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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
114.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
14,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
II
"State
esilne
Jews
Proclaim)
srac
a
Strikers
Kidnap
Workers
SIX
PLANE
oo
Farmlands
Menaced
Arab
League
Declares
War
As
British
Mandate
Ends
Overflowing
of
River
MISHAPS
TAKE
SCORES
OF
LIVES
ST.
PAUL,
CP)
The
Minnesota
National
Guard
was
called
out
today
for
duty
at
the
strikebound
packing
plants
at
Newport
and
South
St.
Paul,
scene
ot
strike
violence.
NEWPORT,
Minnesota
KB
A
mob
estimated
at
200
men
forced
LONDON,
Six
plane
crashes
:
"
-.
a.
;C0UVER
(CP)
Floodwaters
of
the
Bona-iver
Thursday
inundated
thousands
of
acres
ilands
in
the
Cariboo
district.
The
Cache
rea
10
miles
from
Ashcroft,
was
hardest
hit.
In
the
last
24
hours
have
taken
the
lives
of
at
least
20
people,
and
perhaps
55.
their
way
Into
the
Cudahy
and
tiers
were
forced
to
seek
higher
ground
yes-
Lady
Harrington
Is
probably
United
Nations
Vote
to
Send
Mediator
to
Holy
Land
As
Major
Violence
Threatens
TEL
AVIV
(CP)
A
solemn
assembly
of
the
Jewish
National
Council
proclaimed
the
birth
of
the
Jewish
State
of
Israel
today.
The
proclamation
was
broadcast
over
the
newly-opened
station
"Voice
of
Israel"
eight
hours
before
the
mandate
was
officially
terminated
because
Sat-
Company
packing
plant
at
mid
the
best
known
among
the
dead.
moving
household
lurniture
and
livestock
as
night,
heavily
damaged
the
In
terior,
set
free
several
thousand
the
swollen
river
swept
over
Its
She
is
the
daughter
of
Joseph
P.
Kennedy,
former
American
Am
dollars
worth
of
hogs
and
car
banks.
ThniiBanrfB
et
oproe
rt
irnn
bassador
to
London.
liV.i?ww.
lit
tvxC
She
dl
id
near
Privas
In
the
lwll
f
antj
pasture
land
were
reported
ICw
r
I
.
to
be
under
10
and
12
Inches
of
ft
it
&T
water
with
the
river
at
Its
south
of
France
with
three
others,
Including
Lord
"Fitzwll-
?araa:..-.-..--;sss:
ur(ay
t,ne
Jewish
Sabbath.
irTc
I
TRHPn
TO
Tne
mandate
ended
at
3
pm
liam,
eighth
earl
of
his
line.
Two
ried
away
30
plant
workers
as
hostages.
Early
today,
all
but
11
or
12
of
the
missing
men
are
accounted
for.
A
number
of
men
In
the
plant
were
hurt
and
several
have
been
treated
for
cuts
and
bruises.
The
raiders
worked
system
others
were
crew
members.
Only
one
person
survived
the
Pacific
Daylight
Time.
.
The
proclamation
added
"as
from
the
termination
of
the
mandate
at
midnight
tonight.
PREPARE
FOR
INVASION
ancouver
six
mishaps
In
other
.parts
of
the
world,
one
of
them
an
Am
erican
air
force
plane
in
the
.
UVKR
w
The
report-ion
of
a
large-scale
highest
level
In
history.
At
Ashcroft,
the
water
and
electric
power
plant
Is
menaced.
The
flood
has
sliced
away
part
of
the
company's
dam,
and
work
crews
are
laboring
to
replace
rock
cribbing.
In
the
rich
Fraser
Valley,
flood
guards
are
maintaining
posts
as
the
Fraser
River
and
until
the
setting
up
of
duly
elected
bodies
In
accordance
with
the
constitution
to
be
drawn
up
Near
East.
An
airliner
which
was
report
atically
and
It
is
believed
that
the
raid
was
planned
carefully
In
advance.
Some
were
Cudahy
workers
on
strike.
