NOiiTKKKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NZW8PAPER
one
I!
53
Ul,.
I.
tfk
VM
WHITE
CABS
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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Cab$
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
40.
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
17,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ensioos
and
Al
iowainces
Are
Being
increase
t
.
..
UE
ACCIDENT
ON
RAILWAY
DisDute
In
T
OF
RED
PASS
JUNCTION
M
fs
V
rjr
:t
..r
.
.....
1
1
1
j
1
t
f
!lfl'k1f
hi.mn'mv
;,!(.
and
line
box
car
of
a
westbound
freight';
,;ch
went,
off
thf
track
of
the
Vancouver
litv
i
V4
c
0
4
Veterans
and
Families
To
Get
Better
Rates
Those
With
Families
to
Benefit
Especially,
Under
New
Schedule
Announced
by
Premier
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
government
announced
increased
rates
Monday
in
payments
to
disabled
war
pensioners
and
widows
and
to
married
student
veterans
which
brought
their
greatest
relief
to
those
supporting
families.
Prime
Minister
King
disclosed
that
the
govern-
:
7
ment
was
proposing
that:
.
as
Junction
and
piunjrco
down
a
niiisuie
a
of
:;(()
feet
on
to
the
Prince
Rupert
line
150;
.
.
feet
below.
Engineer
Carter,
who;
with
fireman
jumped
clear,'
I
I
Vii
i
t.-iiniiiK
a
twisted
knee,
other-
mended
II.
The
pension
for
the
totally
disabled
veteran
be
boosted
from
DE
GAULLE
WELCOMES
CANADIAN
TEAM
TO
PARIS-Pierre
photographed
as
he
welcomed
the
Canadian
hoc
key
team
to
Paris.
hockey
title.
w
lye,
no
one
was
hurl.
Traill
Irani?
on
both
lines
was
delayed
until
11:10
last
night
when
the
lines
were
cleared
by
auxiliary
equipment
from
Jasper.
The
train,
due
here
from
the
East
at
10:45
tonight,
is
seven
hcurs
late,
it
was
reported
this
morning-
It
should,
therefore,
p.rrive
at
5.45
turn
or
row
morning.
The
accident
occurred
in
th
mountain
area
west
of
the
junction
where
the
two
lines
parallel
each
other
for
several
miles
before
the
Vancouver
line
heads
alf
to
the
southwest
and
diverges
from
the
Prince
Rupert
line.
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CHURCH
mM-TM
PRINCE
DIES
A
J
De
Gauule,
mayor
of
Paris,
is
The
team
won
the
Olympics
Holiness
I
Catholic
a
prince
of
Italian
aristocracy
as
well
as
a
prince
of
the
church,
died
in
his
simply
furnished1
apartment
in
the
historic
Vati-'
1
can-
church
ot
Saint
.Martha.
I
!
The
aged
cleric
had
known
j
i
five
Popes
in
his
long
life
and
:
had
been
an
intimate
of
the
present
pontiff
and
his
prede
cessor.
He
had
been
dean
of
the
,
College
of
Cardinals
for
nearly
1
18
years.
!
LOCAL
TIDES
!
Wednesday.
February
18.
1948
High
6:45
18.4
feet
20:00
14.7
feet
Low
0:14
9.0
feet
13:52
7.2
feet
f
"
i'
iur
.
-
r
.arainai
rignateui
uas
ti"
V,..
W"
r.J
Second
Only
to
His
t.WCT
-V
rf
V,
.'M
In
Hierarchy
of
'V
The
freight
train
ran
into
snowslide.
Four
more
cars
were
'
J
'A
VATICAN
CITY,
,-Gennaroj
-
,
jjf
'
.
T-;T
'
uiauiiu
rigudiem
uc.
derailed
but
remained
on
the
Vancouver
grade.
!T
1
-
,y
w&
X
,jf
fC
TV4
Eelmonte.
aged
96.
second
only!
that
"V
V
.v
xi"
1
'
fc
1
to
Pope
Pius
in
the
hierarchy
of
for
V-
X.
.
