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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHOIIE
81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
STAR
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
2C3.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
MONDAY.
NOVEMBER
8.
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
GALE
BLOW
GMTMOUSE
AWAY
SAVINGS
BONDS
SALES
AHEAD
Substantial
Increase
Over
Last
Issue
Payroll
Subscriptions
Outstanding
VANCOUVER
British
Columbia's
Third
Series
Savings
Bond
LIP
CAMERAS
INTACT
A
worker
In
stratosphere
hde
".
Hoiuaay
in
we
nppuea
rnysics
Laboratory
of
n.,iiiopitv
Silver
Knrincs
MH
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i
FRENCH
ELECTION
DeGaulIe
Scores
Victory;
Communists
Badly
Beaten
'Rally
of
French
People'
Has
Largest
Group
in
Parliament
Reds
are
Almost
Wiped
Out
PARIS
General
Charles
DeGaulle's
"Rally
of
the
French
People"
party
scored
a
great
victory
in
upper
House
Parliamentary
elections
yesterday.
The
Communists
suffered
a
crushing
defeat.
The
DeGaullists
now
have
the
largest
single
party
Grout)
1)9
out
of
2G9
seats.
It
was
the
first
election
;ns
ui"-
1
-
"
wiui
two
in
a
rocket
filming
ras
employed
project.
The
cam-fas
used
In
a
V-2
rocket
which
reached
approxi-iis
The
one
at
right
was
attached
to
nn
m.H.
Aerobee
rocket
which
reached
70
milek
above
the
cameras
came
uiruugu
intact,,
witn
shutters
and
lens
p
hi
s
J
-
X
V
IIARUG
EXPERIENCE
FOR
FAMILY
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wilkins,
Egg
Island,
Safe
In
Hospital
.
Four
days
of
exposure
and
horror
ended
Sunday
for
a
family
of
three
with
.
their
rescue
from
weather-beaten
Egg
Island
in
Queen
Charlotte
Sound,
200
miles
south
of
Prince
Rupert,
where
they
had
sought
shelter
after
the
lighthouse
had
been
lifted
bodily
from
its
location
and
hurled
into
a
ravine
by
gale
force
winds
and
high
tides.
R.
L.
Wilkins,
keeper
of
the
Egg
Island
light
station,
his
wife
and
small
son
were
taken
off
the
in
which
they
they
had
had
taken
taken
part.
SullethxA
sales
are
now
$3,600,000,
an
increase
of
$100,000
over
tabulation
of
Second
Series
sale
at
a
corresponding
period.
This
figure
Includes
$4,500,000
from
payroll
sales
anct
the
balance
from
the
general
public
and
special
groups.
Outstanding
record
is
that
of
the
Powell
River
Co.
with
82
percent
employee
participation
and
total
sales
of
$388,050,
or
a
fifteen
percent
increase
over
last
year.
Canvasses
have
not
been
finalized
in
special
groups
yet
but
returns
to
date
show:
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
employees,
$494,000.
Canadian
National
Railways,
$277,400,
TransCanada
Air
Lines
employees,
$377,000.
VIOLENT
WEEK-END
The
Radical
Socialists
won
50
seats;
Socialists,
48;
Independents,
21;
Communists,
16;
Popular
Republic,
15.
It
was
the
largest
reverse
for
the
Communists
since
the
liberation.
They
had
84
seats
previously.
Now
they
have
only
sixteen.
1
i
COUVER
Thirteen
persons
died
in
Brit-.
IS
INDICTED
FOR
PAYROLL
PADDING
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
'ft
J.
Parnell
Thomas,
chairman
of
the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
cot.imittee
on
un-American
activities,
was
today
Indicted
on
cnaraes
of
conspiring
to
(jeirauc;
aie
government.
r.bia
accidents
during
the
week-end.
Fires
,tal
of
five
lives.
Two
men
died
when
a
nek
their
automobile
at
a
KamJoops
level
A
railway
watchman
was
scalded
to
Kelowna.
A
logger
drowned
in
Kootenay
-inter
was
killed
at
Courtenay
on
Vancou-i
Others
died
in
car
accidents.
