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Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"'Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
S
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt,
2
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
1.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
2,
"1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
KkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkikA
J-
N
LAND
Coal
and
Timber
Could
Make
Port
of
Pr.
Rupert
KICH
MINERAL
AND
FOREST
ASSETS
AWAIT
CONSTRUCTION
OF
HANDLING,
ADDITIONAL
TRANSPORT
FACILITIES
The
Skcena
Valley
area,
with
Prince
Rupert
as
its
coastal
outlet
now
is
active
with
plans
for
furthering
the
development
of
coal,
lumber
and
waterpower,
says
a
staff
writer
in
Financial
Times,
published
in
Montreal.
An
estimate
of
the
quantity
of
merchantable
and
Looking
To
Northwest
Financial
Times
Sees
.Prince
Kupcrl
as
Important
Site.
In
Coming
1Dcvcl0iJiTie.nl
Canada's
growth
is
naturally
tending
to
the
northwest
where
geo-political
and
population
problems
are
calling
lor
attention,
says
the
Financial
Times.
Immediate
adyantaras
naturally
will
fall
to
.
.
..
localities
like
Saskatoon,
Grand
Prairie
in
the
rich
north
farm
area,
and
Prince
George,
hub
of
an
increasingly
prosperous
north-central
British
Columbia.
With
a
sea
outlet
at
Prince
Rupert
and
a
vast
hinterland
adjoining
Alaska-r-soon
to
heroine
Hie
49th
state
and
with
the
anticipated
coming
of
a
pioneering
.people,
which
cannot
be
much
longer
delayed,
country
planners
and
local
chambers
of
commerce
alike
will
obtain
a
hew
illustration
of
the-
jueanins,
oi
-stta
.vaiaes;'
IS
VICTIM
OF
TRICK
SHOT
New
York
Police
Searching
I
or
ExIIiisbaud
of
Voman
After
"Camera"
Trick
Shooting
NEW
YORK
P)
Police
posted
";
-hour
guards
today
at
the
hospital
bedside
of
Mrs.
Olga
Rocco,
victim
of
a
Times
Square
subway
station
"camera"
shooting,
us
they
expanded
the
hunt
for
1t
ex
-husband,
Alphonsc
Rocco.
Police
said
they
feared
.an
other
attempt
might
be
made
ill
the
life
of
the
pretty
Brooklyn
housewife,
as
they
accused
Uocco
of
hatching
a
scheme
Mrs.
Rocco,
using
a
Christmas
which
led
Pearl
Lusk,
19,
to
?hoot
wrapped,
sawed
-
off
shotgun
which
she
tuouglit
was
a
dis
mused'
camera.
Pearl
Lusk
told
the
police
that
she
had
been
hired
to
take
a
picture
of
Mrs
Rocco.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Wear
sub-zero
weather
was
"i
nci
a)
over
the
interior
of
Brit-i'li
Columbia
early
this
morn-Although
isolated
snow
flurries
were
reported,
skies
we're
dear
over
the
southern
coast
'vhiiL.
relatively
warm
moist
Pa-(1'ic
air
spread
over
the
north-r'ii
coast
with
resulting
cloucti-"c.s.s
and
precipitation.
A
com-Pl'.x
weather
system
over
the
Paciric
appears
to
be
drifting
(lowly
toward
-.the
coast
tout
sll"iikl
not
affe
the
British
C
lunvbia
coast
before
Saturday.
Forecast
'lince
Rupert,
Queen
'Char-11,11
m
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
his
morning,
.southern
section;
otherwise
overcast,
becoming
Generally
overcast
byafterncon.
"iclay
Overcast;
Intermittent
.
Ian
or
drizzle
today,
becoming
'"'izKlc
early
Friday.
Southeast-Crlv
winds
015)
increasing
to
25
.''
Friday.
Warmer
tonight
with
expected
at
Port
Hardy,
35;
M:i.'.ctt,
35;
Prince
Rupert,
30.
il";hs
Friday-Pert
Hardy,
42;
Maxell,
40;
Prince
Rupert,
40.
ATTENTION
Desiring
work
phone
accessible
saw-tlmbcr
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Forest
District
is
twenty-one
and
one
-half
billion
board
feet
contained
in
an
area
of
1,700,OCO
acres.
It
is
estimated
that,
in
the
immediate
vicinity
of
the
port
(50-mile
radius)
there
is
available
twelve
billion
board
feet
of
timber
suitable
for
the
manufacture
of
pulpwood
arid
similar
products.
