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C.
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AND
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Kupert,
the
Key
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
27.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
2,
1948
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
THIRD
AVENUE
BUILDING
SOLD
(WRECKAGE
FROM
Sent
of
5k
Passes
Stakes
G
PLANE
IS
FOUND
The
building
on
Third
A
cnue
between
Fifth
and
Sixth
Streets,
occupied
by
the
T.
Eaton
Co.
overnmeiii&
Taken
As
Indication
That
Air
Liner
Perished
In
Atlanlip
i,k,,n
Sninnry
of
mail
order
office,
was
sold
last
week
by
the
owner,
John
Bulzak.l
to
Henry
Meyerhoff.
onerator
of
HAMILTON,
Bermuda
Flnd-
f(l
M'Uilrral
Dead
at
If
5!
.
x
if
A
)
7"
Cresccnt
Shows.
Reported
Kale
lnK
of
an
011
drum
and
several
price
was
$12,000.
The
building
boxos
in
lhc
Atlantic
Ocean
300
j
will
continue
to
be
used
bv
the
mlles
north
'
Bermuda
at
the.
nr
i-rFAL
(P
Ueorge
wu-!I)nfy,
aged
59.
Nova
sident
and
chief
3yn
r
cacc
un
Eaton
Co.
week-end
further
confirm
the!
fear
that
the
British
air
liner
missing
for
.several
days
with
e
officer
of
the
BanK
oi
,
clu'd
in
hospital
here
Mr
i
i
twenty
nine
persons
on
board,
j
crashed
and
perished
at
sea.
Sir
entered
the
ser-,
jF;)iini''
MEEK
HERETO
COMMENT"
Russia
Protests
At
U.S.-
'Observations'
the
tank
at
Yarmouth,
utia.
his
birthplace.
In
r
i
nruiur
i-oningnam,
retired
British
air
marshal,
was
among
those
on
board.
,
:,i
became
president
in
K
r
rtiiiB
up
from
the
pool
His
Irul
manager.
Report
Much
Interest
In
Port
Development
I'rnjrct
J.Czeclis
Still
Kenneth
Meek,
who
has
bee
PRIME
MINISTER"
PLEDGES
HIMSELF
TO
GANDHI
AIM
N
E
W
D
E
L
H
I
(CP)-Prime
Minister
Pendit
rsehru
told
the
Indian
Constituent
Assembly
today
that
he
had
accepted
the
restoration
of
peace
in
this
troubled
land
as
an
issue
on
which
his
government
would
stand
or
fall.
"If
we
don't
do
that,"
he
said
'we
are
not
worth
being
in
this
government,
certainly
not
of
being
his
(Gandhi's)
fol-I
ID
CI
PACE
lowers
or
even
saying
words
of
.
the
last
war
irom
ivit
Mr
Spinney
was
chair-
the
Canadian
War
Fin-nmnitiee
and
directed
war
bund
dirves.
Yarmouth.
Mr.
Spinney
uferrcrl
tu
Edmundston,
Ui,vi(k.
and
he
als.j
n
the
Quebec,
Hamilton
f
lalieal
branches.
In
191a
trying
to
develop
the
former
Am-1
1
I
11
1
eriean
Army
warehouse
and
1
(
(
I
llOCriCiY
'
j
facilities
here
into
a
peacetime
I
'J
j
.shipping
project,
arrived
back
ln
ST
MORITZ,
Switzerland
J-the
city
at
the
week
end
after
Canada
moved
into
a
second
a
month's
absence
with
a
"no
pace
Ue
wltn
Switzerland
today
comment"
response
to
questions
ln
the
unofficial
worlds
hockey
regarding
progress.
I
championships
by
shutting
out
Mr.
Meek
Indicated,
however,
Poiand
15
to
0
at
the
Olympic
that
his
control
over
the
in.st.il-
winter
Games.
It
was
the
Dotations
remains
on
option,
the
minion's
third
win
against
no
basis
on
which
he
controlled
t
osscs
and
lhe
second
straight
them
last
year.
