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HONE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
STAR
STAR
WCABS
CABS
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
211.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
8,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Golf
hung
aoss
RUSSIANS
DOUBLE
IS
COMMITTED
FOR
MURDER
Young
Dayton
Man
to
Stand
Trial
for
Killing
of
Townsman
on
Alaska
Highway
Sun-
inline
.....
Nnr-
POUCE
COUPE,
(Pi
Gustav
,mbia
S"lf
,ment
here.
expertl
to
from
as
far
,ort
and
as
GrRf
111
,111
be
a
petition.
I
II
II
1
C
II
II
XXII
Wiegner
of
Dayton,
Ohio,
left
for
Vancouver
under
guard
today
to
await
trial
oh
a
charge
of
murdering
John
C.
McComas
I
A'
'
.'
M
I
1
iiiMffnrTrT""T-TT,W-
I
his
52-year
old
townsman,
whose
bociy
was
left
in
a
lonely
Kidnap
Uestern
Police
spot
on
the
Alaska
Highway
two
weeks
ago.
j
SullethU
After
(laving
Promised
The
24-year
old
salesman
was
committed
for
trial
yesterday
by
Magistrate
Martin
S.
Morrell
after
he
had
conducted
his
own
defence
at
a
one-day
prelimin
ft
(ould
be
To
Afford
Safe
Passage
ary
hearing.
He
pleaded
not
pnt
of
uii-
JjKm
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'-
-
..
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f
mm?
liiim
iimiiiw
m
BERLIN
(CP)
Russian
tommy-gunners
and
Soviet
sector
police
today
kidnapped
nineteen
west
guilty,
claiming
that
the
shooting
had
been
accidental
while
the
two
men
were'
hunting
squirrels.
Louise
McComas,
13-year
old
daughter
of
the
slain
man,
told
js,iire
oum
,,3Pnt
level
of
stiff
prs
MKM)t
offi-
sector
police
after
the
Soviet
commandant
had
guar
insurance
u,r
slory
0f
the
shooting
and
anteed
them
safe
passage
trom
lierlin
s
hesiegea
City;
Hall.
The
incident
further
complicates
the
tense
Berlin
crisis
toward
the
settlement
of
which
confer
.,
$,00,000.-
sa(
that
Wicgner
had
not
be-in,
heart
of
jiaved
improperly
toward
her
I
Insurance
ater
her
father's
death.
Wieg-k'
the
back-
nPr
had
left
her
father's
money
ences
of
the
four
powers
have
BRITAIN
ACCEPTS
BID
LONDON
Britain
notified
Russia
today
that
she
is
ready
to
open
four
power
talks
on
the
future
of
Italy's
pre-war
colonies
before
September
15,
the
Foreign
Office
announced
today.
France
and
United
States,
the
other
two
powers
involved,
have
given
no
reply
to
the
Russian
request
as
yet.
SOCIALIST
INVITED
PARIS
Henri
Coue,
Radical
Socialist,
was
invited
by
the
President
to
form
a
new
French
government
today
after
Robert
Schuman
had
again
resigned
following
a
295
to
289
reverse
in
the
Chamber
of
Deputies.
.
MRS.
ARNOLD
FAVORS
CLEAN-UP
HARRISON
HOT
SPRINUS
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
of
Prince
Rupert,
at
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities
convention
here
yesterday,
supported
a
Saanich
resolution
suggesting
to
the"
"
Minister
of
Justice
that
the
possibility
be
consider
weather
a
-$1300
in
her
charge.
BRACKEN
WOULD
I
unemploy-
Accused
will
be
held
at
Okal-
KEEP
OLEO
BAN
la
Prison
Farm,
near
Vancouver,
pending
trial
In
higher
court.
r7?
0
"f
f
-
I
.ImmLwJi
..
-nil
jjt
mm&OJt
:
'f'"'r
''
Tlf
been
In
progress
for
several
days
with
no
sign
of
conclusive
result
as
yet.
Russian
soldiers
and
controlled
police
had
thrown
a
cordon
around
the
City
Hall
yesterday
In
an
effort
to
starve
out
the
west
sector
police
who
had
been
attempting
to
protect
the
anti-
Sees
Us
Removal
As
Working
Hardship
On
Dairy
Industry
IIDERS
TORONTO
W
John
Bracken,
national
leader
of
the
Progres
communist
assembly
against
TRIP
itin-
Slay
sive-Conservative
party,
said
to
oommunlst-led
demonstrators.
