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FEBRUARY
21
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Bulletins
One
Body
Sighted
Lashed
To
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BODY
IS
flOGAN'S
VICTORIA
(CP)
Thftbody
of
Lewis
Hogan
of
Vancouver
was
found
lashed
to
the
pilot
house
of
the
cannery
tender
Louisa
Todd,
beached
in
Whale
Channel,
south
of
Prince
Rupert.
Identification
of
the
body
as
being
that
of
Hogan,
manager
of
Klem-tu
cannery,
was
off
ieially
announced
by
K.
W.
Sinclair,
production
manager
of
J.
H.
Todd
&
Sons
Ltd.
Three
Men
Conceded
to
Have
Perished
IE
w
I
If
r
p4
'
$y
1
Rescue
Vessels
Trying
to
Get
Alongside
It
became
certain
today
that
Lewis
W.
Hogan,
manager
of
J.
H.
Todd
&
;Sons
salmon
cannery
at
Klemtu
;
Charles
Hoy,
skipper
of
the
cannery
service
i
boat
Louisa
Todd,
and
the
engineer
"Doug,"
last
name
i
!
DELIVERANCE
FROM
THE
SKIES
FOR
LABR
VDOR
VILLAGERS
Teamwork
of
the
RCAF'
MadkkAfTvPlanTeShhaHSta;ed
ff
hUnger
diS6lSe
am0"g
"ntabltonJTrJS
Makkovik
,n
Labrador.
Here
some
youngsters
and
adults
prepare
to
open
the
parcel
of
food
and
medicine
dropped
to
them
from
the
plane
w
.Hch
had
come
from
Goose
Bay
A
fire
had
destroyed
most
of
the
village
and
taken
much
of
.t
.
food
with
it.
Food
deliveries
f
rL
the
air
wUl
continue
until
summer
and
metling
of
ice
in
the
rivers.
so
far
unascertained,
perished
on
Tuesday
of
this
j
i
week
in
the
loss
of
the
Louisa
Todd
in
Wright
Sound.
',
At
noon
Hogan's
body
was
re-
;
Communists
Taking
Over
CzechoSlovakian
Premier
Would
Purge
His
Administration
of
'Reactionaries'
V
body
of
a
man
lashed
to
the
wheeUiouse
of
the
wrecked
and
partly
submerged
vessel
in
Whale
Channel
off
Wright
Bound
south
of
Prince
Rupert
and
not
far
from
Butedale.
The
vessel
was
boarded
as
soon
as
possible
to
recover
Hogan's
body
and
ascertain
the
fate
of
two
other
supposed
vie-
Urns
of
the
storm-wrecked
craft.
About
three
leet
of
the
v
"
stern
ol
the
Louisa
Todd
is
reported
to
be
showing
as
well
as
top
of
the
pilot
house
and
a
mast.
.......
.......
,
ine
provincial
ponce
Communist
Premier
Gottwald.
PRAGUE
(CP)
The
Czechoslovakia,
Klement
(1
1.
i.
..
.......
Liiuu.ctnuh
L
pUOUC
rally,
today
demanded
a
"new
1
government
from
top
to
bottom"
in
this
buffer
state
j
between
Russia
and
the
West.
His
follower
maPrl
!
!..
n.
.
11.
.
...
luuu"i
IIWSMJU
radioed
at
noon
today
that
it
had
Most
Rev-
Frncis
.
Uken
the
body
of
Hogan
from!Most
Rev-
George
IN
LIBEL
CASE-
Jark
Kent
1
Cooke,
Toronto
publisher
of
New
Liberty
magazine,
shown
arriving
in
Edmonton
to
face
1
charges
of
conspiracy
to
publish
defamatory
libel.
Charged
with
him
are
Harold
Ding-man,
Ottawa
correspondent,
who
wrote
the
article,
'
Babies
for
Export,"
and
Dr.
Charlotte
Whitton.
welfare
worker,
on
whose
report
the
story
was
based.
The
story
dealt
with
child
welfare
conditions
in
Alberta.
