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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
5,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
mem
peons
At
Canto
GREAT
WARSHIP
RETURNS
HOME
th
Sentence
For
Sullethu
4
Jinal
Is
Sought
President
Remaining
AtlNanking
to
Treat
With
Reds
for
Peace
POLISH
'PLOT'
IS
UNCOVERED
WARSAW,
Polish
security
police
today
announced
the
arrest
of
"several
scores"
of
former
members
of
the
home
army
who,
It
is
said,
were
plotting
against
the
lives
of
government
chiefs.
The
report
said
that
the
authorities
found
a
time
bomb
near
a
government
building
where
the
council
of
ministers
meets.
EST
(CP)
The
Communist-dominated
lungury
today
demanded
a
"hard
and
in-scntence
for
Joseph
Cardinal
Mindszcnty
!eath.
rian
prosecutors
never
ask
for
life
or
death
CANTON
1
(CP)
China's
government
opened
a
provisional
capital
here
today
and
hurriedly
brushed
up
defences
by
bringing
down
an
army
of
15,000
men
I
from
Shanghai.
A
government
spokesman
said
that
jseeutor
asks
lor
a
hit
it
moans
the
penalty
possible
,
by
hanging.
Canton
would
begin
functioning
as
a
capital
today
but
few
ministries
were
ready
for
business.
Premier
Sun
Fo
and
his
foreign
minister,
Do
Not
Be
Complacent
OTTAWA
Making
his
maiden
speech
In
Parliament
yesterday,
Hon.
L.
B.
Pearson,
the
new
minister
of
external
affairs,
cautioned
against
undne
optimism
over
apparent
easing
tension
in
the
iruernauonai
situation,
xne
only
reason
for
easing
of
strain
was
that
positive
efforts
were
being
SITUATION
NOT
ALARMING
WASHINGTON
Despite'
tumbling
prices
and
a
sharp
rise
in
unemployment,
official
reassurances
were
made
today
that
the
American
economic
situation
is
not
alarming.
There
ieven
a
silver
lining
in
what
looked
like
a
dark
cloud
on
the
economic
horizon.
The
dollar
w
ill
buy
a
little
more
than
it
did
u
few
months
ago.
-
BIG
MINING
OPERATION
VANCOU
VEK
A
$3,000,000
copper
mining
operation
will
be
started
March.l
at
Surdoch
Mines,
31
miles
west
of
Victoria,
Victor
Creedan,
manager
of
the
Hedley
Mascot
Gold
Mines,
announced
last
night.
The
new
subsidiary
will
be
built
at
Sunloch
Mines,
Jordan
River.
He
estimated
that
production
of
300
tons
daily
willbe
under
way
by
November
1951.
The
ore
body
was
developed
between
1917
and
15)20
by
Consolidated.
KILLED
CHILD
AND
SELF?
'ALHERNI
A
four-ye;tr-old
girl
fled
from
the
tracks
of
the
Esquimalt-Nanaimo
Railway
here
yesterday
but
her
mother
stopped
her
flight
and
moments
later
their
bodies
were
found
under
the
wheels
of
the
sixteenth
car
of
a
20-car
freight
train.
Police,
who
are
investigating
a
supposed
case
of
suicide,
identified
the
victims
as
Mrs.
Ellis
Ray
Wieglund,
43,
and
her
daughter,
Marilyn
Beverley.
The
incident
occurred
one
mile
from
the
Wiegland
home
where
the
father
is
unemployed
and
in
ill-health.
CANADA
BEST
SUPPLIER
LONDON
Treasury
officials
said
today
that
Canada
made
history
in
19
W,
displacing
United
States
as
Britain's
chief
supplier.
Britain's
largest
trade
deficit
with
any
country,
last
year.
was
with
Canada..
...m.
.
.,
..
'
:
I
VATICAN
SAYS
TRIAL
IS
FAKE
Britain
'and
United
States
Protest
at
Nature
of
Mindszenty
Hearing
ROME
The
Vatican
says
that
the
confession
of
Joseph
Car-
dinal
Mlndszenty
In
a
Hungarian
court
to
charges
of
treason,
es-
pionage
and
black
marketing
is
1
expressing
fear
that
a
confession
might
be
wrung
from
him
under
duress.
A
former
Premier
of
Hungary
says
that
Mindszcnty
was
tortured.
Both
United
States
and
Great
Britain
have
sent
nrotesta
nt
'
PARADISE
FOR
POPEYE
The
Chinese
were
eating
spinach
centuries
before
the
rest
of
the
world.,
made
by
the
western
powers
tola
fake.
