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FIVE
CENTS
aner
Days
Are
Coming
Ai
A
omic
Kace
1
For
Building
(JF
Ships
In
I
Yards
of
United
Kingdom
h
Says
Assembly
,C
airLnmaini
Fear
of
Slump
Expressed
By
Union
Leader
ities
Weather
jntinue
'
.
Sales
Tax
Cut
1
Rliinfr
Wnminn
LONDON
(CP)
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uuucri
iusi,
umuia
ciues
ana
villages
other!
J
Every
Day
Mokes
Siruorion
More
Frightening
:
LAKE
SUCCESS
(CP)
.
Carlos
P.
Romulo
of
the
Phillippines
today
urg-'td
Big
Five
powers
and
icd
aay
Hie
colU
air
than
Prince
Rupert,
that
shared
!
United
Kingdom
ship
Douks
Are
Told
Off
.
....
...
I..
.1
.
vi
arm
westerly
mua
ff
temperatures.
Rain
tl,,.
first
real
snow-jj.suii
to
slush.
in
3uii;s
iax
oisinuution
were:
Smithcrs,
$3,801.
Stewart,
$1,287.
Terrace,
$2,252.
Vandcrhoof,
$1,335.
Burns
Lake,
$1,367.
ivfi?
at
api'"i""i-,-'7
nelson
i
warning
that
the
Canada
to
concentrate
"government
is
not
going
to
play
.
th
framing
0f
a
stop-
u-riUy.
the
storm
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i
aw
rA1
yards
will
have
to
lay
I
of
75,000
workers
by
,
1951.
E.
J.
Hll,
general
secretary
of
the
Boilermakers'
Society,
said
I
that
15.000
ship
repair
men
were
;
already
out
of
Jobs
and
advised
'union
members
that,
"unless
'orders
come
In
more
quickly,
1951
Is
going
to
be
a
lean
year
and
I
probably
the
beginning
of
a
i
serious
shipbuilding
slump
.in
tills
country."
,s
of
wind
up
to
40
Iimir
w
in'
li
pi"'
wiuw
and
inadf
driving
:
nr.
mrxj
nmjinvi
0i
iuu
iua
;uiy
longer"
was
laid
before
150
Bonn
of
Freedom
at
Krestova,
eiyhU'eti
miles
north
of
Nelson.
I
Commissioner
John
Shirass
of
;
Fine'Xmas
Fare
nut
(if
snnw
record
jv
Miinil
was
t
wo
and
,ap
plan
for
control
of
the
atomic
arms
race.
"Every
clay
brings
us
further
evidence
thas
the
race
for
atomic
armaments
is
accelerating
at
an
alarming
rate,"
Romulo,
president
of
the
recent
United
Nations,
assembly
session,
said
in
a
lettet
to
General
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton
of
Canada.
At
Watson
Isle
r
iiiflK'S.
H)i'
storm
lemiH-ra-
,rnl
around
z.i
i'
i
the
provincial
police
said
in
a
blunt
adilr-'ss
that,
"if
you
keep
working
against
the
government,
there
is
going
to
be
one
recommendation
from
uic
:
that
a
certain
.section
be
Isolated
from
so
Why
l.rave
(
amp.
Nf
ws-paper
Men
Wondrr
New
Editors
Of
,illnviii''
ill"
bli..ard
d
mini
shortly
afU-r
Moclcan's
Named
Ai
far
as
the
duality
of
the
if
mercury
rose
to
i
i
i
parly
tins
morning
THE
hiTinan
predicts
mild
WEATHER
Synopsis
it
Hi''
next
two
days
I
.
-
Si-''
:
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Christmas
Day
faring
is
con-'
TORONTO
Q1
Appointment
of
eerned,
there
will
be
no
reason
Ralph
Allen,
nationally
known
lor
the
three
hundred
or
so
men
newspaperman,
as
editor
of
Mac-wlio
reside
at
Uic
Columbia
lean's
Magazine
and
of
John
P.
Cellulose
Co.'s
Watson
Island
Clare
,a.ssociatc
editor,
as
niun-comnilshary
operated
by
the
aging
editor
is
announced.
