KOViNUlAL i PSOVISCIAL LI2.V.P.Y, Pie VICTORIA. B. C. AY 31 0 QIIMES 'DRUGS Daily Deliver -' " NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PfctSAed at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." PH0IIE81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 142. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, SATURDAY. JUNE 18, 1949 PRICK FIVE CENTS A ire anting T End Stri Auto Lift ( Question of fltonry . . SALMON PRICE DISPUTE HOLDS Proposals Made To Ship Owners for Settlement s Needed li'. i i. : ,1 - 3 3'r ; tl I I ' V 1 FISHING START ft K V f - - 2 Lack Haniprrs tar Moving New Ships Hrre Colorful Skinner Salmon fishermen, meeting at Port Edward Friday evening, ' Even on her Initial voyage here Voted to stop all net fishing to OTTAWA (CP) Percy Bengough, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, today said in an interview, that a four-point proposal that had been made by the Canadian Seamen's Union to settle the east coast' deep sea shipping strike was yesterday on the Alaska service, the big C.P.R. tourist liner Princess Kathleen was unable to morrow and to continue the tie-up until a minimum price agreement is signed for all species of leK lip an American mntnrvo. i - - 5 salmon, according to a statement Issued this morning by a Joint negotiating committee of white and Indian fishermen. , Applewhaite at New Hazelton "There is urgent need to reach an adjustment," Mr. Bengough added. The proposals of the C.S.U. are ' that the seamen of the union be re-hlred, pre-strlke pay paid, a government-supervised bargaining authosity vote be held v.. Filling the community hall, the Joint meeting of members of the United Flshemen and Allied hicle heading for Haines and the Alaska Highway because there are no cor loading elevator facilities either here or at, Haines. Capt. J Oillison, assistant marine superintendent of the British Columbia Coast Steamship service, meeting local Chamber of Commerce and civic representatives, emphasised the need of such an elevator here if advantage w.s to be taken of Workers' Union and the Native HOWE FLAYS DREW VANCOUVER The Progressive Conservative party in Quebee is waging a campaign "the equal or which in virulence and mendacity" liai vvcr been seen before," Trade Minister C. D. Howe said here last night. "Col Drew, hungry for power, has associated himself with most extreme nationalist element!. In Quebec ' with a view to postelection alliance that would make him Prime Minister." The minister predicted a Liberal victory with increased majority. SEEK WAGE INCREASE MONTREAL Fifteen international brotherhoods, representing 100,000 Canadian railway workers, announced that they have served notice upon the railways demanding a five-day 40-hour week and wage increase of seven cents an hour. The present agreement expires July 16. NEW HAZELTON With Dan McKenzie as chairman, a Liberal meeting was held here Brotherhood heard reports from and that court charges against the Joint union and Brotherhood hi support of the campaign orthe seamen d E. T. Applewhaite who was given 1 ,F. 31 !S OF THE PRODIGAL r-llcrc is a part of ns of scrap metal which : In the U.S. recently :,ipan to be rcsmelted nvritctl into useful ar-lt consists primarily anient and steel from ,).mrsc naval base at iim dismantled. Return metal to the US. com-i circle that was start-rirs ago when the U.S. ! thousands of tons of iirtal to Japan to build "ts and her armies for nina the Allies. Now rap is back in Norlh a aj;ain this time to a good reception which was negotiating committee in Vancouver which has been in negotiations with the salrncn can-ners operating committee for several weeks for the 1949 price agreements. Differences existing between the operators and the fishermen have been mainly over this route for the transfer of j automobiles between Prince I Rupert and Haines as a ink between the terminal, of the Skeena River Highway and the ' entrance to the Alaska Highway ! at Haines. taken as an indication of sup-1 length of the policies and rec-port here. jord of the Liberal party and W. A. Armstrong spoke of the j government. services which had been render- Last night Mr. Applewhaite ed to this district by Ted Apple- was at Houston and will spend whalte. 1 this week-end . in the Burns Mr. Applewhaite spoke at Lake district. This little girl is one of the lucky ones who Is receiving antituberculosis protection through CN. International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICI F) in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Scandinavian Red Cross societies. Extension of the campaign, which was to reach some 100.000.000 youngsters ' ill over the world, is Imperilled by l!NICEF"s lack of funds, now barely sufficient for this year's help program. the prices to be paid for pinks and chums but In the last negotiations this Thursday the companies increased their offer considerably. Only a few differences now stand In the way of a settlement and spokesmen for the two organizations said they are hopeful that the tie-up The first call of the Princess Kathleen yesterday was a matter of considerable interest. Mayor Nora Arnold and O. R. S. Blackaby, president