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AND
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Published
at
Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
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Key
to
the
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Northwest"
piio::e
8f.
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
93.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
21,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
(guard
(T
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mmuiris
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lot
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I
f
f
I
f
I
of
an
ode-
ircessity
Victoria
M.L.A.
Says
Record
of
Province's
Coalition
Outstanding
Well
-organize
Pacific
on
the
talarly
in
the
waters
.,
Prince
Rupert
and
i
charlotte
Lslands
t
lo
ran-
Forty-two
Are
Dead
-On
British
Warships
Two
More
Vessels
Attacked
By
Reds
Crescent
Now
at
Shanghai
SHANGHAI
(CP)
While
crossings
of
the
Yangtse
River
at
several
points
by
the
Communist
forces
were
reported
today,
Chinese
Communist
leaders
issued
a
general
order
to
"liberate
all
of
China."
Meanwhile
known
dead
from
Chinese
Communist'
attacks
on
four
British
warships
reached
42
tonight.'
1
;
British
naval
authorities
said
the
irfUATr
'
!
cruiser
London
had
fifteen
c
tad
urYllljIr
'and
twenty
wounded
and
the
Confident
It
Will
Be
Returned
to
Office
So
That
B.C.
May
Progress
Undisturbed
Mrs.
Nancy
Hodges,
M.L.A.,
Victoria,
at
the
Civic
"'1
f'm"'
...
J
:":
'riT
;"v
'
"
'
Centre
last
night,
expressed
pride
in
the
eight-year
;
flime
uanit
o
sng
with
the
pros-jea
greater
expansion
future,
was
empha-pay
afternoon
by
a
id
the
Prince
Rupert
I
Commerce
which
in-j.
G.
Lessard,
deputy
i
transport,
and
J.
V.
iirman
of
the
Cana-jime
Commission,
wno
record
of
British
Columbia
coalition
government
and
Jxj
certainty
that
it
would
be
returned
to
power
in
the
,
forthcoming
June
15
election.
The
Victoria
news-
j
"
paperwoman
who
has
been
a
i
ii..
1:1:
.......,
P'JM"
BIG
NAVAL
MANOEUVRES
OF
UNITY
ment
since
it
took
power
in
1941,
.
told
her
listeners
that
"I
don't
think
that
in
the
whole
of
the
history
of
British
Columbia
inert
jilay
in
Prince
Kuper:
of
a
western
tou
.
jing
mar
time
officials
Vrt
particularly
in
t"
the
necessity
ot
sloop
fBlack
Swan
had
'
five
wounded.
These
two
latest
vessels
to
be
hit
by
Communist
artillery
on
the
Yangtse
River
near
Nanking
arrived
back
in
Shanghai
late
tonight
Behind
them-
OTTAWA
-Evervthlnn
from
has
been
a
Period
in
wWch
u
"
-f
-
.
'
.v
"w.
-
"...
'-4
a
.
1
,
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
Speaks
In
Winnipeg
WINNIPEG
((Pi
Prime
Minis-
ch
and
rescue
service
a
mfoot
motor
launch
to
an
was
more
important
for
people
lay
the
crippled
sloop
Amethyst
k
and
what
would
be
i8i00o-ton
aircraft
carrier
wi
to
f'Sure
011
wnat
wm
00
dR-
L.
S.
St.
Laurent
told
5.500
which
they
had
Bought
to
Hid;
people
last
night
that
Canada's
the
way
oi
suriace
sM
the
Atlantlc
Paclfjc
and
I
establishments
and
Great
Lakeg
ihls
gummer
m
tM
td
communications,
j
jargest
sea
training
program
met
the
,
mnlttee
which
evpr
undprlaken
by
the
Royul
cided
at
the
polls
than
in
this
election."
Ihe
issue,
she
said,
was
simplified
to
the
question
as
to
whether
or
not
the
people
of
British
Columbia
were
willing
to
sustain
the
policies
of
the
couli-
STAGE
PROTEST
RALLY
About
1,000
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
members
and
sympathisers
paraded
through
the
streets
of
Halifax
In
a.
protest
demonstration
against
the
shooting
of
seven
C.S.U.
members
during
the
pre-dawn
waterfront
battle
with
members
of
the.
rival
Seafarer's
International
Union.
