NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBLVO
NEWSPAPER
09C
,....
J
A
Blue
I
IJm
STAR
3
llnlfl.
"
'
IIHiu
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Kupcrt,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
lf
Cabs
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
187.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
AUGUST
11,
1947
pniCE
FIVE
CENTS
AAAAAAA
tAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAv
ayor
d
....
.
.Dinrp
Rnncrt
cltl-!
.
away
from
me
wharf
where
she
was
toe
coming
here
ai
j..
nnrt
mine
il
....
1U.;,
i.
irivfiiinir
astern.
...
Ji.oxtlv
nnnnxltp
...
i-.t.
I-Tpr
rntirse
Bay
nuo.
j
nmiin'h'it.
hv
the
.
,K(tU
WV...V
-face
boats
of
all
sizes
A
the
area,
carrying
.
.i
....UJ
ctAim
frnm
WrAI
IH
j
iiLnbiii
TrinAwmrr
i
mil
in
mi
mm
i
ill
t
Columbia's
'built-in
.
1
1.
r
1
V.
A,
are
ine
.mrs
ir.ai
it
great,
Hon.
L.
H.
3
inauuji
luitvMb
in
dartai
the
sixteenth
nilcerals
in
the
liberies.
Umber.
'
-
.......
v.
.IIVul.
MU
so
peat."
are
tncrcaied
popula-
w'ter
transportation,
"A
refill
J
,
j.
-
!-
v
14
VW
VAtVlh
u
needed
to
brlnir
ewhanje
of
goods.
the
next
few
years.
iuays
carrying
all
"nir
.aster
ana
with
passengers
and
fy
air
"
he
said,
have
a
target
before
.tin
.
.
.
-
rrmunerauvp
w
aa
our
people."
maintain
and
ln-
Productivity
0f
our
SO
that
.
tt..
tan
lower
K'v-uuciion
lo
meet
is
vital
that
B.
4ln
world
markets."
rM,aW
It
is
the
desire
'Putment
to
heb
thf
.
Ul
maaurv
In
.v,n
British
Columbia,
a,
not
in
favor
of
""on
of
existing
in.
n't
.
;"'"
to
decentral.
JVWlnr
it
from
8'vlng
it.
to
an-to
5
develop
new
north
and
east-
Ul
the
nrnvin-.
-J'Mi
Columbian
Tl
'f11
'hem
to
nut
Canada."
"
"
V
I
V
Alexander,
com-
k.
5
soendlnir
n
r
th,;:
.y:
sa"ed
last
u'Ptothv.-:
-
..una
rtivpr
u'oay
Mr
r,....
nil.
-
ajvihb
oni
of
ihTTlPls
at
a
,
.
rrin(o
n
.
iMt.
"n
the
ihi.
!,
.tuwnrtl
yes-
"J
the
highway
McG
MOSQUITO
FLEET
TURNS
TO
WITNESS
BLENNY'S
DIVE
,;n
tiikinir
on
the
aspects
of
a
recratta.
so
.
11
....
A-l.
.
41.
A.
r
.1
1-11
cm
i
1
1
;i
i
iiifiir
in
ill
l
r
l
tho
event
of
the
United
States
navv
R
cnnv
s
two
tiemonsirauon
mves
ounciav
r
c
iJiv.i-v
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"
...
,wt
v
heiore
leavincr
ior
aeaiue
alter
a
i....".;cit
hnro
were
the
centre
of
interest
for
under
water
with
only
her
perl-baciccd
scope
showlng
unU,
ghe
was
dlr-ent
opposlte
the
wcstcrn
cnd
.
th
.,,,..
wt,,rf
c:v,
re-surfaced
suddenly,
her
bow
coming
up
at
a
steep
angle.
Hundreds
of
amateur
camera
men
recorded
the
spectacular
position
of
the
craft
as
she
broke)
surface.
'
Her
second
dive
was
a
crash-
dive
In
which
she
dropped
quick-
j
ly,
staying
under
only
for
a
fewj
minutes,
then
re-surfacing
prac-.
tlcally
In
a
level
position.
1
uniiuiiauauuii
was
uie
I
iirsi
lis
nana
ever
wj
oe
seen
in
Prince
Rupert.
Blenny
is
the
'first
sub
ever
to
dock
here.
Under
command
of
Capt.
Edward
P.
Mhdley,
she
was
on
a
reserve
training
cruise
from
Seattle.
Loca)
naval
men
were
aboard
the
Blenny
on
her
first
submersion.
The
submarine
was
open
for
public
inspection
Friday
and
Saturday
evenings
and
Sunday
-
,
.1
a.
