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AND
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BRITISH
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHOHE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
110.
PRINCE
RUrERT.
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WEDNESDAY.
MAY
11.
1949
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Campaign
in
Cold
W
ar
Between
East
and
West
Expected
at
Ministers'
Meet
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request
of
E.
T.Applewhaite
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issued
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the
overhaul
of
the
snag-"ton
at
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock,
.'lewhaite
took
the
matter
up
with
the
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sustained
an
Injured
arm
;
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and-
general
shaking
up
(,-:.
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I
when
his
car
was
in
collision
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with
a
street
car
which
was
1
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operating
out
of
a
car
baru.
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DAWSON
A
food
shortage
1
i
is
threatened
here
as
a
result
"
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of
the
air
field
being
broken
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up
by
tnaw
making
it
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possible
for
CPA
planes
to
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land
There
has
hren
no
BERLIN
(CP)
The
Berlin
.blockade,
which
brought
the
east
and
western
powers
almost
to
the
brink
of
war,
was
to
end
peacefully
tonight
but
a
last-minute
hitch
developed
when
the
Russians
demanded
that
all
trains
entering
from
the
west
must
be
pulled
in
by
Soviet
engines.
Takes
to
Hustings
with
a
view
w
vessel
oul
at
the
.
.
...
lt-.
IN
CUSTODY
At
one
minute
alter
mianignt
i
;f
the
nvrr
clear
Yielded
Peacefully
One
Disorder
in
Vancouver
Yesterday
Ik
EssiiiRton
has
ss
for
some
Unii
VANCOUVER
Twenty-nine
j
been
found
to
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I-
John
D.
McRae,
Coalition
cart
dldate
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
forthcoming
provincial
election,
is
taking
to
the
hustings
this
week-end
to
open
his
campaign.
He
will
sail
Friday
night
on
the
Coquitlam
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
will
return
by
air.
Masset,
Port
Clements,
Queen
Charlotte
City,
Skldegate,
,
I
I
I
and
meat
are
running
short.
S1V6
Itliill
v
.td
uiti
lAing
uatiauidii
ouuiuill
ft
wins
to
Uie
stati!
j
Union
crew
members
yesterday
(3:01
p.m.
Pacific
Daylight
Time)
land
routes
to
and
from
western
Germany
were
to
open
again.
This
is
the
327th
day
of
Russia's
siege
and
the
320th
day
of
the
airlift.
The
ending
of
the
Berlin
blockade
is
counted
in
Washington
as
the
victorious
end
of
one
battle
In
the
cold
war
and
the
beginning
of
a
new
campaign.
Secretary
of
State
Dean
Acheson
and
his
advisers
are
alreany
neeply
involved
in
preparations
j
peacefully
accepted
warrants
charging
them
with
refusing
to
I
I
I!
I
have
re!iullcd
hi
the
lower
K.
I
,
J
pari
of
the
town
being
,
i
in
r
no,fed-
,
i
i
it
i
''icy
lawful
commands
of
their
Milps'
officers
and
agreed
to
VICTORIA
DOCTOR
SUICIDE
Sandspit,
Cumshewa
Inlet
and
paign
other
points
will
be
visited.
Meantime
campaign
"organization
is
being
perfected
locally
with
a
central
committee
con
for
this
new
struggle.
It
is
expected
to
take
form
at
the
Paris
V
M'rf
nil
'il
nil
sisting
of
J.
T.
Harvey,
W.
R.
McAfee,
Earl'
Gordon,
Robert
meeting
of
the
Council
of
For
ks
As
St.
Laurent
wi-il
Off
eign
Ministers
opening
May
23
McKay,
T.
N.
Youngs,
Walter
8mlth,
A.
S.
Nickerson
and
Wil
Basically,
as
President
Truman
I
5
Campaign
lor
liam
Bcynon.
has
emphasized,
American
authorities
regard
the
lifting
of
the
quit
their
sit-in
on
two
strike
bound
vessels
by
this
morning.
The
move
came
as
violent
threatened
to
flare
on
the
waterfront
again.
The
only
disorder
of
the
day
was
that
In
which
a
23-ycar-old
member
of
the
C.S.U.
attackej
the
second
mate
of
the
steamer
Seaside,
now
manned
by
the
Seafarers'
International
Union,
and
was
sought
on
a
charge
of
assault.
