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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
68.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
MARCH
22,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r
B
Iimlile
Canadian
lay
Be
nrden
ax
3ting
on
Opening
yn
Government's
Looking
Plans
t"No
government,
since
the
days
of
,Mv,p.
has
presented
such
a
forward
-"""ITT
o
T
.
1
1
u
-.IU.ll.
ened
Ii
Impeilig
Budget
er!,
not
only
to
the
Legislature,
but
the
people
of
British
Columbia,"
de-
irbert
Anscomb,
minister
of
finance,
.
.
.
-
i
,i
.1
i
i.
r
referring
to
me
ueveiopineiu
pru-
-
:'J
i
hr
--
With
a
general
election
In
the
offing,
observers
predict
that
cuts
will
come
in
income
taxes.
Some
circles
speculate
that
the
basic
exemption
for
single
persons
will
be
lifted
to
$1000
and
to
$1750
or
$2,000
for
married
persons.
Present
exemptions
are
?750
and
$1500
respectively.
Another
possibility
is
that
the
cuts
will
be
retroactive
to
January
1.
OTTAWA,
P
The
burden
of
the
humble
Canadian
taxpayer,
4U11
carrying
the
weight
of
war-Induced
taxes'
may
We
lightened
tonight
when
Minister
of
Finance
Douglas
Abbott,
commencing
at
4:30
p.m.
Pacific
Standard
Time,
reads
his
1949-50
budget
(tjveeh
"announcing
the
tax
structure
for
the
next
12
months.
i
Customary
secrecy
prevails
on
the
budget
but
the
general
expectation
is
that
it
contains
much
that
will
gladden
the
heart
o
,
the
man
who
foots
the
country's
bills.
!
1
V'X
T
;
v'
1
1.
;
UMuunttu
try
which
has
not
sufficient'
;r.son.
j
capital
of
Its
own.
j
;
t
few
years.
..Aslde
f
rom
the
program
that
j
g!
rat
deal
of
tne
government
Itself
Is
under-3riU;li
Colum-'
taking,
there
are
Indications
cli
has
bccn
that
some
great
Industries
may
I
our
frcc-en-,
be
miucec
to
come
here.
You
system
which,
will
nave
iieard
the
suggestion
I
by
the
Con-
tnat
the
Aluminum
Company
of
ib'-ral
parties,
Canaciai
Ltd.,
Is
contemplating
Coalition.
establishing
a
plant
here.
This
o
which
I
re-jcompany
would
use
very
little,
jen
a
Uemen-
j
jf
any,
of
the
natural
resources
lour
basic
in-
0f
British
Columbia,
other
than
ROAD
CLEARING
STARTING
IN
APRIL
Co-op
To
just
past
the
summit
where
skiers
report
having
seen
the
Can
Fish
Large
Slide
Reported
on
Tyee
Hill
Clearance
work
on
the
snow
bound
Skeena
Hiehwav
east
of
Prudhomme
Lake
probably
will
Agreements
Ccmcluded
With
British
and
Scottish
Organizations
VANCOUVER-
iO
Karl
Dyb-
road
covered
by
an
exceptional
depth
for
a
distance
estimated
at
2,000
feet.
Since
the
last
of
the
heavy
winter
snowfalls,
changing
temperature
has
turned
the
deep
snow
Into
ice
which
has
made
it
practically
impossible
for
equipment
to
move.
However,
begin
early
in
April
,the
Daily
News
was
told
today
by
District
Public
Works
Engineer
H.
W.
fabout
by
the
water
power
which
Is
at
pres-
J
jjtrnnalh,
but
Cnt
going
down
the
streams
and
j
(n
a
Uemen-
not
being
used.
Strong
efforts;
I
for
the
ad-.
are
being
made
by
Hon.'
E.
T.
I
t
ain
lines
of
Kenney,
Minister
of
Lands,
to
havn,
secretary-treasurer
of
the
United
Fishermen's
Co-opera
Stevens.
The
road
now
Is
pass
able
only
to
Prudhomme
Lake.
luce,
the
tim-
secure
that
great
development
about
14
miles
from
the
city
it
is
expected
that
it
will
be
for
British
Columbia,
which)
Thi
Pnhlin
Wtirks
office
has
siiffirient.lv
thawed
hv
the
first
'
received
no
direct
renorts
re-
week
in
April
for
progress
-to
be
garding
a
slide
on
the
highway
made.
BURNS
LAKE
MAN
LUCKY
VANCOUVER
Bruce
Kerr,
a
Burns
Lake
man,
has
drawn
two
horses
on
the
Grand
Na-tir.-al
Steeplechase
this
Saturday
in
the
Army
and
Navy
Veterans'
sweepstake.
