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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Pacific
Strategic
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No
151.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
28,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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World
In
Dark
On
Conf
onrerence
In
P
ans
Canad
American
Company
bu
s
Norman
Wells
to
White
Horse
Part
Of
Pr
oject
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)-Sale
of
the
680-mile
section
of
the
Canol
pipe-line
project
in
Canada
was
announced
Friday
by
the
State
Department's
foreign
liquidation
commission.
The
section,
extending
between
Norman
Wells,
Northwest
Territories,
and
Whitehorse,
Yukon,
has
been
sold
to
the
United
States
U.S.-TURKISH
AGREEMENT
$100,000,000
to
be
.Made
Available
For
Civilian
Army
WASHINGTON,
Oi
The
United
States
Is
expected
to
sign
an
agreement
with
Turkey
within
the
next
few
days
providing
ifor
a
$100,000,000
modernization
of
the
Turkish
army.
The
agreement
will
be
similar
to
the
one
signed
with
Oreece
June
20,
being
negotiated
at
Ankara.
Negotiations
moved
forward
slowly
because
Turkish
officials
wanted
to
reassure
themselves
and
the
country
that
the
Uni
ted
States
was
not
resorting
to
any
kind
of
"American
Imper
ialLsm,
May
Tie
Up
Waterfront
Complications
Threatened
After
Halibut
Dispute
KETCHIKAN
O)
A
"show
cause
order
obtained
In
the
federal
court
by
28
Seattle
halibut
boat
owners
threatened
this
city
with
a
complete
tie-up
of
Its
cold
storage
docks
and
possibly
other
port
facilities
today.
A
permanent
Injunction
against
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union,
now
picketing
14
Seattle
boats,
is
sought
by
the
owners.
The
order
Is
returnable
In
court
by
July
l,
The
owners
charge
"unlawful
conspiracy"
between
the
D.S.F.U,
and
the
International
Longshoremen's'
and
Warehousemen's
Union
to
prevent
them
from
obtaining
ice,
bait
and
other
supplies.
Peter
N.
Mlcnaelson,
a
mem
ber
of
the
Union's
executive
committee,
said
court
action
will
force
the
Union
to
remove
the
pickets
from
the
docks
and
Place
them
at
street
entrances
to
the
piers.
This,
he
said,
will
keep
all
the
dockslde
worker?
from
their
Jobs.
PAYS
TRIBUTE
TO
BENNETT
It.
C.
VaiiRlian,
ON.lt.
Head,
lends
His
Voice
MONTREAL
R.
C.
Vaughan,
c'M.O.,
chairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
Railways,
said
yesterday:
Lord
Bennett
'as
a
great
Canadian.
Although
he
had
retired
from
active
participation
In
Canadian
affairs
too
welfare
of
the
country
of
hU
birth
was
always
close
to
hU
heart
and
In
Great
Drltaln
he
continued
to
foe.
an
eloquent
'"spokesman
for
Canada,
Canada
mourns
one
of
her
most
distinguished
sons,
a
man
who
In
service
to'
his
fellow
citizens
as
won
an
honored
place.
JULY
1st
DOMINION
DAY
DANCE
CIVIC
CENTRE
"FOUR
DUKES"
ORCHESTRA
Dancing
10-2
t-
dents
$1.00
I
Trust
Sales
Co.,
Cleveland,
Ohio.
It
cost
$9,000,000
to
build.
Showdown
on
Balkans
Due
Will
Russia
Defend
Her
Satellites
Against
Charges
LAKE
SUCCESS,
(CI)
Russia
and
the
western
powers,
studying
security,
headed
today
for
a
showdown
on
the
touchy
problem
of
the
Balkans.
The
question
uppermost
in
the
minds
of
most
of
the
del-i
egates
-was
whether
the
Soviet
Union
would
back
up
her
satellites
Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria
and
.Albania
when,
the,
time
came
to
vote
pn
the,
committee
findings
that
those
three
countries
were
responsible
in
some
degree
for
the
bloody
guerilla
warfare
In
recce.
A
crisis
is
expected
to
be
reached
when
the
hour
conies
.
for
Russia
to
vote
on
the
proposal
to
keep
a
two-year
Urd-
'
ted
Nations
vigil
over
Balkan
rights
in
the
Soviet
back-,
Woolridge
Is
Freed
Under
$1,000
Bond
VANCOUVER,
'Q
Malcolm
Woolridge,
20,
was
freed
on
probation
under
bond
of
$1,000
for
seven
years
oy
Mr,
Justice
A.
