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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PKOHE
81
VOL'.
XXXVIII,
No.
53.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MARCH
4,
1949
PRlfcE
FIVE
CENTS
so
a
Ml-
ihwav
d
n
Pro
mice
iy
Rejects
Russia,
Joins
West
Ion
-Aggression
MINER
KILLED
AT
TULSEQUAH
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.
,
olidly
Rebuffed
Provincial
Government
To
Take
Over
2.61
Miles
Of
Streets
In
This
City
Road
Reconstruction
Between
Here
and
Port
Edward
and
Kitwanga
$30,000,000
Program
VICTORIA
(CP)
Outlining
a
$30,000,000
program
of
highway
construction
in
the
Legislature
today,
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works,
announced
that
the
government
will,
for
the
mcit
part,
take
over
existing
primary
highways
on
an
arterial
classification.
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
minister
Jarliament
of
Norway
yesterday
re-
TULSEQUAH
A
fire
at
this
northern
mining
,
settlement
destroyed
a
mine
bunkhouse
and
cost
the
life
of
one
man
recently.
Other
mine
workers
received
bums.
The
dead
man
was
Gordon
Phillips,
a
Vancouver
miner.
foposal
for
a
non-aggression
pact
by
nly
Communists
favoring
the
ill,
to'
join
and
take
part
in
the
North
talks
in
Washington.
The
Nor-ior
to
the
United
States
will
head
(iul)iis.saclur
HERDS
ADJUSTED
irparlment
I
fur
pre-1
TO
FOOD
SUPPLY
I'EATH
KKNTKNCK
ASK1
SOI
IA
Death
N,.iit..e
,,
the
four
leaders
of
fiftern
Protestant
clergymen,
rhargrd
with
treason
and
other
offences,
was
asked
by
the
prosecution
today.
MRS.
HOOS1V
1
1
1
AKKI
V
I
S
VANCOI
;vi;R
Mrs.
Iraiikli.-a
I".
Roosevelt
is
paying
a
visit
lo
Vancouver.
She
arrived
by
plane
which
was
an
hour
late.
'
l
announced,
the
route
commenc-
Housing
Up
To
Provinces
ing
at
the
southeast
municipal
NOMINATIONS
ARE
DEFERRED
gnmiUcr,
ol
nt
recom-1
luining
i
j.iiuiite
dis-
Balanced
Wild,-Life
Program
Benefits
National
Park
EDMONTON,
V)
Alberta's
Hanff
ad
Jasper
national
parks
are
shoving
the
benefits
from
a
program
of
wild
-life
management,
designed
to
ensure
a
proper
balance
between
the
elk
Malcmrnt
Made
by
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
In
Speech
Last
Night
II
I
II
II
I
M
M
N
I
II
I
4MH
6
Naming
of
Candidates
Soon
to
be
Considered
by
Local
C.C.F.
boundary
of
the
city
along
Shawatlans
road
to
Frederick,
Street,
then
northwest
on
Frederick
Street
to
Eleventh
Avenue,
westerly
along
Elventh
Avenue
and"
the
Prince
Rupert
Boulevard
to
McBride
Street
and
northwesterly
on
McBride
to
Second
Avenue
-will
be
classified
as
an
arterial
highway.
The
length
of
the
highway
is
to
be
classified
as
2.61
miles.
The
department's
plans,
the.
minister
disclosed,
call
for
reconstruction
of
the
highway
OTTAWA
it
-
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
Laurent
said
last
night
JION.
C.
D.
HOWE
IN
NEWFOUNDLAND
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
Canadian
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
is
shown
here
as
he
addressed
the
40th
annual
meeting
of
the
Newfoundland
Board
of,
Trade
in
St.
John's.
,
,
Owing
to
the
absence
from
population
and
the
carrying
capacity
or
the
natural
park
ranges.
"
that
the
federal
government
was
HI
ome
not
hiding
behind
the
Constl-ution"
to
avoid
taking
the
In
The
ranges
themselves
have
i
shown
general
improvement
and
lire
animals
themselves
are
in
the
city
of
the
president,
George
Hills,
and
other
leading
members
of
the
party,
the
Prince
Rupert
C.C.F.
Club,
at
a
regular
meeting
earlier
this
week,
carried
out
only
routine
businesT
and
deferred
consideration
of
MANY
FRENCH
ARE
EXECUTED
House
Was
Boisterous
itiative
in
solving;
the
housing
problem.
