NADA'S
JAP
DEPORT
9
l
islicnucn's
and
Workers'
Union
limine.
.
itish
I
"FLOWS'
HALL
Mrs
Black's
gglON
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1
J
ION
W1LL1WAW"
STARTED
IN
ALASKA
One
of
t
military
task
forces
carrying
put
winter
exer-
-c
:..
ana
wei-coia
areas
oi
me
worm
American
Ii.;
:ic
Operation
Wllllwaw,"
is
based
In
Alaska
and
Is
p.mr.it
and
weapons
designed
for
fighting
In
those
:idlcrs
of
the
Wllllwaw
task,
force
set
in
place
u
acar
Adak,
ready
for
firing
tests.
Below
a
L..dlr.j
vehicle
navigates
up
the
beach
as
part
of
an
:
'
carried
out
by
the
force.
i(e
Rupert's
Case
For
Air
fices;
Survey
in
Support
;
an
effort
to
establish
the
public
convenience
:!
establishing
a
scheduled
air
service
between
cut)
prince
Runcrt.
the
Canadian
racnic
Amines
i
exhaustive
survey
of
the
business,
resources
and
ser-
t!;.:
area
Since
then
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
has
Praia)
aDD
irallon
for
ncrmlssion
to
oDerate
such
a
ser-
S
information
thus
obtained
and
presented
to
the
bport
Board
Is
considered
of
sufficient
interest
to
pub-
tho
benefit
of
Daily
News
readers.
Here
Is
the
i'h
installment).
AIL
AND
WHOLESALE
TRADE
onsidoi-jibk'
populations
lio
adjacent
totho
I
'HUe
(Vancouver-Prince
Rupert
air
line)
outaandinir
trade
import
of
these
popula
te
excellent
market
which
they
provide,
but
not
served
in
a
modern
way.
Pit'iv
hant
f:in
hmw
In
offer
his
customers
new
"fm.
at
a
rapidly;
market
under
con-llic
but
nlso-
u
lhc
r:to,lcr
lllm"
normal
peacetime
11:
u
not
adequately
w.i
b;
constant
at-!'ci
prvicc
from
his
wee
Suph
allcn-t
K2jiblc
where
a
four
days
Is
re-
e
'muse
to
call
upon
fjup
of
retail
outleits;
Uy
the
time
Involved
victual
travel-call
rcn-Wiat.
one
visit
or
two
practical.
'Pul.itions
along
the
routj
must
no
with.
ik-wits
of
low
price
'ich
follow
reason.
M't'lim
t
u
uic
iurceu
"rice,
as
to
make
I10'"
ai,
an
rxnmnln
'
costliest
cities
in
l
wnich
in
Uur.
it
.,
Pautm
is
entirely
un-
V
'lot
only
to
the
pub-
TAXI
e
9
0
r
&
00
Plume!
NIOIIT
SERVICE
aland:
9
rw
Hotel,
Third
Ave.
rclf.
for
it
is
only
through
com
petition
that
he
may
advance
himself
and
his
trade,
and
grow
to
employ
more,
spend
mere
and
to
build
and
solidify
his
community.
Fo
the
wholesale
trade,
the
transportation
problem
is
equal
lv
difficult.
A.
retail
area
of
(Continued
on
Page
0)
FRASER
VALLEY
IS
WASHED
OUT
CIIILLIWACK
Highways
and
roads
In
this
area
of
the
Frascr
Valley
arc
Inundated
and
washed
out.
There
has
been
4.3
Inches
of
rain
In
the
area
during
the
last
few
days.
SWEDEN
HAS
URANIUM
ORE
NEW
YORK
The
chairman
of
the
American
Chemical
Society,
iclunilnn
here
lrom
a
trip
to
Sweden,
says
that
country
has
400,000
pounds
of
uranium
ore,
enough
to
make
millions
of
bombs
and
a
colossal
amount
of
atomic
energy.
The
ore
comes
In
shale
form.
DANCE
-
TONIGHT
10:00-
1:00
A.M.
Orchestra
EVERYBODY
WELCOME
POLICY
ON
n
A
I
c
f
t
ui
r
ALL.)
