if"
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LI3P.A3I,
113
TlCIOaiA,
2.
C.
AY
2150
.OBtJES
DRUGS
Daily
Delivery
NORTHERN
AND
CKNTUAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
N1WSPAPKR
PHOIIE
81
I'nhlished
at
Cfinarfa'g
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
283.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
5,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
0
i
pe
f(
Oh
t
oncentra
ereir.ee
tiling
fipP1tril
Soon
M.
P.
for
ip'li;iii'.
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y
.
T
Death
Removes
Young
Senator
Death
Due
lo
Neglect
Washington
Approves
Fifty
Million
Dollar
I
f
Wiird
from
Ottawa
interviewed
a
rep-;,
Frank
Kaftel,
Tor-;
.acicr
.who
recently
"m
former
United
.
...,1
4,.,.
t
OTTAWA
-
George
J.
Penny:
of
Newfoundland.
.voimpsti
memhpr
f
t.h
'.x--ai-ai
KeTi-5
Inquest
Into
Fatality
On
IliKlmay
Keconsiruetion
Work
Neulrct
in
tlie
pari
of
a
truck
fl
fust
Avenue
nere.
a
advised
that
it
Is
;
SI
Kill
Hit
lgUl
i
.
-i
I
,
'.
t
torn
ate,
died
yesterday
from
pneumonia.
He
was
51
ye-ars
of
ae
and
had
been
appointed
last
year
following
admission
of
Newfoundland
to
Confederation.
His
death
leaves
rune
vacancies
in
the
Senate,
three
from
Newfoundland.
'
Radar
Network
Project
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP'
The
Air
Force
said
toilay
it
has
cancelled
or
cut
all
other
projects
in
ouier
to
provide
Sr.OliHi.OOO
to
speed
work
on
a
United
States
-
Alaska
radar
warning
system.
General
Hoy
T.
Sandenburgh,
chief
of
staff,
made
the
announcement.
He
did
not
disclose
what
other
ap-
proved
projects
had
been
elim
ing
firm
was
blamed
Saturday
by
a
tmunri's
Jury
for
the
df-atli
id
Hildins
Swanson,
rock
drill
foreman,
who
died
Friday
morn-l
after
being
crushed
by
one
oi
the
company's
vehicles
on
the
Port
Edward
hiehway
about
ens
.ierii(Mi
with
Hip
pur-ialJ
and
buildings
are
to
convert
it
Into
an
which
"will
be
niod-rts
und
a
credit
Mr
Applcwhaitc
,4
thai
efforts
would
be
,nipllp
tho
building
at
mlh
from
the
city.
The
vnrdiet
was
that
"deceased
t
ame
to
his
death
December
'!
due
to
neplrel.
on
the
part
of
Contractors
Russell
Burt
and
Co."
!
t
.
:
Former
Education
Minister
Passes
VANCOUVER
((Pi
Hon.'
George
M.
Weir,
former
provincial
Minister
of
Education
and
Health,
died
here
today
after
a
inated
or
curtailed.
Air
Force
officials
said
that
Congress
had
authorized
an
overall
expenditure
of
$35,500,-000
for
construction
of
the
defence
network.
But,
they
said,
the
lawmakers
had
stipulated
must
be
diverted
from
money
4
possible
(latP.
tiic
roof
"f
tlip
ad-m
building
has
born
wiilioii
lately
111
hc
ntral
overhaul
and
rc-t
needed.
Tlie
block
P
by
Americans
durlnR
t,d
since
then,
it
has
tiipi'd.
i
'
J
'"t
M
i
Kdvrnd
Reimrr.
20-year
old
driver
of
the
six
and
one-half
ton
ten
wheel
truck
which
struck
Swanson
while
working
on
a
road
construction
project,
was
com-plrlelv
f
rend
of
blame
as
was
the
firm
of
Wood,
Parr
and
McClay.
xyi
f,
.
!
t
'
.V
r
:
YEARS
ON
lengthy
Illness.
Dr.
Weir,
who
died
In
hospital
here,
entered
politics
in
1033,
serving
as
minister
of
education
in
the
Liberal
administration
of
former
Premier
T.
