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RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER
15,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
LIAN
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VIOLENCE
SPREADS
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feet
Sixteen
Dead
As
Trouble
In
Holy
Land
Increases
THIRD
DAY
OF
BLOODY
GUNPLAY
IS
RECORDED
IN
HOLY
LAND
JERUSALEM
(CP)
Casualty
toll
resulting
from
three
days
of
bloody
gunplay
in
the
Holy
Land
mounted
today
to
sixteen
dead
and
thirty-six
wounded.
A
20-year-old
Jew
was
reported
slain
last
night
when
unidentified
persons
Emanuel
Ben-Gurion,
nephew0
of
David
Ben-Ourlon,
head
ofirirnrr
CIHC
III
the
Jewish
Agency
executive,
is
j
said
to
have
been
wounded.
Unidentified
gunmen,
firintr
from
a
speeding
car.
shot
two
officers
during
yesterday
morning
in
Tel
Aviv
and
a
short
time
later
a
similar
attack
was
made
on
officers
walking
along
the
suburba'h
end
of
the
Jerusalem-;
Haifa
road.
A
second
policeman
was
believed
to
be
fatally
wound-
ed
in
the
latter
attack
and
small
Jewish
girl
was
hurt.
SKAGWAY
OUT
j
FOR
BUSINESS
j
Representative
citizens
ofj
Skagway
are
moving
already
to!
27-jcIevelop
all
possible
business
in!
their
city
next
summer.
Having
,
heard
not
long
ago
that
tf.ie
Canadian
National
Steamships
plan
to
resume
operating
steamers
to
Skagway
next
summer,
a
resolution
was
passed
that
the
CNSS
be
contacted
regarding
the
seasons
plans.
It
was
fur-;
ther
decided
to
make
Inquiries;
concerning
me
"
I
he
north
of
the
Alaska
Trans
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Pacific
and
Normiana
i
ran:-
ponauon
cumMiu,
AGRICULTURE
GOING
AHEAD
Farming
Flourishing
In
Britain,
C.N.Il.
Oficial
Found
WINNIPEG
-
"British
agricul
ture
Is
highly
subsidized
today
and
for
the
first
time
in
a
cen-
tury
finds
Itself
In
the
forefront
of
British
industry."
This
unusual
comment
was
madc
today
by
T.
P.
Devlin.
assistant
director,
Colonization
and
Agriculture,
Canadian
Na-i
tlonal
Railways,
on
his
return
i
here
from
a
visit
to
the
United
Kingdom.
,
"Land
prices
are
high
and
de-!
mand
Is
keen,"
he
said.
"Good;
farms
In
Scotland
are
selling
for
'
as
much
as
$400
aniacre.
This
price
does
not
Include
stock
or
equipment."
Even
though
feeds
are
rationed
the
type
and
quality
of
British
livestock
is
still
an
exceptionally
high
average.
This
was
shown
by
experts
this
fall
of
bulls,
to
Russia,
Argentina,
Uru-quay,
Paraguay,
and
the
United
States
"The
expansion
program
overt
there
places
emphasis
on
dollar
saving
commodities
$uch
as
live-
stock,
cereal
grains,
flax
and
potatoes.
Potato
acreage,
ln
spite
of
rationing,
is
129
percent
above
pre-war
level.
"This
expansion
has
been
amazing
in
view
of,
the
land
lost
to
military
purposes.
For
instance
some
5,200
acres
of
the
best
sheep
land
in
one
district
J
in
southern
Scotland
has
dis
appeared,"
said
the
western
agriculturist.
"Livestock
prices
are
high,
he
continued.
"A
ram
lamb
realized
$8.0C0,
while
I
was
there
and
several
others
sold
from
$2,300
to
$3,600.
Pure
bred
sows
and
boars
sell
between
$150
and
$250,"
he
said.
The
Old
Country
farmer,
he
said,
was
keenly
apprelative
of
the
assistance
received
from
Canada
ln
the
'food
crisis
end
her.
peacetime
help
was
as
high
ly
regarded
as
that
given
during
war.
BOLIVIA'S
AREA
Bolivia,
third
largest
South
American
republic,
has
an
area
of
510.000
square
miles
shot
up
a
bus
in
Haifa.
rCiVL
ImL
111
BOWLING
ALLEYS
PROVIDENCE,
Rhode
Islanii
(P
Thirty-nine
persons
were
injured
two
critically
In
a
fierce
explosion-punctuated
flash
fire
that
swept
a
sprawl
Ing
recreation
centre
bowlln;
building
here.
