trmiine
....
Rr
li.il
uuiuiiu"
-
.
..
Haro
0
rnwiw.
j
the
iniernauujiai
ImbMI3
nil
.
.i
.
.tr
l(f
VOIC
U.Y
wwsuld
be
taken
lm-
,
anleJ
negotiations
-..-j
ih
union
s
a
normal
manner
j
u
..i
ii-i.
iininn
1.
1.
ir-yirDor-
D5lltv
..,nn:n
Ihat
anv
-
...J
n-!rl
hn
ad-
ttt
it",
crs
fhould
j.v.
-t
sn
far
-
K-.n
"tV.
Start
he-d
of
Stuart
niir"
at;
agreement
sniaet
rc
"3
squareiy
i
I
m.h
i
nn
iininn
PERT
uri
ai
in
i
i
i
"
I
MJ
I
-
I..
1
1
1
.
t'
wi
1
r
.1
here
yesterday
tec-i
chamber
of
I'll!
!rtain
haw
IhU
nn
ana
.irwav
lui
cs
rc
"Deo
io
relieve
m
Ala.jx
llcvi'arc
.at
v
cr
wrangcu
i4Coinme;cc
was
an-
C.
wliat
in
the
w-ay
t
ana
looasuma
bt
!nf
from
the
itrhr
3rItSsh
Col-
Jnert.
lhs
WrafegeU
un
was
told
Liat
it
Hr.4
lea
to
start
v
tf'rc
;.lon
of
buy-it
Midile
West
of
the
wtt
and
shlpplns
fee
Rupert
Instead
:jisj
be
entirely
do
wn
Seattle
7
exptience
an
sn
r-rin
n
f'
arcd
by
Baltzo
prrmhicnt
general
tKWrar
-fU,
Hc
pare-!:f
ellv
aboard
tho
w
Uiolse
on
his
Killer
9
K.-
1.
1..
'He
si
sprnmranlfd
Wd
VC
inff
child
the
r
.
in
ur,rt(
1
t
I
he
sltimilnn
,
-
-
iw-i
nnw
"J4
have
their
azrrc-Z4
hilnR
mn-
?
July
15.
Thf.ro
"""CdtlaYnnHcAmnll-
-".uuo
aucntiPd
a
Pacific
TfjUon
which
hc
felt
'mint
jtsclf
"
11
might
do.
RUn
.
Synopsis
Hr
iM....
...
the
Bni..
.1..
.
4
J
"wains,
Providian"
ealher
wiU
1
it
II...
night
m
Clin!
"nj
n
.......
Vurl
"by
noon
to-
i.
un.
iiar
today
nnd
,
"'li'ht,
Mtnn
u''Pot,
Hardy.
42;
t
iiiu'd
n
.
.
""Hav
""Pert.
40.
).;.Port
Hardy.
C2:
Rupert,
60.
"'
.
1947
.:
a
ICS
feet
,
3
2.8
feet
"U8
5.2
feet
Quick
action
has
been
obtained
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
other
northern
boards
In
response
to
representations
a
few
days
ago
to
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
that
the
hearing
in
connection
with
the
application
of
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.
(or
a
scheduled
trucking
licence
on
the
highway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Burns
Lake
should
be
held
In
this
area
Instead
of
in
Vancouver.
A
message
received
by
Duncan
Kerr,
secretary
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Hade
of
Central
British
Columbia,
today
from
Dr.
W.
A.
Carrothers,
chairman""
of
tf,e
Public
Utilities
Commission,
said
the
hearing
had
been
changed
from
Vancouver
on
May
14
to
Prince
Rupert
on
June
4
and
5.
ROCK
SLIDE
ON
RAILWAY
Train,
Due
i'loni
lasl
Tonight,
is
at
Least
Fifteen
Hours
Laic
A
3&0-foot
rock
slide,
which
came
dowrf
over
both
the
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
lines
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
track
near
Mount
Robson
at
six
o'clock
last
cv'-nli.g
and
was
located
by
Jhc
sectlun
crew,
was
stin
blocking
the
trattic
up
to
the
middle
cf
this
morning
and
the
train,
ordinarily
due
from
the
East
at
10:45
(standard
time)
tonight,
was
posted
as
belli?
