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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
71.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
MARCH
25,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
INDLAND
hit
Mishap
It,
But
Some
dicTfd
Injured
aXE
Newfound-
(American
Skymas-1
fir
second
night
on
nacce'
,"'
piaic"
i
south
of
In'-
The
I
saw
sonic
persons
d
the
downed
plane
ndicatcd
that
some
Fyffil
was
dropped.
I:
tic
es
fjuired
laslcr
war'
bound
Ivcr
Field,
Massa-
Itcphcnvlllc
when
It
low-
'Hie
plane
Is
I
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badly
damag
ENDING
over
flfs
Sees
'
Need
iTurkry
and
Grrcre
BminunLsm
ITON.
DC.
Oi
Un-
of
Stale
Dean
ty
yesterday
that
the
s
docs
not
plan
to
to
Orcocc
and
Tur
in
those
countries
fpread
of
Conwnu-
i
do
not
foresee
any
n
and
do
not
Intend
KETBALt
,
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8:30,
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on
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P
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ucis
ui
iuawa
m
or
uui
Of.
Emergency
OTTAWA,
(Minister
of
Justice
J.
L.
Iltlcy
void
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
the
government's
emergency
control
legislation
Is
fbased
solely
on
an
emergency
doctrine
to
which
no
one
takes
exception
either
In
this
House
or
outside
of
it.
At
the
same
time,
Mr,
Ilslcy
said
that
an
opinion,
he
save
recently
in
connection
with
the
Dominion's
powers
to
interfere
with
iprovlnclal
rights
In
time
of
peace
did
not
purport
to
be
government
policy
or
indication
of
government
policy.
Mr.
Hslcy
had
expressed
the
belief
that
a
privy
council
decision
meant
that
the
Dominion,
may
have
power
even
in
case
of
no
emergency
to
legislate
for
peace,
order
and
good
govern
mcnt
:rvcn
though
legislation
touches
'upon
matters
normally
regarded
as
being
solely
within
provincial
rights.
'
Some
Quebec
Liberals
had
said
outside
the
House
that
the
statement
had
"dangerously
weakened"
their
position
iri
Quebec.
Monday
night
the
same
Liberals
said
that
the
latest
statement
had
"undone"
all
"harm"
of
carr
Her
statements.
you
kindly
look
Into
this
urgent
mailer
as
soon
as
possible
and
hype
that
you
will
be
able
to
see
your
way
clear
to
extend
financial
assistance
toward
this
Just
claim."
FISHERIES
DEP'T
BILL
DEFERRED
Opposition
Wants
lo
Know
How
Provincial
(iovrrnmcnt
Would
Aid
Induslty
VICTORIA
0i
Opposition
members
of
the
Legislature
asked
Hon.
Leslie
II.
Eyres,
commissioner
of
fisheries,
yesterday
for
a
full
explanation
of
government
nlans
to
aid
the
fislUng
Industry
under
the
act
now
before
tlic
House
to
raise
the
fisheries
administration
to
departmental
status.
Mr.
Oargrave
said
lie
hoped
the
government
would
get
greater
authority
from
Ottawa
over
the
Industry
in
tlic
province.
Third
reading
of
the
bill
was
stood
over.
Telephone
Workers
Strike
Threatened
NEW
YORK
United
States
Is
faced
with
a
strike
of
289,000
telephone
workers
"belonging
to
29
unions.
The
strike
against
the
Bell
Telephone
Co.
is
scheduled
to
start
April
7.
BUS
STRIKE
IN
LA
PARIS-
When
they
strike
in
France,
they
do
It
In
a
manner'
to
generate
the
utmost
confusion.
This
Is
the
scene'
that
ensued
op
a
Paris
boulevard
when
bus
drivers
went
on
a
one-hour
strike
for
higher
pay
recently.
The
drivers
left,
their
buses
Jammed
at
an
Intersection
where
they
presented,
an
Insurmountable
obstacle
to
all
traffic
except
pedestrian.
MUSSOLIN
"COWARD"
HOME
The
.
37-year-old
bookkeeper
wlio
directed
the
execution
of
Benito
Mussolini
says
II
Duce
deid
a
coward.
He
shoo
kwith
terror
before
the
firing
squad,
repeatedly
ejacu
latlug
"But
Mr.
Colonel."
Hie
woman
who
died
with
Mussolini
would
not
have
been
shot
If
she
had
not
thrown
herself
before
him.
LAKE
SUCCESS
(CP)
Soviet
Russia
today
tlic
Veto
for
the
second
time
in
the
United
Na
tions,
security
council,
blocking'
a
majority
decision
upholding'
British
mine-laying
charges
against
Al
bania.
