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DHUGS
Daily
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AND
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COLUMBIA'S
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81
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t
nnda'g
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StmtPirir
Purifir
Port
lrinre
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXIX,
No.
6.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
9,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
GTOW.
R.
J
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r-
i
frutfMril
U
b
nvau
D
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D
L"sf
U
B
nee
!
I
Dominates
Budget
Put
Nationalists
Riddle
Aivisrican
Freighter
man
Congress
Today
.
Fails
To
Run
Storms
Ravage
Middle
Stales
CHICAGO
V-
Flood
waters
ruse
U)
new
danger
points
In
the
Middle
West
at
the
week-end
as
swrins
cnppira
pun
oi
me
somii-ccnirai
.states.
states,
rroperiy
nnJ
crop
damapf
Irom
this
work's
',
u'milhi.r
u,.
,
rH
li.ln
mllllimc
i
-?i'?'5sv
,
Thousands
have
b'-rn
left
I
homeless
without
heat.
Business!
iius
been
disrupted.
Travel
has
;
l'pn
Impeded.
Scores
of
highways
arc
undrr
water
or
Ice-blocked.
sovpral
deaths
are
attributed
work
on
renovat
inns
to
.
-oificlal
rr-.sidenre
or
Canada's
p.M.'S
NEW
HOME
-
Workmen
are
hard
at
prime
ministers
at.
24
Su.hspX
Street,
Ottawa,
overlookinR
the
OTawa
Kiv.t
KeaffoldinK
is
rral
lae.-Iift
inu
of
ihe
o:d
liome,
built
in
1808
lor
op
tiround
the
building
In
preparation
for
u
gen
a
foi,Serv:ltive
nienih..r
nf
Parliament,
the
late
Senator
W.
C
Edw.M'J.,
,Tiie
job
Will
probably
be
Curtailment
Of
Service
1o
ytorms
and
floods.
Unarounteri
livestock
In
the
flood
areas
arc
lost
or
pndangprpd.
Cold
weather
has
caused
millions
of
dollars
damagp
to
crops
In
Southprn
California
and
Arizona.
A
break
was
being
expected
today
In
the
abnormally
severe
cold.
Taxation
Cut
Being
Sought
j
Consideration
PrnmlsPd
Cham-
i
brr
ot
t
ont'nPiTf
hy
rremipr
Si.
taurrntr
'
-
OTTAWA
"Canadian
Press
Prime
Mlnbter
L.
S.
St.
Laurent
I
promised
to
consider
a,
variety
.of
legislation
changes
suggested
In
a
brief
presented
by
the
Ca-
'
jnadian
Cham'.r
of
Coinmpree.
TIc
brief,
o:iioiiir
other
things,
urced
tax
rodue.tioiu.
a
new
Dominion-provincial
tax
coni'er-irnce,
relsxatioi.
or
trad-
rcstrle-Itions
snd
establishment"
of
a
i.
.
....
I
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P
Photo
i
THE
Wl'ATHFR
Sjuopsi
I
An
active
storm
wliicii
devel-(j)i
west
of
the
Brltisn
Columbia
eo;:t
overnight
is
exacted
lu
cross
southern
Vancouver
Is
land
and
move
into
the
Interior
loni;;ht.
Snr
''
will
be
general
over
ihe
southern
coast
today
turnii!;;
to
rain
as
the
storm
pa.-i;
iiilund.
Temperatures
will
nioderat
-light
ly
over
the
south-
tin
?oasi
to
d;iv
bui
r.o
real
oreaic
i..1d
sitl.''
Cold
cloudy
w
atr.er
will
persist
"'
through
the
Interior
with
inter
mittent
snow
expected
in
most
sections.
;
Forecast
.
North
Couit
RcRlon,
north
half
-
Cloudy
today.
Clear
tomorrow.
Continnir.cg
cold.
Wind
light.
Low
tonight
and
highest
tomor-i:w
-
at
Sar.dspit
20
and
25,
Prince
Ruperi
15
and
25.
Remainder
of
region
Snow
Imlay.
Cloudy
with
flurries
tomorrow.
Wind
light,
Increasing
to
foutheast.
15
m.p.h.
this
afternoon,
becoming
light
tomorrow.
Little
change
m
temperature.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
a
I
Port
Hardy,
25
and
30.
