Ette
Mi.
I!:ia
hv
fcilC
DlAi.v
'
pre:
M
A.
lied
Mi;;
?by
t
J
rt
repoi
o
spoke
beaut
f
"I
Park.
ISrATEs
,;to:
Prtme.
'"toSli
1
Ann
"Bed
av
erica
by
'"J
ot
PSES
Ncit
hile
Pr
i
aOODS,
TREACHEROUS
AS
QUICKSAND
Floods
in
US.
middle
west
have
;y
mud
a
menace
to
men
and
animals.
Here
Field
Superintendent
Harold
IILL
IBER
r)
Humane
society.by
a
reiiow
worker
alter
risking
his
life
to
rescue
a
that
had
become
stuck
In
the
mud
of
the
River
Des
Peres
In
St.
Louis.
:rL
ti
reach
the
animal.
EXCAVATION
FINISHED
;
ONE
HUGE
BUILDING
new
$15,000,000
cellulose
pulp
mill
Island,
seven
miles
from
Prince
proceeding
satisfactorily
according
to
B.
Roberts,
chief
engineer
of
the
Cela-ation
of
America
from
New
York,
said
allowing
a
visit
of
inspection
to
the
site.
I
The
big
site
excavation
Job,
in
s
ploytrj
U
Premier
nss
Pressing
Hog
E
in..
y
-
u.
.
Of
:e:).ed
'
Tor-
"
OUier
Pcilard
of
biirtr
of
"J
f:n
.iur-
k
de
in
i
S
"ttt
of
'
"ft-
plan-r
di.:t,inn
'
Vi::-ouvtr
Ra'her-
dele-various
spots
of
DEMAND
he
Uni.
nt
of
stale
eliate
re-
ot
nine
military
ugoSlav
"Wcste.
ami
nee
to
volving
the
removal
of
250,000
yards
of
rock,
is
expected
to
be
llnished
by
December.
Then
will
follow
the
construction
of
the
main
mill
buldlng,
206
by
1200
feet,
combined
power
and
boiler
house
and
other
buildings.
The
plant
U
expected
to
be
in
operation
eighteen
months
from
now.
At
present
about
eighty
men
are
engaged
on
the-work.
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging"
Cov
of
s'
Vancouver
have
the
excavation
re-
contract.
i
g
...
!
i
:
tc
Jenny
Tile
per-t
t
-;ct-
U-i'
the!
f
;m
George
Schneider,
vice-president
of
Celanese
Corporation,
of
America,
is
at
present
in
Van
couver
from
w
i
of
'-T,,iv
Em-
ness
in
connection
with
the
i
r
"l
project.
rk
L
J?c
Mr-
RoDerts-
wn0
statcd
tnat
,
7
his
trip
here
was
for
routine
!
engineering
purposes,
intimated
-i
tequet
;
nd
H-8
pc:tc
fcr-
tnat
further
new
equipment
was
being
brought
in
for
the
excavation
Job
which
was
being
speeded
up.
Chief
Engineer
Murray
of
the
B.C.
Bridge
and
Drdeglng
Co.
arrived
yesterday
by
air
from
Vancouver
for
an
Inspection
visit
-i
rather
,
to
the
work,
returning
south
to-
Iday.
atte-
"d
bv
1
Sixty
draftsmen
are
now
at
Oi
aphlc
i
work
In
Montreal,
said
Mr.
Rob
.j
and
,erts,
on
the
plans
for
the
r:unrll
i
tural
steel
frame
buildings
of
P
"annei
:
the
plant
proper.
The
principal
building
will
be
a
solid
block
2C0
by
1200
feet
on
the
spacious
site
which
.Is
now
In
process
of
excavation
and
filling.
Its
height
at
points,
in
an
irregular
skyline
wil
reach
six
or
seven
storeys
The
length
axis
will
be
from
dock
and
railway
track
to
the
hill
Combined
boiler
and
steam
power
house
will
be
on
the
top
of
the
nearby
Watson
Island
hill.
While
here
yesterday
Mr.
Roberts
cruised
the
8-mlle
pipe
line
route
which
will
carry
the
water
from
Prudhomme
Lake
to
Wat-
I
the
i
-
j
,
ison
Island.
Plans
are
being
pre
pared
for
one
48-lnch
water
main
at
first
with
provision
for
a
second
one
later
on.
A
reservoir
will
be
established
at
Watson
Isand.
