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"Prince
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the
Key
to
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Great
Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
206.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
3,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ER
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G
Ernest
Bevin
on
British
Economic
Crisis
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cattle.
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snow,
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cnopnintt
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"
Biicnintr
lv'ng
and
7i
Defense
Against
Russia
ENGINEER
REPORTS
FAVORABLY
AH
claims
in
favor
of
the
western
route
for
a
road
to
open
Northern
British
Columbia
and
a
route
to
Alaska
have
been
vindicated.
It
is
a
route
which
for
the
greater
part
will
follow
a
low
and
level
country
and
for
long
distances
can
be
made
as
straight
as
an
arrow.
It
is
a
road
which
will
open
many
thousands
of
acres
of
first
class
agricultural
country
and
large
sections
of
heavy
timber,
mostly
balsam
and
spruce.
Until
the
road
reaches
Telegraph
Creek
the
highest
elevation
is
2,000
feel
an(
the
snowfall
is
very
nvv.1
nil
nit
iiuiana
i
utiu
10
siowari
anu
inc.
Aiasna
iij
ii
a
an
in
iiiu
wiiiLiiiuiitm
casy
an(j
mv
pass
through
try.
1.
M.
Monckton,
H.C.L.S.
"It
seems
to
mc
that
the
Whitohorse
Highway
is
even
Pearl
Harbor
days,
declares
Walter
Wilson
of
Burns
Lake,
persistent
and
patient
advocate
of
such
a
road
in
a
new
memorandum
on
the
subject.
"The
Japs
lacked
the
'guts'
to
keep
coming
against
our
practic-!
AUTO
DEALERS
ARE
ORGANIZED
Skecna
District
AssociatIon
Former
lat
Smithcrs
With
Doug
Friiiell
'as
Prident
A
meetlns
of
all
the
automo
tivc
dealers
Ire
the
federal
elec
toral
district
ol
Skeena
was
held
Surrtar
afternoon
at-
Smlthers.
Autcmobile
dealers
from
Prince
Rupert,
Terrace,
Smithers
Telk
wa
and
Burns
Lake
were
In
at
tendance
and
the
Skeena
bis
trlct
Motor
Dealers'
Association
was
organized.
Officers
as
follows
were
el
ected:
President.
O.
Douz
Frizzel,
Prince
Rupert.
Vice-President,
Oswald
Hos
kins,
Smithcrs.
Secretary.
Sidney
Hunter,
Prince
Rupert.
Executive
Wm.
Osborne,
Terrace;
Jack
Drown,
Burn?
Lake;
P.
W.
Rosbcrj,
Tclkwa.
NEW
EXECUTIVE
AT
OCEAN
FALLS
Jfawly
appointed
assistant
resident
manager
cf
Pacific
Mills
Ltd.,
Ocean
Falls,
Is
R.
R.
Edwards.
Formerly
of
the
Bathurst
Power
Si
Paper
Co.
in
Bathurst,
N.B.,
he
Is
a
graduate
cf
the
University
of
Saskatchewan,
later
Joining
the
staff
of
the
plant
of
the
Wsylagamack
mill
of
the
Consolidated
Paper
Corporation
at
Three
Rivers
in
Quebec.
Adjutant
Kerr
Is
Still
Active
Although
having
reached
the
age
of
retirement
some
years
aso,
Adjutant
Kerr,
for
a
long
time
stationed
in
Prince
Rupert
In
charge
of
Salvation
Army
work
in
this
city
and
elsewhere
In
the
north
still
remains
quite
active.
He
will
be
remembered
by
many
old
friends.
SHOWS
ITS
WARES
ERSFAIP-WAt
FIMF
UlnW
iin
ink
.si
ivr
if
uut!
IU
LWU
Ol
U1C
IlllCSL
partly
due
to
the
planning
01
the
the
twen-
-r.
.....
committee,
.
.
.
.
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...
was
one
of
the
most
success-
..
.
.
.
.
wns
u
n
n
nnnni
nwri
t
in
Smithers
and
Telkwa
senior
teams
ended
In
a
win
for
Smithers
of
9
to
1.
Blue
"Ribbon
Shows
were
in
attendance
with
a
good
midway.
Agricultural,
home
-
makln?
and
handicraft
exhibits
were
well
patronized,
Dr.
ann
Mrs.
