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PB0"VU5'
.onr.iEs
DRUGS
i)dily
Delivery
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,
NORTHIRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
KtWSPAPXB
PHOHE
81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strateeic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert;
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
293.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
10,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Try
To
Get
Chennaull
More
for
Xmos
Labor
Government
In
Role
Of
Santa
For
British
Yule
v
,
China""
Isctien
In
inalists
Water
Licence
For
Alcoa
Is
Assured
Of
Approval
.
I
!
I
if
"
i
HONG
KONG
ft
An
attempt
to
sabotage
a
civil
air
transport
plane
carrying
Major
General
Claire
Chennault
to
Taipeh,
For
I.
-'
Precipitation
Record
Ketchikan
Gets
Lavish
Rainfall
Controller
Will
See
Plans
lieforc
Construction
Starts
of
Nechako
River
Project
VICTOPJA
The
controller-
of
water
rights
indicated
today
that
he
would
approve
the
granting
of
a
water
licence
to
the
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
for
the
taking
of
water
from
the
Nechako
River
for
the
development
of
hydro-electric
power
for
the
mosa,
was
broken
up
today.
Police
said
they
were
holding
one
"suspect."
Shortly
before
Chennault
took
off
for
Formosa,
200
employees
of
the
C.A.T.
surrounded
the
plane
and
demanded
that
Chennault
give
them
six
months'
pay.
While
discussions
were
going
on
the
chief
pilot
discovered
several
men
attempting
to
cut
cables
to
hydraulic
brakes.
Housewives
Happy
About
Increase
in
Food
Rations;
More
Toys
and
Candies
Too
By
NORMAN
CRIB3ENS
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer.
LONDON
(CP)
Santa
Claus
is
thriving
despite
devaluation,
and
Britons
will
enjoy
a
better,
brighte:.
Christmas
this
year
with
more
food,
more
toys,
more
drink
and
more
candy.
Clothes,
loo,
will
be
plentiful
for
those
who
can
afford
them.
Many
things
will
cost
more
bread
has
already
gone
up
one
half-penny
but
;
supplies
generally
arc
better
t
T
than
twelve
months
ago.
'tOrOntO
lITP
Anybody
who
thinks
Prince
Rupert
is
a
rainy
place
might
consider
the
ease
of
Ketchikan
where
1949
is
going
down
in
his-
f
tory
as
the
year
of
greatest'
proposed
new
aluminum
manufacturing
industry.
j
Mayor
Farrow
stated,
how-r
I
Ci,
ever,
no
construction
would
be
ft-An
up-,ar
,T,
Formosa
west
Sikang
Prov-thrcali'iicd
to
undo
'nationalist
plans
to
uss
retreat
as
a
tfUinous
"-uerrilla
warfare
against
rmuni-sts.
Troops
in
I
province
to
the
East
w
have
joined
with
dels.
.114
sources
said
that
gu
TsuiiK-Nan
had
re-ils
4(io.00()-maii
army
in
wn
c-hwan
Proves
cln'
I'-ii't'
the
Red
WliClicngtu
a:id
Yun-vincc.
Modern
Liners
Pacific
JudlHCII
S
JINKE
approved
until
plans
and
spccl-
fications
had
been
presented.
Railroad
History
Diesel
Hauls
rr
rainfall.
Ketchikan
is
just
touch-1
ing
the
200-inch
mark
for
precipitation
ttiis
year
whereas
Prince
Rupert
Iras
yet
to
reach
100
Inches.
Communist
Plan"
i
The
controller
said
that
the
i
Industrial
value
of
an
aluminum
plant
would
far
outweigh
any
I
possible
damage
to
the
fishing
COMMANDING
OFFICER
KILLED
Sqdn.-Ldr.
Denis
Charles
Leslie
Webber
Was
one
of
the
four
men
killed
In
the
cru.sh
of
a
Mitchell
bomber
near
the
R.C.A.F.'s
central
flying
school
at
Trenton,
On
Webber,
37-year-old
R.A.F.
officer,
was
commanding
officer
of
the
school.
He
arrived
in
Canada
last
February
on
an
exchange
posting.
The
others
killed
were
Canadians.
