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Coalition
Gov't
Jmmistration
Will
Function
Under
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l
(CP)
Leaders
of
the
Liberal
and
..
Conservative
parties
of
British
Colum-
announced
that
an
agreement
had
been
the
continuation
of
British
Columbia's
,
vemment.
,
inet,
which
will
be
sworn,
in-neat
Monday
at
Government
House,
will
re-
rxi
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main
unchanged
except
for
the
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T.
Stralth,
coalition
mem-
hrr
lnr
Victoria,
w
ill
replace
the
present
minister,
Hon.
O.
M.
Weir,
who
is
unable
to
continue
due
to
ill
health.
Koth
.Air.
Weir
and
.Mr.
Straith
are
members
of
the
Liberal
party.
The
announcement
was
made
by
Byron
I.
"Boss"
Johnson.
leader
of
th
Llberal
and
Gi
ne.
uUs.simo
ine
progressive
-
uonservauvc
six-'
banning
the
""-
announcement
alao
said
the
.i.ltury
news
by
"!"ais
a.s
report
coaUUon
would
continue
under
;
indicated
that
Uie
name
of
the
Johnson-Ans-
position
In
Mau-i
comb
Coalition
Government.
Mr.
Johnson
will
be
sworn
in
premier
next
Monday,
replacing
John
Hart,
who
has
announced
his
retirement
from
ac-
r-.'.mm.mlcLk!
UVe
POHUC.
:
jund
west
of
the
i
WAS
SCHOOL
TIUSTF.K
j
when
fighting
jc
t
!
Mr.
Stralth.
a
member
of
a
NY'a
Agency
well-known
pioneer
family
of
;Cm,;;,:i:
regained
Victoria,
is
an
experienced
par-pt
within
th
llamentarian
and
a
leading
.
Mukden,
but
lawyer
of
the
Capital
City,
-niirrrs
Associated)
For
some
years.
-he
served
on
H
hv
Red
demoli-.the
Victoria
School
Board,
and:
opei
jting
within
1
wu
long
a
director
of
the
Y.M
;rci
had
blown
up'cA..
and
takes
an
active
In-
.nlv
seven
;
ln
chud
welfare
work.
a.
the
ety;Bci;
COUNTS
FOUR
Mukden
HOLIDAY
DEATHS
.lit'fcaslng-
I
j
VANCOUVER
0
Kour
per
j
VW
I
UK1.
5-Ml
ii
iii
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i
ARMS
TO
in
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Trill
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A
r.:rgram
m'.
cnbarito
be
ipmc;'-
-it
aims
to
..ona.i.s'
forces
has
o
Pumi
Minister
fv
Davi
president
jn
ScamiMi's
Union,
quarters
-ald
last
son
dint
a
results
of
accidents
and
drownincs
in
Ilrit-Kh
Columbia
during
the
Christmas
holiday.
The
dead
are:
l.jnn
llornselh,
atrd
9,
of
Sirdar,
IVC
drowned.
Marion
Nelson,
aerd
16,
of
Ijdnrr,
killed
In
car
crash.
Mrs.
Florence
E.
Wilhdrow,
ased
IT.
Vancouver,
drowned.
Koberl
Kailton.
asrd
G,
Vanrouver.
drowned.
:
U.S.
Withdrawing
Canal
Zone
Troops
r-
:u;d
munitions
:
WASHINOTON
(r
-The
Unlt-
MARIE
BALAGNO
LUNDQU1ST
PIANO
RECITAL
Civic
Centre
Auditorium
.
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f
t
t
fl
r
Monday,
December
29,
8:30
p.m.
Adults
$1.00
Admission
Students
50c
(302)
Christmas
to
Restore
Services
The
train
scheduled
to
arrive
here
at
10:45
tonight
will
be
on
time.
Superintendent
C.
A.
Ber-
ner
said.
Tele
graph
communications.
KASHMIR.
