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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
109.
PRINCE
RUrEKT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
MAY
8,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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lets
Withdraw
From
Korea
Lnt
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to
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I.
S.
L,
Korea
'(("--Soviet
Coin-Kirotov
today
announc-arrangcmcnts
have
been
May
Include
Construction
Of
Fast
Fleet
of
Vessels
AIM
IS
MARITIME
LEADERSHIP
FOR
CANADA
OTTAWA
(CP)
A
long
term
program
for
the
development
of
Canada's
merchant
marine
and
shipbuilding
industry
is
being
launched
by
the
Federal
Government,
it
was
learned
today.
Key
feature
of
the
plan
is
expected
to
be
announced
in
the
near
.
i
rf
.
4r
'
for
tlie
immediate
with-
American
troops
from
the
southern
section
of
the
country
which
has
been
occupied
by
the
two
powers
since
the
end
of
the
Japanese
war.
The
Russian
announcement
did
not
list
any
special
date
for
the
withdrawal
and
was
so
worded
as
to
leave
some
doubt
that
the
Russians
even
Intend
to
get
out
at
all.
Similar
proposals
have
been
previously
rejected
by
the
United
States.
of
Soviet
troops
from
Korea
to
"make
Ameri-
fcrca
simultaneously."
Russia
and
Korean
Com-
l
have
been
campaigning
or
tlie
withdrawal
of
future.
WERY
STRIKE
Jerusalem
MILWAUKEE
iAUKLE
-This
city,
fam-
Truce
On
HAIFA,
Oi
All
firing
ceased
at
noon
today
in
Jerusalem
as
the
truce
between
Arabs
and
!i
city
where
they
make,
nil
ship
beer,
Is
now
im-
If
the
Government
would
grant
concessions
to
encourage
shipping
companies
to
get
rid
of
out-of-date
vessels
and
to
have
replacements
built
in
Canadian
yards,
the
plan
would
have
these
aims:
1.
Swing
from
the
Canadian
merchant
fleet's
slow-moving
vessels
to
faster
type
freighters
which
will
be
soon
needed
to
get
business
in
world
ports.
2.
Form
a
backlog
of
orders
for
the
shipbuilding
industry
as
a
bulwark
against
a
decline
such
as
occurred
after
the
first
World
War.
Despite
breadth
of
the
pro
Uie
popular
beverage.
POLICE
CHARGE
KIN
CHAIRMAN
VANCOUVER.
City
prosecutor
Gordon
Scott
Friday
authorized
a
summons
charging
Syd
Welsh,
Kinsmen
Club
charity
drive
committee
chairman,
with
conducting
an
illegal
scheme
to
raise
funds.
The
action
followed
seizure
of
Kinsmen
food-for-Britaln
drive
tickets
in
a
police
crackdown
on
alleged
lotteries
In
Vancouver.
Klondyke
Nile
Ureal
Is
Scenes
tukee.
home
of
the
amber
H.M.C.S.
ONTARIO,
8.000-ton
cruiser
of
the
Canadian
Navy's
west
coast
fleet
which
docked
here
Friday
afternoon
after
a
voyage
from
Esquimau
during
which
she
exploded
a
drifting
Japanese
mine
in
Laredo
Sound.
Ontario
carries
a
complement
of
about
600
men.
She
sails
for
the
south
on
Monday.
feeling
dry
because
of
Jews
in
the
city
went
into
ef
)
strike.
Brewery
work-
nil.
There
are
kix
Drew-
iich
provide
about
80
per
the
beer
quaffed
locally
fect,
reports
from,,
the
Holy
City
said.
After
tlie
Arab-British
agreement
yesterday,
the
Jewish
Agency
announced
that
Jewish
ONTARIO
SINKS
MINE
ON
TRIP
HERE
Of
'911;
Gyro
Club
Resales
City
The
northern
lights
have
seen
strange
sights,
but
....
Anyway,
face
foliage,
phony
money
and
hi-jinks,
it
was
all
for
a
worthy
cause,
as
any
Gyro
Club
member
would
hasten
to
assure
the
uninitiated.
It
was
Gyrw
Klondyke
night
last
night.
The
long-term
purpose
was
to
raise
funds
for
an
.hrse
establishments,
the
drying
up
the
town,
"uple
of
Milwaukee
drink
H.M.C.S.
