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party
vi
ji
Prince
Rupert.
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mr
is
t
salvaeed
and
:p
McLean's
Shipyard
at
:
r-rr
E:t!mated
damage
licut
$500.
Mr.
Laushlln
taken
aboard
another
vessel
tuip
nriiwiiip
-,.,11
....
f
nnnMIn
Ka
tt
nr.
carrying;
proper
the
"ii...
a
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cuuau-
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it
carried,
only
a
mast-
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.
i
the
collision
but
Its
crew
Bablp
1
1
kpi
nnv
IrtMif.lflrA-
marks
before
It
disappeared
c
darkness.
mini
iki
ii
k
FARING
FNftf
wlimony
was
concludefl
yes-in
the
hearing
by
the
UUlticj
Commission
ot
wing
applications
by
Oana-
3
National
TVnn!rnrt.ntioil
nd
16
district
truckers
for
"ts
to
operate
scheduled
L.
ana
express
truck
scr-5be.wcen
Prince
Rupert
and
llon
Chairman
Dr.
A.
tethers
announced
at
the
sion
of
the
session
that
a
a
would
be
handed
down
"tarty
date.
'iM-l
i
.
...
trues
operaiors.
acuns
the
American
Trucking
"ution,
oppostd
the
appli-tJ
of
Canadian
National
riortaf
:3n
Ltd.
nn
ci-ounds
(
lh
I
-
'"c
iiuu:ui6c
were
given
1
Subsidiary
of
the
natlon-ned
railway,
It
would
lt(
monopoy
that
would
transport
lit
the
district,
tiync.
couwscl
for
the
'(rs-
told
flit.
Niirm
lesion
35
a
matter
of
DrinclDle
''"tin
thn
nuhilr
lntirp.f
to
!ln
to
nionnnolb.p
l.rnnsnort
undeveloped
country."
asrec"
he
enld,
"that
S
ill
thp
vmiV.N.
Intnroof
..."
means
of
tramrnoita-
iinnnu
i
.
.
'u
ue
unaer
govcrnmeni
'
'
not
under
govern-;'
nershlp.
Actually,
when
t
the
picture
as
a
'
it
would
mean
that
the
ln
this
arn
wonlrt
ho
nn.-
'
.8trc3cd
the
attitude
of
',5
a
witnesses,
'that
lirdlvl-'
operators
rould
give
more
....
wenf
n.t
.
;l
vi
vice
tq
the
area
than
BovcriTment
company
U'C
mnn
u.w.
i-
i
1
nnu
uremic
uusi-
vould
be
more
solicitous
,f.
en
who
are
doing
their
nii:...:'?ue,ue"
-""wae,wa
strongly
dis-fty
W
w.
Bpyd,
counsel
cntlnuec
on
Page
2)
glllnet
boat
and
failed
to
reach
!
their
destination.
The
wreck
of
the
boat
was
found
a
few
daya
laicr
near
Morse
Cove
in
Telegraph
Passage,
one
of
the
estuary
branches
of
the
Skeena
River,
as
well
as
the
body
of
Peter
Spalding,
the
'owner
of
the
boat,
no
further
trace
of
the
other
victims
having
ever
been
found.
The
headless
body
located
yesterday
was
found
by
employees
of
Carlisle
Cannery
and
later
brought
in
to
the
city.
Those
who
were
missing
from
the
gillnettcr,
which
had
apparently
been
the
victim
of
a
storm
In
the
ice-laden
Skeena
River
.waters,
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Peter
Spalding,
their
two
children,
Edward
Bennett,
Lucy
Bennett
and
Matthew
Wesley,
TRADE
AND
COMMUNISM
Discussed
At
C.M.A.
Annual
Convention
BANFF,
Alta.
0i
Discussion
of
international
trade
developments
and
criticism
of
communism
were
iTbt
Inbound
vessel
which
'neard
al
ine
anaaian
wanu-
fatturers'
Privateer
Assoclation
annual
convention
which
ended
'here
last
night.
R.
N.
McCormack
of
Toronto,
!
manager
of
the
tariff
depart
ment,
told
the
convention
that
Britain
may
wipe
out
the
preferential
position
now
enjoyed
by
Canadian
manufacturers
in
the
United
Kingdom,
Delegates
are
leaving
today
'
for
their
homes
ln
the
East
and
!
the
west
coast,
arter
the
conven-1
tlon.
