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notel,
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Are,
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,'
.the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."'
Cabs
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
171.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
23,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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r
itish
Transport
Sunk
by
Saboteurs
at
Haifa
Irt
is
WANTED
fecGcer
Says
He
Will
iy
Move
For
City
to
lOvrr
RjVER
Mayor
u.
o.
bid
yesterday
that
the
government
would
(take
over
the
airport.
lie
city
resume
respons-
its
f
L
SURGEONS
In
liil
T
AT
CC
A
on
1
1
JLUt
1UL.
X
0
-After
a
wrek-ltatlon
now
on
the
French
se
at
sea,
two
Can-val
flra:
surgeons
returned
title'
In
the
h'ospltl
here
S
confident
tho
patient
up
Ion
the
passenger
snip
for
50
chance
of
recovery.
doctors,
Surgeon
Com-E
Brooks,
Montreal.
Commander
R.
C.
Ower
ton
were
rushed
to
sea
c
dp-trover
Nootka.
ded
the
llncrMO
miles
rc
administered
trcat-
a
seriously
in
young
tip
mmlarant
girl
on
her
lh)
Ont
and
returned
without
even
learning
lcnl.s
name.
on
RS'
STRIKE
lm
PE
BRETON
of
Krarim
in
Fight
i
HUh
Prices
il300
lY
O.
Union
leaden
asked
60,000
members
rs
families
in
Cape
Brc-
Btna)
towns
to
practise
fly
restrictive
buying
Itcmpt
to
roll
back
Jn-
pricc-
long
heralded
buyers'
an
.s
initiated,
consumers
i
by
officials
of
the
Cape
nbor
council
(CCLl
and
eton
Trades
and
Labor
I7LC
that
specific
corn-
on
which
nurchases
restricted
would
be
Is
the
movement
nrnr-
er
Conan
Doyle
8
are
Uncovered
In
N
A
trunk
full
of
un-
jl
stories,
articles
and
a
'
!
property
of
the
late
Sir
fconan
Doyle,
some
ol
it
k
Il'mes"
talcs,
was
refund
here
lart
week.
Mcrial
placed
in
an
old
of
thad
not
been
touched
p.
Hew
valuable
any
of
hiscrlpts
may
be
ran
now
fled
only
as
a
matter
of
ire
E
WEATHER
SynopsU
'
showers
were
prslst-
the
British
Columbia
morning
but
rising
's
from
over
the
Pacific
is
clenr
weather
this
.
Cooler
air
Is
pushing
interior
with
lncrcas-
U'llWSS
nnri
wl.lntnro.iH
activity
Is
expect-durlng
rtorm
the
day.
1
Rupert,
Queen
Char-"id
Njrth
Coast
Varl-"dinesj
and
widely
scat-lowers
this
morning
bc-clear
during
afternoon,
'V
Clear
light
wind,
'tures-
Lows
tonight
and
unorrcw-
Port
Hardy-s'-.
Massctt-
48
and
C5
Rupert
40
and
65.
Pscball
Scores
National
rn
2.
0;
Chicaeo
0.
2.
York
5:
St.
Louie
10.
F'yn
12:
Cincinnati
1.
FeIPnla
at
Pittsbureh
M
by
rain.
American
pKo
"
Boston
n
J
Ocea)
Already
Largest
Ziidw
Lays
Out
1figfe
Biiu
l'7
.
Expansion
(By
O.
C.
STOC.JND)
Largest
single
industrial
plant
in
Prince
Rupert
federal
district
is
the
Pacific
Mills
Ltd.
pulp
and
paper
plant
at
Ocean
Falls,
250
miles
down
the
coast
from
Prince
Rupert.
The
company,
with
a
stake
of
$38,-000,000
already
invested
and
employing
2000
men
in
various
undertakings
which
stem
from
Ocean
Falls
Including
paper
finishing
plant
Vancouver
and
logging
camps
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
is
engaged
in
a
$5,000,000
ex-
i
panslon
program
at
Ocean
Falls.
Largest
Individual
item
In
the.
company's
evpanslon
program
budget
Is
an
Item
of
nearly
$2,-060,000,
earmarked
for
firming1
Its
timber
resources
both
;
the
present
and
the
future.
Immediate
attention
has
been
1
given
to
enlarging
the
scope
and
!
capacity
of
Pacific
Mills'
own
i
logging
operations
at
two
per-!
manenl
"family
home"
logging;
communities
Sandspit
in
the
'
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and)
Beaver
Cove,
near
the
northeast
of
Vancouver
Island,
Nego-1
tiatlons
were
also
begun
for
the
'
acquisition
of
additional
large
;
timber
tracts
In
the-
Islands
and
the
British
Columbia
main
land.