Due
to
the
indented
nature
of
the
coast-line,
with
its
sue
cession
of
long
inlets,
a
very
large
proportion
of
this
timber
is
in
stands
relatively
close
to
tide-water.
It
is
an
undisputed
fact
that
the
most
economical
method
of
transporting
timber
to
the
point
of
manufacture
is
by
rafting
or
booming,
by
which
means
all
logs
cut
In
this
area
would
naturally
be
transported.
The
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
Ltd.
serves
the
Port
of
Prince
Rupert
and
the
immediately
adjacent
area
with
power
developed
at
Its
Falls
River
plant
capacity
5,000-6,000
h.p.
The
Falls
River
output
can
be
increased
to
15,000
h.p.
by
an
addition
to
the
existing
gener-,
ating
equipment.
If
assured
of
WiAHdy,
minima
the
company'
lias
given
assurance
that
existing
facilities
will
be
expanded.
Company
officials
.state
that
there
is
a
potential
of
125,000
h.p
capable
of
practical
development
within
the
50-mile
radius
of
the
city
and
that
the
Com
pany
would
consider
favourably
the
development
of
these
sources
if
demand
warranted.
r.OOI)
WATER
StilTLY
READY
The
source
of
present
supply
is
Wood
worth
Lake,
situated
7.82
miles
from
the
centre
of
the
city.
The
watershed
comprises
nine
and
one-half
square
miles,
most
of
which
is
mountainous
add
heavily
timbered,
the
lake
itself
being
450
acres
in
extent.
(Continued
on
Page
5)
YEAR'S
FIRE
LOSS
$6,000
1
Fire
damage
in
Prince
Rupert
during
1946
totalled
slightly
less
than
$G0OO,
according
to
the
records
of
Fire
Chief
H.
T,
Lock,
and
resulted
from
104
fire
calls
during
the
year.
Greatest
single
loss
was
the
destruction
of
the
Pioneers'
Home
in
April
with
the
loss
set
at
$4,630.
In
1945,
the
fire
1
oss
was
$30,000,
and
the
number
of
fire
calls
for
that
year
totalled
105.
During
December,
1946,
there
were
11
fire
calls
and
damage
was
estimated
at
$200.
Fire
claimed
the
lives
of
two
men
during
the
year,
both
being
victims
of
the
blaze
which
destroyed
the
Pioneers'
Home.
Customs
Revenue
Lower
Last
Year
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
December
amounted
to
$22,142.41,
bringing
the
total
for
the
year
1946,
up
to
$289,602.95
as
compared
with
$422,16l8p
in
1945.
Only
in
three
months
of
1946
did
customs
revenue
exceed
1945
January,
September
siid
November.
Unemployed
Members
of
UNITED
FISHERMEN'S
AND
ALLIED
WORKERS'
UNION
Secretary
at
Black
593
ACTION
AGAINST
These
girls,
members
of
the
sect
of
Jehovah
Witnesses,
smile
happily
after
their
release
on
bail
in
Montreal
following
arrest
brought
about
because
of
their
religious
views.
A
storm
of
protest
has
been
raised
in
Montreal
against
the
Quebec
government
and
police
for
action
taken
against
Jehovah
Wit
Three
Dead
In
Traffic
Dangerously
Icy
Streets
Take
New
Year
Toll
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
(Qi
Holiday
traf
r
fia:
accidents
tpok
a
toll.
of.
three
lives'
in
the
Greater
Vancouver
area
over
New
Year's
as
icy
snow-packed
streets
led
to
nu
merous
accidents
that
also
sent
eleven
persons
to
hospital.
One
driver
was
arrested
and
charged
with
manslaughter
while
two
others
arc
charged
with
dangerous
driving.
Dead
in
the
traffic
accidents
were:
William
II.
Stewart,
aged
40,
Vancouver.
Mcford
K.
Procter,
65,
and
Mrs.
M.
L.
Procter,
his
wife..
YEAR'S
BUILDING
PERMITS
$230,000
Value
of
building
coastruction
done
in
Prince
Rupert
during
1946
was
$230,980,
according
to
the
building
permits
issued
at
the
City
Engineer's
office
during
the
year.
The
figure
was
$36,299
lower
than
the
value
of
construction
done
in
1945
and
$21,000
greater
than
for
1944.
Permits
issued
by
the
City
Engineer
in
December,
1946,
totalled
$1,350,
the
smallest
monthly
building
list
since
December,
1943.
Building
permits
issued
in
December,
1945,
were
valued
at
$9,880,
and
in
December,
1944,
construction
totalling
-4,900
was
authorized.
