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CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
OHMES
DRUGS
MSTfln
will
Daily
Delivery
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
g
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
82.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
7,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
litSjUMKD
ISi
MjSSIAM
FPU
PLAhE
MCOKA..
lua&iin)
Ddtd
.ermaifiw
Takes
ini
Klew
Tiara
pi
IV
(CP)
The
Soviet
Union
today
threw
mo
for
Monday
s
liussian-nriusn
piane
crasn
British
plane
oui
miusn
umciais
saia
tne
ctnrv
was
"palpably
untrue."
uian
invesii.crating
commission
charged
that
i
i
p:
ci
-
,-.
.1
;
..
a
i
ch
in
wtiicn
iateen
pei&uns
uieu,
was
causea
"
'
.
nf
AIIIpH
3j
It
said
mai
uie
I
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Bulletins
NO
INTERVENTION
OTTAWA
The
Dominion
government
will
not
interfere
with
the
new
freight
rates
structure
which
is
to
come
into
effect
tomorrow
involving
the
recent
21
per
cent
increase
in
rates
allowed
by
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners.
C.P.R.
COLLISION
SCIIREIBER,
Ont.
An
east-bound
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
transcontinental
passenger
train
and
a
westbound
freight
collided
early
today
at
San
Troy,
21
miles
east
of
here.
Nine
persons
four
passengers,
four
railway
employees
and
an
express
messengerwere
injured.
BOOST
FOR
STASSEN
MILWAUKEE
Racking
up
six
certain
and
two
probable
fc
,
fUA.:,.;.
ft,iffiiina;l.rriifyaa-
,-;
PRINCESS
MARGARET
HAS
"NEW
LOOK"
Accompanied
by
Major-General
A.
P.
D.
Telfer-Smollett,
colonel
of
the
regiment,
Princess
Margaret
Rose
inspects
the
Highland
Light
Infantry
guard
of
honor.
The
princess,
who
is
colonel-in-chief
of
the
regiment,
was
in
Glasgow
to
receive
the
freedom
of
the
city.
She
is
wearing
the
same
coat
she
wore
at
the
wedding
in
London,
but
the
hem
has
been
let
down,
giving
it
the
new
look.
41.M.C.S.
MAGNIFICENT
COMMISSIONED
H.M.C.S.
Magnificent,
Canada's
new
18,000-ton
aircraft
carrier,
was
commissioned
here
today
with
Hon.
Norman
Robertson,
Canadian
High
Commissioner,
among
those
present.
The
Magnificent,
carrying
1000
men,
will
leave
next
week
for
a
"working
up"
cruise
and
in
June
will
proceed
to
Halifax
to
make
her
base.
Coalition
Caucus
Gives
Mile
of
New
Road
to
be
Built
Between
City
and
Port
Edward
COAL
STRIKE
COMPLICATED
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
ft-John
L.
Lewis
today
asked
a
federal
court
to
set
aside
an
order
dlr-
ers
of
America
to
end
the
24-
Z.
t,
Z
.
through
u
his
attorneys,
asked
a
r"1""
"b
The
Attorney
General
of
the1
United
States
today
obtained
a
Pirn
bmnt
nf
i-mirk
ritallnn
Approval
To
Sales
Tax
...
.
.
niasscn
louay
neiu
a
su
10
First
Step
In
Hard
Surfacing
Project
By
Public
Works
Other
Projects
In
$200,000
Program
Premier
Johnson
Said
to
Have
Been
Challenged
to
'Go
to
Country'
On
Measure
VICTORIA
(CP)
The
provincial
government
three
percent
retail
sales
tax
proposal
is
reported
by
Provision
for
reconstruction
of
a
mile
of
highway
eliminate
dangerous
curves
-
tvebL..-i
4.
.......
j
-us.
,
1
reliable
authority
to
have
been
given
final
approval
on
a
new
survey
that
will
at
the
approaches
to
the
year's
public
works
department
estimates,
District
by
a
special
coalition
caucus
on-
Tuesday,
-rive
coalitions
are
said
to
have
dissented.
