Vlf.F
AT
PRINf.F
RUPERT
'ith
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
preparing
t()
in-
scheduled
airline
service
between
Prince
Itu-
'
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T
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11
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t
!
Vancouver
loiiowinir
un-
j;jwiwuk
m
tal
to
such
service
are
now
transpiring
and
rrince
PliimpvI
r.hiimlipr
nf
Commerce
heard
FY
HEAT
JIONS
feVtllillllVllb
unounccd
modification
of
7'.wial
ban
on
summci
permit
the
use
of
gas
'ittoclty
to
heat
homes
necessary
for
the
health
nder
the
age
of
three,
Tien
.
-.
ulu;r
provides
ior
Wed
kdj
;i
ii
r
i
n
inn
tt
phl
in-..
vivvuvivr
we
summer
for
hcatlng
Prized
by
a
doctor.
It
is
""'We
for
drying
clothe
:hold
linen
and
build
wa
by
the
recent
"twi
i
Idea-
toesday,
May
7.
11)47
2
15
21.1
feet
,
o.uo
1B.5
lect
8:50
2.G
feet
20-47
7.2
feet
r,iiTV
.
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alom
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15
238
r.
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Ltinn
I
fc-TURNEu
ROUND
lit
.
trrn
r
M4
1
i
h
ll
fPl
RWer
tcm-
Members
of
the
Canadian
Legion
National
Canteen
Funds
Committee
who
met
in
Ottawa
to
present
a
brief
to
a
parliamentary
committee
regarding
policies
and
administration
of
$10,-000.000
canteen
profits
of
the
armed
forces
in
World
War
II.
Reading
left
to
right
sitting:
Q.
Beaton,
Sydney,
N.S.;
II.
E.
Read,
Great
Lakes
Command,
Minneapolis,
Minn.;
Lt.-Oeneral
E.
W.
Ransom,
Fredericton,
N.B.;
Oavan
Power,
Montreal;
J.
S.
Wright,
Summerside,
P.E.I.
Standing:
T.
D.
Anderson,
Ottawa;
J.
C.
G.
Kerwig,
Ottawa;
T.
Hunter,
Windsor;
J.
J.
Kelly,
Winnipeg;
Harper
Prowse,
Edmonton;
Alan
Embury,
Reglna.
Record
Shows
City
Can
Expect
Kln
C
Muck
Sun,
LUlle
Rain
in
May
pj
It
would
appear
tliat
Prince
the
samo
line
was
followed
to
Rnnirh
mnv
hp
rnterln.1
that
I
oav
annual
golden
weather
cycle
at
bright
skies
and
rainless
air
that
seems
to
settle
over
the
north
coast
every
May.
The
lat
couple
of
days
would
indicate
as
much,
unyway,
al
though
the
matter
u
referred
to
with
tightly
crocd
fingers.
'Ucoro
ofrtrceKt
years
In-.
spire
hope
that
"normal"
May
weather
is
at
hand
of
the
type
that
Jn
the
past
has
established
monthly
records
for
hours
of
bright
sunshine
and
minimum
rainfall.
May.
1046,
boyan
similarly,
as
did
the
same
month
in
the
previous
year.
-
The
first
five
days
this
month
brought
more
than
30
hours
of
bright
sunshine,
even
though
three
davs
were
cloudy
and
brought
.42
in-chc
of
rain.
Sunday
and
Monday,
however,
made
un
for
earlier
Indiscretions
on
I
the
part
of
the
weatherman
and
It
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
A!R
about
some
of
these
at
its
tunnel
meeting
last
night.
An
aviation
filling
barge
is
ex
ncp.lod
this
week
from
Vancou
lm
located
at
the
Seal
Cove
seaplane
base.
With
CPA
Instituting
its
main
line
service
between
Prince
Ru
nort
and
Vancouver,
charter
scr
be
started
out
of
Prince
Rupert
by
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
with
on
and
possibly
two
month.
Expectation
Is
that
Alaska
air
services
will
ni.
xnmmnnrp
running
liuo
UiaU
nfii."-.--
Prince
Rupert.
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
decided
to
ask
the
Postmaster
General
to
expedite
the
Institution
of
air
mail
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert.
rrl,
rlnmhlT
nlsO
is
asking
tlC
federal
authorities
to
clarify
the
status
of
Prince
Rupert
a
a
port
of
customs
entry
and
clear
ancc
for
foreign
commercial
air
craft.