15
hours
late,
which
would
brlnz
It
in
at
1:45
standard
(2:45
daylight
saving)
time
to
morrow
afternoon.
Steam
shovel
and
other
equipment
was
busy
this
morning
dlsglnsj
out
the
obstruction
which
appeared
to
be
fairly
deep.
4jOther1se;'
tlw
divisional
su
as
perintendents
oincc
nere
reported
this
morning
that
track
conditions
wen
normal
along
the
Smithers
Division.
Rescued
By
Fish
Vessel
Crew
of
Doomed
Freighter
Saved
In
Storm
Off
Coast
of
Nova
Scolia
PORT
MOUTON,
Nova
Scotia
O)
While
Doundlng
seas
beat
at
nV
.Wthc
hull
of
the
wrecked
British
,,n
mis
wimp
,,,....
,,
j
lrClglHCT
WICKIUW
Jieau,
ouuu-
cri
on
nearby
Point
Joll
Head
artcr
running
aground
In
a
thick
fou
last
nisht,
thirty
of
her
crew
were
taken
off
in
a
darlne
rescue
operation
yestcr-riav
hv
the
fishinit
boat
Ray
I
Richards.
The
other
three
members
of
NAMED
HEAD
OF
OBLATES
Father
Eron
Desehalelets
Elcclcd
Supcrioi'-Grneriil
of
O.M.I.
KOMK
i
Father
Leon
Vc
..i.nininttf
fMiiadlan.
was
yes-
viiuvvivwi
.
w--
-
lerday
elected
supcrlor-gcueiai
of
the
Oblate
Order
of
Mary
Inmaculate.
Since
1944.
Fatncr
Desehalelets
has
been
provincial
of
the
Order
for
Eastern
canauj
with
headquarters
at
Montreal.
Forty-eight
years
or
age,
r
w
cr
Desehalelets
studied
at
Ottawa
University
and
became
professor
and
superior
of
St.
Jo
seph
Scholarlstlcate
weic.
TPlrct
rvinnrtlnn
to
become
SU-
Dcrlor-General
of
the
Oblate
Or-
J.
onih
riMehateieis
cecds
Rev.
Teodore
Laboure
who,
died
during
the
war.
NORTHERN
AMD
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMJJLVp
NEWSPAPER
I!
'',41
TAXI
J
A
a
0-
nrAxi
TAXH
mm
Wionc!
-
1
r
9.35
537
lib
M
W
I
..m
wiQHT
6KRVICE
r
DAY
AND
NIQHT
SERVICE
3
fiy
Hotel.
Third
Are.T
I
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
9
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
5
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
104.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
3,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
hC
um
299
""".Lib
4r
laians
i
Present
Case
to
Ott
H1J
47
rtnllr
IITII
ITICC
AAUlilCCIAU
UTAH
3
k..
Lll
1IKII1I
i
U
1U
UVITIITIIUUIUIB
'.
I
M
II
1
1
V
U
KEATENED
Employers
ON
TRUCKING
TRANSFERRED
HERE
the
33-man
crew
had
struggled
ashore
early
yesterday
on
the
desolate
rocky
coast
five
miles
from
tills
southern
Nova
Scotia
fishing
village.
Their
lifeboat
was
pounded
to
splinters
on
the
rocks.
No
one
-was
hurt
In
the
opera
lion
which
was
carried
out
in
little
more
than
an
hour.
The
2888-ton
Wlcklow
Head,
enroute
from
Glasgow
to
St.
John,
New
Brunswick,
was
abandoned
to
the
mercy
of
the
thundering
Atlantic.