Approximately
half
or
the
600
In
attendance
will
travel
to
Vancouver,
continuing
a
tour
of
Western
Canada
The
convention
!
elected
R.
C.
Berklnshaw
of
New
Toronto
as
1947-48
president
succeeding
Col.
H.
S.
Tobin
or
Vancouver.
Local
Tides
Saturday,
June
7.
1947
inch
2:59
Low
16:12
9:44
21:44
19.6
17.3
.41
Reeves
McDonald
1-08
3.5
8.9
Reno
Salmon
Gold
-22
Sheep
Creek
-
I-15
Taylor
Bridfee
Taku
River
nsk)
-80
Vananda
(ask)
6
04
Congress
Pacific
Eastern
25
Hcdley
Amalg
&pud
Valley
(ask)
17
Central
Zeballos
-01
'
Oils
A.
P.
Con
-20
Calmont
-
5
C.&E
220
Home
-
3-75
LAOOS.
Nigeria,
The
government
of
Nigeria,
contributing
toward
the
proper
resettlement
of
ex-serylcemen,
hus
purchased
artisans'
tools
for
stsale
to
ex-
I
servlcnmen.
MAJOR
DECONTROL
OTTAWA
informed
Ottawa
sources
staled
Thursday
night
thai
restrictions
on
canned
milk,
along
with
some
other
controls,
will
probably
be
abolished
:n
a
major
de-control
order
which
is
expected
to
be
announced
shortly.
Rationing
of
jams,
jellies
and
honeys
is
expected
to
be
ended.
IIUTTEKITE
COLONIES
VICTORIA
Hutlerilcs
from
Rocky
Ford
settlement,
forfy
miles
east
of
Calgary,
are
looking
for
good
farming
land
in
British
Columbia.
Three
leaders
will
seek
to
interview
the
Minister
oi
Agriculture,
Hon.
Frank
Putnam,
to
ascertain
the
altitude
of
the
Brit-ish
Columbia
government
towards
the
communal
group.
They
want
to
start
three
colonics
of
eighty
pearsons
each.
I
EARS
ATOM
BOMBS
OTTAWA
General
Mac-Naughton,
Canadian
representative
on
the
United
Nations
Atomic
Lncrgy
Commission,
told
a
House
of
Commons
committee
Thursday
there
is
danger
that
an
aggressor
nation
might
secretly
manufacture
atomic
weapons,
loose
them
on
the
world
and
gain
global
mastery.
CHURCHILL
UNDER
KNIFE
LONDON
The
Press
Association
said
today
that
Winston
Chuichill
would
soon
undergo
an
operation
which
might
keep-
Uiitl
from
-.'
his
4
duties
for
a
month.
His
secretary
said
the
former
Prime
Minister
had
no
comment.
He
is
72
and
at
work
on
his
memoirs.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
44,000
pounds,
20.6c
and
17.1c
Canadian
It)6,000
pounds,
60,000
pounds
for
19.6c
and
16.1c
and
146,000
pounds
to
Co-operative
American
Atlas,
44,000,
20.6
and
17.1,
Royal.
Canadian
Valiant,
17,000;
Oslo,
17,000;
Kyriclle,
21,000;
Karmsund,
15,-000;
Signal,
56,000;
Atll,
30,000,
Co-op.
Sea
Ranger,
60,000,
19.6
and
16.1,
Booth.
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
.
Vancouver
f
Bratorne
1L5
B.
R.
Con
w
'
B.
R.
X
09
Cariboo
Oold
2-36
Dcntonia
18
Orull
Wlkhsnc
0Vfe
Hedlcy
Mascot
I-05
Minto
03
14
f
Pcnd
Oreille
2
25
Pioneer
4-
Premier
Border
04
flnld
18
Toronto
Alhona
v
-14
Aumaquc
31
Bcattic
78
Bevcourt
8
Bobjo
-17
BuliPalo
Can.
20
Con.
