:
Yukon.
They
will
arrive
v
iiinrninir
nnn
n
iuur-
mi
mere
win
incuae
ii
uv
i.n
rnnrp
LirurKr
Trade.
Representatives
i
Associated
Boards
of
'
Central
British
Colum-
the
Prince
Runert
Cham-
Commerce
have
been
in-
micna.
E
WEATHER
Synopsis
TWra
T
tiros
r
PrtnnnH
nvAf.
io
me
low
units
aiong
mid-July.
However,
in
in
wrn
ni
nrinn
iiiau
rn.
up
in
the
sixties
at
scv-
normaL
Cloudy
skies
are
3
H
f
Inn
nrnti
ni
nrl
n
and
and
there
were
wide-ttcrcd
rajn
showers
over
icn
Charlottes
at
fore-me
Ekewhcrc
in
the
pro
-klcs
r.re
clear.
Although
temperatures
arc
expected
e
interior
today
and
Sun-
1'
.
vfcjj
tVlilUllt
)uvu
w
week-end
over
most
of
vinA
ce
Rupert.
Queen
Char-
and
north
coast
-Cloudy
with
widely
scattered
?ht
and
highs
Sunday-Hardy-.
50
nnd
63:
Mas-
65.
Fish
Sales
Can.-icli.in
Partner,
60,000,
22.5
and
mak,
59,000,
22.6
and
18,
inlr
in
Ann
nnn
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to
Allln
MlfjMMI
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(black
cod)
18.000.
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rn.nn
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and
Mrs.
A.
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Wood
and
ret
miUa
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V
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liJ
VIlllLUUItli
V
tp
the
city
from
the
sv
1
V.
1
i
.
1
1
.
.
oon.
.
That
the
federal
government
should
take
a
more
definite
stand
in
the
matter
of
imple
menting
a
nation-wide
compul-
SOTy-Tontributory-pension
plan
was
stressed
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
local
employment
advisory
committee.
Feel-inn
was
expressed
that
the
gov
ernment
Is
only
sidetracking
the
issue
with
the
plea
that
nothing
can
be
done
until
such
time
as
the
provinces
all
agre?
on
the
provisions
of
such
an
act.
Tne
committee
is
convinced
that
there
Is
a
nation-wide
desire
to
have
such
a
icheme
put
into
ef
feet
and
that
any
government
that
would
take
the
lead
In
sucn
p.
social
security
movement
would
have
the
endorsatlon
of
the
pe
nlc
Generally.
The
local
employment
sltua
Hon
was
reviewed.
There
are
still
quite
a
number
of
the
older
citizens
unable
to
get
suitable
work.
This
is.
of
course,
the
sit
nation
all
ovtr
the
country.
In
many
cases
there
are
Jcbs
that
could
be
done
capably
by
thes1
men
and
women.
They
have
not
the
strcneth
to
do
heavy
labor
but
their
cxpefTFnce
and
reli
ability
would
make
them
prom-able
employees
in
many
aspects
of
Industry.
A
study
of
a
very
comprehensive
report
by
Mrs.
Rex
Eaton
lo
the
Pacific
Regional
Committee
on
the
employment
of
thes
"older
citizens"
suggested
that
the
compulsory''
contributory
pension
scheme
was
the
only
satisfactory
tolution.
It
was
pointed
out
that
in
some
cases
com-nulsnrv
retirement
at
the
age
of
sixty-five
years
is
not
at
all
desirable.
Tlie
case
of
the
very
largo
turnover
of
employees
In
one
department
of
the
government
locally
indlcntcd
that
there
was
real
cause
for
inquiry
into
the
conditions
that
caused
such
a
lar?e
change
of
staff.
This
mat
ter
Is
being
followed
up.
An
Invitation
will
be
extended
to
H.
G,
Archibald,
M.P.
to
at
tend
the
next
meeting
of
the
committee
now
that
Parliament
has
been
prorogued.
J.
S.
Wilson
was
In
the
chair,
and
others
present
were
Alder
man
tt.
McKay
J.S.
Black,
James
Nlcoll,
Hamilton
Grant
and
J.
Naylor.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
July
20,
1047
High
2:34
22.4
feet
15;20
20.5
feet
Low
9:05
0.1
feet
21:20
5.5
feet
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MIRROR
THE
TIMES
IN
GERMANY
One
of
post-war
Germany's
greatest
problems
is
that
of
supplying
its
populace
with
shoes.
