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Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Yvju.
aaavi,
NO.
119.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY.
MAY
21.
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
identified
Airplane
Crash
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chamber
of
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n
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trade
autoes.
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TWO
INJURED
IN
TRAIN-CAR
COLLISION
CHEMAINUS,
tB
-Two
persons
were
seriously
injured
Tuesday
when
a
taxi
and
a
southbound
Esquimau
and
Nanalmo
passenger
train
collided
at
a
crcssim?
onc-and-a-half
mile
norm
oi
here.
Rufus
Smith,
driver
of
the
taxi,
is
in
hospital
unconscious
atid
suffering
from
severe
shock
and
Internal
injuries.
Mrs.
Ralph
Murray,
a
passenger,
also
Is
in
critical
condition,
suffering
from
shock
and
a
fractuicd
leg.
Eyewitnesses
salt!
the
car
was
Jilt
broadside
aud
curried
on
the
engine's
cowcatcher
for
700
feet.
Xbe
car
was
still
.on
the
cowcatcher
when
the
occupants
were
removed.
Police
described
the
crossing
as
partially
"blind."
CANADA'S
ADVERSE
TRADE
BALANCE
WITH
U.S.
REACHES
ALL-TIME
HIGH
OTTAWA
Canada's
adverse
trade
balance
with
i-Ur
TTt-iifn1
Rhitos
raiched
an
all-time
high,
an
of
ficial
said
Tuesday
after
reviewing
the
trade
figures
issued
bv
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics.
In
March,
Canada
exported
to
the
United
States
(roods
valued
at
more
than
$83,000,000
while
imports
were
$i65,suu,uuu.
me
in
February
$56,000,000,
January
was
$67,500,000,
and
the
total
for
the
quarter
$204,100,000,
or
roughly
twice
what
it
was
for
the
corresponding
quarter
in
1946.
The
figures
do
not
include
the
COMINd
TO
THIS
COAST
H.M.C.S.
Ontario,
one
of
thc
most
up-to
.
date
ships
of.
tKeRoyalXianadian
Navy-wilV'.retufn-
to
Operationaloluty.i-
late
this
summer
when
she
is
rc-com
missioned
in
hsquimalt.
.
lne
y,uuu-ton
cruiser
has
been
completely
refitted
since
her
arrival
from
the
Far
East
in
November,,
1945,
and
will
replace
H.M.C.S.
Uganda
as
the
largest
ship
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
New
Commanding
Officer
of
the
Ontario
is
Captain
James
C.
Hibbard,
D.S.O.
and
Bar,
R.C.N,
of
1527.
Shasta
Place,
Victoria.
The
39-year-old
native
of
Hemison,
P.Q.
saw
extensive
wartime
service
with
R.C.N,
destroyers
in
the
Atlantic
and
is
at
present
Deputy
Chief
of
Naval
Personnel
in
Ottawa.
He
assumes
his
command
on
June
30.'
PART
OF
INDIA
MIGHT
REMAIN
WITHIN
EMPIRE
LONDON'
(CP)
A
high
government
source
said
today
that
at
least
one
segment
of
an
eventually
partitioned
India
might
stay
within
the
British
Commonwealth
as
an
independent
Dominion.
The
informant
would
not
say
whether
he
believed
this
segment
might
be
Pakistan.
'he
separate
Moslem
slate,
or
the
Hindu
union.
VETERAN
FALLS
FROM
BUILDING
1
VANCOUVER
W)
Jospeh
A.
Cunningham,
21
-
year
-
old
Air
Force
veteran,
was
killed
instantly
Monday
night
in
a
14-storcy
plunge
from
old
Hotel
Vancouver,
now
a
veterans
hostel.
I
LICKS
SAFE
ABILINE,
Texas
It)
Nineteen
United
States
army
fliers
parachuted
to
safety
from
a
burning
superfortress
.
plane
here
Tuesday
night
before
the
plane
crashed
in
flames.
gold
exports
which
offset
the
adverse
balance'
somewhat.
LONDON,
?)
Telephone
lines
damaged
by
winter
snow
and
flood
totalled
200,000.
Services
now
are
said
to
be
normal,
'
H.M.C.S.
Ontario
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courccsy
S.
D.
Johnston
Cov
Ltd.
Vancouver
1
Bralome
10.00
B.R.
Con
(ask)
.05,2
B.R.X
(ask)
.10
Cariboo
Gold
2.00
Dentonia
17
Grull
Wihksnc
....
(ask)
.09
Hcd'.cy
Mascot
90
Minto
-03
Tend
Oreille
(ask)
2.60
Pioneer
3.50.
