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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
STAR
CABS
vuu
XXXVII,
No.
205.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C..
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
31,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
v
rlazelton
Children
Live
Jin
Fire
is
louring
Hollywood
Efforts
of
Mother,
CHICKEN
LAYS
Mrs.
David
4.
M
CAR
LOTTERY
CASE
ADJOURNED
TRIPLE-HEADER
Pratt,
Unable
to
Save
Xoungsters
A
charge
accusing
the
North
,
(fp)Marparet
Brain,
of
Prince
of
Vancouver's
Pacific
Id
Queen
n,
arrived
here
by
plane
Monday
,y
a
fellow-Canadian,
Alan
Young,
ern
British
Columbia
Agricul
tural
Association
of
conducting
a
lottery
was
formally
read
In
city
police
court
this
morning
and
the
case
was
remanded
ce
Rupert
girl
told
reporters
that
until
September
7,
or
earlier
Produce
Plagues
Wallace
During
Speaking
Tour
CHARLOTTE,
North
Carolina.
O)
Henry
Wallace's
campaign
through
the
southern
states
has
been
splashed
with
raw
eggs
and
ripe
tomatoes
and
today,
he
appeared
headed
for
new
segregation
troubles.
Wallace
Is
protesting
the
segregation
of
negroes
and
the
police
chief
here
has
promised
Jail
for
anyone
who
throws
anything
at
him
during
a
speech
from
the
courthouse
steps.
Yesterday,
when
tomatoes
flew
at
the
third
party
candidate,
he
asked,
"Am
I
in
J
PRINCE
GEORGE
A
sensation
was
caused
In
the
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
kitchen
on
Tuesday
when
the
cook
opened
an
egg
which
was
found
to
contain
three
good-sized
yolks.
"We
have
never
seen
anything
like
It
before,"
said
Cllve
Hosklns,
secretary
-treasurer
of
the
hospital.
The
egg
Is
a
local
one,
supplied
by
E.
Gustafson.
In
order
to
satisfy
the
sceptics,
it
is
being
preserved
in
the
frig.
trip
and
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
The
charge
was
read
to
T.
Canada,
of
the
she
had
Norton
Youngs,
President
of
B.C.
COMPANIES
PACKING
TUNA
FLOODS
RISE
IN
FRASER
VALLEY
VANCOUVER
0)
Residents
of
Hatzlc
Prairie,
35
miles
east
of
here,
are
fighting
rising
waters
of
the
Fraser
River
for
the
third
time
since
spring.
Already,
100
cows
have
been
evacuated
and
several
families
in
the
path
of
the
surging
water
are
preparing
for
a
trek
to
(Special
to
the
Daily
News)
HAZELTON
Three
children
lost
their
lives
and
their
mother
was
badly
burned
in'a
rescue
attempt
when
;
fire
destroyed
,
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
David
Pratt,
residents
of
the
Two-Mile
district
near
here
early
this
morning.
Dead
are
three
of
the
five
Pratt
children,
Beryl,
13;
Gordon,
4,
and
Peggy,
V.
The
two
other
children
escaped
apparently
unharmed,
although
Mrs.
Pratt
was
badly
burned
in
her
efforts
to
rescue
her
children.
The
house
and
contents
were
completely
destroyed.
They
were
not
covered
by
insurance.
Mr.
Pratt,
a
truck
driver,
was
away
when
the
fire
broke
out.
the
Association,
who
appeared
as
its
representative
in
court.
A.
Bruce
Brown,
counsel
for
the
irtlst,
she
Association
was
granted
an
ad
journment
without
plea
on
grounds
that
Rod
MacLeod,
counsel
for
the
Crown,
was
un
able
to
be
in
court.
laughter
Brain.
Bowron.
md
the
ion.
The
case
arose
from
the
man
Reds
Boycott
Burma
Parliament
RANGOON
0
The
sixth
ses
ner
in
which
the
Northern
B.
C
higher
points
as
prolonged
rainfall
caused
the
river
to
rise
more
than
a
foot
In
24
hours.
Water
has
begun
to
show
on
the
flats
at
Mission
and
Mat-squi
in
the
Fraser
Valley.
