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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
281.
PRINCE
RUPERT,'
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
30,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
PCABS
i
Evei
Bbnors
Air
ItC
Red
Move
In
Berlin
n
C.C.F.
Wins
Back
One
!
Setting
Up
of
Separate
Communist
Government
Further
Complicates
Crisis
Eleventh
Hour
Respite
For
BERLIN
Pi
Russian-backed
Berlin
communists
established
Tojo
and
SixWar
Criminals
Seat;
Coalition
Keeps
a
separate
city
government
today
in
opposition
to
the
elected
anti-communist
administration.
The
communists
thereby
made
virtually
complete
the
political
I
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TOKYO,
(CP)-
Wartime
Premier
Hideki
Tojo
and
six
other
top
Japanese
war-makers
won
an
eleventh
hour
respite
today
from
the
hangman's
noose.
General
Douglas
Mac-Arthur
said
ihey
would
"certainly
not"
be
executed
until
the
Supreme
Court
of
tailed
Males
acted
on
appeals
of
two
of
the
condemned
men.
The
next
scheduled
meeting
.f
the
Supreme
Court
is
December
6.
Appeals
from
the
International
military
tribunal's
verdict
were
filed
in
Washington
yesterday
on
behalf
of
former
Premier
Koki
Htrola,
who
helped
plot
Japan's
pre-Pearl
Harbor
war
plans,
and
General
Kenji
Liohara,
known
to
the
Chinese
as
the
"bird
devil
omen.'
envision
between
eastern
and
western
Berlin.
A
new
anil-communist
government
to
administer
western
sectors
of
the
city
occupied
by
Its
Hold
On
Second
Rossland-Trail
Recaptured
By
Socialists
South
Okanagan
Unchanged
Results
Close
,
TRAIL
(CP)
British
Columbia's
C.C.F.
party
has
one
riding
lost
in
the
1945
provincial
election
back
in
the
fold
but
failed
in
the
attempt
to
capture
another
from
the
coalition
government
forces
in
two
British
Columbia
by-elections
yesterday.
The
C.C.F.'s
narrow
margin
victory
in
Rossland-
the
United
States.
Oreat
Brit-
tain
and
France
will
be
chosen
hi
elections
Sunday.
The
Russians
have
forbidden
voting
in
Trall
constituency
was
the
first
their
sector
of
the
city
and
the
communists
ordered
their
followers
to
boycott
thJ
election.
Establishment
of
a
scperate
government
came
,ln
the
city's
Soviet
sactor
at
a
mass
meet-
To
Consider
Defence
Pact
'A.
4,r
JAPS
QUIT
MOOSE
JAW
Incident
of
Eviction
from
Prisoner
of
War
Camp
Closed
MOOSE
JAW,
(Pi
Eviction
ROYAL
BANK
APPOINTMENT
A.
F.
Mayne,
whose
appointment
as
a
s
s
i
st
a
n
t
general
manager
of
The
Royal
Bank
-of
Canada
is
announced.
CP.
VESSEL
BATTERED
ON
ALASKA
TRIP
by-election
.
set-back
for
the
Liberal
Progressive
-
Conservative
coalition
since
1945.
Robert
Browne-Clayton,
who
retained
South
Okanagan
fo-the
coalition
is
a
31-year-old
fruit
rancher
while
James
Quinn,
successful
C.C.F.
candidate
at
'
ing.
called
with
the
avowed
aim
'
Of
taking
"decisive
measures
for
the
protection
of
united
Berlin."
The
new
communist
move
is
Important
Conference
is
Called
for
Washington
This
Week
yesterday
of
two
Japanese
from
expected'
to
nullify
a
latest
com
Capt.
Peter
Leslie
brought
his
Mr.
Mayne
has
had
wide
banking
experience
both
in
Canada
and
abroad.
In
1945
he
was
appointed
supervisor
of
the
bank's
foreign
branches
and
shortly
after,
general
inspector.
