c(
bv
liis
uocior
mat
medicine
is
now
avail-
li
1
Ml
cure
JUW
-'aiier
a
long
wness.
;iHnvalkiof
life,
seized
Wednes-
MIC
fl
r
.
on
nnouneemont
InUhDailyVNews
that
Cela-
;,ni
tf
Aiimi'li'!!
iSf
f
i
iniilfl
'i
now
til'int
son
Island
with
an
initial
touch
of
hopeful
lit)',
then
gave
expression
to
complete
ation
when,
they
saw
that
the
announce-
itin
Hittlwii'il
r
nf
i
tmniulfi
nf
llin
.
.
-
.
-
"
(II
1
IK
W
A
AKMJIJJ
r
of
I'rlncc
Rupert)
Is
liit
acglnnlng
or
,y
for
this
city
and
th
country,"
enthused
lora
Arnold
who
ad-
.1
ll,lt..
.IU
D('l"
VAtiw-uijr
wi
-
the
news.
.
,
,1
Worship,
"that
the
dc-
would
mean
uiai
in-
i
time
would
have
to
the
north.
That
time
come
Tills
Is
the
bc-
'
a
new
era
of
natural
rut
iicil.
city
was
put
on
the
an
arbitrary
fashion
Tiiv
rum
wnv
nun
liip
d
never
crow
until
its
t
1
MI1.
Ill
Willi
lil'Vt
11IIJLU.
Illbll
I
Industry
settling
here
plant
alone
should
i
Innrnicn
In
tArtii
I
1
auu
muni
uiaiu
iiliuili
further
development
1
,
1
,
.
.
,
,
iuuuxt
muusiry
invito
Its
establishment
1111
hfli
nnrl
l,i
IVin
1
that
Prince
Rupert
llv
stjinHs
nl
llm
frnln-
prosperity
and
that
can
now
hold
back
tli
as
an
important
nniirr.
inr
inn
wtwur
interior
"
A.
HUNTER
mlier
of
Commerce
rrrs.idfiit)
sreatest
single
item
of
ly
authentic
industrial
"cc
uupcri
lias
ever
was
the
way
G.
A.
newspaperman
presl-
r
tlic
Prince
Runcrt
r
Of
Coinnif-rre
do.
the
announcement,
lie
as
a
turning
point
in
"lc
economic
future
of
.v
'At
last
a
subslan-
rlutfrUI
.........
.11
I-
....
Part
from
the
fisheries
ijoov
ji:ur
nas
occn
Will,
nr
along
expanding
lines."
Port
Kchvard
eelanese
Mr
Hunt
brill''
tn
I'rlnrn
Ilmirrt
.ItlPnt
hl'nnn.ll..
I.
...
luoiviifcjr
miuii
ciy
has
never
before
In
addition
to
the
.000
investment
and
the
'foil
Involved
in
the
lUUILXt
1U1LI1.
Illi
UIOR.'irV
I1VPK
I1IMI
'Payment
-
1...
great
news
um
j,roi,.
ust
a
liiiip
ii.,r,i
Rupert
people
to
first
could
rcallv
1
horn
"..!.
.
-
eu
a
liip
num.
Commerce
head.
"I
be
thc
blg
industrial
wnnout
Which
we
ii:ive
realized
Prlnro
J'CVcr
liavn
II.
n
f..ll
'
r
.1
1
1
blablC
prosncritv
nnrl
nnnl
.....
.
.
"
"juainai
acilvltv
e
have
onUmUiUnii.,
PatCd
thrn
times
and
bad,
many
years."
I1.
('.If
AWM
Junto,
Chamber
"
commerce)
Crawley,
president
nr
',nceRupert
v
l
mrriAi.AA
U
Ih-
-
'icws
ma;
Prince
Rupert
lias
been
waiting
for.
It
will
provide
Indirect
payrolls
many
times
the
size
of
the
company's
direct
payroll
and
is
also
likely
to
Interest
other
capital
in
this
northern
region,
"I
believe
that
smaller
industries
also
will
thrive.
A
sawmill
would
be
a
'natural'
especially
a
sawmill,
since
good
sawlogs
would
come
off
the
same
timber
stands."
II.
iW.
D'AGGKTT
(Chairman,
Industrial
Development
Commi(trr)
Ex-Mayor
II,
M.