I
I
Laoor
is
Returned
Victorious
Day
In
Elections
In
Two
Australian
Slates
SYDNEY,
Oi
Labor
governments
were,
apparently,
return
ed
to
power
In
tlw
state
elections
today
In
New
South
Wales
and
Queensluid,
but
with
reduced
majorities,
the
Austra
lian
Broadcasting
Commission
announced.
DE-CONTROL
RESTRICTIVE
LAWS
SCORED
Verbal
blows-at
Vising
living
costs
and
"restrictive"
labor
legislation
were
delivered
by
Stan
.
Boshler,
local
Labor-Pro-
ercsslvc
Club
chairman,
before"
an
audience
of
30
which
attend
cd
a
May
Day
meeting
in
the
MetroDole
Hall
Thursday
night.
Major
problem
facing
Canada
s
workers
today,
Mr.
Boshier
said,
Is,
to
have
price
controls
resumed
so
that
prices
will
re
turn
to
levels
comparable
to
last
year
and
he
urged
that
labor
unions
unite
to
put
pressure
on
the
government
for
this
purpose.
"In
order
to
bring
this
about,
unified
ef
rort
by
all
trade
unions
Is
essential,
and
It
could
be
brouuht
about
by
co-operation
between
trie
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
and
the
Trades
and
labor
Concress."
Mr.
Boshier
said.
"With
such
co-operation,
we
could
vuuiu
arouse
a
M
show
of
protest
Bill
39
which
allow
for
the
set-
among
the
workers
and
farmers
ting
up
of
company
unions
un-that
the
government
would
be
dcr
the
name
of
"employee
or-forced
to
adopt
a
policy
allow-
ganlzatlons"
and
also
provisions
ing
for
better
living
standards."
for
large
fines
for
workers
taking
On
the
other
hand,
he
assert-1
actions
Illegally
under
the
act.
mm
i
m
i
i
in
i
zwrjrY.y
vrto&pMM
Bor,.
rmmm
ENGLAND'S
VAN
HORSES
HAVE
THEIR
DAY
Each
year,
around
Easter
time,
London's
van
horses,
those
ubiquitous
beasts
of
burden,
who
are
seen
dally
carting
goods
and
hauling
freight,
have
their
day.
They
are
shlned
up
and
cleaned
and
paraded
bv
the
Van
Horse
Parade
society.
One
of
the
express
dairies'
entrants
rears
with
anxiety
as
he
gets
ready
for
the
show.
This
was
the
society's
33rd
show.
Prizes
are
given
to
the
best
van
horses.
,
t-r
i
.
MrMT
.
TO
f
mm
HENRY
MAKES
SOME
FRIENDS
Like'ihe
little
boy
who
tossed
an
egg
into
the
electric
fan
and
then
went
out
to
spin
his
top.
Henry
Wallace
sits
at
peace
with
two
children
at
the
foot
of
the
memorial
erected
by
U5.iservlcemen
at
Frackleton,
Eng.,
where
an
American
plane
crashed
on
the
vlllag
school
during
the
war,
killing
all
but
the
two
children
shown
twith
Wallace.
They
are
Ruby
Whittle
and
George
Casey.
There
were
rumblings
in
the
U.S.
Congress
over
Wallace's
criticism
of
UJ.
loreign
poncy
m
speeches
he
made
In
England.
CONTROL
BILL
GOES
THROUGH
OTTAWA,
Oi
-House
of
Ccm-
i
mons
gave
third
reading
to
the
government's
main
control
bill
I
the
last
of
emergency
legisla
tion
submitted
for
approval
this
session.
The
bill
r.ow
goes
to
the
Senate
for
three
readings
of
its
eight
clauses
caibcdylaT;
VI
orders-ln-council.
It
continues
for
one
.year
the
governments
authority
io
impose
price'and
rent
controls.
ted,
excess
profits
taxes
on
business
should
not
be
lifted
at
the
present
time.
The
recent
decision
of
(the
government
should
be
reversed
and
the
taxes
re-imposed.
Mr.
Boshier
declared
that
"big
business"
Is
conspiring
to.
scuttle
the
labor
movement
so
It
can
reap
"super
profits"
during
the
next
few
years.
