les.
de-rooica
ouiiu-
m
houses
and
churn-
lilous
cauldrons
the
m
more
than
half
lamuics
were
Eof
their
homes
acrosi
southern
part
of
tOll
LOBBY
j
A
lobby
of
two
Eaborites
button-
febfrs
of
the
Legls-morning.
They
b
the
Canadian
bf
Labor
and
C.I.O.
to
the
secret
strike
!
was
expressed.
r
WEATHER
Synopsis
j
general
wind
circi-
tr
British
CoiumDia
fcadually
today-
an
Jn-
Koudlncss
Is
expected
Itstern
portion
of
the
morrow
Daytime-
es
arc
expected
to
average,
drop-icar
Ibove
night
normal
March
I
Forecast
r
and
vicinity
Low-
alley
Ocorgia
Straits
lay
and
tonight.
Tucs
In
morning,
becoming
Afternoon,
Wind
light.
nge
In
temperature,
res
tonight
and
Tucs-nums
Vancouver
air-ilwhford
37,
Nanalmo
lums
Vancouver
alr-
)botsford
65,
Nanalmo
I
and
vicinity
Clear
Tuesday,
Wind
light.
lgc
in
tcmncraturc.
jtonight
44,
maximum
last
of
Vancouver
Pear
today,
becoming
Hi
northern
sprllnn
tn.
la
Gold
Iflliksnc
(.Mascot
Mlc
Border
(Gold
rater
lEastem
(ask)
Amalgamated
fallcv
I
Zcballos
I,
It
Toronto
-
w
fesday
overcast
with
Ecorcs
of
persons
were
Injured
by
falling
walls
and
trees.
Birmingham
police
reported
damage
to
74
houses,
61
stores
and
two
churches.
None
of
London
itself
was
under
water,
but
many
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3.10
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.
...
.
j-i-j
scores
of
highways
nearby
villages
were
inunoaicu.
id
some
branch
rail-1
and
some
were
reported
Isolated.
FLOOD
IN
CALGARY
CALGARY
A
sudden
thaw
has
done
thousands
of
dollars
damage
here.
Hundreds
of
basements
in
the
city
were
flooded.
In
a
nearby
dislriet
houses
had
to
be
deseited
by
the
rise
of
streams
still
filled
with
ice.
I
Intermittent
light
rain
in
northern
section,
cloudy
in
southern
section.
Wind
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Mini
mum
tonight
Estavan
40,
Maximum
Tuesday
50.
Prince
Runert.
Queen
Cnar-
nttp
and
North
Coast
North
ern
section
cloudy
today,
over
cast
tonight
and
Tuesday,
in
termittent
rain
late
tonight
ana
Tuesday.
Southern
section
clear
today.
Overcast
Tuesday.
Winds
light.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Temperatures
tonight
and
Tuesday
Minimum
Port
Hardy
38.
Massett
40,
Prince
Rupert
40.
Maximums
Port
Hardy
50,
Mas-
Low
47
Prince
Runert
47.
Okanagan,
Llllooct,
soum
Timmnsnn
Clear
today
and
Tuesday.
Wind
light,
nuic
chance
In
temperature.
Tem
peratures
tonight
and
Tuesday-
Minimum
Pcntlcton
JU,
nam
loons
'0.
Lvtton
32.
Maximums
Pcntlcton
53,
Kamloops
60,
Lyttor
"0.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
High
March
18,
10:45
23:55
...
4:56
17:30
1917
17.5
feet
17.2
feet
10.1
feet
5.5
feet
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120
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Lake
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Lake
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MacLeod
Cockshutt
2.05
Moneta
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Negus
1,05
Noranda
48-50
Osisko
Lake
133
Pickle
Crow
2
95
Regcourt
68
San
Antonio
3
85
Senator
Rouyn
44
Sherrltt
Gordon
425
Steep
Rock
215
Sturgeon
River
-23
up
to
the
decision
to
build
what
will
be
"the
only
pulp
mill
in
British
Columbia
enjoying
full
transnortation
facilities
on
tidal
I
water
and
transCanada
rail
and
highways,
estimated
by
one
en
gineer
as
being
the
best
puip
mm
site
on
the
American
continent."
