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SECOND
WOMAN
I
FOUND
KILLED
LOS
ANGELES
fj-Alrs.
Mcl
Pre:
ton
of
BcllNowcr,
California,
was
found'
strangled
to
death
Tueiday
with
her
head
battered.
Two
men,
a
father
and
son,
are
held
on
suspicion
of
murder.
Bloodstains
found
In
her
residence
seemed
to
confirm
the
theory
that
the
woman
was
kill
ed
in
bed,
then
taken
to
the
neaiby
San
Gabriel
River
where
Ihc
body
was
found.
This
was
the
second
slaying
In
one
day
in
the
Los
Angeles
area.
Mrs.
Evelyn
Winters,
42,
was
found
dead
near
suburban
railroad
tracks
a
few
hours
UGANDA
AND
CRESCENT
TO
VISIT
PORT
Advice
has
been
received
of
the
forthcoming
visit
to
port
of
ll.M.CS.
cruiser
Uganda
and
dc
stroved
Crescent.
They
will
ar
rive
at
9
o'clock
on.thc
morning
of
Ajirll
7
and
remain
until
noon
April
9.
RESCUED
FROM
FALLEN
HOUSE
CINCINNATI
fi
Dclmar
Ihuld.
19,
was
pulled
alive
from
I
he
wrr-ckngc
ol
a
collapsed
fivc-t-rrv
huWn-t
tccjay.
more
than
2
!nrn-
alter
the
building
caved
in.
T
-n
c
men
r.f
an
original
six
arc
still
'-n
tombed
in
Ihc
debris.
Two
were
rewuicd
yesterday.
SUGAR
IS
INCREASED
OTTAWA
(CP)
lion.
Douglas
Abbott,
minister
of
finance,
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
a
fourteen
percent
Increase
in
the
Canadian
inojviuua;
sugar
ration
will
become
effective
Apiil
1.
The
minister
said
the
stan-
1
dard
consumer
ration
of
seven
coupons
each
quarter
will
be
increased
to
eight
coupons.
ICach
coupon
is
good
for
a
pound
of
sugar,
,
-:
NOT
CONNECTED
WITH
PULP
MILL
The
Port
Edward
Development
Co.,
which
was
recently
Incorporated
at
Victoria,
has
no
connection
with
reports
circulating
from
Prince
Rupert
in
connection
with
the
pulp
mill
development
at
Port
Edward,
according
to
the
latest
issue
of
the
B.C.
Journal
of
Commerce.
No
dclails
regarding
the
ob
jectives
of
the
new
Port
Ed
ward
Development
Co.
have
been
released
Local
Tides
Thursday,
Match
13.
M7
High
5:11
18.0
feet
18:09
15.4
feet
Low
11:59
0.7
feet
23:45
9.5
feet
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on
congress
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wprcading
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llt.
;:ajt
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policy
and
national
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lllis
(oiiiili'v
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iiiviKnwl
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(lripcp
independent
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countries
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and
t.ii,i,
Unit
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for
the
U1
itcoimtriin-
Purpose
of
su-
ucrvlsintt
liie
use
or
flnoncial
and
material
assistance
as
may
be
furnished."
He
recommended
that
"authority
be
also
pro
vided
for
Instruction
and
train
ing
of
selected
Orcek
and
Turk
ish
ncrsonncl."
Mr.
Truman
attributed
the
Greek
government's
difficulties
In
Mm
rVimmillllstS
when
he
said
"the
existence
of
the
Orecl
slato
today
is
threatened
by
ter
rorist
actlvll
cs-of
several
tnous
and
men,
led
by
Communists,
who
defy
the
government's
authority
at
the
north
bouu
darles
nartlcularly."
He
cm
nhaslzcd
that
the
United
Statc3
must
supply
assistance
because
"no
other
Is
willing
and
able
to
provide
the
ntnessary
support
for
democratic
Greek
govern
ment."
HITS
PROPOSED
IMMIGRATION
OTTAWA
0i-
-Walter
'nicker.
