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15:40
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feet
9:30
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feet
22:00
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feet
rid,
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Canadian
Legion,
addressing
a
rol.IO
iinitiuig
ui
wcai
veterans
ana
GIOUi
l
,'.,:''
..
,
I
frlends
,n
tne
auditorium
of
the
j
Civic
Centre
last
night,
spoke
'
critically
of,
the
attitude
of
the
federal
government
on
recent
Legion
requests
for
better
treat
ment
,'or
war
widows,
orphans,
disability
pensioners
and
recipients
of
war
veterans
allowances.
He
charged
the
government
with
playing
politics
on
important
matters
affecting
the
Interests
of
cfeservlng
people
In
the
voting
down
at
the
recent
session
of
Parliament
of
a
resolution
C.C.F.
sponsored
calling
j
for
Immediate
attention
to
the
amending
of
the
Pension
Act
so
as
to
provide
increases
In
the
basic
rate
of
disability
pensions
k
-1,
9
war
veterans
allowances
and
the
allowances
to
widows
and
orphans
of
war
veterans
in
order
to
meet
increased
cost
of
living,
"In
my
opinion,"
declared
the
speaker,
"it
was
a
very
reasonable
request
and
one
that
should
have
been
conceded
by
the
government
without
delay
or
hesitation.
However,
the
vote
was
in
the
neighborhood
of
54
to
84
against
the
Legion's
proposals.
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government
supporter
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voted
against
governmental
consideration
immediately
to
the
matter
of
granting
better
con.
ditions
to
certain
groups
of
veterans
and
their
dependents.
Some
of
the
Liberal
members
did
this
on
the
almost
direct
instructions
of
their
leader,
Rt.
Hon.
Mackenzie
King
who
threatened
to
treat
the
vote
a3
one
of
non-confidence,
if
it
passed.
.
"We
fought
for
the
preserva
tion
of
democracy
in
the
Wars
I
and
II
but
we
cannot
even
obtain
a
democratic
rote
in
our
Parliament
at
Ottawa,
members
of
Parliament
being
forced
to
1
-
.
l..t.
..i
n.i'C
In1
vine
cuuuaiy
wj
witu
titwo
order
to
save
the
face
of
their
political
party.
"The
callous
and
indifferent
attitude
adopted
by
the
government
In
Ottawa
to
the
proposals
made
by
the
largest
veteran
organization
in
Canada,
is
to
be
regretted
and
deplored.
What
Is
the
remedy?
'The
remedy
Is
for
every
veteran
lathe
Canadian
Legion
and
in
the
Dominion
of
Canada,
aong
with
his
friends
and
'dependents
to
make
known
their
views
to
their
local
member
of
Parliament,
telling
them
that
the
first
charge
on
the
resources
of
this
country
must
be
the
people
who
fought
its
battles
in
time
of
war.
"The
Legion
must
adopt
a
more
militant
and
ajgrcssive
altitude
in
dealing
with
these
matters,
even
although
we
are
a
non-partisan
body."
Mr.
Macnicol
gave
a
descriptive
address
of
the
Legion's
activities
during
war
and
peace.
Mr.
Macnicol
said
that,
starting
with
around
400
branches
in
Canada
in
the
year
1926,
the
Canadian
Legion
had
made
magnificent
progress
and
was
now
the
largest
veteran
organization
In
the
Dominion
of
Canada,
.with
over
1800
branches
in
Canada
and
U.S.A.
and
800
Women's
Auxiliaries.
Mr.
Macnicol
said
that,
as
the
watchdog
for
the
E
COMING
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prince
Rupert
L.P.P.
(218)
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CENTRAL
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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
111
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
218.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
17,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
Ml
CI
I
AIT.
MOVES
FOR
DECISIVE
ACTION
TRAIN
CRASH
AT
DUGALI),
MAN.,
WORST
IN
WESTERN
CANADA
These
smouldering
and
smoking
wooden
coaches
are
nothing
but
burn-out
skeletons
as
a
result
of
the
train
wreck
at
Dugald,
Man.