It
recalls
a
statement
remove
conditions
abroad
which
by
Mindszcnty
prior
to
the
trial
in
.si.
iic
in
uie
en-
.
it
1
1
would
not
de-i-st
punishment
for
"
said
Prosecutor
n
a
final
summa-
atnr.
f
would
be
v
oil
ice
II
1
did
rcoi-dlngly.
not,
only
against
prima
IP
of
tJie
Roman
Catholic
;..u
against
six
co-U
arc
accused
of
i
)lol
ting
against
I
ami
illegal
deals
iflries.
ir
called
I
he
Car-Ities
"horrible
(lined
lo
accept
prelate's
ronfes-u
i
Li
in
court
that
.1
a'tions.
ATION
::i5H
it
comes
liili,
the
!
tjl
learned
at
it.s!
!u
la.t
nisht.
ki..'.t
of
the
cost
iiiis
an
arbitration
board
1
city
flu.-
v.cek
to
settle'
1
dispute
wilh
the
teach-i
DIFFERENTIAL
OTTAWA.
9.
British
Columbia's
application
for
removal
of
Its
Mountain
differential
freight
ra
was
under
consideration
by
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
today.
At
the
same
time
the
boarfi
had
before
It
a
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
request
for
a
simultaneous
Increase
of
two
per
cent
In
freight
rates
generally
if
it
should
decide
to
take
off
the
mountain
tariff.
SATISFIED
WITH
SNOW
REMOVAL
B.C.
Road
Suffering
Minimum
of
Winter
Damage
VICTORIA
lion.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works
has
re
turned
from
a
motor
trip
to
(he
Interior
country
as
far
as
Revcl-utokc.
Mr.
Carson
staled
that
the
province's
hljjhways
should
be
found
In
good
shape
this
year
with
a
minimum
of
winter
deterioration,
chiefly
because
of
the
steady
cold.-
When,
he
sold,
there
arc
spells
of
frost
and
then
weeks
of
mild
weather,
and
then
return
to
zero,
road
sur-
Thls
Is
clearly
seen.
'Hungary
at
the
trial
being,10
7'
lne
lerritorial
House
Pass"
closed
to
foreign
observers
cd
a
bul
aimed
at
preventing
Alaska
canneries
from
develop-
s
given
as
approximately
;
nice
suffers,
;
once
spring
comes.
The
minister
is
well
satisfied
with
snow
re-
i
it
LONDON
The
British
battleship
Royal
Sovereign,
manned
by
a
Russian
crew,
has
returned
to
England.
The
warship
was'
fcaned
to
Russia
during
the
war.
:
Several
changes
are
noted.
These!
include
removal
of
most
of
Uie
big
guns,
but
they
are
said
to
be
still
aboard
ship.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
weather
disturbance
which
centred
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
this
morning
Is
expected
to
move
gradually
down
the
coast
bringing
snow
to
the
north
coast
today
and
to
the
south
coast
tomorrow.
Increased
cloudiness
over
the
western
sec-lion
of
the
province
will
keep
temperatures
from
dropping
quite
as
low
as
last
night
but
In
the
eastern
section
clear!
skies
will
allow
temperatures
to
drop
well
below
zero.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Snow
today.
Cloudy
with
snuw
flurries
tomorrow.
jWind
southerly
(20
ni.p.h)
to-
fl:iv
o'cd
I9n.
m.
i
quite
so
cold
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow:
Port
Hardy
28
and
32,
Massett
25
and
32,
Prince
Rupert
25
and
32.
OX
Football
Association
Cup,
Fourth
Hound
,.
lu.jiluyn
.-
Blackpool
0,
Stoke
City
1.
Bradford
1,
Manchester
United
1
(after
extra
time).
Huddersficld
Town
1,
Newport
County
3.
Amateur
International
Match
England
0,
Ireland
1.
First
Division
Arsenal
5,
Sunderland
0.
Birmingham
City
0,
Burnley
0.
Chelsea
5,
Preston
North
End
3.
Derby
County
3,
Wolverhampton
Wandeders
2.
Liverpool
0,
Everkm
0
(tlei.
Newcastle
United
2,
Charlton
Athletic
0.
Portsmouth
3,
Manchester
City
1.
Following
games
were
postponed
becausa
of
cup
replays:
Blackpool
vs.
Bolton
Wanderers,
Huddesrfield
Town
vs.
Aston
Villa,
Manchester
United
vs.
Sheffield
United,
Middles-
borough
vs.
Stoke
City.
