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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
PortTrince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest
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no.
59.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
10,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
J
ami
Hviiasair
W
L
A
A
es
His
8
Sonof
Founderof
Republic
Suicides
RESIGNATION
IS
DEMANDED
IVTinister
of
Finance
Under
Fire
in
Commons
London
and
Washington
Stunned
Had
Been
Under
Terrific
Pressure
From
Russia
LONDON
(CP)
Hirfl
foreiVn
affair
nffJnJolc
OTTAWA,
0
Resignation
of
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
was
demanded
during
a
DEATH
OF
WAITRESS
Wife
of
Vancouver
Man
Succumbs
Montreal
Man
Charged
TORONTO
P
Mrs.
Margaret
iMickey)
Meredith,
25-year-old
waitress,
wounded
nine
days
ago
In
a
restaurant
shooting,
died
in
hospital
today.
Police
said
a
murder
charge
had
been
preferred
against
Leslie
Davidson,
Montreal
-
born
pianist.
Her
estranged
husband,
Robert
Meredith
of
Vancouver,
and
stormy
House
session
last
night
following
charges
of
"brazen
of
London
and
Washington
were
stunned
todav
at
U1
mc
news
ui
me
tragic
aeatn
in
Prague
of
Dr
Jan
charges
voiced
by
John
Die-
(
Masaryk,
61-year-old
Czechoslovak
foreign
minister
jrsrsz
sfsf
?
th,e
republ-iC(
w
appa?nr
Mr.
Abbott's
announcement
of
mted
S.U1lde
today
by
JumP"g
Om
a
third-
(iES
MEETS
NEW
CABINET
Worried
and
harassed
i
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n
.
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resident
tauuaiu
di
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s
biiuwii
in
conversa-
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ma
OHlCiai
I
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'
RAW
GVnlcn
fnvna
V.
.
.
.
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XT
.
Communist
Premier
Klement
Oottwald
as
the
latter
'
rdence
in
Prague.
emhpr
in
n.
nicMdent
to
formally
present
the
new
all-Communist
u
t
:
their
son,
Bobby,
were
close
at
hand
at
the
time
of
her
death.
Prague.
Benes,
long-time
champion
of
Czech
democ-vd
fina!lv
beneath
the
overwhelmimt
Commnnlkt
l
id
reluctantly
accepted
the
new
cabinet,
at
the
same
i.iR
out
lor
some
vestiges
oi
po'i.cai
freedom
for
the
NEW
PENSION
BILL
COMING
OTTAWA
0
With
a
house
Ahwf
vT
V"'"6C1U
Anthony
Eden,
former
British
T,nJ
-
T
a
grffe
lore1
secretary
d
a
close
advance
in
Parhamentary
r
hfe.
fricnd
0?
M,sai5.k
aid;
CecU
aiern:
Progressive
-
Con-
'
a
gfeat
tragedy,
llz
gave
hU
f;
MfH-'
BUfrard-
1Ue
in
the
cause
ot
freedom-called
caued
for
Mr.
Abbotts
res.gna-,
state
Department
officals
in
Sntmv
C"e!
f
YU'
Washington
doubted
if
it
was
Thank
You,
from
the
finance
a
case
of
suicide.
They
gave
no
ts"er-
!
credence
to
a
purported
pro-
Col.
Merritt
said
that
the
Communist
statement
by
Masa-mlnister
should
resign
so
that
ryk,
expressing
the
opinion
that
the
constitution
would
be
res-
he
had
been
actually
held
a
pected
in
a
country
where
there
prisoner.
was
respect
of
the
constitution.
An
official
announcement
in
The
minister
should
resign
i
Prague
said
that
investigations
committee
to
be
set
up
on
various
affairs
now
approved
by
Parliament,
Veterans
Minister
Milton
F.
Gregg
announces
that
the
government
proposes
to
place
U.S.