The
British
resolution
had.
charged
Albania
with
MAY
DECLARE
CITY
ROUTE
AS
"ARTERIAL"
Prince
Rupee's
attempt
to
get
a
route
running
from
the
southeastern
city
limits
to
the
western
Falrvicw
Bay
fishermen's
floats
declared
an
"arterial
highway"
by
the
provincial
government,
may
Ijc
granted,
according
to
Mayor
Nora
E.
Arnold,
'
"We
have
a
pretty
good
idea
that
we
arc
going
to
get
this,"
Uic
niavor
said
last
night
in
council
when
tlic
aldermen
ap
proved
a
route
suggested
by
the
board
of
'orkjiDesigtiation
as
au
arterial
highway
would
mean
that
the
city
streets
concerned
would
be
maintained
toy
the
pro
vincial
public
works
department.
Tlic
route
recommended
oy
me
board
cf
works,
and
approved
by
council,
would
start
at
the
city
limits,
following
Frederick
Street,
Eleventh
Avenue,
Mc-
Brlde
Street,
Second
Avenue.
Park
Avcpuc,
and
the
proposed
road
to
the
Falrvicw
l'loals.
Suggestion
thai
such
'an
arterial
highway
toe
requested
from
the
provincial
guvprnincnt,
originally
came
from,
Alderman
T.
N.
Toungs
a
mouth
ago
following
publication
oi
the
Golden-berg
report
which
carried
provision
for
such
action,
Alderman
Youngs
followed
wp
with
anollicr
motion
last
night,
He
moved
that
'In'
view
of
proved
Industrial
development
at
Watson
Idaiid,
the
provincial
government
be
asked
to
hard
surface
the
highway
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Tort
Edward.
Council
adepted
the
jnotlon.
imrn;it
shortage
VANCOUVER
With
most
of
the
city
doits
out
of
butter
today,
there
was
little
pros-perl
of
immediate
relief
in
the
shortage
today.
A
ship
bringing
butter
from
New
Zealand
has
been
delayed
24
hours
and,
owing
to
the
hard
freezing,
it
will
take
thtec
of
four
days
to
thaw
It
out
sufficiently
for
the
market.
the
laying
of
mines
as
an
of
fence
against
humanity
and
that
the
mines
complained
of,
which
damaged
two"
British
war
vessels
and
killed
44
Navy
men,
could
not
have
been
laid
with
out
the
knowledge
of
Albania.
It
was
the
first
time
the
veto
had'
been
used
since
'last
September
20.
The
vole
upholding
the
British
resolution
was
7
to
2
With
Syria
abstaining
.and
negative
votes
by
Russia
and
Poland.
VENEREAL
TREATMENT
COMPELLED
VICTORIA,
A
bill
Introduced
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
by
Hon.
George
Peason,
minister
or
health,
would
make
treatment
of
venereal
disease
compulsory
in
the
province
and
would
give
magistrates
authority
to
summons
Infected
persons
refusing
to
take
treatment
and
dc-
I
tain
them
Tor
a
period
of
up
to
one
year
after
treatment.
Tlic
Act
stipulates
that
every
infected
person
njust
consult
a
physician
or
health
officer.'
There
is
iprovldcd
a
fine
of
Ircm
$25
to
$100
or
three
months'
imprisonment
for
failure
to
report
Physicians
falling
to
report
a
patient
who
refuses
treatment
arc
liable
to
simliar-nncs
wJUte
the
patient
is
Uafclc
to
Impris
onmcnt
of
riot
less
than
seven
days
or
not
more
than
twelve
months,
.
Usual
Fecreiy
obligations
for
administrators
of
the
Act
and
hearings
In
camera
arc
provided
for.
Legislative
Mill
Is
Grinding
Now
VICTORIA,
0)
Members
of
the
Legislature
yesterday
gave
third
reading
to
23
bills,
second
to
nine
and
stood'
over
three
on
third
reading.
,
rans
S1A
AGAIN
FLOUTS.
UNITED
NATIONS
mcial
minister
supports
ciTYi
British
Resolution
On
)
LOAN
FOR
STREET
REPAIRS
icial
Minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
II.
C.
M
has
placed
his
blessing
on
Prince
Rupert's
jat
a
$150,000
loan
to
rehabilitate
its'
streets
Mnploy
his
"personal
support"
to
effect
the
f
the
neccssarv
ordcr-in-emmci
bv
iln
Vie-
minient.
r
read
to
city
coun-I't.
