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Strategic
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Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
V0L-
XXXVI,
No.
128.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
MONDAY.
JUNE
2,
1947
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Prince
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trade
representa-tht
province
of
British
In
London.
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send
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In
the
days.
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who
visited
Prince
n
his
way
to
the
Old
a
few
months
ago,
has
ommunlcatlon
with
Mr.
,i
who
desire
to
emigrate
i,
prince
Rupert
having
ltloned
as
they
arc
ln-in
the
fisheries.
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In
and'
Sheremata
failed
to
show!
was
13Z
fe'et.
that
many
employers
were
once
artisans
who,
"under
a
system
which
permitted
a
free
choice,
were
able
to
start
in
a
small
way
with
their
modest
savings
and
work
up
their
own
businesses
to
a
point
where
they
are
now
among
our
largest
industries.
"These
men
are
not
the
enemies
of
labor
but
its
friend?,"
he
declared.
."It
is
only
a
smau
majority
of
employees,
which
is
extreme
in
Us
views,
only
a
fringe
of
employers
which
is
biased
in
Its
approach
to
the
solution
of
labor
problems.
It
Is
the
desire
of
employers
that
shall
have
fair
their
employees
security
in
he
r
wages;
have
jobs;
have
security
for
their
families
when
the
breadwinner
.
itafwl:
and
security
in
their
old
age-
Employers
expect
Continues
on
Page
2)
APPARENT
CAR
PLUNGE
IN
SKEENA
Peter
Sheremata,
36,
Conceded
to
Have
Lost
His
Life
in
Swollen
River
Near
Salvus
Having
apparently
careened
off
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
while
drivino-
from
h
5
Saturday
afternoon,
Peter
Conrad
Sheremata,
36,
of
Edmonton,
traffic
representative
for
War
Assets
Corporation
in
Prince
Rupert
area,
is
believed
to
have
lost
his
life
in
the
swirling
flood
waters
of
the
Skeena
River
near
Salvus
station,
about
i
sixty-two
miles
east
of
here.
Neither
he
nor
the
Station
wagon
in
which
he
had
been
driving
alone
have
been
found
despite
a
diligent
search
by
British
Col
umbia
police
officers
from
Terrace
which
started
Saturday
night
and
continued
Sunday.
Conceding
that
both
man
and
vehicle
had
been
swept
away
by
the
swollen
stream,
searchers
gave
up
their
work
today
for
the
time
being
at
least
In
view
of
the
dangers
involved
In
such
operations
under
present
high
water
conditions.
Thorough
searching
of
the
shore
and
considerable
dragging
had
failed
to
reveal
trace.
At
the
point
where
there
is
full
reason
to
believe
that
tragedy
occurred,
there
Is
a
sharp
bank
off
the
side
of
the
highway
into
the
river
which
is
at
least
thirty
feet
deep
It
was
early
Saturday
afternoon
that
Sheremata
and
William
Brown,
each
driving
a
War
Assets
station
wagon,
left
Prince
RuperJ,
one
.heading
for
Terrace
and
the
other
for
Prince
George.
When-Brawn
arrived
at
Terrace
police
were'
notified
and
Sgt.
T.
D.
Brunton
and
Constable
W.
H.
Richmond
thereupon
set
out.
They
drove
as
far
west
as
Kwlnltsa
without
sighting
anything
of
untoward
appearance.
It
was
on
the
return
trip
to
Terrace
after
darkness
had
fallen
that
their
car
lights
picked
up
fresh
breaks
in
the
bush
off
the
road
Just
east
of
Salvus.
There
on,
could
be
traced
the
careen
of
a
car
which
had
evidently
missed
a
right
angle
turn
in
the
road
where
it
makes
a
rail-1
way
crossing
and
sharply
rights'
its
direction
again
to
parallel
the
,
tracks
and
skirt
the
river
bank,
j
A
tie
on
the
track
had
been;
gouged
out,
the
track
and
road!
beyond
crossed,
the
skidding.
tread
marks
terminating
with
grim
suggestiveness
at
embank
-
iment's
edge.
