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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
70.
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,,
APRIL
3,
19948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ted
States
Readying
raJ
!KLOHDYKEKATE
1
j.
Crisis
Over
Attempted
Bl
War
With
Russia
(:ii!GTON
(CP)
For
the
first
time
in
its
com-
By
Russians
Tense;
Counter-Actions
i
ii'itv
of
wi
I1
war
in
which
this
country
would
be
an
ul".y
.
nn.
,i:i.,f
i
n
:
i
READY
TO
BOMB
UNITED
STATES
;i
WASHINGTON
General
George
Kenney,
United
States
chief
of
staff,
yesterday
declared
that
Russian
bombers,
from
already
established
bases,
approaching
through
the
polar
region,
were
capable
of
bombing
any
part
of
the
United
States.
The
Soviet,
had
huge
armies
and
air
forces
ready
including
thousands
of
bombing
and
fighting
planes.
General
Dwlght
P.
Eisenhower,
uring
the
immediate
re-Imposition
of
the
draft,
offer
h-Higurem.
nuiiiiiiinuauuii
nnu
vungressionai
News
of
the
remarriage
of
'"Klondike
Kate"
(Mrs.
Matson
of
Bend,
Oregon)
will
be
receiv-
.ed
with
interest
in
Prince
Rupert
where
she
was
a
not
infre-
'quent
visitor
during
past
yean.
Old
friends
of
the
gold
rush
days
are
still
living,
here.
Mrs.
Mat-son's
husband,
It
will
be
remembered,
operated
a
mining
property
in
the
north,
and
it
was
j
while
doing
so
he
was
overtaken
Bein'3'
Taken
By
Western
Powers
both
lu
paiues
iiaimiy
anu
puuuuy
accept
me
that
Communism's
bloodless
conquest
in
Europe
the
choice
between
totalitarian
enslavement
here
a
glubal
scale
first
time
the
Admlnls-
nd
Congress
are
trying
"We
Will
Not
foreign
policy
Mai
ac-
inevitahility
or
this
BULLETINS
FOREIGN
AID
BILL
SIGNED
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
(CP)
President
Truman
today
jfcoming
Involved
when
ed
to
defer
his
own
retirement
ice
is
threatened.
fW
this
rok
is
can
be
and
remain
in
uniform
if
needed.
ed
when
it
is
compar-
hat
played
by
the
Uni-
Be
Bullied-"
British
Say
BERLIN
iff
United
States
authorities,
using
troops,
kept
in
the
two
world
wars
by
fatal
illness.
The
one-time
"Belle
of
the
Yukon"
took
a
second
husband
at
Vancouver
Washington
this
Thursday.
Now
68,
the
former
beauty
of
the
northland,
Mrs.
Kat
Rockwell
Matson,
was
married
to
W.
L.
Van
Duren,
Bend
accountant
whom
she
had
known
18
years.
Her
first
husband,
John
Matson,
she
did
not
marry
until
she
was
53,
died
one
and
a
half
years
ago
on
the
frozen
Yukon
trail.
BULLETINS
LIBERAL
ORGANIZER
VANCOUVER
Dr.
Jack
Mc-Dougall,
president
of
the
Vancouver-Centre
Liberal
Association,
has
been
appointed
Liberal
organizer
for
British
Col
esent
century.
New
Cost
Of
Living
High
OTTAWA,
CP'
The
official
cost
of
living
index
climbed
to
150.8
during
February
and
shattered
the
all-time
hih
of
150.6
but
the
advance
was
only
seven-tenths
of
a
point
the
smallest
in
seven
months,
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported
today.
Fruits
and
vegetables
showed
a
decline,
outweighing
small
Increases
in
some
other
food
groups.
The
monhtly
increase
came
from
advances
in
clothing,
home
in
isolationists
and
the
most
in
its
entirety
re-
'
I
"
1
signed
the
history-making
gigantic
$6,098,000,000
foreign
aid
bill
into
law.
Yesterday
it
had
been
approved
by
a
large
majority
in
the
House
of
Representatives,
the
Senate
later
in
the
day
endorsing
it
without
recorded
vote.
