NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TAXI
7.1.1
TlSTAR
:
IV
NIGHT
RittVlCEi
Stnd;
,
ICSj
.reMHotl,
Third
Ate,
Published
at
Canada's
Must
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI
No.
258.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
4,
1947
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and
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November
5,
1947
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Bulletins
AMERICANS
WIN
PORTLAND,
Ore.
United
States
won
the
Ryder
golf
cup
here
Saturday
over
(Jreat
Bri
tain.
Score
was
7
to
1.
STRIKE
STILL
ON
VANCOUVER
The
traction
strike
continues
here
although
some
iiope
is
held
that
a
settlement
may
arise
out
of
a
proposal
of
the
Retail
Merchants'
Association
that
another
conference
be
held
between
representatives
of
the
cities
of
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria,
company
and
union
representatives
with
Minister
of
Labor
Wismcr
in
attendance.
MAN
OWAR
DIES
I'ARAWAY
FARM,
Ky.
Man-of-War,
one
of
the
greatest
horses
of
the
American
turf,
died
of
a
heart
attack
on
Saturday.
REWARD
INCREASED
VANCOUVER
An
anonymous
Vancouver
business
man
has
raised
the
reward
for
the
killer
of
little
Roddy
Moore
from
$1,000
to
$2,000.
IS
TOTAL
LOSS
VANCOUVER
The
motor
vessel
Gulf
Stream
which
sank
near
Powell
River
recently,
has
been
declared
a
total
loss
with
little
hope
of
salvage.
NEW
SCHEME
TO
SETTLE
TIE-UP
Vancouver
Aldermen
Would
Let
Electors
Jlave
Say
hi
Vancouver
fraction
Dispute
slderation
to
a
new
proposal
by
Aid.
Charles
Thompson
for
an
ending
ol
the
transit
strike
We-i'p
in
Vancouver.
The
proposal
is
for
an
immediate
return
to
work
of
the
striking
street
rail-
waymen
at
a
tentative
increase
of
10
cents
per
hour
until
the
December
election
when
a
pico-isclte
would
be
taken
on
whether
the
electors
favored
higher
wages
and
an
Increase
In
street
car
fares.
MOVING
COSTS
ARE
MOUNTING
Higher
Wages
iMake
Transfer
And
Sloraec
Charges
Co
I'P
VANCOUVER
The
cost
of
moving
or
storage
in
Vancouver
will
start,
to
climb
as
a
rcAun
cf
higher
wages.
rvnin!rs
on
moving
ana
sior
age
verc
recently
removed
and
it
v
estimated
that
the
new
Bair.
ivin
Increase
by
at
least
"s
ner
cent.
Until
now
moving
rates
have
been
$3.00
an
hour
for
a
truck
and
two
men
in
tht
city.
A
25
per
cent
raise
would
lift
the
charge
to
$450.
Storage
rates
have
hitherto
been
three
cents
per
cubic
foot
(nf
snace
for
the
first
month
plus
one
cent
per
cubic
foot
for
the
following
months.
Tlie
transfer
men
say
the
rnlco
Is
"neres.sarv
because
OI
cost
advances
of
00
per
cent.
WAR
DEAD
BEING
BROUGHT
HOME
SAN
FRANCISCO
Steaming
slowly
into
San
Francisco
Bay.
the
grey
Army
cargo
vessel
Honda
Knot,
carried
3,012
bodies
of
United
States
soldiers-the
first
of
the
war
dead
brought
home
from
Honolulu,
and
the
China-
Burma-Indla
theatre
of
active
service.
This
is
but
the
begin
ning
of
what
is
unofficially
Vnnwn
as
"Oneratlons
Taps
.
The
task
will
not
be
considered
completed
until
the
228,000
bo
dies
lying
In
454
military
cemeteries
throughout
the
world
are
brought
back
to
the
land
under
whose
flag
they
served.
IJAIL
STORMED
IN
TEL
AVIV
I
And
Two
Members
of
j
Jewish
Underground
Are
j
Removed
By
Force
JERUSALEM
(fi
Police
announced
yesterday
that
fifteen
or
twenty
armed
Jewish
youths
stormed
a
police
station
at
Telj
Aviv
this
morning
and
released
two
alleged
members
of
lrgun
Zval
Leumi
who
had
been
arrested
during
the
week-end
for
removing
and
defacing
street
signs.
