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1
Daily
Delivers
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHOIIE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
34
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
10,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
mm
vess
1LA1LA
a
--
:
FOUNDERS
OFF
EGG
IS
AND
To
Hang
For
Gandhi
Death
Calls
For
Election
Captain
'Buster'
Drmi
Is
Uictim
of
Disaster
TANK
EXPLODES,
FATALLY
HURT
Ingval
Monton
of
Walcott
I.oes
His
Life
Two
Obscure
Newspapermen
Convicted
of
Slaying
Indian
Leader
NEW
DELHI
(P
Narayan
Gosse
and
Narayan
Apte,
editor
and
publisher
respectively
of
a
oiiiull
Puona
newspaper,
were
today
sentenced
to
hang
for
the
assassination
of
Mohandas
K.
tv1
I
Coalitionist
Members
Think
Air
Should
Be
Cleared
to
Save
Industry
Inval
Monton,
sawmill
man
of
FATAL
ONTARIO
Walcott,
28
miles
east
of
Smith-
I
VICTORIA
The
provincial
Gandhi,
last
year.
ers
CAa
In
the
w'c
Dumicy
Bulkley
Valley,
vancv,
died
uieu
.
.
.
i
inrtl
I
lll
ft
I
An
a3ed
politician,
V.
D.
Sav-
T'..n"
e"
"rgea
W
Tuesday
nieht
in
the
Ridklev
A
MP
ANh
WAH
,
jjjlpt
A
solid
Held
ol
Ice
several
square
miles
In
area
and
more
tnan
a
foul
Lhit:k
uid
Can.il
and
kept
the
mining
town
of
Stewart
isolated
for
three
weeks
as
far
as
"
concerned.
Exceptionally
cold
weather
freezing
the
fresh
water
coming
fnmi
J,rs
the
Salmon
and
the
Bear
causei
tht
icefield,
shown
here.
Passengers,
mail
freUdits
ere
transferred
from
the
weekly
steamer
from
Prince
Rupert
to
a
gas-,verccl
U
Hyder,
Alaska,
across
the
border
from
Stewart.
Delivery
was
then
made
,
...1
,..-,tf
arkar,
who
was
described
by
the'1;'1'1
eariy
uon
10
assure
-
"
,
nni
fcnni,
vnnyi.
industrial
Vail
y
District
Ho.pt.
at
concerns
prosecution
as
the
brains
of
the
Indan9
Lose
livM
d
8Uch
Alumlnum
Company
of.Smithers
when
a
gasoline
tank,
'plot
against
Gandhi's
life,
was
p.wt
,s
SeriousIy
,njllred
acquitted.
.Canada
and
their
investmenU
.;
which
he
was
welding
exploded.
North
of
Sudbury
.'win
De
"safe.
r,ann,
Rpnnrt
nf
t
ihp
fatal
derlrtjint
1J...
was
Five
of
ciglt
defendants
were
given
life
-sentences.
'X
Moving
the
address
in
reply
.
.
,
J
.....
,
1
SUDBURY,
Ont.,
IK
Two
Into
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
recelved
yV
at
divisional
dlan
trappers
are
dead
and
a
Allan
J.
McDonell
(Coalition-
headquarters
of
the
provincial
Sudbury
Airways
pilot
Is
in
crl-
Vancouver
Centre)
said:
"This
Police
here.
An
inquiry
is
being
tical
condition
here
as
a
result
'
government
can
come
to
such
held
by
Coroner
Harvey
Davies
of
an
airPlane
crash
on
isolated
terms
and
conditions
with
com-
J
or
Smithers.
Kenogamasl
Lake,
100
m
il
g
g
panies
as
will
make
possible
for
northwest
of
here.
Monton
was
Was
41
vcar
VIS
of
Of
aee
age
those
Industrie
tn
W
J
.-T"0
Jhe
dead
are;
RJchard
Nav.
Fishing
Boat
Passing
Cloud
Founders
One
Drowned
VANCOUVER
The
fishing
boat
Passing
Cloud
foundered
off
Egg
Islxrd
in
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
Wednesday.
