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Published
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Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
d
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
80.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
7,
1947
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FIVE
CENTS
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for
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work
be-
to
a
c'andstill
ln-
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of
a
large
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for
Canadian
cinuhips.
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BELLA
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into
the
murder-
to
Bella
cn
Friday'
5
native
fiitw
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lve
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his
lnfnnt
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his
own
life
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where
he
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and
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head.
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were
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to
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Contrnrt.
Per
Cent
Rent
Boost
Announced
Accommodation
Is
Freed
of
Control
VA
i
CI''
rinance
minister
Douglas
Ab-iticmI
today
a
maximum
increase
of
10
per
.t.i
oi)inrrs
nn
self-PDntninpri
hmisino'
o
,jon,
providing
the
landlord
is
prepared
sr
......
"..."
w.
nnounced
that
hotel
accommodation
ia3
comes
iree
01
control
imm(ta
ately.
Housing
accommodation
Increases
are
to
become
effective
upon
expiration
of
the
present
lease.
Mr.
Abbott
said
that
the
two-year
lease
renewal
and
10
per
cent
Increase
will
not
apply
to
houses
built
since
January
1,
1944.
This
also
Includes
dwellings
created
by
structural
cdh-,
version
since
that
date,
because
rentals
on
such
dwellings
have
been
fixed
at
higher
levels
relative
to
costs
of
labor
and
materials.
)
If
the
landlord
Is
not
prepared
to
offer
the
tenant
a
two-year
renewal
of
the
lease,
the
tenant
may
remain
In
occupancy
j
after
the
expiration
of
his
cur-
rent
lease
as
a
tenant
from
i
month
to
month
at
the
previous
rental
celling
and
will
continue
at
the
same
time
to
enjoy
protection
from
eviction.
Then
tenant
has
30
days
in
which
to
make
up
his
mind
whether
he
wants
to
accept
the
landlord's
offer.
If
he
docs
not
1
accept
It,
it
acts
as
notice
to
:
vacate
at
the
end
of
the
lease,
!
subject
to
provincial
law.
If
the
tenant
accepts,
the
two-year
renewal
lease
may
be
ter-i
minatcd
by
the
tenant
at
any
time
on
30
days'
notice
but
it
Is
-.
binding
orr
the
-
landlord"Ior
'the
full
two-year
term.
The
new
changes
also
provida
for
an
extra
10
per
cent
increase
In
rentals
in
cases
where
the
tenant
is
sub-letting
three
or
more
rooms-in
other
words,
operating
the
accommodation
as
a
rooming
house.
MINISTER
IS
NOT
COMING
Hon.
Brooke
Claxton
Unable
To
Include
Prince
Rupert
In
Itinerary
Hon..
Brooke
Claxton,
minister
5f
national
defence,
has
replied
to
a
message
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
viting
him
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
In
the
course
of
his
current
trip
to
the
Pacific
coast,
expressing
appreciation
for
the
Invitation
but
regretting
that
other
commitments
and
the
necessity
of
his
early
return
to
Ottawa
will
not
permit
of
his
coming
here
at
this
time.
Disappointment
has
been
expressed
in
Chamber
of
Com-i
mcrce
circles
at
failure
of
fed
cral
cablnet
ministers
to
include
lhls
Port
and
clty
ln
trips
to
lnc
Pacific,
coast
but
the
chamber
....
Is
persisting
in
extending
lnvi-
tatlns
and
Is
still
hopeful
tnai
at
least
one
of
the
ministers
will
see
m
to
come
herc
soon
I
MAPLE
LEAFS
ENTER
FINAL
Toronto
and
Montreal
to
Play
Off
This
Week
for
Stanley
Cup
TORONTO
Vf)
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
entered
the
Stan-i
Icy
Cup
professional
hockey
championship
finals
Saturday
night
against
Montreal
Can-adlens
with
a
C-to-1
victory
over
Detroit
Red
Wings,
mak-,
.lng
the
semi-final
scries
count
four
games
to
one.
The
final
scries
will
open
at
Montreal
Tuesday
night
with
another
game
there
Thursday
night
and
'the
scene
shifting
to
Toronto
on
Saturday
night.
TINY
LAND
OROWS
Since
1900
the
population
of
ruerio
Kico
increascu
i
v
cent
aa
compared
with
84
per
cent
ln
the
United
States.
:wa.
ri
1
W
l
I
BLACK
MARKETEER
PARADED
The
black
market
scourge
in
tsucnaresi.