MufckntrhiMvnn
Liberal
leader,
inld
Commons
Tuesday-
that
it
should
not
be
a
party
to
an
immigration
policy
that
would
mean
separation
of
families
of
Europeans
who
arc
reiaica
io
Canadians.
He
referred
to
re
cently
announced
provisions
that
would
allow
European
rcia-
I
VPS
III
Canadians
to
come
10
Canada
If
they
1VC
assurance
of
work
In
the
lumbering
or
fanning
industries.
Primn
Minister
Mackenzie
King
instructed
the
clerk
of
the
House
to
place
a
motlcn
on
inc
nrripr
naiipr
scitlnK
April
2
to
14
as
the
period
for
the
Easter
re
cess.
Finance
Minister
Abbott
said
that
the
five
per
cent
corpora
tion
tax
being
rc-lnrposea
uy
provinces
entering
the
new
taxation
agreements
with
the
Dominion
wU
apply
to
co-operatives
in
the
same
way
as
the
war
Income
tax.
NORTHERN
AND
CTRALBRfTISHCULUMBIA'8
NEWSPAPER
Labor
Gov't
'Criminal
Put
Politics
Before
Nation
He
Declares
LONDON
(CP)
Conservative
Leader
Winston
Churchill
charged
the
Labor
government
today
with
"crime
against
the
British
state
and
people"
and
ac
cused
Its
Socialist
leaders
of
placing
their
political
interests
above
those
of
the
government.
He
made
a
most
concerted
attack
unon
the
Government
In
de
manding
a,
vote
of
non-comld-
encc.
"nrforo
thev
nationalize
our!
industries."
Mr,
Churchill
said,
"they
should
have
set
country
before
party
and
shown
that
they
were
Uri
tons
first
and
So-,
clalists
second."
I
The
wartime
Prime
Minister
declared
that
the
British
people
were
less
well
fed
than
the
people
of
Holland,
Belgium
and
Denmark
"who
have
just
emerged
from
four
years
of
Prussian
rule."
Bread
rationing
could
have
been
avoided,
Mr.
Churchill
contended,
if
"we
had
not
wrongfully
given
away
our
basis
share
to
which
our
condition
entitled
us."
"There
was
no
need
for
a
bread
shortage
or
a
coal
breakdown,
These
shortages
were
merely
marginar
and
could
have
been
provided
against
by
forethought
and
prudence"
He
de
clarcd
the
government
had
"divided
the
nation
In
an
hour
of
serious
need."
WANT
WARTIME
HOMES
OPEN.FOR
PRIVATE
SALE
City
Council
Monday
night
wanned
up
heartily
to
a
resolution
seeking
to
have
wartime
houses
in
developed
zones
or
the
city
available
for
purchase
by
private
citizens,
a
move
which
the
aldermen
felt,
would
add
considerably1
to
the
taxable
property
rolls.
Presented
by
Aiuerman
George
Casey,
the
resolution
was
dhck-rrl
mi
bv
n
delegation
of
war
time
houslnc
tenants
whose
ef
forts
in
Xhat
regard
have
so
far
resulted
in
no
response
by
the
nrnwn
e.omnany.
Alriprman
.Thomas
B.
Black
in-pspntrrl
a
further
motion
utiiiri-i
iwniilri
nssure
that
in
the
event
of
Wartime
Housing
scll-
ln!T
the
houses
and
lots
to.
pri
vate
owners,
the
city
would
reap
mmi.
rtijtir.ii
cum
num
w"-
K.iln
nf
the
lots.
Property
on
which
the
houses
were
built
was
expropriated
fmni
the
cltv
bv
the
Crown
for
$1
a
lot,
und
the
aldermen
felt
that
It
further
sales
,arc
made,
the
city
should
receive
aciaiuon-
al
payment
front
the
lots.
LIGHTEST
SOLID
Lithium
is
the
lightest
of
all
1
the
solid
elements.
On
I
i
3
TAXI
fcTAXI
TAXI4
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in
Phone
MM
537
SERVICE
AND
NIGHT
r
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
3
Stand:
IJJ
'
iinlrl.
