PROVINCIAL LI3RA3X, VICTORIA, B. C. 'ide. Spread 105 EAT 31,-49 ainiaoiDaini di Lumber Poiees . l rI IkXTT- A inUE8TIGATI0n- HELD - K3 .-'.- by -price corassion OTTAWA (CP) Evidence during the first two days of the Price Commission lumber investiga C"T a r r A DC NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLOMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Kcjhto the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVH, No. 238. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948 i PRICE FIVE TENTS O 1 Alt tion showed wide variations of prices of comparable woods from city to city. Ottawa Port Arthur, Fort William and Toronto appear to have the highest lumber prices in the country. A government statisti cian told the Commission yester-1 VETS FEAR FOR FUTURE and Indians Even brld Series 4 to 1 day that lumber accounts for about forty percent of the cost of house building. It was learned that the West ern Retail Lumbermen s Association had made representa Senator Turgeon Calls on '' j Government to Prevent ' Recurrence of Mass Unemployment VICTORIA, W Senator J. O. tions to British Columbia producers seeking a "fairer" dis Pitching By Bob Lemon With Batting and Fielding Support -. In Downfall of Boston Team Turgeon of Vancouver told the opening meeting of Army, Navy tribution of lumber in Panada. The Association found that, of the total footage of fir allocated to the Western Canada market, Vancouver would get 300,000,000 board feet and th3 prairie provinces 200,000,000. and Air Force veterans three-day convention here that fear ml. yt of the future haunis war vet 5 i o 7 0 0 R II 4 8 1 8 erans. He said: "I am of the opinion that veterans today are fearful of the fuiure, fearful of mass unemployment." -A steady pitching job by Bob Lemon, Bulletins Turgeon said that Parliament iebut in World Series baseball, aided by should be prepared to do what lies within its power to prevent base hitting and smart fielding, includ- (Courtesy, Army Signals) le plays, by his teammates, gave Cleve-a 4 to 1 victory today over the Boston ven up the game count in the annual any recurrence of mass unemployment. . Three hundred purple-bereted delegates paraded in driving rain to the cenotaph at Victory Square to pay tribute to the war dead. at one game ATOMIC TALK SHELVED ; PARIS The United Nations political committee today decided to shelve temporarily discussion of the east-west deadlock for control of atomic 33 .d won the first by a score of COMING HERE The High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Sir Alexander Glut-terbuck, and Lady Clutter-buck, are now on a trip to western Canada during which Sir Alexander Is fulfilling a number of speaking engagements. They are accompanied by their daughter, Miss Anne Clutterbuck, Miss Hilary of the United Kingdom High Commissioner's Office. The The scene shifts REDS DROP LIVE BOMBS nicipal Stadium yi Spawn was he loss, having lor three runs , CONSUMERS CONFER Canadian housewives of the Canadiation Association of Consumers from coast to coast are meeting In Toronto this week. Rising prices and other matters are being discussed. Three delegates shown fcre, left to right, are Miss Avis Clark of Winnipeg, Mrs. Allison MacMillan of Chariot tetown, P.E.I., and Mrs. W. C. Stewart of Edmonton, Alta., as they registered for the sessions. Mrs. E. Bartlett of Toronto Is at the desk. (CP Photo) energy. It appointed a tub-committee to attempt to reach an agreement on the next step to be taken. SCANDAL FELLS GOVT TOKYO Prime Minister Hitoshi A s h i d a, assuming WOMAN'S DEATH FOUND NATURAL Hazel Stacey Victim of Coronary Thrombosis in City Jail BERLIN, O) The British filers' air lift today reported they had seen Russian planes drop live bombs In the Soviet occupation zone about two miles northeast of Lthdrawn In the Rtd Barrett, a "moral responsibility" in a Jvho stopped the party will be here October 20 and Sir Alexander will speak at a Joint luncheon of the Prince Rupert and Gyro and Rotary Tllubs, arrangements for which are in the hands . of Don Forward, sec- i, In turn, was Handsome Culifom in Laivyer Candidate A coroner's Jury which Wed "i Potter in the nesday afternoon investigated growing scandal, resigned today. The cabinet fell with him following an investigation of charges of bribery in a $10,-OflOJtOO loan to a fertilizer company. the cause of death of Mrs. Hazel tor U.S. Vice -Presidency ,. ,,,i.,w.i r i . .... i -i i 1 retary of the Gyro Club. Sic Stacey in the city jail on Tues s single run In X-k got aboard Alexander's subjeit will be "Re day found that she succumbed ENROLMENT IN SCHOOLS GROWS to a heart condition known as port from Britain." fctstto third on coronary thrombosis. Jt Ed scored Evidence that the woman had ; Joed out over trained orator and a man who since early 1944, has been looked upon . as "presidential Urn ber." '" -f.v. - :' He was born In humble cir Jno, premonition, ot. death- .