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Pacifie
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
295.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C
THURSDAY.
DECEMBER
18.
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
fen
r-
Pi'
&
HDD
A.
Su
lie
tiu
';
'
'11
ZERO
WEATHER
Step
Held
Necessary
To
IS
GENERAL
Below
zero
weather
has
been
Protect
Air
Lift
Plane
general
for
days
up
north,
according
to
the
reports.
Chief
of
the
cold
weather
points
is
Snag
BERLIN
(CP)'
French
forces
today
blew
up
the
In
Yukon,
where
thermometer
towers
of
the
Soviet-controlled
Radio
Berlin,
knock
VANCOUVER
FIRE
VANCOUVER
An
early
morning
fire
which
appeared
to
have
started
in
an
upstairs
paint
room
(
today
destroyed
the
top
storey
of
the
Columbia
i
Furniture
Co.
in
the
Mount
Pleasant
district
and
caused
considerable
damage
to
the
ground
floor.
Damage
is
estimated
at
$20,000.
:
,
SIMPLIFIED
TAX
FORMS
OTTAWA
The
Revenue
Department
today
introduced
to
Canadians
a
new
and
simplified
income
tax
form
which
it
is
said
will
be
used
by
3,000,000
of
3,500,000
individual
tax
payers
who
file
1948
returns.
The
new
form
is
a
pocket-size
folder
and
will
be
known
as
"Tl
Short
Form."
'
UNEMPLOYMENT
PROBLEM
ing
the
station
off
the
air.
The
Russians,
however,
has
hovered
around
69
and
70,
Mayo
has
gone
64,
while
Dawson
had
58.
Saskatoon
with
30
have
another
tower
outlet,
Germany's
old
Deutsch-
CITY
VOTERS
MOVE
TOWARD
POLLS
TODAY
MORNING
VOTE
LIGHT
Voting
this
morning
was
slow
at
the
civic
polling
station,
little
more
than
half
the
number
having
cast
ballots
dhan.
did
so
during
the
forenoon
of
last
(yearfc
election
dayw
At
11:36,
ISO
ballots
had
been
cast,
compared
with
256
for
the
same
period
in
the
1947
elections.
.
Prince
Rupert
voters
are
making
their
annual
trip
to
the
polls
today
to
select
for
the
corning
year
five
aldermen,
three
school
trustes
and
to
ex
below
has
been
the
coolest
land
sender,
20
miles
east
of
the
city.
Brigadier-General
Jean
Ganeval,
French
military
prairie
point.
Edmonton
regist
j
commander
of
Berlin,
said
that
ered
below
zero.
The
cold
wave,
joining
forces
with
the
winds
off
Muir
Glacier
made
regions
around
Juneau
and
Skagway
icy
WOULD
KEEP
ROAD
OPEN
enough.
Away
below
zero
was
I
IK)
ARRIVES
ON
FORLORN
HOPE-Flown
from
China
felt
practically
everywhere.
two
towers
had
been
demolished
by
the
French
forces.
The
station
was
not
on
the
air
at
the
time.
Ganeval
said
he
had
been
compelled
to
destroy
the
towers
because
they
were
a
"very
great
danger"
to
Allied
air
Uft
planes
coming
in
by
radar
to
the
new
Tegel
field
in
the
French
sector.
Prince
Rupert's
lowest
tem
perature
reading
overnight
was
22
above
at
7
a.m.
r,e
Chiang
Ka.-Shok,
wife
of
the
president
of
China
and
.mat
in
her
own
right,
is
shown
with
Admiral
John
Red-,,s
she
left
Moffett
Field,
San
Francisco,
in
an
automobile
arrival
en
route
to
Washington.
"Missimo"
bid
for
large
.mediate
aid
from
the
US.
government
in
China's
backfall
fight
against
Communist
forces.
Back
In
China
in
Special
Effort
to
be
-Made
to
Maintain
Winter
Access
as
Far
as
Tyee
Special
efforts
will
be
made
VANCOUVER
Attraction
of
British
Columbia's
mild
weather
for
prairie
and
Eastern
Canada's
jobless
is
becoming
a
problem
for
welfare
authorities
here.
