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"Princ.
Rupert,
thtKty
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
80.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B
C.
WEDNESDAY.
APRTT.
S
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"
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mm;
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Canadian-Aitd
A
mericffl
Defence
Giiefs
lee
1)1950
Weather
t
Unprecedented
Gathering
Being
Held
In
New
York
HALIFAX
(CP)
East
Coast
defence
chiefs
of
Canada
and
the
United
States
are
conferring
in
New
York
this
week
in
the
first
meeting
of
its
kind
in
the
peacetime
history
of
these
two
counries,
it
is
learned
today.
Attending
the
meeting
are
Major
General
Harry
Foster,
chief
of
Canada's
Atlantic
Command,
Must
Close
Dollar
Gap
KEY
WEST,
Florida
h-
President
Truman
said
here
that
it
is
of
"major
Importance"
that
the
United
States
close
the
"dohar
gap"
between
exports
and
imports
to
strengthen
the
free
countries
against
"Communist
subversion
or
aggression.
He
formally
ordered
the
retiring
Army
Secretary,
Gordon
Gray,
to
develop
a
plan
to
create
a
balance
that
is
now
being
maintained
by
annual
United
States
grants
totalling
$5,000,000,000.
STERLING
POSITION
BETTER
LONDON
Sir
Stafford
Cripps"
announced"
yesterday
that
the
sterling
area
had
earned
a
surplus
of
$40,000,000
in
the
first
quarter
of
1950.
lie
said
that
tne
first
three
months
of
the
year
showed
a
"furher
advance
in
our
long
and
arduous?
campaign
to
close
the,
dollar
gap,"
-
ill
itteS5
:
..
'
,
;
If
r
-
t
-.v
'
and
General
Walter
Bedell-
imiDGES
convicted;;
V
SAN
FRANCISCO
Harry
Bridges,
.
of
the
Longshoremen's
and
Warehousemen's
Union,
faces
a
possible
seven
year
prison
term
and
$15,000
fine
followinw
rnnvipfmn'voa.
nere
Dener
J
Prince
Rupert
is
having
a
I
much
better
start
this
year
I
from
the
weather
standpoint.
'.
-
The
city
has
had
237
hours
of
bright
sunshine
so
far
this
year
as
compared
with
184.7
hours
In
the
first
three
months
of
1943
.
while
the
precipitation
thus
far
in
1950
has
been
but
17.67
inches
as
against
24.46
inches
in
the
corresponding
period
last
'.year.
'.
.The
monthly
weather
sum-j
mary,
as
issued
by
the
Dominion
meteorologist
at
Di'gby
Island,
was
as
follows:
T-
'Maximum
temperature.
54.9
;lon
Mafch
16
onSTiotemperatUre
22.9.
Mean
temperature,
38.6.
.
Maximum
barometer
reading,
30.37
on
March
29.
.Minimum
barometer
reading,
29J'7
ori
March
18
Precipitation,
5.9
Inches.
Sunshine,
105.8
hours.
Maximum
wind
velocity,
25
mUea
per
hour
from
southeast
on
MJarch
22.
Oil
Lands
In
Demand
VANCOUVER
f
Two
major
oU
companies,
have
applied
for
terday
on
charges
of
conspiracy
and
perjury
by
FIND
A
HAT
TO
FIT
Workmen
at
New
York's
Amerl-
;,m
of
Natural
History
are
shown
working
on
the
huge
a
jury
of
eight
men
and
four
women
who
did
not
-believe
him
when
he
swore
he
was
not
a
C.ommun
ist.
Aft'er
the
jail
term
he
could
be
deported
to.
Australia
whence
he
came.
'."
.
'"V".-
reduction
of
a
30-ton
stone
head
that
was
found
In
;946
The
head
was
carved
by
a
people
who
lived
in
ifjiro
at
the
time
of
Christ,
and
Is
one
of
the
largest
if
a
human
head
ever
to
b(,cut
from
stone.
Named
El
ton
in
Mexico,
the
huge
head,
which
is
too
heavy
to
still
lies
in
the
Mexican
jungle.
The
plaster
reproduc-Jie
same
proportions
as
the
original,
nine-feet
high,
ie
and
20-fiet
in
circumference,
will
dominate
the
mus-;.can
hall.
fit
And
Map!e
Leafs
Are
EILERS
WIN
TITLE
V-v'vv:
WI
NNIl'EG
Vancouver
1
Eilers
-
last!
night
won
the
Western
Canada
senior
women's
basket-ball
title
by
defeating
Winnipeg
C.