NORTH
ATLANTIC
SECURITY
URGED
,'
TORONTO,
O
Rt.
Hon.
Louii
j
.St.
Laurent,
minister
of
exter-:
nal
affairs,
saio
yesterday
that
;
the
Canadian
government
has
day
that
the
dairy
industry
was
Safe
passage
had
later
been
sllours
bound
to
be
hurt
if
the
oleo
negotiated
by
the
French
com
margarine
ban
was
removed.
He
mandant,
Brigadier
General
Jean
Oeneval.
One
Frenchman
anticipated
that
the
government
intended
to
permit
the
manufacture
or
importation
of
oleomargarine
or
both.
said
It
was
a
plain,
double-cross
mpie.
An-:?r,
Nobles
comprised
Vnich
vis-
ed
of
a
system
of
censorship
of
salacious
literature
and
crime
comic
magazines.
Mayor
Arnold
said
"it
is
certainly
something
we
should
take
up.
Saanich
deserves
a
lot
of
credit
for
bringing
it
up."
"been
urging
at
home
and
abroad"
the
"immediat
estab-(lishment
of
a
North
Atlantic
security
system."
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Ji
K
l
i
I
j
"Whatever
the
merits
or
demerits
of
ban
or
removal,"
he
imVJU
to
.vO'iard
the
Co
s
lint
r
!rLe,u,
I
said
at
the
Canadian
National
Living
Cost
Levels
Off
Exhibition,
"the
latter,
if
;tt
VANCOUVER
LOSE
DROWNINGS
IN
SKEENA
comes,
will
inflict
further
handi
cap
on
the
'
dairy
.Industry.'
I
tftf
occa-
I
tt'ilh
in
f
,
Sneaking
on
the
.removal
of
.
I
1
.vteJk'-
i
1
sr.KrT'ir
air.i
,
official
reports
have
been
re-
jrii
as
hiKt-.
cetved
at
district
headquarters
the
beef
export
ban
to
th?
United
States,
Mr.
Bracken
said
the
Canadian
people
cannot
continue
to
buy
from
the
United
States
if
they
are
denied
the
right
to
sell
in
the
United
States.
BUT
STILL
LEADS
'
VANCOUVER,
W
Calgary
Alexandra's
upset
the
dopesters
by
edging
Vancouver
Pacifies
3
to
2
in
a
tight
ten-inning
Western
Canada
Women's
Senior
A
Softball
contest
last
night.
The
Pacifies,
however,
still
lead
the
best
out
of
five
series
two
games
to
one.
Inert
of
ju;;!of
Uie
provincial
police
here
of
i
'heir
wivej
j
two
recent
drowning
fatalities
'
t"
Prince
:
in
the
Skeena
River,
.fieruiiy
or-j
Gordon
Russell
Kelly
fell
points
of
I
from
the
Inverness
Cannery
4
"ity
during
wharf
and
disappeared.
Drag-
School
Days
Here
Again
More
Than
1000
Pupils
Resume
Studies
Teachers,
New
and
Old
All
through
the
city
there
were
extra
hustle
and
bustle
in
homes
of
parents
with
school-age
children
as
the
annual
return
to
the
routine
of
school
days
was
made
yesterday.
Well
aver
1000
pupils
entered
the
doors
of
the
city's
public
and
high
schools
on
this
first
day
of
the
new
terpi.
Some
of
them
were
experiencing
their
first
meeting
with
teachers
while
to
the
majority
it
was
a
matter
of
nine
ourratlons
and
a
search
Thifi
Suggested
4n
View
mt
Narrow
Increase
in
Index
For
Month
of
July
OTTAWA.
(
The
official
cost
of
living
index
advance
of
only
six-tenths
of
a
cent
reported
yesterday
by
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
for
the
month
of
July
from
156.9
to
157.5
was
the
narrowest
change
since
January
1947.
Although
the
jump
In
meat
prices
In
August
has
yet
to
be
accounted
for,
a
slackening
i3
indicated
in
the
rise
which
has
carried
the
inaex
up
more
than
20
points
over
the
last
year.
The
Index
is
calculated
on
the
basis
of
100
points
for
the
1935-39
period.
Yesterday's
report
reflected
the
lifting
of
the
special
25
per
cent
excise
taxes
on
a
broad
list,
of
durable
household
goods
in
Jury.
I"i
a
recep-P'ly
bv
local
fc'.w
Temple
i
with
11.
r
t'
the
local
I
L.
