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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
28.
TRINCF
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
3,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ii
if
n
c
p
eads
Guilty
0
LOWEST-PAID
PROFESSION
0
ARBITRATORS
DECLARES
Columbia
teachers
are
the
most
poorly
isional
workers
in
the
province
and
the
1
1
between
their
salaries
and
those
of
other
aroiimay
ir
yjiiuBigairy
li
D.
lr
is
hffnmino-
oroeressivelv
greater.
i
t
Teachers'
Association
contended
in
its
NEGOTIATES
FOR
POWER
Aluminum
Company
Resumes
I
1
1
.'
..
1-..-...
It
r,
WTtrit'fl
t
IT
voluminous
aocu-
by
a
committee
Partially
Admits
Act
Charged
Against
Him
BUDAPEST
(CP)
Josef
Cardinal
Mindszenty
told
an
Hungarian
people's
court
today
that
"I
plead
guilty
of
having
committed
the
majority
of
-those
deeds
I
am
charged
with.''
Mindszenty
ar.d
six
others
are
being
tried
on
charges
of
.treason,
spying
and
iuiiers.
was
pre-
TWO
SIDES
L.
Dryer
of
Van-iM-omoanied
the
Talks
With
Government
On
his
return
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Victoria
last
week,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
Minister
of
Lands
and
Forests,
said
he
was
1
'
1
vA
it
V
Or
UliPult
bit
ration
board
hearing
Wednes-for
the
teachers.
resuming
conversations
with
McNeely
Du
Bose,
vice-presid
i
black
market
dealings.
ent
of
the
Aluminum
Company
Mindszenty
acknowledged
that
ibers
consisted
oi
rincr
Vancouver.
Ovens,
Vancou-rpiesentative,
!).
and
pman,
Kelowna,
he
wrote
a
letter
offering
to
work
'
for-
peace
1etween
the
irurcscniauve.
Living
maex
Communist
-
dominated
government
and
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
if
his
trial
was
put
off.
,
hearing
by
thr
salary
po.si-
The
Cardinal's
former
secre
uue
iumiuiiuw
tary.
Rev.
Ondras
Zakar,
also
of
Canada,
on
the
company's
proposed
hydro
and
aluminum
plant
development
on
the
British
Columbia
coast.
A
press
despatch
from
Victoria
to
the
Vancouver
Sun
was
to
the
effect
that,
Mr.
Du
Bose
is
seeking
what
he
calls
a
satisfactory
arrangement
with
the
government
on
the
power
scheme.
This
would
involve
not
only
the
rental
for
use
of
waterpower
but
such
other
factors
as
compensation
the
company
would
be
required
to1
pay
ors,
mauve
iu
IS
IOO
l"W
pleaded
"partly
guilty"
but
said
he
had
only
followed
the
orders
Teachers'
In-
of
his
superiors.
,.(1,
is
"not
Kecp-
Key
to
the
dispute
between
thu
Prince
Rupert
School
Board
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Teachers'
Association,
is
the
proposed
wage
scale
to
cover
district
teachers
for
1949.
The
arbitration
board
white
h
heard
arguments
Wednesday,
was
concerned
mainly
with
the
opposing-
claims
on
this
matter
by
each
side.
Given
below
are
the
teachers'
demands
and,
the
counter
proposals
by
the
School
Board.
Teachers
Ask
:
Elementary
teachers'
salaries
$1,850
to
$3,200.
Secondary
school
teachers'
salaries
$2,200
to
$4,000.
In
addition
they
ask
$150
annual
"increments,"
salary
Increases
based
on
experience
as
teachers.
The
above
scale
Is
similar
to
the
one
negotiated
recently
at
Lake
Cowi-chan,
plus
$-00
annually
to
Mindszenty's
offer
to
work
for
peace
was
refused.
His
letter,
said
the
Cardinal
Iip
standard
of
income
of
other
mmunity
Is
more
;p."
nil
who
is
head
of
the
Roman
Cath
olic
Church
!n
Hungary,
admit
for
timber
or
other
lands
that
V.C.
PARLIAMENTARIANS
Three
members
or
Parliament,
all
Victoria
Cross
winners,
chat
about
the
new
session
which
started
in
Ottawa
last
week.
Left
to
right,
they
are:
Maj.-Gen.
G.
R.
Pearkes,
(P.C.-Nanaimoi
;
Lt.-Col.
C.
C.
Merritt,
(P
C.
Vancouver-Burrard)
;
and
Brig.
