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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
AKV
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
.Agriculture
MinusuT
uaroi-
nnouncrs
details
01
oan-food
contracts
with
'Brit-
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
30&
4
3
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
31,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
No
Evidence
Uncovered
On
'Baby
Sale'
EDMONTON
(CP)
A
Rbyal
Commission
reported
today
that
it
found
no
evidence
to
indicate
that
any
Alberta
child
'was
involved
in
a
"black
market
in
babies."
However
it
recommended
that
the
placement
of
babies
in
the
United
States
be
discontinued.
The
report
followed
a
ten-mouth
investigation
that
was
started
by
a
story
written
by
Bank
of
Canada
withdraws
rt
bids
lor
Federal
twnas
Aussies
Flee
New
Year
Heat
Mrs.
Roosevelt
made
honor
-
SYDNEY
Hundreds
of
thous
loctor
of
laws
al
queens
rslty.
Coal
strike
makes
5.500
ands
of
Australians
are
trying
to
beat
New
Year's
heat
by
leaving
IIS
U"1
1,1
their
larger
cities
for
mountain
and
seaside
resorts.
Tempefa-
ilumbla.
Prime
Minister
King
an-
Boston
Says
We
Had
Earthquake
)
Anybody
fee
lan
earthquake
this
morning?
i
.
According
to
the
seismograph
at
Boston
College,
Weston,
Mass.,
a
tremor
wasifelt
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Queen
Chailotte
Islands
at
3:57
a.m.
Official
sources,
including
the
Digby
Island
Meteorological
Station,
Army
Signals
and
.C.
Police,
failed
to
feel
the
shock.
v
But
the
Boston
College
seismograph,
some
distance
from
the
reported
quake-
felt
It.
.
;
They
identified
it
as
being
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Islands.
It
was,
they
said,
2,855
miles
northwest
of
Boston.
u
The
earthquake,
with
continuing
tremors,
will
take
place
here
tomorrow
morning.
.
.
tures
are
between
80
and
100.
pj
four
cabinet
changes.
Harold
Dingman
and
published
Quebec
flies
its
own
flag
gislativc
building.
Russian
military
rcprescn-
Prince
Rupert
-
1948
barred
from
Canadian
Chiang
Willing
To
Commence
Peace
Talks
NANKING
(P)-Gen-ralissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
said
tonight
that
his
government
was
ready
to
discuss
ending
the
wrar
with
the
Chinese
Communists
but
at
the
same
time
set
up
conditions
that
appeared
to
rule
out
any
possibility
of
such
settlement.
In
a
New
Year
statement
to
the
people
ho
said,
"If
a
negotiated
peace
not
detrimental
to
national
independence
and
sovereignty
but
which
will
contribute
to
the
welfare
of
,
the
people,
can
be
arranged,"
he
would
be
satisfied.
ry
camps.
Barbara
Ann
Keolt.
nwarcl-
Bowl
of
W.AAF.C.
at
)I.
Out.
Dr.
Raymond
uoyer
oi
ral
sentenced
to
two
years
CAPILAMO
SNOW
SLIDE
CLAIMS
.
fc
v..
I
ft
l-
Official
Secrets
Act.
I'AKY
"
111
i
Suva
Scotia
celebrates
100th
MAN'S
LIFE
in
'New
Liberty,"
magazine
in
an
article
entitled
"Babies
for
Export."
The
story
was
based
on
a
reKn
t
'on
Alberta
welfare
written
by
Dc.
Charlotte'
Whit-ton
or
Ottawa,
welfare
expert.
Dingmun,
Jack
Cooke,
magazin.;
publisher,
and
Dr.
Whitton
were
sub.sequvntly
charged
with
defamatory
libel
but
the
charges
were
later
dropped.
The
commissioners
decided
that
objections
to
placement
of
Alberta
babies
in
the
United
Slates
were
well-founded."
