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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
27.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
3.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY,
2,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I:
eraier
Stalk
Sen
iivfatki
IV
Truman
For
meeting
Would
Have
C.N.R.
HELPS
WILL
THEY
AGREE?
'jj
PANS
br
tax
Session
Behind
Pleads
Health
BUllEnNS
T
Iron
Curtain;
SAVE
JUICE
SeVcnty-I'ivo
Percent
Curtailment
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
"Realizing
the
seriousness
of
the
present
power
shortage
on
the
Lower
Mainland
The
House-approved
nt
tax
on
halibut
skkrable
difference
For
Inability
To
Come
Over
GREEN
URGES
.
PACIFIC
PACT
OTTAWA
Howard
Oreeu
(P-C,
Vancouver
South)
told
Parliament
that
he
considered
there
was
risk
of
the
Pacific
Coast
becoming
more
of
a
danger
zone
than
the
Atlantic
and.
because
of
this
possibility,
the
United
Nations
should
sanction
a
North
Pacific
as
well
as
North
Atlantic
pact.
Mr.
Green
did
not
suggest
when,
or
under
what
circumstances,
danger
on
The
tax
is
contained
lS.scd
in
the
Alaska
,rgc
of
the
Juneau
we
hove
issued
instructions
to
PARIS
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Joseph
Stalin
today
invited
President
Truman
to
meet
him
in
Russia,
Poland
or
Czechoslovakia.
The
invitation
was
extended
in
a
telegram,
sent
to
the
Paris
office
of
the
International
News
Service.
The
telegram
was
reproduced
STALIN
of
RUSSIA
!rce
vessels
lo
rrmcc
DAYLIGHT
SAVING?
VANCOUVER
If
the
electric
power
shortage
continues
day-.,
light
saving
may
be
resorted
to
In
Vancouver.
With
cold
weather
continuing,
the
power
situation
is
no
belter
and
drastic
restrictions
went
into
effect
last
night.
There
was
more
snow
with
a
southwest
gale
last
night.
ST.
LAURENT
ON
ELECTION
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
hinted
today
that
the
genrral
election
may
not
take
place
for
several
months.
He
told
a
press
conference
that
his
colleagues
were
happy
in
the
west
in
a
special
edition
of
the
evening
newspaper,
b
ranee
,
'.
)
'
j
V'
Si
1
l
li'li
i
i
i
the
North
Coast
might
develop.
miad
concurred,
aid
cost
less
to
out-Rupert
'here
food.
soir.
all
departments
of
the
Canadian
National
system
in
this-
area
to
cut,
the
use
of
electrical
energy
to
the
Ion
p.st
possible
minimum."
.aid
J
P.
Johnson,
vice-president
of
the
National
system's
western
region,
before
his
departure
on
Tuesday
night
for
his
Winnipeg
headquarters
following
an
inspection
tour
hert.
"Th;re'll
be
a
lot
of
climbing
in
our
Vancouver
sta
BIG
ADDITION
TO
L.l
ftuuld
cost
less.
EDMONTON
HOTEL
MacKinnon,
busl-,11
that,
if
the
bill
it
would
work
h
EDMONTON
M.
A.
Metcalf,
every
meiciiuni.
m
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
announces
ka.
RAIL
BLOCKADE
INTENSIFIES
COAL
SHORTAGE
Scores
of
Prince
Rupert
householders
are
keeping
anxious
eyes
on
their
dwindling
coal
piles
and,
at
the
same
time.
the
Dominion
government
has
pproved
a
recommendation
by
RS
HERE
Stalin
offered
to
meet
Truman
either
in
Moscow,
Kaliningrad,
Odessa
and
Yalta
"wherever
the
President
chooses"
or,
alternatively,
in
Poland
or
Czechoslovakia
if
there
are
objections
to
a
meeting
in
the
Soviet
Union.
Stalin
said
that,
although
he
had
wanted
to
go
to
Washington
for
a
long
time,
he
had
been
advised
medically
against
a
long
sea
or
air
Journey.
A
White
House
spokesman
at
Washington
said
today
that
Truman
had
not
changed
his
position
against
leaving
United
States
to
see
Stalin.
So
far,
it
was
reported
that
Stalin
had
sent
no
direct
invitation
to
JLP
MILL
tion
until
the
.situation
is
im-oroved"
said
Mr.
