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XXXVIH,
Noja.
PiUNCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
27,
1949
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Bulletin
Question
of
Continuing
As
Foreign
Secretary
Reviewed
LONDON,
(CP)
By
the
lowest
margin
of
vic
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4ft
tory
during
the
present
Parliament,
the
Labor
government
wrung
grudging
support
for
the
Palestine
"-.
LEADERS
IN
CLASH
OTTAWA
The
two
new
Parliamentary
leaders
came
face
to
face
on
opening
day
of
the
House
yesterday
when
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
Pro-grssive-Conservative
leader
George'Drew
clashed
on
the
complicated
question
of
procedure
in
which
the
Prime
Minister
assumed
that
a
degree
of
co-opration
was
not
granted.
Mr.
St.
Laurent
asked
that
the
Throne
Speech
debate
be
suspended
on
Friday
but
withdrew
the
request
when
Mr.
Drew
op-
V
vs
n
'
'
I
policies
formulated
by
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin.
.The
vote
was
283
to
193.
It
followed
a
7Vi
hour
debate
and
marked
the
first
major
cleavage
between
the
government
and
op-
;
r
2
-,
(
Closeness
of
the
vote
led
some
anti-government
newspapers
to
suggest
that
Bevin
might
ask
to
be
relieved
of
his
post
in
the
next
ministerial
shuffle.
position
on
foreign
policy.
Former
Prime
Minister
Win-'
ston
Churchill
railed
at
Bevin
for
his
''folly,
stupidity
and
fatuity."
I
Bevin
listened
impassively.
The
Foreign
Secretary
said
I.
'
.
.
v
51
f
x
'
that
the
final
act
of
recogni-i
Bevin
said:
"The
state
of
Is-tion
of
Israeli
would
be
taken
raeli
is
a
fact
and
we
(the
lain
a
few
days.
i
Dor
government)
have
not
tried
One
member
of
Mr
Bevin's
or
done
anything
to
und0
it
own
party
turned
on
him
and.
said:
"If
any
single
man
is
res-
j
General
speculation
in
politl-ponsible
for
tiie
growth
of
Fas-;Cal
newspaper
circles
today
is
-
,
efcoi8.
ni
ka
ill
Iiclir
'
HEW
rieturi'd
above
arc
the
eight
mem-
Winnipeg;
LAC
J.
E.
Clark,
Pilot
Mound,
Man.;
Fit.
U.
A.
B.
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,
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Morabito.
New
Westininxler:
FT)
C.
fl
Mt.t.iih
asm
on
one
siae
and
Commun-
vi
ii
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i
K.u.ni.
jjanuLii
nu
nuiui,
ou
iiums
u
"
Bark
row:
Fit.
Lt.
Ken
Moure,
Vancouver;
Fit.
Lt.
F.
L.
Rowe,
mi
mi
l!,.y
v.
hrn
their
plane
was
forced
down
on
Vancouver;
Fit.
Lt.
L.
R.
T
Hea.lip,
0.-,hawa,
Out.,
'and
Cpl.
J.
ism
on
the
other
it
is
the
man
who
conducted
British
policy
on
Israeli
in
the
last
three
years."
ut
,i
n.eiey
fli;jhl.
Front
row:
LAC
A.
A.
Bulge,
;
Rac
Retina
that
Ernest
Bevin's
assignment
as
foreign
secretary
was
under
study
when
the
cabinet
went
Into
session
today
to
inquire
into
Palestine
policy.
.
(CP)
At
least
50
members
abstain
ed
from
voting.
Aluminum
Co.
Likes
.
3ECKER
(IF
Provincial
Infirmary
1'o.seu
me
move
ana
was
supported
by
M.
J.
Cold-well,
CCf1.
leader.
1
SAM
CARR
ARRESTED
WASHINGTON
United
States
Department
of
Justice
said
today
that
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
had
arrested
Sam
Carr,
former
organizing
secretary
of
the
Communist
party,
in
New
.York,
and
he
would
be
returned
to
Canada
for
trial
under
the
Official
Secrets
Act.
Carr
disappeared
from
Canada
about
the
time
of
the
espionage
trials.
PEACE
PROSPECTS
DIM
NANKING
Peace
prospects
for
China
dimmed
today
with
both
Nationalists
and
Communists
accusing
each
other
of
stalling.
The.
Nationalists
are
reported
to
be
bolstering
a
new
defence
line
below
the
Yangtse
River
Valley.
