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Canada's
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Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key;
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
2,35.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
7,
1947
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British
Cabinet
Reorganization
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unaer
tne
immediate
supervision
ander,
the
Star
said.
Composition
of
the
Inner
cab
inet
Attlee,
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Herbert
Morrison,
Foreign
Minister
Ernest
Bcvin,
Chancellor
o
the
Exchequer
Hugh
Dal-
ton
and
Sir
Stafford
Cripps.
minister
of
economic
affairs,
Is!
unaltered.
The
Star
reports
that
Shin-well's
deputy
in
the
fuel
ministry,
youthful
Hugh
Oaltskill,
might
be
moved
Into
Shinwell's
position
or
some
higher
Job.
rince
Rupert
Home
Port
New
Steamer
Prince
George
Is
Registered
Out
of
Here
Prince
Rupert
remains
the
official
home
port
for
Canadian
National
Coast
Steamships.
This
policy
became
evident
yesterday
afternoon
as
thei
inc-
newt
line
r.v
Princtfl
George
slid
down
the
ways
for
k
her
launching
at
the
Yarrows'
yard.
Under
the
"Prince
George"
on
her
stern,
she
carried
"Prince
Rupert,"
indicating
the
port
oi
registry.
At
the
launching
of
the
2700-ton
vessel,
first
large
passenger
vessel
to
be
constructed
in
Canada
in
the
past
25
years,
Mrs.
Lionel
Chevrier,
wife
of
the
federal
minister
of
transport,
carried
out
the
christening
in
the
traditional
manner,
George
Murray
represented
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
the
launching.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
storm
centre
off
the
Washington
coast
was
causing
overcast
skies
over
Vancouver
Island
and
the
Lower
Mainland
areas
this
morning
and
cloudy
skies
across
the
southern
Interior.
Occasional
light
rain
now
along
the
Washington
coast
will
spread
to
the
southern
British
Columbia
coast.
Clear
skies
now
over
the
northern
Interior
will
continue
to
day.
Cloudy
skies
over
the
north
coast
will
become
overcast
during
the
afternoon
In
advance
of
an
Intense
storm
centre
In
the
western
Gulf
of
Alaska.
This
storm
will
bring
gale
force
winds
and
rain
to
the
northern
coast
late
today
with
the
clouds
ex
tending
to
the
interior
Wednes
day.
Overnight
temperatures
were
again
well
below
freezing
at
most
Interior
points
with
near
freezing
temperatures
expected
again
this
evening.
Daytime
temperatures
will
continue
unchanged.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy,
.
frequently
overcast
this
morning.
Overcast
this
afternoon,
overnight
and
Wednesday
morning,
becoming
cloudy
thereafter.
Intermittent
rain
during
.the
af
ternoon,
becoming
continuous
tonight
and
Wednesday
morn'
lng.
Showery
thereafter.
Winds
southeast,
15
m.p.h.,
In
creasing
to
southeast
35
m.p.h.,
gusty
tonight
and
Wednesday
morning,
shifting
to
westerly
25
thereafter.
Little
change.ln
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
48
and
55,
Massett
48
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
55.
DISPLACED
PERSONS
ARRIVE
ployment
In
Ontario
lumber
camps
are
832
Ukrainian,
Polish,
Yugoslav
and
Lithuanian
displaced
persons
who
arrived
in
Halifax,
N,S.,
aboard
the!
General
M.
B.
Stewart.
Some
of
them
are
photographed
as
they
waited
to
go
ashore.
Anscomb
Comments
On
Coalition
Continuation
Should
Be
Respect
of
Principles
and
No
Perpetual
Advantage
to
Either
Party
Conservatives
Made
It
Possible
VICTORIA
(CP)
The
Progressive
Conservative
party
favors
continuation
of
the
coalition
government
of
British
Columbia
"on
the
basis
that
principles,
obligations
and
responsibilities
of
the
partnership
are
respected
in
every
way
and
that
no
perpetual
advantage
to
either
party
is
to
be
taken
for
granted,"
Bulletins
ECONOMIC
CHANGES
QUEBEC
Canada
faces
"new
and
sharp
adjustments
and
compromises"
said
the
annual
report
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
submitted
today
to
the
eighteenth
annual
meeting
by
Executive
Secretary
D.
