lis
k
-
Constituting
what
is
considered
a
!-.r,jr
off
of
relations,
twelve
mem-it
repatriation
mission
to
France
.nip-ht
for
"subversive
activities
in
,
n
Ministry
spokesman
said,
s
.viet
Russia
called
off
her
trade
L.tU.
14
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idol
Ana
;
vc
Douk-
riotous
.
f
here
:i
terms
month
.us
and
pcrt
into
c.
acn
klss-
,
:
the
prb-
i.
j.d
cateh
K
lent
fire
alarms
.
'in
before
hazard
to
'!
find
a
l.cr
Island
.ore
It
will
arh
.
from
its
ii.;o
.during
and
now
dock.
Fol-y
council,
-;rned
over
of
Klt-
oci).
which
ton.
was
ridley
and
katla
The
after
de-Mbllity
ol
o
the
city
ap
decidad
uld
have
it
be
a
nice
man
Ml
o
siocan
.
1
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value
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Fifteen
eves
were
icrday
at
!Ui
nomina-mbla.
and
two
office
for
'heir
enn-
acclama-poff.
chief
City,
was
"
acclumn-"
by
accla-T
T.
Mc-u
c
k
:
J.
C.
a
W
Soott.
Uardman.
H;
wkcy.
Fernle.
inters
!
'
Miiii.ri:s
'
mniiM!
tsn
ve
Allorluin
0
P-Hi
e3
ftave
been
,n
V15
Como
nnd
Jj
arranged
by
""VI
III
i:itiinia.r...
wiw
ihi
mince
toaay
and
iccuaed
the
French
governmen
-f
act
"hostile
and
contrary
to
the
spirit
of
alliance
anJ
mutual
assistance"
between
the
two
countries
The
Moscow
radio
broadcast
contents
of.
a
note
whkh
had
been
handed
to
the
French
charge
d'affaires
in
Moscow
bv
the
Soviet
foreign
minister.
Andbel
Oousev.
in
which
the
Russian
decision
on
trade
talk
was
disclosed.
Russia's
note
charged
the
French
government
with
"un:-lstenaly
annulling"
the
two
year-old.
repatriation
agreement
for
the
return
of
each
other's
nationals,
ordered
the
Russian
repatriation
mission
home
from
France
and
announced
expulsion
of
the
French
mission
from
Russia.
The
Soviet
embassy
in
Pans
i
betn
ordered
to
Icav.-
territory
at
nre
Russian
BULLETINS
FHKNCil
STKIKi;
OFF
I
A
It
I
S
The
French
Confederation
General
du
Travail
t
CiT
tonicht
ended
the
ten-rral
strike,
which
at
one
time
hail
two
million
men
off
their
jobs,
ordcrinr.
its
members
to
resume
work.
The
Government
yesterday,
after
offering
a
$13
a
month
cost
of
living
premium,
had
ordered
the
strikers
back
to
work
by
tomorrow.
CANON
Tl'KNi:it
II
IKS
W
I
N
N
1
I
K"
Canon
John
T.,rnrr
Turner,
-iz-year-oin
12-vear-oId
AURUcan
nm'""
r......
i.i-
innrlv
mission
oui
post
oa
Moffett
Inlet
within
the
Arctic
Circle
after
he
had
been
accidentally
shot,
died
in
hospital
today.
FIGHT
I
OK
TI
L
AVIV
J
EUi:SAI.K.M
Arabs
attempted
to
storm
Trl
Aviv
last
nUht
hut
were
driven
back
with
casualties.
Communal
strike
broke
out
anew
this
morning-
and
first
reports
said
three
Jews
hail
heeii
slain.
SNOW
IN
VANCOL'VKK
VANCOlTVKIt
Vancouer
people
woke
up
today
to
see
snow
on
the
ground
and
on
the
roof
tops.
However
.it
was
expected
to
clear
today
with
possibly
more
snow
tomorrow.
