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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
PortTrince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
232.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
4,
1949.
-
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CABS
fence
Musfcj:
r
Field'fiP
pert
Held
irimice
Chamber
of
Commerce
Pacific
Cable
Rates
Apprentices
ATTEMPT
TO
FIND
SUNKEN
SEINE
BOAT
Ipful
To
Iron
Curtain
Few
Here
Is
Taking
Its
Case
To
International
Rnarrl
Apresent
high
rates
for
commercial
umid
radio
messages
across
the
Pacific
An
effort
was
made
today
to
i';
'
V
I.
?"
.
(
'.
IT
..
:
A
Z,
'
Hi
A
Boys,
Rather
Than
Employers
local.
Ih.
sunken
hulk
ol
the
IIIIWIIUUWIIUI
it-1
tiritwh
Columbia
to
Far
Eastern
ports
Held
Responsible
There
arc
only
ten
apprent
aed
on
the
floor
of
the
House
of
Com-
Franci
Millerd
seine
boat
Rose;
at?
which
went
to
the
bottom1
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
carrying
early
Monday
following
a
coi-1
jts
case
for
tne
establishment
of
a
landing
field
for
air-il8?;
craft
here
direct
to
the
International
Joint
Defence
ices
signed
up
to
trades
In
rirp
Murray.
M.P.
for
Cariboo,
when
Hon.
Prince
Rupert,
making
this
the
rier,
Transport
Minister,
brought
in
his
wont
place
in
British
Columbia
M
-
t-
i
i
nr
i
i:
n
n
1
r.i.
TUn
knm.
i
Edye
pass,
zo
miles
west
oiiuoara
at
wasningLOn,
u.v.
anu
utiawa.
me
inar
Canadian
crown
-
;
for
acceptance
of
"the
apprent
rrince
Rupert
hpr
at
:
nipptinp-
last
niffht.
decided
to
dispatch
a
ate
over
the
as-
penings
In
East
Asia.
High
cable
iceship
system,
Ted
Ivay
of
the
uid
Wireless
Ltd.
and
wireless
rates
are
at
pros
rw;brief
on
the
subject
to
the
Defence
Board.
The.stra-
inadiaii
Marconi
U-nt
making
communications
In
tr,
to
ncri.
port
hr
here
Monriav
Monday
evenine
evening
!
teglc
position
01
riince
ivupen,
r
-
T
Applfwhaite.
I
that
sphere
very
difficult."
apprenticeship
branch
of
the,
provincial
Department
of
Labor
told
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
which
he
ad
for
repairs
after
she
had
taken
'from
the
defence
standpoint
in
to
do
pllotig.
It
was
felt
unfair
&
uk.Ic
part
in
SAFEGUARDING
B.C.
the
six
-man
crew
of
the
Rose
the
light
of
existing
interna-
to
charge
ships
the
expense
ol
I
Following
his
statement
in
i
,
r.
City
aboard
following
the
col-
tional
conditions
is
being
em-
bringing
pilots
here
from
Van-
dressed
briefly
at
Its
monthly
i
the
cable
and
the
Hour,
ol
Cammuns,
Mr.
lixion
a
mirvpv
of
her
hull
nhasized
in
addition
to
tne
neea
couver
and
the
Chamber
la
asK-
t
by
Canada
will
Murray
gave
newsmen
to
under
thowed
that
damage
was
not
as
'of
an
air
field
heie
ior
the.
ef-'ing
that
such
expenses
be
ab
f,
on
the
Pa-
stand
that,
when
the
bill
cam
been
previously
great
as
had
dinner
meeting
last
night.
"What
Is
the
matter?
he
.isked.
'
Pointing
to
a
situation
last
W.
I.
MUNRO
General
Superintendent
of
Transportation,
Western
region,
Canadian
National
Railways,
who
has
retired
from
active
service
after
50
years
of
railroading
in
western
Canada.
JAMES
J.
BEHAN
Who
has
been
promoted
to
General
Superintendent
of
Transportation,
Western
region,
Canadian
National
Railways,
succeeding
W.