The
subject
of
the
new
pulp
mill
is
of
such
vital
interest
here
that
Mr.
Kcnncy's
announcement
is
given
in
full
as
follows:
"The
outlook
for
the
future
fnr
forest
nroducts
is
exception
al
hrieht.
Since
last
October,
.
.
Ath
wc
have
been
ncguuiuB
"
one
of
the
largest
operators
in
the
United
States
producing
cel-iiiinsn
nroducts
as
a
result
of
which
thcro
has
been
organized
n.o.
n,ii-t
Mwnrri
Cellulose
CO.
HIV
"
"
Ltd.
which
absorbs
the
l'ort
to
ward
Development
Co.
Ltd.
inc
latter
company
was
organized
as
a
pilot
company,
to
acquire
rights
and
property
for
the
parent
company
which
is
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America.
m.
.ii-r.nt
riininiinv
started
business
in
the
United
States
In
1024
and
has
a
very
fine
rec-,,i-,i
if
achievement
from
that
date
to
the
present.
HUGE
ASSETS
OF
BIG
COMPANY
,
"It
has
a
capital
structure
of
$179,000,000
with
assets
according
to
their
annual
report
of
1946
of
$192,000,000
within
which
Is
included
working
capital
of
approximately
$85,000,000.
"From
pulp
cellulose
which
they
propose
to
produce
at
the
Port
Edward
mill,
they
manu
facture
yarns
and
laDncs
ior
synthetic
textiles
as
well
as
plas-chemicals.
It
Is,
I
be-
Viva
-
.
lieve,
the
highest
grace
oi
puip
,o,ln
from
WOUd.
1I1UUV
v
-
"The
number
oi
mcir
employ
ees
has
been
expanded
from
u,
000
in
1939
to
approximately
21,
nnn
i.,
in4fi.
They
have
manu
a..i...i
ninnt.
in
e
snt
OI
mv
states
of
the
Union
as
well
as
In
McxlCO.
m...
nioni
ihnt
tnev
Drouo-
un,i
in
hc.
is
estimated
to
..(
nnnrnxlmatcly
$15,000,000
and
will
require
about
two
years
to
construct.
.m,norw
at
this
time,
I
can
do
no
better
than
read
you
a
press
release
whicn
wncuue..
ly
with
tnis
aiuiuu"'-"'-
being
made
in
New
York
today.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
FVTTTTTTmTVTtmfTTTf
TAXI
I
MAX!
taxi:
235
Phone!
i
537
SERVICE
Z
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SVO-'A
tNIOHT
Stand:
I
Nesbitt
1
Ken
Bill
and
5S
Hotel,
Third
Ave.Y
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-'Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
E.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ
A
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
64.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
17,
1947.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
jrricane
Add
s
M
Flooded
B
Iv-Ekht
Mile
Gaits
Torrential
Ram
In
289
"Jaj
Ubi
ge
from
Elements
teen
Persons
Arc
Killed
and
lions
of
Dollars
Damage
Done
)N
(CP)
A
swirling
hurricane
that
killed
i
and
did
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
prop-
blew
itself
out
today
over
Hooded
tuction
muni
Hritain.
The
Air
Ministry
forecast
bather
today
but
with
considerable
rains
r
4
I
'
......
Ilnnr
n
orn
mif
Af
CPrvfrA
ItcDine
in
from
tne
a,
......
-""rr;
98
mountainous
snowdrifts
still
miles
an
hour.,
paralyzed
transportation
In)
parts.
REGAINS
VOICE
AFTER
36
YEARS
The
first
words
Albert
Burke,
82,
Bridgeport,
Ohio,
had
uttered
in
36
years
were
"A
miracle."
a
former
rauroaa
engineer,
uunce
suuerea
irom
paralysis
of
the
vocal
cords
as
the
result
of
piosonous
fumes
Inhaled
when
his
engine
was
stalled
in
a
tunnel.