It
is
suggested
that
Shanghai
may
be
sacrificed
so
that
nationalist
troops,
under
Chiang's
direction,
may
fight
on.
VILLAGE
IS
RESCUED
,
VICTORIA
Eight
persons
were
taken
Ved-nefcday
night
from
an
isolated
mining
camp
on
Vancouver
Island's
Muchalay
Arm
where
they
had
been
marooned
for
more
than
a
month
and
ha'd
been
rationing
food.
Captain
of
the
tug
Island
Commander
told
Victoria
by
radio
telephone
that
seven
adults
and
one
child
were
being
evacuated
and
four
other
persons
had
left
earlier.
It
was
originally
believed
that
eleven
persons
were
settled
at
the
camp,
145
miles
northwest
of
Victoria.
STILL
CRITICAL
VANCOUVER
The
power,
situation
in
Vancouver
is
still
critical
as
cool
weather
conditions
persist.
it
v
(
mint
il
In
Kitimaat
For
Great
N
ew
Uii'M'
nl
E.irl
W.
i.-
a
Tin
('iiH
f
to
rc-
:
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..
m-.
rite-,
IhdusM
tr
.is
f
!le-fve
i.n
j
31
1
k
tv
!.
'.ittmiifa
hy.
At
Terrace
Is
Being
Opened
by
April
Quarter
Million
Dollar
Outfitting
Undertaking
is
Being
Commenced
at
Once
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
disclosed
here
yesterday
that
the
provincial
government
was
about
to
expend
$250,000
in
reconditioning
puiicn.f
Mr
l;i
i.
v
im
i.v
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
Pins
Faith
to
Coalition
AsKUlJi.
rn-c
C'.iit-!.
!u:
a
mernlier
cf
the
!;v
(i''
tf-iit
lot
Uie
!,!..;,
H
-i.,iri.
prritlitiu
for
his
new
Mr!
Htrker
li.i.;
h'-n
Port
Edward
Road
Improvements
Assured
The
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
is
impressed
wit
h
the
Whitesail
-
Kutsuk
-
Tahtsa
Lake
area
as
the
source
for
a
$:;)0,()0O,OO0
aluminum
manufacturing
plant
which
it
proposes
to
establish
in
Uritish
Columbia
with
Kitimaat
at
the
head
of
Douglas
Channel,
some
100
miles
south
of
Prince
Kupert,
as
the
logical
and
furnishing
the
former
brira'de
militarv
hosnital
lictmvrr
Fife
I)e-,
.-!
Hfly
lire
ll:;!iti,t;
I
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ji)
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lie
will
s
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.
r
db
lerxaceasan
miirmary
lor
incurable
and
long
convalescence
patients
who
do
not
need
active
hospital
llilie.
treatment.
This
is
an
early
town
site
for
a
new
seannrt
c;iv
ten
Hill
h
i:.
Ix-i-u'
the
'
is
t
n
in
of
'
f.'llief
to
till
(he!
id
by
Mr.
Bet-ker's
pressed
his
fuilh
In
(he
continuation
of
the
coalition
as
I
ho
best
means
of
giving
good
government
to
tliis
province.
For
one
he
had
been
able
to
woi
k
haimonioui.ly
with
the
Conservatives
hi
government.
There
was
a
common
political
enemy
which
must
be
faced
with
uni
ol
possibly
50.00(1
to
be
connected
liy
railway
with
Terrace,
some
ffity
miles
inland,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kt
nney,
minister
ot
lands
and
finest.",,
announced
Wednesday
i
i;
hi
at
a
dii..n
r
leathering
lit
re
v
Ii'
ii
lie
was
the
guest
,seaker.
On
this
coast
would
thus
be
established
a
year
round
port.
'
T
'
i
I
n
ii
Pi
emier
Johnson
Is
Returning
West
VICTORIA
Premier
Byron
Johnson
left
yesterday
on
his
return
to
Victoria
after
a
visit
here
on
government
business.
Among
others
he
conferred
with
the
minister
of
fisheries,
Hon.
Robert
Mayhew.
i
Harry
Fernie
returned
Wednesday
afternoon
by
air
from
a
brief
business
trip
to
fVllnpsis
HOCKEY
SCORES
National
League
New
York
5,
Detroit
1.
Montreal
3,
Chicago
2.
Toronto
3,
Boston
1.
Pacific
Coast
League
San
Francisco
9,
Los
Angeles
Seattle
3,
Fresno
1
Portland
4,
New
Westminster
Mot
in
alum!
