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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
2.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAYt
JANUARY
4,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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(
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States
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-agement
of
Industry
and
5
Enterprise
Advocated
PLANE
CRASH
Calhulic
Brother
and
Pilot
Lose
Lives
In
Manitoba
WINNIPEG
&
Royal
Cana
By
Fierce
Uinter
Storm
WARREN,
Arkansas
(CP)
This
weeping
and
torn
timber
town
today
counted
forty-six
persons
dead
and
nearly
three
hundred
injured
in
the
wake
of
a
tornado
which
hit
with
a
thundering
roar
late
yesterday
afternoon.
Two
other
tornadoes
had
killed
four
persons
and
injured
more
than
sixty
in
northern
iLouisinia
and
near
Eldora,
Ar-
dian
Mounted
Police
are
today
f
Chamber
of
Commerce
President
I
For
More
Active
Participation
was
still
seen
as
the
principal
basic
in-Vince
ljupert
but
reference
was
also
made
)
and
ltpidly
developing
timber
industry
investigating
me
aeams
or
a
cleric
and
the
phot
of
a
twin-engined
Anson
plane
who
were
fatally
burned
yesterday
when
the
aircraft
exploded
and
burst
tentialiinportance
01
tne
tourist
industry
C
,rQ
in
presenting
his
annua)
report
tired
last
night
as
president
of
the
uuo
names
in
iniu-aii'
near
Island
Lake,
Manitoba.
The
dead
are:
I
lit'
1
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com
Brother
Ulderic
Petit,
aged
32,
merce.
Dr.
Large
referred
to
the
MINE
TROUBLE
FLARING
ANEW
Fresh
Distrubances
As
Saskatchewan
Tie-up
Enters
i
nf
Hi
A
Pen
tiniesw.
.-
tT-
IUnHn
kansas.
All
through
the
night
dazed
survivors
at
Warren
(population
7,500)
stumbled
tnrougft
ruins,
of
a
twenty-block
industrial
and
residential
area.
Warren
is'
100
miles
southeast
of
Little
Rock.-..
At
daybreak
today
150'
Nation
growing
appreciation
that
seem-
"
"
,
,
a"7a"
7
.,
ttory
t
Lac
de
Bunnett,
Mani-
cd
to
be
marking
the
work
oflobat
and
victor
yasinski
34
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
on
Winnipeg
pilot.
ine
sKi-equippca
plane
was
Third
Mc.r.th
ESTEVAN,
Sask.
Vlolenci,
court
actions
and
union
rivalry
have
accompanied
a
strike
of
behalf
of
the
community
but
called
for
more
active
participation
by
the
public
generally
and
the
business
men
In
particular
In
that
work.
The
para
approaching
Island
Lake
to
land
and
refuel
when
it
was
ripped
by
explosion
and
crashed
in
flames.
al
Guardsmen
and
state
policemen
started
the
back-breaking
task
of
prying
through
the
wreckage
in
searcn
of
additional
bodies.
Major
Jim
Hurley
expressed
fear
that
other
bodies
would
be
1
r-
mount
concern
of
any
Chamber
of
Commerce,
he
believed,
was
200
lignite
miners
in
the
Este-van-Bienfait
lignite
field.
The
strike
is
today
In
its
Mihd
to
promote
the
advantages
of
the
private
enterprise
system
as
op
SAFE
AT
recovered
and
predicted
the
death
toll
would
reach
at
least
month.
.
fifty.
One
of
the
seven
companies
SEATTLE
The
storm
struck
at
5:45
p.m.
affected
has
announced
it
will
HOMES
FOR
AIRMEN
Quarters
for
married
members
of
the
permanent
forces
have
proved
a
problem
across
Canada.
At
the
larger
establishments,
the
government
is
building
homes
for
the.-e
men.
One
of
the
most
recent
developments
Is
Middleton
Park
at
the
big
R.C.A.F.
base
at
Trenton
It
will
eventually
contain
450
houses
but
only
125
are
built
or
being
built
at
present
Tli
:
tir.st
10
were
opened
recently.
Tills
R.C.A.F.
photo
shows
the
location
of
the
development
The
wooded
area
in
the
centre
will
be
a
playground
and
parkland
(CP
Photo)
and
lasted
only
fifteen
minutes
cease
operations.
,
II
as
'Misill
Sitka
Troller
The
walk-out
started
Novem
posed
to
a
dictatorship
by
the
I
state
which
could
only
ensue
through
the
adoption
of
any
of
the
many
'Isms.
