i
LORDS
iPASSES
i
lire
Amendment
in
use
Uejected
Sees
Dictatorship
o
-
Former
Prime
l.uiuii
Churchill
de-
Huuc
of
Commons
t
'
we
are
approach-
tt.t
to
dictatorship
In
bit:
the
Labor
gov-
L
Conservative
party
me
Labor
govcrn-
iw
euro
me
power
i
o!
Lords.
Churchill
Bi'ir.'-d
at
Is
a
sin-
jwri.mrnt.
a
dlc-
!t:n.Nins
without
'iw
-
or
the
peo-
W
Whit
I
hate
I
USED
'
anybody's
H:vi
or
Prime
Mln-
Ht
charged
the
i
minister
ln-teiarrd
it
had
pcy
miseries
to
Brit-fervativp
amendment
I
designed
to
kill
the
I
W
bl
was
rejected
by
5
to
194
te
Bars
PPed
to
8c
!TOThe
urice
tirs
has
been
Increas
local
stores.
The
pd
price
has
gone
up
$
increase
in
the
price
I'
ans.
IS
("IntercollfRialc
I
'n
Toronto
to
Wfaled
TO
K
of
Mayor
Robert
fid
that
investigations
fade
'"to
the
alleged
"a8
crops
on
students
Policemen
dur-
t
goal
posts"
fol-
J
aays
jnter-col-game
when
Unl-tos
0
defltf
JfcWs
said
that
6-un
would
0)Jt
Eem
etiC
dll'toriate.
S"'
llce
Sald
he
had
used
whips
on
3ER
2338
''slkt
f.
iu
fmberS2SM
o
l
fln.l
'
"IU-
br.;"
"u
last.
"
as
,
follows:
;-flp
104
LIGHT
SNOW
AND
jFINE
WEATHER
With
light
snow
on
the
ground
eastward
from
Hazelton
through
the
Bulkley
and
Nechako
valleys,
beautiful
sunny
weather
has
been
prevailing
for
the
past
couple
of
days
in
the
central
Interior,
according
to
C.
A.
Ber-ner,
divisional
superintendent
Canadian
National
Railways,
who
returned
to
the
city
on
last
night's
train
from
a
trip
over
the
territory
on
regular
Inspection
duties.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
CoMrtnj
n.
D
JohnatorTOvT)
trt.
.
Vancouver
Bralorne
11.00
B.
R.
Con
05
B.
R.
X
.09
Cariboo
Quartz
2.75
Dentonia
18',2
Grull
Wihksne
05
Hedley
Mascot
1.00
Minto
02'A
Pend
Oreille
2.30
Pioneer
3.85
Premier
Border
.05
V
Privateer
34
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
13'2
Salmon
Gold
.25
Sheep
Creek
r..
1-03
Taylor
Bridge
..."
45
Taku
River
66
Congress
-03
Pacific
Eastern
06
Hedley
Amalgamated..
.03
Spud
Valley
H'.i
Central
Zeballos
OUi
SUbak
Premier
75
Oils
C.
&
E
2.50
Foothills
-
2.C0
Home
4.50
Toronto
Authona
IHi
Aumaque
..,.
-33
Beattlc
-85
Bevcourt
.'.
01
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadians
17
Con.
Smelters
90.00
Con
west
'.
1-70
Donalda
1.19
Eldona
l5
Elder
-
78
Giant
Ycllbwknlfc
6.20
God's
Lake
1-07
Hardrock
35
Harrlcana
-OO'i
Heva
Gold
30
Hosco
t
48
Jacknlfe
.-07
Joliet
Quebec
,
-53
Lake
Rowan
-
17
Lapaska
-21
Little
Long
Lac
1-C8
Lynx
lU.i
Madscn
Red
Lake
3.55
McKenzie
Red
Lake
64
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.70
Moneta
45
Negus
2.20
Noranda
50.50
Louvlcourt
I-64
Pickle
Crow
2.60
Regcourt
l6'2
San
Antonio
4.75
Senator.
Rouyn
65
Sherrltt
Gordon
2.99
Steep
Rock
2.30
Sturgeon
River
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V.
I-
.)..
Important
To
Prince
Rupert
Vital
Mailers
Coming
Up
At
Conference
of
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association
With
such
matters
of
vital
interest
to
this
port
as
conditions
In
the
Orient
with
respect
to
future
trade
development
and
the
changing
situation
in
Alaska
coming
up
for
consideration,
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia,
who
Is
recovering
from
illness.
E.
T.
Applewhalte.
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
is
opening
communication
with
several
constituent
Boards
to
obtain
suggestions
as
to
possible
delegates.