Daggett,
now
clialrman
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Industrial
Development
Council,
which
has
been
active
in
trying
to
promote
new
industries
for
the
city,
said:
"We
have
been
hoping
for
this
since
the
city
was
founded.
It
will
materially
help
Prince
Rupert."
W.-iM.
WATTS
(Secretary,
Industrial
Development
Committer)
Ex-Mayor
W.
M.
Watts,
an
ardent
worker
for
the
establishment
of
industry
In
Prince
Rupert,
expressed
gratification
at
the
news
that
the
Cela-ncsc
Corporation
docs
not
plan
to
build
a
separate
town
outside
of
Prince
Rupert.
"Wc
have
been
waiting
for
this
for
a
long
time
but
It
certainly
will
be
worth
it,"
he
declared,
vilowcvcr,
I
set
no
reason
why
the
industrial
Development
Committee
should
let
down
in
its
efforts
to
get
more
new
industries.
"The
fact
that
the
workers
at
the
mill
will
live
In
Prince
Rupert
will
be
a
big
.help
to
the
city,
but
It
is
up
to
the
business
people
to
sec
that
the
city
keeps
growing."
JAMES
S.IM1ACK
(Trades
and
Labor
.Council)
James
S.
Dlack,
ex-alderman
and
vicc'pref
ldent
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
La
bor
Council,
described
It
as
the
"best.
thing
that
ever
happened
to
Prince
Rupert."
"Labor
and
the
whole.
community
will
benerit.
The
local
Industrial
picture
will
multiply
vastly,
once
H
gets
under
way.
It
will
take
up
all
the
labor
we
have
available
at
the
present
time
and
a
good
deal
more.
It
will
create
a
cycle
of
expansion
that
will
greatly
benefit
the
city."
Bo-Me-Hi
Nosed
Out
Lost
ny
SinRle
Point
to
U.lt.O.
Inlcrnicdialfs
VANCOUVER
University
of
Urillsh
Columbia
Intermediate
;
"A"
team
defeated
Uo-Mc-Hl
39
to
38
yesterday.
Reg.
Lavignc
was
high
scorer
with
twelve
points.
With
five
seconds
to
go,
Lavignc
had
two
penalty
shoU
which
would
have
won
the
game
by
one
point
but
he
did
not
make
the
penalties.
A
fine
dinner
was
given
for
the
team
by
University
of
Brlt-lsn
Columbia.
Much
credit
for
the
arrangements
was
due
to
Don
Macdon-ald,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
would
be
written
into
the
Public
Schools
Act
under
an
amend
ment
introduced
by
Education
Minister
Weir.
The
federation
would
have
powers
of
suspension
or
expulsion
to
be
followed
by
the
dismissal
of
a
teacher,
but
all
teachers
thus
disciplined
would
have
the
right
of
appeal.
High
Low
Local
Tides
Friday,
March
14,
1947
5:59
19:29
13:03
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AND
CENtltAli&UTlSH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
taxi
;;
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:taxi
taxi
235
i!
She
537
and
night
service
f.jfr
?
:DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
'.
Stand:
I
Empress
hoici,
"-a
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
:
VOL.
'XXXVI,
No.
61.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
13,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
REACTIONS
I
D
ULU
UAPU
L
HUI
Lin
imi
I
bih
miLL
ntiti
EUL'LITY
MUST,
Til
KIN
COMPLETE
RATIFICATION
OVKR
$15,000,000
ANNOUNCEMENT
..
n.u.nt-f
vp;iftpl
tn
tho
newu
that
it
is
in
$15
000.000
celanese
plant
at
its
very
door-
uch
in
the
manner
oi
a
man
wno,
nas
ucen
i
il
i
.
V
T
7
1
reat
New
To
Use
LoM
WOULD
BELONG
TO
FEDERATION
VICTORIA
t-
A
provision
foi
automatic
membership
in
thf
provincial
Teachers'
Federation
WOULD
DECLARE
L.P.P.
AS
ILLEGAL.
EDITORIAL
1
OTTAWA
Q
.LigUurTtaf
oiftljS
(Ind.
-
La
vii
1
-
Two
Mountains
urccd
the
'government
to
declare
the
LaborrProgrcssivc
Party
11
1
legal
and
said
that
such
ac'tloiU
Kffi.ilrl
nrnvpnt."
