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and
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determined.
thing
but
watch.
Word
of
the
disaster
seeped
through
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
in
a
series
of
rumors
originating
from
Ketchikan
radio
broadcasts
which
were
passed
on
to
other
people,
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Bulletins
FOR
EX-SERVICEMEN
OTTAWA
The
chairman
of
the
National
Council
of
Clothing
Manufacturers,
Warren
K.
Cook,
says
a
plan
to
freeze
100
per
cent
of
men's
suits
and
overcoats
for
sale
to
returning
servicemen
will
be
submitted
at
a
special
meeting
of
the
clothing
council
In
Montreal.
BAD
NIGHTS
IN
WARSAW
WARSAW
Associated
Press
correspondent'
Larry
Allen
says
that
gunfire
takes
a
nightly
toll
in
Warsaw
and
that
it
Is
not
safe
to
go
out
alone.
All
night
long,
Russians
and
Poles
sing
their
national
songs,
while
vodka
flows
freely.
Shortly
after
nightfall,
the
shooting
starts.
Alien
says
one
hears
the
explosions,
followed
by
groans
and
screams,
but
no
one
seems
to
know
who
does
the
shooting
and
who
gets
shot.
GASOLINE
IS
SCARCER
CHICAGO
Gasoline
is
back
on
the
scarcity
list
in
some
parts
of
the
United
States
today,
as
a
strike
of
C.I.O.
oil
workers
gained
headway.
More
than
a
dozen
refineries
and
plants
arc
closed
down
and
others
arc
ready
to
shut
down
as
workers
take
strike
votes.
At
some
points
emergency
rationing
of
gasoline
was
ordered.
VANCOUVER
DELEGATION
VANCOUVER
A
delegation
representing
municipal,
business,
labor
and
veterans
will
leave
here
at
the
end
of
next
week
for
Ottawa
to
take
up
post-war
reconstruction
matters.
It
will
be
led
by
Mayor
Cornett
and
Aid.
Charles
Thompson.
HENRY
rOKI)
RESIGNS
DETROIT
Henry
Ford
II
today
became
president
of
the
Ford
Motor
Co.,
succeeding
his
grandfather,
Henry
Ford,
resigned.
RUSSIANS
QUIT
TEHERAN
TEHERAN
Russian
trcops
have
been
removed
from
this
capital
city
of
Iran.
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
220.
IRENES
rinCI
g
gaining
momentum
until
the
destruction
of
the
veteran
ship
was
the
main
topic
of
conversation
on
downtown
streets.
Topic
of
Concern
Throughout
City
"Have
you
heard
anything
about
the
Prince
George
burning
at
Ketchikan?"
was
the
opening
remark
of
Hundreds
of
sidewalk
and
telephone
conversations.
The
passenger
offices
of
Canadian
NationalSteamshlps
received
no
official
confirmation
of
the
destruction
of
their
vessel
BESTROYED
BY
FIRE
Sterner
Prince
George,
veteran
popular
coastal
liner,
victim
of
flames
Ketchikan
today.
AVE
CITY
k'Parture
of
50
airmen
from
Cove
Royal
Canadian
Air
M
base
last
night
was
the
group
exodus
following
the
I'uncemcnt
last
uppIc
thai.
r
.
'
-
.
-
station
is
to
be
closed.
The
left
for
other
stations
for
pr
dispersal
or
discharge.
wt
night's
movement
leaves
lut
175
men
still
at
the
base.
force
spokesman
said
this
"ing.
Anotner
groun
of
about
,
slated
to
leave
shortly,
and
-.imrat
win
continue
until
uuie
complement
Is
moved
Imposition
Of
the
air
hnsn
fn.
ies
is
anmrnnfl,,
pmii
....
PUPATION
IS
$Y
ORDERLY
HELP
KOREAN
INDEPENDENCE
Japanese
Oppression
Laws
Rescinded
by
Army
of
Occupation
,
TOKYO,
Sept.
22
0'
The
Allied
occupation
army
In
Korea
Is
helping
that
country
prepare
for
Independence.
Headquarters
has
rescinded
several
Japanese
oppression
laws
and
have
organized
a
police
force
of
four
hundred
Koreans.'
Tne
Allies
have
also
established
lower
courts
where
Koreans
have
replaced
Japanese
judges
for
the
first
time
in
Weather
Forecast
Light
to
moderate
winds,
fair
and
mild
except
cool
at
nght.
Queen
Charlotes:
moderate
winds,
occasionally
fresh
today,
fair
to
partly
cloudy
and
mild
except
cool
at
night.
Sgt.
Gordon
Alleyne
left
last
night
on
the
Catala
for
Vancouver
where
iio
expects
to
receive
his
discharge
from
the
Army.
CANDIDATE
IN
ATLIN
William
D.
Smith
of
Prince
Rupert,
coalition
candidate
for
Atlin
In'ths
forthcoming
provincial
election.