:,iiii
'I.''
tH-en
Char-
ted
forces.
The
coalition
might
have
been
called
a
"sholguu
wedding"
but,
if
that
was
the
rase,
there
was
a
common
law
marriage
of
the
CCT.
and
LP.
STEWART
IS
ICE-BLOCKED
For
the
second
time
this
winter.
Ice
conditions
at
the
head
of
Portland
Canal
prevented
the
steamer
Camosun
from
making
her
weekly
call
at
the
dock
at
the
mining
camp
of
Stewart.
The
Camosun
was
able
to
get
no
closer
than
three
miles
distant
fror.i
the
Stewart
wharf,
Capt.
John
Boden
having
to
cautiously
break
Ice
that
far
before
giving
up
the
attempt
to
proceed
further.
Two
weeks
ago
the
Camosun
had
been
unable
to
make
Stewart
but
on
that
occasion
it
was
possible
to
launch
a
lifeboat
and
reach
the
dock
at
nearby
HyderJ
DR.
DUNN
OF
MASSETT
DIES
Dr.
John
Cecil
St.oyle
Dunn,
well-known
Misselt
physician,
who
had
lived
at
the
tjueeu
Charlotte
1,
lands
community
lor
the
la.st,
28
years,
died
in
hospital
this
morning
after
an
illness
of
several
weeks.
He
was
70
years
old.
Dr.
Dunn
went
to
Masse
tl
in
1021
with
a
group
of
English
st
tlleis,
all
of
whom,
with
the
exception
of
himself,
left
the
Islands
in
the
years
since
then.
Dining
recent
years,
Dr.
Dunn
was
retired
.although
he
occasionally
practiced
his
profession
when
the
occasion
demanded.
Ban
in
Victoria,
Australia,
in
March,
1373,
Dr.
Dunn
went
to
England
wilh
his
parents
when
lie
was
three
years
old.
He
lived
in
Loudon,
where
he
attended
medical
school.
During
the
first
World
War
,he
served
with
the
t'oyal
Army
Medical
Corps
in
Egypt
Tor
lour
years.
He
had
been
a
member
of
a
Masonic
'Lodge
in
England
but
formed
no
Masonic
affiliation
in
Canada.
.
He
is
survived
by
his
wife
and
Mine
daughters.
Mrs.
E.
II.
Mc-Coiriston,
Matwett,
Mrs.
J.
M.
Williams,
l'tirt
Albernl,
and
Mrs.
C.
H
Carpenter.
Vanderhoof.
Mrs.
Dunn
accompanied
her
biislvi.d
line
on
Sunday
morning
and
Mrs.
Carpenter
arrived
from
Hi
interior
yesterday.
Mrs.
McCorriston
Is
expected
to
arrive
this
week.
step
towards
.relieving
congestion
in
straight
hospitals
which
might
result
from
the
operation
of
hospital
insurance.
The
Terrace
hospital
will
be
ready
in
April
to
receive
150
patients
and
the
capacity
will
be
increased
to
handle
250
if
and
when
the
need
arises.
Mr.
Hood,
construction
official
of
the
provincial
government,
is
due
at
Terrace
within
the
coming
week
to
superintend
the
reconditioning
and
refurnishing
of
the
property.
Ninety
to
nfnety-five
percent
of
the
$250,000
expenditure
will
go
towards
furnishings.
Patients
from
all
paTrts
of
the
province
could
be
brought
to
the
Terrace
Infirmary,
the
site
of
which
is
on
the
bench
about
a
mile
north
of
town,
In
a
commanding
position
overlooking
a
wide
expanse
of
the
Skeena
and
Lakelse
valleys.
The
hospital
property
was
acquired.
:
iinrniwani
itvo
Ai.i-k.t
and
is
not
'''".'t
the
tiorUiein
''
I'eimlit
jintl
tiie
V
im
,n'er
I
sland
i
i
i
t
-v;h's
whidi
a,.
1
'i'1'
inirn.'ir
,see-
1.
I'.
The
issue
of
the
former
was
at
least,
legitimate.
He
agreed
I
with
the
perpetuation
of
the
Mime
iliing
which,
the
Aluminum
Company
did
not
have
in
Que-hvr.
Mr.
Kenney
.saw
the
new
relit
ne.se
mill
project,
lit
Port.
Edward
near
Prince
Rupert
us
.snaiking
a
new
impetus
to
industrial
development
of
a
large
scale
for
central
and
northern
Ui
itt
.h
Columbia.
