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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PH0IIES1
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
304.
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
29,
1948.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
inlands
Yield
ib
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Y
HOSTILITIES
TO
TERMINATE
DECEMBER
31
Publisher
to
Sue
Gov't
for
Denying
Entry
intoCanada
VANCOUVER
(CI')
KegiiiaH
llipwcll,
outspoken
Uritish
publisher
who
flew
from
EiiKlatid
to
be
with
his
two
Hons
here
on
Christmas,
was
denied
entry
to
Canada
at
Seattle
because
of
his
criminal
record.
In
Seattle
Tuesday,
Ilipwell,
41-
said
that
he
intends
to
sue
the
Canadian
government
for
its
action.
He
said
the
v
i
rLJ
in
v
1
7
PARIS
(CP)
The
Nether
lands
told
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
today
that
they
government
refused
him
entry
because
of
bis
"moral
"Si
will
order
the
end
of
hostilities
in
Indonesia
at
ptmtti
mil''?
midnight,
Friday.
The'
representative
also
an
THREE
PERSONS
ASPHYXIATED
IN
VANCOUVER
!
VANCOUVER
(CI"
In
a
telephone
interview
from
Seattle
he
said
'I'm
advised
that
I'd
never
get
a
judgment
against
the
government
in
Canada,
but
In
England
I'll
take
it,
if
necessary,
to
the
Privy
Council."
i
t
-
'
thf
DIE
AS
"SABOTEUR"
general
manager
of
Hungarian-American
Oil
any.
Dr.
Simon
Papp
i
a
final
statement
at
trial
in
Budapest
on
s
of
sabotaging
Hun-i
nil
production.
A
famous
geologist,
Dr.
Three
jwrsons
were
asphyxiated
Tuesday
in
two
separate
mishaps,
one
of
which
snuffed
out
the
lives
of
an
nounced
that
the
Netherlands
will
soon
release
President
Soekarno
of
the
Republic,
and
cabinet
ministers
captured
at
the
outset
of
the
Dutch
operations.
The
release
will
be
"on
the
understanding
that
persons
concerned
will
refrain
from
activities
endangering
public
security."
The
statement
came
within
twenty-four
hours
of
the
deadline
set
in
the
order
served
on
Holland
yesterday.
BIG
U.S.
NAVY
MANOEUVRES
11
-year
-old
irirl
and
her
was
seniencea
10
cue.
Communist
government
cd
he
followed
instruc-uf
U.S.
superiors.
mother.
WAYFARER
FROM
CARROT
CREEK,
ALTA.
PigtaTIed
Margaret
Elizabeth
Karl,
nine,
radiates
confidence
in
her
ability
to
take
care
of
herself
as
she
pauses
at
Idlewild
International
airport
at
New
York,
en
route
alone
on
a
6,300-mile
trip
from
her
home,
Carrot
Creek,
Alberta,
to
Lima,
Peru,
where
she
will
live
with
an
aunt
and
uncle
for
the
next
three
years.
She
left
New
York
for
South
America
by
plane.
Margaret
Elizabeth
is
the
daughter
of
an
Albetra
farmer.
A
,w
HOYAL
PRINCE
Princess
Margaret,
rear,
aunt
of
Piincess
Elizabeth's
baby
son,
joins
Sister
Rowe
(centre!
and
another
woman
t
unidentified
as
they
walk
the
baby
carriage
of
the
infant
prince,
around
the
grounds
of
Buckingham
Palace.
1INCIL
URGES
OFF
ALASKA
TERMINAL
ISLAND,
California
J--The
United
States
Navy
announced
today
that
it
will
send
18.000
sailors
and
mar
MPLETIOM
OF
CANADA
TO
PARIS,
(P
The
United
Nations
Security
Council
appeared
ready
today
to
order
the
withdrawal
of
Israeli
troops
from
Negcv.
Observers
said
that
the
.
The
father,
the
only
surviving
niember
of
the
family,
is
in
hospital
in
poor
condition
a.i
Is
the
brother
of
the
victim
if
the
second
accident.
Dead
are
Mrs.
Eva
Gagnier,
30,
and
her
daughter,
Barbara,
and
Noel
Smith,
60.
