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Tenth
Province
Is
Believed
To
Be
Near
OTTAWA,
(CP)
Newfoundland
may
be
accepted
as
Canada's
tenth
province
in
a
few
days,
it
was
indicated
in
statements
here
today.
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
said
that,
before
the
week
is
out,
the
government
will
make
a
"definite
announcement
of
Newfoundland's
political
status.
Important
Thursday,
July
29,
1948
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DE
quarters
believe
that,
provided
no
unforseen
difficulties
arise,
the
government
will
admit
the
colony
into
Confederation.
Last
week
Newfoundland
voted
by
a
close
margin
In
favor
of
joining
up
with
Canada
rather
Dye
Plant
Blast;
600
Are
Killed
SAYsui!io:r
-DESTROYING".
than
forming
her
own
responsible
government.
Bulletins
RECORD
PROFITS
VANCOUVER
Powell
River
Paper
Co.
Ltd.
made
record
,
profits
of
$3,500,000
in
the
last
six
months.
OFFER
REJECTED
VANCOUVER
William
White,
president
of
the
Boilermakers'
Union,
announced
today
that
the
union
had
rejected
a
12'
2c
per
hour
wage
increase
from
the
shipyards.
CAH.
SHIPPING
miany.
(F
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ASK
RUSSIA
OTTAWA,
P
Transport
Minister
Lionel
Chevrier
today
o(
ifitw-!
MANNHEIM,
Germany,
(CP)
Police
said
today
w
""""
that
k'twoen
500
and
00
jmrsons
had
been
killed
and
,i
auiTPim'iit
i
j
,(K)
injured
today
in
an
explosion
and
fire
which
i
''1
l,'"l,
rs
wrecked
the
I.
G.
Karben
chemical
nlant
at
Ludwi"--
charged
Michael
Jackson,
Great
Lakes'
director
of
the
Canadian
ii
'''wrst.'rn
shafen.
It
is
the
greatest
peacetime
disaster
in
Eur-
Seamen's
Union,
with
seeking
to
"destroy"
Canada's
shipping
industry.
At
the
sametime,
he
said,
he
,,n
nr
tn
ope
since
me
war.
ii'-nt
asscm-,
T1)p
j,,,
eXj)isi(,n
wrecked
DOES
NOT
KNOW
had
learned
that
the
C.S.U.
is
FOR
TALKS
LONDON,
0i
A
government
official
said
today
that
Great
Britain,
France
and
the
United
States
will
offer
to
begin
talk3
with
Russia
"on
a
general
European
settlement
as
a
whole."
Meantime
commandants
of
the
Western
Allies
in
Berlin
today
answered
with
a
flat
"No"
Increased
Soviet
pressure
to
destroy
the
elected
government
of
the
blockaded
city
of
Berlin.
The
three
commandants
sent
a
letter
to
the
mayor
of
Berlin
countermanding
two
Russian
tlie
six-storey
dye
factory.
Freneh
military
Rovernment
authorities
OF
P.G.E.
DEAL
preparing
for
a
strike
on
4eeP
sea
vessels
in
November.
COAL
THROUGH
THE
CLOUDS
TO
BERLIN
Allied
army
trucks
and
planes
are
shown
on
the
Rhine-Main
air
base
wait-ins;
to
load
up
with
coal
to
be
flown
over
the
Soviet
"starvation
blockade"
to
beleaguered
Berlin.
Soviet
planes
are
reported
in
the
Allied
air
corridor.
Coincidental
with
publication
in
Washington,
D.C.,
of
the
U.S.
state
department
note
to
the
Soviets,
demanding
lifting
of
the
blockade
and
stating
that
no
amount
of
pressure
would
force
Allied
forces
out
of
Berlin.
The
latest,
report
from
Berlin
is
that
Britain
is
sending
troops
into
Germany.
