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chief
of
Pacific
ucceedlng
Rear
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1
August
has
been
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i:-,
understood
Capt.
jj
at
present
in
command
1
arS-
U-randa.
will
receive
"l
"on
m
rank.
Dry
Dock
Use
mcetlnir
Of
the
Prinrn
Cliambet
0f
Commerce
'
report
was
made
by
i
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c
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'atr
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enquiries
made
Jona)
Railway
sources
to
the
prospect
of
fur-Vbu
Jldlns
work
at
the
lo-
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thpv
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cllaractcr,
suggest-
fcpeH
of
further
work
Uri'.d
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dead
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Training
Divisions
of
the
Unl
versltles
of
Manitoba.
Saskat-
i
chewan.
Alberta
and
British
Colombia,
Charlottetown
will
stay
herruntll
Monday
morning,
when
she
will
proceed
north
to
Ketchikan.
In
command
of
Lieut.
John
Wol
itVwct
v'rx;
JT'
of
Vancouver,
the
:06-foot
vessel
left
Esqui-nialt
last
Tuesday,
stopping
at
Port
Albernl
on
her
way
north.
She
docked
at
the
C.N.R.
wharf
at
9
o'clock
this
morning.
Tills
is
the
first
of
three
(scheduled
cruises
which
the
j
Charlottetown
will
take-
on
the
j
north
coast
this
summer.
On
i
her
second
cruhc
she
will
stop
here
on
May
30,
and
on
her
third
cruise
she
will
arrive
at
.Prince
Rupert
on
June
4.
I
Lieut.
Wolfendcn
said
this
morning
that
when
his
vessel
I
stops
here
on
May
30
he
will
I
take
the
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Corps
of
Sea
Cadets
on
a
cruise
of
Chatham
Sound,
providing
arrangements
can
be
made
with
the
local
cadet
corps.
While
Lieut.
Wolfendcn
paid
an
official
call
to
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
at
the
city
hall
at
11
o'clock
this
morning,
members
of
the
Navy
League
and
Lieut.'
Commander
Eddy,
naval
officer
hurried
arrangements
for
entertainment
for
the
complement
of
the
vessel
tonight.
Program
For
Ship's
Visit
A
dance,
has
been
arranged
in
the
naval
drill
hall
to
which
:the':p'ubltc
'has"'
been
"
liTvilcd.
The
ship
will
be
open
for
public
inspection
from
2
o'clock
to
4
this
afternoon
and
Sunday
afternoon,
and
at
5
o'clock
to
night
there
will
be
an
official
reception
aboard
the
vessel.
On
Sunday
there
will
be
church
parades
at
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
and
St.
An
drew's
Anglican
Cathedral
The
vessel
sails
Monday
morn
ing
for
Ketchikan.
It
will
not
stop
at
Prince
Rupert
on
its
way
back,
but
will
visit
Ocean
Falls
instead.
The
majority
of
her
officers
arc
from
the
cast
coast,
although
some
arc
from
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
H.M.C.S.
Charlottetown
is
a
veteran
of
convoy
work
on
the
cast
coast.
Commissioned
at
Quebec
City
in
April,
1944,
she
was
on
convoy
work
in
the
St.
Lawrence,
Newfoundland
and
Nova
Scotia
waters,
then
on
similar
duty
between
Canada
commanding
here,
were
making
and
the
Mediterranean.
ORIGIN
OF
FIRE
IS
NOT
KNOWN
Further
Particulars
of
Maze
Which
Visited
Native
Village
This
Week
Origin
of
the
fire
at
Port
Simpson
on
Thursd'ay
which
destroyed
fire
residences
and
two
beach
shacks
on
the
Rose
Island
sec-
grces
Thursday
which
made
It
tlon
of
the
village
has
not
been
I
the
warmest
day
so
far
this
definitely
ascertained
but
it
Is
believed
to
have
started
on
the
roof
of
the
house
of
William
Cooper.
The
destroyed
houses
were
close
together
Just
to
the
left
of
the
bridge
that
crosses
from
the
main
village
to
the
Island.
The
houses
lost
were
those
of
William
Cooper,
Henry
Gray,
Ethel
Wesley,
Harry
Brooks
and
Joshua
Prycc.
Houses
and
all
contents
were
lost.
Slight
damage
was
done
to
the
home
of
Mrs.
Ethel
Ross.
D.
W.
Nixon
and
J.
A.
Findlay
of
the
local
Indian
Office
are
back
from
Port
Simpson
where
they
made
on
Investigation
following
the
fire.