M.
Manson
today.
Woolridge
shot
and
kiiicd
his
wife,
Viola,
22,
here
on
March
1.
An
assize
court
Jury
on
May
23
convicted
him
cf
manslaughter
but
recommended
the
"utmost
clemency."
R.C.A.F.
PLANE
SEEKING
MINES
In
the
course
of
a
search
for
drifting
mines,
Increasing
numbers
of
which
are
showing
up
In
northern
British
Columbia
and
Alaska
waters,
even
in
the
waters
of
the
"Inside
Passage"
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Canso
flying
boat
was
here
for
a
couple
cf
days
this
week.
It
flew
in
from
Vancouver
In
the
course
of
Us
reconnaissance
Tuesday
and
left
on
Thursday.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
June
29.
1011
High
11:10
16.2
feet
22:54
19.3
fect
Low
4:55
5.2
feet
16:45
8.4
fect
CITY
COYOTES
ST.
BONFACE,
Man.,.
Two
men
recently
appeared
before
city
council
requesting
$30
bounty
money
for
six
coyote
cubs
caught
within
the
city
limits.
The
men
told
council
that
they
were
caught
In
traps
set
for
rabbits.
:
LacUM
v
ytion
of
-
-
I.
i&&
If
JL
i
jam
jVt
,
-
V"
MINE
CAVE-IN
INDUCES
EARTHQUAKE
When
tunnels
in
a
coal
mine
collapsed
In
East
Llthgow,
Australia,
the
town
came
close
to
panic
as
houses
rocked
and
cracks
appeared
In
the
ground,
giving
all
the
evidence
of
a
severe
earthquake.
Here,
two
young
girls
push
a
six-foot
crowbar
into
a
fissure
that
appeared
in
their
backyard.
General
Strike
Ruled
Out
by
C.9.O.;
Fight
New
Act
in
Courts
and
Polls
WASHINGTON',
(CP)
The
high
command
of
the
C.I.O.
has
passed
the
word
to
member
unions
that
the"
battle
against
the
Taft-Hartley:
labor
act
will
be
fought
in
the
United
States
courts
and
in
the
1948
general
election.
Re-'
1
'jectfng;
all
suggestions
of
a
general
protest
strike,
the
51
i
member
C.I.O.
executive
board
decided
to:
;
I.-
Attack
the
new
act's
constitutionality.
2.
Call
on
the
A.F.L.
and
railroad
unions
for
a
united
attempt
to
beat
the
congressmen
who
voted
for
it.
.-.
.
DOCTOR
FROM
HELSINKI
IS
VISITING
CITY
Only
representative
of
his
country
to
come
to
America
as
a
delegate
to
a
conference
of
medical
child
specialists,
Dr.
Rauno
Tammilahto
cf
Helsinki,
Finland,
Is
a
visitor
In
the
city
with
his
sister,
Mrs.
Carl
Jo-hansen
of
Hays
Cove
Avenue.
He
arrived
on
Tuesday
night's
train
and
on
Thursday
oi
next
week
will
leave
for
Vancouver
enroute
to
New
York
where
the
convention
will
be
held.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Cloudy
to
overcast
skies
were
general
over
British
Columbia
this
morning
and
rain
Is
falling
In
the
extreme
southeastern
section
of
the
province.
Rain
showers
are
reported
In
the
vi
cinity
of
the
Lower
Fraser
Val-I
ley.
With
the
continued
exten-'f
sloh
of
an
area
of
high
pressure
into
the
province
from
the
west
prospects
are
growing
brighter
for
a
fine
week-end
over
most
of
the
district.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy,
occasionally
overcast
this
morning.
Cloudy
this
afternoon,
tonight
and
Sunday,
becoming
overcast
late
Sunday.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
Port
Hardy
47,
Massett
46,
Prince
Rupert
43.
Highs
Sunday
Port
Hardy
53,
Massett
58,
Prince
Rupert
62.
Warrant
Officer
and
Mrs.
Er
nest
Ranee
and
family
are
leaving
on
Monday
night's
train
for
Yorkton.
Sask.,
where
he
has
been
posted
with
the
army
after
serving
here
for
the
last
three
years.