,c
ring
in
Vancouver
Id
Thursday
night
by
sergeant
David
Mac-
ed
missing
yesterday
with
25
TEL
AVIV,
it
The
Haganah
high
command
today
broadcast
an
appeal
to
the
Jewish
population
to
be
ready
for
the
possiuiity
of
invasion
and
air
raids
against
the
newly
proclaimed
Jewish
state.
The
appeal
called
for
a
par
by
the
Constituent
Assembly
not
'
later
than
October
1,
1948,
the
present
National
Council
shall
act
as
the
provisional
govern
passengers
and
six
crew
members
on
a
flight
from
Leopolds-
the
police
morality
gained
nearly
a
foot
In
24
hours.
ville,
Belgian
Congo,
to
Brussels,
PUBLICITY
GAG
ment
of
the
State
of
Israel.
d
the
report
"highly
d
on
account
of
was
found
wrecked
today
in
the
African
colony.
There
has
been
The
n,ewly
named
Premier
Is
tial
blackout
of
Jewlr.
cities
and
for
trenches
to
be
dug
In
rural
settlements.
David
Ben
Gorian.
TO
EMPHASIZE
no
report
on
casualties.
8,400,000
POUNDS
HALIBUT
LANDED
One
of
the
first
steps
of
the
.n.
Andrew
Dutka,
26-
xuck
driver,
was
ar-
newly
constituted
government
was
to
revoke
the
British
white
CLEAN
UP
WEEK
Pacific
Coast
halibut
landings
k.e
lnursoay
una
for
the
first
12
days
of
the
1948
with
contributing
to
delinquency.
Sergeant
season
were
b,4jo,ooo
pounas,
FIGHTER
PLANES
CRASH,
PILOTS
ALASKAN
PROGRAM
OUTLINED
2,000,000
pounds
greater
than
for
ir
said
that
warrant?
paper
of
1939
which
limited
Jewish
immigration
Into
Palestine.
DAMASCUS,
Syria
O)
The
Arab
League's
general
secre
issued
for
the
arrest
the
same
period
last
year,
the
International
Fisheries
Commis
A
small,
but
well-proportioned
building
will
be
transported
through
downtown
streets
Saturday
afternoon
by
an
ardent
band
of
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
members
who
will
transform
the
shabby
structure
into
a
splendid
thing
with
,
a
jl.ers
on
similar
charges.
ARE
KILLED
sion
office
announced
here
tariat
proclaimed
last
night
SEATTLE,
P
Assistant
Interior
Secretary
William
E
that
a
state
of
war
exists
be
ANCHORAGE,
Two
fighter
tween
the
Arab
countries
and
This
is
seen
to
bear
out
previous
indications
that
this
year's
Area
Two
season
will
be
even
shorter
than
that
of
1947,
the
it
was
reported
that
'
involved
at
least
10
Kirls
ranging
in
ago
io
16
years,
with
nine
vn
as
operators.
The
aid
to
be
operated
in
ng
houses
In
the
east
c
city
among
the
Chi-
Warne
today
outlined
a
nine-point
program
for
Alaska's
de
garment
of
fresh
paint.
Loaded
on
a
truck,
the
minor
planes,
diving
from
four
miles
up,
exploded
over
Anchorage
Thursday
as
residents
watched.
Palestine
Jewry.
Syria,
In
line
with
this,
was
BROUGHT
FOOD
TO
HU-GRY
JERUSALEM
JifiWS
Jubilant
Haganah
guards
who
escorted
the
convoy
from
the
coast
to
Jerusalem,
cheer
and
wave
their
weapons
in
the
air
on
reaching
the
Jewish
quarter
of
Jerusalem
with
the
biggest
food
convoy
to
reach
the
city.
One
thousand
tons
of
food
was
brought
to
the
quarter
in
240
trucks
over
the
highway
until
recently
was
dominated
by
the
Arabs.
Reports
said
the
Arabs
were
evacuating
Jerusalem,
fearing
a
Haganah
coup
like
that
at
Haifa
last
week,
when
the
Jewish
forces
captured
the
great
port
city.
civic
'institution
will
undergo
a
velopment.
