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RUPERT,
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1947
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CANAtSm,
"TT
TO
CO-OPERATE
WITH
ALL
NEW
YORK
(CP)-L.
under
secretary
ot
state,
said
here
today
that
Canada
would
play
its
"full
part
to
ensure
security
and
promote
progress
of
the
Americas."
He
said
in
answer
to
the
question
as
to
why
Canada
had
not
joined
the
Pan-American
Union,
that
"we
have
never
been
asked."
Mr.
Pearson,
former
ambassador
to
Washington,
said
that
Canada
stood
today
as
a
free
and
democratic
nation
within
the
British
Commonwealth
but
"ready
and
able
to
co-opcratc
with
other
American
nation?.
We
are
a
nation
strong
enough
to
make
co
-operation
with
us
worthwhile,
both
in
peace
and
In
war."
Is
Convicted
Of
Snatching
Ranald
Williams
to
Be
Sentenced
by
Judge
Fisher
Next
.Monday-Sentencing
of
Ranald
Williams,
found
guilty
of
the
theft
of
a
case
ot
silver
from
the
store
of
John
Bulger,
Ltd.,
will
take
place
next
Monday
afternoon.
This
was
announced
Friday
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court,
following
conclusion
of
the
trial
and
address
of
counsel.
Resuming
the
giving
ot
his
evidence
yesterday,
accused
told
cf
having
done
some
shopping
for
personal
effects
prior
to
en-
H"5"
the-
Bulger
store.
If
c
could
not
recall
clearly
hew
he
had
been
carrying
the
goods.
There
were
produced
in
court
a
couple
of
shirts
and
a
towel.
A
parcel
was
made
of
the
same,
by
way
of
demonstrating
any
possible
resemblance
of
such
parcel.
In
general
size,
to
the
missing
case
ot
silver.
Williams,
as
he
stood
In
the
witness
box,
said
more
than
once,
that
he
could
not
under
stand
why
Miss
Miller
and
Mrs.
Pope,
the
two
chief
witnesses
against
him,
could
have
any
reason
for
making
such
statements.
For
one
thing,
it
had
been
sworn
to
that,
when
he
entered
the
store,
he
was
not
carrying
anything
with
him.
He
said
he
knew
better.
He
certainly
had
a
parcel.
As
for
the
theft
of
a
box
of
silver
that
charge
was
utterly
false.
"Do
you,"
Inquired
T.
W
Brown,
Crown
Counsel,
"ever
have
any
trouble
not
taking
things?"
For
a
moment
It
seemed
as
if
the
unexpected
query
came
as
artolt
of
a
surprise.
Then
he
said,
quite
evenly:
"No.
slrl"
"Not
subject
to
kleptomania,
or
times
when
you
arc
thinking
cf
It,
or
feel
temptations,
or
wondering
If
It
would
sometimes
be
necessary
for
you
to
resist?"
The
accused
ftatcd
he
had
never
given
Vay
to
the
condition
described,
lie
thought
persons
i'down
with
nervous
attacks
or
not
themselves
could
be
in
that
state.
But
anyone
could
feel
tempted.
He
was
candid
In
saying
he
had
no
Immediate
use
for
a
box
of
silver,
but
could
use
It
If
he
ever
hod
such
an
article.
accused's
win:
CiIVKS
IJVIDENCi:
William's
wife
was
next
called.
Girlish
looking,
plainly
dressed,
she
walked
smartly
to
the
witness
stand,
remaining
there
but
a
short
time.
When
her
husband
came
home
on
the
afternoon
of
February
21,
he
had
a
couple
of
parcels
tinned
milk
and
laundry.
She
certainly
never
saw
a
box
of
silver
anywhere.
Counsel
for
the
defense,
W
O.
Fulton,
rpoke
for
a
good
half
hour.
Innocence,
he
submitted,
had
been
established
beyond
any
reasonable
doubt.
A
thorough
search,
in
many
different
places
had
disclosed
no
box
ot
silver.
Turning
to
the
alleged
theft
in
the
store,
was
It
logic
or
plain
(Continued
on
Paue
6)
AMERICAN
JJ.
Pearson,
Canadian
is
Brett
Hits
Unfair
Load
Regulations
VICTORIA
Ot
W.
II.
Brett
(CCF-Princo
Rupert)
charged
that
.
a
number
of
organization;
In
the
province
arc
using
the
name
"co-operative"
for
purposes
other
than
those
intend
ed.