KXCTSK
TAX
LIFTKH
OTTAWA
Finance
Minister
IloiiRlas
Abbott
announces
the
liftl
tax
44
iff
of
the
25
percent
cxi
stoves,
electric
on
K
ranges
and
heaters,
eiecir.,
and
organs
and
gas
refrigerators
for
churches.
rorecasr
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Char-lottos
nnd
North
Coast-Vart-nblo
cloudiness
and
widely
scattered
showers,
clearing
early
Increasing
this
afternoon.
cloudiness
tonight,
becoming
overcast
Wednesday
noon
init-umi"."
-
,1,1
-j.-
Wind,
Wednesday
afternoon.
northwest
1
15
m.p.h.)
todasr.
dc-crcnslng
to
light
tonight
and
Increasing"
to
southerly
20i
Wednesday
afternoon.
Little
nJlfiiiBe
in
temperature.
Lowsto-
to
the
war.
It
had
been
Intend
ed
to
erect
a
building
but
the
orlainal
plans
were
left
In
abey
the
Crown.
WITHDRAWAL
OF
ALASKA
VESSEL
Taking
of
Camosun
Off
Hun
Seen
as
Itlow
to
Move
for
Relaxation
of
Jones
Act
VANCOUVER.
-Union
Ltd.
officials,
pointing
out
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
vaos
3
vi
MO.
287
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY;
DECEMBER
9,
1947
PRICE
FIVE.
CENTS
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and
France
Skeena
Member
Desires
LONDONERS
QUEUE
FOR
POTATOES
NOW
ON
RATION-
While
London's
gentry
were
waiting
to
queue
before
the
royal
family
on
Elizabeth's
wedding
day,
the
workaday
Londoner,
mainly
tiie
housewife
was
queuelng
up
for
what
was
once
England's
most
common
commodity
the
low-
iv
potato
England
s
stringent
rationing
had
reached
the
spud
market
and
this
line
Is
looked
upon
as
the
first
of
more
to
come
as
Britain
tightens
Us
belt
for
a
long
hard
winter.
Premier
Hints
at
Early
Election
announced
earlier
that
the
ffirr
Arppnf
French
repatriation
mission
had
MMy
I
llrrrKj
.
LOTS
FOR
SALE
Crown
Land
Available,
War
Assets
Announces
MONTREAL
MONTREAL
Crown
Crown
-
owned
owned
May
Come
Sooner
Than
Expected,
House
Is
Told
-OTTAWA.
IGP)
Hint
1
"w
of
a
possible
general
elec-j
1
ODAY
b
i
1
UCKb
,,
-,,..,..
than
tu
the
u
n
ln.tlon
Sooner
Op
iand
situated
approximately
the
central
area
of
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia,
is
in
possession
of
War
Assets
Corporation
for
disposal
and
the
Lands
and
Buildings
Department
of
the
Corporation
at
Montreal
is
now
inviting
offers
to:
the
property.
The
land
consists
i
of
four
lots
in
Block
34,
Section
'
1.
of
Prince
Rupert
and
offers
will
be
considered
for
one
or
all
of
the
lots.
Tins
land
was
not
used
fo:
important
war
purposes,
being
occupied
only
by
the
temporary
military
military
post
post
office
oince
but
qui
was
m
ui--
ac-
position
expected
was
dangled
by
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
after
John
Bracken,
Progressive-Conservative
leader,
called
for
a
vote
of
non-confidence
in
the
government.
Mr.
King
gave
the
cautiously-worded
hint
after
Mr.
Bracken
had
concluded
an
address
In
the
Throne
Speech
debate
by
urging
that
the
Governor-General
be
advised
that
his
"advisers"
do
not
possess
the
confidence
of
the
Canadian
neoDle."
pcupic.
Mr.
u.
King
said
that
missionary,
who
w
as
rescued
j
quired
some
years
ago
long
prior
j
there
was
no
better
test
of
th
neoDle's
confidence
than
an
el
ectlon
and
recalled
that
the
government
had
won
the
last
five
ance
and
the
land
has
been
j
by-elections.
vacant
while
in
Dossession
of
I
"What
about
the
sixth?"
