165 PHONE STAR WCABS VICTORIA, B. C. Line OWES DRUGS angeu Daily Delivery iDlonl..n NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Matt" , 0 PHOIIE 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest1 i 1 lint". VOL. XXXVII, No. 258. J ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Li,!ion atiainst . ml before in it 'I n,v camp;iin of j , United Me flgdtei Heavy VotW ;,lipf,t chamber or Ild inritii'iitiul sup-' for its amend-'interests of devel-lfpsea shipping out II Union Labor Vote I TUG AND SCOW s Information Source Is Held Inviolate LONDON The newspaper i SalUthU I S. m m m m ml m M Ig JB Counted on byT ruman BLOWN ADRIFT DURING NIGHT A 40-mile-an-hour gale which , received at the the Chamber of ,t ni.cht from H. W. I,, commissioner at Federal De-Trade ,r tile and Corn-Has been following p lately, was that lBd been discussed invention in Lon- ch.mue n;u' Deen had been ds- ,-ision TKEXY MAKES A FRIEND During a stop of his campaign train at Wlllard, Ohio, U.S. President Truman wins the allegiance of a future voter, although she won't be of much help in the current . Early Kansas Returns Favor President Small New Hampshire Precinct Is man's right to refuse to answer questions about source of information has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. A case involved a suit for libel against A. J. F. Hoby, a sports writer. He was asked the question: "From whom did you obtain the information which you re ripped through the district last campaign. She is Donna Evans, 6-year old daughter of ttxtmcctlnB. As to of Wlllard. She XHWtll'rf llui First to Report NEW YORK (CP) Heavy early voting today pointed to a possible record total of ballots in the presidential' election. Balloting was particularly heavy in industrial centres where the Democrats' are lied for the said expression of -niation was avail- opinion?" The defendant refused to di pinned a "Victory Donkey" in the presidential lapel. On his speaking tour later in St. Paul, Minn., Mr. Truman called the .speeches of Gov. Thomas Dewey, "mealy-mouthed." vulge and appealed to a high VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG VANCOUVER Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce was severely criticized by Vancouver Board of Trade at the Transport Board Commission hearing here yesterday for opposing the British Columbia application for a removal of the mountain freight rates differential. President Howard T. Mitchell of the Vancouver Board said that there might with equal justice be a differential on freight over the Hudson Bay Railway which was not paying the cost of operation. WELFARE OFFICIAL KILLED EDMONTON An .Alberta government welfare official was shot and killed Monday near Gunn, Alberta, while his assailant died in hospital here, police reported. , counting on union labor votes 10 Dnng rresiuem iru- er court, which supported his plea. night on the heels of a storm warning broke loose a tug and scow from their moorings, set two rowboatfl bobbing across the harbor and caused damage to the wireless station at Sandsplt on the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tug and scow belonged to the Highway Construction' Co. The wind tore them loose Irom the gravel dock at re too of Eleventh Street and drove them across the harbor to the pigby Island shore where they . were intercepted by Charle3 Currie's tug C.R.C. and brought back to safety. The outfit had a close call from going on p, reef near the entrance of Motlakatla Pas man in ahead ol tne Kepunncan i nomas rj. jewey. to the id line . hu as here re-. travelling to the j)ards of Trade of ,.sh Columbia con-.meau, has been in-ssi'l! in the possl-velopment of ship- 8t. Paul, Minnesota, Seattle, Spo- kane and Olympla are among the cities recording bumper polls. kit and lumber out In outlying Kansas City pre ot-rt. cinct, where it was anticipated Francois Lake Sawmill Burns Ten thousand feet of sawn lumber went up in smoke when Peter Helbert's lumber mill burned at Danskin, near Francois Lake, in Central British Columbia last week. Large Aldermen Turnover Indicated at Civic Election Possibility of a large turnover in Prince Rupert's city council following next December' civic elections is in the offing with three of the present aldermen indicating their intention to retire one midway in his term of office and the future of two more un Dewey would be stronger, there Y MURPHY wts some surprise at a count which showed Truman leading 4000 to 1000. A small New Hampshire pre Chamber of Commerce Told of sage. . ,, . The C JtC. also salvaged two rowboats belonging to Dr. W. S. Kergln, which had blown over cinct was the first to give a final Threat Which Faces Canadians result, It was 11 for Dewey and CHARGE ER Harvey Mur-esterday that $23,-M bunds had been from the Interna-vorker.s of America International Union