He
Is
a
native
of
promise
plan
of
the
United
Na
r
Rossland-Trail,
Is
a
42-year-old
shop
steward
and
first
aid
at
vessel,
the
Canadian
Pacific
OTTAWA,
0i
Canada
will
tions
"neutrals'
'to
settle
the
shortly
move
a
step
nearer
to
a
tendant
for
the
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
Berlin
crisis,
which
compromise
the
Russians
had
express
$20,000,000,000
a
year
defence
a
pup
tent
finally
closed
the
Japanese
relocation
camp
here.
The
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
finally
persuaded
Sue-kichl
'
Miyagawa,
aged
57,
and
POmijiro
Naka,
G5,
to
leave
a
tent
they
occupied
since
the
camp
closed
last
August.
They
new
prime
minister,
Rt.
Hon.-Louis,
IAN-Canada's
took
time
out
from
a
busy
day
to
pose
for.
this
newj
rait
by
the
National
Film
Board.
After
succeeding"
kciiic
King,
he
is
now
busy
preparing
for
the
.next
;
fejrlwmcnt,
expected
to
open
in
January.
(CP
Photo)
'.
he
With
an
eligible
electorate
Of
Drayton,
Ontario,
where
ed
of
supporting."
entered
the
bank
in
19Z5.
25,000
in
the
two
constituencies
coastal
steamer
Princess
Louise,
into
port
here
at
5
o'clock
last
night
25
hours
overdue
but
undamaged
from
one
of
the
fiercest
gales
which
the
ship
had
encountered
on
the
Alaska
coast.
Southbound
from
Juneau,
the
Louise
was
due
here
at
4
p.m.
Sunday
but
a
72-mile
an
hour
about
18,000
turned
out,
nearly
six
thousand
more
than
in
the
will
go
to
New
Denver
ia
British
alliance
that
will
likely
have
important
effects
on
Internal
policies.
At
the
ambassador
level
spokesmen
for
seven
powers,
preparing
a
North
Atlantic
security
alliance,
will
meet
in
Washington
this
week
to
consider
a
draft
proposal
of
a
pact
general
election.
Columbia.
in
HIGHWAY
CASE
DOCTOR
BOYER
LOSES
APPEAL
Browne-Clayton
polled
4,918
EXPLOSION
IN
PORTLAND
PORTLAND
if'
A
waterfront
votes
to
defeat
Bruce
Woods-
The
pair
had
refused
to
leave
the
camp
when
others
did
and
southeaster
reduced
her
pace
to
worth,
34-year-old
school
teach
a
standstill
as
20-foot
waves
held
out
for
return
to
British
Columbia.
er
and
son
of
the
late
J.
S.
Woodsworth,
founder
of
th3
battered
her
sturdy
hull.
But
not
undamaged
was
Capt.
explosion
rocked
Portland's
in
STRONG
SUPPORT
Automobile
Association
Makes
Its
,
being
called
the
greatest
defence
alliance
in
history.
Ambassador
Hume
Wrong
will
Conviction
and
Sentence
Under
Official
Secrets
Act
Sustained
'
MONTREAL
Dr.
Raymond
Leslie,
whose
long
hours
on
watch
resulted
in
a
frozen
THE
WEATHER
dustrial
area
last
night,
ripped
a
building
Into
fragments
and
sent
one
man
to
hospital.
Prop
i
represent
Canada.
check
as
a
result
of
seven
de
Synopsis
giees
below
temperatures
which
erty
damage
is
estimated
.
at
As
Major
Objective
Local
tvement
ite
Meeting
Government
Heads
rindj
SUoHg
no;thwe8teriy
w
accompanied
the
gale.-
.
UViiiG
COST-
C.C.F.
party,
Woodsworth
polled
4,200.
With
only
one
poll
out
ot.28
still
to
be
heard
from,
Quinn
had
-
4,743
t
In
Rossland-Trail
against
4,471
for
the
coalition
candidate,
Alexander
Turnbull.
The
standing
of
the
43-mem-ber
Legislature
now
Is:
Coalition,
36.
C.C.F.,
11.
were
developing
along
llic
coast)
ii
for
adequate
maintenance
and
improve
$75,000.