Captain
G.
G.
Brown
is
reported
to
have
drowned.
Three
men
were
rescued.
The
vetera.ni
coast
skipper,
familiarly
known
as
"Buster"
Brown
is
presumed
dead
since
there
Ts
no
trace
of
him
following
the
marine
disaster.
He
was
62
years
of
age
and
resided
in
Vancouver.
For
many
years
he
plied
up
and
down
the
coast
in
various
vessels.
The
Passing
Cloud,
a
herring
boat,
issued
a
distress
call
but
became
submerged
before
rescue
attempts
could
be
started
by
the
packer
Ribac.
It
is
believed
Capt.
Brown
died
of
a
heart
attack
or
was
washed
overboard.
The
59-foot
Passing
Cloud
is
well
known
at
Prince
Rupert
where
she
has
delivered
halibut
and
herring
in
the
past
years
to
the
Prince
Ru
TALKING
OF
ODD
P.O:
ADDRESSES
Many
ocklty
addressed
letters
have
been
received
and
successfully
delivered
through
the
local
post
office.
One
of
the
oddest
yet
was
that
of
a
,
"wv
ana
was
a
marriea
man,
puu
me
government
can
only
up
to
a
point
guarantee
their
se
eau,
aged
46,
and
his
nephew,
Sidney
Naveau,
41,
of
Gogama,
J
near
the
scene
of
the
crash,
j
Robert
Milligan
of
Toronto,
123,
is
in
serious
condition
suf-llering
from
multiple
bruises
Vancouver
Has
Rain
But
Not
Sufficient
curity."
Mr.
McDonell
was
asked
by
a
C
C.F.
member
ir
he
meant
an
early
election
and
he
replied
in
the
affirmative.
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
and
fractures
'
11
i
from
one
to
two
inches
of
snow
'
mixed
with
rain
since
yesterday.
!
New
York
pharmaceutical
products
concern
to
the
local
hospital.
It
read:
"Prince
Rupejl
General
Hospital
"Prince
Rupert
"
New
Vancouver,
"British
Columbia."
There
is
some
speculation
a.-;
to
the
process
by
which
that
one
could
have
been
coined.
British
Columbia
Electric
Co.
of-
Atom
t!Offl
f'f
t
l
r
i
'
il
Bomb!
Arc
Secret
BASEBALL
LITIGATION
I
t
iiciais
sam,
nowever,
mat
it
had
brought
no
appreciable
relief
In
the
water
situation
which
caused
the
continuing
electric
power
crisis.
I
s
.
1
t'nited
States
Not
Going
To
Tell
World
How
Many
Sbe
Has
Structure
of
Organized
Sport
Is
Challenged
In
Case
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Oi
and
.SOW
IS
DEEP-Snow
23
feet
deep
has
fallen
at
Stewart.
Thi
phutu
suu
now
Army
Signal!
The
number
x
!
on
the
riKif
of
a
church
at
Stewart.
,
-
,
.
(Photos
by
wi,ier
junsonr
pert
Fishermen's
Co-operative.
The
Passing
Cloud,
built
in
Vancouver
in
1910
and
owned
by
Daniel
E.
Johnson
of
Vancouver
a.nd
Eric
V.
Johnson
of
Ocean
Falls,
was
a
vessel
of
59
feet
5
Inches
length,
18
8"
beam
and
9'
3"
draft.
She
had
a
175
h.p.
engine.
1
NEW
YORK
-Organized
jbasAjiivll
has
shed
its
historical
i
shyness
towards
legal
action
and
i
is
prepared
to
fight
the
latest
i
attack
against
its
contracts
all
atomic
bombs
which
the
United
Look
Into
Warehouse
ST.
LAURENT
AND
TRUMAN
Variety
f
Matters
to
He
Ihsriissrd
at
Week-r.nd
Meeting
IRE
Hie
way
to
the
United
States
States
has
should
be
kept
secret.
President
Truman
said
today.