They
have
established
a
clearing
house
to
feed
and
house
transients
who
hitch-hike,
ride
the
rods.
Welfare
officials
are
giving
beds
to
200
each
night
and
meals
to
many
more.
In
November
British
Columbia
had
20,000
jobless.
:
press
their
opinions
on
three
matters
of
public
Interest
in
L.tof
advancing
Communist
armies.
Generalissimo
Chiang
by
the
provincial
department
of
public
works
to
keep
the
high
plebiscites.
Office-holders
for
the
eight
way
open
throughout
the
win
m
i
HF'mi
w
ue
preparing
to
assume
personal
com-uf
the
defence
of
the
capital
of
Nanking,
while
the
gov-nt
dixcusMS
plans
to
take
refuge
in
Canton
and
Chung-
elvic
positions
will
be
selected
OLEO
IS
HOW
UP
TO
PROVINCES
from
17
candidates,
11
of
which
ter
from
Prince
Rupert
as
far
east
as
Tyee,
it
is
announced
at
the
office
of
the
Drovincial
de-
Profits
Not
Price
Factor
Canadian
Chamber
1'
urges
Realization
of
Danger
of
Inflationary
Trends
re
seeking
alder
manic
seats
and
six
for
School
Board.
There
are
eight
candidates
for
four
j
partment
of
public
works.
Ear-I
lier
in
the
week
the
road
had
LARES
ARCHITECT
FOR
NEW
BUILDINGS
two
-
year
aldermanic
terms,
tliree
for
the
single
one-year
110
SUBSIDY
FOR
SHIPS
Australian
Government
I'nable
(o
Give
Assistance
to
Malson
Line
OCEHCE
AWARD
MADE
TO
COL.
URQUHART
OTTAWA.
'.
Col.
H.
M.
Urqu-hart
D.S.O.,
67,
who
served
for
more
than
25
years
as
aidfc-d-camp
to
the
King
in
Canada,
has
been
made
a
Commander
of
OTTAWA,
Increased
pro
term
and
six
for
the
three
M'taool
trustee
positions.
No
Opposition
Being
Expressed
to
Manufacture
ia
B.
C.
So
Far
OTTAWA,
ffi
Canada's
provinces
are
todav
pondering
whether
to
take
steps
affecting
the
manufacture
and
sale
of
oleomargarine
within
their
own
borders.
:
On
business
In
connection
with
1'ieal
building
projects.
C.
W.
fits
have
mads
only
"insignifi
been
officially
announced
as
being
closed
for
the
winter
beyond
Galloway
Rapids.
Whether
or
not
it
will
be
poslble
to
kep
it
open
to
Tyee
will,
of
course,
depend
upon
weather
and
equipment
factors.
iiuilly
rira
kn
Case
of
cant"
contributions
to
higher
r
flits,
Charsed
White
of
the
firm
of
McCarter
Mid
Nairne,
Vancouver
archi
prices,
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
said
today.
UThe
polling
station
in
the
,fvic
.
Centre
auditorium
opened
at
8
o'clock
when
deputy
Retaining
Officers
passed
out
the
first
ballot
to
George
W.
Golds,
tects,
is
a
visitor
in
the
city.
He
CANBERRA,
The
govern
It
is
considered
especially
im
the
Royal
Victorian
Order,
)e
fence
Minister
Brooke
Claxton
ment
has
refused
dollar
subsidy
portant
that
the
road
should
arrived
on
the
Prince
George
yesterday
from
the
south
and
Is
returning
to
Vancouver
tonight.
tooth
School
janitor,
the
first
be
kept
open
as
fat
as
-Tyee
in
order
that
access
may
be
maiu-
In
a
brief
prepared
by
the
ex-1
ecutive
of
the
Canadian
Cham-!
ber
and
presented
to
the
prices
commission,
the
Chamber
argued
.thai.-
hishex
refits
jHuailted
mainly
from
larger
volume
of
t
inmate
YORK.
aIuc-i-
Hiss
.
union
nt
today
to
a
fcrie-d
jury'.s
charge
that
he
en
he
denied
giving
sec-"nmnt
papers
to
She
ex-M
5fnt;
"Whit
la
idictim
lit
Hpaiii.st
Hi.s.s
Second
voter
announced
yesterday.