India
-Indian
trooDs
Inflicteti
more
than
400
casualties
on
raiding
forces,
in
.o,
;,
iix,
sxzu.
sz.
z
ttc
pure
of
Ult
wch
IMnama
rtlusoa
."-,'
operations
,
aX
road
r,d
iclcgram
-said.
n.
c..lj:..:,:
Industries
'f
vrn
rtr-rtinrrt
Allen.
;
rr.bia
managrr
of
the
announrcs
that
3
have
been
made,
!
the
railway,
to
buy
Ity-owncd
land
for
1
is
.situated
east
of
f,ats.
The
railway
the
property
by
ln-rs.
reads
and
track-
-
uklng
the
subdivision
'Nf
industries.
to
the
Americans,
uispaicnei
lfrom
Quarry
Heights.
Canal
I
Zone,
said
troops
began
wlth-I
drawing
from
bases
at
daylight.
Vancouver
Province
Publisher
Retires
VANCOUVER
O
Retirement
of
C.
L.
Leigh-Spencer
as
publisher
of
the
Vancouver
Dally
Province
was
announced
today
by
the
Southam
Company
Ltd.
He
will
be
succeeded
by
P.
C.
Oalbralth,
now
assistant
publisher.
Leigh-Spencer
will
remain
a
member
of
the
Southam
com
pany
board
of
directors
?Vt..
-
n
sv
-T
TIT!
clearing
blocks
In
the
Naoshera-Jhanger
areas
of
.southwestern
Kashmir
during
the
last
three
days,
it
was
learned
Tuesday.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
storm
which
was
centred
over
the
Queen
Charlottes
this
morning
caused
rain
and
strong
criithpriv
winds
alone
the
en
tire
coast.
The
interior
Is
ovcr-
j
cast.
Snow
flurries
are
reported:
from
the
Kootenays
and
Bum
ley
Valley,
and
rain
from
Prince
George
Cariboo.
Temperatures
are
exceptionally
mild
for
the
latter
part
of
December.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Intermittent
rain
today.
Overcast
nitv
chnwers
Sunday,
becoming
cloudy
in
the
afternoon.
South
erly
winds
25
m.p.n.
waay.
T
lcrht.
SOI
itherlv
tomorrow.
Tem
peratures
normal.
Lows
tonight
tomorrow
i-w
v
and
highs
Hardy,"
35
and
45;
Massott,
35
and
46;
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
45.
Northern
B.
C
Overcast
with
cn.nv
f
nlTlPS
lOQaV
BUU
Dull
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TAXI
Phone
.1
;1A,
lv
ANIWniTBAIIS
I
lished
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
ZZVt
No.
301.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
27,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
IFesJ
CbtsX
Fzsi
Landings
Reported
Up
19
Per
Cent
OTTAWA
(CP)
Canada's
sea
fisheries
brought
home
08,000,000
pounds
less
fish
in
the
first
11
months
of
thjs
year
than
in
the
same
ierkxi
in
1946,
according
to
Dominion
of
Fisheries
statistics
released
today
The
Atlantic
coast
accounted
for
the
entire
drop.
Landing
on
that
coast
in
the
period
this
year
were
596,-200,000
pounds,
a
decrease
of
22
per
cent.
On
the
West
Coast,
landings
of
142,300,000
pounds
were
up
19
per
cent.
TRAIN
AND
TELEGRAPH
LINES
OPERATE
AGAIN
AFTER
SLIDES
-
would
have
left
the
city
at
8
o'clock
last
night
pulled
out
of
the
station
at
11
o'clock
this
mnrnlnir
tV
flrct
nnfrmlncr
KPT.
TVO
SllOWslides
n
e
a
r
j
vice
since
Tuesday
night.
Kwinitsa
delayed
train
j
two
snowslibls
services
and
Upset
wirei
Causes
of
the
disturbances
Communications
in
and
I
were
two
snowslides
which
came
OUt
Of
Prince
Rupert
!
down
ear'y
Christmas
morning
-.i
.
about
two
miles
east
of
Kwln-
over
the
Christmas
holi-
miles
lfrom
Prince
Ru
days,
but
arrival
and
departure
i
t
Trackage
and
wires
have
times
were
re-established
today,
jnce
been
put
back
In
service,
the
divisional
superintendent's!
