimming.
INTERESTED
IN
TRAFFIC
HERE
Chicago
Railway
Official
looking
Into
Situation
Here
and
at
Ketchikan
.
'New
trend
of
Alask.1
trade
1hmnth
Prince
Rimert
to
the
'
Mitors,
which
makes
wWHin
wt.
inxtMri
of
bv
the
half
of
the
United
States,
tradltlonal
way
of
Seattle
has
'ii-
;aid
Its
steel
up-hrn,,M
Kdwnrd
II.
Richards,
short
to
permit
full
LrelRnt
trafflc
manaBcr
of
the
way
on
a
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
and
Ketchikan
to
see
the
situa
tion
at
first
hand.
Mr.
Richards
line
cperatcs
out
of
Chicago
to
fit
Paul.
Minneapolis.
Omaha
and
Duluth
and
such
points,
a
principal
tranter
point
to
Canadian
National
lines
being
at
Duluth.
Mr.
Richards
Is
particularly
Interested
In
the
possibilities
of
developing
thli
traffic
from
the
Middle
West
over
the
C.NJl.
to
Prince
Rupert
for
shipment
to
Alaska.
Accompanying
him
on
his
trip
Is
Mr.
McNamara,
general
agent
of
the
freight
department
of
the
line
at
Seattle.
They
arrived
on
the
Prince
Rupert
i
yesterday
afternoon
from
Vancouver,
arc
making
the
trip
to
Ketchikan
today
and
will
proceed
south
tonight.
22.4
feet
19.7
feet
LONDON
0j--As
a
result
of
an
agreement
concluded
In
Moscow,
Oreat
Britain,
suffering
from
an
acute
housing
shortage,
was
re-
0.0
feet
0.0
feet
weighing
heavily
upon
Canada
for
lumber
and
wheat.
WANTS
ENTRY
OF
ALL
JEWS
JERUSALEM,
-The
Jewish
labor
leader.
Zalman
Rubashov,
testifying
before
the
United
Na
Hons
special
committee
on
Palestine
yesterday,
demanded
the
pccdy
transfer
to
the
Holy
Land
if
Jewish
survivors
of
the
Nazi
(error.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
150.003
members
cf
the
Jewish
Labor
federation,
Rubashov
added
that
his
organization
put
itself
tin
reservedly
at
the
disposal
of
the
Jewish
Agency
for
the
reception
and
absorption
of
InV.Igrants.
JUNE
POLICE
FINES
HIGH
June
was
the
busiest
month
that
the
city
police
experienced
In
a
year
and
city
police
court
fines
last
month
exceeded
any
other
month
since
June,
196.
according
to
the
report
for
June
iubmitted
to
he
civic
police
committee
by
Sgt.
L.
A.
N.
Potter-ton.
Revelry
on
Third,
Avenue
resulted
in
a
scries
of
police
round
ups
which
brought
more
than
50
persons
before
the
magistrate
In
two
days
on
various
liquor
char
&es
and
brought
forth
fines
total
ling
more
than
sl.000
on
that
oc
caslon
alone
Total
fine
collections
for
the
month
were
$1,787.
June
collections
were
the
greatest
since
June.
194G,
when
misdemeanors
caused
the
magistrate
to
demand
payment
of
$1,980.
However,
fine
collections
for
the
first
six
months
of
1917
are
considerably
under
the
same
period
for
1946,
which
presumably
Ind
icates
wiser
or
more
law-abiding
population.
Collections
so
far
this
year
total
$4,373
as
compared
with
$7,912
last
year.
t
According
to
Sgt.
Pottertons
report,
monetary
losses
from
Criminal
Code
complaints
during
June
totalled
$587,
of
which
art
lcles
valued
at
$110
were
rccov
ercd.