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
Januiiry
10.
i:io0
High
5:30
190
feet
MONTREAL4?-
-
N.
B.
Wii't-).:,
executive
vice-president'
of
Uv
Canadian
National
Railvays,-said
last
night
that,
effective
tomorrow
morning,
passenger
tiain
service
will
be
temporarily
curtailed
by
twenty-five
picen'.
to
conserve
coal
supplies.
The
couv
that
it
intended
to
cu.-rail
s'.tv-
lee
bermise
of
seriously
depleted
reserves.
Mr.
Walton's
announcement
confirms
the
execution
of
the
intention.
There
Is
no
curtailment,
of
service
by
the
Ci
itlira
Pm-ifi;1
Railway
which
says
it
has
plenty
of
coal.
Monty
Banfo,
Actor,
Dies
ROME
-
Monty
Banks,
noted!
English
actor
and
husband
of
Oracle
Fields,
t'ied
suddenly
yes-
terday
aboard
the
Orient
Express.
while
bound
with
his
wile
lo
their
home
on
the
Island
of
Capri.
It
has
been
stated
thai,
Miss
Fields
has
cancelled
all
en-gu'.;t'inciii,s
for
the
coming
year
Including
a
planned
lour
of
Canada.
Impressed
So
Staying
Over
So
Impressed
with
the
importance
of
Prince
Rupert
In
the
future
scene
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
is
Leslie
Ro
i
berts,
noted
Canadian
author
!
and
Saturday
Evening
Post-writer,
that
he
decided
at
tho
week-end
not
to
leave
lor
Vancouver
last
nisht,
as
had
open
originally
planned,
but
to
slay
over
until
the
middle
of
the
week
to
gather
more
in-,
formation
and
atmosphere
here.
On
Wednesday
he
and
Mrs.
Roberts
will
sail
on
the
Prince
George
to
make
the
trip
to
Ketchikan
and
thence
to
Vancouver.
"Clear,
Cold
Is
Forecast
For
the
next
fe
dayj
Weath-!
irman
predicts
clear
and
cold
weather
with
minimum
tempera
tures
expected
below
the
10
above
mark.
The'
week-end
In
Prince
Rupert
began
with
mild
weather
but,
by
Sunday
morning
at
4
o'clock,
the
mercury
slid
to
11
above.
The
persistent
freezing
air
makes
hazardous
walking
and
driving
as
most
streets
in
thi
Pity
are
ice-c
juted.
A
storm
is
murtm
do?
n
the
southern
coast
of
B.C.
and
it
was
first
expected
the
weather
disturbance
would
strike
th-
nor
thern
section
bringing
rain
with
higher
temperatures.
,
.However
the
,ou,ilrX.U.!'.
-.U
colder,
weather
with
a
maximum
temperature
"to
read
around
20
above.
1
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"'-fib
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I
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-kp-pp
CIRCUS
TRAINER
KILLED
BY
LION
-
One
of
the
most
daring
women
animal
trainers
in
the
world,
Mrs.
May
Kovar
Schafer,
shown
here
with
one
or
her
leopards
worp
like
a
lur-piecc,
was
killed
biiforc
the
ryes
or
-horrified
children
as
hiic
worked
with
a
lion
in
Thousand
Ooks,
Cul.,
recently.
The
lion.
Sultan,
sprang
at
the
trainer
who
was
trying
to
gentle
him
with
ehulr
and
whip,
and
knocked
her
to
the
floor
of
the
cage,
biting
hei'
hi
the
neck
and
severing
her
spine.
Her
son,
Michael,
18,
and
daughter,
May,
14,
dashed
into
the
cage
and
tried
to
drive
off
the
lion.
Rudy
Miller,
an
elephant
attendant,
finally
drove
off
the
animal
with
a
pitch
rork
and
recovered
the
body.
Writes
About
Naos
Village
Captain
W.
I'oulton,
.Salvation
Army,
describes
in
the
War
Cry,
a
visit,
to
the
Naas
River
region,
telling
about
it
in
a
most
interesting
way.
His
destination
was
the
Army
village
of
Canyon
City
(Gwinahat.
The
village
has
a
hall
with
seating
capacity
of
ISO.
The
nearest
white
neighbors
are
at
Alyansh,
15
miles
up
the
river
where,
the
article
says,
Rev.