(C.
P.
Photo)
LONDON
ft-A
"cold
and
dc-1
liberate"
Communist
plan,
cooked
j
up
months
ahead
of
time
In
Canada,
caused
last
spring's
serious
Up
to
yesterday
there
had
been
199.34
Inches
of
rain
at
Ketchikan
so
far
this
year
and
weatherman'
I.
C.
Smith
there
predicts
2115
inches
by
January
1.
industry.
Major.
Farrow's
statement
followed
recent
hearings
at
Ootsa
Lake
and
Victoria.
Fatal
To
Two
TORONTO
ft
Two
children
were
burned
to
death
and
five
others
were
rescued
by
neighbors
today
when
fire
swept
their
home
in
suburban
Islington.
The
father,
S.
Roberts,
was
reported
to
have
been
shopping
in
downtown
Toronto
when
the
blaze
broke
out
and
a
three-room
iraiu
c.tttage
was
destroyed.
For
one
tiling
everyone
Is
getting
nine
extra
cups
of
tea
a
week,
as
the
ration
was
Increased
December
4
from
two
ounces
to
2
ounces
a
week.
Other
increases,
announced
by
Food
Minister
Strachey
in
the
House
of
Commons,
were:
Bacon
Ration
raised
to
four
ounces
a
week.
The
new
ration
will
be
maintained
for
some
time,
but
may
not
be
kept
up
throughout
1950.
Candy
An
extra
six
ounces
in
the
four-week
period
beginning
Continental
WINNIPEG
A
new
chapter
in
;
Canadian
railroad
history
was
I
made
here
yesterday
with
the
j
arrival
of
the
Continental
Lim-j
lied
powered
by
.the
latest
model
j
three
unit,
4000
h.p.
diesel
loco-
i
motive.
It
was
the
first
time
on
j
record
that
a
regular
transcontinental
passenger
train
had
crossed
from
Montreal
to
Winnipeg
under
diesel
power.
The
dock
Rtiikes,
Labor
Minister
George
Isaacs
6aid
today.
In
a
long
report
on
the
strikes,
Isaacs
said
that
Uic
dispute
began
after
collapse
of
a
similar
strike
in
Canada.
He
said
that
the
British
action
was
planned
in
Previous
rainfall
record
for
Ketchikan
was
established
lu
1917
when
190.31
inches
of
rain
(ell.
That
record
was
tied
on
)l'U.ii
Canadian
te
Lines
vwi.
use
jet
ulr-its
Transpacific
sched-,ii
Vancouver.
This
was
November
23
of
this
year.
Here
is
how
it
stands.
1
!
i
'
1
1
f
ii
!
:
I
i
'
Canada
even
before
the
Canadian
Dollar
Outlook
Better-Parliament
Prorogues
Will
Reconvene
if
Industrial
Situation
Deteriorates
for
in
Previous
record
rainfall
Ketchikan
in
1917190.31
4
i,x!uy
by
Grant
Mc-
!
derpstia
(Uspule
cf
tne
Canadian
president
of
C.P.A
dies.
Annual
rainfall
for
1949
yesterday
morning
199.34
to
in-
trip
was
made
on
schedule
from
start
to
finish.
On
hand
to
take
official
notice
cf
this
event
was
Mayor
Garnet
Seamen's
Union
began.
(In
Montreal
today
Harry
Davies,
president
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union,
described
the
charges
of
the
British
Labor
Minister
as
a
"pack
of
lies.")
December
4,
making
the
total
ration
22
ounces
for
the
month.
Cooking
fat
."n
extra
lour
ounces
curing
the
Christmas
period.
Cakes
and
sweet
biscuits
Bakers
have
received
a
special
ROBINSON
IS
BEST
ches.
Total
rainfall
ovci
11.
i
previous
record
for
the
ycu'
to
date
9.03
Inches.
Coulter
who
congratulated
the
crew
and
the
Canadian
National
Railways
when
the
giant
locomotive
was
brought
to
a
stop
Eskimos
Lost
On
Arctic
Ice
HALIFAX
tf
-The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Search
and
Rescue
received
a
call
today
f,r
assistance
in
locating
two
F-jMmo
adrift
on
an
ice
pack
in
Hudson
Bay
since
Monday.
