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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
JERGENCY
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
146.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C,
TUESDAY,
JUNE
22,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
OUAMP
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Service
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Republicans
Have
Drawn
Platform
To
Please
All
r
0
$20,000
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$15,000
Scrapping
Of
Present
Act
Urged
NATIVES
SHOULD
BE
RESEARCH
BOARD
HERE-
Presidential
Candidate
Is
Still
Obscure
Possibility
of
Returning
of
Fisheries
Station
Discussion
(1
REGARDED
AS
HUMAN
BEINGS
"CITIZENS"
NOT
"WARDS"
OTTAWA
(CP)
Parl
Little
encouragement
was
given
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
in
conference
with
the
Fisheries
Research
Board
of
Canada
today,
in
its
case
for
the
re-establishment
of
a
branch
fisheries
research
station
at
Prince
Rupert.
Dr.
J.
R.
Dymond
I
t
t-&
1
I
"
Y
I
v
W
(
v
iament's
Indian
Affairs
FIRST
TRAIN
SINCE
FLOOD
FOR
JASPER
PRUDENT
FOREIGN
AIT),
BETTER
HOUSING
ARE
AMONG
FL7ANKS
PHILADELPHIA
(CP)
'
Republicans,
whooping
it
up
for
a
November
presi
.'onnnittee
recommended
1
today
that
the
68-year-old
O.B.E.
of
Toronto,
vice-chairman
of
the
board,
acting
mdian
Act
be
virtually
as
spokesman
in
the
absence
of
ia
trapped.
A
proposed
new
the
chairman,
Dr.
G.
B.
Reld
O.B.E.
of
Kingston
,t,old
a
delega-
First
train
to
leave
Prince
Ru-
nert
fnr
Jaswr
in
a
month
dential
victorv.
srot
their
that,
In
Act
is
"based
on
the
proposition
that
an
Indian
is
a
human
being
entitled
to
certain
rights
and
'
Uon
of
tne
Camber
cleared
the
Canadian
National
w
view
of
the
limitations
of
appro
Blackaby
and
E.
T.
Apple-whaite.
They
submitted
that
the
re-establishment
of
a
substation
in
Prince
Rupert
for
1
(Continued
on
Page
3)
MUST
GO
WITH
Railways
depot
this
morning
after
section
crews
and
extra
gangs
had
finally
linked
flood-
U!
freedoms
according
to
1948
conceptions."
The
biil
urges
grad
priated
funds
and
available
personnel,
it
was
felt
that
the
coast
could
be
better
served
as
a
whole
1
"
ual
transition
of
the
Indian
from
from
the
central
technological
I
the
status
of
wardship
to
citizen-
broken
tracks
two
weeks
after!
the
swollen
Skeena
and
Bulkley
Rivers
subsided.
1
The
passenger
train
left
Prince
..
!
chin
station
now
established
at
Van
platform
all
but
finished
today
but
are
still
in
the
fog
as
to
who
will
be
their
choice
for
President.
All
night
meetings
served
only
to
draw
the
lines
of
choice
tighter
in
the
Dewey-Taft-Stassen
struggle
for
the
nomination.
Nominations
will
start
tomorrow
night,
it
is
expected,
followed
by
roll
calL
voting.
m
The
platform
draft
was
brief
with,
as
usual,
a
little
something
ie
i
j.uu
'"h-
laiii
UNITED
STATES
t.
paui
i
00
ine
commiuee
recommenaea
Rupert
at
8
o'clock
this
morn
h"urcotte
1.00
tnat
every
section
of
the
present
couver
and
the
biological
station
at
Nanaimo.
However,
he
expressed
the
anxious
desire
of
the
Board
to
serve
the
interests
of
!
OTTAWA,
O)
Minister
of
Ex-'ternal
Affairs
St.
Laurent,
told
2
go
Act
be
either
repealed
or
am-5M
ended-
nus
mnadina
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
Mrs.
I.
