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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
110,,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
10,
1948
PRICE
HVE
CENTS
turn
am
ernes
Ka
i
roses
RED
LEADS
IN
Unions
May
Agree
To
Run
Trains
For
Gov
PRAIRIE
FLOOD
i
DANGER
ENDING
WINNIPEG
0)
The
Hood
situation
In
western
Canada
appeared
on
the
mend
today,
and
Manitobans,
most
seriously
af
RED
CROSS
MAY
TAKE
HOLY
CITY
Three
Fined
For
Game
Infraction
Three
men
were
fined
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
police
court
Friday
on
charges
of
violating
the
provincial
.Game
Act.
Norman
Hudson,
Robert
Doug
Son
Acquitted
of
Killing
Father
VANCOUVER,
O:
Ninteen-year
old
Edgar
Brian
Willshcr,
of
Vancouver,
Friday
was
acquitted
by
an
Assize
Court
jury
of
a
manslaughter
charge
in
J
Served'
IDS
GUILTY
SLAUGHTER
SS!ZE
HERE
FIRST
ITALIAN
ELECTION
BALLOT
JERUSALEM,
Both
Jews
fected
during
the
last
two
weeks,
believed
they
had
seen
the
last
ROME
(CP)-
Enrico
las
Kneale
and
Ronald
P.
Kneale
each
received
a
fine
of
$10
for
in
the
dangerous
series
of
crises.
A
new
survey
shows
the
high
and
Arabs
have
agreed
in
principle
to
accept
a
plan
to
demilitarize
Jerusalem
and
place
the
city,
under
protection
of
the
Red
carrying
firearms
on
the
Kaien
Island
game
reserve.
The
de
choice
of
the
Nicola,
fatneri
Haroid,
who
died
foiiow-
Communist
-
led
Popular,
log
a
struggle
with
his
son
on
Front
got
more
VOteS
than
their
return
from
a
New
Year's
way
damage
in
Saskatchewan
will
be
far
in
excess
of
earlier
charges
were
laid
by
Game
War
den
Edward
Martin.
flar
n
Sfnrza
rnnrl
HntP
1
Parlv-
estimates
of
$1,000,000.
Bruce
Johnson,
who
touted
guilty
to
a
charge
daughter,
was
sentenced
justice
A.
M.
Manson
in
ourt
to
the
time
he
has
served
in
the
peniten-1
to
have
his
driver's
Suspended
for
one
year
time
of
the
accident.
ns
case
arose
out
of
STRIKE
THREAT
HITS
PRINCE
RUPERT
HALIBUT
MOVEMENT
AS
SEASON'S
DELIVERIES
HIT
THEIR
PEAK
By
The
Canadian
Press
.
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
today
seize;'
the
nation's
railroads.
.
'
The
President
signed
the
seizure
order
in
an
effort
to
bar
the
strike,
and
he
appealed
to
all
railroad
workers
to
stay
on
their
jobs.
"I
call
upon
every
railroad
worker
to
co-operate
with
the
government
by
remaining
on
duty,"
his
seizure
statement
said.
At
New
York,
Alvaney
Johnson,
head
of
the
,
Engineer's
Union
said
that
he
believed
his
union
would
obey
a
government
rule
to
run
the
trains.'
Cross
flag.
Today,
a
Red
Cross
representative
said
that
the
humanitarian
agency
now
is
awaiting
a
written
request
from
the
Arabs
and
Jews
to
take
over
Jerusalem
for
the
dominant
Christian
Democrats
on
today's
first
ballot
for
president
of
the
Italian
republic,
but
not
enough
to
elect
him.
De
Nicola,
provisional
president
for
the
last
two
years,
re
FEDERATION
IS
URGED
,
B.C.
SWEEPS
RING
HONORS
VANCOUVER,
iW
British
Col
'LEAFS
CAPTURE
SENIOR
HOOP
CHAMPIONSHIP
as
a
neutral
zone.
-
The
conversion
of
Jerusalem
into
a
Red
Cross
zone
would
entail
disarming
all
Jews
and
THE
HAGUE
O
Delegates
to
ceived
396
votes
and
Sforza,
Foreign
Minister,
353.
