PROVINCIAL LIS3A3X. VICTORIA , 8. C. Wmlm IAY 21,-4?!- 03L1ES ones 3 Daily DelivZ. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' PHOIIE 8t . V0L- XXXVI1. No. 293. PRINCE RUPERT, B. a TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS i tf Ai in nnw n eo Margarine Dan in Canada Is orsivH.yarifi mm sen v HAZELTOIIS MAY GET B.C. POWER fed by Supreme Court Ruling: tihh ire omnmiist ncunuraiisis i am ot appeal NANKING (CP) Talk of a coalition jr TTAWA (CP) H. N. Hannam. president nf I ment or a nee-otiated peace to end the civil x ; ' ,. t v. .1 i! -. A r ..i, ' I anadnin ri'unauuu ui viniculture, said today .)ie Federation might appeal to the Privy Coun- China spread through Nanking today. A wsv -rumors and petitions for peace swept the cDit" ' LONG DISTANCE The engineer for the British Columbia Power Commission was in Hazelton recently and, as a result, there is a favorable prospect of electric light and power being developed there, according to the Omineca Herald. The engineer looked over the power house at the hospital and made a survey of the entire district from Old Hazelton around ledi'fiMwn nit uuninc vuuu ui vanaaa, an- pite denunciation of fpeace mongers" by Gent imo Chiang Kai-Shek. Even some of the higher TO Q.C. ISLANDS rfu tuua,, 4v. ...j, bi,uv uuwi ruuututes may :ally manuiactureu ana sow in Canada. clals were among those. Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Working on Matter , I .. ..... wuoiuci puSSJDll- ity of Appealing the decision If the government Itself does not act," 'said Hannam, adding that CONFEDERATION IS SUSTAINED to Soith Hazelt on, including ! peace. Word of new cot victories in the north ; Peiping credited the peace talk. - y.-' Peiping 4t is reporter" ' Public utilities committee of wew wazeiton and Two-Mile; the Prince Rupert Chamber of and Hagwllget, with a count oft pi "e dairy industry "today U In NPCtlOnS the least favrable position of fcl anv ntrrlriillnrul inrf,..... Newfoundland Tnurt Rr !,. most isolated Wltll IhO (X Commerce is to take up with lne outness houses and dwell-the Department of Transport ings- Distances were measured, the possibility of having radio- 11 ls reported that installation telephone long distance service wiu be recommended. - j established- between Prince Ru-I Lrcssive-t'owvative bees Liberal in " W h UIUUDU J . It is not considered likely that the government, which referred the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada, will launch an appeal Writ Contesting Legality j ts virtually "knocking4 I gates." Two Nationals ' ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, fields are already i iff.' Mr. Justice Brain Dunfield Gunfire is heard in the yesterday dismissed a writ The communists are t against Governor Sir Gordon t have approached now ti Macdonald- and other members ki thirty miles of Nankt L Scotia Seat ,iPOLIS ROYAL, Nova to the Privy Council ff-The election of the pert and Massctt. Such service. It is held, would greatly falill-tate the carrying on of business between this port and the Islands which have long suf- 11 . i. ... . Newfoundland Now -Canadian Diocese Paralleling in ecclesiastical ,sive Conservative can The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada covers the Sale aild manilfantnrn r.f Ocoi'rc Nowland, in yes- Disby-Annapohs-Klng ! . m mnraPi. k.,h..... ,ucu j-urougn inirequeni trans-, importance what occurred at the portation and communication end of the wppk in f.hp noiit.ipni was reported by-election t)r olhw g and weniy minutes' urs r manufactured wM or fervlces. Facilities already exist hr noils closed. It was a VILL LEWIS f: CLOSE MIIIES?