Mr
MacDonald
:ity
to
make
formal
t
float
the
loan
on
rcvlously
outlined
by
ing
that
"I
will
rcc-iat
your
request
be
d
the
necessary
or-fil
will
at
least
re
irsonal
supiKjrt.
oiiald
also
revealed
I
his
efforts
to
have
I
government
make
Irant
of
some
$170,000
Pd
be
50
per
cent
tif
pd
cost
of
rcliablll-
t'ty's
streets
and
scr-
Bwrtcd
by
the
Walsh
which
Investigated
puiagc
to
llli
rllv
In
.
-
j
...
reacted
to
the
Infor-
C
i-uiiiinciiLs
of
"very
aim
moved
that
lct-
pcciatlon
be
sent
to
piiald
and
to
W.
H.
W
for
Prince
Rupert,
Idvlsed
the
aldermen
Kress
of
the
matter
I"
Interview
with
Mr.
r
II.
Black
hiovcd
m
Hie
r
v't
ia
'J
"
iuuii
1
J
Itlie
market,
the
mo-
onuiicnt
be
Induced
'c
bonds
with
money
fcUy's
sinking
fund,
by
the
fawmnisicrcd
t-
This
would
nut
the
V
iwsltlon
0
owning
F'd
itauc
whlr.li
maps,
Die
same
tim..
i
fund
debt.
:f
the
$150
(ton
i..
30
which
the
city
may
compensation
for
Its
J"Tt
damage,
would
aVab,c
$320,000
for
lr-
Actual
cost
of
lu"
as
estimated
by
Cmeer
would
be
$411,-
t
ASKS
TO
ALT
r
to
federal
Miianr
Minister
Mac
Donald
said;
"As
you
know,
the
Department
of
National
Defence
apparently
recognized
their
Just
committee
known
as
the
Joint
claim
when
they
appointed
an
Armed
Forces
(
Walsh
I
commit
tee,
who,
I
understand,
have
recommended
compensation
to
the
city
for
road
and
sewer'
damage
on
the
b&sls
of
50
per
cent
of
approximately
$350,000,
provided,
the
city
would
put
up
an
equal
amount.
"Hie
city
Is
not
In
a
financial
position
to
do
so,
and
have
ap
proached
the
(provincial)
gov
ernment
here
for
a
loan
of
50
per
cent
of
this
amount,
which
the
government
Is
prepared
to
do.
"I
am
therefore
asking
that
Albanian
Mines
Vetoed
a
M
if
Toronto?
Windsor
ana
Hamilton
are
Visited
Willi
Serious
Conflagrations
TORONTO,
0-'irc
in
Windsor
and
Hamilton
with
in
the
last
24
hours
causedsti-inated
damage
of
$1,100,000.
A
$500,000
inferno
in
a
Windsor
building,
owned
by
Canadian
Steel
Corporation
threw
four
hundred
persons
employed
by
three
firms
housed
in
the
building
out
of
work.
Destruction
of
F.
W.
Wool-worth
Co.'s
main
store
in
Hamilton
caused
another
$500,000
datna,g..
Argonaut
Rowing
Club
in
Toronto,
one
of
the
country's
most
noted
aquatic
organizations,
was
partly
destroyed,
some
valuable
trophies
being
lost.
VETERANS
BETRAYED?
Charge
Government
With
Failing
to
Provide
Adequate
Housing
VANCOUVER
0
Members
of
tlic
housing
and
rehabilitation
committee
of
the
new
veterans'
branch
168
of
the
Canadian
Lc
glon
charged
here
during
the
week-end
that
veterans
of
Can
ada
were
"betrayed"
by
the
government
which
failed
to
pro
vide
adequate
housing.
They
called
for
a
.'bold
program
of
housing
construcUon"
by
the
Dominion
government,
in
cb
operation
with
all
"competent
agencies"
either
public
or
pri
vate.
PEACE
RIVER
FREIGHT
RATES
Will
Be
Considered
Next
Year
After
Hart
Highway
Opened,
Tremler
Says
VICTORIA
0
Premier
John
Hart
said'yesterday
that
through
passenger
and
freight
rates
on
tlie
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
from
Vancouver
to
Qucsnrl
and
thence
by
bus
and
truck
ovcr
the
Cariboo
Highway
to
Prince
George
and
the
Hart
Highway
to
Dawson
Creek
would
be
considered
when
the
Hart
Highway
Is
completed
early
next
year.
Rates
from
Seattle
to
Vancou
ver
and
Dawson
Creek
to
Alaska
arc
respectively
matters
for
the
Great
Northern
Railway
and
the
Ottawa
Government
to
consider,
Mr.
Hart
said.
