3rfnrc
Rupert
Daily
XMus
Tuesday,
December
31,
1943
An
independent
daily
newspaper
devoted
to
the
upbuilding
of
Prlnre
Rupert
and
all
communities
comprising
northern
and
central
British
Columbia.
(Authorlwd
as
Second
Class
Mall.
Pott
Office
Department,
Ottawa)
Published
every
afternoon
except
Sunday
by
Prince
Rupert
Dally
News
Ltd.,
3rd
Avenue,
Prince
Rupert.
British
Columbia.
O.
A.
IfUNTER,
Managinc
Editor.
H.
O.
PERRY,
Managing
Director.
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Year,
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Mall,
Per
Month.
40c:
Per
Year,
$4.00.
1946
1947
I
OOKING
BACK,
we
must
admit
that1946
was
L
in
some
ways
a
year
of
recession
in
Prince
Rupert
but
it
was
also
a
year
in
which
considerable
progress
was
made
in
transition
from
war
to
peace-conditions.
The
war
boom
burst
in
Prince
Rupert
during
the
year
which
fades
with
this
day
and
some
people,
who
seemingly
did
not
think
there
would
be
a
reaction
from
the
artificiality
of
the
war
stimulus,
found
the
shock
a
little
hard
to
take.
On
the
other
hand,
there
were
the
more
realistic
and
probably
the
more
numerous
although
less
voluble
whose
expectations
encompassed
the
progress
of
events
such
as
have
and
are
transpiring
and
feel
no
disappointment
or
discouragement.
So
1946
fades
out,
not
as
one
of
Prince
Rupert's
very
satisfactory
years
but
as
an
epoch
of
twelvemonth
through
which
we
had
to
pass
and,
as
a
result
of
which,
there
are
few
who
can
say
they
did
not
do
too
badly
after
all
and
through
which
progress
was
made
to
better
things.
.We
enter
1947
with
some
uncertainty
to
be
sure.
Uncertainty
is
the
order
of
the
world
these
days.
There
are
many
things
to
be
settled,
many
situations
that,
must
be
straightened
out,
many
differences
that
must
be
squared
away,
many
difficulties
that
must
be
reduced,
many
problems
of
many
kinds
that
must
be
met
or
solved
and
these
things
are
not
only
local
but
provincial,
nations!,
indeed
worldwide.
The
world
has
become
smaller
relatively
through
the
speed
of
transport
and
communication.
No
longer
is;
any
community,
section,
or
nation
sufficient
unto
itself..
What
affects
people
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
globe
may
well
be
reflected
upon
us;
1
The
point
we
endeavour
to
make
to
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
as
we
speak
to
them
through
this
cqjumn
on
this
New
Year's
Eve
is
that
Prince
Rupert
cannot
hope
to
have
the
sudden
fulfilment
of
its;
hopes
and
expectations
materially
or
anv
other
way
for
that
matter
until
a
stability,
a
spirit
and
art
attitude
comes
to
an
area
that
traverses
far
be-ywid
our
own
confines.
The
change,
in
the
physical
nature
of
things,
cannot
come
overnight
or
overyear.
fjhe
year
1946
was
a
year
which
saw
world
peace,
at,
least
the
fighting
to
large
extent
was
ended,
but
it
was
not
a
year
of
harmony
nor
of
very
apparent
goodwill.
Distrust,
aggrandizement
and
suspicion
were
still
rampant
motivating
spirits
and
our
accomplishments
were
hampered
because
of
them.-
!
However,
we
can
look
forward
to
the
year
ensuing
to
bring
us
further
on
the
road
to
a
recovery
oJJ
those
cherished
conditions
of
goodwill
and
mutual
understanding
which,
in
a
world
whose
peoples
are
so
much
more
closely
in
contact
one
with
the
other,
are
essential
to
real
and
lasting
re-establishment
and
progress.
vLW,Hh
these
better
conditions
becoming
established
between
and
within
the
nations,
the
sections
ajid
the
communities,
we
may
be
confident
that
v
in
Prince
Rupert,
blessed
as
we
still
are
with
our
heritage
of
nature's
benefits,
rich
and
so
for-tinutously
placed,
will
make
further
progress
toward
realization
of
permanent
aspirations
and
hopes
-which,
so
often
through
the
years,
have
been
disturbed
and,
at
times,
seemingly
frustrated.
