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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
130.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
11.
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ONTO
7
U.S.
-CANADA
CO-OPERATION
17
ch
Is
jman
ynote
Lr
rnilccl
States
resScs
Canadian
Parliament
hVA(CP)-Presi.
Imman
told
a
joint
;
of
the
Senate
and
of
Commons
today
nited
States
foreign
aimed
at
a
world
nations,
living
toil
mutual
respect
and
Lpsi
'Canada
and
the
Isuwnavc
lived
lor
ccn-
Iwiient
talked
mfcstly
or
IrT
relationships
of
the
Irt,
American
countries.
Ri.a
nor
communism
but
tne
rrcsi-iartd
t-.s'-:nea
that
United
States
3
sid
those
who
seek
-
j,
peace
with
their
0
wlthuut
coercing
or
leuercri
without
lntlmi-
.fbelr-
intimidated."
I
-h
colic-?
the
President
I
it
cunt
Canada
In
the
st
f
those
who
share
IsbjccUvcs
and
ideals."
IU
KINO
Rtt.MK.NT
Pta:
Minister,
Rt.
lion.
Kicktrale
King,
Intro-Ct
Prfildent
and
said
ideal
of
a
world
(resident'
,
Eight
well
be
an
ex-
In
Canadian
policy.
Is
Stated'
his
advocacy
ItcUnued
Policy
of
the
j-Vnlted
States
co-op-,i!.lch
existed
in
the
war
pciftsaUy
mentioning
it
Park
agreement,
under
United
States
purchases
uda
of
materials
sent
l!sc!vcj
the
Canadian
for-
Lroblcrn
l
ident
Truman
advocated
a
luatloa
ol
wartime
co-op-
h
which
covered
both
de-
nd
economic
matters.
Local
Tides
arsday
June
12,
1047
7
10
15.0
feet
20:22
1:34
May
Nets
$230
'lifiihtly
ever
S230
in
their
ty
On
Satiirrt'iv
Pnrns
mm.
f
Alex
Mltehel
said
this
Press
Attaches
Si
at
Seal
Cove
was
branded
last
night
by
the
aldermen
themselves
as
a
dead
hand
hamper
ing
the
use
of
the
installation
by
other
groups
to
which
it
is
Important.
The
priority,
granted
by
the
Department
of
Transport
shortly
after
the
closing
of
the
base
by
the
air
force,
has
not
been
exercised
and
council
has
indi
cated
to
the
department
that,
with
the
exception
of
an
explosives
magazine,
they
have
no
desire
to
purchase
any
of
the
installations.
However,
the
city
is
Interested
in
one
area
of
the
base
for
pos
slblc
future
use
as
an
Industrial
site.
The
department
has
shown
willingness
to
declare
surplus
and
turn
over
to
War
Assets
Corporation
for
sale
to
the
municipality.
Meanwhile,
tne
city's
priority
to
the
other
installations
ap
parently
Is
interfcrrlng
with
the
Prince
Rupert
Aero
Club's
desire
to
obtain
four
small
buildings
on
floats
to
service
aircraft
at
their
proposed
headquarters
there.
An
application
by
the
Aero
Club,
to
(he
department
for
the
four
buildings
resulted
in
me
club
being
referred
to
the
city,
despite
the
fact
that
the
city
has
stated
that
they
do
not
want
them.
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
told
council
that
"we
have
distinctly
stated
our
stand
on
that
and
I
think
that
the
only
thing
to
do
is
to
refer
it
to
the
depart
mcnt
with
reference
to
our
pre
vious
letter,
In
regard
to
the
area
which
the
citv
wants
for
an
industrial
kiip
w
K.
Lawson.
air
director
for
the
Department
of
Trans
port,
cautioned
the
council
that
hev
"must
consider
whetner
o
n4
fret
I
not
the
use
for
Industrial
pur
9.1
feet
poses
of
the
site
would
masc
.i
13
40
0.8
feet'
hazard
to
air
transport.'