Canafe
HIGH
WATERS
ARE
RECEDING
But
One
English
Town
is
Still
In
Bad
Way
From
Floods
LONDON,
Oi
High
waters
receded
slowly
today
from
the
most
of
areas
in
inundated
Britain,
tout
hundreds
were
forced
to
flee
from
Selby,
North
England
industrial
town
of
10,000
popula
tion,
where
the
River
Ouse
is
six
feet
deep
In
the
streets.
Trains,
amphibians
and
Royal
Air
Force
power
boats
are
rescuing
evacu
ees.
Highway
To
Rupert
Being
Sought
Principal
Removed;
Pupils
on
Strike
TORONTO,
P
About
1,500
students
of
Malvern
Collegiate
stormed
out
of
their
classrooms,
today
in
a
second
day
of
Jstrike
over
removal
of
Prin
cipal
Lome
Clark
after
having
briefly
resumed
classes.
The
students
stepped
up
the
strike
1100
per
cent
and
mounted
pic
kets
when
they
failed
to
reach
an
agreement
with
the
secondary:
school
supervisor.
The
Board
of
Education
has
appealed
to
the
parents
to
insist
that
their
children,
return
;
to
school.-
Consolidation
of
Labor
Acts
Asked
$
VICTORIA,
m
Herbert
Oar
?ravc,
C.CF.
member
for
Mac
kenzie,
recommended
In
the
Leg
Islalure
yesterday
that
the
gov
ernment
consolidate
the
prov
ince's
many-acts
relating
to
la-
or
lnto
one
act
Edmonton
Would
Have
Federal
Road
Through
To
Here
and
Vancouver
EDMONTON
(CP)
First
major
step
in
the
at
tempt
to
secure
a
transCanada
highway
system
through
Saskatoon,
Edmonton
and
Yellowhead
Pass
to
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
was
taken
by
the
city
council
here
last
night.
A
brief,
to
be
sent
to
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
suggested
that
the
Saskatoon
-
Yellowhead
route
would
make
three
more
great
national
parks
Prince
Albert,
Elk
Island
and
Jasper
and
three
provincial
parks
Robson,
Hamber
and
Tweedsmuir
moro
accessible,
The
resolution
will
be
sent
to
the
governments
concerned
and
to
the
centres
named
for
en-
dorsatlon.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
March
26,
1947
High
3:28
21.4
feet
16:00
19.0
feet
Low
9:55
3.3
feet
21:53
5.9
feet
I
Milium
DnllarC
(WWW
DFVKK
lAWh
ODTIOM
t
-
ivvuiiwiL
iu
i
ubj
knnvvi
ivn
i
'Fires
In
Eml
POLICY
IN'
CLOSED
SEUI0N
Changed
Industrial'"
Picture
Here
Calls
For
New
Attitude
in
Disposal
of
City-
Owned
Business
Lots
In
a
closed
session
from
which
the
press
was
asked
to
retire,
city
council
last
night
developed
its
future
policy
on
the
granting
of
purchase
options
on
city-owned
property.
The
aldermen
emerged
from
their
secret
session
to
report
to
themslves
m
open
council
that
they
had
made
the
following
decisions:
I)
in
future,
all
purchase
op
tions
on
business
property
will
be
limited
to
60
days
and
op
tions
on
residential
property
wil
Iw
limited
to
120
days.
Standard
option
period
at
present
for
both
types
of
property
Is
one
year.
(2)
Options
will
be
granted
in
consideration
of
cash
payment
of
10
per
cent
of
the
agreed
purchase
price.
A
similar
custom
exists
at
present.
(3)
The
city
clerk
is
to
adver
tise
on
the
first
and
15th
of
each
month
for
tenders
for
the
pur
chase
of
all
properties
in
Section
One,
between
McBride
Street
and
Tenth
Street,
on
which
he
has
received
offers
of
not
less
than
the
assessed
value.
Discussion
of
a
revision
Jn
the
option-granting
policy
of
the
city
in
the
closed
session
followed
an
open
session
of
council
In
which
Alderman
T.
N.
Youngs
felt
that
council
should
not
grani
options
on
business
prop
erty
to
individuals
for
specula
tive
purposes.
Alderman
Arthur
Brooksbank,
id
discussion
of
finance
com
mlttcc's
report,
asserted
that
he
had
never
before
heard
of
a
one-year
option
and
that,
in
the
light
of
present
Industrial
prospects,
the
city
would
have
to
"develop
a
brand
new
complex
In
regard
to
its
property
In
Section
One."
"We
will
have
to
shorten
tlie
option
periods
and
we
will
have
to
reconsider
business
property
values,"
he
declared.
