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Let
Mature
ycslcr-
lc
was
disappointed
let
that
the
Speech
fhronc
contained
no
of
a
reduction
In
Idvocatcd
Unit
motor
s,
ahtady
the
hlgli-:urth
Aincrilcan
con-juld
be
reduced
to
or
improvements
of
bridges,
Dr
Olllis
thai
the
department
loik
operate
11
own
la
win
ill
and
:ul
its
r
ror
bridge
.
In
view
per
rhorlage.
e
number
sur-a'iled
feu;,
plans
for
the
ini-
khmcnt
of
a
mccMcal
Ihe
Unlver
;ity
of
Brl-
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it
would
not
be
her
r
1.
I
nay
or
Subsidy
ik
I
Irani
in
1
Krgarding
Coal
of
,t'an;i(U
L
Minister
or
La-)hi-y
Mitchell
and
f
Reconstruction
C.
Id
Vm:
Houc
of
Cwn-irilay
that
the
time
rhen
the
federal
gov-iur:t
end
alt
.product
If
including
those
on
I
Maritime
Provinces.
e
liclr
tulcmenta
j
ucnencs
mat
the
t
continue
coal
pro-
":r
and
thus
end
Ji
13,000
maritime
(ilia,
C.OF
mentor
Br;ion,
said
he
was
IthaL
tho
mil
ti
in
ai:e
in
wages
as
re-
P
by
the
mediator,
'
W
F
Carroll,
would
paid
by
rrdcrnl
sub-wld
not
understand
of
tilt?
uovrrnmont.
the
subsidy.
E8
'
said
that
subsidies
ii
the
Marltimcs
had
;
s8.500.000
annually.
W
'."at
the
woxc
in-
pid
be
made
up
for
by
vi'oduction.
I""
later
ihr
fid
have
to
stand
on
H,
Mr
Mitchell
de-
Per
case
TO
JURY
iVKU
The
case
of
pier
Mack,
25,
United
p
cook,
charged
with
murder
will
go
to
the
F-
He
iS
Cll.ll-trnri
Mill.
!8
here
last
August
Negrlch,
wlw
was
fc'oumlcd
after
break-taagcnicnt
with
Mack,
trial
yesterday.
Mrs.'
fk,
mother
of
the
ac-
fwi'cU
that
her
hus-Ifkilled
a
man,
served
ffor
manslaiitflii.fr
..mi
crashed
automobile
in
WO
sairl
that
I....
P"
a
home
for
mental
I'"'
"s"
years.
Anils
in
a
liump
f(ir
(hi.
K.
.
V
key
Scores
National
I3.
Chicago
5.
.
New
York
C.
KIJV
li;STRm;i
'""ay
lcstroyctl
the
urnil,.r.
....
m
iu
vAi.
laciory
r"
iiiciunond,
caus-
r"iaicd
at
$50,000.
arc
thrown
out
ii
i
r
i
i
s-
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f
a
i
inirty
Uead
In
Ghastly
,
Los
Angeles
Explosion-Fire
Take
Heavy
Toll
Plant
Jilasl
Does
Widespread
Injury
and
Damage
LOS
ANGELES
'
(CP)
At
least
thirty
persons
were
killed
and
more
than
o00
injured
in
the
heart
of
the
city
in
an
explosion
in
an
electroplating
shop
today.
Police
said
that
the
25
employees
of
the
corporation
were
critically
hurt
In
the
explosion
which
was
followed
by
fire.
It
was
the
worst
explosion
In
the
history
of
Los
Angeles
and
rocked
the
entire
downtown
section
of
tlu;
city.
Windows
were
broken
In
all
buildings
within
the
Immediate
area
and
the
force
of
the
explosion
was
felt
for
several
miles.
So
intense
was
the
heat
that
the
unfortunate
victims
were
virtually
cooked
In
the
fire
which
followed
the
explosion.
Teoplc
for
blocks
around
were
Injured
and
some
victims
were
picked
up
unconscious
In
the
streets.
The
building
destroyed
was
the
one-storey
brick
plant
of
the
O'Connor
Electro-Plating
Co.
where
some
25
persons
were
employed.
