dent
Truman
Centre
ministration
Family
Row
ritime
Sdin
United
States
Not
Yet
Ended
Chief
Btive
Spot
urg
Appeals
ly
in
Backing
British
Re-
it
roN
D.C
t
Presl-
Itoday
occupied
the
an
administration
have
serious
ln-
bplicatlons,
He
put
he
position
by
cn-idvance
a
speech
York
Thursday
of
Commerce
Wal-
,he
latter
crltl-
UrUain,
advocated
U.sh
and
American
Briuence
and
crltl-
States
foreign
Urans
are
accusing
Df
angling
for
poli
ce
on
the
issue
of
isian
relations
and
lo
choose
between
tate
James
Byrnes
of
Commerce
Wal-
pponent
of
foreign
I
mcnt
of
State
has
unced
any
rcspon-
pr
Wallace
speech.
Inator
Vanderbcrg
y
on
United
States
,
declaring
"we
can
be
with
one
secre-bt
a
time.
Rightly
Earls
is
doubtful
of
as
morning,"
Van-
led
full
co-opera-
Byrnes'
policy.
A
I
was
needed
for
twlty.
Britain's
press
at
the
hn-se
tnent
made
by
Wal-
wc.'3cd
surprise
at
State
Secretary
fcucluded
generally
Iftion
was
"Ameri-
IY
MY
1H
Up
to
Standard
rnces
October
1
No
Oft
More
Army
officials
ctober
1
has
been
table
starting
date
;pay
system
that
nianent
force
sol-Hie
levels
of
the
irvlccs
Navy
and
ny
men
will
get
I'
the
Increase
on
I'fty
days'
training
W
the
purpose
of
St
pay,
two
nights'
be
conslderrH
n
of
one
day.
For-s
was
three
nights,
basic
pay,
under
'
will
be
$95
per
with
in
Jn
n.
amounts
to
$50
ty
bslstence.
Married
ifficers
will
be
$30
her
ranks.
Insider
union
fltll.lrin
it
tov
warned
the
ce
'oday
that
it
Eerniio
i
i
l
;
1
kU
isnore
i1'""
it
peace
Ls
i
,'
'
me
Italian
rlsl
commission
c
uussian
t
"v-iunc,
au-fmment-
under
"-
said
that
all
e,
-""uia
be
with-P'Mte
within
30
ty
Dccomes
I
Tides'
fmber
15.
1943.
f
3:40
on,
.
.
15:55
ft
9:41
".c"
l?2:20
'
RED
TOP
CABS
Phone
JQ
Phone
J,
KASPER
C.
McINTYRE
Stand:
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
(across
from
Ormes)
DAY
AND
NIOHT
SERVICE
NAVAL
RESERVE
DIVISION
IS
AUTHORIZED
IF
STRENGTH
OF
PERSONNEL
CAN
BE
MUSTERED
Providing
a
sufficient
number
of
men
are
interested
in
joining
up,
approval
will
be
given
to
the
re-establishment
of
a
naval
reserve
division
at
Prince
Rupert
i'or
a
trial
period
of
a
year,
according
to
advice
from
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
minister
of
national
defence.
Cdr.
K.
D.
MacRae,
officer
commanding,
H.M.C.S.
Discovery,
Vancouver,
Is
coming)
here
next
Wednesday
to
meet
with
prospective
leaders
and
members
of
the
proposed
local
division.
Much
will
depend
on
the
turn-out
at
that
time
as
to
whether
the
establishment
will
be
proceeded
with.
Efforts
are
being
made
by
those
already
actively
Interested
to
obtain
a3
large
a
muster
as
possible.
The
required
strength
of
a
division
is
120
officers
and
men.
It
was
recently
announced
by
the
minister
that
the
naval
drill
hall,
shops
and
administration
building
which
formed
part
of
H.M.OS.
Chatham
war
establishment
were
being
reserved
for
the
use
of
a
reserve
division
at
Prince
Rupert.
ARBITRATION
ON
SECURITY
TORONTO
-
United
Steel
Workers
Director
C.