M.
F.
Gregg,
veterans
minister
and
Liberal
member
for
York-Sunbury.
C.
P.
Photo)
OTTAWA
0
Canadians
will
'
learn
tomorrow
whether
the
cost
of
living
Is
reeling
on
the
way
down.
At
noon
(Pacific
Coast
time)
the
Bureau
of
Statistics
will
release
the
cost
of
living
index
and
disclose
whether
the
official
barometer
of
living
expenses
is
actually
on
the
downward
path.
The
index
will
cover
price
trends
in
the
holiday
period
between
December
1
and
January
1.
would
have
to
be
flooded,
ted
"grave
errors"
in
his
fight
against
the
church-state
1
changes
for
right-of-way
power
lines
and
other
points
affecting
The
trial
opened
today
be
costs.
Prince
Rupert's
d
on
fish
and
Mr
Dryer
cited
-)(
salmon
and
ii
sis
Indicative
fore
a
five-man
court
in
a
tiny
courtroom
holding
only
about
Farm
Newspaper
Stops
Publication
j
SUMMERS1DE,
I'.E.l.
-
j
Another
newspaper
has
ceased
i
publication
alter
69
years.
Tills;
100
people.
Mindszenty
is
the
first
Rom
fmiriit
of
concv-
an
Catholic
cardinal
in
modern
To
Tolerate
No
Russian
Maneouvres
Is
the
Prince
Edward
Island
times
to
face
trial
in
a
civil
criminal
court.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johiuitcm
Co.
t,td.)
tlir
last
eight
,id
here
lor
sal--.vas
221
percent
,
1939
while
the
i'M
halibut
fish-
COMPROMISE
AWARD
TO
TEACHERS
ARBITRATION
HOARD
MEKTS
HALF
1)
KM
AND
A
compromise
aw
ard
which
will
'cost
city
taxpayers
$13,541
above
the
1948
salary
cost,
was
handed
down
this
morning
by
the
arbitration
board
which
Wednesday
heard
representations
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Teachers'
Association
and
the
School
Board
in
their
1919
salary
dispute.
The
award
is
just
about
one
-half
the
amount
requested
by
the
teachers
for
the
1949
increases
and
is
greater
than
the
amount
suggested
by
the
school
board.
It
is
20
per
cent
greater
than
the
1940
B.
U.
Teachers'
Federation
salary
schedule
and
provides
an
additional
$201
a
year
to
cover
higher
living
costs
in
this
district.
Maximum
and
minimum
rates
of
pay
awarded
for
element
Agriculturist,
a
weekly.
The
reason
given
is
"lack
of
capital"
as
well
as
steadily
increasing
cost
of
material.
Vancouver
I
port
had
risen
West
Is
Bayunne
.06
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
(P
The
United
States
served
notice
on
the
world
today
that
it
-will
allow
no
Russian
manoeuvre
to
Bralornc
9.50
salary
paid
!':
icachers
in
ia:i9
jil
the
barbers'
'
t
it
pace
with
the
TO
EXTEND
FISHERIES
disrupt
growing
unity
oi.
nou-
communist
western
powers.
compensate
for
the
higher
cost
of
living
In
a
northern
area.
The
School
Board's
counter-proposal:
Elementary
School
Teach-cr.i
$1,700
to
$2,800.
Secondary
School
Teachers,
$2,000
to
$3,300.
The
proposal
by
the
Board
Is
an
Increase
of
$100
more
thaii
the
1948
uegotlated
scale
for
both
elementary
and
secondary
school
teachers
here
at
minimum
and
maximum
levels.
The
Board
also
pro-1
poses
retention
of
the
$100
i
"increment"
scale
In
force
I
last
year.
To
meet
the
tcach-!
rrs'
demands,
the
Board
claims,
would
cost
an
addl-j
tlonal
$20,525
in
the
salary
!
budget.
Divided
Mountain
Differential
...
Causfnff
Split
t
Freight
'
Rates
Hearing
OTTAWA
W
'
The
western
That
was
the
significance
seen
by
diplomatic
officials
here
in
a
statement
of
Secretary
of
State
Dean
Achcson
rejecting
WASHINGTON
.
Active
HbepN
j
have
been
taken
by
the
Uniied
ary
ami
secondary
school
teacners
aire
as
lollows:
Elementary:
$1,760
to
$3,080.
.Secondary:
$2,120
to
$3,800.