Swift
enactment
of
the
measure
by
Congress
has
come
914
to
believe
that
the
ar
of
conquest
was
any
!l
f
,,
p
f
Pr
.":i.
of
the
United
States.
it
Roosevelt
and
a
few
jers
saw
the
danger
In
twenty-two
Russians
out
of
a
Soviet
building
in
the
American
sector
of
Berlin
today
and
announced
that
they
were
blocking
off
the
sector
from
the
Soviet
zone.
They
said
that
a
temporary
road
block
would
be
set
up
on
the
main
highway
leading
from
the
American
sector
to
.Potsdam
in
the
Russian
zone.
Hitler
stalled
his
but
it
needed
the
Jap-
umbia.
NOVA
SCOTIA
SURPLUS
HALIFAX
Premier
Angus
Macdonald,
presenting
h
i
s
budget
yesterday,
estimated
a
surplus
of
$1,300,000.
MAYOR
FEELING
BETTER
KELOWNA
Mayor
Charles
Jones
of
Vancouver
is
still
showing
improvement
and
says
himself
that
he
is
feeling
better.
Oxygen,
in
lesser
ack
on
Pearl
Harbor
later
to
drag
the
Uni-
into
the
shooting
war.
furnishings
and
services,
fuel
the
situation
is
crystal
and
ligh.t
TRUMAN
SIGNS
European
aid
bill
gets
final
spedy
enactment
.
General
Lucius
D.
Clay,
States
military
governor,
declined
to
make
any
statement
"I
the
best
and
sanest
the
I'nited
States.
If
to
be
another
great
about
the
blockade
but
It
was
amounts,
is
still
being
admin
istered.
IN
.if,'
the
near
future
it
will
interpreted
generally
as
a
counter
move
control
measures
rtn
the
I'nited
States
ASKS
WITHDRAWAL!
Parley
on
United
States
Coal
Strike
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
President
Truman
and
his
top
advis
MUSKRATS
LOODED
OUT
GALT,
Ont.
F
Spring
thaws
have
made
the
muskrat
trappers
happy
In
this
district.
The
season
opened
March
1,
but
cold
weather
kept
the
muskrats
holed
instituted
by
the
Russians.
VICTORIA
Premier
J
Fifty
United
States
military
keninsly
clear
to
any
son
is
asking
the
federal
v-mtelllsent
American
ernment
to
withdraw
the
in
policemen
barred
entrance
to
all
but
Germans
employed
in
the
ers
on
coal
labor
problems
ommuni-m's
ambitions
up.,
"Floated"
out
of
their
win
building.
Soms
Russian
officers
i
inciiicnt
Involving
almost
two
weeks
ahead
of
the
deadline
set
for
April
15.
Following
the
approval,
the
I'nited
States
government
is
1
working
at
top
speed
today
to
convert
the
measure
into
a
dike
against
communism
In
Europe
and
Asia.
Must
Stop
Communism
And
CCF'rs
PORT
ARTHUR
9
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
said
In
an
address
In
his
home
town
here
last
night
that
the
Liberals
must
see
that
the
C:
C.
F.
party
and
their
communist
"associates"
do
not
get
any
stronger
nor
gain
control
of
the
Canadian
government.
Speaking
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Port
Arthur
Liberals,
ter
burrows
they
now
are
mak-ng
for
higher
country.
talked
over
the
18-day
soft
coal
strike
concerning
the
pension
dispute
but
made
no
announcement.
The
White
House
said
thr.
crease
on
railway
freight
rates
to
British
Columbia
until
the
government
has
had
a'
chance
to
appeal
the
mountain
differential.
FIGHTINQ
GOVERNOR
Gruening
of
Alaska,
political
storm
centre
following
remained
Inside
the
offices
and
American
guards
permitted
the
Russians
to
bring
food
for
them.
President
had
arranged
the
con
The
first
necorded
abdication
of
a
sovereign
was
Sulla,
the
Roman
dictator,
in
79
B.C.
ference
to
get
full
information
on
approwhes
to
the
problem.
Among
the
Russians
turned
back
were
two
Soviet
generals.