Building
to
Stop
If
Strike
Comes
CALGARY
ff'ir
British
Columbia
timber
workers
go
out
on
strike
all
construction
In
Cal
gary
will
immediately
cease,
u
T'
ft
1,200
Exchange
said
last
night
The
South
Isn't
So
Hot
At
That
Knowledge
that
Prince
Rupert
had
the
highest
temperature
on
the
coast
Thursday
was
tempered
in
many
local
quarters
by
the
feeling
that
the
climate
in
some
parts
of
the
south
isn't
what
it
is
cracked
up
to
be
anyway.
The
city
had
a
maximum
of
75
dc-
year
and,
incidentally,
.
the
second
warmest
day
in
the
last
12
months.
Temperature
on
May
27,
1945,
reached
75
degrees,
while
the
only
warmer
day
was
August
22,
when
it
hit
80
degrees.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Clear
weather
has
been
over
the
province
for
the
past
24
hours.
Temperatures
were
generally
above
normal
with
75
reported
at
Nanaimo,
72
at
Vancouvcr'and
71
at
Victoria.
Williams
Lake
was
high
in
the
interior
with
87
reported.
Continued
clear
weather
is
expected
for
the
next
24
hours
except
for
fog
along
the
west
coast
area
during
early
morning.
Frince
Rupert,
Queeh
Char
lottcs
and
North
Coast
Clear
except
for
drlftlhg
fog
prior
to
mld-mornlng.
Northwest
minds
20
miles
per
hour
exposed
areas,
elsewhere
10
miles
per
hour
i
i
-n
a.
ir-
J..
cn
noinr
Rnlldins
i
Maximum
loaay,
rurmmuy
o.
wtiuia
u
w
v,.6-y.
-i,-
.
p.,..,,
nilhort
70.
i4v..J-
-
1
Ceilings
Removed
Announcement
Made
Today
of
Lifting
On
Variety
of
Articles
in
Non-Essential
List
OTTAWA
:
Removal
of
price
price
ceilings
on
a
wide
variety
of
goods
immediately
was
an
nounced
today
by
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
Goods
affected
In
clude
castor
oil,
cod
liver
oil,
glycerine,
boraclc
acid,
borax,
epsom
salts
and
solon,
botanl
cals,
barks,
flower
roots,
etc.,
when
used
to
manufacture
medi
cal
or
cosmetic
preparations.
At
lantic
salmon,
Chinese,
"style
foods,
specialty
cheese,
not
in
eluding
c
he
d
d
a
r
,
processed
cheese,
cream
cheese,
sequins,
phonograph
records
memorial
plaques,
burial
valuts,
surgical
sutures,
stem
and
footed
glass
ware.
CONCILIATOR
IS
APPOINTED
Mr.
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
Appointed
(o
Go
Into
B.C.
Timber
Dispute
OTTAWA
f;
-
-
Labor
Minister
Humphrey
Mitchell
today
an
nounced
the
appointment
of
Chief
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
to
investigate
all
phases
of
the
timber
dispute
between
British
Columbia
lumber
operators
and
employees.
Mitchell
said
the
appointment
was
made
on
recommendation
of
Hori.
George
Pearson,
British
Columbia
minister
or
labor,
and
was
made
in
an
effort
to
prevent
a
work
stoppage
involving
37,000
woodworkers
on
May
15.
The
operators
yesterday
asked
for
the
appointment
of
a
con
ciliation
board
but
the
Union
announced
its
refusal.
The
Union
demands
wage
increase,
closed
shop
and
check-off.
PRESSURE
IS
EASED
Settlement
of
Coal
Strike
Hoped
to
Be
in
Offing
Some
local
Unions
Refuse
To
Resume
Work
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
eTlie
two-weeks
truce
In
(lie
soft
coal
strike
cased
the
crippling
pressure
on
United
States
economy
today
and
raised
hopes
that
settlement
Is
In
the
offing..
President
Truman
put
employers
and
workers
on
notice
that
he
wanted
them
to
work
out
aii
agreement
in
the
next
five
days.
Indications
are
that
most
if
not
all
strike
emergency
measures
to
conserve
dwindling
fuel
supplies
will
be
continued
until
long-range
'coal
becomes
more
effective.
Two
Pennsylvania
mine
union
locals
refused
to
return
tp.
work
under
the
truce
proposed
by
John
L,
Lewis.
Oilier
locals
are
meeting
tonday
to
consider
their
attitudes.
