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Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.Xe
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
8,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
00D
HELD
BY
RUCK
STRIKE
Supplies
Are
iBeing
Blocked
By
Walk-out
in
Britain
LONDON
('
A
truckdriv-crs'
strike
threatened
Britain
with
hunger
today
and
interrupted
mail
deliveries.
Food
supplies
were
stopped
by
a
strike
involving
12,000
to
14,-000
metn.
Many
butcher
shops
arc
bare
of
supplies
and
vegetable
stocks
are
drained.
A
transport
firm
official
reported
that
'10
railway
(depots
were
paralyzed.
The
strike
started
Monday
after
the
union
failed
to
write
a
new
contract.
'
Drivers
are
mow
earning
about
$20
weekly.
They
want
a
11-hour
week,
guaranteed
eight-hour
day
with
overtime,
vacation
'with
pay
and
sick
pay.
1EIGHTEEN
JEWS
ARE
ARRESTED
Hcund-up
in
Connection
With
Flogging
of
British.
IMaJof.and
Sergeants
JERUSALEM
((f)
Eighteen
Jews
are
officially
reported
to
have
been
arrested
In
a
police
and
military
search
of
Rlchon
le
Zion,
scene
of
the''
flogging
of
a
British'
major
and
sergeants
10
days
ago
by
Irgum
Zvai
Leumi
members
of
the
Jewish
underground.
The
arrests
followed
reports
of
a
00-day
truce
declared
by
extreme
Jewish
underground
sroups
In
their
campaign
of
violence
to
case
tension
surround
ing
negotiations
for
a
solution
of
Palestine's
problem.
An
authoritative
report
today
aid
that
Gen.-,Sir
.Alan
Cun
ningham
would
return
td
his
post
in
Palestine
as
high
com-
;;f
missioner.
Martial
law
is
not
Imminent.
TRADE
MS'N
10
MEET
HERE
Information
Sought
wKh
View
to
Holding
June
Conference
in
Prince
Rupert
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
invitation
to
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association,
comprising
delegates
from
Vancouver,
New
Westminster,
Victoria,
Wenatchcc,
Bel-Hngham,
Walla
Walla,
Everett,
Spokane,
Seattle,
Tacoma
and
Portland,
to
hold
its
June
conference
in
Prince
Rupert
will
be
considered
at
the
spring
quarterly
meeting
of
the
Association
to
be
held
lii
March,
according
to
advice
received
by
the
local
Chamber.
Meantime,
the
secretary
of
the
Association,
Harry
O.
Mitchell
of
Seattle,
seeks
information
concerning
the
size
and
character
of
accommodation
available
here,
transportation
ct3.
A
committee
consisting
of
J
H.
Black,
F.
J.
Skinner,
E.
D
Forward
and
Arnold
Flaten
has
wen
appointed
by
the
president
iof
lire
Chamber
to
assemble
the
iinionnation
required
and
to
later
proceed
with
arrangements
'or
the
conference
should
it
fin
ally
be
decided
to
hold
it
here.
Should
the
conference
come
"ere,
it
is
anticipated
there
also
would
be
a
substantial
repres
entation
from
Alaska..
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
Incrcasinn
southerly
flow
I'.r
moist
Pacific,
air
will
hrln-r
-loudy
conditions
and
rain
to
ne
coastal
areas
during
the
next
I'
hours.
A
disturbance
which
was
centred
In
the
Gulf
of
Al-
r
a
during
the
night
Is
now
Noving
inland
Into
northern
urillsh
Columbia
H
to
reach
northern
Vancouver
iianu
tonight.
Forecast
I'ritlCC
Runert.
Oiimn
f'hnr.
P'JtlcS
aild
North
nn:istnvnr.
f
ast
with
Intermittent
rain
to-
'y
ami
tonight.
Cloudy
with
a
n
showers
Thursday.
South-M'y
winds
(20i
.
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T.rmn
tnnuuf.
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Port
Hardy,
35;
Massett,
39;
r
wucc
upert,
39.