D.
L$
CHARGE
e
uf
I
wo
years
In
Uip
The
Jury
recommended
that
Uti"cll
Burt
and
Co.
provide
.vpmper
assistants
to
the
riri
vers
-on
till
vehicles
and
that
Wood.
Parr
and
McClay,
the
contractors
on
the
Job.
provide
m
was
handed
down
already
appropriated
for
other
Air
Force
activities.
The
radar
network
is
designed
to
detect
that
funds
for
the
first
phase
enemy
aircraft
approaching
from
the
Arctic
Northwest.
Canada
will
co-operate
by
establishing
a
similar
system
within
its
borders.
,
Of
tlie
$50,000,000,
Alaska
will
get
$31,000,000
with
the
remainder
within
the
United
States.
A
J
Pattullo
and
later
as
minister
tit-llnr
m
w
rale
W.
D.
Vance
In
of
education
.
under
Premier
John
Hart.
He
retired
because
irt
to
Ted
Setness
who
CUIMK
COMICS
CRIMINAL
OTTAWA
Proposed
changes
in
the
Criminal
Code
making
it
a
crime
lo
publish
or
sell
crime
comic
hooks
wtre
placed
before
the
Tlouse
of
Commons
today
bv
Justice
Minister
Gar-sc.n
who
introduced
various
amendments
based
on
rr
commendations
o."
provinces.
The
effect
c!
the
legislation,
in
amendment
for
in,
is
to
provide
penalties
of
up
to
two
years'
Imprisonment
for
publishing,
circula4.!"",
prinUn?
or
having
in
pos:;essien
for
this
purpose
any
com!:
books
portraying
BAGPIPES.
NOT
HORNPIPES
The
Canadian
N
avy's
pipe
band
practises
atop
a
gun
turret
on
the
cruiser
Ontario.
Left
to
right
Ordinary
Seaman
Lome
Knox,
Brandon,
Man.;
Able
Seaman
Nell
guilty
to
a
charge
of
icfnry
at
the
week-end.
Sutherland,
Winnipeg;
and
Ordinary
Seamen
Roy
Terry,
Toronto;
j'rea
wneeier,
t-ornwan.
um
(C.
P.
Photo)
Samuel
Grier,
Windsor,
Ont
and
Frank
Labute,
Vancouver.
XAL
TIDES
5,
1949
4v.
December
SILRAK-PREMIER
MINE
IN
FULL
I
ANTIGONJSH.
STAYING
HERE
UNTIL
TUESDAY
i
Visit
of
H.M.C.S.
Antigonish
to
18.7
feel
21.6
feet
9
0
feet
3
i
feet
1:58
13:27
7:27
20:13
proper
turnouts
along
the
road
so
that
vehicl's
will
not
be
required
to
back
up
fcr
a
long
distance.
Dr.
L.
M.
Greene,
in
a
medical
testimony,
pronounced
death
wa
due
to
crushing
Injuries
to
the
left
sic!"
of
Sw.mson's
bodv.
The
accident
occurred
as
the
"iU-ycor-old
foreman
was
wpI'k-tn
on
the
hhhwav
toward
the
cUv
limits.
The
noise
of
compressors
and
drill
hammer
rirowned
the
motor
of
th:
on--(milm
truck.
Reimer
was
un-bb
to
see
Swanson
as
he
wp?
the
opposite
side
of
the
road
Walter
Wendt.
one
of
the
wit-
:avs
stocks
Sawiog
Scale
Is
Below
Last
Year
Sawlog
scale
In
the
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district""
this
year
seems
destined
to
be
less'
than
that
tor
1948
on
ins
basis
ojt
the
scale
for
the
first
11
months.
Total
production
for
the
first
11
'
'
1
this
port,
which
was
to
have
VRANIL
J'i
DISASTER
1
.
ended
with
departure
this
morn-nr.RUN
Second
uranium
tngi
has
been
extended
until
to-mine
disaster
in
the
Russian
!
mmrow
when
1
the
frigate
will
ojw
nwpovUS
Ut&uj
By
-Uv
'neave
Tor"bW
a(
Victoria.
