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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PH0IIE8I
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
218.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
17,
194$.
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News
MAXIM
SHAPIRO,
KEYBOARD
BOSS,
HERE
OCTOBER
5
jtors,
Cabinet
Minister
Called
by
critics,
"a
master
of
the
keyboard,"
Maxim
Schaptro,
pianist,
will
be
heard
here
on
Night
of
Death,
Horror
As
Cruise
Vessel
Burns
at
Dock
Passengers
and
Crew
Trapped
by
Fire
Aboard
Noronic
Greatest
Lakes
Ship
Disaster
in
More
Than
a
Century
(By
the
Canadian
Pres.
TORONTO
The
worst
ship
fire
in
a
century
of
Great
Lakes
history
swept
through
the
cruise
ship
Noronic
at
dock
in
the
early
morning
darkness
today
and
made
its
torn,
sunken
hull
the
tomb
of
at
least
192
people.
Death
toll
may
rise
to
226.
Eight
hours
after
the
first
alarm
at
2
:38
a.m.
more
than
80
broken,
btlrned
bodies
October
15
under
the
auspices
d
Pair
of
CCF
Members
omas
Crerar
Sees
Big
Things
For
Columbia
and
Prince
Rupert
i
,By
G.
A.
HUNTER)
-Senator
Thomas
A.
Crerar,
who
was
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association.
Travelling
to
far
places
and
with
a
close
schedule
suits
this
genial
busy
Russian
who
now
can
call
the
United
States
his
home
country.
i
notables
aboard
the
Montreal
train
on
vprescniaiive
oi
uie
Lany
iNews
travel-
His
concert
heie
will
be
one
of
five
played
within
two
weeks
at
New
York,
San
Francisco.
Bcl-
this
week,
said
that
attention
of
Canada
on
the
Pacific
arena
and
that
a
well-tish
Columbia
would
become
one
of
the
had
been
recovered.
Only
the
dreams
uiriiin.i'
main
deck
had
been
searched.
Scores
more
are
believed
-
to
be
packed
In
the
submerged
.ro
.amiri
s
t
r'lln
Another
was
Arthur
CITY
MAN
GETS
SPORTS
POST
AT
CIVIC
CENTRE
Braubien,
also
of
Winnipeg,
and
Ilngham
and
Mill
Valley,
where
he
owns
a
little
bungalow.
He
tells
with
real
amusement
of
his
Fairbanks
concert
when
a
bad
earthquake
shook
the
theatre
and
his
piano
began-
sliding
away
from
him.
He
says,
"I
looked
out
at
that
tunda
of
the
lower
deck.
p
mi
i
u
h
ilized
for
Prince
.rt
Senator
ob-:
that
he
knew
bout
the
north
ish
he
has
never
A
total
of
226
passengers,
fire
Wesley
Stambaugh,
Alberta's
latest
new
member
of
the
Red
Chamber,
who
received
his
appointment
as
a
surprise
cVen
men
and
crew
men
are
unac-
luu"m
,ur-
rl,e
"eara
The
newlv-rreat1
tn
nl
.
....
audience
In
half
panic
and
then
W
'l
m'ght
bdays
be
recreation
and
sports
director
f
th,f
fore
all
the
bodies
below
the
1
10
nimseit
juri
a
ween
ago.
t5
assured
that
j
SUmbuugh
,s
a
p,a,
sUady.
at
the
Civic
Centre
was
award
water
line
can
lie
recovered.
It
was
now
on
ed
last
night
to
Fred
Calderonl,
going
rancher
from
Bruce,
southeast
of
Edmonton,
who
was
born
will
be
necessary
to
pump
out
I
struck
the
biggest
smashing
chord
and
played
hard
and
fast.
-
Just
notesI
do
not
know
what
I
played,
but
soon
the
.shaking
was
over."
and
on
this
same
tour.
.-
jw
..:ir.r(-(
a
city
man.
Mr.
Calderonl's
ap-
and
economic
ppari'titly,
over
the
ship,
he
said.
pucaion
was
approved
uy
a
In
Michigan
about
sixty
years
ago
and
drove
Into
Alberta
in
Canada
Steamship
Lines
of
uhirh
Sir
Wilfrid
meeting
of
the
Civic
Centre
ex
ficials
had
not
released
the
ecutive.
the
piano
at
another
Alaska
city
literally
broke
in
two
while
he
played
"but
soon
we
had
an
Applications
for
the
nost
also
Passenger
list
of
512
and
the
HISTORIC
OCCASION
State
SecrrUry
Bradley,
Newfoundland
member
of
the
cabinet,
greets
four
other
Newfoundland
Liberal
members
of
Parliament
as
they
arrive
on
Parliament
Hill
for
the
opening
of
the
session
Thursday.
