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Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
221.
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C.
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
20,
1948
"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
L
TO
ADYING
IUSSIA
GERMAOT
TAKE
ALL
iS'ii
7
lj7
yj
c
;Sr7
H
11'-
'
I
':&u
Would
Seize
Berlin
and
Asks
For
Premier
Drew
In
Leadership
Race
TORONTO
W
Premier
Rest
of
Nation
by
Force
UN
Force
Meanwhile
Western
Envoys
Are
Leaving
Moscow
As
Conference
Finally
Bogs
Down
rf.th.tn
C,P
An
anti-Communist
newspaper
L-e
said
"s.
;
;
,
tiV
'
I
,
I
j
tJ
.
w
T
i
;
.
,t
V-
ill
1
W
Drew
for
Ontario
today
announced
he
will
allow
his
name
to
go
before
the
Progressive
Conservative
convention
meeting
in
Ottawa
September
30-October
2
to
choose
a
national
leader
to
succeed
John
Bracken.
Secretary
Trygve
Lie
Would
Forestall
Further
Bern-dotte
Tragedies
PARIS
t
Secretary-General
Trygve
Lie
of
the
United
Nations
will
demand
urgently
kovo
friar
ploimrrl
that
Cnmmnnists
in
eastern
Ger-
L
tUHU
J
VlUiiliv
v
wiv
w
many
were
arming
illegal
shock
troops
for
an
even
the
formation
of
a
United
Na
tual
attempt
to
seize
power
in
tferiin
ana
an
uermany
by
force.
Montags
Echo,
organ
of
the
rightist
Liberal
I
Latvian
j
L
I
I
J
If
-
J
-
If
Democratic
party,
charges
tnat
snocK
troops,
cum
MANY
REFUGEES
tions
guard
to
forestall
such
acts'
as
the
assassination
last
weel?
of
Count
Folke
Berna-dotti,
United
Nations
mediator
in
Palestine.
are
nosed
or
armea
civilians,
1
COME
TO
CANADA
being
organized
as
auxiliaries
cf
GENEVA
The
International
.s
Prev-.
v,.j;!(
-..s
-
II.
.
i
,
-';XCi
I
the
Communist-controlled
eastern
German
police.
refugee
organization
plans
to
A
soon
as
trie
lifty-eigni
delegates
assemble
tomorrow,
Lie
will
ask
for
a
constabulary
SHIP
AGROUND
AND
ON
FIRE
Meanwhile
Great
Britain
and
move
60,000
refugees
to
Canada
by
the
end
of
next
June.
This
was
revealed
in
budget
esti
of
frqm
1000
to
5000
men
backed
b;
"full
authority
of
the
United
States
announced
today
mates.
that
envoys
to
the
four-power
UmtfB
Nations.'
i
ship
had
.
,
'
,
f;
1
f
.
'
'
lK
I
HALIFAX
VH
The
4,000-ton
Greek
freighter
Orion
is
nirrmind
and
burning
on
Floser
BODY
FOUND
IN
talks
at
Moscow
on
the
Berlin
crisis
will
leave
Moscow
tomorrow
for
Paris
where
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly's
I
Island
at
the
entrance
of
the
strait
of
Belle
Isle,
the
search
SKEENA
SLOUGH
and
rescue
division
of
the
Royal
SCOWS
ADRIFT
!N
42-MILE
autumn
session
Is
opening.
The
Canadian
Air
Force
reported
A
body,
believed
to
be
that
of
talks
were
reported
yesterday
to
have
bogged
down
over
techni
,OardanKeU,..bot45,ollM
Rupert,
who
has
been
missing
crew
had
abandoned
since
he
tell
from
a
wharf
at
.
.
...
,f
,.
SUNDAY
GALE
calities
on
conditions
demanded
by
the
western
governments.
topped
h,k
inipnr.
Ktnrm
of
the
Inverness
on
August
28,
was
cus-
.
w
7nro
season
lashed
Prince
Rupert
covered
Sunday
in
the
Skeena
any.were
1.
1..
e..