I
'
1
.HJ
V.
.
.
1
1
1
.
ivpiilu::i
in
LUR
ivuk-1-
iiiuiiiiiiu
hiiii
f
luiiiii
t'ua
ill
ijeutue
m
ii.iif
in
i.riii.i.ii
w
lib
ni.iini
11
u
i
wiiiuiri
n
l.
liii.
'equipment
and
mechanisms
of
jon
bBj
a
home,
you
I
a
type
of
naval
craft,
the
like
of
Smithers
Baseball
Savoy
Ties
iOne
,Game
And
Loses
Another
in
Interior
Prince
Rupert's
Savoy
baseball
team
returned
home
at
3
o'clock
this
morning
from
a
raid
cn
Smithers
In
which
they
tied
their
first
game,
by
a
score
of
2-2
and
last
the
second
game
by
a
4-1
score
to
the
interior
dafendcrs
Saturday
evening
and
Sunday
afternoon,
The
first
game,
which
went
into
10
innings,
was
called
on
account
of
darkness,
but
the
second
encounter
lasted
the
routine
nine
innings
and
was
a
decisive
victory
for
Smithers.
Saturday,
Prince
Rupert
scored
two
runs
In
the
third
inning.
Arney
trot
on
base
on
a
field
er's
error,
and
was
scored
on
a
hit
bv
Pavllkls.
Lindsay
hit.
scoring
Pavllkls.
Smlther's
two
runs
came
In
In
the
second
and
seventh,
In
the
second,
Spicer
singled
and
scored
on
a
error
when
Delage
stole
second,
Spicer
scored
again
in
the
seventh
on
a
catcher's
error
after
he
had
got
cn
base
on
balls.
BATTERIES
iyncc
Rupert
(Lindsay,
Mor-
?an.
Smithers
Giddlngs,
Mayer.
Bruce
Slmundson
stored
the
only
Prince
Rupert
run
in
Sun
day's
game
In
the
first
Inning
after
getting
on
base
on
balls.
He
scored
on
a
wild
pitch
from
heme
to
second
base.
Leach,
who
got
on
base
on
an
error
In
the
second
Inning,
scored
on
a
hit
by
Emmerson.
The
same
process
was
repeated
In
the
third,
when
Leach
hit,
and
was
scored
on
a
hit
by
Emerson,
Smlther'a
final
two
runs
came
In
in
tho
seventh,
when
Larson
and
Hetherlns-tonrboth"of
whom
singled,
came
In
on
a
hit
by
Delage.
BATTERIES
Smithers
Ludgate,
Mayer.
Prince
Rupert
Bill
and
Sharpe,
Postuk,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
Jenson
and
children,
Jean
and
Lome,
arc
sailing
oh
the
Coquitlam
Tuesday
on
a
trip
to
Vancouver
and
Beillnsham,
Washington.
eer
WEST
MEETS
EAST
-When
'giant
128-foot
Pacific
coast
flag-pole
arrived
at
Halifax
as
gift
to"
city,
Mayor
J
E.
Ahem
of
Halifax
took
a
hand
in
guiding
the
pjle
when
two
cranes
moved
it
from
three
flatcars
to
the
shop
at
Halifax
Shipyards
where
it
will
be
dressed
and
rigged.
Assisting
him
is
W.
C.
Prosser,
Shipyards
Shipwright
foreman,
who
will
supervise
the
Job
of
changing
the
128-foot
log
into
a
flagpole.
Standing
nearby
is
A.
A.
Dunphy,
manager
of
the
Dominion
Atlantic
Railway.
Picture
at
bottom
shows
giant
pole
being
reloaded
on
the
three
flatcars
at
Dlgby
following
Its
transportation
across
the
Bay
of
Fundy.
The
splash
in
insert
symbolizes
the
meeting
of
west
and
east
as
the
tree
grown
on
the
slopes
of
the
Pacific,
hits
Atlantic
water
at
Dlgby
during
the
transfer
from
barge
to
train
after
transpotatlon
acoss
the.
Dominion.
0OOOOotja9oatPQ!OocoocHj0oo0CO
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesv
S.
D.
Johnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
ooo0aa0oa00&oo00ao00o0pj,KW
Vancouver
i
Bralorne
10-73
B.
R.
Con
014
Cariboo
Quartz
255
Dcntonla
Grull
Wlhksne
05Vi
Hedley
Mascot
98
Minto
03
N
Pend
Oreille
2.10
Pioneer
-
3
65
Premier
Border
05
Vi
Privateer
&
Reno
10
"
-
"Salmon
Gold
17!
