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Acting
Prime
Minister
St.
today
that
he
had
been
unable
newspaper
story
stating
that
a
minister,
nad
signed
laise
uocu-
a
uussian
agent
to
get
into
-.
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i
The
story,
published
by
the
Montreal
Gazette,
said
that
a
member
of
Parliament,
now
In
the
cabinet,
had
signed
documents
savlnz
that
he
knew
that
.
f.hn
niriMit.
y.arl
Knun
In
Cftnadft
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Mrs
n
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Avenue
J.
Schapffn.
uovcr-
"Ofding
to
wnrH
Rpd
Cross.
TO
swec2.
STOCKHU&
vedish
Army
officer
v
that
i
ii
e
luniinuc
-
of
rocket
missiles
illes
at
Sweden
was
a
"se5i,,5;
V
An
invesiigaiion
is
'
iney
are
believed
It'y
and
f
lying
bomb
v
..
tne
Russians
are
firing
experimentally
with
the
assistance
of
the
Germans.
WANTING
POLES
NANAIMO
A.
V.
Stone,
an
official
of
Canadian
Collieries,
admitted
that
his
company
was
trying
to
get
Tolish
Immigrants
to
work'
in
the
company's
mines.
The
company
had
tried
for
two
years
but
in
vain
to
get
enoujth
men
from
union
hiring
halls.
"NATIONAL
SCANDAL"
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Prof.
Frank
Scott,
national
secretary
of
the
C.C.F.,
speaking
here,
raid
that
operations
of
the
War
Assets
Corporation
constituted
a
"national
scandal."
He
complained
of
large
companies
getting
goods
at
low
prices.
KING
IN
EUROPE
PARIS
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
has
completed
a
two-day
tour
of
Canadian
battlefields.
Everywhere
he
went
he
was
given
a
warm
reception
by
the
French
people
In
admiration
of
Canada.
WAR
VETERAN
IS
SUFFOCATED
PRINCETON
W
Roy
Martin.
First
War
veteran,
died
of
suffocation
when
fire
broke
out
early
Sunday
at
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mike
Batle
who,
with
Bud
Jones,
suffered
burns
and
cuts
In
escaping
from
the
burning
house.
The
fire
was
believed
to
have
started
In
a
chesterfield.
LOOKING
BAD
FOR
HOUSING
Industrial
Unrest
May
Bring
All
Building
to
End
Within
Month
OTTAWA
W
Reconstruction
Minister
C.
D.
Howe
today
an-
nounced
measures
to
help
relievs
lack
of
materials
for
the
hobbl-llng
government
program
aim
at
80,000
new
homes
by
tne
ena
oi
March
1948.
He
warned,
however,
that
if
the
present
strike
situation
continues,
construction
of
all
kinds
will
virtually
come
to
an
end
within
a
month,
Mr.
Howe
said
that
consldsr-
atlon
was
being
given
to
the
I
problem
of
providing
an
effective
.method
of
channelling
building
materials
into
housing
of
desirable
type
whether
built
by
the
government
or
by
private
enter-
I
prise.
"FAKF
nnrilMFNT"
TEIIC
UfllKF
m
mm
I
for
flvn
vpars
nnrt
was
a
rc-
The
agent
had
not
been
in
Canada
two
weeks
at
that
time,
the
story
said.
St.
Laurent
suggested
that
there
was
no
basis
for
the
story.
t
COMMUNICATIONS
STRIKE
NEW
YORK
Communications
Workers
Association
(C.I.O.)
walked
out
touay
and
Western
Union,
Mckay
and
oilier
services
have
not
been
able
to
move
prrss
dispatches
since
noon.
Incoming
strvices
from
Europe
Pie
affeclcd.
NO
10c
LIMIT
HERE
OTTAWA
The
Dominion
government
has
not
yet
instructed
the
Rrilish
Columbia
Regional
Labor
Board
to
hoVl
down
wage
increases
to
10c
per
hour,
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
told
Angu
Mc-Innis,
C.C.F.
member
for
Vancouver
East,
in
the
House
of
Commons
today.
