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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest
PII01IE81
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
287.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
7,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Made
Out
Qmi
Fraito
.Rates
Cass
C.
Mas
ways
Called
Upon
Justify
Differential
LIGHT
RADIO
FARE
LIKED
By
Edward
Palmer
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
-
t
When
the
infant
radio
industry
started
to
push
its
way
into
the
home
men
began
to
wonder
TAWA
(CP)
A
prima
facie
case
has
been
lt'd
by
British
Columbia
for
the
removal
of
ntain
differential
freight
rate
over,
the
Rock-ef
Commissioner
M.
B.
Archibald
of
the
Board
kport
Commissioners
said
Monday.
He
turned
fie
application
of
the
railways,
f
stating
that
just
what
Influence
It
would
fr
vt,'
..
'
have
on
their
lives
and
listening
habits.
i,
..
-oi
.
'
-
'
p.
,
British
Columbia
had
not
made
Twenty-five
years
ago
radio
didn't
make
much
difference
to
everyday
living.
Only
a'
few
persons
had
crude
receivers
'.ind
A
STALLING
EXECUTION
-
TOKYO
Execution
of
Japan's
wartime
Prem-"
ier
To
jo
and
other
condemned
Japanese
war
criminals
may
be
held
up
indefinitely.
If
the
current
appeal
to
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
on
behalf
of
two
of
them
fails,
the
appeal
might
be
carried
to
the
SUpreme
Court
of
ten
other
nations.
-
-
NATIONALISTS
SURROUNDED
;
NANKING
Government
sources
admitted
to-'
day
that
Chinese
communist
armies
have
encircled
110,000
Nationalist
combat
troops
on
the
central
China
front
southwest
of
Suchow.
Sources
said
that
three
trapped
Army
groups
have
been
compressed
on
a
front
eight
miles
long
and
five
deep.
They
were
trapped
by
the
communists
as
they
marched
from
Suchow
to
rescue
other
encircled
gov
out
a
case
worthy
f
reply
by
the
railways.
He
ordered
the
railways
to
go
ahead
with
pres
many
people
thought
radio
was
DEMAND
DPPING
an
amusing
toy
that
wouldn't
entation
of
evidence
against
the
amount
to
much.
removal
of
the
differential.
Alberta,
which
fought
British
Columbia
on
having
the
mountain
differential
heard
separ
A
f
-Agriculture
Mln-
Then
the
new
medium
became
a
power
In
the
land,
and
music,
drama,
politics
and
advertising
Gardincr
warned
the
Lprovincial
agriculture
took
it
to
their
hearts.
ately
from
the
general
freight
Some
groups
felt
radio
would
of
Canadian
farmeia
In
an
"off-the-
rate
inquiry,
threw
in
with
British
Columbia
in
a
protest.
Alberta
wanted
the
whole
bring
music
and
good
theatre
to
iKorh
that
prospective
BiiKdotji
food
contracts
T
structure
of
rates
examined
but
was
content
to
support
British
bsorb
expected
sur-
places
otherwise
Isolated.
What
does
the
record
show
today?
,
Here's
a
typical
week's
listening
in
Canada
and
in
the
Uni
Ujf
Canadian
beans.
Columbia's
application
while
an
BACK
IN
SERVICEH.M.C.S.
Cornwallis,
a-
Deep
Brook,
N.S.,
was
one
of
the
largest
naval
training
stations
in
the
British
Empire
during
the
war
when
H
trained
11,000
men
at
a
time.
Later
it
was
written
off
as
surplus.
Now
the
Navy
has
reclaimed
the
$12,000,000
base
for
use
In
.training
new
recruits.
This
R.C.N,
air
photo
shows
its
location
on
the
shores
of
the
Anna-
over-all
Investigation
was
pend
ing.
:s
and,
possibly,
bacon.
i
probably
be
trouble
he
1949
food
surpluses.
Main
part
of
the
day's
hearing
ted
States
as
reported
by
"a
popularity
rating
organization
In
each
country.
Both
are
recently
weekly
surveys.
(CP
Photo)
polls
Basin.
concerned
railway
and
province
fiicial
version
of
his
wrangles
over
the
railway
hold
it
quoted
him
as
saying
I
In
the
United
States,
out
of
ing
back
information.
CI.
an
ad
a
will
accept
Officers
Arc
ernment
forces.
-
.
RESCUED
FROM
PACIFIC
HONOLULU
Thirty-three
survivors
of
a
mid-Pacific
plane
crash
were
rescued
last
night
after
'
floating
for
more
than
forty
hours
aboard
two
overcrowded
life
rafts
in
shark-infested
waters.
