PRIME
MINISTER
MACKENZIE
KING
MILESTONES
AND
ANNIVERSARIES
IN
CAREER
OF
STATESMAN
On
.Monday
next,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
will
enter
upon
li
is
twentieth
year
as
premier
of
Canada,
i
record
now
exceeded
by
only
one
Prime
Minister
in
British
bistoiy
Sir
Robert
Walpolc
in
the
Seventeenth
Century.
Mr
King
was
chosen
leader
of
the
Liberal
Party
of
Can-
ida
nn
August
7,
1319
and
was
sworn
in
as
Prime
Minister
of
Canada
on
December
29,
1921
after
the
return
of
the
Liberal
Parly
in
the
election
of
December
6,
1921.
Mr
King
has
been
returned
to
office
as
Prime
Minister
ol
Canada
at
six
general
elections.
On
.Monday
lie
will
have
held
that
office
for
a
longer
period
of
time
than
the
head
of
any
other
government
in
the
norlil
today
has
held
similar
office.
On
.May
12,
19
IC
he
passed
the
record
as
Prime
Minister
t
William
ritt
of
Great
Britain.
In
a
dramatic
close
to
one
of
the
most
powerful
speeches
his
career
Mr.
King
declared:
"I
fought
for
measures
of
wial
senility
and
national
well-being
in
season
and
out
of
Kason,
in
parliament
and
out
of
parliament,
in
this
country
ml
in
other
countries.
I
have
fought
for
them
wherever
the
opportunity
presented
itself,
and
win
or
lose
in
the
future,
I
!
intend
to
fight
for
them
to
the
end
of
my
days."
Highlights
in
.Mr.
King's
career
of
a
lifetime
spent
in
a
liilit
to
have
social
jsccurity
and
human
welfare
become
a
part
of
the
inheritance
of
mankind
aie:
1900
Canada's
first
deputy
minister
of
labor
and
editor
ot
the
"Labor
Gazette."
Carried
out
official
missions
to
Britain.
India,
China
and
Japan,
concerned
with
such
questions
as
false
representations
to
labor,
opium
traffic,
immigration
irom
the
Orient
and
vital
international
relations.
1908
Sinister
of
Labor
in
the
Cabinet
of
Sir
Wilfrid
Lauricr.
August
7,
1919
Llected
Leader
of
the
Liberal
Party
of
Canada.
December
29,
1921
Sworn
in
as
Prime
Minister
of
Canada.
Outstanding
Achievements
Outstanding
among
his
achievements
as
Piime
Minister
have
been:
The
maintenance
of
unity
among
Canadian
people
in
Pcc
and
war
HU
reforms
In
labor
laws,
in
the
prosecution
of
monopoly,
in
social
security
legislation
and
in
the
establishment
of
the
people's
rght
'to
control
the
fiscal
policies
of
the
nation.
The
development
of
trade
which
has
made
Canada
one
of
the
largest
finding
nations
of
the
world.
The
devclonnicnl
of
Canada's
status
to
the
full
sovereign
ly
of
a
nation.
The
achievement
of
mutual
co-operation
with
the
United
States,
our
good
neighbor.
'I
he
leadership
of
Canada's
all-out
war
effort
Designed
the
final
phase
of
Canada's
reconstruction
and
new
social
older
INDIAN
GOV'T
BY
JUNE
15
Major
Hurdle
to
Autonomy
Cleared
Away
by
Acptance
of
IJan
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a
feilorated
union
of
In-a
hailed
today
as
clearing
aay
a
major
hurdle
to
unity
,ni
indications
are
ihat
an
interim
jvernment
will
he
chosen
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on
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the
King's
Birthday.
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18,
Woman
79,
Arc
Married
LOUISA,
Kentucky
to
Del-bert
Sprouse,
age
18,
and
Mrs.
Mattle
Lyone
Large,
age
79,
were
married
in
me
counuy
court
house
here
today.
The
elderly
bride
and
youth,
with
two
days'
beard,
agreed:
"We
were
klnda
In
a
hurry
to
get
It
over
with."
The
wedding
was
to
have
taken
place
on
Thursday
but
was
postponed
when
the
couple
were
unable
to
raise
$5
for
the
marriage
license.