Allen
Dominion
Catering
Co.
leaving
succeeds
W.
Arthur
Irwin
who
(lie
camp.
Indeed,
Judging
from
resigned
alst
week
to
become
the
menu
which
has
been
pre-
commissioner
of
the
National
pared
by
Chef
Fred
Christie,
one
fiim
Board.
in
id
fresh
westerly
lials
per
hour.
ciety."
i
Sons
of
Freedom
from
all
over
;
West
Kootcnay
'and
Boundary
.
area
attended
the
meeting
which
.
w;i.iv
called
to
discuss
further
a
pledge
to
the
police
here
last
week
by
the
Sons
of
Freedom
that
that
sect
would
cease
its
lengthy
practice
of
protest
violence.
'
Before
the
commissioner
spoke,
I
Hie
entire
gathering
promised
to
refrain
from
violence
and
,
;
touched
their
heads
to
the
floor
j
BIRD'S-EYE
VIEW
OF
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
FLOODS-Flood
waters
of
the
swollen
Cupilatiu
river
swirl
about
the
base
of
his
perch
as
a
telephone
lineman
tries
to
re-establish
the
last
communications
link
between
West
Vancouver,
and
the
rest
of
the
world.
The
lines
were
bwept
away
by
one
of
the
worst
floods
of
British
Columbian
history.
(!,
NS
v-K
pulice-
uns
a
slit
machine
A
storm
moving
over
the
British
Columbia
coast
iroin
the
ocean
Is
bringing
milder
weather
to
all
sections
of
the
province.
Light
snow
was
falling
over
most
of
the
interior
this
morning
and
exposed
portions
of
the
coast
are
reporting
rain.
A
mixture
of
snow
and
freezing
rain
which
began
before
daybreak
in
the
Vancouver
and
Victoria
area
will
turn
to
rain
this
afternoon
when
temperatures
climb
above
the
freezing
as
evidence
'.n
a
gamb-
of
Canada
s
noted
professional
cooks
and
for
many
years
chief
cook
in
one
of
Montreal's
cele-
case
hre,
hit
the
Big
Day
Fcr
Every
nintel
In
tumbled
oh.
.
thc
bi
iitcd
downtown
eating
places,
;
pulp
mill
construction
employees
could
go
far
and
fare
a
lot
;
to
seek
forgiveness
for
their
past
Stalin
70
Years
Old
Fire
Deslroys
Accident
Causes
$1,000
Damages
F.uiily
brakes
caused
$1,000
worth
of
headaches
to
H.
P.
Gale
destruction.
Older
Folk
AY'S
iroCKS
Historic
Church
j
Daily
News
men
visited
Chef!
I)
Jm
Vit
I.
Id
i
w,"ua'
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fc,.
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,.o('fA
Kt,
...nrl
uiiint.
'
Christie's
spotless
and
well
l.irinwl-.
ilbanfunr
nf
viands!
Wednesday
afternoon
will
see
the
big
reunion
for
Priilce'
Ku
Sundav
and.
after
an
insnection
!
pioneers
of
the
"over
.
i
i
i
of
th.
hiilclnir
frepiprs
anH
food
;
Pcr'
s
truck
parked
on
an
Inclined
Sss&apr3ssKe3S
Prcmler
Ja'h
etr-
n.ad-n
the-
Wood.
.
-
-Fire
dustr-Hl
Hie
Duncan
Parr
and
MeClay
construction
Stalin
hung
from
Moscow's
pub-
i
Memoriai
church
in
MHla-project
approximately
a
mile
east
lie
buildings
today
as
the
capital
'
katla,
Alaska,
last
week-end,
of
the
city
limits,
tiie
vehicle
prepared
.to
celebrate
the
Sov-
j
burning
tut
cou.p;etcIy
wooden
backed
off
the
edge
of
the
high-
iet
leader's
seventieth
birthday
j
structure
to
the
ground.
seventy"'
vintage
when
the
good
old
folks
of
the
city
will
gather
at
the
social
parlor
of
First
United
Church
to
enlov
the
an
Terrace
v
Road
!n
Good
Shape
'
Arrival
of
Snow
Makes
It
'
Better
Ice
in
Skeena
!
