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PHOHE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
GO.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
MARCH
12,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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Operation
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cabs
.AIM
.
I
LEWIS
CALLS
MINE
STRIKE
yr:
-
In
Protest
Against
Truman
His
Majesty's
Condition
Entirely
Is
Satisfactory
LONDON
(CP)
The
King
yesterday
underwent
a
successful
operation
to
improve
the
circulation
in
his
right
leg,
a
Buckingham
Palace
statement
said.
It
read:
"His
Majesty's
condition
is
entirely
satisfactory."
.
r.
Doctors
had
said
earlier
that
the
operation
was
Appointment
of
Director
of
"j
Mines
Bureau
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
ih
I
-V.
.AT"
.
'
V
'
'
v.
"w
John
L.
Lewis
is
preparing
for
another
contract
battle
with
the
mine
operators
and
has
order-,
ed
a
two
weeks
shutdown
of
not
a
dangerous
one.
It
Is
I;
known
as
lumbar
sympathectomy
-cutting
of
a
small
nervj
centre
near
the
spine
to
allow
the
blood
to
flow
more
freely
through
leg
arteries.
SMUTS
IS
REJECTED
j
TEDIOUS-
Siorm-weary
railroad
workers
are
silhouetted
against
a
southern
i
!
as
they
trudge
along
a
rail
line
hidden
by
heavy
snows.
The
men
have
been
BIG
MONTREAL
SNOW
.MONTREAL
Stranded
cars
littered
Montreal
streets
today
after
a
nine-inch
ttnowfall
had
tied
up
traffic
and
1,'rtcrfcred
with
air
line
operations.
The
eilv
roads
department
sent
out
-1400
men
and
all
its
equipment
on
snow-removal
jobs
after
wet,
clinging
snow
had
stalled
ears,
j
STEVE
BELLOISE
WINS
NEW
YORK
Steve
Belloise,
hard-hitting
Bronx
middleweight
contender,
stopped
J.
T.
Ross,
lanky
San
Jose,
California
youngster,
In
one
minute
and
thirty
seconds
of
the
fifth
round
of
a
featured
10-rottndcr
at
Madison
Square
s
i
ur
with
shovels
and
snowplows
for
most
of
the
winter
to
maintain
rail
con-
United
Stales
coal
mines
east
f
the
Mississippi,
beginning
Vlonday.
The
strike
is
in
protest
against
President
Truman's
.lomination
of
James
Boyd
as
director
of
the
United
States
Bureau
of
Mines
and
a
memorial
for
men
killed
and
injured
n
mines.
The
order
involves
400,000
ninors.
Some
localities
have
been
cut
of!
for
weeks
from
all
communications.
$
A
tow
ns.
ELECTION
IN
Jl'NE?
VANCOUVER
The
Vancouver
News-IIejrld
said
today
thai
the
British
Voymbia
el-c'Jon
will
be
t
held
;
in
mid-June
MMf
June
13
ir
June
20.'ri-1said:
"The
favor,
ite
election
day
in
British
v
Colambia
iv
Monday
and
the
Mondays
Closest
to
mid-June
are
13
and
20.
CONSERVATIVES
READY
OTTAWA
George
Drew
yesterday
told
his
weekly
ptcss
conference
that
his
Progressive
-
Conservative
parly
Is
ready
for
a
general
election
at
any
time.
He
added
that,
if
the
party
attained
power,
he
would
let
private
enterprise
and
not
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
develop
television.
The
CBC,
he
said,
was
delaying
this
development
and
all
the
best
wave-lengths
were
being
swallowed
up
by
the
United
States.
Provincial
Elections
in
South
Africa
Show
Stronger
Favor
FATAL
SEQUEL
TO
ROBBERY
Vancouver
Wants
B.
C.
Rail
Director
For
Segregation
JOHANNESBURG,
(r
Prime
Minister
Daniel
Malan's
Nationalist
forces
gained
the
majority
of
seats
in
South
Africa's
provincial
council
elections
fought
on
his
"apartheid"
policy
of
racial
segregation.
Final
returns
following
voting
Thursday
show
the
Nation
jed
Sale
of
Margarine
i
Liquor
Laws
Demanded
i
IJ1A
(CD
Resolutions
favoring
the
unit
i.f
margarine
in
British
Columbia
and
:
for
its
failure
J
e
coalition
government
i
m
the
liquor
question
were
unanimous-Jnieht
at
a
meeting
of
Victoria
County
tj:
Association.