COMPLETING
DECONTROL
All
Ceilings
Except
Sugar
and
Kent''
to
Re
Lifted
ny
Fall
OTTAWA
&
All
remaining
price
ceilings
with
the
exception
of
rents
and
sugar
are
expected
to
be
removed
by
the
government
this
fall
possibly
by
the
end
of
October.
It
was
learned
today
Price
Board
officials
are
said
to
be
contemplating
arrange
ments
which
would
virtually
complete
the
decontrol
program
Price
controls
removed
would
Include
meat,
all
bakery
products
Including
bread,
flour,
all
remaining
canned
food
except
those
containing
sugar,
clothing,
w,nfnr
vphlrle
accessories
and
most
commodities
and
services
listed
In
the
last
government
announcement
June
9.
BOWED
TO
WILL
OF
PARLIAMENT
Premier
King
Says
He
Is
Not
"Loid
God
Almighty"
Prorogation
Tomorrow
OTTAWA
ft
-Premier
King
said
he
had
acceded
to
the
will
'
of
the
House
in
accepting
a(
committee
to
study
redistribu
tion
although
he
remarked
he
felt
the
Job
would
have
been
better
handled
by
an
Independent
tribunal
of
Judges
rather
than
by
an
all-party
committee.
The
Prime
Minister
reminded
the,
House
he
was
not
the
"Lord
God
Almighty."
The
redistribution
bill
Is
due
to
be
adopted.
Prorogation
is
being
delayed
by
debate
on
the
housing
situation.
.V.W.V.V.W.V.W.V.W.V
TODAY'S
STOCKS
'
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
"
'
Vancouver
Brolorne
10.75
BR.
Con.
05V2
B.R.X.
09
Vs
Cariboo
Quartz
2.20
Dcntonia
.-
18
Grull
Wlhksne
.06,Vi
Hcdley
Mascot
103
Mlnto
03
;
Pcnd
Oreille
2.10
Pioneer
3.85
Premier
Border
05
V2
Privateer
37
Reeves
McDonald
100
Reno
10
Vi
Salmon
Gold
-I8
Sheep
Creek
1-1
Taylor
Bridge
50
Taku
River
70
Vananda
..
32
n
t
Conuress
Pacific
Eastern
30
Hedlcy
Amalg
05
Spud
Valley
.:
.H
Central
Zcballos
-02
't
Sllbak
Premier
70
Oils
A.P.
Con.
.10.
Calmont
'
55
C.
ft
D
."
2.30
Foothills
2.90
Home
4.35
,
Toronto
ATHONA
15
Aumaque
20
Vi
Beattle
78
Bevcourt
.'
:
-74
Boblo
15
nuffalo
Canadian
.17'z
Cons.'
Smelters
85.00
Conwcst
.93
Donalda
80
Eldona
31
Elder
75
Olant
Yellowknlfe
6.15
God's
Lake
96
Hardrock
3G
Harrlcana
09V
Hcva
Gold
.20
IIosco
36
Jackntfc
0834
'Joliet
Quebec
40
Lake
Rowan
19
Lapaska
35
Little
Long
Lac
1.60
Lynx
13'4
Madscn
Red
Lake
3.30
McKenzle
Red
Lake
57
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.60
Moneta
.42
Negus
2.05
Noranda
44.50
Oslsko
Lake
:
1.20
Pickle
Crow
2.65
Regcourt
27
San
Antonio
4.10
Senator
Rouyn
38
Sherritt
Gordon
3.20
Steep
Rock
2.05
Sturgeon
River
.22
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEW8PAPER
i
VELY
I'OKT
QUEEN
CHOICES
TAXI
lllll
feign
Over
mtl
way
aim
Vrivic
VCiiuc
ainivui
next
monui,
235
Phone
Phone
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
SUnd:
Old
Empress
noteL
Third
Ave.
Pacific
Port
"Prince
the
to
the
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Kupcrt,
Key
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
166.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY.
