jnmhiji's'
Minister
of
Lands
and
Forests
nUi
nrnvmce
s
need
ior
careiui
nusoant
-
..,.
H'P-i
tn
ann
re-ainrmen
nis
nr
inr
in
MltC"
"
.
.
.
f
.antral
nortnern
uritisn
Columbia
be-
w1
:
.
,
...
rfipnee
of
over
iuu
at
a
oanquet
given
in
his
the
Prince
Kupcrt
Chamber
oi
Commerce
ll
zKj
toy
Prince
:t
C
immcrce
SCRUTINY
f.
r
jfrutlny
.
Japanese
Br
.,
Columbia,
the
18l.h
.
B.C
C
mmand.
"
i
S
Tnc
:
'
mr
com-
'..c
c
air
in"
SALMON-
urnr
In
"
-f
thi
3c'
..:
flshcr-
on
a
non-
Jti
result-
of
a
f:e
t
ced
spring
"'
:r.
:
a
round
.-m
':e
a'.spute
to
rJlAVO
Native
Bro--
commltt-ct'
T
fci
settlement
"TV
(.jrrators.
;w.
Skeena
dls-
Jft.Jcnt
cf
the
Na,-t!x?.
m
wedncs-KJ
thui
fishermen
r-i
Wij
-
mnln
inac-?Ti
''t.-r
ialmon
2i
ceni-s
a
i
rciurd
last
year.
r,Cl
hr.t.
unrpaenn.
caauti
he
said.
l!"
,v-i
uving
costs
1
'
-it
and
fish-r
at:
u,j
30
per
cent
'pv
We
oan't
make
d!
put.c
was
ouvcr
Joint
-
ng
commlt-
1
1
nftpr
thf
i!I,P
manir--
placed
cr
.
ie
pfimnnnv
v
M
Vtii
Touver.
il!nMrht,
on
the
"vcariiavr
been
con-
t-tl:-
;1
-ar
v
Son.
uir
the
according
FOREIGN
R
"VITAL"
"
"
Hill.:!,
W..
1
"USe
nf
n..:
con
u
-
"'"v
Plbly
prophesy
e
World
would
Eation8
between
enst
,
"
Europe
were
not
fusion
at
the
No
loveL10"11011
confer"
1
Ul
M
Vltal
ln
the
flrv
Mr
Devln
said,
last
mgm.
I
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
member
o!
the
Legislature
for
Skeena,
and
ecrlng
In
central
B.C.
Is
over
and
rives
from
its
forests,
he
said,
and
the
industry
employs
more
than
40,000
men.
"In
the
last
session
we
too
the
greatest
steps
to
protect
that
heritage
of
the
people,
.that
have
been
achieved
In
tnc
history
oi
the
nrovlncc."
he
asserted.
"In
1911
we
were
assured
that
there
was
sufficient
timber
to
last
250
vrars.
Now.
35
years
later
we
find
that
as
far
as
Douglas
flf
13
concerned,
we
have
only
a
25
years'
supply
In
view.
"Wc
were
able
to
get
the
ccla-ncse
nuln
mill
for
this
area
only
because
of
our
sustained
yield
program.
They
wanted
assurance
of
a
wood
supply
for
long
tlmo
to
come
and
we
were
able
to
give
them
that
assurance."
Cclancse
company
engineers
arc
coming
here
shottly
to
survey
a
15-acre
site
for
the
250-lon
mill,
he
declared.
They
want
to
use
Prince
Rupert
for
housing
Hicir
workers
and
ilnn't
want
a
company
town.
Touching
on
Public
Works,
Mr.
Knnnrv
siid
that
this
year
the
government
had
appropriated
"more
money
lor
roaas
man
it
will
bo
able
to
spend."
"In
previous
years
wc
havc
had
lots
of
equipment
and
labor
ana
little
money.
This
year
wc
Hnd
that
wc
havc
morc
money
than
wc
can
spend,
and
little
equip
mnnt
nr
labor."
This
year's
appropriation
for
the
Prince
Rupert
district
is
snoon
with
$120,000
in
Skeena
riding.