Mr.
Truman
denied
that
David
Lilienthal,
chairman
of
the
Atomic
Energy
Commission,
had
Storm
Along
Lower
Skeena
Ties
Up
Wire,
Rail
Communications
LS
Supreme
Court.
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Legal
structure
of
the
sport
Commerce
is
going
direct
to
is
challenged
in
a
$300,000
dam-
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
Luur-
agc
suit
by
Danny
Gradclla,
an
ent
with
its
representation';
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
L.
S
HI.
Laurent,
who
will
visit
Presi-
suggested
that
the
United
States
GOVT
WANTS
i'r;M
(
.iriii;ii;:ii
I
h.iIivn
.rr
tell
the
world
how
many
atom
I'-ii
traffic
iinrl
Wirt'
COlllimilllCUUoils
between
1
dent
Truman
111
Washington,
ou(fidtlt,r
now
banned
fron,
seeking
retention
of
the
United
bombs
it
has.
organized
baseball
tf
cause
he
1',-ni...
I'liiiiift
xmi
1
crriifc
were
d;d
ill
vze'i
(tveriiimr-
"
.
.
i.,vt
v
,
,
panied
by
any
advisers.
As
a
Voters
of
N01
iii-:
hv
what
was
dcscriiK.ci
us
one
ot
the
worst
snow
vu.
of
Prpmi(.r
jumped
from
the
New
York
Giants
to
the
Mexican
Baseball
League.
..united
out
ln;i;ty
storms
in
the
hLstory
of
the
district
which
comhined
st
Laurent
win
talk
about
with
inmintnin
sn(ivslifles
to
cover
truekilii't'
for
a
50-hat
ever
President
Truman
Jl
1'
!t
t'!y
fuuL'.ht
i;c!i-
".V;
,,s
!,,y:mile
stretch
alonir
the
lower
Skeena.
Due
to
lack
ot
looses
u
bring
up.
it
is
con-
,l""T
sU!y
ZmucaUons
theeneral,
:
1
at
their
views
J"1"
will
.
.teh.de
the
North
AUant.c
."t1""""1
I
believed
sMuatlon
was
obscure.
pert,
and
it
as
M
-
a,,-!
A
snowfall
of
two
,eet
was
J
have
nBllu
,,r
llie
Mill
FEWER
IN
HOSPITAL
States
Army
war-established
waterfront
installations
including
large
warehouse.
The
Chamber
feels
that
some
industrial
use
might
yet
turn
up
for
this
building.
One
suggestion
has
been
that
it
might
be
a
more
practicable
possibility
were
,it
divided
in
half.
In
any
case,
it
is
felt
the
building
should
b
saved
from
demolition
on
the
grounds
of
national
necessity
Department
of
National
De-ience
authorities
are
making
further
investigation
into
the
status
of
the
warehouse
here,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
advised
today.
GAMBLING
CUT
Britain's
Seventh
Biggest
Industry
to
Be
Probed
LONDON
iffi
Appointment
of
a
royal
commission,
to
investigate
every
phase-of
gambling
in
Britain
except
card
games
was.
expected
to
be
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attlee.
Most
newspapers
agreed
that
this
would
be
the
date
for
the
long
-
anticipated
government
announcement
on
the
effort
to
siphon
a
share
of
the
profits
made
in
Britain's
seventh
big
.
.
...1...1
...wl
:
l...in.
Mlrirn
ISRAEL
FREES
ALL
PRISONERS
TEL
AVIV
Government
of
Israel
is
declaring
an
amnesty
for
all
prisoners
civil
and
political,
Jews
and
Arabs
alike
except
those
serving
life
sentences
and
those
condemned
to
death.
POWER
USE
SHOWS
DROP
Wh'Plwu
tt
vioieuv
winu
ui.u
.
