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preMfloUI,
Third
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No,
84,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
11,
1947
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FIVE
CENTS
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5
decades
to
come
than
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first
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speculation
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navn
inrmoriv
livpn
in
onsider
Prince
ge-Jaspcr
Road
MitonucUon
of
the
Pine
northward
Into
the
Peace
strict
a:vd
projected
lm-rnta
on
the
oxtsUnz
ic;tward
from
Prince
Prince
Rupert
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tnmrt.
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this
seas
an
with
major
turej
involved,
the
nonpublic
woiks
is
also
be-
to
give
consideration
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remains
to
be
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TMS
word
ha.s
been
i
by
the
Associated
Trado
of
Central
nri-
J'UTO)ia
from
Hn
'onicr
of
British
Colum-
'uvin.?
Deen
pass-
'n
a
communlfnt.lnn
"'viiuuy
meeting
or
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of
com-last
night,
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of
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April
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Newfofstfiland
As
Forty-Ninth
State
BELL
PRESENTATION
RECALLS
K.
OF
Fr1gATEHMCSPRINCE
RUPERT
Presentation
of
the
ship's
bell
of
H.M.C.S.
Prince
Rupert
by
Capt.
K.
F.
Adams
of
the
Uganda
to
Mayor
Arnold,
which
will
tako
place
tonight
in
the
naval
drill
hall,
recalls
the
brief
but
distinguished
career
of
the
small
naval
vessel.
The
bell
will
be
kept
in
the
city
archives
as
a
momento
of
the
city's
wartime
namesake
7.0
feet
Here
Is
the
official,
history
of
Naval
Service
Headquarters
im-
the
frigate
um.vs.
Prince
Rupert;
H.M.C.S.
Prince
Rupert
launched
in
Victoria
on
February
3,
1943
and
commissioned
on
August
30.
She
then
proceeded
to
Nanoose
Bay
for
trials
and
speed
tests.
Prince
Rupert's
first
port
ol
call
was
the
city
after
which
she
had
ben
named.
On
September
21
she
arrived
for
a
two-day
stay
in
Prince
Rupert
where
an
official
presentation
was
made
to
the
ship
on
behalf
of
the
ciltzens
of
this
northern
port.
Prince
Rupert
sailed
for
Halifax
late
In
September,
arriving
on
October
18.
She
was
then
ordered
to
Pictou
where
she
underwent
her
initial
working
up
program
before
being
allocated
to
a
mid
-ocean
escort
group
for
operational
duty.
She
sailed
foi
st.
John's
In
December,
1914.
Her
first
two
months
on
the
famed
"Ncwfie-Derry"
run
proved
uneventful
but
March
brought
action
and
success.
Oii
May
13,
in
a
position
about
410
miles
north
of
the
Azores,
with
a
St.
John's
bound
convoy,
Prince
Kupcrt
sighted
a
surfaced
U-boat
and
sped
to
the
attack
with
two
accompanying
cscoit
ships,
the
U.S.S.
Haverlleld,
ana
ine
U.S.S.
Hobs
on.
The
sub
crash-dived
before
it
could
be
engaged
in
a
surface
attic.
After
the
three
ships
had
carried
out
several
depth
charge
attacks,
Hie
U-boat
was
forced
to
Hie
sulfate
and
Ihc
Prince
Rupert's
guns
went
into
action,
as
did
those
if
the
two
American
escorts.
mediately
following
the
action
said
simply:
"Sub
destroyed
In
given
position.
Survivors
on
board."
Thus
ended
one
of
the
most
thrilling
chapters
in
her
history.
Admiralty
later
con
firmed
the
sinking
as
the
U-575
and
crediting
Prince
Runert
and
two
months
later
she
was
again
on
a
U-boat
hunt
on
the
northwest
coast
of
Ireland,
but
this
is
the
"one
that
got
away."
Continuous
'Atlantic
convoy
duty
soon
forced
the
gallant,
Jittle
ship
Into
rcfl.
In
November,
1944,
she
sailed
for
Liverpool
to
be
taken
In
hand
for
repairs
and
installation
of
the
Jatcst
in
anti-submarine
Prince
Rupcrt5's
signal
to
I
on
January
16.
