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Britain
soon
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Russia
accrnins
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aid
to
Europe
plan
.
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-.
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the
understanding
beln?
wouia
proceed
from
mere
w
he
initial
contract
will
take
crtinnels.
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reruativc
source
says
irance
mrormcd
the
United
Nations
can
only
contribute
at
this
s
one
Infantry
division
to
the
Posed
global
police
force
for
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wouu
jjeatt.
ho
.
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hi,
'1
nch
spokesman
who
expiain-at.
if
an
International
army
established
now,
France
na
and
elsewhere.
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IXiiv
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lr
v
Henry
Wallace
for
President
'A
.
i
.Hnnnrnrl
laiunir
some
snape
iuujr,
the
former
vice
-
president
lor
a
Truman-Stalin
meei-ln
Berlin
to
settle
Soviet-
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tl
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nt
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v
ft
move
which
originated
in
-iiornln
NELSON
GARAGE
FIRE
NELSON
The
provincial
vcrnmcnt
garage
here
was
"ed
by
a
$40,000
fire
Tucs-1'
Three
trucks
were
in-''d
in
the
loss.
Neubergcr
stated
that
he
and
his
wife
thought
the
railroad
trip
down
the
Bulkley
and
Skcena
Canyons
was
"one
of
the
most
scenic
and
picturesque
in
North
America."
;
"I
have
travelled
through
the
Royal
Gorge
by
rail,"
said
Neu-'
berger.
"and
also
along
Glacier
i
Park
and
to
Yoscmlte.
But
I
can
say
unhesitatingly
that
the
scenery
beside
the
Canadian
National
line
to
Prince
Rupert
certainly
overshadows
this
grandeur
in
my
own
country."
Mrs.
Neuberger.
a
former
school
teacher
who
has
travelled
on
the
continent
and
in
the
Orient,
said
she
thoueht
the
C.N.R.
scenery
enroute
along
the
Smlthers
Division,
while
not
so
widely
heralded,
-was
"more
sustained
than
on
railroads
In
Switzerland."
The
Neubcrgcrs
plan
to
stop
briefly'in
Prince
Rupert
on
their
return
from
Alaska.
They
said
they
found
Prince
Rupert
"a
friendly
community
full
of
men
and
-women
of
good
will."
j
CANADA
IS
IN
SHIP
BUSINESS
Minister
of
Reconstruction
Howe
Calls
For
Maritime
Commission
OTTAWA
0
-The
Minister
of
Reconstruction.
Hon.
C
D.
Howe,
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
Dominion's
ocean
going
ton
nage
was
now
over
four
times
the
1939
total
and
added
that,
ihpihrr
we
like
it
or
not,
we
arc
In
the
merchant
shipping
hii.sinpss
in
a
big
way."
Moving
a
resolution
for
the
cs-
nuiisiimrnt
of
a
Canadian
Mari
time
Commission,
Mr.
Howe
saia
rannda
has
SDCnt
$626,900,000
011
construction
of
vessels
during
the
Second
World
War
ana
wouia
recover
about
67
througnsaies
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
ci-io
win
ho
rloudy
through
UIVIVO
"
.
nnt
nritlsh
Columbia
today
with
.,.-otiirrs
continuing
near
normal.
Gradually
Improving
conditions
are
expected
in
most
'regions
tomorrow.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast-Cloudy
...hi,
,ihp1v
xrattcred
rain
show-
WiVil
'
'
.
t,i3
nnd
Thursday.
Winds
L'lD
bvuwj
"
'
,,41
..u8t
(is
ni.D.h.).
Little
WnntT
in
temperature.
Tern
tnnieht
.and
Thurs
day-Lows,
Port
Hardy
50,
Mas-m
Prince
Rupert
48.
Highs,
Port
Hardy
62,
Massctt
60,
Prince
Rupert
60.
Vigorous
Policy
On
Immigration
OTTAWA
0
The
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
pre-
...tn
o
hr
ef
to
tne
&enw
i
tnn
mmmlttee
calling
for
vigorous
Immigration
policy,
immediately.
Ion
to
its
body,
the
brain
of
any
ant
has
the
largest
.living
creature.
Folk
Get
Question
VANCOUVER
01
The
fate
of
the
five
dollars
cost
of
living
bonus
to
be
paid
old
age
pen
sioners
In
British
Columbia
is
!
