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B.
C.
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
30,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
uxoBnq
i
cm
o
War
long
n!tdl
v;
fc
-.
1
bxtraordinary
Powers
onterred
un
Governor
Sky
Ddtd
Asiatic
Aven
s
ttln
Far
Kast
Iking
Strengthened
To
Put..
HONG
KONG
(CP)-This
British
crown
colony,
faced
with
the
possibilty
of
a
general
strike,
today
gave
its
governor
virtual
war
powers
to
use
at
his
dis-j
cretion.
Emergency
regulations
were
published
em
Teeth
In
Anti-LommuTiism
VASHINGTON
D.C.
(CP'
The
United
States
:?r
.ft
A
OPENING
OF
NEW
ROAD
IN
SUMMER
The
01-mile
new
highway
from
Jake's
Corner
connecting
the
mining
town
of
AUin
with
the
Alaska
Highway
and
the
out.side,
which
was
recently
opened
to
traffic,
will
be
of
j.v
reported
to
be
shaping
a
vigorous
new
pol-;lt,l-t.(1
by
u
itrenglhened
Asiatic
fleet
to
block
a.;id
of
Communism
in
the
Far
Kast.
iie
United
States
Navy
said
that
the
25,000-ton
.five
plane
aircraft
carrier
Boxer
and
two
de-
have
been
dispatched
the
seventh
Ta.sk
Bulkley
Dropping
Situation
At
Quick
Eased
Improving
situation
and
noth
DUKE
AND
PRINCESS
INSPECT
U.S.
SHIP-Princess
Elizabeth
is
shown
with
U.S.
Vice
Admiral
John
J.
Ballentine,
as
she
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
(on
left
behind
the
Princess
,
inspect
the
17,000-ton
heavy
cruiser
U.S.S.
Des
Moines
at
Malta
in
the
Mediterranean.
Vice
Adm.
Ballentine
commands
the
Sixth
Task
Force
fieet
of
the
United
States
navy.
ing
"'g
10
to
worry
'Ty
about
about
was
was
the
the
a-.!
advice
received
today
by
E.
T
npp.eviiuy,e,
ivi.r
lor
Skeena
from
Len
Evans
with
whom
he
since
last
night.
Some
trains
communicated
by
long
distance
wt
re
almost
three
days
iate.
Tele-after
reading
newspaper
reporU
graph
communications
have
been
yesterday
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
routed
over
United
States
lines
t
town
of
Quick
being
almost
cut
to
by-puss
lnteiior
areas
but
ficially
opened
next
summer.
It
has
been
announced.
Financed
by
federal
and
provincial
proprlatlons,
this
road
was
recently
completed
by
the
Canadian
Army
which
will
undertake
to.
keep
it
open
the
year
around.
Its
building
has
given
the
camp
of
AUin
a
new
lease
on
life.
Snow
Flurries
But
Still
Cold
Long
before
daybreak
today
there
was
a
light
snow
flurry.
What
the
weather
is
going
to
do
continues
to
keep
people
guess
ing,
although
continued
cold
is
gjij
officially
predicted.
The
low-
est
official
overnight
thermometer
reading
was
13
above
between
1
and
4
a.m.
At
noon
today,
in
spite
of
bright
sunshine,
It
was
19
above
the
warmest
for
2
or
3
days.
-
were
feared
because
of
sh
illovy
.
frost
in
the
ground.
Rains
caused
power
failures
in
the
Fraser
Valley
and
Chilliwael:.
A;;assiz
and
Hope
were
blacked
out.
for
four
hours.
All
highways
east
of
Vancvu-
vr.-
were
blocked
until
today.
The
Cariboo
road
Is
st
the
new
Ilope-Prii
and
the
main
roa
between
a.i
-
r,mv0r
and
HoDC
W?re
OU(
SMrroS
ijoiumoia,
siue-
'
i
wlIjea
a
wesLDouna
passengc
train
from
Toronto,
'ine
pas-
jsenser
train
was
carrying
a
num-
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Wb'ATHER
Synopsis
Really
cold
air
is
pouring
out.
of
the
Yukon
over
all
of
B.C.
today
and
all
indications
are
that
the
province
is
in
for
several
days
of
unusually
low
temperatures.
There
wilt
be
snow
flurries
today
and
tomorrow
in
the
Vancouver
Island
lower
land
areas
as
well
as
the
more
mountainous'-
sections
in
the
interior.
Skies
tonight
though
will
be
mostly
cle
ar
which
will
allow
very
rapid
co
oling.
