VICTORIA , B. C. 131 Jun2 LltiHARY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRJT1BH COLUMBIA'S KCW6PAPCR 1 !ST A, B.C.j )RHES DRUGS ;; fife PHONE 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVI I, No. CO. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1348 PRICE FIVE CENTS l)ntWSTflR1 :w-Cab$ OVER But POST Peace River Publisher Sees Rupert as Outlet Too Little Attention Being Paid To This Port Would Be More Economical Than P.G.E. Extension ur,es Become f IM-fcner lit Budil' i E A L Donald r. A To K E..has resigned "iml C Urged n NatioJial Hallways re 'In planning a railway outlet for the Peace Iliver .....lit eep 5Pth" BudBi-t. i- It inpire too little attention is given Prince Rupert," National ueicnce, writes ueorge in. iuurray, iormer M.L..A. tor LUlooet and now publisher of' the Alaska Highway News at 4,1,1s of Licutenant- Purv w MK-ciiii ; r rt St. John in a special article in his paper inspired SS l,-v h clVl Ilifha"! L- Neuberger on Prince Ru-. rNR ' pert in the Saturday hvening Post. "This port at United States Building Up Strength Against Attack Legion Is Progressing ' ... il. i :..1 - fit... fi II.... XT .f l n .i it fc, was born at Gail- j the terminal of the Canadian National Railway could Nc icvMom uianu. u j serve me norm just as wen as any other. Krom the h,- "' n. k";; i I Prince i rince Itupcrt nu en terminal, terminal, Peace i'pucp River kivpi t products could Sportsmen Urge Fish Hatchery Here at Rod and Gun Dinner Northern sportsmen ate copious quantities of moose meat last night and reminsced about big ones, both caught and uncaught, at the annual game dinner of the. Prince Rupert Rod and Gun Club held in the Broadway Cafe dining room. They also gave serious thought to game conservation me asures and delivered themselves of complaints and Oeorsc. InsDector of "D" di- y-"- Total Membership 620 WASHINGTON, D.C. (CP) Military in the United " States reflect the vprv. vprr May Build This .Year 1934 i'tn tin- degree j,K; shipped to world ports. A Grande Prairie-Prince of commm-e. nc; Rupert line would involve less capital expenditure ,,t-Kraciuate studi.s than the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Rall- i ! l 11., .. . . . . " There was an excellent at-!1101 worm situation noted yesterday by Secre-tendance at the annual general' tary of State George Marshall. But as he voiced his meeting last evening, of the; warning he implied a plea for the American people Other top officials in both drfmatic traon economics aim ,vay nort,n. jjr. Murray also sees the possibility ol bneeniiR at Colum-, , . i , i f . Montana in ihc'dw'of'Mas- tne United States through Prince Rupert to Alaska. vision, which embraces the whole northern section of the province. re A Uia iiii-uaii.M, Mr. iviuirays article is as iuuuws, anu jiuuvuiy uiwu;iies ul tilt? government took pains to stress, this. All efforts to build up the pire Service League. V. G. Houston was re-elected president. The total present mem-i t ied a Carnegie En- Everyone In Northern British Columbia is excited over an ii.olar.ship. ' article which appeared recently in Saturday Evening Post setting suggestions to two officials of the provincial Game Department in the hope of improving hunting and fishing conditions on the north coa.st and central interior. Department official, who addressed the gathering of more k served a assistant i fortn the glories and opportunities or Prince Rupert. Capt. Uich- armed might of the United States are bsing aimed solely at guarding against aggressive attack, it was emphasized. thc Cmadian Na-'arn weuuirger, wi-ii luiuwn on niasna ntgnway, is auuior oi uie ar-. i . 1 tide, which reviews the story of Rupert since the time that Dick coast suamsnios M,.Bride and charles M. Hays figured prominently In early day bership is 620. Reference was made to building prospects but it could not be stated how soon anything in the way of actual work could get under way. The plans arrived a day or so ago. Officers were elected as fol iy pi-nuns Between history of the port. Major suggestions made by the local sportsmen were establishment of a sport fish hatchery in the Prince Kupert area and revision of the migratory game bird regulations to permit bigger daily bags for northern hunters. Both sportsmen and department officials agreed that one of the Immediate needs Is the and September. Cupt,. Neuberger reveals the growth of shipping to Alaska from ! lnan lm Iollwm8 tne dinner : DAILY TRAIN SERVICE HERE i . It was learned authoritatively this afternoon that there will be a six days a week train service oa