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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
256.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER
1,
1947
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tno
plane
naa
cviaenuy
Deen
killed
Instantly.
The
crash
occurred
on
the
north
side
of
tne
peak
about
200
feet
from
the
lop.
The
searchers
had
extreme
dlffculty
In
climbing
the
upper
stages
of
the
mountain
Aviation
charts
showing
Ton-aass
Mountain
to
be
only
3600
w
'
Turnbull,
feet
htgn
werc
blamed
today
for
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authorities
guntjay
while
the
air
liner
was
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...
AO
receipts
headed
Newspapermen,
flying
In
the
so
:i
cickcw
on
me
.-
sav
lhnt
when
the
Diane,
n
re
Handi-
approached
tne
level
of
thc
chich
brought
wreckagei
the
altimeter
read
:
Canadians
on
3m
ffet
and
the
peak
loomed
several
hundred
feet
higher.
rnea
pcui
mountam
1Si
apparently.
lottery
Mall
would
:-jpped.
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L,l-I
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more
than
four
thousand
feet
high.
Firet
ground
reconnaissance
before
darkness
fell
yesterday
showed
no
.signs
of
life
whatever.
The
search
party
spent
thc
nieht
there
to
continue
its
grim
tea
new
voters
task
today.
C:
:lvle
elections
t,,.
nlane
vanished
last
Sun
R:
o;
close
of
the
dav
wltn
lt.
13
nassen.gers
and
t
pc..;a
at
5
o'clock.
ctew,of
nve,-
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afternoon
at
0ne
of
tnc
searchers
was
Wes-were
76
newl.pv
,on
of
pn0t
Alt
N.
during
the
Momen
of
the
crashed
air
liner.
period,
mere
who
.
c.ld
"am.
uuci
nf,pr
he
iv
had
fiown
.......
The
plane
was
partially
burn
ed.
Aboard
the
plane
were:
Crew
Captain
Monscn
of
New
Wash
ington
Hotel,
Seattle.
L.
A.
Foster,
Seattle,
first
officer.
C
A.
Dunwoody,
Seattle,
flight
enaineer.
Mary
S.
Chidlac.
purser.
Seattle.
Helen
Darrah,
hostess,
Seattle.
Passengers
Sam
Phillips,
Seattle.
Willis
Shank,
Seattle.
Sally
Richards.
Ely,
Minnesota
Hubert
Warnlck,
Ketchikan.
John
Rcbb.
Junsau.
Jill
Rcbb.
infant,
Juneau.
Peggy
Rotb,
Juneau.
Robert
Brostrom.
Cheyenne.
George
Knockeness,
Cheyenne.
Ernest
Felton,
Hoonah.
Scott
Murphy,
Juneau.
Llzemme
Dorsh,
Fairbanks.
Frank
Twohy,
Seattle.
JOHN
F
COOPERGeneral
Superintendent
for
British
Columbia,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Vancouver,
whose
appointment
has
been
announced
by
Bernard
Allen,
manager
for
B.CC.
of
the
C.N.
R.
Mr.
Cooper
comes
from
Port
Arthur.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
November
2,
1947
High.
3:31
19.1
feet
15:14
21.4
feet
Low
9:09
78
feet
22:01
3.1
ftet
"NO
HALLOWE'EN
DAMAGE,"
POLICE
REPORT
TODAY
Fun
Without
Undue
Hother
Not
a
Single
Pane
of
Glass
Broke
it
Prince
Rupert
emerged
this
morning
from
its
most
orderly
Hallowe'en
night
since
the
war
without
any
headachesH:auseci
by
vandalism
or
property
dt
structlon
similar
celebrations
In
1946
and
1945.
'No
damage
at
all,"
said
Po-
IU.
Rarnsunt
J.
A
N.
Potterton
,
,lvt
wo.....
.
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,
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st-icure
City
i,
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wrprkaffP
.hat
all
had,
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this
morninz
after
police
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CATAPULTING
NAVAL
AIRCRAFT
The
camera
catches
a
Firefly
aircraft
(upper
right)
about
to
be
catapulted
from
ths
flight
deck
of
H.M.C.S.
"Warrior"
during
summer
flying
exercises.
