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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
59.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
11,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS?
tK
TO
ATTACK
Politician
At'"1''1
WORK
INING
1
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as
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side
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was
thrown
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Senate
president,
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before
ti
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linnnIAI1
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things
wasc
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down
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239
iih
American
Offer
For
Pacific
Great
t
iVo
Private
Income
Tax
I'.ul
Corporation
will
have
to
Pay
More
In
Ontario
Also
More
Gas
Tax
In
Ontario
TORONTO
ff
Provincial
Treasurer
Frost,
Introducing
his
budget
today,
announced
first
major
tax
changes
In
Ontario
In
cigTit
years,
the
Imposition
of
a
seven
percent
levy
on
corpora
tion
profits
and
increase
to
eleven
cents
of
the
province's
eight-cent
a
gallon
gasoline
tax.
In
a
17,000-word
address,
Mr.
Frost
said
no
personal
Income
tax
would
be
levied
this
year
In
Ontario
and
there
would
be
no
Increase
in
succession
duties.
It
was
the
biKKcst
budget
in
Ontario's
history
with
gross
or
dinary
revenue
estimated
at
$100,936,451
and
expenditure
at
$106,509,303.
AfR
SERVICE
GROWS
India's
air
services
are
ex-
nandint:
rapidly.
When
plans
arc
complete,
140
airdromes
will
be
In
use,
operated
by
14
transport
companies.
.WOULD
USE
IT
AS
WATERING
TROUGH
lie
nlaccd
It
beside
his
barn,
sneculatlii!'
that
some
time
he
minhL
rut
the
cylindrical
object
in
half
and
use
it
as
a
watering
triuiirii
for
his
livestock.
Con
stable
Dale-Johnson
spotted
It
before
Mr.
Waters
had
got
around
to
carrying
out
his
in
tention.
f
'unstable
Dale
-Johnson
im
mediately
radioed
for
a
demoli
tion
officer.
When
Wo
woous
arrived,
he
had
the
mine
taken
In
a
field
about
350
yards
irom
Uio
Waters
farmstead
and
then
exploded
It
with
rifle
fire.
The
second
shot
from
the
.30J
rlflo
unloosed
the
blast-wiucn
blew
a
crater
14
feet
wide
and
six
feet
deep
In
the
centre
oi
thn
field.
The
R.C.A.F.
Canso
arrived
In
Prinpp
rjimnrt.
late
Monday
ar
ternonn
and
Its
crew
Of
eight
SDent
the
nlaht
here.
They
were
nut
hv
thplr
fpllow
R.C.A.F.
Of
fleer
Jarvls
II.
(Hlckey)
McLeod,
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Jap
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James
Waters,
a
farmer
at
Tow
Hill
on
the
north
coast
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
is
recovering
his
equanimity
today
after
a
Royal
Canadian
Navy
demolition
officer
exploded
a
Japanese
mine
in
one
of
his
fiejds
after
Farmer
Waters
had
innocently
carried
the
object
20
miles
in
a
horse-drawn
wagon
thlnklnir
that
It
might
be
oM
"---a
some
use
around
the
home-
stead.
The
story
of
Mr,
Waters'
narrow
escape
was
told
here
last
niaht
bv
Warrant
Officer
II.
O.
Woods,
R.C.N.,
mine
disposal
officer,
who
used
tender
care
to
remove
the
mine
from
bcsiac
the
waters'
barn,
cart
it
to
the
centre
of
a
field
half
a
muc
from
the
buildings,
and
cxpiods
It
with
rifle
fire.
WO
Woods
arrived
at
Tow
Hill
late
Monday
afternoon
in
nn
n.CA.F.
Canso
communica
tions
nlrcraft
from
Esquimau
allcr
naval
headquarters
there
h-.fl
rcrrlvcd
a
call
for
a
mins
i
disposal
officer
from
Constable
V.
E.
I..
Dalc-Jchnson,
provincial
inslire
constable
at
Massctt,
vHi
snotlrd
Waters'
unci
ior
what
It
was
a
deadly
explosive.
According
to
Woods
and
riisht-Llcut.
A.
G.
Dagg,
who
piloted
the
aircraft,
Waters
found
the
mine
on
the
beach
on
the
cast
coast
of
Graham
Island.
Falling
to
recognize
it
ns
a
mine
despite
continued
warnings
that
there
have
been
1
several
in
northern
waters
late
lyhe
managed
somehow
to
load
it
In
his
wagon
ana
can
it
20
miles
over
rough
island
roads
to
his
home.
rinvn.
base
here.
