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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
299.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
21,
1948
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f,ot
so
Extensive
as
indicated
Itcpairs
Liberals
Gain
Seat
In
Monday
Elections
OTTAWA
George
Drew,
national
Progressive-Conservative
leader,
and
Hon.
Stuart
Garson,
the
new
federal
Minister
of
Justice,
won
seats
in
Parliament
as
a
result
of
by-elections
held
yesterday.
Both
had
easy
victories
with
large
majoritie&j
Cul.
Drew
in
Carleton,
Ontario,
and
Mr.
Garson
in
Marquette,
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FIREMEN
RESCUE!
nrln
TWO
FROM
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!s
TWPQC
ROOMS
i
zed
,
to
the
floats
or
the
ipert
Rowing
it
Yacht
n
Sunday
afternoon's
ale
was
not
as
cxten-
,i
fii.t
appeared.
Most
,ats
wore
back
in
place
,,jni
held
temporarily
Manitoba.
In
a
third
by-eleetlon
1
yesterday
Leopold
Demers
carried
Laval-Two
Mountains,
Quebec,
for
the
government
party
which
thereby
made
a
gain
as
the
seat
had
formerly
been
held
by
an
Independent.
Carleton
and
Marquette
were
unchanged
in
political
stripe,
Conservative
THINKS
GOV'T
WOULD
LOSE
Canadian
Social
Credit
Leader
Thinks
Britain
Tired
of
Socialists
REOINA
An
election
in
Brit
EXECUTIONS
IMPENDING-TOKYO
Execution
of
Former
Premier
Tojo
and
six
other
Japanese
war
lords,
sentenced
to
hang
for
war
crimes,
may
be
carried
out
within
24
hours
following;
refusal
of
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
to
interfere
with
the
international
tribunal
which
condemned
them.
General
Douglas
Mac-Arthur
has
received
official
notification
of
the
Supreme
Court
decision.
He
announced
that
the
executions
would
be
carried
out
with
the
utmost
secrecy
and
would
not
be
announced
until
after
they
had
leen
completed..
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AHEAD
OF
SCHEDULE
liATA
VIA
Netherlands
forces,
continuing
their
"police
action"
in
Indonesia,
are
-ahead
of
'schedule
and
meeting
with
little
resistance.
The
United
Nations
is
taking
a
dim
view
of
the
action.
VANCOUVER
STORM
DAMAGE
VANCOUVER
Extent
of
damage
from
the
week-end
storm
in
and
around
Vancouver
is
estimated
at
$150,01$.
The
electric
company
alone
estimates
$50,000
damage.
A
total
of
9.3
inches
of
snow
fell.
succeeding
Conservative
and
Liberal,
Liberal.
pending
permanent
re-
pfciul
meeting
of
the
utivc
yesterday,
the
nmittee,
A.
P.
Crawley,
was
authorized
1)
repair
work
proceeded
xpedlliuusly
as
possible
11
be
carried
out
by
r-ic
&
Son.
Two
dol-:
be
renewed
and
gen-,
ir.s
to
floats
and
fit-riccl
out
nc,
most
of
the
boa
id
eme.genry
mooring
.many
of
them
at
Seal
-rangements
are
being
the
repair
of
the
ves-al
of
which
were
dam-
The
standing
of
the
parties
in
the
House
as
a
result
of
the
by-elections
Is
now:
Liberals,
124.
Progressive-Conservatives,
67.
CCS.,
32.
Social
Credit,
13.
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Others,
8.
BifOit
woman-;
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jumped
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FROM
HEBES:
ESCAPE
ROUTE
:
ain
today
would
see
the
Labor
Oovernment
overthrown,
says
Solon
Low
In
a
recent
Interview.
The
Social
Credit
leader
in
Canada
has
just
returned
from
a
visit
overseas.
"The"
people,"
he
declared,
"are
smarting
under
regimentation,
and
fed
up
with
queues.
They
have
come
to
believe
they
cannot
have
Socialist-planned
economies
and
freedom
at
the
One
seat
remains
vacant-
ppv"
-r
:r
tor
HAN
LUJ
Nicole
t-Yamaska
in
Quebec.
