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Pacific
Port-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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FIVE
CENTS
MVERSATTDNS
REACH
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MPORTAMT
STAGE
I
Western
Envoys
May
Meet
Again
With
Stalin
For
Final
Decision
1
SH
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,
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to
h-r
with
with
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waters
watfrs
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;
REMANDED
ON
Obstruction
Charge
Brings
$50
Fine
THEFT
CHARGE
Russians
Said
Arming
Border
j;3
jnn
nuivu.
Gilbert
Robinson,
a
naUe,-
S.
Macnlfi-
n
nnn
t.n
f
Jo.'
i'
"
appeared
in
police
court
Monday
on
a
charge
of
theft
He
,lrd
recently
Edward
Turcotte
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
obstructing
a
police
officer
In
the
course
of
his
duties
when
he
appeared
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
police
court
Monday.
He
was
ten
aays
"
MOSCOW
(CP)
t
and
flyin'!
is
alleged
to
have
taken
$600
from,
the
room
of
another
native,
'tsx
Stephens,
in
a
down
Observers
are
as
much
in
;
her
return
i
the
dark
as
ever
today
town
Xiitl.
Robinson
was
re-miuuled
without
plea
until
Wed
fined
$50
and
costs.
He
was
charged
with
obstructing
a
constable
executing
a
search
war
"""
"
.1'
mn
if-tt'
about
the
results
of
the
latest
talks
between
west
nesday.
I,.-:..
rant.
ern
power
envoys
and
Foreign
Minister
V.
M.
Molotov
i
siiakeriown
:
.tian
water
i,:
round
per-,
ent
of
th"
Group,
and
i
,
acain
hut
j
'
ment
wtih
.
ior
Hudsc'i
,
!
The
lO'n
;
,
803
squad
-;
although
ln
Informed
western
quarters
it
was
said
that
Molo
ALBERTA
IN
VOTE
TODAY
C.iirc:.:!!
Busv
Peri
tov
had
delivered
an
"extremely
important"
communication
to
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
and
that
Fury
IlRhleiT;
Tamest
Campaign
in
Province's)
H.M.C.S.
MAGNIFICENT
Canada's
new
aircraft
carrier
which
is
to
make
trip
to
Hudson
Bay
with
destroyers
Nnotka
and
Haida.
another
meeting
was
to
be
he'
History
Comes
to
Close
i
wit).
Fire-nrpose
fVo-
with
Stalin
for
a
"final"
de
ARSON
CHARGE
IS
LAID
AT
OKALLA
cision
on
matters
in
dispute
EDMONTON
Alberta's
gen
eral
election
today
holds
the
an
Western
envoys
had
another
meeting
among
themselves
to
swer
to
the
Social
Credit
gov
1
Halifax
on
j
'i?r
will
put,
iips
to
he".
VANCOUVER
O1
A
man
in
Baseball
Scores
'
National
Brooklyn
6,
Boston
2.
Cincinnati
5,
Pittsburgh
2.
St.
Louis
9,
Chicago
7.
i
American
No
games
scheduled.
Wfkiern
International
Spokane
4,
Yakima
1
San
Diego
6,
Tacoma
5
(ten
innings,
exhibition
t
.
ernment's
bid
for
a
fourth
term
day.
'Okalla
Prison
Farm
was
today
:
fCfiiiarin
A
Some
believe
that
the
length
ln
office.
General
Cargo
Marine
ta
and
Wheat
Moving
Out
CHURCHILL
Two
i
ocean
boats
are
ln
the
harbor
Aiere
the
Empire
Beatrice
and
the.
Essex
Trader.
The
latter
came
over
in
ballast
but
the
Umpire.
Beatrice
brought
a
cargo
of
glass
made
ln
Belgium
for
Re-glna,
and
Prince
Albert,
Also
a.,
cargo
of
toys,
art,
silk,
rubber,
cards
and
elastic,
carpets
and.
'
first
H
C.N.
iiison
Bav
charged
wUh
arson
in
ttw
The
voters
total
450,000.
of
last
night's
meeting
between
the
western
envoys
and
Molo
There
are
173
candidates
for
fifty-seven
seats.
ir.rlude
oft-
.00
,lr'
which
look
two
Iiv;
the
oppor-
anrl
'"Jurrd
thirteen
persons
at
the
British
Columbia
Forest
tov
three
hours
and
forty
minutesIndicated
that
the
confer
Social
Credit
has
candidate
Wenatchee
8,
Sacramento
4
enoes
were
getting
down
to
con-
in
every
constituency,
the
C.C.F.
ln
fifty-one.
