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Northwest"
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XXXVII,
No.
197.
VOL.
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SATURDAY,
AUGUST
21.
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CABS
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Entertainment,
Novel
and
Varied,
Features
City's
1948
Carnival
ALL
SET
FOR
OPENING
OF
THE
BIG
SHOW
AT
CIVIC
CENTRE
TONIGHT
Live
mice,
plastic
legs
and
a
mining
claim,
not
to
mention
live
mink,
will
be
among
the
strange
and
wonderful
array
of
attractions
which
will
greet
visitors
to
the
Civic
Centre
Carnival
which
opens
tonight
indoors
for
the
first
time
in
its
history.
The
mice
won't
bother
any
women
who
are
allergic
to
the
rodents
because
they
will
not
be
running
around
loose,
at'
claim,
a
large'
sand
box
marked
least
nobody
intends
that
they
in
a
square
which
enterprising
should
be.
They
will
be
pawns;
gold
seekers
can
stake
out
as
Sitaation
Still
Remains
Uneasy
in
rUruasn
is
RECORD
SOCKEYE
SEASON
ENDS
Catches
of
t'p
to
$7000
Have
Been
Made
Raids
Continue
In
a
new
game
which
will
bs
featured
during
the
week
of
the
show.
The
game
is
the
brain-child
of
T.
N.
Youngs,
who
has
order
-
Its
Troops
Are
to
Remain
Record
Rainfall
Darks
Vancouver
VANCOVVER
Weather
statisticians
here
were
checking
back
today
to
find
out
if
there
had
ever
been
a
wetter
summer
day
in
Vancouver
than
yesterday.
No
less
than
Vi
inches
of
rain
was
recorded
in
twenty-four
hours.
At
least,
this
was
a
hieh
record
in
the
history
of
the
Vancouver
airport.
Last
nijrht
the
torrential
rain
caused
an
What
is
believed
to
be
the
richest
sockeye
gillnet
season
Vj-United
States
oeetct
iruce
Bulletin
UNDER
SOVIET
CONTROL
BELGRADE
The
Danube
River,
Central
Europe's
only
outlet
to
the
sea,
will
remain
under
Soviet
control
regardless
of
the
fate
of
the
new
Russian
-dictated
Danube
pact.
Western
Powers
have
refused
to
sign
the
pact
which
was
initialled
at
Belgrade
this
week
by
Russia
and
her
satellites.
Rl'SS
CONSUL
LEAVING
WASHINGTON
The
Soviet
consul-general,
Jakob
M.
Lomakin,
expelled
by
the
United
States
Department
of
state,
has
booked
passage
aboard
the
Swedish-American
liner
Stockholm
which
sails
next
Saturday.
The
on
the
Skeena
River
In
almost
'
ed
six
white
mice
who
will
hunt
a
generation,
closed
last
night
their
holes
in
a
caged
platform
while
the
sporting
gentry
lay
ICD
Russian
officers
told
United
hat
they
would
keep
armed
Soviet
tod
in
uneasy
ecntral
Berlin
as
long
:atcs
kc'ps
its
military
police
there,
is
been
expressed
as
to
the
danger
as
the
canneries
prepared
for
what
they
hope
will
also
be
a
record
coho
season.
Catches
valued
at
well
above
their
own.
When
the
claims
are
staked,
the
management
dlg3
in
the
sandbox,
revealing
th3
hiding
place
of
bottles
containing
"'
money.
,
For
the
eternal
youth
and
those
who
have
achieved
the
bald-headed
and
silver-bearded
age,
there
will
be
a
sling-shot
gallery,
where
marksmen
can
peg
away
to
their
heart's
content
to
dangling
pieces
of
colored
glass,
thus
relieving
the
frustrations
of
their
youth.
All
these
are
new
attractions.
In
addition
there
are
at
least
two
dozen
others
where
sporting
tendencies
can
be
satisfied.
There
are
also
many
attractions
for
the
young,
including
refresh
wagers
as
to
the
number
of
the
hole
in
which
they
seek
refuge.
"Don't
think,"
said
Mr.
Youngs,
"that
numbers
mean
nothing
to
a
white
mouse.
We
have
ordered
six,
three
males
and
thre
females.
Our
Vancouver
suppliers
tell
us
that
by
the
time
they
get
Russians
and
the
Western
$7000
were
common
among
the
top
boats,
while
cannery
workers
also
made
record
Incomes
of
the
J
hour's
suspension
of
electric
light
and
power
service
in
downtown
Vancouver.
