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Ql'EEN
IS
47
pOX-.juetnEluabeth
is
fa,lnf
hfr
17th
birthday
(jiu'tt
family
anniversary.
fnins;
Ume
will
be
a
P
mily
dinner
party
at
hham
lace
at
which
.mi
uc
present.
"Hon.
C.
D.
Howe
told
me
that
he
will
give
consideration
to
a
road
from
Atlin
to
the
Alaska
Highway,"
Mr.
Archibald
said.
"The
proposal
Is
that
the
federal
government
put
up
hall
the
money
ad
the
British
Columbia
government
the
other
half."
Total
cost
of
the
road
would
be
$600,000.
The
road
would
be
57
miles
long
half
in
British
Seamen's
Union
Delegates
Meet
Synopsis
TORONTO
f
Union
delegates
ow
of
cool
from
three
unions,
claiming
rcp-
.vard
over
.
roentatlon
of
4,000
marine
of-
.
will
result
'
iri'Ughout
today.
A
!:im
otf-
':t-
interior
1
'
-.wra
skiei
Scattered
;rftcd
In
.
te
after-uay
and
.ic-.vers
and'
'
brought
:
ti:r
drought-
fleers
will
meet
representatives
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
in
Montreal
this,
week
to
discuss
JolftOactlon
hUMsuppoft
of
the
C.S.U.
In
Its
dispute
with
the
ship
owners
and
rival
Canadian
lake
seamen's
union.
Tills
vfas
announced
by
W.
F.
Grant,
Na
tlonal
Association
of
Marine
..n-
glneers.
CIRCUMVENTING
UNITED
NATIONS
This
is
Charge
of
Russia
Regarding
American
Mediation
Offer
MOSCOW.
0i
Russia
charged
that
the
United
States
offer
to
mediate
the
"undeclared
war
In
Indonesia
was
a
means
of
car-cumventlng
the
United
Nations
and
demanded
that
the
Security
Council
Itself
take
binding
action.
This
surprise
Soviet
move
seriously
complicated
the
mediation
plan,
which
already
has
been
accepted
by
the
Netherlands
government
Oromyko
has
urged
the
council
to
go
slow
or.
the
question
of
mediation.
rs'evinBLEATE
LIQHTS
up-
Britain's
foreign
minister,
Ndes
atrfht
recelves
a
,l8ht
tor
his
cigarette
from
one
'
tae
fcc
Council
table
n.
thn
Euronean
economic
con-
l8natine,Mar,hal!
rlar
6t
under
way
In
Paris.
Delegates
I"
Soviet
of
"tern
Europe
took
part
in
the
conference,
ad
her
satellites
refused
to
attend,
iT0UP
!
MAk
TOE
Altentltig
mber
of
Comment
int
rromised
By
Regio-
!or
Action
to
r
;
situation
at
the
local
h
k
whereby
lateness
has
a,
-n
in
the
sorting
of
mall
arriving
on
late
afternoons
of
certain
days
of
the
week
Is
to
be
taken,
0,
H.
Clarke
of
Vancouver,
regional
director
of
postal
services,
has
advised
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
commerce.
Trie
matter
is
being
taken
up
with
the
Postmaster
here.
Mr.
Clarke,
In
.a
letter
to
the
;
Chamber,
expresses
regret
to
learn
that
the
service
had
not
been
entirely
satisfactory.
Last
May,
when
he
was
here.
It
had
been
considered
that
the
staff
was
adequate.
At
that
time
a
reduction
was
made
as
it
was
felt
that
the
staff
was
excessive,
no
postwar
decrease
having
been
'
half
In
the
Yukon
Columbia
and
madc
at
that
tlme
,n
splte
oI
territory,
"It
could
serve
as
a
northern
beginning
on
the
"A"
route
which
has
been
proposed
to
connect
the
Alaska
Highway
with
Central
British
Columbia
near
the
coast,"
he
said.
lesser
population
than
what
there
had
been
during
the
war.