J.
P.
Argue,
of
Vancouver
arrived
from
the
Delweeri
south
this
morning.
1
.
1
-
lieht.
It
is
excentionallv
aiiu
ill
tiisu
uic
ciiiirna
.
rannanoie.
mere
is
a
i
u
i
1
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i
mi
i
111
i
1
1
to
the
Peace
River
conn
need
for
the
Ilazelton-
more
acute
today
than
in
We
may
te
in
better
shape
now
but
a
break
with
Russia
may
come
at
any
moment.
We
need
not
expect
the
leaders
vt
that
country
to
have
mercy
,
on
their
own
men
or
on
us.
"The
Alaska'
Highway
allovis
for
the
tranrporting
of
airplane
supplies
and
little
else
and
the
problem
remains
pretty
much
a
It
was.
Fairbanks,
the
objective
of
the
Aaska
Highway,
!s
1500
miles
west
of
Vancouver
or
Seattle
besides
having
northing.
It
follows
then
as
now
that
thf
farthest
west
and
north
point
to
which
there
was
railway
and
hichwav
communication
was
the
logical
starting
point,
al
ways
provided
It
was
safe
from
attack
and
that
there
was
a
feasible
route.
"Hazelton
was
that
point.
It
is
180
miles
inland
from
Prince
Rupert
on
the
Canadian
National
Railway
and
also
on
the
highway
from
Prince
George
and
absolutely
safe.
There
U
ample
government
data
on
hand
In
topographical
and
mining
maps
to
prove,
that
the
Hazel-ton
route
is
not
only
feasible
but
the
one
of
Uie
tihcn
proposed
three
routes
which
has
the
best
grades,
no
swamps,
practically
no
rock
work
and
with
no
physical
difficulties
with
the
exception
of
the
Stlk-Ine-
River
crossing
about
13
miles
east
of
Telegraph
Creek.
A
500
foot"
suspension
bridge
Is
here
necessary
between
opposing
cliffs
a
natural.
This
Hazelton
route
has
been
travelled
down
through
the.
ages
and
much
used
in
modem
times
and
known
to
be
good.
By
the
way,
this
route
does
not
follow
what
is
knewn
as
the
Dominion
Telegraph
Trail.
"A
railway
could
have
been
constructed
from
Hazelton
to
Whitehorse
for
much
less
than
what
it
cost
to
build
the
Alaska
Highway
from
Dawson
Creek
to
Whltehorse.
And,
should
a
railway
be
built
to
-tie
in
Alnski
with
the
Central
British
Columbia
system,
It
should
start
from
New
Hazelton
and
conned
with
Whltehorse,
thence
follow
the
Dawson
City
trail
tc
Yukon
Crossing
thence
join
and
follow
the
railway
survey,
mads
a
few
years
ago,
to
Fairbanks.
As
compared
with
the
distance
of
construction
of
the
"B"
or
Rocky
Mountain
Trench
route,
at
least
200
miles
would
be
saved
and
It
would
avoid
the
difficulties
of
the
Prances,
Pelly
and
(Continued
on
Page
Six)
Local
Tides
Thursday,
September
4,
1947
High
3:15
198
feet
15:35
20.0
feet
Low
9:21
4.5
feet
21:51
4-8
feet
Mrs.
II,
B.
Rochester
was
among
todays
arrivals
from
Vancouver
aboard
the
Prince
Rupert.
CEMENTING
HEMISPHERIC
DEFENCE
PLANS
U.
l
tary
of
State
George
C.
Marshall
Is
shown,
lift,
as
he
was
wci.ec
by
Brazil's
President
Enrico
Dutra
on
hisnrrival
at
the
presidential
reception
at
Catete
Palace
on
the
eve
of
the
opening
of
the
inter-American
conference
at
Petropolis.
Next
day
President
Dutra
formally
opened
the
conference
by
summoning
the
20
nations
to
draft
a
strong
hemispheric
defence
pact.
"There
Is
no
place,"
he
said,
"for
neutrality
between
law
arid
crime."
j
SutUtiHA-
EIGHT
YEARS
AGO
LONDON
Eight
years
ago
today
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
announced
to
British
Parliament
that
a
state
of
war
against
Germany
had
exlitcd
since
11
a.m.