(R.C.N.
Photo)
group
of
Junior
Chamber
or
Commerce
volunteers,
had
come
through
the
night
with
nothing
t
reoort
other
than
minor
RED
OR
NOT
RED
QUESTION
Canadian-born
Movie
riclure
Director
Refuses
Information
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
(CP,
Courtesy
B.C.
Police
Radio)
Edward
Dmytryk,
39-year
old
former
British
Columbia
boy,
now
a
Hollywood
director,
says
that
he
is
more
concerned
about
the
location
of
outdoor
scenes
for
his
next,
picture
than
about
being
cited
'
for
contempt
of
Congress
because
he
retusea
10
say
whether
he
is
or
was
a
member
of
the
Communist
party.
Dmvtryk
was
one
of
10
Holly
wood
figures
cited
for
declining
ihu
information
during
evi
dence
before
the
House
ol
Rep
resentatives
committee
on
un-
American
activities.
General
Election
"Curtan
Raiser"
LONDON
fl
Britons
are
voting
in
England
and
Wales
today
nl
municipal
elections
which
are
expected
by
many
to
test
the
present
strength
of
Prime
Minister
Clement
AlUee's
"212-year-old
Labor
regime.
Conservatives
have
hailed
the
balloting
as
ths
"curtain
raiser"
for
a
national
vote.
,
CARS
RUN
INTO
BRIDGE
SPAN
VANCOUVER
-Seven
persons
were
Injured
early
yesterday
when
rain
was
so
heavy
that
they
were
unable
to
see
the
steel
draw
trusses
on
the
Granville
and
Cambie
Street
bridges
and
hit
them.
Some
of
the
occupants
of
the
cars
had
to
be
hospitalized.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
League
Cup
Final
(Replay)
East
Fife
4.
Falkirk
1.
an
innocuous
nature.
"It
is
very
gratifying,"
Sergeant
Potterton
who,
after
the
experience
of
earlier
yars.
had
oroared
for
som
acts
of
i
Relieved
householders,
who
said
!
had
tied
down
practically
every-
thing
movable,
began
to
breathe
more
freely
as
the
night
prog
New
Ottawa
Department
Is
Being
Inaugurated
Soon
BUSY
BEAVER
KILLS
WIRES
Gnawing
down
a
tree
which
fell
over
the
Canadian
National
Telegraphs
line
near
Exstew
in
the
lower
Skeena
Valley,
a
busy
beavers
Industry
put
communications
as
far
as
land
line
connections
in
and
out
of
Prince
Rupert
i
are
concerned
out
of
commission
for
two
hours
yesterday.
;
There
was
no
storm
and
line
men
were
curious
as
to
why
a
live
tree
should
have
fallen
over
the
wires
just
then.
Examination
showed
that
lt
had
been
dropped
by
a
beaver.
WEATHER
HALTS
FRIDAY'S
FLIGHT
Friday's
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
flight
to
Vancouver
was
which
had
made
it
impossible
for
the
Vancouver
-
Sandspit
plane
to
operate.
Consequently,
ressed
without
any
unpleasant
i
the
Prince
Rupert
-
Sandspit
vandalism.
'There
was
not
or
incidents.
One
man
said:
'"This
plane
remained
here.
bit
of
glass
brcken."
Actually,
the
only
call
the
p'o-
whlch
'
''cr&'faeleriMrtl
Hce'receivetRwas'
Ti
complaint
that
some
boys
had
thrown
lire-crackers,
on
a
householder's
verandah.
Kinsmen
Club
bonfires
at
Conrad.
Street
and
Gyro
and
Fraser
parks
acted
as
a
magnet
for
hundreds
of
children
throughout
the
evening
and
there
were
innumerable
parties
at
homes
in
addition
to
school
parties
and
pranks.
These,
too.
were
all
of
the
Gyro
hoedown.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
becoming
overcast
with
lntermit-
LONDON
A
new
British
electro-pneumatic
gauge
for
measuring
one
hundredth
of
a
thousandth
of
an
Inch
300
times
as
fine
as
human
hair-
has
been
installed
into
the
Ley-land
Motors
factory.
