L1BHAHY
HAS
ATOM
Devenish
Retires
qress
Informed
More
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
sles
Are
Being
Made
onr.iES
DRUGS
Daily
Delivery
PHONE
81
?HlXC:TON,
D.C.
(CP)
United
States
has
filiate
Sl'I'I'v
"
a"-""1
""'"
aim
in
Dteauiiy
"more
Congress
members
said
today.
They
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
h
iiat
this
information
came
from
David
E.
k'U
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.
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iii'a
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n
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
76.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
March
31.
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ciuin'n.iiii
ui
nit
huiiiiv:
Ljiivigy
oummis-Jn"
3
secret
testimony
before
tho
House
of
-natives
committee
on
February
28.
I
r
.'
1
Russo-Finnish
Pact
To
Be
Signed
By
End
Of
Week,
Tis
Expected
POLICE
ARE
MONTREAL
ft
Announcement
was
made
today
of
the-retirement
of
W.
R-.
Devenish
as
vice
president,
Canadian
National
Railways,
western
region,
and
his
replacement
by
J.
P.
Johnson,
formerly
vice-president
and
general
manager,
Atlantic
region,
with
headquarters
at
Moncton,
New
EMPLOYMENT
:
IS
IMPROVED
Local
Advisory
Committee
Commended
J.
S.
Black
Makes
Report
A
special
feature
of
the
month-
ly
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
r
local
Employment
Advisory
Committee
last
week
was
the
report
by
J.
S.
Black
on
the
meeting
of
the
National
Council
held
in
Vancouver
last
week.
Officials
from
Ottawa
were
in
attendance
as
well
as
officials
of
the
Pacific
Regional
Committee
and
local
committees.
J.
S.
Wilson,
chairman
of
the
local
committee
had
been
invited
but,
when
he
could
not
go,
permission
was
received
from
"
the
National
Committee
to
have
Mr.
Black,
the
;
local
committee's
alternate
choice,
go.
Mr.
Black
brought
back
an
Informative
and
Interesting
condensation
of
the
two-day
meeting.
A
complaint
that
local
committees
were
not
advised
of
the
disposition
made
by
the
National
Committee
of
recommendations
made
by
the
local
committees
COMMUNIST
INFILTRATED
HELSINKI
(CP)
Rightists
in
Parliament
and
the
Finnish
press
today
criticized
Finland's
Communist
minister
of
the
interior.
They
voiced
the
suspicion
that
he
had
infll-
AGREEABLE
TO
WAGE
INCREASE
CHICAGO
1
United
States
railroads
have
accepted
a
recommendation
of
President
Truman's
fact
finding
board
that
engineers,
firemen
and
switchmen
get
a
15
Vic
per
hour
raise
In
wages.
Managements
estimate
the
wage
boost
cost
and
other
working
changes
at
$80,000,000
yearly.
The
increase
Is
the
same
as
that
awardedseventeen
unions
of
non-operating
workers
on
United
States
carriers.
POLICE
LINE
UP
STOCK
EXCHANGE
Brunswick.
Venereal
Disease
.
Incidence
Lower
I
OTTAWA
The
rate
of
venereal
disease
per
1,000
In
the
Can
Eighteen
Million
Dollar
Road
Program;
Federal
Aid
Is
Urged
VICTORIA,
t
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works,
said
yesterday
in
the
Legislature
that
British
Columbia
should
have
federal
aid
in
carrying
out
highway
programs.
Mr.
Carson
outlined
the
need
for
improvement
In
main,
secondary
and
industrial
roads,
terming
it
an
'improtant
phase
of
our
economy."
During
the
last
year,
the
minister
said,
the
department
had
been
hampered
by
difficulty
in
securing
adequate
equipment,
shortage
of
materials
and
manpower.
The
1948-49
construction
program
calls
for
a
total
outlay
of
$18,000,000,
Mr.
Carson
announced.