The
minister
of
lands
appealed
to
the
people
of
the
province
as
a
whole
to
pxSrl.se
fully
the
privilege
of
the
franclii.se
and
to
consider
very
seriously
the
rf-
I1
''iVIIiee
t,is
inoni-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
I
I,.
old
line
parties
in
the
federal
field.
Mr.
Kenney
vigorously
defended
the
social
security
and
municipal
aid
three
tier
cent,
tax
and
t'lll
Hie
"ln
f'Mi.-.iderahlv
'Jl'l-e.
t,,
I),,,,,,,
'"fi
.e.l
'
11:111
'-i-f
i
n
Ch,u
-"i
-S'-r
t
toil
-tivcr-
i;
t'-t
-i,s
which
wouici
ensue
it
a
polifical
group
was
returned
to
power
which
openly
threatened
to
lake
over
the
large
industries
of
the
country.
Mr.
Kenney
disclosed
that
la
rue
industrial
interests
with
which
he
was
in
contact
in
the
heeoiiun;;.
"i"'
af
lernoon
Cl,,i"l.v
Ki
iilay,
he.
;'',t
I'Vutay
afler-,ilin".
Oeea;,ional
-"I
tain
;,Uil
l',,Mlll:"
lntennit-l-'"-'
inn
in;;
Fridav
'
li"ia
I..,
I....
predicted
that,
within
a
year
or
so,
when
the
people
saw
the:
good
uses
to
which
it
was
put
in
J
assisting
the
tiiuiiicipalilies
and.
paying"
for
social
serviees
there
would
he
little
rurther
complaint.
He
hoped
that
ways
and
means
;
would
be
devised
hi
simplify
the1
burden
of
collection
by
I
he
bust-j
nesr,
men.
The
British
Columbia
hospital;
insurance
plan
Mr.
Kenney
des-'j
cribed
as
the
"most
advanced
legislation"
ever
effected
by
any
j
province
in
Canada.
In
this
hast,
had
been
hesitant
about,
coming
to
British
Columbia
In
j
"
I'.w.ijr,
in-
!1'"''I":-Iy
2i
Mini.
,
Alaska,
with
passengers,
mail
and
essential
goods.
This
week
the
ice
was
so
much
thicker
and
further
out
that
this
was
impossible.
Passengers,
mail,
express
and
freight
were
brought
back
to
Prince
Rupert
and
will
be
re-shipped
next
week.
There
were
five
passengers.
Meantime,
temperature
conditions
are
ameliorating
at
Stewart
and
the
town
is
not
suffer-plies.
Snow
is
as
deep
as
21
feet
there.
The
Daily
News
received
word
from
Stewart
last
night
that
supplies
of
groceries,
meat
and
eggs
were
ample.
The
principal
shortage
was
in
gasoline,
fuel
oil
and
coal.
Stewart
wharf
is
still
iced
in
but
the
Hyder,
Alaska,
wharf
is
now
clear
so
that
passengers,
in';
J-i-1
!
ehau;-e
1,,.,i..l,l
yinhiv:
port
it...,,,.
1
l.
I
t
j
lnum
project,
Mr.
Kenney
disclosed
how
this
great
industry
was
scouring
the
world
for
connection
he
announced
the
opening
by
the
provincial
gov-!
Beattie
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1.38
Donalda
56
Eldona
69
East
Sullivan
3.20
Giant
Yellowknife
....
5.50
God's
Lake
.
52
Hardrock
.20
Harricana
08
Heva
UVi
Hosco
262
Jacknlfe
04'2
Jolict
Quebec
44V2
Lake
Rowan
.06
'i
Lapaska
08
Little
Long
Lac
95
Lynx
14
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.75
McKenzle
Red
Lake
40
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.10
Moneta
1
51
Nesus
2.35
Noranda
57.75
Louvicourt
42
Pickle
Crow
2.15
Regtouit
06
San
Antonio
4.00
Senator
Rouyn
42
Va
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.46
Steep
Rock
1.66
Sturgeon
River
16
Silver
Miller
38
CITY
WOMAN
DIES
ON
BOAT
Mrs.
Margaret
Dumas,
wife
of
S.
D.
Dumas,
372
Biggar
Place,
died
this
morning
aboard
the
Union
Steamship
vessel
Camosun
while
enroute
to
Vancouver
for
medical
treatment
for
an
illness
from
which
she
suffered
for
the
last
year.