At
present
there
are
on..
three
such
ports
on
uw
Columbia
coast
-
Vancouver
Massctt
and
Tulscquan.
fact
was
discovered
oniy
nw..-
BIRTH
OF
COFFEE
Yemen,
Arato.
is
the
birthplace
coffee,
me
of
cultivated
Inland
highlands
have
produced
coffee
slnre
Mahomet
s
time
A
glance
at
the
record
for
last
May
will
give
the
weatherman
a
mark
to
surpass.
What
Is
believed
to
be
an
all
time
record
was
set
when
the
sun
beamed
down
for
2075
hours
during
the
month,
bringing
onlyl:04
Inches
of
rain
to
compensate
for
the
heat.
The
thermometer
Jbosfc
to
TV
degrees,
a
temperature
that
was
not
surpassed
until
August.
May,
1945,
was
comparable,
with
200.8
hours
of
sunshine,
1.71
Inches
of
rain,
and
a
maximum
temperature
of
75.
Earlier
years
show
a
similar
beneficent
tendtmcy
on
the
part
of
the
weatherman
during
May
Tq
most
people,
these
statistics
boil
down
to
sunlit
hours
of
fishing,
boating,
ball
playing
and
other
outdoor
recreations
to
be
enjoyed
during
oJf-work
hours.
It
gives
a
mellowing
touch
to
spirits
Jaded
by
the
rigors
of
winter
It
is
the
magic
of
spring.
Prince
Rupert,
it
is
indicated,
can
look
Toward
to
all
this
as
the
month
of
My
unfolds.
However,
to
be
on
the
cautious
side
the
foregoing
should
not
be
con
sidered
a
guarantee
of
good
weather
either
on
the
part
of
the
weatherman
or
this
spring-
fevered
reporter
i
Bulletins
IIISIIOP
l
AllTHING
MKS
CALGAUV
Rt.
Rev.
John
CrasB
I'artliinR,
85,
Anctican
Uishop
if
Montreal
for
thirty
years
licforc
his
retirement
in
1939,
died
here
early
today,
lie
underwent
an
operation
Monday
morning.
BACK
TO
SCHOOL
MANLY
Somewhat
subdued,
a
band
of
boys
and
girls
returned
to
school
today
follow-thc
strike
of
High
School
students
here.
Suspension
order
against
150
"hookey
players"
has
been
lifted
and
an
investi
gation
will
be
held
into
their
dispute
with
the
teaching
staff.
SUAKCU
I
OK
PRISONERS
JERUSALEM
Search
is
continuing:
for
prisoners
still
at
large
after
Jewish
underground
fighters
blasted
a
breach
in
the
wall
of
Acre
prison
Sunday
liberating
251
Jewish
and
Arab
prisoners
In
what
was
believed
lo
be
one
of
the
world's
greatest
mass
escapes
In
modern
times'.
BANDITS
REMOVE
SAFE
VANCOUVER
As
burglar
alarms
sounded
off,
three
young
bandits
in
a
green
car
made
off
last
night
with
a
safe
containing
$1400
from
Irving's
drug
store
on
Broadway
West
Into
vhleh
they
had
broken,
ue
on
oor
A
1
4"
r:r...
...
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AND
CKNTliALUiSlT
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AND
NIQHT
SERVICE
p.ess
Hotel.
Third
Ave,
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
'Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
100.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
6,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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1UKN
Al
UMlfcU
1NA
1
lUJNo
AooLlVlDL
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T
o
..j
Families
to
Be
f
IIU
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i..
ThW
Country
iirralion
uuic
...
a
.Minister
of
Na-
'aeu
i
A
Glen
cstl-
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ti-..t-A
nf
Pnmmons
tnp
milium
ww-"--
rnishtthai
approximate
oanauiauo
ww
j
Chinese
i.
to
bring
tneir
wives
.iwin?
the
repeal
in
hv
Hip
House,
ine
'
:ruu
"i
-
.rr!vcd
IL
second
rcau
iVV.
OlcnraW
that
single
Clil-
Wans
will
be
allowed
.
mnrrv
linri
brill'
"
"
(0UUlldf
lire.
CMnesc
giris,
wai-jjpxy
on
a
mail
order
tu
nit
be
allowed
chtry.
aaliter
of
Natural
Rc-
im
ihnt
Canada
i(
German
ethnic
origin
Ifl
ltoUJlVU
.w..vw
wa
who
were
not
German
na-
.
it.
