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FRIDAY
29TH
I
rme
stn"
were
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
policemen
VOL.
X"
XVII,
No.
252.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
26,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
'
....thrpalt
Of
I
a
new
,
9
i
i
npr.
the
coai
-
M
eovernment
.Ha
genrity
Council
k:es,
were
uki
"
r'.fi
and
hand
Lral
policemen
f;
onH
the
dead
No
Decision
On
Palestine
Truce,
K0
badly
wounded
ere
struck
by
gun-
Interior
said
ier
of
'seven
hours
after
drive,
the
police
some
280
square
U
S-
Delegate
Not
Being
Rushed
4
parts
(C.P
Sfipnritv
council,
having
been
or
rv-
p.
KV-v;
w
1
v
dered
to
meet
today
in
emergency
session
to
hear
L
made
15
arrests.
tie
between
the
Bel-
Egypt
s
complaint
tnat
Israel
naa
DroKen
me
umteu
Nations
cease-fire
in
the
Negev
Desert,
adjourned
without
reaching
a
decision.
.
.
and
Douat-Liiie
lag
the
whole
Val-
,jp
of
mines
aim
Warren
Austin,
United
States
presiaeni
oi
ine
n
!
1
.
.
.
11
nvtrai.11.
O
A
foouai
group.
'
,
REARMING
COASTS
.
;
HALIFAX
The
Halifax
Mail
said
in
a
news-page
story
today
that
Canada's
east
coast,
stripped
of
its
artillery
defence
after
World
War
II,
was
"soon
to
be
refortified
with
new
long-range
radar-equipped
guns
to
meet
the
threat
of
war."
The
newspaper
story
followed
a
statement
at
Ottawa
that
emphasis
was
to
be
laid
on
reserve
artillery
i.
!
l-.il-
L
1
A
STORMS
HOLD
journed
Tthe
debate
on
Palestine,
closing
he
;
session
with
AIR
SERVICES
the
statement
max
me
council
could
not
be
lashed
into
action
III
Storm
conditions
on
Queen
by
Arab
charges
on
the
bias.
Charlotte
Islands
caused,
delay
to
air
travel
between
Prince
Ru-Dert
and
Vancouver.
The
Canso
ed
Krply
Crossing
Precipitation
action
could
not
be
taken
without
Investigation;
United
Nations
truce
observers
had
said
at
the
jweek-enl
that
Israeli
forces
were
still
attack-
from
here
made
its
flight
to
I
j
t
'
Sandsnit
on
schedule
but
re
mained
overnleht
owing
to
the
Ingthe
day
after
the
security
Douglas
from
Vancouver
not
be
'
mf,im
km.
mm
....'-.It
i
;
i
24,
1947,
the
city
.rials
of
the
Cana-nal
Railways
con-land
traversed
by
road
and
last
night
received
an
answer.
ing
able
to
land
because
of
cross
winds
and,
therefore,
returning
to
Vancouver.
Navigat
council
truce
deadline
in
Negev.
A
British
spokenan
suggested
that
stern
A
should
be
ing
off
the
ranges,
the
Douglas
taken
If
necessa
insure
the
MACKENZIE
KING
MEETS
FRIENDS
OF
THE
EMPIRE
Before
his
illness,
Mackenzie
Kin-;,
Canada's
prime
minister
;and
present
delegate
to
the
U.N.,
met
Mme.
Vijaya
Lakashml
Pandit,
sister
of
India's
Pandit
Nehru,
The
black
moustached
gentleman
is
Sir
Ramashwashi
Mudaliar,
foreign
minister
of
the
Dominion
of
India.
The
last
two
named
are
members
of
India's
U.N.
delegation.
i
from
the
regional
I
was
able
to
fly
back
from
Sana-sDit
to
Vancouver
by
night.
The
observance
or
uie
.
iruce
eiwier
by
economic
sanctions
or
mili
Canadian
National
t
ed
that
the
land
(Canso
returned
from
Sandspit
tary
action.
at
10
o'clock
this
morning.
With
v
the
storm
over
flights
are
nor
Strike
Was
training
un
uuixi
eusi,
anu
west
coasts.