The
raid
coincided
with
explosion
of
a
noise
bomb
in
front
of
the
offices
of
Hagana,
self-styled
Jewish
defence
Armv
whose
Intervention
was
responsible
for
the
arrest
of
the
two
Irgunists.
iWARTIME
HOME
BUYERS
CLASSED
!AS
"OWNERS"
Purchasers
of
wartime
houses
even
though
they
failed
to
de
clare
themselves
as
such
prior
to
October
31.
will
be
placed
on
the
1947
voters'
iist
as
owner-
of
property.
City
Clerk
H.
u.
Thaln
said
Monday
afternoon
after
learning
that
a
record
of
such
purchasers
would
be
made
available
by
the
Crown
company
lor
Inclusion
on
the
voters'
list.
Prior
to
the
closing
of
the
list
nn
October
31.
Mr.
Thain
who
also
i;Ui-!
returning,
.of
ficerHfam.
nounced
that
statutory
declara
tinn
to
the
effect
that
such
per
sons
are
purcnasing
piupcu-j
from
"
the
'
Crown
-
would
be
neces-
-
uuy
cuu-
VANCOUVER
be
ore
,
ne
c
d
,me
tHeir
was
in
session
today
to
give
con-wry
the
list.
At
names
included
on
that
time,
he
had
no
record
oi
who
was
buying
wartime
houses.
However,
the
Vancouver
of
fice
of
Central
Mortgage
ann
Housing
Corporation
has
agreed
to
release
a
list
or
buyers
so
that
their
names
can
be
included
on
the
list.
It
is
necessary
that
their
agreements
of
sale
be
dated
datcd
before
Deiore
wciuoti
October
31.
be
on
the
voters'
list
fo
tnat
reason.
Grounds
for
such
ap
prehension
no
longer
exist
mt.
Thain
said.
He
anticipates
that,
wltn
tnc
inriminn
of
the
names
of
war
time
housing
buyers,
the
voters-
list
would
be
bigger
than
ever
before,
since
a
large
number
01
sales
are
made
jointly
to
hus
band
and
wife,
thus
automati-
,-aiiv
enfranchising
a
number
01
women
who
have
never
before
voted
in
municipal
elections.
iTnrier
the.
Municipal
Elections
Act,
purchasers
o'f
property
from
considered
as
owners
from
the
standpoint
of
voting.
At
present
more
tnan
in
wartime
houses
have
Deen
sold
or
are
under
agreement
of
sak.
TROOPS
HAVE
GOOD
HUNTING
the
menu
quite
frequently
m
mio
nntnnsts
At.
Fort
Providence,
a
soiaier,
without
breaking
tlfc
game
laws.
has
shot
sufficient
wild
iowi
10
stock
a
large
refrigerator
ana
TT
a.
m
-v
..wTvr
nr
irit
t
nRPAn
niKEASE
IN
EGYPT
Seventy-four
cholera
have
resulted
In
drastic
travel
mew
cases
of
suspected
27
lives
and
la
suu
un-rontrolled
spread
of
the
scourge
which
has
taken
in
Egypt.
The
army
was
called
out
to
help
draw
a
tight
net
around
the
contaminated
zone,
as
may
be
seen
In
bottom
photo,
where
an
armed
guard,
in
front
of
a
stone
barricade
halts
an
automobile
from
entering
the
dreaded
area.
FIRST
FLOOR
ATLOCAL
HOSPITAL
4r
IS
REOPENED
PATIENTS
INCREASE
Closed
since
May
1045
when
the
shortage
of
fivwi'
tliP
drastic
measure,
the
first
floor
.
n.'.:.,
T?noi.f
nnnvnl
Hnsnital
was
1
e-
1
0i
uit"
i
imv
u"
v
-
y
-
-
.
.
A
number
of
people
wnoian-(
ne(1
yesterday,
increased
oemann
iui
nuzvw
cd
to
make
the
declaration
fear-
j
.comm0(ation
necessitating
the
action
and
a
slight
ed
that
their
names
would
not
in
.
the
,
availability
nvn:iu:iitv
nf
of
nurses
nurses
wermitting
permitting
improvement
it.
Men's
medical
cases
will
be
The
present
count
of
patients!