StncltcrV
82.50
Conwcst
l-5
Donalda
'
-95
Eldona
-
'
-41
Elder
,
-82
Vi
Olant
Ycllowkntfe
1
6.30
God's
Lake
1-02
Hardrock
-,
..42
Harrlcana
.10
Heva
Gold
5
Hosco
-
Jacknife
-08
.Tolicit
Ouobec
.48'
Lake
Rowan
.20
Lapaska
2
Little
Long
Lac
1.V0
Lynx
17
,
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.25
McKcnzie
Red
L?ke
....
.P3
MacLeod
Coekshutt
....
1.68
,
Moneta
.
.50
Negus
.
;
2.08
Noranda
47.00
Oslsko
Lake
.
1.61
Pickle
Crow
2.75
Jlegcourt
.
-41
San
Antonio
4.15
Senator
Rouyn
...
42
Sherritt
Gordon
3.15'
Steep
Rock
:..
1.90
Sturgeon
River
21
as
to
give
it
a
more
national
character,
was
endorse
by
the
recent
Foreign
Trade
Conference
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
Vancouver
and
will
go
before
the
annual
meeting
ol
the
Chamber
at
Quebec
this
October
with
every
prospect
of
being
endorsed.
The
resolution
received
the
sup
port
of
the
St.
John
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
other
lm
portant
ports
at
the
recent
For
eign
Trade
Conference
where
F.
M.
Dockrill
of
Telkwa
ably
represented
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
as
well
as
the
Asso
ciated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia.
Mr.
Dockrill
is
ln
the
city
tofter
attending
the
Foreign
Trade
Conference
and
other
im
portant
gatherings
in
Vancou
ver
as
local
delegate
ana
wnue
here
has
made
a
report
to
local
Chamber
executives
on
his
mis
sion.
Mr.
Dockrill
was
also
success
in
winning
the
support
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
Prince
Rupert's
case
for
amendment
of
the
international
"Safety
of
Life
at
Sea"
code
whereby
the
international
load
line
would
be
extended
north
on
the
Pacific
Coast
so
as
to
take
in
Prince
Rupert
as
w
ell
as
Vancouver
and
thereby
make
possible
an
equalization
of
marine
Insurance
rates
on
deepsea
shipping
out
of
this
port.
In
this
matter
Mr.
Dockrill
acknowledged
assistance
that
had
been
given
by
R.
S.
OMeara,
provincial
trade
commissioner.
The
federal
department
of
transport
is
being
armed
with
'
another
brief
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
so
the
matter
may
be
pursued
at
the
international
convention
on
"Safety
of
Life
at
Sea"
which
is
to
be
held
at
Geneva,
Switzerland,
in
October.
Mr.
Dockrill
met
at
the
Foreign
Trade
Conference
Max
Mackenzie,
deputy
minister
of
trade
and
commerce
fronv
Ottawa,
who
promised
to
have
an
official
of
the
department
visit
Prince
Rupert
this
year,
possibly
NORTHERN
ANI.pENTRAlRITjr6b,-;OLUMBlA,S
NEWSPAPER
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A
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TAXI
phone
235
Phone
I
Blue!
star
;
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AND
NIOHT
SERVICE
i
up
Stand:
1
'
mP"M
note,
Th,ra
Aye-!
!
Cabs
Old
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Tort
"Prinfce
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
:
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
132.
PRJNCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAV,
JUNE
6,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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BOMBS
FOR
HIGH
BRITONS
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1
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nnding
of
the
b-'v
rlernmnnsprl
rerr.nant
of
the!
i,
nf
a
woman
a
-rovincial
,.rnrlis
e
Canm
iovehnmbht.
,
as
beine
tno!
uorary,
June
31-47
)uth
shore
of
the
reading
one
ist
set
out
ni
a
iuMoot
4
HOW
HE
CAUSED
TRAIN
WRECK
Authorities
who
doubted?
"confession"
gave
a
little
more
weight
to
tne
words
oi
rive-year-old
Marlon
Delgado
after
this
demonstration.
Young
Marion
told
how
he
placed
a
25-pound
slab
of
concrete
across
the
tracks
of
the
Western
Pacific
Railroad
at
Decoto,
Calif.,
resulting
ln
a
wreck
in
which
four
trainmen
were
hurt.
But
It
took
this
demonstration
with
a
similar
slab
to
convince
them.
The
engine,
overturned
in
the
wreck,
can
be
seen
in
the
background.