The
requirements
can
never
be
met
with
the
present-day
production
in
the
shoe
factories
which
are
badly
In
need
of
leather
and
other
material
necessary
for
shoe
manufacture.
When
one
needs
shoes
in
Germany
today,
he
either
waits
for
his
one-rationed
pair
a
year
or
makes
his
own
"ersatz"
shoes.
These
photographs
show
what
is
worn
by
the
best
of
the
Germans
today.
The
first
photo
shows
the
ration-
EMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE
IN
SESSION
TAX
CUT
BILL
KILLED
WASHINGTON
The
United
Slates
Senate,
late
Friday
killed
the
second
four
billion
dollar
Income
tax
cut
bill
by
upholding"
President
Trunirfh's
veto.
Earlier,
the
House
of
Representatives,
voted
to
override
the
veto.
GREEKS
IN
BULGARIA
SOFIA,
Bulgaria
The
Bulgarian
government
is
reported
to
have
notified
the
Allied
Control
Commission
that
290
Greek
Loyalists
troops
penetrated
Bulgarian
territory
July
13,
south
cast
of
Sveen-grad,
near
the
Grcek-Bulgar-lan-Turkish
boundary.
SHirS
IN
COLLISION
DEAL,
Kent
The
7,000-ton
United
States
ship
George
Bancroft
was
in
collision
in
fog
this
morning
with
the
1,576
ton
Swedish
steamship
Ingcr,
off
Folkestone.
The
Inger's
port
bow
was
severely
damaged
two
feet
above
the
water
line.
No
one
was
injured.
U.
S.
CONSCRIPTION
WAS
1
1
1
X
GTON
Th
e
House
of
Representatives
armed
services
sub-committee
today
approved
the
universal
military
training
Bill
for
the
United
Slates,
closely
following
the
plan
advocaied
by
President
Truman's
special
commission
Its
action
Is
subject
lo
review
by
a
full
armed
services
rom-mlllec
sitting
next
Tuesday.
AMMONIA
OUTBREAK
VANCOUVER
Two
women
were
overcome
Friday
night
and
'250
persons
were
forced
lo
flee
lo
the
street
when
a
damaged
refridgerator
unit
emitted
clouds
of
ammonia
gas
in
the
Scott
restaurant
here.
The
women
were
revived
by
first
aid
men.
Thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
food
and
stocks
of
flowers
in
near
by
florists'
shops
were
ruined.
ALARM
IN
JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM
Alarm
sirens
sounded
throughout
here
today.
There
was
no
immediate
report
as
to
the
cause.
Alarms
usually
sound
after
an
underground
attack.
BREAD
PRICE
Ur
MONTREAL
Retail
bread
prices
will
likely
advance
two
or
three
cents
if
price
controls
are
removed
and
if
the
subsidy
will
be
discontinued.
This
was
said
by
S.
R.
Saxby
chairman
of
the
Bakery
Foods
Foundation.
He
said
the
rise
would
not
seriously
affect
the
housewives
budget.
ed
shoes
that
a
worker
wears.
He
had
Just
used
his
ration
ttWt
t
U.i,.
thnm
TtiAif
ni-o
wn4n
nf
Xun
lonttin.
nnlln
VETO
OVERRIDDEN
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
yesterday
vetoed
the
second
Republican
tax
reduction
bill
and
the
veto
was
promptly
overridden
"
by'
the
House.
Senate
is
also
expected
to
override
the
veto
and
ratify
the
bill.
BIG
OPUIM
HAUL
VANCOUVER
Twenty
pounds,
of
crude
opium
worth
a
bootleg
price
of
$125,000
believed
to
have
laid
undiscovered
In
a
freighter
in
Vancouver
harbor.
United
States
Customs
agents
in
Seattle
said
they
found
the
opium
in
the
forward
hold
of
the
Dutch
vessel
Mapia
which
sailed
from
Vancouver.
Tuesday.
NEWSPAPER
CODE
LONDON
The
National
Union
of
Journalists,
representing
nine
thousand
British
journalists,
recommended
a
memorandum
to
the
Royal
Commission
investigating
the
press
that
a
council
be
created
to
draft
a
code
of
professional
conduct
for
newspapers.
INDIA
BILL
SEALED
LONDON
The
seal
was
set
yesterday
on
the
granting
of
full
independence
to
100,000,-
;
000
Indians
and
the
end
of
nearly
200
years
of
British
rule
in
India,
as
the
Royal
Commission
gave
the
King's
assent
to
the
Indian
Independence
RiU
which
establishes
on
August
15,
the
twin
Dominions
of
India
and
Pakistan.
