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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
STAR
y
CABS
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
128.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JUNE
1,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
North
Is
mpirowdlj
'Soutln
Still
Critical
oting
to
End
Long
foundlandControversy
;BAL
I'MON
WITH
CANADA
ONE
OF
l
CHOICES
IN
JUNE
3
REFERENDUM
OllN'S,
Nfld.,
(CP
When
Newfoundlanders
choose
ture
fi,rm
of
government
on
the
coming
Thursday,
it
e
been
two
years
since
a
national
convention
was
to
study
and
i
ecoramend
possible
forms
of
adminitt-
Emergency
I
--x
I
Olieena
Flood
Receding,
Is
Declared
Damage
Surveys
Started
22
DEAD
III
NAVY
MISHAP
Via
Army
Signals
NORFOLK,
Virginia,
0
Nine
marines
and
13
navy
men
died
jjroff
the
delegation
to
Ottawa
was
one
of
the
steps
cng
pr.K-ess
leading
to
the
final
decision
of
Britain
to
Army
Is
Placed
In
Charge
of
Southern
Flood
Areas
VICTORIA
State
of
emergency
in
flood
areas
of
the
province
was
officially
declared
yes
-
If
,
Water
Down
Between
18
Inches
and
Three
Feet
Today
1
1
government,
.
nmmission
and
last
night
when
a
navy
launch,
returning
from
Memorial
Day
ye
government
terday
by
Premier
Byron
John
Marked
recession
of
the
flooding
Skeena
River
on
the
ballot
tatiun
liberty,
swamped
at
Hampden
son.
There
will
be
division
into
sections
each
with
an
Army
of
y
"ft
C.C.F.
Wins
Yale
Seat
today
gave
rise
to
hope
that
its
week-long
rampage,
which
has
destroyed
homes,
communications
and
transportation
and
left
scores
of
people
homeless
Roads.
The
12-ship
task
force
to
which
they
belonged,
under
Rear
Admiral
C.
A.
F.
Sprague,
ficer
in
charge.
There
was
still
little
sign
of
bound
for
the
Mediterranean,
1Mi
1947,
a
seven-man
(,n
under
the
chair-in
of
the
convention,
jitif
Canadian
capital.
It
lfrc
fur
100
days
study-i.
hat
Newfoundland
was
delayed
pending
lnvestiga
in
the
central
interior
may
be
ending,
wora
irom
up-river
points
of
Kwinitsa
and
Ejtstew
this
morn-
KELOWNA
Owen
Jones
of
tion.
an
abatement
of
high
waters
which
have
caused
great
devastation
in
the
Fraser
Valley.
In
the
southern
interior
the
Colum
t
if
she
became
a
10th
t-
tribution,
Mr.
Couglan
said.
This
was
being
taken
care
of
toc'.av.
There
was
no
illness
with
trir
ing
indicated
that
the
turgid
water
is
now
between
18
inches
and
three
feet
below
Its
last
week's
crest
and
railway
and
DUbllc
works
authorities
are
INITIATIVE
IN
FLOOD
RELIEF
RETIRING
Rt.
Hon.
J.
L.
bia
and
Kootenay
Rivers
are
still
on
the
rampage.
Premier
Johnson's
statement
came
as
the
flood
situation
on
the
Fraser
River
seemed
strangely
quiet.
All
dykes
were
Ilsley,
minister
of
justice
and
island
colony
decided
to
.on,
the
federal
govern--sibly
would
collect
.
annual
revenues
Irom
sources,
but
it
would
uore
than
$26,000,000
In
exception
of
a
few
children
recovering
from
chicken
pox.
The
office
of
divisional
Superintendent
C.
A.
Berner
said
this
morning
that
recession
of
the
wartime
minister
of
finance,
yesterday
announced
that
he
was
retiring
to
private
life.
VANCOUVER
The
Board
of
Trade
has
taken
,reportde
holding
late
last
night.
hoping
that
it
will
continue
so
that
they
can
make
surveys
of
damage
to
roadbeds
and
communication
lines.