WARSHIPS
NEAR
BLAST
However,
No
Casualties
to
Americans
At
Tsingtao
SHANGHAI
0
United
States
Navy
sources
said
there
were
no
immediate
reports
of
casualties
among
American
personnel
aboard
the
UJ5.S.
Estes,
flagship
of
the
American
Western
Pacific
fleet,
and
a
hospital
ship,
the
Repose,
which
were
tied
up
at
docks
within
half
a
mile
of
a
Chinese
ammunition
dump
which
blew
up
at
Tsingtao
yesterday.
The
explosion
was
set
off
by
an
undetermined
cause
and
swept
an
area
east
of
the
docks,
leaving
a
mass
of
blackened
ruins
in
a
wide
sector.
Fires
TGUARD
LIFE
SAVING
SERVICE
1
FORBY
PRINCE
RUPERT
MLA
if
(
iRIA
Case
for
a
coastguard
service
on
the
'jToluml'ia
coast
was
brought
up
by
W.
H.
,(r.F.
member
for
Prince
Rupert,
speaking
in
ilature
yesterday
in
the
debate,
in
reply
to
iff.
from
the
Throne.
i'.::?
of
claims
of
excessive
cost
of
such
a
legislation
increasing
veterans'
pensions
before
the
committee
within
the
next
day
or
so
and
obtain
first
reading
of
an
enabling
bill.
automatically,
he
said,
after
it
were
proceeding.
Attributing
his
was
shown
he
had
breached
the
constitution.
death
to
illness
and
insomnia,
it
added
that
the
statesman
had
probably
decided
to
end
his
life
"in
a
moment
of
nervous
disturbance."
Msmbers
of
the
family
said
he
had
been
having
spells
of
depression.
In
London
Gen.
Lev
Prchala.
Five
Power
BULLETINS
"Iloyment
AlRBANKS
service,
Mr.
Brett
declared
that
the
value
of
saving
human
lives
should
not
be
measured
in
dollars
and
cents.
Agi
reement
A
i
leader
of
the
Czech
movement
resisting
the
communist
regime
raged
for
two
hours.
The
matter
should
be
brought
UNDOING
BIG
NAZI
SABOTAGE
JOB
IN
GREECE
The
opcniiiR.
clearing
up
and
deepening
of
the
Corinth
Canal
is
one
of
the
major
projects
undertaken
by
the
U.S.
mission
for
aid
to
Greece
program.
When
the
Germans
withdrew
from
Greece,
they
did
a
good
job
of
blocking
the
canal
by
blowing
up
bridges,
blasting
millions
of
tons
of
rock
and
earth
Into
the
cut
and
running
in
70
railroad
carriages
and
several
locomotives.
Two
big
dredgers
are
shown
at
work
in
Athens
at
the
clearing
Job.
When
the
r.s-
Approximately
in
Prague,
said
London
exiles
Accord
Reached
On
All
Important
Points
At
Brussels,
It
Is
Declared
forcibly
to
the
attention
of
Ot
tawa
with
pressure
for
the
in
i
persons
are
un-Fairbunks,
Alaska.
'
but
others
lie
tlgure
continues
stitution
of
the
service
In
which
naa
neara
tnat
Masaryk
was
"under
terrific
pressure
to
bring
him
into
line"
with
the
communist
government.
navy
and
fishery
patrol
services
BRUSSELS
0
Agreement
in
principle
'
has
been
reached
on
canal
is
put
back
in
commission
it
will
shorten
journeys
from
li
actically
the
same.
miht
co-operate.
There
had
been
several
lncl
Informed
of
reports
that
had
taker!
-
hi
own
life,
all
outstanding
,
points
of
t
the
I
yle
western.
Mediterranean
b
y
36
hour
proposed
"western
union"
treaty
Fernand
Van
Langehove,
chief
.
WWwhkWmwwhw
WOULD
PROBE
RED
COt'P
LAKE
SUCCESS
Dr.