Four
nearby
residences
were
also,
dstroyed,
and
building
over
a
four-block
area
were
wrecked.
Emergency
hospitals
were
swamped
and
scores
of
persons
were
taken
In
private
automobiles
to
other
hospitals.
Some
bodies
were
found
bc-r
neath
ten
feet
of
debris.
OIL
WORKERS
STRIKE
OFF
LOS
ANGELAS--
Negotiations
between
the
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization
and
the
oil
companies
succeeded
last
nhht
and
between
17,000
and
20.000
workers
of
the
company
In
five
different
wesrtcrn
states
continued
on
their
Jobs
today.
The
strike
Is
averted.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
weak
disturbance
approaching
the
coast
has
brought
moist
air
over
the
province
resulting
in
overcast
skies
in
most
areas.
Intermittent
rain
or
drizzle
Is
falling
along
the
coast
and
snow
Hurries
arc
railing
In
northern
British
Columbia.
Temperatures
remain
near
normal
throughout
the
province
with
little
cliange
in
prospect
for
the
next
few
days.
Forecast
Prince
ittiperl,
North
Coast
and
Queen
charlottes
Overcast
with
Intermittent
rain
or
drizzle
today
and
tonight,
becoming
continuous
rain
Friday.
Winds
southeast
(15),
increasing
to
southeast
(25)
Friday
afternoon.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
Port
Hardy
40,
Massett
38,
Prince
Rupert
37.
Highs
Friday
Port
Hardy
44,
Massett
44,
Prince
Rupert
43.
PRINCE
RUPERT
CLAIM
IS
BEING
CONSIDERED
OTTAWA
(CPJ-Minisler
of
National
Defence
Douglas
Abbott
said
today
that
claims
of
the
city
of
Prince
Kuperl
against
the
federal
government
for
damage
to
streets
and
sewers
caused
by
the
Canadian
armed
forces
were
being
considered
along
with
similar
claims
from
other
Mr.
Abbott
was
replying
to
II.G.
Archibald,
I
member
Tor
bkecna,
who
asked
.if
the
minister
had
received
the
report
of
the
investigation
into
the
claims.
Bulletins
NT.
MICIIAL1S
FIRB
'
TORONTO
Damage
estimated
at
$50,000
Avas
done
ly
a
fire
liich
swept
JSt.
Michael's
College
,herc.
One
Jiun-dread
Kudrnts
were
forced
out
In
their
tiieht
attire.
CANADA
IS
SLOWER
OTTAWA
i
Speaking
last
night,
!.
J.
Coldwrll,
C.C.I',
leader,
said
that
Canada
was
10
per
cent
slower
'than
New
Zealing
in
providing
housing
shelter
for
her
-people.
5TKACHEY
ARRIVES
OTTAWA
John
.
Slrachey,
In
Canada
today
by
air',
lie
will
leave
Saturday
for
Winnipeg.
His
plane,
making
its
last
lap
from
Iceland
and
arriving
a
few
hours
'ahead
of
L
schedule,
loversbol
'the
field
at
iRockcliffe
while
landing
and
iran
inlo
snowbank,
Sustaining
slight
damage.
ARE
SENTENCED
VANCOUVER
(Sentences
were
imposed
.today
upon
J.
L.
Northey,
66,
ipwneer
business
Jnan,
and
(his
two
Hns,
Taul
'M.
and
,rchluald
J.,
for
conspiracy
to
defraud
1
he
Dominion
(govcmmejit
in
(connection
with
war
contracts.
The
father
received
A
term
of
18
.months'
imprisonment
and
fine
if
31,000.
Each
of
the
sons
received
three-year
terms
and
fines
of
$3000.
Volum
in
British
Columbia
Being
Made
Compulsory
LEGISLATION
INTRODUCED
IN
VICTORIA
HOUSE
ORIENTALS
HORN
HERE
AND
SOME
INDIANS
TO
GET
VOTE
FRANCHISE
VICTORIA
(CP)
British
Columbia
may
become
tho
first
province
of
Canada
to
have
compulsory
voting
and
registration
for
provincial
elections.
A
special
committee
appointed
a
year
ago
to
revise
the
Elections
Act
yesterday
recommended
to
the
Legislature
the
establishment
of
a
compulsory
system.