.-M
ftViit
Immlfrrfi
.
ilLals
overseas
had
ucen
AIM
'
"
RTHl
IK
r
of
Japan
'Meets
rf,
1
1
10,
?
Emperor
Hlro3
;
MacArthur's
residence
iL.:
Jr?an
waited
vainly
ae
hint
ot
the
supreme
st
th?
country
should
i
toclai
t
or
conserva-;sisL
art
claiming
the
.,ime
me
n'xi
premier
ut
,.
nun
u
iuiki'
Bict
scat
:
lr
the
recent
'
Seme
obrrvcrs
sug-t
there
may
be
a
coall-i'Ji
the
conservatives
who
twekln-
the
nost
1I..M.C.S.
Autigonish
and
Lt.-Cdr.
Wolfcmlcn
Looking
For
Missing
Aircraft
VICTORIA
'
The
frigate
H.MCS.
Antigonish,
under
com
mand
of
Lt.-Cdr.
.J.
E.
Wolfcn
den.
yesterday
joined
In
the
search
for
the
TransCanada
Air
lines
airliner
which
has
been
It
was
Lt.-Cdr.
Wolfenden
who
conducted
a
similar
search
wltn
H.M.C.S.
Charlottetown
out
of
here
last
September
for
trace
in
Chatham
Sound
of
the
lost
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
Skecna
Queen.
SET
FIRES
TO
.
COVER
THEFTS
Tinder
Dry
Forests
In
Williams
Iikc
Area
Kindled
to
Cover
Up
Beaver
Thefts
WILLIAMS
LAKE
V
Provin
cial
police
constables
and
game
department
officials
were
rustled
here
today
to
aid
in
extin
guishing
a
total
of
nine
forest
fires
endangering
thousands
oi
acres
of
tinder
dry
woods
sixty
miles
west
of
Williams
Lake.
The
fires
arc
believed
to
have
been
of
incendiary
origin
to
cover
up
thefts
of
beaver
from
trapllnes.
Monogram
Staples
Make
Set
Hit
NEW
YORK
Oi
Some
cm-broidery
cotton
and
gilt
paper
staples
arc
all
a
'teen-ager
needs
to
achieve
a
smart,
up-to-thc
minute
look,
if
New
York
'teenagers
are
any
example.
,Enw
broidcrcd
initials
and
mono-,
grams
on
blouse
collars,
pockets
and
the
cuffs
of
socks
look
cs-uccially
smart.
Girls
who
want
an
extra
effect
work
their
names
down
the
sides
of
their
socka,
Chinese
fashion.
The
paper
staples
are
a
fine
fillip
for
plain
belts
that
have
been
arouna
quite
a
while
stuck
through
the
leather
in
any
design
the
wearer
fancies.
j
300
YEARS.
OLD
The
microscope
was
invented
more
than
300
years
ago.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
11:45
tonight,
daylight
saving
time,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
on
time
CO-OP
BUYS
FIRST
LOADS
OF
WAL1BUT
Prlnie
Ruucrt
Fishermen's
Co
operative
received
the
first
de
liveries
of
halibut
Irom
the
regular
fleet
today,
unloading
60.000
pounds
from
the
Mae
West,
Skf
W.ll
Will
D
ia
M.
ana
Nortn
over
the
exchange
but
was
sold
at
prices
-stfo
jeot
to
later
adjust
ment
by
the
Co
-op.
The
Mae
West
sold
23,000
pound,
Ekecna
M.
12,000
and
North
Cap
15.000.
Since
.Monday
morning,
more
than
80,000
pounds
have
been
delivered
by
iflsh
packers
to
lo
cal
company
fish
houses
from
camps
In
the
area.
Most
of
It
has
been
sold
subject
to
later
settlement
on
prices.
Kn
far
nrt
:haHbut
ha.5
been
fold
over
the
exchange
so
that
no
price
schedule
has
been
Waterfront
observers
predict
that
a
large
portion
of
this
year's
halibut
catch,
possibly
as
much,
as
onc-haif
the
Area
Two
total
will
ccme
from
small
boats
which
will
deliver
to
the
camps.
This
procedure
,
does
away
with
the
need
to
make
lore;
runs
to
Prince
Rupert
to
deliver
the
fish
and
obviate
the
need
to
carry
Ice
for
preserving
the
fish.
The
raiall
vessels
llsh
near
the
camps
and
deliver
their
catches
tvery
day.
