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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
238.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY.
OCTOBER
12,
1949.
-
PRICE
FIVE
CENT8
Mima
arnmma
Mimas'
la
Flees
hltm
overmiieiit
RE,
NEVER
WILL
BE
'
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"
I
:
fc?,....
t
minimi
S-
I
"AD"
BUILDING
REPORT
FILED
A
repoit
ol
&a
lntcrvlcv.'
v.i'h
Col.
A.
W.
Sparling,
head
of
War
GOODY
CIIY
iAYi
CAitY
From
Canton
Into
i:
I'iM'u
and
thr
r'it;'u
luwif.
as
Away
Cliiingking
Assets
Corporation
in
Western
j
Canada,
regarding
the
feasibili-
j
ly
of
purchasing
thi
former'.
4
as
the
aklcrmen
tried
to
devise
American
army
adrrur.stration
..
h
wniiM
he
fair
to
those
convicted
of
Tactions
and,
at
the
same
time,
uphold
itv.
tjjcp
cunmiiilip,
therefore,
Uw
right
to
re
trad
K.UN
G
Nationalist
oetences
m
hail
for
civic
purposes
was
or
a-
IIONu
(LF)
ered
filed
by
'Mayor
Arnold,'
jn
youth
China
crumbled
today
before
fast-moving
reaedSd'Vc?uue?e,"by
taSi
Communuist
armies.
Red
elements
are
reported
with-chairman
t.
3.
Black.
.
Tn
thirty-five
miles
of
the
tottering
provisional
capital
The
report
arose
out
of
a
mo-
()f
(anton.
The
government
has
fled
to
Chungking,
tioh
last
montl
by
Alderman
H.
,
investi-
m
the
interior.
Thousands
of
evacuees
are
jam-gate
s.
whaien
and
the
city
tne
feasibility
of
usiiv;
tlie-ming
Hong
Kong.
buildmg
for
a
city
hall
and
fire
There
has
been
no
sign
of
re-
Sea
and
air
travel
from
Hon:;
hall
;
sistance
from
rive
Nationalist
Kong
to
Canton
has
been
can-
i
.
1
fir
-
m.
-
I
--,
.
-
.
-
"
f
f
'
s
.
'
.
,
t;
(',
'.
"
,
1
I
ajkHl
the
li-'
with
clue
cause."
orator
to
Pat
-1
The
police
committee's
report
j
was
unproved.
'.yinf,
its
sus-
;iiii(ir
act
mamrnt
van
a
Privy
Council
"Col.
Sparling
Implied
that
our
j
armjcs
supposedly
lined
tip
to
celled.
it
i..
ri
:
-
9
a
aim
,r
Oni
Lie
Caw
y
suggested
otfer
of
$5,000
could
defend
Canton.
It
is
estimated
n
""."Z
hB
no
authority
to
set
a
'
that
tghty
tnousand
overa-
foreign
diplomats.
The
British
u-4
tlic
livli-
hfilvjft
paid
the
wrnnKtiiliif?
in
price,
any
acceptable
offer
ment
troops
are
falling
bar
k
on
consul-general
and
his
staff,
would
be
considerably
higher,"
i
the
city.
Communist
dispatches
however,
are
remaining
in
Can-Mr.
Black
stated.
i
sneculate
that
they
may
fee
ton
and
will
stay
"no
matter
Appeal
Is
Out
K.
T.
Applewhaite
Has
His
Say
as
Ottawa
Has
One-Man
Filibuster
"The
committee
feel
that
the
;
rvacuated
bv
sea
to
Formosa
and
what
happens."
The
city
re
PROM1SE
FULFILLED
A
hearty
welcome
was
accorded
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin
of
the
United
Kingdom
on
his
arrival
at
Ottawa
to
f
ul
fil
a
promise
to
visit
Canada.
Among
those
on
and
his
wife
was
"dear
old
rnnd
to
greet
the
69-year-old
trades-unionist-
turned-statesman
friend"
former
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
Klnj.