The
admit
led
thai
the
child
loses
protection
of'
Canadian
welfare
organizations.
'
The
commission
also
recommended
that
child
wellare
workers
should
be
placed
throughout
Alberta
and
that
there
should
be
full
co-operation
between
the
provincial
government
and
agencies
that
work
for
child
care
and
custody.
isary
of
responsible
gov-
JANUARY
2
The
body
of
H.
Bert)
Albert-son,
Dorreei
sawmill
operator,
was
found
in
the
snow
two
miles
west
of
his
home.
He
had
died
of
heart
failure.
5
At
the
inquiry
into
the
death
of
a
local
veteran,
George
Holmes,
It
was
suggested
that
the
lashing
of
Christmas
trees
to
lamp
standards
for
decorative
purposes
constituted
a
danger,
and
may
have
contributed
to
his
death.
30
The
Civic
Centre
Association
reported
a
surplus
on
the
year's
operation
though
the
num-
.
ber
of
memberships
was
below
nt
VANCOUVER
fi
Kescue
par
Robert
Saunders
appointed
ties
today
battled
through
waist-
lan
of
Ontario
Hydo-Elcc-
doep
snow
in
an
attempt
to
iwrr
Commission.
reach
Dave
Austin,
23-year-old
Barbara
Ann
Scott
award-
ranger,
survivor
of
an
avalanche
Other
conditions
would
require
that
the
"constitution
be
nc
tyarsh
Trophy
as
out-
which
swept
his
companion,
ng
sports
comijetllur
of
Harvey
Reid,
to
death
last
night.
Fjre
Destroys
Native
Home
At
Kitimat
Ill-luck
finished
off
the
year
for
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Percy
Wilson
of
Kitlmaat,
who
are
hi'
the
city.
The
couple
received
word
Thursday
that
their
home
and
all
their
belongings
were
destroyed
In
a
fire
which
consumed
their
four
room
house
at
the
Kitimaat
Arm
native
settlement.
Jvlr.
Wilson
came
to
the
city
two
days
ago
to
visit
his
wife
who
has
been
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
for
the
last
two
months.
Cause
of
the
fire
is
unknown.
Mr.
Wilson
said
that
he
had
checked
the
condition,
of
the
stove
pipes
In
the
house
im-
A
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
TO
YOU-Joan
Vols,
young
screen
starlet,
makes
a
pretty
picture
as
she
brings
New
Year
greetings
to
one
Austin,
who
Is
trapped
in
the
violated,
a
democratic
form
of
government
should
be
maintained,
the
entity
of
the
armed
for
and
all.
Montreal
offices
of
Le
it.
left-wing
weekly,
closed
snowbound
wilds
of
the
Upper
Capilano
watershed
twenty
miles
from
here,
said
In
a
telephone
lice;
Thomas
Pryde.
Pro-
ces
safeguarded
and
a
free
'mode
of
living
and
a
minimum
standard
be
protected."
Stork
to
Pack
Stopwatch
Tonmht
ve-Conservalive.
wins
On-
oy-clection
in
Huron.
To
See
Who
Fools
Hospital
Hill
Hydro
power
cuts
begin
In
10.
RED
ESPIONAGE
RING
OPERATING
Interview
that
Reld
had
got
the
full
force
of
an
avalanche
and
was
killed
instantly
in
a
30-foot
tumble.
Austin
himself
suffered
minor
bruises.
Rescuers
on
snowshoes
are
trying
to
break
through
to
Palisade
Camp.
Botn
men
are
employees
of
the
Greater
Vancouver
Water
Board.
,
UNITED
STATES
A
J.
R.
Ash
and
Walter
Coalition
candidates,
el-m
B.C.
by-eleetions
In
ti'
and
.Cariboo.