PERMITS
FOR
NEW
HOMES
nuildinp
for
Month
Valued
at
$17,630
Permits
for
the
construction
of
two
new
homes
were
the
largest
items
in
the
lbt
of
(building
permits
Issued
at
the
City
Engineer's
office
in
July.
A
permit
to
J.
6.
Lindsay
t
o
build
a
$4,000
residence
on
Atlin
Avenue
and
one
Issued
lo
Jotm
Moritlr
for
0
$3,500
home
on
Eleventh
Street
were
Included
In
the
$17,620
totall
for
the
month.
Permits
Issued
60
far
this
year
are
valued
at
$133,247.
as
compared
with
$198,490
in
the
first
seven
months
of
1946.
In
July
of
last
year
$81650
in
permits
were
Issued.
Preliminary
work
for
a
new
office
building
for
Dr.
C.
II.
Hankinson
on
Second
Avenue,
adjoining
the
Civic
Centre
was
authorized,
with
the
granting
of
a
permit
for
$1,000
for
excavation
of
the
site.
The
permit
for
the
building
itself
has
not
been
Issued.
Building
construction
In
July
was
considerably
lower
than
in
June,
when
there
was
$55,510
worth
cf
work
authorized.
However,
It
exceeded
the
May
total
which
was
only
$9,325.
W.
Worchuk,
$50,
Comox
Avenue,
repairs.
Mr.
E.
M.
Montgomery,
$200,
Seventh
Avenue
East,
repairs.
Grand
Cafe,
$1,500,
repairs.
P.
Brew.
$250,
repairs.
E.
Anderson,
$275,
Second
Avenue,
repairs.
Dr,
W.
S.
Kergln,
$600,
Fourth
Avenue
West,
alterations.
John
Moritz.
?3,500
Eleventh
Street,
new
construction.
Paul
Vagel,
$305,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
Dr
C.
H.
Hankinson,
$1,000,
Second
Avenue,
excavation.
Miss
Bates.
$2,400,
Eleventh
Avenue
East,
addition.
Mrs.
O.
Vaccher,
$640,
Seventh
Avenue
West,
repairs.
Rex
Cafe.
$1,0C0,
Second
Avenue,
repairs.
J,
S.
Lindsay,
$4,000,
Atlin
Avenue,
new
construction.
Mrs.
Doris
Dodd,
$100,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
greenhouse.
St.
Elmo
Hotel,
$500,
Second
Avenue,
repairs.
H,
Grlndstrand,
$250,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
Samuel
Bill,
$200,
Third
Avenue
West,
repairs.
M.
Vancerhelde,
$150,
Eleventh
Avenue,
repairs.
M.
Vanderheide,
$100,
Eleventh
Avenue
East,
garage.
O.
F.
Forbes,
$600,
Second
Avenue,
repairs.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
August
5,
1947
iriM,
2:59
19.9
feet
Low
15J45
9:25
21:40
NORTIIERN
AND
jCENlllAl
BRITiYlI
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
18.9
feet
3.3
feet
6.5
feet
tar
1
ilflflBjWKKhll
'iL
CELEBATE
MASS
IN
BOMB-RUINED
CHURCH
Kneeling
worshippers
fill
the
roofless
ruins
of
St.
George's
Catholic
cathedral,
Southwark,
London,
Eng..
during
the
pontifical
high
mass
marking
the
coming
of
age
of
the
diocese
of
the
Knights
of
Columba.
Tills
is
one
of
the
many
churches
that
were
heavily
damaged
by
German
bombs
and
rocket
shells
which
rained
on
London
during
the
war.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
"j
CONVENTION
SSSS
j
DELEGEGATES
Vancouver
Bralorne
1100
B.
R.
Con
.05
B.
R.
