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Pacific
Port-Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
25,
1948
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Ma
ritkie
Near
lace
ijshore
!
Coast
Strike
Onl
W
SEASON'S
FIRST
Suite
'
thu
Settled
West
Coast
Negotiations
Peace
in
Maritime
Strike
on
,
This
Side
Now
Seems
Nearer
SHOW
BLANKETS
PRINCE
RUPERT
Winter
made
a
sudden
and
lEMENT
REACHED
ON
BASIS
OF
JKKN-CENT
INCREASE
MUST
IppROVED
BY
UNION
VOTE
lyORK
(CP)
The
longshoremen's
strike
Dm'
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I
'TZt0WKl
.1
"wmm
.
r
rLJ
reasonably
earnest
descent
on
Prince
Rupert
overnight,
laying
down
the
first
snow
blanket
of
SAN
FRANCISCO
B
Removal
of
two
barriers
in
negotiations
brought
peace
a
little
closer
today
as
the
West
Coast
jpled
shipping
in
United
States
east
coast
ised
a
diversion
boom
in
Halifax
and
a
t
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I
A
McCULLAGH
BUYS
TELEGRAM
TORONTO
The
Toronto
Evening
Telegram
has
been
sold
to
George
McC'ullagh,
publisher
of
the
Toronto
Globe
and
Mail,
trustees
of
the
Telegram
announced
today.
The
price
is
reported
to
be
$3,610,000.
The
trustees,
under
the
terms
of
the
will
of
the
late
founder,
John
Ross
Robertson,
were
to
sell
the
paper
after
th.e
death
of
his
(Robertson's)
heirs.
The
offer
accepted
is
said
to
have
been
well
over
a
secret
reserve
price.
The
Telegram
will
continue
as
a
separate
entity
and
will
be
independent
in
politics,
said
McCullagh
who
will
take
over
next
Wednesday
.
'
'
the
season,
a
soggy
and.
intermittent
fall
which
registered
an
official
half-Inch
but
which
maritime
strike
entered
its
thirteenth
week.
Y
strike
aboard
the
liner
Queen
Elizabeth
Won,
England,
was,
apparently,
settled
built
up
to
more
than
two
inches
ALASKA
GETTS
ITS
FACE
MAPPED
Three
of
the
six
Lockheed
P2V
planes
from
the
VS.
Navy's
photographic
squadron
one,
which
photographed
30,000
square
miles
of
rugged
Alaskan
terrain
recently,
are
shown
flying
over
some
of
that
terrain.
The
photos
are
for
mapping
purposes.
It
is
the
first
time
In
20
years
that
any
extensive
photo-mapping
has
been
done
here.
-
Lyrus
bfting,
Lanadian-born
head
,
of
I.V
on
streets
and
rooftops.
The
snowfall
was
accompan
led
by
a
light,
southeast
wind
BURNS,
CAPE
v.
men
sent
temperatures
down
to
a
minimum
of
29
degrees,
the
lowest
recorded
since
last
spring.
me
united
states
mediation
and
conciliation
service,
announced
an
agreement
which
came
on
the
sixteenth"
day
of
the
strike.
As
a
result
officials
of
the
Cunard-Whlte
Star
Line
In
Southampton
Immediately
announced
that
the
Queen
Elizabeth
will
sail
on
Sunday.
SS
0
Sixteen
pa-
live
of
the
crew
of
The
Pacific
American
Shipowners
Association
reversed
its
previous
stand
and
announced
it
would
bargain
with
striking
CIO
marine
cooks
and
stewards
on
ships
in
the
Atlantic
trade.
Heretofore,
jurisdictional
restrictions
had
been
given
in
refusal
to
bargain.
The
National
Labor
Relations
Board
announced
it
would
not
hold
elections
to
determine
the
bargaining
agent
for
radio
operators.
The
announcement
opens
the
way
for
negotiations
between
employers
and
striking
CIO
radio
men.
