DAlnAGJtD AND 4 CAL'KOT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER HfTffll TTIVTf RiLACKD mmln Dluc STAR j MAY 19, 0, end 21, 1948 Cabs j BLACK AMI ... Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." V 4 VOL. XXXVTI, No. 1. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS aaaY Vli issmg Mi Operator"' Found Dead mi - v . 7V: Bert Albertson Left !-;;,yc". :se price i 'ian FUEL OIL :e and Snow Storms Snowbound Prize Car 10 Miles From Home Helge Sorensen Locates His Partner TORONTO, (CP) Increases in prices of gasoline und fuel oils throughout Canada were announced toi-ay uy the Imperial Oil Company. In British Columbia the price of stove and furnace oil increased 1 1 a cents a gallon. Oasoline prices were not advanced in B.C., pending decision of the Petroleum Control Jioard. Heavy industrial fuel oil and engine diesel oil advanced cents a gallon. astern Canada and U.S. Vreaking Further Havoc Ontario Power Lines, Communication Systems Disrupted Property Damage In United States Running Into Millions WINDSOR (CP) A snow and .sleet storm lashed ross southwestern Ontario Thursday, snapping wer lines, disrupting communications and traffic. in fe UWiaf) m "feJ 'VrJ- Only Shortly After Death No Trace Yet of Automobile The still-warm "body of H. (Bert) Albertson, Dorreen sawmill operator, missing since December 24, was found Wednesday afternoon on the Highway, 10 snowbound miles west of his home. Albertson apparently had collapsed or was hit by a falling tree in a vain attempt to walk home a week Windsor took the brunt of the storm. Forecasters iid the centre of the storm would move eastward to ondon, Hamilton and Toronto early today. One- , 'half of the City of Windsor was 14 KILLED AS TRAINS CRASH after his car had stalled during " a blizzard on Christmas Eve. 86-Inch Snow Icw Year's Albertson's body, still warm. Indicating that he had died only a short time before, was found plunged Into darkness as hydro- ! Ill lilff Allf)! electric power lines were broken f I'lljjUUKI from the storm that swirled in ; from Michigan. 1 OTTERVILLE. Mo.. (F- Alex- 1 ander W. Weddell .former Uni- Fall "Triflina BRITAIN'S JERUSALEM POLICE HAVE BUSY TIME British police file along a street in Jerusalem after an Arab mob had wrecked Jewish stores and inflicted heavy damage in the area. In the background, members of the Jewish army Haganah try to salvage some of the equipment tossed into the street by Arabs angered over partition. at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon by To Stewart ted States ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and 13 other tra WIDESPREAD DAMAGE NEW YORK (PIce and snow Prince Rupert Weather Reached his partner, Helge Sorensen, who had set out from Dorreen that morning to seek him. Up to this morning, searchers had found no sign of the car, a Chevrolet raffled on December vellers were killed New Year's storms struck today across the;Day Jn a collision of two passen Central States and Southern j per trains near this Central TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy 8 D Ji hnston Cn. ixn. Vancouver Bralorne 10.25 New England, and tornadoes hit ! Missouri town 12 by the Prince Rupert Rotary Extremes of Sun, Rain in PJ47 Prince Rupert's weather in 1947 was a thing of extremes, setting records for sunshine, rainfall and five Southern States during the STEWART The 86-lnch blanket of snow which mantles this Portland Canal metropolis is termed "trifling" by Its residents who are used to much greater snow depths. It had little effect on the holiday spirit which warmed the community during the Christ Club, in which Albertson set out from Terrace at 5:30 p.m. on )rowning fragedy A New Year's night drowning aimed the life of a Sunnyside an .whose body was recovered ss than two hours after he had illen Into the Skeen.i River ar the cannery wharf. George Green, fisherman and tther of eight, lost his life when e slipped between his bout and scow at 7 o'clock last night, fie was stepping onto his boat hen he slipped on the snow-jivercd deck, falling into the Uter. His body was recovered B. R. X 08 Cariboo Quartz 2.60 December 24. CAR'S POSITION ESTIMATED low temperatures in comparison with other recent years. For instance, sunshine glowed on the city for 87:5.42 hours, the most since 1944, and more than 57 Approximately 12 persons were Injured, five requiring hospital treatment. The collision occurred during a heavy snowstorm while the Missouri Pacific's "The Missour-lan" was travelling from St Louis to Kansas City In two sections. The engine of the second section rammed a pullman of the first section. mas-New Year holiday week. New Years holiday. Property damage was expected lo run Into millions. The death toll was over the 100 mark. Tornadoes which twisted over Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama injured 250. destroyed 240 homes, damaeed 230 others. Snow continued to fall in II- It was believed to be less than j and thanks to the Public Works three miles west of where Albert-j Department, traffic was maln-son'8 body was discovered, and I talned Lientonia i3'2 Hedley Masco 88 Minto 02' 2 Pend Oreille 2.65 Pioneer .' 