The
count
in
the
three
ridings
SELLING
MARGARINE
at
a
late
hour
last
night
was
as
same
time."
VANCOUVER
First,
margarine
went
on
sale
in
Vancouver
stores
yesterday
at
52c
per
pound.
KGE
laid
ER
MISHAP
follows:
Carleton
George
Drew,
P.-C,
12,252.
Eugene
Forsey,
C.C.F.,
3,384.
TURKEY
PRICE
IS
Falling
Tree
On
Telegraph
Lines
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J.
Nelson
McCracken.
S.C.
459.
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of
dangerous
driving
ally
laid
Mo
n
tl
a
y
icar
Steinberg,
as
a
rc-
INFORMER
IN
DEATH
PLUNGF
HIGH
THIS
YEAR
Two
Reasons
Why
Birds
Are
.
I
Away
Up
This
Christmas
;
Marquette
Stuart
Garson,
6223.
Total
telegraph
eonununica-
jii
automobile
accident
Mrs.
Earle
Keating,
C.C.F
2,328.
NEW
YORK
A
former
of-
existed
6ince
last
evening
when
'Tji,'
,?,.
"
Fiji
fmi
p
-
"
,
1
ficial
of
the
United
States
De-
a
large
tree
fell
over
the
lines
Laval-Two
Mountains
Price
of
Christmas
turkeys
are
a
car
carrying
several
.Tidied
into
a
power
Third
Avenue
in
front
'ust
Office
a
couple
of
:.
The
case
was
re-
near
Cassiar
Cannery,
14
miles
Lconold
Demers.
Liberal.
3.601.
running
as
much
as
80
cents
per
J.
Honore
Desy,
Republican,
pound
in
Prince
Rupert
this
-
1,675.
"-
j
yar.-
LMOtejffytlp-riKlefr
i
r
UX.il'ifiiaUaLU.
Vance
east
of
here.
Four
poles
were
sent
crashing
down
in
addition
to
tangled
wires.
It
was
expected
that
the
service
would
be
restored
this
afternoon.
malned
around
60c.
ii
afternoon.
A
Bruce
defence
counsel.
There
are
two
chief
factors
explaining
this
high
turkey
price
parUncnt
of
State
who
was
list
ed
in
congressional
testimony
today
us
one
or
those
who
al-medly
-"handed
out
secrets
for
Communist
spies
died
last
night
in
a
16-storey
plunge.
He
was
Laurence
Duggan,
expert
on
Latin-American
affairs
from
1930
to
1944,
who
dropped
from
a
midtown
office,
as
espionage
prodders
planned
to
question
bun.
in
Canada.
1.
United
States
buyers
who
lonscription
NAVY
ON
COLD
WEATHER
CRUISE
)ng
Planned
raided
the
Canadian
market
for
last
month's
American
Thanksgiving
holiday
are
back
in
Can
LONDON
Early
next
year,
an
experimental
force
of
the
KS
Peace
time
Minis
not
being
considered
s
the
Minister
of
De-Hun.
Brooke
CluXtim
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
Laurent
expressed
delight
at
the
result
of
the
elections,
seeing
in
them
an
exprsslon
of
the
country's
continued
confidence
In
the
government
party.
.
Col.
Drew
said
Progressive-Conservatism
was
"on
the
march."
He
saw
the
result
In
Carleton
as
favoring
the
party
and
Its
policy
rather
than
a
personal
victory.
The
party
could
carry
any
seat
in
the
country
with
similar
support
and
enthusiasm.
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.CJF.
leader,
was
not
surprised
at
the
results.
The
entry
of
C.CT.
can
ada
to
buy
again
in
order
to
meet
the
heavy
demand
for
Christmas.
"
Royal
Navy
will
cruise
in
the
WHERE
FOUR
PERISHED
Four
persons
died
-and
two
others
were
injured
when
fire
swept
through
a
midtown
Toronto
boarding-house
on
College
Street
near
Bloor
last
week.
One
man
escaped
by
sliding
down
a
drain
pipe
of
the
house.
A
woman
jumped
from
the
second
floor
window
from
which
smoke
can
be
seen
still
issuing.