'
ajt
:i
demanded'
General
Giraud
of
France
Dies
PARIS,
33
General
Henri
Honore
Giraud,
aged
70,
French
hero
of
two
world
wars,
died
last
night
in
military
hospital
at
Dijon.
He
had
been
stricken
by
food
poisoning.
Giraud
was
in
command
for
the
French
in
North
Africa
at
the
time
of
the
fall
of
France
in
World
War
II
and
differed
with
Gen.
Charles
de
Gaulle
in
carrying
on
the
war,
later
giving
away
to
Garden
last
night.
Each
weighed
157U
pounds.
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
is
thoroughly
in
sympathy"
with
I
'
-he
stand
of
the
Prince.
Rupert
;
HARVEY
MURPHY
COLLAPSES
VANCOUVER
Harvey
Mur
alists
won
control
of
Transvaal
Province
from
Jan
Christian
Smuts'
United
Party.
They
also
MONTREAL,
Police
shot
and
killed
an
armed'bandit
last
night
and1
today
widened
the
search
for
three
accomplice.5
who
took
$25,000
from
east
end
tobacco
wholesalers.
The
bandits
were
cornered
in
a
lane
after
the
A.
Dubord
Co.
had
been
robbed.
Ovila
LaRo.se,
28-year
old
convict,
died
when
he
refused
to
surrender
to
the
police.
Living
Cost
Is
Little
Changed
sharply
cut
Smuts'
edge
of
ma-1
phy,
regional
director
of
the
International
I'nion
of
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
Woriter
(CIO),
rested
at
his
home
today
after
collapsing
at
the
British
Columbia
district's
sixth
annual
convention.
His
condition
is
not
serious.
e,
-Litm
be
taken
i
,
,
I
:i',
;HH'ir
laws
I
i
hi.-,
of
the
jorily
in
Cape
Province
legis-.
lature
and
strengthened
their
own
hold
in
Orange
Free
State.
PROSECUTE
BAKERIES
OTTAWA
The
federal
government
will
open
prosecutions
against
an
alleged
baking
industry
combine
in
the
three
far
western
provinces,
Justice
Minister
Garson
an
Chamber
of
Comerce
in
seeking
representation
for
British
Col-jmbia
on
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
R.
T.
Rokp,
executive
secretary
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade,
has
so
communicated
with
the
local
Chamber
which
recently
sought
Vancouver's
support
for
the
move
to
have
a
British
Columbia
member
of
the
board.
P.G.E.
Survey
Smuts
was,
as
usual,
strong
in
Natal.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Two
factors
are
influencing
the
weather
over
the
province
today.
The
southern
edge
of
British
Columbia
Is
covered
iy
bands
of
cloud
moving
up
from
the
remnants
of
a
storm
off
the
California
coast.
All
northern
regions
and
as
far
south
as
the
Cariboo
are
clear
due
to
the
ap-
nounced
yesterday.
The
court
action
will
follow
a
December
finding
by
the
Combines
Investigation
commission
that
Is
Starting
OTTAWA.
(Cost
ot
living
in
eight
cities
across
Canada
fol
m
BJIA
Axis
Sally
is
Now-Waiting
Sentence
lowed
no
consistent
pattern
dur
Government
Sustained
Hon.
Lionel
Chevrier,
minister
of
transport,
recently
advised
the
local
Chamber
that
the
west
11
.i
Tenders
to
be
Called
in
May
For
First
14
Miles
Toward
Prince
George
WASHINGTON.
0
Sentence
;S
already
represented
on
board
S"rreiury
proach
of
a
large
area
of
high
expeetd
to
be
passed,
next
IS
by
a
Saskatchewan
man
(living
fc-atirth
Roval
pressures
from
northern
Cana-
five
baking
companies
and
two
trade
associations
had
violated
the
anti-combine
laws
ot
Saskatchewan,
Alberta
and
British
Columbia.
POPE'S
ANNIVERSARY
VATICAN
CITY
Pope
Pius
JXII
today
celebrated
the
f
Kiivia
of
(Hi-
da.
4
w
-n
Mlp
-rull--;
Tlwre
are
still
no
indications
.VigTORJA.
(t
Tenders
will
be
called
early
in
May
for
the
construction
of
the
first
14
miles
of
the
Quesnel-Prince
week
on
Mildred
E.
(Axis
Sally
t
Gillars
following
her
conviction
lor
treason.