EMERGENCY
IN
PERU
LIMA
The
Peruvian
government
today
declared
a
"state
of
national
emergency"
and
assumed
extraordinary
powers
to
"thwart
any
intent
of
upsetting
public
order
and
social
peace."
STORM
DOWN
COAST
VANCOUVER
Logs
valued
at
$80,000
were
strewn
along
the
British
Columbia
coast
today
in
the
aftermath
of
a
fierce
jweek-end
storm
which
submerged
two
craft
and
set
adrift
others,
including
log
booms.
The
storm
petered
out
today
after
winds
of
55
miles
per
hour
at
times
lashed
the
lower
mainland.
Craft
are
busy
up
the
coast
gathering
up
'the
drifting
timber.
-
-
PEARSON
TO
PARIS
OTTAWA
Now
that
he
has
won
a
seat
in
Parliament
as
a
result
of
the
Algoma
East
by-elcction
yesterday,
Hon.
L.
B.
Pearson,
the
new
minister
of
external
affairs,
will
leave
soon
for
Paris
to
take
over
from
Hon.
Lionel
Chevier,
minister
of
transport,
as
head
of
Canadian
delegation
to
the
United
Nations."
k'lMP.
RFSir.NINO
SOON
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
t
An
area
of
hieh
barometric
,id
to
t
he
city
for
M
that
a
plan
ol
be
submitted
to
the
Black
pointed
out
mal
again
today.
Among
the
local
passengers
Liberals
Win
Out
Short
Lived
for
Vancouver
who
were
held
at
Sandspit
overnight
was
Dr.
R.
G.
pressures
is
developing
over
the
British
Columbia
coast.
Scat-I
i
i
.t
ul
could
not
be
con-
POLL
TAX
LLTfU
Miuweis
aic
uciug
i
churn
the
Railway
Coin-not
ts
authorized
the
Large,
going
south
for
the
annual
convention
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
which
opened
today,
and
J.
R.
New
York
Has
Biggest
Transportation
Tie-up
Lasted
Four
Hours
ed
from
the
Kootenays
and
Prince
George
regions
but
elsewhere
skies
are
clear.
A
sharp
Local
City
Council
Disposed
to
Favor
New
Westminster
'
System
,
"
The
city
council
went
on
re
frost
is
expected
throughout
the
Morin.
iwm.
They
in
are
vunipicwme
completing
the
Had
Substantial
Majorities
in
Two
Federal
By-Elections
Yesterday
OTTAWA,
The
Liberal
,t
of
a
rail
crossing
considerable
dis-council
authorized
rk
to
draft
a
letter
NEW
YORK,
W
Tne
largest'
eht
south
this
afternoon
irn,nnrtot.inn
tie-un
ever
to
interior
tonight
and
light
frost
along
coast.
A
storm
now
moving
east
across
the
Gulf
of
Al-
cord
last
night
in
favor
of
hit
New
York
City
lelt
about!
party
captured
two
fall
by-
ay
pointing
out
that
.
.
e
...t-t-V.
-.rn
I
aska
will
bring
rain
to
the
north
MRS.
ED
WAHL,
providing
an
out-
abolishing
the
poll
tax
act
and
want
the
Municipal
Voters'
Registration
Act
amended
o'
three-and-a-half
million
work-'
ers
without
normal
bus
and
a
ncai
oahinpt.
minister
a
spat,
in
I
roast
tomorrow
but
Other
see
apany
property
at
the
House
of
Commons.
J.ions
of
the
province
will
remain
as
in
effect
an
as
that
that
it
it
conforms
conforms
in
in
the
tne
mam
main
to
10
,
DIGBY,
PASSES
clear.
I
N
R.
Newly
appointed
External
Affairs
AlinistetL,B.
Pearson
-win
yei.w
-
Forecast
jw--
trolley
service
today
but
the
bus
drivers
were
ordered
.
bck
..to
work
today
four"
hours
-
after
they
went
on
strike.
v
-
k
0N
mK-Yxim
MMster"Ma&enzie
"
'King
i
d
to
the
city
paying
Mrs."
