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PRINCE
RUPERT
AND
ALASKA
.
.
.
Representative
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
'
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber,
of
'Commerce,
accompanied
by
the
provincial
M.L.A.
for
Skeena,
are
off
tonight
for
a
goodwill
tour
to
Alaska,
their
itinerary
to
include
stops
at
the
leading
Pa'n,-handle
cities
of
Ketchikan,
Juneau,
Sk'a'gway
arid
Wrangell.
With
Prince
Rupert,
on
account
of
thte
necessities
of
war
in
the
Pacific
drawn
into
much
closer
contdct
today
than
ever
before
with
the
territory!
of
Alaska,
it
is
fitting
enough
that
local
business
I
people
should
have
a
closer
personal
knowledge
of
iiiiu
wuiituuL
Willi
me
v;uinmuinueE
aim
peujjie
ui
uiu
territory.
It
will
aid
in
carrying
on
of
trade
arid
services
between
the
tributary
north
coast
donntry
aricl
this
port
which
has
been
the
.closest
railway
Terminal
these
many
years
and,
as
such,
has
be'enus'ed
to
advantage
in
shipping
from
that
area.
jjjSL
';
Jn
addition
to
the
railway,
we
now
have
the
highway
which,
after
the
war
if
not
sooner,
should
attract
motorists
driving
either
to
or
from
sotit'h-eastern
Alaska.
Development
of
shipping
trade
arid
travel
between
the
Panhandle
and
Prince
Rupert,
now
s6
well
equipped
to
handle
it,
will,
no
doubt,
be.
6'rie
of
the
important
considerations
in
postwar
planning1
for
this
part
of
the
country
and
it
is
now
timely
that
we
should
become
better
acquainted
with
the
jjeople
of
Alaska
and
get
anumderstariding
of
c6riditions
and
problems
which
may
be
of
mutual
interest.
COMMUNiT
'GO-OPERATION
The
people
of
Prince
Rupert
have
a
lot
'to
leaVri'
yet
in
the
way
of
pulling
together
for
their
mutual
weltare.
ihatis
evident
every
day
in
many
ways.
A';
lot
of
US
have
still
to
anni'eri
ate
that,
there
iVmnrVi.
to
be
gained
by
cooperating
toward
c&rnmumty
ad-
vaiiKiuKiu,
anu
iuu,
inure
is
mucn
w
pe
lost,
uy
arming
along
individually
or
in
small
ineffective
!gr6ups
intent
only
on
personal
or
clique
interests.
I
We
might
quote
instances.
One
is
an
attitude!
which
gome
feel
has
developed
between
Prince
Ru-:
yen
vyiiauiuer
ui
uinyiefce
anu
me
city
council.
111
may
not
appear
openly'
and
few
members
of
eithei
I
bodyi
might
admit
it
but
there
does
seem
'to
be
an
atmosphere
of
mistrust
between
them
which,
if
allowed
to
increase,
would
imdouljtedly
hamper
effective
collaboration
in
community
developmentsomething
much
more
important
than
promotion
pf
political
kudos
or
'ec'oriomic
Viewpoints.-We
should
not
engender
a
cleavage
or
disunity
within
the
Community
even
if
it
be
between
a
socialis-'tically-iriclineff
city
council
and
a
capitalistically-minded
Chamber
of
'Commerce.
If
We
are
going
to
permit
petty
jealousies
and
differences
of
opinion
to
prevent
us
getting
along
among
ourselves
we,
of
course;
cannot
co-operate
in
building
up
our
city.
TJiere
is
also
a
feeling
among
some
of
the
members
;of
the
two
organizations
concerned
that
more
effective
work
might
be
done
towards
aims-
arid
ob-jectsavhich
are
generally
common,
if
there
was
a
merging
of
the
senior
and
junior
chambers
of'
commerce.
Possibly
the
senior
chamber,
sometimes
in
clined
to
be
moribund
and
reactionary,
Ynigh't
tie
benefitted
by
some
of
the
'energy
arid
enthusfasm
Which
the
juniors
would
undoubtedly
"be
ahle
'to
instil
Conversely,
the
caution
and
judgment
of
the
seniors
might
stabilize
"the
efforts
and
activities
of
the
younger
body.
There
have
Keen
occasions
in
'the
past
;when
both
the
Senior
or
'the
junior
chamber,
through
lack
of
interest
or
inspiration,
were
on
the
verge
of
passing
out.
Those
periodical
crises
might
be
obviated
by
the
'existence
of
one
strone-
vigorous
body;
which
Would
have
tnany
objectives
upon
which
to
feed
in
the
building
up
and
improving
of
the
community.
There
would
ateo
be
elimination
of
the
inclination
to
work
at
cross
purposes.
We
mention
the
city
council
arid
the
chambers
of
commerce
because
they
are
the
todies
to
Which
we
lcjok
for
leadership
and
action
in
promoting
)ie
affairs
and
interests
'of
'the
Community
as
a
whole.
As
long
as
any
or
either
of
these
bodies
shall
"be
actuated
m
their
policies
and
actions
by
the
promotion
of
personal
or
'group
consideratlbn,
th'ey
cannot
function
to
the
best
advantage
in
promoting
those
community
interests.
With
many
'problems
to
be
rnnsiVleVeVi
Wi
0f
na
Prinze
Rupert
enters
a
new
era
of
her
career
resulting
from
changes
which
war
conditions
have
brought
about,
some
of
which
may
not
have
bedoriie
fully
apparent
as
yet,
it
is
high
time
that
the
organ
iz'atioft
which
profess
to
be
working
for
the
advancement
of
the
community
and
its
people
were
thinking
in
terms
of
unity
and
efficiency
instead
of
being
actuated
by
motives
of
personal
or
group
aggrandizement
which
can
only
nullify
their
best
efforts.