He
said
tha
tthe
federal
lnter-agency
committee
is
and
then
fell
In
a
shower
of
declared
today
to
be
Ln
a
state
considering
the
possibility
of
Icents.
opening
the
door
to
hand-picked
European
war
refugees.
of
emergency.
Parliament
was
scheduled
to
meet
this
afternoon,
informants
said,
to
impose
martial
law
and
appoint
Premier
Jamil
Mardam
Bey
military
governor'.
ffirls
were
reported
to
I
pullc
of
almost,
dally
Secretary
Warne
-lsn'
stated
that
the
"entire
transportation
wreckage
Into
the
waters
of
Knik
Arm.
The
planes
exploded
again
in
Hie'
water
and
sent
up
plwnes
of
black
smoke.
The
second
explosions
were
heard
through
this
city
of
20,000.
One
body,
Iloating
in
an
oil
slick,
was
recovered
by
a
can
and
of
being
denied
of
daily
earnings
Qf
.
but
were
given
cheap
public
painting
job
to
remind
Prince
Rupert
citizens
that
the
week
of
May
17
to
22
is
"Clean-Up-Paint-Up
week
In
the
city.
,
A
loudspeaker
will
also
din
into
Prince
Rupert's
collective
ears.
The
publicity
ide'a
Is
the
brain
child
of
Carson
Wallace,
Cleanup
committee
chairman
and
he
has
rounded
up
a
group
of
other
Jaycees
who
will
don
coverall
and
wield
paint
brushes
pub
system,
by
water,
land
and
air,
must
be
improved
and
City
Industries
to
Hold
'Open
House'
Next
Week
shortest
to
date.
F100DSC0VER
MID-MANITOBA
WINNIPEG,
Oi
Flood
conditions
grew
worse
today
along
a
20-mlle
stretch
in
the
middle
section
of
Manitoba,
east
of
Portage
La
Prairie,
with
three
big
breaks
reported
in
a
dam
holding
back
the
swollen
Assini-boine
River.
3
iom
and
board.
gor
denied
this.
"There
organized
racket,"
he
He
urged
that
federal
agencies
should
study
the
desirability
of
a
railroad
link
with
the
United
nery
tender.
The
other
pilot's
body
was
not
found.
don't
know
of
a
house
LAKE
SUCCESS
Of
The
political
committee
of
the
special
Palestine
Assembly
voted
today
to
send
a
United
Nations
mediator
to
the
Holy
Land.
The
proposal
for
a
peace
commissioner
was
sponsored
by
the
United
States
and
France.
Forrest
Wood,
a
local
pilot,
said
that
the
planes
exploded
licly.
in
the
city."
3TIGATE
States.
QUEBEC
FIREBUG
HATED
JEWS'
at
about
5,000
feet.
He
said
it
was
difficult
to
tell
whether
they
collided
or
ran
Into
trouble
In
But
that
is
not
all.
The
committee
also
has
re
The
flooding,
described
as
the
Citizens
to
Be
Welcomed
to
Inspect
Plants
Under
Chamber
of
Commerce
Sponsorship
How
much
do
you
know
about
your
hometown
industries?
Who
makes
what,
where
and
how
is
it
done?
'
Answers
to
these
questions
will
be
made
available
to
everyone
in
Prince
Rupert
next
week
when
city
business
and
industrial
people
hold
"open
house"
for
ceived
the
official
blessing
for
Clean-Up-Palnt-Up
and
the
city
worst
in
the
area
this
year,
kept
military,
and
other
personnel
EC
FIRES
QUEBEC,
Fire-bug
D'Assise
council
has
agreed
to
employ
busy
attempting
to
stem
the
Menard
confessed
today
to
set-
9
Provincial
Police
their
dive.
The
ships
were
part
of
a
formation
of
four.
They
peeled
off
from
the
formation
to
make
what
Wood
described
as
a
"routine
dive."
the
garbage
truck
at
a
specified
.'estigated
a
series
of
date
next
week
to
enable
house
ting
fire
to.