,;
Meantime,
it
is
for
us
to
maintain
our
courage
afid
our
energy,
work
hard
and
co-operatively
"ff.011?
ourselves,
radiate
good
cheer
and
optimism
-Hhat
the
New
Year
may
be
a
better
one
than
the
of
I
in
a
happy,
progressing
and
mutually
helpful
community.
j;
May
we
be
thankful
and
appreciative
of
the
bJgssings
and
benefits
which
we
do
enjoy
and
which
so-many
less
fortunate
than
we
would
be
glad
to
hltve
and
to
use.
J
We
can
sincerely
and
earnestly
wish
you
all
a
Jjappy
New
Year
with
the
sure
knowledge
that
itwe
-all
help
to
make
it
such,
it
shall
be
so.
r
i
,
Sears,
Roebuck
and
Company,
one
of
the
largest
UJ5.
mall
order
and
department
store
organizations,
spent
79
of
their
1945
advertising
dollars
in
dally
'
newspapers.
The
light
Is
green
and
we're
speeding
to
wish
you
a
woni-derful
New
Year
filled
with
Joys.
67
TAXI
(Ross
Bros.)
SWITZERLAND'S
THIRD-TERM
PRESIDENT
Philip
Etter,
member
of
the
Swiss
federal
council,
who
has
been
elected
president
for
1946,
Ls
pictured
-at
his
home
In
Genevawith
some
members
of
his
family
which
include
five
sons
and,
five
daughters.
Left
to
right
are
Monika.
Pla,
Mrs.
Etter,
Margarete
and
President
Etter.
This
will
be
the
thlfd
time
the
popular
statesman
has
hfld
the
Alpine
republic's
highest
office.
He
will
officially
take
office
on
New
Year's
Day.
President
Etter's
previous
terms
were
In
1932
and
1942.
EMPLOYMENT
HOLDING
UP
Situation
"Kemarkaby
Good,"
Says
Report
of
Minister
of
Labor
OTTAWA,
W
Canada's
em
ployment
situation
ls
"remark
ably
gocd,
confounding
pessi
mists
who
prophesied
wide
spread
Idleness."
.Labor
Minister
Humphrey
Mitchell
said
yesterday
In
a
year-end
message.
Reverts
from
a
large
group
of
employers
showed
employment
at
more
than
45
per
cent
higher
than
in
1939.
1946
IN
PRINCE
RUPERT
(continued
Irom
page
1)
APRIL
11
The
Eventide
Home,
housed
-in
the
rear
of
the
Dyer
Block,
was
gutted
by
flames
which
took
the
life
of
one
of
the
Inmates
and
sent
five
others
to
hospital
suffering
from
burns
arid
shock.
Bert
Johansen,
age
55,
was
burned
to
death
a
few
feet
from
a
doorway.
Later,
a
second
man,
David
John
Robert-sorLuccumbed.
Claims
for
revision
of
existing
conditions
in
regard
to
municipal
taxation
of
provlncially-owned
property,
social
set-vice
costs,
pdministration
of.
Justice
and
provincial
grants
were-contained
in
Prince
Rupert's
brief
presented
to
the
Goldenberg
commission
enquiring
into
provincial-municipal
relations.
29
H.M
C.S.
Crescent,
sleek
Canadian
destroyer,
made
her
first
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
on
an
emergency
run
with
a
sicir
crewman.
Her
first
official
"visit
was
scheduled
for
May
3.
MAY
3
Prince
Rupert
experienced
the
wannest
day
of
.the.
.year
as
the
temperature
went
above
73
degrees.
Temperatures
throughout
the
province
were
20
degrees
warmer
than
average
for
that
time
of
the
year.
13
Prince
Rupert
Fish
Exchange
experienced
what
was
believed
to
be
the
greatest,
halibut
landings
in
a
single
day
in
the
history
of
the
port
when
987,000
pounds
were
unloaded
front-more
than
30
boats.