II.
Millard
announced
today
that
the
union's
national
advisory
committee
has
been
called
into
session
in
Toronto
next
Tuesday
and
i
that
he
is
prepared
to
recommend
that
the
union
security
i
issue
In
the
basic
steel
strike
be
submitted
to
an
Impartial
arbitrator
to
be
named
by
the
federal
government.
lie
asked
Labor
Minister
Humphrey
Mitchell
to
obtain
from
the
companies
an
agreement
to
accept
the
arbitration
of
the
union's
security
demand.
Police
Guarding
London
Buildings
LONDON
a
Health
Minister
Anuerln
Bevan
today
called
on
municipal
authorities
through
out
England
and
Wales
to
resist
the
squatter
invasion.
Scotland
Yard
assigned
picked
details
of
plalnclothesmen
to
guard
vacant
London
buildings.
While
more
than
1,500
men,
women
and
children
prepared
for
a
week-end
slt-lt-out
campaign
In
luxury
apartment
buildings,
Communist
leaders
organized
a
mass
demonstration
in
Hyde
Park
for
tomorrow.
WILL
TEST
WORK
ACT
VICTORIA
tP)
The
Appeal
Court
may
be
askqd
for
a
ruling
on
whether
the
Hours
of
Work
Act
applies
to
metalliferous
mines
in
B.C.,
Mines
Minister
Pearson
announced.
The
act
calls
for
a
44-hour
week.
TOURISTS
ARE
BIG
BUSINESS
HALIFAX
CP)
An
estimated
22,000.000
tourists,
mostly
from
the
United
States,
spent
approximately
$233,000,000
In
Canada
during
this
year's
tourist
season,
D.
Leo
Dolan
of
Ottawa,
chief
of
the
Canadian
Travel
Bureau,
told
the
annual
convention
yesterday
of
the
Canadian
Weekly
Newspapers'
Association
He
said
that
the
amount
closely
approached
the
total
value
of
wheat
exports.
LONDON
CP)
Professor
Arnold
Joseph
Rose,
83-year-old
Rumania-born
violinist
who
played
with
Brahms
in
Vienna,
died
here.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
216.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
SEPTEMBER
14,
1948
Admiralty
Head
Denies
"Walkout"
LONDON
t)A,
V.
Alexander,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
denied
Today
that
he
had
walked
out
of
the
session
of
the
Paris
peace
conference
military
commission
yesterday.
He
said:
"It
is
quite
untrue
to
say
that
I
walked
out.
I
was
called
away
to
keep
an
appolntment,and
left
the
debate
In
the
ordinary
way."
Four
Killed
In
Bombay
Shooting
BOMBAY
P-Gunmcn,
firing
from
the
window
of
a
taxi,
today
killed
four
persons,
wounded
18,
then
fled
to
another
section
of
the
city,
still
firing
Indiscriminately
'
at
'pcdVSlrlan's.'
T'h
tfy
wounded
at
least
17more.
Salle
NEW
C.W.N.
A.
HEAD
HALIFAX
Major
Waller
Agncw
of
the
Orenfell,
Saskatchewan,
Sun,
was
today
elected
president
of
the
Canadian
Weekly
Newspapers
Association,
succeeding
Hugh
Teniplin
cf
the
Fergus,
Ontario,
News-Record.
ITALY'S
STRIKE
OVER
ROME
The
strike
of
300,000
state
employees
of
Italy
has
ended.
They
returned
to
work
without
winning:
the
demand
they
made
for
a
100
percent
wage
increase,
STEEL
STRIKE
HAMILTON
C.
II.
Millard,
Canadian
director
of
the
United
Steel
Workers
of
America,
said
that
a
meeting;
of
the
advisory
committee
.would
be
held
In
Toronto
Tuesday
to
consider
the
possibility
of
reaching
an
agreement
with
the
steel
companies
for
arbitration
of
the
dispute.