There
was
every
evidence
that
the
vehicle
had;
taken
off
for
a
fatal
dive
into
the
river.
The
time
was
roughly
estimated
at
about
4
pjn.
Saturday.
From
the
point
where
the
car
left
the
road
to
where
it
evidently
plunged
into
the
river
up.
some
anxiety
was
felt
so
the
The
police
officers
were
assist
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1
must
be
brought
to
a
realization
of
the
of
foreiirn
trade
to
continuous
employment
the
total
amount
of
money
actually
expended
address
prepared
for
delivery
at
the
Gth
an-
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mcnt
in
tanaaa
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horn
nHu
Mn
said
he
wondered
tduzea
mai
tnree
out
DOnniP
n
rrtr'iAa
At
.
lor
their
livelihood
dlr-
foreign
trade;
that
In
mnccs
the
ratio
was
as
M
per
cent.
can
we
expect
to
export
prices
consumers
in
$4,029,000,000
the
index
rose
to
173.7."
"It
is
the
grand
total
of
money
spent
on
wages,
rather
than
the
rate
of
waces,
which
controls
rnn
Urinous
emDloyment,"
ex
plained
Mr.
Tobln.
"High
wage
rates
accompanied
by
a
high
percentage
of
unemployment
is
not
wise,
but
the
part
of
stupidity.
Man
-
hour
production
must,
with
the
aid
of
modern
machines
and
up-to-date
methods
properly
applied,
keep
pace
with
increased
wages.
If
it
docs
not,
unemployment,
loss
of
markets
and
depression
will
follow."
NOT
ENEMIES
OF
LABOR
He
said
that
the
majority
of
leaders
of
Industry
in
Canada
''fl
J.
V
It
-
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1
A,
!
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...
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ed
in
their
hazardous
dragging
operations
by
Len
Griffiths
and
members
of
the
crew
of
his
Shames
swamlll.
Once
the
row-boat
which
they
were
using
upset
Its
occupants
into
the
river
but
they
scrambled
ashore.
In
addition
to
being
high
and
swift,
the
river
was
carrying
downstream
logs
and
other
shore
float
uh'lch
tendered
conditions
even
more
perilous.
An
ex-service
man
of
the
recent
war,
Sheremata
was
born
in
Canada
of
Russian
parentage.
His
home
was
at
Edmonton.
He
had
been
located
in
Prince
Rupert
for
six
or
seven
months
and
stayed
at
the
Commercial
Hotel.
A
sister,
Mrs.
Havelock,
resides
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
station
wagon
-was
a
1941
Plymouth
which
had
been
in
the
service
of
the
War
Assets
and,
after
thorough
overhauling,
was
being
transferred
by
Sheremata
from
Prince
Rroert
to
Terrace.
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si!
NEW
PIONEERS'
HOME
In
an
attractive"
woodland
setting
and
with
one
of
the
finest
harbor
views
in
the
city.
Prince
Rupert's
new
Pioneers
Home
was
occupied
recently.
The
fine,
modern
building
shown
has
a
capacity
for
20
flderly
residents
but
at
present
there
are
only
nine.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Peter
MontchallUie
former
an
energetic
octogenarian,
are
Supervisors.
The
'genial
couple
enjoy
their
work,
and
their
charges
think-the
newbuild-lng
is
"wonderful"
compared
with
formequarters.
British
Plan
For
Withdrawal
"
From
India
Out
on
Tuesday
NEW
DELHI
(CP)
Britain's
plans
for
the
withdrawal
from
India
after
a
century
and
a
half
of
rule
was
placed
before
seven
Indian
leaders
by
Viscount
Mountbatten
today,
as
heavily
armed
troops
and
police
stood
by
to
prevent
new
outbreaks
and
communal
violence
in
this
tense
capital
.city.
Despite
fears
that
the
conference
might
be
a
signal
for
frefh'demonstrations,
no
incidents
were
reported
up
to
midday.
