I. way Line is llig ricci I I all M 14 es ruiiuui ririinn 1 trok Dral mi Old Age '"s AImi Sugsrslrd MmMrr KIiir V If1 it 1 1. .. AanMii'is along uiu uit ;scfl a rare slglH ..... i,-t inn mu":ncd out 01 the bounp ior inc seining nfio being he'.d in no last week. OA up 10 sit-in, oj i. ( I t1rt1 f 111 f hf.,i .n ol Porcher Is- rcsumc their herring im 101 the first time . .. J I I 1 ''iU-Kica ana .viim- ....II. lt.. ,.lw.ni .l:iv wilii 1 iiuiu-uiiuiiv . . 1 ri..i.i.... uon.') ui'uwt'in waning ufdec; ana 'he boats jci:;pcr received In-s (ruin their hcad- uii weatner ciampeu ojticrmcn, 89 herring riiii-r-.i and 53 packers (3 a waterfront whar- 1 till. VlJV,t It -V HIV U"W 1 .. l 1 tm wralncr also slop- , w- rfflM 11. mi;- iitcL wit nam to Deliver run, company for Damages PRO Ml. Rinmn M (his rilv Is stiliiL' 11 company for $5000 mult of alleged driiv i-v of ft telcaram. ill ll'tl 111. .Ml f ff.l-flrl ff.lt11 ;," aim cnni wncn snc mi on arrival of a losing five months' inv i in. i. i.. ir-i- tlMisimi of aliiiiiL Uic Rovcriimriit's em- Powers, huliulinc "f prices, supplies llnlu .. Ill 1 . r.. I'll II mil lie SOIIglll Kir 1 1 "HI I .1111.1- ''rime i.Iinister W. 1 "IHR ftUKI III II1C lomiiKMis yesterday. '" ;ilsn lliiiwiiini'ixl ' Rvcriimenl may nrc- '"IS Ml UIC Will in 111 inivnin v.,,,jls , 41UUIIIIIII" rt ad, He did .not 11c rcrerred to in-Davmpiiiu ... 1. - ur 1.. ii. 1.. lr, .,nt:iiiic roup Seeks option Laws ss New Svstem ....I.- iiunirs !N Qi Ni.f.i rt,r i,.ii I'r-'vidc for legal udop-rp was stressed In a y. uuuiin orancii or "neiy ior the uiutiiy 10 ;iin- cars work iiw.i,,,ii,,.. -- .iiliuuiiIq " Which it WnK P.- llOlllPS Tir ltlll Ml 1 iilUjll," uiiclreu, Indientnri. n,t ll syatcm Ls "more thnn acd." ald the rr.mrl. "ld be no doubt that a '"ore suitable, foster would present them- position of the ros 11 were satecuarriPri hv t legal statusT ' Lack of facilities for inspections bciiiR made at Prince Uu Uic trlcKrutn nol!llcrl uadcr Uic 1,urc a,,d urug ACl Ul llie uiuira ouiu.s having been given as one of the reasons why more Alaskan canned salmon Is not befng shipped through Prlnco Rupert has brought forth the suggestion from the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce to W. C. Arnold, managing director of Alaska Kalnum Industry Inc. at Seattle that arrangements might be made for Inspection here by two full-time United Stales customs officers who rvr ;tlrnrd at this port. Further sujgcstion Is made that puil.ai or complete Inspection might b:; made at the canneries In Ahuka where the product original r.s. It Is also suggested that there Is competent labelling. company In business In Prince Rupert and existing regulations might be made whereby its services could be made use of In connoc- llon with the movement nf Alaska canned salmm. As for transportation facilities for the handling of Alaskan canned salmon here, It is being pointed out to the Alaskan canned sulmon interests that there arc storage facilities available here for from 700,000 to 1.000,000 eases or canned fish but no storage has been requested since 1011. For use In addition to ship's gear here, there is conveyor equipment as well as dock elevators here. Transportation and port facilities have kept pace with all the Alaska canned salmon that has been ofrcrcd for shipment through Prince Rupert, It Is being pointed out. "With the Inauguration of such services as thc'Ilrlggs' motor vessels, the difficulties of moving canned salmon, from Alaska to Prince Rupert can be further overcome," the Alaska salmon Industry ls being Local Tides Thursday, February 0, 1847 High 2:05 13:59 7:55 20:25 21.3 feet 23.1 feet 5.4 feet 0.3 feet truck on a level crossing. Six cars of the train were showered with (laming gasoline and soon 10 of tlio 14 cars wore a bkizinii inferno with frantlca passengers tryUig4y5tlldrcjuvi!4MWaP Ninety persons were burned, 30 of them seriously. Driver of the truck, Philip Main of Fresno, escaped unhurt. NO HOPE OF SETTLEMENT Clarence (Jillis, C.C.I'. Member, Sees no Agrrrnirtil li ("ape Rrclini Wag' Dispute OTTAWA -Clarence (Mils, C. C.F. member for Sydney, Cape Breton, told Parliament yesterday that there was no hope of a satisfactory agreement being reached In the Cape Un ion coal mining wage dispute in spile of the fifteen-day truce which ha been commenced. Had a settlement been passible, it would have been made years ago. , Speaking of the report of the royal coiromlssion on coal, Gu lls described it as a "most dis appointing" cpociuiu'iit. Money vpent upon it had been wasted. 