COAL
MINE
first
e.symaled
from
250
to
300,
Chevfier
said
he
was
satis
EXPLOSION
VICTORIA
Former
Premier
John
Hart,
who
Is
still
president
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway,
said
yesterday
that
he
CI
fied
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
was
not
Communist
In
character
but
he
was
convinced
that
about
all
some
of
the
leaders
cared
about
was
fomenting
Fourteen
Miners
Killed
in
Explosion
in
Indiana
had
not
heard
of
nepotiaUons
Dr.
James
former
pn-,it
the
Uni-;
Ciiliinilii.i.
Is
lit
the
;"
PRINCETON,
Indiana,
f
orders
aimed
at
seizing
control
Fourteen
coal
miners
were
killed
iwrsonx
were
killed
or
Injured
but
this
figure
was
soon
raised
as
wax
tle
provisional
Reuters
fir:-11
re
of
BOO
to
1000
provisionally
reported
injured.
Rescue
workers
arc
still
diR-rIiir
into
the
debris
for
victims.
All
hospitals
in
the
area
are
filled
with
injured,
many
of
whom
will
not
live.
The
plant
employs
1000
workers
How
many
were
trapped
in
the
flames
is
not
known
French
officials
report
that
the
Hot
Quebec
Campaign
At
Climax
Today
for
the
extension
by
American
Interests
of
the
PGE
Into
Alaska.
Mr.
Hart
wis
speaking
of
a
report
which
appeared
in
the.
Spokesman-Review
newspaper
of
Spokane.
and
four
others
injured
in
anlof
tne
cltv
government
trouble
and
disrupting
Canada's
unity.
The
minister
also
declared
that
some
of
the
actions
of
the
.companies
had
been
"rephen-
Palestine
Not
Going
to
Court
LAKE
SUCCESS
The
United
Nations
security
council
decided
yesterday
against
sending
the
Palestine
question
to
the
Court
of
International
Justice.
The
western
commandants
d
(
n
identified
:atiAil
Held
here
explosion
at
a
large
colliery
have
advised
the
mayor
of
Ber
three
miles
south
of
here.
The
rest
of
176
miners
were
not
en
lin
that
an
order
to
dismiss
the
um'f
i
Collee
at
Socialist
deputy
police
president
dangered
when
the
blast,
of
WORLD'S
CHIEF
WATERWAY
The
Great
Lakes
and
their
undtermined
origin,
ripped
sible."
Shooting
could
not
be
condoned
and
it
was
for
the
local
or
provincial
authorities
to
maintain
law
and
order.
The
unions
had
wrongfully
rh!'
Culleae
here
through
a
shaft
just
after
they
Charges
of
Fraud
Resound
as
Voters
Go
to
Polls
ii
v
of
British
hands
In
boarding
ships
in
violation
of
the
Canada
Shipping
had
come
off
shift.
connecting
waterways
form
the
world's
most
Important
Inland
waterway.
iblUied
lie
explosion
occurred
in
siruciure
taken
the
law
into
their
own
Act.
iu-o.
known
as
a
"nitrate
building."
"
QUEBEC.
(CP
)
Bal
elard
Godbout,
terming
him
Is
invalid.
They
also
told
the
mayor
that
the
Soviet
commandant
had
no
authority
to
Instal
a
new
deputy
head
of
the
city's
food
departments
Walter
Bedell'
Smith,
United
States
ambassador
to
Moscow,
who
Is
in
Berlin,
may
confer
with
General
Lucius
b.
Clay,
United
States
military
governor,
later
today
returning
to
Moscow
with
proposals
for
settling
the
German
crisis.
"merely
a
lackey
of
Ottawa."
Incidentally,
Duplessis
made
vays
Ask
20
per
cent.
Rate
Increase
THE
WEATHER
Cool
Pacific
air
lay
over
the
it
clear
he
has
no
wish
for
the
federal
leadership.
Amid
cheering
he
declared
the
provincial
mandate
had
always
been
broad
enough
for
him.
Ottawa.
