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PHOHE
81
VOL.
XXXVIH.
No.
7.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
10,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ffiUCAN
L
S
REQUEST
MMI
TO
GO
isi
mm
TP'
.
:
rrace
United
Church
Considered
Total
Loss.
After
Fire
Plane
Downing
'Regrettable'
r
lay
Morn
?
-
-
r
fuii
Limits
;
3
Destroys
Incident
Only
HOPE
EXPRESSED
THAT
TRUCE
WILL
NOT
BE
HAMPERED
WASHINGTON,
CP)
The
United
States
today
urged
Great
Britain"
to
Edifice
it
v.
,
'
-
,
Work
of
Town
lie
Saves
Other
treat
the.
shooting
down
of
five
Royal
Air
orce
planes
as
:
a
"regrettable
"S'f
incident
only."
A
statement
by
the
Department
of
State
ex:
Jngs
JACK
(CI')
Fire,
I
,
y
an
overheated
Jlicater
in
tli
ves-id
Knox
United
t
Terrace
on
Sun-ling
at
!:30.
The
ft
MAQU1NNA
IN
TRAGEDY
.
f
VICTORIA
Early
morning
collision
between
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
island
steamer
Princess
Maquinna
and
the
gasboat
Lorraine
Saturday
claimed
the
lives
of
three
persons
including
a
to-be
on
her
way
to
be
married.
The
drowned
are
Mary
Peterson,
the
bride-to-be,
Mrs.
Alnia
Peterson
and
Irvine
Peterson.
Miss
Peterson's
fiance,
Reginald
Davies,
was
rescued
with
three
others-Martha
Smith,
18;
Joseph
Peterson
and
Edward
'Lucas.
All
were
natives.
The
Maquinna
sliced
the
Lorraine
in
half,
near
Esperanza
Inlet,
190
miles
northeast
of
here,
in
a
blinding
snowstorm.
JAMES
BOYS
IN
TROUBLE
VANCOUVER
The
"James"
boys
were
in
town
and
trouble
yesterday.
Two
men
giving
the
names
of
Frank
James,
aged
53,
.nnd
Jesse
James,
57,
both
said
to
be
Prince
Rupert
railway
workers,
were
arrested
and
charged
with
vagrancy
in
court
Saturday
and
were
remanded
unlil
today.
pressed
hope
that
the
incident
bn
NEW
UNDERSECRETARY?
A.
D.
P.
Heeney,
clerk
of
the
privy,
council,
is
reported
to
be
among
persons
the
cabinet
is
considering
as
a
successor
to
Hon.
L.
B.
Pearson,
as-undersecretary
of
state
fo'r
external
affairs.
The
post
has
been
vacant
since
Mr.
Pearson
became
external
affairs
minister
in
September.
.
(CP)
will
not
Interfere
with
Palestine
truc&
negotiations
expected
to
opeikWednesday
on
the
Island
of
Rhodes.'
:
The
planes
were
shot
down
Friday
by
Israeli
fighters
near
the
Israeli-EgypUan
-
frontier.
Israeli
admitted
responsibility
for
four
of
them
but
claimed
the
fifth
was
brought
down
by
1
jrili-llili,s
WI!1T
Saved
;ss'
the
rli'iri'h
basement
r
f
lUf
rr
iu'.'y
i
of
i
he
building
was
,ni:i'!i'l
Ilia'-
it
Is
ex-:il
be
a
total
loss
and
m
li
v
ill
have
to
be
Hi
a
new
root
and
M
r
required.
.
ii,
il
km
blo'.vlnn
at
I
llif
fur
and
the
,is
wi
ll
below
zero.
Egyptian
anti-aircraft
fire.
.
Great
Britain
made
a
strong
protest
and
concentrated'
military
and
naval
strength
in
the
eastern
Mediterranean.
'
.
"
At
Tel
Aviv
an
official
Israeli
statement
said
tonight
that.
!!
MINISTER
IS
MOM-COMMITTAL
Making
No
Statement
on
'
lligbway
Plans
Prior
to
Session
of
Legislature
v
BRICK
PLANT
DESTROYED
KILCARI)
The
main
livelihood
of
this
tiny
Eraser
Valley
centre
was
lost
last
night,
erased
by
fire
which
raged
through
the
$1,000,000
Clayburn
Urick
&
Tile
Co.'s
plant.