Scottish
Cup,
Second
Round
Alloa
Athletic
vs.
Clyde,
postponed.
Ayr
United
0,
Morton
2.
Cowdenbeath
1,
East
Fife
2.
Dumbarton
1
,
Dundee
United
1
(tie).
Dundee
0,
St.
Mirren
0
(tie).
Hearts
3,
Third
Lanark
1.
Hibernians
1,
Ralt.li
Rovers
1
(tic).
Motherwell
0,
Rangers
3.
Partick
Thistle
3,
Queen
ol
the
South
0.
Stcuhouseinuir
vs.
Albion
Rovers,
postponed.
Second
Division.
F.nglish
League
Blackburn
Rovers
1,
Fulhani
0.
Bury
1,
Tottenham
Hotspur
1
(tie).
Cardiff
City
1,
Nottingham
Forest
0.
Chesterfield
1,
Leicester
City
1
(tie).
Lincoln
City
0,
Leeds
United
0
(tie).
Luton
Town
1,
Barnsley
0.
Plymouth
Argyle
2,
West
Hum
United
0.
Queens
'Park
Rangers
1,
Orlmsby
Town
2.
Sheffield
Wednesday
2,
Coventry
City
1.
West
Bromwlch
Albion
2,
Brentford
0.
Bradford
vs.
Southampton,
postponed
because
of
cup
replays.
All
Scottish
League
division
games
postponed
because
of
second
round
Scottish
Cup
games.
Wu
Te-Chen,
had
arrived
from
Shanghai.
Acting
President
LI
Tsung-Jen,
however,
la
staying
behind
in
Nanking.
Sources
close
to
Li
Tsung-Jen
said
today
that
the
Communists
had
given
an
answer
to
his
peace
proposals,
the
reply
being
described
as
"at
least
a
first
step
towards
opening
of
formal
ne-
eotiatlnns
"
Detalls
are
still
lacking.
11
A
1
1
1
l
nntWEMT
iVYUULU
rKtfLli!
CANNERY
FLEETS
Measure
Introduced
In
Territorial
Legislature
at
Juneau
JUNEAU
fc-By
a
vote
of
17
mg
meir
own
power-driven
iish-
ing
fleets.
Representatives
Allied
Owen,
jr.,
of
Anchorage,
former
Ko-diak
Democrat,
introduced
the
bill.
,
,
Tiie-i
measure.
...would
Umgosp.
a
maximum
tax
of
$5000
for
each
jy-1001
or
larger
coat
above
a
total
of
nine
boats
operated
by
a
single
owner.
Girl
Shoplifters
Are
Apprehended
SPOKANE
A
ring,
consisting
of
nine
girls,
is
being
investigated.
The
girls
all
belong
in
comfortable
law-abiding
homes
yet
their
chief
purpose,
as
an
organization,
is
to
steal.
They
enter
large
department
stores,
as
purchasers,
but
while
there,
have
managed
to
do
a
lot
of
thieving.
At
first
.there
was
no
detection
because
of
lack
of
suspicion.
The
girls
have
been
arrested
for
shoplifting
but
will
prohably
be
released
with
their
parents
making
restitution.
V.
.
I
"
1
'
DRIVER
SURRENDERS
Virgil
Barkman,
49-year
old
Toronto
barber,
who
surrendered
to
police
this
week
during
the
height
of
a
wide-spread
hunt
for
the
driver
of
an
automobile
which
struck
and
killed
William
Miller,
21,
and
seriously
injured
his
fiancee,
19-year
old
Helen
Blllson
as
they
walked
on
a
suburban
Toronto
highway.
Barkman
admit-ed
he
drove
the
car.
(CP
Photo)
Water
Conservation
Urged
As
City
Power
Saving
Measure
Cold
and
Rainless
Season
Is
Reducing
.
Hydro
Supply
Northern
B.C.
Power'
Co.
Prince
Rupert
citizens
r
were
requested
today
to
conserve
water
to
aid
a
power-saving
measure
by
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
as
a
result
of
rainless
weeks
and
sub-freezing
temperatures
which
have
reduced
the
water
level
at
the
Falls
River
Ham,
the
city's
main
source
of
electric
energy.
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19
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Lake
40
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.10
Monet-a
49
moval
work
on
interior
roads.
Railway
Line
Is
Now
Clear
Trains
Kuemiiiff
After
Interruption
of
Week
After
a
week's
lnterruutlon
on
i
account
of
a
series
of
mishaps,
raffle
on
the
Prince
Rupert
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
is
being
resumed
today.