Of
equal
Importance
in
Pacific
Mills'
expansion
program
were
provements
to
the
townslte
Ocean
Falls,
location
of
the
company's
main
production
op
eration
Its
pulp
and
paper
mill
and
sawmill,
which
em
ploys
people.
:
The
largest
Individual
expenditure
was
$1,000,000
for
the
construction
of
a
new
hotel,
"Martin
Inn."
which,
with
its
265
rooms,
will
be
the
fourth
largest
in
British
Columbia.
It
Is
for
the
housing
of
single
employees
in
industrial-town.
ANNIVERSARY
OF
HIROSHIMA
'Trace
Festival"
lo
Mark
Second
Year
Since
Atom
Bomb
HIROSHIMA,
0
Rcconst'ruc-
tlon
of
the
sliatterca
rums
oi
this,
Mjc
first
atom
bombed
city
the
world
will
halt
on
Thursday,
Ausust
5,
for
the
three
days
peace
festival."
The
citizens
of
Hiroshima,
will
voice
prayers
that
the
world
will
renounce
v:ar.
The
observance
embraces
August
6,
the
second
anniversary
the
bursting
of
the
atom
bomb:
Showdown
With
Reds
OTTAWA,
(CP)
The
Can-
,
adian
Congress
of
I-abor
appears
to
he
moving
for
a
showdown
with
Communists
in
its
ranks.
Suggesting
that
the
Reds
within
the
Union
are
playing
ball
with
allegedly
Communist-dominated
United
Textile
Workers
of
America
(AFL),
the
Congress
declared
it
was
demanding
an
immediate
stop
to
this
disloyalty.
The
disclosure
came
about
three
months
after
J.
A.
(Pat)
Sullivan
secretary-treasurer
of
the
Trades
&
Labor
Congress,
resigned
that
job
and
the
presidency
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
(TLC)
on
,
grounds
that
the
C.S.U.)
was
dominated
by
the
Reds.
Almost
simultaneously
with
the
Ottawa
announcement,
Sullivan,
In
Montreal,
was
allegedly
assaulted
twice
on"the
waterfront
whie
trying
to
organize
his
new
Canatlian-Oreat
Likes
Sailors'
Union.
The
police
have'three
men
In
custody.
The
police
said
Sullivan
and
John
Chapman,
another
officer
of
his
union
were
beaten
up
Inside
a
cafe
by
a
group
of
angry
Canadian
teamen
union
men.
At
Montreal,
Judge
Gerard
Almond
yesterday
signed
a
warrant
for
the
arrest
of
Sullivan,
president
of
the
Canadian
Lake
Seamen's
nlon,
on
a
charge
of
intent
to
maim
Joseph
Davis,
one
of
three
men
arrested
for
attacking
Sullivan
and
John
Chapman.
Local
Tides
'
Thursday,
July
24,
1047
High
6:02
17.4
feet
18:38
18.7
feet
Low
0:01
6.5
feet
12:13
5.9
feet
HOOKEY-PLAYING
PRINCE
IS
BACK
Prince
Hamid
Reza
Pahlevl
(centre
in
Iran,
15-year-old
refugee
from
education
via
a
transAtlantic
hop
to
Paris,
is
known
upon
his
arrival
in
New
York.
With
him
are
Iranian
Consul
General
Abol
Ghassen
Panahy
(right)
and
another
Iranian
official,
unidentified.
The
prince
was
scheduled
to
start
at
a
Rhode
Island
school
last
month
but
Instead
disappeared
and
was
found
In
Paris.
Now
he's
back
for
more
schooling,
JO
PROCEED
Way
Cleared
For
Prosecution,
Of
Striking
Nanalmo
Laundry
Workers
Vancouver
Qi--'Application
of
I
Mrs.
Eula
Patterson
for
writ
pro-'
hlbltlng
court
action
against
striking
laundry
and
Dry
Clean
ing
Workers'
Union
OCL)
of
Nanalmo
was
disallowed
today
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
bMacFar-lane
In
Supreme
Court
here,
thus
clearing
the
way
for
the
prosecution.
Effect
of
the
jugdment
is
that
Magistrate
Beevor-Potts
of
Nanalmo
may
now
hear
the
illegal
strike
charge
against
the
Union
which
was
laid
by
the
provincial
Department
of
Lebor.
Mrs.
Patterson
Is
president,
of
the
Union.