PALESTINE
AGREEMENT
i
Russia
and
United
Stales
Said
to
Have
Ironed
Out
Differences
LAKE
SUCCESS
Soviet
Delegate
Semen
K.
Tsarapkin
said
that
Russia
was
prepared
to
make
concessions
In
an
effort
to
reach
an
agreement
with
United
States
on
enforcement
of
the
proposed
partition
of
Palestine
into
separate
Arab
and
Jewish
countries.
An
official
source
said,
meanwhile,
that
Russia
had
formally
Introduced
a
new
proposal
at
a
closed
meeting
of
the
"working
party."
composed
of
Canadian,
Russian.
American
and
Guate
malan
delegates
from
the
United
Nations
Assembly's
"partition
sub-committee."
CHELOHSIN
STRANDED
Union
Steamship
Co.
Coastal
Vessel
Badly
Holed
VANCOUVER
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
coastal
steamer
Che-lohsin
was
badly
holed
when
she
went
ashore
on
a
rocky
Island
In
Chatham
Channel,
160
miles
north
of
Vancouver,
during
the
night.
The
vessel
was
later
refloated
and
reached
Minstrel
Island
safely
with
26
passengers
who
were
still
on
board.
The
vessel
Is
in
no
danger.
Building
Costs
,Are
Going
Down
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.-The
cost
of
buildin?
homes
in
the
United
States
is
expected
to
go
down
sharply
with
a
more
plentiful
supply
of
bulldins
materials
now
fn
prospect.
MACKENZIE,
KING
AND
EIGHT
OF
HISi
Would
Fill
CABINET
M
Tn
IS
T
ERS
ARE
TO
RETIRE
Central
B.C.
OTTAWA,
CP
Reports
are
current
that
eight
of
the
teamem-bers
of
the
federal
cabinet
will
retire
when
Prime
Mlnlster-Mac-kenzle
King
leaves
political
life,
possibly
next
August,
or
Just
before
the
next
general
election.
Reports
predict
for
retirement
among
the
ten
lion.
J.
A.
Glen,
minister
of
mines
and
natural
resources;
Hon.
James
A.
MacKinnon,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
and
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of'
labor.
rTHfi'iDcad
of
Two
Wars
been
set
for
December
1
and
2
in
Spokane
and
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
is
moving
towards
having
as
strong
a
representation
as
possible
at
that
gathering,
Are
Commemorated
LONDON
Oi
Two
minutei
silence
commemorating
the
dead
of
two
world
wars
was
observed
by
thousands
of
Britons
crowd
ing
flash-draped
Whitehall
from
Nelson's.
Monument
to
parlla-
.Acting
.on
behalf
of.
feaRl
rtaam,l.,
Kerr,
Jerr.'Terrace.
sccretarfrthtf
curtaof-
rain
crowds
aUhin
stood
Child's
Skeleton-Clothing
Found
LOS
ANGELES
W
Parents
of
Rochelle
Gluskoter.
six-year-old,
whose
kidnap
-
disappearance
twenty
months
ago
was
never
solved,
have
Identified
clothing
found
with
a
child's
skeleton
In
nearby
Orange
County
as
being
that
of
their
youngster
J
UKRAINE
GETS
SEAT
LAKE
SUCCESS
India
has
given
up
its
fight
for
a
seat
on
the
United
Nations
security
council
which
means
that
the
Ukraine
will
get
the
seat.
The
election
of
Ukraine
is
expected
to
be
ratiMed
by
the
General
Assembly
tomorrow.
BUTTER
GOING
Ur
VANCOUVER
The,
price
of
butter
is
expected
to
advance
to
70c
here
within
a
few
clays.
An
increase
in
the
COc
wholesale
price
Is
anticipated.
TRUMAN
ON
GKEECK
WASHINGTON,
itLV-Hrcs-ident
Truman
tcld
United
Stales
Congress
that
"Greece
is
free'-
because
of
American
aid
but
her
economic
plight
is
"not
basically
improved"
and
the
military
picture
is
becoming
worse.
The
report
was
made
as
of
September
30,
set
up
a
$100,000,000
fund
to
help
Greece
and
Turkey
combat
communistic
pressure
from
inside
and
outside
their
border.
LABOR
GOVT
OUT
SYDNEY,
Australia
The
federal
government's
plan
to
nationalize
private
banking
in
Australia
Unlay
faced
the
proposed
combined
opposition
of
Victoria,
West
and
South
Australia.
Thomas
Luke
Hol-loway,
Victoria
Liberal
party
leader
and
probable
new
government
leader,
announced
that
three
states
would
unite
in
opposition
to
the
plan
following
Australia
Labor's
most
decisive
defeat
since
1931
in
the
state
election
Saturday.
