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at
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Pacific
Port
Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
.Northwest."
PH0IIE8I
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
300.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
22,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
n
o
n
r
(l
amid
Other
w
air
toras
H
iniainiqecj
fob
TWO
MILLIONTH
CORNWALLIS
TO
REOPEN
IN
MAY
Jvil
Servants
And
Members
of
Forces
AIR
PASSENGER
War
Criminals
Are
Executed
at
Tokyo
TOKYO
(CP)
Hideki
Tojo
and
six
other
Japanese
war
lords
were
hanged
today.
The
United
States
Army
announced
that
the
hangings
took
place
at
Sugamo
Prison
one
minute
after
midnight
and
thirty-five
minutes
after
midnight.
'
W.
W.
Taylor
Vancouver
Hardware
Merchant,
Receives
Award
MONTREAL
The
distinction
of
being
the
two
millionth
pas
Given
Pay
Increase
OTTAWA
For
use
as
a
new
entry
training
establishment,
II.
M.C.S.
Cornwallis,
near
Deep
Brook,,
Nova
Scotia,
has
been
returned
to
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
During
the
war,
the
base
was
the
largest
of
its
kind
In
the
British
Empire.
In
1946
it
was
declared
surplus.
The
reopening
of
this
$12,000,000
base
will
be
next
May.
The
accommodation
provided
would
be
useful
In
the
event
of
future
ex
senger
to
be
carried
by
Trans-
iTTAWA
(CP)
Pay
increases
for
civil
servants
Canada
Air
Lines
fell
upon
W
ir.L'ml"-TS
of
the
armed
forces,
top
ranking
offi-
Others
hanged
were
:
exceitMi,
were
announcer!
yesterday
by
the
fed-(rovcrnment
rectroactive
to
October
1.
The
new
scales
with
jncreas'.'s
ranging
between
$10
and
$20
pansion
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
.
month
are
made
lor
a
large
group
of
civil
service
classes.
W.
Taylor,
a
hardware
merch-j
ant
from
West
Vancouver.
He
was
homeward
bound
on
Tuse-day's
North
Star
Transcontinental
flight
af
tec
a
business
trip
here.
Just
before
taking
off
from
Montreal
airport,
A.
C.
Mc-Klm,
traffic
vice
-president,
of
T.
C.A.,
presented
him
with
a
travelling
bag
to
mark
the
occasion.
In
accepting
the
gift
Mr.
Taylor
complimented
T.C.A.
personnel
for
their
very
courteous
General
Kenji
Diohara,
Man-churlan
plotter.
Koki
Hirota,
former
Premier.
Gen.
Scishiro
Itagaki,
former
war
minister.
1
Gen.
Heits.ro
Kumura,
chief
of
Japanese
armies
in
Manchuria.
Gen.
Iwane
Matsui,
commander
at
the
"Rape
of
Nanking."
Lt.
Gen.
Akira
Muto,
chief
of
staff
in
the
Philippines.
Isters
Form
her
()
Uiib
UNITED
STATES
TO
BUILD
GREAT
SHIP
Forty-Eight
Thousand
Ton
Vessel
Is
Planned
It
Is
expected
the
rates
In
most
other
classes
will
be
boosted
soon.
The
bulk
of
the
Increases
aic
about
$15
per
month.
For
the
unned
forces
the
government
decided
on
an
Increase
of
$10
per
month
for
ranks
up
ROOSEVELT
IS
KILLED
Grandson
of
President
Theodore
Loses
Life
in
Air
Crash
SHANGHAI
Quentin
Roosevelt,
grandson
of
the
late
former
President
Theodore
Roosevelt,
was
one
ci
thirty-five
persons
who
weie
killed
yesterday
in
the
crash
of
a
Chinese
National
Airlines
air
liner
near
Hong
Kong.
All
on
board
the
Yule
Dinner
service.
"There
is
1
one
thing
I
Newspapermen
were
not
allowed
to
attend.
to
and
Including
commander,
like
about
T.C.A.
the
average
passenger
gets
the
same
courteous
treatment
as
the
most
important
banker
or
business
executive."
lieutenant
-
colonel
and
win
WASHINGTON
Announcement
has
been
made
by
the
Maritime
Commission
that
early
In
1949
building
will
commence
of
a
48,000-ton
liner,
the
largest
ever
built
In
the
United
States.
Cruising
speed
will
be
28.5
knots.
commander
and
another
$10
per
NETHERLANDS
4
It
took
T.C.A.
nine
years
to
month
in
marriage
allowance.