Much
Herring
For
PostUNRRA
Relief
Canada
will
spend
twenty
million
dollars
this
year
for
post-UNRRA
relief
in
Europe
and
of
this
amount
a
large
proportion
will
go
lo
the
fisheries
of
British
Columbia.
It
h
reported
that
900,000
cases
ct
canned
herring
will
go
from
western
ports,
and
from
the
Atlantic
cities
will
be
shipped
In
much
quantity
dried
salted
cod
and
related
species.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
O.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
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220
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17
Grull
Wihksne
07
Hedley
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1.00
Mlnto
034
Pend
Oreille
2.00
Pioneer
.
..
3.80
Premier
Border
05
Privateer
35
Reeves
MacDonald
1.00
Reno
10
.
Salmon
Gold
18
Sheep
Creek
1.05
Taylor
Bridge
.50
Taku
River
70
Vananda
312.
Congress:
:
04,4
Pacific
Eastern
25
Hedley
Amalg
05
Spud
Valley
15
Central
Zezallos
02
Sllbak
Premier
65
Oils
A.
P.
Con
20-
Camont
58
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&
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2.15
Foothills
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2.85
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4.35
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i
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Seattle
.75
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-
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Bobjo
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6.05
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96
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44.75
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'
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38
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Steep
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2.06
Sturgeon
River
21
RADIANT
PRINCESS
AND
GROOM-TO-BE
-Princess
Elizabeth,
Britain's
future
queen,
walk3
with
Lieut.
Philip
Mountbatten
at
Buckingham
Palace.
On
her
engagement
fingef
the
princess
wears
a
three-diamond
ring,
symbolic
of
her
betrothal.
This
photo
was
made
when
the
royal
lovers
made
their
first
public
appearance
following
the
announcement.
RELIEF
OF
NASCOPIE
Aircraft
Relng
Sent
From
ChurchilUWith
Food
And
Suppjies
OTTAWA
O'
A
Hudson's
Bay
Co.'s
Canso
aircraft
will
take
off
from
Churchill
In
Hudson
Bay
today
for
Cape
Dorset
with
food
and
supplies
for
crew
and
pafsengers
of
the
.grounded
Artie
vessel
Xasccpie,
R.
H.
Che-sliie
fi?r
Jrrfde
commissioner
cf
the
company
said
today.
The
Na.?copie
has
been
given
up
as
a
total
loss
following
her
stranding
on
Baffin
Island
in
Hudson
Straits.
JIMMY,
THE
BEAR,
IS
ENTERTAINER
Pulls
Unusual
Antics
At
Jasper
Park
Lodge
JASPER,
Alta.
Jimmy,
the
black
bear
that
has
been
entertaining
guests
at
Jasper
Park
Lodge
on
various
occasions
this
teason
with
his
playful
antics,
pulled
a
new
trick
on
Monday
at
the
dinner
hour.
He
climbed
on
one
of
the
big
firs,
whose
boughs
overhang
the
main
lodse
building
and,
attracted
by
the
tempting
oaors
of
high-class
cooking,
he
jumped
onto
the
roof
on
the
large
structure
Immedl-otely
over
the
dining
room.
At
the
time
the
big
dining
rocm
was
filled
with
300
guests
and
soon,
hearing
noises
overhead,
many
of
them
left
to
join
(he
gallery
of
200
already
watching
the
show
frcm
a
vantage
point
nearby.
The
scene
consisted
of
hali
a
dozen
lodge
Employees
trying
to
entice
the
400-pound
bruin
off
the
roof.
By
coincidence,
Harry
Rowed,
of
Jasper,
well
known
Canadian
photographer,
happened
to
be
on
the
roof
at
the
same
time,
preparing
to
shoot
a
scene
or
Mount
Edith
Cavelt
across
Lac
Beauvert,
Immediately
n
front
of
the
Lodge.
A
photographer's
dream
came
true.
What
a
picture
story
of
800
or?
more
bears
in
glgantli
Jasper
National
Park
which
covers
4200
square
miles
of
ter-
rltory,
one
practically
jumped
Into
his
lap,
the
first
bear
ever
to
grace
the
roof,
at
least
with
witnesses.
The
cameraman
got
his
story
and
It'll
likely
be
seen
in
seme
prominent
publication
ere
long.but,
at
the
same
time,
photographic
enthusiasts
In
the
gallery,
which
grew
to
500,
had
picked
up
some
unusual
snaps
and
movie
footage
I
l8u
tie
tin
J
RAILWAY
DISPU1E
i
LONDON,
OnL-A
meeting
between
the
Dominion
cabinet
and
a
negotiating
committee
representing
all
railway
un-
ions
in
Canada
is
expected
to
follow
completion
of
the
strike
vote
among
railway
employees
in
connection
with
the
dispute
over
vacations
with
pay.