Kumania,
nas
become
a
problem
of
dlreJrn-portance
to
the
populace
which
finds
food
and
clothing
almost1,
non-existent
at
the
shops
and
for
sale
only
at
fabulously"
high"
;
prices
in
the
illegal
market.
Even
public
officials
have
become
contaminated
by
their
association
with
black
marketeers.
Here
Inspector
Patrascu
of
the
Bucharest
municipality,
who
was
entrusted
with
the
administration
of
foodstuffs
for
all
city
employees,
is
paraded
through
the
streets
of
the
city
with
a
placard
around
his
neck
reading
"Patrascu
has
sold
on
the
black
market
one
wagon
of
sodium,
necessary
to
the
workers
and
employees.
We
demand
an
exemplary
punishment."
CALL
BY
I)E
GAULLE
STRASBOURG,
France
General
Charles
DtGaulle
called
on
the
French
people
today
to
organize
themselves
into
what
would
amount
to
a
politiral
party
supporting
him
and
his
ideas.
He
said
this
would
prevent
dictatoiship,
anarchy
or
overthrow
of
"state
independence."
MOSCOW
CONFERENCE
MOSCOW
Boss
Munro,
the
Canadian
Press
correspondent,
predicted
today
that
the
Moscow
foreign
ministers
conference
would
end
in
about
10
days
without
agreement
on
cither
of
the
major
factors
to
German
peace
reparations
and
economic
unity.
.There
would
probably
be
another
conference
about
July.
LOS
ANGELES
WINS
LOS
ANGELES
Los
Angeles
Monarchs
won
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
championship
Saturday
night
by
defeating
Portland
Eagles
5
to
4
in
the
deciding
game.
PRINCE
GEORGE
'QUAKES
PRINCE
GEORGE
Two
distinct
earthquake
shocks
were
felt
here
Saturday
morning
but
no
damage
was
done.
ONTARIO
HIT
BY
HEAVIEST
SPRING
FLOOD
LONDON,
Ont.
Oj
With
prop-crtv
and
crop
damage
running
into
possibly
millions
of
dollars..
four
persons
arc
dead
ana
Hundreds
have
evacuated
their
homes
as
Ontario
today
estimated
the
cost
of
Easter
floods
The
whole
province
has
suffered
one
of
the
heaviest
spring-tlrnn
blows
since
the
great
floods
of
1937.
Heavy
rains
Friday
and
Saturday
were
fqllowcd
by
winds
of
gale
force
that
lashed
flood
waters
into
high
waves
on
Sunday.
Western
Ontario's
greatest
river,
the
Thames,
reached
2t)
feet
above'
its
summer
normal
here
on
Sunday
before
receding.
The
peak
was
expected
at
Chatham
today
and
probably
will
be
about
18
or
19
feet
abovo
normal
there.
In
the
city
of
London,
it
is
believed
that
the
worst
is
over,
but
not
before
4,000
persons
had
evacuated
their
homes
on
oav
utday
as
the
-,...,
Thames
reached
reached
its
Peak-
GAME
LIMIT
LOWERED
OTTAWA
Department
of
Mines
and
Resources
game
regulations
this
year
will
provide
for.
.smaller--
bags
of,
ducks,
and
geese
GEORGE'S
FUNERAL
ATHENS
Large
crowds
lined
the
streets
of
Athens
yesterday
for
the
slate
funeral
of
King
George
II.
The
new
King
Paul
and
his
eight-year-old
son,
Prince
Constantin,
marched
hand
in
hand
behind
the
bier.
CONSERVATIVES
WIN
TOKYO
Conservative
candidates
won
most
of
the
scats
in
the
state
and
civic
elections
held
in
Japan
yesterday.
CO-OP
DISAPPROVAL
LONDON
The
British
Cooperative
Party
expressed
dis-apprpval
today
of
the
proposal
of
President
Truman
of
the
United
States
for
economic
aid
to
Greece
and
Turkey.
STAMPED
ERS
WIN
CALGARY
Calgary
Stam-peders
defeated
Kimbcrley
Dynamiters
4
to
3
to
win
the
Alberta-Britisii
Columbia
Allan
Cup
playdowns
and
advance
to
the
Western
Canada
finals
against
Winnipeg
I
PRICES
BOARD
(OFFICES
CLOSE
In
addition"
to
Prince
Rupert,
Mocal
offices
of
the
Prices
Board
at
Nanalmo
and
Vernon
have
been
closed.
The
ration
office
at
Victoria
also
closed.
