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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
35.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
11,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
anaaian
d
p
rice
Probe
Gets
Urod
er
W
ay
c
Aroused
by
Neuberger-ds
Article
on
Pr.
Rupert
FIRES
TAKE
FORTY-SEVEN
Toll
Grows
with
Latest
Tragedies
in
Laurentians
and
Halifax
'TI
V7'
1
,
the
editor
of
a
maritime
publication
and
a
rom
a
Seattle
newspaper
quizzed
Richard
SAYS
PAPER
SCOW
SAVED
I'nder
Tow
For
Ocean
Falls
Now,
Reports
C.N.R.
Skipper
The
Pacific
Mills
scow
which
Tuesday
was
reported
missing
and
feared
lost,
has
been
found
and
is
being
towed
to
Ocean
Falls
by
the
tug
Lapolnte,
according
to
Capt.
Ernest
Caldwell,
of
the
C.N.R.
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
who
sighted
the
tug
with
th
of
two
ger
of
Portland,
author
of
the
much-dis-i
Toronto,
cp-Dea
icle
in
last
week's
Saturday
Evening
Post,teen-aee
Kirls.
daught
ghters
Bread,
Butter,
Meat,
Vegetables
To
Get
Early
Consideration
Hon.
Paul
Martin
Named
Chairman,
Enunciates
Program
for
16-member
Body
OTTAWA
(CP)
Hon.
Paul
Martin,
minister
of
health,
who
is
to
act
as
chairman,
indicated
Tuesday
night
that
initial
investigations
of
the
new
Parlia-mentary
price
investigating
committee
would
be
into
high
prices
of
bread,
butter,
meat,
vegetables,
shoes
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Grant
McGlllivray,
In
a
burning
Laurentian
home
and
fuffocation
of
a
baby
in
a
Hall-
gested
that
Prince
Rupert
was
in
a
position
t0
capture
the
$150,000,000
Al-
I
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t.
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r-
JAN
attle.
Several
Prince
Rupert
w""""
7""'
U'UUB'1"
radio
listener,
heard
Neuberger
TZtT
make
an
able
defence
of
his
"J"?,
?
Uf
nd'a
if
t0
42,and1le
?"
for
the
to
bitten
contciiCions
in
favor
of
7eath
ESTED
Piinee
Rupert
f
t
ompliiity
in
I
Total
damage
in
the
fires
since
Sunday
Is
estimated
at
more
than
$2,500,000
with
major
conflagrations
during
the
on
of
Gandhi
Stressing
Prince
Rupert's
strategic
positiun
of
proximity
to
Alaska
as
the
terminus
of
a
if-
Police
said
to-
transcontinental
railway,
there-
last
24
hours
In
Montreal,
Ham-
v
had
jailed
a
Bom-
by
cutting
off
700
miles
in
the
mon,
nimOUskl,
Quebec,
and
St.
i:i
accused
oi
a
pre-
naui
iroin
tne
Middle
west
ana
j0hn'S
Newfoundland
i
the
scow
under
tow
Tuesday
afternoon.
Carrying
$100,000
worth
ofj
newsprint
from
Ocean
Falls
to,
Vancouver,
the
scow
broke
loose
from
the
tug
Dola
during
a'
week-end
storm.
It
was
originally
believed
to
have
been
lost,
i
Capt.
Caldwell
said
here
this!
morning
that
he
had
spotted
the
scow
in
tow
of
the
tug
Lapointe
at
1
o'clock
Tuesday
afternoon,
apparently
headed
for
Ocean
Falls.
The
position
was
given
about
five
miles
north
of
Pina
rim
1
conference
with
Eastern
United
states
as
com-
In
Montreal
there
were
two
1
fur
the
killing
of
pared
with
Seattle,
Neuberger
iarge
fire8f
one
nauMng
in
the
Gandhi.
The
poll-
pointed
to
two
factors
whlen
destruction
of
an
old
building
t
identified.
,
could
be
expected
to
assist
Al-
in
the
east
end
and
th.
nthor
PRICES
ON
DOWNGRADE
Continuing
to
Drop
as
Commodity
and
Industrial
Markets
Weaken
NEW
YORK,
Q
Food
prices
are
dropping
in
United
States
grocery
stores
and
some
retailers
say
that
more
price
cuts
are
in
sight.
A
survey
disclosed
on
Tuesday
that
price
cutting
ln
meats,
flour,
butter
and
sugar
are
fairly
general
but
it
is
only
i
raided
the
office
askans
in
their
desire
to
u.se
warehouse
on
the
river
front
and
clothing.
Mr.
Martin
was
elected
unanimously
to
the
chairmanship
of
the
sixteen-member
committee.