Tremlcr
Border
04
Premier
Gold
(ask)
.65
Privateer
(ask)
.40
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
18
Sheep
Creek
.:.
100
Taylor
Bridge
50
Whitewater
01
Vananda
26
nil
Conarcss
.ih-m
Pacific
Eastern
.40
Hedley
Amalgamated
.O8V2
Spud
Valley
13
Central
Zeballos
OIV'2
Oils
A.P.
Con
i
.13
Calmont
29
C.
&
E
ii.
-
1-90
Foothills-
2.30
Home
3.15
BUSINESS
SLUMP
HER
CHICAGO
)A
New
York
professor
of
finance,
Dr.
Macus
Nadler,
said
today
that
the
"long
advertised
business
recession
is
finally
here,
but
it
is
not.
likely
to
degenerate
into
a
depression."
The
American
economy,
he
said,
is
"in
the
midst
of
transition
from
a
sellers'
to
a
buyers'
market.
C.C.F.
YOUTH
PAULEY
VANCOUVER
CD
Twenty
delegates
bf
the
C.C.F.
youth
movement
will
meet
in
Victoria
on
May
23-25
for
their
third
annual
convenUon,
Toronto
Athona
14
Aumaque
28
Beattie
69
Bevcourt
73
Bobjo
16
Buffalo
Canadian
16
Consolidated
Smellers
..
79.12
Conwest
83
Donalda
70
Eldona
.33
Elder
.....j.
.70
Giant
Yellowknife
5.50
God's
Lake
.80
Hardrock
352
Harricana
09
Heva
Gold-
37
Hosco
.35
Jacknlfe
08
Joliet
Quebec
35
Lake
Rowan
.20
Lapaska
23
Little
Long
Lac
1.55
Lynx
16
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.95
McKenzie
Red
Lake
....
.51
MacLeod
Cockshutt
1.36
Moneta
46
Negus
1.82
Noranda
43.75
Osisko
Lake
1.46
Pickle-
Crow
2.30
Regcourt
'.
38
San
Antonio
-
3.50
Senator.
Rouyn
...u
34
Sherritt
Gordon
.
2.75
Steep
Rock'
1.94
Sturgeon
River
17
Local
Tides
Thursday,
May
22,
1947
High
2;04
.22.5
feet
15:04
19.5
feet
Low
.-
8:44
0.7
feet
20:42
6.6
feet
COLCHESTER,
Eng.,
CBCel
tic
pottery
unearthed
in
Colches
ter
cemetery
establishes
that
it
was
a
burial
ground
2,000
years
ago.
Near
McBride
FIGHTER
PILOT
JUMPS
AT
SEA
MITn-I
L
FIF.T.D,
New
York,
0)
The
story
cf
a
battle
for
sur-vival
In
ff-.e
Allai.tlc
was
told
here
Tuesday
by
a
fighter
pilot
"ho
Parachuted
Into
tile
ocean
'ate
Monday
and
fought
to
In
flate
his
rubber
life
raft
while
nt-nsrkd
in
the
shroud
lines
of
parachute?
The
pilot,
Lieut.
Hubert
W.
Gainer,
31,
cf
Freeport,
N.Y.,
is
!n
gcod
condition
in
hospital
af
ter
being
washed
ashore
at
Breezy
Pojnt.
He
was
enroute
from
Maxwell
Field,
Alabama,
to
Mitchell
Field
rihen
he
ran
into
bad
weather
end
was
ordered
to
fly
the
plane
cut
to
sea
and
ball
out
when
the
gas
supply
ran
low.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
J.
13.,
28,000,
18
4
and
15,
Royal
'
Canadian
Reward,
18,000,
Co-op.
Viking
I.
n.OOQ,
Co-op.
Ntiptune
II,
11,000,
Co-op.
Toodle,
10,000,
Co-op.
Thor
II,
26.000,
Co-op.
Larry
H.,
18,000,
Co-op.
Robert
B.,
27,000,
Co-op.
Osbjorg,
3,000,
17
and
13,
At-
1in.
SKEENA
GILLNET
FISHERMEN
BACK
Week's
Non-Delivery
Tic-up
Comes
to
End
'
Spring
salmon
giilrTet
fislier-men
on
the
Skevna
River
return
ed
to
work
Tuesday
night
after
a
week's
non-dehvery
tie-up
which
started
when
the
cannery
companies
reduced
prices
ol
red
rprirlgs
to
16'2
cents
a
pound.
