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prince
Hupcrt
Daflp
Jctns
Friday,
May
9,
1947
(Authorized
as
Second
Class
Mall,
Post
orflce
Department,
Ottawa)
.
Published
every
afternoon
except
Sunaay
by
PrlneW
Rupert
Dally
News
Ltd.,
3rd
Avenue,
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia.
a.
A.
HUNTER,
Managing
Editor.
H.
a.
PERRY.
Managing
Director.
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to
the
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Prince
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and
jail
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comprising
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and
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TRUCKING
QUESTION
WITH
LOCAL
TRUCKERS
organizing
to
oppose
the
application
of
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.
for
a
scheduled
licence
to
carry
freight
ar)d
express
by
truck
over
the
highway
between
IJVirns'Lake
and
Prince
Rupert
if
riot
to
promote
their
own'
applications
for
licences
to
operate
such
service,
"considerable
interest
is
being
aroused
in
the
hearing
of
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
w-hich
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
vs
instrumental
in
having
transferred
from
Vancouver
to
this
city.
:
The
local
truckers
cannot
be
blamed
in
their
not
wanting
to
be
placed
in
competition
with
what
,
amounts
to
the
government
of
the
country
afylfthey
also
suggest
misgiving
that,
if
given
aq
exclusive
franchise,
the
railway
company
by
reason
of
a
monopoly,
might
stifle
the
service,
something
which
is,
of
course,
only
but
hypothetical
conjesture.
;
Our
sympathies
may
well
be
very
much
with
tlje
bpna-fide
local
operators
and
certainly
in
the
'
past
yite.
have
taken
a
lead
in
criticizing
the
Cana-
'
dian
National
Railways
vigorously
when
we
felt
such
criticism
was
due,
yet
the
railway
company,
iri.an.issue
of
this
sort,
is
just
another
applicant.
There
is
one
thing
on
which
everyone
is
agreed,
and
that
is
that
there
should
be
full
assurance
of
the
capability
and
intention
of
the
.concern
which
gets
the
contract
to
carry
out
a
service
adequate
and
compatible
with
the
requirements.
f
V
KEEPING
TOURISTS
HAPPY
ANADA
NEEDS
better
accommodation
for
her
tourists.
Canada
needs
additional
tion.
Canada
needs
higher
standards
of
catering.
Just
as
our
national
business
success
in
markets
abroad
is
going
to
be
based
upon
quality
in
the
products
of
our
fields,
mines,
forests
and
factories,
so
the
expansion
of
our
visitor
industry
is
going
t6
be
based
on
quality,
on
service,
on
efficiency,
on
the
acceptance
of
the
highest
standards
that
can
be
prescribed.
;
Our
American
customers
enjoy
the
highest
av-eragcrstandard
of
living
of
any
people
on
earth.
They
created
advertising
in
its
modern
form
and
application,
but,
conversely,
advertising
recreated
them.
They
have
been
sold
on
the
solid
creation
comforts
of
life.
To
be
happy,
they
must
sleep
comfortably
in
pleasant
surroundings,
eat
well,
and
be
able
to
keep
clean.
The
war
is
over.
With
oiir
American
customers
and
they
gave
us
$207,-
000.
000;
last
year
it
is
no
longer
a
case
of
our
ajyinj'
"Here's
what
we
have
take
it
and
like
it!"
Today
'it's
a
case
of
their
saying
"Here
"are
our
specifications
for
a
vacation
can
you
fill
them?"
Unless
Canada,
from
the
angle
of
accommodation,
food,
and
other
essentials
tourist
services,
gfears
her
thought,
enterprise
and
planning
to
this
revised
theme
song
of
our
major
tourist
market
she
may
soon
regret
her
inattention.
From
coast
to
coast
we
must
progress
beyond
the
position
of
allowing
some
slovenly
people,
some
unsanitary
places,
and
some
backward
proprietors
tt
spoil
a
great
business
for
our
country..
We
must
take
the
necessary
steps
to
please,
develop
and
hold
the
business.
I
V-E
DAY
pWO
YEARS
have
passed
since
we
excitedly
and
ij
exultantly
hailed
V-E
Day
and
the
end
of
the
European
phase
of
fighting
in
World
War
II.