The
King
shortly
after
made
a
speech
to
the
nation.
Canada
soon
followed
suit
in
the
announcement
of
war.
TRUCK-TKAIN
CRASH
VANCOUVER
Walter
Mc-Callum,
'New
Westminster
truck
driver,
was
killed
this
morning
when
his
lumber-ladentruck
crashed
into
an
inbound
C.P.R.
passencer
train
at
the
foot
of
Victoria
Drive.
Part
of
the
passenger
train
was
derailed.
The
truck
crashed
into
a
building
before
hit-tins:
the
train.
Some
of
the
lumber
was
thrown
through
j
windows
of
the
train.
STEAMER
AGROUND
VANCOUVER
The
coastal
liner
Princess
Katlieen,
while
trying
to
avoid
hitting
small
boats,
went
aground
at
First
Narrows
last
night
and
was
fast
for
seven
hours.
The
Seattle
sailing
vas
'cancelled
as
the
vessel
proceeded
to
Victoria
for
a
check-up.
BANK
HOURS
ON
SATURDAYS
ARE
BEING
CHANGED
Notices
nre
being
displayed
at
the
banks
announcing
a
change
In
hnnlrlnir
linurs
nn
R.iturHflV
mornings,
customers
being
re-'
quested
to
do
their
business
j
from
9
to
11
o'clock
Instead
of
,
from
9:30
to
noon,
as
formerly.
The
change
becomes
effective
this
Saturday.
Briefly,
the
Idea
behind
the
change
Is
to
give
the
bank
staff3
a
better
break
on
their
weekend
time.
Th9
old
Idea,
that
bankers
worked
from
only
10
to
3
to
the
er.vy
of
most
people
has
long
exploded,
This
was
never
true,
one
banker
explains,
for
much
remains
for
the
banker
to
do
after
his
doors
are
closed,
With
the
great
burden
of
work
on
banking
personnel,
which
developed
during
tho
war
and
which
has
carried
Into
the.
peace,
It
has
been
necessary
for
bank
staffs
to
work
much
overtime
for
a
number
of
year.
It
lif
In?
Ihe
erd
of
the
month
some
local,
1
13
.lks
were
wrklnn
'ate
Friday
a:.d
Saturd..
afternoon',
and
)nto
the
evenr.g.
Donald
McCorklndale
Is
ex-
pected
back
from
Vancouver
within
a
few
weeks
I
SEES
SERIOUS
CRISIS
WASHINGTON
Robert
A.
Lovett,
Under
Secretary
of
State,
said
today
that
the
economic
crisis
in
Europe
is
developing
much
faster
than
expected
and
some,
kind
of
AnieriVan
action
to
tncei
It
Will,,
apparently,
be
needed
before
the
end
of
the
year.
MINERS'
STRIKE
SPREADS
LONDON
The
Press
Association
said
today
that
Britain's
critical
coal
strikes
in
the
rich
South
Yorkshire
pits
have
spread
to
more
than
35
mines,
increasing
the
number
of
idle
miners
to
nearly
40,000.
Meanwhile
union
leaders
are
appealing
to
the
limners
,to
:re-turn
to
.work
i
a;nd
I
increase
production.
NAZIS
CONDEMNED
HAMBURG
Fourteen
or
18
Gestapo
and
SS
men
convicted
by
a
British
military
court
of
killing
fifty
Allied,
air
force
officers,
were
sentenced
to
death
today.
Canadian
Naval
Officer
Retires
OTTAWA-Captain
I
Lit.
Nor-thrup
OBE
RCN
is
retiring
from
the
Canadian
Naval
scr-I
vice
to
reside
In
Austin,
Texas.
He
served
with
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
for
ten
years
In
the
West
Indies
and
In
Canada.
For
sometime
he
wa1!
Command
Supply
Officer
on
thr
Canadian
Pacific
Coast.
He
was
awarded
the
OBE
In
recognition
of
his
work
at
the
Pacific
coast.
APARTMENT
IS
RANSACKED
The
suite
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Alex
Slater,
Seaview
Apartments,
was
ransacked
by
a
prowler
shortly
after
midnight
Sunday
morning,
the
visitor
getting
away
with
some
$5
or
so
In
money
which
was
lying
about.
