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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
42.
PRINCE
RUPERT
J3.C.
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
19,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
u
lie
tin
A
Tuour.1
,i:
NCA
A
French
E,in
n
plane
waslrug-rralcly
toward
III
t
III.
itun
imiuy
nun
ioul
jf
commission,
f
been
jeltfcncd.
,
Ls
luiind
frnni
lli-r-
Kis-alilanca
with
land
crew
of
11.
IN
ATLANTIC
A
great
.storm,
miles
southeast
of
iraging
In
the
At-
BO
miles
Jht
Hour,
passenger
liners
and
tavc
changed
their
0
('(1ST
AIOKK
VA
'railor-iiiailr
red
sfler
February
!
Milijnt
to
'."
i-iriic
IOVAI,
FAMILY
UN-Tlic
Kins
and
j
,1'riiiccsse
l.lizn-lirgarrt
Kosc,
mak-
Ifirsl
trip
out
of
fcince
arrival,
vWlrd
kin
naval
base
lo-Enstovi
ji
is
22
miles
Tin.
rnvjl
narlv
H-cl
1
lie
Kcnilworlh
nr.vr
ox
III
A
-
A
widespread
fcrriRii
a;ciil
is
Mralia
;pricr
In
the
1;
rocket
lionili
tsi
limit
is
similar
tlidi
nrrrdrcl
the
rases
in
,CanaiU.
in
pailstim:
1,1.
M
-Police
report
that
inc
'.nritili
.
.
MiRiuiy
nijiiirii
Inick
w.is
blown
up
night
by
an
flee
iilrolled
mine
on
a
fciildicrs
searched
In
Tel
Aviv
today.
ties
were
reported.
IA
IS
ICIOUS
Iiivm.i
of
Keeping
runes.
Abroad
Mo
cow
radio
&r
Anatoli
Os
dov.
(i
Soviet
chargos
!:
CUilc.s
was
kcep-e
(yrrci
.slatlonat
Miarlnx
groat
it
I.
in
the
Arctic.
here
are
Amcrl-"ywlicrc
and
In
Ciiurchill,
Manl-
pie
imcnt
with
Jct-
KU1C
IIIG
DETS
'More
Intensive
n
Cver
P.crorr,
Iti
lls
House
'R'
Dlyini;
in
the
fommons
Mwnclay
to
'Htiti
m,
Defence
u:Ue
C
iixt.on
said
i
11
-f
us
in
noli
would
l'i
year
on
cadet.
V
in
Canada
as
had
in
nv
cf
t.ln
urn..
'
'
enuth
of
the
I
Cl)"ns
Wlllllrl
Vin
cir
f'luleLs
15,000
l
lO.IKlO
Prcwnr
ti
numbered
7.000.
M
a:
d
the
first
air
""n
formed
in
1040.
:cnt,
Dlanncd
to
ii'lnn
available
only
ween
the
ncs
of
14
r):,i'C!!;,lvc-Conscrva-?J!?
Major
General
M
Nanalmo
and
Lt.
crnti
of
Vanrauvpr-
P
critiCiZcd
pians
t0
c
limit-
for
enriet
pd
Ularr
it
I,.
u
canister
of
Nation-
r
of
National
Dc-
Ecr
cvm,:izcd
for
as.
authority
than
any
iother
"iinistcrs.
even
ft
the
War
nnrl
I
1)..;
uiitliMi'ii.
f;
that
of
simila';
cuuntries,
Oil.
STRIKE
POSTPONED
SAN
1KANC1SC0
The
United
Slates
Conciliation
Service
eoinmissiouer
tu-noujitcd
today
that
the
strike
or
approximately
20,000
C.I.O.
oil
workers
in
five
western
slates,
.scheduled
In
begin
this
morning-,
had
been
poiipMied
for
21
hours.
A
final
effort
to
reach
a
.kcll
lenient
will
be
made
today
at
a
(meeting
of
union
representatives
and
the
Standard
Oil
Co.