Johnson,
"as
eitvator
service
has
been
cut
f
oiii
ri"ht
Vans
io
two-end-r,:iha!f
how.-;
r':i:v.
Exhaust
fans,
ccach
chareine
generators,
meters
and,
of
course,
all
tvpes
of
liRhfuif
ivMtfeand
outside
will
be
usrd
very
sparingly.
Fac-
r
the
C.N.R.
board
of
directors
to
build
a
four
millipn
dollar
extension
to
the
Macdonald
Hotel
here.
TRAINS
TO
MOVE
,n
ine
con.su
uLtnui
hoping
fervently
for
resumption
Colnucse
Corpora
-
.
nca
lor
w
en--
of
railway
service
Into
the
city
which
will
bring
carloads
of
new
$25,000,000
null
and
were
looking
forward
to
an
interesting
session.
N.W.T.
PLANi
t
RASH
YELLOWKNIFE
Pilot
Grant
Ford
and
Henry
Dennis
and
Thomas
Lee,
mining
wen,
arc
dead
as
a
result
of
the
crash
of
a
plane
an
the
south
shore
of
Great
Slave
Lake.
The
plane
had
been
missing
since
January
22.
The
wreck
was
located
yesterday.
POWER
FROM
B.C.
OLYMPRI
Storage
of
water
in
the
Arrow
Lakes
may
solve
i
il'.tics
at
our
Port
Mann
shops
In
-
1
AGAIN
THURSDAY
.tod.
Port
Edward.!
Smithers
Has
$30,000
Fire
Garage
Building
Is
Destroyed
Theatre
Has
A
Close
Call
iijps
Mam
aou
n.
Noon
tomorrow
has
now
been
arrived
in
the
city
I
on
tnc
lJriiire.
ku-
set
as
the
time
for
the
departure
of
the
naxt
train
for
the
cluding
water
pumps,
compress-'
ors,
electric
welders
and
drill!
exhaust
fans,
lighting
etc.,
are
all
affected.
"In
some
cases,"
continued
Mr.
Johnson,
"lh;
reduction
in
power
will
be
os
hih
as
seventy-
iancouver,
arcom-
badly
needed
fuel.
'
City
coal
dealers
have
been
cleaned
of
their
stocks
as
a
result
of
freezing
temperature
levels
and
have
been
unable
to
renew
them
this
week
because
of
the
rail
blockade
which
resulted
from
last
Sunday's
rork
blast,
at
Holc-ln-the-Wall.
About
20
carloads
of
coal
are
East
following
the
blockade
of
Washington
for
a
meeting
with
the
President
to
discuss
United
States-Russian
differences.
l.idr
tamiues
j-vmi
the
line
during
the
last
few
days
ollowing
a
large
blast
which
was
mi
Johnson
have
:um
Mexico
where
put
off
three
miles
west
of
Sal-
five
percent
which
we
are
happy
t,-,
fit,
iv
r
ttv
Ifinralily
mnrp
th3!l
the
power
shortage
of
the
Pa
A
$:J0,000
fire
visited
the
been
engaged
in
Weekly
Wage
Rate
vus
station
on
Sunday.
Railway
l
ivith
the
construc-
reported
to
be
standing
on
sid
offices
forecastthls
morning
that
the
thirty
percent
requested
by
main
street
of
Smithers
at
the
authorities
14
o'clock
this
morning,
ae-
Hits
High
Record
temporary
track
will
have
cific
Northwest,
it
was
suggested
in
the
state
legislature
yesterday.
END
OF
DIFFERENTIAL
VANCOUVER
May
Charles
ings
at
Terrace
unable
to
roll
westward
until
the
line
U
cleared.
"And
before
I
buve."
said
Mr.
cording
to
advice
at
lH'O-
tsen
laid
by
tomorrow
after
1
i.iiiUir
plant
for
the
fcorporatiui).
Then:
ime
80
men
workhiK
inland,
most
of
them
i
camp
construction
i
OTTAWA
The
average
weekly
wage
of
hourly
paid
workers
in
Canadian
manufacturing
noon
so
that
trains
could
pass.
johnson
with
a,
twinkle
in
his
(
yincial
police
headquar-
Railway
authorities
hope
to
This
would
permit
the
train
due
It
eye,
"here
s
wisn.ng
mis
ram-
,
Wp.