This
was
the
statement
ol
Josepn
Corbett,
president
of
the
federated
railway
shop
trades,
Tuesday.
ERIE
INUNDATED
ERIE,
Pa.
A
state
or
emergency
existed
in
this
industrial
town
of
135,000
today,
in
the
wake
of
torrential
rains
that
left
75
families
homeless
and
damage
estimated
at
$1,000,000.
BATTLE
Or
INDONESIA
RATAVI
A
The
Dutch
Army
t6day"
reported
that
American
trained
marines
moving
south
from
north
coast
beach
heads
had
less
than
ten
miles
to
go
to
pinch
off
2.100
square
miles
"f
East
Java
from
the
rst
of
Republican
Indonesia.
The
Army
indicated
that
its
motorized
and
armour
protected
troops'
were
pushing
deep
Into
Java
ami
Sumatra
on
at
least
ten
fronts
with
resistance
only
"sporadically
encountered."
FIGHT
OVER
ALBANIA
LAKE
SUCCESS
Last
and
west
squared
off
today
for
a
fight
over
admission
of
Russian
sponsored
Albania
to
the
United
Nation.
Most
of
the
delegates
agreed
that
unless
Albania
gives
assurance
of
adhering
to
the
principles
of
the
United
Nations
charter,
her
application
for
membership
will
be
rejected
for
the
second
time.
Albania
will
ask
formally
to
answer
questions
concerning
her
intentions.
FISHERMEN'S
STRIKE
VANCOUVER
Pilchard
and
herring
boats
are
not
going
out
until
after
Thursday
it
was
announced
by
William
Klgby,
secretary
of
the
Fishermen's
Union,
Two
hundred
fishermen
arc
involved.
UNION
NEAR
OTTAWA
Prospects
were
said
to
be
bright
today
far
the
reaching
of
a
basis
by
which
Newfoundland
may
enter
Confederation.
Both
Secretary
of
State
St.
Laurent
and
Newfoundland
Delegation
Leader
UrapMcy
are
optimistic.
'Empire
Lifeguard'
Is
Victim
of
Explosion
JERUSALEM
(CP)
Official
sources
today
reported
that
the
British
ship
Empire
Lifeguard
has
been
sunk
in
Haifa
Harbor,
presumably
by
saboteurs.
This
was
shortly
after
the
landing
of
261
legal
immigrants
from
Cyprus.
The
British
release,
disclos-
CURFEW
IN
JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM,
M
The
British
Army
yesterday
ordered
90,000
Jerusalem
Jews
to
be
placed
under
curfew
(house
arrest
from
dusk
to
dawn
until
further
notice
to
counter
underground
violence.
When
.the
order
came
the
security
forces
were
standing
double
guard
throughout
Palestine
after
a
new
wave
of
violence
which
cost
two
deaths,
a
British
soldier
and
a
Jew.
Sixteen
were
wounded.
DIPHTHERIA
IS
PROVING
FATAL
VICTORIA
Second
fatality
from
the
malady
here,
an
eight-year-old
Victoria
girl
succumbed
yesterday
to
diphtheria.
SAVING
EUROPE
.NEW
YORK
Experts
estimate
that
the
United
States
will
have
to
pay
out
a
minimum
of
$3,000,000,000
anually
j
for
the
next
three
years
to
bail
Western
Europe
out
of
its
;
present
economic
difficulties.
This
was
stated
by
the
New
j
York
Times
on
the
strength
of
a
dispatch
from
London.
MANAGUA
VOLCANO
M
A
N
A
G
U
A,
Nicaragua
Sand
and
ashes
from
erupting
Cerro
Negro
volcano,
covers
an
area
of
about
28
miles
in
diameter
but
so
far
no
human
casualties
have
been
reported.
By-day,
the
smoke
is
visible
to
Mexico
City
from
the
volcano
78
miles
northwest,
and
at
night
the
reflection
of
flames
can
be
seen.
BIG
SHIP
WELCOMED
MONTREAL
The
Canadian
Pacific
liner
Empress
of
Canada
(former
Empress
of
Japan
on
the
Transpacific
run)
was
given
an
enthusiastic
welcome
at
this
port
today
as
she
arrived
on
her
first
civilian
voyage
in
more
than
seven
years.
(Master
of
the
Empress
of
Canada
is
Capt.
Thomas,
a
brother
of
Capt.
