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Published
at
Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
PHOIIE
81
...
.
iwv.wiA,
iivj.
ij.
rttilMr,
BUl'WH,
a.
C,
TUE.OUAY,
JANUARY
Z4,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ectrica
4
c
uirtei
memi
Double
oinnoiTow
-
K
.
li
U
Much
Are
You
Saving
!
Water
Reserves
Rapidly
Dropping
And
Coal
Pile
Running
Seriously
Low
Xot
Good
Enough,
Says
Power
Manager,
As
Appeals
and
Warnings
Go
Disregarded
,
Prince
Rupert
was
put
on
a
power
curtailment
of
from
three
to
five
hours
daily
today
and,
unless
there
is
a
sharp
voluntary
cutting
down
of
consumption
to
augment
what
may
be
saved
by
the
enforced
cut-offs,
the
curtailment
time
will
be
doubled
tomorrow,
it
was
announced
this
morning
by
Thomas
B."
Black,
-
-----
-
.manager
of
the
Northern
Brl-
ii
tlsh
Columbia
Power
Co.
In
Mr.
YimiPr
ill
Black's
voice
could
be
plainly
de-
a
pijpERT
CITIZENS
should
stop
and
-
UfZf
A
'
V
"
fteitrica.
energy
coming
under
their
.
V
?
J
Cg
f
h$t.
;
After
oil,
it
isa
personal
matter
for
every
m-
VjV
i
r-.-:.
Vvi'Vf.
i
t0S9ethQtthereissuchcurta.lment
Other-
V-'V
'-'V-V'
.i--.-
?
'"11
,re
will
be
further"
curtailments
statutorily
1'
VAS
TTi
''"''J
WV
'
t0
save
the
city
from
a
complete
cessation
,
'''V
-
.cuddIv
the
effects
of
which
would
not
only
,
,
,
Vl-4
f
?
rSPXt
r
"-J.l'L'".
V
V?
mconvenicnr
to
nave
one
s
eieciric-
-
v-,-,rZ."-il,7
t
t
,
J-1
fs-
'
'
j.v,
v
'
,
If
five
or
even
ten
hours
a
day-
That
would
nough.
To
have
it
oft
twenty-tour
hours
a
the
only
hope
for
its
restoration
in
an
amel-of
the
weather
would
not
only
be
a
paralyz-
Reservoir
3
hopeless
situation.
Daily
News
is
constrained
to
endorse
the
ap
dworninqs
tHat
have
been
issued
and
to
tected
a
tone
of
rebuke
to
many
people
who,
evidently,
were
not
heeding
the
urgent
appeal
for
economy
but
rather
Increasing
their
usage
-of
electricity.
This
won't
do
In
view
of
the
seriousness
of
the
situation,,"
Fur
the
First
Time
in
Two
i
Weeks
After.
Big
Leak
Cut
Off
jnthe
citizens
to
promptly
and
effectively
As
a'
rpcult
nf
Ihn
orurrr
nff
ith
the
same.
They
will
be
immeasurably
innfpwdavs
if
thevdonot.
Mr.
Black
who
said
emphasized
Funday
morning
of
a
water
that
the
water
level
In
Falls
main
t.n
thp
nanarilan
National
.rruch
electricity
are
you
saving'
L"
;
4
had
dropped
another
inches
in
twenty-four
River
Railways
section
of
the
water-
front
in
which
a
large
break
fven
hours
and
In
Woodwortn
Lake,.
had
occurred,
the
Acropolis
Hill
rnsprvntr
hplri
flftppn
Inrhps
nf
five
Inches.
Meanwhllo
coal
sup-
dock
steam
to
U'e
nati.r
vDtorHnv
onrf
4V,r
In.
ry
Across
Dixon
Entrance,
t
4
JV..,V.V.-J
..v
...
,.
J,.l,i
thes
today.
It
was
the
first-
tune
in
two
weeks,
since
the
water
with
deliveries
of
fuel
amounting
to
only
fifty
tons
a
day
North
beaOi,
Man
Is
bate
A
&:
eitllntlnn
Vioninm
Htiol
nurittnr
.