A
Hudson
Bay
Co.
post
manager
said
the
Eskimos
and
their
dog
teams
were
floating
to
sea
jclilf
said
that
the
500-hiiur
aircraft
would
be
.
and
put
into
service
;3.il
or
early
In
1952.
.
is
can
be
learned
no
t
line
in
the
world
has
Jit
new
style
planes
in
lervkc.
CP
A.
Li
the
h
American
air
line
to
..
order
for
them,
i
aircraft,
built
In
Eng-i
called
"Comet,"
lias
a
age
than
the
new
Can-:
liner.
LONDON
ft
As
Parliament
prorogued
today
for
holiday
recess,
Prime
Minister
C.
R.
Attlt.
promised
to
consider
recalling
it
if
the
five-day
old
strike
"deteriorates"
in
the
slate-owned
London
power
plants.
However,
a
Spcnf
Work
less
in
the
Winnipeg
depot.
The
trip
was
made
in
the
na
Healing
Info
Stabbing
Affray
allocation
of
ingredients.
Turkeys
Supplies
better
than
last
year
and
appreciably
more
of
other
types
of
poultry.
,
'
Christmas
puddings,
with
price
control
off,
will
be
in
slightly
I
better
supply
and
rather
richer
ture
of
a
test
run
for
passenger
service,
as
a
similar
test
was
NEW
YORK
Nesro
Jackie
Robinson,
as
expected,
led
National
League
batting
this
year
with
a
mark
of
.342,
nosing
out
his
rival,
Stan
Musial
of
St
Louis,
by
four
percentage
points.
Recently
voted
the
most
valuable
player,
Robin-sc.-i
led
in
stolen
bases
with
37
and
tied
Marty
Marion
of
St.
Louis
for
the
most
sacrifices
with
17.
j
statement
later
In
the
day
said
that
a
settlement
had
been
definitely
reached.
Pay
On
Liquor
ST.
CATHERINES
Changes
in
unemployment
insurance
regulations
are
suggested
by
Magistrate
H.
D.
Hallett
who
tried
a
charge
of
Intoxication
against
John
Lane.
The
latter
said
he
;
had
not
worked
for
months
and
Preliminary
hearing
Into
a
,
stabbing
charge
laid
against
Lor-
made
last
week
very
successfully
j
In
freight
service.
An
outstanding
I
feature
of
the
performance
in
content.
Large
supplies
are
arriving
from
Australia
and
the
about
twenty
miles
south
of
Cape
Smith
Island
off
the
northeast
shore
of
Hudson
liay.
of
the
locomotive
Is
that
after
Rt.
Hon.
Anthony
Eden,
deputy
Conservative
leader,
asked
and
received
the
assurance
this
morn
Republic
of
Ireland.
Mincemeat,
candied
peel
and
i
i
i
i
making
the
long
run
from
Mon-
bVOCKS
Milt
um
Co
Lid
t
I
Jrjeai
direct
to
Winnipeg
without
j
crystallized
.
f
ruit--silghtly
bet-
n
f
'
"
i
,
-
.-V
part
of
his
insurance
money
a
ter.
I
ella
Barnhardt
on
November
4,
!
began
Thursday
in
Magistrate
W.
;
D.
v
ance's
court.
.
The
charge
of
assault
occasioning
grievous
bodily
harm
was
pressed
a
few
hours
after
Ben
Petterson,
city
halibut
skipper,
was
admitted
to
General
Hospl-
Fruit
More
apples
and
ing
that
Parliament
would
be,
recalled
If
the
strike
continued.
Soon
afterward
Parliament
began
the
Christmas
holidays
spent
in
liquor.
'
The
day
is
coming"
remarked
the
magistrate
"when
selective
service
will
cut
off
people
like
you
from
that
kind
of
support."
oranges
and
plenty
of
tangerines
and
other
fruit.
For
the
Wassail-Bowl
which
are
due
to
last
until
Janu
a
change,
It
was
turned
around
and
took
the
Continental
Limited
back
to
Montreal
last
evening,
j'
Company
official
termed
the
trip
as
"very
satisfactory."
