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i0UBpre
iioici,
.v.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
i
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
107.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
7,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
RECKAGE
OF
AIRCRAFT
FOUND
.
-in
U
et-
uajwn
Road
Open
To
Traffir
r.-cuhlf
to
Get
'
.i
irom
l'rince
Rupert
urn
-
wnct
By
w"'
travpi
between
,,rurt
ana
icuoi.c
"
RULV
uaay
I
workmen
wno
ciear-
,rt.int
snow
irom
inc
..
.,
Mc
to
masc
me
announced
thlr
..
-t
iho
Pub
c
works
or
but
sufficient
snow
nr.;
jlfjred
away
to
make
the
Work
crews
en
par-able
tinninr
to
move
snow
to
road'
i.et
turn
Havs
rrnns
h-m
from
Prince
Rupert
Mce
have
been
working
)
in
softening
the
snow.
a
still
packed
"pretty
it
weeks
have
made
It
'toooen
the
road
to
traf-
il.M
t.,,
n
nnlro
nrlnf
time
ago
announced
May
the
nrobablc
opening
date.
L-
IJ
1
1.
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14
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L.
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4U
mcr,
It
would
be
done.
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cAirmn
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f
inn
.nail
POSSIBLE
W
PARLEY
GOV'T
Mi,
a
-
The
federal
tnt
Is
Vikeiv
to
eive
con-
itoi
to
the
possibility
of
?
Dom
n
oi
-icrovlnc
al
iialal
welfare
and
public
matters
as
a
result
uiiiiiMPrv
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incr
rvn
Hs
Lamed
here
last
litr
Hart
nr
nritith
rn.
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.
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tin
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I
my
rrom
inc
rnourjuuiiTi
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puminau1
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diulkuuc
t.-
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m
sioppcu
mc
roan
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durta
the
last
twi
win-
4
maae
verbal
requests
.
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vilt
lutvttii
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nave
7
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recc
ved
word
nf
of
their
sister.
Mrs.
aftcr
a
short
Illness.
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WEATHER
'jut..
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Sj'JiunsU
.
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nrt
trpnprnl
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rort-icn
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mi.
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we
HlOUntalr.'-
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Isolated
expected
rn
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SOU-
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coast-
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Hh,T
Thursday:
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itii,,m
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m
minimum.
35:
Win.
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maximum,
58.
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ACCLAMATinN
PL'ACE,
Ont..
0
l9tof
iM.
aj
Dccr
elected
W"'OS0lilhcaslern
On
Ce
T.Cole-
-a
no.
'
U
SVj.
WltMro,.,
I
....
H'Juhr
iiiav-
First
Car
Is
Thru
Koari
Foreman
and
Magistrate
Drive
in
From
'
(
Terrace
First
car
to
get
through
from
Terrace
to
l'rince
Rupert
following
the
opening
up
of
the
Kwinltsa
snowslidc,
General
Road
Foreman'
Art
Kennedy
of
Tenace
and
Stipendiary
Magistrate
Will
Robinson
arrived
in
the
city
late
this
morning.
Bulldozers
from
both
ends
by
last
evening
had
cut
a
twelve
-fool
trench
through
the
Kwinilsa
slide
which
is
about
"00
feet
long.
Mr.
Kennedy
raid
that
the
road
(scemrd
falily
safe
from
further
avalanche
now,
two
days
of
heavy
rain
recently
having
brought
down
the
most
of
overhanging
snow.
It
was
May
22
last
year
that
the
road
was
opened
so
it
is
more
than
two
weeks
earlier
this
year.
HALIBUT
SALES
Relief,
30,000,
sokl
to
Co-op.
Prosperity
A.,
36,000,
to
Co-op
Tugwcll,
7,500,
to
Atlln
Smith
Sound,
15,000,
to
Cold
Storage.
Improvements
To
-
Port
Edward
Road
Krcrnl
ltrqu.cl
for
llard
Surfacing
Jlcing
Followed-Up
Having
been
advised
by
the
provincial
department
cf
public
works
that
It
Is
the
Intention'
to
rcsurvcy
the
road
between
Port
Edward
and
Galloway
Rapids,
with
a
view
Ito
relocation,
;the
city
has
written
back
to
Victoria
asking
that
extensive
-Improvements
from
the
city
limits
to
Galloway
Rapldj
be
also
ln-cludcd
in
any
contemplated
pro-?rain1fRccently
toth
the
city
council
and
Prlrt-.e
Rupert
Chamber
cf
Comiir.crcc
made
reprowmtatlon?
to
the
public
lllllWII.
lllVli"vu.