Halibut
Sales
Celling
Price
American
Kanaga,
60,000.
Co-op.
Canadian
Elva
M.,
14,000;
Co-op.
Cape'
Spencer,
17,500,
Co-op.
Hopewell,
10,000,
Edmunds
&
Walker.
Cape
May,
10,000,
Booth,
MARITIME
CONFERENCE
Secretary
of
Labor
Schwellen
back
Opens
Seattle
Gatheringj
SEATTLE,
to
Secretary
of
Labor
Schwellenback
key
noted
a
maritime
conference
opening
here
yesterday
with
a
plea
for
I
"reason
and
ordered
progress"
in
settling
labor
controversies.
I
Mr,
Schwellenback
told
the
conference
he
believed
an
inter-'
national
minimum
wage
agree
ment
is
feasible
in
the
maritime
industry.
Delegates
from
32
nations
were
present
at
the
opening
session.
POLICE
RESCUE
DROWNING
DEER
AT
SEAL
COVE
Two
provincial
policemen
were
called
to
perform
a
humanitarian
feat
this
morning
and
wound
up
by
rescuing
a
buck
deer
from
drowning
In
the
harbor.
Skipper
R.
C.
Good
and
Engineer
Tom
Moore-house
of
the
police
launch
P.M.L.
15
saved
the
wild
creature
after
It
had
got
Into
difficulties
while
swimming
near
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
plant
at
Seal
Cove.
The
two
men
went
out
In
a
small
boat
and
took
the
deer
aboard,
allegedly
suffering
from
"exhaustion
and
exposure."
It
was
taken
to
the
Cold
Storage
plant,
where
It
Is
being
nursed
back
to
health.
NEED
FOR
FRUIT
BOXES
IS
URGED
Discussion
of
I.W.A.
Strike
in
Commons
Controller
for
Container
Factories
Proposed
OTTAWA,
to
Posible
loss
of
more
than
$1,000,000
worth
o(
fruit
food
in
British
Columbia
spurred
members
from
thai
province
yesterday
in
urging
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
government
take
steps
to
get
strike
bound
food
container
factories
on
the
west
coast
back
Into
pro
duction.
George
Crulckshank,
Liberal
member
for
Fraser
Valley,
urged
that
the
government
appoint
a
controller
to
take
over
the
box
factories
and
get
them
back
into
production.
His
suggestion
drew
support
from
members
of
practically
all
sections
of
the
House
but
government
spokesmen
refrained
from-
indicating
whether
it
would
be
acted
upon.
UNEASY
TRUCE
IN
CHINA
WAR
NANKING
to
Government
armies
In
Manchuria
were
reported
to
have
halted
today
un
der
the
uneasy
armistice
but
at
Mukden
the
government
commander
said
that
he
expected
to
complete
occupation
of
that
civil
war
battle
ground
ajter
the
conclusion
of
the
present
15-day
truce.
On
this
truce,
China
pins
hopes
for
the
ultimate
end
of
conflict
between
the
government
and
the
Communists.
TWO
LOCAL
MEN
LAND
IN
HALIFAX
Two
Canadian
Army
men
with
relatives
In
Prince
Rupert
arc
due
to
arrive
in
Halifax
today
from
overseas
aboard
the
liner
Aqultanla.
They
are
Major
R.
J.
Carson,
whose
wife,
the
former
Maxine
Heilbroner,
and
son
ljve
In
Prince
Rupert,
and
Sgt.
J.
P.
Garlick,
whose
next-of-kin
is
Mrs.
M.
Garlick,
Box
1451,
postal
Station
B.
Mrs.
Carson
expects
to
leave
for
Vancouver
next
week
to
meet
her
husband.
High
Low
Local
Tides
Sunday,
June
9,
1946
10:04
22:16
4:02
15:56
16.2
feet
18.8
feet
7.3
feet
7.5
feet
WINNIPEG
"BLUE
BABY"
IN
U.S.
"Blue
Baby"
eight-year-old
Dudley
Land,
Jr.,
and
his
parents
are
greeted
In
Baltimore
by
Junior
Red
Cross
workers.
