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No.
118.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
19,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ftle
I
axafcin)
Relief
Contained-
lim
Budlg
Eight
Percent
Sales
Tax
on
rd
Surplus
Keported;
Budget
Fiscal
Highlights
itiona
I,
Domestic
Variety
of
Foods
Removed
No
Changes
In
Income
or
Business
Taxes
Looks
Like
Election
Not
In
Sight
tions
I
ouched
on
Immediate
Increase
In
Defence
llav
Although
Scene
Uncertain
BULLETINS
OTTAWA
(CP)
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
Monday
night
uncloaked
his
1948-49
budget
which
provides
only
meagre
tax
relief
$72,000,000
as
compared
with
$265,000,000
last
year
and
bluntly
told
the'
Canadian
taxpayer
that
he
will
have
to
carry-on
with
the
present
tax
liability
for
at
least
another
I
year.
Only
major
concession
was
ricq
Controls
Are
Ruled
Out
I
By
D'ARCY
O'DONNELL
.!
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
1WA-A
record
surplus
of
$670,000,000
for
is
fiscal
year
v,-as
reported
last
night
by
Minister
Abbott
in
his
budget
speech
to
the
a
'
OTTAWA,
(CP)
Highlights
of
the
fiscal
portion
of
Finance
Minister
Abbotts
budget
speech:
Estimated
surplus
of
$670,-000,000
for
the
1947-48
fiscal
year,
compared
with
$373,000,-000
in
1946-47.
Total
revenue
for
year
$2,-869,000,000,
a
decrease
of
$138,000,000.
Total
expenditures
for
year
$2,199,000,000,
a
decrease
of
$435,000,000.
Estimated
net
debt
at
end
of
fiscal
year
$12,378,000,000,
a
decrease
of
$1,043,000,000
from
the
peak
of
two
years
NEW
BRUNSWICK
VOTE
FREDERIC
TON
New
Brunswick
will
hold
a
general
election
Monday,
June
Zi,
Premier
J.
B.
McNair,
announced
today.
Premier
McNair
will
lead
his
Liberal
government
into
his
"third
general
elec
'
H
-
4
'
-
'-;.
v
the
repeal
of
the
eight
percent
.
.
.
!
1
3
tl-l
sales
tax
on
a
oroaa
list,
ui
tau-
ned,
packaged
and
processed
foods.
It
accounts
for
$20,000,-
REACTIONS
TO
BUDGET
Compared
with
a
1946-47
surplus
first
re-117
years
of
$373,000,000
which
was
great-
000
of
the
tax
relief
provided.
(jtutal
of
all
previous
total
$2,724,000,000
and
expendi
t
i
tures
$2,175,000,000.
tion.
The
government,
elected
August
1941,
now
holds
36
of
48
seats
with
the
Progressive-Conservative
opposition,
led
by
Hugh
McKay,
holding
eleven
and
an
Independent,
one.
NEGOTIATIONS
COLLAPSE
WASHINGTON
Contract
negotiations
between
John
L.
Lewis,
leader
of
the
United
The
minister
peppered
his
14,000-word
budget
speech
to
the
House
of
Comihons
with
the
disappointing
word
"No"
no
major
change
in
present
income
taxes,
no
changes
in
taxes
on
tobacco
and
liquor,
no
change
in
Meets
With
Mixed
Reception
Some
Industrialists
Pleased
At
Taffic
Changes
ago.
Gross
national
production
in
1947
exceeded
$13,000,000,-
INTERNATIONAL
SITUATION
fere
Conieaerauun.
,(,r
1947-48
were
$2,-f.d
expenditures
$2,-f
the
previous
year
bulled
$3,007,000,000
jtures
$2,634,000,000.
jtt
said
the
practice
i
lor
a
huge
surplus
prosperity
is
Justi-
OTTAWA
VH
Across
Canada
He
warned,
however,
that
the
international
situation
made
it
difficult
to
judge
how
much
might
be
needed
in
the
way
of
defence
expenditures.
