D
i,
Rvio-rrs
Srpnmshin
(
,n
.
in
pnthiieinnr
it
M
V
w
111'
.
'
-
Ms
dinner
oi
me
rrince
uuperi
LnamDer
01
rce,
at
which
he
was
an
honored
guest
oh
the
:ts
of
development
of
a
new
traffic
route
from
lhc
MWdle
Wcst
Sale3
through
II
I
J
I
Prince
Rupert
to
Alaska,
Mr
I
BlOlO-UD
D
l8"3
admUtcd
""l
11
would
1
1
V
111
i
probably
be
quae
a
pull
getting
ortland
Ltr
Kelieved
of
$107,000
Store
Elevator
Ipjrtment
TLAND
Oi
-Police
are
I
clues
today
in
the
ele-
l'd-up
of
an
armed
mes-.
In
the
fourth
floor
of
the
King
department
store
letted
two
gunmen
$107,
checks
but
only
$304
in
dressed
gunmen
stepped
It
elevator
behind
the
ter,
Albert
Curtis,
late
It
jfternoon,
Curtis
Is
w
i
-
las
saying
"They
entered
tied
guns,
one
pointing
it
land
me
otner
at
me
eie-
fccrator
One
grabbed
my
t
of
the
holster
and
then
e
money
bag.
They
then
I
me
out
of
the
elevator
Id
me
to
Veep
quiet."
lENA
FLOOD
1ST
OVER
oi
the
flooding
Skcena
I.sdar
was
reported
even
ill
.afternoon.
Inspiring
tat
the
period
or
neavy
1
U
over.
At
Pacific,
the
lu
reDorted
to
be
10
feet
I
lie
railway
track,
while
liury
It
was
nine
feet
be
lt
tracks.
At
KwlnlUa,
spot
since
the
river
be-
:
rise
the
level
was
two
Inches
below
the
rails.
It
;ht'i
train,
due
at
11:45,
irted
on
time.
j
HE
WEATHER
I
Synopsis
It
air
over
the
province
wrnlnz
caused
extensive
.ess
along
the
coast
and
cloudy
conditions
the
interior;
A
few
rhout
howers
are
reported
from
s
sections.
Heavy
clouds
Nld
over
the
mountains
;
the
alternoon
but
clear
pr
,
will
wm
re
return
um
this
ns
eve
ctlon,
clear
today
and
ftsday
with
fog
patches
I
the
coast
during
morn-Light
northerly
winds;
Mlnlmums
tonight
Prince
Rupcrt
45.
Maxl-
h
Wednesday
Massctt
65,
'
Rupert
65.
Squthern
Sec-hOvercast
during
morning,
I
durlnir
nftprnnnn
todaV
lcdnesday.
Northerly
winds
Temperatures
normal.
pm
tonight
Port
Hardy
.Hut
Tiiuuvguuj
v.
ALIBUT
SALES
Canadian
rrs
H.
22,000,
Co-op.
.
22,000.
Co-op.
aude
J
8.000.
Co-on.
fnabclle.
e.ooo.
lRfin
Atlln.
NO
RECITAL
eginald
geen
Director,
cneral
Motors
Choir
CIVIC
CENTRE
Ht(inesday,
8:30
p.m'.
pSto
-
students
50c
(130)
established
in
th
and
Rcan
5,
16.000,
18.6c
and
GKEETINOS
FROM
next
few
months
tout
he
was
confident
that,
Inside
of
half
a
year,
the
service
wtlch
he
was
instituting
with
his
new
ship
Southeastern,
now
;n
port,
-would
be
on
a
sound
basis
and
that
a
second
ship
would
be
needed.
He
looked
for-
ward
beyond
that
even
to
the',
time
when
four
or
five
ships
would
be
ODerat'.ntr
out
of
Prln:e
Rupert
with
cargo
not
only
for
.southeastern
but
for
western
and
central
Alaska,
"The
whole
thing1
seems
so
logical
to
me,"
he
said
"that
I
find
it
hard
to
under
stand
why
It
was
not
developed
i
1
before."
"This
is
my
part
or
the
country
now,"
said
Mr.
Brigjs,
whose
residence
has
been
in
New
York
for
several
years
but
who
will
make
hli
future
home
at
Juneau,
"and
I
Intend
to
stay
here."
He
declared
that
Alaskans
were
back
of
the
Prince
Rupert
route
and
the
new
shipping
venture
100
per
cent.
He
tcknowled'jed
the
help
that
he
had
obtained
from
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
in
connection
with
the
de
veloping
of
his
plan
for
the
new
stripping
line.