Mill and Smelter certain. side from the cruiser Full Moon. The gale began about 10 one for Truman. In 1944 the vote there had been six to four for Roosevelt. Thrust by circumstances into a major global role that they o'clock, whipping up to a maxi C.N.R. Director Being Sought Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Decides to Take ' mum velocity of 40 miles , an hour over the city between three The four members of the eight-man council whose two-year terms expire at the end of this year are Aldermen Robert McKay, George Casey, A. S. Nickerson and Arthur Brooks -bank. . ; Communism, Collectivism and Bureaucracy Seen As Dangers Dr. Large Reports On Convention Convinced that the people of Canada face a tremendous threat from the power of the 'isms and that the socialistic tendency in public life is as dangerous had previously avoided for the most of peacetime history, the and four odock this morning. Ousts ptrsiski throu.out the electors of the country are choos BR OF Lead In Matter So that British Columbia may CIVIC ELECTION POSSIBILITIES , Here is the current picture at a glance as regards the intentions of current aldermen whose terms of office expire, who may retire from office, and now candidates who so far have indicated their intentions of running: Present Aldermen Brooksbank Not' running. Ca sey - Not definite, but probable. J . In addition to these four, it is indicated that Alderman Ralph ing their leaders for the next four crucial years. Interest is day. ' Rainfall overnish'; wss negligible. ' At Sandsplt, Queeii Charlotte Islands base tax, Canadian Pa as the threat of communism, Dr. R. G. Large last Morin may retire, although his once again be represented ou DERATION two-year term will be only half the board of directors of Hie night expressed the opinion to the Prince Rupert cific Air Lines, a gal3 of equal as intense , aDroaa as u is ax home as the 50,000,000 citizens of the world's wealthiest power make their choice. Canadian National Railways, the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president, that ron JiiiiuMiu Heard force knocked over trees which Prince Rupert Chamber of Com Lm Differential very serious thought should be given to the matter. The key completed. Alderman Morin began his term last January. Personal and business pre-occupa-tions are said to be the basis for his probable retirement. British newspapers are head merce is asking the federal government to pass an ordcr-in- recognized as the very manifestation ot eyil bu.tu.iLJthe jxA fell on a power transmission line leading to the radio towers. Radio communication v.'aa out this morning. Forecast of continued wind note of the Canadian Chamber lining the election and London , :n Premier eouncil Increasing the numbeyit of Commerce c6nehttohliii'Va..i- papers give Dewey 13 to 1 odds- ."LH1',!;'',; I5oar'..- Monn.-iJUik.4y. to Teaign.'r- ' Aidei'man Morhi'ls at present lectivlsts who come in less unpleasant guise are able to rob For the presidency the choice the directorate by one. Support for the move will be sought McKay Piam. to run: couver, on which Dr. Large presented a report after attending was responsible for delaying to- business men of their indepen dence and initiative, they will day's C.P.A. flight to Sandsplt :;it the continuance nam referential in I ?hl rates would be which violated "the At noon, It was reported that as official delegate, had beer, the issue of communism vs. private enterprise. Dr. Large read In full an ad Nickerson Not running. New Candidates-George Hills D e f i n i t e 1 y running. H a r old Whalen- Definitely running. also neutralize the only effective resistance to centralization ol power in the state. Having achieved centralization in the lies among three major candidatesPresident Harry Truman, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Henry Wallace, former vice-presidential aspirant. There are eight other candidates but none of them are conceded a chance to win. Only two, Governor Strom Thurmond' of South Carolina, leading the splinter group Democrats, and Norman Thomas per dress on "Defence of Freedom" by Dr. John L. McDougall, professor of economics at Queen's state they will then either proceed to sacrifice all the other in Vancouver, where his wife is In hospital as a result of an automobile accident early in September. Alderman Arthur Brooksbank, who will complete two years service on council at the end of this year, has announced his intention of retiring. He expects to do some extensive travelling. "Pressure of business" was given by Alderman A. S. Nickerson as the reason for his retirement from aldermanic service .aid put jviso of con-The Premier gave i review and des-ilfcrential a.s a tar-aiuinst British Col-niountain rate, the iarcri, was "in res-"a;ic' and "a tariff University, Kingston, with which freedoms