Left
to
ritchl,
are:
Mr.
King;
Sir
Alexander,
Clutterbuck,
U.K.
high
commissioner
to
Canada;
Hon.
Brooke
Claxton,
acting
external
affairs
(C.
P.
Photo)
i
minister,
Mr
and
Mrs.
Bevin
il
1
mill
he
i'oii-
price
-would
not
be
less
than
;
Hainan
Islands,
I
mains
calm.
$40,000
to
$50,000,
exclusive
cf
j
tor
1
1
if
huot
ay
Hint
the
1
ni'i.t
fn'ilif-lt
wi"
Alderman
land.
Cost
of
repair
can
et
be
Ships,
Plane
Join
in
Search
for
OTTAWA
f
A
one-man
fiil-l
buster
by
Thomas
L.
Church,
ProKressive-Conservative
member
for
Toronto-Broadvlew.
held
tin
for
a
time
yesterday.
Parlia
determined
by
a
proper
survey,1
dependent
on
the
use
the
build-
.
I
bi'licvp
that
t
-
:
Three
Die
Inn
Is
nut
to.
The
committee'
x
Mrt
mm
a
'y
shuutd
be
Missing
Metlakatia
hsherman
of
a
"P'lody-vpr
wei''
and
feel
that,
the
minimum
cost
tor!
alterations
and
repair
would
not
be
less
than
$50,000
and
'
I
Sudcenlv
J
tr
no
I'i'axoii
could
reach
$200,000."
An
air
and
sea
search
by
a
Department
of
Fish-
rV-
ttat.ro!
boat
and
aircraft
was
under
way
today
MONTREAL
CONVICT
SLAIN
ment's
third
reading
of
the
bill!
to
abolish
appeals
to
the
Privy!
Council
which
waa
finally
pass-1
ed
without
recorded
division.
Tlw
bill
would
make
Hit
Supreme
Court
the
final
court
of
ap-ftt-..Cafti.,.-.''""',-s--
'i-'.
Church
fonght
ior
supper
adjournment
of
the
House,
getting
Mm
"hrln
nf
Primp
Minister
St.
Un-
a
MejUakjtlafisherjrna
to
be
adrift
after
iffthR-
"'the
ohgioThTs"
gillnet
'
boat
'
broke'
down
In
storm;1.
d
add
to
the
,
law."
m
;iM
Alder-
i
uj
ik
.
he
liad
i.T.'h
suspen-
Ased
People
Snrcumb
at
Ootsa
Lake,
JUtaiiS
n'
Smithers
llireo
sudden
deatiis
from
natural
causes
at
central
in-
SynOPSlS
.
lj.,i.,
fJo,'f
HfMrlair
a
liquor
hr
part
tt
Laurent
who
said
he
wished
the
terior
points
are
report
n
uiuny
clear
skies
have
re-
turned
Relatively
to
the
southern
British'-
Object
..,.,
of
the
search
,
is
a
man
said
-j
to
be
r
George
Columbia
coast
in
the
paot
12
Powell,
36
year
old
Metlakatla
-
hours.
Cloudiness
persists
over
man,
whose
boat,
the
Rowena,
nMi
to
(,end
a
Norseman
plane
many
of
the
interior
regions
and
broke
adrift
while
being
towed
which
It
has
under
charier
from
scattered
shower
activity
is
to
'
by
another
gillnet
boat
in
the
'
QUeen
Charlotte
Airlines
out
to
he
expected
this
afternoon.
!
area
off
White
Rocks
on
the
aji
n
the
search
thts
afternoon.
Clearing
skies
tonight
will
pro-'
northwest
tip
of
aBnks
Island.'
pilot
of
the
plane
is
Doug
Mc-
,
member
to
bp
satisfied.
to
divisional
headquarters
oi
n.rt
to
havei
church
argument
threw
tns
ic
provincial
pota
her-
by
reduced
House
into
a
tang!3
of
legal
wits
the
Smithers
d.stnct
office,
niretinn."
