-ana,
we
:n
coal
magnate,
in
laiu
ana
iu,
re-
complete
of
any
ever
attempted,
and
his
re-wta
Iw
possesion
of
his
daughter.
Mrs.
Sadie
Army-
It
Ji
Vancouver
iKninz
cummarv,
sunnlled
to
the
Dally
News
Iwsy
of
Mrs.
Armytage
-Moore,
is
one
that
was
j
to
She
BritLih
Columbia
Magazine
of
October,
1913,
tflftfcPlli.
1
11
T
1
I.
n
J
AnMnlntoJ
Vile
tfJcle
is
re-published
In
complete
form,
In
three
oecause
the
editor
of
the
Dally
News
believes
"piaticn
contained
in
it
Is
of
vital
interest'
to
the
licl3Dme
it
nf
frntMl
Tlrtflch
rViiiimhl.i
Inrippd.
of
'wiwh?..:
This
Is
the
second
instalment.
nt
the
coal
trade
of
British
Columbia
is
Mm
stage,
and
is
passing
through
a
par-ran
fnr-
i
Vir
pat
financial
interests
and
common
car-
r.n.
'weu
to
play
battledore
and
shuttlecock
Proving
and
insistent
demands
for
a
regu
T
nrrvr
"if
j
""Hen
.
'"o
'He
:
Z
-ilallsl
a
W'
.ir
day
ni
i
3;2o
15:30
10:05
52:00
decl-
C
r.
nut,
4s
ib!r.
thus
;v
"
:nent
-
:n-1
'ie
p-'My
i
'prove
nz
if
tt.
imut
thT
18.7
feet
1G.9
feet
12
feet
0.1
feet
U
Judges
in
lar
and
chean
suduIv
of
fuel
from
the
general
community
Two
of
the
corporations
mining
on
Vancouver
Island,
for
ultrclor
nurnnses
nf
their
own.
have
wantonly
created
strife
witn
their
labor,
thus
throwing
the
output
of
the
Coast
coal
mines
into
chaos
from
which
it
will
find
great
difficulty
In
again
even
resuming
its
former
dimensions,
and
much
more
In
Increasing
to
a
still
wider
extent,
as
the
wants-or
mc
cumin
grow,
this
once
extremely
lucrative
Industry.
The
coal
mines
ofntho
State
of
Washington,
oc-
curlng
in
the
mloccnc
geological
strata,
and
so
carrying
grcauy
Inferior
coal
compared
with
even
romewhat
mediocre,
dirty,
crc-Lirnnnt
seams
on
Vancouver
Island,
arc
now,
during
our
misfortunes,
reopening
every
possible
pit,
and
for
tnc
none,
reaping
a
splendid
harvest.
From
Australia
and
Japan
bituminous
coals
as
a
stop-gap
arc
ocms
hurriedly
brought
in
by
their
aggressively
active
owners
In.
Continued
on
Page
2)
INDIAN
MIGRANTS?
Some
researchers
think
the
Polynesians
migrated
to
Pacific
Islands
from
the
cast
coast
or
India.
Would
Protest
Discrimination
Mr.
Patlullo
Ias
IVo
bitterness
Asainst
iC.CF-DUtrict
Entitled
to
Fair
Deal
"If
there
tlwuld
be
any
move
to
discriminate
agaimit
this
part
of
the
province
because
it
is
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
lence
politically
you
could
count
on
mc
to
be
the
first
to
raise
my
voice
in
protest
and
fight
against
such
tendency,"
says
T.
D.
Pattullo.
foimet
Premier
of
.
British
Columbia
and
long
time
Menrbcr
of
the
Legislature
for
Prirrce
Rupert,
who
is
MVlsiUr.-s
the
city.
Mr.
Pattullo
himself
was
one
of
the
victims
of
the
C.
CF.
sweep
in
the
lait
provincial
election
but,
he
has
no
hard
feelings
about
it.
Although
now
out
of
public
Hie
end
In
more
or
less
retirement,
he
Is
still
deeply
Interested
in
this
city
,
and
district
and
is
enthusiastically
meeting
hU
old
friends.
Mr.
