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indicator
.
oninion
amnnir
hnsinr
men
throuahout
the
cltv..
how-
ever,
was
,
that
the
dropping
of
restrictions
would
ultimately
result
In
a
lowering
of
prices
as.
the
normal
laws
of
supply
and
'
demand
take
hold.
Coal
dealers
forecast
tliat
re-
moval
of
price
ceilings
on
that
commodity
would
result
In
an
increase
but
none
would
say
definitely
how
much
it
would
be.
Coal
will
be
freed
from,
price
control
on
April
15,
ac
cording
to
last
night's
announce-'
ment.
j
Local
coal
retailers
say
that
retail
price
restrictions
have
squeezed
them
badly
in
the
last
few
months,
so
that,
even
on
moderately
large
turnovers,
profit
was
slight.
"We
planned
to
make
a
con-i
ccrted
application
for
a
ceiling
increase,"
one
coal
dealer
said.
"However,
removal
of
the
ceiling
has
made
It
unnecessary.
There
definitely
will
be
a
price
increase
but
I
can't
say
how
much
It
will
j
be."
I
ill
EAT
TRICKS
AKIi
j
IIIC.II
ENOUCII
NOW
I
Removal
of
ceilings
on
all
varieties
of
fowl,
non-standard
types
of
sausage,
canned
and
cooked
meats,
caused
one
meat
retailer
to
comment,
that
he
had
no
Intention
of
raising
prices
unless
wholesale
prices
forced
UTm
ioi
Personally,
I
think
meat
and
butcher
shop
prices
ore
as
high
as
they
can
go
and
still
find
buyers
for
our
products.
Our
price
levels
arc
linked
with
the
packers.
If
they
raise
thcir's,
we
will
have
to
raise
ours."
Cooking
ranges,
refrigerators,
washing
machines
and
other
household
equipment
probably
will
not
rise,
now
that
they
arc
free
of
price
ceilings,
retailers
agree.
Any
Initial
increase
will
be
followed
by
a
levelling
off
as
the
law
of
supply
and
demand
go
into
effect
again.
"Now
watch
prices
come
down,"
a
household
equipment
retailer
declared.
"Even
if
they
rise
slightly
at
first.,
they
will
adjust
themselves
at
levels
suitable
to
the
buying
public."
Used
cars
arc
due
for
a
price
jump,
since
the
margin
between
them
and
new
vehicles
has
been
separated
too
widely
by
government
edict,
according
to
a
gar-ace
proprietor,
who
went
on
to
predict
that,
even,
in
this
field,
a
lcvcllingroff
would
take
pja
within
a
three
or
four-montn
neriod.
"Prices
on
the
best
models
of
used
cars
have
been
held
too
low
In
their
relationship
to
new
models,"
he
said.
"They
are
bound
to
rise
to
a
more
balanced
level."
Freedom
Short-Lived
Two
Youths
Make
(Iclaway
From
Okalla
But
Were
Soon
Recaptured
VANCOUVER
iti
Two
youthful
inmates
of
Okalla
Prison,
eight
miles
cast
of
here,
madei
a
dash
for
freedom
today
but
were
captured
by
.
prison
guards
rha.se
through
the
'
busn
coulllrv
surrounding
the
prison.
The
escapees,
who
were
working
in
the
prison
yard,
dashed
across
the
yard,,
scaled
a
fence
and
headed
for
the
bush.
Fourteen
guards
and
four
police
constables
Joined
In
the
chase
during
which
warning
shots
were
fired.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
April
3,
1947
High
.
12:03
20.6
feet
Low
...
.
6:00
5.7
feet
18:21
2.9
feet
viHt
I
irjj.aHy
1
NATURE
DEALS
ENGLAND
ANOTHER
CRUEL
BLOW
A
Britain
struggling
to
recover
from
the
effects
of
the
war
and
the
most
severe
winter
in
50
years
has.
an
additional
problem
with
which
to
cope
flood
conditions,
This
air
view
of
the
Kent
village'
of
Yalding
shows
the
Inundation
caused
by
the
overflowing
of
the
Mcdway
aild
Beult
rivers.