(There
was
only
a
light
mist
in
Prince
Rupert).
,
occupying
powers
as
a
result
of
the
continuous
raids
of
Russian
poller
Into
the
British
and
American
zones
ostensibly
in
pursuit
of
black
marketeers.
United
States
authorities
wen
BRINGS
MOR
here,
there
probably
will
be
more
during
the
last
couple
of
months.
A
fair
example
of
the
success
which
most
glllnetters
have
enjoyed
is
the
case
of
Andrew
Wilson,
of
Ladner,
whose
Income
since
the
sockeye
season
than
six.
Mice
know
how
to
add."
)
The
mink?
They
are
part
of
direct
talks
with
ICS
Cres-
today
seeking
1,110
Russlans
'n
tnc
attempt
to
run
from
steamship
line
did
not
say
when
the
passage
had
been
booked.
Faced
with
formal
United
States
charges
that
Lomakin
had
"abused"
his
official
position
by
his
role
in
the
Kosenkina
case,
the
Russians
had
no
choice
but
to
remove
iomakin
from
his
post.
PATRICIA
BAY
FIRE
VICTORIA
Fire
early
today
swept
the
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
hangar
at
Patricia
Bay.
Damage
is
expected
to
run
into
thousands
of
dollars.
The
fire
burned
for
one
hour
and
was
fought
by
volunteer
firefighters,
Department
ot
Transport
fire
crews
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
There
were
no
aircraft
in
the
hangar
at
the
time.
arranpe
a
truce
in
the
ronflir
CHLORINATIOH
ISSUE
DEFERRED
UNTIL
ELECTION
opened
at
the
end
of
June
has
exceeded
$7,000.
Others,
he
says,
have
done
even
Detter.
"This
is
my
twenty-eighth
and
Friday
ratine
to
between
Berlin's
rival
German
police
forces.
The
American
the
Industrial
exhibit
housed
In
the
common
lounge
on
the
second
floor.
There
are
three
of
them,
part
of
the
stock
of
a
local
fur
farm.
They
are
caged
separately
and
face
the
world
with
a
cynicism
that
is
backed
up
by
their
sharp
teeth.
ments
and
a
ride.
There
will
be
a
mechanical
ride
outside,
the
only
outdoors
attraction
of
the
show.
Tonight's
opening,
following
a
street
parade,
will
feature
tha
'..oronation
of
Miss
Agnes
Macintosh
as
Queen
of
the
Carnival
-al
Hospital
mVp
was
undertaken
to
avert
i
appendicitis
growing
clanger
of
a
clash,
lie
his
ship
;
At
Berlin
another
conference
royers
were
'between
the
western
envoys
and
year
gillnetting
on
the
Skeena
and
as
far
as
I
know,
it
is
a
record
one.
I
think
that
every
other
fisherman
had
the
same
experience,"
Mr.
Wilson
said.
This
year's
success
exceeded
What
Is
commonly
known
as
chlorination
but
more
properly
labelled
chloraminatlon
of
Prince
Rupert's
domestic
water
The
plastic
legs?
Shapely
ob
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
Is
expected
momentarily.
and
Port.
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
jects
there.
Animated
too.
They
that
of
1945
for
Mr.
Wilson
who
will
preside
at
the
coronation.
waters.
Mechanic
,
198
M.id-
was
taken
nent
shnrt-
netted
$5,000
worth
of
fish
that
will
be
mounted
on
a
slowly-revolving
arrangement
and
the
idea
will
be
for
ambitious
marks
season.
SUSPECT
IS
SHOT
DEAD
BY
POLICE
Mr.
Wilson
operates
his
own
Monday
night,
Barney
Potts
and
his
group
of
entertainers
from
Vancouver
will
arrive,
remaining
until
the
end
of
tha
men
to
throw
hoops
over
them
supply
will
be
continued
until
December
when
the
issue
wl'l
be
presented
to
the
electors
in
the
form
of
a
plebiscite,
a
special
meeting
of
city
council
decided
Thursday
afternoon.
Two
months
ago,
council
vot
viced
at
7
boat,
the
Pauline
W.
III.
He
fished
for
B.
C.
Packers'
Sunny-
as
they
sway
tantalizlngly
side
Cannery.
Highest
boat
at
!
Then
there
Is
the
mining
week.
The
sailed
HAMILTON
f
Wanted
for
questioning
In
connection
witrt
a
payroll
robbery,
Frank
Wasnl
of
Winnipeg
and
Toronto
was
Sunnyslde
caght
5,045
fish.