the Jasper-Prince Kupert line of the Canadian National Railways during the coming summer. Trains will leave for the East t 8 p.m. each day except Sunday and will arrive at 10:45 p.m. each day except Tuesday. The increased service will be effective April 25. fciidtrtook research . Rupert and gives figures to show that United States merchants ! ere James o. Cunningham, 1 British Columbia and manufacturers are reaching the Alaskan coasts cheaper by ; provincial Game Commissioner, HOCKEY SCORES National League - Boston 6, New York 3 Detroit 7, Chicago 2 bftwieii 1934 and ! way (lt Kuprrt than ty Seattle. , , .. One lesult of the article was a radio round-table held at u, caKUlu 11 ; Seattle where Neuberger stoutly defended his Prince Rupert story ay.s a a clerk in against the Chamber of Commerce spokesmen for Seattle. lie! Economics. Mon- in iihinnina a rail outlet for the Peace River Emnirp. too little lows: President, V. G. Houston. First Vice - President, R. P. Smith. ' Second Vice - President, W. H. Murray. Secretary-Manager, P. M. Ray. Executive Miss Mary Morton, F, D. Hardy, C. Anderson, F. J. Hicks, V. D. Duncan, Capt. J. R. Tonight's train, due from this East at 10:45, was reported this afternoon to be on time. f 1938 and was ap-! attention is given Prince Rupert. This port at the terminal erf the jLrth assistant. De-1 Canadian National Railway could serve the North Just as well as employment of larger numbers of game wardens to relieve the pressure on the present small force and assert the authority of the game laws. Rod and Gun Club President Research and De- anv "tner. anaaian nauonai oiuciais Know inis ana iney Know also that a sliort line from Grande Prairie to Obed or Entrance on I I 0(1 iber. 1939. In thr C. N R wnulfl nrnvlHp nnp nutlet, ffir tho Pcarp Pivpr pmin anrl : and V. A. H Gill, of Prince BULLETINS MAY JOIN CANADA ST. JOHN S, Nfd. Choice of Confederation with Canada Has offered (lie people of Newfoundland today when contents or the official ballot or the national referendum which I will decide the colony's fii-I tor were disclosed. It was an POLICE IMPOUND FIRST VEHICLE J. T. Langridge introduced Den Elfert. A. M. Hurst, G. Alexau- he e nlisted wi'ii S ronl. From their Prince Rupert terminal, Peace River produce and two months j rould Ix shipped to world ports. cd t- Ute Cana-i A Gianoc Prairie Prince Rupert line would Involve Uss capital ;urh lie ruse to ! expenditure than the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Hail- nis Stevenson, newly appointed i Same warden for tne Prince Ku- Honorary Officers arc: pert district, who arrived in the! Col Hollorary presicient, Taken Into Custody Because I - 1 it i.ad no rink cm Russia Won't Talk City police Wednesday after- 1T0 IPWo Or AraKo i.U! r He had su-1 Wil-V n,JI ill. True, such a line would not give much relief to the Land , j eeona me reace. tiui on me omer nana inis could De served nat prop- vcry we,j ,or ft Ume toy ftn extension 0flne n.A.R. from Hines Creek riwrlins of prop-j to Fort St. John. Hudson's Hope and the Foothills of the Rockies. ny xuesuay nigiu irom rrince George. Previously, Mr. Steven- W. Peck, V.C.. D.S.O. , Honorary Vice-President noon impounded the first car Col ai.d rtiswisai. nc, it would be a long way round about haul from rlnlay Forks. But NEW YORK B Russia threatened today to walk out in Pii-icD Rupert under the "financial responsibility" clause of J. McGregor, V.C. Honorary .Vice-President, CjI S. D. Johnston, M.C, VD. . wn had served as government predatory animal hunter on Vancouver Island. Inspector Gill told the gath the Motor Vehicle AxtJ6attBiJV" ruur " ra4e' rsnne IX Jews and Arab.? Were then: what does It matter If a load of lumber, coal or wheat is a few elavs exfia on the road? " Anbtner mwrestlng factor here is the actlvfly of Great FalU, Montana in seeking access to the Alaska Highway country. The Chamber of Commerce there is dead set on making Great Fall Commanriinff Officer. H.M.CJv i .. a rnllisinit ni..s nn .. Thi..j Third Avpnuo a. ; ho u. ering that "I intend tO Pre.SS ,.rh .. , , T n IWfan lnn a oaf r.u-.,fH k tl.o IfUl, i a member of Hie Kritif.h Kin -Division, in the i.v Honors List, In t the Canadian .is in March. for still more game wardens in this division." Tlie Legion trustees elected ermcn's Co-operative ' and the u-prp It A nepii. S A Kirrl :i iul f nnliin u-ntji-in B. J.Bacon, past president of jE wddhUL Y , the Rod and Gun Club, urged I L t i "". reDiaced j Scott is trustee , i r takcn that a game fish hatchery be "fc?