si
I
Vl(lln:?
Id
nhstnin-
whether
or
not
I
!"ncr(:al
quantitlP.o
.luarry
Held
killing
Jin!
.
"fc
w
ii
the
a
today
In
'"X
-
laving
i
M'mtrool
details
ay
the
....
,tvi-
Tides
,er55.
1847
:00
16.5
22
32
J?
3
4:25
feet
feet
6.7
feet
n8
te
CANADA'
TRAVELS
2500O
MILES-
"Gee
is
it
;
Ays
bag
like
that?"
little
three-year-s?::ms
to
be
asking
the
custom's
Inspector
r
t-:c
if
luggage
following
their
arrival
on
Ejrope.
Veronicas
travels
covered
,u
;y
from
her
native
Canada
to
San
v
ju
America
to
England
and
now
back
J.C.C.
GROUP
HONORS
MEMBER
Prominent
In
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
work
during
his
pastorate
Jn
Prince
Rupert,
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween,
departing
minister
of
First
Presbyterian
Church,
who
leaves
on
Monday
ior
MelforW-
Saskatchewan,
was
honored
at
a"
committee
dinner
in
the
Broadway
uaie
ruesaay
el&Ky.-.----
-,
Members
of
the
leadership
training
class,
of
which
Mx.
MacSween
has
acted
as
public
speaking
instructor
for
the
last
two
years,
presented
him
with
a
lignum
vltae
gavel,
a
flttlns
niomento
of
his
association
with
(he
group.
Carlo
M.
Hansen,
president
of
the
leadership
training
committee
expresfed
his
regret
at
losing
the
guidance
of
Mr.
MacSween,
a
sentiment
expressed
by
the
others
present.
Mr.
MacSween
said
that
hls
association
with
the
public
fipeaking
class,
which
has
met
weekly
during
the
winter
ecason,
was
one
of
the
vleamnte-st
of
his
time
In
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Hansen
welcomed
R.
G,
Mecre,
principal
of
King
Edward
School,
os
Mr.
MacSween's
sue
ccor.
A.
p.
Crawley,
president
of
the
Junior
Chamber,
lauded
Mr.
MacSween
as
a
useful
and
dili
gent
member.
If-
.
&MIDLY
NEARS
'CRISIS'
VANCOUVER,
ff
The
Vancouver
News-Herald
today
said
that
British
Columbia,
Is
rapidly
approaching
one
of
the
most
im
portant
government
crises
In
her
history.
It
Is
said
there
Is
no
positive
Indication
of
the
ultimate
result,
but
that
"analysis
reveals
fast-moving
events
which
threaten
the
destruction
of
the
coalition
government
and
a
lungrsought
ictory
for
the
C.C.F.
in
the
event
of
a
Liberal-Conservative
split
over
the
premiership.
It
forcast
Premier
John
Hart's
retirement
and
said
Attorney
General
Gordon
Wismer
Is
the
most
lkely
successor
as
the
Lib
eral
leader,
and
Finance
Minister
'
Anscomb
as
Premier,
LAKE
VESSELS
COLLIDE,
ONE
MAN
KILLED
IROQUOIS.
Ont.,
Two
lake
boats
one
an
oil
laden
tanker,
the
other
a
coal
carrier
collided
early
today,
setting
off
a
huge
blast
which
caused
at
least
one
death,
while
10
others
of
the
crew
of
26
aboard
the
collier
Mll-verton
were
still
unaccounted
for
at
midafternoon.
The
explosion
tore
apart
the
tanker
Translake
as
Its
store
of
oil
caught
fire
but
the
entire
crew
were
reported
safe.
Tlit
dead
man
was
Identified
as
Second
Mate
William
Robertson
of
Toronto
who
was
taken
from
the
Mllverton
but
died
before
reaching
hospital.
Production
Key
To
Living
Cost
.IIAAllLTONgfclUsbjexrjprqr
auction
objectives
by
manage
ment
and
higher
unit
produc
tion
by
workers
are
necessary
preliminaries
to
reductions
in
the
cost
of
living,
Labor
Minister
Mitchell
said
today.