Duplessis
said,
wanted
to
take
possession
of
Quebec's
taxation
rights
forever
but
would
never
do
so
while
he
was
premier.
The
Premier
urged
his
listeners
to
accept
the
provinces
flag
symbolic
of
Quebec
traditions
and
reject
the
Liberal's
white
flag,
of
abdication.
B-29
Lost
In
Red
Sea
entire
province
of
British
Colum-
I
bia
this
morning.
Although
relatively
clear
skies
returned
to
the
southern
coastal
areas
dur-
j
ing
the
night,
there
was
s,till
F.
C.
Underfill!,
Vancouver
civil
engineer,
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
south
on
last
evening's
plane.
He
is
in
charge
of
survey
work
being
carried
out
in
connection
with
the
Port
Edward
Celanese
pulp
mill
project.
considerable
cloud
in
the
south
Glohe-Girdling
Flying
Fortress
Conies
to
Grief
Most
of
Crew
Lost
ern
Vancouver
Island
and
Lower
Mainlund
regions.
Clearing
is
jation
Is
Sequel
;rease
In
Wages
(C)
The
Hoard
of
Transport
Commissioners
rftli.it
the
Railway
Association
of
Canada
had
jiiiiifnt
20
per
rent
increase
in
freight
rates.
fifs
lis
application,
which
Is
made
on
behalf
f-'filir.
Canadian
National
and
other
railroads,
I
IT
hour
increase
in
wages.
increase
was
granted
two
weeks
ago,
hfd
that
the
extra
17c
would
cost
the
'id
Canauian
National
$76(111,000
per
year.
f
fur
an
increase
goes
before
the
Hoard
in
I
interested
parlies,
including
the
provincial
l
appeared
lu
re
last
week
to
protest
against
'Ml
increase
in
rates,
have
been
notified
of
it.
f1
'atiini
lino
applied
for
an
interim
increase
of
f
t
immediate
requirements
due
lo
the
wage
expected
In
these
areas
this
af-'
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States
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ternoon.
Showery
conditions
29,
one
of
three
Superfortresses
persist
in
the
southern
and
attempting
a
circuit
of
the
globe,
southeastern
Interior.
Another
crashed
into
the
sea
last
night
disturbance
now
moving
ihto
the
after
taking
off
from
this
port
northern
coastal
regions
will
on
the
south
coast
of
Arabia,
cause
rains
In
those
areas
today
Only
one
survivor
of
seventeen
and
increasing
cloudiness
over
or
eighteen
on
board
has
been
southern
B.
C.
tomorrow.
There
picked
up.
lot
markers
took
jommand
of
today's
Quebec
provincial
elections,
but
the
fury
of
the
sizzling,
six-week
campaign
refused
to
die.
The
uproar
centred
in
Montreal,
where
accusations
of
fraud
and
black
market
dealing
in
registration
slips
were
freely
tossed
about.
Police
said
that
thousands
of
voters
in
the
metropolis
may
be
disenfranchised
because
thry
unwittingly
surrendered
their
registration
slips
to
persons
posing
as
revisers
and
examiners.
Deputy
director
Hiluire
Beauregard
of
the
provincial
police
said
Montreal
black
market
operators
were
offering
voters
from
$
2to
$5
for
each
slip.
As
a
result,
the
police
anticipated
polling
station
disturbances
and
hundreds
of
attempts
at
impersonation
before
the
2.000,-000
eligible
voters
finish
balloting
tuday.
The
provincial
election
campaign
yesterday
was
warmly
fought
and
replete
with
blunt
speaking
and
memorable
incidents.
As
it
drew
toward
the
close,
one
of
the
most
largely
attended
rallies
was
at,
St.
Pierre
Market
in
St.
Sauveur
Ward.
Here,
about
7.000
stood
on
the
roiy'.h
concrete
of
the
old
.square
to
hear
Premier
Duplessis
speak
for
about
two
hours.