Drawers
were
opened
but,
as
far
as
known
nothing
else
was
aken
Other
occupants
of
the
apartment
heard
the
burglar
approach
but
believed
it
was
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Slater
returning
from
an
evening
out.
They
returned
home
a
little
later
to
discover
their
loss.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Glen
Lundqulst
and
Randall
Nelson
of
Seattle,
who
have
been
visiting
here
with
Mrs.
Lundqulst's
parents,
Mr,
and
Mrs.
C.
P.
Balagno,
will
sails
by
the
Catala
this
Friday
afternoon
on
their
return
to
Seattle.
They
will
be
accom-
Ipanled
by
Miss
Delphlne
Bal-
jSgno
jgolng;
south
for
a
holiday
'
More
and
Alternative
WRECK
IS
DEPLORED
Statemcnt
by
C.N.R.
President
on
Winnipeg
Tragedy
MONTREAL
The
following
i
statement
was
here
Tues-1
day
by
R.
C.
Vaughan,
CMG,
chairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
Railways:
"The
management
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
deplores
greatly
the
tragedy
that
occurred
at
Dugald,
Manitoba,
on
Labor
Day
evening.
pathy
to
the
families
of
those
who
have
died
and
to
the
pas-!"
sengers
who
were
Injured.
"We
are
using
every
means
to
discover
the
cause
of
the
accident
which
has
shocked
us
deeply
and
has
marred
a
safety
record
that
was
among
the
highest
on
the
continent."
Output
of
Timber
Ud
Large
increase
This
ft'ear
Over
Last
(Revealed
by
Official
figures
i
Long
lead
is
being
maintained
by
timber
production
in
Prince
Rupert
.forestry
district
,
ihls
year
over
last,
official
figures
of
the
Forest
Branch
show.
To
date
in
1947
the
saw
log
scale
has
keen
152,490,697
boaiii
feet
as
compared
with
90,033,849
board
feet
in
the
first
eight
months
of
1946.
The
production
rthis
August
was
25,797,754
Iboard
feet
as
compared
with
20,493,112
board
feet
in
the
same
month
last
year.
The
scale
per
species
this
August
and
last
was
as
follows:
Aug.
1947
Aug.
1946
Board
Ft.
Board
Ft.
Fir
2,0.114
725,347
Cedar
3,391,093
2.335,535
Spruce
..
11,190,148
10,028,644
Hemlock
6,35343
5,051,818
Balsam
..
1,696,146
1,171,576
Jackpine
.
863,453
901,439
Mlscl
270,752
278,753
Totals
25,797,754
20,493,112
Forest
Products
While
the
general
log
scale
Is
up,
production
of
poles
and
piling
In
the
Interior
shows
sharp
decrease
with
the
total
for
this
August
but
73;543
lineal
feet
compared
with
1,480,340
lineal
feet
In
August
1946,
bringing
the
total
for
this
year
to
date
to
1,939,673
as
against
3,632,921
lineal
feet
In
the
correspondiig
period
of
last
year.
The
tie
count
this
August
was
60,558
pieces
compared
with
2,-060
pieces
In
August
1946.
The
cordwood
count
this
Aug
ust
was
20
cords
compared
wlt'J
393
In
August
1946.
Harder
Work
Only
to
Dictatorship
Foreign
Secretary
Speaks
Frankly
Confident
that
Britain
Will
Maintain
Greatness
SOUTHPORT,
England,
(CP)
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin,
speaking
today,
called
on
British
workers
to
accept
drastic
measures
to
combat
the
country's
economic
crisis
as
an
alternative
to
a
torship.
"I
hate
dictatorship,"
Bevin
said,
"but
the
only
way
we
cftfe
avoid
it
is
:
MANCHF'iS
OVERTHROWN
TtT
"gime
of
Col
Carlos
Mancheno
"
lr
Jums
f.""
maimuu
Quaic6,
itjjuieu
icautf
of
a
counter-revolt
which
caused
Mancheno's
downfall,
assumed
temporary
power
over
Ecuador.
Mancheno
resigned
last
night
as
counter-revolutionary
forces
bore
down
on
Quito
without
opposition.
A
diplomatic
Informant
said
he,
had
taken
asylum
in
the
Venezuelan
embassy
and
Intend
ed
to
leave
the
country
as
soon
as
possible.