&pd Prince Rupert's school enrol w was pinched that she had been unaware of merit in September totalled 1.155 r.5Harv Rtrkeft her ailment the previous night students, the monthly reports of first batter up DISCUSSED cumstances, In Los Angeles and principals, discussed at last was given by two other women prisoners who were in the jail twn put out at I ----- I jf. J might's School Board meeting. Earl Warren, 57, handsome lawyer who has been governor of California since 1912 Avith support of both Republicans and Democrats,, is running with Oovernor Thomas E. Dewey of New York to whom he lost the Republican nomination for president of the United Slates at the Philadelphia convention last June. Governor Warren Is a giant of Scandinavian descent, a Jovial at the sametime, although one recalled that she had complained of a cramp in the foot when Supreme Court of Canada Is Hearing Validity Rerefence OTTAWA, ffi Senator Salter h Lou Boudreau!showed- September enrolment was 8llghlly aboV tha,; ,ast ,of on an extra base iie first player to' June when recorded scho01 PPU' she went to bed Monday night. Is very much a "self-made man" who, was admitted to the California bar in- 1914. He practised law and held various political posts from city .attorney of Oakland up to district attorney for Alameda 'county. Warren has been ' married since 1925 and has six handsome Hayden of Toronto told the !he ,autm wtts - series, sincled George Jeffrey, who himself as a friend of Mrs. rK ... Wand Boudreau' Enrolment at Booth Memorial Supreme Court of Canada yesterday that inclusion of the Keltoer had fliprl High School was 452, Principal Stacey, said that she had told baggered to rleht A. M. Hurst reported. Of these him she was ill when he visited "d Oordon. Rob- 258 were In the Junior hign If J 1 I her In the jail Monday evening. to left field and school and 194 In the senior. I UUAJL I I felt she should have the mixer and pal of many Cali- children, three sons and three fornla movie people. He Is a' daughters. ' 1 Enrolment at the school last attendance of a doctor," he tes t. Pitcher to first. tified. I singled In th-s t to second on Asked why he had not called margarine ban in the Dairy Industry Act was "quite obviously" aimed at giving butter a "competitive advantage."; . Another of the seven judges hearing the reference on the validity of legislation prohibiting the importation, manufacture and sale of the butter substitute commented that it seems "clear" that the prohibition Is intended "to benefit" butter. Compromise Initial In President's Name a doctor himself or asked the June was 483, and the drop was attributed by Mr. Hurst to the fact that a number of students have accepted jobs In the city Instead of returning to school. Boudreau was FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON LOCAL RAIL LINE HITS RECORD, OFFICIAL SAYS 11 a single to cen- WASHINGTON, fl The Pre- NO BERLIN WAR PRAGUE Premier Antonio . Zapotocky . told Caech Par-."liaruent .'today that C'this country will not be dragged into war over Berlin because there will be no war over Berlin." He scoffed at rumors that Czechoslovakia would be annexed by Russia. JEWS AND CATHOLICS VATICAN CITY Reliable sources here said today that Jewish troops had occupied headquarters of the Apostolic delegation in Jerusalem. He said that the terrorist Stern gang had plundered French hospitals and the adjoining convent of Notre Dame de France, ill-treating nuns. OPPOSED TO COMMIES OTTAWA The Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada said yesterday that it is "opposed" to the employment of Communists in the public service "on any level." Six hundred delegates to the Assembly's four-day annual conference approved a resolution that Communists or Communist-dominated organizations be denied membership in the Assembly. CUT TREES FOR FUEL BERLIN -V The three western military governments have ordered the felling of up to