He
urged
In
the
legislature
Friday
close
government
supervision
ot
co-operative
associations.
Mr.
Brett
also
urged
that
the
government
undertake,
a
survey
of
the
electric
facilities
offered
by
hU
constituency
with
a
view
toward
encouraging
Industrial
development
there,
and
a
further
survey
ot
the
coal
fields
be
tween
Prince
Rupert
and
Tclk-wa.
He
declared
that
it
Is
a
shortsighted
policy
to
import
coal
from
AJbcrta
when
vast,
undeveloped
resources
are
available
n
J;hls
province.
Mr.
Brett
called
attention
to
"
discrimination
agalnsit
Prince
Rupert
lh
the
oiattrr
ofluifalr
load-line
regulations
requiring
21
cents
a
ton
more
freight
costs
for
an
8,000-ton
cargo
at
Prince
Rupert
than
at
Vancoui
ver.
The
differential,
set
by
an
international
regulation
convention
years
ago,
due
to
weather
conditions
north
of
latitude
51
degrees.
Is
unfair,
he
contended.
lie
declared
that
weather
conditions
between
,51
and
56
degrees
arc
as
good,
or
better
than
.
between
40
and
50
degrees.
The
discrimination,
a
distinct
advantage
to
Seattle
and
Vancouver,
keeps
the
northern
grain
elevator
empty,
he
charged.
He
also
urged
that
the
highway
east
of
Prince
Rupert
be
maintained
and
kept
open
on
a
year-round
basis.
Bo-Me
High
Championships
LOCALS
OVERCOME
MAJOR
HURDLE
WITH
46
to
32
WIN
OVER
KAML00PS
HI
FIRST
ROUND
RESULTS
Prince
Rupert,
1G;
Kamloops,
33
New
Westminster
Trapp
Technical,
46;
Vancouver
Magrc,
33
Westminster
Dukes,
3!);
Vancouver
College,
,35
Victoria,
iti;
Princeton,
30
To
Meet
Winner
of
New
Westminster-Vancouver
In
Semi-Final
This
Afternoon
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Overcoming
a
first
half
deficit
after
becoming
familiarized
with
the
surroundings
of
a
smaller
floor
than
their
spacious
home
court,
Bo-Me-Hi
Rainmakers
of
Prince
Rupert
came
un
from
behind
yesterday
to
successfully
hurdle
a
major
barrier
on
the
way
to
the
British
Columbia
Invitational
senior.
High
School
basketball
championship.
They
defeated
the
strong
Kamloops
High
School
squad
by
the
decisive
score
oi
46
to
32,
and
are
going
on
this
afternoon
to
meet
Thomas
J.
Trapp
Technical
School
(New
Westminster)
which
defeated
Magee
Vancouver)
46
.to
39
yesterday;
Don
Hartwig
was
the
star
of
NATIONS
Bulletins
S.Y.
'SHIP
ATI
Hi;
M;W
YORK
One
member
of
(he
rrcw
and
two
lir;men
were
Injured
',n
a
fire
whith
raged
for
four
iliours
through
the
20,007-lon
(United
States
line
vessel;
John
Kricchon
laic
Yesterday,
causing
nn
estimated
$1,500,000
damage
'and
delaying
the
departure
tf
4lic
British
liner,
((uren
Elizabeth,
which
was
berthed
'at
the
miiw
Hudson
Kivcr
pier.
Fire
offleials
said
the
Waie
was
caused
by
a
short
circuit.
SHIP
BLOWS
IT
HEAL,
Kent,
Enir.
The
7,-009-ton
Creek
roal
dhip,
Ira,
exploded
land
broke
in
two
today
aNtr
ru'njiing
aground
m
treacherous
(ioodwin
Sands
but
the
31-man
crew
was
rescued.
The
.ship
was
formerly
?r.
American
Liberty
ship
aud
was
carrying
roal
to
Antwerp
on
her
first
Atlantic
crossing.
NEWS
BLACK-OUT
MOSCOW
Foreign
Secretary
Bcvin
of
Great
Britain
said
today
yn
arrival
for
the
foreign
ministers'
conference,
that
"wc
shall
(spend
the
days
ahead
trying
to
make
some
peace
which
will
prevent
any
future
aggression
and
let
the
wlwle
world
live
in
security."