He
could
win
$33,000,
$23,000
or
$13,000
on
either
ticket.
RUSSIAN
RETALIATION
BERLIN
The
Russians
disclosed
last
night
that
they
were
preparing
plans
to
"meet
the
situation"
presented
by
the
ban
on
Soviet-ione
currency
in
the
western
sectors.
The
Berlin
Russian
commandant
denounced
the
ban
as
a
tive
Association,
said
yesterday
that
British
Columbia
fishermen's
co-operatives
might
enter
the
canning
field.
He
told
the
fifth
annual
convention
of
the
United
Fishermen's
and
Allied
Workers'
Union
that
conclusion
of
agreements
with
Scottish
and
British
organizations
will
givg
British
Columbia
fishermen
a
I
until
a
lew
Jfcn
extremely
I
operators
of
iave
now
gone
1
and
are
dell
oilier
plants
Lid
which,
in
might
eventually
mean
a
town
perhaps
of
some
50
thousand
people
and
an
Investment
of
nearly
300
million
dollars.
These
people
must
feci
assured
that
FREAK
MISHAP
C.N.
SEAMEN
IT'S
ALL
THERE
Tax
cuts,
increases
o
rwhatever
the
1949
federal
budget
contains
is
all
here
before
Finance
Minister
Abbott
as
he
sits
at
his
desk
polishing
up
the
final
details
of
his
budget
speech.
It
will
all
be
known
tonight
when
he
riseS
in
the
Commons
to
give
his
address.
(c
PPhotot
DAMAGES
CAR
1
ON
STRIKE
greater
opportunity.
An
estimated
$500
damage!
was
done
to
a
car
owned
by
J.
D.
j
McRae
on
Sunday
when
it
was
struck
bv
the
steel
boom
of
a
new
towns
urge
numbers
fate
elopment
will
,se
amount
of
at
capit
al
is
from
profits
firs
already
es-
their
Investment
will
be
safe
In
British
Columbia
or
naturally
they
will
not
come
here.
It
i3
quite
obvious
It
will
be
safe
under
a
free-enterprise
government;
but
it
would
not'
be
safe
under
socialism
if
socialism
is
carried
to
Its
ultimate
conclusion
as
we
have
been
consistent
Statement
Made
by
President
R.
C.
Vaughan
His
co-operative,
Mr.
Dyb-havn
said,
has
come
to
handle
6,000,000
pounds
of
liver
annual
LABOR
AND
POLITICS
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
6.
I.
Joiaiston
Co
tu!.
power
shovel
being
transported
stco
to
"deeocn
the
Berlin
MONTREAL
Respecting
a
ly,
the
sale
value
being
about
nn
a
truck
from
the
waterfront
strike
of
he
Canadian
Seamen's!
$2,000,000.
to
Watson
Island.
Apparently.
.ti.-h
Columbia,
Union,
the
following
statement
I
Vancouver
split."
He
said,
however,
that
it
-
would
not
hurt
the
people
ami
could
not
inflict
serious
prejudice
on
the
stability
of
the
boom
of
the
heavy
crane
BvnLs.
New
lu
ly
told
in
the
past
by
the
C.C.F.
Attorncv-Ocncral
Wismcr
issued
today
by
R.
C
swung
sideways,
unknown
to
the
was
party
it
would
be.
Canadian
r
If
ktTW
kTkrr
r
brought
into
la
because
in-
vaughan,
president.
National
Wesf
Indies)-
Steam-
Ul
jArrLKAhLt
AT
PRINCE
RUPERT
.
truck
driver,
and
struck
ine
McRae
car
as
1t
was.-paTlred
in
the
200
block,
Seventh
Avenue
hinfidi-nce,
not
snips
Liia.
ine
wanaumn
oca-
"'Today
a
fctr
miles
ouUide
I'ptC-
Whtf
TUlf
STILL
MYSTERV
the
City
of
Prince
Rupert
the
men's
Union
has
declared
a
.strike
against
the
Canadian
Na
East.
The
upper
work
of
the
vehicle
was
crumpled
and
glass
I
but
in
British.
Columbia
Cellulose
Company,
,
If
that
con
II-
tional
(West
Indies)
Steamships
j
VANCOUVER
CP)
Police
are
smashed.
Ltd.,
has
under
construction
a
Hoes
Not
Think
Much
of
(
i
C.C.L.-r.C.F.
Affiliation
'
.
VICTORIA
-Q
Hon.