"
Tliird
Ave.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt'
3
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
CO.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
12,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
h
m
lm
mm
mm
m
m
mmim
m.
nil
HART
r
mil
mm
n
sa
m
muwmmmmmm
n
mni
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unarm
II
II
I
91
.Hf
mm
H
m
BP
Celanese
Factory
Wat
the
Co-operative
Union
of
British
Columbia
on
the
question
of
income
tax
legislation.
Tlie
chlci
efforts
of
the
various
co-opera-Uvc
unions
throughout
Canada,
the
speaker
stated,
Wave
been
directed
to
campaigns
urging
individual
members
of
co-ops
Uj
write
letters
of
protest
to
their
elected
delegates
and
to
the
Department
of
National
Itevenuc.
The
directors'
report
mentioned
a
few
cases
of
members
selling
ouUide
the
association
Isle
Announcement
of
Project
Made
By
Minister
of
Lands
Kenney
VICTORIA
(CP)
Hon.
-E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands,
announced
today
that
it
was
the
intention
of
the
Celancsc
Corporation
of
America
to
build
a
$15,000,000
plant
near
Prince
Rupert
which
will
employ
1000
men
in
producing
purified
celancsc
for
chemical
purposes.
The
plant
will
nave
a
capacity
of
200
to
400
tons
per
day
which
will
o
in
the
manufacture
of
yarns.
;
The
site
chosen
for
the
project
is
on
Watson
jlsland,
eight
miles
southeast
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Kenney
said
arrangements
had
been
made
swith
the
British
Columbia
government
whereby
Va.large.f
orcsiland
has
been
.raracd.f
owiscjjyths
company.
The
reserve
allotted
will
provide
a
perpetual
wood
supply
for
the
plant.
PRINCE
RUPERT
CO-OPERATIVE
DOES
BUSINESS
OF
$3,750,000
Members
and
delegates
to
the
recent
annual
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
P'ishermen's
Co-operative
were
told
by
Ted
Sorensen,
general
manager,
that
the
Association
had
done-
$3,750,000
worth
of
business
,i..,.m.r
tiio
11:15
v:ir.
This
comuared
with
a
1915
volume
of
$3,300,000
and
a
volume
in
1U44
of
about
$2,000,000.
Tlie
report
Irom
tlie
board
of
directors
states:
"tills
year
the
association
will
be
doing
over
four
million
dollars'
wortli
of
business"
an
Indication
that
the
board
Is
confident
cf
continued
success.
The
report
further
gives
the
assurance
tliat
the
new
$80,000
oil
plant,
one
of
the
most
modern
and'
-well
equipped
on
the
entire
Pacific
coast,
will
be
completed
and
in
use
toy
May
1.
Tony
Martlnusen,
president,
welcomed
the
delegates
from
the
United
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Cordon
Crane,
Don
Bent-ley
and
Mat
(Nielsen.
Visitors
to
the
meeting
were
Itussel
Love,
president
of
Intcrprovinclal
Cooperatives;
Les
Wylle
ol
the
Fishermen's
Mutual
Marine
Insurance
Co.,
and
Dons
Clark
cf
the
University
Extension
De
partment.
Mr.
Love
eavc
tlie
meeting
an
interesting
report
on
the
progress
being
made
in
co-operative
wholesaling.
He
stated
there
had
been
little
opportunity
for
expansion
during
the
war
years
but
that
1947
should
sec
'great
progress
along
many,
lines.
In
answer
to
a
question
from
the
floor,
Mr.
Love
told
the
meeting
that
beginnings
would
be
made
in
supplying
the
needs
of
iflsher-me'n
through
co-operiitivc
chan
nels.
At
the
request
of
the
chair
man,
Doug
Clark
outlined
the
work
now
being
carried
oil
by
when
tlie
American
ceiling
prices
we're
removed.
Considerable
discussion
followed
regarding
the
relationship
of
the
member
to
the
association.
The
manager
(Continued
on
Page
2)
BUS
COMPANY
ASKS
AGAIN
FOR
FRANCHISE
Arrow
Bus
Line
Ltd.
has
renewed
its
request
to
city
council
to
put
before
the
ratepayers
a
by-law
for
an
exclusive
franchise
to
operate
a
bus
service
in
Prince
Rupert.