-
l.'i.s
or
nmliniied
i
i
.in
a
a
part
of"'"-
"P
drifts
to
a
depth
of
Six)
A
snowslide
301)
feet
long
and
;
:;(im',i
v.oiikl
eap-l
f,'1
along
the
track
between
Kix
feet
deep
covered
the
track!
seals
in
the.Tyee
and
Exstcw
while
at
least
near
Exsttw
at
10:30
last
nlRhtj
NEWrOUNDLAND
U-..I
IMiliaih.-nt.
t"
large
snowslides
added
tojanda
report
was
ronni.R
"
"j
.
..
i
A
niilC
Insurance
Effectiveness
Marked
by
Decrease
Rather
Than
Increase
in
Patient
Numbers
Hospital
insurance
has
brought
110
increase
in
demand
on
ser
m-mil
as
anticl-IU'C
track-clearing
uimcuiues
anouier
bimv
i(U
mf
iKllUKIIIL
i.nn(
1
iiwii
)e
ill
N
11
Hie
see-
-
.
-
-
-
-
11
be
riiiinled
to
Information
in
this
regard
Col,
Drew
Sees
Danger
to
Inler-I'rovincia!
Trade
St.
Laurent
Keplies
ond
slide
five
miles
west
01
Kwinit.su
were
not
received
here.
'We
do
know
that
the
track
,..
1
f....
,,,!U.
uilli
ilrills
gest
industry.
vice
from
the
Prmce
Rupert
j
was
received
this
morning
bv
which
today
face
railway
work
crews.
Telegraph
communications
went
out
on
the
dot
of
midnight
near
Kwinltsa,
45
rail
miles
east
of
the
city,
and
this
morning
another
break
was
reported
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Tyec.
General
Hospital.
As
a
matter
Chamber
of
Commerce
Secret
IS
COVeicu
im
in..-
'
OTTAWA
It
Rnenki.le
ary
E.
T.
Applewhaite.
follov
up
u
.ma
.....
...
of
fact,
there
is
a
falling
off
in
the
number
of
patients
there.
i;Ui(i
lithe
Slll,,.(.,,
sub'ect
of
r
margarine
in
"It's
line
ot
he
worst,
suua-i
Parliament,
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
said
that,
when
terms
had
to
con-
Hons
we
have
evei
tend
with."
But
Conservation
Not
Sufficient
Yet
to
Meet
Crisis
Dropping
water
levels
at
Falls
River
and
Shawatlans
Lake
kept
Prince
Rupert
electric
power
situation
in
a
state
of
semi-crisis
today
but
response
to
power-saving
appeals
of
Newfoundland's
entry
into
ing
representations
that
the
warehouse
should
not
be
allowed
to
be
demolished.
v
"Your
further
representation
are
being
brought
to
the
attention
of
appropriate
officers
of
the
department
for
investiga
"To
my
knowledge
it
was
the
worst
storm
to
hit
the
district
in
years,"
Divisional
Superintendent
C.
A.
Bonier
said
this
Seltlemce
"F'lrhcd
The
rigure
yesterday
was
67
patients,
a
decrease
from
70
at
the
first
of
the
month.
The
local
hospital
is
now
equipped
jk)
handle
118
patients
and,
at
a
pinch,
could
accommodate
140,
subject
only
to
nurses
being
available
for
stafl.
There
is
no
surplus
of
nurses
in
Prince
Rupert
at
this
time.
The
whole
line
be-
'
f
One
of
two
morning.
tion
and
report,"
the
letter
I
by
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
It
is
anticipated
thai
no
tnit-j
Confederation
had
been
dralt-Hc
will
move
over
the
line
be-
,1,
the
Supreme
Court
ot
Can-fore
Saturday
at
the
earliest.
ada
had
not
ruled
that
man;ar-Last
night's
train,
scheduled
to
ine
was
a
provincial
matter
and
leave
for
the
East,
at
8
o'clock,
the
redcral
ban
was
illegal.
The
remained
in
the
yards
here
and
court
had
upheld
the
federul
It
Is
expected
that
tonight's
government's
right
to
ban
ini-weslbound
will
be
tinned
around
ports
of
the
substitute.
Djspitc
at
Terrace
or
Pacific.
