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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
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PRINCE
RUPERT,:
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
1,
1947
PRICE
FTVE
CENTS
fv
Wins
$143,841
On
Claim
For
War
Damage
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Bill
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fieorce
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industrial
Con-.
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Act
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tiinor.
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camDUiiory
secret
niMinitiPs
fur
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inrlr.niiu.
Mfifh
mv
rnl-
mvprnmcnt
suncr-
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said
he
lavorca
in
hut
HiH
nnt
think
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4Un
nnirme
til
.
tr
Xln
alert
of
administration,"
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an
aUo
announced
lmunscfl
(in
union
iLllllAl.,
111
IV,
IIIIU1UJ
;ai
strikes
and
lock-bttn
cut
In
half."
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IF
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mombcrs
raiser!
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It
had
In
the
1930'i,
i
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section
was
one
of
j
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nrnvlKlmiK
"
province
the
first
In
j
impose
penalties
on
j
sand
officials
a
step!
labor
had
fought
all
j
wld
for
fifty
years.
at
the
second
reading
brought
an
Immcdi-1
Ul
Umh
!)
For
rn
hn!
Tlic
statement
saidi
iiauuii
ivmi'ts
me
the
llart
government
ge
of
Bill
39
even
.
nnnn
in.m
i.
a
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ca,
win
not
make
M
peace
but
will
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application
provoke
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and
will
unite
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me
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111
and
may
well
bring
dl
of
the
government."
TODA
TS
A
Oourw'sy
S.
D.
Vaneointr
1150
.07
.12
Gold
2.65
.25
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Ma.scot
1.10
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3.00
3.80
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"BLUE
BABY"
OPERATION
TELEVISIONED-
With
the
introduction
of
television
as
a
means
of
surgical
teaching,
more
than
300
surgeons
and
Internes
in
Baltimore,
Md.,
were
able
for
the
first
time
to
see
clear,
detailed
views
of
"blue
baby"
and
other
operations
simultaneously
with
the
operation.
This
scene,
taken
during
the
operation,
shows
the
super-sensitive
RCA
Image
orthicon
camera
mounted
on
the
operating
room
light
fixture,
directly
above
the
operating
field.
The
camera
was
prc-set
and
controlled
automatically.
The
microphone,
shown
suspended,
permitted
the
surgeon
to
comment.
The"
audience
viewed
the
operations
on
10
RCA
Victor
television
receivers
In
nearby
rooms.
Results
of
the
experiment
were
declared
gratifying
by
the
surgeons
who
say
it
demonstrates
television's
possibilities
for
Use
in
the
field
of
surgical
LIBERAL
WINS
BY-ELECTION
members
of
the
IIiiunc
"f
Commons
loday
jaw
the
result
of'
(lie
iMontreul-Carlirr
by-elccllon
as
a
"serious
setback
for
Communism
in
Canada"
and
the
breaking;
of
a
"possible
Communist
stronghold
in
Montieal."
Prime
Minister
W.
I
-Mackenzie
Kin
termed
it
a
"very
significant
victory."
The
election
of
Maurice
llartt,
Liberal
candidate
in
the
by-election
was
conceded
early
last
night.
Final
night
returns
for
H7
of
152
polls
gave
the
following
result:
Maurice
llartt,
Liberal,
!),-1'J3.
Paul
Masse,
anti-Coinmu-nb,l
and
autonomist,
C,"3X
Michael
liuhay,
l-abor-l'ro-grcssive,
0,119.
Three
Independents
David
Itoiuhon,
().
I
Ciugras
and
Louis
Valiqueltc
lost
their
$200
deposits.
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DIVISION
ON
C.N.
AUDITING
'iiTir
;f
;
Leaving
It
In
II;
amis
of
Private
Firm
OTTAWA
Q-
The
Itouic-of
Commons
voted
10C
to
20
last
'night,
to
leave
the
auditing
of
books
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
in
the
hands
of
a
private
firm.
The
division
climaxed
an
unexpected
debate
during
which
James
Sinclair,
Liberal
member
for
Vancouver
North,
argued
that
a
more
efficient
Job
could
be
done
by
the
Dominion's
'
auditor-general.
BIG
BLAZE
IN
NORTH
ONTARIO
TIMMiNS,
ttvric
vi
the
most
spectacular
f
ires'
iii
the
history
of
this
northern
gold
belt
centre
destroyed
the
George
Taylor
Hardware
Company'j
warehouse
today.
