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PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C.
THURSDAY,
MARCH
24,
1949
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o
take
any
HARRY
ARCHIBALD
FIGHTS
AGAINST
ATLANTIC
PACT,
SUN
NEWSPAPER
REPORTS
,
Hurry
Archibald
of
Skeena
and
Rodney
Young
of
Vancouver
Centre
are
leading
a
fight
within
the
C.C.F.
party
against
the
North
Atlantic
Security
Alliance,
according;
to
an
Ottawa
dispatch
to
the
Vancouver
Sun.
The
issue
came
to
a
head
at
a
party
caucus,
according
to
the
newspaper.
However,
the
was
giao
io
.-,
at
the
',
'
t
V
"x'jf
!
SI
li
that,
out'
demand
for
I
8
tier
cut-ind
increased
Session
Prorogued
Today
Speed
Limit
On
Highways
Is
Raised
VICTORIA
(CP)
The
British
Columbia
Legis-
lature
prorogued
at
noon
today
after
one
of
the
'
(
shortest
sessions
since
the
end
of
the
war.
The
session
opened
on
February
8.
It
is
expected
that
this
will
be
the
last
session
before
the
members
are
called
together
for
dissolution.
Indications
are
that
would
not
lumber
I
tlie
revolt
within
the
Socialist
party
Sm.iuy
i
up
to
wiin-i"
now.
liiiibiaCcllu-
is
fcaid
to
Involve
only
a
dozen
the
government
will
call
an
el-
or
-less
or
the
party's
thirty
FIGURES
IN
U.
S.
MINE
WORK
STOPPAGE
U.M.W.
Prudent
John
L.
Lewis
(lertt
has
called
an
end
to
a
"suspension
or
mining"
east
or
the
Mississippi
river
by
400,000
hard
and
soft
qpal
miners.
The
shutdown
was
ordered,
Lewis
asserted,
to
"emphasize"
the
United
Mine
Workers
Union's
op)xsition
to
Dr.
James
Boyd
(right),
as
director
or
the
redcral
bureau
of
minus.
The
latter
was
nominated
by
President
Truman
on
March
7,
1947,
and
has
served
without
pay
pending
his
confirmation
by
the
Senate.
Some
425.000
hard
and
soft
U.
S.
coal
diners
are
home
from
work
now
but
Lewis
says
they
will
stay
out
or
the
pits
until
March
28.
The
United
States
Senate
confirmed
Boyd
yesterday.
"
United
States
Coal
Mine
Strike
Ending
two
members
and
not
many
ection
with
polling
day
fixed
for
late
in
June.
f
t
J
'
.
'
4
.
t
IIMHIII
even
or
the
C.C.F.
are
expected
,rea
through
4
its
erllu-ivirt
Edward
.nibcr
take
;
thirty
per-:,
production
to
vol
against
the
pact
in
the
.
In
the
final
sitting
legislation
to
empower
the
government
to
Hou.-w.
make
an
agreement
with
the
LARGE
DROP
IN
BUTTER
PRICES
MONCTON,
N.B.
Butter
prices
have
dropped
from
75
cents
to
66
cents
a
pound.
Grocers
say
the
cut
seemed
almost
entirely
due
to
the
competition
oHered
by
margarine.
the
Vancouver
Sun's
FIGHTS
SECURITY
PACT
Harry
Archibald
leading
C.C.
F.
minority
opposing
Alliance,
says
Vancouver
paper.
Here
is
dispatch:
i
d
amounted
OTTAWA,
March
21--A
min
PITTSBURG
P
John
L.
Lewis
ordered
403,000
idle
coal
miners
to
return
to
work
Monday.
An
executtive
order
to
district
ol-ficcrs
said
the
"present
memorial
period
will
terminate
Monday,
March
20.
Production
may
then
be
resumed
in
all
mines
and
all
members
should
make
themselves
available
Tor
work
on
that
date.
ority
revolt
within
the
C.C.F
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
was
given
final
reading.