In
hos-pilla
are
Joseph
Gagnier,
52,
und
Joseph
Smith,
brother
of
Noel.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cannier
were
found
in
the
front
bedroom
of
their
home
and
the
girl,
in
night
attire,
in
the
rear
bed
WIEW
ROAD
:
:
TOD
A
TS
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
ltd.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
remnants
of
the
storm
which
gave
rain
to
the
coast
yesterday
is
moving
slowly
through
the
interior
preceded
bj
considerable
snow
This
sys
British
demand
for
the
withdrawal
from
the
southern
Palestine
desert
had
a
good
chance
of
passage,
with
or
without
Am
PRODUCE
U.S.-JET
FIGHTERS
TORONTO
9
Toronto
plane
factory,
De
Havilland
Aircraft,
ines
on
thirty
four
ships
in
wide-spread
tests
next
month
on
Alaskan
operation.
Rear-Aflmiral
L.
T.
Dubo.v
made
clear
that
the
"exercise
will
test,
men
in
cold
weather
and
rotteji
conditions."
It
is
not
to
be
construed
as
a
major
naval
operation.
The
locale
will
be
Kodiak
j
Island
where
a
ba.-e
is
already
I
in
operation.
tem
will
move
into
Alberta
by
art
of
the
HUH
city
roun-ii:.hl
was
to
pavs.a
resolu-sins!
the
federel
i:wrn-i!
kivc
"immediate
atu-n-ii
completion
of
a
road
!i
(4i
the
Fairview
Bay
.ini's
floats.
rc-iilu'ion
was
1
1
if
final
art
of
Alderman
Robert
.
who
rrt
ii
ts
at
the
end
year.
Mr.
McKay
told
evening.
Behind
the
disturb-
ftiu
r.oliKiHprahl-ci
lfnHinp;G
ts
Canada,
on
Tuesday
night
was
erican-support.
The
delegates
meanwhile
awaited
its
own
11
o'clock
deadline
for
Netherland
to
liberate
Indonesian
leaders
captured
by
the
Dutch.
The
Security
Ooun-
reported
to
be
negotiating
fori
.
.
,,n
anH
Kmiu,
f,llr,,os
aro
room.
Cause
of
death
was
ap-
parently
coal
gas
from
an
open
fireplace.
The
Smith
brothers
were
found
in
their
auto
court
produiHon
of
Canada's
newest,
p
lhe
lnlcrior
and
thp
military
aircraft.
North
AmcrlJ
..,,,,
r
lU,
cwst.
can
ir
-Kb
fiuliUtr.
.--
.
.
.
.-
..rv"-'-"..
-"i-"
-
cir
faslTiigfitgave
them'
twenty-
This
unsettled
weather
is
ex
At
Ottawa
today,
LV'fence
cabin.
Four
gas
jets
ana
a
heater
were
turned
on.
hour
hours
to
free
the
captured
pected
to
persist
through
tomor
Vancouver
Bayonne
:..
.06
Bralorne
8.75
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
.08i
i
Cariboo
Quartz
:
121
Congress
.to
14
'
Hedley
Mascot
y
-
-39
Pid
Oreille
":.
.'"S35"'
Pioneer
310
Premier
order
".03'A
Privateer
14
Reeves
McDonald
2.95
Reno
.06
Sheep
Creek
1.50
Silbak
Premier
.35
Salmon
Gold
11
V2
Spud
Valley
(ask)
.09
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.50
A.
P.
Con.
.:
23
Atlantic
95
Calmont
.'.
50
C.
&
E
6.25
:'
That
roilipl"
Hon
'of
the
is
beinu
mkr-n
up
by
"iMnizatiou
in
town."
and
ft
that
city
council
press
njiuplelion.
approach
conslilnles
tlir
runt
end
of
a
road
built
;
is
ii"o
bv
Hi-
eilv
at.
r
YEAR'S
LABOR
PROSPECTS
GOOD
OITAWA
r
-
Canada's
three
lop
labor
men.
Iabor
Minister
ISUAIXl
TltOOPS
PKNIOTKATK
K(iVPT
LONIMjN
Israeli
troops
have
penetrated
Egyptian
territories
and
are
less'
than
100
miles
from
the
Suez
Canal,
reports
to
the
British
Foreign
Of
rices
indicated
today.
British
Torres
arc
still
stationed
at
the
Canal
under
the
terms
or
the
IDiSO
Anglo-E';yp-tian
Treaty.
Minister
Claxton
disclosed
that
i
oust
ruction
programs
will
include
F
80
which
is
said
to
be
the
fastest
operational
jet
fiuhlcr
in
the
world
with
a
.-peed
record
of
G7U
miles
"per
hour.