Pattullo,
why
In
his
own
day
as
minister
of
lands
pioneered,
ln-ef
forts
.tcuobtaln
large
scale
industry
to
interest
usen
In
the
timber
resources
of
thU
part
of
the
country,
expresses
his
satisfaction
over
the
entry
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America
Into
Uie
urea
with
its
big
$15.0C0,C00
mill
at
Port
Ed
ward
and
believes
that
It
will
no!
be
.M
only
large
plant
of
its
kind
to
lecate
hert
or
,ln
the
central
Interior.
The
former
Prime
Minister
of
the
province,
who
Is
In
fine
form
in
spite
of
the
passing
of
the
years,
will
be
here
until
Saturday
night
when
he
will
re
turn
to
Victoria
or.
the
Camo-
sun.
Bulletins
WOULD
BE
TERRITORY
THE
PAS,
Man-Represen-Utlvfs
fiom
four
Northern
Manitoba
Boards
of
Trade
Flin
Flon,
Sheridan,
Cranberry,
rortase
and
The
Pass
vntrii
U'rdncsdav
lllcht
to
i
appoint
a
joint
committee
to
investigate
the
possibility
or
'
the
area
of
Manitoba
north
of
the
53rd
parallel
reverting
to
the
Northwest,
Territories.
STAMPEDEKS
WIN
TORONTO
The
Allan
Cup
final
scries
was
extended
to
a
sixth
tame
as
a
result
of
the
victory
over
Calgary
Stam-peders
over
Montreal
Royals
last
night
by
a
score
of
1
to
nothing.
The
game
count
is
now
three
for
Montreal
and
two
for
Calgary.
GAKAUEMAN
ROBBED
VANCOUVER
Lcland
Mounre.
Vanacouver
garage
i..-
...:
ihp
vlrtlni
of
a
UHI.ll",
ri.hrrv
with
violence
last
night
and
three
or
four
al-
.
occaiionu
have
been
..nniurrd
bv
swift
police
wwrk.
ivf.....wi
uas
forced
to
lie
on
the
floor
and
was
hit
on
the
head
with
the
butt
of
a
gun.
The
sum
of
$100
was
taken.
HALIBUT
SALES
Passing
Cloud,
22,000;
Strafcn,
16
000;
Northern
Breeze,
33,000;
Norncn,
15,000;
Selma
H.,
29,000;
ficc
Mareot.
12.000;
Maude
J.,
16
000;
Viking
I..
24,000;
Panda
II,
25,000;
Rancner
n.,
iv.wv.
Co-op.
Yankee
Boy,
15,000.
Bacon
18.3c
and
16c
foORTHpiNA$ENTRAL-
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
as
possible
with,
the
session
of
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
which
is
to
be
held
here
June
4
and
S
and
at
which
commercial
automotive
people
from
interior
points
will
be
in
attendance.
The
Automobile
Association
declined
however,
to
take
any
stand
as
to
the
merits
of
applications
I
'
which
may
be
made
for
trucking
licences
at
the
hearing
of
the
Commission,
President
J.
II.
Black
expressing
the
opinion
that
it
was
not
a
Question
for
an
organization
which
was
de
voted
exclusively
to
the
interests
of
the
private
motorists.
The
meeting
was
attended
by
well
over
twenty
car
owners'
and
Mr.
Black
was
In
the
chair.
Hugo
Kraupner,
the
secretary,
read
a
I
lengthy
list
of
minutes
and
reports
which
showed
the
execu-Uve
of
the
Association
had
been
extremely
busy
during
recent
mouths
on
a
variety
of
matters
including
relationship
with
and
extension
of
the
British
Columbia
Automobile
Association,
high
way
imnrovements
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
and
Port
Edward,
and
means
of
ob
tainlng
them,
highway
patrol,
etc.
Various
conferences
were
reDorted
upon.
Further
highlights
of
the
meetlne
IncludedrLi-,
Invitation
by
wesiacni
mac
to
motorists
to
point
out
where
unmarked
danger
spots
on
the
highway
exist
so
they
may
be
drawn
attention
of
the
department
of
public
works
which
has
'
assumed
responsibility
for
marking.
Approval
of
the
25-mile-an-hour
speed
limit
in
the
city.
nenort
on
a
seven-point
pro
gram
of
highway
improvements
and
departmental
reorganiza
tion
which
had
been
presented
at
a
conference
with
department
of
public
works.
Amiroval
of
the
yeuowneaa
Pass
Alberta-British
Columbia
northern
transprovincial
highway
as
a
federally
aided
scheme.