The
most
notable
development
of
the
year
In
the
Chamber
had
been
the
rapid
Increase
In
membership,
said
the
President's
report.
Dr.
Large
believed
there
has
been
a
corresponding
In
ber
3
as
the
United
Mine
Work
Been
in
Port
for
Month
SEATTLE,
Tlie
trollln-boat
Julie
Lu,
reported
to
have
been
missing
out
of
ers
of
America
(C.I.O
)
sought
wage
Increases
and
working,
con
but
the
arrival
was
heralded
by
an
ominous
roar.
The
Louisiana
blow
killed
a
farmer
and
an
eleven-month-old
baby
and
Injured
twenty-nine
persons.
After
leaving
Warren
the
storm
skipped
to
the
vicinity
of
Eldorado,
killing
two
others
and
Production
of
dition
changes.
MAYOR
OUTLINES
YEAR'S
PLAHS
AT
1949
COUNCIL'S
INITIAL
MEETING
HI)
-
Or.
William
v
jlalc
professor
of
"
.
fc
Queen's
Univers-.
v
...s
granted
ttie
Can-r......a
Award
this
week
r.us,
j
long
active
in
festivals,
was
one
of
::i."
'lans
granted
the
ty
t
governing
com-
Negotiations
to
settle
the
strike
crease
In
interest
in
the
city
In
will
resume
at
Reglna
tomorrow
Chamber
matters.
Thanks
to
a
Mines
Record
with
pension
fund
payment
de
Sued
construction,
telephone
f
Injuring
more
than
twenty.
very
aelve
membership
committee
under
Chairman
Joe
Scott,
mands
of
the
union
the
last
rehabilitations
traffic
control
term
development.
The
other
The
tornado
arose
out
of
a
Sitka
with
two
men
aboard,
lias
beer!
in
Seattle
since
December
8,
the
United
States
Coastguard
rcHrtcd
Unlay.
The
boat
had
been
reported
missing
to
the
United
States
Commissioner
at
Sitka
which
port
tlie
vessel
left
November
22
for
Port
Orchard,
Washington.
The
troller
is
operated
,
by
Clayton
Harris
w.io
was
accompanied
by
Nicholas
and
park
beautifieation
were
parks
will
receive
their
usual
OTTAWA
there
had
been
added
forty
new
linn-
!
tA
WHn
n.WlY
K,(rVit
council
t
C.
D.
A
i..
cited,
as
projects
facing
Prince
up-keep
and
not
be
sacrificed
in
members
during
the
year
There
KKKHwoovcKKitfOHoeHeK)
temDeratures
as
low
as
25
below
eral
production
hit
an
all-time
high
record
of
$808,000,000
In
Vancouver.
to
the
com
their
usefulness
Rupert's
VWi
city
council
by
had
not,
however,
been
a
cor
,
TODAY'S-
STQGK&rT
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
at
the
ini
iC,liv-
44!
.-tStraiiWvnL
3vrtiitk
iA-
responding
increase
in
the
av-
"
rn-ryn
-at,
meetings.
ctage
-BtM'HdHnce-
"If
we
are
to
be
the
force
of
the
community
we
should
be,
more
VNY
:RS!
than
monetary
support
Is
need
m
unity."
,
.
"
'
"'The"
Mayor
"extended
'
thanks
to
the
ciyt
hall
staff
for
"efficient
and
courteous
service"
given
last
year,
naming
especially
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thain
and
Acting
City
Engineer
Don
Stewart.
-
"It
i.s
with
regret
that
we
shall
see
the
departure
of
Mr.
Lock
from
his
position
of
Fire
Chief.
;
He
has
been
attentive,
courteous
and
courageous
in
wits
Want
to
tial
meeting
-of
that
body
last
week.
Work
facing
the
council
during
the
year
was
outlined
by
the
Mayor
as
she
welcomed
the
aldermen,
both
veteran
and
novice,
at
the
first
stautary
meeting
of
the
yea
rat
which
committees
were
appointed.
Major
projects
listed
werfc:
,
1.
Telephone
rehabilitation.
"The
electors
approved
rehabilitation
of
the
telpehone
system
in
no
uncertain
terms."
ed,
and
some
effort
should
be
made
to
get
a
more
active
participation
by
the
general
membership,"
the
report
suggested.