.
A
little
later
on
as
further
tests
are
made
it
is
anticipated
that
the
new
diesel
locomotive
will
be
used
throughout
Western
Canada
in
another
series
of
test
runs.
Yai.ciiuvir
";('
it
,
.
.Jl
I
Ou:.i
tz
:on
Mj.-eot
..
:
Ea.tern
Orciilf
Xmas
Trees
Are
Plentiful
Christmas
trees
appear
plentiful
this
year
and
the
popular
family
size
those
about
as
tall
8E
father
should
cost
the
same
as
last
yuletlde
$2
cr
$3
In
most
parts
of
Canada.
Drinks
Good
supplies
of
wines
and
spirits,
except
whisky
j
which
is
still
being
exported
on
a
large
scale.
.
Nuts
Plenty
available
including
walnuts,
chestnuts,
almonds,
Brazils.
Meats
Considerable
stocks.
Ration
increased
December
4
ary
24.
Eleven
hundred
workers
vxre
still
out
today
ot
three
plants
in
the
walk-out
which
has
been
condemned
by
the
Cimmuist-.ed
Union.
The
Speech
from
the
Throne,
proroguing
the
Parliament,
said
1IIOULK
KtM.US
OTTAWA
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
said
today
tbat
sooner
or
later
there
must
be
a
levelling
off
of
rentals
at
a
higher
point.
,
RUTH
ABERLE
SAFE
LONGVIEW
Ruth
Aberle,
16-year-old
Girl
Scout,
who
had
been
lost
since
Sunday,
was
found
alive
and
in
rood
condition
yesterday.
She
was
brought
here
by
ambulance
from
a
rugged
mountain
where
she
had
waited
patiently
for
four
wintry
nights
after
having
become
lost
while
hunting
a
Christmas
tree.
She
had
been
alone
without
food
in
snow
and
rain.
Five
hundred
mc,-
had
searched
for
her.
'
tal
with
a
series
of
deep
and
'
profusely
bleeding
wounds
along
i
the
left
side
of
his
body.
The
carving
Incident
had
its
I
beginning
in
the
small
hours
of
i
the
morning
of
November
3.
Pct-1
terson,
Miss
Barnhardt
and
a
I
party
of
friends
had
been
ccle-i
bratlng
the
marriage
of
Mr.
and
!
Mrs.
Barney
DcFehr,
two
of
the
witnesses.
After
they
had
visited
the
homes
of
friends
and
a
local
beverage
parlor
they
came
r
B
mler
.
Christmas
Store
l
,
a
McDonald
J
Creek
from
Is.
4d.
(20
cents)
(about
one
pound
per
person)
to
Is.
6d.
per
week.
Food
Minister
Strachey
said
the
Increase
would
last
well
over
the
holiday
season
but
might
not
be
maintained
indefinitely.
Sugar
No
Increase.
there
was
every
reason
to
believe
that
Great
Britain's
dollar
gap
would
be
closed,
thmki
to
"generous
help"
of
Canada
and
the
United
States."
Trade
with
North
Americ
still
presented
special
problems
the
j
Speech
said,
but
the
gap
between
A
Canadian
Press
.survey
shews
most
dealers
plan
to
charge
about
that.
Most
popular
trees
are
the
Scotch
pine
and
fir
(whicr.
don't
readily
shed
needles)
and
the
Spruce,
most
abundant
cf
il
the
yuletide
rites.
A
few
paint-sprayed
trees
are
offered
but
most
families
seem
to
prefer
the
c
vevgrcens.
Most
of
the
shining
.03'
2
9.30
.031,
.05
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1
30
.03
.30
.07
5.70
3.15
.03';
.14
2.01
.03
1.18
.39
.09
'',
.07
4.60
.i2
1.23
.50
8.73
135
13.25
.12
4
05
.35
.0(5
9.30
Hours
Announced
As
a
convenience
to
ice
shoppers,
retail
stores
will
remain
Open
until
8
p.
m.
on
Friday
of
next
week
and
on
Saturday,
i
Premier
.
..".da
:
Vulir.
Con
E
i
to
Pcllcrson's
room.
1
The
time
of
their
arrival
was
1
1
p.m.