of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, headed an official local party which was duly received and made an Inspection of the vessel which was found to be a hand-f.ome and luxuriously appointed HEAD OF THE WEATHER ONE ASS'N Season Ends On July 12 -i' will not be ta lengthy one. Prac S. R Muirhcad, 1 ill . tice established over many years of negotiation In the industry has' been that no fishing commences until an agreement sat Minister and General ship. The Princess Kathleen is Saskatchewan gove- not exactly a stranger to Prince telephone;), today was Rupert as some years before the t Synopsis Another fine warm week-end appears to be in store for the southern sections of British Columbia. However, a small disturbance which passed over president of the Tele- war she made one voyage on the isfactory to both parties has Delation of Canada at Alaska run when 6he relieved been signed. southwestern Alaska this morn iuding session of the the old Princess Charlotte. How- 1 -annual, meeting held ever, she was engaged for four 1 y.; irr v ing appears likely to bring Increasing cloudiness and light ' All salmon net fishermen on the coast will be affected by the ! Jasper Park Lodge, He years as a British troop carrier Thomas W. Eadie, vice-'during the war and. for. that 1 ' of the Bell Telephone work, had all her former pas BASEBALL SCORES TODAY f New York 6, Cleverand 3. FRIDAY National New York 4, Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 0 Boston 2, Cincinnati 7 Brooklyn 2, Chicago 1 . ! American Cleveland 10, New York 4 Chicago 3-8, Boston 4-10 Detroit-Washington postponed rain. St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 6 Pacific Coast Hollywood 7, Sacramento 6. (11 Innings). San Francisco 7, Seattle 5. Oakland 10, San Diego 4. Portland 6, Los Angeles 1. Western International Yakima 10, Vancouver 4. Spokane 16, Bremerton 14. Salem 4, Victoria 1. Tacoma 9, Wenatchee 5. v of Canada. Montreal. sengcr accomodation stripped Black, general manager out. After her return from war rain to the northern sections of the province tonight and early Sunday. At present it does not seem likely that the south sections of the province will be af-lected.;- ' Forecast 1 Queen Charlottes and North CoasU-Overcast today and Sun w Brunswick Telephone service, this was all completely v of Saint John, N.B , renewed In the most modern and tie-up. Sockeye fishing on the Skeena and Naas Rivers which was to have been opened Sunday night, one week early this year will be delayed by the tie-up. Tom Parkin, of Vancouver organized for the U.F.A.W.U. and Vincent Wells, representative of ted vice-president, and attractive fashion and the term SvjiUgoniery, of the Bell "floating palace" now describes ie Company, Montreal her well rneri as secretary-treas- d,:,,..,. v.ikin.n y.u Announcement was made hy the International Fisheries Commission last night that Ih remaining halibut areas on the roast which have been open to the fishery since May 1 will close at midnight, July 12. The affected are Area Three, Area 1A and Area 4. Area 2 and Area IB closed at midnight, June 3 after having produced their allotted quota of 21,:(in,000 pounds. Area 3, the most productive portion, has a quota of 28,000,-000 pounds and Area 1, 509,000 pounds. Area 3 lies between Cape Spencer, Alaska and Cape Sarirhef o"i t'nimak Island in the Aleutians. Area 4 includes waters north of Cape Sariclief in the BtTing Sea. Under the regulations it normally closes at the same time as Area 3 unless its catch has been exceeded before that time. Area 1A is the most southerly of the halibut zones on the coast, lying south of Caue Blanco, Oregon. day. Intermittent rain, beein- Bin ted to the executive t j , BrowlVs. civdebank. in were W. B. Ferguson, m4 ghe l8 365 feet long and II. T. W. EadlC, Moilt- r ce. f,u hnom nrnsa tntinatre B. Diplock, Vancouver I is 5995. Engines of 17.000 horse. nlng over the Queen Charlottes the Brotherhood, said this morn- this afternoon and spreading to ln8 tnat sockeye fishing defin- the mainland overnight. Show- lte,y would not start until union ery Sunday- Winds northwest and company negotiators meet (20 mph) today, shifting to again to Iron out final dlffer- southwest (15 mph) tonight and ences, which will not be befors becoming northwest (15) again Monday. tomorrow. Litle change in tern-; , ,. , it 111 meantime, sal- spring nerature. Lows tonight nnH , Winnipeg. A m. mc- wcr glve 22i2 knot speed. She STOCK QUOTATIONS HIT YEAR'S LOW All stock groups have plunged sharply downward In exchanges In Canada, the VS. and London on recent days. It is the worst bear run on issues since 1942. Traders on the Toronto stock exchange, shown here, have had six successive days of continuous selling, and all other Canadian exchanges report the same story. Lowering of some base metal prices are said by some stock market analysts to be the cause of the decline. , max; H. U. uiacK, bi. carres 300 passengers and has id S. R. Muirhcad, Re- ,vlf.i!.vrnr fhirt.v-twn cars and Hied to the list of life 200 lons of cargo. m 1911 she were W. C. Bruce, Ed- waa requisitioned by the British W A Winficld, Halifax, government and on August 2, Hon. Vancouver