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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
STAABS
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VOL?
XXXVII,
No.
136.
PRINC
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
10,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
JjecUve
a,uuu
Led
to
Date
$6,497.14
F
mmx
Gireafc
Disaster
D
raser
OH
STAMPEDE
INTO
TOUGH
COUNTRY
FORT
ST.
JOHN
With
the
R.
C.M.P.
preparing
to
make
a
spring
patrol
to
the
new
gold
camp
on
Firth
.
River,
In
the
Yukon
Territury,
it
begins
to
look
like
a
stampede
with
aircraft
taking
an
important
part.
Inspector
Cronkhite
says
the
Firth
River
is
the
toughest
part
of
North
America
as
far
as
climate
is
concerned
and,
because
of
Its
isolation,
the
men
going
into
this
new
boom
area
are
taking
a
terrific
chance.
$20,(100
,1100
SKEENA
RIVER
RECEDES
DESPITE
CONTINUING
SPELL
OF
HOT
WEATHER
Despite
temperatures
that
soared
in
the
interior
and
established
a
two-year
record
at
Prince
Rupert,
the
Skeena
River
receded
overnight
after
a
two-foot
rise
on
Tuesday.
Repair
work
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
line
and
the
provincial
highway
is
$15,000
,1100
Flood
Experts
Warn
Against
Even
Larger
Breakthru
of
Dykes
Trail
Is
Also
In
Continuing
Imminent
Danger
Columbia
River
Is
Running
In
JVlain
Street
VANCOUVER
(CP)
As
the
relentless
battering
of
weakened
water-logged
levees
along
British
Columbia's
waterways
continued
today
and
the
increased
tidal
power
of
the
Pacific
Ocean
intensified
the
critical
flood
situation,
official
warning
was
issued
that
progressing
steadily.
At
two
points
along
the
1
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OMISSION
WAS
MEK
OVERSIGHT
Ct.nadU.n
O.niDer
of
Com
Skeena
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace,
the
river
was
reported
to
have
dropped
between
$10,000
,ooo
the
condition
of
the
Vedder
Canal
was
precarious.
Newspapers
Gain'
j
In
Advertising
NEW
YORK
Printers'
Ink
says:
"Newspapers
showed,
a
greater
gain
In
national
advertising
for
April
than
any
other
media.
Advertisers
spent
eight
per
cent
more
in
news-
,
papers
in
April
than
in
the
same
month
a
year
ago
and
six
per
cent
more
in
"March
of
this
year.
Magazines
neither
gained
nor
lost."
.
Imported
flood
experts
said
that
merce,
through
Its
secretary,
D.
six
and
eight
inches.
At
Skeena
L.
Morrell,
has
written
apologeti-
City,
30
miles
east,
the
river
was
(
cully
to
the
Prince
Rupert
down
eight
inches
and
at
Exstew,
Chamber
of
Commerce,
explain-jit
had
dropped
six
inches,
the
ing
why
a
map
of
Canada,
pub-
I
C.N.R.
divisional
office
reported.
Ushed
recently
in
the
Record,
wltn
present
progress
on
the
official
bulletin
of
the
Cana-
J,
Une
tney
an.
dian
Chamber,
had
Inadvertent-1
.,
,
......
.
.
,
tic
thrUg
ly
omitted
showing
Prince
Ru-
Jbat
1
might
be
resumed
to
Prince
pert.
Mr.
Morrell
assures
the
i
$5,000
MI0
future
there
ueorRe
a,m
oy
",e
e"u
Chamber
that
in
or
tne
montn.
would
be
no
such
omission
of
a
city
which
had
such
a
hiehlv
a
major
breakthrough
of
disastrous
proportions
could
occur
at
any
time.
All
people
in
the
Sumas
Prairie
area
not
directly
engaged
In
flood
control
work
are
advised
to
evacuate
immediately.
Dykes
guarding
20,000
acres
of
fertile
Lulu
Island
farmland
withstood
the
assault
of
a
14.2
foot
spring
tide
which
late
last
night
passed
the
point
of
Sand-heads
at
the
mouth
of
the
Fraser
River.
With
a
14.4-foot
tide,
the
U
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Bian4
a
esteemed
member
as
the
Prince
u.i,
jiuj,
LOSES
LIFE
Oil
RAILWAY
i
Walter
Morsh
of
Kamloops
Fatally
Injured
Near
Red
Pass
Walter
Morsh.
aged
21,
of
Kamloops,
was
fatally
injured
Tuesday
while
working
as
a
dump
truck
operator
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways
ten
miles
west
of
Red
Pass
in
the
mountains.