The
first
members
to
sit
in
the
federal
house
from
Newfoundland,
they
are,
left
to
right:
Mr.
Bradley,
T.
O.
W.
Ashbourne
(Grand
Falls-White
Bay);
L.
T.
Stick
(Trinity-Conception);
W.
P.
Kent
(Humber-St.
George's);
and
C.
W.
Carter
(Burin-Burgco).
1
fC.
P.
Photo)
vere
received
from
men
In
Moose
crew
Ust
of
173
other,
and
the
concert
went
on."
Jaw
and
Vancouver.
An
emergency
morgue
was
set
Mr.
Calderonl
has
for
many
UP
1,1
tne
horticultural
building
il
In
laving
up-yrars
ago.
r
was
minl-xtcr
risoiircps
when
was
built
Into
a
war
measure
remembers
that
mripally
due
to
li
the
Americans
Back
of
all
these
experiences
1910
with
team
of
oxen,
took
up
a
homestead
and,
by
hard
work
and
thrift,
achieved
success
as
a
rather
big
scale
stock
raiser.
When
his
two
sons
came
home
from
the
war,
serving
with
distinction
In
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
(one
winning
the
DF.O,
he
retired.
Stambaugh
has
never
served
us
either
a
member
of
Parlla-
years
been
an
outstanding
ath-
P1
lne
Canadian
wauonu
m-
rn
nnCD
ATinM
DC
TU
C
I"
ll
riTI7CHC
r(jlPum
storage
facilities
as
weUj
lete
In
this
district
and
has
ex-
hlbltlon.
Huddled
In
hospital,
vArUl
LlvAl
lULX
Dt
I
Yf
L
t.
II
LI
I
It
til
J.
ali
Uie
"MV-
Western
Shell,"
be-
iceiled.
In
many
types
of
sport.
corrldors
and
hotel
lobbies
th
.nn
rUTrnmrrr
MIT
I
Tf
rvir-fiT
forp
rc-gathcrlng
at
the
Moose
i
During
the
last
two
years
he
1
burned,
hysterical
Btirvlvors
told
NrW
rNiri
rlr
VII
'11
III
iJlNlrH
I
Temple
where
a
reception
was
has
been
an
arbiter
In
basket-Pf
the
nlgnt
o
norror
.
and
ML.
(I
Li1ll.l
IJI.J
I
I
I
rtl.
IV
UIJIIlVl
...
-
J
h
mHM
j
,
.
hprnlMm
In
whl-h
thev
wiri
linlfl
labor.
.
"
l
viunii
oiiu
so
ociiiui
i
J
prediction
of
is
future
preat-
U
R-McKerrlcher.
the
cora-j
referee
flIJh,.cUy
league.
hauled
.or
scrammed
from
the
ConfideneP
in
Prince
Rupert
and
CO-Olwration
be-.
-
..
.-
mnvi
district
district
-
-jHiinagnr.
manaaar.
w(t
w6L.
-
An
Aa
armv
army
vetwan.
veteran,
he
hp
1
is
mar-
mar.'
burning
DurnlnK
ship.
ship.
-
-
.
UiieHl
ur
of
a
icplala
lure
but
ha
....
j
:.
-
-
:..
i
h
utcrcaslntf
thr-
iwecni
me
ik.v
nicuuiiiiy
dumiil-.s
t
i
putt's
hci
k
master
of
ceremonies
at
;
the.
r
Pacific
Theatre
ried
and
has
a
young
family.
For
half
an
hour
after
the
During
the
war
he
qualified
as
names
enveloped
the
vessel,
the
keynotes
of
speakers
at
the
formal
opening
Fri-
function,
introducing
Mr.
Knox
a
physical
training-
instructor
He
commented
md
ports
of
the
Including
been
a
town
councillor
-
and
member
of
school
and
hosplHl
boards
In
his.
home
town.
Apparently
he
has
been
a
long-standing
worker
in
party
organization
for
he
Is
now
president
of
the
Alberta
Liberal
Association.
He
confessed
that,
since
Capt.
William
Taylor
stood
In
the
bow
throwing
ropes
to
passengers
going
over
the
side.
He
burst
in
cabin
doors,
hauling
women
on
deck,
then
left
by
a
and
Instructed
in
sports
of
all
kinds.