Mr.
Clax-i
voter
of
the
day.
-$
J.
Dennis
Kerrlghan,
Civic
It
is
now
legal
to
make
and
sell
margarine
in
Canada
and,
unless
individual
provinces
move
to
bar
thf
.butter,,
substitute.,
..ItJs
expected
to
ko
on
'sale
early
nert
month.
,
.
The
attorney
general
of
Bri
tatued
.
to.
..thjt.JrgAh
.,,,a,C
centre
Caretaker.
Power
Co.'s
transmission
line.
ton
pid;
"There
has
not
bei:
a
day-m"
whifch
he
has
not
bsen
spending
himself
In
the
service
of
bis
country
in
war
and
In
peace"
-.
I
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thaln
is
An
earlier
start
on
clearing
of
again
acting
as
Returning
offi
eer
and
his
deputies
are
Mrs.
the
road
in
spring
through
the
F3ow
belt
beyond
Tyee
would
a
also
be
permitted.
tish
Columbia,
Hon.
Gordon
Wls-mer,
said
that
no
government
to
American
shipping
Interests
to
re-start
a
transpacific
shipping
service,
it
was
learned
tourt
Mattson
Navigation
Co.
of
San
Francisco,
owners
of
the
only
passenger
ships
between
Australia
and
the
United
States,
recently
told
the
Australian
government
that
they
were
considering
re-opening
trans
Pacific
service.
A
high
Australian
government
source
said
the
government
had
told
the
company
ouiciail
it
business.
.
The
Chamber
believes
that,
if
government,
labor,
industry
and
commerce
could
realize
the
present
price
spiral
is
dangerous
to
everyone,
the
result
would
be
to
"end
the
present
Inflationary
trend."
opposition
to
manufacture
of
S.
A.
Kielback,
Mrs.
H.
D.
Thain,
Jack,
Eastwood,
Mrs
L.
A.
McLean
and
Wrilliam
Long.
Only
candidates
present
when
the
polls
opened
were
Harry
M.
margarine
in
British
Columbia
BROUGHT
BACK
PRINCE
GEORGE
SAWMILL
BURNS
PRINCE
GEORUE
The
sawmill
of
TransCanada
Forest
Products
here
was
destroyed
by
fire
yesterday,
loss
being
placed
at
jr0.000.
Lumber
In
the
mill
yard
valued
at
$1,
COO
.000
was
saved
Tom
Martin
of
Vancouver,
one
rf
the
fire
fhrhters.
is
in
hosDl-
ko
far.
A
spokesman
for
the
British
Columbia
fisheries
mtnislnr
TO
ANSWER
iirmd
last
night
3$
a
ell
-1
and
13-month
Jury
probe
'
yi
communist
espionage.
!
r?
24
has
been
set
as
the
e
date
for
the
trial
or
"iwr
h!ihranking
policy
in
the
Department,
of
h""i,
set
at
$5,000.
char?id
on
two
orrjnry
eh
with
a
maximum
''
of
$2.nw)
fine
and
five
imwLsr.irwiit.
said
he
believed
the
making
of
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
League
Los
Anseles
6,
San
Francisco
4
New
Westminster
3,
Portland
1.
National
League
Chicago
5,
Detroit
1
Montreal
4,
Boston
2
New
York
3.
Toronto
1
margarine
would
stimulate
th
production
of
fish
oils.
'
Daggett
and
Henry
N.
Powell,
both
aldermanic
aspirants.
Scrutineer
George
Dawes
was
on
hand
and
T.
Norton
Youngs,
1
NP.A.
president,
appeared
a
few
minutes
later.
.
In
addition
to
electing
five
CHARGES
HERE
A
man
who
was
brought
back
from
Vancouver
yesterday
to
could
not
give
a
dollar
subsidy
to
Other
provincial
officials
have
made
no
statement
on
policy.
t;J
suffering
10m
the
effects
of
help
the
government
recoup
its
LANDO
IS
FINED
FOR
TAX
EVASION
VANCOUVER
The
Lando
Fur
Co.
here
was
fined
$6000
for
filing
false
tax
returns.