The
neetaeular
reached
a
record
high
of
$11.16
have
the
line
cleared
In
time
to
from
the
East
to
get
through)
parched
district
several
days
of
Waze
lcslroyed
an
oid
garage
I
i
permit
train
movement
by
noon
without
delay
at
that
point.
the
r,ood
old
liquid
sunshine."
X
I
in
November.
,
A
new
high
for
hourly
earnings
of
45.5
was
also
had
been
used
by
Wil-l
which
Thursday.
PRESIDENT
TRUMAN
OF
UNITED
STATES
Thompson
last
night
forecast
the
end
of
the
mountain
differential'
in
railway
freight
rates
"before
thjs
month
.is,
"out."
He
termed
the
differential
as
"old
atl
archaic'
1
ham
Vinson
as
a
second
hand
?Srtre
and
by.
nUief.
persons
Jor
the
storage
of
cars!
Building
and
all
the
contents
were
de
shown.
The
previous
weekly
top
was
$40.68.
In
November
W47
it
was
$36.34
in
1948
$30.91
and
in
1945
$30.31.'
WET
SNOW
COSTS
DRIVER
O
FDEATH
INCOME
TAX
CUT
SOUGHT
VALDEZ
$25,000
MANY
WORKERS
FEELING
PINCH
Jobs
Curtailed
as
Result
if
Cut
in
Vancouver
Power
LOOKS
FOR
MORE
stroyed.
Valiant
efforts
of
fire
fighters
saved
the
nearby
moving
picture
theatre.
VALDEZ
A
five-foot
fall
of
wet
snow
has
cost
this
city
about
$23,000.
It's
weight
resulted
in
FLOODS
IN
1949
Quebec
Member
Would
Remove
i
.
f
I
f
VANCOUVER
H.
T.
Mitchell.
retiring
president
of
the
Van
the
collapse
of
the
roofs
of
a
business
block,
a
warehouse,
an
airplane
hangar
and
a
store
Plane
travel
was
disrupted.
couver
Board
of
Trade,
in
hia
DENIES
STATEMENT
OTTAWA
W
alter
Harris,
Parliamentary
assistant
to
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent,
denied
yesterday
that'
he
had
said
in
a
speech
at
Branti'ord
that
there
might
be
war
with
Russia
wjlhin
three
months.
The
House
rejected
133
to
55
a
resolution
by
Leader
of
the
Opposition
George
Drew
that
there
be
an
emergency
debate
on
defence
matters.
CAR
SURRENDERS
TORONTO
(CP)
A
49-year-old
barber,
unable
to
sleep
and
too
nervous
to
work,
yesterday
ended
a
police
search
by
giving
himself
up.
The
police
had
sought
the
driver
of
a
car
which
Saturday
night
killed
W'illiam
Miller,
21,
and
injured
a
19-year
old
girl
friend.
He
decided
to
give
himself
up
when
he
heard
that
his
girl
friend's
leg
might
be
amputate.
HOW
POLITICAL
TIMES
CHANGE
OTTAWA
Wncii
Rt.
Hon.
report,
warned
that
there
is
a
possibility,
in
view
of
general
snow
conditions
,oi
anotner
724,000
Persons
From
Rolls
OTTAWA
0)
Fifty
percent
reduction
in
personal
income
taxes
was
urged
yesterday
in
Parliament
by
Roland
Beaudry,
Liberal,
Montreal.
He
said
the
government
could
afford
to
cut
taxes
in
half.
Beaudry's
plan
would
remove
724,000
persons
from
the
tax
rolls
bv
chaneine
exemptions.
He
flood
this
year.
Because
of
this
he
urged
-that
a
substantial
VANCOUVER
CP-r
A
Vancouver
newspaper
last
night
estimated
that
$270,000
weekly
wa?:.s
will
bo
lost
by
Lower
Mainland
industrial
workers
as
a
result
of
thy
30
percent
cut
In
h-dustrial
power
consumption
wh'eh
started
at,
midnight.
About
21.000
of
the
area's
53,-workers
are
expected
to
feel
the
punch
Pew
lay-offs
are
predicted
but
working
hours
will
b2
reduced
as
much
as
twelve
hours
per
week.
(William
Lyon
MacKenzie
King,
part
of
the
fund,
available
.for
relief
purposes,
be
held
in
caso
an
emergency
arises
If
it
does
not,
then
the
money
can
apply
further
to
the
1948
flood
vie-
.
tims.
ALASKA
PASSES
NEW
FISH
TAX
JUNEAU,
U
The
Alaska
House
yesterday
passed
the
bill
to
tax
raw
fish.
