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the
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freighter
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cost
the
lives
of
two
wmon
re
it,.
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of
Newfoundland
last
November
15
the
s
fd,
...
operator,
Eyolf
Stockland.
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in
cot.
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acuda
and
perhaps
open
a
radio
and
electric
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n
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in
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prl-.ald
today
that
Arab-Jewish
fight-::r'n
out
thU
morn-Central
Palestine,
oi
clashes
yester-
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390
the
unoffl
units,
presumably
ad
attacked
Arab
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for
recent
r
on
Jewish
he
main
highway
iicm
and
Tel
Aviv,
c
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ao
immediate
re-titles
at
Yazur.
:
Nazareth,
virtually
in
machine
guns,
cr
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centre
of
the
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till
lmtrf
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ithn
War
Would
Cost
iiouvand
Times
More.
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llllll.Ml
.tllllistri
Fircign
Bevin
said
Vii
.inn
reduce
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1
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today
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luiirii
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illision
41
nai
fat.
in
commander
j
i!
Halifax
last
July
ives
were
lost
and
cx-nage
done
to
both
ves-tilamc
was
fixed
by
a
inquiry
of
which
Ad-urt
Judge
W.
F.
Car-aifman.
ider
Littler
was
held
high
n
rale
of
speed.
"n
lulled
into
a
sense
c-urlty
by
dependence
il,'ui.
the
court
found.
o
1
UK
FRF.F.ZRS
Is
UMrr
rvi
ti-r
TTMorr.
-Mrs.
Nettie
B.
ps
has
won
a
divorce
from
r
hu,-band,
Rcv.
Euclid
Phil-msistcd
on
keeping
the
rS0riat!
at
a.
trmnprntiirn
of
1
than
Co
degrees
and
told
her
cm
a
sweater,
robe
and
,
V
repair
business."
Son
of
Elnar
Stockland,
pioneer
Prince
Rupert
machinist,
he
arrived
back
In
his
birthplace
here
last
Thursday
night
to
spend
Christmas
with
his
father
After
that,
he
plans
to
"look
around
and
find
a
place
to
settle."
He
Is,
evidently,
suffering
no
ill
-effects
of
his
harrowing
experiences.
"A
splendid
rescue'
was
the
tribute
he
paid
to
Capt,
Borgen
and
the
crew
of
the
Newfoundland
whaling
ship
Olof
Olson,
unt
since
the
Unit-
'nlch
rescued
him
and
his
38
'
lrcldcd
on
partition
companions
from
storm-beaten
Yesterday's
death
Sacrwl
Island,
at
the
northern
These
source
said
"trance
of
the
Straits
of
Belle
Isle,
after
five
days
of
exposure
to
wind
and
rain.
He
was
casual
about
the
feat
truck
that
won
him
nationwide
acclaim
j
that
of
returning
to
the
stricken
Langleecrag
to
send
the
distress
calls
that
brought
rescue
ships
to
the
Island.
i
Radio
Operator
Stockland
clambered
aboard
the
smashed
vessel
on
the
second
and
third
I
days
after
the
wreck
to
sound
distress
signals
while
his
com-
panions
huddled
against
the
f
north
Atlantic
gale
that
beat;
their
sodden
bodies
with
rain
and
sea
spray.
The
crew,
minus
two
of
their
number
who
were
drowned
In
attempt
to
gain
the
barren
shore,
watched
for
five
days
while
ships
attempted
to
send
lifeboats
tn
the
face
of
winds
which
varied
from
40
to
65
miles
an
hour.
It
was
not
until
the
fifth
day
tUni
(V.A
nlnf
nlsnn
fl
riA
o
liar-
the
Unltod
States
-
th
JLP
"fycryy
-tHuiurc
vu
which
war
mi-
n.
F
I
i
rt.l.,
k.,
lino
js
for
a
European
retrain
because
another
cc:
a
thousand
times
ng
thf
Association
of
Core
ipondents
1
n
Mr
Bevm
said
no
one
owed
U
prevent
coun-3
to
co-operate
from
.uccess
of
the
Marshall
-clii
secretary
said
:dcnt
Truman's
mes-angress
on
the
Mar-was
a
providential
and
fired
the
imag-Europc
and
.kindled
a
:
-operation
M
ir
.hr.H
criticized
coun-
attacked
the
recov
to
sustain
the
lifeboat,
the
Olson's
men
ferried
the
crew
In
seven
trips
to
their
vessel.