This
is
a
-
section
of
the
parade
showing
the
signs
and
placards
carried
by
the
striking
seamen
;
The
Amethyst
had
some
twenty
dead
and
30
to
40
aboard.
Among
the
wounded
on
the
Amethyst
is
the
captain.
.
;
In
port
here
undergoing
repairs
after
yesterday's
battle
Is
G.
R.
S.
included
Canadian
Navv
Reserve.
unity
did
not
come
spontanious-ly
but
from
constant
planning
and
patient
building.
Before
the
greatest
audience
of
his
western
tour,
Mr.
St.
Laurent
declared:
"We
remahv
united
of
the
president
Na
yal
neadqUarter3
announced
'
Commerce,
a.
i.
totlay
lhat
slxleen
gnips
wlll
take
secretary,
and
Ar-
t
.
th
,
rcscrve
train
;tion
which
has
provided
the
most
only
by
conscious
-
and
deliber-1
tne
destroyer
Consort
which
dis-
nksbank
of
the
port
lng
program
which
began
April
Progressive
legislation
of
.any
ate
policy.
We
have
built
Canada1
cnargea
sixteen
wounaea
ana
FISHERMEN,
OFFICIALS
CONFER
ON
METHOD
OF
BOOSTING
TUNA
FISHERY
provincial
government
in
Can
ten
dead.
but
must
strive
to
maintain
the
structure
we
have
built."
ft
19
when
the
frigate
Swansea
sr.il-
at
instances
were
cited
ed
from
Halifax
for
a
ten-day
B
had
been
loss
of
cruise.
i
might
have
been
Meantime
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
flying
boat
from
Hcng
Kong
took
off
from
Shanghai
f
eliminated
had
there
BASEBALL
SCORES
Would
Keep
Reds
in
Open
Best
Way
to
Fight
Comimrriism
Is
to
Establish
Superiority
of
Democracy
"The
only
effective
way
to
deal
wiih
communism
is
to
establish
a
strong
and
positive
belief
that
with
doctors
and
medical
sup
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jobuston
Co.
Ltd.)
plies
but
failed
in
an
attempt
to
ada
or
revert
to
a
type
of
Socialism
which
has
been
marked
with
failure
after
failure
iiv
its
administration
of
Saskatchewan.
"British
Columbia
is
now
in
a
position
where
it
must
go
forward
or
remain
static,"
she
asserted.
"That
thought
was
in
the
mind
of
Premier
Johnson
when
he
announced
his
vaoi,
program
of
development
at
the
last
An
early
survey
of
this
year's
prospects
of
the
north
coast's
fledgling
tuna
fishery
was
urged
by
j
some
two-score
fishermen
yesterday
at
a
meeting
j
sponsored
by
the
Department
of
Fisheries
at
which!
last
year's
gleanings
of
information
was
placed
at
I
the
disposal
of
the
industry.
Dr.
John
Hart,
senior
biologist
1
reach
the
Amethyst.
Late
today
funeral
services
were
held
for
ten
men
who
died
ntguard
service
such
Of
the
United
States
i
out
o!
Alaska
ports.
$i
that
of
the
Aineri-Jr.er
Clarksdale
Vic-fiars
ago,
off
the
west
,tiic
Queen
Charlotti
fc
r,
almost
the
entire
kid.
t
.ii'.sc
referred
to
tiie
on
the
Consort.
American
League
Cleveland
7,
St.
Louis
3.
Boston
2,
Philadelphia
3.
Chicago
2,
Detroit
5.
Washington
0,
New
York
3.
National
League
'
Philadelphia
5,
Boston
6,
New
York
2,
Brooklyn
6.
Chicago
4,
.
Pittsburgh
0.
-r
-'...
'
'
j
tage
to
the
fishermen
as
tit
Vancouver
Bayonne
06
Bralorne
9.15
B.
R.
Con
03
V
B.
R.