Highway
appropriations
ror
the
province
this
year
were
.t3.nn0.000.
with
an
additional
ti
nnn
nno
for
bridges.
Y
lu
I
.
,
Mr.
Kenncv
defended
.me
policy
of
the
government
in
its
amendments
to
the
Co-operative
Act,
which
he
said,
placed
curbs
mi
fishermen
which
were
not
considered
necessary
at
the
tlmo
the
act
was
passed
In
tnc
cany
lD20s.
Of
(he
extension
of
the
l'a-
ifi,.
nrivil
I'iislcrn
Kaihvay
to
the
Peace
Uivcr,
lie
said:
"I
why
Prlnrc
Kupcrt
sec
no
reason
should
not
participate
In
the
development
of
the
Peace
Illvcr
country
just
the
same
as
any
other
port
on
the
coast.
That
should
be
a
matter
of
business
aggressiveness
of
the
CN.lt.
on
the
part
to
develop
the
"It
was
decided
rather
than
Peace
River
country
(Continued
on
Page
4)
RURAL
FIXTURE
inirs
have
been
an
integral
part
of
American
country
life
for
well
over
a
tury
javs
Prosperity
Exceeding
all
Expectations
Coming
VICTORIA,
More
than
200
miles
of
highway
will
be
constructed
this
year
and
contracts
let
for
441
miles
of
new
highway,
Premier
Hart
said
in
a
radio
address
Wednesday
night.
Ily
the
end
of
next
year,
hard
surfacing
will
cover
one
seventh
of
British
Columbia's
total
highway
Mr.
Hart
said
the
government
j
has
laid
down
a
program
that
will
carrv
B.C.
"Into
an
era
central
British
Columbia's
only'
of
prosperity
far
exceeding
the
i
cabinet
minister,
told
the
gath-!
expectations
of
those
who
icrlng
in
the
Commodore
Cafe1
havc
had
courage
and
vision
HhnftU
wnrdnt
nf
(ho
ninn.l
to
work
for
Us
growth
and
ivc
uie
uuw
in
a.
puhiuon
uj
reap
the
rewards
of
the
patience
and
CpATTI
C
C
confidence
of
the
last
36
years."!
JLM
I
I
LL
I
J
'
un
me
nnai
siagc
or
a
lour
i
'
I
of
the
central
region,
Mr.
Kenney
was
guest
speaker
at
the
banquet
presided
over
by
Chamber
of
Conjmercc
President
G.
A.
Hunter.
He
was
introduced
by
Chamber
Vice-President
Dr.
R.
O.
Large.
With
him
at
the
speak
ers'
table
were
W.
H,
Brett,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert,
Mayor
Nora
E.
Arnold,
and
former
Pre
mlcr
T.
D.
Pattullo.
M.
Kenney
declared
that
the
Rovcrnmcnt's
policy
of
protecting
the
forests
by
developing
the
"sustained
yield"
program
was
based
on
careful
assessment
of
the
resources.
Forty
per
cent
of
Rrltlsh
Columbia's
economy
de
STILL
TIED
Halibut
Fishermen
Reject
i
New
Offer
of
Boat
Owners
SEATTLE
Halibut
fishermen
rejected
negotiations
of
the
committee's
proposal
for
a
new
offer
to
vessel
owners
on
Tuesday,
prolonging
the
tie-up
that
has
kept
the
flshlne
fleet
In
harbor
here.
The
fishermen
are
standing.
pat
against
the
old
agreement
under
which
the
owners
take
twenty
per
cent
of
the
catch
of
the
shares.
HALIBUT
SALES
THURSDAY
American
Atlas,
40,000,
17
and
14c,
Storage.
Canadian
Gibson,
11,000,
Co-op.;
Helen
II,
21,000,
Co-op'.
Aleve,
5,000,
Co-op;
Margaret
I,
40,000,
15.90
end
13,
Pacific;
Roy
Roberts,
30,-000,
15.90
and
13,
Royal;
B.
C.
Lady,
27,000,16
ana
13.
Booth;
J.
R.,
14,500,
Co-op;
B
C.