Yi
Airlines
Constcl-
d
death
today
when
tight
fire
at
the
end
Resident
Fishery
Engineer
And
Biologist
Be,
Stationed
Here
Prince
Rupert
may
be
the
permanent
operating
base
for
a
fisheries
engineer
and
possibly
a
fish
biologist,
to
develop
the
salmon
and
other
branches
'
of
the
industry,
Inspector
of
Fisheries
G.
S.
Reade
said
in
an
address
to
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Com
It
was
a
"half-and-half"
affair,
part
snow
and
part
hail.
The
night's
fall
was
mostly
hall
but
turned
to
snow
in
the
early
morning
and
as
its
depth
increased
motorists
made
a
concerted
rush
to
install
traction
chains
on
their
vehicles.
Pedestrians
began
to
slither
The
agreement
gives
65,000
here
after
landing
strikers
a
thirteen-cent
increase,
FIRE
ATVU.B.C
VANCOUVER
Fanned"
by
a
strong
wind,
fire
today
destroyed
one
building
and
damaged
four
others
on
the
University
of
British
Columbia
campus.
Damage
is
estimated
at
$20,000.'
The
fire
started
in
a
storeroom
and
raced
through
a
building
housing
the
psychology
laboratory
and
the
pharmacy
lecture
room.
It
spread
to
two
H-huts
containing
valuable
library
books
A
building
used
by
the
B.C.
Research
Council
and
equipment
valued
at
$100,000
was
saved.
Cause
of
the
fire
was
not
determined.
'
.
retroactive
to
August
21.
How
ever,
this
is
subject
to
Union
approval.
The
vote
will
taki
place
on
Saturday.
,
Previously
on
the
sidewalks
and
some
merchants
brought
out
brooms
and
ia
Is
a
10
percent
hoist
had
been
re
merce
last
night.
snow
shovels.
Speaking
on
the
work
of
the
i
jectea.
me
original
demand
No
motor
accidents
were
re
ISRAEL
ASKS
MEMBERSHIP
Department
of
Fisheries,
Mr.
Reade
said
that,
despite
the
i
was
ior
nouny.
0
1
C
I
O
U
S
Word
of
aPParcnt
Bettle-!
corded
nor
were
any
pedestrian
mishaps
attributed
to
the
slip
REPEAT
NEED
FOR
NORTHERN
pery
conditions
caused
by
the
A
high
Soviet
bio.:
wet
snow.
vast
development
of
fishing
techniques
in
the
last
30
years,
conservation
measures
in
practically
all
major
types
of
fishery,
had
played
an
important
part
in
maintaining
production
at
fairly
Question
to
be
Posed
for
United
Nations
Britain
Opposed
Squalls
fell
Intermittently
dur
feed
today
that
the
Lew
weie
preparing
Kenriey
Not
Satisfied
With
Condition
of
Highway,
Must
ROAD
SYSTEM
ing
the
day.
The
snow
condition
appeared
Berlin
settlement
nilitary
plans
in
PARIS
0i
Israel
will
apply
mi
uii
ui
liic
viiivru
ouitco
longshoremen's
strike
came
today
just
after
Halifax
stevedores
left
to
a
conciliation
board
respon-sibillty
of
determining
whether:
they
could
legally
refuse
to
work
ships
diverted
from
struck
United
Stales
ports.
If
United
States
dockers
accept
the
settlement,
the
Halifax
men
will
breathe
easier.
They
had
A
resolution
urging
the
in
to
be
general
along
the
coact.
for
membership
in
the
United
constant
levels.
Mr.
Reade
listed
annual
sal-
fliiis
,
was
Eastern
Nations
within
the
next
week
clusion
of
the
northern
trans-provincial
highway
into
the
pro
Vancouver
reported
a
near
blizzard
last
night
and
snow
was
catches
over
the
last
15
ui
iwo,
an
auuionuiuve
source
1
said
todav.
1
years
which
showed
no
down
;ioffidul
reply
to
iients
from
western
there
is
little
hope
ir
current
efforts
to
.
The
move
by
the"
Jewish
state!
ward
trend
fr$m
its
early
leva
poses
the
question
whether
a
1
of
approximately
70,000,000
still
falling
this.
morning.