This
includes
reconstruction
and
construction
of
124
miles
of
main
highway
at
a
cost
of
$5,000,-000
and
paving
of
465
miles
ofrouds.
Mr.
Carson
said
there
had
been
a
slowing
down
on
the
work
on
Hart
Highway,
northward
from
Prince"
George
into
the
Peace
River,
and
he
would
make
no
prediction
as
to
when
it
might
be
expected
to
be
opened.
adian
Army
was
reduced
in
1947
to
19.
The
previous
year
s
rate
trated
lhe
country's
police
force
with
communists
was
49
per
1,000.
Nine
medical
students
who
will
graduate
in
May
have
applied
for
commissions
In
the
Canadian
Army.
Th&
minister
of
the
interior,
Yrjo
Leino,
Is
in
Moscow
aa
member
of
a
seven-man
Finnish
delegation
sent
to
negotiate
a
friendship
and
military
pact
with
Russia.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
R.
Magulre
of
NEW
YORK
W
Police
stood
shoulder
to
shoulder
at
the
en
Vancouver
and
Mr,
and
Mrs.
G.
'Lindsay
of
Winnipeg
are
in
the
'city
today
and
will
leave
on
tonight's
train
for
the
east.
Mr.
trance
of
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
today
to
prevent
any
recurrence
of
yesterday's
viol
Signature
of
the
Russo-Finnish
mutual
aid
pact
is
expected
to
be
made
by
this
week-end,
it
was
reliably
learned
last
night.
The
Finnish
delegation
already
has
reported
the
Russian
treaty
proposals
to
Helsinki,
it
is
also
learned.
tnrougn
tneir
provincial
committees
was
answered
by
the
National
Committee
agreeing
to
forward
minutes
to
committees
Mr.
Black
felt
that
the
work
of
the
P'rince
Rupert
committee,
when
compared
with
that
of
other
local
committees,
was
of
a
very
high
standard.
The
speaker
was
accorded
a
hearty
vote
ence
In
the
Financial
Workers
NOMINATED
FOR
CENTRE
Lindsay
is
general
baggage
agent
for
the
Canadian
Natoitial
Railways
at
Winnipeg
and
Mr.
Maguire
Is
baggage
agent
at
Vancouver.
Union
strike.
One
thousand
to
1500
pickets
were
noisy
but
Air
Force
Flyer
Embark
For
Home
SOUTHAMPTON
(Pi
Canada's
Olympic
and
world
hockey
champions.
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Flyers,
battered
and
bruised,
sailed
for
home
today
orderly.
General
Pearkes
Says
Ian
Mackenzie
Was
"Booted"
Out
of
Government
CONFERS
AT
"10"
MEETING
British
foreign
Min-t
Bivm.
left,
is
shown
as
he
conferred
with
French
li:n-!cr
Georue
Bidault,
right,
and
Mr.
Herve
Alphand,
t"
the
recent
conference
In
Paris.
The
three
ire
instrumental
in
the
formation
of
the
pact
signed
ommiiiujit
agression
by
Lhe
western
European
powers.
of
thanks
for
his
fine
report.
.
Pallet
in
A
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
t
J
-hunt
on
Cin
im
I
VANCOUVER
Progressive-ConsEirvatives
and
C.C.F.
last
on
the
liner
Queen
Mafy
on
the
final
leg
of
their
15,000-mU
European
tour.
Of
their
forty-two
exhibition
games,
the
Flyers
won
"31,
drew
six
and
lost
five.
ft
night
each
chose
a
38-year-o'd
MEHT
IS
candidate
-U
epe
Tf.
O.
Camp-
FISHERIES
MEN
IN
CONFERENCE
ney,
Liberal
standard
bearer
in
the
forthcoming
Vancouver
Cen
10
GET
News
Agency
today
that
Princess
Elizabeth
had
made
no
further
engagements
after
June
but
refused
to
comment
on
persistent
rumors
that
she
and
her
husband
are
expecting
a
baby
in
October.