BEAVERBURN
FIRST
TO
OPEN
NAVIGATION
SEASON
IN
MONTREAL
PORT
The
coveted
gold-headed
cane,
presented
annually
to
the
first
deep-sea
master
to
reach
the
port
of
Montreal
and
open
the
navigation
season
was
presented
this
year
to
Captain
J.
Blsset
Smith,
O.B.E.,
master
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Steamships'
cargo-passenger
liner
Beaverburn,
seen
here
nosing
alongside
her
dock
In
Mbntreal.
work"
detriment
that
In
view
j
of
the
n:ct,o.ei
ftoUshment
j
yi)lence
peared
oi
a
mrurc
new
inuusnjr
4vi
Fd-a'-H
xtenive
improve-
irerte
be
made
to
the
road
including
wldenclng
and
hard-surfacing.
"Local
Tides
High
Low
Thursday,
May
8,
1947
2:47
15:47
9:26
21:20
205
feet
17.7
feet
3.3
feet
8.2
feet
'PEGS
SNOW
"TOUGH"
WINNIPEG,
O'
If
the
snow
In
one
province
Is
of
tciigncr
ribre
4han
that
of
another
then
Manitoba
had
the
toughest
brand
cf
all
during
the
winter
of
1946-47,
says
Eric
Willi-?.
minister
of
publ&c
works.
He
says
the
province
spent
$121,000
to
get
It
off
the
highwaysbiggest
bill
the
province
has
ever
had
for
snowshovclllng.
TAX
RELIEF
METHOD
HIT
OTTAWA,
O)
A
vigorous,
three-party
attack
on
the
eov-crnmenl
for
failure
to
remove
or
reduce
indirect
taxes
In
t-.ie
1947-43
budget
developed
in
the
House
of
Comjnons
Tuesday
as
the
budjet
debate
'
opened.
The
customary
want-cf-confl
dence
motions
weie
pioved
by
the
progressive
-
Conservative
land
and
C.C.F.
panties
in
the
form
oi
amenoments
to"tne-
main
mbticn
to
go
Into
'committee
stage
on
the
budget
The
Social
Credit
party
also
joined
in
the
criticism
that
the
budget
confined
relief
to
ln-
e
tax
rates,
and
provided
for
no
bcncTit
for
the
2,000,000
wage
earners
who
made
contribu
tions
through
hidden
and
nuisance
taxes.,
,
.
,
At'
the
opening,
'the
House
gave
third
and
iral
readings
to
two
government
bills.
One
made
amendments
to
the
Canada
Evidence
Act
and
the
other
rescinded
the
Chinese
Immigration
Act.
Both
now
go
to
the
Senate.
In
Brazil
City
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
J
Soldiers
with
fixed
bayonets
guarded
vital
points
in
the
Brazilian
capital
tcday
as
the
city
awaited
a
high
court's
decision
on
the
government
case
for"
declaring
the
Brazilian
Commun
ist
party
Illegal.
Streets,
were
almost
deserted
as
most
people
stayed
at
home,
fearing
violence.
The
Communist
party
gained
considerable
successes
In
recent
state
elections,
Including
coi.trol
of
Rlo's
city
council.
GRATUITIES
GO
BEGGING
OTTAWA,
V)
Veterans-department
officials
ciitlmate
seme
2,500
ex-servicemen
have
not
claimed
their
gratuities.
By
mid-Aprl,
585,427
gratuity
accounts
were
completed.
Britain,
Worst
Fed
Nation,
Is
Dying
From
Starvation
LONDON
(CP)
One
of
Britain's
dieticians,
Dr.
Franklin
Hicknell,
said
yesterday
that
"England
is
dying
of
starvation."
"As
a
nation
we
must
literally
perish
unless
food
stocks
improve,
lliekncll
wrote
in
the
medi
cal
press.
...
i
1
.
.....1
Citing
"pitcously
mm
snop
gins
u.u
m.u..-sized,
debilitated
children"
and
what
he
deemed
bad
temper
and
general
lassitude
of
the
whole
popu-ii;,.i.n..