Provincial
Police
Inspector
F.
B.
Woods-Johnson,
who
re
of
old
age
pensions:
VISITING
HERE
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
forests
and
MXA.
for
Skeena.
Mr.
Kenney
arrived
by
air
yesterday
from
Victoria
and
flew
today
to
his
home
town
of
Terrace,
also
planning
to
visit
Smithers
and
other
points
in
his
riding
on
the
present
trip.
The
flood
emergency
decided
him
to
come
north
earlier
than
he
had
originally
planned.
.
water
east
of
Kwinitsa
had
broueht
to
the
surface
almost
the
initiative
in
setting
in
motion
preliminary
organization
ilowances
ana
taxation
Officials
In
two
places
expressed
fears
of
a
break
through.
The
places
are
the
Queensbury
sec-tioi
of
Lulu
Island
and
Pitt
Meadows.
There
are
several
it
subsidies.
for
emergency
flood
relief.
Aus-
PLANE
CRASHES
Kelowna
carried
the
federal
by-election
in
Yale
yesterday
with
a
large
majority.
His
election
was
conceded
early
last
night
when
still
incomplete
returns
showed
him
ahead
with
a
lead
of
four
thousand.
The
Liberal
candidate,
Edward
J.
Chambers,
was
in
second
place
with
W.
A.
C.
Bennett,
Progressive
-
Conservative,
third.
With
10
small
polls
of
a
total
of
122
missing,
the
vote
stood
at:
Jones,
10,576.
Chambers,
6,923.
Bennett,
6,900.
Jones
is
a
52-year
old
furniture
store
owner.
The
seat
had
been
represented
by
Hon.
Grote
Stirling,
Progressive
-
Conservative,
since
1924.
He
retired
on
account
of
ill-health.
evince,
Newfoundland
tin
C.
Taylor
has
consented
to
a
mile
of
track
and
road.
The
water
at
that
point
had
gone
down
between
two
and
tliree
could
raise
$10,000,000
turned
to
the
city
last
night
from
a
survey
of
interior
communities,
said
this
morning
places
where
the
dykes
are
In
including
taxation
III
FLORIDA
act
as
chairman.
While
the
Red
Cross
organization
is
taking
over
Immediate
feet.
.i
n.uimontB
Kiir
ir.
that"
a
general
recession
has
nfl
lD,ouu,uuu
lur
pruv-
been
in
effect
since
Sunday
and
disaster
relief
and
permanent
Five
Men
Lose
Lives
in
Thunderstorm
rvices
.inc
iinanciai
that
Sunday
evening
the
water
was
14
Inches
below
its
crest
at
Copper
River,
east
of
Terrace.
:iveu
at
luunabcu
uiab
j
precarious
positions.
They
are
Rosedale,
Barnston
Island
and
Chilliwack.
No
dykes
have
broken
in
any
of
these
places.,
The
Army
said
late
last
night
.
that
they
had
filled
work
committments
with
volunteers
and
would
make
another
appeal
of
his
assistants,
have
been
MIAMI,
Florida
One
the
rence
wouia
oe
muue
rehabilitation
will
be
a
government
responsibility,
it
is
felt
that
there
is
a
need
in
the
meantime
and
for
that
purpose
an
emergency
fund
is
being
raised.
At
Remo,
according
to
In-pector
Woods
-
Johnson,
the
water
was
down
about
14
inches
Monday
afternoon.
The
police
insp'-ctor
returned
to
the
city
using
Gordon
Little's
power
barge
to
travel
from
Terrace
to
Kwinitsa
and
then
edge
of
Florida's
swampy
Ever
special
transitional
sub
Nobody
is
really
suffering
Eight
homes
on
Braun's
Island
glades,
the
bodies
of
five
men
d
at
bringing
New
any
hardship,"
he
said
today.
s
services
up
to
a
par
There
is
sufficient
food
and
t
ol
me
resi
oi
uanaaa
clothing
and
the
Red
Cross
and
The
Red
Cross
has
agreed
to
handle
the
special
effort,
the
need
for
support
of
which
is
were
found
close
to
three
crashed
United
States
Naval
training
planes.