In
a
speech
before
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
convention,
Mitchell
said
he
knew
Increased
cost
of
goods
was
a
cause
for
concern
these
days.
"Remedy
is
in
our
hands
net
by
way
of
mbsidlea
which
we
all
pay
any
waybut
by
greater
output
of
goods."
Want
Canucks
On
UNESCO
OTTAWA.
&:
An
effort
is
being
made
to
got
more
Canadlana
into
the
United
Nations
educational,
scientific
and
cultural
organization,
an
dthere
also
Is
a
good
chance
that
a
national
commission
of
UNESCO
will
be
formed,
Deputy
Director
General
of
the
organization,
Dr.
Walter
Laves,
said
here
Tuesday.
Beattle
90
Bevcourt
07
Bohjo
-l5Vi
Bufjalo
Canadian
19
Consol.
Smelters
:
83.75
.
Conwest
-
80
Donalda
LH
Pldona
L24
Elder
-83
.
Giant
Yellowknife
6.20
.God's
Lake
.,-
105
HardroCk
37
Harricana
Heva
3?
Hosco
Jacknife
.09
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
.13
Lapaska
;-
,a?
Little
Long
Lac
1.65
.10
'4
Lynx
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.25
McKcnzic
Red
Lake
...
.50
MacLeod
Cockshutt
...
1.67
Moneta
.43
Npffus
1.87
ooooaoaBooooyoaooaooieK3OfloooiwaanuoaKiocHj0iCHo
:.:
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
'Co.
Ltd.
Vancouver
Bralorne
11.25
B.
R,
Con
00
B.
R.X
09
,!;
Carilboo
Quartz
2.30
Dentonia
19
Grull
Wihksne
07
Hcdley
Mascot
.-i.....
1.03
Minto
.".
...........1...
-03
Pend
Oreille
1.80
Pioneer
,
.-.
:...
.3.90
Premier
Border,
.0514
Privateer
S.
..34
Reeves
McDonald
1.00
Reno
:
.1114
Salmon
Gold
.24
Sheep
Crcek
1.02
Taylor
Bridge
6
14
Taku
River
73
Vananda
27
Congress
.04,i
Pacific-Eastern
-I.;.'
'.08
Hedley
Amaig.
............
.04
Spud
Valley
....'....:....;
10
Central
Zcballos,
..,...-
.01
lA
Siltiak
Premier
.........
'
.67
Oils
A.-
P.
C03
-10
Calmont
.32
C.
&
K.
-
2.40
Foothills
..:
:2.40
Home
.,
3.75
Toronto
Athona
.12
Aumnque
.
32
Noranda
i3f
I-7?
Louvlcourt
Pickle'
Crow
2
Regcourt
-
San
Antonio
4-"
Senator
Roiiyn
Sherritt
Gordon
3-
Steep
Rock
2-J
Sturgeon
River
-
a
NORTHKRM-AND
CENTRAL'
BRH78H
COLUMBIA'S
-NBWtfPAfER
Child
Dies
ill
.
.
r-m
.
SULTAN
SHEDS
NEW
LIGHT
ON
INDONESIA
Sjarif
Hamid
Alkadrie,
34
-year-old.Sultan
of
Pontianak,
West
Borneo,
who
Is
currently
In
the
U.S.
to
present
the
case-of
the
majority
of
Indonesians
to
the
United
Nations'
security
council
which
voted
not
to
hear
him
is
shown
In
his
New
York
city
hotel
during
a
press
Interview.
The
youthful
sultan,
an
inveterate
chain-smoker,
told
newsmen
that
two-thirds
of
the
75,000,000
natives
in
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
are
bitterly
opposed
to
the
Indonesian
Republic
which
he
added,
is
controlled
in
a
large
measure
by
Moscow-trained
revolutionaries.