Taylor
Bridge
40
Taku
River
-
70
Vananda
-
-30
Congress
Hedley
Amalgt
-03
Vi
Spud
Valley
15'
Central
Zeballos
,-02U
Sllbak
rrcimler
.70
Oils
l
A.
P.
Con
15
Calmont
38
C&E
240
Foothills
270
Home
3
85
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and.
north
coastCloudy
this
afternoon,
beiimlng
clear
later.
Clear
Tuesday
with
dense
fog
banks
alonj
coast
during
the
morning.
Light
northerly
winds,
Warmer.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrowAt
Port
Hardy
50
and
85.
Massett
50
and
75.
Prince
Rupert
50
and
68,
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
August
12,
1947
High'
10:00
15.6
feet
21:50
19.5
feet
t-
3:40
5.1
feet
15:25
9.0
feet
fV
o
Toronto
Athona
12
Aumaque
-24
Beattle
-71
Bevcourt
,
63
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Can.'
........i......
18
Ccn.
Smelters
-86.50
Conwest
.'.
Z'..'..'..
85
Donalda
-
.72
Eldona
30
Elder
63
Giant
VKnife
5.85
God's
Lake
-..
.90
Hardock
35
Harrlcana
.v.;
07
l!pv
.
28
y
.t
Hosco
.
........l'-..
SI
Jacknlfe
.11
Jollet
Quebec
-
5
Lake
Rowan
18
Lapaska
."
28
Little
Long
Lac
1.65
Lynx
09
Madsen
Red
Lake
3-10
McKenzle
Red
Lake
50
McLecd
Ccckshutt
1.51
Moneta
-43
Negus.
1.86
Noranda
:.42.03
Louvlcaurt
..:...
180
Pickle
Crow
2.51
Rcgcourt
.21
San
Antonio
4.10
Senator
Rouyn
33
Sherrit
Gordon
3.50
Steep
Reck
,
2.00
Sturgeon
River
13
INFANT
DIES
AT
PORT
EDWARD
Frank
Reggie
Moryen,
18-month
old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cuthbert
Morven,
died
at
Port
Edward
Saturday
evening,
Mrs.
A,
M.
St.
Amour
is
sailing
on
the
Coquitlam
on
a
trip
to
Vancouver
Tuesday
ancouver
uies
Three
Days
Round
World
Great
Record
Made
By
Bill
Odmou
Nearly
Met
Death
With
Disatser
Chicago
Pilot
Bill
Odom,
who
landed
here
yesterday
to
complete
a
round
the
world
flight
in
three
days,
one
hour
and
five
minutes,
111
hours
faster,
than
theipre-vious
record
.made
by
the
late
Wiley
Post,
said
today
he
would
try
It
again
in
late
October
with
scientists
and
reporters
aboard.
Odom
made
the
flight
without
sleep
"except
'for
doling
off
for
an
hour
and
forty
minutes
between
Anchorage
and
Fargo,
the
plane
being
guided
by
automatic
,pilot
and
Odom
waking
up
just
in
time
to
avert
crashing
into
a
mountain.
JACK
WARNER
PASSES
AWAY
Jack
Warner,
ir-year-old
son
of
Mrs.
Irene
Warner,
died
in
Prince
Rupert
Oeneraal
Hospital
Sunday
evening,
after
suffering
from
rheumatic
fever
for
the
la'st
several
years.
He
had
been
In
hospital
for
the
last
week.
Born
at
Oshawa,
Ontario,
deceased
came
to
Prince
Rupert
with
his
family
two
years
ago.
He
Is
.survived
oy
his
mother,
four
brothers,
William,
James,
George
and
Frank,
and
one
sister,
Margaret,
In
Prince
Hupet,
and
two
sisters,
Elizabeth
and
Mrs.
John
McLaughlin
(Grace)
in
Montreal.
The
body
win
be
sent
to
Montreal
on
Wednesday
night's
train
for
burial
In
the
family
plot.
Attlee
Puts
It
Up
to
People
LONDON
O)
The
Prime
Minister,
C.
R.
Attlee,
told
the
people
of
Great
Britain
last
night
that
they
must
stand
on
thair
cwn
two
feet
in
seeking
eco-
ncmlc
(freedom.
Great
sacrifices
would
be
needed.
The
Premier
said
he
faced
challenges
tcday
both
from
the
Conservative
Opposition
and
from
within
his
own
Lafcor
Party
In
his
bid
for
crisis
powers
with
which
to
rebuild
the
country's
economy.
A
special
caucus
of
Labor
members
of
Parliament
on
Mr.
Attlee's
program
produced
renewed
criticism
from
the
party
left
wingers
who
have
termed
the
policy
"too
little
and
too
late."
