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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strateg
ic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
AAAVII,
No.,
183.
STAR
V
CABS
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
5,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ETib
erals
Withdraw
Bones
Of
Coimtenftioo
""'l"l
-
-
,
-
8
PERCENT
OF
TAXES
IN
b
Retires
;
In
Spite
Of
St.
Laurent
Favored
As
Leader-Paul
Martin
Throws
Him
Support
r
Lack,
Held
Votes
Percentaje
of
Collections
Lower
But
Amount
Higher
Prince
Rupert
collected
87.3
per
cent
of
Its
1948
property
rates
prior
to
AukusI
l
(,,.
Wiliiam
I
yon
Mackenzie
King,
who
makes
his
at
(KUua
tomorrow
afternoon
hands
over
the
jt
the
National
Liveral
convention
this
week-
iihcr
hbtorlc
milestone
and
anniversary
In
his
.
n
:ll
be
exactly
29
years
on
Saturday
that
he
himself
was
elected
as
head
of
Organization
and
Platform
On
Program
For
Tomorrow
With
Balloting
Saturday
Mackenzie
King
Opens
Proceedings
OTTAWA
(CP)
Prospects
of
strife
over
contentious
issues
on
the
Liberal
convention
floor
dimmer
somewhat
today
when
it
was
learned
that
th'i
British
Columbia
caucus
had
vetoed
three
controversial
resolutions.
These
resolutions
would
have
TOUGH
DAY
FOR
BOSTON
Both
of
City's
Major
League
'
Baseball
Clubs
Are
Beaten
BOSTON
Boston
Braves
had
their
National
League
mar-pin
nf
lfiQriorcViir
nnf
t
r
tVirm
V,.y..
the
party.
It
was
on
August
7,
1919,
that
Mr.
King,
then
44
and
acom-parative
dark
horse,
won
election
over
older
and
more
seasoned
party
veterans.
He
has,
though
he
would
be
the
first
to
deny
It.
a
penchant
for
anniversaries.
That
might
well
have
Influenced
officials
of
the
National
Liberal
Federation
in
their
selection
of
Aug-
games
yesterday
as
they
lost
a'ProPosed:
4
to
2
decision
to
the
Cincinnati
Lifting
of
the
ban
on
mar-Reds
while
the
St.
Louis
Car-1
marine,
a
question
which
the
gov-dinals
were
winning
a
double-!
ernment
has
already
decided
to
header
from
the
New
York
!
refer
to
the
Supreme
Court.
compiled
Wednesday
at
the
city
treasurer's
office
revealed.
July
31
was
the
deadline
for
tax
payments
after
which
they
are
considered
delinquent
and
a
five
per
cent
penalty
added.
The
percentage
was
the
lowest
of
any
year
since
1945.
However,
volume
of
tax
money
was
the
highest.
Taxes
collected
up
to
August
1
amounted
to
$253,417
out
of
a
total
property
taxation
of
$290.-046,
including
local
improvement
assessments.
The
1947
percentage
was
89.
with
$224,673
collected
out
of
a
total
taxation
of
$249,995.
Thus,
although
the
percentage
was
lower
this
year,
the
actual
collections
exceeded
the
total
taxation
In
1947.
In
1946,
collections
to
August
1
were
91
per
cent
of
the
total
f.
fw
!
u.st
7
as
the
date
for
the
con
ANTHONY
EDEN
IN
BERLIN
Anthony
Eden,
deputy
leader
of
the
Opposition,
has
been
on
a
tour
of
Berlin
where
he
Inspected
the
"air
lift"
taking
food
to
the
Berliners
He
made
a
speech
to
2.000
Germans
In
the
British
Ministry
of
Centre
in
the
British
sector
of
Berlin.
Above
he
is
seen
at
Gatow
airport
upon
his
arrival
with
General
Robertson,
cmmander-in-chief
of
the
British
zone
in
Germany.
Russian
fighters
have
swept
across
the
British
airfield
at
Gatow,
breaking
all
air
safety
rules
which
the
Soviet
military
administration
has
been
citing
so
sanctimoniously
in
its
protest
against
the
Anglo-American
air
supply
of
Berlin.
vention.
Now
73,
Mr.
King
first
Indi
cated
he
planned
to
retire
from
i
Jevs
Would
Meet
Arabs
Seek
Peace
Parley
Through
Medium
of
I'nited
Nations
TX
AVIV,
(CP)
The
Israeli
government
has
invited
the
Arab
government
to
peace
negotiations
in
Palestine,
it
was
announced
officially
tonight.