In
India
and
Japan,
newly
married
-couples
throw
food
to
fish
to
Insure
fertility
1
PROV'N
.
r
r-
TOP
CABS
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRJOJSIXIft&K)LUMBIA'B
NEWSPAPER
RED
vr
....
.
Phone
gfltj
Phone
ft
ft
TAXI
TAXI
j.
KASPER
C.
McINTYRE
537
dand:
RuPert
Tobacco
Store
from
Ormes)
(across
DAY
and
NIOHT
SERVICE
NIOHT
SERVICE
DAy
AND
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
-?'Princc
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
111.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
11,
1940
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
yerness
et
Loft
is
iiiw"
-
....(.iPHiilnprl
nrlnin
jrii
the
of
the
J.
id
ii
Son
cannery
at
inver-jn
the
Sice
:na
Hlvcr
slough,
k.
frm
Prince
Rupert,
at
Ana
mornm:'
Lost
m
the
.,
,rrfL
to
W.
N.
Wind-
sur7
manager,
were
all
rihlnz
nets
housed
.f
r
'he
ic.s
could
not
be
itd
ai
noon
luuay
w-
i.
.
.nr
'tcrt
tn
run
into
Acmands
of
dollars.
'p,tt
destruction
of
the
nets,
fi
.aid,
the
cannery
ue
it
opertions
this
Ki
open
at
the
start
.
i
i..
.(
:itrye
aci:uii,
juit
m
"..mi
of
(he
smoulder-
,
ih.
'
was
once
tne
net
j
1
6.
Ii
je
no
cause
of
'
iTiie
M
loi
i
sioou
ujong-
n
100
fect
from
the
...
h
apparently
was
!
by
the
fire.
It
...iuinn
t
on
5
(
mentions.
",
building
sent
tow-
I
Cuntv
and
billows
'of!
":e
iaw
overcast
sky,
'
:
":.r
urea
along
the
'
i
:
h
There
was
no
u
line
y
not
in
produc
u
Senate
App
.
'
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-
:J
4
FIRST
CANADIAN
WARSHIP
SAILS
AROUND
added'
to
the
history
of
the
Royal
Canadian
came
the
first
Canadian
warship
to
sail
arou
that
Uganda
had
"sailed"
around
The
Horn,
ward,
one
amidships,
and
one
aft.
Any
help
the
merely
Incidental.
During
the
passage,
Uganda
wnaier.
Tne
sky
was
overcast
but
the
weather
stretch
of
water.
CAPE
HORN
Another
interesting
episode
was
Navy
when
the
cruiser
H.M.C.S.
Uganda,
bend
Cape
Horn.
So
that
It
might
be
said
.literally
the
ship's
company
rigged
three
sails,
'one
for-72,500-horsepower
engines
of
the"
ship
gave
was
paused
for
her
picture,
taken
from
the
ship's
was
unusually
mild
and
calm
for
this
notorious
H.M.C.S.
GHARLOTTETOWN
ON
TWO-
DAY
VISIT
TO
PRINCE
RUPERT
i
The
Canadian
frigate
H.-M.C.S.
Charlottetown,,
veteran
of
the
north
Atlantic
and
Mediterranean
convoys,
paid
an
unnounced
call
at
Prince
Rupert
this
Went
time
but
will
i
morning
in
the
course
of
a
training
cruise
along
the
almcn
about
July
v
,.i
not
change
its
pc..
7
lietween
50
and
-ipi
ycd
there,
.ii,.ic;y
for
its
sum-
r
"he
second
net
W
a!inff
thp
riinvt
mlthlii
i
La;;i
wcck
me
net
S'c
iii
Bros,
cannery
M.'
nunslcX
wafc.de.
1.
a
bLae
that
cost
the
1
'
Elwjra
less
than
a
a
(ire
burned
down
7
wjrkers"
residence
norm
coast.
Carrying
100
students
from
the
University
Naval
i
roves
Bulletins
'j'
LIVERPOOL
ARRIVES.
NEW
YORK
Liverpool's
noted
soccer
team
arrived
here
today
aboard
the
liner
Queen
Mary
with
players
fit
and
ready
for
a
nine-game
tour
of
Canada
and
United
States.
i
.
FARM
COURSES
APPROVED
VANCOUVER
Two
new
courses
in
agricultural
engineering
and
farm
mechanics
have
been
approved
by
the
board
of
governors
of
the
University
,f
British
Columbia.