21
Communications
between
Prince
Rupert
and
other
continental
cities
advanced
a
step
with
the
inauguration
of
a
land
telephone
long
distance
line
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver.
The
line
was
officially
transferred
with
conversations
by
prominent
citizens
at
both
ends.
23
Margaret
Strachan
was
elected
Queen
of
the
Kinsmen
Club's
May
;!4
celebration
In
a
four-way
popularity
contest.
She
was
crowned
the
following
day
with
brilliant
pageantry.
JUNE
4
Announcement
was
made
that
the
former
American
overseas
stock
terminal
warehouse
was
to
be
throwp
open
for
bidding
by
tender:
The
announced
plan
was
that
the
building
should
be
put
to
use
rather
than
torn
down.
7
The
many
industrial
opportunities
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area
were
laid
bare
to
a
fact-finding
commission
representing
the
provincial
government
and
the
Canadian
National
Railways
representatives
at
a
round
table
conference.
12
City
Council
decided
to
appeal
a
ruling
by
the
Provincial
Public
Utilities
Commission
In.
which
the
latter
denied
the
city
the
right
to
grant
a
bus
franchise
to
the
Black
and
White
Transportation
Co.
JDLY
2
Jarvls
II.
McLeod,
local
Collector
of
Customs
received
word
that
he
had
been
awarded
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
in
the
King's
Honors
List.
13
A
gold
medal,
donated
by
Al
Manson,
was
posted
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Relations
Committee
for
the
first
car
to
cross
Canada
by
highway
from
Halifax
to
Prince
Rupert
16
Members
of
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union
threatened
to
strike
against
local
fishing
plant
operators-over
overtime
rates
and
wage
Increases.
24-
Prince
Rupert
was
host
to
H.M.CJ3.
Uganda,
cruiser,
and
H.M.C.S.
Crescent,
destroyer,
which
moored
here
for
a
five-day
visit.
An
interesting
round
of
entertainment
was
planned.
AUGUST
7
Terrace
was
the
scene
of
the
annual
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
B.C.,
which
included
delegates
from
several
Alaskan
cities
as
well
as
representatives
from
towns
as
far
east
as
Prince
George.
15
Chief
Petty
Officer
and
Mrs.
L.
A.
C.
Paige
of
Halifax
claimed
the
Manson
gold
medal
for
being
the
first
to
drive
an
automobile
from
Halifax
to
Prince
Rupert.
They
drove
4,813
miles
in
two
weeks.
16
Transport
Minister.
Hon.
Lionel
Chevrier
informed
Mayor
Daggett
that
a
"serious
unemployment
situation."
might
result
If
a
new
coastwise
vessel
was
to
be
built
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
for
Canadian
National
Steamships..
19
Prince
Rupert's
Civic
Centre
carnival
was
officially
declared
opened
by
Mrs.
L.
A.
C.
Paige
who,
with
her
husband,
were
guests
of
the
city.
The
carnival
was
the
first
to
be
held
at
,
the
new
Civic
Centre.
21
Canada's
Governor-General,
Viscount
Harold
Alexander
of
Tunis,
paid
a
brief
visit
to
the
city
accompanied
by
his
family.
The
vice-regal
party
arrived
on
H.M.C.S..
Crescent,
and
left
two
hours
later
by
train.
SEPTEMBER
1
Acropolis
Hill
was
formally
re-christened
Franklin
D
Roosevelt
Park
by
Major-General
George
P.
Hays,
United
States
Army,
at
a
ceremony
attended
by
dignitaries
from
United
States
Canada
and
Alaska.
The
Amerlcn
cruiser
Tucson
ws
in
port
for
the
occasion.
2-
The
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
flying
boat
Skeena
Queen
crashed
into,
the
sea
off
Tslmpsean
Peninsula
carrying
seven
persons
to
their
death.
Disappearing
in
a
fog,
the
plane
was
the
object
of
a
widespread
search.