"SINISTER
MONOPOLY"
VANCOUVER
Official
of
Veterans'
Brewery
(Holding)
l.imilitl,
organisation
consisting
of
70
veterans
ol
Uic
Second
World
War
formed
to
establish
an
independent
brewery
here,
charged
that
a
"sinister
and
all-powerful
monopoly"
was
responsible
fT
their
rremil
failure
to
e-ruic
a
license,
They
,-taid
Pro
vincial
Secretary
George
Pearson
had
replied
to
their
rc-ii;est
for
a
license
'by
saying
that
"the
government
is
of
the
opinion
that
granting
,-sucli
a
request
would
not
be
In
the
public
interest
at
this
time."
WHEAT
ACiKIXM
KNT
OTTAWA
A
proposed
in-lcriialiin.il
wheal
agreement
diatvn
up
by
the
International
Wheal
Council
anil
tabled
last
night
tin
the
House
of
Commons
rreommrnded
Canadian
prices
or
$1.25
and
JI.55
a
bushel
for
N.
1
Manitoba
norlhrni
and
$1.35
a
bushel
for
'No.
1
.Manitoba
northern
be
set
as
the
basis
fit
minimum
and
maximum
.export
prices.
11
ATA
I.
hotel
1
iki;
AM
;
I
IORA
1
1
Iv-Tv.
person
Ifcwcie
burned
In
death
and
Palc-
itae
eoaslM
Hrr
arc
fci
critical
roMc1itii.ii
with
burns
as
U
result
of
fire
which
destroyed
the
Palace
llulrl
here.
RECRUITING
FOR
NAVAL
RESERVES
mTAWA--ltccruMn8
lor
the
i
p:
nnancnl
Royal
C'anuclfan
I
Navy
having
alwut
rcaclittl
Its
j
uuola,
iiiiphasis
Is
now
being
I
put
on
the
development
.of
the
active
R.C.N.
(Reserve).
As
an
encouragement
to
brlnijlns
Ihc
10
dlvNons
from
Prince
Edward
Island
to
Prince
Ruix.-rt
up
to
strength,
educational
recjuire-nicnts
have
been
.set
at
Grade
IS
In
Miiic-categories,
while
hi
tlx
case
of
seamen,
stokers
and
ptiunibm
It
will
also
be
necessary
for
the
candidate
to
pass
a
voimul
uibillty
lost
and
to
be
ni
V'aHy
loTinincnclecl.
Rccrult-iiv
for
the
toVicksmilh
and
p;i.ntw
branches
for
the
time
being
hi
s
been
suspended.
Skilled
trac!es,
wlibh
Include
artlfl-vors.
air
mechanics
aivd
air
ra-
dlo
mechanics
will
.still
require
hlghur
eJluraUonal
grading.
.
NATIVE
GRAMMAR
The
aboriginals
of
Australia
dcvelupcd
a
highly
graduated
languiige
with
considerable
grammar.
Ind
la
Is
Suspicion
Paralyzes
Peace
Dea
I
1.0NDON
(Pi
An
cast-w:
-rt
nilfunulcrstanding
tannlcd
the
deputy
foroisu
ministers
ot
the
Hig
Four
in
disagreement
Tucj-day
and
left
the
peace
trcatlc
nf
Rrrmnnu
nnrl
Auctrln
!nr(.'lvf
unwritten.
Ociiulies
assigned
tti
draft
tlv
Austrian
treaty
concede
th;i
sii
y
will
not
be
able
to
finish
their
Jc.
partly
because
of
inability
to
reconcile
views
of
Russia
wilh
thewe
of
the
west.
Dqi-
jutics
working,
on
the
German
treaty
arc
afflicted
with
a
similar
almotplicrc
of
mutual
distrust.
Russia!