BEFORE
RED
STORM
BROKE
IN
KOREA
On
his
arrival
in
Tokyo,
President
Syngman
Rhee
of
Korea
is
greeted
by
General
Douglas
MacArthur,
Allied
commander
in
Japan.
Just
a
short
time
later
in
Seoul,
the
Korean
capital,
rumblings
of
trouble
grew
to
storm
proportions
as
Communist-led
rebels
provoked
a
revolt
in
which
two
cities
in
the
American-occupied
section
of
South
Korea
were
captured.
Flying
home,
Rhee
convoked
an
extraordinary
cabinet
meeting
to
deal
with
the
critical
situation.
MASSACRE
IN
KOREA
;EW
MANITOBA
PREMIER
Federal
civil
servants,
vmrn
If
.!...
Ha.:..'
.
I
.vutAi
lUHuiLuwct
&
coauuon
government,
Save
Installations-
inrce
charges
ol
false
payroll
claims
were
contained
in
the
federal
grand
jury
indictment.
Thomas
was
also
accused
of
thirty-four
"overt
acts."
No
(Confirmation
of
tional
Statement
About
6000
Persons
Being
Killed
to
its
continuation
smoothed
over
by
the
Conservatives,
is
expected
to
under-r,uffling
of
cabinet'
posts
under
Premier-
island
Sunday
morning
by
the
B.C.
Packers
boat
Sunny
Boy
and
are
now
in
Bella
Bella
Hospital
recovering
from
exposure
and
injuries
resulting
from
their
experience.
Fate
of
the
family
was
unknown
between
Tuesday
night
and
Sunday
morning
following
the
fiercest
gale
of
the
season
which
swept
the
coast
from
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
to
the
American
Kn5OOiHaHH3UPOcOODCK)a0aO
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
B.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
ie
Douglas
Lloyd
Campbell.
A
coalition
i
SEOUL,
Korea
0!
Home
Minister
T.
Y.
Yoon
of
the
Qouth
Korean
republic
today
reported
mass
uprisings
in
Provincial
employees,
$272,500.
Vancouver
City
Hall
employees,
$38,150.
Air
Force
personnel,
$30,050.
These
figures
all
show
a
substantial
increase
over
Series
Two
purchases.
The
total
figures
will
be
increased
by
at
least
$500,000,
It
was
stated
by
F.
L.
Worsley,
regional
director
in
Vancouver,
today.
;
Demolition
Deferment
lis
Sought
Indicted
with
Thomas
was
his
former
secretary,
Miss
Helen
Campbell.
The
charges
allege
conspiracy
to
"defraud
the
United
States
ol
its
money
aim
property."
Bralorne
7.20
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
.08
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
.
Hedley
Mascot
.'.
.32
wk
two
days
to
choose
Campbell,
53-year,
iter
of
agriculture
since
1936,
.as
successor
ier
Stuart
Garson
who
is
expected
to
resign
ftahy-election
in
the
federal
constituency
fjctte
and
become
minister
of
justice
at
C)t-
Russian
-
controlled
northern
Korea
had
cost
upwards
of
six
thousand
lives
during
the
last
few
days.
border.
;
I
,iv
spuKcsmau
lur
.me
uuuea
Pend
Oreille
6.15
Pioneer
2.50
Premier
Border
.02
involving
States
Army
in
South
Korea
from
al-
said
there
was
no
confirmation
General
public
sales
are
slow
1
The
prosecution,
payroll
padding,
rose
legatM.W"-
-fey--fiw-w
newspaper
columnist.
Chamber
of
Commerce
,
FVafson.it'
yoon'
r
-sensational
but'
payroll"
applications
tire
out
,.rrrv.atcer,1r::.:,t-.;.,1:..'l
J.2
Reeves
McDonald
3.
10
WieiRESlGNING
SOON
M
A
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
medhere
Sunday
from
abroad,
will
meet
sor,
Kt.
Hon.
L.
S.
St.
Laurent,
this
week
Makes
Representations
on
Waterfront
Installations
standing.
The
gale,
combined
with
an
extreme
high
tide,
demolished
the
wooden
lighthouse
and
lifted
it"
from
its
location
on
;
a
small
point
ol
-land.
on
"i
western
extremity,
hurlingr
it
into
a
ravine
which
separated
it
from
the
island
proper.