Ontario
had
opportunity
to
recall
her
guns
would
cease
fire
at
night
IMPURITIES
IN
iverase
of
31
gallons
an-
gram,
it
is
understood
that
.the
government,
with
the
aid
of
its
new
Maritime
Commission,
expects
to
operate
it
on
a
basis
that
MEDICAL
GOODS
wartime
life
while
on
her
BRING
WARNING
outdoor
swimming
pool
and
theT
fall.
The
agreement,
covering
the
whole
city
of
Jerusalem,
followed
demands
from
many
delegates
to
t
he
United
Nations
who
were
concerned
for
the
safety
current
trip
from
Esqui-malt
by
sinking
a
drifting
i
will
call
for
little
or
no
cash
outlay
from
the
federal
treasury.
immediate
interest
was
fun.
Both
OTTAWA,
tCP
The
Health
De-
TENDER
FREED
FROM
ALASKA
ICE
DANGER
SEATTLE
'(
The
cannery
partmenfs
'food
and
drugs
di-
j
Japanese
mine
which
men-vision
today
passed
an
urgent
'accd
navigation
Friday
morn-
of
holy
places.
They
are
not,
of
course,
;
in
a
bone
dry
sens:.
and
other
Wisconsin
ire
seeing
to
that.
But
like
having
their
locally
fresliment.
ts
Pension
were
realized.
The
Civic
Centre
auditorium
was
packed
and
the
dance
that
materialized
later
in
the
evening
developed
into
a
crush
as
Two
Killed
As
Fire
Destroys
.
Bunkhouse
Chief
concession
would
be
the
relaxation
-of
restrictions
on
the
resale
of
ships
built
for
the
government
during
the
war
and
sold
to
private
concerns.
Some
200
ships
would
become
eligible
for
foreign
sale
"under
Jthe
pro-"
'
gram.
supply
tender
Tootsle
was
safely
warning
to
Canadian
hospitals
jn(r.
that
contamination
had
been
I
Tn
fk,aUnf;
Ilime
300
miles
discovered
in
certain
intra-
ts()uln
of
prin(;e
Euperti
was
the
venous
dextrose
solutions
pro-
s(;concl
sunk
by
the
cruiw.r
wiUlln
difiTM
ty
the
Ctttter
Laboratories
'lhree
wee'ks
"
'
of
Berkeley,
California.
boat
Jne
Bellingham
xishlng
The
warning
urged
that
the
.
.
.
WpKtm,,n
nut
of
tier
Bristol
Bay,
Alaska
ice-trap
Friday
night
and
mov
VICTORIA
(CP)
Two
)Stv.ommq
Churchill
Tells
About
His
Letters
NEW
YORK,
(APt
Winston
ing
southwest
toward
her
orig
inal
destination,
unharmed.
The
coastguard
cutter
Bitter
sweet
freed
the
vessel
from
th
by
the
floating
explosive
for
nine'
hours
in
a
heavy
swell
while
the
Ontario
steamed
northwest
to
A,
(i
-
Tlie
guvern-
Ifcts
to
announce
a
25
Prince
Rupert
responded
to
the
echoed
call
of
the
Yukon.
The
predatory
characters
of
the
days
of
'98
were
all
there,
resplendent
in
nugget
stick-pins,
bowler
hats
ana
spurious
finery.
It
was
no
reflection
on
the
gilded
ladies
that
the
beards
stole
the
show.
It
takes
longer
to
grow
a
beard
than
it
does
to
don
n
old
-look
gown.
Out
of
the
night
that
was
fill
sink
it.
FIVE
CHILDREN
VICTIMS
OF
DETROIT
FIRE
DETROIT,
ih
Five
children
were
burned
to
death
early
today
when
an
oil
heater
exploded
and
sent
flames
roaring
through
ice
and
towed
it
a
few
miles
to
open
water.
The
vessel
was
reported
undamaged
and
her
13-man
crew
unharmed.
Churchill
describes
in
the
current
Installment
of
his
war
increase
in
war
pen-xt
week.
'inclusion
was
drawn
af-itement
by
Veterans'
Af-aister
Gregg
to
the
Com-m
veterans'
affairs
that
sums
bill
will
be
placed
the
House
"as
soon
as
memoirs
the
beginning
of
his
products
of
the
labortory
be
withdrawn
from
use
at
once
Particular
produces
arc
sugar
solutions
used
in
connection
with
blood
transfusion
work.