Engineer
at
the
Falls
River
plant
of
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.,
he
received
the
nomination
at
a
convention
in
Stewart
this
week.
I
PROVINCIAL
oorwlNCIAL
I
Temperature
NORTHERN
AND
C
ENTRAL
gjBHWWfrxiMBiA'a
newspaper
Tomorrow's
Tides
Temperatures
for
the
Prince1
Bupert
district
during
24
hours'
(Pacific
Bttodard
Tlm)
tnding
5
ain.
Maximum
Sunday,
September
23,
1945
Minimum
High
2:00
22.8
PRRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
22,
1945
TROYS
EORGE
ames
Originating
in
Stokehold
Spread
Rapidly
Through
I
CL!.
D
I
El
I
ft
A
.
A
I
mm'
itricKen
jnip
rriunnci
Removed,
ane
was
vut
Mdritt
The
veteran
steamer,
Prince
George,
thirty-fivc-ycar-old
coastal
liner
and
one
of
ritish
Columbia's
best
known
and
most
popular
ships,
perished
today
on
Pennock
land
in
longass
Narrows
near
Ketchikan
in
one
of
the
greatest
marine
disasters
in
ast
history.
1
he
ship,
which
left
here
at
midnight
last
night
for
the
Alaska
port
ider
command
of
Capt.
Neil
MacLean,
took
fire
from
the
stokehold
soon
after
ar-
jving
there
at
8
o'clock
this
morning.
Rapidly,
the
flames
spread
throughout
the
ip
which
was
later
towed
away
from
the
dock
.
.
,
.
.
i
1
i
f
PI
i
:
i
V
i
i
...
i
nia
Dcaciicu
a
naming
iiiusis
un
i
ennocK
isianu.
W
distance
word
from
Ketchikan
early
this
jternoon
was
that
the
oil
tanks
were
feeding
the
lames
and
the
vessel
was
undoubtedly
a
tgtal
liile
the
loss
of
the
ship
Coastguard
and
fishing
ves-
thls
home
port
of
the
sels
clustered
around
the
dvlnz
Liar
liner
there
was
relief,
1
ship
but
were
unable
to
do
any-
(ver,
in
the
word
that
crew
pat.'engers
were
all
safe.
ircency
accommodation
was
i:
appealed
for
at
Ketchikan
I
those
on
board
tne
Prince
until
after
noon
today
and
this
morning
the
office
was
besieged
"with
telephone
calls
and
queries
from
prospective
passengers.
District
Freight
Agent
Peter
Lakie
said
the
first
information
he
had
received
came
from
the
American
Army
signals
office
which
told
him
that
they
had
received
a
signal
reporting
a
rumor
that
the
there
was
a
fire
aboard
the
ship.
Mr.
Lakie
and
other
members
of
the
ticket
office
staff
wire
continually
answering
questions
about
the
disaster.
Most
of
them
came
from
people
with
reserva
tions
to
sail
for
Vancouver
on
the
Prince
George
tonight.
Many
with
reservations
for
next
Saturday
and
the
Saturday
following
put
in
requests
to
Change
their
reservations
for
sailings
of
her
sister
ship,
the
Prince
Rupert,
on
Thursdays.
Scores
were
transferred
from
the
reservation
lists
of
Saturday
sailings
to
the
waiting
lists
for
the
Thursday
sailings.
Reservation
lists
of
both
vessels
have
been
filled
for
weeks
ahead.
Possibility
that
some
of
to-
nignts
southbound
passengers
might
be
moved
out
by
train
were
being
explored,
but
it
was
doubted
that
there
was
enough
passenger
rolling
stock
Immediately
available
to
take
all
the
passengers
cut
at
once.
Canadian
National
Steamships
at
present
bas
no
other
vessel
to
take
over
the
Prince
George's
run
In
case
of
such
emergencies.
Both
the
Prince
George
and
Prince
Rupert
have
capacities
for
more
than
200
passengers
when
fully
loaded,
The
Canadian
Pacific
Steamships
office
this
morning
was
also
the
centre
of
a
flurry
of
telephone
calls
and
visits
by
passengers
for
tiie
Ill-fated
ship,
who
sought
space
aboard
the
Princess
Adelaide
which
sails
for
the
south
Monday
night.
It
was
announced
today
that,
effective
immediately,
there
will
be
only
one
sailing
weekly
Wednesday
midnight
from
here
to
.
Ketchikan
and
one
south
to
Vancouver
Thursday
night
at
11:15.
The
Prince
George
Is
manned
by
seniof
officers
of
Canadian
National
Steamships
under
Capt.
MacLean,
Chief
Engineer
Is
A.
S.
Munroe
and
purser,
A.
II.
Rob-son.
The
Prince
George
was
built
at
Wallsend-on-Tyne,
Newcastle,'
England,
and
arrived
on
this
coast
from
her
builders
In
September
1910.
