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Pacific
Port
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VXXXV,
No.
CO.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY;
MARCH
12,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
o
A
Ai
Protesting
In
'Strongest
is'
Over
Highway
Desertion
I'lotcst
in
"the
strongest
terms"
is
to
be
sent
to
cial
Public
Works
Minister
Hon.
Herbert
Ans-
I1
nrotcils
from
other
p
curr.
und
orsanlza-
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be
jcttt-
to
Hon.
Mr.
po.
R'ln
E
T.
Kenney.
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of
auds
and
fortsts,
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and
W.D.
Smith,
'
Pum-p
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and
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snowers
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scauerea
'ortr.ate
The
U.
C.
Minerals
and
Resources
D
c
vclopm
c
n
t
Co
which
in
Its
development
of
a
steel
iincltcr
at
Anyox,
la
employing
Vancouver
labor,
will
be
asked
by
Prince
Rupert
city
council
to
seek
workmen
in
Prince
Rupert.
At
suggestion
of
Mayor
Daggett
last
night.
Alderman
Clifford
Ham
presented
a
motion
to
that
cHcct
which
was
adopted
by
council.
At
present
about
30
men
arc
employed
In
Initial
work
at
Anyox,
and
the
number
is
expected
to
become
much
greater.
Election
Disgrace
Lurks
Likr
New
Peal
lor
Voters
in
Uritij-li
Columbia
VICTORIA,
'
Harold
Winch,
C.C.t.
.Leader
of
the
Opposition
said
the
Inst
rcneral
election
wp.s
"undoubtedly
the
most
disgracefully
conducted
election
in
the
history
of
the
province."
H
made
the
criticism
when
rrov-lnrl.il
Secretary
O.
a
Pearson
moved
a
resolution
to
appoint
n
special
commutes
to
consider
provisions
Dt
the
Elections
Act.
conjedin?
that
"the
recent
general
election
disclosed
certain
weaknesses"
In
(he
Act
and
difficulty
In
carrying
out
Us
provisions.
'
PotteTy
making
Is
one
of
the
eldest
forms
of
human
industry.
IBIG
SLIDE
Thc.-'e
pictures
depict
the
tituation
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
forty
out
oi
Prince
Rupert
where
the
road
is
completely
blocked
by
a
tremendous
snow
slide
a
jnncl
near
Kwinitsa
alongside
the
Skccna
River.
The
slide
carne
down
early
in
linter::nd,
due
to
lack
of
snow
plowing
and
maintenance
equipment,
it
has
been
Un
ite
to
rnach
the
scene,
much
less
do
anything
about
clearing
it.
It
Is
feared
that
the
iw.Il
"ot
melt
by
process
of
nature
until
late
summer
and,
meanUmc,
there
is
no
def-
k:w.i
due
as
Id
"whaT
dctfflSiaTmrrtrtHn
the
WJWThS
'sltdeMsr'500
feetMong'and
f
p
as
75
feet.
A
constant
point
of
trouble
which
caused
the
railway
to
drive
a
tunnel
I
ago
a
order
to
eliminate
It,
the
local
Automobile
Association
proposes
a
rock-rein-
trc
Ms
to
skirt
the
bluff
outside
of
the
range
of
snowslidcs.
But
a
new
complication
has
iirf:ci
m
the
dispute
as
to
the
responsibility
for
the
maintenance
of
the
road,
both
and
provincial
governments
now
being
on
record
as
repudiating
It.
Photos
by
Wrathall.
More
Soft
Drinks
And
Candy
Coming
OTTAWA
After
April
1
more
sugar
will
be
available
for
Industrial
users
in
Canada
and
there
should
be
freer
supply
thereafter
of
soft
drinks,
candy,
bakery
products
'
and
certain
.prepared
cereal.
by
City
Council
in
regard
to
the
minister's
an-
'1
repudiation
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
DP
APKK
IIPPiF
n-ovinrml
ivwnmiwilulitv
ILHIVIVLJ
UfiWLJ
lerman
Rudderham,
who
introduced
the
motion
RCTTFP
FIFFFMPF
i.Iht
council
meeting,
UL
M
LlV
ULl
LhuL
public
works
mln-'ak4;
a
very
arbitrary
Ti
other
aldermen
&'
k
U
u
Thain
was
in-
?"
w'
more
than
a
score
ASK
LOCAL
MEN
AT
ANYOX
MINE
WINNIPEG
Speaking
here
taday.
Malor-Grneral
G.
Pcarkes
V.C..
M.P.
for
Nanaimo,
said
Canada"
should
think
seriously
of
territorial
defence.