EGYPTIANS
CROSS
INTO
PALESTINE
CAIRO,
if)
A
communique
issued
today
by
the
"Command
Volunteers,
Southern
Front
Palestine,"
said
Egyptian
volunteers
penetrated
about
30
miles
into
the
Holy
Land.
"Our
forces
pen
The
TooUie
radioed
Wednesday
night
that
it
was
caught
in
the
ice
and
taking
water.
wartime
correspondence
with
the
house.
The
children-
were
President
Roosevelt,
covering
al
trapped
on
the
second
floor.
ed
with
merrymaking
came
the
,
Their
mother,
Mrs.
Florence
Or-
call
for
beard-judging
and
the!
ton,
suffered,
burns
when
she
tried
to
climb
the
blazing
response
would
have
cheered
the
heart
of
any
sofa
manufac-
j
Thursday,
tne
mine
was
reported
by
the
Dakota
by
radio
telephone
west
of
Price
Island,
Milbank
Sound.
Ontario
increased
her
speed
to
26
knots
along
an
unlighted
coast,1
arriving
near
the
position
about
11
p.m.
"Capt.
Westman
deserves
'-lie
credit
for
sinking
that
mine,"
said
Capt.
J.
C.
Hibbard,
R.C.N
,
master
of
the
8,000-ton
cruiser,
referring
to
the
Dakota's
wave-tossed
vigil.
"It
takes
real
se-manship
to
do
what
he
did."
Nearing
the
position
in
the
gathering
darkness,
Ontario
em-
nun
are
known
dead
and
between
J50
and
others
are
injured
following
a
fire
which
destroyed-
a
bunkhouse
near
Youbou,
50
miles
northwest
of
here
early
today.
Ten
of
the
injured-
were
re
ported
in
serious
condition.
The
men
were
employed
by
B.
C.
Forest
Products
Ltd.
on
logging
operations.
One
body
was
identified
as
that
of
Roger
Gauin,
24,
but
the
other
body
was
so
badly
burned
that
Identification
is'
impossible
now.
Police,
however,
reported
that
Joseph
Wu.niak
is
missing
following
tlie
fire.
Sleeping
in
the
bunkhouse
uter.
Lined
on
the
auditorium
('MAN
ASKS
stage
was
as
fine
an
array
of
IKE
DELAY
llllNOTON
(C-Thc
White
most
1,000
communications
from
each.
The
instalment
is
the
fourth
of
five
being
published
in
Life
Magazine
from
tlie
first
volume
of
memoirs.
There
are
to
be
five
volumes
in
all.
Life
and
the
New
York
Times
are
publishing
the
memoirs
in
the
United
States.
The
Montreal
Standard
holds
Canadian
rights.
The
first
letter
from
Roose-elt
was
sent
to
Churchill
in
September,
1939,
shortly
after
reported
to
be
ready
to
0.
C.
Football
(ilusgow
Charily
Cup
l
inals
Celtic
0,
Rangers
2.
I
iiclish
League
Bristol
City
1,
Bristol
Rovers
2.
Chesterfield
2,
Notts
County
1.
Grismby
Town
0,
London
City
'I
'
SouUipurt
1.
Bolton
Wanderers
5.
a
20-duy
rail
strike
po.st-nl
as
hones
dimmed
for
etrated
the
frontiers
and
held
their
posts
without
casualties."
Status
of
the
Egyptian
volunteer
force
is
not
immediately
clear.
Volunteers
from
other
Arab
countries
have
been
in
Palestine
for
some
timet.
I
the
six-month
old
wages
Dloved
radio
communications
's
dispute
without
re-U)
Riivernment
seizure.
and
searchlight
bearings
to
lo
U.S.
REPLACES
ALASKA
TROOPS
McCORD
FIELD,
Wash.,
it)
The
movement
of
500
troops
to
Alaska
by
plane
to
fill
out
undermanned
units
was
announced
by
the
United
Statess
aiii
force
Friday.
A
spokesman
called
it
an
"emergency"
transfer,
but
the'
public
relations
officer
made
it
clear
that
it
was
merely
to
re
cate
the
fishing
boat.
Early
yes
I
mc
talks
were
culled
by
the
outbreak
of
war
in
Europe.
t'si'leniiai
advisers
in
an
,-
1
LOCAL
TIDES
Sunday,
May
9,
1948
"
d
the
tight
deadlock,
is
scheduled
for
Tucs-
terday
morning
the
cruiser
opened
fire
on
the
mine.