Specialists
call-hls
case
"hopeless."
Shown
here
with
his
daughter-in-law,
Burke
!
said
that
"something
told
me
to
speak."
He
tried,'
and
found
;
his
voice
restored.
He'll
use
It
in
a
campaign
for
a
seat
on
the
city
council.
Port
Edward
Best
Pulp
M
ill
Site
on
Continent
Announcement
of
Minister
of
Lands
in
Legislature
Last
Week
Given
in
Full
I
n
nn
rViimi-istipMllv
n'nnmincinr
in
the
Legislature
Hi
WIIVll
MWiuvvj
O
.
O
last
week
successful
culmination
of
negotiations
for
erica
of
a
.
$15,000,000
cellulose
pulp
plant
nearby
to
.
.
....
-
t-
i
itt
ti
rn
tt
minister
of
lands
and
forests
and
M.L.A.
for
Skcena,
told
of
the
preliminaries
leading
The
Dress
release
has
been
sent
to
me
by
the
President
of
the
company,
Mr.
Blanche,
who
has
discussed
this
matter
with
your
Forestry
Department
on
several
occasions.
I
quote
nis
release
as
follows:
"
"Celanese
Corporation
of
Am
erica
has
announced
its
intention
to
build
a
plant
in
the
North
West
Coastal
area
of
British
Col
umbia.
The
plant
will
produce
highly
purified
cellulose
for
chemical
Durposes
and
.will
have
a
mmeitv
of
from
200
to
400
Inns
twr
dav.
"The
site
of
the
plant
will
be
Watson
Island,
about
8
miles
smith
cast
of
Prince
Rupert
which
Island
has
docking
fa
cilities
for
ocean
going
snips.
The
docking
facilities
were
erected
by
the
U.S.
government
during
the
war
to
service
the
U.S.
Army
base-
at
Port
Bklward,
In
the
immediate
vicinity.
The
din
ic
serviced
bv.
the
Cana
dian
National
Railway
and
the
Provincial
Highway
and
lias
amnio
Ino1
Ktnnice.
Water
and
power
supplies
a're
also
available
in,
the
immediate
vicinity
and
ampie
manpower
and
housing
facilities
arc
available
in
nearby
.Prince
Rupert.
I'EKI'irillAI,
TIMBER
SUPPLY
ARRANGED
"
Annntremcnts
have
been
made
with
the
British
Columbia
government
whereby
a
large
tract
of
forest
land
has
been
rusprvrri
for
use
bv
the
Port
Ed
ward
Cellulose
Company
Limited.
a
subsidiary
of
Celanese
Corporation
of
America.
The
reserve
allotted
will
provide
a
per
(Continued
on
Page
4)
FLOODS
IN
GT.
BRITAIN
Railway
(Lines
Collapse
and
Roads
Deep
Under
Water
LONDON
ih
As
snow
melted",
rivers
burst
their
banks,
rail
way
lines
have
collapsed
and
roads
lay
three
or
four
feet
un
der
icy
water.
Thousands
tried
to
salvage
furniture
at
Hooded
Bedford
where
officials
said
the
"river.
is
out
of
control
we
cannot
do
anything
now
"
Honor
Church
,War
Heroes
T
With
token
of
especial
rever-J
ence
to
the
seven
men
who
made
the
supreme
sacrtwee,
first
Presbyterian
Church
paid
tribute
to
the
war
heroes
of
its
con
gregation
at
mornln?
service
yesterday
when
the
moderator
of
the
General
Assembly,
Rt.
Rev.
W.
G.
Maclean
of
Winni-
I
peg,
unveiled,
with
solemn
and
irrpresslve
rites,
a
memorial
ttroll,
containing
85
names,
which
will
occupy
a
prominent
place
in
the
church
for
perpet
uity.
Before,
a
congregation
which
crowded
the
church
and
includ
ed
the
mothers
of
four
ipf
the
Serious
dead.
Mr.
Maclean
withdrew"
a
large
Union
Jack
item
the
scroll
and
made
brief
but
approprlateiremarks
of
dedication.