A
,
stringent
news
JlacHout
was
clamped
down
pn
Itiivsian
press
and
radio
today.
NEWSPAPER
STRIKE
lVER
PARIS
Operators
and
mechanical
workers
of
more
than
thirty
French
newspapers
agreed
today
lo
end
a
three-weeks
newspaper
strike.
If
the
government
approves
an
agreement
granting
17
percent
wage
increases
for
seven-day
pub-.
lication,
publication
will
be
resumed
Monday.
BAN
MID-WEEK
SPORTS
LONDON
Oi
Banning
of
midweek
sports
meetings,
including
soccer,
In
the
interests
of
fuel
economy,
is
to
be
considered
by
the
government
next
week.
yesterday's
game,
scoring
21
ot
the
Prince
Rupert
points,
with
other
scorers:
Mcl
Thompson,
9;
Reg
Lavlgne,
7;
'Jim
Flatcn,
5;
Jhn
Fonnan,
2;
Eddie
Clccone,
2.
High
scorer
for
Kamloops
was
Dick
Reld
with
13
points.
At
the
first
quarter
the
score
NEAR
-
PR.
.
RUPERT
CANADIAN.
DELEGATE
SIGNS
PEACE
TREATY
-
General
Georges
P.
Vanier,
of
Quebec
City.
Que.,
Canadian
ambassador
to
France,
Is
shown
as
he
signed
the
Italian
peace
treaty
on
behalf
of
his
country
in
Paris.
The
signing
brought
violent
repercussions
in
Italy.
There
were
demonstrations
in
Rome
and
pther
cities,
and
a
British
general
was
shot.
Audience
Awards
Jimmy
Boll
$50
Prize
In
Kin
Anialeur
Show
KLEVEN-YEAR-OLD
VOCALIST
CAN
NOW
I$UY
HIS
BICYCLE
A
warm-hearted
audience
at
the
Kinsmen
.Club's
amateur
show
last
night
figuratively
applauded
a
bicycle
into
the
eager
hands
of
11-year-old
performer
ixmWi
Holtjwhep,
it
y
tfloqs.ed4ts
maxihiunj-espspnso.
to
Jus
vocal
solo
"liie
iuinstrei
uoy,
tnereoy
voting
him
winner
of
the
$50
first
prize.
Interviewed
on
the
stage
by
Master
of
Ceremonies
Bob
Moore'
just
before
his
performance,
Jimmy
was
the
only
one
ot
30
aspirants
who
knew
what
he
Would
do
with
the
prize
if
he
won
It.
"Ill
buy
a
bicycle,
I
guess,"
he
said,
grinning.
Then
he
proceeded
to
sing
the
Irish
ballad
in
a
warm,
clear
voice
that
brought
a
thunder
ot
applause
from
the
audience
of
700
which
packed
the
Civic
Centre
auditorium.
However,
Jimmy
"was
still
a
long
way
from
winning
the
$50
Wins
B.C.
Opener
j
was
9
to
11
against
Prince
Rupert.
Kamloops
had
built
up
their
lead
to
21
to
15
at
the.
half
way
mark,
but
Bo-Me-Hi
'staged
a
drive
to
overcome
the
lead
and
rfor.se
ahead
30
to
25
at
the
three
quarter,
continuing
their
sensa-.
tlonal
drive
to
smother
llvi
southern
Interior
outfit
in
the
fourth
stanza.
The
game
had
a
slow
start
but
the
pace
quickened
in
the
second
half
with
a
more
open
style
of
play
and
the
northerners
forcing-
the
pace.
(Rcterecing
was
highly
satisfactory
to
all
and
the
Prince
Rupert
team
got
fine
gallery
support
from
University
of
British
Columbia
students
and
others.
Duke
of
Connaughts
are
meeting
Victoria
In
the
other
semi-final
this
afternoon
and
the
finals
will
be
played
tonight.
GREAT
BRITAIN
TO
JOIN
PROTEST
LONDON
It
is.
understood
here
that
Great
Britain
15
considering
action
parallel
with
the
United
States
note
of
protest
to
Russia.
Complaint
was
made
by
United
States
at
Soviet
Inter
ference
with
the
non-Commu-
nlst
government
of
Hungary.
which
would
buy
his
bicycle.
At
the
close
of
the
three-hour
show
five
other
contestants,
also
winners
in
their
groups,
returned
to
be
re-judged
by
the
applause
meter.