De
Havilland
officials
made
no
comment
but
other
sources
said
it
was
likely
that
the
firm
would
build
F-86
for
domestic
use
and
export
to
governments
allied
with
Canada
and
the
United
Stales.
Republicans.
34
PERCENT
OF
HOSPITAL
CARDS
ARE
MAILED
OUT
Figures
from
the
Hospital
Insurance
Service
office
in
Victoria
showed
that
by
Christmas
Eve
approximately
125,000
Hospital
Insurance
Cards
had
been
Bevcourt
.22
Bobjo
13U
Buffalo
Canadian
.19
Consol.
Smelters
121.75
Con
w
est
130
Donalda'.
....
."
'
.53
Eldona
71
East
Sullivan
3.15
"TSiant
Yellowknife
4.55
God's
Lake
.42
Hardrock
.21
Harricana
03
Heva
0934
Hosco
18
Jacknife
.04
Joliet
Quebec
43
Lake
Rowan
05
Lapaska
'.
.:
,
0!
Little
Long
LaC
.80
Lynx
12
',4
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.40
MeKenzie
Red
Lake
35
McLeod
Coekshutt
97
Moneta
-40
Negus
2.16
Noranda
54.50
Louviourt
.38
Pickle
Crow
'.
2.14
Regcourt
05
San
Antonio
3.80
Senator
Rouyn
42
Sherrit
Gordon
2
25
Steep
Rock
l.GO
Sturgeon
River
13-
Silver
Miller
-.:
42
I
:
more
than
SmoiKi
Be
row
but
with
some
clearing
in
most
sections
over
night.
Temperatures
are
expected
to
once
more
fall
below
the
freezing
mark
in
all
sections
of
the
province
overnight.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
"Nortli
Coast
Cloudy
with
snow
flurries
today
and
tomorrow.
Wind
southwesterly
(151
except
'251
exposed
sections
today
and
westerly
15)
tomorrow.
Colder.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow.
At
Port
Hardy
26
and
36.
Massed
24
and
34.
Prince
Rupert
28
and
35.
ll
is
on
government
in-il)
-ikI
mu.st
cross
the
CN.lt
Ilumhprey
Mitchell,
president
peirv
Bcngour.h
of
the
Trades
mailed
to
different
parts
of
the
if-way,
outride
au'U-irtly
ii'.plei."
the
road
'
V
lor
it--
completion
was
parliament
at
its
la.'.t
but
since
then,
no
action
ni
taken.
ic
money
is
not
prut
by
-I
i
f
ih-.
govnimf
ni
's
f
Is-"'
next
March,
it
will
re-
Central
Leduc
1.55
Home
Oil
14.00
Mi
rrury
.19
'4
Okalta
165
Pacific
Pete
2.90
OTTAWA
O
-Tin:
New
Year
and
Labor
Congress,
and
A.
R.
Mosher,
the
Canadian
Congress
nt
Labor,
agree
that
the
outlook
for
the
new
year
is
good.
Mr.
Mitchell
said
that
1948
"lias
been
a
good
year."
Km-pluyniiiit
had
passed
the
five
million
mark
for
the
second
.s1
rair:ht
year.
The
effectiveness
CALIFORNIA
NEWSPRINT
PRICE
RISES
VANCOUVER
if'
Upward
adjustment'
of
newsprint
prices
i'nrral
funds
and
most
of!'
red
promise
for
Canada's
hungry
aircraft
and
shipbuilding
industries.
Defence
Minister
Claxton
announced
that
1949
will
see
construction
programs
started
for
three
types
of
air
and
.sea
combat
craft.
vi
t
r-f
j
fur
that
Mtecilic
u.se.
o'
lab'T
had
lccn
increased
by
.38
.15
.19
.11":.,
.I6V2
.50
I
Princess
-.
Royal
Canadian
South
Brazeau
Toronto
Athona
Aumaque
Seattle
"l
d!
imv
fli-lav
w'ii-h
province.
This
represents
about
34
per
cent
of
the
total
number
of
cards
to
be
distributed.
In
giving
out
this
information,
a
spokesman
for
the
service
said
that;
it
had
been
hoped
that
all
cards
would
be
in
the
mail
before
the
New
Year.
But,
although
a
reinforced
staff
had
been
working
in
two
shifts,
to
achieve
this,
many
people
would
not
receive
their
cards
until
the
middle
of
January.