000.,
up
13
per
cent
from
the
previous
year.
Most
of
the
increase
was
due
to
the
rise
In
prices
and
wage
rates.
The
government
assumes
today
reaction
to
the
federal
budget
included
praise
and
disappointment.
Praise
came
from
some
industrial
heads
on
t.yiff
changes
and
some
theatre
owners
on
the
dropping
of
the
federal
amuse
business
taxes,
no
change
in
heavy
Indirect
taxes
imposed
during
the
war.
Political
observers
immediately
seized
upon
the
budget
as
an
indication
that
there
would
be
no
federal
election
this
year.
If
there
were
to
have
been
ancl-
Mine
Workers
of
America
(CIO),
and
coal
operators
of
the
United
States,
collapsed
today
over
the
issue
of
seating
Joseph
E.
Moody,
president
of
the
Southern'
Coal
Producers'
Association,
in
the
conference.
though
so
far
the
government'
did
not
consider
"an
immediate
expansion
in
defence
acUvltics
to
be
necessary.
"I
feel
we
cannot
afford
to
4,
surplus,
consldcr-tiian
the
largest
prejudge.,
would
not
be
he
said
were
it
not
i
to
"check
lnflation-
ment
tax.
In
British
Columbia,
ection,
they
reasoned,
there
I
however,
there
is
legislation
to
I
1
'
overlook
the
possibility
that
de
proclaim
a
provincial
amusement
tax.
there
will
be
some
"small
further
increases
in
wages
and
other
incomes
and
some
prices
..."
Any
reasonable
increase
in
interest
rates
would
not
act
as
any
serious
break
on
business
expenditures
or
consumer
spending.
The
abrupt
decline
of
Vni-ted
States
dollar
reserves
has
been
slopped,
but
the
exchange
position
is
still
not
satisfactory.
veloping
events
in
the
international
field
may
sooner
or
later
make
it
necessary
to
increase
PRESENTS
BUDGET
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
minister
of
finance.
Housewives
are
cheered
by
the
death
of
the
federal
eight
per
would
have
been
wide
concessions.
Another
concession
was
for
the
elderly
taxpayer.
Those
sixty-five
years
old
or
over
will
get
an
extra
$500
income
tax
exemption,
retroactive
to
January
1
which
will
cost
the
treasury
our
expenditures
on
national
de
CONVICT
RECAPTURED
OTTAWA
Nicholas
(Nick)
Minillc,
one
of
Canada's
most
hunted
criminals,
is
today
behind
bars.
He"
was
captured
at
Oakland,
California,
yesterday
after
a
nine
months'
international
hunt.
Minille
es
cent
sales
tax
on
some
goods.
this
time
and
to
'll.
bt
as
quickly
as
we
f.e
circumstances
as
i
-.hey
have
been."
f
:
never
be
a
better
Ire
the
burden
of
our
f
We
can
do
it
now
tdshin
and
thereby
fence,"
he
said.
It
should
mean
cheaper
canned
TO
SUSPEND
In
the
speech,
which
touched
goods,
ham
and
bacon.
Premier
T.
C.
Douglas
of
Sas-1
on
both
international
and
do
AV.W.W.v.-rt-.ViiMW
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
3
u
Ji-hnMoo
On
l.trt
Vancouver
JOHESACT
mestic
economic
pictures,
Mr.
om
katchewan
is
disappointed.
He
Abbott
made
these
other
points:
caped
from
Kingston
Penitentiary
last
August
along
with
said
that
income
tax
reductions
iot.j9fr-toajta
-groups-
sould
1.
The
abrupt
decline
of
Can
in
better
position)
extra
burdens
w
assume
when
our
May
be
Done
Again
in
Case
&
fortland
Canal
Mine
V
Danald
-
Nidcy
McDonald"
.
Bralorne
:C:4
,-.y0Q-4
have
been
in
order.
ada's
reserves
of
United
States
dollars
has
been
stopped
but
an
$5,000,000
per
year.