He
said
he
was
confident
the
members
will
not
permit
it
to
be
used
as
a
'-smoke
screen."
"This
is
a
fact-finding
committee,"
he
said
'.and
our
findings,
we
trust,
will
have
a
salutary
effect.
No
one
who
has
acted
fairly
in
setting
prices
need
fear
this
Investigation.
But
we
should
act
without
fear
or
favor.
We
should,
perhaps,
put
first
things
first
and
inquire
into
stable
commodities
of
life
such
as
bread,
butter,
meat,
vegetables,
shoes
and
c
f.inunisi
rea
guara.t
tne
port
of
Prince
Rupert:
i
nd
arrested
I
.
a
First,
the
removal
of
dlscrimi-
t.rganier.
natorv
freight
rates
in
favor
of
I
It
I
Seattle.
'..PllOhr
Pay
Island
in
Queen
Charlotte
Sound.
2m
v
ILT
CHARGE
Insisted
On
Second,
repeal
of
relief
of
the
Jones
Act.
Last
week
Neuberger
similarly
backed
up
his
article
at
a
luncheon
of
the
Seattle
Cham-
UMISSED
ft;
r
of
assault
laid
.
I
Murray
by
Alma
C.I.O.
LEADER
I
nil
Anrrn
i
ixirvrn
I
an
indirect
result
of
the
sharp
I
1
LONDON
9
Thirty-seven
Preak
in
wholesale
commodity
relation
i
was
dis-
ber
of
Commerce
which
was
at
trade
unions,
defying
the
Labor
prices
which
is
reflected
f
rom
,
clothmg-"
LABOR
LAWS
Magistrate
W.
D.
tended
by
530
persons
the
government's
wage
-
freezing
The
Commons
sent
the
spe
continued
weakness
in
the
commodity
and
stock
markets.
e
court
yesterday
largest
turn-out
the
Chamber
(
policy,
voted
today
to
demand
WASHINGTON
r
A
United
!
States
federal
grand
lurv
to-1
laK
ii
rate
Vance
ever
had.
for
three
million
nigner
pay
cial
price
-investigating
committee
into
action
yesterday
with
a
120
to
80
vote
of
approval
as
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
capped
a
week-end
debate
on
i
ntai
a
head
injury
Mrs
Murray
when!
'
t
I
(
red
irom
a
taxi
of-
oecona
Newspaper
members.
The
confederation
of
shipbuilding
and
engineering
unions
agreed
in
a
meeting
at
Newcastle
to
press
for
increases
City
May
Have
Balanced
Budget
iruary
5.
Rod
Mac-
ln
Seward.
Alaska
WHERE
U.
N.
ASSEMBLY
MAY
MEET
IN
PARIS-A
general
view
of
the
Palais
de
Chaillot,
Paris,
as
it
appears
from
the
first
floor
of
the
Eiffel
Tower.
Trygve
Lie,
secretary-general
of
the
United
Nations,
paid
a
visit
to
Paris
recently
to
inspect
the
pal-as
as
a
possible
meeting
place
fo
rthe
U
j
N.
general
assembly
at
the
September
session.
Mr.
Lie
also
is
said
to
be
considering
sites
in
Brussels
and
Geneva,
but
the
devaluation
of
the
franc
may
play
an
important
role
in
his
final
decision.
It
is
estimated
that
the
United
Nations
would
save
roughly
between
$500,000
and
$570,000
under
the
new
exchange
rate
this
would
be
in
addition
to
the
great
saving
to
the
delegations
of
the
57
member
nations.
:
:
TOD
A
TS
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
..I
A
'
as
cuuumjI
for
Art
SEWARD
Paul
Elms
from
averaging
about
fourteen
shill-Denver,
Colorado,
who
came
jng
i$2.80t
per
week.
day
indicated
the
Congress
of
Industrial
Organizations
and
its
president.
Phhup
Murray
on
charges
of
violating
the
Taff-Hartley
Act's
political
expendi-
!
tures
ban.
j
The
law
forbids
the
spending
of
union
funds
for
political
pur-
j
poses.
j
The
indictment
charges
that
j
Murray
published
an
endorse-'
ment
for
a
Maryland
congres-
the
enabling
resolution
with
a
heated
denunciation
o
.'delaying"
tactics
of
opposition
parties.
The
16-man
committee,
clothed
with
authority
of
a
royal
commission,'
wlil
probe
the'
causes
of
the
recent
rising
cost
of
living.
