USE
SLASHES
SIGN
RELIEF
PROPRIATIONS
5KIN
r"
,N
'
The
House
CIC3
IT.
J
Heron
i
a.
.auvci
appropriate-
today
made
an
m
the
emergency
-ram
and
slashed
000
to
$230,000,000
nlted
States
Army
:
the
government
occupied
areas,
nice
sent
to
the
oil)
providing
for
(or
France,
Italy
recommended
lor
iEO
FOR
110
MURDER
aRINES,
Ont.
:p
Chambers.
3D
r
-UoWi
early
today
:r
siJ
weeks
ago
to--.'car
old
Marian
was
lured
away
by
che
street
and
was
ain
intended
that
he
is
to
a
factory
a
fireman,
smoth-Crcw
her
body
in-re
The
body
was
c
Sherifl."
Cham-a.
he
mounted
the
...r,
do
It
"
ut
n
i.
a
n
I
m
v
II
U
M
I
.
-
I
M
I
NKER
CRASH
.V
vur.K
:
Death
toll
in
i
wo
tankers
yes-m
ao.
Dutch
West
eight
today
with
reported
missing.
urred
when
the
xcr
Tucuplta
was
i
the
Argentine
ill
h
ra
(119
ltT
ege
Head
Finds
d
rn
..rd
for
truth
,1
rn
world
und
Its
re-
by
piopaianda
deduce
people
to
sup-
y
or
a
government.
Itc:hennst.)n.
prln-'SSOw
University,
.said
u'lon
ceremony
It
he
.said.
"i.s
not
ucd
parties
wjll
re-
'he
end
of
February
'"illcst
before
the
nrov-
'4
''uislature
reconvenes.
'"Pai-HUon
of
intended
legls-
"1
I
hohi,-,,!
.U.,I..1a
n,.,l
wston
nt
'il
COntlniiP
n
until
thn
J.
TUPPER
JINNIPEGO.
Oh
-William
Tupper.
85,
former
-""dill
Gnvpriinr
r,f
Mnnl.
'
and
bearer
of
one
of
the
distinguished
names
in
"iness
of
several
months,
FAST
JOB
tCW
nirlA..
.
.
.
.
.
o
minute.
POSED
AS
MAN
AND
WIFE;
ARE
UNDER
ARREST
SANTA
UOSA
Cai.-
Two
for-mer
college
women.
Thclma
I
Walter
and
Marietta
Cook,
have
ibeen
arrested
for
posing
as
man
i
and
wife.
They
lived
on
a
ranch
'
as
"Mr.
and
Mrs.
Warren."
One
j
taught
school,,
the
other
ran
j
the
ranch.
It
appears
that
a
few
years
ago,
while
attending
the
j
University
of
California,
"they
!
fell
in
love
and
decided
on
mar
riage
because
they
could
not
figure
out
any
other
way
to
live."
The
truth
became
known
when
an
agent
for
the
Federal
Bur
eau
or
investigation
caned
at
produce
a
draft
record.
The
wo
r.rn
are
charged
with
making
a
false
marriage
affidavit
and
No
condition
i
conspiring
to
violate
laws
pro-
ire
than
a
moiling
masqueraaing.
McGILL
TO
STAGE
WINTER
CARNIVAL
Canadian.
itl.S.
Sports
Trams
Will
Compete
In
Laurentians
and
Montreal
untruths
that
MONTREAL
O
McOIll
Uni-(
ous
game
but
that
i
-
)!-
sparing
in
telling
verslty.
playing
host
next
Feb-
:id
make
It
difficult
ruary
to
the
intercollegiate
ski
i
discover
it."
j
championships.
Is
planning1
a
ii
present
difficulties'
mammoth
winter
carnival
that;
much
material
short-
i
will
have
its
locale
both
in
Mon-
j
'
divisions
and
oppo-'treal
and
the
Laufentian
moun-j
h
the
strain
of
war
tains.
