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Pacific
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Key
to
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Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
49.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
27,
1948
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CENTS
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MOSCOW
WOULD
HAVE
HER
SWILL
fUDIED
SATELLITES
IN
ON
PARLEY
A,
Tken
IP
Bv
MET
'JOHN
BRACND
SYDNEY,
Australia
Mrs.
I
4-
'
A
pThe
effect
of
the
.'
removal
of
rent
con-
FREIGHTER
IS
FREED
VICTORIA
The
10,000-ton
I'nited
States
freighter
Nicholas
B.
Labadie,
which
grounded
on
Mayne
Island
in
Active
Pass
yesterday,
was
pulled
free
by
salvage
tugs
at
high
tide
LONDON
(CP)
The
Moscow
radio
said
today
that
Russia
wants
the
three
western
powers
to
let
Czechoslovakia,
Poland
and
Yugoslavia
participate
in
planning
the
future
of
Germany.
She
has
sent
notes
to
the
United
States,
Great
Britain
and
Franco
asking
that
they
be
permitted
to
sit
in,
the
broadcast
8
will
be
studied
furch
ering
commit
t
of
the
yf
I
I
s
A"
U
v
Commons
price
corn-was
decided
today.
kill
Martin,
minister
m
reported.
The
western
powers
have
been
d
chainnian
Jf
the
fcstipating
limn
pnc?s,
AGREEMENT
in
conference
since
Monday
on
western
Germany.
i
that
the
steering
mould
study
the
rent
daring
the
week-end
rt
to
the
main
com-nday.
His
announce-
Ruth
Mclntyre
and
Mrs.
Ann
I
Northan,
Vancouver
women
j
who
flew
across
the
Pacific
this
week
in
search
of
cancer
cure,
today
met
John
Braund
78
-
year
-
old
iaynian,
who
rocketed
to
fame
overnight
following
his
claim
to
have
a
cure
for
the
disease.
Both
women
later
told
the
Canadian
Press
that
they
had
much
faith
in
Braund.
Braund
agreed
to
treat
the
two
women
but
said
they
were
suffering
from
"dangerously
advanced'
cancer.
TITLE
BOLT
SET
CAMDEN.
New
Jersey
Jer
sey
Joe
Walcott
Thursday
night
agreed
to
meet
Champion
Joe
Louis
in
a
15-round
heavyweight
bout
at
Yankee
Stadium
June
23.
Walcott
agreed
to
Louis'
terms.
''Jersey
Joe"
lost
a
15-round
de
UPON
WAGES
Reached
Between
Master
Plumbers
and
Craftsmen
Working
For
Better
GORDON
GRAYDON,
MP.
Wants
to
know
all
about
Hong
Kong.
i:,e
alter
c.v.r.
iwir
early
this
morning.
The
Labadie
was
outward
bound
from
Vancouver
to
Holland
with
a
cargo
of
grain
when
she
went
aground
yesterday.
BRITISH
NAVY
Cl'T
LONDON
The
government
disclosed
today
that
the
strength
of
the
Royal
Navy
had
been
drastically
cut.
The
strength
in
numbers
of
battleships,
cruisers,
dstroyersand
submarines
has
been
heavily
slashed.
There
are
two
battleships,
four
light
fleet
carriers,
16
cruisers,
34
destroyers,
25
frigates,
26
submarines
and
12
minesweepers.
LOOT
IS
RECOVERED
VANCOUVER
Police
late
r.bers
called
for
such
:'jiry.
Anti-Reds
In
Danger
BENES
TO
RESIGN?
PRAGUE
It
was
expectecj
that
President
Edouard
Benes
would
announce
today
bis
decision
as
to
resigning
or
remaining
in
office
following
NEW
DISCOVERY
PROTECTS
HUMAN
FLESH
A
new
discovery
expected
to
substantially
reduce
aviation
fire
hazards,
a
flame-resistant
paneling
that
protects
human
flesh
within
an
inch
of
fire
up
to
2,200
degrees
Fahrenheit,
has
just
been
perfected
by
the
plastics
industry.