;"
'
S'
the
Roman
Catholic
Church.l
I'ni
fcjC
rmmr
died
today
of
a
bladder
ailment
.
2
,
A
comnlieated
hv
nlri
ntrp
I.
MORE.AID
FOR
GREECE-TURKEY
WASHINGTON.
9
President
Truman
told
Congress
yesterday
that
he
will
ask
for
more
money
for
military
assistance
to
Greece
and
Turkey.
He
did
not
say
how
much
more
would
be
asked
but
last
year
the
United
States
sent
$400,000,000
to
aid
the
two
countries.
Mr.
Truman
said
that
Greece
had
been
subjected
to
pressure
by
a
Communist
minority
subservient
to
"foreign
influence."
,
Primate
Opposes
Divorcee
Marriage
OTTAWA
Archbishop
Kinp-fton,
the
Anglican
Primate
of
Ail
Canada,
now
visiting
in
Ottawa,
says
he
considers
it
unwise
for
the
Anglican
Church
to
penult
remarriage
of
divorced
'persons
at
present.
Speaking
to
a
press
conference
at
Christ
Church
Cathedral,
the
Areh-
t
;
A
Antarctica
Britain
Sends
Warship
tu
'
lalklands
to
Watch
Argentine-Chile
Moves
JOIIANNKSBIKG,
8,000-lon
British
cruiser
Nigeria
sailed
for
the
Falkland
Islands
to
support
the
British
governor
in
connection
with
Argentina
-
Chile
dispute
claims
in
the
Antarctic,
it
was
learned
today.
It
was
reported
that
both
Argentina
and
Chile
had
rejected
British
protests
against
their
setting
up
posts
and
naval
bases
on
British
territory
on
Deception
and
Greenwich
Islands
in
the
South
Shetland
gubernatorial
authority.
Argentina
is
reported
sending
two
cruisers
and
six
destroyers
to
the
disputed
islands
I
which
are
deposits.
said
to
contain
uranium
EVIDENCEOT
PROFITEERING
!
Prices
Increase
Committee
Heard
at
Session
in
Ottawa
OTrAWA
.
There
was
evidence
of
profiteering
and
hoarding
in
such
lines
as
flour,
coffee,
gasoline,
tires.'
medicinal
products,
footwear,
clothing
an1
radio
items,
the
Combines
Investigation
Act
commltee
of
Parliament
Investigating
prices
was
told
yesterday.
There
was
no
evidence
of
hoarding
or
prof
lta-rins
ia.fXiUi
and
vegetables
during
the
past
three
months.
BARBARA
ANN
IS
BRIDESMAID
i
ST.
MORITZ
Baroara
Ann
Scott
was
a
bridesmaid
while
here.
The
groom
was
Mr.
Brooks
of
the
RC.A.F.
and
the
bride
from
Copenhagen
U
was
the
second
ime
the
champion
skater
had
given
her
i
services
in
that
capacity
and
she
laughed
when
mentioning
it
Always
a
bridesmaid
but
never
a
bnae.
she
chuckled.
"Go.sh.
I
hope
it
won't
be
me."
CANINE
SPENDS
37
DAYS
IN
WELL
the
bottom
of
an
abandoned
empty
well.
His
persistent
barking
at
last
drew
attention.
The
well
is
on
the
outskirts
of
Perth.
The
dog
had
dropped
in
weight
from
55
to
17
pounds.
A
local
veterinary
stated
it
had
always
i
been
his
belief
that
no
dog
could
live
longer
than
24
days
without
water.
Ir
-
ppoiTAPV
rtuKUAK
I
IO
POPULAR
NOW
OTTAWA
For
more
years
()l,n
lll(1J.
ca,.e
0
remember,
srl.Vj,.0
nM.n
MaVe
disliked
the
numth
of
February
because
oi
j
imni
hi
-
j
-
i
tlle
lu)le
n
made
in
the
old
pay
envelope.
That
was
because
they
were
paid
strictly
on
a
daily
basis,
not
monthly,
as
is
now
inn
case
Now
they
welcome
Febru-wilh
a,.y
its
fewer
days
and
lower
expenses
but
with
exactly
the
same
amount
of
money
as
they
drew
in
January
or
will
draw
in
March.
