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AND
CKNTKAL
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
in
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest.'
STAR
CABS
vul.
XXXVII,
V
No.
225.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
24,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
iSWM
SHOOT
IM
BERL
I
MR
CCX1K
f
Shells
Burst
WithoutWarning
Among
Planes
Flyingto
Berlin
;orge
Man
New
Head
'ated
Trade
Boards
Iterson
Elected
President
at
ion
of
Juneau
Convention
Ifcljcrial
to
the
Daily
Newsi
llaska
A.
M.
Patterson
who
served
nayor
of
Prince
George,
was
former-h(.'
Hoard
of
Trade
there,
held
num-jces
and
finally
made
a
Freeman
of
fhiusday
afternoon
elected
president
jtl
)an-(U
of
Trade
of
Central
British
RED
PLANE
USED
LONDON,
KP)
A
foreign
of
fice
spokesman
said
today
that
a
fighter,
aircraft
which
yesterday
shot
down
a
regular
Arao
Tension
Over
German
Capital
Tightens
U.S.
Bans
Russian
Newspapers
BEPvLIN
(CP)
The
Russians
began
to
fire
antiaircraft
guns
in
the
Berlin
corridor
today,
in
what
was
described
as
"practice"
manceuvers
while
British
and
American
planes
continued
their
air
lift
to
supply
the
capital.
The
firing
continued
for
90
minutes
before
the
airliner
near
the
TransJordan
frontier
was
a
"Yak"
plane,,
a
type
normally
used
by
the
Rus
B.-ing
session
sian
air
force.
The
Yak
was
believed
to
be
under
Jewish
con
trol.
Russian
army
bothered
to
notify
the
western
military
governments
that
the
practice
had
begun.
One
officer
gave
it
as
his
Canada-Wide
interest
is
Steadily
increasina
as
the
Progressive
Hnnxpruat
ivo
noi-tv
an
fnr.
Irii
as
venue
Vanricr-lf,:,
vii'i'-prc-jh
McLean,
D!
the
Jun-arnmerce
was
lire-president
fried
ol
southeast-
Duncan
K.
Kerr
of
Terrace
was
elected
secretary-treasurer.
The
convention
went
on
record
as
favoring
a
planned
Immigration
scheme
lor
British
Columbia
similar
to
that
operated
In
Ontario.
The
Associated
Boards
of
B.C.
will
undertake,
In
support
of
such
a
scheme,
to
correlate
through
Its
member
Boards
Information
on
business,
technical
and
professional
opportunities
and
the
demand
for
both
skilled
and
unskilled
personal
opinion
that
Russian
ward
with
their
plans
for
their
convention
on
Oct.
2
to
name
ajsuccessor
to
John
Bracken.
Last
appearance
as
leader
of
the
Progressive
Conservatives
saw
!Mr.
Bracken,
above,
photographed
with
Ted
Conover,
Y.
P.
C.
president,
centre,
and
Gordon
Graydon,
M.
P.
Figuring
prominently
in
the
convention
will
be
Ontario's
Premier
George
Drew,
John
Diefenbaker
of
Saskatchewan
and
Premier
Maurice
Duplessis
of
Quebec.
ARABS
ATTACK
JEWISH
HEIGHTS
TEL
AVIV
0)
An
Israeli
spokesman
said
today
that
Arab
Legion
forces
attacked
and
captured
Jewish-held
heights
east
of
Lydda
this
morning.
IJo
said
that
Israeli
forces
counterattacked
and
recaptured
them.
gunners
were
practicing
In
a
"serious
sort
of
way."
Strong
protests
are
being
sent
Narcotics
Cause
Heavy
Losses
VANCOUVER,
Hi
Canada's
three
to
four
thousand
known
narcotic
addicts
cost
the
Dominion
millions
of
dollars
each
year,
K.
C.
Hlssick
of
Ottawa,
narcotic
control
chief
of
.
the
Department
of
National
Health
and
Welfare
said
Thursday.
In
an
address
to
the
four-day
convention
of
the
Chief
Constables'
Association
of
Canada
btM?-
f
!
1
by
the
British
and
American
governments
over
the
Russian's
use
of
that
area
for
their
military
activities.
P
.
i
"
'
'
I
.
Jt
fir'
.
The
Russians
said
that
they
BANK
BANDITS
SOUGHT
AFTER
POLICE
KILLING
MONTREAL
(CP)
also
plan
to
hold
bombing
and
fighter
practices
In
the
corri
3R
AT
JION
9
-The
K'JV-itf
12
persons,
at-.,
were
ar-
he
said
that
"two
thousand
ad
This
information
Is
to
be
available
to
all
Interested
parties,
including
the
appropriate
government
agencies.
UfinrnGAntaHviia
nf
tKrt
far4
HARVESTING
WEATHER
SAID
"EXCELLENT"
dor
where
western
planes
are
eral
and
provincial
governments
!
Two
policemen
were
kill
making
more
than
500
flights
daily
to
supply
the
sealed-off
western
sectors
of
Berlin
with
food
and
fuel.
dicts
using
a
grain
of
morphine
dally
can
be
responsible
for
an
economic
loss
of
$42,000,000
yearly."
Much
ol
this
loss,
he
declared,
Is
caused
to
businessmen
by
ed
Thursday
in
a
fusilad
UiiRed
plot
in
the
persons
of
H.
W.
Brigh-
wrican
eiti
5
'
-jyj
However;
B.C.
and
Northern
Alberta
Hampered
by
Rain
of
revolver
shots
from
I
Air
lift
pilots
said
that
Rus
sian
anti-aircraft
shells
ton
of
Vancouver
and
J.
P.
i
Gawthrop
of
Victoria,
told
of
steps
being
already
taken
along
i
these
lines.
Co-operation
of
the
ex-
j
desperate
addicts
breaking
Into
It
President
'
B
wife
Eva.
tic
i?
identi-
ploded
up
to
10,000
feet.
In
the
shops
to
obtain
money
to
get
OTTAWA,
0)
Apart
from
northern
areas
In
Alberta,
"ex
bandits
who
robbed
an
east
-end
branch
of
the
Banque
Canadienne
Nationale.
Police
captured
the
bandits'
air
stratas
commonly
used
b
drugs.
cellent"
harvesting
weather
has
the
transport
pianes.
Meanwhile,
as
the
;
tension
turner
cul-
Boards
of
Trade
would
be
great-Hi
US.
Em-'iy
welcomed,
fif
the
move-1
'
j
J
Highways
came
op
-tor
con-
"i
,..,,r-j
fciitiyahlif
.Wtwiatab4JloU
r
...
generally
prevailed
throughout
the
prairie
provinces
over
the
last
month,
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
sairfloday
in
the
last
of
a
series
of
telegra
tightened,
the
United
States
military
government
r
placed
accomplice,
a
car
ariver,
a
few
minutes
after
the
daring
rob-beVJ
and
said
they
are
looking
'BlueJ-aws'
Criticized
ban
"
on
all
Soviet-sponsored
for
two
brothers,
Donald
autl
j
newspapers
and
other
publlca-
phic
crop
reports.
wig
session
wmcn
urged
upon
i
the
government
of
Canada
the
i
construction
of
a
highway
link
,
from
Hazelton
to
Whitehorse
to
tlons
ln
the
American
zone
of
Rapid
progress
in
harvesting
By
Judge
cereals
has
been
made
in
Mani-
toba,
Saskatchewan
and
in
I
The
action
was
taken
in
re-southern
Alberta,
the
Bureau
Prisal
for
Soviet
discrimina-said.
Rains
have
held
up
worktin
against
western-licenced
I
)
connect
the
northern
trans-I
provincial
highway
In
Central
'f
I
British
Columbia
with
the
Al-
JJ
i
a.ska
Highway.
The
need
of
such
Douglas
Perrault,
in
connection
with
the
slayings.
The
bandits'
loot
was
an
estimated
$6,000.
The
police
set
in
motion
one
or
the
biggest
manhunts
in
the
city's
history
for
the
two
gunmen
who
cut
down
Policemen
Nelson
Paquin,
42,
and
Paul
Emlle
Duranleau,
35.
VANCOUVER
(CP)
F.D.R.'S
GRANDSON
A
POLIO
VICTIM
Taken
some
years
ago
at
Hyde
Park,
NY.,
this
photo
shows
Curtis
(Buzzy)
Boet-ttger
witli
his
grandfather,
the
late
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Today,
at
the
age
of
18.
Buzzy
lies
lit
a
Los
Angeles
hospital
stricken
suddenly,
as
was
the
U.S.
president,
with
poliomyelitis.
The
youth's
phy.sickin
announced
it
"was
not
a
serious
case."
in
northern
Alberta
but
the
puoncations
m
tne
missian
zone
Canada's
statutes
on
Sun
a
highway
irom
a
aeiencc
cover
crops
should
be
under
day
observance,
bookmak-
standpoint
was
emphasized,
but
within
three
weeks.
riaf
mystery
K'l
a
lortune!
ing
and
lotteries
were
;
its
imDortance
from
a
tourist
and
Soviet
sector
of
Berlin.
This
nullifies
the
agreement
reached
by
the
Moscow
foreign
ministers'
conference
In
1947
when
it
was
agreed
that
there
Quality
of
cereals
generally
Is
high
throughout
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan.
In
Alberta,
the
nualitv
is
variable.
Darticularly
STRESSES
NEED
FOR
NEW
SCHOOL
termed
"outmoded"
by
Judge
R.
A.
Sargent
at
the
forty-third
'convention
of
liu-y
is
con-and
economic
standpoint
in
the
Ive-ycar
old
way
0I
opening
up
great
nat-lencan
ArmviUrar
resources
such
as
the
d
this
week
;
oroundhog
anthracite
coal
should
be
a
free
exchange
of
DUTY
"TO
AID
GREAT
BRITAIN
tary,
replacing
John
Church
in
northern
sections
where
frost
who
left,
at
the
end
of
the
last
5
and
wet
weather
have
affected
Information
throughout
Germany's
four
occupation
zones.
the
Chief
Constables
Association
of
Canada
Thursday.
Construction
of
a
new
hlfth
school
in
Prince
Rupert
shouM
He
a
major
concern
of
the
Parent
-
Teachers'
Association,
members
of
the
Booth
P
-T.A.
term.
Chairman
of
the
meeting
!
jne
sample.
Strict
enforcement
of
the
was
Rv.
Basil
S.
Procker,
presi
Harvesting
of
cereal
grains
is
SHAWINIOAN
FALLS,
Que.
W
An
Australian
diplomat,
Hon.
Francis
M.
Forde,
high
.commit
told
by
Principal
A.
M.
sloner
to
Canada,
said
today
.
were
dent
of
the
Association.
Following
the
business
session,
court
whist
was
played.
Mrs.
J.
II.
Black
was
entertainment
ARABS
LAUNCH
OFFENSIVE
TEL
AVIV,
m
An
Israeli
Hurst
at
their
Initial
meeting
f
'mains
mi-
field
was
also
stressed.
is,'
removed'
Other
features
brought
for-f-i'f
the
tWn.
ward
In
favor
of
such
a
road
iispurt
was''crc
ll,e
possibility
of
branch
B'erday
and
roads
to
southeastern
Alaska
R
C.A
F.
such
as
Hyder,
Ketchikan,
'''al
its
con-'WranRc11
and
Ju"eau-
Tne
Iav
iorable
aspects
of
easy
construc-
h
mail,
or
a
llon
and
lack
of
snuw
were
als0
I-iiUUion
dol-1
brought
out.
I
have
beenj
A
resoluUon
of
distinctly
in-L.
,
'tcrnatlonal
tone
was
one
which
that
it
is
the
duty
of
all
Commonwealth
countries
to.
"give
maximum
assistance
to
the
of
the
term
Wednesday
nigh;.
Mr.
Hurst
stressed
the
lieel
convener
and
J.
A.
Teng
acted1:
source
here
today
claimed
that
practically
completed
in
Manitoba,
except
ln
west-central
and
northern
areas.
In
Saskatchewan,
wheat
Is
nearly
90
percent
harvested
and
coarse
grains
more
than
70
per
cent
completed.
In"
British
Columbia,
harvesting
Is
under
way
throughout
the
province.
Wet
weather,
however,
has
delayed
operations
and
some
spoilage
of
cereals
Is
Lord's
Day
Act
he
said
would
close
cities
so
tight
"that
life
would
be
unbearable."
The
jurist
asked
delegates
to
bring
public
opinion
on
these
laws
before
the
attorney-general
and
legislators
ot
the
various
provinces.
The
Lord's
Day
Act,
he
declared
,was
first
invoked
as
.a
means
of
enforcing
the
six-day
working
week
for
workers
and
not
as
an.
Instrument
for;
narrow
moralists.
for
a
new
school,
in
a
brief
address
in
which
he
also
outlined
the
problems
of
adjusting
the
timetable
of
studies
at
the
bo-
United
Kingdom
during
the
present
financial
and
Industrial
crisis."
This
duty,
he
said,
stems
froi.i
Arab
troops
based
at
Latrun,
between
Tel
Aviv
and
Jerusalem
have
launched
a
major
offensive
against
Israeli
as
master
of
ceremonies..
Prize
winner."!
were
Mrs.
O.
A.
Hill,
J.
P.
Moller,
Mrs.
B.
Harrison
and
Mrs.
C.
J.
O.
Olsen.
The
meeting
concluded
with
refreshments
served
by
a
commute
convened
by
Mrs.
A.
S.
the
costly
.lone
front
which!
ginning
of
the
term.
These,
tu
party
.......
T
T.i
l
,
,J
Clrttao
f
U
T!
U
H
Britain
put
up
against
Germany
j
said,
are
being
surmounted
ana
"l
and
the
i
joint
lolnt
defence
defence
board
board
The
meeting,
attended
by
50,
j
iiicri
n
Feb-1
reported.
The
apple
crop
Is
government
of
Canada
to
main
Hamilton
and
Miss
Dorothy
ln
the
early
part
of
the
war
ami
which
cost
her
$20,000,000,000.
elected
Miss
Townsend
secre-
?
"''rtiiin
that
maturing
rapidly
but
the
size
of
the
fruit
Is
smaller
than
usual.
Harvesting
of
hops
is
nearly
completed.
tain
the
Haines
Highway
between
Ilalnes,
Alaska,
and
the
Alaska
Highway
on
a
year
round
basis.
Aiisley.
INQUEST
FINDS
TODAY'S
STOCKS
LOCAL
MEN
TO
TRY
TO
WIN
MANSON
MEDAL
s
aboard.
ETHOD
DTING
tMENTS
Northern
Waters
Are
Vital
to
U.S.
f
?-
BOOTHBAY
HARBOR,
Maine
Home
from
a
voyage
that
took
him
to
the
Arctic,
Commander
Donald
MacMillan,
says
The
convention
was
"told
that
already
the
use
of
the
Haines
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
.
0KKhKHKhWOOH
OOOOOOOOO
"0000
0OKW0O0WHKHKKOO
Highway
bv
trucks
has
cut
the
Bobjo
:
l'J'-a
Buffalo
Canadian
682
Since
nobody
else
seems
to
DANISH
BUTTER
FOR
CANADIANS
OTTAWA.
W
Trade
Minister
C.
D.
Howe
announced
today
completion
of
arrangements
for
want
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Vancouver
Bralome
7.00
B.
R.
X
-
08
Cariboo
Quartz
1.16
Deutonia
-OlVa
the
United
States
should
know
far
more
about
the
waters
of
F
An
atom-;
cost
of
freight
on
100
pounds
of
F
of
detecting
I
potatoes
by
$4.00
but
this
was
M''
heart
was:
but
one
example.
A
Haines
dele-ierday.
"Ra.
j
gate
said
that
freight
traffic"
(.involves
the
on
the
Haines
Hiphwuv
was
In
Northern
Labrador,
for
such
.32
NATURAL
DEATH
Investigating
the
death
of
Mary
Anderson,
23
-
year
-
old
native
woman,
a
coroner's
jury
yesterday
brought
ln
the
verdict
that
she
died
of
natural
causes
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
at
9:15
a.m.
September
21.
Actual
cause
of
death
was
given
as
pneumonia.
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman
who
performed
an
autopsy
Tuesday
on
the
purchase
of
8,000,000
pounds
of
Danish
butter,
bringing
the
Mascot
Hedley
e
sodium
in
.02
Minto
two
and
a
half
months
of
this
year
400
per
cent
greater
than
In
all
of
1947.
Pend
Oreille
4
20
Ji.iy-rmissions
i''ice
the
flow
the
heart
2.33
Pioneer
Premier
Border
.02
.10
Privateer
Reeves
McDonald
1.80
Relations
Council
medal,
four
Prince
Rupert
men
are
going
to
try
to
win
It.
The
gold
bauble,
donated
by
Manson's
Jewellers,
was
posted
last
June
to
be
awarded
to
the
first
motorist
from
New
York
City
to
Prince
Rupert.
So
far.
It
has
not
been
claimed.
Today,
however,
Herb
Morgan
announced
that
the.
quartette,
which
leaves
tonight
to
witness
the
World
Series
baseball
play-offs,
will
try
to
quallfv
for
the
medal
on
their
return
next
month.
With
Morgan
will
be
Boyo
Guvich,
owner
of
the
car,
Nick
Pavlikls
and
Alex
Bill.
waters
are
vital
to
the
defence
of
North
America.
MacMillan
made
extensive
soundings.
;
"Much
more
hydrographlp
work
In
Northern
Labrador
Is
needed,"
he
said,
"In
case
of
an
attack.
At
present,
we
know
comparatively
little
about
those
waters."
Northern
Labrador-
Is
convenient
to
Greenland
but
not
nearly
so
close
as
the
Arctic
regions
far
to
the
north.
Similar
representations
to
the
United
States
government
will
be
made
by
affiliated
Chambers
of
Commerce
of
southeastern
Alaska.
The
convention
closed
Thursday
night
with
a
banquet
and
Reno
.07'
.12
Salmon
Gold
total
butter
imports
this
year
to
15,000,000
pounds.
COMMUNISM
GREATEST
FOE
OF
CHRIST
-
VANCOUVER
(CP
The
Very
Rev.
Jesse
H.
Arnup
of
Toronto,
said
Thursday
night:
"I
refuse
to
exchange
Jesus
Christ
for
Joseph
Stalin
as
the
saviour
of
the
world.'"
The
former
Moderator
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
told
Sheep
Creek
M8
Taylor
Bridge
3U
32
Taku
River
HINTS
ML
-
rt,rect
threat
"
the
United
today
when
"Red
the
great
Vananda
30
Con.
Smelters
113.50
Con
west
107
Donalda
61
Eldonn
-
Ill
East
Sullivan
2.70
Giant
Yellowknife
....
500
God's
Lake
53
.
Hard
rock
32
lfarricana
07
Heva
11
IIosco
32
Vz
Jacknife
04
Jolirt
Quebec
43
Lake
Rowan
.05
Lapa-ska
.05Vj
Little
Long
Lac
75
Lynx
07
'
Ma
risen
Red
Lake
2.45
McKenzie
Red
Lake
33
Mel.eod
Oockshult
95
Moneta
..
-31
Neuus
2
18
Noranda
50.00
Louvleoui't
55
Pickle
Crow
105
Regcourt
ftrl,z
San
An
tonio
3.90
Senator
Rouyn
45
Sherrit
Gordon
2.30
Steep
Rock
1.76
Sturgeon
River
15
Silver
Miller
33
.03
Congress
the
body
of
the
deceased
Woman,
presented
his
finding
at
the
inquest
and
also
records
from
the
hospital
showing
that
when
Mary
Anderson
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
on
September
20,
she
was
suffering
convulsions.
Members
of
the
jury
were
Alfred
Rivett,
foreman,
Georga
Ros3,
Trevor
Hill,
Albert
Woods,
Benny
Sprinkle
and
Frederick
Edwardson.
dance
In
Juneau's
palatial
hotel.
The
conventions
sailed
on
the
Chllcotin
Friday
morning
for
Prince
Rupert
enroute
to
their
homes
in
Central
British
Columbia.
A
pause
will
be
made
at
Ketchikan
where
a
reception
Is
ln
store
for
delegates.
The
Union
Pacific
Eastern
"
Hedley
Amlag
oa
Spud
Valley
09
Central
Zeballos
.01
SUbak
Premier
2o
"Nnt.iirnllv
"
nave
M
n
r
a
a
n
the
thirteenth
meeting
of
the,with
the
confidence
of
a
base-
MAYBE
THEY
HOPED
TO
HAVE
A
GREEN
HOUSE
CHICAGO
A
five
year
old
church's
General
Council
that
ball
connoisseur,
"Cleveland
will
win,
so
we
expect
to
see
the
Oils
i
Steamship
Company
received
a
?"
faith
with
is.
So,ll'i
African
mlc
A
f
fairs,
trtl
Assembly
Ionization
ot
eontinues
on
!ti
cl,1'ing
th
f
nnesiion
will
(.whether
cor.-i
national
in-
A.
P.
Con
19
Calmont
43
C.
&
.E
.'
4-85
Foothills
275
8
40
Home
LOCAL,
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Communism
"is
bidding
for
dominion
over
every
Christian
mission
field
abroad."
He
pointed
to
nationalism
as
the
second
-greatest
threat
to
Chrlstlantiy.
Communism,
the
first
and
foremost,
Is
destroying
human
morality
and
violat
series
at
both
Boston
and
Cleve-1
boy
and
seven
year
old
sister
land."
have
admitted
they
took
a.
five
They
hop?
to
get
a
letter
from
'month
old
baby
from
its
car-Mayor
O'Dwyer
of
New
York,
riage
and
painted
it
green,
attesting
to
the
fact
that
they
leaving
the
child
In
a
weed
have
been
to
the
big
city
and
patch.
They
took
the
baby
"to
that
they
are
properly
qualified
play
house,"
but
discovering
a
vote
or
thanks
from
the
convention
for
i-he-
service
it
had
given.
The
Juneau
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
also
thanked
for
its
hospitality
and
the
efficiency
of
convention
arrange
Saturday,
September
25,
1948
Toronto
Athona
Aumaaue
.064
.18
High
5:50
17:36
Low
11:19
15.4
feet
18.1
feet
9.8
feet
0lP
with
eon
-
ing
the
Christian
conception
ofto
compete
the
divinity
of
man.
medal.
for
the
Manson
can
of
house
paint,
changed
thelr
plans.
ments
under
chairmanship
of
Beattie
62
Bevcourt
-35
n.
c.
Baniield.