Government
oijj
uljen
mitsts
to
be
buiTeof
from
Discovery
and
production
lo-active
materials
thrown
Infants
Who
Beat
Midnight
Deadline
Will
Forfeit
Free
Hospitalization
Benefits
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Storks
bearing
British
Columbia
babies
will
need
,to
be
equipped
with
stop
I?ai;
:K.see
who
foots
the
floctgrlshjU..
-is
under
Die
Hospital
Insurance
scheme,
which
becomes
effective
midnight
New
Year's
Eve,
babies
born
after
twelve
will
have
their
expenses
paid
for
by
WASHINGTON,
(CP)
(
lo
n
t;r
eK,sional
i
y
-
h
h-
Ltotclyvbefjjr.eayjiia--.
1
J
Only
family
belongings
not
destroyed
were
a
few
blankets
ters
left
a
broad
hint
today
that
a
Soviet
espion
TWO
INJURED
III
CAR
COLLISION
VANCOUVER,
Injured
'in
a
two-car
crash
on
Stanley
Park
causeway
lust
night,
Gordon
Burdick,
president
of
the,
Vic
iwia-Dijctiocli-Coinpany,
was
re
ported
to
be
In
good
condition
in
hospital
today.
T.
M.
Taylor,
driver
of
the
other
car,
was
also
injured
but
was
released
from
hospital.
Police
said
that
Taylor's
car
skidded
on
the
wet
pavement
and
crashed
into
Burdick's
west
bound
automobile;
One.
side
of
Taylor's
car
was
pushed
against
the
other
side.
Police
said
that
if
there
had
been
a
passenger
there
he
would
have
been
killed.
The
crash
backed
traffic
to
the
Lion's
Gate
bridge
for
an
hour.
c
private
enterpri.se;
Con-
age
finer
may
still
be
oner
that
anticipated.
Total
revenues
were
$21,484.43
and
disbursements
$21,418.98.
FEBRUARY
2
Richard
L.
Neu-berger's
article
in
the
Saturday
Evening
Post
on
Prince
Rupert
will
be
worth
"thousands
of
dollars
in
publicity"
according
to
a
local
businessman.
7
The
flshpapker
Amaryllis
sank
off
Scarlet
Point
in
Queen
Charlotte
SdUnd
and
Captain
D.
Huson,
Second
Engineer
F.
A.
Bale3
and
Cook
Jacob
A.
Olson
were
drowned.
21
The
wreck
of
the
cannery
tender
'Louisa
Todd"
was
found
in
Whale
Channel
with
the
body
of
Lewis
Hougan,
Klemtu
manager,
lashed
to
the
pilot
house.
Charles
Hoy,
skipper,
and
Douglas
Langlll,
engineer,
were
also
lost
In
the
tragedy.
MARCH
4
Loss
estimated
at
$10,000
was
caused
when
the
Three
Sisters
Cafe
was
partially
destroyed
by
fire.
,
Damage
of
an
undetermined
.
amount
was
caused
at
Booth
Memorial
High
School
during
the
night
when
vandals
entered
the
building
-
and
turned
on
three
firehoses.
The
resulting
deluge
swamped
the
three-'
thosc
born
before
the
province;
rentals
extended
to
1M0.
Ontario
hydro
cuts
tnd.
CHARGED
IN
STABBING
CASE
Hun.
R.
J.
M.
Parker.
ant-Oovernor
of
Sa.skal-
n.
dies.
Barbara
Ann
Scott
wins
women's
figure-skating
TODAY'S
STOCKS"
Vancouver
Bayonne
05:ii
Bralorne
..
8.75
B.
R.
Con.
0212
B.
R.
X.
a..
.08'2
Cariboo
Quara
130
Congress
04
Hedley
Mascot
40
Pacific
Eastern
04
Pend
Oreille
s
3.55
Pioneer
3.05
Premier
Border
.-.
03
Vi
Reeves
McDonald
2.95
Reno
06
Sheep
Creek
1.47
Silbak
Premier
35
Vi
Taku
River
30
Salmon
Gold
11
Vi
Spud
Valley
05
Vananda
.42
Oils
'
it
Calgary.