"
"
..t
c.,ll
f
-inft
to
the
protracted
cold
and
dry
.
ton-
spell,
that
there
had
been
wa-
Mr'
BIack
dlosed
lhat-
a')-.w
tcr
in
the
reservoir
Water
was
TJa
L
ttl
Peals
and
warnings
notwlth-thus
assured
to
o.
all
i
parts
of
the
.
..
,,
i
....
....
...
,
,.
standing,
the
consumption,
ot
raced
through
a
factory
in
Toronto's
downtown
garment
district.
This
photo
shows
firemen
and
other
rescue
workers
giving
first
:
(CP.
Photo
i
FIVE
DIE
IN
I'lHE
Five
person
were
killed
In
a
lire
which
More
than
a
dozt-n
olhrr
employees
were
injured,
some
seriously,
aid
In
the
street
outside-Uio
building..
'
'
J
All
.'IL
tt.CUIlUIIIIC
HU
IVIW1I
I
electricity
In
th
business
and
day,
a
gw?t
of
the
British
Columbia
Police,
worse
after
what
meagre
reports
so
far
re-mld
inl
icatt
was
a
harrowing
and
almost
expvrii.-nct'.
He
drifted
eight
days
across
ami
lkak
watci's
of
Dixon's
Entrance
in
a
unless
they
arc
frozen
up.
main
residential
section
of
the
COMiUNF.
IS
UIAKOMI
ri
l.P
AM)
PArtK
normal
level
oi
uie
reservoir
city
r,ad
.iucrettScd
to
teu
Pr-is
thirteen
feet.
ccllt
nb0vc
normal
yesterday.
;
since
location
of
the
break,
Too
many
Waters
are
run-crews
have
been
busy-
making
nlllg
and
ushm
in
business
J
-
V
Pipe
Thawing
To
Cost
$7.50
hut
iiMi
then
-
OTTAWA
OTTAWA
Czechoslovakia
s
4
an
the
iiuilliwcsl
ijV,
arr
hfinfr
wimmuii
lea
td
expulsion
iff
two
Canadians
Ls
i.aii4m
lsiind.
Tiicn
Witii,
by
.Immigration
official
and
'
bcinff
Tonfttlrrtar
eablnrTleT
.'or
nire
d;iys
ihtoss
1(
expectwl
a
United
States
and
could
result
in
similar
action
P,
members
f
the
Czech
rpt
North
liradi
iii
ro!ls,uard
Ve.si
will
come
u
ap.tnt
or
tu
a
iK.Int
across
MasscU
l0
p,ck
up
unct
tak1
nlm
n
where
his
siKiwi
.
v,.lnUi,.n
unable
0
W.
Aiider-rcsfiip
'
'
hMrj(iiar!crs
of
11-':i'icf
vii'ic
.i(lvl;,rd
to-
j
s
'
'Vls-
w
w
ranwuy
mpiu..
-...piacw;
'
parUcubirly.
rc-staurants-The
city's
booster
pump
con-v
and
beer
parlor.i,
ure
utiU
blaz-'
tinues
to
wofk
on
a
twenty-four
ing"
the
power
company
corn-hour
basis
to
maintain
a
water
mented.
supply
not
only
for
the
city's
There
was
a
deplorable
lack'
essential
needs
but
for
fire
pro-
of
co-operation,
Mr.
Black
as-
.
tectlon
under
the
continuing
serted,
with
the
result
that
re-hazardous
conditions.
.
(
serves
are
becoming
diminished
An
Investigation
rather
than
increased.
To
further
curb
excessive
Details
of
the
restriction,
are
drainage,
city
engineer
Don
contained
in
an
official
notice
Stewart
began
Investigations
hy
the
company
in
the
Daily
today
into
the
rate
of
waer
con
Nc
s
today.
It
is
these
restric
sumption
of
23
business
conl
lions
which
Mr.
Black
threat
hs
cerns
m
this
ciyt.
In
a
report
to
to
double
tomorrow,
city
council
last
night.
Mayor
-
G.
W.
Ruddcrham
stated
be-
fA
Anfl'
lAfTQ
Kriitovich
h.ul
been
Lt'Cation
in
Ottawa.