Multiple
pom-poms
and
Oerlikon
anti-aircraft
guns
were
used
to
sink
tlie
mine
which
sank
at
a
position
14
miles
from
Mclnues
High
Hlieffleld
Wednesday
1,
3.
It
reminded
Churchill
that
both
men
had
occupied
similar
navy
positions
in
the
First
World
Wfar
and
asked
the
Briton
to
send
sealed
letters
on
anything
21.2
feel
19.0
feet
2.5
feet
6.4
feet
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7:43
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were
ljl)
nu
n.
Ten
ol
t
lie
mori;
I
badly
injured
were
ruuhed
to
hospital
at
Duncan.
Low
face
fungus,
chin,
spinach
and
rampant
hair
as
Mr.
Gillette,
of
razor
fame,
could
wish
to
experiment
on.
Prizes
were
substantial.
All
three
winners
of
the
delicate
classifications
received
$:,(inn
each
In
Klondyke
money
which
has
a
close
relationship
to
the
Chinese
dollar
in
inflation
value
It
amounted
to
five
bucks
each
Canadian.
However,
considering
the
saving
in
razor
blades
that
was
affected
last
month,
tlie
winners
agreed
that
it
was
worth
it.
There
was
Benny
Windle,
whose
black-
foliage
won
first
prize
for
the
heaviest
beard.
Lurking
behind
an
erratic
foliage
was
Ronald
Tubb,
who
modestly
reached
for
the
award
for
the
most
original
beard.
And
where
but
in
an
Arizona
cactus
could
be
foul
a
mateli
for
t
he
"most
distinguished"
beard
grown
by
Mike
Monte-sanoV
Irony
permeated
the
Judges'
tiuri
ut
n,o
ont.rancp
in
Mil-
ne
wanted
to
keep
Roosevelt
place
men
who
had
been
moved
link
Sminc,
Aftpr
sinking
the
Posted
about.
south
from
Alaska
posts.
:
:
TOD
A
Y'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
mine,
Ontario
resumed
her
course,
arriving
In
Prince
Rupert
Friday
afternoon.
The
mine
was
the
second
sunk
by
the
cruiser
since
April
23.
On
that
date,
Ontario,
accompanied
by
the
destroyer
Crescent,
sank
a
drifting
mine
off
the
Columbia
River.
'i
Burmese
Leader
Goes
to
Death
RANGOON,
Burma,
J0For-mer
Premier
U.
Saw
and
five
conspirators
were
hanged
at
dawn
today
for
the
assassination
of
seven
cabinet
members
in
an
attempted
coup
d'etat
last
July
19.
Witnesses
said
that
U.
Saw
was
smiling
and
murmuring
Buddhist
prayers
as
he
went
to
his
death.
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Bralorne
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Churchill
says
he
responded
promptly,
using
the
signature
"Naval
Person."
He
employed
this
pseudonym
throughout
the
long
correspondence.
Churchill,
who
was
first
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
in
the
early
days,
of
the
recent
conflict,
tells
in
detail
of
the
battle
of
the
River
Platte
which
ended
with
the
destruction
of
tlie
German
raider,
the
pocket
batlesliip
Graf
Spee.
This
action,
hi
whicW
three
smaller
British
ships
"putj
to
flight
the
Graf
Spee,
gave
the
British
people
a
great
lift
in
the
weary
first
winter
of
the
war,
Churchill
says.
The
Former
Prime
Minister
.01
hearts
when
they
awarded
an
Deutoniii
Grull
Wihkswe
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Mascot
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THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Fine
weather
will
be
general
in
the
southern
costal
areas
again
today
with
increasing
cloudiness
expected
tomorrow.
A
weak
storm
is
approaching
the
northern
B.C.
coast
and
will
give
rain
tonight
"and
Sunday
in
the
Fish
Sales
American
J.
B.,
22,500,
17,
16.50
and
10,
Storage.
Canadian
Jac
knife
05
Reeves
McDonald
175
elderly
gentleman,
known
as
"Pop"
a
warrant
for
a
free
shave
for
having
the
longest
beard.
A
white
adornment
which
he
has
worn
for
years.