He
rose
from
the
ranks
to'
become
an
officer
at
Currie
Barracks,'
Calgary
and
was
re-
and
that
advan-
'
Ztr
I
"
;u
'''
MAXIM
SHAPIRO
:
immerce.
;e
cif
the
creat
sponsible
for
physical
and
sports
j
adder
wnich
collapsed.
He
was
5
which
were
?',(s
B
C.
timbering,
I
the
war
and
the
return
of
i.s
warning
in
nis
unit.
pulled
from
the
Icy
bay.
The
post
was
created
by
the,1
chlck
YateSi
a
Vancouver
Civic
Centre
to
meet
the
needs
J
crewman
of
the
Noronic,
lowered
of
an
Increasing
membership.
,,
fBm
nvpr
sirie
then
t
and
agriculture.
Columbia
had
in
day
afternoon
of
the
new
$10f,000
Shell
Oil
Co.
lis-
and
Mr-
BlacKaD7-
....
Mr.
Blackaby
told
the
gather-
,
i
tnbuting
plant
at
Morse
Creek.
ing
lhat
PrJnce
RupBrt-ta
npf
The
opening
took
place
at
3
o'clock
before
an
audi-
looking
forward
to
an
era
of
nice
of
200
guests
who
saw
Mrs.
r
development.
We
already
are
i.i
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
wife
of
the
jnPd
the
background
of
Shell'-:
an
era
of
development.
"
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
expansion
in
this
city,
before
the
j
Three
things
are
necessary
in
Chamber
of
Commerce,
cut
the
assemblage
at
the
plant
gate.
order
for
the
resources
of
this
red
and
-yellow
ribbon
to
the;
'The
plant
itself
and
the
Shell
area
to
achieve
development,
new
plant
which
will
distribute
tanker
"M
V.
Western
Shell"
Mr.
Blackaby
declared.
He
list-Shell
products
throughout
cen-,wriich
stood
at
the
nearby
un-
ed
them
as:
tral
British
Columbia.
loading
dock
were
decked
will:
1.
Confidence
and
faith
In
the
The
opening
address
was
made
red
and
yellow
bunting
tht
country,
by
Mr.
Biackaby
while
N.
Y.
company
colors-lending
a
gala!
2.
Willingness
on
the
part
of
Knox,
vice-president
and
gen-
atmosphere
to
the
events.
;
the
people
to
give
practical
evi-1
eral
manager
of
the
company's
The
guests
had
an
opportunity
dence
of
their
faith
by
invest-Brltlsh
Columbia
operations
out-
to
inspect
tne
.building
and
pet-
ment
and
action.
so
dear
to
Schapiro
s
heart,
'are
the
Important
engagements
at
Last
year
the
centre
had
1.083
tinned
himself.
He
dove
sons
to
take
over
the
ranching,
he
has
pretty
well,
devoted
himself
'
to
political
organization.
Now
he
represent
Alberta
ar'-culture
In
the
Senate.
u'i
MEETING
A
MINISTER
members
and
this
year
1,600.
LvoroMp
rylhing
that
all
in
more
special's
Canada's
and,
further,
de
climate
that
n
is
anucipaiea
mat
j4-&o
the
library
of
Congress,
Washington,
D.
C.
where
only
those
honored
by
t!e
Elizabeth
Sprairue
Coolidge
Foundation,
membership
will
be
about
double
that
of
1947-48,
or
about
2100
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
members.
can
play:
his
five
performances
Mitchell
was
also
aboard
this
rtable
and
pleas-
It
will
be
Mr.
Calderonl's
re
train
hurrying
back
to
Ottawa
as
soloist
with
the
San
Francisco
sponsibility
to
organize
and
r,r
n,
,..iin!
nf
the
session'
Sympnony
orcncsira,
unau
t,
a
Manitoban,
J
.
I
n
r
..
otiixmiri
Pierre
Monteux;
many
NBC
teach
basketball,
handball.
"h
Sir
Wilfrid
'.
after
a
rush
trip
to
Edmonton
I
f
m
n-wi-
u,!
w.
wniim'i"
.
.ii
vm1mjm
$53i?SSWe!Sij
squash,
volley
ball,
badminton
and
other
rcreation
groups
of
all
ages.
'
Leagues
will
be
formed
"Everywhere
'you
looked
there
was
a
body,"
a
fire
captain
suld.
Police
halted
the
search
for
bodies
after
they
had
found
192,
Including
three
who
died
in
hospital.
Hundreds
escaped
by
sliding
down
ropes
leading
to
the
dock
on
the
edge
of
the
waterfront
in
the
downtown
area.
.