200
yards
offshore.
"A
splendid
rescue,"
Stockland
told
the
Dally
News
at
the
weekend.
"Captain
Borgen
and
h's
crew
are
fine
seamen."
When
the
Langleecrag
first
struck
tn
the
early
morning
hours
of
November
15
during
the
i
worst
storm
on
that
pa-t
of
the
1
Continued
on
Page
Two)
LOGGER
DIES
ON
SHIP
HERE
It.
S.
Itlackstock
Dropped
Dead
on
Slramrr
Calala
R
S.
Blackstock.
about
55.
a
logger
from
Cumshcwa
Inlet,
collapsed
and
died
In
his
cabin
aboard
the
Union
steamer
Cat-ala
at
6:45
Saturday
evening
while
the
vessel
was
moored
at
the
elevator
wharf
shortly
before
saillne
time
c
of
Victoria
has
-
,u.
rinnr
nf
thp
rabln
bv
responsible
for
the
room-mate.
Earl
Hodgkinson
1
H.M.C.S.
Mlcmacl
h0
nad
bccn
aslocp
uic
up-frclghter
Yarmouth
1)er
bcrln
The
fatality
delayed
the
sailing
of
the
Catala
for
I
more
than
an
hour
while
an
In-estleatlon
was
made.
The
city
police
were
called
and
an
inquiry
was
begun
by
coroner
M.
M.
Stephens.
A
statement
was
taken
from
Hodgkinson.
who
also
is
a
Queen
ult
through
failure
to
charlotte
Islands
logger,
and
h"
siren
and
entering
the
was
au0wed
to
continue
to
Van
couver.
Deceased
has
a
brother,
W.
A.
Blackstock,
at
705
Fourth
Avenue,
New
Westminster,
and
also
0
niece
In
the
Royal
City.
He
had
been
on
his
way
to
spend
Christmas
in
the
south.
New
Deputy
Head
Of
Mounted
Police
OTTAWA
it
-C.
K.
Gray,
aged
34,
commander
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
in
8
underwear.
Twn
month
Nova
Scotia,
has
been
appointed
r
'hen
marriage
she
had
to
!
deputy
commissioner
"of
the
forca
jV6
him
u.
.
.
.
1
fi'n
tin.
vnrnnrv
caused
by
'
uavintr
rnnirnrrpn1
n
lu
iiii
c
Cnlrl
n.,J
L
'tin
lm
he
would
"sit
inroai.
around
""use
in
his
overcoat
and
'
turner
around
his
neck
faring
rubbers."
the
death
or
u.
a.
it.
uuiiu-The
appointment
puts
him
in
line
as
a
possible
successor
to
Commissioner
S.
T.
Wood,
who
Is
due
lp
retire
.next
year
vul.
AAAVI,
No
298.
Settlement
With
Seamen
Dfepule
With
Three
Coast
Steamship
Companies
New
Successfully
Ended
OTTAWA
O
Settlement
of
the
dispute
between
the
Seafarers'
International
Union
and
three
west
coast
steamship
companies
Canadian
National,
Canadian
Pacific
and
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
was
announced
today
by
the
Department
of
Ibor.
A
conciliation
board
said
that
both
sides
had
reached
a
new
agreement
calling
for
an
increase
of
$15.79
per
month
across
the
board
for
unlicensed
personnel,
overtime
rate
of
85c
an
hour;
50c
an
hour
rale
for
"dirty
work"
and
one
day's
leave
after
each
five
days'
work.
BRITAIN'S
COAL
OUTPUT
HIGHER
winter
they
are
getting
good
news
from
the
coal
mining
front
the
most
vital
theatre
of
operations
In
the
whole
reconstruction
campaign.
Output
from
the
mines
for
the
last
week
in
November
again
exceeded
4
',4
million
tons
thus
maintaining
the
powerful
increase
in
output
which
Is
bringing
the
200
million-ton
target
for
1947
within
striking
distance.
The
miners
arc
at
present
averaging
almost
10
more
in
production
than
they
were
a
year
ago.
