nor
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and"x;kWtral
British
columbia's'newsfaper
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Third
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SPEED
HIGHWAY
CLEARING
RCE
GROUP
TO
VISIT
TERRACE
vay
matters
provided
one
of
the
principal
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
i--
mnntVilv
meetinir
last
nifrht.
Snppfllnnr
reopening
ot
tne
rnnce
Jtupert
Highway
Ti-nif
nrifl
Torran
trViJnti
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snow
during
ine
wimer,
is
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start
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1CS
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is
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Citiieii
,
'aid
tdav
that
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.
fal'lrn
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nnlV
citizen
in
attacks
American
foreign
I
.10
official
notice"
akta
ct
his
peaches.
preidcnUal
sec-
it
Wan
'obvious
fact
allace
ii
speaking
as
tlzcn.'
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on
April
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w.
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in
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aim
vitc
ui.jjiAibiiit.iil,
Ul
puUHC
works
will
also
be
asked
to
equip
Itself
with
more
modern
and
efficient
road
machinery
In
Prince
Rimer,
rldlm
A
ccmtprpnra
nn
I
nrv
road
matters
with
Hon.
E.
T
j
IIIU
Kenney
on
the1occaslon
of
a
forthcoming
early
visit
here
by
y
o.,
The
next
to
the
minister
of
lands
and
for-i
of
the
Reynolds's
1
esi.
wlii
be
SOUeht.
The
meet-1
,,1,
rouna-tne-woria
j
jnc
oIcq
decided
to
reaucst
the
mpleted
at
l
55
p.m.
department
to
plan
permanent
Standard
Time)
to-
large
scale
Improvements,
In.
.
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K
HUtli
MUIU
QUI
idV,lilt
Ul
H1C
Edmonton
airporv
road
between
the
city
and
Port
i
minutes
behind
'
Mmnri
i
i.
k
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v
.
juniu
Ail
iivw
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HiC
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it
lanaca
ncie.
jng
arge
industrial
development
there
in
the
way
of
the
$15,000,-000
pulp
mill
of
the
Cclanesc
Corporation
of
America,
Thirty
members
were'
In
attendance
at
last
night's
meeting
and
guests
included
Dr.
.1.
M.
Black,
new
resident
mining
engineer
here
for
the
provincial
department
of
mines,
and
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
and
Carlo
Han-
j
son,
representing
the
Junior
i
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Also
welcomed
to
the
meeting
by
t-t
1
n
a
1
1
ln
Ule
c,lair.
were
new
memoes
In
th.
n.n,i.
nf
Wllll.m
Pn.l.U.
a
"
niuiamviuiw
na.
aisinci
passenger
ageni,
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Na
"
"a
Ka'lways,
u
n:r"'r
.
,
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aecr
oi
uniisn-Amencan
uu
uu.
During
the
meeting
new
members
of
the
chamber
were
elect
ed
ln
the
persons
of
Thomas
B.
Black,
manager
of
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.,
and
Bruce
Stevens,
publisher.
Members
in
as
large
number
as
possible
were
urged
to
make
the
trip
to
Terrace,
leaving
here
tomorrow
evening,
for
a
field
service
clinic
pf
the-'Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
be
held
In
the
interior
town
on
Thursday.
A
considerable
num
¬
ber
of
members
arc
planning
on
going.
The
principal
speaker
at
the
Terrace
meeting
will
be
Evan
McCormack
of
Montreal,
field
representative
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce,
who
will
arrive
in
the
city
on
tonight's
train
from
the
East
to
spend
the
day
ln
the
city
before
proceeding
with
the
local
delegation
to
Terrace.
NO
INSPECTION
SERVICE
HERE
Federal
Government
Declines
To
Establish
Scl-up
to
Facilitate
Exports
to
Alaska
Trade
and
commerce
commit
tec
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
reported
to
the
chamber
at
last
night's
meeting
that
the
federal
government
would
not
consider
establishing
inspection
Service
for
foodstuffs
for
export
through
here
to
Alaska
at
this
time.