Kjiiil
the
trovernments
nutritional
4.1
...I
I
himviivis
IIV
llll'll
IMVIl
surveys
nave
uumnm
euphoria
and
mean
nothing."
lliekncll
described
Britain
as
the
worst
fed
coimtrv
in
western
Europe
Including
Germany.
Riches
oj
Groundhog
Coal
Fields
A
re
Shown
in
34-
YearOldReporl
The
fabulous
Groundhog
coal
fields
of
central
British
Columbia
whose
riches
have
been
ignored
for
more
than
a
generation
since
they
were
first
explored
and
surveyed
by
adventurous
geologists
are
oneO
more
becoming
the
centre
of
nation-wide
industrial
interest
as
coal
resources,
particularly
In
the
southern
part
of
British
Columbia,
become
reduced.
The
wealth
of
the
Groundhog
never
has
been
more
com-
I
plctely
surveyed
than
by
the
late
R.
C.
Campbell-Johnston,
I
M
E.,
whose
ability
and
integrltaaminlngnglneer
and
coal
surveyor,
were
widely
known
ana
respected
a
quarter
oi
a
century
ago.
His
surveys
of
the
Groundhog,
made
at
request
of
Lord
Rhondda,
Welsh
coal
magnate,
in
1910
and
1911,
remain
the
most
complete
of
any
ever
attempted,
and
his
reports
are
now
in
possession
of
his
daughter,
Mrs.
Sadie
Army-tage-Moore
of
Vancouver.
The
following
summary,
supplied
to
the
Daily
News
through
courtesy
of
Mrs.
Armytage-Moore,
is
one
that
was
published
in
the
British
Columbia
Magazine
of
October,
1913,
a
short
time
after
Mr.
Campbell-Johnston
had
completed
his
surveys.
The
article
Is
re-published
in
complete
form,
in
three
installments,
because
the
editor
of
the
Daily
News
believes
that
the
information
contained
in
it
Is
of
vital
interest
to
the
Industrial
development
of
central
British
Columbia
indeed,
of
the
province
as
a
whole.
Recently,
in
the
House
of
Commons,
Minister
of
Mines
and
Resources
Glen
announced
that
a
preliminary
aerial
survey
of
the
Groundhog
coal
fields
would
be
undertaken
In
the
near
future.
There
also
have
been
reports
of
a
stirring
of
Interest
on
the
part
of
private
Industry
In
the
region.
Geographically,
the
coal
fields
lie
about
100
miles
north
of
the
northern
transcontinental
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and,
according
to
estimates
of
Mr.
Campbell-Johnston,
run
70
miles
north
and
south
and
30
miles
east
and
west,
comprising
an
area
of
roughly
2,000
square
miles
of
commercially
rich
territory.
The
Importance
of
Groundhog
Coals
The
salient
reasons
why
the
smokeless,
hard
steam
coals
derived
from
the
Groundhog
coal
fields
of
Northern
British,
Columbia
will
play
a
most
Important
part
in
the
world's
commercial
future
arc
partly
on
account
of
the
almost
inexhaustible
quantity
and
high-grade
quality
of
their
many
scams.
Furthermore,
they
have
the
ability
amply
to
hold
their
own,
after
being
preliminarily
cleaned
from
foreign
dirt
or
ash
by
the
usual
screen-1
lng
trommels,
picking-belts
and
washing
devices
in
vogue
everywhere
when
preparing
for
market
all
smokeless
coals
competing
at
mutual
depots,
Including
the
superior
steam
coals
shipped
from
Wales
and
Pennsylvania
and
Pocahontas.
Finally
they
maintain
the
especial
facts
concerning
comparative
costs
of
winning
and
delivering
these
same
coals
at
all
common
points
open
to
each
of
the
above-men
tioned
fuels
alike
along
all
the
seaboards
of
the
entire
Pacific
Ocean
from
Alaska
to
Patagonia,
the
shores
of
China,
Siberia
and
Japan
clown
to
Hong
Kong,
and
out
to
Australia
and
New
Zea
land
for
the
purposes
of
the
fighting
navies
of
all
nations.
Clean
coal,
found
mechanically
treated
by
the
rapid
currents
of
water
and
taken
from
the
beds
of
the
many
streams
Intersect
ing
the
Groundhog
district;
demonstrates
conclusively
the
splendid
character
of
the
finish
ed
article
and
the
practicability
of
preparing
such
at
any
time
in
order
successfully
to
compete
in
uie
wonas
markets
as
a
product
low
in
ash,
high
in
fixed
carbon,
and
at
the
same
time
smokeless,
equally
adaptable
for
all
naval
purposes
as
those
sel
ected
from
other
coal
fields.