The
fireproof
panel
Is
made
with
a
base
of
cellular
cellulose
acetate,
a
plastic
material
so
light
four
cubic
feet
can
be
balanced
on
the
fingertips,
sandwiched
between
sheets
of
extremely
thin
carbon
steel.
In
official
tests
the
steel
and
plastic
paneling
withstood
heat
In
excess
of
2,200
degrees
Fahrenheit
for
more
than
30
minutes.
Specifications
for
airplane
fire-walls
require
material
to
withstand
heat
of
2,000
degrees
for
15
minutes.
At
the
end
of
the
official
test
period
t-
human
hand
could
stiU
be
held
comfortably
less
than
an
inch
from
the
new
panel
on
the
side
opposite
the
fire.
This
laboratory
technician
is
holding
40
strips
of
cellular
cellulose
acetate,
commonly
called
CCA,
the
heat-resistant
plastic
material
which
promises
great
things
in
reducing
aviation
fire
hazards
because
of
its
light
weight,
strength
and
heat
resistance.
Ula
Would
Sate
Belize
KONG
KONG
DISCUSSED
Did
Premier
King
Know
That
War
Was
Imminent
in
Pacific?
Sanitary
Conditions
Master
plumbers
of
Prince
Ru
-pert
and
the
local
union
of
the
United
Association
of
Journeymen
and
Apprentices
of
the
Plumbing
and
Pipe
Fitting
Industry
of
the
United
States
and
Canada
have
come
to
a
com-
j
promise
agreement
providing
a'
wage
Increase
to
$1.42
per
hour
for
Journeymen
and
90c
per
s'-
The
foreign
min-he
Central
American
i
!
Guatemala
has
ad-
Vr
at
Britain
that
his
I
OTTAWA
(P
Gordon
Gray
ready
to
negotiate
j
in
the
question
of
i
hour
for
helpers
who
were
pre
dun.
Progressive
-
Conservative,
the
port
of
Belize
In
the
assumption
by
the
communists
of
complete
control
of
the
government
of
Czechoslovakia.
Benes
admitted
the
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
new
cabinet
of
Premier
Gott-wald
today,
stating
that
he
did
so
with
reluctance
only
in
the
hope
of
saving
the
country
from
complete
chaos.
viously
receiving
$1.35
and
85c
respectively.
The
Union
hat
been
asking
that
the
Vancouver
rate
of
$1.50
j
Peel,
Ontario,
demanded
to
;
know
in
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
if
it
was
true
that
!
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
j
was
aware
three
days
before
the
j
ill-starred
Canadian
expedition
'sailed
for
Hong
Kong
in
1941,
inland
cision
to
the
Brown
Bomber
in
fight
last
December.
IN
ISALL
OF
FAME
NEW
YORK
The
late
Herb
Pennock
and
Harold
(Pie)
Traynor
were
voted
into
baseball's
Hall
of
Fame
today
by
the
I'nited
Slates
Baseball
Writers'
Asociation.
BOOST
AGE
PENSIONS
REG1NA
A
monthly
boost
of
$5
per
month
in
old
age
pensions
was
announced
last
night
by
Provincial
Treasurer
C.
W.
Fines
in
presenting
MOOSE
HOLDS
UP
RAILWAY
TRAFFIC;
FIVE
FREIGHT
TRAINS
ARE
DELAYED
Five
freight
trains
on
the
Fraser
subdivision
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
were
delayed
for
an
hour
or
so
some
fifty
miles
east
of
Prince
George
and
$1
be
made
applicable
in
Prince
Rupert
but,
after
a
discussion
between
the
employers
and
the
workers,
it
was
decided
for
a
variety
of
reasons
gov
-The
fate
of
PRAGUE
P
Be
Next?
that
war
was
imminent
in
the
Pacific
Theatre.
Mr.
Graydon
also
pressed
the
yesterday
recovered
from
the
back
seat
of
an
abandoned
car
$5,000
in
cheques,
part
of
the
loot
when
Audrey
Blaikie,
woman
messenger,
was
held
up
on
the
street
by
bandits.