Strong
vinds
are
being
reuortcd
down
ihe
mamiand
as
the
cold.,?
ejr
moves
n.om
Ule
interior
towards
the
coast.
Forecast
North
.
Coast
legioii
Cloudy
with
a
few
snow
flurries
today.
Clear
and
very
cold
tonight
and
Saturday.
Northeast
winds,
20
miles
per
hour,
occasionally
reaching
35
miles
down
the
mainland
inlets.
Lows
tonight
anrl
lllnhm
liimnmnu
At
Pnrt
f
lift
r
006S
Uf'
HriQ
fttift
Down
IVIIU
UUbJ
The
two
cent
drop
in
the
price
of
chocolate
bars
as
announced
yesterday,
is
effective
January
1
but
at
least,
one
local
store
here
j
is
now
selling
these
-chocolate
covered
sweets
at
five
cents.
Announcement
that
a
20-
i
i
cigarette
package
price
will
be
I
lipped
one
cent
coincided
with
the
eiUlciy
bar
manufacturer's
re-
1.
o
1
-1
-
uurl
ul
a
V1
"'-ciease.
The
increase,
according
to
the
eastern
report,
is
effective
im-
mediately
but
up
to
the
present
j
time
most
retail
merchants
have
j
ot
received
specific
word
as
to
the
price
on
me
010
s
ock.
mw
shipment
of
the
smoke-bearing
luxury
will
undoubtedly
be
priced
at
a
one-cent
increase.
off
as
a
result
of
ice
blocking
the
nver.
TJie
word
received
by
Mr.
Applewhaile'
was
that
the
river
was
plugged
with
ice
for
a
distance
of
eight
miles
immediacy
below
Quick
but
the
level
of
the
water
had
fallen
three
feet
which
made
the
situation
less
perilous,
Nolaninge
had
been
donr-Mr.
Evans
assured
Mr.
Applewhaite.
The
Post
Office
and
store
at
Quick
had
Ik
en
surrounded
with
water
but
It
had
not
entered
the
premises.
Veteran
Coast
take
steps
to
meet
attack
authorized
to
requisition
Dead
and
Dying
Wreck'
Was
ti!
!
...
1
nornoie
CALGARY,
if:
Thirty-five
persons
are
in
hospital
and
24
are
suffering
from
injuries
fol-
,
.
,
,
.
.
.
.
wing
yesterday
s
traxn
wrcc
at
Southeast,
railway
siding
93
miles
southeast
of
Calgary,
one
of
the
Worsl
wrecks
in
Alberta's
history.
One
man
was
killed.
',
Of
those
in
hospital,
two
are
reported
in
very
poor
condition,
six
as
fairi
and
six
B,
very
it,ri.
I
ous:
'
:
The
train
disaster
occurred
in
J
20
degree
below
zero
weather.
An
eastboimd
Cnnadlan
Pacific
Hail-Ifay
express
train
from
Vancou
ver,
Behind
schedule
Decause
ot
C.P.H."
linemert"
enfbQtC'
1
10
Vancouver
lo
ncip
lepa.r
Orn
ish
Columbia's
disrupted
communication
system.
Reid
B.
Ilelfuniun
of
Moose
Jaw,
Saskatchewan,
one
of
the
'linemen,
died
of
Injuries
before
jrcuchtnic
hospital.
'
,
Capt.
J.
W.
Turner,
dental
officer
of
tin1
cruiser
II.M.C.S.
On-(tiirio
at
Fsquimalt,
returning
to
i
the
coast
from
Christmas
leave
at
Niagara
Falls,
Ontario,
sar:
i"lhe
scene
at
the
wreck
was
hor-Irible."
1
Workmen
Hurt
;In
Explosions
i
VANCOUVER
Seven
workmen
were
injured
yesterday
in
I
two
separate
explosions
in
Erit-lsh
Columbia
Electric
Co.
plants.
iOnc
Is
dead.
J
Five
were
injured
in
a
Hash
j
explosion
In
a
purifier
in
the
Car-1
rail
Street
gasworks
and
two
suffered
burns
In
a
blast
In
a
Dlaok-'
smith
plant
at
the
Kitsiiano
shops.
Clifford
Humphrey,
onu
of
the
men
injured
In
the
gasworks,
'died
today.
of
powering
the
governor
to
or
internal
disorder.
He
is
manpower
ana
property,
Dan
strikes
and
lock-outs
In
essen-j
tial
services
ana
utilise
extra-!
ordinary
police
powers
that
would
put
the
colony
on
a
war
footing.
