PHONE
STAiT"CABS
11IGS
irrv
L
if
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
XXXVII,
No.
219.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
17,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
m
3RNAD0T
IE
IS
S
MO
T
AMD
KILLED)
Palestine
Mediator
t
fCovoD
war
Dim
Dndiia
(Domes
To
0D'
Slain
by
Stem
Gang
In
Jewish
Jerusalem
MS
i
tefea
cargo
is
PLANE
SEARCH
Bulletin
I
IS
CONTINUING
"Jr
ir
Handled
Here;
All
Normal
Beaten
Quest
far
Missing
Official
U.S.
Machine
Concentrates
Now
Near
Wawowden
THE
PAS,
Manitoba
The
League
of
Nations
Security
Council
Is
Called
Into
Emergency
Session
PARIS,
(CP)
An
emergency
session
of
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
is
called
for
tomorrow-afternoon
here,to
consider
the
slaying
of
Count
Folke
Bernadotte,
United
Nations
mediator
in
Palestine','
who
was
shot
on
the
Jewish
side
of
Jerusalem
today."
The
announcement
was
made
soon
after
the
word
id'
search
is
still
on
for
a
missing
(CPl-
Unite
dStates
Navy
plane
which
disappeared
in
northern
Mani
i
1....:
toba
on
Sunday
while
enroule
to
In-
i
i
came
from
Amman,
Transjordan,
from
The
Pas
to
Port
Churchill
with
five
persons,
in'cluding
prominent
Canadian
and
Ameri
I
orfiei
-en
No
cargo
from
Alaska
diverted
from
strikebound
United
States
porta
is
being
handled
at
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
emphatically
stated
by
representatives
of
both
employing
and
employee
longshore
organizations
here
today.
Considerable
canned
salmon
and
lumber
cargo
is
being;
handled
through
Prince
Rupert
it
is
stated,
but
It
has
all
been
normally
booked
for
shipment
this
way
and
Is
definitely
not
"diverted"
because
of
strike
conditions
at
Seattle
and
other
ports.
Much
of
the
business
has
been
here
before
and
the
movement
is
entirely
normal
and
similar
to
t
hat
which
came
through
Prince
Rupert
at
the
end
of
the
Alaska
canning
season
last
year.
Inquiries
were
made
here
n
receipt
of
a
dispatch
from
Seattle
that
William
Oettings,
Seattle
C.I.O.
longshoreman's
representative,
had
said
today
that
affiliated
Canadian
longshoremen
at
Prince
Rupert
and
other
British
Columbia
ports
were
refusing
to
unload
cargoes
"diverted"
from
strikebound
United
States
ports.
It
was
recently
reported
that
the
bulk
of
the
southeastern
Alaska
canned
salmon
pack,
normally
moving
through
Seattle
would
be
diverted''
to
Prince
Rupert.
United
Nations
staff
of
the
slaying
of
Bernadotte
along
with
e
fire"
can
officials,
on
board.
French
colonel.
Bernadotte
and
the
French
man
"were
killed
In
the
Jewu,h
BLOCKADE
IS
TIGHTENED
Tightening
Up
in
Germany
Not
All
on
Allied
Side
BERLIN,
(CP)
The
western
allies
today
tightened
the
counter
Following
reports
of
people
who
said
they
heard
a
-plane
on
Sunday
in
that
vicinity,
the
search
is
now
concentrating
on
the
Wawowden
district,
120
miles
north
of
here.
sector
this
afternoon
by
men
in
Jewish
uniforms"
said
a
tele
.
tj.an
four
ej-rder
was
l
:.s
Indian
t
B
vdcrabad,
i
ir.g
only
i
the
capi-'Jjliis
forces
ft
of
their
;
to
wing
by
phoned
message
from
Commander
Seymour
at
an
American
VANCOUVER
ENRAGED
.
VANCOUVER
Announcement
that
the
steam-er
Princess
Adelaide,
which
hz
plied
between
Vancouver,
Ocean
Falls
and
Prince
Rupert
on
the
C.
P.R.'s
coast
run
for
many
years,
will
be
put
up
for
sale
October
14
and
the
service
scrapped
brought
howls
of
rage
today
from
tourist
officials.
William
Rundle,
secretary
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
customs
and
transportation
bureau-
said
"it
will
be
a
serious
setback
for
this
coast
next
summer
if
new
ships
do
not
arrive
in
time
for
the
tourist
trade."