Dudley
will
be
examined
by
specialists
at
the
Johns
Hopkins
Hospital,
where
arrangements
were
made
by
the
Red
Cross
to
bring
the
family
from
their
home
In
Winnipeg,
Man.
VISIT
HERE
IS
APPRECIATED
Luncheon
and
Motor
Tour
Concluding
Feature
of
Fact-
Finding
Commission's
Mission'
R.
S.
O'Meara,
provincial
trade
commissioner,
was
host
and
members
of
the
local
postwar
reconstruction
and
rehabilitation
advisory
commltte
as
well
as
representatives
of
the
local
public
bodies
.guests
at
a
luncheon
yesterday
afternoon
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
as
part
of
the
activities
In
Prince
Rupert
of
the
industrial
Jact-flndlng
committee
of
the
prom"cla"f
government
and
Canadian
National
Railways.
On
one
side
of
Mr.
O'Meara
at
the
head
table
was
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett;
on
the
other,
W.
II.
Brett,
M.L.A.
for
Skeena.
In
Speaking
briefly,
Mr.
O'Meara
voiced
appreciation
of
a
"constructive
and
useful"
session
of
the
delegation
at
Prince
Rupert
for
which
much
credit
was
due
to
the
organization
by
Government
Agent
G.
F.
Forbes
i
and
Major
Walter
Crocker
for
their
organization.
The
mayor
and
those
who
had
offered
briefs
were
'
to
be
complimented
in
making
out
a
fine
case.
"We
really
want
to
help
Prince
Rupert
all
we
can,"
said
Mr.
O'Meara
who
also
acknowledged
the
co-operation
and
Interest
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
trrrouah
W.
T.
Moodle,
general
superintendent,
who
had,
un
fortunately,
been
unable
to
come
owing
to
illness;
Bernard
Allen,
assistant
superintendent;
Brigadier
R.
A.
Wyman,
Industrial
asent.
and
C.
A.
Berner,
the
local
superintendent.
Mayor
Daggett
spoke
of
the
gratification
felt
locally
at
the
committee
having
come
here
"The
committee
which
prepared
the
representations,
musj
feel
that
its
efforts
have
been
well
rewarded,"
His
Worship
said.
The
members
of
the
fact-find
lng
mission
were
taken
on
a
tour
of
the
city
yesterday
afternoon
with
special
Visits
to
existing
industries
and
potential
sites
including
Port
Edward,
and
they
left
by
train
last
night
for
Jas
per
Park
enroute
back
Ho
Van
couver
and
Victoria,
PAPER
MILL
IS
CUTTING
TIME
Powell
River
Forced
to
Curtail
Operations
Owing
to
Grdwing
Scarcity
of
Logs
POWELI5
RIVER,
to
Officials
of
the
Powell
Rlver.Co.
announced
last
night
that
the
company's
newsprint
mills
will
,go
on
a
five
and
two-thirds
day
week
starting
June
10
due
to
limited
log
supply.
The
wood
processing
plant
will
operate
on
three
seven-hour
shifts.
The
mill
resumed
operations
June
3
after
a
36-hour
shutdown
in
a
dispute
over
"hot
logs."
Bulletins
SEAMEN'S
FINAL
OFFER
MONTREAL
The
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
has
presented-
to
the
shipowners
what
is
described
as
the
"final
offer"
for
settlement
of
the
seamen's
strike.
It
asks
for
an
eight-hour
day,
improved
working
conditions
and
union
security.
The
mayor
of
Toronto
has
asked
the
government
to
take
over
and
operate
all
grain
and
coal
carriers.
STIUKF,
ILLEGAL
MONTREAL
Injunction
has
been
granted
against
the
strike
in
the
Dominion
Textile
Mills.
The
strike
is
called
"illegal"
and
picketing;
is
forbidden.
B.C.E.R.
REJECTED
VANCOUVER
The
Street
Railwaymen's
Union
has
rejected
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
Co.'s
proposals
for
a
settlement
of
the
dis
pute
with
street
ear
and
bus
operators.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast.
Frequent
rain
showers
to
day.
Intermittent
rain
Sunday.
Minimum
tonight.
Port
Hardy
47,
Massett
47,
Trince
Rupert
49.