Official
recording
at'
the
Dirby
Island
weather,
station
for
the
84
hours
up
to
10
o'clock
this
morning
'"waTTa
"
half-Inch
bT
snow
and
.42
inches
of
rain.
been
on
the
spot
since
the
strike
began...
If
4hey
worked
diverted
frontiers
recognized
by
the
Uni
With
all
our
shortcomings,
wc
ckw
to
tiie
Russ
ships,
they
were
dubbed
"scabs."
jected
transCanada
Highway
system
will
be
sent
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
rherce
toivthe,.
Federal
,
government
and
the
provincial
Department
of
Public
Work.
The
resolution
was
approved
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Junior
Chamber
after
reading
a
letter
from
Duncan
K.
Kerr,
of
Terrace,
secretary
of
the
As
If
they
refused
to
work,
they
seem
to
be
holding
our
own,"
he
said.
,
;
"The
story
of
the
halibut
fish
were
open
to
heavy
fines.
ted
Nations
will
be
admitted.
Opposition
will
likely
come
from
Great
Britain
which
says
it
will
not
recognize
the
state
until
the
boundaries
are
set.
Not
Become
Impassable,
Says
"An
investment
of
$12.(1011,0(1(1
in
a
highway
which
is
so
useful
as
the
Skccna
Highway
should
not
and
cannot
be
permitted
to
rclap.se
into
a
stale
t
impassabilily,''
declares
Hon.
E.
T.
Ken-ny,
'ministfT.f
lands
an
Mewbfcr
ot
the
a
legislature
for
Skcena,
in
a
fort
rig
lit
statement
on
the
highway
situation
which
has
jut
been
received
by
the
British
Columbia
Automobile
Association.
"I
was
very
much
surprised
and
annoyed
myself
in
going
over
I
lie
highway
last
August
at
the
condition
it
was
in
between
Terrace
and
Prince
Rupert.
I
invariably
pass
on
to
the
public
works
department
not
only
my
own
observations
but
any
recommendations
which
1
might
receive
from
your
Association.
"In
the
present
instance
I.
am
forwarding
tBe
file
which
I
have
on
the
highway
from
you
on
to
the
Premier
for
his
consideration
and
sincerely
hope
that
remedial
measures
may
be
taken
so
this
road
may
be
kept
in
at
least
reasonable
state
of
repair."
ian
and
satellites
In
Nations
General
These
sources
said
Britain
and
France
on
throwing
away
It
had
been
decided
last
night
NEW
SERVICE
ery
is
well
known.-From
depletion,
it
has
been
brought
back
to
continue
working
pending
de
cision
by
the
federal
Labor
De
to
a
condition
where
an
annual
IS
WELCOMED
partment
on
the
status
of
the
sociated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Cf
a
Berlin
accord
fof
Jer
cover
of
heigh-
catch
of
54,000,000
pounds
is
Unions
here.
taken
in
a
few
months.
"The
greatest
catch
of
herring
'm
in
the
capital,
iiieve
these
ends:
IMMIGRATION
CRUSADER
FOR
NORTH
DIES
ever
made
In
this
province
was
Hie
projected
North
fence
pact
through
1
I
At
Southampton
passengers,
already
on
board
the
Queen
Elizabeth,
refused
to
leave
the
ship
although
the
company
had
asked
that
they
go
home
In
view
of
the
tie-up.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
tral
British
Columbia,
urging
all
member
bodies
to
make
such
a
move.
A
similar
resolution
was
framed
by
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
at
its
1947
convention
and
distributed
to
government
departments.
,
However,
current
attitude
of
the
federal
government
regard
of
rc-
1
a
program
Urn
Europe.
THE
WEATHER
made
last
season
171,000
tons.
"But
holding
the
line
is"
not
enough.
One
must
go
forward.
There
are
many
spawning
areas
cut
off
by
nature
with
fails
and
cataracts.
We
must
not
let
these
fields
remain
unseeded.