The
most
disastrous
flood
of
the
centuryhas
turned
a
9,000-squarc
mile
triangle
of
Britain
into
a
Jyast
lake
and
made
thousands
homeless.
The
area
bounded
by
the
Bristol
channel
in
the
west,
The
Wash
in
the
cast
and
the
Thames
River
in
the
south
was
described
as
chaotic
as
a
result
of
the
floods.
r
More
Ceilings
Are
LiftedtNOJ
hiring
men
NORTHERN
AND
CENTR,
Al.
BRIHan
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TAXI
I
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clfipiA
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TAXI
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111.
235
I'honci
6
537
miflHT
SERVICE
A.w
4
t
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVJlff.ls
1'
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic-
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Ncibftj
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
77,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
2,
1947
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yesterday
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minister
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Itrconlral
of
Lone
L't
uf
Articles
Announcrcl,
Effective
Today
OTTAWA
Lifting
of
price
lid
by
the
government
from
another
JonsolisUoIocKUVinS'rvJissirana
was
announced
ltr
Parliament
yesterday
afternoon
by
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
minister
of
finance.
The
new
decontrol
order
applies
to
roughly
one-third
of
goods
and
services
which
had
still
toccn
under
control.
The
list
of
goods
and
services
which
remained
until
control
covered
many
'basic
necessities
of
life
in
food,
clothing
and
shelter,
the
financial
minister
said.
Rent
restrictions
must
be
continued,
Mr.
Abbott
stated
although
it
was
hoped
changes
in
rental
regulations
would
be
announced
"very
shortly."
Mr.
Abbott
expressed
hope
that
the
move
would
bring
prices
"iimoothly
to
the
levels
which
arc
now
appropriate."
In
general
the
new
6rcer,
effective
as
from
icday,
removes
Uiesc
goods
from
the
list.of
goods
and
services
still
under
price
cdlings;
MEMORY
STRIKE
IS
CONTINUING
WASHINGTON,
IP
-The
great
soft
coal
Industry;
vof
the
United
States
continues
silent
since,
mldnfeht
Monday
,
when
400,000
United
Mine
Workers
ot
America
members
(A.F.L.1
began
a
six-day
work
fteppage
in
memory
of
111
victims
of
last
week's
Ccnlralla,
Illinois,
mine
disaster
FOREKJN
1
All
motor
vehiclc-s.
all
sot,
drinks,
all.
coal,
coke,
charcoal
and
fuel
wood
an-
all
footwear
leather
itself
and
hides
still
"being
under
control).
ducks
certain
non-standard
Kinds
ot
sausage,
canned
and
cocked
meats.
3.
All
types
of
candy,
confectionery,
cocoa
ibeans
and
derivatives
and
bevemgc
preparations
made
frcm
cocoa.
4.
Wool
in
'all
its
forms.'
whether
yarn,
fabric
or
clothing.
5.
Household
equipment
such
as
cooking
ranges,
refrigerators,
domestic
w
ash"
I
n
g
machines,
sewing
machines,
plumbing
and
sanitary
equipment.
6.
All
chemicals,
plastics,
products
in
ipaper
and
paper
pro-duets
field,
many
containers,
packing
.materials
and
a
lengthy
list
of
construction
products.
Aiv?us
Mclnnls,
C.C.V.
member
for
Vancouver
East,
complained
at
the
lifting
of
controls
on
consumer
goods
while
controls
still
remained
on
articles
to
manufacturers.
MARCH
CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS
$36,000
Cut-turns
receipts
at
the
port
uf
Prinze
Rupert
during
March
ware
$3,035,
bringing
revenue
for
the
first
three
months
of
the
year
to
$88,359.
This
was
about
$25,000
greater
than
for
the
first
three
months
of
1940
and
equal
to
the
customs
revenue
In
the
first
quarter
of
1945.
MINISTERS
AT
"MG
Here
is
a
general
view
at
a
meeting
of
the
Big
Four
rorclgn
ministers'
conference
In
the
Soviet
aviation
industry
building,
Moscow.