Edward
Wanl,
whose
m
use
cw
ttcowu..
home
was
at
Dodge
Cove,
Digbyj
According
to
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Island,
died
in
the
Prince
Ru-
Thain,
who
briefly
explained
i
i
tt
n.orr
xrnH.
Tl7rtc-f
rv-i
i
n
cf
or
ct'ctom
but
Alderman
Black
,
while
he
was
in
will
resign
office
within
a
week
or
two
aicer
ne
returns
to
Ottawa
from
London,
it
was
learned
on
stpvdav.
The
Prime
Minister,
who
At
iu
9
a.m.
drivers
vnv-
of
-
four
thous
out
by
a
solid
margin
in
the
contest
with
two
other
candidates
in
the
Ontario
constituency
of
Algoma
East.
W.
A.
Boucher,
the
second
Liberal
ftandard
-
bearer,
was
victorious
in
the
west
the
Sas-
i
pert
ijrenerai
nuapiwu
ui
v.ou
tuc
new
cowinuoiti
ww,
and
buses
and
hundreds
of
trol-
this
morning
in
her
thirty-third
anyone
who
is
21
years
old,
a
.
....
i
.
n
i..
i
AMuMn
v.n
...Kinnt
Vi
n
u
roeiHori
In
farther
negotiations,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
today
and
tonight.
Intermittent
rain
tomorrow."
Westerly
winds
(15
m.p.h.),
shifting
to
southerly
(30
m.p.h.)
tomorrow
morning.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow:
Vnrt
Harrfv
in
and
55.
Massett
se
to
see
the
city
ob-
UUUU
OUWIUI
-J
J
v.nwv.
j
.
,
has
spent
more
than
two
weeks
m
bed
on
account
t.
nlans
to
leave
Lon-
leys
discharged
their
passengers
and
then
headed
back
to
their
to
the
land
occupied
year,
ourvivuig
xiicinucia
ux
wic
uuiou
puijwk,
v,v
family
are
Mr.
'
Wahl
and
a
'
the
city
for
6
months
and
pays
young
daughter
and
son.
Orig-1
not
less
than
$100
in
rent
or
'nal
home
of
the
deceased
was
rental
value
Is
eligible
to
vote.
katchewan
riding
of
Rosthern.
Ul
U1UUU
imumuvii
J
I
-
-
don
Saturday
and
will
sail
for
New
York
from
garages.
SandsDit.
Oueen
Charlotte
Isl-
In
supporting
the
.
resolution
Both
by
-
election
standings
showed
the
Liberals
on
top
by
40
and
50,
Prince
Rupert
40
andj
The
stop
strike
order
'came
Southampton
Sunday
on
tne
nner
ueen
nhnnt.
November
5
or
6.
He
will
the
necessary
am
ands.
Mrs.
Wahl
was
admitted
asking
for
Dep't
,
ou.
after
Michael
J.
Quill,
interna
good
margins
with
the
C.CF.er's
endment
to
the
registration
act.
to
the
hospital
October
7.
'
recommend
Rt
Hon.
L.
S.
St
Laurent
to
the
Gover
second
and
the
Social
Credit
the
city
council,
on
a
'
point
raised
bv
Alderman
G.
W.
Rud-
rs
Aids
derham,
added
an
amendment
third
and
last.
Reports
from
87
out
of
105
polls
in
Algoma
East
gave
the
51-year
old
Pearson,
former
car
INDIVIDUAL
ENTERPRISE
Archibald,
M.P.,
who
endeavouring
to
get
fa
on
the
installation
TULSEQUAH
GETS
AIR
SUPPLIES
Winter
supplies
for
mines
near
Tulsequah
have
been
going
in
lately
by
air.
This
has
been
due
to
low,
water
levels
in
eer
diplomat,
4,493
votes;
Lome
Callahan,
C.C.F.,
2,107,
and
J.
J.
lights
on
the
west
to
the
effect
that,
In
the
case
of
a
married
couple
paying
not
less
than
$200
in
rent
of
rental
value,
each
should
be
eligible
to
vote.