Officials
of
the
External
Af-
lairs
Department
arc
awaiting'
the
return
of
the
t
wo
men
to
net
full
reports
on
the
circumstances
linked
with
ttn
ir
orders
to
leave
the
Canadian
Lcuatkm
at
Praaue
on
12
hours
notice
la.st
Thursday.
No
ucUoh
is
expected
to
be
Uiken
until
after
they
report,
probably
this
week.
LOCAL
7
1
DCS
Wednesday,
January
25,
WM
Private
properly
owners
in
tim
ature.
will
find
it
necessary
to
ork
over
$70
to'
the
Board
of
orks
department
if
their
water
jipes
are
frozen
and
the
electric
;
tawing
machine,
is
used
for
de--
osting
purposes.
This
Board
of
Vorks
committee
recommenda-..on
was
approved
by
city
coun-il
last
night.
.
The
committee
also
recom-iienxied
that
the
city
engineer
be
tuthorized
to
use
Ills
discretion
ui
the
thawing
of
pipes,
giving
trst
preference
to
those
with
the
greatest
needs.
Purchase
of
street
crossing
signs
for
Installation
on
Sixln
and
Seventh
venues
at
Claude
Street
was
authorized.
'
j
A
city's
tender
for
tools
from
!
part
of
the
estate
of
Mr.
Berglind
,
'of
$152
was
accepted.
F
Ji
"A"
t
tween
November
21
and
Decern-.
Wwlll
MIIU
I
IvIW
J
FLASHES!
VANCOl'VMl
STOItM
VANCOl'VKIt
A
sliurt
.siiarp
and
intense
storm
that
last
nisht
claimrU
at
Irast
one
life
today
called
out
hnudrrds
of
workmen
to
restore
battered
communications
to
the
city.
William
Stanley
.MrLrod.
aged
"5,
died
of
a
heart
alack
at
the
peak
of
the
storm.
Sl'BMAlMNE
KODIAK
Initid
States
Navy
officals
described
today
as
"improbable'
the
report
that
an
unidentified
object
seen
within
a
half
mile
of
Kodiak
was
a
submarine.
On
Kodiak
the
Navy
lias
one
of
its
far
northern
bases.
ber
20,
a
total
of
3,329,375
gal
lliUli
Of
It
In
City
HLn
sUiry
vi
as
that,
:ngwutb
from
Ketcb-
,
-bit
Irolliii"
boa;
bi
-il
January
8
m
ar
l
ul
Portland
Canal.
ipKiy,
the
boat,
ac-'lic
Hury
rwivi'd
by
lina'iy
eaht
up
cm
n
u
Graham
IMand
Angara
Island.
I'ack-I'ffl
provLsiuns
and
tmm
tin-
xtranded
ade
his
vruy
ovcrliiud
!t.prc
he
was
finally
'"Hli
Baker.
a
si.st.er
m.
and
other
reia-
lons
of
water
was
used.
Then
suddenly
consumption
jumped
18.5
f-et
15.4
loot
8.3
feet
5:ftU
18:1!)
12:31
Low
THE
WEATHER
SOLDIER
ATHLE1
t:S
Four
members
Oi
the
armed
services
were
among
33
Canadian
athletes
who
left
Vancouver
aboard
a
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Linos
plane
Jan.
17
for
Aacl-Jand.
N.Z.,
to
take
part
in
the
British
Empire
Games.
Left
to
right
:
Spt.
Henry
Hudson
of
Montreal,
wre.st.ler;
PO
Eddie
Haddad,
R.C.N..
ol
Esquimau,
boxer;
Egt.
O.
M.
Plumb,
RCAF,
of
Aylmer,
Out...
wrestler;
Sgt.
Varaleau.
RCAK,
Ot
tawa,
wcightlifter.
(C
P.
Photo)
Synopsis
.
The
Kiinlheastern
coiner
of
British
Columbia
is
recovering
this
moininK
from
yesterday'.;
tu.:ir
lili:'.7:ird
coiuiilions
which-
I
i
ELECTRICAL
CURTAILMENT
dropped
as
much
as
eight
in-j
dies
of
fresh
snow
over
south-1
eni
Vinxcouver
Islund
and
the;
lower
Mainland.