Elliott
5.00
Among
other
things
it
is
recommended
that
Indian
children
ing
bearing
an
additional
three
cars
of
fresh
fish,
first
to
be
shipped
from
here
since
May
21.
Tomorrow
morning
the
first
train
to
arrive
from
Jasper
since
May
22
is
due
to
arrive
at
the
station
at
1:05,
an
hour
and
20
rrrard
25.00
LITTLE
VICTIM
OF
FLOOD
GETS
TREATED
Evacuated
from
flood-ravaged
Vanport,
Oregon,
a
child
is
cared
for
in
Portland
Red
Cross
headquarters.
Built
during
the
war
on
a
flood
plain,
the
city
of
Vanport
was
completely
demolished
when
rampaging
waters
of
the
Columbia
river
broke
through
a
dike.
Meanwhile,
a
new
flood
was
reported
building
up
in
the
head-waters
of
the
mighty
river,
bringing
a
threat
of
further
inundation
and
destruction.
'
this
as
well
as
all
other
areas
to
the
best
possible
advantage
and
gave
assurance
that
the
fullest
efforts
would
be
made
in
the
way
with
"other
Cana-
5
00
be
educated
dians."
Baillie
5.00
government
felt
adherence
of
Canada
to
Europe's
western
union
would
be
'very
llttl
use"
unless
the
United
States
also
entered
the
pact.
If
war
should
break
out,
there
of
further
research
with
a
view
to
ious
3.00
,
I
Ross
2.00
:
extending
the
utilization
of
the
to
offer
everybody.
A
foreign
plank
pledges
aid
to
peace-loving
countries
but
within
"prudent
limits
of
our
own
economic
welfare."
As
for
the
contentious
housing
minutes
behind
its
scheduled
arrival
time.
Bulletins
fisheries
resources
of
this
area.
Track
crews,
working
to
com
might
be
"great
value"
in
a
regional
pact
in
which
western
European
countries,
the
United
:i
Tourist
ZUU
p.rlon
10.00
'Pn
15.00
m.s
10.00
jpi
Club
".
10.00
plete
a
bridge
at
Shames,
were
expected
to
finish
the
job
at
2
o'clock
this
afternoon
In
time
to
PROMPT
AND
EFFECTIVE
ACTION
OF
GOVERNMENT
IN
FLOOD
EMERGENCY
States,
the
United
Kingdom
and
Reading
from
a
memorandum
prepared
by
the
Board
in
answer
to
a
brief
from
the
local
Chamber
asking
for
the
re-establishment
of
a
station
here,
Dr.
Reid
announced
thatf'the
board
will
ex-
Canada
guaranteed
each
other's
problem
It
was
decided
that
the
federal
government
should
help
to
provide
low
rent
housing
when
the
job
cannot
be
done
by
the
states,
local
communities
or
TUG
WIRELESS
LOST
VANCOUVER
The
tug
Wireless,
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert,
burned
and
sank
in
Jervis
Llewellyn
1.00
allow
the
eastbound
train
to
pass,
it
was
announced
at
Sup
security
trict
Teachers
erintendent
C.
A.
Berner's
office.
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb
Usees
Future
Develop
Inlet.
The
crew
of
six
made
J
Last
train
to
arrive
At
.Jasper
piore
'the
-possibility
of
a
local
-
'"1
private
enterprise.
'
J
"
Father.
Arrested
For.
Thrashing
Small
Son
ment
Arising
From
National
Disaster
from
Prince
Rupert
left
here
on
j
0flce
to
which
inquiries
for
in-Friday,
May
21,
while
the
last
in-
formaUon
couId
be
directed."
To
VICTORIA
"I
want
to
.).eak
to
you
quite
plainly
Jiation
40.00
Irrian
Wolf
Cub
I
2
00
Ji
II.
Haywood
5.00
Ith
Payne
5.00
JJ.Ewen
10.00
A
Armstrong
5.00
4
R.
Wynn
1.00
coming
train
was
Saturday,
May
lmprove
tne
means
of
dissemin-
ERIE,
Pa.