- WASHINGTON, D.C., soft coal stockpile, big 1 to last the United Sta 40 odd days, led to spec on how John L. Lewis t which it ls felt could be readily linked up for such a service. of the commission government by six former leglsature members. The writ contested the legality of Newfoundland he-coming a province of Canada. Plaintiffs said they would appeal the decision U the Supreme Court bench. A writ clamied the convention act, which provided for a referendum on Confederation, was illegal and unconstitutional. part from any fat other than that of milk or cre.im. The long-awaited ruling, un field when documents were signed whereby Newfuondland became a province of Canada was a ceremony at the recent general synod of the Anglican Church in Canada when the diocese of Newfoundland was TOJO DODGES DAY OF RECKONING Hoavy, Heavy The ; noose still hangs heavy over the head of Hideki Tojo, wartime .Premier of Japan, although the day of reckoning is deferred-by appeal to United States Supreme Court. If this fails, there may be appeals to similar courts of other nations.. ,. , , less appeal is taken to the Privy Council, means that Canadians may make and sell and consume Vote Officials' Wages Boosted City Council last night voted to Increase the wues of deputy margarine and other butter sub stilutes Immediately. The ban on importation must, admitted to the Primacy of Canada. Present at the historic and impressive rite were two Prince Rupert men Rt. Rev. James B. Gibson, Bishop of Caledonia, and F. E. Anfield, who was a lay delegate. viewing this potential thi his bargaining position, operators are wondering t will call some kind of . shutdown to trim above , reserves. the rclrnlnB officers at the civic however, continue under Vtlter Thompson Quill Air Lines r the (jovcrnmcnt to the ive-Conservatives. For he scat had been In tho culumn, the last mcm-ving been Rt. Hon. J. L. former minister of Undid justice, who had rc- jiul. 50-year old lawyer. .19 of l.r6 pulls reported, 493 votes; J. D. McKen-jeral. 9.725; Lloyd Shaw, 1,503. n the first federal by-: .since IU. Hon. L. S. St. ,1 became Prime Minister .turitc Drew, Progresslvc-lative national leader. 31. Laurent, In Ottawa on the result. elections from &!0 to $15 for the day and thai of tne Returning Officer from $15 to $20. - Walter S. Thompson, director j flf m-,ttt rolat.irma onH orlvur. ' ruling. The court was asked early in October to rule on the validity of the Nineteen!'. Century legislation whHi hi.s kpt margarine The diocese of Newfoundland formerly came under the Arch A GERMAN SOVIET REPUBLIC ; BERLIN A British licensed newspaper saU -yesterday that German communists were dickering with Russian officials for the creation of a republic' bishopric of Canterbury. THE WEATHER Synopsis , ' Temperatures reached twenty below in the Prince Gwrgc reg Using -la fce Canadian Nation- Chimney Fire ' f , al Railways. and Trans-Canada Damage Home V . Air Hues, will relinquish his ; .." airlines duties December 31, it A faulty chimney was he . is announced in Montreal. Mr. sponsible for a fire which Thompson, who is well known aged the home of Max Vagnaut, in Prince Rupert, will devote his 855 Comox Avenue early this full time and attention to the morning, charring the attic from CaiU'lei.1 dinner tablw for 02 year-, excep, for a time during W War I. The court found : " 1. Tha' p ohioIU'.n cf the in eastern Germany next spring. A Socialist news- "1 SHOW CLOSES paper said the republic, apparently, would be set up ... . A A 1 1 P '. - ion overnight while the mercury at Prince Rupert fill to 15 above alter me communists completed a purge in party ranks. nrcn ii-r im MrrTVJ ' SKEEIIA ROAD "OFFICIALLY" tus a disappointment but manufacture, offering for sale :y would try all the hard-1 or wossesoio.i of butter time, I tules is ultra vires of Parlla- "fcrw ttrscribtd. Out .result l-ment. . ' . railway and its other ancillary ceiling badly lwfote it waa put services. , 1 out by the citj ' - : .m.I 2. That prohibition of the im portation of bu'iir substitutes '. SEATTLE The Coastguard cutter Hemlodr has picked up two women and a man wlio were shipwrecked at Herring Bay near Petersburg, Alaska, since December 3. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stroren and Snow conditions on the Skee-na River highway have caused the provincial Public Works office here to declare the road 11 deserved tribute to an iding citizen. eIamages I OF LOGS L Mrs. W. T. Brown wre enroute from Petersburg to oTficially closed for the whiter, despite the fact that a snow- lronii other counlr'cs is ultra vires of ParUamt-ui. Chief Justice Tuibaudeau Rin-fret and Mr Justice Tatrlck Ker-win dissented wlta respect to the prohibition of manufacture and sale. Mr. Justice K. H. Locke expressed no opinion on the im STORMY CIVIC SESSION i Council Beats Casey s Plan To Split Telephone Bylaw $550,000 Loan Proposal Sustained; Black , Demands Apology From Alderman Casey Alderman George Casey's plan to divide the city's proposed $$550,000 telephone rehabilitation bylaw into three separate borrowing plans was resoundingly defeated by city council last night and council members gave Alderman T. B. Black and Mavor Nora Arn to give the coldest , December night since liMB when 12 above was recorded "--":'- ' c" The cold air which covers all of Western Canada this morning ls expected to persist in this district. However, temperatures arc expected to moderate along the northern coast by this evening with the approach of a slowly moving Paciric storm Tills storm ls expected to bring snow to the northern riast tonight with precipitation spreading to the southern coast by Wedncsda yevening and into the northern interior during the day. Forecast queen Charlottes and North Coast Cloudy today, overcast with Intermittent snow tonight and Wednesday morning. Cloudy fit Tui: Furred Into With Her Tow S-Hltlc tun Hercules ' Hie remnants of a Davis lups Into port here late portation ban but six other judges were unanimous tnat U,e importation provision was intra plow arrived here yesterday from Terrace and will make the return trip, possibly tomorrow. . "Motorists arc advised not to make the trip to Terrace on account fo snow conditions," the Public Works office advised today. "The highway is officially closed for the winter season." The closed area extends from the Galloway Rapids bridge east to Shames and Remo, a few miles west of Terrace, which will be kept open for ) afternoon 24 hours af- vires. talr had battered it I') Parking anl officials said today that they would be able to put oleomargarine on sale soon at 60 percen the price of old a vote of confidence in what turned out to be the stormiest session of the year. iff the mouth of the Port-anal while it was southern Alaska. il'TOilcs managed to s:iVe butter. A Toronto concern said they could have it on the mark muted (i(l),()(i) feel of lier with scattered snow Hurries N-tiKit low of los-s wl en et March 1, when Newfoundland' -Wednesday Tyee when their 50-ioot vessel North Light struck a rock. Her rudder w?s damaged and a hole was punched in her hull. The three made their way ashore and found shelter in an abandoned cabin. They did not lack feed because their vessel, North Light, was carrying supplies for Tyee. They were spotted by a plane Saturday. 'PRINCE CHARLES' IS NAME LONDON Princess Elizabeth's son will be known as Prince Charles of Edinburgh, it was officially announced tonight. The full name will be Charles Philip Arthur George. The child will lie christened tomorrow at Buckingham Palace by Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury. ' CONVICT DECAPITATED Angleton, Texas A notorious prisoner was slain in the mess ball of Retrieve prison farm near here last night. He whs decapitated with a weapon which has not yet been found. O. B. Ellis, general manager of the prison system, sraid the details of the death of Clarence William Redwine were sketchy. He said he was decapitated while farm ' inmates in the mess hall were having their evening meal. His head, cut off during confusion, was found lying on a table two feet from the body. , afternoon. Winds "if'ii. unexneeted blow enters Confederation, from thur plant in Newfoundland where there Is a surplus. in need of itt-incdiate replacement.1' Most recent engineers to give , such opinions. Alderman Black said, were two from the Northern Electric Co. of Montreal rl this company, he asserted, I 1 no connection whatever '" i.Ji the Northern B. C. Power O. 