IT0R0NT0
TAXI
DRIVER
SLAIN
Woman
May
Have
Had
Hand
In
Ontario
City's
Latest
Murder
Mystery
krTOROMTO
vPoUKUfctadai':
continued
Intensive
search
for
the
solution
of
the
slaying.
Po
lice
say
that
a
woman
was
last
night
a
passenger
.in
the
taxi
driven
by
the
32-year-old.
driver.
She
may
have
had
some
con-nection.wlth
the
killer
who
fired
a
bullet
into
the
back
of
Mar-geson's
head.
iguUetihJ
SETTLING
STRIKE
VANCOUVER
With
the
cities
of
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
arjd
the
Street,
Railwaymen's
Union
asking
for
intervention
and
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Co.
offering
no
objection,
Minister
of
Labor
Gordon
Wismer'
is
taking
a
hand
in
the
transit
strike
situation
here.
Long
conferences
were
held
yesterday.
There
must
be
"give
and
take,"
Mr.
Wismer
said.
REMEMBRANCE
DAY
OTTAWA
Canada's
widespread
observance
of
Remembrance
Day
centred
from
a
ceremony
on
Parliament
Hill
here
Tuesday
morning.
LIFE
SENTENCE
BUCHAREST
The
Rumanian
Peasant
party
leader,
Juliu
Maniu,
75,
and
his
deputy
have
been
convicted
and
sentenced
to
life
Imprisonment
for
high
treason.
There
is
no
peacetime
capital
punishment
in
Rumania.
Maniu.
on
account
of
his
age,
gets
solitary
confinement
instead
of
hard
labor.
FASCISM
RETURNS
MONTREAL
Fascism
returned
to
Canada
Sunday
when
the
pre-war
fuehrer,
Adrien
Arcand,
voiced
the
old
party
cry
that
Jews
and
Communists
were
out
to
conquer
the
world.
The
statement
was
made,
at
a
secret
meeting
of
some
500
hand-picked
followers
who
were
assembled
to
hear
the
first
big
speech
of
Arcand
since
his
release
from
wartime
internment.
Minister
of
Trade
and
Industry
Eyres
Speaks
For
Neglected
Hinterland
VICTORIA
Central
British
Columbia,
from
McBrlde
to
Prince
Rupert,
traversed
from
end
to
end
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
offered
oppor
tunity
for
people
of
modest
means
as
well
as
those
of
substantial
capital,
declared
Hon.
L.
II.
Eyres,
minister
of
trade
and
industry,
in
a
"Provincial
Affairs"
address
Monday
night.
He
spoke
of
the
possibilities
In
that
area
for
pulp,
veneer
and
rayon
mills,
saw
-mills,
grist
mill?
and
tanneries.
The
abundance
k)t.,poJnJi4eXvJridJ(
te7ecfTaKS'RtVers
wSs"aIso
re-
,
ferred
to.
motionless
as
Big
uen
ana
ya;
wie
Mayer
vi
v,
u...,
,
A
d
vo
c
atln?
decentralization
Park
guns
signalled
U
a.m.
andMargeson.
father
of
five
cn:jfrom
the
thickly
populated
and
two
minutes
of
silent
tribute,
jdren.
who
was.
apparently
Killed,
h
for
$15
in
cab
fare
money
he
was
fastem
corner
cf
carrying.
The
body
was
found
Mf
shot
through
the
head.
Tuesday,
and
deydopment
of
the
ne
A
woman
may
hold
the
key
to
'
gected
spaces,
"The
vast
ne-
glected
hinterlands
must
be
allowed
to
come
into
their
own
If
British
Columbia
is
to
fulfil
Its
rightful
destiny
as
a
part
of
Canada."
Other
areas
which
Mr.
Eyres
prescribed
for
populating
and
development
were
the
country
through
which
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
passed
and
the
Peace
River
district.
FINED
$300
ON
LIQUOR
CHARGE
.
William
Gulbrandson,
who
arrived
in
the
city
from.
Vancouver
on
November
5,
will
be
returning
south
in
police
custody
If
he
finds
himself
unable
to
dig
up
$3C0.
Magistrate
WT
D,
Vance
named
tfie
figure
In
police
court
Monday
afternoon
when
he
ffcund
Gulbrandson
guilty
of
supplying
liquor
to
an
Indian.
Gulbrandson
came
back
to
this
city
on
November
5
after
sojourning
at
Okala
for
the
last
three
months
on
a
similar
charge,
the
punishment
being
Imposed
by
the
same
magistrate.