The
option,
ap-
Canadian
shut-out
for
Goalie
parently.
has
been
renewed.
!
Murray
Dowcy
of
Toronto.
The
Calgary
businessman,
who!
Chechoslovakia
retained
Its
appointfd
.secretary
to
LONDON
CP
Russia
has
filed
a
protest
with
the
United
States
against
actions
of
"Flying
fortresses
in
the
Yellow
Sea
and
the
Sea
of
Japan
in
making
observations
of
Soviet
shipping."
ASSASSINATION
PLOT
ON
NEHRU
Prime
Minister
of
India
and
Two
Cabinet
Ministers
Targets
NEW
DELHI
Plot
aimed
at
the
killing
of
Prime
Minister
Jawaharlal
Nehru
and
two
of
his
cabinet
ministers
was
reported
to
have
been
uncovered
Sunday
night
by
India's
Home
Minister,
Sardar
VaUabahai
Patel.
Whether
or
not
the
con
praise
for
his
great
soul.
ADJOURNED
"I
have
a
sense
of
utter
shame
as
an
individual
and
as
head
o
a
government
that
we
should
have
failed
to
protect
the
greatest
treasure
we
possess."'
Supreme
Court
Trial
of
New
Liberty
Editor
Et
Al
Delayed
to
April
5
j
last
month
tried
to
raise
$250,000
hold
on
first
place
by
walloping
EDMONTON
The
Supreme1
Court
of
Alberta
hearing
of
the!
defamatory
libel
conspiracy
case!
against
the
publisher
of
New
Dy
local
subscription
ia
nuance
England
11
to
4.
The
Czechs
the
purchase
of
the
buildings'
have
four
straight
wins
without
from
War
Assets
Corporation,1
any
losses.
said
that
he
had
met
a
"tre-l
Sweden
defeated
the
so
far
mendous
interest"
from
business,
wlnless
Austria
7
to
1.
concerns
throughout
Canada
fol-
Switzerland.
Idle
today,
is
tied
ONTARIO
TOWN
HAS
BIG
FIRE
One
Hundred
Thousand
Dollar
Blaze
at
Mattawa
MATTAWA,
Ont.
Q
A
$100,-000
fire
here
during
Saturday
night
destroyed,
among
other
buildings,
the
town
and
fire
hall.
From
North
Bay,
twenty
lowing
publicity
given
his
scheme
with
Canada
spiracy
was
associated
in
any
way
with
the
assassination
of
:
in
December.
Liberty
Magazine,
a
writer
and
welfare
worker
has
been
adjourned
until
April
5
on
the
application
of
the
defence.
Meantime
at
Toronto
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officers
got
their
manuscript
of
the
article
"Babies
for
Export"
Sat
Mohandas
Gandhi
last
week
is;
WAY
TO
WORLD
PEACE
THROUGH
ITS
STOMACH
Preparing
to
set
out
on
a
fishing
trip
in
Florida's
gulf
stream,
former
U.S.
President
Hoover,
who
knows
more
about
the
world's
hunger
than
any
other
living
American,
tells
reporters
that
there
will
never
be
complete
peace
until
the
peoples
of
the
world
art
fed.
He
said
that
"it
is
a
remarkable
commentary
on
the
free
enterprise
system
that
the
United
States
and
three
other
democratic
nations,
containing
only
eight
per
cent,
of
the
world
s
population,
are
supplying
90
per
cent,
of
the
food
moving
in
world
commerce."
He
named
the
other
countries
as
Canada,
Australia
and
Argentina.
He
has
been
in
Calgary.
Montreal
and
Ottawa
for
the
last
month.
He
plans
to
remain
in
Prince
Rupert
at
least
until
the
end
of
February.
Richard
Button.
18-year-old
Englewood,
New
Jersey
youth,
captured
first
place
in
compulsory
figures
of
the
men's
figure
skating
division.
