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Rupert,
the
vol.
xxxvin,
No.
300
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Key
to
w
the
e
Great
urtdi,
Northwest
norm
est.
;
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Traffic
Al
ireapy
Ta!
sums
Toll
l
oliday
Yugo-Slav
Flying
Pact
Here
'
1
i
le
Holiday
To
Mark
!
Eight
Dead
In
Canada
Even
Before
Christmas
A
grim
warning
of
especial
dangers
and
need
for
extra
caution,
eight"
persons
were
killed
Friday
and
Saturday
in
Christmas
season
accidents
as
Canada's
holiday
death
toll
began.
All
but
one
of
the
deaths
were
eaused
by
traffic
accidents.
There
were
fifty-two
traffic
1
-
j
WASHINGTON
An
agreement
ihas
bcui
uninged
between
Unl-i
Ud
Sialic
and
Yugoslavia
where
by
American
planes
may
lly
over
)s
In
Prince
Rupert
Yugoslavia
and
land
at
Be!?rfdc.
Yu'ioslavc
plants
may
do
like-wi.se
in
United
Slates.
up
is
a
week-end
that
outclasses
all
others
iing
only
will
there
be
Christmas
but
also
a
full
ivs
or
practically
that
in
which
to
eniov
Floor
Price
Of
Bacon
Lowered
kt
occasion,
and
regain
sufficient
strength
to
Bunco
Artist
Gets
5
Years
accidents
Friday
night
in
Toronto
alone.
At
Halifax
John
McKinnon,
55-year
old
watchman,
was
burned
to
death
in
a
warehouse
fire.
normal
duties
Wednesday.
OTTAWA
-
Mmlsti
r
or
A'.ri-rulture
Jame.
G.
Gardiner
an-niMiiierrt
yesterday
that
the
floor
1!
be
out
of
town,
pro-
-
1
Toronto
police
were
seeking
VANCOUVER
CP
William
kiie,
railway
and
high-rcgularly
functioning,
jfl
be
beyond
the
city
H
others
may
not
stray
YcrK-
1
-
;
A
nricc
lor
baron
would
be
set
at;
22
lie
in
the
hone
of
beipT
ibh'i
lit
sell
in
i
lie
Biilish
market.
The
!
j'ormer
price
was
3c.
!
Traction
Strike
Ties
Cleveland
lmiiic
cireles.
the
driver
who
knocked
down
Louis
Price
,aged
54,
whom
io-elcvcn-year
old
Ted
Gladding
I
,
.
llce
termtd
a
bunco
art!st
y-
as
he
rode
a
bicycle
home
from
a
Christmas
shopping
trip.
terday,
was
convicted
of
$.V00
Alcide
Beaudette,
aged
20,
diefl'
thH
and
sentenced1
to
rive
yours"
in
hospital
at
Cornwall,
On-1
imDrtaonmpnt
in
nnilpnU!irv
one
is
making
plans
THE
WKATHER
in
(luwnheiirted.
CLEVELAND
O'-
surprise
Synopsis
Ml
have
their
special
strike
of
4200
transit
worker
jins
mi
Hie
actual
day
of
.stopped
street
cars
and
buses,
!
i
no
.siorni
which
dropped
a:i
!
Slllllay.
wnil"
others
snarled
traffic
und
crimped
last-
inch
of
rain
on
the
.south
coast
ne
them
until
Monday.
mjmltc
Christina
The
shopping.
yesterday
i.s
causing
bliweault
on
U
special
services
have
walk-out
caught
police
and
coin
I
YPHOON
SHATTERS
GUAM
HOMES
-White-clad
monks
arc
.shown
iu
they
eall-d
to
offer
aid
and
comfort
to
Guam
Island
children
whose
home
wa.s
demolished
when
devaslaUns
winds
and
hcdi
seas
virtually
wiped
out
hah
of
the
village
of
Inaraan
dmim:
(he
heigh!
of
a
typhoon
last
week.
The
little
vlllage-by-the
sea
was
lucky,
though,
its
renidenu
feel,
for
Uierc
were
no
casualli.
s
reporld.