Plea
of
guilty
was
made
to
evading
taxes
amounting
to
$52,000
in
four
years.
smoke
and
fumes.
I
losses.
answer
to
charges
here
was
found
IS
DISABLED
aldermen
and
three
school
trustees,
city
voters
are
being
asked
to
express
their
opinions
as
to
whether
or
not
chlorina-
111
ATLANTIC
hiang's
Position
js
Betting
worse
tion
of
the
city
water
supply
Fishing
Vessel
Marjorin
Parker
in
Trouble
Off
Cape
Sable
-
HALIFAX,
m
The
Royal
guilty
in
city
police
court
this
morning
of
theft
and
of
failure
to
pay
a
board
bill.
Sentence
was
reserved
by
Magistrate
W.
D
Vance.
He
was
Thomas
Hudson,
who
was
taken
Into
custody
after
he
arrived
at
Vancouver
at
the
week-end
from
Prince
Rupert.
Constable
A.
L.
Rosslter
escorted
him
from
the
south.
He
was
charged
with
the
theft
of
a
coat
and
jacket
from
Glen
Wilson,
his
landlord,
and
with
Last
Port
Has
SPEED
BOAT
RACE
AGAIN
hi
Offim
Slaff
in
Mhht
should
be
continued;
whether
or
not
they
are
in
favor
of
the
proposed
$550,000
telephone
rehabilitation
plan
and
if
they
favor
setting
aside
one
mill
of
taxation
for
the
improvement
of
Roosevelt
Park
for
th
next
five
years.
Weather
during
the
voting
covered
the
.ground
to
a
depth
of
eight
inches
as
it
has
for
the
last
three
weeks
during
.
the
coldest
December
in
a
decade.
A
good
vote
is
anticipated
today
even
though
there
is
no
mayoralty
contest.
The
plebiscites
have
inspired
so
much
Canadian
Air
Force
today
reported
the
80
-foot
fishing
vessel
Mar-
lleclic
Christmas
Hush
iorie
Parker
"disabled
with
en
gine
trouble"
3D
miles
west
or
Cape
Sable
but
not
in
Janjfc.
period
was
clear
and
crisp
with
interest
that
it
is
expected
that
thev
will
be
answered
with
a
NEW
YORK,
th
The
famous
Ilarmsworth
race,
International
spceboat
competition,
will
probably
be
staged
next
year
for
the
first
time
in
10
years.
Canada
has
filed
a
challenge
for
the
trophy
which
was
won
repeatedly
by
Gar
Wood
of
Detroit
in
years
preceding
the
last
race
in
1933
The
Air
Fors.
said
that-a
tug
the
morning
temperature
rang
defrauding
Wilson
out
of
$50,
the
amount
of
the
board
bill
he
would
be
sent
to
tow
the
ship
substantial
vote.
ing
above
26
degrees.
Snow
Now
Been
Lost
Communists
Pouring
Into
Ancient
City
ofPeiping
P
EI
PING
(CP)
The
communists
swarme
d
over
the
suburbs
of
Pek
here.
Airmail,
he
says,
has
helped
considerably
In
reducing
the
sudden
pressure
on
the
staff
by
bringing
In
the
daily
loads
which
can
be
disposed
of
Immediately.
Wednesday's
airmail
was
a
record
325
pounds-three
times
the
normal
daily
amount.
Boat
and
train
mails,
on
the
owed
when
he
left.
It
Is
.not
known
how
many
per
Hudson
entered
a
plea
of
not
sons
are
aboard.
S
guilty
to
both
charges,
but
was
convicted
by
the
magistrate.
He
w'smcntPd
staff
at
Prince;
:s
iwt
offices
is
in
the
of
a
pre-Christtnas
mail
""Mi
will
keep
8
workers
lrum
now
until
Christmas
IS
literally
thousands
of
a'd
parcels
are
speeded
;li.iliuii!f
across
the
eon-
'toi'Miay
.saw
the
first
lim'up
ut
the
downtown
'"'ie
wicket
while
behind
'"'"tors,
more
than
a
score
Tks.
permanent
and
tcm-sorted
letters
and
par-
The
Marjorie
Parker
is
the
.:
TODAYS
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
t
td.
seventh
and
possibly
the
eighth
vessel
to
run
afoul
of
savage
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
vas
remanded
for
sentence
un
til
December
21.