Jan
Papanek,
Czechoslovak
delegate
to
the
United
Nations,
demanded
today
that
the
United
Nations
security
council
investigate
the
communist
coup
in
Czechoslovakia.
BRISCOE
IS
FIXED
VANC
OUVERBecau.se
of
an
ulcer,
Edison
Brian
Briscoe,
convicted
of
retaining
a
stolen
fishboat,
was
yesterday
given
option
of
a
$2500
fine
to
serving
a
three-year
sentence
in
penitentiary.
Mr.
Justice
Man-son
had
imposed
the
fine
after
dents
of
late
around
Prince
Rupert
emphasizing
the
necessity
of
Frchala
said.
"Suicide?
It
is
pos
sible."
SAM
DESCHAMPS
(STEWART,
DEAD
Believed
to
Have
Been
Killed
in
Fall
at
Lonely
Trapper's
Cabin
STEWART
Sam
Deschamps,
veteran
prospector
and
trapper.
y
IE
ADS
10
WIN
:
:
TOD
A
TS
STOCKS
:
:
Courcesy
S.
D.
Jonnston
Co.
Ltd.
a
coastguard
service
and
one
of
these
cited
by
Mr.
Brett
was
the
wreck
of
the
Clarksdale
Victory
on
the
west
coast
of
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
with
loss
of
forty-
New
Manager
of
Traffic
is
Named
Belgian
delegate
to
the
current
five
power
conference,
told
reporters
today.
Pierre
Wolvinger,
Luxembourg
delegate,
said
it
was
understood
articles
drafted
today
Included
provisions
for
mutual
assistance
machinery
for
settlement
of
disagreements
arising
among
the
five
powers
and
economic
was
found
uead
at
his
trapline
MONTREAL
Appointment
.
5AVOY5
!
Vancouver
Bialorne
9.50
eight
lives.
"Recent
happenings
on
the
of
George
H.
Sheridan
as
traffic
manager
with
system
juris-
field
baskets
and
I
,
coast,
coast,
eni;
entailing
the
loss
of
many
being
told
that
a
prison
term
!
diction,
Canadian
National
Ex-
gs
forcibly
to
light
the
jl
.
.
tl.s
":'
a
UjU1
of
28
!
lives,
brin
.J
Lirn.n.
Co-op
for-appalling
ff
"
hi
team
to
a
ciluiPS
oll
B.
R.
Con
B.
R.
X
Cariboo
Quartz
Dentonia
Grull
Wihksnc
Hedley
Mascot
Min
to
03!
2
.07
1.80
ll'i
.70
.02
lack
of
coastguard
fa-this
coast."
Brett
said.
victory
over
its
mn.
t
,..
-.,..,.,
ih.
,
ii
uiuai
u)u
vLta
vv
'
1
s
Savoys,
in
lat
seriousness
of
the
situation
and
t
basketball
nlav.
.,..,..
.
.
.u-
.ni,na.
press,
was
announced
here
by
F.
N.
Wiggins,
general
manager
of
the
company.
Mr.
Sheridan
will
make
his
headquarters
at
Montreal.
He
succeeds
C.
W.
Smith,
recently
appointed
superintendent
of
air
and
foreign
traffic.
Toronto
Athona
07
Aumaque
..
.20
Beattie
:
G6
Bevcourt
40
Bubjo
.15
Buffalo
Canadian
11U
Consol.
Smelters
94.50
Conwest
86
Donalda
:
.
.78
Eldona
81
Elder
50
Giant
Yellowknlfe
....
4.40
God's
Lake
70
Hardrock
15
Harricana
06
V
Heva
13
Hosco
32'i
Jacknife
044
Joliet
Quebec
35
',4
lion
oi
a
ieaerai
cuumei.
iiim-
f
K'li
ia
the
leagu
isU,r."
