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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PH0I1E
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
25.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
JANUARY
31,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Made
iim
V
amicoyvesr
-WCABS
'astic
Cuts
Line
Blocked
After
Blast
t
is
Still
Ice
Blocked
earner
Effects
Transfer
,n.jiK'h
ice
in
front
of
the
Stewart
dock
,mtc(l
the
steamer
Camosun
from
making
Industries
ust
Gut
Oonn
Thirty
Percent
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Further
drastic
restrictions
on
consumers
of
electricity
in
the
lower
mainland
areas
including
the
city
of
Vancouver
were
ratified
today
by
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
and
will
become
effective,
Tuesday
midnight.
"Details
were
announced
by
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
IhU
rnorninir
on
her
weekly
voyage.
to
the
t
mill
mining
camp
but
the
vessel
anchored
Heavy
Hock
Falls
On
Hail
way
and
Highway
Near
Salvus
'
Following
the
setting
off
of
a
big
blast
of
forty
tons
of
dynamite
to
loosen
80,000
yards
of
Alaska,
ana
passengers,
man
aim
neigni
itried
to
the
float
there
by
gas-boat.
Thus
,
.
was
relieved
at
least
partially
Company.
There
will
be
a
thirty
percent
and
i
cut
all
around
on
industrial
urent
'
power.
There
may
be
a
day-i
and-a-half
per
week
reduction
,
in
working
time
or
dally
opera-j
tions
may
be
curtailed.
I
Department
stores,
It
is
sug-
the
situation
at
Stewart
which
has
brought
some
commodities.
Midi
as
fuel,
into
short
supply
after
three
unsuccessful
attempts
of
the
Cumo.sun
to
land
there
because
of
the
lcc.
Blasting
operations
were
re-soiled
to
by
the
provincial
department
of
public
works
In
th
effort
to
clear
a
channel
for
the
steamer
to
the
Stewart
li
First
Spcethcs
rock
for
a
new
quarry
the
Canadian
National
Railway
Is
open-:
lug
three
miles
west
of
Salvus
on
the
lower
Skeena
River,
railway
and
'highway
arc
covered
today
with
five
hundred
feel
of
rock
and
seventy
men
in
extra
crews
are
rushing
clearing
of
the
line
and
track
rebuilding
in
the
effort
to
permit
trains
to
move
again
as
soon
as
possible.
The
train,
which
was
to
have
left
at
8
o'clock
this
evening
for
the
East,
will
not
get
away
until
noon
tomorrow,
it
C.C.F.
Start
Their
Drive
Commence
Campaign
to
Win
Next
Federal
Election
-General
Policy
Outlined
OTTAWA
Co-operativ
Commonwealth
Federation
leaders,
comprising
members
of
the
National
Council
and
the
federal
t
Proposal
!
gested,
should
be
opened
at
10
Division
I
instead
of
9
a.m.
with
closln
hours
the
same.
(f
Canada
ex-
Intcrnal
relations
(
wharf
hut
tney
were
only
par-
Lights
must
be
turned
off
after
closing
of
stores
and
of
when
I
tialiy
successful.
There
is
still
(1
.'
fices.
This
applies
to
window
ice
in
front
of
the
Stewart
docl
lighting.
The
transfer
from
steamer
tu
strept
and
theat.re
liphUmr
caucus,
met
here
at
the
week
St.
Lament
and
made
their
first
s
in
Uie
House
ol
it-uiWs
of
the
top
llyder
float
wa
smade
todav
bv
was
announced
this
morning
1
i
If
will
be
further
curtailed.
the
use
of
Ernest
Lewis'
gasboal1
.t.,t,.l.
......
I.
...
f
...
ii..
Schools,
churches,
restaur
end
and
decided
to
begin
an
immediate
all-out
drive
to
1n
the
next
national
election,
j
They
heeded
Prime
Minister
Louis
St.
Laurent's
warning
of
a
'contest
"il'i'l
vvrl.-l
viufiril
UIJL
Ui
Hit"
i
mi,
Dominion-
l,-e
l'a('k
ysterday
In
readiness
Lias
f"r
the
Camosun's
arrival.
ants,
dairies,
bakeries
and
hospitals
are
not
affected
by
the
jiitfis
as
as
he
lie
spark-
spam-
The
big
blast
took
place
at
4
o'clock
yesterday
afternoon,
iower
rock
was
loosened
and
broken
ax
expected
but
over-break
was
In
large
pieces
or
solid
granite
which
have
to
be
re-blasted.
restrictions.