The
main
four-storey
structure
and
the
adjacent
clay
shed
were
demolished.
Fire
department
officials
estimate
the
.damage
at
$500,000.
Kilgard,
30
miles
east
of
Vancouver,
was
built
around
the
plant
which
employed
150
men
Jewish
troops
have
been
withdrawn
from
Egyptian
territory.
ii
fire
bimade
did'
ur.
in
keeping
the
fire
ml.
Olhenvi.,e
th
II.
ill
and
two
dwell-to
the
west
inlclit
tli"
Presbyterian
e
:,ti
mi
me
was
built.
(I
its
fust
student
n-i
U.-v.
Dr.
A.
J.
Wit-litor
and
publisher
f
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
BEVIN
S
STATEMENT
Key
British
cabinet
members
and
defence
chiefs
in
London
public
wortis,
will
not
commit
himself
or
his
department
in
t
and
supplied
British
Columbia,
Alberta,
Washing-
Cjiv
aTHi
Oregon
with
rnuch-needed'building
mater-"
$U',(U00
FIRE
-Fire
which
raged
for
three
hours
throuuh
the
busme.
sfftion
of
SunderliUid,
Out,.,
eau-ed
damage
estimated
at
SJSn.noo
last
Thumtay
n(inn.
..Bucket
.
..brigades
were
aided
In
battllna
the
blaze
by
firemen
from
thr-e
no-nby
ernlres.
Wells
were
in,ped
dry
and
regam
to
the
coming
seasous
oay
ncara
roieign
secretary
Ernest
Bevln
give
a
detailed
re
the
seenc
of
the
pumiHTK
were
forcecf
to
use
water
from
a
nearby
river.
This
iierkil
-shot
sli
fire
as
the
blaze
was
brought
under
control.
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Photo)
itc
Church
Observer.
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Jiv.M'"
n
,
u.i.
1.
l
Jjei
mission
from
Rt.
James
H.
Gibson,
Bishop
of
GEORGE
DREW
4
Id
use
the
St.
Mat-
:
:
TODA
Y'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
6.
D.
Johnston
Co.
ltd.
A
In
an
Chinch,
which
IS
SWORN
IN
ti
riil
.iffrred,
and
a
service
ials.
The
fire
leaves
the
province
without
its
major
source
of
fire
bricks
and
niueh-in-demand
sewer
piping.
RECORD
PEACE
BUDGET
'
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
.
today
submitted
to
Congres.s
a
record
peacetime
budget
of
$11,858,000,000
with
slightly
more
than
half
ear-'
marked
for
national
defence
and
foreign
affairs.
'
He
urged
continued
full-scale
economic
aid
to
the
free
.countries
of
Western
Europe
and
asked
money
to
keep
United
States
armed
forces
at
an
unprecedented
peacetime
strength.
He
repeated
requests
for
legislation
providing
an
extra
four
billion
dollars
in
tax
revenue.
HI
here
last
rvrnili!'
ori'AWA
George
Drew,
$1000
insurance
but.
national
leader
id
the
Progress
ill
exceed
Hull
amount.
port
on
the
Middle
East
crisis
stemming
from
Israel's
action
In
shooting
down
the
Royal
Air
Force
planes.
.
v
K
session
was
called
by
Prime
Minister
C.
R.
Attlec,
presumably
to
consider
Britain's
next
move
and
perhaps
how
far
she
will
go
In
strengthening
land,
sea
and
air
bases
In
that
part
of
the
world.
This
move
came
on
the
heels
of
Britain's
strong
protest
to
Israel
against
the
shooting
down
of
the
planes.
The
Foreign
Office
denied
again
all
published
reports
that
Britain
had
supplied
Egypt
and
other
Arab
states
with
munitions
since
the
arms
embargo
was
laid
won
last
summer.
program
'of
public
works
generally
or
Uie
northern
trans-provincial
highway
In
particular
when
he
addresses
Uie
transportation
and
customs
bureau
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
this
week.
Suggestion
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and-
British
Columbia
Automobile
Association
that
the
minister
might
make
some
reassuring
statements
"in
connection
with
Highway
16
and
especially
the
Skeena
Highway
and
the
Prince
Rupert-Port
Edward
sections"
has
been
replied
to
by
Mr.