The
committee
expressed
the
opinion
that
grading
of
such
produce
should
be
put
into
effect
at
original
shipping
point.
The
committee
further
suggested
that
the
chamber
offer
full
co-operation
and
assistance
to
the
Smithers
and
District.
Chamber
of
Commerce
In
its
efforts
to
establish
trade
with
Alaska.
As
for
the
setting
up
of
ln
spection
service
at
Prince
Rupert.
for
foodstuffs
to
be
exported
to
Alaska,
the
committee
reported:
First,
that
shipments
for
ex-
port
can
only
be
Issued
by
UvAkl.
J
Fj
-..
,
Department
of
Trade
and
Com
-
mcrcc
at
Ottawa
and,
at
prcs
cut,
these
are
not
available
Tor
eggs,
butter
and
fresh
meat.
Second,
no
inspection
service
of
any
kind
Is
now
available
a'u
Prince
Rupert.
Third,
the
local
firms
Intcr-csfed
have
applied
to
have
an
Inspector
appointed
cither
on
full-time
or
part-time
basis
but
the
government
will
hot
consider
such
an
appointment
at
present.
The
matter
was
left
In
the
hands
of
the
committee
to
be
followed
up.
Local
Tides
Wrrlnrxriav.
ADril
16,
1917
'
nirh
10:06
16.8
feet
23:08
17.4
1
feet
ibll
4:19
9
6
feet
Low
18:41
6.2
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
VOL.
XXXVI.
No.
87,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
APRIL
15,
1947
SCIENCE
SQUEEZES
OIL
FROM
ROCK
You
can't
get
blood
from
a
stone,
but
you
can
squeeze
oil
from
a
rock.
Here,
Lorraine
V.
Cable,
laboratory
worker
ln
New
Jersey,
Inspects
oil
samples
obtained
from
crushed
shale
on
table.
It
has
been
estimated
that
If
present
sources
of
oil
were
depleted,
oil
shales
and
coal
deposits
would
assure
adequate
supplies
for
1,000
years.
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TAVERN
Die
Cape'
-of,
Good
Hope
still
retains
an
early
title
given
it
by
mariners:
"Tavern
of
the
Seas
Truman
Asks
Authority
To
Cut
Arms
Shipments
General
Motors
Increases
Wages
DETROIT
Oi
General
Motors
on
Monday
announced
a
15
percent
monthly
waec
Increase
to
30,000
.
employees
which
may
set
a
paueni
iui
tlvc
industry.
'
YYdlllcu-i
iyc
Cent
Bars
Most
of
Canadians
A;rre
With
C.O.F.
Leader
M.
J.
CoUlwcll
i
OTTAWA
OiA
survey
today
showed
that
most
citizens
questioned
agreed
with
C.C.F.
leader
M.
J.
Coldwcli
who
pleaded
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
for
a
return
of
the
five-cent
r.mdv
bar.
The
survey
by
Canadian
Press
also
showed
that
the
price
boost
on
candy
bars
from
six
cents
to
eight
cents
led
to
Increased
sup-
nlles
ln
some
localities
of
Can
nA
hut.
in
the
west
complaints
I
nut
were
frequent
and
sales
had
de-
creased
slightly.
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WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
(CP)
President
Truman
today
proposed
sweeping
new
changes
in
the
United
States
neutrality
law
to
permit
the
government
to'
place
embargoes
on
shipments
or
arms
to
unfriendly
count"
ies.
Mr.
Truman
said
that
an
"Intolerable
situation"
now
existed
whereby
United.
States
is
still
constrained
to
give
aid
to
any
country
which
might
conceivably
attack
it.
The
1939
law,
he
said,
was
now
outdated.
SLAY
CHICK
KILLER
L'RANTFORD,
Ont
0
It
was
a
jorry
night
for
Charles
Holyo-ml
of
nearby
Norwich
when
a
dog
broke
Into
his
chicken
house.
The
clog,
apparently
a
stray,
killed
310
chickens
but
paid
for
its
misdeeds
with
Us
life.
Holyoml
shot
It.