Pressure
for
an
early
start
on
and
completion
this
year
of
the
snowsllde
detour
at
Kwlnltsa.
Vote
of
appreciation
to
the
public
works
department
for
the
early
reopening
of
the
Skccna
River
Highway
this
year,
TAXI
if
fcTAXI
TAXh
0
Phone
1
537
Lght
service
1.
t
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
2
LrtsUo
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
fc.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.AAd
VOL.
XXXVI,,
No.
108.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
8,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Lead:
I
LoLAND
WAS
DESTROYED-
These
first
newsreel
Irar
ths
deduction
of
Heligoland
by
the
British,
IjKord
the
effect
on
the
one-time
German
strong-
pt:ic:t
b;.t
ever
set
off
by
man,
Some
7,500
tons
iL,.L.i:ed
esDlosivcs
reduced
to
rubble
the
great
la
served
as
a
vital
Oerman
vantage
point
in
two
r.a
the
air
top).
the
first
results
of
the
blast
itii'Minj
warship.
In
centre,
smoke,
rock
and
tJ
smke
begins
to
spiral
upwards.
At
bottom
iit
u
remains
of
the
once-fortified
tip
oi
the
oj
Groundh'og.Cddl
Fields
own
in
31-YeurOldReporl
ItfJi
oi
the
Groundhog
never
has
been
more
com--rrrtd
than
by
the
late
R.
C.
Campbell-Johnston,
liaMy
-
A
integrity
as
a
mining
engineer
and
IjI,
tr-
n-
!rlv
known
nnri
resnpeted
a
Quarter
Of
)
Eli
surveys
of
the
Groundhog,
made
at
request
Missing
Plane
Search
Peter
Oat
TJ
UirnifA
rAiirynriirr
U
n
UnVYAI
LUNftKCNLC
i
IT
FOR
SECOND
OF
JUNE
w
-
i
t4j
aj,
W
fcJ
Wit;
J.
J.IUI.V
AVUJJti
W
XlUbUlllULflJb
Association
at
a
general
meeting
last
night
as
the
date
,i
i
a
T
i
iui
a
ui&incL
iwgnway
comerence
10
wnicn
representatives
of
all
communities
along
the
line
of
the
northern
transprovincial
highway
will
be
invited
to
thresh
out
highway
problems,
decide
on
renresentations
that
should
be
made
for
Improve-!
set
so
as
to
coincide
as
closely
ments
and
promote
the
Interests
ot
road
users
of
the
district
generally.
The
date
was
BIG
STEEL
SIGNS
UP
WITH
C.I.O.
An
economic
milestone
passevin
VS.
labor
history
as
Charles
R.
Cox,
president
of
ramPwtp-Tiiinnis
Rtppl
Comoration
Heft),
and
Phil
Murray.
president
of
the
C.I.O.
and
United
Steel
Workers,
sign
contracts
..
...
i
1
1
.
i
A.
C
3
!
I
Ua
granting
muiinen
a
one
aouar
per
aay
ouu&t.
ouwuuig
m
hjc
rear
is
John
A.
Stephens,
vice-president
In
charge
of
industrial
relations
for
the
VS.
Steel.
Corporation.
7
Truckers
Organize
Are
Opposing
Canadian
National
Application
For
Franchise
Motort
transport
operators
of
Prince
Prince
Rjspert
Rupert
were
were
organized
organizea
at
n
operators
of
Prince
Rupert,
Ter
race,
Hazelton,
Smithcrs,
Telkwa
and
Burns
Lake
have
served
the
public's
transportation
require
ments
on
the
highway
and
with-
munlclpaUtles
formany
years
a
meeting.
Wednesday
evening
by
nlnneerln
such
servtcei
G.
L.
Buckman,
secretary-man-
rger
6f.'the
Automotive
Transport
Association
of
B.C.
J.
S.
(Jack)
Lindsay
was
elected
president
and
Percy
R.
Cameron,
sec-
iretary
ioj
the
Prince.
Rupert
AlOtor
iTanspori
amucuiuuii.
TJie
new
association
announr
ces
that
it
stands
for
promotion
of
a
proper
and
comprehensive
motor
transport
service
and
good
operating
standards.
Discussion
of
the
recent
application
of
the
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.
for
license
to
bperate
over
the
highway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Burns
Lake
resulted
in
a
resolution
as
follows:
"Whereas
the
motor
transport
SCORES
GOV'T
TAX
POLICY
OTTAWA
O
Hon.