RUSHING
TO
HUSIJAND
HALIFAX
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Morils,
Dutch
bride
of
Leo
Ralph
Morris,
Canadian
Army
pilvale,
who
is
mrferlng
from
tubercular
meningitis
and
has
been
given
no
more
than
a
mcnlh
In
live,
is
being
rushed
by
TransCanada
Airlines
plane
today
to
Vancouver
where
her
husband
U
in
military
hospital
after
being
flown
from
White-horse,
Mrs.
Morris
arrived
on
the
Queen
Mary
during
the
night.
Central
British
Columbia
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY
American
League
Boston
b.
New
York
7.
Philadelphia
1-8,
Washington
4-3.
Cleveland
5,
St.
Louis
3.
Only
games
scheduled.
National
League
New
York-Bo'ton
postponed
on
account
of
rain.
Brooklyn
6,
Philadelphia
0.
Chicago
2-9,
Pittsburgh
3-10.
Only
games
scheduled.
Western
International
Vancouver
12,
Salem
9.
Bremerton
8,
Spokane
9.
Victoria
17-10,
Laklma
6-1.
SUNDAY
National
League
St.
Louis
15-7,
Cincinnati
4-3.
St.
Louis
7,
Cincinnati
3.
Brooklyn
6,
Philadelphia
7.
New
York
9,
Boston
6.
American
League
Detroit
0-3,
Chicago
3-4
(second
game
twelve
Innings).
Cleveland
2-4,
St,
Louis
3-3.
Boston
7-1,
New
York
5-9.
Philadelphia
1-12,
Washington
3-5.
Western
International
Tacoma
C-8,
Wenatchee
3-9.
Bremerton
9-2,
Spokane
7-3.
Vancouver
4-2,
Salem
1-5.
QUESNEL
MAN
IS
ACCIDENT
VICTIM
QUESNEL
Od
Louis
Cantln.
29,
was
killed
and
two
persons
slightly
Injured
when
a
light
j
delivery
truck
overturned
near
I
here
on
Sunday.
The
truck
was
driven
by
Cantln's
brother,
Wal
(
ter,
wno
escaped
wun
a
icw
bruises.
The
other
occupant-Miss
Frances
Campbell
Jumped
clear.
kukthern
AND
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BRITISH
COLD
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NEWSPAPER
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and
NIGHT
SERVICE
s
from
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NIOHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
188.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
AUGUST
12,
1948
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FIVE
CENTS
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May
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Christmas'
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who
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MCQUEEN
With
a
history
k
to
the
time
when
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first
sought
aage
the
Hud-
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iiiurcmii,
rth
of
Winnipeg,
promised
destiny
tlet
for
Canadian
ts.
elevator,
idle
dur-
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hum
Affnln
thlo
1.800.000
bushelr
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should
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through
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them
are
the
udsons
Bay
and
iom
late
July
to
Ice-breakers
and
11
stations
have
m
their
fight
1
numerous
llaht-
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fog-wrapped
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hazardous,
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ommons
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for
a
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ior
un
uitania
1
overseas
service
'id
this
Thursday
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son
CHURCHILL'S
TRIBUTE
TO
PATTON
Oreat
Britain's
wartime
premier
Winston
Churchill,
paid
tribute
to
General
George
Patton;
Jr
.
wartime
commander
of
the
VS.
Third
Army,
in
the
Ilamm
cemetery
by
placing
a
wreath
of
red
roses
and
white
gladioli
on
the
general's
grave.
Churchill
is
shown
In
upper
photo
as
he
placed
the
wreath,
closeup
of
which
is
shown
below.
During
the
ceremonies
Churchill
paid
tribute
to
all
soldiers
who
fell
in
the
Battle
of
the
Bulge.
ASSOCIATED
BOARDS
M
REVIEW
rrmce
Rupert
Chamber
Played
Prominent
Part
Round-up
of
Resolutions
Having
Bearing
On
Every
Phase
of
Welfare
and
Development
of
Central
Interior
(By
G.
A.
HUNTER)
Many
resolutions
having
important
bearing
on
the
future
welfare
and
development
of
central
and
northern
British
Columbia
were
initiated
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
the
annual
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
at
Terrace
on
Thursday
,and
Friday
of
last
week
and
were
piloted
through
the
reso-
lutlons
committee
and
the
convention
by
Arnold
Flaten
who
was
a
capable
resolutions
committee
chairman.
