i
L13FIAHY
PROVINCIAL
LI32AR
IT
113
B.
c.
onr.iEs
iDnuGs
Daily
Delivery
NORTHERN
AIIO
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NXW8PAPKH
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
154.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
JULY
4,
1049
PRICB
FIVE
CENTS
D
NOW
MPLOYED
AT
WATSOM
ISLAND
ix
hundr
Service
Vote
Goes
Strong
For
Applewhaite,
Liberal
PuId
Plant
Foundations
Are
Poured
MUNICIPALITY
UNION
PASSES
Majority
Increased
As
Result
Water
Line
Under
Way-
RESOLUTIONS
1
-:'..
m
i
Seven
resolutions
five
of
I
them
from
Prince
Rupert
will'
be
submitted
for
endorsement
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Union
of
B.
C.
Municipalities
next
September
by
communities
in
central
British
Columbia.
The
federal
election
service
vote,
returns
for
which
were
received
today
Lime
Quarry
Leased
Building
Logging
Camn
Approximately
600
workers
are
at
present
engaged
in
the
construction
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
Ltd.
dissolving
pulp
plant
on
Watson
Island
and
all
activities
are
proceeding
ONLY
SYMPATHY
LONDON
Britain's
Empire
and
Commonwealth
can
give
little
other
than
sympathy
in
the
battle
to
earn
dollars
and
save
the
pound.
An
Associated
Press
surrey
showed
today
that
Commonwealth
countries
would
like
to
help
Britain
solve
her
dollar
woes
but
most
of
them
have
dollar
troubles
of
their
The
resolutions
were
given'
from
the
chief
electoral
officer
at
Ottawa
by
Rod
initial
endorsement
by
the
Un-'
Ion
of
Central
B.
C.
Municipal-
MacLeod,
returning
off
I
PASSES
George
iw
who
died
recently
uvcr.
AUXILIARY
TANKS
EXTEND
VAMPIRE
FIGH
TING
RANGE
Seven-league
boots
in
the
form
of
long-range
fuel
tanks
are
being
provided
for
R.C.A.F.
DeHavilland
Vampire
jet
lighters.
Known
as
drop
tanks,
the
containers
extend
the
normal
range
of
the
speedy
Interceptors,
and
during
wartime
can
be
dropped
by
the
pilot
when
engaging
in
combat,
to
allow
full
aero-batic
performance.
Shown
above
is
one
of
the
first
R.C.A.F.
Vampires
to
be
fitted
with
the
long-range
tanks,
which
look
disturbingly
like
bombs
at
first
glance.
The
tanks
are
not
actually
dropped
except
under
operational
conditions.
fleer
for
Skeena,
went
over-
1Ucs
at
lu
semi-annual
meeting
whelmingly
for
E.
T.
Apple-!at
Burns
Lake
on
June
29.
The
satisfactorily,
according
to
a:i
ou
Support
appears
general
)
I
official
statement.
whalte.
'the
Liberal
candidate.
nicptlnK
was
attended
by
dele
H
REPAIR
gates
from
five
of
the
six
member
municipalities.
Delegates
from
Prince
Rupert
were
Alderman
T.
B.
Black,
Holiday
Toll
K
IN
CITY
Footings
and
foundation
walls
have
been
poured
for
the
office,
pulp
storage,
machine
shop
and
pulp
finishing
buildings
and
the
street
for
the
pulp
storage
building
is
now
being
erected.
During
construction
the
latter
building
and
boosted
his
majority
over
H.
G.
Archibald,
C.C.F.,
to
1723.
The
service
vote
was
25
for
Applewhatt.c
and
two
for
Archibald.
The
following
outstanding
polls
reported
over
the
weekend:
Applewhaite
Archibald
Is
82
Dead
Value
in
it
y
Increase
Over
Alderman
W.
F.
Stone
and
Al-drman
George
Rudderham.