to maintain it or they the flight would not leav? be-. fore 2 o'clock. No damage was done to the Highway Construction Co. scow, or the tug Horseshoe, owned by McLean's Shipyard and under charter to the construction company. Promp action by the C.R.C. saved them. , ' The tug and scow have been used by Highway Construction Co. to haul gravel for the city he had been greatly impressed wll lbe pushed aside by tougher- and which he considered one of from the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia and other Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce In this area. The matter was brought to the attention of the Chamber by J. D. McRae who stated that today there was not a director of the board west of Toronto, the only member who could lay claim to being from the West being E. J. Young, a former Saskatchewan M.P., who now lived In Toronto. The Canadian Pacific had recognized the growing important of the province by naming a British Columbia director. J. T. Harvey moved that minded men who will. "Those who fight for freedom VANCOUVER TO SQUAMISH ROAD Province in Considering the highlights of a convention attendance at which was an experience not soon to be forgot ennial Socialist candidate, are of enterprise are not solely profit-seekers, as the current smear-techniques of the collec- with the conclusion of his two- lluililine First Class Highway to nullity the whole ! the traiiscontiiien-dfvised as part of ''is of Confederation pp flow of trade Hie length and Canada." but from Denlse Arm. our The gale blew a tree across known even by name to many voters. Weather was generally favorable. Voting was orderly. Kentucky produced a charge of ballot box stuffing. tivists would brand them, they are defenders of all near the freedoms. They stand in the Sixth Avenue . East year term. Alderman George Casey, a veteran of early city councils who made a come-back two VANCOUVER The Vancouver Province said yesterday in a dispatch from Victoria that t . I .... 1 1 m.irninmnnt urafi van in this great battle and can Masonic Tejnple. ls,n. with Attorney ten. Dr. McDougall had referred to individual freedom without interference from state as the "central value" of the democratic form of life. The chief enemies of freedom, he declared, were "not its avowed enemies, the communists, but the woolly-minded folk, the people with hearts so warm that their heads had softened, people who that he 1 11 b"""-" - i -'' years ag0i has hintcd I'rtun Wismcr, pres- siiKiyina a pian ior a xiiBuwajfi- may run again despite his vj hold their heads high with honorable "pride." Dr. McDougall deplored bur-eauracy In government and delivered a special attack on the between Vancouver and Squa-nii.i. The Pacific Great East years. Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce in Central British - aAking for thr rr-''W mountain rates une-and-a-quarter "'Wie rate on ship-'(' coast. If he does, It is likely that he Columbia be asked to support will face competition from h;s son-ln-law, George Hills, for- the request. W. J. Scott movea Many Divorces In Westminster NEW WESTMINSTER Last Friday, in Vancouver, 18 divorce applications were granted. The same day, in New Westminster, 11 more applications were ern Hallway wouia comnuiue to the cost of the link and would receive in turn an exclusive franchise for bus and trucking privileges on the road. mer finance chairman, who was an amendment that support of in their compelling urge to do nosed out two years ago by his j southern boards also be sought, father-in-law by only a matter The amendment was voted down PUVER WAS Manitoba Takes No Differential Stand t Jl VANCOUVER Premier Stewart Garson of Manitoba told the Board of Transport Commissioners here yesterday that his government was neither supporting or Opposing the application " ol the province of British Columbia for removal of the mountain differential on freight rates. hold H to 11 and the motion was then T AND DRY of a few votes. Mr. Hills Wheat Board Act which, as amended in 1947, grievously limited the freedoms of 270,000 farmers of the prairie provinces, not because an emergency existed or that It was necessary to protect the liberties of others but as "a pure extension of centralized control." Citing Germany and Russia, (Continued on Page Six) LOCAL TIDES office for several years, run-Carrled iVElt Vancouver good in a hurry, want to use the power of the state to compel others to lead lives which appear good in their eyes." THE REAL DANGER Continuing Dr. McDougall had said: "The communist is not an immediate danger because he is November 3, 1948 nlng on Civic Labor Federation tickets. October this year Wednesday, High ... 2:39 20.6 feci ;. meteorological fi :; TODAYS STOCKS : : Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. A newcomer in civic politics is Harold Whalen, manager of the local branch of a trucking and labelling firm, who said " 14:21 22.7 feet .. 