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future
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have
bren
suffer-
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the
Inability
or
un-
ic
of
thr
authorities
to
o..r"
However
the
com-
definitely
pursue
the
-rtirr
It
should
be
In-.
b!
at
i:uch
a
valuable
';?
in
'opment
of
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B.C.
Cana-1
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undeveloped
1
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be
allowed
to
de.-,
r
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dis'Usr
and
The
nrogrcssive
and
t:
..zat'on
of
the
well-i
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duck
is
a
direct
i.
of
the
government
t
aid
be
held
liable
If
K-k
their
stewardship.
!
Svel.v
minded
gov-t
'
make
definite
"
0
this
?reat
port
k
-
the
Pacific.
Cana-rrr
c'lcd
port
of
the
are
rt
follows:
V
L
Mjckcnzlc
Kin:
Mister.
.
'
Commons.
Sir
'
1
IvrniitH,
.::
are
copies
t
itnd
received
from
'
:r)
Esq..
chairman,
if
Dk
toia.
Canadian
j
Ru.ways.
with
rcfer-
the
futnrp
nnernllnii
nf
ioco
Tides
fiiav
ay
April
12,
1940
J0:53
18.0
feet
"J.39
19.2
feet
'
ment
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard.
"This
yard
has
completed
an
intensive
period
of
wartime
shipbuilding
and
work
on
the
.last
of
such
contracts
Is
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
March.
YORK
NEWSMAN
GETS
NAME
IN
T
PAM
m
mm
ft
B.
I
II
II
llPllir
i
n
ik
riK
i
iiiYir
in
iijiii
i
nr
v
i
N'ew
York
newsnanerman
who
worked
for
city
s
Dailv
News
fnr
20
vears
without
seeing
An
name
in
nnnt
snw
it.
in
the
i'rince
nu
nen
News
recentlv
because
of
his
kindness
to
a
Wk
SUbwav.
ire
is
Oeorcc
II.
MacLeod.
M
RAn
.
OR,
DIES
In
C..1.
iWA.
Ti.f
of
(
Jinnee
neaaquar-
naj
announced
'f
Canadian
soldier
Is
-
-
umcrs
arc
unoer
trejtmciv
In
Germany
'"ult
of
drlnktncr
illicit
n
II
r
"Huur
me
warnings
'"iLH
ucrman
liquoror
i'Ps-
-have
been
published
'
Canadian
Army
news-Maple
Leaf.
RFr
MPki
-"
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ILM
Rm.,i...
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l.,a,irr,
Addresses
V
1,1
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Province
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common
pride
"III
September
last
a
local
delegation,
representing
the
City
Council,
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Labor
organizations,
Interviewed
Canadian
National
Railway
officials
In
Montreal,
and
the
Honorable
Minister
of
Transport
at
Ottawa
and
requested
that
a
definite
policy
be
announced
with
respect
to
future
operation
of
this
plant.
A
specific
request
was
also
made
that
the
Canadian
National
build
lts
Pacific
Coast
passenger
ship
replacements
In
Its
own
yard
at
Prince
Rupert.
"Ihe
delegates
were
promised
Hi
at
full
consideration
would
be
given
to
their
requests.
"Subsequently
both
Mr.
Vau?han
and
Mr.
Chevrier
were
quoted
n
the
press
as
having
stated
that
the
Canadian
National
Railways
plan-n(d
to
have
replacement
pas-h?er
tonnage
constructed
In
Pacific
Coast
yards
and
that
there
was
a
possibility
of
the
Prince
Rupert
plant
participating
In
the
work.
To
date
no
further
Information
is
forth-
tnr
vnnr
i
coming,
either
from
trie
Rallrl
ment
or
1
ranspon,
"Early
In
February
this
committee
communicated
with
Mr.