,),
iworino
rain
nnlRioiitrh
between
Cassiar
ana
B
I'
ti
.n
ol
B.
t
t
l
IX
owuuaj
'
1
o
QUEUILLE
FISCAL
a
wind
which
reached
a
peak
l
Sunnyslde
canneries,
ine
ooay
HALIFAX,
(Pj
Residents
have
nlained
to
Halifax
rjoltce
of
velocity
of
42
miles
an
hour
ana
was
discovered
on
mc
oeara
uy
EARL
MOUNBATTEN
OPENS
C.
N.
EXHIBITION
Earl
Mount-batten
of
Burma
and
his
countess
are
shown
as
they
were
welcomed
to
the
Canadian
National
Exhibiyon
in
Toronto.
Britain's
last
viceroy
of
India
opened
the
Exhibition,
congratulated
Canada
on
her
fighting
men
and
her
war
effort.
The
.
t
ill..
n
win
nn1
from
their
I
Chris
Clayton,
of
Sunnyslde
who
vandals
causing
damage
to
drove
two
scows
mnnuDP
rSline
them
on
the
reported
11
10
ine
provincial
nouses
unaer
cousuutuuu
iu
In
m
HEADOUARTERS
;5:;
TO
SINGAPORE
Irandid-j
LONDON
The
Admiralty
imam
mi
t
mum
aojM-
4hat
'
headquarters
Dolice
at
Port
Edward.
It
.was
western
and
northernparts
-01
PROGRAM
OKAY
PARIS
W
The
French
National
Assembly
early
today
approved
the
financial
program
of
Premier
Henri
Queuille
by
a
brought
here
Sunday.
An
in-
the
city.
Unknown
persons
have
quest
Is
expected
to
be
held
this
been
reported
causing
damage
Mountoaltens
are
snown
nere
who
v,tipi,.
mh;,
ikhhi
a,
a..."
K,
R,
Marshall,,
president
.ot
the
,C.N-..
NAVYOFFICERS
SEE
PRINCE
RUPERT
I
uif
the
Pacific
Fleet
will
be
weejj
to
piummng
installations.
i:''
riruc
transferred
from
Hong
Kong
LiM
bv
to
Sincapore.
The
commander
northrrn
shore
of
the
harbor.
"
The
storm
subsided
Sunday
but
bore
down
again
early
this
morning
with
lesser
force
as
a
continuing
prelude
to
the
usually
unsettled
equinoxial
season.
f
.
Rainfall
for
the
24
hour
period
which
ended
at
4
a.m.
Sunday
was
.78
inches,
carried
on
vote
of
291
to
251
after
an
all
night
session.
LD.Thai11.ln
chief
Is
Admiral
Sir
Denis
Rivett,
ar-
Boyd.
This
change
is
being
Scarry
Sat-
made
in
order
to
facilitate
SttiletiHJ
4
WIDE
OPEN
TO
SURPRISE
ATTACK
(By
FERGUS
HOFFMAN
in
New
York
Mirror
1
On
some
sub-zero
winter
morning,
shielded
by
,
VA'tyr-iyA
thr'("
hllfP
..i-Vi
.1
no
o
CMl'O'O
I
first
ap-;
Intcr-sorvice
co-operation
in
Was
Rescued
In
the
the
Far
East.
squalls
and
wind
gusts
from
the
CPfdinRS
UHl
rvltr
dim
himoi
c
"
r-
1
-
submarines
will
.
surface
.
.
somewhere.off
the
lle--
r
U
'
1
1
1
1.
1
uiv..
'
'
-
but
otherwise
From
Storm
sun
Hut-
coastline
of
the
rugged
island
of
Kwliak
and
a
strong
f
A
rrt.ictrained
commandos
will
steal
onlo
the
ashore.
nd
the
VESSEL
SINKS-MAN
DROWNS
C.
Muni-
LOGGERS
AWARDED
INCREASE
VICTORIA
The
conciliation
board,
headed
by
Mr.
Justice
H.
I.
Bird,
today
recommended
an
across
the
board
wage
increase
of
eleven
percent
or
13c
per
hour,
whichever
is
greater,
for
British
Columbia
coast
wood
workers
(I.W.A.).
It
also
recommended
a
further
increase
of
ten
cents
for
engineers
and
head
brakemen
of
logging
railway
crews
and
five
cents
for
other
train
crew
employees.
The
unions
had
asked
for
35c
increase.
Packer
Ruth
B.