-P invited to take part in the discussions. Russia's Andrei Gro-myko rebuffed a new American attempt to call the Arabs of Palestine or the Jewish Agency before the Big Power conferences. He said Jewish-Arab conciliation efforts ol the past had failed. - appointed .special the great, local point for trade and travel north from "the .Heart ; i f America." They are linked now by air and highway northward, j They have their plans for a hook-up of rail connections north- i ward. It is conceivable that Great Falls could share in a big way in I the development of Prince Rupert. It certainly has little in com-1 mim with Seattle. There is keen rivalry. Great Falls wholesalers could place stuff I the warehouses of coastal Alaska via Prince Ru- j H-rt. They could reach Interior Alaska on a Great Northern rail ex- i tension northward. Back of Great Falls are the powerful Minne-; ap.ihs and Chicago Railway financial and industrial barons. j . ... . .oi e uciKYuiciii ituu t uuu. inn rustodv necailse It artprt in the Departed and Develop- set up in the Prince Rupert the "pink slip" indicative of in .fc'fcATHER nounced kimultaneously that Hie ballot, will offer the following choices: I. Retention of the present Government by commission; 2. Krliirn of responsible self-government; 3. Confederation with Canada. MASAKYRS H'NKKAL I'KAf.l KJaii Masarvk will he ivrn a ta(e funeral Saturday by Czechoslovakia's communist-controlled government, lie will be i laid beside his father, the founder and first president of the Republic. FATAL ASY1.CM FIRE ASHEVIlI.i;, North Carolina Nine women patients died early today in the blazing inferno of a mental hospital fire. Seven victims were trappd hlplcssiy in upper floors of the four-storey central building the Highland Hospital for nervous diseases. VAM'orVKR MAYBE LEtT BEHIND I'Ti'ia.st 'ft. Queen Char- Vancouver which swings the balance of ixilitlcal power in British Columbia is sounil asleep politically as far as Northern B.C. development Is concerned. Seattle and Tacoma have shown some Interest in shinning bv water to Alaska but are accused bv Alas- 'tyl Coa.st Variable 1 l'h a lew scattered J and Friday. Wind tjtuph.i except east 1 rf ; i n section this JEWS. ARE BOMBED JERUSALEM The closely-guarded Jewish-Agency building was badly damaged by an explosion today soon after a car flying; an American flag was seen entering its courtyard. Early reports said the death toll was eleven with kans of selfish exploitation of the northern territory. l ins movement by Captain Richard L. Neuberger and the Saturday Evening Post to bring Prince Rupert to the of the world as a great seaport should shake the younger of B.C. business men Into wakefulness. 'f'.'e change in tcm- GIRL HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAP A thirteen-year-old girl was injured Wednesday when her bicycle was struck by an automobile on Sixth Avenue East, just east of the Hays Cove bridge. The girl, Louise Leask, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Leask, 1137 Seventh Avenue East, was taken to hospital but released shortly afterward when her injuries were found to be not serious. Eye-witnesses told police that the girl's bicycle had cut in front of a taxi driven by William Stewart which was proceeding westward on Sixth b toniKht and highs area to keep northern streams and lakes stocked with sport fish. Fish sent up from the southern hatcheries head for the sea immediately they obtain their growth, he declared. LOGGING TO POSE PROBLEM Edward Martin, chief game warden of the Prince Rupert district, warned that proposed logging operations on the Skeena and Naas watersheds will pose a great conservation problem that can be solved only by the co - operation of sportsmen throughout the area. Commissioner C u n n i n gham told the gathering that considerable advancement had been made in game conservation measifres during the last year, ' but that the department's capacity to do more depends on the funds allotted to it by the legislature. Hanh 34 and 45 1 Vancouver snouid surely assert Itself or In regard to northern sura nee coverage. It will remain in the hands of the police until released by authority of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles. According; to Constable Keith De Witt, driver of the police wagon, the Co-op car pulled out from the curb on Third Avenue near the Killas and Christopher Block at 5:30 Wednesday afternoon, striking the right rear fender of the police vehicle which was proceeding eastward. Damage to the police car was set at $15. The other car received damage to the left front fender and headlight. The vehicle is said to be covered by liabaility insurance but because it did not carry the pink card showing that it was covered, it was seized by the police. The case is the second this week wherein a car has bee.i impounded. A Ford, driven by ninety injured, twenty serious ; imirc ii ni icn mi uennia. rrince Kitpert. on tne gioDai man "! Prince Ru- ly. has many advantages over Vancouver, New Westminster, Seattle and Tacoma. 