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VICTORIA,
2.
C.
NORTHERN
AND
CKNTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NXW8PAPKB
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
228.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
28,
1948
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FIVE
CENTS
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implied
Dunns
It-HP
jced
city
"f
Sees
Than
Security
on
Less
Universal
Basis
Worship
Freedom
PHONE
SYSTEM
IS
HEAVILY
LOADED,
UNABLE
TO
TAKE
HEW
SUBSCRIBERS
Already
burdened
beyond
its
efficient
operating
peak,
Prince
Rupert's
telephone
system
has
reached
f
west
is
a'-to
led
the'
-.ortage
owing
,je-up
caused
.men's
strike
,
the
United
eastern
Al-
New
State
of
Israeli
lias
No
Desire
to
Interfere
With
Any
ktchikan
and
PARIS
(CP)
Individual
nations
must
seek
security
on
a
basis
"less
than
universal"
when
the
United
Nations
is
unable
to
provide
that
security,
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
told
the
United
Nations
general
assembly
today.
In
what
was
probably
his
last
speech
as
head
of
its
absolute
limit
of
expansion,
city
council
was
tola
last
night
by
Telephone
Sujierintendent
Bruce
Love
in
a
report
that
dashed
prospective
subscribers'
hopes
of
getting
telephones
for
at
least
two
years.
TEL
AVIV,
W
The
Israeli
ministry
of
religion
has
affirm
ed
that
Christian
and
Moslem
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
told
coun-
:
minorities
will
enjoy
full
con
Small
boats
,;a
of
Juneau'
in
freighting
,
while
small
3
pressed
ln-..kan.
md
Vancoii-produce
v
dispatching
trol
over
their
religious
affairs
in.
the
new
Jewish
state.
ell
that
the
gloomy
substance
of
the
report
should
be
known
by
the
public
so
that
it
would
understand
that
telephones
are
not
being
denied
new
subscrib
telephone
system,
the
switchboard
should
not
be
loaded
to
more
than
80
percent
of
its
capacity,
which
would,
in
this
case,
be
800
lines.
This
would
RUSS
MONEY
IS
DECLINING
BERLIN,
tf
Berliners
have
j
"The
Jewish
religion
has
never
had
a
tendency
to
convert
others,"
said
Rabbi
Judah
Leib
:Fishman.
'On
the
contrary
our
wish
is
that
each
individual
i
preserve
his
own
faith,
tradi
mean
that
there
would
be
1,924
the
Canadian
government.
Mr.
King
called
for
a
world-wide
community
sense
"among
the
countries
of
the
world'
'and
suggested
the
British
Commonwealth
of
Nations
as
,
an
example.
As
things
now
stand,
safd
Mr.
King,
a
world
stalemate
had
resulted
from
the
use
of
the
veto
by
some
powers
"to
further
some
particular
interest."
If
the
stale
t
are
expoi
i-
instruments
in
use."
,
i'
V
'
'
-3
"
:"
-
t
ti
-
f
ii
i
i
Ciiiiritu
j,,
i,
lost
some
of
tbelr
faith
in
Rus-
At
present,
there
are
2,352
Continued
on
tage
Six)
tion
and
customs."
.jian
coastal
j
boats
are
-.
irom
here,
.gnments
was
r
from
Min-
ers
at
the
will
of
council
but
because
it
is
physically
impossible
to
open
new
lines.
"We
feel
that
the
situation
regarding
telephones
should
be
widely
known
by
the
public
Every
day
we
get
personal
requests
to
try
and
get
telephones
for
someone
but
we
cannot
open
new
lines,"
the
Mayor
said.
THROWN
INTO
THE
WRATH
FP
k:at
tnrougn
sia
issued
currency
of
their
city
following
break-up
of
the
Four
Power
talks
on
the
Berlin
blockade.
The
"Ostmark"
is
steadily
dropping
in
value.