A
search
was
conducted
by
R.C.MP.
at
the
magazine's
offices
in
Toronto,
Ont...
when
the
original
of
the
story,
"Babies
for
Export,1'
was
seized.
Civil
Cases
Are
Adjourned
Hearing
of
three
civil
claims
against
F.
A
Bobbaert,
lugging
operator,
scheduled
for
Thursday
in
County
Court,
were
ad
journed
for
one
week
because
I
of
failure
or
two
of
the
plaintiffs
to
appear.
Peter
and
James
Bvrne
who
are
suing
Cobbacrt
j
separately,
the
former
for
$555
(boat
hire
and
the
latter
for
$100
I
wages,
were
out
of
the
city
at
(the
time
set
for
the
hearing
by
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton.
The
third
suit
against
Cobbaert,
entered
THREE
BISHOPS
ARE
EXECUTED
j
Vatican
Hears
of
Catholic
Clerics
Eeing
Put
to
Death
VATICAN
CITY
CP
Vatican
;
sources
said
today
that
two
;
Roman
Catholic
bishops
"""'"H-
had
"au
been
executed
in
Albania
and
a
.
third
had
been
sentenced
to
I
twenty
years
in
prison.
The
ex-
prntPri
hWhnns
ibpw
Mentifiort
n
-
'
"
r.
.
Cjini
ana
Volaj.
AU
were
AlbHiiians.
FINE
PELTS
TO
SWITZERLAND
WINNIPEG
All
that
dis-
tinguished
three
burlaps
bags
!
from
th
routine
cargo
being
loaded
aboard
a
Trans-Canada
!
;
Air
Lines
eastbound
plane
last
1
;
night
were
the
stencilled
words:
:
..Prnri.,t
nf
ri,3ri.n
"
TnSiHp:
j
them
th0UKh,
was
$50,000
worth
:
I
of
choice
fur
tne
tinest
mink
aild
fox
peits
ever
raised
ln
Canada.
Bound
for
Basle,
Switzerland,
the
bales
contained
Canada's
exhibit
to
the
classic
interna
-
!
tional
fur
and
leather
fair,
to
open
March
16
and
continuing
for
two
weeks.
!
Assembled
at
Winnipeg
this
past
week,
the
show
consign-
i
ment
includes
every
type
of
fox
j
and
natural
and
mutation
mink
i
bred
in
the
Dominion.
There
are
1
300
mink
pelts
alone,
nearly
all
as
jackets
and
neckpieces.
They
j
will
be
seen
by
buyers
from
all
j
over
the
world.
'
.
Kl'PF.KT
WINS
AGAIN
The
international
basketball
series
came
to
an
end
last
night
when
the
visiting
New
Metlakalla
team
lost
to
Prince
Rupert
by
a
score
of
57
to
37.
Thursday
night
the
home
team
had
won
the
series
opener
by
a
score
of
48
to
38.
MW
JAP
PK
EM
I
Kit
TOKYO
Ilitoshi
Ashida.
former
newspaperman
and
diplomat,
was
elected
Prime
.Minister
of
Japan
today
but
a
dissenting
vote
in
the
upper
House
of
Councillors
will
delay
his
taking
office
for
10
days
under
the
Constitution.
BOXF.lt
DIES
AFTER
BOl'T
CHICAGO
Sam
Karoudi,
20,
New
York
and
Akron
light-heavyweight
boxer,
died
in
hospital
today
six
hours
after
he
was
knocked
out
by
Ezzard
Charles
in
the
tenth
and
last
L.
A.
KAKTIKH
AKE
LOS
ANGELES
Eos
Angeles
and
nearby
communities
were
jolted
Thursday
night
by
a
sharp
earthquake
which
hat-tied
windows
and
shook
houses
but
caused
no
major
damage.
The
tremor
was
recorded
at
8:21
p.m.
and
was
felt
in
Santa
Monica,
Hollywood,
Ingle-wood
and
Burbank.
CZEC
H
CABINET
CRISIS
I'KAGl'E
Members
of
three
outspoken
anli
-
Communist
parties
resigned
from
Czechoslovakia's
cabinet
yesterday
in
a
growing
fight
against
Communist
attempts
to
dominate
the
coalition
government.