It
gives
the
government
power
to
negotiate
for
the
granting
of
power
resources
and
rights
lor
the
development
of
the
largest
aluminum
industry
in
the
world.
Kitimaa,t,
near
Prince
Rupert,
is
d
feet
as
KKi.noo
board
ceding.
Col-s
a
new
of
the
dist-comniendng
nlct
and
in
against
the
North
Atlantic
Se
TELEPHONE
EXPERT
RECOMMENDS
AUTOMATIC
SYSTEM
FOR
THIS
CITY
Council
Turns
Down
Alderman
Casey's
Suceestion
to
Brine
in
Ernest
Love
curity
Act
is
posing
the
problem
of
parly
unity
for
the
leader
ship.
Liberal
Convention
Is
Called
to
Decide
Upon
a
tavorea
site.
;
in
the
Kit-
I
Their
may
possibly
be
a
vote
Another
bill
provided
for
a
with
a
total
50-mile-an-hour
speed
limit
to
come
into
effect
at
once
on
open
two.
against
the
pact
when
it
t
cutties
up
ftir
endorsement
In
Oi
House
of
Commons,
as
well'
!iu
a
lew
nU're
C.C.F.
members
Noted
Canadian
Businessman
Dies
An
Knglish.
telephone
engineer
who
Wednesday
m;id'
a
survey
of
the
citv's
telephone
system
recom
highways.
This
speed
limit
came
Issue
of
B.C.
Coalition
into
force
today
when
it
received
Royal
Assent
of
the
VANCOU
VER
(CP)
Definite
decision
of
Liberal
oartv
policy
on
coalition
will
le
made
next
month
at
a
when
the
roll
is
MONTREAL
0.-J0I111
llenrj
!
"m"
Bil
ks.
a;ed
78.
vice-chairmau
'
Ued.
the
board
of
directors
of
Henry1
"Te
issue!
came
to
a
liead
in
mended
to
city
council
last
night
that,
when
the
system
is
renewed,
as
it
must
In:
in
the
near
future,
automatic,
rather
than
manual
facilities
be
installed.
He
was
James
Scowcroft,
of
Glasgow',
Scotland,
By
another
last-minute
act
of
general
convention
ot
the
British
Columbia
Liberal
the
Legislature
oleomargarine
Birks
&
Sons
Ltd..
and
lorm9
,
C.C.F.
parliamentary
caucus
here
Association
here
April
7
and
H.
Once
that
has
been
president
and
chairman
-of
thr':'
'---J-
lwo
British
Col-
iiiidiiction
of
t.
Columbia
was
covered
iai;'iin'iit
li-e
under
the
'lion
coiil
nil
.ir
perpetual
ic
basis.
It
i
the
Prince
-mm-cr
a
new
imlnistration
iruccdurcs
)u
illi.
Co-op-ic
tidd
starr
I
the
departure,
be
aa
ir.
.settled.,
plans-fur
a
provincial
general
election
will
be
bruini.
di"d
in
l.osnital
here
to
i
"
"
-
-.
lnP-
-
fiEhl
who
told
the
aldermen
that
thej
"
rciwt
PflL-his
-UntHnus
was
that'll
Mr.-Seewcrott
iW.fc-dr
v
completed
with
rremier
Johnson
announcing
the
date.
day.
relinquished
the
presi-1
fit,.
...
I..
jwn.
becomes
legal
in
British
Colum-Ma.Th'
bill?
so
provlrling
""was"'
passed
just
before
Inldnigtit
last
night
after
an
eleventh-hour
attempt
by
members
from
dairy-conscious
ridings
to
block
color
"They
wer
Harry
Archibald
an
automatic
system,
11
msUHedj
wiUi
regard
fur
the
condiUons
possibly
late
in
June.
.
'Kkccnai
arid
Rodney
Young
d'ticy
in
1044
after
six
years
at
the
lii'H'l
or
(he
jewelry
linn
and
was
succeeded
by
his
nephew,
Ii'-nry
G.
Bilks.