Four
of
the
bodies
were
never
found,
BALFOUR
DEATH
FOUND
ACCIDENT
Body
Found
on
Beach
Near
Port
Edward
Positively
Identified
The-.body
of
a
man
discovered
on
the
peach
at
Ridley
Island,
near
Port
Edward,
at
the
weekend,
was
Identified
at
a
coroner's
inquest
here
Monday
afternoon
as
that
of
John
Balfour,
223
Albany
Avenue,
Toronto,
who
was
drowned
when
a
glllriet
boat
foundered
in
ji
storm
near
Port
Edward
on
October
31.
Identification
was
made
by
Victor
Dsll,
ex-Air
Force
Offieer,
and
partner
cf
Balfour,
who
survived
more
than
12
hours
in
the
half-sunken
boat
and
.aw
BaU
four
disappear
into
the
water
when
a
huge
wave.rollcd
the
vesr
sel
over.
The
two
men
had
bought
the
boat
from
a
cannery
at
Port
Edward
and
were
taking
it
to
prince
Rupert
when
the
en
jlnc
stopped.
They
clung
to
the
dere-l'ct
all
nljht
while
It
smashed
Its
stern
on
a
reef
and
then
driftrd
shoreward.
peYi
.descrtted
to
the
coroner's
Jury
the
harrowing
nUht
:that
preceded
Balfour's
disappearance
after
he
had
Identified
a
brown
leather
packet
as
similar
to
that
worn
by
Balfour,
and
a
pair
cf
long
rubber
boots
as
vesemkltrrr'
a'
pair
he
had
lent
the
missing
man.
Later,
he
positively
identified
a
cigarette
jlghter
taken
from
thj
body
as
Balfour's.
Papers
on
the
body
also
bore
the
name
of
John
Balfour
The
jury
brought
in
a.
verdict
that
Balfour
came
to
his
death
3
or
abcat
5:33
ax.i.
October
31
as
a
result
of
the
foundering
of
a
gillnet
boat
on
the
west
Elde
r.f
Ridley
Island.
The
Jury
con
cluded
mat
death
was
acci
dental,
either
bv
drowning
or
v
exposure:
1
Constable
Cu
L.
Simon
of
'Port
Edward
told
of
how
the
'body
had
been
discovered
lying
on
the
beach
by
Chetman
Laav-
,.tt.
Port
Edward
trapper,
lata
Saturday
afternoon,
On
Sunday,
Constable
SImonds,
Albert
Carl-sen
and
Lcvltt
went
over
to
.Ridley
Island
from
Port
Edward
ana.
wougnt
the
body
back
to
the
cannery
village.
Identity
of
the
dead
man
was
confirmed
by
Harry
M.
Stanley,
tccal'iaxl
operator,
and
a
friend
c-f
Balfour.
Jurymen,
under
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens,
were
W.
M.
Watts.
(foreman,
W.
S.
Noble;
John
Kelly.
Rdbert
C.
Wood.
Arnold
Barton
find
Cherrili
MSInlyre.
Too
Many'O'Malleys
So
Scot
Substituted
LONDON,
TO
-
Becau.w
Blnu
Crosby
played
Father
O'Malley
In
two
films,
Alastair
Sim,
who
was
to
have
been
Father
O'Kal-ley
in
the
British
rilm
"Captain
Boycott"
will
now
appear
as
ValhT
McKeough,
a
Scot
living
In
Ireland.
Sim,
however,
doesn't
mind
the
'han'je
of
name
and
nationality,
for
he
Js
an
ex-professor
of
phonetics
at
New
College.
Edinburgh,
and
a
pure
Scot
who
will
cot
have
to
acquire
a
temporary
Srots
accent.
14
Some
8,000
Prince
Rupert
citizens
collected
their
Number
Six:
ration
books
during
the
distribution
periodwhich
ended
September
14.
There
were
about
2,000
less
than
collected
the
Number
Five
book
two
years
earlier.
20
Prince
Rupert
was
swept
by
the
first
violent
autumn
storm
during
which
three
inches
of
rain
fell
In
24
hours
to
'the
accompaniment
of
a
40-mlle-an-hour
wind.