Both,
will
be
four-year
degree
granting
courses
and
will
start
at
the
beginning
of
the
fall
term.
U.S.
SOLDIERS
SHOT
NUERNBERG
Two
United
Stales
soldiers
were
shot
lo
death
while
being
removed
from
a
hospital
here
today.
-.DEAN
CLEMENT
NAMED
VICTORIA
Economist
Dean
Frederick
Clement
of
University
of
British
Columbia
has
been
appointed
commissioner
to
nquire
into
ability
of
irrigation,
drainage
and
dyking
districts
of
the
province
to
repay
their
indebtedness
to
the
provincial
government
over
a
period
of
years.
.CANNOT
SURVIVE
ATOM
NEW
YORK
President
Truman
told
a
Fordham
University
centenary
celebration
today
that
it
is
up
to
education
to
bring
about
deeper
international
understanding
o
-vital
lo
world
peace.
The
president,
who
received
an
honorary
doctor
of
laws
degree,
said
a
new
age
of
atomic
energy
presses
upon
the
world
new
and
terrible
urgencies
and
terrible
responsibilities
were
placed
upon
'education.
He
said
civilization
could
not
survive
an
atomic
HOLE
IN
ONE
OTTAWA
Lady
Alexander,
wife
of
Canada's
new
Governor-General,
scored
a
hole-in-onc
at
Royal
Ottawa
Golf
Club
yesterday.
Man
Shot
on
Gov't
Boat
Elmer
Rice
Found
Dead
on
Lillian
1.
After
Report
Elmer
Rice,
engineer
of
the
government
forestry
boat
Lillian
D.,
was
found
dead
in
the
en-Sinc
room
of
the
vessel
shortly
before
noon
today
by
other
crew
members
who
rushed
down
after
hearing
a
gun
explosion
in
the
engine
room
as
the
boat
was
being
docked
at
the
McLean
shipyard
at
Seal
Cove.
Rice
was
found
dead
of
a
gunshot
wound
in
the
head.
It
Is
expected
that
an
investigation
into
his
death
will
be
conducted
by
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
who
is
due
to
return
to
the
city
tonight
from
a
trip
to
Hazcltoh..
About
45
years
of
age,
Rice
had
been
engineer
on
the
Lillian
D,
ror
the
last
two
years
He
was
also
a
partner
in
a
local
constructlbn
.firm.
He
had
been
in
the
city
about
foilr
years.
The
Lillian
D.
had
Just
docked
at
the
McLean
boat
yards
at
Seal
Cove,
coining
from
her
berth
at
the
Armour
Salvage
floaty
when
other
crew
members
heard
a
gunshot
in
the
ciigine
room.
They
rushed
down
and
found
Rice
lying
beside
the
engine.
A
heavy
callbro
gun
lay
nearby.
He
had
been
alone
in
the
engine
room.
Rice
was
born
at
Bclllngham.
Washington,
but
spent
many
years
at
Pigeon
Lake,
Alberta.
He
came
here
about
four
years
ago,
Joining
a
construction
firm
as
a
partner
shortly
afterward.
He
was
unmarried
and
Is
said
to
be
survived
by
one
sister.
British
Loan
Bill
Now
Goes
Passage
Crew
Fined
On
Liquor
Charges
Five
Massett
natives
received
fines
ranging
from
$25
,ta
$33
when
they
pleaded
guilty
to
liquor
charges
in
city
police
court
yesterday.
They
were
the
crew
or
the
halibut
boat
Western
Hcpe,
arrested
Thursday
night
by
the
provincial
police
at
Port
Edward
in
the
course
of
a
party.
Fined
$35
under
the
Indian
Act
for
being
in
possession
of
an
intoxicant
was
David
Parneil,
who
received
an
option
of
one
month
in
Jail.
Cyril
Parneil
received
an
equal
fine
for
bein?
intoxicated.
Fines
of
$25
or
14
days
were
levied
against
Victor
Adams,
Earl
Parneil
and
Claude
Jones
on
intoxication
charges.
Torturers
Convicted
Defendants
of
Dachau
Concentration
Camp
to
Be
Sentenced
Monday
DACHAU,
Germany
Oj
All
61
defendants
in
the
trial
of
the
Mauthausen
concentration
camp
operators
were
convicted
today
j
of
torturing
and
killing
thou-I
sands
of
prisoners.
They
will
be
!
sentenced
on
Monday,
i
Testimony
included
declara-
!
lion
"
by
a
Torm"TnniaterIzak1
1
Grucnberg,
that
some
living
i
prisoners
were
thrown
into
the
crematory
with
the
dead.
