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Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
North
west?
CTC'
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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
90.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
16,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CEtfT!T
dS
Ini
So
st
g
'Alaska
eiremices
Brazilian
Explosion;
Red
Plot?
Build
Up
Forces
On
Prince
Rupert
Beats
l,tnost
Facing
Russia
ieuiGTUrs
u.u
ir;
xne
unitea
states
without
a
smgie
comuai
iuoi
soiaier
in
AiasKa
wrnwinir
from
its
mobile
reserve
to
build
,f
I
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.
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'
lift,
1
t;y-.--
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i.
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.
Y,
,
,
.
,
,
4.
,1
Arsenal
Outside
of
Rio
1
Is
Blown
Up
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
Twenty-three
persons
were
killed
and
between
100
and
200
were
injured
late
yesterday
In
the
explosion
of
an
ammunition
dump
at
an
army
arsenal
at
Deodore
outside
the
city.
Police
today
declared
that
they
believed
the
explosion
was
intended
as
the
beginning
of
a
communist
plot
for
a
"Second
garrison
lor
mat
nuiuiei
u
uuijjubl
iieL
uour
Pt.
Alberni
In
Opener
Local
Basketballers
Give
Good
Account
of
Themselves
at
Island
Town
Strange
surroundings
and
a
different
type
of
refereeing
notwithstanding,
Prince
Rupert's
AU-Star
basketballers,
in
the
opening
of
a
two-gams
series
at
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
town,
defeated
Port
Alberni
by
a
score
of
62
to
55
last
nieht.
Although
Alberni
scored
the
first
basket.
.aircraft
and
other
ground
combat
units
from
L;
coast
and
Hawaii
win
Alaska
shortly
"to
un
:0mr
training
in
con-
with
a'r
units,
me
j'vs.
Thry
will
bolster
the
and
Lindsay
quickly
equalized
Prince
Rupert
iom
there
on
maintained
a
slight
margin
throuehout
the
same,
the
count
;.0OO-man
force.
Ians
xh
!.
y.
H.M.C.S.
Antigonish
Due
Here
Saturday
For
a
two-day
visit
to
this
port,
H.M.C.S.
Antigonish
is
arriving
tomorrow,
local
naval
headquarters
were
advised
today.
The
Antigonish
Is
on
a
coastal
cruise
in
command
of
Lt.-Cdr.
Charles
A.
(Tony)
Law.
No
special
program
has
as
yet
been
arranged
for
the
vessel
here.
Bogota"
on
May
1.
They
said
that
the
communists
Inteded
to
kill
Brazilian
war
minister
Gen,
Canrobert
Pereira
de
Costa,
wlio
left
the
vicinity
of
the
arms
depot
fifty
minutes
before
yesterday's
blast.
Bodies
are
still
being
sought
in
the
debris
of
the
arsenal.
Twenty
-six
communists
have
TWO
KILLED
IN
GHASTLY
WRECK
BLOCKED
at
half-time
being
32
to
30
In
their
favor.
The
Albernians
were
found
to
be
a
your;g.
fasL
and
tall
team
and
the
locals
for
a
time
had
difficulty
in
getting
their
rebounds.
,
X
S
A
-
It
is
noi
ym
what
action
American
KREMLIN,
Oklahoma,
(CP-Two
bodies,
one
still
unidentified
today,
were
lound
in
the
wreck
of
tha
derailed
Rock
Island
streamliner
"Texas
Rocket."
,es
will
take
following
been
arrested
so
far,
a
police
statement
saying
they
were
"directly
implicated"
in
the
explosion,
i
,jn
of
Russian
troops
in
up
a
road
block
which
!
-
On;
unidentified
woman
oas-
!
the
American
air
base
n,
Tne
road
block
Is
by
one
officer,
lour
Three
Prince
Rupert
players
Eaynon,
Forman
and
Lindsay
were
banished
on
fouls.
Fitch
had
to
leave
the
game
with
DEEPSEA
STRIKE
IS
NOW
ENDED
Tie-up
on
Both
Coasts
Is
Now
Over
senger
was
killed
in
the
blazing
crash
when
sand-loaded
dump
truck
knocked
three
1
)XV--.i-l-".
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j
a
civilian
interpreter
use
clearance
to
all
ex-
speeding
coaches
off
the
tracks.