S.
Kimlev.
Antliean
clernyinun,
has
ministered
to
the
needs
of
the
parish
for
eighteen
years
with
but
two
holidays.
SHINGTON
D.
C.
President
Truman
a
$-1'--miO
K-oinmcnded
spending
bud-()Kitss.
He
sairt
it
lie
uniu'u
iv
n
.
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i
mm
noil
VITIUIK
ill
jy.lJJ.w""."'"'
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taxes
with
a
J
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Bat.
oven
,
uix
in
i,n
wants
.....i
mi
i
air
for
a
1'
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.
,
hurim'l.
TO
,,,niil.st
Russia
takes
,i
bite
$18.25C.OIO,000
,rc
lor
the
1051
fiscal
iinliis
July
1
n,'xl
1
11500
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dc-
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mblncd
total
for
de
fine
$14,000,000
lower
curn'iit
outlays.
i
size
comes
cush
for
programs
Including
lair
deal."
This
fig-
$!23,0O0,OOO
to
$12,-
12.439,000.000
spending
piivnli
nl
to
$282.17
for
i,
woman
and
child
in
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Slates
population.
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2.H
't
River
'
1
tiller
ri
Blockade
Of
China
Coast
Aboard
SS
Flying
Arrow
(CP)
Chinese
Nationalist
warships
riddlec'
this
American
freighter
with
shellf
ire
today
in
international
waters
o
f
i
Communist
China.
There
-wen
no
casualties
but
the
coptair
said
the
vessel
was
no
longei
seaworthy.
Captain
David
Jones
said
the
Flying
Arrow
had
been
hit
with
thirty
or
forty
shells
as
she
attempted
to
run
the
Nattonal-1
1st
blockade
of
Chinese
Cotn-!
mun'st
ports
off
the
mouth
of
the
Yangtsc
River.
He
said
that
the
ship
had
become
uusea-'
worthy
and
that
he
will
ask
Is-brantsen
Lines,
owners
of
the
vessel,
to
request
United
States
Department
of
Btule
to
intcr-I
cede
for
safe
passage
to
the
nearest
port
'
Jor
repairs.
That
would
be
Shflghai,
the
des-'
lination
port
iiv
which
tho
ves
sel
was
origin
iL,f
headed
when
jshe
left
Hong
King
early
Sat-
i
urday.,
with
-
$1,0)000
oj
c.ngo
for
Red
China.
Former
Officer
Of
CWAC's
in
Ottawa
.Among
those
active
hi
welfare
work
in
Ottawa
Is
Mrs.
Otto
Nordllng,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
O.
Langley,
of
Whon-nock,
B.
C.
Mrs.
Nordling,
during
the
war
years,
was
an
officer
and
company
commander
in
the
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corp-.,
serving
in
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
PrUice
Rupert,
as
well
as
ing
an
exchange
officer
in
England.
"
.
Must
Integrate
Former
Enemies-
Former
Chief
of
Canadian
General
Staff
Is
Pessimistic
OTTAWA
General
11.
D.
tj.
Crerar
says
Germany
and
Japuu
must
be
Integrated
with
t
he
western
democracies
swiftly
and
to
the
maximum.
In
that
step
may
lie,
he
said,
the
only
hojie
the
west
bus
of
"first
l.oMiti!;-
and
then
dominating
the
growiii;:
and
mo;;t
serious
Communist
threat
to
peace."
In
a
frankly
pessiuiUttc
speed:
at
the
annual
conference
of
defence
associations,
he
singled
out
the
two
former
enemy
powers
a:
the
keys
to
European
and
Asiatic
answers
to
uprcud.il
ig
Connnun-
I
in.
'
.
'
'
1
I
v-
-
-"
j
MUST
STEM
REDS
General
H.
D.
G.
Crerar
Is
pessimistic.
royal
eommU-ion
to
recommend
U-eonomicji
in
government
busi-.39
ness.
Robert
A.
Bryce
of
Toronto.
president
or
th"
Canadian
Clnm-ber
or
Commerce,
acted
as
C'OAt
MINERS'
STRIKE
1'ITTSBIRG
More
than
37,000
soft
coal
minprs
went
on
strike
today
in
Ohio,
Pennsylvania
and
West
Virginia
in
tlie
second
large
coal
work
stoppage,
in
the
I'nltpd
States
in
two
weeks.