IS
CHARGED
WITH
KEEPING
LIQUOR
Frank
Wilkie
appeared
in
city
police
court
yesterday
charged
,
with
keeping
liquor
for
sal.e
and
I.nnun(ll.d
for
nearing
until
Tuesday
without
a
plea
being
't'iken
l'1KU1-
He
was
taken
into
tus-
todv
by
the
police
in
his
loom
on
seveiun
a
.
,
urday
nigiu.
whmc
uin-cd
by
Rod
MacLeod,
local
bar-risi
er.
i
f
i
rsst
ri'
.
,2.
m
nrll
leciur
ft
uf
Whole
lo
(o
u!
up
to
W.JW
yarns
ami
the
necessary
aih.ilt
!-r
an
ex-,
t
lmpi'-ivcinrnt
pro-
;
o'ur.nrr.ried
to
next
,
ht's
meeting
01
cu
the
aldermen
sitting
.((
uf
the
w
hole
las:
iie
basis
of
a
report
,ajt
week
by
City
En
-
i
Huc
Emendation
clears
ir
a.
renins!
ruction
1
:rr,!
hard
sur-
Ui
10
naii
of
city
nuxmer
The
pro-
t
.t
t'
i
u
$85,000
and,
r.dii'id
irum
funds
'.o
the
eitv
last
yea'
i
rva;
i!ijer:;:iifi;t
for
ol
::.e
iriavrl
was
in.
tin
basis
thai
vy,
c.i-t
mure
tiliiP.
c
yjrd.
a
fnre
sug-ru'jr.c!
a
w.'ek
at:o
t.r.p"
!ff-rp
-
'
!S:'.jy
lark
cars
o!
'.
be
required
for
sur--::ft.
:t
:s
estimated,
-riji
i!l
be
prepared
-i-ph.'.'.
mixer
which
r.
;
ly
acquired
and
:ity
workmen,
nw-r
Howe
told
coun-k
th.it
'iie
work
prob-riimpleted
this
BLAZES
FIREMEN
If
BUSY
'"'ii.
aiiii
i.i
the
ex-"I'arr
hlr!)
aiTOIIl-wa'hei-.
.sjunt
a
M'indav,
putting
"s
in
less
than
three
afterii.i.,11
outbreaks
f'Hir
Ihi-
number
of
IIP.R
the
day.
"rcuit
in
li.
wu-iiv-
'I
re.-pur..,,!)!,.
fur
a
laniard
the
engine
'r
1,1
linlit
truck
s
C.
Timnis.in.
The
rkcd
in
Inmt
,,
th.,
r"nent.
Secad
Ave
40
hen
th,.
,r,.men
he
call
a
tei'
l'l)'.ii,
a
iiUu
in
r''
trrk
rurinR
Ul,
n
tu
tbe
hetourneau
'
the
firemen
al'ss
bluim,
in
a
c'Sareit,.
u
.ls
h.iiv.
p.
fl
I!
T
Lock
lo
j
""""Re
was
con-
f
Hutu-ess.
ke
I
r'in
of
Ui,.
0f.
'S
uf
"I'
L.
W.
Ker-Jrri'd
!
and
tl,p
k,,i,,.
,Vlth
smoke
1u
!
'k-llashed
a
l.
R-in
I
is
P
oul
h,
f
Z
'
I
ls
lainam(t
Oefor''
nnn
th,.
r
"ns"red
V:"
a
em,
,
it,,
c.
lu
tne
ouon
u
),,
,.
.,
,.
.
"liv
it
lilt
"Ul-
had
been
".V
Ll.
time
thf
ved.
Mature:
uees
teiiipei
rain..
t2Vf'(
me
PLAN
INDOOR
CARNIVAL
FOR
CIVIC
.
Bl
LlllSllHt
I
'
TORONTO
POWER
LOW
.
TORONTO
Street
car
services
are
curtailed,
street
lights
are
being
cut
off
and
householders
have
been
dimmed
out
by
order
of
Ontario
Hydro
Electric
Commission
owing
to
a
power
shortage
due
to
low
water
in
Quebec.