Is
Hallowe'en
as
it
should
be1
lun
wnnoui
aamaee.
j.
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uiis
.
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cAttmpic
tui
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uiFiviiri'
n
injll
cond.uct
for
Hallowe'ens
come
I
It
was
a
night,
from
the
weather
standpoint,
in
keeping
with
the
date.
Somehow.
Hallowe'en
and.
moonlight
go
to-
j
gether
and
they
did
this
tima,
from
twilight
to
dawn.
The
clouds
were
riding
high
and
the
satellite
was
shining
in
all
its
mellow
glory.
LITTLE'S
STORE
F
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P
F
WIN
"
1
rl
BROKEN
INTO
Perennial
victim
of
petty
;
1
1
1
I
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1
1
1
1
M
thievery,
Little's
News
Stand
on
!
Second
Avenue
was
broken
into
j
last
night
and
a
small
amount:
of
cash
stolen
by
a
burglar
who
i
gained
entry
by
smashing
a
rear
window.
The
marauder
failed
to
open
the
locked
cash
register,
but
made
off
with
a
small
amount
of
money
which
tne
store
attendant
had
kept
there
as
raffle
receipts.
The
store
has
been
broken
into
several
times
in
the
past,
the
burglars
generally
using
the
same
method
of
entry.
I
V
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la
J
V
V
II
By-election
Reverses
Cause
De
Valera
to
Call
General
Election
for
Next
Year
DUBLIN
tti
Prime
Minister
Eamon
de
Valera,
who
has
been
in
power
since
1932,
announced
last
night
that
there
would
be
a
general
election
early
next
year.
The
announcement
came
af-
election
defeat
on
Thursday.
The
election
was
held
to.
fill
a
vacancy
in
the
Dall.
The
government
was
beaten
in
a
vital
county
by
Sean
Mc-
Brlde,
young
lawyer
and
leader
of
the
recently
formed
Republi
ien.
ram
wuuu,
;can
party
known
as
Ckinn
na
Sunday.
Winds
light
westerly,'
iPotblachta.
McBrlde
nM,a,
polled
9Q
29,-
increasing
to
southeasterly
(15
miles
per
hour)
tonight.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Sunday
At
Port
Hardy,
36
and
49;
Massett,
37
and
48;
Prince,
Rupert,
42
and
50.
000
votes
to
20,000
for
Thomas
Mulllns,
who
Is
general
secre
tary
of
the
Fianna
Fail.
Newspapermen
On
Strike
In
Milan
MILAN
Pi
Milan
newspapermen
went
on
strike
today
for
higher
wages
to
meet
increased
!
living
costs
and
the
Industrial
heart
of
Italy
was
expected
to
be
without
newspapers
by
this
afternoon.
MAYOR'S
APPRECIATION
THANKS
to
all
those
who
planned,
worked
or
MY
contributed
in
any
way
to
a
happy
and
sane
Hallowe'en,.
particularly
to
the
Kinsmen,
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
other
service
clubs,
Sgt.
Potterton
and
the
police
in
general,
the
staff
and
student
body
of
the
High
School
and
the
staffs
of
the
public
schools,
the
Civic
Centre
and,
most
of.
all,
the
boys
and
girls
of
the
city
who
showed
that
their
sense
of
fun
and
enjoyment
does
not
exceed
their
good
sense
and
who
proved
themselves
good
citizens.
NORA
E.
ARNOLD,
Mayor.
GIVEN
HONOR
Gets
.Canadian
Club
Medal
In
New
York
To
Attend
Royal
Wedding:
NEW
YORK
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
having
arrived
here
Thursday
night
from
Ot-I
tawa,
boarded
the
Queen
Eliza
beth
for
Britain
to
attend
the
wedding
of
Princess
Elizabeth
i
to
Lieut.
Philip
Mountbatten
on
,
November
20.
He
will
also
visit
France,
Belgium
and
Holland
but
will
be
unable
to
go
to
Italy
as
he
had
planned.