The
highway
to
Terrace
which
Is
being
kept
open
by
Public
,
Works
crews
Is
In
the
best
condition
for
travel
that
It
has
been
1
for
some
time
with
enough
snow
having
fallen
to
fill
all
holes
in
the
road
bed.
nual
banquet
provided
by
the!
way
and
into
a
deep
excavation,
tomorrow.
Piavda,
organ
of
the
Communist
party,
displayed
a
large
front
page
drawing
of
lockers,
were
shown
the
Chrlst-
mas
Day
menu.
'
Assorted
fruit
Juices
will
whet
;
the
starting
appetite
before
the
i
roast
young
turkey
or
goose
Is
j
brought
on
to
tempt
the
holiday
!
palate.
Garnishing
the
seasonal
j
bird
flesh
will
be
the
traditional
;
cranberry
sauce,
sage
and
onion
!
dressing
and
glblet
gravy.
!
Vegetables
of
the
day
will
be
j
mashed
turnips,
green
peas
and
Women's
Co-ordinating
Council!
and
then.
In
mellow
mood,
rem-j
i
a
lnlscence
of
the
days
gone
by
!
ff35(J
Al
The
church
was
built
in
18aa
at
a
cost
of
$150,000
and
was
the
largest
church
In
Alaska.
It
was
also
the
home
church
of
the
famous
Metlakatla
Native
Choir
which
is
scheduled
to
come
to
Prince
Rupert
in
point.
The
weather
will
remain
cloudy
and
milder
tomorrow
with
a
few
snow
flurries;
in
the
interior
and
scattered
rain
showers
along
the
coast.
Regional
forecasts
valid
until
mid-pight
Wednesday.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
with
rain
showers
today
and
Wednesday.
Milder.
Westerly
winds.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy
32
and
40,
Sandspit
32
and.
40,
Prince
Rupert
30
and
38.
Kootenay,
North
Thompson
Region
Cloudy
with
snow
flurries
today
and
Wednesday.
Milder
tonight.
Light
wind3.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrowat
Cranbrook,
zero
and
15.
Crescent
Valley
and
Revclstoke
1
and
25.
Stalin.
i
George
Bernard
Shaw,
Bri'Jsli
;
playwright,
sent
a
birthday
message
to
Stalin
dcrlaring
he
was
proud
to
send
greetings
with
the
Fighting
Hard
VWll.lL
WllJ,
AMU
lUilC
UUlh
were
young,
over
two
hundred
invitations
have
been
issued,
Mrs.
A.
L.
Haines,
president
of
Heavy
fight-
hopc
that'
"you
may
give
many
the
Co-ordinating
Council,
an-
HONG
KONG
f'
morc
years
of
progressive
service
to
mankind."
nounces
and
there
are
few,
if
i:lg
s
reported
south
of
Chongtu
today
by
the
Chinese
any,
who
win
not.
be
mere.
Pnnvenor
for
the
affair
Is
the
bulletin
A
whipped
potatoes.
Then
will
j
j
come
the
hot
mince
piece,
plum
I
pudding
and
hard
sauce
with
Christmas
cake,
candy
and
nuts,
j
;
oranges,
apples
and
grapes
com-
j
ins
on
for
those
who
can
still
i
take
more.
j
genial
Mrs.
T.
J.
Boulter
who
News
Agency.
A
feovemmcnt
has
such
noted
housekeepers
as
dispatch
said
Nationalist
troops
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Mrs.
Andrew
Thompson,
Mrs.
C.
had
repulsed
attacking
Coiumun-H.
Elkins,
Mrs.
Leo
Doiron,
Mrs.
ists
in
battle.
Action
was
reported
U.K.
May
Buy
SalmonLumber
Carl
Strand
and
Mrs.
T,
H.
Sol
It
all
sounds
very
appetizing,;
indeed,
but,
at
that,
while
it'
may
be-
seasonal,
it
Is
not
such
t.
great
deal
better
than
the
to
have
taken
place
in
a
triangular
area
of
southwestern
China
below
Chengtu,
recently
aban-
lien
as
her
kitchen
help.
The
entertainment
program
is
ap-
rNv.nif
t
!
t
o!tr
nrwtiifrVi
In
tho
Viunrlc
.