Canol
1
.
1SSB
'.-31
Smithers
To
Vote
On
Water
System
SMITHERS
On
June
28
the
people
of
Smithers
will
have
another
chance
t
say
"yes
or
"no"
when
a
vote
Is
taken
to
de
clde
whether
the
town
shall
or
shall
not
have
a
water
system.
ARREST
RED
LEADER
NANKING
A
.
responsible
official
said
today
that
the
Supreme
Court
of
China
has
ordered
the
arrest
of
Mo-Tung,
head
of
the
Chinese
Communist
party,
for
illegal
occupation
of
Chinese
mm
Is
Sold
Air
Mail
s
Coming
Postmaster
General
Announces
Vancouver-Q.C.I.-i'rince
Rupert
Service
OTTAWA,
O)
Postmaster
Ernest
Bertrand
told
the
House
l
of
Commons
Friday
night
that
an
air
mall
contract
would
be
granted
Canadian
Pacific
Alr-
'
lines
for
flights
between
Vancouver
and
Prince"
Rupert
with
stops
at
Port
Hardy
and
Sand-
'
spltj
A
stop
will
toe
made
at
Massett
if
possible,
the
minister
said.
Mr,
Bertrand
added
that
Can-
;
ada
will
use
planes
Increasing'
ly
for
mail
carriage.
SECOND
AIR
CRAFT
HERE
Eight-Passenger
Seaplane
Arrives
from
Vancouver
to
Be
Stationed
Here
Reserve
aircraft
to
be
stationed!
here
for
use
when
required
on
the
Prince
Rupert-Sandsplt
leg
of
the
Prince
Rupert-Vancouver
air
service
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
an
clghtpassenger
Barkley
-
Grow
twin-)
englned
seaplane
reached
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
afternoon
from
Vancouver.
It
was
piloted
ncrthby
Capt.
Tomrrry.,
Laurie,
regular"
skipper
of
the
Canso
amphibian
which
normally
carries
put
the
Prince
Rupert
Sandspit
run.
Robert
Orr,
who
came
north
as
engineer,
returped
to
Vancouver
on
yesterday
afternoon's
"regular
flight.
HOLDING
UP
PAYCHECKS
Drastic
Strike
Action
By
French
Bank
Clerks
PARIS
Oi
Millions
of
workers
and
employees
throughout
France
may
find
their
pay
envelopes
empty
at
the
end
of
the
month
as
a
result
of
the
bank
employees'
strike
which
was
decided
upon
Friday.
The
national
strike
committee
of
bank
employees
has
announced
that
henceforth
all
payments
of
cheques
will
be
stopped,
Including
payment
of
salary
cheques.
POLISH
GIRLS
ARRIVE
IN
QUEBEC
TO
WORK
It's
been
so
long
that
anyone
has
been
"nice"
to
them
that
the
Polish
refugee
girls
arriving
to
work
In
a
spinning
mill
at
St.
Georges
de
Beauce,
Que.,
say
they
cannot
get
over'
"being
treated
like
people."
Here,
Bovnlstawa
Fermallk
examines
one
of
the
400
dresses
in
readiness
for
them
EUROPE
AID
IS
EXPLORED
Marshall
Plan
Would
Operate
Outside
of
United
Nations
PARIS,
0)
Yesterday
the
conference
betwesn
three
foreign
ministers
Ernest
Bevln,
George
Bidault
and
V.
M.
Molo-tov
further
explored
the
aid
to
Europe
plan,
as
announced
by
the
United
States
Secretary
of
State,
General
Marshall,
at
Harvard
University
on
June
5.
Europe
Is
asked
to
take
stock
of
resources
as
a
continent,
Instead
of
a
mass
of
countries.
Sources
of
informatln
said
today
that
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
had
reached
the
broad
conclusion
that
Marshall's
plan
should
be
operated
outside
cf
the
United
Nations
framework.
The
Informants
said
this
conclusion
was
one
of
several
arrived
at
In'
talks
this
week
between
British
officials
and
William
L.
Clayton,
United
States
under
secretary
of
state
for
Eionc-mic
affairs.
BULLETINS
PENNSYLVANIA
FIRE
YORK,
Pa
Fire
today
gutted
a
block-long
industrial
building;
here,
causing
damage
estimated
at
$500,000.
Seven
firemen
were
injured,
but
none
seriously.