Producer,
30,000,
15.90
and
13,
Whiz:
Covenant.
50
000.
Co-op;
Hopewell.
18,000,
16
and
13,
At-
lln;
Dcminoe,
15.00C.
I5.u
ana
13,
Storage;
Dollenu.
28,000,
15.90
and
13,
Storage;
Mermaid,
16,-.
000,-
16
and
13,
Storage.
NORTHERN
AND
CETRAIj
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
CANADIAN
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
HEAD
COMING
TO
CITY
NEXT
WEEK
Balsac
I,
25,000.,
Co-op.
Bruce
I,
32,000,
1C.C0
and
13,
Booth.
Minnie
V.,
7,000,
16.30
and
13.
Royal.
Kodiak.
42.000,
16.60
and
13,
Storage.
Delmar.
20,000.
10.40
and
13,
Pacific.
Invercan
III,
26,000,
16.50
and
13.
Storage.
Invercan
IV,
22,000,
16.50
and
13.
Bacon.
Seiner
II,
15,000,
16.50
and
13,
Atltn.
4
TAXI
i
Local
Tides
he
Friday,
May
16,
1947
m
3
Niuni
T
mm
mm
High
10:19
17.1
19.0
feet
feet
a
"SMI
Stand:
I
b
uuw
4:25
7.5
feet
D
Hotel,
Tblrd
Ave.Y
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the.
Key
to
the
Great
Northwpst"
10:23
6.4
feet
kAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.k
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
114.
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
15,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I
'I
'M
.i
c
t
Jvr
ror
v
or
'jSSE
Columbia;
Pion
.
Reviews
rorestrv
situation
"via
i
t
'fVa,,..
ni'fii.
am
Ways
Pm-
W
mm
ml
M
'm
"t-
C.
GORDON
COCKSHUTT
DONALD
M.
MORRELL
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
advised
yesterday
afternoon
that
flying
arrangements
had
been
made
with
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
to
bring
C.
Gordon
Cockshutt
of
Brantford,
Ontario,
and
party
here
at
the
end
of
next
week
for
a
visit
to
the
Prince
Riinert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
The
party
Will
arrive
.
.
.
..
,
,
at
z:3U
rnaay
anernoon
ana
win
leave
at
9:30
the
next
morning
on
their
return
to
Vancouver.
Mr.
Cockshutt
and
Donald
M.
Morrell,
Montreal,
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce,
who
Is
coming
with
him,
will
be
on
the
coast
for
a
for
eign
trade
conference
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
being
held
in
Vancouver
next
week.
Also
com-
ine
here
In
the
party
will
be
Mrs.
Cockshutt
and
daughter,
Mrs.
Peel,
and
probably
Thomas
Braldwood,
president
of
the
Van
rnlivpr
nnard
of
Trade,
and
H.
C.
Holmes
of
Victoria,
nation
al
councillor
of
the
Canadian
RUSSIA
ATTACKS
BRITISH
REGIME
LAKE
SUCCESS,
N.Y.Russia
yesterday
delivered
a
vigorous
attack
on
Britain's
administration
in
Palestine,
and
demanded
Immediate
termination
of'
.the
Lcacuc
of
Nations
mandate.
Delegate
Gromyko
charged
the
present
situation
In
Palestine
with
being
a
threat
to
peace
and
that
British
troops
constitucd'
an
enemy
of
both
Jews
and
Arabs.
War
Veteran
Needs
Home
or
Authorities
May
Shoot
Him
A
well
known
war
veteran
needs
a
home.
If
he
docs
not
get
one,
he
will
be
shot.
Reluctant
to
carry
out
the
measure
of
dispatch,
the
police
auhtorlties
sought
the
assistance
of
the
Dally
News
in
finding
some
kind
person
who
would
take
him:
,
The
veteran
is
"Muskeg,"
canine
mascot
of
the
armed
forces
in
Prince
Rupert
during
the
war".
After
the
troops
left,
the
forlorn
old
fellow
haunted
the
waterfront
and
docks
after
following
his
friends
to
point
of
embarkation.
Then
he
found
haven
around
the
War
Assets
for
a.
time.