U.S.
Secretary
of
State
George
Marshall,
Is
shown
side
table,
with
John
Foster
bending
over
papers
on
far
of
Dulles
US.
delegate-
Behind
the
small
British
flag
In
the
Prince
Rupert
office
of
the
Emfjlpjiment
Service
of
Canada
has
no
orders
for
men
for
construction
or
surve'y
work
on
the
r-r
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l
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,
iCiajioe
vmu
uiuiik
'wu.tu
is.
wj
pnnrfijTifWaOH.IdankrEnr'
ployiiicnt'
Officer
E.
V.
Whiting
said
T;ie;duy.
-Mr.
Whithrr
said
thivt,
while
he
has
stacks
of
applications
for
employment
on
the
new
project,
with
many
more
coming
in
dally,
he
has
as
yet
received
no
word
as
to
when
th
work
will
start
on
the
$15,000,000
project.
Rumors
circulating
among
job-seekers
tlnat
preliminary
work
on
the
pulp
plant
would
start
oh,
or
shortly
after,
April
1
have
caused
a
flood
of
enquiries,
to
pour
into
the
Employment
Office
where
they
arc
.filed
pending
further
"work
on
the
plans
of
the
company.
"Requests
'for
workmen
must
be
channelled
through
the
Employment
Office,
so
we
will
toe
advised
before
the
work
starts,"
Mr,
Whiting
said.
"So
far
we
have
received
no
requests
for
men
from
that
source"
The
employment
picture
in
l'rlracc
Rupert;
at
the
present
time
Is
greatly
Improved
over
the
winter
months
when
there
was
an
average
of
350
persons
seeking
work,
Mr,
Whiting
declared.
Resumption
of
activity
in
the
'fish
houses
and
an
increase
In
the
(building
trades
Is
employing
an
increasing
number
cf
men.
"There
Is
Hill
a
considerable
number
of
unemployed,
but
it
is
getting
down
rapidly,"
lie
said.
FOUR"
CONFERENCE
IN
f
STREET
WORK
TO
BE
BASED
ON
MAJOR
PLAN
Prinse
Rupert
citizens
who
expect
the
Immediate
start
o
a
major
street
and
sewer
rehabilitation
(program
on
tin
basis
of
ihe
federal
government's
grant
f
or
l43,OO0
to
the
city,
will
have
to
curb
their
Impatience
until
nj-term
plans
are
laid
and
instruction
equipment
available,
Mayor
INora
Arnold
be-ileves.
The
reparations
money,
granted
to
compensate
for
wartime
military
damage
to
streets
and
sewers,
is
to
be
put
to
use
as
soon
as
possible
but
it
will
require
a
considerable
amount
of
planning
before
the
project
can
be
properly
started.
1
"Decisions
on
this
matter
rest
with
tfte
Board
of
Works
and
City
Council,"
she
said,
"But
It
is
my
personal
opinion
that
the
city
cai,
jjgujo
more
thaji
continue
its
present
street
maintenance
work
until
the
major
re-habililitation
project
Is
devel
oped.
This
will
entail
a
tremendous
amount
of
preliminary
planning."
Mayor
Arnold
said'
she
would
be
in
favor
of
bringing
in
expert
technical
advlde
for
the
project.
She
was
non-committal
as
to
wheth?r
Ihccity
should
do
the
work
itself
cr
have
it
done
I
on
contract.
'The
city
has
no
road
build
ing
equipment
to
do
the
job,
and
road-making
material
Ls
difficult
to
get.
There
Is
no
good
rock
on
Kalen
Island
so
It
will
have
to
toe-
brought
In.
However,
"whether-br
nwwecciltkt
rgc1r.ft.1
road
contractor
to
come
m
for
tho
job
is
another
matter."
She
agreed
that
If
the
provincial
government
could
fee
prevailed
upon
to
hard-surface
the
Prince
Rupert-Port
Edward
road
the
same
company
doing
that
work
(might
handle
the
citys
street
project
as
well.