I
fd
into
the
body
of
j
McGlll's
first
winter
carnival
in
some
measure
I
will
be
staged
February
19
to
ountrv.
'
1
and
a
busy
program
has
been
j
I
think,
that
there
prepared
for
the
Canadian
and
sunners.
sit
in
i.rniv
i
n
a
'dose
.
No.
293
straw-floored
SAN
FRANCISCO,
0
An
ar
stands
at
Molson
Stadium,
speed-skating
races
will
be
held
between
Canadian
and
American
competitors,
m,.
u-in
he
fleurc
skating
premier
names
his
cabinet
pprformanCcs
as
well
and
a
car-
l
nival
queen
will
De
crowm-u.
Bands
and
bonfires
again
will
lend
color
o
the
festival
and
'ASSES
AWAY
AWAY
u.
p
u
compieiru,
o.ujcfu"",
,
boxing
and
squash
events
will
be
staged
in
the
McGill
gymnasium,
to
be
followed,
by
a
dance.
The
cross-country
and
ski
Jumping
events
of
the
college
championships
will
be
Maged
rvbruarv
21
and
after
the
Jump
ing
the
McGill
hockey
team
will
an
American
team.
An-
bitrator's
award
yesterday
boost
ed
U.S.
longshoremen's,
pay
eight
cents
an
hour
to
$1.65
for
straight
time
and
$2.47
for
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
December
17,
1947
High
Low
4:39
16:02
10:15
22:45
,
tl
tine
viini
v
18.1
feet
18.8
feet
9.8
feet
5.4
feet
BLIND
LEARN
TO
SHOOT
O
VINO
DEAN,
Eng.,
0
An
electronic
tube
attached
to
a
rifle
enables
blind
persons
of
St.
Dunstan's
to
use
their
new
15
yard
shooting
range.
The
marks
man
is
guided
througn
head-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
16,
1947
c
ammuntefj
disappear
from
the
streets
as
a
strong
armored
p:
di:-
c
;ntlnnent
moves
Into
Bltonto,
Italy.
The
Reds
had
captured
hu
town
and
called
It
the
First
Socialist
Republic
in
Italy.
The
leaders
of
the
Communist
Insurgents
are
now
in
jail
after
the
police
had
moved
in
and
"recaptured
it."
Commons
Moves
lo
Extend
Far
PQSSE
TRAILS
Control
Powers
for
Three
Months
OTTAWA,
O
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
adopted
a
resolution
for
a
three-months'
extension
of
wartime
control
powers
which
are
due
to
expire
December
31.
and
turned
to
another
measure
to
continue
the
authority
of
the
government
food
purchasing
boards.
The
Senate
also
approved
the
control
resolutions
after
hearing
Senator
Halg's
charge
that
the
government's
control
policy
was
a
"police
administration"
and
that
the
sooner
controls
were
abolished
"the
sooner
Canada
will
get
back
on
an
even
keel."
ATTITUDE
CF
SOUTH
CHANGING;
NORTH'S
IMPORTANCE
ADMITTED
Melchior
Protests
Beer
Restrictions
VICTORIA
Laurltz
Melchior,
famous
opera
singer.
Is
sued
an
ultimatum,
"no
beer,
noi
concert,''
when
he
learned
on!
arrival
here
that
there
are
no
!
beer
parlors
in
Victoria.
He
was
j
mollified,
however,
when
told
j
that
beer
and
ale
could
be
pur-
j
chased
at
government
liquor
j
stores.
i
The
man
who
has
sung
"Trls-
j
tan"
more
than
200
times
expressed
the
opinion
that
Brit-)
ish
Columbia
liquor
regulations!
are
bad.
"In
countries
where
conditions
are
more
lenient,
drunkenness
is
rare,"
he
said.
"All
I
want
is
a
beer
before
dinner
and
one
In
the
evening
after
the
concert."
Melchior
said
that
he
loved
hunting
and
visited
Canada
every
year.