A
two-thirds
umbia
pugilists
Saturday
night
punched
their
way
to
victory
over
24
hopefuls
from
Alberta,
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba
to
win
seven
of
the
eight
divisions
in
the
Western
Canada
diamond
margin
is
needed.
The
proportion
of
votes
cast
is
figured
on
the
basis
of
the
MONTREAL,
fc
The
Vancouver
Cloverleafs
captured
the
Dominion
s
t
n
1
o
r
basketball
championship
Saturday
night
by
to
the
unofficial
Congress
o.
Europe
today
unanimously
adopted
a
resolution
looking
toward
a
federation
of
states
on
the
continent.
'
The
time
has
come
when
the
Arabs
in
the
city.
The
Arab
port
of
Jaffa
may
become
an
open
city
as
well.
CAIRO,
P
The
Vmieu
States
government
has
submitted
to
total
number
of
senators
and
jr.eiu
which
resulted
in
:i
of
Mrs.
Martha
Wil-fc.v
days
after
she
had
t
ick
down
in
Terrace
by
j
driven
by
the
21-year
ir.ier
employee
of
Mix
instruction.
Jt;tember
26,
1947,
a
cor-jiiry.
under
M.
M.
Stcph-H:ed
Johnson
as
the
drlv-e
vehicle
that
knocked
(t
Mrs.
Willie
down
on
Jr.
of
September
12.
g..sing
sentence
Mr.
Jus-
handing
the
Montreal
Young'
ri-llHp,
T'hp
pi.inn
mav
no;
Men's
Hebrew
Association
Blues
European
nations
must
transfer
,
the
various
Arab
governments
a
be
completed
until
tomorrow.
58-34
trouncing
to
win
the
end
merge
some
portion
of
their
new
proposal
for
a
truce
over
Almost
a
million
pounds
of
halibut
which
was
landed
at
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
is
destined
for
the
freezers
instead
of
the
fresh,
fish
market
if
the
threatened
strike
of
American
railroad
workers
goes
into
effect
tmorrow
morning.
This
morning,
38
vessels
landed
851,000
pounds
and
fish
buyers
face
the
pros-1
"
belt
boxing
championships.
It
might
have
been
a
clean
sweep,
but
British
Columbia
could
offer
no
contender
for
the
heavyweight
title
against
Adam
Paul,
Dominion
titlist
from
Re-
best
of
five
series
3-2.
sovereign
rights"
to
permit
for-
the
whole
of
Palestine
it
was
nation
of
a
European
federa-,
learned
today.
Both
clubs
left
Sunday
for
Toronto
where
they
will
meet
in
TORONTO
STAR
PUBLISHER
DIES
a
round-robin
series
for
the
gina,
who
won
by
default.
Olympic
trials.
The
victors
go
to
Montreal
pect
of
the
bulk
of
It
losing
the
over
a
wages
and
operating
rules
tion,
the
resolution
said.
The
proposal
would
make
the
Winston
Churchill,
leader
of
truce
valid
for
three
months
the
Congress,
said
in
an
address
and
would
continue
on
a
three-last
night
at
Amsterdam
tnat
monthly
basis.
During
this
a
united
Eurone
would
revive
.
period,
a
"neutral
administra
'jpcm
said
he
was
taking
a
mnl
the
accused's
age
The
other
two
clubs
which
are
later
this
month
for
the
Olympic
fresh-sale
premium
because
of
TORONTO,
P
Joseph
E.
At
fc-rrvice
in
the
army.
Two
competing
are
the
University
of
an
embargo
placed
at
the
week
trials.
fc,tors
in
the
case
was:
British
Columbia
and
University
would
be
set
up
in
Pales-
end
on
perishable
cargo
by
Can-
tis
old
glory
of
the
continent.''
ition'
dispute.
With
the
railroads
In
the
government's
hands
,the
government
would
seek
a
court
order
to
stop
the
150,000
railroad
locomotive
engineers,
firemen
and
of
Ontario.
j-.ii.soii
was
under
the
in-
perception
of
an
object
which
acjian
railway
lines.