Representative
citizens
from
northern
and
central
B.C.
and
southeastern
Alaska
gathered
at
the
convention
were
extremely
anxious
that
this
section
of
the
THE
WEATHER
SynopsJs
Overcast
skies
were
general
over
the
British
Coiumt!a
coast
yesterday
with
clear
conditions
in
the
southern
Interior
and
some
cloudiness
with
scattered
thunderstorms
in
the
northern
Interior.
Maximum
temperatures
yesterday
In
the
interior
ranged
from
77
at
Prince
George
to
93
at
Crescent
Valley
and
op
the
J
coast
from
61
at
Prince
Rupert
to
70
at
Nanalmo.
The
lowest
temperature
reported
last
night
was
40
at
Prince
George
with
the
remainder
of
the
stations
re
porting
mlnlmums
In
the
fifties
and
sixties.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
'Vorth
Coast
Overcast
today
and
Tuesday,
Intermittent
drizzle
over
northern
Charlotte.
Temocrature
tonight
and
Tuesday:
Tort
Hardy,
minimum
53.
maximum
C2:
Massett,
minimum
52,
maximum
CO;
Prince
Rupert,
minimum
52,
maximum
C2.
Fish
Sales
American
Ivaphoe,
53,000,
Co-op.
'
Canadian
Ka;rc,
8,000,
Co-op.
Northern
Breeze,
40,000,
Co-op.
Selma
II.,
32,000
black
cod,
Cold
Stnrace.
PacifCoastplay
a
ltalrole
Inthe
tremendous
expansion
of
the
Pacific
rim
In
general
development,
In
transportation,
in
tourist
travel,
and
In
North
American
defence.
,
Forty
resolutions
adopted
by
the
two-day
convention
were
highlighted
by
those
urging
ex-,
pansion
of
present
inadequate,
transportation
facilities,
and
in
maintaining
and
strengthening!
the
area's
defence
facilities.
In
Terrace,
the
Skeena
River
community
which
housed
5,000
.W.V.V.V.-.
.....".."...'
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd
Vancouver
Bralcrne
11.95
B.
R.
Consolidated
123,
B.
R.
X
11
Cariboo
Gold
3.30
Dentonla
45
Grull
Wihksne
13i
Hedley
Mascot
1.55
Mlnto
05Vi
Pend
Oreille
3.00
Pioneer
4.30
Premier
Border
08
Premier
1.65
Privateer
....a.....".
54
Reeves
McDonald
1.35
Reno
22t,i
Salmon
Gold
19
Sheep
Creek
1.25
Taylor
Bridge
:
15
Whitewater
03,2
Vananda
.
38
Congress
-
12
Pacific
Eastern
10
Hedley
Amalgamated
12Vi
Soud
Valley
21
Central
Zeballos
..."
10
Oils
A.
P.
Consolidated
13
Calmont
25
C.
Si
E.
1.83
FoothllU
.
1.60
Home
2.90
Toronto
Aumaque
64
Beattle
72
Eobjo
16
Buffalo
Canadian
19
Consolidated
Smelters....93.00
Eldona
50
Elder
44
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.70
Itardrock
70
Jaclcnlfe
15
Jollet-Qucbec
55
Little
Lons
Lac
2.05
Madicn
Red
Lake
3.15
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.90
Moiieta
,.
.58
Omega,
19
Pickle
Crow
3.20
.
San
Antonio
4.35
Senator
Rouyn
.63
Bickering
Discourages
Delegates;
Australia
Tempermental,
Charge
Vishinsky
RESIGNATIONS
ARE
DEMANDED
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor
Hits!
at
Mitchell
and
Gordon
in
i
Annual
Convention
VANCOUVER
0i
Resignation
J
of
both
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
federal
minister
of
labor,
and
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
of
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
was
demanded
by
the
British
Columbia
Federation
of
Labor
(CCD
at
the
annual
convention
during
the
week-end.
,
Delegates
scored
the
federal
wages
policy
and
the
decision
to
limit
pay
increases
to
ten
cents
per
hour.
The
executive
was
ordered
by
the
convention
conduct
a
public
campaign
prepare
for
province-wide
1
demonstrations
protesting
the
I
wage
boost
limit.
It
will
seek
support
of
the
American
Fed
eration
of
Labor.