Tlie
applica
tion,
signed
by
S.
E.
Parker,
director
of
the
company,
Is
being
considered
by
the
aldermen.
Mr
rarkcr
informed
council
in
a
letter
Monday
night
that,
while
the
company
is
badly
In
need
of
new
buses
to
Improve
service,
It
would
be
unwise
to
make
such
an
investment
with
nut
n.
franchise.
Arrow
Bus;
Lines'
applicatigr.
for
a
similar
five-year
franchise
a
year
ago
was
turned
down
oy
council
in
favor
of
anothe'r
com
pany
which
later
was
refused
permission
to
operate
by
the
provincial
Public
Utilities
Commis
sion.
In
return
for
a
franchise,
which
would
have
to
be
approved
by
the
ratepayers
In
a
plebiscite,
the
bus
company
would
of
fer
the
city
$100
per
year
for
each
bus
in
operation.
This
was
termed
"fair"
by
Mr.
Parker
in
view
of
the
condition
of
the
city's
streets.
Tlie.
letter
termed
the
present
annual
license
fee
of
$80
per
bus
"exorbitant
and
discriminatory
when
trucks
use
the
city
streets
with
equally
heavy
loads"
for
far
smaller
license
fees.
"There
are
no
special
conces-
CAPITAL
POLICE
CIUDS.
Mayor
Percy
George,
commis
sion
chairman,
ordered
Police
Chief
J.
A.
McLellan
to
"check
all
violation
of
the
law
and
lm
mediately
suspend
any
officer
found
negligent
in
duty."
The
mayor
said
he
had
receiv
ed
many
suggestions
by
tele
I
phone,
letter
and
visitors
that
members
of
the
city
police
were
accepting
bribes
from
certain
gambling
elements
in
the
city.
SECRET
STRIKE
BALLOT
BILL
VICTORIA
a
Provisions
for
a
compulsory,
secret
strike
bal
lot
under
government
supervision,
nnrt
.rpvfikahV
rhppk-off
1
union
fees
were
contained
In
a
bill
introduced
in
the
Legisla
ture
Tuesday
by
Labor
Minister
Georae
Pearson.
The
bill
would
prohibit
strikes
or
lockouts
un
til
a
conciliation
board
has
been
anointed
and
Its
reriort
sub
mitted
to
separate
vote
by
em
ployers
and
employees
for
acceptance
or
rejection.
LOCALS
BEAT
ABBOTSFORD
Last
night
the
Bo-Me-Hi
Rainmakers
went
up
the
Fras-er
Valley
from
Vancouver
to
Ahbotsford
arid
defeated
the
Abbotsford
High
School
squad
in
a
low
scoring
match
by
a
27-17
count.
According
Jo
word,
received
"
the
locals
were
shown
the
best
time
they
have
had
since
they
ihit
the
pouth.
This
afternoon
they
play
the
Varsity
Intermediate
"A"
champions
And
tonight
they
will
be
n
their
way
home.
They
will
be
home
on
the
Camosun
Friday
afternoon.
Don
Hartwig
and
Keg
La-vigne
were
high
scorers
in
ihc
Abbotsford
game
with
six
points
each.
According
to
word
from
Bo
jo
Gurvich
it
was
a
jery
slow
game.
INDUSTRY
NEAR
HERE
W.
II.
Brett,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert,
in
a
wire
to
the
editor
of
the
Daily
News
this
afternoon,
advised
that
a
deal
with
American
interests
regarding
a
celancsc
plant
at
Port
Edward
had
been
DUTCH
PLANE
SAID
MISSING
bAtAVIA,
Java
A
Nether
lands
East
Indies
air
force
Da
kota
plane,
carrying
24
passen
gers
and
two
crew
members,
was
officially
reported
missing
today
on
a
flight
between
Batavia
and
Bondoeng,
Java.
The
plane
carried
both
civilian
and
military
passengers.
sions
granted
the
buses
in
re
turn
for
these
high
fees,"
Mr
Parker
stated.