Last
night
it
was
quoted
on
the
black
market
exchange
as
3
9
to
one
Deutsche
mark.
mate
continues,
he
said,
the
iKetchilcan
for
Forecast
threat
to
freedom
would
In
SLAVE
CAMPS
.nan
maga-
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
evitably
arise.
Mr.
King's
speech
was
Inter
Russia
is
Continuing
Ruthless
Coast
Clear,
becoming
over
.
Puree
in
Eastern
Germany
least
this
afternoon,
rain
com
Alderman
T4
B.
Black
calculated
that
at
present
the
sys
rupted
twice
by
applause
and
at
the
close
he
received
an
ovation
from
which
it
was
noted,
how
Of
tem
is
40
percent
overloaded
above
good
operating
conditions.
"
menclng
this
evening
and
con-
i.
utpot
BERLIN,
ra
(?)
The
socialist
tinuing
through
the
night.
I
day.
Little
change
In
tempera-press
Monday
claimed
tl-at
the
jcloudy
with
showers
Wednes-'ture
with
lows
tonight
and
Russians
are
throwing
thous-
day
winds
nght,
becoming
highs
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
ads
of
victims
into
new
con-
,southeast
(20
m
p.h.)
this
eve-2
and
55,
Massett
45
and
53,
citration
camps
in
easter
ningj
southwest
(15)
Wednes-1
frlnce
Rupert
43
and
55.
ever,
the
Russian
nations
abstained.
m....i
"It
is
not
that
we
refuse
to
.
upply
new
telephones,"
he
de
clared.
"It
is
that
we
just
can
OCTOBER
24
TO
I'.tmanded
not
spare
any
of
the
few
remaining
lines
because
they
utrmany
s
iniensiuea
purge
oi
anti-communists.
iftn
official
Social
Democrat
EE
'U.N.
DAY'
kite
COUNCIL
HITS
U.B.C.M.
ATTITUDE
might
be
needed
at
any
mo
Sunday,
October
24,
will
be
described
"transports
of
misery"
headed
for
Buchenwald.
proclaimed
"United
Nations
rosier
wus
TOWARD
INCREASING
OF
POLL
TAX
Day"
by
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
as
ment
to
replace
defective
ones."
According
to
Mr.
Love's
repoit.
Prince
Rupert's
switchboard
hc.s
five
operators'
positions
and
a
capacity
of
1.000
lines
for
local
I
Ute
Com"
I
iaiiii
on
a
Aldermen
Re-affirm
Their
They
turned
the
matter
over!
a
dedication
to
the
cause
of
world
peace.
Its
objective
is
to
create
support
for
the
alms
of
THE
UNDERDOG
Campaign
Finds
Cards
Stacked
Against
Truman
Hard-Working
President
Another
'Happy
Warrior'
of
United
States
Politics
Stand
On
Having
It
to
Mayor
Arnold
and
City
Clerk
j
-i
:itfiiee
subscribers,
plus
11
toll
linei.
Burned
to
Death
At
Firemen's
Ball
WARSAW,
Oi
Twenty
persons
were
burned
to
death
Abolished
Thain
to
investigate
the
poll
the
United
Nations
among
the
U:
Justice
j
t
n
y
spt.-nn
in
Vanrnnvpr
an1"',
'
r,r
v.n
4
.tSVXuSriSST-
NCW
Westmlnster
80
that
they
The
delation
was
support-serniy
critical
eye
oi
city
coun
play.
get
a
complete
-picture
Wed
by
Tuuriclt
athe
Request
or
J
cil
last
night
after
the
aldermen
such
taxaUon
m
the
province.
the
nited
f,ations
Assoclation
had
heard
of
Its
dele-
a
report
Thpy
wiU
report
bacfc
tQ
coun.
which
had
a
letter
before
last
to
the
recent
Union
gates
of,
Iniehfs
meeting
Mavor
Arnold's
At
present,
there
are
60
spate
lines,
20
of
which
are
defective,
with
more
expected
ta
beconvc
defective
in
the
near
future.