It
ed
to
discontinue
the
chemical
i
h?i
com-
processing
of
the
city's
water
.yuga
ancl
shot
to
death
here
by
,
detective
half
a
block
away
from
ARMY
MEETS
BEAR
FORT
NELSON,
B.
C.
A
big
black
bear
yesterday
interrupted
the
Canadian
Army's
Exercise
North
2A
by
staging
a
raid
on
the
airport
here.
The
bear
ambled
down
the
Alaska
Highway
as
the
Army
was
in
the
midst
of
manoeuvres.
Men
turned
guns
on
to
the
bear
but
it
slipped
into
the
woods.
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston
of
Prince
Rupert
is
among
the
officers
of
the
exercise.
FIRE
AT
RIDEAU
HALL
OTTAWA
Rideau
Hall,
75-room
residence
of
Governors-General
since
Confederation,
was
damaged
seriously
yesterday
when
the
sprinkler
system
failed
and
,
Hooded
the
IXst
Wing.
..The
living
quarters
of
the
Alexanders
were
not
affected
MACKENZIE
KING
BACK
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
returned
here
last
night
after
a
one
week
holiday
at
Seal
Harhirr,
Maine.
He
looked
bronzed
and
happy
and
appeared
eager
to
get
back
to
his
desk
on
Monday.
OLD
"SATCH"
GOES
STRONG
CLEVELAND
The
forty-year
old
Jiegro
hurler,
Satc
hel
Paige,
last
night
shut
out
the
Chicago
White
Sox
one
to
nil
in
his
second
straight
scoreless
performance.
The
game
was
before
the
largest
Major
League
grandstand
crowd
in
the
city's
history
78,382.
The
night's
plav
also
witnessed
the
league
leading
Indians
hang
up
their
fourth
straight
whitewashing
job.
sr;iTO!li"d
Wednesday
lit
durlns
the
police
station.
A
detective
said
Wasnl
was
making
a
break
while
being
Drought
In
for
questioning
In
connection
with
a
robbery
at
Oshawa
a
few
days
ago
was
that
of
Stan
Williams
ot
Hazelton.
The
Sunyside
Cannery
set
a
record
this
week
for
the
highest
single
day's
pack
ever
produced
on
the
SKeei.a,
ivlr.
Wilson
said
He
could
not
recall
the
exact
amount
of
the
pack.
Escapement
of
sockeye
to
the
headwaters
or
the
Skeena
for
spawning
has
been
good,
he
declared.
When
the
coho
season
open
Early
Morning
Dynamite
Blast
Shakes
City,
Damages
House
Said
to
Have
Been
Deliberately
Set,
Explosion
Damages
Residence
On
Seventh
Street
Downtown
Prince
Rupert
was
shaken
at
2:15
this
Up
part
in
THE
WEATHER
7
run
was
'
has
made
last
year-
Synopsis
spring
of
i
An
inrn
and
a
quarter
of
rain
supply,
then
reversed
Its
decision"
threewecks
later
when
confronted
by
petitions
said
to
contain
1400
names
of
citizens
who
favored
the
safeguard.
It
was
re-instituted
on
a
temporary
basis
by
a
partial
representation
of
the
aldermen
until
a
meeting
of
the
full
council
could
be
called.
Thursday,
at
its
first
full
meeting
since
last
May,
council
decided
to
let
things
continue
as
they
are
until
the
people
could
make
their
formal
wishes
known
in
a
plebiscite
which
will
be
conducted
in
conjunction
with
the
civic
elections
next
December.
Alderman
George
Casey,
mover
of
the
original
motion
to
discontinue
chloraminatlon
last
May,
told
council
yesterday
that
h
"considered
the
"panic
un
f
i
Charlotte
:
recorded
at
the
Vancouver
Air-
similar
de-
i
Dort
in
the
nast
24
hours
is
the
i
s
man
fur
morning
by
a
dynamite
blast
that
partially
wrecked
the
house
occupied
by
George
White
on
Seventh
Street
between
Second
ancl
Third
Avenues,
wrecking
one
room
and
hurling
broken
glass
and
lumber
for
almost
half
a
block.
Sunday
night,
the
fishermen
will
use
larger
mesh
nets
than
those
used
for
sockeye.
Price
of
coho
is
now
18
cents
a
pound.
For
sockeye,
the
fishermen
received
about
$1.10
a
fish.
rtJVWWWiiVyiWAViWWAr.
0.
C
Football
highest
August
rainfall
since
the
opening
of
the
airport.