THE
WEATHER
.
A
letter
from
the
local
school
board
stated
that
the
recommendation
of
the
committee
that
a
Vocation
training
course
U
ihe
fishing
jand
fish-p-ocess-ing
Industry
be
Initiated
had
been
sent
on
to
the
Department
of
Education.
The
local
employment
situation
had
greatly
improved
in
the
last
few
weeks
and
it
was
felt
that,
from
now
on,
there
would
be
an
ever-increasing
demand
for
workers.
The
conditions
at
mines
In
the
district
Three
lnspccMJrs
of
the
Prince
Rupert
office
of
the
Department
of
Fisheries
left
yesterday
ahrinrri
thp
Hpnurt.mpnt.
nftt.rnl
On!.-Tlie
dillicul-
tre
by-election.
Lyle
Jesley,
barrister,
was
chosen
by
the
Progressive-Conservatives
while
Rodney
Young,
overseas
veteran
of
the
Second
World
War,
now
studying
law
ar.d
by
Canadian
Synopsis
A
flow
of
cool
moist
air
from
the
northwest
will
give
cloudy
skies
and
scattered
showers
over
'"b'jimm;
new
etiuiu-V..
c
n,
var
'
-::
si
(1
by
J.
F.
I
where
they
will
attend
a
confer
("-picstcent.,
rentrm
L
British
Columbia
today
and
at
University
of
British
Colum
ence
on
"stream
clearing"
by
a
..
J..,
.
...Vancouer.
'
Bralorne
.'.
9.00
B.
R.
Con
.03
B.
R.
X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.45
Dentonia
'
.01
Vi
Grull
Wlhksne
.05
Hedley
Mascot
.62
Pend
Oreille
2.90
Pioneer
2.90
Jremier
Border
.03
Vt
Privateer
19
Reeves
McDonald
1.60
Reno
.
.08
Salmon
Gold
17
Sheep
Creek
1.00
Taylor
Bridge
50
Taku
River
.55
Congress
02
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalg
03
Silbak
Premier
35
Thursday.
Temperatures
have
Lilian
N..
tinn.il
Rail-5
t'"'.'
iUM'.ua!
Railway
Ntiit.
Division
of
were
considered,
and
the
need
newly
appointed
fisheries
engineer.
They
were
J.
Fielder,
J.
H.
Hitchcock
and
M.
P.
Houghton.
Three
other
inspectors
of
ho
Drlnxa
Diintrt
rtlvtrlr-t
T?
C.
for
workers
of
a
good
standard
I
CP.R.
Brotherhood
of
citizenship
was
emphasized.
'live
Engineers.
bia,
was
selected
at
the
C.C.F.
nominating
convention.
Speaking
at
the
Progressive-Conservative
convention,
Major-Gen.
G.
R.
Pearkes,
M.P.
for
Nasaimo,
declared
that
Ian
Mackenzie
had
been
"booted"
out
of
the
government
because
he
had
fought
too
hard
for
veterans'
pension
and
benefits.
21'.
who
as
the
guest
tj.i.
n
n
l
.itm
anrf
A
f
thf
veiling,
slated
r
RVKnLT
'
i-avinir
Bella
been
near
normal
and
little
change
Is
expected
for
tomorrow.
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Thursday.
Wind
west
(30
m.p.h)
today.
West
(15)
Thursday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
36
and
45,
Massett
33
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
33
and
45.
'
bi?
Camidian
rail-
dIh,
m
,i,
tn
atinri
t.h
had
orders
out-
rnllfprpn,B.
or
liiniinidtivp
and
r:ir
-
lh:,r
(,,).
.ii
a
I
i''miifu
Atlllic
but
thoic
had
been
The
committee
once
again
went
on
record
as
stressing
the
need
for
all
requirements
of
firms
for
workers
to
be
made
through
the
local
office
whether
the
headquarters
of
the
firms
be
in
Vancouver
of
other
centres.