There
"was
a
solemn
per-
icd
of
silence
in
memory
of
the
fallen
after
which
"The
Last
Pot"
echoed
from
the
lips
of
Bugler
William
Ranee
from
another
part
of
the
church.
The
tationai
Anthem
concluded
the
dedication
ceremony
after
wmcn
J.
A.
Teng
sang
"In
Flanders
Fields."
Veterans
of
two
world
wars,
assembled
toy
the
Canadian
Le
gion
under
president
V.
G.
Houston
and
with
Harry
Calderwood
and
E.
Woodward
as
flagbear-
ers,
attended
in
a
body,
march
ing
to
and
from
the
church.
"Peace
and
War"
was
the
ser
mon
subect
ot
Mr.
Maclean
who
r.'ade
a
stirring
plea
for
a
Tecog
nition
of
values
sacred
and
last
m
as
the
real
aim
of
life,
de
pjoring
ploring
the
the
tendency
tendency
to
to
secular
h'.;her
values,
there
could
be
no
peace.
Hc
quoted
the
words
of
John
Ruskln
that
"a
nation
is
born
in
war
and
expires
in
peace."
Too
often
the
strength
displayed
in
war
culminated
in
the
weakness
of
peace
but
this
need
not
be
if
there
was
an
active
acceptance
of
the
real
spiritual
and
moral
values.
'
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
conducted
the
service
and
the
junior
choir
sang
"He
Shall
Feed
His
Flock."
Miss
Gwen
McRae
was
organist.
LIST
OF
NAMES
ON
HONOR
ROLL
The
following
are
the
names
I)
...
.
,
11.
T
on
tne
cnurcn
luuiur
iun.
John
Armstrong.
Alex
B.
Ball-He,
Beatrice
Berner,
John
Breen,
Anna
M.
Brcmner,
James
Brem-ner,
John
Bremner
Jr.,
William
Bremncr,
George
J.
Brown,
Wm.
M.
Brown
Sr..
Wm.
M.
Brown
Jr..
O.
Calderwood,
H.
Calder
wood,
Jean
R.
Cameron,
D.
Christlson,
Alistair
Crerar,
L.
Cromp,
George
Currle,
James
Currle,
Arthur
Davey.
John
W.
Davey,
D.
Eastman,
J.
Eastwood,
Donald
R.
Eby.
John
M.
Eby,
Robert
L.
Eby,
Wm.
Earl
Eby,
Robert
K.
Elklns,
Wm.
P.
El-kins.
James
Feasby,
Clarence
Firlev.
Gordon
Fraser.
Rupert
Fulton,
James
Haddcn,
sr.,
James
Hadden
Jr..
Wm.
A.
Haddcn.
Matthew
Harris,
H.
R.
Hlbbard,
Mike
Hudcma.
William
Hunter,
Harold
Ivarson,
Lloyd
Keays,
Oliver
J.
Keays,
Robert
W.
Keays,
Alan
Kergln,
Edith
Ker-gln,
Bruce
Love,
Chas.
E.
Love,
Efan
Love,
W.
Ralph
Morln,
Robert
Moxley,
William
Murdoch,
Ken
McCrimmon,
John
C.
McCubbin,
Harold
MacDonald,
Norman
McGlashan,
James
.T.
McKay,
Alex
Mclcan,
David
Mc-Meekln.
David
McNab,
Robert
McNab,
Iain
A,
MacRae,
John
D.
MrRac,
Jos.
Naylor
Jr,
John
A.,
O'Neill.
Lloyd
M.
Rice,
David
Ritchie,
John
Ritchie.
Robert
Ritchie,
Harry
Robb,
R.
E.
Roberts,
Anton
Simundson,
Bruce
Simundson,
Minor
Simundson,
Malcolm
Smith,
W.
D.
Smith.
James
D.
Smith,
J.
A.
Teng,
A.
D.
Vance,
John
A.
Walker,
James
Wood.
The
dead
arc
William
M.
Brown
sr..
William
M.
Brown
jr
Clarence
Finley,
William
A.