Most
welcome
during
past
weeks
is
the
news
that
export
of
coal
has
again
become
a
practical
proposition.
The
National
Coal
Board
has
been
given
discretion
by
the
Government
to
ship
occasional
cargoes
of
coal
abroad.
At
the
same
time
the
shipment
of
bunker
coal
to
overseas
coaling
stations
has
already
begun.
While
this
does
not
mean
that
a
regular
export
program
has
begun,
It
does
represent
an
Important
step
towards
the
restoration
of
Britain's
immensely
valuable
cot
export
trade.
STRONG
STOMACH
PATHLOW,
Sask.,
While
cleaning
a
chicken,
Mrs.
L.
Froc
found
11
empty
.22
calibre
cartridges
In
the
bird's
gizzard.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
22,
1947
U
8.
OFFICIALS
AT
LONDON-
-George
C
Marshall,
U
S
secretary
of
state,
and
Lewis
Douglas,
U.S.
ambassador
to
the
Court
of
St.
James,
chat
during
a
luncheon
at
the
Dorchester
Hotel
in
London
prior
to
the
collapse
of
the
Big
Four
ministers'
conference
which
Marshall
was
attending.
Twenty-three
Nazis
Condemned
In
Poland
for
Their
War
Crimes
KRAKOW.
Poland
CP
Krakow's
supreme
national
tribunal
notorious
CAPT.
ROBERT
WILSON
DIE5
Commodorc
of
Union
Steam
ship
Co.
Fleet
was
Sixty-five
Years
of
Age
VANCOUVER
Two
men
were
wounded
at
Stcveston
during
a
fight
over
a
girl
whose
rather
had
been
charged
with
assault
following
the
shooting.
Wounded
.were
John
Crosley,
A.s
tlif
people
of
Britain
enter
aged
25,
and
Edward
Smith,
52,
to
have
fired
a
rifle,
is
in
police
custody.
He
has
been
charged
with
causing
grlevlous
bodily
harm.
Only
one
shot
was
fired,
apparently
passing
through
Cros-
ley's
thigh
and
then,
apparently.
It
ricocheted
and
struck
Smith,
who
suffered
injury
to
the
right
forearm.
One
bullet
from
the
.22
rifle,
apparently.
wounded
the
two
fishermen.
Mark
Hellincer
Dies
Suddenly
HOLLYWOOD
Noted
author
and
writer
of
moving
picture
scenarios,
Mark
Helllnger
died
here
suddenly.
He
was
a
war
cor
respondent
for
International
News
Service
during
the
war.
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
High
Low
Decemoer
23,
1047
...
.
9:39
19.3
feet
22:21
16.6
feet
3:02
8.7
feet
16:19
6.7
feet
STARTED
BY
AMERICAN
George
Francis
Train,
American
business
man,
introduced
trolleys
into
England,
Switzerland
and
Denmark,
Winds
Damage
Radio
Towers
AtSahdspil
Winds
raliging
between
75
and
80
miles
an
hour
early
this
morn-
VANCOUVER
Capt.
Robert
j
1,13
bIew
down
the
newly-lnstal-Wilson,
senior
skipper
of
the,ed
radl
antenna
at
the
Cana-Unlon
Steamship
Co.s
coastal
'dlan
Pacific
Air
Lines
base
at
1
fleet
and
for
40
years
in
tht
ser-
Sandspit,
wiping
out
radio
com-
vlce
of
the
company,
succumbed
1
to
a
heart
attack
aboard
the
I
steamer
Cardena
while
I
was
,
at
Campbell
River
on
Saturday.
'
Capt.
Wilson
was
C5
years
of
age
land
was
looking
forward
to
re-j
tiring
next
summer.
SHOOTING
OVER
GIRL
Two
.Men
Hurt
in
Affray
at
Steveslon
munlcatlon
with
the
Island
airstrip
and
causing
delay
in
today's
Prince
Rupert-Sandspit-Vancouver
flights.
Word
of
the
damage
was
received
at
the
local
C.PJV.
office
this
morning
and
Company
Agent
Glen
Lee
said
that,
although
the
flight
to
Sandspit
would
be
delayed,
he
hoped
that
it
would
leave
some
time
this
afternoon.