Firemen
used
ladders
to
rescue
two
others
from
the
second
and
third
floors.
North
Atlantic
and
Arctic
to
study
the
effects
of
cold
wcath
Twelve
Million
er
conditions.
Leading
the
force
,
2.
The
other
Is
that
turkey
flocks
across
Canada
are
generally,
35
per
cent,
less
than
a
year
ago.
will
be
the
air
craft
carrier
Vengeance
with
specially
equip
EIRE
SIGHS
ped
air
group
including
jet
id
been
statements
thai
u.
under
the
Atlantic
(W'l,
would
entail
tins.
Such
reports,
said
the
arc
Incorrect.
Present
fits
are
fjuitr
salisfae-i
there
is
nothing
to
ut
planes.
Drinks
of
Scotch
NEW
YORK
The
British
freighter
Egidia
is
here
with
P0.000
rases
of
assorted
Scotch
liquor.
J.
A.
Ilanssler,
freight
trafiic
manager
of
the
Anchor
Donaldson
Line,
said
the
9,952-ton
vessel
carries
720,000
bottles
(12,9(10.000
highballs).
Would
Copy
Pr.
Rupert
liig
Ontario
City
I
urged
to
Have
Civic1
Centre
Like
Here
didates
had
served
a
useful
purpose
in
enabling
the
party
to
put
its
platform
and
policies
before
the
people.
One
of
the
incidents
of
the
OUT
TODAY
DUBLIN,
W
Eire
officially
became
an
independent
republic
today.
The
centuries
old
battle
for
independence
came
peacefully
to
an
end
as
President
Sean
T.
O'Kclly
sinned
her
out
of
the
British
Commonwealth.
He
ap-nmved
a
bill
repealing
the
Ex
IT
TOOK
55
YEARS
BUT
IT
HAPPENED
The
normal
geniality
of
Bill
Ranee,
Third
Avenue
grocer,
glowed,
s
e
v
e
r
a
1
hundred
candlepower
brighter
today
and
It
was
not
the
approach
of
Christmas
alone
that
was
responsible.
Lady
Luck
joined
hands
with
Father
Christmas
to
brighten
his
life.
NOTICE
OREGON
STATE
HAVING
FLOODS
PORTLAND
Because
or
the
heavy
rains
and
melting
snow,
towns
along
the
Williamette
and
branch
rivers
arc
being
flooded.
At
least
five
lives
were
lost
Slides
have
blocked
passes
in
the
Cascade
Mountains.
Districts
are
affected
in
Oregon
and
the
more
southerly
parts
lively
campaign
In
Carleton
was
circulation
of
a
small
paper
at
Double
Pneumonia
Cause
of
Death
EAST
HAVIKG
MILD
WHITER
Ottawa
Cannot
Recall
More
Prolonged
Autumn
OTTAWA
Until
whiter
came
suddenly
at
the
week-end,
the
weather
In
Ottawa
was
like
a
prolonged
autumn.
Said
F.
W.
Baker,
Dominion
Experimental
Farm
meteorologist:
"Everytlilng
is
still
green.
There
are
even
cattle
out
in
the
pastures.
We
have
never
had
a
December
to
compare
with
It."
Neither
58
years
of
records
tacking
George
Drew,
Progres
Hill
SHOPS
of
Prince
sive-Conservatlve
leader,
"be
HKVERELY
HILLS,
Cat.-Thc
r'
mil
lie
ii
p
r
n
on
yond
the
bounds
of
decency."
In
the
course
of
a
trip
to
the
Pacific
Coast
during
the
past
season,
Mrs.
Ethel
Fleming
of
Windsor,
Ontario,
paid
a
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
and
was
shown
through,
the
Civic
Centre.
She
was
so
impressed
that
she
has
written
a
letter
to
the
Windsor
Daily
Star
urging
that
every
city,
town
and
hamlet
emulate
Nays,
Deeenilier
23
It
was
banned
by
the
post
office
cause
of
the
death
Monday
of
C5-year
old
screen
celebrity
Sir
department.
ternal
Relations
Act
which
had
empowered
the
crown
to
accredit
Irish
diplomats.