3.25 Premier Border 043i Privateer .... , .31 Reeves McDonald 1.25 nours greater than In 1946. Rainfall, however, captured the possibility that it went over A new "Sicard" rotary snow plow purchased by the Public Works Department has done excellent work In clearing the ANTI-INFLATION BILL FOR FRANCE the bank Is discounted. Only part of the road not covered by Sorensen and Constables the real record. In 1947 there were 107.95 inches, the mast .since 1939. Last year also met the re pout 9 o'rloci and taken to Hnois. Indiana. Ohio and Pen- Reno Salmon Gold . it Edward. It was brought, to nsylvania. 11 .21 ' 20 Brue ana Kogers of Terrace w as ; highways. The road to Silbak- three-mile stretch Thi.eh W9 .Prervito mine closed fe:ny cord set in 1916 for low tempera !. PAWSi, -i Frwttkr Robert:?.. Sheep Cretf.,., :lnc Rupert laUr, ,,n;itn. numv fhrnnph emnnnrat.ivMv flat.' Hire.' On "January 31. 1947. the Schuman nresented thp new! Vananda RELIEF FORCES NEAR K0N1TSA ATHENS 9- Greek army re Congress 03 Pacific Eastern 04 mercury drcDprd to three degrees below zero, touching, but rot exceeding, the 30-year anti-inflation bill to the French National Assembly today and threatened to resign if any changes were voted in it. Hedley Alamg 03 'j. ABLE WORKERS and it required the motive power of two jeeps to enable a number of married men to get home at Christmas. House-to-house visiting wa3 carried on through the week and hospitality flourished despite the snow. .20 Spud Valley Highest temperature during Temperatures In the Midwest, which yesterday hit a low of 25 degrees below zero in Minnesota, moderated later and no subzero minks were reported early today. President Harry Truman was urged to lend federal assistance to stricken communities of Central Zeballos 01 '4 The bill Is designed to raise IfALK OFF JOBS 46 the year was 18 degreeS.reached ; about 120 billion francs )billion cn May 27, which was one degree if- Overseas NEW YORK, Silbak Premier Oils Calmont C. & E Foothills lief forces pressed to within sight today of embattled Konit-sa, where a weary 1.000-man garrison has been holding out since Christmas Day against furious attacks by an estimated 5,000 guerrillas. Military authorities said the juncture of relieving forces with the garrison could be expected Union workers bmmunleation .59 4.10 3.05. country, with no steep precipices j on either side.' ! It is thought that Albertson lived for almost a week in his stalled car, and then set out for either Pacific or Dorreen. He collapsed or was struck by a falling tree in the deep snow after walking between two and three miles. It Is known that he had a considerable quantity of food in his car when he left Terrace. He had purchased it during his brief visit to that Village. He lived on it for a week. HEAVY SNOWSHOEING nt on strike In four cable N-,,nhwPS,f.rn Louisiana and the kmpanles today, .tying up an dollars). Schuman decided to withdraw a previous anti-lnfla-tlon bill, approved last week'' by the, assembly. The amendments to the previous measure cut the expected income Worn the bill by about one-third of what had been originally planned. The premier said the new bill was a higher than the 1946 maximum, Top temperature registered since 1940. was 81.5. degrees, registered '' ii July, 1941. Here is a chart of the annual weather records since 1938 Sunshine is given In hrnirs and rainfall -in inches: Home 5.75 Toronto itlmated two-thirds of the fad Southwestern Arkansa-s oil and cotton belt. Cotton Valley. La., counted 10 es of transmissions between SAWLOG SCALE GREATER THAU 1946 LEVEL Sawlog scale for the Prince Athona le United States and the rest the world. .08? .23 .82 .50 Aumaque Beattie Bevcourt The walkout, which involved Year Sun Rain High dead of its 1500 citizens after about noon. Rebel losses in the the town was twisted into rub- Immediate Konitsa area were ble New Year's Eve. National estimated at 300 dead, 600 Guard companies and state po-! wounded and about 100 cap-lice tightened a cordon to prc-i hired. The wounded were being B00 employees, began at 1:01 1038 996 6 74.58 78 Low j compromise and told deputies he 12 1 would accept no changes. 