The
increases
take
the
form
of
a
straight
pay
boost
rather
carry,
its
first
million
passen
plane
lost
their
lives.
Roosevelt
was
vice-president
of
the
Chinese
National
Airlines.
IS
IN
WRONG
gers
and
just
two
years
to
get
bonus
There
will
be
peace-lime
facili
than
a
cost
of
living
the
second
million.
which
the
civil
servants
had
ties
for
2,000
passengers.
As
a
troop
transport,
it
will
be
able
to
handle
12,00
men,
with
THE
WEATHER
.sought.
They
had
asked
for
tbout
$48
per
month
across
the
board.
;K
a.ltHU
Jt'UJS
Ol
USCIU1
j
received
fitting
tribute!
Tuesday
afternoon
when
I
"
Iwrs
of
the
city's
'
Over
Ub
were
g'josts
of
li.mo;
j
.
si;-th
uni
uul
Cl''i-'m.u
r
sj
:oi.s',;
(
d
by
Wj-,
t'"-oiair.atiiig
Co;i;n
il
in
I'liiU-d
Church
b;:".'ment
.
dinner,
a
culinary
pia.iler-mrangi'd
r.V
volunteer
ts.
arcompan'ro
'v.-
i.
proof
vocal
and
ir.:
;
omental
quiz
contests
ar.;.
-'iim.
liaising
which
war
i
;:!;'
cn-
by
the
60
.scptuugen;vt;us
ni
.
"Over
70"
club
also
cam"
illy
into
being
at
I
Ik
ilu;-ir.h
the
election
of
jfJioT.;
distribution
of
m.Miilier.ship
rid
M.
M.
S'.epji.-n.s.
per
United
Stales
and
Australia
Objects
to
Invasion
Meanwhile
Dutch
Advance
'
Continues
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(f
-The
Synopsis
The
low
pressure
area
which
.v
'
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""
-
--"
Ijj
m
i
L'
''
.
.
,my
developed
just
off
the
southern
coast
of
British
Columbia
yes
PARNELL
THOMAS
TRIAL
DATE
SET
WASHINGTON
Congressman
Parnell
Thomas,
chairman
of
the
committee
on
uAAmerlcan
acUvities,
will
stand
trial
January
10
for
conspiracy
to
defraud
tive
government
by
pay-
United
Slates
will
give
full
diplomatic
recognition
to
the
In
terday
is
moving
slowly
south
along
the
Washington
coast
tiris
donesian
Republican
govern
morning.
Snow
and
rain
fallinn
ment
and
will
insist
at,
the
Unitci
Nations
that
Nether
ver
the
southern
part
of
Vancouver
Island
expected
to
end
lands
invading
forces
return
to
"
f",""'"6'
I
,
r,
"nH
DAMAGE
HEAVY
Damage
estimated
at
$750,000
resulted
from
a
three
alarm
fire
Tuesday
in
th&
business
section
of
Windsor.
Fifteen
lines
of
hose
and
19
piece
of
fire
equipment
were
used
to
fight
the
blaze
which
swept
through
Adelman's
department
store
and
caused
extensive
smoke
(damage
to
C.
H.
Smith
Company,
largest
depa-tmcnt
store
ht
the
city.
This
photo
shows
J
;iremwrwj';mAiert
iatotttertiilling
itlurlngva
thrce-hmif
battle
against
the
flames.
.-"'
Y
;
.
;
CP.
Photo)
during
the
forenoon.
Conditions
should
improve
appreciably
over
U
Jury.
-a-
4-tlte
southern
Island
and
Lower
Mainland
with
relatively
clear
skies
this
afternoon.
Variable
their
original
positions
and
cease
fighting..
Marshall
Plan
aid
to
Dutch
Indonesia
has
been
suspended
it
was
announced
today.
,1
Meanwhile
In
Australia
Print
Minister
Chiflcy
said
yesterday
that
Australia
would
ask
the
!
SalletihJ
i
VANCOUVER
APARTMENT
FIRE
VANCOUVER
Over
sixty
persons
were
left
homeless
as
a
result
of
a
fire
which
did
$50,000
damage
during
the
night
to
the
Trry
bodge
Apartments
on
Twelfth
Avenue
and
Granville.
BROKE
NECK
IN
FALL
.NEW
WESTMINSTER
Mrs.