Premier
Byron
Johnson
threatened
to
"go
to
the
country"
on
the
issue
and
was
pilot
laiiea
w
mra
vun-;j
our-po'cr
regulations
by
Hying
Soviet
traffic
zone,
usrshal
Lord
Montgom
0
the
British
Imperial
aff.
went
back
to
Lon-
,
yithout
any
public
in-
to
whether
his
dinner
with
top
military
leau-,
last
night
had
cleared
he
road
blocks
In
the
...-.it,,
linn.
iur-power
ninny,
muim-
i
believed
to
have
dis-
K
"British
crisis.
asion
eased
somewhat
yesterday
after
ths
publicly
expressed
of-
lology
lor
me
crasn.
dial
Montgomery
con-,tti
the
three
western
;e:s
in
Germany,
They
Ji
Marshal
Vassily
D.
Russian
commander,
ificance
was
attach
atenwnt
today
by
Oen-
Bnan
Robertson.
Brlt-jry
governor
of
Oer-
,i!
the
part
of
Germany
.
,
,
...
....
he
Iron
Curtain
his
:"
temporarily
and
that
till
have
to
be
content
!y
in
two-thirds
of
the
xjeved
that
the
Rus-
preparing
to
call
for
a
government
in
their
an?.
This
would
end
:
control.
Commanders
All
Over
Commanding
offi
ce
ships
which
this
tarry
out
the
most
peacetime
exercises
r
training
program
airy
of
the
Royal
Can-clearly
present
the
graphical
range
and
service
backgrounds
fproduved
the
modern
3
ycome
from
both
nd
various
points
be-
(J
To
Open
wo
Weeks
River
llipl.usv
Terrace
and
Prince
siwuld
be
open
within
or
l
o
weeks,
accord
-an
'
announcement
ttmt
'
tills
mnmln.
N
office
of
1.
c.
Brady,.
"'S'nccr
for
the
pro-d(Prtment
0f
pubUc
This
Is
Provided
there
M'lles
in
ih,
e
mean
sno'
removal
m,i..
irking
west
of
""Sh
fr,en
snow
depth
of
seven
lrt
ftniinnirnl
i
'"I
tltln.j
....1
Whi
Che
two
out-
mm
rl
the
road
will
be
f
P
Rupert
Symphony
coalitionists
are
expected
to
vote
with
the
C.C.F.
Finance
Minister
Herbert
Ans-comb
told
reporters
that
the
sales
tax
measure
would
be
brought
down
"in
a
day
or
two."
The
government
Is
said
to
have
abandoned
hope
of
prorogation
by
April
15
and
has
set
April
21
as
the
new
target
date.
ASSAULT
CASE
tniAimvun
rtLJVJUInJLU
A
case
of
assault
with
actual
-
V
ftarm
against
Mrs.
Rita
Petterson
"iterson
was
was
adjourned
adjourned
In
in
city
city
police
court
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
vance
tms
morning
on
account
01
lne
"iness
oi
Mrs.
Petterson
s
counsel,
Rod
MacLeod.
It
will
I
come
VP
for
hearing
again
next
Tuesday.
challenged
to
do
so
by
one
coali
tion
member.
Present
indications
are
that
passage
of
the
bill
through
the
House
is
assured
but
the
five
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Cool
and
cloudy
weather
again
dominated
most
of
the
muvuiue
mis
uiumuiK.
onoweri
activity
is
exDected
tn
hp
fairlv
-
-
-
-
f"c"'m
areas
io-
flav.
There
Is
little
Indication
of
much
change
m
th.
npt
ah
-
hours
although
conlllr,ftrflh,B
considerable
is
to
be
exDected
to-
night
in
much
of
the
interior.
Temperatures
will
remain
be-
low
normal
for
early
April
In
most
areas.
Forecast
7
edge
over
Gen.
Douglas
MacArthur
today
in
the
fight
for
Wisconsin's
27
Republican
national
convention
delegates
Governor
Thomas
E.
Dewey
of
New
York
has
little
chance
to
get
even
one
delegate.
In
the
primary
race-
yesterday,
Stas
sen
showed
unexpected
backing.
HIGHER
BENEFITS
OTTAWA
Higher
unemployment
insurance
benefits
to
workers
will
be
provided
in
legislation
to
be
introduced
shortly
in
the
House
of
Commons
by
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
Mitchell.