10 J After hearing the premier's 16 : statement, the assembly recessed Bobjo 16 hn. Central Standard Time. ille federal conciliators were hospitals, tempting to bridge the dif- taken lo Albanian military sources said. 15 until mid-afternoon. Constables Brue and Rogers set out in search of Albertson on Wednesday from Usk, snowshoe-ing eight miles before they became exhausted by the wet, enres between union and .14 38.00 .92 .83 .84 .66 6.00 Buffalo Canadian . Consol. Smelters Conwest Donalda Eldona Elder Giant YeYiiowknife 1P39 . 899 118.94 76 1940 972 91.76 78 1941 . 1168 3.5 81.5 1942 S25 82 96 81 1943 . ,930 90,76 77 1944 . 978.3 74.3 78 19 V1 828,3 90 45 80 1046 816 3 103.32 77 fmpany negotiators Disagree- lents were on provisions of new vent looting. norsr.D IN TKAINS Special trains rolled In to the homeless, estimated in Cotton Valley alone at 5C-0. United States Army Air Fores Hew in tents, cots, bedding, medi Rupert forestry district in 1047 was greater by more than 87. 000,000 board feet than hi 1946, records supplied by District Forester J. E. Mathleson reveal. Production last year totalled 253,288,573 board feet, as compared with 171,269.003 In IMS. However, the output of poles and piling last year was less 22 1 I 24 I 21 ! 17.2' -3 kntracts to replace those which pired last night. CANADA SEEKING NEW DELEGATE TO UNITED NATIONS OTTAWA The Dominion heavy snow. Scores of trees over the roads made it so difficult for them to carry on that they did not cover the flat, three-mile stretch A spokesman for the unaffect- 873.42 107.95 78 1S47 THROAT CUT, MAN RECOVERS His throat slashed, Archie McNeil, Port Edward cannery worker, was brought to hospital here at 1 o'clock this morning by city ambulance. Ambulance attendants John McLean and A. Dewar brought cable companies expressed belief that they could ha ull" i bulk of traffic ordinarily irled by strikebound December, 1947. with 19 9 inches of rain, was the wettest mcnth in the !0-year period. The which Is now believed to contain i government now has decided I'ga'.nst appointing Dana Wil- cal supplies. Hie fury of hurri-cam was so sudden tlv.lt few could describe It. There is no estimate of the overall property gress as chief of Canada s P"-;cnly month that approached its than half the 1948 level. Last year, pole and piling production totalled 2,320,047 lineal feet, while In 1943 It was 4.973.998. Last month's sawloj scale was 25,425,342 board feet .as compar manent delegation to the United moisture-laden total was Nov- damage. the snow-covered car. Sorensen, who set out from Dorreen with a sleigh pulled by horses, stopped when he discovered his partner's body, across ember, 1939,when 18.63 inches of rain fell. Nations and is searching for another candidate. It was learned today. The cabinet apparently felt it McNeil to hospital from his home LOCAL TIDES Saturday, January 3, 1913 Trading Suspended NEW YORK, (P New York However, for some unaccountable reason. It also was one of God's Lake 102 Hardrock 33 Harricana 07 Heva 22 Hosco 39 Jacknife 06 Joliet Quebec 40 Lake Rowan .13 Lapaska .11 Little Long Lac '148 Lynx 07 Vs Madsen Red Lake 3.00 McKenzie Red Lake '0 McLeod Cockshutt 148 Moneta .36 Negus 2.25 Noranda 49.00 Louvicourt 1.37 Pickle Crow 2.30 Sherrit Gordon 3.00 Steep Rock 2.19 Sturgeon River 20 l2h 0:i4 icei was too much to have Wilgress undertake the heavy task at the after receiving a call from Port Edward shortly before midnight. McNeil, being treated by Dr. A. W. Large, was reported this Stock Exchange announced to day that trading would be sus the Skeena River from the station at Pitman. TO RECOVER BODY The police set out again this morning on a railway speeder carrying a small boat and a ed with 14,391.433 in December, 1946. Pole and piling scale dwindled to 63,905 feet last month while in December, 1945 It was 856.991. Railroad tie production last month, was sharply above the corresponding month in - 1946. 17.2 feet ! 5.6 fee I pentlcd tomorrow because 19:04 0 13 13 :0:"i of 'United Nations after his ion? siege of international confer- Lnoou in the last two years. At morning to be recovering. 8 0 feet 1 storm conditions. toboggan. They plan to cross present he is Canadian, minister CANADA TO GET to Switzerland. White" New Year Greets City There were 16,721 ties cut' last December, as compared with the brightest Decembers cn record, with 18.32 hours of bright sunshine. Maximum trmperature during the month was 48 degrees, and the minimum 30. Barometer readings showed a high of 30.14 inches on December 4 and a minimum of 28.94 inches on December 18. Average temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees. Maximum wind velocity was 42 miles an hour from the south-cast on December 22. reaching 48 miles an hour in gusts. 