It
carries
provision
for
a
four
per
cent
tax
on
canning
salmon
,the
taxing
value
to
be
50
per
cent
of
the
average
wholesale
price
of
Seattle
brokers.
The
halibut
tax
will
be
one
'APTURED
Sam
urged
the
income
exemption
(twenty
percent
of
the
taxpayer's
earned
income)
be
added
to
the
basic
exemption.
The
exemption
would
apply
on
incomes
l
in
Canada
as
a
BIG
JOB
It
takes
330
men'
with
30
trucks
three
weeks
to
deliver
all
the
phone
books
in
New
York.
The
largest
customer
a
hotel
2,500
copies
Hungary
Becomes
'People's
Republic'
BUDAPEST
(P
The
Republic
of
Hungary,
on
its
third
anniversary,
yesterday
became
a
"people's
republic."
The
Nation
now
sitting
as
private
member,
first
entered
the
House
of
Commons
forty
years
ago,
the
political
complexion
of
the
House
was
vastly
different
from
what
it
is
today.
Liberals
and
Conservatives
monopolized
electoral
support.
The
House
comprised
only
three
members
listed
as
"Independent;?."
In
terms
of
percentages,
figures
show
that
in
1909
the
Liberal
representation
of
133
accounted
for
GO
percent,
of
the
total
membership,
while
the
Conservative
strength
of
85
wa-s
it,
the
ratio
of
36
percent.
if
in
th
eSoviet
spy
'll
1015,
was
ar-iNcw
York
last
Wed-
Flil.
ai-ents.
The
'
relary
of
the
Can-
MADAME
CHIANG
IN
SECLUSION
NEW
YOiiii
-Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
is
in
seclusioB
here
at
the
home
of
her
sister,
Madame
II.
II.
Kung.
She
could
up
to
$7500
for
single
persons
and
$10,000
for
married.
The
maximum
exempUon
for
single
persons
would
be
$1500
and
for
married,
$2,000.
northeast
of
Halifax.
The
unfortunate
pilot
was
Lieut.
Thomas
Coultry
of
Dartmouth
fimuiiist
imuiiist
jjarty
jjarty
Is
is
ac-
per
cent
with
the
same
for
salmon
and
butter
clams
for
non-canning
purposes.
al
Front
of
lntlrpcndcr.ee,
name
of
the
coalition
of
comniunist-domlnatrd
parties
in
the
government,
was
r
c
n
a
m
e
d
the
People's
Front
of
Independence.
iting
Y'tiwi
as
rrcrui
I
Soviet
spies
a
IK
nd
of
ilnfitrnir.l
"itiMiiiiiUon
i....
to
..
the
j
not
be
reached
for
comment
or
j
interview
on
the
retirement
of
her
husband
as
president
of
THE
WEATHER
I
'vcrnnicnt.
I
(CP
Photo)
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
China.
Madame
ChiaiV'
hua
Synopsis
:W
-
.
'.,4
-
.
0
'Mr
,
,J,w7.-..
f.
Light
snow
fell
over
the
south
i
-
SUDBURY
WOLVES
BEATEN
AGAIN
ern
British
Columbia
coast
as
an
i
active
storm
centre
moved
clown
Vancouver
Bayonne
flown
I
rum
China
to
Washing;
ton
to
seek
aid
for
China,
without
success.
Her
sister's
husband
had
been
a
high-ranking
ofliri.il
in
the
Kuomintang
government
and
is
now
in
the
service
of
the
Bank
of
China.
the
coast
durlne
the
night.
STOCKHOLM
(CPi-Sudbury
IS
DRAGGED
TO
DEATH
BY
CHUTE
SHIP
HARBOR,
Nova
Scotia,
CP'
A
Navy
lighter
pilot
was
dragged
to
death
yesterday
when
a
parachute
caught
on
the
tail
of
a
plane
as
ho
tried
to
jump
clear
of
a
doomed
plane.
Bralorne
9
940
10
l'm
ta
Soulhrastr-rlv
winds
of
near
gale
Wolves,
Canada's
repre
tives
in
the
international
hockey
B.
R.
Con
Jt
B.
R.
X
Cariboo
Quartz
1.45
145
championships
which
begin
today,
lost
an
cxliibition
match
to
Sweden
4
to
2
yesterday.