Vaughan
requesting
a
state-
Continued
on
Page
4)
'
Canadian
veteran
of
World
War
I
and
a
member
of
the
New
York
City
Canadian
Legion
post,
who
durins
the
last
few
months
has
welcomed
and
assisted
thous
ands
of
returning
Canadians
who
passed
through
the
great
eastern
seaport.
Among
them
was
Lieut.
(Nursing
Sister)
Maxlnc
Llewellyn,
of
Prince
Rupert
who
lost
her
purse
In
a
New
York
subway
and
who
had
It
returned
to
her
a
week
later
In
Prince
Rupert
by
Mr.
MacLeod.
Mr.
MacLeod
is
proud
of
the
recognition
received
by
the
Canadian
Legion
in
the
Daily
News
story.
"Tills
was
a
most
unexpected
compliment
for
our
Post
and
it
leaves
me
with
a
feeling
that;
all
Uie
running
about
and
late
hoirs
with
the
troop
ships
and
trains
was
not
the
waste
of
time
that
It
may
have
appeared
to
many,"
he
wrote.
Sent
a
clipping
of
the
story
Mr.
MacLeod
was
somewhat
startled
to
see
that
he
a
veteran
newspaperman
had
made
news.
"I
have
been
on
a
New-York
daily
for
over
20
years,
also
the
Dally
News,
by
the
way,
but
this
is
the
first
time
I
have
seen
my
name
In
print."
Then
he
added
with
profes-tlonal
Interest:
"Did
I
make
Page
One?"
During
the
first
World
War
Mr.
MacLeod
served
overseas
In
the
pipe
band
of
the
Canadian
Scottish
regiment,
of
Victoria,
or
which
Col.
Cy
W.
Peck,
V.C..
was
commanding
officer.
Co!.
Peck,
former
member
of
Parlia-
for
Skeena,
Is
honorary:
;:0
8.1
feet
!
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
17
19
4.9
feet
Branch,
Canadian
Legion,
TOP
PARQ
Q1Q
Phone
UfU
J.KASPER
C.
McINTYRE
Stand:
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
(across
from
Ormes)
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SEP.VICE
OTTAWA
0'
Mrs.
Emma
Wbl-kin,
25,
former
cipher
clerk
in
the
External
Affairs
department,
was
directed
by
Magistrate
Olenn
Strike
yesterday
to
stand
trial
on
espionage
charges.
She
declined
to
make
any
ytatcmeni
or
call
any
evidence
in
her
own
defence.
The
crown
prosecutor
consented
to
withdraw
two
of
the
fivi
charges
against
her
and
she
was
committed
on
three
charges
under
the
Offhlal
Secrets
Act.
One
of
the
charges
withdrawn
was
on
a
conpiracy
count
and
the
other
was
under
the
Secrets
Act.
Mrs.
Woikin
was
the
fourth
of
j
12
perrons
charged
to
be
com-
mlttcd
for
trial.
SPEEDING
ON
TO
OTTAWA
Halifax
Cheers
as
(Jovcrnor
General
and
Tarty
Leave
IIALIFAX-iAmld
a
cheering
crowd
of
citizens,
the
special
Canadian
National
Railways'
troinJIrollcd
,
way-eJmi
th
Aquitanla's
ride
carrying
Canada's
Governor
Oeheral
Designate
Viscount
Alexander,
viscountess
Alexander
and
their
three
chll-I
dren-Shane.
Brian
and
Rose
'enroute
to
Ottawa
where
Vls-j
count
Alexander
will
be
sworn
in
I
as
Canada's
seventeenth
gover-I
nor
general.
He
Is
the
flxth
governor
general
to
have
arrived
at
the
port
of
Halifax
and
the
second
who
was
not
sworn
In
In
I
this
capital
city.
Included
In
the
special
partv
accompanying
Viscount
Alex
ander
was
the
Hon.
Wlshart
McL.
Robertson,
minister
without
portfolio
and
leader
of
the
government
In
the
Senate,
representing
the
Dominion
government;
A.
D.
P.
Heeney.