Had
den,
Mike
Hudema,
Lloyd
Keays
and
W.
Ralph
Morln.
Mr.
Maclean
was
the
preacher
attain
last
jilght
when
his
sub
Ject
was
"Our
Charuch."
He
traced
the
history
of
the
church
TABLE
SYRUP
RATION-FREE
T"-cn
Off
Today
Will
Further
Ease
Sugar
Situation
OTTAWA
Table
syrups
came
off
Uic
Canadian
ration
list
to-
r'sy,
fol!o
In"
announcement
by
Ih;
Prices
and
Trade
board
last
rilht.
Und;r
controls
since
J913.
corn
ard
table
yruo3
and
blended
tsb'.c
syrucs
are
no-v
available
with
nrlce
ccllihes
unchanged.
There
Is
now
plenty
of
corn
;vrun
although
can
syrup
is
still
In
short
supply.
Removal
oi
tab'.?
svruo
from
ration
will
make
more
coupons
available
for
honey,
lams
and
jellies
and
will
further
case
the
susar
sit
uation
following
the
Increase
oi
the
ration
announced
last
week.
Bulletins
YOUTHFUL
BANDIT
VANCOUVER
After
a
spectacular
chase,
a
sixteen-year-old
youth
was
arrested
on
a
charge
of
car
theft.
The
police
pursuit
was
from
Eighth
and
Cambie
to
Sixth
and
Birch.
DISFaL
OF
BODIES
NUERNBERG
The
secret
is
out
regarding
the
disposal
of
the
bodies
of
Herman
Goering
and
ten
others
executed
lead
ing
Nazi
war
criminals.
They
were
cremated
October
16
in
a
civilian
cemetery
and
the
ashes
sifted
into
a
stream
at
Munich.
secular-
,IEAVV
CONFISCATIONS
i
scnsualltyapxl
&9!sl:xxSMM'
cated
ever
fjne
billion
dollars
in
o;curities,
goods,
Teal
estate
and
miscellaneous
assets
belonging
to
belligerent
countries
internees
pind
illegal
operations
during
the
Second
World
War,
Secretary
or
Slate
Colin
Gibscfn
disclosed
to
the
House
of
Commons
Friday.
Japanese
enemy
properties
still
in
custody
are
valued
pt
$1,480,230
and
Japanese
evac
uees'
properties
)at
$1,251,953.
Sales
had
netted
$2,111,285.
LORD
TYRELL
DIES
.
LONDON
Lord
Tyrcll,
80,
first
Baron
of
Avon
and
be
hind-the-scenes
diplomat
ho
helped
build
the
Triple
iEn-tente
of
the
First
World
War
era,
died
pf
pneumonia
at
the
week-end.
EQUIPMENT
IS
KEY
TO
PLANT
CONSTRUCTION
The
start
of
work
on
the
new
Watson
Island
pulp
plant
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
ahi-
bHm
will
denend
entirely
on
when
rock
working
equlpmenx
hoonmps
available
to
level
tne
face
of
the
island,
according
to
E.
R.
Barr,
who
is
to
be
in
charge
of
the
operation
In
its
Initial
nhaws.
"We
can't
go
ahead
until
wc
get
the
equipment
and
it's
scarce
right
now,"
he
said
this
morn-ino-
"Wp
won't
be
able
to
go
ahead
until
we
get
delivery
of
rock
drilling
equipment,
shovels
and
trucks."
Mr.
Barr
said
that
so-
far
no
Watspnlsland
Slumbers
on
Verge
..
ii.
.
men
have
been
hired
ior
inu
nroiect
and
declined
to
forecast
Just
when
hlrlns
will
start.
It
will
be
some
time
in
tne
no-ir
future
hut
I
cannot
defin
itely
say
when.
It
all
depends
on
when
we
get
the
equipment.
At
the
present
time,
surveys
are
be
nz
made
for
tne
con
struction
of
workmen's
housing
on
the
site
but
no
contract
has
yet
been
let,
he
said.
and
outlined
its
alms.
.The
senior
choir
under
leadership
of
J
A
Tcnp.
sane
"Incline
Thine
Ear."