Nearly
Perished
in
Hecate
Straits
Two
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Major
casualty
was
a
pile-driver
scow
belonging
to
the
Skeena
River
Pile
Driving
Co.
f
will
be
unguarded
shore.
j
;"
.
-....,
,
i,rc
lalor
officers
and
cripple
the
(he
others
in
ling
of
:
-T
I;
first
few
hours
of
battle.
which
hroke
loose
from
Its
ruber
27
1
vessels
joined
In
rescuing
a
dis
Krnneth
(il
Xmst
His
Life
at
Porpoise
Harbor
abled
boat
in
storm-lasnea
'iith
was
moorings
at
the
dry
dock
early
Sunday
morning
and
piled
up
on
the
north
shore
opposite
the
"It
would
take
8,0(l
men
to
pot
a
sentry
line
around
Ko-riiak's
shores,"
one
officer
explained.
"We
haven't
got
800."
Hecate
Strait
Saturday
night
saving
five
men
from
possible
of
Kodiak
Naval
Station,
stepping
from
comfortable
quarters
to
jeeps
and
staff
cars,
will
be
blown
to
bits
when
they
turn
their
ignition
keys.
Simultaneously,
enemy
planes
A
gale
which
whipped
up
the
waters
of
Porpoise
Harbor
was
th
of
her
i
,sr.
while
J
Id
hrr
as
death
as
their
craft
rode
pre
responsible
for
the
deatn
ai(
Port
Edward
Sunday
of
Kenneth
Cecil,
45-year-old
Aiyansh
I
man.
who
was
drowned
when
cariously
at
anchor
With
its
engine
broken
down.
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage.
It
was
accompanied
by
another
scow
owned
by
the
dry
dock,
which
beached
nearby.
Both
scows
were
returned
011
An
enemy
force
could
slip
ashore
on
Kodiak
almost
any
place
today.
The
Air
Force
base
at
Anchor-
Towed
into
pdrt
here
at
noon
his
small
gillnct
boat
sank
at
wil
blast
Seattle
and
Prince
Rupert,
main
supply
ports
for
Alaska,
while
still
others
lay
a
mantle
of
bombs
on
the
Air
frfo's
F.lmendorff
Field
at
Sunday
was
the
61-foot
Ruth
B.
Kunriav
and
returned
to
the
cannery
wharf
while
ne
was
operated
by
Francis
Millerd
Packing
Co.,
which
had
broken
asleep
011
board.
n
af
the
Year"
I
t
Uif
Harrison
1
1
'complete
'"
Mayor
Jb'i's
from
Hjuinre
made
XfUini;
her
4
considered
"'ri'ilnee
dry
dock.
Damage
in
both
cases
was
slight
although
the
pile
driver
scow
filled
with
water
The
gillnet
boat
sank
after
it
h
nd
udd
Field
at
had
been
crushed
by
other
down
half
way
across
Hecato
Strait
24
hours
earlier.
She
ar
CRASH
AT
GRAND.
FORKS
GRAND
FORKS,
B.
C.
E.
J
West,
aged
28,
Seattle
student
pilot,
and
Joe
Kelly,
30,
of
Derryton,
Washington,
were
killed
here
Saturday
when
their
plane
went
into
a
tailspin
and
crashed
into
a
tree.
STORM
GROUNDS
SHIP
-
MIAMI
Southern
Florida
from
Miami
through
the
Keys
was
placed
in
the
danger
zone
of
a
hurricane
today
as
a
tug
raced
to
the
aid
of
the
stricken
British
molorship
Lcchmonar
which
had
been
swept
ashore
with
73
persons
aboard.
The
tug
reached
the
vessel
today
but,
on
account
r
K,..h
K..a
was
unable
to
effect
a
rescue.
The
9,000-ton
ago
and
Kodiak,
given
perhaps
two
hours'
warning,
might
he
able
to
put
up
enough
of
a
defense
to
keep
the
bombs
away
Irom
the
airfields
by
using
every
available
man.
But
if
the
enemy
simultane
boats
moored
alongside
as
they
gh,pplns
w
ln
ft
bobbed
in
the
swell
set
up
by
immobilized
rived
under
tow
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
packer
Cape
on
the
beach.
It
was
brought
back
by
Armour
Salvage
Co.
Highest
wind
velocity
was
reached
at
2:30
Sunday
morn
the
42-mile
an
hour
soumeaM,
,.).