I
i
M
L
To
Be
Re-stated
by
British
Government,
Jewish
Agency
Hears
LONDON
OiQuartcrs
close
to
a
Jewish
Agency
"shadow
delegation"
now
assembling
in
Lon
don
believe
the
government
has
formulated
a
policy
on
Palestine.
The
Jewish
Agency
still
stands
firm
to
boycott
the
conference
on
Palestine
until
British
authorities
"show
some
Indication
that
they
are
willing
to
change
their
attitude,
honor
principles
of
the
Balfour
Dec
laration
promising
establishment
of
a
Jewish
national
home
In
Palestine."
Zionist
circles
decline
to
spec
ulate
on
the
nature
of
the
British
plan.
WANT
VOICE
IN
TREATY
Canada
and
Australia
do
.Not
Intend
to
Atccpt
Snub
of
Russia
at
Deputy's
Conference
LONDON,
Qi
Australia
yesterday
jiresentcd
her
views
to
the
Big
Four
deputy's
council,
threatening
a
showdown
on
Russian
opposition
to
the
participation
of
smaller
nations
in
the
drafting
of
German,
and
Austrian
peace
treaties.
Australia,
backed
by
Brazil,
Canada
and
other
small
na
tions
In
demand
for
representa
tion,
was
sharply
opposed
byj
Deputy
Minister
E.
T.
Oousev
of
Russia.
The
contention
of
Australia
was
that
nations,
large
or
small,
which
had
participated
actively
in
the
war,
should
also
participate
In
the
peace
treaty.
Canada
threatened
to
boycott
the
deputy's
council
unless
given
a
full
opportunity
to
be
heard
at
the
peace
treaty
conference.
Brazil
filed
a
note
with
the
deputies
expressing
similar
attitude.
Eighteen
nations
have
been
Invited
to
present
views
td
the
deputies
but
Oouscv
contended
that
they
should
bow
put
aflcr
making
statements.
Local
Tides
Saturday,
January
25,
1047
High
3:29
'
19.C
feet
15:10
20.6
feet
Low
9:lu
m
icct
21:38
3.4
feet
Ml
n
VICTORS,
B.k
mm
A
plan,
submitted,
at
the
first
harbor
into
foaming
seas
which
Palestine
conference,
providing
snapped
the
anchor
cables
at
for
separate
Arab
and
Jewish
(the
Cow
Bay
fishermen's
floats,
provinces
within
Palestine
was
rejected
by
the
Arabs.
ROYAL
CITY
BANK
ROBBED
OVERNIGHT
GALE
HITS
DISTRICT
Waterfront
Lashed
By
(Sale
Cow
May
Floats
Loosened
A
northwest
wind
of
savage
velocity
made
city
houses
shudder
with
its
force
and
forced
sleepy
citizens
to
shut
their
bedroom
winds
at
4
o'clock
this
morning.
It
also
whipped
the
causing
the
floats
to
drift
to
ward
the
nearby
Yacht
Club
However,
despite
its
wild
i
gustiness
In
the
city,
the
official
'
velccity
reading
on
the
anemo
meter
at
the
Dlgby
Island
weather
station
was
onlv
16
HEW
WESTMINSTER
O,
-'
miles
an
hour.
Maximum
veloc-Four
or
five
gunmen
held
up
the
Hv
was
reached
between
5
and
bixin
street
Drancn
of
the
Royal
7
o'clock
this,
morning.
name
or
Canada
here
Thursday,
The
storm
climaxed
a
24-hour
escaping
with
$2500.
Two
men,
'
Dcricd
of
rainfall
In
whbh
1.53
armed
and
masked,
entered
the
inches
drenched
the
city,
the
l.
1.
1
,
1
t
1
1
1
!
.
bank
Just
before
closing
and
took
the
money
while
the
others
waited
outside
In
the
getaway
car
which
was
picked
up
today
on
Burnaby
Mountain
Road.
heavicst
downpour
in
recent
weeks.
Later
this
morning,
the
pre
cipitation
turned
to
wet
snow,
blanketing
downtown
streets
stuff.
The
wind
storm,
apparently,
extended
into
the
interior
as
far
as
Terrace.
At
Rcmo,
a
few
miles
west
of
Terrace
a
tree
was
blown
across
the
Canadian
National
Telegraphs
line,
knocking
out
communications,
until
10
d'clock
this
m6rning
when
a'des'-'
patchers
line
was
put
through.