K.C..
clerk
of
the
Privy
Council
and
secretary
to
the
catlnet,
personal
representative
of
the
Prime
Minister:
Rt.
Hon.
W.
h.
Mackenzie
King;
E.
H.
Coleman,
C.M.G..
K.C.,
IL.D..
undersecrtary
of
state
and
Walter
S.
Thompson.
In
charce
or
pre.
relations
on
behalf
of
the
government
with
the
co-opcratlon
of
the
Canadian
Information
Service;
Brigadier
H.
K.
B.
Keating.
C.B.E..
;
E.D.,
of
Ottawa,
deputy
quarter-1
master
general,
who
is
in
charge
of
all
movements.
Members
of
the
Governor
General's
staff
on
board
the
fpecial
train
were
Major
General
H.
F.
G.
Letson,
C.B.,
C.B.E.,
M.C..
E.D..
secretary
to
the
Governor
General;
Squadron
Leader
A.
Tolle-mache,
G.C.,
of
the
Royal
Air
Force,
A.D.C..
and
Miss
B.
Vcscy.
lady
in
waiting.
The
'cek
Canadian
National
Railways
nine
car
"green"
train
travelled
over
the
lines
of
the
C.N.R.
from
Halifax
to
Ottawa
and
was
handled
by
a
crew
which
manned
the
ruyal
train.
"When
Will
Rain
Ever
Stop?"
Asks
Vancouver
City
VANCOUVER
When
will
it
ever
stop
raining
Is
the
question
that
long-suffering
Vancouver
people
arc
desperately
asking
the
weather
man
who
now
comes
through
with
the
explanation
that
two
opposing
levels
of
alf
one
cold
below
and
another
warm
on
top
-are
causing
the
Incessant
wind
and
ram.
Up
to
4.30
this
morning
there
had
bcen;
1.9
Inches
of
rain
In
twenty
-four
hours
and
In
the
Frascr
Valley
it
was
worse
than
that,
Abpotsford
recording
2.3G
inches.
VOLL.
XXV.
No.
88.
foe
a?
vtdTORIA.B.C.
ACTIQN
OF
SHIPYARD
IS
SCORED
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
11,
1946
Elderly
Mens
Home
Is
One
of
Inmates
Perish
SPY
SUSPECT
COMMITTED
5
FOLLOWING
COURT
APPEARANCE
OF
SPY
SUSPECT
After
her
cburt
appearance
In
Ottawa,
Mrs.
Emma
Woikin
is
shown
with
her
attorney
J.
P.
Ericlvspn.-Brown,
left,
and
her
brother,
who
nut
up
ball
for
her.
.Mrs.
Woikin
Is
one
of
snveri
charge'd,
v.1th
espionage
,ac-ifrities.
"
'
'
she
"has
pieaaect
guilty.
'
&
Bulletins
U.S.
SUPPORTS
POLAND
NEW
YORK
United
States
today
announced
support
of
Poland's
demand
for
the
ques
tion
of
Franco
Spain
to
be
brought
before
the
United
Nations
security
council
for
discussion
but
would
not
commit
itself
for
action
until
there
was
further
evidence.
'
United
States
has
already
complained
of
Nazi
activity
in
Spain,
particularly
in
the
scientific
field.
54,000
STARVE
TO
DEATH
TORONTO
No
less
than
54,000,000
people
starved
to
death
in
the
woild
last
winter,
Donald
A.
Marsh,
Red
Cross
commissioner,
said
here.
SMALLPOX
KILLS
BABY
SEATTLE
There
has
been
an
eighth
victim
of
smallpox
here,
an
eight
-
month
-
old
baby.
ARREST
FOR
ARTIST
BOSTON
Wilfrid
Belts,
a
radio
script
writer,
has
been
arrested
on
a
charge
of
arson
following
the
fire
which
destroyed
an
apartment
with
loss
of
eight
lives.