Morsh
had
the
truck
on
a
fill
which
gave
way,
the
vehicle
as
far
as
Exstew,
70
miles
east
j
CAR
IS
ENDED
1
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
of
the
city.
Previously
it
naa
CALGARY
Said
Douglas
B.
gone
only
to
Kwlnltsa,
45
miles
RESEARCH
NCE
RUPERT
Greig
of
Windsor,
Ontario,
pre
east.
sident
of
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
of
ALASKA
FEELS
FLOODS
ALSO
Today's
westbound
train
from
PEACEFUL
GESTURE
WITH
RIFLE
IN
HAND
A
young
soldier
til
the
-'TisansJordan
force
of
King
Abdullah
waves
an
olive
branch,'
token,
of
peace,
from
motorized
troops
of
the
Arab
Legion
fcn:tb.
battlefields
of
Palestine.
The
Israel
government,
and
Aral?
countries,
in
response
to
an
appeal
from
the
U.N.
Security.
Council,
have
issued
cease-fire
orders
and
a
peace
conference
Ls
to
be
t?eld
on
the
Island
of
Rhodes.
Canada
in
ah
interview
here:-
Jasper
went
as
far
west
as
Kit-
wanea.
37
miles
west
of
New
"The
day
of
the
$1000
car
is
over
and
it
will
be
a
long
time,
If
ever,
before
It
will
return."
ilipr
uf
Commerce
Wauls
Place
Resumed
As
of
Operations
Hazelton.
It
had
formerly
stop
FAIRBANKS
The
Ncnana
country
has
been
flooded.
In
other
areas
the
high
water
has
halted
traffic,
damaged
proper-
highest
of
the
year,
expected
tonight,
flood
officials
said
only
a
"miracle"
would
hold
back
the
ped
about
10
miles
east
of
Smith
ers
t
;
matters
to
be
taken
up
raging
water
of
"Old
Muddy."
Biggest
problem
in
restoring
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
Aaska
RaUway
loode(,
buUd.
The
New
Westminster
flood
control
committee
has
banned
all
.
m
w.u,
.....us
in
Jngs
at
alrp0rtSi
.,
washed
out
,.,:
a..:,,
u
ui
roilds
M
some
.points,
the
water
J)ut
essential
traf
flc
oH
the
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Tsrrace
U
the
bridging
of
big
washout
west
of
Sliamea,
where
400
feet
of
roadbed
was
carried
away
to
a
depth
of
20
PRINCE
RUPERT
PROGRESSES
GitymtL
Dicifiol
Deuelopment
One
"oMIow!
Steady
Growth
,iu
an-
xu
v,su
uiis
cnj
had
cached
a
deDth
of
five
feet.
turning
over
and
crushing
him.
He
was
rushed
to
the
Red
Cross
Outpost
Hospital
at
McBride
where
he
succumbed
to
the
in-jiiries..;.ry.;..-
.
tw-rrM.,,-.
The
fatality
occured
while
work
was
In
progress
on
clearing
the
railway
line
of
a
slide.
It
was
the
young
man's
first
job.
He
is
the
son
of
Walter
Morsh,
superintendent
of
work
equipment,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Kamloops.
1
a
ana
i
or
meetings
ana
;
xttion
of
the
Board's
demolish
famous
spire
ad
salmon
research
op-
LONDON,
W
Southwark's
in
this
area
will
Be
the
famous
landmark,
the
225-foot
i
proposal
that
branch
spire
of
St.
Olave
and
St.
John's
"Dial
station
be
estab-
church,
is
to
be
demolished
be-
Fraser
River
and
its
tributaries
from
Mission
to
the
sea
until
further
notice.
Naval
craft
have
been
ordered
to
intercept
unauthorized
vessels
on
the
North
Arm
of
the
Fraser
River.
The
Mission
guage
today
reads
24.46,
just
short
of
the
highest
flood
crest.
The
northerly
flow
of
air
is
expected
to
relieve
the
high
temperatures
some.
Hot
weather
continues.
itrc.
cause
it
has
a
"lean"
of
18
ln-
CITY
AND
DISTRICT
FORGING
AHEAD
ON
SOUND
!
AND
PERMANENT
BASIS,
INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
SHOWS
Prince
Rupert,
a
city
of
manifold
opportunity,
is
JUNEAU
MEET
DRAWING
MANY
ume
time
the
Chamber
ches.
feet,
by
the
flood.
This
washout
took
out
both
the
railroad
grade
and
the
highway.