Mr
Bracken
asked.
"The
sixth
may
be
a
general
election
and
may
come
sooner
than
my
honorable
friend
expects,"
retorted
the
Prime
Mr.
King's
election
hint
revived
speculation
today
that
a
general
election
might
be
called
some
time
in
1948
with
Mr.
King
retiring
as
leader
of
the
party.
Normally
Canada
would
not
have
to
hold
an
election
until
tUiauiau
-
l
v
mat
Steamships
the
fall
,
of
.
....
1950.
Canadian
Pacific
were
continuing
in
the
Aiassa
trade,
made
statements
counting
comment
by
some
ping
men
that
their
withdrawal
from
the
Alaska
service
was
a
I
blow
to
the
proposed
relaxation
I
of
American
shipping
laws
which
they
hoped
would
be
amended
to
permit
canauian
vessels
to
carry
United
States
freight
to
Alaska.
will
be
Camosun
The
steamer
withdrawn
by
Union
Steamships
,
n,n
to
Prince
Rupert
and
nnd
Ketchikan
KetcniKau
for
i"i
the
winter
nilit
nnd
highs
Wcdnesday-AtA
u.ufc
knobbly
YOUNG
SENATOR
HEART
VICTIM
ST.
CATHERINES,
Ont.
O
Hon.
John
Joseph
Bench,
K.C
.
aged
42.
one
of
Canada's
youngest
senators,
died
today
of
a
heart
attack.
Senator
for
Lincoln,
he
had
been
ill
about
a
week.
1
season
tomorrow
on
her
arrival
,
REN'T
CONTROLS
,
o
rnlTlllar
Voyage
..nnr,
nere
iro'
"
.
,
north.
Light
shipping
business
during
the
winter
is
sam
tu
u
fhe
reason
for
the
wlthdrawa
although
It
was
a
surprise
that
being
taken
off
the
vessel
was
Christmas
as
the
run
before
there
had
been
heavy
Pnger
bookings
from
Alaska
points
during
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
ORAVESEND.
Kent,
Eng.
MirH
that
rowing
BEING
EXTENDED
OTTAWA
0.'
Rent
controls
on
domestic
dwellings
are
expected
to
be
extended
by
Parliament,
either
at
the
current
sitting
or
when
it
resumes
next
month,
to
end
March,
1949,
informed
sources
said
today.
CHELMSFORD,
Essex,
Eng.
Walter
Deacon,
who
claimed
to
have
Invented
the
"Stop-Go''
traffic
lights
died
aged
73.
CourUsy
8.
D
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hnrtoa
Cn
jm.
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Bralorne
10.50
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B.R.X
09
Cariboo
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2.75
Dentonia
16
Grull
Wihksne
05',i
Hedley
Mascot
95
Mlnto
02
H
Pend
Oreille
2.01
Pioneer
3.60
Premier
Border
044
Privateer
33
Reeves
McDonald
1.05
Reno
14
Salmon
Gold
-20ti
Sheep
Creek
1.10
Taylor
Bridge
50
Vananda
-21
Congress
03
Hedley
Amalgamated
.
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SDud
Valley
17
Central
Zeballos
0iv4j
Silbak
Premier
60
Oils
A.P.
Con
12
Calmont
35
C.
Sc
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2.60
Foothil'ls
2.60
Home
4-55
Toronto
Athona
10
Aumaque
23
Beattie
83
Bevcourt
53
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadian
164
Con
west
1-22
Donalda
90
Eldona
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Elder
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Giant
Yellownife
6.20
God's
Lake
86
Hard
rock
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25
Hosco
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Joliet
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Rowan
15
Lapaska
18
Little
Long
Lac
1.57
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09
Madsen
Red
Lake
'
3.10
McKenzie
Red
Lake
60
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.50
Moneta
.35
Negus
2.05
Noranda
45.50
Louvicourt
1-50
Pickle
Crow
2.45
Regcourt
.08
San
Antonio
4.20
Senator
Rouyn
60
Sherrltt
Gordon
;
2.97
Steep
Rock
A
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2.10
Sturgeon
River
.