Still
missing
is
$1200
in
cash
and
SATO
in
cheques
as
well
as
the
bandits
themselves.
ALBERTA
BLIZZARD
CALGARY
Alberta
is
having
its
worst
blizzard
of
the
winter.
Winds
reached
a
velocity
of
70
miles
an
hour.
Trains
are
delayed
and
highways
blocked
in
both
the
Calgary
and
Edmonton
areas.
batUred
and
Czechoslovakia's
erning
the
local
situation,
toffceaten
anti
-communist
forces
government
to
make
public
accept
the
compromise
which
jFropos
Part
of
was
a
big
qu;.stion
mark
today
hip
and
Mutual
this
morning
ana
gave
the
railwaymen
a
re-dispatching
problem
as
a
result
of
a
moose
getting
on
the
track
and
being
pursued
through
the
snow
trench
.-
:
:
"
raS
the
line
far
a
distance
ox
ten
.
-
i
miles
before
it
fell
exhausted
on
IKI
")
-
Premier
Jos-
complete
evidence
before
a
Royal
Commission
which
in
1942
investigated
the
dispatch
of
two
Canadian
battalions
to
the
crown
colony
and
an
ensuing
letter
in
which
Premier
Drew
of
Ontario
wrote
Mr.
King
certain
undisclosed
portions
of
that
evidence.
the
budget
to
the
Saskatchewan
legislature.
This
would
make
the
old
age
pension
$40
per
month.'
i
has
Informed
Fin-e
should
sign
a
pact
ia
similar
to
those
S
virt.
Union
and
Its
;hbors.
sources
close
ernment
said
tonight.
propws
a
pact
of
-
-
r
Recognition
of
New
Government
I,')
and
mutual
de-
would
bring
the
rates
on
a
par
with
those
of
the
rest
of
the
building
trades
in
the
city.
The
new
agreement
takes
effect
6n
March
1.
During
the
discussion
between
the
master
plumbers
and
the
union
representatives
it
was
pointed
out
that
a
situation
existed
here
whereby
permits
are
being
issued
to
unqualified
persons
to
instal
and
repair
sanitary
systems.
Reference
was
made
to
one
specific
case
where
a
plumber
had
been
called
to
a
job
where
it
was
found
the
entire
waste
from
a
city
dwelling
had
been
allowed
to
drain
into
an
open
hole
dug
in
the
soil
with
not
even
a
cesspool
being
provided
for.
It
was
urged
that
the
city
authorities
take
some
definite
action
to
put
a
stop
to
such
practices
which
could
be
a
serious
menace
to
the
health
of
CANCER
FOLK
ARE
ADVISED
Are
Advised
to
Bide
Their
Time
Before
Proceeding
to
Australia
SYDNEY
T
Simultaneous
in
this
central
European
country
which
has
fallen
under
complete
communist
domination.
.
The.
coaimuijist
party.
.
the
largest
party
but
still
a
'minority
in
Parliament,
controls
the
new
government
made
up
of
its
members
and
sympathizers.
Not
a
semblance
of
the
old
coalition
is
preserved.
Communist
Premier
Klement
Gottwald
induced
the
independent
President.
Edouard
Benes,
to
approve
his
government
Thursday
night.
The
President
accepted
the
resignations
of
fourteen
anti-communist
ministers,
twelve
of
whom
quit
last
week
in
protest
at
communist
moves
to
control
the
police.
Jan
Masaryk,
son
of
the
liberator
of
Czechoslovakia,
remains
in
the
government.
He
has
no
party
affiliation.
Premier
Gottwald
ordered
a
i'tnish
communists
are
'o
support
such
a
pro-i
u?h
it
is
possible
Fin
the
track
and
was
shot
by
members
of
the
train
crew.
It
was
Conductor
Ernest
Carver's
and
Engineer
McNeill's
eastbound
mixed
train
out
of
Frince
George
that
was
held
up
for
an
hour
as
the
moose
ran
ahead
of
the
engine
for
ten
miles
and
finally
fell
exhausted
to
the
track.