WOULD
BE
PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
Congress
yesterday
approved
a
bll!
which
would
make
the
Speaker
of
the
House
next
in
line
for
the
presidency
instead
of
the
secretary
of
stale.
Present
speaker
is
Joseph
Martin.
HESS
IN
BERLIN
BERLIN
Rudolph
Hess
and
six
major
war
criminals
sentenced
at
Nnrcnbcrg,
arrived
at
Spandau
prison
yesterday
to
serve
terms
of
front
ten
years
to
life.
The
group
came
by
air,
secretly.
YANKS
COMING?
LONDON
A
radio
broadcast
heard
In
London
quoted
the
Greek
Foreign
Minister
as
telling
his
government
the
United
States
would
send
American
troops
to
fight
the
guerillas.
Athens
government
sources
denied
the
report.
:Ax
n
mies.
J
v
x
a
i
ri
l
i
i
uuwii
uuiic
J
mail
a
juajui
uia-
greement
had
appeared
in
the
ranks
of
the
western
powers.
They
have
stood
firm
in
their
determination
to
make
the
plan
succeed
despite
vigorous
Russian
opposition.
"
RAILWAYMEN
WALKING
OUT
j
SAN
FRANCISCO
-Despite
the
action
of
President
Truman
to
forestall
the
threatened
strike
Monday
on
the
Southern
Pacific
Railway,
affecting
some
60,000
employees
of
the
Brotherhood
of
Locomotive
Engineers
will
walk
out,
Union
officials
said
Friday.
In
Vancouver,
dealers
declared
the
strike
would
cut
the
suDnlies
of
citrus
fruit,
but
ship-
iments
of
BrlUsh
Columbia
fruit
1
South
would
remain
unaffected.
INTERVENTION
IN
INDONESIA
BATAVIA
F
The
Indone-j
sian
republican
government
has
decided
to
ask
Britain,
India,
j
Australia
and
Arab
League
I
countries
for
last
minute
inter-j
ventlon
to
avert
war
in
Indonesia.
!
The
Republicans
hope
this
!
might
lead
to
BrlUsh
arbitration
to
sett!o
the
political
crisis
between
Holland
and
the
Indonesian
Republican
Government.
'
An
Indonesian
Cabinet
meeting
at
'Jobjakarta
today
decided
not
to
order
cessation
of
hostilities
and
to
make
no
more
appeals
to
the
Dutch
to
avoid
such.
WEDDING
DATE
NOT
YET
SET
EDINBURGH,
B
Lieut
Philip
Mountbattcn
gave
a
non-com-
mltal
answer
when
asked
at
his
first
public
visit
with
Princess
Elizabeth,
whether
"he
would,
be
getting
married
soon."
His
reply
was
misheard
by
some
present,
leading
to
erroneous
reports
that
he
had
named
the
wedding
date
as
February
11.
Service
Between
And
Vancouver
DOLLAR
TO
STAY
FIRM
Revaluation
Report
Denied
by
Finance
Minister
OTTAWA,
0)
The
Finance
Minister,
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
branded
as
completely
without
foundation
recurring
reports
in
I
financial
circles
that
the
Canad-1
lan
dollar
was
to
be
devalued,
l
and
said
he
had
no
intention
of'
recommending
such
action
to
the
government.
'
Mr.
Abbott
commented
briefly
j
after
J.
M.
Macdonnell,
Progressive
Conservative
financial
critic.
asked
for
a
statement
on
Can-
biuivtu
w
uuj
wiwiu.
iiijr.
atv
4aui;
UL
iiit-ajj
latui:!
uaiim
to
a
wooden
sole.
In
the
second
photo
a
former
prisoner
of
ada's
f"ign
exchange
position
wai
Atdio
wicog
caiiuau,
iieiuauc
itim
iivm
till
uiu
tile
and
some
leather
straps
and
'.will
probably
tide
him
over
the
summer
months.
In
the
thlrdjphoto
the
young
lady
took
a
tip
from
grandma
and
obtained
these
long
shoes.
The
children
in
Germany
don't
care
about
shoes,
especially
in
the
summertime.
They
walk
barefoot.
MANY
BRITONS
;F0R
ONTARIO
Are
Applying
For
Flyinf
rassafes
to
Dominion
LONDON
K
More
than
840
flying
immigration
passages
to
Ontario
have
been
approved
up
today,
said
Hon.