'
over
-whether
the
House
should
William
Henry
Cx-k,
old
ase
d
"We
are
give
third
reading
today.
pensioner
at
Strcataam
in
the
boat
Queen.
the
trolling
Name
of
duce
the
risk
of
sharp
frcsts
m
MONTREAL
A
10-year
ld
escaped
conyjet
washot'and
killed
by
"an
off-duty
constable
early
today
as
he
and
two
other
escaped
priconers
were
trying
to
break
into
a
private
home
in
the
northeastern
section
of
the
city.
Tolice
identified
the
youth
as
Jean
Charles
Labrosse
who
was
killed
as
he
attempted
to
frighten
an
officer
with
a
piece
of
metal.
,
WAS
SHE
MURDERED?
'
VANCOUVER
The
possibility
of
murder
is
seen
in
the
death
of
the
decomposed
body
of
an
apparent
young
woman
which
was
found
in
the
water
off
West
Vancouver
at
the
week-end.
Fohce
announce
that
there
has
been
no
positive
identification
said
that
it
was
as
yet
although
a
newspaper
who
had
been
missing
for
a
the
body
of
a
woman
thet
been
towing
which
wnra,
had
most
most
ol
of
the
tne
interior
inferior
valleys
.intja.
i
Toaay,
uie
luuinmwb
w
y-
Oround
frosts
will
touch
the
Rowena
was
not
given,
but
the
troumg
t!he
area
-west
of
Por-
t
.
mnntnnl
lnnrrnvu
nrmrntnr
was
said
to
be
a
man
nA
claKani
laltttirl
nn
.hp
i
and
order
in
At
the
voting
only
Jr.
Church
Ootsa
Lake
di-slrlct.
was
found
'I
voted
disapproval
after
the
m
nis
cabin
on
Sunday.
H
F.irman
ex-!
Speaker
had
ruled
tout
the
Coroncr
Wllte
conducted
an
in-
qulry.
i
".ih.it
the
taxi
question
should
.DC
ciearea
up
ne
restion-
'
today
regarding
the
third
reud-
5'
pin
t
of
!
hci'-r.i
liqicr
lng.
Clnrrch
declared
that
an
attempt
was
being
made
to
breaK
Juowtrl
iviaiiiicw-j.
unci
cuiu
oicuciw
wnw.u
-
will
be
sunny
in
most
of
these
'
named
Tait.
Radio
lnterfer-;
posgihinty
that
the
Rowena
may
regions.
ence
made
it
impossible
for
Fish-
have
drifted
northward.
Where-
The
disturbance
in
tlie
Gulf
of
cries
Department
of
ncit-ls
here
0f
the
boat
hat
was
tow-
,
"
Alaska
appears
o
be
weakening
to
ascertain
the
names
proper-'
lng
the
R0Wena
was
not
given.
this
morn
ng
and
Is
lUei
to
af-1
ly.
j
Apparently
the
two,
boats
feet
only
the
north
coast
of
the
(
Worct
0f
Powell's
plight
became
yen
proceeding
toward
Kitkatla
province.
Crcasior.
u
light
rain
known
here
yesterday
when
the
wnen
the
Rowena
developed
en-is
expected
to
'
occx.
in
that
Fisheries
Protection
ves.sei
Kiti-
gine
trouble
and
was
taken
In
area
tonight.
-
1
maat,
Capt.
Charles
Earnshaw,
the
boat
de-
Carl
Russell,
aged
Indian,
was
found
dead
beside
his
cabin
at
Kitwanga
Monday.
Coroner
Drake
satisfied
himself
that,
death
was
.:.ue
to
natural
causes
Mrs
truth.
Wricht.
aged
78,
tavern
?
ould
use
ties
with
the
BrltWh
Empire.
E.
T.
Applewha'.te,
Skeena,
w
in
Ihi-lr
boot-
said
that,
as
a
Canadian,
he
wuW
nver
be
rlar-d.