The
governor
may
also
ban
seditious
meetings,
prohibit
meetings
Ukeiy
to
cause
dls-1
turbances,
detain
or
expel
any
person
from
the
colony,
search
premises,
vehicles,
planes
and
ships.
!
All
types
of
traffic
are
placed
under
his
rigid
control.
Publication
of
the
regula.
tions
came
as
the
colony
suffer-
tri
from
a
rash
of
labor
diffi-
cuiues
wnicn
may
aeveiop
m-
to
a
general
strike.
A
iaixf
British
garrison
is
here
and
crews
of
naval
ves
-
sels
stationed
at
Hong
Kong
have
been
placed
on
the
alert
to
operate
key
services.
Workers
aie
amanding
in-
creases
of
three.
Hong
Kong
dol
-
lars
(about
05c)
)
a
day.
M
f2fliJf
fi
I
fffV
XkUSS
'
II
IJJLJ
RZS
g
?irf
rt
'
rr.
P
'uirwirn
'"ibit
VANCOIYER
The
battle
against
snow
and
slides
on
the
Lower
Mainland
moved
into
Central
British
Columbia
today
along
line
of
the
government-operated
I'acific
Great
Eastern
Kailway.
No
traiii'i
are
moving
on
the
P.G.K.
and
f.-.iw
ranges
up
to
five
feel
along
the
line..
Powdery
snow
fell
in
many
coastal
districts
during
the
morn-ins
and
more
snow
is
expected
later
in
the
day
with
the
cold
wave
descending
over
the
province
rinr-the
night.
Flood
and
frost-broken
roads
on
Vancouver
Island
have
become
more
treacherous
following
snowfalls
of
from
inch
at
Victoria
to
live
inches
at
Port
Alberni,
135
miles
northwest
of
the
capital.
KF.COGNIZF.S
COMMUNISTS
.
.NLW
UKI.HI
India
today
recognized
the
Chinese
Com-1111:
.-,'st
government
and
said
diplomatic
relations
with
Chiang
Kai
Sink's
nationalist
regime
would
cease
immediately.
India's
next
door
neighbor
and
former
sister
in
the
Hi
itish
colonial
empire,
Burma,
has
also
recognized
the
Peiping
government
and
turned
her
back
rn
Chiang
Kai
Slick.
The
Nationalist
government
of
China
has
,in
turn,
broken
off
with
India.
APPEAL
IS
DENIED
VANCOUVER
Appeal
of
William
Worrohrc
against
a
death
sentence
for
murder
has
been
denied.
Execution
is
scheduled
for
January
28.
Young
Couple's
Frost
Ordeal
Pilot
Is
Dead
Would
Oust
Nationalists
LAKE
SUCCESS
ft
The
Rus-iiiin
Soviet
Ukraine
took
the
first
step
today
to
oust
the
Chinese
Nationalist
delegation
from
the
United
Nations
Security
council.
Jakob
A.
Malik,
Soviet
deputy
foreign
minister,
and
Andre
Y.
Calagan
of
the
Ukraine
told
the
11
-member
council
in
a
surprise
move
that
their
gov
(foment
did
not
recognize
the
Rationalist
ueiegate,
Jr.
nngu
'
Tsiang,
as
representative
of
j
",c
nine.sc
peopic.
1
,
Very
Heavy
I
Earthquake
'
!
,
MANILA
earthquake
'
,v,i,,
..i..i
t,i,:,i,.;
t
,
A
woman
was
drowned
by
seismic
sea
waves
at
the
town
of
Mercedes
n
uuitt,,
w
iiii
eigm,
passengers,
ci.pshcd
near,
the
Manila
ferry
but
nil
were
reported
saved.
In
the
town
of
Naguilan,
250
miles
northeast
of
Manila,
a'
jeep
was
reported
swallowed
up
by
a
fissure.
Several
nearby
town
were
Wialed
by
land-
slides.
New
President
Of
C.N.R.
To
Be
Heard
MONTREAL
Donald
Qordon
rli
i
leenmno
i
Vin
H
lit
1P
ftf
I
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"
.
7
p
in
rmnn
nnil
nreslnnnt
01
me
Canadian
National
system
on
Nl,w
year-s
Day
wm
make
his
fu.st
puhllc
address
to
the
mem-
k,.,
f
I
!-,
CnnnHliin
Mjllninl
Fymllv
on
a
c.B.c.
eature
broadcast
entitled
"Railway
Life,"
over
the
trans-Canada
network,
on
January
1.
at
7.30
'
to
8
p.m..