Later
he
followed
one
or
the
women
employees
who
Is
an
apartment
dweller.
The
apartment
people
are
now
taking
exception
to
"Muskeg,"
Part
collie,
part
husky
(who
knows?),
"Muskeg"
Is
a
good-natured,
if
a
somewhat
noisy,
fellow.
A
home
out
of
town
would
.be
better
for
"Muskeg,"
the
kindly
officers
believe
at
least
not
In
the
centre
-of
the
city.
Who
will
save
"Muskeg's"
life?
OPEN
VERDICT
IN
PRINCE
GEORGE
PRINCE
GEORGE--Open
verdict
was
returned
by
the
coroner's
Jury
investigating
the
death
of
Leon
Sparrow,
26-ycar-old
railway
employee
from
Kam-loops,
whose
body
was
round
on
tho
City
Hall
lawn
wlin
lacer-ntH
hraln.
causing
cerebral
hemorrhage.
The
coroner
said
It
was
evident
that
witnesses
were
attempting
to
"hide
some
thing
and
save
some
one.
Hiuh
Costs
Force
Abandonment
of
Housing
Projects
irnoNTO.
fi
Housing
pro
jects
In
Hamilton,
end
some
ln
Toronto
have
beer,
abandoned
by
Housing
Enterprises
of
Can
ada.
A
combination
or
mgn
labor
costs
and
material
costs
is
held
responsible.
Projects
in
other
cities
may
also
be
aband
oned,
HALIBUT
SALES
WDDNKSDAY
Canadian
Haida
-Chief,
30,000r
10.30
and
13,
Royal.
.
'
Mae
Wcit,
23,000,
Co-op.
North
Cape,
16,000,
Co-op.
Cape
Spear,
18,000,
16.40
and
13,
Storage.
Advance
II.
21,000,
'Co-op.
Lorna
II.,
20,000,
Co-op.
.
Borgund,
11,500,
Co-op.
Kaicn,
19,000,
16.b0
and
13,
Pa
cific.
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
Brit
ish
Columbia.
Alaska
Highway
Is
Being
Closed
EDMONTON,
0
The
Alaska
Hl&hay
was
ciostd
yesterday
to
all
traffic
following
report
of
a
,wash-out
on
a
section
of
the
road
near
the
British
Columbia-Yukon
borosr.
It
Is
expected
traffic
will
be
banned
for
a
week.
The
section
from
Mile
,523:
to
575
will
undergo
repairs.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
n-
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
Bralorivc
10.00
U.K.
UOll.
.UO',2
B.R.X
(ask)
.12
Cariboo
Gold
2.17
Dentonla
18
GrtiH
Wlhksnc
....
(ask)
.09
Hcdlcy
Mascot
1.00
Minto
-.I-.
.03
W
Pend
Oreille
(ask)
3.00
Pioneer
3.35
Premier
Border
043,i
Premier
Gold
64
Privateer
38
Reeves
McDonald
(ask)
1.50
Reno
.10
Salmon
Gold
..-
22
Vi
Sheep
Creek
MO
Taylor
Bridge
51
Whitewater
(ask)
.02'2
Vananda
.27
Congress
.04
Vz
Pacific
Eastern
..
(ask)
.04V'2
.
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.08V2
Spud
Valley
(ask)
.16
Ccntrah
Zcballos
(ask)
.03
Toronto
Athona
13
Aumaque
34
Bcattlc
.75
Bcvcourt
07
Bobjb
14
Buffalo
Canadian
15
Consolidated
Smelters
..
82.00
Conwcst
98
Donalda
71
Eldona
33
Elder
-73
Giant
Ycilowknife
5.55
God's
Lake
:
90
Hardrock
.38
Harricana
08
'a
Hcva
Gold
36
I
Iosco
34
Jacknlfe
.08s
Juliet
Quebec
40
Lake
Rowan
21
Lapaska
-24
Little
Long
Lac
1.55
Lynx
..v.
V7
Madscn
Red
Lake
........
2.95
McKenzlc
Red
Lake'
53
MacLeod
Cockslvutt
....