GOVERNOR
GRIENING
WOULD
FREE
ALASKA
Governor'
Ernest
Gruening
of
Alaska,
testifying
before
a
Senate
commerce
committee
in
Washington
yesterday,
urged
approval
of
legislation
to
permit
Canadian
vessels
to
servj
the
inter
-port
traffic
of
A1-.
aska
and
carry
American
merchandise
from
Canadian
ports
to
Alaska.
He'
charged
that
Gilbert
Skinner,
president
of
the
Alaska
Steamship
Co.
of
Seattle,
controls
the
Northland
Transportation
Co.,
thereby
monopolizing
service
to
the
territory.
IS
HONORED
BY
NORWAY'S
KING
ELECTION
IN
FINAL
PHASE"
ROME
O
Italy's
bitter
election
campaign
entered
its
finil
phase
today
with
the
Communists
apparently
still
losing
ground.
The
government
ha3
mounted
guard
for
any
last-
The
other
victim,
reduced
to
a
torso
in
the
flames,
is
believed
to
have
been
a
man.
The
truck
driver
suffered
only
back
and
leg
injuries.
broken
glasses
and
it
is
doubtful
if
he
will
be
able
to
play
tonight.
One
Alberni
player
was
put
off.
following
the
banishment
of
his
teammates,
MacPhee
was
sent
from
centre
to
defence
ation
which
can
only
.ned
after
a
72-hour
de-v
cards
had
never
before
jmred
for
a
trip
to
Tulin
n
along
the
occupation
road.
MAIL
DELIVERY
BY
ROCKET--The
first
mail
delivery
in
California
-by
rocket
ended
in
a
headache
for
all
concerned.
Here
eight
rockets,
loaded
with
4,200
letters,
zoom
into
the
air
at
a
400-mile-an-hour
clip,
over
Searles
Dry
Lake
in
the
Mo-jave
desert.
The
rocket
letter
carrier
landed
some
miles
away,
at
VANCOUVER,
0i
Walk-out
of
three
unions,
which
tied
up
deepsea
shipping
on
both
coasts
for
a
month
and
a
half,
has
been
finally
settled
on
the
Pa
Trona,
Calif.
After
rushing
the
letters
to
the
Trona
post
office
Car
Washing
On
which
held,
the
home
team
down
until
the
end.
cific
as
well
as
the
Atlantic
Coast.
The
strike
began
March
2.
Last
obstacle
to
settlement,
the
officers
claimed,
was
on
the
Jan
Prince
and
liier
In
Ottawa
collectors
found
that
Postmaster
John
McPherson
refused
to
cancel
the
stamps
because
the
sticker
of
the
society
sponsoring
the
project,
also
appeared
on
the
envelope.
The
postmaster
said
that
the
sticker
resembled
the
U.S.
stamp,
and
therefore
it
would
be
Illegal
to
clear
the
mail.
It
was
a
very
rough
game,
the
minute
leftist
manoeuvre
in
the
country's
"Red
North."
A
gov
ernment
decree
closes
campaigning
at
midnight
tonight,
allow,
ing
a
32-hour
cooling
off
period
before
the
voting
starts
Sunday
MA
-
Prince
Regent
question
of
penalization,
deduc
City's
Streets
Comes
Under
Ban
The
city's
little-known
but,
apparently
all-inclusive
traffic
bylaw
is
to
be
put
to
work
to
Daily
News
is
advised
by
its
correspond!
ft,
and
the
crowd
was
"definitely
pro-Alberni."
Referees
were
Siborne
and
morning
at
8
o'clock.
Presentation
to
Rudolph
Otsen
For
His
War
Work
halt
the
Draetice
of
motorists
Hindmarsch
ed
Premier
Paul
Henri
tion
of
two
days'
pay
for
each
of
Belgium
arrived
in
day
t
he
officers
were
on
strike,
today
for
a
three-day
This
obstacle
has
been
settled
:
were
welcomed
by
gov-
wim
the
announcement
of
.the
officials.
They
were
shipowners
that
there
will
be
no
:hroueh
the
Parliament
penalization.
"Everybody
a
Tourist
Bureau"
Publicity
Group
Urges
'Citizens
Wrv
lpe
ihitn
f.iftu
nPTsonals
I
nwWhtng
their
cars
on
the
city-
A
well
-
known
resident
of
THE
WEATHER
j
were
called.