two-thirds of the forests in the western sector of Germany, half the trees in the parks and streets, for winter fuel. fll scored. That At King Edward elementary sident of the United States and for Spahn. Joe police to call one, he replied that he 'didn't know what to do." Time of Mrs. Stacey's death as set by the jury at between 6:45 and 9:40 Tuesday morning. Constable George Redhead said that the woman had been alive ou! m first .a school, enrolment last month Democratic candidate for re- IU lirhl alia, . ., l H !. V,irv,eolf himself "Horr-17 "Harry H Freight traffic on the Canadian National is hitting high volume records for peacetime was Z75 ana tne attendance election signs S. Truman" but the "S" is ' Just a pder was picked 1. 1 1 1 i .1 . i 1 l XT .' 4.1 t . . . ., percentage was 95, Principal R. JO- Moore reported. by Alvln Dark of 1(ier started thp middle initial. He has no middle inrougnout me system aim trainc un tne rrmue name, when Truman was born Rupert-Jasper line is fully keeping pace, declared his parents tried to decide Alistair Fraser of Montreal, vice-president in charge whether his middle name should f t f f. ho . fch .fc yesterday jn the course Ko he "Cn "Solomon" nmnti after after mip one ornnn- Brand ' ' ' ALLIANCE IS CALLED FOR VICTORIA (Canadian Press, when he visited the cell block at midnight. Her death was Borden Street School's enrolment was 218, according to Principal J. S. Wilson, and the In the ninth ll on a Erounripr noted by Catherine White, an tOlT. father nr "Shinrj." after the 01 a vrcsinn inspection Courtesy of the B.C. Police) Plea for the formation of an al . Hcpan mean-to third. Bob other prisoner, at 9:40 a.m. MisS White told the jury that Mrs. Stacey had not mentioned was making no commitments other. They didn't offend either. e expressen nimseu as nigniy about what, if anything, . might fxas Leaguer E run before Elliott being sick the previous evening, although she had complained percentage of attendance was 95. At Conrad Street School, attendance was 210 and t he percentage was 94, Principal, T. G. Bateman reported. Only rural school report received was from Port Simpson, there being an attendance of 13 during the month. They registered the baby sim- pieasea witn tne ousiness on ply as "Harry S.'' this line and voiced confidence , . that it would continue to ex- Pa"n- U Sh"!d be ' EratifvinS TANK-FR ! EXPANDS FXPANnS Jn ? A . 500-foot , tanker . expands 12 liance outside the United Nation3 to meet "war if it comes" was made last night before the national convention of Canada's Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans' "Association. - - of a cramp In her foot at bed :ie the first extra te series for b. time. Hazel was laughing and jok F-h between centre to 14 Inches In length when her as all too lat ing with the other girls before we went to bed," she said cargo of oil Is loaded. d McCormlck were an organization sucn as tne Celanese Corporation of America become Interested here In such a substantial way. During hi: visit here Mr. Fraser visited the She did not bother the wo hl Pinch hitter Ray ili d0 Was trrmmrl man in the morning because she thought she was sleeping, Miss Production Drive Comes be expected in the way of improved train service on the local railway line next year. He referred to one major obrtacle standing In the way of increasing or Improving seriices that of obtaining new equipment. It seemed next to impossible to get steel. t Mr. Fraser could say nothing about the prospects of wheat shipping through here. He knew nothing about what was planned by the Board of Grain Commissioners which was responsible for the movement and routing of grain. The official enthused about lo first. site of the cellulose .pulp mill at Port Edward. ;iys in sixth And rn Gnrri j Mr. Fraser was particularly pctlvoly broke un FORMER CHIEF OPERATOR DIES R. G. Emmerson Passes ; Away in Vancouver .. After Long Illness V,... ; Rupert Granger Emmerson, for nine years cnief operator at interested in the development Wright testified. However, she was surprised that she did not get up because she was normally an early riser. When she touched her, she found that Mrs. Stacey was dead. Judith Wilson, another pris "rm8 chances in of the Alaska traffic through this port. His visitations while here took him to the ocean U.K. GROUP CALLS OFF CANADA VISIT BRIGHTON, Eng.,, TO Plans to hold its 1950 convention in Bickford. for n. oner, said