The
long
row
ol
wooden
homes
that
.slretchotl
along
Hie
.wean
front
were
.slmltered,
spreading,
debris
over
a
wide
area.
Old
time
villagers
said
it.
was
the
worst
disaster
u,
strike
the
village.
Milled
for
all
city
and
tonight
midnight
'
AMERICAN
AKKKSTFI)
BIOAPEST
Thf
H.m?!,rian
government
annoucd
last
nirht
that
it
had
arrested
Israel
Jacobson,
American
Jewish
welfare
worker
on
"suspicion
of
spying
against
the
Hungarian
state
Jacobson,
who
is
director
of
the
lliincarian-America.
joint
distribution
committee,
was
arrested
a
week
ago
after
returning
here
from
leave
in
tho
United
States.
EPIDEMIC
KIIXS
1TIKEE
EDMONTON
-
Three
lives
have
been
claimed
Iiy
an
epidemic
of
diphtheria
at
Halfway
Itiver
Indian
reservation
in
the
northeastern
corner
of
British
Columbia.
Ir.
George
M.
Cor-mack
of
Fort
St.
John,
about
75
miles
southeast
of
Hie
reservation
sahl
he
believes
the
epidemic
In
being
brought
under
cev'drol.
PRINTERS
TOI.D
OFF
WASHINGTON
The
National
Labor
Relations
Board
yesterday
issued
a
second
sharp
order
telling
the
printers'
union
to
stop
pursuing;
closed
shop
tactics,
this
lime
in
the
print-inn
trade.
The.
Board
unanimously
nih
il
that
Ihe
Inter,
u-lional
Typographical
Ininn
had
violated
the
Tafl-ll
irlh
y
Act
in
Baltimore.
.
SICK
I'Ol'E
OFFICIATES
VATICAN
CITY
Pope
INiin
today
inauguraled
Ur
25!h
Holy
Year
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
with
Ihree
strokes
of
a
silver
hammer,
opening
doors
of
St.
Peter's
Basilica.
Throughout
the
!M
-
minute
ceremony
,lhe
papal
physician,
Ir.
Ricardo
Galassi
l.isi.
muter
flat-footed.
Thousands
we;
l'
ft
stranded
at
car
stops
and
other
thousands
were
griming
along
huinper
to
bumper
in
aut'iinobiles
hastily
pressed
into
service.
of
suffered
when!
,tarlo,
injuries
on-lcw
testified
that
Trie-j
an
automobile
he
was
ddving
had
swlndlecl
a
Vancouver
man
laSpreer
,
o";
"loney
in
a
fakestock
niar-I
et
deal
The
victim
s
name
was
Thomas
Gibbons,
27,
died
at
not
dlscIosed'
Hamilton,
when
a
truck
he
was
riding
went
out
of
control
and
The
victim
had
been
prom
I
i
d
'.
overturned.
!
fabulous
prolits
from
a
New
'
Eighty
year
old
Alfred
Dow-
'
York
syndicate
I
which.
Price
said,
;
den
was
killed
when
struck
by
manipulated
.stock
market
overall
automobile
in
East
Toronto
ations
through
coded
telegrams.
aftflr
stepping
out
from
behind
The
theft
occurred
last
O:-
a
parked
car.
tjber.
Dosofy.
Hryrmkow,
50-yeur
old
steel
worker,
was
killed
in
llii
hault
bte."
Marie
when
a
truck
skidded
on
Hie
Icy
street
and
NEW$
IS
TAKING
struck
him
while
he
got
off
a
FULL
HOLIDAY
the
Chinch
of
the
An-
will
draw
many
others
!n
ie
numbers
of
the
Ro-jhullr
r.iitli,
'
v
wijl
he
generally
ob-I
liiixiii"
(lay
and
it
will
I
;iiiy.
offices
or
places
of
I
ill
Pr.nce
Rupert
that
the
prairies
this
morning
aeeoid-ing
to
the
daily
synopsis.
Rkien
have
cleared
along
the
coa.s..
but
a
few
snow
flurries
persi.;t
in
the
Kootenays.