The
train
crew
managed
to
borrow
a
gun
with
which
the
animal
was
dispatched
and
the
carcass
hauled
off
the
track.
Meantime
four
westbound
freight
trains
were
delayed
at
meets
waiting
for
the
tardy
mixed
train
OTTAWA
The
Department
of
External
Affairs
has
nut
yet
announced
its
decision
as
to
whether
Canada
will
withdraw
recopnition
of
the
new
communist
govrenment
of
''Tnmmt
mav
send
a
BRITAIN
HAS
EXPORT
COAL
LONDON-
ine
Minister
of
Fuel
announced
yesterday
that
Gieat
Britain's
coal
production
had
reached
a
point
where
it
will
be
possible
to
export
fifteen
or
sixteen
million
tons
this
year,
the
country
having
this
much
more
than
its
own
Mo.m'ow
to
discuss
f
WEATHER
ith
the
arrival
of
two
Van-j
couver
women
said
to
be
suf
fering
from
cancer.
Dr.
E.
S.
Morris,
director-general
of
public
health
for
New
South
Wales,
yesterday
"advised
cancer
sufferers
in
other
countries
to
CROCUSES
OUT;
SPRING
IS
HERE
II
It
is
not
the
first,
inpirtpnf-
nt
'Synopsis)
1
"f
cki
air
entering
and
Central
British
has
brought
about
a
r"P
in
temperatures
?st
18
hours.
Prinre
'Ported
a
temperature
jthe
community.
I
-i-
-
-
-
ttf
in
r
I
this
kind
where
freight
trains
have
been
delayed
by
moose
during
heavy
snow
conditions
such
as
now
prevail.
Superintendent
C.
A.
Berner
remarks.
Suggestion
was
made
that
a
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday.
February
28,
19i3
PIONEER
PASSES
Mrs.
Charles
Durham
of
Usk.
Health
Week
be
held
and
both
;
two-day
holiday
yesterday
to
I
"hi5
moi-nlno
rinnHv
master
plumbers
and
members
;
Nights
stay
chilly
but
days
are
bripht
and
sunny
in
Prince
Rupert.
February
27
and
yellow
and
blue
crocuses
are
gleaming
jauntily
in
city
gardens.
Mornings
and
evenings
are
Decoming
longer.
Spring
is
here.
celebrate
the
communist
coup:
High
general
in
southeast-
"bide
their
time
pending
investigation
Into
the
"Braund
methotl"
of
treatment.
"I
strongly
advise
that
all
persons
overseas
await
the
outcome
of
our
investigation
before
making
plans
to
come
to
Australia,"
Morris
said.
John
Braund,
Sydney
layman,
22.0
feet
of
the
local
pledged
themselves
20.1
feet
to
help
bear
the
cost
of
a
cer-
and
the
coa.sfcil
areas
3:52
16:15
10:06
22:17
Low
3.9
feet
(tain
amount
of
advertising
to
5.0
feet
.educate
the
public
in
the
nec
Mother-Supporting
.
Vel
s
To
Get
More
some
brief
clearing
"Pected
about
mld-a
disturbance
ap-
MRS.
DURHAM
OF
USK
DIES
Was
Identified
With
This
District
From.
Very
Earliest
Days
me
coast
1,
CO-OP
HANDLED
14,000,000
POUNDS
FISH
re
rain
to
the
coast
'
has
won
widc
P"111,,
wlUl
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:,:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Jor.nr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
essity
of
modern
sanitation.
It
was
also
suggested
that
the
city
engineer
should
have
the
assistance
of
a
qualified
man
to
enforce
the
plumbing
bylaw.
These
were
among
matters
taken
up
last
night
at
a
meeting
of
the
local
plumbers'
and
pipe-fitters'
union
with
President
Robert
Wilson
in
the
chair.
OTTAWA
m
Increases
in
al-lowar.ces
of
single
student
veterans
with
dependent
mothers
are
under
"active
consideration"
and
an
announcement
granting
them
an
additional
$10
monthly
is
expected
shortly,
It
was
learned
today.
'Forecast)
Rupert.