WE
HAVE
BANANAS
VANCOUVER
The
United
States
refrigerator
ship
San
Jose,
with
17,000,000
bananas,
the
cargo
diverted
from
Los
Angeles
to
Vancouver
on
account
of
the
maritime
workers'
strike,
is
unloading
here.
Five
separate
special
trains
are
required
to
haul
the
fruit
east,
DEMAND
WAR
SURPLUS
PARIS
Albania
today
demanded
a
share
of
Italy's
surplus
war
material
before
the
military
commission
of
the
peace
conference.
BRITISH
SOLDIERS
SHOT
BY
BANDITS
ATHENS
W
the
British
press
office
said
today
that
bandits
in
gendarmerie
uniforms
shot
and
killed
a
British
soldier
and
wounded
another
when
they
opened
fire
on
a
truck
carrying
five
British
soldiers
with
Bren
machine
guns
near
Naoussa
station.
British
military
authorities
said
the
attack
was
not
considered
as
directed
primarily
against
the
British.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
tin
J
JEWISH
CYPRUS
DEPORTEES
CLASH
WITH
BRITISH
Using
fixed
bayonets,
British
Tommies
keep
rioting
Jewish
immigrants
within
their
barbed
wire
enclosure
on
the
island
of
Cyprus
where
they
were
sent
after
attempting
to
enter
Palestine
on
"illegal"
vessels.
The
violence
broke
out
when
the
deportees
heard
a
report
that
members
of
the
press
would
not
be
permitted
to
enter
Camp
Karalos
-where
they
are
being
held
under
heavy
armed
guard.
SEINE
FISHERMEN
ARE
SUMMONED
VANCOUVER
O-Summonses
are
being
drawn
up
against
22
large
salmon
seine
boats
for
alleged
violation
of
boundaries
of
the
fishing
area
off
the
mouth
of
the
Fraser
River.
The
vessels
were
apprehended
by
fisheries
patrol
boats
and
compelled
to
report
to
vfislierle5oTnctals'6n
shore.
MORE
ARRESTS
EDMONTON
Eight
more
arrests
have
been
made
in
connection
with
picketing
in
the
Alberta
farmers'
delivery
strike.
Slfortage
of
eggs
and
dairy
products
is
commencing
lo
be
keenly
felt
and
butcher
rhops
and
restaurants
are
closing
down.
PRESSMEN
STAYING
OUT
VANCOUVER
In
spite
of
the
request
ef
international
headquarters
that
they
slay
on
the
job
and
the
presence
of
an
international
official
in
support
of
the
request,
the
Vancouver
Pressmen's
Union
by
a
vole
of
81
to
17
last
night
reaffirmed
the
strike
action
which
lias
tied
up
Hie
Vancouver
Province
for
the
fourth
straight
day
today.
NEW
DEPUTY
MINISTER
.VICTORIA
John
V.
Fisher
is
the
new
deputy
minister
of
finance,
succeeding
II.
Neville
Wright,
retired.
ANOTHER
HOTEL
FIRE
HOT
SPRINGS,
Arkansas
.
One
person
is
dead
as
a
result
of
n
fire
which
destroyed
a
hotel
here.
Three
persons
were
injured.
Twv
hundred
guests
were
in
the
hotel.
KETCHIKAN
PLANE
CRASH
KETCHIKAN
Five
passengers
were'iinhurt
when
an
Ellis
Airlines
seaplane
was
landing
while
on
the
way
here
from
the
westward,
a
pontoon
being
damaged.
The
passen-
gers
were
picked
up
and
flown
in
by
another
plane
while
the
coastguard
brought
in
the
damaged
machine.
CRISIS
IN
NAILS
WINNIPEG
AH
building
In
Winnipeg
will
end
within
a
month
unless
more
nails
become
available.
HUTS
FOR
FAMILIES
VANCOUVER
The
housing
ihortage
In
Vancouver
will
be
alleviated
somewhat
as
a,
result
of
50
huts
at
Little
Mountain
military
camp
belnj
turn
ed
over
to
provide
accommo-
.da
Hon
for
an
estimated
150
families.