Settlement
was
mude
at
Port
Essington
Tuesday
afternoon
on
the
basis
of
17.6
cents
a
pound
for
dressed
fish.
The
fishermen
compromised
on
their
original
demand
that
the
21
cent
a
pound
price
paid
during
1946
be
maintained.
The
tie-up
involved
25
native
and
white
fishermen
who
had
actually
begun
fishing
and
delayed
another
125
who
had
been
preparing
to
cast
nets
into
the
river.
The
offer
of
17.6
cents
a
pound
for
dressed
fish
or
cents
for
"round"
fish
was
made
by
the
cannery
otompanies,
and
accepted
by
a
joint
meeting
of
the
U.FJV.
W.U.
and
Native
Brotherhood
Fishermen,
Tills
year's
run
o!
springs
was
reported
to
be
considerably
bet
ter
than
last
year.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Clear
skies
and
above
normal
temperatures
arc
in
prospect
for
most
of
British
Columbia
today
as
high
pressure
system
establishes
itself
over
the
district.
More
of
the
same
is
looked
for
on
Thursday
although
Increas
ing
cloudiness
Is
.expected
along
the
northern
coast
by
afternoon,
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Variable
cloudiness
this
momlns,
clearing
this
afternoon.
'Cloudlne?s
increasing
tonight,
becoming
overcast
northern
srctlon
early
on
Thursday
and
ove
r
remainder
of
region
by
mlddiy.
Winds
light,
Little
change
lh
temperature.
Lows
tonight-Port
Hardy
47,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
43.
Highs
Thursday-fPort
Hardy
60,
Massett
57,
Prince
Rupert
58.
New
Social
Order
Attracting
Slavs
MONTREAL
A
group
of
Yugoslavians,
returning
to
their
homeland
in
the
next
few
days
bluntly,
admitted
today
that
"the
new
social
order"
in
Yugoslavia,
'under
Marshal
Tito"
is
the
attraction
responsible
(or
the
exodus
which
is
expected
to
reach
1,500
Canadian
Yugoslavs;
this
year.
Widespread
Search
Under
Way
with
Combination
of
?
Air
Force,
Army
McBRIDE
(CP)
The
brush-covered
Raush
Valley,
12
miles
southeast
of
here,
today
vas
the
centre
of
a
widespread
search
for
an
unidentif
Jed
plane
rer
ported
to
have
crashed
early
Monday.
Royal
Cana
dian
Air
Force
and
Army
ground
parties
have
combined
with
provincial
police
and
forest
rangers
to
I
search
the
isolated
valley,
slash-
ing
theiy
through
heavy
fill
I
I
Tr
I
DULLCIinO
FORD
PLANT
STRIKE
DETROIT
It
is
estimated
that
3,800
foremen
began
a
strike
at
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
plant
here
today.
The
company
said
its
Rouge
and
Lincoln
plants
were
first
affected
and
there
was
no
immediate
report
on
the
situation
at
the
Highland
Park
unit.
All
arc
in
the
Detroit
area.
PRESIDENTS
PLANE
LOST
MANILA
President
Roxas
tonight
announced
the
loss
of
the
presidential
plane,
Lily
Marlene,
in
the
wilds
of
Northern
Cotabato,
in
Mindanao.
The
plane,
when
last
heard
from,
was
carrying
from
12
to
15
government
officials.
This
was
Sunday;
ARAB-JEW
CLASH
JERUSALEM
Two
Arabs
and
a
Jew
were
killed
and
six
Arabs
were,
wounded
when
Arabs
and
Jews
c
la
9h
Vd
near-
Petah'
Tiqvah,
six
miles,
from
Tel
Aviv
last
night.
This
was
officially
stated
here
today.
CHANGCHUNG
SURROUNDED
NANKING
Besieged
Chang-
chung,
capital
city
of
Manchuria,
is
completely
encircled
by
Chinese
Communist
forces,
Nationalist
dispatches
reported
today.
Government
troops,
however,
were
credited
with
having
re-entered
Kunchuling,
36
miles
to
the
southwest.
Fighting
was
reported
in
the
streets.
ARMY
PLANE
CRASH
CHAMPAIGN,
111.
Seven
soldiers
were
killed
last
night
in
the
crash
of
a
U.S.
Army
B-29
Mitchell
bomber
in
a
farm
field
during
a
violent
electrical
storm.
The
state
police
reported
this
today.
YOUNG
WOMAN
SLAIN
NEW
YORK
A
pretty
31-year-old
-mother
of
two
chil-dtcn
was
shot
five
times
and
killed
in
a
crowded
area
of
Brooklyn
today,
by
an
unidentified
woman
who
escaped,
the
police
said.