The
increases
will
boost
total
school
salary
costs
in
the
district
to
more
than
$130,000
for
1949.
B.
R.
Con
.03
Cariboo
Quart
1.36
Congress
05
B.
R.
X.
..
.12
Hedley
Mascot
..
58
Pacific
Eastern
08
Pend
Oreille
5.85
Pioneer
3.40
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
20
Reeves
McDonald
....
.10
Reno
.06
Sheep
Creek
a
1.50
States
Rovrrnnieht
to
develop
new
fisheries
and
iishiug
industries
in
the
central
and
-southwest
Pacific.
The
Navy,
with
headquarters
in
Guam,
recently
opened
areas
once
controlled
by
Japan,
to
licensed
fishing
fleets.
The
80th
Congress
au
Belcher
Resigns
Parliament
Seat
provinces
will
find
themselves
divided
within
the
next
two
days
before
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
over
the
removal
of
British
Columba's
mountain
differential
freight
rate.
'
British
Columbia,
calling
for
TIGHTENING
UP
BLOCKADE
-
Premier
Stalin's
latest
declaration
of
willingness
to
hold
a
meeting
with
President
Truman.
American
diplomats
in
western
as
well
as
eastern
Europe
were
expected
to
make
the
most
of
this
new
and
detailed
statement
of
Washington's
determination
to
make
no
direct
LONDON,
9
John
Belcher
turn."
Tie
ttVi-raRT-
K.
.
f
would
have
been
;
'
21
jpcrct
nl
of
$1,350.
it.
was
$2,22B,"
Mr.
"'ed.
draw
attention
to
rune
net
earnings
s
f.
(xtI
halibut
fi.slier-ItK'.ilb;
earnings
from
A
and
grey
fish
livers,
r;igc
jrus
$3,122
per
an-t.
SM9
iy
.
it
is
not
un-ik
t:it
the
maximum
i''
t(
leineiilary
tcacii-
.i'e
this
figure."
-
7
coiitended
Hiat
1
ty
the
city
lo
un-
't$'
n
could
be
used
ej'if
the
increase
in
JNs
between
1942
i
biuuse
the
''entire
I
former
Parliamentary
Secret
.38
Vi
.35
.37
.15
.09
Silbak
Premier
Taku
River
Vananda
Salmon
Gold
....
Spud
Valley
....
erasing
of
the
higher
rate,
will
I'GOOD
TILUCUM"
get
qualified
backing
from
Al
(ask)
berta
but
will
run
into
opposi
ary
to
i-lio
Hoard
oi
t
racie,
w-day
resigned
as
Labur
Member
of
Parliament
for
Sowerby.
Earlier
he
had
resigned
his
ministerial
office
after
giving
evidence
before
.
the
tribunal
deals
with
the
Soviet
Union
atN
tion
from
Manitoba.
The
coast
province
seeks
an
the
possible
expense
of
other
countries.
IWRL1N
(Pi
The
western
powers
tightened
their
counter-blockade
against
the
Russian
sector
of
Berlin
today.
Western
Bi
rlln's
German
police
placed
(Xtin
patrols
at
section
boundaries.
The
police
had-
orders
to
stop
any
illegal
outright
and
immediate
re
which
investigated
.
corruption
An
electric
toaster
left
burning
on
a
kitchen
in
the
home
of
E.
.II.
Hicks,
714
Fraser
St.,
burned
through
two
layers
of
fire
resistant
wall
surface
and
started
a
blaze
that
did
about
$5
damage
to
the
building
at
in
government
circles.
VANCOUVER
DIES
VANCOUVER
-milk.
Albert
Harris,
one
of
the
last
remaining
links
with
the
past
In
Vancouver,
died
here
yesterday.
Friend
of
the
Indians
who
knew
him
as
"Good
Tilllcum,"
he
swung
thorized
the
Fish
and
Wild
Lite
Service
to
conduct
explorations
to
determine
I
he'
maximum
development
of
high
seas
fishing
resources
in
the
territories
and
island
possessions.
U.S.
PILING
UP-WAR
MATERIALS
WASHINGTON
The
United
Stales
government
has
ordered
a
speed-up
In
Its
$3.700.000,0(,C
program
of
stock
piling
war
materials,
wilh
the
result
that
some
civilian
products
may
become
.scarcer.
BULLETINS
moval
of
the
differential
but
Manitoba,
headed
by
city
of
Winnipeg
pleas,
claims
the
rates
should
be
related
to
operating
costs
and
the
railways
claim
that
mountain
costs
justify
the
differential.