Liberals
in
49
and
exhibition.
Products
bunkhouse
at
Youbou.
Vancouver
I.sland,
on
May
8.
Thi-
crete
problems
Matniflrer.i
fill
tv
Wake-upper
end
of
Salem
6,
Portland
4
exhibi
a
imrinn
tnfnrmant
nairi
ves-.brushware
lor
Reglna,
Baska-
Independents
in
nine.
A
sprinkling
of
independent
Social
Cred-
man
was
not
named.
Police
are
al.so
investigating
a
terday
that
Molotov
was
to
give
V
orth.Bittt!e!o.--;
tion!.
.
Only
games.
im
hre
sli
Russia's
reply
to
the
western
.
i.-m
1'
1
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In
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f
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l..n
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1
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r
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1
llC
UUAWi
BlrillbCU
Jum-UJM",
grain
this
morning
and
xei.
iters,
Labor
-
Progressive
and
others
complete
the
bill.
'
VVMIIIT.,
MUM
tlt.ll
W
r
'.7
1
'
faX
OH
Sep
proposals
for
a
settlement
of
to
leave
Friday
morning.
the
deadlock
at
this
meeting
cfiu
Vancouver
isiana
iir;s
which
caused
damage
of
$3,000,-
ooo.
The
North
Anglia
sailed
Mon
If
Social
Credit
gets
the
nod
It
will
be
the
first
Alberta
poli
ne
destroyer-
.ill
and
later
-l
Sou'hamp-
and
said
that
this
talk
might
day
afternoon
with
a
cargo
ol
wheat
for
the
Old
Country.
NO
POLIO
IN
CITY
"Tliere
is
no
polio
in
Prince
Pupert,"
it
was
emphatically
announced
this
afternoon
at
the
office
of
the
medical
health
officer.
There
had
been
a
suspected
case
here
last
week
but
the
announcement
today
indicated
that
it
had
turned
out
to
not
be
poliomyelitis.
B.C.
PACKERS
PROFIT
VANCOUVER
British
Columbia
Packers
Limited
and
subsidiary
companies
had
a
net
profit
of
$l,57cVW7
in
1!M7,
it
was
shown
today
in
the
annual
report.
The
profit
was
the
largest
in
the
ten-year
history
of
the
packing
company
-and
compared
with
the
previous
year's
profit
of
$G44,34G.
tical
machine
to
obtain
a
fourth
possibly
be
the
"climax'
'of
18-
PACIFIC
COAST
SALMON
PACK
,(t
northern
day
negotiations.
term,
Voting
was
preceded
by
the
K
(JO
O
0KO
OOOOO
OOO
000
OO
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Uourt7
S
U
4
hnMon
Oo.
IM
'
"Unconfirmed
reports
from
the
"tamest"
campaign
in
history.
British
licensed
newspaper
Tele
British
Columbia
coast
can-
i'lw1
vnyae"
ng
prartirai
a!
kmiwifdee.
graf
in
Berlin
said
today
that
BATTLE
IN
PALESTINE
OOOOooooohkkkihKKhOW
d
salmon
pack
for
the
sea
the
Russians
have
sealed
off
an
son
up
to
AUgusi
7
loianea
area
along
the
soviei-Briusn
border
near
Salzwedel
and
set
rws
t
li
inrude
a
from
th"
up
rocket
runs
there.
The
Telc-
SPY
DRAMA
SUSPENDED
tin-American
Activities
Committee
Rises
Administration
Charged
ory,
a
repre.
499.330
cases,
the
largest
for
the
corresponding
period
of
any
year
since
1945,
according
to
the
latest
bulletin
Issued
by
the
Chief
Supervisor
of
Fisheries,
Vancouver.
The
pack
on
the
Naas
and
graf
previously
claimed
it
had
learned
from
German
witnesses
that
the
Russians
were
digging
trenches
and
"building
a
securities
border"
on
zonal
fronUers."
Skeena
Rivers
was
210,802
cases.
Defenre
Re.
'
several
of-iid
'
Air
Fnrc-v
the
itinerary
from
Wak-i
"
Sept.
10.'
I
i
Some
observers
said,
however,
that
the
reports
referred
to
sum
mer
manoeuvres.
Jews
and
Arabs
Are
Hard
at
It
Again
ANNAM,
TransJordan
0
Palestine
Jews
and
Arabs
today
fought
a
big
five-hour
artillery
duel.