,ml
Throne
Speech
THRONE
SPEECH
-
Seated
Li
thft
Speaker's
chair
In
the
Senate
Chamber,
Viscount
Alexander,
governor-general,
reads
the
Throne
Speech
to
the
combined
houses
of
Parliament.
Seated
at
right
is
Lady
Alexander
while
at
left
Is
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent.
Standing
behind
the
prime
minister
are
aides-de-camp.
(CP
Photo)
at
the
polls
"in
the
not
too
distant
future"
and
told
the
party
n-d
that
the
con-luvenccl
to
over-try's
tax
stiuc-
organizations
in
all
constituencies
to
proceed
at
once
with
,
The
B.C.
Electric
Co.
announced
today
that
only
fifteen
days'
water
was
left.
Week-end
rain
was
light
and
inadequate
and
there
is
no
sign
of
immediate
relief.
....
,,....,.,.
a
ov.y..4
southwest
wind,"
said
a
message
received
today
by
the
Daily
News
from
its
Stewart
corrcs-l
pondent
who
suggested
It!
might
take
another
week
before
the
Stewart
wharf
could
be
reached
by
the
steamer.
nominations.
The
meeting
was
RESERVISTS
A
temporary
track
is
being
built
on
the
highway
right-of-way
on
the
river
side
of
the
'
uf
the
Opposition
i
f
customary
non-
The
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
111
TRAINING
track
so
the
trains
can
pass
THE
WEATHER
1
'Skies
were
generally
overcast
lu
British
Columbia
tills
morning
except
for
the
Prince
Rupert
area.
Elsewhere
along
the
northern
coast,
mixed
ram
aiii
.iliow
is
falling
while,
in
the
in-
itiun
against
I
lie
presided
over
by
M.
J.
CoUwell,
the
party's
national
leader.
.
In
the
first
major
attempt
to
clinch
a
general
election
tve
party
will
place
at
least
200
can
wholesale
and
retail
bureau
have
FIRE
WAS
HORRIBLE
r.liMid-t
iinlliiiK
Sights
as
liildrrn
Iturn
hi
Heath
in
Tin'
motion
may
urged
their
members
to
start
the
pending
return
to
the
regular
roadbed
where
the
most
of
the
heavy
rock
has
fallen.
Special
Train
weaves
on
for
several
curtailment
program
today
In
Vancouver
for
Wainwright
it
A
Mtf
T
Tlnm
A
rmiin
foil).
didates
in
the
field
In
all
prov
stead
of
waiting
for
tomorrow
debate,
die
lluliM
CELLULOSE
BUYS
INDIAN
RESERVE
I
night.
terior
of
the
provU.ce,
scattered
1
-V"
Zi,
V'n
X
Slcain
shoveli;
are
working
at
bolu
ends
of
the
blockade
with
two
compressors
and
bulldoi
r
hi)
start
sliuly
on
,
,
,
.
,
,t
1(1
l.M
r
1
1
yji
nuuu
v
-
inces
,
Including
Newfoundland
where
It
was
decided
t
send
J.
W.
Nosworthy
of
Toronto,
Nova
Scotia
Home
I'
iir
legislation
pn-
snow
nuiii-
Bit
irnw:u.
UUIH'
.
.,.,,
.
I
was
witnessed
at
the
,.,,,ii.i
Canadian
-i
No
nicant
change
la
expect-1
V
t
the
pfoundland's
entry
.
NEW
WATLRFORD
Thcne
are
two
extra
gangs
(
.d.,
w
in
tucse
comnuons
,
ior
vne
-
.
m.
lm
.
BULLETINS
4rw
Tlw?tTliri-
5
ialc
Of
their
ancestral
Cloy-
e
will
accordingly
with
liuy-six
men
as
wen
as
Steve
Markovlch's
gang
of
thirteen
men
which
Is
carrying
out
the
Jub.
iai
i
C.C.F.
and
Soeii
:,"porledilie
govcrnnici
-T
ficers
and
men
from
Pacific
Coast
militia
units
left
by
special
train
for
Wainwright,
Alberta,
to
take
part
in
the
reserve
force
winter
camp
commencing
there
on
January
30.
On
this
occasion,
however,
nexi
ou
nuurs.
Forecast
'
yueeti
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
-Overcast
.
with
occasional
mixed
rain
and
snow.
Winds
northerly
1
15
miles
per
hour).