We
are
laying
plans
I
sh
United
States
One
of
central
British
Columbia's
staunchest
friends
and
an
advocate
of
British
immigration
Synopsis
A
small
but
active
storm
stle
the
vacant
lands
under
ls
ul
key
contin-
al
members
of
the
uncll
are
now
stutly-
the
"Hornby
Plan"
of
well
financed
prepared
farms,
died
in
ing
completion
of
a
transCanada
highway
system
makes
It
ad
!"wer
replies
to
a
Vancouver
last
Sunday.
He
was.
F"e
on
Berlin's
rur
Brig.-Gen.
W.
L.
Hornby,
C.B.,
visable
that
the
northern
claim
for
inclusion
In
the
system
be
repeated,
Mr.
Kerr
suggested.
cms
in
order
to
find
a
possible
settlement
Copies
of
the
resolution
also
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
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C.M.G.,
D.S.O.,
F.R.G.S.,
aged
79
He
retired
from
the
,
British
Army
in
1924,
settling
near
Lethbridge
where
he
developed
;
T.C.A.
to
Get
Warm
Ilcccp-tion
in
West
Indies
MONTREAL
According
to
messages
received
in
Montreal
from
the
West
Indies
following
announcement
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines'
new
service
to
the
Bahamas,
Jamaica
and
Trinidad
beginning
December
2,
T.CA.
will
receive
a
royal
welcome
in
the
Caribbean.
Chairmen
of
the
tourist
boards
of
the
islands
hall
the
service
as
a
fresh
proof
of
Canadian
enterprise
and
a
means
of
greatly
facilitating
business.
"A
common
allegiance,
a
close
association
in
mutually
beneficial
trade
and
a
modern
and
efficient
steamship
service
have'
long
linked
these
islands
with
the
great
Dominion
of
the
North"
said
E.
Vernon
Wharton,
C.B.E.,
chairman
of
the
Trinidad
and
Tobago
Tourist
Board.
"The
Inauguration
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines'
service
to
the
West
Indies
now
brings
our
Canadian
friends
closer
to
us
and
affords
us
fresh
proof
of
their
enterprise
and
further
evidence
of
their
desire
to
improve
the
very
good
will
be
sent
by
the
Junior
Chamber
to
B.C.
members
of
parlia
for
a
great
expansion
of
fishery
engineering
work
and
we
hope
to
have
a
resident
en-fi.rcer
and
staff
right
here
in
Prince
Rupert.
We
need
a
resident
biologist
to
advise
us,
and
arrangements
are
being
made
along
that
line."
According
to
latest
available
figures,
Mr.
Reade
said,
Canadian
fishermen
took
about
$56,000,000
worth
of
fish
from
the
sea
and
another
$10,000,000
ment.
-r
Canada
and
the
West
Indies."
As
chairman
of
the
Trinidad
and
Tobago
Tourist
Board
he
said
he
welcomed
the
new
service
adding:
,
"I
hope
it
will
carry
many
Canadian
visitors
to
our
sunblessed
islands
to
enjoy
the
beautiful
tropical
scene,
to
partake
of
our
hospitality,
to
appreciate
the
advantages
'
they
have
gained
by
bringing
to
their
doorstep
so
to
speak
a
region
that
offers
a
refreshing
climatic
contrast
to
their
own
sterner
northern
conditions.
"The
West
Indies
service
inaugurated
by
Trans
Canada
Air
Lines
will
also
I
.
am
sure,
when
the
currency
bcomes
balanced
and
the
controls
interpreted
rather
less
literally,
provide
the
means
for
many
people
from
Uiis
colony
to
visit
the
great
and
rapidly
developing
Dominion
which
is
now
more
than
ever
our
good
friend
and
neighbor."
which
crossed
the
southern
coast
last
night
was.
causing
snow
and
rain
over
the
southern
interior
this
morning.
Cold
air
moving
down
the
coast
is
bringing
snow
flurries
from
the
Queen
Charlottes
to
northern
Vancouver
Island.