The
list
of
building
permits
issued
last,
month
is
as
follows:
Fred
Lowe,
Ninth
Avenue
West,
alterations,
$300.
Ideal
Cleaners,
construction,
$250.
Ewcn
aillls,
Tenth
Avenue
East,
alterations,
$50.
Jack
Strand,
Fifth
Avenue
West,
repairs,
$50.
Ello's
Furniture
Stor,c
repairs,
$250.
T.
Bussanicn,
Hays
Cove
Avenue,
repairs,
$450.
Local
Man
Gets
Navy
Commission
OTTAWA
The
January
pro
motion
list
of
the
Royal
Cana-dian.Navy,
Issued
today,
includes
Ronald
John
Pitcher
of
Sixth
Avenue
and
Fulton
Street.
Prince
Rupert,
to
be
commissioned
shipwright.
PALESTINE
CASUALTIES'
JERUSALEM
British'
authorities'
announced
that
501
British
military
und
civilians
were
killed
or
wounded
by
Jewish
extremists
(in
?.ale.s-tlne
during
the
year
1916.
JEHOVAH
WITNESSES
Bulletin
NEW
YEAR
FIRE
TRAGEDY
NEW
YORK
Tire
tragedy
marred
New
Year's
Eve
when
an
office
building
was
destroyed
On
SJroadway.
Four
firemen
perished
when
a
floor
collapsed
ibiffo
it
i
wiii'
ftUiw-other
firemen1
,drc
in
critical
condition
in
.hospital,
last
rites
having
been
administered.
It
was
f
ile
of
Lower
Manhattan's
'nicst
spectacular
conflagrations
in
years.
TEA
AND
COFFEE
UP
OTTAWA
Prices
and
Trade
Board
has
authorized
increases
of
10c
per
pound
in
lea
prices
and
4c
in
coffee.
Subsidies
arc
being
eliminated
and
price
levels
of
1942
restored.
WHISKEY
PRICE'S
DROP
NEW
YORK
Prices
ol
rye,
Scotch
and
bourbon
whiskey,
Mini
and
gin
dropped
sharply
in
liquor
stores.
(Scotch
whiskey
was
down
$2.75
per
bottle.
TO
PRIVY
COUNCIL
LONDON
The
King's
New
Years
Honors
List
included
the
appointment
of
"Canadian
.Minister
cf
Agriculture
James
G.
Gardiner
and
Minister
of
Veterans'
Affairs
Ian
-'Mackenzie
to
the
Privy
Council.
They
arc
now
entitled
'to
the
prefix
"Right
Honorable,"
joining
Prime
Minis
c
Mackenzie
King,
(Minister
of
External
Affairs
St.
Laurent,
Minister
of
Reconstruction
Howe
and
Former
i'rciuicr
Arthur
Mcigii-cni.
An.
American
was
included
in
the
.Honors'
ListFormer
Ambassador
James
G.
Winanl
who
receives
the
honorary
Order
of
Merit.
WOULD
HELP
HOCKEY
OTTAWA
Minuter
of
Trade
and
Commerce
J.
A.
McKln-urn
wculd
give
federal
assist
ance
m
semiing
Canadian
amateur
.hockey
:cams
nbroad
to
participate
in
international
compctiUcn,
A
Canadian
team
was
unable
for
financial
reasons
to
go
to
Prague,
Czechoslovakia,
litis
winter.
SUPPLIES
THROUGH
ICE
MONTREAL
The
government
ice-breaker
C'.G.S.
Sorcl,
is
on
the
wny
to
the
village
of
Natashquan
on
the
lower
St.-Lawrence
with
40
tens
of
relief
supplier.
The
final
regular
ship
of
the
season
was
unable
to
reach
Natashquan
before
the
frcczc-up
came.
GENEROSITY
INCREDIBLE
BROOKLYN
A
Brooklyn
tavern
keeper,
who
gave
away
$1,109
in
one-dollar
bills
on
Christmas
Day
and
started
New
Year's
(Eve
by
distributing
$3,500,
is
now
in
hospital
for
observation,
RAISES
STORM
OF
PROTEST
IN
QUEBEC
nesses.
There
are
in
Quebec
almost
1,000
cases
against
Jehovah-Witnesses
who
await
trial
on
charges
of
distributing
pamphlets.
Victoria
Dougaluk,
of
Chippawa,
Ont.,
right
is
pictured
at
No.
1
police
station
as
she
telephones
her
lawyer
while
awaiting
bail.