"In
many
cases,
lots
which
arc
assessed
at
$1,500
have
been
owned
by
the
city
for
25
years
and
the
city
has
been
deprived
of
as
much
as
$4,C00
in
back
taxes.
We
should
.consider
those
things
when
we
sell
business
lots
now.
Business
property
values
cam;
under
the
spotlight
later
In
the
open
session
when
council
con
sldered
an
application
from
George
Ross
to
purchase
a
lot
adjoining
his
Second
Avenue
pool
room
for
Its
assessed
value,
of
$1,250,
HIGHER
VALUES
ARE
JUSTIFIED
A
motion
by
Alderman
Youngs
that
the
application
toe
granted
was
attacked
by
Alderman
Brooksbank
who
charged
that
the
city
had
declared
no
change
In
its
policy
on
business
property
sales
since
the
announcement
two
weeks
ago
that
a
pulp
mill
is
to
be
built
at
Watson
Island.
"In
Port
Albernl
property
values
Jumped
as
much
as
500
per
cent
and
properties
on
the
edge
of
the
business
district
were
bought
up
by
outside
companies
to
establish
stores
when
that
city
got
Its
pulp,
mill,"
Alderman
Brooksbank
said.
"We
have
made
no
change
In
property
pol
icy
since
the
pulp
mill
an
nouncement,
yet
what
we
do
now
will
set
a
precedent
for
what?
we
do
In
the
future.''
Alderman
George
Casey
sup
ported
Alderman
Brooksbank
submitting
that,
It
council
sold
property
at
Its
assessed
value
(Continued
on
Page
5)
B"4
Mi
NEW
NIAVY
HEAD
Vice
Ad
miral
H,
E.
Reid.
CB.
Chief
of
the
Naval
Staff
on
February
28,
1946,
succeeding
the
late
Vice-Admiral
G,
C.
Jones,
CB.,
R.CJN,
Born
at
Portage
du
Fort,
Quebec,
ort
June
5,
1897,
Admiral
Reid
ntred
the
Eoyal
Naval
Col-!'
.e
of
Canada
in
1912.
During
the
first
World
War
he
served
In
Royal
Navy
warships.
At
the
outbreak
of
the
last
war
he
was
Commanding
Officer
AU
lantic
'Coast
And
he
subsequently
served
as
Vice-ChleT
;Jpf.tb.e'NaYar
Stall
and
Cana
dian
Member
of
the
canada-VB.
.
Joint
Board
on
Dc-
fense,
and
Flag
Officer
Newfoundland
Force,
From
Sep-lejriberS,''
-
1946,
iie
was-xiaval
Member
-or
.
u
the
Canadian
Joint
Staff
at
Washington.
Russia
On
Atom
Hunt
German
Scientist
Predicts
Soviet
Will
Have
It
in
From
One
t
Five
Years
NEUSTADT,
Germany,
A
German
atom
scientist
who
said
he
had
escaped
from
a
Russian
laboratory
in
Moscow
saifd
today
that
the
Soviet
Union
was
"very
near"
to
developing
an
atom
bomb.-
lie
said
that
at
least
200
German
physicists
are
working
for
the
Russian
government,
more
"recruits"
are
being
nought
in
aU
parts
of
Germany,
rare
atomic
and
radiation
equipment
has
been
moved
from
Germany
to
Russia,
about
twelve
thousand-miners
and
engineers
are
now
hunting
pitchblende,
the
source
of
uranium,
hi
Russian-occupied
Germany.
The
scientist
predicted
that
Russia
would
have
an
atomic
'
bomb
In
from
two
to
five
jeaTs.
Sees
Russian
Assault
Upon-
United
States
Before
Long";
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
William
C.
Bullitt,
former
United
States
ambassador
to
Moscow,
told,
the
committee
on
un-American
activities
yesterday
that
the
ultimate
aim
of
the
Communist
party
of
Russia
was
conquest
of
the
entire
world.
The
Soviet
would
ultimately
essay
an
assault
upon
the
United
States
Milk
Price
Control
Is
Working
Out
Well
VICTORIA,
it'
A
report
tabled
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
by
the
agricultural
committee
said
that
controls
over
milk
prices
as
set
up
last
year
were
essential
and
favorable
tooth
to
producer
and
consumer.
which
would
come
when
It.
felt
It
had
supremacy
of
the
air
and
had
piled
up
a
sufficient
stock
of
atomic
weapons.
The
attack
would
have
come
already
had
Russia
had
the
atonllc
bomb,
Bullitt
declared.
Bullitt
said
that
Soviet
Russia
was
using
the
fifth
column
more
effectively
than
Germany
had
ever
done.
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