He
cited
American
lealslatlon
designed
to
out
law
Industry-wide
bargaining
asd
the
closed
shop
as
evidence
of
this
across
the
border
and
"Bill
39"
in
British
Columbia.
Particularly
odious
to
the
la
bor
movemen:
are
sections
of
PRISON
RIOT
IS
PUT
DOWN
Nisht
Long
Disorder
at
United
Slates
Army
Disciplinary
Barracks
FORT
LEAVENWORTH.
Kan.
two
hundred
and
fifty
of
800
prisonra,
who
engaged
In
a
IMgiib-WUIi.
lv
J
nnary
Darrawc
-surenuciru
w.
their
guards
today.
They
sur
rendered
after
the
command
ant
sent
them
ai;
ultimatum
over
the
loud
sneaker
system.
One
prisoner
was
killed
and
seven,
others
wcrt
injurra
in
rioting
previous
to
the
The
disturbance
started
when
white
prisoners
objected
to
eating
with
negroes.
More
than
200
tear
gas
shells
and
grenades
were
lobbed
into
the
cell
blocks
before
the
ulti
matum
was
Issued.
Year's
First
Cottonwood
Raft
'Leaves
Billmor
The
first
cottonwood
sea
crib
to
bo
dispatched
from
the
Prince
Rupert
district
this
year
left
Billmor
mill
Saturday
under
tew
for
Vancouver,
destined
for
Western
Plywoods
Ltd..
where
It
will
be
converted
into
Veneers
for
furnituro
and
Industrial
uses.
The
crib,
or
Davis
raft,
was
composed
of
1,237
logs,
staling
900.000
feet
board
measure,
and
left
Billmor
In
tew
of
the
tug
Island
Commander,
Capt.
Goodwin.
It
cleared
Billmor
at
ten
o'clock
Saturday
morning.
1
The
lozs
were
collected
at
I
BllJmor
during
1946,
being
haul
I
ed
from
the
Terrace
district
by
Canadian
National
uauways.
They
were
cut
by
C.
L.
M.
Gig
gey,
Terrace
timlber
operator.
The
huge
crib
wes
woven
to-
Eethcr
with
33
cables
of
lVb-lns
diameter,
cables
weighing
five
tens,
and
used
24
steel
shackles,
75
cable
clamps,
the
whole
binding
equipment
being
valued
at
$3,CC0,
20
per
cent
of
which
is
of
no
value
for
further
use
The
tug
Island
Commander,
which
Is
lowing
the
raft,
was
formerly
known
as
the
Andrew
Kelly,
and
was
once
owned
by
the
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.,
which
operated
it
as
a
trawler.
MUNICH
HEILS
HITLER
AGAIN
I
MUNICH.
Germany
)
Nazi
posters
praising
Adolf
Hitler
as
the
Ideal
leader
and
announcing
a
new
antl-Semitic
party
ap
neared
mysteriously
on
bill
boards
In
a
central
square
here
yesterday.
Asr
Less
Discrimination,
More
Education
and
Representation
Cannery
Companies
Are
Charged
With
Keeping
Natives
Down
Move
to
Bring
Japs
Back
to
Coast
Seen
OTTAWA
(CP)
British
Columbia
Indians
want
less
discrimination,
more
education
and
"no
taxation
without
representation,"
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
RriticVi
Pninmriin
fnlrl
:i
ioint
Parliamentary
com-
'mittee
on
Indian
affairs
Friday
night.
Thomas
Gos-
t
tit
i
A.
L
nell
of
Port
Simpson
charged
mat
west,
coabi
can-
tilnrr
nm
na
tliic
UPff
tisinr
fill-
ancial
pressure
to
keep
the
In-i
dlans
down.
These
companies
owned
85
percent
of
the
boats
and
equipment
used
py.lhe
In
dians.