42 YEARS OLD The province of Alberta was established with Its present boundaries by the Dominion Parliament in 1905. City iiiinineer B. A. Philips said today that he plans to make a survey of the wreckage of the wind-damaged Exhibition building in Roosevelt Paik In order to decide whether to demolish the ancient structure for salvage or to destroy it by. burning. The building today ls about two-thirds destroyed as a result of yesterday's 50-mile-an-liour gal? which blew off most of the roof, knocked down two walls and about half or another side wall. Three of the heavy roor trusses at the rear of the building collapsed Into the .pile of splintered boardw and planks while the north wall was flattened to the ground along the full length of the building. The rear wall also suffered total collapse and about half the southern wall is on the ground. Only the front ls &m stand NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BIUTISU'COtlMBlX'S NEWSPAPER 'TTTTTVTTTTTTMfTTTTTTTr. TAXI PTAXI TAXH V. IIV'1 Phone 537 .... . mlClAl' . V S library Aim muni ojuvviur 299 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific ' Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt m VOL. XXXVI, No. 30. PRINCE RUPERT, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947. PRICE FIVE CENTS J r AAAAAAA AAAAAAJi fib l In Federal Political Crisi JOHN IlltACKLN Progressive Conservative Leader s s W. L. MACKIiN7.Ii: KIN(; Prime Minister M. P. COLD WELL C.C.r. leader fThe C.C.F. and Progressive Conservatives may unite in non-confidence vote. Crack California Train Hits Gas Truck; Three Persons Burn to Death I'RKSNO One passoneer Mrs. Sarah Hayley of Dunsmuir, California was burned to death and the engineer and fireman of the train also lost their lives in a flaming railway tragedy near here yesterday. The crack San Joachim Daylight Kxpress was speeding from Los Angeles to Oakland when it crash- 1 cd into a Iiukc gasoline tank Salmon Thru Prince Rupert I'urllirr Infornulioji and SiiKsrslloiiN Sent Alaska Interests PALESTINE EVACUATION Two Thousand Hritisli Women, Children and Ntm-Ivssenlial JMcu Removed IIAIL1A T1,.r,, Hi..',,.... ,wl ttrl-1 11.111 ii a'otv Miuucanu uir ti.sh women, children 'and non-cential men have left Haifa by motor bus and other means of travel on the first stage of their Journey homeward to Bri tain . following the decision of the authorities' to evacuate thorn from Palestine due to-the tense political situation. Many of the women were In- disnant at being forced to lcavq their husbands. BIG BLIZZARD IS OVERSOW- WINNIPEG Railway had alf but paralyzed traffic sbjee the end of the week. Branch lines and highways arc still In process of being dug out. Air lines. arc in operation again. Schools have been reopened. enous Bulletins FAMILY PKR1SIIES ST. ANN, flten. A mother and four children were burned to death today when lire of unknown origin destroyed their farm home near here. The dead arc JMrs. P. Cagne, 45, tuv ilauehlers and two other unidentified children The father is in hospital severely burned. IJYIU) EVACUATING LITTLE AMERICA The naval flotilla of the Byrd expedition is preparing to evacuate Little America now that Jce is. closing In. The first '.parachute leap has been successfully made here. NEW AIR LINE OTTAWA A new air line from Winnipeg to Edmonton by way f Saskatoon will be commenced June 1 by Trans-Canada Airlines, Rt. Hon. C. I). Howe announced yesterday. - RESTAURANTS CLOSED MONTREAL Licenses five Montreal restaurants have been cancelled by the city council because they sold liquor after hours. FATAL ASYLUM FIRE INVERNESS, Nova Scotia iTwo women patients of a Vounty as I yum here were ' litirned to death yesterday when the institution was dc-M'oyfd bp fire. Ninety-two patients were removed to safety. Pit Pony Hospital Blocked No Trains to Move Before Friday Now Major Blockades in Sector 15 Miles Long Slides, Deep Snow Fields And Ice in Tunnel Still faced with serious snow blockades both east and west of Kwinitsa, 46 miles out of Prince Rupert in the lower Skeen Valley, the divisional superintendent's office of the Canadian National Railways here announced' today that resumption of through train traffic between Prince Rupert and the East THUGS MOVING TO EDMONTON Clean-up in Vancouver is Ueing Held Responsible for Migraticn EDMONTON Suggestion Las been heard In police circles here that the present cleanup In Vancouver may be responsible for a migration of of .thugs and criminals generally from the coast to the prairies In connection with the Im perial Bank hold-up her on Monday, three arrests have been made two men and a wo man. GUESTS PAST SO FETE FRIEND 102 LONDON Three or England's centenarians made news the same