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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest.'
VOL
XXXVIII,
No.
242.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
17,
1949.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Strike
A
Million
i
Voters'
T
ipecled
re
jn
ncans
American
Workers
Join
lections
Ms
Plan
Complete
Rnocko
List
i
,nr
civic
In
Coal-Steel
Tie-Uo
i
Disabled
Ship
I
:
-
v
'
:
-'
'
1
Communists
Moving
Ahead
After
Canton
or
'"'"-c
version
voters'
list,
h'ch
top
lt
ywr'a
j
close
to
new
re,j-'
October
31
in
P'-'l'-.M
December
elec-
UNITED
STATES
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS
ARE
DEEPLY
CONCERNED
MAY
MAKE
5,000,000
IDLE
PITTSBURG
(CP)
Idle
workers
in
United
Reaching
Part
aUfying
as
nouse-
taxe
payers
wnuw
Are
Expected
to
Drive
Eastward
and
Westward
From
Fallen
Capital
CHUNGKING
(CP)
Canton
slipped
quietly
into
on
the
list,
must
salvage
King
and
Panamanian
States
neared
the
1,000,000
mark
today
as
16,000
Freighter
Due
in
Vancouver
c
j
q
members
struck
in
nine
plants
of
the
Aluminum
vaJfSruTtivSe
'The
Aluminum
workers
joined
480,000
striking
w
the
October
SI
wish
to
vote,
,perty
own?i..
Are
the
widening
orbit
of
Red
China
today
and
the
Nationalists
askpd?
''WVlPVP
nPYf?"
Snino
nnirtoKi
nrn
King
is
expected
here
tonight
steel
workers
ana
dou,urju
striking
soit
coal
miners.
More
than
55,000
workers
of
i-j
:zt:
I
list
.
.
.
..
l)ni
Pf
tuin
P,nmmiin!ef
rlrivoc
tn
1nnnl
xiif
fVirt
CltV
8
T.
ilOI.V,
.......
wv.
vnnvo
vvj
iwium
uui
LUC
Allied
industries
have
been
laid
off.
names
and
it
is
ernment
once
and
for
all,
one
against
Chungking,
the
hat
this
ye
w"
new
Nationalist
ranitah
ho
nrVior
a
trainer
lfunmmir
0ne
of
the
r?aoon
t
.
.
pse,
ana
jaijamov,
with
the
10,000-ton
Panamanian
'
freighter
Navigator
in
tow.
The
Navigator
lost
hev
pro-pellor
last
Tuesday
in
mountainous
seas
a
1000
miles
off
the
British
Columbia
coast.
She
drifted
helplessly
until
the
Salvage
King,
under
command
of
Capt.
Arthur
Thomas
of
Victoria,
reached
the
scene
Last
night
both
vese's
were
300
miles
off
Cape
Flattery
and
The
Reds
are
already
threat
HIGHER
LEVELS
GETTING
WATER
The
city
started
carrying
water
by
truck
today
to
higher
residential
areas
.
which
have
been
completely
without
normal
supply
since
last
Friday
motn-ina-
n-hpn
the
water
ma'n
be-
nave
been
denied
ening
several
minor
Nationalist
.
i
ift.it
i
t
a
There
is
still
no
sign
of
peace
in
the
United
States
biggest
labor
conflict
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
government
is
gravely
concerned
that
the
walk-outs
may
knock
post-war
economy
Into
a
cocked
hat.
Secretary
of
Commerce
Charles
Sawyer
said
yesterday
that
the
provinciui
1
n"
rnr-
1
REPORT
SAFELY
MISSING
PAIR
itile
If
otneiwise
positions
along
the
east
coast.
Official
reporU
say
the
Communists,
in
a
big
amphibious
.lifted.
Chinese
an
J
por,-Japanesc
origin
operation,
have
established
a
VANCOUVER
Two
oer-
were
procedlng
at,
-a
varying
twegn
Woodworlll
and
S;iawat-
late
advantage
of
strike
will
render
5,000,000
per
iour
to
eigm
Knots.
rijih.
to
bcachhead
on
the
northern
cor-
gon
missing
since
Friday
after-ner
of
Amoy
Island,
300
milewnoon
In
a
single-englned
plrne
northeast
of
Canton.