The
Dominion
has
also
dropped
,
the...
taxes.
Da,.Jaorse.J-ace
.
bets,
theatres
and
other
places"
of
amusement
including
night
clubs.
,
Other
big
Items
are
$12,000,-000
to
$14,000,000
in
tariff
slashes
and
temporary
suspension
of
ail
duties
on
-British
cottons
and
rayon
piece
goods.
early
lifting
of-
Import
controls
RETAILERS
ASK
PERCENTAGE
OF
cannot
be
expected.
Canada's
gross
national
pro
duction
in
1947
amounted
.
B.
R.
Con
02'j
B.
R.
X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1-64
Dcntonia
-
'-01
54
Grull
Wihksne
04
Hedley
Mascot
52
Minto
02
V2
Pend
Oreille
4-30
Irume
becomes
less
iiiher
untoward
de-
k'ciir."
jus
reduced
the
.net
0378,000,000,
as
of
B)48.
ft
this
represents
a
$043,000,000
from
the
SALES
TAX
Canadian
Minister
To
Brazil
Named
.
OTTAWA
James
S.
Macdon-ald,
of
Ooldenville,
Nova
Scotia,
has
been
appointed
Canadian
ambassador
to
Brazil,
the
Secretary
of
State
announced
last
week.
bank
robber,
41,
and
Olysse
Lauzon,
26.
,
He
was
serving
time
for
a
taxi
driver
kidnapping.
GRAECO
WINS
MONTREAL
Johnny
Greco
retained
his
welterweight
crown
last
night
when
he
scored
a
decision
over
hardhitting
Harry
Hurst
of
Montreal.
Greco
was
the
unanimous
choice
of
three
judges
in
a
twelve-rounder.
$13,165,000,000.
compared
with
$11,613,000,000
In
1946.
3.
Canada
cannot
now
return
to
over-all
price
control
and
Prlnre
RuDert
Retail
Mer
There
are
no
changes
in
taxe.3
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
0
A
bill
to
permit
Canadian
vessels
to
transport
between
United
States
ports,
products
of,
and
supplies
for
the
Riverside
mine
up
the
Salmon
River
valley
from
Hyder,
Alaska,
was
approved
by
a
House
of
Representatives
sub-committee
today.
Such
an
arrangement
involving
a
suspension
of
the
Jones
Act
in
this"
particular
instance
owing
to
local
shipping
circumstances,
formerly
existed,
permitting
Canadian
ships
to
chants'
Association,
which
regis
on
liquors
and
tobaccos
and
the
years
ago,
it
is
still
tered
protest
against
imposition
thirty
percent
corporation
tax
S3
untouched.
subsidies
in
the
hope
that
conditions
will
soon
return
to
nor
Mr.
Abbott
announced
he
was
Pioneer
3.00
Premier
Border
OS
Privateer
-20
Reeves
McDonald
2.00
Reno
08'2
Salmon
Gold
16
Sheep
Creek
108
Taylor
Bridge
;50
of
the
-provincial
three
percent
sales
tax,
Is
now
demanding
that,
since
the
tax
is
to
go
into
effect,
that
merchants
be
flowed
a
mal.
4.
Any
reasonable
increase
in
.
figure
and
a
ii.e
need
we
face
to
Jt
revenues
and
ex-),:;
such
a
way
as
to
:ii
,
e
maximum,
prac-
is
under
such
pros-Slitions
as
we
enjoy
budgeting
for
a
surplus
of
$489,-000,000
for
the
1948-49
fisal
year
on
the
basis
of
estimated
reven
interest
rates
would
not
act
as
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
May
20,
1948
High
11:44
18.9
feet
-
23:47
21.3
feet
percentage
for
collection
fees.
DANGEROUS
DIRK
The
nroner
name
for
the
dag
At
a
meeting
last
night,
the
ues
of
$2,664,000
and
expenditures
of
$2,175,000.
load
supplies
for
and
ore
from
Taku
River
40
3.9
feet
retailers
organization
decided
to
ger
of
the
Scottish
Highlander
is
!