GOERIXG
SHOOTING
RUMOR
NUERNBERG
There
has
been
emphatic
denial
of
a
tumor
that
one
of
the
judges
at
the
international
war
crimes
tribunal
whipped
out
a
revolver
and
shot
Hermann
Gocring
through
the
heart.
DEVIL'S
ISLAND
CLOSING
PARIS
The
French
penal
institution
cf
Devil's
Island
off
the
coast
of
South
America
is
being
closed.
KIMBERLEY
POISONING
!
KIMBERLEY
Twenty-six
per-I
sons
have
received
medical
trcat-jincnt
for
food
poisoning.
There
I
are
23
victims
still
In
hospital,
I
but
all
arc
reported
to
bo
makin?
I
favorable
progress
towards
re-!
'
covery.
The
rejtaurant
where
the
food
is
believed
to
have
been
served
is
closed
while
an
investigation
proceeds.
BUILDING
INDUSTRY
Local
and
Outside
Interest
.Mayor
Keports
on
Highway
At
a
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Industrial
Development
Committee
Tuesday
night
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
who
was
in
Victoria
recently,
gave
a
detailed
report
of
the
many
contacts
mads
with
the
British
Columbia
cabinet
as
a
group
and
with
the
individual
members.
The
assistance
given
him
by
the
local
member,
W.
II.
Brett,
and
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
was
acknowledged.
A
vote
of
.thanks
was
accorded
the
Mayor
for
his
successful
undertaking.
It
was
felt
that
it
only
required
a
steady
and
persistent
follow-up
to
make
the
results
effective.
In
connection
with
the
settling
of
the
Jurisdiction
over
the
Skeena
Highway
the
mayor's
report
of
the
keen
interest
shown
in
It
by
Premier
John
Hart
was
felt
encouraging.
The
committee
endorsed
the
action
of
the
local
Senior
Chamber
of
Com
merce
in
Its
efforts
to
have
the
delegation
from
the
B.
C.
cablnc:
take
the
matter
up
when
It
visiti
Ottawa
for
the
Dominion-provincial
conference
shortly.
A
considerable
part
of
the
meeting
was
devoted
to
the
consideration
of
the
development
ot
local
Industries
where
local
resources
could
be
processed.
Already
some
definite
items
arc
under
consideration
and
an
afternoon
meeting
will
be
held
shortly
to
deal
specifically
with
this
matter.
'Hie
value
of
making
outside
contacts
was
indicated
by
the
receipt
of
a
letter
from
the
(Continued
on
Page
5)
REDS
BEHIND
in"!
tei
I
JAPANESE
VOTE
TOKYO
fh
Three
major
parties
were
running
a
close
race
today
for
control
of
Japan's
468-seat
house
of
representatives.
The
Communists
were
trailing
far
behind.
Nine
women
appeared
certain
of
election.
Scattered
results
gave
Social
Democrats
25
seats,
Progressives
24,
Liberals
23
and
the
Communists
three.
Mill
Rate
IS
Raised
Is
Set
By
City
Council
at
Meeting
Last
Night
Increase
of
Two
Mills
Tax
rate
of
52
mills,
an
increase
of
two
mills
over
last
year,
was
set
by
the
city
council
at
a
meeting
last
night.
The
levy,
on
100
percent
of
the
land
and
50
percent
of
improvements.
Is
divided
into
21.G1
for
schools,
15.25
for
bonded
indebtedness
and
15.11
for
general
expense.
RUSS
WITNESS
UNDER
GUARD
Igor
Gouzcnko
Is
Witness
At
Espionage
Trial
OTTAWA
O"
Igor
Gouzenko
testified
In
police
court
today
that
he
had
knowingly
broken
his
oath
to
Russia
to
take
from
the
"Soviet
embassy
at
Ottawa
documents
that
hae
become
the
basis
for
the
prosecution
o
14
Canadians
who
face
espionage
charges.