There
were
no
deaths.
Damage
is
estimated
at
more
than
$500,000.
Police
said
that
many
of
the
400
persons
who
fled
"In
panic'
from
the
structure
escaped
or
were
blown
through
windows
jammed
with
bowlers
seeking
exits
as
the
fire
spread
with
"flame-thrower
speed"
through
the
150-by-120-foot
building.
Winnipeg
Girl
To
Wedding
WINNIPEG
Miss
Betty
White.
17,
leaves
Monday
on
a
flight
to
London
to
be
present,
at
the
wedding
of
Princess
lcess
I
.batten.
Last
August,
Miss
White
noticed
in
the
papers
that
nylon
stockings
were
so
scarce
that
Princess
Elizabeth
was
unable
to
obtain
a
pair.
Miss
White
promptly
sent
what
was
desired,
asking
that
the
gift
be
accepted.
.Prompt
acknowledgment
was
received
from
a
lady-in-waiting
and
later
an
invitation
to
the
wedding.
A
Winnipeg
daily
is
meeting
the
cost
of
the
journey
to
London
and
back,
and
yesterday
the
mayor
of
Winnipeg
conveyed
the
congratulations
of
the
city
to
Miss
White.
"I
still
think
I'm
dreaming,"
remarked
the
girl
last
evening.
PIONEER
OF
CITY
DIES
Death
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
early
last
evening
removed
another
pioneer
citizen
of
the
community
in
the
person
of
Michael
KroOk,
1110
j
Seventh
Avenue
East,
who
had
,
been
a
resident
here
for
38
years.
He
was
for
many
years
employed
as
a
fish
packer
at
the
'Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
&nd
for
three
years
was
engaged
as
a
shipwright
at
the
dry
dock.
He
had
been
in
falling
health
for
some
time
and
since
November
10
had
been
a
patient
ln
the
hospital.
Born
ln
Russia
G6
years
ago,
Mr.
Krook
is
survived
by
his
widow,
Mrs.
Fanny
Krook,
and
two
sons
Nick
oi
rulsequah
and
Peter
of
Seattle
and
two
sisters,
one
ln
Western
Russia
and
the
other
in
Siberia.
The
sons
arc
arriving
ln
the
city
at
the
end
01
tne
weex
ann
the
funeral
date
will
then
be
set.
Canso
Flying
Boat
Is
Being
Repaired
Pulled
off
the
run
after
Thursday
afternoon's
flight
for
repair
to
slight
structural
damage,
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
Cahso
flying
boat,
operating
between
here
and
Sandspit
in
connection
with
the
Vancouver
service,
Is
expected
to
be
serviceable
again
on
Monday
when
passenger
carrying
to
and
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
resumed.
Meanwhile
the
spare
machine
-a
Barkley-Grow
seaplane-
-is
be
Ing
used
ln
the
carrying
of
express
and
mail,
RETAIN
POSTS
IN
FRENCH
CRISIS
Two
of
the
members
of
Premier
Paul
Ramadier's
cabinet,
Pierre
Henri
Teitgen,
left,
minister
of
the
armed
forces,
and
George
Bideault,
minister
of
foreign
affairs,
are
shown
leaving
the
Elysee
Palace
ln
Paris
after
attending
a
recent
emergency
meeting
of
new
"concentrated"
cabinet
which
Ramadier
formcdito
insure
the
government's
strength
in
the
political
crisis
facing
the
nation.
The
neto
cabinet
consists
of
six
Socialist,
three
Popular
Republicans,
two
Radicals
and
one
independent.
.tintHiiSHWHmtnhUs-
munist
movement,
the
rally
of
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
EMU.1S1I
LKAGUF.
First
Division
Aston
Villa
3,
Bolton
Wanderers
'1.
Blackburn
Rovers
0,
Arsenal
1.
Blackpool
2,
Sheffield
United
1.
Chelsea
4,
Stoke
City
1.
Derby
County
1,
Manchester
1.
Everton
0,
Burnley
3.
Grimsby
Town
0,
Middles-borough
5.
Huddersfield
Town
1,
Preston
North
End
0.
Manchester
City
4,
Charlton
Athletic
0.
Sunderland
5,
Liverpool
1.
Wolverhampton
3,
Portsmouth
1.