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thain,
who
Is
?ec-retary
of
the
Union,
accompanied
the
group
which
motored
to
Seineboats
Staying
In
Fishermen
Insist
on
Selling
to
Highest
Bidders
From
Company
Ivoals
VANCOUVER
British
Columbia
salmon
fishermen
are
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Only
the
northern
coastal
areas
of
the
province
are
cloudy
this
morning
and
little
change
is
expected
in
the
weather
in
this
region
during
the
next
two
days.
Fine
warm
weather
Is
expected
to
continue
today
and
Tuesday
elsewhere
in
the
province,
i
Forecast
against
the
cheapening
of
the
pound
from
its
present
price
of
$4.01.
CHANGING
TACTICS
PR
AG
C
E
Violent
defiance
from
devout
Roman
Catholic
Slovakians
has,
apparently,
forced
Czechoslovakia's
Communist
government
to
change
its
tactics
In
the
church-slate
war.
While
Premier
Antonim
Zapalrocky
urges
citizens
to
maintain
"peace
and
calm,"
Education
Minister
Zdenek
Nejedly
told
listeners
in
a
radio
speech
yesterday
that
the
government
is
ready
to
"make
concessions."
will
be
used
to
fabricate
the
pre-
.
cast
concrete
roof
and
siding
panels
for
the
main
mill
Rupert
had
one
of
Its
instruction
months
of
Six
Dead
In
British
Columbia
Traffic
During
Week-end
OTTAWA
fl1'
Violent
deaths
befel
eighty-two
Canadians
during
the
long
Dominion
Day
holiday
week-end.
A
Canadian
Press
the
interior
town.
Prince
Rupert's
five
resolutions,
which
were
approved
hy
city
council
and
published
in
the
riaili
TJourc
i
Onr
Iha
Juno
17
during
June,
although
Osland
7
Kwlnil-sa
..
7
12
Oona
River
7
10
Squadaree
..5
8
Only
two
small
polls
now
re-
of
building
permits
Steel
erection
on
the
storage
that
period
was
les
building
is
proceeding.
Many
of
,,
'
,,
.
still
in
port
today
and
fishing
"
council
meeting,
were
endorsed
.
...
.
third
of
the
amount
main
to
be
heard
from
Pendle
companies
are
still
insisting;
I
in
May.
-
compilation
of
fatalities
reported
'
Via4i..aaii
ni
trill
inV.
f
TV,
,
-t-l
..
n
n
A
North
Coast
Reglon-
that
they
will
not
sanction
boats
ton
Bay.
on
Bablne
Lake,
and
Larsen's
Harbor,
a
fish
camp.
inth,
62
permits
au-
the
auxiliary
facilities
required
to
speed
construction
are
now
in
operation.
In
order
to
produce
the
large
quantity
of
concrete
required
to
build
the
mi!!,
they
own
or
r-hrtr
to
sell
to
..W4
.
.
.
early
today
showed
46
drowninss.
constructinn
and
re
lunai
ngui.
ram
uveriugiii.
wuius.
,
lii'htj
'
we.sterlv.
"
l"ul5
"aa""'
Continuing
by
the
meeting,
as
was
one
from
Terrace
and
one
from
Smlthers.
The
Terrace
resolution
asked
that
the
provincial
government
"assume
a
proportion
of
costs
of
snow
removal
and
similar
services
rendered
to
village
muni
value
of
$25,359
were
the
office
of
the
rnnl
I;,w,
tnnlirht
anrt
hie-hs1
1
two
1,1
Plaue
smashes,
thirteen
"pirate
buyers."
Fishermen,
who
normally
i
i
head
north
the
first
week
in
!
J
July,
seek
permission
to
sell
'
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Lid
)
t
Port
Hardy,
45
and
from
a
variely
oi
causes
.
eer.
Value
or
permits
xuesuay
a
May
was
$30,000,
of
their
catches
to
the
highest
62;
Massctt,
45
and
62;
Prince
Rupert,
45
and
60.
jOO
was
for
construc-
cipalities
by
the
provincial
gov
bidder.