U.
A.
C's
54-4.'i
in
the
second
game
of.
a
best
of
three
series.
Eilers
who
won
the
first
game
61
to
42
now
meet
Toronto
Montgomery
Maids
who
advanced
to
the
Dominion
finals
on
a
bye.
;
V
,
BRITISH
PRICES
GOING
UP
V
LONDON
Minister
of
Food
Maurice-
Webb
announces
that
prices
of
.butter
and
bacorate
going
up.
Butter
will
go
up
5c
a
pound
ori
April
23
ajicl,
bacon
2c.a
pound
on
May
21.
Organized
Labor
is
expected
to
protest.
-
:
-
j
-
f
Hoops
Wins
Oyer
Calgary
KAMLOOPS
Swelled
with
pride,
3000
fans
nearly
burst
through
Memorial
Arena
here
last
night
as
their
Cinderella
Elks
rose
over
the
vaunted
Calgary
Stampeders
for
a
6
to
1
victory
in
the
first
test
Western
Canada
Allan
Cup
semi-final.
New
Westminster,
Vancouver
Even
l
LOS
ANGELES
(9)
Los
Angeles
Monarchs
last
night
took
a
2
to
,
1
lead
in
the
southern
division
play-offs
of
the
Pacific
Coast
i
League
by
slapping
the
San
Diego
;
Sky
Hawks
7
to
1.
,
In
the
northern
division.
New
Westminster
Royals
moved
into
BERLIN
KfA
teen-age
yang
leader
and
three
of
his
comrvdes
were
today
sentenced
to
death
j
for
a
reign
of
terror
they
said
;
they
copied
from
the
movies
and
I
crime
books.
A
court
in
uie
.'
Soviet
sector
imposed
the
death
sentence
on
Werner
Gladow,
aged
18,
who
said
he
used
Al
Capone
as
his
model
in
directing
band
of
68
thugs.
The
prosecution
traced
two
murders,
ten
attempted
slayihgs
and
21
major
armed
robberies
to
the
gang.
n
Stanley
Cup
Series
INTO
(iT)-Six-foot
Leo
Keise
blonde
son
i
'US
hot'kcv-lllavilKr
fiifW
mit
TWi-mt
T?o,t
I
more
than
two
million
acres
of
Vancouver
to
even
their
play-off
British
Columbia
land
during
series
with
a
4
to
3
overUme
vic-the
last
week.
They
are
Shell
tory
over
the
Canucks..
j
OU
Ltd.
and
McColl-Frontenac.
t
McColl
has
mad
application
.
f)
I
"
J
for
seven
locations
of
about
KfiflS
LOnUtfflfl
i
in
the
Stanley
Cup
hunt
last
night.
The
't
rli'feneeman
broke
Up
agruellihg
strug-:he
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
after
20
minutes
.ends
of
sudden
death
overtime
play.
His
Smith,
commanding
the
United
States
First
Army,
which
is
responsible
for
Atlantic
defences.
Acclaimed
Applewhaite
Is
Great
Booster
!
Prince
Rupert
doesn'f
need
a
Chamber
of
Commerce
as
long
as
it
has
Ted
Applewhaite.
M
P.,
declares
the
bulletin
of
the
Rotary
Club
of
Aylmer,
Quebec,
where
the
Skeena
member
spoke
recently.
No
amount
of
artistic
pam
phlets
could
be
as
convincing
as
this
man
who
knows
and
lovers
every
inch
of
the
ground.
"Sincere
and
enthusiastic,
he
has
at
heart
the
true
progress
and
prosperity
of
the
whole
prov
ince
as
well
as
his
own
constituency.
"By
the
time
he
was
finished,
we
were
wondering
why
we
lived
any
place
but
B.C.
in
general
and
1
Prince
Rupert
in
particular.
Seldom
have
we
heard
general,
social
and
economic
problems
of
a
'region
more
expertly
explain
pd.
I
Anything
we
don't
know
about
I
Prince
Rupert
now
is
something
that
hasn't
happened
yet."
Parisian
Is
Winner
Over
Charlie
Zivic
PITTSBURG
The
Parisian,
Laurent
Dauthuille,
last
night
kayoed
Pittsburg's
Charlie
Zivic
In
the
ninth
round
of
a
scheduled
10-round
fight
Dau-uille
weighed
157
pounds
and
Zivic,
160.
set-up
Vvill
be
taken
over.