UhM
AMPHIBIAN
DUE
HERE
TO
INSTITUTE
StRVILt
t'Scighteen-passenger
Canso
amphibian
aircraft,
lis
to
institute.
flights
from
Prince
Rupert
to
spit
next
week
as
part
of
the
new
gcneuuien
ma-TVinco
Ilunert
to
Vancou-
isdue
in'
Prince
Runert
tomorrow.
It
flew
from
tnA-Av
The
first
scheduled
-l-vj,
s.v
liiiiiiuiiiuu
:
.....
,
if01wn11.r
ingnt
lroin
iH-jL-
Mj
i.w-.v.
TTrrx
.
..A.mrr
will
be
made
next
Monday
but,
rU
11
A
Ml
II
II-I
...noniimr
iimr
lhrrc
there
will
will
be
oc
I'llU
UMI1UULU
RATION
ENDS
ShorUw
here
Allhoush
H
llcavv
lrl...'
Ari
portage
o!
butter
inPrlnco
llnd
nnnn
ivrvr-lrrl
JlilV-
Iv
but
no
change
in
!iolcvale
or
retail.
I
"
Was
tho
hiitlrr
rlt.liation
Rupert
as
summed
up
It
afternoon
followtn?
lfs
of
wholesale
and
re:
i
waiters,
holders,
relieved
after
I
cf
the
utlon.
started
?
itronor
fnrlv
nrv.h2.blv
have
as
banquet"
as
I,
4
the
dealers
suggested.
'
fttall
price
is
still
flfty-
lwn
per
pound
here
some
preliminary
familiarization
flights
out
of
Frince
uupeiw.
Captain
of
the
Canso
is
Pilot
Thomas
Laurie,
veteran
of
C.PV.
flying
on
this
coast,
having
for
years
been
on
ine
vww"
Zcballos
run.
Reserve
captain
another
ex
i.
i.mrt
Black,
perienced
C.P.A.
pilot.
They
are
l-moinc
the
Canso
here
from
Winnipeg.
Also
on
board
arc
'
.!
mnnnirer
R.
W.
Iiyan,
bch
"
"
of
Canadian
Pacinc
Air.
and
T.
W.
Brown,
W
liuupv.cn
"
assistant
general
traffic
man-
agcr,
Winnipeg
Fli'rabeth
Given
London
Freedom
LONDON.
Oi-Prlnccss
Ellza-
LU1
vnllllff
beth,
a
seii-nos,
-
vrman
In
blue,
toaay
1
ScLt
the
City
of
London
right
by
patrimony
her
as
d0"
?
...
Miow
citizens
to
file
Dominions
and
seek
to
know
better,
"uur
necDles
S
h,"
said.
"Is
not
so
much
a
slnsle
act
cvf
statecraft
t
faltn
FISHERMEN
FLY
NORTH
Cannery
Company
Jltisliing
Them
to
Alaska
following
Contract
Settlement
SEATTLE,
P
Delayed
by
contract
negotiations,
salmon
fishermen
are
being
rushed
to
Bristol
Bay,
Alaska,
by
pl3ne
In
order
to
be
on
hand
for
the-cpcnlng
of
the
fishing
season
June
23.
Two
plane
toads
cf
men
left
Boeing
Field
during
the
nleht.
Wrthin
the
next
week,
approximately
500
'fishermen
will
be
flown
to
the
Llbby,
McNeill
and
Llbby
canneries
.in
the
Naknek
area.
Th6
'fisher
men,
all
members
of
the
Alaska
Fishermen's
Union,
accepted
the
12
per
cent
wage
boost
last
night.
COUNCIL
WOULD
CONTRACT
CITY
GARBAGE
WORK
Board
of
Works
chairman
Al
derman
McKay
aired
the
city's
garbage
collection
situation
in
council
last
night
and
met
with
agreement
from
the
other
aldermen
that
things
are
not
as
they
might
be.
He
presented
a
reso
lution
urging
that
the
city
let
out
its
garbage
collection
on
con
tract.