Half-a-do7Pii
steel
companies
and
the
giant
Pittsburg
Consolidated
Coal
Co.
report
their
pits
closed
by
Ihe
refusal
of
the
miners
to
'
work.
J
I
I.W
TIUN
tbBKl'AKY
23
'
LONDON
Following
a
call
by
Prime
Minister
Attlec
on
the
King
yesterday,
Whitehall
buzzes
with
election
rumors.
j
It
is
generally
assumed
that
Mr.
Attlce
discussed
dissolution
of
Parliament
with
the
King
at
j
Sandringham.
The
general
'
guess
is
that
balloting
will
take
place
February
s?3.
CHIMIN
I'AKI.KY
OrKNS
'
COLOMBO
Prime
Minister
Jav-aharlal
Nehru
of
India
today
.
told
the
Commonwealth
j
f
irert
nrc
at
its
opening
that
the
best
way
to
defeat
Communism
in
Asia
would
be
tu-biii!J
up
prosjM-rity
of.
Asiatic
peoples
The
conference
is
dc-dedicated
to
exploring
means
of
averting
a
tliirci
world
war
and
stopping
the
spread
of
Communism.
MATCH
MONOPOLY
OTTAWA
Existence
of
an
International
cartel
controlling
the
wooden
match
industry,
.stifling
all
forms
of
coni-pciilicn,
is
charged
in
a
report
made
public
today
by
Minister
of
Justice
Carson.
It
Is
the
last
report
written
by
F.
A.McGre-gor,
combines
investigation
commissioner,
who
resigned
on
January
1.
'
11
alleges
that
n
monopoly
exists
in
the
manufacture,
distribution
and
sa.lc
of
wooden
matches
in
Canada
and
names
the
Eddy
Match
(
o.
Ltd.,
with
head
effiecs
in
Pembroke,
as
the
dominant
firm
in
the
industry'
in
this
country.
'
W.
A.
BRADY
DIES
NEW
YORK
William
A.
Brady,
noted
theatrical
magnate,
died
here
yesterday.
Hen
Safe
On
-Cano!
Road
KDMONTON
0
Seatm
for
seven
men
reported
overdue
in
the
wlldern?
s
near
Wlihehorr.e,
Yukon,
was
called
off
yesterday
after
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
established
that
tiicy
appeared
to
be
In
no
diflicully
Late
Saturday
au
R.C.A.F.
Dakota
sighted
two
of
the
men
tit
work
on
their
project
of
dismantling
equipment
along
the
abandoned
Cunol
pipe
line.
10UU
miles
northwest
of
Edmonton.
Kmergency
suppiii
wire
dropped
although
the
men
appeared
lo
be
hi
no
trouble.
tic-archers
did
not
see
tho
other
live
but
they
did
sec
,i
truck
in
!
motion
and
said
that
signs
of
activity
along
the
Caliol
roucl
indicated
Unit
operations
wcu
continuing
between
two
euaips,
ten
inik'.;
apart.
The
men
were
originally
due
byek
in
Whitehor.se
late
In
De-
,
ceniber
but
it
is
now
believed
they
j
were
just
late
in
finishing
their
job.
OTTAWA
-
Canada's
Ql'0,000
farmers
did
a
near-record
business
In
1949,
earning
$2,400,000,-000
which
was
only
$40,000,000
below
1948's
all
time
high.
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17:50
17.9
fed
f
finished
by
Kepl-ember.
Was
Here
in
Early
Days
Prominent
(
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Adver-tiMin;
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!(i
Ka,stniaii,
Dies
in
Toronto
TORONTO
Morgan
Eastman,
vice-president
of
the
MrConnell,
Eastman
Advertising
agency
and
one
of
Canada's
best
known
ad-
U
a
ccrebial
hemorrhage
here
last
night.
The
late
Mr.
Eastman
will
ba
remembered
by
the
early
pioaeers
of
Prince
Rupert,
having
opened
up
a
men's
furnishings
store
here
during
railway
construction
days
which
he
oix-raled
for
a
time
before
selling
out
to
J.
A.
Kirk-patrlck.
He
had
come
here
rrom
Tort
Fssingtcn
where
he
had
been
sent
as
an
auditor
for
the
Victoria
firm
of
R.
P.
