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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
STAlTXCABS
VOL.
XXXVII
Nn
91
n
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B
C.
THURSDAY.
SEPTEMBER
16,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
D
NATIONS
TAl
CES
HAND
HYDERABAD
r
b
investigate
Large
Cargo
For
Yukon
Via
Haines
1
In
Civil
War
GRAND
MIGHT
OF
DRAMATIC
SINGING
AS
HORSFALL
OFFERS
PRODUCTION
It
was
a
grand
night
of
dramatic
music
that
Prince
"Rupert
had
when
Basil
Horsfall,
noted
producer
of
Great
Britain
andi
Canada,
presented
in
the
Civic
Centre
auditorium
on
Wednesday
an
operatic
entertainment
old
and
new
the
like
of
which
has
not
been
seen
here
before.
Almost
400
persons
who
turned
(dcr
Is
Being
Sought
Is
ic'
Affair
Contends
Nehru
nitcd
Nations
Security
Council
r
the
war
with
Hyderabad
ant
into
the
situation
there.
China.
out
were
loud
in
their
en
thusi-
:
Ukraine
abstained
lrom
voting.
r
i
df
China
that
decision
be
de.
was
i
ejected.
,
v-
-
,
The
council's
first
business
v.
as
to
decide
whether.
Indian
B
C.
Steamships
freighter
Alaska
Prince,
Capt.
T.
Gar-rlcK,
docked
at
8
o'clock
yesterday
morning
from
Vancouver.
While
in
Prince
Ru
pert
she
discharged
mixed-
cargo
for
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
and
took
on
about
40
tons
of
mining
machinery
consigned
for
Tulsequah.
A
deck
load
of
ten
trucks
will
be
unloaded
at
Haines.
From
therfe
they
will
be
taken
over
the
i
Haines
Highway
to
Wiutehorse.
Including
ihe
trucks,
the
ship
carried
about
400
.tons
of
freight
for
the
Yukon
city.
RUSSIA
HEADS
FOR
NEW
WAR
All
Preparations
Being
Mafle
With
That
End
in
View
Bays
Red
Colonel
I
invasion
concerned.
In,
counci'
land
It
wan
quickly
decided
thai
it
did.
I
Hyderabad
is
seeking
a
cease-I
fire
order,
the
withdrawal
o!
'
Indian
troops
and
mediation
to'
I
ff
1
astic
appreciation
of
the
offering
for
it
was
a
memorable
event
in
the
musical
annals
of
the
city.
It
was
a
triumph
for
the
prestige
of
the
Civic
Centre
management
and
it
is'
only
to
be
hoped
that
arrangements
may
be
successfully
made
to
have,
Mr
Horsfall
and
his
tal-1
ented
troupe
appear
here
again
when
they
have
another
free
night
in
Prince
.Rupert
early
next
month
and
could
present
an
entirely
different
program
entiUed
"Cavalcade
of
Song."
In
view
of
the
great
show
they
put
on
last
night
about
which
everyone
was
talking
today,
it
would
be
fortunate
for
those
who
miss-
Prince
Rupert
On
High
Road
Former
City
Commissioner
Aider
Reiterates
Optimism
May
Erect
Building
High
opitmism
as
to
Prince
Rupert's
future
was
reiterated
by
W.
J
.Alder,
former
city
com-
Imissloner
and
early
Prince
Ru
pert
investor,
who
Is
here
for
a
week's
business
visit.
'We
have
been
a
long
time
coming,'
said
Mr.
Alder
to
the
Daily
News
following
his
arrival
yesterday
afternoon
on
the
Prinee
fleoree
hlgn
road
now
for
Bure;
Hig
enthusiasm.
Mr.
Alder
sue
gested
mlght
be
translated
into
8cUon
by
-putting
up
a
real
building"
either
at
the
corner
o
Thlrd
Avenue
and
Sixth
street
or
on
hls
pTopeTty
across
from
tne
Daiiy
News
office.
He
was
seriously
considering
this
Mr.
Alder
admitted.
Speaking
on
the
history
of
pulp
mill
production,
which
was
about
to
launch
Prince
Rupert
NEW
YORK-The
Times
has'rom
victoria,
"hut
we
are
on
IN
NEW
ROLE
Hon..
Letter
B.
Pearson,
career
diplomat
in
the
Canadian
civil
service
until
last
Friday,
is
shown
here
in
a
new
picture
taken
since
his
appointment
as
secretary
of
state
for
external
affairs
succeeding
Rt.
Hon.
Louis
St.
