HHOViNCIAL LIBHARY 191 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone US 1AA1 If ate )QiSTfln BLACK AND WHITE CABS j Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." t VOL. XXXVn, No. 33. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS abs I or...- o i nad PI a in ace ToC ibali ermans ami ODD isinni Winn Winter Olympic Switzerland Second bird )RITZ, Switzerland 9 VANCOUVER IS BURIED turbulent Olympic Win es ended yesterday, can- shed nineth among tne Season's Coldest Weather Is Followed by Epidemic of Fires Coldest weather so far this winter a brisk VI decrees of frost set many a Prince Rupert householder thawing his water pipes this morning and gave the city fire department its busiest morning in weeks as shivering citizens wielded blow torches and Terrible Story Is Given Out by Frankfurt Police FRANKFURT (CP) Bernhard Oehme, 65-year-old German of Chemnitz in the Russian zone, was reported by police today to have said he killed, cooked and ate his sister, Maria Oehme, 26, Dena (German) News Service said today. ighi countries compet- tecn ol which cu -v ''Vft II A, .' 1 .. r ' A if ;0, C '-iii i": y Mi G a had 24'i points, wn ey, ten for Barbara Ann stoked their heating plants too exuberantly Traffic Tied Up On Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island VANCOUVER 9 Heaviest snowfall of the winter tied up traffic throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia this morning. Nearly two inches of wet snow was reported in lower sections of Vancouver. By 8:30 a.m. the snow was deeper, ranging up to nine inches In suburban Burna- rtuting and tour ior cc in the mixed figure ,nd quarter speed skat- uveiiiiyiii ouiciai minimum. Maria was missed by relatives in mid-January which has set a winter's record search of the Oehme house . to date, was 19 degrees aboVi!, , wun the Olympic Win-i (,ven dt.greeg lower lhan gun. hull damage. At 8:45. an overheated oil range caused a blaze In the kitchen of the residence of R. H. Joyce, 420 Fourth Avenue Wesr It was put out by the firemen Luw -b'"j " (av niSht. However, Sunday Switzerland was secona .nts frost was abetted by light Reopening Of Canol hentv-seven anu uiuicu belore much damage was done ' Ls third with 73 U- breeze that penetrated homes and made heating a greater problem. There was no wind last night. Four fires, one a boat blaze, by. m ' Three-quarters of a foot of snow was also reported at Ab-I botsford in the Fraser Valley at 4:30 a.m. Over on Vancouver Island deep ! BUNG ON Frozen water pipes in the home of Clarence Thomson, 729 Sixth Avenue West were responsible for a Tire which did slight damage in the basement. A blowtorch, used to thaw the Line from Skagway to Fairbanks to Relieve Full Transport Situation revealed that meat in pots, buckets. and dishes was httnan flesh. PLACER MINING IN B.C. ACTIVE Millions of Dollars Being Spent on Equipment VICTORIA The Department of Mines foresees a widespread increase in dragline dredging for placer gold in British Columbia this year. Last week, six special placer leases were approved by the government, these I If " -T""""'' ' 1""' " . "- i ' i a CER CURE fV".. snow caused the closing of schools In the Parksville area. kept the city fire department j in action between 5 o'clock and 10 o'clock this morning. One of the three house fires was caused j by a blowtorch being used to' thaw water pipes, one by an I overheated stove and one by an ' of pipes started a blaze that burn-' ed part of the basement floor ! and wall before the department. liivrr woman, tyms I lies to Australia iCoast Storm WASHINGTON Announcement is made by the army that another section of the Canol pipe line is being reopened to enable the pumping of diesel oil from the port of Skagway to Fairbanks. The reopening of the section