It
is
feared
that
many
passengeri'
were
cremated
In
the
flaming
coaches.
Workmen
continue
to
sift
the
ashes
of
the
11
burned
coaches
that
burst
into
flames
after
the
train
collided
.head-on
with
an
eastbound
transcontinental
passenger
train.
Disaster
is
being
investigated.
veterans
and
their
families,
the!
Legion'
had
been
the
means
of
obtaining
necessary
legislation
covering
benefits
for
veterans
of
World
War
I
and
World
War
II.
In
British
Coumbia,
the
organization
had
increased
its
membership
from
10,000
to
forty
thousand
members,
with
around
500
new
members
being
added
to
the
rolls
monthly
in
this
province.
With
180
branches
and
107
women's
auxiliaries
in
British
Columbia,
the
Legion
was
now
organized
In
every
part
of
the
province,
its
members
playing
a
useful
part
in
the
general
welfare
of
the
locality
in
which
they
resided.
Not
only
was
the
Legion
a
veteran
organization
but
its
members
were
encouraged
to
take
an
interest
in
general
com
munity
activities
as
citizens
of
Canada.
Discussing
the
activities
of
the
Legion's
Service
Bureau
at
Ot
tawa
and
in
Vancouver
Mr.
Macnicol
said
that
the
headquarters
in
Ottawa
had
adjusted
in
major
adjustments
over
a
period
of
two
years,
no
less
than
2,124
cases,
eighty
per
cent
arising
out
of
claims
made
by
veterans
of
Worl
dWar
II
The
B.C.
Personal
Services
Bureau
had
made
a
successful
adjustment
in
830
cases
during
year
ending
December
1946,
with
7,666
office
interviews
on
many
of
the
problems
tnat
face
veterans
and
their
dependents.
Mr.
Macnicol
expressed
his
favor
for
the
allowance
of
sweep
stakes
for
hospital
purposes.
The
speaker
spoke
in
confident
anticipation
of
a
highly
success
ful
convention
of
Provincial
Command
to
be
held
in
Prince
Rupert
next
year.
LOCAL
VETERAN
MEANLY
TREATED
He
made
rather
caustic
com
ment
about
the
action
of
a
hospital
In
this
area
suing
a
vet-
eran
ior
o
on
we
.vvv.
-
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
had
paid
only
part
of
the
account.
He
described
it
as
a
"mean
and
uncalled
for
procedure."
Veterans
deserved
better
of
the
community
in
which
they
lived.
'
,
jn
Mr.
Macnicol
also
criticized
the
(.Continued
on
Page
Two)
Mrs.
a.
It.
Holtby
returned
this
afternoon
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
a
trip
tu
Vancouver.
BUREAU
IS
NOW
M
New
Srt-up
for
Postwar
Reconstruction
In
Jiritish
Columbia
VICTORIA
Tlie
Bureau
of
Reconstruction,
which
during
the
past
has
been
carrying
on
under
two
well
defined
divisions,
is
now
being
departmentalized,
it
is
announced
by
the
provincial
government,
and
an
Order-in-
Council
was
recently
passed
to
this
effect.
The
two
divisions
are
being
transferred
to
the
de
partments
of
trade
and
Industry
and
department
cf
municipal
af
fairs
respectively.
The
two
divisions
into
which
the
bureau
was
broken
down
during
Its
operations
as
such
were
(1)
surveys
and
enquiries
concerning
industrial
planning
and
development
and
(2)
advisory
assistance
in
town
planning
and
regional
planning
in
unorganized
territory.
The
former
of
these
activities
will
now
be
under
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
department
cf
trade
and
industry,
while
the
latter
will
come
within
the
scope
of
the
department
of
municipal
affairs.