Some
28
countries
were
rep-
tine.
kinson,
owner
and
publisher
o!
the
Toronto
Daily
Star,
died
at
his
home
here
late
Saturday
night.
Seven
players
will
be
picked
does
not
exist
comes
irom
me
Greek
"alucinari"
meaning
to
Only
perishable
foodstuffs
des
resented
in
the
vote
of
the
Congress
which
is
being
held
with-
GREEKS
HAD
WORD
FOR
IT
tined
for
Canadian
cities
will
be
He
was
In
his
eighty-thiru
The
word
"hallucination"
the
wander
in
the
mind.
I
from
each
of
the
teams
that
I
reach
the
finals
for
the
Canadian
Olympic
team.
oiit
government
sponsorship.
switchmen
from
walking
out.
year.
s
t
liquor
at
the
time
of
.
ient
and
that
he
had
lo
plead
guilty
to
the
i
ft
Manson
said
it
would
ft
useful
purpose
if
the
tis
to
sentence
the
ac-
a
jail
term
and
he
felt
His
death
was
caused
by
a
re
accepted.
Despite
the
embargo,
price
levels
on
the
fish
exchange
this
The
government
seizure
would
make
the
railroad
workers
federal
employees.
currence
of
heart
trouble
which
he
suffered
in
recent
years.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Delightful
Murals,
Best
Of
Equipment
Mal;e
Rotury
Children's
Ward
Finest
Canada
I
;
Courtesy
8.
D
Johnston
Cn.
tt.
Mr.
Atkinson
bought
the
Toronto
Star
before
the
turn
of
the
century
and
built
it
into
Canada's
largest
daily.
sion
into
the
general
operating
will
fall
in
love
with
those
paint-
morning
maintained
a
high
level.
Medium
halibut
reached
a
high
of
15.4
cents
a
pound,
large
sold
!
at
14
cents
and
chicken
at
cents.
.
.......
I
Fish
buyers
here
concede
that
.
the
;
extensive
halibut
freezing
facilities
here
will
be
taxed
to
the
limit
ii
the
threatened
strike
set-up,
the
.
geared
...
Rotarian
Vancouver
Bralorne
8.90
B.
R.'
Con.
.04
B.
R.
X
07
Mrs.
Findlay
hopes
to
finish
her
paintings
tomorrow.
COMMUNITY
wheel
began
to
turn.
:
A
committee
was
appointed,
headed
by
D.
C.
Stevenson,
hospital
secretary
-
manager
and
now
Rotary
Club
president-elect
and
the
fund-raising
project
fulminated
last
December
with
MONTREAL
-WEST
INDIES
RUN
RENEWED
goes
into
effect.
Philanthropy
and
art
have
combined
to
make
the
new
Rotary
Club
children's
ward
in
Prince
Rupert
General-Hospital
one
of
the
finest
in
all
Canada.
Due
to
be
openca
at
the
end
of
June,
the
10-bed
ward
in
the
former
military
wing
is
a
product
of
generous
financing
on
"If
it
keeps
coming
In
the
way
almost
$5,000
to
pay
for
the
new
jit
Is
doing
this
morning,
it
will
V
memory
of
this
tragic
e
would
be
sufficient
i.
-ni
and
would
serve
as
ft.it
warning
to
the
young
it
liquor
and
driving
is
jt
ous
combination.
ise
o
Johnson
vs.
the
as
the
only
criminal
one
I
docket
of
the
Supreme
$isizes
now
in
session
i
I
MacLeod
appeared
for
fciencc
and
Thomas
W.
fitted
for
the
crown.
cesTrobT
ihons
hon.
i.
GARDINER
soon
llll
the
cola
storage
cap
U.S.
Given
Foretaste
of
Rail
Strike
CHICAGO
The
United
States
was
getting
a
foretaste
today
of
what
the
threatened
rail
strike
would
mean
in
un-privation,
even
as
the
government
moved
to
take
over
the
railroads.
Eighty-eight
major
railroads
stopped
accepting
perishable
freight
shipments,
including
cattle,
poultry,
meat,
eggs,
fresh
fruits,
vegetables
and
flshc
,
j
Fruit
growing
and
shipping
ward.