It
was
stated
that
the
main
reason
for
!
to
California
consumers
to
the
deline
in
Industrial
disputes
e
lueuned
bv
such
rever-
We
have
spread
effect
of
hirdier
freight
Mr
IJengougli
said
I
rates
was
announced
inesoa.v
M-.ison
to
expect
to
get
before
"'by
Powell
1;iver
Silll's
Cu
L,(1
things
clone
than
ever
'"iiicil
will
request
the
"cm!,
Hint,
the
funds
be
'l"
in
ease
the
work
can--'-bo-Led
bv
March,
i'-i'iu
mil;.
I,
also
be
oh
li'
in
the
Heurd
of
I'
i
I
-
I
.OCAL
TIDES
U.S.
TO
GIVE
$3
BILLION
IN
ARMS
TO
WEST
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
seems
likely
to
give
anti-comniuni.st
allies
in
Western
Europe
between
two
and
three
billion
dollars'
worth
of
arms
next
year.
But
much
of
what
Europeans
need
in
the
way
of
military
equipment
is
already
available
in
the
forces'
storehouses,
and
can
b?
shipped
at
a
fraction
of
its
original
cost.
President
Truman
is
therefore
expected
to
ask
Congress
to
appropriate
only
about
one
billion
for
rearmament
program
next
year.
Kfiectivi:
January
1
pi
icrs
increases
would
permit
California
consumers
full
water
freight
instead
of
restricted
amount
in
effect
since
last
August
1.
Thej
price
of
newsprint
at
New
York
remained
at
$100
per
BAKERY
PROBE
NOW
POSSIBLE
VANCOUVER
(P
Federal
pio.seeution
of
the
alleged
bakery
combine
Is
now
possible.
Bri
Thursday,
December
30,
19-18
High
1:40
,
191
feet
13:09
21
9
feet
Low
7:12
8.3
ieei
this
is
a
slow
down
in
the
Mechanical
tabulating
section
wtiere
the
sorting
and
filing
machines
have
been
under
heavy
pressure.
The
hospitals
have
been
informed
of
.
this
Situation.
Any
COUNCIL
HOLDS
FINAL
SESSION
Prince
Rupert's
1948
city
coun-il
sat
In
Its
last
and
briefest
session
last
night,
oncludlng
its
business
with
a
wave
of
seasonal
greetings
half
an
ligur
after
it
was
called
to
order.
First
meeting
of
the
1949
1.8
feet
ton
19:55
tish
Columbia
has
cbared
the
in
mis
.'Inner
for
the
road
s
the
railway's
right-of-Ibe
floats.
Arnold
reminded
coun-1
it
had
Informed
flshrr-"r::aiilnMons
that
such
si
m
would
be
necessary
'
months
a
so
and
asked
l'i
aclivelv
.support
the
This.
Mayor
Arnold
said,
it
been
done.
s
1
way
by
agreeing
to
give
Federal
authorities
the
rir-.ht.
to
take
trs.
whatever
action
may
be
person
who
has
to
go
to
hospital
in
the
early
part
of
1949
will
be
admitted
under
the
Hospital
Insurance
Plan
provided
he
can
produce
a
cash
receipt
for
at
least
six
months'
premium
payment.
Persons
who
have
"We
havo
told
Ottawa
to
do
as
they
sje
lit,
saw
attorney
TREMORS
PERSIST
council
will
take
place
on
Man-day,
January
3
with
five
new
members
replacing
those
on
this
year's
municipal
body.
"I
take
this
opportunity
Ho
general
Gordon
Wi.uier.
Earlier,
Saskatchewan
and
Alberta
had
IN
WESTERN
U.S.
0
kESUMES
ESTINE
FIGHT
J
paid
the
required
amount
but
consented
to
Federal
action.
The
Federal
Combines
invest
RENO,
Nevada
Power
teb-phone
lines
were
knocked
down
and
minor
highway
slides
touched
off
by
renewed
earth,
tremors
mislaid
their
receipt,
need
not
worry.
In
their
case
the
hospital
will
be
able
to
check
their
eligibility
with
the
records,
of
the
Hospital
Insurance
Service.
igation
committee
bad
charged
that
five
western
bakeries
in
the
three
provinces
had
a
combine
for
price
fixing.
I
V
'
thank
the
members
of
this
council
for
their
devotion
to
cMity,"
Mayor
Arnold
said.
"We
have
done
a
large
amount
cf'work
during
the-year
and
if
we
have
not
accomplished
all
that
we
set
out
to
do,
it
was
not
becasue
we
did
not
try."