In
the
possession
of
the
city
council
is
a
comprehensive
re
port
compiled
last
year
by
City
Engineer
E.
A.
Phillips
which
contains
recommendations
for
long-term
street
and
.sewer'con-struction
planning.
This
report
rray
be
the
ibasls
on
which
use
of
the
federal
grant
and
the
projected
$150,000
bonded
loan
may
be
used.
FIVE
YEARS
IN
KILLING
'
Father
of
Mrs.
Evelyn
l)ick
Pleads
Guilty
to
Being
Accessory
to
Son-in-Law's
Slaying
HAMILTON
(CM
Donald
Mac-
Lean,
aged
60.
father
of
Mrs.
Evelyn
Dick
and
former
street
car
company
jajiitor,
was
today
spntenced
to
five
years'
impris
onment
In
penitentiary
on
a
charge
of
being,
an
accessory
in
th
torso
slaying
of
his
son-in
law.
John
Dick.
He
pleaded
guilty
yesterday.
MOSCOW
centre
of
the
table.
Deputy
Soviet
Minister
Andrei
Vlshlnsky,
ls
at
extreme
left
facing
the.
camera
next
to
Foreign
Minister
Molotov.
British
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevln
is
in
left
foreground,
while
French
Foreign
Minister
Georges
Bldault
sits
at
extreme
right.
General
Marshall
Still
Optimistic
On
Outcome
Question
of
Reparations
Still
Inspiring
Dismal
Feeling
Over
German
Peace
Talk
MOSCOW
(CP)
Secretary
of
State
George
C.
Marshall
was
reported
today,
despite
a
general
at.
mosphere
of
gloom
that
the
conference
would
break
up
in
deadlock
over
the
primary
issue
of
reparations,
to
be
hopeful
that
differences
blocking
progress
on
"Jerman
peace
settlement
might
be
composed
but
Bulletins
i
British
and
French
diplomats
AIR
FARES
LOWERED
MONTREAL
TransCanada
Airlines
has
lowered
its
Trans-Atlantic
fares.
One
way
from
Montreal
to
London
Is
down
from
$375
plus
tax
to
$312
plus
tax
and
round
trip
from
$675
plus
tax
to
$516.
TO
MEET
STALIN
MOSCOW
In
an
effort
to
obtain
Russian
concessions
which
will
obviate
a
deadlock
in
the
foreign
ministers'
council
session
on
reparations
and
German
peace,
General
Marshall
may
seek
a
special
interview
with
Marshal
Joseph
Stalin.
MAY
ADVERTISE
LIQUOR
OTTAWA
Federal
restric
tions
on
advertising
of
liquor
have
been
lifjted,
it
Is
announced.
HURT
BY
DETONATOR
r
VANCOUVER-Leonird'Lar
sen,
9-year-old
Mount
Pleasant
boy,
sustained
serious
injuries
to
his
hands
and
one
eye
may
be
affected
as
a
result
of
a
fall
with
a
detonator
be
had
found
in
a
'ditch
near
Simon
Fraser
School.
A
number
of
such
detonators
are
missing
from
a
building
project
and
warning
has
been
issued.
RED
ENVOY
RECALLED
MOSCOW
It
was
reported
here
today
that
the
Russian
ambassador
to
Greece
was
being
recalled.
NEW
FISHING
TERMS
HALIFAX
New
terms,
including
the
division
of
catch
proceeds
for
Nova
Scotia
fishermen,
are
in
effect
today
as
the
majority
of
500
fishermen
prepare
for
sea
after
a
12-wcek
strike.
The
ew
division
will
be
sixty
percent
for
crew
and
forty
percent
for
owners
as
had
been
sought
by
the
fishermen.
ANTI-GAMBLING
VANCOUVER
Vancouver's
anti-gambling
campaign
is
in
full
swing
today
and
during
the
night
34
Chinese
were
arrested
in.
raids
by
the
police
who
also
seized
gambling
equipment.