..
The
office
of
the
Portland
Dock
Commission
erupted
in
a
ball
of
fire
as
a
blast
splintered
it.
'
Walter
G.
Kratt,
47-yeai-old
Boycr,
wealthy
Montreal
chemist,
today
lost
his
appeal
against,
a
conviction
one
year
ago
for
violation
of
the
Official
Secrets
Act
In
the
1946
espionage
case.
Decision
against
yie
appeal
was
unanimous.
The
decision
was
delivere
l
in
a
fifty-page
judgment
said
to
be
one
of
the
longest
in
the
history
of
the
Court
of
Appeal.
The
41-year-old
exlostvcs
expert
was
alleged
to
have
given
information
in
1943
to
Fred
Rose,
former
Labor-Progressive
Mem
orthci
n
roads
including
the
Skeena
River
into
Prince
Rupert
is
paining
strength
and
a
result
of
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Brit-Ma
Automobile
Association
in
Vancouver
iviK-t-s
being
held
at
Victoria
with
the
pro-
.
-
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rrtivnrnmrnt.
nnH
rlprwrt-
PROBE
AGAIN
f
inal
Session
to
Open
Tomorrow
Credit
Vst
To
be
Examined
,
OTTAWA,
f
The
Prices
Commission
tomorrow
will
open
final
public
hearings
in
the
five-month
old
probe
of
the
high
cost
of
living.
this
morning
in
the
wake
of
last
night's
storm.
These
winds
are
expected
to
decrease
to
light
tonight
with
southeasterly
gales
developing
over
the
north
coast
tomorrow
ahead
of
another
ac
live
storm
approaching
from
the
west.
Cloudy,
showery
weather
is
expected
in
most
sections
today
with
rain
expected
along
the
coast
tomorrow
morning
and
snow
over
the
interior
Labor,
one.
.
.
Yesterday's
elections
followed
port
engineer,
apparently
touched
off
the
explosion
as
he
turned
on
an
electric
light
In
the.
basement
when
he
went
to
investigate
a
smell
of
gas.
He
was
the
death
of
James
L.
Webster.
Liberal
in
Rossland-Trail,
and
the
resignation
of
W.
A.
C.
Ben
mcntal
heads.
i
In
narrow,
treacherous
Lynn
Canal.
200
miles
north
of
Prince
Rupert,
the
Louise
encountered
the
blow
which
Capt.
Leslie
described
as
one
of
the
worst
he
has
encountered.
Despite
Its
fury,
Capt.
Leslie
declined
to
sack
shelter,
but
pressed
on
southward
into
it.
So
great
were
the
seas
that
on
several
occasions,
they
forced
water
back
through
the
plumbing
vents,
pouring
it
into
the
cabins
of
the
104
passengers.
As
well
as
being
the
roughest
trip
of
the
season,
it
was
also
the
last
for
the
Princess
Louise
this
year.
She
will
go
Into
dry-dock
in
the
south
and
be
replaced
next
week
by
the
Princess
Norah,
which
will
be
under
command
of
Capt.
Graham
Hughes.
nett,
Progressive
-
Conservative
in
South
Okanagan.
The
Commission
will
call
two
taken
to
hospital
where
he
is
reported
to
be
in
a
satisfactory
condition.
Doors
and
windows
rattled
as
much
as
ten
miles
away.
ber
of
Parliament,
about
Can-
covcrnment
officials
to
report.
Huo
Kraupner,
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Automobile
Association,
who
went
south'
to
attend
the
Automobile
Association
meeting,
flew
to
Vlctoru
for
a
conference
with
Hon.
E.
T.
Kcnney,
minister
or
lands
and
forests,
on
the
Skeena
Highway
on
the
general
credit
situation
ada's
secret
process
for
the
by
afternoon.
l''orecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clearing
this
afternoon.
in
Canada
and
also
two
finan-
manulacture
ot
tne
super-expio-cial
men
will
be
asked
as
to
,
sive
R.DJC.
the
amount
of
credit
Canadians
1'
Boyer
was
sentenced
to
two
are
using
to
make
purchases,
years
in
penitentiary.