The
42-year-old
merchant
'
marine
second
officer,
John
Ovans,
was
in
hospital
today
with
severe
face
bruises
and
Robert
McKay
will
be
cam
DETROIT
Dr.
Alexander
V.
Forrester,
former
well-known
Victoria
physician
and
surgeon,
was
found
dead
here
today,
evidently
the
victim
of
his
own
band.
Fifty-two
years
of
age,
he
had
been
despondent
since
his
wife
died
a
year
ago.
WINS
GOVERNOR'S
MEDAL
VANCOUVER
Donald
Robert
Dempster
of
Vancouver
is
the
winner
of
the
Governor
General's:
medal
among:
this
year's
graduating
class
of
2000
students
at
University
of
British
Columbia.
SEAMAN
LOST
blockade
as
restoring
conditions
paign
manager
Instead
of
T.
which
made
east
nd
west
ne
Norton
Youngs
who,
for
person
gotiations
over
Germany
possible.
WINTER
OLYMPICS
FOR
CANADA
Sydney
Dawes,
chairman
of
the
Canadian
Olympic
committee,
and
Councillor
J.
O.
Asselin
of
Montreal
have
left
for
Rome
to
appear
before
the
executive
Olympic
committee
to
make
their
bid
to
bring
the
1956
winter
games
to
Montreal.
The
U.S.
committee,
on
behalf
of
Lake
Placid,
New
York,
Is
also
bidding
for
the
games.
Should
the
Canadian
bid
be
successful,
the
skiing
competitions
will
be
held
at
Mont
Tremblpjit,
and
the
figure
skating
and
racing
In
al
reasons,
found
it
impossible
t
27
general
elec-usi
wcks
away,
y
and
ala.'
t
niild-
r
.spi'.'l.es
were
two
maji.r
party
-jae
Minister
St.
Dewpe
Drew,
Pro-wralivc
chciftain
to
act.
Walter
Smith
will
he
ON
AIR
TOMORROW
Don
Forward,
director
of
Prince
Rupert's
Civic
Centre,
will
tell
of
the
local
Civic
Centre
over
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation's
network
tomorrow
morning
at
10
o'clock.
He
will
be
interviewed
by-Ellen
responsible
for
publicity
and
ad
vertising.
Headquarters
will
be
opened
Monday
in
the
Northland
Dairy
?
contained
building.
Pledges
By
D.rew,
Would
Increase
Trade,
Boost
Social
Benefits,
t),e"
:
lacerations
following
the
brief
V.iWiie
raise."
Harris
on
her
popular
morning
program.
Mr.
Forward
Is
at
present
in
Vancouver
participating
In
a
community
service
conference.
.,...;
:TODA
Y'S-STOGKH-ir
(GourlMy
S.
I).
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
IN
AUSTRALIA
r
SYDNEY,
Australia
Dennis
Hamilton,
29,
seaman
from
Ful-ford
Harbor,
B.C.,
was
drowned
SEAS
DAMAGE
HALIBUT
BOAT
15
50
Sunday
near
Sydney
when
heavy
Aumaque
Beattie
.
.
Bevcourt
Bobjo
IS
TAKING
OVER
INTERIOR
WEEKLY
222
lfi'i
flare-up
of
violence
last
night.
Ovaiis
"wtis
'Uuclfecf-oir
-the
waterfront
as
he
left
the
S.I.U.-maiincd
vessel
and
stepped
ashore.
Harlod
Gleu,
first
mate
of
the
Seaside,
said
Ovans
was
attacked
by
one
of
two
men
who
approached
him
as
he
climbed
into
a
taxi
at
Lapointe
Pier.
Police
are
seeking
the
seaman
who
was
identified
by
Gleu
with
a
warrant
charging
asault
occasioning
grievous
bodily
harm,
A
dozen
city
police,
headed
seas
washed
him
from
tne
steamer
Carlylc.
An
unsuccessful
search
was
made
by
the
crew.
A
storm
off
Dixon
Entrance
sent
the
70-foot
halibut
schooner
Parma
into
port
here
today
to
repair
damage
done
when
a
Deal
With
Communists
SYDNEY,
Nova
Scotia
(0)
George
Drew
said
last
night
that
a
government,
under
his
leadership,
would
take
steps
to
recapture
Canada's
export
mar-'
kets
"and
also
to
find
new
markets
in
those
countries
which
need
the
things
we
produce
and
can
buy
them
if
.only
we
break
the
deadlock
resulting
from
the
trade
barrier
between
dollar
and
sterling
areas."