He
urged
unified
command
of
the
three
services.
Cn
liie
Pacific
Coast
there
should
be
two
naval
fleets
with
an
adequate
air
force
support.
The
best
defence
was
realism.
MORE
BUTTER
IS
EXPECTED
Canadians
May
Gel
Six
'
Ounces
Affain
After
May
I
CALGARY
A
change
back
j
lo
the
old
butter
ration
of
six
f
uncos
may
occur
around
May
1
according
to
Consumer
Ration-ini:
Administrator
O.
W.
Rodo-mar.
Mi.
Rodomar.
Interviewed,
in
Calgary,
declared
that
the
ration
may
go
up
from
the
present
four
ounces
on
that
date
but
that
lie
doesn't
expect
that
there
will
be
a
further
increase
in
the
ration
for
some
time.
Little
hope
for
air
improve
Premier
Hart
Presents
Budget
I
Revenue
and
Expenditures
Are
Up
NEW
HIGH
SCHOOL
BUILDING
IS
CONSIDERED
FIRST
NEED
HERE
Carrying
out
the
request
of
the
Board
of
School
I
Trustees
that
they
present
a
submission
to
the
board
outlining
mcir
reconiinenoaiions
in
me
mailer
oi
me
construction
of
new
school
buildings
in
Prince
Rupert
the
executive
of
the
ParentTeachers'
Association
held
a
meeting
lat
evening
at
the
home
of
the
president.
J.
C.
Gllker.
The
ques-
:
tlon
as
to
what
type
of
school
;
V
.
should
be
constructed
first
was
ilQQActlfMl
considered
and
it
was
ogreedi
W3VIWII
to
recommend
that
a
combined
'
Senior-Junior
High
School
should
r
ff
W
Vw
1h
first
nhWlivn
I
I
Ul
or
I
Elementary
schools
are
equally
necessary
but,
as
the
building
program
will
be
spread
over
a
period
of
years,
it
was
feltthat
high
school
should
be
built
first.
This
would
probably
have
wings
4
he
area
at"
present'
-occupied
by'
ihs
naval
buildings
on
First
Avenue
near
McBride.
a
location
on
Ninth
Avenue
West
and
even
opposite
the
present
Booth
Memorial
High
School
where
the
staff
houses
are.
A
committee
consisting
of
Mrs.
O.
A.
Hill,
Mrs.
J.
H.
Black
and
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill
will
Inspect
the
sites
and
report
to
the
next
general
meeting
of
the
Parent-Teachers'
Association.
There
was
also
discussion
on
!hc
matter
of
the
old
system
of
pight
grades
in
the
elementary
school
as
compared
with
the
modern
arrangement
of
six
jrades
in
the
elementary
school
and
three
each
In
the
Junior
ind
Senior
High.
The
advantage
if
i.he
newer
plans
were
acknowledged.
Those
present
were
Mrs.
G.
A
Hill
who
was
chose,
i
as
chairman
'n
the
absence
from
the
city
of
resident.
J.
O.
Gllker.
Mrs.
j.
c
Gllker,
Mrs.
E.
BoTer,
Mrs,
In-sulandcr.
Mrs.
J.
H.
Black.
Mrs.
Hvndman.
Miss
K
A.
Mercer,
Miss
E.
Gibson,
Miss
E.
Moxley.
and
Messrs.
Hvndman,
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill,
R.
Moore,
J.
S.
Wilson.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
March
13,
,1946
High
11:11
19.9
feet
23:21
17.9
feet
Low
4:01
9.7
feet
16:52
4.4
feet
MANCHURIA
SITUATION
CHUNOKINO
Tlie
rapid
Russian
withdrawal
of
her
troops
from
Mukden
Immediately
arter
the
American
and
3rlti-h
notes
on
Manchuria
suggests
that
Moscow
may
be
sensitive
t
such
pressure.
However,
Russia's
action
apparently
upset
the
delicate
balance
of
the
Internal
truce
In
China.
The
moment
the
Red
Army
left
Mukden,
there
were
.
...
r
..,.-1
r
i
.-1
.
1
1
l
ment
In
the
si'gar
situation
In
1
"
Canada
before
1947
is
held
by
the
administrator.
HALIBUT
SEASON
OPENING
MAY
1
VANCOUVER
The
1946
halibut
season
will
open
on
May
1,
it
is
announced
by
the
International
Fisheries
Commission.
The
catch
limits
will
be
the
same
as
last
year
with
total
quota
of
52,100,000
pounds
around
the
city
and
Chinese
government
troops
allowed
by
the
Russians
to
enter
the
city.