I.lir
rlpri.lrtn
of
a
'
"Communist"
In
the
Mircn
31
federal
by-cicctlon
fn
Montreal-.
Cartier.
"
PERIOD
FOR
COOLING
OFF
VICTORIA
f)
The
new
labor
disputes
settlement
bill
presented
to
legislature
by
Hon.
G.
S,
Pearson,
minister
of
labor,
calls
17.5
feet
for
a
14-day
period
to
elapse;
14.4
feet
'after
the
result
of
strike
vote
7.6
feet
is
reported
to
the
labor
minister.
THE
BEST
NEWS
YET-
great
news
pf
a.
major-
industrial
development
THE
for
the
immediate
vicinity
of
Prince
Rupertwhich
wc
have
been
able
only
to
vaguely
hint
at
thus
far,
although
we
had
good
reason
to
anticipate
that
such
a
project
was
definitely
in
the
offing
is
now
out.
The
big
announcement,
which
came
to
the
Daily
News
first
yesterday
afternoon
in
a
brief
message
received
by
the
editor
from'
the
local
member,
W.
II.
Brett,
soon
to
be
followed
up
with
official
eonfirnnition
from
lion.
&
T.
Ken-ney,
minister
of
lands
and
forests
and
member
of
the
adjoining
riding
of
Skceha,
caused
a
great
stir
of
optimism
around
the
city,
to
say
the
least
of
it.
It
was
a
tonic
which
has
stimulated
us
all
There
is,
of
course,
no
doubt
'that
this
is
the
straight
goods.
Wc
have
hacjannouncements
of
big
industrial
projects
like
this
before
but
never
before
with
such
authority
no
less
than
that
of
the
minister
of
the
Crown
who
has
been
one
of
the
major
principles
in
negotiations.
Further,
it
comes
after
'extensive
activity
in
field
investigation
of
various
phases
of
the
industry
such
as
timber
stands,
transport,
power;
fuel
and
sites
which
it
has
been
common
knowledge
have
been
going
on
for
sometime.
In
other
words,
this
is
a
considered
and
well
considered
announcement
on
behalf
of
and
with
the
authority
of
one
of
the
most
important
industrial
organizations,
on
the
continent
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America.
Of
course,
'a
.$
5,000,000
industry
employing
1000
persons,
sited
within
eight
miles
of
Prince
Jtupert,
.
will
revolutionize
the
industrial
picture
here.
No
longer
will
Prince
Itupert
be
merely
a
fishing
town
although
we
must
not
look
down
upon
our
fishery
which
will
still
remain
the
mainstay
that
it
lias
been
these
many
years
and
one
of
even
greater
importance
recently
than
it
ever
was
before.
The
new'Port
Edward
plant
will
be
directly
responsible
for
the
expenditure
of
$15,000,000
in
establishment
and
installation,
giving
direct
employment
to
the
1000
persons.
Tributary
to
and
because
of
it
will
be
other
secondary
investments
and
sources
of
employment
of
equal
importance.
The
beauty
of
this
is
that,
it
will
be
along
sound,
..i.l.u.i.iiwi'il
niifl
nnrmnnont
linos.
This
will
be
no
UOUWIV"'"
v,,,m
j
'
f
war
boom
but
something
upon
which
we
may
rely
and
depend
as
a
lasting
development.
It
will
put
Prince
Rupert
permanently
on
the
industrial
map.
.
At
long
last,
the
major
industrial
development
which
we
have
waited
for
so
long
seems
certain
now
of
fulfilment.
This
will
bring
Prince
Rupert
into
its
own.
We
may
well
feel
happy
about
the
good
news.
It
has
been
a
long
time
in
coining
so
long
that
some
of-us,
it
seems,
are
finding
it
hard
to
believe.
A
$15,000,000
industry
is
a
big
thing
for
any
man's
town
and
here
in
Prince
Rupert
we
may
be
pardoned
if
its
magnitude
seems
just
a
little
staggering
at
first.
Industry
Will
Actual
Headquarters
In
Ru
1
nnr
r
MADE
ANNOUNCEMENT
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
of
Terrace,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
who
broke
story
on
Prince
Rupert's
$15,000,000
celanese
pulp
mill.