Mrs.
De
Fchr,
first
crown
witness
.testified
that
she
had
left
the
rom
for
a
bite
to
eat
at
;
approximately
1:30
p.m.
Upon
1
returning
she
found
Miss
Barn-!
hnnll
In
the
kitchen
with
Pelter-
Last
year's
Christmas
bonus
was
nine
ounces
of
sugar,
four
ounces
of
tea
and
two
ounces
of
receipts
and
payments
is
being
progressively
reduced
"as
the
drive
to
increase
direct
and
indirect
dollar
earnings
gathers
momentum."
THE
WKATHER
$t
pink
and
silver
trees
are
bought
by
merchants
for
window
display
at
prices
ranging
from
$6.50
for
a
three-footer
to
$5(
Christmas
Eve,
will
close
at
0
o'clock,
it
Is
announced
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Merchants'
Association.
Stores
will
be
closed
on
the
candy.
,
Prunes
are
limited
but
canned
fruits
will
be
around
with
plenty
"3i
LHlK'c
son.
But
Petterson,
Mrs.
DcFehr
of
canned
plums.
Evaporated
milk
and
cream
will
be
in
better
:
Oil
.
ry
ic
PcU
...
Monday
and
Tuesday
following
the
Sunday
Christmas
as
well
us
on
Janary
2
which
will
be
observed
as
New
Year's
Day.
The
usual
Thursday
afternoon
half
holidays
will
be
observed.
ess
supply
than
before!
Christmas
shopping
started
earlier
than
usual.
Thousands
were
attracted
to
the
bigger
and
better-stocked
toy
fairs
featuring
cheaper
and
clever
Synopsis
Snow
Is
falling
in
central
British
Columbia
for
the
third
successive
day.
Snow
flurries
are
also
reported
in
the
southeastern
areas
of
the
province.
The
southern
rgelons
remain
cloudy
and
mild.
Sunny
skies
are
expected
in
the
southern
coastal
Ciiwuiian
for
a
12
foot
giant.
If
you
figure
$2
.is
too
mud
for
a
tree
and
decide
to
hack
oni
clown
yourself,
like
grandpa
usee
to
do,
watch
your
step.
If
you
di
your
cutting
on
the
farmer',
prize
wood-lot
he
may
come
af
ter
you
with
a
shot-gun
and
.tin
forest
rangers
are
out
to
prol.ee
crown
land.
WOMAN
COST
ACCOUNTANT
Mrs.
Anne
Marie
Boycr
of
Montreal,
39-year-old
mother
of
four
children,
has
been
awarded
a
degree
as
a
registered
industrial
cost
accountant.
She
is
the
first
Canadian
woman
to
receive
the
diploma.
(C.
P.
Photo
i
ililf
Union
Leaders
Sent
To
Jail
VANCOUVER
ft
William
Lloyd
White
unci
William
A.
Stewart
were
committed
to
Juil
lor
contempt
of
court
today
as
nffieprs
of
the
Marine
Workers
Tumulo
ma
testified,
was
not
In
the
same
condition
.He
was
sitting
on
a
chair,
badly
bleeding.
Miss
Barnhardt
told
Mrs.
DrFchr
to
phone
I
he
ambulance
and
police.
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergln.
who
attended
to
PetU
rson's
wounds
stated
that
at
2:30
on
the
morning
of
Nov.
4,
he
examined
Petterson
and
found
three
major
cuts
along
the
left
side
of
the
body.
'rino
nf
t.hrse
wounds"
Dr.
toys.
For
six
shillings
(93c.)
.09
1
4
II
iey
can
have
a
ski-jumper
jquc
mr
t
''J
Cii;;i(!ij
n
Smelleis
.....
!fst
and
Boilermakers'
Industrial
Union
(CCLi.
Supreme
Court
Justice
N.
W.
New
Mayor
In
Prince
George
PRINCE
GEORGE
Aid.
Garvin
Dezell
is
the
new
mayor
of
Prince
George.
He
was,
elected
by
a
majority
of
170
over
William
G.
Fraser,
retiring
city
clerk.
In
Quesnel
A
.P.
Fraser
war
elected
commissioner.
j
areas
this
afternoon.
