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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
20.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1948
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CENTS
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Northwest
Construction
to
Conduct
$250,000
Torbrit
Lline
Contract
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Small
..i
(".invention
A.S-
TASS
CALLS
BEVIN
'S
WEST
EUROPE
ALLIANCE
SCHEME
SMOKE
SCREEN
LONDON
(CP)
First
Russian
pronouncement
on
the
British
proposal
for
a
western
European
alliance
is
that
the
apparent
aim
is
to
j.rct
an
agreement
on
the
western
(Jerman
state.
Tass,
official
Soviet
news
agency,
said
in
a
Paris
yesterday
mi
'rPfomniPiifl
Confedera-
aitii
to
U1F
,
possible
flint
ir
Hie
Island
no
debate
on
BAVARIA
IS
PARALYZED
dispatch
last
night
that
the
object
of
the
plan
wa
...
Three-Hundred
Ton
Mill
Principal
Item
To
Build
Townsite
Later
A
$250,000
contract
for
construction
of
mining
and
ore-processing
facilities
at
Torbit
Silver
mine,
eighteen
miles
up
the
Kitsault
River
from
Alice
Arm,
was
announced
here
Friday
afternoon
by
Northwest
Construction
Co.
under
the
direction
of
which
the
project
will
start
for
the
Mining
Corporation
"
of
to
win
the
support
apparently
vontion
voieo
in
i
lilf
w"
umsible
government
However
There
Were
No
Serious
Incidents
In
Strike
of
Million
Workers
for
More
Food
nt
com
mis
NO
PORT
IN
PALESTINE
r"
ji.
......
nnm
nnn,
.......
,t,vrrnmoi'-
ruined
.
Germany
f
Moit
MUNICH,
of
Bavaria
Lanada
about
February
IS."
was
paralyzed
yes-
j
of
France,
Belgium,
the
Netherlands
and
Luxembourg
for
thu
creation
of
a
western
German
state.
The
auency
called
Bevins
speech
a
"smoke
screen."
Reaction
of
Western
Europe
to
the
speeches
of
Bevin.
Churchill
and
Attlee
were
cautious
al-though
generally
approving.
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
had
invited
France,
Be.tiium.
the
terday
by
a
general
strike
of
up
al
Train
Crash
I
i
to
one
million
worker.
They
London
Station
j
were
called
out
by
Union
lead-
j
I
ers
to
protest
at
food
shortages.
.
tNDON
'-"A
ciiiiiiiiuivio
...
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I
The
strike
started
at
midnight
cra,h,.(l
into
the
rear
oi
.
.....
C-irtiTft
Thursday
and
lasted
twenty-
;ram
ram
at
ai
l.oiiihjii
t
Britain
Refuses
tu
(
o-opcrale
With
l
.N.
In
Immigration
!
LAKK
SUCCKSS
Britain
rejected
a
recommendation
ol
the
United
Nations
Assembly
for
the
opening
of
a
major
port
in
Palestine
February
1
to
permit
of
the
bexinniiiK
of
larjie
seals
immigration.
Britain's
refusal
to
comply
with
this
key
provision
of
the
Palestine
partition
plan
was
placed
belore
a
secret
meeting
of
the
United
Nations
Palestine
1
'
Sil
v
M
I
four
hours.
It
came
to
an
of
)
Willing
two
;
.jwu-Mlay.
In
and
a
passenger.
The
job
will
give
employment
to
between
90
and
100
men,
according
to
Neil
Kingston,
NorTrP
west
Construction
Co.
manager,
who
said
that
the
work
will
be
finished
by
the
end
of
the
year.
Mr.
Kingston
said
that
the
company
was
prepared
to
start
by
February
1.
except
that
sno
conditions
at
the
site
Of
the
mine
make
it
impossible.1
Included
in
the
job
is
Installation
of
a
300-ton
ore
mill,
which
is
expected
to
be
In
operation
by
October
31.
i
When
the
$250,000
contract
is
completed,
his
company
expects
ficial
end
last
night
although
join
in
alliance.
His
proposal
was
made
in
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
and
was
supported
by
Mr.
Churchill.
Injured
continuing
in
many
areas
V,
'
determined.
i
through
today
and
Sunday.