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NliW
SUPERINTENDENT
Bernard
Allen,
apipolnted
general
superintendent,
British
Columbia
district,
Canadian
National
Railways,
with
headquarters
In
Vancouver.
Mr.
Allen
succeeds
Walter
T.
Moodie,
retired,
as
Uie
National
System's
chief
executive
officer
in
British
Columbia.
During
recent
war
years,
while
In
charge
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard,
Mr.
Allen
'directed
construction
of
warships
and
10,000-ton
cargo
vessels,
as
well
as
a
vast
amount
of
marine
repairs.
and
Services
Workers
to
Reside
Here
Prudhomme
Lake
Water,
Falls
River
Power,
Big
Building
Job
Despite
the
fact
that
Celanese
Corporation
of
America's
new
$15,000,000
celanese
pulp
plant
is
to
be
located
at
Watson
Island,
eight
miles
from
Prince
Rupert,
this
city
actually
will
be
headquarters
for
the
huge
industry
with
workmen
living
here
and
com
muting
to
their"
jobs,
according
to
D.
G.
Stenstrom,
special
advisor
to
the
company,
who
is
in
the
city.
Details
of
the
new
mill,
which
will
provide
pulp
for
textile
production
for
the
company's
plants
in
the
eastern
United
States,vere
outlined
to
the
Daily
News
this
morning
by
Mrl
Stenstrom.
"We
hope
to
use
Prince
Rupert
for
housing,"
Mr.
Stenstrom
said.
"We
do
not
intend
to
build
a
com
pany
town
at
Port
Edward
nor
do
wc
expect
to
house
any
men
there,
except
during
the.
construction
period.
We
will
use
the
railroad
or
bus
line
in
transporting
the
men
to
and
from
their
homes
in
Prince
Rupert.
"Also,
wc
intend
to
use,
as
far
as
possible,
hcv
labor
of
all
types,
and
hone
U
inport
of
few
v
the
mill
will
be
right
in
Prince
Rupert
for
Prince
Rupert
will
get
all
the
business."
Construction
of
the
plant,
which
will
at
first
involve
the
removal
of
vast
quantities
of
solid
rock
from
the
site,
will
begin
as
soon
as
possible,
Mr.
Stenstrom
said.
E.
R.
Barr,
formerly
with
the
lands
and
building
department
of
War
Assets
Corporation,
will
be
in
charge
of
the
initial
phases
.of
construction.
Mr.
Barr
has
been
appointed,
as
of
April
1,
to
rep
resent
the
company
during
its
initial
phases
and
will
become
part
of
the
permanent
staff.
During
the
construction
period,
about
400
men
will
be
employed,
according
to
Mr.
Stenstrom.
"We
hope
to
start
rock
excavation
as
soon
as
we
can
get
a
crew
together,"
he
declared.
Organization
for
the
work
is
commencing
at
once.
Mr.
Stenstrom,
who
was
formerly
resident
manager
of
Pacific
Mills
at
Ocean
Falls,
jias
been
acting
in
advisory
capacity
by
reason
of
his
knowledge
of
the
timber
and
pulp
industry
on
the?
Pacific-
Coast.
Last
fall,
Mr.
Stenstrom
accompanied
three
top
executives
of
Celanese
Corporation
tnrough
this
area
oil
two
occasions
when
they
visited
Prince
Rupert.
The
plant,
which
will
eventually
cover
an
area
of
approximately
15
acres
on
Watson
Island,
is
expected
to
be
in
production
in
about
two
years.
It
will
neces
sitate
an
original
rock
removal
project
ot
large
pro
portions'.
250-TON
DAILY
CAPACITY
MILL
"The
intention
is
to
construct
a
unit
of'r250
tons
per
day
of
celanese
pulp,"
he
revealed.
The
logs
will
come
from
territory
surrounding
Prince
Rupert
on
"the
coast,
the
lower
Skeena,
Terrace,
kitsumgallum
Lake
and,
eventually,
the
Naas
River
district,
"the
timber
will
come
from
territory
that
is
not
now
being
logged
except
on
a
very
small
scale."
Hemlock,
snruee
and
balsam,
are
the
only
useful
species
in.
connection
with
the
manufacture
of
cela
nese
-pulp.:
The
lact
that
this
territory
runs
more
heavily
to
these
species
than
any
other
part
of
the
coast
is
a
dominant
factor
in
establishing
the
mill
here.
