Dlhozuk
left
and
TORSO
MURDER
TRIAL
RE-OPENS-WUllam
S?MacLean.
on
trial
for
the
torso
slay
ng
o
he
la
e
John
leave
Hamilton,
Ont.,
jail
for
the
courthouse
Dick,
are
shown
as
they
In
the
company
of
a
police
officer.
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,u
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
38.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY.
14,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
KliittAiAHtitilltiiAit.
299
ner
North
Sea
Ashore
Near
Bella
Bella
V
WINCH-
ES
AT
ISITION
Llrr
Critical
n
Many
rwoillonr
Throne
llrbalc
Talk
irctiil
Winch
(C.C.F.-
Ea:;i'
liiiilicil
out
a
I
JmiitoUis
coalition
gov-
red)
debate
on
Thurs-
clay
and
he
took
up
Hours,
covering
W
cli
acuisod
the
gov-
delaying
legislation
I
lipro
attested
by
the
siivwlicrc
from
one
.t
o
demanded
full
in
on
limlnlon-prov-turay
measures
und
;-ove
ument
to
adopt
lid
(epilation
lor
oiu
icr
(,tmilar
to
ttiat
In
pvan
leader
said
that
the
kurancc
Act
had
been
ilulp
book;,
since
193G
inoperative
b.kalchewan
old
age
k'Ticmc
Winch
said,
ft
idcrly
citizens
with
bucdical
aid
including
Idc-.lor
drus,
optical,
Irans
and
physlothcr-
Hc
estimated
thai
Iirit..;h
Columbia
for
ivhtmc
at
$501,000.
to
the
Goldcnbcrg
re
spite
.Ition
leader
said
pi
tmnk
it
went
fur
Plliatit
was
enough
Tor
Mai
government
to'
recommendations
of
nihjlon,
The
munlcl-
wirtd
make
u
more
de
fy
oi
Uic
report
before
'
halt
-cock."
oi
Uic
British
Col-
Commission,
Mr.
fwer
I
that
ihc
wverninent
Dt
uke
the
skimmed
Bcavc
the
cream
to
the
Columbia
Electric
Co.
p'el
KiKilcnay
Power
lib
demanded
absolute
that-
Uic
three-cent
bx
relinquished
by
the
but-
taken
over
by
the
vould
be
added
to
the
Droprlalioiu
for
roads.
I
mean
an
Increase
oi
I
annually
and
part
of
i'.n
toward',
removal
of
tolls
In
the
province.
Mlcd
for
cilaMLslnnent
hlsory
autonioblle
ln-
1"
chieftain
charged
"ipaitmcnl
of
Trade
f-lry
had
no
plans
for
new
huiu'itries
in
the
IHviir
that
to
private
'iid
chanted
tin?
rov-
wllii
"exerting
pics-
provincial
elections
illee
Because
11
did
I'inp
of
the
rrcoinuinn-
Hie
rciiwrt.
It
had
lu-
Hh
the
committee,
he
Re
urged
ihat
In
Bil-
P'lbia
legislation
there
""thing
to
provide
for
Juon
either
by
race
or
p'
b
agreed
that
a
inedL
P
ui
connection
with
r
"v
of
British
Colum-
'cded.
HEARING
ICEEDING
O
MVVIU1VU
1V
,
hi
the
matter,
l.hc
Railway
Commissioners
Being
ahead
with
its
Bt
tiro
application
of
r
ttlilW.IVi!
r
'"crease
lln
frnfaht
ianwhilc,
the
provinces
to
the
Supreme
l-anada
l0
rule
on
the
illctlon,
co
Tides
"'J
Itf'II
0:12
17.4
feet
22:59
15.3
feet
2:57
n.i
feet
!6:29
7.1
feet
!
CANADA
ALWAYS
READY
FOR
'LAST'
WAR
SAYS
HARRY
ARCHIBALD,
M.P.
OTTAWA-II.