that she saw Mrs. JJ to be tomor- Under Fire In Britain VOCAL MINORITY IN LABOR RANKS SLAMS POLICY AS GO VERM E NT PLANS FOR INCREASED EFFICIENCY i 0. By H. L. JONES Canadian Press Staff Writer t LONDON Production is the cry in Socialist Britain today production for export to bridge the dollar gap but within the ranks of labor there are the Island wireless sta Digby abandoned Canada have been, Stacey moving in her bed shortly after daylight. Dr. R. E. Coleman, who per tlon here and during recent ll?!'6?3 m fan crowd- by the British Association for dock where he saw millions of dollars worth of canned salmon from Alaska stacked up awaiting shipment to the United Slates by rail. Ho was strucit with the efficiency of handling here. the company's fine new steamer, the Prince George, aboard which he came up from Vancouver to the Advancement of Science due SPe the sec- formed the ; autopsy, testified best years located a'o Cape - Lazo, passed away last night in hospital at Vancouver after having suffered for some time from f seven games. that death had been caused by to the dollar situation, the president, Sir Henry Tizard, an yesterday. He proceeded East ' first World Series coronary thrombosis. Meaicai examination had revealed a clot nounced. The ranking railway executive on. last evening's train. u,e Boston Braves asthma and heart trouble, be Next year's meeting will be of blood in the heart. ing on sick leave for a year. held in Newcastle and the fol critics who doubt its wisdom ana say fco. The nnonhrvJtiVnl rrrnun is comoarativel.v small fpah. Barrett, Pot- UNION DISPUTE BEFORE COURTS Mr. Emmerson is survived by his widow and two sons Fred and Harry, both of "whom serv Jurors were P. E. Benson, foreman; W. F. Stone, Andrew Blomberg, . John Odowes, Reg. Wagner and T. J. Brewster. . lowing year's at Birmingham. Edinburgh has invited the Association for 1951. This year's convention, held here, incurred not more than 400,000 out of Britain's total labor -temi HAMILTON INTO FINAL CORNWALL, W Hamilton Tigers won their way into the n. Hegan. ed in the last war and now are But It Is vocal force of 19,000,000 in business at Courtenay, Vancouver Island. Two older chil proved the .production drive, as with the argument that the ques a substantial financial loss, largely due to pqor attendance. it alwava has. DUl omy VANCOUVER (Canadian Press, by Courtesy of B.C. Police) Both sides in British Columbia's factional woodworkers' dispute involving 40.000 men today turned to the courts to iron out the LLINAND ID ' -J tion of production Is irrevocably heated debate. ON Dominion senior lacrosse nnai by trouncing Cornwall Seniors 20 to 10 last night in the decid COLDS LOCAL TIDES (Standard Time) dren were lost in the Halifax disaster of 1917. Mr. Emmerson was born" upwards of 50 years ago in England and served In the Royal Canadian Navy in World War I. Deceased was a mmber of Tye Lodge, A.F. & A.M., here. intoPtlniClIUn' inha1' ht t'throa tied to others such as wages and prices and long-term effects. These worker-critics, mainly from woodworking, electrical and bakery trades, recently vented their feelings at the annual Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoyt and daughter, Betty Ann, and son, Bobby, arrived by car on Tuesday from Laguna Beach, California, for a visit with Mrs. Hoyt's mother, Mrs. P. I. Palmer, Fourth Avenue East. Mrs. Hoyt Is the former Gwen Palmer. They will leave by the Ca-mosun Sunday night on their return south. ing game of the best of three dispute. International President Eastern Canada final. The Tig- James Fadling charges in writs ers will meet the New Westmin- served on rebel ieaders that the Friday, October 8, 1948 In t " tu ine com' One delegate declared there would not be an increase but a decrease In shipbuilding unless workers got wage increase consideration. Another expressed fear unemployment would eventually follow all-out production. Others were howled down when (Contlnuea on fa?e Two) High : 5:20 17.0 feet i "um one in ti '"joiciana v. 16:56 18.7 feet Funeral will take place In Court- Low r..:.. 10:54 9.6 feet ster Aaaimw, vycw. w-. district council has more than rhamDS in a best of five series unaccounted for on its for tte Mann Cup opening at,"W Toronto October 11. books. c JOUmal m of convention of the 8,000,000-member Trades Union Congress 23:52 5.9 fleet' enay, Vancouver Island. icai Associa- 1 at Margate. The convention ap