To
produce
250
tons
of
pulp
a
day,,
the
mill
will
require
250,000
board
feet
of
log's,
Mr.
Stenstrom
said.
The
ratio
will
be
about
1000
bpard
feet
of
timber
for
each
ton
of
pulp;
The
mill
and
woods
operation
is
expected
to
employ
about
1000
men
when
in
production.
Its
product
will
he
shipped
by
rail
and
ship
to
the
American
Atlantic
seaboard
where
it
will
be
used
by
the
company's
various
textile
manufacturing
plants.
The
present
intention
is
that
the
pub
will
be
used
by
the
parent
company
and
will
not
he
for
sale.
Aecnrdinir
to
Mr.
Stenstrom,
this
is
the
first
large
venture
by
Celanese
Corporation
into
the
field
of
nulp
making,
although
they
have
been
using
pulp
in
tPvHte
manufacture
from
other
sources
lor
some
time.
Originaliy,
the
company
started-
with
cotton
as
Its
raw
material
and
is
still
using
cotton
to
some
extent.
However,
It
is
turning
more
and
more-to
high
grade
wood
pulp
such
as
will
be
made
available
by
the
Watson
Island
plant.
"Undoubtedly,
celanese
fabrics
are
sold
in
Prince
Rupert,"
Mr.
Stenstrom
commented.
"They
are
'of
a
higher
grade
than
rayon."
Hie
difference
between
the
manufacluic
of
celanese
and
rayon
is
in
the
treatment
of
the
pulp.
Celanese
uses
a
process
known
as
"cellulose
ace-teteM
whereas
rayon
manufacture
involves
a
process
known
as
"viscose,'
Manufacture
of
celanese
pulp
requires
a
great
deal
of
water,
but
tests
have
shown
that
there
will
be.
plenty
of
water
available
here.
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For
all
practical
purposes,
hours
6i
operation
which
the
lake
can
supply.
-Only
altera
tion
to
the
lake
level
will
be
a
slight
raise
required
for
the
con
struction
of
an
outlet
for
the
pipeline.
It
would
be
Impossible
to
raise
the
lake
level
very
much
without
flooding
the
highway
alnogside,"
Mr.
Stenstrom
said.
The
company
hopes
to
be
able
to
get
all
the
electrical
power
needed
from,
the
North
-ern
B.C.
Power
Company
ani;
negotiations
to
that
end
have
already
commenced.
Large
quantities
of
coal
w'!
be
used
for
steam
production
necessary
In
cooking
and
drying
the
pulp.
The
company
expects
to
'obtain
Its
coal
from
softie
interior
point
on
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
line
where
it
may
be
available
in
sufficient
quantities.
Mr.
Stenstrom
said
that
fo1-lowlng
a
press
conference
with
Mr.
Blancke
In
his
New
York
office
Wednesday
afternoon,
ths
New
York
Times
and
other
newspapers
are
carrying
detailed
stories
of
the
new
plant
today.
The
men
who
consummated
the
deal
which
placed
the
great
plant
here
are:
Harold
Blancke,
president
of
Celanese
Corporation
of
America,
New
York.
George
Schneider,
vice-president
and
technical
director.
George
Richards,
vice-president
and
treasurer.
All
three
of
these
men
vlsltd
Prince
Rupert
twice
last
summer
in
company
with
Stemtrom,
viewing
first-hand
the
site
of
the
mill
and
the
surrounding
area
from,
which
it
will
draw
its
timber
and
power
resources.
Headquarters
of
the
company
is
at
180
Madison
Avenue,
New
York.
'CONFIDENCE
IN
GOVT
OTTAWA
The
House
ot
Commons
completed
a
long
Tlnone
debate
yesterday
by
defeating
a'
Progressive-Conservative
and
Social
Credit
non-confidence
motion
134
to
81
and
211
to
13
respectively.
GAS
CEILING
OFF-OTTAWA
The
Piices
Board
announced
last
night
that,
effective
April
1,
price
ceilings
on
gasoline
and
tractor
distillates
will
be
removed
and
the
Dominion
three-cent
a
gallon
excise
tax
on
gasoline
will
be
removed.
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