Wilfrid
Davidson
suffered
a
fractured
neck
in
a
fall
on
slippery
streets
in
New
Westminster
today.
MECHANIZING
COAL
MINES
OTTAWA
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
i
trade
and
industry,
is
considering
a
proposal
of
!
coal
mining
companies
to
mechanize
coal
nunes
in
'
Canada
in
order
to
speed
up
production,
KILLED
IN
FIGHT
cloudiness
and
widely
scattered
snow
flurries
over
the
mountains
of
the
interior
will
be
gen
il
tliHirmhHi
H.j
elected
president,
Aid'T-Gmrge
D.
Casey,
vii
r-.dent,
and
E0
-
year
-
old
m
W.'
F
Rushbrook
scrre-Eiic4iiin
d
the
three
of-Coiifmucd
on
Page
2)
FISHERMEN
ASK
COMPLETION
OF
BREAKWATER;
RULES
CONSIDERED
eral
during
the
week
An
active
storm
movinfi
Into!
United
Nations
Security
Council
ULTIMATtM
.ON
ANrcr-AP
Not
long
ago
it
was
made
known
at
Metlakatla,
on
Annette
Island
near
Ketchikan,
that,
unless
the
Standard
Oil
Co.
arid
army
authorities
arrived
at
some
settlement
with
Metlakatla,
which
claims
ownership
of
the
Annette
Island
air
base,
both
would
be
served
notice
to
move.
It
was
explained
by-
Mayor
Rod
Davis
that
in
the
past'
the
army
to
order
an
Immediate
ceose
fire
with
the
Netherlands
forces
Halibut
fishermen
and
boat
owners
here
will
urge
J.
DOES
HOT
returning
whence
they
came.
In
New
York
the
Times
yesterday
quoted
authoritative
sources
as
saying
that
the
In
the
federal
government
to
let
contracts
for
construction
of
a
breakwater
at
the
Fairview
Bay
floats
and
building
of
a
road
approach
to
the
floats,
money
for
which
was
appropriated
by
parliament
this
year.
.The
proposal
was
made
at
a
joint
meeting
of
60
CANADA
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
this
morning
I
Is
expected
to
bring
mixed
rain
and
snow
to
the
north
coast
ana
gale-
force
winds
to
the
waters
of
,the
Charlottes
during
the
afternoon.
Increasing
cloudiness
and
rain
are
likely
to
spread
to
the
south
coast
tomorrow.
Forecast
(juceu
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy,
becoming
overcast
with
mixed
rain
and
snow
donesian
Republic
will
announce
the
establishment
of
a
govern
had
leased
the
airfield.
lines
While
fishing
for
other
saleable
fish.
3.
That
a
uniform
size
of
hook
be
specified
for
catching
CONNIE
MACK
ment
In
exile.
It
did
not
say
specifically
where
this
government
iill
function
but
it
will
likely
be
in
India.
New
Netherlands
forces,
it
was
reported
from
Batavia
yesterday,
had
landed
on
the
island,
of
Sumatra
as
the
Dutch
fishermen
and
boat
owners
last
night.
The
meeting
also
considered
a
brief
to
be
presented
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
with
representatives
of
the
industry
at
Seattle
on
January
12.
Kinif
V
e
t
e
r
se
n
will
be
the
boat
owners
delegate
to
the
con
this
afternoon.
Intermittent
IS
AMBITIOUS
rain
tonight
except
occasionally
CRKSTON
While
trying
to
slop
a
staminig
affray
between
two
.men
on
the
steps
of
the
C
res-ton
Co-operative
store,
Harold
McKinnun,
accountant
for
the
co-operative,
sustained
knife
wounds
in
the
stomach
which
resulted
in
his
death.
No
arrests
have
yet
been
made.
COMING
TO
COAST
VANCOUVER
George
Drew,
Progressive-
11
L
it,
tw.
t.U.lli
II
snow
and
rain
on
the
northern
halibut
in
any
area
and
that
a
uniform
length
of
ganglen
(lines
joining
hook
to
set-line)
be
used.
This
is
a
conservation
measure
for
small
fish.
mainland.
Cloudy
with
showers
:atkvhxk,
NO.
U
n
me
hit,
Canadian
ambassador
to
I
L'liitcd
Stales,
speaking
here
i
iilly.
made
mention
of
how
Canada
knew
I
he
United
's
but
questioned
if
the
re-
e
was
true.
