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Friday,
April
25,
1947
SOME
INSURANCE
PROTECTION
HELD
I
Partial
Coverage
M
Xieast
on
Two
Apartment
Buildings
and
Contents
With
estimates
of
damage
running
from
$40,00)
to
$75,000,
it
was
learned
today
that
there
?-as
insurance
coverage
on
both
the
Ciapp
and
Short
ridge
apartment
buildings
which
were
destroyed
by
fire
early
this
morning.
Seme,
at
least,
of
the
tenants
had
insurance
on
Uieir
furniture
and
effects
while
some,
it
is
believed,
had
none.
-
Classified
Advertising
Pays!
"Your
Store
For
.Cash
Prices"
PEOPLES
STORE
POLICE
HEAD
HERE
SHORTLY
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
Parsons
of
the
provinaial
police
is
expected
to
arrive
in
the
city
on
the
Catala
tonight
to
consult
with
the
city
council
on
the
renewal
of
the
city
police
contract.
The
provincial
police
announced
last
fall
that
the
1943-46
contract
under
which
they
pol
ice
Prince
Rupert
for
a
cost
of
about
$18,000
a
year,
will
be
terminated,
and
a
higher
rate
set.
Accompany:!?.?
Commission
er
Parsons
will
be
Inspector
D.
D.
Moses,
police
paymaster.
;
MANCHESTER,
Eng.,
0
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Bishcp
F.
L.
Connor
of
the
Mor-
!
avian
Church
died
here.
His
on,
Rt.
Rev.
II.
Connor,
is
Mor
avian
Bishop
of
the
British
West
Indies.
SHIPS
AND
WATERFRONT
Coastal
steamsh.p
travellers
and
Norah.
running
to
Alaska.
will
have
to
be
on
their
toes
next
week
after
day':gbt
saving
comes
into
effect
as
some
steamers
go
U
daylight
time
and
others
remain
on
standard.
Take
the
Union.
Steamship
Co.
for
example
three
cf
its
ships
coming
Yo
Prince
RupcrtCoquitlam
on
the
"Prince
Rupert-Stewart
min.
Catala
on
tb?
Ekeena
River-Prince
Rupert
route
and
Cassiar,
plying
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
will
be
on
daylight
time
while
Camosun,
going
to
Alaska,
keeps
her
chronometer
at
stand-
(
ard.
As
for
Canadian
Pacific
I
will
stay
with
standard.
Canadian
National
Steamships
Prince
Rupert,
making
train
connections,
will
keep
with
standard
time.
Operating
on
a
12-day
Instead
of
fortnightly
schedule
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
run,
Union
steamer
Casslar,
Capt.
Lome
Godfrey,
returned
to
pqrt
this
morning
from
Massett
and
will
sail
at
midnight
tonight
for
Vancouver
via
the
south
end
of
the
Islands.
The
Casslar
will
be
here
on
her
next
voyage
a
week
Steamships,
Princess
Adelaide.
from
next
Monday,
arriving
from
on
the
lecaj
run,
will
operate
on
iscuth
Island
points
enroute
to
fast
Ume
tfhlle
Princess
Louise
Massett
Inlet.
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PERT
PEOPLES
STORE
Failure
of
Imports
from
England,
Sweden
and
other
countries
and
continued
high
prices
for
American
products
is
giving
stimulus
to
Canada's
own
pottery
industry
with
a
result
that
Canadians
are
enjoying
a
new
manufacturing
boom.
The
indtistry
centres
in
the
town
of
Medicine
Hat,
Alberta,
where
with
virtually
unlimited
natural
gas
to
keep
operation
costs
down,
one
pottery
.
alone
turns
out
450
types
of
china
antf
pottery
averaging
$60,000
monthly
in
shipments
to
retail
markets.
Using
200
carloads
of
clay
and
kolln
yearly,
most
from
Georgia
and
Kentucky,
Medicine
Hat's
potteries
produce
22,000
Individual
pieces
dally
with
white
din-nerware
in
greatest
demand
65
per
cent
of
the
total'output.
Shown
here
are
some
of
the
novelty
china
dinnenrare,
vases
and
other
pottery
items
being
made
at
Medicine
Hat,
Alta.
The
clay
is
;irsv
pressed
in
rolls
from
which
duplicate
moulds
are
made
after
a
home-designed
pattern.
The
moulds
are
then
decorated
with
hand-lathes
befare
firing.