Sabotage
On
Troop
Ship
Overcast
tonight
with
light
rain
RECORD
RAIN
V
situation.
Mr.
Kcnney.
accord-iiiB
to
a
message
from
Mr.
Kraupner,
went
on
record
as
beinn
100
percent
behind
the
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
((Pi
Heavy,
rains
by
morning.
Cloudy
with
showers
Wednesday
afternoon,
winds
northwesterly
(25
,
m.p.h.)
except
45
in
exposed
sections,
shifting
to
southeasterly
(25),
by
midnight
and
increasing
to
45
by
morning,
shifting
late
in
afternoon
to
westerly
(35).
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
and
gales
again
lashed
the
Winston
Churchill
74
Years
Old
Today
Central
Interior
Due
for
Great
Expansion,
QQ
'
Official
Feels
LARRY
G.
ECKROY1)
SEES
POSSIBLE
MIGRATION
FROM
SOUTH
MAKE
ATTRACTIONS,
OPPORTUNITIES
KNOWN
Possibility
of
a
migration
of
population
from
the
A
Lower
Mainland
last
night
Power
services
were
interfered
with.
The
Ladner
ferry
in
the
Frascr
River
was
stranded.
campaiRn
for
better
consideration
and
maintenance
of
the
hluhwuy.
Mr.
Kraupner
was
Invited
to
return
to
Victoria
today
for
a
further
conference
with
Premier
Byron
Johnson
anl
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
iT
public
works.
LONDON
Winston
.
Churchill
;.
Port
Hardy
34
and
40,
Massett
r
e
a
c
h
e
d
his
seventy
-
fourth
birthday
today.
Yesterday,
the
Vancouver
has
had
13.7
inches
of
rain
so
far
this
month,
a
Story
Told
by
Repatriated
Canadian
Seamen
Returning
From
China
VANCOUVER,
Qt
Hint
Of
sabotage
aboard
a
Canadian-built
troopship
enroute
to
the
Chinese;
.Nationalist
Army
came
today
from
39
repatriated
seamen
back
here
on
their
way
home
to
Montreal.
.
The
seamen
said
it
was
discovered
0
that
the
steering
engine
of
the
steamer
Ching
Men,
built
in
Montreal,
was
insecure
and
threatened
to
break
loose.
On
another
occasion
the
welding
connecting
a
lifeboat
keel
grab
broke
loose
during
a
38
and
41,
Prince
Rupert
37
and
41.
record
since
1909.
wartime
Prime
Minister
took
part
in
a
fox
hunt,
riding
to
The
Automobile
Association
hounds
with
evident
enjoyment
convention
In
Vancouver
also
went
out
strongly
in
support
of
Mr.
Churchill
almost
broke
up
the
campaign
for
the
northern
Fraser
Valley
and
other
parts
of
southwestern
British
Columbia
where
unrest
was
noticeable
to
more
open
spares
of
opportunity
in
the
interior
of
'
the
province
was
suggested
by
Larry
G.
Eckroyd,
field
service
representative
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce,
"who
spoke
to
the
ex-,
was
a
pioneer
country,
These
the
House
of
Commons
session
;WN
Mayor
of
1030.
popular
no-year
old
mR
chief
magis-'iiaUa's
capital,
has
lie
will
not
seek
Affcctlonutcly
"iuirtitbuiit"
by
his
f
has
represented
11
London,
Eng.,
Moscow
and
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
I
Id.
v..-
.r
Aumauuc
15
today.
The
old
master
of
Parliament
merely
walked
into
the
road.
A
motion
by
Mr..
Kraupner,
seconded
by
Aid.
Cromlc
of
Vancouver,
that
the
convention
oi-t.
hrhind
the
northern
bran
Chamber
In
his
usual
manne
ches
in
their
fight
for
main
Bayonnc
"5
Bralorne
were
the
days
when
peopl.
wanted
convenient
and,
comfor
table
accommodation'
and
de
cent
roads.
but
it
was
enough.