IMPORTANT
TO
RUPERT
Strong
Case
to
Keep
Haines
Road
;;
Open
Made
by
Member
for
Skeena
A
strong
case
'for
the
;-
?':';??;:.
year
found
maintenance
cd
from
Seattle
Over
the
Canadian
National
.
Railways
to
Prince
Rupert
and
thence
t
Haines
via
Altska
'Freight
,
Lines
barges
-v
.
Mr.
Applewhaitei
points
but
how
traffic
over
-'Haines-
High-
of
the
strategic
Haines
Highway
has
been
presented
to
Hon.
Brooke
Claxton,
minister
of
national
tlefence
at
Ottawa,
by
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
M!'-
P.
for,
.Skeena,
An
exhaustive
brief
on
the
subject
has
been
prepared
by
Mr
Applewhaite
who
submits
that
the
transporta
To
Catalogue
Museum
Here
A
graduate
student,
experienced
in
museum
work,
will
be
.sent
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Mu-t-eum
by
Professor
H.
B.
Hawthorne
of
the
Musqum
of
Anthropology
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
it
was
announced
at
an
annual-meeting
of
the
museum
board
in
the
Civic
Centre
Monday
night.
-
Mrs.
Margaret
Ellis
of
Vancouver
will
re-rrange,
,
catalogue,
and
re-cast
the
entire
museum
display.
The
considerable
cost
oi
the
enterprise,
the
board
said,
will
be
me!
out.
of
trust
funds
ob
tained
some
years
ago
from
the
Carnegie
Foundation.
.
Mrs.
Ellis
lias
had
considera
ble
experience
in
museum
work
She
has
been
attached
to
the
Bishop
Museum
at
the
Unlver
sity
of
Honolulu,
and
museums
at
the
University
of
Alaska
and
U.B.C.
Her
husband,
who
will
Coastguard
Service
to
be
In
Operation
on
coast
this
Year
Priest
Given
Life
Sentence-
PRAOUE
fA
Roman
Catholic
clergyman
was
sentenced
to-jday
by
a
Prague
court
to
life
im-Jprisonmept
on
charges
of
high
i
treason
and
spying
for
the
Vatican.
His
nine
co-defendants,
all
of
them
Catholic
church
men.
re-celed
lighter
sentences
ranging
from
two
to
23
years.
Life
Imprisonment
is
ordered
for
Dr.
Jan
Mastilak,
39-year
old
I
Redemptionist
monk,
who
was
director
of
the
Moravian
theological
institute.
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66
Upper
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3.90
way
increased
from
497
vehicles
:
showery
conditions
are
ex-and
1006
persons
In
1947
to
3,-
pecte
dt0
deveiop
along
coast
202
vehicles
and
6,206
persons
hw
,hl.
-...,.
whiiP
thB
in-
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Canada's
embryo
-coastguard
will
be
in
"partial
operation"
off
the
British
Columbia
coast
some
time
this
year,
Minister
of
Fisheries
Robert
Mayhew
said
yesterday
on
arrival
from
Ottawa.
New
weather
ships
will
also
'"soon"
take
their
positions
in
Pacific
waters,
he
said.
No
new
vessels
will
be
built
plan"
a-colordmted
with
head-for
the
Coastguard,
Mr.
May-
quarters
at
Victoria,
hew
said,
but
civilian
and
gov-
The
present
air-sea
rescue
slap
,h.t
from
the
Toronto
player's
uned
into
the
goal
S3
a
2
to
1
victory
the
best
of
seven
SUnley
Cup
final
fach.
Mill
In
0-Montrcal
Ca-a
new
lease
o.i
tiipht's
3
to
2
over-
o?er
New
York
Jy
prove
U)
be
the
ara
the
il(K-tor
or-
Emer
Lach's
goal
"uniite
19
second
!
the
Canadlons
ttory
in
four
starts
il
Hockey
League
Play-off
series
but
"edit
went
to
Siib-
lile
GeiTV
Mi-Vnil
mW
from
vetriti
M
Durnin's
request.
now
leading
the
Wmes
to
one.
UVATOR
QAIN
URGED
:rd
grain
traffic
"ig
flii'oiiKi,
the
a6aill
ni'iimnlnfi
ii
"wi
ChamiM-i
r
,.f
lis
nient.iiiir
ii,...