From
the
camps,
the
catches
are
brought
to
Prince
rupert
by
packers.
Reports
from
the
grounds
in
missing.,
since-a.aveek.
-ago,
lasUdicatethat,
since
the
season
nirrht
nn,
vnnrmivpT
with
fif.'lonencd
oncned
last
last
Thi'rrdrtv.
Thursday,
the
the
fish
fish-
teen
persons
on
board.
Almost
all
last
night
the
shiJ
was
searching
the
area
in
the
Gulf
of
Georgia
between
Sand-heads
Lightship
and
the
east
coast
of
Gabriola
Island
but
the
use
of
anti-submarine
detection
gear
failed
In
the
effort
to
pick
up
trace
of
the
missing
aircraft
should
it
have
fallen
Into
the
sea
In
this
region.
ing
has
been
relatively
poor
with
the
exccptlon.of
a
few
Instances.
The
main
rush
of
vessels
which
started
fishing
on
Thurs
day'
Is
expected
to
start
bring
ins
their
catches
within
the
next
few
days.
Spokesmen
for
Prime
Minister
Attlee's
Labor
government
have
veered
veerea
recently
recenuy
f
iromsuDauea
rom
subdued
op
op.
CHURCHILL
HITS
TIMING
OF
VOTE
LONDON
W)
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill
declared
in
Commons
today
that
he
would
use
every
narliamentary
means
to
make
sure
that
a
vote
did
not
tak
place
tonight
on
the
Labor
gov-
enrment's
proposal
to
reduce
from
18
months
to
one
year
th
period
of
compulsory
peacetime
military
service
in
Britain.
"We
arc
supporting
the
gov
ernment,"
he
said,
"And
we
have
some
right
to
decent
considera
tion."
The
government's
bill
for
peacetime
conscription
was
opposed
by
75
Labor
rebels
when
It
was
debated
In
second
read
lng
recently.
k.
i
UNION
LEADER
ARRESTED
IN
'TEXTILE
STRIKE
LACHUTE,
Quebec,
0
R.J
Kent
Rowley
Canadian
director
of
the
United
Textile
Workers
Of
America
(AFL),
which
is
directing
two
strikes
here,
was
arrest
ed
by
the
provincial
police
at
his
Montreal
home
today.
He
was
charged
with
participating
in
an
illegal
strike.
Tac
same
charges
have
been
laid
against
union
of
ficials
Madeleine
Parent
land
A
Beaucage.
Six
persons
were
ar
rested
last
Friday
curing
a
poi
Ice-picket
clash
here.'
-'
L.
Rcbach,
publicity
director
of
the
union,
which,
is
direc-ing
the
higher
-wage
strike
at
Ayers
Ltd.
textile
mill
and
the
Dominion
Shutttle
Co.,
said
that
the
arrests
"can
in
no
way
affect
the
strike.
It
will
continue."
mm'
Be
No
Funeral
T
1
A
kl
-I
i
oom
I
ales
rue
ianea
Dire
Forecasts
Intended
to
Rekindle
Dun-kerque
Spirit
That
Saved
Nation
In
1940
'
(Britain,
sapped
by
two
wars
and
a
great
depression,
is
fighting
for
her
national
existence
in
an
unprecedented
economic
crisis.
This
is
one
of
a
series
oi
stones
giving
a
detailed
picture
of
the
crisis,
its
causes,
effects
and:the
battle
beng
fought
to
overcome
It).
By
JOHN
DAUPHINEE
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer.
LONDON
A
mass
of
post-war
economic
diffi-f.iilfioc
hvnnirhr.
nrpdwtions
overseas
that
Brit-
VkltVlVU
VVyw
hut.
some
of
the
world's
most
ill
astute
.
..
.11
i
r..i.......
business
men
consider
the
country's
long-ieim
uauic
i
iriwiri
riulf
There
is
no
inclination
here
to
minimize
the
tre
mendous
problems
to
be
solved
before
peacetime
prosperity
can
be
attained.
The
February
in
dustrial
shutdown
its
effects
will
be
felt
for
a
year
pointed
up
the
dangers
so
no
one
can
ig
nore
them.
This
series
has
described
the
crippling
shortages
that
must
be
overcome:
shortages
of
coal
and
electricity,
manpower,
raw
hnriiiiB
is
a
firm
conviction
that
the
United
Kingdom
ultimately
will
win
through.