The
assertion
that
Groundhog
coals
disintegrate
after
being
won,
through
exposure
to
the
air,
is
absolutely
absurd,
for
all
coal
samples
already
held
and
exhibited
during
the
last
three
years
and
longer
are
still
as
compact
and
as
solid
as
when
freshly
roken.
Such
a
mistaken
suggestion
can
only
have
arisen
from
such
foolish,
unscientific
error
of
judging
a
mine
by
the
condition
and
appearance
of
its
dump,
when
this
had
been
weathered
and
over-run
during
several
winters
by
flooded
creeks
after
intense
cold
has
frozen
and
expanded
the
particles.
So
on
the
surface
of
the
spoil-tips
was
left
any
specks
of
coal
remaining,
these
heavier
than
simlfcirf.y
broken
surface
wall
rocks,
for
all
powdered
material
is
here
due
to
blasting
and
the
wasteful
custom
during
initial
development
of
throwing
coal
and
roof-rock
together
indiscriminately
into
the
same
pile.
In
all
hard
coal
seams,
equally
Continues
on
Page
2)
Diving
Operations
Start
After
Frigate
Makes
Sounding
Contact
Woman
Returned
To
Jail
After
13-Year
Period
M.VRYSVILLE,
Ohio.
Nearly
13
years
of
freedom
ended
last
rXfeht
for
Margaret
Ann
Martin,
39,
who
was
returned:
to
the
Ohio
Reformatory
for
women
to
resume
serving
p.
l-lo-20-year
sentence
for
cheque
forgery.
She
escaped
in
1934
and
apparently
had
led
a
crime-free
Hfe
during
the
13-year
period.
She
was
arrested
on
Saturday
when
recognized
.by
a
store
detective
PRESSING
FOR
NORTH
OUTLET
Matter
to
be
Brought
Before
Session,
f
Altcrta-Brttish
Columbia
Committee
One
of
the
matters
which
F
M.
Dockrlll,
who
will
represent
the
Associated
Boards
of
Tradf
of
Central
British
Columbia
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Cham
ber
of
Ccmmerco
at
a
meeUng
of
the
Alberta-British
Columbia
Committee
In
-Vancouver,
is
being
asked
to
taku
up
at
that
gathering
Is
the
question
of
completing
.the
gap
between
Sinclair
Mills
and
McBrlde.
east
of
PrlnceGeorge.
on
thc.north,-.
ern
transprcvlncfSl
highway
from
Prince
Rupert
to
the
Al
berta
border.
The
Prince
Ru
pert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
Its
meeting
Monday
night,
endorsed
a
move,
which
has
originated
in
Edmonton
to
have
the
Yellowhead
Pass
Highway
with
two
branches
o
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
developed
as
a
federally
aided
project.
SEATTLE
FLEET
'
REMAINS
HOME
SEATTLE,
Oi
The
SeatUe
halibut
fleet
Is
still
remaining
in
port
as
fishermen
wait
the
settlement
of
their
dispute
with
the
boat
owners.
MAKE
OWN
BOTTLES
India
now
is
making
many
of
its
own
glass
bottles,
using
excellent
quality
nativl
raw
ma
terials.
Gulf
of
Georgia
Off
Gabriola
Island
Appears
to
Be
Yielding
Mystery
of
Big
Transport's
Disappearance
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Searchers
seeking
the
missing
TransCanada
Airlines
transport,
which
disappeared
with
fifteen
persons
aboard
nine
days
ago,
today
reported
finding
items
of
clothing
and
oil
slick
in
the
waters
off
the
Gulf
of
Georgia
close
to
where
"undetermined
contact"
was
made
with
anti-submarine
detection
equipment.
The
frigate
H.M.C.S.
Antigonish
made
"contact"
after
a
wide
sweep
off
the
southeast
coast
of
Gabriola
Island.
Preparations
for
diving
operations
were
under
way
tut
it
was
unlikely
that
work
would
be
possible
before
noon
today,
when
the
tide
was
slack,
because
of
the
rocky
sea
bottom
and
strong
inshore
currents.