A
fine
of
noi
more
tnau
sio
may
be
Imposed
upon
persons
falling
to
register
and
provision.
is
made
for
a
regisratlon
card
to
be
Issued
to
each
registered
voter.
Another
major
change
recommended
would
extend
the
franchise
to
4,000
Orientals,
including
East
Indians
and
Cliincse
of
Canadian
birth,
to
Indians
not
resident
on
reserves
who
served
with
the
armed
forces
and
to
Doukhobors
who
served
In
the-
war
or
were
rejected
for
military
service.
At
the
same
Ume
the
committee
recommended
tlial.
only
persons
with
Hdrquate
knowledge
of
the
English
or
French
language
be
entitled
to
vote.
The
recommendation
for
compulsory
voting
were
made
following
a
study
of
the
Australian
system,
the
only
Dominion
with
such
legislation.
In
the
last
general
Australian
election
96.7
percent
of
eligible
voters
'cast
votes.
VANCOUVER
IS
GREEDY
CITY
VICTORIA,
(CP)
Speaking
in
the
Legislature
yesterday,
W.
D.
Smith,
Coalition
nicm-Ler
for
Atlin,
derided
Vancouver's
oft-repcatcd
cries
for
more
aid
from
the
government,
lie
claimed
that
the
fife
blood
of
the
rest
of
the
prov-
,
iiu-e
was
drained
Into
Vancouver,
'not
ifrom
the
city
outward.
"Vajicuver
seems
to
want
.everything,"
he
declared
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Pend
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Pioneer
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Premier
Border
07
Premier
Gold
1.21
Privateer
.57
Reeves
McDonald
1.40
Reno
08
Salmon
Gold
.25
Sheep
Creek
1.49
Taylor
Bridge
67
Whitewater
Vananda
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Congress
Pacific
Eastern
Hcdlcy
Amalg
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Valley
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Foothills
2.45
Home
3.25
Toronto
Athona
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Aumaque
62
Beattie
83
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1.10
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Eldona
72
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McKcnzie
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McLeod
Cockshutt
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Moneta
62
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2.15
Noranda
49.00
Pickle
Crow
3.10
San
Antonio
4.15
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Senator
Rouyn
55
Shcrrltt
Gordon
4.60
Steep
Rock
2.46
Sturgeon
River
.24
Kamlac
21
Bright
Red
Lake
O6V2
IJONDO'N,
W
Minesweepers
In
the
Mediterranean
disposed
of
3,153
moored
and
ground
mines
during
1946,
the
Admiralty
said.
Holocaust
ita?n
CHIPPING
TAKES
A
BATTERING
AT
VANCOUVER
A
65-mile
-an-hour
gale
which
did
more
han
one
million
dollars
worth
of
damage,
smashed
the
Vancouver
waterfront,
wrecking
Bmall
shipping
and
creating
havoc
among
waterfront
Installations.
This
picture,
made
In
Van-
f'
ouver's
Inner
harbor,
shows
wreckage
of
the
tugboat
Trahn
scattered
about
on
a
shipyard
loat.
while
bow
of
the
tug
Comox,
lifted
clear
by
giant
waves
and
driven
up
by
the
wind,
pushes
itself
into
the
wreckage.
Storm
was
considered
one
of
the
worst
is
the
city's
history.
II
C
FOR
INDIA
LONDON
(CD
Prime
Minister
itttlec
announced
today
that
it
was
the
British
government's
intention
to
turn
India
over
to
responsible
Indian
iule
by
June,
1948.
He
also
announced
the
recall
of
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Wavell
as
Viceroy
to
India
and
the
appointment
of
Admiral
Viscount
Mountbatten
to
succeed
him.
Whitehall
sources
said
that
Lord
Wavell
was
being
recalled
as
a
result
of
the
current
constitutional
deadlock
in
India
between
the
Congiess
party
and
the
Moslem
league.
NORTH
ROAD
RULED
OUT
SEATTLE
The
United
States
War
Department
does
not
favor
a
highway
to
connect
the
Pacific
Nortlrwest
with
the
Alaska
Highway
and
will
not
suport
the
project,
Charles
B.