Pi
ince
Rupert
Looming
Large
in
Developments
Statehood
Hearings
and
Jones
Act
Have
Important
Bearings
By
RALPH
BROWNE
KETCHIKAN,
Alaska
Statehood
hearintrs.
the
Jones
Act,
shipping
and
Prince
Rupert
have
high-
ngnieci
me
news
throughout
the
territory
during
the
past
week,
Reports
from
the
capital
indicate
that
the
majority
of
Congress
is
sympathetic
toward
statehood
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DONNACONA
WALLHOAKDS
Per
1,000
square
fect
$65.00
A
limited
quantity
of
MOULDINGS
now
on
hand,
including'
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KETCHIKAN
Fridays.
12:00
Midnight.
STEWART
and
WAY
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Sundays,
10
p.m.
QUEEN
CHARLOTTES
Fortnightly.
FRANK
J.
SKINNER
Prln'
Rupert
Agent
Third
Ate
Phone
568
I
for
Alaska
and
it
appears
that
it
will
probably
be
cleared
by
the
committee
without
a
dissenting
vote.
The
next
step
will
be
getting
the
bill
to
the
floor
of
the
House
and
its
subsequent
passage
this
year.
Passage
will
ring
the
death
knoll
for
the
discriminatory
Jones
Act.
The
Jones
Act
Itself
appeared
briefly,
but
signifiantly,
in
the
Washington
limelight
during
the
week.
Dark-horse
Presidential
candidate
Senator
Bob
Taft
promised
a
Fairbanks'
delegation
that
legislation
to
amend
the
Jones
Act
would
be
introduced
within
the
next
60
days.
Many
of
the
Washington
bigwigs,
reported
the
delegation
on
Its
return
to
the
Golden
Heart,
were
completely
In
the
dark
about
how
the
Jones
Act
has
been
crippling
Alaska's
economy.
Considerable
interest
is
being
shown
in
the
capital
in
the
Briggs
steamship
service
to
Af-
aska.
This
Interest,
it
is
report
ed,
may
reach
the
point
of
makr
ing
other
ships
available
oncp
Briggs
proves
he
feasibility
pf
the
route
with
better
financial
arrangements
than
the
one
he
bought
the
first
time.
Congressmen
remarket!:
"We
may
not
have
to
subsidize
those
Seattle
babies
after
the
one
year
contract
runs
out."
This
means
it
may
go
tough
on
any
Seattle
interests,
shippers,
unions
or
commercial
organi
zations
that
try
to
make
it
tough
for
Phil
Briggs.
Speaking
of
unions,
Associated
Press
reports
that
the
Sailors'
Union
of
the
Pacific
and
the
Marine
Cooks
and
Stewards
have
signed
agreements
with
Briggs
steamships.
The
vessel
is
now
loading
northbound
cargo
in
San
Francisco,
the
report
stated.
KETCHIKAN
MAY
LOSE
COASTGUARD
The
long
arm
of
the
thrift
minded
Republican
congress
is
j
reaching
into
Alaska
and
it
;
looks
as
though
the
Coastguard
headquarters
here
will
be
moved
10
scaiiic.
nils
win
mean
a
reduction
in
staff,
vessels
and
aircraft
which
have
operated
in
conjunction
with
Canadian
rescue
units
on
several
occasions
during
the
past
year.
Paul
O'Nell,
an
editor
of
Time,
visited
Ketchikan
this
week
following
a
tour
Of
the
territory
for
an
Alaska
feature
artlcl-i
which
will
appear
next
month.
Governor
Ernest
Gruenlng
will
appear
on
tho
cover,
O'Nell
said.
He
was
particularly
interested
in
Alaska
shipping
and
was
told
of
Briggs
operation
and
use
of
Prince
Rupert,
natural
geographic
gateway
to
Alaska.
He
was
told
of
the
tremendous
potent
tlalitics
for
development
of
northern
and
central
British
Columbia
and
he
was
Intensely
Interested.
It
may
not
be
far
off
until
this
area
is
featured
in
the
magazine,
O'Nell
felt.'
William
L.
Baker,
publisher
o
The
Chronicle,
who
is
now
in
Washington
attending
the
state
hood
hearing,
has
reported
Hint
the
Coastwise
Steamship
Company
of
Portland
will
flic,
within
a
few
days,
a
request
with
the
U.S.
Maritime
commission
for
a
certificate
to
operate
two
or
three
freighters
to
Alaska.