"
i:r7"
J
British
-
licensed
,
newspapen
j
1
n
Ii
tin-ton
Co
1.11
i
Vinniiivrr
t
,.
m
,
OPERATION.
250
TONS
PER
DAY
Silbak-Premier
mins
is
operating
at
normal
again
following
its
seventeen-month
shutdown
with
the
mill
toting
2,rfi
tons-f
oW
pet
day
-from-
which
twenty
tons
of
gold,
silver,
lead
and
zinc
concentrates
valued
at
$250
per
ton
are
obtained
for
shipment
to
smelter.
One
hundred
and
fifty
men
are
I
Quartz
.
'
les.ses.
saw
srvansnn
nnou.
eiism
low
employed.
Announcement
to
this
efiect
feet
from
the
oncoming
truck
t
nj
niirH
in
thi
ririll
foreman.
;
Kcot
:
Eastern
.
.
ANOTHER
DOCK
FIRE
NELSON
The
home
of
a
Doukhobor,
John
Lebedoff,
who
invited
his
followers
to
leave
Canada
earlier
this
year,
was
burned
yesterday
following
a
meeting
of
the
radical
fringe
Sons
of
Freedom.
Special
precautions
against
further
railway
track
dynamiting
are
being
maintained.
Oreille
.
months
of
1948
was
241,638,720
board
feet,
while
so
far
this
year,
it
was
232,303,930.
Production
last
month
totalled
28,891.788
board
feet
as
compared
with
27.412,142
in
O-tuber
and
(
26,098.720
in
November,
1948.
Pole
and
piling
production
last
month
was
389.880
lineal
feet,
as
compared
with
376,400
in
Octo-j
ber
and
728.8G0
in
November
New
Dep't
Of
Mines
1
D.50
.03
05
Vi
1.35
.03
'i
.28
.00
5:55
3.10
.03
Vi
.14
2.00
...
.02
.
118
.35
.10
.07
.OS
ir
Border
.
was
made
by
D.
L.
Pitt,
managing
director
of
Silbak-Prem-ler,
who
was
in
the
city
on
the
Coqultlam
last
evening
bound
north
for
a
week's
visit
of
inspection
to
the
historic
mining
property
which
has
been
one
of
the
greatest
gold
producers
In
the
history
of
British
Colum-
"I
yelled
and
he
heard
me.
He
made
s
sten
t,o
turn
when
the
truck
hit
hira."
Alexander
Grout,
other
employee
.who
witnessed
Swausan's
death,
stated
he
heard
Wendt's
call.
He
turned
from
his
Job
and
saw
the
truck
wheels
pass
over
s
McDonald
of
ill-health
in
1948
after
representing
Vancouver-Burrard
in
the
Legislature.
,
Dr.
Weir
.was
head
of
the
,Crwk
Skeena
Member
llcYrmls
Action
of
Government
in
Commons
t
Premier
1918.
Production
so
lar
this
year
was
3,093,873,
while
for
tlie.
same
period
last
year
it
was
2,-
the
drill
foreman's
body.
da
STARIP
OUT
When
Opposition
O'lTAWA
OV
Gold
...
the
creation
speukers
criticized
Valley
032,839.
Tie
production
in
b'a
mining
and
which
still
appears
to
have
a
rich
future
in
store
despite
the
company's
traditional
conservatism
in
the
way
of
making
estimates.
The
old
tram
line
-
having
been
abandoned.
Premier
concentrates
are
now
transported
of
a
new
Department
of
Mines
Telegraf.
The
newspaper
says
that
24(1
miners
were
killed
in
a
disaster,
which
occurred
Nov-
ember
2
at
Anna
berg
in
the
ore
basin
o..
.Saxony..
A
miner
drilled
into
a
cavity
filled
with
water
and
linked
.with
a
large
subterranean
lake.
Last
month
the
Telegraf
said
that
400
miners
were
killed
in
the
Soviet
zone
ura.um
mine
fire.