Normal
communications
were
restored
before
noon.
Coming
from
the
northwest,
the
wind
had
an
open
sweep
at
the
harbor
wharfs
and
caused
the
outer
end
of
the
Cow
Bay
floats
to
drift
free
when
the
pounding
waves
snapped
the
anchor
cable.
A
strong
northwest
wind
a
year
ago
caused
a
similar
incident,
when
the
huge
concrete
anchors
at
the
outer
end
of
the
wharf
dragged.
BUREAUCRACY
RUNNING
WILD
Fiery
Calgary
M.P.
Has
Some
Caustic
Comments
to
MaKc
About
CRC
EDMONTON
A.
L.
Smith,
Calgary,
Progcsslvc
Conservative
member
or
parliament;
speaking
here
last
night,
described
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
as
"bureaucracy
run
wild."
He
recalled
how
Adolf
Hitler
had
come
to
power
in
Germany
through
control
of
the
radio.
He
objected
to
the
proposed
new
CBC
station
at
La-combc.
predicting
that
It
would'
adversely
arfect
Calgary
and
Edmonton
stations.
N
MEASURE
IS
DROPPED
Columbia
Taken
Back
By
Indians!
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER.
mmln
VON
PAPEN
IS
BEING
TRIED
declaraticn
that
the
major
right
to
lraft
the
ipeace
treat
ies.
WARNS
BIG
BUSINESS
KEGINA
The
Attorney-Gen-enttl
of
Saskatchewan
warns
big
business
Inal,
if
piices
are
raised,
in
this
province,
the
province
will
set
up
price
controls.
TAXATION
AGREEMENTS
OTTAWA
The
possibility
of
seven
of
theuvine
provinces
reaching
taxation
agreements
with
Ottawa
before
Parliament
opens
January
30
is
seen
as
negotiations
among
the
provinces
and
the
Dominion
began
to
take
tnew
shape
today
after
New
Brunswick
announced
it
was
ready
to
negotiate
another
agreement
and
talks
with
Alberta
Jn
cared
conclusion.
The
minister
of
finance,
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
has
not
jet
(made
his
expected
statement.
EDMONTON
CENTRE
EDMONTON
Mayor
Ainlay
yesterday
revealed
plans
for
a
$12,000,000
administration
centre
here
which
would
include
federal,
provincial
and
civic
offices.
NEW
GREEK
PKEMIbR
ATHENS
Former
Royalist
Foreign
minister
Maximus
has
been
iiamcd
the
new
premier
of
Greece
by
'King
George
H.
He
.was
foreign
.minister
in
1933-34.
INDIANS
SEEK
FRANCHISE
VICTORIA
The
Native
motherhood
of
British
Columbia
is
asking
Premier
John
Hart
that
Indians
be
given
the
franchise
in
this
province.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
20.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Natives
Reclaim
Province
And
Make
Captives
of
Whites
with
half
an
Inch
of
the
white!
powers
"paid
in
blood"
for
the
SPECTACULAR
MEANS
TAKEN
TO
FOCUS
ATTENTION
ON
CLAIMS
OF
ABORIGINE
RACE
FOR
PROVINCIAL
FRANCHISE
Bulletin
A
TAID
IN
BLOOD"
LONDON
Russia
has
imported
(new
demands
ion
smaller
countries,
Including
Canada
and
Australia,
for
full
share
in
treaty-making
with
the
STREAMLINE
TRAIN
VANCOUVER
The
Great
Northern
Railway
is
bringing
i
t
s
n
e
w
Seattle
-
Chicago
streamline
diesel
locomotive
trailn
here'
for
exhibit
February
28.
Streamline
trains
are
also
planned
for
the
Vancouver-Seattle
run.
PLEAD
NOT
GUILTY
WASHINGTON
Andrew
May,
former
chairman
of
the
House
military
affairs
committee,
and
three
former
government
officials
have
plead-
ed
;not
guilty
to
conspiracy-
to
defraud
the
government.
Bail
of
$2,000
has
been
granted
and
trial
set
for
JMarch
19.
All
their
dealings
were
"clean,
upright
and
iair,"
the
defendants
claim.