Official
Annam
sources
charged
that
the
Jews
had
used
tanks
and
artillery
to
seine
a
government
house
last
night
ln
the
Red
Cross
security
zono
south
of
Jerusalem.
It
was
also
said
that
Jews,
disguised
in
United
Nations
uniforms,
had
attacked
nearby
irregular
positions.
Jewish
forces
heavily
attacked
Arab
Legion
positions
at
Deir
Abu
Tor
ln
southern
Jerusalem
today
and
were
thrown
back
"with
several
hundred
killed,"
Vancouver
Bralorne
7
00
B
R.
Con
02
Vi
B.
R.
X
09
'j
Cariboo
Quartz
105
Drntonla
01
Vi
Orull
Wihksne
03
Medley
Mascot
37
Mm
to
01
Vi
Penrt
Oreille
3.90
Pioneer
2.35
Premier
Border
02
Privateer
I7
Reeves
McDonald
1-75
Reno
O8V2
Salmon
Oold
12Vi
Sheep
Creek
1
18
Taylor
Bridge
31
Taku
River
32
Vananda
-31
Congress
03
Pacific
Eastern
05
Medley
Amalg
.05
Spud
Valley
08
Central
Zeballos
01
Silbak
Premier
27
"ive
Sept.
n
'
'ive
Sept..
21,
Babe
Ruth
al.so
the
largest
since
the
1945
season.
Total
sockeye
pack
for
the
coast
to
August
7
was
196.198
cases,
of
which
100.420
came
from
the
Naas
and
Skeena.
Heaviest
proportion
of
the
season's
catch
to
date
has
been
sockeye,
with
pinks
providing
the
second
largest
pack
of
152,-752
cases:
Salmon
pack
in
the
Naas
and
Skeena
areas
by
varieties
Is
as
follows:
Sockeye,
100.420;
pinks,
59.-
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
0
The
United
States
spy
drama
went
into
a
three-week
intermission
today
as
the
un-American
activities
committee
admitted
failure
in
its
hunt
to
find
perjured
witnesses.
Meanwhile
Senator
Homer
B'erguson,
Republican
-
Michigan,
struck
out
anew
at
the
government's
loyalty
program,
saying
that
several
persons
suspected'
of
spy
activities
stayed
in
"sensitive"
jobs
"either
through
Influence
or.
neglect."
Thomas
charged
President
Truman
with
failing
to
reveal
a
i
RETAIL
PRICES
HOLDING
VANCOUVER
Lifting
yesterday
of
the
ban
on
export
of
beef
and
veal
to
the
United
States
sent
Canadian
market
prices
up
2c
to
6c
a
pound
Monday
but
indications
were
that
dollar
conscious
housewives
would
not
feel
the
pinch
for
a
day
or
so.
KODIAK
CANNERY
FIRE
KODIAK,
Alaska
A
strong
offshore
wind
today
aided
fighters
in
controlling
a
fire
at
the
Kod-iak
Fisheries
cannery
at
Port
Bailey,
40
miles
northwest
of
Kodiak.
A
United
States
Coastguard
plane
which
flew
to
the
scene
reported
no
casualties.
The
fire
broke
out
last
night
and
the
extent
of
damage
is
not
yet
clear.
The
pier
area,
where
the
cannery
was
located,
was
said
to
be
in
flames
but
the
blaze
was
put
under
control.
Fuel
tanks
and
barracks
were
spared,
it
was
indicated.
'PI.
28,
Dundalkwill
j
ip
Their
i
MOO
mile-,,
i
S
uccumDs
am
just
ovi
r
Greatest
Baseball
Player
Dies
of
Cancer
I
an
official
statement
said.
YORK
WBabe
L
Ruth.
..
cafH
thn,
th.
,pwlsh
...
319;
chums,
27.929;
coho,
16.392;
springs,
5.385;
steelheads,
1,357.
unbilled
op-
f
ill
par-rrises
of
tiie
of
baseball's
Immortals,
1
...
.
.
taA
h
tariWa
spy
ring
in
which
arrests
should
one
died
last
night.
The
once
have
been
made
long
ago.
cars
and
automatic
;on
or
tW3
j
Oil:
armored
weapons.
15
irnm
103
RATIONING
mighty
Yankee
slugger's
death,
his
physician
said,
had
been
caused
by
cancer.
The
long-time
Home
Run
King
died
less
than
two
hours
after
the
Memorial
Hospital,
A.
P.
Con
.15V4
Calmont
39
C.
&
E
560
Foothills
2-75
Home
7.95
Gov't
To
I
out
inter.
rsh,ps
on
th
kmrney.