Carson
with
the
statement
that
It
would
be
discourte&us
to
announce
details
of
the
highway
program
other
than
to
the
Legislature.
In
his
address
In
Vancouver
Mr.
Carson
advises
that
he'will
ive
Conservative
parly,
was
sworn
in
today
as
member
of
the
House
of
Commons
and
of
fl
Vaiii'fjuvf
r
It
lyililie
Ilralorne
B.
It.
Con.
('arit)oo
tiuartz
.
Congress
Medley
Maneot.
Parifie
Eastern
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Canadian
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122.011
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,
.
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East
Sullivan
3
10
Olant
Yellowknife
:
5.40
WAVE
dally
took
over
uie
tiuiies
as
Lf
a'ler
of
the
Opposition.
At
a
presr.
I'onfeienee
Mr.
Drew
said
a
caucus
of
party
members
would
be
held
January
24,
two
Pend
Oreille
000
II)
While
Western
livered
In
far
below
MERCY
FLIGHT
days
In-fore
Hie
opening
of
the
session
of
Parliament.
TWO
BILLION
BANK
ASSETS
Mr.
nrev
ieavp.s
tonight
for
"FOR
R.C;
PRIEST
week's
tour
as
far
west
as
the
Pacific
Coast.
3
35
.03'
4
.10
3.05
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1.5b
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Pioneer
Premier
Border
.
Privateer
Reeves
McDonald
Reno
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Creek
tiilbak
Premier
...
Taku
River
Vananda
Sainton
Onld'
fipml
Valley
.
.
discuss
accomplishments
of
the
past
year,
development
under
the
program
already
laid
out
and
the
recent
Dominion-provincial
highway
conference.
APPROVAL
EXPECTED
ier,
I
lie
Al
ia
111
if
(,'oas,
'
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anij
M'intieal
was
nun
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v.inlfl'
heat
j
enlay.
In
llallt.ix
71
.
n
rorded
while
t
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as
nielljiil',
the
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and
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intailo
and
usu-
ii
streams
hi
New-
vfie
runnln;:
free.
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low
pro
weather
I'd
at
Retina
ami
lie
puini:;
while
('ran-eaied
hi
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Dlills.li
eiildfst
jnilnt,
with
Vleloflu
h;irl
It
17
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Coiunx
PJ
above
while
aver
l.he
lemperillure
'
13
above,
lishitf
to
a
of
1
tiloday.
Oil
BIG
FIRE
ON
Cio'I's
Lake
'
43
Ilardrock
18
Iloseo
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Oil'.i
lleva
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Jacltiilfe
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Juliet
Quebec
4
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Lake
Rowan
00
lapaska
1
1
Little
Look
Lac
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Lynx
10
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b'fd
Lake
2
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Lake
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107
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233
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5a.7.'
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3
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Crow
2
10
Regeourt
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San
Antonio
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4
00
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Senator
Rouyti
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Sherrlt
Oordon
2.00
WINNIPEG.
l
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Dakota
aircraft
loft
Churchill,
Manitoba,
early
today
on
the
last
lap
of
a
.mercy
flight
to
icebound
Iglooltk,
200
miles
within
the
Arctic
Circle,
to
take
medical
aid
to
a
Roman
Catholic
priest
bitten
by
an
Eskimo
dog
last
Friday.
The
piane,
flown
by
Lieutenant,
Terry
Winslow
of
Sher-brooke,
Quebec,
new
from
Winnipeg
tu
Churchill
yesterday.
Today's
looo-nille
mercy
flight
B.
of
M.
Deposits
Exeeed
S1,650,00Q
MONTREAL
For
the
first
time
on
record,
the
assets
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal
have
passed
the
two
billion
dollar
mark.
According
to
the
government,
statement
of
the
chartered
banks,
the
Bank
of
Montreal
on
November
30
had
total
assets
of
$2,069,544,949.10.
Over
the
past
year
a
substantial
factor
in
this
rise
has
been
the
increase
In
notice,
or
savings,
deposits
in
Canada,
which
have
advanced
from
C.N.