Crew
members
in
addition
to
WO
Woods,
were
Flight-Lieut.
A.
G.
Dagg,
captain
of
the
aircraft,
FO
D.
Newton,
FO
R.
Mitchell,
FO
W.
Douglas,
FO
C.
Hazlctt,
FO
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A.
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II.
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Baxter
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2.15
Sturgeon
River
23
IS
BRUTALLY
MURDERED
Nude
and
Itcatrn
Body
of
Woman
Found
Alongside
Los
Angeles
Railroad
Tracks
.
LOS
ANGELES
Ol-r-Body
of
Evelyn
.Winters,
aged
37,
nearly
nude,
beaten
about
the
head,
was
found'
today
along
the
railroad
tracks,
the
third
brutal
killing
here
in
two
months.
A
section
hand,
who
reported
find
ing
the
body,
was
booked
on
suspicion
of
murder.
DEADLY
MALARIA
It
Is
estimated
that
malaria
causes
3,000,000
deaths
through
out
the
world
each
year
Story
Is
Revived
In
Seattle
But
Premier
Hart
Is
Non-Committal
SEATTLE
(CP)
Talk
of
a
frequently
discussed
'railroad
...
.
to
Alaska
.
was
enlivsned
today
.
with
reports
i
1
1
j
1
!
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t
ut
.
:m
Ampj-iciin
comnanv
nau
niaui
a
ionnai
writ
ten
offer
to
buy
the
provincially-owned
Pacific
Great
.TCiinvn
Uu
w:iv
:mr
xtcn
it
lo
me
reace
inver
country
and
on
to
Fairbanks.
Report,
published
in
i'thc
Seattle
t'osi
inicingencci
,
rgavc
no
indication
as
to
how
Seriously
the
provincial
government
in
Victoria
was
viewing
(thc
offer.
!
Premier
John
Hart
said
In
Vic-
btoria
yesterday
that
the
govern
ment
had
not
granted
an
option
on
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
nor
discussed
land
grants
with
any
promoters.
FOUR
DEAD
IN
TRAIN
CRASH
SCOTT
JUNCTION,
Que.
i"
Railway
Investigators
were
today
Investigating
the
cause
for
the
fcollision
yesterday
of
two
Quc-
bee
Central
Kauway
ireigiu
Irnlnc
ll.VlinVi
m!
1
1
1
1
f-H
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k.
i
ni
i
i
mill
ii
a
luui
v-
i
deaths
of
four
railwaymen
and
injury
of
three
others.
Four
men
Jost
their
lives
when
one
freight
train
piowea
invo
a
setuun
uuu
which
had
stopped
at
the
Two
derailed
cars
smashed
Into
the
station,
trapping
the
tion
agent
under
debris,
but
iC
was
rescued
uninjured.
Five'
Day
Week
For
Coal
Miners
LONDON
Qi
Labor
Minister
Isaacs
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
the
five-day
week
for
British
miners
is
expected
to
be
in
operation
In
May.
He
said
100,000
additional
persons
must
be
induced
to
enter
the
mining
industry
this
year.
Bull
etins
WOULD
SETTLE
STRIKE
VANCOUVER
The
Fishcr-inen's.Union
suggested
yesterday
to
wholesale
fish
buyers
that
joint
approach
be
made
to
the
federal
government
for
subsidized
fish
prices
in
further
attempt
to
settle
the
three-week
old
strike
of
trawler
and
long
line
fishermen.
DltOI
i'El)
INTO
OCEAN
NEW
YORK
Plastic
navigation
dome
and
the
navigator
inside
were
blown
off
the
top
of
a
TransWorld
Airlines
Constellation
plane
flying
over
the
Atlantic
Ocean
250
miles
south
of
Gander,
Newfoundland,
yesterday.
Coastguard
said
the
navigation
omc
was
blown
away
at
19,000
feet
altitude.
The
navigator
was
tossed
through
the
dome
and
drop
ped
four
miles
into
the
ocean.
The
plane,
with
21
passengers,
made
a
safcrelurn
lo
Gander.
Cause
of
the
freak
accident
is
unknown.
HKITISli
FLOODS
LONDON
Floods,
caused
by
great
thaw
and
rain,
stopped
trains,
diverted
road
traffic
and
put
hundreds
of
acres
of
land
under
water
in
Britain,
today.