U,
Arcliibald,
'C.C.K.
member
for
Skeena,
speaking
in
Parliament
yesterday
in
the
de-bate
on
the
address
in
reply
to'
the
Speech
from
the
Tb
rone,
said
that,
"whenever
war
came
along,
Canada
seemed
to
be
ready
for
the
last
one."
He
was
commenting
on
the
announcement
of
the
Prime
Ministr
Altlcc
Declines
Truman1
s
Offer
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
CI-I'le.sidenl
Truman
made
public
today
a
message
from
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attkc
of
Great
Britain
(leclinlng
an
Ameiican
offer
to
aid
hi
the
British
coal
crisLs.
Altlcc
said
that
the
need
for
coal
in
Europe
was
great
and
the
Unitedt
Kingdom
could
not
ask
Hint
cargoes
be
diverted.
FRANCE
HAS
BIG
STRIKE
Demonstration
Ai;aiiil
(iovcrmnrnl
I'olicy
of
llol(linK
Wanes
'
PARIS
Five
million
French
civil
servants
staged
a
mass
strike
today
in
demand
for
higher
wages.
The
demonstra
tion
was
against
the
government's
jwllcy
of
holding
wages
to
current
levels.
Government,
railway
and
uti
lities
offices
were
all
closed
as
were
school.
There
were
no
radio
broadcasts
and.no
newspapers
were
published.
CommuV
nlcatlorr
ancj
transportation-
services
were
also
to
large
extent
disrupted.
FOUND
GUILTY
OF
DEFRAUDING
VANCOUVER-
J.
I..
Norlhey
and
two
sons,
Paul
and
Archibald,
were
round
guilty
yesterday
of
conspiracy
to
defraud
the
government
on
war
contracts
and
remanded
until
February
20
ror
sentence.
They
were
charged
with
making
private
purchases
and
charging
them
to
the
GIGANTIC
PLAIN
I
The
eastern
half
of
Australia
is
or
upled
by
a
plain
uiw.uu'j
m'ir
hi
extent
In
regard
to
Canadlan-Amer!-
can
Joint
Jioliey.
The
Bovernnieiit'waefenee
program
came
under
fire
in
the
House
as
Opposition
members
stressed
that
future
war
would
give
Canada
l(ttle
time
to
prepare
against
attack.
M.
J.
Coldwcll,
C.C.F
leader,
expressed
hope
that
the
joint
defence
co-operation
as
planned
with
United
States
would
not
mean
that
"we
are
going
to
be
controlled"
by
the
ambitions
and
policies
of
iic
United
Stales.
Lt.-Col.
Cecil
Mcrritt.
V.C.,
(Progressive-Conservative.
Vancouver
Burrard)
called
for
a
"clear"
statement
of
defence
policy
andurgcd
that
obligation.?
to
the
United
Nations
not
sway
defence
forces
from
their
"primary"
duty
the
defence
of
Canadian
soil.
Howard
Green
i
Progressive-Conservative,
Vancouver
South)
urged
the
cslabllsluncnt
at
this
session
of
a
House
defence
committee
which
could
keep
the
members
and
the
people
Informed
and
interested
in
defence.
Defence
Minister
Brook
Clax-ton
said
it
would
be
up
to
the
House
to
decide
whether
such
a
committee
would
be
establish
ed
but
lie
hoped
there
would
be
no
undue
physical
dislocation
of
his
department.
Mr.
Claxton
agreed
to
rfonoVf,'
from
the
government's
militia
bill
a
provision
which
Opiwsl-tlon
members
had
charged
would
deprive
Parliament
of
the
historic
right
to
control
the
size
of
the
nation's
armed
forces.
Government
plan
for
a
deputy
and
associate
deputy
minister,
of
defence
und
a
defence
research
board
was
disclosed.
leducTwelU
brought
in
LRDUC,
Alta.
The
Imperial
Oil
Co.'s
Lcduc
No.
