Takes
T
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VENT
LANDING
AT
INLET
Ice
con-.!,
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above
at
Moffet
Inlet
on
Baffin
..
.phibious
aircraft
from
landing
aid
Anglican
missionary
accidentally
ondition
at
his
home
there.
Four
para-An
tic
skies
to
a
lake
about
seven
miles
C.uion
Turner,
his
wife
and
two
chll-
:
.
bitunts.
The
R.CJV.F.
Dakota
aircraft
i'i
is
to
their
destination
is
now
resting
i
v.
make
several
trips
over
Moffet
Inlet
'
'
No
landing
will
be
attempted
unless
akes
and
Inlets
surrounding
the
mission.
ppread
Plane
Crashes
10
Lives;
2,
Missing
cast
of
St.
John's
Newfoundland.
On
the
other
sice
of
the
Atlantic,
two
crew
members
of
an
R.A.F.
Sunderland
flying
boat
were
killed
and
two
were
missing
after
the
plane
crashed
Into
t'r.e
sea.
Six
other
crew
members
were
rescued.
Th
pilot
of
an
amphibian
plane
was
killed
and
three
American
passengers
seriously
Injured
in
the
crash
of
a
single
englned
aircraft
in
dense
woods
17
miles
cast
of
Windsor
Mills.
No
Warning
Before
Lake
Boats
Crashed
CORNWALL,
Ont.
CP
An
',n'
--S'on
inai
no
warning
ais-
nal
had
been
sounded
by
the
ill-
fated
collier
Milvcrton
Just
prior
to
her
collision
with
the
tanker
Trarslake
was
on
the
records
today
as
the
court
of
Inquiry
Into
the
St.
Lawrence
River
collision
which
led
to
a
dozen
deaths
entered
its
second
day
.SI?M
elgn
office
source
said
Tuesday
a
message
to
this
effect
had
been
rccelved
from
Moscow.
The
for
-
cign
office
itself
has
still
net
made
.formal
announcement
of
the
break
which
Is
due
to
arti
cles
appearing
In
Moscow
attributing
Fascist
tendencies
to
Bra
zil.
BRITONS
SEEK
HOMES
IN
B.C.
VANCOUVER,
(CP)
Harold
Akerman,
president
of
Vancouver
Branch
of
the
Society
of
St.
George,
has
been
deluged
with
letters
since
he
volunteered
Information
to
Britons
desiring
to
emigrate
to
Canada
and
British
Columbia.
Dozens
of
letters
are
arriving
by
every
mall
and
when
the
regular
mail
arrives
he's
afraid
hf
11
have
to
buy
a
larger
house.
The
rush
started
when
Aker
man
wrote
a
letter
to
the
London
Daily
Telegraph
offering
to
give
Infprmation
about
B.
C.
to
readers.
STEELE
BLOCK
IS
SOLD
AGAIN
The
Steele
Block
on
Third
Avenue
West,
which
was
purchased
at
auction
from
the
city
by
Don
Brown
a
year
ago,
has
been
sold
by
Mr.
Brown
to
Ernest
Carlson,
local
fisherman,
who
returned
recently
from
a
trip
to
Sweden.
Mr.
Brown
purchased
the
building
from
the
city
for
$6,600
at
auction
a
year
ago
and
has
done
considerable
remodelling
of
the
structure
since
then.
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55
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25
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Long
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Red
Lake
3.50
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22,
1947
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during
the
war
and
which
became
an
important
factor
in
the
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defence
set-up,
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and
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Welfare,
accord-i
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to
an
announcement
made
at
Terrace
by
Hon.
BRAZIL
BREAKS
WITH
SOVIET
Note
of
Scverencc
Reported
Delivered
in
Moscow
Today
RIO
DE
JAN1ERO
(CP)
The
Brazilian
embassy
In
Moscow
ha
delivered
to
Russia
a
note
breaking
off
diplomatic
re1.?.-1
been
lacking
In
British
Colum-tioru
a
move
which
had
been
bia.
Indicated
a
few
days
ago.
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for-1
A
hospital,
the
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T.
Kcnncy,
minister
of
lands
and
forests
and
M.
L.
A.
for
Skecna.
Renovation
of
some
thirty
or
so
buildings
contain
ed
in
the
typically
military
con;
structed
and
designed
group
will
be
started
early
next
spring
and
not
long
thereafter
It
is
planned
that
the
Institution
will'
I
be
ready
for
occupancy
It
will
i
be
used,
as
a
home
for
the
aged
I
fr
whom
facilities
have
long
i
nad
330
beds
and
it
Is
estimated
I
inal
11
wU1
nave
accommoda
'
tlon
or
at
'east
three
hundred
!
Persons
In
its
new
function.