Earl
Rowe
(PC-Dufferin-Simcoe),
charged
the
government
with
"Inefficien
cy
and
reckless
extravagance
in
Commons
Wednesday.
He
said
that
the
current
rate
of
taxation
is
20.49
per
cent
of
the
national
income,
compared
with
a
ratio
of
855
per
cent
in
1938.
WALLACE
ADVOCATES
RADICAL
FINANCING
Henry
A.
Wallace
in
an
interview
In
Paris,
declared
that
the
Soviet
Union
should
get
up
to
$17,000,000,000
worth
of
goods
and
services
under
world
construction
program.
In
return.
Wallace
a
$50
000
000,000
said,
Russia
should
be
required
to
forego
her
heavy
repatrlar
tlon
demands
on
Germany
and
to
become
a
member
of
the
international
bank.
Wallale
is
shown
shaking
hands
with
M.
Pierre
Cot,
rablnet
member,
who
is
sponsoring
the
former
vice-president's
visit
to
Paris.
Whereas
eight
of
these
varl-
ous
transport
men
have
applied
from
time
to
time
to
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
of
British
rv,liimh4
fnr
Krheduled
ceneral
Hrergrit
"licinseT'dn;
the
WgriwaV
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Burns
Lake,
and
"Whereas
the
earliest
of
such
applications
dates
back
to
June,
1945,
and
TVhereas
such
applications
ha.e
been
consistently
refused
on
the
grounds
that
such
scheduled
operating
licenses
could
not
be
considered
because
of
the
un
certainty
as
to
the
control
of
the
aforesaid
highway,
and
"Whereas
the
motor
.freight
operators
conqerned,
all
local
business
men
in
the
described
area,
were
again
refused
as
re
cently
as
October
1946
for
the
same
reasons,
and
"Whereas
an
application
for
similar
scheduled
service
was
made
to
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
April
18.
1947
by
the
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.
whereupon
it
was
accepted
and
a
date
set
for
public
hearing,
and
"Whereas
the
aforesaid
local
business
men
feel
that
they
are
unable
to
compete
against
the
weight
of
unlimited
capital
as
represented
by
government
own
ershlD
and
further
that
they
have
prior
rights
for
considera
tlon
as
proven
by
their
repeated
attempts
to
obtain
sanction
to
perform,
the
required
public
transportation
service
and
fur
ther
that
the
granting
of
such
rights
to
the
Canadian
National
tends
to
establish
a
land
trans
portatlon
monopoly
which
!s
not
In
the
public
Interest,
"Therefore
be
It
Resolved,
"1.
That
the
application
of
the
Canadian
National
Transporta
tion
Ltd.
should
be
refused.
'2.
That
the
Chamber
of
Com
merce
of
Prince
Rupert,
a
civic
body
operating
In
the
interests
of
Prince
RuDcrt
citizens
and
local
business
men,
should
protect
the
public
Interest
and
sup
port
local
.business
men
providing
essential
transportation
service
by
opposing
the
afore
said
application."
A
committee
was
appointed
to
request
an
interview
with
the
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
seek
their
support
In
opposing
the
Canadian
National
application
The
committee
to
meet
the
executive
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
named
in
the
persons
of
.J.
A.
Lindsay,
Harold
Whalen,
Vlc'Menzie,
Percy
Cameron
and
J.
S.
Lindsay.
Latest
Clues
in
Hunt
For
Transport
End
Up
As
Proving
Worthless
VANCOUVER
(QP)
The
ten-day-old
search
for
the
missing
TrarisCanada
.
airliner
has
failed
as
-
j
1
1
1
IT
yet
to
reveal
a
cletimte
clue,
leads,
including
tnose
pi
yesterday
which
,seemed
promising,
having
been
.dissipated
with
no
avail.
On
Wednesday
Gordon
"Vyiisin,
former
Royal
Canadian
Air
R)rce
maintenance
man,
j
.
iij-i...
.
.
.
i
.
snaggea
a
smaiw
piece
ui
ed
metal
wit!)'
fishing
line
at
Eagle
HarborIn
Burrard
Inlet
seven
mlles
.from
First.
Narrows
Bridge.
He
said
he
was
certain
it
was
aircraft
metal.