Four
of
their
companions
aboard
the
ill-fated
C-54
are
listed
as
dead.
CHARLIE
COX
FAILS
"
l-
;
FORT
WILLIAM
Garageman
Hubert
Ban-;
danai
prepared
today
to
take
office
for
a
two-year
;
term
as
mayor
of
Fort
William
after
turning
back
a
;
bid
by
Charles
W.
Cox
who
aspireci
to
serve
as
chief
magistrate
for
Fort
William
as
well
as
the
neighboring
city
of
Port
Arthur.
Bandanai
emerged
as
an
,
easy
victor
in
Monday"s
balloting.
-
!
the
10
ton
Droerams.
the
first
The
province
said
that
the
i
tlian
current
price
for
S
...
...
..
j
SENTENCED
TO
DEATH
.e
quantity
oi
uniieo
railways
were
submitting
evidence
without
advance
notice.
was
an
internationally
knowa
news
commentator.
In
the
next
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
purchases
of
this
prod-
Nominated
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(CourU-sy
6.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Lid.)
Vancouver
Bayonne
04
'i
Bralorne
755
The
railways
denied
this,
saying
"cn
reduced.
they
had
presented
a
mass
of
material
to
the
province's
law
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
manager
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Bank
Communists
Mete
Out
Extreme
Penalty
to
Black
Marketeers
BERLIN.
Oi
Five
men
ac
Marshall
Is
Operated
On
yers
but
did
not
specify
Just
fr
DEGREES
ftOST
HERE
what
they
would
bring
up.
of
Montreal
and
vice-president
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
r
Today
E.
F.
Mccracken,
superintendent,
Pacific
re
NG
NIGHT
B.
R.
Con
...
02i
B.
R.
X.
.08
Vi
Cariboo
Quartz
1.05
Congress
.03
Hedley
Mascot
.31
Pend
Oreille
.
5.75
cused
of
black
market
activity
with
western
Germany
were
sentenced
to
death
today
in
Russian-occunied
Saxony,
the
retary
of
State
George
Marshall'
was
operated
on
lor
a
kidney
ailment
today
at
the
United
States
gion,
Canadian
Pacific
Railways,
i
k'
temperature
since
said
that
operating
costs
In
the
last
year,
was
nominated
last
night
as
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
the
year
1949.
Louis
M.
Fcl-senthal
was
nominated
as
vice-president
and
Edward
T.
Apple-.
bi
uary
cracked
down
Pacific
region
were
35
per
cent
news
Army's
Waiter
Reed
Hospita;
DRUMMING
UP
SUPPORT
SHOAL
LAKE,
Man.
Oi
When
the
Marquette
Progressive
Con
Soviet-licensed
German
agency
ADN
reported.,.
Rupert
overnight
as
higher
than
the
prairies.
Authorities
reported
that
the
her
turned,
clear
and
servative
Association-
rented
the
APPEAL
ASSESSMENT
PORTAGE
LA
PRAIRIE,
Man.
W-HClty
.
Covin
cil
has
decided,
to
appeal
against
the
equalized
assesessment
as
set
by
the
municipal
commissioner.
The
new
rate
is
said
to
boost
the
assessment
by
$500,000
or
approxi
"!-
Three,'
tried
in
absentia
liave
"operation
was
successful,
already
fled
to
the
western
zone.
'
Eventual
results
of
the
opera
he
a
midwinter
-etfect
whaite
was
renominated
as
secretary-treasurer.
For
eight
posts
on
the
executive
council
there
Condemned
to
death
were
a
tlon
may
determine
whether
the
second,
floor
of
the
town
hall
for
a
federal
by-election
headquarters,
the
first
articles
moved
in
were
a
big
bass
drum
'
and
a
kettle
drum.
ci
by
the
eight
inches
lying
on
the
ground.
im
overnight
reading
degrees,
the
lowest
fct
February
8
when
the
former
state
textile
director,
67-year-old
Marshall
will
remain
three
textile
manufacturers
and
much
longer
as
President
Tru-a
law7er.
'
man's
Secretary
of
State.
'
j
ALDERMANIC
CANDIDATES
Seat
Six
Nominations
to
Date
mately
17
per
cent.
i
iPtcr
plur
I
above,
mmetcd
to
10
c
a
record
lor
JM
hmm
Further
nominees
were
enter
s
irew
mi
.f-'er
Exchange
Pioneer
2.55
'.Premier
Border-....:
-
-02'(S
Privateer
15
Reeves
McDonald
2.85
Reno
.00
Sheep
Creek
1.60
Silbak
Premier
32
Taku
River
25
'
Vananda
45
Salmon
Gold
,
.lOVi
Spud
Valley
.09
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.15
A.