Speaking
of
the
new
ship,
he
felt
it
wc.s
-we'll
suited
to
the
run.
Its
officers
were
all
Alaskans.
Mr.
Briggs
also
took
opportunity
to
roeak
of
the
highway
which,
after
having
been
told
In
the
cast
it
was
practically
impassable,
hs
had
found
to
be
one
cf
the
fine:rt
ynd
most
beautiful
drives
he
had
ever
experienced.
"There
is
nothing
wrong
with
i
IV
road
either.
In
fact,
I
would
say
it
is
a
good
road.
CITY
OF
ST.
PAUL
Elmer
Jones,
representative
of
the
Alaska
Midwest
Co.
at
St.
Paul,
brought
grceUrjs
ci
ine
St.
Paul
As.-oclatltn
of
Commerce
which
he
salri
-was
keenly
Interested
In
the
development
of
trade
-with
Alaska
over
the
line
Mi
Canadian
National
Rall-
-
-;
--
eye--
ah
pi,nce
Rupcrt.
ne
wcainer
wcancsaay
-
-
,
thc
great
w
ilow
the
sfinc
pattern
as.He
foresaw
ather
today.
,
Forecast
h
Rupert.
Queen
Char-
nd
North
Coast
North-
iuiure
iu
'v",v-
"
the
interest
that
a
party
of
was
ntu
v
--
-
St.
Paul
business
men,
led
oy
Fred
Sperling
head
ot
the
wnoic-salcrs1
division
of
the
St.
Paul
Association
of
Commerce,
which
was
already
doing
mucn
to
promote
Prince
Rupert
as
the
real
gateway
to
Alaska,
was
coming
here
enroute
to
ftiasa
"
goodwill
tour
to
help
solidify
the
trade
between
Alaska
and
the
Midwest
through
ine
port
o
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Soerlin?
was
one
of
the
ibest
known
and
most
eloquent
advocates
of
the
sys-
nr
,friP
pnterorife
ana
ne
111
Jk
..w-
.
nr
innrO
sumeslcd
that
the
Dccplc
of
Prince
Rupcrt
should
lar
him
if
DOSStblC
othnr
mPinibers
of
Mr.
Brlsss'
warty
who
-were
quests
at
last
nlght;s
imeeting
weir
-
i-r,,
nf
.Tnnenll.
iratuc
manu-
rnP
th
nrlcus
Steamship
Co.,
and
G.
L.
Springer,
Ketchi
kan
representative
oi
ia
Midwest
Co.
Communists
Battle
With
Chinese
Gov't
VANNING
O)
Six
full
Com-
iai
mv
divisions
under
General
Wan
Yl
were
reported
deienaers
01
battling-Nationalist
iu--
to,,
rltles
on
the
Chang
chun-Mukden
Railway
In
China's
civil
war
today.
Despatcnes
.
the
battle
was
going
against
the
government
at
Changtu.
Szep-ingkal
and
Kaiyuan.
servance
of
regulauons
and
gen
eral
behaviour
of
United
fataies
troops
In
Canadian
territory.
Tho
troous
are
given
sucn
privileges
that
hive
never
before
been
given
aore!in
troops
on
orritnrw
of
other
countries
In
peacetime,"
the
"broadcast
said
ST.
LAWRENCE
PLANE
CRASH
Four
Killed
When
Aircraft
riunses
Into
River
Near
Montreal
MONTREAL,
The
death
toll
In
thc
crash
of
a
light
seaplane
Sunday,
into
the
St.
Lawrence
nivrr
near
Lonzutll.
across
the
river
from.
here,
wis
set
at
four
men
yesterday
with
the
recovery
of
another
body
from
tne
water.
Identity
of
the
fourth
victim
was
not
known
immediately,
ine
bodies
of
three
Toronto
mining
Jim
Matheson.
pilot,
M
M.
Smith
and
Tucker
Harris
were
extricated
"yesterday.
The
plane
was
coming
in
for
a
landing
irom
northern
Qupobcc
mlnin?
fleids.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
June
4,
1947
High
1:15
20.8
feet
14:17
18.2
feet
T.nr
7:56
2.5
feet
19:50
7.7
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTKAli
URITlSi
COLUMBIA'3
NEWSPAPER
Cockshutt.
and
executive
secre-l
tary,
D.
M.
Morrell,
on
a
recent
i
visit
here,
saw
and
admitted
the
need
for
better
service
for
this
area
and
offered
their
co-opera-!
tion.