He
was
of
a
plane.
A
piece
of
clothing
which
came
to
the
surface
near
the
spot
was
believed
to
have
been
that
which
might
have
been
worn
by
a
flshenr.an.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
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Ltd.)
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Con
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Valley
14
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.03
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Con
13
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32
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2.50
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3.35
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14
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38
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80
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80
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84.00
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88
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85
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08
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1.76
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20
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3.05
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oo
MacLeod
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1.64
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53
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2.03
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6.00
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1-50
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2.50
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-48
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Antonio
3.85
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Rouyn
-32
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Gordon
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Steen
Rock
2.07
Sturgeon
River
-20
SINCE
rt4
ANTIQUITY
RARE
MALADY
KILLS
BABIES;.
PHILADELPHIA,
0J
Twenty-kniKUd
Viqvo
fiwT
clnrp
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
as
not
diarrhea
for
which
docftors
say
Deing
irom
me
missing
trans-
there
is
no
Known
cure,
iweiiuy
port
but
part
of
a
Royal
Cana-
deaths
are
blamed
on
the
out-
dian
Air
Force
plane
which
break
at
Ailentowa,
Pa.,
white
crashed
In
1941.
I
live
others
occurrtilat
Scmer-
The
contact
which
was
made
ville,
New
Jersey,
night
before
last
by
HM.OS.i
Antlgonlsh
with
her
anti-sub
marine
detection
gear
also
turned
out
to
be
negative,
divers
who
were
sent
down
finding
no
trace
NATIVES
DELAY
ACCEPTANCES
SALMON
PRICK
KTTWANGA
A
schedule
of
salmon
prices
for
ihe
.1947;
sea
son
submitted
by
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
workers
Union
and
the
Native
Brother
hood
of
B.C.
was
turned
down
tentatively
by
local
fishermen
pending
the
establishment,
ot
prices
for
fishing
gear
Dy,
me
cannery
operators.
President
Harold
Sinclair
cj
lh2
WcaT
Nalfvi?
vBrotfxho5d
'
branch'
advised
that,
pending
settlement
of
cear
and
equipment
cost
between,
fishermen
and
the
cannery
companies,
approval
of
the
proposed
schedule
be
withheld.
He
told
the
meeting
that
last
year,
after
accepting.
a
Vi
cent
per
pound
increase,
the
fisher
men
found
that
the
companies
had
given
an
"unfair"
boost
to
equipment
rental
charges,
net
repairs
and
mechanical
charges.
This
boost
resulted
m
an
In
creased
cost
to
fishermen
cf
about
$250,
more
than
ofsirtlns
any
hope
oi
gain
uirauga.inc
Increase
in
fish
prices.'
The
schedule
of
fishing
equipment
costs
was
posted
two
w
ek
after
the
flshins
season
began,
he
said.
"Most
of
us
went
In
the.
hole,"
should
do
the
same
thing.'
this
year."
At
this
advice
the
following
telegram
was
sent
to
WllUani
Rigibj2uslnes3
agent
for
the
U.F.A.W.U..
and
to
Ed
Nahauey,
district
vlce-jtrwident
of.
the
Native
Brotherhood:
"Unable
to
sign
fish
proposal
received
be
cause
no
statement
of
fishing
equipment
rental
charges
men-
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
SENATORS
HIT
JAP
RULINGS
OTTAWA
)
Three
Liberal
senators
Joined
today
In
an
at
tack
on
continuing
restrictions
on
Japanese
citizens
of
Canada.
Senator
Roebuck
(L
rOnt.)
charged
that
there
is
"a
striking
resemblance
between
the
status
the
Jews
under
Hitler
and
the
Japanese
in
Canada."
Others
taking
part
included
Senators
T.
A.
Crcrar,
(L.'Man)
and.W.A.
Buchanan
(Alberta).
HELICOPTER
EXPLOSION
SEATTLE
ff
The
helicopter
which
last
week
took
part
In
the
search
for
the
missing
Trans-
Canada
airliner
exploded
hi
mld-
Wcdnesday
when
landing,
killing
the
pilot
and
a
TO
FOOL
NEPTUNE?
According
to
an
old
custom
i
-
.
.:
.-
iv..
submarines
never
vruiw
the
I
'
.
.
The
Chinese
Hung
society
has
equator
but
always
dive
under
been
in
existence
since
388
aju.
m.