Damage
was
estimated
at
$250,000.
At
the
peak
of
the
blaze,
100-gallon
oil
drums
cx-plodcd
and
ualnt
cans
popped
jike
giant
fire
crackers.
STRAIGHT
TALK
FOR
M0L0T0V
(icnrral
Marshall
to
Insist
On
Nonpromisc
On
Soviet
Reparations
Claim
MOSCOW
0)
Secretary
of
State
George
C.
Marshall
was
reported
determined
to
tell
lor-cign
Commissar
Molotov
of
Russia
that,
unless
the
Soviet
Union
is
willing
to-
compromise
In
Us
rrnaratlon
demands
for
$10,000,-
000
over
a
twenty-year
period.
there
would
be
stalemate
oil
German
unification
as
aiv"ccojf
nomic
poorhousc.
Bulletins
MINISTER
COMINO
WEST
OITAIVA
Hon.
IJrook
Clax-lou
is
leavinc
Vancouver
western
tour
on
a
twelve-day
which
will
include
visits
to
Vancouver,
Victoria.
Edmonton,
Winnipeg
and
other
ten-tres.
APRIL
FOOL
PANIC
EINDOVEN,
Holland
This
Dutch
city
was
thrown
Into
near
panic
today
when
a
newspaper
said
that
it
was
to
be
sprayed
with
atomic
mist.
Frantic
efforts
were
made
by
radio
to
squelch
the
report.
'
CONSTRUCTION
DURING
MARCH
TOTAL
$16,1
Increase
4n
the
value
of
building,
permits
lsiued
during
March
presaged
a
trend
toward
greater
construction
activity
in
the
city
although
the
total
for
the
first
'
three
months
this
year
is
still
considerably
legs
than
for
the
similar
period
cf
1946.
Permit's
Issued
last
month
totalled
$1C807
which
.showed
a
considerable
rise
over
the
two
earlier
months
of
1947
and
brought
the
quarterly
total
to
$32,832.
During
Marsh",
1945,
bulldin-5
permit
values
were
$16,-025,
while
the
total
for
the
first
three
months
was
$42,267.
Large!
item
on
the
list
of
26
permits
issued
last
mouth
were
a
$4,700
ner'litTi
ior
alterations
to
the
Caoitol
Theatre;
$3,500
to
V.
Bagshaw
for
construction
of
a
residence;
$1,500
to
Mark
Hill
for
alterations
to
the
Terminal
Lunch,
and
three
permits
for
$1,000
for
repairs
and
alterations.
'
last
month's
lit:
John
Gurvich,
$200,
Fraser
Street,
repair
II.
A.
Spofford,
$100,
Fifth
Avenue
West,
repairs.
John
Jch-on,
$200,
Atlin
Avenue,
construction.
Mrs.
C;
B.
Curie,
$200,
Mc-BMdc
Street,
garage.
J.
L.
Parent,
$250.
Cow
Bay,
addition.
TV
Elliott,
$200,
Sixth
Avenue-Eait,
repairs.
Mitchell
and
Curric.
$75,
Seventh
Avenue
East,
-repairs.
W.
A.
Thorn,
$1,000,
First
Av-emic,
loconvci'slon,
"iw.
O.
Knight,
$1,000,
Eighlfi
Avenue
West,
rcteonversion.
Bea'a
News
Stand,
$32,
Mo-Bride
Street,
repairs.
J.
Addison,
$25,
Hays
Cove
Avenue,
rcipalrs.
M.
Hctnbcrg.
$500,
Eighth
Av-cnue'West,
repairs.
P.
R.
Roofing
Co.,
$200,
Fourth
Street,
alterations.
Mrs.
A.
Ritchie,
$200,
Seventh
Avenue
East,
repairs.
Louis
Rossi,
$200,
Third
Avenue,
extension.
.
Mrs.
C.
B.
Curric,
$250..
Mc-Bride
Street,
construction.
Mitchell
Bnd
Currie,
$100,
Third
Avenue,
construction.
J.
L.
Johnson,
$50,
Beach
Place,
construction.
Famous
Players
Ltdf,
$4,700,
Third
Avenue,
alterations.
G.
T.
H!tib3rd.