Pend
Oreille
2.40
Pioneer
3.35
Premier
Border
04'j
Privateer
25
Reeves
McDonald
1.25
might
endanger
riscoe's
life.
Briscoe
was
convicted
in
Prince
Rupert
and
lost
an
appeal
in
Vancouver.
THRONE
SPEECH
ADOPTED
OTTAWA
The
House
of
Commons
voted
107
to
95
late
Tuesday
to
adopt
the
address
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
signifying
endorsement
of
the
government's
legislative
program
and
policies
in
general.
The
vote
brought
a
lengthy
Throne
Speech
debate
to
a
close.
,
,
I
The
Prince
Rupert
member
s..o(hii:k
brought
said
lnc
srheme
should
be
liii;
final
quar-
od
oul
through
the
assistance
1'i-a
built
up
a.t
of
lhc
or
lhe
fLsherics
de-
.10
r
i
Reno
Salmon
cabin
on
Bear
Lake
about
nine
miles
from
Stewart
last
week.
D.
D.
Kimball,
who
found
the
body,
said
he
went
to
the
cabin
and
found
it
open
but
no
sign
of
Deschamps.
On
looking
around
outside
he
found
the
body
at
the
gable
end
of
the
cabin
almost
underneath
a
15-foot
ladder
and
with
his
snow
shovel
alongside.
"
Without
disturbing
anything
Kimball
hiked
to
Stewart
and
reported
to
Constable
George
Nelson
of
the
provincial
police.
The
constable,
accompanied
by
Kimhall,
proceeded
to
the
lake
to
investigate
.
and
brought
the
body
to
town.
From
observations
made
at
the
scene
it
would
appear
that
Deschamps
had
been
clearing
snow
from
the
roof
and
had
fallen
from
the
ladder,
striking
his
head
on
a
projecting
stringer.
Two
dogs
owned
by
Des-
Gold
Sheep
Creek
1.00
1
't-'u
tiic
marksman
-:
I
'-11
Holkestad.
f'i'M
quarter
saw
MILLIONS
IN
TAX
REFUNDS
To
Be
Paid
to
Canadians
During
Next
Couple
of
Weeks
OTTAWA
0
In
checks
ranginglrom
one
cent
to
hundreds
of
dollars,
the
federal
treasury
is
going
to
rid
itself
of
more
than
$93,000,000
In
the
next
two
weeks.
Revenue
Department
officials
say
that
between
March
15
and
31
individual
Canadians
will
receive
$57,347,425
as
compulsory
savings
refunds
on
their
1942
Income
tax.
They
will
receive
another
$5,162,524
in
interest.
In
the
same
period
corporations
will
have
$31,200,000
refunded.
jiartment.
Mr.
Brett
also
called
attention
to
the
"exhorbitant"
rates
set
by
the
Transport
Board
for
emergency
calls
of
transporting
sick
people
from
remote
districts
to
Prince
Rupert
and
asked
for
an
easing
of
the
f
'K
by
six
points,
a
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
10
063,i
ATTACKS
UPON
BRITISH
STOP
JERUSALEM
0
One
of
principal
points
in
the
new
agreement
between
Hagana
and
Ir-gun
Zvai
Leumi
for
the
mutual
defence
of
the
Jews
in
Palestine
against
the
Arabs
is,
according
to
an
authoritative
source,
the
promise
of
Irgun
to
halt
immediately
attacks
upon
British
forces
now
in
process
of
withdrawing
The
merger
between
the
two
Taylor
Bridge
Taku
River
VaVnancla
Congress
Paeilic
Eastern
..
Iledlty
Amalg.
...
Spud
Valley
Centra!
Zeballos
Silbak
Premier
..
.45
!
j
.55
.16
.03
.05
.03
.15
01
(i
.45
f"'C..
:.i
Df-riml
H,mr.
Little
Long
Lac
1.20
Lynx
..
'3
live
noinl.s
unH
h.