It
was
the
scroll
dlhne
Sweden
had
Congress
.054
05
force
accompanied
the
storm
over
southern
coastal
waters
but
these
are
decreasing
In
the
wake
of
the
storm
this
morning.
Oradually
clearing
skies
are
expected
along
the
coast
this
af
Hedley
Mascot
The
cubic
capacity
of
a
hippopotamus'
stomach
is
equal
to
about
six
bushels.
;
The
plane
had
caught
tire
in
Uhe
air
and
crashed
35
miles
beaten
them.
Pend
C.
N.
R.
VICE
-
PRESIDENT
Tells
of
electric
conservation
measures
in
Vancouver.
ternoon
and
tonight.
In
the
interior
of
the
province
the
weather
remains
generally
cloudy
with
scattered
snow
flurries.
Colder
Premier
Border
Privateer
i
"
'
it
Reno
Sheep
Creek
Sllbak
Prem
Taku
River
Vananda
i
i
Aumaque
37
.064
Seattle
58
'
Bevcourt
.31
.03',2
Bobjo
13V2
.1212
Buffalo
Canadian
14y2
Consol.
Smelters
110.50
Conwest
1-27
.00
Donalda
55
'.08
Eldona
-
.68
5.95
East
Sullivan
2.96
3.60
Giant
Yellowknife
....
5.90
.04
God's
Lake
-
.47
.19
Hardrock
.19
3.05
Harricana
09i"
.06','2
Heva
H
1.50
Hosco
.26
'z
.48
"2
Jacknife
'.
05
.
.35
Joliet
Quebec
42
.37
Lake
Rowan
..X
OG'i
.16
Lapaska
08'
.06
Vi
Little
Long
Lac
.93
Lynx
13
4.90
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.85
.23
McKenzle
Red,
Lake
41
.75
McLeod
Co-kshutt
J.14
.41
Moneta
49
6.00
Negus
2.45
1.25
Noranda
58.00
12.50
Louvicourt
.402
.14
,2
Pickle
Crow
2.22
1.36
Regcourt
-
.07
2.70
San
Antonio
4.30
.32
Senator
Rouyn
46
.10
Sherrit
Gordon
2.22
.18Vi
Steep
Rock
j
1.60
Sturgeon
River
..a....
.18
.13
Silver
Miller
,
33
Spud
Valle
Oils-
weather
Is
expected
over
most
of
the
province
o"n
Thursday.
Forecast
.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
and
cold
along
the
mainland.
Elsewhere
cloudy,
occasionally
overcast.
Scattered
snow
flurries
today,
tonight
and
Thursday
morning,
clearing
Thursday
afternoon.
Winds
northeast
?0
m.p.h.h
Colder-Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday
-At
Port
Hardy
30
and
38,
Massctt
28
and
38,
Trincc
Rupert
25
and
35.
li
M
P
's
"CROOKS"
x
IN
s
!Y,)i.
C.C.P.
mem-'
ft
V
"
,
;
X
,
flrl'
lire
in
the
limwn
f'lnns
for
u
Anglo
Cam
A.
P.
Con.
Atlantic
...
Calmont
...
C.
&
E
Central
Le
Home.
Oil
Mercury
..
'
i
tnTIf
-tniM-nf
i
-:
r-'--iiii
-
in
-
f
u
r
jfiiMiwiiiiiMi
a
political
rally
in
"ly
last
July.
James
Liberal
member
for
'r
Nurlh,
asked
that
,p
unsealed
since
he
'rk(i
to
have
said
In
h
Commons
members
blnch
of
crooks."
,as
declined
to
with-'
r"iiark.
(CP
Photo
i
Pacific
Pete
Princess
Royal
Canadian
..
South
Brazeau
Toronto
Athoua
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
February
3,
1949
High
4:31
193
rect
'.,
16:33
17.8
feet
Low
;
10:43
7.3
feet
"
..,!'.
22:43
4
feet
VISITINO
DISTRICT
Bernard
Allen,
general
manager
of
Canadian
National
for
British
Columbia.
HEADING
FOR
FAR
EAST
The
Canadian
destroyer
Crescent
is
being
sent
to
the
Far
East
for
use
in
event
of
emergency.
Disturbed
conditions
in
the
east
led
to
the
action,
Defence
Minister
Claxton
said.
The
Crescent,
shown
in
this
Royal
Canadian
photo,
sailed
from
Esquimau
today
She
Is
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert.
(CP
Photo)