Low
5:34
Vananda
314
17:39
5.8
feet
this
mine
either
at
Stewart
or
Hyder
urge
the
government
to
allow
the
dirk.
a
brake
on
business
expenditures
or
consumer
spending.
Mr.
Abbott
said
if
one
took
bookkcrping
transactions
Into
account
the
1947-48
surplus
amounted
to
$1,181,000,000.
This
included
cash
received
(Continued
on
Page
Six)
ntes
were
made
in
Iks,
Mr.
Abbott
cstl-
five
percent
for
the
merchants
Congress
03
V4
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalg
02
Vi
Silbak,
Premier
36
would
conclude
the
who
must
collect
the
impose
,
Earlier,
they
had
protested
thoj
thrnnirh
w.
H.
Brett.
M.L.A.
'
.0.
r
witli
a
surplus
of
Revenues
would
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
weather
is
expected
to
remain
clear
over
Vancouver
Island,
lower
mainland
and
the
Interior
today
and
Thursday,
A
storm
centre
In
the
Gulf
of
Al-
and
the
B.C.
division
of
the
Rc-
.0,'s
A.
P.
Con
:
M
tail
Association
of
Canada.
The
organization
also
discussed
the
sales
tax
law
which
provides
that
mall
orders
sent
to
Calmont
-55
C.
&
E
6.90
Foothills
3.00
Home
910
list
Team
to
Churt
Sail
ml
Chatham
Sound
W
tiler
Two
Young
Fishermen
aska
will
give
occasional
light
I
rain
along
the
northern
B.C.
stores
outside
the
province
will
be
tax-free.
Members
were
of
the
opinion
that
this
is
unfair
coast
through
Friday.
Drown
in
Sight
of
Home
WKiUAI'HY
CALLED
TO
AID
BIOLOGICAL
FINDING
FOK
SALMON
RESEARCH
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
Olive
Branch
Is
Rejected
WASHINGTON,
0)
The
United
States
Department
of
State
for
the
second
time
yesterday
re
to
British
Columbia
reianen,.
A
letter
from
the
Prince
Ru-
npxt.
four
months
lottes
and
North
Coast:
Southern
Section
Clear
today,
cloudy
Chamber
of
Commerce
mui
ntit
llLioin
win
-
frK
,
i-..
r
ru4U.
QmmiiJ
tt
the
moutriH
Ot
,
nert
i
ndll
VI)
lLeril
(jl
UUtttiitvui
wumii'i
-
-
-
.....
t
-mnir,
Perish
Before
Eyes
of
Helpless
Friends
Hubert
Husband
and
Freddy
Ross
Toronto
Athona
.
08
Aumaque
(
-17
Beattie
;
69
Bevcourt
36Vz
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Canadian
10
Consol."
Smelters
114.50
Conwest
1-10
Donalda
82
Eldona
,
1.27
East
Sullivan
'..
2.57
Giant
Yellowknife'
4.75
Ood's
Lake
66
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
CITY
(Special
to
Daily
News)
After
risking
their
lives
battling
severe
ami
Naaa
Rivers
m
that
other
scientists
may
be
,
asking
that
uie
-
,
mre
out
what
makes
aockeye
salmon
act
as
they
do.
open
for
one
evening
during
ttu.
Pacific
Oceanoirraphic
Group,
"combmcd
opera-
visit
next
month
h
fn
independent
government
geies
Chamber
of
Commerce
thkh
three
othnwise
Llnrie
organizations
have
pooled
men
faUed
to
meet
the
approval
of,
and
resources
to
gain
scientific
i
the
members.
They
decided
that
II
ItlWt
infnrmaUnn
which
may
be
of
he
visit
did
not
provide
justi-
Thursday,
wind
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday
At
Port
Hardy
42
and
55.