At
the
end
of
a
three-hour
talk
with
Count
Folke
Berna-dotte,
I'nited
Nations
media
2.
Government
action
o:i
freight
rates.
3.
Wartime
conscription.
The
convention
swung
open
today
in
Lansdowne
Park
Coliseum
with
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
who
was
given
"a
thounderous
applause
as
he
entered,
welcoming
more
than
four
thousand
voting
delegates
and
other
party
supporters.
Throngs
filled
the
low-ceilinged
building
as
Mr.
King
delivered
his
formal
opening
address,
a
brief
Giants
to
move
Into
second
place.
The
Giants
dropped
into
fourth
place
below
the
Brooklyn
Dodgers
who
won
a
close
decision
over
Chicago
Cubs.
Only
one
game
was
played
in
the
American
.
League,
Boston
Red
Sox
dropping
out
of
the
four-way
tie
for
first
place
by
losing
a
close
heavy
hitting
game
to
St.
Louis
Browns.
Yesterday's
Big
League
scores:
National
Cincinnati
4,
Boston
2.
the
leadership
In
the
1945
gen-
j
ral
election
when
he
an-nounced
that
it
was
the
last
puch
campaign
In
which
he'
would
lead
his
party.
This'
taxation
of
$250,115
and
in
1945
bulletin
A
speech
in
which
he
expressed
hope
that
the
Canadian
family
the
percentage
was
88
out
of
a
collectable
total
of
$237,351.
Increase
In
the
amount
of
money
collectable
this
year
Is
partly
due
to
the
boost
In
the
mill
rate
of
55
mills
this
year
as
against
50
last
year,
and
partly
to
property
added
to
the
tax
rolls
by
new
construction.
January
he
asked
the
party
to
call
a
national
convention
to
choose
a
new
leader
and
allow
him
to
retire.
While
there
had
been
suggestions,
even
within
his
own
party
that
he
did
not
Intend
to
retire
and
would
stand
foi
n
nomination,
he
told
the
Commons
recently
that
he
wanted
to
say
"without
any
reservation"
that
we
would
be
a
FKENCIJ
PLANC
UNFOl'ND
PARIS
Reports
spread
through
Paris
today
Chicago
4,
Brooklyn
5.
St.
Louis
7-3,
New
York
2-0.
Pittsburg
and
Philadelphia,
wet
grounds.
American
Boston
8,
St.
Louis
9.
New
York-Detroit,
rain.
Philadelphia-Chicago,
rain.
would
be
made
more
secure
and
that
poung
people
would
be
abl-2
k
establish
homes
without
fear
for
the
future.
After
hearing
the
Prime
Min
tor,
Moshe
Shertok,
Israeli
foreign
minister,
told
the
mediator:
"Wc
approach
you,
on
behalf
of
the
Israeli
provisional
government,
with
the
request
that
you
transmit
to
the
belligerent
powers
an
invitation
to
meet
the
provisional
government
for
peace
neKutiatienst"
-
-.,
...t-iJ-Vl.iJj
ister,
the
delegates
moved
hfimr
Kins
out
of
the
party
leadership
and
promptly
into
preliminary
steps
of
electing
convention
officers
and
appointing
various
conven-tiofT
cpmrrtltteegr-
-
p
oi
-kr
i
tue
next
session
of
Parliament,
rfid
nsrftte
one
reservation.
He
conceded
that
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D"
ittaiston
Co'"
'"'.'
MERCY
FLIGHT
BRINGS
BURNED"
FISHERMAN
HERE
OOOOtH3CHCHOOHO0X(iHOOOl
These
were
the
first
overtures
Pt
i'i
,i
v
the
remote
possibility
of
war
n
:v.,un
in
effice.
.
irii.il
A!!;iirs
Minister
St.
Laurent
as
his
t
ii'
i
ban
ved
to
lean
towards
the
French-V'Ufc
will
influence
the
convention
dele-
to
three
days
of.
brisk
discussion
and
debate
during
which
the
delegates
will
iron
out
kinks
in
party
organization,
adopt
a
new-
Vancouver
Bralorne
7.00
B
R.
Con
02
B.R.X
09
Vi
Cariboo
Quartz
1.00
yt
A
"i
He
"'
a.-lersh:p,
Mr.
King
often
has
been
cri-r
.i.'id
for
his
quiet
method
of
government
hi
n.