Agricultural
Association
dis
VANCOUVER
British
Col-!
umbla
fish
companies
are
busy
:
canning
albacore,
a
variety
of
tuna
fish,
for
the
United
State
I
market
as
a
result
of
this
year'
unexpectedly
heavy
run
of
tuna
i
In
British
Columbia
waters,
j
Ordinarily,
tuna
has
been
canned
exclusively
on
the
west
coast.
I
(Tuna
landings
at
Prince
Rupert
since
the
first
boat
ar-
'
rived
here
on
August
18
have
been
600,000
pounds,
a
greater
!
amount
than
the
whole
of
last
i
vear's
Canadian
catch.
The
posed
of
a
1948
Chrysler
car
In
sion
of
the
Burma
Parliament
connection
with
the
Civic
Cen
COUPLE
ATTACKED
opened
today
Inside
a
barbed
tre
carnival
last
week.
The
wir
barricaded
building
of
the
govern
ment
secretariat,
the
Crown
contends
that
the
car
WEST
GERMAN
DELEGATES
MEET
BONN,
Germany
0)
Delegates
from
western
Germany
headed
today
for
this
Rhine
BY
NATIVE
MEN
BERLIN
MILITARY
LEADERS
MEET
BERLIN,
0)
The
military
governors
of
the
Big
Four
powers
met
today
to
begin
discussions
toward
working
out
was
raffled
illegally.
scene
last
year
of
the
assassl
naUon
of
Prime
Minister
U.
Aun
The
vehicle
went
to
J.
Man-son,
of
Cumshewa
Inlet,
holder
of
a
$1
ticket
which
was
drawn
An
attack
by
a
group
of
men
was
reported
to
the
San
and
his
cabinet.
Little
more
city
despite
heated
.Russian
than
half
the
225
members
at
consent
of
other
ticket
city
police
early
this
morning
with
tended
the
session,
which
was
Haiton,
'
fish
is
being
sent
south
by
re-respnn-
j
frigerated
rail
cars
and
boats
opposition
to
the
formation
of
a
western
German
government.
Task
of
the
parliamentary
council
.convening
tomorrow
boycotted
by
the
Communists.
MOTORIST
FOUND
DEAD
ON
ROAD
The
body
of
a
man
believed
to
be
Murray
A.
Mackenzie,
employee
of
a
Vancouver
wholesale
hardware
firm
,was
discovered
Monday
afternoon
near
Shames,
70
miles
east
of
Prince
Rupert
In
a
car
beside
the
I
'
Skeena
River
highway.
According
to
a
police
report,
for
canning.
I
.dcaster.
settlement
of
the
east-west
struggle
for
Berlin.
ROMANCE
MAY
Club
picture
will
be
to
agree
on
a
constitution
for
the
British,
American
ARABS
SHELL
JERUSALEM
holders
in
the
Civic
Centre
aud-!
itorium
at
mi
..light
Saturday.
Fate
of
the
car,
If
the
prosecution
is
upheld
is
not
known,
but
it
is
believed
that
the
finding
of
the
court
may
not
affect
its
present
ownership
status.
Mr.
Manson
has
intimated
that
he
will
arrive
in
the
city
from
Aero
Camp,
Moresby
Isl
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Kay
Moore,
proprietors
of
a
Sixth
Street
dress
shop,
as
they
were
about
to
step
into
a
taxi
in
front
of
a
Third
Avenue
cafe.
They
reproted
that,
as
they
approached
the
taxi,
a
native
man
apparently
drunk,
accosted
Mrs.
Moore.
As
her
husband
stepped
up
to
protect
her,
END
IN
CANADA
has
two
is
"Ivr-
and
French
zones,
leaving
the
door
open
to
Russia
to
participate.
'
JERUSALEM
Oi
Arabs
shell
m
the
ed
a
section
of
the
Jewish
Mea
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:tre
of
Shearln
quarter
of
Jerusalem
a
rubber
hose
line
was
attached
LONDON
0i
Canada
may
be
the
future
home
of
Ronald
Mac-Ewen
and
his
prospective
bride
and
Israeli
positions
In
the
Dier
to
the
exhaust
pipe
of
the,
car,
leading
into
the
rear
seat.