I.
Munro,
retired,
td
to
equal
those
before
committee,
he
would
urge
ficient
carrying
on
of
commer-
j
sorbed
by
the
pilotage
board
cial
air
transport.
The
brief
Is
!
rather
than
be
made
a
charge
also
being
sent
to
Prime
Minister
j
against
the
ships.
':
feared.
x"
the
Cariboo
an
amendment
to
safeguard
This
mnrnine
James
Bruce.
British
Columbia's
Interests.
He
manatrer
of
the
Francis
Millerd
L.
S.
8t.
Laurent,
the
minister
Among
other
matters
before
the
Chamber
at
its
Coast
of
Canada
referred
to
the
recent
launching
cannery
at
Seal
Cove,
left
lor
of
transport
and
the
minister
of
the
scene
of
the
collision
aboard
'
national
defence.
Support
ot
the
ni;
oil
by
nign
0f
an
air
service
via
northern
winter
In
Vancouver
where
40,000
unskilled
unemployed
were
seeking
work
while
jobs
for
tkllled
and
"hlifhly
paid
tradesmen
went
unfilled,
Mr.
Ivay
meeting
was
that
of
the
an-nual
winter
overhaul
oi
Cana
Iran
commimlca-1
British
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
the
chartered
packer
Pauline
v.,
Seattle
Chamber
oi
omiuertc
Storing
ports
in
to
Asia
by
the
Canadian
Pacific
dian
National
coastal
ships.
A
Capt.
Chris
Viktil
in
the
hope
wm
also
be
sought
in
view
oi
Mr
Murray
said.
Airlines.
letter
from
E.
T.
Applewhalte,
of
locating
tne
wrecK
wnlcn
may
prince
Rupert
s
position
on
uic
be
drifting
submerged
first
line
of
defence."
ntabliih
quick
-i
ttm
Informed
that
opening
M.P-
said
it
was
too
late
to
do
told
the
Chamber
of
the
Joint
federal
and
provincial
government
program
for
the
training
Uiawniratlons
onlpf
t,jie
Canadian
airline
service
anything
about
the
steamer
WORLD
SERIES
"This
Is
Bums'
Year,"
Say
Brooklyn
Die-hards
The
Ro.se
Citysank
about
4
SERV,CE
t.
ii
adding
to
the
nas
already
resulted
In
new
busi
a.m.
Monday
after
receiving
it
iron
Curtain
of
severe
damage
on
the
starboard
Pilotaee
service
at
this
port
was
of
boys
In
the
trades,
a
program
,C
member
added.
side
near
the
stern
In
the
col-'aiso
discussed
at
last
'
night's
ness
from
Asiatic
ports
for
B.C.
growers,
manufacturers
ana
brokers.
Low
cable
"and
wireless
rates
direct
to
Shanghai,
Hong
which
was
designed
for
the
aid
of
business
men,
Industries
and
.
4
press
messages
Uslon
with
he
Invercan
about
meeting
and
a
brief
13
being
for
Prince
Rupert
this
winter
but
that
it
was
a
matter
on
which
the
Chamber
might
well
keep
pounding.
Representations
have
now
been
made
to
the
minister
of
transport,
emphas-.
izing
the
importa.ae
of
keeping
the
local
yard
f
unction-?
;
9:30
Sunday
nleht.
u,0rriort
tr
a
teiii-rai
committee
Vuit
to
get
news
tilt
Canada.
The
Allie
Reynolds
Named
Starting
tvi-i
r
m
v
l,
vl,ooi
Kong
and
Singapore
from
Van-
Mr.
Bruce
said
that
he
hopes
on
pilotage
which
Is
coming
to
the
boys
themselves.
The
con-
(
tracts
Involved
unoertakings
nri
nhlitatlons
on
both
sides.
to
to
salvaee
gaivage
the
the
seine
seine
net
net
a
a
val-
val-
the
the
coast
coast
and
and
will
will
be
De
asked
asuea
to
mj
atenrts
Into
the)Couvpr
will
stimulate
business
rucner
lur
new
ium
ann-vwo
across
the
Pacific.