About
1200
in
Fraser
Canyon
were
reported
others
landed
at
Kulangsu
be-'safe
and
uninjured
yesterday
at
sons
idle
In
the
country
if
if
runs
to
December
1.
it
i
'maycnlty
lans
Lake
was
carried
out
by
a
:
landslide.
A
large
tank-equip-j
ped
truck
started
moving
along
I
the
high
streets
ind
res
dents
I
brought
out
their
buckets
and
'
the
barrels
to
be
filled
up.
t
Totinj,
the
first
teen
Amoy
and
the
mainland,
degree
temperature
having
been
Reds
Well
Chilco
ranch
near
Williams
Lake.
They
are
Pilot
Max
Sheridan
of
Yakima,
Washing
Oil
Hunt
Municipal
Act
was
five
mayors
of
ton
and
Mrs.
Dorothy
Terry
of
U
whose
arlmmlK-
The
emergency
water
service
will
htet
mnintainpfl
as
loivr
as
Portland..
lutiiniier
the
Muni-
Disciplined
Extended
The
couple
crash-landed
on
m-vnr
(rrm,
in-
1
the
present
situation
continues
.where
these
parts
of
the
city
a
meadow
when
a
blinding
rain
mt-jear
leiM
as
Olympiad
Screened
Occupation
of
China
Taking
(are
unable
to
obtain
water
Place
in
Orderly
Manner
i
through
the
taps.
f
1
U'-r
..
if
J
W
"'Ik1!
storm
threw
them
off
their
course.
The
safety
report
'resu:t-'i
in
likely
that
Mayor
Canadian
Envoy
Says
I
'
Meanwhile,
City
Engineer
in
apin.
She
re-ii
the
office
of
I
Danald
Stewart
and
Waterworks
the
calling
off
of
Royal
Can
VANCOUVER
i
It's
"busi-
i
Foreman
Carl
Gustalson
and
adian
Air
Force
nlan
for
a
British
Columbia
Government
Grants
More
Licroeev
to
Royalite
a
t
VICTORIA
The
TfitLsh
Columbia
'
government
has
granted
twa
more
oiL
prospecting
licences
to
the
Royalftf
(Hi
Co.,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
i
wds-ter
of
lands,
said
today.
i
Four
Hundred
and
fifty
i
ness
as
usual"
In
the
Commun-
1
..........
r:
t
Vwl
Pf
'
extra
gang
of
12
men
aire
press-
mammoth
search.
Eight
Roy
Civic
Centre
Members
Thrilled
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
v.-ens
By
Impressive
Sports
Record
h510CK5
ambassador
to
China,
said
on
.
already
;
In
the
Air
when-
Sbcrj-dan
telephoned
that
he
was
his
arrival
here
last
night.
I
Davis
said
that
the
commun-
Civic
Centre
member
were
thrilled
last
night
in
the
Capitol
a
derrick,
belonging
to
tiie
Nor
.afe.
thorn
RrfMsh
fTnlnTTihla
Power
The
Diane
was
flylnk
from
Theatre
with
the
two-hour
show
1st
advance
in
China
was
al-'
.,
hpim,
u
har.
I
'j
,
ii
.
atiw
4r'
,
,1
Qucsncl
to
Yakima
via
Vanrvi-
ing
of
technicolor
moving
pic
most
entirely
without
incident
mw
j
g
mhpr
and
business
areas,
residential
o
mQ
t-
K'..1.
-.)
'.-
VSV
'
i
'".
sections
and
Industrial
'installa
be
moved
in.
The
licences
Involve
i
.8W
acres
on
eleven
Gulf
Islai
ft
in
the
Gulf
of
Georgia
and
Vancouver
Island
where
the;
wlli
hunt
for
oil
and
natural
g
The
Gulf
Islands
are
Iciited
between
Vancouver
Island,
'and
the
British
Columbia
mainland.
'
"The
area
will
be
carefully
geologized
by
Royalite
prcpar-
CRASH
TAKES
9.75
.03
.06
140
.01
.36
.00
il'tZ
,
tures
of
the
1948
Olympiad,
a
veritable
athletic
pageant
of
the'
nations,.
Including
the
winter
sports
at
6t.