Highs
on
tursday:
At
Port
Hardy,
40;
-own,
4i
;
prince
Rupert,
41.
By
rnes
BLOOD
DONOR
REGISTRATION
UNDER
WAYFIRSTVOLUNTEER
IN
DRIVE
Mrs.
William
Slater,
221
Sixth
Avenue
East,
has
been
the
first
volunteer
in
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society's
Blood
Donor
Registration
Week
which
is
now
under
way
in
Prince
Rupert
as
well
as
in
the
rest
of
the
country.
Mrs.
Slater
is
herself
a
graduate
Starving
P.O.W.'
Paraded
In
Korea
TOKYO,
W
Official
Japanese
military
documents,
introduced
at
the
international
war
crimes
trial,
said
that
starving
British
prisoners
of
war
were
paraded
through
Korean
streets
in
1942,
to
stamp
out
respect
in
the
Korean
people
for
Britain
and
America.
The
documents
were
presented
to
support'
the
charge
that
the
Japanese
were
officially
aware
of
the
brutalities
to
prisoners.
REBELS
SLAY
GREEK
MAYOR
ATHENS,
B
Insurgents
arc
reported
to
have'
seized
the
mayor
and
vice-mayor
and
two
other
citizens
of
the
northern
Greek
village
of
Zarko.
Their
bodies
were
found
in
a
field
near
the
town.
Newspaper
reports
said
that
20
persons
were
killed
in
skirmishes
between
the:
government
forces
and
insurgents.
In
Athens,
over
.150
persons:
were
arrested
for
five
week-end
slaylngs.
AWWWwWYWyYYWWWW
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co..
Ltd.)
Vancouver
Bralornc
12.75
B.R.
Con
.09
B.R.X
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.12
Caliboo
Quartz
2.80
Dcntonia
30'2
Grull
Wihksne
.10
Hedley
Mascot
1.23
Minto
ooi
yz
Pend
Oreille
3.15
Pioneer
3.60
Premier
Border
07
Premier
1.30
Privateer
.58
Reeves
McDonald
1.25
Reno
.s
.
.11
Salmon
Gold
.24
Sheep
Creek
1.30
Taylor
Bridge
68
Whitewater
02
'0
Vananda
24
Congress
.'.
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Vz
Pacific
Eastern
40
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.10
Spud
Valley
.21
Central
Zeballos
07
Oils
A.P.
Con
'.
12
Calmont
.
.26
'
C.
and
E,
1.70
Foothills
:
2.10
Home
2.85
Toronto
Aumaque
v
70
Bcattie
73
Bobjo
.15
Buffalo.
Canadian
.-.
21
Cons.
Smelters
87.50
Eldona
.77
Elder
1.10
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.40
Hardrock
58
Jacknlfc
.-.
10z
Joliet
Quebec
88
Little
Long
Lac
2.05
Madscn
Red
Lake
3.50
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.90
Moncta
57
Omega
16'2
Pickle
Crow
-
3.00
Sah
.Antonio
4.25
Senator
Rouyn
60
Shcrritt
Gordon
2.12
Steep
Rock
2.12
Sturgeon
River
.23
Lynx
Yellownife
,
.23
Lapaska
38
God's
Lake
;
-57
Negus
2.10
.
Aubellc
33
Heva
Gold
76
Harrlcana
18
McKenzic
Red
Lake
81
Donalda
1.49
SEAFORD,
Sussex,;
England
'S
Forty
residents
of
Seaford
received
one
hundredweight
of
coal
at
Christmas
under
the
will
of
Henry
Simons.
Resigns
nurse.
Names
of
the
volunteers
are
being
received
by
Arnold
Flaten,
president;
H.
A.
Breen,
secretary;
S.
H.
Saville,
treasurer
of
the
local
branch,
and
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
These
names
are
duly
recorded
In
readiness
for
transfusion
call
in
case
of
immediate
emergency
or
when
a
travelling
clinic
visits
the
city
later
in
the
year
to
take
blood
for
use
whole
or
as
plasma.