18
Jewish
homes
in
the
Val
Morin
district.
EDUCATION
CULTURAL
BULWARK
ning
fires
at
Val
Morln
dam
breaks
which
nave
iiooaea
thousands
of
acres
of
farm
land
and
are
threatening
to
inundate
thousands
more.
holders
to
clear
away
excess
Police
Captain
J.
A.
Quen-
David,
about
60
miles
rubbish
from
about
their
homes.
of
'
their
fellow
the
edification
nevllle
quoted
Menard
as
saying
"We
know
that
people
are
.iuiiu
eai,
mat
utratiujr-
i
he
did
not
like
Jews
and
"they
point
of
production.
The
Board
of
Trade
move
aimer
homes
and
dam-
citizens.
For
next
week,
May
16
to
22
is
British
Columbia
Industries'
are
all
Communists.".
otel
and
nine
cottages.
MACHINE
AGE
working
hard
to
beautify
their
homes,
but
there
are
still
a
lot
of
places
that
a
little
effort
could
ment,
which
sponsors
the
week,
Menard
will
appear
in
court
VANCOUVE
R
(fi
Canada's
Governor-General,
Viscount
Alexander,
delivering
a
convoca
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
dull
showery
weather
that
has
been
general
over
southern
and
central
B.C.
for
the
last
36
hours
or
so
Is
beginning
to
show
signs
of
improvement
this
morn
is
confident
that
after
it
is
over,
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
and
other
cties
will
have
a
better
estimated
at
$175,000.
REDDITCH,
Eng.
j
With
broke
out
within
a
new
machinery
Invented
by
its
es.
Firemen
who
fought
staff,
a
needle
manufacturing
said
interiors
of
the
firm
here
has
raised
its
output
at
St.
Jerome
Monday
on
an
Open
House
Week,
sponsored
Dy
arson
charge.
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
He
also
confessed
that
he
Commerce
and
the
Board
of
transform
into
something
attractive,"
Mr.
Wallace
said.
"We
are
inclined
to
get
used
to
un-
tion
address
at
the
University
of
British
Colunibia
Thursday,
said
Idea
of
their
industrial
might,
Trade
movement
In
British
Col
f'd
cottages
were
soaked
from
9,000,000
a
week
in
1938
to
umbia.
planned
to
set
more
fires.
He
was
carrying
675
matches
at
the
time
of
his
arrest.
"my
days
of
active
soldiering
are
behind
me
forever,
I
hope,
but
we
are
going
through
difficult
tidyness
If
we
look
at
it
long
enough.,
We
should
try
and
loot
at
our
city
through
a
tourist's
eyes."
The
firefighters
be-
30,000,000
a
week.
Ninety
per-blazes
were
the
work
cent
of
current
production
Is
ing.
Clearing
skies
are
expected
along
the
coast
this
evening
and
What
is
it,
and
why
is
it
done?
Well,
the
idea
is
to
Inform
the
times.
My
sword
is
now
in
my
tomorrow
while
the
weather
in
pndiarlst.
earmarked
for
export.
people
of
tills
city
and
province
about
their
industries,
and
the
scabbard
.
.
.
but
it
is
not
rusty."
He
told
University
men
and
the
interior
will
follow
much
the
same
pattern
as
it
did
yesterday.
public
is
being
invited
to
in
about
the
versatility
of
their
factories
and
how
Industry
and
its
employees
serve
the
public
welfare.
Business
people
contacted
by
the
committee
emphasized
that
they
are
eager
Jo
have
visitors
enter
their
plants
during
the
week
and
that
they
will
be
shown
around
instructively
and
courteously,
Mr.
Ritchie
said.
(Continued
on
Page
3)
women
that
education
Is
a
bul
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
spect
workshops
and
plants
be
wark
against
undemocratic
for
COMES
AWAKE
AFTER
TWELVE
YEARS
ASLEEP
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
cause
that
is
the
best
way
they
eign
ideologies.
lottes
and
North
Coast-Overcast
with
widely
scattered
showers
today
and
tonight.