Yesterday's
storm
centre
has
become
almost
stationary
over
southern
Vancouver
Island
and
the
lower
mainland
of
British
Columbia
and,
as
a
result,
there
Is
little
likelihood
of
much
im
the
building
was
shattered
and
glass
in
an
adjoining
building
$
Crescent's
that
all
4
are
looking
li?
art
in
the
Ins
on
A
ug-
t
MWWMWiWAVAWWV
was
shivered
by
the
force
of
the
explosion.
The
explosion
ripped
boards
from
the
foundation
enclo3ure
on
the
south
side
and
hurled
them
into
a
vacant
lot
a
hundred
feet
away.
Portion
of
tn
exterior
drain
called
for"
but
that,
"rather
i
than
create
another
panic,"
he!
would
resign
himself
to
the
j
mediate
improvement
in
weather
over
most
of
these
regions.
Cloudy
skies
are
quite
general
over
the
province
with
scattered
showers
expected
over
many
of
the
Interior
areas
during
the
day.
Sunday
should
bring
some
Improvement
as
the
storm
centre
moves
slowly
seaward.
Forecast
Oiinnn
Choilnltci
Dnrl
North
Port
Edward
Fills
Role
As
Industrial
Annex.
Nelson
Bros.
Cannery
and
Reduction
Plant
Is
Going
Concern
Employing
Hundreds
of
People
Year
Around
Port
Edward,
townsite
of
which
was
originally
put
on
the
market
back
in
1910
and
described
at
that
time
as
"Prince
Rupert's
industrial
annex,"
is
really
fulfilling
that
role
today.
Besides
being
the
site
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America's
great
new
celanese
pulp
mill,
it
has
another
major
industrial
Evidence
obtained
by
city
police
who
rushed
to
the
scene
of
the
explosion
while
a
clovd
of
dust
still
hung
in
the
night
air
indicated
that
the
blast
had
been
deliberately
set.
There
were
signs
that
tour
sticks
of
dyna
mite
were
used.
These
went
off
simultaneously
in
an
area
of
about
a
dozen
feet
in
diameter
under
the
hour.
Three
of
the
blasts
went
off
under
stumps
on
the
rock
bluff
on
which
the
old,
three-storey
building
is
sitting
while
a
fourth,
apparently,
was
made
fast
to
the
building
Itself.
Force
of
the
explosion
ripped
through
the
floor
of
the
house,
wrecking
the
kitchen.
continuation
of"
the
chemical
pipe
was
found
In
the
vacant
lot.
first
p,PS.
mectinc
Most
badly
damaged
section
(English
League
1st
Div.)
Aston
Villa
2,
Liverpool
1.
Burnley
1,
Manchester
City
0.
Chelsea
1,
Middlesbrough
0.
Everton
3,
Newcastle
United
3
(tie).
Huddersfield
Town
1,
Arsenal
1,
(tie).
Manchester
United
1,
Derby
county
2.
Preston
Northend
2,
Portsmouth
2
(tie)
Sheffield
United
3,
Blackpool
2
Stoke
City
2,
Charlton
Ath
of
the
house
was
the
kitchen
1'ided
t
ask
where
an
explosion
went
off
directly
beneath.
Floor
boards
l
the
local
Coast
Cloudy,
clearing
this
"f
which
Is
afternoon.
Cloudy
tonight
and
pastor
who
Sundav
mornlno
clearlne
Sun
file
He
is
'dl,
recently
n
College,
'H
to
be
or-
day
afternoon.
Winds
light,
litlte
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Sundav
At
Pnrt
Horrtv
Ml
and
G2.
establishment
the
comoinea
Occupants
were
asleep
up
The
Nelson
Bros,
plant
has
three-mode
transportation
ac
salmon
cannery
and
reduction
i
l)f
Arts
andiMassett
50
and
63,
Prince
Ru-
stairs
at
the
time.
plant
of
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
treatment.
Alderman
Arthur
Brooksbank,
another
Implacable
foe
of
the
chlorine
and
ammonia
treatment,
said
that
he
was
not
anxious
"to
stir
things
up."
"After
all,
it
is
not
an
important
matter,"
he
said.
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
asserted
that
there
Is
a
"distinct
need
for
chloraminatlon"
to
protect
the
health
of
the
citizens.
Motion
to
continue
the
process
until
next
December
was
made
by
Alderman
Ralph
Morin
and
carried
unanimously.
Alderman
George
Casey
got
In
the
final
word.