and R. 194fl was rPtUrned to her own- BlUnetters, who have been mon highs Sunday-at Port Hardy dead since 1910, who plied the waters of the north In the very early days in such ships as the old Amur,' Princess Beatrice, the only ones active on the 45 and 58, Massett 45 and 55, Prince Rupert 45 and 58. Skeena River, have stopped fish uiay, Montreal. ing pending settlement of the Princess May and Princess Royal crs. sue naa Deuer iuck tnuu her sUer ship. Princess Marguerite, which was torpedoed In after coming to this coast before Ted jApplewhaite's the Mediterranean August 17, the turn of the last century as Father of Mr. Forward Passes With Mr. Parkin in the negotiations is Bob Hannah, fisher- FERRY LASKA 1942. A large plaque prominently a sealing skipper following an -NEWSETTE - nlaccd in one of the ship's sal- Interesting career which in- 'men's omanizer for the U.F. oons tells the ship's war career, eluded having his ship, the Car . 1. j! -11 4K nrefa V, A vltt rvw.1!l. nnnlnrAil Kit Ilia Diicc. YOUR FEDERAL CANDIDATE iver nrl ctnittlp news- including ail ure tniuivu uj nu LOCAL TIDES Sunday, June lb, 19.19 High 7:44 15.1 feet 20:28 17.5 feet Low 2:00 8.6 feet 13:55 7.9 feet cster,t..u anH rarfinnew'lted on round the world troop- ians off Siberia, the crew being .turned loose ashore and finally ts last' night played up'P Pavels. escaping to China to join the schedule ambitious Plans for a The vessel's Alaska old of China and reach v service between Prince calls for eight voyages. Added Empress Called south on account of -yy , A y ' the sudden death last night of j her father, Eugene J. Richards, I in Vancouver, Mrs. E. D. For-1 , , Miss Peachey. stw-the ward is sailing this evening on1 Dorothy Princess ardess on the Prlncf; RuPert" Louise. Mr. -Rich- j ards had been expecting to come Sandspit flight of Canadian F-a-this week with his wife for a'clflc Air Llnes- left todav for visit in Prince Rupert but he ' Nanaimo where she will spend a suffered a heart attack follow- I holiday. While she is away her lug a stroke- In addition to his place will be taken by Miss Eliza-widow, he is survived by four beth Brewis who arrived this af-daughters. ternoon from Vancouver. 1 ...... 1 U,, Ibo i-PTiilar m a are s de uie criu.su oiuiuuiu tuaai,. mc "Hi uiuill'N, nitinftil I'U , .v0.-- - ... . , , . cruises to Glacier Bay at ine b" i ""v- "" north end, through Behm Canal Irving's old Canadian Pacific , ,. ..1 D.in. nioH,, iifofphi-1 Navleation Co. and served on the Skeena River the Haines Cut-uff to ka Highway. The an- George E. Willis, manager of the Western Canada Travel Service at Victoria, was among passengers aboard the Princess Kathleen which was In port yesterday. He is making the round trip a. to Alaska. June 20 Burns Lake Meeting, 8 p.m. June 21 Meeting at Terrace, 8 p.m. June 22 . ' Meeting at Ocean Falls, 8 p.m. " I . ... 1 1 T-., I , i? "lit, was the same which j kan) lsiana ana into uuu8 '- liere three weeks ago ! Channel and Gardner Canal J. W Danuher Danuher. sneclal I The vessel will be back here next Thursday morning souui- such vesels as the Yosemite, old Princess Louise and Charmer before those ships were absorbed by the C.PR. Back in 1909 during the northern town-site booms, he commanded the then new Princess Charlotte which came north on a charter trip with speculators to purchase lots on "Windy" Young's Queen Charlotte City townslte. tative of the United Department of the' In-'' the Dally News and Rupert Chamber of The plan is to " large car carrying ves-li costing $3,000,000 and '' 100 cars apiece, opcr-1 Ihe service in two years. bound. In command of the Princess Kathleen is the well known Capt. Graham (Gay) Hughes, Vlctorla-born member of a prominent British Columbia seafaring family. Capt. Hughes is the son of Capt. WUllam Hughes, Capt. ''Guy" Hughes started his career in 1915 as a deckhand on the Princess Maqulnna, became third officer on the Princess Adelaide on the triangle run In 1921, had as his first command the Princess Mary on the Gulf Islands run In 1944. making his Initial trio as a northern skipper A UNION SHOP BROADCASTS , HON. R. II. WINTERS, Minister of Reconstruo . tion and Supply Saturday, June 18, G:30 p.m. Canada under a Liberal Government Is an attractive field for American Investment. In 1948, according to a preliminary report from the Dominion Bureau of ics direct U- S. investments In Canadian Industry and business increased by $156,000,000 to $2,700,000,000. The Liberal Government's policy of a stable currency assures investor a square deal, protects them against depreciation of the value of their holdings. Direct investment in industry and business means permanent jobs for Canadians. Fly-by-night capital seeking speculative profits on' changes in the value of the Canadian dollar does not mean JOBS. VOTE LIBERAL ON JUNE 27 - - ' (Published by the Skeena Federal Campaign Committee) HEER-CANADIAN LAUNDRIES AND with the Princess Norah in 1945. Capt. Harry Hughes of the lighthouse tender Estevan is a brother of Capt. "Gay" Hughes. (Continued on Page Four) DRY CLEANERS 5s have advanced prices remain the same. 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