His
resolution
resulted
in
a
motion
that
the
proposed
garbage
contract
be
referred
to
the
utilities
committee
for
drafting,
then
be
referred
back
to
council
for
final
approval.
"I'm
prepared
to
fight
hard,
If
it's
not
what
I
want,"
said
Alderman
A.
S.
Nlckcrson,
who
declared
himself
definitely
In
favor
of
having
back-door
col
lections.
Mayor
Arnold
reminded
um
alderman
that
the
city
had
saved
money
by
letting
night
soil
collections
out
on
contract.
Even
Alderman
George
Rud-
derham,
consistant
champion
of.
oils-
civic
operation
of
Its
own
utlli-j
tics,
admitted
mat
lctung
ui
u
contract
might
result
in
cco-
nomy
In
the
matter
of
garbage
collection.
Alderman
McKay
told
council
that
operation
of
the
garbage
department
"is
a
hard
tning
to
vpp
imr.k
of.
It
Is
one
of
those
things
that
must
operate
on
its
own.
At
the
present
time
it
is
not
satisfactory.!
He
declared
that
he
was
in
favor
of
back
door
collections,
rather
than
street
collections,
regardless
of
cost.
Skull
of
Strange
Fish
Brought
Up
,A
olrnnsrn
fish
skull
Was
brought
to
the
surface
by
fisher
recently
rum
u.c
men
operating
local
halibutter
Borgund
o
f
Bcnllla
Island
!n
Hecate
Strait.
and
is.
now
in
the
possession
01
Bert
Hanson.
The.
skull
measures
10
to
12
inches
across
and
is
cer
tainly
a
type
of
flth
not
com
mon
in
these
waters,
mose
wiw
have
seen
it
say
It
is
not.
a
shark.
Possibly.
It
Is
thought,
It
xrfay
have
strayed
north
from
a
southerly
habitat
and
expired.
It
became
entangled
in
halibut
gear.
ignmcance
COUNCIL
UNABIE
Haines
Cut-Off
is
Being
ILSLi'F
Opened
to
Tourists
Soon
dace
nn
nn
m
r
UMJL
rKIUKII
I
!
The
...
Haines
cut-off
road,
-
v.,
which
.........
connects
south-
The
city's
priority
claim
to
i
eastern
Alaska,
thu
"Inside
Passage"
coastal
route
the
former
R.C.A.F.
moDcrtiesi
and
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
with
the
Alaska
High
way
through
the
Alaska
Panhandle,
a
strip
of
British
Columbia
and
Yukon
Territory,
will
be
opened
to
normal
tourist
traffic
on
June
20,
according
to
wired
.
.
..
!
.!,.!
1
1
v,.
Drtnnn
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
from
L.
Higglns,
territorial
agent
for
the
Yukon
at
Whitehorse,
who
has
been
so
advised
by
the
Canadian
Army.
This
is
gratifying
news
for
the
i
Alaska
committee
of
the
local
I
Chamber
which
has
been
assidu-
I
ous
of
late
in
its
efforts
to
clari-
with
the
Alaska
Highway.
Ad
vice
Is
that
Canadian
customs
offices
are
in
operation
at
both
south
and
north
ends
of
the
cut-off.
TransDort
service
for
cars
into
Haines,
however,
ap
pears
to
be
still
somewhat
un
certain.
w---'
To
T
Objecting
To
Extension
of
Holiday
Pay
Hallways
Say
it
Cannot-
be
Entertained
Finances
Discussed
MONTREAL
The
Canadian
railways,
while
not
objecting
to
the
DrinciDle
of
annual
vaca
tion
with
pay.
yesterday
opposed
an
application
by
organizations
representing
approximately
65
percent
of
their
employees
for
extension
of
existing
annual
vacation
with
ray
agreements
to
14
working
days.
The
application
was
croosed
on
the
j
.,
fy
the
Haines
cut-off
situation,
pounds
mat
ine
ma
a
"
1
l
t
i
m
mini
r
f
"V
1
l
f
9
IPnCfl
I
.
