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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
S3.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.,-
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
16,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
oil
Aiaifc
Secwilty
Pad
Fortigal
May
I
STATEMENT
Lisbon
is
Considering
Advisability
of
Move
ON
MUTINY
4
Air
Cleared
As
Result
of
Incident
On
II.M.C.S.
Alhabaska3i
24-HOUR
DUTY
FOR
CITY
FIREMEN
SCORED
AT
CONCILIATION
HEARING
A
conciliation
board
which
is
attempting
to
settle
wage
differences
between
Prince
Rupert's
11-man
fire
department
and
the
city
heard
Tuesday
that,
despite
legislation;
for
a
48-hour
week,
city
firemen
are
on
call
at
all
times
and
even
respond
in
their
free
time
to
"every
bujsli
fire
and
false
alarm."
The
hearing,
which
began
at,
"
.
".."':.::....;..,:
''.:
'''"
"
1
!
I-
-1
,
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
(CP)
Diplomatic
authori
tiORNINO"
OTTAWA
An
official
state
I
green
to
do
ties
predicted
today
that
Portugal
probably
will
join
the
proposed
Atlantic
security
pact
despite
Portu
g
St.
PatricKs
.
c
young
lady
'f-eif
ai
Hied
guese
objections
to
Spain's
"exclusion"
and
other
ment
from
naval
"headquarters
clears
the
apparent
mystery
concerning
an
Incident
on
H.M.
matters.
A
Portuguese
embassy
statement
last
night
1
y
1
fit.
porker
she
made
it
clear
that
the
Lisbon
government
has
not
C.S.
Athabaskan
at
Manzanillo
Bay,
Mexico.
The
report
had
yet
reached
a
final
decision
ana
been
circulated
there
Was
a
two-
j
the
city
hall
Tuesday
afternoon
i
before
a
three-man
board,
adjourned
aftc
rllie
firemen's
brief
j
was
presented
during
a
two-hour
RESTRICTIONS
TO
BE
RETAINED
hour
mutiny.
that
questions
about
the
treaty
are
still
being
asfted
of
the
United
States
government.
One
To
SAYS
RUSSIANS
WANT
HONG
KONG
No
senior
rating
was
involved
No
leading
seamen,
petty
office:
or
chief
petty
officer
was
con
point
was
made
clear
that
Portugal
would
cede
no
bases
during
peacetime.
cerned.
About
thirty
men
out
Ihild
j
session,
and
will
be
resumed
this
i
afternoon
when
the
city's
brief
l
will
be
presented,
j
Chairman
of
the
conciliation
j
board
is
County
Court
Judge
'
W.
O.
Fulton.
WUliam
M.
Watts
of
a
crew
of
140
were
directly
Involved.
It
had
been
heard
stated
the
I
liiisiun
xilinmlc
SUSPENSION
Son
Is
the
city's
representative
and
Thomas
Elliott
represents
the
men
objected
to
getting
up
for
breakfast
too
early
in
the
morn
BRISBANE
A
United
States
missionary,
Dr.
W.
Cadbury,
has
arrived
here
after
40
years
in
China.
"The
Reds,"
he
said,
"are
on
the
fringe
of
Hong
Kong.
They
will
demand
it
from
Britain
sooner
than
most
people
expect."
BUDGET
DAY
A
distraught
nremcn.
ided
tearfully
piunvwl
hv
fmir
mumhm
i.f
OF
JAILERS
;
ing.
They
had
been
told
they
could
not
smoke
while
refueling
Only
About
a
Dozen
Still
Wanted,
Justice
Minister
Tells
House
OTTAWA
The
government
Is
seeking
in
lis
new
control
bill
to
continue
only
a
dozen
of
the
wartime
pyramid
of
restrictive
measures.
Justice
Minister
Stewart
Carson
told
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
in
defence
of
control
legislation.
The
measures
to
be
retained
will
include
the
general
prices
board
order,
domestic
rental
regulations,
steel
and
timber
regulations,
priorities
for
con
,d"
whom
the
the
fire
department,
John
A.
kf
ut
rantive
"
V
Laxity
is
Suggested
at
Vancouver
City
Lock-up
the
ship.