Repair
parts
for
the
defective
lines
have
been
on
order
in
som-;
cases
for
two.
years
or
more.
"For
efficient
operation
of
tv
p
c,6
l
the
fiwsraed
Us:
i
m
jfrim-i
$'
cunvieted
of
i
if
.n
Ziue
Ut-
j
.
of
Siiii-!
si'
4
bir.
tir!
4
l
partnership
otitt
"30
-,-Aivjurcd
whev.
:.iire
broke
out
in
a
dance
organized
by
a
voluntary
firemen's
organization
at
nearby
Osu-chow
last
night.
B.C.
Municipalities
which
rec-
'
,
.
ni.mxmn
win
raii
thtt
ljd6t
IllgllLS
ivpuil
1
tXJUlU-
I
'
mors
ideals
and
point
out
tne
ac-
By
CLYDE
BLACKBURN
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
WASHINGTON
They
used
to
call
Al
'Smith
"The
Happy
Warrior"
of
United
States
politics.
'
One
of
these
davs
someone
will
coin
a
phrase
like
.
.
,
j
tv,f
mend
that
a
study
of
the
tax
tended
to
cover
women
and
that
.
.
....
be
made
and
that
a
comprehen
"prw
at
tli
It
be
increased
from
Its
present
COUNCIL
PROTESTS
LIVING
COST
$5
to
$10.
The
resolution
was
Included
complishments
of
the
U.N.
since
Its
beginning
In
1945.
"I
would
like
the
Mayor
to
take
such
action,"
commented
Alderman
McKay
as
the
council
considered
the
request.
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
declared
that
"we
should
reflect
on
Murray
;that
to
Ascribe
Harry
S.
Truman.
Truman
entered
I.
-i
'been
a'p-!
the
'current
campaign
as
Democratic
candidate
for
ste;
to
purchase
:
re-election
as
president
with
the
cards
stacked
Time
That
Government
Should
Do
Something
to
Protect'
People
among
vs
considered
Dy
me
convention
and
was
opposed
by
Mayor'
Nora
Arnold
and
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thain
who,
in
their
living
on
a
fixed
Income,
such
as
monUily
salary,
pension,
fixed
commission
or
other
static
remuneration,
although
other
parts
of
the
population,
including
the
greater
proportion
of
wage-
'-.Tf
business.
'
CONSERVATIVE
report,
recommended
that
a
Mr.
Bevln's
words
it
is
up
to
the
common
people
to
maintain
peace."
study
of
the
poll
tax
situation
earners,
have,
from
time
to
lime,
sive
resolution
be
prepared
asking
for
a
revision
of
the
Municipal
Elections
Act
to
ellminat
the
poll
tax
as
one
of
the
requirements
for
voting
eligibility,
repeal
or
the
poll
tax
and
amendments
to
such
other
acts
as
may
be
affected
by
such
repeal.
Since
the
payipg
of
poll
tax
is
a
voting
requirement
for
non-property
owners,
Its
abolition
by
the
city
at
present-would
disenfranchise
many
householders.
Before
It
could
be
effectively
abolished,
the
section
of
the
Municipal
Elections
Act
which
requires
that
poll
tax
be
paid
as
a
voting
qualification
for
non-
me
jury
re
against
him,
an
underdog
presidential
candidate
if
there
ever
was
one.
He
went
into
It
smiling,
wise-cracking,
confident
and
serene.
The
Wallace
Progressives
were
dragging
away
at
nis
normal
leftist
and
Liberal
support.
Tiie
Southern
Democrats
had
deserted
In
force
and
even
wiped
be
made
with
the
object
of
having
it
repealed.