DIRECTOR
TO
REPRESENT
B.C.
local
f'liMiiilirr
of
Cominrree
Gets
Idllf
Satisfaction
So
is
Appealing
to
Vancouver
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
having
obtained
little
'satisfaction
In
request
it
has
made
to
the
federal
government
with
a
view
to
having
a
director
.'Ppointed
to
(he
board
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
rep-
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Senate
approval
of
Dean
Ache-son
as
the
new
Seoretary
of
State
was
forecast
by
Senator
Torn
Connally
(Demo.
Teas)
in
spite
of
marked
Republican
coolness.
'
7
Connally
said
that
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee
will
send
for
Acheson
and
James
E.
Webb
to
appear
personally.
President
Truman
named
Acheson
secretary
and
moved
Webb
from
the
position
of
budget
director
to
Undersedtetary
of
State
yesterday
after
accepting
the
resignation
jf
Secretary
of
State
George
Marshall
and
his
chief
aide,
Robert
'-
1
-
Anr.lo
Canadian
4
00
A
P.
Con
23
Atlantic
8'i
Calmont
At
C.
&
E
0.00
Central
Leduc,
1
45
Home
oil
12.25
Mercury
.'
.10
Okalia
L59
.
Pacific
Pete
2.75
Princess
.38li
.Royal
Canadian
ltlj
South
Uraeau
1
Tnroiitu
Athona
122
Auinanue
17:'i
is
being
made
following
reports
of
improved
weather
conditions
In
the.
Arctic.
The
ccaidition
of
the
priest
is
fSC
Co.
$892,000,000
to
$994,000,000.
Total
deposits
by
the
public
in
Canada
now
exceed
$l,6a0,000,000
and
represent
wetl
over
a
million
and
a
half
deposit
accounts.
A
i
"sen
ii
u;
British
Columbia
will
not
believed
to
be
serious.
MAIN
STREET
'
Extensive
Damage
Done
to
Plumbing
Plant
and
Two
Rooming
Houses
VANCOUVER
Extensive
damage
was
done
on
Saturday
night
by
a
fire
which
swept
through
the
James
Reed
Plumbing
Supply
Co.
premises
and
two
rooming
houses
at
Main
and
Georgia
Streets.
A
special
Investigation
Is
being
made
by
the
fire
marshal's
department
of
the
circumstances.
Three
hundred
and
fifty
firemen
were
called
-
on
to
help
fitlit
the
flames
in
freezing
temperature.
Tra'flc
was
paralyzed
and
Main
Street
became
a
sheet
of
Ice,
emergency
sanding
of
the
street
becoming
necessary
before
It
could
move
again.
Steep
Ruck
1
00
Sturgeon
River
10
.Silver
Miller
33
The
Bank
of
Montreal
has
'itant
Here
1
''kell
of
New
York,
ar-be
(i!y
a;,J,
idt;ht
on
1
nil
to
assume
t
he
posi-1
'ounlaiil
Willi
the
Co'
1
Hiiluse
Co.
Mr.
Beckett
BEING
BARRED
FROM
CANADA
just
entered
upon
its
132nd
year.
Founded
in
1817,
when
business
was
still
commonly
done
by
barter
hi
the
Canadian
"i
cii.i.iie
tii
the
eoin-
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
Janttui.V,
H.
1949
Hil-li
10:27
'
19
G
feet
colonies,
the
bank
opened
its
now
seek
the
support
of
Vancouver
Boat;d
of
Trade
in
the
matter.
The
Chamber
had
complained
that
today
Ih-re
was
not
a
single;
bona
fide
representative
of
Western
Canada
on
the
Canadian
National
board
Hie
only
director
who
could
make
such
a
claim
beiiiK
E.
J.
Yoimt;
formerly
of
.Saskatchewan
but
now
residing
in
Toronto.
Hon,
Lionel
Chevrier
minister
"ROAMING"
IN
OKALLA
OUT
"'uuntiiig
office
here
In
doors
wltli
a
staff
of
seven.
Today,
more
than
9,300
people
work
at
527
branches
in
Canada
107
feet,
111.4
feel.
5.3
feet
23
4a
4:42
17:20
Low
Thomas
Blake,'
Who
Planned
To
Bring
lftO
Families,
Has
Record
BEXLEY,
Kent!
Eng.,
&
Thomas
A.