between Whitehorse and Big Delta, Alaska, will cost loUVER. ft Mrs. Jack :iti-ycar old mother of exploding water jacket in a kit- got it under control. EXPLOSION IN KITCHEN RANGE Mrs. John Negreitf, of 1430 Eighth Avenue East, escaped possible serious injury at 10 Is Subsidinq is to fly to Australia 10 ( hen range, gamble with John t ,, Imu..rial ou dt)l,k a. 4:55 this morning, an overheated rjiorted cure for'can- jwths. But Not Before Five Men Lose' $5'000- This reopening of the oil stove in the the .liuiv iii Kauri galley ui of luc Lives and Much Damage Done Une wU1 ease the wnole oil trans- I. . ' 1,' , h ' i I r--v"""":f',!' ;-v", . , I t s - 1 72-y,ar old Sydney MitkonJoelock i this morning when , an ;halibul and pacRer explosion damaged the kitchen vji l Miiuauon in tne nortn. 1 "V- covering areas ranging from MsDames Creek in the north to the Similkameen River in southern British Columbia. American interests, the de-partment states, are showin? much more interest in possibl ""m w s1'11 "V, I operated by Nelson Bros., start-mila into the blood . H a n ,hnt H. H.,muH r.:; l! - d range in her home. The water jacket in the stove, its circulation shut off by frozen pipes, hirh effectively at-jthe forecasllc and cmlne room near tne source eunc-r beore H was )Ut out by U)e fin ! rifMiurtnipi nftir a tan-hntir ARAB OFFENSIVE ON FEBRUARY 15 VANCOUVER, (P The blind-I ing blizzard and gale, which has been whipping 700 miles of the Pacific Northwest coast since the week-end, sinking the fish packer Amaryliss in Queen Charlotte Strait and drowning said to be dv- .... ,reiff let the room. Parts of the ! stove were shattered but no fire I fight. irtham. ancer. I is awaiting a kuVal U1KT The picture was taken recently when Chief Heber Lewis Clifton, on behalf of his people of the Hartley Bay Indian villace. presented two carved enld hraeelpts tr Indian gold recoveries in British Columbia through the draglina methods. Values in the southern grounds are slowly disappearing. There are some outfits spending as high as $1,000,000 from Ottawa. a total of five men as well as Efforts of the fire department ensued. However, the fire de-' (confined the blaze below decks , partn)0lU an.swered the call. ,011 the MUkoff. Capt. Oscar Complrtc ,ack of 5now in the! Agent F. E. Anfield for transmission to Princess Elizabeth as a battering 11 ships, is subsiding wedding gift. The engravings recall a legend of the coming of today. BION COURT SS TODAY '"n""' uut "'-"r ua.uage city eliminated traflic hazards i was consicieraoie. ine pilot royalty to the natives of the north coast. The picture shows Mr. Anfield snd Chief Clifton. Heavy seas from Oregon to Queen Charlotte Strait brought up distress calls from shipping. s Paint-blistered from T: urti Revision, which disrupted- communication lines for equipment. On the 20-year leases recently Issued holders have to pay $80 per square mile for the first year, $120 for the second and $130 after that. Following are the areas coveredLower Antler Creek in Cariboo, French Creek in Stik- from that source although more than one motorist found himself wujkingto work because of the action of extreme cold on vehicles that wefe not sheltered. Skates were in evidence, draped over the shoulders of young people taking advantage of the cold snap to get in some skating appeal against J91. l"e ".S "'V" 18 at t!ic , on land and Im- i ol two dozen pro-! A defective oil stove caused r b't-an in the city flaming oil to ignite the bulk-..!.: ll(,ad between the room o. r today. Mem-! engine . - j I i ,1 l, r( : : TODA YS STOCKS :: Courcesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. ooaoooaoHjHHO00CKOO ' f ('tint are Aldermen 1 UIIU oieiusiu- uuu tut- naiui.