PORT
UTILIZATION
RESOLUTION
PAST
VANCOUVER
CONFERENCE!
j
'
Prince
Rupert's
Load
Line
Case
Also
Wins
Important
Backing
Resolution
of
the
Prince
PyUj)et.Chamber,of
Commerce,
calling
for
fuller
utilization
of
Canadian
ports
in
the
export
of
Canadian
products,
which
was
originally
put
before
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
its
annual
convention
-in
Washington
last
year
but
was
sent
back
to
have
certain
local
aspects
generalized
so
Mr.
Brighton
who
has
just
been
named
Pacific
Coast
representative
of
the
Department.
SUPPORT
FOR
COMPLETING
NORTHERN
ROAD
GAP
At
the
Alberta-British
Colum
bia
Committee
sessions
which
he
also
attended
at
Vancouver
for
Canadian
National
Transpor-
(Contlnued
on
Page
2)
!
SAWL06
SCALE
IS
INCREASED
Output
for
This
lcar
Double
Last
Although
Month
Down
Sawlog
scale
ln
the
Prince
lorcsitry
district
durin'2
May
totalled
18.276.025
board
feet,
a
slight
decrease
undur
April
production,
the
monthly
bulletin
Issued
by
District
Forester
J.
E.
Matheson
reveaLs.
The
year's
production
so
far
of
81,010,993
board
feet
is
more
than
double
that
of
the'same
period
in
1946.
Pole
and
piling
production
last
month
was
401,458
lineal
feet,
as
compared
with
101,004
feet
in
May
1946
and
1,77,813
ln
April
of
this
year.
Total
poles
and
piling
produced
this
year
so
far
is
1
1,547,404
feet,
while
for
the
same
period
last
y'car
it
was
1,493,265.
There
were
12,816
railroad
tics
produced
last
month
as
compared
with
8,497
ln
May
1946,'
and
13,081
last
Aril.
Cordwood
producllorl
for
last
i
month
was
59
cordis.
Sawlqj
production
by
varieties
last
month
was
as
follows:
Flr-1,535,562.
Cedar3,497,818.
f5rucc-8.067.,!93.
Hemlock
3,919.440.
.Balsam
379,436.
-Jackp'.ne
595,319.
Miscellaneous
200.591.
BIG
BEN
AIDS
SCIENCE
LONDON,
0
Instruments
to
record
the
amount
of
sulphur
dioxide
ln
the
air
have
been
set
up
cn
Big
Ben's
clock
tower
to
determine
the
amount
of
damage
.done
by
the
chemical
-by
product
of
coal
combustion
to
tall
building.s.
LOCAL
AIRCRAFT
CLEARANCE
EVEH
KING
pR.0TEST
,s.
6ETTIH0
Ac
T
'
0
"iTHHEATEMED
VlfTnvmm
lirnfovf
lorl
rppontlv
hv
flip
Prinrp
Runort.
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
ably
supported
by
the
city
through'
Mayor
Nora
Arnold,
at
an
unexplicable
regulation
of
the
customs
department
that
necessitated
foreign
aircraft
entering
and
clearing
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
by
way
of
Massett
got
right
into
the
STORES
OPEN
NEXT
MONDAY
However,
Banks,
Government
Offices
and
Schools
Will
Be
Closed
On
King's
Birthday
Federal,
provincial
and
civic
government
offices
will
be
closed
on
Monday
in
observance
of
the
King's
birthday,
as
will
the
poned
until
Tuesday.
Banks,
federal
and
provincial
government
offices
will
be
closed
as
well,
Schools
secretary
Mrs.
M.
M.
Roper
said
that
the
city's
public
schools
would
be
closed
in
observance
of
the
King's
official
birthday.
Actually,
the
King's
birthday
is
not
until
December
14
when
he
will
be
52
years
old.
How
ever,
mainly
lor
reasons
oi
weather,
the
official
observance
j
of
it
was
set
for
June
9.
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X-RAYED
ON
THURSDAY
The
mobile
tuberculosis
survey
unit,
which
is
now
situated
at
the
rear
of
the
Federal
building,
has
x-rayed
1,362
persons
since
it
came
to
the
city
at
the
week-end.