.
.
,
W1U1I.
.U11UU11W
J
mv.
Reports
are
mat
ine
Haines
i,.
,.
m
road
Is
in
good
condition
from
Haines
to
the
point
of
junction
days
vacation
with
pay
Is
"unreasonable"
and
beyond
the
ability
of
the
railways
to
Day
The
railway
brier,
presented
by
H-
D.
Brydone-Jack,
manager
cf
the
Canadian
Pacifip
Railways
department
of
person
al
ner,
and
R.
C.
Johnston,
dlrec-
tor
djjaoor
relations,
uanaciau
national
nanwnv,
usiuic
tf
conciliation
meeting
I'ljd
hoard
l
11
1.
tUllVi'tatlV'tt
w.H3
through
here
this
week
enroute
j
contemplate
thi
increased
ex-
to
Skagway
with
the
hope
of
Dense
tat
would
be
Involved
being
able
to
proceed
to
Haines
In
Ihis
or
other
demands
and
and
drive
from
there
over
the
that,
cvejk
should
their
acpli-"cut
-
off,"
otherwise
shipping
cation
tojjhe
Beard
of
Transport
over
the
White
Pass,
and
Yukon
Route,
in
from
.Skagwa
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
Bralorne
11-50
B.R.
Con
.06
Vi
B.R.X
-10
Cariboo
Gold
2.30
Dentonla
17
Grull
Wihksne
07
V2
Hedley
Mascot
1.03
Mlnto
-03
Pend
Oreille
2.25
Pioneer
4
00
Premier
Border
043,4
Premier
Gold
-58
Privateer
40
Reeves
McDonald
1.05
Reno
.10'4
Salmon
Gold
21
Sheep
Creek
1.13
Taylor
Bridge
50
Taku
River
(ask)
.00
Vananda
(ask)
.35
Congress
01
Pacific
Eastern
..
(ask)
.37
Hedley
Amalg'teti
(ask)
.10
Spud
Valley
ask)
.15
Central
Zeballos
(ask)
.03
A.P.
Con
20
Calmont
49
C.
&E
:
2.25
Foothills
2.65
Home
3.80
Toronto
Athona
14
Aumaquc
28
Bcvcourt
-75
Bobjo
-
I8
Buffalo
Canadian
20
.Consolidated
Smelters..
82.50
Conwest
..."
1-00
Donalda
88
Eldona
35
Elder
80
Giant
Yellowknlfe
-
6il0
God's
Lake
1-09
Hardrock
42
Harrlcana
1
Heva
Gold
-32
Hosco
38
Jacknlfe
a...-
07
3
Jollet
Quebec
45
Lake
Rowan
15
Lapaska
31
Little
Long
Lac
1-70
Lynx
'.
16
'
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.25,
McKenzie
Red
Lake
55
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.60
Moneta
47
Negus
2-08
Noranda
-
46-00
Osisko
Lake
..
l-49
Pickle
Crow
2
75
rn.rruTii:si(Yripr
for
increased
tney
would
51111
not
oe
mrmu?
sufficient
revenue
to
enable
them,
with
proner
consideration
for
the
needs
of
thrir
properties
and
the
just
dues
ot
the
owners,
to
undertake
ilich
increased
Wage
burdens.
The
board
is
composed
0!
Dr.
Alexander
Brady,
chairman;
J.
F.
Chlsliol-m.
K.C..
the
railway
nominee,
and
Morris
W.
Wright,
the
employee
nominee.
Mr.
Brydone-Jack
read
the
railway
brief,
based
on
facts
relating
to
the
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
on
behalf
of
the
following
com
panies:
1
The
Canadian
Pacific
Rail
way,
Canadian
National
Railwys,
Pacific
Oreat
Eastern
Railway.
Algema
Central
and
Hudson
Bay
Railway,
Toroi.to.
Hamilton
and
Buffalo
Railway.