Letters
read
last
night
from
officials
of
CBC
referred
to
the
financial
difficulty
in.
setting
up
of
booster
stations
until
some
final
arrangements
had
been
made
for
the
use
of
wires.
HIGHWAY
MATTERS
S.
E.
Parker,
for
thc
highway
committee,
reported
on
a
recent
conference
with
Hon.
E.
T.
Ken-ney,
minister
of
lands
and
for
ests,
who
had
heard
various
rep
resentations
sympathetically
and
appeared
disposed
to
give
his
active
assistance
in
promoting
recommendations
which
had
been
made,
particularly
with
re
gard
to
the
speeding
up
of
permanent
improvements
on
the
road
to
Port
Edward
in
view
of
impending
Important
industrial
developments.
The
report
was
accepted
with
thanks
and
the
committee
asked
to
catrry
on,
suggestion
being
offered,
that
representations
be
made
with
a
view
to
providing
better
safety
measures
on
the
Skeena
River
Highway.
.Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
as
chairman
of
the
finance
committee,
presented
a
scheme
to
provide
increased
revenue
by
a
new
sys-fContlnued
on
Page
5
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H
gjgggggMBMaMBtn
HUNGER
IS
THE
SAME
IN
ANY
LANGUAGE-
You
don't
have
to
possess
the
gift
of
tongues
to
know
when
you're
hungry.
These
Viennese,
few
of
whom
know
English,
still
have
the
word
for
that
aching
void
in
the
beltline
and
are
displaying
it
in
a
demonstration
outside
the
chancellery.
Hunger
is
rampant
all
over
Europe,
with
each
country
believing
that
it
is
hungrier
than
its
neighbor,
Wide
Variety
of
Matters
Receiving
Attention
Fifty
Attend
.Monthly
Dinner
Meeting
Continued
activity
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
nf
Pnmmprpp
nn
:i
varietv
of
matters
of
current
im-
portance
m
connection
with
a
new
era
oi
commercial
and
industrial
development
which
appears
to
be
setting
in
for
Prince
Rupert
and
district
was
indicated
at
the
monthly
dinner
meeting
of
the
Chamber
last
nignt
witn
some
my
memocrs
in
attendance.
Several
busy
com
mlttees
presented
reports
on
matters
taken
up
and
accomplishments
achieved.
In
addi-
Moscow
Sees
Jitters
Here
Radio
in
Red
Capital
Talks
of
Military
Co-operation
With
United
Statts
MOSCOW,
Q:-
Moscow
radio,
in
a
news
broadcast
yesterday,
said
Canadians
are
eettlng
more
and
more
uneasy
bout
the
im-npndinz
infiltration
of
United
States
trocps
consequent
upon
tilnns
for
United
States-Can
adian
defence
co-operation.
tion
to
general
business,
the
meeting
heard
from
Phillip
G.
Briggs,
head
of
the
Brlggs
Steamship
Co.,
which
is
Inaugurating
a
new
shipping
service'
out
of
Prince
Rupert
to
south
eastern
Alaska,
who,
with
other
members
of
his,
party,
were
guests
of
honor.
For
the
radio
commiuee,
J.
u.
McRae
read
replies
which
had
been
received
from
H.
G.
Archi
bald,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
and
officials
of
the
Canadian
Broad
casting
Corporation
in
the
recent
drive
to
bring
about
an
improve
ment
of
radio
broadcasting
service
for
city
and
district,
particularly
getting
a
better
coverage
of
CBC
network
programs.
The
matter
is
now
being
taken
right
to
the
Parliamentary
Committee
on
radio
broad
casting,
Ralph
Maybank,
M.P.,
the-
Canadian
sovtrnmsnt
had
chairman,
with
the
blessing
of
been
forced
to
introduce
a
new
me
oaimuiai
v-iwiuu
ui
j.iinir
uh
thp
nb-
merce
whose
president.
C.
G.
nrHiL
auL
utAiiii,
...v..
-
-
i
-t
ACTIVITY
OF
CHAMBER
COMMERCE
Ic
I
and
of
REFLECTS
NEW
PRINCE
RUPERT
ERA
uppui
tunny
British
Columbia
Has
All
U
Takes
to
Make
Country
Great
BANFF
(CP)
L.
II.
Eyres,
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
told
the
Canadian
.Manufacturers'
Association
convention
here
that
British
Columbr.'i'"had
''all
ft
lakes
to
make
a
country
great."