Business
men
want
to
build
new
factories;
the
backlog
of
industrial
construe
tlon
Is
an
indication
of
con
fidence
in
the
future.
So
is
the
firmness
of
the
stock
market's
industrial
section
.
nnnnsitlon
criticism
of
the
t.-
i
.i.,i
,
-i...
,.inc
irovernmcni,
lias
ueeu
iutt"j
fn,,H
i,mp
inmmrl
mid
dol-.
that
Labor
has
been
putting
too
lars.
much
stress
on
Socialist
policy
not
enough
on
overcoming
pres
ent
emergencies.
But
the
argu
ment
has
been
------
that
-
this
program
-
at
talnment
of
f
tlmism
to
heavy
pessimism
in
hf
that
definitely
not
their
public
statements.
Even
prosper
y.
I
is
forever
out
of
prosperity
Attlee
warned
In
his
economic
White
Paper
that
without
more
rcacii.
coal,
more
and
better
distribution
of
workers
and
more
exports
"we
may
never
restore
the
foundations
of
our
national
life.
It
Is
a
melancholy
outlook,
but
not
necessarily
the
final
picture.
WAS
INTENTION
TO
FRIGHTEN
Dire
forecasts
from
government
sources
must
be
read
with
the
political
situation
in
mind.
They
are
Intended
to
frighten-
to
bring
back
the
Dunkerque
spirit
that
saved
the
United
Kineddm
after
France
fell
in
1940.
'
Underlying
the
surface
fore-
"There
is
no
foundation
for
the
suggestion
that
the
die
has
already
been
cast,
that
the
standard
of
life
Is
doomed
to
de
cline,
that
thl3
great
nation
must
now
go
down
to
poverty
and
Impotence,"
said
the
thoughtful
Times
of
London.
"Overseas
friends,
whose
sym
pathy
has
been
ready,
can
rest
quiet.
There
will
be
no
funeral."
"Can
we
maintain
and
Increase
our
standard
of
life,
or
must
we
reduce
it?"
said
Attlee
in
a
radio
broadcast.
"I
believe
that
we
can
maintain
it
and
In
course
of
time
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
Arabs
Withdraw
Request
for
Hearing
in
Debate
On
Palestine
Question
HOUSE
PASSES
TRANSPORT
BILL
LONDON
O)
The
Labor
gov
ernment's
drive
to
nationallizc
Britain's
key
industries
kneared
Its
final
goal
today
-witn
ap
proval
by
Commons
of
a
measure
to
brine
under
public
owner
ship
all
inland
transportation-railroads,
buses
.trucks,
subways,
street
cars
and
canals.
The
hill
now
goes
to
the
House
of
Lords.
The
House
passed
the
$4,260,000,000
transport
nationalization
measure
last
night.
The
government
already
has
taken
over
control
of
the
coal
air
transport
and
the
Bank
of
England.
,
To
Survey
Air
Strip
Federal
'Government
to
Determine
Practicability
of
Development
Here
Director
of
Air
ftervices
at
Ottawa,
In
a
telegram
to
Mayor
Norah
Arnold,
following
recent
refiutst
,by
the
city
land
"Chamber
of
Commerce""
for
survey
of
n,air
ptrip
site
on
Tugwell
Lsland,
(advises
the
matter
is
Ibeing
Reviewed
With
a
view
to
determining
Ibracti-cability
and
cost
flf
developing
minimum
irequirement
in
the
form
of
Ja
single
landing
strip.
The
telegram
also
says
that
a
survey
of
iTugwell
Island
was
made
in
1940
and
"the
cost
of
.development
or
an
alrdome
is
known
to
be
very
Ji'srn."
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
has
been
interesting
itself
in
the
possibility
of
air
(strip
development
at
Tugwell
Island
and
several
months
ago
made
surveys
thereof.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
entire
province
was
clear
this
morning
and
present
indica
tions
are
that
warm
weather
will
continue
today
and
Wednesday.
Seasonal
temperatures
prevailed
overnight.
Temperatures
yester
day
continued,
high
with
83
re
ported
at
Hope,
82
at
Lytton
and
79
at
Kamloops
and
Cres
cent
Valley.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
South
ern
Section:
Low
overcast
dur
ing
forenoons,
otherwise
clear
today
and
Wednesday.
Light
winds.
Little
change
in
tempera
ture.
Northern
Section:
Clear
today
and
Wednesday,-
light
winds.