For
having
broadcast
treasonable
propaganda
Accorded
Three
Favorable
Pm
Yesterday
'
But
One
is
Close
OTTAWA,
(r
Division
bells
rang
three
times
in
the
House
ing
January.
The
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported
yesterday
that
the
index
had
dropped
one-tenth
of
a
point
but,
Mont
real,
and
Winnipeg
had
Increases
of
one-tenth
and
two
-
lilt
lis.
respectively.
Halifax,
Toronto
and
Edmonton
were
down
slightly.
Saskatoon
and
Vancouver
were
unchanged.
Vancouver
today
had
an
index
of
1G0.8
on
the
1930
bases
of
100.
against
the
United
States
over,
George
extension
of
the
Pacific
the
German
radio
during
the
j
Great
Eastern
Railway
early
in
tenth
anniversary
of
his
cor
onalion
as
spiritual
ruler
over
I
war,
the
48-year
old
Miss
Gillars,
May
Premier
Byron
Johnson
an-
in
Toronto'
and
that
there.
wa
at
present
no
vacancy
on
the
board.
VETERANS
WOULD
TAKE
TO
LAND
Half
a
doen
local
war
veterans
indicated
their
intention
of
taking-
up
land
in
British
ejl&rlm
a
"day
of
really
unsettled
weather
and
.irkt
eare."
the
forecast
Is
for
variable
if-.
i
the
United
cloudiness
and
a
few
showers
In
!
-i
.':
...
'.
it
has
the
extreme
southern
portions
i
1
:t
the
Soviet
of
B.C.
and
mainly
clear
skies
mi
intention
elsewhere.
i
pa4
agree-,
Forecast
,
.ri:
growing
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
hi
ic
mutniry,
It
Coast-Clear
today
and
tomor-j
t:
n
.niifest
pur-
row.
Light
northerly
winds.'
Cold
of
Commons
last
night
as
the
government
beat
off
two
Opposition
motions
of
non-confidence
and
won
.ts
own
bid
for
aclop-tio
of
the
Throne
Speech.
The
votes
came
this
way:
1.
180
to
12
against
a
Social
could
be
sentenced
to
deat.n
liijnouncea
rriaay.
the
electric
chair
or
could
get
A
survey
party
will
begin
off
with
five
years
in
prison,
a
work
next
week
of
laying
the
$10,000
fine
and
loss
of
Ameri-j
final
stakes
for
this
first"
14
can
citizenship.
!
miles
of
construction.
the
worlds
Roman
Catholics.
Members
of
the
diplomatic
corps
full
of
ceremonial
dress
gathered
with
members
of
the
Pope's
court
and
others
for
solemn
pontifical
mass
in
Rome's
famous
Sistine
Chapel.
Alaska
People
-:
1
1
p'Ksiblc
con-
at
night.
Lows
tonight
ana
hlgns
fl:
t
short
of
war
tomorrow:
Port-
Hardy
JU
ana
Here
by
flane
rive
us
from
50,
Massett
Zt
ana
io,
ruuee
Rupert
28
and
50.
An.
Ellis
Airlines
plane
brought
two
passengers
here
this
morning
from
Ketchikan,
returning
to
Its
base
early
this'
afternoon.
The
plane,
a
Grumman
Goose,
Old
Country
'"i
that
the
lini-
!
M
imt
and
could
'
-r
rights
nor
.
LOCAL
TIDES
Football
1949
Sunday,
REVOTE
FOR
FAIRVIEW
BREAKWATER
IS
ASSURED
IN
WORD
FROM
OTTAWA
According
to
information
received
from
Ottawa
by
Edward
T.
Applewhaite,
local
Liberal
candidate-there
will
be
included
in
the
estimates
of
the
Dominion
Public
Works
Department
for
1949-50
an
item
for
the
construction
of
a
concrete
and
rock
breakwater
at
Fairview
Bay.
Mr.
Applewhaite
points
out
that
it
Columbia
yesterday
when
they
Interviewed
Walter
Tennant
of
Kamloops,
regional
advisor
"of
the
Veterans'
Land
Act
Board
and
the
Soldiers'
Settlement
Board,
who
was
in
session
at
the
Canadian
Legion
rooms
yesterday.
Sitting
with
Mr.
Tennant
were
George
Anderson
and
Thor
Sollien
as
local
representatives.
Mr.
Tennant,
who
arrived
in
the
city
Thursday
night
left
last
night
by
train
on
his
return
to
Kamloops.
