opening oi me pori me waieriront instal- ansneu nere during the war by the United oorities. Kenneth Meek of Calgary had anions with the executive council of the t Prince Rupert Chamber of Com issia H t i. Orvalualed Ten to -Pricr Being Conlrollrtl Th'' Russian r.-:".ing for the p: stwar Infla- ritroilcd ccon- mce iperatures may bo the province to- loreca'sl ' iiKrt. Queen Char-Nortli Coast Ovcr- 30 by late c : 'tufting to southwest f"!:i-nr. Normal tonight and highs Port Hardy 37 and 4) and 45. c':' British Columbla- Sav flvprpntt with '-rnr tonight and A1 winds. Little change ;;;iraiure Lows tonight -;h Tuesday at Telegraph L0 WOOD Rrm nmns tanu -"V4t examples 01 wooq :i are some remnants of merce during the week-end. The up hot was the decision to call IT .i public meeting at the city coun-; ' ' il chamber on Wednesday eve- i t nine, for the purpose of consider- Inrljtlfn ""f Mr Mecks ProPusal for the II I I 10 UUI I ''vcnlual disposition of these Mr. Meek, who holds an agreement of ale to acquire these installations for $250,000 on which J25.0CC has been paid, the bal- t rtihlp hpmtffht f nitallat inni In rirVflrinmpnt nf ':nts by a Mo- j t. i. oroixwed bv Mr. Meek. were picKeo ; jahi-jt, to statutory approval, to onimr 10-gsmhse. a holding company ln ... i Piner Jlwgi"t .to be. known as fc' A' 7 UL 11 A rVJ :p Albert show the unemployment. inster Gets High School TM INSTER This o w lilsh school :., ' d i 'vst will be :' :3.0CD Bids will 3 The architect ... E n of Vancou- i4 1 a f - Synopsis I Rupert Fotindatfon Company i Ltd. The company would buy the former American installa-! tions in the Prince Rupert har- Figure from nine bor. "These installations are cn-mtM offices ln vital to Prince Rupert as a sea show un increase port and every effort must be c.oycd men and 96: made to raise sufficient capital -p is more unem- at once to purchase them, pro-r.r.ually once har-; vide for their maintenance and i:de .. and its scope necessary' additions." says Mr. led Rcclna. Saska- Meek ln his proposal. The sum of $500,000 will be required to do this and every eltiisen and business house In Prince Rupert and district will be asked to subscribe for stock ln the proposed company to their fullest extent. "The proposed company will have a capitalization of one million dollars divided into 5000 pre'erence shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each and one million ordinary shares of no par value. "All moneys subscribed to this pre-organization proposal will be deposited in trust accounts In the hanks of Prince Rupert and. ' in the event the full amount of ivcrcas! skies were $300,000 Is not subscribed on or British Columbia j befre Decmber 31 of this year. with showers along , the proposai wm be dropped and . snow flurries over thf lnstai.auons scrapped by An extensive storm Junc 30 1948 undor terms 0f jroarhing from the ogreemeiU of sale, 'i bring Reneral rain j .,prlnce nupfrt must makc thf inds to the coast by . It ls , u,omc a ;now; to Uie Interior , t Qf natlona, lm. ce tnmnrmw tomorrow. Mod Mod- ' . t rianfc in Canada. It must Justify national assistance and recognition by an all-out help itself first program," Mr. Meek told the Chamber of Commerce. INSTALLATIONS itvnl fill -'th rain commenc- mnrran instal- afternoon. Cloudy I lne """""'Z rt , j... ,.j. nations in uic in.- - j.uesaay. :. Involved ...j , In ,h, the ;,! m.p.h increasing harbor set-up arc as follows: Administration building. Main warehouse. Cold storage plant and dock. In transit stores building and dock. Marine repair building and dock. Boat float and. dock. Boiler house. Boiler makers' building. Miscellaneous building. Riggers' building. 75-ton Gantry crane. 71, ton Barlow elevator. Extensions to docks. Railway sidings. Together with any and all fire fiohtimr eoiiipment, refrlgera- -avian 1 equipment, plumbing, heat-ths carving datlnn Uon tOth centurv Ijrv Il.ht1nr fixtures and equl"' NEW DELHI O -Hundred of ; fatal casualties are claimed by both sides in a week-end flare-up of fighting In Kashmir be tween Indian - Dominion troops j and "Free Kashmir" rebels and' invading tribesmen. j Killing of 400 Indian troops! In a surprise attack on Ru, key town, fifty miles from the Pakls-1 tan border, is claimed by the "Free Kashmir" government. I Attackers' casualties are given as thirty-five. The Indian Defence ministry announces more than 320 raiders killed by Indian troops In the Uri area. LANDSLIDES HIT RAILWAY Tralm on Vancouver Line are Held t'p for Hours j VANCOUVER. 