Gordon
Wismer,
minister
of
labor,
suggested
in
the
House
yesterday
that
it
is
"very
dangerous"
for
any
Labor
union
to
affiliate
with
one
political
party.
He
was
referring
to
affiliation
of
the
Can-,
aclian
Congress
of
Labor
with
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
'
Federation
as
suggested
by
A.
R.
Soviet
zone
currency.
"
-
"-'
"
'
'-'
f-
NO
BUTTER
SUBSIDY
OTTAWA
The
Parliamentary
assistant
to
the
minister
of
agriculture
told
Parliamcrit
today
that
.
the
government
had
no
intention
of
paying
a
subsidy
on
butter
but
would
maintain
a
wholesale
floor
price
of
58c.
tfc'ained.
British
and
has
tied
up
the
Lady
Rod-
contlnujng
their
investigation
i
.
..
-m
tt:.
ii.it
bo
able
to
30
million
dollar
proposition
ney,
kKtKAl
berthed
at
of
Halifax
I
T
1
1
i
f
n
V
and
anH
fllll.
due
into
the
disappearance
of
Wing
Amev
for
invest.-'
which
will
,
deal
with
some
of
to
sail
tonight.
"This
action
has
been
taken
by
the
union
in
the
face
of
an
ss
outside
money
lhe
natural
resources
of
British
British
Columbia
Columbia.
That
plant
is
being
Bayonne
..
,
"0
Bralorne
i
9
00
,
B.
R.
Con
.ri
'
b:u!k:"-.v.::....:-
'
o
Cariboo
Quartz
1
22
Congress
03
'a
Iledlcy
Mascot
-3'i
Pend
Oreille
4.55
Pioneer
...
I
3.15
Privateer
i
I8
Reeves
McDonald
2.50
Reno
:
Sheep
Creek
....
1
25
Silbak
Premier
-35
Taku
River
'.26
Vananda
-23
Salmon
Gold
M'?
Oils
Aimlo
Canadian
3.50
A.'
P.
Con
21
Atlantic
Caliuont
unanimous
award
of
a
board
of
conciliation
on
which
the
C.S.U.
itself
was
represented'.
This
Mosher,
head
of
the
C.C.L.,
who
DAWSON
HAS
BIG
GAMBLE
Old
Camp
Stirred
by
Sweepstake
of
Break-up
of
Ice
DAWSON,
Y.T.,
fc
They
have
got
a
new
electric
clock
to
Wong
Jim,
42-year-old
Chinese
laundryman
of
Steveston,
after
"scuffle
and
a
splash"
before
which
two
hoodlums
had
thrown
beer
bottles
through
the
window
of
his
waterfront
laundry.
Wong
Shew
.another,
Chinese,,
told
police
he
'had
heard
the
scuffle
and
splash
at
the
tim
of
Jim's
disappearance.
The
body
has
not
yet
been
found
and,
until
that
is
done,
is
trying
to
raise
$50,000
for
the
C.C.F.
because
it
wanted
to
con-j
award,
made
in
the
form
of
a
new
one-year
contract,
was
ec-
f
That
condition
built
on
a
basis
that
these
re
I
any
new
coun-
(Continued
on
Page
6)
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Datlu
iNrttts
hiciiw
...
k
i
h
cepted
by
the
company.
C.N.R.
BUDGET
FOR
DEFICIT
OTTAWA
((P)
Canadian
National
Railways
today
budgeted
for
a
1949
deficit
of
$37,800,000,
an
increase
of
four'
million
dollars
over
the
1948
deficit
of
"In
the
words
of
the
board,
the
award
is
a
reconicilation
of
time
the
ice
break-up
on
uic
trol
the
workers
of
British
Columbia.
He
had
no
objection,
Mr.
Wismer
said,
to
a
labor
organization
supporting
one
party
but
thought
affiliation
was
"dangerous."
.
.
Herbert
Gargrave,
C.C.F.
member
for
Mackenzie,
said
that
the
the
police
say
they
cannot
as
sume
that
murder
was
commit
Yukon
River
this
year
and
it
divergent
views
setting
out
the
may
mean
more
than
$10,000
1
collective
opinion
of
this
board
for
someone
who
makes
the
'
as
to
the
agreement
into
which
the
parties
,
to
this
"
topato
closest
guess.
;
.
,;
TERNATIONAL
INDUSTRIAL
C.
&
E
:
Central
Leduc
101
Home
Oil
1-0-
Mercurv
12
The
1949
deficiency,
tabled
to-
The
1949
ice
guessing
contest
'V"
ted.