With
the
exception
of
a
few
months
In
1914
when
she
was
operated
as
a
naval
hos-
I
pltal
ship
o
nthls
coast,
she
had
continued
steadily
on
the
British
Columbia
coastal
service.
She
was
306
feet
seven
Inches
long
with
beam
of
42
feet
2
inches
and
draft
of
16
feet.
Gross
tonnage
was
3,372
and
registered
1,625.
Home
Builders
Association
Organized
To
group
prospective
home
builders
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
purpose
of
better
availing
themselves
of
the
advantages
of
the
National
Housing
Act,
the
Prince
Rupert
Housing
Association
was
officially
formed
at
a
meeting
of
Interested
persons
In
the
city
council
chamber
last
night.
There
are
thirty
-five
members
so
far
enrolled.
Most
of
'these'
formally
expressed
their
interest
In
the
possibility
of
building
homes
in
a
new
subdivision
Just
beyond
Borden
Street
on
the
northern
slope
of
Acropolis
above
Park
Avenue
and
a
short
distance
from
the
centre
of
the
city.
Negotiations
will
be
opened
with
the
city
with
a
view
to
obtaining
the
property
for
distribution
In
fifty-foot
loU
l
to
members
of
the
Association,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Low
14:20
8:15
20:40
Wartime
Activity
at
Prince
Rupert
Extends
Into
Peace
DRY
DOCK
ACTIVITY
This
picture
of
an
Interest-Ins
corner
of
activity
at
the
local
dry
dock
was
taken,
earlier
this
year
while
activity
was
at
Its
height
in
the
yard.
Looking
over
the
slip
staging
where
the
since-completed
10,000-ton
freighter
Gaspeslan
Park
was
under
con
feet
22.8
feet
6.1
feet
2.0
feet
struction,
can
be
seen
the
main
pontoon
section
of
the
dock
with
the
steamer
Rosebank
Uiereon.
Moored
nearby
is
the
steamer
Prince
George
which
had
Just
undergone
an
annual
overhaul.
(Photographed
by
E:
John
Wilson,
through
courtesy
of
Western
Business
and
Industry).
IN
EAST
END
OF
YARD
While
the
top
picture
depicts
activity
over
the
main
slip
and
the
pon
-toon
section
at
the
west
end
ot
the
yard,
thl3
view
turns
to
the
east
end
and
shows
another
pontoon
sejtion,
where
Russian
freighted
are
being
overhauled,
the
main
pier
area
arid
also
the
Jarge
shlpshcd,
admirably
adapted
for
smaller
ship
construction,
and
the
power
house,
.activity
at
the
yard
a
short
time
before
the
war
ended.
It
is
another
graphic
picture
of
large
rasa.-.-
:
r.
These
pictures
Ihow
work
now
progressing
on
the
two
China
Coasters
now
being
constructed
In
the
local
shipyard,
In
the
top
left
Is
Hull
59
and
in
the
top
right
Hull
58.
The
bottom
left
shows
pre
fabrication
of
the
double
bottom.
The
centre
top
shows
a
prefabricated
section
being
transported
to
the
hull.
The
bottom
right
shows
a
section
being
lowered
into
position.
(Photos
by
E.
John
Wilson,
loaned
by
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock).
One
Thousand
A4en
Still
Working
Although
the
work
of
building
big
10,000-ton
freighters
at
the
local
dry
dock
has
been
finished,
the
local
yard
is
still
being
kept
active
with
the
construction
of
two
China
coasterstand
general,
repair
work.
There
are
about
10C0
men
employed'
and
the
work
now
in
hand
should
keep
the
payroll
up
to
that
strength
until
the
end
of
the
year
by
which
time
it
Is
possible
some
other
work
may
be
lined
up
to
provide
a
continuation
of
the
operation.
One
of
the
principal
objects
of
a
local
mission,
which
is
now
In
Montreal
and
will
be
in
Ottawa
next
week
is
to
urge
the
continuation
of
work
at
the
local
plant
either
In
shipbuilding
or
some
other
postwar
activity.
The
shipbuilding
accomplishments
of
the
local
yard
In
World
War
II
were
really
notable.
Early
In
the
war
building
ships
were
rushed
into
being
and
the
yard
otherwb-e
hastily
put
into
full
commission.
First
four
Bangor
class
mlne-swccpers
were
built
and
then
the
ways
were
altered
for
the
construction
of
the
10,C00-ton
freighters,
thirteen
of
which
were
built.
During
the
height
of
wartime
ship
construction
there
were
three
eight-hour
shifts
per
day
on
a
full
weekly
basts
with
a
payroll
which
reached
a
peak
of
two
thousand.
With
the
completion
of
the
freighters,
work
started
on
the
construction
of
the
two
China
coasters
which
13
now
proceeding.
In
addition,
to
the
new
construction,
the
yarn
was
also
handling
a
large
amount
of
repair
work
Including
overhaul,
refitting
and
repairing
of
naval
vessels-
More
recently
three
large
Russian
freighters
received
extensive
renovation
at
the
yard.
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