YEAR'S
GRACE
WINTERBOUKNE
DOWN
EnR
0'
After
a
plea
to
town
council
asking
them
no
to
demolWli
her
cottage,
which
had
been
In
the
family
for
generations.
Marj
McOowan,
87,
has
been
given
one
year
In
which
to
repair
It.
House
Purchasers
U"aW
VOllV
!lttrmfin
n.n.
T.W..,
Jacil!ties.
WVH.IIUUII
IU
UU1
1
1IC
We
represent
onlv
the
Wndest
AND
SAFEST
companies.
HA
'
lck
""lenient
of
losses.
nAVN
&
HAWcnki
irn
IlJW'd
Avenue
Bulletins
,W.V.V.V.V.W.V.W.V
PUBLIC
WRECK
INQUIRY
OTTAWA
The
Board
of
Transport
Commissioneis
announced
today
it
has
decided
to
hold
a
public
hearing
at
Winnipeg
to
inquire
into
the
recent
railway
accident
at
Du-gaW,
Manlnai.
which
took,
thirty-one
lives.
ATLANTIC
STORM
MIAMI
An
Atlantic
storm
became
a
full
fledged
hurricane
w'iTt
roaring
143-miIe-an
hour
winds
today,
the
United
Slates
Weather
Bureau
ic-ported.
It
was
classified
as
"very
dangerous."
There
were
no
immediate
reports
of
damage;.'-.
.-.-.
NAVAL
XO
CHANGED
OTTAWA
Because
of
"grievances"
of
the
crew,
change
has
been
made
of
ex
ecutive
officer
on
the
Canadian
cruiser
H.M.C.S.
Ontario,
now
at
Esquimalt,
Navy
headquar
ters
announced
Thursday
night.
Headquarters
did
not
mention
the
charges
but
it
was
learned
that
Cdr.
J.
V.
Brock
of
Winnipeg
had
been
replaced
by
Acting
Cdr.
P.
D.
Budge.
SABOTAGE?
18
DEAD
BELFAST
Eighteen
dead
ana
more
than
50
injured
were
brought
ashore
today
from
the
British
liner
Kelna
del
Paci-fico
which
docked
here
badly
demaged
by
explosion
at
sea
while
on
trial
run.
While
hundreds
crowded
the
dock
area,
the
17,70'i-ton
motorshlp
was
towed
In
and
the
police
began
an
Inquiry,
studying
among
other
things
what
they
described
as
the
possibility
of
sabotage,
B.
E.
L
NATIONHOOD
MO
NT
EGO
BAY,
Jamaica-Nationhood
within
the
Commonwealth
was
offered
to
the
British
West
Indies
yesterday
but
the,
overture
was
received
with
limp
enthusiasm
by
pome
delegates
attending
a
conference
here
on
closer
co-operation
among
the
British
Caribbean
colonics.
NEW
JUDGES
ARE
NAMED
Speaker
Norman
Wliittaker
And
JUagistrate
II.
S.
Wood
Of
Vancouver
to
Supreme
Court
OTTAWA
H
Hon.
Norman
Whlttaker,
Speaker
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature,
and
Herebrt
S.
Wood,
magistrate
in
Vancouver
police
court,
have
been
appointed
to
the
British
Columbia
Supreme
Court,
Minister
of
Justice
J-
L.
Ilsley
announced
here
today.
One
of
the
appointments
niV
a
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Mr.
Justice
Andrew
M.
Harper
and
the
other
fills
a
new
judgeship
post
created
at
the
last
session
of
NORTHERN.
AND
CENTRAL.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWHPAPER
TAXI
235
Phone
Ld
NIOHT
SERVICE
,
-
..i
Ttlr1
Are.
r
rvntcrni;
LiBRARf
i
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
IBl
Juaa
31.22
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
214.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
12,
1947
.PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Search
For
Man-Money
No
Further
Development
In
Matter
of
Butedale
Disappearance
Provincial
police
were
still
endeavoring
today
to
locate
John
Barry
Saunders,
Toronto-lborn
veteran
of
the
United
States
Army
Air
Force,
who
dropped
out
of
sight
In
Prince
'Rupert
at
the
first
of
the
week
co-Incidental
with
the
disappearance
of
$10,
COO
from
the
office
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
at
Butedale
cannery,
down
the
coast
from
here.
Saunders
and
a
companion
are
reported
to
have,
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
at
the
first
of
the
week
by
small
boat.
Departure
had
been
made
from
Butedale
following
the
arrival
of
the
cash
from
Vancouver.