..
.
regular
daily
menu
at
the
camp.
duncd
as
UlC
NaUo,lu"ii,
cal"lal
S.
Black.
Those
per-
VANCOUVER
ICY
VANCOUVER
Thousands
of
Vancouver
people
were
late
for
work
this
morning
on
account
of
the
icy
streets
after
a
repetition
of
the
coldest
night
of
the
year
when
the
thermometer
dropped
to
21
above.
Trolley
and
bus
line
services
were
disrupted
and
aircraft
could
not
get
away
until
noon.
All
roads
in
the
Eraser
Vallev
are
declared
danirer-
i
W.'
OTTAWA
(?
-
Along
with
bacon
and
cheese,
Canada
may
complete
1950
contracts
with
the
United
Kingdom
ior
salmon
and
lumber
.it
wu
learned
yesterday.
Dollars
to
pay
for
salmon
and
Tryiqg
Feverishly
To
Dig
Miner
Out
'
suasive
canvassers
Mrs.
C.
G.
i
Ham
and
Mrs.
Erickson
have
been
in
charge
of
canvassing.
:
Artistic
Mrs.
A.
Hamilton,
Mrs.
A.
L.
Holtby.
Mrs.
D.
J.
Mac-I
Donald
and
Mrs.
Jens
Munthe
1
arc
arranging
the
decorations
Imagine
His
Embarrassment-
AIR
HAiiENGERS
To
Vancouver
(Today)
Miss
Y.
Larson,
J.
Carlson,
T.
Jessume,
Miss
I.
Rogers.
Miss
D.
Robertson,
Miss
A.
Patterson,
Miss
P.
Caldwell,
Miss
E.
Ball,
Mrs.
Mad-sen,
W.
Bussey,
O.
J.
Moscrip,
N
Irving,
Miss
M.
Steeves,
Miss
E.
Morrison,
Miss
J.
Trotter.
From
Vancouver
(Monday)
W.
Seymour,
L.
Larson
C.
W.
Natih,
H.
M
.Daggett,
Ted
Format!,
R
.L.
Simpson,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
Moore.
From
Sandspit
(Monday)
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Nybloom,
R.
Campbell,
W.
Doskotch.
S.
Miltier,
W.
Klesovllch,
K.
Vognlld.
o
ous
after
new
ice
formed
over
the
sanding.
On
Vancouver
Island
there
was
u
foot
and
a
half
of
snow.
i
NE
WYORK
MAYOR
WEDS
while
Miss
Chapman
is
organizing
transportation.
BLA1RMOHE,
Alberta
iff
-
Old
lumber
would
be
obtained
by
time
miners
today
still
expressed
increasing
deferred
wheat
ship-hope
that
Ben
Carter
would
be
mentis
from
10,000,000
to
15,00(1
-found
alive
us
the
search
Tor
the
000
bushels.
GO-year
old
miner,
trapped
in
a
I
Enough
dollars
would
be
made
cave-in
at
Orei
iihill
Colliery
near,'
available
to
cover
purchases
of
1,tr"
here,
continued
continued
at
at
a
ubaek-brcuk-
back-break-
about
about.
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
worth
worth
of
of
lumber
lumber
I
OCAL
T'IDLS
MUAm,
t
loriua
Mayor
William
U
Dwyer
oi
"
i
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i
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r-n
i
i
it
.
ini
the
fourth
day.
;ii
jwmo.yoo
or
w.iw.wj
worm
iew
i
oik,
agcu
o"',
lainietl
ana
nappy,
was
married
in;;
puce
Wednesday.
Dereuiher
21,
1949
today
to
radiant
Sloan
Simpson,
;$5,
in
a
simple
cere
;Hlgh
20
5
feet
Mine
olliciais.
However,
wirt-not
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mhimi.
u.i.ui..
be-
cbiwcl
about
$31,000,000
of
luni-79
229
feet
so
Impend.
They
said
they
feet
lieved
that
Hie
father
of
five
her
from
Canada
this
year
unci
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feet
children
would
be
dead
by
now.
about
$7,000,000
worth
oi
salmon.