The
slides,
which
tore
chan-offlce
announced.
nels
down
the
mountainsides
In
an
area
where
winter
sqow-slides
are
common,
piled
snow
10
feet
deep
along
the
track
for
300
feet.
Trees
and
rock
were
piled
along
the
track
in
down
since
early
Christmas
j
the
deep
snow.
mnrnln?
wrrp
hark
In
service
Snownlows
from
Prince
Ru-
last
night,
after
linemen
spent
pert
and
Pacific
worked
over
the
a
harried
Christmas
repairing
enrtstmas
nonaay
ana
kuixccu-them.
ed
in
clearing
the
track
last
The
train
which
originally
night.
Canada
Has
39
Holiday
Deaths
TORONTO
b
Traffic
mishaps,
fires
and
miscellaneous
accidents
during
Christmas
brought
death
to
at
least
327
persons
ln
Canada,
and
the
United
State.
Hundreds
more
were
injured.
Of
the
total
deaths.
39
lost
their
lives
in
Canada.
New
Eastern
Freight
MONTREAL
To
facilitate
the
movement
to
eastern
ports
of
Caada's
export
traffic,
a
new
fast
dally
freight
service
between
Montreal,
Halifax
and
Saint
John,
has
been
put
into
operation
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Annoucement
of
this
new
service
was
made
here
by
F.
J.
Stock,
traffic
manager.
foreign
freight
department.
FIGHTING
KILLS
1400
IN
KASHMIR
TRUCK
DAMAGED
AT
INTERSECTION
A
delivery
truck,
owned
by
Rupert
Butchers
and
said
to
have
been
driven
by
James
Thompson,
was
damaged
Christmas
Eve
as
it
came
to
a
sharp
stop
at
the
intersection
of
Mc-Brlde
Street
and
Third
Avenue,
striking
another
truck
parked
In
front
of
Ben's
News
Stand.
The
radlilor
and
rieht
side
of
the
delivery
vehicle
was
damn
aged.
No
one
was
Injured.
.
Report
of
Bodies
Floating
Near
City
Unfounded
No
foundation
can
be
found
here
for
rumors
ln
the
southern
part
of
the
province
that
bodies
have
been
found
ln
waters
tributary
to
Prince
Rupert.
Queries
received
here
asked
If
the
bodies
were
those
of
victims
of
the
S.S.
Clarksdale
Victory,
which
broke
up
off
the
Queen
Charlottes
recently.
Christmas
Enjoyed
At
Pioneers'
Home
Christmas
at
the
Pioneers'
Home
in
Wcstview
was
up
to
fondest
expectations.
There
were
numerous
gifts,
a
splendid
dinner,
and
a
number
of
callers.
Of
special
importance
was
the
fact
that
the
pioneers,
though
no
longer
young,
were
able
to
so
thoroughly
enjoy
the
great
Day
of
Days.
Two-Day
Week-End
Rapped
By
Cleric
CHRtSTCHURCH,
N.
Z.
0
After
nine
years
overseas
in
the
!
m!lnn
fiMds
of
India.
Dr.
Leslie
LOCAL
TIDES
Sunday,
December
28,
1947
High
1:50
19.8
feet
13:29
23.2
feet
Low
7:25
7.5
feet
20:10
05
feet
LABOR
MINISTER
ORDERS
CREWS
;T0
SAIL
ARMS-CARRYING
SHIP
BUY
BONDS
OR
PAY
TAXES
IS
FRENCH
POLICY
PARIS
The
Natloual
Assembly
sent
to
the
Upper
Legislative
Chamber
today
a
drastic
"usterlty"
measure
designed
to
help
pay
for
a
$2,000,000,000
reconstruction
program.
Deputies
passe
dthe
bill
last
night,
300
to
268.
The
tax
measure
requires
that
Frenchmen
buv
130.000.000.000
francs
($1,-
092,000,000)
worth
of
government
bonds
or
Day
that
amount
in
....