Mr.
Drew
said
that
the
Pro
wave
swept
away
her
dory,
a
quantity
of
.
gear
and
several
0-
Waller
Reu-i
directly
to
Hen-Way
tor
resump-fi'i
strike
peace
jfd
promptly
ac-
No
Word
of
Amethyst
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Frascr
are
leaving
on
this
evening's
train
for
New
Hazclton.
For
many
years
mechanical
superintendent
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News,
Mr.
Fraser
is
taking
over
the
Omineca
Herald
and
Terrace
News
newspaper
from
its
veteran
publisher,
C.
H.
Sawle,
and
pen
boards
endangering
her
crew.
Capt.
Harold
Halland
brought
the
vessel
in
with
35,000
pounds
of
fish
on
board,
far
less
than
her
capacity,
in
company
prcsid-
by
Chief.
Walter
Mulligan,
served
Vancouver
Bayonni
-08
Bralorne
9.15
B.
R.
Con
03"
a
B.
R.
X
09
Cariboo
Quartz;
120
Congress
03
li
Hedley
Mascot
22
Pacific
Eastern
05
'
Pend
Oreille
3.75
Pioneer
3.25
Premier
Border
02ja
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
2.00
Reno
05
Sheep
Creek
1
20
'
Silbak
Premier
.35
Taku
River
-
30
Vananda
-25
Salmon
Gold
IH'z
Spud
Valley
08
Oils
however,
Reu-
warrants-
on
me
crew
ui
ui
'""
to
attend
the
eastern-owned
steamers
Island
gressive
-
Conservative
party
s
'tnally
and
also
side
and
Rockside.
At
first
tho
cl'iillcngc
by
.crew
refused
to
lower
the
gang
'mobile
Workers
nlanks
but
they
submitted
after
SHANGHAI
A
British
'
order
to
re-fit
at
the
dry
dock,
source
said
today
that
no
re-
Landings
in
the
last
24
hours
ports
have
been
received
re-.
1
0
1
a
1
1
e
d
797,000
pounds,
the
cently
from
the
Royal
Navy
.largest
for
any
day
so
far
this
shortly
will
move
the
site
of
pub-
sodal
securlty
program
includes
Buffalo
Canadian
:
II3,
Consol.
Smelters
95.00
Conwcst
1.00
Donalda
46
Eklona
:
61
East
Sullivan
2.38
Giant
Ycllowknife
....
5.95
Hardrock
.16
'2
Harrlcana
06
'z
Heva
081'4
Hosco
21
Jacknife
04
Joliet
Quebec
36
Lake
Rowan
09
Lapaska
12
Little
Long
Lac
.71
Lynx
13
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.91
McKeniie
Red
Lake
40
McLcod
Coekshutt
95
Moneta
45
Negus
2.35
Noranda
54.25
Louvicourt
11
Pickle
Crow
1.05
lication
10
lerrace.
mis.
nrai
oId
at
adequate
age
pensions
will
be
returning
here
in
about
a
fi5
wlthout
means
accldent,
sloop
Amethyst,
trapped
by
Red
season.
Bulk
of
the
landings,
weeKS
time
to
mane
iniai
ui
shore
guns
between
ncre
ana
Nanking.
state
ir
the
peace
a
conference
with
James
Thompson,
West
Coast
vice-president
'hat
the
company
0f
e
Trades
and
Labor
Con-
linn
negotiations
gross-affiliated
C.S.U.
speed-up
tactics"
Meantime,
twenty-eight
sea-mm
that
"they
nu,n
fivc
Uni(m
representatives
"'l
until
the
.
,w
nf
nipi-pfo
w,.re
A
spokesman
said
he
knew
of
no
plans
or
negotiations
being
sickness
and
disability
benefits
and
national
health
program.
..
The
party
leader
also
said
he
would
amend
the
Criminal
Code
to
deal
with
Communists.
An
amendment
"will
make
it
possible
to
deal
effectively
with
those
who
are
working
to
de-
Angl
Coanaduiii
..
3.85
rangements
for
moving.
