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VICTORIA,
B.C.
QRMES
DRUG
Daily
Deliver)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
19.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1949
,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
TT
1
H
TT
1
Million
Dollar
Fire
Crippl
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(
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Regina
City
Transport
Service
f
r
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175
PERCENT
OF
i
V
SANG
HYMNS;
THEN
HANGED
Suite
tin
J
,
VEHICLES
BURN
Investigation
Starts
As
Emergency
Measures
Are
Taken
7
Bank
Robber-IVlurderer
Executed
on
Gallows
at
Kingston
KINGSTON,
Ont.,
ft
Austin
Craft,
bank
robber
and
murderer,
was
hanged
today
for
the
REGINA
(CP)
-Resi
'
si
,
,
'
pi
iMJU-oreak
slaying
of
a
penitentiary
messenger,
John
D.
Kennedy,
last
April
26.
dents
of
Regina
walked,
PORT
MOODY
FIRE
PORT
MOODY
Fire
swept
through
a
drug
store
here
today
and
caused
damage
pegged
at
between
$40,000
and
$50,000.
The
store
was
owned
by
L.
A.
LeSage
and
was
located
next
the
post
office
which
also
suffered
damage
from
tire
and
water.
PROFESSORS
DISMISSED
.SEATTLE
Three
long-time
professors
at
University
of
Washington
w
ere
dismissed
Saturday
by
the
board
of
regents
in
the
aftermath
of
a
controversy
over
asserted
present
or
former
membership
in
the
Communist
partv.
The
three
are
Professor
COMING
HERE
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
member
oi
the
legislature
for
Skeena,
will
pay
a
brief
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
this
week.
He
is
arriving
Wednesday
morning
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
from
Victoria
and
will
sail
by
the
same
Thursday
night
on
his
return
to
the
capital.
He
has
consented
to
address
the
ation
at
a
public
banquet
Wednesday
night.
Mr.
Kenney
is
recovering
from
a
bad
at
Refore
going
to
the
gallows.
rode
Army
trucks
and
found
other
means
of
transportation
to
work
today
in
31
below
zero
Kennedy
sang
hymns
with
a
Methodist
minister,
took
com
munion
in
his
death
cell
and
repented.
Kennedy
was
serving
a
10
weather
following
a
$1,000,000
fire
which
yesterday
destroyed
75
i)
(
tJE
Ca
ny
da'c
board
of
transport
commissioners
Is
In
the
midst
of
hear-
year
sentence
in
Kingston
Pen
d
cons
oi
granting
ranrouus
a
ouwi
in
ireigni
raies.
seven
provinces
all
ex-
percent
of
the
city's
street
cars
and
buses.
City
officials
have
itentiary
for
robbery
of
a
bank
at
Hamilton
when
he
broke
(1
q
i.bcc
arc
opposed
to
the
increase.
Hearing
the
complicated
case,
left
to
h
VYarurope,
assistant
cmei
commissioner;
tion.
Mr.
Justice
M.
B.
Archibald,
ft:
loose.
A
messenger
fell
with
B.
Chase,
commissioner
(CP
Photo)
I.
incr;
II
two
shots
in
his
bodv
as
Craft
tack
of
sciatica
which
partially
Incapacitated
him.
Among
other
things
he
is
expected
to
speak
on
industrial
developments
in
the
area
including
the
aluminum
project
on
which
he
has
been
active.
and
a
companion
fled.
Thev
were
recaptured
'
four
hours
started
an
investigation
into
the
blaze,
one
of
the
most
destructive
in
the
history
of
Western
Canada.
.Within
a
few
hours
the
fire
burned
twelve
street
cars,
seventeen
trolly
buses.,
and
gasoline
buses.
The
conflagration
started
after
Joseph
Butterworth,
English";
Professor
Ralph
Gundlach,
psychology,
and
Professor
Herbert
J.
Phillips,
philosophy.
SAFE
IN
HOSPITAL
CHURCHILL,
Man.
Twelve
men,
-who
were
aboard
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
mercy
flight
Dakota
plane
which
was
forced
down
on
a
Hudson's
Bay
ice
field,
were
evacuated
safely
Saturday
and
later.
,
THE
WEATHER
Extremely
coid
vcaiaer
which
it
in
China,
Kennedy
took
all
the
blame
for
the
shootins.