PROJECT
Despite
the
fact
that
the
new
children's
ward
is
a
RotarJ
Club
project,
Rotarian
are
quick
to
admit
that
it
IS)
in
effect,
also
a
community
enterprise,
because
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
largely
provided
the
tunds
which
made
it
possible.
Earmarked
for
the
ward
Is
$4,650,
all
of
which
was
raised
by
a
car
raffle
and
dance
last
acity,"
one
buyer
said.
"I
don't
.MONTREAL
Direct
passenger
service
between
Montreal
and
the
British
West
Indies
was
.a.nruinitH
VlArp
t.OriflV
hV
the
Cariboo
Quartz
1.70
Dontonla
01
Va
Grull
Wihksne
04
Hedley
Mascot
53
Minto
02
Pend
Orlelle
3.80
Pioneer
...
2.85
Premier
Border
03'2
Privateer
-,.24
Reeves
McDonald
1.70
Reno
09
Salrpon
Gold..
:
,
.16
ft
Sheep
CecTrr::""4..!
'
1.08
Taylor
Bridge
.40
Vananda
18
Congress
03
Pacific
Eastern
05
know
what
will
happen,
but
I
guess
we
will
get
by
somehow."
In
the
meantime,
advice
was
being
obtained
from
other
hospitals
and
medical
men
on
proper
lay-out
and
equipment.
Mr.
Stevenson,
on
a
trip
to
various
cities
in
Canada
a
year
ago,
vis
part
of
the
Rotary
Club,
w-
fcT.,!
1
0r.V,4rtC
I
the
Vtncnilnl
o
n
fi
morl
1
Q
lit
hnri
tiPS
Canadian
Constructor
left
en,-;
"
"V
ited
several
hospitals
and
took
December.
Although
the
initial
ner
nrsi
vuyagc
ui
n.c
oCoU,.
h
Mr.
.tpan
irom
this
pon
ana
ner
uiuu.
,
-
Ness
Findlay,
one
of
B.C.'s
lead
One
buyer
said
that
he
planned
to
ship
to
Niagara
Falls,
Ontario,
where
his
company
had
arranged
to
have
the
halibut
hauled
to
New
York
and
Chicago
by
truck.
"It
is
not
a
perfect
arrangement,
but
it
Is
better
than
not
being
able
to
buy
because
-you
can't
get
rid
of
it,"
he
explained.
Carloads
are
still
being
accept
cost
probably
will
not
be
that
high,
every
cent
of
it
will
eventually
be
used
toward
equipping
since
she
was
launched
in
1946.
The
Canadian-built
liner,
un
away
with
him
ideas
for
incorporating
the
best
features
of
each
in
the
Prince
Rupert
ward.
City
doctors
aided
with
practical
suggestions
aimed
at
workability.
.For
instance,
one
of
the
feat
Hedley
Amalg
03
it
or
replacing
equipment
as
it
der
the
command
of
Capt.
D.
C.
AA,
p
The
special
is
needed.
ing
artists.
Proud
as
they
are
of
the
technical
excellence
that
is
taking
shape,
Rotarians
appear
even
prouder
still
of
the
Inspiration
Wallace,
O.B.E.,
D.S.C.,
is
carry
Central
Zcballos
005j
Silbak
Premier
38
The
idea
for
such
a
project
ing
a
full
complement
of
passen
Oils
,
was
initially
conceived
three
gers
and
a
cargo
of
automobiles
Agencies
laid
off
thousands
cL
workers.
Fresh
produce
prices
skyrocketed
In
New
York,
and
other
Jarge
cities
generally
had
the
same
problem.
ures
incorporated
on
advice
of
ed
by
Canadian
National
Ex
years
ago
during
the
club
presi
and
newssprint,
foodstuffs
ana
the
doctors
is
the
Inclusion
of
.193,4
.53
6.15
press
for
halibut
being
shipped
A.
P.
Con.
Calmont
.
C.
&
E.
...
dency
of
A.
S.