The
flame-driven
phnlc
which
went
through
the
ship
drove
some
passengers
Into
the
companion-ways
where
the'y
perished.
Many
were
burned
hi
their
bunks.
The
fire
was
the
worst
on
the
I
he
consrrlption
I
for
the
funeral
of
the
chief
Jus-War
I,
served
as
j
tice
of
Alberta.
Mr.
Mitchell
igrlrulture
with
I
asked
what
Harry
Archibald
"rden's
wartime
c.CF.
member
of
the
last
Parlla--iRned
therefrom
!
ment.
wa.s
now
doing.
Keenly
of
local
people
to
new
industries
which
establish
themselves
here
"By
setting
up
this
fine
new-plant,
Shell
OH
Co.
Is
showing
conidence
in
this
area,"
Mr.
Blackaby
said.
"It
is
up
to
us,
broadcasts;
concerts
for
the
students
at
Western
Washington
College,
Bellingham
where
they
request
Schapiro
annually
if
he
Is
In
the
Northwest;
and
recently
a
Hartford,
Connecticut
music
festival
where
six
llv-
under
Mr.
Calderonl's
supervision
for
many
of
these
popular
sports.
fjfnci
was
for
years
j
in
tcre.st"d
as
always
In
person-W'ie
King
govern-i
alittcs,
he
also
wanted
to
know
e
being
aiipointcd
I
mi
nhoiit.
Ted
ADOlcwhalte,
the
HAND
BURNED
IN
HOUSE
FIRE
Fire
broke
out
In
tne
kitchen
ng
composers'
works
were
played,
directed
by
the
composer,
Mr.
Schapiro
at
the
piano
in
each
number.
He
was
heading
j
now
Liberal
member
for
Skeena.
4
Winniuec
for
the
t-ho
MiniKi.er
was
unaware
of
Wiameni
on
Thurs-
i
SrW
SENATOR
lS,ne
of
three
Sena-Tporter
met
on
the
by
co-operrttion
and
support,
to
show
them
that
their
confidence
is
solidly
founded."
Mr.
Knox
described
the
physical
facilities
of
the
new
plant
and
declared
that
he
believed
that
its
creation
"is
a
furthe.
contribution
to
the
general
economic
picture"
of
British
Columbia.
He
lauded
the
co-operation
and
support
which
the
company
had
received
in
its
Initial
pro-grass
in
Prince
Rupert.
Tr
v
W
LATHER
current
developments
ui
an
dustrial
nature
In
and
arounc:
Prince
Rupert.
Angus
Mclnnls
of
Vancouver
East,
who
is
now
one
of
the
real
veterans
of
the
Canadian
Parliament
as
he
rounds
out
his
twentieth
straight
year
of
ser-
Lakes
since
the
steamer
Pheonlx
burned
in
1847
with
247
dead.
Four
years
ago
a
sister
shlp;of
the
Noronic,
the
Hamonic,
burned
near
Sarnla
with
one
dead.
The
Noronic
was
of
6,900
tons
and
was
built
36
years
ago.
It
is
not
known
where
the
fire
started.
The
Department
of
Transport
of
.
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ed.
Martin,
218
Ninth
Avenue
East
at
10
o'clock
this
morning.
In
attempting
to
put
ou
the
fire,
Mrs.
Martin
suffered
severe
burns
to
her
hand
which
required
medical
treatment.
Cause
of
the
fire
was
said
tobe
from
clothes
hanging
too
close
to
the
fire.
1
Synopsis
A
storm
which
lay
500
miles
west
of
Vancouver
Island
early
this
morning
Is
headed
for
the
;lce
and
his
bright
and
well-versed
wife,
Grace,
was
also
on
board.
Angus,
reading
as
always,
"Our
special
thanks
are
due
to
Is
launching
an
investigation.
the
municipal
officials
of
Prince
Majority
of
the
passengers
Rupert,
various
Prince
Rupert
were
American.
There
were
only
suppliers
of
construction
ma
Brtish
Columbia
coast
and
southeast
gale
warnings
have
been
Issued
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
the
west
and
north
coast
of
Vancouver
Is
30
Canadians
aboard.
f'embT
ia,
mm
!gave
up
half
an
hour
from
his
10:37
ig
4
feet
1
books,
talking
about
political
I
22
-0
ia
G
feet
tolerance
and
displaying
It
as
I
4;lt
0
0
feci
',
he
reminisced
about
Parliamen-I
lr
21
99
feci
(Continued
on
Pa?'-
"
WESTERNS
WIN
LACROSSE
TITLE
VANCOUVER
((f)
Burrard
Westerns
closed
out
New
Westminster
Adanacs
9-6
to
capture
the
best-of-seven
Inter-city
la
1
land.