...h
T-mnemtures.
taxes.
Taxation.
will
be
a
slid
nay
normal
UKiib
Low
tonight
and
high
lng
scale
toy
on
those
,
with
.
ir
Sunday-Telegraph
CreeK.
10
coiu
$3
vc
,r
and
5
OTTAWA
Labor
Minister
Mitchell
has
demanded
that
crew
members
sail
the
arms-carrying
freighter
Islandslde
from
Halifax.
The
order
was
served
on
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
(T.L.C.).
The
Islandslde,
due
to
load
munitions
for
the
Chinese
Air
Force,
is
laid
up
ln
Halifax
harbor
because
all
hands,
except
her
master,
have
signed
off
following
the
union's
decision
not
to
man
a
vessel
carrying
arms.
The
charter
to
load
$1,200,000
arms
cargo
on
the
S.S.
Collma
from
Vancouver
was
cancelled
vwi-rtnpsdflv
The
shlnment
nuW
l
.ncbiinay
be
sent
out
of
ti.t
province
for
shipment
t.
si
mignai
the
outskirts.
Other
Arabs
and
Jews
were'
killed
in
various
skirmishes.
G.
Holmes
Seriously
Injured
-
-
-
George
wtruigc
Holmes,
iiuuim,
aged
afecu
Sutherland
thlnKs
New
.eaiana
8lh
Avenue
West,
ues
in
a
critl-
has
made
a
fetish
of
the
five-!
cai
condition
in
Prince
Rupert
day
40-hour
week
since
he
went
!
Generai
Hospital,
having
been
..
TU
IaU
Va
DmcSvl.rton
.
.
.
.
.
,
.
awcij.
nc
mm
me
ihsuh
jjjh
cy
an
automoDiie
unrisx-Assembly
that
New
Zealand
has
mas
Eve
ln
front
of
Post
introduced
a
new
lourtn
com
mandment
reading:
"Remember
Saturday
to
keep
it
Kolyilve'
daysrralttrroy1
labor
and
do
all
thy
work,
but
the
sixth
is
sacred
to
the
gods
of
case
and
sport.
In
It
thou
shalt
not
do
any
work,
thou
nor
thy
sort.
nor
daughter,
shop
assistant
or
factory
worker,
for
th.ese
gods
are
jealous
gods,
and
the
only
ones
held
guiltless
will
be
their
own
servants,
such,
as
tram
conductors,
bartchdersand
ice
cream
vendors."
office.
3rd
Avenue.
Hospital
authorities
state
no
visitors
will
be
rrml).ed
for
the
THIEVES
TAKE
$500
IN
CASH
AND
CHEQUES
TTTTf
Tfl
Tlf
f
TttTtTTTTTTT
likBlue
I
if
Cabs
!
Death
and
Fire
In
Wake
of
Record
Eastern
Snowfall
RUNNING
AGAIN
Bruce
Mickleburgh,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
nominated
Labor
-jProgressive
candidate
for
Saanich
In
provincial
by-
election.
DEATH
TOLL
IN
PALESTINE
'NOW
AT
500
JERUSALEM
CP.
Deaths
in
Palestine
today
totalled
four
Jews
and
six
Arabs,
raising
the
number
of
fatalities
to
279
since
:
participation.
Throughout
the
j
Middle
East
deaths
have
reach-
j
'
ed
the
500
mark.
Police
said
a
Haganah
force
had
made
a
raid
on
the
Arab
:
village
of
Silwan
on
the
slopes'
New
York
Moving
To
Protect
Health
and
Welfare
of
Millions
Spectacular
Fires
Rage
In
Snow-Covered
Portland,
Me.;
Philadelphia
and
York,
Pa.
At
Least
35
Persons
Are
Dead
NEW
YORK
(CP)
New
York
today
began
bur-
,
i
!
i
1
ll
0
11
t
.Arab
was
killed,
five
houses
j
rowing
out
from
the
greatest
snowfall
in
the
city's
I
were
destroyed
and
two.