Aboe,
a
deep,,
puff
and
he
is
(Almost-ready
Jprnew.eigarett.
;t
...
Gily
Hoopsters
Grind
Out
Season
Policy
(((
Hot
Civic
Centre
Meet
The
Prince
Rupert
Basketball
Association
got
down
to
the
serious
business
of
adopting
a
constitu-
tion
and
choosing
a
policy
i
.1
.
j.
ior
tne
coming
season
-at
meeting
held
at
the
Civic
Art
Murray
,
in
th
chair,
had
a
bit
of
smoke
and
thunder
to
contend
with
when'
he
brought
up
the
proposal
by
the
Civic
Centre
that
all
receipts
from
league
games
'"be
turned
over
to
the
Civic
Centre
and
that
receipts
from
out-of-town
games
be
put
into
a
sinking
fund
for
travelling
expenses.
In
the
case
of
out
of
town
games,
expenses
by
the
Civic
Centre
for
use
of
the
gym
would
be
deducted
be
fore
the
gate
would
be
turned
over
to
the
Association,
he
proposed,
Jack-
Lindsay
gave
a
brief
out
line
of
the
proposals
and
Don
Forward,
who
commented
that
he
felt
a
speech
coming
on,
went
ahead
ancl
made
one.
He
pointed
out
that
the
Civic
Centre
was
spending
more
money
on
installations
and
building
that
would
benefit
basketball
than
It
could
hope
to
get
back
from
the
gams
for
a
Ions
time.
For
examples
he
mentioned
the
new
glass
backboards
now
being
Installed,
and
the
new
gym
being
built.
He
pointed.
out
that
the
Civic
Centre
Is
not
a
self-su-fflcient
establishment
yet
but
the
time
was
coming
when
It
would
have
to
be
and
It
was
up
to
everyone
Interested
to
do
what
they
could
to
make
It
a
paying,
proposition
from
the
dollar
and
cent
angle.
By
allowing
thev
Civic
Centre
to
handle
their
finances
the
Basketball
Association,
said
Mr.
Forward,
will
net
about
the
same
amount
of
cash
as
last
year
without"
aTI
the
headaches,
The
question
of
whether
players
should
be
memberS
of
the
Civic
Centre
or
not
was
raised
and
at
one
time
both
Norton
Youngs
arid
Ted
Arney
were
on
the
floor'
presenting
opposite
views.
Both
Don
Forward
and
Norton
Youngs
stated
that,
the
players
were
In
the
game
for
the
love
cf
It
and
thai
it
was
the
fans
who
gave
the
financial
support.
Ted
Arney
felt
that
the
contribute
r
thr
player,
was
(TAXI
135
i,,u,
3w
,
,
NIGHT
SiRVICE
,
Hotel,
inira
Publisher
j,'a
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
VPrincc
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
i
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY;
SEPTEMBER
24,
1947
.PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
JITTER
HOLY
UVTITION
,
I
:
n."V.
:
'-.V!-i
i
en
A;
ib
t-
otrike
to
be
Ji
boon
(iici
Rupr
gold
fev-aicd
th.3
week.
d
Highway
Con-
powet
shtivt.
and
pit
arrived
hrm
uiL-ard
from
jtakn
h
the
Park
par-
where
cold
s-
i.--:ludin-r
L
M
trlat-ndc
oi
thr
itructlon
C
-
anti-
v
t:r
navel
will
r
'
'-.lcre
i
is
cv
have
Lth:t
a
:h
quartz
i
in
quarry
f
st
ma"
fc"
a
frag-
ira
5
-i3V"i
tiovever.
E'y
but
'
)
n'rnvlrif.
cr
'.hr
nnw
road
Wkv
nawrmen
?
a'-"
'
with
ipmcnt
.--nstmc-l
mplete1
-within
escue
of
financial
management
11
ii
ij
i
a
wen
aueauuu
gemuu
Centre
last
night.
noli
altogether
negligible,
a
point
Mr;
Youngs
agreed
with,
explaining
he
was
only
referring
to
actual
cash
contributions
in
relation
to
games
played.