Sgt
W.
Murray
says
the
fact
that
Jim
was
known
to
have
a
serious
skin
disease
had
also
led
to
a
second
theory
of
suicide.
-
JOINT
EDITION
OF
entrance
of
organized
Labor
into
Okalla
-
155
2.13
each
one
of
them
on
many
fleeted
the
attitude
ol
laoor.tne
-
-
-
-
.
'Ichevricr,
would
be
the
fourth
In
is
causing
nearly
as
much
I
.,1
1..i.....-
In
-,rt;i.t
,
II,
r.L,
..,
linn
,
world
over.
points.
It
is
their
unanimous
1)8
view
that
the
parties
to
uns
a
row
anu
inu
iai6ra
cxCHClueiii
as
hil
vhuiuo
war
years.
used
to
create
in
the
roarjng
The
budget
docs
not
take
into
dance
hall
clays.
dispute
should
nursue
the
same
course.
They
are
of
the
firm
opinion
that
the
agreement
recommended
is
a
fair
compro
The
reason
is
simple.
Daw
account
any
additional
revenue
son
hasn't
had
a
paying
con
DIFFER
OVER
.
ALLOWANCES
test
since
1940
but
the
money
THE
WEATHER
;t
Synopsis
,
!,
Clear
skies
and
light
winds
will
contribute
to
very
pleasaiit,
weather
in
most
regions
of
the
province
during
the
next
24
to
48
hours.
Light
ground
frost
will
touch,
the
southern
coastal
areas
tonight
and
ten
to
fifteen
15
lH-i
in,
Wi
28
11
lb
14
07
on
1.25
'MV2
from
pool
tickets
bought
by
the
mise
and
ought
to
bo
accepted
by
the
parties
to
this
dispute.
"In
accepting
tho
award-
the
which
may
result
from
the
application
for
a
general
twenty
percent
freight
rate
hike.
TIMBUCK
Yukoners
is
still
around.
In
1947-48
the
clock
went
hay-:
wire
and
the.
exact
time
was
not
OTTAWA
One
Liberal
senator
rapped
another
last
night
for
what
he
considered
an
"attack
on
humanitarian
Pacific
Pete
Princess
Royal
Canadian
....
South
Bra-;eaii
,
Toronto
AUiona
Aumaquc
Beattie
Beveourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
Consol.
Smelters
..
Conwest
Doiiakla
Eldona
East
Sullivan
Giant
Yellowknire
Hardrock
..
Harricana
Heva
,.
IT'
seo
Jacknifc
.'..:
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
....
Canadian
National
steamships,
has
made
a
number
of
import-
1
nt
concessions
to
the
union
that
iwill
be
costly
to
the
company.
NOT
HEARD
Two
Meetings
Scheduled
For
Ottawa
Arc
Called
Off
known.
This
year
the
sponsors;
the
Dawson
City
chapter
of
the
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
has
bought
a
new
clock.
When
the
mighty
Yukon
rebels
Liberal
legislation"
namely
family
allowances.
Senator
Arthur
Roebuck
(Liberal-Ontario)
picked
at
remarks
by
Senator
W.
Rupert
Davies
degrees
of
frost
are
to
be
expected
in
many
of
the
Interior
valleys.
Some
cloudiness
persists
in
central
British
Colum-
.
bia
and
a
very
weak
disturbance
from
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
is
ex-tipp.ted
to
bring
increasing
t.h
t.ho
massive
ice
1
Ul
tuVUl
ir'
.
1
1-
vuim,
-
-
Uliui
iv,m
ui
mw
The
company
is
of-
the
opinion
that
it
cannot
go
beyond,
or
reasonably
be
expected
to
eo
beyond,
these
unanimous
recommendations
of
the
board.
,
"The
conditions
under,
whicn
crews
of
the
company
ships
(
Kingston
YuigswuF.
r
2
72
5
55
.
18
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.25
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a
i
reception
'
which
some
lauu
v-ar-
jayers,
tne
ciock
win
u
i
uiu
"Shall
we,
whose
nightly
rest
,
,
cnlletre
students
had
plan-;
eXact
time
of
the
break-up.
cloudiness
and
occasional
light
i
.....
)e
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
I
'
.
AND
'
,
Ketchikan
Alaska
Chronicle
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
Labor
Council
i
-
Occasion-
li"
impending
Statehood
of
Alaska
whereby
'is
will
,r
removed
which
at
present
prevent
"
of
the
rt
of
Prince
Rupert
as
the
gate-
Alaski
'I
'
Mnstiial
developments
at
Prinee'Rupert
and
notably
the
establishment
of
multi-million
jtlliilose
pulp
mills
at
both
cities
Prince
Ru-flrcady
being
well
under
way,
Ketchikan's
to
commence.