Blake,
British
nurseryman,
who
formed
what
he
called
the
British
Settlers'
Asso-
0
KEY
SCORES
f.ATORDAY
I'risooen
Now
Being
Locked
l'p
at
5
Instead
of
7
p.m.
and
Newfoundland
and
ft
the
bank's
offices
in
Great
Britain
and
the
United
states.
National
Leiuue
VANCOUVER,'
Tightening
f
Montreal
1.
of
transport
wrote
to
the
Cham-
caUon
and
planned
to
lead
100
fa
3.
fliienrjo
3
B.C.
FREIGHTERS
bcr
hUf.Re.suni;
Mir.Re.stliiR
that
uuu
the
ine
presi-.
families
to
a
new
settlement
In
POWER
IS
STILL
RUNNING
SHORT
SUNDAY
of
regulaMons
at
Okalia
Prison
Farm
in
suburban
Buniabyj
municipality
is
the
first
result
of
last
weeks
inquiry
ordered
by
the
Attorney
General
in
an
effort
to
solve
escapes
and
'll
1.
New
York
t.
dent,
ill
rectors
and
officers
of
(he
railway
had
a
full
appreciation
of
this
province
and
Its
Northern
Ontario,
has
been
told
he
will
not
be
allowed
to
enter
Canada.
'
ARE
BEING
SOLD
THE
WEATHER
v
Synopsis
.
A
severe
cold
spell
has
settled
over
most
of
the
central
and
western
areas
of
the
North
American
continent.
The
icy
blast
reached
as
far
south
as
Los
Angeles,
giving
the,
first
snow
there
since
1932.
.
In
British
Columbia
Cran-brook
had
the
lowest
overnight
temperature
with
27
below.
Vancouver
early
this
morning
recorded
IS
above.
Winds
off
the
oipau
are
causing
cloudiness
and
milder
temperatures
along
the
northern
coast
of
the
province
but
other
areas
will
remain
mostly
clear
and
continuing
cold.
2.
Toronto
2.
"
4.
Boston
2.
'
'
it
It
became
known
here
that
'die
Coasl
l.eacuc
SATURDAY
Imposed.
Power
saving
measures
may
be
instituted
by
the
middle
of
the
week,
It
Is
suggested,
as
cold
weather
continues
and
the
water
storage
levels
recede
further.
Street
car
and
trolley
bus
services
will
be
the
last
to
suf
problems
and
that
there
was,
for
that
matter,
a
director
whose
hoinf
was
in
Saskatchewan
(referring,
.apparently,
to
Mr.
Voung).
The
Prince
George
Board
of
1
5,
Vancouver
3.
Prisoners
arc
now
being
loc.K-1
in
their
cells
about
5
o'clock
each
day
instead
of
being
al
VANCOUVER
-Western
Ca
u-ada
Steamships
announces
the
sale
of
five
of
its
freight
ships
to
Greek
and
Panamanian
interests
.for
,
$3,337,000
because
they
could
not
be
profitably
operated
in
competition
at
pres
Curtailment
Measures
May
Be
Necessary
in
Vancouver
This
Week
VANCOUVER
British
Columbia
Electric
Co.
said
today
there
was
no
change
in
the
power
situation
here
and
It
is
being
watched
carefully.
There
is
no
cause
for
alarm
and
adequate
notice
will
be
given
before
any
curtailment
of
supply
is
"fit's
8,
New
Westmln-
Blake
was
deported
from
Canada
in
1927
and
since
then
he
has
had
a
police
record
in
England.
However,
It
is
reported
at
Ontario
House
that
he
was
willing
to
assist
100
families
of
the
Association
if
they
still
wish
to
lowed
to
roam
about
the
insti
tution
until
7
o'clock.
The
inquiry
found
that,
dur
SUNDAY
6,
Taeoma
1.
ad
6.
.
Viinennvm'
1
.
Trade
has
also
communicated
with
Ottawa
seeking
a
British
Columbia
appointment
to
the
C.N.R.
board.
fer
under
any
curtailment
measures,
the
company
assured.
ent
high
costs,
It
is
believed
the
company
may
build
new
and
i-peed
ier
ships.'
PVesl.nil.
o
n....
i-ii
lag
Uie.two
houMfmmhig
pertod
prisoners
had
plotted
.escapes
and
-perpetrated
immoralities.
i
a,
call
iiejju