Even
hospitals
have
light
and
power
curtailed.
Newspapers
came
out
half
an
hour
late.
It
will
be
necessary
to
continue
pow-
er
cuts
until
the
spring
break-
up,
it
is
announced.
a
PARIS
IS
CHOSEN
LAKE
SVCCESS
It
was
offi
cially
announced
yesterday
Paris
had
been
chosen
the
next
session
of
the
ted
Nations
General
As
sembly.
CONSERVATIVE
WINS
TORONTO
Thomas
Pride,
Progressive-Conservative,
won
out
in
a
provincial
by-election
in
Huron
riding
yesterday
over
his
Liberal
opponent.
ADMIT
CHINESE
WOMEN
OTTAWA
Wives
and
children
of
Chinese
men
who
are
Canadians
will
be
admitted
to
Canada
as
soon
as
an
immigration
office
is
opened
up
in
Hong
Kong,
it
is
announced.
FOOD
PRICES
RALLY
CHCICAGO
Many
food
commodity
prices
showed
gains
yesterday
as
the
stock
market
continued
to
rally
after
last
week's
downward
plunge.
Gra:,is,
iiops
and
cattle
were
up
and
butter
prices
gained
3c.
-
Adult
Activities
Mrs.
J.
T.1
Harvey,
chairman;
Mrs.
J.
S.
,
Black,
Neville
Gerrard,
Mi's.
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
Mrs.
C.
G.
XlUlll,
n.
mauuiuwu.
;
likis.
Membership
F.
E.
Anfield,
chairman;
George
Dibb,
Mrs.
G.
W.
Rudderham,
Joe
Scott,
J.
S.
Wilson.
Special
Projects
W.
F-
Stone,
chairman;
Harold
Helgerson,
R.
E.
Montador.
Joe
Scott.
Public
Relations
A.
M.
Hurst,
chairman;
J.
C.
Gilker,
R.
E.
Montador,
Rev.
R.
A.
Wilson.
SOLDIERS'
LAND
COMMITTEE
TO
1
CON
VFNF
HFRF
wn
v
E-E.
ntftL
i
iiiiu
vriciuiid
iaiiu
net,
u;iuer
W.
Tennant,
regional
councillor,
will
arrive
in
the
city
tonight
by
train
to
hold
one
of
their
I
i"u'
-
,
erans
interested
in
acouirin?
'
and
under
either
of
those
gov-
ernment
acts.
The
meetings
will
be
held
at
the
Legion
Hall
on
Wednesday.
Headquarters
of
the
committee
is
at
Kamloops.
$75
to
$87
per
month,
for
his
wife
from
$25
to
$30,
a
man
with
wife
and
three
'
children
to
get
$161
instead
of
$137.
2.
Widows'
pensions
axe
up
from
$60
to
$70
with
the
same
children's
in'creases
as
those
of
disabled
veterans.
3.
Married
student
veterans
attending
universities
or
vocational
schools
will
get
$90
per
month
instead
of
$80,
plus
$13
per
month
for
the
first
child
instead
of
$12.
For
a
man
with
wife
and
three
children
the
monthly
check
will
now
be
$134
instead
of
$114.
RESTRICTIONS
ARE
APPROVED
Government's
Dollar
Saving
Plan
Ratified
Flare-up
in
Debate
OTTAWA.
0
Opposition
efforts
tQ,.hayfiCanada's,.
dollar
saving
import
restriction
applied
only
against
dollar
countries
were
defeated
49
to
42
on
Monday
in
the
House
of
Com-mjns
after
Minister
of
Finance
Douglas
Abbott
said
he
was
"honestly
convinced"
that
the
restrictions
were
helping
Uni
ted
Kingdom
trade
in
Canada.
Howard
Green,
Progressive-Conservative
member
for
Vancouver
South,
created
a
flare-up
in
the
debate
when
he
criticized
powers
given
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
under
the
Foreign
Exchange
Conservation
Bill.
He
said
the
minister
had
the
power
to
"arbitrarily"
tell
industries
what
they
could
or
could
not
do.
Mr.