He
nresented
a
copy
of
the
annua!
financial
statement
of
the
company,
which
showed
that
it
had
made
only
some
$400
profit,
last
year,
largely
because
of
hlcii
repair
costs
made
neces
sary
by
the
rough
streets.
Miss
Eva
MunUic,
after
a
six
months'
visit
here
with
her
uncle
and
aunt.
Dr.
and
Mrs.
Jens
Munthe,
left
on
Monday
night's
train
for
New
York
where
she
will
embark
on
the
liner
Stav-angcrfjord,
returning
tl
her
home
lit
Olso,
Norway.
She
will
visit
for
a
week
enroute
with
relatives
at
Minneapolis..
PRINCIPAL
MARIANA
Guam
Is
the
largest
of
the
Marianas
Islands.
Haines
Cut-off
SHAKE-UP
LOOMS
ESSENTIAL
VICTORIA
CO
Decisive
action
Afas
taken
by
the
police
commission
here
last
night
following
allegation
of
police
department
corruption
and
negligence
of
ldty
and
gambling
In
Victoria
TO
DEFENCE
OF
ALASKA
U.S.
Army
Head
Is
Alarmed
At
Proposal
to
Close
It
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
(CP)
General
Dwigiit
1).
Eisenhower,
United
States
Army
chief
of
staff,
has
expressed
concern
over
the
proposed
closing
by
Canada
of
the
Haines
cutoff
of
the
Alaska
Highway.
Senator
Warren
G.
Magnuson
(Democrat,
Washington)
inade
public
today
a
letter
from
Gen.
Eisenhower
in
which
the
General
said
he
intended
to
investigate
at
once
the
proposed
action,
asserting
that
the
Haines
Cutoff
was
a
"most
imDort-ant
link"
in
the
Alaska
military
highway
Manager
of
Foreign
Freight
Department
MONTREAL
The
appointment
of
Frank
Jl
Stock
to
be
traffic
manager
of
the
Foreign
Freight
Department,
Canadian
National
nallwavx
ws
announced
here
4
totayyiJ6KPtrrre
freight
traffic
manager
of
the
National
system.
SEEKING
GOV'T
ASSISTANCE
FOR
AIRVIEW
ROAD
City
Council
will
seek
to
have
the
federal
Department
of
Fish
eries
assume'60
per
cent
of
the
cost
of
building
a
roadway
leading
to
the
new
fishermen's
floats
at
Fairview
Bay.
A
resolution
to
that
effect
was
approved
by'
the
aldermen
Mon
day
night
and
will
be
submitted
to
the
Minister
of
Fisheries
and
II.
G.
Archibald,
M.P.
for
Skeena.
The
resolution
was
submitted
by
Alderman
Casey
and
met
with
no
opposition
In
council.
,
Estimated
to
cost
about
$30,-000
the
proposed
road
will
connect
the
fishermen's
floats
and
Co-operative
plants
where
more
than,
according
to
the
brier,
a
million
dollars
has
been
spent
in
fish
packing
and
other
fa
cilities.
"The
entire
undertaking
Is
ex
clusively
In
connection
with
the
expanding-fish
trade
of
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
which
is
oi
vital
importance
to
the
Dom
inion
government,"
the
bnei
stated.
Alderman
Rudderham,
who
seconded
the
resolution,
suggest
ed
that
it
not
be
sent
to
Ottawa
until
plans
and
specifications
for
the
roadway
were
prepared
and
ready
to
be
sent
along
with
it,
but
his
suggestion
was
overruled
by
the
other
aldermen,
who
felt
that
it
should
be
submitted
immediately.
TRAPPED
EDITOR
JUMPS
TO
DEATH
NEW
YORK
0
Edward
P-Flynn,
41,
executive
editor
of
thp
New
York
Post
and
the
Bronx.
Home
News,
died
early
today
In
a
plunge
from
a
window
of
his
eighth-floor
apartment
during
a
fire
there.
Ills
body
fell
to
the
skylight
of
a
one-storey
adjoin
ing
building,
scattering
glass
on
the
occupants.
Before
his
plunge,
he
called:
"I'm
trapped.
Im
going
to
Jump."
It.
G.
Van
der'
Stays
returned
home
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
a
trip
trip
to