day: f could not be expected before re(Juirc blastlne quay celebrated her 101st birth- VJDenea in Britain lIoDc:wasexrjrcssed.thataro ,,., day at , ajajrdly ,,u party.. Fridayi Passengers for Prince Rupert, who have been at Terrace since last Saturday In the hope that relief equipment might bring them through after clearing tfie line, have been given the choice of remaining there longer or going back via Jasper to Vancouver to take steamer there lor Prince Rupert. Major blockades of the line In -a sector about 15 miles in length Salvus to west of Kwin- itra were listed today as Two snowslides east of Kwin itsa one 130 feet long and 15 feet deep and the other 250 feet long and 14 feet deep, Beyond these slides a mile and a hair stretch or hard snow eight feet deep. Possibility of an ice blockade in a tunnel 11 miles cast of Kwinitsa. A hard-packed slide four miles west of Kwinitsa 700 feet long and four recti deep which may TffillJafcfro,- Oiambrsarislrtrei f Mrs,-. EUMfietfr-WiUougliby oT'ftaTy 'snewptaw, wrtfrrpaeh'g'er Wales. fi With resident sur- Murihnrouirh hlew mif 1G2 ran- I and express car attached, which mainlirnn,, nwratin? theatrp andlriinv: i iur Mrfhriiv cnirp mifi ihas been trying to get through Hues arc operating again across spotless stalls for each patient, I then sang "WiKie, We Have from Kwinitsa to Terrace since Manitoba and Saskatchewan fol- the first pit ponies' hospital in Missed You." , Her guests all the first of the week, might lowing tho great blizzrd which Britain has been opened here, nast 80. sanir "Haonv Birthdav make it by tonight but this was I Instituted to Improve conditions for animals employed in the mines, the hospital can accommodate 35 sick and injured ponies, and will be available for the 600 in the area. . O YOU. I an i;uuiuicui upuu suci.coo m Mrs. Sarah Olive Filt, at 108 clearing the blockades listed believed to be the oldest woman . above. in Britain, died the same day at her home at Compton, near Winchester. Missing Native Party May be Safe at Morse Cove; Gasboat is Found WORST STORM IN FIFTY YEARS No Relief in Sight Yet for ISrilain i!n Its Winlry Weather LONDON The end Is not jet in Itritaui'.s severest winter in years which is threat' cning the very economic life of thc country already suffering from a production crisis. The worst blizzard in fifty years has been sweeping ths industrial Midlands and northern England. MAY BURN DOWN WIND DAMAGED EXHIBITION BUILDING ON PARK SITE ing and. even it is not undamaged. One of the quaint cupolas which adorned the front of the building was toppled by the gale. Mr. Phillips said that he plans to make a survey to de cide whclhor the remains of the building are worth,' salvaging or not. "I Intend to look it over to see if it wortli salvaging or not. If It Isn't wc may decide to burn it down to get rid "of it," Mr. Phillip. said. If It is Uiought that there Is enough usable material In it to make salvage ' worth while, the part or the building still standing will probably be dyna-mltei to tho ground to avoid hazard to workmen, the City Engineer said. "Shelter May Have Been Taken at Some Point Out of Communication, It Is Now Believed The party of seven natives, reported missing in a nillnet boat in which they left Prince Rupert last Wednesday afternoon for Port Essington and fears for whose safety had been expressed, may be safe after abandoning their boat at Telegraph Passage. This possibility arose today after Ed Rollon, one of the searchers, reported to thp provincial police from Haysport "that he had found the missing boat beached on tlie mainland side of Telegraph Passage about half-way between Claxton and Morse Cove which are eight milca apart. Tho-boat was intact but all blankets were gone as well as some coal which was believed to be on board. This is taken as indication that the party had gone ashore instead of trying to'. battle with the ice in the Skeena River mouth. Meantime a party has left to follow the shoreline from Port Essington. to Telegraph Passage in the hope of meeting the missing parly and giving them assistance in getting home if necessary. Those familiar with the mouth of the Skeena speculate that the parly, after leaving their boat, might have headed for trappers' cabins at Morse Cove or Claxton or Standard Cannery in which case they might be out of communication. Morse Cove is eight miles outside of Claxton in Telegraph Passage and Standard Cannery is about midway between. A high mountain range separates Morse Cove from Port Essington. BOAT-DESTROYER The name of tho Amazon ls said to be derived Irom the Indian word Amassona, a boat-destroyer, because