01
ft.-
c
vie
employee's
3:30
Wednesday
afternoon.
The
twin
l
he
local
tax-
fire
was
put
out
by
city
firemen
who
answered
the
call.
,
a
hammock
in
Stanley
Park
In
1889.
He
was
78
years
of
age.
'f
fML'
for
common
ft'
nls
an
hour
while
f
per
hour.
These
trading
in
Items
which
the
Russian
zone
wants
lo
obtain
from
western
Berlin.
Paris
Offered
For
Slalin-Truman
Meet
PARIS
id
Premier
Henri
(iieullle
yesterday
offered
Paris
as
a
peace
meeting
place
for
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
of
Soviet
Russia
and
President
Truman
of
the
United
Slates.
iiw
asking
a
fwr-
WHO
WRIvtKED
PARLEY?
OTTAWA
A
new
attempt
was
made
yesterday
in
the
lliiuse
of
Commons
to
fix
blame
for
failure
tf
the
1915-Ki
Dominion-provincial
conference.
Justice
Minister
Gar-son
placed
the
blainc
on
Quebec
a-inl
Ontario
.
but
Johil
Difenbakrr
(Progressive-Conservative,
Lake
Centre),
tossed
it
back
on
the
shoulders
of
the
federal
government.
i
25
ci
iits
an
hour.
STILL
NO
RELIKF
VANCOUVER
There
is
no
relief
from
the
long
cold
spell
which
has
brought
a
power
crisis
to
Vancouver.
More
snow
fell
since
yesterday
afternoon
and
there
was
five
inches
downtown
and
eight
inches
on
the
upper
levels
today.
At
imon
the
thermometer
read
31
and
snow
was
falling.
Tonight
26
above
is
forecast.
Victoria
and
Vancouver
Island
had
more
snow
last
night
and
up
island
'her
received
the
as
thn
laborer,
DEMANDS
HIGH
IN
FACE
DROPPING
LIVING
COSTS,
SCHOOL
BOARD
SAYS
Salary
increases
asked
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Teachers'
Association
for
1949
would
mean
an
increase
of
22.7
percent
over
the
1948
scale
in
the
face
of
"a
decreasing
cost
of
living
index,"
Frank
Wilson,
advocate
for
the
Prince
Rupert"
School
Board,
de-
WOODWORKERS
ASK
SIX
DAYS
SPOKANE
(f
-C.1.0.
International
Woodworkers
of
America
will
ask
northwest
lum
f'Tiisr-
salary
lor
OLDEST
CONTINENT
Geologically-
Australia
is
believed
to
be
the
oldest
of
the
continents,
being
the
most
lev-'
el
In
surface
and
the
most
regular
in
outline.
.
i
III!
PillTP
21
ber
operators
for
a
six-hour
Mai
i
il:r
T"""''
"
-
vsis
thero
was
five
inches.
Maiahat
ciareci
Wednesday
at
the
arbitration
board
hearing
Highway
was
so
dangerous
it
on
teachers'
salaries
at
the
Civic
M-lnMir
period
in
'''ruble
.snow
fell
day
In
negotiations
which
unexpected
to
open
soon,
Union
leaders
said
today.'
Other
demands
include
a
general
wage
increase-
of
ten
cents
an
hour.
l11"'
province
pnii-
Centre.
"This,"
said
the
Chilliwack
lawyer,
"is
a
remarkable
request
to
make."
"The
teachers'
request
is
for
an
elementary
minimum
of
The
boards
of
arbitration
appear
to
have
varied.
Those
most
fav7
orable
to
the
teachers
have
considered
that
the
teachers
are
entitled
to
a
full
cost
of
living
adjustment.
Those
which
however,
is
'Nurd
over
n.
0.
I"""':
for
tomorrow
l'-H'S
and
lnwnr
Inni.
LOCAL
WIRELESS
OPERATOR
DIES
John
Victor
leomun,
lormer
operator
at
Digby
Islund
wireless
station
and
more
recently
aboard
thn
lighthouse
tender
Albernl,
died
yesterday
morning
in
Vancouver.
He
had
gone
south
last
Thursday
"'"lies
and
North
iV
itl
snow
flur-in'd
tomorrow.
h",y
(2d,,
coui.
$1,850,
an
elementary
maximum
'
J
pay
a
little
more
attention
to
of
$3,200,
a
secondary
minimum
tne
problems
of
school
boards
of
$2,200
and
a
secondary
niaxl-1
nave
feit
that
the
teachers
mum
of
$4,000
with
increments,
were
entitled
to
a
partial
cost
of
$150.