None
of
the
Indian
conferees
gave
any
indication
of
the
nature
of
the
plan
presented
to
them
or
their
reactions
to
it.
y
The
plan
is
expected
-to
be
announced
tomorrow
by
Lord.
Louis
Mountbatten.
It
is
said
that
it
may
provide
for
the
partition
of
Hindustan
and
Pakistan.
Fire
Threatens
Ecstall
Sawmill
Brown's
sawmill
cn
the
Ecstall
River
near
Port
Esslnton
was
threatened
by
fire
for
a
time
yesterday
afternoon.
However,
by
energetic
fire-fighting
operations
it
was
saved.
The
fire
was
confined
to
the
roof
and
wall
of
one
of
the
mill
dwelling
houses.
Police
we're
this
wfterncon
checking
up
on
persons
who
might
have
seen
or
been
talking
to
Sheremata
alons
the
road
shortly
before
the
tragedy.
One
of
these
was
Robert
Park-,
er,
and
another,
it
is
understood,
Robsrt
Menzle.
There
seems
to
'be
general
agreement
that
Sheremata
had
been
driving
at
a
high
rate
of
speed.
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MAY
WEATHER
BOOSTS
HOURS
OF
SUNSHINE
Prince
Rupert
has
felt
the
warming
effects
of
more
hours
of
bright
sunshine
during
the-first
five
months
of
1947
than
it
has
for
the
same
period
of
any
year
since
1944,
weather
statist
ics
for
the
month
of
May
indi
cate.
With
the
tanning
effects
of
169.9
hours
cf
bright
sunshine
during
May
very
much
in
evid
ence,
the
total
hours
of
sunshine
so
far
this
year
are
420.8,
a
total
that
has
not
been
approached
since
1944
when,
for
the
same
period,
there
were
421.9
bright
hours.
For
the
flve-mcnth
period
last
year
there
were
376
hours
of
sunshine,
and
367
during
1945.
However,
last
year
there
weTe
207
hours
of
sunshine
in
May,
and
206
hours
In
May,
1945.
The
sun
shone
on
24
days
last
month.
Rainfall
last
month
totalled
6.54
Inches,
about
the
same
as
in
April,
while
In
May.
1946
It
was
1.04
inches
and
in
May
1945,
1.71
inches.
Average
temperature
last
month
was
49.8
degrees,
with
the
maximum
of
78
on
May
27,
and
a
minimum
of
35
on
May
4.
Barometer
readings
showed
a
maximum
nressure
of
30.187
in
rhes
on
May
9
and
a
minimum
of
29.465
on
May
1.
Maximum
wind
velocity
was
24
miles
an
hour
on
May
1.
MAY
CUSTOMS
TOTAL
$38,000
Customs
receipts
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
during
May
were
$38,004.25,
bringing
the
five-month
total
so
far
this
year
to
$126,363.51.
Revenue
during
the
same
period
of
1940
was
$99,998.
'
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
June
3,
1947
High
0:40
20.8
feet
13:39
18.3
feet
Low
7'20
2.6
feet
1915
7.4
feet
PARIS
r.UEAl)
STRIKE
PARIS
A
bakery
strike
i
closed
40
percent
of
Paris
trend
stores
and
added
to
the
labor
troubles
of
the
French
government
today.
A
small
crowd
massed
before
the
residence
of
Premier
Ramadier
acd
cried
"Give
I's
Bread".
.Already
long
lines
of
housewives
were
standing
to
receive
the
reduced
bread
rations.
AVERT
DEMONSTRATIONS
SHANGHAI
Police
and
military
forces
cracked
down
on
students
in
widely
separated
4
parts
of
China
today
to
block
the
scheduled
country-wide
demonstration
demanding
an
end
to
the
Civil
War.
The
Chinese
press
has
reported
raids
carried
out
at
Mukden,
Hangchow,
Wuchang,
Foo-chow,
Kaifecng.
Chungking
and
Tientsin.