This
line,
says
Baker,
will
not
bring
inbound
goods
to
Southeastern
Alaska,
but
will
serve
Seward
and
other
Westward
points.
Heine
Bt-rgir,
owner
of
the
Merger
transportation
torn-
pany,
has
announced
that
lie
will
operate
six
boats
in
Alaskan
waters
this
summer
as
well
as
to
Seattle.
He
plans
on
making;
a
round
tiip
every
18
or
19
days.
The
firm,
lie
says,
will
also
open
negotiations
for
operating
out
of
Prince
Rupert.
High
tribute
by
editors
through-cut
the
continent
is
being
paid
the
Statehood
and
Development
edition.
Additional
requests
arc
pouring
In
from
all
parts
of
t.ie
qountry.
Copias
of
the
edition
are
running
low
on
capital
hill
and
additional
copies
are
now
Washington-bound.
Hazelton
and
Skeena
Highway
are
featured
in
the
May
issue
of
the
"Alaska"
Sportsman"
in
a
special
article
written
by
Howard
Innls
of
Hazelton.
The
highway
and
Prince
Rupert
as
a
tourist
Jumping-off
point
is
also
featured
In
the
editorial
written
by
Emory
Tobln,
editor.
Tobln
says
he
Is
looking
forward
to
attending
the
Associated
Boards!
convention
In
Prince
Rupert
this'
August.
VISIT
OF
PRESIDENT
BEING
CONFIRMED
Governor
omening,
who
is
PICTURES
FOR
MAY
Capitol
Theatre
bookings
for
the
coming
month
are
announced,
the
feature
presentations
being
as
follows;
April
25
and
26
Bob
Hope
and
Dorothy
Lamour
In
"My
Favorite
Brunette."
April
27
Gilbert
Roland
and
Martin
Garralaga
In
"Riding
the
California
Trail"
and
Hugh
Beaumont.and
Cheryl
Walker
In
"Larceny
in
Her
HearE"
April
28
and
29
Olivia
Dc
Haviland
and
Ida
LuDind
in
"Devotion."
April
30
and
Mav
l-Freddlc
Bartholomew
and
Spencer
Tracy
in
Captains
Courageous."
May
2
and
3
James
Craig
and
Butch
Jenkins
In
"Boys'
Ranch."
May
4
and
5-Ken
Curtis
and
Adele
Roberts
in
"Throw
a
Saddle
on
a
Star"
and
Richard
Dlx
in
"Voice
of
the
Whistler."'
May
6
and
7
Ida
Lupino
and
Robert
Alda
In
'The
Man
I
Love."
May
8,
9
and
10
Nan
John
son
and
Marie
Wilson
In
"No
Leave,
No
Love."
May
11,
12,
13
and
14-
Jack
Buetel
and
Jane
Russell
In
"The
Outlaw."
May
15,
16
and
17
Irene
Dunne
and
Rax
Harrison
In
"Xana
and
the
King
of
Slam."
May
18
Erich
von
Strohclm
and
Jean
Bates
in
"Mask
of
Diijon"
and
Jean
OiHIe
and
Ed.
Norrls
in
"Decoy."
May
19
and
20-Merle
Oboron
and
Turhan
Bey
In
"A
Night
in
Paradise."
May
21,
22.
23
and
21-
Bins
Crostoy
and
Fred
Astalre
In
"Blue
Skies,"
May
25
and
26
Gary
Cooper
and
Jean
Arthur
In
"The
Plainsman."
May
27
and
28-Sid
nev
Grren-
strcct
and
PeterTJurre
In
"The
Vcrdict."-
also
hoping
to
attend
the
convention,
has
confirmed
the
President's
trip
aboard
the
Williamsburg
to
Alaska.
Also
Alaska-bound
this
summer
will
be
numerous
sub-commlttccs
or
the
House
and
senate
and
Prince
Rupert
can
look
forward
to
entertaining
lawmakers
who
can
do
much
to
benefit
the
city.
Incidentally,
these
senators
and
representatives
will
be
travelling
aboard
Canadian
vessels.
They
prefer,
the
extra
services
and
comforts
which
are
not
to
be
had
on
Alaskan
Vessels).
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for
a
commission
to
Inquire
Into
problems
facing
the
rubber
industry
was
made
to
the
governor
of
Ceylon.
The
commission
would
also
inquire
into
the
feasibility
of
establishing
factories
and
rubber
processing
plants.
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