Douglas
to
Attend
Vancouver
Meeting
VANCOUVER
1
Premier
T.
C.
Douglas
of
Saskatchewan
will
attend
the
fourteenth
annual
provincial
Yukon
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
convention
opening
here
on
Friday.
Local
Tide's
Tuesday
April
8,
1917
High
2:49
21.5
feet
15:25
19.3
feet
Low
0:14
2.9
fect
21:15
CO
feci
HAD
THE
EVIDENCE
TEDDINGTON,
Middlesex,
09
A
tuft
of
hair
which
a
landlady
claimed
had
been
pulled
from
her
head
by
a
tenant
was
handed
to
local
magistrates
when
the
tenant
was
summoned
for
assault.
The
tenant
was
bound
over
to
keep
the
peace
for
12
months.
CAR
CRASHES
ON
BRIDGES
Injuries
Occasioned
by
Scries
of
Mishaps
In
Vancouver
Over
Week;end
VANCOUVER,
tB-Three
persons
were
critically
injured
and
four
others
suffered
minor
injuries
In
two
bridge
span
crashes
here
within
two
hours
on
One
car,
Jammed
by
force
of
a
cra&h
between
span
and
bridge
railing
of
Camloie
Street
bridge,
was
a
total
-wreck,
causing
serious
Injuries
to
three
persons.
Four
United
States
sailors
from
US3
Bremerton
escaped
with
cpralned
ankles
and
cuU
when
tieir
car
struck
the
Oran-vill
Street
Bridge
span.
The
dri
ver
or
the
car
was
distracted
when
a
lighted
cigarette
fell
In
his
lap.
MUST
RESTORE
LOST
PROPERTY
IN
AUSTRIA
MOSCOW,
O;
The
Big
Four
powers
agreed
ln
committee
working
on
the
Austrian
peace
treaty
today
that
Austria
must
restore
to
Jewish,
and
other
o.wners
property
taken
from
them
In
the
German
controi
period
Jot
religious
or
other
reasons.
Committee
members
also
agreed
In
case3
where
restora
tion
was
lmposslblfc
compensa
tlcn
would
be
made.
Authora-
thr
EiClrfier1.
said
tha$
Sta
te
Sca-
retary
Marshall
would
press
ln
the
council
for
restoration
to
German
control
of
eastern
farmlands
now
under
Polish
administration.
This
would
involve
revision
of
the
previous
provisional
agreement
setting
the
boundaries
between
Ger
many
and
Poland
on
the
Oder
and
Neisse
rivers.
Russian
Foreign
Minister
Mol-
otov
told
Marshall
In
a
letter
published
today
that
"foreign
armed
forces
in
China
can
but
lead
to
the
fanning
of
civil
war
and
the
creation
of
additional
difficulties
In
the
restoration
zi
national
unity
of
China."
FIVE
FINED
FOR
SPEEDING
A
police
campaign
to
halt
speeding
cn
city
streets,
especially
ln
school
zones,
resulted
in
five
drivers
appcatlng
In'
city
police
court
Saturday
and
being
fined
$10
or
five
days
after
they
had
pleaded
guilty
to
speeding
ln
the
King
Edward
School
zons
on
Seventh
Avenue.
The
hearing
of
a
case
against
a
sixth
driver
was
deferred
until
next
week.
The
city
police
began
the
Avlvs.
earlier
last
week
after
they
had
received
complaints
of
excessive
speeding
through
school
zones.
Former
Cannery
Manager
Passes
Widely
known
vcieran
cannery
manager
who
was
for
many
years
in
charge
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.'s
plant
at
Wales
Island
in
the
Naas
River
area,
George:
E.
Windsor
died
at
the
first
of
last
week
in
Vancouver
and
his
funeral
took
place
last
.Wednesday
there.
Many
friends
In
city
and
district
will
regret
to
hear
of
Mr.
Windsor's
passing.
He
leaves
his
widow
and
two
brothers.
EASE
PAPER
CONTROLS
NEW
DELHI
The
government
of
India
relaxed
control
on
the
use
of
newsprint
April
1
New
regulations
are
designed
to
restrict
the
printing
of
all
new
periodical
publications
to
newsprint
and
make
more
white
paper
available
for
general
consumer
use.
HOME
OF
POPES
Avignon,
France,
was
the
seat
of
the
papacy
from
1309
to
1317.