$125,
Eleventh
Street,
repairs.
Mark
Hill,
$1,500,
Second
Avenue,
addition.
William
Thain,
$150,
Ninth
Avenue
West,
garage.
Kaicn"
Industries,
$1,000,
Covi
Bay.
reassemble
building.
V.
Bagshaw,
$3,500,
Nintli
Avenue
West,
construction,
P.
Pierce,
$250,
Fifth
Avenue
West,
garage.
T.
Bjornson,
$500,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
addition.
GANDHI
IN
LIMELIGHT
Trying
to
Tacify
Disturbed
Sections
of
India
Moslems
Assail
His
Efforts
NEW
DELHI
M-Mahatma
Gandhi
returned
to
the
centre
of
the
political
arena
in
India
today
following
wcarv,
attempts
to
pacify
disturbed
sections
in
Dlliar
and
Bengal
provinces.
Moslem
leaders
assailed
the
efforts
of
Gandhi
in
Moakhali
!s
designed
to
focus
attention
on
a
section
where
Hindus
had
been
killed
by
Moslems
while
Ignoring
a
Bihar
outbreak
where
Hindus
hud
killed
Moslems:
EIGHT
DIE
IN
HOUSE
FLAMES
CAMDEN,
N.J.
&
A
motlicr,
six
of
her
children
.and
a
grandson
were
burned
to
death
Sunday
in
a
fire
that
swept
their
home
here.
Six
other
members
of
the
family
of
Andrew
Johnson
escaped.
Three
other
children
were
away
from
home
at
the
time.
Mt.
Hekla
Erupting
Icelandic
Crater
In
Action
For
first
'Time
Jn
15
Years
REYKJAVIK,
ICELAND
(CP)
Sightseers
flocked
to
look
svt
blazing
Mount
Hekla
today
while
geologists
set
up
stations
near
the
U,761-fool
volcano
in
expectation
that
th
eruption
that
began
Saturday
night
will
continue
for
several
JDOTltllS.
The
flaming
peak,
In
eruption
for
the
ifirst
timo
since
1815,
tonluiued
lo
toss
thou-aiubj
at
twns
f
lava
rocks
aijd
fishes
high
in
the
arr,
tpreading
r
pell
ipver
a
wide
area
to
!(hc
south
land
polluting
drinking
water
Ion
the
island.
'principal
damage
was
done
lofgrazing
lands
which
were
covered
with
increasing
lay-eijjrjf
r
olca
nic
ash.
SAWLOG
SCALE
UP
IN
MARCH
!
Productifn
V,o
Far
K"his
Year
iioutlc
of
Last
Sawloz
scale
for
the
Prince
Rulkrt
forestry
district
in
J
Majxn
totalled
14.588,763
board
feet;
according
to
the
monthly
bulletin
or
District
Forester
J.
li
Mathicson.
This
brings
saw-log'production
for
the
first
three
months
of
1947
to
43,771,851
board
leet,
more
than
twice
that
prt&Rifd
durhgltij
Ifrmt
petted
last
year.
Pole
and
piling
production,
last
month,
was
772.951
lineal
feet,
as
compared
with
180,530
for
March,
1946.
However,
production
for
the
three-month
pcrlcd
this
year
Ls
968.051
feet,
as
compared
with
1,241,894
last
year.
Tie
production
in
March
was
ncghblc,
and
'
there
were
334
cords
of
cordwood
cut
In
the
district.
The
sawlog
scale
was
made
up
of
the
following
varieties:
.
Fir,
396,103
Cedar,
2,361,352
Spruce,
6,751,467
Hemlock,
3,872,490
Balsam,
345,613
Jackplne,
816,457
Miscellaneous,
5,230
Local
Tides
Wediiesday,
April
2,
1947
High
11:10
19.7
feet
23;
58
19.7
feet
Low
5:09
7.4
feet
17:38
3.4
feet
WOODWORKERS
ARE
DEMANDING
NEW
CONTRACTS
VANCOUVER
P-iNew
de-mar.c"?
for
a
20-cent
an
hour
general
wage
increas,
a
40-hour
treek
and
union
shop
conditions
will
be
placed
before
pro
vincial
lum'bjr
operators
thli
frmmer
by
the
International
Wccdworkers
of
America,
delegates
to
the
wages
arid
contracts
conference
of
the
union
decideu
here
at
the
week-end.