Alderman
George
Casey
led
the
aldermanlc
objections
to
the
Union's
attitude
and
moved
RESOLUTIONS
Committee
ot
t93
Men
(ioes
to
Work
On
List
of
500
SD1NG
BY
Salvage
OTTAWA
if'
A
resolutions
committee
of
193
men
will
start
Acting
on
Instructions
re-1
ceiveel
from
council
two
week-s
ago,
Alderman
Arthur
Brooks-bank
last
night
presented
his
colleagues
with
a
resolution
protesting
the
high
cost
of
living,
assuring
them
that
1.
was
carefully
worded
so
that
it
carried
no
suggestion
of
"Communistic
influence."
Council
adopted
the
resolution
unanimously
and
agreed
with
Alderman
Brooksbank
that
It
should,
receive
wide
circulation.
Individually
-
typed
copies
will
be
sent
to
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
all
federal
cabinet
ministers,
leaders
of
the
Opposition
parties,
all
members
of
the
B.C.
Legls-
his
name
off
the
ballot
in
one
-Two
Halifax
to
work
todav
on
500
res
Liiiian
an'J
lutions
submitted
for
Insertion
been
able
to
have
their
incomes
increased.
"WHEREAS
Inflationary
conditions
have
already
caused
certain
industries
to
discontinue
business
on
account
of
inability
to
meet
competition
from
the
U.S.A.
and
other
countries.
"BE
IT
RESOLVED
that
the
Government
of
Canada
be
urged
to
take
immediate
and
vigorous
action
to
stop
the
rise
in
the
cost
of
living
and
to
reduce
such
cost
where
reductions
can
be
effected
without
hardship
to
primary
producers
and
other
workers,
and
that
provision
be
made
HNw,
found
property
owners
would
also
have
lution
on
the
poll
tax
as
"ill-worded
and
inadequate"
and
also
suggested
that
the
council
make
an
Individual
representation
to
the
government
protesting
the
institution
of
daylight
saving
time.
His
motion
was
supported.
A
suggestion
In
the
delegates'
report
urged
that
the
government
either
abolish
daylight
saving
time
or
submit
a
plebiscite
to
the
electors
of
the
province
to
obtain
a
majority
opinion
on
the
subject.
Report
of
the
fate
of
Prince
Rupert's
six
resolutions
at
the
convention
showed
that
two
had
been
approved,
two
defeated
and
one
withdrawn.
Another,
state.
Public
opinion
polls
and
the
great
bulk
of
newspaper?
were
against
him.
Campaign
donations
were
scanty
and
th
party
treasury
was
low.
Beyond
all
that
loss
ot
nor
to
be
wiped
out.
that
the
city
act
immediately
on
the
matter
and
that
Its
objections
should
be
made
directly
to
the
government
and
not
through
the
U.B.C.M.
The
other
aldermen
agreed.
The
delegates
told
the
meeting
that
they
believed
the
U.B
CM.
convention
had
approved
the
motion
to
extend
and
increase
the
poll
tax
because
its
members
looked
on
the
tax
as
a
nuisance
and
they
believed
that,
if
the
nuisance
was
accentuated,
public
opinion
would
The
aldermen
had
been
under
sal
vane
500
'
here
t(iiy
the
iih-4
:rpi?hier
Lei.v
ure
out
how
Vmuda.
in
the
ProBresslve-Conservatlv
parly's
platform.
They
form
an
advance
guard
for
the
national
convention
to
be
held
September
30,
October
1
and
2.
Resolutions
on
communism
loom
as
a
major
bulk.
the
impression
that,
if
the
city
did
not
collect
the
tax,
the
prov
mal
support,
Truman
was
facing
an
office-hungry,
rejuvenated
Rrniihlican
Dartv
with
two
ablo
ince
would
but
Alderman,
George
Casey
told
his
colleagues
that
Premier
Byron
Johnson
had
and
to
20
cities
ann
candidates
and
a
two-year-old
j
lature
immediately
so
that
where
prices
are
proven
to
be
unreasonably
high,
selective
price
controls
PA
"S
STOCKS
:
:
W'nurtesy
s.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
gone
on
record
as
stating
mao
the
province
had
no
interest
in
collecting
the
tax
in
such
cases.