1.50
Moneta
.".
45
Negus
1.90
Noranda
44
Oslsko
Lake
1.48
Pickle
Crow
2.42
Rcgcourt
38
San
Antonio
3.25
Senator
Rouyn
32
Shcrrltt
Gordon
2.85
Steep
Rock
y
2.05
Sturgeon
River
13
Oils-
,
A.P.
Con".
Calmont
C.
&
E
Foothills
(ask)
Home
Mistake
Is
Admitted
But
Toronto
Globe
and
Mail
Stands
by
Demand
for
Proof
of
Jap
Land
Sales
TORONTO,
W
The
Glebe
and
Mail
replied
editorially
Thursday
to
the
statement
frcai
Kin.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
Veterans
Affairs,
that
he
planted
to
summon
the
publisher,
George
McCullagh,
before
the
Dominion
Dultllc
accounts
ccmmUtee
to
rbstartiate
"the
vile,
foul,
malicious,
meretricious
statements"
the
minister
said,
had
been
con-
talnrd
Ir.
a
Glce
and
Mall
edl-r
lal
on
Wedneiday.
.13
.30
1.95
2.70
3.15
The
pacer
said
It
had
been
an
error
in
part
of
the
original
ar
ticle
dealing
with
the
sale
or
Tr.ranese-Canadian
property
ln
(British
Columbia's
Fraser
Valley
which
stated
that
It
was
still
more
shocked
by
the
vastly
Increased
amounts
obtained
toy
the
Veterans'
Land
Act
administration
when
It
resold
the
land
to
the
veteran!?."
Tills
should
have
read
"still
more
shocked
by
the
vastly
higher
amounts
obtained
by
the
custodian
of
enemy
property
when
he
sold
parts
of
the
land
to
the
higher
bidders."
The
paper
expressed
regret
fo
rthe
error
but.
with
this
change,
stood
by
the
priginal
statements
and
the
suggestion
"that
a
Royal
Commission
sift
the
whole
matter
or
property
sales
to
the
bottom.
ISMAN
NAMED
LEGION
HEAD
VERNON
KB
B.
M.
Isman
of
Vancouver
was
elected
president
or
the
B.C.
command
or
tne
Canadian
Lesion
at
the
final
slonyrthe
18th
,
a(irtual
con
vention
wnicn
ciosea
nerc
wea
nesday.
The
delegates
voted
support
of
legislation
to
provide
security
for
legitimate
trade
unions,
speedy
conciliation
and
fair
labor
practice.
They
also
urged
the
gov
ernment
to
re-impose
price
con-
tols
and
subsidies
on
necessities
of
life,
such
as
milk.
Southam
Company
Is
Suing
Union
TORONTO.
'IP)
The
Globe
and
Mail,
said
in
a
news
page
story
yesterday
that
the
Southam
Company
Ltd.
will
claim
$250,-000
damages
from
the
International
Typographical
Union
in
a
court
action
to
open
in
Vancouver
June
4.
The
company
is
claiming
the
Union
conspired
to
damage
it.
TRAINS
WRECKED,
OFFICERS
KILLED
BY
MINE
BLASTS
JERUSALEM
)
Mines
plant
cd
by
the
Jewish
underground
wrecked
two
Palestine
trains
to
day,
killed
two
British
ofHcers,
Injured
rive
other
persons,
damaged
three
bridges
and
disrupted
trie
railway
service
or
the
Holy
Land.
Unexplodcd
mines
were
discov
ered
on
tracks
In
Jerusalem
and
Tel
Aviv
areas
officials'
said,
and
some
sources
said
a
large
.scalo.
attack
on
the
Palestine
railway
system
may
have
been
timed
on
the
assumption
that
the
United
Nations
assembly
session
would
end
last
night.
LEGION
1948
PROVINCIAL
PARLEY
TO
BE
HELD
AT
PRINCE
RUPERT
Tho
1H4R
nnnvpntinn
nf
thp
nrnvincial
command.
Canadian
Legion,
will
be
held
in
Prince
Rupert,
according
to
word
received
by
the
local
Legion
branch
last
night
irom
its
delegates
to
tne
rjK
conierence
which
ended
Wednesday
at
Vernon.