MM
IT
ADV
f
flVT
to!
rllLIIHIX
I
vwJIJ
in
the
hospital
is
sixty-six
handle
which
there
is
now
aj
.11
UAnjII
UCAWV
staff
of
sixteen
nurses
wrucn.jiiv
lUiVMI
lll.H
I
while
not
adequate,
Is
an
Im
provement.
!
Renovation
or
the
former
mm-
-tary
hospital,
now
a
part
of
the
General
Hospital,
is
proceeding
against
the
time
when
It,
too,
may
be
required
for
increased
hospitalization
demands.
One
of
the
problems
at
the
hospital
these
days
Is
to
have
the
best
advantage
taken
of
the
time
of
the
nursing
staff.
One
of
the
annoying
and
time-wast
ing
factors
has
been
the
excessive
calling
of
the
nurses
for
telephone
Inquiries.
It
has
been
suggested
that
the
public
keep
this
to
a
minimum.
Domestic
staff
has
been
very
difficult
to
get
for
a
long
time
T,f
onH
tn
view
nf
tills
the
JJIUVV
.....
nwiwA
-
soldiers
stationed,
local
hospital
has
made
appll-
in
the
Northwest
Territories
cation
to
be
supplied
with
six
have
.been
having
good
hunting
!
displaced
persons
arriving
re-and
this
will
relieve
a
too
steady
i
cently
from
Europe.
Manitoba,
..
in
the
wilderness
Kasknt.r.iiewan
ana
Aioena
ni-
GlCt
Jxwixy
up
v
J
.
,
i
dnrlmr
the
long
winter
months,
pitals
have
been
getting
suchj
Reports
reaching
Ottawa
say
gins
ana,
11
is
itpuiwu,
ivj
that.
In
the
past
six
weeks,
duck
have
been
proving
very
satls-
and
goose
dinners
have
been
on
factory
Seal
Skin
Coats
Are
Costing
More
WASHINGTON
Seal
skin
coats
will
cost
more
next
winter
in
this
wav
nrovide
a
welcome
according
to
an
announcement
change
between-now
and
spring
here.
This
has
particular
ref-
from
the
good
old
stanciDys
sucu
erence
iu
me
mi
oi.-u
mu
hu.
as
oork
and
beans,
or
beefsteak
,
the
Prlbilof
Islands
In
the
Ber-
..
Twvms
are
now",
lne
Sea.
Taking
the
seal,
tne
ana
Kiuucy
j
j
stationed
In
the
heart
of
some
blue
fox
and
white
...
fox
pelts
the
...
of
the
best
Canada.
game
regions
In
General
mice
advance
wllP.be
around
19
5
pev
cent.
FAIRBANKS
Charles
R.
Moore,
a
United
Press
correspondent,
who
has
been
making
a
weather
plane
trip
to
Alaska
with
the
air
force,
quotes
General
Atkinson,
head
of
the
Alaskan
air
command,
concerning
riefenre
In
the
north.
He
made
particular
comment
concerning
costs.
'Tim
American
ueople
are
In
for
quite
a
Jolt
when
they
find
nut
what
It
It
will
be
here,"
he
remarked.
"Military
bulldlng3
and
maintenance
costs
here
run
from
two
to
four
times
those
in
the
United
States,
I
was
told,"
he
1
said.
OCTOBER
CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS
$16,000
Customs
receipts
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
during
October
were
$46,365.
bringing
the
total
for
the
first
10
months
of
the
year
to
$338,351.
This
Is
an
Increase
of
$95,171
over
receipts
for
the
same
period
last
year.
Revenue
during
October
was
also
$18,33
above
the
September
figure
of
$27,980.
Ketchikan
Public
Library
Booming
KETCHIKAN
The
Ketchikan
public
library
Is
booming.
The
total
number
of
borrowers,
to
date
.
Is
2,500,
Since
January.
1
tht;
growth
ran
up
464
persons
PICTURE-TAKING
BRITISH
GENERAL
MOSCOW
W
Pravda
yesterday
published
a
letter
signed
by
four
Moscow
factory
workers
declaring
that
British
Major-General
R.
Hilton
had
been
found
taking
photographs
of
the
bulld-inc.
The
letter
said
the
Inci
dent
caused
"great
indignation"
NEW
PAPER
MILL
'
FOR
AUSTRALIA
BALLARAT.
Australia
The
British
paper
making
company
of
Thos.