There
was
iininent
danger
of
a
second
serious
flood
within
four
months
as
the
Thames
River
rose
another
foot.
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JIX
,
Winnipeg
Auditorium,
million
dollar
civic
centre,
has
been
visited
by
over
6,000,000
people
and
paid
financial
dividends
since
Us
completion
in
1932.
The
huge
building
houses
two
larec
halls,
a
roller
skating
arena,
art
gallery,
museum,
assembly
hall
and
numerous
offices.
In
14
years
It
has
accommodated
exhibitions,
symphony
concerts,
political
meetings,
lectures
dances,
carnivals,
a
circus
and
numerous
other
functions
Mary
Cathryne
Welch
(upper
left)
Is
junior
competitor
In
piano
solo
event
In
Manitoba
Music
Festival,
feature
event
held
in
Auditorium
each
April.
Main
hall
(upper
right)
accommodates
4,750
people
for
musical
concerts
and
other
large
gatherings.
Ralph
Boodcn
(lower
left)
adjusts
skates
for
Elsie
Llnall
In
basement
roller
rink
while
Lucille
Bourgeois
and
7ean
Morrison
look
on.
Curator
Alex
Musgrove
(lower
right)
inspects
work
of
Ruth
McKee,
Lois
Chappell
and
Pauline
Bondarchuk,
members
of
art
class
held
Saturday
mornings
in
the
municipal
Art
Gallery
at
the
Auditorium.
CHLORIDE
ON
STREETS,
NOT
IN
TAP
WATER
Inveterate
enemy
of
chlori-natlon
and
all
its
'
alleged
odors,
A
id
e
r
m
a
n
Arthur
Brookilbank
Is
a
keen
watchman
against
anything
that
he
thinks
may
alter
the
pristine
purity
of
Prince
Rupert's
drinking
water.
He
bristled
last
night
when
Board
of
Works
Chairman
Robert
McKay
mentioned
the
words
"calcium
chloride"
during
a
report
to
council.
"I
am
glad
that
Alderman
McKay
says
that
this
'chloride'
is
to
be
used
to
reduce
the
dust
on
the
city's
street,
thereby
assuring
us
that
It
is
not
going
Into
our
drinking
water,"
he
declared
fervently.
Alderman
McKay
set
his
mind
p.t
rest.
The
calcium
chloride,
15
tons
of
It,
he
said,
will
be
used
to
reduce
the
dust
on
the
city's
unpaved
streets
this
summer.
As
a
result
of
the
re-appralsal,
which
cost
the
.
city
$2359
for
appraiser's
fees
and
expenses,
the
1947
increase
per
mill
of
taxation
rose
this
year
to
$4,-49348,
as
against
Its
1946
taxation
.value
of
$4,367.67.
Increase
in
the
taxable
value
of
land
was
from
$1,762,597
In
1946
to
$1,903,665
in
1947.
This
amounted
to
$141,068
or
eight
per
cent
of
the
1946
value.
In
the
re-assessment,
taxable
improvement
values
decreased
from
a
total
of
$5,210,100
in
1346
to
$5,179,825
in
1947.
Total
taxable
values,
based
on
100
per
cent
of
land
and
50
per
cent
of
improvements,
rose
this
year
by
three
per
cent,
from
$4,367,666
in
1916
to
$4,493,577
in
1947.
"I
do
not
think
that
it
is
necessary
for
me
to
point
out
to
the"
council
that
the
re-assess
ment
conducted
In
1946
was
very
unsatisfactory,"
Assessor
Thain
declared.
"Eighty-five
appeal
were
heard
by
the-
court
of
re
vision,
in
addition
to
a
volumi
nous
aDDeal
by
the
C.N.R.
and
several
by
lessees
of
that
com
pany.
"As
a
result,
188
parcels
were
dealt
with
by
the
court,
result
ing
in
reductions
hi
all
but
39
cases.
It
also
will
be
remember
ed
that
several
ratepayers
re
mained
dissatisfied
after
their
cases
were
heard.
In
addition,
there
were
more
than
twenty
appeals
submitted
too
late
to
be
considered
by
the
court."
Mr.
Thain
stated
that
he
had
checked
the
first
100
taxable
improvements
on
the
roll
and
found
that
48
wert
increased
4S
decreased
and
three
unchanged
as
enmnared
with
their
1946
values.