BRITISH
DEFENCE
MEETING
LONDON
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
today
reviewed
the
international
situation
before
a
suddenly-summoned
meeting
of
key
cabinet
members
and
defence
chiefs.
There
is
to
be
a
debate
on
the
international
situation
in
Parliament
next
Tuesday.
SENTENCED
TO
LIFE
TORONTO
Leonard
Bernard
Smith,
25,
was
last
night
convicted
of
the
reduced
count
of
man-
slaughter
in
the
silk
stocking
slaying
of
red-haired
Mrs.
Lila
Adams,
aged
3.
He
was
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment.
The
woman's
body
was
found
in
a
garage
June
26-
-
JAPANESE
FLOOD
TOLL
TOKYO
Between
800
and
2,000
Japanese
have
been
killed,
injured
or
are
missing
in
flooded
Ichi.no-,
seki
City,
fifty
miles
north
of
Sendai,
Japanese
and
i
United
States
authorities
said
today.
school
in
Jerusalem.
.blockade
on
the
Russian
zone
I
to
shut
off
the
last
flow
of
The
American
consul
at
Jeru
salem
later
reported
that
Bernadotte
had
been
ambushed
and
shot
to
death
by
four
men."
goods
from
western
Germany.
Patrols
have
been
Increased
at
crossing
points
along
the
fron
Fisherman
Lost
Leg;
Succumbs
On
Plane
His
leg
caught
in
a
winch,
a
northern
fisherman,
Michael
Zendt
of
the
Wrangell
fishing
boat
Hannah,
owned
by
Warren
Todd
of
Wrangell,
died
aboard
a
t
t
u'
bur-
j
y.td
lost.
C
that
the
-jjc-r
would
i
(r
Nations
;
presumably
of
the
Stern
Gang.-
tier
to
halt
eastbound
freight
on
the
highways.
At
thp
same
The
so-called
Stern
Gang
Is
a
Woman
Mayor,
61,
Is
Still
Trying
To
Hold
Berlin
Together
Frau
Schroeder,
Frail
But
Cheerful,
Is
Caught
In
Middle
of
Four-Power
Row
,
By
A.
E.
SHANKE
Jewish
extremist
group.
time
the
air
lift
Into
Berlin
Is
in
the
continuing.
Threat
against
the
life
of
Bernadotte
had
been
made
by
the
Stern
Gang
recently
and
had
plane
while
being
taken
to
Ketchikan.
The
accident
occurred
last
week
at
Token
Bay.
His
leg
was
literally
torn
oil
before
the
power
could
be
stopped.
The
Hannah
is
a
seine
boat.
been
reported
to
United
Nations
officials
by
an
American
mili
tary
observer
who
had
just
re
!
P
E
II
L
I
N
(AP)
A
wisp
of
a
woman
mayor
is
:
trying
tq
hold
this
quartered,
besieeed
citv
together.
ID
I
Governing
a
city
of
ruins
and
3,500,000
hungry
Germans
over
which
the
Allies
are
nuarrpllinn-
would
hp
r
winch
Lull
'
a
tuo-ftsted
he-man's
job
any
place
in
the
world.
For
turned
from
Palestine.
Bernadotte
had
twice
succeeded
in
bringing
about
truces
in
the
war
for
Palestine
between
th
Arabs
And
tha
Jewarbut
the-truces
were
fitful
and
punctuated
by
shelling
and
fighting.
Both
sides
had,
appaerntly,
expected
the
present
truce,
now
two
month
s
old,
to
run
out
at
h
Col-
mc
imi
xo
uiuuuis
i
run
ui-year-oiu
Liouise
ncnroeuer
Ocean
Falls
Court
House.
Bids
Called.
Bids
for
the
construction
oi
a
court
house
nt
Ocean
Fall
will
be
received
up
to
the
end
of
September
.
The
estimated
cost
of
this
work
will
be
$85,000.
Has
oeen
snouiaerea
witn
the
YUGOSLAV
COAL
MINERS
GO
HOME
:
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Stt-at
ftlnre
task.
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UNHAPPY
MANCHESTER,
Eng.
Yugoslav
coal
miners
will
It
where
in
charge
Liberal
Now
Threatens
to
Kick
be
sent
home
because
the
na
nt
G
F.
the
of-
tional
coal
board
is
tired
of
finding
extra
food
for
them.
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n
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l-stra'ions
(
in
pre-
almost
any
moment.
Bernadotte,
-53
years
of
age,
was
head
of
the
Swedish
Red
Cross
and
the
husband
of
the
former
Estelle
Manville
of
New
York.