45 in which a three-year-old Indian child was injured. Constable Gordon Simoius of the Port Edward detachment impounded Hanson's car after Raymond Wilson had received bruises and a leg fracture when, his tricycle struck a front wheel of the car. The child was riding downhill on the tricycle and headed into Hanson's car which was ' proceeding uphill slowly. LOCAL TIDES ! Friday. March 12. 1948 Plans of the department call j High 2:24 20.5 feet ior tne esiaDiisnmeni oi a nsn , i4:29 20.9 feet'Olaf Hanson, was placed in po- hatchery in the southern in-1 u,w g:29 4.8 feet1 lice custody at Port Edward tcrior, one in the Cariboo, and.j 20:37 4.0 feet Sunday night after an accident possibly, later, one "along tho ; , northern C.N.R. line." 1 . Up Two Cents Prince Rupert Price After Today Will Be 38 Cents VICTORIA (CP) Premier Byron Johnson today announced that the retail price of gasoline will rise by two cents per gallon throughout British Columbia at midnight tonight. Standard grade gasoline w ill now; cost :Jlc a gallon in Vancouver and .'i.")c here and in most other sections of the province. (Prince Rupert price will he 38c). Of the increase l'c is earmarked for the companies and Yic for the dealers. s Price In m ... ''V V ; fJ if. W CJ 4 f - V, Up' s - i V i " ' M ' lV 'Kl Announcement OPENING OF C. M. LE CLAIRE PASSES AWAY Lindsay Motors "I know you need a hatchery in the north," he said, "but wc must wait for the legislature to provide more funds." Touching on the migratory game bird regulations, which are set by international convention, Mr. Cunningham said that he realized that the daily quota and total bag limits last year were unsuitable fo rthe north but that his department had been unable to convince the federal government. "The Dominion" government says that British Columbia has an open season from September to February," he declared. "It is true that there is an oju-n season in some parts of the province during that time, bwt the average person can't afford to drive all over the province." "I don't feel that the daily bug limit of seven birds was tjuph but I do agree that the two-day possession limit was tough on people who have to drive great distances to hunt for ducks." Mr. Cunningham said that the game officials of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and (Continued on Page Stx Cyrus Mcrton Le Claire, an employee of Canadian National Railways for the. last 26 years LIMITED ( IIK'AGO PLANE CRASH CHICAGO A Helta Airlines HC-4 piano crashed and burned explosively late last night a few seconds after taking off from Chicago's t.itmicipal airport. Twelve of 13 aboard were killed. Only Mini or was a 33-year-oltl mother whose seven-year-old son perished. R. G. Van tier Sluys returned Wednesday afternoon by air from a business trip to Vancouver. liUU.1I0UKS N''US 1N ATLANTIC Thomas Monta and a resident of Prince Rupert eai ii,i,.. i.. .. . : 1 1.. Wuif lils , " in siiuwn as nc amveu m " ' sw'ii i' "10 SS' Santa Clara' aflor hls rcsoue fronl mi Ul(! Caribbean. Moiitanez fell overboard '"At until the ship had gone over the horizon. illiun bv thn Captain. John Forrlim nlus the sham t'r. llirlfnrf 11 . .. i Modern New Service Station and Garage Second Avenue and First Street Showing of Dodge - DcSoto Cars and Dodge Trucks Public Inspection of Premises Invited since 1942. died Wednesday afternoon in Prince Rupert General Hospital, after an illness of three months. He vwas 54 years old. Born at Minneapolis, deceased came to Canada and joined the C.N.R. in 1922, working at various points in the west. He came here from Smithers six years ago. He was a freight checker at 'the wharf. Surviving are his wife, one . we sun noaung Monianw. up t j tall um left l be U)WCrCd and brin8 him back aboard-t') divert r r'Rht: Able Seaman Ralmundo Rivera of '"'dan lan nf nr V, " ""c e "ICDOa lifcbat to pick up Montanez; daughter, Mrs. L. Herring, and a son, Robert, all of Prince Rupert. A sister lives in Manitoba. The funeral will be held on Saturday with Bishop J. B. Gibson officiating. tara, who called the rescue a shot- Kne Th homas of Montanez, who credited his res- sl6htdMonta Norbert Ber8hoff of Fort Wayne,