Under
cross
examination
Gouz
"would
kill
me"
and
added
that
if
there
were
no
police
protection
"I
wouldn't
be
safe."-
Gouzcnko
was
a
witness
at
the
preliminary
hearing
of
H.S:
person,
43,
of
Montreal,
former
munitions
department
employee,
on
espionage
charge,
under
the
Official
Secrets
Act.
At
the
close
of
the
hearing
Magistrate
Glenn
Strike
said
that
he
would
commit
Gerson
for
trial
on
espionage
charges.
However,
formal
committal
was
postponed.
The
magistrate
reserved
de
cision
on
the
conspiracy
charge.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Victim
of
the
flames
which,
i
as
far
as
Is
known,
burst
out
j
from
an
overheated
stove,
was
j
Wllhelm
Bert
Johansen
age
55,
an
Inmate
of
the
Eventide
Home.
Bedridden
from
paralysis,
he
perished
.after
attempts
to
rescue
him
had
been
repulsed
by
the
severe
heat.
In
hospital,
suffering
from
multiple
burns,
but
In
talr
condition,
are
Mrs.
Constance
Carl
son,
resident
of
an
apartment
adjolnm;
the
Eventide
Hoirie,
and
David
Robertson,
70,
an
old
age
pensioner
residing
In
the
1
Eventldo
Heme.
Suffering
minor
burns
and
shoclc
areAndrius
mates,
and
S.
B.
Calder,
Even
tide
Home
superintendent.
So
sudden
was
the
outbreak
that
occupants
leaped
from
second
storey
windows
to
the
NEW
CLIMAX-IN
SPY
CASE
1
With
Indictment
of
Lieut.
j
Nicolai
Redin
in
Seattle
i
!
SEATTLE
0
The
first
post-
war
spy
case
In
the
United
States
reacneci
a
new
climax
when
a
federal
grand
jury
Indicted
Soviet
Lieut.
Nicolai
Rcdln
on
five
counts
a
few
hours
after
the
State
Department
In
Washington
disclosed
it
had
rejected
a
Russian
request
that
the
case
be
dropped.
The
Soviet
embassy
made
the
request
on
the
contention
that
Redin
is
innocent.
The
srand
jury
indictment
declared
that
Redin,
a
Soviet
naval
officer,
obtained
information
I
concerning
national
defence
and
conspired
to
obtain
and
to
transmit
to
a
foreign
government
plans
dealing
with
national
e.!DR.
BAMFORD
LEGION
HEAD
cnko
told
the
court
that
he
'
At
its
semi
-annual
election
of
knew
there
were
agents,
who
officers
last
night.
Prince
Ru
pert
Branch.
Canadian
Legion,
elected
Dr.
R.
C.
Bamford
president
while
first
and
second
vice-presidents
respectively
arc
V.
G.
Houston
and
Ralph
Smith.
Executive
members
are
D.
Murray,
James
Nicoll.
Lee
Gordon,
Walter
Smith,
Sydney
Bird
and
D.
McGillivray.
Harold
Ponder
was
elected
Sergcant-at-Arms.
Trus
tees
arc
H.
A.
Breen.
Dr.
R.
C.
Bamford
and
S.
C.
Thompson.
The
new
officers
expect
to
start
working
on
plans
for
a
new
Legion
building
this
year,
and
the
executive
will
meet
on
Sun
Gouzcnko.
a
former
Russian
em-;
day
to
appoint
committee
heads.
bassy
cipher
clerk,
was
on
the
A
vote
of
thanks
was
accord-
witness
stand
for
more
than
an
led
S,A.
Checscman
for
his
good
hour.
He
then
left
the
v
court
work
In
the
past,
and
votes
of
under
guard.
MILK
BILL
IS
PUT
THROUGH
VICTORIA
W
During
Tuesday's
session
of
the
Legislature
the
Milk,
Act,
giving-
Vancouver
power
to
compel
pasteurization
of
milk,
reached
the
commlttc
stage.
thanks
were
also
given
to
the
re
tiring
executive.
