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NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
231.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER
1,
1948
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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and
said
that
the
United
States
opolv
on
the
atomic
bomb,
in
a
violent
r
i
l
nited
States
atomic
policy,
soviet
Deie-Y.
Vishinsky
told
the
58-member
United
tical
committee
that
United
States
is
pur
9
suing
"war
alms."
He
added
that
"It
would
be
a
mistake
to
believe
that
only
one
nation
has
monoDolv
on
atomic
enereur
anritimi
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That
Is
a
dangerous
miscalcu-
latlon."
CONVENTION
STAGE
Draped
with
blue-and-white
bunting
and
decorated
with
party
,
mottoes,
this
platform
is
the
backdrop
for
the
Progressive
Conservative
national
convention
at
Ottawa's
coliseum
which
is
now
in
progrees.
It
is
the
centre
of
Interest
as
the
party
chooses
a
new
leader
to
succeed
John
Bracken,
retiring
after
six
years
as
national
chief.
(CP
Photo)
SIMPLIFIED
TAX
FORM
RULED
OUT
OTTAWA,
Qt
A
government
spokesman
said
that
the
current
simplified
Income
tax
forms
and
T4
will
be
scrapped
and
replaced
by
new
forms
for
next
IFIatfosm
Leadership
LPoDQ
Sataday
year.
He
said
the
move
was
made
necessary
because
of
complaints
and
because
many
people
were
using
the
form
when
they
were
not
entitled
to
do
so.
FREE
ENTERPRISE,
GOVERNMENT
ECONOMY,
ENLARGED
SOCIAL
SERVICES,
AIDS
TO
INDUSTRY
APPROVED
OTTAWA,
(CP)
It
was
still
odds-on
for
Drew
against
the
field
today
as
the
Progressive-Conservative
national
convention
rolled
through
its
second
day.
Nominations
for
leadership
candidates
are
BULLETINS
BIG
STRIKE
STARTS
PARIS
The
long-feared
October
strike
offensive
of
Communist-led
French
labo
got
under
way
today.
A
PREMIER
DREW
OUT
IN
FRONT
OTTAWA
Premier
George
Drew
of
Ontario
Is
believed
well
In
front
In
the
contest
for
milI
rim
"
I
'
Today;
Standard
Time)
today,
the
bejeardihis
evening
.and
:
"
r"
emphasis
on
air
strength,
is
proposed.
'
'
Other
planks
are.
,
'
Development
of
natural
resources.
Revaluation
of
the
Canadian
dollar
to
a
"realistic
level."
Expanding
International
trads
with
elimination
of
abnormal
barriers.
The
resolutions
committee
also
urged
tax
relief
for
small
lncomo
earners
and
for
small
business.
In
addition
the
resolutions
committee
proposed
a
contribu
tory
social
security
program
headed
by
retirement
pensions
at
65
without
a
mean
test.
Among
the
senior
delegates
to
attend
the
convention
is
a
man
who
has
given
a
long
life
.
of
distinguished
service
to
his
party
Dr.
P.
D.
Ross,
owner
and
publisher
of
the
Ottawa
Journal.
He
is
91.
,
Canada""
only
living
ex-Prime
Minister,
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Meighen
is
a
delegate.
Among
journalists
are
two
who
have
covered
tw0
Lnral
leder-
spokesman"
tor
f
he
.-red-dtnus;'
the
Progressive
-
Conservative;
jeaaer&nip.
ne
is
Dencvea
tu
have
gained
further
ground
yesterday.
His
choice
is
expected
to
made
in
early
balloting.
Other
candidates,
however
have
not
yet
given
up.
2600
SACKS
OF
MAIL
TO
ALASKA
No
less
than
2G00
sacks
of
United
States
mail
were
aboard
the
steamer
Princess
Louise
which
was
here
yesterday
northbound
from
Vancouver
to
southeastern
Alaska
ports.
Normally,
the
Princess
Louise
only
has
about
200
sacks
of
mail
for
Alaska.
The
reason
for
the
heavy
mail
of
course,
is
the
tie-up
of
the
regular
American
vessels
on
the
Alaska
routes
due
to
the
longshoremen's
strike
on
United
States
West
Coast
ports.