Thursday
was
the
heaviest
day
so
far,
with
380
x-
rays
being
made.
On
Wednes
day,
366
persons
stood
before
the
x-ray
machine.
Federation
Of
Balkans
LONDON,
R
Moscow1
talk
of
setting
up
a
Bato.ii
Federation,
like
the
Hungarian
overture,
is
regarded
as
a
curt
Moscow
rejoinder
to
the
American,
program
ol
aid
to
Greece
and
Turkey
and
a
move
to
solldky
Uie
Soviet
bloc
before
the
final
ratification
ot
satellite
peace
treaties
forces
withdrawal
of
Red
Army
occupa
tion
forces.
Diplomats
also
consider
as
a
possible
next
Russian
step
in
eastern
Europe
some
action
to
perpetuate
the
Communist
domination
of
Czechoslovakia.
The
British
government
is
new
seeking
direct
from
Moscow
In
formation
on
the
Hungarian
coup
d'etat
including
a
copy
of
Russian
note
which
is
said
to
have
forced
the
change
of
gov
ernment
there.
Dr.
Burgess,
medical
superintendent
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
City
Hospital,
and
Mly.
Burgess
have
returned
to
the
Islands.
They
had
come
to
the
city
for
a
travelling
medical
lecture
clinic
which
was
hre
a
ftw
days
ago.
House
of
commons
at
Ottawa,
according
to
a
Canadian
Press
dispatch
to
the
Dally
News.
Revenue
Minister
McCann,
according
to
the
dispatch,
said
yesterday
afternoon
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
his
department
was
considering
establishment
of
customs
facilities
at
Prince
Rupert
to
directly
clear
foreign
aircraft.
He
said
that
on
May
29
such
facilities
were
established
to
clear
pleasure
craft.
banks
and
schools,
while
stores,!
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following
the
custom
of
previous!
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,
a
survey
of
plans
for
the
June
.
9
observance
made
today
The
King's
birthday
has
never
been
proclaimed
a
statutory
holiday
by
the
government,
and
thus,
local
custom
guides
its
observance
in
different
communities.
The
post
office
will
follow
a
holiday
schedule
with
wickets
open
from
10
to
12
in
the
morning
and
from
4
to
6
ln
the
after-
i
noon.
The
lobby
will
be
closed
!
at
6
o'clock,
"
;.
Local
merchants
contacted
this
morning
said
they
would
remain
open
unless
the
government
or
I
the
city
definitely
proclaimed
a
holiday.
In
previous
years
they
have
remained
open.
The
city
hall
Will
be
closed,
Mayor
Arnold
said,
)ajid
the
city
council
meeting
scheduled
to"oe
BACKWARD
Warmer
Weather
With
Continued
Rains
Would
Be
Welcome
WINNIPEG
The
general
rain
and
warmer
weather
over
the
southern
prairies
in
the
past
twenty-four
hours
have
improved
the
crop
situation.
Damage
from
last
week's
heavy
frost
has
been
spotty
and
some
reseedlng
of
flax
and
sugar
beets
has
been
necessary
according
to
the
week
ly
crop
report
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
A
few
isolated
reports
of
re-
pseedlng
due
to
weed
growth
have
been
received.
From
east
cen
tral
Alberta
-
also
come
reports
nf
'rtamflffp
.chie
to
cutworms.
held
Monday
night
will
be
post-
j
The
crops
are
backward
over
the
whole
prairie
area
and
much
warmer
weather
with
continued
general
rains
are
needed
to
speed
up
growth.
ladies
living,
for
the
most
part,
on
extremely
small
incomes.
In
some
cases,
the
monthly
utilities
bills
take
quite
a
slice
out
of
their
government
cheques,"
said
Alderman
Casey,
the
city's
only
octogenarian
council
member.
He
said
-that
he
Is
prepared
to
recommend
that
these
widows,
whose
pensions
are
said
to
be
about
$30
monthly,
be
relieved
of
paying
water,
garbage,
night-soil
,
and
telephone
charges
to
the
city.
He
has
already
passed
his
resolution
on
to
Mayor
Arnold.
"I
have
been
in
contact
with
half,
a
dozen
of
these
elderly
war
widows
who
are
depending
on
$30
a
month
to
live.