-
about
the
news
that,
notice
Done
and
jewel
smugglers
are
happy
nf
ikmlssll
hid
been
served
on
600
U.S.
customs
port
patrolmen
Sis
earn
wlTe
gaps
in
the
customs
protective
wall,
en-SiStncr;
to
slip
through
almost
at
win
The
firings
are
for
"SSK.
Zlnl
SSoMSmK
prfwLre
he
had
concealed
quan-titles
of
opium
he
was
smuggling
ashore.
Shipyard
Violence
Ciash
Between
Two
Unions
At
Yarrows
In
Victoria
VICTORIA
Kfi
-
-Violence
marked
the
second
day
of
the
Yarrows
Limited
shipyards
strike
here
when
American
Federation
of
Labor
workers
defied
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
picket
line
today.
The
trouble
started
when
sign-carrying
pickets
lormed
into
a
solid
phalanx
to
guard
the
niant's
entrances.
.,:t
Provincial
police
on
duly
quel-
th
tm
n
s
vpj!sp1s
with
n
"kin
'
led
the
disorder.
"We
were
outnumbered
this
Prince
Rupert
had
earned
her
time,"
said
Gary
Culhane,
Union
spurs.
Bulshe
was
not
content
leader.
"They
won't
get
through
to
rest
on
her
laurels.
Less
than
the
next
time
Company
officials
reported
that
290
men
of
the
staff
of
522
were
at
work
t6day.
'
Members
of
the
Machine
Workers',
Machinists'
and
Boilermakers'
Industrial
Union
No.
3
(C.O.L.)
called
a
strike
yestcr-i
day,
charging
that
thirty
members
of
the
Union
had
been
locked
out
of
Yarrows
for
carrying
out
"union
policy."
II.
A.
Yarrows,
Wallace's
presl-
HsM
HonipH
thp
(h.Tp
and
In
February,
1945,
she
sailed
j
clalmcd
lt
was
a
jurisdictional
for
Bermuda
for
W.U.P.S.
and
was
then
transferred
to
the
Hall-fax
local
force,
assigned
to
antl
submarine
patrol
duty
in
the
approaches.
She
carried
out
two
searches
for
U-boats
in
the
vicinity
but
both
times
she
had
"nothing
of
interest
to
report."
May
.8,
found
Prince
Rupert
patrolling
"pf
f
"Halifax-
and
fbej
sailed
for
Esquimau
for
tropl-calizatlon.
arriving
in
mid-June.
Prince
Rupert
was
taken
in
hand
but
her
refit
was
cancelled
following
the
Japanese
surrender
In
August.
She
was
destorcd
and
winterized
In
Esquimau
where
she
was
decommissioned
on
January
15,
194
and
turned
over
to
War
Assets
Corporation
dispute,
an
inter
-union
light
be
tween
the
C.C.L.
and
A.F.
of
L.
as
to
bargaining
rights
in
the
yard.
rim:
in
nuseo
SAN
FRANCISCO
Over
$100,000
damage
was
caused
by
a
spectacular
fire
which
tag-cd
tor
lhreroursthrough
Treasure
Island
naval
base
here,
destroying
five
buildings
and
valuable
electronic
equipment.
Twcnly-scvcn
men
were
treated
for
injuries
ranging
irom
smoke
inhalation
io
burns
and
fractures.
In
ancient
Rome
mouldy
bread
was
used
to
hasten
the
healing
of
wounds.
"SMUCr.LKKS"
DAY
IS
IIKKK'
AGAIN,
THEY
THINK
Port
Patrol
Officer
Arthur
II.
Cummings,
of
New
York,
lifts
false
top
of
wooden
box,
showing
the
hollow
spaces
In
which
contraband
was
concealed.
r
TORONTO
WINS
'TORONTO.
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
.evened
up
the
Stanley
Cup
final
scries
4
to
nothing
at
one
game
each
last
'night.
Maurice
Richard
.of
(lie
Ona-dkms
received
'a
match
penalty
for
slugging
Bill
Ezinlckl
over
the
head
With
his
stick
and
drawing
blood.
BOXING!
TONIGHT
Civic
Centre
7:30
6
-
BOUTS
-
6
Navy
vs.
Can.
Legion
Navy
vs.