The
divisional
superintendent's
office
announces
that
the
line
was
clear
at
9
o'clock
this
morn
ing,
the
last
obstruction
having
been
a
snowslide
two
miles
west
ol
KwlnlUsu.
The
first
freight
train
Is
due
at
3
o'clock
this
afternoon
and
will
be
followed
later
In
the
clay
by
others.
The
regular
passenger
train
from
the
East,"
first
to
arrive
since
a
week
ago
tonight,
Is
reported
two
hours
late
which
would
bring
It
In
at
13
:45
midnight.
The
first
passenger
train
for
he
East
lu
a
week,
having
been
held
In
waiting
since
last
evening,
got
away
at
3:30
this
morning.
Yesterday
afternoon
further
encouraged
surrender
to
com
munism.
There
were
no
appeasement
signs
from
Moscow.
Pearson
warned
against
conciliatory
statements
by
Stalin
and
Soviet
leaders.
It
would
be
well
to
remember
that
Soviet
leaders
had
affirmed
that
it
was
inconceivable
that
the
Soviet
could
not
exist
in
-
1
definitely
as
a
Communist
state
alongside
capitalistic
countries.
However,
admitted
Mr.
Pear
son,
it
would
be
folly
to
ignore
peace
signs
from
Moscow.
"The
door
to
co-operation
should
always
be
open,"
he
said,
'but
'
not
to
admit
Trojan
v
'
horses."
The
minister
of
external
af-'
fairs
roused
the
House
when
he
said
that
only
the
Progressive-
Continued
on
Page
6)
Falls
River
plant
out
of
the
pic
ture,
water
for
the
dry
dock
steam
plant
will
be
drawn
from
the
Woodsworth
-
Shawatlans
watershed.
"If
the
situation
doesn't
change,
we
will
soon
be
drawing
all
our
water
for
domestic
and
power
purposes
from
Shawatlans
and
Woodsworth,"
Mr.
Black
said.
"To
conserve
water,
we
are
asking
that
city
residents
be
as
economical
as
possible
in
their
use
of
It.",
Head
of
water
behind
'the
Falls
River
dam,
which
Is
normally
more
than
25
feet,
is
now
less
than.
10
feet,
Mr.
Black
said.
This
would
provide
a
power
output
for
a
maximum
of
two
weeks.
"However,
we
cannot
take
all
the
water
from
Falls
River,
so
we
will
have
to
shut
it
clown
in
about
a
week
if
things
continue
as
they
are,"
he
said.
Lack
of
rain
and
freezing
weather
has
reduced
the
runoff
into
the
Falls
River
reservoir
to
practically
nothing.
The
situation
at
Woodsworth
and
Shawatlans
is
not
so
marked,
but
the
water
level
Is
now
down
about
18
inches
below
its
normal
level.
The
power
company
plans
to
review
the
situation
at
the
beginning
of
the
week,
but
in
the
meantime,
co-operation
on
the
part
of
the
citizens
is
urged.
The
normal
elevation
of
the
water
at
Falls
Creek
dam
is
302
feet.
Today
it
was
down
to
288.8
iect.
The
Woodworth
Lake
elevation
is
normally
351
feet.
It
has
dropped
a
foot
and
a
-half
since
the
first
of
the
week.
Shake-Up
In
Greek
Guerrilla
Leaders
ATHENS,
fl)
Major
shake-up
of
the
Communist
guerrilla
leadership
in
a
three-year
civil
war
against
the
government
has
taken
place.
The
underground
chief,
Markos
Vaflades,
has
been
relieved
of
his
political
leadership.
No
successor
is
mentioned.
"DIABOLICAL
DISGRACE"
VICTORIA
Crown
counsel,
Carcw
Martin,
In
appeal
court,
described
as
an
"absolute
diabolical
disgrace"
the
thrce-ycaT
sentence
given
two
loggers
by
Magistrate
W.
W.
B.
Mclnns
in
Vancouver
for
breaking
windows.
In
a
report
on
the
case,
the
magistrate
said
that
the
men
had
been
violently
talking
anti-scnietism
and
had
heaved
rocks
through
windows
where
they
thought
Jews
were
doing
business.
IRAN
SHAH
IS
WOUNDED
TEHRAN,
Iran
-Iran's
Leftist
party
was
outlawed
today
an
done
of
its
members
blamed
for
trying
to
assassinate
Shah
Mohammed
Reza
rahelvl
last
night.'
The
alleged
assailant,
a
newspaperman,
died
in
hospital
last
night
of
Injuries
received
at
the
hands
of
a
mob
which
seized
him
after
he
had
'fired
five
shots
at
the
ruler.