X
10
Cariboo
Quartz
129
Congress
,
s
.04.
,
t
Uedley
Mascot
.29
our
own
democratic
way
of
life
is
far
superior
to
any
totalitar-i
i
ian
idealoKV,"
declared
Mrs.
session
of
the
legislature."
.
The
government's
policy
of
C.f'C.
Davis,
Canadian
ambassador
to
China,
is
still
at
Nanking
and
the
embassy
remains
upon.
.
.
.J!....-.
.....
.
..
'It
has
been
announced
that
of
the
Pacific
Biological
station,
0n
two
age.
classes.
j
Nanaimo,
outlined
Information
..ln
the
haubut
fishery
yju'
gaird
through
patrols
by
de-
nave
pernaps
a
do;,en
r
lasses
p&yuentat
boats
pnd
from
the
to
araw
u,iut!,
;
logs
of
tuna
sklppprs
which
had
years
crop
of
Xish
makes
ulUe
encouraging
industrial
develop
airy
Horieios
M.UA.
.
Jor-Vie-.
merit
has
been
rcawusiO'.o.
i"m
(ria,
in
a
luncheon
address
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
program
followed
a
year
ao,
but
Dcen
suomittca
for
smay.
e
(ijffercncc
there.
,
it
may
be
to
great
long-term
ad-
sought
further
suggestions
for
the
establishment
of
several
large
industrP
in
British
Columbia,
she
said.
Notable
amor.j
these
has
been
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
"which
is
a
tremendous
thing
for
this
district."
He
suggested-that
Mii.s
yeur's
vantage"
he
declared.
,
investigation
program
follow
a1
The
conference
was
similar
to
I
pattern
of
trying
to
find
out
meetings
held
previously
at
Van-
i
the
Canadian
destroyer
Crescent,
now
at
Shanghai,
will
not
entjr
!
the
Yangtse
but
will
remain
here,
as
she
has
been
doing,
against
an
emergency.
-
,
BRITISH
SHIPS
THERE
LEGALLY
.,'.',
;."
..
In
London
a
Foreign-Office
-t'ot
such
service
onA
fit
was
suggested
that
bases
be
established
j
ralegic
ports
as
Prince
j
if
;t
Bay
and
Victoria,
ii
lance
of
adequately
one
suggestion
being
lust
150
feet
in
length
.3:00
horse
power
waa
6ti.
I
lals
were
told
of
the
!
as
position
that
had:
t
more
thun
one
occa-
!
C.C.F.
BLOCKING
NEW
INDUSTRIES
yesterday.
"Eternal
vigilance
is
the
price
of
Uie
liberty
and
freedom
which
are
appreciated
so
much.
If
we
had
an
Uncle
Joe
at
the
head
oi
a
Soviet
government
in
this
country,
there
would
be
no
government
but
merely
another
little
politboro
which
would
even
tell
us
when
we
could
blow
our
nose
or
turn
around
in
bod."
All
efforts
should
be
made
to
offset
Insidious
communistic
propaganda.
"where
the
fish
are
and
when;
couver
and
Victoria
at
which
de-they
aren't
and
what
condi-
j
partnlental
officials
and
f
isher-tions
prevail
where
they
axe
i
men
exchanged
ideas
on
how
and
where
they
aren't.
the
tuna
fishery
could
best
be
"Such
a
program
may
not
be
fostered
as
a
secondary
fishery
of
the
same
immediate
advan-
to
halibut
and
salmon.
co-ordinating
efforts
of
fishermen
and
scientists
in
making
tuna
a
reliable
secondary
fishery.
Held
in
the
Civic
Centre
the
meeting
was
under
chairmanship
of
Frank
Warne,
of
Vancouver,
assistant
supervisor
i
of
western
fisheries,
who
with
Mr.
Hart,
had
come
north
especially
"
for
the
conference.