He
assailed
the
province's
Liberal
chief,
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Handsome
Catalina
Yacht
Is
Visitor
To
Prince
Rupert
California
Banker
Achieving
One
of
His
1
Dr
eams
Inside
Passage
Cruise
to
Alaska
"It
is
the
avowed
ambition
of
every
Southern
California
yachtsman
to
some
day
cruise'
the
inside
passage
to
Alaska,"
drawled
Dick
Loynes,
Commodore
of
the
Catalina
Island
Yacht
Club,
who,
as
a
member
of
a
cruising
party
aboard
the
yacht
"Wandermore,"
in
port
yesterday,
was
asked
his
reactions
to
the
trip
up
the
coast.
I
is
little
indication
of
very
much
Harbor
tugs,
launches
and
improvement
during
the
next
48
(
British
survey
vessels
are
search-
hours.
f
rniaurnt
increase
of
20
per
cent
because
of
"!!
increased
costs."
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
CoastCloudy
with
showers,
becoming
overcast
with
intermittent
rain
during
the
forenoon,
then
cloudy
with
widely
scattered
ing
lite
snarK-iniesiea
waters
hut
poor
visibility
and
monsoon
conditions
are
hampering
the
search.
Cause
of
the
crash
Is
not
known.
The
H-29's
have
been
making
the
flight
primarily
for
the
purpose
of
testing
flying
fields
and
local
conditions
for
the
operation
of
Flying
Fortresses.
RESTRICTED
IN
THIS
I
BY
AIR
FIELD
LACK
showers
tonight.
Cloudy
Thurs
the
fuller
use
that
could
be
made
of
'itcfl
Prince
UiineH
in
rlovelonment
of
day.
Winds
northwesterly
(20
m.p.h.i
In
the
exposed
areas,
light
elsewhere.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday-At
Port
Hardy
-53
and
63,
Massett
50
and
60,
Prince
Rupert,
50
and
60.
In
ancient
times
comets
were
supposed
to
be
omens
of
sudden
death.
tion
into
the
hinterland
of
northern
'M
Columbia
for
which
aircraft
is
"f
transportation
became
emphasized
Daily
News
interviewed
Captain
built
as
an
Air
Force
rescue
boat.
Mr.
Walker
had
the
three
630
h.p.
Hall-Scott,
engines
removed
from
the
hull
and
replaced
them
with
three
175
h
p.
Marine
Grays
diesels
which
he
acquired
by
purchasing
3
small
Navy
landing
craft.
The
Grays,
each
attached
to
a
screw,
drive
the
"Wander-more"
at
a
cruising
speed
of
11
knots.
What
was
formerly
the
ship's
hospital
Is
now
converted
into
staterooms
for
the
younger
members
of
the
party.
The
party
which
consists
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Walffer,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Loynes,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mar-(Continuea
un
Page
Six)
California
yachtsmen
have
two
other
main
ambitions
according
to
Commodore
Loynes.
They
all
want
to
be
able
to
enter
the
San
Francisco
to
Honolulu
race
and
the
Bermuda
yacht
race
in
their
logs
before
they
call
it
quits.
When
Commodore
Loynes
completes
this
cruise
he
will
have
realized
two
of
those
dreams,
for
in
1939
he
was
owner
and
skipper
of
the
sailing
yacht
"Contender"
which
w-as
the
first
of
the
racing
boats
to
reach
Honolulu
that
year
and
won
the
Golden
Gate
Exhibition
trophy.
An
interesting
sidelight
on
that
race
was
the
broadcasting
done
from
the
"Contender"
during
the
race.
Each
day
at
a
set
time
all
boats
in
the
race
were
contacted
and
asked
for
their
position
and
the
results
were
J.
E.
Jellison
of
Montreal.
Capt.
Jellison
was
here
for
a
brief
visit
Way
Cleared
for
British
Capital
in
Canada
in
connection
with
his
duties
Up
with
the
aerial
surveys
division
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines.