Two
bullel.t
struck
him
but
ho
suffered
only
minor
injuries.
t
il
f'OSl
agreement
with
srbitivitlon
board,
both
sire
to
pay
the
cost
of
iwn
representative
on
the
nun
tend,
plus
half
the
)l
the
bo
M
!l
chairman.
In
A
boSh
were
responsible
wl'jof
their
advocates
"tstitfal
their
eases
to
the
.!v
(I
Mjinber.s
added
up
''.Jrc
l
the
cost
to
about
f
idph
about
$r00
was
e
arfvfcatc
who
prepared
ui
(
their
brier.
No
1,1
-
placed
oil
the
I
i
una
teachers'
Awnn.,.
il
.Strain,
coming
.
made
the
trustless.
There
were
I
i.it,
should
arbi-
iiinKs
ve
desirable
!"'"!
wonid
endea-
01
''
its
h'htvvciit
i.
ilOYED
CREASE
...
I
I
'IM
1.1.
''
number
of
utm-'"l
.Slal.es
is
2,ii(),-of
7(111,0(10.
I
PRICES
LLiNG
laaska
-
The
prlccBnow
meat
has
tlionncd
l"i"ms
in
a
week.
'nisas
Oily
,iiv,,
Kr.
'
f
W.miiumo.
One
""s
l"'
the
price
severity
f
,lic
wm
veepin,,
the
west-
!
'
"l
he
Uxrlt
i,f
t.f
n
and
u-vii
for
live-'"R
fainici-n
I,,
i...i.
'
i"
1
u.i
I
market.
Buyer
re-
Ul('
retail
market
Is
Mali
NIGHT
vs.
Brownwoorts
While
the
situation
has
not
reached
a
critical
stage,
any
curtailment
or
halting
of
power
production
at
the
Falls
River
plant
would
throw
an
added
burden
on
the
company's
Sha-watlans
Lake
plant,
which
is
on
the
same
drainage
system
from
which
the
city
draws
Its
domestic
water
supply.
T.
B.
Black,
general
manager
of
.
the
power
company,
said
today
that,
under
present
weather
conditions,
the
Falls
River
plant
will
be
able
to
operate
normally
not
more
than
another
week.
After
that,
power
could
be
provided
by
the
dry
dock
steam
plant
and
the
Shawatlans
hydro
plant.
At
present,
the
water
level
at
Woodsworth
and
Shawatlans
Lakes
is
about
normal,
but
stoppage
of
the
Falls
River
plant,
about
60
miles
up
the
Ecstall
River,
will
make
them
the
sole
sources
of
water
for
Prince
Rupert's
power
supply.
The
Shawatlans
plant
Is
capable
of
producing
only
about
30
percent
of
the
normal
power
requirement
of
the
city.
With
the
Mieiay
unci
developed
when
a
plow,
working
from
the
ifust.
wos
dcrnll,,,!
In
f
,.,,..lnti
ty
snow."
'J'hc
clearing
of
the
railway
lie
will
be
followed
by
the
dc-hHy
f
wil
supplies
which
had
brt
held
up
and
of
which
the
ell
Is
becoming
In
critical
need.
lring
the
railway
tie-up
nor
mal
nilk
deliveries
to
local
dan,
from
the
interior
were
lntenpied
and
milk
had
to
be
brougt.in
by
boat
from
Van-couvc.the
Northland
Dairy
re-sortinn,0
.use
of
aircraft.
LCAL
TIDES
Sunda
February
6,
1919
High
6:29
18.2
feet
S
19:25
14.6
feet
Low
.
13:29
8.4
feet
'
CITY
O
!
V
It
I
N
V
K
It
V
V
K
It
T
NOTICE
TO
WATER
USERS
Due
to
shortage
of
water
at
Falls
River,
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
will
be
Increasing
the
production
of
power
horn
the
Sharatlans
Lake
source.
As
this
lake
also
supplies
the
city
with
water
for
domestic
and
industrial
use,
the
co-operation
of
all
citizens
is
asked
and
they
are
requested
to
use
water
as
sparingly
as
possible
In
order
to
avoid
a
water
and
power
shortage.
.
,
,
J.
E,
ARNOLD,
Mayor.
PRINCE
RUPERT
FISHERMEN'S
CO-OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION
Membership
Meeting
s
Sunday,
February
6,
2
p.m.
ODDFELLOWS'
HALL
(30)
To
discuss
business
concerning
the
stores
and
camps
1