,
Toronto
Subzero
weather
continues
over
other
hand,
despite
large
ac-1
cumulations
which
causes
feverish
work
to
sort
and
prepare
for
disposal.
Tuesday
night's
train
brought
in
a
parcel
post
DERAILMENT
ON
ALBERTA
LINE
ing
today,
rolling
toward
the
thick
arched
gates
of
this
ancient
city's
temples.
The
advance
of
the
Red
troops
was
reported
several
thousand
the
northern
and
central
interior
or
British
Columbia
with
Prince
George
reporting
36
be
lorth
Atlantic
storms
during
th
'ast
thrse
days.
:
.
Late
last
night
the
Royal
Can-tdian
Air
Force
said
they
had
-eports
that
an
Italian
ship
was
n
distress
but
today
no
further
ietails
were
available.
"
,
low
overnight,.
Cloudy
weather
EDMONTON
Main
line
traf
continues
over
the
southern
in
fic
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
was
interrupted
yes
torior
and
along
the
coast
and
there
have
been
widely
scatter
terday
by
the
derailment
of
or
more
than
320
bags,
while
on
Wednesday,
the
post
office
sent
out
more
than
300
bags
for
Canadian
and
other
American
points.
Most
of
it,
for
some
reason
or
other,
was
destined
for
Ontario.
"That
is
the
sort
of
co-opcra-
yards
inside
Peiplng's
northwestern
gate.
Nearby
points
fell
and
the
communists
took
over
Ycnching
and
Tsinghua
universities,
ap
Athona
12
Aumaque
1514
Beattie
48
Bevcourt
22
Bobjo
,
-13
Bufalo
Canadian
-19
Consul.
Smelters
127.35
Con
west
1-30
Donalda
52
Eldona
70
East
Sullivan
3.05
Giant
Yellowknire
4.60
God's
Lake
47
Hardrock
20
Harricana
08
'2
ed
snow
flurries
overnight.
How
fifteen
loaded
coal
cars
15f
miles
west
of
here.
Passengers
were
transferred
around
the
it
mm,
according
to
As-f
Postmaster
Russell
S.
Hi
volume
of
Christmas
is
approaching
its
peak,
15e
city
residents
are
mail-'"''st
amounts
of
outgoing
"s
and
parcels
;ind
at
the
tlm.
huge
amounts
of
in-"8
mail
are
being
dumped
1
trui
iiK
unci
boats,
ever,
some
clearing
is
expected
over
these
regions
today.
A
storm
moving
iisto
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
derailment.
Vancouver
Bayonne
:
.044
Bralorne
7.75
Bralorne
7.75
B.
R.
Con.
1
02
ri.
R..X.
08'i
Cariboo
Quartz
1.1
Congress
-
.03
edley
Mascot
39
Pacific
Eastern
.04
Pend
Oreille
..."
5.60
Pioneer
..
3.15
Premier
Border
02
Privateer
...
15
Reeves
McDonald
........
280
Reno
06
'
Sheep
Creek
156
Oils
'
Anglo
Canadian
3.90
A.
P.
Con
.21
Atlantic
(ask)
......i.
.92
Calmont
50
C.
Si
E
:.
5.80
Central
Lcduc
150
Home
1
12.50
NEW
DIRECTOR
XM
AS
GIFTS
ARE
FLYING
MONTREAL
Christmas
gifts
from
nearly
one
thousand
Canadian
families
are
winging
their
way
across
the
grey
Atlantic
today
In
a
Trans
Canada
,
Air
Lines
"North
Star"
to
gladden
the
hearts
of
relatives
uid
friends
at
many
points
In
Europe,
Including
the
British
Isles
and
France.
This
8,800-pound
shipment
Is
the
heaviest
all-
tliis
morning
was
expected
to
bring
strong
winds
and
snow
to
the
northern
coast
overnight
with
snow
flurries
spreading
Inland
and
down
the
coast
on
parently
without
mucn
opposition.