That
wasj
the
last
.
link
oeiweeu
Empire
and
Eire.
HUGE
BOMBER
Aubrey
Smith
was
double
pne-
of
Washington.
Tlir
barbers
wish
ill
x
Merry
Christinas
"M'py
New
Year.
iimnia.
He
had
but
recently
returned
from
a
visit
to
England
and
was
about
to
take
part
in
the
making
of
a
new
picture.
Bad
Manners
to
Endanger
Health
.
After
55
years
of
cribbage
playing,
Mr.
Ranee
finally
did
it.
He
raised
his
cards
last
night
and
there
It
was
staring
back
at
him
29
points
a
five
of
diamonds,
five
of
hearts,
five
of
clubs
and
a
Jack
of
spades
with
a
five
of
spades
turned
up.
And
to
top
off
the
triumph,
his
opponent
was
his
lifelong
competitor
at
the
game
Mrs.
Ranee.
Local
Man
Awarded
Decree
of
Divorce
VANCOUVER
Decree
of
divorce
has
been
granted
In
Supreme
Court
here
to
Charles
nor
memories
oi
om
timers
could
rival
such
a
season.
the
example
of
Prince
Rupert
and
equip
itself
.with
an
establishment
of
-like
excellence.
Mrs.
Fleming's
letter
to
her
home
city
newspaper
was
as
follows:
"While
on
a
recent
trip
to
the
west
coast
we
visited
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia's
most
"Stewart
Vlers
of
Prince
Rupert
BEATS
RECORD
FORT
WORTH,
Texas
The
giant
bomber,
B--3G
has
brokeu
lUs
own
record
in
a
flight
to
Honolulu
and
return,
non-stop,
in
30
hours.
The
bomber
is
as
large
as
three
avtrage
sized
houses
and
has
a
wing
stretcli
as
long
as
a
football
field.
from
Marie
A.
Vlers
of
Vancouver
whom
he
married
1ft
1939.
A
correspondent
asks
If
It
is
bad
manners
to
go
to
a
party
with
a
contagious
cold.
A
reply
from
G.
Kidd,
Prince
Rupert,
reads:
"It's
bad
manners
to
go
any-'
where
in
public
and
rndanger
other
people's
health."
THIRD
SHIPMENT
OF
JAP
ORANGES
JAIL,
FINE
ON
.
TWO
CHARGES
Thomas
Hudson,
who
was
brought
back
from
Vancouver
a
week
ago
to
answer
to
charges
of
theft
and
false
pretences.
augmented
by
the
proceeds
of
an
annual
summer
carnival.
The
centre
comprises
a
large
gymnasium
room
with
a
fine
northerly
seaport.
It
is
situated
on
Kaien
Island,
overlooking
a
masnificent
harbor.
This
thriving
city
of
1,000
population
has
many
points
of
interest
as
it
Is
the
principal
port
NATIONALISTS
STILL
LOSING
Tientsin
Almost
Isolated
By
was
sentenced
to
a
month
In
floor
for
games
of
different;
SITKA
IS
DIGGING
OUT
OF
BIG
SNOW
MTKA
Hluhwav
Plows
and
of
supply
for
the
lumbering
and
VANCOUVER
Japanese
n
i-imt.lniiiiiK
to
ar-
Communists
In
Chinese
War
kinds,
a
well
appointed
room
where
the
young
folk
can
entertain,
with
kitchen
adjoining
from
which
they
can
serve
their
own
refreshments
apart
from
ui
ttiib'
n
rive
in
Vancouver.
The
first
this
week.
It
'
shovel
crews
have
recently
been
(digging
out,
after
a
fall
of
Jail
on
the
theft
charge
and
to
a
fine
of
$25
on
the
second
In
city
police
court
yesterday.
Hudson
pleaded
not
guilty
o
December
16
to
a
charge
of
stealing
a
coat
and
jacket
from
his
former
landlord,
Glen
Wilson,
and
entered
the
same
plea
to
a
chajrge
of
fals
pretences
involving
failure
to
pay
a
board
bill
amounting
to
$50.
the
general
dining
room.
thirteen
inches
of
snow,
me
came
on
the
Panainamanian
ship
Despina.