Likelihood
this
year
is
that
the
departmental
tuna
patrols
We
also
are
working
to
at
tract
the
Aluminum
Company
spokesman
today
told
a
press
conference
that
British
warships
were
entitled
to
be
in
the
Yang
of
Canada
to
build
a
$300,000,000
Pacific
Eastern
14
Pend
Oreille
4.40
Pioneer
3.65
Premier
Border
.03
V4
Privateer
18
Reeves
McDonald
2.10
Reno
05Vi
Sheep
Creek
1.30
Silbak
Premier
33
Taku
River
.25
Vananda
25
Salmon
Gold
13
Spud
Valley
.07
V
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
3.75
A.
P.
Con
20
Atlantic
8
Calmoat
45
C.
&
E
4
70
Central
Leduc
100
Home
Oil
1050
Mercury
13
aluminum
plant
on
this
ccasl,
tse
River
where
,
Chinese
shore
Jlili
mt,..-mf
f
,w
J
m.
m
i.iiuii
m
I
fr-m
-ymmm
yet
we
have
run
into
opposition
batteries
fired
upon
them
be
on
that
from
the
C.C.F.,"
sne
Mrs.
Hodges
expressed
the
op-
1
When
we
brought
into
I
he.
inion
that
it
woulc
be
unwise
will
begin
by
fisheries
protection
to
outlaw
the
Communist
party.
vessels
about
June
I
and
extend
It
had
been
the
experience
that
i
as
far
north
as
Forrester
Island
House
a
bill
which
wouid
five
the-
Aluminum
Company
pro-1
nnv
nniitieal
movement
that
was
i
at
the
north
side
of
Dixon
en
e
coastBuard
vessels!
Aa
had
had
to
cnU'i-i
waters
to
carry
out
fell
wus
not
available
Man
ports.
to
were
also
made
t
Cities
of
co-ordination
S-tguard
services
cn
an
K
!
basis
in
such
those
around
Prince
;)
the
possibility
of
adian
Air
Force
and
Sudian
Navy
co-opera-
trance.
It
was
indicated
that
cause
Britain
has
the
consent
of
the
Chinese
governmenta
l-Mean
while
mere
were
unofficial
reports
in
London
today
that
the
British
consul
in
Piep-ing
has
been
Instructed,
to
protest
to
Communist
authorities
in
China
over
the
shellingt.
of
British
warships.
The
foreign
Office
said
it
could
not
confirm
the
reports.
banned
was
only
driven
under
tection
in
case
of
seizures
of
its
plant
by
a
socialist
government
they
may
begin
ln
the
north
by
allowing
appeal
to
the
federal
government
at
Ottawa,
the
C.C.F.
opposed
it.
Okalta
2.45
and
work
south
during
the
season.
Capt.
Llewellyn
Sheppard,
mas
ground
and
would
ultimately
erupt.
"
Mrs.
Hodges
compared
the
methods
of
Canada
and
the
United
States
in
dealing
with
ter
of
the
fisheries
protection
Pacific
Pete
Princess
-25
Royal
Canadian
08'2
South
Brazeau
15
Toronto
vessel
Laurier,
and
Inspector
A
"That
protection
is
very
little
to
grant
,
any
company
which
would
bring
a
vast
new
industry
here,
yet
asks
only
the
ur,c
of
the
water
running
down
our
hills."
sard
and
Mr.
Clvne
communistic
treason
cases.
Far
better,
she
though
had
been
the
Canadian
process
of
trial
by
a
fair
and
impartial
court
of
justice
than
the
dramatic
and
Touchings,
of
Port
Albernl,
who
had
been
assigned
last
year
to
the
tuna
fishery,
outlined
theL-experiences
wtth
the
fish
and
sympathetic
t0
the
rep-Uiat
had
been
made
lassurance
that,
fur
sir.fi
Athona
.
Aumaque
Bcattie
.
Bevcourt
Bobio
...
.19
.50
.29
.12
VILLIAGE
III
HARD
LUCK
Neelin,
Manitoba,
Has
Fire
.
Added
to
Other
Afflications
,
llu"h,
a
-'
"Hollywood-like"
United
Slates
sought
information
from
the
number
of
governmeni-owned
'
..
.