The
communists
have
isolated
Peiping
by
euttlna
all
railroads
leading
into
the
city.
The
nationalists
have
virtually
evor.
will
seene
bulk
of
the
outgoing
mail1
cleared
up,
then
the
starf
will
be
deluged
with
the
incoming
mass.
Next
Tuesday's
train,
Mr.
Schcrk
anticipates,
will
bring
in
the
greatest
volume.
Sorting
of
this
will
keep
all
hands
going
at
top
AIR
PUBLICITY
greatest
and
the
fairly
normnl
"
1m
suiri
5'
'0rk.
il
...-in
k'
n,
abandoned
two
airiiclds
ana
R.
C.
Mcliines
Appointed
to
Succeed
Walter
Thompson
Most
((...
1
iiDiiliiitr
there
arc
unconfirmed
reporus
that
the
government
has
iosi
MONTREAL
The
appointment
Tangku,
'port
of
ticsuumi.
.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast,
occasional
light
snow
flurries
this
morning.
Intermittent
rain
and
snow
commencing
this
evening
and
turning
to
snow
flurries
Friday
morn-inrt.
Winds
southeasterly
(15
m.
speed.
Overseas
mail,
which
was
cleaned
up
early
in
the
month,
was
about
the
same
as
last
year,
he
said.
'nn
the
whole,
it
seems
that
miles
east
mid
the
only
supply
port
for
North
China.
Heva
10
j
Hosco
18
'
Jacknife
Yz
.0'4
Joliet
Quebec
43
Lapaska
.08
'.i
Little
Long
Lac
73
Lynx
12',i
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.35
McKenzie
Red
Lake
32
McLeod
Cockshutt
89
Moneta
4
Negus
2-24
Noranda
54.00
Louvicourt
-37
Va
Pickle
Crow
3.10
Regcourt
052
San
Antonio
3.80
people
arc
mailing
earlier
this
fune
and
we
will
have
to
"y
with
a
flood
of
inconi-"lal1-
This
week,
however,
ule
getting
it
from
both
di-
'iiiv
"Uieless,
he
feels
that
WwiUhm
will
not
get
out
,''n
I"
addition
to
the
1
uiar
employees,
there
are
."ra
workers
and
these
will
My
by
four
more
tomor-;
making
the
total
at
the
post
office
.and
sta-
LOCAL
TIDES
gift
air
lift
yet
made
by.TJCA.
in
the
pre-Chrlstmas
rush
and
is
a
charter
flight
for'
the
Blrcham
Newton
Company.
It
coiysisted
of
hams,
turkeys
and
bacon.
So
far
this
month,
more
Uian
twenty
tons
of
food
parcels
have
travelled
to
the
United
Kingdom
and
France
on
Santa's
new
four-engined
sleighs.
of
R.
C.
Machines
as
director
of
public
relations
for
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
was
announced
yesterday
by
G.
R.
McGregor,
piesident
of
the
air
lines.
He
succeeds
Walter
S.
Thompson.
SUNBURY
-
ON
-
THAMES,
Middlesex,
Eng.
0)
A
fishmonger
found
a
swordfish
in
one
of
his
crates
of
herring.
year,"
Mr.
Schcrk
commented.
"That
is
the
sort
of
co-operation
we
like
to
see."
December
17,
1918
ph)
increasing
to
southeast
30
this
evening
and
becoming
southerly
(20
m.p.h
Friday
morning.
Milder
tonight.
Lows
overnight
and
highs
Friday
at
Friday,
High
Mercury
.17
Vt
Okalta
1.45
Paeific
Pete
2.60
"Princess
..."
.32
Royal
Canadian
,
.10
South
Brazeau
-18
2-10
19.1
feet
13-45
22.3
feet
p
th
d
of
this
winter
Bri
Massett
28-35.
8.3
feet
.
Port
Hardy
30-35,
Low
..
7:44
20:30
tain
will
have
spent
$36,000,000
1.66
feetjPnnce
Rupert
25-35.
on
the
Berlin
airlift.