Little
change
in
tempera
ture.
Lows
tonight
Port
Hardy
40.
Massctt
40.
Prince
Rupert
40.
Highs
Wednesday
Port
Hardy
60,
Massett
59,
Prince
Rupert
05.
KESSELRING
TO
BE
SHOT
VENICE
O)
A
British
military
court
today
sentenced
Field
Mar
shal
Albert
Kessclring,
supreme
commander
of
the
German
army
In
Italy,
to
death
by
shooting
nftor
rnnvlr.tine
him
of
war
crimes
against
the
Italian
people
Kesselring
was
convicted
on
two
counts
one
of
them
accusing
him,
or
responsibility
for
the
KrMaaHnn
Cqvpr
massacre
In
which
335
Italians
died
In
re
nrisal
for
the
killing
of
.32
Gcr
man
nollce
troops.
The
second
count
charged
him
with
ineit
in
it
his
trooDs
to
excesses
in
fighting
Italian
partisans.
He
Is
60
years
old.
Nettled
Over
Reference
to
Political
Committee
LAKE
SUCCESS
(CP)
Ev
.ts
took
a
surprise
turn
it
the
United
Na
tions
Assembly
meeting
here
today
when
the
Arab
higher
committee
for
Palestine
charged
the
Assembly
with
discrimlnaUon
and
announced
withdrawal
of
Its
re
quest
for
a
hearing
in
the
Pal
estine
debate.
The
Arab
organization
pro
tested
at
its
request
having
been
referred
to
the
political
com
mittee
while
the
request
of
-the
Jewish
Agency
had
been
considered
by
the
Assembly
.itself.
New
controversy
flared
as
Soviet
circles
said
that
Russia
was
determined
to
challenge
the
British-American
plan
which;
would
exclude
.five
big
powers
from
the
Droposed
United
Na
tions
fact-finding
committee
on
Palestine.
MAY
OPPOSE
C.N.R.
BID
Vancouver
Transport
"
i
Association
lOfficial
illere
To
Meet
AVith
IflcalJInickers
"Assuming
we
get
the.
support
of
local
members,
the
applica
tion
of
the
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.
for
a
licence
to
operate
a
scheduJea
trucKing
service
over
e
highway
be
tween
Burns
Like
will
be-
op-
nosed."
said
Gene
L
Bucttman,
secretary
manager
of
the
Auto
motive
Transport
Association
oi
British
Columbia,
who
arrived
in
the
city
last
evening
on
the
Princess
Adelaldle
from
Vancouver
to
meet
with
local
truck
ers
in
regard
to
the
stand
;to
be
taken
at
the
meeting;
of;
the
Puttie
Utilities
CommlsBion
be
ing
called
here
on
June'
4
and
5.
Mr.
Buckman
will
be
here
tmUl
Thursday
night
when
he
wlU
return
south.
Mr.
Buckman
expreewd
him
self
as
being
strongly
In
favor
of
the
Independent
truckers
be
ing
granted
such
franchises
as
this.
Last
fall
the
Independent
truckers
were
denied!
Beenccs
for
scheduled:
services!
on
tht
Skeena
River
Highway
as
"R
13
not
the
intention
at
the
pres
ent
time
to
grant
any
IKencea
of
Uiis
nature
for
scheduled
service."
Whether
or
not
theser
northern
applicants
are
to
re
new
their
applications
in
view
of
the
Canadian
National
application
seems
to.
be
uncertain.
China
Inflation
Hampers
Co-ops
VANCOUVER
O)
Ida
Pruitt
for
20
years
chief
of
social
service
at
Pekln
Hospital,
is
In'
Vaur
couver
to
seek
support
for
industrial
co-operatives
In
China.
She
said
co-ops
were
popular
with
the
Chinese
but
inflation
had
wiped
out
2,000
businesses
at
Hankow,
reducing
branches
to
300.
"Now
we
are
holding
our
own
until
inflation
has
passed
and
we
want
people
to
help
us
with
materials
and
money
especially
with
Bailie
schools
which
are
the
equivalent
of
tech
nical
schools
nere."
CARD
OF
THANKS
I
wish
to
thank
our
msnv
friends,
who
gave
their
kindness,
sympathy
and
beautful
floral
offerings
during
the
Illness
and
death
of
mjr
txkmd
father,
Suleung
Fong.
Special,
thanks
to
Rev.
Chlense
Free
Mason.
TIM
FONO.
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