Early
In
the
meeting
Art
Murray
suggested
that
discussion
of
financial
arrangements
would
be
carried
out
better
If
the
Civic
Centre
executive
members
were
to
leave
the
meeting
but
it
war
(Continued
on
Page
7)
Train
Attack
Injures
Many
LAHORE,
Pakistan
Reports
reaching
here
today
said
only
about
100
persons
escaped
uninjured
when
a
train
carrying
several
thousand
Moslem
refugees
'
frxm
New
Delhi
was
attacked?
on
Monday
.
nigni.
a
nunarea
unwounded
passengers,
with
wo
wounded,
reached
a
refugee
camp
last
night.
Conference
On
Europe's
Needs
WASHINGTON,
"D.C.
State
Secretary
Marshall
is
calling
heme
the
.top
experts
on
Western
Europe
for
a
conference
on
the
need
for
intensified
attacks
on
the
critical
problems
facing
the
United
States
and
to
discuss
what
must
be
done
tq
help
and
when.
It
was
learned
that
Marshall
was
told
by
top
advisers
that
failure
has
met
all
searchers
for
funds
which
could
be
used
to
meet
the
neecjs
of
Europe
before
Congress
can
act
cn
its
long
range,
recovery
program.
WILSON
TO
PRESIDE
Mr.,.Justlce
J.
O.
Wilson
will
preside
at
the
fall
session
of
Assize
Court
which
opens
here
next
Monday,
according
to
word
received
here
today
from
O
f
B
urns
by
TURN
OF
FASHION
WELCOMED
TO
iiuuiiyiuH,
uni.,
vi)
Mease
Jcssee
Reld,
83-year
old
bachelor,
may
find
himself
at
the
height
of
fashion
If
present
style
trends
continue.
Nelle
has
worn
ankle-length
skirts,
buSTTe
and
bonnets
all
his
life
because
his
mother
decided
to
raise
her
sixth
son
as
a
daughter.
Reid
has,
worked
as
a
lumberman,
farmer,
construction
hand
and
railroad
fireman,
but
has
always
refused
to.
doff
his
long
skirts;
frilled
sleeves
and
cuffs.
New
he
Is
a
district
pensioner
and
still
wears
the
clothes
of
the
gay
'90's.
Winch
Attacks
Labor
Ministry
Dual
Set-Up
VICTORIA,
B
Harold
E
Winih
lpanpr
nf
lhA
COF.
nr-
position
in
the
British
Columbia
lcglilature,
said
last
night
that
hp
hart
tnlrt
Prpmlpr
Hart
that
the
present
situation
of
having
an
acting
Minister
of
Labor,
while
Minister
of
Labor
Pearson
is
attending
to
other
duties,
cannot
.continue.
"I
told
the
Premier
that
I
did
not
think
he
could
appoint
an
1
Acting
Minister
of
Labor
unde"rj
the
Constitution
Act
if
the
minister
himself
was
in
his
office
In
the
building.
If
Pearson
is
In
the
buildings,
he
must
be
full-time
minister."
On
Monday,
Acting
Minister
of
Labor
Hem.
E.
T.
Kenney
was
served
notice
cf
motion
of
an
injunction
to
restrain
him
from
acting
in
place
of
Labor
Minister
Pearson.
The
notice"
was
filed
by
striking
Vancouver
steel
workers
whose
right,
to
picket
five
Vancouver
steel
plants
was
sustained
when
Mr.
Justice
MacFarlame
threw
out
an
attempt
to.
obtain'
restraining
Injunction
In
Supreme
Court.
VANCOUVER,
W
The
Vancouver
News
Herald
In
a
Victoria
dispatch
said
today
that
reports
have
gained
ground
at
the
capital
that
Labor
Minister
Pearson
has
tendered
his
resignation
as
Labor
Minister
ancl
Provincial
Secretary
to
Premier
Hart,
and
that
It
had
been
rejected.