American
authorities
believed
the
planes
crashed
late
when
more
workers
were
needed.
This
presumably
meant
there.
mis,
oddly
enougn,
cna
neighbors
are
helping
out
in
south
of
Terrace,
were
washed
out
and
their
occupants
were
taken
in
by
friends
or
housed
in
army
buildings
in
the
village.
Among
the
worst
hit
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Stuart
Craig,
who
have
a
family
of
six.
They
lost
their
by
car
to
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Little
plans
to
use
the
urgent.
ate
whether
Canada
ake
anv
offer
to
the
In
a
message
to
Boards
of
barge
to
freight
supplies
irom
every
way
possible."
A
message
from
Ed
Couglan,
Social
Service
officer
who
is
now
at
Usk,
indicated
that,
Kates
to
take
over
Am
Trade
and
Chambers
of
Com-
Saturday
during
a
violent
thunderstorm.
The
planes
were
part
of
a
12-plane
formation
flying
from
Kwinitsa
to
Terrace,
thus
re-
were
enough
workers
to
get
through
the
night.
Another
appeal
made
last
night
met
with
much
success.
This
was
the
appeal
for
any
kind
of
sacks.
The
citizens
of
JEWS
BOMB
ARAB
CITY
,scs,
worth
about
$300
merce
throughout
the
province
barn
and,
of
course,
their
crops.
It
was
indicated
how-
.
1
'
I
i
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Roger
Fournier,
Canada
would
not
in-
Howard
T.
Mitchell,
president
of
things
are
well
under
control
in
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade,
is
that
.flooded
town.,
emphasizing
the
desirability
of
"Clothing,
bedding,
food
and
also
of
Braun's
Island,
were
Birmingham,
Alabama
,to
Miami,
Florida.
Only
six
of
the
Dlanes
reached
Miami.
Three
ith
the
99-year
lease.
lieving
any
danger
of
shortage
that
might
arise
until
the
road
and
railway
are
re-opened.
Canadian
National
Railways
expect
that
preliminary
surveys
of
damage
will
"begin
tomorrow
or
Thursday
if
the
water
con
Vancouver
were
asked
to
leave
any
sacks,
suitable
for
sandbag
forced
to
flee,
leaving
all
their
Hilt
UNION
to
:
housing
are
all
adequate,"
Mr.
full
and
generous
response
the
appeal.
..-...
ASADA
AMMAN,
Trans-Jordan,
fc
Six
Arab
civilians
were
killed
today
when
Jewish
airmen
dropped
explosive
bombs
and
lncen-
iinHco
in
thafp
flfcf
raid
fin
use,
on
.
the
curbs
outside,..tnerr
LCoa'Jua'c
message
said.
"The
belongings
behind.
V.
.
Terrace
people
banded
to
others
were
forced
down
on
the
way
and-
late
yesterday
-
the
three
others
were
found
near
homes.
Sacks
on
the
streets
were
imposed
terms
for
union
gether
into
a
dyking
crew
and
pickeci
up
by
cars
if
Hint
Ita
A.l
milii
.
.
.
u
u
.
n.u
v.
.
.
.
.
,
,
,
tinues
to
go
down.
is
rxHilv
tii
absorb.
......
.u.
I
oiewan,
norma.
prooaoiy
savea
me
soum
ciue
The
embargo
on
all
Canadian
...
j
UillO
LILY.
A
TT
J
Ul
U1C
UVBU
TV
V
A
V
I
Terrace's
food
supplies
were
of
the
town
from
inundation
by
I
r
our
oi
me
live
ueau
men
fl
Of
the
178,000,01)0
Mnntifiorl
as
children.