,
tTu,
"L.
t
signed
by
W.
R.
Wright,
executive
assistant
to
Defence
Minister
Brook
Claxton,
said.-
Sl!;s
up
in
forma-
tween
Tyec
and
Exstcw
Is
a
ir'y
fckimu
hamlet
mess."
'My
iped
out
by
I
Accurate
information
011
the
ii'LlSe
ei
evt
ah-
I
rrtnrllt
Ion
nf
M-r
linn
helu:pfn
shoWcd
a
marked
improvement
although
it
was
still
under
the
desired
25
per
cent.
THE
WEATHER
:
Synopsis
The
storm
which
crossed
the
coast
last
night
was
moving
across
the
Interior
this
morning,
accompanied
by
moderate
to
heavy
snow.
Much
colder
weather
Is
returning
to
the
coast
and
temperatures
will
fall
sharply
tonight.
Friday
will
be
cold
and
mainly
clear
over
the
entire
province.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
snow
flurries
today.
Clear
and
very
cold
tonight
and
Friday.
Northwest
winds
20.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
Port
Hardy
25
and
35,
Massett
20
and
30,
Prince
Rupert
18
and
28.
Use
of
electricity
in
the
city
Tyec
and
Exstcw
was
impossible
.,i.nn
ltiic
t,ii-
L.amcm.
win
iiu
iv.iv
.....
to
obtain
before
noon
today
be
Snow
reniova
,a
intact,
and
re-
l'1
"""I
H(
('(Is
hos-
:(i
;w
iimde
with
"'ii.
Ii
upper
at
Fort
cause
of
the
failure
of
tele
day
were
complicated
by
the
fact
that
the
"wing"
snowplow
graph
lines
which
were
torn
wise
lo
rciain
ine
provision
m
;
the
Newfoundland
terms
ny
i
which
Newfoundland
cftuid
con-
j
tinue
the
manufacture
and
sate;
of
margarine
within
its
own
j
down
during
the
storm.
How
is
derailed
ueiwecji
i.t.
e
...m
;s
ii
of
the
ham-
has
been
reduced
by
18
per
cent.
Power
Co.
Manager
T.
B.
Black
said.
He
added
that
,the
company
is
grateful
for
this
cooperation
on
the
part
of
the
public
but
repeated
that
a
25
per
cent
reduction
is
necessary
under
present
conditions.
A
small
fraction
of
an
inch
of
rain
fell
at
Shawatlans
yesterday
but
it
was
not
enough
ever,
according
to
reports
re
Skeena.
A
Rotary
plow
is
also
there.
1
B;V
ceived
by
Mr.
Berner
before
boundaries
but
prohibiting
the
DARING
RUSSIAN
SPY
RINGM
AY
BE
OPERATING
IHW0RLD
CAPITALS
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
t'
-The
United
States
Army
said
today
that
remnants
of
a
fabulous
Russian
spy
ring
that
operated
in
Japan
with
the
greatest
daring
and
success
in
history
may
still
be
at
work
in
world
capitals.
.The
espionage
ring
was
so
bold
that
it
slipped
from
the
Japanese
cabinet
and
German
embassy
in
Tokyo
secrets
that
helped
change
the
course
of
World
War
II.
months
old
midnight,
snow
was
filling
at
I
Repair
of
teli'Ui
aph
lines
is
,
sl,il)iml(r
to
other
provinces
The
Prime
Minister
was
re
largely
dependent
on
u.ui.
nii.nriiiD
nrouress
since
it
is
al-
plying
to
Leader
of
the
Opposi
"'iii'U
here
by
don
the
rate
of
an
inch
an
hour
at
nine
of
the
Pacific
and
a
heavy
wind
was
vtll
Buy,
400
miles
blowing.
A"'iic
Circle.
1000
'
Two
feet
of
snow
was
rc-
wi.-
a
i
most
impossible
for
linemen
to.
Uun,
George
Drew,
who
said
advance
over
the
uncleared
.
U)(,rc
was
a
very
real
danser
to
have
any
effect
on
the
lake
level.