01
iLusii
Luiumuias
nunutt;
traffic
toll
was
six
with
a
seventh
victim
in
critical
condition
in
hospital.
The
dead
are:
-
Shell
Oil
plant
which
an
aggregate
and
concrete
mixing
plant
with
a
capacity
of
35
cubic
yards
per
hour
has
been
constructed
and
is
now
being
utilized.
Meanwhile,
the
planing
mill
and
-
carpenter
shop
arc
turning
out
pre-fabricated
forms
for
concrete
pouring
on
a
production
line
basis.
Rates
of
minimum
pricts
for
1.....J
....
en'ul
ins
b-uit.
ernment,
proportions
of
such,
aid
,
to
be
determined
by
the
'
number
of
property
lots
owned
mth's
.
buildini!
per-
but
the
United
Fishermen's
and;
INDIGNANT
CITY
Vancouvrr
Bayonne
"".
.06
Bralorne
9.00
B.
R.
Con
03
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
ViV
fr1i
Diuppnniiinl
anrl
tin
vor,
were
all
relatively
ENGINEER
QUI
TS
served
"
j
Allied
Workers'
Union
seeks
an
me
ranging
above
The
Smlthers
resolution
iir?ed
Dn'y
reflect
a
large
th'n'8h
rlrS
On
!
company-
that
"where
nv
lnral
imnrnve.
VUIlglCSg
MO
72
f
repair
and
malnten-
owned
or
chartered
boat,
fish
men
ta
are
instituted
to
serve!
now
being
done
to
ermen
may
sell
to
the
highest
Hedley
Mascot
'
.22'
Pend
Oreille
4.15
Pioneer
3.30
John
Kulunycz,
55,
Vancouver.
Frank
W.
Barnes,
25,
Chilli-wack.
Evan
Parry,
82,
Vancouver.
Leonard
Walmsley,
42,
Vancouver.
Harold
Wood,
22,
Aidergrovc.
Kenneth
Biollo,
3,
Kamloops.
In
poor
condition
in
Chilliwack
Hospital
is
Patrick
Hcaton,
26,
Vancouver.
privately
owned
properties,
the
aluc
of
building
per-
A
large
part
of
the
route
of
the
water
line
from
Prudhomme
Lake
to
Watson
Island
has
been
cleared
since
early
spring
and
grading
is
going
forward.
Two
of
the
tunnels
have
been
started
and
over
1,500
feet
of
tunnel
has
been
drilled.
d
in
the
city
for
the
bidder,
even
if
the
firm
for
which
they
work
offers
a
lower
price.
;
The
operators
contend
that,
under
existing
regulations,
they
would
pay
a
higher
than
min
to
assume
its
pro-rata
proportion
of
costs
for
Improvements
which
front
on
provincially-own-cd
properties."
Delegate
from
Terrace
was
months
of
this,
year
.
Permit
value
for
the
id
of
1948
was
$92,465.
RECORD
TRAFFIC
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Pat-tullo
Bridge
had
a
new
record
for
traffic
on
Friday,
Saturday
a.-rl
Sunday
over
the
Dominion
Day
holiday,
68,000
cars
crossing.
Some
Americans
returned
home,
rather
than
wait
two
or
three
hours
to
be
cleared
by
customs.
GOVERNOR
GOES
NORTH
WINNIPEG
Travelling
in
a
North
Star
plane,
the
Governor-General
left
today
for
Chun
till
and
will
also
visit
Yellowknife,
Whitehorse
and
Dawson.
Accompanying
the
Governor
-
General
are
Lord
Allenbrooke,
former
British
chief
of
staff,
and
Brigadier
Jeffrey
Walsh.
SEARCH
GIVEN
IT
MISSION
Search
for
Ivar
Johnson,
70-year-old
recluse,
charged
with
the
murder
of
two
elderly
farm
wives,
ended
last
week
with
the
withdrawal
by
provincial
police
of
active
posse
men
from
the
bushlands.