He
was
picked
up
again
on
November
8
and
the
following
day
was
given
tne
opportunity
ot
paying
$300
or
returning
Oakala.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
November
13,
1947
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
i.
'
i
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
264.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
12,
1947
.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
T
Are
B
emg
Furth
er
Stiff
ene
d
ans
Reported
Successful
'
tial
Atomic
Bomb
Test
t-Tac
London
correspondent
of
the
newspaper
Aurore
'
that
certain
British
military
circles
with
whom
close
claimed
had
lnfomatlon
making
them
place
credence
Paris
newspaper
report
yesterday
telling
that
Russia
prfmental
atom
bomb
test
June
15
in
Siberia.
Corre-r.
pecheral
asserted
that
these
sources
regarded
the
appeared
in
the
.rightist
paper
l'Intransigeant
as
prictically
certain."
Percheral
said
their
attitude
con
rply
with
"skepticism
In
scientific
circles
in
Great
ji
which
military
sources
were
obliged
to
associate
publicly.
iploded
hrr
first
test
atomic
bomb
last
June
in
Si-:wk
correspondent
-of
l'Intransigeant
reported
In
hi
,n
Prague
The
report
said
that
the
test
was
on
June
ru
successlul.
Experts
were
now
working
on
reports
i.
Stalin
The
bomb
Is
reported
to
have
been
a
small
;n!
only
about
15
pounds,
but
the
explosion
was
felt
i
of
15
miles.
The
correspondent
said,
however,
that
a
at
the
moment
have
not
the
smallest
chance
of
r
ng
the
bomb
on
a
mass
production
basis.
to
High
1:36
20.3
feet
13:22
22.4
feet
i
Low
7.21
6.3
feet
19:58
2.0
feet
CRITICIZES
TLAN
WASHINGTON
Senator
Robert
Taft
predicts
that
the
Marshall
Plan
will
mean
higher
prices
and
taxes
in
the
United
Stales.
A
fight
in
Congress
over
the
plan
is
Mrs.
Cecil
Taylor
of
Vancouver
arrived
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
to
visit
her
family
here
during
the
illness
of
her
father.
George
Hill,
who
Is
now
in
hospital.
Dalton's
Budget
Calls
For
Cutting
Consumer
Power
in
Old
Country
Profits
Tax.
Doubled
Big
Increases
in
Imposts
on
Luxury
Items
LONDON
(CP)
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
;Hugh
Dalton,
introducing
his
anti-inflationary
crisis
i
budget
in
the
House
of
Commons
today,
announced
(that
the
tax
on
all
profits
will
be
doubled
as
from
I.Tnniinrv
1
nf
this
vpnr.
Thprp
will
hp
nn
phrmrrp
in
CIAI.
RELATIONS-
Mpmbprs
nf
tht
Canadian
Commercial
Mis-
1
aftpr.thrir
arrival
at
Lisbon,
when
thev
were
euests
at
a
luncheon
aslc
income
tax
01
,1.0U
on
eacn
$4
and
IO0C1
SUD-
slon
which
went
abroad
to
study
closer
commercial
relations
i
telvpn
by
the
Portuguese
foreign
minister
Smiling
in
centre
of
with
African
and
European
countries,
landed
at
New
York
yes-
the;
group
is
James
MacKinnon,
leader
of
the
mission.
Roman
Catholic
Congratulations
LONDON
Q
A
Buckingham
Palace
spokesman
said
that
the
King
had
consented
to
re
celve
on
Thursday
from
Bernard
Cardinal
Griffin,
official
congratulations
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
In
England
and
Wales
on
the
Impending
marriage
of
Princess
Elizabeth.
The
monarch
has
relaxed
the
terms
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Act
which
barred
the
use
of
a
Roman
Catholic
title
In
addressing
the
King.
RUSSIA
IS
IN
DEFAULT
LONDON,
0i
Russia
was
attain
rinrt.lv
In
Hpfnnlt.
nn
na.V
suDDlles
aereement.
lt
.was
Teamed
ufar'-
Russia
promptly
paid
half
of
the
$7,120,000
instalment
but
gave
no
reason
for
not
paying
the
other
half.
This
is
the
second
time
that
Russia
has
paid
only
half
of
the
Instalment
due.
Under
the
agreement
made
In
1941
all
sums
fell
due
within
five
years
of
delivery
of
THE
WEATHER
.
Synopsis
The
weather
disturbance
which
was
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
'yesterday
has
moved
eastward
more
rapidly
than
expected
and
lay
east
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
this
morning.