Northern
Section
Overcast
with
oc-s
casional
light
rain
today
and
Thursday.
Wind
southerly
(20),
little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
ThursdayAt,
Massett
45
and
53,
jected
a
proposal
of
Russia
to
sit
down
and
negotiate
directly
for
the
settlement
of
differences
Reply
to
a
suggestion
of
nego
storms
in
a
32-foot
fishing
boat
on
the
treacherous
west
coast
of
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
two
young
men
Hubert
Husband,
aged
27,
and
Freddy
Ross,
fifteen,
both
residents
of
the
Islands
from
birth
were
v
vJIIL
L.,m
tn
all
,
fif-fttinn
for
remaining
open
be-
N
VOTE
But
primarily,
its
object
Is
to
yond
tne
regular
hours
and,
that
learn
the
effect
of
the
fresh-
lf
it
were
done,
it
might
set
a
water
outflow
of
the
Skeena
and
precedent
which
might
be
un-
tiation
made
Monday
nignt
Dy
Premier
Stalin,
the
State
Department
said
that
the
subjects
proposed
for
discussion
were
not
of
drowned
at
8
o'clock
Monday
Prince
Rupert
45
and
53.
Naas
Rivers
on
tne
misiwj
satisfactory
I
-
After
three
fu'linn
Affairs
Com-
Hardrock
16
Harricana
08
Heva
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12
Vi
Hosco
34
Jacknife
05
Joliet
Quebec
40
Lake
Rowan
.09
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Lapaska
05
Vi
Jerusalem
In
The
grievance
committee
re
sockeye
and
pink
salmon
whicn
are
a
major
factor
of
Canada's
unilateral
nature
but
involved
other
nations
and
were
matters
in
which
the
United
Nations
and
Council
of
Foreign
Ministers
ported
that
it
had
registered
a
nrntest
aualnst
"unwarranted'
recommended
that
Indians
be
civen
the
night
within
sight
of
home
and
before
the
,
eyes
of
friends
on
shore.
Husband
and
Ross
had
reached
port
safely
with
a
load
of
halibut
and,
after
making
delivery
of
the
fish
at
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.'s
camp
at
west
coast
economy.
Fish
Sales
American
Northern,
54,000,
17:20,
16:50
and
9:50,
Storage.
Canadian
Heading
the
expedition
,wmcn
will
be
based
at
rrince
buf".
were
interested.
However,
it
was
encouraging
that
Premier
Stalin
is
Dr.
John
P.
Tully,
M.B.L.,
vet-
t
,Vin
HPS-
Arab
Hands
CAIRO
Arab
troops
are
in
complete
control
oi
Jerusalem
today,
said
an
Arab
League
rises
in
meat
prices
with
the
federal
parliament
committee
investigating
the
meat
situation.
Chairman
was
J.
D.
McRac,
vice-president,
in
the
.absence
of
W.
M.
Watts,
president.
There
were
20
members
present.
had
declared
that
a
peaceful
settlement
was
"possible
and
eni
oceanograpuci,
Arctric
I,
22.000,
Co-op.
Rodney
P.,
16,000,
Co-op.
I
another
committee
f
Problem.
The
com-4"ot
decided
whether
fcicndatkm
should
be
Nevertheless,
the
mat-fthc
doorstep
of
the
flections
committee.
cribes
himself
as
"a
physicist,
not
a
biologist,"
despite
the
fact
necessary."
Prime
Minister
Stalin
said
Skldegate,
were
returning
on
board
when
their
dinghy
collapsed
in
a
stormy
sea.
Three
occupants
were
thrown
into
the
water.
One
held
on
to
the
overturned
dinghy
ana
reached
shore
safely
but
the
other
two
lies
that
he
is
a
member
of
tne
pacific
Fisheries
Biological
Station
oh
TManaimo.
spokesman.
He
said
that
all
Jews
in
the
Holy
City
had
sur
rendered
to
the
TransJordan
wuh
him
is
Dr.
O.
L.