.A
special
$100,000
strike
fund
for
the
use
if
a
"strike
becomei
necessary"
will
be
raised
-by
voluntary
donation
at
a
day's
pay
toy
members
of
the
union,
in
addition
to
the
regular
strike
fund.
Government
to
Buy
Trucks
and
Buses
VICTORIA?!?-
Premier
John
Hart
announced
yesterday
that
t
ho
fTrivprnrrSnnf'
.
mill
nt.m,u
$200,000
for
-
the
purchase
of
!
ine
faenale
IorelSn
a"Urs
corn-buses
and
truckby
the
Pacific
mlttee'
sald
t8day
that
fiUdt
"Great
Eastern
death
of
'Kta'
11
of
Railway
to
oper-!den
ate
a
passeiiger
and
freight
ser-i
'
vice
over
the
Hart
Highway
into!
the
Peace
River
district.
It
will
be
in
addition
to
$663,000
already
provided
this
year
for
the
purchase
of
railway
rolling
stock
and
equipment.
APPROVAL
FOR
FRANCO
BILL
Succession
Measures
Expected
!
lo-Oo
Thrmtgh
-Spanish-Parliament"
Easily
MADRID
0;-Overwhelminz
Parliamentary
approval
is
fore
cast
today
for
Generalissimo
Franco's
proposal
to
declare
that
Spain
is
still
a
monarchy
and
to
outline
procedure
for
selecting
the
country's
next
ruler,
a
King
or
regent.
The
throne
has
been
vacant
for
sixteen
years.
Franco
said
that
the
world,
had!
finally
Joined
him
In
hating
and
fearing
communism.
The
measure,
labelled
"Bill
of
Succession
to
the
Chief
of
State,"
was
Franco's
first
public
admission
that
his.
regime
was
only
'
temporary.
Coal
Miners
Quit
Work
to
Protest
ESSEN
W
Coal
miners
left
their
Jobs
in
Hamburg
and
Duis-
burg
today
and
marched
through
the
streets
protesting
food
shortages,
It
is
estimated
that
8,000
miners
participated
but
later
returhed
to
work.
CANADA'S
NEW
SWEETHEART
World's
skating
champion
Barbara
Ann
Sc'ott
sees
the
original
of
the
Lou
E.
Marsh
Memorial
trophy
during
her
visit
to
Toronto.
A
replica
of
the
Marsh
trophy
was
presented
to
her
as
the
outstanding
Canadian
athlete
of'1945.
Thousands
lined
the
streets
to
greet
Barbara
Ann
during
her
visit
in
the
city.
Check
Being
Forwarded;
Work
Program
To
ProceecJ
Long
Campaign
Culminates
In
Gratifying
News
Relayed
By
Provincial
Minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
The
federal
government
is
forwarding
to
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
a
check
for
$143,841
in
settlement
in
full
of
the
city's
claim
for
damage
done
to
streets
and
utilities
of
Prince
Rupert
during
the
war
when
the
city
was
an
armed
fortress
in
the
Battle
of
the
Pacific.
The
city's
war
damage
had
been
assessed
at
King
George,
Greece,
Dies
Balkan
Monarch
Succumbs
Suddenly
Paul
Is
Successor
May
Effect
U.S.
Relations
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
ffi
Sena
tor
Walter
George,
member
of
l
KING
OF
GREECE
DIES
George
II
who
succumbed
suddenly
to
heart
ailment.
Greece
should
not
change
the
proposed
United
States
program
of
aid
to
that
country.
The
Greek
King
died
unex
pectedly
today
in
Athens
of
a
heart
ailment
and
his
45-year-old
brother
Prince
Paul,
called
to
the
Throne,
was
proclaimed
the
new
King
during
the
afternoon.
The
56-year-old
King,
who
was
unmarried,
had
been
complain
ing
recently
of
pain
from
angina
pectoris,
an
aliment
arising
from
disease
of
the
coronary
arteries.
Death
came
to
the
King
six
months
after
his
return
to
riis
throne
from
London
following
a
plebiscite
favoring
the
monarchy.
He
had
first
taken
over
the
Throne
in
1922.
Death
of
the
King
brought
a
new
angle
Into
the
question
of
morning
and
scattered
rain
American
-aid
to
.Greece,
now
showers
were
occurlng
else-being
debated
in
Washington.
where.