7,451
RATION
Considerable
Decrease
Appears
Evident
in
Comparison
With
Year
Ago
Prince
Rupert
citizens
claimed
7,151
Number
Six
ration
books
during
the
three-day
distribution
period
that
ended
last
than
the
number
issued
durlngrif,
fHJ
.
v
day
at
at
the
earliest.
,.--
the
distribution
of
ration
book
Number
Five
In
October,
1941.
A
review
of
the
three-day
distribution
shows
that
the
heaviest
demand
came
on
Wednesday
when
3,588
books
were
is
sued
from
the
ration
book
cen
tre
in
the
old
military
post
office.
Thursday's
total
was
2,023
books,
and
Friday's,
1,840.
The
number
of
books
issued
during
the
last
three
days
Indicates
a
considerable
drop
in
population
In
Prince
Rupert
during
the
last
two
years.
Peak
fLi-ures
of
population
here,
as
indicated
by
the
number
of
ration
books
Issued,
was
in
1943,
when
10,094
people
claimed
the
Number
Four
ration
book.
However,
the
number
of
books
issued
at
the
distribution
centre
during
the
last
three
days
does
not
constitute
the
total
number
of
people
in
the
city.
To
this
must
be
added
an
unknown
number
of
people
who
did
not
take
advantage
of
the
regular
distribution
period..
Also,
there
were
a
number
of
people
whose
old
ration
books
were
mutilated
and
who
received
their
new
ones
from
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
ra
MARRIAGES
i
AND
DIVORCE
Chief
Justice's
Report
to
United
Church
Council
at
Variance
With
Roman
Catholic
Views
MONTREAL
Forceful
disapprobation
of
mixed
marriages
and
of
any
widening
of
the
grounds
of
divorce
was
contained
in
the
report
of
the
Christian
marriage
committee
presented
by
Chief
Justice
J.
C.
McRuer
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ontario
at
I
tne
general
council
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
yesterday,
The
report
said
thai
the
position
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
regarding
mixed
marriages
produced
"most
distressing
and
difficult"
circumstances.
New
Skeena
Queen
Is
On
Way
West
A
new
Stranraer
flying
boat
for
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
to
replace
the
last
Skeena
Queen
left.
Kingston,
Ontario,
yester
day
on
a
flight
to
the
west
coast.
I
It
Is
being
piloted
by
Rupert
i
opnsDury,
cniei
puot
lor
tne
air-,
line.
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
BOOKS
CLAIMED
tion
office
of
If.
F.
Glassey.
Mr.
Glassey
also
was
m
charge
of
issuing
new
books
to
a
number
bf
fish
camps
and
to
the
Miller
Bay
Hospital.
Many
of
these
books
belonged
to
people
with
hemes
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
I
nt'll
n
PnrWrl
S
rv
f
r
Hfft
il
1.
.
con..
Local
ration
officer
Mrs.
J.
A.
Teng
was
assisted
by
the
following
local
people
n
distribution
of
the
new
books;
Mrs.
H.
A.
Breen,
Mrs.
J.
Hutchison,
Mrs.
H.
F.
Glassey,
Mrs.
S.
Painter,
Mrs.
C.
A.
Brlnd,
Mrs.
V.
Tat-tersall.
Mrs.
E,
V.
Whiting.
Mrs.
G
E.
Moore,
Mrs.
W.
Rothwell,
Mrs.
G.
Howe,
Mrs.
C.
II.
Elklns,
Mrs.
J,
E.
Boddie,
Mrs.
I).
C
Siuart.
Mrs.
J.
S.
Black,
Mrs.
M.
Dumas,
Mrs.
Henry
Smith
Jr.
Mrs.
Victor
Grant,
Mrs.
William
Brown,
Mrs.
Earl
'Becker.
Mrs
Frank
Ellison,
Mrs.
Fred
Kemp,
ton,
Mrs.
N.
J.
Keays,
Miss
Dorothy
MacDonald,
Mrs.
G.
L.
Korie.
Mrs.
William
Noble,
Mrs.
W.
Slater.
Mrs.
II.
Paulson.