-b
i.iuu-
u'v
anuin
into
'"'
Stftmg
the
nce
Rupeij.
elevator
ln'
T'
eain
com-
tol
'.o
set
ln
authorities
in
rtl
as
v,
r
....,..
nu,.Ui0n
wiln
Eltina
txccuh've
8cW
C(l,Kli
""IIWUIIJU
1
wmmhr.i'
..r
tuture
,:n,.,
''I1"
directs
ren-
"
Province.
The
N
be
1
conducted
by
'tnong
each
n.,
eh-,,,
"'""J
uui-i-
in
1949
It
would
be
difficult
he
puiin.5
oui,
w
potential
automobile,
bus
and
truek
traffic
If
the
highway
is
kept
open
the
year
around.
Prince
Rupert's
Position
'
"When
Prince
Rupert
Is
con
-
sldered
as
the
-shipping
point
the
saving
in
time
and
trans
.
.
..
,
..
Mtinii
'any
ner
is
an
nouois
iiti'
tton
economy
economy
of
the
whoie
north
country
would
be
altered
to
the
benefit
and
better
service
of
communities
ln
Alaska
and
Yukon
if
this
highway
could
be
kept
open
the
year
around
for
the
transport
of
people
and
gooos
by
road
northward
from
the
port
of
Haines.
Mr.
Applewhaite
also
.
shows
how
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
could
be
used
to
great
advan
tage
as
the
gateway
to
Alaska
owing
to
its
proximity
as
a
rail-
way
and
highway
terminal.
The
brief
prepared
by
Mr.
Applewhaite,
.on
the
basis
of
information
obtained
ln
various
quarters,
disclose,
among
other
things,
that
Chilkoot
Motor-bhip
Lines
which
operated
last
year
between
Juneau
and
Haines
while
the
Haines
Highway
was
open
between
June
9
and
October
31
is
now
planning
to
extend
the
service
to
Prince
Rupert
and
would
transport
mail
as
well
as
automo
biles
and
other
traffic
north
ward
from
lie
re.
The
far-reaching
effect
that
proposed
It
iry
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Haines
would
have
on
all
aspects
of
transport
economy
to
Alaska
and
the
Yukon
is
also
empha
sized
by
Mr.
Applewhaite.
"Alaska
markets
awaiting
la
i
dilate
In
nhvsios.
250,000
acres
each.
j
.Shell
has
applied
for
for
a
a
150,-
150,-
000-acre
area
southeast
of
Fort
Nelson.
'
;
THE
WEATHtR
j
j
Synopsis
,
'i
Cloudy
skies
covered
all
but
the
eastern
edge
of
British
Co-
umbla
this
norning
as
relatively
a
Di'arm
moist
air
streamed
over
the
province
from
the
southwest.
The
storm
center
which
brought
heavy
rains
and
gale
force
winds
$o
tne
normern
coast,
.yesieraay
has
drifted
a
little
farther
offshore
during
the-
night
but
still
appear
sto
be
almost
as
Intense
as
ever.
.
However
winds
along
Uie'
Immediate
coast
have
drop-j
ped
off
considerably
and
no
rain
was
reported
at
any
station
on
the
coast
early
this
morning.
terlor
remains
cloudy
with
inter-
mitt-nt.
siihuhlne
ThPre
Is
nn
tadlcaUon
of
ch
e
fo
Regional
forecasts
valid
Thursday.
i
Forecast
,
North
Coast
Region-
Cloudy
witn
scattered
snowers
loclay
d
Tnurgday
LltUe
ch
hl
NURSK
CHAPTER
HERE
IN
SESSION
.
Amendment
to
the
constitution
and
by-law
of
the
Prince
Rupert
chapter
of
the
B.C.
Registered
Nurses
Association
was
discussed
at
a
meeting
of
the
organization
in
the
Nurse's
Home
Monday
night.
Instructions
were
g'ven
to
Miss
M.
Ross,
of
.
Miller
,
Bay
Hospitals
delegate
from
the
local
chapter
who
will
attend
the
annual
provin-
clal
convention
in
Kelownanext
week.
In
tho
chair
was
the
president.
Miss
Mary
Sinclair,
Treasurer
Miss
E.
Clement
also
acted
as
secretary:
;
'
dlan
section
of
the
Haines
Hi?
a
-way
is
under
his
department
for
maintenance
and
operation
Mr.