CANADIANS
DROP
OIT
Two
of
Canada's
Olympic
speed
skating
team,
Frank
Stack
urday
but
the
manner
In
which
not
known.
Investigation
of
the
circumstances
of
Gandhi's
murder
is
proceeding.
Patel
said
that
he
and
the
Minister
of
Education,.
Maulana
Abul
Kalam,
were
also
intended
victims
fo
the
asserted
conspiracy
In
addition
to
the
Prime
Minister.
they
seized
a
carbon
copy
on
which
there
were
editorial
markings
from
offices
of
New
Libertv
miles
to
the
west,
came
fire
fighting
equipment
to
assist
in
finally
bringing
the
conflagration
under
control
and
extinguishing
it.
i
Magazine
drew
a
verbal
blast
'from
Wallace
Reyburn.
man
"Certain
arrests
are
being
Doukhobors
Are
Blamed
aging,
editor
of
the
publication.
of
Winnipeg
and
Ab
Hardy
of
Edmonton,
today
announced
their
retirement
from
'
active
competition.
"I've
had
enough,"
said
Stack
I
made,"
PateT
said."
Htr
declmeJ
to
say
whether
the
assassination
of
Gandhi
was
part
of
the
same
plot,
explaining:
"That
case
is
now
under
court
deter
Cancer
Cure
Denounced
i-Ofnriie
Wilson
Spln-esidciit
of
Bank
of
I
after
finishing
twenty-seventh
LOCAL
NURSE
ESCAPES
UNHURT
FROM
CRASH,
LOSING
MONEY
AND
EFFECTS
Miss
Hetty
Black,
R.N.,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Harry
Hlack
of
this
city,
escaped
unhurt
from
an
airplane
crash
thinner
the
week-end
in
the
Gulf
Islands
region
twenty-five
miles
northeast
of
Victoria.
She
lost
her
money
and
effects
as
she
and
four
other
persons
on
board
the
amphibian
aircraft
were
res-
u.
VANCOUVER
9
-
A
series
of
fc(.hool
fires
in
the
Greater
Van-
ral
manager
at
head
'
couver
area,
the
latest
of
which
in
the
1500-metre
event
today.
"Let
the
younger
fellows
take
over
from
here,"
he
said.
Stack
Is
42
years
old
and
Hardy,
38.
maw
assistant
to
the
Sydney
Newspaper
Says
John
Braund
Is
Suffering
-From
Hallucinations
cvnxrirv
a
.
1
1
-
nanauer
in
1
922.
assls4,
mination
and
it
is
improper
for
me
to
comment
on
it.
But
there
was
a
conspiracy
and
there
is
no
doubt
about
it."
Meanwhile
on
the
banks
of
the
Jumma
River
ashes
of
the
assassinated
Gandhi
were
reverently
collected
and
prepared
for
scattering
on
the
waters
sacred
to
orthodox
H.nuuism.
I
cilwli,
Australia
v
jonn
was
on
Lulu
Island
Saturday
night,
may
have
been
the
work
of
Doukhobors,
police
reported
today.
Two
Doukhobors.
Nick.
Bryan.
40-yeur-old
Vancouver
salesman,
and
John
Pre.ston
are
in
police
custody
following
a
gasoline-set
fire
at
Queen
Elizabeth
School.
Property
damage
amounting
to
ral
manager
in
1928
and
mauler
in
1936.
ed
was
a
director
of
n
Industries
Ltd.,
Can-infie
Railway
Co.,
Con-i
Mining
&
Smelting
FINED
$300
FOR
SELLING
LIQUOR
O
N.
Martinson,
city
taxi
driver,
was
fined
$300
and
costs
by
Magistrate
H.
D.
Thain
in
The
two
rescuers
were
Kay
Prit-chard
and
George
Richards.
The
crash
occurred
during
a
Canada
Ltd.
Interna-
Co
of
Canada
I
high
wind.
The
survivors
were
j
taken
to
Mayne
Island.
Miss
'
Black
wired
to
her
parents
of
$300
was
clone
i'JVal
Trust
Co..