P.
Con
21
Atlantic
90
Calmont
.50
C.
&
E
6.10
Central
Leduc
1.62
Home
13.00
Mercury
18
Okalta
1.65
Pacific
Pete
2.90
ed
this
morning
for
both
the
which
yo-4crday
had
i
turn
mushy,
became
two
and
one
year
aldermanic
terms
at
next
week's
civic
elec
Hons.
pun
unoer
the
inllu-1
eight
degrees
of
frost
puMholders
began
a
WOODCOCK
IS
EX-Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
and
George
Daniel
Anderson,
Deep
THE
WEATHER
,
Synopsis
An
intense
storm
centre
lo-
cated
near
the
mouth
of
the
Columbia
River
has
given
general
precipitation
over
souther
.1
British
Columbia.
Precipitation
will
continue
most
of
the
day
Conservative
Leader
and
Socialist
Put
On
Scene
in
By-election
grumbling
about
fuel
.ver,
they
had
little
)
to
grumble
about
eom-i.v.
In
Snag,
Y.T.
known
t
la
s
"icebox"
the
tem-f
registered
67
below.
I
choise
it
was
a
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
agent,
filed
for
the
two-year
terms,
Daggett's
proposer
being
Aid.
O.
W.
Rgddcrham
and
second
S.
D.
Johnston.
Anderson's
proposer'
was
Thor
Sollein
and
seconder
11.
M.
Daggett.
Already
In
the
field
for
the
two-year
term
was
Harold
Whalen.
For
the
one
year
term
Henrv
as
this
storm
moves
inland.
Skies
have
clouded
over
the
Princess
Royal
Canadian
South
Brazcau
...
.40
.12
.22
Victory
in
London
Fight
Last
Night
Not
Very
Satisfactory
LONDON,
0
Bruce
Woodcock,
British
heavyweight
champion,
beat
Lee
Savold
of
Paterson,
New
Jersey,
on
a
fourth
round
foul
last
night
but
the
.Verdict
caused,
an
immediate
storm
of
protest.
Dropped
in
the
Jhird
for
northern
coast
but
a
few
widely
scattered
snow
flurries
persist.
Snow
will
become
general
in
this
Toronto
tAhona
.13
region
after
midnight
tonight
as
a
new
storm
centre
moves
in
RICHMOND,
Out.
(CP)
A
stormy
meeting
of
candidates
in
the
Carleton
federal
by-election
almost
ended
in
a
fist
fight
last
night
as
George
Drew,
Progressive-Conservative
leader,
and
William
Temple,
who
defeated
him
in
the
last
Ontario
election,
exchanged
insults.
'
k
The
trouble
started
as
a
meet-
'
from
the
Pacific.
Some
snow
has
Norman
Powell,
carpenter,
filed
this
morning,
his
nominator
be-ins
G.
-W.
Rudderham
and
seconder
George
Hills.
Mr.
Powell,
w
ho
will
oppose
Aid.
O.
B.
Casey,
is
endorsed
by
the
Civic
Labor
Federation.
G.
R.
S.
BLACKABY
Nominated
as
President
of
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
were
nominated
C.
A.
Bcrner,
Thomas
B.
Black,
G.
R.
Brett,
Maurice
C.
Brydgcs,
A.
M.
Bud-
Crossing
Aumaquc
15
Bealtie
45',2
Beveourt
22!i
Bobjo
13
Buffalo
Canadian
'.
12'i
Coiuol.
Smelters
127.00
Con
west
1.20
Donalda
501
Eklona
70
East
Sullivan
2.99
With
nominations
closing
on
'N
ARM
Oi
A
level
say
to
Drew:
"You
are
the
most
contemptible
character
I
have
ever
met.
You
are
not
even
a
man."
fallen
in
the
Cariboo.
Extremely
cold
weather
continues
in
the
Yukon
with
Snag
airport
reporting
a
temperature
of
69
below
zero
early
this
morning.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
today,
except
cloudy
with
a
few
widely
scattered
"
snow
flurries.
Overcast
ing
opened.
Reporters
saw
the
pair
in
a
heated
discussion
but
were
too
far
away
to
hear
the
words.
The
men
were
separate?
nd
smash
which
occurred
'ding
snowstorm
brought
inich,
J.