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To
Carry
On
As
Minister
Resolutions
Being
Considered
Today
At
Vancouver
Liberal
Convention
Chieftain
To
Be
Elected
Tomorrow
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
today
announced
that
he
would
not
be
a
candidate
for
leadership
of
the
provincial
Ljberal
party.
"I
do
not
propose
to
allow
my
name
to
go
before
the
convention,1'
Mr.
Kenney
said
.shortly
before
the
opening
today
of
the
nrovince-
Skeena
River
Gives
Up
Dead
I
Prince
Rupert
Highway
into
!
swirling
waters
of
the
river
on
May
31
last
year
near
saivus
station.
Having
been
sighted
by
Gordon
Little,
East
Kwlnitsa
sawmill
oDerator.
in
the
river
about
-.
-
inn
varris
below
where
It
was
be-
lieved
to
have
left
the
highway!
I
wide
convention
to
select
a
sue-
cessor
to
Premier
John
Hart
as
leader
of
the
Liberal
party
in
British
Columbia.
He
was
reported
to
have
had
the
general
support
of
delegates
from
north-
.
Body
of
Peter
Sheremata
and
'em
constituencies
who
now
be-Slation
Wagon
Recovered
j
come
free
agents
at
the
conven-
i
the
vehicle
was
pulled
out
last
tomorrow.
night
by
mean
of
lines,
a
boat
,
Irosiire;.
1
SNOW
ALL
ALONG
tain
the
body
with
one
leg
and
;
JN
OF
RAILWAY
nno
arm
nntslHp
n
rpiir
window.
I
Whether
or
not
the
unfortunate
man
may
have
been
attempting
to
.get
out
of
the
vehicle
after
it
landed
in
the
river
or
whether
the
remains
floated
to
the
position
In
which
they
were
found
appears
uncertain.
Coroner
Will
Robinson
and
provincial
police
officers
of
Terrace
came
down
late
yesterday
I
and
took
the
body
back
to
Terrace
where
an
Inquest
Is
expect
ed
to
be
held.
The
car
was
found
standing
right
side
up
on
the
rocky
river
bottom.
It
was
facing
uprlver.
The
motor
hood
was
gone,
probably
having
become
detached
in
Snow
conditions
are
general
along
the
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
from
the
lower
Skeena
Valley
to
the
Alberta
border,
according
to
word
received
at
divisional
headquarters
here
today.
The
snow
is
at
its
greatest
depth
east
of
Prince
George
where
snow
plows
have
gone
into
action.
vehicle
was
found
about
50
feet
out
in
the
river
and
25
feet
below
the
level
of
the
railway
grade
and
highway.
The
car
was
a
1941
Plymouth.
Sheremata
was
a
veteran
of
the
Impact
of
the
plunge
into
the
recent
war
and
had
been
lo-the
river
A
spare
tire
which
had
cated
in
Prince
Rupert
for
six
or
been
in
the
back
of
the
car
was
seven,
months
before
the
fatal
up
against
the
windshield,
The
ride.
AT
SESSION'S
OPENING--Minus
the
pre-war
scarlet
tunics
and
bearskins
ot
the
Governor
General's
Footguards
but
with
the
usual
pageantry
and
traditional
formality
of
custom
His
Excellency
Viscount
Alexander,
last
Friday
afternoon,
presided
at
the
opening
of
the
fourth:
session
of
the
Twentieth
Parliament
In
Ottawa.
The
Governor
General
Hs
shown
above
with
Lady.
Alexander,
taking
the
salutft'from
a;
composite
guard
of
honor,
on
"
"
his
arrival
at
the
"
Parliament
Building's.