!
Ill
The
information
was
received
during
tne
mommy
ROAD
MONEY
TO
COME
FROM
TAX
SALE
RESERVES
Money
for
construction
of
the
new
Fairvlew
Bay
fishermen's
float
road
will
come
from
a
rpeclal
fund
set
aside
by
coun
cil
from
the
sale
of
tax-sale
lands,
which
at
the
present
time
contains
about
$36,000,
City
Clerk.
H.
D.
Thain
said
yester
day.
Cost
cf
the
1,800
foot
road,
which
was
approved
by
council
at
the
week-end,
will
be
$34,205
under
the
terms
of
a
'contract
which
will
be
entertd
with
High
way
Construction
Co.
The
tax
sale
reserve
fund,
which
was
established
three
years
ago
or.
advice
of
the
city
auditors,
has
been
set
aside
for
capital
expenditures
only,
City
Clerk
Thaln
said
"When
the.
city
sells
a
lot,
It
disposing
of
an'
;asset,
there
fore
the
moncv
is
put
into
a
fund
whlch:an
only
be
used
to
purchase
some
other
asset,"
he
explained.
"The
tlty
grader,
boaster
pump
and
similar
articles
were
purchased
from
this
fund.,r
The
eitv's
action
in
setting
up
thcAax
sale
reserve
fund
three
years
ago,
apparently,
paved
the
way
lor
a
recent
amendment
to
,he
MuniciDal
Act
.which
made
o.bllzatorv
for
all
municipalities
ho
set
aside
suchJTunds
from,
the
rale
or
tax
lands.
The
legislation,
based
on
re
commendations
of
the
Golden-
burg
report,
Is
quite
stringent,
In
that
it
requires
municipalities
to
obtain
permission
rrom
the
Municipal
minister
berore
they
can
be
used.
It
the
minister
deems
It
advisable,
he
can
require
that
the
proposed
expenditure
be
submitted
to
the
tax
payers
in
the
form
or
a
plebiscite
berore
the
money
(ian
be
spent.
"A
number
of
municipalities
have
Ibeen
turning
their
tax
sale
moneys
Into
general
revenue,
thereby
consuming
their
assets
with
nothing
permanent
to
show
for
it,"
Mr,
Thaln
said.
BULLETINS
APARTMENT
TRAGEDY
ELKO,
Nevada
Three
persons
were
killed
and
four
injured
when
an
apartment
house
collapsed
and
fell
into
a
nearby
excavation
here
In
the
early
hoiirs
of
the
morning.
CONGRESS
APPROVES
WASHINGTON
House
and
Senate
within
one
hour
of
each
other
today
approved
the
final
draft
of
the
bill
providing
$250,000,000
aid
to
Greece
and
$150,000,000
to
Turkey.
BURNED
TO
DEATH
HULL,
Que.
A
woman
was
burned
to
death
When
ifirc
destroyed
a
duplex
dwelling
here
early
this
morning.
DUFF
PATTULLO
BACK
IN
MAYOR'S
OFFICE
AFTER
OVER
THIRTY
YEARS
TliPt-o
was.
un
iv
of
reminiscence
in
the
mayor's
office
yesterday
morning
when
T.
D.
Pattullo,
former
Prime
Minister
of
British
Columbia,
called
at
the
mayor's
office
to
pay
his
respects
to
nis
oici
menu,
Mayor
Nora
Arnold.
Back
in
1913
Mr.
Pattullo
himself
oecuuied
the
mayor's
chair.
He
was
a
member
of
.
Prince
Rupert
s
nrst
city
wuhcu
even
further
back
ln
1910.
His
Worship
of
former
days,
ln
mellow
manner,
recalled
the
trip
which
he
made
to
England
ln
the
vain
quest
for
financial
backing
for
the
city,
the
chance3
or
which
went
glimmering
with
the
outbreak"
or
war
ln
the
Bal
kans
which
made
the
whole
world
littery
and
was
but
a
pre
lude
to
World
War
I
which
broke
out
the
next
year.