L.
Morrell,
Montreal.
"We
may
be
forced
with
economic
readjustments
which
have
been
deferred
from
the
immediate
postwar
years
and
a
degree
of
belt-tightening
may
be
necessary,"
the
report
said.
TO
DEFENCE
BOARD
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
today
announced
appointment
of
Dean
Acheson
as
United
Slates
chairman
of
the
International
Joint
Defence
Board,
succeeding
the
late
Fioreila
LaGuardia.
IMLO'iXESS
PLANE
LYNEHAM,
England
Guid
ed
only
by
a
"mechanical
brain"
which
piloted
It
to
a
rafe
landing
two
weeks
ago,
a
Skymasler
plane
of
the
United
Stales
Army
Air
Force
droned
Us
way
westward
across
the
Atlantic
today
on
the
return
leg
of
a
history-making
flight.
Aboard
the
plane
are
Col.
James
Gillespie
and
a
crew
of
ten.
"Unless
something
goes
hands
will
wrong,
no
human
touch
the
controls
of
the
ship,"
Gillespie
said.
IN
HALIFAX
Headed
for
em
said
Finance
Minister
Herbert
Anscomb
when
Interviewed
here
today
concerning
the
future
6f
the
coalition
government.
Mr.
Anscomu
declined
very
definitely
to
be
drawn
into
any
further
discussion.
(
The
finance
minister
expressed
sincere
regret
at
Mr.
Hart's
retirement.
"The
Progressive
Conservative
party
Is
the
one
that
made
coalition
possible
and
Mr.
Hart's
elevation
to
the
premiership,"
Mr.
Anscomb
declared.
"The
partys
main
object,
first
and
foremost,
has
been
to
serve
tlje
public
good."
Chief
Justice
Is
Not
Aspiring
VICTORIA
"I
never
had,
and
have
not,
the
slightest
in
tention
of
allowing
my
name
to
go
before
the
Liberal,
convention."
said
Chief
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
In
denying
that
he
had
any
aspiration
for
the
position
of
Premier
John
Hart
who
an
nounced
his
retirement
last
week.
RUSSIA
AGREES
LONDON
The
Foreign
Office
announced
today
that
Russia
had
agreed
to
a
meeting
of
Big
Fouif
foreign
ministers
here
November
23
to
attempt
to
write
a
German
peace
treaty.
United
States
and
France
have
already
Indicated
their
willingnlss
to
accept
the
date
suggested
by
Britain.
Saint
John
and
Prince
Rupert
Unite,
in
Resolution
on
Ports
Saint
John,
NewBrunswick,
Board
of
Trade
and
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
be
joint
sponsors
of
a
resolution
seeking
fuller
and
more
ef
ficient
use
of
all
Canadian
ports
in
the
flow
of
world
goods
which
will
come
before
the
annual
convention
of
.the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
which
is
being
held
in
Quebec
City
this
week.
CITY
LOT
VALUES
DOWN
'SLIGHTLY'
A
man
called
at
the
City
Treasurer's
office
in
the
City
Hall
Monday
and
enquired
about
the
assessed
value
of
two
lots
on
Third
Avenue
just
west
of
McBride
Street.
Clerk
R.
W.
Long
obligingly
search-
ed
the
assessment
roll
for
the
figures.
"One
lot
Is
assessed
at
$1000
and
the
other
at
$2000.
"Figure
on
buying
them?"
he
asked
hopefully.
"No,"
replied
the
man,
"I'm
not
figuring
on
buying
them.
I
used
to
own
them.
I
paid
$15,000
for
those
lots
in
1910
and
kept
up
the
taxes
for
years.
They
have,
dropped
in
value
slightly,
haven't
they?"
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
11
Bralorne
11.
