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at
Canada's
IMost
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Kupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
'No.
28f.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
11,
1947
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was
expressed
at
a
special
meeting
of
j
o
council
of
the
Prince
Kupert
Chamber'
yesterday
afternoon
over
the
serious,
would
result
both
in
inconvenience
and
smaller
communities
along
the
coast'
se
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and-north
of
Prince
Rupert
and
in
ii
1
losi
of
business
ordinarily
trlbu-
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VqA
,ary
10
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RuP"t
the
DC
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curtailment
in
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Mi
Ilirt--.nscotnb
ntam
Silence
Byron!
:
fifty-seventh
!
i
he
celebrated
a
twin
event
the
British
party
Within!
:ie
final
session
party
conven-
tmlnstcr
Lib-1
rud
been
chosen
T.ier
John
Hart
uiai
nc
wouia
;n
A
to
It.-
the
Lieu-be
1-..
fore
Christ-aat
the
leader
-puvcrnment
be
ihe
new
chief-
.
.
ustrlalist
edged...
General
Gordon
of
475
to
467.
mers
ZIZ
declared
motion.
X
1U
proceedings
In
finance
Minister
mb,
head
of
the
.oc
in
the
coall-
comment.
"It's
cith
mr
was
all
W
EDWARD
HCHAM
n
THEFT
Hearing
of
Leslie
arold
Port
Ed-:-.an
on
three
aklng
and
enter-began
in
district
ourt
Wednesday
and
E.
T.
Applcwhaite
was
appointed
to
draw
up
a
strong
case
for
presentation
to
the
oomnanv
outlining
thp
various
adverse
effects
of
the
move
The
committee
is
in
session
this
af
ternoon
and,
meantime,
a
tele-Kca
gram
has
been
sent
to
the
com-of
pany
requesting
that
It
post-.ai
pone
the
changes
until
.t-
has
received
the
local
representa
u0ns
which
will
seek
reconsld-Wf
eratlon
of
the
whole
plan
Tnc
chamber
council
studied
the
proposed
new
schedule
whch
involves
the
reduction
of
I
ships
running
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
from
four
to
two.
cutting
the
service
to
Massett
Inlet.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
to
once
in
three'
weeks,
reducing
service
to
such
points
as
Stewart,
Pnrt
Port
Simp
slmD.
son,
Alice
Arm
and
Bella
Coola
to
fortnlnhUy
and
eliminating
c
'
Alaska
service
altogether,
,
,A
lOr
J41C
UfKH
yuaiiuii
Islands.
It
was
held
that
the
new
service
would
result
In
ac
tual
loss
of
business
with
Rupert
to
Vancouver.
It
will
also
be
suggested
to
!
lne
company
the
loss
of
good-
jwill
which
has
been
bum
up
i
over
so
many
years
of
service,
'
catering
.particularly
to
smaller
!
coastal
points
and
local
traffic,
i
also
the
disappointment
of
Al
-
aska
people
at
the
precipitate
cutting
off
of
a
service
there
which
was
rapidly
developing.
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
already
expressed
Jts
disappointment
over
the
cutting
off
a
fast
service
between
here
and
Vancouver.
The
community
of
Massett
has
already
orotcsted
to
the
com-
!
pany
at
the
curtailment
of
ser-
Hie
case
is
being
:
,
,nf
ii
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!
n
i
w
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.
I
()Wll
dOlltll
ivc-Vear-Old
Lynn
Griffiths
I
Victim
of
Painful
Accident
uiu-i
Her
right
eye
severely
ii,
injur
a
d
Do-!
by
a
painful
accident
with
(
sharp
pointed
scissors
about
5
oclock
.yesterday
afternoon,
five-ycar-.r
old
Lynn
Griffiths
was
being
flown
this
M10;
Pacific
Air-,m
ver
by
Canadian
lines
for
treatment
by
special-
ts.
Local
physicians,
having
j
scaled
the
eye.
were
hoping
tha-own
pre-'
there
might
be
some
chance,
by
i
means
of
delicate
surgery,
of
saving
its
function.
The
accl-
'iiaiiisiraie
v.
"
apaclty
o
stlnen-
te
for
the
district
urged
with
break-,
me
three
native
mng
camp
at
Ke-
Gardner
Canal!
:ii
Will
I,
nil.
entered
Wilson's
Edward
on
seized
a
number
:cd
to
have
been
i
Gardner
Canal
These
included
a,
'
household
articles
c
tacLeod
Is
acting
Wilson,
while
the
Is
being
rporal
A.