It
is
under
stood
employers
will
have
to
pay
more
into
the
fund
in
relation
to
the
contributions
of
workers.
FINLAND
AND
RUSSIA
LONDON
Finland
and
Russia
have
signed
a
ten-year
treaty
binding
Finland
to
fight
within
her
own
borders
in
the
event
either
country
Is
attacked,
Moscow
radio
said
Tuesday
night.
The
two
countries
would
fight
together
to
repel
aggression
by
Germany
or
another
state
allied
with
Germany."
The
pact
mentioned
no
other
country
by
'
name.
,
CAMROSE
WINS
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Cam-rose
'
Maroons
Tuesday
night
defeated
New
Westminster
Cubs
6
to
1
to
jump
into
a
three
to
two
game
lead
in
the
best
of
seven
Western
Canada
Intermediate
hockey
final.
The
sixth
game
of
the
series
will
be
played
here
Thursday.
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
April
8,
1948
High
0:55
19.7
feet
Low
7,01
5.1
feet
13:01
19.6
feet
19:08
4.8
feet
Mr.
Brady,'
who
returned
.
,
,
,
where
he
took
part
in
a
confer-
r
-
at
Harrison
Hot
Springs,
reveal-;
oi
ed
that
"at
least
$150,000"
and
i
more
likely
about
$200,000
has
to
been
appropriated
for
road
and
bridge
maintenance
and
reconstruction
this
year.
The
figure
is
at
least
double
of
that
spent
on
highways
in
the
id
district
in
1947.
For
maintenance
alone,
$61,000
has
been
set
aside.
How
much
we
spend
will
be
,
k
by
tho
the
...
determined
largely
-av
allability
of
men
and
material."
Mr.
Brady
said.
,
Major
Items
planned
for
this
I'
summer
are:
1.
Construction
of
.8
of
a
mile
of
highway
starting
a'
be
the
city
limits
as
a
start
on
the
rebuilding
of
the
Prince
Rupert-Port
Edward
road.
2.
Completion
of
the
Port
ClemenLs-Quccn
Charlotte
City
road,
4'2
miles
of
which
are
still
to
be
built.
3.
Widening
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway
for
four
miles
east
of
Skeena
City
where
currents
have
washed
away
part
of
the
roadbed,
4.
Construction
of
a
240-foot
steel
truss
bridge
across
the
ESSINGTON
MAKES
FIRST
TRIP
The
federal
public
worns
snag
srnw
F.ssinpt.nn
lpft.
nnrfc
this
mornlng
0
its
first
seasonal
trip
up
the
Skeena
River
In
command
ot
Capt.
w.
F.
Robert.
son.
Initial
work
of
its
crew
will
hp
tn
rpnalr
n
uatpr
nine
lino
at.
Port
Essington
to
insure
a
sup-
ply
of
fresh
water
for
tne
ves.
Sers
boilers
during
the
summer.
The
Essington
underwent
her
ann"al
"J1,
an
b,oilIr
.ta
"e--""-
"ji
un.
the
winter
and
during
the
SDrine
has-
been-
doing
small
jobs
.around
the
harbor,
repairing
floats
and
assisting
in
the
TZln
ZlLnt
Transport
marine
equipment
from
Digby
Island
to
Seal
Cove.
This
year's
initial
trip
up
the
Skeena
was
made
a
week
earlier
than
in
1947
and
will
give
an
advanced
start
on
channel
clearing
operations
both
there
and
on
the
Naas.
neavy
siiowiau
m
ici-ci.l
weeks
in
the
mountains
behind
Port
Essington
has
been
respon-
sthlp
for
thp
r.hrpp-milp
water
i
11
i
i.i
t
.t
r
o
repairea
10
proviae
water
iur
the
flat-bottomed
scow.
In
the
is
.
t
.:n
"
xaKe
on
waer
a
-
-
r
,
Johnston
Co.
Ltd,
Toronto
Alhona
..
.07
Aumaque
.17
Beattie
.....
.75
Bevcourt
.40
Bobjo
11
Buffalo
Canadian
11
Consol.