.,
,
!
un
-
American
activities
com
fishermen
on
their
experiences
enter
prises
in
Saskatchewan
which
had
shown
financial
Buffalo
Canadian
13V'a
mittee
In
which
sue
had
set
in
for
three
clays
at
Washington
and
which
she
described
graphi
Inspector
Touchings
displayed
a
number
of
Japanese
books,
pecially
designed
for
tuna
long-
Consul.'
Smltcrs
9825
lining.
This
method,
while
ap
losses
and
added:
"I
feel
sorry
for
any
plant
taken
over
by
the
C.C.F.-particuIarly
a
$300,000,-000
one."
(Continued
on
Page
4)
fcnsideration
would
be
Secularly
since
thru-"'Posc
here
was
to
in-:he
mutler.
"
i't
the
conference
in-IV
Bulctov,
local
agent
I'
me
Department;
Ilar-r
Capt.
J.
r.
.
EUcrt,
?or
of
Customs
Oscar
W
Hubert
Ward,
murine
It'T.
f
elr
visit
here
Mr.
';id
Mr.
riivno
inut.
parently
successful
in
Japanese
waters,
had
not
been
satisfac
cally.
Actually,
the
accused
before
lhat
committee
had
had
little
opportunity
to
speak
in
their
own
defence
and
were
virtually
found
guilty
by
the
newspapers.
President
Maurice
Brydges
was
Conwest
1B
Tijnalda
50
Eldona
,(5'2
East
Sullivan
2.90
Giant
Yellowknife
820
God's
Latyi
'r
'38
Hardrock
-
-
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Harricana
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Heva
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Hosco
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jacknife
'..'..'..'..:.:.:.:.:..'..V7
MV
THE
WEATHER
tory
on
the
basis
of
his
attempts
to
use
that
technique
last
summer.
Early
tuna
patrols
this
summer,
the
fishermen
felt,
might
relieve
the
pressure
on
the
halibut
fishery
If
tuna
turned
up
in
these
waters
in
June.
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i
J
-
!
NEELIN,
Man.
K
-"Hard
Luck
Village"
is
the
monicker
.bestowed
on
this
little
community
100
,
miles
southwest
of
;
Winnipeg.
Bridges
and
roads
are
still
partially
blocked
by
flood
waters
and
the
valley
surrounding
the
centre
of
the
town
can.
only
he
crossed
by
boat.
'nr
After
one
of
the
worst
wlnfcors
on
record,
roads
were
blocked
and
supplies
were
low.
Then
last
Saturday
came
the
clincher.
Fire
threatened
to
exterminate'
ths
main
street.
Flood
water
was
a
blessing,
being
used
to
help
extinguishing
the
(lire.
'
'
..;.
in
the
chair
at
the
Gyro
luncheon.
The
speaker
was
thanked
by
W.
J.
Scott.
In
addition
to
Gyro
"
"
Synopsis
Fresh
Pacific
air
covers
the
entire
province.
There
should
be
a
marked
improvement
in
general
conditions
over
most
regions
during
the
nexi,
21
hours.
The
coastal
areas
remain
generally
cloudy
with
shower
acti
.36
Va
members,
Mrs.
Hodges
was
heard
Partmcnt
of
Trar.s-
'
depot,
at
Seal
Cove,
(''y
dock
and
the
for-
!!d.
Slat
Army
watcr-flilings.
Hmihn
was
made
.
ni'Blit
be
advisable
to
tllcse
buildings
for
by
guests
in
the
persons
of
Eddie
Mussallem.
Robert
Peel
and
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
Madscn
Red
Lake
....
McKen.le
Red
Lake
McLeod
Cockshutt
vity
mainly
along
the
northern
Geol.Re
Formank
While
no
pattern
of
the
movements
of
tuna
had
been
established,
Capt.
Sheppard
said
that
surveys
last
year
showed
that
they
were
often
encountered
at
the
edge
of
the
so-called
"blue"
.
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MOVi
.
.82
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2.99
.45
1.10
.40
coast.
Tomorrow
is
expccwiu
hj
LOCAL
TIDES
r-'uinij
oi
a
na-
bring
relatively
clear
skies
to
most
of
the
interior.
liner
S'.r.cy.