Ontario
Northland
Railway,
Sydney
and
Lonlsburg
Railway
and
the
Essex
Terminal
Railways.
HOW
.EXTENSION
WOULD
WORK
OUT
The
request
for
an
annual
vacation
of
14
working
days,
taid
the
railway
brief,
means
the
vacation
period
be
extended
to
cover
ft
minimum
of
calendar
days
for
hourly,
daily
and
monthly
rated
employees
as
compared
with
the
present
14
calendar
days
scucrally
in
ef
fect
for
anontlily-rated
employees
and
seven
calendar
days
for
dally
and
hourly
rated
employees.
'
Such
a
vacation
plan
appears
to
be
a
rather
unutual
one
and,
to
the
best
of
our
knowledge,
has
not
made
its
appearance
in
anv
other
industry,
the
brief
said.
Generally
whtrc
vacations'
with
ray
were
incorporated
in
collc'ctlve
agreements,
these
were
recognized
as
a
factor
in
the
ejitalbtislJnent
Of
the
present
wage
structure.
Without
taking
into
account
any
increase
in
earnings
mat
mi?ht
remit
froi.1
the
railways
armllcaticn
for
freight
rate
in
creases,
net
earnings
of
the
two
major
railways
:or
the
year
1947
(Continued
on
Page
5)
TONBRIDGE.
Eng.,
Post
men
here
were
told
not
to
dis
turb
a
bird's
nest
in
a
letter
box.
Regcourt
34
San
Antonio
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
40
Sherrltt
Gordon
3.55
Steep
'Rock
182
Sturgeon
River
-22
ruman
s
TRADING
HERE
,
IN
MILLIONS
Actjrding
to
recently
compiled
figures
of
business
volume
in
a
25-mlle
Lading
area
contiguous
to
Prince
Rupert,
retail
sajes
for
a
year
in
Prince
Rupert
amount
to
$4,075,000
and
wholesale
sales,
$3,083,000
with
a
gross
manufacturing
production
cf
$8,762,000.
CHURCHILL
OPERATION
Former
Prime
Minister
Doing
Well
Following
Surgery
For
Hernia
LONDON
Oj
-Winston
Churchill
underwent
an
operation
for
hernia
today
and
the
condition
of
the
72-year-old
former
prime
minister
was
reported
satisfactory.
Churchill
is
ex
pected
to
be
absent
from
his
duties
as
Leader
of
the
Opposition
in
the
House
of
Commons
for
at
least
a
month.
A
bulletin
announcing
the
operation
was
signed
by
five
doctors
including
Lord
Mtoran,
President
of
the
Royal
College
of
Physicians,
and
iVVJ
W
va
-
"J
'
1
,
One
California
car
passed
here,
said
the
railways
cannot
sir
Thos.
Dunhill,
one
of
the
King's
physicians.
W.
&
N.
UPSETS
SAV0Y.SJJ
Keenly
Contested
Baseball
Game
Results
in
uoimers
Win
Watts
and
Nickerson
emerged
far
enough
from
the
baseball
league
cellar
last
night
to
humble
the
league
leading
'Savoys
with
a
2
to
0
defeat.
Bill
Lambie,
on
the
mound
or
the
Clothiers,
served
up
the
shut-out.
Pitching
persistently
good
ball
through
out
the
nine
innings
Bill
gath
ered
14
strike-outs
while
allow
ing
only
2
hits..
UNITED
STATES
TIIOTEST
'
WASHINGTON
United
States
today
sent
Russia
a
strong
pro
test
against
tin
Soviet
upset
of
Hungary's
government.
A
Slate
Department
note
threatened
to
take
the
case
before
the
United
Nations
if
necessary.
KILLED
IN
CAR
CRASH
VANCOUVER
Major
Angus
McAllister,
03,
First
World
War
veteran,
died
last
night
when
his
car
hurtled
fifty
yards
.across
four
front
lawns
and
I
crashed
into
the
basement
of
a
house
in
West
Vancouver.