Strike
Ties
Telephones
Communication
Services
in
United
States
Hit
by
Walk-Out
WASHINGTON
Oi
A
strike
by
an
estimated
340.000
workers
today
crippled
the
United
States
telephone
system
after
union
leaders
spurned
a
last-minute
I
government
plea
for
a
48-hour
postponement.
The
walkout
began
in
eastern
cities
and
spread
progressively
across
the
country.
The
tie-up
is
the
first
of
Its
kind
in
American
history
and
was
complete
when
west
coast
workers
left
their
jobs.
The
strike
Issue
is
the
demand
by
telephone
workers
for
wage
increases
of
$12
weekly.
The
government
$ald
that
their
average
weekly
pay
Ls
now
$43.19.
Tne
union
ls
also
asking
union
shop
conditions
and
other
concession:.
In
regard
to
negotiations,
the
union
proposed
arbitration
of
all
issues
on
a
country-wide
basis
but
the
management
countered
with
a
proposal
for
arbitration
'only
on
wages
and
on
a
com
pany
-by-company
basis
wlthm
the
Bell
system.
A
union
spokesman
predicted
that,
because
of
the
mainten
ance
workers
wancoui,
com
munications
services,
would
feel
the
impact
of
the
strike
in
"less
than
a
week."
Attorney
General
Clark
has
ruled
that
President
Truman
has
power
to
seize
the
telephone
cornpaniea
but
administration
officials
are
against,
such
action
hmmsoUateJy',,..,;,.
OFFICE
OF
PULP
MILL
Celanese
Company
Takes
Brooksbank
Ground
Floor
Stenstrom
in
United
States
First
step
in
the
establishment
locally
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America
has
occurred
jvith
the
securing
by
the
Port
Edward
Celanese
Co.
Ltd.
of
the
ground
floor
of
the
Brooksbank
.Building
as
office
quarters
in
the
city.
The
iJcal
representative,
E.
It.
Barr,
is
now
moving
in.
As
for
commencement
of
the
big
excavation
job
at
Watson
Island,
Port
Edward,
where
the
company's
$15,000,000
celanese
pulp
mill
is
to
be
Installed,
no
announcement
has
as
yet
been
madft,
D.
G.
Stenstrom,
the
company's
consulting
engineer,
is
at
present
in
the
United
Stales
on
business
in
connection
with
the
project.
SWEET
BEET
JUICE
Some
varities
of
sugar
beci
contain
more
than
20
per
cent
of
sucrose.
SENATOR
IS
GRATIFIED
Mr.
Turgeon
Sends
Congratulations
on
Successful
Culmination
of
Civic
Claim
Senator
J.
a.
Turgeon
has
communicated
with
E.
T.
Apple-whalte
of
this
city
ln
following
up
previous
correspondence
ln
regard
to
the
campaign
which
recently
culminated
ln
the
De
partment
of
National
Defence
awarding
the
sum
of
$143,000
to
the
city
in
settlement
of
claims
for
wartime
damage
to
streets
and
utilities.
Senator
Turgeon's
message
says:
'"I
am
very
glad
that
the
work
commenced
by
Olof
Hanson
and
the
city
delegation
and
completed
by
S.
E.
Parker,
Mayor
Arnold,
yourself
and
R.
E.
May-hew
(M.P.
for
Victoria)
has
finally
reached
some
success
in
bringing
to
Prince
Rupert
urgently
needed
money
for
repair
of
damage
done
by
war
activities."
Senator
Turgeon
himself
also
had
been
active
in
supporting
Prince
Rupert's
claim
at
Ottawa.
Bi3
Shipping
Season
Due
Canada's
Ports
Expecting
Largest
Volume
Tet
MONTREAL,
(CP)
Canada's
deep
water
parts
on
Atlantic
and
Pacific
Coasts
and
the
Great
Lakes
waterway
are
expecting
a
bpring
and
summer
shipping
season
to
exceed
any
before,
according
to
maritime
"
'
observers.
The
Halifax
port
manager
predicts
better
spring
navigation
th?jn
javerage.
Vancouver
reports
a
drop
in
this
year's
grain
shipments
to
date
as
compared
;with
last
year
but
the
general
average
of
shipping
is
higher.
Lumber
shipments
will
be
heavier
due
to
United
Kingdom
orders.
MET
HIS
DEATH
IN
STRANGE
WAY
Vancouver
Man
Strangled
When
Head
Caught
Between
Verandah
Posts
VANCOUVER
O;
Police
reported
today
that
the
body
of
E.
L.
Birchard,
aged
29,
was
found
at
his
home
Sunday,
wedged
between
two
verandah
posts.