In
doubt
following
the
first
read-
I
ing
of
the
Old
Age
Pensions
Bill
in
the
House
of
Commons
at
Ottawa.
This
provides
for
a
live
dollars
a
month
increase
in
the
existing
pensions
rates.
In
Victoria,
the
provincial
finance
minister,
Hon.
Herbert
Ans-
comb
said;
"It
was
quite
definitely
understood
that
our
extra
five
dollars
a
month
was
purely
of
a
temporary
nature
and
was
so
stated
In
the
budget
until
Ottawa,
in
creased
the
pension.
What
will
be
done
now,
of
course,
I
cannoi
sayV
THIRD
TRIAL
FOR
MURDER
VANCOUVER
0
Davis
Hous-!ton,
aged
28,
Is
now
on
trial;
I
for
the
third
time
in
six
months
charged
with
the
murder
of
Mrs.
;
Beatrice
Smith
at
Belize
Inlc,
November
3.
At
the
first
trial
the
Jury
disagreed.
At
the
second
trial,
there
was
conviction
and
a
sentence
of
death
passed.
An
appeal
was
granted.
The
;
case
is
continuing.
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AND
NIOHT
SERVICE
(
Stand:
Cabs
Old
Empress
Hotel,
Third
Ave.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-"Princc
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
AAAAAAATIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaS
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
142.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
JUNE
18,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ailway
Embarao
Follows
M
Strik
e
Air
I
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rrr
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w
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ai
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JULmLM
J
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11
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but
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that.
Phiipp
Rimnrt
Viae
1
C"
I"
I
-
-
V
J'A
V
IIWW
,.at
future
in
the
north
country
savs
Richard
L.
iwv
.
it
...
nhprcer.
American
newspaperman,
as
he
and
his
.
vrv
f-
lan?a
tine
rnttr
rti
tVm
l)tSinn
T)rt.l
:r
-
:i,t
fir
Alaskan
noints.
Neubergcr
has
been
in
the
Prince
.Rupert
area
.
..
.
"
'
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1
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r
il.
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iiiuiciicii
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we
oai-
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urday
Evening
Port
and
other
rill
i
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iui
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tie
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is
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w
v..w
f-,
...tj
om
otinfhrr
frmrfppn
r?
ct
the
new
Federal
Labor
is
ol
a
potential
provincial
ii
recognition
of
majority-
kd
unions
as
bargaining
ruled
out
company-
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fhn
hlc
SUJ
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r
llfif
er-provinclal
types.
i
a
t
a
ft
iiiiii
If
I
WE
V
W
for
The
New
York
Times,
and
a
special
writer
for
the
Portland
Orcgonlan.
Neubergcr
said
he
felt
that
the
development
of
Prince
Rupert
was
"intimately
tied
In
with
the
progress
and
advancement
of
Alaska."
He
also
declared
that
such
projects
as
the
eelanese
mill
and
the
added
dock
and
warehouse
facilities
"increase
Rupert's
im-
;
;cd
was
ordained
by
the
j
stance
in
the
North."
TiincHnv
in
thp
iin.
Is
in
t
Ik.
Will
B.C.'s
Elder
$5
or
$10
Is
New
m
...
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'
.jf
J
riririf
'iM
m
....
tiJwmmmmnmi
T,m
TTmtntioc
rswAriTAW
war.
DEAD
President
Truman
placed
a
wreath
on
the
rr
.
.
1-1
-
mi.w.
iVinrHv?Aftr
addressine
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
NaUOliai.
War
ivieiiioiiai
in
J
J
-
r
-
.
.
,.
L
hTRonatP
at
the
House
of
Parliament
last
week.
The
above
photo
shows
,
a
gentral
viewer
aitu
-"-
-
the
scene
at
the
memorial
during
the
ceremony.
U.S.
MUST
QUIT
GIFTS
Herbert
Hoover
Making
Comeback
as
Economic
Adviser
WASHINGTON,
0,0h
form
er
United
States
President,
Herbert
Hoover'gave
warning
Sunday
night
that
the
United
States
cannot
continue
for
long
its
huce
burden
of
foreign
gifts
without
Impairing
Its
own
prod
uctlvity.