Llndeman,
president
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association,
has
been
advised.
Contribution
of
such
a
joad
from
a
military
standpoint
would
be
"comparatively
small,"
General
Dwlght
P.
Elsenhower,
United
States
chief
of
staff,
has
declared.
The
proposed
road
would
-be
from
Vancouver
through
Prince
George
to
Whltehorse.
Minister
Eyres
Speaks
WSTRiiHSTS
Crisis
In
Vancouver
Ships
Held
Up
For
Want
of
Grain
Because
of
Car
Shortage
VANCOUVER
m
As
Canada's
acute
freight
car
shortage,
aggravated
by
weather
conditions
and
heavy
demands,
showed
no
signs
of
Improvement
today,
west
coast
grain
dealer
here
reported
"serious
shortage"
of
grain
for-
expott
due
to
lack
of
cars.
In
fact,
It
is
the
worst
crisis
for
shipping
here
In
years.
Two
ships
for
Great
Britain
are
already
held
up
here
unable
to
load
and
sixteen
others
are
due
within
a
week.
There
Is
no
prospect
of
grain
being
readily
available
to
fill
them.
BEC
DU
NEZ,
arK,
(Reuters)
Tractors
are
In
use
for
the
first
time
In
history
to
repair
roads
of
this
Channel
island.
SUSTAINED
YIELD
LEGISLATION
FOR
EORESTS
OFPROYIHCE
IS
PRESENTED
VICTORIA
iW-tAmendmeuts
to
the
provincial
Forest
Act
calling
for
compulsory
reforestation
were
Introduced
hi
the
Legislature
yesterday.
The
bill
would
provide
that
the
annual
cut
not
be
allowed
to
exceed
annual
new
growth,
would
require
the
practice
of
up-to-date
forestry
methods
with
logging
firms
employing
qualified
forestry
experts,
would
eliminate
ghost
towns
since
logging
centres
would
be
'allowed
to
carry
on
In
perpetuity
owing
to
balancing
of
the
cut
with
new
growth.
Logging
operators
able
to
satisfy
the
government
that
sufficient
fire
precautions
were
being
taken
would
not
come
.
under
the.
six-cent
forest
protection
tax.
Rental
of
lc
annually
would
be
due
and
payable
to
tho
crown
on
all
crown
lands
in
a
licensed
area
not
held
under
another
tenure.
The
new
legislation
Is
in
further
implementation
of
rec
ommendations
of
the
Sloan
Commission.
1
TAKING
KEENER
INTEREST
IN
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Province
Becoming
Producer
of
Finished
Products
Rather
Than
Raw
Materials
VICTORIA
"Never
before
in
the
history
of
the
province
was
there
so
keen
an
interest
in
what
it
has
to
offer
to
the
forward-looking
industrialist,"
declared
Hon.
Leslie
H.
Eyres,
minister
of
trade
and
industry,
in
an
address
last
night.
"It
becomes
increasingly
apparent
that
we
are
entering
upon
an
era
of
great
Industrial
and
commercial
expansion.
"Third
Industrial
province
of
the
Dominion,
it
was
prompt
to
grasp
the
potentialities
of
its
war-time
industries,
and
to
see
how
rapidly
they
could
be
adapted
to
peace-time
requirements
and
added
permanently
to
the
already
impressive
structure
of
pre-war
years.
New
processes,
ntew
techniques,
closer
utilizations,
all
were
absorbed
and
fitted
Into
the
established
industrial
practice
with
an
Intelligence
and
thoroughness
which
many
industrialists
believe
may
change
and
enlarge
the
whole
industrial
future,
not
only
of
British
Columbia,
but
of
Canada.
Naturally,
these
facts
did
not
fail
to
Impress
the
great
industrial
leaders
and
are
re
sponsible
In
no
small
measure
for
the
movement
of
business
to
this
province.
"It
Is
confidently
expected
that,
with
the
development
of
Its
secondary
industries,
and
the
greatly
intensified
processing
of
its
basic
products,
British
Columbia
will
gradually
assume
the
role
of
exporter
of
finished
rather
than
raw
materials
and
will
manufacture
a
steady
growing
proportion
of
the
equipment
and
machinery
used
in
Its
basic
Industries.