!
v
point,
he
said,
is
that
in
"la.
it
is
necessary
to
have
siiow
more
about
I
he
United
's,
than
it.
is
for
the
United
.
to
have
to
know
more
11
Canada.
'A''Mild
it
be
very
mi:
leading
mi'
to
say
thiit
vhen-mo.sl
rinms
think
t.f
Canada
y
have
visions
.
of
ice
and
dud
handsome
members
I"1
Mounted
Police
kloing
on
films
things
which
they
pressed
their
advance
on
Java.
The
Dutch
landed
forces
at
Ba-gan
Siapiapi
on
the
north
coast
of
Sumatra
and
in
central
Java.
Netherlands
troops
occupied
ference
and
George
Anderson,,
Thursday.
Winds
light,
increasing
to
southeasterly
gales
(40
m.p.h)
tonight.
Not
quite
so
cold
Thursday.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
30
and
38.'
Massett
.35
and
40,
Prince
Rupert
33
and
40.
4.
That
all
boats
fishing
halibut
be
licensed,
regardless
of
tonnage.
At
present,
boats'
under
five
tons
are
not.
required
to
be
licensed
by
the
union
secretary
will
represent
the
union.
Both
will
leave
here
on
January
0
to
meet
with
other
Conservative
leader,
win
visit
uie
i-u.im
ii
mi
m.
He
is
billed
to
in
the
course
of
a
western
tour.
several
more
towns
including
Kaliorand
where
eighteen
United
Nations
workers
have
not
Veteran
Baseball
Manager
is
Looking
for
Another
Pennant
For
Athletics
Next
Year
PHILADELPHIA,
Connie
Mack
hinted
today
on
the
eve
of
his
eighty-sixth
birthday
that
1949
might
be
the
year
for
"one
more
pennant."
The
man
who
helped
form
the
American
League
and
guide
it
through
48
season
hopes
that
his
Athletics
can
take
the
championship
next
season
for
the
first
time
since
1931.
He
will
also
visit
sneak
in
Vancouver
January
17,
Winnipeg,
Regina
and
Calgary.
grovips
at
Seattle
to
co-ordinate
their
briers
prior
to
presenting
them
to
the
international
body.
been
heard
from
since
Satur
The
latter
recommendation
is
day.
suggested
as
part
of
a
curtail
Lawyer
Is
Taken
To
Police
Station
VANCOUVER
Thomas
Hur
NEW
LICENCE
PLATES
HALIFAX.
CP
-The
1949
lie-
ment
proposal,
In
which
the
fishermen
seek
Commission
en
Proposal
to
speed
up
government
action
on
the
breakwater
and
road
approach
was
Intro
The
Indonese
Republic
has
broadcast
an
appeal
to
the
people
to
carry
out
scorched
DAVIS
CUP
ORIGIN
International
tennis
matches
for
the
Davis
Cup
began
with
a
scries
between
British
and
American
teams
in
1900
forcement
of
some
sort
of
plan
1
never
conceivably
do
in!t,lu.e
plates
for
Nova
Scot.ta
will
liie
i,
of
salwiul
hockey
iiavp
a'n
ivory
background
and
duced
bv
Mr.
Anderson,
who
earth
tactics
to
the
utmost
i
ley,
well
known
Vancouver
barrister,
was
taken
to
the
police
embossed
black
numbers.
under
which
the
frequency
of
trips
during
the
halibut
season
could
be
controlled.
pointed
out
to
the
meeting
that,
if
the
money
is"
not
used
this
"'i
perhaps
of
c.ood
whisky,
Vv;i
wheat
fields,
of
Arctic
s
and
lakes
full
of
fish,
'inn
to
be
ciiught."
fiscal
year,
it
win
be
returned
to
general
revenue,
necessitating
4
The
Perfect
Christinas
Gift...
a
re-appropi
iution
next
year.
This
year,
$72,000
was
appro
NANKING
HAVING
MARRIAGE
BOOM
station
yesterday
after
he
wen:
to
the
east
end
and
released
a
client
whose
house
had
been
padlocked
following
convictions
under
the
Government
Liquor
Act.
Hurley
claims
high-handed
and
undemocratic
action
hy
the
police.
'Shoeshine,
Sir?
FOK
THE
MUSIC
LOVER
i'ER
IS
OFF
NANKING
A
marriage
boom
has
started
In
Nanking,
since
the
Communist
threat
against
VANCOUVER
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the
city
developed.
Hundreds
of
priated
for
the
road
approach
and
$75,000
for
breakwater.