Urilaln
and
France
on
Monday
agreed
in
principal
l
a
prt'pcsa
1
yt
lia
I
a
eoiiKiiiUen
be
established
to
consult
with
an'1
advise
the
smaller
states
on
;.:
phases
of
German
tl'caty
(",
-tiations.
but
the
United
;t
abstained,
pending
further
study
PROSPECT
OF
'
SETTLEMENT
In
Maritlinrs
Coal
Strike
Persists
Jiul
No
Detail
GLAHB
DAY.
Nova
Scotia
United
Mine,
Workers
(Cjcx.i
of
the
Maritime
provinces,
fn
the
midst
of
their
first
cjiwal
rikc
In
22
ycar,.learjicdtudax
'
tfifr
poJbility
.
ciIMestepa
toward
settlement
of
I
heir
wage
dispute
with
the
Dominion
fiteel
and
Coal
Conoration
but
there
are
no
particulars.
The
union
executive
decided
To
remain
in
Ottawa
for
a
further
wriod
on
the
basis
of
these
prospects.
Labor
MinUttr
Humphrey
Mitchell
said
that
he
had
"nothing
at
the
present
tlino
to
report
which
would
give
hope
that
a
.solution
Ls
in
sight."
Meanwhile,
preparation
for
a
long
strike
proced
quietly
in
the
Maritime
colliery
areas
as
only
the
InJcrcolnnlal
Coal
Co.'s
400
Wrslvlllc.
US.,
employees
continued
to
produce
coal.
The
Wcslvicw
men
expressed
complete
"sympathy"
with
the
Truck
Hits
Mine;
Soldiers
Injured
JKRUSALKM
Three
Uriti.ti
soldiers"
were-
injured
when
an
Army
truck'
was
blown
up
by
a
'.and
mine
on
a
road
near
here
yesterday.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
February
so,
1017
lllglV
1:31
10.0
feel
13:00
20.7
feel
Low1
7.15
7.1
feet
10:40
2.3
feet
LUXURY
TRAIN
XVllA
avinq
19
Anoth
CARRY
ROYAL
FAMILY
IN
SOUTH
AFRICA
j
A
vent.
'.uic
p:daee
onwhe
.Is"
will
carry
the
royal
family
and
their
party
when
they
travel
by
rail
during
the
tour
ol
South
Africa,
and
will
be
their
moving
home
during
a
good
share
of
the
tour
just
os
the
train
which
carried
the
King
and
Queen
across
Canada
became,
lop
is
picturc-d
gleaming
white
coaches
of
the
specially-built
train
which
has
every
convenience
ixjssibla
in
railway
equipment,
and
includes
air-condltonlng
against
Africa's
heat.
Below
Is
alMiwtgtefur
ol
the
.
rpaimnj
done
In
silver
and
gold,
and.
fitted
with
radio
and
telephones.
"
"
'"'
'
"
"
"
"
..
...--'nr-V-
TWO
SAVED
IN
PLANE
CRASH
United
Slalev
.1
rmy
Aircraft
Comes
(
(irii'f
in
Labrador
'
GOOSE
BAY.
Labrador
Two
men
aboard
a
United
State-Army
aircraft
have
been
found
safe
after
their
plane
crashed
100
miles
north
of
here
while
on
a
test
flight
to
Harriaon
Harbor.
Royal
Canadian;
Air
Force
searchers
from
here
located
the
wreck
and
brousht'.lii
the-
sur
vivors.
WAR
ASSETS
HAS
48
WAREHOUSES
M
ONTRKAL
The
widespread
extenf
of
the
operations
of
War
Assets
CifrporaliOn
Is
indicated
by
the
fact
that
it
Is
now
oper
ating
!!)
waiflious
and
one
storage
yard
at
various
locations
ucross
Canada,
ncccvding
to
a
statement
Usual
by
the
Cor
poration
today.
One
of
the
wan
hoih".
is
at
1'rince
Rupert.'i
another
,"l
Prince
Oeorge.