15
Wrong
Press
Tommy
Fra.-er,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,,
who
has
been
publishing
the
Omineca
Herald
in
Terrace
since
last
summer,
tells,
about
bow
the
long
awaited
press
purchased
from
The
Review"
of
Sydney.
Vancouver
Island,
at
last
arrived,
and
has
been
duly
installed.
"It
hud
been
cumina."
he
says,
for
months,
the
delays
bringing
delivery
close
to
the
spym
when
I
he
ronrl
might
be
blocked
with
snow.
Finally
a
truck
did
reach
Terrace.
It
carried
a
press
but
not
the
one
that
was
exK'cted.
Through
a
misunderstanding,
the
driver
had
"Hiv.iu
'"li"w
kiiili
't
niony
at
St.
Joseph's
Catholic
Church.
The
newly-weds
boarded
the
yacht
Alnuir
U.
for
an
eight-day
honeymoon
cruise.
HELD
1
OR
MURDER
VANCOUVER
Police
said
today
they
were
holding-a
80-year
old
laborer
in
connection
with
the
mystery
slayiu.tr
a
ninth
ago
of
Ferae
Blanche
Fisher.
They
did
not
elaborate.
The
unidentified
man
was
reported
to
he
held
on
a
charge
of
retaining
stolen
goods.
He
was
arrested
a
month
ago
and
has
Dr.
Alfred
Lorge
Not
Leaving
City
Due
to
au
error
in
the
report
or
the
Linion
Board
of
Healtt
meeting
last
week,
it
was
statec
hat
Dr.
A.
W.
Large
was
leaving
ihe
city.
Dr.
Large,
who
has
beer
acting
as
director
of
the
health'
unit,
is
remaining
In
Prince
KlH'lKT
i"iin
'i
":;
liar.
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4
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been
given,
not
a
printing
press
but
a
hydraulic
iron-bending
press
destined
for
Whitehorsc,
Y.T.
So
there
was
nothing
to
do
but
drive
back
to
Prince
Rupert
and
make
another
start
for
Tcrrace-.
this
time
with
the
right
article
on
board.
Incidentally
a
blizzard
-anic
also."
1
K
t
Vs.
I
been
remanded'
weekly
since.
The
bruised
half-nude
body
of
Miss
Fisher,
45-year
old
spinster,
was
found
in
False
Creuk.
here
November
9.
WILL
PAY
FINES
VANCOUVER
The
Retail
Merchants'
Association
will
pay
court
fines
of
any
member
stores
prosecuted
for
staying
open
on
Wednesday
in
defiance
of
the
provincial
and
city
law
s
but
the
move
HOLIDAY
SEASON
CLOSING
HOURS
Retail
stores
.in
the
City
will
remain
open
until
8
p.m.
December
23rd,
closing
at
6
p.m.
on
December
24th.
Stores
will
be
closed
December
26th
and
27th
and
January
2nd
as
well
as
Thursday
afternoon
each
week.
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Merchants
Ass'n.
1
!
is
onlv
;
cmivoiiipticii
fnr
I
In1
slnrpkopncrs
Thpv
will
COYOTES
FACED
WAR
EDMONTON
Alberta
farmers,
plagued
by
coyotes,
organ
''nir;
Ciuw
'
t
.
''"toiiio
Rouyn
11
Gordon
!(
River
::MiUer
"I
canada
..
have
to
repay
the
lines
to
the
Association.
Meanwhile
two
trade
unions
have
announced
that
they
will
post
members
outside
the
Hudson
By
Co.
store
on
Wednesday
in
protest
aganist
the
decision
to
stay
open.
recent
dust
storms,
described
by
'.rmers
as
the
worst
m
12
years,
made
Two
ppairie
MM1
DESERT
i
PRAIRIE
strict
around
Medicine
Hat,
Alta.
Experts
virtual
waste
and
o
t
of
ch
p
ai
was
taken
our
mlles
soulh
o
lne
ized
12
hunts
this
fall
with
as
many
as
200
armed
men
taking
part.
Officials
report
the
hunts
have
beer,
effective
in
reducing
the
number
of
the
marauders.
(CP.
Photo)
say
lJ30
crfs
'
"
city.