Morltz,
Switzerland,
and
the
principal
events
at
Wembley
Stadi
;m
in
London
the
screen
dorutne.it
is
undoubteoly
the
most
coirpi?re
and
impres
Mayor
,
Arnold,
speaking
this
morning,
would
hazard
no
estimate
as
to
when
the
repair
service
restored
to
normal
FIVE
LIVES
might
be
completed
and
water
RIVERSIDE.
Cal.
ff
A
Uniued
to
selecting
location
for
Complicating
the
water
situ-N
Jf
tions
were
left
strictly
'alone
by
well-dlsclplined
Red
Troops.
FROSTY
WEATHER
REPLACES
RAIN
Following
almost
a
week
of
changeable
weather
some
of
it
reaching
a
peak
of
violence
unequalled
in
months
this
morning
dawned
dear
and
frosty,
33
recorded.
an
Initial
well,"
said
Mr.
Ken
States
Air
Force
B-26
aomocr
sive
snorts
record
ever
to
be
crashed
Into
rolling
hills,
20
wrier
atlon
Is
an
obstruct'on
In
the
ntake
line
at
Shawatlans
Lake
where
the
pumping
station
filmed.
miles
southwest
of
here,
last
TRIES
DRAMATIC
ESCAPE
George
Franklin,
32,
self-confessed
rhief
and
suspected
shopbreaker
broke
out
of
a
court
cell
in
Toronto's
City
Hall
last
Wednesday
afternoon,
eluded
pursuers
and
crawled
onto
a
narrow
window
ledge
three
storeys
above
the
street.
As
hundreds
of
spectators
gathered
below,
city
firemen
were
called
to
raise
an
aerial
ladder
while
Franklin
threatened
to
jump.
A
policeman
climbed
the
ladder
and
while
he
attracted
the
man's
attention
other
police
officers
managed
to
grab
nim
from
the
open
window,
it
was
Franklin's
second
bid"in
20
minutes.
He
tried
to
break
away
while
being
led
into
court
ear.ier.
C
P.
Photo)
Gorgeous
settings,
enhanced
by
k
draws
its
water
for
the
city
ney
He
declined
to
give
information
as
to
what
sums
the
company
planned
to
spend,.
Royalite
has
already
Instituted
work
preparatory
to
drilling
for
oil
on
the
south
end
of
Graham
Island
in
the
Queen
Charlottes.
their
depiction
in
mtrveious
color
photography,
dviri.ntlcally
mer
thrilling
action
In
the
full
ga'nut
nlttht
with
five
men
aboard.
Police
said
that
four
bodies,
one
that
of
a
civilian,
had
been
found.
Officers
believe
there
are
no
survivors.
Low
clouds
are
covering
the
hills
and
hampering
the
search
for
bodies.
of
sporting
competition
and
dra
mains.
The
pumping
'
station's
1,000,000
gallon-a-day
capacity
is
being
reduced
by
debris
from
the
lake
bottom
which
is
choking
the
mouth
of
the
14-iuch
intake
line.
matic
narrative
comoln;
to
make
It
a
superlative
pictorial
achieve
The
last
hint
of
rain
had
dis-appeard
and
everywhere
it
was
calm
and
undisturbed.
From
up
river,
over
the
week-end
came
reports
of
continued
cool
days
and
nights,
with
expectation
of
5
40
345
.03
2
.21
1.15
.37
.Kf
.03
.
4.25
,
.21
.73
.33
.
7.00
.
1.03
.
12.50
.
.12
V
.
2.00
..
3.00
..
.28
...
.07
ment.
TO
DISCUSS
NEW
OTTAWA
FEELS
PHONE
RATE
PLAN
EARTH
TREMOR
The
obstruction
is
reducing
In
the
traditional
keynote
cf
the
already
inadequate
amount
BUILD
HOME
"victory
and
sportsmanship'
the
nlrtnrp
nnens
with
a
POrt:T.yal
sharoer
temoerature.
Arrivals
OTTAWA,
ft
A
slight
er.rth
Next
Step
In
Street
Work
of
water
which
the
pumping
station
is
able
to
deliver
to
the
tremor,
lasting
two
to
three
from
as
far
east
as
Prince
George
of
the
ancient
Greek
ce.emonal
In
the
native
setting
of
the
FOR
QUADS
city
mains.
A
revised
schedule
of
telephone
raises
prepared
by
Telephone
Superintendent
J.
F.