1
Well,
which
Mas
been
mucTi
lit
Ihc
limelight,
came
In
yesterday
and
officials,
said
11
was
the
"best
vcll
In
Alberta
outside
of
the
Turner
CARROLL
REPORT
FROWNS
ON
NATIONALIZATION
OF
COAL
MINING
The
long
awaited
report
of
the
Carroll
royal
commission,
an
exhaustive
400,000-word
study
ofltlie
entire
coal
Industry
la
Canada,
compiled
over
a
period
of
three
years,
has
been
tabled
,
.
.
,
.
,
,
.
.
.I
-
1
i
1
it
i
ii
1
r
i
r
it
1
1
J
inline
House
oi
commons
ana
asserts
uiai
uie
ciuei
coai-coruuming
provinces
ox
wiuario
miu
eljec
must
continue
to
rely
mainly
on
VS.
supplies.
The
report
frowns
on
nationalization
of
the
coal
mining
industry,
as
urged
by
District
26,
United
Mine
Workers'
Union,
which
rep-rcsents
13,200
miners
in
the
Inaritimes.
This
photo
shows
the
Justices
making
up
the
royal
commission
on
coal.
They
are,
left
to
right,
Mr.
Justice
C.
C.
McLaurln,
Mr.
Justice
W.
F.
Carroll,
chairman,
and
Commissioner
Angus
Morrison,
an
official
of
the
United
Mine
Workers
in
western
Canada.
SuUetiU
TO
UNITKI
NATIONS
LONDON
Foreign
Secretary
L'rncsl
Bcvin
said
today
tliat
('real
Britain
would
take
the
issue
pf
Palestine
to
the
United
Nations.
UNDLKGROUND
STK1KK
LANSFOKD,
(Pa-T-Six
thousand
miners
fday
quit
work
In
sympathy
with
1300
hard-cpal
diggers
in
a
sitdown
strike
800
feet
below
(lie
surface
or
the
earth.
The
diggers
protested
at
the
company,
according
(o
IheJr
.say,
docking:
pay
for
failure
toAvork
a
full
day.
The
strikers
arc
comfortable
and
have
food
for
several
days.
VANCOUVER'S
RAIN
VANCOUVER
There
has
been
5.81
inches
of
rain
in
Vancouver
since
the
first
this
month.
of
IN
QUARREL
ON
ATOMICS
Bitter
Conflict
Between
United
Slates
and
Russia
LAKE
SUCCESS
Qi
Bitter
confll
t
bettveen
-the
United
Etatcj
and
Soviet
Russia
over
atomic
control
was
brought
into
the
open
again
today
by
a
Soviet
demand
that
atomic
weapons
niu'it
be
outlawed
before
any
control
system
Is
set
up.
United
States
Delegate
Warren
Austin
said
that
the
United
States
stood
firmly
for
a
system
of
international
controls,
of
inspection.1'
and
veto-free
punishment
for
violators
as
a
condition
for
the
odllasving
of
atomic
weapons.
Actors
Don't
Fake
Down
Under
Accent
HEOINA
(ft
There
was
no
faking
of
accents
when
the
Re-glna
Little
Theatre
put
on
"The
Hasty
Heart,"
a
play
includhiB
I
an
Australian
and
New
Zcaland-
cr
In
the
list
of
characters.
The
rolls
or
"Digger"
and
"Kiwi"
an
Australian
and
New
Zeal
under
respectively
were
pluyed
by
Desmond
and
Laurence
Tease
recently
arrived
from
Tasmania
where
Desmond
had
served
in
the
Royal
Australian
Air
Force
and
Laurence
in
the
Royal
Australian
Navy.
They
joined
their
father,
Rev.
O,
O.
Tease,
of
Uic
uciurai
Church
or
Christ,
who
preceded
them
here.
CHECK
FISH
TAOS
NANAIMO
Biological
station
experts
are
experimenting
to
ascertain
if
metal
tags,
put
on
fish
to
learn
how
often
they
return
to
spawning
grounds,
shorten
the
life
of
herring.