Howe
said
that
Mr.
ifreen
was
being
"sillyv
and
that
his
arguments
were
"ridiculous."
Hoaxed
Hold-Up
To
Get
Name
In
Paper
TORONTO
Hector
Robert
reported
to
the
police
that
he
and
his
wife
had
been
attacked
in
a
park
and
robbed.
He
had
been
hurled
to
the
ground,
stab-
hpd
jn
the
arm
ovM
-olio.,
f
wanted
was
to
get
his
name,
and
the
name
of
his
wife,
in
the
paper.
LEFT
PAPER
PADLOCKED
I.e
Combat
Office
and
Printing
Plant
in
Quebec
Are
Closed
MONTREAL,
t?
Acting
under
an
order
of
Premier
Maurice
Duplessis,
the
provincial
police
on
Monday
Invoked
the
padlock
law
01
19a-
and
closed
the
offices
of
the
Leftist
French-language
weekly
Le
Combat
and
adjoining
offices
of
tho
French
section
of
the
Labor-
Progressive
party,
Padlocking
was
also
carried
out
ai
ine
plant
01
L.e
Progres
Hp
viiimv
tt..biv
n-i,nM
ranii-
ttes
are
used
for
printing
Le
Combat.
All
copies
of
Le
Combat
were
seized
from
the
news
stands
by
special
police.
s
s,
if
"rfr
rv
-y
CENTRE
AGRICULTURE,
STAGE
SHOV
bishop
made
it
clear
he
was,
PERTH.
Out.
A
spaniel
nam-talking
as
an
individual
and
not'(j
Nigger,
lived
for
37
days
in
Civic
Centre
carnival
this
year
j
Large,
T.
N.
Youngs.
C.
O.
Ham.
will
be
an
indoor
gala,
instead
.
Youth
Activities
A.
P.
Craw-of
outdoor,
as
In
previous
years,
ley.
chairman;
Emile
Blain.
the
Civic
Centre
executive
de-
Harold
Hampton,
George
Vier-cid:-d
last
night.
By
using
the
eck.
building,
the
cost
of
erecting
outside
shelters
and
bringing
in
rides
will
be
eliminated.
Emphasis
this
year
will
be
;p.aicu
on
ucinuiuciii
L1
a
jusi,
W?f.
"lJlfc
tfmttt.
us
head
of
the
rhurch.
Snowstorm
Down
Coast
Transportation
and
Com-
nuinications
Into
Vancouver
Disrupted
Wires
Are
lown
VANCOUVER
A
sudden
biiiuitng
snowstorm
disrupted
traffic
of
all
types
and
comniun
-
!
li-allons
.....
here
last
night,
lneie
i
class
horticultural
and
agricul-
House-T.
N.
Youngs,
W.
H.
his
wallet
containlng
$10.
since
,
tural
show,
reviving
the
activity
(
Shortridge.
jtherlt
Robert
has
been
charged
in
that
line
that
was
shown
in
I
Sports
and
Athletics
Jack
with
"effecting
a
public
mis-i
the
earlier
years
of
the
city.
J
Lindsay,
chairman;
Miss
Leah
chief."
He
confessed
that
his
,
The
indoor
carnival
also
will
i
Basso-Bert.
Don
Eby,
Nick
Pav-
story
was
an
invention.
All
he
r
CHINESE
REDS
BOGGED
BY
NATIONALISTS
This
group
of
approximately
2000
members
of
the
Chinese
Communist
army
was
captured
in
Tapiehshan
on
the
Hupeh-Honan-Anhwei
borders.
b:ise
of
Communist
activity
in
central
China.
At
top.
the
captives
sit
on
the
ground
in
the
compound
of
a
Wuchang
school,
awaiting
disposition
of
their
case.
Bottom,
some
of
the
women
political
workers
captured
among
the
group.
Except
for
two,
none
of
the
girls
had
any
school
education,
yet
all
were
well
indoctrinated
in
the
Communist
philosphy.
'as
u
collision
in
the
harbor
NEW
YORK
MEAT
PRICES
ARE
CUT
IS
CHARGED
WITH
PURSE
SNATCHING
NEW
TiORK-Prices
,
on
102
Michael
Saxinger,
&
of
.
the
.