Laurent,
acting
prime
minister,
was
announced.
Mr.
Pearson
will
seek
election
in
the
federal
riding
of
Algoma
East.
October
25.
ed
them
last
night
to
have
this
cablnet
tron
vtetorl
second
opportunity.
.
tnis
week
has
forced
cancella.
The
Horsfall
singers,
faur
tion
of
a
visit
ny
a
Prince
Ru-young
Canadian
singing
stars
pert
civic
delegation
which
was
vivacious
and
bewitching
little
to
have
sought
provincial
bless-Soprano
Ruth
Popeski;
exotic
ing
for
a
$500,000
loan
to
aid
in
and
vibrant
mezzo
-
soprano
the
rebuilding
of
the
city
tele-
fiullethtA
Wlnlfred
Butt;
handsome
and
powerful
tenor
Karl
Norman
I
and
the
seriously
inclined
lyric
Darnone
Boris
rawcett
live
I
their
song
and
drama
in
ob-
I
vious
enjoyment
and
soon
Instil
the
spirit
into
their
audiencj.
Ucm
sA
ther
listeners
l?t
wight
I
matches
tnt.lr
histrionic
abUUies'
on
its
new
era
of
industrial
It
was
that
faculty
which
cap-progress"
and
prosperity,
Mr.
tured
the
hearts
and.
apprec.ia.
BUTTER
FROM
DENMARK
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Trade
C.
D.
Hov
e'said
last
night
in
an
interview
that
Canada
had
completed
negotiations
with
Denmark,
and
New-Aeaiand
lor,
Uie
unjiortafion
of
some
nuie
lnufion
pounds
of
butter.
He
also
said
that
negotiations
were
also
being
undertaken
with
a
third
unidentified
country,
for
further
importations.
Trices
involved
were
not
disclosed.
.
,
"
the
third
member
of
the
com-stiffness
about
ihis
!V-.
party
as
they
mittee
has
canceUed
his
pro.
sang
their
delightful
melodic
jected
w
t0
vlctor,a
because
presentations
featuring
two
acts
of
the
deiegation's
inability
to
in
costume
from
grand
opera
meet
the
government
leaders.
a
despatch
lrom
London,
telling
about
the
flight
from
Russia
of
Colonel
G.
Tokayev,
Soviet
rmy
ouicer,
now
ra
winaon.
ne
aeciarea.
ine
aanger
arising
irom
uie
Red-Imperialistic
line
of
action
on
the
German
question
Is
more
serious
than
it
may
appear.
The
Russian
Communist
Party
appears
to
be
leading
the
Union
toward;
a
new
military
adven-tuie.
"Everything,"
says
Colonel
Tokayv..
"appears
to
be
again1
leading
tip
to
our
country
dls-'
turbi??.,the
general
pewf-
.The,
fruits
vi
slave
and
semi-slave
Teed.
laDor
tatardo
ao
T.rtK.
noi
go
iov.aras
neeas
Tof
the
people,
but
are
used
to,
prepare
for
the
third
war
and
for
the
upkeep
of
"an
army
of
millions.
"In
the
whole
vast
territory
of
the
Soviet
Union
there
is
not
a
place
where
intense
military
preparations
are
not
taking
place."
GERMAN
YOUTHS
STONE
RUSSIANS
BERLIN
(
Some
150
German
youths
stoned
three
policemen
in
the
Russian
sector
of
Berlin
today,
the
Soviet-controlled
press
reported.
This
is
the
third
stoning
of
east
sector
policemen
in
recent
weeks.
The
first
two
drew
gunfire
and
resulted
in
the
I
death
of
one
Berliner
and
the
wounding
of
twenty
others.
The
report
said
that
the
youths
were
incited
by
older
persons.
I
i
the
United
Nattons.
i
India
contends
that
.
it
i
i
"strictly
a
domestic
affair"
anr"
'outside
the
jurisdiction
of
the
"
rouncil.
.
'
j
Meanwhile
Pimier
Nehru
o'
'
India
declared
at
New
Delhi
that
'India
Is
prepared
to
take
over
'the
government
of
Hyderabad
a::
soon
as
Indian
troops,
al-'"
ready
deep
In
the
princely
staue.,
win
complete
control.
The
Indian
Government
today
announ--rl
the
appointment
of
two
provisional
officials
to
be,
a
joint
1'
civil
administration
of
Hyderabad.
At
the
samf
lime
a
military
innimimique
said
that
spear-
liiKfls
of
Indian
forces
were
;
pushing
toward
the
capital
from
the
east
and
west
and
are
only
'
2'j
mlleR
apart.