From
their
Bella
Bella
hospital
beds,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wilkins
reported
that
they
had
escaped
from
the
building
In
their
night
'
'
72
Reno
Salmon
Oold
Sheep
Creek
In
order
thai,
all
avenues
of
.12
1.50
possible
use
may
be
explored,
War
Assets
Corporation
is
be
.is
official
withdrawal
as
leader
of
the
trov-
A
spokesman
said
the
meeting
might
take
ing
asked
by
the
Prince
Rupert
attire
by
smashing
a
window
and
running
across
a
narrow
bridge
which
was
later
destroyed
when
the
lighthouse
fell
upon
it.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
area
of
high
pressure
dominates
the
southern
coast
of
British
Columbia
and
extends
into
the.
interior
regions
of
the
province.
Skies
are
relatively
clear
over
most
of
these
areas
with
little
indication
of
any
marked
change
in
the
next
24
to
48
hours.
Cloudiness
which
was
present
on
the
lower
mainland
this
morning
was
expected
to
clear
about
midday.
Clear
ay.
Mr.
King
said
that
he
expected
to
be
af
his
duties
within
a
week
or
ten
days.
DEGAULL'S
BIG
WIN
S-Almost
complete
returns
give
General
DeGaulle's
anti-communist
Reassemble-fetiple
Francais
a
sweepiner
victory
in
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
defer
for
six
months
any
move
which
would
result
in
the
demolition
of
waterfront
installations
which
were
built
at
Prince
Rupert
during
the
war
by
the
United
States
Army.
Meantime,
the
Chamber
will
take
all
steps
possible
to
obtain
interest
for
practical
use
of
the
installa
Famous
Globe
Trotters
Basketballers
May
Pay
Visit
To
Prince
Rupert
Prince
Rupert's
hungry
basketball
fans,
who
never
seem
to
get
enough
of
hoop
melon,
may
see
the
famous
Harlem
Globe
Trotters
colored
basketball
team
from
New
York
in
action
here
this
winter.
Charles
S.
Jones,
their
Vancouver
representative,
has
written
Don
Forward,
general
secretary
of
the
Civic
Centre,
stating
that
Ketchikan
and
Juneau
are
anxious
to
have
a
visit
from
the
;
sition
has
been
made
which
is
celebrated
team
and
suggesting'
now
receiving
Mr.
Forward's
at-
The
power
station,
which
ad
to
the
upper
house
of
Parliament.
Commu
joined
the
lighthouse
and
was
somewhat
sheltered
by
It.
also
was
destroyed.
tions
which
include
large
stor
nity
party
in
the
council
ol
the
republic,
rf
than
four-fifths
of
their
seats
and
will
age
warehouse,
administration
aukinp
party
in
the
new
council,
it
was
in-
FIRST
INKLING
OF
MISHAP
Suspicion
that
anything
was
amiss
at
the
exposed
light
station
was
not
aroused
until
Taylor
Bridge
.43
Taliu.
River
as
Vananda
.49
Congress
;.
.02
Pacific
Eastern
.07
Spud
Valley
.09
Central
Zeballos
01
Silbak
Premier
.36
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.25
Calmont
.50
C.
&
E
6.00
Foothills
4.00
Home
12.75
Toronto
Athona
.:
.
.21
Aumaque
.18
Beattie
55
Bevcourt
.'...
.25
Bobjo
.Hi2.
Buffalo
Canadian
19
Consol.
Smelters
129.00
Conwest
1.41
Donalda
'.
60
Eldona
.92
East
Sullivan
3.25
Giant
Yellowknlfe
....
4.90
God's
Lake
"...
.41
Hardrock
24
Harricana
11V2
Heva
;..
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we.
EXECUTIONS
DEFERRED
building,
part
of
the
ocean
dock,
.machine
shop,
cold
storage
plant,
giant
crane
etc.
The
executive
council
of
the
Chamber
was
in
session
Saturday
afternoon
to
consider
the
situation
in
regard
to
these
skies
and
light
winds
tonight
will
produce
conditions
.
in
which
ground
frosts
are
to
be
expected
in
most
of
the
southern
coast
areas.