America
will
awaken
,.,
.v.,w
i
fmm
Naden.
to
find
Harbor,
central
in-
i
n
l
Dmiav
rv
1
it
iio.Pl
ciivy
.
ously
dropped
parachute
troops..
ing
when
gusts
reacnea
a
iun-c
of
42
miles
"
an
hour.
Fisher
men
whose
boats
were
tied
up
'l
actlvn
and
Rupert
to
a
consid-lv'
construc-y
was
re-,
fries
of
the
The
Ruth
B.'s
crew
of
five
told
their
rescuers
that
they
doubted
if
they
could
have
stayed
afloat
much
longer
in
the
storm
which
developed
late
Saturday.
The
vessel
had
ridden
at
anchor
until
the
Cape
!
Flattery,
another
Canadian
at
wharves
along
the
water
..u:-
iJ
v,rA
acrmnnH
nn
little
Cayman
Island
near
the
mornlnV
with
th.
plUful
units
at
Nome
boat'
Barrow
cut
off
like
Efforts
to
refloat
the
and
Point
were
begun
immediately
and
Wake
Island.
It
was
not
until
the
craft
had
j
This
is
not
fantasy,
been
beached
that
it
was
learn-
j
it
is
what
Navy
oUx
do
.
ed
that
Cecil
had
been
on
Kodiak
say
they
woiud
hnnrH
innnnuiiii
ho
VinH
been'
n,,,r
ivnnt.pri
to
attack
the
Uni-
front
renorted
that
-their
ves
who
would
r-'pel
them?
There
are
not
enough
ground
troops
in
Ala:;ka
ev.ni
to
fight
a
rearguard
action.
This
summer,
when
a
handful
of
troops
of
the
2nd
Division
waged
a
mock
attack
on
Marks
irmid
nt
Nome,
the
result
would
,
nf
the
storm.
The
tug
Curb
reached
the
scene
sels
rode
out
the
blow
without
during
the
morning.
the
Van-
Munlclpal
ISRAELI
TAKING
ACTION
,
Fishing
Co.
packer,
put
a
Una
asleep
In
the
cabin
when
!
ted
States
In
a
surprise
attack
'inuld
com-
damage.
Wind
reached
a
peak
force
of
24
mlies
an
hour
between
6
and
7
o'clock
this
morning
.and
the
rainfall
for
the
24
hour
period
ending
at
4
a.m.
was
.55
aboard
at
8
o'clock
Saturday
night.
!!
have
been
lau-ihablc
if
it
were
not
so
..fraught
with
tragic
sank.
-
through
Alaska.
The
body
was
brought
to
There
WOuld
be
nothing
to
Prince
Rupert.
An
inquest
has
prevent
H.
been
set
for
Tuesday
afternoon.
c
they
postulate,
that
an
TEL
AVIV
Israeli
Foreign
Minister
Moshe
Shertok
told
Ralph
Bunche,
acting
United
Nations
mediator,
today
that
his
government
had
"adopted
special
emergency
regulations
giving
sweeping
powers
to
take
action
against
terrorist
factions,
their
memhers
and
accomplices"
follow-.
t.:i;
,f
Pnunt
Folke
Bernadotte.
An
m-
int
inches.
The
Ruth
B.
radioed
a
distress
call
Saturday
afternoon
and
the
Cape
Flattery,
,
Capt.
Elias
Howse
put
out
from
White
Rocks
to
her
rescue.
At
the
enemy
force
known
as
the
Blues
decided
to
capture
ai.k
TREASURES
same
time,
the
Cape
Naden,
Capt.
Charles
Johnson
left
NO
'FOREIGNERS,'
SAYS
MAGISTRATE
TORONTO-Magistrate
(former
Brigadier)
O.
M.
Martin
gave
First,
a
small
detachment
of
"invaders"
staged
a
feint
and
drew
off
the
slender
defending
forces.
Unable
to
locate
the
attackers,
the
defenders
returned
to
Hie
air
base
And
found
the
main
body
of
the
attackers
eating
breakfast
in
the
Marks
Field
0i'
tlPl
prilrl
TO
POLAND
0
':
e
Kelowna
bases
and
move
against,
u
COAST
UNGUARDED
.