X
11
Cariboo
Gold
2.15
Dentrnla5....-
Hedley
Mascot
95
Minto
03
Pcnd
Oreille
2.00
Pioneer
3.75
Premier
Border
.05(4
Privateer
35
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
16
Sheep
Creek
1.05
Taylor
Bridge
48
Vananda
(ask)
33
Congress
04V
Pacific
Eastern
25
Hedley
Amalg
03','a
Spud
Valley
15
Central
Zeballos
0214
Sllbak
Premier
67
Oils
A.
P.
Con
15
Calmont
42
C.
&
E
2.35
Foothills
2.85
Home
4.00
Fish
Sales
Canadian
Margaret
I,
58,000,
22.6c
and
18c,
Royal.
B.C.
Rover,
70,000,
22.6c
ad
18c,
Storage.
Passing
Cloud,
35,000,
22.8c
and
18c.
Whiz.
Ispaco,
48,000,
22.6c
and
18c,
Storage.
White
Hope,
32,000,
22.8c
and
18c,
Booth.
Vlnette
Prince,
50,000,
22.6c
and
18c.
Atlin.
Roy
Roberts,
24,000,
22.6c
and
18c,
Pacific.
Cora
II,
57,000;
P.
Doreen,
21,000;
Helen
II,
18,000
Co-op.
CARR
IN
MEXICO
OTTAWA
Commissioner
S.
T.
Wood
of
1lu
R.C.M.P.
said
Friday
that
the
force
has
known
for
some'
time
that
Mexico
was'
the
hideout
of
Sam
Carr,
the
missing
key
figure
In
Canada's
Russian
spy
probe
of
two
years
ago
but
declared
"we
have
no
instructions
to
pick
him
up."
More
Registrations
1'or
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
Session
Here
the
annual
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
to
be
held
here
this
week,
commencing
with
sessions
of
the
resolutions
committee
on
Wednesday1
afternoon.
Since
last
week
when
appllcatlos
for
thirty-seven
reservations
had
been
received,
notifications
for
the
following
have
been
received:
Prince
George
John
Mclnnis,
M.L.A.,
Mayor
Jack
Nicholson,
Cecil
Elphlcke,
T.
S.
Carmichael,
T.
E.
Richardso
and
W.
S.
Rus-!
sell.
(In
addition
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
H.
Crocker,
Harry
Bowman,
A.
M.
Patterson
and
H.
G.
Perry).
Smlthers
Arthur
Dockrlll,
P.
H.
Hoskins,.Mr.
and
Mrs.
C
P.
Bus-singer
and
R.
L.
Brash.
(In
ad-ditlo
to
K.
B.
Warner).
Hazelton
C.
W.
Dawson,
Allan
Benson,
George
Collins
and
George
Martin.
Juneau
Jack
Fletcher
and
W.
Robert
Webb.
Ketchikan
Mr.
ad
Mrs.
S.L.
Ferris,
W.
L.
Baker,
Wilfrid
Stump,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Norman
Wigutoff.
-
W.
H.
Tooth,
who
was
to
have
come
from
Stewart,
will
be
unable
to
be
here
and
W.
D.
Smith,
M.L.A.
for
Atlin,
will
represent
the
Stewart
Board
of
Trade.
PHILLIP
BRIGGS
BACK
IN
JUNEAU
Phillip
Briggs,
president
of
the
Briggs
Steamship
Co.,
Is
back
In
the
north
after
a
business
visit
that
took
him
as
far
as
Chicago,
Minneapolis
and
St.
Paul.
Efforts
are
being
made
to
obtain
two
C-3
freighters
of
the
Knot
type
through
the
United
States
Maritime
Commission.
This
move
announces
Mr.
Briggs,
is
encour-aeins
and
understood
to
be
meeting
with
success.
B.C.
Products
Supplement
Attention
of
readers
is
called
to
the
special
B.C..
Products
supplement
contained
in
today's
Daily
News.