Three
Dcrsons
cvacuat-cd
which
were
left
at
Butcdale
when
Mrs.
Wilson
was
brought
to
hospital
here.
RUSSIA
CUTS
SLAV
TRADE
'
MOSCOW,
li
Russia
announced
here
that
trade
with
Yugo-Slavia
will
be
slashed
In
1049
1
to
one-eighth
of
this
year's
total
because
of
the
hostility
of
Premier
Tito's
government.
The
announcement
of
the
new
trade
pact,
signed
by
the
Soviet
Union's
foreign
trade
ministry,
said
that
Tito's
policies
made
impossible
the
maintenance
of
"broad
economic
cooperation
between
the
U.S.S.R.
and
Yugo-Slavlu."
atin
in
the
United
States.
In
the
report
of
the
unAineri-can
Activities
Committee
it
was
diyloscd
that
a
spy
ring
operated
in
the
United
States
late
In
1945.
"We
have
no
evidence
to
indicate
that,
operations
of
this
second
apparatus
do
N
not
continue
In
the
present
time.
The
committee
knows
that
there
are
conuiiiuiisls
In
the
government
today."
Tin:
report
charged
that
Whit-Uiker
Chambers
admitted
former
communist
courier,
had,
during
the
1930's,
run
a
"veritable
espionage
production
line
out
of
the
Slate
Department
and
other
departments
of
the
government,
the
output
of
which
bad
been
funnelled
to
Moscow."
from
Arctic
Bay
to
Wln-
lospital.
NKKSON,
Cf.
Jerrard
Mo
Nanny
of
Creston
has
been
charged
with
manslaughter
in
connection
with
the
death
on
December
21
by
stabbing,
of
Harold
McKinnon,
B.C.
Ploicc
said.
McNanny
already
faces
an
assault
charge
in
connection
with
the
wounding
of
Harold
Thomander,
Creston
butcher,
the
same
date.
McKinnon
died
after
he
was
railed
from
his
bookkeeping
to
slop
two
men
'believed
to
be
fhht
iiv;"
In
the
basement
as
I
hey
carved
Christmas
fowl.
Canadian
railways
award-P'reent
Increase
In
freight
midnight
will
have
to
pay
their
own.
Simultaneously,
most
private
medical
Insurance
plans,
such
as
the
Blue
Cross
with
lCn.O(H)
members
in
British
Columbia,
will
suspend
operations.
However,
everybody,
babies
Included,
who
Is
registered
under
tin;
scheme
will
be
eligible
for
it.s
benefits
after
llv;
midnight
deadline.
The
plan
provides
for
public
ward
facilities,
necessary
operating
and
case-room
services,
X-ray
and
laboratory
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
procedures,
anaesthetics
and
tit
her
services
including
drugs
and
dressings.
The
cost
to
one
million
compulsory
participants
Is
a
maximum
of
thirty
dollars
a
year.
Single
people
will
p:iy
fifteen
dollars
u
year
and
heads
of
families
twenty-four
dollars
n
year.
WEATHER
AIDS
IN
RESCUE
OF
GREEK
SHIP
iMainalory
libel
charges
1
by
Alberta
Supreme
gainst
J;tek
Kent
Cooke
"uto
and
Dr.
Charlotte
"
of
Ottawa.
Anglo
Canadian
....
A.
P.
Con
Atlantic
Calmont
C.
&
E
4.55
.
.24
95
51
Vi
6.10
Tun
m
In
Maple
I
.this
win
Cup,
defeuting
Detroit
storey
building
and
damaged
books
and
supplies.
j
6
Dick
Parkin,
a
pioneer
business
man
of
more
than
40
years'
residence
In
the
city
died
fol-.
lowing
a
long
illness.
;
15
Stanley
E.
Parker,
prominent
pioneer
businessman
died
at
his
home
suddenly.