Second
Division
Bradford
0,
Newcastle
Unit
ed
3.
Bury
0,
Plymouth
Argyle
0.
Cardiff
City
1,
Coventry
City
1.
MOUNTIES
ARE
STANDING
BY
Heady
to
Take
Hand,
if
Necessary,
In
Strike
at
SIicrrilt-Gordon
Mine
SIIERRIDON,
Man.
W
Forty
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officers
were
at
this
northern
Manitoba
mining
town
today
prepared
to
step
into
the
picture
should
any
breach
of
the
peace
resuH'pm
the
present
deadlock
betwen
striking
mine
employees
and
Sherrltt-Gordon
Ltd.
management.
Meanwhile'
seven
members
of
the
United
Mine,
Mill
&
Smelter
Workers'
Union
(CIO)
continued
their
picketing
ln
front
of
the
mine
entrance,
preventing
any
workers
from
entering
the
shaft
and
Ignoring
a
court
order
pro
hibiting
picketing.
I
Yesterday
approximately
95
men
approached
the
mine
with
the
intention
of
working.
They
were
stopped
by
pickets
estimated
to
number
150.
Leo
Behie,
international
representative
of
the
union,
said
that
"as
soon
as
the
company
gives
proper
recognition
to
certified
bargaining
agents.
Local
695,
a
settlement
can
be
made
whereby
work
can
be
lmmedi
-
ate'"
resumed
Ramadier's
actlonfolloedthe
of
GenTdV
Gaulle's
ntFCom-
the
French
people.
Chesterfield
4,
Brentiord
0.
Doncaster
Rovers
2,
West
Bromwich
Albion
1.
Mlllwall
0,
Leicester
City
4.
Nottingham
Forest
0,
Birmingham
City
2.
Sheffield
Wednesday
2,
Ful-ham
0.
Southampton
4,
Barnslcy
1.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
3,
Leeds
United
1.
West
Ham
United
0,
Luton
Town
0.
'
SCOTTISH
LEAGUK
"A"
Division
Aberdeen
1,
Hearts
1.
Airdrleonians
i,
Queen's
Park
5,
Clyde
1,
Rangers
2.
Hibernians
2,
Dundee
1.
Partick
Thistle
3,
Celtic
5.
Queen
of
the
South
4,
Morton
3.
St.
Mirren
1,
Falkirk
1.
Third
Lanark
0,
Motherwell
3.
WEATHER
IS
SEASONABLE
It's
mid-November
and
weather
Is
commencing
to
harmonize
with
the
time
of
the
season.
Friday
morning
here
saw
starlight,
frost
and
enough
ice
to
put
a
glaze
over
any
small
street
pools.
The
sky
was
clear
with
all-day
sunshine.
This
morning
it
was
much
the
same.
Snow
and
sharper
temperatures
are
being
taken
as
a
matter
of
course
along
the
Skeena
and
deeper
Into
the
Interior
country,
while
in
the
east
it's
been
winter
good
and
plenty,
with
reading
similar
on
both
sides
of
the
border.
There
has
been
as
much
as
ten
Inches
of
sno
ln
Minnesota
and
along
the
Canadian
border.
North
Dakota
recorded
lowest,
12
above,
this
during
the
first
week
in
November.
Sunshine
Breaks
Nova
Scotia
Marks
HALIFAX
For
three
months
ln
a
row
sunshine
records
have
been
broken
In
Nova
Scotia,
yet
Halifax
newspapers
have
not
yet
adopted
the
Florida
strategy
of
free-
copies
when
the
sun
failed
to
shine.
The
weather
bu-
reau
here
counted
only
six
days
j
without
sunshine
between
July
29
and
November
4,
British
Ship
Aground
and
Broken
in
Tivo
Off
Neivfie
One
Member
of
Crew
Lost
But
Remainder
Still
Safe
Aboard
and
Awaiting
Rescue
HALIFAX
(CP)
One
man
was
lost
but
the
re-
'mainder
of
the
crew
is
safe
and
preparing
to
make
'for
shore
when
weather
moderated,
captain
of
the
British
freighter
Langleecrag,
aground
and
broken
,
in
two
at
the
northern
tip
of
Newfoundland,
reported
i
today.
Two
United
States
coastguard
cutters,
Ever
green
and
Duane,
are
rushing
l
to
the
side
of
the
4,909
-ton
vessel
through
heavy
winds
of
gal?
force
and
driving
rain.