WATER
IS
BEST
Gasoline,
turpentine,
kerosene
or
similar
solvents
should
not
be
used
frequently
as
skin
cleaners
as
they.lnjure
the
skin,
say
health
authorities.
The
j
safest
skin
cleaners
are.
warm
water
and
soap.
Victim
of
Drowning
Young;
Wireless
Operator
Loses
Jlis
Ufe
'fit
'Bodge
Cv)e
William
Reginald
Woodman,
!ased
i&,
operator
at
the
Diglby
'Island
wireless
station,
was
the
Mctlm
of
a
tragac
drowning
accident
at
Dodge
Cove
yester-day
afternoon.
Leaving
a
note
caying
he
would
be
heme
about
4
pm.,
Mr.
Woodman
left
late
ln
the
morning
to
visit
a
gasboat
which
he
toad
moored
In
nearby
Dodge
Cove.
It
was
at
the
noon
hour
that
he
was
last
teen
alive
drag
ging
a
f
kif
t
down
the
beach
with
!
the
evident
intention
of
going
.i
ii.
.
I
OTi-.-owie
ooai.iicwasauetogo
AidCiman
Casey
and
Alder-ton
duty
at
6:30
p.m.
and
at
6
man
Y0Ungs
struck
sparks
in
a
to
clock,
when
he
had
failed
t
o
harp
exchange
of
words
in
city
torpesy-,
anxiety
wa
felt.
S.
JJ
council
last
night
while
Mayor
metiyr,
cnici
operator
oi
tne
Etatltn,
and
Tommy
Fraser,
who
Spending
the
day
at
Digjby
Island,,
then
procteded
to
search
Ifor
him,
The
sklfl
was
sighted
!n
shadow
water
off
the
beach
ipartly
submerged
with
one
gun-
whale
under
water.
Further
investigation
revealed
th?
body
with
leg
caught
under
a
seat
and
.head
under
water;
It
wa3
apparent
that
the
unfortunate
young
man
had
fallen
overside
aUew
hours
previous.
The
provincial
police
were
notified
and
Mellor
and
Fraser
were
instructed
to
bring
the
bcdy.to
the
city.
On
arrival
It
was
turned
over
to
the
authori
ties
and
an
Inquest
was
called
for
tomorrow
afternoon.
Mr;
Woodman,
who
came
to
the
local
station
about
a
rear
and
a
half
ago
from
Vancouver,
is
survived
by
his
widew,
four
year
old
son
and
nine-month
old
j
vauBiiicr,
tus
w:aowea
niotner
I'vcs
Jn
Vancouver
and
Mrs.
W
A.
McBroom
cf
th's
city
Is
a
sister
cf
deceased.
The
remains
will
be
forwarded,
accv7ftpanie"d'
by
the
widow
antt
children,
to
Vancouver
where
the
funeral
will
take
place.
BULLETINS
BASKI
WINS
LONDON
American
heavyweight
Joe
Bask
I
knocked
out
British
champion
Bruce
Woodcock
in
the
seventh
round
of
their
fight
at
Harringay
Stadium
and
earned
the
right
to
meet
world's
champion
Joe
Louis
on
June
25
for
the
title.
SULLIVAN
FOUND
TORONTO
The
Toronto
Globe
and
Mail
said
Monday
in
a
copyrighted
dispatch
from
Lake
Baskatong,
Quebec,
that
J.
A.
(Pat)
Sullivan,
who
resigned
March
21
as
president
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
on
the
ground,
that
the
organization
was
Communist-dominated,
was
now
living
on
a
farm
in
the
Gatincau
Hills.
MARSHALL
MEETS
STALIN
MOSCOW
United
States
Secretary
of
State
George
C.
Marshall
today
met
Marshal
Joseph
Stalin
following
similar
meetings
by
Ernest
Bcvin
and
George
Bideault
with
the
Russian
dictator.
NO
EARLY
ELECTION
EDMONTON'
Reconstruction
Minister
Howe
said
here
today
that
there
will
be
no
federal
election
until
1919
or
1950.
He
told
Liberals
here
that
there
was
"extreme
danger"
in
multiplicity
of
political
parties.