ORCHESTRAL
TOUR
VICTORIA
Permission
has
been
granted
by
the
deputy
minister
,of
education
lo
the
Trail
High
School
Band
(and
Orchestra
to
tour
the
province.
BAD
SNOW
CONDITIONS
RKGINA
Hie
province
of
Saskatchewan
is
digging
from
its
worst
snow
conditions
in
forty
years.
Several
towns
were
cut
off
and
arc
running
short
of
suppi;es.
BIG
SURPLUS
SEEN
OTTAWA
Possibility
of
the
federal
government
winding
up
the
current
liscal
year
with
a
surplus
of
$150,000,000
lo
$200,000,000,
the
first
since
1D30,
is
foreseen
by
some
officials
here.
NO
PROGRESS
MADE
OTTAWA
No
progress
lias
been
made
in
efforts
to
settle
the
impending
coal
miners'
coal
strike
dispute
in
Nova
Scotia.
The
miners
want
a
$2.50
per
day
increase
but
Hie
operators
will
go
no
more
than
I
$1.
FLEET
OF
FIREHOATS
RATTLE
SPECTACULAR
PIER
BLAZE
AT
WEEIIAWKEN,
N.J.
An
imposing
array
of
flreboats
fTom
New
Jersey,
New
York
and
the
U.S.
coastguard
stands
close
Inshore
and
bombards
with
thousands
of
tons
of
water
the
fire
that
was
eating
its
way
through
waterfront
piers
at
Weehawken,
New
Jersey.
Dense
clouds
of
smoke
balked
accurate
observation
of
the
pro
gress
of
the
battle,
but
it.
was
reported
that
one
pier
had
been
burned
to
the
water's
edge
and
a
second
was
virtually
destroyed.
Other
piers
were
threatened.
A
vast
amount
of
general
cargo,
"consigned
for
export,
was
also
said
to
have
been
eaten
up
by
the
flames.
Restrictions
Of
Wartime
Are
Dropped
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
today
announced
that
people
of
j
Japanese
origin
wodld
no
longer
be
forced
to
leave
this
country
although
the
machinery
will
be
retained
for
their
voluntary
re-migratloa
home.
Wartfjne
emergency
measures
for
the
deportation
of
Japanese
and
Investigation
of
their
loyalty
have
been
'
dropped.
Some
restrictions
on
the
Japanese
will,
however,
be
retained,
Including
that
pertaining
to
their
being
granted
fishing
licences.
Mr..
King
said
that,
of
22,000
.
Japanese
in
British
Columbia
before
the
Tir,
only
7000
were
still
there,
the
others
being
NUERNBERG
(CP.
courtesv
of
I
VAJNLUU
VliiK
Itl')
itte
Wmte
government
01
wni
be
further
aid
to
their
re-
B.ciPoiice
Radioj-ranz
von
British
Columbia
is
at
an
end
the
Indians
have
re-'
settlement
elsewhere
than
in
PapeV.
69,
former
vice-chancel-
claimed
the
province
and
declared
the
white
man
the
coast
province.
lor
of
the
Nazi
regime,
Is
on
trial
n,nAc,
f
fu
,ff
0,l
T,Q,V
tn
fn
fob-on
I
The
Prime
Minister
revealed
today
at
the
German
denazlfl-
-
that
3,000
Japanese
had
been
cation
court,
charged
with
help-1
away.
In
a
move
to
focus
attention
on
the
franchise
already
returned
t0
Japan.
ing
Adow
Hitler
to
power.
t
claims
of
the
Indians,
Chief
William
Scow,
president
,
.
"LT.nT'JTT
f
Canadian
Aircraft
British
Columbia,
Issued
an
of-
Is
T
OOld
C
U
.
ficial
proclamation
late
yester-
Company
day
dissolving
the
"unofficial"
NEW
YORK
The
Cana-
government
at
Victoria
and
re-
LttL
Plant
"
Carterviue,
.
.
..
'
near
Montreal
and
production
tn
duclng
1
white
settlers
to
ta(Centre
of
tne
I0J.englned
status
of
a
conquered
race.
..North
Star"
type
of
plane,
They
announced
plans
to
form
has
been
taken
over
by
the
El
an
inaian
government
siioruy.