Credit
motion
to
declare
non-confidence
because
of
"studied
indifference"
to
use
Social
Credit
theories
to
remedy
economic
ills.
2.
124
to
62
against
a
Progressive
-
Conservative
motion
which
simply
declared
the.
government
had
lost
confidence
of
Parliament.
3.
97
to
89
to
adopt
the
Throne
Speech,
signifying
approval
of
the
government's
legislative
program
as
outlined
In
it.
The
government
.
motion
comparable
to
a
vote
of
confi-
High
March
13,
...
0:28
12:29
...
6:26
18:54
19.8
feet
was
piloted
by
Hugh
E.
Rams-22.0
feet
dell
of
Ketchikan.
The
passen-5.7
feet
gers
were
Ray
C.
Jones'
and
1.5
feet
Reed
Burt,
both
of
Ketchikan.
'Low
"n$
'Phone
J
Islands
Scottish
League
Cup
Final
Rangers
2,
Raith
Rovers
0.
Scottish
League
Division
A
Aberdeen
4,
Albion
Rovers
0.
Clyde
4,
Queen
of
South
0.
Falkirk
1,
Celtic
1
(tic).
1
the
Prince
!j9
"I
Commerce
is
not
yet
known
whether
this
Ha
PRINCE
RUPERT
SHOULD
BE
SCENIC
CAPITALOFCANADA
:
radiophone
Hearts
2,
Morton
4.
item
lias
yet
received
the
ap-
CHKM1CALS
FROM
OIL
tie
nee
went
through
and
Prime
Motherwell
3,
Partlck
Thistle
1Jrovul
of
tne
Department
of
Fin
It
Is
understood
that
the
total
project
will
Involve
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars.
The
sum
"''
Rupert
9
:
-"''"He
Island
"f
!
aml
Queen
;i
'
ive
been
refer-
Half
a
million
of
known
or-
Minister
St.
Laurent
was
given
ance,
but
he
is
confident
that
the
ganic
chemicals
can
be
produc-
j
a
loud
ovation
from,
the
Liberal
cd
from
oil.
benches.
Item
will
go
through
and
u.at,,lf
$75,000
for
this
numose
was
St.
Mirrcn
6,
Dundee
1.
Rangers
vs.
East
Fife
and
Third
Lanark
vs.
Hibernian,
1
;ie
federal
I)e-
Tr-
1
1
.
aceonl-
after
approval
by
Parliament,
plans
for
the
work
will
shortly
bo
under
way.
Included
in
the
supplementary
estimates
for
1048-49
but
was
not
expended.
"There
is
nothing
comparable
with
it
in
North
America,"
enthuses
C.
Lathic
Lockhart
of
Tennessee
over
the
scenery
of
the
Skeena
Itiver
valley
us
viewed
from
the
railway
and
highway
in
a
letter
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Even
Jasper
is
inferior
to
its
"incomparable
beauty,"
says
Mr.
Lockhart.
:
:
TOD
A
Y'S
STOCKS
:
:
(Courtesy
S.
U.
Juliiiotou
Co.
Ltd.)
postponed
because
of
cup
game.
English
League,
First
Division
Arsenal
0,
Preston
North
End
j
0
(tic).
Aston
Villa
1,
Manchester
f
nation
rceived
Wl.ai!,.,
sei-rr-Ury
!'!"'i'.
I
mm
the
U
l
Chevrier.
1
Mr.
Lockhart,
who
visiieu
mis
Vancouver
City
0.
Blackpool
2,
Chelsea
1.
Bolton
Wandeders
4,
Middles
.06
Huynunc
Bialorno
8.50
.03
U
.10
B.
R.
Con.
B.
R
brough
1.
Derby
County
3,
Everton
2.
Huddersfield
Town
1,
Burnley
0.
district
in
1946
ami
1948,
sug-J
gests
that
.suitable
postcards
j
should
be
made
on
the
Skeena
River
area,
that
the
Canadian
National
Railways
should
run
it-s
trains
by
daylight
along
the
river
and
that
car
and
motor
launch
tours
be
organized
out
Cariboo
Quartz
1.25
Liverpool
1
.Birmingham
City
,
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.42
Congress
lledley
Mascot
Pent!
Oreillo
4
95
Beattie
.49
BeVcourt
21Vz
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Canadian
IbYz
Consul.