Maximum
iunday,
Port
Hardy
56,
Massett
57,
Prince
Rupert
60.
COAL
STRIKE
SETTLED
riTTSBURGII
The
anthracite
coal
strike
dispute
has
been
settled
with
an
18!
ic
per
hour
wage
increase,
similar
lo
that
which
was
won
by
the
soft
coal
men.
ITALIAN
DISORDERS
ROME
Continued
monarchist
disorders
here
and
in
Naples
against
the
declaration
rf
the
Italian
republic
have.
resulted
Irifour
dead
and
50
I
DINNER
FOR
PREMIER
LONDON
A
private
dinner
was
tendered
'
last
night
to
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
on
the
occasion
of
his
reaching
20
years
as
prime
minister
of
Canada.
Dignatories
present
included
Prime
Minister
Attlee,
Trimc
Minister
Smuts,
Waller
Nash
of
New
Zealand
and
the
Earl
of
Athlone
and
Lord
TRIANGLE
AIR
SERVICE
VANCOUVER
TransCanada
Airlines
will
institute
a
triangle
service
Va
n
to
uve
r-Victoria-Seattle
at
the
end
of
August.
CHINESE
BIDDING
VANCOUVER
The
Chinese
government
is
bidding
for
11
frigates
and
several
minesweepers
which
are
moored
at
Didwell
Bay
here.
Drizzle
of
Rain
Does
Not
Dampen
Enthusiasm
Millions
of
People
Take
Part
From
King
to
Humblest
Commoner
9-mil5
Parade
Canada
Well
Represented
LONDON
(CP)
London's
millions
today
cheered
the
common
man's
victory
in
the
war
when
a
rijne-mile
long
parade
of
fighting
men
and
machines
passed
through
the
be-flagged
streets
in
a
drizzje
i
of
rain.
Culmination
of
the
display
came
when'
the
!
parade
passed
the
King
and
Queen,
Princesses
Eliza-
Heading
Off
of
Seamen's
Strike
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
B-Oov-ernment
conciliators,
trying
to
"tave
off
a
country-wide
ship-pin.-?
tie-up,
report
encouraging
progress,
saying
that
west
coast
issues
have
been
narrowed
down
considerably.
However,
threats
of
a
double-header
American
Federation
of
Labor-C.I.O.
strike
on
all
coasts
persist
amid
feverish
conferences;
STOLEN
JEWELS
NOW
RECOVERED
Million
and
a
Half
Dollars
Of
Gems
Found
and
Arrests
Made
WASHINGTON
to
Army
In
vestigators
announced
today
that
Virtually
all
the
Jewels,
valued
at
$1,500,000,
taken
from
Kronbcrg.
Castle
In
Germany,
have
been
recovered.
Hie
lew-
after
Interrogation
of
Col.
Jack
Durant,
who
with
his
bride,
W.A.C.
Captain
Kathleen
Dur
ant,
13
held
In
connection
with
the
removal
of
the
jewels
from
the
castle.
Military
authorU'.ts
said
that
"presumably"
the
jewels
recovered
in
Chicago
had
been
brought
back
by
Durant.
Some
of
the
other
jewels
had
been
shipped
by
Durant,
a
major
and
a
technical
sergeant
who,
officials
said,
were
implicated
but
not
yet
arrested.
The
jewels
are
property
of
the
Princess
of
Hesse,
sister
of
the
late
Kaiser.
Hamilton
College
Fire
Spectacular
HAMILTON,
to
The
most
spectacular
fire
In
Hamilton's
history
last
night
gutted
the
Central
Collegiate
Institute.
Damage
is
estimated
at
$500,000
CONDEMNED
"Death
by
shooting"
for
two
and
'fifteen
years
Imprisonment"
for
the
third
were
the
sentences
heard
by
these
three
Germans
as,
they
stood
before
the
R.CAF.
War
Crimes
court
at
Aurich,
Germany,
recently.
Con
ulcted
of
'the
killing
of
a
wounded
R.C.A.F.
airman
who
bailed
out
of
his
aircraft
near
the
Ruhr
town
of
Opladen
in
March,
1945,
the
three
are
waiting
confirmation
of
their
sentences.