The
city
should
be
interested
in
an
organization
which
had
Statistics
estimated
yesterday.
While
increased
prices
accounted
for
much
of
the
gain
over
the
1947
peak
of
$644,000,000,
quantities
produced
were
also
larger.
Output
value
of
metals
went
up
22.4
percent,
fuels
almost
44
percent,
other
non-metallics
19
percent
and
structural
material
almost
17
percent.
Coal
production
was
half
a
million
tons
below
the
1942
record
but
the
value
of
$107,000,000
was
seventy
percent
greater
than
in
that
year.
Vancouver
Bayonne
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,
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Btalorne
8.60
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R.
Con
03
;.
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Quartz
.
1.25
Congress
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Hedley
Mascot
40
Pacific
Eastern
04
Pend
Oreille
5.50
Pioneer
3.10
Premier
Border
03
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Privateer
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McDonald
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The
West
Indies
Taking
Goods
OTTAWA,
O'-Rt.
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
announced
today
that
the
United
Kingdom
had
agreed
to
relax
import
bar
MARINES
ARE
NOT
LEAVING
Report
of
I'nited
States
Forces
Withdrawing
From
China
Denied
SHANGHAI,
P
Vice-Admir-al
Oscar
C.
Badger
today
denied
that
United
States
forces
were
being
withdrawn
from
China.
Admiral
Badger,
commander
of
the
western
Pacific
fleet,
said
"rumors
were
based
on
reports
that
United
States
Marines
had
terminated
their
lease
on
the
Shantung
University
campus
where"
they
maintained
.
played
an
important
part
in
such
improvements
as
a
wider
area
of
express
deliveries
in
the
city,
better
service
to
the
Queen
the
performance
of
his
duties
and
we
wdsh
him
happiness
in
his
retirement.
The
staff
of
the
Fire
Hall
have
functioned
well.
In
the
ambulance
service
they
have
saved
the
city
from
much
cost."
Charlotte
Islands
which
centres
n
Powers,
in
a
sharp:
r
fc'.ow
to
Communist
luuia
tharges,
have
deli
the
exact
count
of
Gcr-risoncrs
(
war
still
being
l
the
Soviet
Union.
t
fnur-iiowcr
agreement
wiiersol
war
were
to
have
Mil
Lome
by
the
end
of
2.
Completion
of
the
street
program.
"Last
year's
board
of
works
did
all
the
necessary
ground
work
for
the
road
pro-
.36
riers
which
have
been
blocking
Silbak
Premier
Taku
River
....
Salmon
Gold
...
Spud
Valley
....
now
on
Prince
Rupert,
Increased
interest
In
our
Skeena
Highway
by
the
Department
of
Tubllc
Works,
the.
return
of
the
Fisheries
Research
Board
to
tills
city,
'
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TORONTO
MAYOR
Oils
Canadian
trade,
with
the
British
West
Indies.
The
West
Indian
colonics
now
will
permit
"limited
importation"
of
a
number
of
products
which
up
to
now
have
been
prohibited
or
severely
restricted
because
of
dollar
shortage.
The
goods
concerned
include
apples,
canned
fruits,
a
'
v
been
claiming
that
'.
f
German
xoldicrs
kl
as
so-called
"vol-,ers
in
western
zones
"1
think,
gentlemen,
that
we
can
look
forward
to
a
year
of
accomplishment.
There
is
work
to
be
done
and
we
have
got
to
get
down
to
It."
The
Mayor
poiuted
out
for
the
benefit
of
the
new
members
"that
most
of
the
work
is
done
in
committee
and
problems
relating
to
any
committee
should
be
directed
to
the
chairman
for
grain
and
they
were
oiueny
disappointed
that
circumstances
contrived
to
prevent
the
fulfilment
of
the
program
they
had
laid
out."
3.
Study
of
traffic
conditions.
"With
the
opening
of
the
Port
Edward
industry
and
.the
ever-increasing
tourist
business
added
to
our
locally
owned
automobiles,
the
traffic
problem
will
soon
be
a
major
one."
and
so
on.
'
"We
can,
with
justifiable
satisfaction,
state,
that
we
have
continued
an
active
Interest
In
anything
which
concerned
the
fortunes
of
the
city
and
district
and,
more
widely,
the
Province
IS
RE-ELECTED
TORONTO
Voters
of
this
city
sent
Major
Hiram
McCal-lum
back
into
his
$ll,000-a'-year
job
as
mayor
of
Ontario's
largest
Anglo
Canadian
4.60
A.