"I
have
5
smug
a
bit
of
wished
to
protest
any
suggestion
also
an
old
ace
pensioner,
was
that
Canada
was
trying
to
sell
found
dead
outside
her
cabin
out
of
the
Commonwealth.
at
Smithers
Sunday.
Forecast
(
broadcast
that
it
was
seeking
vsioped
engine
trouble
also
and
North
Coast
Rejrion
Cloudy
the
missine
boat.
I
today.
Overcast
wltn
occasional!
one
report
said
that
the
an(j
went
a(jrif
t
'"Sltiiig
going
rt
selling
iKiuiis,
they
arc
month.
TO
ASSIGN
WORKERS
LONDON
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
served
notice
on
British
workers
today
that
some
of
them
may
have
to
give
up
their
present
jobs
and
go
to
work
in
the
"dollar--
lf.
1
knii'ji
i.f
ligltt
rain
tonight.
Cloudy!
Kittmaat
had
sighted
it,
then
Rowena
is
owned
by
John
Thursday.
Little
change
in
tent-,
ist
it,
but
there
was
no
con-
Auckland
o
Metlakatla.
perature..
Winds
wrj'erly,
20
finnation
of
this.
A
report
saW
that
there
were
m.p.h.
in
the
exposed
areas,
be-
Department
of
Fishreies
plan-
3Q
and
4Q
maU
boats
coming
southerly,
20
mp.lt.
to-
;
1
1
m
togetiter
when
the
GAME
HANDY-
Accommodating
Moose
Shot
'
have
bf.-ii
doing
!"'"'.'
Ond
have
'"(!.
But
when
night.
Uttle
change
in
temper--
,
Monday,
but
r
that
they
have
ature.
Lows
tonight
anl
h.i.hs
ano
,
o-..u,y.v.
-x
.
.
fel
Thursday-at
Port
Hardy,
42
Prince
Kupert
to
ana
do.
1Ms
and
Indians,
OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT-
At
New
Hazelton
Station
Usually,
a
moose
is
shot
while
rambling
in
the
.woods
or
swamps
instead
of
while
loafing
around
a
railvvav
station.
S!onr
agre-d
"that
s
'Youngest
Chief
'5
91?
i'lvmilln
I.,.
I
(iordoii
'!
fur
nil
f
Us
?
Ihe
laws."
ii,,t
iio
h.Hr.r
is
exaetlv
what
happened
at
New
earning"
industries,
'there
coum
ue
no
gui.
he
said,
that
people
would
be
allowed
to
remain
m
their
present
jobs.
During
the
war
the
government
reserved
the
right
to
direct
British
working
men
and
women
into
jobs
where
they
were
most
needed.
It
still
had
the
authority
to
do
so.
EARLY
ELECTION
UNLIKELY
I
ONDON
The
possibility
of
an
early
election
dimmed
today
and
there
are
increasing
signs
that
Prime
Minister
Attlee's
government
may
wait
uiuil
next
spring
before
calling
for
a
vote.
Attlee
is
to
see
Foregin
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin
tonight
on
the
it
i.t:i,
!
Hazelton
last
Saturday
morning.
During
the
night,
,
.
,
,
ii
:.
,.:kt
nnliit
!irillrr;
rame
ll'
ri-i,!
.
I
g'OOd-SlZCa.
Dllll,
Wt-anus
tii;iii.-iv"v
..II
l(:
;ill
'
,Us
f"f
sliurt
per-
!
'ui,
ut
from
iroiu
the
nit:
surrounding
(.iiiiuuuuint,
hilts
un..,,...,
lll,.u:i
as
t,
!!,'
,
.,..
.nMM.
tnlnnliinpss.
First,
the
bull
....
found
i
"
Mia-
i
standing
near
the
water
tank,
the
hunter
not
the
other
way
lie
made
his
way
io.
barely
a
thousand
feel
irom
uil
aromld
'
-
t"T
'
-
;
-
lrn"t
have
(h,
il
ncrn,
station
building
and
handy
to
where
trains
stop
and
people
..iiit-iu
V
I
Si
r.
ns
.said
to
meet
and
siooa
UOIIll'S.