The
tug
Heatherton
and
a
diving
tender
have
been
sent
to
the
location
where
the
"contact"
was
made.
THREE
KILLED
IN
MINE
DISASTER
BARNS
LEY,
Yorkshire,
ID
Vt
leasit
three
miners
were
kill-id
today
and
six
others
are
noising
and
believed
dead
in
an
.ocplcslon
in
BarnsJey's
biggest
coal
mine,
Tw?nty-flve
Injured
men
were
taken
to
hospital.
Hrst
reports
blamed
a
short
chsult
in
an
electric
line
for
the
blast.
It
was
the
flmt
disaster
In
the
British
mines
since
the
gov
ernment
.took
over
ownership
last
January;
Banuley
a
town
of
about
70,000,
is
in
southenr
Yorkshire,
about
40
miles
east
cf
Manchester.
FOUR
KILLED
IN
THEATRE
BLAST
CAIRO,
fJ)
Four
persons
were
killed
and
12
injured
last
night
when.
p.
bjtnb
blasted
the
interior
of
Cairo's
largest
moving
picture
theatre,
the
American-owned
Mftxo
-
Goldwyn
Mayer.
The
explosion,
which
police
said
was
caused
by
a
ttoe
bmb.
placed
under
a
balcony
seat,
came
at
the
conclusion
of
daylong
national
celebration
marking
the
lltli
anniversary
of
King
Farouk's
accession
to
the
Egyptian
throne.
WADI
FOR
RIVER
A
"wadl"
In
North
Africa
Is
a
river
or
a
river
bed.
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vegetable
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POLICE
DRIVE
ON
TRAFFIC
VIOLATORS
A
police
"crackdown"
on
traf
fic
violators
has
resulted
In
two
drivers
being
hailed
Into
court
on
charges
under;
the
city
traf
fic
bylaw,
and
In
the
Issuance
of
dozens
of
warnings
against
Illegal
parking
ci
cars
on
narrow
tweets
-The
police.
action
followed
complaints
of
disre-
tgard
for
traffic
regulations,
par
ticularly
on
Seventh
Avenue.
Charged
with
driving
In
excess
of
the
25-mlle-an-hour
speed
limit
were
R.
H.
Morgan
and
Oliver
J.
KCay-.
Both
werei
allered
to
have
been
rpeedlng
on
Seventh
Avenue
East.
Keays.
pleaded
guilty
and
was
fined.
$25
by
Magistrate
W,
D.
Vance,
while
Morgan
pleaded
not
guilty,
and
had
his
case
adjourned.
Police
Sergeant
L.
A.
N,
Pot-terton
taid
today
that
a
dozen
motorists
and
all
taxi
drivers;
had
been
warned
against.
Illegal
parkins
on'
city
streets',
andi
urged
all
motorists
to
bruh
up
on
the
parking
regulations.
The
drlye
was
inspired
by
a
petition
signed
by
50
residents
of
Seventh
Avenue
Eat,
who
comiplalned
to
city
council
against
speeding
on
that
thoroughfare
and
against
indB
crim
inate
parking
which
made
a
safety
hazard
along
the
narrow
street.
"We
Intend
to
continue
en
forcing
the
speed
limit
and
parking
regulatlono,"
Sergeant
Potterton
said
this
morning.
Motorists
should
remember
that
the
speed
limit
Is
25
miles
an
hour,
and
15
In
school
zones
while
schools
are
open."
MIGRATION
IS
DANGER
LONDON,
Cyril
Osborne.
Conservative
member
of
Parliament
for
Louth,
says
that
large
numbers
of
middle-class
young
men
who
normally
would
supply
technical
and
administrative
staffs
now
are
leaving
the
Uni
ted
Kingdom
for
the
Dominions,
He
suggested
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
government
should
act
to
keep
these
men
at
home
to
assist
reconstruction,
but
Labor
Minister
Isaacs
said
he
thought
the
shipping
shortage
restricted
the
number
leaving
the
United
Kingdom.
The
government
felt
the
advantages
of
migration
with
the
Commonwealth
outweigh
the
relatively
miall
loss
of
manpower
to
this
country."
Another
member
cried
"Noh-sensel"
when
Oitoorn
said
that
if
p.ll
the
doctors
who
wished
to
emigrate
were
allowed
to
go
there
would
toe
danger
of
the
neW
National
Health
Act
not
being
worked.
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