KNIFE
MURDER
IN
EDMONTON
550,000
pounds
were
sold
on
the
exchange,
the
highest
price
being
18c,
10.5c
and
14.5c
paid
to
the
Miss
Jean
for
.
60,000
pounds
sold
to
Booth
Fisheries.
Co-op
landings
were
247,000
pounds.
Halibut
landings:
Kodiak,
50,000,
Atlin,
18c,
16.5c,
.2(1
k
brought
to
a
under
way
to
remove
the
crippled
Amethyst
from'
its
present
position.
"As
far
as
I
know
the
members
of
the
crew
arc
still
aboard
and
adequately
supplied,"
he
said.
ordered
to
leave
the
steamer
Seaboard
Star
at
North
Vancouver.
A
Supreme'
Court
injunction,
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
Man-son,
also
banned
picketing
of
tho
ship.
A.
P.
Con
Atlantic
Calmont
C.
&
E
Central
Lrduc
Home
Oil
Mercury
Okalta
Pacific
Pete
13c.
.72
.
-38
5.80
.90
11.25
,
.11
2.39
2.76
.27
Regcourl
w,4
EDMONTON
-Police
today
troy
the
decent
things
we
wish
to
conserve
without
limiting
the
are
holding
Leo
Francis
Burke
Mil
freedom
of
every
Canadian
of
Edmonton
on
a
charge
of
murdering
his
brother-in-law,
who
is
loyal
to
Canada."
Snowfall,
38,000,
Cold
Storage,
18c,
16.5c,
13c.
San
Antonio
3.90
TANKER
CRASHER
'-A
British
Lan-iFr
plant;
crashed
M
zone
early
to-
Senator
Rouyn
-35V4
Waterfall,
37,000,
Pacific,
17.9c,
Shcrrit
Gordon
1.51
Princess
Jack
Ito.sktns
returned
today
I
James
W.
Holmes,
last
night
j
with
a
pen
knife
in
front
of
j
.
.
.
rrr
ft
AMI
I
Holmes'
wife
and
several
mem-
lllrhrynnUl
PERILOUS
TRIP
IN
ICY
STRAITS
16.5c,
13c.
Tatlow,
31,000,
Atlin,
17.9c,
16c,
13c.
Royal
Canadian
-08
'i
Steep
Rock
l.-Ja
Sturgeon
River
.I6V4
Silver
Miller
37
f1P
Pr
lice
Ruuert
ironi
"'JiiiiiiR
its
crew
.
on
South
Bra.eau
-
-lu
injured
crew
were
Rochester,
New
York,
where
he
Russian:
ft
P.rit-!
wont.
several
soveflll
Weeks
agO
for
Miss
Jean,
60,000,
Booth,
18c,
Toronto
j
himself
up
to
police
late
last
Dl
IDKJFP
YIFI
.14
Athona
night
after
a
general
alarm
iuinkn
i
ifahf
'I
said.
medical
treatment.
QUEBEC
fi
A
36-ycar-oia(
nurse,
Antoinette
Malouln,
who
THE
WEATHER
touched
off
a
city-wide
man-
NELSON
-British
Columbia
hunt.
16.5c,
13.5c.
B.C.
Lady,
.48,000,
Cold
Storage,'
18c,
16c,
13c.
Kamchatka,
30,000,
Cold
Storage,
17.8c,
16c,
12.5c.
Elva
M.,
26,000,
Royal,
17.8c,
16c,
12.5c.
'made
a
perilous
158-mile
trip
in
a
motor
launch
through
the
lce-chokcd
Strait
of
Belle
Isle,
between
Quebec
and
Newfoundland,
to
see
her
dying
mother,
BASEBALL
SCORES
police
last
night
announced
that
the
Sons
of
Freedom
sect
of
Doukhobors
have
delivered
up
Peter
Swctlishkoff
who
is
being
charged
with
arson.
The
polica
said
that
Swetlishkoff
has
been
fx
Vclma
C,
30,00,
Pacific,
17.9c,
V.
rested
here
today
bfore
return
Synopsis
Pressures
are
rising
sharply
along
the
British
Columbia
coast
igid
no
storms
arc
in
sight
to
end
the
current
spell
of
clear
warm
weather
which
is
now
In
its
ninth
day
In
most
of
central
and
southern
British
Columbia.
n..,,..r.
l....rtt.