REMOVE
DlFFEIiTriAL
OTTAWA
At
the
Board
of
Railway
Commissioners
hearing
today,
C.
II.
Locke,
K.C.,
counsel
'.for
British
Columbia,
made
formal
application
for
removal
f
the
mountain
(differential
against
'British
Co-
Ljumbia,
The
counsel
for.
Sask
atchewan
asked
for
a
separate'
freight
rates
Mruclure
for
the
western
provinces.
BOX
PLANT
BURNED
VANCOUVER
The
Eraser
Wocd
Products
plant
in
South
Vancouver
was
kleslroyed
by
fire
last
night.
The
plant
was
engaged
in
nuking
boxes
for
the
fruit
industry.
RANDOLPH
CHURCHILL
SPOKANE
Speaking
here,
Randolph
.Churchill,
son
of
Winston
Churchill,
said
the
British
fuel
crisis
was
due
to
the
disappearance
jof
"easy
to
dig"
deposits,
high
income
taxes
which
,
discouraged
incentive
to
work
and
shortage
of
labor
due
to
young
people
wanting
easier
work
than
coal
mining,
BRITISH
RELIEF
PLANE
CRASHES
LONDON
Eight
airmen
were
killed
yesterday
in
the
crash
of
a
plane
heading
for
a
Staffordshire
town
with
relief
supplies
In
tlie
railway
tie-up.
Vancouver
Bradorne
12.80
'B.
R.
Con
.08&
B.
R.
X
.12
Cariboo
Gold
2.90
Dentonla
28
Urull
Wihksne
11
Uedley
Mascot
1.16
Mlnto
05'4i
Pcnd
Oreille
3.05'
Pioneer
4.05
Premier
Border
06
'2
Premier
Gold
1.30
Trlvaleer
.58
Reeves
McDonald
1.40
Reno
-99
Salmon
Gold
30
Sheep
Creek
1.49'
Taylor
Bridge
,.68
Whitewater
02
Vananda
38
Congress
063i
Pacific
Eastern
00
Hedley
Amalg
.03
Spud
Valley
23
Central
Zeballos
03
Oils
A.,P.
Con.
,
Calmont
.
C.
&
E.
...
Foothills
Heme
.15
.34
2.50
2.65
3.35
Fuel
Crisis
Hearing
End
Situation
in
Britain
Appears
to
Have
Passed
Worst
LONDON
For
the
first
time
the
Government
was
able
today
to
be
cautiously
optimistic
about
the
crisis
in
the
fuel
situation
having
been
passed
although
the
sitdatlohtSPStlH
-
.critical:
Large
numbers
of
colliers
have
been
making
their
way
up
the
Thames
River
and
trains
are
being
freed
of
snows.
Prime
Minister
Clement
Altlee
and
his
"coal
cabinet"
sought
today
to
fix
an
approximate
date
for
the
ending
of
the
industrial
shutdown
in
Britain.
-
The
British
das
Council
warned
the
country's
1,100
gas
plants
to
be
ready
to
shut
off
gas
supplies
to
non-essential
industries.
The
prime
minister's
cabinet
reported
a
"small
improvement
in
the
general
situation."
The
Dally
Mall
predicts
the
possibility,
of
a
"complete
electricity
blackout
over
the
whole
country
for
24
hours,"
lasting
several
days..
Joinl
Committee
On
Indian
Affairs
,
OTTAWA,
CB
A
motion
reconstituting
the
Joint
Senate
and
Commons
committee
which
last
session
studied
the
possibility
of
revising
the
Indian
Affairs
Act
was
adopted
unanimously'
by
the
House
yesterday.
0
iWHKHKHOtWHKl
CHKH5ooft0aaOHHwOCH0H5H
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Toronto
Athona
.32
Aumaque
65
Beattlc
81
Bevcourt
1.09
Bobjo
22
Buffalo
Can
34
Cons.