BRITISH
ATOMIC
PLANT
LONDON
Britain's
first
atomic
plant
will
be
built
and
in,
operation
experimentally
within
two
years,
says
ihc
Eve-nbig
Standard,
but
Jt
is
not
tfad
thcrit-willkbc
Tor'dcr
Jcnc-or
industrial
'use.
DISASTER
MINIMIZED
T
O
K
Y
O
United
Stales
Army
officers,
after
an
jnves-tigation,
say
that
the
earthquake
and
itidal
wave
(which
struck
Japan
last
week
was
not
of
the
proportions
of
a
national
d
i
s
a
s
t
e
r
although
some
localities
suffered
heavily.
Thousands
.of
acres
of
rice
lands
,wcrc
.adversely
'affected
by
salt
water.
The
.officers
pay
that
the
Japanese
tendency
was
to
exaggerate
'the
extent
of
damage.
BRITISH
BILL
TO
SPAIN
LONDON
Great
-Britain
is
to
present
a
heavy
'bill
to
Franco
Spain
for
damage
done
to
British
property
and
shipping
during
the
Spanish
civil
war.
VANCOUVER
PORT
BUSY
VANCOUVER
Forty-two
deep
sea
ships
arc
in
port
here
and
at
New
Westminster
leading
grain
for
the
United
Kingdom
and
general
cargo
for
the
Far
East.
Vancouver
looks
forward
to
a
busy
year
in
shipping
Jn
1917
with
many
new
lines
.starting
calls,
with
their
vessels
here.
ARSON
THREATENED
VANCOUVER
C.
R.
Ballard
received
an
arson
'note,
saying
his
home
was
'to
be
burn-
(o
the
ground.
It
is
the
third
such
threatening
note
to
be
reported.
A
pyromaniac
is
believed
to
lie
lurking.
ARMS
DISCUSSION
LAKE
SUCCESS
Consideration
of
disarmament
proposals
by
the
United
Nations
committee
is
deferred
until
next
week.
The
United
States
wijuld
withhold
consideration
of
the
Russian
arms
limitation
resolution
until
all
other
such
resolutions
'are
in
and
could
be
dealt
wiili
simultaneously.
Igor
Gouzenko
Is
Big
News
Figure
TORONTO
Igor
Gouzenko,
star
witness
of
the
prosecution
in
the
espionage
cases,
was
rated
in
a;
Canadian
Press
poll
as
the
person
who
created
the
most
news
during
1946.
Prime
Minister
King
was
given
second
place
and
Minister
of
External
Affairs
St.
Laurent
third.
Heavy
S
In
December
Prince
Rupert
in
December
experienced
the
heaviest
snowfall
and
the
lowest
"average,
temperature
of
any
single
month
in
recent
years,
according
to.
the
mbiHR&t
sued,
this
morning
by
the
Digby
Island
meteorological
station.
Measured
In
terms
of
precipitation,
the
snowfall
last
month
totalled
only
3.56
inches
out
of
the
month's
oreclnitation
of
16.61
inches
but
the
a;tu;
depth
of
snow
which
blan
the
area
was
35.6
inches.
Total
precipitation
for
the
was
103.32
incnes,
as
compart
with
90.42
inches
in
1945;
74.3
inches,
in
1944
and
90.76
inches'
in
1943.
The
city
caught
glimpses
of
the
sum
for
16.9
hours
on
eight
clays
during
the
month,
bringing
the
total
hours
or
bright
sunshine
for
the
year
to
810.3.
In
December,
1945,
there
was
only
a
meagre
4.5
hours
of
bright
sunshine,
and
the
year's
total
was
828.3
hours.
Average
temperature
for
the
month
was
35.2
degecs,
the
lowest
mean
temperature
in
the
last
four
years.
Maximum
temperature
during
the
month
was
47
degrees
on
December
24,
and
the
minimum
was
24
degrees
on
December.
27.
Highest
barometric
pressure
in
December
was
30.59
inches,
and
the
minimum
was
29.167.
Highest
wind
velocity
was
33
miles
an
hour
from
the
south-cast
on
December
5
and
December
17.
'
BRITISH
MINISTE
R
R
t.
Hon.
George
A.,
Isaacs,
minister
of
latoor
in
the
British
IS
FLYING
TO
ORIENT
Big
Airways
Iteconnoissance
Ship
On
Way
to
Anchorage
From
Edmonton
EDMONTON
P)
On
the
second
lap
of
a
survey
flight
for
a
new
air
service
to
the
Orient,
a
Northwest
Air
Lines
commercial
DC-4
plane
took
off
from
here
today
enroute
to
Anchorage,
Alaska,
a
1,580-mile
flight.