Arabs
ViictnMf
no
-ff,";ola
were
wounded.
A
second
Arab
i
in
i
i
Au
lit.
j
e
'
...
nlan
measures
tn
nrntprt.
trip
hpjilt.n
nnri
wplfarp
was
found
dead
in
a
village
onj
of
its
8,000,000
inhabitants.
Thousands
of
city
employees,
using
more
than
In
the
second
robbery
ln
the
I
city
this
week,
thieves
early
Frl-i
day
morning
stole
a
cash
box
70,
400
!
containing
approximately
$300
In
cash,
$200
ln
cheques
and
a
wrist
watch
from
99
Taxi,
Third
Avenue.
Theft
was
mace
between
3
and
4
ajn.
Friday
from
a
room
above
the
taxi
office,
when
the
occu
pant
stepped
across
the
hall.
Helgerson's
grocery
was
broken
into
MondTr1ut,indtarSec
The
accident
occurred
during
tion
of
the
cash
register
heavy
rain
and
wind
storm,
talning
$75
stolen.
The
car
Is
said
by
police
to
have
been
driven
by
William
Lamb.
Holmes
has
resided
here
for
25
years
and
Is
married.
In
earlier
years
he
was
employed
as
a
long-shoreman
and
more
recently
was
a
guard
for
War
Assets.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sten
Didrick-sen
left
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Wednesday
night
for
Ketchikan
where
they
will
spend
the
next
month
visiting
their
son-in-law
and
daughter,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ralph
Browne.
Mercy
Flight
Saves
Mother
Mrs.
Edmond
McCorrison,
wife
of
a
.Massett
sawmill
operator,
is
grateful
today
to
Pilot
Jim
Hlack
and
his
assistant,
George
McFarlane,
for
a
Christmas
Day
mercy
flight,
which
is
credited
with
saving
her
life.
Mrs.
McCorrison,
daughter
of
Dr.
J.
C.
S.
Dunn,
of
the
North
Island
town,
was
flown
here
Thursday
at
1:10
p.m.
Early
Christmas
morning
Mrs.
McCorrison
gave
birth
to
a
daughter,
following
which
complications
set
in.
Dr.
Dunn
contacted
the
local
C.P.A.
and
Dr.
C.
II.
Hankinson
and
a
special
flight
was
arranged.
The
C.P.A.
Canso
left
at
11:40
a.m.
and
brought
the
mother
and
child
here
at
1:10
p.m.
In
hospital,
under
the
care
of
Dr.
Hankinson,
.Mrs.
McCorrison
rallied.
Mother
and
child
are
reported
doing
well
today.
TO
TREAT
MY
WIFE
TO
DINNER
AT
THE
CIVIC
CENTRE
DINING
ROOM
AT
LEAST
ONCE
A
WEEK
DURINQ
1948.
CIVIC
CENTRE
DINING
ROOM
Big
Loss
of
Life,
Damage
By
Typhoon
Raging
Winds
Cut
Swath
of
Havoc
Across
Central
Philippines
MANILA
Ow-December
typhoon
has
cost
a
heavy
toll
In
loss
of
life
on
land
and
sea,
heavily
damaged
Manila
and
cut
a
path
of
havoc
across
the
central
Philippines.
Twenty-nine
of
61
persons
aboard
the
Danish
motorshlp
Kina,
sunk
In
the
Samara
Sea,
have
been
rescued
but
32
are!
still
missing.
Captain
Aage
Hrerm,
30
other
crew
members
and
one
passenger
are
listed
as
missing.
Many
other
vessels
are
storm-battered.
The
business
district
of
war-ravaged
Tacloban
was
reported
70
percent
burned
by
a
wind-driven
fire,
and
10
persons
are
listed
dead
or
missing
ln
Manila
'
and
elsewhere
ashore.
HALIFAX
LABORS
UNDER
BIG
SNOW
wattfav
Oi
Another
six
inrhps
ni
snow
Diled
ud
her
14UU
during
the
night,
making
a
total
fall
of
30
Inches
during
the
Christmas
period,
The
snowfall
continues
to
bog
down
traffic
and
delay
transportation
schedules.