17
The
opening
of
the
$26,-000
Red
Cross
Hospital
at
Terrace
was
an
event
of
much
interest
to
the
district.
APRIL
Mackenzie-
Klliu
ncI.k
riiini-
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday,
January
1,
1949
High
V
2:05
19.7
feet
14:2b
21.0
feet
Low
8:34
8.4
feet
21:05
2.8
feet
VICTORIA,
0i
Gales
subsided
today
and
so
made
things
easier
for
the
two
Victoria
tugs
that
set
out
yesterday
to
help
the
Towmac,
the
Vancouver
tug
wallowing
in
heavy
seas
with
the
10,000-ton
Maria
Stathotos
In
tow.
The
Maria
Stathotos,
a
Greek
freighter,
lost
her
propellor
in
Aleutian
waters
2500
miles
north
of
here
two
w
eeks
ago.
One
res
allli
record
of
nervier
nx
HOUOH
ON
INSECTS
Some
types
of
flowers
can
be
treated
with
a
chemical
cont-lound
w
h
ic
h
is
absorbed
through
the
roots
and
makes
thejjlants
toxic
to
Insects.
Central
Leduc
1.60
Home
Oil
13.75
Mercury
l9Vi
Okalta
1.00
Pacific
Pete
2.95
Princess
.38
Royal
Canadian
HVi
'"'Ulster
20
years,
1(1
HI
days.
Women
began
to
wear
signet
rings
In
the
Middle
Ages.
R.C.M.p.
arrest
31
C.S.U.
"board
coal
currier
'
Thorold.
8
John
Skog,
28-year
old
son
to-mand
of
Ho.koo
rail-
cue
attempt
by
the
Vancouver
of
Mr
and
Mrs.
Ole
Skog
was
""kers
for
wane
Increases
1
South
Bra.eau
..
...
Toronto
Athona
Aumaque
i
...
Beattle
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
.21
.11
17
Vi
.51
.22
.13
Vi
.Hi,
rifle
en
din
in
,,,,..,
i!..i.
REDS
ANNOUNCE
EVACUATION
OF
NORTH
KOREA
MOSCOW,
ft
The
Tass
News
Agency
said
today
that
all
Soviet
troops
hud
been
pulled
out
(if
Northern
Korea,
seven
days
ahead
of
the
deadline
set
by
Ihcmsolves.
The
Soviet
Council
ministers
had
announced
thnt
they
would
vacate
the
area
by
January
1.
Since
the
rnd
of
the
war
Russia
has
occupied
Korea
north
of
the
38lu
parallel
with
the
United
States
occupying
.south
of
I'i"
same
parallel.
The
United
States
army
announced
in
Washington
yesterday
that
portions
of
their
forces
hud
been
drawn
off
for
regroup-
tug
Salvage
King
was
failed
j
drowned
when
the
tug
F.
M.
when
the
heavy
storm
forced
Yorke
sank
In
Howe
Sound
af-the
tug
to
turn
back.
."
j
ter
striking
a
rock.
The
little
Towmac
was
only
13
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
was
80
miles
off
Cape
Flattery
when
named
'Woman
of
the
Year,"
by
the
trouble
call
sounded.
The
the
Canadian
Federation
of
"'lu
floods.
irt
Arthur
Bruins
win
11,1
C"P,
defeating
Uarrie
Consol.
Smelters'
122.25
Conwest
1.30
Donalda
55
Eklona,
70
East
Sullivan
3.10
llHllll"ii,
Man.,
faces
worst
Island
Commander
and
the
Island
Navigator,
both
'
modern
tugs,
were
bucking
heavy
weather
as
they
converged
on
the
vessel.
Meanwhile
a
C.N.R.
railway
barge,
loaded
with
cars,
spent
Business
and
Professional
Women's
Clubs.
14
Rev.
W.
H.
Pierce,
pioneer
native
missionary,
died
at
the
age
of
91.