W.
Ker-
"f
the
po-
,
i'
t
,
ALASKA
FEELS
conducted
under
the
direction
nf
the
provincial
police
has
failed
to
find
any
trace
of
the
missing
man.
Kelly
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
in
1941
and
was
employed
at
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
I
dock
for
about,
four
years.
For
some
time
after
leaving
the
dry
dock
he
drove
truck
In
the
city
and
for
the
past
two
seasons
he
has
been
gillnet
fishing..
He
is
THE
WEATHER
An
area
of,
high
pressures
is
causing
clear
weather
over
southern
and
central
sections
of
the
province.
A
series
of
storms
moving
eastward
over
northern
British
Columbia
is
causing
rain
in
that
area.
No
change
from
these
conditions
is
expected
for
today
and
Thursday.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Variable
cloudiness
today,
becoming
overcast
this
evening.
Intermittent
rain
tonight
and
Thursday.
Light
winds,
Increasing
to
southeast
(30
m.p.h.)
by
late
afternoon.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrowPort
Hardy
50
and
62,
Mas-sett
50
and
62,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
62.
!a
new
class
and
perh'aps
a
dif
SHIP
TIE-UP
Anchorage's
Main
Worry
Over
Power
Supply
Nome
Is
Already
Fetling
Finch
SEATTLE
Vb
Threat
of
prolonged
tie-up
of
shipping
lanes
because
of
the
maritime
strike
hit
Alaska
with
varying
impact
today.
Anchorage
grocers
hung
uot
signs
of
"no
danger
of
shortages'
'and
wholesalers
said
cur
REDS
STORM
BERLIN
CITY
HALL
Here
are
scenes
of
mass
movement
as
10.300
Red
members
of
the
S.E.D.
party,
singing
the
Internationale
and
waving
Red
banners,
broke
down
the
doors
and
stormed
into
Berlin's
city
hall.
There,
shouting
defiance
of
the
western
occupation
powers,
they
seized
control
of
all
administrative
power.
One
flying
squad
entered
the
office
of
Acting
Mayor
Ferdinand
Ftiedenburg
and
demanded
that
he
relinquish
police
powers
to
the
newly
formed
'Action
Committee."
The
slogan
says
in
effect:
"We
demand
a
peace
treaty
for
all
Germany."
ferent
teacher.
Yesterday's
session
in
the
class
rooms
was
for
the
most
part
a
survived
by
six
chiudren,
Herman
who
is
an
employee
of
one
of
the
local
taxi
firms
and
five
younger
children
who
are
residing
with
relatives
in
Edmonton.
The
waters
of
the
Skeena
brief
one,
just
long
enough
to
ijjiempie,
as
1
Jpmmittee
in
j
f
nf
George
1
Xcnpton
and
j
fcvas
by
Andy
;
I
!
J
jb'
en
favored
11
"ather
the
y
the
coast
f
party
wern
'pleasure
the
hi'-h
win
in.
'iikaii.
Wran-
'V
and
Stt-Mi
flue
back
IVsclay
night
dt,
trip.
assistant
Bijou
Steam-'i
as
company
permit
registration
and
to
al-!
low
the
students
to
obtain
a
list
Slough
claimed
the
life
of
an
CANTERBURY,
Eng.,
P
The
freedo
mof
Canterbury
was
conferred
on
the
Buffs,
the
Royal
East
Kent
Regiment,
which
has
been
associated
with
the
city
since
1782.
of
text
books
required
for
their
studies.
By
the
middle
of
the
other
victim
when
29
year
old
TOTEM
GOLF
PROCEEDING
Stanley
Henry
fell
overboard,
morning
Third
Avenue
was
from
the
deck
of
an
Inverness
Eillnet
boat
while
it
was
tra
crowded
with
boys
and
girls
attempting
to
purchase
their
requirements
and
in
some
supply
centres,
many
had
to
wait
their
rent
supplies
will
last
at
least
two
months.
Most
merchants
have
stuffed
their
shelves
in
anticipation
of
a
tie-up.
One
merchant
reported
he
had
made
arrangements
for
a
55-truck
Montana
freight
firm
to
haul
food
over
the
Alaska
Highway
in
ths
event
of
a
strike.
A
.tnVnr
era
mnv
enffaf
ViATir.
year,
and
Carl
Haymond,
winner
of
the
Totem
Pole
Trophy
in
1946.