P.
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23
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85
C.
&
E
6.05
Central
Leduc
1.51
Home
OH
135
Okalta
162
Mercury
13
Pacific
Pete
2.85
Princess
38
cooking
utensils
and
textiles.
attention.
The
council
meetings
and
the
Dominion.
It
is
on
this
basis,
that
we
solicit
the
increasing
support
of
Individuals
and
businesses
In
iht
pit
v.
Much
re-
i.ncal
students
returniivj
tol
are
for
the
setting
of
policy
and
iNCE
HERE
city
but
only
for
'one
year.
.
The
voters
rejected
a
controversial
proposal
to
give
the
city
council
and
Board
or
Education
two-year
terms.
McCallum
beat
his
only
opponent,
Ross
Dowson,
hands
4.
Improvement
of
Roosc-1
velt
Park.
"The
Parks
Board
will'
have
opportunity
this
year
to
j
THE
WEATHER
Symupsis
An
active
storm
was
developing
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
this
morning
and
moving
steadily
eastward
towards
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
Northern
British
Columbia
coast.
Southeast
gales
are
expected
along
the
north
coast
tonight,
accompanied
by
rain.
As
this
disturbance
continues
inland
tomorrow,
rain
for
the
making
of
bylaws,
not
the
University
of
British
Columbia
in
Vancouver
aboard
the
Royal
Canadian
1
1
Va
South
Brazeau
20
Vi
mains
to
be
done
if
we
arc
to
realize
the
dreams
of
the
foun-
for
squabbling
over
small
prob
lcnis."
Coquitlam
Sunday
night
alter
j
commence
the
job
of
making
spending
the
Christmas
and
Roosevelt
Park
into
a
beauty
New
Year
vacation
at
their
spot.
The
electors
approved
the
'anls
HrhiR
ucis
0r
uus
western
seaport
and
y
Local
Registrants
;1L
nms
tll0
combined
effort
of
down.
Dowson,
a
member
of
the
Trotskyite
Revolutionary
Workers'
Party,
got
23,777
votes
and
McCallum,
97,715.
all
to
make
them
come
true.
There
are
too
many
Individuals
In
this
city
who
owe
their
fin
reservation
of
one
mill
for
this
work
and,
although
this
is
not
a
large
amount,
it
will
eiAble
them
to
prcpa
plans
for
a
long
homes
here
included
Inn
Mc-Rae,
John
Weseh,
Don
Hartwig,
A.
E.
Burnlp,
Norman
Martin-use
n
and
George
McAfee.
Guerrilla
'Gov't'
Forming
In
Java
,
BATAVIA,
Java
P.
A
Chinese
newspaper
today
reported
the
ancial
success
to
the
opportu
M
ll.C.
Hospital
In-8,
which
will
Identify
lor
the
next
six
fe
received
in
the
rlnce
Rupert
today
peal
ollie4'
of
the
finance
Service.
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,
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Canadian
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120.25
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west
1-28
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Eldona
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East
Sullivan
3.10
nities
presented
here
but
who
will
not
lift
a
finger
to
promote
the
general
good.
"It
must
be
obvious
that
cities
RUSSIAN
TEACHER
IS
NOW
CATHOLIC
NEW
YORK
(P
Mrs.
Oksana
'ormation
of
an
anti-Dutch
guerrilla
government
for
Java"
leaded
by
four
members
of
the
Indonesian
Republic's
last
cabinet.
iit,......u.i
Uln
Pn
cuirl
do
not
always,
like
Topsy,
'just
grow
If
they
do,
the
result
is
not.
all
that
could
be
wished.
and
snow
is
expected
over
the
southern
coast
late
in
the
day
with
snow
occurring
through
the
interior.
Temperatures
will
be
milder
over
most
of
the
province
tomorrow.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
today
with
rain
commencing
by
evening.
Cloudy
with
showers,
snow
and
rain,
tomorrow.
Wind
southerly
(20
m.p.h.)
today
to
southeast
(45)
by
evening,
shifting
to
west
(30
m.p.h.)
tomorrow
morning.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
to
-j
.
.
,
.