It
held
an
organization
meeting
none
it
year
ago,,
nas
Kiariea
a
Tne
aovernnM-nt.
fearful
of
On
the
basis
of
preliminary
reports
from
the
City
Treasurer's
office,
the
city
may
be
abre
to
balance
its
budget
for
the
1947
fiscal
year.
Finance
Committee
Chairman
T,
B.
Black
told
council
Monday
HEADS
new
ui-weeaay
iiiwapapri
.
"gomg
bankrupt
Within
SIX
will
be
called
'The
Seward
months,
fought
to
get
trade
News.
It
will
be
four
lour
pages,
fASS'N
seven
columns.
Elms
spent
fifteen
years
in
Colorado
as
a
j
sional
candidate
last
July
in
the
I
union-finaeed
C.I.O.
news.
I,ert
Retail
Merch-
printer.
Seward's
other
paper
is
-f
"
la--t
night
re-,
"The
Polaris
1
iti
:;mial
meeting,
ad-
.
1
1
.'Hilary,
and
elected
Toronto
Athona
Aumaque
Beattie
Bevcourt
Bob
jo
Buffalo
Canadian
union
backing
for
a
program
to
freeze
both
wages
and
profits,
the
program
to
be
on
a
voluntary
basis.
Observers
believe
a
dangerous
situation
will
face
the
government
if
resistance
to
wage
policy
spreads
further
before
tomorrow's
critical
House
of
Commons
debate
on
the
program.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
have
become
generally
.08
.20
.63
.50
-142
.13
night.
He
.outlined
figures
from
the
operating
revenues
and
expenses
for
the
year,
but
cautioned
that
these
had
not
yet
been
audited.
The
auditor's
report
for
the
year's
operations
is
required
to
be
in
the
hands
of
council
by
March
15.
PLANE
CRASH
KILLS
TWO
soon
after
the
Parliamentary
ratification.
It
will
embark
on
an
inquiry
aimed
at
searching
out
hoarding
and
profiteering
in
the
price
field.
Mr.
Ring
charged
the
Opposition
with
flights
of
"declamation"
and
"ridicule",
"angry
plays"
and
"threats
of
boycott,
had
attempted
to
belittle
and
"obscure"
the
importance
of
the
committee
and
make
it
"as
difficult
as
possible"
to
have
it
appointed.
president
for
1948.
ad
been
acting
ln
capacity
since
the
the
organization
POLICE
FINE
TOTAL
SOARS
IN
JANUARY
Crime
doesn't
pay
the
offenders
but
theoffenders
pay
up.
"I
oiiicers
who
will
;
are:
W.
M.
Watts.
Consol.
Smelters
92.50
Conwest
83
Donalda
77
Eldona
7ti
Elder
57
'4
Giant
Yellowknife
5.30
Reds
Filtering
Canadian
Unions
GARY.
Indiana
(P
The
Taft-Hartley
law
is
driving
Communists
out
of
the
United
States
and
into
Canadian
unions,
Senator
Taft
(Republican-Ohio
1,
declared
today.
The
Ohioan
brought
his
campaign
for
the
support
from
Republican
presicrential
delegates
of
this
organized
labor
stronghold
after
hearing
Illinois
audiences
applaud
his
demand
for
federal
tax
cuts.
Vancouver
Bralorne
9.50
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
08
CaCriboo
Quartz
2.25
Dentonia
12
Grull
Wihksne
0434
Hedley
Mascot
82
Minto
02
Pend
Oreille
2.40
Pioneer
3.25
Premier
Border
0434
Privateer
27
Reeves
MMcDonald
....
1.15
Reno
.10
Salmon
Gold
21
Sheep
Creek
1.00
Taylor
Bridge
48
Taku
River
60
Vanadna
18
Congress
03
Hedley
Anialg
02
'a
pent.
Jack
McRae.
This
is
evidenced
by
the
January
!
overcast
this
morning
along
the
William
Shear-
JACKSONVILLE,
Florida
l(P!
j
At
the
same
time,
Mr.
King
Two
flier.?
were
killed
and
eight
t
turned
down
Opposition
demands
others
hurt,
two
critically
in
the
that
the
committee
be
given
northern
British
Columbia
coast
E
Muntador.
Members
Jack
Hardrock
.
Harricana
Heva
Hosco
Jacknife
...
Lapaska
.
132
.07
.15'2
.34
.05'
2
.08
If
Brown.
Trevor
Hill
crash
of
a
United
States
Navy
Martin
Mariner
plane
about
20
miles
south
of
here
last
night.
The
craft
was
seeking
a
landing
place
in
adverse
weather
ifallem.
and
at
several
points
over
the
southern
coast.
Elsewhere
clear
cold
weather
continues
with
the
temperature
at
Prince
George
dropping
lower
than
20
below
for
the
third
consecutive
day.