Queen
Char-'
Nwth
Coast-Cloudy
'Crs
tOdaV.
Tncrooc-
Bevcourt
48
Claims
oi
a
cancer
cure
now
being
studied
by
a
New
South
Wales
government
committee.
Two
women,
Mrs.
Jack
Nor-tham,
and
Mrs.
Ruth
Mclntyre,
33,
arrived
by
plane
yesterday
and
were
whisked
off
to
the
suburbs
of
Sydney.
More
than
14.C00.000
pounds
(
charls
Durham
one
of
of
fish
were
handled
by
the
skeena.s
oldest
and
best
known
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen
s
Co-:
died
&t
home
in
Vancouver
Bralorne
10.10
pess
tonight,
becom-with
intermittent
operative
last
year,
according
to
.03.4
.07
1.90
B
R.
Con
B.R.X
Cariboo
Quartz
.
niiAiu
wnn
Saturday,
winds
lk-ht
Bobjo
13
Vi
Buffalo
Canadian
12
Consol.
Smelters
94.00
Conwest
89
Donalda
78
Elder
58
Eldona
82
Giant
Ycllowknife
4.70
production
figures
presented
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
association
yesterday
by
K.
F.
Harding,
general
manager.
Mr.
Harding
delievered
the
re
Usk
yesterday,
aged
83
years.
Funeral
service
will
be
held
in
Prince
Rupert.
Mrs.
Durham
was
born
in
Oslo,
Norway,
but
much
of
her
life
was
spent
in
Canada.
She
lived
I
"""ij
is
m.p.
ftoy
morning.
Little
;n
temperature.
Lows
Ultimatum
Given
""0
niIhK
R.,l,,-J..
port
of
the
year's
operations
to
i
v
Apartment
Houses
in
Vancouver
during
the
early
m
nrp
than
mn
members
who
at
n
umU1Uily
""y
32
and
38.
Mas-net
38.
Prinn.
T,
of
that
city's
develop-
onrfnrf
IH
f.mr.rlav
spssinns
Clf
StagCS
,
.
,v"
uj.mlw
!
ment
and
moved
to
Northern
MIC
IUt.'t
UU&
ill
UUUlllluna
.75
.15
.05
.14
.34
.04:!i
God's
Lake
Hard
rock
Harricana
Heva
I
Iosco
,
Jacknife
OIL
TANKER
TOWED
HERE
The
Home
Oil
,Co.
tanker
Dinamac
was
moored
today
at
the
company
wharf
here
wafting
decision
as
to
whether
she
would
be
repaired
here
or
towed
to
Vancouver
for
repairs
to
her
tall
shaft
which
broke,
leaving
her
helpless
in
waters
near
Banks
Island
Wednesday
night
The
65-foot
vessel
was
pro
The
sessions
conclud-
Hall
here.
British
Columbia
well
in
ad-'
vance
of
completion
of
the
ed
today.
DING
GOVERNOR
STEPS
IN
-
Chief
Executive
of
Michigan
Wants
Full
Investigation
Into
N.II.L.
Scandal
DETROIT
Governor
Kim
Sigler
yesterday
asked
the
Detroit
police
commissioner,
Harry
S.
Toy,
to
make
a
"full
investigation"
of
the
reported
link
between
gamblers
and
National
Hockey
League
players.
The
Governor
said
he
wanted
a
state-wide
inquiry
to
follow
what
he
called
Toy's
partial
in
Dentonia
11
Grull
Wihksne
00
Hcdley
Mascot
78
Min
to
02
Pcnd
Oreille
2.30
Pioneer
3-3
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
25
Reeves
McDonald
1.15
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
20
Sheep
Creek
102
Taylor
Bridge
45
Taku
River
55
Vananda
18
Pacific
Eastern
07
Medley
Amalgamated
..
.02'2
Spud
Valley
13
!
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway.
Total
production
figures,
ac
LONDON,
Ont.
Unless
the
proprietors
lnstal
fire
escapes,
between
200
and
300
apartment
houses
here
will
be
required
to
close
down.
This
is
the
order
of
Fire
Chief
R.