A
move
was
being1
made
to
bring
the
Japanese
back
to
the
fisheries
on
the
west
coast,
Gosnell
charged,
Gosnell
pointed
to
Alaska
as
an
example
of
where
the
government
had
bought
canneries
and
allowed
the
Indians
to
buy
them,
the
same
Indians
now
operating
them
successfully.
A
lengthy
brief,
signed
by
William
Scow,
president
of
the
Brotherhood
of
British
Col
umbia;
Rev.
Peter
R.
Kelly,
chair
man
of
the
Legislative
commit
tee,
and
Guy
R.
Williams,
rep-
rcscatiilve
of
unaf
lltated
Indians
of
British
Columbia
was
present
ed
to
the
committee.
Aquitania
Brings
Many
Passengers
MONTREAL,
t
When
the
Aquitania
docked
at
Halifax
Saturday
from
Southampton,
she
had
on
board
one
of
the
largest
groups
of
passengers
she
has
yet
brought
to
the
Dominion.
The
Canadian
National
operated
four
boat
specials
to
handle
the
movement
from
that
port.
One
train
Is
carrying
342
passengers
to
points
in
western
Canada.
U.S.
DESTROYER
TO
VISIT
HERE
The
United
States
Navy
de
stroyer
J.
W.
Thomason
will
arrive
In
Prince
Rupert
for
a
four
day
visit
on
May
22,
according
to
word
received
at
naval
re
serve
headquarters
here
this
morning.
The
vessel
will
stop
hpre
In
the
roiirsc
of
a.
United
States
naval
reserve!
training
cruise.
The
visit
wlll.be
Inform
mal.
The
J.
W.
Thomason,
un
der
command
of
Lleut.-Com
mander
G.
Gcmmlil,
will
leave
on
May
26.
J.
V.
Carter,
who
has
been
here
for
the
past
teveral
(laya
on
fire
Insurance
adjustment
business,
and
Mrs.
Carter
are
sailing
by
the
Camtsun
toiujlit
on
their
return
to
Vancouver
Bulletins
SEARCH
CONTINUES
VANCOUVER
Ideal
weather
prevails
today
for
continuation
.
I
1
1.
fn.
Vl
fciOl
me
great
caim
n
-
missing
TransCanada
airliner
near
Vancouver.
Late
yesterday
it
was
establishtd
that
what
was
believed
to
be
the
winff
ol
a
witcked
plane
on
Mount
Coquitlam
was
not
such
an
object.
It
was
just
another
worthless
clue.
CAREFUL
OF
ORIENTALS
O
T
T
A
W
A
Major-General
G.
R.
Pearkes,
V.C
Progressive
Coiuervative
member
for
Na
naimo,
while
paying
tribute
to
the
shlninr
example
ol
pat
riolism
of
the
Chinese
duilns
the
war.
said
that
Canada
had
to
be
practical
about
admitting
more
Oriental
Immigrants
io
this
country
and
he
asked
the
government
to
give
assure
'
ance
that
the
country
would
not
be
flooded
with
them.
POLICE-STRIKERS
CLASH
IN
QUEBEC
LACHUTE,
Que.
Qi
Four
persons
were
reported
injured
nnd
six
arrested
as
provincial
police
and
striking
workers
of
Ayres
Limited
mills
clashed
when
an
undisclosed
number
of
workers
attempted
to
cross
a
picket
line
MONTREAL
HOLD-UP
One
of
Two
tGuninen
Held
up
After
Snatching
85,000
Soft
Drink
Payroll
MONTREAL,
KB
One
of
two
mintawn
who
snatched
a
$5,C00
payroll
from
the
Pepsi-Cola
Co.
in
Outremont,
was
arrested
a
few
hours
after
the
theft
was
committed.
The
hold-up
occur
red
Friday
noon,
but
news
of
It
was
withheld
until
today.
The
employees
were
held
up
while
retumlnc
from
a
bank
with
a
payroll.
England
Beats
France
LONDON.
.0)
Encland
de
feats
France
by
a
score
of
3
to
0
here
today
In
an
international
soccer
match.