-
(Vancouver
Centre.
-.-
lacunar
to
Princ
e
Rujiei
t,
would
opcral-e
with
equal
or
better
satisfaction
than
a
manual
one.
Today
preparations
lor
thej
convention
are
being
madcj
under
call
from
ihe
Premier;
who
pledged
himself
to
hold!
ing
provisions
of
the
bill.
An
IAB0RITE5
HAVE
RIFT
imendment
banning
any
color-
"or
an
rnuincer,
rather
than
the
npresTntaUve
or
a
company."
Mr.
Scowcrort
surveyrd
tiie
system
in
company
with
Telephone
Assistant
Superintendent
Fred
Kempton
yesterday.
'"I
recommend
the
installation
or
an
-automatic
exchange
service
Tor
both
individual
and
i.nrlv
lines
because
the
annual
'
Reports
tfrom
behind
the
f
.rloMHi
doors
f
caucus
indicated
I
Utat
somewfeere
less
than
a
r
UkKen
uf
Uie
.32
menlbers
of
tlio
!
C.C.F.
bloc
here
w
ere
against
ng
whatsoever
was
defeated
and
Jie
bill
passed
final
reading
in
.
Greatest
advantage
m
auto-;
matic
equipment
is
Its
economy
j
lwrcnrrillNTFR
lvl
liO
I
CIV
of
operation
because
it
reduces!
the
numlxT
of
operators
re-jXAKS
LEAD
CC.L.
Tosses
Out
Chief
of
Electrical
Workers'
Union
original
form,
allowing
coloring
for
the
commodity.
The
bill
was
sponsored,
after
all,
by
Minister
of
Agriculture
Frank
Putnam.
rrsl
priiiliir-iminlril
out
automatically
ouired.
It
also
one
before
an
election.
Progressive
Conservatives
are
listed
to
be
in
favor
of
continuation
or
the
coalition
with
hopes
or
winning
sufficient
support
in
the
election
to
take
the
Premiership.
They
now
have
fourteen
members
and
the
Liberals,
twenty-two.
There
have
been
rumbles
of
irrt
fnwst
costs
are
considerably
lower
for
an
automatic
than
for
manual."
Some
delay
in
the
appearance
Ant
from
j
the
pact.
J
"It
is
understood
that
no
concerted
effort
was
made
to
clamp
down
party
discipline
and
whip
the
rebels
into
line,
and
that
1
the
issue
is
not
yet
completely
NEW
WESTMINSTER
'
New
Westminster
Royals
have
taken
a
one-game
lead
over
Tacoma
Hocket.s
in
the
best-of-Ove
Tina
in
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League's
iinrtheni
division
which
Minds
t
or
oleomargarine
on
the
British
Columbia
market
may
arise
from
finpriril
two
coast
and
the
fact
that
manufacturers
and
tests
the
lines
and
locates
faults
before
they
show
up
in
service,
he
said.
j
BRITISH
I
tti
IPMI
NT
Mr.
haiiglaiul
told
the
nu-et-in
that
the
General
F.leclric
Co.
of
England
has
"no
connection
whatever
with
any
company
ol
a
similar
name."
It
is
one
oi
five
British
companies
;
manufacturing
telephone
equip
OTTAWA
(Pi
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
today
suspended
from
its
executive
council
C.
S.
Jackson
of
Toronto,
Canadian
director
of
the
left
wing
United
Electrical
Workers'
Union-
The
executive
is
the
nation-wide
policy-making
body
made
up
of
the
chiefs
of
unions
in
the
360,000-member
Congress.
Jackson
was
suspended
"pending
investigation"
of
a
recent
editorial
in
the
United
Electrical
lie
said.
"That
is
not
peculiar
to
Canada
or
this
continent
or
to
Eurojie
but
all
over
the
world-
People
are
no
longer
ordering
manual
equipment.
Where
they
have
manual
equipment,
they
are
switching
to
automatic
w.nixp
it
saves
them
money."