...st
occasions,
a
flat
and
belaboring
-
m
the
hfat
of
debate.
Yet
despite
his
sup-
A
mercy
flight
made
by
Pilot
Bill
Cftoper
of
Skeena
Air
Transport
Wednesday
afternoon
brought
Lloyd
Vaughan,
23-year-old
salmon
fisherman,
to
hospital
here
from
Rennlston
Island,
near
Surf
Inlet,
suffering
burns
caused
by
a
boat
explo
t
m
Dentonia
01
Hedley
Mascot
.35
Minto
01!'2
Pend
Oreille
3.90
Pioneer
2.40
party
platform
and
select
a
leader
of
the
party
in
succession
to
Mr.
King.
Organization
and
platform
will
be
discussed
tomorrow
and
leadership
balloting
will
take
place
Saturday
afternoon.
AS
FOR
LEADERSHIP
Health
Minister
Paul
Martini
thnt
the
missing
French
seaplane
with
52
persons
aboard
had
been
found
in
the
South
Atlantic.
This
has.
however,
been
officially
denied.
The
six-enjrined
aircraft
was
lost
Sunday
en
route
to
French
West
Africa
-
jfti&Vksted
'
?
AIR
f
HKKMN
(ireat
Britain
and
the
United
States
stepped
tip
their
air
lift
to
Berlin
today
as
they
awaited
results
of
western
power
conferences
with
Russia
which
they
hope
will
result
in
the
lifting
of
the
Soviet
blockade
of
this
city.
The
Russians
announced
today
that
their
financial
blockade
of
Berlin
has
been
relaxed
for
the
present-
"MET"
IS
CANCELLED
NEW
YORK
The
internationally
famous
Metropolitan!
Opera
has
cancelled
plans
for
the
lilts-19
season
after
failing
to
reach
an
agreement
with
unicns
representing
the
employees-
Officials
tif
the
"Met,"
one
of
North
America's
most
distinguished
musical
organizations,
said
that
the
union
demands
could
not
be
met,
particularly
in
view
of
a
large
deficit
last
year.
Not
in
50
years
has
the
Metropolitan
missed
presenting
a
season
of
opera.
.
BIG
STORM
AT
BANFF
BANFF
Sections
of
the
Banff
Highway
were
washed
out
by
a
torrential
rain
and
thunderstorm
last
night.
Trains
were
delayed
for
two
hours.
The
storm
had
moved
in
from
Vancouver
where
much
damage
had
been
done
Tuesday
night.
sion.
'
tsianmr,
he
has
been
returned
to
office
-'
.v..
r,,
he
has
served
five
terms
as
prime
a
record
of
more
than
20
years
in
that
t
Canadian
mark
set
by
Sir
John
A.
Mac-mmMaith
record
established
In
the
18th
r
K.ib'
i
t
Walpole.
Vaughan,
whose
home
Is
at
today
reaffirmed
his
support
of
External
Affairs
Minister
L.
S
St.
Laurent
as
candidate
for
leadership
of
the
party.
As
a
result
of
Prime
Minister
King's
K
HER
BIRTHDAY
Queen
Elizabeth,
who
was
48
years
old
yesterday.
There
was
a
quiet
family
dinner.
support,
there
has
been
a
def-
(Continued
on
Page
3)
5ES
THL
WEATHER
Synipls
(Considerable
rain
it
a
ii.
rough-out
tlie
province
In
the
past
24
hours.
Both
Kamloops
and
Prince
George
report
amounts
in
excess
of
one
inch.
These
:i
mounts
are
usually
heavy
for
this
time
of
year.
The
weather
system
causing
these
condltlors
is
moving
slowly
eastward.
However,
the
air
over
the
province
continues
cool
and
moist
so
thr.t
only
a
slow
gradual
improvement
is
expected
In
conditions
through
tomorrow.
Harriet
Bay,
near
Powell
Rive,
received
burns
to
his
face
and
hands
when
his
glllnrt
boat
exploded
while
taking
on
fuel
ut
a
fishing
camp.
His
condition
was
said
this
morning
to
be
not
serious.
The
red-haired
Skeena
Air
Transport
pilot
received
the
emergency
call
while
at
Terrace
and
Immediately
headed
down
Kitimaat
Arm
to
Renniston
Island,
about
five
miles
from
Surf
Inlet.
There
he
found
Vaughan
with
painful
burns
and
the
charred
mast
of
his
boat
sticking
out
of
the
water
at
th?
wharfside.