J.
C.
Gllker,
on
a
recent
trip
through
southern
'
parts,
had
taken
up
with"
various
executives
the
question
of
the
value
of
vocational
training
courses
for
the
fishing
activities
and
had
been
assured
of
the
support
of
the
firms
contacted.
An
angle
Oils
trol.
These
controii
have
no'.v
been
-lifted
from
practically
all
industries
and
they
have
been
able
to
Increase
their
selling
mire
to
meet
increased
manu
LOWESTOFT,
England
a)
Normally
respectable
citizens
are
becoming
more
"light-fingered,
as
their
efforts
to
obtain
necessities
by
legitimate
means
are
frustrated
by
shortages
and
re-
'f
some
two
years
in1
dw
to
inability
to
trials."
,!d
to
equipment,
th'
ril;lays
havs
been
iiiy
tu
their
power,-!
e
cominiictl.
"To
the
locomotive
builders'
A.P.
Con
14
Calmont
.,
40
C.
&
E
4.10
Foothills
3.25
Home
6.35
Toronto
Robert
Crowe
Swords,
mining
engineer
of
Vancouver
Is
a
passenger
aboard
the
facturing
costs
caused
by
in-I
creased
wages
and
materials
!This
is
not
so
in
the
case
oi
Lleut.-Col.
A.
F.
Sen-
Prince
Rupert
today
bound
for
1
strictions,'
DISAGREE
AT
MOSCOW
MOSCOW
Russo-French
alliance
talks
were
reported
to
have
struck
a
snag
today
over
a
military-
assistance
clause.
Efforts,
i(
is
said,
are
being
made
to
work
out
a
compromise.
A
special
emissary
was
sent
by
the
Polish
delegate
to
Helsinki
to
confer
with
the
government.
TO
PE
HONORED
WASHINGTON
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
paid
a
brief
visit
here
on
his
way
to
Williamsburg,
Virginia,
where
he
will,
with
Governor-General
Alexander
of
Canada
and
President
Truman,
receive
an
honorary
degree
at
William
&
Mary
College
Friday.
MAYOR
JONES
BETTER
KELOWNA
Mayor
Charles
Jones
of
Vancouver
Is
showing
Improvement
after
a
restful
night.
He
is
no
longer
receiving
oxygen
but
iihysicians
are
ready
to
administer
heart
stimulant
if
necessary.
Dr.
Stewart
Murray
says
the
mayor"
will
require
all
his
reserve
to
pull
him
through
and
it
will
be
several
months
before
he
can
resume
his
duties.
TEACHERS'
HEAD
VANCOUVER
T.
M.
Chalmers
of
Vancouver
was
elected
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Teachers'
Federation
today.
II.
D.
Dee
is
first
vice-president.
VANCOUVER
LEADS
SEATTLE
Vancouver
defeated
Seattle
4
to
3
last
night
to
lead
the
best
of
five
game
sejrics
in
the
Pacific
Coart
Hockey
League
northern
semifinals,
two
games
lo
nothing.
Fresno
defeated
San
Diego
4
to
1
to
lead
the
southern
section
series
two
fames
to
one.
NO
MORE
ENGAGEMENTS
LONDON
A
Buckingham
1'alaie
official
told
Reuters
Canadian
railways.
They
are
Ketchikan
where
he
plans
to
lor,
East
Suffolk
chief
constable,
make
a
survey
of
mining
claims,
told
a
meeting.
to
be
remembered
is
that
south
,
.'till
giving
service
at
the
same
low
rates
in
effect
25
years
ago
'
f
"raers.
Both
roads
:ha.srd
a
nunibor
nf
(Mr.
Prlngle
was
speaking
before
Athona
'
Aumaque
Beattie
,
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
.