In
addition
to
Jimmy
Holt,
the
scml-ifinalists
were
10-year-old
Ella
Bagshaw,
.who
sang
"Bluebells
of
Scotland,"
Sonja
Soren-son,
piano
waltz;
Lorraine
Youngman,
who
sang
"The
Old
Lamplighter";
Bdb
Creedon,
in
hillbilly
songs
with
guitar
and
mouth-organ;
Mrs.
Roy
Wicks,
soprano,
"A
.Heart
That's
Free."
Excitement
rose
to
fever
pitch
after
the
second
appearance
ot
the
contestants
when
the
judges
Mayor
Nora
Arnold,
Civic
Centre
Director
Don
Forward,
and
Inspector
of
Spools
E.
E.
Hyndman
were
unable
to
decide
between
Jimmy
and
Mrs.
KVicks.
i
'
1
!
Both
were
callettfto
appear
a
third
time
and
the
applause
then
loft
no
doubt
that
Jimmy
had
won
his
bicycle.
Mrs-.
Wicks
received
the
$10
second
prize
and
EH
a
Bagshaw
the
.third.
$5.
The
awards
were
made
by
Mayor
Arnold.
y
Lasting
more
than
three
hours,
the
show
was
divided
Into
two
parts,
thc'Jlnst,
non-competitive,
included
three
selections
by
the
Prln.ce
Rupert
Civic
Band,
under
Bandmaster
Peter
Lien;,
three
songs
by
the
Borden
Street
School
Coir,
under
Principal
John
fe.'
Wilson;
piano
stylings
by
Andy
McNaughton;
a
group
of
sons
by
children
of
King
Edward
school,
under
Miss
Eleanor
Moxley;
and
two
soprano
sokrs
by
Mrs.
F.
E.
Anficld.
The
competitive
portion
of
the
program
wasv.
made
up
of
six
groups
with
five
performers
to
a
group.
Each
group
winner
was
judged
on
the
basis
of
audience
applause,
and;
the
final
winner
was
chosen
from
the
group
winners
on
the
same
basis.
The
show
was
opened
by
Kins-,
men
Club
President
R.
E.
Mon-tador,
who
,
introduced
Mayor
Arnold.
Mayr'
Arnold
spoke
in
high
praise
of
the
work
of
the
Kinsmen
for
the
betterment
of
the
city's
yquth.
The
shew
'was
arranged
by
a
Kinsman
committee
consisting
of
Alex
Bailey,
chairman,
Harold
Muncey
and
Harry
Sheardown.
NAVY
DISPATCHED
TO
EXPLODE
DRIFTERS
SEEN
IN
LAREDO
SOUND
Royal
Canadian
Navy
headquarters
at
Victoria
is
seeking
further
information
on
the
course
of
four
explosive
mines,
reported
in
the
Larenrio
Sound
area
south
of
Prince
Rupert.
On
.March
2
one
mine
was
reported
to
he
drifting
in
a
southeasterly
direction
20
miles
south
of
Bonilla
Light.
The
report
of
this
mine
was
turned
in
to
the
Department
of
Transport
office
here
by
Capt.
Calvert
of
the
tug
S.
I).
Brooks
who
reported
the
position
of
the
mine
to
be
131
degrees
6
minutes
west
and
53
degrees
20
minutes
north.
The
report
was
forwarded
to
naval
headquarters
by
Lieut.-Col.
Keith
Dixon,
Department
of
Transport
agent
here,
and
warnings
have
been
broadcast
to
mariners
over
the
Digby
Island
wireless
station.
Ordinarily,
when
drifting
mines
arc
reported,
there
is
little
hope
of
finding
them
again
until
they
wash
ashore
at
which
time
navy
demolition
men
are
despatched
to
explode
them
or
render
them
harmless.
The
Navy
tug
Heathcrton,
under
command
of
Captain
J.
E.
Francois,
will
leave
Victoria
Monday
for
Laredo
Sound
to
explode
four
mines,
all
of
which
are
believed
to
be
Japanese.
Crew
members
of
the
Heatherton
returned
to
Equimalt
this
.week
to
tell
of
the
finding
and
exploding
of
one
Japanese
mine
in
the
same
location.
The
mine
was
among
a
pile
of
logs.
The
four
other
mines
were
believed
to
be
in
the
same
area.