Membership
applications
from
20
returned
veterans
were
received,
while
15
previous
appli
cations
were
approved
.
A
donation
of
$25
to
the
Red
Cross
was
TAXI
537
TAXI
DAY
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
Destroyed
By
Tragic
Fire;
es;
Others
Burned
and
Hurt
Tire
Trap7
Hostel
Wiped
Out
In
Morning
Blaze
BERT
JOHANSEN
IS
VICTIM,
NEARLY
MADE
HIS
ESCAPE
A
55-year-okl
man
lost
his
life
this
morning
and
five
other
persons
one
a
woman
were
sent
to'hos-pital
suffering
from
burns
and
shock
as
a
result
of
a
fire
which
raged
through
the
city's
Eventide
Home
at
the
rear
of
the
Dyer
Apartments
at
1029
Third
I
Avenue
West,
causing
complete
destruction
of
the
.rear
portion
of
the
building.
ground
below,
some
being
in
jured
in
so
doing.
Johansen's
burned
remains
were
found
near
a
doorway;
Two
other
inmates
had
been
evidently
endeavouring
to
help
him
out
but
were
driven
away
by
smoke
and
flames.
There
were
ten
occupants
in
the
home,
all
aged
and
some
crippled.
They
were
rushed
to
'
temporary
shelters
and
civic
authorities
were
endeavouring
to
find
a
new
home
for
them.
The
Eventide
Home
occupied
part
of
an
ancient
tenement
known
as
the
Dyer
Apartments
C
:,
which
was
built
in
the
earrsaays
taxes.
For
some
time
there
had
been
agitatloh
here
to
have
better
quarters
provided
for
the
old
men
and
a
fund
of
several
thousand
dollars
had
.been
raised.
Labor
and
other
organizations
had
recently
expressed
indignation
that
nothing
had
been
done.'
One
of
the
incidents
of
the
fire
was
that
of
a
Chinaman
occupying
one
of
the
private
apartments
who
escaped
and
then
remembered
that
he
had
left
a
cache
of
money
in
a
partition.
He
went
back
in
and
came
forth
carrying
a
large
stack
of
bills.
Fire
Raged
With
Teirific
Speed
Sending
up
billows
of
black
smoke,
the
fire
rampaged
through
the
rear
portion
of
the
Dyer
apartments
with
such
speed
that
it
had
a
strong
hold
before
the
city
fire
department
arrived
shortly
after
it
had
broken
out
about
9
o'clock.
Residents
of
other
apartments
In
the
block
and
of
houses
hastened
to
move
fur-(ContinucJ
on
Page
3)
INVESTIGATE
LIQUOR
IAWS
VICTORIA
Attorney-General
Gordon
Wlsmer
announced
In
the
Legislature
that
there
would
be
no
change
In
the
present
liquor
policy
of
the
government
for
thls'jSciS-sion
but
"I
recognize
need
for
improvement
and
am
prepared
to
launch
an
Investigation
Into
the
present
distribution,
'
etc."
THE
WEATHER
General
Summary
Exceedingly
heavy
rains
were
experienced
yesterday
and
last
night
In
the
southern
part
of
Vancouver
Island
and
in
the
lower
mainland
region
and
northwestern
part
of
Washington
State.
In
the
24-hour
period
ending
at
4:30
this
morning,
Vancouver
airport
reported
1,75
.
Inches
of
rain,
while
Abbotsford
reported
2.36
Inches,
and
Hoqulam,
Washington,
received
2.9
Inches.
With
cloudy
skies
persisting
over
the
province,
average
temperatures
continued
to
be
3.5
degrees
be-
i
low
normal.
approved.
Forecast
Cloudy
today
and
P.
M.
Ray
will
take
over
as
(Friday.
Minimum
temperature
full
time
secretary-manager
of
tonight
33
degrees.
Maximum
the
local
branch
on
May
1.
Friday
49.
1