Taylor,
s
continuing
to-
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BURNS
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(inlfn
Clnln,
Irmv
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"vvv
ruri.
cawara
Bros.
Ltd.
and
oc-
Mi
and
Mrs,
William
,;rom
Viincouver,
was
gut-L'!rr"
valerday
afternoon.
Jn,lv
'fre
absent
in
Prince
.
ai
time.
They
lost
re.
T
,
.
s-
i
,
dent
occurred
iu
ui
(he
cliild's
grandparents,
Mr.
jand
Mrs.
E.
Pcttenuzo,
and
the
i
first
the
mother
knew
of
it
was
I
when
she
screamed
In
pain.
Shi
I
had
been
out
of
her
mother's
!
sight
for
less
than
five
minutes.
u-
-l-irnii-ii
nri
n.
well-
n.l
;
known
and
csteemea
iiuiuu
"'
own-.
mnnv
friPI1ds
were
soon
proi-
i
-
..
i-t-i
.
ferine
any
assistance
it
might
be
possible
to
give.
New
Commander
of
H.M.C.S.
Crescent
OTTAWA
The
new
commanding
officer
of
H.M.C.S.
Crescent
i
Charles,
R.C.N,
(destroyer)
who
7BI
Hockey
League
!
comes
from
Rouleau,
Saskatcne-7
2
Detroit
2
(tie).
!
wan.
Tlie
ship
Is
at
present
at
lS1
.
New
York
4
(tie).
Esquimau.
The
change
becomes
n
s
Chicago
0.
effective
late
In
December
A
THING
OF
BEAUTY'
-Snow
often
makes
a
thing
of
beauty
of
the
most
commonplace
of
scenes
Here
a
little
erove
of
evergreen
trees
b:hind
the
legislative
buildings
at
Regina
looks
like
something
out
of
a
fairy
tale
The
photo
was
made
shooting
almost
straight
Into
the
sun,
and
the
snow
texture
brought
out
with
sparkling
clarity.
HUGE
RAFT
OF
LOGS
LEAVES
.Afore
Than
Million
and
Half
Board
Fret
Off
to
O
ean
Falls
.
The
biggest
flat
raft
of
lc?f
to
leave
Prince
Ruvert
in
years
more
than
a
million
and
a
half
board
feet
was
scheduled
to
gt
away
from
its
booming
ground
near
the
elevator
today
under
tow
for
the
Pacific
Mills
pulp
plant
at
Ocean
Falls.
Made
up
of
more
than
40
sections,
the
raft
covered
about
four-and-a-half
acres
of
water
as
It
trailed
behind
the
tus
Wireless.
Capt.
Bale.
The
raft
hed
a
width
of
200
feet
and
was
almost
900
feet
long.
The
raft
was
boomed
at
the
west
enu
of
the
harobr
durinz
the
last
wfek.
Twnty.four
sec
tions
art
iwned
by
tne
i-rr.wioro
Moore
Logging
Co..
10
sections
by
the
Skeena
Lumber
Co..
oi
Bilmor
and
the
balance
by
various
handloggtrsj
The
logs
were
about
60
per
cent
hemlock
and
the
rest
sprace.
Larger
OapU
rafts
have
left
Prince
Ruvert
in
recent
years
but
this
Is
the
biggest
flat
raft
it
U
believed.
INDIANS
CLAIM
ANNETTE
ISLAND
Want
Kent
For
Air
Field
Which
Has
Destroyed
Natural
Hesources
The
Metlakatla
Indaixs
of
southeastern
Alaska
have
b?en
negotiating
with
ths
Fcdcra1
government
at
Washington,
over
the
question
of
rental
of
one
of
the
most
valuable
air
bases
tr
the
territory
the
former
arm"
field
at
Annette
Island.
For
flv
years,
the
army
paid
$3,600.
Now
the
Indians
say.
in
view,
of
the
Civil
Aeronautics
Assoclatior
having
taken
over
the
field,
they
should
make
a
settlement.
It
was
in
1891
that
President
G
rover
Cleveland
assigned
Annette
Island
to
the
Indians
as
a
reservation.
The
natives
claim
the
airfield
destroyed
hunting
and
trapping
areas
and
damaged
fishing
grounds.
LONG
EXTINCT
The
ancestor
of
the
elephant,
the
mammoth,
was
much
larger
than
his
modern
counterpart
and'
was
covered
with
long
hair
Conrad
P.T.A.