A
new
,-ilorm
of
minor
intensity
was
approacbin:;
the
Queen
Charlotle
Islands
tills
uiorning
and
rain
will
spread
down
the
eoiust.
overnight.
Christ
nms
Day
will
see
showers
of
rain
on
the
eoasl,
and
some
snow
in
the
Interior.
Fnrrcasl
Norlh
('n;i:f
Iti'gion
-'
Cloud
I'Hlay.
Ilain
lonight.
Variable
cloudiness
with
occasional
showers
.Suiidny.
Liliie
change
in
tempera!
lire.
Winds
light
todiv
nalii
closed
until
Wed-
The
dispute
centres
around
ji
demand
by
the
transit
union
(American
Federation
of
Labor!
for
contlnuunc.
of
90
hours'
pay
for
two
weeks'
vacation.
FINED
FOR
BUS
OVERLOADING
V
bus.
i
.r'l
ii
,
refill
.
led
In
tlii-V',..l''nl,iy
altvi
noon's
mi
a
brief
Ii
ip
In
Va.i-
The
Dally
News
staff
lias
worked
hard
-during
the
pusl,
year,
sonw?
finies
against
con-,
sidcrable
difficulty.
So
Uili
Christmas
wc
are
going
li
take
In
New
Westminster,
,
British
.Columbia,
a
young
man'
died
arter
suffering
a
fractured
skill
when
thrown
from
his
motor-.
;
cycle-
and
was
struck
by
a
car
!s.
M.n
T
icr
is
icmain-ii'
soiilli
for
u
while
A.;,"?i
As
a
result
of
a
recent
police
ielvck-up.
Wat.son
Island
Hl-agex
I.iniiU'd
were
fined
$10
in
cilj'
put
ire
etmrt
yrsli'nlny
on
each
I
of
t
wo
rhnrrjes
of
ovrloiMllii-;
Southeast.,
.'.'.0
mph
vljmight,'
ii!r';.
y-'S
-sic
30
,iiiii,',
ui.
lorn'
Low?:
ni(rhl
und
high
s
loinor-!
I.
buses
row
at
I'orl.
Hardy.
34
.oi
l
i'.,
.buses.
Pnlii-e
entered
till
(.(Mitt
l
Siuid.spil.
and
Prince
Kuperi.
'il
.ind
3S.
'
iuotbull
i
::
-
-Friday.
.
He
ma-
Joseph
Cleude.
tlM'.
Jull
.
huliOiy,.
obwrviHi;-Lower
Mainland
j
ChrisUmus
on
Monday
and
Bux-
I're-Clirlstnms
accidents
were
log
Day
nir
Tuesday.
That
will
abundant
on
the.
lower
main-
bring
Hie
next
i;s,sue
of
the
land
last
night.
In
a
12-liouri
Daily
News
011
Wednesday
period
there
150
traffic
acci-'
afternocyi.
dents
occurred,
one
person
was
killed
and
twelve
were
injured,
l&K&V&KXK&'X
two
seriously.
1
i
Five
persons
were
charged!
"
-
"
Mi
l.raguc,
First
liv.
fa
'.),
Kunilci
land
0
I'
li.nii
City
1,
iitiike
Cily
J
as
lin
y
wre
romiin;
In
on
(lie
j
highway
anrl
found
Unit
vehicles
j
driven
by
Andrew
UlnmberK
and
'
Krncsl.
Kennedy
each
had
two
I
more
iiaf.senKer.s
than
permit
tr-d.
;
The
charges
were
admitted.
i
SON
OF
"Rojoh"
PLANE
VICTIM
I
!
SAVANNAH.
Ocorr.ia
I,t,
Ko;:-:
i
rs
llortiNby.
son
of
the
fmnous
rprorrssional
baseball
player,
was
lone
of
the
eleven
victims
of
the
with
furious
driving.
One
car
was
impounded.
At.
least
$10,-!
,
000
damage
was
caused
to
uuto-!
mobiles
Involved.
Norwegians
!n
Home
Broadcast
A
recorded
.iclection
by
the
Varden
Singers
of
'Prince
Rupert,
was
broadcast
to
points
in
Norway
this
morning
by
international
short
wave
from
Saek-ville,
New
Hrunswiek.