He
bundled
Vaughan
and
a
First
Aid
attendant
into
the
plane
and
headed
for
Prince
Rupert.
In
an
effort
to
prevent
th?
spread
of
the
flames
other
fishermen
chopped
a
hole
in
the
hull
Celanese
Engineers
Here
To
Visit
Pulp
Mill
Site
DELIVERY
OF
LARGE
AMOUNTS
OF
STRUCTURAL
STEEL
AT
PORT.
EDWARD
TO
START
NEXT
MONTH
Two
of
Celanese
Corporation
of
America's
top
Payments
'
"
are
be-ity
treas-v
Workers
a
union
t'
calling
'""liUlOHS
Vancouver
'i'"iv.
as
".
i.rr
be.
1
PREMIER
IS
BEING
SUED
Liberal
Leader
In
Saskatchewan
Asks
$100,000
Damages
SASKATOON
CP
-
A
writ
ask
engineers
arrived
in
the
city
Wednesday
for
the
pur
chewan,
has
been
served
upon
Premier
T.
C.
Douglas.
Counsel
for
Mr.
Tucker
launched
the
action
against
Mr.
Douglas
'
on
May
12
for
damages
arising
out
of
a
speech
delivered
by
the
Premier
at
Rosthern
during
the
provincial
election
campaign.
The
writ
was
served
upon
the
Premier
yesterday.
Mr.
Tucker
alleges
he
was
slandered
by
Mr.
Douglas
during
the
Rosthern
speech.
''?
cm-ttie
Civic1
:v
he;',an
!
writ
this!
!y
to
ob-
i
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
today
and
Friday.
Wind
liKht.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday
Port
Hardy
50
and
62,
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert
50
and
63.
pose
of
viewing
first
hand
progress
on
the
cellulose
acetate
mill
site
at
Watson
Island
and
other
construction
work
comprising
the
foundation
for
what
will
be
this
area's
largest
single
industrial
project.
'
They
are
S.
B.
Roberts,
chief
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
:
17
Reeves
McDonald
.
1.75
Salmon
Gold
12
Sheep
Creek
1.18
Taylor
Bridge
.30
Taku
River
32
Vananda
30
Congress
0334
Pacific
Eastern
05
'4
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.02
Spud
Valley
09
Silbak
Premier
27
Oils
A.P.
Con
141
z
Calmont
40
C.
&
E
5.60
Foothills
2.80
Home
8.40
Toronto
Athona
.07'
2
Aumaque
16'.2
Beattle
56
V2
Bevcourt
33
Bobjo
10
Buffalo
Canadian
08
Consol.
Smelters
114.75
Con
west
1.25
Donalda
67
Eldona
130
East
Sullivan
2.70
Giant
Yellownife
4.45
God's
Lake
60
Hardrock
23
Haricanna
OS'-i
Heva
10!2
Hosco
38
Jacknife
04
Joliet
Quebec
38
Lake
Rowan
06'4
Lapaska
01U
Little
Long
Lac
71
U
Lynx
06
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.32
McKenzie
Red
Lake
35
McLeod
Cockshutt
92
Moneta
,
35
Negus
2.12
Noranda
49.75
Louvicourt
56
Pickle
Crow
1.90
Rcgcourt
.04'2
San
Antonio
3.40
Senator
Rouyn
46
Sherrit
Gordon
2.45
Steep
Rock
1.90,
Silver
Miller
.28
,
ing
$100,000
as
indemnity
for
damage
to
the
"reputation
and
credit"
of
Walter
Tucker,
leader
of
the
Liberal
party
of
Saskat
of
Vaughan's
boat.
It
sank
but,
not
before
considerable
fire
damage
had
been
done.
The
boat
was
owned
by
Vaughan
who
was
fishing
for
the
Canadian
Fishing
Company.
engineer
for
Celanese
Corporation,
and
C.
H.
Klotz,
engineer
A
of
New
York,
who
arrived
here
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert.
Both
are
accompanied
by
their
wives.
Mr.
Klotz
will
be
in
charge
Skeena
Air
Transport
plane
for
a
survey
of
the
area,
covering
the
region
where"
the
company
has
large
timber
tracts
to
supply
material
for
mill
operation.
Deliveries
of
the
vast
amount
of
structural
and
reinforcing
steel
for
the
mill
will
begin
In.
September,
Mr.
Roberts
said.