CO
B.
R.
Con
05
Vi
B.
R.
X
102
Cariboo
Quartz
2.25
Dentonla
19
Hedley
Mascot
1.05
Mlnto
.02
V
Pioneer
3.70
Premier
Border
04?4
Privateer
36
Reno
11
Salmon
Gold
.25
Sheep
Creek
1.00
Taylor
Bridge
51
Taku
River
.72
Vananda
25
Congress
..
.04
Pacific
Eastern
08
Spud
Valley
10
Central
Zeballos
01',i
Sllbak
Premier
.60
Oils
Calmont
.35
C.
&
E
2.45
Foothills
2.60
Home,
3.85
Toronto
Athano
".13
Aumaque
31
Beattie
83
Bevcourt
69
Bobjo
.
16
Buffalo
Canadian
18V2
Cons.
Smelters
86.50
Conwest
85
Donalda
1.01
Eldona
.
1.08
Elder
76
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.10
Hardrock
.36
Harrlcana
10
Heva
Gold
34
Hosco
31
Jacknlfe
..
07
Vi
Jollet
Quebec
.45
Lake,
Rowan
14
Lapaska
...
20
Little
Long
Lac
1.71
Lynx
..!
3.45
McKenzle
Red
Lake
58
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.75
Moneta
43
Negus
;
2.15
Noranda
42.50
Louvlcourt
1,65
Pickle
Crow
2.50
Regcourt
'.
19
San
Antonio
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
.59
Sherritt
Gordon
2.99
Steep
Rock
2.55
Sturgeon
River
18
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
will
be
In
regular
monthly
business
session
at
its
weekly
luncheon
tomorrow.
Preparatory
to
the
general
meeting
of
the
club
an
executive
luncheon
was
held
yesterday.
At
the
1946
annual
meeting
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
in
Win
nipeg
the
Prince
Rupert
Cham
ber
submitted
a
resolution
on
the
subject
of
national
ports.
Exception
was
taken
to
the
resolution
on
the
grounds
that
it
was
too
sectional
in
character
and
it
was
accordingly
agreed
to
withdraw
the
resolution
and
re
submit
it
in
more
genera
terms.
Among
the
1947
resolutions
was
one.
from
Saint
John
on
the
same
subject
which
the
pre-
conventlon
policy
committee
de
cided
to
consolidate
with
that
from
Prince;
Rupert.
The
con
solidated
resolution.
.
approved
by
the
PrincetRupert
Chamber
at
Its'
meeting
'last
night,
is
as
follows:
It
Is
important
that
Canada
maintain
and
increase
her
in
ternational
trade.
To
this
end,
steps
should
be
taken
to
study
all
of
our
present
shipping
facilities,
to
relieve
the
congestion
in
some
of
our
ports
and
oise
all
of
these
ports
in
the
best
Inter
ests
of
;
the-
Cauadii
ecenpmyt
A
study
of
this
nature
should
take
the
form
of
a
co-ordinated
survey
of
all
ports
so
as
to
have
avallabe
a
master
plan
to
indi
cate
the
scope
of
the
expansion
and
Improvements
which
increasing
trade
requires.
The
potentialities
of
any
ports
not
presently
being
used
to
capacity
should
be
given,
special
study
and
publicity."
THIS
TUESDAY
NOT
MEATLESS
President
Truman's
Appeal
But
Fuller
Observance
of
Is
Anticipated
NEW
YORK
Q
Butcher
shops
throughout
the
country
Vere
open
and
active
and
restaurants
were
serving
meat
In
spite
of
the
request
of
President
Truman
that
Tuesdays
be
observed
as
meatless-
days
in
order
to
conserve
food
for
Europe.
However,
It
Is
explained
that
arrangements
had
already
been
made
for
the
selling
and
serving
of
meat
this
Tuesday
and
later
it
is
expected
there
will
be
a
more
general
falling
In
line.