0 Small scale ance to be paid to War Assets ; landslides In the Rockies Friday Corporation by December 31.. disrupted Canadian National r.i (.hut it was utes mat he nas been scucuuica uuiu with,the week-end but caused no for months orogram of cur-'engaged many casualties or property damage. , mhit -nwu.1 numerous imnorUnt concerns i p:rai of price., with a view to enlisting their! Eastbound trains Friday night , cul include thejacuve interest in a large scale!ere flayed " hurs ln reaclJ' urrency Tues-, plan for the utilization of the ing Edmonton but were expected to cut the delay to eight : onverslon will shipping through the port. Itl'TV' ,,, . uZ ,-..k ir.,w. Traius reaching u. Vancouver on ,. jr . , I Saturday were four hours late. ming will be the community of Prince Rupert food and in- appears to be essential and it Is and consumer & enn,t this that the Cham-ui;ht under uni-' ber of Commerce was called upon High winds were held respon sible for the blowing of rocks, shale and mud onto the tracks. LOCAL TIDES Tuesday, December 16, 1947 High 3:59 185 feet 15:23 19.8 (eel Low 9:31 9.4 feet 22:05 4.5 feet ment that may be installed In the American installations. The present estimated value of these installations as a going concern Is- placed at $2,000,000. They are covered with fire Insurance to the extent of $500,000. WHAT $300,000 is m:i:m;d rou The sum of $500,000 which It ls proposed to raise covers the following items: Owing to War Assets Corporation. $225,000. Owing to Alberta Syndicate. $50,000. Capital required to remodel administration building and build coal bunkers, etc.. $225,030. Under the proposal stock division would be to persons who contribute capital for the purpose of purchasing the harbor facilities who would receive preferred shares to the amount of their contributions and would also be entitled to purchase ordinary shares of the proposed Vancouver Bralornc B. R. Con B. R. X Dentonla Grull Wlhksne Hcdley Mascot 95 Mlnto 0.2 t Tend Oreille 2.10 Pioneer 3.G0 Premier Border 043,4 Privateer 11.00 .04 .08 ."ti .05 Vt .33 Reeves McDonald M0 Reno 12 Salmon Gold 21'i ( Sheep Creek MO Taylor Bridge 5 Congress 03 Hcdley Amalg 2Q Spud Valley 01U Sllbak Premier 15 Oil: A. P. Con 15 Calmont 45 C. it E Home Toronto 3.10 5.00 Athona 10 Aumaque Beattie Bevcourt Robjo .23 ,90 ,51 15 NORTIUfRN AND CENTRAL BRITIAH COLUMBIA'S NEWBPAFJER TAXI TTTTTTT1 A fYYYTYt fTTYYYYYYYi Phone 23 he mull LikBlue j yi v. lv AND W1IITK CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVI, No. 292. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS ni ill. uriiiiivmnii JUu auf r u rui i instill Himns v - ... n..i 96 !x rusriii ni IB I I a nil II I Biff I IB M. WeW Kfl H. Wm m.M H I - f .tk Meek. Now Hnlrlincr Fnrrr,, TIC i li i w - - - D Property On Agreement of Sale, Has Proposition turning that he had been working for two awards the end of organizing "for peace-time . . -I1 it. . A A I . . . IS ( Another Flare-up Reported In Troublous Indian Province Piracy Off Coast of China CURTAILMENT IS CALLED OFF Union Steamship Co. To Retain Present Service Late this afternoon announcement was made by Union Steamships Ltd. that the proposed curtailed schedule of sailings which was to have been put into effect between Vancouver and Prince Kupert and the ((ueen Charlotte Islands had been cancelled and that the schedule as at present would be main- lalnpfl Thi nrfiviHp for. tu'fl sailings a week between here and Vancouver via "Inside Passage" points. The weekly service to such points as Bella Coola, Ocean Falls, Port Simpson, Stewart and Alice Arm is maintained. The Cassiar will remain on the Queen the Queen Charlotte Island run on a fortnightly basis. The proposed reduced service had met with vigorous protest from the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce as well as such communities as .Massett and Stewart. FIRST MINK SALE HELD AT REGINA REGINA The recent live mink auction here was the first ever held on the continent. The animals offered numbered 300 and the bidding was spirited. The sales approximated about $10,000,000 breeding mink. ik. Senator Turgeon, president of Duthle Mines Ltd.. has announced that the company's operation at the old Duthle Mine at Smithers has been suspended for the winter. It ls ln winter that the operating costs are high. HOCKEY SCORES Sunday Montreal 4, Chicago 1. Toronto 1, Boston 1. Detroit 1, New York 1. Saturday New York 4, Toronto 1. Chicago 3, Detroit 4. Fred Brown, Vancouver Insurance man and member of the executive of the British Colum paying a brief business visit to the city. He arrived by air Sat- urday afternoon and will be j Buffalo Canadian 17 Consol. Smelters 96.75 Con west 101 Donalda Eldona Elder Giant Yellowknifc God's Lake Hardrock . Harricana , Heva - Hosco Jacknlfc , Jollct Quebec. Lake Rowan Lapaska .... Little lmg Lac Lynx Madsen Red Lake .... McKcnzie Red Lake McLeod Cocks'hutt ... Moneta .