The
C.P.R.
vessels
are
the
only
regular
ships
.
now
plying
north
of
Ketchikan
as
far
as
which
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
have
their
weekly
vessel
operating.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
today
and
tomorrow.
Fog
patches
in
the
morn-
In
IT
a
fra-ata-rlv
rtrtj-1a
111
m
r
K
I
little
change
in
temperature,
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomor
rowPort
Hardy
35
and
55,
Mas-
sett
35
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
40
and
55.
VALUABLE
FLAYER
LOST
BROOKLYN
Jeff
Heaths'
dream
of
playing
in
his
first
World
Series
after
13
years
in
the
Big
Leagues
lay
shat-
,ered
today
,n
plaster
e4sr
surrounding
his
left
foot
The
Boston
Braves'
heavy-hitting
outfielder
broke
his
foot
Wednesday
in
trying
fo
slide
away
from
borne
plate
tag
in
the
game
at
Brooklyn.
The
Injury
was
so
severe
that
Heath
may
never
play
again.
The
game
was
purely
an
exhibition
as
Boston
has
already
won
the
pennant.
Indians
Lose1!
CLEVELAND
Cleveland
Indians
had
their
margin
of
leadership
in
the
hectic
American
League
pennant
reduced"
to
one
game
today
when
they
were
defeated
5
to
3
by
the
Detroit
Tigers.
The
Boston
Red
Sox
and
New
York
Yankees
are
tied
for
second
place.
Beattle
58
Bevcourt
-
.34
Buffalo
Canadian
07
Consol.
Smelters
112.00
Conwest
107
Donalda
.61
Eldona
103
East
Sullivan
2.65
Giant
Yellowknlfe
4.90
God's
Lake
52
Hardrock
...
-29
Harrlcana
06
V4
Heva
-
-
.1
Va
Hosco
30
Jacknife
03
Jolict
Quebec
-42
Lake
Rowan
06
Vi
Lapaska
-05
Vi
Little
Long
Lac
T.vnx
-
"'"A
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.50
McKenzie
Red
Lake
32
Ys
MacLeod
Cockshutt
06
Moneta
33
'
210
Negus
-
Noranda
51-50
Louvicourt
52
Pickle
Crow
2.05
Regcourt
:
05
San
Antonio
..:
3
95
Senator
Rouyn
-44
Sherrit
Gordon
2.16
Steep
Rock
I-80
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
..:
-30
From
Here
To
Alaska
With
three
ships
to
be
placed
on
the
Alaska
tourist
run
next.
summer
for
the
first
time
in
10
years,
thereby
giving
a
five-day
service
northbound
and
southbound,
the
British
Columbia
Coast
Steamship
Service
of
ihe
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
will
be
interesting
itself
actively
in
the
development
ur
aulomobile
traffic
between
Prince
Rupert's
Skeena
River
Highway
and
the
ports
of
Skagway
and
Haines
for
connection
with
the
Alaska
Highway,
it
was
stated
by
Capt.
O.
J.
Williams,
manager
of
the-
B.
C.
S.
S.,
who
was
in
the
city
yesterday
on
the
Princess
Louise
heading
north
for
Alaska.
One
difficulty
which
arises,
however,
is
that
there
are
no
elevator
side-.-Occang
facilities
I
on
the
provincial
government
wharf,
which
the
C.P.R.
vessels
use
here
and
this
rules
out
the
loading
of
cars
on
the
big
liner
Princess
Kathleen
which
is
be-
ing
introduced
to
the
Alaska
service
nexi
year,
ine
rnncess
Kathleen,
specially
reconverted
at
a
cost
of
$1,800,000
for
the
Alaska
run,,
has
accommodation
of
which
it
will
be
possible
to
use
unless
there
is
an
elevator
here.
The
matter
was
discussed
with
Capt.
Williams
yesterday
by
a
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
.
of
Commerce
which
will
report
to
the
regu-?
lar
monthly
meeting
of
the
Chamber
next
Monday
with
a
view
to
making
representations
to
the
provincial
government
towards
having
the
dock
here
equipped
with
-
an
elevator
for
side
loading
of
ships.
The
matter
of
excessive
automobile
carrying
rates
to
Alaska
ports
it
now
costs
upwards
of
$150
to
take
a
car
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Juneau,
was
also
discussed
with
Capt.