!
Joe
Davis
anu
Jaci;
Lindsay
!
Prince
Rupert
has
been
honored
:.-
today.
were
high
scorers
for
Prince
Ru-jby
King
Haakon
of
Norway
for
pert
with
fotuteen
each.
;
nis
work
on
behalf
of
the
home
Synopsis
Some
cloudiness
is
expected
over
the
province
today
and
Saturday.
Little
change,
how-
Led
To
Pay
Everybody
in
Prince
Rupert
w
ill
be
urged
by
the
Public
Relations
Council
to
act
as
a
tourist
information
bureau
this
summer
and
it
is
hoped
that
citizens
will
groom
themselves
for
the
barrage
of
questions
that
inevitably
pop
from
visitors'
inquiring
lips.
The
Counc'l
finds
itself
somewhat
lacking
in
funds
land
during
tiie
years
of
the
Nazi
occupation.
Met
at
Vancouver
and
accompanied
from
there
to
the
Island
by
Harry
Chapman,
secretary
of
Last
night
there
was
an
in
-!
ever,
is
anticipated
in
the
gen-
t.prpsr.inp-
int.pHnrip
Hurinir
t.hp
prsil
Tupnt.npr
Klhnnr.inn
with
Meal,
Jailed
A-Percy
W'insor,
aged
h:ven
a
day
in
Jail
belt
refused
to
pay
for
a
British
Columbia
Basketball.
the
Vardcn
singers
concert
when
the
j
temperatures
remaining
near
Association,
the
Prince
Rupert
central
needed
to
operate
a
streets.
Sgt.
L.
A.
N.
Potter-ton
has
been
requested
by
the
city
police
committee
to
invoke
a
section
of
the
bylaw
to
put
a
stop
to
it.
Parking
regulations
also
will
come
under
more
strict
supervision
of
the
police
at
request
of
the
civic
committee.
ADVOCATES
STATEHOOD
WASHINGTON
Representative
Peden
of
Oklahoma,
has
said
:
Final
declaration
of
the
end
of
the
strike
was
made
by
John
Llvesey.
western
region
secretary-treasurer
of
the
Canadian
Communications
A
s
s
o
c
i
a
tlon.
Earlier
Dennis
Heard,
head
of
the
Association
of
Marine
Engineers,
wired
union
officials
here
to
"clear
all
ships."
Final
points
of
settlement
will
Include
implementation
of
the
McNiven
report,
"no
discrimination"
clause,
no
penalization
and
pro-rata
leave.
j
Nineteen
ships
have
been
Kt.riltphniinH
In
nnrt
here
but
tim
in
a
cafe.
A
vet-
lie
First
World
War,
he
future.
Mr.
Applewhaite
told
the
meeting.
Present
were
Miss
Horona
Sil-versides,
council
president;
H.
M.
DaRpeit.
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
J.
E.
Boddie,
A.
P.
Crawley,
R.
G.
Hopkins,
3.
K.
McLeod,
Pat
Deane
and
Al
Manson.
was
unable
to
work
be-
iuability
and
a.s
try-
along
on
$18
per
local
vice
-
consul,
Dr.
Jens'
1
normal.
Munthe,
presented
to
Rudolph
Forecast
Olsen
a
diploma,
signed
by
the
Prince
Rupert,
tjueen
Char-King,
and
expressing
apprecia-
lottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
tion
of
Mr.
Olsen's
work
during
with
a
few
scattered
showers
to-the
war
towards
the
liberation
day
and
Saturday.
Wind
light,
of
the
country.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Mr.
Olsen,
who
was
the
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Satur-ertergetic
chairman
of
the
"Help
day:
Port
Arthur
40
and
58,
Norway"
committee
here
during
Massett
35
and
48,
Prince
Ru-the
war,
in
modestly
acknow-
pert
38
and
50.
ledging
the
honor,
said
that,
had
1
it
not
been
for
the
assistance!
of
such
organizations
as
the
Sons
kJCll
ACEIPEDC
AC
pension.
team
arrived
in
Alberni
follow-;
ing
the
trip
across
the
Gulf
on
the
Princess
Elaine
followed
by
a
three-hour
ride
from
Nanaimo.