On
Monday
at
11
2(1
p.m.
tin:
group
will
broadcast
greetings
from
the
Norwegian
populace
here
over
CFt'H
via
the
CDC
international
shortwave
hook-up.
M-Kst
critically
injured
was
19-year
old
James
Keycs
who
suffered
a
possible
fractured
skull
j
when
his
auto
went
out
of
con-,
trol,
.skidded
100
feet
In
mud
and
crashed
into
a
parked
car.
1
i'il
2,
Portsmouth
1
I
Wanderers
0.
Burnley
1
County
2,
Civ
l.v.a
2
in
3,
A.ton
Villn
0
nl
3,
Kverhm
I
vster
Cily
2,
Chaiil'in
Ii
Mr
0
I
borough
3,
llll(l(lei
;,field
'Ii
0
i-i
le
United
2,
.
Wo!ver-Pl'lon
Wanderers
0
I'.ioinwleii
Alliiun
J,
M.im-f'-r
United
2
United
.Stut-.s
Air
Force
plane
which
crushed
and
burned
in
a
marsh
near
here
Thursday
night.
P-""?:-
Johnson
Is
Nationalists
Revolt
Again
SEEK
TREASURE
UNDER
ANTARCTIC
ICE
-The
700-ton
Norwegian
sealer
Norsel
has
arrived
in
London.
Eng.,
on
her
way
to
the
Antarctic
with
a
Noi
wegiiiii-Swcdish-Uiiti.sli
scientific
expedition,
including
a
Royal
Air
Force
party.
The
scientists
taking
part
in
the
enterprise
!
first
int.ei
national
expedition
to
the
Ant-arctici
will
reach
the
Antarctic
In
January
and
will
spend
two
years
there.
They
will
work
in
Queen
Maud.
Land,
an
unexplored
Norwegian
tract.
With
them
lor
six
months
will
be
the
first
R.A.
K.
men
to
fly
in
the
Antarctic.
A
unit
of
two
officers,
three
airmen
and
two
Auster
VI
aircraft
will
provide
air
reconnaissance
in
the
search
for
a
passage
through
the
ice-pack
barrier,
lor
advanced
bases
on
the
Antarctic
mainland
and
for
a
landing
place
on
the
ice-shelf,
beneath
which
Is
believed
to
be
a
wealth
of
mineral
deposits.
I
Second
Division
".V
I.
We'd.
Hani
tlnitid
I
!'ini
Hovers
1.
Tollen-
lrvit-H
o
London
VICTORIA
Premier
Byron
Johnson
is
considering
an
invitation
to
go
to
London
to
attend
l.h"
annual
dinner
of
the
British
Timber
Federation
as
principal
guest
speaker
but
thinks
it
will
be
Impossible
to
go
as
the
session
of
the
Legislator
will
be
on
then.
watched
anxiously
over
the
tall
frail
figure
of
the
Pope
who
for
the
first
time
gave
evidence
of
being
a
gravely
sick
man.
SPYING
CHARGED
BUDAPEST
The
Hungarian
ministry
of
the
interior
announced
today
in
a
communique
that
fourteen
persons
have
been
arrested
and
charged
with
spying;
),-
connection
with
the
arrest
six
weeks
ago
of
an
American
and
a
Briton
on
charges
of
espionage
and
sabotage.
It
said
that
the
arrested
people
had
made
confession;.
Robert
A.
Vogelcr,
telephone
official,
and
Edgar
Sanders,
electric
company
representative,
are
alleged
to
have
been
"professional-agents."
N
JAPS
AND
BACTERIA
N
LONDON
Russia
claimed
today
that'
Japan's
army
in
Manchuria
used
human
guinea
pigs
for
germ
experiments.
They
desir.-id
flea-packed
bombs
to
scatter
plague
and
bred
bacteria
for
widespread
destruction
by
germs
in
World
War
II.