.06
.18
.60
.37
.11
.08
ern
interests
might
"try
to
bring
pressure
to
have
the
courses
given
In
southern
centres
rather
than
in
Prince
Rupert.
TRAIN
IS
BLOvVN
UP
JERUSALEM
A
Cairo-Haifa
train
was
blown
up
on
the
coastal
plain
of
Palestine
today
and
the
government
announced
that
twenty-four
persons
were
killed
and
sixty-one
persons
injured.
The
blast
occurred
twenty
miles
south
of
Haifa.
FRANCO
RESHUFFLING
MADRID
Generalissimo
Franco
may
reshuffle
his
cabinet
and
instal
a
Premier
if
Spain
is
included
in
the
United
Slates
European
recovery
program,
it
was
predicted
today.
LEANING
ON
U.S.
OTTAWA
Howard
Green,
M.P.,
Vancouver
South,
said
in
Parliament
yesterday
that
the
Canadian
government
was
drifting
and
leaning
on
tbt
United
States.
Premier
King's
main
aim
was
to
beat
the
Wal-pole
record
for
length
of
service
as
Premier
and
to
keep
the
Liberals
in
office
as
long
an
possible.
TO
APPEAL
RATES
OTTAWA
Appeal
against
the
decision
of
the
Board
ot
Transport
Commissioners
to
grant
a
21
percent
freight
rate
increase
to
the
Canadian
railways
today
appeared
likely.
Frcmier
Garson
of
Manitoba
said
in
a
statement
that
opposing
provinces
excluding
Ontario
and
Quebec
would
open
discussions
towards
launching
an
appeal.
An
appeal
would
delay
implementation
of
the
Board's
21
percent
increase
verdict
announced
yesterday.
the
new
frciaht
rate
increase
orclcri.
He
added
tnai,
the
railways
J.
S.
Wilson,
presided
with
J.
S.
Black,
Alderman
Robert
McKay,
must
be
operated
on
the
same
J.
C,
Gilker,
James
Nicoll,
Col-
principles
as
any
other
business
onel
Hamilton-Grant,
E.
Victor
mid
that
Income
must
be
sut
iicient
to
meet
operating
ex
Whiting
and
H.
Whiffin
also
present.
penses,
fixed
charges
and
taxes
mid
leave
something
over
for
"'
snitching
looomo
'
a
view
to
economy
tliniiaation.
We
have
fxpert
to
have
i.i
"1
hu;:ht
Mivire,
thi'-liinr-unit
450C
r
'"
diiMis
and
:t
"su'';.!ul,a.sv,eho'ie
,
Without
doubt,
more
y-
N'"v
stoam
loco-
!f
on
oitier.
tlirs
"I
freight
equip-also
been
pacrd
ai;d
1
-o
been
reCCivl.d
oi
-Similarly
both
r"'nviiv.
fl(,livc,rv
()f
rs,
sleciu-s.
::l,!t
Pa.
.I.,,.r
ear.
"'vian.enu-d
that
"to
Xs-
I
n
improvement
of
railway
properties.
Mr.
Pringle
pointed
out
that
in
1947
the
Canadian
National
gross
earnings
were
higher
than
any
year
in
its
history
w
but
that
net
earnings
were
down
as
compared
with
1946
due
to
Increases
of
wages
and
materials.
If
the
railways
are
to
survive,
they
must
be
granted
rates
high
enough
to
provide
the
nece,ssaiy
funds.
';i
hive
a
great
and
an
abiding
faith
in
the
future
of
this
country,"
Mr.
Pringle
concluded,
"and
I
firmly
believe
that
the
iifonle
as
a
whole
realize
the
WATER
ROUTE
GAINS
FAVOR
Lumber
May
Move
Again
to
Eastern
Canada
By
Ship
In
View
of
Rail
Rates
Increase
VANCOUVER
0)
Rerouting
ot
British
Columbia
lumber
to
Eastern
Canada
by
ship
in
preference
to
rail
may
result
from
the
new
freight
rates
Increase.