They
had
a
short
work-out
at
6
o'clock
and
went
on
the
floor
at
8:30
p.m.
Five
hundred
attended
the
game.
(
Scoring
was
as
follows:
Prince
Rupert
Lindsay
14,
Davis
14,
Holkestad,
Morgan
7,
MacPhee
6,
R.
Holkestad
11,
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
U.hr
nf
t.hpm
wpt-p
nrripred
re-
apeworm,
a
parasitic
icoh
wcHiu
Thpv
wpre.
to
which
feeds
in
the
p-stprr,
vpkspU
t.hP
walk-out
on
COLDWELL
ON
RATES
ISSUE
of
animals
and
hu-
the
east
coast
having
been
re-
"We
will
never
develop
Alaska
until
we
get
people
to
go
there
and
settle.
And
the
only
way
to
net
them
there
is
to
no
digestive
system
leased
earlier
this
week.
I
Union
officials
said
that
Ol
TAWA
Railway
revenues
1G
Duminato
of
Norway.
Valhalla
Lodge
and
ML
IT
VI
I
IVLIW
VI
Beynon
1,
Forman
5.
must
be
dealt
with
fairly
from
giv
tnem
a-voice
in
the
govern-
others
as
well-
as
the
Norwegian
steamer
Catala
is
due
other
ships
mav
not
be
ready
to
4,
Fitch.
CANADIAN
PRESS
a'
10
o'clock
tomorrow
sail
immediately
as
extensive
basket:
Alberni,
94,
Prince
Rupert,
86,
tourist
bureau
but
it
does
net
intend
to
let
the
tourists
be
neglected
for
so
slight
a
reason.
A
friendly,
helpful
spirit,
spread
throughout
the
townsfolk,
will
serve
almost
as
well,
they
believe.
Discussing
plans
for
the
sum
-mer,
the
monthly
meeting
of
the
Council
last
night
relinquished
its
last
hope
of
usinR
a
portion
of
the
Museum
buiklin;;
for
a
tourist
information
bureau.
So,
prodded
by
lack
of
funds,
the
members
evolved
the
"everybody
help"
plan.
Council
members
are
convinced
that
if
the
townspeople,
especially
the
business'men,
brush
up
on
touri.st
information
and
keep
a
stock
of
publicity
pamphlets
on
hand,
both
they
and
the
city
stand
to
gain.
Signs
advertising
"tourist
Information
inside"
placed
at
store
entrances,
followed
up
by
courteous
and
helpful
guidance
would
pay
on
in
purchases
as
well
as
prestige.
Actually,
the
central
clearin-;
house
for
information
would
b
irom
Vancouver
and
ren.iir
to
damage
is
needed
in
Shots
on
made
20;
made
25.
Penalties
people
generally,
little
could
have
been
done.
In
accepting
the
diploma,
he
did
so
in
the
spirit
that
it
was
on
behalf
of
all
these
people.
ment
and
the
right
to
own
property.
There
is
a
need
to
bull?,
thriving
cities,
highways,
airports
and
all
that
goes
with
the
development
of
states.
I
can
re
some
cases.
Pictures
As
Well
As
News
To
Be
Exchanged
Co-operatively
a
national
.standpoint,
declared
M.
F.
ColcUill,
C.C.F.
leader,
in
the
H'msr
of
Commons
in
speaking;
on
the
question
of
the
in-crra.se
in
freight
rates.
The
wage
question
had
been
introduced
as
a
rod
herring,
Mr.
Coldwell
said.
Alberni,
15
out
of
33;
member
that
the
development
of
large
tracts
in
the
western
parts
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
Prince
Rupert,
12
out
of
25.
The
Daily
News
corrspondent,
in
his
wire,
added:'
"Everyone
is
in
good
shape
and
hope
to
repeat
today.
Wires
and
general
enthusiasm
of
Rupert
fans
greatly
appreciated."
NEW
WHALING
FLEET.READY
He
urged
continuation
of!
of
the
United
States
was
much
healthy
competition
between
'
more
rapid
after
they
became
Canadian
National
and
Cana-
j
states.
Previously
they
had
been
dian
Pacific
Railways.
.
territories."
