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Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
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Northwest"
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
12,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
138.
fjecUve
$25,000
bed
to.
wave
o,nv.i
Prince
Rupert-
Welcomes
New
-Prince
Geor
Port
Assumes
Gala
Air
$20,000
,000
Flood
Fight
Is
Continuing
Undiminished
To
Greet
Handsome
Ship
$15,000
SKEENA
ROAD
"PASSABLE"
Liido
Smelter
City
Of
Trail
Is
Still
In
Imminent
Danger
Prominent
Los
Angeles
People
Are
Passengers
On
Maiden
Voyage
to
Alaska
Prince
Rupert
today
turned
out
in
carnival
style
tovelcome
the
S.S.
Prince
George,
Canadian
National
Steamships'
newest
addition
to
its
west
coast
fleet,
and
the
250
members
of
the
Los
Angeles
Chamber
of
Commerce
who
were
passengers
on
its
maiden
voyage
BY
JUNE
The
highway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
is
expected
to
be
open
in
a
"passable"
condition
by
June
25,
the
city
office
to
Alaska.
$10,000
Citizens
thronged
the
water
mam
WrStWai
VANCOUVER
(CP)
In
the
flood-beset
Fraser
Valley,
haggard
men
of
flood
battalions
continued
to
bolster
the
ramparts
sagging
under
the
relentless
river
pressure.
The
situation
was
somewhat
static
but
the
battle
was
unceasing.
Trail
loomed
today
as
the
focal
point
of
the
flood
ravages.
Dispatches
said
that
the
fury
of
the
flood-mad
I
perately
In
need'
of
relnforce-Columbia
River
intensified
today
ment,
formed
a
six-foot
wall
of
front
as
the
350-foot
vessel,
gay
with
bunting,
steamed
into
the
harbor
at
noon,
its
black
hull
and
whit
superstructure
moving
of
the
Department
of
Public
Works
announced
todav
as
highway
and
railway
crews
co
Reducing
Rail
Gap
'
CN
R.
Flood
Restoration
Work
Proceeding
Favorably
With
the
gap
of
interrupted
service
reduced
to
eighty-four
operate
to
repair
flood
damage
proudly
up
the
harbor,
then
circling
to
dock
at
the
C.N.R.
wharf.
Whistles
of
harbor
craft
sounded
a
greeting.
$5,000
as
dykes
crumbled.
flimsy
protection
for
Trail's
Sodden
sandbag
defences,
des-I
stores
and
houses.
The
seepage
near
Shames
1(100
Canadian
National
crews
from
has
forced
the
evacuation
oi
an
Prince
Rupert
and
Department
The
new
vesjiel
vas
under
command
of
Capt.
Ernest
Caldwell,
veteran
Canadian
National
skinoer
who
was
formerly
In
of
Public
Works
men
from
Ter
entire
business
block.
The
Columbia,
climbing
hourly,
has
already
heavily
damaged
v
...v.
race
are
working
together
to
drive
piles
at
a
400-foot
wash
100
cottages
down
river.
Threat
Of
Columbia
THE
NEW
PRINCE
GEORGE
Making
her
maiden
call
at
port
of
Prince
Rupert
today.
Most
of
the
Fraser
Valley
force
I
out
which
is
the
greatest
ob
u
mnrpd
at
the
reclaimed
i
stacle
to
rail
and
highway
trai
(jubara
$
2.00
W.
Sics
2.00
command
of
the
S.S.
Prince
Rupert.
The
ship
was
greeted'
by
Mayor
Nora
Arnold,
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
by
Dr.
R.
O.
Large,
on
behalf
of
the
Prince
Rupert
flc.
miles
and
only
two
major
washouts
remaining
to
be
cleared
up
before
through
traffic
to
Prince'
Rupert
is
resumed,
regular
and
'
extra
gangs
are
today
working
under
favorable
conditions
on
the
job
of
repairing
track
dam-
age
occasioned
by
recent
flood
waters
of
the
Skeena
on
ths
t
ria
2.00
CITY
BECOMES
NORTHERN
SUBURB
The
highway
is
now
open
from
area
of
Sumas
Prairie,
60
miles
to
the
east.
There
the
Vedder
Canal
dykes
are
still
holding.
One
third
of
the
area's
5,500
residents
Smithcrs
to
Terrace
and
west
Aluminum
and
Atomic
Plants
Near
Portland
Manaced
nous
.50
Vinson
.
100
Rowing
2..00
from
Terrace
as
far
as
Shames.