"It
seems
only
reasonable
to
assume
that
as
many
mistakes
were
made
in
under-assessing,
as
were
made
in
the
other
direction,"
he
said.
Theoretical
solution
to-
the
problem,
he
stated,
would
be
a
complete
re-appralsal,
which
he
was
not
prepared
to
recommend.
Instead,
a
'.'complete
pnysicai
re-check"
by
the
assessor
throughout
the
year,
using
the
1946
and
1947
figures
as
a
basis
would
be
a
more
reasonable
method.
In
this
he
suggested
that
advice
of
practical
builders
should
be
employed
in
some
in
stances.
In
consideration
of
the
amount
of
work
involved
in
re-checking
the
-whole
tax
roll,
council
auth
orized
nayment
of
$40
a
month
to
Mr.
Thain
in
his
capacity
of
assessor.
TWO
PERCENT
TAX
ON
SALES
Coalitien
Member
Would
Raise
jMoney
foT
Social
Services
!This
Way
VICTORIA
m
Herbert
T
Welch,
Coalition
member
for
C-"
mox,
recommended
In
the
Le"l-lature
yesterday
that
the
gov
ernment
institute
a
two
percent
sales
tax
earmarked
for
social
services.
Mr.
Welch
also
called
upon
the
government
to
take
action
for
the
establishment
of
a
faculty
of
medicine
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
concentrate
on
the
establishment
of
heavy
industry
Jn
the
province
and
enforce
.
strict
logging
regulations
to
assure
natural
regenerated1''
cf
the
forests.
Local
Tide
Wednesday,
March
12;
1947
High
4:34
19.7
fest
17:12
16.8
feet
Low
11:05
5.7
feet
23:00
8.0
feet
City
Values
Up
Slightly
As
Result
of
1946
Re-Appraisal
T?p-;innrjiisnl
and
rp-nssfissment
of
nrODertV
in
city
resulted
in
taxable
land
values
for
1947
being
.
.
...
r
i
r
1
11
raised
eight
per
cent
over
tneir
mo
values,
wnus
taxable
improvements
this
year
decreased
under
the
194G
valuation
by
one-half
of
one
per
cent,
according
to
i
report
made
to
city
council
last
night,
by
Assessor
H.
D..
Thain.
RECOVER
LOOT
FROM
ROBBERY
IN
SHORT
ORDER
City
police
this
morning
recovered
$30
worth
of
loot
believed
to
have
been
stolen
hours
earlier
In
a
raid
on
Little's
News
Stand.
Second
Avenue,
and
rounded
up
four
susnects.
one
of
whom
was
later
charged
with
breaking
and
en
try.
V
....
charzed
in
connection
with
the
affair
is
Roy
Innes,
'a
na
tive,
who
was
arrested
in
Little's
News
Stand,
a
peren
nial
victim
of
theft,
was
broken
into
early
this
mornin?
a-i
quantities
cf
-
cigarettes,,
tobaccos
and
other
merchandiw
taken.
Entry
was
gained
bv
smashlnz
a
window
at
the
rear.
The
thelt
was
discovered
bv.
Wen
Samnson,
proprietor,
shortly
be
fore
9
o
clock.
Is
Wrecking
Confederation
Provincial
C.C.F.
Member
Severely
Critical
of
'Ontario's
Tremier
VICTORIA
9
Herbert
Gar-
grave,
C.C.F.
member
for
Mac
kenzie,
charged
In
the
.Legisla
ture
yesterday
that
refusal
Dy
Premier
George
Drew
of.
Ontario
to
enter
into
agreement
with
Ottawa
was
responsible
for.
"the
most
serious
setback
that
o
federation
has
ever
ha
'mier
Drew
Is
determined
to
do
his
best
to
wreck
any
efforts
Prime
Minister
King
Is
making
to
unify
Canada.
He
is
breaking
up
all
possibility
of
a
real
do--minion-provincial
conference."
Mr.
Gargrave
warnecf
the
provincial
hlouje
that
it
must
be
prepared
to
lay
its
own
plans
for
social
security.
GOODS
ARE
RESTORED
STUTTGART
0J
German
Council
of
States
of
the.
United
States
occupied
zone
today
approved
a
law
which
will
restore
up
to
$125,000,000
wortirqf
prop
erties
to
persons
whose
possessions
were
confiscated
during
the
Nazi
regime:
Thousands
or
Jews
and
hundreds
of
others
"will
benefit.
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ii
JSC
if
i,i
ar
I
m
m.-i