Navy
COME
AND
ENJOY
THIS
CARD
Latest
Suggestion
In
Disposition
of
Colony
;BT;
JOHN'S,
Newfoundland
(CP)
Preliminary
steps,
to
determine
on
what
status
Newfoundland
would
be
admitted
by
the
United
States
as
a
forty-ninth
state
were
taken
yesterday
in
a
national
convention
elected
to
discuss
future
forms
o'
government
for
the
colony.
Delegates
wHl
confer
with
Lon-'TAU
A
A
TAI
I
dori
and
Ottawa
within
the
next!
I
UKNUUU
I
ULL
twomonths
on
the
possibilities
of
remaining
under
British
conimission
government,
assum
ing
Dominion
status
or
joining
Canada
as
a
tenth
province.
Np
action
has
yet
been
taken
on(a
United
States
suggestion
thai
a
delegation
interview
the
United
States
government.
Would
Extend
Peace
Parley
United
States
Asks
That
More
Than
Fifty
Countries
Be
Admitted
MOSCOW,
The
United
States
proposed
today
thai
more
than
50
countries
partic1ptc
in
the
''German
peace
conference.
Foreign
deputies
of
Great
Brl
taln
Russia
and
France
did
not
immediately
accept
the
plan.
The
UnltcdStates
ambassador
asked
the
deputies
to
approve
ri
rccmtoers'iof
the
peace
con
ference
neighbors
of
Germany
andfall
etates
at
war
with
Germany
including
Canada
and
LatiJAmcrican
countries.
Secretary
it
State
"
Marshall
called
on
Russia
today
to
cooperate
witli
the
United
State?
In
restoring
the
Independence
of
Korea
as
soon
as
possible
and
warned
that,
In,
the
meantime,
the
United
Slates
intends
to
go
ahead
with
independence
measures
in
her
own
zone.
FINN
GOVERNMENT
RESIGNS
HELSINKI,
Finlanu
The
government
of
Premier
Mauno
Pekkala,
elected
in
1946,
resigned
today.
The
resignation
is
described
as
a
domestic
political
rrisis
engendered
by
Finland's
-post
-
war
economic
problems.
Tne
re.
is
little
chance
of
the
general
policy
of
the
Finnish
government
being
changed.
Mrs.
Maisie
Armitage
-
Moore
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Casslar
tills
morning
after
having
attended
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
British
Columbia
convention
at
Massett
and
will
sail
by
the
Catala
tomorrow
morning
on
her
return
to
Vancouver.
Vancouver
Bralornc
11.50
B.R.
Con
.06
B.
R.X
12
Cariboo
Gold
2.75
Dcntonla
24
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,
Grull
Wlhksnc
OSVi
Hcdlcy
Mascot
1.19
Minto
04
Pend
Oreille
3.00
Pioneer
3.80
Premier
Border.
;
04
Premier
Gold
74
Privateer
44.
Reeves
McDonald
1.60
Reno
11
Salmon
Gold
22
'2
Sheep
Creek,
1.25
Taylor
Bridge
....
(a.sk)
.60
White
water
02
Vananda
(ask)
.37
Congress
05
Pacific
Eastern
..
(ask)
.60
Iledlcy
Amalgamated
..
.09
Vz
Spud
Valley
18
Central
Zcballos
02
Oils
A.P.
Con
12
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Calmont
29
C,
&
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:
2.10
Foothills
1...
150
Home
:..
3.00'
Toronto
'
Athona
....,
..
27
.
Aumaque
50
Vi
PLACED
AT
142
Cemetery
at
Woodward
Not
Large
Enough
lo
Take
Care
of
All
Who
Perished
WOODWARD.
Oklahoma,
fl1
The
tornado-lashed
panhandle
area
of
Texas
and
Aktahoma
counted
dead
at
142
and
esti
mated
the
Injured
at
1305
as
rescue
carties
still
searched
to
day
for
additional
casualties
The
nronertv
loss
runs
Into
millions
of
dollars.
Field
kitchens,
emergency
stations
and
other
facilities
have
been
set
up
to
care
for
thous
ands
of
homeless.
Woodward,
where
a
hundred
blocks
of
buildings'
were
levelled
had
more
than
two
thousand
homeless
out
of
a
population
of
5503.
Th
dead
in
WoocHvard
alone
Is
79.