LETTERBOX
II!
I.l'ING
KUSSIA
Editor,
Daily
News:
I
feel
it
isa
matter
of
shame
for
Prince
Rupert
that
so
far
as
I
know
wp
have
done
absolutely
riOthmg
for
the
city
of
Nogalsk
In
the
Soviet
Union
which
was
Officially
adopted
by
'
1
1)44
Prince
Rupert
this
spring.
I
The
neonle
of
Nogalsk
must
have
felt
glad
at
that
time
when
thl
news
reached
them
that
we
were
going
to
help
them
rebuild
itheir
community
since
It
:haS
been
freed
from
Nazi
devastation.
But
how
they
must
be
wondering
what
kind
of
people
'
we
are
that
make
promises
RCA
M.
THE
.DAILY
NEWS
FRIDAY
and
thety
do
nothing.
Surely
if
we'
are
incapable
of.
doing
anything
to
show
our
EratitGdM
'.Aid
.friendship
for
tliese
brave
Soviet
citl2ehs
who
have
ddne
so
much
for
the
whole
world
then
It
would
have
been
better
If
Prince
Rupert
had
never
contacted
the
Soviet
Embassy,
at
Ottawa
in,
the
first
place.
I
feel
certain
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
share
my
feellng3
of
shame
at
the
way
w'e
have
Guns
Were
So
Hot
Chief
Lock
Speaker-
J.C.C.
HEARS
TALK
ON
FIRE
PREVENTION
The
greatest
numoer
of
fires
which
result
In
property
damag-J
each
year
are
caused
by
careless-
fallen
down
on
this
question,1
w
t
tv
T.,.t
.nMbr
and
will
rally
behind
any
steps,
he
lar
dlnnei.
meetln5
the
ocal
Soviet
.
.
Friendship
Jmr
of
Cfm.
CouncU
may
now
take,
to
w1p?
ce
Reids
Cafe
last
nSght
out
this
blot
onr
name
..
can
inyene
,ncreas.
-B.
MICKLEByRQIJjjy
efndent
methods
and
:
agents
to
extinguish,
fire,
but
the
Buy
War
Savings
Stamps.
big
Job
is,
to
educate
pie
public
Could
Fry
Eggs
On
Barrels
Canuck
in.
ft
'Big
Shout'
THIS
IS
A
25-POUNDER!
It
costs
$23,000.
THIS
IS
THE
SHELL!
costs
$13.61.
THOUSANDS
OF
OUR
CANADIAN
GUNS
FIRE
AS
MANY
AS
700
SHELLS
IN
AN
8-HOUR
ATTACK!
How
many
shells
are
you
planning
to
'buy?
to
be
continually
on
guard
to
preveyt
fires'
starting,"
he
asserted.
"That
is
the
reason
behind
current
Fire
Prevention
Week."
Chief
Lock
traced
the
improvement
in
fire
fighting
methods
from
the
13th
century
when
mechanical
firemaklng
was
a
craft
practiced
by
one
man
In
each
village.
Householders
came
to
him
to
start
their
cooking
fires;
so
with
fewer
fires
there
were
fewer
uncontrolled
fires.
The
first
fire
by-laws
were
pasfed"
In
the
18th
century
arid
since
that
time
efforts
have
been
made
to
isolate
buildings
b'y
the
use
of
fire-walls.
'
i
regard
in
Prince
Rupert,"
Chief
Lock
added.
The
history
of
modern
water
pumping
equipment,
from
the
hand
operated
piston
pump
01
the
last
century
to
the
latest!
type
rotary
pump
used
in
fighting,
aircraft
fires
was
outlined.
So
efficient
are
modern
methods
in
fighting
aircraft
fires
that
bustion
took
afterward
"Amoni;
convlncR
h
-
must
never
;
,
(gasoline.
,
;
k
'
anything
but
a
In
ar.s
t
'Lock
exp:.,,.;,-
me
foe
In
the
United
States
firemen
ment,
wh.i
h
who
attended
a
crash
landing
wun
,
had
put
out
the
resulting
gato-llrie
blaze
and
rescued
the
pilot
unburned
in
six
seconds,
Mr.
Lock
recounted.
Prevention
and
extinguishment
were
practically
the
samt
thing
In
that
prevention
was
"We
haven't
succeeded
in
thatl
cancelling
out
a
fire
before
com-
water
damn
TO
AID
aiiri
.
lergaer
M:t;
.
home
fti
it
.i:
Sir
Jjhi
,,;..
i
Llewelyii
;
nardo'j
i.
-pa
-2e
We
cannot
heat
the
roar
of
Canadian
gunswe
can-
not
smell
the
acrid
fii'meswe
cannot
feel
the
earth
shake
beneath
our
feet.
But
our
guns
and
our
gunners
are
over
there
every
day
and
every
night
blasting
the
path
to
Berlin.
We
at
home
cannot
fire
the
guns
but
we
can
feed
them
we
must
feed
them.
Not
With
hundreds
or
with
thousands
but
with
millions
of
shells.
Our
duty
at
home
is
two-fold
to
make
more
shells
to
loan
more
money
to
pay
for
them.
For
urgent
war
'needs
ou'rountry
must
borrow
from
its
citizens
a
greater
total
than
lqst
year.
Gur
duty
is
clear.
No
matter
how
many
bonds
we
bought
in
the
Sixth
Loan,
we
must
buy
at
least
one
more
than
before
whea
the
call
comes
again.
.NATIONAL
WAR
FINANCE'
u.
is
ORPHa
.
ifel