1
A
7
C
N
R.
CHANGE
F.
H.
Keefe.
Reneral
superintendent,
B.C.
District.
Canadian
National
Railways,
Vancouver.
Hr
transfers
positions
with
J.
F
Cooper
who
goies
to
Edmonton.
(Appointed
September
15,
19481.
PRAVDA
IS
CRITICAL
Of
I'nited
States
and
Great
Britain
Calls
Tryge.Lie
"Tool'
fc'-urT''!'.
liia;;
f!
IS
PX-
in
the
rlear-et
tuday
in
',:iim.
A
1
''luermp
moving
'"1
miloR
PAMPERED
MOTHERS
Dr.
Alice
Woodhead,
M.RJC.O.G.;
one
of
Britain's
noted"
obstetricians
for
the
last
15
years,
now
practising
in
Vancouver,
says
too
many
'
expectant
mothers
are
pampered.
:
She
says
childbirth
is
as
normal
as
having
breakfast
and
that
anaesthetics
eliminate
the
helpful
voluntary
effort
of
the
mother."
She
Is
a
.graduate
of
University
of
Manitoba.
'
LOAN
DELEGATION
CANCELS
VISIT
4
AbKpnr
'nf
turn
-
-ntrii-iia1
phone
system..
-.
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
and
City
Clerk
H,
D.
Thain,
the
city's
delegates
to
the
annual
con-
vention
of
the
Union
of
B.
C.
Municipalities,
who
were
to
have
formed
part
of
the
group
to
visit,
ine
caDinet
ministers,
(are
expected
bak
tomorrow
Saturday
by
can
from
Vancou-
Ci?c
Fillance
Chairman
T.-B.
Black,
whn
was
t.n
hv
hn
city
Council
laid
plans
a
month
aso
for
Mavnr
Arnold
and"
City
Clerk
Thain
to
attend
the
U.B.C.M.
convention
at
Harrison
Hot
Springs,
then
con
tinue
on
,to
Victoria
where
they
would
be
met
by
Alderman
Black
In
an
effort
to
seek
approval
for
a
projected
telephone
loan.
.
However,
Mayor
Arnold
was
informed
that
both
fion.
Herbert
Anscomb,
minister
of
Finance,
and
Hon.
R.
C.
MacDon-ald,
minister
of
municipalities,
were
out
of
Victoria
an!
that,
therefore,
there
would
be
little
point
in
the
visit.
"
Travelling
with
Mayor
Arnold
who
left
Vancouver
Tuesday,
are
Mrs.
Thain
and
Alt
Rivett.
The
latter
flew
south
last
Friday
on
account
of
the
death
of
his
father.
-
ST.
JOHN
RIVER
j
SERVICE
ENDED
j
Had
Been
Maintained
122
Years
Without
Break
1
-
ST.
JOHN,
N.B.
Destruction
by
fire
of
the
St.
John
River
steamer,
D.
3.
Purdy,
marks
the
end
of
a
river
service
main
tained
without
a
break
for
122
years.
One
of
the
earliest
of
the
boats
was
called
the
General
Smythe.
'
It
had
no
engines.
motive
power
being
provided
by
horses.
Farmers,
living
along
the
shores,
had
a
habit,
when
wanting
to
stop,
or
signal
the
craft,
of
slipping
out
in
a
small
boat
and
shouting
"whoa
"
Other
well
known
steamei
included
the
"May
Queen"
and
the
"David
Weston."
The
latter
burned.
There
were
a
few
fatalities,
on
that
occasion.
Canada
Is
Greatest
Uranium
Producer
OTTAWA
Canadian
scientists
are
in
general
agreement
that
Canada
is
gradually
over-
taking
the
Belgian
Congo
as
the
world's
greatest
producer
,
of
uranium
ore.
SEES
LOWER
PRICES
VANCOUVER
Canada's
top
financiers
and
industrialists,
here
for
meetings
with
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Bank
of
Canada,
are
optimistic
about
a
decline
of
present
high
prices.
Graham
F.
Towers,
Governor
of
the
Rank,
said
that
consumers
might
soon
get
a
break,
possibly
before
the
end
of
the
year.
SPOKANE
WINS
PENNANT
SPOKANE
Spokane
won
the
Western
International
League
championship
campaign
last
night
by
shutting
out
the
Tacoma
Tigers
4
to
0
in
the
first
game
of
a
double-header.