Chamber
of
Commerce.
In
order
to
speed
the
restora
have
been
evacuated.
The
dykes
Within
half
an
hour
of
her
ar
Brown
2.00
i
PORTLAND,
The
racing
tion
of
the
road,
the
railway
OF
EXPANDING
LOS
ANGELES
Los
Angles'
elastic
city
limits
were,
extended
northward
today
to
include
the
northern
British
Columbia
coast.
in
the
Fraser
Valley
generally
Smlthers-Prlnce
Rupert
section
ot
the
Canadian
National
Rail
and
public
works
gangs
are
are
holding
and
there
is
no
further
flooding.
rival,
memorable
presentation
ceremonies
were
begun
when
Dr.
Large
presented
Capt.
Caldwell,
with
a
suitably
inscribed
sUver
working
two
shifts
to
rebuild
ways.
i
M.
Mackenzie
....
5.00
Columbia
River
rose
up
today
In
Si
McCaffery
25.00
a
renewed
threat
to
three
in-
Crookall
"
10.00
dustrial
areas
in
the
Pacific
!
Thomas
-
2.00
Northwest.
Water
from
the
river
;rman
-
5.00
lapped
at
a
secondary
dyke
pro-
i
Duncan
100
tecting
the
$43,000,000
aluminum
the
Shames
bridge.
The
public
.
When
250
members
of
that
city
s
Chamber
of
works
men
are
working
on
the
j
rose
bowl
to
grace
the
captain'
Commerce
viewed
Prince
Rupert's
.current
glorious
table
and
a
pen
and
pencu
set
east
end
and
the
rail
crew
on
weather
from
the
steamer
Prince
George,
they
de-1
as
p
personal
gift.
Both
gifts
b
Olsen
1
00
plant
east
of
Portland
in
Ore-
ckied
that
such
things
simpiy
we're
from
the
Chamber
uf
Com
could
not
be
permitted
outside
utonsen
-
5.00
gon.
Mrs.
Giali
Jonsson
-
25.00
Soggy
levees
remained
critical
Mrs.
John
Osland
-
10
00
along
a
100-mile
industrial
and
Mrs.
K.
Einarsson
10.00
farming
belt
from
Portland
to
The
British
Columbia
flood
control
committee
announced
last
night
that
twelve
Vancouver
construction
firms
will
recruit
1000
one
dollar
an
hour
workers
to
rebuild
and
repair
undermined
dykes.
Local
authorities
in
the
Vedder
River
area
are
critical
of
American
flood
engineers
who
said
this
week
that
the
dykes
there
were
in
a
precarious
con-rtitinn
These
engineers
were
the
movie
capital.
Such
goings-
merce.
The
actual
greetings
began
an
hour
before
the
ship
docked
when
Mayor
Arnold
and
Dr.
Large
broadcast
to
the
ship
over
radio
on
are
intolerable
to
a
loyal
Los
Angelino.
From
the
east
trains
are
now
running
through
to
Kitwanga,
145
miles
east
of
Prince
Rupert.
From
the
west
trains
are
operating
"
'
up
the
Skeena
River
from
Prince
Rupert
as
far
as
Exstew,
69
miles.
This
leaves
the
town
of
Terrace
still
isolated
both
from
east
and
west
as
far
as
railway
service
Is
concerned
but
it
Is
expected
trains
will
be
moving
to
Terrace
and
on
to
Kitwanga
from
this
end
by
June
20.
Date
for
the
resumption
of
through
service
to
and
from
Prince
Rupert
is
still
tentatively
Id
Mrs.
W.
Jonsson
20.00
the
Pacific
in
Oregon
and
Wash-
Blockade
Is
Ended
BERLIN,
P
-Russians
blocked
Johnson
2.00
ngton.
Larson
3.00
United
States
Army
engineers
So,
right
on
the
spot,
they
employed
a
device
that
has
made
Los
Angele's
the
most
spread-out
community
in
the
world.
They
station
CFPR.
Both
welcomed
the
vessel
and
her
passengers
in
the
warmest
terms.
the
west.
"We
hope
to
have
the
highway
open
in
'passable'
condition
by
June
26,"
the
Daily
News
was
told
this
morning.
"Cars
probably
will
have
to
use
the
railroad
grade
at
the
Shames
washout
for
a
while,
but
they
will
be
able
to
get
through
to
Terrace."
District
Public
Works
Engineer
J.
C.
Brady
Is
on
an
Inspection
tour
of
the
highway
today
and
is
expected
to
return
to
the
city
tonight.