Sharp
frosts
will
be
general
In
the
interior.
A
westerly
flow
of
Pacific
air
is
causing
cloudiness
along
the
Thursday
when
the
Bull
Har
"K
The
Greek
government
has
responded
fecedt-nted
plea
by
the
.President
of
the
installations
in
the
light
of
a
notification
which
was
received
north
coast.
wions
General
Assembly
and
postponed
"Jtion
of
ten
Greek
seamen
who
had
been
y&
aiding
rebel
guerilla
forces.
Dr.
Her-
Australian
minister
nf
pxt.pmnl
affairs
Forecast
Oueen
Charlottes
tmd
North
last
week
that
it
was
the
inten
tion
to
dispose
of
the
installa
tions
for
possible
demolition.
Coast
Cloudy
today
with
some
clearing
in
the
early
afternoon.
bor
wireless
station
was
unable
to
get
a
reply
from
a
routine
'
wireless
call.
Efforts
to
find
out
what
was
wrong
were
unavailing,
on
account
of
extremely
rough
weather,
until
Sunday
morning
when
the
fish
packer
Sunny
Boy
succeeded
In
getting
close
to
the
Island.
While
boats
sought
to
get
near
the
Island,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wilkins
and
their
son
were
.clinging
to
existence
on
its
timbered
face
The
view
being
held
that
the
Htnt
of
the
Assembly,
had
asked
for
the
Pent
in
cables
to
King
Paul
and
Premier
tention.
If
the
Globe
Trotters
are
brought
here;
negotiations
to
bring
north
a
University
of
British
Columbia
team
during
the
Christmas
holidays
ywould
De
dropped.
The
U.B.C.
Thunder-birds
have
indicated
that
they
will
be
unable
to
come
anyway
and
a
counter
proposal
has
been
made
that
the
U.
B.
C.
Chiefs
or
U.B.C.
Braves
or
even
the
Dominion
champion
Clover
Leafs
might
be
available.
that
they
might
be
booked
for
Prince
Rupert
December
23
or
24
or
even
Christmas
Day
or
it
might
be
around
the
end
of
December
or
nearly
in
January.
The
Globe
Trotters,
former
world
professional
champions
and
noted
basketball
showmen,
would
take
time
out
during
the
holiday
season
to
make
the
swing
north
while
on
a
Pacific
Northwest
tour
which
includes
such
cities
as
Vancouver
and
Seattle
An
interesting
financial
propo-
administration
building
should
be
adaptable
for
conversion
into
an
apartment
dwelling
to
as-
bophouhs
of
Greece.
Hopes
for
pi
anf
frr
Cloudy
tonight
and
Tuesday.
Winds
light
except
westerly
(15
mphl
over
the
Queen
Charlottes.
Little
change
in.
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Tuesday
at
Port
Hardy
33,
46;
Massett
39,
48;
Prince
Rupert
37,
48.
sist
in
relieving
an
impending
housing
shortage
here,
it
was
fTTLL
Hones
hsivp
fhlwH
fnr
.R
iwrsnns
decided
to
have
the
city
engin-
r
planes
missing
along
the
shores
of
the
eer
and
a
local
building
expert
without
food
and
with
only
the
HOSCO
:
Jacknife
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
,
Lapaska
18
06
.53
.......
.10
.06
V2
scanty
mgnt
clothes
in
which
make
a
detailed
inspection
as
to
what
alterations
would
be
re-
they
had
fled.
'
Normally,
the
foundaUons
of
the
Egg
Island
light
buildings
j
quired.
A
special
committee
of
"uin..
More
than
forty
planes
and
several
;
a1
extensive
search,
failed
to
turn
up
new
spite
of
perfect
flying
weather
which
aid-unadian
and
United
States
search
planes
'Nineteen
nlflnos
otwnvaA
Vonpniivor
TslnnH
are
50
feet,
above
the
low
tide
HOCKEY
SCORES
SUNDAY
National
Boston
7,
Boston
3
Chicago
4,
New
York
2
water
level.
The
force
of
the
southeast
gale,
combined
with
an
5
United
States'
hnmhpr
wViinh
vanished
pith
nine
men.
exteremely
high
tide
which
built
up
under
pressure
of
wind,
sent
breakers
smashing
over
the
tiny
islet
on
which
the
lighthouse
Little
Long
Lac
72
Lynx
.11
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.35
McKenzie
Red
Lake
..