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
further
augmented
Monday
and
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Wednesday,
June
2,
1948
Hand
national
debt,
The
raid
came
lust
a
short
ltl
Railway
traffic
to
Vancouver
is
today
when
Gordon
Little
and
were
Identified
as
former
combat
fliers.
They
were
all
from
Birmingham.
The
fifth
man
was
children
are
well
cared
for
and
speeder
transportation
has
been
established
to
Terrace.
One
expectant
mother
has
gone
to
Terrace.
Those
requiring
temporary
accommodation
are
housed
in
tents
and
at
the
school."
Biggest
problem
at
Usk
at
the
present
time
is
fresh
water
dis-
'
ing
so
it
will
take
over
tlme
before
Count
Folke
Berna-
aiiu
ouiiuaj1.
auc
tvt
uciu
nnu
saved
30
families
from
flood
Bill
Gair,
a
driver
for
Lindsays
urees
as
the
Newfound-
doUe,
u.N.
mediator,
was
to
ar-
continuing.
Officials
of
the
two
railway
lines
say
no
attempt
will
be
made
to
bring
trains
High
9:38
15.8
feet
Cartage
Co.,
stopped
at
baivus
h0SS-
Identified
only
as
a
Coast
Guard
enlisted
man.
aiway,
communication
rive
in
Amman
from
Haifa
for
22:07
18.3
feet
Sander
airport,
steamer
talks
with
Arab
leaders
on
a
and
transfered
half
of
the
cargo
of
a
truck
which
was
stranded
Low
3:50
8.1
feet
through
the
Fraser
Valley
for
at
least
72
hours.
nd
broadcasting
corpor-
proposed
truce.
15:37-
7.8
feet
last
Monday
night
when
the
In
Vancouver,
officials
of
sev
tiada
will
allow
New-
water
rose.
Despite
the
fact
that
the
per
eral
oil
companies
are
meeting
AREA
TWO
At
Pacific,
there
was
a
foot
of
water
on
Saturday.
Neighbors
of
Vic
Giraud,
fisheries
inspector
at
Terrace,
aided
in
saving
the
Sherwood
home
from
being
undermined
on
the
bank
of
the
Skeena.
They
sawed
the
building
into
three
parts
Bil
tn
r.t!iin
t!5
nnn
00(1
lshable
cargo
of
the
truck
had
)ullt
up
during
the
war'INUW
LLUOLU
providing
a
third
of
the
i
stood
for
a
week,
the
food,
which
included
several
quarters
Qf
meat,
was
In
good
condition
and
Halibut
fishing
In
Area
Two
will
close
at
midnight
tonight,
is
set
aside
to
meet
pos
ticus
during
the
first!
to
decide
whether
or
not
to
ration
gasoline
for
non-essential
driving.
At
the
same
time,
food
stores
are
rationing
butter
and
in
some
districts
it
is
almost
unobtainable.
,
A
flood
expert
has
expressed
COLUMBIA
,
FLOOD
BRINGS
NEW
PERILS
PORTLAND,
Ore.,
')
New
peril
today
threatened
the
120-mile
sector
of
the
flooding
Columbia
River
downstream
from
Portland.
U.S.
Army
engineers
ordered
the
evacuation
of
thousands
of
residents
in
43
drainage
Britain
Starting
National
Insurance
-
Health
Scheme
Too
National
Insurance
For
Everybody
Health
Scheme
May
Have
Rough
Ride
By
STUART
UNDERHILL
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
Mrs
of
union.
and
moved
it
to
higher
ground.
HAZELTON
IS
NOT
SUFFERING
ending
the
shortest
season
on
record
for
that
area.
Quota
for
the
area
was
25,500,000
pounds.
iada
would
extend
to
i
is
being
marketed
at
Terrace
today.
The
meat
was
frozen
when
it
left
Prince
Rupert.
Although
preliminary
surveys
have
yet
to
be
made,
railway
Uland
the
special
subsl-
i
At
Hazelton,
no
one
is
suffer
P'UOO.OOO
awarded
to
the
ing.