Abu
suburb
of
the
Holy
City
and,
tomorrow
to
claim
the
car.
if
the
course
of
true
love
runs
NAVAL
LAB
ON
.(fflS
of
the
&
the
j
at
Mr.
!
The
case
may
come
before
smooth.
September
7
by
consent
of
during
the
night,
an
official
Israeli
source
announced.
No
casualties
were
reported.
Wedding
bells
have
yet
to
rlm$
PACIFIC
COASL
counsel.
'
for
MacEwen
and
his
Swiss
sweetheart,"
Katharina
Schur
war
i
I'Mt
.9,
Tiwv
,
mann,
for
whose
sake
he
gave
VICTORIA,
0
Dr.
Frederick
Sanders,
who
spent
his
youth
REFUGEES
TO
BE
ADMITTED
HERE
where
the
man
was
found.
The
body
was
discovered
at
2:30
Monday
afternoon
by
C.
L.
M.
Giggey,'
Terrace
sawmill
operator,
who
spotted
the
car
in
the
bush
at
the
roadside.
Mackenzie,
a
Vancouver
man,
was
said
to
have
visited
In
Prince
Rupert
last
week,
leaving
Thursday,
apparently
to
return
to
the
southern
city.
British
Columbia
police
at
up
his
job
and
hitch-hiked
Frts.
but
he
was
set
on
by
a
group
oi
about
20
other
native
men.
Mr.
Moore
gave
a
good
account
of
himself
,10
-the
melee
that
followed,
but
before
it
was
over,
most
of
his
clothing
had
been
ripped
off.
Mrs.
Moore's
coat
was
torn.
The
original
attacker
was
scratched
about
the
face
by
Mrs.
Moore
as
she
defended
herself.
The
attackers
dispersed,
but
Canada
Riding
Immigration
Crest
across
Europe.
When
they
do
HAliFAXX
!
Most
of
Hali
"perhaps
we
shall
go
to
Can
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winKsne
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Mascot'
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Oreille
3.90
Pioneer
2.40
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Border
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Privateer
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Reeves
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Gold-
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Creek
1.12
fear
t
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as
xr
.'dence
oi
sation."
before
aid
cfimc
Terrace
are
investigating
the
in
Victoria,
has
returned
home
from
Ottawa
to
set
up
a
naval
research
laboratory
for
the
National
Defence
Research
Board.
For
him,
the
entire
Canadian
Pacific
coast
will
be
a
gigantic
oceanographic
laboratory,
with
his
problems
centred
mainly
around
underwater
detection
and
communication.
t
Before
he
can
solve
the
prob
a
L'ni-!
fatality.
ada
together."
MacEwen,
31,
set
out
for
Geneva
with
only
5
($20)
in
his
pocket
when
he
heard
that
Katherina,
20,
might
have
changed
her
mind
about
him
and
decided
to
marry
a
fellow-countryman.
He
and
the
Swiss
(Continued
on
Jage
3)
with
the
arrival
of
the
city
police,
one
man
was
taken
into
custody.
OTTAWA
0
The
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
says
that
Canada
is
riding
the
crest
of
the
biKgest
immigration
wave
since
1930
and
soon
will
have
a
population
of
13,000,000,
possibly
by
October.
At
June
1,
the
population
was
12,883,000,
an
increase
in
the
year
of
301,000.
The
bureau
said
that
most
of
the
immigrants
are
going
to
Ontario,
but
added
that
British
Colum-
fax's
104
Estonian
and
Latvian
would-be
Immigrants
who
sailed
independently
from
Europe
in
small
boats
are
in
good
condition,
it
was
learned
today.
The
refugees
from
Communism
have
taken
new
hope
from
an
Ottawa
announcement
that
a
similar
group
in
Quebec
'would
be
formally
admitted
to
Canada
today.
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SLAVS
REPORTED
SOUTHERLY
ONLY
At
the
North
Pole
all
winds
blow
south.
Taylor
Bridge
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River
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Premier
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QUEBEC
TORIES
NON-COMMITTAL
Tenders
For
Port
Edward
Pulp
bia
is
the
fastest-growing
prov-
INTERNING
GREEK
SHIP
Schuman
National
"
him
as
if
agreed
"Si
a
new
"he
latest
expressed
(mid
get
'
from
To
Be
Called
By
Sept.