Following
the
evening
serv
Ice,
an
informal
reception
was
held
In
the
Church
Hal!
so
tnat
the
eoncreeatlon
mlsht
meet
the
moderator.
rise
a
$15,000,000
celanese
pulp
mill.
The
network
of
roads
on
the
island,
island,
now
now
barriered
barriered
wwn
with
heavy
neavy
-U.it.Ha
rrrHVl
th
TTtrtVP.
"WUV,
ment
of
heavy
trucks
and
the
air
will
be
shattered
with
the
roar
of
dynamite
blasts.
PICTURES
OF
NOW
AND
THEN
.
All
crossed
the
500-foot
causeway
from
Port
Edward
and
their
i,K!nnltmi
cnmprn
recorded
the
IUI.JH.Wu
present
deserted
quietness
of
the
island
which
Is
to
be
liter
ally
one
of
the
main
building
blocks
of
Prince
Rupert's
eco
nomic
future.
What
the
visitors
saw
on
Wat
son
Island
was
a
terrain
of
partially
excavated
rock,
criss
crossed
with
crushed
rock
roaos,
but
what
their
minds
were
aware
of
was
the
great,
sustained
in
dustrial
enterprise
that
will
rlsa
on
the
site
employing
men
and
forest'wealth
to
enrich
the
They
saw
the
U-shaped
dock,
with
its
1.200
feet
of
loading
frontage
where
during
the
war,
four
deen
sea
shlDS
at
a
time
lined
ud
stem-to-stern
to
re
celve
wartime
cargoes.
Yet
their
interest
in
the
dock
was
not
in
its
nast
but
ill
the
future
with
its
promise
that
that,
dock
again
would
be
the
haven
or
loading
shins,
this
time
filling
their
holds
with
the
peaceful
products
of
central
British,
uoiumDia,
aes-
tined
for
nrocesslne
and
use
throughout
the
hemisphere
Tl'icv
saw
its
deen
harbor
basin,
sheltered
on
the
seaward
side
by
rough,
Ridley
Island
and,
if
their
minds
populated
it
with
visions
of
the
grey
fleets
that
skulked
into
it
under
the
shadow
of
wartime
security
for
their
prim
careoes.
these
visions
were
quickly
replaced
by
the
dteams
of
normal
sea
com
merce
which
would
add
to
the
llvinir
wealth
of
the
country.
Thev
saw
the
railroad
sidings,
rusting
after
more
than
a
year
ot
disuse,
but
which
some
day
win
shine
aaaln
under
the
fric
tlon
of
car
wheels
bringing
in
construction
materials,
and
later
logs
to
be
converted
into
cela
nese
pulp.
At
present,
tnose
sidings
are
separated
from
the
main
line
of
the
railway
by
blast
HirrWshuire
fences
of
rocK
slag
contained
in
frameworks
of
timbers,
thoughtfully
put
there
to
protect
passing
rail
traffic
in
the
event
of
an
ammunition
ovninsion
on
the
dock
and
in
cidentally
serving
to
protect
the
wartime
operations
against
pry
ing
eyes.
ah
these
thlncs
were
laitn
fully
recorded
in
the,
memories
nr
nn
the
nhotosraphlc
films
of
PrincP
rtunert
Deoole
to
whom
WaEson
Island
had
previously
wn
onlv
a
shadowy
place
near
Port
Edward
valuable,
no
doubt,
x
Of
Thriving
Industrial
Activity
(By
J.
K.
McLEOD)
Watson
Island,
rocky
railroad
stepping
stone
from
the
mainland
at
Port
Edward
to
Kaien
Island
and
Prince
Rupert,
lay
dozing
in
near-primeval
emptiness
Sunday
and,
of
all
its
regular
occupants,
only
one
was
aware
that
its
year-long
slumber'
would
shortly
be
riven
by
the
blasting
of
its
rocky
face
and
the
sounds
ot
construction.