Despite
a
letter
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Medical
Association
several
f
:l
1
Is
is
an
an
ex-
ex-,
pert
50
and
64
cess
to
the
city
by
highway
as
Ltd.
which
operates
the
yea;
were
ripped
and
shredded
and
contents
of
the
kitchen
destroyed
and
strewn
through
the
room.
A
chair
was
hurled
upwards
with
such
force
that
its
legs
stuck
In
the
celling,
leaving
it
hanging.
It
is
believed
that
relatively
low-power
stumping
powder
was
used,
because
if
higher-power
blasting
powder
had
been
employed
the
building
would
have
been
demolished..
The
police
are
continuing
(Continued
on
Page
3)
narrieri
oh
The
house
is
situated
at
the
corner
of
Seventh
Street
and
a
lane
which
runs
between
Second
$
is
being
lu-
around,
giving
employment
to.wcu
a
uy
as
many
as
600
people.
I
(Continued
on
Page
2)
and
Third
Avenues.
It
is
abou
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Sunday,
August
22,
1948
10
feet
above
street
level,
perch
letic
2
(tie)
Sunderland
2,
Bolton
Wan-j
derers
0
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
2,
Birmingham
City
2
(tie)
2nd
Division
Barnsley
0,
Plymouth
Argyle
0
(tie)
Bradford
3.
Cardiff
City
0
Brentford
2,
Coventry
City
2
(tie).
Bury
2,
Chesterfield
2
(tiel
Grimsby
Town
2,
Fulham
3
Leicester
City
6,
Leeds
United
2
Luton
Town
0,
Queens
Park
Rangers
0
(tie)
ed
on
a
rock
outcropping.
It
was
built
in
the
very
early
days
'r
"
on
Oe-
''niP.
supply
J
'nan
of
the
s'
presided
I'unal
meet-
High
2:40
19.9
feet
by
the
late
Thomas
Dunn.
15:11
19.5
8:55
3.6
feei
21:11
5.6
feet
Practicallv
every
window
In
4.
weeks
ago
which
said
that
its
members
unanimously
favored
chloraminatlon,
he
had
spoken
to
one
doctor
who
had
not
even
been
consulted
on
the
matter,
he
declared.
W
Trial
Match
UNDAY-6:45
P.M.
ifflES
versus
POSSIBLES
Nottineham
Forest
0,
West
Bromwich
Albion
1
Commencing
.
.
.
MONDAY
DANCING
EVERY
NITE
C
I
V
1
C
CENTRE
CARNIVAL
Barney
Polls
and
Narrows
Supper
Club
Orchestra
1
-
Southampton
3,
Blackburn
j
Rovers
0.
Tottenham
Hotspur
3,
Sheffield
Wednesday
2.
fi-Hiw
i.
ii
.
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Cn
(B.C.
Paek-
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me
piam
oi
tne
Canadian
r
isn
w
kiwi
u.h..,
w
.
.
.
t
ersi.
It
is
the
largest
fish
CIVIC
CENTRE
FAIR
and
CARNIVAL
TONIGHT
7:00
p.m.
Midway
Opens.
7:45
p.m.
Queen
Parade
leaves
Post
Office.
8:00
p.m.
Queen
Coronation.
,
7:30
to
10:30
p.m.
Industrial
Exhibit.
ADMISSION
11.00
TICKET
FOR
1
NIGHTS
or
50c
Nightly
Admission
Adults
.
25c
Nightly
Admission
Children.
ALL
ADMISSION
TICKETS
GOOD
FOR
NIGHTLY
PRIZE
AT
11
P.M.
.'
cold
storage
plant
In
the
world
with
1
4,000,000
,
v"-.
'
--
i
ll
'
I
West
Ham
United
2.
Lincoln
City
2
(tie)
Scottish
League
Div.
"A"
Celtic
0,
Rangers
1.
Dundee
3,
Aberdeen
0
Falkirk
1,
East
Fife
2
Hibernians
3,
Hearts
1
Motherwell
5,
Albion
Rovers
1
Partick
Thistle
3,
Clyde
2
St.
Mirren
2,
Morton
1.
Third
Lanark
6,
Queen
of
the
South
1.
pounds
capacity.
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Cooperative
Association
ancl
Northern
Fishermen's
Cold
Storage
Ltd.
(Atlin
,
Unvn
1:1.!''
It
S
SI
Monday,
11:30
p.m.
Coronation
Ball
j
3
Ty
c
r
isnenes;
wu
fZ&T'rl
fish
cold
storage
plants
Vf."
.
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