Nickerson,
more
other
Canadian
products.
to
Canadian
destinations
than
two
years
before
the
city
f'ommittee
voted
live-to-,
i;ay
to
summon
agricul-Umister
J.
G.
Gardiner
as
in
its
investigation
of
trices.
committee
acted
on
a
re-f'
introduced
by
Douglas
s
IPC
-
Calgary
East)
d
he
believed
the
Min-
appearance
might
end
d
for
pursuing
the
meat
Meanwhile,
practically
all
to
commission
Mrs.
Findlay
to
paint
a
gay,
fantastic
parade
of
wild
animals
on
its
walls.
"It's
magnificent,"
exulted
Rotary
Prseident
Lee
Gordon
after
a
look
at
the
nearly-fin
LOCAL
TIDES
Foothills
3.00
Home
8.80
Toronto
companies
are
bringing
packers
Everyone
is
said
to
understand
In
a
general
way
the
Into
use
to
haul
their
halibut
to
Tuesday,
May
11,
1948
glass-walled
cubicles
separating
the
beds
so
that
the
small
patients
would
have
required
physical
privacy,
yet
the
nurse
on
duty
would
be
able
to
see
them
all
with
a
glance
from
the
door.
It
will
have
an
Incubator
for
(Continued
nr.
Pagf;
Six)
hospital
board
were
able
to
purchase
the
new
wing
from
the
military,
via
War
Assets.
No
action
was
taken
during
those
two
years,
but
when
the
wing
was
bought
a
year
ago
by
Athona
4
.08ft
21.6
feet
Seattle.
This
.move,
although
a
meaning
of
the
word
"instinct"
High
ished
murals.
"It
adds
a
perfect
Aumaque
17
Beattie
68
although
even
Darwin
refrained
from
any
attempt
at
18.4
feet
1.9
feet
regular
part
of
the
procedure
by
the
larger
outfits
B.
C.
Pack
2:19
15:18
.
9:01
20:54
effect
to
the
ward.
I'll
bet
the
Low
.
Bevcourt
36
ft
7.5
feet
'kids
will
hate
to
leave
it.
They
the
Hospital
Board
for
inclu-
ers,
Atlin
Fisheries
ana
ine
solution
was
opposed
by
1
Mayhew
(L
-
Victoria)
KEY
FIGURES
IN
PRINCE
RU
PERT
SHRINE
CLUB
BAND
Fishermen's
Co-operative,
probably
will
be
speeded
up
in
an
effort
to
clear
the
plants
here
as
far
as
possible.
foerai
member
of
the
com-
Bobjo
,
13
Buffalo
Canadian
09
Consol.;
Smelters
109.50
Conwest
1-03
Donalda
73
Eldona
107
Elder
52
Meanwhile,
at
Washington
President
Truman
made
fwsenl.
FES
65
Baseball
Scores
k
SATURDAY
National
League
Brooklyn
0,
Chicago
6.
New
York
12,
Pittsburgh
5.
Boston
3,
Cincinnati
2.
Philadelphia
0,
St.
Louis
5.
American
League
Detroit
3-1,
New
York
2-9.
Cleveland
6,
Washington
1.
St.
Louis
9,
Boston
4.
Chicago
1,
Philadelphia
16
SUNDAY
National
League
Philadelphia
14-8,
Cincinnati
plans
to
take
over
the
strike-threatened
United
States
railroad
systems
after
falling
to
obtain
an
agreement
between
operators
and
employees.
The
White
House
announced
that
GERV
LIVES
the
seizure
order
would
be
Issued
TORia,
A
dozen
d
aiul
.simrerl
lnnoers
at
noon.
Three
railroad
brotherhoods
have
called
the
strike
for
6
a
m
Tuesday,
but
it
is
the
govern
Giant
Yellowknife
4.45
God's
Lake
70
Hardrock
-
-17
Harricana
07
Heva
12
Hosco
30
Jacknife
O5
Joliet
Quebec
35
Lake
Rowan
09
Lapaska
05ft
Little
Long
Lac
102
Lynx
i
09
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.65
McKenzle
Red
Lake
49
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
110
Moneta
35
Negus
2
55
Noranda
'
49
75
Louvlcourt
63
Pickle
Crow
2.06
2-0.