the river at certain places and in certain seasons Is Very dangerous. WEATHER FORECAST Prince Rupert Cloudy, occasional light -raln and snow, intermittent rain on Thursday, slowly rising temperature, westerly winds shifting to variable south to southeast Then, if the plowing equip ment gets through to Terrace1 and is turned around, it will, have to return to Kwinitsa and start on the long slide on this side of that working base and communication centre. This major obstacle to traffic has not yet been touched. With the tie-up continuing, passenger trains from the East are still being turned back from Terrace and none are being dispatched from here. The last train o leave Prince Rupert for .the East was a week ago tonight. The last to arrive was last Thursday night. Improved weather conditions today gave renewed heart to hard - working snow- clearing crews laboring long hours.-There are about 25 of them. Communication lines were still out this morning.- EVIDENCE ON OWN BEHALF Donald Russell, Charged With Tceporten Murder, Takes Stand at Trial VANCOUVER Giving evidence on his own behaU, Donald Russell, local youth, charged with the murder or Robert Teeporten last rail on the North Arm or Burrard Inlet, said that he had had an argument with Teeporten and had accidentally shot him, The prisoner denied that he had ever threatened Mrs. Teeporten although he admitted he had asked her for money. He had quit school, Russell said, because he could no$Eet along with his teacher. He'iad been discharged from several jobs. He had round it difficult to "get along" with other people, he said. "Hidden epilepsy" is offered as the defence. FROM EARLIEST TIMES The comb has been used by all peoples and in every age for dressing the hair. QUESTION OF DISARMAMENT United States and Russia Are In Disagreement As To Going Ahead LAKE SUCCESS Disagree ment has broken out again, over the question of disarmament. Warren Austin of the United States urged yesterday that Immediate steps :be taken.' to launch active disarmament plans. Andre Grcmyko of Russia would defer all disarmament steps for three months. Search Continues 'or Missing Plane VICTORIA Search continues for the naval plane missing for almost a week now from ILM. CJS. Warrior and believed to have crashed near Portland Isl and between Patricia Bay and Vancouver. The Irigate HJiLCjS. Charlottetown has joined In the search using her azdlc and depth sounding equipment. HARBORMASTER IS INDIGNANT Protests at Refusal of Radio Station fa Handle Storm Warnings Complaint was made to, the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce by the harbor master, Capt. J. R. Elfert, Monday night that'CFPK radio station, having no authority to act even in an emergency, had refused to broadcast a storm warning which had recently been re quested. Capt. Elfert did not complain at the radio, station but rather at the "hidebound" regulations which preventec Us. manaeement from usinV its I di5crrtlorrtn;..er9ritli effort m an emergency, tie xeip uku, in his capacity as harbor master, he should be able to expect such priority in a case of emergency. The matter was referred to the radio committee with power to act immediately as it saw fit. LOWER MILK RATE SOUGHT Dairy Concern Feels Concession Should be Made On, Shipping Charges Reduction ol twenty percent on the charges for shipping milk into Prince Rupert from the central interior is being sought by local dairy concern and the co-oparaMon of the Prlnso Rupert Chamber of Commerce in connection with the application Ls being sought. Assistance, of the freight rates committee of the Chamber has been ottered should it be desired. In spite of the ract that there are only three trains a" week and there has been no extra service provided ibr the accomodation of the perishable product, the shipping rates remain the same as they-were twenty-rive years ago. The same dairy concern has been requested to supply a large quantity ol milk to. southeastern Alaska Alaska Governor Rupert's Friend Ketchikan Publisher Suggests lie be Invited to Associated Board's Convention Governor Ernest Oruenlng or Alaska, who had once been very sympathetic with Seattle, has been won over t the campaign ol southeastern" Alaska to make Prince Rupert its gateway port, William L. Baker, Ketchikan "newspaper publisher, told the Prince Rupert Chamber or Commerce' at Its meeting last night. Mr, Baker suggested that Governor Gru-enlng should be invited to come to Prince Rupert ror the annual convention of the Associated Boards of Trade ol Central British Columbia this summer. He thought the Governor would be glad to come.