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight,
and
highs
Tues-
liivi.'.ipn
himcelj
born
in
Newfoundland,
to
proceed
with
organization.
The
C.C.F.
now
holds
32
out
of
245
seats
In
Parliament.
The
closed
session
covered
all
major
issues
confronting
Canadian
Parliament
this
season.
It
included
consummation
of
the
North
Atlantic
security
f
pact,
possible
implementation
of
the,
international
wheat
agreement
Two"
tearful
mothers
F
r
i
d
a
y
described
I
heir
ii
ii
ror
at
standing
helplessly
watching
their
neighbor's
children
die
in
a
flash
fire
which
before
dawn
.swept
through
a.
miner's
dwel-ing
and
t"uk
10
lives.
It
was
the
mi;4
hornble
r.h.ht
I
hav
ever
seen,"
said
Mrs.
Daniel
MrDougall
who
saw
burning.
.,ereumiii
children
trying
to
claw
their
way
out
of
windows
before
they
were
en
Downtown
Store
Changes
Hands
The
Third
Avenue
sporting
there
was
no
trace
of
the
sad
day
At
Port
Hardy
35
and
42,.
ness
displayed
In
wartime
when
'
DIE
IN
ICRAH
Ru-
Masse
tt
35
and
40,
Prince
servicemen
left
for
overseas.
On
perl
30
and
38.
and
Anglo-Canadian
food;
The
National
Council
agreed
that
Canada
should
support
and
w
r
m
m
I
fhf
(
r.ishrs
lulu
nVic
bhip
Over
rlt
I
YOftK
a
-
Three
men
goods
store
op'Talrd
by
Tafl
and
O'Dowes
for
the
last
three
years
has
been
purchased
by
Arthur
E.
Jones
who
has
taken
over
Its
operation.
Mr.
Jones,
has
been
a
resident
of
the
city
since
1938,
with
exception
of
the
period
when
he
was
overseas,
lie
left
on
Saturday's
plane
for
a
week's
business
trip
join
the
security
pact
ah
Bay
Indian
Reserve
Number
Five
to
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
was
approved
by
the
villagers
of
Metlakatla
at
a
meeting
of
the
band
last
week.
Agreed
price
of
the
rale
was
not
revealed.
Hie
reservation
Is
eompilaed
of
82
acres
along
Cloyah
Creek,
route
of
a
pipeline
proposed
by
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
to
supply
the
plant
which
li
to
be
built
at
Wat-con
Inland.
The
money
received
from
the
ialc
will
be
turned
In
to
the
band's
trust
fund,
supervised
by
the
government,
and
it
i
expected
Uiat
a
portion
of
It
will
be
returned
for
immediate
use
by
the
MctlakalU
people.
The
Metlakatla
band
applied
mote
than
three
years
ago
for
enfranchisement,
and
it
lfc
expected
that
It
will
be
approved
sometime
in
the
near
future.
The
C.C.F.
policy
to
put,
by
veloped
in
flames.
Mrs.
Lsobel
Robert-sou.
who
tinned
in
the
alarm,
watched
but
"couldn't
.stand
any
mote"
and
went,
back
in
her
house.
Mrs.
McDougall,
who
was
the
contrary,
the
many
relatives
and
friends
at
the
depot
were
In
happy
spirits
as
they
gave
an
enthusiastic
send-off
to
their
men-folk
who
are
scheduled
to
return
to
their
home
at
the
conclusion
of
the
two
week
training
period.
At
Kamloops
the
train
took
oh
another
group
of
0
men
from
reserve
units
in
that
city
and
the
Okanagan
Valley.
Nearly
200
more
boarded
the
mili
j
immediate
legislation,
tha
bur
C.C.F.
Would
Set
Up
Barter
Trade
CfTTAWA
C.
C.
F.
leaders,
In
conference
here
Saturday,
proposed
that
a
system
of
barter
might
be
set
up
between
Canada
and
some
of
the
European
countries
as
a
means
of
developing
trade
in
essential
commodities
which
has
been
hampered
den
of
taxation
on
the
jhoul-
STALIN
WILLING
MOSCOW
Prime
Minister
Joseph
Stalin
has
expressed
his.
willingness
to
discuss
an
American
-
Russian
"peace
pact"
with
President
Truman
at
a
mutually
acceptable
place.
The
Russian
leader
also
said
that
the
Soviet
government
would
be
willing
to
discuss
a
joint
declaration
of
peaceful
intentions
arid
gradual
disarmament.