Featuring
news
and
advertisements
of
makers
of
B.C.
Products,
the
six-page
section
has
been
sponsored
by
the
B.C.
Products
Bureau
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
which,
with
cooperation
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Board
of
Trade,
is
staging
the
B.C.
Products
at
the
Civic
Centre
on
Wednesday
night
of
this
week.
CHEMICAL
WAS
CAUSE
OF
FIRE
Blast
Results
In
$100,000
Damage
at
Sault
Ste.
Marie
SAULT
STE
MARE
0
The
explosion
of
a
chemical
known
as
D-Sul-X
was
blamed
for
a
$100,-CCD
fire
on
Saturday
which
de-
of
the
Chromium
Mining
and
!
WEATHER
IS
BETTER
HERE
July
This
Year
Tiner
Than
Last
in
Spite
of
Wet
Start
fng
frig
the
week-end
for
up
up
since
July
.
1B
18
Prince
Rupert's
weather
In
1947
lsprovlng
definitely
better
than
1946.
So
far
this
year
there
has
been
sunshine
totalling
6325
hours
In
the
aggregate,
as
compared
with
563.8
hours
In
the
first
seven
months
of
last
year.
The
1947
precipitation
-to
date
has
been
43.84
Inches
compared
with
48.99
Inches
In
the
corresponding
period
of
1946.
July
was
a
pleasant
month,
in
I
spite
of
a
wet
start,
with
128.6
hours
of
sunshine
on
21
days
and
i2Z
Inches
of
rain
on
17
days.
Other
Julv
weather
tfleures.
Minimum,
41.3
on
July
1.
Mean
temperature,
565.
Highest
barometer
reading,
30.82
on
July
29.
Lowest
barometer
reading,
29.31
on
July
11.
Maximum
wind
velocity,
16
miles
per
hour
from
southeast
on
July
3.
MORE
POLIO
VANCOUVER
Five
new
cases'
of
poliomyletis
were
reported
in
Greater
Vancouver
area
at
the
week-end,
reported
Dr.
Stewart
Murray,
city
medical
health
officer.
Total
for
the
district
is
now
72
and
for
the
lower
mainland.
LQUIS
MATCHED
NEW
YORK
Joe
Louis,
heavyweight
champion,
will
meet
Jersey
Joe
Walcott
of
Camden,
New
Jersey,
in
a
ten-round
non-title
fight
at
Madison
Square
Garden
November
14.
This
was
announced
yesterday
by
the
Twentieth
Century
Club.
MfNTING
NEW
MEDAL
OTTAWA
Department'
of
Defence
headquarters
announced
that
the
Royal
Canadian
mint
will
start
manufacturing
the
Defence
of
Britain
Medal
as
soon
as
the
dies
arc
received
from
the
United
Kingdom.
Striking
of
the
medal
has
already
started
in
Britain.
"CEASE
FIRE"
ORDERED
BATA
VIA
Acting
Governor-General
Hubertus
J.
Van
Mook
welcomed
the
United
States
offer
to
mediate
the
Indonesian
conflict
but
expressed
doubt
that
the
Indonesian
Republic
could
enforce
the
"Cease
Fire"
order
of
the
United
Nations
Security
Council.
Van
Mook
issued
an
order
for
"Cease
Fire"
to
Dutch
troops
effective
tonight.
The
United
Nations
Security
Council
on
Friday
had
called
on
the
Netherlands
and
the
Republic
of
Idonesia
to
cease
hostilities
Immediately.
The
vote
was
8-0
with
three
absentees.
The
action
was
on
part
of
a
resolution
with
the
final
vote
yet
to
come.
TAXI
iABIuei
s
r
)AyANDNiaT8KRVICEj
V
-fc
nlwitinl
Bail
lITFTsTABi
1Empr.HoUl.
Third
Ave.J
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwcst.f
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
181.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY.