The
railroad
building
near
the
United
States-Soviet
sec
CLEAR
OF
ICE
Naas
River'
let
broke
up
a
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
,
Western
Canada
is
presently
week
ago
and
the
river
is
now
tors,
had
been
occupied
by
the
Lewis
ReDiuliates
Coal
Striko:
being
navigated
to
and
from
VISITING
WEST
Dr.
Hugh
L.
Keenleyside,
deputy
minister
of
mines
and
resources.
Trip
will
Include
visit
to
Cent-
rai
b1.
V:
'
i)l
miiitary
force
there
no
countries
strong
i
hold
the
line
until
ry
makes
up
its
mind.
;ng
President
Truman
rctary
Marshall
and
,rs
have
been
telling
in
recent
months
has
.:ti
to
condition
them
iract.
-
easy
task
for
a
great
drmucraey
with
deep-as
of
independence
"s
to
accept
and
plan
ntinsency.
tlv,
a
hitli
anil
ahle
ration
officer,
in
a
Aiyansh,
reports
Johnson
Russ,
ChftTreortmcfflcfr"
'or-Oreerwllle-,
i
7
Tells
"
Followers
To
Do
As
Like
engulfed
by
a
surge
of
unnsa-"
who,
with
Mrs.
Russ,
arrived
Russians
under
the
1945
agreement.
.
Similarly
;
the
,
Russians
occupy
a
Berlin
radio
station
in
the
British
zone.
Major-General
Neville
Brown-John,
British
military
governor,
said
today
in
commenting
on
ally
cold
air.
Associated
with
this
Arctic
outbreak
is
a
band
of
low
pressures
over
southern
British
Columbia.
Snow
or
rain
are
being
reported
from
many
Friday
night
on
the
way
to
Sunnyside
cannery
to
spend
the
coming
season.
There
was
an
unseasonably
cold
spell
up
the
VAHUN(TON
(CP)Jahn
L.
Lewis,
leader
of
the
United
.Mine
Workers
of
America,
told
striking
coal
miners
today
that
they
can
do
as
they
please
about
returning
to
wtrk.
Lewis
thus
left
nearly
400.000
miners
free
to
ao
back
LOCAL
TIDES
Sunday,
April
4,
1948
High
10:17
16.6
feet
23:27
17.1
feet
the
Soviet
traffic
control
re
It
Is
our
lntentior,
jNaas
just
as
they
were
leaving
strictions
iu
worn
in
me
mines.
show
we
are
not
going
to
be.Mr-
Russ
reporta
a
bountiful
run
Low
,
4:36
to
10.3
feet
6.5
feet
sections
in
the
southern
hall
of
the
province.
High
pressures
Mr.
Howe
said
that
communism
was
a
threat
to
every
freedom-loving
nation.
of
oolachan
fish
this
spring.
Lewis'
unusual
message
to
the
miners
came
hist
hpfnrp
Prp-
16:58
iind
press
runferenre,
fled
that
the
trcmen-
across
northern
B.
C.
have
been
sident
Trum-an
was
reported
to
causing
clear
skies
In
the
Queer,
be
about
to
ask
the
federal
court
d
si"
Play
of
world
knls
had
been
almost
Charlotte
and
Prince
Rupert
for
an
injunction
to
end
the
jullied.
We
are
not
going
to
change
our
view
not
In
the
present
circumstances."
An
armed
British
train
set
out
through
the
Russian
zone
to
run
the
blockade
and
fight,
if
necessary,
against
any
Russian
interference.
ARE
READY
nd
baffling
for
the
Litie
chanee
in
the
,
niree-ween
oiu
worn
swppage.
areas.
tales
to
grasp.
!T0
STRIKE
ien
transition
of
Rus-
American
Aerial
Armada
Passes
Northern
B.C.
On
Way
North
FORT
ST.
JOHN
(ft
Commercial
pilots
report
an
unusually
heavy
movement
of
troop
and
supply
planes
to
the
north.
Airmen
say
they
saw
thirty-six
United
States
"flying
box
car"
I
Lewis
later
announcea
that
!
President
Truman
had
directed
j
Attorney
General
Tom
Clark
to
(seek
such
a
court
order
to
end
i
friendly
and
trusted
a
common
foe,
to
a
weather
is
expected
today
but
fair
weather
will
spread
south
ward
tonight
and
the
forecast
is
for
generally
clear-
weathei
Sunday.