Ki'CYC'C!CX'C'f'C''
Rain
For
Xmas
Forecast
Here
l'ntspur
2
IIONO
KONO-
Aiiotl'er
revolt
I
anions
Nationalist
forces
lias
oc-
j
curred
in
Yunan
Province
and
!
the
Communists
are
expected
j
momentarily
to
re-enter
the
wal-1
hrl
city
of
Chengu
from
which
BEER
FARLOKi
CLOSED
MONDAY
VICTORIA
P.eer
parlors
hi
British
Columbia,
announces
W.
F.
Kennedy,
the
Liquor
Commissioner,
will
be
closed
on
Monday,
December
27.
Normally
the
pubs
do
not
observe
Boxing
Day
as
a
holiday
but,
because
of
the
Sunday
Christmas,
says
the
Commissioner,
their
employees
will
r;el
their
day
off
on
(lord
2,
Bury
0
(Hy
City
1,
Grimsby
Town
they
had
been
driven
earlier
in
tin;
week.
'ly
4,
Leicester
City
0
United
3,
Preston
Moith
1
Town
1,
.Sheffield
United
American
Ships
Must
Stay
Out
MAYOR
HELD
IN
MURDER
Mayor
Donald
Jack
MacLean
of
Sydney,
N.S.,
has
been
Charged
with
murder
in
the
death
of
Joseph
MacKinnon,
Sydney's
registrar
ol
voters.
MacKinnon,
63,
died
in
hospital
alter
police
found
him
Injured
in
an
alley.
(CP
Photo
WASHINGTON
-
Any
Cap:..iin
I
(it
an
American
vessel
win?
lakr.si
"t'i
Areyle
2.
Che
l-r-
Brought
By
Plane
For
Surgery
Here
his
ship
into
a
CommuiiLht-c
in-
j
trolled
port
In
China
will
run
the;
Sunday,
December
25,
1049
l
i.
k
of
having
his
licence
revolt.
!
inB
5:34
18
0
foet
No
Trace
Found
Of
Ambrose
Ryan
Having
found
ivj
truce
of
Ambrose
Ryan,
Missing
for
scveru!
lays
and
whose
upturned
skiff
as
found
across
the
bay
from
Uie
native
vilbRC,
the
provineH
Pdllcp
bout
P.M.L.
15
and
the
India
n
Department
cruiser
Nas-kd'iia
returned
to
port
ycs'crdcy
from
Port
Simpson.
Draai'ln?
derations
have
ceased
but
Port
An
emergency
flight
was
made
Chamber
Sustains
Bidcault
Govt.
PARIS
Premier
Georges
Bid-eault's
government
was
sustained
by
a
narrow
margin
yesterday
in
the
Chamber
of
Deputies
on
a
vote
of
confidence.
The
division
was
302
to
297.
The
Premier
had
demanded
that
hisjbudgct
be
considered
.
yesterday
by
Bill
Mc.Leod
of
lhe
r((
,t
was
announ(.nd
by
the
gov
Queen
Charlotte
Airways
to
Low
17:18
11:31
23:45
17.8
feel
0.2
feet
,
6.4
feet
eminent
yesterday.
I
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1
d
V,'uliie.;(lay
1,
V,
'
1
liiip'on
1,
Qo-reii'-i
i'YiI'.
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3
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a
Town
5,
Cn-diff
r'il.y
!
:t;s!i
i
e:r:i',
l;v
I
3.
Que
n
t,r
t,i
r:o'j!
h
n
''
1
rtlrllov.
A!')!o'
I
'
bring
Sam
Bell
from
Silbak
Premier
Mines,
Stewart,
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
where
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergin
performed
an
operation
for
acute
EUGENE
HIGH
SCHOOL
BAND
of
Eugene,
Oregon
CONCERT
Wednesday,
Dec.
28,
1913
3
p.m.
Civic
Centre
Auditorium
Sponsored
by
Bo-Me-Ili
Students
Council
Students
50c
Adults
"Sl.Od
(Tickets
on
Sale
at
Civic
Centre
and
prme's
Drugs.
)
(301)
'Arvida
Deportment
Is
Most
Efficient
j
MONTREAL-
The
fire
depart-j
mrnt
of
the
town
of
Arvida
in
PlmnsDii
natives
arc
sfill
scour
(if
i
appendicitis.
lug
the
shores
in
the
hope
finding
some
clue.