J'
niBlit
credited
a
man
!
u"'v
a
"Shorty"
for
sav-llves
or
G5
mUlworkers
F
Saturday
in
a
unk-Wuze
aI,
Youbou,
B.
C,
50
'rtliwesi
of
here.
mushroom
lire
claimed
ment's
hope
that
the
men
will
not
strike
against
the
government.
President
Truman's
decision
to
seize
the
lines
was
reached
after
Boston
4,
St.
Louis
6.
Brooklyn
14-8,
Pittsburgh
2-10.
New
York
0,
Chicago
2.
American
League
Cleveland
4-9,
Boston
1-5.
Chicago
0,
New
York
8.
Detroit
5-3,
Philadelphia
10
-5.
St.
Louis
1,
Washington
3.
"
injured
a
score
of
log-ld
'welled
one
wing
of
a
almost
continuous
negotiations
and
conferences
since
last
Friday
failed
to
break
the
deadlock
"
"ut
on
the
British
Col
'
urcst
Products
Co.
tim-
J
I
y
i
I
I
OZ
J
id
Rpseourt
Mft
a,L
lur
CJeuulin,
24,
of
iu'il
JuS(,Ph
Wozulak.
'
'"'".Marshal
has
be
ATTENTION
ALL
MEMBERS
CANADIAN
LEGION
Your
attendance
is
urgently
requested
at
the
Regular
Monthly
Meeting,
Wed.
12
May
at
8
p.m.
when
Building
plans
will
be
up
for
final
discussion.
(112)
"
'
IIIVI'1.1
I,,,,
I
.
l.-i
,1
San
Antonio
3.85
Senator
Rouyn
45
Sherrit
Gordon
3.05
Steep
Rock
2.10
Sturgeon
River
17
.
Silver
Miller
28
-""ftiiLiuu
inio
uic
.
Ill(i"t
in
to
the
deaths
Wo
men
is
scheduled
for
president
he
has
worked
hard
towards
the
advancement
and
organization
of
the
new
band.
Centre,
Peter
A.
Lien,
who
has
been
bandmaster
of
the
organization
since
It
was
a
military
band
of
the
local
machine-gun
reserve
unit,
was
born
near
Bodo,
Norway
in
1908.
By
the
time
he
was
15,
under
the
instruction
of
his
father,
he
had
learned
to
play
the
organ,
flute
and
piccolo.
With
his
young
wife
he
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
In
1929.
In
1930
he
became
organist
lor
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church
and
helped
organize
the
Varden
Singers
which
have
been
his
special
charge
for
the
last
15
years.
Since
1931
he
has
been
organist
ox-
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
and
later
he
became
choirmaster
in
the
same
church.
-
Tonight
will
niafk
another
cultural
advancement
in
the
history
of
Prince
Rupert
when
the
former
Civic
Band
officially
adopts
the
name
of
its
sponsor
and
becomes
the
Prince
Rupert
Shrine
Club
Band
following
a
concert
in
the
Civic
Centre
Left.
President
II.
F.
Robins
of
the
local
Shrine
Club
was
born
in
England,
came
to
Canada
in
1910,
was
educated
in
Saskatoon
and
came
to
British
Columbia
in
1924.
In
1938
he
joined
the
firm
of
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.,
and
at
present
holds
the
position
of
manager
of
the
firm's
Port
Edward
plant.
Right,
F.
M,
Gulland,
president
of
the
band,
was
born
in
Winnipeg
and
has
had
extensive
experience
with
military
bands
and
orchestras
in
that
city
as
well
as
with
symphony
Orchestras
in
Winnipeg,
Edmonton
and
Calgary
In
his
capacity
of
.Sfea
Band
Concert
Jlear
the
"SALES
TAX
and
MOTOR
VEHICLE
ACT"
discussed
at
Public
Meeting,
Common
Lounge,
Civic
Centre,
Monday
8
p.m.
by
Win.
Brett,
M.L.A.
uio
ViuitV!!
te"tre
Auditorium,
Monday
May
10,
1:15
P-m-
Students
35c
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