Vancouver
Capi-lanos,
last
year's
champions,
ended
in
fifth
place.
POWELL
RIVER
EXPANDS
POWELL
RIVER
Touch
of
a
button
today
pushed
one
of
Western
Canada's
foremor.t
paper
makers,
Powell
River
Co.
Ltd.,
toward
the
top
rung
among
newsprint
producers.
Described
as
the
world's
fastest
newsprint
manufacturing
machine,
the
company's
No.
8
has
commenced
spinning
out
a
test
run
of
1,200
feet
of
newsprint
a
minute.
STRIKE
WAVE
SPREADS
PARIS
The
strike
wave
spread
today
through
France's
aviation,
automobile
and
steel
industries.
It
was
touched
off
by
demonstrations
in
which
more
.
than
100
police
and
thirty
workers,
were
injured.
::
TODAYS
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Alderfel
t
that
F
,
.L.
Buckley.
promotion
here,
should
not
be
frtt
Ua
m,,nu
time
and
money,
said
Mr.
Alder
had
made
to
Montreal
with
Mr.
Buckley
on
this
very
project.
Mr.
Alder
referred
to
the
need
there
would
be
here
for
housing
good
housing
when
the
pulp
mill
personnel
came
here
to
settle.
These
were
high
paid
men
and
would
demand
good
houses.
FREE
LABOR
IS
BEST
BULWARK
DETROIT
"The
best
bulwark
against
communism
is
fri-e
labor,"
said
President
Trumar.,
addressing
a
huge
audience
here.1
"If
y,ou
let
Republican
reaction-
aries
get
complete
Control
of
ths
government
I
would
feai
not
only
for
wages
and
h
living
living
stnn-
stan
dards,
but
even
for
our
demo-
cratic
institution
of
free
labor
ana
iree
enterprise.
Bevcourt
34
Bobjo
11
Buffalo
Canadian
09
Consol.
Smelters
114.50
Conwest
1.15
Donalda
63
Eldona
1.06
East
Sullivan
2.77
Giant
Yellowknife
5.10
God's
Lake
.53
Hardrock
.24
Harricana
.07
Heva
;.
.11
Hosco
.33
Jacknlfe
.04
Vj
Joliet
Quebec
.45
Lake
Rowan
.08
Lapaska
.05
Litle
Long
Lac
.73
Lynx
.07
JMadsen
Red
Lake
2.40
McKenzie
Red
Lake
35
McLeod
Cockshutt
.94
Moneta
0
Negus
-
2.35
Noranda
48.50
Louvicourt
.-60
Pickle
Crow
195
Regcourt
,.
06
Vt
San
Antonio
3.50
Senator
Rouyn
-47
Sherrit
Gordon
2.40
Step
Rock
1-90
Sturgeon
River
13
'
Silver
Miller
35
'tert
to
I
1
1
norUicrn
Wdrty
mor-
coast
-1
'fcht.
!
iFlotow's
"Martha"
(Act
ID
andi
Crounoas
faust
(incantation
and
final
duet
of
Act
3
and
the
1
"Prison
Scene"
of
Act
V).
These,
were
the
impressive
Introduction
and
the
exciUng
tllmax
but
in-terpersed
between
them
went
a
rapid
fire
of
excerpts
from
other
operas
and
operettas
in
a
succession
that
occupied
two
full
hours
or
more
which
passed
all
too
quickly.
Nor
was
it.
a
highbrow
entertainment
for
Mr.
Horsfall's
ingeniously
arranged
program
included
not
only
grand
opera
but
encompassed
things-
capri-
cious
like
the
bits
from
Mes-
saeer's
sager's
"Veroniaue."
"Veronique,"
traditiona
traditional
and
appealing
like
German's
"Merry
England,"
light
and
sprightly
such
as
Stuart's
"Flora-dora"
and
Lehar's
"Merry
Wid
ow;"
an
intriguing
suite
of
favorites
from
Coward's
"Bitter
Sweet,'
"and
two
sultry
selec-
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
Baseball
Scores
American
Boston
10,
Chicago
17
Washington
2,
Detroit
4
Philadelphia
8,
St.
Louis
7
(12
innings)
,
Only
games
scheduled.
National
Chicago
2,
Boston
5
Brooklyn
2-Z,
Cincinnati
3-1
Pittsburgri
8,
New
York
3
St.
Louis
2,
Philadelphia
0.