The
police
believe
that
Johnson
is
either
dead
in
the
bush
or
has
given
them
the
slip.
PENTICTON-Charging
the
mayor
and
members
of
the
city
council
with
constant
interference
with
his
departmental
duties,
W.
E.
ton
has
resigned
as
city
engineer.
Predecessors
had
suffered
similarly,
said
Warbur-ton.
The
city
fathers,
he
said,
discussed
public
works
and
made
criticisms
on
the
street
corners
but
did
not
take
up
matters
with
him,
Warbur-toti
asserted.
were
issued
last
imum
pric?
if
the
market
shift-
1
i.OjiTK,
Thin"
Avenue
Dudley
Little,
chairman
of
the
Board
of
Village
Commissioners.
Smithers
was
represented
by
Stanley
Gould,
village
commissioner
and
president
of
the
U.C.
urs.
no.
Seventh
Avenue
ed
upwards.
The
tie-up
affects
seiners
but
not
gillnetters.
Seiners
operating
in
the
Bute-dale
area
on
the
north
coast
were
reported
to
have
been
called
back
into
Namu.
Premier
Border
02
1
i
Priatcer
14
,
Reeves
McDonald
180
Sheep
Creek
1.05
ananda
15
Salmon
Gold
14
Spud
Valley
00
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
3.05
A.P.
Con
.16
Atlantic
60
Calmont
30
C.
it
E
4.30
Central
Leduc
58
Home
Oil
...
900
Mercury
09
Okalta
..'
1.27
Toronto
),
repair!.
!
Stevedores
Are
Blamed
Cannot
Escape
Responsibility
F'or
Shipping
-Tie-l'p,
Says
Labor
Minister
Vachey,
Tatlow
Street,
t
Miction.
Kcays,
Seventh
Avenue
n.
construction.
ngebyc,
Ninth
Avenue
PRINCE
RUPERT
LEADING
TODAY
Prince
Rupert
was
leading
hy
a
score
of
2
to
0
at
the
end
of
the
third
inning
in
today's
baseball
Rame
at
Ketchikan.
TODAY'S
SCORES
American
New
York.
3,
Boston
2
National
Brooklyn
7,
Philadelphia
1
New
York
8,
Boston
4
B.
C.M.
j
Burns
Lake
was
represented
by
Vern
Taylor,
chairman
of
the
Board
of
Village
Commissioner.-1
and
A.
Ostebcrg,
villase
clerk.
R.
C.
Steele,
chairman
of
the
Van-derhoof
Board
of
Village
Com-misioncrs
and
member-elect
for
the
provincial
legislature,
represented
Vandcrhoof.
The
meeting
was
held
in
the
newly-built
Tweedsmulr
Hotel
In
Burus
Lake
which
is
rapidly
nearing
completion.
Annual
meeting
of
the
Union,
at
which
new
officers
will
be
elected,
will.
A
transit
shed
has
been
erected
for
the
storage
of
Incoming
materials
and
equipment,
and
lecal
mill
officials
believe
that
the
construction
schedule
will
not
be
delayed.
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
Ltd.
has
leased
a
limerock
quarry
on
nearby
Smith
Island
to
provide
limerock
for
the
operation
of
the
mill.
Several
of
the
booming
ground
leases
have
been
issued
and
the
remaining
ones
will
be
concluded
shortly.
Construction
of
the
first
logging
camp
is
well
advanced
and
will
be
ready
for
operation
next
year.
Arrangements
for
logging
are
well
advanced,
but
only
a
small
quantity
will
be
cut
this
year.
A
heavier
cut
is
planned
for
1950
to
provide
an
inventory
for
the
start
of
mill
operations.
Full
log
production
is
scheduled
for
1951.
t
lis.
B's
Store,
McBride
St.,
'.nations.
r
Montreal,
Third
Av-0.
repairs.