They
have
also
called
At-tlees'
leadership
uninspiring.
However,
the
Premier
was
upheld
81
to
77.
Passing
of
Fisheries
M
inister
-
OTTAWA
Of
The
Minister
of
!
Fisheries,
Hon.
H.
F.
G.
Bridges,
',
died
Sunday
in
a
hospital
here
latter
a
brlel
:llnes3.
He
was
'member
for
York-Sunbury,
in
New
Brunswick.
Mr.
Bridges,
went
to
hospital
shortly
after
the
House
pro-
ada's
wartime
output,
a
posl-rogued
lasi.
montlv
The
nature
I
Hon
'he-held
until
the
Depart-of
his
illness
has
riot
been
dis-T
ment
of
Munitions
and
Sup-
closed.
FriencS
and
relatives
said
neither
Mr.
Bridges,
nor
closest
associates
had
any
inkling
of
his
condition
before
he
entered
hospital
for
check-up.
He
had
been
feeling
tired
but
it
was
assumed
the
weariness
.was
due
to
his
cabinet
duties
at
the
end
of
a
long
session.
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY
National
Cincinnati
1-5,
Chicago
8-0.
Philadelphia
5,
Brooklyn
3.
Boston
9,
New
York
4.
Pittsburgh
5,
St.
Louis
4.
American
New
York
4,
Boston
6.
Washington
1,
Philadelphia
8.
First
St.
Louis
2-4,
Cleveland
5-5.
Chicago
4,
Detroit
8.
'
SUNDAY
National
Philadelphia
0,
Brooklyn
2.
Boston
2-7,
New
York
6-5.
Cincinnati
3,
Chicago
4.
Pittsburgh
0-5,
St.
Louis
5-7.
American
Washington
2-5,
Philadelphia
3-2.
New
York
2,
Boston
1.
Chicago
10,
Detroit
2.
St.
Louis
0-4,
Cleveland
6-2.
RODEO
QUEEN
Crowned
with
a
five-gallon
sombrero
and
wearing
a
really
regal
smile,
Miss
Blllle
Eileen
Dawson,
16,
poses
prettily
after
her
selection
as
"Queen"
of
the
Elks
rodeo,
which
-was
held
In
Woodward,
Okla.,
August
8,
9,
10.
Half
the
net
profits
of
the
show
this
went
to
the
Tornado
Relief
fund.
Suddenly
Heart
Attack
Takes
One
of
Leading
Sons
of
British
Columbia
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Senator
Mayor
Gerald
Grattan
McGeer
succumbed
suddenly
to
a
heart
attack
at
his
home
this
morning
after
having
been
in
ill-health
for
the
past
few
months.
Born
in
Winnipeg,
he
was.
fifty-nine
years
and
came
to
the
city
at
an
early
age,
obtaining
his
education
in
the
schools
of
Bulletins
KINGSTON
WRECK
KINGSTON,
Ont.
The
engineer
and
fireman
were
scalded
to
death
and
five
persons
received
minor
injuries
when
the
Ottawa
section
of
the
CN'.R.
fast
westbound
International
Limited
left
the
tracks-
just
east
of
Kingston
station
fast
night.
Cause
of
the
derailment
has
not
been
stated.
Reports
as
to
the
train
speed
conflict.
FORD
HEAD
DIES
WINDSOR,
Ont.
Wallace
R.
Campbell,
65,
president
and
chairman
of
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
6f
Canada,
for
sevesteen
years
and
later
chairman
of
the
board,
is
dead
after
a
long
illness.
He
became
president
of
the
company
in
1929.
After
the
outbreak
of
war,
he
head-
ed
the
board
directing
Can-
plies
took
over
in
1910.
PALESTINE
HOLD-UP"
JERUSALEM
Palestine
police
were
renorted
todiv
to
have
thwarted
the
attempt'
tofthe
city
Sunday
from
Nelson
hold
up
a
loan,
tank
in
Jerusalem
and
to
have,
captured
one
of
the
bandits.
Details
were
not
immediately
available.
At
the
same
time
reports
from
Haifa
said
a
Jewish
shop
girl
had
been
wounded
in
the
head
by
a
stray
bullet
during
an
exchange
of
gunfire
between
.a
miliary
patrol
and
the
occupants
of
an
automobile
when
it
was
challenged.
NO
CONFIRMATION
ROME
Cesare
Merzagora,
Italian
Minister
or
Foreign
Affairs,
Friday
announced
the
signing
of
provisional
accord
between
Canada
and
Italy,
ultimately
leading
to
'a
550,000,-000
Canadian
credit
to
Italy
in
the'
near
future.