He
would
set
no
date
as
to
when
general
contract
for
the
work
Vancouver
Pact,
was
a
July,
"I
the
were
ne-v.hi)!e,
it
:'f
banned.
''ailed
for
icveis
of
if
civic
1
to
Van-''ril"n
of
li"!i-!a.vs.
'
ved
by
'
from
15
'"
!"r
all
of
the
plant.
OLDEST
DEFENCE
Hill-forts,
or
fortified
hill-tops,
are
among
the
most
ancient
type
"This
is
more
or
less
a
routine
Ocean
Falls
Boy
Winner
Of
Keknvna
Regatta
Aggregate
While
his
fellow
poolsman,
Alan
Gilchrist
was
not
having
such
good
luck
at
the
Olympics
in
London,
Jim
Portelance
of
Ocean
Falls,
Prince
Rupert
district
pulp
and
paper
community,
took
the
men's
junior
aggregate
honors
at
the
Kelowna
regatta
in
the
trip,"
Mr.
Roberts
said.
"We
are
of
defence,
and
their
remains
here
to
co-relate
our
engineering
numerous
In
the
British
Isles.
activities
in
Montreal
with
field
activities
here.
Things
are
pro
gressing
according
to
plan."
Mr.
Klotz
will
be
the
first
of
the
company's
New
York
en
Okanagan
yesterday.
BONES
FOUND
ARE
THOSE
OF
WOMAN
Human
bones
found
earlier
this
week
by
a
native
fisherman
on
the
beach
of
Oenn
Island
at
the
mouth
of
the
Skeena
River
are
those
of
a
woman.
Dr.
R.
E.
Colman,
provincial
pathologist
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Oen-eral
Hospital
has
determined
Provincial
police
are
still
trying
to
Identify
the
person.
Two
native
women
lost
their
lives
In
February,
1947,
when
a
small
boat
In
which
seven
people
were
travelling
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Port
Esslngton
capsized
in
the
Skeena
River
ice.
As
far
as
is
known,
no
other
women
have
been
reported
missing
in
this
area.
grease
J0
Pat
Whiteside
of
Vancouver
took
the
women's
junior
cost
trie
men's
and
women's
senior
aggregates
respectively.
The
Weather
Man
broke
a
32-
gineering
staff
to
take
up
residence
in
Prince
Rupert.
With
his
wife
and
two
young
sons,
Richard
and
Stephen,
he
will
come
here
very
shortly
to
re
DIGBY
WOMAN
FOUND
DEAD
The
body
of
Mrs.
Anna
Hansen
of
Dodge
Cove,
Digby
Island,
was
found
today
in
the
home
of
Hans
Mclby,
for
whom
she
was
housekeeper.
She
is
believed
to
have
died
while
resting.
Neighbors
who
entered
the
hous?
,
i
ha
lvinir
on
a
couch.
Pro-
would
be
let.
"I
am
not
at
liberty
to
tell
you
a
great
deal,"
he
commented,
"but
I
can
say
that
it
will
certainly
be
a
fine
mill
from
every
angle.
There
won't
be
another
like
it."
-
When
in
operation,
it
will
employ
350
men,
plus
many
more
in
the
woods.
One
of
their
interests
during
their
current
trip
is
the
water-supply
pipeline
which
will
run
from
Pond
Lake
to
the
mills:
te.
Two
speedy
American
splash-
,
vear
record
rielivprlncr
mn
ta(n
ers
capturea
rea
nuoons
ye..-
-
PES
in
uiree
aays
man
ine
amount
main
and
will
be
engaged
in
supervisory
engineering
work.
Other
technical
men
will
come
terday
as
the
forty-second
annual
Kelowna
regatta
ended
with
Old
Man
Weather
shattering
a
record.
which
fell
in
any
month
of
August
since
1916.
Competition
was
keener
at
Colowna
this
year
as
many
una
22
5
fen
20
7
fPPt
02
feel.
here
as
the
project
advances.
This
morning,
Mr.
Roberts,
Mr.
Klotz
and
George
Martin,
local
IOUMU
"-
j"'o
vlncial
police
are
attempting
to
get
in
touch
with
Mr.
Melby
who
is
believed
to
be
fishing
off
Banks
Island.
They
hope
to
adjust
final
plans
Dick
Campbell,
22,
Seattle,
and
Pacific
Northwest
athletes
are
Jean
Juniper,
20,
Spokane,
won
now'attending
the
Olympics.
superintendent,
took
off
In
a
for
its
construction.
4.8
feet
t