He
also
said
that
Russia
"sees
no
obstacles"
to
lifting
the
Berlin
blockade
if
the
Western
Powers
postponed
setting
up
a
separate
state
pending
a
Big
Four
foreign
ministers'
council
and
the
lifting
of
the
Allied
counter-blockade.
,
NANKING
NOW
BUFFER
NANKING
Nanking
was
today
neither
Nationalist
or
Communist
but
was
an
island
between
the
two
warring
governments.
There
have
been
no
indications
of
Communist
officials
actually
entering
the
capital
but
they
could
'do
so
ders
of
those
who
could
pay
for
cookiim
breakfast,
looked
over
It
was
urged.
v
a
Id
private
plan:-'l'inl
H
ran-Aiiieri-iyt
iransAllanUi'
liner
litiiullng
on
Mitchell
'fi'T
a
freak
colli-'dr
over
Long
I.s-
to
Vancouver.
and
saw
a
mass
of
flames.
She
rushed
out
ol
the
house
and
tried
to
get
close
but
the
flames
were
.so
fierce
she
was
driven
The
party
called
for
govern-
ment
support
of
an
international
wheat
agreement
and,
In
the
meantime,
extension
of
the
current
wheat
agreement
,
'with
the
United
Kingdom.
tary
special
In
Edmonton.
by
exchange
conditions.
II
ED
INK
ELECTION
"Hie
ranufua
government
in
lis
last
election
used
indelible
red
ink
to
prevent
repeaters.
Each
voter
had
his
hand
daub
TODAY'S
STOCKS
back
but
not
before
fhc
saw
.some
of
the
children
screaming
and
trying
to
net
out.
She
turned
away
it
ml
tiled
to
get
to
the
back
of
the
house.
There
she
stumbled
against
two
children,
They
were
almost
naked,
whim
ed
with
I
he
ink
which
couldn't
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd
)
(Courtesy
S.
"rlcan
World
Air-s
lieadiin;
out
for
ffw
and
"elder
)lane
flew
fud
became
cn-
l"'rl
1'dol
skilfully
slliP
down
in
an
be
scrubbed
off.
Aumaque
32
Beattie
56
SHOWDOWN
r
BY
SEAMEN
i
pering
sollly
and
calling
lor
"daddy."
She
took
them
back
in
her
house.
,
fio
rying
the
I
battered
little
Mrs.
Robertson
said;-
"It
was
awful.
I
could
hear
the
children
wxlies.
"a,'l
I
lie
li
ansnoi
t
.sercamiim.
The
house
was
al
Ycv
y
i
:
-
most
gone
then.
I
saw
a.
man
standing
in
the
yard,
calling
to
Bevcourt
29
i
Bobjo
13
Buffalo
Canadian
15
Consol.
Smelters
114.75
Conwest
1.32
Donalda
55
'
Eldona
68
East
Sullivan
3.15
Giant
Yellowknife
....
5.50
God's
Lake
50
Hardrock
19
Harricana
09
Heva
11
Hosco
'-.
.27
Jacknlfe
.:.
04
&
somebody
In
a
window
to
jump,
I
heard
someone
laughing
hys
'
I'eeii
hurled
"
"f
Hm
air
liner
Hie
rrasli.
The
,ri,llsli
t
wus
but-
'"1
au.ili
open.
hiimp
ni...
i
M..
terically.
1
could
sec
children
in
Say
They
Will
Strike
Rather
Than
Accept
Lower
Wages
'
--
i
HALIFAX,
a
Gus
Geaites,
port
agent
for
the
Canidian
Seamen's
Union,
says
the
Union
will
strike
before
It
accepts
a
wage
reduction.
The
statement
by
Genites
followed
a
Union
meeting
which
urged
that
"all
seamen
mobilize
to
take
whatever
action
is
necessary
to
protect
the
living
standard
or
the
merchant
neet."
The
seamen
are
negotiating
a
new
contract
with
a
fhree-man
board.
on
unsl.airs
window
with
the
I
UUM'.'I
U1C
fil'
lllirt
if
they
wished
as
the
city
is
practically
defenceless.
Tli
gcowral
leading
four
South
China
provinces
has
said
they
will
fight
on
against
feudal;
ism
and
com.uunism,
classing
Chiang
Kai-Shek
as
a
feudalist.
ISRAELI'S
GOVERNMENT
TEL
AVIV
An
Assembly
dominated
numerically
by
two
rival
labor
parties
will
form
Israeli's
first
regular
government.