Damage
to
the
outdoor
equipment
at
Sandspit
Is
believed
to
have
been
extensive
but
the
buildings
at
the
base
were
spared
by
the
falling
towers.
Radio
communlciatlon
is
completely
cut
off.
Highest
wind
velocity
registered
at'
Prince
Rupert
during
the
last
24
hours
was
20
miles
an
hour
from
the
southeast.
WALTERS
WINS
LIBEL
CLAIM
Judgment
for
Famous
Nova
Scotia
Schooner
Skipper
Against
Hearst
Company
LUNENBURG,
Nova
Scotia
Capt.
Angus
Walters,
skipper
of
the
famous
racing
schooner
Bluenose,
has
been
awarded
$3500
for
damages
and
libel
against
the
Hearst
publishing
Co.
as
a
result
of
a
statement
made
concerning
him
(Walters)
in
one
of
the
Hearst
magazines.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D
Jt
hint
cm
Co.
I
.trt.
MWVWUVWWAM.V.VW
Vancouver
Bralornc
10.00
B.
R.
X.
.08
Dentonia
17
',i
Grull
Wihksne
.06
'
Pend
Oreille
2.05
Pioneer
3.30
Premier
Border
044
Privateer
32
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
2OV2
Sheep
Creek
1.02
Taylor
Bridge
.(ask)
.30
UbllShCd
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
40,000
TURKEYS
COOKED
CHARLESTON,
West
Virginia
Turkeys
to
the
number
of
forty
thousand
were
destroyed
here
during
the
week-end
in
a
fire
that
for
a
time
was
beyond
control.
"SAUCERS"
FROM
RUSSIA
JL-4WAsmNCTat,nK(.
German
Steel
King
Sentenced
NUERNBERG
0
Frlederich
i
Flick.
64-year-old
head
of
Germany's
largest
privately
-owned
coal,
Iron
and
steel
empire,
was
sentenced
today
to
seven
years
Imprisonment
by
the
American
military
tribunal
for
exploiting
slave
labor
and
looting
German-occupied
countries.
Hit
iTTTTTTTl.
fTTTTTTTTTTTMTTT
British
Labor
Decl
w
Picketing
Is
Banned
C.C.L.
Chief
Orders
Vancouver
Labor
Council
to
QuilyD,
C.
F.
About
Faces
J
VANCOUVER
At
the
order
of
the
national
body,
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
(
the
Vancouver
Lebor
Council
at
tbe
weekend
rpaxM
niplrxt.lnir
rl
fho
J
-
"O
"-v
I
freighter
Collma
which
Is
here
loading
arms
and
ammunition
for
the
nationalist
government
of
China,
the
order
was
sent
by
A.
R.
Mosher,
president
of
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Lebor,
to
jJohn
Turner,
president
of
the
Vancouver
Labor
Council.
Ths
j
picketing
would
not
be
tolerated,
Mosher
said.
There
was
no
au-thoulty
for
such
picketing
and
Mosher
gave
Instructions
that
it
be
ceased
immediately.
At
the
same
time
the
C.
C.
F
central
executive,
which
last
week
had
urgf
d
the
national
ex
ecutive
to
take
a
hand
In
the
nvcinxa
iwemy-mree
wp-ranking
German
SS
(Elite
matter
timed
its
members
tn
re
-
'
"
"v
mc
iiunjwuus
Auxrhiti
Auscnitz
p
exierminnnnn
.
...
camp.
Five
others
were
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
Mu
T
.
J
Ileadlnt
the
list
nf
ihn
.t.n,J
Y?1.:.
lon5
and
th
party
did
not
wish
henschel,
aged
43,
who
sustained
Rudolf
Hoess,
one-time
commandant
of
the
camp,
who
was
executed
last
April.
c'
i
His
body
was
found
slumped
j
their
rather
black
third
postwar
j
while
Steve
Ogrodnlck,
21-year
icl
..
.
u..
UIj
his
...1...
.1
..
Mlnn
irnrul
.
Old
old
RtPVPSt.On
Stcveston
flshprmall.
fisherman,
3llP!7P(
alleged
1
to
become
Involved.
KING
TO
BE
HEARD
XMAS
Following
the
tradition
which
was
started
by
his
father,
King
George
VI
will
deliver
his
annual
world-wide
radio
greetings
on
Christmas
Day
to
the
peoples
of
the
British
Commonwealth
everywhere.