Railroad
crews
are
bridging
from
the
west
end
and
highway
workmen
are
dumping
gravel
at
the
east
end.
Restoration
work
west
of
Klt-wanga
will
be
speeded
by
the
arrival
shortly
of
dump
trucks
from
Red
Pass
to
help
rebuild
the
grade.
Equipment
which
was
n
agitating
for
the
return
EXCEPTION
FOR
"e
Rupert
of
the
active
gorging
ahead
economically
at
a
pace
that
for
which,
TUNGSTEN
ORE
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
With
other
constituent
boards
manifesting
enthuiasm
for
at
ins
of
the
Board
which
its
Pacific
Experimental
away
from
here
to
Vun-
WASHINGTON
A
sub-com
Friday,
1S48
20.8
feel
mittee
of
the
House
Merchant
High
during
the
war.
The
view
tendance,
some
of
them
having
already
organized
delegations
of
half
a
dozen
or
so,
Prince
"Ru
June
11,
...
3:39
'
16:54
....
10:25
12:34
by
many
that
the
grow-
Marine
and
Fisheries
committee
has
approved
a
bill
that
would
authorize
Canadian
ships
to
transport
cargo
between
Hyder
Low
18.4
feet
used
to
Clear
a
slide
at
the
Red
2.2
feet
Pass
junction
is
now
available-
8.3
feet
and
is
to
be
shipped
west.
on
examination,
appears
to
bepasea
on
tne
type
oi
sound
development
that
will
do
much
to
sustain
in
through
any
manner
of
depression
or
upheaval
that
may
come
along.
It
is
becoming
increasingly
recog-
nized
as
a
good
place
to
live
cellulose
acetate
from
producing
and
do
business.
I
which
fabrics
are
made.
Much
of
the
optimism
that
has
.
with
refining
their
processes
to
become
a
part
of
the
city
since;
meet
the
particular
demands
of
TRAIL
SITUATION
WORSE
THAN
EVER
Breakthrough
yesterday
of
a
secondary
dyke
at
Trail,
230
miles
east
of
here,
sent
the
Columbia
River
almost'
up
to
"the
sidewalk
level
on
Bay
Avenue,
the
main
thoroughfare.
Flood
portance
of
Prince
Ru-
i.
a
ricl.nrio..
..f..
,.,,
I
pert
Chamber
of
Comms.ce
is.
now
canvassing
its
members
as
in
Alaska
and
United
Stales
U
least
part
of
the
re
to
the
possibilities
of
their
at
ports.
This
authorization
would
activity
being
based
here.
tendance
at
the
annual
conven-
cover
only
products
of
any
sup
tinn
nf
the
Associated
Hoards
of
tfutetiiiJ
(Continued
on
Page
7)
plies
and"
equipment
for
the
Riverside
tungsten
mine
in
from
Hyder.
',
OD
PROBLEM
v
!
"
.!
I,
i
is
1
Fish
Sales
Trade
of
Central
British
Colum-r
waters,-covered
the
basement
and
bia
in
Juneau
September
21,
22
lobby
of
a
downtown
theatre
and
23.
The
steamer
Chilcotin
1
and
rose
to
five
feet
in
the
base-is
being
chartered
for
the
trip
to
ment
of
the
Crown
Point
Hotel,
the
Alaska
capital,
leaving
here
All
beer
parlors,
licensed
clubs,
on
the
Monday
at
noon
and
re-
liquor
stores
and
poolrooms
have
the
war
is
obviously
based
on
the
expected
effects
of
the
Cela-nese
Company
of
America
pulp
mill
that
Is
to
be
built
at
nearby
Port
Edward
but
there
are
other
factors
as
well.
6
TACKLED
'
American
Resolute,
45,000,
19.50
18
and
TO
HONOR
MEW
SHIP
f,
Alia.
The
leading
10.50,
Cold
Storage.
Aleutian
Queen,
45,000,
rrs
of
Canada,
following
turning
on
the
Saturday
morn-
been
closed
by
order
of
J.
P.
19.60,
ing.
The
local
Chamber
has
Coates,
flood
relief
director,
In
made
an
appropriation
of
$200
an
effort
to
increase
.the
num-
The
celanese
mill,
or,
more
liitiun
here
will
lose
no
correctly,
the
Columbia
Cellulose
18
and
10,
Booth.
i"
co-operating
to
draw
the
defrayal
of
ex-
her
of
volunteers
for
dyke
work.
CorDotatlon
mill,
a
subsidiary
of
B.C.