R.
J.
Hoge
has
been
arrested.
He
had
whipped
his
six
year
old
son,
because
the
about
the
tremendous
disastar
that
has
befallen
our
ating
information
arising
from
fellow
citizens
in
the
Fraser
alley
owing
to
the
flood
i
1
All
child
bad
lost
a
toy.
Hoge
used
and
also
in
no
less
measure
it
otner
parts
01
me
prov-
Senator
Kenneth
S.
Wherry
of
Nebraska
said
that
German
recovery
is
the
key
to
stopping
communism.
H.e
.
and
Clare
Booth
Luce
assailed
the
international
agreement
made
by
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
and
President
Truman,
saying
that
these
"short-sighted
agreements
today
stand
as
road
blocks
in
the
path,
we
now
have
determined
as
the
a
web
army
belt.
When
he
a.
Tne
loaowing
Monaay,
a
passenger
train,
carrying
an
extra
load
of
11
cars
of
halibut,
was
halted
at
Pacific
by
the
sudden
rise
of
the
Skeena
River.
The
train
managed
to
get
back
to
Prince
Rupert
before
the
luch
smaller
scale
than
ince
;
although
perhaps
on
a
noticed
his
boy
turning
pale,
he
called
his
wife.
The
wife
called
aid
Hon.
Herbert
Ans-
.iBcattie
10.00
t!
5.00
.fArchJbald
25.00
that
of
the
Fraser
Valley,
the
Board's
Investigations
It
was
also
suggested
in
the
Board's
memorandum
that
occasional
conferences
be
held
between
members
of
the
Board
and
its
scientific
staff
and
those
engaged
in
the
fishing
Industry
for
the
discission
of
the
Board's
program
and
results
obtained,
and
the
police.
comb,
minister
of
finance,
last
their
escape
in
a
lifeboat.
MAYOR
MURDERED
MONTREAL
Mayor
John
Paul
Cardinal
of
Montreal
North
was
shot
to
death
in
the
Diamond
Taxi
Co.
office
by
a
taxi
driver
who
took
his
own
life.
There
had
been
an
altercation.
Cardinal
was
secretary
ot
the
taxi
company.
SALES
TAX
SOON
VICTORIA
Canadian
Press
says
that
the
provincial
government
will
proclaim
the
next
three
percent
sales
tax
to
become
effective
July
1.
tltere
has
never
been
a
case
in
WWWVWIW.WAVWVW
night
In
an
address
on
the
topic
"Challenge
of
the
Floods."
"There
has
never
been
a
time
to
my
knowledge
,and
that
ex
TODAY'S
STOCKS
course
to
world
peace."
British
Columbia
history
where'
more
effective,
prompt
and
efficient
action
has
ever
been
tracks
on
both
sides
of
the
divisional
point
were
washed
out.
It
travelled
through
water
almost
as
high
as
the
coach
floors.
After
that,
the
waters
rose
to
inundate
the
town
of
,
Usk,
en
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
5.00
1.00
IlKIUS
JJohnson
f'i
fcstad
nride
Mn
I
Housrn
Courtesy
8.
D
Jchnston
Cn,
l
tends
over
quite
a
long
period
of
a
more
general
and
effective
distribution
of
the
Board's
pub
taken.
No
question
has.
ever
been
raised
as
to
the
cost
involved
in
order
to
relieve
those
In
distress
other
than
the
common
sense
attitude
that
we
propose
to
Malyea
5.00
danger
Terrace
and
destroy
embankments
at
numerous
places
from
Kwlnltsa
to
Houston,
301)
miles
east
of
Prince
Rupert.
Vancouver
Bralorne
8.00
B.
R.
Con
04
B.
R.
X
09
Cariboo
Quarts
1.30
Dentonia
01
Vi
Grull
Wlhksne
04
Hedley
Mascot
48
Minto
01
see
that
public
money
is
not
lications.