C.
McDonald.
No
apartment
can
be
rented
on
a
third
storey,
or
higher,
unless
there
are
two
Interior
stairways,
or
an
exterior
fire
secape.
Jolirt
Quebec
37
members
of
the
the
husband,
Mr.
cording
to
the
report,
were
14.-
surviving
7iinfMin
nnnnris
nf
which
3.600.-
family
are
-
1
w
URAS
Lapaska
06h
Durham,
of
Usk,
five
daughters
LitUe
Long
Lac
1.21
000
pounds
were
landed
at
Co-
Lynx
op
camps,
placed
strategically
:
and
a
son.
me
ciaugmers
aie
Mrs.
A.
Blackhall,
Graham
Av-
near
fishinc
c
rounds
on
the,
Madsen
2.99
!?
T1C
Admiralty
:
yesterday
that
the
h
'mbla
fnr
n,.:i:.T.
..
iMcivnzic
kco
ase
oo-j
Mrs.
E.
L.
Mrs.
R.
north
coast.
Of
the
total.
6,500,-
j
enue,
Prince
Rupert;
000
nounds
were
frozen
and
the
!
Whitlow,
Vancouver
ceeding
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
to
Prince
Rupert
when
the
shaft
broke.
The
""HMi
non-
balance
placed
on
tne
niaiKet
iD
tt'llc-
j:...
.
.
.42
Silbak
Premier
BREWERY
IS
INCORPORATED
"'
ui
possible
Oils
A.P.
Con.
.14'.
Dy
"'e.spon.slblc
in
ln
nearbv
n.....
.
.
Calmont
45
(ritr,-,
""nemaia.
4.00
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.31
Mono
la
.36
Negus
2.41
Noranda
44.50
Louvlcuuvt
1-29
Pickle
Crow
2.25
Rcgcourt
.08
San
Antonio
4.25
Senator
Rouyn
55
Sherrit
Gordon
2.15
Steep
Rock
2.11
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
.
.34
C.
&
E.
Adams.
Usk;
Mrs.
D.
Bowie,
150
Mile
House;
Mrs.
H.
Barner
of
Usk;
and
a
son,
George,
living
in
Vancouver.
When
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Durham
first
moved
north,
they
located
at
Kitselas,
settling
some
time
later
in
Usk.
Through
her
long
associations
in
the
north,
Mrs.
Durham
formed
numerous
friendships
and
she
will
be
areatly
missed.
Prince
Rupert
tug
C.R.C.
left
at
midnight,
Wednesday,
bringing
her
into
port
last
night.
The
Dinamac
was
under
command
of
Capt.
Charles
McReece.
Decision
as
to
whether
-
the
vessel
will
be
repaired
here
or
towed
south
was
up
to
the
underwriters
and
the
owners,
C.
A.
Kellet,
local
Home
Oil
Co.
agent
fiald
this
morning.
.
fresh.
The
total
included
9.000,000
pounds
of
halibut,
which
amounted
to
about
60
per
cent
of
the
total
landings
at
Prince
Rupert,
1,500.000
pounds
of
red
spring
salmon,
230.000
pounds
white
spring
salmon.
2.500,000
pounds
coho.
The
balance
was
made
up
of
miscellaneous
varieties.
,
vestigation
of
what
has
taken
place
in
Wayne
County
(Detroit).
At
the
same
time
Sigler
invited
Clarence
Campbell,
president
of
the
National
Hockey
League,
to
confer
with
him
on
reports
of
player
betting.
Campbell
came
yesterday
from
Montreal
to
investigate
the
reported
gambling.
rewtly
had
been
a
Ma,C:."t
VICTORIA
Incorporation
of
the
Northern
Brewers
Ltd.,
with
capitalization
of
$100,000
and
head
office
ln
Prince
Rupert,
is
Foothills
3.50
Home
5
95
Toronto
Athona
08
iaian
nif.
he
said
"'t
had
its
I
announced
at
the
legislative
fecent
.20
Aumaque
events
in
the
buildings
under
the
Companies
Act.
Beattie
6G4