Forest
Service,
Fourth
Ai.nona
iuv2
LONDON
W
Labor
Minister
George
Isaacs
said
today
that
ships
held
up
by
the
strike
of
more
than
8,000
London
dock
workers
include
thirty
vital
food
cargoes
and
wamed
that
the
strike
is
hurting
the
country.
"The
strike
Is
hurting
the
country
and
the
men
cannot
es
Vest,
$450.
construction.
Aumaquc
13
Bcattie
53
Bevcourt
20
Bobjo
.14
HOTEL
FIRE
cape
the
responsibility
for
caus-
iii
f
CTXtTVl
lng
this
hurt
by
saying
there;
IV
III
jrVcN
L
Mael.aren,
Borden
?r.
repairs.
Skinner,
Seal
Cove
TO.
repairs.
'"irker,
F.leventh
Avenue,
lirs.
"trie,
Graham
Avenue,
airs.
be
held
at
Terrace
on
September
1.
Resolutions
approved
by
the
meeting
will
be
submitted
to
the
province-wide
Union
of
B.
C.
Buffalo
Canadian
OB'.i
Consul.
Smelters
1)4.58
Con
west
81
Donalda
.".
48
Eldona
:
62
East
Sullivan
:
188
Giant
Yellowknife
5.85
God
s
Lake
29
ITardrock
21
nderson,
Allin
Avenue.
if.
mirs
Municipalities
next
September.
If
they
are
endorsed
there,
they
will
be
brought
to
the
attention
of
the
provincial
government.
Tragic
Conflagration
In
Aberdeen,
Washington
ABERDEEN.
Wash.
Seven
are
known
dead
following
an
early
morning
fire
which
destroyed
the
Lafayette
Hotel
here.
It
was
a
residential
establishment
with
many
elderly
guests.
Many
were
trapped
in
the
brick
and
wood
structure.
Fifty
were
rescued.
The
dead
include
the
proprietor,
Paul
Myers.
'ili'liie,
Graham
Avenue,
'airs.
''ai'k.
Atlin
Avenue,
$365
05
07'2
.15
.04
V2
32
.07
'.i
Harricana
lleva
Hosco
Jacknifc
oliet
Quebec
Lake
Howan
'
I'aper,
Seventh
Av-
is
a
lock-out,"
Isaacs
said
in
the
House
of
Commons.
Isaacs
added
that
the
men
were
acting
in
breach
of
their
agreements
and
it
was
"nothing
but
a
communist
manoeuvre"
to
pretend
there
was
any
other
explanation.
HALIBUT
SALES
Canadian
Snowfall,
35,000,
Atlin,
23.9c,
23.5c
and
20.5c.
Twinkle,
25,000,
Pacific,
23.9c,
23.5c
and
20.5c.
Annie
Tuck,
14,000,
Storage,
22c.
21c
and
19c.
Helen
II,
32,000,
Co-op.
(Cod)
P.
Dorreen,
6,000,
Co-op,
black
cod.
I
BANQl'ET
TENDERED
I
The
Burns
Lake
Commlssion-
ers
tendered
the
visitors
a
ban-'
qurt
at
the
Ominera
Cafe.
'i.
$195,
repairs.
S
n.
Fifth
Avenue
West,
'airs.
00
Lapaska
nen.n,
Overlook
Street,
airs,
'Pwii,
Sixth
(Avenue
45,
repairs.
Guests
included
Constable
Richmond
and
Mrs.
Richmond,
Rev.
A.
W.
Atkinson
and
Magistrate
Mulvany.
Lady
guests
Included
Mrs.
T.
Black,
Mrs.
W.
F.
Stone
and
Mrs.
H.
D.
Thain
all
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mrs.
Cecil
Steele
of
Vandcrhoof,
Mrs.
Verne
A.
Taylor
and
Mrs.
Fred
Beach
of
Burns
Lake.
r.
x
A
fir
lr!