At
Falls
River,
42
inches
of
snow
hava
fallen
in
the
last
"
t'liuiihill
liurl
nnrtrd
lit
Tvno
nnil
ill.
Pneifie.
tr
ick
in
search
ol
means
m
that
tlie
margarine
piovisiuu
in
1
120
miles
east
of
Prince
Ru-
HUNGARY
TO
BE
CHARGED
.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(Sec
the
wires.
two
days.
-
A
I
he
'pi'iation
of
many
customers
the
daily
il'niil
"f
Plants
has
now
been
reduced
hv
18
and
Hie
Newfoundland
terms
would
be
used
as
a
precedent
for
the
establishment
of
barriers
to
inter-provincial
trade.
It
was
possible,
Mr.
St.
Laurent
said,
that
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Agriculture
would
appeal
to
the
Privy
Council
on
the
Supreme
Court's
margarine
decision.
"Conditions
up
there
are
most
unusual,"
Mr.
Black
said.
"In
January
there
were
105
inches
of
snow
and
131
inches
in
December.
The
snow
is
lying
six
feet
deep
at
the
Falls
River
plant."
Some
business
places
are
not
retary
of
State
Dean
Acheson
disclosed,
yesterday
that
the
western
-powers
may
place
charges
against
Hungary
before
the
United
Nations
on
the
ground
that
she
(Hungary)
has
"''y
Mipiei-iate
this
assistance.
r
levels
bot
li
at
Woodworth
Lake
and
Falls
River
."i'l
uuing
down,
as
no
rain
has
fallen
in
these
'
-'ieriiiures
have
not
risen
above
freezing
ne'e,
.
('tmLiluicd
economy
in
the
use
of
electrl-'Ssarv,
"
but
only
in
this
way
can
a
more
serious
averted.
jal
is
made
to
those
who
as
yet
have
practised
The
Army
has
snipped
parts
of
a
32,000-word
report
on
the
ring
that
General
Douglas
MacArthur
sent
over
from
Tokyo.
Most
of
the
ringleaders,
it
is
said,
are
now
dead.
The
master
spy
was
a
German,
Dr.
Richard
Sorgc.
The
first
lieutenant
was
a
Japanese
traitor,
Ozakl
Hozumi,
who
was
hanged.
The
super
network
tipped
off
Russia
that
Germany
would
attack
her
and
Japan
would
not.
The
report
says
that
the
network"
may
still
be
busy
in
world
capitals.
It
says
that
the
American
author,
Agnes
Smedley,
operated
in
Shanghai
and
"is
a
spy
and
agent
of
the
Soviet
government."
Lust
night's
slonu
along
the
Skeena
was
not
felt
greatly
in
the
city-
Snowfall
here
was
less
than
an
inch
and
there
was
practically
no
wind.
In
1047
-
there
wire
3,012,000
families
in
Canada,
an
increase
of
516,700
since
the
1941
census.
This
Increase
ranged
from
11
percent
in
the
prairie
provinces
to
47
percent
in
British
Columbia.
Average
family
size,
however,
was
3.7
persons
as
compared
with
3.9
in
1941.
'
consistent
violated
treaty
rrtion
P
eal
and
It
"t.
peace
requirement
.for
human
rights,
these
that
emphasis
on
the
Acheson
indicated
this
when
he
situation
is
seriousnes
sof
the
said
that
"people
of
the
United
directed.
Water
conservation
by
domestic
users
is
also
vital
to
States
are
sickenei.
and
horri-retain
the
level
at
Woodsworth
fied"
by
the
Mindszenty
case
in
LOCAL
TIDES
Friday,
February
11,
1049
High
0:18
17.8
feet
-11:54.
21.1
feet
"lucsl
xour
voluntary
compliance
wim
uie
necessity
oi
any
eniorceiiiKin.
i.nw
.
5:53
9.0
feet
Hungary.
and
Shawatlans
Lakes.
18:37
2.4
feet
NORTHERN
B.C.
POWER
CO.