Mayor
Arnold
paid
tribute
to
retiring
aldermen
Robert
McKay,
A.
H.
Nickerson.
Arthur
Brooksbank
and
Ralph
Morin
FOUR
HALIFAX
t:W"S
J1
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t
w;
I
I'M
HDAI),
CP
Iraq's
prime
'r.
Miiahim
Amln
Pac.h-!"ia,v
said
that
Iraqul
''"'sinned
lighting
in
Pal-
"c
said
that
the
govern-ri'lnscd
the
request
from
""cd
Nations'
chief
ob-
Brlgadier
General
Win
''.v
to
accept
a
permanent
"''
ndded
that
he
wait
11
that
an
agreemenl
!
''c
reached
for
the
uni-''"nimand
of
thu
Arab
which
shook
Reno
heavily
today.
Shocks,
apparently
centering
here,
extended
through
Sierras
into
northern
California,
as
far
west
a-s
San
Francisco
and
as
far
south
as
Fresno.
Three
quakes
were
so
severe
that
they
knocked
awry
the
seismograph
at
the
university,
Nevada.
Jeane
tte
WINS
AGAIN
Mis
DAILIES
JOIN
HALIFAX
F'or
reasons
of
economy,
four
Halifax
daily
papers
will
merge
on
January
1st
into
one
morning
and
one
evening;
pauer.
The
Journal
WHEAT
CONTRACT
MAY
BE
EXTENDED
OTTAWA.
'CP'
Agriculture
Minister
Gardiner
said
today
that
the
possibility
of
the
extension
in
the
four-year
Anglo-r.-madian
wheat
contract
was
for
their
efforts
in
behalf
of
the
city
Alderman
Morin
was
absent
from
the
meeting.
A
will
bp
published
at
the
Halifax
Altwcgg
of
Liverpool,
won
the
British
amateur
ice
figure
skating
championship
at
Wembley.
London,
Miss
Barbara
Wyatt
was
second
and
Miss
Bridget
Shirley-Adams
third.
9,000
people
attended
and
Mrs.
Attlee,
wife
of
the
premier,
presented
the
trophies.
Jeanette
Altwegg
is
shown
with
the
trophy
after
her
victory.
SOAP
TRADE
CHINA
LEADERS
MEET
FOR
TALKS
NANKWG,
CP)
From
all
quarters
of
China
today
came
Nationalist
military
leaders
to
talk
war
or
peace
with
Chiang
Kai-Shek.
.The
president,
urged
by
many
to
quit,
has
called
the
con
'Mt:unatiai.
BASKETBALL
KETCHIKAN
AU-Alaska
Champs
I'KlNfE
Itl'I'KKT
HC.
Oiainns
"I
regret
that
come
of
this
council
will
not
be
here
to
serve
again
next
year,"
she
declared.
"We
will
particularly
miss
Alderman
McKay,
whose
service
goes
back
with
only
one
year's
interruption,
to
1943
when
city
coun-il
government
was
re-established."
Alderman
McKay,
Nickerson
and
Brooksbank
then
each
addressed
the
council
briefly.
Herald's
plant.
The
merger
of
the
Halifax
Herald
and
Halifax
Chronicle,
rivals
for
seventy-two
years,
was
announced
yesterday.
Now
the
Chronicle-Herald
today
announced
that
the
Halifax
Mall
affiliated
with
the
Herald
and
the
Halifax
Daily
Star,
affiliated
with
the
Chronicle,
will
form
the
Mail
Star.
'mil
CAKE
Miss
Irene
Podd
CHRISTENING
TOP
OF
ROYAL
at
wo
TIJuLJi
confectioners,
s
McVitie
and
Price's
under
consideration
as
part
of
the
current
negotiations
on
the
1949-50
yheat
price.
He
said
that
the
question
was
whether
Canadian
farmers
can
be
better
served
by
a
cash
settlement
that
would
close
off
the
contract
at
the
end
of
the
four
year
term
or
by
greater
stabil-iy
and
security
which
would
attend
extension.
ference.
On
the
decision
may
The
soap
trade
first
began
to
flourish
In
Europe
during
the
13th
century.
rest
the
future
of
Nationalist
Chnia,
now
beset
on
the
north
PUSDAY,
9
P.M.
K
d
"
b
5.SU
tot
Wednesday.
Hr
crad,,
w.U.
by
conquering
Communists.
uhday;
8
P.M.