A
late
dispatch
from
Chungking
says
the
Chinese
government
Is
dispatching
Immediately
field
truce
terms
lo
Manchuria
to
stop
factional
strife.
This
was
agreed
on
in
principle
yesterday
between
the
Nationalist
and
Communist
authorities
and
it
was
Announced
that
detailed
arrangements
are"
being
discussed
now.
Kussia
Senator
Tom
Connolly,
Chairman
of
Foreign
Relations
Committee,
Makes
Some
Comment
WASHINGTON.
D.C.-Senator
,
-one
for
the
junior
high
school
,
Tom
Connolly,
chairman
of
the
,
chiefly
and
another
for
the
foreign
relations
committee,
said
i
senior
high
school.
Rooms
-for
j
today
that
all
the
powers
should
I
specialists
in
such
subjects
as
,
adhere
rigidly
to
the
obligations
I
industrial
arts,
home
economics,
i
0f
the
United
Nations
charter
physlcal
education,
art
and
'and
he
told
Russia
that
she
music
might
be
with
the
ad-
could
have
both
peace
and
se-minlstratlon
offices
In
the
cen-
curity
If
she
would
co-operate
tre
and
to
some
extent
separ-1
wjth
United
States
and
Great
ating
the
Junior
from
the
senior
Britain.
He
warned
against
tac-high
rooms.
:
Ucs
of
aggression.
The
matter
of
sites
was
also
Senator
Connolly
also
warned
considered.
There
was
discussion
t.hnt
TTllitri
fitfltpw
chrmlrl
lrftnn
I
LOWER
TAXES
ARE
FORECAST
Much
Will
Depend,
However,
On
Dominion-Provincial
Agreements
RENFREW,
Ont.
A
prediction
touching
Canadian
pocketbooks
has
come
from
Revenue
Minister
J.
J.
McCann.
Mr.
McCann,
speaking
In
Ren
frew,
Ontario,
last
night
forecast
reductions
in
both
taxation
and
the
Dominion
budget.
He
declared
that
the
outcome
of
the
Dominion-Provincial
conference
will
largely
decide
the
budget's
size
but
It
also
will
depend,
he
added,
on
what
services
the
people
want
from
tlie
federal
government.
UNITElT
STATES'
NOT
AGREEING
Does
Not
Sec
Spanish
Situation'
Menacing
Woild
Peace
WASHINGTON
0'
The
Unitca
States
State
Department
discloses
Uiat
It
will
not
Join
France
in
a
demand
for
U.N.O.
action
against
the
Franco
regime
in
Spain.
France
had
asked
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain
to
lodec
a
complaint
against
Franco
with
the
security
council
of
the
United
Nations.
The
American
State
Department
turned
down
tlie
French
pro-nosal.on
the
ground
that
it
does
not,
consider
the
Spanish
situation
a
threat
to
world
peace.
The
door
was
left
open
to
act
If
(he
situation"
in
Spain
warrants
it.
Earlier,
the
Associated
Pres3
'n
London
recorded
sharp
Spanish
criticism
of
the
United
States,
Britain
and
France.
The
Madrid
radio
compared
the
threp
countries
to
German
Nazis
and
Russian
Bolsheviks.
The
Spanish
radio
also
asserted
that
the
three
nations
had
caught
the
Infection
of
absolutism
and
Imperialism.
NOTED
VETERAN
DIES
STROUD,
England
Brig-Gen.
Herbert
W.
Andrew
Chris-tic,
who
died
here
at
77,
served
in
the
South
African
War
and
the
First
Great
War
and
was
mentioned
five
times
In
despatches
In
each.
Bulletins
SUFFERED
I
IK
ART
ATTACK
OTTAWA
Senator
A.
D.
MeRae
of
Vancouver
collapsed
with
a
heart
attack
while
preparing
to
make
a
speech
at
a
mining
meeting
heie
anil
had
to
be
removed
to
his
suite.
Later
it
was
reported
that
he
had
satisfactorily
recovered.
SESSION'
OPENING
OTTAWA
The
session
of
Parliament
will
open,
Thursday.
Housing
and
reconversion
matteis
are
expected
t
receive
considerable
NEW
HIGHWAY
PLAN
VICTORIA
A
new
express
highway
between
Vancouver
and
New
Westminster
is
being
planned.
Surveys
have
been
made
by
the
public
works
.SMKLTEKS
PRESIDENT
MONTREAL
D.
C.
Coleman,
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
has
been
elected
president
of
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
He
succeeds
S.
(S.
Rlaylork.
deceased.
It.
M.