10
'sner
tu
une
point.
quarter
was
strict:
v
P-d
a
Liiiftuiif.-
ci.
Dewey
Wins
In
Primary
Shows
Strength
In
New
Hampshire
For
Presidential
Nomination
CONCORD,
New
Hampshire
01
Oils
A
:k(()
up
10
oi
the
is
P.
Con
is
f
d
b-v
Co-op
before
"ere
In
such
condition
Jewish
forces
is
said
to
?"mP
Uunii"
the
same
P'V
scor,
H
mil.,
i
Calmont
45
C
&
E
4.00
Foothills
3.50
Home
6.15
THE
WEATHER
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.00
McKenzie
Red
Lake
..
.53
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.33
Moneta
35
Negus
2.44
Noranda
44.50
Louvicourt
1.27
Pickle
Crow
2.15
Regcourt
07
San
Antonio
4.15
Senator
Rouyn
52
Sherrit
Gordon
1.96
Steep
Rock
2.05
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
29
throws.
have
been
worked
out
and
details
are
expected
to
be
ready
for
ratification
by
the
two
or-
Winn
last
night
is
-Governor
Thomas
E.
Dewey
of
"'lVf
-t
a
season.
-,l
at
Tel
Aviv
iNew
York
won
the
first
round
Stations
fJ-
Holkcstad
might
unaer
ine
agreement
irgun
would
retain
its
own
organiza-
cynopwi
With
clear
skies
over
most
oi
the
province
last
night
temperatures
dropped
below
normal.
A
few
degrees
of
frost
were
reported
at
several
coastal
points
while
stations
in
the
interior
o-avp
readines
near
zero.
In
Old
Picture
of
Interest
Found
Alex
MacKenzle,
Sixth
Avenue
West,
recently
found
In
his
home
an
Interesting
souvenir
of
the
spring
of
1914,
when
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Hallway
construction
was
close
to
completion.
This
was
a
photo
showing,
a
group
of
rallw-ay
men
standing
around
a
couple
of
steam
shovels,
opposite
each
other,
lacing
presumably
east
and
west,
and
at
a
point
near
Fraser
Lake
in
Central
British
Columbia.
The
time
was
April,
1914.
It
was
here
that
the
steel
was
joined.
Some
of
the
men
in
the
picture
may
possibly
be
recognized
by
old
timers.
LOW
PRICE
COMPLAINT
Submission
in
Reverse
at
Parliamentary
Probe
OTTAWA
PThc
Ontario
creased
cloudiness
is
expected
in
the
ballot
box
fight
for
the
Republican
presidential
nomination.
The
New
York
governor
swept
six
of
eight
delegates
in
the
New
Hampshire
presidential
primary,
the
first
in
the
1948
campaign
and
one
that
politicians
held
important
from
a
psychological
standpoint,
showing
strength
in
both
rural
and
urban
areas.
Dewey
beat
back
the
challenge
of
Harold
E.
Stasscu.
the
only
other
announced
Republican
candidate
to
enter
a
full
slate.
tion
and
officers
under
Hagana's
over-all
direction.
Ben
Sampson
Found
'Different'
People
Ben
Sampson,
local
pioneer
who
left
the
city
three
months
ago
to
spend
the
winter
in
California
after
selling
his
business
interest
here,
returned
to
the
city
this
morning.
"They
are
a
riiiferent
kind
of
people
down
there."
he
said.
"I
like
Prince
Rupert
best."
f-a
tie
kept
it
Up
in
I'l'Jarter.
During
the
..
I
Periods.
Holkcstad
"
f
'y
cue
more
than
I
1,1
the
same
time.
JhkesU"'
did
not
score
'
FA
III
urf'
whirl)
made
a
Jnl
li
Internuii-
suth"1!
u,ert'by
ff'
Wit
point
by
de-f,'0
f
Vu
-
AliS
Ml
,
,
Bankers'
Association,
charging
1
that
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
:
over
the
western
portion
of
the
province
for
tomorrow
with
clear
cold
weather
persisting
over
the
remainder
of
Britinh
Columbia.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Inter-miilpnt.
ruin
todav.
cloudv
with
that
they
had
to
be
destroyed.