Cloudy
PRAIRIE
FLOODS
THREATEN
FARMS
WINNIPEG
CP)
Peak
waters
of
the
Assinlboine
River
continued
today
to
threaten
thousands
of
acres
in
the
heart
of
southern
Manitoba,
with
floods
battering
The
Governor
-
General
received
an
honorary
degree
of
Doctor
of
Laws
from
Chancellor
Vancouver
Saturday.
Winds
southerly
15
m.
p.h.
today
and
light
Saturday.
e
8.60
can
be
informed.
It
is
an
opportunity
to
"eyewitness"
industry
at
work.
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
Idea
has
met
with
an
enthusiastic
response
froi.i
more
than
a
score
of
Industrial
operators
who
will
E.
B.
Hamber.
tun
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X
n7
Little
change
In
temperatures.
Low
tonight
and
high
Saturday:
Port
Hardy
43
and
56,
Victoria
42
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
43
and
57.
Quartz
..
1.50
KEEPING
IN
PRACTICE
CERES,
Cape
Province,
South
mile-long
dyke
on
the
south.
WHITE
PINE,
Tenn.
Mrs.
Clara
Reynolds,
after
having
been
asleep
for
twelve
years
has
finally
come
to
her
senses,
looking
a
great
deal
younger,
and
feeling
well
though
amazed.
She
never
heard
of
the
New
Deal,
the
Second
Great
War,
the
M
niv,
side
of
the
river,
six
miles
east
Africa
Jannle
van
der
Merwe,
Wihksne
.04
of
Portage
la
Prairie.
POWER
SHUTOFF
HITS
SOUTHERN
KOREA
PLANTS
SEOUL,
Korea,
Russian-
Mascot
50
02
a
footballer,
was
sunning
himself
when
a
pigion
alighted
beside
him.
A
hawk
plummetted
Oreille
'
3.95
Bevcourt
33
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Can
09
Vi
Con.
Smelters
111.25
Conwest
1-13
Donalda
1,5
Eldona
!-12
Elder
:
40
Giant
Yellowknife
4.50
God's
Lake
Hard
Rock
-l7
Harricana
8
Heva
'
12
Hosco
31
Jacknife
05
Jolie't
Quebec
33
Lake
Rowan
OOVj
Lapaska
05
l.ll.t.le
Loner
Lac
88
atomic
bomb
or
Adolf
Hitler.
When
she
started
to
doze,
back
in
1936,
most
of
this
was
still
in
FORMER
LABOR
MINISTER
DIES
TORONTO,
tt
Hon.
Peter
Heenan,
73,'
Irish-born
locomotive
engi
neer
who
rose
to
become
federal
Minister
of
Labor,
welcome
visitors
graciously
next
week.
"It
really
is
gratifying
to
see
how
gladly
these
men
welcome
the
idea
of
letting
visitors
into
their
plants,"
said
A.
Don
Ritchie,
chairman
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
"Open
House"
committee.
"They
all
feel
that
because
now
is
their
busiest
time
of
year,
it
is
the
best
time
.
2.85
Border
03'a
down
and
was
about
to
seize
the
pigion
when
van
der
Merwe
kicked
the
hawk
and
killed
it.
If
the
struggle
to
hold
back
the
water
fails,
the
river
will
roll
southeast
toward
Oakville
and
Newton,
flooding
miles
of
farmlands.
The
area
Is
faced
with
danger
of
further
flooding
sixty-five
miles
west
of
Winnipeg.
.
:r
22
f
McDonald
........
L75
the
future.
Her
age
Is
52.
She
lapsed
into
sleeping
sick
occupied
north
Korea
cut
off
electrical
power
to
the
United
States
zone
in
the
south
In
a
dispute
that
was
intensified
by
08
Vi
died
at
his
home
here
Wednes
ness,
and
given
regular
nourishment
and
attention,
she
lived
on
F
Gold
..'
15
day
after
a
long
illness.
Creek
;
the
American-sponsored
victory
and
on,
through
the
years,
slumbering
all
tha
time.