'-'Our
Society
Is
expecting
a
ready
and
generous
response
to
the
appeal
to
assist
in
building
up
blood
reserves,"
sale)
Arnold
Platen,
local
president,
today.
The
Prince
Rupert
Medical
Association
is
giving
the
campaign
its
active
support,
having
voted
$50
last
night
to
assist
in
its
promotion.
NAZI
COURT
IS
BOMBED
Missile
Thrown
While
Others
Similarly
Charged
Are
Being
Tried
.FRANKFURT
((
United
States
Army
headquarters
announced
Way;-!
jljat,
a-
bomb
..exploded
.in
the
Nuernberg
denazification
court
last
night
while
eleven
Germans
were
on
trialfor
bombing
denazification
courts
in
Stuttgart
some
mpnths
ago.
No
injuries
or
damage
were
disclosed.
BIG
FIRE
INDIAN
CHILDREN
BURNED
TO
DEATH
Tragedy
at
Village
of
Ceepeecee
Not
far
From
Zeballos
ZEBALLOS,
W)
Helpless
to
aid,
an
Indian
mother
watched
two
of
her
children
burn
to
dcath
when
fire
destroyed
their
home
at
the
Indian
village
or
Ceepeecee
during,
the
week-end,
it
was
learned
yesterday.
The
victims
were
Alan:
and'
Cecil
Smith.
BETHESDA,
Caernarvonshire,
Wales
W
James
Mitchell,
19-ycar-old
medical
student
from
Manchester,
was
fatally
Injured
in
a
300-foot
fall
down
an
lce-covercd
mountain
slope
near
Tryfan.
MONTREAL
HARBOR
CRIME
INCREASE
Police
Nip
Operations
of
International
Smuggling
Ring
MONTREAL
(Ct)
Crime
stepped
up
on
tlie
Montreal
Awalcrfront
during
the
rccentlyjcloscd
shipping
season
with,
harbor
police
making
more
than
the
usual
number
of
arrests.
Capt.
James
Cowley,
chief
of
harbor
police,
said
the
reason
for
the
crime
increase
was
the
return
of
imported
cargos,
goods
of
which
brought
a
lucrative
return
on
the
outside..
Better
part
of
the
goods
was
recovered
and
most
of
the
would-be
thieves
caught
in
the
act.
Capt.
Cowley,
32
years
on
the
force,
revealed
'that.
Ills
staff
nipped
in
the
bud
what
might
possibly
have
been
an
international
smuggling
ring.
Discovery
of
the
smuggling
in
Montreal
came
to
light
unexpectedly
one
night
as
a
British
vessel
docked.
One
crew
member
left
the
ship
with
a
large
bag
and
made
for
two
automobiles,
one
a
taxl,
A
'
'
......
:
SPLIT
SEEN
AS
SOLUTION
More
Terrorism
Is
Threatened
By
Undcrgrond
LONDON
i(0
Haganah,
largest
Jewish
underground
.
group
in
Palestine
said
Monday
night
that
retalliation
against
recent
viol
ent
otbursts
would
tend
to
create
more
terrorism
in
thev
strife-torn
country.
Reliable
sources
said
that
new
military-
operations
would
follow
upon
the
return
of
Llcut.-
G
eriv
Sir
-Alan
Curiningh
ani
from
London.
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
and
Colonial
Secretary
Jones
are
re
psrtcd
to
have
decided
in
prin
ciple
to
the
partition
of
Palestine
into
Arab
and
Jewish
states
as
the
only
solution
to
the'
Holy
Land
problem.
IN
NEW
YORK
MILLIONS
OF
DOLLARS
DAMAGE
IN
PIER
BLAZE
WEEKHAWKEN,
New
Jersey
(CP)
In
a
general
fire
alarm
today,
two
freight
export
piers
of
the
New
York
Central
Railroad
suffered
several
million
dollars
damage
and
five
employees
were
injured
when
a
blaze,
started
in
Pier
3,
spread
to
Pier
4.