The
plane
arrived
here
last
night.
Its
ultimate
destination
is
Manila
and
stops
will
be
also
made
in
the
Aleutian
Islands,
northern
Japan,
Tokyo
and
Shanghai.
TAXI
STRIKE
IN
SAN
FRANCISCO
SAN
FRANCISCO
Many
taxi-
i
riding
San
Franciscans
have
had
to
walk
to
work
since
New
Year's
Day
as
a
result
of
the
strike
of
1
Hip
Vpllfisiir
f!nh
sprvipp
which
operates
2,000
vehicles.
Edmonton
Has
Fire
I
On
New
Year's
Eve
EDMONTON
More
than
$15,
000
damage
was
done
by
fire
to
a
drugstore
and
cafe
on
Jasper
Avenue
New
Year's
Eve.
Screen
Comedian
Left
Big
Estate
HOLLYWOOD
The
late
W.
C.
Fields,
ccmcdian
of
stage,
screen
and
radio,
left
an
estate
valued
at
$303,000.
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Irked
Over
Palestine-
BASKETBALL
DUKE
OF
CONNAUGHT
vs.
BO-ME-HI
(New
Westminster)
TONIGHT
CIVIC
CENTRE
Tickets
on
sale
Civic
Centre
Martial
Law?
Biitish
Must
Find
Solution
of
Situation
At
Once
Or
Revert
to
Military
Rule
LONDON
KB
a
government
source
said
.
today
that
Great
Britain
was
faced
with
the
nec'j
essity
of
finding
immediate
and
final
solution
to
the
Palestine
question
or
conducting
full
scale
military
operations
to
maintain
her
mandatory
position
in
the
Holy
Land.
"Civilly,"
the
source
said
"the
situation
Is
out
of
hand
and,
if
Irgun
Zval
Leuml
carries,
out
its
threat
.to
launch
a
new
offensive
against
Britain's
armed
forces,
it
may
become
necessary
to
proclaim
martial
law
in
certain
parts
of
the
country."
Under
martial
law
courts
and
civil
administrations
could
be
suspended.
The
British
cabinet
today
summoned
its
second
meeting
in
three
days.
Meantime
Jerusalem
reported
that
threat
of
new
violence
hung
over
the
Holy
Land
today
an
Irgun
Zval
Leuml
promised
unremitting
,'warfare"
to
achieve
the
goal
of
a
free
Palestine.
Rejecting
a
United
States
congressman's
plea
for
peace,
Irgun's
action
coincided
with
the
verdict
of1
a
military
court
condemning
a
member
of
the
Jewish
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had
asked
"until
ll;have
acquainted
the
Ameri
can
government
and
the
people
with
your
fight."
Dispatches
from
London
report
Increasing
indications
that
official
British
opinion
Is
inclining
to
the
view
that
the
only
feasible
way
10
settle
the
Pales
tine
problem
is
to
partition
the
Holy
Land
into
separate
Jewish
and
Arab
states.
Vancouver
School
Is
Gutted
By
Fire
VANCOUVER-Contlnuatlon
of
the
wave
'of
incendiarism
-was
seen
in
the
fire
early
Wednesday
which
gutted
12-:
room
Scaview
School.
A
special
investigation
will
be
held,
the
fire
chief
announces.
The
fire,
which
police
and
fire
authorities
are
combining
in
investigating
from
the
standpoint
of
possibility
fcof
arson,
did
heavy
damage
estimated
at
$75,000.
The
school
is
situated
in
the
Kitsilano
district.
The
police
believe
that
a
pyromanic,
already
wanted
for
questioning
in
connection'with
three
earlier
suspected
deliberate
fires,
may
be
responsible
for
the
blaze.
A
number
of
threatening
letters
have
been
received
by
residents
living
in
apartment
buildings
in
the
district
"recently.
There
have
been
six
fifes,
since
Christmas
Eve
which
majr
have
been
of
incendiary
origin.
The
latest
to
receive
an
incendiary
threat
note
Is
'Mrs.
J.
E.
Good
of
the
700
block
East
Forty-Eighth.
The
note
says
her
home
will
be
burned
to
the
ground
January
8.
Local
Tides
Friday,
January
3,
1947
High
9:49
20.5
feet
22:49
17.5
feet
Low
3:21
8.4
feet
16:37
4.8
feet