'
Living
index
Zooms
Again
Jumps
Almost
Whole
Point
During
May
to
New
High
OTTAWA
(CP)
Canada's
cost
of
living
zoomed
to
an
all-time
record
luring
the
month
of
May,
jumping
almost
a
whole
point
to
160.5.
The
Bureau
of
Statistics
rer
ported
today
that
between
May
Little
Long
Lac
65
Lynx
-15
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.80
MeKenzic
Red
Luk
.40
McLeod
Cockshutt
104
Moncta
42
Negus
225
Noranda
54.50
Louvlcourt
08''2
NO
CHANGE
BY
SOLDIER
VOTE
OTTAWA
The
soldiers'
vote
made
no
change
in
the
standing
of
the
parties
following
last
n.
Firth
Avenue
repairs.
!U'nuca
on
iag6
2)
TWO
FIRES
!PCAL
TIDES
Pickle
Crow
2
02
(h
week's
fedeil
election.
Sixty
percent
of
the
vote
was
Liberal.
.03
II.
D.
Thain-
as
secretary
of
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities,
occupied
the
chair,
calling
on
everyone
present
to
make
speeches
In
turn.
'cs,'ay,
July
5,
1949
Rcgcourt
San
Antonio
4-20
The
22,000
soldier
votes
were
'"8
16.2
feet
divided
as
follows:
12
20.0
feet
3:00
5.6
feet
Senator
Rouyn
38
Sherrlt
Gordon
I-60
Steen
Rock
133
!4:54
7.6
feet
ON
SUNDAY
Two
minor
fires
brought
out
the
city
Fire'
Department
on
Sunday.
Both
were
put
out
before
damage
was
done.
At
9:40
a.m.
an
overheated
stove
was
responsible
for
a
call
from
the
apartment,
of
W.
A.
McBroom,
Louise
Apartments.
At
6:25
p.m.
a
roast
in
the
oven
at
the
home
Liberals.
13,800.
Progressive
Conservative,
5,300.
C.C.F.,
2,300.
Social
Credit,
370.
Sturgeon
River
17
Silver
Miller
HU
TonJKt
2
and
June
1
the
cost
of
living
index
eclipsed
the
previous
peak
by
nine-tenths
of
a
point.
The
previous
high
was
159
6,
established
last
October
and
OSLAND
POLL
Vote
at
Osland
poll
in
the
recent
provincial
election
was
six
for
J.
D.
McRac.
the
Coalition
candidate
and
fourteen
for
w
H.
Brett,
C.C.F.
An
earlier
i
i'lliAVY
BATTEUY
YOUNGEST
IN
HOUSE
When
the
new
parliament
convenes,
probably
this
fall,
the
honor
of
being
the
youngest
member
will
go
to
Paul
Theodore
Hellyer,
25,
shown
here
wlht
his
attractive
wife.
Hellyer,
who
was
graduated
this
year
from
University
of
Toronto
in
arts,
defeated
the
veteran
parliamentarian
John
R.
MacNicol,
who
has
held
the
Toronto
riding
of
Davenport
for
19
years
as'
representative
of
the
Progressive
Conservative
party.
Hellyer,
a
Libera!,
is
an
air
force
and
army
veteran.
(CP.
Phont)
Noel
Jones,
who
lias
been
visit
Mr.
and
Mrs.
B.
R.
Dodds
of
Terrace
are
paying
a
brief
business
visit
to
the
city,
having
equalled
in
November,
1948,
and
of
N.
G.
Taylor
caught
fire,
Vs.
Radian
legion
'
P.M.
ing
in
Vancouver
ior
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
is
expected
to
return
home
Wednesday
on
the
Prince
Rupert.
leport
had
shown
three
votes
arrived
from
the
interior
by
carlJanuary
of
thls
year
causing
a
good
deal
of
smoke
yesieraay.
for
McRae
and
six
ior
citu.