Major
McAllister,
who
lost
an
arm
during
the
war,
was
dead
on
the
arrival
of
the
police.
VANCOUVER
HALIBUT
VANCOUVER
Halibut
totalling
over
550,000
pounds
were
placed
In
Vancouver
warehouses
Tuesday
as
the
boats
speeded
to
pott
at
the
closing
of
the
fishing
season.
The
vessel
"Western
Spirit"
landed
the
largest
cargo
of
fish.
55,000
pounds.
CAN
TAKE
GOLD
OTTAWA
The
minister
of
finance,
Hon.
Douslas
Abbott,
speaking
in
the
House
of
Commons
Tuesday,
warned
the
Canadian
mining
companies
that
the
government
had
the
power
to
force
the
delivery
of
their
gold
to
the
Bank
of
Canada
under
a
heavy
penalty.
However,
he
planned
no
immediate
action
regarding
the
Mclntyre
-
Porcupine
M
I
n
e
s
Ltdv,
which
recently
announced
the
storing
of
more
than
five
million
doHnr
of
its
gold.
Visit
Outstanding
Reporters
With
Party
Many
Countries
Represented
in
News
Group
OTTAWA
(CP)
-That
trrcat
imnortance
and
pos
sible
deep
significance
is
attached
to
the
Canadian
visit
of
President
Harrv
S.
Truman
in
the
United
States
was
evidenced
here
in
in
formed
circles
at
the
Chateau
Laurler
Hotel
when
It
was
learn
cd
that
thirty-eight
outstand
ing
American
newspaper
report
ers
and
radio
news
commenta
tors
had
accompanied
the
United
States
chief
executive
on
his
visit
to
.Canada.
The
roll
was
augmented
by
staff
representatives
of
newspapers
and
syndicates
in
the
United
Kingdom,
China
and
other
allied
nations
as
well
as
neutral
Switzerland
and
radio
news
commentators
from
all
three
of
the
great
American
broadcasting
networks.
Soon
after
President
Truman's
special
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
train
crossed
tne
international
Border
Tuesday
enroute
to
Ottawa
Presidential
Secretary
Charles
G.
Ross
distributed
preliminary
advance
copies
of
the
President's
Ottawa
addresswhlch
.was,
delivered
at.a
jouitysessio
of
Parliament
today.
Baseball
Scores
National
Cincinnati
3-5,
Brooklyn
1-6.
Chicago
1,
Boston
2.
St.
Louis
8,
Philadelphia
3.
Pittsburgh
2,
Giants
3.
American
Philadelphia
9,
Detroit
8.
New
York
5,
Chicago
3.
Washington
1,
St.
Louis
2.
Boston
3,
Cleveland
2.
Suite
tin
A
FARM
DELIVERY
STRIKE
EDMONTON
Call
J.
Stimpfle,
president
of
the
Alberta
Farmers'
Union
said
Tuesday
that
the
Union
may
call
another
farm
produce
delivery
strike
if
the
Dominion
government
decline
to
increase
the
initial
piicc
or
wheat
from
$1.35
to
$1.60
a
bushel.
MORE
POLES
LAND
HALIFAX
Canadian
farmers
will
welcome
the
arrival
of
881
Polish
veterans
to
reach
this
port
aboard
the
Aquitania
today.
It
is
the
last
draft
of
ex-soldiers
of
General
Andre's
army
who
arc
migrating
to
Canada
to
work
on
farms
and
for
which
special
arrangements
are
being
made
by
the
government.
DUTCH
FARMERS
COMING
OTTAWA
A
thousand
farmers
from
Holland
will
sail
for
Canada
June
17
to
lend
their
skill
and
find
new
life
in
agricultural
Canada,
mostly
in
sugar
beet
cultivation
in
southern
Ontario
and
Alberta.
This
was
announced
yesteiday
by
the
Minister
of
Reconstruction,
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe.
THEATRE
FOR
LEPERS
SUVA,
Fiji,
CP)
A
new
theatre
in
the
leiper
colony
has
been
opened
here.