Rover,
65,000,
19.40,
18
and
towards
the
American
company,
will
-
.
penses
ui
an
ouiciai
delegate.
no
casualties
nave
Deen
re-
Arrival
of
the
new
Canadian
National
Steamships
coastal
liner
here
this
Saturday
enroute
to
Alaska
in
the
course
of
her
maiden
voyage
will
be
suitably
Tor
w,
,uuu,
la.iu,
ih.zu
ana
secretary
is.
t.
Appiewnaite
will
ported
at
Trail
as
the
Colum-
hrine
to
Prince
Runert
a
more
I
aimed
at
controlling
any
''
recurrence
of
the
de-"S
floods,
now
sweeping
-iser
Vallev
and
other
Pa-
lead
the
local
delegation.
bia
River
rose
three
Inches
at
balanced
economic,set-up
than
.10-'
paclfic
Fisheries.
Trail
and
Dominion
government
it
has
ever
had
before.
past
regions.
expected
a
further
marked
ln
ft
tangible
way
by
the
engineers
Ie
were
placed
before
this
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com
It
will
bring
an
enlarged
pay
;
DWARFS
THE
EARTH
.
EARLIEST
SCIENCE
The
-sun's
Surface
area
Is
12,000
Astronomy
Is
believed
to
times
that
of
the
earth.
the
earliest
science.
pitlon
specific
recommen-
merce.
Incidentally,
the
Prince
roll
that
will
supplement
the
re
George
will
be
carrying
a
special
rise
of
three
feet
before
the
crest
is
reached.
Fifty
feet
of
railway
track
is
washed
out
near
Trail
by
the
turns
from
the
city's
vast
and
;
from
a
special
commit-the
EnKineering
Institute
RIVERS
STILL
RISING
PORTLAND,
Ore.
Flash
floods
and
high
tides
heaped
new
threats
on
the
water-weary
Pacific
Northwest
today
as
swollen
Columbia
and
Fraser
Pavers
built
their
three-week
flood
siege
toward
new
heights'.
Three
cloudbursts
and
a
five-hour
downpour
sent
tons
of
water
hurtling
into
the
raging
Columbia.
Death
toll
of
the
22
days
of
flood
has
increased
to
32
by
the
drowning
yesterday
of
a
ten-year-old
bov
and
a
railroad
division
engineer.
The
Red
Cross
'said
that
335
are
still
unaccounted
for
in
the
Memorial
Day
flooding
of
Vanport,
Oregon.
,
SCHWELLENBACH
DIES
WASHINGTON
Labor
Secretary
Lewis
B.
Schwellenbach,
53,
former
senator
and
United
States
federal
judge,
died
today
aftej
a
long
illness.
MICHAEL-ANNE
WED
ATH
HNS
Michael,
youthful
ex-King
of
Rumania,
and
Anne,
24-year-old
Danish
princess
of
the
House
of
Bourbon-Parma,
were
married
today
in
the
Royal
Palace
here.
.
'
seasonal
fishing
industry.
This
payroll
it
is
estimated
that
the
Ntla.
The
statement
has
Alaska
cruise
party
of
some
235
members
of
the
Los
Angeles
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Only
rising
waters.
Officials
expect
"atle
by
J.
N.
Finlavson,
mill
operation
and
supply
ac
that
repairs
will
take
three
days.
ply
elected
president:
'the
Some
houses
near
the
river
MCllities
of
the
Institute
President,
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
Secretary
E.
T.
Applewhaite
and
other
Chamber
leaders
will
welcome
the
ship
ln
a
suitable
way
as
she
arrives.
front
at
Trail
are
in
danger
c
being
swept
aw.
tivities
will
employ
at
least
1,000
men
undoubtedly
will
spark
the
creation
of
secondary
industries
i
and
it
is
likely
that
within
a
period
of
five
years,
Prince
Rupert's
current
population
of
0,009
disposal
of
the
authorities.
lV
been
shocked
by
what
llvC
heard
Rnri
nre
fullv
New
dykes
are
being
rushea
up
on
the
Nclson-Robson
road.
f
uf
the
seriousness
of
the
fl'Ml."
being
augmented
by
500
fresh
troops
drawn
from
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan
permanent
force
army
units,
which
arrived
by
air
from
Calgary
late
-to
Paper
for
Interior
Appreciated
The
Dally
News
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
the
only
dally
newspaper
which
has
been
reaching
Terrace
and
Smithers
since
.
.
May
.
24
and
communications
of
appreciation
have
been
received
at-
the
office
from
both
points.