COLD
WEATHER
ABROAD
I,
O
N
D
O
N
Southern
England,
western
Europe
a'nd
Scandinavia
yesterday
experienced
their
coldest
weather
of
the
winter.
Paris
is
covered
with
snow
for
the
first
time
this
winter,
round
of
a
bout
in
Chicago
Stadium
last
night.
He
died
without
regaining
consciousness.
ATHENS
EXEtlTIONS
ATHENS
Twenty
persons,
including
a
woman,
were
executed
in
Athens
today.
Nine
were
convicted
by
an
Athens
military
tribunal
February
17
;
of
being
involved
in
the
killing
of
a
policeman
and
plans
;
to
assassinate
Greek
political
leaders.
:
I
FATAL
MISSION
HUE
MISSION
Mrs.
I
Funk
today
:
helplessly
watched
her
two
cliiiuren
peris.,
as
.ire
demolished
a
one-room
shack
at
nearby
Stclehead.
The
dead
arc
June
Helen,
5-year
old
cripple,
and
her
three
year
old
brother,
Ronald.
WOLF
RAIDS
IN
EUROPE
Severely
Cold
Weather
Forces,
Canine
Maurauders
Down
From
Italian
and
I
Norwegian
Mountains
i
LONDON,
,(!
Frigid
weather,
which
has
been
prevailing
for
the
past
couple
of
days
in
the
j
British
Isles
and
western
Eur
ope,
will
continue
and
still
lower
temperatures
are
In
prospect,
weather
forecasters
said
today.
Cold
and
snow
have
driven
marauding
packs
of
wolves
down
from
the
Sila
Mountains
In
southern
Italy.
In
Norway
packs
of
wolves
have
raided
herds
of
cattle,
causing
such
losses
that
military
planes
have
been
sent
out
to
shoot
them
down.
CONDITIONS
MUST
BE
SATISFACTORY
PARIS,
CP
French
participation
In
French
Trizonia
is
"possible
if
conditions
for
such
participation
are
satisfactory
to
France,"
Pierre
Abelin,
Secretary
of
State
to
the
Prime
Minister,
told
reporters
after
today's
cabinet
meeting.
planning
Their
j
at
Security
Council
j
t
CC'ESS
P
Arab
,
relay
were
reported
j
,11s
a
campaign
to
,
the
unuea
nation
rt.s
said
the
first
be
an
effort
to
of
the
Security
p
.starting
Tuesday
!
)i,r
an
international
;
to
cany
out
par-
j
me
will
be
to
eon
-:
artition
is
illegal,
i
the
argument
that
:
:;is
been
proven
un-
violence
in
Pales-
'
c
tlie
Assembly's'
uiun
of
November;
jlAIN
AILED
ii
Killed
When
Arrow''
Leaves
Ohio
VTH.
Ohio.
IP
.aid
Western
"Pow-
j
Ham
was
derailed
j
ii!
here
yesterday,
j
man
and
severely)
iitineer.
The
of-r.iLinad
said
that,
t
u
s
known,
no
pas
1
t.lt
tured.
s
w.jjt
Kiurred
on
a
it
ijf
'rii
of
tracks
on
.1
tt!;:raiiiliner
usually
,
up
nc
I.
in
miles
per
hour.
IN
COAL
ENDED
A
labor
(lis-
j
last
week
paralyzed
j
t
the
Belgian
ro;il
I
ptry.
ended
today.
l-ernment
conceded
:
's
which
will
be
.
'
uovcrnment.
They
(lOO.OOO
francs
'
i
year.
i
OW
IN
STATES
-5f
P"K
to
Interest
"lercsts
in
Prince
lallations
Kenneth
Meek,
man
who
has
an
;l"Tt
he
War
Assets
Cor-j
;jr'")atl11
011
the
for-!
L
'
guiles
Armv
water-
!
In.
P-itions
at.
'"'en
in
Seattle
and
I
'tat:
t
''""tinu
U.