(lividini;
line
iiimliiu;
for
wholesalers
must
first
obtain
licences
from
the
minister
of
agriculture.
iiio(linli(iii
r
settled.
"N:
e
rUieless,
at
the
end
of
intense
debate
Sunday
it
seemed
that
some
of
the
"rebel"
faction
had
swung
into
line
and
ojiened
with
u
3
(o
2
vickiry
in
overtime
lor
the
season's
leaders
las),
night.
Second
game
will
be
played
in
New
Westminster
Saturday
night
and
in
Tacoma
on
Sunday.
feet,
Mr.
his
down
lo
St.
Lawrence
and
it
he
others
were
hesitating
to
Mr.
Scowcrort
was
one
or
three
represent,
it
ives
or
the
General
Lakes
.Open
Soon
discontent,
particularly
among
young
Liberals,
who
want,
to
fight
a
straight
party
ticket.
Premier
Johnson,
who
succeeded
Hon.
John
Hart
to
the
Premiership,
Is
expected
to
recommend
a
continuation
of
the
coalition
which
was
formed
in
1911
to
combat
the
C.C.F.
The
"John
Hart
formula"
will
be
followed,
it
is
expected.
In
constituencies
where
Liberals
vote
against
the
pact."
TORONTO
First
westbound
Workers'
official
publication
fcrt
fur
Hie
HI.MIO
l.o;inl
our.
A
drop
"ill
vat
still
'
had,
hnw-'IIMSC
in
tlic
"tilt
llf
I'WIl-
which
made
charges
against
the
leadership
,
of
the
Ontario
Fed
ment,
to
the
"excessively
niun
standards"
of
the
British
General
Post
Office
which
operates
telephones
in
the
United
Kingdom
and
the
company's
prod-(Conlmuco.
01--
lave
Five)
Norman
Nelson,
who
has
been
in
the
city
for
the
past
few
days
on
business,
is
sailing
by
the
Prince
Rueit
tonight
on
his
return
to
Vancouver.
package
freight
sailings
on
5u.
Lawrence
and
the
Great
Lakes
are
expected
to
be
as
follows:
To
Fort
William
and
Port
Ar
LOCAL
TIDLS
Friday,
March
25,
1949
Electric
Co.
Ltd.
or
Migianu
who
visited
the
city
after
learning
that
plans
ate
under
way
for
the
rehabilitation
of
the
municipal
telephone
system.
The
other
tvfti
are
J.
S.
Langland
of
Coventry,
F.nrdand.
and
J.
Bar
eration
of
Labor.
The
editorial
accused
the
Federation
of
I'K'iial"
frimi
thur,
from
Toronto
and
Hamil
"union-splitting"
and
war-mon
'Ml
ill
?)31
Imard
lert
in
gering
because
of
support
of
the
hold
the
seat,
a
Liberal
will
be
i
nominated.
The
same
would
i
Where
ridings
are
held
by
C.C.F.
High
11:01
18.0
feet
23:59
18.2
feet
Low
"...
5:14
9.4
feet
17:36
5.4
feet
ton,
April
9;
troin
canal
ports,
April
12;
from
Montreal,
April
Cliff
Abercrombie
is
sailing
tonight
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Atlantic
treaty.
tholomew
of
Vancouver.
Their
findinus
regarding
the
19.
The
Federation
had
asked
tha'
members,
joint
nominating
con
disciplinary,
action
be
taken
Mii(
I
in
1'tTI
2:iR
ill
l'MK.
t
course,
dors
in
the
ventions
would
be
held.
apply
for
the
Conservatives.
against
the
electrical
union.
PLANE
WRECK
IN
NEW
YORK
MSNl'MRSON.
New
York
?
system
and
their
recommendations
as
U
its
renewal,
the
aldermen
commented,
were
similar
to
those
of
"three
or
four"
other
;
hiIhi
ll-lC
TOD
A
Y'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Prince
.