The
dead
woman
was
Identified
as
Mrs.
Margaret
Tannazzo.
WORRIED
OVER
TRADE
POLICY
OTTAWA
P)
Canada's
foreign
trade
policies
were
injected
lnln
Virt
iTmieA
rf
nnfmmrms1
budeet
debate
Tuesday
by
John
Thacket
(PC-Stanstead),
who
expressed
concern
over
this
country's
dwindling
reserve
of
United
States
dollars.
He
suggested
that
there
be
no
further
Indebtedness
through
foreign
credits
until
Parliament
is
given
all
the
facts.
II.
W.
Herridge
(Peoples'
C.C.F.-Kootenay
West),
urged
the
government
should'
take
"immediate"
steps
to
conclude
a
trade
treaty
with
Russia.
HUGE
RAT
POPULATION
VANCOUVER,
)
Vancouver's
rat
population
is
800,000
according
to
the
Canadian
Institute
ol
Sanitary
Engineers
here.
It
was
estimated
that
each
rat
in
Canada
costs
citizens
$2
yearly
and
that"
the
rodents
caused
$60,000,000
damage
last
year.
and
Police
underbrush.
The
crash
was
re-
ported
by
an
Isolated
ranger
post.
UTILITIES
BOARD
IS
COMING
HERE
VICTORIA,
0)
The.
Public-
Utilities
Commission
will
hold
public
hearings
at
Prince
Rupert
n
June
4
and
5
on
applications.
for
a
franchise
to
operate
a
scheduled
freight
truck
haulage
ervice
between
Burns
Lake
and
Prince
Rupert
commission
chair
man
Dfi
W.
A.
Carrothers
announced
Monday.
Canadian
Na
tional
Transportation
Co.
and
jbout
six
others
have
applied
for
the
franchlsa.
ELDERLY
MAN
DIES
IN
CABIN
William,
Berresibrd,
78-year
old
pensioner,
was
f
aund
ded
In
his
cabin
at
21
Cow
Bay
Tuesday
afternoon.
He
is
believed
to
have
died
in
his
sleep
Sunday
nlght-
'4tteY4Qund.-
by'T
'W
Wlif
ord
who
operates"
arj
electrical
ahop
nearby
and
who
had
become
concejned
at
not
seeing
the
eld
erly
man
about
for
two
days.
Deceased
was
born
in
Notting
ham,
England,
in
1869,
and,
had
been
a
resident
of
British,
Col
umbia
for
29
years.
He
had
been.
a
transfer
man
by
occupation.
He
was
unmarried.
JAPS
EAST
OF
ROCKIES
Relocation
Being,
Finished
Tills
Year
One
Ihird
in
British
Columbia
OTTAWA,
SB
The
govern
ment
reported
this
week
there
Is
every
reason
to
believe
that
the
re-location
bf
Japanese-Canad
ians
east
of
the
Rockies
should
be
completed
this
summer.
The
Labor
Department
.report..
said
that
Jess
than
one-third
of
the
Japanese
in
Canada
now
live
hi
British
Columbia,
almost
one-third
are
on
the
prairies
and
more
than
a
third
dwell
la
Eastern
Canada.
"Present
reports
confirm
that
the
great
majority
cf
those
who
have
moved
east
ol
the
Rockies
have
no
desire
to
ictum
to
the
Pacific
Coast"
the
report
said.
It
showed
20,588
Japanese
were
In
Canada
January,
first
thlsyear,
Of
this
number,
nearly
foux-fiifths
are
Canadian
citizens,
or
about
two
out
of
three
are.
Oan-adlan-born.
BURGLARS
LOOT
DRUG
STORES
VANCOUVER
0)
Top
priority
on
the
police
force
"wanted"
list
was
given
Tuesday
night
to
three
"carpenter
-
burglars"
sought
In
connection
with
four
drug
store
robberies
in
18
dayi
The
latest
robbery
was
on
Tuesday
when
they
looted
a
Dunbar
district
store
of
$200
and
an
undisclosed
amount
of
narcotics.
Baseball
Scores
American
Cleveland
4,
New
YlK
2.
Detroit
3,
Boston
8.
St.
Louis
U,
Philadelphia
1,
Chicago
7,
Washington,
4,
National
Boston
3,
Pittsburgh
.
New
York
9,
Cincinnati
1.
Philadelphia
2(
Chicago
3.
St.
Loul3-Brooklyn,
postponed.