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
3,
Los
Angeles
3
(17
innings)
Oakland
9,
San
Diego
5
San
Francisco
11-4,
Portland
5-4
Sacramento
2,
Hollywood
1
(10
innings)
Western
International
Vancouver
16,
Yakima
4
Salem
5,
Victoria
4
Spokane
4-9,
Tacoma
0-10
Bremerton
1-0,
Wenatchee
Ol.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Friday,
September
17,
1948
High
0:40
19.5
leet
13:14
19.5
feet
Low
6:59
4.3
feet
19:14
5.9
feet
,
I
MOSCOW
Pravda,
Com-
'
piarinttrs
'
m'"iist
party
newspaper,
said
-
incoming
t"day
that
"Anglo
-
American
W'
veaia
bv
!
c"'onizers
exposed
themselves"
f'l-iy
mor-1
the
Big
Four
meetings
on
V
Friday
Italy's
pre-war
colonies
thio
P1
begin-!
week
at
Paris.
3i..
.
i
i
umunpj
Pravda
also
denounced
Tyrge
i
"
1
"""11.
Lie.
tnnmlor,,
n
.tV.-
and
trmi
rtf
nii
i
u-
tT..4
TYPHOON
LASHES
CENTRAL
JAPAN
TOKYO
tf-
Ten
prefectures
of
central
Honshu
were
lashed
by
a
typhoon
last
nigrht
as
winds
up
to
sixty
miles
per
hour
zipped
east
of
Tokyo.
At
least
two
are
dead,
three
injured
and
twenty-three
missing.
Fears
for
the
ripening
rice
crops
are
expressed,
i
!
States.
Vancouver
Bralorne
7.30
Bralorne
(ask)
7.30
B.
R.
Con
.!
-03
B
R.
X
09
Cariboo
Quartz
.
1.15
Dentonia
01
Vi
Grull
Wlhksne
.03Vi
Hedley
Mascot
38
Minto
0234
Fend
Oreille
4.10
Pioneer
2.50
Premier
Border
023,4
Privateer
..
13
Reeves
McDonald
1-80
Reno
.06
Yz
Shrpe
Creek
1.23
Taylor
Bridge
30
Taku
River
.32
Congress
.03
Vz
Pacific
Eastern
.07
Hedley
Amalgamated
.02
Spud
Valley
.09
Vg
Central
Zeballos
j.
.01
Sllbak
Premier
27
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.20
Calmont
45
C.
&
E
...
5.20
Foothills
'
2.75
Home
8.60
Toronto
Athona
.07
Aumaque
IZVt
Beattie
.65
'
The
artlcle
criticized
the
re-flange
'
fusal
y
western
delegates
to
!
conHidp'-
new
Soviet
proposala.
j
Apologize
For
SlIeteryDemand
BURNED
IN
GAS
BLAST
Queen
Charlotte
Island
Fisherman
in
Hospital
named
Nels
Ol-ion
A
fisherman
suffered
severe
burns
recently
following
an
explosion
on
his
boat
at
Sandsplt,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
He
was
flown
to
the
Vancouver
General
Hospital
for
treatment
to
hands
and
face.
When
the
gas
stove
on
his
boat,
moored
in
shallow
water,
blew
up,
Olson
overcame
the
fire
hv
smashing
a
hole
in
the
hull,
and
partly
sinking
It.
Then
he
waded
ashore.
He
is
making
.
i
.onnvnrv
The
boat
is
B.1U
pri
I
veerino
fsouthwest
in
Nht
and
M.t
and!
r
cioudy
'
tniiinHt
--t,i'
4,
lu
bpgin.
f
iiicrpBs.
If,:..
""HIS
1
BRUBSKI.R
Hi
TV.A
TTnitwrt
v
...
.
Sttes
embassy
said
yesterday
RED
STRIKE
IN
AUSTRIA
VIENNA
'(P
Communist
party
officials
predicted
yesterday
that
there
would
be
a
communist-sponsored
strike
in
industries
throughout
Austria
for
a
25-percent
wage
increase.
Government
sources
are
confident
that
there
will
be
no
general
strike.
inat
two
Belgian
real-estate
firms
apologized
for
demanding
evacuation
of
an
American
war
CfHll
P
I
or
V
faiAnllti
TU.
...
V.
,
,1
?n
IH.nl,
,
fc
easterly
v
.
.
,
HA.rilliiv.
nrv
I1UL1
Little
;
served
leeal
nriieess
rimIHni
lip
T
Ii
r
"ic
cemeierv
in
Neuville-
ay-At
j
en-Condroz
be
evacuated
wltlv-
i'n
eight
days."
being
salvaged.