CANADA-TO-MEXICO
GOLD
SIUPMENT
GET8..CHECKOVER
This
transport
aircraft
is
virtually
floored
with
gold,
for
the
solid
mass
of
.crates
you
see
are
jammed
with
gold
ingots
beine
transferred
from
the
Bank
of
Canada
to
the
Bank
of
Mexico.
The
fortune
in
gold
was
N.J..
airport
where
Custom'
Officer
Richard
nlctured
when
the
plane
stopped
at
Newark,
Magerkurth,
right,
checks
lt
over
with
Elmer
R.
Jones,
left,
of
the
Well.,
Farto
Company
who
are
protecting
the
treasure
during
Its
transfer
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Cuurtrty
B.
V.
JoliiibWu
Cu.
Lid.)
Vancouver
Braiornc
Vi.'J)
U.K.
Con
OS
'a
1I.R.X
12
Cariboo
Gold
2.85
Ucntonla
-
.27
Gnill
Wihksnc
".11
llcclley
Mascot
1.12
Minto
051-4
,Pcnd
Oreille
3.05
I'Joncer
4.00
Premier
Border
,
.07
Premier
Gold
.....
..
.....
1.18
rrlvatecr
50
Reeves
McDonald
1.40
Reno
-.08
V4
Salmon
Gold
.20
Sheep
Creek
..I...
1.4'J
Taylor
Bridge
.07
Whitewater
02
'3
Vanauda
(ask)
.42
Congress
00
Vi
Pacific
Easicrn
CO
llcdley
Amalgamated
..
.08
Spud
Valley
.20
Central
Zcbifllos
U2Vz
Oils
:
A.P.
Con.
.10
.
Calmont
.33
C.
Vte
B.
2.18
I'Vothllls
2.40
Home
.L
ri
320.
,
Tui'vnlci
Aumaque
Athona
Bcallio
....
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Oonwe.st
Donalda
Eldona
Elder
...
ia
Buffalo
Canadian
Giant
Yeljowkidfc
...
Hardrock
Harricana
..."
Heva
Gold
Hosco
Jaeknlfe
t
Jollct
rcebec
Lake
Rowan
'-
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
Madscn
Red
Lake
.
McKcnzIc
Red
Iikc
MacLeod
Cockshutt
Moneta
;
Negus
.C4
.35
.80
1.18
.21
.30
Ccnsolidatfdiiicltcrs
..
87.00
1.20
U7
.70.
1.20
C.20
.55
.18
.82
Mi
.53
.11
'-i
.70
.27
.30
2.15
.25
3.00
.80
1.05
.65
2.10
Noranda
49.50
Pickle
Crow
3.05
San
Antonio
4.00
Senator
Rouyn
-55
Sherritt
Gordon
4.C0
Steap
Rock
2
46
Sturgeon
River
24
Marine
Moves
Dept.
kjvzt
llcacliiuarlrrs
f
Agent
Trans
ferred
f
rum
Dieby
Ltlauct
to
Bes'iicr
JJl'Jek
As
a
means
of
increasing
cffl
ciency
through
more
immediate
contact
with
.olhcr
govenuncnt
offices
and
city
facilities,
the
administrative
and
accounting
office
of
the
Department
of
Transport,
which
has'
been
lo
cated
on
Digby
Island
at
the
marine
depot
ever
since
its
establishment
some
35
years
ago,
ls
bt4ng.
transferred
into
tie
city.
After
tomorrow,.
Lt.
Col.
Keith
Dixon,
agent
for
the
marine
department,
will
have
his
office
in
the
Besner
Block
In
the
quarters
rccejitly
relinquished
by
the
ration
administration.
Accompanying
him
to
the
new
headquarters,
in
town
will
be
N
S.
K.
Brewer,
accountant,
and
H.
R.
Hamilton.
.
Remaining
at
Digby
Island
will
be
the
slows
and
buoy
sections
and
machine
shop
with
a
total
staff
of
10
with
J.
W.
Eastwood,
station
.
engineer,
and
James
lladdc-n,
storekeeper.