A
date
had
been
made
for
Monday
afternoon
to
return
to
Butedale
but
Saunders
failed
to
keep
the'appoint-
ment.
The
other
man
returned
to
Butedale
on
the
Coquitlam
Tuesday,
apparently
unaware
ofj
the
disappearance
of
money.
It
was
on
Monday
that
the
loss
of
the
money
bacame
known.
Saunders
had
been
In
the
service
of
the
company
since
August
and
had
in
the
meantime
taken
over
duties
In
the
office
wh'ch
Included
the
custody
of
consid
erable
amount
of
money.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Cn.
1m.
Vancouver
Bralorne
11.00
B.R.
Con
06
B.R.X
10
Cariboo
Quartz
2.25
Dentonla
.20
Grull.Wihksne
.07V'2
Hedley
Mascot
1.09
Mlnto
03
V3
Pend
Oreille
2.25
Pioneer
3.80
Premier
Border
06
Privateer
.39
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
.272
Sheep
Creek
1.05
Taylor
Bridge
.50
Taku
River
72
Vananda
,
27
Congress
04
'A
Pacific
Eastern
10
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
'
.04
Spud
Valley
.10
Central
Zeballos
.01
Vi
Silbak
Premier
..:
70
'
Oils
A.P.
Con.
11
.
Calmont
.39
C.
&E
.
2.38
Foothills
,..
2,40
Home
3.75
Toronto
Athona
......;...,.
.13
Vi
Aumaque
32
Beattie
78
Bevcourt
.71
Bobjo
.
.16
Buffajo
Canadian
18
Consol.
Smelters
.
83.25
Conwest
85
Donalda
1.06
Eldona
1.12
Elder
92
Giant
Yellowknlfe
........
6.30
Ood's
Lake
....4.
1.19
Hardrock
36
Harrlcana
10
Hev
Gold
...
I
Iosco
Jacknlfe
Joliet
Quebec
t.
rt-
.33
.32
.09
.49
Lake
Rowan
17
Lapaska
29
Little
Long
Lac
1.60
Lynx
11
Ms
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.10
McKenzle
Red
Lake
55
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.62
Moneta
,43
Negus
.
2.08
Noranda
4...V.
42.00
Louvlcourt
1.60
Pickle
Crow,
2.50
Regcourt
.22
San
Antonio
3.95
"FIERY
CROSS"
IN
AUSTRALIA
The
Scottish
"fiery
cross"
which
was
flown
from
Edinburgh
to
North
America
is
shown
here
In
Australia.
It
is
being
presented
to
Alderman
R.
A.
Stewart
of
New
South
Wales
by
the
pilot
who
flew
in.
from
the
US.
It
was
sent
around
the
world
to
advertise
the
Scottish
exhibit
of
Industrial
Design
which
opened
in
Edinburgh
on
Aug.
25.
Toronto
Double
Murder
Mystery
Married
Man
and
Young
Woman1
In
"Lovers'
Lane"
Tragedy
Bodies
In
Car
Compartment
TORONTO
(CP)
Lovers'
Lane
deaths
of
a
married
man,
missing
from
his
home
since
Wednesday,
and
a
young
woman,
whose
bodies
were
found
crammed
into
the
luggage
MANSLAUGHTER
IS
VERDICT
VANCOUVER
)
Elmer
Edward
Johnson,
35-year-old
ba-lcer,
was
convicted
of
manslaughter
In
Supreme
Court
ist
night
In
connection
with
the
Stanley
Park
slaying
of
pretty
27-yer-old
Mrs.
Norma
Burton.
The
Jury
was
out
two
hours
and
55
minutes.
It
had
returned
to
the
courtroom
once
during
deliberation
to
seek
.further
Instruction
In
regard
to
murder
and
mansaughter.
Johnson
was
remanded
until
the
end
of
the
Assizes.
'
In
his
charge
to
the
Jury,.
Mr.
Jusice
J.
M.
Coady
said
there
was
"doubt
of
the
presence
of
elements
that
would
reduce
the
charge
from
murder
to
manslaughter
but
I
am
not
withdrawing
your
right
to
consider
manslaughter."
When
the
L-cdy
was
discovered
June
22
in
lonely
Lost
Lagoon
police
said
she
had
ben
beatert,
strangled
and
criminally
assaulted.
compartment
of
his
automobile,
provided
police
with
a
first
class
mystery
today.
The
police
refused
to
say
whether
murder
was
suspected.