Alderman
George
Casey
was
not
in
favor
of
asking
all
municipalities
to
do
away
with
the
PitzErerald.
Social
Credit.
1.0G1.
IN
ALBERTA
Queen
Charlotte
Isl-
recelved
a
Ipttpr
frnm
In
Rosthern
1U9
out
of
113
polls
gave
Boucher
6,071;
Maz-
EDMONTON
B
Alberta,
with
ptes,
deputy
minister
tional
president
of
the
Transport
workers
Union
(C.I.O.)
addressed
a
mass
demonstration
of
workers'
outside
the
State
Public
Service
Commission
headquarters.
He
spoke
for
.
a
moment
after
Mayor
William
O'Dwyer
made
a
sudden
dramatic
appearance
at
the
demonstration,
.urging
the'
men
to
return
to
their
jobs.
The
walk-out
by
8500
transport
workers'
union
members
was
over
retroactive
wages
averaging
$300
per
man.
It
hit
the
city
as
the
morning
rush
hour
tapered
off.
The
seven
companies
affected
are
privately
owned.
aroff,
C.C.F.,
3,116,
and
G.
W.
Beilhartz.
Social
Credit,
2,305.
nor-General
to
be
his
successor.
MORE
PAY
ON
TUGBOATS
VANCOUVER
More
than
600
deckhands
and
cooks
on
British
Columbia
coastal
tugboats
will
receive
$20
month
wage
increase,
retroactive
to
July
1,
James
Thompson,
Pacific
Coast
president
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
(AFL),
said
An
agreement
will
be
signed
today
between
the
C.S.U.
and
the
14-company
British
Columbia
Tugboat
Owners
Association.
NEW
SESSION
OPENED
LONDON
The
King
opened
a
new
session
of
British
Parliament
today
amid
ancient
pomp
He
read
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
which
called
for
nationalization
of
Britain's
steel
industry.
its
great
resources,
is
a
province
the
destiny
of
which
can
best
.at
Ottawa,
which
t
"This
denartment
poll
tax
and
adopt
the
New
The
double
Liberal
victory
be
developed
by
Individual
en
the
Taku
River.
Already,
the
Alaska
Coastal
Airlines
planes
have
conveyed
stores
of
meat
and
groceries.
It
is
reported
that
if
water
does
not
rise
within
the
f?ly
recommended
to
Westminster
system.
He
felt
it
should
be
optional
and
used
the
point
to
drive
home
-the
need
'merit
of
Transport
boosted
their
lead
in
the
House
over
the
combined
opposition
to
terprise,
Minister
of
Mines
Tanner
told
the
Canadian
Chamber
wowing
aids
be
estab-quickly
as
nossible:
six.
of
Commerce
In
an
address
tc
for
greater
local
autonomy.
.
next
month,
air
transport
will
handle
about
80
more
tons,
tak
at
the
western
en-
ing
off
from
Taku
point,
this
the
Canadian
body
here,
while
200
of
its
members
were
travelling
In
two
special
trains
to
Van
"'vuii
uw.nm,
bl
Licht
at
the
west-
being
where
supplies
are
landed
Re
to
Skideaat
Phan-
by
steamers
PLEBISCITE
Oil
TERM
OF.
MAYOR
"flit
at
Tasu
Sound.
Kate
Chnmipl
In
hp
couver.
Mr.
'Tanner
said
the
government
would
prevent
a
monopoly
of
the
Leduc
oil
field
and
would
see
that
the
people
of
the
RICH
BUT
NOT
HAPPY
Brothers
Who
Owned
Leduc
Oil
Ground
Prefer
Farming
EDMONTON
John
and
Andrew
Rebus
who
homesteaded
in
Alberta
years
ago,
are
born
P
spar
buoys
for
the
TOD
ATS
STOCKS
;ae
Whcrfe
a
winding
THOMPSON
STREET
province
gained
a
fair
share.
At
last
night's
city
council
"Beaver"
Chases
Vancouver
News
wnnci
exists."