Forecast
the
strike.
s
FINANCING
EXTENDED
By
Canada
to
Great
Britain
Pending
Marshall
Flan
OTTAWA,
(0)
The
federal
government
announces
that
present
arrangements
for
financing
of
British
purchases
in
Canada
have
been
extended
to
April
14,
providing
Britain
with
funds
until
approval
yesterday
by
United
States
Congress.
Britain
will
be
permitted
to
continue
to
draw
from
Canadian
credit
to
pay
for
foodstuffs
and
raw
materials
she
is
buying
from
Canada.
J"1
suspicious
neigh-
'I
the
leaders
of
this
state
of
desperation
FRANCE
WINS
OVER
ENGLAND
Lewis
disclaimed
any
responsibility
for
the
walk-
t
ion.
Prlnce
Ruoert,
Queen
Char-
out
but
a
three-man
fact-find-
troop
transports
fueling
at
one
base.
McCord
Field
In
Washington
State
said
that
twenty-eight
planes
had
been
sent
on
"routine"
training
flights,
sixteen
to
remain
for
three
months'
manoeuvres
and
the
others
to
return.
t?
nw
being
formed
&
elfcct
is,
in
brief:
'
fnaiiic
uf
peace
If
it
ILFORD,
Essex,
Eng.
0
France
defeated
England
two
to
nothing
today
in
an
amateur
game.
Both
goals
were
scored
?
anil
humrablv
dos-
lottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
ing
board,
reporting
to
the
Pre-
today
and
Sunday.
Northerly
sident
blamed
Lewis
for
the
winds
(25)
continuing
cold
with
strike.
frost
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
.
it
is
presumed
that
the
next
highs
tomorrow
Port
Hardy
30
step
will
be
action
by
Clark
to
and
42,
Massett
30
and
40.
apply
for
an
Injunction
against
Prince
Rupert
28
and
42.
Lewis
and
union
members.
in
the
first
half.
"lc
tu
light
if
at-
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
to
attack
if
that
be-
ATOMIC
TEST
essary.
ROME
C)The
lUlian
government
said
today
that
it
has
330,000
armed
men,
Including
a
shock
force
of
150,000,
ready
to
strike
swiftly
against
any
attempt
at
election
violence.
Mario
Scelba,
minister
of
the
interior,
disclosed
the
preparations
in
a
radio
address
to
the
Italian
people.
"Do
not
fear
ghosts
which
have
been
called
to
keep
you
away
from
the
polls.
Freedom
of
the
vote
will
be
guaranteed,"
Scelba
sadl.
Appeal
On
New
Rates,
Date
Set
CONVENTION
LEADERS
FORCE
SAILS
HONOLULU
0,-
The
United
States
Navy
remained
silent
to-
wtliate
preparedness
0
any
emergency,
'hat,
of
course,
Is
the
Program
of
shar-mWi
wealth
and
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the
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countries
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to
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condi-llch
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10
Con.
Smelters
100.00
Conwest
85
Donalda
65
Eldona
67
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on
a
story
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a
Honolulu
newspaper
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super-secret
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full
view
of
a
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ship.
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people
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weeks
and
that
they
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missiles
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Privateer
19
Reeves
McDonald
1.60
Reno
!
.09
Salmon
Gold
20
'
Sheep
Creek
1.00
Taylor
Bridge
43
Taku
River
55
Vananda
.,
15
Cotigress
.:
02
V4
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalg
03
Spud
Valley
12
Vi
Silbak
Premier
31
Oils
A.
P.
Con
15
Vi
Calmont
39
C.
&.
E.
4.05
Foothills
3.00
Home
6.15
Toronto
Athona
06
Aumaquc
18
Beattie
64
1
urld
rv,.nU
lhn,cl.
t.