She
was
52
years
old.
Born
at
Cornwall,
Ontario,
Mrs.
Dumas
came
to
Prince
Rupert
in
1942
from
Saskatoon.
She
is
survived
by
her
husband
and
two
sons,
Leslie
In
Saskatoon
and
Ivan
in
Court-enay.
The
body
will
be
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
for
burial.
Vancouver
Bayonne
07
Bralome
09
B.
R.
Con.
03
Vi
B.
R.
X
11
Cariboo
Quartz
1.50
Congress
05
Hedley
Mascot
58
Pacific
Eastern
07
Pend
Oreille
6.35
-Pioneer
3.50
Premier
Border
(H
Privateer
,
21
Reeves
McDonald
3.60
Reno
072
Sheep
Creek
1.60
Silbak
Premier
40
Taku
River
(ask)
45
,Vananda
(ask)
.43
Salmon
Gold
15
Spud
Valley
06
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
5.10
Atlantic
75
Calmonj,
45
C.
&
E
,
6.16
Central
Leduc
1.42
Home
Oil
12.50
Mercury
.15
Okalta
1.40
Pacific
Pete
2.80
Princess
36
Royal
Canadian
10
V2
South
Brazeau
18Vi
Toronto
Athona
13
Aumaque
28
'1'llUll--
Vai-hihln
1
()tli.V.
heennii,,,,
fear
of
this
province
failing
to
maintain
stable
government.
Mr.
'Kenney
gave
assurance
that
the
inlerrsis
of
the
"little
fellow"
would
be
fully
protected
under
the
forest
management
set-up
of
the
government.
He
tilso
assured
that
the
.salmon
fishing
industry
of
the
'
province
would
be
fully
safeguarded
In
connection
with
possible
large
new
industrial
power
""'hl
iliHl
overrun.
rH
111.
r:ii
,
watcrpower
supply
where
huge
plants
would
be
located,
the
raw
materials
being
brought
from
oilier
parts
of
the
world
such
as
bauxite
in
shiploads
from
South
America,
lt
was
an
Ideal
set-up
'V
niniiun
beenni-
"s
I'liday
aflPi--
ii,
1
t
('!nn:.
Win.u-
n.,u,"
in
I
'i"
on''
i
t
"""''M.
(30
m.p.
ulleino,,,,
,
mail
and
essential
food
supplies
eminent
this
April
ot
the
Tor-mer
military
hospital
at
Terrace
as
an
Infirmary
for
incurable
and
long
convalf
.'.rent
patients
from
various
parts
of
the
province
as
one
step
towards
the
relieving
of
possible
hospital
congestion
in
British
Columbia.
Spcakiti?
f
political
mailers,
Mr.
Krntu-y
said
"your
guess
is
as
tnitl
as
mint:
as
to
when
a.u
flection
may
lie
held."
All
he
could
say
was
thai
it
was
statutorily
required
that
there
should
be
one
before
October
1950.
Going
into
details
of
the
alum-
Is
II'
I
I
plll
I
.llrll
4
I
LilliUC
;mnoraire.
Lows
"'Klis
Friday:
Ma3-Kups
rt
3d
uriH
which
did
not
involve
the
use
of
any
of
British
Columbia's
natural
resources
except
the
wati
r
power.
ror.T
LUU'.VKD
KOAO
Highways
came
in
for
Mr.
Kenney
's
attention
and
he
made
the
arnuneement
that
tenders
were
now
being
called
for
the
squaring
off
of
the
corners
and
Continued
on
Page
6)
y4
I
could
again
be
landed
there.
Two
more
feet
of
snow
fell
at
Stewart
since
Tuesday.
Unusual
weather
conditions
did
not
prevent
the
Canadian
Legion
holding
its
Robert
Burns
anniversary
celebration
Tuesday
and
there
was
a
good
developments
and
that
the
federal
minister
of
fisheries
was
satisfied
with
such
assurance.
BACKS
COALITION
Stating
that
his
personal
uim
was
to
contribute
to
good
government
and
administration
for
the
people
as
&
whole
rather
than
to
perpetuate
political
parties,
the
minister
of
lands
ex
ves.'el
m
t
LOCAL
TIDES
Friday,
January
28,
1949
High
1:26
19.0
feet
12.29
215
feet
Low
7:04
8.5
feet
19:37
2.6
feet
f
"la.vuuWLT,
.1
;
""wns
to
111
Nwth
America.