Friday.
Aprli
2,
1949
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IT.,
rlir
I
v
41a
ana
Orttl
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VlPV
Moncta
A
J.
X
1
V
V
,
,
.
248
Negus
55.75
High
9:34
22:39
Low
3:51
16:07
feet,'
were
weU
orr
tne
conunellu"
17
4
fect!
shelf
and
as
the
warm
water
10
0
moved
ulsnorc
tue
iisn
fo"ow
6
9
feet
led.
,
sin,;,,.
wc1
knoWn
!
"
ll
city.
He
wni
home
in
the
Interior
-tlfthl's
train.-:
"'A
,v,
.
...
.
.
1
'
.
Noranda
Louvicourt
,
Pickle
Crow
...
Regcourt
San
Antonio
...
Senator
Rouyn
Forecast
Queen'
Charlottes
and
North
Coast-Cloudy
with
showers
today.
Cloudy
Friday.
Winds
southwesterly
(20
m.p.U.)
in
the
exposed
areas
and
light
winds
fening
elsewhere.
Little
change
hi
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday:
Port
Hardy
28
and
54,
Massett
40
and
50,
Prince
Rupert
37
and
50.
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2.20
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4
10
.40
1.95
WOMAN
DIES
ABOARD
BOAT
Mrs.
Isabella
Adklns,
wife
of
James
Adkins,
a
fisherman,
was
found
dead
in
the
cabin
pf
thec
trolling
boat,
the
Almac,
moored
at
the
dry
docx
at
1:50
thi3
morning,
having
apparently
succumbed
to
a
heart
condition
in
Rev.
Dr.
Peter
Kelly,
veteran
He
could
not
explain
the
ab-United
Church
missionary
pas-(sence
of
fish
in
blue
water
off
tor,
returned
to
the
city
on
Tues-,
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
late
day
night's
train
after
an
Easter
,
in
July
and
their
appearai
ce
Sherrit
Gordon
Steep
Rock
135
visit
to
interior
villages
of
Haz-
there
a
month
later,
:
-"iu
iONSHIF
Dr.
Hart
told
the
meeting
ttat
Mrs.
J.
Havhurst
and
daughter
iSKETBALL
Bernlce,
left
by
last
evenings
AIRLIFT
PIN-UP
GIRL
That's
the
title
held
by
vivacious
Marge
MacGregor,-
drum
majorette
of
Queen's
University
pipe
band.
"1
could
fly
coal
and
flour
all
year
if
I
had
a
girl
like
her
on
my
instrument
panel,"
a
Canadian
pilot
flying
the
Berlin
airlift
with
the
R.A.F.
commented
when
he
heard
a
description
of
the
Pembroke,
Ont.,
co-ed.
The
whole
squadron
agreed
and
dispatched
a
letter
to
Marge
asking
for
autographed
photos.
This
is
the
one
she
sent.
The
fliers
rate
her
on
an
equal
basis
with
Orsble,
Lwnour
and
Dietrich.
ICP
Phota)
her
sleep.
Mrs.
Adkins
was
51
years
old.
She
was
born
"
at
Kitlmaat..
In
addition
to
her
husband,
she
is
survived
by
four
the
sizes
of
fish
caught
indicated
that
they
were
from
two
age
5
groups
and
that
this
vas
significant
because
it
might
mean
that
the
fishery
could
clton,
Glen
Vowell,
Kisplox
and
Kilsegukia
and
is
leaving
this
afternoon
aboard
the
mission
boat
Thomas
Crosby
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
whence
he
will
proceed
to
his
headquarters
at
Oeea;i
Falls..
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
National
New
York
4,
Brooklyn
1.
American
New
York
2,,
Vvai.hii:;loa
1.
train
on
their
return
w
jvii--wanga
after
spending
the
Easter
season
here
as
the
guests
of
Mrs.
J.
B.
Gibson
at
Bishops
i
8;30pm.
II
AT
CIVIC
CENTRE
'
1-4,
because
it
cas..
dependent
"
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i
Lodge