CAMPERS'
TRAIN
AT
FAULT
IN
MANITOBA
CRASH
WINNIPEG-Prellminary
evidence
before
the
Board
of
Trans
port
Commissioners
Investigating
the
Canadian
National
Railways
Labor
Day
train
wreck
at
DugaU,
Manitoba
showed
today-
that
the
campers
special
failed
to
take
siding
as
crew
members
of
the
eastbound
passenger
train
expected.
The
Commissioners
"were
told
orders
had
been
Issued
which
normally
would
have
routed,
the
special
to
the
side
track.
The
special
plowed
into
the
east
bound
train
killing
31
per
sons
and
injuring
a
score
of
others.
Despatrjher
Arthur
Smith,
of
Winnipeg,
said
his
orders
to
special
should
have
caused
it
to
take,
siding.
Baseball
Scores
American
Cleveland
7
St.
Louis
4
Washington
0-1,
New
York
2-3
Philadelphia
9-5,
Boston
3-6
Detroit
'4,
Chicago
1
National
St.
Louis
8,
Pittsburgh
4
New
York
1,
Brooklyn
6
Chicago
7
Cincinnati
2
,
VTTTTTT1a
'TfyTTTfff
TTTTTTVj
Despite
Broth
Terrace
Fire
Claims
Life
Of
Billy
Clifford,
Rescuer
Given
Even
Chance
to
Live
BLAZE
OF
UNKNOWN
CAUSE,
DESTROYS
HOME
A
three-year
old
Terrace
child
died
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
and
his
heroic
15-year:ql(J
brother
is
fighting
a
grim
battle
for
ljfe
following
a
fire
which
destroyed
their
home
at
Terrace
at
9
o'clock
Tuesday
night.
Three-year-old
Billy
Clifford
died
15
minutes
after
being
rushed
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
with
first-de
gree
burns.
Roy
Clifford,
who
gallantly
dashed
up
a
flaming
stairway
to
rescue
his
baby
brother,
was
given
a
50-50
chance
of
life
as
a
result
of
burns
on
the
back,
neck
and
arms.
The
children
are
the
sons
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Clifford,
whose
home
on
Park
Avenue,
Terrace,
was
destroyed
by
the
fire
of
unknown
.origin.
A
third
brother
Teddy,
aged
9,
turned
in
the
alarm
when
he
saw
the
flames
from
the
woodshed,
where
he
was
playing.
.
,
.
w
..
WHERE
IS
BRUCE
DOFF?
POLICE
ASK
Question
bothering
the
city
burns
and
the
older
boy
for
sec-police:
Where
is
Bruce
Doff?
ond.
degree
burn3.
Mr.
Doff
Is
not
wanted
in
con-
J
station
wagon
driven
by-
Fred
nectlon
with
any
crimes
or
mis-
Kirby
set
off
almost
immediately
demeanours,
but
merely
to
an-
carrying
the
two
boys
to
hospital
swer
for
the
conduct
of
his
boat
which
In
obeying
the
laws
of
Archimedes
and
gravity,
has
got
itself
In
an
unbecoming,
vertical
position.
It
Is
under
water
dangling
from
its
mooring
line
at
the
government
floats
east
of
the
dry
dock
like
an
apple
from
a
string
In
70
feet
of
water.
The
troller,
named
the
Honey
M.,
settled
wearily
and
sank
three
days
af.ter
It
had
been
moored
at
the
floats.
The
police
are
inclined
to
discount
the
possibility
of
Mr.
Doff
a
New
Massett
fisherman
being
in,
the
boat,
but
they
can't
be
sure
until
it
Is
refloated.
But
since
Mr;
Doff
Isn'taround,
they
can't
toe
sure
that
he
Isn't
In
-the
boat,
which
creates
something
of
a
vicious
circle.
NoBody
seems
Interested
In
raising
tho
sunken
troller
and
the
police
say
It
Is
nott
heir
responsibility.