It
vflulye.
easy,
and
some
are
doing
it,
even
the
1,
rime
Minister
of
Britain,
to
say
that
the
danger
l
war
m
the
world
is
greater
today
than
it
has
ejer
been.
Yet,
still
we
cannot
admit
to
ourselves
that
war
will
come.
In
spite
of
all
the
face-making
and
the
scares,
the
ugly
disputes
and
differences,
We
cannot
bring
ourselves
to
admit
that
any
one
really
wishes
to
fight
notwithstanding
all
the
feinting
and
the
shadow
boxing.
Many
better
understandings
will,
we
are
sure,
come
of
the
present
disagreeableness
that
seems
so
general
and,
by
the
time
.another
V-E
Day
arrives,
the
prospect
of
peace
may
be
on
a
clearer
and
a
firmer
footing.
t
;
DAKAR
NATIVES
GREET
FIRST
LADY
OF
FRANCE
Native
womerllrie"up
to
greet
and
welcome
Mme.
Auriol,
wife
of
President
Vincent
Auriol,
of
France,
during
their
recent
tour
of
French
possessions.
Photo
wis
made
on
the
Isle
of
Goree,
Dakar,
IT
BROUGHT
FAME
TO
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
basking
shark,
found
on
Porcher
Island
more
than
ten
years
ago,
which
everybody
thought
was
a
sea
serpent.
"W.
J."
tells
about
It
In
his
column
below.
The
picture
was
taken
on
the
WOULD
LEGALIZE
LOTTERIES
FOR
PUBLIC
HEALTH
A
resolution
favoring
the
op
eration
of
provincial
lotteries
to
aid
hospitals
and
other
public
health
institutions
was
approved
last
night
by
Uw
Prince
Ru
pert
Junior
Chamber
of
Com
merce
at
its
monthly
meeting
In
the
Commodore
Cafe.
The
resolution
was'
one
which
will
be
coK'sidered
by
the
forthcoming
convention
at
the
Ju
nior
Chamber
of
Comemrco
of
Can'ada,
and
wns
submitted
by
the
Shawlnigan
Falls,
Quebec,
Junior
Board
of
Trtde.
The
major
part
of
the
busi
ness
meeting
last
night
was
given
over
to
consideration
of
a
number
of
resolutions
which
have
been
submitted
to
t'he
resolutions
committee-
of
the
Na
tional
Junior
Chamber
for
con
sideration
at
the
convention
late
this
month.
A
request
from
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
m
her
capacity
as
a
member
of
the
-Trans-Canada
Highway
Association,
urging
that
the
Junior
Chamber
Dre-pare
a
resolution
asking
for
the
completion
cf
the
gap
between
Jasper
and
McBrldc
In
the
northern
highway
system,
was
approved..
The
resolutions
committee
was
instructed
to
draw
ur
such
a
brief,
and
submit
It
to
the
local
federal
and'provln-sial
parliament
members
and
other
authorities,
Since
It
is
unlikely
that
the
!
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
will
be
able
to
send
delegates
to
the
national
convention
to
be
held
in
Montreal
on
May
29
and
30,
voting
power
for
the
local
group
probably-
will
v
turned
over
to
delegates
ot
the
Vancouver
Junior
Board
of
Trade.
Present
-at
the
meeting
was
Junior
Chamber
May
Queen
candidate,
Doreen
Bateman,
of
Booth
Memorial
High
School,
and
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill,
Principal,
both
of
whom
were
introduced
to
the
23
members
and
guests.
May
Queen
Chairman
Don
Mc-Ewen
appealed
for
support
of
the
members
In
the
current
May
Queen
competition:
The'
meeting
decided
to
enter
a
float
in
the
Kinsmen
May
24
celebration,
and
appointed
Mr.
George
Brown
and
Stunrt
Furk
to
direct
construction
of
the
float.
At
recommendation
of
Al
Manson,
chairman
of
the
high
way
arch
committee,
the
meeting
voted
to
erect
a
welscme
sign
In
the
form
of
a
large
fish,
at
the
highway
entrance
to
the
city,
thus
publicizing
Prince
Rupert's
chfef
Industry.