The
warning
found
ready
agreement
among
Repub
lican
leaders
in
Congress
as
well
as
amone
many
Democrats.
It
also
served
to
forecast
the
emer
eence
of
Hoover
as
among
top
economic
counsellors
of
con
gresslonal
Republicans.
A
sel
dom
naralleled
popularity
come
back
is
eivine
Hoover
a
growing
role
in
helping
shape
the
future
United
States
foreign
policy.
NO
FREEDOM
IN
HUNGARY
SZEGED.
Hungary
Q
Nearly
150
Communists,
armed
wun
weighted
rubber
hose
and
brass
knuckles
broke
up
a
Szabadsag
Freedom
party
meeting
whicn
had
been
called
expressly
to
de
¬
termine
whether
or
not
any
free
dom
of
speech
meeting
could
take
place
in
Hungary.
An
undetermined
number
of
persons
were
injured.
Dezso
Sulyok,
ajitl-
Communlst
Szabadsag
freedom
Party
leader
had
promised
to
speak
very
s'oon
in
a
new
free
dom
of
speech
test
at
miskoiic,
despit
this
failure.
Local
Tides
Thursday.
June
19,
1947
High
1:04
22.5
feet
14:08
19,4
feet
7:48
0.2
feet
19:45
6.5
feet
JEWS
PRESENT
CASH
JERUSALEM
A
Jewish
agency
is
expected
to
lci
building
its
case
for
a
Jewish
State
in
Palestine
by
a
presentation
to
the
United
Nations
inquiry
commission
today,
setting
forth
Zionist
accomplishments
in
Palestine.
BULLETINS
SEEKING
SISO.OOO
KF.LOYVNA
Whil'is
&
Gad-
des,
real
estate
and
invest
ment
dealers,
last
night
offer
ed
$1,000
reward
for
informa
tion
leading
to
the
recovery
of
the
$80,000
loot
stolen
from
their
premises
during
the
week
end.
Police
have
pjj
further
clues.
BUILD
1500
HOMES
VANCOUVER
Construction
of
1,500
low
cost
hemes,
sponsored
by
the
It.
C.
Contractors
Aociation
in
co-operation
with
the
federal
government
.housing
authorities,
may
get
under
way
before
the,
end
of
the
month
a
spokesman
of
that
organization
said
today.
EMBARGO
SLAPPED
ON
WASHINGTON
A
new
embargo
on
shipment
of
American
goods
through
foreign
countries
to
other
American
points
was
declared
yesterday.
JEW'S
BODY
FOUND
Jerusalem
Police
have
dis
covered
the
body
of
a
dead
Jew
in
a
partly
dug
tunnel
leading
toward
the
city's
house
cf
British
military
headquarters.
It
is
said
the
Jew
had
apparently
been
killed
in
an
explosion
touched
off
by
an
anti-terrorist
group,
attempting
to
destroy
tile
funnel.
rillF.F.CK'S
i-RO.MISU
Washington
Greece
has
promised
the
United
States
that
it
will
undertake
great
and
continuous
efforts
to
restore
order
and
economic
well
bring.
The
pledge
was
made
in
a
note,
expressing
the
thanks
of
the
United
States
interests
in
Greek
welfare,
as
evidenced
by
the
$100,000,000
Greek
and
Turkish
aid
program.
FIRE
IN
SASKATCHEWAN
HAN
LEY,
Saskatchewan
A
$100,000
fire
which
started
in
a
shed
in
the
rear
of
a
new
cafe
yesterday
threatened
the
entire
town.
Almost
half
the
main
shopping
district
was
wiped
out,
and
tl
homes
of
numerous
persons
destroyed
and
damaged.
Population
is
less
than
500.
NO
AGREEMENT
ON
FISH
PRICE
VANCCOUVER
Oi
A
strike
threatens
to
tie
up
the
province's
salmon
fleet
with
the
opening
of
the
sockeye
fishing
season
only
ten
days
away.
The
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union
and
Native
Brotherhood,
representing
almost
seven
thous
and
white
and
Indian
fishermen.
have
been
negotiating
with
the
fish
companies
over
prices
for
salmon
wages
and
working
con
dltlons
for
the
tendermen.
To
date,
no
acreement
has
been
reached.