Moving
with
secrecy
withou
even
hostile
hints
emitted
bj
Harbor
the
Japs
in
the
pre-Pearl
Blues
could
smash
days,
the
Sn,
of
our
Alaskan
defenses
lng
ine
aaoananiai""1
"
tensive
manhunt
is
on
for
the
murderers.
RUSSIA
WITHDRAWING
MOSCOW
Russia
will
take
all
her
occupation
troops
out
of
Northern
Korea
by
the
end
of
the
year,
an
official
statement
said
last
night.
The
announcement
indicated
Skidegate
with
the
same
objective.
The
Ruth
B.
was
26
miles
offshore,
about
midway
between
the
mainland,
and
the
Islands.
some
advice
to
three
men
Involved
in
a
row
when
two
of
e
of
un-
OTTAWA
((Pi
An
authoritative
source
said
last
night
that
the
Polish
government
had
been
f
fin
raeed
Ihaving
roof
The
Cape
Flattery
arrived
first
them
were
called
"foreigners."
"This,"
said
the
magistrate,
"is
a
country
of
many
nationalities
and
people
should
not
go
around
allowed
to
take
out
of
Canada
"fRcst
fruit
At
Kodiak,
things
went
a
little
better
Two
hundred
Army
troops
flown
to
the
island,
disappeared
for
three
days
in
the
II
thp
nvin...
MACKENZIE
KING
NOT
COMING
WEST
and
managed
to
get
a
line
on
the
Ruth
B.
despite
the
high
sea
that
was
running.
She
towed
the
disabled
boat
to
a
portion
of
the
famous
Cracow
treasures
which
were
brought
to
the
Dominion
for
safe-keeping
during
the
Second
World
War.
calling
each
other
foreigners.
As
far
as
that
goes
you
are
all
foreignersexcept
me."
The
magistrate
Is
a
full-blood
wilderness
while
King,
be
OTTAWA
Premier
mountainous
58
n
ormnu
need
Mnu
luirriofUV
SCt
Up
8.
ft?
White
Rocks
where
they
awaited
the
arrival
of
the
Cape
Na
that
the
withdrawal
is
unconditional
altnougn
u
canea
the
United
States
to
move
its
forces
out
of
Southern
Korea
The
move
causes
surprise
in
United
States
diplomatic
circles
where
some
informants
had
predicted
that
the
Soviets
would
not
actually
carry
out
the
plan
unless
the
Americans
evacuated
the
south.
TORONTO
HAS
STORM
'
TORONTO-Toronto
and
York
and
Peel
Counties
experienced
another
severe
electrical
and
rain
storm
today
j.,
iu
climated
at
$500
000.
Streets
were
flood-
fore
going
ovee
-
.
The
source
said,
however.'
ed
Six
Nations
Indian.
that
it
was
aouunui
ien.se
u
i
-
Uiao
i
...
,,
cross
......xriiiVN
den.
.
that
these
were
not
the
treas
Fs
Rched-d
Wednes-Umated
at
I
1N1NG!
.as
posted
?al
Servirf
Barlnttp
s.
h
coast
in.
At
White
Rocks,
the
Cape
ures
over
which
heated
contro
Naden
took
over
and
the
Cape
Zly
tonr
this
year
He
Tne
core
of
the
Kodiak
de-wouW
liked
to
have
trav-
forco
was
,he
Navy's
com-
have
.
wouiu
n
tv,ank
,
,..
inff
officers.
versy
had
raged
during
the
last
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Tuesday,
September
21,
1948
three
years.
Flattery
prepared
to
continue
her
trip
to
the
Islands.
The
Cape
Naden
brought
the
Ruth
'
B.
to
port
here.
elled
across
ui
piementr-niri.
.
for
the
support
given
ary
d
crews
0f
a
the
people
P
SS.ISlte
in
office,
but
thl
squadron
and
three
There
had
been
LARGEST
ISLAND
a
anA
wtricnl
services
were
interrupted
High
2:49
19.7
feet
Honshu
is
the
largest
of
the
I
because
01
.
-.in
hp
unlikely
s
hn
was
an-
U
"
a
similar
storm
Saturday
night.
14:58
20.4
feet
Japanese
islands.
it
has
become
-
overseas
journey
J
from
th
(Conti??uK.
l
c
l
a&e
SU)
Low
8:49
5.3
feet
necesary
lor
mi"
21.18
4.4
feet