Owens
and
Co.
will
build
a
$3,200,030
plant
here.
Raw
material
to
be
used
will
include
50.000
tons
of
straw
an
nually.
When
production
Is
in
full
swing,
the
payroll
will
to
tal
2,100.
INCREASE
IN
OIL
PRICES
THE
WEATHER
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
widely
scattered
showers,
clearing
briefly
overnight.
Wednesday:
cloudy
with
showers.
Fog
over
water
tonight.
Winds
light.
Cold
with
frost
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
32
and
45,
Massett
32
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
32
and
48.
Calgary
Hospitals
Are
Amalgamated
CALGARY
The
Calgary
Mili
tary
Hospital
has
been
amal
gamated
with
the
Colonel
Belcher
Hospital
operated
by
the
Department
of
Veterans'
Affairs.
Democratic
Countries
Should
Face
Reality
NEW
YORK
(CP)
General
H.
D.
G.
Crcrar
warned
here
last
night
before
the
Canadian
Society
of
New
York
that
war
is
still
the
"only
decisive
means"
of
altering
international
status
and
urged
countries
should
be
militarily
that
democratic
...
.
pre-
.
-
t
I
1
If
1
L
L
pared
"immediately
ana
strongly
10
act
in
support
Hilton
Is
a
British
military;01
wut
i'""1'''"
attache
I
The
former
commander
J
of
the
rit
A
,
t-ioM
m,irJ
First
Canadian
Army
said
that,
i
i
uiitv
cam
iiu
niivu
nu
iiianv
....
I
a
''hasty
getaway"
when
spotted
j
"hateful
though
the
condition
by
workers
but
was
overtaken
"ai
t
by
guards
and
brought
before
IC
"
-
-
the
plant
managements.
;
ternational
disputes
is
the
pros-
any'Pect
which
all
realistic,
men
and
No
mention
was
made
of
action
being
taken
against
HI1-,
women
must
continue
to
face.
ton.
'
"
In
London
a
Foreign
Office
klAT
spokesman
said
Hilton
quite
(
frT
HAkI
Nil
I
definitely
was
not
In
possession
1
w"
"
iof
a
camera
at
the
time.
IPfiklClll
TFH
UUI1JULI
LU
POWELL
RIVER,
j)
Cap
tain
John
Craddock,
master
of
the
111-fater
motorshlp
Gulf
Stream,
testified
before
a
coroner's
Jury
yesterday
that
there
had
been
no
chance
of
saving
oil
t.hp
nasseneers
aboard
the
vessel
when
It
struck
Dinner
Rock
October
11
and
quickly
sank.
Five
persons
were
lost
In
the
tragedy.
Earlier
Second
Mate
Raymond
Ketchukam
said
he
did
not
con
sult
the
navigating
chart
dur-in!?
the
vovace
from
Powell
Riv
er.
Nor
had
he
consulted
the
I
cantnln.
I
cantaln
Craddcok
estimated
VANCOUVER
(CP
Spokes-
'
that
the
vessel
would
have
been
men
of
Imperial
Oil
"arid"
British
American'
OIL
compahies;"ald
Monday
that
slight
increases
In
the
prices
of
all
grades
of
kerosene
heating
oils
and
fuel
oils
could
be
anticipated
by
British
Columbia
users
because
of
increases
in
the
United
States
.gasoline
prices.
three
degrees
off
its
course
from
Westviewto
-Lund
to
sttikfc
the
rock
as
she
did.
The
captain
said
there
was
no
sign
of
drunkenness
or
fatigue
in
the
crew.
Adverse
Trade
With
United
States
OTTAWA,
0)
Canada's
adverse
trade
balance
with
the
United
States
rose
another
$73,-800,000
during
September
to
brine
the
total
for
the
first
nine
I
u.
nt
fhic
v.!if
fn
an
all-
muiiun
ui
iu"
j""'
time
high
of
over
$718,000,000.
It
may
reach
a
peak
of
$900,000,-000
by
the
end
of
the
year.
Hallowe'en
Suit
Took
Fire
Dead
McKEESPORT.
Pa.
CT)
Five-year
old
Robert
Swalwell
wanted
to
be
a
real
cowboy
so
he
nut
on
a
Hollowe'cn
costume
and.
with
a
pal,
built
a
fire
on
a
hill
near
his
home.