Pacific
time
I
III"
II
lUIM'U
WIU
JT
lllliJllli;
AO-
1
-.-r..."
v.-.-.w.
w
..
.
....
.
again
today
although
dangerous
an()s
yestcrdity
was
rated
at
Hardy
20
and
30,
Sandspit
vvith
ce.
I
Intensity
Seven.
Tlrat
is
the
15
and
25,
Prince
Rupert
10
and
On
Vancouver
Island,
Soot;",
!
third
heaviest
on
tlfc
earth-'
aild
a0-near
Victoria,
is
virtually
isolated
j
quake
scale.
Vancouver
Is
Storm-Lashed
Moods
Threat
Easing
in
Lower
mainland
ami
Vancouver
Island
',
VANCOUVER
(P
A
wave
of
:okl
air,
moving
down
over
Finn
hern
British
Columbia
yes
terday,
brought
relief
from
heavy
grains,
sleet,
snow
and
snovslides
'as
cievs
arc
Working
to
restore
;
to
normal
rail
and
highway
communications
and
telegraph,
,
telephone
and
power
services.
Fourteen
passenger
trains
stalled
oa
main
lin.rs
started
moving
in
scrvi:e
is
being
maintained
only
witn
(iiincuiiy.
Ila'my
winds,
heavy
with
rain,
v
hieh
blew
through
British
Columbia
during
Wednesday,
caused
more
floods
and
power
failures,
rave-Ins
and
slides
as
the
prov-
tiice
re(.rl
from
the
most
frjak-I'-h
v.epliicr
it
has
experienc?c;
in
r.
TMJ
-yrars.
'
1
At
Qualiciim
Deach
on
Vancouver
Island
dr
iving
ruins
caved'
i
l
a'i
embankment
and
sent
tons
of
earth
and
rock
cashing
dov.
n
or.
an
unoccupied
summer
rot
lag",
ptiMilng
it
more
than
forty
f-et.
Taii
inches
of
rain
fell.
Wind
hit.
51
miles
p-r
how:
ii
vanrouvr.
an
,
Miunpcu
ur,
.,
0)-l)Ot
ClirisllliaS
lice
111
VIC-
lory
Square.-
H'.'i'Up-rating
slowly
from
Ihe
iinprecedliit-d
.snowstorm
Ihut
laid
a
three-fool
blanket
iiml
piled
drifts
fifl.-en
feet,
high,
winds
and
rains
had
nieai't
Hoot's
and
silver
thaws.
The
snow
1
level
at
Summerluud
on
Okan-
ugan
Lake,
about
3U0
miles
cast
or
Vuncouvrr.
dropped
onc-and-
a-half
feet
In
ten
hours
during
,
Wednesday
niuht
but.
with
the
j
The
las(
qllartrr
v
as
a
crowd
thriller
and
Prince
Rupert
re-
thcmselvcs
,pm.lves
'
with
a
......
.
,
'
m.nu
cs
to
go
ht
E
IKs
radmB
by
a
aM
,
the
M-3J
Jun
.ing
points
to
two
for
the
,
.
H.
y
W.
nrin"
Was
as
IlUl
Ja
i
;
:
r
r
-
h(lutlful
bas-
in
the
nex..
.
uo.
;
'nd
Ws
"
ten
point
drive
in
J
h,
plugged
Prince
3
the
nuupiJii"-"-jneement
of
tills
shift
a
session
between
"t
Truman
and
top
mil--d
diplomatic
strategists,
il
power
late
yesterday
m
of
the
National
Sec--juncil
would
not
say
as
on
but
it
is
known
....!
hfivp
nrenared
a
of
Asiatic
policy
lor
'!
annroval
lope
Best
m
Maker
rwoOD
i'
Bob
JUyi
lib
pal,
Bing
Crosby,
lvr
1
movie
money-making
IS49.
Motion
picture
cx-o!
I'no
United
5.'jt's
:
rhok-e
in
a
poll
by
th?
?ic
urc
ilcia'.d,
trade
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Captain
George
William
Kobart.s,
known
up
iind
down
tlw
coast
as
"King
of
British
Columbia
sea
pilots,"
died
Wednesday
at
his
home
here.
He
was
77
5
ears
of
aye.
Called
Tlic
Skipper"
by
his
shipping
friends,
Capt.