The
province
was
capable
of
supporting
a
population
equal
or
greater
than
either
Ontario
or
Quebec
and
of
development
that
would
benefit
the
whole
of
Canada.
R.
XV,
Diamond
of
Trail
said
today's
present
unstable
situa
tion
presents
"a
virgin
field
of
opportunity"
for
those
with
ulterior
motives
who
wait
for
opportunity
taking
away
those
thincs
which
are
good.
"They
will
provide
their
brand
of
leadership.
They
are
clever.
But
they
are
ruthless,
unprincipled
and
immoral.
They
gain
a
following
because
so
often,
theirs
is
the
only
form
of
leadership
offered."
SHOCKED
BY
TRAM
LONDON,
Passengers
'who
were
boardin?
a
double-decker
cmnfbus
received
electric
shocks
when
a
short
circuit
made
one
of
the
handrails
"live."
TAXI
:
!
a.
i
one
235
Phone
'A
mm
AND
NIGHT
8KRVICE
SUnd:
...
lintel.
Third
Ave.?
UnVii.
'
-
-
m
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
129.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY",
JUNE
3,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ritain
T
Al-J
C
looks
so
good
to
me
that
I
wonder
somebody
...
At
in
it.
lnnrr
apo."
said
Phillin
("J.
Rrio-rrs
P
ower
nm
ciidvev
W
H(iW
F
F
fl
Vancouver
Woman
Cc'Icvcs
N'Miovn
B.
C.
Area
One
of
World's
Richest
VANCOUVER
Mrs.
M.
Armitase-Moore
believes
that
in
Grnundhrs
in
the
north
r
r"i
intpr'nr,
Briturhcoiumnia
had
"one
of
the
richest
and
larg-
'
ct
coal
fields
in
the
world."
cv
vis
th;
only
known
obr.s
of
the
Groundhog
depos-t.s
and
also
sampks
cf
anthracite
taken
frbm
the
field
150
imilfs
norh
of
Hazelton.
The
coal
is
shining,
clean
and
hard,
aUhrush
taken
frcm
the
terrain
I
7
years
ato
by
her
father,
the
late
Ronald
Campbell-John.on.
II.
G.
Archibald,
(C.C.F.
-
I
Rkeena)
recently
made
public
a
tt?r
from
Mines
Minister
G!en
Latins:
"tht
area
clearly
war-rpnti
further
attention
.
.
.
but
we
lark
base
maps."
Mrs.Armltage
-Mcore
has
the
base
man
made
by
her
father
from
1909-1911.
"There
is
sold,
eelina.
hema-
t'te,
oil
and
coil
there,"
shesald
in
an
Interview,
reading
.from
her
father's
reports.
"The
coal
extends
over
2.000
square
miles..
There
Is
the
largest
untouched
stand
of
timber
in
Canada
and
the
biggest
stretch
of
spruce."
5f
Transportation
problems
have
prevented
opening
tip
the
rich
area
to
date
and
numerous
private
hfild!r"s
havt
reverted
to
the
government.
DEATH
PLUNGE
IN
VANCOUVER
Seaman
Esies
After
Quarrel.
Another
Man
Little
Hurt
In
Bridge
Fall
VANCOUVER
Oi
One
is
dead
and
the
second
Is
making
a
re
markable
recovery
following
plunges
from
a
hotel
and
bridge
within
the
past
thirty
hours.
Jack
Mlstlebrook,
a
19-year-old
seaman,
died
In
hospital
last
night.
He
fell
fifty
feet
from
the
fifth
floor
of
a
hotel
window
on
Sunday,
following
a
lover's
quarrel.
Two
men
and
a
woman
are
held
for
Charles
Ferrier,
57,
suffered
only
slight
bruises
and
shock
when
he
fell
an
estimated
30
feet
to
the
ground
from
the
south
end
of
the
Second
Narrows
bridge
last
evening.
Hospital
officials
said
he
would
likely
be
discharged
today.
LONDON,
Cf:
Prime
Minister
Attw
hashppn
reroinmended
for
election
as
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
I
Society.
VICTIM
OF
COURTROOM
SHOOTING
Fatally
wounded
in
a
shooting
affray
in
the
Washington,
D.C.,
municipal
court,
Ray
Devendorf,
clerk
to
George
W.
Dalzell,
secretary
to
the
District
Bar
Association
Commtttee
of
Grievance,
is
carried
from
the
court
on
the
way
to
hospital.
He
died
before
arrival.
Two
other
persons
were
wounded
and
a
policeman
killed
In
the
shooting.