DISPUTE
NEARLY
OVER
VICTORIA
With
more
American
Federation
of
Labor
workmen
on
the
job
and
fewer
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
pickctcrs,
every
department
in
Yarrows
shipyard
was
again
at
work
today
and
prospects
appeared
brighter
for
a
complete
settlement
over
the
inlcr-union
jurisdictional
dispute.
The
Alachlnisls
Union
last
night
gave
Gary
Cuihanc
21
hours
to
end
the
strike
or
else
they
would
switch
to
the
American
Federation.
The
stiikc,
said
the
machinists,
was
a
"phony"
one.
They
were
d
is
satisfied
with
Culhane's
lac
tics.
The
ancient
Greets
and
Rom
ans
painted
signs
on
walls
ln
public
places
as
a
means
cf
spreading
news.
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Abbott
Warns
Industrialists
OTTAWA
(O)
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
cautioned
Canadian
industrialists
that
It
was
not
good
business
to
charge
all
the
traffic
can
bear
and
reminded
them
that
the
government
had
the
power
to
reimposc
price
ceilings
where
necessary.
Mr.
Abbott
spoke
after
C.C.F.
leader
M.
J.
Cold-well
had
'inoken
ln
favor
cf
restoring
controls.
YOUNGS,
CASEY
CLASH
OVER
FAIRVIEW
ROAD
Arnold
strove
to
retain
order
during
a
debate
on
how
the
city
could
expedite
federal
government
payment
of
a
share
of
Ufa
cost
cf
building
a
road,
to
tho
Falrview
Bay
fishermen
s
floats
It
started
off
when
City
Clerk
Thaln
read
a
letter
from
the
fisheries
department
Informing
council
that
the
matter
of
shar-
!
mg
the
cost
of
building
the
road
waa
one
for
the
Public
Works
,
Department
and
not
for
the
fisheries.
Alderman
Youngs
moved
that,
since
the
fisheries
department
was
not
Interested,
Public
Works
Minister
Alphonse
Fournler
be
written
and
reminded
of
bfs
"avowed
approval"
cf
federal
help
In
such
a
road,
made
during
his
visit
here
last
year.
Alderman
Ham
amended
that
things
te
speeded
up
by
sending
a
n4ht
i-Hrr
Alderonan
Casey
,
then
arose
and
asserted
that
the
city
coun
ell
get
busy
and
start
the
road
and
not
wait
until
they
knew
whether
cr
not
they
could
get
federal
help.
"Hie
fishermen
have
-waited
a
long
time
for
that
road
and
they
want
It
tills
year,"
he
asserted.
Alderman
Youngs
fprang
to
his
feet;
and
declared
that
Alderman
Casey
was
out
of
order,
a
snttnifiion
that
was
affirmed
by
Mayor
Alrnold
but
brought
only
slight
response
from
Alder-
man
Casey
during
llie
next
few
minutes.
"This
council
is
not
sitting
back
and
waiting
for
aid.
from
the
government,"
he
declared.
Tonight
we
have
authorized
the
City
Engineer
to
contact
a
construction
company
In
an
ef
fort
to
have
the
road
built
as
soon
as
possible.
Every
time
this
fishermen
s
float
business
comes
up,
Aldcrmam
Casey
uses
it
to
make
a
grandstand
play
with
a
long
meandering
speech."
I
I
am
out
to
see
that
the
fishermen
get
their
read
as
soon
as
possible.
It
is
Alderman
Youngs
who
makes
the
long,
meandering
fp-eechesT'
retorted
Alderman
Casey.
"Sit
down,
Alderman
Casey,"
repeated
Mayor
ArnoleJ.
Alderman
McKay
Interjected
several
times
to
assure
his
col
leagues
that
it
was
not
Mr.
Fournler
who
had
visited
Prince
Rupert
but
Mr.
Chevrier.
"Alderman
McKay
has
his
French
names
twisted,"
someone
remarked.
When
things
settled
down.
council
passed
Alderman
Ham's
amendment
that
a
night
letter
be
sent
to
Mr.
Fournler
not
Mr.