Rcvelsloke
Asks
More
Road
Work
VICTORIA
r-
Increased
high
way
development
in
the
Interior
and
establishment'
o
a
faculty
of
medicine
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
were
urged
by
Wr,
J,.
.
kJohnstong,
coalition
member
forRevclstoke,
in
speaking
lnj
the
Legislature!
yesterday,
lie
was
not
satisfied
with
tnc
snare
or
work
mat
was
riding
which
comprise
an
Im
portant
section
of
the
trans-
provincial
highway.
INDUSTRIES
OF-VANCOUVER
ID.
VICTORIA
W-M.
J.
Welch,
Coalition
member
for
Comox,
called
upon
the
government
yes
tcrday
to
make
an
.Immediate
industrial
survey
ot
Vancouver
Island,
the
northern
part
of
the
Island
particularly.
He
elabor-
I
atcd
upon
the
natural
resources
,
and
possibilities
of
their
de
i
velopmeut
w
F
er
no
intention
of
vacating
their
office.
It
is
rumored
in
informed
quarters
that
Admiral
Viscount
Mountbatten.
cousin
of
then
King,
is
to
succeed
Wavell
as
viceroy
of
India.
ARMY
CAME
TO
RESCUE
'Helped
li'
Dispatch
Winic
Pass
Trains
During
Cold'Snap
SKAGWAY
When
the
telegraph
lines
between
Whitehorsc
anil
Skagway.
through
White
Pass,
were
knocked
out
olfaction
Curing
the
recent
cold
'pcll,
Canadian
Army
Signal
men
stationed
In
Whitehor.se
carried
on
the
job
of
train
dlsipatching
toy
means
cf
their
cable'
and
wireless
communications.
After
three
days
of
stormy
isolation,
during
which
time
broken
wires
and
heavy
snow
made
repairs
im-tpossiblR.
railway
oCflcIals
requested
assistance
from
Royal
Canadian
Signals
personnel,
food
and
supplies
ware
getting
short
after
the
storm
and,
through
contact
with
Juneau,
men
of
the
Northwest
Territories
and
Yukon
Radio
System
man
aged
o
keep
snowplows
running
at
right
times
in
the
mountain
pass
to
the
-sea
as
well
as
the
trains
on
regular
runs.
Means
of
contact
with
shipping
centres
on
the
west
coast
were
routcdsto
Juneau
ny
cable
because
the
,
wireless
equipment
in
lntermecuate
Skagway
was
not
working
The
narrbw
gauge
railway
from
Skagway
which
runs
through
Wlilte
I'ass
on
almost
the
same
route
taken
by
prospectors
during
the
gold
rush
ol
'03,
ls
the
main
link
for
Inland
VsJclon
and
ports
of
Alaska.
KITKATLA
PATRIARCH
SUCCUMBS
Andrew
Lewi;;.
last
of
the
patriarchs
of
the
Kltkatla
Indian
band,
died
al
Kltkatla
at
bring
given
to
the
roids
in
Ills
-
midnight.
Tuesday
at
the
age
of
.
.
'
.
no
w
".
III-
1
1
I
1
4
1U
80.
He
Porcher
will'
be
burled
at
the
Island
village
on
Fxi-
day.
A
fisherman
and
a
prominent
member
of
the
native
community
at
Kltkatla,
Mr.
Lewis
was
widely
known
along
the
coast
as
an
orator.
He
was
born
at
Kltkatla.
Ills
wife
pre-dcccascd
hlra
many
years
ago.
His
sole
surviving
near
relative
ls
a
nephew,
Percy
Temple
.also
of
Kltkatla.
Mr.
Lewis'
death
severs
the
village's
living
connection
with
the
generation
that
was
at
Its
height
when
settlement
came
to
the
north
coast.
Oldest
residents
of
the
village
now
are
middle
aged.