.A
subscriber
at
Terrace
sends
in
his
renewal
with
the
following
comment:
"I
don't
know
how
It
gets
here
but
the
Dally
News
is
the
only
paper
wc
have
had
since
May
24
and
It
certainly
gets
well
read."
,
A
Smithers
woman
orders
the
paper
for
the
simple
reason
that
It
is
the
only
paper
reaching
there
from
outside.
-
-
When
the
railway
became
tied
up
by
flood
washouts,
the
Dally
News
resorted
to
air
delivery
of
the
paper
to
Terrace
and
Smithers
with
the
result
that
the
service
to
those
points
is
actually
Improved.
Nier
Hears
Views
Chamber
On
Reds
'"icr
Byron
Jnlinsnn
nf
Rrl-
A
great
storm
swept
the
Arrow
Lakes
yesterday
and
enormous
waves
damaged
at
least
two
homes.
There
was
thunder
and
lightning.
The
water
lias
becomcso
high
that
Syrlnga
Creek,
village
at
the
point
where
Lower
Arrow
Lake
narrows
into
the
main
Columbia
River,
has
been
evacuated
by
all
its
residents.
Fraser
Valley
residents
are
still
holding
their
breath
after
two
minor
breaks
threatened
to
touch
off
the
long-awaited
fireworks
along
B.C.'s
flood
defence
p'umbia
has
acknowledged
P
Horn
the
Prince
Rupert
fwt
0f
Commerce
of
an
ex-
day.
Long-suffering
Pitt
Meadows
succumbed
briefly
after
18
days
-of
watery
assault,
with
the
dyke
at
Junction
Pitt
and
Fraser
Rivers
cracking
under
the
strain.
The
breach
"Is
Tenviecf
"not
serious"
by
flood
control
authorities.
Flame
throwers
are'
being
called
into
the
fight
to
clear
the
will
double.
At
present,
excavation
for
the
mill
site
on
Watson
Island
is
in
Its
final
stages
and
work
on
actual
construction
of
the
plani
should
begin
this
year.
Originally
planned,
to
be
a
$15,000,000
venture,
the
estimated
cost
now
has
been
raised
to
$25,000,D0O.
The
mill
eventually
will
produce
up
to
400
tons
dally
of
celanese
pulp
which
will
be
further
processed
into
fabrics
in
company
plants
in
the
United
States.
It
Is
a
new
departure
in
that,
heretofore,
pulp
manufacturers
In
this
country
and
the
United
States
have
been
primarily
Interested
in
the
newsprint
mar
i
of
views
concerning
Of
Communist,
Infln-
f
"i
labor
unions.
The
Pre-
CEASE-FIRE
ORDERED
CAIRO
Cease-fire
orders
are
going
out
today
to
Arab
and
Jewish
troops
in
the
field.
They
are
being
told
to
stop
shooting,
starting
tomorrow
morning
for
four
weeks
during
which
time
efforts
will
be
made
to
settle
the
months'
old
Palestine
war
peaceably.
A
peace
conference,
will
be
held
on
the
Island
of
Rhodes.
RAIN
DELAYS
FIGHT
NEWARK,
New
Jersey
Rain
scored
a
one-day
knockout
over
Middleweight
champion
Rocky
Gra-0J
r-hflllemrer
Tony
Zale
Wednesday.
It
I
as
brought
the
matter
to
Fteiltion
of
thp
Mininler
nf
fur
his
consideration.
line.
Plagued
by
nlght-cfisis
and
near-crisis,
uneasy
flood-fighters
are
preparing
to
face
the
SOFTBALL
FLOOD
BENEFIT
FRIDAY,
JUNE
12
GYRO
PARK
6:30
King
Edward
Mighty
Mites
vs.
Bo-Me-Hi
Juniors
'ORTED
PROM
FiTTROPIT
Pato
plants
woro
firf
.nit.u
brush
frbm
the
dyke
tops.
The
cesond
break
was
reported
at
the
primary
dyke
on
West-ham
Island
near
the
mouth
of
the
Fraser.
Secondary
dykes
are
holdine.
P
in
Europe
on
the
coasts
severest
test
tonight,
with
the
tire,
reaching
th
climax
of
14.4
feeJiTrie
"flagging
ranks
are
T:15-r-Slaler's
Sea-Going
Slaves
vs.
Hicks'
Fraser
Farmcw
r1J"l
and
Pnrtimnl
ahnill-.
ket
and
not
especially
concerned.
postponed
their
scheduled
tittefight
untUtonight.
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f
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