SEMITIC
LANGUAGE
The
Syrlc
language
belongs
to
the
Semitic
family
of
languages
of
which
Hebrew
is
the
chief
and
is
a
branch"
f
Aramaic
JAIL
FUGITIVE
THROUGH
SNOW
PENTIUTON,
P
Across,
bleak
snow-covered
hills,
a
police
posse
today
closed
In
on
Russel
Spears,
a
jail
escapee,
blocking
old
cattle
trails
and
roadways
to
prevent
him
from
reaching
the
international
border.
Sought
Since
November
14
when
he
escaped
from
jail
here.
Spears
shot
and
wounded
Police
Constable
Robert
Mercer
on
Sunday,
shooting
his
way
from
a
trapper's
cabin.
in
the
overall
economic
picture
of
British
Columbia
lsolated
district.
i
was
J.
D.
McRae,
local
young
business
man,
who
re-
turned
to
the
city
by
air
yesterday
afternoon
atei'!A.
j
attending
last
week
s
provincial
QppjJf
CLAKroDALL
RADIO
AIDS
WERE,
FAULTY
SEATTLE,
0
Henry
H.
Wolfe,
second
mate
and
navigator
of
the
Army
transport
Clarksdale
Victory,
testified
at
a
Coast
Guard
hearing
that
faulty
operation
of
the
radio
direction
finder
and
fathometer
had
prevented
obtaining
accurate
bearings
before
the
vessel
grounded
on
Hlppa
Island
three
weeks
ago.
Forty-nine
of
the
crew
of
53
were
lost
in
the
wreck.
'QUAKE
IN
LOS
ANGELES
and
slalom
races,
with
skiers
orabie
progress.
Hfi
.rn
n
ha
nctn1t1
n
1
nppfed
to
compete.
dozen
universities
ex-
""jui
-..
...
vw
ivv
1
1
to
but
iv.
v
r
1
t'l
'hi
Tin
irnirnrnmtnt
nnH
I
Cnnn
nf
thp
rnmiVal
Will
Shift
following
a
LONGSHOREMEN
PMMhtiity
of
other
cabinet
to
Montreal
at
night
and
while
INCREASE
'
observers
today
said
it
spectators,
pectat
supplied
with
box
'Id
in
Liberal
convention
in
Vancouver.
Particularly
at
the
conven-l
tlon
was
this
feeling
evident,
remarked
Mr.
McRae.
Resolu-'
tlon
after
resolution
H.
G.
Perry,
Prince
George
and
Prince
Rupert
newspaper
publisher
was
chairman
of
the
resolutions
com-
I
mlttee)
carried
the
keynote
or.
decentralization
and
province-1
j
wide
consideration
In
dealing
I
with
such
matters
as
lmmlgra-!
tlon,
highway
construction.
!
power
development,
land
settle-
ment,
Pacific
Great
Eastern
ex-'
tension,
etc.
All
along
the
line,
i
there
was
admission
that
more
!
attention
must
be
paid
to
out-
side
districts
and
that
no
longer
1
could
Vancouver
be
a
law
unto
!
Itself.
1
Speaking
of
the
convention
rn.es
amoei.es
o..A
short
i.,
ih.
.,iri(io
trnitPd
stales
teams
that
will
onH
fairi
parthmioWp
u-ns.
Ilself-
Mr
McRae
expressed
Thrr.J
that
the
Liberal
party
.
,i
mmwi,.
frit
Wp
pnrw
tnHnv
hPc
"
an
old
saying
that
j
Skating,
tobogganing
and;
wcre
no
immediate
reports
'
i-sualty
In
nny
war
Is
sleighing
on
the
slopes
of
Mount
j
damage.
apparently
nowadays
;
Royal
will
set
the
proceedings
victim
which
takes
In
motion
February
itf.
with
Wlin
Postmaster-General
"ecover.