Onpcsed
-
1
o
Kooseieli
1
cukoiie
.
Conrad
Street
School
Parent-1
T.n.'
Accriotinn
has
frone
on
record
as
being
"definitely
opposed"
to
selection
of
Roosevelt
Park
as
the
site
of
Prince
Rupert's
proposed
new
high
school.
At
its
monthly
meeting,
the
association
expressed
itself
as
favoring
either
of
two
alternative
sites
the
present
Booth
Memorial
High
School
location
or
one
at
the
corner
of
McBride
Street
and
Sixth
Avenue.
Decision
of
the
meeting
followed
a
lively
discussion
in
CHARLES
JONES
ELECTED
MAYOR
FOR
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
CP
-Acting
,
central
and
south
eastern
Brit-Mayor
Charles
Jones
today
j
ish
Columbia
and
cloudy
skies
dropped
the
"acting"
after
gain-1
are
general
in
the
remainder
of
ing
a
majority
of
4,265
votes
j
the
interior.
Some
clearing
was
over
both
his
opponents
in
yes
j
expected
about
midday
In
the
(nrrtnv-s
rivip
election.
He
de-i
feated
Mrs.
Effle
Jones,
no
relation,
polling
a
total
of
24,133
ites.
Peter
McAllister,
Independent,
had
only
1,456.
Aid.
A.
W.
Fisher
and
R.
K.
Gervin
of
the
Civic
Non-Partl-zan
Association,
which
was
headed
by
Mayor
Jones,
were
re-elected
along
with
former
Aid.
Halford
Wilson
of
the
Civic
Improvement
Group,
and
Mrs.
Laura
Jamleson.
C.C.F.
The
Non-Partizan
Association
made
a
clean
sweep
of
the
school
board
elections,
winning
four
vacancies,
while
the
C.C.F.
took
two
of
three
Parks
Board
vacancies.
SHOT
AT
POWDER
I
!
,
MAGAZINE-DEAD
CORDOVA
Jimmy
La
Gassa,
a
navy
veteran,
felt
curious
last
week.
He
happened
to
be
near
the.
powder
house
of
the
Mount
Hon,
twenty
miles
from
here.!
He
thought
he
would
fire
a
rifle,
what
would
happen."
The
shack
held
450
cases
of
dynamite.
La
Gassa
fired.
All
that
was
found
of
him.
was
a
leg.
The
blast
was
terrific
is
"M"My
whicn
opinions
were
expraeu-
bv
the
memDers
ana
a
vote
taken.
The
meeting
also
decided
to
purchase
a
new
radio
for
the
school,
with
a
built-in
record
player.
Mrs.
Martin
Stuart,
newly-elected
vice-president,
was
chairman
of
the
meeting.
Following
the
business
session,
the
group
enjoyed
carol
singing,
followed
by
a
moving
picture,
"Meat
and
Romance."
The
meeting
concluded
with
re-j
iresnmenis
servea
cy
a
commit
tee
headed
by
Mrs.
J.
R.
Kings.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
onshore
flow
of
moist
Pacific
air
is
causing
cloudy
skies
over
the
northern
British
Columbia
coast,
Widely
scattered
snow
flurries
are
occurring
in
southern
coastal
areas
but
a
disturbance
now
approaching
the
Oregon
coast
will
bring
increasing
cloudiness
to
these
re
gions
during
the
afternoon
and
rain
showers
are
expected
tonight
and
Friday.
Temperatures
remain
near
normal
in
almost
all
areas
of
the
province.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
with
showers
this
morning.
Intermittent
rain
during,
the
afternoon
and
tonight.
Cloudy
with
showers
Friday.
Winds
light,
increasing
to
southerly
(20
m.p.h.
during
afternoon.
Temperatures
normal.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday
At
Port
Hardy.
35
and
42;
Massett,
35
and
42;
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
42.
Northern
B.C.
Cloudy,
clear-
Friday.
Winds
light.
Colder
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
At
Telegraph
Creek,
6
and
25.
Outdoor
Writers
lo
Visjt
Alaska
Again
JUNEAU
Members
of
the
Outdoor
Writers.
Association
of
America,
who
visited
Alaska
last
summer,
plan
on
Journeying
north
next
summer,
Agreement
M
a!n
Points
Bulletins
PAULEY
TURNING
POINT
LONDON
Firm
United
Stales
demand
upon
Russia
to
halt
removal
of
reparations
from
Eastern
Germany
confronted
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
today
and,
upon
his
answer,
may
hinge
success
or
failure
of
the
Biff
Four
conference
here.