JULY
17,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
A
AAA
iAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ
I
1
r
Destroyer
and
Freighter
Crash
3
I
yCWS
,p
-
-tun
v'
Jritain
Gets
Russ
Lumber,
New
Agreement
On
Trade
Has
Been
Reached
Wh
eat
Greatest
Marine
Disaster
In
Recent
History
Occurs
Off
Coast
of
India
BOMBAY
(CP)
Nearly
seven
hundred
passengers
are
feared
to
have
lost
their
lives
when
a
steamslfip
sank
during
a
rainstorm
at
noon
today
off
the
coast
of
Kolaba,
south
of
Bombay.
Reports
received
here
described
the
sinkinc
as
the
greatest
ocean
"disaster
in
recent
memory."
It
is
said
that
only
ported
to
be
in
line
today
to
ob-!
twelve
of
a
total
of
700
passengers
had
been
saved.
tain
sufficient
lumber
from
the
'
Soviet
for
construction
of
approximately
30,000
houses.
Signing
of
the
agreement
was
disclosed
last
night.
One
million
tons
of
wheat
would
also
be
obtained
by
Britain
under
the
agreement,
it
Is
reported,
Great
Britain
of
late
has
been
U.S.
NO.
1
COMMUNIST
GETS
MAXIMUMM3erhardt
Elsler,
alleged
No.
1
Soviet
agent
In
the
U.S.,.
was
given
the
maximum-penalty
of
the
law
for
contempt
of
Congress
a
year's
Imprisonment
and
a
$1,000
fine.
Elsler,
shown
with
his
wife
upon
arrival
at
U.S.
district
court
in
Washington,
was
found
guilty
of
contempt
of
the
House
Un-American
Activities'
committee
by
a
federal
district
court
Jury
on
June
10.
BUSINESS
CO-OPERATION
SIIOWIS
UN
-SIUPMEIST
0
COTTOMPOOD
A
floating
example
of
co-operation
and
interdependence
in
business
was
towed
out
of
Porpoise
Harbor,
near
Prince
Rupert,
at
noon,
Wednesday.
It
was
a
Davis
raft
of
cottonwood
logs
which
required
material
and
work
by
three
logging
companies,
two
towing
companies,
a
railway
and
a
mill
operator
to
send
it
on
its
way
to
Vancouver.
Second
large
raft
of
Terrace
cottonwood
logs
to
be
assembled
at
Morgan
Mills
Ltd.,
Billmor,
this
year,
the
crib
contained
110
flat-car
loads
of
cottonwood
logs
I
and
several
thousand
feet
of
cedar
logs
for
buoyancy.
That
Is
where
the
co-operation
:
came
In.
The
cottonwood
was!
logged
by
C.
L.
M.
Glggcy,
Terrace
lumberman,
and
shipped
on
flat
cars
over
the
C.N.R.
line
to(
Morgan
Mills
Ltd.,
to
be
rafted.
Owing
to
its
heaviness,
the
raft
required
a
buoyant
base,
so
cedar
logs
were
brought
from
the
Lee
and
Oenberg
logging
camp
on
Kitlmaat
Arm
by.
Charles
Currle
with
tow
boat
C.R.C.
The
cotton
Wood
logs
were
piled
on
top
of
the
cedar.
"Side
sticks,"
used
In
binding
the
raft
together,
were
brought
from
the
Joshua
McKay
logging
operation
on
the
Kaycx
River
which
flows
Into
the
Skecna.
The
raft
was
assembled
under
direction
of
K.
G.
Bosworth
of
Morgan
Mills
Ltd.
Product
of
several
weeks
of
labor
on
the
part
of
dozens
of
widely
separated
groups
of
men.
the
raft
was
towed
out
of
the
Morgan
booming
ground
by
the
tug
Island
Champion,
Capt.
Cavln,
consigned
to
Western
Plywood
Co.
Ltd.,
Vancouver.