0
SESSION
II
FEBRUARY
T
-
With
a
new
,
from
a
lamp
honf
res
croviciins
ngnii
and
the
McGiii
band
supplying
Is
Making
Recovery
"competition
will
move
to
St.1
MONTREAL
Hon.
Ernest
Ber-Margarefs.
trend.
Postmaster
General
of
in
the
Laurentlans.
i
downhill
Canada,
continues
to
make
fav-
February
20.
for
the
Of
I
would
continue
a
uimt'u
anu
i
powerful
factor
in
coalition
j
government
under
the.
Premier-Designate
B.
I.
Johnston,
who
was
the
choice
of
the
conven
tion
as
leader.
FLOODED
AS
DAM
BREAKS
MISSION
CITY.
W
A
break
In
the
Caunall
Lake
dam,
nine
miles
north
of
here,
today
isolated
homes
and
rendered
lumber
mills
In
the
vicinity
Inactive.
The
15-foot
break
was
caused
by
heavy
weekend
rains;
which
overflowed
the
water
reservoir.
Several
sections
of
newly
laid
pipe
supplying
Mission
City
with
water
from
the
lake
were
swept
away.
Roads
were
virtually
Impassible.
Although
children
might
have
to
wade
to
their
classrooms
for
the
next
few
days,
no
homes
were
in
danger
of
being
swept
away.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
NOT
REDUCING
SERVICE
NOW
Official
Statement
From
Union
Steamship
Co.
Protests
Did
It
VANCOUVER,
An
official
of
the
Union
Steamship
Co.
said
last
night
that,
despite
Increased
operating
costs
making
operations
more
difficult,
the
company
would
not
reduce
service
during
the
winter
months
to
coastal
points
as
had
been
intended
earlier.
The
decision
followed
protests
from
Vancouver,
Prince
Rupert,
Bella
Coola
and
Stewart
Boards
of
Trade
that
the
proposed
cut
would
be
"in
imical
to
the
progress
and
best
j
leading
to
the
conference
break
interests
or
uritisn
Columbia."
down.
i
The
weekly
services
now
will
be
;
The'
eollanse
of
the
Bis
Four
Continued
"until
further
notice"
rnnfp,Pn(.p
vL.hrh
nrrnrrprt
11.
and
calls
as
at
present
A
telegram
received
late
yesterday
by
the
President
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
from
Reg
T.
Rose,
executive
secretary
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade,
said:
"Union
Steamships,
following
representations,
have
decided
to
maintain
the
weekly
service
for
thp
nrpKPnt.
11
Thle
tt-ac
nnrif
Impressed
by
the
greatly
increased
recognition
i
ice
JSJV4
m.s
ln
a
telegram
received
by
the
.....
....j
,,.i,:u
,o
un;nr
nnlnl
Utt
Vn.-i.n,.rn.
ovwi
Vi
L.mifVi
i.
.
.
.
'.
...
i
chamber
of
Commerce
this
G
FOUR
CONFERENCE
BREAKS
DOWN
UNIFICATION
OF
WEST
GERMANY
AS
SEPARATE
STATE
NOW
SEEN
United
States,
Great
Britain
and
France
Are
Going
Into
Session
At
Once
LONDON
(CP)
High
diplomatic
informants
said
today
that
Secretary
of
State
George
Marshall
will
begin
with
Foreign
Minister
Bidault
of
France
tonight
the
first
of
a
series
of
western
power
talks
on
unification
of
western
Germany.
Marshall
set
his
staff
pf
German
advisers
to
work
drafting
pro
posals
which
he
might
advance
to
Bidault
for
a
merger
of
the
French
zone
with
the
British
and
American
zones
now
that
four-power
organization
of
all
Germany
has
been
ruled
out
for
the
immediate
future-
at
least
by
a
breakdown
of
the
Big
Four
talks.
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bev-in
Is
expected
to
report
to
the
cabinet
tomorrow
on
all
factors
night,
leaves
Europe
more
firmly
and
formally
divided
plan
at
any
time
since
the
war
ended.