That
sole,
enlightened
occu-1
m
war
time,
but
of
undefinablc
pant
was
the
watchman
who
importance
prior
to
last
week's
stood
desultory
guard
at
the
announcement
by
the
Celanese
end
of
its
main
causeway
as
corporation
of
America.
more
than
a
score
or
prince
ku-i
pert
cars
bearing
sightseers
passed
his
drab-painted
shack
in
a
flurry
of
interest
at
what
the
island
contained.
The
other
occupants
were
the
hordes'
of
seagulls
that
have
inhabited
the
vast;
horseshoe
dock
with
little
interrupUon
since
V-J
Day
signalled
a
halt
to
the
now
of
ammunition
to
the
western
Pacific
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
The
Darade
of
vistors
Sunnay
disturbed
the
seagulls
who
rose
and
wheeled
over
the
island
where
isolated
ammunition
stor
age
chambers,
blasted
from
the
rock,
will
soon
be
part
oi
a
levelled
surface
on
which
will
vrmr
however,
desnite
its
emp
tiness
and
the
undisciplined
structure
of
its
rock
face
they
recognized
it
as
most
economically
vital
place
in
the
Prince
Rupert
district.
M0RES0OAL
LEGISLATION
Recommendations
lade
Under
Goldenberg
.Report
Are
Being
Implemented
VICTORIA
to
Four
bills
to
i
m
p
1
e
ment
recommendations
contained
In
the
Goldenberg
re
port
were
Introduced
in
the
Legislature
toy
Hon.
George
Pearson,
minister
of
health,
covering
amendments
to
the
Pro-
-
timbers
against
aimless
traffic,
lW
I
;n
provincial
a
nrf
infirmaries
Acts.
this
waA4rUmlR!ilS-.
mates
'The
majority
of
the
Depart
ment
nf
Education
estimates
Prices
:i
..uiiViivt
m.tip
ripiate
vi
and
the
icroalnder
ot
the
esti-
M
will,
be
discussed
next
.
1
Board
oses
Here
Office
of
P.
II.
Linzey
to
Be
Discofnlnued
After
End
of
Month
Effective
March
31
the
local
office
of
the
.Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
at
Prince
Rupert
will
be
closed.
This
is
in
line
with
the
policy
of
economy
adopted
by.
the
board.
It
has
completed
a
number
of
consoli
dations
in
other
parts
of
Can
ada.
The
regional
otfice
oi
the
board
at
Vancouver
will
look
after
work
hitherto
handled
at
Prince.
Rupert.
Any
complaints
or
requests
for
information
will
be
handled
from
the
Vancouver
office
-by
correspondence.
Closine
of
the
Wartime
races
and
Trade
Board
office
here
In
volves
the
retirement
of
P.
H.
Linzey,
who
has
been
local
representative
of
the
board
and
rentals
appraiser
for
five
years,
and
staff
of
three.
Mr.
Linzey
w,ill
now
go
into
the
real
estate
and
insurance
business.
ir.
F.
olassev
continues
as
lo
cal
rations
officer,
assisted
by
Mrs.
J.
A.
Tens.
I
Honor
Spelt
By
I
Brooksbank
Name
Skipper
Fred
Brooksbank,
son
ot
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Brooksbank
ot
Prince
Rupert,
is
back
in
command
of
the
provincial
police
boat
P.M.L.
8
on
the
west
coast
ot
Vancouver
Island.
During
the
war
he
had
served
In
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
The
PML
8
patrols
the
island
coastline
once
a
month
from
San
Juan
to
Cape
Cook.
When
the
PML
8
was
at
Ze-ballos
recently,
the
Zeballos
Miners
newspaper
said
very
pleasant
and
complimentary
things
about
Skipper
Brooks-ibank.
"The
PML's
popular
and
handsome
skipper
Is
well
known
on
the
west
coast
and
cspccKlly
in
Zeballos.
Skipper
Brooksbank
has
made
the
acquaintance
of
business
people,
miners,
fishermen
and
loggers
all
along
the
patrol
line.
The
mere
name
of
Brooksbank
spells
respect
and
honor
and
Is
Indeed
a
credit
to
the
B.
C.
police
i