Smelters
103.00
Conwest
1.27
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Donalda
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Eldona
56
Vi
East
Sullivan
2.77
Giant
Yellowknifc
....
0.50
God's
Lake
43
Hardrock
16',2
liarrieana
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llcva
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Ilosco
25'2
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Joliefc
Quebec
36
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Rowan
08
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3.10
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Border
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Manchester
United
3,
Stoke
City
0.
Sheffield
United
2,
Charlton
Athletic
0.
Sunderland
1,
Portsmouth
4.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
3,
Newcastle
United
0.
Second
Division
Barnsley
1,
Coventry
City
1
(tie).
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r
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v.
s'
f
1
of
Prince
Rupert.
More
udrouatc
accomodation
for
tourists
here
is
also
suggested.
"Prince
Rupert
ought
to
be
the
scenic
capital
of
Canada,"
asserts
Mr.
Lockhart
whose
interest
and
enthusiasm
is
being
acknowledged
by
the
local
Chamber.
Ireland
Wins
-In
Rugby
Game
W
.
4
v
t
Blackburn
Rovers
1,
Bury
2.
Bradford
3.
Leicester
City
3
(tie).
Cardiff
City
4,
West
Ham
United
0.
Fulhain
2,
Chesterfield
1.
Grimsby
Town
2,
Sheffield
Wednesday
0.
Luton
Town
2,
Brentford
I.
Reeves
McDonald
2.00
Reno
06
Sheep
Creek
1.30
Rilbuk
Premier
36
Taku
River
30
,
Vananda
31
.Salmon
Gold
16
Spud
Valley
07
Oils-Anglo
Cunuttian
4.00
A.
P.
Con
23
Atlantic
70
Cahnont
r
.38
C.
&
E
4.80
Central
Lcduc
1.08
Home
Oil
10.75
Mercury
13
Okalla
1.60
Tacliic
Pete
2.35
Princess
.28
Royal
Canadian
Oil
...
Toronto
Athona
11
Aumaque
.21
Vz
SWANSEA,
Wales,
(I'
-
Ire-laud
defeated
Wales
5
to
0
today
in
an
international
rugby
union
match.
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Jr.
s
i
:.-.....
-.
Nottingham
Forest
1,
Lincoln
Lapaska
06
V-i
Little
Long
Lac
75
Lynx
13
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.75
McKcVizie
Red
Lake
3H
McLeod
Cocksliult
1.01
Moneta
42
Vi
Negus
..
2.26
Noranda
54,-25
Louvicourt
26
Pickle
Crow
2.10
Rcgcourt
-
.05
Sn
Antonio
4.10
Senator
Rouyu
42
Shcnit
Gordon
2.23
Steop
Rock
1.59
Sturgeon
River
17
Silver
Miller
43
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City
1
(tie).
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.
.
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ioroiuo
reigns
as
queen
or
me
Plvmouth
Aievle
.
1.
West
'We
.sk,
'"S
un
"CIS.
,
&ne
succeeds
senior
singles
champion
"jU-
Basketball
Broniwieh
Albion
2.
Queen's
Park
Rangers
0,
Tot
tenham
HotsDur
0
(tie).
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'"f
'ho
"
hi
Ui
clominnted
the
Canadian
scene
since
','!'
Siisi
S!ls'i',
s'
'he
MiV1'"cned
cii
More
a
mink-coated
crowd
of
SOURCE
OF
POWER
LabraSor
contains
abundant
sources
of
hydro
power
in
the
surging
rivers
that
clot
the
Interior
of
the
country.
Many
of
these
rivers
are
located
near
the
Iron
ore
bodies.
Largest
river
in
Labrador
is
the
Hamilton
River
with
the
famous
Hamilton
Falls,
one
of
the
largest
in
North
America.
This
is
a
photo
of
an
unidentified
river
coursing
through
a
canyon
in
the
southern
section
of
the
country.
(C.
P.
Photo)
111
,i
,
Ul0
Club
til
nitn.no
r,-.r,
cl-atnm
Southampton
2,
Leeds
United
u
Lilies
al
www,,,,,
gale
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""v.
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int
lone
,
,
e
ln
the
two-day
Canadian
chain
It
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rio"
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-
.
21-'
TONIGHT
8
SO
SAVOY
ves.
CO-OP
..
.
victory
was
wrapped
up
by
Roger
1.
Amateur
International
Wales
1,
England
3.
title
title.
rse
entrv
from
Vancouver,
who
took