BRITISH
WITHDRAWAL
LONDON
The
British
government's
intention
to
withdraw
all
troops
from
Palestine
by
August
of
next
year
was
officially
announced
to-,
day
in
the
House
of
Commons
by
Colonial
Secretary
Arthur
Creech
Jones
at
the
opening
of
a
two-day
debate
on
the
Holy
Land.
ONLY
SIX
SURVIVORS
WESTOVEK
FIELD,
Mass.
The
United
States
Air
Transport
command
announced
today
that
there
were
only
six
survivors
of
twenty-nine
military
men
who
were
aboard
the
transport
plane
that
crashed
In
Labrador
wilderness
Tuesday
at
midnight.
A
doctor,
who
landed
at
the
wreckage
eight
miles
north
of
Goose
Bay,
reported
that
twenty-three
had
been
killed'
In
the
crash.
TRAIN
COLLISION
NEW
BRAUNFELS,
Texas-Two
Missouri
-
Kansas
-
Texas
pawtnger
trains
collided
h,ad
pIoded
'into
flameS(
knUBr
two
trainmen,
injuring
nine
oher
persons
and
leaving
three
men
missing.
Two
of
them
were
crew
members
and
(he
other
a
railroad
inspector.
NOT
ALL
STRIKING
ROME
A
paralyzing
leftist-directed
general
strike
gripped
Rome
today
but
many
workers,
apparently
with
their
Christmas
pay
envelopes
in
mind,
reported
for
duty
and
stood
by
in
the
hope
that
the
work
stoppage
would
be
called
off
by
nJffht
fa
Anti-Coalitionist
Is
Liberal
Prexie
VANCOUVER
Arthur
Lang
after
a,
contest
with
Donald
Mc
Donald
of
Trail,
was
yesterday
elected
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Liberal
Association
succeering
Dr.
W.
J.
Knox.
Mr
Lang,
a
young
Liberal,
Is
an
op
ponent
of
coalition
In
principle
and
his
election
to
the
presiden
cy
is
considered
as
a
triumph
for
antl-coaliUon
forces.
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LONDON
(CP)
The
Board
of
Trade
announ
ced
today
that
agreement
had
been
reached
on
all
main
points
of
the
British-Soviet
trade
pact
now
under
discussion
at
Moscow.
Wheat
and
timber
are
the
principal
commodities
which
Britain
seeks
from
the
Soviet
Union
while
the
Russians
want
steel
rails,
machinery,
electric
generating
equipment
and
other
heavy
goods
from
Britain,
DP'S
FOR
WORK
ON
RAILWAYS
Some
of
856
Landed
at
Halifax
Are
Coming
to
B.C.
HALIFAX
The
first
group
of
railway
track
workers,
some
of
whom
will
be
employed
at
Kam-loops,
to
be
brought
to
Canada
from
displaced
persons
camps
in
Germany
were
among
the
856
;
persons
to
reach
Halifax
Wed-j
nesday
In
the
steamer
General
Sturgls.
Included
among
the
856
persons
who
will
travel
fromj
Halifax
on
two
boat
specials
over
Canadian
National
lines,'
are
94
domestics,
82
garment
workers,
150
track
workers,
230
mine
and
92
electrical
power
workers,
plus
168
of
their
rela
tives
and
dependents.
FINED
$50
ON
THEFT
CHARGE
Simon
Morrison,
an
enfran
chised
native,
was
fined
$50
plus
$3.50
costs
in
city
police
court
Thursday
afternoon
when
he
was
convicted
on"
a
charge
of
theft
of
a
purse
at
the
Cow
Bay
floats.
He
was
given
an
optional
one
month
in
jaiL
in
case
he
did
not
pay
the
fine.
The
charge
arose
out
of
a
complaint
by
Herman
Gray
early
Wednesday
morning
of
the
disappearance
of
a
purse
from
among
effects
which
he
had
placed
on
the
floats
preparatory
to
loading
into
a
boat.
An
Investigation
by
Constables
Rosslter
and
Fletch
er
revealed
the
purse
on
another
boat
occupied
by
Morrison.
Mor
rison,
who
pleaded
not
guilty,
told
the
court
he
had
been
drinking
at
the
time.
LOCAL
TIDES
Friday,
December
12,
1947
High
1:26
19.1
feet
12:59
21.7
Teet
Low
7:00
8.2
feet
19:42
2.5
feet
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadian
16
Cons.