McMaster
is
n
In
nAvntylnrrne
rllcorl-
mi:
.
...
-
.
till.
IIVW
"u
,u
",l
""u
u""u
wun
aae-
iniiiiaif
uy
strong
vantages
of
the
present
site
of
;
quale
army,
superior
navy
and
Consolidated.
vice-president
of
King
Edward
School,
a-site
at
Rnnrrlativn
air
fnrrpfnr
kb.
V
:
:
the
Junction
of
McBrldc
Street
I
curity
and
defence
and
this
i
and
Sixth
Avcnue.cropolls
Hill.
wottld
be
consistent,
with
the
vl
1UIYVHH.L
ty&trircVorVthc1
'United
fftTthia
jj"jljJ")
Kussia
Mentions
Ilis
Name
in
Discussion
of
(Srcecc
MOSCOW
Tlie
Moscow
radio
has
made
accusations
against
Britain's
wartime
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
for
the
second
time
In
24
hours.
This
time
the
Russian
broadcast
introduced
Churchill's
name
into
a
discussion
on
Greece.
The
Moscow
radio
said:
"The
forces
of
reaction
for
which
Churrhlll
has
made
himself
a
spokesman
want
'to
Impose
wherever
they
can
an
undemocratic
regime
of
oppression
and
corruption.,
"
Former
Vancouver
Police
Chief
Dies
VANCOUVER
-Former
Police
Chief
W.
J.
Bingham
of
Vancouver
is
dead
in
Wales,
according
to
word
received
by
his
son
Thomas,
still
with
the
force
here.
He
was
chief
from
1928
to
1931
and
later
became
identified
as
a
club
Inspector
with
the
Liquor
Control
Board.
He
retired
a
year
ago
and
had
since
lived
in
Wales.
PASSING
OF
"MADAME
X"
VANCOUVER
-
-
Mrs.
Thomas
Simpson,
internationally
known
nsirologlst
and
spiritualist,
who
was
known
as
"Madame
X,"
died
In
hospital
here
last
Saturday
night.
The
funeral
was
held
today.
She
is
credited
with
havliu
predicted
several
major
world
events
Including
:ic
1929
stock
market
crash.
LOOKS
LIKE
P.G.E.
EXTENSION
COMING
VICTORIA
(CP)
New
record
expenditures
and
t
evenues
in
the
British
Columbia
government's
1H46-.
47
fiscal
year
are
estimated
by
Premier
John
Hart
in
his
twentieth
budget
presented
todav
to
the
Legislature.
Expenditures
total
$12,0S9,508
or
.$-1,890,547
greater
than
the
1945-46
fiscal
year.
Revenues
for
1940-47
year
are
estimated
.
at
r-r
AjniMAnnr
lit
I
'.w.iwwi,
providing
an
esu-
manv
Droblems
involvinz
Donv
mated
surplus
of
$62,879.
In
the
fiscal
year
ended
March
31,
1945,
revenues
totalled
$40,-313
303
and
expenditures
$33,-908
889,
providing
a
surplus
of
tr,nn4.oi9.
Gross
debt
of
the
province
at
December
31.
1945,
was
$155
803.-9G9
and
the
net
debt
was
The
gross
debt
increased
by
$5,126,395
and
the
net
debt-decreased
$258,402.
The
per
capita
gross
debt
ha3
been
reduced'
from
$232.27
in
1933
to
$162.36
now.
Mr.
Hart
told
the
legislature
that
budget
proposals
included
no
expenditures
that
would
decrease
to
any
appreciable
rxlent
should
proposals
at
the
forthcoming
Dominion-provincial
conference
be
adopted.
..In.
these
expenditures
are
$5,500,000
for
vario
purposes
which
will
be
charged
to
re
money
will
be
borrowed.
The
Premier
said
that
the
province's
assets
totalled
$287,-352,741,
compared
with
total
liabilities
of
$229,947248.
Mr.
Hart
told
the
House
that
BEVIN
IS
ATTACKED
Dancing
to
Same
Tune
As
Climchill
Says
Russian
Official
Newspaper
,
MOSCOW
Newspaper
Izvestia
today
charged
British
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin
with
"Inciting
suspicion
of
Russia"
and
"dancing
to
the
same
tune
'
as
Churchill."
Contemporary
England
was
not
Churchill's
England,
said
Izvestia.
HIGHER
WAGES
ARE
DEMANDED
Packinghouse
Workers
Arc
Also
Seeking
Shorter
Hours
at
Negotiations
This
Year
VANCOUVER,
B
Further
wage
increase
and
shorter
hours
will
be
demanded
by
the
United
Tacking
House
Workers
when
negotiations
open
August
1
with
the
three
big
paklng
houses,
Fred
Dowllng,
Canadian
director,
said
Irr
an
interview
here
OLD-TIMERS
The
Australian
aborigines
are
believed
to
be
one
of
the
oldest
livirr
species
of
man.