Clearing
skies
(
over
the
lower
mainland
result-
.
mi
in
Hip
rxlreme
low
tempera-
to
19,220,000
gallons
between
prince
Rupert
people
looked
December
20
and
January
21;
out
of
their
now
enforced
dlmr
six
times
the
normal
consump-
out
tnis
morning
and
surveyed
tion-
.
the
clear
and
steely
blue
sky
"The
engineer
will
inspect"
which
still
presented
no
pros-these
places,"
the
Mayor
prom-
pect
of
an
amelioration
In
the
ised,
"and
see
why
ail
that
wa-!
long
cold
snap,
now
well
into
ter
is
being
used."
'
its
fourth
week
and
promising
Commenting
on
the
current
to
present
a
record
for
severity
power
and
water
shortage,
Aid-,
and
duration
In
the
city's
met-erman
T.
B.
Black
pointed
out
eorological
history,
the
only
method
of
alleviating'
Over
at
Dlgby
Island
the
of-the
situation
is
by
co-operation
ficlal
thermometer
recorded
a
of
every
citizen.
But,
he
udded,
low
for
the
night
of
three
aBove
they
have
not
co-operated
so
far
zero
between
4
and
7
o'clock
therefore
sections
of
the
city
this
morning.
Tills
was
no
lower
will
be
without
power
for
cer-
a
reading
than
the
minimum
tain
lengths
of
time.
for
the
night
previous
but
the
the
best
but
It
can
be
excep-
fact
was
not
accepted
with
"We
hope
it
will
work
out
for
much
comfort
by
the
people
on
tionally
grim
within
another
this
side
of
Prince
Rupert
Har-tliree
weeks."
bor
who
claimed
that
their
ulatlon
had
a
hand
in
increas-
thermometers
were
still
hover-He
pointed
out
Increased
pop-
ing
around
the
aero
mark
with
ing
power
and
water
usage
and,
readings
lower,
if
anything,
Local
Rail
Line
Lucky
Everything;
Normal
in
Spite
of
Cold
Weather
Train
18
Hours
Laic
While
Railway
operations
else
-
t-
-
I
I
'
''-1
i'ti)lliwtii
curtailment,
in
tisane
nf
electricity
noes
into
I,
'
1
x
t
'slrum
timm
today,
Tuesday.
January
24,
due
entirely
-cu-upcnttioii
with
request
for
reduction
of
40
percent
requested
on
Friday,
January
20.
'"'SNviil
be
extended
imlcss
Ihpae
eurtailments
produce
tures
overnii'.ht.
Over
the
rest
or
the
province
winter
continues
in
full
force
with
clear
cool
weather
prevailing.
Temperatures
at
Prince
George
hud
dropped
to
55
below
by
4:30
this
morning
mak-Ini;
it
the
coldest
spot
lit
the
province
while
Prince
Rupert
reported
a
low
of
3
above.
where
jn
British
Columbia
and
'I'd
reiluetioii.
To
nvnlH
(uriher
pxtenslons
of
Der-
i
,ij.-
r-L
hizCHR
are
nr...,
nil..
ij
fi
nn
iiiih.
1
o''
appliance,
and
restrict
all
consumption
to
mm-
"gmr::lllen!
;.
generally
throughout
Western
Canada
were
hampered
by
extreme
conditions
of
whiter
weather,
the
Jasper-Prince
Rupert
lino
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
was
operating
at
nor-
.
r..
i
t
i1
u
-srr
.
-1'itit
(
u
V.
&
Gtii
E.
Si
Bordf.-i
St.,
Sunuiill
Ave.,
etc.
"H)
i2:oo
Noon
to
2:00
pin.
5:0(1
p.m.
to
6:00
p.m.
I
In
addltio,
the
city's
poor
water
than
the
day
previous.
'?:.;
!
supply
system
has
not
in
any
Wind
was
in
tha
northeast
;
way
eased
'
the
crisis.
and
there
was
no
sign
whatever
i
"We
can
do
Just
so
much
and
of
any
break
in
the
weather,
the
I
no
more,"
Aid.