'
(Canadian
Army
Photo)
fBSffl
After
Six
.Months
j
Uon
wlth
the
rlght
vote
lnto(
More
than
six
months
after',
the
leadership
one
of
the
two
'nrprj
DADI
HD
the
tragedy,
seasonally
low
top
candidates
-Attorney-Gen
)XK
fAKLUK
waters
of
the
lower
Skeena
River
,
1
,nZ
Johnson,
M.L.A.
for
New
last
night
yielded
up
the
re-
Westminster.
mains
of
Peter
Conrad
Shere-
K
i
had
the
choice,
bearing
mata
of
Edmonton,
36-year
old
emDlovee
of
ie
Tar
Assets
Cor
poration,
and
a
service
wagon
with
which
he
nluneed
from
the
COULDNT
FORM
CABINET
Wartime
Premier
Paul
Rey-naud,
failed
to
form
a
new
middle-of-the-road
saw
111
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AY
KYI
AW
ic
Annnnwcn
In
mind
the
Industrial
develop-
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ment
of
the
province
for
the,
next
few
years,
I
would
prefer
being
mines,
lands
and
forests
minister
rather
than
leader
of
the
Liberal
party,"
said
Mr.
Kenney.
Six
hundred
delegates
registered
this
morning
and
later
in
the
day
will
deal
with
two
score
resolutions
and
hear
a
brief
speech
from
Premier
Hart.
The
new
leader
will
be
elected
City
council
last
night
gave
final
approval
to
a
bylaw
authorizing
the
taxation
of
beer
par
lors
and
introduced
several
other
bylaws,
some
of
them
routine
land
sale
documents,
at
Its
second-last
meeting
of
the
year
last
nieht.
The
bylaws
which
were
introduced
last
night
will
be
given
final
approval
at
the
next
meeting
on
December
21.
The'
beer
parlor
bylaw
allows,
the
citv
to
levy
taxes
oh
beer
amount-of
tne
license
pam
oy
the
narlor
Derators
to
the
pro
vincial
govenment.
This,
In
turn,
Is
based
on
the
amount
of
beer
sold.
The
maximum
license
fee
which
the
cltv
can
charge
Is
controlled
by
the
provincial
government.
A
"taxi-fare
bylaw,"
regulating
the
maximum
amount
taxis
can
charge
for
various
trips
within
the
city
was
given
its
first
read
ing.
The
bylaw
divides
the
city
into
eleven
zones
and
names
the
maximum
fees
"which
can
be
charged
within
each
zone
or
be
tween
zones.
A
"tax
sale
land
reserve
account"
bylaw
required'
to
ba
passed
by
recent
provincial
legislation,
was
given
its
first
read
ing.
This
bylaw
requires
that
moneys
derived
from
the
sale
of
city-owned
lots
be
placed
In
a
reserve
fund
which
can
be
used
only
for
specific
purposes
as
outlined
by
the
Municipal
Act.
According
to
the
Act
the
money
can
be
used
only
to
bring
the
sinking
fund
up
to
proper
level
where
an
actual
deficit
exists;
payment
of
debentures
or
for
capital
expenditures.
The
use
of
the
money
is
subject
to
the
approval
of
the
Department
of
Municipal
Affairs.
Actually,
the
city
has
had
such
a
land
sale
reserve
account
for
the
last
four
years
but
up
to
the
present
time,
it
was
strictly
municipal
regulation.
Now
it.
is
on
a
provlncewlde
basis
and
is
administered
by
the
provincial
government.
'.
Council
also
passed
three
land
i
sale
bylaws
approving
sales
of
city-owned
property
made
earlier
in
the
year.
Funds
from
these
sales,
however,
do
not
come
under
the
authority
of
the
above
land
sale
trust
account
bylaw,
since
they
were
approved
before,'
the
bylaw
became
effective.
The
land
sale
trust
account
bylaw
will
receive
Its
final
read
lng
on
December
22
and
will
become
effective
at
the
first
of
the
new
year.
LOCAL
TIDES
Wedesday,
December
10,
1947
High
11:45
21.6
feet
Low
5:39
7.8
feet
18:25
3.3
feet
NAMED,
FOR
LIBERATOR
Bolivia
takes
Its
name
from
Simon
Bolivar,
Its
liberator,
and
hero
of
South
America's
fight
for
Independence.
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