S.
ship-
i
is
with
a
view
to
in-
:
f
111
'n
the
installa-
"Ping
to
establish
w'th
either
com-I
'ilitary
interests.
I
Mr
Meek
had
en-1
'
interest
British
l'1'-
in
the
Installa-
HAS
G
FIRES
if'
Tuiii
destroyed
a
down-
fiiilcling
and
a
large
"iou.se
here
torh.v
f
estimated
Two
persons
are
s
Now
I
God
In
tlio
ui.i..
.
,
ilillUU
Gandhi
was
P
Ho
an
immortal
B
ashes
were
poured
''ecl
waters
of
the
FIt
Is
the
belief
bpgan
its
fiieht
to
f
rebirth
In
u'
as
s'Jon
as
the
fnguired
in
the
cur-1
s,I'erim.
ifce
'
Louisa-
ToOd,
"
which
was
beached
last
night
at
Rivers
Bicht.
Whale
Channel.
There
S
was
no
mention
in
the
report
of
any
other
bodies.
The
wrecked
vessel
had
been
taken
in
tow
and
placed
on
the
beach
earlier
by
the
Prince
Ru
pert
fishing
boat
Embla,
Capt.
Alfred
Anderson,
which
sighted
he
e
a
t4
m
Friday
,
Heavy
seas
made
it
'mPs
-
sible
for
a
lengthy
examina
tion
of
the
wreck
and
the
boats
standing
by
had
to
withdraw
shortly
after
she
was
boarded.
However,
another
attempt
will
be
made
at
the
low
tide
stage
this
afternoon.
It
was
definitely
ascertained
this
morning
that
there
were
three
men
aboard
the
Louisa
Todd
which
left
Hartley
Bay
last
Tuesday
for
Klemtu.
They
were
L.
W.
Hogan,
manager
of
Klemtu
Cannery,
Charles
Hoy.
skipper
of
the
vessel,
and
the
engineer,
"Doug."
Wrecked
hull
of
the
Louisa
by
Crawford
Moore
for
supplies
Sjajn
Jn
Palestine
allegedly
sent
to
Cobbaert
s
log-1
ging
camp,
also
was
held
over,
j
JERUSALEM.
(P
The
body
of
The
law
firm
of
.Brown
and
Har-a
British
soldier
was
found
and
vey
is
acting
for
the
plaintiffs
another
soldier
was
wounded
by
and
MacLeod
and
Ray
for
the,
unknown
gunmen
in
"Haifa
yes-!
defendents.
tcrday,
it
was
announced
today.
moved
moved
from
the
wreck
In'
Whale
Channel.
In
spite
of
extremely
rough
sea
and
a
snowstorm,
the
provincial
police
boat
P.ML.
15
was
able
this
morning
to
get
near
enough
alongside
the
w-reck
of
the
Louisa
Todd
to
sight
the
Russia
Is
Disturbing"
However,
President
Truman
Still
Hopes
Go
Will
be
Made
'
of
I'nitcd
Nations
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(P-Pres
cient
Truman
said
yesterday
that
Russia's
refusal
to
carry
out
United
Nations
decisions
had
raised
a
"'disturbing-'
new
problem
but,
despite
the
failure
of
the
Soviet
Union
and
its
satellites
to
co-operate,"
the
Unl-
ltd
Nations
is
making
headway.
Mr.
Truman
told
United
States
Congress
that
"strength-
c(mUnucs
to
be
the
cornerstone
0f
foreign
policy
of
the
United
states."
British
Soldier
Is
Bevcourt
48
Bobjo
134
Buffalo
Canadian
12
Consol.
Smelters
95.25
Conwest
.87
Donalda
.82
(
.
Eldona
.93
Elder
.
.62
Giant
Yellowknife
5.40
God's
Lake
.77
Hardrock
.15
Harricana
06'j
Heva
.14
Hosco
37I3
Jacknife
05
Joliet
Quebec
38
Lake
Rowan
12
Lapaska
..