Robarts
w.
s
a
coast
pilot
for
thirty-one
h,
r,.r..
lii
retirement
in
Si
pt'
inher
1041.
He
arrived
In
nrrival
of
cooler
temperatures,
it
Vancouver
as
s-cond
mate
of
a
began
to
tighten
up
there
yster-saillng
.ship
In
1300.
;
day.
However,
complete
washouts
Ketchikan
Wins
Prince
Rupert
Close
To
Eleventh
Hour
Victory
Alaskan
Klks
Live
Up
To
Expectations
As
Fast
Moving
Outfit
Ketchikan
Klks
were
just
as
good
as
their
advance
publicity
claimed
as
they
won
a
thriller
at
the
Civic
Centre
last
night
by
a
narrow
margin,
over
Prince
Rupert
All-Stars,
the
final
score
being
5G-5L
Their
team
was
young
and
very
fast,
rather
weak
on
defense
but
exceptionally
strong
on
the
offense.
They
are
quick-breaking
and
"""
have
plenty
of
scoring
ability,
Hi
into
their
stride,
with
hand-most
of
their
shots
swishing
s
mj
wtns
over
both.
by
flood
water.
I
KIHT,fci;S
AKRIYF.
1
rainluads
of
weary
slorm
ref-
ugces
poured
Into
vancouvu
overnight
as
winter
siov.iy
.c-
ieaseu
n,s
grip
on
bia's
interior
roads
and
passes
Nine
Canadian
PaciUc
trains,
carrying
more
than
1800
passcn-j
gers,
rolled
over
the
newly
cleared
roadbeds
after
48
hours'
isolation
in
the
worst
blizzard
in
the
mid-
!
die
of
the
province
in
twenty!
years.
Clear
and
cold
weather
today
motioned
to
diminish
the
te:u
fi.,.i,
finrl
for
hundreds
more
vi
iia,,.,
-
who
are
stilt
imprisoned
on
the
provinces
highways
around
annum
Princeton,
183
miles
cast
of
her;.
Inln
rminrt.
Irul.'lV
Said
til.lt
communication
lines,
snapped
by
the
silver
thaw
yesterday,
wert
being
restored
by
line
crews
ro
h
wn
wnrklne
steadily
in
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the-
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Saturday,
December
31,
1019
High
10:31
19.2
feet
.
23:45
,10.4
feet
Low
4:15
10.4
feet
17:27
0.1
feet
of
their
venture
but
hospital
authorities
said
they
hoped
to
save
MEDICINE
HAT
A
young
the
limbs
of
the
young
peopic
couple
were
in
hospital
here
to-1
The
couple
started
out
Irom
day
suffering
from
frozen
;cgs
their
home
at
Bow
Island,
3B
and
hands
following
a
36-hour
miles
west
of
here
at
midnight
ordeal
in
a
stailea
truck
on
a
Tuesday
to
attend
a
turkey
feet!
lonely
road
3
V
miles
southed
in
the
country.
Their
light
de-of
their
home.
livery
truck
stalled
in
a
ditch
and
John
Tunstall,
aged
23.
and
ihcy
remained
until
found
by
1
Phoebe
Gnam,
17,
may
lose
sev-
commercial
traveler
about
nooi:
eral
toes
and
fingers
as
a
result
yesterday.
through
the
hoop.
They
use
the
backboards
very
Utile
ana
Weak
011
rebounds,
reoouuua,
depending
-;
i
Ketchikan
look
the
leau
iron.
I
the
first
and
held
it
all
the
way
and
It
wasn't
until
the
last
ha
If
of
the
final
quarter
that
Prhic
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to,
me
TS
v.ua
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thow
put
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by
the
home
team
in
the
first
halt
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An-
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MacPhee
has
just
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entirely
new
line-up
on
this
.
veins
Jets,
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been
playing
lute
since
the
start
of
the
seaso.
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T0N,GHT
Ketchikan
vs.
Prince
Ruoert
-
,
,
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STUDENTS
BING
PEACE
AND
QUIET
TO
U.N.-Pcace
reigns
in
speeches
made
at
United
Nations
headquarters
at
Lake
Success,
New
York,
when
-students
visit
the
rooms
where
history
is
made.
Here,
Hon.
Paul
Martin,
Canada's
minister
of
health
and
welfare,
addresses
a
group
of
Pomininn
students
in
one
of
the
assembly
halls.
0ndhas
taken
sucn
on
Pa
m-.r,
tne
MeiiaKnim
vei
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