The
highway
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
been
In
contact
with
nous
-
5.00
said
Columbia
dykes
were
in
a
Johnston
2.00
critical
condition
at
Richaldn
rail
shipments
from
western
oc
Morris
-
1.50
near
the
huge
Hanford
atomic
Shearer
2.00
energy
works
in
Washington.
not
acquainted
with
the
situation
when
they
made
such
state
jfrrank
Schroeder
2.00
The
land
itself
was
not
In
danger
VETERAN
LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPER
HONORED
A
unique
ceremony
took
place
n
the
presence
of
the
assembled
shore
visitors
and
snip's
passen
ments,
they
declare.
simply
moved
its
city
limits
I
northward
to
include
Kaien
Island
and
all
its
appurtenances.
In
being
thus
folded
In
the
California
embrace,
Prince
Rupert
joins
a
number
of
other
tins
3.00
but
engineers
said
they
were
set
for
July
1.
cupation
zones
to
Berlin
all
through
last
night
but
reached
agreement
with
British
authorities
today
for
resumption
of
freight
traffic,
a
British
official
announced.
iic
Church
10.00
ready
to
evacuate
workers
from
In
spite
of
continued
excep
ilitia
Funds
tionally
warm
weather,
which
is
giving
Prince
Rupert
sultry
tem
Trains
from
western
zones
Mrs.
Wm.
Faught
5.00
their
Richaldn
homes
if
neces-..
Dakin
1.00
sary.
Mrs.
S.
A.
Cheeseman
10.00
1
Flood
waters
on
Friday
ovcr-
Holt
25
ran
Portland's
$6,500,000
airport.
Mrs.
Wm.
Holt
....
2.00
Two
swank
country
clubs,
two
Mrs.
Chas.
Graham
5.00
nubile
golf
courses,
a
lakeside
gers
aboard
the
Prince
George
when
Col.
Keith
Dixon,
District
Marine
Agent,
Department
of
Transport,
presented
Benjamin
Codville
with
the
Imperial
Service
Medal
in
recognition
"of
his
the
Drovincial
department
of
Subscribe
$800
must
pass
through
the
Soviet
fair
sized
global
suburbs
of
the
City
of
the
Angels.
For
instance,
there
were,
during
the
war,
"Los
Angeles
city
limits"
signs
on
the
far
side
of
such
distant
places
peratures
to
which
it
is
quite
unaccustomed,
waters
of
the
Skeena
River
are
still
receding.
public
works
with
a
view
to
ex
zone
of
occupation
west
of
Ber
pediting
the
reconditioning
of
lin
in
order
to
reach
this
city.
The
Soviet
check
point
is
at
lH.
Hurd
1.00
resort,
rich
commercial
gardens
Prince
Rupert's
Flood
Relief
campaign
was
the
recipient
of
substantial
and
welcome
subscriptions
from
an
unexpected
J
J.
Payne
5.00
and
homes
where
some
5,000
as
Pago-Pago,
Chunking,
Calcutta,
the
English
Downs,
Paris,
the
highway
between
here
and
Terrace
following
the
recent
floods.
The
Chamber
agreed
at
Its
meeting
this
week
with
the
the
border
of
the
Russian
and
British
zones.
Six
British
trains,
held
up
in
C.
Parkin
2.00
persons
lived.
Collart
15.00,
29
years
as'
the
keeper
of
the
Pointer
Island
light,
near
Bella
Bella.
During
his
years
on
the
light,
Mr.
Codville
had
concerned
himself
with
the
safety
of
shipping,
"It
looks
like
the
worst
of
the
run-off
is
now
over
and
that
the
danger
is
past,"
commented
one
railway
official
Friday.
Major
washout
job
now
being
worked
on
is
between
Kitwanga
and
Woodcock
with
the
second
worst
one
mile
west
of
Shames.
.KhorUll
1.00
i
committee
on
the
desirability
of
the
Soviet
zone
after
the
new
quarter
Thursday.
They
totalled
$800,
substantially
increasing
the
P.
Bond
1.00
Algiers
and
Attu.
Where
this
thing
will
stop,
nobody
but
a
man
of
giant
Imagination
could
predict.
The
limitless
conception
which
Angelinos
hold
of
their
city
already
requires
them
to
use
navigation
LIKES
STALIN
SAYS
TRUMAN
total
of
the
Prince
Rupert
fund
to
date.
One
of
the
subscriptions
was
and
Col.