The
next
January
Mr.
Pattullo
lost
the
mayoralty
to
the
late
S.
M.
New
ton
by
a
margin
oi
B3
votes
m
nne
of
the
most
tempestuous
civic
elections
in
the
history
of
the
city.
meeting
or
tne
local
Druncn
tasb
night
from
Vic
Houston.,
branch
president,
who
with
William
Murray,
attended
the
conference
as
Prince
Rupert
delegates.
Selection
of
Prince
Rupert
as
the
venue
for
next
year's
con
vention
is
subject
tfc
(transportation
arrangements
'which
the
local
branch
feels
can,
ba
met
adequately
ln
a
manner
ilmllar
to
the
Shrine
ceremonial
which
Is
to
be
held
here
next
week.
Some
350
delegates
attended-
the
Vernon
conventio;i,
and
If
an
equal
number
atten
j
the
1948
parley,
It
is
probable!
that
one
or
more
steamships
Willi
be
chartered
for
the
purpose.
Prince
nupcri'a
Invitation
to
hold
the
convention
here
was
made
several
weeks
ago,
and
was
followed
up
Wednesday
with
a
further
Invitation
J'rom
Mayor
Nora
Arnold.
Last
night's
meeting
decided
to
enter
a
Canadian
Legion
float
in
the
Kinsmen's
May
24
parade.
The
meeting
also
voted
$25
donation
to
the.
Cancer
fund
drive.
CHARGES
U.S.
FORCED
PARITY
Toronto
Publisher
Beinf
Called
to
Substantiate
Charges
on
Land
Sale
OTTAWA,
CP)
Rodney
Adam-
son,
(PC-York-West)
said
Wed
nesday.
JnCJommonsJJiat
he
had
Seeff
""reliiW
Vfobm&"Xte.t
'
the
government
moved
the
Canadian
dollar
to
parity
with
the
American
dollar
last
July
after
Washington
had
exerted
pressure
to
do
so.
He
said
he
had
been
told
that
Washington
authorities
had
as-
sured'the
passage
of
the
$3,750,-000
loan
to
Britain
if
Canada
eliminated
the
10
per
cent
dis
count
on
the
Canadian
dollar.
Adamson
said
that
Canada
had
been
mking
great
Inroads
Into
the
South
American
markets
because
of
the
discount.
Earlier,
Veterans
Minister
Ian
Mackenzie
announced
that
he
planned
to
subpeona
C,
George
McCullaeh.
publisher
of
the
Toronto
Globe
and
Mail,
to
ap
pear
before
the
puUlc
accounts
committee
to
substantiate
charges
made
In
an
edi
torial
Wednesday
oeallng
with
the
sale
of
land
to
veterans.
Finance
Minister
Abbott
said
he
was
not
yet
in
t
position
to
say
what
changes,
U
any,
will
be
made
to
existing
untal
regula
tions.
Reconstruction
Minister
Howe
announced
that
veUrans
may
obtain
priority
for
'building
materials
needed
for
"reason
able
size
homes."
In
the
Senate.
Royal
assent
was
given
to
the
government's
main
control
bill
extending
for
one
year
the
power
to
continue
prices
and
rental
controls
now
effective.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
southwesterly
flow
of
cool,
moist
air
from
the
Pacific
has
brought
cloudy
skies
to
most
areas
of
British
Columbia
during
the
night.
A
weak
disturbance
approaching
the
coast
will
cause
Intermittent
rain
in
the
coastal
areas
today
and
rain
showers
over
the
Interior
tonight.
Temperatures
ate
somewhat
be
low
the
mid-May
normal.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
today,
becoming
cloudy
to
night.
Cloudy
Friday.
Intermit
tent
rain
today,
rain
showes
tonight.
Widely
scattered
rain
showers
Friday.
Winds
south
easterly
(25)
shifting
to
southwest
(15)
tonight.
Little
change
ln
temperature.
Lows
tonight
At
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
4i,
Prince
Rupert
41.
Highs
Friday
At
Port
Hardy
50,
Massett
50,
Prince
Rupert
51,
i.
It
V
lltji