A
few
minutes
later
Robert
ran
screaming
down
the
hill,
his
cowboy
suit
aflame.
Neighbors
beat
out
the
flames
but
Rdbert
died
of
burns.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Vancouver
Bralorne
11.10
B.
R.
Con
05
B.
R.
X
09
V
Cariboo
Quartz
2.85
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.18
Vi
Grull
Wihksne
06
Hedley
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1.03
Minto
02
Pend
Oreille
2.10
Pioneer
3.80
Premier
Border
.05
Privateer
'.36
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
13
Salmon
Gold
23
Vi
Sheep
Creek
68
Taylor
Bridge
45
Taku
River
67
4.
Vananda
22
Congress
,
04
Pacific
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.08
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03
Vi
Spud
Valley
HVi
Central
Zeballos
.01
Vi
Sllbak
Premier
68
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A.
P.
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12Va
Calmont
C.
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..
w
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Aumaque
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.38
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2.60
4.15
.12
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Beattle
78
Bevcourt
63
Bobio
15
Buffalo
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19
Consol.
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91.50
Conwest
1.81
Donalda
1.24
Eldona
1-30
Elder
81
Giant
Yellowknlfe
....
6.10
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Lake.
108
Hardrock
-
-35
Harrlcana
10
Heva
-31
Hosco
50
Jacknlfe
07
Jollet
Quebec
47
Lake
Rowan
25
Little-Long
Lac
1-68
Lynx
10
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.50
McKenzle
Red
Lake
60
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.70
Moneta
45
Negus
2.05
Nbranda
45.00
Louvlcourt
1-63
Pickle
Crow
2.65
Regcourt
.16
San
Antonio
4.50
Senator
Rouyn
65
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.97
Steep
Rock
2.34
Sturgeon
River
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HATEFUL
BOT
REALISTIC
General
Crerar
warns
that
war
still
seems
only
solution.
LOG
SCALE
WELL
ABOVE
LAST
YE
AR
Sawlog
production
in
October
follows:
In
the
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
first
10
months,
of
1947
showed
an
Increase
of
more
than
71,000.000
board
feet
over
production
for
the
corresponding
period
of
1946,
the
monthly
report
issued
by
District
Forester
J.
E.
Mathieson
indicate.
Production
last
month
was
29,319,613
board
feet,
bringing
the
10-month
total
to
206.594,-283.
as
compared
with
135,479,-689
for
the
same
period
last
year.
Pole
and
piling
production.
however,
this
year
has
fallen
,
below
that
for
the
10-month
period
of
1946.
Last
month's
cut
of
145.620
lineal
feet
brought
the
year's
production
to
2,182,-
762
lineal
feet,
as
compared
to
3,986,005
for
the
same
portion
of
1946.
Production
of
railroad
ties
last
month
was
24,509.
as
com
pared
with
12.308
for
October,
1946.
There
were
29
cords
of
firewood
cut
in
October
while
a
year
ago
the
month's
pro
duction
was
132
cords.
Sawlog
production
by
varieties
Fir,
1,870,265:
cedar,
4,816,981;
spruce,
12,109,714;
hemlock.
7,-304,991;
'balsam,
1,825,641;
jack-pine,
1,087,944;
miscellaneous,
304,077.
DATES
SET
FOR
CIVIL
CASES
Dates
for
the
hearing
of
two
civil
actions
were
se
by
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
In
County
Court
Monday
afternoon
at
the
monthly
.date
setting
session.
There
were
no
criminal
cases
on
the
docket.
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
set
November
25
for
the
hearing
of
.
a
claim
by
Charles
F.
Anderson.
of
Prince
Rupert,
a
carpenter.
against
Loretta
Barnhardt,
of
Prince
Rupert,
and
Dlamcute
Zarelll,
of
Vancouver,
for
payment
of
wages
and
services
In
connection
with
work
done
at
909
First
Avenue
.
Amount
pf
the
claim
Is
$379.
November
27
was
set
as
the
date
for
hearing
a
claim
by
J.
H.
Foster,
of
Smithers,,
a
baker,
against
George
Wilson,
bakery
operator,
for
wages
and
a
share
of
profits
which
he
alleges
were
a
part
of
an
agreement
entered
on
July
7.
Amount
of
the
sum
Involved
is
$397.30.
.1