The
overall
effect
is0f
nvmg
adjustment,
an
immediate
Increase
of
$26,525,'
"None
of
them
have
taken
the
an
increase
of
22.5
percent
on.
stand
that
the
teachers
are
en-negotiated
the
basis
of
a
salary
schedule
titled
to
more
than
the
cost
of
only
12
months
ago.
This
is
surely
a
remarkable
re-jllvill6
adjustment-
was
closed.
There
is
enough
water
to
maintain
power
here
for
28
days
providing
strict
restrictions
are
observed.
Otherwise
it
may
last
only
ten
days.
Prayers
for
rain
have
been
offered
in
Catholic
churches.
TWO
PLANE
CRASHES
QUEBEC
Ten
persons
were
killed
in
two
separate
plane
accidents
in
Eastern
Canada
yesterday.
Ivt
(Quebec
six
were
killed
instantly
and
two
died
later
when
a
St.
Lawrence
Airways
plane
plunged
nose
down
into
an
air
strip
at
Baie
de
la
Trinite
shortly
after
the
take-off.
Two
others
were
critically
injured.
Two
were
killed
when
a
plane
crashed
into
the
ice
of
Lake
Simcoe,
north
of
Barrie,
Omtario.
They
were
an
American
couple
flying
their
own
plane
from
Pittsburg
to
North
Bay.
fMl
nd
hluhs
Ilai-du
no
to-
and
ince
!!1
iiiwl
jr.
i"1
night
lor
lurtiier
examination
and
treatment
after
having
quest
to
make."
Mr.
Wilson
presented
While
the
increase
sought
by
the
teachers
is
22.7
percent
press
f
t
rT4A;'
HC
undergone
surgery
In
the
kballl
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospi
clippings
in
support
of
his
claim
higher
than
last
year,
the
actual
that
the
country's
cost
of
living
$25,525
Increase
would
mean
u
index
is
on
a
"definite
down-
35.5
percent
boost
to
the
amount
tal.
The
funeral
will
take
place
Saturday
afternoon
In
New
Westminster
from
the
furnished
by
the
taxpayers
for
teachers'
salaries,
he
argued.
ft
A
juver
rrows
1
vs.
Continued
on
Page
3)
ward
trend"
and
that
on
the
basis
of
the
overall
cost
of
living
Increase
in
1948,
the
most
the
teachers
would
be
Justified
in
asking
would
be
an
eight
percent
Increase
over
the
1948
level.
ce
Rupert
MiMi.am-in
m
il
'
T
ill
Bowell
&
Son
mortuary.
Mr.
Yeoman,
a
single
man,
was
horn
In
1919
In
this
province.
He
eanie
to
the
Digby
Island
station
in.
March
1916
and
transferred
to
the
Albernl
February
1947.
He
had
made
his
home
in
the
city
with
his
mother
who
went
south
with
LOCAL
TIDES
'""l
THU
US.
'''and
10
0
p.m.
Game,
7:30
Friday,
February
4,
1949
rtUJi'siMfcni,
U.F.A.W.U.
SPECIAL
MEETING
WAGE
CONFERENCE
REPORT
Oddfellows'
Hall,
4th
Ave.
East
FRIDAY,
FEB.
4,
7:30
P.M.
(29)
WHFRK
10
PERISHED
The
worst
lire
m
cape
Mieion
nisiory
cuumt-u
me
uvea
ui
muc
ou
rcn
and
one
adult
a
few
days
ago.
Eight
of
the
dead
were
children
f
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
MacKeiuaii
who
escaped
with
their
one
remaining
child..
Edward
Wiseman-
and
his
seven-
ve
ir
old
daughter,
Mary,
were
the
other
victhm
,
.
This
photo
shows
the
gutted
house.
On
the
nJhf
nnstairs
Is
the
bathroom
window
from
which
six
of
the
children
tried
to
escape,
rtgnt,
up.-."
(Ci
?
Pllot0)
High
5:04
18.8
feet,
mviuiaoB.
17:16
16.6
feet'
"There
have
already
been
a
Low
11:26
7.7
feet
number
of
arbitrations
in
this
23:14
7.7
feetprovince
since
December,
1948.
him.
His
father
died
about
a
year
ago.
There
is
a
married
l!t
included!
sister
at
EndaKo.