1947
PORT
QUEEN
IJAKIJAKA
WILSON
Winner
of
Port
Queen
honors
by
a
wide
margin
of
votes,
Kinsmen
candidate
Barbara
Wilson,
of
Metlakatla,
will
be
crowned
at
the
Civic
Centre
carnlva,
Friday
night.
THE
PRINCESSES
I
I
I
I
I
HETTY
PULLEN
SSl
HUTil
JEKSTAI)
LORRAINE
YOUNGMAN
WILL
NOT
WORK
ON
DUTCH
SHIP
VANCOUVER
0
Following
denunciation
of
Dutch
policy
In
Indonesia
at
last
week's
general
meeting
of
the
Vancouver
Labor
Council,
a
Dutch
freighter
at
Burrard
Dry
Dock
was
labelled
"hot"
by
maritime
unibns
and
overhaul
work
was
halted.
The
pretty
MetlakatU
girl
was
pronounced
winner
of
the
five
week
Queen
competition
at
12:45
last
night
after
a
vote
count
that
lasted
an
hour
and
a
half.
Her
majority
was
almost
as
great
as
the
total
individual
vote
of
the
other
candidates.
Here
are
the
official
figures:
Queen
Barbara
Wilson
(Kinsmen)
237,500.
Betty
Pullen
(Oyro)
121,000.
Ruth
Jerstad
(Sons
of
Norway)
110,800.
Lorraine
Youngman
(Junior
Chamber)
93,000.
This
year's
Port
Queen
voting
was
the
heaviest
since
1945,
when
the
city
was
filled
with
troops
and
brings
more
than
$5,000
to
the
carnival
funds!
which
will
be
used
for
Civic
Centre
purposes.
The
campaign
was
one
of
the
most
energetic
in
the
history
of
either
Port
Day
or
the
Civic
Centre
carnival.
Its
effectiveness!
was
due
to
the
work
of
the
Individual
campaign
managers
and
the
candidates'
supporters.
LEADS
PAHADE
Queen-elect
Barbara
performed
her
first
official
duty
this
morning
when
she
took
her
place.
surrounded
by
her
princesses,
at
10
o'clock,
on
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
packer
Cape
Perry
which
was
the
royal
barge,
In
the
Port
Day
partde
Her
coronation
will
take
place
Friday
night
at
the
Coronation
Ball
at
the
Civic
Centre
when
ishe
will
take
over
the
position
occupied
last
year
by
her
sister
Marjorle,
who
also
was
supported
by
the
Kinsmen
Club.
The
court
will
consist,
beside
the
Queen
and
her
maid-of-honor
princesses,
two
little
train-bearers
Leona
Ritchie
and
Oail
Bolam
and
toalnbearers
Billy
Kergln
and
Oregor
McLeod.
Queen
-elect
Barbara's
major
ity
was
116,500
votes
over
her
nearest
competitor,
Gyro-spon
sored
Betty
Pullen.
All
of
the
three
other
candidates
will
act
as
attendants
at
Friday
night's
coronation
ceremony.
This
morning,
they
were
with
the
Queen-elect
at
the
Port
Day
opening.
Civic
Centre
carnival
officials
expressed
satisfaction
at
the
volume
of
votes,
which
they
said
were
greater
than
they
anticl-
ipated
from
preliminary
returns.
They
showed
the
backing
which
the
public
is
giving
the
Civic
Centre
on
the
basis
of
Its
first
full
yearns
operation,
several
declared.
DOUKS
AGAIN
ON
RAMPAGE
Sons
of
freedom
Blamed
For
Firms;
of
Community
House
Near
Nelson
NELSON
tf
Fiery
symbol
of
Doukhobor
violence
blamed
on
radical
members
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom
religious
sect,
has
flared
again
with
the
destruction
by
fire
of
a
community
house
at
Shore-acres,
24
miles
west
of
here.
The
big
brick
structure,
housing
families
of
Doukhobor
farmers
on
the
Kootenay
River
was
levelled
by
flames
Tuesday
after
police
reported
a
crowd,
of
55
men
and
women
had
staged
,
a
demonstration.
Local
Tides
Friday,
August
22,
1947
High
5:30
17.2
feet
17:45
18.7
feet
Low
H:30
6.9
feet
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ell
Turner
arrived
In
t
he
city
yesterday
from
Vancouver
and,
after
spending
a
few
days
here
and
a,t
Port
Edward
visiting
with
friends,
will
proceed
to
Hazelton.
Mrs.
Turner
has
been
rpendlng
the
past
lx
month:-
(n
hospital
in
Vancouver
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
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ished
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest.'