NEW
CAN-AM)
SPANS
VANCOUVER
Two
new
Bailey
bridges
across
Capilano
River
were
completed
by
the
Army
today
a-tvl
limited
oneway
traffic
to
and
from
isolated
West
Vancouver
has
been
resumed.
STORM
IN
EUROPE
BERLIN
Five
persons
were
killed
yesterday
when
a
fierce
gale
lashed
Berlin.
Bomti-weakened
buildings
in
Hamburg
were
also
toppled.
Ships
at
sia
put
buck
to
port
owing
to
tlie
fien
cness
of
tlie
tempest.
NATIONALIST
LET
MS
AT
H)N(i
KONG
Evacuation
of
the
new
Chinese
Nationalist
capital
of
Chengtii,
170
miles
northwest
of
Red-occupied
Chungking,
apparently
began
'today.
The
governmnct
is
being
transported
lo
the
island
of
Formosa.
Caiwdiali
Con
..
was
11,423
lies,
a
slight
decrease
tinder
the
November
of
last
year.
Coidwifiid
production
was
219
cords.
and
technical
surveys
in
the
House
of
Commons
at
the
weekend,
E.
T.
Applewhuite,
M.P.
for
ic
Reimer
staled
ne
naa
uecn
backinR
the
truck
one-eighth
of
a
mile
preceding
Uic
accident,
to
a
curve
in
the
road
where
he
would
be
able
to
turn
around.
T"
was
In
a
standing
position-left
foot
on
the
running
board,
hi:;
body
an.h'
d
out
or
the
door.
,s.
that
he
was
able
to
see
the
toad
rr
approximately
30
feet
behind.
Due
t
Hip
box
on
the
flump
truck.
Uie
riaht
side
of
the
the
thirteen
miles-
to
the
Stew-
Hit
iContmuert
on
Thi
2)
Sawing
production
by
varieties:
jSkel,a
defended
the
action
slat-
education
department
oi
me
University
of
British
Columbia
for
many
years.
He
sponsored
the
original
health
insurance
act
in
British
Columbia,
a
measure
which
led
to
the
present
healUi
insurance
plan.
Dr.
Weir
was
born
in
Miami,
Manitoba.
He
Is
survived
by
a
widow
and
two
daughters.
HOCKEY
SCORES
SATURDAY
National
Detroit
5,
Montreal
3
New
York
0,
Toronto
2
Chicago
3,
Boston
5
SUNDAY
Toronto
2,
Detroit
1
il
Leilu
410
.
.22
.
1.20
.40
8.10
1.35
12
15
.14
1.83
3.B5
..
31
.00
'2
I
lug
that
for
yars
parts
of
his
j
district
had
advocated
the
crea-
LOSES
FINGER
IN
GUN
MISHAP
Oil
1
t
lion
of
a
separate
Department
of
Fir,
2.446.G74
Cedar,
4,C!.i,046
Spruce,
I2.283.2M
Hemlock,
7.310,213
Balsam,
1107.70
JaeUpine,
l,339.:ti7
Miscellaneous,
!)G7.
A
railway
speeder
wa3
used
Mines
witli
its
own
minister.
The
act
was
passed
and
ic
Pete
Sunday
to"
bring
James
Flewin,
W
45-year-old
Tort
Edward
man
Canadian
Toronto
to
hospital
in
Prince
Rupert
following
an
aocident
in
which
lie
BUY
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
lost
a
finger
in
the
accidental
road
was
not
in
view.
And
when
Swanson
was
struck,
only
Wrndt's
rail
caused
Render
to
.stop
the
vehicle.
Const.
Jack
Wliitc,
at
the
scene
following
the
accident,
took
measurements
of
th3
road
and
vehiele.
Main
travelling
portion
,,
tlie
hlKhway.
he
said,
Is
9
feet
v
ide.
Width
of
the
truck
was
7
Vet
5
inches.
He
stated
it
was
13'i
.55
.20
.14
'a
,.('
Boston
4,
Montreal
2
New
York
4,
Chicago
0
SATURDAY
Pacific
Coast
Vancouver
2,
Portland
2
Tacoma
13,
Fresno
2
discharge
of
a
shotgun.