A
defendant,
Hans
Altf
uldiscli,
prison
compound
commander,
told
Ihe
court
that
the
camp's
goal
was
to
kill
people.
to
House
Where
Believed
Likely
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)
The
$3,750,000,000
loan
bill
passed
in
the
Senate
Friday
after
long
debate
of
numerous
crippling
amendments
and
will
be
considered
almost
immediately
by
House
of
Representatives
committee
and
then
referred
to
the
House
for
open
debate.
Ultimate
approval
in
the
House
is
believed
likely
but
it
is
believed,
I
certain
there
will
be
a
deter-"p
!
mined
effort
to
delay
final
ac-i
f
rr&C&nl"
tion
until
the
November
congres-1
slonai
elections.
HUNGER
STRIKER
IS
DEAD
TODAY
DUBLIN
Oj
John
McCaugh-ey,
32-year-old
former
Irish
Republican
Army
adjutant-general,
died
today
following
his
23-day
hunger
strike
and
17-day
thirst
strike
in
Maryborough
prison
near
Cork.
Halibut
Sales
American
31,000
pounds.
Canadian
232,500
pounds.
All
at
celling
prices
American,
15Uc
and
13'c;
Canadian,
184c
and
I6V2C
American
J.
B.t
31,000,
Atlln.
Canadian
OVJfield.
30.00(1,;
Rodney
P.,
22,000;
Cape
Spear;
17,000;
Mother
tt.
1
500;
Arctic
I,
32,000,
Coop:
rat've.
Annip
Tuck.
25,000,
and
Toodie,
17.500
Edmunds
andJWalker.
"
taiciiTlM.nd'KenB
Falls;
35.0C0,
Cold
Storage.
Aleve,
6.500.
Whiz.
Reward
I,
22,000,
Atlln.
A
single
female
oyster
may
lay
500,000,000
ev.s
hi
one
WAR
ASSETS
OFFICE
HERE
WILL
BE
MOVED
TO
VANCOUVER
CONTROL
Manager
I.
M.
Mackinnon
Moving
His
Headquarters
to
Edmonton
for
Transfer
of
Property
to
War
Assets
War
Assets
Corporation
activities
in
Prince
Ru
pert,
which
have
been
directed
from
a
special
offico
nere
lor
the
last
six
months,
aviII
be
transferred
to
the
control
of
the
Vancouver
regional
office
next
month,
Director
I.
M.
Mackinnon
said
before
leaving
on
last
night's
train
for
Edmonton
where
he
will
ar
range
for
the
transfer
of
his
of
fice
early
in
June.
This
does
not
Involve
any
change
in
the
local
personnel
or
administration.
Mr.
Mackinnon
said
that,
with
the
completion
of
transfer
of
all
U.S.
Army
properties
and
installations
here
to.
War
Assets,
he
will
move
his
office
to
Edmonton
where
a
similar
transfer
procedure
will
be
undertaken.
At
Edmonton
he
will
direct
the
transfer
of
all
wartime
installations
in
the
Alberta
and
Yukon
regions
to
War
Assets.
Mr.
Mackinnon
said
that
284
buildings
in
Prince
Rupert,
remainder
of
the
major
Canadian
and
American
army
buildings
In
the
area,
will
go
up
for
tender
next
week.
Already
more
than
200
such
buildings
have
been
sold.
.
Other
information
disclosed
by
LISTER
IS
ACQUITTED
Canadian
Officer
Cleared
of
Charges
Relating
to
Misuse
Of
Army
Property
AMSTERDAM
Brigadier'
J.
P.
A.
Lister
of
Victoria
today
was
acquitted
on
four
charges
relating
to
misuse
of
Netherlands
property
requisitioned
by
the
Canadian
Army.
He
was
immediately
released.
The
court
martial
decision
was
reached
after
less
than
an
hour's
consideration.
The
brigadier
was
relieved
of
DEPEND
ON
SMELL
j
his
post
last
January
and
charges
Insects
are
usually
near-,
were
laid
after
investigation
of
Mr.
Mackinnon
following
his
return
from
a
trip
to
Ottawa:
Prince
Rupert's
Civic
Centre
building
is
in
process
of
being
transferred
from
the
National
Defence
Department
to
War
Assets,
and
as
soon
as
the
latter
obtains
title
to
the
property
it
will
"push
ahead"
procedure
for
arbitration
with
the
Civic
Centre
Association
for
the
price
which
the
Civic
Centre
ran
have
the
building.