In
OF
BUTTER
"wnnaissanr"
.sV
Vancouver
Wholesalers
and
Retailers
Limit
Sales-Hoarding
in
(-VANCOV.rVER
W
Butter
ra-tinninc
Us
been
launched
by
3
centre
for
cancer
and
allied
diseases,
reported
him
"sinking
rapidly."
Last
rites'
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
were
administered
thirty
minutes
before
his
death.
The
priest,
who
administered
the
rites,
said
Ruth
had
been
In
the
editiR'thc
b"
bused
ai
although
t
used
as
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Clouds
are
drifting
northward
over
southwestern
British
Columbia
from
a
storm
centre
off
the
Oregon
coast
and
conditions
are
expected
to
remain
dull
over
the
southern
coast
and
Okanagan
through
Wednesday.
Overcast
skies
will
persist
over
the
northern
coast
while
clear,
warm
weather
is
expected
over
the
rest
of
the
interior.
Forecast
IK
61
i!
&
city
wholesalers
in
an
effort
to
avert
wrtat-
expftts
fear
may
be
a
rntical
shortage
here
by
IF.
peration
prepared
for
death
since
July
Toronto
Athona
06
Aumaque
15'i
Brattle
60
Bevcourt
37
Bobjo
10
Buffalo
Canadian
07
V2
Consol.
Smelters
112.00
Conwest
!
120
Donalda
62
Eldona
1.23
East
Sullivan
2.55
God's
Lake
56
Giant
Yellowknlfe
....
4.40
Hardrock
21
Harricana
.06
Heva
lOVa
December.
City
.reUUers
are
21.
The
great
baseball
player
cmmand
of
mmnnriing,
lH
wlm
win
1
'he
Orouo
n
being
,nUond
on
a
percentage
of
normal
purchases.
Customers
are
b-ttiR
limited
to
a
pound
a
whose
full
name
was
George
Herman
Ruth,
had
been
ill
for
,UP.
Halifax
person
Otherwise
Stocks
wouui
Get
Test
Anti-Inflation
Program
in
Embarrassing
Position
LONDON
W
The
government's
plan
to
counter
inflation
by
freezing
wages
and
profits
will
meet
a
severe
test
in
the
next
few
weeks
when
wage
increase
claims
amounting
to
120,000.000
will
be
considered.
In
spite
of
government
appeals
to
labor
for
patience,
claims
on
behalf
of
4,500.000
workers,
more
than
one
quarter
of
the
working
population,
have
been
put
forward
by
their
unions.
GREAT
NORTHERN
TRAIN
DERAILED
RUGBY.
North
Dakota
W
disappear
quickly.
A
Toronto
newspaper
said
tod7
that
"disreputable
bro-tPii"
were
preparing
to
hoard
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Northern
Section:
Overcast
today,
and
Wednesday.
Occasional
light
rain
Wednesday
morning.
Southern
Section:
Clear
today
and
Wednesday.
Winds
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday
Port
Hardy
50
and
63,
Massett
53
and
60,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
62.
Hosco
.'
36
Vi
Jacknife
04
Jollet
Quebec
41
Lake
Rowan
07
en'd
I'd
millions
of
pounds
of
butter
in
order
to
sell
at
$1
on
a
black
market.
The
Prices
Board
at
Ottawa
said
it
would
welcome
any
information
in
regard
to
butter
hoarding.
Lapaska
04
V2
Little
Long
Lac
70
Lynx
.06
nearly
two
years.
He
was
placed
on
the
hospital's
critical
list
last
Wednesday
when
pulmonary
complications,
arising
from
a
cold,
set
in.
A
left-hander,
Ruth
started
his
22-year
Major
League
career
with
the
Boston
Red
Sox
in
1914
as
a
pitcher
and
was
one
of
the
best
of
his
day.
Sold
to
the
New
York
Yankees
in
1920,
Ruth
was
transferred
to
the
outfield
and
became
the
greatest
slugger
the
game
ever
knew.
His
record
of
sixty
home
runs
for
the
Yankees
in
the
1927
season
was
never
equalled.
Released
by
the
Yankees,
Ruth
wound
up
his
playing
career
following
a
year
in
a
brief
two-month
gtunt
with
the
Boston
Braves.
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were
injured
when
ten
cars
of
a
Great
Northern
Railroad's
westbound
Oriental
Limited
left
the
tracks
last
night
near
here.
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two
were
critically
hurt.
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a
catch
of
fine
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typical
scene
during
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sockeye
river
season.
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