Dixon
remarked
that
it
was
fitting
that
he
should
be
S.
Black
2.00
Mrs.
Galbraith
....
5.00
ur
Auto
&
Body
Service
10
00
having
the
road
put
in
as
good
order
became
effective
last
shape
as
possible
at
the
earliest
1
night,
will
be
released
and
sent
date
from
this
and
in
view
of
the
to
Berlin.
-
opening
of
the
tourist
season.
.
Visitors
on
tourist
vessels
spend-
PAHrf
T
Cl)Cf
ing
several
hours
in
port
,such
fUKtjl
lIKCj
The
former
is
the
one
which
was
given
his
award
aboard
the
new
ship.
the
first
major
break
on
the
Uue
following
the
sudden
rise
of
the
P
D.
Dumas
EUGENE,
Ore.
Speaking
here
last
night.
President
Truman
said
that
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
of
Russia
was
unable
to
live
up
tr,
lurrnnmpnts
with
other
coun-
for
$500
contained
in
a
regimental
distress
fund
here
which
had
been
maintained
since
the
early
militia
days
and
which
for
2.00
2.00
3.00
instruments
to
go
from
one
suburb
to
another.
There
are
rumors
that
when
the
first
rocket
trip
is
made
to
V.
Basso-Bert
H-
E.
Amos
as
tne
L.OS
flngeies
naiuuci
"
Commerce
party
today,
might
be
III
I
ffTfT
J
l
f
I
i-
R.
Carr
tries
because
he
was
in
the
hands
Helen
Hurd
-
4
00
the
moon,
It
will
carry
among
lis
cargo
a
sign
claiming
the
When
the
ship
approached
the
harbor,
she
was
met
by
vessels
of
the
port's
mosquito
fleet,
fishing
and
pleasure
craft
which
escorted
her
in
her
approach
to
the'
dock.
A
welcome
from
the
native
population
of
the
district
over
the
air
by
Heber
Clifton,
of
Hart
trips
up
the
Skeena
River
while
"itn
ctcPL.Uiiai.jr
hlp
weather
making
a
hazard
on
$
G.
Withers
5.00
many
years
had
been
inactive
It
was
intended
for
the
benefit
of
ex-service
men
but,
as
many
ex-service
men
are
sufferers
ii:
the
floods,
it
was
felt
that
no
tiiino
rnnlrl
he
done
of
the
politburo.
Personallq,
said
Truman,
he
liked
the
Russian
leader.
Skeena
late
in
May.
It
is
1200
feet
long
and
is
being
fought
by
machine
equipment
from
the
east.
.
The
washout
west
of
Shames
is
400.
feet
long
and
25
feet
deep
and
the
repair
work
there
includes
the
building
of
a
new
bridge.
t
Sixty
men
are
employed
on
the
railway
restoration
wqik
(H.
Pcttersen
2
00
whole
bright
side
of
that
satellite
a
Los
Angeles
residential
ary
grouna
111
tin
jjaiua,
t
um.
Rupert
forestry
district
is
not
Christensen
200
f'less
Cannery
25.00
-
without
forest
fires.
The
most
serious
is
one
which
is
running
n
nn
111U1C
wui
v....o
Parks
-
uu
I
.
-
Biim
nvpr
in
flock
-
10.00
J.
-
area.
Ketchikan,
it
is
reported,
will
be
allowed
to
place
a
claim
on
the
dark
side,
since
it
has
lit
-
nnn
UlttU
W
v
"
ley
Bay,
who
spoke
In
the
Tslmp-sean
language.
through
logging
slash,
standing
timber
and
some
felled
and
bucked
logs
on
the
Noosatsum
River
which
flows
into
the
Bella
from
this
end.
-
Los
Angeles
Chamber
of
Com
McKinnell
-
10.00
N.
AuriKsen
boo
'the
emergency
relief.
It
was
Mills
10.00
Wm.
Hargrove
-
2
00
1
signed
as
coming
from
"Rupcrt'a
ulson
10.00
Lome
Peck
nnn'oid
Militia
Men
who
cannot
fill
H.
Spencer
'10.00
Freddy
Tail
JJ".
sand
bags
't
Scott
1.00
Joshua
McKay
-
Anolher
$20o
comes
from
the
merce
members
and
their
ladies,
who
are
on
a
resumption
of
an-
Coola
River
from
the
south,
21
miles
up-river
from
Bella
Coola.
A
logging
camp
is
operated
in
Baseball
Scores
American
League
Cleveland
10,
New
York
8.