J.
T.
Coiiart,
wiuiam
Cruic'kshank,
A.
J.
Dominate.
J.
C.
Gilkcr,
Earl
R.
Gordon,
R.
G.
Hopkins,
G.
A.
Hunter.
P.
H.
Linzcy,
W.
J.
McLean,
J.
D.
Mc-Rae.
P.
M.
Ray,
A.
D.
Ritchie,
F.
two
men
here
late
yes-
Temple
told
reporters
that
Drew
had
called
him
"a
swine
the
count
of
eight,
the
Englishman
rolled
to
the
canvas
again
in
the
fourth
after
being
strurU
by
a
right
hand
blow.
When
he
clutched
his
groin
and
writhed,
Referee
Sum
Marshall
ruled
that
Savold
had
struck
a
low
blow
and
disqualified
the
American.
Most
British
boxing
writers
at
the
ringside
said
the
blow,
if
low,
was
a
"light
one."
Eleven
thousand
fans
saw
the
scheduled
ten
round
fight
which
was
supposed
to
produce
a
summer
challanger
for
Champion.
Joe
Louis.
Thursday
the
next
two
days
is!
expected
to
see
considerable,
last
minute
activity
In
the
filing
of
papers.
Four
two-year
terms
and
one
one-year
term
arc
to
be
filled
on
the
aldermanic
board.
There
arc
also
three
vacancies
on
the
school
board.
Drew
said
that
Temple
"made
an
insulting
remark
while
I
was
and
a
dirty
rat."
T.
Holmes
of
Salmon
speaking
and
I
made
what
I
'
tonight
with
snow
commencing
servative
member
for
Carleton
P
Cecil
Barr
of
Shaun-pkatchewan,
were
the
thought
was
an
appropriate
4:50
.38
.19
.07
'i
.09
.15i
.04
Giant
Yellowknife
God's
Lake
Hallrdroek
Harrieana
Heva
Hosco
Jaeknife
in
the
provincial
house,
who
sep-
y
weanesoay
B
.u
....
iA
Trio
changing
to
mixed
rain
and
victims.
.
'
which
they
were
rid
j.
Skinner.
Harold
S.
Whalen
and
T.
Norton
Youngs.
The
election
will
take
place
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Chamber
in
early
January.
Much
of
the
time
of
last
night
s
snow
about
Newspapermen
.
reached
the
scene
in
time
to
hear
Temple
was
threatening
to
beat
up
Drew.
noon
Wednesday,
today
and
south-niph)
tonight
and
F
driving,
was
hit
by
a
Winds
light
easterly
(20
Jollet
Quebec
.41
Milder
tonight.
P-R.
seaboard
Irelght
"I
curried
75
feet
before
lirown
clear.
Wednesday.
First
candidate
to
file
for
the
school
board
was
Dr.
R.
O.
Large,
present
chairman
of
the
board,
who
turned
in
his
papers
this
afternoon
with
W.
F.
Stone
as
pn.ix.srr
and
W.
J.
Scott
as
'
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wedne?
06
05
68
12
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
day
At
Port
Hardy
33
and
40;
Massett
30
and
37;
Prince
Rup
monthly
meeting
of
the
cnam-bcr,
over
which
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
the
president,
was
in
the
chair,
was
taken
up
with
detailed
consideration
of
an
overhaul
draft
of
the
bylaws
of
the
Chamber
which
was
prepared
by
a
com
's
was
dead
on
arrival
11
and
Barr
died
less
l(
hours
later.
ert
30
and
37.
Non-Partisan
Organization
For
Civic
Election
Is
Being
Revived
With
civic
nomination
day
due
this
Thursday,
the
flection
a
week
from
then
and
representatives
of
the
business
community
decidedly
slow
in
entering
the
field
for
five
aldermanig
seals
which
will
be
at
stake,
an
eleventh-hour
meeting
is
being
called
Matlxen
Red
Lake
2.10
McKcnzie
Red
Lake
30
McLeod
Cockshutt
76
JAP
ORANGES
COMING
HERE
ffitbaif
BERLIN
POWER
STAFF
DIVIDES
Moncia
in
'.2
Bank
is
Using
Record
Players
MONTREAL
The
Bank
of
Montreal
is
using
record
players
with
the
hope
they
will
ease
the
patience
of
customers
and
giye
a
lift
to
employees.
Two
of
the
gramophones
are
already
in
use
use
in
this
city.
t
mittee
headed
by
J-
T.
Harvey.