24
Federal
Fisheries
Minister
H.
F.
G.
Bridges
arrived
In
the
city
in
the
course
of
a
western
tour.
He
met
members
of
the
fishing
Industry
at
a
banquet
given
In
his
honor.
Fish
was
served.
OCTOBER
8
Search
parties
went
qut
to
seek
Hans
Jacobson,
73-year-old
man
who
disappeared
while
on
a
hunting
trip
on
Porcher
Island.
A
son
came
out
from
Winnipeg
and
made
several
attempts
to
find
'his
father.
9
Hon.
Alphonse
Fournler,
federal
Minister
of
Public
Works
'visited
the
city.
He
was
escorted
to
various
places
on
the
waterfront
by
members
of
the
city
council
and
the
fishing
Industry.
11
According
to
information
received
from
Ottawa,
Prince
Rupert
was
Justified
tn
expecting
"several"
grain
ships
to
eall
here
this
winter
to
load
grain
for
export.
19
W.
R.
"Wop"
May,
general
manager
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
visited
the
city
and
made,
a
survey
of
Tugwell
Island
as
a-
site
for
an
aircraft
landing
strip.
21
H.M.C.S.
Chatham,
wartime
naval
base,
was
re
-commissioned
as
a
Naval
Reserve
division
and
recruits
were
being
sought
NOVEMBER
1
r-Pttnce
Rupert
counted
up
the
heaviest
Hallowe'en
damage
In
its
history
following
a
night
in
which
windows
and
street
lights
In
all
parts
of
the
city
were
smashed.
Damage
was
estimated
at
more
than
$1,000;
5
Alaska
cities,
short
of
supplies
because
of
an
American
maritime
strike,
had
begun
to
depend
Increasingly
on
Prince
Rupert
for
food
shipments.
Coastwise
steamers
and
small
craft
were
taking
supplies
north
regularly.
12-The
new
Union
Steamships
vessel
CoqulUam
paid
its
first
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
and
was
visited
by
many
citizens.
The
second
vessel,
the
Camosun,
made
Its
first
call
a
few
days
later.
19
The
city
experienced
the
lowest
temperature
In
many
years
17.2
degrees,
which
caused
the
populace
to
shiver
and
closed
King
Edward
school
for
half
a
day.
DECEMBER
2
The
local
halibut
boat
Lorna
H.
holed
her
bottom
on
a
reef
at
White
Rocks
near
Banks
Island,
as
she
sough
shelter
from
a
storm.
The
boat
was
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
for
repairs.
3
Word
was
received
here
that
grain
shipments
through
the
local
elevator
had
been
cancelled
because
of
the
condition
of
Alberta
wheat
which
required
drying
prior
to
shipment.
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
protested.
12
Alderman
Nora
E.
Arnold
was
elected
Prince
Rupert's
first
woman
mayor
when
she
defeated
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
by
a
four-vote
margin
at
the
civic
polls.
17
Deep
snow,
turned
to
slush
by
a
heavy
rain,
almost
tied
up
city
traffic.
Workers
at
the
Co-op's
Falrview
Bay
plant
were
taken
to
their
Jobs
by
boat.
30
The
body
of
a
man
Identified
as
John
Balfour,
lost
in
a
storm
off
Port
Edward,
was
discovered
on
a
beach
at
Ridley
.Island.
Identification
was
made
by
Victor
Dell,
his
partner.
31
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News
wishes
all
its
readers
a
happy
and
prosperous
New
Year.
Indian
Road
Links
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Russia
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A
scheme
to
link
India
directly
with
China
And
Russia
by
extending
the
Khagan
Valley
Road
was
revealed
recently
by
Dr,
Khan
Sa-'lb,
premier
of
the
Northwest
TronUer
province.
Dr.
Khan
Sahib
was
speaking
on
frontier
roadu
and
other
public
work
schemes
as
envisaged
In
a
five-year
plan
for
the
post-war
development
of
his
province.
He
said
that
certain
roads
classified
as
national
highways
would
he
maintained
at
the
expense
of
the
government
of
India
'through
the
agency
of
the
provincial
public
works
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