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
described
the
convention's
reso-
may
be
re-lmpuscd
for
the
protection
of
the
consuming
public."
grip
on
the
House
of
Representatives
and
Senate
which
thev
seemed
certain
to
extend
to
the
White
House
after
16
years'
Democratic
occupancy.
Truman
was
bound,
shackled
and
weighed
down
with
handicaps,
but
no
lead
to
Its
withdrawal.
The
aldermen
looked
on
this
as
"careless
and
faulty"
thinking
and
proceeding
with
their
plans
to
urgo
its
removal.
towns
throughout
tinusii
Columbia.
The
latter
will
be
asked
to
endorse
the
resolution
and
take
similar
action.
The
resolution:
"WHEREAS,
while
it
is
always
desirable
that
there
should
be
a
minimum
of
interference
and
control
by
the
state
in
the
dally
lives
and
occupations
of
the
The
resolution
will
be
signed
We
by
Mayor
Arnold.
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S.
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Donakla
.s
62
Eldona
1'8
East
Sullivan
2-68
Giant
Yellowknlfe
4.05
God's
Lake
40
one
would
know
it
to
see
him
talk'
to
him
and
hear
his
confident
"We'll
give
'em
hell'
promise
as
he
startrS
away
011
his
appeal
for
the
American
people's
votes.
people;
and
while
no
request
i
h,.mhv
beins
made
for
any
the
delegates
learned,
already
is
In
effect.
Mayor
Arnold
acted
as
chairman
of
a
committee
at
the
convention
to
consolidate
resolutions
dealing
with
social
services.
The
consolidated
resolution,
which
was
approved,
urged
that
the
"provincial
government
be
asked
to
bear
the
full
cost
of
transportation
and
treatment
of
tuberculosis
.
and
cancer
patients
and
the
entire
cost
of
children
who
have
become
wards,
of
the
municipality."
It
also
asked
that
the
pro-ince
bear
80
percent
of
the
cost
at
system
of
overall
control
of
the
rmmtrv's
economy,
still
It
Is
es
U.
S.
Coastguard
Is
at
Scene
In
Arthur
Pass
HEAVY
FINES
ON
LIQUOR
CHARGES
sential
that
there
should
be
intervention
or
assistance
by
the
government
when
required
to
MAN
OF
THE
rEOPLE
Truman
Is
a
man
of
the
neoDle.
He
was
born
in
humblo
Hard
rock
30
Harricana
Oti'i
meet
the
needs
01
me
peopic
is
Heavy
penalties
were
handed
out
bv
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
"WHEREAS
there
sDread
and
general
ii
k
circumstances,
had
a
high
school
education,
went
to
war
and
did
all
right,
came
home
a
cavalry
maior.
was
a
small
town
busi
Heva
10
1
2
Hosco
31
'Jacknifc
04
Jollet
Quebec
42
Lake
Rowan
06
',4
A
United
States
Army
tug
is
reported
to
be
m
a
sinking
condition
today
on
Herbert
Reef
in
Arthur
Passaw.
20
miles
south
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
United
apprehension
and
worry
caused
jn
poljce
coun
M(jnday
to
three
k
hv
11,
the
n
.rrnnt
great
increase
Increase
in
the
cost:
4
7.(1(1
.03
.08
1.12
.01
1
2
.03
.32
.01
4.20
2.35
.Hi,
1.80
.OG'j
11
',2
1.20
.30
.32
.30
.03
.0!)
.02
"a
.00
.01
.25
W'i
.41
4.G5
'
2.80
8.25
fev
ness
man
and
a
county
couiu
of
living
during
the
past
nun
wiio
jjiuuueu
guni-y
iu
cjuor
charges.