Cabs
1
XXXVI.
No.
196.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
R.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
21,
1947
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FIVE
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Kin
Candidate,
Barbara
Wilson
Wins
Honors
as
City
Port
Queen
Queen
Barbara
Wilson,
winner
of
Prince
Rupert's
Port
Day
regal
honors,
will
be
crowned
officially
at
a
ceremony
held
at
the
Civic
Centre
carnival
grounds
Friday
night.
Barbara,
second
successive
Kinsmen
candidate
in
two
years,
won
the
right
to
be
Port
Queen
last
night
by
the
widest
margin
ever
recorded.
Bulletins
MARGARET
ROSE
17
LONDON
Petite
and
attractive
Princess
Margaret
.Rose
was
made
the
Colonel-bi-Chief
of
the
Highland
Light
Infantry
today
(Thursday)),
this
being
her
seventeenth
birthday
anniversary.
The
iday
was
spent
quietly
at
Balmoral
Castle
in
Scotland
with
the
Royal
Family.
FOUR
YEAR
OLD
BANDIT
WINNIPEG
The
name
or
a
four
year
old
Joy
was
entered
on
tioiice
records
here
as
the
youngest
4vo-fiun
bandit
in
the
history
of
the
city.
He
was
caught
ransacking
a
bedroom
in
a
residential
district
home,
with
i
10-year
old
(accomplice.
Tlie
youngstenvas
armed
with
two
water
pistols.
ATTLEE
STAYING
ON
LONDON
The
Daily
Herald,
Labor
organ,
said
today
that
Prime
Minister
Clement
,R.
Att-lee
intends
to
remain
in
office
as
Iirime
Minister
nlthough
announcemnet
of
some
cabinet
changes
may
be
expected
about
the
middle
of
September,
SENATOR
BILBO
DIES
NEW
ORLEANS
Senator
Theodore
Bilbo
of
'Mississippi,
who
,was
the
idorin
centre
of
corruption
charges
a
year
'or
so
ago,
died
today,
.LAUNCHING
OCTOBER
6
VICTORIA
Launching
of
the
new
Canadian
National
coastal
steamship
being
1uitt
here
has
been
set
for
October
G
and
she
is
expected
to
,be
Teady
for
ser-Xice.by.
thji;
end
of
next
March.
RUSSIAN
VETO
AGAIN
LAKE
SUCCESS
Russia
today
again
used
her
vclo
power
twice
in
rapid
succession
to
block
action
on
"applications
of
Italy
and
Austria
for
membership
in
.the
United
Nations.
The
security
council
today
rejected
Hungary's
bid
for
membership
in
the
United
Nations
by,
a
vote
of
1
to
1
with
nine
abstentious.
STRIKE
THREAT
OFF
VANCOUVER
Threat
of
a
strike
by
the
International
Longshoremen's
and
Warehousemen's
Union
here
passed
with
the
signing
Wednesday
night
of
an
agreement
calling
for
a
15-ccnt
hourly
wage
boost,
holiday
pay
and
superannuation
schemes
between
the
Union
and
the
Shipping
Federation
of
British
Columbia.
VANCOUVER
ROBBERY
VANCOUVER
A
tall
bandit,
dressed
in
black,,
slugged
Mrs.
Yvonne
Guay,
middle-aged
proprietress
of
the
Gay
Spot
Cafe
last
night,
escaping
with
$207
The
.unconscious
woman
was
,
found
behind
the
counter
by
a
customer.
BANNED
FROM
U.S.
V
A
N
C
O
U
V
E
R
Two
top
International
Woodworkers
of
British
Columbia
leaders
of
the
America
(C.I.O.-C.C.L.)
have
been
denied
entry
to
the
United
States
to
attend
the
union
in
St.
Louis
August
26
annual
convention
of
their
because
of
their
membership
in'
the
Communist
Labor-Progressive
party.
They
arc
Ernie
Dalskog
and
Bert
Mclsness.
CANADIAN
IS
AMONG
INTERNATIONAL
GIRL
SCOUTS
AT
UJi,
VISIT
Herschel
Johnson,
U.S.
delegate
to
the
United
Nations'
security
council,
talks
to
a
group
of
International
Girl
Scouts
on
their
visit
to
Lake
Success,
N.Y.,
where
they
attended
a
U.N,
session.
Left
to
right,
the
Girl
Scouts
are:
Alice
Zannos,
Grretce;
Yvonne
Mosley,
Canada;
Simone
Abbat,
UJS.;
Miche
Balin,
Haiti,
and
Maria
Escoda,
Philippines.