Miss
Barbara
Teng,
Percy
Bond,
T.
Fisher
and
J.
A.
Teng.
WELL
KNOWN
CAPTAIN
DIES
Master
of
Niagara
When
She
Struck
Mine
Has
Ashes
Strewn
There
AUCKLAND,
N.
Z.,
iff
The
ashes
of
a
mariner,
well
known
on
the
Canadian
west
coast,
Captain
William
Martin,
have
at
his
own
request
been
scattered
at
sea
over
the
wreck
of
his
old
ship,
the
liner
Niagara.
As
one
of
the
senior
captains
of
the
Canadian-Australasian
Line,
Captain
Martin
made
many
voyages
between
Vancouver
and
Australia
and
New
Zealand
in
the
Niagara
and
other
vessels
bf
the
line.
He
was
In
command
of
the
Niagara
when
in
1940
she
struck
a
German
mine
off
the
New
Zealand
coast
while
en
route
from
Auckland
to
Vancouver.
She
sank
two
ho'urs
later
in
438
feet
of
water.
At
Captain
Martin's
request
his
ashes
were
taken
after
his
death
in
Sydney
last
month
and
scattered
at
the
scene
of
the
wreck
from
the
freighter
Kairanga.
Box
Lacrosse
Roosevelt
Gym
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
H.M.C.S
UGANDA
8
p.m.
Saturday,
Sept.
14
8
p.m.
Monday,
Sept.
18
Adults
50c
Children
25c
TAXI
TAXI
537
DAY
and.
NIOHT
SERVICE
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
SEARCH
FOR
FISHERMAN
Fatality
Believed
to
Have
Occurred
Following
Collision
Off
Mouth
of
Fraser
River
LADNER
Q
Provincial
police
are
scouring
the
Fraser
River
for
trace
of
Joe
Brenner,
missing
and
believed
drowned
following
the
sinking
of
his
gill-netter
in
collision
with
a
seine
boat.
An
undentlfied
companion
saved
himself
by
swimming
to
the
anchor
chain
of
a
seiner
and
clambering
up
to
safety.
I
Boat
Explodes;
Fish
Patrolman
Is
Injured
PORT
ALBERNI
0)
Fisheries'
Patrolman
George
King,
aged
50,
is
recovering
from
face
and
hand
burns
suffered
when
his
boat,
the
Robin,
exploded
at
an
oil
company
wharf.
King
was
blown
into
the
water
when
the
engine
of
the
boat
backfired
and
Ignited
gasoline
believed
to
have
leaked
from
a
faulty
fuel
line.
Ills
condition
Is
reported
to
be.
good.
FOOD
SHORTAGE
HITS
ALBERTA
.
'
'
V
-M
EDMONTON
CP
shortages
of
livestock,
poultry
and
dairy
products
in
Alberta
marked
the
first
week
of
the
30-day
delivery
strike
of
all
Alberta
farm
produce
by
20,000
members
of
the
Alberta
Farmers'
Union.
The
strike
began
at
midnight,
September
6
In
a
bid
to
force
federal
recognition
of
the
farmers'
demands
for
parity
prices.
Tightened
picket
lines
have
choked
off
livestock
receipts,
and
many
restaurants
and
butcher
shops
were
reported
closed
or
closing
for
want
of
supplies.
BIG
LABOR
MEETS
COMING
UP
SOON
OTTAWA
B
Current
Industrial
wages
and
hours
disputes
are
expected
to
be
among
the
top
subjects
at
convention
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
and
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
whKh
will
get
under
way
within
the
next
two
weeks.
The
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
meets
at
Windsor
September
18
to
22
and
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
at
Toronto
September
23
to
27.
NEW
UNION
IS
CHOSEN
Employees
of
Coast
Steamship
Company
Prefer
Seamen's
Union
to
A.
F.
L.
Body
VANCOUVER
IIP)
Federal
Department
of
Labor
reported
yesterday
that
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
had
defeated
the
Seafarer's
International,
Union,
an
affiliate
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
In
a
ballot
conducted
among
employees
of
the
Union
Steamship
po..'s
twelve
coastal
ships.