Williams
and
the
officials
who
accompanied
him
and
it
was
intimated
that
steps
are
already
being
taken
with
a
view
to
reducing
the
rates
in
order
to
encourage
the
business.
The
two
other
ships
to
be
used
on
the
Alaska
run
will
be
the
Princess
Louise
and
the
Princess
Norah
which
can
carry
some
cars
on
deck
and
so
can
load
and
unload
by
sling.
However,
elevator
loading
facilities
would
also
be
used
to
advan
tage
by
these
vessels.
The
side-loading
facilities
at
Haines
also
came
up
in
the
discussion
with
Capt.
Williams.
To
meet
this
Haines
is
to
be
equipped
with
a
landing
barge
to
run
between
there
and
Skag
way,
a
distance
of
10
miles.
The
White
Pass
&
Yukon
Route
has
already
put
in
an
elevator
on
its
wharf
at
Skagway.
Capt.
Williams,
asked
regard
ing
the
withdrawal
of
the
steamer
Princess
Adelaide
from
the
Vancouver
-
Ocean
Falls-Prince
Rupert
service,
quite
frankly
said
that
it
was
a
matter
of
dollars
and
cents,
the
revenue
from
the
traffic
being
far
from
meeting
the
operating
costs,
The
company
regretted
having
to
take
this
action,
particularly
since
it
had
no
other
place
in
which
to
place
the
faithful
old
ship
which
is
to
be
offered
for
sale.
The
Adelaide
will
make
two
more
trips.
Accompanying
apt.
Williams
were
K.
M.
Fetterly,
assistant
freight
traffic
manager;
Jack
A:Merson,
general
agent
B.C.S.
S..
and
A.
N.
Patterson,
general
baggage
agent.
'
PEARL
HARUOR
Lieut.-Gen-cral
Nathan
Twining,
commanding'
the
Alaskan
armed
forces,
has
told
the
,
Associated
Press
that
military
operations
in
the
Arctic
would
be
just
as
tough
for
Russians
as
for
the
Americans.
"But,
of
course,"
he
remarked,
"we
do
not
know
If
the
Russians
have
the
same
problems
as
We
have."
Twining
went
on
to
make
a
few
further
disclosures
about
the
general
situation
In
ths
north.
The
air
forces
have
u
full
group
of
jet
fighters
about
75
Improved
BF-80's
now
in
Alaska.
This
winter
a
group
of
B-50's
will
engage
in
Arctic
training.
General
Twining
is
In
con
ference
with
Rear
Armiral
A.
E.
Montgomery,
commanding
the
Alaskan
sea
frontier.
One
of
the
problems
in
the
north
Just
now
is
housing
for
base
building.
The
Soviet,"
said
Admiral
Montgomery,
"being
a
dictator-
ship,
has
no
man
power
prob
lems.
Russia
can
send
construction
workers
where
they
are
needed.
We
can
Invite
them."
,nal
Twlnin(r
wax
nskpri
about
the
glze
of
the
ElUsen
Alr.
field,
30
miles
south
of
Fairbanks.
He
would
admit
it
was
large
but
beyond
this
would
say
More
oil
and
other
supplies
have
been
put
ashore
at
Point
'
Barrow
than
were
landed
at
Okinawa
during
the
Invasion
of
Japan.
CONSTRUCTION
IN
SEPTEMBER
UP
But
Aggregate
For
1948
Still
Trailing
1947
Prince
Rupert
value
of
building
permits
Jumped
from
$7,290
in
August
to
$12,848
in
September
but
the
nine-month
aggregate
this
year
Is
the
lowest
since
1941,
monthly
records
at
the
City
Engineer's
office
re-
veal
Last
month,
only
one
minor
Item
T)f
new
construction
was
listed
amonB
the
14
permits
ite
sued
by
the
city
Engineer's
de
partment.
All
others
were
for
alterations
or
repairs.
Total
value
of
building
permits
Issued
so
far
this
year
is
$152,638,
as
compared
with
$176,000
a
year
ago.
Annette
Mansell,
$2,300,
Stone
Block,
'
alterations.
H.
L.
Lawes,
$300,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
W.
Wederlund,
$600,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
Miss
D.
Ebbutt,
$375,
Borden
Street,
repairs.