-a I k. Arthur Brooksbank. spread to botn compartments. Vancouver U. . M Kay. W. F. Stone and There is believed to be no serious t on frozen ponds around the city ' Toronto Athona Auniaque Beattie Bevcourt Bobjo Buffalo Canadian CiM y The valuations fell o' appealed were levied : lues H D. Thain. as k I fr 1W8 taxation. An .09 .22 .66 .52 .1434 .13 ine. Mayo, Y.T. The country around the mining camp of Mayo is crying for a highway from Whitehorse. or a point on the Alaska Highway to Mayo, but sb far little ha3 been done. Mayo, however, .remains active. The Keno HM Mining Co. Ltd. is employing 150 men. At present Mayo has 1,200 tons of shipping ore on the river bank. COMMENT UPON POST ARTICLE Both Vancouver Afternoon Tapers Have Something To Say Canadian National asamst valuation of land in waterfront LONDON It is unofficially reported here that February 15 has been set by the Arabs as the deadline for the launching of their general offensive against the JeJws in Peles-tine. Arab forces have been massing for days on the Syrian frontier with Damascus as' the springboard. BULLETINS ICE IN OHIO RIVER CTNNCINNATI Cincinnati harbor is blockeu from shore to shore by ice crowding down the Ohio River before flood waters. The river has risen four feet and heavy damage has been done. TO PROBE MART SLUMP WASHINGTON A special committee of the House of Representatives will investigate the slump in the grain market yesterday. It is said that speculators got a tip that the government was going to curtail buying. VANCOUVER UNEMPLOYED VANCOUVER Thousands of youths are wandering the streets of Vancouver looking for work. Relief hostels are full and free meal tickets are being issued. There are 16,000 unemployed here and did thousands of dollars damage to property. Darrell Huson of Alert Bay and Frederick Bates and Jacob Olsen of Vancouver were drowned when the Amaryliss sank on Saturday after being swamped by 20-foot waves. Peter Anderson of Astoria was drowned when a dinghy capsized as he was taking a pilot from a freighter at the mouth of the Columbia River. A fifth unidentified seaman was washed overboard from the tanker Tidewater at Near Bay. Washington. The tugs' Rosalie, Belmont Wireless and Dola each radioed "SOS" messages as a 75-mile an hour gale further swelled the mountainous seas. All are now reported safe. The Dola tow, a scow carrying $100,000 worth of lumber, cut loose and adrift, was lost off Egg Island. in Queen Charlotte Sound. ull be heard on Thurs- i Seattle Is Found 'Soaking' Alaska SEATTLE The terminal tariffs which went into effect on the docks of Puget Sound a year ago have now been found by the United States Maritime Commission in a decision signed In January to be both unjust and unreasonable and In violation of the law. The Prince Rupert has brought t WEATHER Bralorne 9.60 B..R Con 04 B R X 09 Cariboo Quartz . 2.40 Dentonia .11' 2 Grull Wihksne 0534 Hedley Mascot 80 Minto 024 Pend Oreille 2.45 Pioneer 3.40 Premier Border 03 Privateer 27 Reeves McDonald 1.30 Reno 10 Salmon Gold 21 Sheep Creek 1.05 Taylor Bridge 48 Taku River 62 Vananda 22 Congress .03 Vj Hedley Amalgamated .. .02',2 Spud Valley 20 Central Zeballos 01'.: Silbak Premier .42 North American fame to British Columbia through a full length Synopsis rain and snow this Saturday Evening Post article by Richard L. Neuberger," says the Vancouver Sun. was (ailing over south new Increased scale of charges I Island and the Lower 'f British Columbia was opposed by Alaska The writer tells his large Am- an rnit.-i orieun nurlipnrp t.hnt. R H.'s HAD ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA Syd Hamblin Recovering After Collapse of Tarade Stand Syd Hamblin, during his recent holiday visit to Southern California, suffered an accident that, although painful enough at first, was not serious. He U 'Id air which was north settlement has supplant- Hit) over the entire ed Seattle as the gateway to Al- I during the mist. 24 t.in TTntil 11111 h savs Prinre Consol. Smelters 96.50 Donalda 93 Eldona . 