In
a
message
to
the
skipper
of
the
Duane.
the
Langleecrag's
captain
said:
"All
safe.
One
lost.
I
Still
on
ship
broken
in
two
and
organized
for
landing
as
soon
as
weather
moderates.
What
Is
estimated
time
of
arrival?"
a
The
British
s"hip
ran
aground
near
Boat
Cove
In
the
Strait
of
Belle
Isle
early
this
morning.
GIFT
FROM
OKANAGAN
Sixty
Tons
or
Canned
Fruit
And
Fruit
Juices
to
Britain
KELOWNA
A
great
many
j
gifts
will
be
sent
from
all
parts
j
of
the
world
ln
connection
with
'
the
marriage
of
Her
Hoyal
High
ness
Princess
Elizabeth
later
this
month,
but
it
Is
doubtful
if
any
will
be
bulkier
than
the
one
new
i
rolllne
eastward
over
rail
lines
from
the
Okanagan
Valley
British
Columbia.
A
present
from
the
citizens
of
this
district,
the
substantial
gift
will
also
delight
the
hearts
of
many
residents
of
the
Old
Country
who
will
be
the
ultlmtae
recipients,
for
what
would
be
more
welcome
than
food
60
tons
of
It?
Two
overhead
refrigerator
cars
were
needed
to
ship
the
gift
and,
with
the
departure
recently
over
Canadian
National
lines
from
Kamloops
of
the
second
car,
both
are
now
headed
for
Montreal
where
their
loads
will
be
transferred
to
an
ocean
vessel.
In
the
two
cars
are
76,000
20-ounce
cans
or
fruit
and
iruit
juices,
destined
for
the
people
of
food-short
Great
Britain.
Distribution
cf
the
food
there
to
the
most
needy
persons
will
be
carried
out
by
the
ration
board.
Each
can
has
a
special
label:
"Gift
to
the
people
of
'Great
Britain
on
the
occasion
of
the
wedding
of
H.R.H.
Princess
Elizabeth
to
Lt.
Philip
Mount-
batten
from
the
people
of
Arm-
j
strong
and
district,
Kelowna
and
district
in
the
Okanagan
Valley
'.
of
British
Columbia,
Canada."
The
original
plan
of
shipping
one
carload
was
happily
aban-j
doned
when
the
generosity
of
the
local
people
easily
exceeded
the
initial
objective
of
$5,000,
making
lt
possible
to
double
the
shipment
ELDERLY
MAN
IS
FOUND
DEAD
Body
of
Jack
Johnston
Is
Brought
to
City
by
Police
From
Fssington
The
body
of
an
elderly
man
named
Jack
Johnston
was
brought
to
the
city
last
night
by
the
provincial
police
boat
PML15.
Death
,1s
believed
to
have
taken
place
on
Thursday.
Johnston
lived
by
himself
In
.
the
neighborhood
of
Port
Es-'
sington
and
had
been
a
pensioner
for
years.
The
police
report
that
his
demise
had
been
due
to
natural
causes.
When
he
had
not
been
seen
up
or
around
as
usual,
his
absence
was
investigated.
It
is
understood
he
came
originally
from
Norway
and,
as
far
as
is
known,
no
kin
live
In
this
part
of
the
coast
No
announcement
has
been
J
made
as
yet
concerning
an
in
,
nue-t
GENERAL
SEEKS
COURT
MARTIAL
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
W
Ma
jor
General
Bennett
E.
Meyers
said
yesterday
that
he
has
asked
the
United
States
Army
for
court-martial
to
establish
his
innocence
or
guilt
as
to
alleged
procurement
irregularities.
Meyers,
now
retired,
was
wartime
deputy
chief
procurement
(purchasing)
officer
for
the
all
force.
Ke
nas
beei;
oefore
the
Senate
war
Investigations
committee
inquiring
into
his
acknowledged
$4,000,000
wartime
speculation
in
government
bonds
and
other
financial
aviation
affairs.
DOUKSARE
SENT
OVER
VERNON
Twenty
Dukho-
bnrs.
convicted
of
arson,
werejeanizauon
ganization
unions
unions
staged
siageo.
a
a
45-
d-
nf
t?n
vpppi'
Imnrlsnnmpnt
bv
Teti..
wonrfoii
tPorric
nf
the
British
Columbia
SuDreme
Court.