MAJOR
CROCKER
REPRESENTATIVE
To
deal
with
industrial
matters
as
formerly
handled
by
the
bureau
of
reconstruction
a
new
branch
of
the
department
of
trade
and
Industry
has
been
created,
known
as
the
"Regional
'
Development
Division,"
and
will
be
administered
.by
a
director,
Appointment
to
this
important
pest
has
been
given
to
J.
T.Oaw-throp,
secretary
cf
the
now
extinct
bureau.
Regional
representative
in
the
north-central
district
of
BX3.
is
Major
W.
H.
Crocker,
whose
regional
headquarters
are
situate
in
Prince
George.
The
functions
oi
the
new
regional
developemnt
division
Is
divided
into
two
classes,
the
first
being
planned
to
investigate
by
area
surveys
the
possibilities
cf
industrial
development
in
the
ten
regional
areas
of
the
prov
lnce.
The
second
heading
under
which
this
body
will
operate
is
for
the
stimulation
and
encouragement
of
the
work
of
the
former
regional
advisory
sub-ocm-mittees
which
were
set
up
by
the
bureau
of
reconstruction.
These
functions
will
now
be
handled
by
the
new
regional
development
A
Df
'DEPARTMENT
division,
together
with
the
field
staff
of
the
former
,burau
and
a
portion
of
the
staff
of
the
Vic-Uorla
office.
The
staff
of
the
reglonahplannlng
division
of
the
bureau,
however,
is
now
being
transferred
to
the
department
of
municipal
affairs.
In
order
to
prepare
factual
information
of
the
industrial
potentialities
of
all
urban
centres
outside
of
the
metropolitan
coastal
cities,
the
new
regional
development
division
will
prepare
a
comprehensive
index
of
the
Industries
of
B.C.,
this
work
being
planned
as
the
division's
first
immediate
project.
Working
in
close
co-ordination
with
this
body
will
be
the
bureau
of
economics
and
also
the
office
cf
the
Trade
Commissioner,
who
will
both
aid
the
rgional
division
in
the
compilation
of
the
factual
information
required.
Area
surveys
wll
be
made
of
all
potential
industrial
activity
in
each
region,
and
of
opportunities
In
trade
and
services
throughout
the
province.
These
surveys
will
Include
the
development
of
tourist
recreational
facilities.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
southern
section,
clear
today
and
Thurs
day.
Winds
northeast
(15
m.p.
h.)
.
Northern
'section
Clfar
today
and
tonight.
Thursday,
clear,
becoming
cloudy
in
the
afternoon.
Winds
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday-Port
Hardy,
3
6and
62;
Massc'.t.
43
and
60;
Prince
Rupert,
40
and
CO.
Prince
George
and
Bulkley
Valley-Clear
today
and
tonight.
Thursday,
clear
becoming
cloudy
in
the
afternoon.
Winds
light.
Cool
with
severe
frost
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Prince
George,
22
and
50;
Smlthers,
24
and
55f.
Northern
B.
C
Clear
becom
ing
cloudy
by
afternoon.
Overcast
tonight
and
Thursday.
Winds
light
today
and
south
westerly
(15)
Thursday.
Littl
change
in
temperature.
Low
to-nightand
high
Thursday
at
TeUMtaph
Crek,
42
and
58.
Mrs.
Martha
Willie
Dies
Here
After
Hit
By
Terrace
Truck
Mrs.
Martha
Willie,
73-year-old
Terrace
woman,
died
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
last
night,
four
days
after
she
had
been
brought
here
suffering
from
injuries
received
when
she
and
her
husband
were
struck
down
by
a
truck
on
a
darkened
Terrace
street
Hurricane
In
Florid.
MIAMI,
Florida
While
the
last
of
thousands
of
residents
evacuated
exposed
areas
today,
the
first
winds
of
a
tropical
hurricane
screamed
across
Hiilrboro
Light
on
the
east
Florida
coast
near
Fort
Lauderdale.
The
howling
blast
registered
90
miles
per
hour
as
it
rushed
past
the
ex-i
posed
lighthouse.