The
second
lot
mining
Industries
of
Northern
British
Columbia
and
Alaska.
The
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
plant
with
a
capacity
of
14
millions
pounds,
the
largest
cold
storage
plant
in
the
world
devoted
exclusively
to
handling
fldi,
Is
located
here.
-
"It
has
another
interesting
snow
kept
coining
ctvu
iui
NANKING
P
oHicial
source.;
admitted
today
new
government
losses
on
the
North
China
battle
front
less
than
twenty-lour
hours
after
the
formation
o
fa
new
government
willing
to
make
"lumorablc
peace"
with
the
Communists.
Communist
troops
have
ad
about
nine
hours.
"There
is
also
a
library
where
by
benefit
of
their
membership
they
can
procure
instruction
and
tntertainment
and
good
books.
was
on
the
Western
uauaua
Steamship's
freighter
Lake
NEW
GOVEKNMENT
"In
short
it
is
a
centre
where
a
warm
air
of
friendliness
pre
feature
which
in
my
opinion
TAKING
LIQUOR
.
IN
BERLIN
NOW
K
K
II
L
I
N
f
Three
western
vanced
to
two
railway
towns
almost
on
the
outskirts
of
Tient
HOME
IN
OTTAWA
r
U
HI
every
city,
town
and
hamlet
would
do
well
to
emulate
in
a
civic
centre.
This
was
a
build
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
December
22,
1948
High
6:04
19.1
feet
18:05
18.3
feet
Low
12:06
8.7
fet
sin,
major
industrial
city
of
North
China.
Competent
observers
said
this
completed
the
OTTAWA-"As
long
as
liquor
is
taken
home
before
being
drunk,
we're
not
greatly
mter-od
whether
the
roiile
is
dir-
Isolation
of
Tientsin.
vails,
where
young
and
those
older
hi
years
are
equally
welcomed.
"A
centre
modelled
along
these
Hues
It
seems
to
m
would
be
a
great
help
In
solving
the
problem
of
curbing
the
rising
tide
of
youthful
delinquency
we
are
hearing
so
much
about,
and
would
be
a
credit
to
any
place
that
Is
interested
In
the
welfare
or
its
young
folk,
'
our
future
citizens."
coniinaiidants
of
Berlin
formally
set
up
a
three-power
government
in
the
Biitisli,
French
and
United
States
sectors
today.
ELIZABETHAN
.DISCOVERY
William
Gilbert,
Queen
Elizabeth's
physician,
discovered
in
1G00
that
innumerable
substances
which
he
called
"elec-tra"
acquired
the
power
to
tract
bits
of
stray
when
rubbed.
rect
or
indirect,"
Ottawa
liquor
store
officials
announce.
No
lc
FAR
NIENTE"
NEW
RED
WEAPON
If
your
Italian
ing
used
by
a
military
unit
during
the
last
w
ar
and
was
taken
over
by
the
city.
"It
is
maintained
by
means
of
moderate
membership
fees,
receipts
from
a
cafe
operated
In
the
building
which
serves
excellent
meals
which
ve
can
vouch
for,
also
catering
to
large
gatherings.
The
finances
are
further
where
in
OtUwa
liquor
stores
UP
to
snuff,
"dolce
far
nlente"
means
"sweet
doing
notn-w'uch
is
i
list
u,vmt
thn
Italian
"workers"
In
Rome
are
en-
I
Manon'$
Jewellers
I
OPEN
Every
Night
Till
I
Christmas
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
Variable
cloudiness,
westerly
wind,
25
miles
per
hour,
little
change
in
temperature.
ko
Bnnn
not
ces
wainioK
d
to.
Communists
are
using
the
"sit-down"
as
a
weapon
in
Kan
-
Mi-
"to
take
their
pack
,
a
h
t.he
most
direct
anve
against
the
Marshall
Plan
In
Italy.
They
arc
rc-d
fay
large
Industrial
concerns
who
see
their
workers
gather
'"Ps
like
this
discussing
politics,
etc.
n,ge
liumv
v..
route."