AUGUST
4,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ernment
Gripping
With
Economic
Crisis
Road
Into
Atlin
to
If
nect
Alaska
Highway
flight
Serve
As
Northern
Link
For
iRoad
Northward
From
Hazelton
Lv
hignaa"
connecting
Atlin
with
the
Alaska
L
whir
'
olll(1
scrve
as
a
northern
link
with
misted
v
coast
routc
from
Hezelton
mav
bc
Suctd
ir
near
future,
according
to
H.
G.
Lid.
M
l
r
Skeena,
who
says
that
the
gov-
Km
(j.
(V"
III1
11
UIVUIUUIU
UUIIBIUUI
UIUU.
Ull.
irant
s
hguar
d
riwf-load
for
Province
dirio
Lands
(MO-
T.
plane-
ArcniDaia
arnvea
on
aaiuraay
night's
train
from
Ottawa.
Prime
Minister
Will
Make
Important
Speech
LONDON
(CP)
The
government
will
soon
introduce
a
special
autumn
budget
to
counteract
any
inflationary
dangers
arising
from
measures
it
will
announce
on
Wednesday
to
meet
Britain's
present
economic
crisis,
it
was
learned
today.
The
most
stroyed
the
experimental
plant
;
serious
problem
may
come
from
increased
spending
Smelting
Corporation.
Before
LANDLORDS
MAY
being
isolated
the
quick
action
j
OBTAIN
HOMES
of
the
firemen
the
fire
threat-l
ened
the
corporation's
main
plant
and
caused
extensive
damage
to
nearby
homes
and
business
establishments.
j
OTTAWA
0
Final
touches
are
1
now
being
put
to
the
plan
under
'
which
persons
will
be
permitted
to
obtain
possession
of
their
homes
If
they
can
show
they
are
suffering
greater
than
the
present
occupants.
The
plan
would
involve
establishment
of
organizations
across
Canada
to
hear
individual
cases
of
hardship
caused
by
the
existing
rental
regulations.
Present
eviction
regulations
prevent
home
owners
from
obtaining
possession
of
their
homes.
NASCOPIE
FOLK
REACH
WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG,
0)
Seven
more
persons
who
were
aboard
the
Hudson's
Bay
Company
supply
ship
Nascopie
when
she
piled
up
on
a
reef
near
Cape
Dorset,
Baf
fin
Land,
July
21,
shopped
for
new
clothing
Saturday
after
be
ing
flown
here.
There
were
13
In
all
flown
here.
The
rest,
totalling
about
60,
are
expected
by
train
this
afternoon.
Inbound
Air
Mail
Was
250
Letters
The
first
day's
airmail
from
Vancouver
Friday
afternoon
was
not
as
heavy
as
tnat
which
went
out
in
the
morning,
ome
250
letters
came
In
one
bag.
The
outgoing
airmail
In
the
morning
had
consisted
of
upwards
of
1200
SultetiHJ
RUSSIA
MAKING
ARMS
BERLIN
The
American
military
government
announces
it
has
discovered
large
quantities
of
war
material
which
apparently
had
been
manufactured
for
an
unidentified
foreign
power
secreted
in
stock
piles
in
two
German
factories
in
the
United
States
section
of
Berlin.
FORD
COMPANY
STRIKE
DETROIT
The
Ford
Motor
Co.,
threatened
by
a
strike
of
its
107,000
production
workers,
offered
conditionally
yesterday
to
waive
the
Taft-Hartley
labor
law's
court
protection
against
union
contract
violations.
DUTCH
TAKE
MALANG
BAT
A
VI
A
The
scorched,
dead
city
of
Malang,
scat
of
the
Indonesian
republic's
parliament,
surrendered
to
the
Dutch
Thursday,
the
Netherlands
Army
announced.
Other
'
Dutch
columns
raced
toward
the
blazing
town
of
Tjilatjap,
chief
republican
port
on
the
south
Java
coast.