.064
Little
Long
Lac
1.27
Lynx
.10
Madsen
2.99
McKeiizie
Red
Lake
57
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.43
Moneta
35
Negus
2.59
Noranda
44.25
Louvicourt
1.28
Pickle
Crow
2.21
Regcourt
.07?i
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
.57
Sherrit
Gordon
2.19
Steep
Rock
2.11
Sturgeon
River
1934
Silver
Miller
34
Of
to
.
,
.
'
-r
"
"'b
Cheered
him.
shnntinrr-
"Wn
--
--""'g,.
v.
are
prepared"
and
"Long
live
the
KOVernrnPttt.
of
PrnW
OotfwaT-1
i
without
reactionariss."
Gottwald
insisted
last
night
that
President
idouard
Benes,
an
independsutjrt.
WmVtuan
a
new
a
B1
VLitbou
ministers
from
thrt
'
jirti'e'
wht)
turned
in
their
fJgr.atloU
tram
the
government-yefertly;
The
dissidient
parties
were
the
Czech
National
Socialist.?,
with
two
cabinet
ministers
Slovak
Democrats,
with
three,
and
the
Catholic
People's
Party,
with
three.
The
leaders
of
these
three
parties
quit
the
cabinet.
President
Benes
refused,
for
the
time
being
at
least,
to
accept
the
resignations
of
the
anti-Communist
ministers
ia
the
eov-
eminent..-.
Her
r-r
to
be
holdin
-
t
r?nmmnf.
demand
W
..v
"be
permitted
replace;
yl5ht
ministers
4h
sought
vo
'resign
'
A
-"
.This
Is'
the
first
open
break
in
Czechoslovakia's
postwar
re
public
which
was
formed
in
Anril
1P4S
'
..
Gottwald
s
government
had
been
a
seven-party
coalition
which
governed
by
compromise
and
barter.
Leaders
of
the
three
parties
resigned
in
letters
to
Benes
who
immediately
called
the
parties'
leaders
to
a
meeting.
Evidently
he
hoped
there
was
some
possibility
that
he
might
save
the
coalition
by
refusing
to
accept
the
resignations.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Improved
weather
conditions
are
general
throughout
British
Columbia
today
behind
the
storm
which
struck
the
coast
yesterday
and
moved
through
the
interior
overnight.
Temperatures
have
returned
to
normal
throughout
the
prov-
ince.
Unsettled
weather
is
expected
:
over
the
week-end.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Sunday.
Wind
southwesterly
(15
m.p.h.).
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Sunday
At
Port
Hardy
30
and
42,
Mas-sett
32
and
42,
Prince
Rupert
34
and
43.
Todd
was
found
stranded
and
n'om
lne
'est.
and
an
assort-rtiv
,,nv
in
whnip
phflnnel
ment
of
finished
articles
such
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
J.ihn.nton
Co.
Ltd,
i
Ul
me
OKI
LOWn
SQUare.
1
'
...1
Lost
Both
Arms
And
Legs,
Dies
VANCOUVER
if
John
Mc-Nabb,
aved
46.
who
suffered
the
j
loss
of
00111
arms
and
le8s
wnrri
struck
by
a
shunting
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
train,
died
in
hospital
yesterday
four
hours
after
lie
had
been
found
beneath
a
freight
car.
"
RUSSIA
LOOKS
FOR
BIG
CROP
MOSCOW,
(P
Mild
weather
and
ample
rainfall
give
promise
of
bumper
crops
throughout!
KUSSla
lms
spring,
newspaper
i
Socialist
Agriculture
said
yes-
;terday.
The
paper
said
that
the
weather
had
been
warmer
this
winter
than
in
many
years.
:
h
.
L.vJvL,
T
lUfcO
ii-vr-c
Sunday,
February
22,
1948
-"n
210
feet;
Low
5:31
8.6
feet
'
18:17
2
1
feet
!
i
Second
Division
Brentwood
0,
Plymouth
Argyle
0
(tie
1.
Cardiff
City
4.
Nottingham
Forest
1.
Chesterfield
vs.
West
Ham
United,
postponed.