TESTING
WATER-OPERATEL
"LUNG"
A
watchful
eye
Is
kept
on
patient
Lesllo
Blackburn
by
Edward
Cartwrlght,
Inventor,
as
the
latter
tests
his
water-operated
"Iron
Lung"
on
the
boy
at
Austin
Hospital.
Melbourne.
Australia.
The
aparatus
is
designed
for
use
where
there
Is
no
electricity.
MAYDAY
DISORDERS
Worst
Trouble
Was
in
i
Palermo,
Italy
.Where
Eight
Were
Killed
LONDON,
tt)
Most
serious
ot
the
disorders
in
Europe
which
marked
May
Day;otaerYancs;
as
the
world's
workers
celebrated
labor's
traditional
international
holiday,
occurred
at
Palermo,
Sicily,
where
eight
persons
were
killed
and
33
wounded
In
a.
clash
when
two
parading
Columns
numbering
400
workers
and
peasants,
were
caught
in
machine
gun
fire
at
a.
cross
roads.
Workers
throughout
Italy.
ex-
cept
those
in
public
services
and
utilities,
left
their
lynches
and
offices
today
In
general
strike
to
protest
at
the
ambush.
'
The
general
labor
federation
did
not
say
how
long
the
strilce
should
last
but
it
was
belleired
It
might
only
be
a
few
hours.
Five
thousand
Italians
iti
Tri
este
were
dlfpsrsed
with,
tear
gas
and
lire
hose
when
thsy
at
tempted
to
hold
a
parad
thlch
had
been
banned
by
the,
asahor-
ities.
,
The
largest
demonstrations
for
May
Day
occurred
inMoscow
where
Premier
Stalin
reviewed
a
huge
parade.
LONDONi
BRIDGE1-
BROUGHT
DOWN
Royal
Navy
Man
Span
After
Regular
Crew
of
.City
Employees
Walk
Out
LONDON',
Oi
The
Royal.
Navy
began
operating
drawbridge
rpans
of
London's
picturesque
Tower
Bridge
today
while,
a
regular
crew
of
city
enrpjoyees
remained
on
strike.
Thr
bridge
had
tvpn
nnen.
Its
mail-'
sky-;
ward,
since
Monday
nlghfrtwheii
,
the
walk-out
occurred.
It
crosses
the-Thames
In
a
heavily-travelled
area
and
the
walkout,
caused
traffic
chaos.
0.
SOCCER
SCORES
OLD
COUWiRY
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
First
Division
Brentford
0,
Blackburn
R.
3.
Chelsea
1,
Sheffield
United
4,
Derby
County
1,
Huddersfleld
Town
0.
i
Grimsby
T.
4?
Mlddlcsborough.
Leeds
United
1,
Stoke
City
2,
Liverpool
1,
Manchester
U
0.
Portsmouth
1,
W.
1.
Sunderland
1,
Charlton
A.
1.
Second
Division"
Barnsley
4,
Fulhdm
1.
Birmingham
4,
Bradford
0.
Bury
1,
Tottenham
2.
Chesterfield
5,
Southamp
ton
0,
Manchester
City
0,
Newcastle
Nottingham
Forest
1,
Swan-
;eal.
'
fJ
Plymouth
A.
0,
Mlllwall
2.
West
Bromwlch
A.
1,
Coven
try
1.
.
..
...
.:
West
Ham
U,
ShcIIWld
w.
.1.
SCOTTISH
LKAGUE.
First
DivfaJon
Aberdeen
4,
St.
Mirren
2.
Celtic
3,
Motherwell
2.
Queen's
Park
2,
Morton
3.
Partlck
Thistle
0,
Hibernian
2.
Baseball
Scores
American
.League
Philadelphia
2,
Detroit
3.
New
York
5,
Chicago
2
Boston
0,
Cleveland
2.
St.
Louis-Washington
postponed.
National
League
All
games
postponed.
...
Si
Ft.
.
V
A,
3
3
ft-
'4
ft
X
t