Bridge
River
for
people
to
get
an
understanding
of
their-
work
and
produc
in
the
south
Korean
Independent
elections.
American
authorities
were
FATSO'S
FURNACE
SOLD
STOCKHOLM
0'
A
blast
furnace
from
the
Hermann
Goering
1.08
.40
.4or
.38
Vi
..03
.05
PWa
...
She
was
able
to
walk
about,
she
likes
to
be
out-of-doors.
I
I.vnx
081
Baseball
Scores
Western
International
Yakima
7,
Victoria
5.
Others
postponed,
rain.
Pacific
Coast
League
San
Diego
3,
Portland
0.
San
Francisco
5,
Hollywood
4.
Los
Angeles
6,
Oakland
5.
Sacramento
-
Seattle,
tion."
Working
on
the
committee
readv.
however
and
wheels
her
step
In
springy
and
alert
and
'stern
are
me
when
she
awoke.
Her
com-
wim
mi.
nnunt-
"t-v""-
turned
as
usual
m
occupation
Fish
Sales
Canadian
Olympia,
13,000,
15.50,
14
and
9,
Storage.
Reward,
12,000,
Co-op.'
Stream,
7,000,
Co-op.
Borgund,
14,000,
Co-o.
Connie
Jean,
19,000,
Co-op.
Capella,
22,000,
Co-op.
Goni,
23,000,
Co-op.
Aniaig.
Iron
Works
in
Llnz,
Austria,
has
been
purphased
by
Sweden
for
an
estimated
$2,250,000-.
It
will
be
shipped
to
Lulea,
northern
.03
nlexion
is
that
of
a
pretty
girl,
;
Ocrrard,
manager
ot
tne
t-ana-
installations
and
industries.
Premier
38
Doctors
are
stumpea.
Mrs.
dian
Fish
and
Cold
blorage
co.
j
Two
former
navy
power
barges
and
,
A.
P.
Crawley,
Junior
came
to
the
aid
of
auxiliary
Chamber
of
Commerce
presi-
'army
units
In
m-ovldine
needed
Sweden.
-
a
dent.
electricity.
BEAHTY
AIDS
AND
MORALE
LONDON
ffi
In
a
recent
re
WARN
MOTORISTS
OF
TRAINS
MELBOURNE,
Australia
(CP)
A
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.55
McKenale
Red
Lake
43
V4
McLeod
Cockshult
103
Moncta
30
244
Negus
5"
00
Noranda
Louvicourt
65
Pickle
Crow
210
Regcourt
jj
San
Antonio
3.85
Shcrrit
Gordon
Senator
Rouyn
44
Steep
Rock
-
21
Sturgeon
River
1'
Miller
27
Silver
-
.18
.50
6.25
3.00
8.80
ills
A
continued
shutdown
of
from
the
north,
which
fur
port
the
prison
commissioners
of
the
United
Kingdom
stated
Keen-minded
business
men
who
know
that
"Open
House
Week"
will
give
British
Columbia
Industries
a
chance
to
dls-
Reynolds
says
she
could
nqt
remember
much
of
anything,
through
the
twelve
years.
EXHAUSTED
VISITOR
GRAVESEND,
Eng.
P
A
bittern,
a
bird
rarely
seen
in
England
but
a
frequenter
of
European
moors,
was
found
exhausted
here.
nishes
more
than
half
the
sup
that
the
morale
of
'women
prls
ply
of
power
in
south
Korea,
Toronto
new
device
to
warn
motorists
of
closing
gates
at
railway
crossings
has
been
invented
here
An
electric
breaker
In
the
signal
house
flashes
a
stop
signal
when
the
gateman
lowers
the
gates.
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday,
May
15,
1948
High
.
5:44
.
18.2
feet
19:17
17.2
feet
Low
12:38
4.8
feet
oners
improved
since
they
were
play
their
manufactures
and
would
force
rationing
upon
Kor-
allowed
to
wear
lipstick
and
cos
their
working
processes
to
their
ean-
factories
and
residences,
.08',
154
.71
metics
consuming
friends
right
at
the
'United
States
officials
warned.