9.976 in December, 194 There were 10 cords of wood Prince Kuport entered' US whitened by a three-ich snowfall that began cut in December, while" in the same month rf 1946 there were the river in the boat and pick up the body in the toboggan. They also are determined to find the car. Albertson set out from Terrace during a blizzard. His absence was not discovered until Sorensen telephoned to Terrace on December 30 and learned that he had left for home on Christmas Eve. SON HELD AFTER FATHER'S DEATH VANCOUVER (P Police today Investigated the death of Harold wiiKhii-P 55. who died New idling early New1! ears HIGHER PRICES FROM BRITAIN OTTAWA '(P New higher contract prices will be received for bacon, beef, eggs and cheese which Canada will sell to the United Kingdom in 1948, it was announced today by Agriculture Minister Gardiner at a press conference. New rates include: $36 a hundred pounds for Grade A No. 1 sizeable Wiltshire sides at sea orning alter a uigni m lies and rain that did tie to halt the night's 564 cords cut. Sawlcg production last month was made up as follows: Fir, 701.991 Spruce. 13.140.389 Cedar, 4.502.389 Hemlock, 4.826,493 BaLsam, 1,338.158 Jackpine, 718,066 Miscellaneous, 197.724 were under way. extending into the small hours of the morning. Roisterers pushed over the decaying guard rail on the Mc-Biicle Street sidewalk between Third and Fourth Avenues shortly after midnight, New Year's Eve. The City Engineer's department placed red lanterns there to warn pedestrians. A fire nt the Pioneer Laundry on New Year's Eve damaged a quantity of linen In a linen closet and scorched woodwork before It was put out by the GUERRILLAS AT KONITSA FLEE ATHENS P War Minister George Stratos said today that guerrilla forces are fleeing into the Grammos Mountains after defeat In the Battle of Konitsa. The mow began 1 fil11 shortly Year's Eve allegedly after s right with his 18-year-old son. The son was arrested New-Year's Day after running to a neighbor's home and crying: "I've killed my father." The boy is held without charge, pending investigation. ter 5 o'clock Ne' Years niorn- COUPLE DIE IN TRAFFIC CRASH VANCOUVER P' Two persons continued throughout the. v and slopped this morning ( i Holy Land Strife j May Delay British i Army Withdrawal LONDON, (P' Authoritative government sources said today .that Great Britain may be I "compelled'' to delay her sched-i uled military withdrawal from I Palestine In August, If violence board, compared with $29 under the 1947 contract. Beef prices vary according to quality will advance by $3.25 a hundred where a week-long siege was u-rl the sky began to clear lor first time In days; were killed in suburban Lulu Island early Thursday In a The snow blanket was a major I pounds for red and blue quality. Nehru Protesting Pakistan Action fire department. Cause of the lor in several minor auto mis- . . 1 . I. i A n. Eggs will be 5 cents a dozen blaze, the only one with the ex rentlon of a chimney fire, is not causing cms w uw uv.i tps, bankment? .and Into ditches. higher than in the 1947 spring prices. lifted yesterday. NURSE IS KILLED JERUSALEM, 0 One Jewish nurse was killed today in the Holy Land strife as fierce fighting continued. The unofficial count oi the known. t no one wa.-4nurod. The chimney fire at the resi- Romanian Royalty Asks Swiss Visas BUCHAREST, 0' The Romanian government asked today for 35 visas for the former King Michael, Queen Helen and their retinue to enter Switzerland. A reply was not expected be fore late Monday or Tuesdr because the Swiss offices close at noon on Saturday ew Year's Eve- dances at the traffic accident that marred an otherwise light New Year's holiday traffic record in the Lower Mainland. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mala-pinka. Vancouver. Police said the couple were struck by a B.C. Electric Company bus by Edward Butchart of New Westminster. IU vrnur, v - , - NEW DELHI (P Prime Miu- ( between Jews and Arabs con-ister Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing tlnues. Moslem Pakistan again of help-1 He indicated also that coning invaders of the border state tlnuation of the conflict might of Kashmit, said tonight that force the British government to Hindu India has appealed to the ' surrender its Palestine man-Security Council of the United date to the United States earlier Nations on December 30 for in- than May 15. as originallv tl i.-tervenMe-n . "Pn D.E. Hulls, Mouse Temple and , Seventh Avenue t.ast, was ex tinguished without damage to RANGERS WIN 4-0 IN SCOTTISH DIV. LoNDON, CP Rangers- today defeated Celtic 4-0 in tut ocut- llsh A Division f( ",,iui xMhi. ight's of Columbus Hall were dead since the end of November the building. 111 attended despite the aol is 508, Including 249 Arabs ana 230 JJ.'E.. The police rep. ted no arrests ce of the weathe. over the holiday Innumernblf I'ou.v parties