'Then why wasn't the fv j council brought in to di'icun V i matter with them," derm 1 northwesterly (15 mph today and southwest (20 mph) Wednesday. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Wednesday at Port H;.rdy 30 and 36. Massett 25 and 33, Prince Rupert 27 and 34 The Hindus are credited with originating the science of Alderman Casey. .f TODAYS STOCKS "We had no idea that up as she passed the j I 'hicli eon.stii.utcs the 'lioiial boundary between Columbia and Alaska. lB is the second within ;h to surfer from winter hile towlM log ralU. ,l,,f ship, Ui Monarch, a week ao arter re-: new ruu'.lrr and re-o one r her Davis i afts II In a storm off Diiiidas The Monarch Is row d to be in Johnstone bfiml for state of .Wash-Ports. rtlhK to GVpt,. G'-orge skljiper of the Hur-a BO-nuie an hour gale l'w lug and its raft a.-i i i The meeting for a time developed into a verbal duel between Alderman Black, sponsor of the $550,000 telephone proposal, and Alderman Casey over remarks attributed to Alderman Casey in a radio broadcast shortly before the meeting. Alderman Black seconded Alderman Casey's motion to divide the telephone loan into three separate bylaws "as a matter of courtesy and in order to air this matter publicly." He then proceeded to -challenge Alderman Casey's broadcast remarks and demand an apology for an allegation that he and Mayor Arnold were "not working in the interests of the city." "I ask an apology of you tonight. Alderman Casey," Alderman Black declared. "You'll have no apology from me tonight," Alderman Casey retorted. "Then we'll see what ean be done to get an apology from you," was the reply. Alderman Casey said that he Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. I td. logging traffic. A truck driven by Clarence Thomson was stalled at Kwin-Itsa Saturday night by snow which is reported to be four lect deep In the "snow belt." Mr. Thomson has arrived in Prince Rupert, but the truck is still at Kwinitsa. Another truck, driven by Bill Gair also was stalled at Kwinitsa, enroute to Terrace. Both were expected to be brought back to Prince Rupert after the snow plough passes today. The provincial Minister of Public Works recently stated that, because of lack of snow removal equipment, the department would not attempt to keep the road open to traffic during the winter months. Canadian National Railways have used a snow plough in the Kwinitsa area and the snow has been piled on the adjacent highway in places. This makes even more difficult the job of highway snow removal. Aumaquc lb Beattic 45 were coming to the city," Alderman Black. "Their ... was a complete surprise a hastily called the utilities, x mittee and any who were fc. able.. Alderman Ruddac' was present at the meeting," Alderman Black then dem ed an apology from Alder Casey for his allegation t Vancouver Bayonnc 04 ' Bralorne '-50 B. R Con 02 ' b B. R. X 08a Cariboo Quartz M0 FIRE CHIEF TO RETIRE 1 NEW DOMINION POLICE NAMED Wallace Price, 25-ycar old army overseas veteran of Mas-sett, has been appointed Dom Wsssd oiien uulnr nfl "'I ClIlHll I. Congress Medley Mascot Pioneer Premier Border Privateer Reeves McDonald ... .03 .32 3.15 .02 Vi .14 2.80 .00 , -MU,TK(.