Two
students
were
killed
and
more
than
1,000
suspects
wen:
arrested
at
Chungking
in
a
midnight
raid.
CHEMICAL
BLAST
EDINBURGH,
Pa,
N
i
ne
persons
were
injured
and
two
are-missing
in
an
explosion
today
which
wrecked
two
buildings
at
the
American
Cyanamid
and
Chemical
Cor-pcration
plant
near
here.
One
of
the
buildings
destroyed
was
the
"jelly
house"
where
gelatin
was
made.
'BOLSTER
"GRAIN
SUPrLV
WASHINGTON
The
Unilcd
Stales
government
has
decided
to
buck
up
the
grain
market
for
future
supplies
of
wheat
needed
for
export,
rather
than
try
to
fix
top
prices
it
is
willing
to
pay.
Responsible
agriculture
department
offici-ais
said
privately
today
that
they
had
decided
the
only
way
the
government
can
be
sure
of
getting
supplies
for
needy
areas
abroad
is
U
puy
whatever
the
market
demands.
REALTOR
DIES
VANCOUVER
William
.Matthew
Holden,
aged
75,
a
pioneer
Vancouver
real
estate
and
financial
broker,
died
here
suddenly
Sunday.
He
was
known
as
the
man'
-who
built
Granville
Street
because
of
his
real
estate
transactions.
Mr.
Holden
came
to
Vancouver
in
1898,
started
a
financial
brokerage
in
1903
and
retired
in
1912
to
look
after
his
investments.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Trade.
Devastating
Twister
PINE
BLUFF,
Ark.
(CP)
Thirty-seven
dead,
some
15
missing,
hundreds
injured
and
additional
hundreds
homeless
were
counted
today
in
the
wake
of
a
tornado
which
carved
a
twenty-mile
swath
through
a
-densely
populated
agricultural
area
south
MANY
ATTEND
FINAL
RITES
Old
Friends
Pay
Final
Respects
to
Memory
of
Harry
Levin
Old
friends
gathered
in
goodly
numbers
at
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
at
Grenvllle
Court
yesterday
attemoon
for
the
final
rites
of
the
late
Harry
Levlne,
pioneer
investor
of
the
city,
whose
death
occurred
last
week.
Rev.
Basil
S.
Prockter,
rector
of
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
Cathedral,
officiated
and
Mrs.
J.
C.
Gilker
presided
at
the
organ
was
made
in
Fairvlew
Cemetery.
Pallbearere
wer
John
Gurvlch,
George
Ross,
William
Spencer,
Mario
Pettenuzo,
John
Bulzak
and
Horace
Duhrmiel.
oi
rine
iiuxi.
Searchers
at
dawn
probed
the
rain-drenched
plantation
and
bayou
swamps
for
additional
victims
of
the
twister
which
bounced
along
its
crescent-shaped
course
late
Sunday.
The
condition
of
71
injured
in
the
Davis
hospitalthe
community's
only
hospital
continue
critical.
.
Estimating
500
to
1,000
homes
(
destroyed,
Mayor
George
Steed
of
Pine
Bluff
said
it
would
be
probably
Tuesday
before
a
recapitulation
of
the
toll
could
be
complete.
About
fifteen
persons
are
reported
missing.
The
storm
jumped
some
small
sections
along
its
path
but
generally
devastated
the
whole
area,
twisting
huge
cypress
tress
into
kindling
and
entirely
eliminat-
to
accompany
the
hymns.
Burial
I
ing
whole
pine
thickets.
Only
the
foundations
no
wreckage
marked
the
sites
of
many
farm
dwellings.
Whble
families
were
wiped
out.
Driving
rain
and
hall-storms
followed
the
tornado.
New
Alaska
Freight
Service
Is
Sjtaried
Briggs
Steamship
Co.'s
New
Freighter
Southern
Here
With
Head
of
Company
Her
white
paint
gleaming
in
the
sunlight,
the
new
450-ton
motor
vessel
Southeastern;
of
Briggs
Steamship
Co.,
Juneau,
docked
here
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
on
the
first
leg
of
her
maiden
voyage
from
Seattle
to
load
general
cargo
for
Ketchikan
and
Juneau.