Some
own
their
own
homes
and
are
having
an
extremely
difficult
1
time
to
get
by.
After
paying
utility
charges
they
have
little
more
than
$25
a
month
to
live
on."
Alderman
Casey
was
definite
In
his
opinion
that
telephones
should
be
Included
among
other
utilities.
"Telephones
are
not
a
luxury,
to
those
DeoDle.
They
are
all
over
70
and
mostly
living
alone.
It
is
practically
their
only
means
of
communication.
They
certainly
should
have
telephones.
The
city
already
has
set
a
precedent
ln
regard
to
Its
ex-servicemen
by
selling
them
residential
lots
for
their
personal
home
construction
at
half
the
assessed
value
of
the
land.
"I
think
we
could
make
a
similar
gesture
on
behalf
of
these
plderlv
war
widows."
he
said.
Deadly
Missives
Sent
to
Attlce,
Churchill,
Bevin,
Eden
LONDON,
(CP)
A
special
watch
is
stIH
being
kept
on
all
government
departments
today
follow
ing
disclosure
to
date
ot
the
receipt
of
20
letters
carrying
explosive
powder
and
addressed
to
Important
Britons,
including
Prime
Minister
C.
R.
Attlee,
Former
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin,
Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
Board
of
Trade
President
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
and
the
Minister
of
Foods
John
Strachey.
Nine
more
envelopes
addressed
to
prominent
but
unidentified
per-1
sons
have
been
turned
over
io
Scotland
Yard.
The
letters
have
contained
gelignite
in
sufficient
quantities
lb
kill
or
maim
any
persons
within
a
short
distance
of
its
explosion.
There
is
an
unconJfirmcd
re
port
that
one
such
letter
was
sent
to
the
King.
Elaborate
precautions
have
been
taken
to
guard
the
lives
of
the
King
and
Queen.
Last
night
in
Palestine
the
Stern
Oang,
Jewish
under
ground,
was
reported
o
have
admitted
responsibility
for
send
ing
the
death
letters
wivlch
were
posted
in
Italy.
The
letter
bomb
addrctsed
to
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
reach
ed
the
Foreign
Office
yesterday.
It
was
detected
by
&
private
secretary
and.
handed
over
to
Scotland'
Yard:
'Cfrptr-
Eden's
letter
readhed
him
In
the
House
of
Commons
and,
with
other
mall,
was
placed
ln
a
brlel
case.
Later
Mr.
Eden
became
suspicious
and
turned
it
over
to
the
authorities
without
opening.
CASEY
WOULD
REVOKE
UTILITIES
COSTS
TO
ELDERLY
WAR
WIDOWS
A
recommendation
that
the
widows
of
war
veterans,
receiving
soldier
widows'
pensions
be
relieved
of
the
need
to
pay
civic
utilities
costs
from
their
monthly
incomes
has
been
made
by
Alderman
George
Casey
who
says
that
he
will
urge
its
passage
at
the
next
meeting
of
city
council
Tuesday
night.
"These
widows
are
elderly
I
"
"
SOVIET
PLANES
ARE
FORBIDDEN
Will
No
Longer
Be
Permitted
To
Fly
Over
American
Zones
BUDAPEST
0rThe
United'
States
legation
has
informed
the
planes
of
the
Russian-Hungarian
Transport
Company,
that
they
will
no
longer
be
permitted
to
fly
over
American
zones
in
Austria
and
Germany
because
or
lack
of
American
civil
aviation
rights
in
Hungary.
This
constituted
the
American
reply
to
the
Russian
and
Hungarian
hindrance
to
American
air
activities
in
Hungary
during
the
past
two
years.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
few
scattered
showers
were,
reported
in
the
Lower
Mainland
and
Prince
George
areas
last
night
and
elsewhere
skies
were
generally
clear,
An
active
storm,
centred
about
700
miles
off
tho
Oregon
coast,
does
not
appear
?to
be
moving
northwestward
and
is
not
expected
to
give
any
weather
throughout
British
Columbia.
Near
normal
temperatures
are
expected
throughout
the
province
today.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
Clear
today
and
Saturday.
Winds
light.
Little
change
ln
temperature.
Lows
tonight:
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
48.
Highs
Saturday:
Port
Hardy
65,
Massett
60.
Prince
Rupert
68.
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