Membeis
broke
into
a
'
round
of
spontaneous
cheers
that
drowned
out
a
Labor
minister
who
was
ques
tcnancc
and
improvement
of
the
northern
road
was
followed
lcr"'an
capitals.
A
wiH
caused
his
re-'CP
Photo
I
ecutive
council
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
yesterday
during
a
visit
to
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Eckroyd
had
just
completed
a
motor
trip
through
the
central
Interior
and
he
predicted
that
that
area
was
on
the
verge
of
an
ever
greater
Everything
should
be
done
to
tioning
the
Minister
of
Town
and
Country
Planning.
B.
R.
Con
02
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B.
R.
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8'2
Cariboo
Quartz
105
Congress
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Hnrllptf
Mn.SCot'
30
storm,
threatening
the
lives
of
the
sailors.
In
the
steering
engine
several
bolts
were
fastened
by
.
only
a
few
threads
to
the
foundation
plate.
There
were
no
nuts
under
the
foundation.
The
men
who
toTd
the
story
are
the
first
of
120
seamen
being
flown
to
eastern
Canada
after
delivery
of
the
ships
to
be
used
for
troop
carrying
on
the
Yangtse
River.
'
bring
the
tourists
here
and
sell
them
the
country
when
they
came.
The
importance
of
industrial
promotion
and
possibilities
of
tinizing
Bcattie
47
Bevcourt
23
Bob
jo
13
Buffalo
Canadian
16
Consol.
Smelters
124.00
Conwcst
Donalda
53
Eldona
-85
East
Sullivan
3.00
Giant
Yellowknlfe
.....
4.50
God's
Luke
40
Hardrock
22
Harricana
.,
08
Heva
-09
Hosco
17
Jacknife
.043,:
.03
Vt
by
an
amendment
by
Aid.
Hal-ford
Wilson
of
Vancouver
that
the
highway
committee
of
the
Association
make
Improvement
of
northern
roads
one
of
the
main
objectives
for
the
coming
year.
The
amendment
was
carried
unanimously.
MV
Krmmner
followed
Hon.
Congress
period
of
expansion.
Indeed,
he
thought
the
period
was
overdue.
expansion
were
also
emphasized
Encouragement
of
the
tourist
jttJaSport
Industry
might
make
a
good
'by
Mr.
Eckroyd.
Necessary
and
WEEKLY
RUN
IS
RESUMED
As
a
measure
of
public
service
in
view
of
special
condiUons
of
Isolation
of
the
community,
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
is
resum
comulete
Information
should
bi
J
(P
A
-
-
lirrmtixnrl
ready
and
available.
Specific
Pacific
Eastern
Pend
Oreille
-00
Pioneer
2-60
Privateer
I5
Reeves
McDonald
3.25
Reno
06
Sheep
Creek
I-70
Sllbak
Premier
-
-31
'
Taku
River
-30
Vananda
48
Spud
Valley
-
09
a
B
'
n
d
a,
covering
"es
of
amateur
and
ll
sl"it,
has
,
been
,y
Uic
National
point
from
which
to
start,
Mr.
Eckroyd
suggested.
The
more
visitors
that
.
came
to
see
the
country
and
Its
good
living
con
ditions
ttnd
opportunities,
the
more
chances
that
people
would
be-
Interested
in
coming
to
the
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works,
tn
speaking
to
the
meeting
and
gave,
first-hand
facts
as
to
conditions
on
the
Cariboo
and
Skeena
highways.
ing
weekly
calls
at
Stewart
with
the
steamer
leaving
here
Sun
LOCAL
TIDES
.
Wednesday,
December
1.
1913
High
1:45
20.0
fwt
'
13:20
22.8
feet
Low
7:24
7.2
feet
20:04
1.3
feet
Joliet
Quebec
.
Lake
Rowan
La
pa
ska
.,
Little
Long
Lac
-
.42
...
.05
05'2
....