1.10 Elder 68 Giant Yellowknife 5.75 Hardrock 13 Harricana 07 '4 Hosco 40 Hcva 17 Jacknife 054 Joliet Quebec 36 Lake Row an 11 Lapaska 08 Little Long Lac 1.20 Lynx 09 'i Madsen 2.85 McKenzie Red Lake 58 MacLeod Cockshutt .... 140 Moneta .35 Negus 2.58 Noranda 48.25 Louvicourt 1.30 Pickle Crow 2.20 Regcourt 07' 2 San Antonio 4.00 Senator Rouyn 61 Sherrit Gordon 2.35 Steep Rock 2.15 Sturgeon River 18 Silver Miller 40 m.v was expected to Rupert did not realize its key ' s- regions about mid-' position in world trade. Then cloudy skies clearing 1 Americans realized they could "lt" r weather will fol-1 save money and time by using it j making a satisfactory recovery I and is able to be up and aroun is fallmn in Hi,, I .... .. r.,.. . t,i Al. Ri. r, ... 11UUVU- HA (III UUUtl IUI ovijm. vv hi Oils A.P. Con. Calmont C. & E "' and clear very cold.aska and the Far East. Seattle .14'2 .45 3.85 l- general in the cen northern regions. regards the mushrooming port as a nightmare, the author says. The Vancouver Province also has a write-up on the Neuber Foothills 3.70 Home 5.95 1 "recast Rupert, Queen Char- N'"rth Coast- clear ger article. V"1 I'"' northern main- Increase In Wages Recommended By Majority Report In Coal Miners' Dispute EDMONTON (CP) Report of a three-man government - appointed board, released today, while not unanimous, at least takes a step towards clarifying the wage dispute which has made 10,000 miners in Alberta and British Columbia idle since January 13, A flat wage ;r crease of $2 per day retroactive lo December 3 is recommenced m majority report of the hoard with the employers' representative, W. C. Ives, dissenting. ruble cloudiness else- oniing clear and cold r '''ar aiui n,,lrt Tim.. SYNAGOGUE WAS ARMED British Army Communique Reports Bombing of Sniper's Nest JERUSALEM 9 The British Army announced today that a synagogue in the Tel Aviv-Jafla border area was damaged when military forces blew it up as well as an adjoining house suspected of being a niper's nest. The Army said': "A demolition bomb did some damage to the synagogue the adjoining wall of which was found to be reinforced. "On searching the synagogue four stcn guns, eleven magazines and four grenades were found beneath the rostrum ' northeasterly (15 m. s tonight and high '"it Hardy 26,30. 30, Prince Rupert 20- as usual. In Los Angeles, Mr. Hamblin was watching a rose carnival parade. To get an unobstructed view, he was sitting on an elevation that suddenly gave way and next moment' he found himself on the ground with an injured shoulder bat no bones were broken. Mr: Hamblin says that during the time he was south, there was not the slightest suggestion of winter. Southern California was experiencing the hottest weather ln more than thirty years. Speaking of the cost of living, he mentioned that markets are well supplied and he was unable to see much difference in the cost of staples here in Northern British Columbia and in Los Angeles. In quite a few lines, one is liable to pay more in California but not to any great extent. Priest Advocates Canal In Alaska SANTA CLARA, Cal. Father Bernard Hubbard, the celebrated "glacier priest" from Alaska, in a recent interview here, advocated the construction of a canal, so that sufficient materials could reach the interior of Alaska, enabling the completion of defence work "in case of conflict with northern Asia." From here, Father Hubbard intends going to Washington. HINDUS KILL 2000 MOSLEMS Invaders; of Kashmir Reported To Have Been Slain EUivi RIIVQ 5NAKES IBM all-net Kl. ipH IS atcl TD. MINE DISASTER IN ARKANSAS Eight Men Killed In IHaNl Investigation Is Proeeedint? GREENWOOD. Arkansas 