Milder
weather
is
ln
sight
for
the
province
in
the
next
43
hours
ajnd
increasing
cloudiness
mittees,
grievances.
policy-making
authority,
asserting
it
already
had
"all
the
powers
of
a
royal
commission"
and
warning
that
responsible
government
would
be
"slowly
undermined"
if
the
powers
of
policy
were
bestowed
upon
committees.
British
Columbia
members
of
the
committee
are
Angus
Mc-
fiitcrtalnment
and
Little
Long
Lac
1.20
total
of
police
court
fines
which
were
unusually
larse
for
a
month
that
ordinarily
in
the
police
records
is
a
quiet
one.
Last
month's
fine
total
was
$1,420
plus
$155
in
court
costs.
According
to
Sgt.
L.
A.
N.
Pot-terton,
whose
report
has
been
submitted
to
the
civic
police
committee,
an
exceptionally
large
number
of
the
59
persons
convicted
in
police
court
paid
up
rather
than
go
to
jail.
This
accounts
for
the
large
fine
collec-
will
be
established
Lynx
09
K'-tins
deckled.
Paid
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
February
12,
1948
Hiah
3
00
19
9
fept
,tt'
"Today,
communist
union
members
are
resigning,
as
one
did
today
in
Washington,"
he
said.
"My
Canadian
friends
tell
me
that
several
mining
unions
there
are
being
swamped
with
Communists
who
have
left
the
United
States
because
they
can
no
longer
make
use
of
their
fav-
ip
now
stands
at
55
!l'
Immediate
pros-1
will
be
expunded
"'
H.
E.
Montador
Is
expected
over
the
northern
and
western
sections.
Rain
and
snow
is
expected
to
commence
'
Spud
Valley
Central
Zeballos
Silbak
Premier
...
Oils
A.
P.
Con
..
..
Calmont
C.
&
E
I'
.12
014
.42
.
.14'a
.40
.
3.65
Innis'
wilaam
R.
14
49
20
5
f
eet
Inrine,
8:51
6'5
feethew
and
CoL
Cecl1
Merritt.
21:08
3.5
feet)
"
1
PACKING
PLANT
In,
:
discussed
plans
tions
month,
according
hment
of
a
credit!
During
the
Madsen
2.80
McKenzie
Red
Lake
57
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.30
Moneta
30
Negus
2.35
Noranda
47.00
Louvicourt
1.25
Pickle
Crow
2.01
Regcourt
06
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
57
Sherrit
Gordon
2.12
Steep
Rock
2.01
Sturgeon
River
18
Silver
Miller
37
Foothills
3.40
nrnrr
rMTrnrn
the
idea
was
not
lsle
at
the
pres-
Home
5.50
M'Wcver
n
nnrl.iImB
over
the
northwestern
portion
of
the
province
this
afternoon.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast,
intermittent
rain,
occasionally
mixed
with
snow,
commencing
this
afternoon
over
the
Charlottes
and
spreading
to
the
mainland
tonight.
Winds
southerly
(15
m.p.h.i,
increasing
to
southeast
25i
tonight.
Normal
he
established
peed
arise
to
his
report,
there
were
61
prosecutions
under
various
sections
of
the
Criminal
Code,
Government
Liquor
Act,
Indian
Act
and
War
Income
Tax
Act.
Only
two
were
acquitted.
Of
the
59
convictions,
51
were
liquor
violations,
laid
either
under
the
Criminal
Code.
Liquor
jriation
decdied
to
The
office
of
Swift-Canadian
Co.
at
Cow
Bay
was
broken
into
Monday
night
by
an
Intruder
who
smashed
a
window
to
gain
entry.
As
far
as
could
be
determined,
nothing
was
stolen.
The
police
are
Investigating.
in'
""bershlp
in
the
"'I't
Film
Council,
film
"line,
for
at
its
Act
or
Indian
Act.
The
greatest
temperatures.
Lows
tonight
and
number,
39,
were
laid
under
the
tANT
ANTIMONY
BY
AIR
SHIPMENT
Activity
in
F.xport
Abroad
from
Central
Alaska
FAIRBANKS
Antimony
ore,
which
is
reported
to
be
In
growing
demand
overseas,
is
being
shipped
from
Alaska
in
considerable
quantity,-
now
that
the
company
producing
it
has
completed
building
of
an
airfield.
Contracts
have
already
been
let
for
sending
concentrated
and
high
grade
ore
to
Nenana,
from
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
30
and
40,
Massett
30
and
40,
Prince
Rupert
28
and
40.