,im11
Kn
a
fom
fin-
ing
to
the
bleak
Labrador
coun-.16c,
12.5c.
trv.
Joan
W.
II,
42,000,
Cold.
Stor-
charged
with
the
burning
in
age,
17.8c,
16.5c,
12.5c.
1943
of
a
jam
factory
at
Brilliant.
He
had
been
the
object
Nurse
Malouin,
doctor,
un-scllor
and
teacher
in
the
ttflJ
B.C.
Rover,
50,000,
Cold
Stor
TUESDAY
American
New
York
6,
Detroit
1
Washington
1,
Cleveland
0
Boston
1,
St.
Louis
2
'
National
All
postopned,
rain.
Pacific
Coast
Portland
6,
Hollywood
5
San
Diego
7,
Los
Angeles
3
Seattle
3,
Oakland
2
,u"l"'"1""
"
Iri..l,l
,,111.,.
f
Rlnn
.Qn
age,
18c,
16.5c,
13c.
grecs
cooler
than
In
the
past
"
"'
'"'"s-
-
-
-
of
combined
provincial
and
Royal
Canadian
Mounted,
police
raids
following
fresh
outbreaks
San
Thomas,
40,000,
Cold
Stor
A
siiirm
which
s,ii
uuc
,ra.iuu,
tt
few
days.
age,
17.9c,
16.5c,
12.5c.
of
fire
recently.
Chief
,
Skugald,
23,000,
Booth,
coastal
vessel
too
late
toi
m
her
mother
wlo
was
burMilHft
week.
17.5c,
16c,
12.5c.
now
moving
along
the
.southern
edge
of
the
Alaska
coast
will
bring
rain
to
the
extreme
northern
sections
of
the
province
tomorrow.
Forecast
Ivcrcan,
10,500,
Bacon,
17.5c,
.The
trip
was
made
in
ti&t
San
Francisco
5,
Sacramento
H.5c,
12.5c.
outboard
motor
powered
There
was
no
heat
in
tht
Invercan
No.
4,
25,000,
Bacon,
LOCAL
TIDES
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Thursday,
May
12,
1949
High
0:41
23.0
feet'
13:30
20.5
feet
Low
7:14
0.9
feet
19:20
5.4
feet
stove.
Miss
Malouin
wa
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast-Cloud
y
with
scattered
ll.lc,
16.5c,
12.5c.
Connie
Jean,
14,000,
Co-op.
Balsac
No.
4,
14,000,
Co-op.
Four-Forty,
14,000,
Co-op.
Western
International
Bremerton
6,
Yakima
3
Salem
11,
Victoria
1
Vancouver
12,
Wenatchee
Tacoma
21,
Spokane
7
days
with
nothing
but
a
to
eat.
and
no
water.
rain
showers
today.
Overcast
tomorrow
with
rain
commenc-
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
R.
Cart
on
the
Prince
.Rupert
('25
crly
winds
mph.
shifting
to
afternoon
from
a
holiday
41
to
Vancouver.
Mother
No.
3,
16,000,
Co-op.
Convenant,
45,000,
Co-op.
Kaien,
17,000,
Co-op.
Prosperity
A.,
38,000,
Co-op.
Fredalla
III,
18,000,
Co-op.
Stevestowhv
22,000,
Co-op.
Parma,
35,000,
Co-op.
Mae
West,
17,000,
Co-op.
PRINC
E
RUPERT
AND
DISTRICT
(MUSIC
AND
DRAMA
FESTIVAL
S
THURSDAY
AND
FRIDAY,
MAY
12
AND
13
5
CIVIC
CENTRE
(110)
5
southerly
30
by
noon
Thurs-dya.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
45
and
55,
Massett
45
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
45
and
60.
BUSY
NOW
Fanners
in
'ARMEBS
START
PLOWING
IN
MAY
BERLINERS
not
start
i
STnd"
for
spring
planting
C
10
ln
Bcrlin'
ln
the
desolation
that
once
was
the
city
s
famed
"""eaite
n,
The
two
0
8
PU.d
plow
for
a
vegetable
ga.den.
a,
along
behind
their
homes
as
they
.!
u
el
a
remnant
of
the
one-time,
grandeur
of
the
Tiergarten,
popular
with
Ger-
v':'
tourists.
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