AID
TO
INDONESIA
BAT
A
VI
A
The
United
States
Department
of
State
Requested
the
republic
of
tin-
donesia
today
to
co-operate
without
delay
in
the
immediate
formation
of
an
interim
federal
government
and
promised
financial
aid.
when
the
government
was
established.
There
were
indications
that
the
American
note
had
averted
the
start
or
Dutch
military
operations
on
Monday.
'
LABOR
AND
NEW
BILL
WASHINGTON
-
Leaders
of
six
million
members
of
the
CIO
gathered
yesterday
to
draft
a
program
of
contest
or
compliance
with
the
controversial
Taft-Hartley
Labor
law.
President
'
Truman
cautioned
both
Labor
and
management
to
live
up
to
the
law
which
went
into
effect
last
Monday
after
Congress
overrode
the
President's
veto.
Al
ONTARIO
DROWNING
PORT
ROWAN,
Ont
Two
men
and
a
girl
were
drowned
in
Lake
Erie
near
here
early
today
when
the
cabin
cruiser
In
which
they
were
riding
exploded
and
sank.
The
other
girls
in
the
party
were
rescued.
,
Ajt
,
BENNETT
FUNERAL
M1CKLE1IAM,
Surrey
Viscount
Bennett
will
be
buried
1
on
Monday
beside
the
Mick-lesham's
High
Street
In
the
grassworn
graveyard
of
a
centuries
old
Anglican
Church
where
he
worshipped
regularly.
Rev.
R.
31.
Langdale,
vicar
of
the
church
Viscount
Ben-n
ctt
attended,
will
conduct
the
services.
MISSOURI
FLOOD
KANSAS
CITY
Flood
waters
of
the
Missouri
River
began
to
drain
oft
the
west
cm
half
of
the
state
today
and
gathered
for
a
junction
with
the
raging
Mississlpl
above
St.
Louis.
Additional
heavy
damage
along
the
gulf
'
bound
stream
is
threatened.
The
Red
Cross
has
announced
thaat
33,657
persons
have
been
made
hornless
in
Iowa,
'
Nebraska,
Missouri
and
Ililn-
I
ois
by
the
flood.
R
D.
Cleland,
assistant
principal
at
Booth
Memorial
High
School,
is
sailing
tonight
on
the
Camosun
for
Vancouver
where
he
will
spend
the
school
summer
holidays.
Russia
Talks
of
Further
f
Clarification
of
U.S.
Planl
PARIS
(CP)
A
news
blackout
of
the
three-pow.ef
foreign
ministers'
council
here,
imposed
at
British
re-
nnpst.
kpnr.
the
vvnrlfl
in
thp
or
not
Russia
had
defined
rlnrk
fnrlnv
ua
tn
wViorfiofi
h,er
attitude
toward
Gen-
;l
eral
Marshall's
plan
for
United
States
aid
to
Europe:-
There
is,
nevertheless,
a
strontr
indication
of
the
V.
G.
BARTRAM,
INDUSTRIALIST,
VISITOR
HERE
Victor
O.
Bartram,
Montreal
industrialist,
president
of
Shawl-nlgan
Chemicals
Ltd.,
and
other
allied
corporations,
is
a
weekend
visitor
in
the
city
on
a
holiday
tour
which
so
far
has
included
Calgary,
Banff
and
Vancouver.
He
plans
to
leave
Monday
night
for
Jasper.
"Just
a
pleasure
trip,"
he
said.
"This
afternoon
I
plan
to
look
over
the
site
of
the
Celanese
Corporation's
new
mill,
since
we
are
rather
closely
connected
with
that
company,
supplying
them
with
chemicals."
Mr.
Bartram
arrived
here
Friday
afternoon
after
stopping
a
few
days
at
Oean
Falls
where
he
has
friends
In
the
paper
mill,
This
afternoon
he
planned
to
visit
Watson
Island,
where
the
new
Celanese
pulp
mill
will
be
located.
Mr.
Bartram
is
president
or
director
of
a
long
list
of
companies
in
Quebec
and
the
United
States
and
has
been
with
Shawl'
inigati
'
Water
'
and'
Power
Cd.
since
1
915.
when
he
Joined
It
as
assistant
g
e
ne'r
i
1
purchasing
'
,,r"
'
1""
-
agent.