30
MONTREAL,
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Progress
Oils
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Plans
and
specifications
of
the
250-ton
capacity
pulp
mill
to
be
constructed
in
connection
with
the
$250,000,000
development
at
Watson
Island,
Port
Edward,
are
being
completed
by
Stadler,
Hurter
and
Company,
consulting
engineers
of
1117
St.
Catherines
Toronto
TIST
ive
ConservaUves
in
Quebec
have
not
promised1'
support
to
any
candidate
for
party
leadership,
Ivan
Sabourin,
party
leader
for
Quebec,
said
today.
Immediately
after
the
announcement
at
a
party
caucus.
Mr.
Sabourin
said
that
should
Premier
George
Drew
of
Ontario
accept
the
nomination
for
John
Bracken's
former
post,
he
"would
carry
the
convention
as
he
would
the
next
general
election."
He
stressed
that
every
delegate
should
remain
Street
West,
Montreal.
FEET
TITO
TIGHTENS
ANTI-RUSS
POWER
LONDON,
0
Reports
reaching
here
today
said
that
Premier
Tito
had
tightened
his
grip
on
Yugoslavia
by
promoting
to
greater
power
its
trusted
governmental
and
party
lieutenants,
Eduard
Kardelj
and
Alexander
Rankovlc.
Both
were
singled
out
with
Tito
by
the
Russian
cominform
as
arch
foes
of
the
Moscow
party
line
in
Yugoslavia.
y
lems,
though,
he
must
study
complicated
variations
of
underwater
temperatures,
currents
and
degrees
of
salt
concentration.
Many
of
his
experiments
will
take
him
to
sea
on
board
naval
craft,
but
most
of
his
work
will
be
at
a
shore
laboratory
in
the
dockyard
at
Esquimau,
B.
C.
As
yet,
he
has
no
equipment
"except
three
typewriters
and
a
lot
of
paper,"
but
two
buildings
will
be
at
his
disposal
for
the
installation
o
f
laboratory
equipment.
"It
was
felt
Esqulmalt
was
so
strategically
placed
as
regards
sheltered
waters
and
good
weather
all
year
around,
that
it
was
decided
to
establish
a
naval
laboratory,"
said
Dr..
Sanders.
"Our
primary
job
you
might
call
underwater
physics.
We
would
like
to
know
how
sound,
magnetism,
electrical
disturbances,
and
so
on,
act
under
water."
Official
name
of
the
establishment
will
be
Defence
Research
Pacific
Naval
It
is
expected
this
phase
of
the
project
will
be
ready
for
ten
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fx
thous-
Ont.;
turbines,
Worthington
der
invitation
about
September
30.
There
Is
to
be
a
lump
sum
RED
FIGHTERS
ATHENS,
0i
Newspapers
said
today
that
Yugoslavia
has
started
interning
guerrillas
of
Markos
Vafiades
as
they
flee
before
the
Greek
army's
drive.
If
it
is
true,
this
is
another
Yugoslav
defiance
of
Moscow
as
a
result
of
cominform
attacks
on
Yugoslav
Communist
leaders.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
storm
which
moved
inland
over
the
Northern
B.
C.
coast
during
the
night
has
abated
appreciably
this
morning
but
is
still
moving
slowly
south
along"
the
coast.
Unsettled
weather
is
expected
to
be
general
over
much
of
the
province
during
the
next
24
to
48
hours.
Light
rain
Is
likely
to
spread
to
the
southern
coastal
areas
dur
Munday
peze
art-
a
plank
5
part
of
Exhibition.
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Wellsvllle,
N.Y.;
steam
generating
units,
650-pound
pressure,
Foster
Wheeler
Company,
Limited,
81
Eastchester
Street,
St.
Catherines,
Ont.;
power
wiring.
Northern
Electric
Co.
Ltd.,
150
Robson
Street,
Vancouver;
unit
substations,
Canadian
West-inghouse
Co.
Ltd.,
355
Burrard
Street,
Vancouver;
structural
steel
and
reinforcing
steel,
Dominion
Bridge
Co.
Ltd.,
275
West
First
Avenue,
Vancouver.
contract.
Owner
Is
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd.,
Standard
Building,
Vancouver,
subsidiary
of
American
Celanese
Corporation,
New
York.