Rcscnt
Visit
Of
Spanish
Minister
ROME
-Three
thousand
C'un-iiiunlsts
demonstrated
outside
the
Spanish
embassy
here
today
in
protest
at
the
visit
of
tin-Spanish
foreign
minister
to
Rome.
Divorce
awa'-ded
In
Supreme
Courl'at
Vancouver
last
week
to
Helen
Marie
Marchildon,
Prince
Rupert,
married
in
1941
to
George
Rupert
Marchildon,
Powcil
Riv-
j
FT.
"
,
!
:
(I,
II..,,.
(
.j
j
'
2,
Mn1h.T.-ll
1
i'll
'''i
Uuilh
Ifovrs
2
Thistle
1,
Hinr-.eir,
3
f''
'ten
4,
Ab'Ttlcen
0
P
'"lllui'l;
1,
Clyde
3.
Committal
Corning
In
Stobbing
Case
Lurctta
Darnhurdt,
charged
Showers
of
rain,
comprise
ihe
Christmas
Day
weather
fou-east
for
Prince
Rupert.
A
storm
of
minor
intensity
is
approaching
from
the
Pacific
and
general
rain
for
the
coast
is
predicted.
Wet
Is
sailing
to-
j
the
Camosuni
i"
i
ther:i
Quebec
has
been
adjudged
the
most
efficient
in
Can-con.
Ol'uwa.
formerly
in
first
place.
Is
in
seeded
this
year.
Mrs.
E.
Beckett
morrow
night
on
'with
assault
occasioning
griev-
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
otis
bodily
harm.
November
4
will
1
tceticicci('('fi((tf
;'fC'-i('4'c(!(.Y::cici((''
4
s'CI(ltltC!l(ICt4l(ICI(lltlICl(t(lli.
5
,
n
l.;cv.ai..S!,,..4..
4l.'(ll..:!,..ai..-((,i-i..,c
eK-'w"
be
formally
committed
for
trial
j
JJ
in
county
court
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
Deeembi
1
29.
The
mag
X.
To
Everyone
in
Skeena
Electoral
District
I
MY
VERY
BEST
WISHES
FOR
AY
I
wish
everyone
a
Merry
Christmas
at
the
close
of
1949
and
for
M
May
I
through
yo'
t,
as
I
have
so
many
times
the
noil-
nlnrA
CnrA
AicllOC
tn
fl
I
I
TOf
CI
snow
from
heavy
skies
this
morning
substantiated
the
forecast.
Old
timer
of
Pmu.c
ilupert,
R.
Buekland
of
Uie
Bayvlew
Hotel
was
rushed
to
General
Hospital
by
cily
ambulance
at
5:30
p.m.
yesterday
after
he
had
slipped
and
fell
In
front
of
the
Victory
Cafe.
After
a
check-up.
the
am-
,
bulancc
returned
him
to
his
residence.
'
istrate
so
announced
on
the
conclusion
or
Ihe
preliminary
hearing
yesterday
afternoon.
Accused
Is
alleged
to
have
slabbed
Ben
Pel.terson.
crry
Christmas
an
la
Happy
New
Year.
,
the
commencement
of
1950
may
the
New
Year
bring
further
prosperity
and
continued
happiness
to
each
and
everyone.
.
'
J.
P.
McRac,
M.L.A.
A
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
and
A
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
Ted
Applewhaite,
"
M,
P.
for
Skeena.
T.
D.
PATTULLO
Ceaeh
Avenue.
(toria.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
Portland
3.
Victoria
1
-
V..AM.i.s.xii.ikili.ikii.a.a.ij.3,a,.).,)i,kajiiiiiMiMJk.
1
Preliminaries
7:30
p.m.
Reserved
Seats
75c
Rush
50c
THURSDAY
&
FRIDAY.
DEC.
29th
&
30th
8:30
P.M.
ASKET8ALL
Ketchikan
Elks
vs.
Prince
Rupert
Ail-Sfars.
Students
35c