In
an
address,
the
Prime
Minister
forecast
Increased
federal
Sfeniii
from
Prince
Rupert
to
industrial.
important
matters
such
as
the
Port
Edward
and
a
section
of
OTTAWA
-i
Out
ol
140,000
i
many
-1
nc
1
Frenchmen
charged
with
colla
wminission
OTTAWA
A
boisterous
and
fine
condition.
One
of
the
main
features
of
the
management
program
this
winter
has
been
reduction
of
the
increased
elk
herds
by
carefully
controlled
(daughters.
The
slaughters'
'
were
made
necessary
by
increases
in
elk
herds
to
the
point
where
they
nomination
of
candidates
in
the
approaching
federal
and
provincial
elections.
George
Ail
CN
R.
t
I.KARII)
VANCOUVER
Canadian
National
Railway
line,
blocked
by
a
washout
at
Boothroyd,
150
miles
-cast
of
here,
was
cleared
today.
No
new
slides
are
reported
in
I'raser
Canyon
although
motor
traffic
is
still
being
convoyed
by
day.
ATWARTI
K
KKNT
DIES
HOLLYWOOD
Atwaler
KfivA,
former
well
known
radio
manufacturer,
died
here
today
at
the
rc
of
seventy-five
years.
t
bio
i:nck
m
ik.it
LONDON
The
hritish
House
uf
Commons
yesterday
approved
a
defence
budget
of
J3,00,MtO,(MH,
H
was
necessary,
said
Ei.
Ilou.
A.
V.
Alexander,
secretary
for
defence,
to
be
able
lo
meet
any
emergency
as
lung
as
Russia
held
a
veto
on
peace
and
security.
aid
lor
provincial
and
municipal
housing
projects.
Under
the
constitution,
the
housing
problem
fulls
within
provincial
Jurisdiction,
Mr.,
8L
the
highway
in
the
vicinity
of
Kwlnitsa
west
of
Hazelton.
A
,
total
of
$4,035,000
will
be
(or
Moscow
boration
with
Germany,
following
the
Second
World
War,
600
vcre
executed
said
Francisque
at
times
unruly
House
of
Commons
yesterday
heard
Transport
Minister
Lionel
Chcvrier
declare
Swirl
bov-
rfarenn
fVo
viin.nrfiairlpnt
wnc
i
in
the'
chair
in
the
absence
of
sPent
on
construction
Uir
win.:
.
itnls
year.
Road
maintenance
lH.kl.nf.
j
Laurcnl
said.
1
.:ii
u
t
..-.a
i
nrui
nnn
thai
the
future
of
Canada's
mer-
Gay,
French
ambassador,
speak-chanl
marine
was
still
uncertain.,
ing
to
members
o
the
Jurists'
"There
are
so
many
factors
Association
here;
'
were
over-using
their
looa
sup
1.1
iaiMied,
mil
to
leave
There
is
nothing
to
indicate
wm
oc
..uvuv,
to
$8,500,000
and
$5,000,000
will
member
but
that
the
sitting
will
be
renominated
by
the
be
marked
to
finance
com-
nurt.v
Vipi-rh
o
Archibald,
mencement
of
work
on
the
Of
140.000
accusal
persons
HIS
HURTS
NOT
SERIOUS
:
involved
that
it
is
impossible
to
!
giw
an
accurate
estimate
of
the
j
I
tnpj
sue
of
the
future
Cvnv
Ui
n
I
hey
t
t-t
'
Ttitic
'.an
erf
a
H
nnwou
federal-mtraber,
and
W,
'jei.
ulilitlcb
37.000
had
immediately
been
released
Irom-
custody
after.
.their
cases
had
been
properly
'
Mr"
Carson'
said
that"
John
Brett,
provincial.
tinm
Hag
tleel,
'
unevricr
sum.
"It
must
depend
upon
the
pat
n-A
jiro-o:t
but
tern
of
world
trade
ana
tne
in-
0ut
of
a
tota!
of
tu3.(K)0,
'j,b'J0
j
Hart
Highway
has
been
com-I
pleted
for
a
distance
of
44
miles,
I
leaving
a
ap
-of
76
miles
for
j
completion.