23
Skeena
River
Highway
opened
for
through
traffic
af
i
2j
yen
iS.
ii(iir
Plrtnle.
Montreal
"l
police
director,
tils-
Giant
Yellowknlfe
God's
Lake
4.65
.45
.
file
nluht
at
Anchor
Creek
near
ter
removal
of
last
snow
nhstmc.
Hardrock
20l2
""'I'll
K
AtkiiiNim
n.
Tur.
0aiy
Star
publisher,
dies,
Zero
Rock
off
Cordova
Bay
af-
j
tion.
ter
the
tow
line
to
'the
tug
had
I
28
First
Prince
Rupert
.boats
parted.
The
crew
was
able
to
left
for
the
halibut
fishing
drop
the
anchor
and
save
the
,
grounds.
Harrlcana
Heva
Hosco
Jacknife
..
08
09'2
19
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cargo.
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pensions
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25
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Mecnnn
73,
former
MAY
5
The
rising
Btdkley
River
washed
out
the
railway
tracks
near
Telkwa,
delaying
the
train
25
hours.
6
-
Prince
Rupert
Music
and
Drama
Festival
opened.
(Continued
on
page
4)
"
minister,
dies
at
"
iitimr
ij.
Jollet
Quebec
A'i
,Lake
Rowan
'
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Vi
Lapaska
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Little
Long
Lac
81
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Lyvix
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Madsen
Red
Lake
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Red
Lake
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McLeod
Cockshutt
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Negus
2.16
Noranda
:
54.75
ARMY
OFF
ON
RECRUIT
DRIVE
OTTAWA
iff'
The
armed
forces
are
preparing
to
exploit
several
new
all
racl
Ions
in
a
heightened
1949
recruiting
ol-fenslve
In
which
they
want
to
boost'
manpower
as
far
beyond
forty
thousand
as
iosslble.
The
campaign
will
Include
In
''rmnenl
announces
r
Wrumo.ono
assistance
In
selling
up
hos-
'Ices.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific"
Coast
League
San
Diego
2,
Los
Angeles
0.
Portland
2,
Oakland
0.
NORMAN
MINTS
After
the
Norman
conquest
of
Britain
there
were
more
than
70
mints
coining
gold
and
silver,
more
than
now
exist
in
the
world.
gnueu
on
Page
0.
jitvfn
SAILORS
SAFE
Canada's
frozen
north
was
tougher
on
these
seven
sailors
than
the
fttjV
.
......
oimnrinH
nf.
Cambridec
Bay,
N.W.T.,
when
their
vessel,
Snowbird
2,
was
frozen
tensified
advertising
and
Sun-
aclfAilill
onr.iEs
DRUGS
Daily
Delivery
PHONE
81
.i
ui
rtwHn
urograms.
It
will
hammer
at
better
pay.
bet-
Manson's
Jewellers
Wishes
One
and
All
A
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
.
fH
hetter
army
uniforms
r'Ci.
h,.
wrrp
Grounded
twice
in
attempts
to
reach
Edmonton
by
plane-and
had
to
build
shelters.
the
1,500-mlle
one-day
air
trip
but
reached
V
IL
blocks
They
were
two
weeks
making
nPir
Vancouver
homes
in
time
for
Christmas
Here
.
they
are
shown
receiving
their
sailing
.
t
Frtmonton
left
to
right,
Cecil
Roberts,
W
'111am
Gray,
Frame
McAskell,
Frank
Reame,
a
Gofds3thy
Bl
Green
and
Waiter
Quaite.
Seated
is
Paymaster
J.
H.
Wilson.
(CP
Photo)
JPNIGHT
'
BEET
SUGAR
Beet
sugar
must
be
highly
refined
since
any
impurities
give
it
an
unpleasant
taste.
and
a
multi-million
dollar
hous
ser-
ing
program
for
married
vlcemen.