NEW
YORK
(CP)-Allie
Reynolds
Avill
be
the
ZTZ'Zl"
TZ
TZ
I
ln
lo
have
peace
In
The
whvilc
idea
was
that
there
The
old
order
placed
the
I
It
Murray
added.
was
suoreo.
m
une
nuiu
ui
mo
gueigcsuons
is
maw
v
i
Rof
Ckty
as
she
set
out
across
p0iriUnent
of
a
new
harbor
mas-1
In
the
matter
of
senatorial
ap-.1
oi
ii
n..in
.
.
i
.
morio
tn
nnint
mpntii.
Wlme
Minister
St.
would
be
an
adequate
supply
of
starting
pitcher
or
New
York
Yankees
m
the
World
Canadian
ports
on
the
Pacific
online
irafipiiiipn
and
to
ellmin!
QnviuE
at
YqiiIou
Stnfliiim
Initmrrnw.
Manaeer
Burt
nn;aw
i
ail.
ivn
uit
tuw
i
,
.
r
n
p
if
,
enucdvvui
uc
"
i
'Canada
should
be
ii:h
i!h
political.
I.
...i...
,ui
Wo
oKis
Lanrfnt.
Laurent
nnvtsea
advtsed
the
the
Chamber
Chamber
Oltl.ivu
L1V1IVC
C
.
....i-..
-
'
w
...
vimi
w.
t
nave
a
peison
u
win
ate
in
the
future
such
situ-
c-u
ntt
on
ia
kponintr
silent
about
the
choice
of
mounds-
that
the
matter
on
representa
i
Mimerual
hap-
under
a
severe
handicap.
Mes-..ages
from
North
China
had
to"
be
routed
all-round
the
world
via
London
and
,
Morttii'al
lo
Vancouver.-
.
Such
rates.
,,wf
re
km
a
.
ihir
hart
tnen
In
the
I
..
.
.
wv.i
..
I
vrw.L-
1
m
1
1.
1
1
ri
I'c
naat-where
lare
numbers
ot
'""
"""'"j"
""w
"Slie
may
have
dritted
up
on
I
some
beach
where
we,
can
get
airheflons?
enough
'
to
get
the(1i
net,"
he
said.
The""Ten
Uent"
World
"Series
boomed
''into
a
$10t-
l'SM
()(
k'S
l'nt-n
C
If
.
tion
of
Central
British
Columbia,
in
the
Upper
House
would
be
kept
in
mind
when
filling
future
vacancies.
The
Chamber
meeting
heard
three
speakers
Ted
Ivay
of
the
often
m
high
that
B.C.
business
000,000
bonanza
for
New
York
unskilled
-workers
become
a
charge
upon
the
country
In
discussion
that
followed,
Damage
to
the
lnvercan's
bowl
men
hesitated
to
use
either
cable
City.
champions,
a-
favorites
over
the
Vintnrlrs
of
the
Yankees
and
Dodgers
of
the
National
by
fl&wi
Mr.
Ivay's
address
concensus
ap
or
wireless.
.
"Ocean
freights
also
dlscrimln-(Contlnuecu
.a
page4
-
tho
nnrtprrs
In
the
frenzied
base-
to
9
which
means
that
the
bettor
provincial
Department
of
Labor
who
made
an
appeal
for
local
ball
pennant
race
finals
have
must
put
down
i
on
ine
xannet-s
support
of
the
apprenticeship
to
$5
to
win
over
Brooklyn.
hrought
thousands
of
fans
to
the
program
of
the
two
govern
peared
to
be
that
the
fault
nere
did
not
lie
with
tlhe
employers
but
with
the
boys
themselves
and
tiielr
parents
Wh
wcTe
lured
by
the
transient
but
lm-provldenllal
prosperity
of
high
wages
for
unskilled
labor.
city,
Jamming
hotels
and
putting
a
iieavy
premium
o"
f
erics
tick
at
first
though
to
be
serious,
was
revealed
to
be
only
"slight"
following
a
survey
last
night
However
because
of
the
engine
failure
after
the
collision,
she
had
to
be
towed
to
port
here
by
the
Armour
Salvage
and
Towing
Co.
tug
Kalen
wheh
left
port
here
at
2
a.m.