Inspector
Woods-Johnson
Provinces
after
special
the
possibility
of
a
milk
famine
in
the
city.
MR.
KING
TO
TOUR
COUNTRY
emission
hearings.
reported.
A
couple,
of
building?
were
in
danger
of
being
washed
'
Premier
Johnson's
emergency
authorities
are
of
the
definite
belief
that
damage
will
not
be
as
bad
as
in
the
flood
year
ol
"se
special
subsidies
away,
but
were
moved
across
th
statement
said
the
Army
will
be
lt
added
to
navments
districts
in
the
area,
but
many
street
to
higher
ground.
Resi
it
Dominion-provincial
LONDON
The
people
of
Britain
are
looking
to
the
biggest
social
security
scheme
the
has
ever
.
attempted.
On
July
5
the
government's
i
t
i
nn
a.
very
closely
associated
with
the
Navy
and
Air
Force.
The
B.C:
had
already
left.
agreement
where
New-
OTTAWA
Premier
King
has
informed
friends
that
some
time
this
autumn
he
will
definitely
The
river,
second
largest
in
the
United
States,
is
at
flood
1936.
HIGHLIGHTS
AT
TERRACE
Here
are
some
of
the
high
Police,
the
department
of
public
works
and
other
provincial
dents
of
the
flooded
Kispiox
Valley
have
been
evacuated.
STILL
SERIOUS
AT
PRINCE
GEORGE
N
would
agree
to
aban-kme,
corporation
and
in-
new
national
insurance
scneme
goes
mio
eneci.
Everyone
in
the
country
is
eligible
for
principal
benefits.
Every
worker
whether
he
is
a
5
($20)
a
tax
fields
In
return
government
"
agencies
and
the
Red
Cross
will
come
under
the
stage
for
750
miles.
The
Portland
Housing
Authority
estimated
Sunday's
dam
leave
office
but,
before
doing
so,
he
plans
on
visiting
various
parts
of
Canada.
The
exact
date
of
the
premier's
retirement
will
wn
puyments.
lights
of
the
situation
at
Terrace:
"The
pioneer
spirit
has
re
In'
the
Interior,
four
cities
re
direction
of
the
commanding
payments
for
use
of
week
laborer
or
a
multimillion
officer
of
the
Army
In
B.C.
or
his
ported
a
recession
of
flood
p'Hin
fields
f.
and
ana
the
me
sta-
si.a-
,
,
,
r.t,.iii.nr.p
nf
age
to
the
war-nousmg
ciuy
ui
Vanport
at
$27,000,000.
There
is
still
no
Indication
of
the
death
turned
to
the
Skeena
Valley
'
of
unemployed
and
industrial
injury
insurance.
duly
appoinnted
representatives.
waters.
They
are
K'mberley.
Hwld.es
would
amount!
'e"L"u
ilia
BULLCiwui.
.
"mum
of
$6,200,000
an-
toll
at
Vanport.
said
Inspector
Woods-Johnson.
"Neighbors
are
going
to
great
lengths
to
aid
flood
victims
and
aire
director
must
make
weekly
contributions.
The
success
or
failure
of
the
scheme
during
the
next
two
years,
always
en
awkward
period
of
growing
pains
for
such
Grand
Forkes,
Fernie
and
Terrace.
Prince
George
reported
the
situation
still
serious
with
some
evacuations
under
way
in
a
colony
Newfoundland
FEDERAL
GOV'T
READY
TO
AID
between
$35,000,000
and
Mr.
King
hinted
that
when
he
retires
to
private
life
he
"may
do
something
in
the
nature
of
newspaper
work."
He
would
not
be
a
strange
rto
the
business
for
as
a
young
man
he
was
a
member
of
the
Toronto
Globe
staff.
low
lying
areas.
The
East
Koot
N
annually
hut.
ns
a
'schemes,
will
undoubtedly
in
there
is
a
fine
spirit
in
communities
hit
by
the
flood."