I
Daniel
O'Brien,
regional
direc-l
tor
of
the
Canadian
Congress
of
'Labor,
was
re-elected
president,
active
servieeTibops
and'anjlrfl
iion-aouar
airpori
as
me
Headquarters
of
Canada's
second
line
of
defence
against
possible
Japanese
invasion,
the
delegates
were
highly
concerned
with
keeping
airfields
and
military
highways
from
deterioration,
and
in
completing
overdue
highway
links
to
connect
with
the
major
highways
of
Canada,
the
United
States
and
Alaska.
Taking
a
practical
view
of
the
completion
of
the
interior
highway
route
to
Alaska,
Canadian
and
American
delegates
urged
linking
of
existing
highways
from
Northern
B.C.
to
Fairbanks
by
way
of
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Haines
cut-off
by
means
of
a
car
ferry
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Haines,
Alaska.
This
would
also
Involve
completion
of
the
last
80-mile
link
from
Prince
Rupert
to
'Jasper,
between
Mc-Brlde
and
Sinclair
Mills.
One
outstanding
resolution
.was
that
recommending
to
the
Prime
Minister
of
Canada,
the
Minister
of
Lands
and
Resources
at
Ottawa
and
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
British
Columbia's,
member
of
the
federal
cabinet,
the
early
resumption
of
a
vigorous
immigration
policy
with
special
consideration
of
the
admittance
to
Canada
of
relatives
of
Cana-
Contlnued
on
Page
2)
PATTULLO
GIVES
$25
TO
PIONEERS
The
city
has
received
a
cheque
for
$25
in
aid
o:
v.ie
Pioneers
Home
Fund
from
former
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo,
now
residing
in
Victoria.
During
his
30
years
as
elglslatlve
and
government
member,
Mr.
Pattullo
himself
a
real
pioneer,
represented
Prince
Rupert
constituency.
Sherritt
Gordon
2.60
Steep
Rock
2.55
Sturgeon
River
.29
Lynx
.35
Bapaska
34
Gods
Lake
'.63
Negus
,
2.25
Aubelle
43
Hcva
Cadillac
23
Harrlcana
l
21
Mcltenzie
Red
Lake
91
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
August
13;,
19.10
High
1:20
20.8
feci
14:14
19.2
fect
Low
7:54
2.4
fect
19:59
6.3
fect
In
Secretariat
Vote
Small
Nations
Invited
to
Italian
Treaty
Talks
Little
Progress
Being
Made
PARIS
(CP)
Bickering
and
obstructionism
at
the
peace
conference
here
are
causing
disillusioned
delegates
to
bet
privately
that
they
will
still
be
here
at
Christmas.
They
feel
.
that
it
will
take
a
long
time
in
iai
-ii
to
resoive
tne
coniucting
views
n
tne
DicKering
con
tinues.
The
conference
today
voted
15
to
6
to
widen
the
scope
of
the
conference
by
Inviting
Albania,
Mexico,
Cuba
and
Egypt
to
appear
for
hearings
on
the
Italian
peace
treaty
which
has
been
under
discussion
since
Saturday.
Russia
was
opposed.
Andrei
Vteihlnsky
of
Russia
opposed
the
nomination
of
Aus
tralia
as
one
of
the
eight-members
of
the
general
secretariat,
asserting
that
Australia
had
shown
herself
to
be
a
"tempra-mental"
member
of
the
meeting,
and
that
It
would
be
better
to
have
a
calmer
nation
In
the
high
circle.
BLACK
MARKET
RING
BARED
BERLIN
W
An
International
smuggling
and
black
market
rirgiftuVrtii'iveMiiehibcW-'ol
a
New
York
City
family
Wa$
uncovered
when
the
United
States
Army
criminal
Investigation
department
apprehended
two
members
of
tne
ramily
in
Berlin
and
Paris,
an
official
announcement
said
today.
The
five
persons
Involved
were
Identified
as
David
L.
Warner
and
his
four
sons.
Canon
W.
F.
Rushbrook,
Pioneer
Missionary,
Has
79th
Birthday
Keen
and
vigorous
after
more
than
40
years
as
a
missionary
and
clergyman
in
the
Prince
Rupert
district,
Canon
Walter
Field
Rushbrook
is
today
receiving
congratulations
of
his
many
friends
on
the
achievement
of
Jus
seventy-ninth
birthday.