-j .90 .90 . .70 C.00 .86 .35 J.08'A p5 .. 7.45 . ; .06 .44 .15 .10 12 151 .093,4 3.25 .60 1.50 .40 Negas. 2.05 i Noranda 48.00 j Louicourt 1.45 j Pickle Crow 2.45 Regcourt '...-..,., 08j i San Antonio 4.15 Senator ' Rouyn - .70 Sherrit Gordon 2.99 Stoi-p !"oc ; 2.10 St "vr "2 CHICAGO DAILIES PUBLISH WITHOUT TYPOS Outside of the Herald-American building In Chicago, pickets carrying placards march in front of the entrance, proclaiming a strike. All Chicago daily newspapers have been forced to use photo-engraved editions instead of the customary linotype-set forms because of a strike of the Typographlacal Union. AIRPORT WITH LANDING FIELD AND RANGE FINDING STATION ARE NEED TVip l.uildinor of an airnort for the use of land western operations. Another aviation "must" here, ln the meantime. Mr. MacConachie told the Dally News, was a radio range findine station which. If and to hours. Mr. MacConachie told how the radio range finding station now being moved from Massett to near Sandspit on the Queen Charlotte Islands -would make It possible to operate off Sandspit with 300-foot celling and one bia Automobile Association, ls , f pt and .,. mlies now required reliable, safe, economical and efficient service. Mr MacConachie expressed some concern over falling off In air travel from Prince Rupert of late but was hopeful that it was only temporary and would not necessitate a cutting down of the service. Nor was any Increase ln through fares contemplated, said Mr. MacConachie. Held up himself during his flight from Prince Rupert to Vancouver. Mr. MacConachie was able to see the necessity of suitable accomodation being provided for delayed passengers at I waypoints such as Sandspit and jPort Hardy and suggested that something might be done about it. operations, Pacific Division. WILL FYFFE DIES 'GLASGOW Will Fyffe, wide-known Scottish entertainer, died yesterday Me was 63. AFTER COLLISION NEW YORK TP At least four and the Venezuelan tanker Tulaplta were aflame with the British motorshlp San Eliseo standing by and attempting a rescue. Navajo Indians mile visibility instead of the 600 m00j- porI Mr. MacConachie admitted; Europe is not the only partj that recent Interruptions to the j 0f the globe that can stand Vancouver - Prince Rupert air! some assistance. Away down ln j company up to the amount of j leaving tomorrow on his return servIce had most infrequently ; the far southwest of the United their preferred share holdings. 1 to Vancouver. been due to adverse weather ; States, the Navajo Indians oc- a rescrvatlon about the oooowHcoooo0OirtoooaM jditions around Vancouver. Port size of West Virginia. And they TDIli Y' WOCK I Hardy and Sandspit. Neverthe- are feeling hungry. Washington Courtesy S. D. Johnr.ton Co. Ltd. 1 less, he felt the radio range , ls asKed to come across wun b finding station should be estab i couple of million. ooo&oooooooooooi0ooio&oooooooofKjijaocHaijoo - isned here in the interests of Winter School For Cannery Workers SEATTLE A winter trade-school for Alaska cannery workers will operate again this year because 900 members of the Machinists' Lodge (79 1 are willing to pay $5 each to assure Its continuance. The school was started two years ago. Ncw Naval Commands Charles On Crescent OTTAWA Lieut. Commander J. C. O'Brien of H.M.C.S. Crescent has been appointed offlcer-ln-charge of the communications school at H.M.C.S. Stadacona, ln Halifax. Lieut. Commander John A. Charles of The chief of CPA. was ac-R0uleau, Saskatchewan, will be companled by W. G. Townleyj jn charge of H.M.C.S. Crescent. of Vancouver, superintendent of C.P.R. steamer Princess Adelaide, Capt. Fred McGraw, ls due ln port at 7 o'clock this eve ning from the south and will Dutch Passenger Ship Held Up and Robbed of $500,000, Cash, Jewels HONG KONG (CP) Pirates boarded a 1,552-ton Dutch passenger ship, Van Huetz, robbed the passengers of cash and jewelry valued at hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong dollars and escaped in commandeered junks today after temporarily holding the captain as a hostage. The theft is estimated to have ' - totalled $500,000. Bulletins STUDY FOOD CONTRACTS LONDON Summary of Canada's proposals for continuation of food contracts were studied today by British officials and informed sources said the prospects for a successful outcome were "much improved." An official source said: "Decisions now will be made at the top level. Latest Canadian proposals look like a definite improvement. OLD MAN GOING STRONG