Industrialists
May
Now
Start
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LUMBER
SHIPMENT
HERE
nee
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
Is
looking
into
the
possibilities
of
developing
the
survey
branch
of
Its
servlep
In
connection
with
the
Up
Plants
Here
establishment
of
new
industries
which
would
wish
to
use
aircratt
An
experimental
shipment
of
lumber
from
Ketchikan
Spruce
Mills
reached
here
at
noon
today
bound
for
the
central
United
States.
The
shipment,
45,000
board
feet,
arrived
by
scow
in
tow
of
the
tug
Inverness,
Capt.
More
Workless
Than
Open
Jobs
OTTAWA
Latest
employment
figures
for
Canada,
as
announced
yesterday,
show
10,-000
persons
seeking
jobs
in
the
for
the
survey,
mapping
and
uaria
y?r.ter-lomiation
of
'mi
Air
Force
'"er
pllots'ln
The
chief
of
'lln
first
two
fighter
"I
ni
within
photographing
of
timber
stands,
water
power
sites,
mineral
areas
later
transmitted
from
the
"Con-lender"
to
the
Mutual
Network
where
It
went
out
to
128
stations
etc.
That
was
why
Capt.
Jellison
Dominion
and
5i.uuu
joos
over
over
This
is
an
improvement
was
here.
He
arrived
on
laso
Stewart
S.
Amundson.
It
is
LONDON,
(CP)
The
British
government
yesterday
cleared
the
way
for
British
industrialists
to
open
branch
plants
in
Canada
or
expand
existing
plants
in
the
Dominion.
The
Treasury
said
industrialists
may
now
"take
advantage"
of
investment
facilities
mads
available
a
year
ago
by
Canada.
Until
now
stringent
foreign
ex
evening's
plane
and
returned
to
OFEN
AIR
BAND
CONCERT
BAUD
CONCERT
(Shrine
Club
Band)
Court
House
Grounds
THURSDAY,
JULV
23,
1948
.
(Weather
Permitting)
at
8
pm.
,
(Concert
Sponsored
by
City
of
Prince
Rupert
I
No
Admission
No
Collection
(176)
'01'
FORTYYEAR
OLD
SWIMS
CHANNEL
DOVER,
England.
Giovanni
Gambi,
40-year
old
Italian
horse
breeder,
today
swam
the
Englls.i
Channel
from
Au
Dresselles,
France,
to
the
English
coast
near
here
in
tweleve
hours,
thirty-six
minutes.
Gambi
won
the
five-mile
marathon
swim
at
the
Canadian
National
Exhibition
ut
Toronto
In
1935.
Vancouver
today.
being
loaded
into
two
railroad
cars
and
is
destined
for
shipment
to
Alabama
and
Iowa.
in
the
United
States.
G.
A.
Walker,
president
of
the
Fanners
-
Merchants
bank
In
Longbcach,
California,
and
owner
of
the
104-foot
"Wander-more,"
which
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
Tuesday
afternoon,
bought
the
boat
In
Seattle
sev-
marks
Can-''iw
towards
'linn
fighter
.V
immediate
on
the
cle-
month
when
then-were
the
previous
119.000
seeking
jobs
and
63.000
jobs
offering.
in
British
Columola
htere
are
19,000
looking
for
work
and
5000
jobs
offering.
If
r7"are
left
to
ripen
on
the
tree,
they
become
mealy
oi
urttty.
Wlieel-equippeci
aircraft,
even
though
amphibians,
arc
coming
into
Increased
favor
over
straight
seaplanes
or
flying
boats
in
all
forms
of
flying
and
Prince
Rupert
cannot
be
fully
utilized
as
an
air
transportation
centre
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on
Page
4
A
similar
but
larger
experimental
shipment
from
Juneau
was
made
through
this
port
labt
spring.
It
consisted
of
mote
than
500,000
board,
feet.
During
the
war
change
restrictions
had
ruled
eral
months
ago.
fUon
of
such
the
craft
had
been
designed
an-
fed
this
out.
major