He
was
pephew
of
the
King
of
Sweden.
'.
The
killing
was
reported
to
have
occurred
at
5
p.m.
Jerusalem
time.
coalition
government,
attacked
British
miners'
rations
and
last
week
by
discontented
ele-
made
so
many
complaints
that
9-r
3?
has
4
-
for
ih"
m
mst
May,
sne
mougni
11
would
be
only
temporary
untli
j
the
four
Allied
commanders
could
agree
on
a
mayor.
The
Russians
refused
to
approve
Dr.
Ernst
Reuter,
a
Social
Dc-I
mocrat
who
was
duly
elected.
!
As
the
months
passed,
the
j
differences'
between
the
Russ-i
ian
commander
and
his
west-jern
opposite
numbers
deepened.
jAnd
now
Frau
Schroeder
has
i
landed
squarely
In
the
middle
i
f
an
Intense
East-West
strug-j
Kle
over
Berlin
and
the
wider
!
Issue
of
Germany.
money
In
the
capital
would
lead
to
economic
confusion.
Frau
Schroeder
is
affectionately
called
"Mother"
of
Berlin,
although
her
home
until
nine
years
ago
was
Altona,
near
Hamburg.
The
first
German
woman
to
occupy
such
an
important
office,
she
meets
visitors
easily
in
her
downtown
office
In
the
Russian
sector
of
Berlin.
Bright
eyes
behind
heavy
horn
-rimmed
glasses
bid
Visitors
welcome.
Her
office
breathes
the
woman's
touch
flowers
and
gay
table
covers
and
neat
stacks
of
papers
before
her
on
her
desk.
A
member
of
the
Social
Democratic
party,
Frau
Schroeder
wis
-elected
to
the
city
assembly
the
board
could
put
up
with
it
no
longer.
i
Cable
Stolen
From
Bottom
of
Ocean
TOKIO
Japan
reports
a
new
"low"
in
thieving.
Tests
on
a
cable,
long
unused,
between
Japan
and
Korea
reveal
that
a
large
part
of
the
cable
ments
in
the
Progressive-Conservative
party,
today
faces
a
challenge
from
within.
Edmond
Prefontaine,
Liberal-Progressive
member
for
Carillon,
charged
in
a
statement
last
night
that,
the
government
was
'perpetuating
certain
men
but
not
ideas
and
policies."
Prefontaine's
statement
fol-
LARGEST
SALMON
CARGO
LOADING
Liberty
Ship
Rrinpine
315,000
Cases
Valued
at
$7,000,000
KETCHIKAN
The
largest
single
cargo
of
canned
salmon
to
leave
Southeastern
Alaska
this
year
Is
now
being
loaded
aboard
the
Chief
Washakie,
a
10,000-ton
Liberty
ship
operated
by
Northland
Transportation
company.
When
the
vessel
leaves
here
for
discharge,
of
part
of
its
cargo
at
Prince
Rupert
it
will
be
loaded
with
315,000
cases
of
canned
iai-mon,
valued
at
more
than
;
f(,r
lne
I
Sitting
like
a
prim
I
of
Prince
!
marm
in
her
simple
office,
lows
unrest
last
week
in
the
had
been
stolen
from
the
ocean
grey
-haired
Frau
Schroeder
carries
her
responsibilities
cnlmly
and
cheerfully.
Every
move
she
makes
is
aimed
at
in
the
landslide
election
whicn
Progressive-Conservative
party
,
floor,
er
tug
H.
mLs
week
on
'
Esquimau.
Nr.
here
in
I
w,n
.
Toronto
over
the
nomination
in
the
Would
Clip
Chiang
Wings,
NANKING,
Of
Proposal
to
relieve
Generalissimo
Chains
Kai-Shek
of
personal
command
of
the
Chinese
forces
was
made
at
a
secret
session
of
the
legislative
Yuan
today
which
wants
to
pui
military
operations
under
the
Ministry
of
National
Defence
and
confine
presidential
intervention
to
questions
of
policy
and
strategy.
the
social
democrats
won
over
the
rival
Communist
dominated
Socialist
Unity
party
in
1946.
surmounting
the
unique
prob
-Miiut'r
mn.
Minnedosa
constituency
of
a
Liberal
to
seek
election
,
as
successor
to
a
Conservative.
35
PER
CENT
FORESTS
Thirty-five
per
cent
of
land
area
is
forested.
bcii,K
ear-
'
18
of
admlnlsterlng
a
worId
or
th'
capital
Qiviaea
Dy
me
occupying
powers.