The
gun
wellder,
said
to
be
a
Negro,
was
himself
wounded
by
police
bullets
and
Is
in
a
Washington
hospital.
The
man
was
identified
as
Dan
Williams,
a
disgruntled
bar
applicant.
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3
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star
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Cabs
j
AtO
nee
People
Will
Determine
One
or
Two
Governments
Epochal
Announcement
Made
Today
By
Prime
Minister
Attlee
and
ViceRoy
Mountbatten
LONDON
(CP)
British
Government
said
today
it
will
transfer
power
in
India
to
the
Indians
almost
immediatelv
and
leave
it
to
the
Indian
people
to
de
cide
whether
there
shall
be
one
or
two
governments.
Announcement
was
made
simultaneously
by
the
Prime
Minister,
Mr.
Attlee,
in
the
House
of
Com-
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1.90
Sturgeon
River
21
mons,
loads
of
it,
was
harvested
near
Port
Clements,
and
It
is
destined
for
use
by
companies
of
florists
at
San
Francisco
and
Vachon
Island
near
Seattle
who
believe
that
It
may
be
the
prime
answer
to
their
need
for
a
decorative
moss
for
floral
wreathes
as
well
as
a
molsture-malntalnlng
agent
for
shipping
plants.
Unlike
ordinary
green
moss,
of
which
there
is
no
lack
anywhere
alonz
the
coast,
the
Port
Cle
ments
moss
is
whitish
In
color,
and
apparently'
Is
exclusive
to
Mountbatten.
In
a
broadcast
to
the
Indian
people
and
by
the
British
Government
in
a
white
paper.
Legislation
will
be
introduced
during
the
present
session
of
parliament
for
the
transfer
of
power
this
year
on
Dominoin
status
basis
to
one
or
two
Indian
governments,
depending
on
the
system
to
which
the
Indian
people
subscribe.
Both
Indian
and
Moslem
lead
ers
are
said
to
be
approving
of
a
partition
plan.
Autos
Still
Most
Fatal
NEW
YORK
0)
Despite
the
two
worst
aeroplane
crashes
in
the
history
of
North
American
commercial
aviation
and
two
.
disastrous
tornadoes,
the
United
States
yesterday
looked
back
on.
Memorial
Day
week-end
in
which
automobile
mishaps
again
headed
the
list
of
jrlolent
holiday
'
r'
deathsV
;
The
total
of
those
who
died
violently
was
482,
compared
with
292
last
year.
There
were
214
traffic
fatalities
and
95
deaths
in
two
aeroplane
crashes.
PEACE
APPEAL
MADE
BY
POPE
Vatican
CITY
0
Pcne
Pius
yesterday
portrayed
the
"fruit
less
conferences
succeeding
one
another"
and
appealed
to
the
world's
peacemakers
to
grasp
remaining
opportunities
to
re
store
normal,
relations
among
nations.
"There
Is,"
raid
the
Pontiff,
"always
room
for
a
peaceful
settlement.
May
the
rulers
of
states
nof
let
slip"
this
opportun
ity!
It
may
be
God
forma
the
last
opportunity".
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati
9.
Nev;
York
3.
St.
Louis
5,
Brooklyn
4.
Pittsburgh
4,
Boston
3.
American
League
Boston
6-5,
Chicago
2-6.
Philadelphia
6,
SI
Louis
3.
Remainder
postponed.
INTERESTING
NEW
INDUSTRY
-MOSS
GATHERING
-ON
Q.
CHARLOTTES
The
beginning
of
a
new
industry
which
may
be
of
importance
to
west
coast
florists,
and
to
the
Queeji
Charlotte
Islands
hangs
on
the
results
of
an
experi-mpnt.il
shinment
of
snacnum
moss
Which
left
Port
1
.
1
am
an
re
nn
r
nu
n
fin
i
mm
r
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I
week-end,
bound
for
Seattle.
The
moss,
three
car-
that
area.
If
it
Is
found
satts
factory,
the
demand
no
doubS
will
increase.
It
was
shipped
in
small
bales
400
of
them
meas
uring
18
by
.31
inches
and
weigh
ing
40
pounds
each.
The
shipper
Is
W.
B.
Crane
who
had
intended
at
first
to
go
to
Alaska
to
get
his
moss
but
went
instead
to
Graham
Island
after
he
had
Investigated
the
field
there.
He
plans
another
shipment
In
two
weeks.
During
World
War
I
considerable
spagnum
moss
was
gathered
In
this
area
for
use
In
connection
with
surgical
.dressings.
!,!