Monday
to
give
aid.
A
search
of
the
area
near
(Continued
on
Page
5)
STEELWORKER
,
HURT
IN
FALL
..
.05'
j
9.50
.03
OGVj
1.15
.01";
.27
525
3
30
ets.
,
.
'.
ments;
A.
B.
Brown,
who
explained
the
forthcoming
money
bylaws
for
schools
here
and
urged
support
In
the
voting
this
Thursday,
and
E.
D.
Forward,.
There
are
those,
however,
who
predict
thatHhe
Series
will
be
as
close
and
exciting
as
were
the.
league
finals
and,
if
it
i'3
true
there
Is
always
a
first
time,
then
It
is
not
too
fan-(Continued
Page
6)
BIG
riltAS
WIND
HOUSTONVAi
Vicious
hurricane
smashed
across
the
Teas
coast,
hit
Galvaston
and
Houston
a
walloping
blow
and
sped
inland
today.
Winds
of
100
miles
per
hour
whipped
the
area
but
there
were
no
fatalities.
This
city
was
buffeted
for
more
than
an
hour.
it
G.
B.
Ludvlgson,
a
steelworkerl
:
The
weather
outlook
is
bad
with
predicted
eloudlness
and
showers.
,
The
Yankees,
American
League
,
The
importance
of
getting
in
touch
With
the
boys
In
the
schools
was
stressed
Civic
Centre
director,
who
spok?
of
the
current
Civic
Centre
mem
iT4er
.,
for
Dominion
Bridge
Co.
on
tne
Watson
Island
project,
w
as
taken
to
hospital
at
5
pm.
Monday
'
Buffering
injuries
resulting
from
.
fall
while
at
work.
Ludvljson
bership
campaign
and
on
an
Donald
increase
in
the
Chambers
an
"
"
"
r
1
fell
from
an
upper
part
of
the,
VIOLENCE
IN
STRIKE
PITTSBURG
Gunfire
and.
nual
sponsorship
grant
from
$50
to
$100.
if
U
k
steel
framework
of
tne
oi
me
w...
u.ii.
.i.Hor
ronnt
ruction
;mier
death
broke
a
brief
calm
in
Vice-President
L
M.
Felsen-thal
occupied
the
chair
at
last
Ulllilllll1
.
.
...
it
1
(...iloiigl
the
strife-scarred
mine
fields
about
4:3U.
Me
suih-icu
im
as
twin
strikes
of
900,000
Unit
to
his
chest
and
back.
His
condition
was
reported
"good"
this
ed
Slates
steel
and
coal
work
night's
meeting
in
the
absence
through
indisposition
of'Treslr
dent
O.
R.
8.
Blackaby.,
"I
.
t
.03
2
.20V2
2.15
03
V;.
I.
18
.3(5
.08
.10
4.20
.18
.7ii
.40
6.00
.99
II.
50
.10
1.90
ers
continued
today
at
the
r.adian
morning.
staggering
cost
of
more
than
C.
A.
Berner
was
elected
dele
$30,000,000
per
day.
Violence
gate
of
the
Chaiber
to
the
forth
flared
in
Tennessee.
A
Virginia
miner
was
killed
in
a
rock
fall.
coming
annual
convention
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
Montreal
with
E.
T.,Apple-
'due
CZ'ECHOSLOVAKIA
BREAKS
whaite,
M.P.,
as
alternate,
Mr.
....
.
',
also
nomnated
to
A-i
-
t-
i
..!.,
Rprnpr
was
Wednesday,
October
5,
194
the
national
policy
committee
of
the
convention.
Hurh
0:10
194
feet
dian
.
as
expected
today
scrapped
Its
friendship
pact
with
Yugoslavia
and
demanded
that
the
Yugoslav
ambassador
to
Prague
be
recalled
immed
Twonlo
12:38
20.0
feet
Low
v
8:24
5.1
feet
18:48
5.2
feet
300
.