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Oil
in
Alberta
will
change;
tl
iunnM
.
roeQ
ria
-
r
meeting
u.vfc.
vcwj
TO
STAR
perhaps
of
all
Canada,"
said
the
Bobjo
w
Buffalo
Canadian
08
minister
who
declared
that
Al
VISITOR
clared
that,
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
council,
he
was
going
to
present
a
motion
asking
for
a
plebiscite
in
the
next
munici
berta
has
great
resources
of
na
Canadian-Born
London
Newspaper
Baron
Sees
Churchill
as
Premier
Again
HOME
SCORCHED
Faulty
construction
in
a
fireplace
almost
cost
the
family
of
William
Jeffrey,
604
Thompson
Street,
their
home
last
night.
A
hot
fire
in
the
fireplace
caused
slow
combustion
in
the
Chapter.
tural
gas
and
that
a
committee
has
been
appointed
to
inquire
,str,
received
an
offl-
ll
lt
nillht.
frnm'
tP
Vancouver.
B
Lord
Beav-
pal
election
in
which
voters
will
be
asked
to
state
whether
they
farmers
and
content
to
stay
that
way.
The
quarter
section
they
happened
to
pick
was
in
a
district
known
as
Leduc.
Later
on,
an
oil
strike
made
the
family
suddenly
rich.
Oil,
it
seems,
spouted
all
over
the
map.
The
family
into
their
extent.
i?rand
matron
for
Bri-
Mrs.
A.
Buchan
Ul
adrtltlrm
t
M.
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday.
October
27,
1948
High
9:25
18.1
feet
21:31
18.5
feet
erbrook,
Canadian-born
British
newspaper
magnate,
said
here
yesterday
that
Winston
Churchill
will
again
head
the
British
government'
"as
soon
as
the
people
get
a
chance
to
vote
him
back."
In
his
first
visit
here
since
1909
and
1911,
Beaverbrook
said
prefer
electing
their
mayor
to
a
one
or
two
year
term
of
office.
In
the
same
manner
he
wishes
to
ask
the
people
if
they
will
be
willing
to
have
one
mill
added
to
their
property
assessment
in
order
to
raise
funds
to
improve
Roosevelt
Park.
.
U1K
Ul-
other
functions
were
Mrs-
Buchan's
enter-while
here.
Thorp
wn
Consol.
Smelters
123.50
Conwest
1-10
Donalda
...1
62,
Eldona
"...:
108
East
Sullivan
3.10
Giant
Yellowknife
5.00
'
God's
Lake
-45'
Hardrock
-25
Harricana
07
Heva
11
Hcvco
26
Jacknife
:
03,3
Joliet
Quebec
43
Lake
Rowan
Lanaska
05
timbers
supporting
the
base
or
the
heating
unit
and
this
eventually
Ignited
the
timber
braces
and
the
false
partition
enclosing
the
chimney.
With
no
fire
stops
in
the
partition
the
blaze
!
'
s
.
1
i'i
became
worth
at
least
$200,000.
.The
sudden
excitement
was
not
in
the
least
like"
calm,
clean,
Low
.
2:51
5.9
feet
yesterday
at
the
for
Mrs.
Buchan
to
'sensible
farming.
There
were
15:30
8.9
feet
um
hpalnnlriff
to
ShOOt
UP
m
-
umpprc
c
j
i,
he
was
just
"pursuing
nappui-ness"
and
declined
to
comment
at
the
home
of
W.
Kpn,i
...i..
'
ceowds
of
strangers
ana
lots
oi
messy
stuff
from
down
in
the
earth
and
much
talk
and
scurrying
around
but
all
this
did
not
make
them
happy.
FOR
YOUR
on
the
international
situation.
6'"
wnere
Mrs.
as
a
gPst
while
here-
l"k
Dlhh
(a
..-..
-
Vancouver
Bralorne
1
725
B
R.
Con
03V'
B.R.X
-
07V2
Cariboo
Quartz
1-20
Dentonia
Ol
Hedley
Mascot
32
Pend
Oreille
5.80
Pioneer
2.50
Premier
Border
-03
Va
Privateer
I2
Reeves
McDonald
2.80
Reno
-06Vi
Salmon
Gold
12
Sheep
Creek
I...".....