Coventry
City
1,
Newcastle-United
1
(tie.
Fulham
1,
Birmingham
City
1
(
tie
.
Leeds
United
3,
West
Brom-
w
ich
Albion
1.
Leicester
City
vs.
Farnley,
postponed.
(tie).,
Luton
Town
3,
Bradford
3
Millwall
1,
Bury
7.
!
Sheffield
Wednesday
vs.
J
Doncaster
Rovers,
post-
poned.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
0,
Southampton
0
tie
Scottish
League,
Division
A
Dundee
4,
Falkirk
0.
Division
B.
Supplementary
Cup
First
Round
Alloa
Athletic
3,
St.
Johnstone
2.
Ayr
United
4,
Dunfermline
Athletic
2.
V
.
X
I
4
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
off
Wright
Sound
south
of
Prince
Rupert,
provincial
police
here
were
advised
today.
Report
of
the
sighting
of
the
body
soon
followed.
The
vessel
evi-'
dently
came
to
grief
while
returning
to
Klemtu
from
a
trip
to
the
Indian
Village
of
Hartley
Bay.
It
is
considered
possible
that
she
may
have
had
engine
trouble
in
Wright
Sound
and
swamped
in
the
high
seas,
eventually
drifting
into
Whale
Channel
where
the
remains
of
the
derelict
were
found.
The
lighthouse
tender
report
ed
having
sighted
the
floating
derelict
ln
Wright
Sound
earlier
in
the
week.
Seven
vessels
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
out
of
Butedale
were
soon
combing
the
waters
of
Wright
Sound
for
further
trace
of
the
derelict
which
was
again
sighted
by
the
Good
Partner
yesterday
and
identified
as
the
Louisa
Todd
The
Louisa
Todd
left
Hartley-Bay
on
Tuesday
for
Klemtu.
The
Provincial
Police
Boat
P.MX.
15
diverted
to
the
Louis
Todd
disaster
from
the
investigation
following
the
finding
of
an
upturned
dinghy,
also
in
the
Wright
Sound
area,
from
which
it
is
feared
three
Kitimaat
na-
;
tive
trappers
may
have
lost
their
(lives.
They
are
still
missing.
Vancouver
Bralorne
9.9(1
B.
R.
Con
03'
2
B.
R.
X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.85
Dentonia
12
Hcdley
Mascot
75
Minion
02
Pend
Oreille
2.30
Pioneer
,
3.40
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
20
Reeves
McDonald
,
1.15
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
20
Sheep
Creek
1.02
Taylor
Bridge
..
.47
Taku
River
.55-.18
Vananda
Congress
.03
Pacific
Eastern
.05
Hedley
Amalg.
.....
2.12
"Spud
Valley
.
.13
Central
Zeballos
...
.01
U
Silbak
Premier
.43
Oils
AA.
P.
Con
m
Calmont
.44
C.
&
E
....
3.90
Foothills
3.50
Home
5.75
Toronto
Athona
.08
Aumaque
.20
Beattie
.72
Scottish
Cup,
Third
Hound
Airdrieonians
3,
Raith
Rovers
0.
Celtic
1.
"Motherwell
0.
Dumbarton
0,
East
Fife
1.
Hibernians
4,
Aberdeen
2.
Montrose
2,
Queen
of
the
South
1.
Morton
3,
Queens
Park
0,
Rangers
3.
Partick
Thistle
0
St.
Mirren
2,
Clyde
1.
English
League,
First
Division
I
Aston
Villa
3,
Chelsea
0.
j
Bolton
Wanderers
1,
Charlton;
Athletic
0.
-!
Burnley
0..
Sheffield
United
0.
Grimsby
2,
Derby
County
3.
Liverpool
0,
Middlesbrough
1
Manchester
City
1,
Blackpool
0.
Portsmouth
vs
Arsenal,
postponed.
Preston
North
End
2,
Blackburn
Rovers
1.
Stoke
City
0,
Manchester
United
2.
Sunderland
2,
Huddersfield
Town
0.
Wolverhampton
Wanders
2,
Everton
4.
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