H.
Wilkinson,
$200,
Overlook
Street,
repairs.
A.
Haig,
$100,
Seventh
Avenue
East,
alterations.
A.
Mattson,
$50,
McNicholl
Avenue,
construction.
J.
C.
Ewart,
$50,
Eighth
Av
enue
East,
addition.
Silversides
Bros.,
$150,
Third
Avenue,
sign
erecting.
Rupert
Realty
Co.,
$2,500,
Third
Avenu
,
repairs.
,
-
John
EyoUson,
$350,
Third
Avenue,
repairs.
A.
Melin,
$200,
Tenth
Avenue
East,
addition.
N.
J.
Nelson.
$350?
Piggott
Avenue,
repairs.
J.
Carlson,
$325,
Steele
Block,
repairs.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Saturday,
October
2,
1948
High
.....'.
0:38
22.0
feet
12:58
22.4
feet
.Low
6:45
2.4
feet
19:11
2.4
feet
LIQIOR
INVESTIGATION
VANCOUVER
At
the
final
session
of
the
Thirteenth
General
Council
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
It
was
decided
to
ask
the
federal
government
to
immediately
appoint
a
Royal
Commission
to
investigate
the
liquor
industry
of
Canada.
In
a
report
prepared
by
a
special
committee,
the
church
reaffirmed
its
"uncompromising
hostility
to
the
alcoholic
beverage
business."
The
council
urged
a
Royal
Commission
to
investigate
and
report
on
'all
ramifications
of
the
manufacture,
distribution
and
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
in
Canada."
HT
a
M
11"
ER
as
the
coldest
mbcr.
according
43nd
Meteorolo-
monthly
weather
also
the
coolest
Tl
t
May
1.
The
erature
dropped
to
set
the
sea-
temperature
for
66
degrees
and
the
month
5I.E
6
seven
degrees
p,
which
had
the
h
temperature
for
is
year.
r.nn
the
month
L
chcs,
the
great-
arsuary,
bringing
J
to
date
to
61.
D2
out
V
Jar
mt
period
3
inches.
hlne
in
Sptem-
4
from
133
2
In
hours
of
sunshine
be
month
period
Is
hest
since
1941.
period
last
yea;,
bright
sunshine?
pressure
during
imo.
irom
a
maxi-
inches
on
Septem-
nmum
of
29
inches
2.
f-d
velocity
during
s
42
miles
an
hour
19.
in
nd
Seattle
hls
in
Pacific
Play-offs
-Los
Angeles
and
f
n
the
assump-
i-
shall
be
first.
ds
today
in
the
t
Leaeue
nlnv-
u!t
of
the
first
two
f.
!
Los
Angeles
arose
,ind
s
Pennant
win-cond
time
vm.
pre
of
9
to
7
after
opt-ner
on
Wed-
K
finished
last
In
gave
SPnnnri
pneisco
a
shut-out
;'"y
-i
to
0
after
first
game
3
to
1.
NG
CASF
pEARD
Krt
bright,
mem-
Lre
wof
the
fish
Lf,
elected
for
when
hp
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suffering
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TODAYS
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
closing
at
3
p.m.
(Pacific
nominated
candidates
twijl
the
balloting
will
take
place
to-
f
morrow
afternoon.
,
.'.
.
'With
the
spotlight
of
formal
convention
activity
shifted
to
day
to
formation
of
party
policy,
Premier
George
Drew
cf
Ontario
remained
top-heavy
favorite
for
the
leadership
mantle
of
John
Bracken.
Other
candidates
were
John
Diefen-baker,
member
for
Lake
Centre,
Saskatchewan;
Donald
Fleming,
Toronto-Eglinton;
and
Garfield
Case,
Grey
North,
Ontario.
E.
D.
Fulton,
33
-year
-old
member
for
Kamloops,
yesterday
dropped
out
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
leadership
race,
announcing
he
would
not
be
a
candidate.
Because
he
Is
president
of
the
Young
Pro
gressive-Conservatives
of
Canada,
he
made
no
official
announcement
but
friends
said
he
was
swinging
his
weight
behind
Diefenbaker.
The
youthful
Fulton,
M.P.
was
an
early
arrival
and
he
spent
pre
-
convention
time
shaking
hands
with
well-wish
ers,
lending
strength
to
the
ex
pectation
that
he
would
enter
,
the
contest.