Applewhaite
"s
brief
is
now
In
.
the
hands
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
attention
by
the
highway
jand
Alaska
committees.
ernment
vessels
will
be
used
in
P
I
T
.
,
temperature.
Winds
southerly
substanUal,"
says
the
brief.
:
15
.
hn,
T
,
t,v,t
"From
Prince
Rupert
It
is
less
h,our'
hghs
tomorrow-at
Port
than
1100
miles
to
Fairbanks
nd,
40
and
47-
Sandspit
and
and
shipments
can
be
made
be-
tween
the
two
points
ln
just
?rlnce
RuPert-
34
and
46-three
days.
If
the
shipment
or-
.
;
A
new
slate
of
6fficers
were
elected
last
night.
President
for
the
next
year
is
J.
Harry
Black
and
vice-president,
F.
E.
An-'ield.
Rev.
Biif.il
Procter
was
el
ected
secretary-treasurer.
The
board
of
directors
consists-
of
Mrs.
Nora
Arnold,
Duncan
Whit-more,
J.
Cliif
Gilker,
Gordon'
!
Forbes,
R.
A.
Morlcy,
Mrs.
M.
'Kullander
and
a
representative
I
from
the
Business
and
Professional
Women's
Club..
I
The
new
president,
in
his
re
marks,
commented
on
the
change
of
personnel
on
the
board
with
the
death
of
J.
J
T.
Collart
and
the
departure
of
Jack
K.
McU'od.
Good
wishes
were
extended
towards
R.
O.
Hopkins
ffir-
faithful
services
rendered
to
the
board.
Mr.
Hopkins
Is
leaving
the
city
shortly
Thanks
for
faithful
services
were
also
accorded
to
C.
E.
Cullln
for
part
services
as
custodian.
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
April
6,
1950
High
3:18.
22.5
feet
16:14
18.9
feet
Low
9:56
2.0
feet
21:55
7.0
feet
be
tapped
would
provide
a
occur
largely,
depends
.
on
steady,
year-round
flow
of
traf-
whether
the
Haines
Highway
Is
fic
over
the
highway
if
it
was
developed
to
a
standard
com-kent
orjen."
Mr.
Applewhaite
parable
with
the
Alaska
High-
iginates
in
Canada
and
ean
be
iiiuvcu
w
names
ay
uiiuuiKii
vessel,
transportation
costs
are
reduced
still
further
Repeal
Of
the
discrlmatory
section
27
of
the
Jones
Act,
which
will
come
with
statehood
for
v
Alaska.
should
permit
Prince
Rupert
to
asr-ume
its
rightful
place
In
the
Alaska
shipping
scene.
The
speed
with
which..
tills
would!
way
and
maintained
through-1
out
the
year.
It
is
ltally
lni-
portant
that
such
development
should
take
place
now.
,
'
I
Mr.
Applewhaite
points
out'
how
that
portion
of
the
Haines
Highway
located
In
Alaska
was,
widened
by
the
Alaska
Road
j
Commission
during
the
past,
year
and
hard
surfacing
would
toe
completed
this
,
year
and
concludes
with
the
reminder
to
the
Canadian
minister
of
na-
tional
defence
that
the
Cana
-
(
Jc
r"fl
;ILj
1
xJ
-iff
.
-
-
af
m,
2
submlts.
"Supplies
for
military
installations
would
move
over
the
road
throughout
the
year
and
would
exceed
by
many
times
the
small
trickle
of
4000
tens
transported
in
1949.
Like-
wise
the
5000
tons
of
civilian
cargo
is
only
a
small
percent-
age
of
the
potential.
As
for
the
traffic
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Haines
last
year
Mr.
Applewhite's
brief
says
that
4,012
tons,
mostly
of
pet-
;
ishahle
commodities,
was
mov-
fLlF0RNlA
ENGLAND'S
MILITARY
AID
IS.
ROLLING
IN
A
superfortress,
part
of
the
allotment
of
70
being
delivered
to
the
Royal
Air
Force,
under
the
U.S.'mlltary
aid
program,
is
seen
on
its
arrival
at
Mark-ham
airdrome
in
Norfolk,
Eng.
Above
is
a
general
view
of
the
scene
at
the
airdrome
when
Mr.
Arthur
Henderson,
secretary
for
air,
seen
8t
microphone
in
right
foreground
welcomes
the
arrival.