Churchill
Chipper
After
Operation
LONDON
P)
Smoking
a
big
cigar
and
looking
as
chipper
as
a
school
boy.
Winston
Churchill
was
brought
home
from
the
hospital
on
a
stretcher
yesterday
six
davs
after
his
undergoing
a
hernia
operation.
BEVIN
PLAN
FOR
PARIS
Discussed
With
Cabinet
But
Not
Revealed
LONDON
O)
Foreign
Secre
tary
Ernest
Bevln,
before
flying
to
Paris
yesterday,
indicated
at
a
cabinet
meeting,
tnc
line
ne
proposes
to
'take
In
discussions
with
the
French
government
on
General
Marshall's
plan
for
economic
aid
to
Europe.
Mr.
Bevin's
plan
has
not
been
revealed
to
the
public.
In
Paris
top
diplomats
are
meeting
in
the
first
of
a
series
of
international
conferences
on
the
United
States
offer
to
help
In
the
economic
rehabilitation
of
Europe.
Exploratory
talks
were
sched
uled
to
response
to
General
Mar
shall's
suggestion
that
Euro
peans
draw
up
a
program
to
re
store
their
continent's
economy
with
American
aid.
France
has
disclosed
that
she
proposes
that
specialized
inter
national
committees
be
set
up
to
assist
in
drafting
this
pro
gram.
four
dead
in
Would
Head
CRASH
OF
GAR
nff
Rlnttinrr
NELSON
O)
Two
women,
one
man
and
a
four-year-old
child,
all
from
Medicine
Hat
district,
are
dead
after
an
automobile
sollided
with
a
bus
on
a
bridge
twelve
miles
east
of
Nelson
on
Monday.
Twelve
persons
were
Injured,
three
seriously.
The
dead
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Edward
Kurp
Juwait
of
Medicine
Hat,
their
four-year-old
son,
and
Mrs.
Ella
Schattle
of
Woolchester,
Alta.
Two
other
passengers
in
the
automobile,
and
nine
of
the
bus
occupants
suffered
injuries.
Labor
Act
Showdown
Provincial
Government
Marshals
Legal
Forces
In
Nanaimo
Strike
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
pro
vincial
government
marshalled
its
legal
forces
Wednesday
for
a
showdown
with
Labor
in
connection
with
the
nine-day-
old
Imperial
Laundry
strike
in
the
province's
labor
legislation)
requiring
a
government
BfMj
vised
vote,
Premier
Ha'rtlftnjjj
.
m
t
i
1
.
.
C
a
'
t
nounceu
nc
nau
aunscw
acting
Minister
of
Labor,,1
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
to
enforctltlie.
legislation
in
conjunctlonjrlth
the
provincial
legal
depart-
ment.
Premier
Hart
had
no
otbcrj
loaifcient.
!2ES
Threat
of
a
line
totalling
more
than
$1,500
Hung
jover
the
workers
at
the
laundry."
Union
Local
No.
1
(C.C.Li)V
Ull
MlUiilllg
Coast
Ports
Possibility
of
Effect
On
Prince
Rupert
Is
Seen
NEW
YORK
(CP)
An
embargo
was
imposed
Tuesday
on
loading
all
rail
freight
destined
for
shipment
to
foreign
ports
in
American
ships
from
United
States
ports
as
the
two-
day
sit-down
C.I.O,
strike
tight
ened
its
grip
on
the
nation's
maritime
commerce.
The
'American
Association
of
Railroads
ordered
shippers
to
send
no
more
consignments
to
United
States
ships
in
the
eastern,
western
and
Gulf
coast
ports.
The
restriction,
effective
Immediately,
also
applies
to
freight
destined
for
coastwise
shipments
on
American
vessels.
The
action
U
designed
to
guard
against
undue
detention
of
freieht
cars
at
all
Atlantic.
Gulf
Nanaimo.
Lnj
pnrlflr
nnrts
where
100
shins
As
the
first
test
loomed
of
lare
tied
up
because
of
the
C.I.O.
.
.
.
-!-,-,!
1
-
.
.
.
work
stoDDaee.