The
Terrace
Red
Cross
is
doing
a
remarkable
work
to
provide
necessities
for
those
flood
enay
town
of
Creston,
took
tho
Linked
with
national
insurance
in
the
public's
mind
will
be
a
new
health
service
scheduled
to
go
into
effect
the
same
day.
It
will
be
principally
financed
by
ordinary
taxation,
only
one-sixth
of
the
national
Insurance
fund
going
toward
its
upkeep.
OTTAWA,
Pi
The
federal
Practically
only
$3,000,-
fluence
the
vote
at
the
next
government
prepared
i
to
act
to-
f
us
revenue,
mainly
rals-
worst
blow.
A
dyke
gave
way
forcing
hundreds
from
their
customs
and
excise
Beginning
in
July
all
workers
"wld
still
be
collectable
ed
out.
Head
of
the
Red
Cross
is
R.-Cory,
whose
efforts
and
those
aay
uii
any
ic4wa
v
government
for
assistance
In
the
current
state
of
emergency.
AIRCRAFT
ARE
BRIDGING
GAP
Every
Available
North
Star
Pressed
Into
Service
to
Coast
MONTREAL
Every
available
four-englned
North
Star
aircraft
of
TransCanada
Air
Lines
that
can
be
spared
has
been
routed
to
Western
Canada
to
provide
emergency
links
between
Van
Fish
Sale
homes.
Officials
at
Kelowna
say
the
situation
there
will
not
be
serious
for
another
8
days.
Van
over
18
will
contrinute
lour
shillings
seven
pence
(about
92
Prime
Minister
King
tola
ine
'uada
would
make
pro-
American
Akulan,
fi5.000,
22.30c
and
couver
hospitals
say
that
a
sur
,r
a
series
of
diminish-
cents)
in
the
case
of
men
and
three
shillings
10
pence
(77
21.30c
and
10.50c,
Booth.
"'Sitional
crants
to
cive
House
'of
Commons
yesterday
that
his
government
would
only
aici
if
asked.
vey
has
been
made
of
hospital
facilities
in
non-affected
areas
in
case
of
an
epidemic
in
flood
areas.
Wand
time
to
develop,
Nuce,
new
revenue-pro-
!vices.
Right
now
the
new
health
service
seems
slated
for
a
rocky
beginning.
Although
the
British
Medical
Association
has
agreed
to
co-operate
after
obtaining
guarantees
and
its
independence
will
be
safeguarded,
thousands
of
individual
doctors
are
refusing
to
enter
the
scheme.
Even
if
many
of
them
change
TEL
AVIV
IS
NEXT
TARGET
JERUSALEM
Reports
say
that
the
city
of
Tel
Aviv
is
to
be
the
next
target
of
Arab
troops.
Arab
armies
are
said
to
be
'
vipw
of
the
difficulty
of
cents)
in
the
case
of
women
every
week.
The
employer
will
add
three
shillings
10
pence
for
each
male
employee
and
three
shillings
for
women.
The
Exchequer
will
make
a
supplementary
contribution
of
two
shillings
one
penny
for
men
and
one
shil
couver
and
AiDerta,
Anson
u.
McKim,
vice-president
of
Traf
("8
accurately
how
New-
Canadian
Kodlak,
76,000,
21.6c
26c
and
10c,
Atlin.
Invcrcan,
9,000,
21c,
20c
and
10c,
Storage.
Island
Queen,
15,000;
Rodney
P
22
000;
North
Cape,
17,000;
Bumper
Catch,
10,000;
Straffen,
J5.000;
Ingrld
H.,
17,000;
Mother
III
26,000
and
Wales
Island,
p
would
fare
financial-
fic,
announced
here
yesterday.
Use
'of
the
40-passenger
planes
HAAS
RIVER
FLOOD
FEARED
AIYANSH
Visitors
to
the
Aiyansh
May
24
celebration
here
had
an
anxious
few
hours
as
the
Naas
River
rose
suddenly
just
as
"-"nfederaUon.