The
vote
was
147
to
116.
The
Seafarer's
Union
had
been
the
former
bargaining
agency.
The
War
Labor
Board
will
be
asked
to
grant
certification
to
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union.
CLARK
IS
HEAD
OF
TEACHERS
James
M.
Clark
has
been
elect
ed
president
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Teachers'
Federation
for
the
ensuing
year,
succeeding
J.
S.
Wilson.
Vice-president
Is
Miss
Eleanor
Moxley;
secretary,
Kenwood
Pu?sley
and
treasurer,
John
Vogt.
May
Yet
Be
Violence
In
Big
Dispute
Government
Agrees
to
Pay
Higher
Wages
Difficulty
Between
A.F.L.
and
C.I.O.
NEW
YORK
0
While
the
scene
seemed
set
for
an
early
settlement
of
the
maritime
workers'
strike,
there
was
also
fear
of
violence
with
some
Am-ericajv
Federation
of
Labor
seamen
not
being
disposed
io
respect
the
C.I.O.
picket
line.
It
has
now
been
agreed
thaf
the
government
will
pay
wages
on
its
ships
equal
to
that
which
had
been
offered
by
the
ship
owners,
rejection
of
Tvhlch
by
the
Wage
Stabilization
Boalrd
caused
the
strike.
Meanwhile
the
Increase
has
been
approved
for
A.FX.
seamen
while
agreement
with
the
C.I.O.
Is
not
yet
made.
HURRICANE
ON
EASTERN
COAST
MIAMI
)
Northeast
storm
warnings
were
ordered
up
along
the
eastern
United
States,
coast
from
Cape
Hattcras
to
Block
Island
as
a
tropical
hurricane.
believed
to
be
carrying
100-mlles-an-hour
winds,
roared
northeastward
over
the
Atlantic
today.
Centre
of
the
fast-moving
storm
Was
believed
to
be
some
300
miles
east
of
Cape
Hatteras.
I.
jAtJJalUax,
the
j-wea
thereof
flee
reported
that
there
vas
risk
that
the
hurricane
over
the
Atlantic
would
move
toward
Nova
Scotia
but
that
winds
would
not
reach
dangerous
speeds
inland
before
midnight
Sunday.
Anniversary
of
Turning
Point
Britain
Battle
LONDON
CP)
Cities
and
hamlets
throughout
Great
Britain
are
dedicating
the
week-end
to
remembrance
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
which
six
years
ago
tomorrow
challenged
the
Luftwaffe
to
win
the
Battle
of
Britain
and
smashed
Nazi
hopes
for
an
Invasion
of
England.
It
was
then
that
th;
Royal
Air
Force
gave
the
Luftwaffe
its
greatest
set-back,
downing
185
enemy
planes
while
:loslng
only
twenty-two
Itself.
In
spite
of
bad
weather,
the
day
was
marked
with
a
great
air
demonstration
In
which
thousands
of
planes
took
part.
There
was
tragedy
when
.
two
Tempest
fighters
crashed
on
landing,
the
pilot
of
one
being
killed.
There
will
be
observance
of
thankfulness
in
churches
throughout
Britain
tomorrow
for
the
victory.
WOODWORKERS
ARE
UNITING
Merger
of
C.I.O.
Branches
Would
Bring
Together
All
Phases
of
Industry
PORTLAND,
Oregon
P)
Industrial
Woodworkers
of
America
(C.I.O.)
voted
yesterday
to
merge
with
United
Furniture
Workers
(C.I.O.)
apd
launch
a
full-scale
membership
drive
In
Canada
and
the
Deep
South.
The
merger
would
unite
some
120.C00
C.I.O.
men
Into
a
single
union
covering
every
phase
of
wood
handling
from
felling-
trees
to
carving
tables.
Remembrance
Day
Is
Statutory
Holiday
OTTAWA
November
11,
Remembrance
Day,
has
been
designated
as
a
Statutory
holiday
In
Canada.