Flewin
was
brought
to
the
city
after
his
gun
had
gone
off,
and
its
load
of
piltoU
had
taken
off
the
Index
finger
of
his
right
hand.
He
was
I
on
a
hunting
trip
along
Uie
Skeena
at
the
time.
Flewin
is
receiving
sureical
treatment,
at
if
ourt
ma
:
impossible
to
turn
around
on
the
i
.
nf
hneklll"
a
o
New
Westmlhstcr
4,
Seattle
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
this
morning.
1
'JO
.57
.17
1.85
0
30
.30
1
HVtfa,
frr5
!
Sullivan
:
?-uim.
111
pi
I
ruck
to
ft
sPl
w
ldR
enougil
Ui
afford
turning
around
was
com-,
nton
on
such
projects,
he
ate"d
i
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
stated
Unit
If
more
care
had
been
taken
nn
Inquest
would
not
have
been
I
Vi'linwknirp
liil;..
irk'
FRIDAY
Pacific
Coast
Vancouver
7,
Fresno
3
New
Westminster
3,
Victoria
.:
San
Diego
4,
Los
Angeles
1
San
B'rancisco
8,
Oakland
1
.
WEDNESDAY
New
Weslmnlsler
3,
Fresno
2
Portland
6,
Seattle
0
San
Francisco
4,
San
Diego
1
Los
Angeles
11,
Oakland
2
THE
WL'ATHER
Synopsis
More
than
one
inch
of
rain
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on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
as
a
result
of
last
night's
storm
but
only
4100
was
measured
at
Vancouver
Airport
in
tlie
24
hour
ended
at
4:30
this
morning.
Gale
force
winds
occurred
for
the
second
time
in
43
hours.
Cloudiness
extends
to
all
regions
of
the
province
and
scattered
snow
flurries
are
expected
over
the
interior.
Considerable
shower
activity
will
persist
in
the
coastal
nx
.
Hospital
At
Hazelton
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passengers
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Vancouver
Roy
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Gormely,
L.
A.
Maloney,
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Robertson.
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Vancouver
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Mrs.
Johnson
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Sandspit
(Saturday
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McPhail,
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M.j
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Anmewhaiie
'fanda
that
trie
for
Skeena,
announces
Department
of
National
Health
,i
woifuro
has
approved
a
areas.
Another
racuic
storm
r.pproaching
the
coast
Is
likely
to
bring
rain
tomorocw.
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federal
health
grant
towards
ithe
construction
of
additional
ourt
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Antonio
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bed
space
at
the
Wrincn
me
Forecast
North
Ccast
Region
Cloudy
wrth
showers
today.
Cloudy
tonight,
becoming
overcast
with
intermittent
rain
Tuesday
morn
?ator
Rouyn
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Gordon
2.55
RAILROADING
RABBIT
Sandy
the
Rabbit
has
traveled
100.000
miles
by
caboose
hte
home
for
the
last
four
years.
Owrer
A.
r!..
A
Simmons,
Liberal
member
YUKON
HERE
WE
COMEl-James
of
parliament
for
Yukon-Mackenzie
River,
is
all
packed
for
the
Whitehorse
for
Christmas.
He
and
Mis.
home
to
long
journey
Simmons
and
their
dogs.
Prince
and
Solo,
are
motoring
5
000
mile,
from
Ottawa
to
Vancouver,
where
they'll
continue
the
trip
Mrs.
P.
M.
Ray
returned
to
the
j
city
on
the
Coquitlam
last
eve-j
(Sandvi
McDonald,
veteran
V.f.ti.
ireigni
cuj:uuli.,
-
morial
Hospital
at
Hazeium.
These
grants
are
paid
in
instalments
depending
upon
tht
rate
of
construction.
Maximum
available
to
Hazel-ton
is
$8,000.
(C.
P.
Photo)
tempera-
ning
from
a
two
weeks
trip
to
I
Vancouver.
'
week.
ing.
,
Lit
tle
change
in
tore.
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River
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Miller
3
r
Canada
3
15
(C.
P.
Photol
by
boa
passing
through
Prince
Rupert.
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