In
his
appeal
Sunday
night
for
food
conservation,
the
president
also
announced
that
the
government
"will
demand
of
grain
exchanges"
that
they
In
crease
their
down
payment
re-qulremtnts
on
grain
futures
tradings
to
at
least
one-third.
Pulp
Company
Changes
Name
Port
Edward
Cellulose
Com-
pany
Limited,
subsidiary
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
Ameri
ca,
which
will
build
and
operate
a
textile
pulp
plant
at
Port
Ed
ward,
has
changed
Its
name
to
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
Limited,
according
to
an
an
nouncement
published
in
the
latest
edition
of
the
B.
C.
Ga
zette.
AIR
PASSENGERS
To
Sandsplt
L.
Parnell,
Al
Holland,
D.
York(
A.
Yoeman.
To
Vancouver;
M.
Bussch,
K.
G.
Bosworth,
R.
S.
Gore.
From
Vancouver
(Monday)
R.
Campbell,
J.
S.
Wilson,
J.
Evans,
H.
Fletcher,
A.
Dybhavn.
From
Sandpsit
W.
Church-
ill,
F.
Burback,
G.
Patmore,
Mrs.
L.
Astoria.
MARINE
ENGINEERS'
WALKOUT
SET
FOR
THURSDAY
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Threat
of
a
crippling
transportation
tie-up
hangs
over
British
Columbia
today
as
140
British
Columbia
marine
engineers
prepare
to
walk
off
36
coastal
vessels
beginning
noon
Thursday
and
street
railwaymen
in
the
province's
three
major
cities
take
a
government-supervised
Whaling
to
Be
Revived
VANCOUVER
Oj
The
province's
once-rich
whaling
industry,
dormant
since
1943,
Is
ep-pected
to
begin
operations
next
spring
following
formation
of
the
Western
Whaling
Corporation,
It
was
learned
yesterday.
The
new
company
will
take
over
the
old
whaling
station
at
Rose
Harbor
in
the
Queen
Charotte
Islands.
The
company
"comprises
a
joint
operation
of
a
number
of
coastal
fishing
concerns.
German
Industry
Is
Crippled
By
Drought
.
..
.
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BUJtwN
According
rofuen
eral
Lucius
Clay,
Germany's
worst
drought
In
a
centurylhas
crippled
economy
In
theAmerl-.
can
zone.
u
Hyrdo-electric
output
has
been
cut
a
per
cenanQ-.crpp;
prospects
are
sia'shfed"
up
.to4()pfl
cent.
Inland,
!water,transporta
tion
has
,beent
cut
blmost
one-'
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nan.
INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT
TO
AID
IN
RESCUE
AT
SEA
BASE
AT
Q.
C.
I,
To
seek
out
a
suitabTe.ite,
possibly
in
the
vicinity
of
Cape
St.
Janiestvtfre;
southernmost
tip
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
l&land.for
one
of
four
"Sofar"
air-sea
long
range
rescusignal
stations
which
are
being
installed
under
international
auspices
at
widely
separated
points
in
the?North
Pacific
Ocean,
the
United
States
fleet
naval
tug
U.S.S.
Hi-
datsa
left
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
after
a
two-day
stay
in
port
following
her
arriyal
from
Sitka.
The
project
in
which
the
Hidatsa
Is
playing
a
preliminary
part
represents
something
entirely
new
In
the
development
of
detection
measures
for
rescue
at
sea
for
ships
and
aircraft.
The
other
points
in
the
Pacific
Ocean,
besides
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
where
It
is
proposed
to
establish
stations
are
Point
Arena,
near
San
Francisco;
Hawaii,
and
Adak
Island
In
the
Aleutians.
The
Hidatsa
came
here
from
Adak
and,
after
her
survey
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
will
proceed
to
her
base
at
San
Diego.
Joining
the
Hidatsa
here
were
two
Canadian
naval
offi
cers
from
Esquimalt
Lf.
C.
Brooks
and
Warrant
Officer
Dunbar,
who
have
been
specially
assigned
to
the
Canadian
end
of
the
project.
..Lt.
L.