Smelters.
87.50
Conwest
!.
1.28
Donalda
1.14
Eldcna
:'.
I:
.78
Elder
1.20
Giant
Yellowknlfe
C.15
God's
Lake
LC8
Ilardrock
59
Harricana
-
Wa
Heva
Gold
84
Hosco
48Vi
JacknMe,
.12&
Jollet
Quebeq
75
Lapaska
40
Little
Long
Lac
.2.15
Lynx
21
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.70
McKenzis
Red
Lake
85
McLeod
Cocks'hutt
....
2.05
Moneta
65
Negus
2.10
Noranda
50.50
Pickle
Crow
3.05
San
Antonio
4.20
Senator
Rouyn
-55
Shcrrltt
Gordon
4.70
Steep
Rock
2.50
Sturgeon
River
.24
Hold
Full
of
Water
and
Passengers
Removed;
Hull
Believed
Damaged
Vessel
Badly
Holed
and
Awaiting
Salvage
Rescued
People
Going
to
Vancouver
On
Prince
Rupert
After
running
ashore
on
Middle
Reef
at
Idol,
Point,
just,
north
of
Bella
Bella
in
the
inside
passage,
1J5
miles
south
of
Prince
Rupert,
at
10
minutes,
after
9
o'clock
last
night,
Northland
Transportation
Co.'s
big
coastal
liner
North
Sea
had
her
No.
2
hold
full
of
water
this
rnorning
and
it
was
believed
that
her'
bot
ENDEAVOUR
TO
SETTLE
STRIKE
Latest
Proposal
of
minister
of
Labor
Not
Approved
OTTAWA
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor',
offer
ed
a
plan
yesterday
whereby
an
Increase
would
be
allowed
in
the
price
of
coal
in
order
that
the
$1.40
wage
Increase
demanded
by
the
miners
In
the
Marltimes
might
be
met.
However,
there
would
have
to
be
an
Increased
production
guarantee.
The
minister's
new
plan
did
net
appear
to
meet
with
the
ap
proval
ot
the
miners'
union.
Meantime,
a
final
meeting
Is
to
be
held
In
Halifax
Saturday
with
a
view
to
reaching
a
last
minute
settlement
of
the
dispute
which
threatens
a
general
strike
against
the
Dominion
Steel
Co
in
Cape
Breton
tKIS'Teek'-end
BEHEADED
BY
MAD
LABORER
ILWANA
A
Cuban
laborer
ran
amok
with
a'
cutlass
yesterday
and,
before
he
could
be
subdued
and
captured,
he
had
beheaded
a
man
and
a
woman
and
seriously
injured
several
others.
MASTER
AND
DOG
BOTH
SHOT
DEAD
WALL
HEATH,
Staffordshire.
England
B
When
26-year-old
Thomas
Leslie
Wilson
walked
out
of
the
R.A.F.
Into
civilian
life
in
1945
a
black-and-white
collie
dog
was
by
his
side.
"He's
my
greatest
friend,"
he
told
neighbors.
For
a
year,
villagers
often
saw
Wilson
and
his
dog
going
for
long
walks
together.
One
day
Wilson
was
found
shot
dead
In
a
deserted
sandpit
near
his
home.
By
his
side
lay
a
service
revolver
and
nearby
lay
the
collie,
also
shot
dead.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Overcast
skies
prevailed
over
the
entire
province
this
morn-
ford
Airport
47.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
touday.
Cloudy
overnight
and
Saturday
morning,
becoming
overcast
by
mid-afternoon.
Intermittent
rain
or
drizzle
to
day.
Widely
scattered
rain
showers
overnight.
Intermittent
rain
Saturday
evening.
Winds
light,
becoming
southerly
(15)
by
noon,
decreasing
to
light
overnight
and
Saturday.
Mild
tonight.
Lows
tonight
Port
Hardy
42,
Massett
35,
Prince
Ru-nert
38.