4nf-
A;
p6.
t!l
cards
were
mail
-y.
accounting
for
tent
of
the
number
Registering
at
the
it
district
office.
ves
the
Prince
Ru-
In
this
age,
it
Is
popular,
any
that
Republican
ar
teacher,
who
escaped
from
the
way,
to
plan
and
we
must
plan
wisely
if
we
hope
to
accomplish
"generally
remain
fully
intact"
in
Dutch
"police
action"
and
escaped
the
drives
of
the
Bl
electoral
district.
Soviet,
consulate
here
last
August,
was
today
received
Into
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
of
East
much.
Giant
Yellowknlfe
....
4.90
God's
Lake
.41
Hardrock
20
Harrlcana
08
Heva
09
Vi
Hosco
18
Jacknife
.04
Joliet
Quebec
43
Lapaska
10Vi
Lake
Rowan
06
Little
Long
Lac
80
Imbcr
31,
3,873
per
NOT
MERE
FISH
TOWN
ern
Rite.
She
said
"the
Catho
pined
at
the
Prince
lic
Church
means
so
much
to
1
ar
the
limine
and
HJ
BUTEDALE
MAN
night
and
highs
tomorrow
Port
Hardy
36
and
42,
Massett
36
and
44,
Prince
Rupert
36
and
42.
me
since
it
is
the
main
force
against
Communism
in
the
world."
"The
old
saying
that
every
dollar
bill
in
Prince
Rupert
has
fish
scales
on
it
is
no
longer
Irue
but
there
are
still
enough
fishy
dollars
to
give
us
pause.
With
modern
conservation
methods.
lumber
of
the
regjs-
15
IN
A
1
UKAL1Z.LU
lllp
imu
flf.iw.twIf.iOv
!
wile
and
children.
1
made
out
oidy
we
can
count
on
the
fishing
Industry
in
perpetuity
and
we
have
.'
t
li'h
peril
id.
recard-
Basketball
not
yet
reached
the
limits
of
Its
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
January
5,
19W
High
5:22
18.5
feet
17:08
17.3
feet
Low
11:22
9.2
feet
23:31
6.9
feet
or
not
the
regis-
possibilities.
For
this
reason,
we
:ild
lor
the
full
welcome
the
return
In
some
Certificate
of
naturalization
was
given
Monday
to
Olof
Herman
Hednian
by
,
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
in
County
Court.
A
Bute-dale
resident,
Mr.
Hednian
is
of
Swdlsh
birth.
Initial
obligations
to
his
achievement
of
citizenship
were
completed
last
year.
Judge
Fulton
also
set
over
to
January
31
a
civil
action
by
R.
E.
Turner,
against
Gordon
Jol-life,
of
Queen
Charlotte
City
on
peheil
note
carries
Lynx
12
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.45
MeKenzie
Red
Lake
33
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
.95
Moneta
45
Negus
2.17
Noranda
54.75
Louvlcourt
36
Pickle
Crow
.'
2.05
Regcourt
05
San
Antonio
2.90
Senator
Rouyn
...f..T,Itt.'i
-413i
Sherrlt
Gordon
-im
2
15
.
i
Steep
Rock
1.59
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
40
(Mil
that.
If
the
pre-
(Continued
on
Page
2)
"
paid
lor
the
full
:
aid
for
the
period
TONIGHT
LEAGUE
RE-OPENING
Jrv
6:30
North
Star
vs.
High
Women
7:15
Peoples
vs.
Dom's
Inter.
8:00
High
vs.
Morgan's
Sr.
9:15
Co-op
vs.
Bo-Me-Hi
December
31
will
HARRY
ADASKIN
Delayed
W
late
connections
from
the
East
at
10:45,
is
10
at
Jasper,
tonight's
train,
due
'
lu
July
1.
.
DISTRIBUTES
CANADA
FOOD
PARCELS
Michael
Redgrave,
film
star,
distributes
Canadian
gift
parcels
to
old
age
pensioners
'
"Thank
You"
exhibition
In
London.
Mr.
at
the
Britain
Toys
Stewart,
91,
and
Miss
Mary
Ashley,
75,
are
telling
Mr.
Redgrave
to
old
people
like
them
just
how
much
these
parcels
mean
themselves.
.
...
.
a
claim
of
$92.44.
The
action
pvpiUl
liioUikUi-
tr
Farnvm-VMinist
hours
late
and
will
not
be
in
!
y
that
the
cards
had
previously
come
up
during
December.
before
8:45
tomorrow
morning
CIVIC
CENTRE
THURSDAY
-
1:15
P.M.
as
fait
as
they
a:toria.
'