It
was
also
pointed
out
that
special
problems
of
importance
to
the
Prince
Rupert
area
now
being
investigated
by
the
Board
included
the
propogation
of
salmon
in
the
Skeena
River
watershed,
certain
herring
and
trawl
Damage
done
to
the
Skeena
fTarbuck
inolan
fc
iats
piersall
;irtin
iHoffos
IS
DROWNED
AT
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
Another
Marine
Fatality
at
Island
Settlement
With
-""
Lawrence
Brunelie
Victim
,
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
CITY
Queen
Charlotte
City
has
had
its
third
drowning
tragedy
in
less
than
a
month
and
the
fifth
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.00
2.0)
5.00
wasted.
time
in
British
Columbia
when
any
Premier
acted
with
greater
promptness
and
of
a
more
decisive
character
to
get
action
than
has
our
present
Premier
in
this
Instance,
and
far
from
political
trickery
being
used
to
side-track
the
needs
of
the
victims,
let
me
say
that
this
Government
has
made
Itself
very
clear
so
that
all
may
understand
from
the
start
River
Highway
between
Prince
I
could
not
close
this
feature
Rupert
and
Terrace
was
almos;
of
my
address
without
express
equal
to
railroad
damage.
Pub-
ing
tremendous
gratitude
to
the
armed
services
Army,
Navy
and
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Pittsburgh
2.
Brooklyn
5.
St.
Louis
1,
Boston
0.
Cincinnati
4,
Philadelphia
3.
American
League
New
York
13,
Cleveland
2.
St.
Louis
9,
Philadelphia
8.
Western
International
League
Bremerton
2,
Wenatchee
0.
t
Knutson
2
00
Taylor
5.00
fe'reast
2.00
ii
Brett.
M.L.A
1000
from
Terrace
hope
to
have
the
;lls'
"
'
mH
in
naPhlP
Shane
hv
the
ditiohs
Off
off
the
the
mOUth
mouth
Of
of
tlV
the
Air
Force
and
the
Red
Cross,
f
,,,oi,
vrQw
nhctr.m
J
Skeena
River.
In
connection
ion
fot
their
splendid
contribution
the
I
to
f
insh
that
we
were
going
to
do
what
was
right
and
proper
1
with
these
investigations
tinn
nnw
is
replacement
nf
a
,
"""'"7"
wahin
a
year.
The
latest
victim
in
every
phase
of
the
disaster.
fIcWman
I
Board
now
has
a
staff
of
twenty-
"d
&
Gun
Chib
....
50.o:i
K.
Skaltebol
2.00
Normand
5
00
bridge
at
Shames.
and
within
our
power
as
a
Prov
ince
for
the
victims
of
this
dis
aster.
We
had
a
right,
as
a
gov
Vancouver
7.
Salem
6.
(10
In
four
scientists
and
assistants
in
the
vicinity
of
Prince
Rupert
and
who
lost
his
life
early
Saturday.
Brunelie
was
found
drowned
at
3:30
a
m.
Saturday,
a
few
feet
from
his
home.
The
body
was
M.
Rav
in
on
nings).
Victoria
5,
Yakima
1.
on
the
Skeena.
The
Board
awrio
3.00
ernment,
to
see
what
assistance
could
be
secured
from
thtt
na
The
co-operation
of
these
forces
has
been
magnificent.
Each
with
the
resources
at
their
command
undertook
tasks
that
it
would
have
been
quite
impossible
for
civilians
to
accomplish.
A
united
effort
combined
with
those
thousands
of
willing
vol-
PUBLISHER
IS
HEART
VICTIM
Pend
Oreille
4.00
Pioneer
2.50
Premier
Border
03
Vi
Privateer
..'
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Reeves
McDonald
1.85
Salmon
Gold
17
Sheep
Creek
115
Taylor
Bridge
.40
Vananda
36
Congress
02
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalg
.02
Central
Zeballos
01
Silbak
Premier
31
Oils
A.
P.