Smelters
103.25
Conwest
98
Donalda
70
Eldona
71
Elder
53
Giant
Yellowknife
4.35
God's
Lake
57
Hardrock
.17
Heva
H
Vi
Hosco
31
Jacknife
.04
Joliet
Quebec
-33
Lake
Rowan
10
Lapaska
-
05
Little
Long
Lac
106
Lysx
08
Vi
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.72
McSenzie
Red
Lake
51
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.15
Negus
.-.
17
Vi
Noranda
48.00
Louvicourt
-73
Pickle
Crow
1.95
Rcgcourt
07
Vi
San
Antonio
4.00
Senator
Rouyn
42
Slierrit
Gordon
1.78
Steep
Rock
2.08
Sturgeon
River
18
Silver
Miller
30
city
nas
been
made
m
tms
Monday
from,
the
south
two
large
mis
witn
concrete
culverts
Tenders
are
expected
be
called
for
this
week.
Thp
widpnine
of
four
miles
of
the
Skrcna
River
section
of
the
highway
will
be
done
at
a
cost
about
$50,000,
exclusive
Of
the
rnn
hih
h,t
h
-t
aside
for
maintenance
work.
The
road
is
to
be
widened
be
twe?n
mice
ana
lour
leei
De-
h
it
icti.r
uiHth
nnH
rn.
,...
Z
,
k
iappcu
ufeanisb
uamaec
iuiu
river.
An
effort
will
be
made
to
com-.
plete
the
Port
CliMnenti-Queen
inr
n
a
f
ir
Ittcrnumtr
r
the
lUftt
Queen
Charlottes
and,
if
equipment
is
available,
two
gangs
will
put
on
the
job
instead
of
the
usual
one.
Rock
and
muskeg
make
the
job
narticularly
heavy.
Mr.
Brady
said
that
he
hopes
to
have
the
power
grader
currently
used
on
the
Skeena
Highway
replaced
with
a
heavier
one
this
year
and
to
equip
it
with
a
heavy
snow
plow
attachment.
The
present
grader,
while
serviceable,
is
too
light
for
some
of
the
work
required
of
it.
The
Skeena
River
bridge
near
age
their
equipment.
"However,
it
will
be
open
for
traffic
a
good
deal
earlier
than
last
year,"
he
said.
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char-
rj)Ilv
pf
C
T.alr
ram
lottes
and
North
Coast
Varl-
able
cloudiness
and
occasional
,
service
Announced
light
rain
today,
clearing
this
VICTORIA
,Now
that
four
evening.
Cloudy
Thursday
new
locomotives
have
been
ac-morning,
clearing
during
after-
quired,
a
dally
passenger
ser-noon.
Winds
light.
Little
change
vice
will
go
into
effect
on
the
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
Pacific
Great
'Eastern
Railway
in
nmn,v
T,h
tho
r.
Jder
to
end
the
strike.
ZTTl
n
uvvvtLiiiLiik
wi
vuvn
utiiotuit
uio
lDute
Prospects
of
union-operator
follrc
f
rt
an
A
tlta
cf
l'ilr
a
Vintra
on.
,7
I
T
'
v
r
"
"
directlv
or
indirectly
to
the
24-
day
old
soft
coal
walk-out
JttMCU
"le
imu
'"U"un
arit
today.
Heading
the
list
were
Lewis'
400,000
miners
and,
on
a.
svmnat.hv
sr.rllcp
mnn
than
.
n
..i.,i
'
'
x
"icue
miners,
aooui,
ou.uuu
transportation
workers,
mainly
...
.......j...
i.
l.."r
no
coal
is
moving.
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Courcesy
S.
D.
Vancouver
Bralorne
t
8.25
B.R.
Con
02
Vi
B.R.X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.30
Dentonia
01
'A
Grull
Wihksne
05
Hcdley
Mascot
60
Minto
,
03
Pend
Oreille
3.25
Pioneer
2.80
Premier
Border
.03
Vi
Privateer
19
Reno
,
09
Salmon
Gold
19
Sheep
Creek
i
1.02
Taylor
Bridge
.40
'
Taku
River
.55
Vananda
.15
Congress
.02
Vi
Pacific
Eastern
.05
Hedley
Amalgamated
.03
Silbak
Premier
.31
Oils
A.P.