,
plies,
threatening
starvation
to
themselves
and
permanent
reduction
of
the
carrying
capacity
of
the
natural
ranges.
"
The
slaughters
are
controlled
as
to
numbers,
location,
sex,
age
and
condition
of
the
animals.
There
Is
no
wastage
of
meat
involved.
Meat
and
hides
are
turned
over
to
the
Indian
.Affairs
department,
the
former
to
he
used
for
food
by
needy
Indians
and
the
latter
for
work
in
leather
crafts.
genuity
of
Canadian
operation-
were
sejllenccd
lo
death.
Eveiv
i
i
the
uro-
PUBLIC
WORKS
FOR
WORKLESS
The
government
would
not
Abe
Quinn
wf
Prince
George,
who
had
the
experience
of
being
buried
In
a
snowsllde
near
Kwinltsa
and
wlio
was
soon
dug
clear,
received
prompt
attention
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
He
was
dtseharg-
'
r
Ui
leave
OTTAWA
The
House
of
Commons
was
Informed
this
week
that
"In
the
event
of
serious
unemployment"
in
Canada,
pub
'
ed
about
an
hour
after
arrival
j
yesterday
afternoon
and
was
able
to
take
&
stroll
during
tlm
tually,
only
600
paid
he
extreme
penalty.
A
large
majority
had
been
found
guilty
"in
absentia"
and
had
-not
been
heard
of
or
seen
since.
"Justice,"
saw
t.ne
ambassador,
"has
been
rendered
with
equity
and
dignity
in
my
native
land.
It
is
true
that
17.000
persons
were
executed
during
the
French
revolution,
but
France
was
not
occupied
at
that
time."
Union
Bill
Approved
N
w
foiimiland
Confederation
House
of
Commons
LONDON,
Q
The
British
North
America
bill
to
legalize
union
between
Carioda
and
Newfoundland
will
be
gWen
for
lic
works
projects
would
occupy
32,700
persons
within
six
months.
The
information
was
in
reply
to
questions
asked
by
M.
J.
Cold-well,
leader
of
the
C.C.P.
evening,
jus
nuns
were
conim-ed
to
superficial
cuts
and
abrasions
with
no
Internal
Injuries.
Meantime
the
bulldozer
with
Likes
Over
Secretary
subsidize
a
merchant
fleet,
the
miinr.ler
asserted.
"Mr.
Chcvrier
denied
thai
foreign
vessels
were
plying
into
the
Canadian
coastal
trade
to
the
detriment
of
Canadian
shipping
The
minister
of
transport
Also
referred
to
British
Columbia's
application
for
a
removal
of
the
mountain
differential
on
freight
rates
to
the
Pacific
coast
and
said
that
the
removal
of
the
differential
would
mean
higher
rates
elsewhere
in
Canada
including
the
transcontinental
rate's'.
-
Objection
was
taken
by
Progressive
-
Conservative
members
CPA.
MOVES
TO
COAST
.
WINNIPEG,
((It
Transfer
ol
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
operation
and
maintenance
headquarters
for
Western
Canada
from
Winnipeg
to
Vancouver
was
confirmed
yesterday.
It
means
an
annual
payroll
loss
for
Winnipeg
of
nearly
$500,003.
The
move
is
made
because
of
the
inauguration
of
the
Trans-Pacific
service
from
Vancouver.
which
Quinn
hatl
been
buried
cxtri-
FOG
DOWN
COAST
DELAYS
AIRCRAFT
Fog
conditions
at
Port
Hardy
Thursday
afternoon
caused
delay
in
the
return
of
yesterday's
fliht
from
Sandspit
to
Prince
Rupert.
Becausp
the
Vancouver-Sandsnit
nlane
was
delayed
at
yesterday
morning
was
catcd
yesterday.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
t,tci.)
rx:.-.
Jitnie
niber
of
the
D.
Roo.se
I
mal
third
rending
in
the
House
(
or
Commons
next
Wednesday,
'
it
was
announced
yesterday
by
i
i
Herbert
Morrison,
government
DIGGING
OUT
P
yesterday
as
I'D
announced
Port
Hardy,
connections
at
I
Sandspit
were
not
made
until
I
too
late
in
the
afternoon
to
per-I
init
the
Canso
to
return
hero
leader
In
the
House
ol.
commons
and
Deputy
Prime
Minister.