There
was
no
arrangement
for
a
future
meeting.
Britain,
United
States
and
France
blamed
the
Soviet
Union
for
the
breakdown.
Russia
charged
that
the
western
powers
formed
a
"common
front"
and
attempted
"to
heap
everything
on
the
head
of
the
Soviet
Union."
Foreign
Commissar
V.
M.
Molo
Z
"?"
McBean.
to
left,
by
planqr.-
thl
managing
director
of
Union
,
morning,
planning
a
briet
stop
Steamships
Ltd.
j
at
Berlin
enroute
to
Moscow.
The
community
or
Massettj
At
Frankfurt
American
obser-had
also
Joined
in
the
vigorous
i
vers
predicted
that
western
Ger-protest
against
the
proposed
cut-J
manv
"'d
gin
to
take
shape
ting
down
of
service
to
the'as
an
interim
state,
union
or
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
1
confederation
almost
Immediate
sent
a
telegram
to
the
master
General
at
Ottawa
with
whom
the
Prince
Rupert
Cham-iber
of
Commerce
had
already
communicated
by
air
mall.
Representations
against
the
proposed
curtailment
in
service
were
also
made
by
W.
D.
Smith,
M.L.A.
for
Atlin
and
J.
D.
McRae,
of
Prince
Rupert
who
called
upon
the
Union
Steamships
Co.
in
Vancouver
last
week.
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044
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
,
.12
Salmon
Gold
.,
21
Sheep
Creek
1.15
Taylor
Bridge
50
Taku
River
68
Vananda
20
Congress
03
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.03
Central
Zeballos
Ol'i
Silbak
Premier
50
Oils
Calmont
44
C.
&
E.
:
3.05
Home
4.80-
Toronto
Athona
10
Aumaque
.24
Seattle
96
Bevcourt
.50
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadian
18
Consol.
Smelters
92.00
Conwest
Donalda
Eldona
Elder
Giant
Yellowknlfe
.91
.89
.87
.67
5.95
God's
Lake
.78
Hardrock
...
.32
Harrlcana
08
Heva
22
Hosco
43
Jacknofe
'
.06Vi
Jollet
Quebec
40
Lake
Rowan
15
Lapaska
11
Little
Long
Lac
1.50
Lynx
08
.
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.00
McKenzle
Red
Lake
58
MacLeod
Cockshutt
1.45
Moneta
35
Negus
2.10
Noranda
46.75
Louvlcourt
1.40
Pickle
Crow
2.28
Regcourt
03
San
Antonio
4.00
Senator
Rouyn
64
Sherrltt
Gordon
2.85
Steep
Rock
2.05
Sturgeon
River
30
ly
as
a
result
of
the
collapse
of
the
London
talks.
may
send
anything
having
a'
value
up
to
$25.
The
value,
pre-1
SHIP
DISTRESSED
viously,
had
not
been
beyond
$5.
Apple
Trees
Grovvn
From
Local
Seeds
Sent
To
England
Apples
do
well
1n
England,
according
to
word
received
by
W.
P.
Holes,
orderly
at
the
General
Hospital
In
Prince
Rupert,
who
recently
heard
from
the
Old
Country.
Previous
to
the
First
Great
War,
Mr.
Holes
sent
a
box
of
apples
to
friends
overseas.
The
seeds
In
these
apples
were
planted
and,
in
course
of
time,
up
came
new
apple
trees
which
bore
fine
fruit.
NEAR
ALEUTIANS
SEATTLE,
ff.
The
U.S.
Army
tanker
El
Caney,
enroute
from
JEWS
CLAIM
VICTORY
IN
ARAB
FIGHT
JERUSALEM,
0
Hagana
headquarters
at
Tel
Aviv
reported
today
that
a
Hagana
force
had
surrounded
a
uniformed
and
"heavily
armed"
band
of
Arabs
at
Yarkona,
five
miles'
north
of
Petah
Tiqva,
and
that
a
pitched
battle
had
taken
place.