Winds
In
the
straits
of
Georgia
will
reach
about
25
mph
CITY
PIONEER
terials;
the
Industrial
Commissioner
and
division
officials
of
the
C.N.R.;
the
Board
of
Grain
Commissioners
and
officials
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
and
War
Assets
Corporation,"
he
declared.
The
plant,
he
said,
covers
an
crosse
series
four
games
to
two
DIES
AT
SMITHERS
tills
evening.
'
Rain
will
begin
along
the
northern
coast
this
morning
and
In
a
major
upset.
sentatives,
Including
An
'Mor
reach
the
Vancouver
area
late
this
afternoon
and
then
move
into
the
interior
overnight
The
weather
tomorrow
in
the
wake
gan,
who
has
been
appointed
V
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"
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x,
t
.
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"
x.-
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5
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f
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i
v
t
.
,
i.
t
-
x
x
local
agent.
Each
guest
received
a
souvenir
present
from
the
area
of
approximately
four
acres,
on
which
have
been
erected
10
steel
tanks
to
accommodate
bulk
storage
of
approximately
a
quarter
of
a
million
gallcns
of
refined
petroleum
products.
SMITHERS
Hugh
V.
Boswell,
a
well-known
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
in
the
early
part
ot
the
century
and
a
resident
of
Smtth-ers
since
1925,
died
Friday
evening
following
a
heart
attack.
Born
in
Scotland
73
years
ago,
rJntxnucort
hurl
hppn
Rll
pmDlOVee
Jestling
Tournament
fIDAY,
SEPTEMBER'
23
ank
Stojak
vs.
Leo
Karlenko
!Taronia
Seattle
Badman
ATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
24
Y
Winner
vs.
Jack
McLaughlan
Jmr
Heavwelglit
Champion
it
Fw
Northern
B.
C.
Championship
of
the
Storm
will
be
cool
and
company.
showery
in
all
parts
of
the
prov
A
reception,
which
was
follow
ed
bv
the
sumptuous
buffet
ince,
j
I
M
Forecast
North
Coast
Realon
Over
wxtvv.
"
"
"
l.u
.
.
"The
cost
of
the
new
Installation
Is
In
the
vicinity
of
$100,000
and
the
construction
work
has
supper
was
iieo.
u6
o
the
Hanson
Timber
Co.
for
lempie.
ine
lauLti
it
ui
reception
was
marked
by
the
been
carried
out
entirely
by
local
labor,"
he
said.
cast
today.
Rain
commencing
about
noon.
Cloudy
with
frequent
showers
tomorrow.
Remaining
cool.
Southerly
winds
(20
increasing
to
southeast
gales
(40
by
early
afternoon
and
shifting
to
southwest
(30)
this
eve
8:3o
p.m
a
number
of
years.
The
funeral
will
be
held
at
Smlthers,
probably
Tuesday.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY
PLAY-OFFS
DOl'BLE-HEADKR,
1:30
P.M.
MERCHANTS
ts.
SAVOY
-
Main
Event
0:30
p.m.
(nightly)
arrival
of
Mayor
Nora
Arnold,
who
was
to
have
taken
part
in
the
opening
ceremony,
but
who
was
delayed
in
her
return
from
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
Mayor
Arnold
officially
welcomed
Shell
Oil
Co.
to
the
.
Civic
CENTRE,
PRINCE
RIPERT
Following
the
(tape
cutting
ceremony
by
Mrs.
BTickaby,
the
guests
visited
the
commodious
warehouse
and
offices
and
saw
the
modern
equipment
for
loading
and
unloading
from
marine
tanker
and
rail
tank
cars.
They
ning.
Low
tonight
and
high
to
BUSY
LEADER
One
of
the
busiest
men
at
the
opening
of
Parliament
Thursday
was
Geqrge
Drew,
leader
of
te
40-member
Progressive
Conservative
official
opposition.
Here,
he
is
shown
in
a
pensive
mood
striding
down
the
corridor
to
his
office
prior
to
the
opening
C.
T.
Fhoto)
1j0
General
Admission
51.00
Students
50c
I
(including
tax)
grotto,
Macey-s,
Bud's,
Bus
Depot,
Civic
Centre
business
community
in
a
brief
morrowat
Port
Hardy,
Mas-sett
and
Prince
Rupert
45
and
53.
were
guided
by
company
repre-
I
speech.