.35
McLeod
Cockshutt
88
Moneta
48
Negus
2.05
Noranda
57.50
Louvicourt
50
Pickle
Crow
2.03
Regcourt
06
San
Antonio
3.60
Senator
Rouyn
.42
Sherrit
Gordon
2.30
Steep
Rock
1.60
Sturgeon
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5OTKA
BREAKS
DOWN
WVEU
The
Canadian
Pacific
Rail-'ighter
Nootka,
which
broke
down
off
sat.
The
waves
lifted
the
build
Chamber
and
city
council,
of
which
L.
M.
Felsenthal
is
chairman,
will
follow
the
matter
up.
As
for
the
extension
of
the
ocean
dock,
It
was
decided
to
seek
to
have
this
taken
over
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways."
Already
it
is
in
use
for
the
storage
of
canned
salmon
from
Alaska
destined
for
the
United
States
over
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
large
warehouse
will
also
be
recommended
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways
.
for
retention
as
against
the
possibility
of
future
commercial
use.
It
has
been
suggested
that
part
of
it
at
least
might
be
used
by
commercial
wholesale
concerns.
In
the
ultimate
disposal
of
the
installations,
the
War
Assets
Corporation
will
be
asked
to
offer
each
one
individually
and
not
holus
bolus.
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Nootka
was
on
her
wav
in
from
Ji
Pacific
Coast
New
Westminster
7,
1
San
Diego
6,
San
Francisco
1
Tacoma
2,
Portland
0
SATURDAY
National
New
Yolk
3,
Toronto
3
(tie)
Detroit
0,
Montreal
2
Pacific
Coast
New
Westminster
2,
Seattle
1
Fresno
4,
Oakland
3
Los
Angeles
7,
San
Francisco
2
Tacdma
5,
Seattle
4
i
.
Charlotte
Islands
where
she
had
sus-
ing
and
hurled
It
Into
a
ravine
.
which
normally
did
not
flood
except
at
very
high
tide
levels.
The
building
was
thrown
onto
a
bridge
which
joined
the
lighthouse
site
and
the
island
proper,
smashing
it
to
matchwood.
r-
Immediately
on
receiving
reports
that
communications
with
the
Egg
Island
light
had
been
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INTERIOR
GETTING
ITS
FIRST
SNOW
Snow
has
been
falling
in
the
central
interior
during
the
past
week.
'Around
Hazelton.
there
was
some
four
inches
on
the
ground
late
in
the
week.
Heavy
wet
snow
was
falling
between
Shames
and
Kwlnitsa
but
most
of
it
was
melting
on
the
ground
as
It
fell.
There
is
now
snow
on
the
road
near
Rainbow
Lake.
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New
Telephone
Directory
A
new
Telephone
Directory
is
about
to
be
published.
All
changes
of
listings
must
be
in
by
November
20,
in
writing
at
the
City
Telephone
Office.
CITY
TELEPHONE
(269)
DEPARTMENT.
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
November
9,
1948
NO.
1
AND
NO.
2
BRASS
IN
ARMY
Field
Marshall
Montgomery,
right,
famed
desert
fighter
of
World
War
n,
has
been
made
chairman
of
the
commanders-in-chief
of
western
nations
(England,
France,
Belgium,
Netherlands
and
Luxembourg)
forces
to
meet
any
possible
threat
from
the
east.
Under
him
is
General
Jean
de
Latt
de
Tassigny
who
became
commander
of
the
First
French
Army
after
escaping
France
in
1943.
The
meeting
took
place
at
Villacoublay
airfield
in
France.
The
French
general
is
at
the
left.
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RED
DEAN
HEARD
WINDSOR,
Ont.
More
than
one
thousand
persons
braved
driving
rain
to
hear
Very
Rev.
.Hewlett
Johnson,
"Red
Dean"
of
Canterbury,
extol
what
he
considered
the
virtues
of
communism.
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a
lenrthy
illness.
Death
was
Jart,
confiition.
He
was
one
of
a
.erouo
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