This
would
pre
-
vt
clogging
of
port
facilities.
jlpRepercussions
of
the
embargo
against
railway
shipments
01
Irelght
destined
for
American
coastwise
points
and
of
the
mari-
UBie
worners'
stnse
iweii
at
ai-
Dorts
were
seen
pcslble
In
4
:e
Rupert,
Joday
ilthpuiht
,
had"be'en
no
"ihterruptidn
wlthsuch
shipments
astwere
al
ready
on
hand).
members
at
the
Imperially,
akj.
rrMflll
TA
Laundry
walked
out
in
UV
IKYINU
IU
men
employees.
$IEfT
F
CTDIKF
Bill
3D
calls
for
nenaltlcs'fftr
tJUl
I
LL
Jl
lllU
illegal
strikes
a
maximum
of
$125
a.
day
for
organizations
and
$50
a
day
for
individual
officers.
Harold
E.
Winch,
the
C.C.F.
Leader
in
British
Columbia,
charges
that
Bill
39
is
in
line
with
Hitlerism.
Alex
McCaus-
lane,
vice-president
of
the
C.C.L.,
declared
bluntly
that
'we're
not
calling
the
strike
off."
However,
the
first
break
in
the
United
Labor
front
against
the
Rill
appeared
Imminent
as
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
the
District
Trades
and
Labor
Council
(T.L.C.),
turned
down
the
resolution
that
would
have
swung
the
organization's
support
behind
the
Nanaimo
strikers.
The
Council
passed
a
resolution
promising
"neces
sary
steps"
in
the
event
that
"affiliated
unions
were
discriminated
against
under
the
Bill
but
refused
to
remove
the
label
"affiliated"
and
thus
en
able
council
aid
to
the
laun
dry
workers.
PORT
ALBERNI
HARBOR
BOARD
OTTAWA
0
The
House
of
Commons
gave
third
reading
to
the
Bill
incorporating
the
Port
Albernl
Harbor
Commissioners.
Final
approval
was
given
the
bill
to
authorize
additional
ouantlties
of
water
from
the
St.
Lawrence
to
generate
new
power
after
the
House
had
.been
told
that
an
acute
power
shortage
existed
In
industrial
Ontario
and
Quebec.
Baseball
Scores
American
Cleveland
5.
Washington
3.
Detroit
2,
Philadelphia
5;
St.
Louis
5,
Boston
6.
National
Boston
11,
Cincinnati
1.
Philadelphia
6,
St.
Louis
7.
.3
Meantime
All
U.S.
Shipping
May
Be
Paralyzed
NEW
YORK
CO
C.I.O.
seamen
sat
down
yesterday
under
union
no
contract,
no
work"
policy
which
threatened
to
paralyze
shipping
on
all
United
States
coasts.
There
were
no
pickets
on
the
piers
when
the
work
stoppage
order
by
Joseph
Cur-ran,
National
Maritime
Union
president,
went
into
effect
short
ly
after
expiration
of
the
midnight
edict
Sunday,
Immobiliz
ing
hundreds
of
ships.
The
union
said
no
strike
had
been
called
but
the
men
would
not
work
without
contract.
The
seamen
were
ordered
to
remain
on
the
ships
as
long
as
possible
and,
if
they
were
ordered
off,
the
lockout
would
be
In
effect.
In
Seattle
12,000
Puget
Sound
waterfront
workers
were
order
ed
to
quit
Jobs,
On
the
west
coast
contract
ex
tension
was
agreed
on
by
ship
owners,
ships'
clerks,
checkers,
and
supercargo
and
C.I.O.
af
filiate
longshoremen,
The
union
claim
300,000
men
are
Involved
In
the
whole
country.
Mr.
Curran
has
stated
that
A.F.L.
Seafarers'
International
Union
pledged
complete
support
of
the
C.I.O.
and
promised
the
A.F.L.
would
refuse
to
work
ships
that
might
be
allocated
by
the
operators
of
lines
where
there
was
a
strike
to
those
not
affected.
The
N.M.U.
and
the
A.C.C.
demand
wage
boosts
plus
other
contract
improvements
and
the
extension
of
expired
contracts
by
marine
cooks.
In
the
effort
to
settle
the
dis
pute
and
end
the
strue
a
new
conference
of
companies
ana
union
representatives
Is
being
held
today.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Zarembo,
25,000,
26.80
and
20,
?Cold
Storage.