His
Majesty's
address
will
be
in
its
customary
spot
immediately
following
the
British
Broadcasting
Company's
Empire
broadcast
which
starts
at
6
o'clock
Christmas
morning.
Pacific
Ume,
the
King
to
be
heard
at
7
a.m.
There
will
be
a
repeat
broadcast
at
7:15
p.m.
BULLETINS
IIILLIERS
ON
GUARD
IIILLIEKS,
Vancouver
Isl-land
Guards
were
posted
throughout
the
week-end
as
a
precaution
against
the
possibility
of
more
fires
being
started
by
Doukhobors.
;
cus
on
Saturday
with
their
lead-
cusslons
he
had
had
with
the
new
Liberal
leader
and
Premier-Designate
Byron
Johnson.
He
wa3
given
full
authority
to
proceed
with
negotiations.
It
Is
understood
now
that
the
Progressive
-
Conservatives
are
eciares
ar
On
Communists
Reds
See
It
as
Uninspired
Campaign
to
Sp
it
Up
Trade
Unions
LONDON
(CP)
The
British
Labor
Party
today
launched
a
campaign
against
Communist
"infiltration
and
intrigue"
within
the
organization.
The
Communists
immediately
branded
the
drive
as
a
United
State-inspired
plot
to
link
the
country
with
France
andltaly
in
an
attempt
to
split
the
trade
unions.
Coalition
to
Be
Retained
(
WiH
lie
No
Break-up,
Say
Progressive-Conservatives
I
VICTORIA
Following
a
cau
terser-wnf
in-
revived
Nil
"
a
De"er
lsl
i
cam-last
gan
reports
today
that
seats'
summer's
"flying
saucers"
,
epidemic
may
have
stemmed
1
from
Russian
rocket
experiments.
Claiming
he
has
received
liable
information
concerning
development
of
high
.velocity
missiles
by
Soviet
scientists,
Ellsworth
said:
"Strangely
enough,
this
development
might
be
the
solution
to
the
mystery
of
the
flying
saucers."
TELEGRAPH
STRIKE
Oi
l
WASHINGTON
The
threatened
United
States-wide
Western
Union
strike
was
called
off
Sunday
night
for
at
least
fifty
days
while
a
fact-finding
board
passes
on
the
issues.
Cyrus
Ching,
director
of
the
federal
mediation
and
conciliation
service,
said
that
an
agreement
had
been
reached
between
negotiators
for
the
company
and
the
unions.
FOOD
WORKERS
BACK
ROME
The
strike
of
some
300,000
food
workers
was
settled
last
night
less
than
48
hours
after
it
had
begun.
Workers
in
stores,
flour
mills
and
spaghetti
factories
agreed
to
go
bark
to
their
jobs
on
promise
of
increases
in
wages
and
severance
pay.
BRAWL
WITH
HATCHET
VANCOUVER
Kay
Codd,
36-year-old
longshoreman,
has
been
charged
with
assault
following
a
brawl
in
which
two
men
were
injured
witlt
a
hatchet.
The
injuria
were
William
and
Edward
Jang,
brothers.
BURNED
IN
HELICOPTER
PORTLAND
Two
persons
were
burned
to
death
when
a
helicopter
owned
by
the
Qre-gan
Journal
crashed
near
the
city
late
Sunday.
One
of
the
dead
is
Sam
Jackson,
grandson
of,
the
fouder
of
the
HAD
ROUGH
TRIP
ACROSS
PACIFIC
VANCOUVER
A
freighter,
the
S
Lake
Manitou,
of
the
Western
Canada.
Steamships,
from
Singapore
to
California,
arrived
a
few
days
ago
in
Vancouver,
with
a
story
of
desperate
weather
and
hard
battering
on
the
way
across.
Capt.
John
Dunn
says
he
believes
he
was
.feeling
the
same
storm
that
the
Clarksdale
Victory
was
caught
in.
His
cargo
Included
300
little
monkeys,
for
ty-
seven
of
which
died
as
they
HOCKEY
SCORES
Saturday
Boston
4,
Montreal-
2
Detroit
4,
Toronto
4
Sunday
Montreal
4,
New
York
3
Toronto
3,
Chicago
1
Detroit
6,
Boston
S
NOW
IT'S
"KOANGO"
The
English
language
has
been
renamed
"Koango"
in
one
Japanese
Malayan
area.