TORONTO
m
Victor
Sifton,
publisher
of
the
Winnipeg
Free
Press,
was
elected
president
of
th
Canadian
Press,
Canada's
co-operative
news
service,
succeeding
Frederick
I.
Ker,
publisher
of
the
Hamilton
Spectator,
who
has
been
president
for
the
last
two
yeafs.
Herve
Major,
editor
of
Montreal
La
Vancouver
Toronto
He
Con.
VANCOUVER,
a
A
new
whaling
fleet,
part
of
a
million
dollar
enternrisp
is
hplno-
nrp.
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pared
for
operation
in
the
North
Presse'
was
elected
firlt
vicc-
Wihksne
;
Pacific.
Three
ships
of
the
Mascot
.93
.68
the
office
of
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
council
secretary
and
secretary,
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
Conwest
Donalda
Oreille
er
Border
.
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Eldona
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newly-organized
Western
Whaling
Corporation
are
now
being
equipped
here
and
in
Victoria
and
are
preparing
to
sail
about
the
middle
of
May.
Centre
of
production
for
whale
oil
and
meal
will
be
at
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
seaplane
base
at
Coal
Harbor
here.
The
organization
is
headed
by
Clarke
Gibson
and
some
well
known
British
Columbia
fishing
interests
are
Involved.
It
will
be
the
only
whaling
enterprise
now
operating
in
Canada.
Gold
president
and
Roy
H.
Thomson,
publisher
of
the
Thomas
dailies,
second
vice-president.
Arthur
H.
Ford,
editor-in-chief
of
the
London,
Ontario,
Free
Press,
was
elected
honorary
president,
succeeding
Senator
W.
Rupert
Davies,
president
of
the
Kingston
Whig-Standard.
Members
elected
to
the
board
for
British
Columbia
are
Donald
Cromie
of
the
Vancouver
Sun.
asd
H.
Handham
Graves
of
the
Victoria
Colonist.
Canadian
newspapers
at
ths
convention
took
steps
to
extend
a
news
picture
exchange
on
a
principle
similar
to
that
by
which
news
itself
is
transmitted.
Members
approved
a
plan
under
Heva
Hosco
Creek
.
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.29
BritiBe
Jacknife
River
..
Anyone
unable
to
answr
questions
put
by
the
visitors
would
be
requested
to
direct
the
tourists
to
Mr.
Applewhaite.
Council
members
plan
to
take
the
lead
in
the
"individual
bureau"
plan
and
they
believe
that
other
citizens,
particularly
the
business
group
will
take
up
the
plan
of
being
rextra
kind
to
tourists."
To
aid
in
attracting
tourist,
to
central
British
Columbia
and
Prince
Rupert,
an
advertising
sign
is
being
placed
at
Blaine,
Joliet
Quebec
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which
Canadian
Press
will
act
ai
Saturday,
April
17,
1948
B.C.'s
westernmost
highway
en-tranrp
Dort.
urging
visitors
,o
Con.
nt
20:58
16.4
feet
a
pool
for
the
distribution
of
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drive
to
Prince
Rupert.
Placlns
1
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0:59
10.5
feet
.
Canadian
news
photos
and
ma',-
14:17
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feet
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Antonio
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Gordon
2-29
of
the
sign
is
to
be
supervised
by
Al
Manson
who
Is
going
south
next
week.
Art
work
for
the
city's
new
publicity
pamphlet
is
now
in
the
hands
of
the
engravers
and
adequate
paper
stocks
have
been
assured,
so
the
illustrated
folder
should
be
published
in
the
near
QH
in
ri,
P.
R.
FISHERMEN'S
CO-OP
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
ODDFELLOWS
HALL,
2
P.M.,
SUNDAY,
APRIL
18
HER
MAJESTY
KEEPS
PROMISE
MADE
BEFORE
THE
WAR
-
Her
Majesty
Queen
Eliza-
beth
kept
a
promise
she
made
before
the
war
a
s
she
officially
opened
the
Queen
Elizabeth
Hos
I
1
pytos
ex-
Steep
Rock
UB
.
for
.17
pital
at
Gateshead,
Eng.
She
is
shown
here
making
friends
with
one
of
the
little
patients
who
does
not
seem
at
all
awed
by
royalty.
(91)
prizes,
tit)
Sturgeon
River
Silver
Miller