BRITAIN
IS
LOSING
OUT
t
Never
Again
Wilf
11
Be
First
Order
Military
Power,
Says
Labor
Member
DUBLIN
Wt
Capt.
Hugh
J.
Dc-Largy,
Labor
member
of
the
British
House
of
Commons
for
Manchester,
wrote
in
an
Eire
newspaper
today
that
"Britain
can
never
again
be
a
military
power
of
the
first
order."
"It
is
bled
white
by
war."
Dc
-Largy
said.
"Winston
Churchill
is
the
Prime
Minister
no
longer
and,
even
If
he-were,
the
results
would
be
the
same.
The
process
of
disintegration
is
too
certain
for
resistance
of
even
a
thousand
Churchllls.
Never
in
the
world's
history
did
an
enormous
Empire
come
to
such
a
sudden
end."
Four
Power
Agreement
Of
Vital
Importance,
It
Is
Gen.
Marshall's
Major
Objective
At
Moscow
BERLIN
(CP)
Secretary
of
State
George
Marshall
indicated
today
that
the
United
Stales
hopes
for
a
four-power
security
pact
as
an
interim
solution
of
the
German
problem
pending
writing
ot
.the
actual
peace
treaty.
He
said
the
cbmpletioii
of
the
fouV-power
pact
was
of
highest
importance
and
gave
the
impression
that
such
a
pact
was
the
major
United
States
objective
at
Moscow.
Gen.
Marshall
told
correspondents
that
such
a
security
pact
for
a
forty-year
period
would
clear
away
many
dif-'
ficultics
now
blocking
Allied
peace
settlements
for
Germany
and
Austria.
Mandate
Against
Lewis
Is
Asked
WASIUNQTON,
D.C.-The
government
will
ask
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
.Monday
to
knock
out
the
possibility
of
a
soft
coal
shortage
March
31
by
handing,
down
an
immediate
mandate
against
John
L.
Lewis
and
the
United
Mine
Workers.
The
Department
of
Justice
said
it
was
in
"the
public
interest"
for
the
court
to
issue
an
edict
without
delay.
Laboiites
LONDON,
O)
Prime
Minis
ter
Clement
R.
Attlee.was
confronted
yesterday
by
rebellion
of
mere
than
100
of
the
labor
members
who
are
demanding
that
armed
forces
of
1,000,000
men
be
cut
in
half
to
'boost
the
labor
supply.
-
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
very
weak
circulation
of
moist
Pacific
air
is
causing
con
tinued
overcast
skies
in
all
areas
of
British
Columbia
this
morning.
Temperatures
are
normal
or
somewhat
higher
than
normal
throughout
the
province.
Light
rain
Is
falling
in
the
southern
coastal
areas
and
snow
lsTre-
ported
in
the
Prince
George
dis
trict,'
the
Cariboo
and
Kcqten-ayj.
A
eexies
cf
diffuse
disturbances
is
now
approaching
southern
British
Columibia
and
Washington
coast
and
little
change
is
in
sight
for
the
wee
kend"
.
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
Norm
Coast
.Overcast
today
and
Sunday.
-Widely
scattered
rain
showers
today
and
tonight.
Intermittent
rain
Sunday
afternoon.
Winds
light.
Little-
change
in
temperature.
Lows.'
tonight:
at
Port
Hardy,
37;
Massett,
'34;
Prince
Rupert,
36.
JIMMY
GOT
HIS
BICYCLE
Eleven-year-old
Jimmy
Holt
had
a
big
morning.
The,
winner
of
last
night's
Kinsmen
amateur
contest
was
in
a'
rare
position
among
mortals
he
spent
all
he
had,
but
he
got
.
what
he
wanted
a
bicycle
and
a
little
extra
besides.
Jimmy
came
down
town
this
morning
with
his
$50
prbc
money,
stopping
at
a
coffee
shop
en
route.
ix;s
immeaiate
whim
was
to
own
a
novelty
mechanism
known
as
a
handshake
"buzzer,"
his
big.
ambition
to
own
a
bicycle.
He
had
enough
money
for
both.
The
cotfec
shop
was
frjsh
out
of
"buzzers,"
but
it
did
have
something
equally
attractive
a
huge
chocolate
cake.
Jlmy
ordered
a
slice;
He
ate
it
and
ordered
another
"
slice.
.
'N6wY'
he
commented
In
the
manner
of
a
man
of
property,
"I
am
going
down
to
buy
my
bicycle.
It
costs
$47."
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