The
weather
will
remain
unsettled
during
the-daylight
hours
today,
and
Friday
but
will
turn
clear
and
cold
at
night.
,
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
and
cold
with
snow
flurries
today
and
Friday.
Westerly
winds
(15
mph)
except
northwest
(30
mph)
over
Queen
a
magnificent
farm.
He
was
responsible
some
years
ago
for
bringing
out
Sir
Henry
Page
Croft
(later
Earl
Croft,
now
deceased),
to
Prince
George
and
other
communities
in
the
Ne-
lUNG
ART
AT
CENTRE
''if
pairons
durin?;
Privateer
-
Reeves
McDonald
......
2.95
Reno
O6V2
ur
days
will
have
an
to
view
the
fir:
Salmon
Gold
IOVj
Sheep
Creek
166
Taylor
Bridge
.31
Taku
River
.30
ri
cxhibitfbn
to
be
from
lakes.
British
Columbia
took
about
$22,000,000
from
thi
sea,
and
fishermen
In
the
Princes
Rupert
district
caught
about
$10,000,000
worth.
"This
district
produces
In
most
years
about
as
much
fish
as
all
the
rest
of
the
province
in
land
this
season.
The
ex-alnlng
18
pictures,
m
the
Civic
Cen-
Charlotte
Sound.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
,
Port
lof
that
nerlod.
chako
and
Bulkley
valleys,
who
with
local
people
prepared
a
plan
for
British
settlement
which
would
have
been
consummated
had
it
not
been
for
the
outbreak
of
war,
under
the
British
government
schem?
which
had
available
over
30,-000,000
for
Empire
and
Commonwealth
settlement.
The
party
also
visited
Prince
Rupert.
II.
G.
T.
Perry,
who
has
been
hi
close
association
with
Gen.
Hornby
for
the
past
twenty
years
In
matters
of
land
settle
TRY
TO
SOLVE
MONEY
PROBLEM
Neutrals
Would
Get
at
Bottom
of
Berlin
Trouble
PARIS
Q)
Because
currency
is
one
of
the
chief
causes
of
friction
between
the
western
powers
and
Russia
in
Berlin,
Juan
Bramulgia,
Argentinean
president
of
the
Security
Council
of
the
;
United
Nations,
is
seeking
to
get
at
the
root
of
discord
by
solving
the
money
problem.
Despite
thevigorous
new
approach
of
the
neutral
nations
f
the
dispute,
western
sourets
gloomily
predict
that
this
lalett
effort
would
collapse.
N
by
the
Federation
Hardy
30
and
40,
"Massett
28
and
28,
Prince
Rupert
28
and
40.
ed
value,
and
B.C.
is
not
far
short
of
producing
about
half
F
Artists,
B.
C.
Re
relations
that
exist
oeiwecn
Vajianda
-50
Congress
..
.3'j
Pacific
Eastern
04
Hedley
Amalgamated
.01
Spud
Valley
09
:
Central
Zeballos
-
-02
Silbak
Premier
-32
Oils
A.
P.
Con
53
TRlnuint
:.
the
fish
of
Canada."
To
conserve
the
fishery
in
this
ne
Department
of
Ex-
the
University
of
""Ma
with
co-ooera
district,
the
government
spends
f
Vancouver
Art.
riul-
about
$250,000
a
year
and
this
r
.
1
show
contains
nil:-
amount
like
the
$1,500,00
which
is
spent
In
the
whole
of
B.C.
lo
dedicated
solely
to
conservation
fusiliwi
generally
un-f-lr
"CO.
at
Play."
:
I
to
exhibit
i.iin
,ir-
and
development.
C.
Ii
E
-
5-75
Foothills
3.60
.
Home
12.25
Toronto
Allmna
-W
ment,
said
"central
British
Columbia
has
lost
a
most
sincere,
d
e
vo
t
e
d
ad
self-sacrificing
friend
in
the
death
of
Genera!
Hornby.
He
vas
a
frequent
visitor
to
and
constant
advo
'
We
are
not
a
revenue-pro
;lle
Civic
Centre
lobby
ducing
depaitmer.t
For
the
Purpose.