;
ectric
Boat
Co
of
New
yorkr
The
proclamation
was
wired
to
Announcement
of
the
deal
was
Premier
John
Hart
Thursday
made
here
Thursday
nlgHt'
on
nlSht-
.
.
1
behalf
of
C
D.
Howe,
Canadian
Officials
of
the
Brotherhood
Mter
0f
Reconstruction.
Hn-said
the
proclamation
was
Is-
anclal
arrangements
were
not
suea
,
lonowing
reports
mai
me
annoUnced.
provincial
government
piannea.
to
extend
the
franchise
to
Chi
nese
and
East
Indians
but
not
to
the
natives
of
Canada.
IS
CRITICAL
OF
NUERNBERG
WfNNIFEO-iRandolh
Churchill,
.son
of
the
wartime
British
Prime
Minister,
made,
a
severe
attack
upon
the
Nuernberg
trials
when
speaking
here.
The
defendants
had
been
condemned,
Churchill
said,
not
because
they
had
made
war
but
because
they
had
lost
It.
CAR
SHORTAGE
HITTING
GRAIN
Stock
Farmers
in
Eastern
Canada
and
Maritimes
Hard
Hit
WINNIPEG
Shortage
of
freight
cars
has
been
causing
serious
delay
to
shipments
of
feed
grain
to
Eastern
Canada
and
some
of
the
stock
and
dairy
fanners
in
Ontario
and
the
Marltlmcs
have
been
hard
hit
as
a
result.
A
Canadian
National
Railways
official
said
here
that
there
had
been
no
embargo
on
grain
shipments
but
there
had
been
trouble
In
getting
cars.
There
had
been
concentration
oh
shipping
of
grain
for
relief
of
overseas
countries.
THREE
FIREMEN
DIE
IN
BLAZE
MINNEAPOLIS
Three
firemen
were
killed
last
night
and
several
Injured
In
a
spectacular
fke
which
destroyed
a
large
garage
here.
There
was
a
series
of
explosions.
Pickets
and
Police
Standing
By
Noranda
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NORANDA.
Quebec
The
Nor-!
anda
mine
property
here
is
still
1
:
1
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I
vent
all
employees
but
two
men
who
man
the
pumps
from
entering.
At
the
same
time
sixteen
Ontario
provincial
police
officers
stand
by
as
a
precaution
against
recurrence
of
disorders
such
as
occurred
yesterday.
PROSECUTOR
IS
RESIGNING
Gordon
Scott
Says
He
Will
Remain
On,
However,
Util
Oscar
Orr
Returns
VANCOUVER
(Canadian
Press,
Courtesy
of
B.C.
Police
Radio)
Resignation
of
Gordon
Scott,
acting
city
prosecutor,
Is
Imminent,
It
was
reported
today
fol-
.
lowing
a
disagreement
between
Scott
and
Mayor
G.
G.
McGeer
over
the
police
shake-up.
How
ever,
Mr.
Scott
said
that
he
would
carry
on
until
the
return
of
Lt.-Col.
Oscar
Orr
who
has
been
In
the
Army.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
shift
from
southeast
to
northwesterly
gales
over
night
along
the
coast
brought
temporary
clearing
In
the
early
morning.
Skies
are
now
overcast
again
on
the
coast
with
variable
clouds
over
the
Interior.
Rain
showers
will
be
general
to-day.
A
new
storm
centre
Is
developing
1200
miles
offshore
and
Is
expected
to
move
In
over
the
coastal
area
early
Saturday.
This
will
bring
more
rain
overnight
and
Saturday.
The
weather
will
continue
mild
over
the
entire
province.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Over
cast,
(frequently
cloudy,
with
mixed
rain
and
snow
showers
today.
Overcast
with
Intermittent
rain
overnight
and
Saturday
morning.
Overcast
with
rain
showers
thereafter.
Wind
westerly
(30),
shifting
gradually
to
southerly
(20)
by
mid-afternoon
and
southeast
(30),
gusty,
overnight
and
Saturday
morning.
Wind
northwest
(35)
thereafter.
Temperature
rising
gradually
to
45
at
Port
Hardy
and
44
at
Mas-Eett
and
Prince
Rupert
by
daybreak
with
little
change
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