It
,s
admirably
fitted
for
insitu-
tional
Use
and
has
been
retained
In
flrsUclass
shape,
Mr.
Keniey
stated.
As
a
military
hospital
It
was
fully
equipped
from
the
standpoint
of
services
with
central
heating
plant
and
fire
protection.
There
are
also
recreational
rooms
and
physiotherapy
facilities.
Mr.
Kenney
stated
that
a
petition
circulated
by
the
Terrace
Board
of
Trade
last
summer.
which
-received-gewral
8urporti0clateJjl(r
in
the
district,
had
been
con
slderably
Instrumental
In
secur
ing
enough
Interest
In
the
hos
pital
that
the
government
de
elded
to
purchase
It
instead
of
having
H
demolished,
Car
Pools
Are
'Unfair
VANCOUVER
Pi
Any
plans
for
a
"mass
transportation
scheme
where
fares
are
charged
to
substitute
for
the
strike-halted
street
car
and
bus
ser
vices
will
be
branded
as
"unfair"
by
the
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
District
Trades
and
Labof
Council.
Executive
members
of
the
Council,
at
a
closed
meeting
early
today,
discussed
the
situation,
planning
to
formulate
a
policy
regarding
action
of
their
affiliated
street
railwaymen's
union
(American
Federation
of
Labor)
in
calling
car
and
truck
pools
"unfair."
There
Is
no
suggestion
of
a
settlement
of
the
strike
for
at."
least
two
weeks.
'
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
Co.
says
no
application
has
been
made
for
an
Increase
In
street
car
rates.
PRESS
COOL
TO
MOVE
TO
TRIM
LORDS'
POWER
LONDON
KB
The
government's
proposal
to
trim
the
little
remaining
authority
of
the
House
of
Lords
met
with
almost
unanimous
criticism
today
In
the
British
Press.
Only
the
Labor
Dally
Herald
voiced
lukewarm
approval
of
the
measure
proposed
at
the
opening
of
Parliament
yesterday,
a
proposal
described
by
the
Mirmils
of
Salisbury
as
a
"shabby
and
snoddy
political
deal"
and
by
Winston
Churchill
as
a
"deliberate
act
of
aggression"
that
would
"divide
the
;
country."
William
IL'Tolln,
former
proprietor
of
the
Central
Hotel,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver
and
will
foe
here
for
a
few
clays
on
business.
Mil
itary
Hospita
TRAGIC
HOTEL
FIRE-
This
picture
was
taken
shortly
after
midnight
last
Thursday
when
the
Central
Hotel
fire
was
at.
its
height.
A
few
minutes
after
the
picture
was
taken,
the
remainder
of
the
blazing
structure
seen
here
had
been
completely
consumed.
One
and
possibly
two
men
were
burned
to
death.
TRYING
FOR
SETTLEMENT
MONTREAL.
(CP)
ODerators
of
Canada's
two
main,
trans
portation
systems
yesterday
met
with
union
leaders
In
an
effort
forestall
the
walk-out
of
123,000
railway
employees
all
the
members
of
seventeen
as-
outcome
of
the
deliberations
was
not
immediately
known.
There
was
no
announcement
other
than
that
the
meetings
are
continuing
today.
Railway
express
department
employees
and
telegraphers
will
not
be
affected
by
the
strike
call.
First
word
of
the
walk-out
came
Monday
when
two
railwaysCanadian
Natitnal
ana
Canadian
Pacific
received
notice
that
their
employees
"will
concertedly
and
peacefully
with
draw"
from
service
November
3
at
8
a.m.
In
demand
for
two
weeks'
annual
vacation
with
pay.
GREAT
BRITAIN
SEEKING
MONEY
LONDON,
(CP)
The
Press
Association
said
today
that
Great
Britain
had
told
the
United
States
that
she
wants
to
begin
drawing
"as
soon
as
possible"
on
the
frozen
$400,000,000
balance
of
her
American
loan,
one
of
the
country's
last
sources
of
dollars.
A
treasury
spokesman
declined
to
confirm
or
deny
the
report.
WAR-MONGER"
DEBATE
OPENS
NEW
YORK
9
The
"war
mongerlng"
debate
opened
today
at
the
United
Nations
headquarters
with
leading
western
powers
planning
to
make
sharp
replies
to
vitriolic
Russian
accusations
that
the
United
States
and
other
countries
are
guilty
of
fostering
war
hysteria.
Canada
may
become
Involved,
with
L.
B.
Pearson,
the
Canadian
delegations'
representative
on
the
commission,
adding
the
Dominion's
voice
to
the
counter
action
against
the
Russians.
UNVEIL
STATUE
TO
LATE
KING
!
LONDON
'-The
King
today
!
unvclled
a
wnlte
statue
to
nls
lamer,
lung-ueorge
V,
beside
Westminster
Abbey.