BATTLING
IN
NORTH
GREECE
ATHENS
Q
Government
!
troops
and
a
large
force
of
Com-
imunlsts
battled
ln
Northwest
ern
Greece
today,
and
Reds
at;
tempted
to
seize
the
city
of
Konltas
as
the
capital
for
the
newly-proclaimed
Greek
Communist
state.
Upward
or
3,500
Communist-led
guerrillas
were
heavily
attacking
the
area
near
the
Albania
border
as
government
reinforcements
rushed
to
the
battle
front.
A
communique
said
95
guerrillas
were
Wiled
and
.63
taken
prisoner
in
the
last
24
hours.
pieces
of
equipment,
and
thousands
of
contract
workers
and
trucks
worked
through
the
night
and
morning,
but
failed
to
make
more
than
a
dent
ln
the
record
25.8-inch
snowfall
which
disrupted
trasportation
facilities
and
Imperilled
de
liveries
of
fuel
and
food.
The
storm,
sweeping
in
with
surprising
fury
early
Friday,
surpassed
the
20.9-lnch
downfall
left
by
the
famous
blizzard
of
1888.
MANY
STATES
ENGULFED
IN
RECORD
SNOWFALL
At
least
35
persons
lost
their
lives
in
the
storm
belt
which
embraced
parts
of
New
England,
Pennsylvania,
New
Jersey
and
"souUieastcrtt'JIew
'
York.1
and
'extended
south
to
Include
Wash
ington,
D.C.,
and
New
Jersey,
where
30
inches
of
snow
was
reported.
-
The
only
life
line
enabling
some
of
New
York's
millions
to
get
about
is
the
underground
railway
system,
which
is
being
worked
to
the
extreme
limit.
On
the
surface,
traffic
Is
practically
halted.
Yesterday
afternoon,
it
was
difficult
enough
to
even
struggle
along
on
foot.
Hundreds
of
cars,
impossible
to
drive,
were
seen
temporarily
abandoned.
Drifts
about
covered
smaller
automobiles.
SHIP
SAILINGS
CANCELLED
AS
HAZARDS
MULTIPLIED
Up
to
last
evening,
there
was
no
change
ln
the
situation
created
along
the
harbor
fronts.
where
scores
of
sailings
were
In
definitely
delayed,
Passengers
could
not
get
to
the
ships,
shipments
could
not
move
freely,
and
the
thickness
of
the
snowfall
magnified
the
hazards
of
navigation.
Telephone
and
telegraph
ser
vices
are
crippled.
The
city
has
made
an
appeal
to
all
citizens
to
help
ln
avoiding
the
risk
of
fire,
for
under
the
present
circumstances
It
Is
a
major
dan
ger.
All
available
men
nave
De-come
organized
to
clear
pathways
through
the
scores
of
miles
of
snow,
to
enable
engines
and
their
crews
to
get
out
and
fight
any
outbreak
with
a
minimum
of
delay.
All
lire
nyaranis
nave
been
buried
under
the
fall.
HEAVY
DAMAGE
BY
GALE-SWEPT
FIRES
Spectacular
fires
broke
out
in
snow-covered
Portland,
Me.,
and
ln
Philadelphia
and
York,
Pa.
At
Portland
the
Union
wharf
coal
plant
was
destroyed
when
a
second
fire
sweDt
through
the
big"
empty
stockyard
building,
A
400-ton
loading
tower
toppled
Into
fiery
pieces
upon
five
fishing
boats
moored
near
the
wharf.
Damage
is
estimated
at
$225,000.
A
five-storey
warehouse
was
destroyed
in
Philadelphia
and
at
York
a
fire
caused
$100,000
dam
age
to
a
lumber
yard.
There
were
four
ln
the
Prince
Rupert
lock-up
over
Christmas,
but
the
fact
or
not
being
at
liberty
had
no
bearing
on
the
general
question
of
festive
fare.
Everybody
enjoyed
good
eats,
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