Both
freight
piers
were
loaded
with
merchandise.
Rail
BELIEVE
STORE
ROBBERY
SOLVED
Three
boys
of
juvenile
age
arc
believed
by
police
to
have
been
responsible
for
the
entering
of
the
Hudson's
Bay
Co.
store
at
Port
Simpson
on
Sunday
night-The
youths
range
in
age
from
1?
to
1C:
It
is
understood
that
Juvenile
Court
Jdge
W.
D.
Vance
will
leave
Prince
Rupert
on
January
1C
in
the
Police
boat
P.M.L.
15
to
conduct
hearings
into
the
affair
in
which
$25
and
a
quantity
of
merchandise
was
stolen,
parked
near
the
'ship.
Guards
followed
and.
the
seaman,
apparently
puzzled
as
to
which
automobile
he
was
looking
for,
was
straightened
out
by
a
whisper
of
"not
that
one,
buddy,
put
It
in
the
one
behind"
which
came
from
someone
aboard
the
vessel.
Jittery
and
noticing
the
guards,
the
seaman
started
to
run
and
before
he
was
caught,
the
bag
had
been
thrown
Into
the
harbor.
It
was
recovered
and
when
opened
It
contained
a
valuable
large
bolt
of
cloth.
A
search
revealed
several
other
bolts
hidden
in
various
sections
of
the
ship.
The
"fence"
for.
the
goods
was
never
found,
despite
police
efforts
to
obtain
the
name
from
the
sailor.
The
last
slaying
on
the
waterfront
was
in
iai8
when
a
Lascar
seaman-
was
killed
in
a
scuffle
with
a
companion.
S
Secretary
t
CONGRATULATE
"CANADIAN
STATESMAN
Fiorello
LaGuar-dia,
director-general
of
the
United
Nations
Relief
Rehabilitation
administration,
and
members
of
the
United
Nations'
com
mittee,
are
shown
as
they
congratulated
Paul
Martin,
Canadian
secretary
of
state,
following
unanimous
approval
of
his
proposal
for
the
distribution
of
relief
to
needy
countries
after
UNRRA
closed
down
on
Jan.
1.
Left
to
right
are
Percy
Wells,
United
Kingdom;
Secretary
Martin;
LaGuardia,
and
Adlal
Stevenson,
U.S.
State
department,
NEW
BANK
MGR.
AT
STEWART
Announcement
Is
made
by
the
Bank
of
Montreal
of
the
appointment
of,
G.
J.
S.
Anderson,
for
merly
of
New
Westminster,
as
manager
pf
the
branch
at
Stewart;
replacing
B.C.
A.
Lees,
who
is'
now
on
sick
leave.
Mr.
Anderson,
who
has
been
at
Stewart
for
the
past
few
weeks
in
relief
capacity,
formerly
was
teller
at
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
bank.
He
Is
a
brother
of
Mrs,-
James
Hadden,
Dunsmuir
Street.
road
cars
and
some
boats,
be
longing
to
New
York
Central,
were
destroyed.
WAS
BELOVED
IN
SMITHERS
Mrs.
iMary
Elliott
Passes
Away
at
Age
of
62
SMITHERS
'Mrs.
Mary
Elliott,
respected
citizen
of
Smith-crs,
passed
away
on
Sunday
morning
at
her
home
here.
Mrs.
Eliiolt
was
born
in
Forfar,
Scotland,
62
years
ago.
She
married
Robert
Elliott
in
Toronto
in
1918
after
hi.s
discharge
from
the
Army
in
World
War
I.
They
came
directly
to
Smithers
23
years
ago
and
opened
a
shoe
store.
During
the
early
years
of
Smithers
Mrs.
Elliott,
who
was
a
registered
nurse,
often
left
her
home
for
duty
at
the
bedsides
of
.the
sick
and
needy.
In
her
quiet
way
she
had
made
a
host
of
friends
throughout
the
district
and
she
will
be
missed
by
all
of
'them.