I
iiiisiists
Faill
Hack
gripped
the
province
during
th
week-end
is
moderating
today
with
distinctly
milder
conditions
In
immediate
prospect.
Gale
and
snow
conditions
were
spreading
this
afternoon
from
an
explosion
in
the
storage
sec
spent
the
week-end
in
hospital
here
recovering
HERRING
ARE
RUNNING
NOW
'
from
frostbite
and
shock.
NEW
OIL
WELL
IS
BLOWN
IN
!
i(T)--Large
scale
withdrawal
of
iits
from
the
Shanghai,
Nanking
and
as
is
reported
under
way.
The
forces,
i
Ail
T
w
rt
i
n
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
southward.
tion
of
the
municipal
transportation
system's
car
barn.
The
roof
tumbled
in
within
an
hour.
Officials
said
they
had
not
time'
to
remove
any
of
the
vehicles.
Most
of
them
were
in
the
barn
because
it
was
Sunday.
An
emergent
meeting
the
city
ifiicraiissimo
L-niane
ftai-sneKs
per-
Port
Edward
Plant
Gets
210
Tons
from
Surf
Inlet
First
substantial
delivery
of
Forecast
Pririce
Rupetfi,
Intermittent
snow,
becoming
mixed
with
rain
MAJOR
DAVIS
DIES
NELSON
Major
Angus
Davis,
one
of
British
Columbia's
best
known
mining
men,
is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
70.
Before
retiring,
he
had
been
manager
of
the
Dentonia
mine
at
Greenwood.
Twenty
or
more
years
ago
he
-was
prominently
identified
with
mining
in
the
Alice
Arm
and
central
interior
districts.
local
herring
was
made
to
Nel-
CLAGARY,
CP
The
rich
Red-water
oil
field
northeast
Of
Edmonton
was
given
another
big
boost
over
the
week-end
as
P.
S.
and
P.
Red
water
No.
1
well
came
in
with
a
flow
of
65
barrels
per
hour.
The
well
is
bask
'council
was
held
a
few
hours
son
Rrns
Fisheries
Ltd
mant
at
numlicr
thousands
and
are
evacuating
between
Shanghai
and
Nanking.
They
iili
full
equip-"1
RECOGNIZED
tonight
and
tomorrow.
Winds,
southeast,
35
miles
per
hour,
decreasing
to
southeast,
20.
Milder
tonight.
Low,
'23;
high,
34.
Snow
closed
In
.on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
today
and
de-
later
to
take
steps
to
provide
,
port
Edward
last
Wednesday
af-jnew
transportation
service.
ItUernoon
when
the
company
1
was
decided
to
rent
sixteen
Sas-
packers
West
Coast
and
AUf
ord
jkatchewan
government
buses
as)
Bay
brought
in
a.
total
rot
200
-fweil
-
as
-Army"
vtrlirfiS","-h,o'n3i'
The
company
'?
seiuerC
B"T
r
ed
one-quarter
each
by
Pacific
Petroleums
of
Calvary,
Sua
Ray
layud
air
service,,
the
.daily
cr.
Oil,-at,
aUiiia,:-PrtoCM
Petrole-i
QUEBEC
TEACHER
STRIKE
IS
OFF
jiii:to
ui
ijeij
iciuie
iJUJll
iu
v.
riiuc
Liiu
Ildliiuuw
vuccji
aic
Calvan
y-ic.
ham
tn-en
i.o
iJON,
ft
A
government
at
Kent
Inlet
off
Surf
Inlet,
urns
oi
Calgary
and
Petroleums
of
Calgafy.
1
.!!
piT'.'i'lS
10
V
-W
ill
Ulc
said
today
that
tni
had
formally
ap
sou.v?
cabinc
far
as
Halifax
which
it
was
said
might
ship
trams.
J
Efforts
ftre
being
made
to
have
I
trolley
coaches,
destined
from
.
Windsor
to
Vancouver,
diverted
$1,000,
the
teachers
were
seeking
minimum
of
$1300
for
women
and
$1700
for
men.
The
tops
were
to
be
$2500
and
$3500
Instead
of
$2000
and
$2900.
plane
irom
Vancouver
Deing
forced
back
to
Port
Hardy
and
the
Prince
Rupert
plane
being
unable
to
get
to
Sandspit.