A.
Mazoway
is
commanding
officer
of
U.S.S.
Hidatsa
and
Lt.
R.
G.
Rlchter
is
"Sofar"
project
officer.
Explaining
the
general
princi
pie
of
"Sofar"
4(sound,
fixing,
ranging),
Lt.
Rlchter
told
the
Dally
News
yesterday
that
it
consisted
of
the
placing
of
a
ocean,
preferably
at
a
depth
of
microphone
on
the
bottom
of
the
2C00
feet,
some
six
or
seven
miles
off
shore,
the
microphone
beihg
connected
by
submarine
Qable
with
a
shore
station,
the
princi
pal
equipment
of
which
consists
of
amplifiers
to
record
sound
picked
up
by
the
submarine
microphone.
The
shore
station
staff
consists
of
three
men.
The
purpose
of
the
set-up
Is
the
transmission
of
signal
of
a
"Sofar"
bomb
dropped
by
ship
or
aircraft
in
distress.
In.
tha
perfected
system
of
"Sofar"
sig
nal
transmission,
point
of
bomb
dropping
would
be
established
trlangulatlon
between
three
or
strike
vote
tomorrow.
Also
scheduled
to
strike
tomorrow
are
some
125
members
of
the
United
Packinghouse
Workers
of
America
employed
in
three
Independent
city
packing
plants.
Decision
to
stage
the
coastal
shipping"
strike
Thursday
was
announced
by
officials
of
the
National
Association
of
Marine
Engineers
following
a
meeting
here
last
night.
No
settlement
of
points
in
dispute
appears
imminent.
Passenger
and
freight
vessels
operated
by
Canadian
National,
Canadian
Pacific,
Union
Steamships
and
Frank
Waterhouse
companies
will
be
affected
by
the
walkout.
Canadian
Pacific
and
Trans-
Canada
Airlines
planes
are
be
ing
marshalled
to
step
Into
the
breach
and
relieve
coastal
com
munities
If
necessary.
Local
Tides
Wtdnesday,
October
8,
1947
High
8:24
16.2-
feet
20:09
17.9
feet
LOW
1:41
5.9
feet
13:59
10.6
feet
four
stations.
Transmission
of
'
signals
for
a
distance
of
20CO
miles
between
the
San
Francisco
stations
has
aready
been
established.
The
submarine
sound
travelled
the
2000
miles
In
43
minutes.
The
"Sofar"
research
operations
are
being
carried
out
un
der
cognizance
of
the
Bureau
of
Ships,
United
States
Department
of
the
Navy,
and
JJ.S.S.
Hidatsa
is
specially
equipped
for
the
work.
The
Canadian
Navy
would
co-operate
with
the
establishment
of
a
station
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
Hidatsa
is
210
feet
long
and
a
vessel
of
160O
tons.
Her
power
is
3000
h.p.
dlesel.
Built
in
1944
at
Charleston,
South
Carolina,
she
saw
service
In
the
South
Pacific
in
the
recent
war
she
struck
a
mine
In
'Philippine
and
had
her
bow
blown
off
when
she
struck
a
mine
In
Philippine
waters.
She
carries
a
personnel
totaling
60.
Canada's
Soldiers
Interment
Orders
OTTAWA
i
The
Canadian
Army
has
issued
long
and
explicit
Instructions
for
the
funeral
and
burial
of
members
of
Canada's
postwar
army
who
died
while
still
serving.
The
order
is
designed
to
alleviate
as
much
as
possible
the
grief
and
suffering
of
next-of-kin.
To
this
end
the
remains
of
soldiers
who
die
In
Canada
or
in
the
United
States
will
be
conveyed
to
any
point
In
these
countries
dependent
on
the
wishes
of
relatives.
The
choice
of
a
military
or
private
funeral
depends
on
next-of-kin.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
N.
Youngs
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
Monday
night
from
Vancouver
where
Mr.
Youngs
attended
the
executive
sessions
of
the
British
Columbia
Liberal
Association
last
week.
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