She
was
one
who
had
a
cheery
greeting
no
matter
how
hard
things
were
going,
and
it
seemed
that,
the
harder
.the.
times,
yie
more
cheerful
she
would
be.
iMrs.
Elliott
is
survived
by
her
husiband,
Robert
Elliott
ot
Smithers;
two
sisters
In
Toronto,
and
a
nephew,
Thomas
Ogilvie
of
Smithers.
Funeral
service
was
held
from
the
United
Church
here
this
afternoon
and
Interment
was
made
In
the
Smithers
cemetery.
DAVE
ALLAN
TRANSFERRE
Tom
iBeatlic
.Named
Local
Manager
of
Kelly-Douglas
Announcement
is
made
today
of
the
transfer-
of
David
Allen
for
two
years
manager
of.
the
lecal
branch
of
Kelly-Douglas
&
Co.
Ltd.,
to
the
management
of
the
Pcnticton
branch
with
Thomas
Beattle,
long
associat
ed
with
the
company
here,
nam
ed
as
his
successor.
Mr.,
Allen's
i
em
ova
I
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
regretted
for
he
has
been
highly
esteemed
in
business
as
well
as
social
cir
cles
here.
Mr.
Beattie
has
been
associat
eel
with
the
wholesale
grocery
business
in
Prince
Rupert
since
1913
and
his
appointment
will
be
of
interest
among
the
local
retail
trade
throughout
the
north
country.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
January
J,
1947
High
:
3:05
21.2
feet
'
14:52
2.8
feet
Low
8:51
6.5
feet
21:26
0.3
feet
I
of
General
Marshal
Named
To
Important
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)
President
Truman
last
night
accepted
the
resignation
of
James
F.
Byrnes
as
-Secretary
of
State.
He
appointed
General
George
C.
Marshall,
special
envoy
The
change
will
become
effective
as
soon
as
the
nomination
has
been
ratified.
The
Senate
lost
no
time
in
du
etins
1)1
MAGGIO
BETTER
NEW
YORK
Babe
Ruth
and
Joe
DiMaggio,
both
famous
baseball
sluggers,
are
making
good
recovery
from
operations
the
former
on
his
,ncck
and
the
latter
for
bone
removal
from
his
left
heel.
KILLED
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
Traffic
accidents
on
slippery
strects
of
Vancouver
today
resulted
in
one
man
bemg
killed
and
hospitalization
of
five
other
persons.
TRUMAN
ON
ECONOMICS
WASHINGTON
Speaking
today
on
the
economics
of
the
nation,
President
Truman
said
he
(preferred
that
taxes
should
be
left
alone,
that
minimum
wages
should
be
raised,
social
benefits
increased,
free
cnter-
T-thc
maintained,
more
assistance
toe
given
to
fcmall
business,
and
rent
cohlrol
maintained.
ONE
QUAD
LIVING
BRIDGEND,'
Wales
Last
survivor
of
quadruplets
born
yesterday
to
Mrs.
Peggy
Thomas
lay
in
an
oxygen
incubator
today
struggling
for
life.
The,
quads
were
borin
two
months
prematurely,
attended
only
by
two
nurses,
and
weighed
two
pounds
each.
Three
of
them
died
lastjnighl.
CANADA
IS
PRAISED
LONDON
Minister
of
Food
John
Strachey
today
praised
Canada
for
her
effort
in
getting
wheat
to
Britain.
He
mentioned
that
the
movement
to
the
United
Kingdom
was
now
largely
going
through
Vancouver
following
the
closing
of
shipping
in
the
Great
Lakes.
TRAFFIC
VICTIM
VANCOUVER
Robert
Gallagher
died
today
of
injuries
sustained
on
New
Year's
Day
when
struck
down
by
a
car
at
Kingsway
and
Knight
Road.
PROBE
COSMIC
RAY
FROM
STRATOSPHERE
LAB
Dr.