DEATH
OF
FIRST
WORLD
WAR
ACE
f-
i
intm
Jt
hiaiiR
is
si
ill
!
i
s
;u.'
P'pni'trd
to
Regina.
proved
British
recognition
of
Israel.
It
is
expected
that
Ir-nial
announcement
wilt
made
alon(?
with
recognition
by
Australia
and
New
Zealand.
France
also
recognized
Lsrael
today.
Canada
has
already
done
so.
!
1
i-u
U!C
(ippnsnc
Princess
Royal
Island,
where
the
fish
were
caught.
Herring
brought
into
Port
Edward
this
winter
will
be
largely
used
for
the
production
of
meal
and
oil.
Market
conditions
are
not
favorable
for
canned
herring.
The
B.C.
Packers
also
got
100
tons
of
herring
off
the
west
Coast
of
Princess
Royal
Island
and
it
was
taken
to
Namu
plant.
During
the
week-end
several
large
herring
boats
were
in
port
for
supplies.
Surprise
Decision
to
Return
To
Work
Made
Today
MONTREAL,
B
Appeal
from
Quebec
parents
brought
surprise
results
today
when
1800
Roman
Catholic
French
and
English-speaking
teachers,
on
strike
for
higher
wages,
voted
to
return
to
work
"unconditionally."
Leon
Guinon,
President
of
the
Franco
Catholic
Teachers'
Alliance
which
called
the
walk-out,
told
the
teachers
to
report
today.
Several
hundred
members
of
the
French-speaking
alliance
voted
against
the
proposal
but
only
.
four
English-speaking
SNOW
ENDS
COLD
SNAP
Vancouver
and
Central
Interior
Again
Feel
Wintry
Blasts
Terrace
reported
down
to
zero
weather
Sunday
morning.
It
was
not
that
chilly
in
Prince
Rupert
yet
the
air
had
a
nip
as
the
official
thermometer;
recorded
a
miniinu-n
of
17
above
between
4
and
to
a.m.
yesterday.
:',(
River
iw.ir
,n
r
lio
sipns
I"
!
'
i
liuUoiml-1
!
.s.U'i
that
tin1'
i.i
ii
iimviiiK
its
(')
lu;iil
(in
if
i
tonus
arc
acci
a!lie."
EDMONTON
ADMITTED
REGINA,
Vi
Edmonton
Eskimos
are
back
in
tthe
Western
Inter-Provincial
Rugby
Union
which
yesterday
held
its
annual
meeting
to
clear
the
decks
for
CANADIAN
LEGION
BUILDING
PLANS
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
is
still
considering
plans
for
an
addition
to
its
present
building
on
Third
Avenue
or
the
acquiring
of
new
and
more
commodious
clubroom
premises.
Inere
was
a
special
meeting
last
week
with
John
II.
Harvey,
Vancouver
architect,
on
the
building
plans.
CALGARY.
(P
One
of
the
greatest
air
aces
of
the
First
World
War
and
the
father
of
aviation
in
the
West
was
mourned
today.
He
was
Squadron
Leader
Fred
Robert
Gordon
MeCall.
who
was
credited
with
bringing
down
37
enemy
planes.
He
died
Saturday
at
thu
age
of
54
years.
He
rated
as
the
fourth
Cana-
BLIZZARDS
BLOCK
WEST
IlCMORTAL
SNOWFLAKE
Snow-flake
patterns
are
preserved
now
by
a
plastic
process.
At
Smirhers
2$
below
zero
was
Weatlu-r
today
dian
ace
and
helped
pioneer
punch
into
the
t
commercial
flying
in
Western
CHICAGO
threw
another
defence
of
the
Grey
Cup,
won
by
Calgary
Stampeders.
Granting
of
a
franchise
to
Edmonton
topped
the
agenda
which
also
eaw
delegates
approve
the
1919
schedule,
the
reported
and
at
Prince
George
40
belo'v
Vancouver
had
a
minimum
of
11.7
durhiii
the
week-end
but
it
was
moderating
there
today
am
warm
Prince
Rupert,
air
proceeded
down
the
coast
members
were
unfavorable.
They
returned
to
the
work
for
the
"sake
of
the
parents
and
the
children
"
Result
of
the
vote
came
as
a
complete
surprise
as
the
proposal
to
return
had
been
given
slight
chance
of
acceptance.
?