Several
weeks
ago
a
-ilmlJ;
"
raft,
containing
900.C00
feet
of
cottonwood
logs,
was
consigned
from
Billmor
to
Western
PLAN
WATCH
ON
GREEK
FRONTIER
Another
Proposal
to
Head
(Hf
Kussiati
Invaders
LAKE
SUCCESS,
&
An
auth
oritative
source
said
yesterday
that
iomc
of
the
United
Nations
delegates
were
considering
the
possibility
of
setting
up
a
Greek
border
watch
outside
the
world
organization
should
Russia
block
the
security
council's
action
on
the
Balkan
issue.
The
source
said
this
was
one
possible
step
should
the
setfurlty
council
turn
down
the
United
States
proposal
for
the
establishment
cf
a
United
Nations
semipermanent
commission,
to
watch
over
the
Balkans
border
areas.
NORWICH,
Eng.
O)
Eighty
one
-year-old
author
Alderman
Fred
J.
Henderson
once
consld
ered
as
a
possible
Poet
Laureate,
was
given
the
freedom
of
this
ettv
Bulletins
RAILWAY
STRIKE
MONTREAL
Negotiating
'committee
on
behalf
of
railway
unions
notified
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
today
that
a
strike
vote
my
he
taken
following
refusal
of
the
railways
to
acrej't
a
conciliation
board's
recommendation
for
a
sl'g
scale
of
holidays
with
pay'.
ALEXANDERS
IN
EDMONTON
EDMONTON
A
vacation
In
Jasper
Park
completed,
the
Governor
-
General
and
Viscountess
Alexander
arrived
here
this
morning
and
will
l
leave
tonight
for
Grand
Prairie
and
Dawson
Creek
in
the
Peace
River
country
whence
Six
Perish
In
Head-on
Collision
Off
Halifax
HALIFAX
(CP)
The
casualty
toll
in
the
Canadian
Navy's
first
serious
peace-time
accident
has
been
'set
at
six
dead,
five
missing
and
fifteen
injured.
The
Tribal
class
destroyer
Micmac,
with
crumped
bow,
docked
here
after
a
head-on
collision
with
the
freighter
Yarmouth
County
in
a
dense
fog
off
Sam-
they
will
fly
to
Northwest
Ter-
ritorics
and
Yukon.
!
BEER
BY
GLASS
VOTES
VICXUKIA
Attorney
Gtn-eral
Gordon
Wismer
has
announced
that
local
option
pkbscitfs
on
the
sale
of
beer
by
the
glass
will
be
held
in
the
province
thi.
fall
for
thttinit
time
in
seven
years.
He
said
sixteen
petitions
seeking
beer
votes
are
being
checked.
PENSIONS
INCREASING
OTTAWA
Canada's
pension
liability
from
two
world
wars
is
increasing
at
the
rate
of
$800,000
a
month,
Hon
Ian
JlacKcnzIc,
.Minister
of
Veterans
Affairs
told
the
Ilous
of
Commons
yesterday.
UNITED
NATIONS
REBUFFED
SALONIKA,
Greece
The
United
Nations
sub-commission
advised
the
commission
at
Lake
Success,
Wednesday,
tlit
its
latest
request
for
permission
to
enter
Albania
had
been
rebuffed.
GRAZIANO
WINS
CHICAGO
Kocky
Graiano
of
New
York
won
the
world's
middle
weight
championship
Wednesday
night
with
a
technical
knockout
over
Tony
Zale
in
the
sixtli
round
of
a
fifteen-round
bout.
INDONESIAN
TEACE
IJATAVIA
Acting
Foreign
Minister
Tamsil,
of
the
Indonesian
Kepublic
flew
to
the
Republican
capital
of
Jogjokarta
today
In
an
effort
to
resolve
new
differences
between
his
government
and
Netherlands
authorities
which
threatened
to
precipitate
war
In
Indonesia.
NEHRU
RESIGNS
LONDON
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
vice-president
of
India's
Interim
government,
was
le-ported
by
the
New
Delhi
radio
tonight
to
have
resigned.