The
last
date
in
his
diary
was
February
5
so
it
is
believed
he
had
lain
all
that
time
before
the
oody
was
discovered
and
the
dogs
had
been
without
food
for
the
same
period.
As
the
constable
and
Kimball
started
for
town
it
commenced
to
snow
heavily
and
they
had
a
hard
time
getting
in.
Several
volunteers
from
town
went
out
and
helped
them
break
the
last
three
miles
to
town.
Meantime
this
snowfall,
a
mere
three
feet,
blocked
the
road
to
the
Premier
mine
and
the
doctor
has
been
unable
to
get
to
town
to
make
an
examination
of
the
body.
A
coroner's
inquiry
will
be
held
as
soon
as
the
doctor
can
get
to
town.
Mr.
Deschamps
had
been
over
35
years
1n
Stewart
and
was
on,
the
village
commissioners
board
at
one
time.
He
was
born
in
Essex
County,
Ontario,
June
1,
1872.
Deceased
is
survived
by
a
nephew,
Sam
J.
Deschamps,
residing
in
Detroit
and
a
cousin
Mrs.
L.
Stansfield,
Armstrong.
Arrangements
for
interment
were
in
the
hands
of
H.
Stew-
grocery
chain
was
selling
bread
at
a
loss,
called
upon
the
Hous
of
Commons
price
investigation
committee
for
a
"thorough
in-
into
the
alleged
showers
Thursday,
wind
south-
j
vesication"
ftn
milnu
rr
Mmlrl
I
.ll.MP-
WESTERN
POWERS'
AGGRESSION
SEEN
At
Least
That
Is
What
Russia
Purports
to
Observe
In
Western
Europe
MOSCOW
0'
Russia
declares
that
the
western
powers
are
trying
to
build
up
a
military
potential
in
the
Ruhr
to
"turn
western
Europe
into
a
strategic
base
for
American
Imperialism
in
Europe
with
the
purpose
of
aggression
against
the
Union
of
Socialist
Soviet
Republics."
A
note,
made
public
after
being
sent
to
United
States,
Britain
and
France,
does
not
say
what
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
March
U.
1948
Higli
1:59
20.1
feet
13:57
20.5
feet
Low
7:58
5.4
feet
30:10
3.6
feet
(
I
1
'
-
U
'li.'
J
.
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
34
and
45,
Massett
36
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
36
and
45.
I'M
(111
P.M.
p
Four)
I-
Despite
earlier
A
and
P.
evidence
that
It
was
making
a
profit
on
a
loaf
retailing
for
10
cents,
C.
M.
Ruttan
of
Toronto,
Bakers'
Association
secretary-treasurer,
contended
before
the
committee
that
the
company
was
using
bread
as
a
"loss
leader."
Mr.
Ruttan
said,
however,
that
he
could
not
give
the
com
IN
MKMOKIAM
'"""y
of
Mrs.
Mary
A.
MacRae
who
ill)V"ig
m
r
:
F'l
aa
,.
'
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
Ih
1".
i
y
to.
J.
O.
Cunningham,
provincial
Game
'Commissioner,
arrived
in
the
city
011
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
to
attend
the
annual
dinner
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rod
and
Gun
Club
which
will
be
held
tonight.
,
HiRlTl'DlNE
government
mittee
evidence
his
claim.
J.
A.
AND
FAMILY.
BASED
ON
COAST
H.M.C.S.
"Cayuga,"
first
of
the
Tribal
class
destroyers
to
be
based
hi
JEsauimalC
in
support
oi
action
the
Soviet
Intends
to
take.
fart,.-tooa4-Mndefteker.
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