8:20 6.3 feet 21:00' 1.7 feet the month just' There were 143 ' Low imshiue. I Vancouver RESCUED FROM SMOKE-FILLED SHACK Terrace Man Bralorne z5 1i n T .03 Two men were taken to hos B. R. Con. B. R. X. .. Bob jo 1034 Buffalo Canadian 08 Consol. Smelters ...... 126.50 Conwest 1-20 Donalda - -62 Eldona -97 East Sullivan 3.40 .08 Loses Life pital last night after being rescued from a smoke-filled cabin Cariboo Quartz 1-20 last night that he will seek aldermanic office. Mr. Whalen has not sought tlvic office before in Prince Rupert. Alderman Robert McKay, current utilities and board of works chairman, who has held office, with only a one-year break, since 1942, is definitely seeking reelection. Alderman McKay has been c. consistent suDDorter of the .0414 ,32 Grull Wihksne Hedlev Mascot TERRACE (Special to Daily on Wantage Road by city firemen who discovered them lying News) Apparently struck from unconscious after putting out a maze wnicn inreaienea 10 behind by a rotten, snag while cutting poles, at Nine Mile ou Kalum Road, Carl Osterlund Pend Oreille 6.10 ' Pioneer 2.70 Premier Border 02 Privateer ,-- -12 Reeves McDonald 3.15 destroy the building. In a corner of the combined living room and bedroom they found Hughs, also unconscious. He also was given the oxygen treatment and rushed to hospital. Both are recovering. The fire was said by Fire Chief H. T. Lock to have been caused by a cigarette which Ignited a mattress. Apparently the mattress was thrown from the bed to the floor where It set the floor burning, then put outside the door, where It set aflame the wall-It was the flaming wall which The two middle-aged victims sustained a broken neck and died Sunday afternoon. Reno 07 principle that young businessmen should accept civic respons were Louis Hughs and Jock Harris who owe their escape to Kenneth Johnston, who saw the .12 Salmon Gold Osterlund was found by em ibility and, despite his 70-odd years, has insisted that he has ployees, Frank Lett and John Campbell; when he failed to return to supper. They stayed all Sheep Creek 1-50 Taylor Bridge , 33 Taku River , 32 Vananda sought office in the past be flames as we was passing" by In a truck. Harris received a burn on his arm as he lay In the cabin. Firemen who rushed to the night with the body and Mon cause there were few young men who would accept the re Congress 03 day morning notified the police. 09 Pacific Eastern Constable Ted Brue and Cor sponsibility. Former Mayor Harry M. Dag Giant Yellowknife .... 4.95 God's Lake :. 42 Hardrock 24 Harricana .12 Heva 11 Hosco I Jacknife .04 Joliet Quebec 52 Lake Rowan 06 Lynx 09 Lapaska 05 Little Long Lac 71 Madsen Red Lake 2.35 McKenzie Red Lake .. .35 McLeod Cockshutt 90 Mrjneta -36 Negus 2.15 Noranda 55.75 Louvicourt -54 Pickle Crow 2.02 Regcourt 05 San Antonio 3.75 Sherrit Gordon 2.39 Senator Rouyn 46 Steep Rock 1-65 Sturgeon River 15 Silver Miller 35 oner Will Robinson proceeded nett. who ran against Mayor to the scene of the accident and Nora Arnold last year, has in the body was brought to town. A coroner's inauiry will be formed the Daily News that he will not be in the running this year for aldermanic honors al scene after receiving the call at 9:15 were told that only one man was believed to be In the cabin. After putting out the flames that blocked the entrance, they found Harris lying on the kitchen floor of the two-room building. Harris was given oxygen and put in the city police car to be taken to hospital. The firemen held. attracted the attention ol Kenneth Johnston. Johnston went to the nearest telephone and called the fire department then drove back to the cabin where he began throwing buckts of water on the blazing wall. He shouted to thise Inside that the building was on fire. " . : A voice inside told him to go away. The fire truck arrived a few minutes afterward. Firemen found evidence of drinking in the cabin. Spud Valley 06 Central Zeballos 01 Silbak Premier .33 Oils A. T. Con 24 Calmont &2 C. & E , 6.25 Foothills - 3.90 Home 11 95 Toronto Athona 15 Aumaque 18 Beattie - 56 Bevcourt 24 Deceased was about 60 years of age and is survived by his p-! '-. , r , t i though his name has oeen men tloned. wife and son. Earl, in Terrace, NO Ria t, . . .r,T.r r noil. and one daughter, Winnie, in SYMBOL OF WELCOME -"--iiuers or the "Cagoule, allegedly Fascist organ-nown as hn un.,nut ,.t in Paris where Victoria. then re-entered the cabin to In ancient China, where a miest entered a home he was Deceased had been a resident i;, " tr'al as collaborationists during the Nazi occupa- put out the remnants of the fire. of this district for a long time. given a leather glove as a sym bol of welcome. - ".juuaiy iu as ine scneauiea aaie iui hic " ed. He w a brought to court on a litter.