Another
disturbance
in
the
AIR
PASSENGERS
;
developing
To
Vancouver
(today)
Miss
Gulf
of
Alaska
this
morning
will
G.
Petit,
E.
K.
Williams,
C.
A.
!
bring
cloudy
.skies
and
rain
to
Johnson,
W.
Hunter,
J.
R.
Dur-
.the
North
Coast
by
evening
but
kin.
I
tlvrc
is
little
indication
of
any
To
Sandspit
(today)
Mrs.
N.
marked
change
over
the
rest
of
Lund,
Miss
E.
Smith,
Miss
O.
!
oi.
province
in
the
next
24
to
48
Smith.
i
hours.
From
Vancouver
(Thursday)
1
Forecast
Kergln
stated,
was
seven
and
one-half
inches
deep.
Part
of
the
that
somersaults
and
skis
across
the
floor,
a
three-geared
car
for
ill
and
toy
television
sets
at
10s.
On
the
debit
side
of
the
picture,
potatoes,
tomatoes,
dnions,
bread,
apples
and
other
essential
foods
are
costing
Britons
more.
An
index
of
wholesale
prices
at
the
end
of
October
first
full
month
after
devaluationshowed
widespread
rises.
Fruit
and
vegetables
had
come
Some
Canadian
farmers
mak
a
tidy
income
irom
the
Christ
mas
tree
trade.
Tney
sell
the!
evergreens
to
city
dealers
fo,
anywhere
from
two
cents
to
3
cents
each.
They
are
cut
by
farn
lr.
borers
who
make
$5-$6
a
day
Saskatchewan
generally
imports
its
ChrUtmas
trees
fron
British
Columbia,
the
native
tre.:
being
of
the
kind
that
sheo
Whlttakcr
said
the
men
"split
,
kidney
could
be
felt
by
insertion
of
two
fingers."
Petterson
was
confined
in
hospital
for
12
days.
The
weapon,
EulliviMi
ll
V'K.iife
i
Lib-
.13;
.51
i
7
I
.2(1
!
.14
!
.03
103.(11)
.
1.27
,
.
.57
.
.43
j
5.20
0.39
.
.35
.23
.07
.10
.
.15
..
.72
.0"'
..
.05
-...
.41
-1
',
...
3.05
hairs"
in
attempting
to
evauo
a
court
order
to
consider
Myron
Kuzych
a
Union
member
in
good
standing.
I
Kuzych
recently
was
awarded
1
$5000
damages
from
the
Union
following
their
conviction
on
a1
Mr.
Stole,
Miss
A.
Smith,
C.
North
Coast
Region
cloudiness
becoming
overcast
Parkvold,
T.
Baird.
D.
Blytne,
D.
F.
Shaw,
T.
Jones.
up
4
9
per
cent
since
September,
their
needles
too
rapidly.
The
Re-
Dr.
Kergln
slated,
whs
u
mii
and
sharp
instrument,
probably
a
knife.
High
prices
for
wheat
raised
the
wna
AYLESWORTH
IS
NOW
95
a
From
Sandspit
(Thursday)
with
rain
this
afternoon,
uouay
Mr.
Hammar,
H.
Hcnningcr.
;with
showers
Saturday.
Winds
l-
,light,
increasing
to
southeast
(20
charge
of
illegal
expulsion.
s
o
itt
Quebec
....i
niphi
this
afternoon.
Not
quite
so
cold
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
Other
witnesses
testifying
lor
the
crown
were
Clara
Gurvlch.
George
White,
Norman
Storvig
and
Petterson.
Rod
McLeod
Is
acting
for
the
defense
and
prosecuting
is
T.
W.
Brown.
'
The
hearing
will
continue
next
st
Howa.-,
index
of
cereal
prices
12
per
cent.
Tomatoes
and
apples
rose
74
per
cent
but
a
large
part'of
that
was
purely
seasonal.
Other
food
prices
showed
rises
ranging
upward
from
nearly
three
per
cent.
Wholesale
prices
of
all
articles,
Adiustmcnts
In
Prince
Rupert's
Court
House
will
no
longer
be
illuminated
in
pleasing
outline
on
gala
occas
OTTAWA
Sir
Allen
Aylcs-worth
has
observed
his
95th
birthday.