Edwards
will
be
considered
by
city
coun
told
of
snow
flurries
in
that
city.
City
Engineer
Stewart
said
to
seconds,
was
felt
in
Ottawa
Sunday
night.
The
tremc4,
at
7:30
pm.
Eastern
Standard
Time,
apparently
caused
no
damage.
SAULT.
STE.
MARIE
CP)
-TownsDConle
from
the
mayo
'ete
.
kindling
and
carrying
of
the
Olympic
flame
as
an
Introduction
to
the
recording
of
the
winter
sports
featuring,
to
the
Interest
(Continued
i
page
C,
day
that
it
mignt
be
necessary
to
either
break
or
cut
the
14-inch
line
back
from
the
intake
if
no
other
way
could
be
found
cil
at
a
special
meeting
tonight.
The
new
rate
structure
is
designed
to
tie
in
with
a
plan
for
re-
Weather
May
Catch
Vp
With
Civic
Improvement
Program
Before
rainy
fall
weather
com-
COLLISION,
DERAILMENT
Radian
It
was
rsported
from
scattered
Toronto
to
free
it
of
the
material
which
;
i:z
:
r,
r,
r::
:
u
P
throughout
city.
m0v
down
put
their
heads
together.
They
are
planning
to
build
a
house
for
the
Hargreaves
quadruplets.
Operation
will
swing
into
high
gear
with
the
opening
of
a
house
l
menced
to
interfere
with
the
work,
city
public
works
depart
is
blocking
it.
Mr
Kri
wards
and
the
teleohono
ing
funUture
siguiy
.11
.15
"
nATTPHTN
Manitoba
!9
Two
Citv
water
foreman
Carl
dishes
and
swinging
chandeliers.
Canadian
National
freight
trains
technical
staff
are
preparing.
ment
had
completed
the
first
coat
of
hot
mix
hard
surfacing
CONFERENCE
AT
OTTAWA
I
crashed
head-on
Saturday
about
fund
which
civic
officials
pre
Gustafson
and
a
crew
ol
12,
six
city
employees
and
six
from
the
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Co.
which
on
Second
Avenue
for
the
dozen
57
miles
west
of
here
Dut
no
dict
will
be
widely
supported
by
Canadian
one
was
seriously
Injured.
Junior
citizens
from
this
norin-
Smelters
Locomotives
of
both
trains
and
of
ern
Ontario
steel
centre.
OTTAWA
A
conference
owns
the
45-inch
line,
went
to
the
job
Sunday
on
a
scow
loaded
with
equipment
to
repair
the
break.
One
of
their
heavier
four
box
cars
were
derailed
and
'
'
c
-'
-;
9s
,
,r-
i
v
toppled
Into
a
ditch.
Dr.
John
McDonald,
who
attended
at
the
birth
of
the
quadruplets,
last
week,
said
that
the
four
little
girls
were
in
"tip-top
The
wreckage
tied
up
tramc
commanding
officers
of
naval
divisions
across
Canada,
which
opened
here
today,
is
the
second
meeting
of
Its
kind,
the
first
having
been
held
last
Fall.
Besides
jobs
wlil
be
to
move
the
power
winch
from
the
head
of
Shawat
for
almost
24
hours.
wkiiifi.
lans
Lake
to
the
site
of
the
break
ake
blocks
from
McBride
Street
to
the
far
side
of
Morse
Creek
bridge.
To
follow
now
v-ill
be.
similar
treatment
of
McBride
Street
trom
Second
Tvenufc
to
Seventh
Avenue
and
Third
Avenue
between
McBride
and
Second
Streets.
,
.
The
McBride
Street
work
is
to
be
carried
out
for
the
provincial
government
under
the
arterial
highway
program.
I
The
Third
Avenue
work
will
shape"
and
their
au-year-oiu
mother
Is
In
good
spirits.
in
order
to
handle
the
heavy-
po'a
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the
divisions,
the
sessions
win
De
attended
bv
the
Reserve
Train
sections
of
pipe.
The
crew
will
put
in
a
tern
THE
WEATHER
porary
cribbing
to
suppoii,
the
ing
Commanders
from
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
Commands
and
(heads
of
various
Directorates
at
Headquarters.
line
where
the
mudslide
and
the
Synopsis
Tomnirat,iires
took
a
tumble
over-
fhrnnPiKHit
the
province
Quebec
"oan
Delegates
to
the
conference
night.
Lowest
reported
from
the
interior
was
19
above
at
Nelson
and
Dog
Creek.
On
the
coast.
were
welcomed
In
short
addresses
by
Defence
Minister
I
1,"
S
Lac"
rampaging
Shi-watlans
Creek;
took
out
its
support.
Then
they
j
will
re-connect
the
line
and
later
j
put
in
permanent
piers
for
it
to
rest
on.
Cold
weather
and
cessation
of
rain
on
the
Shawatlans
watershed
have
reduced
the
flood
level
of
the
watershed
to
normal
size,-
the
city
engineer,
Mr.
Stewart
said.
HOCKEY
SCORES
N.H.L.
SATURDAY
New
York
1,
Montreal
3
Chicago
4,
Toronto
4
(tie)
SUNDAY
.
Toronto
5,
Detroit
1
New
York
2,
Boston
2
Pacific
Coast
SATURDAY
Portland
7,
Vancouver
3
Tacoma
4,
Victoria
3
New
Westminster
3,
Seattle
San
Francisco
5,
San
Diego
Los
Angeles
4,
Fresno
2
SUNDAY
Vancouver
4,
Seattle
4
(over
.
time
tie)
.
Only
Game.
Brooke
Claxton.
Vlce-Admral
H.
T.
W.
Grant,
CBE,
DSO,
BCN,
Chief
of
the
Naval
Staff,
and
NdL.it,.
Vancouver
reached
a
minimum
of
33
The
.answer
for
the
cold
clea
rweather
lies
with
a
north--Hv
drift
of
air
from
ti-e
Yukon
N
Crw,
.i.
a.ii
.6?
l.f.'
.33
Acting
Captan
Howard
L.
Qulnn
Dan.
rxin
Director
of
Naval
MUUtt
have
to
await
the
filling
In
of
excavations
which
have
been
in
progress
for
some
time
in
connection
with
tunneling
for
sewer
repiping,
which
is
nearing
completion.
,
Contingent
upon
weather
conditions
a
second
seal
coating
of
asphalt
sprayed
hot
with
graval
thrown
ort
and
rolled
is
to
be
applied
on
Second
Avenue.
...
1
I
irtlt
3
Prpaotlt
Cl-iSD
tail
CUIMW-""'
will
last
for
the
next
two
days
Three
shirt
crews
c..rsisting
Reserve.
H.M.C.S.
Chatham
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
represented
by
Lt
Walter
Smith.
at
least.
Forecast
t
Ctovr
North
Coast
Region
Clear
of
an
engineer
and
fireman
are
operating
the
pumping
jV;H:un
for
the
city's
water
supply.
today
and
tomorrow,
continuum
cold
with
ground
frost
in
low
.2)
62rri
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2.C3
4.13
.33
3.00
.
1.75
.
.20
LOCAL
TIDES
ACCUSED
ARRIVES
Wedged
between
hefty
provincial
detective
Martin
Healy
and
a
countable
in
uniform;thin,
long-rosed
J.
jeweller
accused
of
the
killing
of
his
wife
Albei
t
Guay
32,
Quebec
bv
pianiin
a
bemb
in
an
airliner,
is
rushed
into
court
for
his
nrPiimlnarv
hearlns.
The
crash
at
Sault
au
Cochon
on
Sept.
9
If
women
look
old,
they
are
old.
If
they
look
younjj,
they
are
young.
If
they
look
bac',
follow
them.
Man
today
can
fly
like,tt
bird
Frank
Pailette
returned
to
Uip
city'
by
air
Saturday
afternoon
from
a
business
trip
to
Van
,
Tuesday,
October
18,
14
High
10:40
191
feet
22:53
19.7
feet
Nock
Un
Northern
nu
areas
tonight.
(15
mph).
Lows
tonight
and
Port
Hardy,
hhrhs
tomorrow-at
on,!
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
52;
but
he
will
never
be
able
to
sit
River
a
b-.irbed
wire
fence.
(C.
P.
Photo)
LOUV'..
.
i
Mrs.
Guay,
including
v.et
3
ptrsons
Low
4:23
5.2
feet
CfrAlVl
-
I
40
and
52.
6.9
f-et
Sandsp".
15:51