A
spokesman
for
the
Jewish
defence
forces
said
the
Arab
band
was
believed
to
be
a
scouting
party
from
the
Arab
village
of
Tularm.
Hagana
said
that
the
"larger'
part"
of
the
band
was
destroyed.
It
was
reported
here
that
the
Arab
League
has
decided
to
put
regular
Arab
forces
Into
Palestine
to
'fight
against
Zionism"
and"
Ihatfan
lhitlal-fundrof
$4,-
i
000,000
will
be
raised
to
finance
the
liberation
of
Palestine.
COAST
SEAMEN
ACCEPT
BOOST
VANCOUVER,
o
More
than
500
seamen
employed
by
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
and
Cana
dian
National
Railways
coastal
.vessels
have
voted
to
accept
a
flat
$15.75
monthly
pay
boost
with
an
additional
15-cent
hourly
overtime
Increase
and
one
day
off
In
six,
a
union
official
reported
today.
Another
300
seamen
employed
by
Union
Steamship
Co.
are
still
voting
on
the
proposal.
Yokohama
to
Seattle
In
ballast,
Lp
lnvestlgated.
uiuaj
lauiucu
an
kj
w
o
saving
her
rudder
had
been
carried
away
and
her
propellor
damaged
500
miles
south
of
Attu
THE
WEATHER
Rain
and
southwesterly
gales
accompanied
still
another
storm
as
It
beat
against
the
British
Columbia
coast
this
morning.
Snow
was
falling
over
the
northern
Interior
at
forecast
time
while
the
remainder
of
the
province
was
blanketed
by
clouds.
Precipitation
Is
expected
to
spread
inland
today
as
the
storm
moves
Inland
with
only
slight
Improvement
foreseen
in
the
wake
of
the
disturbance.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Char
(25
m.p.h)
today
and
north
west
(25
m.p.h)
tomorrow.
Nor
mal
temperatures.
Lows
tonight
UNIONS
CHARGE
B.C.
DEPUTY
VANCOUVER
-Executive
officers
of
the
Vancouver
Labor
Council
(C.I.O.)
today
charged
James
Thompson,
provincial
Deputy
Minister
of
Labor,
with,
"discrimination
against
C.C.L.
unions'
and
were
told
by
Labor
l
Minister
Wismer
that
the
alleged
Instances
of
malpractice
would
The
council
alleged
that
Mr.
Thompson
took
no
action
against
American
Federation
of
Labor-
The
navy
salvage
tug
Bolster
i
spo"sr!d
"Jurisdictional
raids-
was
ordered
out
from
Adak
and
a
tug
was
also
ordered
out
from
Midway.
The
tanker
is
believed
to
carry
a
crew
of
40.
on
C.C.L.
memberships.
Calgary
Stampede
Netted
$119,448
CALGARY
A
total
surplus
of
$119,448
was
realized
from
the
annual
stampede
and
exhibition
In
1947,
reported
E.
D.
Adams,
chairman
of
the
finance
committee.
The
stampede
revealed
the
highest
income
In
its
history
but
expenditures
also
were
higher
than
In
previous
years.
SNOW
COVERS
CARIBOO
TOWN
LILLOOET
0
Snow
shovels
were
In
demand
here.
115
miles
lottes
and.
North
Coast
Over-
j
north
of
Vancouver
after
a
heavy
cast.
Rain
today
and
showers
week-end
fall
of
snow
disrupted
Wednesday.
Winds
southerly
I
power
and
communications
lines.
blocked
highways
and
caused
householders
to
worry.
Thirty-three
Inches
fell
at
ana
nigns
weanesaay:
rorr,
nearDy
Mission
Mountain
in
a
Hardy
38
and
45.
Massett
37
and
storm
reachlm?
blizzard
1
45,
Prince
Rupert
38
and
45.
1
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