The
IikIo
Canada.
Once
he
flew
200
quarts
of
nitro-glycerine
from
Montana
to
Calgary.
McCnll
was
a
native
of
Vernon.
,
livcsu-k
industry
of
the
west-cm
United
States.
It
is
csti-i
mated
that,
two
million
sheep
and
i
iit
He
arc
snowbound
in
the
JtiK-ky
Mountain
area.
Heavy
.'
January
storms,
which
hamper-i
ed
efforts
to
get
food
through,
season
starting
August
20.
Winnipeg
Blur
Bombers
and
Regina
Rounh
Riders
complete
the
league.
MASSETT
DOCTOR
STRICKEN;
VESSEL
MAKES
SPEEDY
MERCY
RUN
TO
PORT
.
While
seeing
a
patient
off
to
Prince
Rupert
on
the
steamer
Coquitlam
Saturday
night,
Dr.
J.
C.
S.
Dunn,
pioneer
physician
of
Massett,
suffered
a
stroke
aboard
the
ship
as
it
lay
at
the
Massett
wharf
and
had
to
be
rushed
himself
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
In
tlie
emergency,
the
Coquitlam,
com
jllna:
here
said
-
t""'!),
h;id
pnirii.ite
(,)lP
N:i!u-!ii
Su-Ui.it
rjcpubll-
Receiving
basic
salaries
of
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(
(.'oui
lei-y
S
U.
Johnston
(A.
LUt
)
tlii'ralen
the
industry.
Transportation
Is
snarled
in
i'i
ill!1
1
1
1
n-
Hi.
iiri!
Dial
til-suo:ccded
if.
'
!.
o
opera
west-
HARTLEY
BAY
IS
GETTING
WHARF
the
western
states
and
trains
"
...
:
r,t
manded
by
Capt.
Harry
McLean,
Toronto
Athona
Aumaque
Beattie
Bcvcourt
Bobjo
a
Buffalo
Canadian
..
are
held
by
blizzards
in
Western
Wyoming.
Airports
at
Kansas
City
are
closed.
Eastern
Nebraska
roads
are
impassable.
Efforts
will
be
made
to
fly
hay
11
im
Nevada
to
Urn
Middle
West
In
cargo
planes.
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20
i
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.20
.14
.18
Peace
Talks
.
Touch
and
Go
Final
Efforts
Being
Mad
at
Rhodes
for
Israeli-Egyptian
Armistice
RHODES,
tti
Israeli-Egyptian
armistice
talks,
in
a
final
nervous
stagf
,
were
resumed
today
after
a
brief
period
In
which
it
was
feared
the
conference
had
broken
up
in
failure.
The
resumption,
however,
may
made
a
speedy
"mercy
run"
in
six
hours
and
45
minutes,
reaching
here
early
yesterday
morning
after
facing
strong
head
winds
all
the
way
across
Hecate
Straits.
Ambulance
was
waiting
as
the
ship
arrived
at
6
a.m.
and
both
Dr.
Dunn
and
the
Datient.
1
"f
Fngland
cstablisli
gillie
Hartley
Bay,
historic
native
village
vdown
the
coast
from
Prince
Rupert,
is
to-
get
a
new
wharf
which
will
be
able
to
accommodate
the
mooring
of
craft
up
to
coastal
steamship
size.
Tenders
for
an
80x40
foot
dock
Consol.
Smelters
117.50
Conwest
1-40
Donalda
60
Eldona
65
East
Sullivan
3.20
are
being
called
by
the
Depart-,
L
F
Minaker,
were
rushed
ment
of
Indian
Affairs.
It
will
i
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into
hospital.
Dr.
Dunn's
condition
is
reported
serious
while
Mrs.
Minaker's
is
good.
Dr.
Burgess,
pnysican
from
535
Giant
Yellow-knife
be
of
the
usual
timber
construe-:
tion
with
crcosolt'd
piling.
J
It
is
twenty
years
or
more,
.52
be
temporary
but
Acting
United
Nations
Mediator
Dr.
Ralph
Bunchc
labored,
to
avert
a
OTTERS'
FLIGHT
DELAYED
-HI
GAMES
OFF
TONIGHT
by
snow
conditions
with
today's
flight
iver
and
Prince
Rupert,
the
basketball
game
be-obo
Tiot
tei
s
and
Prince
Rupert
All-Stars,
schc-is
'if.