Last'
night,
however,
he
definitely
announced
he
had
no
intentions
of
candidacy.
PROPOSED
PLATFORM
A
platform
stressing
free
enterprise
and
government
economy
bul
providing
for
enlarged
social
services
and
aid
to
Industry
was
placed
before
the
convention
today.
Outlawing
communist
"activities,"
the
term
not
immediately
defined
as
to
whether
it
means
the
banning
of
the
communist
party,
is
a
major
plank
in
the
proposed
platform.
Another
plank
Cills
for
an
immediate
Dominion
-
provincial
conference
to
effect
an
"equitable
agreement"
with
the
prov
inces
that
would
include
elimi
nation
of
duplication
of
taxa
tion.
It
is
also
proposed
to
harden
foreign
policy
including
no
ap
peasement
of
Russia
but
"friendly
firmness,"
strengthening
of
British
Commonwealth
bonds,
co-operation
with
the
Western
European
nations
and
friendly
terms
with
the
United
States.
A
defence
program,
placing
inated
General
Federation
of
Labor
said
that
a
four-hour
strike
this
morning
of
100,000
gas
and
electrical
workers
was
"total?
REDS
BUZZ
BRITISH
'
BERLIN
Soviet
fighter
planes
buzzed
a
British
transport
plane
today
in
a
manner
similar
to
that
accorded
two
American
transports
earlier
in
the
week.
A
Russian
plane
swept
to
within
50
yards
of
the
nose
of
the
British
plane
and
another
buzzed
near
the
tail.
THREE
DIE
IN
FIRE
QUEBEC
Mrs.
Paul
Eugene
Drodlt,
39,
her
one-day
old
child
and
Paul
Henley,
a
50-year
old
man,
died
from
burns
sustained
in
a
$35,000
block
fire
here
last
night.
The
infant
succumbed
to
shock
and
burns.
Kenny
was
a
war
veteran.
The
father
courageously
took
three
of
his
children
down
a
ladder
from
a
third-storey
window.
REDS
KNOCKOUT
FIELD
PEIPING
The
vital
Chin-sien
air
field
was
today
knocked
out
by
red
gunfire,
pro-government
reports
said.
Chinsien
is
the
southern
anchor
of
the
air
life
for
Mukden
and
is
thesecond
most
important
government
stronghold
in
Manchuria.
Developing
battle
for
all
southeastern
Manchuria
appears
to
be
moving
toward
a
climax
late
today.
SHIP
BLOWS
UP
COPENHAGEN
A
British
ship
blew
up
and
sank
in
the
Baltic
today.
The
explosion
was
said
to
have
been
caused
by
a
mine.
Danish
aircraft
located
the
scene
and
reported
that
the
crew
had
been
picked,
up
in
a
fishing
boat
and
taken
ashore.
The
name
of
the
ship
was
given
as
Leth
but
-Lloyds
Register
does
not
list
any
ship
by
that
name.
"MONTY"
IS
NAMED
LONDON
The
cabinet
yesterday
approved
the
selection
of
Field
Marshall
Viscount
Montgomery
as
head
of
a
joint
armed
defence
force
of
the
Five
Power
Brussels
alliance.
ship
conventions
and
three
Conservative
conventions.
They
ara
Grattan
OXeary,
of
Ottawa,
and
Arthur
Ford,
of
London,
Ont.'
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Since
the
last
leadership
as
sembly
in'
Winnipeg
in
1942,
three
party
leaders
have
died
Viscount
Bennett,
Dr.
R.
J.
Man-ion
and
R.
B.
Hanson.
RUBBER
TO
r.
VANCOUVER
Diverted
from
U.S.
Ports
on
Account
of
Strike
'
1
VANCOUVER
First
shipment
of
rubber
from
Malaya
since
the
war
have
arrived
here.
They
have,
been
diverted
to
this
port
because
of
the
longshoremen's
strike
at
United
States
west
coast
ports.
PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH
YOUTH
FOR
CHRIST
FRIDAY,
OCT.
1,
at
8
p.m.
Missionary
Speakers.
.
Special
'music
by
choirs
and
instrumental.
TIHIE
CIVIC"
CENTRE