Rupert
Scores
iiiiuiixs
en
eiiKinccm
wiivj
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
active
storm
in
the
Gulf
ot
Alaska
is
expected
to
dissipate
most
of
its
energy
over
northern
waters
but
it
will
bring
Increasing
cloud
and
rain
to
-the
M'lailied
the
'-up
or
the
'in
the
niinis-
.surveyed
it
during
the
last
coupi.
of
years.
Mr.
Scowcroft
told
council
iv,.
i
hlli
the
initial
cost
of
Beattie
.51
BcVcourt
.;
.2Q
Impressive
Hoop
Win
VANCOUVER
-(CI')
Prince
Rupert
scored
a
i'l
to
the
field
Wreckage
or
a
plain;
which
dis-uppcared
March
16
oil
a
flight
to
.New
York
from
Bulfalo
was
found
today
n
Uie
east,
shore
or
Lake
Ontario,
about
seven
miles
south
of
Henderson.
It
is
not
known
immediately
British
Columbia
coast
today
and
tomorrow.
Interior
skies
installing
an
automatic
system
would
be
"somewhat
higher,"
a
.
i.i
....l-
"tln-nf
IHi
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most
impressive
victory
in
.opening
games
of
the
fourth
annual
British
Columbia
inter-High
School
were
clear
this
morning
and
al
manual
sysu-m
womu
-
Vancouver
Bayoiine
Bralorne
B.
R.
Con
B.
R.
X.
Cariboo
ymntz
'
Cognrrss
Hedley
Mascot
..
rend
Oreille
Pioneer
Premier
Border
....
Privateer
two
occupants
of
the
lighti
as
,
if
times
as
much
to
maintain
.06.
9.00
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1.20
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12
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4.40
3.15
.:
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.18
basketball
tournament
yesterday
afternoon,
t
laying
at
New
Westminster
the
Prince
Rupert
squad
whip
''d
by
himself
!
r,
ciiiisisterl
of
"lis
district
House
am)
52
liieli
22
were
'mp'uaiy
dur-ii.
o
Job,
nmnlni;
'."
the
district
;w
lie
detailed
though
considerable
cloud
is
ex
pected
in
northern
sections
tonight,
southern
sections
will
remain
clear.
ped
the
Maple
Riclge
entry
49
to
22
while
Coquitlam
and
Kainloops
i
ui
neil
in
the
an
automatic
equipment.
"I
do
not
Uim
thai
H
ilial
cost
of
an
automatic
or
manual
system
is
of
-real
sis-niriranre.
The
bulk
of
'
'st
will
remain
no
matter
which
you
choose.
You
must
remember
that
there
are
cxpemli-
losest
match,
battling
lo
a
37-:
37
draw
before
Coquitlam
snap
Bob
jo
Buffalo
Canadian
Consul.
Smelters
Con
west
Donalda
Eldona
Giant
eYUowknife
...
God's
lake
Hardrock
:
ilarrieana
,
Heva
Hoseo
Jacknife
Joliel
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
Madsen
Red
Lake
...
Me.Keiwie
Red
Lake
MiLeod
Cockshutt
..
Moneta
"'I'visinu
1720
Reeves
McDonald
2.30
Reno
06
ped
out
an
overtime
43
to
41
"'niisiun
ad
win.
plane
were
killed.
j
Two
men
oil
the
fllglit
were
Harry
G.
Barenbrugge,
aged
45
of
F.lmira,
New
York,
ami
Stuart
N.
Johnson.
41.
of
Mansfield,
Pennsylvania.
'
Both
Canadian
and
United
States
search
units
had
becu
searclung
Tor
the
piane
since
it
was
reported
missing-
NO
HOItK
III
KUING
VANCOUVER-i"0
lieiring
catches
have
been
listed
in
J'e
past
week.
Umber
sales!
1
a
revenue
I
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5.45
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Vz
-
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,
2.70
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1.04
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In
the
Prince
Rupert
match
to
click
and
fast
breaks
brought
many
points.
Twenty
Prince
Rupert
supporters
were
on
hand
to
cheer
the
northerners
to
victory.