In
the
ladies
'championship,
velling
between
the
cannery
and
Port
Edward.
Henry,
who
came
here
from
Taku,
fell
from
Flight
Play
Going
On
At
Jasper
Meet
JASPER
PARK-
Flight
play
prevailed
yesterday
at
the
nineteenth
annual
Totem
Pole
Ooif
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
turn
to
get
inside
the
store.
trip.
Mrs.
Todd,
defending
champion,
Booth
Memorial
High
School
the
boat
as
it
was
opposite
the
Port
Edward
radio
towers.
His
body
has
not
been
recovered.
Vic:
'nia,
b"at
Mru.
"Strohecker.
has
one
more
teacher
on
its
staff
Bevcourt
-3
Kn.ittlo-
Mrs.
Robinson.
London,
this
year
bringing
the
total
to
J
0
.
...
ouor
cities
It.
Is
ennnt.lnff
on
th
England,
beat
Mrs.
Maddock:
22.
Out
of
this
number
eight
.
7
.
f
Nelson;
Mrs.
Bell,
Calgary,
beat
I
HAS
DPES
i
arrival
ui
a.
gcuciaiui
fit-
tournament
and,
generally
speaking,
favorites
came
through
as
expected.
In
the
men's
championship
Flight"
Oreen,"
Seattle,
winner
of
the
qualifying
round,
beat
Ross,
Vancouver;.
Shoemaker.
Seattle,
beat
Husband.
Mrs.
Husband,
Victoria;
Mrs
United
States
to
i
nstal
in
a
new
electric
plant.
Tne
city
has
been
rient,.
Vancouver,
beat
Mrs.
Bobjo
-12V2
Buffalo
Canadian
10
Consol.
Smelters
116.50
Conwest
1-20
Donalda
-69
Eldona
105
East
Sullivan
2.86
Giant
Yellowknife
5.75
God's
Lake
;
61
Hardrock
27
18
Second
Place
pressing
hard
to
complete
the
plant
to
meet
a
threatened
Armstrong.
Vancouver;
Mr;;.
Dimlop,
Vancouver,
beat
Mrs
Griffin,
Vancouver;
Miss
O'Brien
members
of
the
staff
are
new!
to
Prince
Rupert.
At
King
Edward
there
are
two
changes
in
the
staff.
At
Borden
Street
School
there
is
only
one
new
teacher
and
at
Conrad
Street
School
the
staff
is
the
same
as
last
year
except
in
one
class
room.
Victoria;
Musgrave.
Victoria,
power
shortage.
itimial
fenship
i
Seattle,
beat
Mrs.
lsBrisay.
Longshoremen
at
Seward
are
beat
Scythes,
Toronto;
niomp-son
Vancouver,
beat
Haymv-,
Victoria;
G.
Straith.
Victoria,
Vancouver;
Mrs.
Ander,
Vancov
working
all
vessels
in
port
and
I
Pennant
I
throughout
r
the
first
'
Hag-hungry
Harricana
07
Vj
Baseball
Scores
National
League
New
York
6-8,
Philadelphia
1-6.
St.
Louis
2.
Pittsburgh
6.
(Only
games
scheduled
I.
'.
American
League
No
games
scheduled.
Pacific
Coast
League
San
Francisco
2.
Seattle
9.
San
Diego
10,
Hollywood
11.
Sacramento
4,
Oakland
14.
(Only
.games
scheduled).
Western
International
League
Spokane
7,
Tacoma
5.
Bremerton
7,
Victoria
6.
Salem
16,
Wenatchee
5.
Vancouver
8,
Yakima
7.
will
continue
to
unload
all
ships
docking
there.
Heva
:
132
beat
Anderson,
Vancouver,
oast,
Courtenay,
beat
Marsh,
Seattle;
Following
the
the
teachers
and
their
appointments
in
the
schools
Nome
feels
the
noose
tightlv.
Merchants
there
are
out
of
potatoes,
short
of
eggs,
butter
and
dairy
products,
and
a
variety
of
groceries.
Ander
Vancouver,
beat
mcui-tyre,
Trail;
Starky,
Edmonton,
beat
Leach.
Victoria,
m
the
lower
half
Wilkinson.
ver,
beat
Mrs..
Wagner,
Vancouver,
and
Mrs.
Dunn,
Seattle,
beat
Mrs.
Bronough.
Portland.
In
the
men's
First
Fllghr.
Cleat,
Vancouver,
beat
Storw,
Vancouver;
Drtc,
Edmonton,
beat.