Skies
will
be
overcast
throughout
the
major
portion
of
British
Columbia
today
with
rain
over
the
south
coast
and
snow
in
the
central
and
northern
interior.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Over-
.
sidles
now
costing
392,000,000,
a
year
will
.be
maintained.
Taxes
on
syrups,
wines
and
beers
are
Increased.'
There
will
be
an
Interest
rate
of
three
per
cent
on
Income
and
other
tax
arrears.
-
Only
one-half
of
commercial
advertising
will.
In
future,
be
allowed
as
legitimate
expense.
Tobacco
tax
is
also
increased.
Cigarettes
currently
cost
67c-per
package
and
tobacco
Is
corre
spondingly
dear.
Mr.
Dalton
also
announced
big
increases
in
the
purchase
tax,
and
luxury
articles,
already
paying
100
per
cent
purchase
tax,
in
future
will
cost
125
per
cent.
The
chancellor
said
the
gov-crnmet
had
finished
the
flrst'32
weeks
of
its
current
year
with
an
"unprecedented
surplus"
of
t253.000.000
($1,012,000,000).
"We
are
within
5,000,000
already
of
the
surplus
I
estimated
for
the
ment
No.
1
under
the
1941
civil
luLyear"
he
Sald
The
emergency
budget
Is
rle-
?isneoto,
drain.
pf
I
somer.of
tte-
-consumer
purchasing
power
In
the
fight
against
inflation.
"SMOKY"
SMITH
IS
VISITOR
HERE
1'anibus
Soldier
and
V.C.
Winner
in
Prince
Rupert
On
Business
A
surprise
guest
who
was
duly
honored
at
the
Canadian
Legion
Remembrance
Day
smoking
concert
last
night
was
Private
Brn-est
A.
(Smoky)
Smith
of
New
Westminster,
who
won
the
Victoria
Cross
while
serving
on
the
Savio
River
in
Italy
in
1944.
"Smoky's"
exploit,
which
led
to
the
wiping
out
of
a
German
tank
unit,
was
one
of
the
out
stahdlng
deeds
of
valor
of
the
Canadian
Army
In
World
War
II.
.jr:
"Smoky"
in
an
Interview
with
the
Dally
News,
paid
tribute
to
the
Germans
as
"tough"
fight-
casi
ioaay.
nam
lonigni.
iouayjjng
men
but
added:
"One
Cam
with
showers
Thursday.
Wlnaadlan
was
worth
ten
of
them."
southerly
(20
m.p.h.)
today;
westerly
(25
m.p.h.)
Thursday.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
ThursdayAt
Port
Hardy,
40
and
47;
Massett,
40
and
47;
Prince
Rupert,
40
and
47.
Northern
B.
C
Snow
today.
Cloudy
with
snow
flurries
on
Thursday.
Wind
southerly
(15
m.p.h.)
today
light
Thursday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
ThursdayAt
Quesnel,
30
and
37;
Prince
George,
28
and
35;
Sfnlth-ers,
28
and
35;
Telegraph
Creek,
28
and
34,
FLAG
FOR
U.N.
Here
is
the
proposed
flag
for
the
United
Nations
which
displays
the
official
emblenj
of
the
U.N.
at
the
centre
ot
a
background
of
light
blue.
The
general
assembly's
legal
committee
at
Its
43rd
meeting
agreed
to
recommend
official
'adoption
of
the
flag.
Accompanied
by
J6e
Mclntyre,
Smith
arrived
by
plane
yesterday
afternoon
from
the
south.
Engaged
In
the
real
estate
business
and
Interested
In
a
local
deal,
they
expect
to
leave
tomorrow
on
their
return
south.
It
Is
Smith's,
first
visit
.
to"
Prince
Rupert.
DIRECT
BRITONS
r
INTO
JOBS
NOW
LONDON
KB
A
new
order'
has
been
issued
giving
the
:
government
authority
to
register
persons
now
without
occupation
or
employed
In
certain
types
of
non-essential
jobs
men
between
the
ages
.
of
18
and
51
and
women
between
18
and
41.
Non-essen-
tial
jobs
include
workers
Ih
I
football
pools
and
night
clubs:
PARTY
ENDS
FATALLY
MISSION
CITY
Jack
Hamilton,
47,
night
watchman
at
a
shingle
mill,
was
today
found
beaten
to
death.
In
front
of,
his
home
five
miles
north
of
Mission
City.
Police
are
searching
for
an
Indian
half-breed
and
a
white
woman
who
were
reported
to
have
been
at
a
drunken
party
Saturday
with
Hamilton
and
his
wife.
Mrs.
Hamilton
said
she
left
the
party
when
It
became
"too
rough,"
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