Hundreds
Line
Port
Day
Regalia
Opening
Pdrt
Day,
Prince
Rupert
s
annual
marine
festival,
got
Under
way
this
morning
with
a
bustle
and
color
that
attracted
aji
estimated
700
people
to
the
Cana
dian
National
dock
to
watch
competitive
and
display
that
continued
throughout
the
day.
Thproftramvaa-npeoed-ivith
the.p.ar.idftxf
floats.
iea
on
Dy
me
pacser
uape
Ferry,
carrying
on
her
bridge
Queen-elect
Barbara
Wilson
and
the
three
princesses
that
will
attend
her
coronation
Friday
night.
Flanking
the
Queen's
barge
was
Dr.
R.
G.
Large's
cruiser
Fuse-lier,
flagship
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Yacht
Club.
Winner
df
the
best-decorated
boat
prize
was
the
gillnetter
Goldfinch,
which
was
awarded
a
$25
prize,
while
the
Aiyansh
gillnetter
Baby
Rose
received
the
$15
second
prize.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large's
cruiser
Fuselier
received
third,
prize.
t
Scheduled
on
this
morning's
program
were
a
rowboat
race
for
children
16
years
and
under,
a
halibut
gear-baiting
contest,
salmon
collectors'
boat
race,
row-boat
race,
open'
to
all
contestants,
cruiser
race,
and
gillnet-ters'
race.
The
Prlnct)
Rupert
Civic
Band,
directed
by
Peter
Lien,
was
in
attendance
on
the
wharf
this
morning.
The
Royal
Marine
band
of
II.M.S.
Kenya
was,.
on
the
after-deck
of
the
Queen's
barge
during
the
opening
parade.
Beautiful
sunny
weather
is
favtoring
the
Port
Day
proceedings.
Presence
of
the
smart
Green
ville
concert
band,
which
par
aded
the
streets
this
morning
and
again
this
afternoon,
is
also
contributing
greatly
to
the
fes
tive
air
of
the
day.
Practically
all
places,
of
busl
ness
are
closed
at
decree
of
Mayor
Arnold
by
special
proc
lamation.
Civic
Centre
Carnival
TONIGHT
9:00
P.M.
PORT
DAY
AWARDS
(Auditorium)
10:30
P.M.
ATTENDANCE
PRIZES
(Ticket
Holders
Must
Be
On
Grounds
at
10:30
to
Be
Eligible)
12
MIDNIGHT
-
2
P.M.
PORT
DAY
BALL
MIDWAY
MERRY-GO-ROUND
FERRIS
WHEEL
CHAIR-O-PLANE
REPTILE
SHOW
Hot
Dogs
Ice
Cream
Candy
Floss
Pop
Friday
and
Saturday
Afternoons
2
p.m.
-
5
p.m.
All
Rides
in
Operation
For
Children
Horticultural
Show,
Tonight
Friday
Wharf
at
.
.
.
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18
INDONESIANS
WITHDRAWING
Republican
Capital
May
Be
Moved
to
Sumatra
In
View
of
New
Dutch
Assault
JOGJAKARTA
if
The
Indo
nesian
cabinet,
frankly
antici
pating.
uUjscale
resumption
of
hostilities
with
.the
-Dutch,
.met
in
emergency
sesslcn
yesterday
to
complete
plans
for'
removal
of
the
republican
seat
of
gov-
ernment
to
Sumatra
If
need
be.
The
cabinet's
first
move
was
to
designate
Vice-President
Mohammed
Hatta,
who
is
now
at
the
mountain
stronghold
of
Bukltttinggl
in
North
.Sumatra,
as
vice-commander
in
chief
of
Indonesian
armed
forces,
thus
enabling
him
to
assume
formal
leadership
of
both
civil
government
.and
army
If
President
Sockarno
is
unable
to
function
here.
HISTORIC
HEADQUARTERS
The
historic
Red
Fort
has
been
on
sterling
exchange
and
wel-oelected
as
the
official
head-'corned
the
announcement
that
quarters
of
the
new
army
ofythey
were
Intended
to
be
only
India.
i
temporary.
H.M.C.S.
ANTIGONISH
HERE
TO
TAKE
PART
IN
CITY'S
ANNUAL
PORT
DAY
Prince
Rupert's
"fleet"
of
visiting
warships
received
an
addition
at
3
p.m.
Wednesday
when
H.M.C.S.