Steel
..!.,
......
i
till..
Customs
Receipts
Total
$51,285
Customs
and
excise
receipts
at
the
Port
uf
Prince
Rupert
in
January
totalled
$51,285.50,
the
local
Customs
office
reported
this
morning.
Collections
for
January.
1947,
were
$38,857.36.
Police
say
that
Preston
blames
i"1-'
v
,
...
..
I
n
A
M
V,
r.
nln.iflnj
n
till...
RUSSIAN
PROTEST
FLATLY
REJECTED
United
States
Says
Visit
of
Warships
to
Italy
In
Order
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
CP
The
United
States
today
rejected
outright
Russia's
protest
agairist
the
visit
of
American
warships
to
Italian
ports.
A
State
Department
note
said
that
the
Italian
government
had
granted
permission
in
advance
for
each
such
visit.
It
said
that
the
calls
were
"in
straight
accord
with
the
comity
of
nations."
BIG
STRIKE
IN
GERMANY
FRANKFURT
(P
Nearly
3,000,000
German
workers
will
strike
at
midnight
tonight
In
the
biggest
mass
demonstration
yet
against
shrinking
food
rations.
Labor
leaders
report
increasing
Communist
efforts
to
foment
mass
unrest
throughout
the
food-short
British
and
American
zones.
v
f
Canada
Ltd.
and
Assurance
Co.
of
Can-
Braund
of
Sydney,
Australia,
who
claims
he
can
cure
cancer,
today
rejected
an
offer
of
$54,-000
by
E.
J.
Hallstrom,
wealthy
Sydney
philanthropist,
to
set
up
a
cancer
clinic.
In
rejecting
the
offer,
Braund
said
arrangements
have
been
made
for
him
to
work
in
Melbourne.
The
Sydney
Daily
Mirror
used
its
front
page
to
denounce
Braund
and
issued
a
$16,000
challenge
to
him
to
perform
his
cure
of
a
patient
suffering
from
malignant
cancer
before
a
panel
of
doctors
from
the
British
Medical
Association.
v
nan
iii.tu
oi
me
n
Advisory
Board
of
xchaiiKc
Assurance.
''nutr
uf
McGill
Unlver-
her
safety.
Miss
Black
was
about
to
leave
the
service
of
the
city
of
Victoria
after
acting
as
a
school
nur.se
to
join
the
nursing
staff
of
the
Royal
Jubilee
Hospital
from
which
she
graduated
a
year
ago.
Last
summer
she
visited
Prince
Rupert
and
for
a
short
time
was
on
relief
duty
at
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Bryan
for
the
fire
and
said
Uie
latter
was
a
member
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom.
ASPHALT
HOT
MIX
PLANT
ARRIVES
HERE
niu
i
ur
pi'
am-u
t;uuiy
iu
u
charge
of
selling
liquor.
He
was
given
an
option
of
three
months
in
Jail.
Lloyd
McGlashan,
who
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
vagrancy,
was
fined
$25
and
costs.
John
T.sjaski,
charged
wltn
supplying
liquor
to
an
Indian,
and
also
with
Intoxication,
was
remanded
until
Thursday.
He
U
represented
in
court
by
A.
B.
Brown.
John
Mearns,
who
was
charged
with
intoxication,
was
HOCKEY
SCORES
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
tSaturdayX
New
York
4,
Montreal
2
Detroit
2,
Toronto
3
,
Chicago
7.
Boston
4
(Sunday)
'
Toronto
0,
Detroit
3
Montreal
3,
Boston
0
PACIFIC
COAST
(Saturday)
New
Westminster
6,
Fresno
3
Seattle
5,
Tacoma
4
Oakland
3,
San
Francisco
2
San
Diego
5,
Los
Angeles
4
SUNDAY
Fresno
1.
Seattle
2.
Tacoma
4.
Portland
4.
Los
Angeles
t,
San
Diego
3.