Hiehs
Saturday
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
44,
Prince
R,u
pert
45.
tom
was
damaged.
The
vessel
according
to
reports
reaching
here,
was
resting
easily
arid
awaiting
arrival
ot-
assistance.
Passengers
and
crew,
numbering
150
in
all,
had
been
removed
ajd
taken
to
Bella
Belial
Seiners
iront
Bella
Bella
ar
rived
at
midnight
and
assisted
n
taking
off
the.passengers.The
Union
Steamship
Cos
steamer
Camosun,
Capt.
Alex
McLennan,
arrived
alongside
at
2:
15
rain.
but
proceeded
to
Prince
Rupert
after
finding
the
North
Sea
resting
easily
in
sheltered;
The
bound
North
Sea
was
.
south-
from
Ketchikan
lor
Se-
attle.
-
-
Weather
conditions
are
"nillcf
and
calm
at
the
scene
-of-
the
stranding.
,
Rescue
ships
had
to
battle
through
a
southeasterly
gals
during
the
night
to
reach
the
NorWSfa
and
remove--theijas
sengers
and
crew
members.
There
was
a
pounding
sea
when
the
North
Sea
piled
up
but
this
later
subsided.
Idol
Point
is
in
Seaforth
Channel
which
is
itself
fairly
Some
of
the
people
rescued
from
the
North
Sea
and
taken
to
the
native
fishing
village
of
Bella
Bella
were
housed
In
the
R.
W.
Large
Memorial
Hospital
for.the
night
while
others,
were
given
shelter
in
native
homes.
Two
stretcher
cases,
slcjK
pas
sengers
enroute
10
nospitai
ai
Seattle,
were
among
the
res
cued.
The
passengers
numbered
86,
the
rest
of
those
on
board
being
;rew
members.
The
North
Sea
is
a
3,133-ton
ship
and
is
well
known
as
a
frequent
visitor
to
Prince
Rupert.
.Capt.
Charles
Graham,
sent
out
an
SOS
message
at
9:45
p.m.,
the
call
being
relayed
oy
the
government
wireless
station
at
Bull
Harbor.
It
was
answered
by
fishing
boats.
The
Dominion
Fisheries
vessel
Chilco
PostJtook
off
45
persons,
the
"selnerNorth
Isle,
38,
mostly
women
arid"chll-dren,
and
smaller
craft
rescued
others.
The
Canadian
National
Steamships
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
Capt.
Ernest
Caldwell,
was
-'.due-
at
Bella
Bella
this
morning
to
the
coast
and
over
the
Kootenay
,
tf"?
1
Ihrauihoul
loday,
mild
preva
bes
,hl,
crtw
t
sUU
obMrt
overrugrii,
wun
noriut-ru
miuau
Columbia
the
only
region
reporting
frost.
Vancouver
and
vicinity,
Lower
Fraser
Valley
overcast
today
and
Saturday.
Intermittent
rain
today.
Rain
showers
Saturday,
light
winds.
Mild
today.
Lows
toidght
Vancouver
Airport
40,
Abbotsford
Airport
38.
Highs
Saturday-Vancouver
Airport
47,
Abbots-
the
North
Sea.
EIRE
FEELS
FUEL
PINCH
DUBLIN
All
passenger
traffic
was
suspended
for,
one
day
on
the
railroads
of
Eire
yesterday
because
of
the
coal
shortage.
Freight
traffic
was
suspended
today.
Domestic
supplies
of
coal
have
been
discontinued.
-
Scottish
General
To
Palestine
Command
JERUSALEM
0
MaJ
or..
General
G,.
H.
A.
MacMlllan,
who
stormed
the
Rhine
with
thelst
Highland
Division,
took;
command
today
of
British
troops
in
Palestine,
replacing
Lt.
Gen.JSlr
Evelyn
Barker.
The
change
in
command
came
in
the
midst
of
a
new
outbreak
of
violence,
in
the
Holy
Land.