HALIFAX
(Pi
The
Transportation
Commlsion
of
the
Maritime
Board
of
Trade
served
lotice
to
the
federal
government
today
that
it
intends
to
appeal
the
decision
of
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
increasing
freight
rates
twenty-one
pcrcen.t
The
appeal
will
be
made
under
Instructions
from
fie
three
maritime
governments
either
to
"His
Excellency
In
Couicil,"
the
JOE
LOUIS
IS
NAMED
Harricana
05
Heva
10
Hosco
30
Jacknife
40
Joliet
Quebec
32
Lake
Rowan
10
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
1.04
Lynx
.08
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.70
McKenzie
Red
Lake
52
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.10
'
Moneta
.32
Negus
2.06
Noranda
45.50
Louvicourt
60
Pickle
Crow
1.90
Regcourt
07
Vi
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
,
.41
Vi
?
YANKS
udicial
commute
or
..he
Privy
F.
II.
STEPHENS
VV.
E.
COCKFIELD
II.
C.
GUNNING
Council
or
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada.
In
Ottawa
a
government
legal
expert
said
today
that
the
Mari
time
Transportation
Conimis-sion's
move
toward
appealing
1'"
'''owiljilitv
In
a'
n""
United
states
'on-
universal
U'ousanils
of
;,,'r.c;sreSaiathat
tnh,
'.6.100
American
CHICAGO,
i(P
-A$aOO,000
damage
suit
has
been
filed
against
Joe
Louis
by
Rev.
Matthew
Faulkner,
32-ycar
old
negro
minister,
who
claims
that
Louis
stole
the
affections
of
his
"beautiful
model''
wife
aged
26.
The
writ
charges
that
an
"Illicit"
affair
was
carried
on
while
Faulkner
was
in
the
Army
Chaplain
Corps.
It
says
-that
Louis,
through
an
agent,
gave
her
$15,-000
and
other
gifts
making
a
totaj
of
$35,000.
Louis
and
his
wife,
Marva,
are
at
present
in
Europe
and
Joe,
in.
Paris,
denied
today
that
he
had
stolen
the
affections
of
jthe
negro
minister's
wife.
"There's
no
truth
in
it,"
the
heavyweight
boxing
champion
said.
I
Sherrit
Gordon
1.80
,
Steep
Rock
2.10
Sturgeon
River
18V'a
Silver
Miller
28
freight
rates
increases
would
not
mean
automatic
suspension
of
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
order
granting
the
Prince
Rupert
to
be
Represented
At
Mining
Institute
Gathering
Pi
i
nee
Rupert
and
fornirr
Prinre
Hupert
men
will
be
among
those
taking
part
in
the
Jubilee
convention
of
the
CfliiHdian
Instit
uU
of
Mining
and
Metallurgy
to
be
held
from
Vancouver
throughout
next
week.
In
addition
to
the
convention
sessions
themselves,
starting
Monday,
there
will
he
two
important
excursions
for
the
delegates
one
to
Britannia
Beach
on
Thursday
aboard
the
steamer
Coquitlam
and
the
Cockfield,
vice-chairman,
with
Fred
H.
Stephens,
a
Prince
Rupert
boy,
as
general
secretary
of
the
committee.
Sheriff
M.
M.
Stephens
and
Charles
Graham,
inspector
pf
mines,
left
this
week
to
attend
the
convention.
Former
Prince
Rupert
men
participating
will
be
Don
Matheson
W.
H.
Patmore,
W.
H.
Tobey,
Dr.
H.
T.
James,
F.
R
Barnsley,
and
E.
E.
Mason.
wi
irain
"'ng
for
the
railways
a
21
percent
hoist.
ars.
BOXING
Tournament
Canadian
Legion
International
Tariffs
based
on
the
Transport
it!,.thal,
the
Commission's
authorization
of
the
freight
rate
Increase
will
be
CIVIC
CENTRE,
APRIL
10,
SATURDAY
10
Bouts
MAIN
EVENT
.
10
Bouts
SHORTY
CONTREROS,
160
vs.
BILLY
CLARK,
160
"
Ketchikan
Winnipeg
filed
by
the
Canadian
railways
Mitlca,
t
n
embar-ke:
,as
can-
ither
a
train
trip
to
Princeton,
Dr.
H.
C.
Gunning
will
be
con-Trail
and
Kimberley.
ivention
chairman
and
Dr.
W.
E.
next
week,
to
be
effective
Apiu
8,
it
was
learned
todajt
.
""oieni
plans.