Labor
Party
Secretary
Morgan
Phillips
dispatched
a
letter
to
labor
groups
and
trade
unions
urging
an
offensive
against
Communist
influences.
The
Com?,
munist
Dally
Worker
retaliated
declaring:
."This
attack
follows
months
of
preparatory
work
by
the
United
States
Department
of
State,
acting
partly
through
embassies
and
paid
agents
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor..
er.
Minist.Pi-
nf
fin,nra
uht
'
The'r
aim
is
to
split
the
unions
Anscomb,
Progresslve-Conserva-iof
France
Italy
and
Br"aln."
tive
members
of,
the
legislature'
The
Manchester
Guardian
said?
expressed
confidence
that
therelthat
Communists
were
sub-
would
be
no
break-up
of
the
,ervJenl
agents
of
a
foreign
coalition.
power.
Mr.
Anscomb
reported
on
dis-
FOUND
GUILTY
OF
YACHT
SLAYING
Tatrlcla
Schmidt
Sentenced
;
To
15
Years
Must
Pay
;
IndenlSJKg;
--.f
r-
HAVANA
V'-Patricia
-JSatira)
Schmidt
was
setenced
today
to
15
years
imprisonment
and
payment
of
$5,000
indemnity,
for
the
,
yacht-slaying
of
her
lover,
John
Lester
Mee
of
Chicago.
Three
Judges
of
the
Audencia
court
reached
the
decision,
in
a
week-end
study
closing
the
trial
on
Friday.
Patricia
maintained
that
Mee,
an
American
naval
officer
during
the
war,
was
about
to
beat
her
and
she
grabbed
a
pistol
to
ward
him
off.
The
weapon
went
off
accidentally,
she
said.
The
bullet
struck
Mee
in
the
neck.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Southeasterly
trale
winds
at
huddled
together
In
their
deck
times
reaching
80
miles
per
hour
cages,
sel.
aboard
the
tossing
ves-
THOMAS
MEILAS
IN
VANCOUVER
The
priceless
gift
of
vision
is
what
Thomas
Mcilas
hopes
to
get
for
Christmas,
says
the
Vancouver
Sun.
"The
elderly
Prince
Rupert
man
has
come
here
for
an
operation
made
possible
by
donations
from
Prince
Rupert
citizens.
The
fund
was
inaugurated
by
Mrs.
Ross
Richardson
of
the
northern
city.
Meilas
Is
being
cared
for
by
the
Canadian
Institute
For
the
Blind."
were
lashing
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
north
coast
this
morning
but
subsided
before
noon.
The
very
active
weather
system
associated
with
these
conditions
will
also
cause
southeast
gales
and
rain
over
the
southern
British
Columbia
coast
today.
Improved
conditions
are
expected
behind
the
storm
tonight
as
It
moves
inland.
Cloudy
conditions
prevail
throughout
the
Interior
with
snowr
expected
in
most
regions
tonight.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
showers
this
afternoon,
tonight
and
Tuesday.
Winds
southwest
(20
m.p.h.)
tonight.
Tuesday
colder.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Tuesday
At
Port
Hardy,
34
and
42;
Massett,
32
and
40;
Prince
Rupert,
34
and
42.
Northern
B.C.
Cloudy
today.
Overcast
with
snow
tonight.
Cloudy
Tuesday.
Wind
light
today,
southerly
(20)
tonight.
Light
Tuesday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Tuesday
At
Prince
George
25
and
32;
Smlthers.
25
and
32;
Telegraph
Creek,
15
and
25.'
NOTICE
OF
CLOSING
All
Grocery,
BuUher
and
Bakery
Shops
will
close
on
Thursday,
Friday,
December
25
and
26,
also
Thursday
and
Friday,
January
1
and
2.
All
other
Retail
Stores
will
close
Thursday,
Friday
and
Saturday,
December
25,
26
and
27,
also
Thursday,
January
1.
and
will
be
open
Friday,
January
2.
Retail
Stores
will
not
be
open
on
any
evening.
PRINCE
RUPERT
RETAIL
MERCHANTS'
ASSOCIATION.