The
chief
Justice
condemned
the
acts
of
the
Doukhobors
which
they
said
were
committed
to
"awaken
our
brothers"
to
the
danger
of
a
third
world
war.
He
said
the
pleas
of
love
of
mankind
and
brotherhood
were
not
borne
out
by
the
actions.
All
were
members
of
the
radical
Sons
of
Freedom
sect.
Seventeen
wer
each
sentenced
to
seven
years'
Imprisonment
while
a
term
of
five
years
was
given
to
one
woman
and
three
years
to
another.
"An
elgnieeii
-
ytar
-
old
youth
was
placed
under
probation
and
given
suspended
sentence
for
three
years.
TO
COVER
WEDDING
Inez
Robb,
famous
writer.
Is
pictured
aboard
the
S.S.
Queen
Elizabeth,
which
sailed
from
New
York
to
England.
She
will
cover
the
wedding1
of
Princess
Elizabeth
and
Lieut.
Philip
Mountbatten.
Communists
Make
Attack
Leftist
Foes
of
Gasperi
Widen
Activities
HOME
(CP)
Political
violence
which
has
been
sweeping
Italy
for
the
last
three
days
spread
to
Rome
for
the
first
time
today
as
Leftist
sympathizers
attacked
members
of
the
anti-Communist
Association
of
War
Prisoners
returned
from
Russia
who
were
meeting
in
the
Piazza
j
Esedra.
Several
participants
were
Injured
in
the
melee
before
the
police
intervened.
It
appeared
that
Leftist
foes
of
Premier
Alctde
de
Gasperl's
Christian
Democrat
government
planned
to
duplicate
In
Rome
demonstrations
of
earlier
In
the
week
ln
Northern
Italy
and
at
Naples.
LABORITES
IN
STRIFE
Canadian
Federation
and
C.I.O.
Met
In
Street
Fight
At
St.
Catherines
ST.
CATHERINES,
Out.
W
Two
men
rolled
on
the
sidewalk
in
a
short
scuffle
today
when
some
twelve
representatives
of
local
Congress
of
Industrial
Or
.
I
1
1
1
1
1L.
n....J
T7tJ
a
noiei
wnere
me
aiiamau
r
cu-
eration
of
Labor,
was
winding
hP
t
three-day
convention.
Charges
hurled
by
picketers
that
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Labor
was
the
"tool
of
bosses"
were
replied
to
today
by
Canadian
Federation
officials
with
accusations
that
C.I.O.
unions
"cannot
stand
competition."
Shortly
after
placard-bearing
pickets
appeared
on
the
scene,
several
delegates
rushed
from
the
convention
hotel.
A
punch
Was
.thrown
and
two
members
of
the
opposing
factions
became
locked
In
a
struggle
that
was
soon
broken
up.
NEWARK
BATTLE
IS
POSTPONED
NEWARK,
New
Jersey
ffiThe
much
-
heralded
"engagement"
between
the
United
States
bat-'tleship
New
Mexico
and
New-!
ark's
"squirt-gun
navy"
was
postponed
yesterday
after
the
decommissioned
dreadnaught
arrived
Outside
the
harbor
three
hours
behind
schedule,
too
late
for
the
morning
tide.
Mayor
J.
Vincent
Murphy
declared
"war"
on
the
33,000-ton
ship,
which
survived
fierce
Japanese
dive-bombing
in
the
Pacific,
on
Armistice
Day,
ordering
flreboats
to
patrol
the
bay
channel
with
chemical
sprays
and
fire
hoses
to
block
entry
of
the
once
gallant
flagship
of
the
Pacific
fighting
leet
Officials
have
ordered
that
no
more
ships
shall
be
junked
within
the
city.
B.C.
GIFT
TO
PRINCESS
Tea
Set
to
Be
Delivered
to
Buckingham
Palace
This
Week-end
by
Attorney-Genera!
LONDON
W
British
Columbia's
seven-piece
sterling
sliver
tea
service,
the
province's
gift
to
Princess
Elizabeth,
will
be
delivered
at
Buckingham
Palace
some
time
during
the
week-end
by
William
A.
MacAdam,
British
Columbia's
Agent-General
in
the
United
Kingdom.
The
set,
flown
to
Britain
and
handed
today
to
Mr.
MacAdam
by
Graeme
Oibson,
TransCan-ada
Airlines'
European
manager.
Is
made
from
silver
produced
at
Trail
and
is
a
replica
of
a
1720
tea
set.
x
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