Black
declared,
only
recommendation
for
which
.
.
;
j,.
thut;
lt
llas
beea
cicar
and
8li.
9lli
Ave.
to
3:00
p.m.
to
1:00
a.m.
1:00
p.m.
9:00
p.m.
irv
t.
.
v.
'
No
.marked
change
ls
expeci-tcd
over
the
southern
sections
of
the
province
during
the
next
Iwo
days.
However
increasing
cloudiness
and
somewhat
milder
weather-
appears
to
be
in
store
for
the
northern
regions
by
tomorrow.
Forecast
'
Nortli
Coast
Region
Cloudy
'
with
scattered
snow
flurries
to-day
and
Wednesday
vicinity
of
northern
Vancouver
Island.
Circuit
!
mul
today.
The
last
small
snow-slide
in
the
lower
Skeena
was
cleared
up
eight
miles
east
of
Kwinitsa
yesterday
and
the
line
being
entirely
clear
the
snow
plow
was
brought
in.
The
regular
train
from
tlw
Fast
due
at
10:15
tonight,
was
reported
to
be
eighteen
hours
lute
I
which
would
brinu
it
in
at.
4:15
8:00
a.m.
to
11:00
a.m.
1:00
p.m.
to
3:00
p.m.
4:00
p.m.
to
7:00
p.m.
9:00
a.m.
to
11:00
a.m.
Ave
Ciriuit
account
of
snow
and
storm
conditions
in
the
Fraser
Valley,
a
40-mile
gale
and
two-foot
blizzard
having
further
embarrassed
the
situation
yesterday.
Railway
weather
reports
show-
1
f
1
pleasant
This,
however,
by
no
means
'compensates
for
the
widespread
inconvenience,
.'
if
not
hardship
in
some
cases,
that
it
has
caused.
j
Everyone
lu
Prince
Rupert
!
agrees
that
it
is
soft
and
rainy
weather
and
lots
of
it
which
is
'
needed
--
soon.
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Section
2
10:00
a.m.
to
3:00
p.m.
1
I-
ft
i
Elsewhere
clear
today
and
tonight,
becoming
cloudy
lomor-
1
row.
Continuing
extremely
cold.
Winds
northerly.
15
miles
pel-hour
Lows
tonight
and
Mgh.-s
tomorrow.
At
Port
HurWy
.
10
and
22.
Sandspit
15
and
20.
rn
Hays
Cove
Bridge
to
Seal
Cove
&
11th
Ave.
9:00
p.m.
to
:00
a.m.
i
KOIITIIUIN
C.
l'OW
till
CO.
I.TI..
per
T.
B.
Black.
p.m.
tomorrow.
Late
connections
cd
extremely
cold
weather
in
the
at
Jasper
were
again
the
cause
central
interior
early
today
but
of
delay
due
to
cold
weather
on
trains
were
not
Interrupted
as
the
prairies.
yet.
At
Vanderhoof
it
was
61
bc-
Tralns
in
ami
out
of
Vancou-
low,
at
Burns
Lake
56
and
at
lm-
Dome
Creek,
100
miles
east
of
ver
have
been
practically
mobilized
for
several
days
on
,
Prince
Oeorge,52
below.
CANADIAN
IN
TEXAS-Glli.s
f
uircli,
left.,
general
manager
of
The
Canadian
Press,
is
briefed
about
Texas
by
Frank
H.
King,
Associated
Press
general
executive
for
the
.southeastern
states.
Mr.
King,
who
covered
the
1930
royal
visit
to
Canada
and
ls
a
former
chief
of
A.P.'s
London
bureau,
is
well
known
to
Canadian
newspaper
men.
Mr.
Pureell
was
in
Dallas
for
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Associated
Press
Managing
Editors'
Association.
(C.
P.
Photo)
When
the
sun
rises
in
tua
morning,
the
first
spot
in
the
United
States
to
catch
its
rays
is
Mount
Katahdln,
In
MaMine.
1
Prince
Rupert.
3
and
15.
3
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G"
THE
GOOD
THINGS
FROM
CHRYSLER
FIRST
SEE
THE
1'9S0
-PLYMOUTH
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