DES MOINES Luis Carri-zales, 88, became the father of a seven pound, 15-ounce child yesterday for the third time since 1915. Carrizales and his wife, Mary, 23, were the parents or a daughter in 1945 and a son in 1946. DOLLAR DOWN MORE NE WYORK The Canadian worth of selected planed ,1S, an expensive thing OUC it IS theonly-Ultl-! dollar eased l-lG or a cent on 1 .... t net okl Jf l-i In it o fjc tin nvinHnn fpn- the "free" foreign exrhanee SUSPENSION AT DUTHIE MINE tre and the city of the importance of Prince Rupert is Jft S?. I today unique in that it has no landing field, comment-j doIIar reacned on tne led E. W. G. MacConachie, president of Canadian: New York market since last I Pacific Airlines, who visited here : j year. jat the end of the week in the . . . . . course of a tour of the company s TAKIKrPV AH AMI" IHIlltLUJ I-IS UMl ilu JEWS ASK WITHDRAWAL JERUSALEM Jewish leaders today called for immediate evacuation from Palestine of all Trans-Jordan-Arab legion troops which have Bri tish officers en loan to the TORONTO About 750 print ing pressman employed, in more than 100 Toronto commercial publishing houses went out on strike for higher wages today. The men demand a basic wage of $1.42 per hour for cylinder pressmen coupled with union security clauses. POWER TURNED ON CAMPBELL RIVER First unit of the British Columbia Power Commission's $13,500,-000 hydro project, harnessing water power of famed Elk Falls on Campbell River, was opened by Premier Hart today. MINING FOR MACHINERY Ingenious Claim Staking on Alaska Highway 1 Staking a claim docs not al- The pirate leader spent a com- fortable night in the captain's quarters while his gang estimated to number 25 -went about Its wholesale robbery. It was later reported that the pirates, who had robbed 1600 passengers, had kidnapped six passengers, presumably for later ransom. Identities of the captive prisoners are not known. EARL BALDWIN Former Prime Minister of Great Bri-. tain whose death ls announced.. Former Prime li. 1 . IN when provided, would enable air Persons were killed and several Palestine government for pol- ' AAiniSlGr LIGS early to- I T III IIJIUI IV I W missing services by sea aircraft to be were reported ,ce du,y n lhe oly Und ; carried out as regularly and re- day auer a como liably as boat service. It would J tankers off Curacao, Dutch West . L,? P,vrFitN n strike reduce delays owing to weather indies. said that the ships conditions from a matter of days Dispatches ine Argentine tanner l,u rui.ua Earl Baldwin Passes Away at Age of Eighty Years LONDON, 0 Earl Stanley Baldwin of Bewdley, who was Prime Minister at the abdication of Edward VIII In 1936 and during the general strike of 1926, died in his sleep Saturday night, it was announced Sunday. Death came ln Earl Baldwin's Worcestershire home ln Stourport. - Often described as the "most English of Englishmen," Earl Baldwin served three times as Prime Minister, returning May 28, 1937. He often described the office of the Prime Minister as "ths loneliest job ln the world.' BUILDING HOTEL' AT PT. ALBERNI PORT ALBERNI A Seattle hotel man, F. H. Furcy, and businessmen of Port Alberni are Interested In the proposed estab- or. lament of a modern hotel. Mr. ways mean you are thinking gojd j Furey has associated with him For. be it known, comes word i 'n the projected enterprise an-of ether Seattle hotel operator, J. a man who believes he has. something pretty good, simply Fishnell. They would be prepared by recovering what others had 'to spend $400,000. thrown away. Construction of the Alaska di l Highway meant the spending or Mrs. Ueorge BlaCK millions for road making mach-1 Jnters Hospital v lnery. The job was finally fin- i Ifhed, but the machinery wasn't, i WHITE HORSE Mrs. George The Americans figured it would Black, wife of Capt. Black M.P. be cheaper to ditch the property : and Yukon pioneer, has entered and forget it than cart every thing back home. Goods, still valuable, were taken to one side and buried, but not deeply. The man with a hunch looked over the ground, gained a rough notion of what was there and staked claims giving him certain rights. He went prospecting for machinery ana hospital here. Capt. Black had been called to Dawson to take part ln a lawsuit and left for White Horse earlier than originally intended, returning there because of his wife's unexpected illness. MOSTLY WATER Analysis o( active plant tissue, ! ls reported to be doing well. He's ' such as lettuce "or but leaves, sail at 10 p.m, on her return to finding gold, but not exactly shows that it ls about 90 per Vancouver ,-nd v avpolnts the vellor- metal. cent water 1 I 1