They
are
hopeful
that
he
may
have
gone
off
in
another
boat,
and
that
he
will
return
sooriT-"
That
would
settle
things
nice"-ly
from
the
police
standpoint.
Mr.
Doffs
comments
when
he
returns
and
finds
how
Ms
boat
has
misbehaved
may
raise
a
steaming
fog
In
the
harbor.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
clear
warm
weather
bf
the
past
few
days
will
continue
today
and
Thursday.
Above
normal
temperatures
are
expected
to
continue
In
the
daytime
with
frost
in.
the
northern
interior
regions
overnight.
Fog
quite
general
in
the'
low
coastal
areas
this
mornl5
will
clear
rapidly
today
and
reform
again
overnight.
'Forecast-Queen
Charlottes
and
North
CoastClear
today
and
Thursday.
Dense
Jog
patches
this
morning.
Winds
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Port
Hardy
46
arid
62,
Massett
45
and
62,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
60.
er
Witnesses
saw
15-year-old
Roy-emerge
from
jthe
burning
builds
ing
with
Bllly.lt
his
arms.
It.-
Is
believed
that
Roy
had
been
reading
In
the
kltcheiiwhen
he
became
aiare
of
fre
In
the
next;
room.
He
Immediately
dashed)
up
stairs
and,
took
Billy
out
ot
bed,
carrying
him
back
down
throughhe
inferno.
t
Roy
had
been
left
in
charge;
of
the
other
two
children
.when,
his
parents
went
to
the
Terrace
theatre.
Teddy,
who
saw
the
flames
Jrojri
the
woodshed
where
he
was
jto1pg,'?9ftiQ
.th?-theatrs
to
ln-,iona
his
parents.
The
fire
alarm
sounded
at
8:55.
Roy
carried
BUlie
across
the
street
to
the.
home
of
Mrs,
Chris
Haugland.
Dr.
S.
O.
Mils
-was
immediately
summoned,
treating
the
younger
child
for
first
degree
at
Prince
Rupert.
They
were
accompanied
by
Mrs
Sikler,
R.
N.
and
Miss
McPherson,
R.N,
of
the
Red
Cross
Hospital
at
Terrace.
Billy
expired
about
15
minWs
after
his
arrival
at
hospital
here.-Roy
was
placed
under
car
of
Dr.
A.
W.
Large
and
is
still
in
serious
condition.
Meanwhile,
the
Terrace
flrfi
brigade
.assisted
by
scores
ofcVBl-unteers.
attacked
the
butrimg
Clifford
home
However,the
blaze
had
gained
strong
headway,
and
lack
of
an
adequate
water
supply
prevented
the
firemen
from
getting
It
under
control.
A
bucket
brigade
forinedJo
keep
the
flames
from
spreading"
to
nearby
homes
which
w;ere
cleared
op
furnishings
la
the
event
of
wind
The
night
remained
calm,
howevor.
Had
a
wind
come
up
nothing
could
have,
saved
the
nlher
buildings
on
the
street,
and-possibly
other
streets,
too,
a
Terrace
resident
said
Stanley
Johnson,
an
employae
of
Mix
Construction
Co,,
a
volunteer
fire
fighter,
wad
treated!
for
minor
cuts
and
burns
sustained
while
assisting
in
battling?,
the
blaze
Neither
Mr;
nor
Mrs.
Clifford
could
account
for
the
cause
of
the:
fire.
Mrs
Clifford
said
that
when
they
lefts
home
at
8
o'clock
there
was
only
a
small
fire
in
the
kitchen
stove.
The
flames
iP'
parently
originated
In
a
room
adjoining
the
kitchen.
CIVIC
CENTRE
ANNUAL
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE
Sept.
26th
Oct,
6th
MEMBERSHIP
RALLY
This
Thursday,
8
p.m.
All
members
requested
io
give
their
services
for
this
1001.
canvass
of
the
community.
Refreshments
Will
be
Served
i
'
I
"1