The
Prime
Minister
wound
up
his
one-day
visit
to
New
York
last
night
with
the
Canadian
Club
where
he
predicted
Canada
will
increasingly
be
"one
great
influence
for
world
cooperation
and
peace
as
the
years
go
by."
hpA-rBluc
mAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Speech
from
the
Throne,
opening
the
new
session
of
Parliament
December
5,
will
forecast
plans
for
the
creation
of
a
new
department
of
government
to
replace
the
department
of
reconstruction
which
is
now
completing
its
activities.
Cabinet
sources
say
it
has
been
decided
the
new
de-1
partment
win
taKe
over
some
01
the
duties
of
mines
and
resources
and
some
of
the
functions
of
trade
and
commerce
department.
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
now
minister
of
reconstruction,
will
likely
take
over
the
new
department
whose
main
job
would
be
to
work
out
a
long
term
program
for
the
development
of
the
Do
minion's
natural
resources.
U.S.
PLAN
REJECTED
Britain
Does
Not
Want
to
Continue
in
Palestine
LONDON
0
Diplomatic
observers
In
London
today
believ
ed
that
Great
Britain
would
reject
a
United
States
proposal
to
leave
British
troops
in
Palestine
to
be
solely
responsible
for
law
and
order
until
July
1948.
A
Foreign
Office
spokesman.
cancelled
on
account
of
weather
however
declined
to
say
wheth
sovereign
Jewish
and
Arab
na
tions
be
sat
up
in
Palestine
by
July
1
next
and
that
the
British
continue
to
maintain
law
and
order
there
until
that
time.
HOUSEWIVES
ARE
ANGRY
Meat
Shortage
in
South
Africa
Early
Morning;
Queues
Form
JOHANNESBURG
Ol
Angry
South
African
housewives
are
queueing
up
In
vain
for
meat
these
days.
Queues
form
In
the
early
hours
of
the
morning
and
by
6
a.m.
hundreds
are
waiting
outside
butcher
shops
but
they
are
usually
disappointed
and
forced
to
serve
makeshift
meals,
substituting
omelets,
fish
and
poultry
for
meat.
Butchers
say
that
government
controls
over
meat
are
respon
sible
but
the
government
claims
ter
the
Fianna'Fail,
government
"f
or
his
contribution!
there
U
enough
meat
for
very-
party,
suffered
its
second
oy-
between
Canada,
the
United
!
-
.
States
and
the
British
Common-
,
,
SEN
OR
HIGH
1
IV
X
111'-
aaav'''
I-
when
he
Is
in
England,
to
invite
Princess
Elizabeth
and
Lt.
Mountbatten
to
visit
Canada.
He
made
this
known
during
a
brief
interview
with
newspaper
men.
BULLETINS
.V.V.V..'.W.".W.W..V.'.".'
DO
NOT
WANT
NAVY
LONDON
Britain,
follow
Ing
the
lead
of
the
United
Slates,
announced,
after
five
days
of
negotiations
with
Italian
Foreign
Minister
Sforza,
that
she
will
renounce
her
thare
of
the
Italian
Navy.
Under
terms
of
thc
peace
treaty,
the
Italian
fleet
was
made
available
to
Russia,
Great
Britain,
United
Stales
and
France.
EARTHQUAKE
IN
PERU
LIMA,
Peru
A
long
and
strong
earthquake
rocked
Lima
at
10
o'clock
this
morning.
The
national
wireless
announced
the
quake
was
also
felt
in
Iquitos.
capital
of
Lor-eto
department,
about
650
miles
northeast
of
this
city.
PARTY
ENJOYED
Dancing
and
Hallowe'en
en
tertainments
were
the
order
ofi
the
evening
at
a
special
pariy,
held
in
the
canteen
of
the
navy
drill
hall
last
night
for
senior
High
School
students,
100
ol
whom
attended.
Dancing
was
enjoyed
with
music
from
a
record
player
and
such
entertain
ment
as
apple-ducking
and
spot
dancing
was
Indulged
In.
The
function
was
conducted
In
cabaret
style
and
ended
at
1
o'clock.
Committee
in
charge
consist
ed
of
Reg
Lavigne,
who
acted
eluding
Principal
A.
M.
Hurst,
were
present.
Running
almost
a
day
late,
Union
steamer
Catala
is
due
in
port
at
9
o'clock
tonight
from
the
south
and
will
sail
an
hour
later
on
her
return
to
Vancouver
and
waypoints.