.70
.14
day
nights
for
the
north,
it
was
announced
today
by
Getald
Mc-
i
area
to
settle
and
make
their
types
of
industrial
opportunities
should
be
outlined
and
connections
followed
up.
Every
possible
concession
and
assistance
should
be
made
available.
Mr.
Eckroyd
spoke
of
the
tremendous
growth
of
British
Columbia
in
recent
years.
With
Its
still
undeveloped
resources,
it
was
the
fastest
growing
province
of
Canada
today.
Yet
the
population
of
the
entire
vast
prov-
Oils
nctmg
enntrman
of
the
fitness
win
nrobe
what
ails
Lynx
'
t'.'iircrencc
In
Ot-iy
7
and
8,
dominion
sports-)0tlil's
will
discuss
the
Bean
general
manager
of
the
company,
in
a
message
to
Frank
homes.
Mr.
Eckroyd
spoke
of
the
vital
importance
of
cood
roads
and
Canadian
sports.
Ross
gives
No
1
snot
to
the
question
of
Caiia-
Hn'
n.iriMnation
in
interna-
RECENT
CONSTITUTION
Cuba's
present
consUtution
Skinner,
general
agent
here.
During
the
past
month
Stewart
had
been
reduced
to
a
fortnightly
service
owing
to
the
question
0f
uma.
"U".
'('lease,;
Jl"ss
of
Calgary,
tionul
comoetliton
and
ask
making
known
the
fact
that!
they
existed.
Even
yet
one
heard
In
Vancouver
that
there
was
no
road
to
Prince
Rupert
or
that
Aanglo
Canadian
4j
A.
P.
Con
27
Atlantic
I-17
Calmont
58
C.
&
E.
8.45
Home
I3
50
Central
Leduc
I-7"
t
Mercury
-25''i
Okalta
-
170
Purlfle
Pete
3.40
was
adopted
in
1940.
f
delegates
whether
it
is
feasible
to
wlLhdraw
or
"who
should
ni-rimi.ie
nraaiiize
and
conduct
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.15
McKenzle
Red
Lake
33
McLeod
Cockshutt
79
Muncta
37
Negus
2.11
Noranda
;
....
55.00
Louvicourt
3634
Pickle
Crow
,
199
Regcuurt
05
Sun
Antonio
3
45
Senator
Rouyn
41
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.10
dteep
Rock
1.55
Sturgeon
River
.12
Canada's
participation."
lit
was
impassible.
He
suggested
la
campaign
by
publicity
and
(
other,
means
.
for
developing
a
Basketball
ince
was
still
only
half
of
that
contraction
of
traffic
there
fol-of
(
Los
Angeles.
lowing
the
closing
of
Premier
The
local
Chamber
directors
mine.
'
heard
from
Mr.
Eckroyd
of
the
The
community
later
asked
rapid
growth
of
the
Canadian
for
a
reconsideration
of
the
ac-Chamber
organization
from
430
tion.
stressing
the
desirability
to
580
member
boards
in
a
year
of
weekly
mall
service
and
the
K
"I
vs.
KAY-HI
Willis
Iav
Ix'fii
advanced
la.V
nri
k..i.
,.i..
This
question,
apparently
prompted
by
Canada's
poor
.39
Princess
better
understanding
and
knowledge
of
Central
British
Columbia.
"See
B.C.
First"
might
well
Royal
Canadian
South
Braze
u
23
showing,
at
the
Olympics,
M-LLln
the
status
of
the
Cana
K
Ulid
jr.i,,.....
TONIGHT
9:15
BO-ME-Hl
vs.
CO-OP,
as
compared
with
94
in
1944.
He
accessibility
to
medical
and
Jios
be
a
good
slogan.
Above
all,
the
.
-
"uay.
rriuay
?7
Thuwday.
and
tlckets
good
Friday.
Toronto
idea
should
be
dispelled
that
it
(Continued
on
Page
Six)
pital
services
of
Prince
Rupert
dian
Olympic
Association
and
its
sponsoring
body,
the
Amateur
Athletic
Union.
33i
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Silver
Miller
Athona
(U)