Carl
D,
Anderson
(seated),
and
cosmic
ray
expert
Dr.
Robert
B.
Brode
are
two
of
the
scientists
who,
with
co-operation
of
the
U.S.
navy,
arc
systematically
exploring
the
challenging
mysteries
of
the
most
powerful
force
known
to
exist
the
cosmic
ray.
The
savants
are
using
a
B-29
"flying
laboratory,"
from
which
tests
are
being
made
in
the
stratosphere
nearly
eight
miles
above
the
ground.
Anderson,
a
Nobel
prize
winner,
and
Brode
are
shown
before
test
apparatus
in
a
ground
lab
at
the
vast
U.S.
naval
ordinance
test
station
near
Inyokem,
Calif.,
in
the
Mojave
desert.
Stat
Position
to
China,
as
his
successor.
giving
its
approval.
Marshall
is
now
on
his
way
back
to
the
United
States
from
China.
Byrnes
first
sought
to
resign
last
April
because
of
ill
health.
B.C.
FAVORS
SAME
DEAL
Premier-John
Hart
Comments
on
Premier
McNair's
Dissatisfaction
VICTORIA,
W
Premier
John
Hart,
commenting
Monday
on
reports
that
New
Brunswick
Premier
J.
B.
McNair
is
dissatisfied
with
British
Columbia's
hew
financial
agreement
with
the
Dominion
government,
said
that
his
province
is
willing
to
agree
on
similar
terms
with
New
Brunswick
and
Nova
Seotiai
Under
the
Hart
formula,
the
federal
subsidy
is
minimized
at
$18,000,000
and
B.C.
will
share
50-50
with
Ottawa
on
collections
from
corporation
income
taxes
on
electric
and
gas
utilities
which
will
amount
to
about
$500,000
this
year.
Ottawa
also
agreed
to
write
off
$8,000,000
of
B.C.V
treasury
bill
indebtedness
for
direct
relief
during
the
depression
years.
Premier
McNair
charged
"gross
discrimination"
by
Ottawa
in
favor
of
the
west
coast
was
an
affront
to
New
Brunswick.
INTERESTED
"
IN
ALASKA
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
Smithers
to
Develop
Market
Bounties
Discussed
SMITHERS
At
the
regular
meeting
of
'the
Smithers
and
District
Chamber
of
Commerce
Monday
night
correspondence
concerning
the
increase
in
bounty
on
predatory
animals
received
considerable
discussion
and
it
was
finally
decided
to
have
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
.Minister
of
Lands
and
Forests,
take
the
matter
up
directly
with
the
attorney
general
as
there
seem-eQ
to
be
very
little
satisfaction
from
any
dealings
with
the
game
department.
The
meeting
decided
it
would
go
all
out
in
an
effort
to
raise
funds
for
a
full
page
avertise-mcnt
in
the
coming
Statehood
issue
of
the
Ketchikan
(Alaska)
Chronicle.
It
was
pointed
out
by
one
of
the
members
that
the
Alaskan
market
was
open
ifor
Bulkley
Valley
produce
and
the
secretary
was
instructed
by,
the
meeting
to
contact
all
Farmers'
Institutes
asking
them
to
send
representatives
to
the
next
monthly
meeting
of
the
chamber
with
a
view
to
establishing
a
central
organization
so
that
all
produce
could
be
funnelled
into
it
and
be
graded
before
if
was
shipped
out.
It
was
decided
that
every
effort
should
be
made
to
establish
the
Alaskan
market
nd
to
hold
It
once
it
was
estab
lished.
The
question
oX
officers,
for
the
ensuing
year
was
given
some
discussion
and
Dr.
Greene
was
appointed
chairman
of
the
nominating
committee.
Nominations
will
be
made
at
the
annual:din-ner
which
was
set
for
January
29.
1917
TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY
A
new
telephone
directory
is
about
to
be
published.
All
changes
of
listings
must
be
in
by
January
11
in
writing
at
the
city
utilities,
office;
City
Telephone
Department