Skies
are
expected
to
re-The
new
King
Paul
is
the
main
mostly
overcast
today
.with
third
son
of
the
late
King
con-
stantlne.
LEWIS
CALLS
6-DAY
STRIKE
FOR
THIS
WEEK
WASHINGTON,
(CP)
A
six-day
(ivork
stoppage
In
the
lUnl-tcd
States
soft
coal
mines
from
coast
to
ooast
in
mourning
for
the
(111
ICentralia,
Illinois,
disaster
victims,
commenced
today,
the
dale
Lewis
had
set
for
a
tlrike
until
the
Supreme
'Court
stopped
him.
MARSHAL
TITO
MAKES
CHARGES
Says
Greece
Is
Being
Made
Bate
For
Impel
ialistic
Plans
BELGRADE
Cfc
Marshal
Tito,
Yugoslav
Premier,
told
Parliament
yesterday
that,
as
a
result
of
American
Intervention,
Greece
had
"become
a
base"
for
Imperialistic
plans"
which
might
threaten
world
peace.
He
said
the
United
States
embassy
at
Belgrade
had
circulated
"lies
and
slanders"
about
Yugoslavia,
a.
total
of
some
$351,292
and
tentative
agreement
had
been
reached
to
accept
about
half
,
of
this
amount
.
in
settlement
of
claim.
The
city
obtained
the
co-op
eration
of
Hon.
R.
C.
MacDonald,
provincial
minister
of
municipal
'
affairs,
In
dealing
with
the
fed
eral
government
and
it
was
from
him
that
the
word
came
that
the
remittance
was
now
forthcoming..
The
city
put
on
a
renewed
effort
this
year
to
have
the
federal
government
pay
up
and
S.
E.
Parker,
in
Ottawa
recently
for
a
liberal
convention,
pressed
the
matter.
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
expressed
extreme
gratification
over
the
prospect
of
the
city
being
at
last
in
a
financial
position
to
proceed
with
muchr.needed,
.rehabilitation
which
will
be
concentrated
first
upon
the
street,
"We
will
be
able
to
go
ahead
In
earnest
now,"
said
Mrs.
Ar"
nold-
The
city
Is
already
planning
to
float
a
loan
of
$150,000
to
further
augment
the
rehabilitation
fund.
ON
FORMOSANS
Chinese
Are
Tried
By
Writer
In
Magazine
SHANGHAI
1John
W.
Pow-
i
ell
declared
in
an
iartlcle
in
his
magazine
China.
Weekly
Review
on
Sunday
that
Chinese
troops
sent
to
Formosa
to
quell
riots
which
sarted
there
February
28
had
perpetrated
some
of
the
"most
unimaginable
atrocities;
He
said
that
a
conservative
estimate
placed
the
number
of
Formosans
killed
t
5,000,
with
thousands
more
Imprisoned.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Colder
weather
will
be
general
throughout
British
Columbia
today
and
tomorrow
as
a
.re-sult
of
an
outbreak
of
cold
"air
from
the
northwest.
Snow'
was
falling
on
many
daces
In
cen-
tral
and
northern
B.
6.
,thls
seme
clearing
tonight
and
Wed-
neisoay.
p
Forecast
;
Prince
Rupert,
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
Southern,
section
overcast
with
rain
showers
today.
.Wednesday
'Cloudy
with
widely
scattered
ralm
showers,
clearing
In
evening.
Northern
section
Cloudy
with
widely
scattered
rain
showers
or
snow
flurries
today,
clearing
this
evening.
Wednesday
Cloudy,
winds
light,
little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight:
Port
Hardy
33,
Massett
30,
Prince
Rupert
30.
Highs
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
43.
NEW
TRIAL
FOR
BOYER
MONTREAL,
HI1
A
new
trial
for
wealthy
Dr.
Raymond
Boyer
was
made
necessary
when
the
Jury
failed
Monday
to
agree
on
a
verdict
in
his
trial.
The
Montreal
scientist
ls
charged
with
conspiracy
to
communicate
Information
unlawfully
to
Russia.
Basketball
Finals
TONIGHT
CIVIC
CENTRE
4
Games
6:30.
7:30,
8:30,
9:30
9:30
High
School
vs.
Savoy
Admission
35c
Students.
15c
t-'l