I
11C
I111H.T
W
,
.
...,1i,1ir
are
bound
We
,i,i..h'
eiKni
ociocn
aim
i"1
,
lor
mil1
own
teniir
there
waiting
to
be.
snot.
was
gusty
and
wet.
election
question.
PASSENGERS
NOT
AROUSED
TORONTO
First
Officer
Woods
told
the
Nor-onic
members'
of
the
of
inquiry
today
that
no
crew
"'Wilier
counr.;;
It
so
happened
that
a
man
OTTAWA
(CP)
Donald
Gordon,
47
-year
-old
deputy
governor
of
the
Bank
of
Canada,
appointed
yesterday
as
head
ol
the
huge
Canadian
National
Railway
system
as
from
January
1,
succeeding
R.
C.
Vaughan,
aged
85,
who
is
retiring,
is
the
youngest
head
tr-$2,500,000,000
system
has
ever
had.
The
former
chairman
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
will
take
over
control
of
a
vast
corporate
empire
sprawling
between
Canada's
coasts
and
down
to
the
United
States
including
steamships,
hotels,
telegraphs
and
allied
services.
The
following
statement
was
made
by
Hon.
Lionel
CtievTier,
Minister
of
Transport
in
thef
House
of
Commons
Tuesday:
Convenient
to
where
the
body
lav.
was
a
gin
pole
and,
with
"Psrt
ear
rui
carrying
a
rifle
but
hardly
ex-
peeling
to
see
any
game
so
near
,
w
f
thlSi
the
carcaiis.
waf
said
that
1
-!
'hat
the
e
y
conier
ai
l.
his
own
fireside,
Is
Bill
Holmes
a
lru(.k
of
Usk.
for
some
time
living
at"01suu
b
.
,.,.,h
n.;
lo
be
driven
below.
Ttie
neau
w"
-
a
miner
lor
somebody's
Mr.
"Holmes
was
Just
starting
,
come
adornment.
the
ill-fated
lake
vessel
luw
wen
requntu
tu
cu.
passengers
in
the
event
of
fire
in
report.
He
said
that
no
instructions
had
been
issued
by
him
to
arouse
the
passengers.
APPOINTMENT
CRITICIZED
OTTAWA
Donald
Fleming,
Progressive-Con-enwativp.
Toronto-Eglinton,
yesterday
protested
cut
on
what
he
hoped
would
.
home.
'"wrna,
4
HUj
Angles
2
be
a
succesful
hunting
trip
when
he
noticed
something
that
cavp
htm
Hip
sumrlsC
Of
1!n.
-.;
'
'
"
,
r
-
n
rysa;rrr
t
,
,
-
u.i;t
1,
his
life.
I
In
the
name
of
firearms
and
Ifi
dlnlniT
nar
ticlrptis
what
was
a
Mr.
Speaker:
I
have
an
an-(Continued
t
page
6)
moose
doine
ricM
in
town
and
Sale
at
a
rallwav
station
of
al
nlaces?
the
appointment
of
Donald
Gordon
as
new
chairman
and
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
on
the
grounds
that
he
had
no
experience
in
railway
afairs.
He
declared
that
it
was
a
"shameful
violation"
of
principles
of
promotion
within
an
organization.
.
...
Thursday,
October
33,
1943
High
5:05
10.1
feet
16:35
18.5
feel
lVlt
Centre
Jack
McNulty
returned
to
tlia.
city
on
the
Prince
Gearge
today
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Well,
there
was
no
sense
in
Just
starinK
.
and
euessing!
Holmes
NEW
CHIEF
OF
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
Donald
Gordon,
deputy
governor
of
Bank
of
Canada
and
former
chairman
of
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
appointed
chairman
of
board
and
president
of
Canadian
National
Railways.
.
i
rtr,
in
A
foot
Low
1U
23;
47
6.8
iee-
up
and
fired,
dropping
the
venison,
practically
in
it's
tracks.
Everything
worke
d
with