LOCAL
TIDES
1
Royal
Victoria
Hospl-Spiimey
was
awarded
'wfte
(,f
civil
Laws
by
University
in
1942
and
l"H
I
the
Most
Distlnjt-Wer
"I
St.
Michael
and
V
in
HM3.
Tuesday.
High
February
3,
1948
...
7:52
18.5
Teet
21:20
15.1
fee
...
1:27
9.
feet
14:58
7.0
feet
oumvcd
by
his
widow
a
new
hot-mix
asphalt
plant
Low
remanded
until
Saturday
for
1
uie
former
Josephine
ft),Uh
has
been
on
order
for
the'
nearill
ONTARIO
MINER
IS
ACCIDENT
VICTIM
BEARDMORE.
Ont.
W
One
miner
was
killed
and
four
others
were
hurt,
one
seriously,
in
the
collapse
of
a
"blasting"
set
and
bracing
timber
at
2,150-foot
level
of
the
Leitch
gold
mine,
six
miles
east
of
here
last
night.
"""Hi.
ana
tw-
cuy
Sjee
lu-st
fall,
was
delivered
p
rs
His
son
died
from
today
and
will
be
set
up
at
the
sustained
while
on
ae-
Morse
Creek
w.i,
'
"V
in
nromtratiim
.
.
.
.
-
-
..(
i
..iwl
UlltfV
j
for
the
1948
road
building
I
'
:
:
TOD
A
YTS
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Juhnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
"ujfti
v-rtll-
JVV
In
June,
1945.
I
The
plant
was
purchased
out,
TIMBER
SCALE
IN
JANUARY
ABOVE
1947
Sawlog
scale
in
the
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
during
January
was
13.050.513
feet,
according
to
the
monthly
bulletin
Issued
by
District
Forester
J.
E.
Mathieson.
Production
last
month
was
about
5.000.000
board
if
funds
ranted
to
the
city
a
DING
PERMITS':;
car
ago
by
the
Dominion
gov
PARY
$7,025,
ernment
as
compensation
101
damage
dime
to
the
streets
by
military
traffic
during
the
war.
I
"f
but
Buffalo
Canadian
12
Consol.
Smelters
100.00
'Conwest
88
Donald.i
76
Eldotia
79
Elder
58
Giant
Yellowknifc
5.75
God's
Lake
81
Idinu
nermits
t-
It
cost
$17,000.
'
Citv
Tiio
iiinnt.
will
iiroduce
road
I.
"d"ary
totalled
$7.025,
'building
material
similar
to
mat
"I
Whirl
was
a
permit
used
by
the
Air
Force
on
Sixth
,i
....
.
f
'OI,
"r
construction
of
an
'
Avenue
East
in
1944.
J
feet
less
than
in
January
1947.
I
Pole
and
piling
production
was
much
greater
than
the
corresponding
month
last
year,
be-
'ine
749.508
lineal
feet,
as
com
i
at
t
''
Home
Oil
Co.
High
on
the
list
of
work
pro-
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
.
Skies
remain
clear
over
the
major
portion
of
British
Columbia
today.
Increased
cloudiness
is
expected
in
the
northern
sections
tomorrow
but
elsewhere
conditions
will
remain
unchanged.
,
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
today
and
tonight.
Cloudy
Tuesday.
Wind
north
(15
m.p.h.)
today.
Light
tonight
and
Tuesday.
Little
change
in
temperature
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Tuesday
At
Port
Hardy
28
and
42,
Massett
32
and
42,
Prince
Rupert
30
and
40.
The,-
0
cre
seven
permits
posed
for
the
coming
spring
and
r
n.i
"""u
me
month
pared
with
40,130
in
January
1
1947.
nnson.
First
Avenue,
Ha
id
rock
H.irricana
Hev.i
Hosco
Jacknil'e
Juliet
Quebec
..
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
"'avauoil.
Whalen.
Fifth
Avenue
impairs.
Mimmer
is
suiiacing
oi
i""
Avenue
between
McBride
and
Second
Streets.