TO
STAND
ALOOF
ON
FINANCIAL
DRIVES
Dissuasion
df
the
matter
of
the
.Junior
Chamber
officially
taking
part
in
financial
can
vasses
or
drives
In
behalf
of
Jther
organizations
resulted
in
he
meeting
voting
that
further
Patronage
to
such,
campaigns
will
not
be
granted
although
Junior
Crtiamlber
members
might
ake
part
as
individuals.
In
preparation
foi
the
annual
meeting
cf
the
Junior
Chamber
n
June,
a
nominating
commit-j
tee,
consisting
of
the
executive
memberr
and
Martin
Van
Ooo-ten
and
L.
M.
Felsenthal,
was
appointed
to
recommend
a
slate
of
officers
for
1947.
Volunteers
to
complete
the
oalnting
of
the
museum
building
wer?
called
upon
to
turn
out
on
Sunday.
Guests
at
the
meeting,
welcomed
by
President
A.
P.
Crawley,
were
W.
F.
Stone,
representing
the
Prince
Rupert
Senior
Chamber
of
Commerce:
Miss
Doreen
Bateman,
May
Queen
candidate;
W.
W.
C.
OWeill,
W.
A.
Thorn.
Eric
Speers,
William
McKenzle,
Victor
GROUNDHOG
(Continued
from
Page
1)
to
the
seaboard,
one
hundred
and
fifty
miles
away,
also
a
fleet
of
steam
colliers
to
convey
the
product
from
there
to
any
and
all
of
the
ports
on
the
Pacific,
where
will
be
established
depots
for
bunker
coal
to
supply
steamers,
there
will
be
ample
sale
for
such
a
proposed
output,
and
an
Immense
new
market
developed
on
account
of
the
opening
of
the
Panama
OanaU
nine
million
dollaks
nei:di:d
Working
capital
of
approxi
mately
$9,0CO,COO
will
be
advise-able
to
purchase,
develop,
equip,
construct
the
railway,
terminals,
own
a
fleet
and
acquire
depots
abroad,
still
leaving
an
attractive
margin
to
cover
promo
tion
expenses
and
produce
profits.
All
these
facts
and
figures
given
and
tabulated
can
be
accurately
substantiated
later
when
the
many
departments
are
in
full
swing,
and
from
their
compactness
offer
to
the
investing
public
one
of
th(
most
attractive
Industrials
for
investment,
seldom
equalled
for
permanency
and
further
possibility
for
enhanced
profits.
It
took
years
to
Induce
capital
to
en-tertaln
the
Crow's
Nest
scheme
cf
collieries
and
railway,
bui
this
Groundhog
coal
Jield,
on'adfcpunt
of
Its
proximity
to
seaboard
and
the
special
quality
and
quantity
of
Its
coal,
cannot
long
go;
beg
ging,
as
its
product
has
few
competitors.
Safe
Sonic
Speed
f-
Sought
By
Science.
WEYERIDGrj,
su'rrey.
Eng.,
O)
To
obtain
data
on
flight
at
supersonic
speeds,
Vickers-Armstrong,
airplane
manufacturers,
will
build
three
large
wind
tunnels
here
at
an
'estimated
cost
of
S230.0M
(800,000
.
Officials
believe
tests
.carried
out
with
modch
will
eliminate
almost
all
hazanta
of
InUlal'
flights
with
aircraft
designed
for
supersonic
ceecs.
First
of
the
tunnels
to
be
built
will
nave
a
testing
rction
13
fee
by
nine
feet,
an
over-all
lemrth
cl
COO
feet
and
a
height
cf
40
feet.
A
speed
of
350
feet
a
second!
wll
be
reached
In
the
test
sect'oh
by
means
cf
a
seven-bladed
QUlt.
propeller.
A
smaller
tunnel
will
be
used
for
routine
tents.
The
third
will
be
used
largely
to
study
compressibility
phenom
ena
at
speeds
.lbovc
and
below
sonic
velocity
(720
miles
an
pour
at
sea
level).
THIS
AND
THAT
"I
can't
see
anything"
of
the
car
government
wharf
here
near
the
lower
fisheries
experimental
station
after
the
"smelly"
marine
carcass
was
brought
to
the
city
for
pickling.