Not
only
whole
of
Canada,
we
had
last
.15'S
Aumaquc
luce
them
lmmeritt.pv
SHIPPING
year
a
revenue
ef
$76,000
with
an
expenditure
of
$5,250,00.
We
did,
however,
make
a
net
profit
cate
of
planned
land
settlement
in
central
British
Columbia
particularly,
and
spent
a
lot
of
I
fy'
of
tlwse
enter-
PUltlillR.
hilt
It.
nnulrn
Beattie
45
Bevcourt
-2f
Bobjo
-12
Buffalo
Canadian
-15
Consul.
Smelters
....
125.50
OF
ARMS
of
$544,000
on
our
share
or
fur
4Pmt1
3lJ4m
-
mm
-a
......
seal
skins
handed
over
to
us
by
the
United
States
government."
lur
oilier
uses
one
ol
"
'
which
it
nor-be
liung
at
this
busy
iK
season.
.
,lb'tion
is
one
of
two
Conwest
1-33
NEW
YORK
epi
Five
men
.50
money
in
the
cause
he
had
so
dear
at
heart."
Gen.
Hornby
has
been
residing
in
Vancouver
the
past
three
yeais
with
his
niece.
He
leaves
many
relatives
and
friends
in
B.C.
to
mourn
his
passing.
Mr.
Reade
was
thanked
for
his
address
by
Stuart
Furk,
were
arrested
and
a
truck-load
of
arms
and
ammunition
was
seized
early
today
in
a
Man
currently
hi.intr
,..o
Junior
Chamber
president.
fURhwit
the
.-,uin,..,
Donalda
Eldona
East
Sullivan
Giant
Yeliowknife
God's
Lake
......
Hardrock
Harrlcana
.68
2.80
4.35
.36
.21
.07
tyVtVrfv
interesting
variety
Columbia
subjects,
contains
o
1
...1
2-
iA;
"
Bruce
D.
Rvri
nf
HOCKEY
SCORES
,
National
Boston
5,
Detroit
3
Montreal
3.
Toronto
3
Pacific
Coast
League
Portland
8,
San
Francisco
Vancouver
4,
Seattle
2
hattan
garage.
The
men
were
charged
with
violation
of
the
Sullivan
law.
?'"
qM.
tht
the
fivp.,dgc
nied
knowledge
of
the
natur
of
the
cargo
and
were
merely
hired
to
haul
crates.
Several
months
ago
the
police
nabbed
a
large
quantity
of
arms,
reportedly
destined
for
Jewisn
forces
of
Israel.
Fellowships
To
Be
Sponsored
OTTAWA
B
The
National
Research
Council
will
sponsor
forty
post-doctorate
fellowships
at
its
laboratories
in
1949
and
1950
in-
fluriino'
e!y
in
ntnmip.
pnprpv
rf.
LOCAL
TIDES
,
Fridav.
November
26,
1948
enUuBd
..Figures
at
iiieh
greys
are
usea
111
the
Nw.i.t
-
1,
STORM
VICTIM
This
photo
shows
all
that
remains
of
the
80-foot
Vancouver
tug
St.
Clair,
blown
onto
th
rocks
near
Port
Renfrew
on
Vancouver
Island's
west
coast
during
last
week's
violent
storm.
Three
men
'
perished
aboard
the
tug
in
the
80-mile-an-hour
gale.
Hitrh
.
9:40
20.2
feet
22:16
18.5
feet
New
Westminster
5,
Tacoma
0
KyisE-H.u"derhilIj
in
the
photo
is
standing
on
tne
Dauerea
mm
pianising
anuasnips
wnne
pari
01
me
The
man
I
search
at
Chalk
River,
Ontario.
San
Diego
5,
Los
Angeles
3
(CP.
Photo
Low
3:13
6.5
feet
1
fit
10
6.2
feet
keel
and
shattered
stem
can
be
seen,
on
the
.
right.
"ami
UIl'l
nii.j
Ued
oa
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Two)