The
weather
bureau
.said
the
velocity
was
increasing
between
West
Palm
Beach
and
Miami,
reaching
up
to
110
miles
at
the
former
point
and
108
at
the
latter
The
gales
extended
a
bit
to
'the
north
and
south
of
these
cities
and
could
be
expected
to
increase
rapidly
until
full
hurricane
winds
are
reached.
Heavy
rains
brought
water
In
Miami
streets
up
to
running
boards.
The
tapping
of
hammers,
hastily
i
nailing
up
storm
shutters,
was
drowned
out
at
times
by
the
howling
wind.
A
few
trees
had
already
toppled
by
this
morning
and
the
green
glare
of
short-circuited
wires
flashed
up
occasionally.
The
battleship
Missouri,
bring
Ins
President
Truman
and
his
party
hack
'to.
Washington-from
Br,azl
changed
Its
course
to
escape
the
force
of
the
hurricane
at
sea.
Bulletins
NEW
SPEED
MARK
SALT
LAKE
CITY
John
Cobb
of
.London
established
new
world's
automobile
speed
records
of
391.196
for
the
measured
mile
and
393.825
for
the
kilometer,
an
official
announcement
said
Tuesday.
Cobb
said
he
would
not
attempt
to
raise
the
mark
higher.
ADVERSE
TRADE
BALANCE
OTTAWA
Canada's
adverse
trade
balance
with
United
States
swept
$81,900,000
higher
during
July
to
reach
an
all-time
high
of
over
$572,000,000
for
the
first
seven
months
of
this
year.
AIOTT
HEADS
U.B.C.M.
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Mayor
W.
1.
Mott
of
Ntw
Westminster
wlas
elected
president
of
the
Union
'
of
B.
C.
Municipalities
yesterday.
Mayor
Tercy
George
of
Victoria
was
elected
first
vice-president
and
R.
R.
F.
Sewell
of
Victoria
Mas
returned
as
secretary-treasurer.
J.
C.
Stewart
of
New
Westminster
was
returned
as
solicitor.
'
TOKYO
FLOOD
TOLL
TOKYO
The
Home
Ministry
put
the,
number
of
dead
as
a
result
of
typhoons
and
floods
on
Honshu
Island
yil
419
with
1785
missing
and
li2
injured.
NEW
STRIKE
MOVE
REGINA
Premier
Douglas
of
Saskatchewan
said
today
that,
since
the
federal
government
had
failed
to
art
in
the
meat
packing
plant
strike,
the
provincial
government
was
in
touch
with
other
provinces
affected
with
a
view
to
seeing
j
what
common
action
can
be
j
taken
towards
ending
the
dis
pute,
"it
wni
seem
strange
10
most
of
people
that
the
federal
Department
ofLabor
should
consider
a
nation-wide
strike
affecting
the
entire
meat
packing
industry
as
jbeing
beyond'
its
jurisdiction,"
said
Mr.
?
last
Friday
night
Mrs.
Willie's
death
Is
the
first
traffic
fatality
in
the
Prince
Rupert-Terrace
area
this
year.
Harry
Johnson
of
Terrace
is
being
held
at
the
inteior
town
as
the
alleged
driver
of
the
truck
which
hit
the
elderly
woman.
Jonson
has
been
held
since
Friday
night
on
a
charge
of
failing
to
return
to
the
scene
of
an
accident.
The
district
office
a
of
the
provincial
police
here
was
unable
to
say
this
morning
whether
or
not
a
different
charge
has
now
been
laid
against
Johnson.
"It's
up
to
Corporal
Brunton
at
Terrace,"
-the
Dally
News
was
Informed.
"We
Just
heard
of
Mrs.
Willie's
death
a
short
time
ago."
Mrs.
Willie
and
her
husband,
Emll,
were
struck
by
a
truck
while
near
the
comer
of
Lakelse
Avenue
and
Attwood
Street
when
they
were
on
their
jWay
home.