Reminiscences
By
WJ.
ancl
Reflections
A
week
or
so
of
near-glory
came
to
Prince
Ruperi
once.
But,
whan
stark
truth
broke,
the
expected
renown
faded
and
died.
Today,
.never
even
the
ghost
of
a
hint
of
something
that
might
have
betn,
is
semea
It
came
about
like
this.
Tht
ooay
oi
a
marine
creature,
found
on
an
lslano
shore,
de-fled
definition.
Aftve
to
the
significance
of
the
strange
and
unexplainable;
the
report
lost
nothing
In
the
telling.
All
over
the
globe.
.ttlerane
stirred.
The
London
press
gave
recognition.
Queries
from
distant
slimes
were
received.
Couk!
If
be
possible
that
at
last-
at
last
the
fabled
eea
serpent
hid
actually
been
found.
(Please
rush
latest
particulars)
Prince
Rupert
broke
cut
Into
a
sweat
and
salty
statements
multiplied.
Then,
c"ame
the
great
let-down.
A
Vancouver
Island
fisheries
re
search
authority
Dronouneed
the
dead
mystery
up
north
Just
another
baskln?
siliark,
and
not
fragrant
at
that.
CONNAUGHTS
VISIT
It
was
in
September,
1912,
the
Duke
of
Conrraught,
as
Gover
nor-General,
v'slted
Prince
Ru-oert.
He
landed
at
the
eovcrn-
ment
dock,
with
mast
of
a
rug-
J
"ed
population
present.
An
'
Indian
band
played,
the
guard
cf
honor
stocd
p,t
attention,
and
t
Mie
Duke,
pausing
before
the
wparer
of
a
medal
that
gleamed
'ike
a
June
morning
gazed
at
Ks
boyisfli
countenance.
Then
he
contemplated
ths
de-oration
"WouW
you
mind
telling
me,
mylad,
In
what
campaljn
yon
won
this?"
B
"Oh
sir,'
that
was
cven
me
for
slwins
In
the
choir
at
New
Westminster."
Th's
Is
1947,
and
there
are
many
new
faces
at
Prince
Ru-nert.
Perhaps
they
have
not
already
heard
this
one.
FIlfST
PLANK
.
.
f.
Planes
at
Prince
Rupert
made
a
tame
enough
beginning.
The
first
ever
seen
here
did
not
soar
across
the
Heaven.
at
all..
It
was
a
frail
little
contraption,
forming
part
of
the
deck
oargn
of
an
Alaska-bound
steamer
whlrh
called
here
durln?
the
building
cf
the
railway.
It
was,
'ndubltably,
a
plane,
and
every
one
refused
to
become
excited.
CAKXEOin
LIBItARY
Prince
Rupert
could
'have
had
a
Carnegie
library
shortly
after
the
incorporation,
but
some
of
the
pioneers
were
allergic
to
that
phoned
in
for
road
service."
Andy
and
they
Wad
their
way
And
so,
for
years,
it
was
a
case
of
wait
and
see.
An
amiable
and
efficient
young
librarian,
a
shack
and
a
haphazard
collection
of
bool-s
near
the
site
of
the
nrecent
post
office,
saw
the
start,
and
library
affairs
have
gone
a
long
way
since
then.
The
community
possesses
an
establishment
and
a
sen
ice
meriting
every
praise.
Local
rewsstands
sell
ihou-rancSs
of
magazine
both
grave
and
gay.
BeMevt
it
or
not,
Its
the
lighter
type
of
literature
that
lures
the
coin
from
the
deepest
recesses
of
the
wallet.
Adult,
lather
than
the
juveniles,
relish
a
Rood
old
ruddy
murder
yarn
.ir
tales
which
Hay
up
confession,
Intrigue,
crime
with
a
kick,
and
sexy
suggestions.
Readers
who
have
lived
long
evidently
wl.-h
to
be
mtertained
In
robust
style
Instead
of
being
mude
to
fee!
;orry
for
themselves.
SparUinj
B-H
"En3ti.h"
Point
decoraUs
and
prolecti
ittriori
with
a
coat
of
laitinj
colour.
For
outtidi
charm,
chooi
B'H
"Er.3l.-1h"
Paint
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