"
'
f
.
JiteniHtional
Industrial
edition
will
m
history
up
to
date
in
picture,
news
jf
ail
feature
stories.
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April
3B
or
thereabouts.
j
'Extreme
Closing
Date,
April
10)
filiation
12,000
copies
throughout
and
the
United
States,
including
Crs
of
Parliament
in
Canada
and
Con-of
the
United
States,
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of
the
Dominion,
the
provinces',
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land
the
States,
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page,
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unbroken,
begrudge
some
fin-
.
-
communist
Tim
Buck,
I
if
the
lucky
ticket
holder
has
is
plaved
Eomc
money
in
1917
and
U
i.
...ill
l.,l.-,.
Ilm
work
and
the
basic
wages
they
ancial
assistance
to
those
who
me
bearing
the
entire
cost
and
inconvenience
of
perpetuating
lie
win
vwv.
laia
CUIlM-'tas,
are
pal
dar
In
m
r-il"!
whole
swag.
If
not.
those
who
!
nil
111
ft
LtltlV
f
nif
f-
cnammi
Lapaska
the
nation?"
Roebuck
asked.
guessed
closest
in
those
years
Little
Long
Lac
77
scheauieu
to
spean
ui.
uk
Allege
"yesterday,
was
headed
off
,
by
a
last-mlnutc
cancellation
of
Buck's
appearance.
An
open
meeting
to
have
'
been
held
in
Chateau
Laurier
was
also
called
off
when
the
rain
to
the
northern
coast
regions
during
the
afternoon.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear,
becoming
overcast
with
occasional
light
rain
this
afternoon.
Intermittent
rain
tonight.
Cloudy
with
showers
Wednesday.
Winds
light,
increas
take
.1
ships
were
m
pci
ecu
t.n
the
1949
time
will
.13
comfortable
share.
than
those
paid
in
la.rj.
m
audition
unlicenced
crew
members
received
sick
pay
benefits,
vaca-
Harry
M.
Daggett
left
by
air
this
afternoon
for
the
Queen
t.ii-
T..1
1
I,n
mill
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
Lynx
Madsen
Red
Lake
..,
McKenzie
Red
Lake
McLeod
Cockshutt
Moncta
Negus
;
Noranda
T.nnvicourt
"
tions
with
pay,
increased
rate
,.,.,.
Harry
w
Menzie
left
by
ait
this
nvertime
and
other
import
2.72
.40
1.05
.40
2.4?
.53
.20
...
...
i...
rli'flinprl
t.n
nssurn
the
hotel
mail
ant
concessions,
all
of
wnic.rt
"rgSe
-
ScT-
nt
that
there
would
not
afternoon
on
a
siness
trip
to
Lt.-
nt-
-
be
disorders.
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
have
the
effect
of
mcreasinu
yuiiuu
t
w
i'v
ing
to
southerly
(15
m.p.h.)
this
afternoon.
Milder
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday
At
Port
Hardy
36and
48,
Mas-set
38
and
47,
Prince
Rupert
37
and
47.
,
a
...
'
Pickle
Crow
2.1"
Regcourt
-p5
San
Antonio
4.20
GIVE
GENEROUSLY
IL1
the
basic
rate
percentages
above
those
mentioned.
"In
view
of
the
mens'
relnsal
to
work
the
company
has
been
compelled
to
notify
paSscngers
and
shippers
that
the
Lady
Rodney
cannot
sail."
.11
Senator
Rouyn
Sherrit
Gordon
Steep
Rock
.......
Sturgeon
River
Silver
Miller
....
2.12
.
1.54
.18
.47
BASKETBALL
'frs
for
ailvoi-u,.;.,.,
...
....:
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ik
Aiiiiimi
.
...
j
i
wi;3
vt
v-
will
to
PLAY-OFFS
TONIGHT
7:15
Peoples
vs.
High
School
8:15
Fashion
vs.
Merchants
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
March
23.
1949
trurh
8!37
17.0
feet
Union
steamer
Catala,
Cap;..
John
Boden,
is
due
back
In
port
at
2:30
this
afternoon
from
Alice
Arm
and
Stewart
and
will
sail
at
4:30,
p.m.
for
Vancouver
and
waypoints.
Rupert
Daily
News
Ltd-
Prince
Rupert
HOOP
SHOOT
CONTEST
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feet
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feet
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feet
22;
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.
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