Crisis!
ii
n
.
n
ii
i
aveii
Deinq
recalled
n
r
.
n
rom
rost
or
yicercov
Factories
to
Open
First
f
V
I
or
w
eeK
Mountbatten
May
Be
His
Successor
Evacuation
and
Freedom
Within
Stated
Period
Believed
Out
of
Question
LONDON
(CP)
Authoritative
sources
said
to-da
thai
Lord
Wavell
will'
be
called
liomesoon
fv..
his
post
as
Viceroy
of
India
and
that
Prime
Mini&u
Attlce
will
make
a
statement
on
Indian
freedom
tomorrow
in
the
House
of
Commons.
One
informant
said
that
British
evacuation
in
India
"within
the
iitated
period"
was
now
out
of
I
the
question.
British
officials
.said
that
the
latest
Indian
crisis
"threatens"
a
break-up
of
the
Viceroy's
interim
government
following
Moslem
League
refusal
to
participate
in
the
constituent
as
sembly.
It
is
also
said
that
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
Congress
leader,
had
told
Wavell
that
continued
presence
of
five
Moslem
League
members
was
incompatible
with
Moslem
refusal
to
join
the
constituent
assem
bly.
Five
ministers
said
they
had
Industrial
Heart
ol
Lngland
ICxpected
to
Be
Gelling
l'uel
Afaln
(Next
Week
LONDON
a
Prime
Minister
A
1
1
1
c
c
said
today
thai
factory
production
in
the
Midlands,
industrial
heart
of
England,
ould
probably
be
rc-suined
nel
Monday
after
the
two
weeks
of
shutdown
caused
by
the
unprecedented
coal
shortage.
Resumption
uf
in-
L
dustry
will
depend
jn
full
maintenance
of
the
present
electricity
.restrictions.
Ten
thousand
troops
are
working
vn
snow
clearance
and
coal
movement
in
the
irorthern
command
area
alone.
Sid
.
Mill-
ij,rip
Uie-
mich1
tr
pe
as
well
Ms
tJicv
Itfltish
Isles.
The
ban
on
use
of
domestic
coal
will
be
continued
indefinitely.
Old
people,
have
resorted
to
burning
bannisters
and
pic-(ere
frames
to
keep
warm.
Warming
centres
have
been
opened.
A.F.L.-C.I.0.
MERGER
PLAN
I'ive-Maji
Committee
to
Investigate
1'ossibility
NEW
YORK
Philip
Murray,
president
of
the
congress
on
In
dustrial
Organization,
last
night
announced
the
appointment
of
a
five-man
committee
to
study
the,
possibilities
of
union
with
the
American
Federation
of
Labor.
It
might
take
considerable
time,
said
Murray,
to
rtjach
h
basis
of
merger
tout
he
expressed
hope
that
this
would
be
successfully
accomplished.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
were
clear
over
the
interior
this
morning.
A
thin
blanket
of
clouds
along
the
southern
coast
kept
temperatures
In
the
high
thirties
during
the
night.
The
northern
coast
Is
overcast
"with
intermittent
drizzle
and
fog
patches.
Little
change
In
weather
ls
expected
today
and
Thursday;
due
to
a
settled
condition
of
high
pressures
and
moderately
dry
air
ovir
the
province.
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Cbast
Over-can
"with
intermittent
drizzle
or
rain.
Light
southerly
wjnds
increasing
to-
southeast,
20
m.ph,
tomorrow.
.Little
change
in
temperature.
Minimums
tonight:
Port
Hardy
-38,
Massett
36.
Prince
Rupert
3t.
Maximums
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
40,
Mas-sett
42,
Prince
Rupert
42.
,
WALK
WITHOUT
THOUGHT
Sleep-walking
Is
one
of
the
most
common
forms
of
automatic
action,
a
non-reflex
action
which
Is
not
the
result
of
conscious
endeavour.
LONDON
Or.
Any
baker
who
smokes
on
duty
baking
bread
is
a
rotten
baker
and'
a
rotten
citizen,"
said
a
magistrate
who
Tined
St
baker
3
($12)
after
clg-arct
ends
were
found
in
loaves
I