Rithet
&
on.
i
Mr.
Eastman
established
the
;
Eastman
Advertising
Co.
in
Vancouver
In
1918
but
moved
east
to
'
Toronto
many
years
ago.
He
Is
survived
by
two
sons,
one
of
i
whom.
John,
w
as
with
him
in
the
advertising
agency
at
Toronto.
Cold
Weather
Fires
Fatal
fixty-TliiPP
Head
in
Canada
And
Vliiteil
Stales-in
-Tragedy
OiipIipc
CHK
ACIO
11'-
Kixty-three
persons
died
i"
a.
series
of
week-end
fires
In
the
United
Stales
and
Canada.
More
than
a
dovsi
ii
other
persons
were
injured
and
more
man
a
scoic
wne
n.
homeless.
Sixteen
of
the
dead
yen:
children,
uirihu.
niiagrati.m
of
phyrla,.,e
,
r
M,..v
n,.,ltnl
ot
Ti:iveiinorL
Iowa,
where
forty
women
died.
Coroner
C.
II.
Vilo-niun
said
tliut
thirly-nine
bodies
had
been
recovered
from
the
shell.
or
the
word
and
thai
a
fortieth
victim.
Miss
Margaret
Webber,
92,
died
rrom
sho::k.
The
fire
has
since
been
described
oy
those
who
saw
II
as
a
"llimiiig
hell."
In
Duhaniel,
Quebec,
four
eV.il-irlreil
perished
Saturday
when
fire
destroyed
the
home
of
Leopold
Faubirt
In
the
vlliago
north
1
,.f
Ollawn.
The
dead
are:
Jcan-
ouv.
aactl
10;
Michel,
lour;
kiuu.
(
WO,
and
Slniono,
nine
momus.
Thirty
below
temperature
hum-uered
the
fire
fighters
in
this.
the
worst
of
the
Canadian
week-
end
fire
tragedies.
Low
li:5i
i.i
teei
mL
I
v
s.
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spokesman
for
a
delegation
rc-presentlns
Boards
or
Trade
and
:
rhomV's
or
Commerce
across
i
the
country
Railways
And
Autos
CHICAGO
Keeping
the
.
production
lines
moving
In
tho
nation's
twelve
billion
dollar
a
'
y(
ar
automobile
Industry
Is
one
lot
the
Important
functions
oi
the
railroads,
C.
A.
bkog
virv-presldcnt.
supply
and
equipment,
told
officials
at
a
luneh-.
on
meeting
In
the
union
league
club
here.
With
many
'assembly
plants
located
2,500
miles
or
more
from
the
seat
oi
proaucuon
the
Importance
or
trausporta
Hon
of
parts
and
equipment
can
readily
be
seen,
he
said,
paitleularlr
when
both
the
par-
tnt
Hutomob
le
ae
orbs
and
,ne
eiu....v
tin
nianufaeturlns
plant
and
iii
assembly
plant
arc
operated
on
u
hand
to
mouth
D.isis,
anu
therefore
failure
In
transit
becomes
a
rather
serious
problem".
Sliced
of
shipments
is
of
utmost
importance
in
the
maintenance
of
production
schedules,
and
great
strides
have
bien
made
in
improving
freight
service,
Mr.
Skog
told
the
group.
"The
fact
that
a
few
years
ago
it
required
anywhere
from
12
to
15
clays
to
transport
a
car
Tsni,.mi.
from
Flint,
Ponttac
or
I
ill
n'iM-
'
"
,llrll
i
Ilk'"
I
'
.
'
t
,
t
"I
V
&
try
on
swank
new
uniforms
expected
to
be
in
general
use
by
1931.
ARMY
ESQUIRES
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Two
soldiers
at
Army
hPodmiaHers-
in
Ot
tawa
The
dark-blue
serge
number
will
be
worn
when
"walking
out"
and
on
ceremonial
occasions.
No
decision
has
been
made
as
to
headdress.
Conventional
rank
insignia
will
be
worn.
The
broad
stripes
down
the
trousers
will
be
in
regimental
colors;
non-commissioned
officers
will
wear
chevrons
of
the
same
colors.
(CP.
Photo)
Michigan,
to
the
Pacific
coati
and
that
this
has
now
been
reduced
to
a
six-day
service
Is
a
good
illustration
of
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