Smelters
97.00
Conwest
1.18
Donalda
1.02
Eldona
,
1.06
Elder
72
Giant
Yellowknife
6.20
God's
Lake
91
Hardrock
.34
Harricana
08
Heva
25
Hosco
44
Vi
Jacknlfe
07
Joliet
Quebec
.
42
Lake
Rowan
15
Lapaska
x
15
Little
Long
Lac
1.60
Lynx
.09
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.30
McKenzle
Red
Lake
62
Macleod
Cockshutt
1.58
Moneta
35
Negus
2.12
Noranda
46.75
Louvicourt
1.50
Pickle
Crow
2.50
Regcourt
08
Vi
San
Antonio
4.30
Senator
Rouyn
70
Sherrltt
Gordon
2.98
Steep
Rock
2.10
Sturgeon
River
.22
"
BETTER
THAN
A
MINK
COAT
Little
Stephen
Andrews,
4,
cuddles
up
to
hlff
collie
pup,
"Snowball,"
in
his
Germanville,
Md.,
home,
just
as
"Snowball"
cuddled
up
to
him
with
his
other
dog
when
Stephen
was
lost
in
the
woods
near
his
home.
The
dogs
are
credited
with
saving
the
youngster
from
freezing
during
the
night
he
spent
in
the
wood
while
a
posse
ol
50
sailors
and
marines
and
150
civilians
were
searching
for
him.
The
searchers
themselves
managed
to
get
lost
before
they
found
the
boy.
VOTING
HEAVY
AS
CIVIC
POLL
OPENS
TODAY
Number
of
people
nad
cast
ballots
this
morning
in
the
civic
election
was
far
greater
than
for
corresponding
times
a
year
ago
when
now.
blanketed
the
street.
nTakm'r
'ft'alfffcnlt
for
pedes
trians
and
motorists
alike.
Up
to
11:30
this
morning,
256
voters
had.
cast
ballots,
as
compared
with
133
for
the
same
period
at
the
1916
elections.
At
noon,
the
figure
stood
at
333,
as
compared
with
201
at
noon
last
election
day.
Polls
close
at
8
p.m.
Prince
Rupert
voters
make
their
annual
visit
to
the
polls
today
to
fill
seven
elective
positions
of
civic
government
from
a
panel
of
13
candidates.
The
pells
opened
at
8
o'clock
this
morning
with
few
beside
election
officials
present.
During
the
12
hours
of
vot-,
lng
at
the
Civic
Centre,
the
citizens
will
elect
a
mayor,
four
aldermen
and
two
school
trust-,
ees,
all
for
two-year
terms"
ol.
office.
For
the
first
time
in
the
hlsr
tory
of
the
city,
the
office,
of
mayor
which
is
being
sought
by
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
and
ex-Mayor
Harry.
M.
Daggett
will
be
for
a
two-year
term.
The
mayor's
term
of
office
was
extended
from
one
year
to
two
years
by
an
amendment
to
the
Municipal
Act
this
year.
Returning
Officer
H.
D.
Thain
and
his
five
deputies
William
Long,
Mrs.
S.
A.
Kielback,
Mrs.
Stanley
Savllle,
Mrs.
H.
D.
Thaln
and
Mrs.
Percy
Pierce
were
on
duty
well
before
8
o'clock.
First
voter
to
enter
the
polling
booth
In
the
Civic
Centre
audi
torium
was
Don
Forward,
Civic
Centre
managing
secretary,
who
received
his
ballot
promptly
at
8
o'clock.
He
was
followed
by
Alderman
George
Rudderham.
Mayoralty
Candidate
II.
M.
Daggett
and
Aldermanlc
Candidate
George
Rudderham
and
School
Board
Candidate
George
Dawes
were
on
hand
when
the
polls
opened.
NO
PARTICULAR
CONCENTRATION
There
was
no
great
concentration
of
voters
at
any
time
this
morning.
They
came
In
a
continual
stream,
on
foot
and
by
car,
many
taking
advantage
of
transportation
offered
by
the
candidates.
-
With
the
biggest
voters'
list
In
the
recent
history
of
the
city,
coupled
with
moderate
weather,
observers
anticipate
the
largest
vote
in
years.
Heaviest
balloting
is
expected
to
take
place
In
the,
late
afternoon
and
early
evening
when
workers
are
freed1
from
their
jobs.
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