Antigonish,
a
frigate
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
docked
at
the
government
wharf
to
take
part
in
tha
annual
Port
Day
festivities
which
began
this
morning-
!
v
Placed
.on
west
coast
duty
last
T
p
A
h
I
M
A
C
U
I
D
Aprils
Antigonish
is
commanded
llvAllHU
31111
by
Lieut.
Anthony
Law,
D.S.O.,
R.C.N.,
whose
brilliant
war
career
i
as
commander
of
Motor
torpedo
boats
in
the
English
Channel
was
one
of
the
major
personal
sagas
of
World
War
II.-
Antigonish
has
a
crew
of
J80,
of
which
40
are
permanent
navy
men
and
the
rest
officer
cadets
from
Canadian
universities.
She
will
be
In
port
until
tomorrow
morning,
when
she
will
leave
to
return
south
to
Gambler
Island
to
pick
up
a
number
of
Sea
Cadets
for
a
short
cruise.
The
anti-submarine
vessel
was
sent
to
Prince
Rupert
at
request
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
which
asked
that
the
Canadian
navy
be
represented
during
Port
Day
which
It
sponsors
each
year.
Lieut.
Law,
a
veteran
of
5Vi
years
overseas,
Is
senior
lieutenant
In
the
Canadian
navy.
From
Quebec
City,
he
marked
up
a
vast
tonnage
of
German
merchant
ships,
sunk
in
raids
on
the
German
and
Netherlands
eoasts
as
commander
of
a
war-
Trade
May
Not
Suffer
At
Present
STATEMENT
MADE
TODAY
BY
MINISTER
OF
FINANCE
ABBOTT
OTTAWA
(CP)
Unofficial
observers
last
night
were
inclined
to
agree
with
a
statement
of
Sir
Wilfrid
Easly,
head
of
the
British
Treasury
mission
In
Washington,
that
Canada
will
be
one
of
the
coun1-
.
tries
hardest
hit
by
Britain's
suspension
of
the
free
convertf-j
blllty
of
sterling.
However,
a
top
government
official
expressed
a
jless
serious
view.
I
Temporary
suspension
of
conversion
of
sterling
Into
dollars
land
Britain's
undertaking
not
to
make
further
withdrawal
from
her
loan
from
the
United
.States
for
the
time
was
an-I
nounced
In
London
Wednesday.
Sir
Wilfrid
said
"Canada's
po
sition
will
be
seriously
affected
by
what
we
have
done
and
ne
gotiations
with
her
treasury
officers
are
going
on
at
this
moment."
Minister
of
Finance
Dougla3
Abbott
said
today
that
the
new
British
action
to
restrict
the
transferibllity
of
sterling
would
not
affect
the
trade
situation
between
Great
Britain
as
trade
In
wheat,
bacon
and
beef
did
not
depend
for
the
time
being
a
.least
,
orjJrge
.exchange
j)f.,
poundsKoTnoUarsr
There
:was
no
change
in
financial
arrange-
i
ments
between
British
and
Can
ada
governing
purchases
in
this
country.
Under
the
present
arrangement
British
purchases
are
financed
by
drawing
on
a
$1,250,-000,000
Canadian
loan
to
Brit
ain
and
partly
by
payment
in
United
States
dollars
and
gold.
Mr.
Abbott
made
it
clear
that
the
gritish
action
did
not
"in
any
way"
affect
trade
and
other
transactions
between
the
United
Kingdom
and
Canada
and
other
parts
of
the
sterling
trade
areas.
Mr.
Abbott
admitted
the
nec-
essltv
fnr
th.
Rrttlsh
Ppstrt.ior,e
IS
UNREPORTED
Hudson's
Bay
Vessel
Fighting
Way
Through
Ice,
Not
Heard
From
EDMONTON
Hudson's
Bay
Co.
officials
here
report
that
no
word
has
been
received
of
the
Fort
Ross,
a
company
vessel,
which
has
been
fighting
her
way
through
an
Ice
pack
for
about
t.trn
wppVs
pnrnntp
t.n
f!nnnr-
j
m,ne
Tne
vessel
,3
oyer
tWQ
weeks
late.
i
time
motor
torpedo
boat
squad
ron.
Antigonish
Joined
the
JUght
cruiser
H.M.S.
Kenya,
of
the
British
West
Indies
fleet
in
port
here.
Kenya
docked
late
Tuesday
afternoon
and
will
leave
early
Friday
morning
for
Juneau
In
the
course
of
a
Pacific
cruise.
An
artist
of
note,
Lieut.
Law
was
commissioned
late
in
the
war
to
paint
official
pictures
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
actions
during
the
conflict.
His
war
pictures
now
hang
in
Canada's
Natlona?
Gallery
1!