"This
movement
of
business
to
British
Columbia
is
perfectly
natural,
when
one
bears
In
mind
the
immense
advantages
which
the
province
has
to
offer.
It
i3
abundantly
rich
In
natural
resources,
its
climate
permits
cf
year-round
operations,
its
harbors
remain
open
,and
lce-frce.
Its
geographic
position
gives
it
immense
strategic
importance.
Add
to
these
Its
attractive
living
'and
labor
conditions,
its
advanced
social
and
labor
legislation,
the
popular
attitude
to-
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on
Page
4)
nosieiry
is
Burned
Out
Loss
Is
Placed
At
$25,000
Bank
and
Liquor
Store
Escape
BURNS
LAKE
(CP)
A
fire
early
today
destroyed
the
Omineca.
Hotel
here,
a
well
"known
old
landmark,,
with
a
proper-tv
loss
estimated
at
$2",-
000.
However,
all
guests
and
staff
members
escaped
-without
Injury.
They
were
aroused
from
sleep.
For
hours
firemen,
under
Fire
Chief
"Sinokey"
Hurstfleld,
fought
the
flames
which
for
a
time
threatened
to
destroy
the
adjacent
Royal
Bank
building
and
government
liquor
store,
both
of
which
suffered
damage
but
were
open
for
business
AWAIT
PRICE
RESULTS
CLAIM
Trawlers
JMay
Adept
Non-Delivepr
Pclicy
tinlejs
Demands
Met
Trawl
hshermen
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Edward
are
waiting
developments
In
negotiations
at
Vancouver
between
rer5r;tative
f
4
ofj.thelrniiions
and
thoirof"
the
fish"
'pttKlSg
companies
following
-a
demand
for
price
increases
for
trawl-caught
fish
which
may
result
In
a
non-delivery
policy
if
agreement
is
not
reached.
The
'fishermen
and
vessel
owners
operating
15
boats
out
of
the
two
ports
have
Joined
Vancouver'
fishermen
In
setting
February
22
as
the
deadline
after
which
trawling
operations
will
cease
In
coastal
waters
If
they
are
not
granted
price
Increases
averaging
2V4
cents
a
pound
on
most
varieties
of
fish.
Trawl
fisnennen,
whose
iff
illations
are
divided
between
the
Deep'
Sea
Fishermen's
"Union
and
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers'
Union,
are
in
accord
with
the
vessel
owners
In
Joining
the
Vancouver
group
to
stop.
that
type
of
fishing
un
less
price
Increases
are
granted.
The
stoiroaM
would
also
af
fect,
scores
of
shore
fish
handlers
engaged
in
filleting
and
other
processing
In
th3
packing
hou-e-at
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Edward.
According
to
Stan
Boshler,
secretary
of
the
U.F.A.W.U.
In
Prince
Rupert
the
action,
would
not
be
a
strike
but
would
be
a
passive
non-delivery
movement
among
the
fishermen.
They
would
engage
In
other
types
of
fishing
as
the
season
progresses.
"There
Is
no
plan
to
try
and
tie
up
the
wate-tfront,"
he
said.
"They"
merely
will
not
del'v
trawl
caught
fish
unless
the
price
is
Increased."
Negotiations
being
conducted
with
the
fishing
companies
by
William
Rlgfoy,
Homer
Stevens
and
other
fishermen's
represen
tatives
at
Vancouver
are
expected
to
culminate
in
a
meeting
there
on
Saturday,
Just
prlof
to
the
deadline
set
by
the
fishermen.
The
Prince
Rupert
group
will
meet
on
Sunday
to
consider
the
results
of
the
Vancouver
meeting
and
decided
on
future
policy
on
the
basis
of
developments
In
the
south.
Prices
sought
toy
the
fishermen
range
from
8V2
cents
a
pound
for
ling
cod;
4Vi.-.
cents
for
red
cod,
grey
cod,
rock
cod
and
buttersolea
to
W2
cents
for
dover
soles,
flounders,
witches
and
black
bass.
Local
Tides
Friday,
February
21,
1947
High
2:00
19.7
feet
13:45
21.3
feet
Low
7:49
6.5
feet
20:10
24
feet