Air
Service
Normal
Again
With
the
Douglas
transport
operating
between
Vancouver
1
and
Sandsplt
unable
to
complete
two
rouna
trip
nignts
yesterday
owing
to
continued
low
celling
along
the
coast,
the
Canso
amphibian
from
here
went
through
to
Port
Hardy
last
evening
and
stayed
there
overnight,
returning
this
morning.
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
service
between
here
and
Vancouver
was
made
to
normal
today
as
the
ceiling
lifted
after
a
couple
of
bad
days,
and
permitted
of
scheduled
flights.
The
regular
flights
both
south
and
northbound
were
cancelled
on
Monday.
Brother
of
Drowned
Man
From
Alberta
Paul
Rachansky,
whose
brother,
Steve
Ranchasky,
was
drowned
last
week
at
Ocean
Falls,
arrived
in
the
city
by
last
night's
train
from
Mundare,
Alberta,
to
make
arrangements
for
sending
the
body
home
for
burial.
An
Inquest
Is
being
held
at
Ocean
Falls
today.
Native
Twins
Are
Dead
Here
Twins,
boy
and
girl,
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Stewart
of
Klhcolith
Monday
morning
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
lived
only
a
few
hours
before
succumbing.
J.
G.
Garrett,
provincial
assessor,
and
Mrs.
Garrett
returned
today
from
a
holiday
visit
to
Vancouver.
to
succeed
by
consent
and
not
force.
Bevin
heaped
scorn
on
coun-
tries
that
"imagine
now
and
again
that
we
are
no
longer
a
great
nation."
He
said:
"We
are
still
a
great
nation.
Those
who
say
we
are
not,
let
them
live
In
their
fool's
paradise.
We
have
fought
clean
In
the
past
and
will
fight
clean
again."
The
economic
crisis
might
last
another
two
years,
said
Bevin,
si:
appealing
to
workers
to
Increase
their
hours
of
work.
Bevin
declared
that
British,
production
would
have
to
b3"
greatly
Increased
and
the
government
was
prepared
to
take
drastic-
action
to
ensure
that
it'-was.
"Petty
foibles
and
restrictions"
of
the
trades
unions
could
not
be
respected.
The
country
was
still
lacking
In
productive
effort.
He
requoted
ChurchU's
words:
"Give
us
the
tools
and
we
will
finish
the
Job."
The
Foreign
Secretary
also
called
upon
the
United
States
to
redistribute
"Fort
'Knox
g&ld"
to
eliminate
constant
chaos
In
world
trade
payments.
"I
am
quite
sure
that
Is
one
of
the
readiest
ways
to
assist
la
Increasing
the
purchasing
powers
of
the
devastated
areas
of
the
world."
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
well
developed
low
In
the
Gulf
cf
Alaska
has
caused
a
steady
flow
cif
cold
moist
air
to
pass
over
the
northern
coast
for
the
past
few
days.
Last
nignt
the
leading
edge
of
the
cold
air
passed
southward
across
Vancouver
Island.
Showery
weather
will
be
general
across
the
province
today
and
tomorrow
and
temperatures
in
the
southern
sections
will
be.
10
to
20
degrees
cooler
than
yester
day.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Thursday.
Southwesterly
winds,
15
m.
p.h.
Little
change
In
tempera
ture.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
to
morrow:
Port
Hardy
52-62.
Mas-
sett
48-62,
Prince
Rupert
50-62
Baseball
Scores
American
Washington
7,
Philadelphia
4
St.
Louis
2,
Cleveland
3
National
No
games
BRITAIN'S
LARGEST
FLYING
BOAT
NEAR
COM
PLETION
Britain's
largest
flying
boat,
the
four-englned
Short-Saro
Shetland,
Is
shown
nearlng
completion
at
the
Short
Brothers'
factory
at
Rochester,
Kent.
The
huge
ship,
which
will
be
launched
next-
month,
can
carry
70
passengers
and
a
crew
of
11.
It
has
two
decks
and
comfort
able
accommodations,
Including
a
promenade
and
fully
equipped
kitchen.
With
a
maximum
speed
of
287
miles
per
hour,
the
Shetland
will
ba'
"
n
cruising
range
of
4,8?0
mile
and
will
be
used
for
research
and
deveopment