Mass
funeral
h
being
plan
ned
and,
as
the
capacity
of
the
cemetery
Is
not
large
enough
to
accommodate
all,
extra
acreage
is
being
obtained
for
their
in
tcrment.
REGRETS
PASSING
OF
ARCHBISHOP
,
It.
C.
Vaughan,
C.N.R.
President,
Sends
Message
to
Church
Head
MONTREALwR.
C.
Vaughan,
C.M.G.,
chairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
Railways,
to
day
sent
the
following
message
to
Rt.
Rev.
A.
R.
Beverley,
Bishop
Suffragan,
Church
of
England,
Toronto:
"On
behalf
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
myself
personally
I
would
like
to
express
sincere
sympathy
to
all
who
have
been
.?a
sorely
bereaved
by
the
death
of
the
Most
Reverend
Derwyn
T.
Owen.
Not
only
the
Church
of
England
but
alt
Canada
has
lost
one
of
her
.greatest
leaders
and
a
distinguished
Christian
gentleman.
His
sudden
passing
was
a
shock
to
all
of
us."'
OF
ANCIENT
ROME
Many
historic
remains
of
Roman
-and
nre-Roman
times
can
still
be
found
In
Tunisia.
:
:
TODAYS
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Beattle
94
Bevcourt
1.08
Bobjo
21
Buffalo
Canadian
24
Consolidated
Smelters
..
86.00
Conwest
:
1.20
Donalda
1.12
Eldona
53
Elder
1.12
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.85
God's
Lake
1.40
Hardrock
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'
Harricana
12
Hcya
Gold
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60
Hosco.
50
&
Jacknlfe
10
Jolict
Quebec
.57
Lake
Rowan
21
Lapaska
33
Little
Long
Lac
2.00
Lynx
.22
Madscn
Red
Lake
3.50
McKcnzlc
Red
Lake
70
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.90
Moneta
51
Negus
2.25
Noranda
.46
Y:
Oslsko
Lake
1.37
Pickle
Crow
-
2.85
Rcgcourt'
;
.59
San
Antonio
'
4.15
Senator
Rouyn.
41
Sherrltt
Gordon
4.10
Steep
Rock
2.06
Sturgeon
River
25
BILL
AROUSES
IRE
OF
CO-OP
Long-Standing
Grievance
Of
Wholesale
Fish
Buyers
Met
VACOUVER
A
long-standing
grievance
of
wholesale
.-h
buyers
has
been
met
with
adoption
by
the
legislature,
of
an
amend
ment
to
the
Co-operative
Asso
ciations
Act,
whle
prevents
fish
boat
crews
from
forcing
the
sale
of
their
catches
to
co-op
eratives.
The
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Federation,
however,
claims
that
co-operatives
throughout
Can
ada
win
be
Injured
by
the
legislation.
The
amendment
was
sponsor
ed
by
wholesale
fish
buyers
who
said
that
they
have
no
control
over
catches
of
400
company-owned
iflsh
boats
(four-fifths
of
all
boats
in
operation
in
Vancouver)
if
crews
decide
to
dis
pose
of
their
catches
through
co-cperative
marketing
organ
izations.
Before
the
amendment
to
the
Co-operative
Act,
it
was
illegal
for
'a
fish
company
to
try
to
buy
from
boats
whose
crews
had
signed
a
co-operative
contract
This
applied
even
when
the
fish
ing
companies
provided
the
boats.
The
new
leglslaUon
Is
condem
ned
by
D.
G.
Macdonald,
secretary-treasurer
of
the
Fisher
men's
Co-operative
Federation,
which
has
between
5000
and
6000
mcmcsrs.
"It
alters
the
arrange
ment
which
has
existed
for
years"
he
said.
Distinctive
Quebec
Flag
Is
Approved
QUEBEC,
0
A
legislative
committee
Wednesday
approved
in
principle
a
distinctive
flag
for
the
province
of
Quebec.
COMBINES
TO
LOWER
COSTS
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
President
Truman
told
a
press
conference
yesterday
that,
unless
prices
came
down,
wage
Increase
will
be
justified.
He
ald
the
De
partment
of
Justice
was
studying
the
question
of
whether
manufacturing
concerns
can
combine
to
lower
prices
without
running
foul
of
the
antl-trus,t
laws.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
intense
storm
situated
about
800
miles
southwest
of
the
Queen
Charlottes
at
4:30
ajn.
this
morning
appears
to
have
changed;
course
and
Is
now
drifting
northward.