It
is
a
concrete
structure
with
the
sides
open
to
the
prevailing
wind
and
is
complete
with
stage,
dressing
rooms.
projection
rooms
ano
a
wnite
cinema
screen.
LONDON,
K
Cmdr.
H.
D.
Warburg,
responsible
for
the
present
world
tide-tables,
died
aged
68.
EMERGENCY
RADIOPHONE
USE
APPROVED
Radio
telephone
service
be
tween
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver,
which
has
been
out
of
operation
since
the
land
tel.e--
phone
lines
were
put
to
public
use
more
than
a
year
ago,
will
be
available
on
an
emergency
basis
when
the
land
lines
are
out
of
order,
city
council
has
been
informed
by
the
radio
di
vision
of
the
Department
of
Transport.
Reopening
of
the
radiophone
circuit
is
the
culmination
of
struggle
on
the
part
of
city
council
and
the
Chamber'
tf
Commerce
to
have
it
authorized
for
stand-by
use
in
case
tHc
land
lines
are
put
out
of
order
by
weather
conditions
as
happened
on
several
occasions
last
winter.
Previously,
when
the
land
connection
was
broken,
there
was
no
provision
for
the
use
of
radio
telephone
directly
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
although
no
other
adequate
means
of
electrical
communication
existed.
The
new
decision,
as
announced
by
the
radio
division.
Department
Of
Transport,
allows
the
use
of
the
radiophone
cir
cuit
only
for
emergency
use
while
the
land
line
Is
broken.
WOMEN
BATTLE
WAREHOUSE
FIRE
With
the
men
ol
Ibe.
commun
ity
away
fishing,
women
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island
village
01
01d.Mamttfcrced
rvket-btb.-gade'
and
fousht
a
f
ire
j
which
broke
out
in
the
Halda
Qo-cper-atlve
warehouse
recently,
confining
the
flames
to
that
building
when
they
threatened
to
destroy
the
neaiby
canDery
and
co
operative
store.
Estimated
loss
01
the
warenpuse
and
its
contents
was
set
at
$10,000
by
Oliver
Adams,
manager
of
the
co-operative.
Cause
of
the
blaze
has
not
been
determined.
RESOLUTION
BY
ALD.
CASEY
OUT
OF
ORDER
Alderman
George
Casy
won
a
qualified
victory
in
city
council
last
night
in
his
attempt
to
'secure
passage
of
a
resolution
which
would
have
the
tity
re
voke
utilities
service
charges
against
elderly
war
widows
in
order
that
their
small
pensions
might
go
farther.
Although
his
resolution
was
ruled
"out
of
Order"
by.
Mayor
Arnold
because
it
cquld
not
be
made
applicable
under
the
terms
of
the
Municipal
Act,
he
.succeed
ed
in
drawing
attention
that
the
Cllft
Ford
trust
fund
is
available-
for
relieving
distress
of
Uie
persons
in
question.
The
Clitt
Ford
trust
is
a
legacy
from
the
late
ClHt
Ford,
who
died
in
England
in
January,
1945,
leaving
property
valued
at
about
$15,000
"for
the
relief
of
ex-servicemen
and
their
families
in
Prince
Rupert."
Alderman
Casey's
resolution
urged
that
elderly
widows
of
deceased
World
War
I
veterans
"ba
relieved
of
municipal
utility
charges,
such
as
water,
garbage,
night
soil
and
telephone
and
that
these
services
be
granted
gratuitously,
commencing
June
1."
citv
Clerk
H.
D.
Thaln
pointed
out
that
the
Municipal
Act
al
lowed
the
city
to
grant
no
such
exemptions.
Alderman
McKay
told
council
that
the
resoluUon
might
"open
a
wide
and
dangerous
field,"
and
referred
to
the
Clift
Ford
trust
account
as
a
source
of
assistance.
W1SHFORD,
Eng..
G
only
fire
lighting
equipment
here
is
an
Elizabethan-period
pump.
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