He
is
in
fair
healtn
and
still
attends
occasional
sessions
of
the
Senate.
He
was
a
aska
gina
Men's
Club
of
tne
Y.
M.
C.
A.
has
just
Imported
nearly
4.00C
trees
from
Kamloops
for
t-it'.i
tc
raise
funds
lor
boys'
-
tarr.ps.
Spruce
trees
from
British
Columbia
are
the
big
sellers,
from
5C
cents
for
a
three-foot
specimen
up
to
$5
for
larger
trees.
About
70.000
Christmas
Trees
are
sold
in
Edmonton,
and
12.000
to
15,000
In
Quebec
City,
and
suburbs.
In
Quebec
City,
where
le
L8
Lac
.
highs
Saturday
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
3G
and
42.
'
member
of
Launer
s
cabinet
ions
as
has
become
familiar
in
the
past.
Recently
all
the
wiring
for
such
liahline
was
pulled
out,
0se"
Red
Luke
Wednesday.
Northern
B.
C.
Region
Cloudy
servlng
as
post
Master
General
:
including
subsidized
foods
and
Lend
Placing
D.P.'s
j
TORONTO
-The
arrival
of
displaced
persons
from
Europe
to
work
in
Canada
Is
creating
new
problems
which
will
require
early
adjustment.
There
are
eroups
classified
as
domestics
wl;:,hiut
l.r
1
snow
flurries
today
and
If
holiicr
uitlmr
i
rap
nf
rloillU
With
and
Minister
of
Labor.
ntia
raw
materials,
were
7.4
per
cent
above
a
year
before
despite
the
government's
policy
of
freezing
prices,
profits
and
wages.
BILLION
DOLLAR
CROP
IN
CANADA
OTTAWA
'ft-A
$1,427,000,000
of
Saturday.
Little
change
in
tern-lamps
this
or
renewing
it.
Hundreds
j
had
to
be
taken
out
in
the
perature.
Winds
light.
Low
to-nnoraiinn
There
is
no
intcn-
Wht
and
highs
Saturday-at
Wcoiiri,
.r
1
l.r
07.")
.18'
2
I.!H
.Ot
3.90
and
laborers
who
really
belong
Telegraph
Creek,
5
and
15.
Heavy
Snowfall
Around
Terrace
Heavy
overnight
fall
of
snow
occurred
between
Pacific
and
Terrace.
Railwayiuen
arriving
le
,.
price
tag
was
pinned
on
wheat
i
tlon,
as
far
as
can
be
learned,
of
renewing
the
illumination.
trees
are
sold
by
the
farmer
to
the
householder,
prices
are
lower.
The
range
is
from
$1-$1.50,
Toronto's
largest
dealer
expects
to
sell
2,500.
Besides
the
locai
market,
the
Maritimes
exoort
some
3,000,
ri.,iH
j
,rnm
-
rmiarllan
Canadian
to
skilled
traces
01
p.ux..
.
To
consign
such
persons
to
re
-ocourt
ia
Antonio
:(nal
Rojyn
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday,
December
17,
1949
Hich
11:01
22.4
feet
31
this
morning
said
there
was
ten
inches
of
snow
on
the
ground
at
,-
HOCKEY
SCORES
A
MIX.
Montreal
i,
Toronto
1
;1(rrit
Gordon
5
and
other
neia
crops
-""
farmers
produced
during
the
current
crop
year.
The
figure,
down
10.04
percent
from
last
year's
all-time
high,
was
estimated
today
by
the
Bureau
of
Statistics
as
th
fifth
highst
In
history
duced
levels
of
economic
activity,"
said
a
director
of
the
Welfare
Committee,"
is
like
smashing
violins
in
order
to
gH
kind-
lng
unrl."
so,
Low
4:54
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Neville
Gerrard
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Norah
this
morning
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
1
8.0
feet
trees
in
the
United
States;
Que-2
8
feet
bee
about
1,50-3.000.
Kitselas
which
is
usually
early
in
the
season.
;'fePRock
...
Tl
2Rw
River
49
17: