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NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
lost
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
45.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
23,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
urae
Dim
Lab
or
Cohg
ress
nann
-
4
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
active
storm
which
was
TRAINS
TODAY
Recommendation
?,1ade
By
Executive
Council
f
V
y
.
forming
off
the
California
coast
:
this
morning
was
expected
to
bring
rain
and
stronz
south
Li
suitii'cs
Restrictions
Being
Lifted
'.
Industrial
Power
Freed
In
Vancouver
Warmer
Weather
Brings
Trouble
.
"VANCOUVER
Restrictions
oil
the
industrial
use
of
electric
power
were
lifted
today
by
the
hriiut"
It
nw
and
two
,.v
vl.'irtcd
ii
r
u't
east
winds
to
the
south
coast;
OTTAWA
(CP)
All
affiliated
organizations
of
this
evening
and
to
thejwth-
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
will
be
cm
interior
tonight.
Another
,
.
,
,
,.
,
i
,;,
storm
forming
in
mid-Pacific
advised
by
the
executive
council
to
bar
communists
is
expected
to
bring
further
from
holding
union
office,
the
Council
said
m
a
sta-rain
to
the
coast
tomorrow.
The
ment
last
night.
If
the
new
anti-Red
doctrine
is
f
ol-miid
weather
will
continue
and
ov-eA
ft
wjn
mean
that
communists
will
eventually
!LelPflCd.ly.t0
!prCad
tJ
be
cleared
from
all
executive.
.
,
.
.
.-..1
ciiCi
divisional
,lialliaii
National
miles
cast
of
,t
2
o'clock
Tues-
tr
'id
.
uie
uuruieru
interior
tomorrow
...
.-
.
thc
laborious
pusiuuus
in
uie
vuiigress.
Decision
of
the
executive
where
the
remnants
of
the
Arc-
t.t.
flir
Vqs
ViplH
tomnprfl
t.nrps
in!
U1P
lu
consider
charges
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
concerning
communism
in
union
ranks.
was
reaencu
i
councl1
was
made
Publlc
after
the
neighborhood
of
15
over-
,rninK
anu
-
la
closed
two-day
meeting
to
night.
.
that
the
out-Priiu-c
Rupert
Tlif
freight
n
52
cars
B.C.
Eiectric
Co.
so
that
production
and
payrolls
might
be
restored.
Restrictions
on
commercial
and
domestic
use
of
power
remain.
A
substantial
improvement
in
hydro-electric
production
due
to
rising
water
resulting,
from
the
soft
weather
since
the.
first
of
the
week
Is
reported.
Warm
winds
brought
45
degrees
temperature
to
the
Lower
Mainland
today
but
caused
slushy
thaws,
minor
floods,
and
which
lias
coin-
Forecast
!
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
today
and
overcast
tomorrow.
Intermittent
light
rains
today,
becoming
continuous
tomorrow.
Winds
southerly
(15
m.
p.
h.)
today
and
southeasterly.
(25
m.p.h)
tomorrow.
Mild.
Lows
tonight
and
In
Prince
KU-
pplics
of
wnien
,rt,
and
general
hoii
the
trains
H
have
been
me
new
snowsltdes.
Low-lying
areas
highs
tomorrow:
Port
Hardy
40
reach
lific
from
7
A
had
ponds
for
front
yards
and
,
jays
altnougn
46,
-
VS.
'''.
r
'
.y.)
-r
1
1
frrishts
have
catch
basins
were
clogged.
Richmond
municipality
reports
fifty
percent
of
its
basements
ymrnrSalXii
i,-
-w.
"1m
Si
n.l
and
47,
Masset
39
and
Prince
Rupert
35
and
44.
-
THROTTLING
OF
CHURCH
flooded.
Fraser
Canyon
"in
the
Hope
area,
100
miles
to
the
east,
had
new
slides
with
mountain
run
un
the
virtual
The
crews
and
:ic
congested
at
jSjcineiits
have
,'jtuclian
Paclttc
,le
a
charter
;nce
Rupert
to
jw
to
pick
up
i,
express
and
J
there
through
,rngi:r
trains
to
WRECKED
VESSEL
Five
Newfoundlanders
peii.slied
with
their
ship
in
the
storm-tossed
Atlantic
off
Cape
Breton
coast
35
miles
south
of
Sydney.
N.S.,
last
week.
Twenty-one
others
reached
shore
in
five
dories
when
the
storm
hurled
the
144-ton
schooner
Marshal
Frank
onto
a
shoal
near
the
tiny
fjshing
village
of
Franbois
e.
The
vessel,
which
was
carrying
40,000
pounds
of
fresh
cod,
is
shown
here
being
pounded
to
bits
on
the
ruuged
shoreline.
Capt.
Abe
Miles
(upper
right)
who
led
his
men
Into
dories
when
trie
$35,000
ship
grounded
during
a
blinding
snowstorm,
said
the
total
loss
would
reach
$50,000
including
the
personal
possessions
of
the
crew.
The
21
survivors
rowed
12
miles
before
they
were
tossed
up
on
the
beach
to
safety.
(CP
Photo)
off:?.
Railway
lines,
telegraph
and
telephone
services
and
high
Proceeding
With
Clock-Like
Precision
Behind
Iron
Curtain
GENEVA,
0
Throttling
of
church,
influence
in
Iron
Cur
ways
are
cut
off.
Main
line
trains
of
the
railways
are
running
hours
behind
schedule.
An
unidentified
man
was
killed
at
North
Bend
when
burled
by,
a
snowslide.
I
the
coast.
im
FINNISH
GOV'T
HOLDS
SUPPORT
'Students
Down
;On
Peace
Council
tain
countries
Is
moving
with
the
precision
of
a
time-table,
western
church
officials
said
here
today.
:uvc
been
mailt-
Nucleus
of
Steel
Plant
f,
aches
of
drifted
iff
air
field
prc-
LONOON,
Finland's
So-
VANCOUVER,
0
-University
Churchmen,
who
have
maintained
contacts
in
eastern
Eur
ope,
say
the
whole
pattern
is
so
k
m
was
available
LABOR
GOV'T
TO
P.IJN
OUT
TERM
rial
Democratic
government
to-;
r
British
Columbia
students
day
won
a
vote
of
confidence
,
colmcii
turned
thumbs
down
by
07
to
Ofi,
but
the
Helsinki
;
lilst
nihl
011
a
prop0;iCli
su,a-radio
said
the
government
fell:
tut
peace
council
which
besun
later,
on
n
recount
wlvea
-il.f
,
01
vanj,jllt,
aftef
-Rer;
JameS
justiil
or
railway
lo
what
disposal
ut
man
mutter
Cuitsolidatrd
Planning
I'ig
Iron
.
Vrixlurtion
From
,
Kinibrrley
Tailincn
llndicoU
made
an
address
two
LONDON,
ih
Conservative
rigid,
planned
and
executed
that
it
appears
to
have
been
dictated
by
a
central
authority"""
The
churchmen
also
say
the
whole
structure
of
the
church
and
religious
life
in
Eastern
Europe
is
being
altered
by
communist
pressure.
.
tot
Vrtnrr
Ku-lx'ini;
h''Ul
at
weeks
ago.
j
tie
htmtent
council
nt.wspaper
speculation
suggest
voting
was
:7
to
7.
ihc
issuo
was
settled
by
drawing
lots,
which
went
against
the
government,
the
radio
said.
VANCOUVER
Qi
-
Feasjljlllly
of
id
that
the
new
council
might
ing
a
"snap"
general
election
in
spring
or
autumn
is
discredited
Urge-scale
pig
Iron
production
ii
further
(Ictcrl-
hiw
conditions
un
today
by
informed
labor
quar
from
tailings
is
to
be
invest!
gated
by
the
Consolidated
Min
ters.
General
belief
in
Britain
fin
Prince
Rupert
DISTINGUISHED
VISITOR
Dr.
R.
C.
Wallace,
principal
and
vice-chancellor
of
Queen's
University,
chats
with
Raymond
Mas-sey,
right,
star
of
stage
and
screen
at
a
reception
held
in
Mr.
Massey's
honor
at
Kingston.
An
honorary
degree
of
doctor
of
law
was
conferred
on
the
actor
at
a
special
convocation
held
Saturday
afternoon
in
conjunction
with
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Queen's
Drama
Guild.
'
(C
PPhoto)
iince
yesterday
al-
is
that
the
government
will
run
YOUTH
SLIPS,
BREAKS
LEG
wimls
and
drilt-
its
full
term
until
the
middle
of
'inued
along
the
take
a
communist
tinge
and
ruled
that
all
such
peace
efforts
go
through
the
United
Nations
ISRAEL-EGYPT
REACH
ACCORD
TEL
AVIV,
(f-An
armistice
agreement
between
Egypt
and
Israeli
will
be
signed
tomorrow,
it.
was
announced
officially
today.
ing
k
Smelting
Co.
President
R
.
St
a
vert
of
Montreal
said
here
that
investigations
will
be
carried
out
at
the
Sullivan
Mine,
Kiniberk-y.
A
pilot
plant
will
be
constructed.
Pig
iron
is
the
first
step
of
development
In
the
steel
Industry,
from
40
to
fit)
Prince
Rupert,
icivmisly
wutvh-n
view
of
sudden
t,
reported
no
MEDITERRANEAN
PACT
OUTLINED
LONDON
(P
-
-Foreign
Minister
Tialdaris
of
Oi
ci
ce
said
today
that
he
had
outlined
plans
for
a
Mediteiiaiieyn
pad
running
parallel
to
the
North
Atlantic
pact
-to
Foielcn
Minister
Bevin
RAILWAY
APPEALS
NEAR
DEADLIH
A
10-year
old
King
Edward
School
student
was
taken
to
hospital
Tuesday
with
a
fractured
leg
after
he
slipped
on
icy
ground
while
running
in
the
enhnnl
Q
f
A
Hi
TLiaq
AltlPrt
Nel-
next
year.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
League
Fresno
7,
Vancouver
4.
Los
Angeles
3,
Oakland
1.
Tacoma
6,
Frisco
5.
Fate
of
Canadian'
National
ays
appeal
against
proper-
More
Liquor
nan
long-sought
by
British
Columbia
son,
a
Grade
Three
pupil,
son
of
,
auw
ty
assessments
which
were
filed
MJIL-
Reiner
Drunk
Industrialists.
Mr.
Slavert
said
that
the
com
&SYIVAN
GLEN
yesterday.
He
said
he
believed
the
At
KEY
&PR0VM
SECTOR
ID
I
(ifK
Stiff
h'
Slucijini;
puny
has
large
reserves
of
tailings
from
25
years
of
milling
oif'.s
at
Sullivan.
Tin?
tailings
are
residue
after
he
rx'iactlon
of
Zinc,
lead,
silver,
etc.
with
the
civic
Cour
of
Revision
QmK
Canadians
dr,nk
to
its
original
sitting
on
prior
fQur
times
as
much
llquor
a3
February
8,
but
were
not
heard
dQ
milk
aid
c
F
parry
because
of
the
absence
of
com-
president
of
tne
Alberta
Milk
pany
counsel
to
plead
the
case
Producers.
Association
In
the
will
be
determined
by
whether
course
of
an
address
here.
This
or
not
such
a
representative
apparent
preference
on
the
part
'
gets
here
by
February
28.
of
tne
public,
he
said,
was
The
Court
of
Revision
post-
something
the
Association
was
poned
hearing
the
appeals
in-
attempting
to
change.
.
''"kry
(.anir
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Nelson,
50
Cow-Bay.
As"
far
as
could
be
understood,
the
lad
was
running
by
himself
when
he
stepped
on
an
icy
patch
of
earth
and
fell
down.
The
right
leg
was
fractured
between
the
knee
and
the
pelvis.
He
was
given
immediate
attention
by
a
public
health
nurse
who
happened
to
be
at
the
school,
thfrt
taken
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
in
the
city
ambulance.
It
is
expected
to
be
some
time
before
he
has
full
use
of
the
leg
again.
lantic
pact
was
the
key
to
u'
world
security
system
anil
en-!
vlsaged
a
slage-by-stagc
consolidation
of
regional
security
by
the
Mediterranean
powers.
lie
agreed
that
discussions
chould
only
become
formal
after
the
signing
of
the
Atlantic
pact
had
prepared
the
ground.
His
first
step
in
the
Mediterranean
pact
would
link
Turkey,
Greece,
Italy
and
France
and
maybe,
Spain,
later.
PROMISING
HOPEFUL
'f
-
Chicago'
It
was
indicated
that
the
coin-Imilll
Is
out
VIM
i.;.,y
would
reject,
an
offer
of
Murom-
game
the
ft.(t.rui
government
for
a
l
d
a
rlubbing
j
dollar
for
dollar
loan
for
the
1'
uinlii
s
gami-jstppi
idUS(ry
but
would
use
Its
Hockey
League
I
.,.,
AIR
BASES
ARE
VALUABLE
volving
several
C.N.R.
waterfront
properties,
pending
the
arrival
of
W.
D.
Meyers,
counsel
for
the
railway's
tax
commissioner's
office,
''
Winnipeg,
who
was
to
have
come
here
on
February
18,
But
Mr.
Meyers
got
stuck
at
PIBROCH
0
'I'll'
i.i-al.s
Vic
lio.;pital
with
i
OTTAWA,
m
Possbilllty
that
.
V
"'IHi'-ll.
iic:;i(leiit
Terrace
last
week
when
train
Canada
may
be
able
to
exploit
imi"sc(l
the
fine
i
TWO
HOCKEY
-m-iapping
lnci-i
v
p
nrrAATtnvl
&
BARRHEAD
IMPROVEMENT
IN
POWER
IS
ANTICIPATED
nri
In
Chicago.
TWO
HUNTERS
ARE
DROWNED
VANCOUVER,
i
Jack
Davies,
32
and
James
Davies.
35,
Vancouver
brothers,
both
with
families,
were
drowned
last
night
in
the
Fraser
River
a
mile
from
shore.
They
were
last
seen
early
In
the
morning
when
they
set
out
goose
hunting.
mixed
aloiii;
'
si-coiul
period.
1
;l
-six-Inch
scaiu
PLAYERS
BANNED
j
VERNON
(Pi
T
Two
British
Columbia
hot
key
players',
last
j
night
were
suspended
from
or-
i
ganied
hockey
-
Otiy
Ludgate
i
of
the
Kaniloops
Elks
In
the
main
line
Okanagan
senior
"B"
League
got
two
years
suspension
'
opponent
hud
I
Almost
an
inch
of
rain
which
,tK
down
on
his
fell
over
the
district
in
the
last
service
was
halted
by
snow
slides
her
impending
ownership
of
two
and
has
not
got
here
yet.
It
was
big
Newfoundland
air
ba3es
into
thought
likely
at
the
City
Hall
new
air
passenger
concessions
that
he
might
arrive
today.
,
by
other
countries
is
seen
here.
If
he
does
not
put
In
an
ap-
The
bases
are
Gander
and
Goose
pcarance
by
next
Monday,
Feb-
Harbor
airports,
ruary
28,
the
appeals
will
be
The
former,
one
of
the
great
automatically
wiped
out,
because
aerial
crossroads
of
the
world,
that
is
the
deadline
for
the
is
used
by
half
a
dozen
foreign
hearing
of
appeals
as
set
out
by,
lines
as
a
transatlantic
base,
the
Municipal
Act.
The
latter
Is
an
alternate
land-
The
five
aldermen
on
the
ing
Court
of
Revision
are
standing
t.I..
DlTV
F
KILLED
24
hours
did
little
to
raise
the
water
levels
at
the
Falls
River
and
Shawatlans
power
reservoirs,
but
the
softening
effects
of
three
days
of
warm
weather
arc
expected
to
be
fell
within
a
fWSUDE.
and
Hon
Montgomery
of
t-no
Senior
"B"
Nanalnio
Clippers
got
three
years
on
the
shell.
BRUINS
PLAYING
RANGERS
TONIGHT
by
to
go
into
session
if
Mr.
l.JE,PilVWrVIV
DU
1
Ji'
"-An
unltlen-itlls
killed
and
fivtr
ln"ilH'lll.aril
hiii-i.,,1
an
appearance
CANADIAN
ZINC
Meyers
puts
in
this
week.
f
I"
the
f'rnM.r
The
suspension,
nnnounrra
by
the
British
Columbia
Amateur
Hockey
Association,
dated
back
to,
January
when
the
men
were
allegedly
involved
in
separate
incidents
in
which
opponents
players
were
kicked
with
skates
after
being
knocked
to
the
ice.
NEW
YORK
Boston
Bruins
will
have
the
opportunity
at
Madison
Square
Garden
here
tonight
to
consolidate
their
position
in
second
place
in
the
Na-
II.,,,.,
t
TTnnlrmt
I.PIimiP
SlBulllst
the
Two
other
cases
Involving
appeals
by
local
property
owners,
will
be
heard
this
week.
They
were
postponed
with
the
idea
that
they
would
be
heard
at
the
5
Fii'5t
report
'c
escaped
uninjur.
bllljwl
In
the
slide
1K,rl
'''lick
and
sev-y
'oi'kmun.
WASHINGTON
A
$300,000
authorization
for
Denmark
to
buy
aluminum
from
Canada
has
been
changed
to
an
equivalent
order
for
Canadian
zinc,
the
economic
cp-operation
'organization
announces.
(lay
or
two.
An
inch
of
rain
which
has
fallen
at
the
Shawatlans
plant
during
the
last
two
days
has
not
yet
penetrated
to
the
reservoir,
nor
has
a
much
smaller
amount
which
fell
at
the
Falls
River
plant
,r)0
miles
up
the
Ecslall
River.
"Its
effects
have
not
been
felt
at
either
place,"
Power
Company
Manager
T.
B..
Black
said
U'DUCW
IAKE
railway
ap-
VL
Maole
same
time
as
the
4i,.t
of
T,,mnt.o
decided
.
Leafs
.
Who
v.
x,
have
..
i.
been
bounding
h,!,,Him'
t
peals
after
the
court
,
,.
,!
will
he
that
that
It
It
neded
needed
more
more
in
information
..
,,,.,
.,
4i,p
...iiinr-rHvPiiinn
regardi
regarding
the
properties
to-
TRUMAN
USES
volved.
iFilrvult
u
iwj
v-
tv
v.
c
lit
iiTI.am.1
l-itiM
Till
FARMERS
ABE
MAKING
MONEY
increase
in
the
run-off
yet,
al-
BLUNT
LANGUAUL
though
there
may
be
a
notice-,
,.r,M
r,.lM..s
of
The
two
local
appeals
are
those
of
Robert
Kelsey,
1929
Fifth
Avenue
East
and
Albert
L.
Stiles,
315"
Eighth
Avenue
East.
.
wnoliinuiui'.
-y"
able
difference
In
a
day
or
two."
'
Prime,
Mincer
denounced
""'"'luiis
in
,.
Hiloiinistiatlon
last
nisni
tils
New
York
Rangers.
Only
two
points
now
separate
the
Bruins
from
the
Maple
Leafs.
The
league
standings
to
dat,e:
W
D
L
F
A
Pis.
Detroit
28
6
16
160
122
G2
Boston
23
6
20
142
141
52
Toronto
....
19
12
19
125
130
50
Mnnt.i-Pt.1
20
7
22
126
118
47
MA.lolt
OIL
F'tFLD
Rapidly
becoming
one
of
the
most
Important
oil
centres
on
the
continent,
Edmonton
dally
sees
fresh
expansion
of
the
great
field
stirrounding
the
city.
This
map
shows
only
proven
and
probable
oil
sources
near
the
Alberta
city
and
does
not
Indicate
wildcat
"prospects"
In
the
extensive
drilling
pronrmn
under
way.
In
the
first
two
years
of
the
current
boom,
drillers
uncovered
three
major
producing
sectors.
During
the
past
week
the
tempo
of
discovery
hit
a
new
high;
four
new
strikes
were
made,
two
on
Feb.
15.
The
oil
producing
area
is
being
extended
not
only
in
size
but
also
in
the
number
of
formations
found
capable
of
producing
oil.
A
discovery
at
Joseph
Lake
was
made
in
the
Viking
sand
zone
and
at
Barrhead,
in
Madison
limestone.
These
three
new
"discoveries
add
to.
the
proven
areas
of
Leduc,
Woodbend,
and
Redwater.
(CP
Photo)
OTTAWA
(fc
Minister
of
Agriculture
James
Gardiner
entered
the
Throne
Speech
debate
yesterday
with
a
fighting,
old-fashlond
political
speech
and
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
February
24.
1919
;
a;"
-..pd
r
'
.
,
formerly
of
a'affairs
at
irv
,ViSaS
Ior
Romania
"'n
first-hand
in-
Falls
River
yesterday
rcceiv-j
cd
its
first
rain
in
weeks,
a
negligible
five'
one-hundredths
of
an
inch.
Overnight
temperatures
recorded
at
the
Digby
Island
weather
station,
ranged
from
a
maximum
of
43
to
a
minimum
of
36.
received
personal
and
oiuiu
notice
from
President
Truman
that
no
"S.O.B."
is
goin
to
influence
his
appointments.
Some
of
the
members
200
persons
Reserve
Officers
Association-heard
Truman
deliver
his
startling
pronouncement
the
Commons
that
Cana-
High
11:16
19.1
feet
told
10.0
feet
dian
farmers
were
making
more
4.4
feet
i
money
than
ever
before.
43
Low
5:26
42
18:03
Chicago
....
19
5
25
147
172
New
York
..
16
10
23
111
128