Dr.
Carruth,
Portland;
Staff,
Toronto,
beat
Dunn,
Se-p.ttle;
Williams.
Toronto,
beat
MacLeod,
Victoria;
Don
Ovan,
of
the
city:
Booth
Memorial
High
School
A.
H.
Hurst,
principal;
R.
D
f'rt
place
to-'?
behind
the
Oston
Braves,
fr's
hustling
runner-up
fklyn
Dodgers
I
'he
St.
Louis
Vancouver
Bralorne
7-4(
.
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
09
Cariboo
Gold
Quartz
....
130
Dentonia
OlVi
Grull
Wihksne
.033,4
Hedley
Mascot
42
Pend
Oreille
415
Pioneer
2.65
Premier
Border
-
.02
Vi
Privateer
1
Reeves
McDonald
1-80
Reno
08
r
Salmon
Gold
18
Sheep
Creek
1-22
Taylor
Bridge
45
Taku
River
32
Vananda
36
Congress
03
Vi
Pacific
Eastern
07
Vz
Hedley
Amalg
02
Spud
Valley
10
Central
Zeballos
01
Sllbak
Premier
28
V2
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.'.
20
Calmont
47
C.
St.
E
5.60
Foothills
2.75
Home
:.
8.80
Toronto
Athona
.'
11
Aumaque
21
Beattie
.6
Cleland,
vice-principal,
mathematics;
John
Henry,
social
Vancouver,
beat
Strohecker.
Seattle;
Dr.
Fowler.
Seattle,
beat
nr
milins.
Seattle;
Leather-
studies;
A.
M.
Grasdal,
science;
''
of
fi
to
2.
Peter
Schrochi,
language;
Mis:
BARREL
TRIP
IS
FINANCIAL
FLOP
beat
Dr.
Thomson,
Dr.
Calbert.
Victoria,
dale
Winnipeg,
beat
Armstrong,
Chicago,
..'.,
Rerrv.
Vancouver.
Vancouver
Eva
Cavalier,
commerce;
J.
B.
Densmore,
industrial
art;
Jack
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Hosco
35
Jacknife
04
',4
Joliet
Quebec
-49
Lake
Rowan
10
Lapaska
OffV'2
Little
Long
Lac
90
Lynx
09
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.64
McKenzie
Red
Lake
37
McLeod
Cockshutt
102
Moneta
33
Negus
2.38
Noranda
-
49.50
Louvicourt
-64
Pickle
Crow
2.10
Regcou'rt
07
San
Antonio
,.
3.55
Senator
Rouyn
49
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.55
Steep
Rock
I-98
Sturgeon
River
15
Silver
Miller
39
Vancouver;
Butlsf,
i1cat
Havens,
Seattle;
McFarland,
beat
Ellis.
NIAGARA
FALLS,
Ont.
B
Vancouver,
beat
Wolfe,
Ldmon-
Bell,
Victoria:
j
arc
LOOKING
FOR
Vancouver,
beat
William
(Red
HUT),
who
thrilled
ton;
Forr.i.
vancuuwi.
uri
Madded;.';.
Nelwui.
In
th"
lower
half,
Jones,
Win-
Wood
Seattle
beat
Norgarm.
Vancouver;
Verlcy.
Victoria,
beat
Gilbert,
Mount
Vernon:
Hay-,
mond,
Tacoma,
beat
Dr.
Gpeidel.
,
nipeg.
bent
J-''.'.
Murray,
Van
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Thursday,
September
9,
1948
thousands
with
another
voyage
through
the
Niagara
River
Rapids
in
a
steel
barrel
Sunday,
decided
it
was
all
a
financial
flop.
He
estimated
he
will
net
$500
for
the
4Vi-hour
battering
in
a
five-mile.
trip.
The
barrel
alone
cost
him
$1100.
High
5:40
16.9
feet
17:39
18.8
feet
couver;
Trotter,
t.ar.Karooii.
wai
Adams,
Vancouver;
D.
Straith,
Victoria,
beat
Currell,
Edmonton;
Evans,
San
Francisco,
beat
(.Continued
on
Page
Four)
Seattle.
j
The
feature
game
for
today
will
be
the
meeting
of
Gordon
Verley,
who
lost
to
Bing
Crosby
.
l.l
lot
v
in
their
new
location
E
PHONES
AS
BEFORE
Low
11:27
8.2
feet
Ion
the
thh'ty-sixm
I