Ben
Carton's
Mapai
Party
holds
the
largest
group
11
out
of
150
seals.
Dr.
Chaim
Weirbann,
Iorig-time
Zionist,
is
expected
to
be
chosen
President
The
capital
may
be
Ihi'v
r
i
Vancouver
Bayonne
Bralorne
9.00
B.
R.
Con
03
U
B.
R.
X
10
Cariboo
Quartz
1-30
Congress
05
Hcdley
Mascot
51
Pacific
Eastern
07
la
Pcnd
Oreille
6.10
Pioneer
3.40
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
3.40
Reno
07
Sheep
Creek
1.50
Sllbak
Premier
38
Taku
River
34
Vananda
-
37
Salmon
Gold
15
Spud
Valley
(ask)
OS'b
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4,85
A.
P.
Con
24
Atlantic
7(1
(.'almont
.41
'a
C.
&
F.
6.00
Central
Leduc
1-25
Home
Oil
12.00
Mercury
i
14
Vi
Okalta
L3B
ry
thiniMio
1
w.l
H
l"'m
"ie
,,,-ival.-.-
1,1
"Ver
llie
town
!illl!lon,
New
Yoik
,
.
!
The
contract
expired
last
October
but
ran
under
old
terms
pending
the
reaching
of
a
new
U
TlUIiS
lliUnes
licking
around."
!
-
Nine
children
in
all
died
in
the
liri.';
Five
other
persons
in
the
two-family
building
escaped.
Fend
of
the
dead
were
children
of
William
McKelnan.
The
fire
started
while
Mrs.
Mc-Krigan
wa';
cooking
breakfast
but
It
is
not
known
how
it
.started.
The
remaining
child
of
the
McKelgan
family
Hose-was
critically
injured.
KKARCH
KOU
ATLANTIS
Atlantis,
the
legendary
continent,
said
to
have
disappeared
under
water
8,00(1
years
ago,
will
soon
he
.searched
for
by
a
British
fspedition
using
radar.
r
Mruary
l,
m,j
3:31
20.0
feet
agreement.
-
.
The
Union
objects
to
the'
"scuttling"
of
the
merchant
fieet
and
the
selling
of
ships
to
other
powers.
1
1
o
.-u-jrrrrai
l.r:21
:ati
21:11
Jollet
Quebec
43
j
Lake
Rowan
06Vii
Lapaska
08U
Little
Long
Lac
93
Lynx
13
Madsen
Red
Lake
....
2.70
McKenzle
Red
Lake
37
McLeod
Cockshutt
..
1.04
Moneta
48
V2
Negus
2.35
Noranda
58.75
Louvicourt
42
Pickle
Crow
2.11
Regcourt
06
13
San
Antonio
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
42
Sherrit
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
1-56
Sturgeon
River
18
Silver
Miller
36
20.0
reel
0.7
feet
4.2
feet
moved
from
Tel
Aviv
to
Jerusalem.
MP,
DIES
OTTAWA
Norman
Jacques,
69,
Social
Credit
Member
of
Parliament
for
Wetaskiwir
died
here
early
today.
He
was
first
elected
to
the
House
of
Commons
in
the
1935
general
election
and
was
returned
in
1940
and
1945.
UEN'JLY
.
l
E"vernnient
has
'Ut,'l
Lose
V.,r
Important
Notice
Ca.-adian
Club
Dinner
to
be
held
at
Civic
Centre
instead
of
Presbyterian
Church.
RKAKCIIM&STEK
Sparkplug
behind
all
R.C.A.F.
search
and
rescue
operations
in
Manitoba
and
far
Arctic
regions
is
Wing
Cndr.
Alan
Walinsley,
chief
stuff
officer
of
11
Group
Headquarters
at
Winnipeg.
He
is
shown
pointing
out
the
locale
of
the
recent
"Operation
Moore"
rescue
on
a
wall
map
in
the
operations
room
or
11
Grouu
Search
and
Rescue
Co-ordination
centre,
The
veteran
flier
sw'.tches
jobs
from
staff
officer
to
search
-master
the
minute
a
plane
is
reported
missing"
in
his
area
of
operations.
(CP
Photo)
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1
Because
too
many
2.68
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.18'
.13
Pacific
Pete
Princess
Royal
Canadian
..
South
Brazeau
Toronto
Athona
nave
been
put
out
THOSE
tUIET
DAYS
Only
four
passenger
automobiles
were
registered
in
the
United
Stales
in
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