Seven
important
trade
awards
have
recently
been
announced,
as
follows:
Cement
supply,
B.C.
Cement
Company,
Limited,
Saanich
Inlet,
B.C.;
outside
water
tank,
OW
CREW
OF
WRECKED
KETCHIKAN
FISHING
BOAT
FOUND
AFLOAT
KETCHIKAN
Survivors
of
the
Alaskan
seine
boat
Rustler
which
sank
off
Prince
of
Wales
Island,
90
miles
north
of
Ketchikan
last
night
were
spotted
in
their
tiny
open
boat
this
morning
and
rescuers
speeded
toward
their
aid.
The
Rustler,
owned
by
the
Nakat
Fish
Packing
company,
radioed
last
night
f
.Gustav
I
archivist,
he
age
of
r.
Solriioi'
100.000
gallons,
Horton
Steel
ing
the
afternoon
and
to
reach
the
lower
mainland
this
evening
while
the
central
and
nor
Snnrt..
Ood's
Lake
54
Hardrock
24
Harrlcana
06
Vi
Heva
12
Hosco
.33
Jackntfe
.04
Vi
Joliet
Quebec
A
Lake
Rowan
..
07
Lapaska
.05
LUtle
Long
Lac
.76
Lynx
09
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.47
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.33
McLeod
Cockshutt
95
Moneta
.35
Negus
2.20
Noranda,
48.50
Louvicourt
63
Pickle
Crow
1.95
"d
35,000
lures
of
i
thern
Interior
areas
will
experience
shower
activity
during
the
day.
Variable
cloudiness
will
extend
over
the
southern
interior.
There
is
litle
Indication
of
much
improvement
in
the
that
she
was
sinking
ana
mai
HUKKICAINt,
PER
out
In
a
her
crew
was
putting
BY-PASSES
SEND
Ben
small,
outboard-powered
boat
to
ride
out
the
storm.
Number
of
crew
men
was
not
given.
Lntt
WW-;
4
"e
Arab
1
'
unrin,
immediate
future.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Intermittent
rain
over
Northern
Vancouver
Island
and
the
northern
mainland
this
morning
with
showers
over
the
remainder
of
the
area.
Cloudy,
with
showers
over
the
entire
area
this
afternoon.
Cloudy
to
4...
.
'
'"V
'
.
...
...
EAST
COAST
HATTERAS,
North
Carolina,
(("Tropical
hurricanes'
threat
to
the
Carolina
and
Virginia
coasts
diminished
today
as
the
disturbance
moved
back
to
sea.
This
battcned-down
area
however,
is
still
endangered
by
winds
and
pounding
seas
at
the
edge
of
the
curving
hurricane
path.
The
coastline
expected
gales
late
today
ranging
up
to
...
u
Kt
fh
Kt.nrm
mm?:!
Hi
Regcourt
04
Vi
San
Antonio
335
Senator
Rouyn
45
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.35
Steep
Rock
1.90
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
32
Vi
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Wednesday,
September
1.
1948
Planes
and
sunace
crmu
'responded
to
a
broadcast
appeal
and
began
to
search
the
area.
A
plane
glimpsed
the
tiny,
pitching
boat
and
reported
its
.position.
Coastguard
planes
and
private
boats
Vook
part
in
the
search.
Measwhile,
two
other
Ketchikan
boats
which
had
grounded
In
the
storm
near
Annette
Island
were
refloated
this
mnrn-i
fv,ou
wpre
the
55-foot
tN
night
and
Wednesday.
Winds
southeasterly
(25)
shifting
to
southwesterly
(20(
during
the
morning.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Low
tonight
and
lr
militia
mnt
be-ch
today
Zygmunt
?
i
l
in
mi
nn
huuj,
w
high
tomorrow,
at
Port
Hardy,
49
and
60;
Masse
tt,
45
and
60;
Priiice
Rupert,
47
and
60.
foot
now
is
believed
to
be
generally
ARTIST
PROJECTION
OF
WATSON
ISLAND
MILL
M'Gh
12:10
18.6
feet
Low
5:50
2.7
feet
17:59
6.9
feet
packer
Bellboy
and
the
60
vessel
Karen.
.
.
over.
.....