Dana
Porter,
;
.
iint.nrms
minister
in
cname
ui
ALL
-STARS
OFF
TO
SMITHERS
Baseball
Team
Leaves
City
This
Afternoon
For
Interior
Town
A
Moose
pitcher
and
catcher
will
compose
the
starting
battery
of
the
Prince
Rupert
All-Star
baseball
team
which
will
meet
the
Smithers
club
in
a
double
header
at
the
interior
town
Sunday
afternoon.
According
to
preliminary
plans.
Moose
hurler
Jack
Rosedale
will
be
on
the
mound
for
the
locals
and
Cliff
Dahl
will
be
behind
the
plate.
The
team,
13
strong,
left
b;
bus
this
afternoon
for
Smithers.
niarpnre
Dixon,
nilotlne
a
new
bus,
which
also
contained
a
number
of
players'
wives'
and
team
supporters.
While
positions
have
not
yet
been
definitely
arranged,
It
Is
falrlv
certain
that
Watts
and
Nickerson
Left
Fielder
Doug
Kerr
will
hold
down
that
position
for
the
All-Stars
and
,that
Bob
Smith
of
Moose
will
be
at
short
stop.
Plenty
of
pitching
power
is
contained
in
the
string.
Moose,
hurler
Stu
Henry,
and
Hector
McKlnnon,
who
doubles
on
the
mound
and
at
second
base,
and
Watts
and
Nickerson's
youthful
star
Dick
Letoureau,
also
Vent
along.
In
addition
to
Cliff
Dahl,
Doug
Kerr,
Sev
Domlnato.
Ian
Dunbar,
Stuart
Henry,
Jack
Rosedale,
Bob
Smith,
"Deacon"
Llnney,
Verne
Moore,
Hector
McKlnnon,
Jake
Antone,
Dick
Letourneau,
Benny
Wlndle.
Aoccompanylng
the
team
were:
Mrs.
V.
Bagshaw,
R.
M.
Taft,
John
Odowes,
Mrs.
Antone,
Mrs.
Smith,
Mrs.
Kerr,
Miss
Cromp,
Miss
Yvonne
Turcotte,-
Mrs.
Llnney,
Mrs.
Rosedale,
John
Olsen,
J.
N.
Somervllle
and
Jack
MYSTERIOUS
CASE
AT
SEA
Two
Members
of
Crew
of
Canadian
Freighter
charged
At
Montreal
MONTREAL
O;
The
case
of
a
mysterious
stowaway
who
died
aboard
the
Canadian
vessel
Mar
ia
G
was
to
move
into
court
to
day
with-the
charging
two
mem
bers
of
the
crew
with
failure
tD
give
first
aid
to
a
dying
man.
The
police
said
the
charge
would
be
laid
against
Chief
Stew
ard
Bernard
Mountain,
32,
of
Saint
John,
NJ3.,
and
his
assistant,
Edward
Walsh.
30.
The
death
came
to
light,
after
the
ship's,
skipper,
Capt.
Arthur
and
development.
Hawkins
his
owners
threeed
disagreement
among
tampon
reified
the
western
allies
over
increasing
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Mr-
Porter
has
already
granted
away
whose
body
was
iound
in
for
revival
of
Europe
s
econo-
.
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The
first
plane
carrying
suc-
h
was
uie
uw,
ume
'
vf
j
cessful
applicants
will
leave
Au-
J
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e
.
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n
mntA.
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gust
2.
Telegraph
Creek
Has
Bad
Blaze
Old
Hotel
and
Provincial
Police
Headquarters
Burned
Fire
levelled
the
old
Stikine
Hotel,
the
provincial
police
office
and
a
house
at
Telegraph
Creek
yesterday
after
15J
townspeople
fought
the
fire
for
ten
hours.
As
a
result
of
the
fire.
Constable
George
Redhead
was
rendered
homeless
and,
with
his
family,
was
given
shelter
by
neighbors.
They
lost
all
their
effects
as
well
as
the
police
documents.
The
structure
was
a
well-built
log
cabin.
The
hotel
was
an
ancient
structure
and
was
only
par
tially
occupied,
part
having
POLIO
warnIg
IS
GIVEN
OUT
Health
Authorities
Urge
Care
In
Milk
and
Fruit
Postpone
Tonsil
Operations
VICTORIA
'
Provincial
health
authorities
Friday
issued
a,
stern
warning
to
vacationists
nnH
wppk-pnd
motorists
to
EUard
safe
milk,
cream,
and
unwashed
n-.hi
:
fruits
and
vegetables.