ANTI-JEWISH
RIOTS
LIVERPOOL
Jewish
shopkeepers
windows
in
several
sections
of
Liverpool
and
Manchester
were
smashed
at
the
week-end
and
police
received
an
emergency
call
from
a
Jewish
doctor
who
said
he
had
been
assaulted
in
a
cafe.
There
were
other
disorders.
A
squad
of
cars
operated
through
the
cities
but
no
arrests
were
made.
Tension
mounted
in
Liverpool
as
red
painted,
anti-semetic
signs
appeared
near
.
the
docks
land
Jewish
shop
keepers
windows
in
several
sections
of
the
city
were
smashed.
Windows
of
synagogues
were
also
smashed.
powers
of
workers
in
Industries
whose
production
is
to
be
stepped
up.
Premier
Attlee
had
a
preliminary
meeting
today
with
the
financial
group
of
cabinet
members.
The
Prime
Minister
spent
yes
terday
at
10
Downing
Street
preparing
an
important
speech
he
will
deliver
on
Wednesday.
He
will
describe
the
plight
of
the
country
financially
and
tell
of
steps
being
taken
to
remedy
the
situation.
s
Drowned
At
Sandspit
Harry
Beaven
Loses
Life
While
Saving
That
of
Child
According
to
private
advices
received
in
Prince
Rupert
to-
'
day,
Harry
Beaven,
-aged
35,
well
known
farmer
of
Sands-pit,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
was
drowned
on
Saturday
in
the
Copper
River
there
when
he
plunged
into
the
river
to
save
a
child
who
was
in
distress.
Deceased,
son
of
II.,R.
Beaven,
,W-
many
years
a-.welt
known
merchant
of
Queen
Charlotte
City,
had
lived
on
the
Islands
since
boyhood.
He
is
survived
by
a
widow
and
children.
GAS
SHOVEL
DUMPS-BURNS
A
gasoline
shovel
being
used
by
Highway
Construction
Company
toppled
over
a
bank
and
caught
fire
about
11:50
Saturday
morning.
The
shovel
was
in
operation
on
part
of
the
new
road
that
is
being
put
in
from
Park
Avenue
to
the
Co-op
plant
at
Falrview.
Fred
Buspin,
who
was
handling
the
controls
of
the
machine
at
the
time
of
the
accident,
managed
to
jump
clear.
As
there
was
no
water
connections
handy
the
fire
department
had
to
use
two
of
their
tank
trucks
to
quell
the
oil
blaze
that
resulted
when
the
shovel
rolled
down
a
fifteen-foot
bank.
STRIKE
IS
IMMINENT
DETROIT
The
C.I.O.
United
Automobile
workers
have
ended
eight
hours
bargaining
with
the
announcement
that
only
a
last-minute
truce
could
stave
off
a
strike
of
107,000
Ford
Motor
Co.
production
workers
at
noon
on
Tuesday.
The
union
announced
a
strike
deadline
for
46
Ford
plants
across
the
United
States.
The
dispute
Is
over
contract
prp-tection,
under
the
Taft-Hartley
law.
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY
American
League
Detroit
1.
Boston
2.
Chicago
13,
Washington
1.
St.
Louis
5,
Philadelphia
8.
Cleveland
2-0,
New
York
3-3.
National
League
Philadelphia
3,
St.
Louis
4.
Brooklyn
7,
Chicago
12.
Boston
8,
Cincinnati
7.
New
York
10-4,
Pittsburgh
2-5.
SUNDAY
Amerl
act
League
Cleveland
4,
New
York
5.
St.
Louis
0-4,
Philadelphia
2-3.
Chicago
2,
Washington
1.
Detroit
10,
Boston
3.
National
League
Philadelphia
8,
St.
Louis
12.
Brooklyn
0,
Chicaso
6.
New
York
11-6,
Pittsburgh
8-C..
Boston
4-1,
Cincinnati
2-6.