Chicago
4,
Boston
12.
St.
Louis
5,
Philadelphia
6.
Detroit
7,
Washington
6.
National
League
k
Brooklyn
3,
Pittsburgh
2.
Philadelphia
1,
Cincinnati
12.
Boston
7,
St.
Louis
3.
New
York
1,
Chicago
3.
Pacific
Coast
League
Battery
"pooled
pay'
lining
Z.UU
U.
umwaiu
-
1n?nrt
02nd
2.00
uickshank
..I:
2.00
Leslie
Campbell
-
tle
acquaintance
with
the
sun,
anyway.
Things
are
bound
to
improve
in
most
parts
of
the
world
when
the
Los
Angeles
city
council
begins
developing
its
remote
areas.
Among
the
first
requirements,
of
course,
will
be
a
rapid
transit
system.
Imagine
being
able
to
board
a
street
trolley
and
travel
LOCAL
TIDES
.
(Standard
Tune)
Sunday,
June
13,
1948
,
High
5:38
18.8
feet
18:47
18.4
feet
Low
12:14
.4.3
feet
Wood
2.00
Peter
Robinson
-
"-
this
area
by
Northern
Co-opera
nu-
Alaska
tours
which
were
features
of
coast
travel
before
the
war,
were
extended
the
facilities
of
the
Civic
Centre
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Club
during
their
Battery
officers
put
up
an
Tiff
Mtitipnn
-
.uw
tive
Logging
Co.
which
is
pro
fturay
i
m
.
rinn
o.hrr
$M
and
servants
another
ophy
2.00
Helen
uorauu
-
duclng
timber
for
the
Pacific
Mills
at
Ocean
Falls.
J.
P.
Mac-
Sankev
.
2.00
Anonymous
;
four-hour
stop
in
the
city,
5.00
...-
1
.1
I
t
frv,
V,n
Ismay
2.00
Fishing
companies
made
their
'
round
trip
on
the
maiden
voyage
3.00
FINED
$300
ON
Huberts
5.00
Z
LIQUOR
CHARGE
oollucott
5.00
Portland
1-0,
San
Francisco
0-13.
.
Sacramento
2,
Oakland
0
(14
'argrove
3.00
,
local
,
-
Fores
7
Branch
T
r
O
fice
nZ
v
vT
has
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Chile
for
m
make
lhQse
been
dispatched
by
airplane
to
t..,K
the
Bella
Coola
country
to
direct.
"?
New
sub;yp
"?
which
are
Gotham
s
pride
look
the
fighting
of
this
fire.
In
the
interior
section
ot
!
like
a
walk
around
the
block.
Obviously,
this
city
limit
busi-
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district;
ihPri.
rp
si
small
fires
between
ness
is
a
form
of
infiltration,
but
f'amcron
2.00
plants
and
cold
storage
building3
are
O.
A.
McMillan,
general
sup-available
to
inspection
by
the
erlntendent,
Canadian
National
visitors.
Tours
of
the
city
also
steamships;
W.
E.
Baillie,
super-were
'
part
of
the
entertainment
intendent
engineer;
K.
A.
Mc-program.
ILeod,
general
passenger
agent.
The
Prince
George
carried
97
Canadian
National
Railways,
tons
of
cargo
tor
Prince
Rupert.
Vancouver,
and
George
Towlll,
(
Company
officials
making
the
public
relations
officer.
y
Gordon
5.00
McKay
1.00
1.00
A
fine
of
u00
was
levied
2.00
against
W.
Bolam
in
city
police
5.00
court
after
he
had
been
found
10.00
guilty
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
10.00
Vance
on
a
charge
of
keeping
2.00
liquor
for
sale.
Accused
was
5.00
defended
by
Rod
McLeod.
innings).
.
Hollywood
6,
Los
Angeles
3.
San
Diego
11,
Seattle
5.
Western
International
League
All
games
postponed.
hp
i
tn
nn
t.hp
u-pst
and
Fraser
it
certainly
has
entertaining
frothy
McKay
2.00
Barker
2.00
A.
P
m.tinu..
nn
I
Lake
on
the
east.
possibilities.
"luuiuaa
,
MacMill
nn
2.00
Sunday
Night,
9
o'clock
50
CENTS
TICKETS
CAN
BE
OBTAINED
AT
THE
DOOR
(B
COME
AND
ENJOY
.
Rolary
Club's
CAPITOL
THEATRE
IN
AID
OF
FLOOD
EMERGENCY
FUND