9 Investigators arc today going into the nearby Sunshine coal mine, seeking the cause of an explosion that killed eight miners, three of thin brothers. The blast occurred yesterday afternoon ua duy and night shifts were preparing to change. All the dead were day workers. Veteran Newsman Suffers Collapse NEW DELHI (f The Indian Press said today that Indian TO FORM GOVT DUBLIN Premier Eamonn de Valera says he is prepared to form a new government following the election last week in which his Fianna Fail Party lost its majority. It will not be a coalition government .nor will be participate in one, de Valera says. Neither will he change his policy. FORCE FOR PALESTINE Palestine Partition Commission hopes to Get Approval Granted LAKE SUCCESS (P-A strong and urgent appeal for a United Nations armed force is reported ready for linal approval of the Palestine partition commission. The five-member commission is said authoritatively to have agreed on vital sections of the document. Members hope to approve the final draft foday and to speed it to the security council. J. Prince, local fisherman, Is leaving on the Princess Adelaide for New York. He expects to be away about tnree months. u ouawes Ut' cash. But thev .1 troops in northern Kashmir lve- The Houston Mus- ''ai History, requlr- collection. Is nnv. LOCAL TIDES KOREA IS STILL HAVING TROUBLE SEOUL, Korea 9 Forty-seven deaths were attributed today to widespread sabotage ln South Us icr foot for non- !',,',lll' and $1 n font state have killed "well over 2.000" Moslem invaders in a major battle including two officers who appeared to be foreigners. Stories, date -lined J a m m u , capital of Kashmir's southern Jammu Province, said the slain Ottawa Teachers Threaten Strike OTTAWA Two hundred separate Ottawa school lay teachers are insisting on salary increases and, if some action is not taken, Tuesday High Su"ous varieties. Lost $1000 In Cash 10, 1948 19.2 feet 20.7 feet 7.4 feet February 2:05 13:43 7:49 20:11 snake coes finf t..i ' As His Home Burns lf u' nu use for our Korea. Continued riots were aimed at forcing the United Low-Nations commission for Korea j to leave the country- 1 ' Hiwess- said R 2.9 feet were among probably 11,000 in-1 there will be a strike. Teacher 'urator. ' i s 1 L OTTAWA -P. D. Ross, proprietor of the Ottawa Journal, and still ontlua I11 lt rinllv ni'oduC- vaders attacking in waves in a say they are thoroughly "fed up" major drive on Naoshera, about with delays and half promises AIR PASSENGERS '50 miles nort'west of there. land excuses. The teachers ex- The attackers were put to pect the School Board to make Meek or r-i , vuisiuv, wno recently John Denning, arier a brief 4inn tool, a it turn 4j, Wlt oisposal of Hed Slates wai.nrf... ' COLUMBIA, Pa. It cost 70-year old Jerry McConly $1,000 to get warm here lately. He lighted an auxiliary oil heater to warm his home, for the merucury dipped to seven below. The house owner, 78 had hidden a . wallet containing $1,000 in the heater oven. Smoke refreshed his memory but it was then too late. ..,,,, ,i h10 street, visit here with his parents, Mr. out Douna today Mr. and Mrs. flight writh machine-gtin fire definite and immediate provi r Is leaving I Plane f,. ,.,.", on ' W. E. Denning. Fifth O. L. Adams, Vancouver; J. Den- and hand-to-hand He was taken to hospital but and Mrs. fighting, dis-'sion to increase salaries on the man iEcd to be uu and about Avenue West, returned by to-lnlng, H. Cross and Mrs. J. J. patches reported, and the In-' basis that onus had been up to a a uriei trio acain before lonu He was ap- day s piane w s"""'". uc uaucs, mhuu,, iy. uwas, mu uiau woops unoerioos an ag- tne Doara in masing 11s esu . ln con- F'l'ewith. nnrontiv ,n n Pvpr Charlotte Islands. Hardy. , gressive mopping up. mates. -4