( ruli b( t0 hs the ,nu,ss of i0!!!i be inion Constable lor the Prince Alderman Black was "tieC with the Power company is j telephone matter." t' ";,' Alderman Black contlnui . saying that he "did not set y. this bylaw can be dividei"; ) three parts. We would a" ' get the work started and i' completion would be at the i. u ork loose. Reno " GW.WIU fcel of .,,, broko NEXT MARCH Resignation of City Fire Chief H. T. Lock was accepted "with regret" by city council lust night after Mr. Lock had made known his Intention to retire on superannuation. Mr. Lock's resignation will he effective March 31, 1949. Rupert Agency, it was announced today by Indian Super- Bevcourt 23 Bobjo 13 Vi Buffalo Canadian 10 Consol. Smelters 12C.O0 Conwest : I-20 Donaldu 52 Eldona East Sullivan 3.05 Giant Vellowkpifc 4; 5 God's Lake 38 Hardrock 23 Harricana ., 03 Heva MVi Hosco 17 Jacknife .., ' 04 Joliet Quebec W Lake Rowan 00 Lapaska Little Long Lac...; J Lynx ; -13 Madsen Red Lake 2.40 McKenzle Red Lake -33 McLeod Cockshutt -M Sheep Creek I-55 the rait war, brousrht Jntcndcnt F. E. Anfield. He will 31 Silbak Premier ler waters. proposed dividing the bylaw into three separate parts "because. I don't think that the public will have his headquarters at Prince low ' bound from the Runnrf It. u-fl? 1 hp first, t.im of future councils." cnl, north of Ketchi- .25 , .46 .10' .09 'native fndorse. lhc 550 000 money by; that a has received such Taku River Vanancla Salmon Gold Spud Valley . task) " The loan, he declared, ' Bel law and assume this large debt I'lBham und Everett Her not exhaust the city s bonot an appointment. . Mr. Price's appointment fills rcules droniieil Council made no move to appoint a successor to him but power which is $1,500,000 s- i elusive of school borr Oils-Anglo Canadian 3.80 a position which has been vac arbor at S o'clock last is likely that she wull left it to the next year's coun .21 "Therefore," he added, "I presume to try to alleviate the financial load' and still maintain municipal ownership." Said Alderman Black: "Alderman Casey states that he has discussed this with sevcrai city "l''e iiiit l i.ip n.ri u KING IS 53; LEG BETTER LONDON The King observed his fifty-tljird birthday today cheered by the news that the condition of his leg is improving. The King's birthday is always a quiet family affair which was even more than habitually observed tliis year. LOCAL T1DF55 Wednesday, December 15. 1J48 ant -since the retirement of A. J. Watkinson several years ago. Mr. Watkinson now resides at Nana'imo. I'niKluhin lrir'P will hHVP m Cars On A. P. Con Atlantic Culmont C. & E ; Central Leduc Home : Mercury ii&y Okalta ask Pacific Pete , - .80 .46 .5.80 1.40 12.50 ..20 1.00 2.7Q fbappmr,, t.. cil. Mr. Lock lias been city fire chief here for the last 11 ycifrs, coming to Prince Rupert from Victoria in 1937. He pians to continue residence in the city, taking an activ part in the florist business in which, Mrs. Lock has been engaged for the last few years. He is retiring at the mini '""ail I ty employees who were of the opin-peoplc jurisdiction over the native ion that his PPOsl was feas-and throughout the agency will work in liaison with lble- 1 would lil:e lo know wh0 the nrovincial uolice in the city , Uiese 'experts are. MOON which does not directly i , the city's credit. , The aldermen voted 7 ;f against Alderman Casey'sli -olution to split the bylaW," derman Casey being the supporter of the motion. In the vote of confidence w" followed, Alderman Stone, M Brooksbank, Nlckerson, Rud ham and McKay all expr confidence in the Mayor and Alderman Black. Ont.j. More than if t. Negus 2-10 Noranda 55.00 Louvicourt ,37 Tickle Crow 2 0 Begcourt - 05,'' San Antonio - 3 Senator Rouyn -40 Sherrlt Gordon 199 etoi.n Ror;k 1-63 " Dulled Church mln- Middlesex Trcsbytcry U"V'ng cars nn ci norhcTo nn matters concerning native.,. "We have had opinions by ,31 Princess He is a veteran of the Cana- telephone engineers from east High 0:47 18.1 feet 10 dian Scottish Regiment and saw em Canada and the United 12:25 21.5 feet 0 mum superannuation age provided under city employee service during the war in Ger-j States and thcy-huve all agreed many and Holland. that the systeva is worn ou and Royal Canadian ... South Brazeau Toronto Athona .ujr, xxev. r. v . 01 Trinity United Church ere recently at a piesby- !"WllllL'. Low 6:20 8.7 feet 19:10 28 feet .10 Vi - f Sturgeon River 12