Said
a
naval
spokesman:
iStaton
of
Edmonton,
western
i
'
ii
'V.
"Most
striking
of
the
demands
was
that
the
executive
office
be
removed
from
the
ship.
A
vice-president
of
the
International
Association
of
Fire
Fighters,
read
the
brief
drawn
up
to
support
the
city
firemen's
claim
for
higher
wages
and
benefits
of
participation
in
the
Medlc&l
.ION
TUESDAY
second
request
was
that
Cana
-
-
-
r
i
in
a
dungcon-
judge.
I
'love
s.
Ann
F.
Sul-a
to
give
him
;
the
14-year
Gerald
barren
room,
h
n
cot,
until
VANCOUVER,
m
Two
jailers
were
suspended
from
the
Vancouver
police
force
as
a
result
of
the
escape
from
the
city
jail
Monday
night
of
a
21-year
old
Houdini-like
prisoner.
Mayor
Charles
E.
Thompson
dian
money
be
ugain
accepted
OTTAWA
Hon.
.Douglas
Ab
struction
supplies
and
ordei
-
Try
0-.
Doit,
minister
of
finance,
announced
yesterday
that
he
will
by
the
ship's
canteen.
Amerl-ican
money
only
is
recognized
'now
.by
order
of
the
executive
Services
Association.
Plea
for
the
latter
was
dropped
when
T.
W.
Blown,
the
city's
bring
down
his
budget
in
Par
dealing
with
sugar
and
price.;
and
the
stability
of
corporation.
liament
on
Tuesday
night
of
.
...I
w,
o
I
rt
,,.1,1
(ha
Imnflnrv
t
.
announced
the
suspensions
following
receipt
of
police
investigation
report
from.
Chief
Constable
Walter
Mulligan
and
came
as
somewhat
of
a
surprise
next
week.
,
As
usual,
there
is
much
speculation.
Particularly
is
this
so
as.
to
what
may
be
officer."
The
executive
officer,
Lieut-Commander
C.
R.
Parker,
is
the
34-ycar-old
winner
of
the
Distinguished
Service
Cross
in
land
j
the
city
is
ready
to
include
the
said
she
had
i
firemen
in
the
M.S.A.
scheme
the
house
to
'which
will
cover
all
city
cm-She
said
the
ployecs.
EVEN
CANADA
IS
AFFECTED
done
about
the
income
tax.
as
the
chief
had
previously
said
Whether
it
will
be
an
election
:MLZJ
-3
i
-
v
-
budget
is
also
a
subject
of
spe
ing
craft
at
the
invasion
of
j
France.
He
was
described
as
a
highly
competent
,
officer
with
I,
iiate
and
she
Although
none
of
the
four
city
I
t
the
good
fin-men
who
at
times,
gave
In-
there
would
be
r.o
suspensions.
The
mayor
suggested
that
there
had
been
evidence
o!
lax
dilation
.
WASHINGTON,
IJ.
C
Stoppage
r
of
work
in
American
coal
mines,
.,
o
eastern
coupled
I.
itr
legitimate
formal
testimony
to
supplement
pertinent
qualifications
lor
his
ity.
William
Lightbrown,
whose
r
daushlcr
i
the
brief
expressed
an
objection
duties.
.
MAJOR
BLAZE-With
damage
estimated
as
high
as
$3,000,000,
tire
which
swept
the
Northern
Hardware
Building
in
downtown
Edmonton
was
the
lawst
in
the
city's
history.
Firemen
battled
21
hours
to
brin,?
the
flames
in
the
combined
warehouse-office
.ytrurvurc.HtrjfioiVwol.
This
jho
rtiows
the
clouds
of
smoke
billowing
from
the
ouiiding
during
the
height
of
the
blaze.
CF;
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
B.
D.
Johnstou
Co.
tAd.)
with
a
strike
of
operating
em-i
to
being
on
call
at
all
times,
Mr.
hair
was
dark
brown
until
he
viola-1
ployecs
of
the
Wabash
Railway,)
if
iHtaion
acscriDca
it
as
a
today
darkeneu'
thu
umwu'
tion
of
the
hrovlrklal
Fire
Mar
However,
on
the
American
money
angle,
V
the
",.
'"spokesman
said
Canadian
money
was
always
accepted
by
ship
canteens
But
there
may
have
been
cir
I
Cintntf
Uh,,P
l,.tlll'f.
c
.
..
...
in-
Uyed
ii
pink,
is
'sun
at
large.
It
was
lils
second
jail-break
this
year.
The
cla
ustrophobic
Light-
1
brown
was
one
of
eight
pris
i
cumstances
which
made
the
acceptance
of
Canadian
money
in
Mexican
waters
temporarily
im
J'.l.inirs
I'riv.ilc
oners
who
broke
out
of
outlying
Okalla
Prison
on
New
Years'
Day.
He
had
been
recaptured
but
Monday
night
sawed
his
Ubt&fcl.,
iiin.t
.
The
effect
is
felt
even
among
workers
in
Eastern
Canada.
The
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
are
on
a
two-week
work
stoppage
called
by
President
John
L.
Lewis.
The
stoppage
affects
only
mines
cast
of
the
Mississippi.
The
Wabash
strike
was
called
t
yesterday
over
contract
negotiations
but
not
wages.
.
possible.
snul
8
ACl,
Wilicii
mases
npeuiui;
provision
for
a
43-hour
week
for
firemen.
"For
that
reason,
it
is
Impossible
to
break
down
our
watjc
claim
into
an
hourly
rate,"
Mr.
Staton
said.
"It
is
not
only
illegal
but
unfair
that
the.se
men
should
be
on
call
for
every
false
alarm
and
grass
fire.",
;
'
,
City
advocate
Brown
agreed
that
"if
it
Is
true
that
every
The
anonymous
letter,
written
JjtimUl
Fleming
Slowdown
Of
City
Traffic
VANCOUVER,
B
A
planned
slowdown
by
Vancouver's
bus,
trolley
coach
aud-
street
car
drivers
Is
forecast
to
reduce
all
public
f
transportation
.service
here
tomorrow.
'A
Street
Railway
men'!!.
Union
way
through
steel
window
bars
and
slid
to
freedom
down
a
rope-devised
from
torn
mattress
strips.
Vancouver
Bayonne
08
Bralorne
(ask)
8
75
B.R.
Con.
.;.
.0314
b.r.x
:
.10
Cariboo
Quartz
1.20
Congress
:..
03
'2
Hedley
Mascot
35
Pend
Oreille
4.40
Pioneer
3.10
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
:.
.19
Reeves
McDonald.
2.25
Reno
06
Sheep
Creek
1.27
Silbak
Premier
34
Taku
River
26
Vananda
-
25
Salmon
Gold
15
Spud
Valley
(ask)
.08
on
H.M.U.S.
AtnaoasKan
letterhead,
mailed
from
Acapulco,
300
miles
southeast
of
Manzanillo
Bay,
was
later
published
In
the
Vancouver
Sun.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
"
A
weak
disturbance,
ir.c
Villain
to
British
Columbia
from
the
south,
is
causing
general
light
rains
along
the
coast
ami
light
snow
over
the
southern
interior.
Precipitation
was
expected
to
end
over
the
southern
sections
of
the
province
about
midday
with
gradually
clearing
skies
I
hereafter.
Rain
will
persist
o
ver
the
northern
coast
until
evening
wlilie
the
northern
interior
will
get
a
few
light
snow
flurries
this
afternoon,
generally
cloudy
weather
will
per
sist
over
the
province.
Temperatures
will
be
somewhat
higlfei
fireman
Is
called
out
for
every
re
ive
-
Conscrva-'
""i
in
the
House
i'
,
the
government
Sorry
botch
and1
Wns
in
Canada.
,j
4
C
C
F.