An
autopsy
is
awaited
in
are
identified
as
Geofge
Vigus,
age
39,
and
Iris
Scott,
21,
both
of
Toronto.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
weak
disturbance
lay
across
central
British
Columbia
and
northern
Vancouver
Island
this
morning
and
was
moving
slowly
southward
over
the
province.
This
disturbance
Is
bringing
cooler,
molster
air
Into
the
southern
sections
of
the
province
and
cloudiness
was
Increasing
In
these
areas
this
morning
with
widely
scattered
showers
expected
later
today
and
Saturday,
Showery
weather
persists
throughout
the
northern
and
central
sections
of
the
province.
Considerable
rain
fell
hi
the
northern
coastal
areas
yester
day
with
Prince
Rupert
record-1
ing
over
an
inch
and
one
half
in
24
hours.
Slightly
cooler
weather
will
be
general
through
out
B.C.
today
and
Saturday.
Foircast
Prince
Rupert,
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
Cloudy
today
and
Saturday.
Showers.
Winds
westerly
(15
m.p.h.).
Little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
Highs
Saturday
At
Port
Hardy
50
and
60;
Mas-sett
45
and
60;
Prince
Rupert
50
and
60.
NATIVE
FATHER,
CHILD
VICTIMS
OF
DOUBLE
DROWNING
IN
S
KEEN
A
Eddie
Wilson
was
drowned
yesterday
about
1
p.m.
while
making
a
futile
attempt
to
save
his
five-year-old
son,
Percy,
from
a
similar
fate.
Wilson,
a
native
fish
erman
employed
bv
the
North
Pacific
Cannery,
was
fishing
near
Haysport
on
the
Skeena
River
at
the
time
ot
the
double
accident
According
to
Wilson's
wife,
Julia,
who
was
accompanying
her
husband
and
small
son
at
the
time,
Percy
Wilson
fell
overboard
while
his
father
was
below
starting
the
engine
of
the
boat
child
but
both
of
them
were
pulled
below
the
'surface.
The
Wilsons
are
natives
of
the
Klsplox
tribe.
Constable
G.
Simons
of
the
Port
Edward
detachment
of
the
Apparently
Eddie
Wilson,
warn
Provincial
Police
Investigated
ed
by
the
cries
of
his
wife.
Jump-
the
tragedy
and
Is
conducting
Low
ed
Into
the
water
to
save
tho
a,
rearnh
for
the
bodies,
RATIONING
OF
BUTTER
SOUGHT
Poor
Postal
Service
and
Other
Matters
Before
Trades
And
Labor
Council
With
a
good
attendance
cf
del-
the
deaths
of
the
couple
who
legates
present
the
Trades
and
Labor
Council
was
in
regular
session
Thursday
night
In
the
Carpenter's
Hall,
President
August
Wallln
In
the
chair.
Present
by
Invitation
vas
E.
A.
Ivay,
representing
the
Department
of
Labor
on
apprenticeship
train-1
ing,
and
Mr.
James,
International
Representative
of
the
Building
Laborers
and
Cement
Finishers
Unlnon.
Mr.
Ivay
gave
the
delegates
an
Interesting
outline
of
the
work
of
his
Department
in
placing
and
supervising
the
train.-ing
of
youth
In
Industry
and
the
facilities
available
for
technical
training.
Mr.
James
U
In
the
district
in
the
Interest
of
his
organlza-ln
view
of
the
Industrial
development
that
will
be
taking
place
in
the
near
future.
A
letter
was
received
from
the
Trades
and
Labor
Council
of
Cal
gary
asking
endorsement
of
a
resolution
requesting
the
federal
government
to
re-impose
the
rationing
of
butter.
The
re
quest
was
complied
with.
Minutes
of
the
Vancouver
and
District
Trades
and
Labor
Coun
ell
was
read.
This
Included
ad-,
vice
of
an
arrangement
being
I
made
by
the
council
to
press
on
J
the
government
the
need
for
a
special
session
of
the
Legislature
to
deal
with
the
Industrial
and
Conciliation
Act
in
Us
relation
to
Bill
39.
Report
of
the
organization
committee
showed
conUnued
progress
being
made
among
unorganized
workers
In
the
city
and
violation
of
the
hours
ol
work
act
were
reported
and
will
be
investigated.
Poor
postal
delivery
in
the
city
was
also
complained
of
by
sev
eral
of
those
present
and
a
com
mlttee
was
appointed
to
deal
with
this
matter.
The
President
thanked
the
vl
'.tors
for
the
pleasure
of
theit
I
attendance
and
the
information
they
had
left
with
the
delegates
present.