Investigators
termed
the
death
accidental,
possibly
due
to
strangulation.
The
body
was
held
tightly
In
a
cramped
space
with
head
twisted,
indicating
that
he
had
made
frantic
efforts
to
escape.
LIGHTEST
ELEMENT
Hydrogen
is
the
lightest
element
known.
,
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HONORS
GOVERNOR
GENERAL
In
a
brief
ceremony
at
Government
House,
Ottawa,
His
Excellency
F.
Nemec,
Czechoslovak
envoy
extraordinary
and
minister
plenipotentiary
to
Canada
(left),
Invests
Viscount
Alexander
of
Tunis
with
the
Order
of
the
White
Lion
First
Class
"For
Victory"
and
the
Military
Cross
(1939)
on
behalf
of
his
government.
They
are
shown
during
the
ceremony.
U.S.
President
Reaffirms
His
Foreign
Policy
Must
Aid
Free
Nations
to
Remain
Free,
Truman
Says
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
O)
President
Truman,
ln
an
address
Saturday,
reiterated
and
widened
his
declaration
that
the
United
States
would
send
money
and
personnel
to
fight
totalitarian
Influences
on
free
countries
abroad.
He
declared
that
the
United
States
must
adopt
a
policy,
of
"Aiding
free,
nationals
to
main
tain
their
freedom"a
nd
of
keeping
his
country
militarily
strong
for
that
purpose.
"We
must
act
in
time,
ahead
of
time,
to
stamp
out
the
Kmvulderlrrg
beginnings
of
any
conflict
that
may
threaten
to
spread
over
the
world,"
he
said.
President
Truman
widened
his
iorelgn
aid
policy
to
Include
all
countries
-where
Ireidoffi
13
threatened,
an
enlargement
oT
the
Monroe
Doctrine
to
worldwide
scope."
FORTY
INJURED
IN
TRAIN
CRASH
COLUMBIA
CITY,
Indiana,
Ol
At
least
40
persons
were
injured
today
when
the
Pennsylvania
Railroad's
Gotham
Limited,
carrying
more
than
300
passengers,
was
wrecked
at
a
street
crossing.
No
one
was
killed
but
three
or
four
were
seriously
hurt.
Thirteen
cars
were
derailed.
MAY
WIRE
TO
GERMANY
NOW
1
.
.
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s
xf
Canadian"'
J
National
Telegraphs'
service
jwith
civilians
in
Germany
j
through
Its
overseas
connection
I
with
Western
Union's
interna
tional
ccmmunlcaticns
was
announced
in
Prince
Rupert
today
by
G.
T.
Durkln,
manager,
CiN.
Telegraphs,
following
the
auth
orization
of
such
service
by
the
military
governments
In
the
British
and
American
zones.
Traffic
to
Berlin
or
to
places
in
areas
occupied
by
France
or
the
UJSjS.
R.
does
not
come
under
the
authorization.
The
German
states
affected
by
this
new
rul
ing
include
Bremen,
Bavaria,
Wurtemfourg,
Hesse,
Schlerwlg
Holsteln,
Oldenburg,
Hamburg,
Hanover,
Schaumtourg,
Lippe,
Westfalen
and
Brunswick.
The
conditions
governing
the
reopening
of
service
restrict
telegrams
to
personal
or
social
matters.
If
the
texts
should
Involve
business
or
commercial
transactions,
they
can
relate
only
to
the
ascertainment
of
facts
or
the
exchange
of
Information.
Language
admlssable
under
the
new
service
are
English,
French,
German
and
Russian.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Overcast
skies
and
rain
showers
are
expected
over
most
of
British
Columbia
today
and
Tuesday.
Temperatures
are
near
normal
over
the
province
and
are
not
expected
to
show
any
significant
change.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queeu
Chaf-lottcs
and
North
Coast
Northern
Section:
Overcast
with
raln-showers
today
and
Tuesday;
winds
southerly
(20
m.p.h.);
little
change
ln
temperature;
min-imums
tonight
Massett
37,
Prince
Rupert
37;
maximums
Tuesday
Massett
48,
Prince
Rupert
48.
Southern
Section:
Continuous
rain
this
morning;
overcast
with
rain
showers
this
afternoon,
tonight
and
Tuesday;
winds
southeast
(20)
this
morning,
becoming
southerly
(15)
this
afternoon,
light
Tuesday;
little
change
in
temperature;
minimum
tonight
Port
Hardy
38;
maximum
Tuesday,
47.
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