STEEL
PRICE
RISING
OTTAWA
Hugh
Miller,
assistant
purchasing
agent
for
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
told
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners,
hearing
the
application
of
the
railways
for
a
thirty
percent
increase
in
freight
rates,
that
he
expected
a
five
percent
increase
in
steel
prices.
NO
MEDICAL
FACULTY
VANCOUVER
The
Board
of
(iovernors
of
University
of
British
Columbia
decided
today
that
there
could
be
no
medical
faculty
established
this
year
owing
to
shoitage
of
hospital
beds
and
inadequacy
of
the
$100,000
grant.
UNION
TO
FILE
CLAIM
NEW
YORK
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
is
expected
to
file
claims
in
connection
with
the
Centralia,
Illinois,
coal
mine
disaster.
CANADIAN
DOLLAR
LOW
NEW
YORK
The
Canadian
dollar
exchange
was
down
to
the
lowest
point
today
since
last
July.
The-discount
was
7!i
percent
took
a
dismal
view.
The
deputy
foreign
ministers
assigned
to
work
on
the
German
issues
found
themselves
badly
snarled
on
reparations.
One
question
Involved
ls
the
making
of
a
report
to
the
foreign
ministers'
council
on
com
plaints
of
the
Inter-Allied
rep
arations
agency
against
Big
Power
failure
to
meet
reparations
promises
to
eighteen
smaller
countries..
It
was
announced
today
that
General
Marshall
had4.
informed
Soviet
Foreign
Commissar
V.
M.
Molotov
that,
when
present
withdrawals
of
United
States
troop.
from
China
are
completed,
only
6,180
military
and
naval
'personnel
will
remain
at
the
request
of
the
Chinese
government.
Labor
Bill
Going
Thru
Highlighted
Yesterday
Afternoon's
Sitting
ot
Legislature
at
Victoria
VICTORIA,
R
The
labor
bill,
providing
Jor
(government
supervision
of
secret
strike
votes
and
penalties
for
illegal
strikes
and
lock-outs,
again
highlighted
sittings
of
the
provincial
legislature
yesterday.
Attorney
General
Gordon
led
the
argument
in
favor
of
the
bill.
He
held
that
the
secret
strike
vote
under
government
supervision
would
do
much
to
eliminate
labor
unrest.
It
wculd
make
sure
that
workers
really
wanted
to
strike
and
there
would
be
more
public
satisfaction
as
to
their
real
de3lre.
Amendments,,
introduced
in
committee
stage
by
Labor
Min
ister
George
Pearson,
provide
for
a
direct
strike
vote
In
addition
to
earlier
requirement
of
a-
vote
of
acceptance
or
rejection
of
conciliation
board
award.
Oppoiitlorf
Leader
Harold
Winch
termed
the
supervision
clause
the
"most
vicious
system
ever
introduced
in
Canada."
After
lengthy
opposition
the
amendments
passed
the
committee
stage.
U.N.
TO
HEAR
PALESTINE
CASE
LAKE
SUCCESS
Vh
The
United
Nations
announced
today
that
Russia,
France
and
China
had
agreed
to
a
special
session
of
the
general
assembly
on
the
Palestine
case,
thus
clearing
the
final
barrier
to
Britain's
filing
the
explosive
case
with
the
international
body.
The
United
States
previously
gave
Its
approval.
THE
WEATHER
f
Forecast
North
Coast
and
Queen
CharlottesCloudy
witi
widely
scattered
rain
showers
today.
Thursday,
overcast,
itte
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tpnlght
At
Port
Hardy
30,
M&ssett
30,
Prince
Rupert
30.
Highs
Thursday
At
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
43,
Prlnca
Rupert
45.
C.P.R.
OFFICIAL
DIES
IN
SOUTH
VANCOUVER
George
Bruce
Burpee,
63,
for
som
yaars
general
passenger
agent
here
for
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
died
yesterday
after
having
been
in
ill-health
lor
pome
time.
He
came
here
from
Montreal
whru
he
had
served
as
assistant
general
passenger
agent.
He
was
born
in
St.
John,
New
Brunswick.
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