States
Coastguard
said
a
ship
was
at
the
scene
and
had
sent
a
message
that
"she
is
sinking
and
now
the
judge.
Then,
through
the
friend
WHEREAS
recent
increases!
Lee
Chong,
a
Chinese,
was
of
indigent
funerals
in
addition
to
a
similar
share
of
medical
and
drug
expenses
as
now
in
force
and
that
all
municipalities
be
given
the
option
of
having
the
province
assume
the
cost
of
investigating
and
administering
social
assistance
In
return
for
payment
by
the
municipalities
of
15
cents
per
capita.
At
present,
the
provincial
gov
full
stern
is
under
water
1..
,u
ct
nf
livlnir
(clue
to
sev-1
fined
$300
and
costs
or
three
eral
causes)
are
rapidly
un-imonths
nl
jan
after
he
had
ern
'!
ft
4is
'ir
another
tug
towing
a
200-foot
floating
steel
dry
dock.
Weather
and
water
are
re
doing
all
the
gaod
worn
01
i"-;Dicaded
Kulity
to
a
charge
of
ship
of
political
boss
lorarmi-dergast
of
Kansas
City,
he
get.
a
shot
at
the
United
Stales
Senate
and
won
election
easily.
By
lurd
work
and
a
deep
interest
in
government
affair;
Truman
succeeded
as
a
senator
onH
cot
the
chairmanship
tf
Government
of
Canada
in
.
1
.
lfLillnn
WHS
j
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
I
Walter
Johnson,
no
fixed
ad-
vlous
years,
wneu
-
extent,
avoided
to
a
very
large
All
but
two
members
of
the
crew
have
been
removed.
Port
of
Embarkation
authorities
at
Seattle
Identified
the
vessel
as
being
the
tug
LT822.
The
Coastguard
dispatched
the
tenders
White
Holly
and
Thistle
Irom
Ketchikan.
The
tug
hit
the
reef,
which
Lapaska
.05
V2
Little
Long
Lac
74
Lynx
.07
Vi
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.50
McKen.le
Red
Lake
32V2
McLeod
Cockshutt
93
Moneta
.'
33
Vi
Negus
2.18
Noranda
.'
50.50
Louvlcouit
.54
Pickle
Crow
2.10
Rcgcourt
.05
y2
San
Antonio
3.05
Senator
Rouyn
45
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.20
Steep
Rook
1.80
Sturgeon
River
15
Silver
Miller
.30
no
dress,
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
can
be
WHEREAS
there
of
supplying
an
Indian
and
was
watc'i
mal
feeling
of
social
security
set
up
to
fined
$100
and
costs
or
two
ported
calm.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Titnel
Wednesday,
September
29,
1948
High
10:58
18.2
feet
22:55
20.0
feet
jLow
4:31
4
5
feet
10:53
7.8
feet
rnment
expenditures
during
d
n0
assrance
ot
a
pernui.
irovc
ernment
pays
the
large
part
of
social
assistance
in
cities
under
10,000
but
above
10,000
the
cost
to
the
cities
becomes
greater.
Mayor
Arnold
and
City
Clerk
Thain
were
cordially
thanked
for
their
report
on
the
conven
tion.
months
in
jail.
Norman
Jaffray,
a
fisherman
Is
in
Arthur
.Passage
between
nhn
nloaHprl
cnllt.v
tn
snnnlvinp
cnt
decent
standard
of
living
if
the
basic
cost
of
living
continues
to
increase.
"WHEREAS
a
large
portion
oi
of
Canada
is
the
population
the
Second
World
war.
That
marie
him
a
big
shut.
The
brass
hats
and
top
government
officials,
some
of
them
(Cuatlnued
ca
Page
Two
a
native,
was
fined
$150
and
Kennedy
and
Lewis
Islands,
costs
or
two
months
in
Jail.
I
while
on
"stand
by"
duty
with
.06
Vi
17
i
.60