"Differences
of
opinion"
were
said
to.
have
caused
his
resignation,
the
radio
added.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Clear,
warm
weather
is
general
throughout
the
province
today
and
will
continue
Friday.
Higher
temperatures
are
expected
in
nearly
all
areas
today
with
the
highest
temperatures
to
date
this
year
expected
in
the
southern
Interior.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
r-
Clear
and
warm
today
and
Friday,
ex
cept
variable
cloudiness
In
the
early
morning.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
Highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy
48-68;
Massett
48-70,
Prince
Rupert
50-72.
bro
Lightship.
Ships
are
searching
for
missing
men,
believed
to
have
been
swept
overboard.
Commander
J,
C.
Littler,
captain
of
the
Micmac,
said
he
saw
the
freighter
looming
like
what
seemed
directly
over
his
head.
Then
the
crash
came.
No
British
Columbia
names
were
shown
on
the
casualty
list.
The
battered
and
unidentified
body
or&j2f
"early
todf.
O
w
of
the
Micmac.
The
Micmac
is
padly
damaged
but
Minister
of
Na"tonal
Defence
Brooke
Claxton
'denied
she
will
be
written
off.
-Jter
equipment
In
any
case
will
be
salvaged.
Only
prompt
action
saved
much
more
serious
consequences,
It
was
admitted
today.
Rebels
Are
Retreating
Gittk
vGvernmenV
Forces
-In
Hot
Phrshlt
of
Guerillas
ATHENS
(CP)
Greek
government
forces
are
reported
In
hot
pursuit
of
battered
guerilla
units
retreating
northeastward
and
parallel
to
the
Albanian
border
after
an
abortive
attempt
to
capture
the
city
of
Ioannlna,
the
capital
of
Eplrus.
The
guerillas'
main
body,
a;
force
of
some
2,500
men
which
the
government
said
earlier
this,
week
had
launched
an
invasion,
from
Albania,
was
believed
attempting
to
make
a
Junction
with
other
leftists
fighting
irf
the
Grammos
mountain
range.
Reports
suygested
that
government
troops
were
trying
to
prevent
such
a
Junction.
U.S.
WARSHIP
VISITING
PORT
Destroyer
John
A.
Bole
Here
In
Course
of
Keservist
Cruise
Second
American
destroyer
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
this
year,
the
U.S.S.
John
A,
Bole
slipped
into
the
harbor
at
9
o'clock
this
morning
and
docked
at
the
gov
ernment
wharf
for
a
four-day
visit.
The
warship
arrived
here
from
Seattle
on
a
training
cruise
and
carried
80
naval
reservists
as
part
of
her
crew.
The
John
A.
Bole,
commanded
by
Lieut.
-
Commander
A.
F.
Chahiberlaln,
U.S.N.,
Is
the
same
class
of
destroyer
as
the
John
W.
Thomasson
which
spent
three
days
here
late
In
May.
Original
word
of
the
visit
received
at
the
executive
office
of
II.M.C.S.
Chatham
on
July
2
stated
that
the
John
A.
Bole
would
be
one
of
three
destroyers
making
the
stop
here
but
tha
northern
voyages
of
the
other
two
vessels
were
cancelled.
The
other
two
vessels
were
the
U.S.S.
Lofberg
and
U.S.S.
Buck.
Lieut.
-
Commander
Chamberlain
paid
an
official
visit
to
the
city
hall
shortly
after
his
ship's
arrival
here
this
morning.
Mayor
Arnold
will
return
the
visit
at
10
o'clock
Friday
morning.
Among
entertainment
plans
for
the
ship's
complement
Is
a
dance
at
the
H.M.CJ5.
Chatham
drill
hall
sponsored
by
the
local
naval
reserve
unit.
A
baseball
and
fastball
game
also
are
being
arranged
for
the
week-end.
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