This
would
there
was
Watts
and
Nickerson's
I
be
a
precaution
against
contract-
Jake
Antone
as
catcher,
as
well
ms
poliomyelitis.
as
Benny
Wlndle
who
might
go
behind
the,
plate
If
needed.
The
full
list
of
players
mak-lnsr
the
trip
Is
as
follows:
Cliff
They
also
advise
postpone
ment,
If
possible,
of
tonsil
and
adenoid
operations
and
tooth
extractions
during
the
epidemic.
There
are
57
cases
of
the
malady
In
'
the
province
with
two
deaths.
The
majority
of
cases
are
in
the
Greater
Vancouver
district.
Herb
Sabiston
of
Victoria,
district
governor
of
the
Kinsmen
Club,
arrived
in
the
city
by
car
this
morning
after
visiting
the
clubs
at
Prince
George
and
Terrace.
He
will
visit
the
local
club
this
evening
before
sailing
south
cn
the
Camosun.
Here
Granted
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Also
to
Derive
Benefit
From
Recently
Established
Commercial
Route
Air
mail
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
will
be
inaugurated
August
1,
the
Post
Office
Department
announced
today
at
Ottawa.
Mail
will
be
carried
daily
except.
Sundays
by
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
which
has
been
operating
a
scheduled
passenger
and
express
air'
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
since
June
ia.
Stops
along
the
way
will
give
simllar
service
to
Sand
spit
(Queen
Charlotte
Islands)
and
Port
Hardy
(Vancouver
-Island);
Granting
of
the
air
mail
service
follows
representations
seeking
same
which
were
made
recently
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
City
of
Prince
Rupert,
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
Public
Relations
Council,
Prince
Rupert
Industrial
Development
Committee
and
other
organizations.
The
service
means
that
first
class
mall
posted
in
Vancouver
or
Prince
Rupert
In
the
morning;
will
be
delivered
at
the
other
end'
by
evening.
Heretofore
the
fast-:
est
time
for
mall
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
has
been,
thirty-six
hours.
BEVIN
DEFENDS
MARSHALL
PLAN
j
British
Foreign
Secretary
Addresses
His
Own
Union
!
HASTINGS,
Eng.,
0!
Ernt
iBevln,
foreign
secretary,
de-j
dared
it
Is
right
and
proper
for
I
Europe
to
make
a
claim
upon
American
productive
genius
to
aid
In
the
reconstruction
of
the
continent's
economy.
Bevin
declared
that
General
Marshall,
United
States
Secretary
of
State,
in
offering
aid
to
Europe
had
said
In
effect:
"Sea
what
you
can
do
for
yourselves
and
we
will
supplement
what
you
do."
I
think
it
is
right
they
should
supplement
it,
Bevin
added,
In
an
address
to
the
Transport.and
General
Workers'
Union
to
which
he
belongs.
MILLION
DOLLAR
FIRE
AUSTIN,
Texas
The
plant
of
the
Capital
PTcfabricators
Co.
has
been
fire
swept
here.
Mill
and
warehouse
are
hi
ruins.
Loss
is
estimated
at
a
million
dollars.
LINING
UP
OF
i
EUROPE
NEEDS
i
PARIS.
B-A'.th
visiting
for
eign
ministers
on
the
way
home,
econonS?
experts
of
sixteen
countries
have
settled
down
to
draft
a
balance
sheet
of
Europe's
resources
and
requ'rements
under
General
Marshall's
plan.
The
steering
committee
met
to
lay
out
the
program
for
sub
committees
fuel
and
power.
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;
w
Willll4lVO
V
cn
1.1.
.
f
"
"
-
against
the
consumption
of
un-,
transport,
food,
agriculture,
Iron
ana
steei.
Mrs.
Arnold
Flaten
and
daughters,
Barbara
and
Judy,
left
on
last
evening's
train
for
Lake
Kathlyn
near
Smithers
where
they
will
jpend
the
coming
month.
Splendid
Opportunity
for
a
Graduate
Nurse
To
instruct
and
train
a
small
group
of
beginners
in
practical
nursing1
at
the
Piince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
One
5
ber
15th.
Write
r.O.
Box
219,
)
Prince
Rupert,
B.C..
stating
age,
qualifications
and
salary
J
expected.
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