Principal
changes
in
the
bylaws
are
concerned
with
the
scale
of
fpos
i.hp
Droccdure
for
Negus
2.05
Prince
Rupert
merchants
ex
.TJi"tj
vn-
...
r
pect
to
receive
their
first
seasonal
shipments
of
Japanese
oranges
this
week-end
for
mar
the
nominating
and
eiecuou
m
officers
and
the
constitution
of
l-Bo-Me-HI
vs.
Savoy
Uic
executive.
The
new
oyiaw
was
finally
adopted
and
a
vote
Split
Occurs
as
Result
of
Esv-1
West
Conflict
in
German
Capital
BERLi.
9
I'
east-west
conflict
In
Berlin
split
the
administrative
staK
of
the
cUy
nnwi-r
comnany
today.
Ligiu
Noranda
55.00
Louvieonrt
36
'
Tickle
Crow
1.93
Re!eourt
:.
.05
San
Antonio
3.55
Senator
Uouyn
.40
Sherrit
Gordon
,
2.01
Steep
Rock
.'
1.75
Sturgeon
River
'
.12ti
Silver
Miller
29
keting
next
week.
According
to
reports
reaching
here,
a
cargo
of
Jap
oranges
is
due
to
arrive
in
Vancouver
from
the
Orient
tr-
of
thanks
extended
to
Mr.
Har-
vrv
unn
his
committee.
wel-
G
ItOl
KSMONAI,
and
distrbiution
will
be
madias
soon
as
possible.
They
are
ex
hnnrirxH
emnlovees
of
Com-
for
tonight
with
a
view
to
reviving
the
non-
partizan
organization
and
making
a
last
minute
drive
for
candidates.
Already
the
ivic
Labor
Federation
has
an
almost
complete
slate
in
the
field.
Derision
upon
the
final
effort
to
bring
out
more
candidates
for
the
election
was
made
at
an
Impromptu
gathering
of
business
men
last
night
in
the
Civic
Centre
when
Aid.
Robert
McKay
made
a
plea
for
a
more
active
measure
of
interest
in
municipal
affairs,
particularly
by
way
of
entry
into
the
field
as
candidates.
The
most
effective
means
of
getting
out
candidates,
now
that
individual
personal'appeals
had
to
large
extent
failed,
was,
it
was
felt,
to
revive
t
he
organization
not
only
with
a
view
to
getting
out
candidates
but
giving
them
organiied
support
during
the
campaign.
After
a
discussion
of
possibilities
and
ways
and
means,
T.
Norton
Youngs
was
named
chairman
protein
to
get
the
organi-ation
moving
in
a
hurry
since
the
time
for
action
is
so
short
for
duty
reported
paanz
Bcwag
office
in
western
Ber
rest
ling
4
WVJ
..-
corned
by
the
president
A
Fowlie
and
W.
A.
Armstrong.
TRANS-CANADA
HIGHWAY
pected
to
sell
for
more
than
$1
a
box
here.
lin
instead
of
at
headquarters
non
-
PARTIZAIl
CIVIC
r.lEETItIG
Everyone
interested
In
'
the
future
of
Prince
Rupert
is
urged
io
attend
,
a
meeting
TONIGHT
,
(December
7)
CIVIC
CENTRE
at
8
o'clock
in
Rnvlet
sector.
""AINU
EVENTS
A."
M.MI
GHLIN
omirouver)
vs.
K
KISKR
(Portland)
Four
hundred
employees
whose
KENTVILLE,
N.S.
0
Tests
conducted
to
produce
a
variety
of
blight-resistant
potato
are
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
December
8,
1948
Tn
view
of
the
forthcoming
conference
in
Ottawa
December
home
is
in
me
n.uaoi"
stayed
011
at
old
headquarters
renorted
to
be
satsifactory
in
f"n
Kvent
9;30
p.m.
,;
C'ENTRK
-
Kit
IDA
V
14
hetween
the
federal
govern
High
7:19
17.3
feet
19:03
15.8
feet
ment
and
representaUvss
of
the
Fr?S:,
RINGSIDE
$1.50
tfkSl.OO,
STUDENTS
50c
Nova
Scotia.
Some
of
the
test
varieties
produced
from
400
to
600
bushels
an
acre.
Low
0:27
75
feet
13:30
10.0
feet
by
agreement
wim
uie
would
have
hundred
The
four
risked
communist
reprlsa
if
they
had
Joined
in
the
split.
province
on
the
subject,
01
(Continued
uii
Fe)
L?
'
Grotto
-
civic
Centre