1-38
Taylor
Bridge
-
-31
Taku
River
;-
-26
Vananda
.
-37
Congress
03
'i
Pacific
Eastern
04
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
-02
Spud
Valley
-06
Central
Zeballos
.-02
Silbak
Premier
25
Oils
A.P.
Con.
-
-22
I
Calmont
...
47
C.
&
E
5.90
Foothills
3.90
'
Home
9.90
Toronto
Athona
H'i
Aumaque
18
Beattie
58
Bevcourt
-25
Ik.
,
'
uiuiy
mat
The
little
man
with
the
massive
head
toured
the
clyt
with
press
photographer
Ray
Munro,
-vui
nere.
Mrs.
WllO
3rri..l
.
..
inside
walls
when
the
fire
truck
arrived
at
10:30.
The
actual
fire
damage
was
not
great
but
the
firemen
were
forced
to
remove
the
concrete
slabs
forming
the
base
of
the
fireplace
in
order
to
extinguish
the
Smoldering
timbers
under
it.
,
Mr.
Jeffrey
is
working
out
of
iium
nt
nrpspnt
hut
Mrs.
Jef
n
"tv,
,uu
iiom
uie
All
very
T.'cll,
of
course,
to
have
some
cash,
but
this
was
not
like
the
old
days,
when
the
soil
yileded
good
food
,and
there
was
ppace
and
harmony.
That
was
the
life.
Nte
hn,:...
'J..vitncou-
"1
Ul
np
Ramp
chased
a
tratnc
accmeuw
a
police
radio
call
and
"later
had
a
beer."
wharTtarifTs
toniKht.
of
a
fnll.
Bf.'ttfilOH
frey
and
the
children
were
at
Dry
Cleaning
Requirements
contact
"7
'
.
.
PIONEER
CANADIAN
LAUNDRIES
2
or
3-pce.
Men's
Suits
1.20
Plain
Dresses
-
L20
OTHER
PRICES
ON
REQUEST
ASK
ABOUT
"DRAX"
WATER
REPELLENT
SERVICE.
It's
a
sound
Investment
especially
these
rainy
days.
.
.
REASONABLE
PRICES
AND
QUALITY
WORKMANSHIP
PHONES
8
and
118
143
East
Third
Avenue
SOLD
FOR
TAXES
NORTH
BAY.
ff
Eight
pro-
Little
Long
Lac
?2
Lynx
08
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.45
McKenzie
Red
Lake
35
'2
McLeod
Cockshutt
91
"
Moneta
-3S
2
22
Negus
"
Noranda
54.00
Louvicourt
-
-58
Pickle
Crow
2
00
Regcourt
-
-05
Vz
San
Antonio
3.80
Senator
Rouyn
-54
Sherrit
Gordon
2.35
Steep
Rock
1-68
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
-35
home
when
the
fire
broke
oui
rnnvl
wus
a
snow-
ARE
INCREASED
nrrttes
sold
by
the
city
for
taxes
1"PS
Vtv
Er
w
'J
J
1.1
f
brought
a
total
of
$1,758
here
ATTAHF-
PLIES
'NOW
iat.in
.
"
1
"ere
was
a
VAMHOUVER
British
Col
recently.
WOODSTOCK,
Ont.,
Now
Is
the
time
to
attack
flies
with
pund
,iu
lor
tne
'"on
nf8150
a
Personal
Buch
SUVenir
sPons
snravs
when
they
seek
warm
or
measurement.
The
boost
will
be
11
cents
on
all
commodities
listed
on
a
unit
or
other
basis.
umbia
wharf
tariff
charges
announced
by
the
B.C.
Wharf
Operators'
Association
will
become
effective
November
15,
Charges
for
loading
and
unloading
rail
cars
will
rise
ten
cents
per
ton
places,
J.
L.
Griffith,
sanitary
intariPrt.nr
said
here.
Killing
ot
prtv-tCr,
ne
casion
of
K:.y
birthdav
r.f
thP
Increased
labor
costs
are
said
to
flies
in
the
fall
prevents
breed
be
the
reason.
ing
Ui
the
spring,
he
saw.