Highlight
of
Uio
brief
to
oe
presented
to
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
is
a
resolution
urging
that
a
proposed
new
international
treaty,
drawn
up
more
than
two
years
iio.
be
raUfiecl
by
the
Canadian
and
1
avy
Snow
Affect
lileclric
young
couples
have
rushed
into
Bargain
at
a
Cent
vrviiT
More
Yesterday
'"rt
last
NiRlit
GREENFORD,
Middlesex,"
Eng.
i
Twelve-year
old
Brian
Ap
RESERVED
SEAT
TICKETS
Harry,
Adaskin
&
Frances
Itiarr
FAMOl'S
VIOLINIST
PIANIST
CIVIC
CENTRE
JANUARY
6,
Tickets
$1.50
-
$1.25
-
$1.00
AT
CIVIC
CENTRE
and
SOROPTOMIST
CLUB
MEMBERS
FOR
THE
SPORTS
FAN
w
a
-
x
r
-
'ANUHJVER-
Vancouver
wus
pleby
has
opened
a
bargain
American
governments.
shoeshine
business
at
Hoisen-
war
weddings.
In
a
single
day
more
than
a
hundred
ceremonies
took
place.
In
one
restaurant
were
20
marriage
receptions.
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
December
23,
1948
Contained
in
the,
new
treaty
den
secondary
school.
is
provision
for
the
extension
During
the
morning
recess
of
the
authority
of
the
Inter
""iiiltently
without
electric
1,1
and
power-
yesterday,
all
r,s
of
the
city
being
affected,
r
heavy
kiiow
carried'
cN.wn
"mission
lines
from
the
new
'flue
River
plant.
Stave
Full-;,
l:n
and
Luke
Buntzen
p!ants
and
the
lunch
hour
Brian
and
national
Commission
to
Include
other
types
or
fishery,
a
step
which
the
fishermen
feel
neces
High
'
7:01
19.3
feet
19:20
17.4
feet
Low
0:30
5.8
feet
13:20
8.2
feet
sary
Mr
the
industry.
At
pres
ent,
the
Commission's
authority
Is
confined
to
halibut.
CHOICE
SEATS
PRINCE
RUPERT
ALL-STARS
.
(B.C.
Senior
B
Champs)
and
KETCHIKAN
ROCKETS
(All-Alaska
Champs)
two
other
boys
polish1
shoes
In
the
playground
at
a
halfpenny
(one
cent)
a
time.
"Half
Of
the
profits
go
towards
running
expenses,"
Brian
said,
"but
the
bulk
of
It
we
are
saving
to
give
a
Christinas
party
for
poor
children.
"What
gave
me
the
Idea
was
hearing
so
many
mothers
complaining
about
their
boys'
dirty
shoes."
nil
pressed
into
full
scr-"e
while
line
crews
worked
'"een
the
city
and
Bridge
'vcr.
'
'
'Hvy
snow
fell
again
late
'Wav.
afternoon
and
last
Other
proposals,
which
will
be
co-ordinated
with
fisheries
Seven
Killed
In
Crash
of
Bomber
groups
from
west
coast
ports
for
riVir
CENTRE
DEC.
30
and
31
I
tf'
Vancouver.
'
MANCHESTER,
Eng.,
Tickets
75c
-
50c
Students
25c
Seven
Royal
Air
Force
men
were
presentation
to
the
Commission:
1.
That
the
opening
of
the
194D
halibut
season
be
held
back
one
month
until
June
1.
2.
That
25
percent
halibut
be
allowed
to
be
retained
under
ol
h
o
UNHAPPY
IMMIGRANT-Lack
.rn
to
of
Vancou
ver
I
her
JU
by
Mrs.
Joyce
Carter
England
early
next
year
""'JJ
been
unable
to
find
an
she
said
she
na
suburb,
tf
aby,
Vancouver
child
en
accept
apartment
owner
willing
to
o
hef
killed
early
Tuesday
when
a
Lancaster
bomber
crashed
Into
I
PHONE
THE
CIVIC
CENTRE,
231
-
107
Manson'
Jawclljrs
are
FULL
OF
LIQUID
Most
foods
eaten
by
mar.
60
to
95
percent
water.
an.
1800-foot
mountain
near
OPEN
T1U
Every
Night
Christmas
set
here.
permit
when
caught
with
,
My.
Mrs.
Carter
submiuea
w
(C
p
Pnolo,
daughter
Linda,
shown
here
with
her