.03
'2
.
.11',
4
.12
.
.56
V,
SHOOTINGS
1M
i
WOULD
BREAK
v
vs'
'
'
N
"
tBw
J,
.
,
,
.
"
.
'
f
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
PRAGUE
Three
men
were
killed
and
several
others
injured
in
Shooting
incidents
here
Saturday
night.
One
man,
before
he
died
of
'Indian
Sawtcrs
UP
MONOPOLY
AYRSHIRE,
Seotland
T
bullet
wounds
in
the
sbomacn.
iately.
MAY
HIT
P.G.E.
VICTORIA
The
crippling
strike
of
500.000
CIO
steel
workers
in
the
United
States,
already
threatening
to
throttle
American
production,
may
reach
out
to
block
plans
of
the
British
Columbia
government
to
have
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
rolling
Into
Prince
George
by
1951.
The
provincial
department
of
railways
here
reports
the
strike
will
probably
delay
the
Ouesnel-Prince
George
extension.
'fern
Emphrys
Hughes,
teetotaler
school
teacher
and
Labor
mem
ike
Is
reported
to
have
said:
"Comrades,
why
have
yqu
done
this
to
mef"
Eye-wtnesses,
in
one
instance,
said
that
tommy
gun
fire
came
ber
for
Ayrshire,
will
ask
Prime
.15
.no-',
100.00
1.13
.71
.
.00
3
15
6.50
.
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.28
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.12
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63
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2.9T
V
Ty.-
Minister
Attlce
when
Parliament
opens
October
12
to
make
pro-
from
a
car
carrying
unllormea
auction
and
export
of
whisky
a
state
monopoly.
passengers.
They
sprayed
it
into
people
waiting
for
a
public
transport
vehicle
outside
ot
Prague's
big
Pankbac
prison.
Quebec
Huches
said
that
a
"little
group
of
wealthy
monopolists
In
the
United
Kingdom
are
cashing
WOULD
TAKE
OFF
in
on-
the
thirst
of
America.
B.C.
ELECTRIC
TAX
MAXIM
SCHAP1R0
Pianist
Wednesday
8:30
p.m.
Rr1
Lake
ckshutt
His
proposition
would
mean
a
reduction
in
the
price
of
Scotcn
In
Canada
and
the
United
States;
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m
VANCOUVER
Elimination
of
federal
Income
taxes
on
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Co.
as
one
step
toward
reducing
of
tninslt
fares
here
will
be
sought
by
Vancouver.
Mayor
Charles
Thompson
said
yesterday
that
the
tax
Is
"discriminatxry"
In
that
privately-owned
utilities
pay
it
while
publicly-owned
firms
do
not.
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....
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1.5M
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.li4
2.10
4.11
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2.87
1.07
13
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RATEPAYERS
.,
wll
.
1
rf,H
decW
t
on
Thursdav
w
whether
or
not
they
approve
of
bylaws
to
authorize
M
ihese
to
Wie
restrlcted
facilities
of
l''SStoe
School
and
tl
P
present
inadequate
q
King
Edward
elementary
Memorial
High
Booth
Replace
ratepayers
wuld
be
school.
v-nf,?2elr
of
fee
Booth
unit
Complete
cost
new
required
to
pay
'-f
07
5
15
over
2
year
P
period.
A
,top)
would
be
$2
45
05
i
J
cent
of
city
and
rural
voters
will
be
required
for
ap-complete
majoiity
oi
,f;"rrcombtned
cost
would
be
$356,331
While
the
rural
share
ol
tne
com
vwai
of
the
bviaws.
City
s
share
oV.
-i
JOIN
TODAY
CIVIC
-CENTRE'
See
Schedule
Page
2
Catholic
Bazaar
Wednesday
and
Thursday
Afternoons
school:
hall:
P
River"
(234)
i
WOllW
be
$51,184.
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n-...,..