The
House-
yesterday
passed
the
union
bill
in
second
reading
with
a
large
majority.
LARGE
SLIDE
Last
Ni;
ht's
Train
from
Last
Now
Expected
This
Afternoon
'
!
Having
cleared
the
line
easl-
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
A.
P.
Con
Atlantic
Calmont
C.
&
E
Central
Leduc
....
Home
Oil
.
Mercury
Quebec
May
Ban
Honking
of
Cars
QUEBEC-
A
bylaw,
affecting
the
honk-honking
practice
of
taxi
drivers
is
being
studied.
If
passed
it
would
forbid
drivers
from
announcing
their
arrival
at
a
client's
home
by
sounding
the
horn.
They
will
be
obliged
to
alight,
walk
to
the
door
and
ring
the
doorbell.
.',
4.30
;
.2434
.71
.
.38
..
4.50
..
1.11
..
11.00
.12
4
The
plane
arrived
back
this
norning.
George
McClintock,
auditor
for
the
aocal
office
of
the
Unemployment
Insurance
Commission,
is
leaving
on
tonight's
train
for
Edmonton
where
he
will
spend
the
next
two
weeks
on
vacation.
;
to
Mr.
Chcvrier
exceeding
tne
time
limit
in
his
speech
and
led
up
to
a
remark
which
caused
the
Speaker
to
warn
that,
if
It
was
repeated,
a
member
would
be
"named"
which
means
ejection
for
the
day.
liberal
and
C.C.F.
members
wanted
Mr.
Chcvrier
to
go
on.
'
i:signatliii
:r''t"
and
the
"Wis
Johnson
;
'1
ut
defence
!
Is
effectiv
dement
to-il
tin;
United
"
1,1
inaiiit'iiu
fslublislinient
"
P'-ace
wilh-i
SLutos.
,
ward
late
yesterday
of
a
smaller
(
slide
near
Exstcw,
the
Canadian
GOLD
MINING
Trials
of
Empire
Games
In
Toronto
Okalta
1.41
'
Pacific
Pete
2.25
I
IN
DOLDRUMS
National
Railways
rotary
plow.
w
ith
the
.
tisslstancc
of
three
large
bulldozers,
started
at
8
!
o'clock
this
morning
digging
in-
30
Vi
.09
VICTORIA
-
George
lllack,
MP.
(Yukon
t
here
recently
while
enrotite
to
Ottawa,
de
Princess
-
Royal
Canadian
Toronto
Athona
MONTREAL,
'.(P
-British
Empire
Games
trials
and
Canadian
senior
track
and
field
rhniiioionshuis
for
men
and
wo
.
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday.
March
a,
1049
Sgt.
R.
if.
Rout
ledge
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals,
Vancouver,
arrived
in
the
.11
ATI
IEk
j
i
19.5
feet
I
to
a
major
slide-700
feet
long
and
31)
feet
deep,
three
miles
west
of
Kwlnitsa.
It
was
cx-,
peeled
that
It
would
take
some
7
hours
lo
clear
this
obstruction
in
Which
case
the
train.
ii'iix
men
will
be
held
in
Toronto's
j
High
East
York
Memorial
Stadium
probably
July
15
and
10.
it
was
Low
4:14
16:40
10:47
22:34
16.9
fee
tj
city
this
afternoon
on
tne
to-6.3
feetjquillam
for
a
visit
to
the
local
7.9
feet
Signals
headquarters.
ll"ll,y
over
tlu:
j
;
I
iM-.
Aumaque
v
.22
Beattie
'
.54
Bevcourt
.254
Bobjo
.,
12
Buffalo
Canadian
'
.16
Va
Consol.
Smelters
102.65
Conwest
1-31
Announced.
,
clared
gold
mining
in
Yukon
was
in
the
doldrums.
The
cost
of
mining
had
gone
up
"frightfully"
while
the
price
remained
fixed.
There
was
no
protection
Tor
gold,
the
way
it
is
done
for
wheat
or
potatoes.
Current
cmi-trol
was
costing
miners
$3.50
an
ounce.
Ilri,sh
Colum-"'"'"2
although
"ipixtcd
to
hP
which
was
due
from
the
East
at
10:45
last
night,
would
get
in
late
this
afternoon
or
early
in
I
lliw
any
niark-f
uf
coast,
skies
!ral'
CXM'pl
fog
I
clmirts
over
the
P'ns,
Increasing
.55
.59
2.78
5.35
.42
the
evening,
possibly
about
4
o'clock.