Chcvricr-reminding
of
his
approval
of
federal
help
for
con
struction
of
the
road.
Chocolate
Bars
Up;
Distributing
Today
The
price
of
chocolate
bars
In
Prince
Rupert,
like
the
rest
of
Canada,
is
now
8c,
but
there
arc
no
bars.
At
least
two
confectionery
stores
reported
today
having
sold
no
bars
at
8c
because
they
have
not
.been
supplied
with
any
since
the
price
increase
went
on
a
week
ago.
That
being
the
situation,
It
was
not
expected
there
would
be
any
surplus
of
bars
even
at
8c.
"Johnny"
and
"Mary,"
it
is
believed,
will
buy
candy
bars
at
any
price.
The
buying
strike,
If
any,
will
be
on
the
part
of
the
older
folk.
Local
wholesalers
are
today
to
distribute
a
new
supply
of
chocolate
bars
to
the
trade.
ETAXI
Bill
Dalton
Announces
Balanced
Budget
First
Time
in
Ten
Years;
Drastic
New
Tobacco
Duty
Few
Changes
in
Taxation
LONDON
(CP)
Prospective
surplus
for
the
financial
year
1947-48
was
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
Rt.
Hon.
Hugh
Dalton,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
who
declared:
"We
shall
not
only
balance
the
budget
but
we
shall
have
a
good
balance
on
hand."
It
is
Britain's
first
balanced
bud-
get
In
10
years.
...4,
mtmmmr
VtltKANS
m
QUICK
PURCHASE
a
a
OF
WAR
HOUSES
(
Speedy
sale
of
wartime
houses
to
the
war
veterans
who
now
occupy
them
was
urged
before
city
council
last
night
by
a
delegation
from
the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
headed
Joy
James
Nicoll
who
declared
that
the
veterans
were
willing
to
pay
the
assessed
value
for
them.
Mayor
'AfnoW,
Informed
the
delegation
that
efforts
are
being
made
to
facilitate
sales
of
wartime
houses
In
areas
that
normally
are
served
by
utilities
and
that
action
is
expected
as
soon
as
an
agreement
Is
drawn
up
with
the
Crown
company.
Mr.
Nicoll
told
the
alderman
that
"we
do
not
expect
scrne-
thing
for
nothing.
We
are
will-
lnir
to
nav
thi
a?sp.Mi
vain
for
the
properties
but
we
want
them
right
awayT
He
said,
that
he
hoped
the
council
would
anive
at
an
agreement
with
Wartime
Housing
whereby
the
difference
between
the
housing
corporation's
value"
of
the
land
and
the
city
assessment
"cduld
be
made
payable
to
the
city
over
a
period
of
two
or
three
years."
He
said
hat
the
group
he
represented
was
fully
prepared
to
assume
its
fair
share
of
taxation
but
ithat
some
might
require
time
ito
purchase
the
lots
in
addition
to
the
houses.
Mayor
Arnold
pointed
out
that
veterans
of
the
second
World
iWar
would
be
entitled
to
par-chase
their
lots
for
50
per
cent
ci
the
assessed
value
under
a
bylaw
passed
toy
last
year's
council.
Big
Bess
Is
Refloated
SOUTHAMPTON,
Eng.,
O)
The
liner
Queen
Elizabeth
was
pulled
eff
the
mud
at
the
en
trance
of
the
harbor
here
on
the
high
tide
today
after
having
re
mained
firmly
stuck
there
for
24
hours
after
running
around
in
a
fog
yesterday
with
2,446
passengers
from
New
York
on
board.
Some
ot
the
passengers
on
the
83,C00-lon
liner
had
been
removed
by
tenders
before
she
was
refloated.
After
the
refloating
she
headed
for
her
pier
here
under
her
own
power.
WEATHER
THIEF.!
TIMBER
LEA,
N.S.,
Oi
Tern'
peratures
at
Timberlea
went
unrecorded
for
posterity
recently
because
of
a
petty
thief.
The
thermometer
that
registered
vital
statistics
in
the
village
for
the
Dominion
Meteorological
Office
at
Halifax
was
stolen
from
the
lawn
of
M.