Flanked
by
members
of
the
R.OA.F.
Service
Police,
at
the
left
is
Wilhelm
Osscnbach
who
received
his
sentence
of
15
years
imprisonment
without
any
show
of
emotion.
Walter
Welgal,
in
the
centre,
bowed
his
head
in
recognition
of
his
sentence
of
"death
by
shooting"
while
Robert
Holzer
on
the
right
buckled
and
had
to
be
supported
by
service
policemen
just
after
this
picture
was
taken.
Both
Welgal
and
Holzer
broke
down
and
wept
outside
the
court
room.
(R.C.A.F.
Photo)
Dein
ana
Margaret
nuset
aim
British
Dominions;
colonial
and
Indian
leaders
on
the
broad
Mall
where
even
the
trees,
bore
bunting.
A
heavy
rain
started
Just
as
the
last
marched
passed
the
saluting
base
and
millions,
un
able
to
move
on
the
densly
pack
ed
streets,
saw
paper
hat,-v
the
massed
spectators,
becoj-
mushy
pulp.
,'
For
hours
the
crowd
cr
everything
that
moved
streets.
-
In
front
of
the'
Royal
teviw
ng
stand
in
the
Mall,
where
n
King
took
the
salute,
were
Governor-General
Lord
Alexander
and
Prime
Minister
King
of
Canada.
As
the
Canadian
troops
passed
the
band
played
"Mapla
Leaf
Forever."
In
the
parade
Prime
Minister
King's
car
followed
one
in
which,
were
Prime
Minister
Attlee
and
Former
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill.
The
Earl
of
Athlone
and
Princess
Alice
were
with
Queen
Mother
Mary,
the
Earl
being
the
former
Queen's
brother.
.
,
PROVINCE
GETS
OUT
HANDBILLS
Also
Issues
Magazine
Section
and
Comics
But
no
Regular
.
Edition
Today
VANCOUVER,
to
Regular
"edi
tions
of
the
Vancouver
Province
went
unpublished
for
the
third
successive
day
today
following
the
walk-out
Wednesday
of
In
ternational
Typographical,
Union.
printers.
The
week-end
comic
and
magazine
sections:
.were,
however,
turned
out,
together
with
a
handbill
outlining
the
company's
position
in
the
Strike.
Newspaper
pressmen
are
considering
the
origin
of
a
matrix
from
which
handbills
were
printed
on
the
Province
presses
yesterday.
Stereotypers
accepted
the
"mat"
as
taken
from
union-set
type
but
the
Vancouver
Mailers'
Union
declared
it
the
"unfair"
product
of
non-union
labor.
HOTEL
DEATH
LIST
NOW
60
Another
Woman
Dies
as
Result
of
Holocaust
Earlier
This
Week
in
Chicago
CHICAGO
to
The
number
of
dead
in
Wednesday
s
LaSalle
Hotel
fire
rose
to
60
toda,y.,a3
investigation
into
the
disaster
was
adjourned
until
next
Mrs.
Ann
Paluckls
of
Wauke-gan,
Illinois,
died
about
72.
hours
after
the
blaze
swept
through
the
22-storey
hotel.
Grenades
Wound'
'
Four
Soldiers
ALEXANDRIA,
Egypt
t.
Eleven
persons
including'
four
British
soldiers
and
seven
Egyp
tians
were
Injured
In
two"
explosions
here
today.
The'
soldiers
were
injured
when
a
grenade
was
thrown
hito
their
barracks.
The
Egyptians
were
hurt
in
the
explosion
oi
grenades
iouna
in
a
basket
behind
the
barracks,
Despite
the
call
for
an
antt-Brltish
general
strike
In
rrn'e4t
against
British
troops
in
Egypt,
shops
remained
open
today
and
there
was
no
immediate
Interruption
of
communications
and
transport.
J
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TRAE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
RED
TOP
CABS
NORTHERNJVNDJSN
LONG
SERVICE
RECORD
TAXI
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fee
mmln
537
J.
KASPER
C.
McINTYRE
Stand:
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
DAY
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
(across
from
Orraea)
Ken
Nesbitt
Bill
and
DAY
AND
NIGHT
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VICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
134.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
8,
1946
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