Canada
I'lake
nrovisinn
r
v,oo
will
not
interefere
with
regular
schedules
and.
meantime,
the
their
minds,
the
shortage
of
massing
for
a
three-pronged
as-
pittl's
fina.nf.lni
ling
seven
pence
for
women.
NEW
SHIP
AT
KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN
Marking
the
line's
first
full
scale
entry
Into
Self-employed"
persons
must
nurses
will
limit
hospital
accom-
sault
against
the
capital
of
bV
a
royal
commission
air
routes
are
providing
the
only
form
of
transportation
between
!"'Sht
years.
1
11,000,
Co-op.
Meanwhile,
there
may
be
new
efforts
on
the
part
of
the
Uni-
PUBLIC
MEETING
they
were
about
to
leave
for
their
homes
at
Greenville,
Canyon
City
and
Kincoiith.
The
following
day,
however,
the
river
dropped
two
feet
and
most
of
the
boats
left
without
mishap.
The
remain
ted
Nations
to
halt
the
warfare
,
the
Alaska
passenger
business,
in
the
Holy
Land.
I
the
SS
George
Washington
of
The
United
Nations
mediator
the
Alaska
Transportation
Co
,
for
Palestine
has
arrived
in
is
now
operating.
ine
vessel
o,io
Haifa
by-
air
from
Egypt.
How-
gross
tons
is
375
feet
long,
and
modation
for
which
there
will
be
a
tremendous
new
demand.
Most
of
the
working
population
awaits
this
big
test
of
socialist
planning
mutely.
The
main
complaints
about
the
scheme
as
a
whole
have
comei
from
the
less
wealthy,
self-employed
people
like
shop
keepers.
A
man
with
two
assistants
has
to
pay
six
shillings
two
pence
for
himself
and
four
shillings
two
pence
for
each
of
them,
a
heavy
addition
to
weekly
operating
costs.
send
in
a
weekly
payment
of
six
shillings
two
pence
if
male
or
one
penny
if
female.
There
is
no
levy
on
children
and
married
women
who
are
not
employed.
The
employed
contributor
is
Insured
for
sickness
and
industrial
injury
benefit,
maternity
benefit
for
his
wife,
widow's
benefit,
guardian's
allowance
for
his
children,
retirement
pension
and
death
grant.
Self-employed
contributors
get
the
same
benefits
with
the
exception
ing
boats
left
later.
Aiyansh
resi
to
organize
.
-
FLOOD
RELIEF
CAMPAIGN
City
Hall,
Tuesday,
8
p.m.
;
:
the
distressed
West
Coast
province
and
other
parts
of
the
nation.
All
the
North
Stars
that
can
be
spared
have
been
rushed
west
to
provide
service
in
that
area.
Some
of
the
planes
were
flown
from
Montreal.
Twelve
extra
sections
are
now
being
operated
in
both
directions
by
TCA
between
Vancouver
and
the
rail
centres
of
Edmonton
and
Calgary
to
meet
the
crisis.
ever,
no
other
details
are
avail-
j
was
formerly
the
New
York-
able.
Bermuda
cruise
ship.
She
will
call
at
Ketchikan,
Juneau,
Haines
and
Skagway
northbound,
and
return
south
via
"Wesentnthre.
of
Service
Clubs
and
all
Organizations
dents
are
fearrui
tnai
warm
weather
in
the
mountains
may
bring
,on
flood
conditions
whicn
will
endanger
this
and
other
communities
along
the
valley.
However,
so
far,
all
villages
have
been
spared.
requested
to
attend.
..
,
There
are
23
species
of
the
opossum
in
North
and
South
America,
ranging
in
size
from
a
rat
to
a
cat.
Sitka
and
Ketchikan.
Her
skip-
N.E.ARNOLD,
Iper
is
Capt.
Larry
Parks.
.4i