..
.
,
,
meat
i
ems
were
cut
from
2
tojwestholme
Rooms
appeared
in
between
a
freighter
and
a
boom
of
logs.
Air
tral
fit-?
nioioi
and
ship
iimiptiruiiioii
an
weie
ui-mjru
umo
iciegrapn
ana
leiipiiuni
lines
were
down.
Tin
snowfall
extended
into
the
Fraser
Valley.
Telegraphic
anil
telephone
services
between
Prince
Rupert
city
police
court
yesterday,
this
year.
The
first
will
be
discharged
with
theft
from
a
per-
j
ignated
a
"trophy"
dance
and
10c
in
New
York
stores
today.
FORMER
PACIFIC
OPERATOR
DIES
.
Jack
Osborne,
for
years
night
feature
a
first
class
stage
show,
the
executive
decided.
Budget
for
the
1947-48
fiscal
year
was
established
at
$23,275.
which
will
be
about
$1,400
higher
than
the
previous
year.
Higher
operating
ccsts
plus
widening
of
thp
sch01
Pr&m
in
the
Civic
Centre
was
given
as
the
basis
,
.,
.
for
the
increase,
Two.dlin,es
wlll
be
held
earlv
;
will
be
held
early
in
April
in
1
honor
of
the
basketball
trophy-
winners.
The
second
will
be
held
on
April
30
and
will
be
known
'
...,
r.
,
.
'
auditorium
with
Mavpole
dancers
i
trained
by
Neil
Ross
and
Mar-
garet
Slinn,
physical
instructors.
i
Committee
members,
whose
'
names
names
were
were
turned
luinea
in
m
bv
oy
cnau-
chair
men
appointed
at
the
annual
meet
nsr
In
.
anuarv
are
ns
fn
-
lows:
j
Finance
M.
C.
Brydges.
chair
man,
and
the
executive.
Dr.
R.
G
IinH
.,.
,.
-,-.
interrupt-
.
i
nwii
rd
this
this
mornintr
morning
operator
for
the
Canadian
Na-f
'
the
Commercial
Hotel
shortly
'
,
Hyht
of
this
function
will
be
a
Tne
re8:o"aI
aevtsory
comit-tional
Railways
at
Pacific,
died
before
11
o'clock
tee
of
tne
Solciiers'
Settlement
Saturday
night
Mavpole
in
the
centre
of
the
son
after
Mrs.
Jean
Stephens
had
complained
that
a
man
had
taken
her
purse
and
um-
I.
.
rw
!brella
frm
the
beverage
room
According
to
witness,
the
man
plcked
up
th(J
articUs
from
Uu,
table
and
walked
out
He
was
followed
while
Mrs.
Stephens
telenhoned
leiepnonea
the
uie
ponce,
notice
baxinger
Minnpr
!wns
iater
arrested
at
the
West-
iioiine
rooms
dv
DOllce
wno
salrl
that
he
had
the
articles
in
his
1
possession
when
picked
up.
The
1
purse
contained
$17.
bv
a
snow
storm
near
Lytton
in
the
Fraser
I
Valley.
The
Daily
News
did
not
receive
Its
usual
Canadian
Press
,1
;
i
,
-
if
.
-pa
enes.
on
accoun
o.
Z.
JT,
,J"
L
m
,
.
.
,
,
tadiophone
system
ulong
th'.1
c
Fog
at
Port
Hardy
delayed
today's
Canadian
Pacific
Air-
about
a
week
ago
in
Vancouver,
according
to
the
Omineca
Herald.
nt
was
nuuii
01
me
m.si
Great
War
and
was
in
his
early
fifties.
Mr.
Osborne
was
well
Known
i.eie,
as
wen
as
ail
along
""
""rl
)
"
ago.
There
is
a
son,
serving
with
the
Black
Watch
in
Pales
-
tine.
1!-
.....
.
TI.,
"es
ingnis
Deiween
rriuce
nu
'
k
'
ni
1
wind.
pert,
and
Vancouver.