A.
Car-michael,
meteorological
assistant.
ST.
LEONARD'S
FOREST,
Sussex,
Eng.
0
John
Samuel
Wood,
81,
retired
barrister
who
died
here,
was
said
to
be
the
original
of
the
character
"Capt.
John
Wood,
R.N.,"
who
figured
in
Rider
Haggard's
famous
adventure-novel,
"King
Solomon's
Mines."
TAXM
537
4
and
Ken
Nesbitt
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlAiiAAAi
J
Mr.
Dalton
announced
that
the
financial
year
had
ended
March
31
with
a
"recoil"
toward
balanced
budget
resulting
ln
deficit
smaller
than
had
been
anticipated.
He
estimated
a
prospective
surplus
of
248,000,000
$992,000
,0C0)
made
up
of
the
difference
between
estimated
total
revenue
on
the
existing
basis
of
taxation
of
3,429,000,000
($13,-
716,CO0,C00)
and
expenditure
of
3,181,000,000
($12,724,000,000).
The
chancellor
also
hinted
that
there
would
be
no
extensive
tax
reductions
announced.
There
would,
however,
be
"some
changes
in
taxation,
some
up,
some
down,"
he
said.
The
last
time
Britain's
budget
was
balanced
was
ln
the
1937-38
fiscal
year.
Mr.
Dalton
also
announced
ln
his
budget
address
that
Britain's
earned
income
tax
credit
was
increased
from
one-eighth
to
one-sixth
and
maximum
untax
able
income
had
been
raised
to
"50
($i,ooo)
iromtiDU.
inc
child
allowance
was
increased
from
50
to
60,
the
pre-war
...
'
'
.j
i
figure.
The
chancellor
told
the
Com
mons
that
Britain
cannot
afford
the
dollars
she
is
now
pay
ing
for
tobacco,
80
percent
of
It
imported
from
the
United
States.
He
called
upon
Britain
to
smoke
one-quarter
less
this
year.
The
chancellor
so
spoke
in
announc
ing
"brutal
and
deliberate"
ui-crease
of
50
percent
in
the
Import
duty
on
leaf
tobacco.
A
cut
In
consumption
of
one-quarter
would
save
7,500,000.
The
re-tall
price
of
cigarettes
will
be
Increased
from,
two
shillings
fourpence
(46c)
to
three
shil
lings
threepence
(about
70c).
There
will
be
no
reduction
ln
Britain's
standard
rate
of
Income
tax
of
nine
shillings
in
the
pound,
Mr.
Dalton
annouc-ed,
but
he
said
that
under
slight
changes
proposed
750,000
Britori3
would
be
relieved
of
all
tax
pay
ments
in
future.
MORE
JEWS
ARE
LANDED
Reach
Haifa
on
Refugee
Ship
And
Are
Whisked
Off
to
Cyprus
by
Naval
Craft
HAIFA
0)
About
2,700
un-
uncertlfled
Jewish
immigrants
landed
at
the
British
naval
customs
today
and
started
immediately
for
detention
camps
at
Cyrus.
Destroyers
towed
the
steamer
Guardian,
on
which
they
came,
into
port
and
tho
Jews
were
landed
without
skim-lshes.
THE
WEATHER
Sjjnopsis
Dry
air
and
hlish
pressures
arc
jomlblncd
over
British
Columbia
again
today.
As
a
result
skies
wltt
continue
clear
with
daytime
'temperatures
well
above
the
mid
April
normal.
V
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
today.
Wednesday
clear
with
Increasing
cloudiness
during
afternoon
and
evening.
Light
winds
today
except
northeast
(25
m.p.h.)
over
Queen
Charlotte
Sound.
Light
winds
Wednesday
morning
increasing
to
southeast
(25)
ln
the
evening
Little
change
In
temperature.
Mini-mums
tonight
Port
Hardy
3T,
Masset't
32,
Prince
Rupert
34.
Maximums
Wednesday
Port
'Hardy
55,
Massett
52.
Prince
Ru
pert
54.