.
member
held
adilfer-I
blamed
private
i.uluie
to
build
f
.ill"
the
govern
'
available,
for
i
bush
fire,
It
should
be
changed
MANITOBA
STALLS
ESTIMATE
OF
ARMS
NEEDED
spokesman'
denied
it
would
bo
an
enforced
slowdown
but
admitted
that
drivers
were
rebel
ALWAYS
ON
CALL
John
C.
Ewart,
president
of
the
Don't
Want
Reds
Back
OVER
MARGARINE
...
l
i
i
ii.
i-'i
t
rinec
uupciv
locai
u
u.c
..,
Minio..rs
of
llem
liix
WINNIPEG,
9
By
a
vote
of
lusing.
34
to
20
the
Legislature
of
Fighters'
Association,
Jack
Fur-
(;om.luUe
S(,ssjolls
iu
iiOI,dn
and
Don
Llcwcl-
ness.
secretary,
'
ff)
Estimate
of
lynand
Milton
Hauser,
firemen
JNcd;.d
from
lhe
United
Oils-
By
DANIEL
DE
LUCE
KIRKENES,
Norway
(AP)
Kirkencs
is
building
a
monu
IENDING
PACT
ment
to
the
'
Red
Army
for
Anglo
Canadian
............
3.90
A.P.
Con
.20
Atlantic
.66
C.
&
E
4
75
Central
Leduc
1.05
j
told
the
Doarci
mat
ney
are
u
,
pd
by
for.
call
at
all
hours
of
the
day
and
mlnistcrs
()f
Ul0
five.pow.
j
night
and
rush
to
the
fire
ha.l
I
western
European
uniyh,
dip-
I
to
act
as
a
second-line
reserve
i(j
today.
than
they
have
been
for
the
last
few
days.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
with
intermittent
rain
today.
Occasionally
mixed
with
snow
along
the
nor
Manitoba
decided
to
take
no
action
yesterday
in
connection
with
the
validating
of
the
manufacture
and
sale
of
margarine
hi
this
province.
A
Liberal
member
charged
the
government
with
lack
of
courage
In
the
matter.
ling
against
"pushing
by
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
Co.
to
maintain
schedules"
After
the
traffic
death
of
a
pedestrian
yesterday
Police
Chief
Walter
Mulligan
warned
the
drivers
that
his
officers
will
enforce
more
strictly
the
safety
rules.
-
One
driver
retorted:
"We
cannot
sell
tickets,
make
change
Issue
transfers,
watch
traffic,
and
keep
the
tight
schedule
all
the
time.
When
a
man
gets
behind
in
his
schedule,
he
takes
DC
Ciisl-iv'
Whc"
lhc
0nglnC
con,lpany
m
Foreign
ministers
of
(heat
5M,
Home
Oil
10.75
liberating
It
from
the
Germans.
Kirkenes
Is
also
constructing
a
system
of
deep
air-raid
sheltersin
case
the
Red
Army
tries
to
come
back.
The
municipal
engineer
is
in
charge
of
both
projects
and
the
Mercury
13'2
13
0U"'
0U
B
Britain,
France,
Belgium,
tne
o
forei..,,
nii.iis-'C1U'y
,
Ik,
preuirbii
to'
The
f,rcmcn
16-pagC
blic,f'
if
Netherlands
and
Luxemboarg
Iu,.-,,
h
,mn
nri-r
whlch
was
Bupplcmcntcd
with
,a8l
night
W)Ud
up
a
two-day
thern
mainland.
Cloudy
occasionally
overcast
in
widely
seai-lered
showers
Thursday.
Win,-'
u...
r
.-i
I
two
explanatory
tables
ol
"8-,
meothnr
here.
A
terse
romnvuni-
prob-
uuc
said
they
went
over
drawings
cover
a
wall
of
his
Okalta
1.56
Pacific
Pete
2.21
Princess
.28
Royal
Canadian
.09
South
Brazeau
.ji
-
Tororoto
Athona
".II
Aumaque
.19
Beattie
.
-49
Bevcourt
..-
-
-20
snow-shrouded
office.