Tli'is
afternoon
Prince
Rupert
was
to
meet
Victoria
which
eked
out
a
close
32
to
30
victory
over
Creston
last
night.
The
compile
results
yesterday:
Forecast
Quern
Charlottes
and
North
Coasts
Intermittent
rain
today
and
overnight,
becoming
cloudy
with
showers
on
Friday.
Winds
southeasterly
(30
m.p.h.V
decreasing
to
southeasterly
'
(20i
tonlgiit.
Winds
westerly
(25)
tomorrow.
Little
change
in
ten-perature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
'Hardy
35
aotl
59,
Massett
37
and
47,
Prince
Rupert
35
and
45.
Art
Olsen
playing
a
top
onen-sive
game
was
the
high
man
taOO.UOfi,
check-I'
tuin.s
of
.
233
'";tr;;cs
in
ad-I'ttra
summer
lures
which
nmsV
ne,
mr
whether
you
instal
MUtt
type."
These
ex
pei
id
i
lines,
he
said
are
the
cost
of
renewing
the
outside
distribution
system
with
sixteen
followed
by
Don
Scher
k
with
nine.
1.27
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3
85
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4.75
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Sheep
Creek
Silbak
Premier
Taku
River
Vananda
Salmon
Gold
Spud
Valley
Oils
Anglo
Canadian
.
A.
P,
Con
C.
&
E
...
Calmont
jf'.asnri
and
now
Jimmy
Flaten
scored
nine
(on
the
new
Prince
Rupert
.49,
Maple
Ridge
points,
Carlson
five,
Spring
six.
and
Sid
Scherk
five.
feu.
Negus
2.38
Noranda
54.00
"t
license,
nice
of
Gyro
Mr.
Gormley
e
latest
new
;fnl
Maurice
ANOTHER
BIG
Louvicourt
20
Vi
which
will
constitute,
the
major
part
of
any
reneVal
plan.
I
Alderman
George
Casey
read
a
letter
from
Ernest
Love,
of
Stewart,
who
supervised
installation
of
the
original
telephone
.
system
here
which
expressed
an
;
opinion
that
an
automatic
sys
The
game
started
slowly
as
the
two
teams
got
used
to
the
strange
floor.
"We
were
not
extended
and
had
complete
control
of
the
'ie
chair.
.
BASKETBALL
PLAY-OFFS
TONIGHT
7:15
Doms'
vs.
High
School
8:15
Fashion
vs.
Merchants
HOOP
SHOOT
CONTEST
Vancouver
College
42,
West
Vancouver,
32.
'
j
Trapp
Technical
38,
Abbots-ford
34.
'
Duke
ot
Connaughts
44,
Delta
20.
Coquitlam
43,
Kamloops
41.
Penticton
39,
Powell
River
32.
Victoria
32,
Creston
30.
King
George
57,
Revelstoke
41.
Cen
tral
Led
tie
102
Home
Oil
10.50
Mercury
-l'a
Okalta
170
Pacific
Pete
,
2.34
Princess
.
-27
South
Brazeau
-15'i
Toronto
Athona
15
1
t...
..
Navy
Dance
Friday,
March
25
NAVY
DRILL
HALL
COME
ONE!
COME
ALL!
Regcourt
,
05
San
Antonio
410
Sherrit
Gordon
:
2.25
Steep
Rock
v
1.51
Sturgeon
River
.16
Silver
Miller
.48
East
Sullivan
2.70
Pickle
Crow
2.06
f
'w
Vancouver
game,"
said
Shorty
Santurbane,
Daily
News
correspondent.
Tension
tournament
had
its
effect
in
the
first
half
but
in
tv.o
cprnnri
Prince
Runcrt
started
tem
would
be
technically
unsatisfactory.
Alderman
Casey
questioned
Mr.
Scowcroft
regarding
thej
puyeration
lol-wration,
Mayor
4
'e
accompanied
Aumaque
-19
"cuter.
technical
comment
in
the
lettei