Shippers
say
that
the
increase
In
jail
rates
definitely
give
the
edge
to
the
water
route
via
the
Panama
Canal
which
handled
the
bulk
of
pre-war
shipments.
Relative
competitive
position
of
rail
and
water
shipments
changes
almost
daily
with
fluctuations
in
ocean
freight
ratei.
Consol.
Smelters
98.50
Conwest
80
Donalda
.65
Eldona
...
.73
Elder
52
Giant
Yellowknife
4.60
God's
Lake
61
Hardrock
19
Harricana
.05
Vi
Heva.
li
Hosco
31
Jacknlfe
04
Vi
Joliet
Quebec
31
Lake
Rowan
10
Lapaska
05
Llttl
eLong
Lac
1.02
Lynx
09
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.70
McKenzie
Red
Lake
....
.48
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.13
Moneta
26
Vi
Negus
,
2.13
Noranda
47.50
Louvlcourt
61
Pickle
Crow
..
2.01
Regcourt,
06
Vi
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
42
Sherrit
Gordon
1.90
.
Steep
Rock
2.10
Sturgeon
River
18
Silver
Miller
.29
HADLEIGH,
Suffolk,
England,
Seven-year-old
John
Wlllis-Betts,
who
claims
to
be
Britain's
youngest
bell-ringer,
stands
on
a
chair
to
ring
the
184-pound
belt
at
St.
Mary's.
'
c
.iKidrm-e
on
the
"
management
in
tha
mmve
cnual
to
th-u
.lnour
''HluMrialists
in
lnn
pnii.i-aiT,,
"p
impurut
wav
.,'c
from
othe't
.'
Prlnaic
said
"Wes
1W
tuc
tM
f"".s
disability
U.M.W.
PRESIDENT
HAS
NO
SMILE
U.S.
federal
mediation
director,
Cyrus
S.
Ching
defti,
is
apparently
finding
it
as
hard
to
get
any
show
of
optimism
out
of
John
L.
Lewis,
United
Mine
Workers'
president,
as
out
of
the
reluctant
dragon.
Smiling
Mr.
Ching
and
unsmiling
Mr.
Lewis
are
shown
in
Washington
as
they
finished
luncheon.
Mr.
Ching
started
conferences
to
explore
setlement
prospects
with
union
and
industry
officials
on
the
soft
coal
strike.
"u-i-
ef
price-
con
value
of
the
railways
to
their
continued
prosperity,
I
feel
that
if
the
facts
are
put
squarely
and
fairly
before
the
'
people,
the
railways
will
be
well
treated
and
we
need
have
no
fear
for
the
future."
A
POOR
CONSUMER
TO
ALSO
PAY
RAIL
FREIGHT
RATES
RAISE
IS
ADMITTED
OTTAWA
W1
There
is
speculation
as
to
how
hard
the
new
freight
rates
will,
hit
the
pocketbook
of
the
man
who
foots
the
bills
the
consumer.
.
They
will
send
up
the
grocery
bill,
the
fuel
bill
and
clothing
costs
higher
as
well
as
the
cost
of
running
the
family
car
but
it
is
too
early
to
give
definite
figures.
In
general,
however,
business-heads;
say,
.if.
costsi
go
up,
well,
the
selling
price
to
the
public
must
ultimately
advance.
(MSTAH
BASKETBALL
Wednesday
March
31,
9
p.m.
Thursday
April
1,
8:30
p.m.
Preliminary
games
begin
at
7:30
The
Civic
Centre
Association
Presents
MAGEE
HIGH
SCHOOL,
B.C.
CHAMPIONS
vs.
BOOTH
MEMORIAL
HIGH
SCHOOL
Reserved
75
:
Rush
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
April
1,
1948
High
6:16
17.0
feet
2(5:25
14.7
feet
Low
0:09
10.8
feet
13:34
7.3
feet