Civic
Centre
Opening
Is
Srhprliilp
J
far
Weekend
Following
authorization
received
yesterday
from
the
Department
of
National
Defence
al
Ottawa
lo
turn
the
building
over,
decision
was
promptly
made
to
proceed
with
the
official
opening
of
Prince
Rupert's
civic
centre
during
the
'coming
week-end.
The
Y.M.C.A.
will
cease
to
operate
the
building
as
a
war
services
centre
on
Friday
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
will
take
over
Saturday.
The
official
opening
will
be
held
Sunday
afternoon
and
the
big
dance
in
celebration
on
Monday
night.
On
Wednesday
of
next
week
a
Rup-Rcc
display
will
be
presented.
While
the
building
is
being
taken
over
as
a
civic
centre,
provision
will
still
be
made
to
take
care
therein
of
such
recreational
needs
of
members
of
the
armed
forces
still
left
in
this
area.
Y.M.OA.
War
Services,
Secretaiy
II.
P.
Hollins
will
be
remaining
here
until
June
30.
mlon-provincial
relations
remain
cither
wholly
or
partly
un
solved
pending
settlement
satij
isfactory
to
British
Columbia.
These
prcblems
will
be
discussed
at
the
Dominion-provincial'
con
ference
in
Ottawa
next
month'.
The
public
works
program
for
1943,
the
Premier
said,
may
an-proxlmate
$35,000,000
which
Includes
$5,000,000
fr
minor
construction,
light
surfacing
and
maintenance
generally
of
rdadsi
bridges
and
ferries.
During
the
year
ended
March
31,
1945,
total
cost
of
social
assistance
and
material
aid
was.
'
$1,773,926.
Extension
of
?.
ii.
v
Likely
-
Mr.
Hart
ppnounccd
thajthe
government
will
begin
Immediately
a
thorough,
survey
of
potential
coal
resources
contiguous
to
the
route
of.
the
proposed
Great
Eastern
Railway
exten-
IT
i
otn-t
lntA
tln
tlnlArt
t?fve':oMin-
li
jW-
Should
sict7efam'mW
ly
assure
sufficient
tonnage,
ex
tension
of
the
line
from
Quesncl
would
Justify
the
expenditure
of
$20,000,000.
The
Premier
said,
that'
th?
committee
appointed
to
study
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
had
found
that
"the
railway
as
at
present
operating
should
be
kept
where
it
Is"
and
also
that
truck
and
bus
lines
contiguous
to
the
railway
should
be
controlled
"by
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
The
committee
reported
that
a
'study
of
resources
as
shown
in
appendices
discloses
that
there
is
suf-
r
flclent
potential
tonnage
to
jus
tify
the
railway
extension.
Royal
Commission
Will
Convene
Here
H.
Carl
Goldcnberg,
Royal
Commissioner
on
ftitifi
Inc'al
municipal
relations,
will
conduct
hearings
here
on
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
of
next
week
proceeding
from
this
city
to
Prince
George.
The
commissioner's
party
will
include
his
wife,
J.
Everett
Brown,
secretary,
and
A.
C.
Desbrlsay
and
G.
A.
Marl-son.
They
will
arrive
here
orftHB
Princess
Adelaide
Monday
afternoon
from
Vancouver.
DELEGATED
TO
MEET
MINISTER
.
James
T
Harvey,
president
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
has
commissioned
Georgg
Mc-Adams
of
Terrace
at
present
in
the
south,
to
meet
Hon.
Herbert
Ancomb,
minister'
of
public
works
at
Victoria,
and
delivers
personal
protest
on
behalf
,
of
the
Associated
Boards
and
the
organizations
and
communlllc.1
cf
central
British
Columbia
at
I
'he
announced
Intention
of
tlie
provincial
government
to
repudiate
responsibility
for
the
Prince
Rupert-Hazelton
Highway
liy
throwing
It
back
on
the
doorstep
of
the
federal
government.
FAVORS
LOAN
TO
GREAT
BRITAIN
VICTORIA.
C.
Gordon
Cockshutt,
president
of
the
i
Canadian
Chamber
of
Com
merce,
who
is
a
visitor
to
tho
coast,
said
in
an
interview
here
yesterday
that
the
Chamber
Is
in
favor
of
the
Canadian
loan
to
Great
Britain.
m
p
A
.
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