Big
Crane
Is
Offered
The
75-ton
"Whirley"
crane
situated
on
the,
ocean
dock
is
up
for
sale
by
War
Assets.
It
is
one
of
the
few
waterfront
facilities
that
are
being
disposed
of
In
such
a
way
because
it
is
classed
as
a
"moveable"
facility.
Other
"fixed"
waterfront
Installations,
the
overseas
warehouse,
marine
repair
depot,
cold
storage
plant
and
Watson
Island
ammunition
dock
arc
subject,
apparently,
to
a
special
policy
decree
by
the
government
which
has
not
yet
been
forthcoming.
War
Assets
is
still
holding
the
Roosevelt
Park
gymnasium
for
sighted
and
depend
on
their
Canadian
Army
affairs
in
the
t
supplementing
the
overseas
senso
of
smell
for
protection,
Netherlands.
purchase
by
the
city
although
all
other
buildings
in
the
American
encampment
are
up
for
sale
or
have
been
sold.
With
the
exception
of
the
drill
hall
and
administration
building,
all
other
Royal
Canadian
Navy
property
has
been
declared
surplus
by
the
iNavy
and
turned
over
to
War
Assets.
However,
it
has
not
been
put
up
for
sale
and
Is
being
used
as
storage
depot
warehouse.
Local
Case
On
Industry
Important
Fact-finding
Mission
Coming
here
in
Course
of
District
Tour
-Coming
here
in
the
course
of;
a
fact-finding
tour
of
central
British
Columbia
to
assemble
information
on
local
possibilities
which
will
be
used
in
connection
with
the
department's
campaign
to
develop'industrles
in
all
parts
of
British
Columbia,
leadingTcp-
rescntatlves
of
the
provihcfal;
Department
of
Trade
and
Industry
will
sit
in
Prince
Rupert
;
on
June
7
after
being
la
Prince
George
June
4.
and
Smlthcrs.i
June
6.
Already
a
strong
local
commit-:
tee
Is
being
formed
to
assist
the
'
regional
advisory
committee
of
the
Postwar
Rehabilitation
and
Reconstruction
Bureau,
Govern-
ment
Agent
G.
F.
Forbes,
chalf
man,
in
the
presentation
of
the
cijsejon;
behalf
of
what
arc!-corf
sldercd
Prince
Rupert
industrial
opportunities.
The
mission
to
central
British
Columbia
is
being
given
the
full
co-operation
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
will
bs
accompanied
by
Brigadier
R.
A.
Wyman,
Industrial
agent
for
the
railway
company,
Vancouver.
The
party
leaves
Vancouver
June
2
by
rail,
Prince
George
June
4,
Smlthers
June
G
and
Prince
Rupert
June
7.
Return
south
via
rail
will
be
made
leaving
here
on
the
evening
of
June
7.
W.
II.
Crocker,
field
representative
of
the
Postwar
Rehabilitation
and
Reconstruction
Bureau,
is
at
present
in
the
city
making
preliminary
arrangements
for
the
visit
of
the
party
here.
He
will
proceed
next
week
to
Prince
George.
".
ASSAULT
FAVORED.
BALTIMORE
0
The
richest
race
in
United
States
turf
history,
the
seventy-sixth
running
for
the
Preakness,
drew
a
field
of
eleven
three-year-olds
with
Assault
the
horse
to
beat.
Threo
of
four
gallopers
closest
to
him
in
the
Kentucky
Derby
last
week
were
the
only
ones
who
might
'beat
him,
it
was
speculated.
Assault
was
winner
of
the
Derby
a
week
ago.
Other
favored
runners
"are
Hampden.
Lord
Boswell
and
Knockdown.
.
The
lone
Canadian
entry.
Wee
Admiral,
owned
by
R.
S.
McLaughlin
of
Oshaw;
Ontario,
who
ran
sixteenth
m
he
Derby
Is
entered
In
the
Preakness.
Local
Ttdes
.
Sunday,
May
(2,
1948
'
High
11:29
J7.9reet
23:40
19.6
fect
Low
5:24
6.2
fect
17:25
6.2
feet
PUBLIC
WELCOME
DANCE
for
H.M.C.S.
CHARLOTTETOWN
NAVAL
DRILL
HALL
TONIGHT
9
p.m.
-12
p.m.
Bobby
Woods'
Orchestra
Gents
50c
-
Ladies
Free
Shlp'3
Company
Free