Plckard,
Little
Loeg
Lac
91
Lynx
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Madsen
Red
Lake
2.71
McKcnzle
Red
Lake
47
Mcbeod
Cockshutt
....
1.12
Moneta
..36
Negus
i
2.48
Noranda
51.00
Louvicourt
.'.
66
Pickle
Crow
2.20
Rcgcourt
06
San
Antonio
3.85
Sherrit
Gordon
2.65
Senator
Rouyn
43
Steep
Rock
2.16
Sturgeon
River
17
Silver
Miller
28
legion
last
night.
JAYCEE
PARLEY
IS
COMING
HERE
Channel
Islands
Liberation
Stamps
OTTAWA
A
special
issue
of
postage
stamps
to
commemorate
the
liberation
of
the
Channel
Islands
in
1945
went
on
sale
in
the
United
Kingdom
in
May.
Monday
night
that
Russia
was
ready,
if
United
States
was
willing,
to
negotiate
differences
between
the
two
countries
on
the
basis
of
recent
proposals
to
him
(by
Henry
A.
Wallace
of
the
United
States.
disappeared
within
sight
cf
friends
who
were
powerless
to
minations
f
Unchanged
A
'if'
Nominations
M
B.E.,
an
associate
professor
of
physics
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia.
He
is
an
English
scientist
who
has
done
experiments
with
temperature
in
King
Abdullah's
desert
legion
had
the
city
In
its
steel
grip
and
the
strategic
outlook
for
help.
Alarm
was
sent
out
and
boats
l(1ay
for
the
Mav
31
went
to
the
rescue
but
failed
to
the
Jews
was
hopeless,
tne
spokesman
said.
Stalin
was
replying
to
Wall
1
y-election
with
no
Of
double
normal
size,
they
depict
scenes
of
seaweed
gather
aces
"open
letter
'
wnicn
tne
additions
to
the
dates
nominal,.)
i.
In
Tel
Aviv
military
head
third
party
candidate
for
Pres-
ing,
,an
important
Industry
ot
the
islands.
reach
the
unfortunate
pair.
Dragging
operations
were
immediately
instituted
and
the
bodies
recovered
but
all
efforts
to
restore
life
were
in
vain.
Regional
conference
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
"British
Columbia,
being
held
this
week
at
Victoria,
has
chosen
Prince
Rupert
as
the
venue
for
1949,
according
to
a
message
receded
this
morning
by
President
A.
P.
Crawley
from
his
delegates.
The
local
delegates
are
Stuart
Furk,
Harold
Helgerson
and
Eddie
Mussallem,
the
range
of
"aDsoiuu;
.w
and
during
the
war
was
attached
to
the
RAF.
production
and
meteorological
branches.
Their
assistants
are
Richard
H.
Herlinveaux
and
Allan
J.
Dodlmead,
both
highly
trained
quarters
said
that
Jewish
troops
had
cracked
through
Zion
gate
,
,ident
of
the
United
States
ad-
LOTS
OF
LEEWAY
'dressed
to
the
Russian
Prime
After
spawning,
salmon
eggs
Minister
May
11
at
a
political
take
3D
to
160'
days
to
hatch,
rally
In
New
York.
Stalin's
in
a
midnight
attack
on
Jeru
Mr.
Husband
is
married
and
salem
and
linked
up
with
Jewish
I
six
weeks
ago,
E.
J.
president
of
the
As-rowers
0f
British
LLiberal
candidate,
Is
I
w-
A.
c.
Bennett,
Conservative,
and
W,
C.
c
F
CUD
CHEWERS
Animals
such
as
cows,
sheep,
goats
and
deer
which
crew
a
cud,
are
called
ruminants.
deDendins?
on
the
temperature
answer
was
broadcast
over
the
has
five
children
ranging
in
ag'
from
two
to
seven
years.
defenders
in
the
old
city
of
Jer
usalem.
of
the
water.
Moscow
radio.
From
now
until
the
middle
of
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