Ottawa,
however,
stated
Jno
puch
credit
has
been
provided
iby
the
government
of
Canada
and
they
were
at
a
loss
,lo
explain
the
report
from
Rome.
TRAIN
IS
BLOWN
UP
JERUSALEM
A
crack
Egyptian
express,
bound
rrom
Cairo
to
Haifa
with
British
troops
returning
from
leave,
was
blasted
off
the
tracks
by
a
mine
at
Whilhemina
near
Ly-dla
today,
an
official
report
said.
The
engineer
and
firemen
-were
buried
in
debris.
An
Army
report
said
there
were
no
military
casualties.
The
mine
blef
four
coaches
right
4off
the
tracks.
FOG
ALARM
IS
OUT
OF
ORDER
The
Department
of
Transport
has
Issued
a
warning
to
mar
iners
calling
attention
to
the
fact
that
Scarlett
Point
leg
alarm
and
light
is
temporarily
out
of
commission.
Scarlett
Point
Is
on
Balaklava
Island
in
Queen
Charlotte
Strait.
INDEPENDENT
FIVE
Ninety
per
cent
of
the
Middle
East
region
consists
of
five
large
Independent
states
Egypt,
Iraq,
Iran,
Saudi
Arabia
and
Turkey.
W.
H.
Brett
Mi-A.
Is
sailing
on
the
Coquitlam
Tuesday
afternoon
on
a
business
trip
to
the
city
and
at
Dalhousie
Unlver-
slty.
An
Iron
moulder
by
trade,
he
was
a
barrister
by
profession,
having
been
called
to
the
bar
in
1915.
He
was
first
elected
to
Parliament
in
1935
and
was
re
elected
In
1940.
Two
years
ago
he
was
appointed
to
the
Senate.
He
was
elected
mayor
of
Vancouver
for
the
second
time
last
December.
He
was
also
li
former
member
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature.
As
British
Columbia's
advocate
from
1921
to
1927
in
the
better
freight
rates
fight,
he
contributed
In
no
small
measure
to
the
development
of
exports
from
Vancouver.
In
addition
to
his
widow,
the
former
Charlotte
Spencer,
daugh
ter
of
the
late
David
Spencer,
founder
of
the
department
store
which
bears
his
name,
Senator
McGeer
Is
survived
by
a
daughter,
Patricia
Emma,
and
a
son,
Michael
Grattan
Spencer.
The
body
of
the
fiery
Libera?
was
found
lying
In
his
.study
by
his
police-chautfeur
shortly
after
l.O
ajn.
.
'
.
The
mayor's
death
was
an
nounced
shortly
before
noon
i
todayvby
Chief
of
Police
Walter
'Mulligan.
Senator
McGeer
had
returned
where
he
officiated
during
the
Golden
Jubilee
sceiebratlon
there
last
week.
He
told
renort-.
ers
on
his
return
thafhewas
"feelinz
fine."
't&W
Last
night
he
putlpaJ.hfi.-p7t
Jamas
and
retired
to'ihls
study-
den
to
work
on
some
papers.
Members
cf
the
family
never
disturbed
him
at
such
times
and
his
death
was
not
discovered
until
Constable-Driver
Scully
called
for
him
this
morning.
The
body
was
covered
with
two
blankets.
LETTER
FROM
ENGLAND
HERE
"
IN
75
HOURS
Air
mall
service
has
speeded
things
up
in
a
very
satisfactory
manner,
in
the
opinion
of
A.
E.
Field
since
he
stopped
at
the
post
office
to
pick
up
his
mall
last
week.
His
mail
box
yielded
a
letter
post-marked
London.
England,
1:30
p.jn..
August
5.
Mr.
Field
was
reading
It
at
5:30
Friday,
75
hour
after
It
had
been
dropped
Into
a
London
letter
box,
Fish
Sales
MONDAY
'American
'
Coral,
43rCjC0,
3620
and
20,
Whiz.
Canadian
Combat,
50,000,
Co-op.
Domino
II,
17,000,
Co-op.
SATURDAY
American
Resolute
32,000,
23.90
and
19.
storage.
Hoover,
44,000,
24.10
.and
19,
Royal.
9W
Canadian
Melville,
16.000;
Covenant,
'12,
000;
M.W.,
15,000,
Co-op.
INFANT
SUCCUMBS
An
Infant
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Jaffery,
of
Prince
Rupert,
died
In
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
shortly
after
being
bom
on
Saturday.
Iran
is
a
sovereign
state
almost
2Vi
times
as
large
as
Texas
with
a
population
of
about