William
Thomas,
skipper
of
the
American
Can
Co.
cruiser
Cancolim
at
present
In
Prince
Rupert
district
waters.
BALLS
SCARCE,
GAME
IS
OFF
Owing
to
a
shortage
of
balls,
the
league
baseball
game
scheduled
for
tomorrow
night
between
Moose
and
Watts
and
Nlckerson
has
been
cancelled
and
the
local
Ivory
talent
will
concentrate
on
preparations
for
the
double-header
to
be
played
on
Sunday
with
Smlth-ers.
,The
ball
scarcity
Is
not
by
any
means
alarming.
It
was
stated
by
league
officials
this
morning.
Local
supplies
have
become
temporarily
exhausted
by
a
heavy
demand
by
native
teams
In
the
district.
Also
the
small
boys
who
used
to
appreciate
a
dime
for
recovering
foul
balls
and
long
flies
at
the
ball
park
do
not.
seem
to
be
so
Interested
as
before
and
more
balls
are
being
lost.
Ting
the
sinking
said:
"The
Empire
Lifeguard
transport,
returning
with
Jewish
Immigrants
from
Cyprus,
was
sunk
this
morning
In
Haifa
Harbor
by
an
Internal
explosion
after
all
immigrants
had
disembarked."
Vancouver
Having
.
Still
More
Polio
VICTORIA
There
have
been
sixty-six
cases
of
InfanUle
par-
lysis
in
British
Columbia
since
the
first
of
the
year.
Most
o"!
them
have
been
In
Vancouver
Then
more
new
cases
were
reported
since
the
end
of
the
week.
CABLE
WORKERS'
STRIKE
IS
OFF
NEW
YORK
W
Company
and
union
officials
announced
early
today
that
a
strike
cf.
2,000
cable
employees
of
subsidiaries
of
the.
International
Telegraph
and
Telephone
Company,
'called
at
midnight,
was
ended
two
and
a
half
hours
later
on
a
basis
of
ten
cents
an
hour
across
aboard
Increase.
The
strike
threatened
to.
disrupt
a
,thrd
ol
this.xpun-try'i'radlo'
-and
'cable
facilities.
No
additional
details
of
the
ste-llement
has
been
made
public.
"Foreign"
Newspapers
Scarce
In
Germany
WEIMAR
Next
to
food,
a
foreign
newspaper
Is
one
of
the
most
valuable
possessions
In
the
Russian
zone
today.
By
"foreign"
Is
not
meant
one
from
abrca.d.
necessarily,
but
one
from
any
ci
the
other
occupied
zones
of
Germany.
ODDFELLOWS'
INSTALLATION
Officers
of
the
Oddfellows'
Lodge,
who
wiir
serve
for
the
next
six
months,
were
Installed
Tuesday
night
at
a
ceremony
conducted
by
James
M.
Smilh,
district
deputy
grand
master
from
Terrace
and
his
staff.
J.
Davidson
Is
the
new
nobis
grand;
IL
Quick,
vice-grand;
C.
Vlers,
recording
secretary;
S.
L.
Peachey,
financial
secretary
and
J.
Delorme,
treasurer.
Thirteen
members
of
the
Lake-lse
Lodge
journeyed
from
Terrace
to
witness
the
Installation.
The
Terrace
party
with
the
district
deputy
Included
Hugo
Johnson,
noble
grand
at
Terrace,
S.
G.
Ktrkaldy,
Fred
Thomas,
James
Kohne,
Jack
Barman,
W.
H.
Spencer,
Bert
West,
R.
W.
Bee-cher,
Emll.
Haugland
and
David
Graf.
Ladies
with
the
group
were-Mrs.
Smith,
Mrs.
Johnson,
Mrs.
Haugland
and
Mrs.
Graf.
Ladles
of
the
Rcbekah
Lodge
were
Invited
to
Join
the
meii
for
social
activities
which
Included
a
tasty
lunch
'and
a
crlbbage
tournament.
GETS
MOVIE
OFFER
AMHERST,
N.
S.
James
McDonald,
son,
of
Mrs.
Cassie
McDonald
of
Amherst,
who'
has
made
acting
a
career
and
Is
at
present
playing
with
thecast
of
"Born
Yesterday,"
at
the
Erllng-er
Theatre
In
Chicago,
has
received
an
offer
from
Hollywood
and
expects
to
leave
for
the
west
coast
In
the
fall.
Fish
Sales
American
.
Brisk.
48.C00,
23.1
and
19.5.
Storage.
Canadian
Sea
Maid.
28,000,
Oo-op.