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WARNS
AGAINST
DANGER
OF
COMMUNISM
1
Pourd
of
Skeena
f
Program.
'
Piekai
d,
"The
disunity
among
the
Allies
is
being
fought
out
on
the
backs
of
the
Berliners,"
she
says.
Berlin
is
innocent
V
an
Dorii.
ieriinvcaj
,bul
nas
become
the
sufferer."
Is
Described
as
"Incipient
Treason"
By
Barrister
Speaking
to
Rotarians
-
Communism
in
Canada
is
Hers
always
was
an
uneasy
M
Rupert,
synonymous
witn
treason
De-
been
swallowed
up
by
Russia's
ruthless
expansion
policy.
Eradicalton
of
this
form
of
treason
was
hampered
by
the
fact
that
when
the
government
took
steps
to
stamp
out
insip-ient
treason,
"there
is
a
great
hue
and
cry
about
danger
to
our
rights
and
civil
liberties,"
he
continued.
Often
those
who
protest
are
well-intentioned
but
misled
people
but
the
loud
wnt
a
lct-
cause
'Communists
are
support
ers
of
the
violent
overthrow
oi
iMcRae
ex-I
cf
hospi-
job
of
meeting
the
minds
of
East
and
West
without
offending
either.
She
was
doing
well,
all
agree.
But
then
this
last
great
crisis
developed
in
which
the
Russslans
are
trying
to
squeeze
the
western
powers
out
of
Berlin
through
a
blockade.
FOIR
COMMANDERS
Canadian
institutions
and
avowed
agents
of
a
foreign
FISH,
LUMBER
ARRIVE
HERE
Heavy
shipments
of
Alaskan
lumber
and
salmon
moved
into
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
and
today
from
the
north
for
transshipment
by
rail
to
the
United
States.
Three
packers
brought
nine
carloads
of
canned
salmon
while
two
scowloads
of
spruce
lumber
arrived
under
of
spruce
lumber
were
expeeted
to
arrive
under
tow
today.
Due
here
today
are
two
scows
which
brought
17
carloads
approximately
425.000
board
feet,
of
spruce
lumber
from
the
Columbia
Lumber
'
Corporation
mill
at
Sitka.
The
scows
are
towed
by
the
tug
Adak.
The
lumber
will
be
loaded
In-for
distribution
to
H.M.C.S
May
he-re
r
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
active
storm
was
lying:
across
the
Alaska
Panhandle
this
morning,
and
is
expected
to
move
south
to
the
vicinity
of
Vancouver
by
midnight
Saturday.
The
cloudy
skies
which
have
been
general
during
the
night
In
the
southern
Interior
are
expected
to
clear
by
this
afternoon.
Forecast
Northern
Coast
and
Charlottes,
northern
"section
Overcast
with
rain,
becoming
cloudy
with
showers
tonight
and
Saturday.
Winds
southeast
(25
m.
p.h.i
increasing
to
southeast
Conwest
1.12
Donalda
65
Eldona
1.04
'
Giant
Yellowknlfe
5.25
God's
Lake
56
Hardrock
24
Harricana
07
Heva
11
Hasco
.,
34
Jacknife
04
Vi
Joliet
Quebec
45
Lake
Rowan
08
Lapaska
06
Little
Long
Lac
71
Lynx
07
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.40
McKenzie
Red
Lake
33
McLeod
Cockshutt
94
Moneta
33
Negus
2.30
Noranda
48.50
Louvlcourt
60
Pickle
Crow
1.90
Regcourt
06
San
Antonio
3.75
Senator
Rouyn
48
Sherrit
Gordon
2.37
Steep
Rock
1.88
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
.34
"Since
the
Kommandatura
Allied
four-power
administration
of
Berlin)
failed.
.
I
now
must
deal
with
four
commanders
where
I
used
to
work
with
a
single
Allied
body,"
Frau
Schroeder
says.
"Everything
I
ST
1
power,
Prince
Rupert
Rotarians
were
told
at
their
weekly
luncheon
meeting
Thursday.
They
were
addressed
by
James
T.
Harvey,
city
barrister,
who
asserted
that
'there
is
no
mistake
about
it
Canadian
Communists
are
agents
of
Soviet
Russia."
"There
is
a
lot
of
incipient
treason
in
Canada
not
perhaps,
the
type
punishable
by
death
but
the
type
that
might
lead
to
that
brand
of
treason,"
he
declared.