The
train
which
left
here
for
the
East
Wednesday
night
was
able
lo
proceed
from
Exstew
late
yesterday
following
the
clearing
of
the
line
there.
1
Tonight's
train
for
the
East
will
not
be
leaving
until
after
"''
wa
over
t.h.
.15V4
"a'-ly
Sat
BROADCASTS
IN
FIRE
WEATHER
VANCOUVER,
W-Thc
Van-rimver
section
of
the
Canadian
urday
in
1
"oHiruancc
an.
Donalda
Eldona
East
Sullivan
Giant
Yellowknlfe
God's
Lake
..:
Hardrock
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Heva
Hasco
,
Jacknife
Jbliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
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Little
Long
Lac
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.09
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-.1
",e
wrst.
Ratn
W'oln
over
llm
lU
SlH.
Society
of
Forest
Engineers,
at
annual
convention
here
ycsler
day
retpiestcd
the
Dominion
the
arrival
of
the
delayed
train
from
the
East.
T
VI
JF
lu
north-
1
r.
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IS
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i..
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.36
.08
.06
14
.71
,
.12
u-ow-
.'-cap
government
to
arrange
iau-broadcasts
daily
during
th
weather
when
forest
fires
.
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y
eve-
nol
tllc
mslnihanre
'Uli'i'inr
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i
sw8s
ECONOMY
OF
CANADA
HOLDS
Lynx
K'
Sliull
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Kl.lv
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1.
v
LEAGUE
"cast
OTTAWA,
il"
-
Canada's
economic
Indicators
are
holding
lev-
Pfl
urhtln
41in
luniiinnlV
of
tllC
;t
m
North
BASKETBALL
TONIGHT,
7
p.m.
r;loudy
I
definite-
shrinking
in
wmt
."-aii
wih
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.70
McKenzie
Red
Lake
38
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
.96
j
Moneta
43
Negus
2.25
Noranda
54-75..
Louvicourt
,
6
Vi
Pickle
Crow
-
2.05
Regcourt
,
-05
San
Antonio
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
41
Sherrit
Gordon
2.23
Steep
Rock
1-55
Sturgeon
River
.18
Silver
Miller
-42
in-
;
.lluntilo
nrnM
vannrH
11)43.
Oil
ln.,1
s
k'Ehtthp
n,miinini
Rurnii.i
of
Statis
.
uiuny,
sum
i
iWilMaiMiWMMii1lii'aiMaainiit'fft
'ur
n
utti
a
GETS
RESIGNATIONS
Hungarian
Minister
to
the
U.
S.
Dr.
Andrew
Sik
leaves
his
legation
headquarters,
Washington,
after
receiving
word
that
nine
of
his
consular
aides
had.
resigned
in
protest
agairlst
.
the
sentencing
of
Josef
Cardinal
Mindszenty.
Dr.
Sik
told
newsmen
that
he
"was
surprised"
by
the
reactions
of
his
staff.
..
vs.
SAVOY
8
'30
,n
BKOWNWOOUS
o,,,
-
auuuieriy
"l
tPninn..-!..
OLD
FISHING
SETTLEMENT
Down
through
the
years
fishhig
has
remained
the
chief
industry
of
Newfoundland.
One
of
the
oldest
fishing
settlements
and
still
the
largest
inshore
fish-
.
.
....
.
...
m
nnn
1
1
ln..l.J
flic
cacf
nnoof
-Hv-iaiure.
Monday,
6:30
p.m.
BO?M-:ili"vs.
BUOWNWOODS
tics
reported
yesterday.
In
Its
monthly
statistical
review,
the
Bureau
said
that
current
indicators
of
economic
conditions
in
Canada
do
not
show
in
marked
changes
in
either
ins
centre
is
Bonavista.
witn
a
popuiauon
or
,uuu,ims
wuue
u
luuaicu
u'c
vvuo.
.
on
tlnJ
jir?
It
is
here
the
first
school
on
the
island
was
estab-
(C.
P.
Photo)
This
is
a
general
view
of
the
community
lished.
'...
HOOP-SHOOT
CONTEST
;45
""ice
RU-
direction.