Con
.15
Calmont
.48
C.
&
E
4.60
Home
6.70
Mining
and
Metallurgy,
forecast
yesterday
that
the
giant
cela
nese
plant
at
Prince
Rupert
would
be
in
operation
within
eighteen
months.
He
said
his
prediction
was
subject
to
"un
predictable
factors."
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
in
May.
This
has
,
been
an-;
35
and
48,
Massett
28
and
45,
nounced
by
Premier
Byron
I
Prince
Rupert
30
and
46.
'Johnson.
,
Skeena
River
four
miles
north
of
,
Hazelton
is
a
revision
of
a
1947
Hazelton
at
a
cost
of
$60,000.
tplan
to
construct
a
suspension
5.
Installing
of
a
15
-foot
bridge.
The
altered
plans
call
diameter
culvert
to
replace
the
for
the
building
of
a
stbel
truss
bridge
at
Porphiry
Creek
be-
bridge
instead,
tween
Hazelton
and
Smilhers,
Regarding
snow
clearing
op-
8.
Stockpiling
of
a
large
erations
on
the
Skeena
Highway,
amount
of
gravel
for
future
Mr.
Brady
said
that
hard-maintenance
and
reconstruction
frozen
snow
had
made
it
neces-of
the
Prince
Rupert-Port
Ed-
sary
for
the
road
men
to
wait
ward
road.
;
for
it
to
soften
so
as
not
to
dam-
GOLF
COURSE
FOR
TERRACE;
WILL
BE
OPENED
ABOUT
MAY2UXPECTED
TERRACE
Having
acquired
a
lease
on
15
acres
of
land
beyond
(he
pole
yard
on
tlie
Keith
Road
to
add
to
his
own
ten
acres
across
the
road,
Mel
PeekeVouf
has
announced
that
he
and
Joe
Schultaik
will
open
up
a
9-hole
golf
course
very
shortly.
Tfce
boxes
have
been
made
and
th'e
course
tried
out
and
found
to
be
very
satisfactory
but
there
is
still
snow
lying
on
some
shady
parts
so
it
is
expected
that
the
official
opening
will
not
take
place
before
May
24.
Membership
fees
and
daily
green
fees
have
not
been
worked
out
yet,
but
all
will
be
In
order
for
the
opening.
Orchestra
Pyphonv
Loncert
Friday,
April
!),
8:15
pjn.
MOOKE.
A.
T.
n.
M
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Pianist
K,ANCKS
"RACK
'
'Noil
xK
at
Or
Merrill,
Coloratura
Soprano
Assisting
Artists
,
Students
35c
Celanese
Mill
To
Be
In
Operation
In
10
Months
BOXING
Tournament
Canadian
Legion
International
7.
Renewal
of
bridges
over
Bitter
and
Bear
Creeks
in
the
Stewart
district.
8.
Various
repair
and
niain-
'
tcnance
projects
in
isolated
vil
lages
in
the
districts.
Construction
of
the
new
survey
on
the
Prince
Rupert
-Port
Edward
road
is
tho.
first
step
in
a
program
of
hard
surfacing.
The
gravel
stock-piling
project
also
ties
in
with
this.
However,
hard
surfacing
will
not
be
begun
this
summer
because
of
the
need
to
allow
the
road
to
settle
for
at
least
one
season.
The
new
section
will
be
46
feet
wide
in
muskeg
and
34
feet
through
rock
fills.
Surfae-
'"w.
Civic
Centre
and
all
Gyro
Members
CIVIC
CENTRE,
APRIL
10,
SATURDAY
10
Bouts
MAIN
EVENT
10
Bouts
SHORTY
CONTREROS
vs.
LEN
H1TCIIENS
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Prince
Rupert
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DANCE
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g
e
of
York,
Pennsylvania,
here
for
the
fiftieth
anniversary
convention
of
the
Canadian
Institute
of
1C
C1NTRE-
AUDITORIUM
BASKETBALL
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
NEW
METLAKATLA
VETS
Wednesday
and
Thursday
Reservations
Phone
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p.m.-l
p.m.
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Dukes
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