Tills
section
was
given
a
new
sub-surface
last
summer.
The
section
of
Third
Avenue
between-
Ninth
Strec'
and
Park
Avenue
also
is
scheduled
for
surfacing.
.14
.07
.17
.38
1
i
.05
.38
.08
1.21
.09
2.97
.58
1.35
.28
2.70
Vancouver
Bralorue
10.75
B.R.X
09
Cariboo
Quartz
2.35
Dentoula
13
Grull
Wihksne
05
Minto
02''4
'Fend
Grille
2.40
Pioneer
3.30
Premier
Border
05
Privateer
27
Reeves
McDonald
1.15
Reno
11
Salmon
Gold
22'
2
Sheep
Creek
105
Taylor
Bridge
.
45'2
Taku
River
C2
Vananda
18
Congress
04
Pacific
Eastern
07
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.02'
2
Central
Zeballos
OV't
Silbak
Premier
44
Oils
Calmont
48
C.
&
E
4.20
Home
625
Toronto
Athona
07
Aumaque
21
Beattie
70
Bevcourt
55
Bobjo
H
t
.',
u"
Co..
waterfront.
""'ruction
Railroad
tie
production,
however,
was
slightly
less
in
January
1948
than
it
was
a
year
ago.
There
were
4.127
ties
cut
last
month
compared
with
6.177
a
year
ago.
Cordwood
production
totalled
134
cords
last
month
while
in
Mad.M'ii
Red
Lak
Avenue
Timm.s,
Ninth
construction
McKenzie
Red
Lake
Sec
i-ond
Avenue,
$25,
McLcnd
Cockshutt
.
Moneta
Negus
80
1
-
-'.'fin
mmnm
-
iJtebt40jL
January,
1947,
there
wer
Seventh
Avenue
F,;ust,
between
McBride
Street
and
the
Hays
Cove
bridge,
is
to
be
widened
and
black-topped,
according
to
plans
presented
to
council
although
it
is
not
certain
whether
'S
Drv
alterations.
no.
"
ViU
w
flJi'
January,
1947
or
not
that
project
will
be
completed
this
year.
The
asphalt
plant,
made
Dy
the
Barber-Greene
Co.,
has
a
FIVE
FIRE
CALLS
IN
JANUARY
There
were
five
fire
calls
In
Prince
Rupert
during
January,
according
to
the
records
of
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock.
Four
of
the
calls
were
to
small
fires
with
negligible
damage,
and
one
was
a
false
alarm.
There
were
14
fire
calls
in
January,
1947.
,
Noranda
48.50
Louvicourt
'.
1.34
Pickle
Crow
2.25
Regcourt
07
San
Antonio
4.10
Senator
Rouyn
.54'i
Sherrit
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
2.15
.Sturgeon
River
20
Pilver
Miller
38
cords
produced.
Sawlog
production
by
varieties
was
as
follows:
Fir
463,522
Cedar,
1.208,569
Spruce,
6,219.303
Hemlock,
3,323.857
Balsam,
956.024
Jackpine,
738,283
Miscellaneous,
14085
DANISH
PRINCESS
WITH
HER
PARENTS
Princess
Anne
of
Bourbon-Parma,
whose
romance
with
ex-King
Michael
of
Romania
has
been
making
headlines,
is
shown
in
her
Copenhagen
home
with
her
parents.
Prince
Rene
of
Bourbon-Parma
and
his
wife,
Princess
Margrethe.
Latest
development
in
the
romance
was
Anne's
detour
to
Luxembourg
while
enroute
to
join
Michael
in
Switzerland
and
a
reported
announcement
by
one
of
Michael's
aides
that
the
ex-monarch
did
not
contemplate
marriage
at
this
time.
csin.witv
of
20
tuns
an
hour,
me.,,.
'
''
a'er-proof
,.,:
1,1,1
w"h"t
affect-
which
will
go
on
the
streets
ho!
and
will
be
rolled
into
a
tough
hard
surface.