The
King
was
accompanied
at
the
ceremony
by
Queen
Mary,
widow
of
the
late
King,
Queen
Elizabeth,
Princess
Elizabeth
and
Princess
Margaret.
He
said
that
his
father
for
'25
years
had
shared
with
his
people
"their
hopes
and
disappointments,
their
happiness
and
their
sorrows,'
New
Fishermen's
Floats
Finished
Construction
work
on
the
new
Fishermen's
floats
and
floating
breakwater
at
Falrview
Bay,
Prince
Rupert,
has
been
completed
"by
the
contractors,
John
Currle
and
Son.
The
red
light
that
has
been
shown
on
the
south
end
of
the
breakwater
ress
has
been
discontinued.
Bulletins
RESUME
GRAIN
TRADLNO
WINNIPEG
Trading
in
oats
and
barley,
suspended
on
the
Winnipeg
Grain
Evchange
in
September
1913,
will
be
resumed
tomorrow,
President
Stanley
X.
Jones
of
the
Grain
Exchange
announced
today.
RETAIN
RENT
CONTROLS
OTTAWA
It
,unlikely
that
rent
controls
will
be
lifted
in
Canada
uittil
March
1949.
Extension
of
tuithorily
for
sugar
and
fat
controls
is
also
expected
to
be
made
by
the
government.
McKINXON
IN
ROME
RO.ME
Hon.
J.
A.
McKin-non,
minister
of
4radc
ami
commerce,
and
the
Canadian
trade
delegation
arrived
in
Heine
today
from
Athens
and
Cairo
and
will
leave
tomorrow
for
Lisbon.
21
INJURED
IN
TRAIN
CRASH
ST.
PAUL,
Minn.
H
Twenty-one
persons
were
injured,
some
severely
in
a
head-on
crash
to
day
of
a
Soo
Line
passenger
train
and
'a
freight
train
at
Gladstone,
near
here.
Several
passengers
were
buried
In
the
wreckage
and
had
to
be
dug
out.
Fire
apparatus
and
an
ambulance
were
sent
to-
the
scene
of
the
collision.
Bracken
Sees
Hard
Times-
In
Dominion
TORONTO
Speaking
to
the
Ontario
Progressive-Conservative
Association
here
last
night,
Hon.
John
Bracken,
national
leader,
said
Canada
was
bound
to.
face
a
depression
if
the
government
continued
on
Its
present
heedless
financial
way.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
October
23,
1947
High
9:25
16.2
feet
20:51
16.1
feet
Low
2:26
7.9
feet
15:10
11.0
feet
Mrs.
Ted
Arney
and
child
returned
cn
the
Prince
Rupert
thU
morning
from
a
trip
to
Photo
by
Rawson.
II
Second
Victim
Jls
Suggested
Testimony
of
a
witness
at
an
Inquest
into
the
death
of
an
unidentified
victim
of
last
Friday's
Central
Hotel
fire
here
opened
'the
possibility
that
more
than
onenerson;(mahaveA
perished
and
that
there
is
still
another
body
buried
In
the
ashes
of
the
First
Avenue
hostelry.
Joseph
Van
Wallegham,
local
taxi
operator,
testified
before
a
coroner's
court
here
Tuesday
afternoon
that
Lars
Johansor.,
believed
to
have
been
the
fire
victim,
had
two
gold
fillings
In
his
front
teeth
while
evidence
by
a
doctor
and
a
dsntlst
Indicated
that
there
was
no
indica
tion
of
such
dental
work
on
the
charred
body.
Van
Wallegham,
called
In
as
a
witness
at
the
last
minute,
while
the
Inquest
was
under
way,
testified
that
he
knew
Johansor.
well
and
he
was
certain
that
the
man
had
two
gold
fillings
In
his
front
teeth,
Earlier,
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman,
pathologist,
said
that
he
had
found
no
Indication
of
dental
attention
other
than
extractions,
when
he
performed
an
autopsy
on
the
body
on
Monday.
Dr.
G.
E.
H.
Montgomery,
dentist,
who
was
called
in
after
Van
Wallegham
gave
testimony,
declared
that
he
coujd
see
no
sign
of
any
dental
work
on
the
teeth.
This
opens
the
possibility
thai
the
body
may
not
be
that
of
Jo-hanson
and.
that
Johanson's
body
may
still
be
In
the
ashes
of
the
hotel.
He
has
not
been
seen
since
before
the
fire.
The
coroner's
jury
brought
In
a
verdict
that
the
.body
was
thai
of
"an
unknown
male
about
50
years
of
age
who
came
to
his
death
by
suffocation"
In
the
fire
that
levelled
the
Central
Hotel
on
the
night
of
Octclber
16.