Local
Tides
Saturday,
September
13,
1947
High
12:34
20.4
feet
6:15
1.9
feet
18:32
4.9
feet
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Meat
Packers
Strike
Spreading
Fast
Across
Canada;
10,500
Idle
Canadians
Become
More
Conscious
of
Shortage
;
TORONTO
(CP)
With
a
total
of
10,500
packing
house
workers
expected
to
be
idle
across
Canada
to
day,
an
Ontario
government
bid
to
settle
the
fast-spreading
strike
seemed
doomed
to
failure
through
insistence
of
the
Packing
House
Workers
of
America
(CIO)
upon
conciliation
or
arbitration
on
Dominion-
RIOTING
IN
INDIA
Delhi
Quiet
Today
But
Other
Cities-Have
Been
Ilaving
Violence
and
Killings
NEW
DELHI
f)-4More
than
'
one
hundred
persons
were
killed
and
eighty
injured
when
I
troops
opened
fire
during
ccm-Imunal
rioting
at
Patiala,
major
i
Sikh
state
in
India,
it
was
re-
ported
today.
i
Reports
from
eastern
PunJaS
said
that
from
sixty
to
seventy
were
killed
in
Tarantaran
dis
trict,
outside
of
Amritsar,
holy
city
of
the
Sikhs,
when
an
armed
gang
attacked
a
column
of
re
fugees
on
the
mrach.
All
was
quiet
In
Delhi
today
wide
basis.
The
nation-wide
conciliation."
would
entail
waiving
by
provinces
of
their
Jurisdiction
over
labor
matters
temporarily
arid
there
was
little
Indication
that
this
waiver
would
be
Meanwhile
Canadian
house
wives
were
becoming
more
and
more
conscious
of
the
meat
shortage
caused
by
the
walkouts.
Many
butcher
shops
have
closed
and
many
others
arc
serving
regular
customers
only.
At
Montreal
Cyprlen
Mlron,
chief
conciliator
of
the
Quebec
provincial
Department
of
Labor,
.
said
in
an
interview
last
night
that
the
"Quebec
government
will
be
able
to
handle
any
labor
dispute
whfch
may
arise,
includ
ing
the
meat-packing
strike,
without
assistance
from
federal
authorities."
Mr.
Miron
made
his
statement
after
the
Department
ot
Labor
took
in
hand
the
strike
of
150O
packing
houseworkers
In
three
major
Montreal
plants
by
calling
a
conference
of
union
chiefs
for
today.
The
Attorney-General
of
Saskatchewan
today
demanded
that
Ottawa
"do
Its
duty,
let
the
chips
fall
where
they
may."
HARVESTING
SPEEDED
UP
Well
Under
Way
Again
Following
Recent
Rains
Labor
Situation
Satisfactory
WINNIPEG
Harvesting
opera
tions,
after
having
been
slightly
delayed
over
most
of
the
prairies
by
rains
last
week-end,
are
well
under
way
again
in
all
districts
except
the
Peace
River
where
they
will
be
held
up
for
several
more
days,
according
to
the
final
crop
report
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
In
southern
Manitoba
the
harvest
Is
nearly
completed
but
elsewhere
It
will
be
ten
days
to
two
weeks
before
it
Is
finished.
Ths
yields
generally
are
slightly
better
than
expected
but
grades
are
.
disappointing,
very
few
places
reporting
higher
than
2
Northern.
The
recent
rains
have
greatly
Improved
the
feed
situation
in
northwestern
Saskatchewan.
The
labor
situation
for
ths
most
part
Is
satisfactory.
In
the
Okanagan
Valley
Ihe
past
week
has
been
warm
with
cool
nights.
Heavy
rains
occured
on
Monday
and
Tuesday.
The
peach
and
pear
movements
are
90
percent
completed.
The
movement
of
apples
is
still
heavy
with
considerable
numbers
going
to
the
United
States.
LABOR
GOVT
WINS
LIVERPOOL
The
Lab6r
government,
which
has
not
lost
a
seat
in
a
Parliamentary
by-election
since
It
gained
power
two
years
ago,
Thursday
won
by
a
reduced
majority
the
important
working
class
constituency
of
Edgehlll.
Major
A.
I
J.
Irvine,
London
lawyer,
was
elected
by
a
margin
of
2000
votes
over
the
Conservative
candidate,
Reginald
Serins.
The
general
election
majority
was
5000
for
Labor,