UNION
SEEKS
TO
PROSECUTE
IN
LAUNDRY
STRIKE
NANAIMO
O)
Permission
to
proceed
with
the
prosecution
of
John
and
David
Cook,
owners
of
the
Imperial
Laundry,
whose
workers
have
been
on
strike
since
June
9
was
sought
Friday
m
a
telegram
sent
to
Labor
Minister
Pearson
by
Alex
McCauslane,
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor.
Twenty-seven
girl
workers
charge
the
management
with
unlawful
lockout.
The
girl
workers,
now
on
strike,
face
charges
of
Illegal
walkout
under
recent
provincial
legislation.
PRICE
FLOORS
FOR
FISHERIES
VICTORIA
a
The
establishment
of
price
floors,
affecting
provincial
lishery
products
will
be
discussed
In
Ottawa
next
wek
at
a
meeting
between
representatives
of
the
coastal
and
Federal
fisheries
departments.
Minister
of
Fisheries,
L.
H.
Eyres
announced
Thursday.
George
F.
Alexander
will
represent
the
province.
A
representative
of
th
fishing
Industry
Is
expected
to
be
present.
MOSTLY
FRENCH
QUEBEC,
O)
Latest
figures
for
Quebec
dlccese
show
there
are
594,668
persons,
of
which
575,--103
are
French-speaking
and
Roman
Catholic.
1,174
English-speaking
and
500
of
the
Jewish
Faith.
Russian
line
disclosed
in
a
Taas
1
11
news
despatch,
Taas,
the
official
Russian
agency,
says
thev
"confeience's
foremost
task"
was
'
to
clarify
the
actual
meaning
of
the
statements
from
General;
Marshall
outlining
the
Ame'ri-
can
plans.
Only
rumors
give
any
indlca-'
tion
of
what
is
going
orr
behind
closed
doors.
Premier
Bidault
of
France
Is
said
to
have
advocated
planning
by
technical
committees
on
problems
such
as
transport,
food,
fuel
and
steel.
Ths
com
mittees
would
represent
European
nations
and
the
United
States.
Foreign
Secretary
Bevirj
is
reported
to
have
urged
that;
In
addition
to
these,
a
general
steering
committee
be
set
up.
.
FRENCH
COAL
STRIKE
ENDED
:
PARIS
O)
The
nine-day-old
&
strike
of
the
French
coal
mln-
j'
ers,
which
was
beginning
td
'
paralyze
the
whole
of
French
In'?
;V
dustry.
was
settled
tonleht.iSf.
W
was
officially
announced.
"ALERT"
FOR
LOG
STRIKE
v
Harold
Pritchet
Hopeful
of,
Settlement
but
Warns
1
of
Breakdown
BASEBALL
-
KETCHIKAN
vs.
PRINCE
RUPERT
SUNDAY,
2:30
P.M.
MONDAY,
7
P.M.
TUESDAY,
JULY
1,
2:30
P.M.
i
VANCOUVER,
ill
The
Wood-"!fl
whrlcpr?'
tlnlnn
voctorriav
erted
locals
throughout
the
province
for
a
"possible
breakdown"
of
negotiations
in
the
coastal
lumber
Industry
con-trct
negotiations
President
Harold
Prltchett
announced
Friday
night.
Negotiations
have
been
adjourned
until
Friday.
INCARCERATING
OF
CRIMINALS
Habituals
May
Be
Detained
Indefinitely
OTTAWA
iff
rrhe
house
of
Commons
gave
the
(first
reading
to
the
Bill
making
34
amendments
to
the
Criminal
Code
and
providing
authoritly
to
have
habitual
criminals
sentenced
to
Indeterminate
peritds
of
dententlon.
The
Minister
of
Justice,
Hon.
J.
L.
Itsley,
said
"no
one
will
be
charged
as
habitual,
without
the
consent
of
the
attorney
general
of
his
province".
The
section
would
apply
to
criminals
cf
eighteen
years,;or
over,
convicted
three
times-of
Indictable
offences
and
sentenced
to
terms
of
five
years,
or
longer
imprisonment
each
time.
There
will
be
penalties
for
bawdy
house
operators.
The
penalty
for
drunken
drivers
will
also
be
Increased.
HALIBUT
SALES
Canadian
Dovre
B..
42,000,
CcC-op.
Chtef
Skugald,
16,000;
23.50
'
and
18c,
Whiz.
h
r
1"
i,