'I
speak
of
the
nraHi
nf
the
Communist
est
cries
come
from
those
who
would
eliminate
all
freedom-
the
Communists.
Methods
used
by
Communists
to
dominate
or
disrupt
the
labor
unions
were
given
as
examples
of
their
tactics.
They
are
taught
to
enter
as
groups
Into
the
police,
army
and
navy,
carrying
on
their
activities
secretly.
Mr.
Harvey
was
thanked
by
George
C.
Mitchell,
who
acted
as
chairman
In
the
absence
of
President
D,
C.
Stevenson,
pt
Sleam-
want
to
do
must
have
four
ap-
I
Canadian
I
has
con-Pll(cl
in
the
UCn
Hill
COMMUNISTS
"TREASON"
J.
T.
Harvey
sees
danger
within
and
without.
Pi
ovals,
although
the
western
varlous
American
sales
points,
commanders
usually
act
In
I
former
army
freight
ves-"'!,:
sel
Great
Sltkan,
owned
by
Jack
"What's
worse,
the
com-1
Tyson
and
Don
Peterson
of
Ket-
-
"mi
Princess
withdrawn
nartv.
No
one
who
takes
part
In
ers
whose
aim
Is
to
advance
the
"auuers
are
Deginning
to
worK'chjkan,
arrived
from
tne
norm
Communist
cause.
Guests
at
the
meeting
were
w.
Communist
activities
can
avoid
Communist
teachlnes
have
J.
Alder.
Victoria;
J.
Ratten-
Wrvice.
a
treason.
Mr
Hnrvev
branded
it
"non
operate:
the
same
elements
of
gangster-
bury,
Vancouver;
Fred
Hems-
ern
port
Thursday
evening
with
tierces
and
canned
salmon
Her
trip
here
was
her
second
since
she
went
into
service
a
month
aco.
and
terrorism
as
those
of
worth,
Vancouver;
Ted
ivy,
r
cav
nr
t.n
feel
that
'sm
dcuai
'
"
.
i
ir.,
d
n
L-
Tor.
both
i"-"31"!
ic
asserteu.
in
ue-
viuuiuin
,
a.
i.
iwwo.
wiiuugu
meir
Dorough
mayors.
That
must
be
overcome.
I
am
working
to
hold
Berlin
together.
No
matter
what
the
Allies
say
or
do
Berlin
is
a
unit,
and
I
was
chosen
mayor
by
and
of
all
Berlin."
She
had
to
reieet
Russian
Canada
is
not
menaced
(30)
this
afternoon
and
veering
to
southwest
(20)
tonight.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday:
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert,
50
and
60.
Southern
Section
Cloudy,
becoming
overcast
this
afternoon.
Overcast
Saturday
morning,
becoming
cloudy
Saturday
afternoon.
Light
rain
beginning
tonight,
becoming
showery
Saturday
afternoon.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Satur
company,
has
Institution
Earlier
In
the
day,
the
packer
choslovakla
recently
we
saw
race;
Douglas
Leslie,
w.
j.
how
a
small
minority
aided
in
Scott,
Jarvis
McLeod,
Prince
establishing
Communist
rule.
Rupert.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Tune)
Saturday,
September
18,
1948
Sydney,
Capt.
Osmond
Hena-ri.Wsnri.
clfared
port
after
un
P
cost
of
within
and
without
by
the
policies
of
Communism.
Polar
proximity
to
Russia
and
inadequate
defence
measures
are
the
basis
of
the
outward
threat
while
within
are
an
estimated
23nrw
communist
party
mem-
loading
three
carloads
and
the
High
He
cited
the
Baltic
states
of
Latvia,
Lithuania
and
Esthon-ia
as
examples
of
nations
who
200
feet
20.0
feet
Arthur
Leighton
sailed
last
1:11
13:40
7:28
19:44
orders,
for
example,
that
the
Soviet
east
mark
was
the
only
legal
currency
In
Berlin,
although
she
knew
the
circulation
of
bgtjj
east
and
west
Low
4
2
feet
had
had
.
"mutual
assistance
night
on
the
Prince
George
for
Dagney.
Capt.
Joe
auraec
sailed
for
the
northafter
landing
two
carloads
of
canned
sal-niou.
...
fitted
of
iMotte
and
t
I-
54
feet
day:
Port
Hardy
50
and
59.
-
bers
and
245.000
eager
support-
pacts
forced
on
them
ar.d
had
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
i
1