"Crazy,
isn't
It?"
he
says
f
here
siid
he"""08,
was
ulrccleu
at
proving
lend
Unit
his
gov-it,,at
prmce
Rul)crt's
.
renu,
I
his
country
the
because
of
living
costs
and
the
I"
sign
the
Atlan-
j
nature
of
their
work,
are
en-;noe.
it
was
the
titled
to
a
wage
scale
at
least
as
chances
to
catch
up."
The
B.C.
Electric
said
that
ro-uorts
of
a
slowdown
were
cx-
light
except
locally
northeast
(25
m.p.h.)
hi
exposed
areas.
Little
change
in
temperature
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
40
and
48.
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert
31
and'4I.,
lems
of
financing
and
producing
military
supplies
for
joint
defences.
It
said
also
that
there
had
been
studies
of
the
latest
developments
in
connection
with
the
North
Atlantic
pact.
.
Vj
'
JV
"Well,
so
is
the
world
today."
Look
way
up
at
the
top
of
aeserated.
It
said
a
trauic
rum
IJ
do,
the
foreign
"'G"
as
Uiat
received
by
Vancou
hooklot
would
be
issued
within
the
map
of
Europe
and
you'll
find
Kirkenes,
a
mere
dot,
four
a
few
clays.
,
ver
firemen.
Basis
of
the
dispute
is
their
claim
for
a
salary
of
$200
a
Union
Business
Agent
Llyod
th
(iuy
after
he
"'Achcson,
sec-
miles
from
Russia
on
the
Arctic
Kasler
said:
"If
adherence
to
Ocean.
When
a
Russian
soldier
waves
ids
gun
anywhere
on
the
"
4
-
i
month,
for
a
first-class
fireman,
which
would
be
$G0
greater
than
the
15)18
scale,
While
reference
w.is
niadw
to
a
reported
settle
globe,
Kirkenes
shivers.
Each
I
squabble
between
east
and
west
the
laws
of
this
province
result
in
a
slowdown
of
the
city's
transportation
seivice,
then
it
is
time
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
and
the
provincial
Department
of
Railways
investigated
running
schedules."
ment
between
Vancouver
fire
In
Germany,
at
the
U.N.,
or
just
In
the
newspapers
chills
wv-
i
the
heart.
rv
,
st
"'I
lr,
'
Yn
,""
IK
!
1
1.,
as
2.
r,
'
I'ailS
Ifi
3.
0,kt
fak
1
t,l
Unhappily,
this
Is
the
coldest
t
men
and
that
city's
negotiating
committee
for
$251
a
month,
neither
side
was
prepared
to
nrcr-pt
it
In
testimony
until
official
word
is
received.
Using
figures
from
provincial
'
1
1
town
in
the
com
war.
,
,
No
matter
how
or
where
an-1
other
spark
of
war
is
struck,
3,000
Norwegian
pioneers
at
this
map-dot
are
certain
tiiey
will
be
overrun
within
an
hour
by
Soviet
troops.
A
company
of
FISH
VESSEL
IN
TROUBLE
and
federal
reports,
the
brie!
pointed
out
that,
while
the
aY-1
erage
fticome
In
Prince
Rupert
was
higher,
than
those
of
per
HALIFAX
The
Koyai
pink-cheeked,
20-year-old
con-
ALT
IDES
Bobjo
ll'a
Buffalo
Canadian
14'2
Consol.
Smelters
97.00
Conwest
....
-r-
116
'
Donalda
,
:
-50
Elcjona
51
East
Sullivan
-
2.48
Giant
Yellowknife
........
5.30
God's
Lake
4
-40
Hardrock
-IS'a
Harricana
Heva
:
19
Hosco
24
Jacknife
--
-04
Joliet
Quebec
33
Lake
Rowan
-
-08
Lapaska
08
Little
Long
Lac
77
;
Lynx
13
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.65
McKenzie
Red
Lake
38
McLeod
Cockshutt
100
Moneta
40
Negus
...