Theodore
Hagblad,
owner
of
the
hotel,
testified
that
he
had
seen
J
chanson
about
U
o'clock
on
the
night
of
October
16,
three
quarters
bf
an
'hour
before
the
fire
alarm
was
turned
in.
The
man
was
In
the
hotel
beer
parlor
and
was
in
a
state
of
lntoxl
cation.
Hagblad'
said
that,
when
the
alarm
,was
raised,
Johanson
def
initely
was
not
in
his
room
but
that
he
may
have
been
In
some
other
part
cf
the
building.
Constable
Ted
Brue
told
of
being
called
to
the
scene
of
the
fire
at
4:20
Sunday
afternoon
by
a
jroup
of
boys
who
had
discovered
what
they
believed
was
a
human
body.
Jurors
on
the
Inquest
were
Al
Morgan,
foreman,
A.
D.
Ritchie,
William
Clark,
Robert
McChes-ney.
Gordon
T
Durkln
and
R
J.
Evans.
CONTROLS
REMOVED
Meat
and
Meat
Products.
Barley
and
Oats,
Feed
Oraln,
Lifted
OTTAWA
Announcement
was
made
last
night
by
the
Min
ister
of
Finance
of
the
removal
of
price
controls
on
meats
and
meat
products,
barley
and
oats
products
and
Iced
grain
for
live
stock.
It
was
explained
that
the
con
trols
were
to
have
been
removed
from
meats
In
September
but,
with
the
meat
packers'
strike
Impending,
the
action
was
post
poned.
Now,
with
the
strike
over
and
ample
supplies
Insight.
It
was
considered
safe
to
remove
the
controls.
It
was
admitted
that
there
might
be
some
increase
in
bacon
and
cured
meat
prices.
Subsidies
on
barley
and
oat3
and
screenings
are
lifted.
No
exports
of
oats
or
barley
In
the
crop
year
are
to
be
permitted
In
view
of
continued,
commitments
for
Britain.
COMMISSION
TO
WATCH
BALKANS
Is
Approved
by
United
(Nations
Over
Objection
of
Russia
LAKE
SUCCESS
United
Na
tions
General
Assembly
voted
40
to
C,
with
eleven
nations
abstaining,
yesterday
to
set
up
a
watchdog
commission
In
the
Balkans.
Russia
and.
Poland
were
named
to
the
commission
in
which,
however,
they
have
refused
to
participate.
FOREST
BLAZE
DESTROYS
HOMES
GOOSE
ROCKS
BEACH.
Mj!h
.
j
(CE)A
ferrlryrnj
"Jorest
ifrV
I
consumed
almost
200
buildinss
j
along
a
five-mile
stretch
of
the
picturesque
Maine
coastline
before
it
was
brought
under
control
today.
Most
of
the
razed
structures
were
summer
cottages
but
scores
of
families
were
left
homeless
in
Goose
Rocks,
Cape
Porpoise
districts
of
Kenne-
bunkport.
With
nearly
another
too
homes
and
cottages
lost
in
other
parts,
of
the
state,
Forest
Commissioner
Raymond
Rendall
estimated
the
loss
at
more
than
$1,000,000.
HOPE
RENEWED
FOR
SURVIVORS
OF
LOST
PLANE
PENTICTON.
(CP)
A
new
clue,
which
raised
hopes
that
some
of
the
nine
persons
aboard
were
still
alive,
today
heartened,
searchers
as
R.C.A.F.
and
Unl-
ted
States
and
private
aircraft
took
off
shortly
after
dawn
in
the
fourth
day
of
the
hunt
for
an
air
force
photographic
plane
missing
since
noon,
Saturday.
The
new
lead
was
reported
from
the
Arrow
Lakes
district,
northwest
of
here,
that
an
orange
flare
was
seen
racing
across
the
sky
late
last
night.
A
plane
is
also
reported
to
have
been
heard
and
seen
by
two
Castlegar
men
over
Lower
Arrow
Lakes
at
11
o'clock
Friday
morn-ins-
Searchers
also
are
planning
to
make
another
check
a
few
miles
south
of
Pentlcton,
at
Lemon
Creek,
where
three
loggers
reported
hearing
a
"crash
and
explosion"
at
the
approximate
time
the
plane
was
reported
missing
on
Saturday.
CABINET
OF
FRANCE
QUITS
PARIS
An
official
announcement
today
said
that
the
cabinet
of
socialist
Premier
Ramadler
had
resigned.
The
announcement
came
with
startling
suddeness
a.
few
hours
after
the
cabinet
had
been
called
into
assembly
for
an
emergency
session
Tuesday
to
consider
the
"grave"
economic
situation.
Premier
Ramadler
was
expec.tpd
to
explain
his
reasons
for
reigning
at
a
press
conference.
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