LONDON
STOCK
PRICES
SLUMP
-IZED
Indian
Act.
"It
will
be
noted,"
Sgt.
Potter-ton
wrote,
"that
there
were
14
convictions
under
section
126
1
a)
of
the
Indian
Act."
(Supplying
liquor
to
Indians).
That
the
$1,430
fine
total
is
unusually
hinh
for
January,
n
Armstrong
Again
Heads
P.R.
Club
William
Armstrong
was
reelected
president
of
the
Prince.
Rupert
Club
at
the
initial
meeting
of
the
1948
board
of
directors.
A
Bruce
Brown
was
re-
Em
v-a
Jewish
H.
TWO
KILLED
IN
LANDING
MISHAP
OCEANSIDE.
California
'(P
-Two
United
States
Navy
men
were
killed,
a
third
is
missing
and
thirty-one
were
injured
when
churning
surf
yesterday
turned
amphibious
landing
exercises
into
disaster.
Three
of
the
landing
craft
capsized.
Two
I1;'nt
shin
rar.rvliw.
'N
Was
Intrronnlnrl
LONDON
(P
London
stock:
V
Navy
off
pt,wi
usually
law-abiding
month,
is
prices
.slumped
today
in
markets
inriientpH
hv
Uik
fact
that
in
overwhelmed
by
news
of
Brit-
j
elected
secretary.
W.
D.
Lambie
rafted
to
Haifa,
it
is
the
new
vice-president.
suited
here.
January
1947,
the
revenue
from
$230
and
where
it
will
be
hauled
to
the
ain's
critical
financial
position
and
further
breaks
in
the
American
stock
exchanges.
Trade
was
small
and
extremely
j
others
are
missing
and
believed
railway
and
thence
south.
War
ln
January
1946
It
was
a
mere
la
s
sunk.
r-
A.ug
LMvorce
$657.
Monetary
losses
reported
to
f
Mrs.
is
m
D!
.......
the
police
last
month
was
$163,
TEDIOUS
RESCUE
'unci
nas
oi
wnicn
$0
was
recovered.
DANGEROUS
TO
BE
-ree
to
an
tarnuge
to
Georire
C.
A.
Sherman,
who
is
in
charge
of
mining
operations,
is
producing
high
grade
stibnlte,
with
ore
running
as
high
as
70
per
cent
antimony.
For
the
present
air
transport
is
made
use
of
because
of
the
great
demand
for
the
metal,
from
Belgium,
Poland,
England
and
the
United
States.
Within
the
past,
few
years,
THREAT
MADE
ON
BEVIN'S
LIFE
LONDON
H
As
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin
addressed
the
annual
dinner
of
the
Anglo-Egyptian
society
here
last
night,
detectives
hovered
in
the
background
after
receiving
earlier
an
anonymous
telephone
call
to
Scotland
Yard
threatening
an
attempt
to
Kill
Bevin
at
the
gathering.
The
dinner
passed
without
incident.
r
1
1
lirr
Canada's
Vn
0
the
Se
CONSCIENCE
AT
WORK
CHESTERFIELD,
Eng.
O-A
silver
cross
was
found
undamaged
and
carefully
wrapped
In
a
uar.r
In
Dli..ffln11
Ulilh
a
note:
I
LYDNEY,
Gloucestershire,
Eng.
(Pi
A
policeman
was
lowered
into
a
narrow,
50-foot
hole
1
to
rescue
a
dog,
but
became
wedged
in
himself.
He
was
lowered
a
second
time
and
emerged
,,uuu
con-
MBC
wa
J44
GOOD,
SAYS
SHAW
AYOT.
St.
Lawrence,
Eng.
Commenting
yesterday
on
the
assassination
of
Mohandas
Gandhi,
the
playwhlght
George
Bernard
Shaw
said:
"It
shows
how
dangerous
it
is
to
be
too
good."
ICE
CHOKKES
EASTERN
WATERWAYS
As
a
result
of
the
cold
wave
that
has
gripped
the
eastern
seaboard,
Chesapeake
Bay
is
heavily
packed
with
ice
that
has
brought
shipping
to
a
standstill
in
Maryland.
Here,
the
Skagway
Victory
is
held
fast
in
the
ice
as
she
waits
for
the
cutter
Chinook,
in
the
foreground,
to
blast
a
pathway
through
the
frozen
waters.
L
'Host
decoratert
"Piooco
Minm
tr.
rhPtprfield
war,
'
Bucrling
shot
parish
church,"
from
whence
it
many
new
uses
for
antimony
have
been
discovered.
triumphantly
with
the
grateful
dog
licking
his
face.
I111?
Planes.
was
stolen.