Con
17
Calmont
49
C.
&
E
6.10
Foothills
3.00
planned
to
continue
studies
on
the
Skeena
following
the
report
of
the
present
five-year
investi-
Halibut
Sales
1
Girardet
1.01)
fc
lcr
Harvey
2.00
Martindale
'
500
tional
authority
because
of
the
extent
of
the
disaster
and
it
was
Canadian
flnal
our
duty
to
take
action
rapidly
gallon
u
which
was
in
its
SUDBURY,
Ont.,
William
Paul
5.01)
Kodiak.
68.000.
20.20,
19.20
and
mil
5.00
10.
Atlin.
'
'
20.2
019
and
publisher
of
the
Sudbury
Star
Hopewell,
12,000
N.
Kelly
2.00
N.
Kelly
Can
10,
Booth.
Said
the
Board's
memorandum
also:
"There
are
no
special
problems'
anywhere
on
the
coast
in
'
num
7.00
and
North
Bay
Nugget
newspapers,
died
in
hospital
today
from
acute
coronary
thrombosis
J.
H.
Todd,
5,000,
19.90,
18.50
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on
Page
Two)
Gold
Shares
Weak
After
Gov't
Change
LONDON,
June
18
Gold
mining
share
values
fell
by
an
esti
discovered
by
Norbert
Smith
of:
Nanaimo
lying
on
the
beach
when
fie
was
returning
to
his
fishing
craft.
It
is
believed
from
evidence
adduced
at
the
inquest
that
deceased,
after
visiting
with
a
sister
whom
he
had
not
seen
for
several
yi
ars,
called
on
a
fisherman
friend
aboard
a
boat
tied
to
a
float
nearby.
He
slipped
from
the
float
and
fell
into
the
water,
being
unable
to
save
himself.
Verdict
of
accidental
drowning
was
returned
by
the
jury
w
Greer
5.00
and
10,
Storage..
m
Leuion
200.00
field
(refrlg-smoking,
re
One
of
the
Northland's
best
the
technological
known
figures,
Bill
Mason
was.eration,
canning,
in
that
connection.
That
action
was
taken,
Premier
King
made
his
declarations,
recognizing
thr.
matter
was
a
national
disaster.
That
was
followed
by
Order
in
Council
of
the
Dominion
Government
which
one
must
assume
are
the
voice
of
the
Government
and
arrangements
were
made
to
deal
with
it,
as
also
did
we
take
the
required
action.
"Since
then
these
arrangements
have
been
further
com
aler
1.00
Barber
5.M
Dovre
B.,
30,000,
Co-op.
Parma,
26,000,
Co-op.
Mother
III,
20,000,
Co-op.
Fredella
III,
16,000,
Co-op.
Embla,
12,000,
Co-op.
Covenant,
6,000
black
cod.
duction
and
utilization
of
byproducts
that
cannot
be
carried
out
in
one
central
laboratory.
considered
a
"tough
boss"
but
he
moulSed
many
men
who
gained
prominence
In
journal-
jBurton
5.00
mated
$40,000,000
on
the
London
stock
exchange,
following
news
of
the
defeat
of
the
Smuts
government.
Chastenev
500
Since
the
experimental
labora
Ism
throughout
the
country.
tory
had
to
be
established
In
Christiansen
3.0D
l
is
Colley
5.00
f'
Deane
0.00
Dunbar
5.00
Vancouver
during
the
war
and
since
39
of
the
43
fishing
com
pleted
and
we
have
authorized
Home
8.60
Toronto
Athona
07
Aumaque
..
16
Beattle
.62
Bevcourt
27
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Canadian
06
Consol.