2.27
-
Noranda
51-50
Louvlcourt
-24
Pickle
Crow
2.10
Regcourt
-u5
San
Antonio
4
05
Senator
Rouyn
;..
-42
Sherrit
Gordon
2.04
Steep
Rock
152
Sturgeon
River
-16
Silver
Miller
-
-45
sons
in
Victoria,
Nelson
or
New:
Canadian
Air
Force
search
and
I
script,s
guards
the
frontier.
Their
'
Hi)
-
-!
-
,
f
i
I-
'
,
'"arch
17
r
2-57
Westminster
Prince
Rupert
percentage
cost
for
fire
protection
rescue
centre
here
today
re-.
heaviest
weapon
is
an
obsolete
ceived
a
report
that
a
"small
.
machine-gun.
j
15:25
15;25
21.4
21.4
feet
feet,
was
lower
Uiat
any
of
those
1!)49
23.0
feel
19.
feet
3.9
feet
Living
on
borrowed
time,
Kir
0:15
21:27
ALLAN
L.
WOODROW,
Toronto
banker
and
industrialist,
has
been
appointed
honorary
treasurer
of
the
National
Liberal
Federation
for
the
third
year
and
also
will
serve
on
the
executive
committee.
Announcement
of
the
appointment
is
made
by
Senator
J.
Gordon
Fogo,
K.C.
president
.of
the
Federation.
Mr.
Wood-row,
a
native
of
St.
John,
N.
B.,
was
for
many
years
an
executive
of
-the
Bank
of
Nova
Scotia
and,
serving
in
various
capacities,
became
widely
known'
among
business
"1.
i.o".v
-r
'.
.
w.V.''1
'
f
N
(Continued
on
Pago
0)
r
.
"XT
kenes
works
us
if
it
were
as
secure
from
human
torment
as
Shangri-la.
It
looks
like
a
set
unidentified
fishing
vessel
Is
around
and
,r
"in
t
rouble"
at
Gabarus
Bay,
near
Louisburg,
on
Cape
Breton
Island.
The
report
reached
Louisburg
from
a
motorist
who
had
spot-tod
the
craft.
tlement
of
the
Alaskan
Gold
Am
1
iM
Rush
wooden
shacks,
unpaved
streets
buried
In
snow
and
outdoor
privies.
By
1952,
if
there
I1KVIN
COMINtf
OVER
TO
SIGN
ALLIANCE
LONDON
ForcigU
Secretary
Further
details
were
not
av
IT
WAS
ALL
A
SHOCK
TO
HER
Betty
Ritchie,
formerly
of
Toronto
and
Fcnelov
Falls,
Out,
is
shown
in
a
Hollywood
night
club
with
Gerald
G.
Dennis,
alleged
"gentleman
burglar"
held
by
iu
m,
vm-ir
nnlice.
Betty
burst
int
otears
when
California
pol
shaky,
still
is
peace,
it
will
be
the
ailable
here
because
of
Ernest
Bevln
will
oroceedx
to
with
Cape
nicest,
richest
town
beyond
the
c
o
m
m
u
n
1
cations
Washington
the
fi?sj
'eeNaiJ
Breton
after
a
storm
last
night.
Arctic
Circle.
ice
Informed
her
that
Dennis
had
other
girls,
too.
"I'm
horrified
men
from
Coast
to
coast.
He
is
a
director
of
Mohawk
Mills,
Hamilton,
Ont.,
and
of
Metai
Stamping
Ltd.,
Toronto.
April
to
sign
the
Atlaiji.sc
security
alliance
on
behalf
f
Grea5,j
j
At
its
backdoor
is
000
tons
of
iron
ore
in
the
frozen
had
disrupted
land
lines.
Tpt
crew
is
unable
to
to
learn
that
he
had
other
gin
inenas-ns
au
a
icmuic
me
"
She
is
being
held
on
suspicion
ot
burglary
and
receiving
stolen
property
but
she
maintained
her
innocence.
earth.
uii
account
of
heavy
seas.
Britain,
it
was
annount"
d
;
s
'
'
terday.