The
Globe
Trotters
were
coming
north
;
""
liii'
regular
flight
but
the
plane
was
ordered
'My
owing
to
low
ceiling
at
Sandspil
making
It
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111:111
'an
be
made
tomorrow,
there
wll
be
two
!,ml
"
''ial
matinee
in
the
nftoruooii.
Evening
'HI
and
9:30.
God's
lake
...
Hardrock
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Hcva
1
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Jarknife
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Quebec
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Bayonne
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Bralorne
8.50
B
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B.
R.
X
M
Cariboo
Quartz
1-36
Congress
05
Hedlcy
Mascot
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Pacific
Eastern
07
Fend
Oreille
6.51)
Pioneer
3.20
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
Reeves
McDonald
3.i0
Reno
07
Sheep
Creek
1-55
SUbak
Premier
,
Taku
River
30
Vananda
38
Vananda
38
Salmon
Gold
W
Spud
Valley
03
Vj
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.70
A.
P.
Con
-
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Ttlantic
77
Calmont
C.
&
E
,
6.10
Central
Leduc
1-40
Home
Oil
1275
Okalta
1-35
Pacific
Pete
2.85
rrincess
37
Royal
Canadian
v.
10
South
Brazeau
18
Mrreinv
13
since
naruey
uay,
wiucn
Quwn
charlotte
City,
chanced
than
forty
years
ago
had
a
saw-
j
b(,
at
Massett
al
the
timo
mill
operated
by
the
late
Capt.
j
and
came
to
Prince
Rup(?rt
with
E.
C.
had
wharf.
.
McCoskrie,
a
Dl.
D(mn
as
asQ
dW
M,.s
Dunn.
It
fell
into
disrepair
and
gradu-
;
M.s
Minakcr
was
acconlpariied
ally
disappeared.
During
the
in-,
b
h(,r
husband.
tervening
years
since
their
Dr.
Dunn
has
been
a
resident-coastal
steamers,
calling
there,
Qf
Massctt
for
some
tnirty
yearSj
were
met
by
rowboats
and
haying
arrjved
thpre
shortly
lightered
off
their
shipments
as
f
Wu.ld
War
j
with
a
party
well
as
passengers
and
mail.
Qf
Bl.iUsh
setllcrs,
Kor
SPVeral
breakdown
over
the
touchy
Ne-gev
issue.
A
spokesman
said
that
Immediate
difficulties
had
been
solved
but
gave
no
indication
that
a
successful
conclusion
could
be
expected.
The
statement
came
after
seperate
conferences
with
delegations.
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
95
.15
Lynx
!
Maclscn
Red
Lake
2.65
CRASH
VICTIM-FO.
John
Allan
Borrle,
25-year
old
member
of
the
R.
C.A.F.
reserve
in
Vancouver,
who
was
killed
when
a
jet
aircraft
he
was
piloting
crashed
at
600
miles
an
hour
Into
a
mountain
peak
near
the
southern
city.
.
(CP
Photo)
years
he
operated
a
small
hospital
at
Massett
but
has
been
in
semi-retirement
for
some
time.
H
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1.06
.48
2.33
.57
.38
ear
McKcnzie
Red
Lake
McLeod
Cockshutt
.
Moneta
Negus
Noranda
Lmivieoint
LOBETROTTERS
MCETIBALL
Pickle
Crow
2.12
.06
Keucourt
GEL
San
Antonio
4.00
HON.
E.
T.
KENNEY
Minister
of
Lands
and
Forests
at
(PUBLIC
BANQUET
Commodore
Cafe
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
2G,
6:45
P.M.
Tickets
$1.25
Auspices
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
Association
(20)
LED
Tonight
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
January
25,
1949
-High
10:29
20.0-
eet
23:58
17.5
feet
Low
4:25
10.3
feet
17:29
4.5
feet
RED
CROSS
SOCIETY
Annual
Meeting
in
Civic
Centre,
W
ed.
Jau.
26.
8
p.m.
There
must
be
a
representative
attendance
if
Red
Cross
work
is
to
be
carried
on.
(21)
Senator
Rouyn
41
!i
Shcrrit
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
1-63
Sturgeon
River
,
16
li
Silver
Millro
36
Pd
JPur
tickets
for
wtK
ANNOUNCEMENT
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