Smelters
116.60
Conwest
1.09
Donalda
72
Eldona
1.35
East
Sullivan
2.75
Giant
Yellowknife
4.75
God's
Lake
62
Hardrock
W
Harrlcana
072
panies
or
processing
companies
the
Minister
of
Agriculture
and
b
Ellis
3.00
Municipal
Affairs
to
proceed
fris
Fraser
5.00
on
the
uritisn
uoiumDia
coast
have
their
head
offices
in
Vancouver
and
vicinity,
Vancouver
Palestine
Jews
Are
Now
Fighting
One
With
Other
"
TEL
AVIV,
(CP)
Possibility
of
civil
war,
Jew
fighting
Jew,
today
cast
a
grim
shadow
across
the
directly
with
the
actual
organization
preparatory
to
rehabilita
It
Harris
10.00
rt
Hill
2.00
is
the
logical
place
for
the
technological
station.
Cattle
Rustling
Latest
Trouble
In
Flood-Stricken
Fraser
Valley
VANCOUVER,
(CP)
Army
authorities
controlling
flooded
Fraser
River
districts
have
a
new
worry
cattle
rustling.
All
roads
leading
to
the
flood
districts
are
now
under
guard
against
modern
rustlers
who
have
foresaken
horses
for
trucks
and
cars.
Soldiers
and
police
patrols
are
stationed
along
tion
under
the
direction
of
thr
Committee
set
up
by
the
National
Government
and
ourselves.
The
'The
Board
is
anxious
to
in
I
Holen
2.00
Johansen
5.00
Leetnan
5.00
Main
5.00
!'la
Moffatt
5.0H
crease
the
usefulness
of
its
sta
public
can
rest
assured
that
new
state
of
Israel.
The
Israel
government
disclosed
that
Hagana,
regular
Jewish
army,
and
members
of
the
extremist
Irgun
Zvai
Leumi
have
clashed
over
the
landing
of
a
.11
.38
.03
Heva
Hosco
....
J
ac
knife
f1
Morrison
10.00
HHid
Morrison
5.00
tions
to
all
sections
of
the
fishing
industry
by
improving
and
increasing
its
methods
of
transmitting
information
arising
from
its
'Investigations
to
all
those
who
can
use
it
in
any
way
for
the
better
utilization
of
our
fishery
resources."
strategic
highways
and
feed
lots
Bi
Morrison
5.0!)
boat
carrying
Irgun
arms.
hands
and
yelling."
Rustlers
are
also
active
in
the
Joliet
Quebec
39
Lake
Rowan
07
Lapaska.
02
Little
Long
Lac
.81
Lynx
08
'j
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.45
Morrison
10.00
McOpp
5.00
Pfderson
:
5.00
State
of
Washington.
A
report
Negus
2.25
Noranda
49.50
Louvicourt
.61
Pickle
Crow
1.02
Regcourt
04
Vi
San
Antonio
3.40
Senator
Rouyn
40
',2
Sherrit
Gordon
2.41
Steep
Rock
2.03
Sturgeon
River
16
Silver
Miller
23
from
Olympla
says
that
cattle
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Wednesday,
June
23,
1948
-
High
2:04
20.6
feet
15:15
18.3
feet
Low
8:48
2.1
feet
20:47
8.1
leet
ry
Richards
5.00
An
Irgun
broadcast
said
that
"some
of
our
people
have
been
killed
and
wounded."
It
threatened
a
bloody
battle
between
Jews
if
Hagana
did
not
stop
attacks
upon
Irgunists
defending
the
arms
ship.
where
hundreds
or
caiue
nac
been
herded
since
the
early
days
of
the
flood.
But
the
soldiers
are
unarmed
and
as
one
soldier
on
road
guard
said:
"Suppose
a
truck
roars
past
us,
what
can
we
do?
We
sure
look
stupid
waving
our
.37
.McKenzle
Red
Lake
Roland
..:
5.00
im
Ross
10.00
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
delegation
whiei.
met
the
Fisheries
Research
Baord
consisted
of
T.
B.
Black,
G.
R.
S.
thieves
have
cut
heavily
into
the
pocketbooks
of
some
ranchers,
one
producer
losing
$11,000
worth
of
animals.
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.05
flda
Russ
5.00
.36
Moneta
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on
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3)
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