"Yes,
I'm
seventy-eight
but
this
is
my
seventy-
ninth
birthday,"
he
chuckled
to
IS
DROWNED
IN
SKEENA
RIVER
Sydney
Native
Woman
tost
Life
at
Carlisle
Cannery
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
left
this
morning
on
the
provincial
police
boat
P.M.L.
15
for
Carlisle
Cannery
on
the
Skeena
River
to
make
investigations
preparatory
to
holding
an
Inquest
Into
the
drowning
there
yesterday
afternoon
of
Mrs.
Leo
Har
ris,
Indian
woman
of
Sydney,
Vancouver
Island.
According
to
preliminary
reports,
Mrs.
Harris
fell
into
the
river
from
a
fish
ing
boat.
She
was
soon
recovered
but
two
hours
of
artificial
respiration
methods
failed
to
revive
her.
The
body
will
be
brought
here
by
the
police
boat.
SALMON
PACK
254,000
CASES
Salmon
pack
for
the
Pacific
Coast
totalled
254,945
cases
up
to
the
week
ending
August
3,
according
to
the
latest
bulletin
issued
by
the
chief
suDervlsor
of
fisheries,
Vancouver.
The
pack
Is
the
lowest
of
any
year
stnee
1941,
with
the
exception
of
1913,
when
the
pack
at
the
same
date
totalled
211.272
cases,
Total
pack
from
District
Two
this
year
totals
176,927.
Sockeye
pack
for
the
same
district
was
93,008
cases.
The
Angora
goat
originated
In
the
Turkish,
province
of
the
same
name.
JEWS
STILL
ON
SHIPS
AT
HAIFA
Presenting
Problem
for
British
In
Connection
With
Palestine
JERUSALEM
IP
Two
ships,
crowded
with
approximately
il2,00
Jewish
refugees
from
Europ,a?
anchored
Just
outside
Haifa-5'
breakwater
today,
providing
a
,
new
problem
for
British
author
ities
striving
to
halt
illegal
immigration
to
Palestine.
The
arrival
of
the
two
vessels
brought
to
almost
2700
the
number
of
Jewish
refugees
now
detained
aboard
ships
a-t
Haifa
because
of
lack
of
proper
immi
gration
certificates.
Still
another
vessel
reported
enroute
Is
escorted
by
a
British
destroyer
and
at
least
one
more
believed
to
be
t
sea.
Wedding
Rehearsal
Ends
In
Tragedy
ABBOTSFORD
0
Albert
Siemens,
22,
was
killed
Saturday
and
four
others
were
injured
when
an
auto
returning
from
a
wedding
rehearsal
collided
with
a
milk
truck.
an
interviewer.
"Like
a
lot
of
people,
you
forget
to
count
the
most
Important
birthday
of
all
the
first."
Despite
his
active
life
which
began
on
the
shore
of
Lake.On-tarlo
at
Burlington
near
Hamilton
on
August
12,
1868,
Canon
Rushbrook
looks
at
least
10
years
younger
than
his
years,
a
fact
for
which
he
attributes
responsibility
to
his
keen
interest
In
living.
"I've
had
a
wonderfully
interesting
life
and
I
feel
as
though
I
want
to
keep
going'
for
a
long
time
yet,"
he
said.
Actually,
he
Is
still
In
harness.
He
still
conducts
services
at
St.
Peter's
Church,
Seal
Cove
once
or
twice
a
month
during
the
absence
of
a
regular
clergyman.
Canon
Rushbrook
began
his
career
as
a
western
missionary
with,
his
arrival
at
the
north
coast
metropolis
of
Port
Esslng-ton
at
Its
most
flourishing
period
September
28,
1905.
He
had
been
ordained
to
the
Anglican
priesthood
In
Niagara
County
In
Ontario
in
1901.
"Port
Essington
was
ft
busy
place
In
those
days,"
he
recalls.
"There
was
great
excitement
on
the
river.
The
river
boats
Haz-elton,
Mount
Royal
and
Pheasant
were
plying
the
river
to
Haz-elton,
and
the
town
was
filled
with
activity."
Today,
Canon
Rushbrook.
Is
the
custodian
of
the
diaries
of
Itebert
Cunningham,
founder
of
v
Port
Essington.
'
AlthouRh
they
are
at
present
on
loan
to
a
friend
In
Victoria,
he
recall3
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