The
awards
were
made
during
an
intermission
in
the
dance
that
followed
the
games
which
filled
the
early
part
of
the
evening.
Klondyke
atmophere
abounded
in
the
costumes
worn
by
Gyro
members
and
many
of
also
writes
of
the
damage
done
.09
Joliet
Quebec
37
.I6V2
Lake
Rowan
.10V2
1.08
Lapaska
05
Vz
by
German
submarines
and
a
new
menace,
magnetic
mines,
in
the
first
months
of
the
war.
interior.
There
ls
expected
to
be
considerable
cloudiness
in
the
southeastern
portions
which
will
CH1EF
RECOVERING
IN
HOSPITAL
Walter
Reuther,
Ai'Ui
Workers-C.I.O.
president,
is
pictured
in
the
hos-1
Detroit,
Mich.,
where
he
was
rushed
following
his
shool-
a"
Ullklinuin
ni..u,.llont
Alll,.,,,vV.
hlc
cnnrlil.ilin
is
Crit-
By
a
stroke
of
good
luck,
he
Reno
Salmon
Gold
Sheep
Creek
Taylor
Bridge
Taku
River
Vananda
Congress
Pacific
Eastern
lledley
Amalg
Silbak
Premier
Oils
persist
throughout
t
oday
and
says
a
German
plane
was
seen
tomorrow
while
tlie
western
and
the
visitors.
to
drop
one
of
tlie
new
mines
Svalbard,
15,000,
Co-op.
Mother
III,
27,000,
Co-op.
Valiant,
20,000,
Co-op.
Straffen.
21,000,
Co-op.
Clipper
II,
19,000,
Co-op.
Cape
Spencer,
14.000,
Co-op.
Advance
II,
18,000,
Co-op.
Miss
Margot,
22,000,
Co-op.
Shirlu,
16,000,
Co-op.
Ingrid
H.,
16,000,
Cp-op.
Stream,
10,000,
Co-op.
iru
xivu.
i
ue
tu-veai-uiu
itouci
v..
UltllUt
.!..!
...
...
.
,.
.,..
.40
Little
Long
Lac
1.02
.55
Lynx
10
.18
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.64
.03
McKenzie
Red
Lake
49
,05
McLod
Cockshutt
1.05
.03
Moneta
35
.31
1
i
Negus
2.50
Noranda
49.75
.20
Louvieourt
64
.53
'z
Pickle
Crow
2.06
6.00
Regcourt
04
Vz
close
to
shore
in
November,
1939
Navy
experts
found
the
mine
and
dismantled
it,
with
the
result
that
effective
counter-measures
were
worked
out.
l
"""
union
was
shot
in
nis
nome.
nic
m"""u
I
llU
bll"ik
from
a
distance
of
about
12
feet
and
Reuther
'uncled
in
the
chest
and
right
arm.
He
himself
could
con-
"uU.iim
that
would
help
the
police
tp
track
down
his
1
1
.
1
A.
P.
Con
Calmont
C.
&
E.'
northern
portions
will
remain
generally
clear.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
-
Cloudy
today,
overcast
with
showers
tonight
and
Sunday.
Winds
light,
increasing
to
southeasterly
20
tonight.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Sunday:
Port
Hardy
42
and
52,
Massett
42
and
50,
Prince
Rupert
42
and
50.
!
San
Antonio
3.85
Foothills
3.00
WOULD
REJOIN
C.C.F.
PARTY
OTTAWA
H.
W.
Herrldge,
People's
C.C.F.
member
of
Parliament
for
Kootenay
West,
announced
Thursday
that
he
is
applying
for
re-instatement
in
the
C.C.F.
party.
He
broke
with
the
party
some
years
ago.
fSHRiNEri
im
DonH
Pnnoort
Home
!
Toronto
Hear
the
"SALES
TAX
and
MOTOR
VEHICLE
ACT"'
discussed
at
Public
Meeting,
Common
Lounge,
Civic
Centre,
Monday
8
p.m.
by
Wm.
Brett,
M.L.A.
no)
8.75
-Senator
Rouyn
44
Sherrit
Gordon
3.05
.08
Vi
Steep
Rock
2.10
.17
Sturgeon
River
.17
.65
Silver
Miller
29
nanuniaslcr
,T!
Centre
Auditorium,
Monday
May
10.
8:15
p
m
Athona
...
Aumaque
Beattie
...
Students
35c
(110)