The
driver
of
the
truck,which
Is
said
to
nave
been
running
without
lights,
was
reported
to
have
jumped
out
of
the
vehicle
after
the
accident
and
disap
peared
into
the
darkness.
Mrs.
Willie
'suffered
scalp
wounds,
a
broken
leg
and
pelvis
Internal
Injuries
and
shock.
Mr.
Willie
received
a
broken
nose
severe
bruises
and
suffered
fron
shock.
The
city
ambulance
from
Prince
Rupert
brought
the
in
jured
couple
here
on
Saturday.
Highly
respected
residents
of
Terrace,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Willie
operated
the
Terrace
Hotel
for
18
years
pior
to
selling
out
last
year.
They
lived
a
short
time
in
Winnipeg
where
Mrs.
Willie
received
medical
treatment,
then
returned
to
Terrace
a
few
weeks
ago
to,
live
in
retirement.
Mrs.
Willie
was
born
in
Eng
land
73
years
ago.
She
is
survived
by
her
husband
and
a
I
granddaughter,
Mrs.
W.
Carrl-gan,
of
Terrace,
who
accompanied
her
grandparents
to
Prince
Rupert
in
the
ambulance
last
Saturday.
RISING
PRICES
STRAIN
BUDGETS
Merchants
Are
in
Tight
Spot
Between
Wholesalers
and
Consumers
Household
budgets,
already
strained
by
a
long
season
of
ris
ing
prices,
are
being
placed
un
der
further
stress
this
week
with
the
scrapping
of
vital
price
con
trols
by
the
government.
Flour,
the
so-called
"staff
of
life,"
took
a
Jump
of
$2.05
a
hundredweignt
with
the
removal
of
the
subsidy.
Facing
consumers
also,
Is
a
boost
in
the
prices
of
new-pack
canned
fruits,
Jams
and
vegetables.
Only
exception
to
this
are
strawiberry
and
raspberry
jams
which
still
remain
under
price
ceiling.
Retailers,
sensitive
to
their
position
between
the
wholesalers
and
consumers
take
a,
dim
view
of
the
splrallng
situation
and
hope,
without
being-able
to
give
any
specific
reason
for
hope,
that
prices
have
reached
top
level.
"If
this
keeps
up,
I'd
really
like
to
know
what
prices
are
going
to
be
like
by
Christmas,"
said
one
grocery
manager.
"1
dont
know
where
it's
going
to
end,
but
I
do
know
that
we
are
in
a
bad
spot
and
can't
do
much
about
it."
Boost
In'
the
price
of
butter,
which
in
some
stores
is
selling
for
10
cents
a
pound,
was
blamed
by
another
grocer
on
eastern
Interests
who,
he
said,
bought
up
I
large
quantities.
PRESENTS
ISSUES
Showdown
With
Russia
Over
Obstruction
Looms
NEW
YORK
(C)r
Secretary
of
State
George
Marshall
t
o
d
a
y
movid
through
into
the
lap
of
th6
General
Assembly
of
the
United
Nations
three
of
the
most
explosive
current
international
issues
consideration
of
which
has
been
blocked
ln'the
security
council
by
the
unyielding
opposition
of
Soviet
Russia.
They
were:
'
"
1.
To
have
the
Assembly
adopt
resolution
calling
on
Albania,
Bulgaria
and
.
Yugoslavia
cease
aiding
Greek
communist
guerillas.
'
'.'
2.
To
take
up
the
Issue;
'jpf
Korean
Independence
which
has
been
blocked
by
Russia.
3.
To
have
the
Assembly
re
fer
a
special
committee
to
improve
the
circumstances
under
which
the
veto
may
be
applied
by
major
powers.
VANCOUVER
STORM.
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
another'
heavy
windstorm
last
nljht.
The
back
of
a
motorist
was
broken
when
h
ran
his
car
into
a
fallen
tret
in
Stanley
Park,
A
sawmill
on
the
north
shore
barntd
during
the
storm
(with
loss
of
$40,000.
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