Rain
is
ex
pected
to
spread
over
most
of
the
coastal
regions
today
and
the
high
winds
accompanying
the
storm
are
expected
to
be
felt
over
most
of
ths
exposed
coastal
sections
this
afternoon.
The
cloudy
skies
which
developed
over
most
of
the
Interior
this
morning
are
expected
to
persist
today
and
Saturday.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
today
and
tonight
becoming
overcast
occasionally.
cloudy
Saturday.
Continuous
rain
northern
section
spreading
over
entire
regio'n
by
noon.
Rain
showers
tonight
and
Saturday
morning
Southeasterly
winds
(25
m.p.
h.)
Increasing
to
southeast
gales
(40
m.pJh)
this
afternoon
and
shifting
to
southwest
(30
m.
p.h.)
during
the
night
over
open
water.
Winds
decreasing
to
.southwest
(20,m.p.h)
by
.Sat-.
j
iirday
afternoon.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight:
Port
Hardy
33,
Massett
35,
Prince
Rupert
39.
Highs
Saturday:
Port
Hardy
50,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
48.
CITY
BEAUT
I
F
I
C
ATION
CAMPAIGN
AND
PORT
DAY
JACEE
OBJECTIVES
"Clean-up,
paint-up"
campaign
for
1947
is
going
to
be
more
than
the
usual
effort
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
Prince
Rupert
this
year.
It
is
to
be
a
major
undertaking,
encompassingj
various
aspects
of
city
improvement
and
beautification.
The
campaign
begins
on
May
4
when
the
Jaycees
will
set
Iho
pxamnlo
themselves
bv
turn-
Ing
out
en
masse
to
paint
the
museum
building.
Throughout
the
ensuing
week
Junior
Cham
ber
committees
will
devote
ef
forts
In
various
ways
to
sec
that
"c!ean-up,
palnt-up"
Improve
ments
are
made
in
various
parts
of
the
city.
The
chairman
of
the
committee
is
Harold'
Hamp
ton.
The
Junior
Chamber,
at
its
reeular
monthly
meeting
last
night,
while
discussing
"clean
up,
oalnt-up"
matters,
decided
to
write
C.
A.
Berner,
local
Canadian
National
Railways
su
perintendent,
commending
the
railway
company
on
the
fine
work
it
was
doing
on
rebeautl
fylng
its
own
park.
Jaycee
President
A.
P.
Craw
I
ley
last
night
set
in
motion
plans
for
another
major
enori
01
uie
Junior
Chamber
the
annual
Port
Day
celebration.
Sugges
tions
were
made
whereby
this
event
might
be
more
effectively
capitalized
from
a
publicity
stanrinolnt.
Fred
Conrad
was
aDoointed
chairman
of
the
Port
Day
program
and
Stuart
Furk
n(..nfpH
the
resnonsiDiuty
01
secretaryship.
Al
Manson,
chairman
of
the
Jaycee
tourist
committee,
presented
a
report
which
won
the
nimidits
of
the
meeting.
Mr,
Manson
told
the
Chamber
that
the
sale
of
the
fish
booster
signs
was
meetlnc
with
such,
good
re
sponse
that
it
seemed
assured
that
some
$250
or
$300
would
be
cleared
as
a
fund
to
finance
the
prpction
of
tourist
welcome
arches
one
of
which
was
to
be
up
near
the
railway
station
and
wharf
and
the
other
on
the
highway
near
the
city
limits
for
the
benefit
of
motor
tourists.
The
meeting
decided
to
enter
a
float
In
the
Kinsmen's
Club
annual
May
24
children's
sports
day
parade,
arrangements
being
left
in
the
hands
of
Stuart
Furk.
Support
was
also
voted
to
the
local
"Conquer
Cancer"
cam
paign
opening
next
week,
a
request
for
aid
In
connection
with
the
canvassing
being
complied'
with.
Carl
Hanson
appealed
for
more
active
interest
in
the
weekly
public
speaking
classes
being
conducted
under
the
auspices
of
the
Junior
Chamber.
He
em
phasized
the
benefits
to
be
obtained
by
taking
these
courses.
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