The
tidy,
twin
screw
ship
will
sail
Wednesday
morning
for
the
north
carrying!
Phillip
G.
Briggs,
company
president,
who
arrived
here
Sunday
morning
by
car
from
Belllng-ham.
Her
arrival
here
today
inaugurates
a
weekly
cargo
and
passenger
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Alaska
ports
which
the
company
operators
believe
will
divert
the
flow
of
much
Alaska
commerce
through
Prince
Rupert
to
the
midwest
states,
with
shipments
moving
from
St.
Paul
to
Prince
Rupert
by
rail
and
to
Alaska
by
the
new
American
vessel.
I
Most
cargo
for
southeastern
I
Alaska
has
heretofore
channelled
CHECKING
UP
ON
MR.
EINSTEIN
At
Rocaluva,
Brazil,
during
the
total
eclipse
of
the
sun
on
May
20,
Dr.
George
van
Biesbroeck,
of
the
Yerkes
observatory.
University
of
Chicago,
photographed
the
bending
of
starlight
which
passes
near
the
sun.
He
will
take
a
similar
photograph
at
night
from
the
same
spot
six
months
later.
These
photos
will
provide
a
check
on
the
Einseln
theory
of
relativity,
which
is
important
in
the
study
of
the
structure
of
the
atom
and
of
the
universe
as
a
whole.
The
noted
astronomer
Is
a
member
of
the
VS.
Army
Air
Forces-National
Georgraphic
society
eclipse
expedition,
which
lias
set
up
camp
here
In
tii
interior
or
Brazil,
400
miles
north
of
Rio
de
Janeiro.
through
the
pert
of
Seattle.
The
new
ship
has
cargo
space
for
450
tons,
all
below
deck
and
between
deck
space
being
refrigerated
for
perishable
cargo
if
required.
The
Southeastern
is
132
feet
long
and
derives
power
from
two
300
h.p.
dlesel
engines
which
give
her
a
speed
of
about
ten
miles
per
hour.
She
has
deck
space
for
six
auomobiles'.
Captain
of
the
Southeastern
is
Alexander
Barov
of
Seattle.
Capt.
Barov
formerly
sailed
on
the
east
coast
but
is
no
stranger
to
this
coast.
The
crew
of
the
Southeastern
numbers
fifteen.
In
her
normal
trips,
the
Southeastern
will
arrive
here
on
Sunday
nights
or
Monday
mornings,
sailing
again
for
Alaska
at
midnight
Monday.
This
trip
she
will
be
In
port
until
Tuesday
night.
She
brought
north
some
cargo
i
from
Seattle
and
Is
picking
up
more
here
which
came
by
rail.
First
calls
will
be
at
Ketchikan,
Wrangell,
Petersburg
and
Juneau.
Tomorrow
afternoon
between
1
and
3
o'clock
the
Southeastern
will
be
open
for
public
Inspection.
Mr.
Briggs
and
his
party
wfre
welcomed
yesterday
by
officials
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
members
cf
the
Alaska
committee
of
the
Chamber.
Tonight
Mr.
Briggs
will
be
a
guest
at
the
regular
monthly
dinner
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Here
with
Mr.
Briggs
are
T.
H.
Gustafson,
his
traffic
manager,
who
came
north
with
him
by
car;
Elmer
L.
Jonw,
who
has
opened
an
office
at
St.
Paul
for
the
newly-formed
Alaska
Midwest
Co.,
which
will
operate
In
connection
with
the
Briggs
Steamship
Co.,
and
O.
L.
Springer,
who
will
toe
Ketchikan
representative
of
the
company.
Mr.
Jones
arrived
by
train
Saturday
from
St,
Paul
snd
Mr.
Springer
came
in
from
Ketchikan
on
the
Chilcotln
Saturday
evening".