The
vessel
has
been
delayed
by
extra
calls
on
the
voyage
up
the
coast.
Capt.
Ernest
Sheppard
s
back
In
command
after
an
extended
holiday
absence
during
which
he
motored
to
the
prairie''.
i
f
MM
SEEKING
RE-ELECTION
'
Mrs.
Nora
Arnold,
one
of
Canada's
few
women
mayors,
announced
today,
on
being
asked
by
the
Dally
News,
that
she
will
be
a
candidate
for
reelection
at
the
civic
polls
next
month.
Mrs.
Arnold,
disclosing
that
numerous
requests
had
been
made
for
her
to
stand
again,
intimated
that
she
had
agreed
to
do
so.
She
Is
completing
her
first
year
as
chief
magistrate
after
four
years
of
aldermanic
service.
There
has
been
little,
If
any,"
talk
of
other
candidates.
The
mayoralty
henceforth
will
be
for
a
two-year
instead
of
one
year
term.
OCTOBER
WAS
MOIST
MONTH
Yet
Sunshine
Is
lAlso
Holding
Up
Well
This
Tfear
er
such
a
decision
had
already'
The
dark
clouds
that
scraped
been
conveyed
to
the
United
their
wet
undersides
over
tne
States.
I
landscape-
during
most
ol
Octo-
Yesterday
Herschel
Johnson
jber
released
15.08
Inches
of
rain
of
the
United
States
proposed
on
Prince
Rupert,
sprinkling
or
!
before
the
United
Nations
sub-'pouring
their
loads
on27'
days
of
1947
crown
which
it
recent
years
has
been
worn
by
October,
of
1942
which
month
gave
out
with
15.76
Inches
of
rain.
So
far,
October
has
been
the
wettest
month
of
the
year
with
January's
10.63
running
a
poor
second.
To
date
this
year
there
has
been
a
total
of
77.33
Inches
of
rain
which
Is
the
largest
aggre
gate
to
fall
in
the
first
ten-
months
of
any
year
since
1939
when
there
were
88.57:
Inches
up
to
the
end
of
October.
The
sun
managed
to
get
its
lace
uncovered
on
15
days
of
last
month,
sunshine
totalling
up
43.6
hours
to
make
October
the
sfcond
dullest
month
of
the
year,
overshadowed
by
January
with
10
hours
of
sunshine.
On
the
10-month
Ibasls,
however.
1947
is
holding
its
own
with
811.2hours,
the
best
since
1944
when
the
sun
shone
for
899.4
hours
during
the
corresponding
period.
October
was
warmer
this
year
than
last
with
an
average
tem
perature
of
47.6
degrees.
Warmest
day
of
the
month
was
on
October
7
when
the
temperature
rose
to
64.8
degrees,
well
above
last
year's
October
recording
of
59
degrees.
The
last
day
of
the
month
produced
the
lowest
temperature
which
was
37.6
degrees
as
compared
with
32.1
degrees
registered
In
October
of
1946.
The
maximum
wind
velocity,
clocked
on
an
hourly
basis,
was
46
miles
per
hour
which
cama
in
from
the
southeast
on
Octo
ber
24
and
raced
in
gusty
blasts
that
climbed
to
70
miles
per
hour.
OCTOBER
SUMMARY
A
summary
of
the
weather
for
October
as
recorded
by
the
as
master
of
ceremonies,
Lalla
j
Dominion
Meteorological
Sta-
Husoy,
Jim
ueDo
ana
"""
.
tion
at
Dlgby
Island
is
present
Thaln.
ed
d
below:
below:
A
number
of
the
teachers,
in
Maximum
temperature,
64.8
on
October
7.
Minimum
temperature,
37.6
on
October
31.
Mean
temperature,
47.6.
Bright
sunshine,
43.6
hours
on
15
days.
Precipitation,
15.08
inches
on
27
days.
Maximum
barometer
reading,
29.95
on
October
5.
Minimum
.barometer
reading,
28.82
on
October
16.
Maximum
wind
velocity,
70
miles
per
hour
(southeast)
on
October
24.