:1W
as
It
ij
the"
largest
mas
labor
walk-out
in
Germany
since
the
LIGHTENED
0
ill
.J
'Mm
TO
DEVALUATE
FRENCH
FRANC
war.
No
violence
was
reported
in
any
of
the
major
cities
Munich,
Nuernberg,
Wuerzbuerg,
Rugs-burg,
Passau.
Coburg
or
Hof.
IZENSHIP
i'hlrnrd
Canadians
Partition
Commission
by
Sir
Alexander
Cadofian.
hritain's
declaration
t
h
u
.s
made
it
clear
that
the
Commission
would
be
unable
to
implement
the
first
step
of
partitioning
the
Holy
Land
and
would
be
compiled
to
report
failure
to
the
Security
Council.
nld
Bf
Aide
to
See
NOTHING
MORE
CAN
BE
DONE
A
volunteer
who
aided
survivors
of
the
crash,
his
work
done,
views
the
piled
bodies
of
the
victims
of
the
DC
-3
airliner
which
crashed
into
Savannah
River
marshes
near
Savannah,
Ga.,
killing
17
persons.
Nine
other
persons
were
seriously
injured
in
the
crash.
The
aircraft
was
on
a
chartered
flight
from
Newark,
N.J.,
to
Miami,
Fla.,
when
the
accident
took
place.
Generally
the
Bavarians
used
the
strike
as
a
day
of
rest.
Some
ninety
thousand
Munich
workers
demonstrated'
here
in
to
carry
out
another
contract
for
preparation
of
a
townsite
near
the
mine,
Mr.
Kingston
revealed.
This
would
be
done
in
1949
and
would
cost
about
$150,-000.
;
Installation
that
will
be
put
Cfhinrt
lleiides
to
Reestablish
tree
Market
In
Gold
and
Currencies
PARIS
3
--The
French
cabinet
ou;h
(
nmmunism
STREAL
'
.Secretary
of
Cn!m
G.bi
yesterday
lAdolf
Hitler's
old
parade
grounds,
marching
with
red
NOT
RUNNING
In
Washington
Dwight
Eisenhower
said
flatly
yesterday:
"I
am
not
available
for
and
could
not
accept
nomination
to
high
political
office."
He
said
he
did
not
feel
"inner
compulsion"
to
enter
the
political
decided
today
to
re-establish
a
free
market
in
gtM
and
certain
currencies
and.
it
is
believed;
will
devaluate
the
Iranc.
I
Under
th
scheme,
new
franc-
ROSES
BLOOM
JANUARY
24
banners
demanding
"liberty."
United
States
military
govern
-ment
observers
said
that
Com
SENDING
CREW
TO
EXPLODE
MINES
Discoveries
Made
On
Banks
munist
elements
took
part.
The
strike,
at
least,
resulted
in
in
under
the
contract
will
include
a
300
-toy
mill,
crusher
plant,
ore
bins,
refinery,
assay
offices,
machine
shops,
boiler
house,
compressor
house,
pen
stock,
diversion
dam,
a
wooden
dam
at
Clearwater
Lake,
50
feet
long
and
12
feet
high,
six
staff
I
residences,
'
conveyer
galleries!
v
mill
water
supplies,
various
and
Aristahle
Islands
i
action
from
the
United
States
ELECTRIC
LIGHT
COSTS
TOO
MUCH
arena.
He
had
been
regarded
as
a
leading
"dark
horse"
for
A
Royal
Canadian
Navy
mine
;
0CCUnational
authorities
in
the!
disposal
crew
i
reported
to
b
niatter
of
lmurovins
the
distri-
i
the
-1948
Republican
nomina
dollar
rales
would,
it
is
reliably
learned,
to
be
220
francs
to
the
dollar
for
fixed
rate.
The
official
rate
now
is
126
francs'
to
the
United
States
dollar
but
the
black
market
rate
is
much
lower.
Later
a
spokesman
for
the
for
t
Heavy
cost
ol
electric
light
.
on
its
way
north
from
Vancou-
j
bution
of
food.
Henceforth
all
j
tion-
-and
power
for
the
Civic
Centre
ver
to
dispose
of
two
Japanese
farmers
and
food
handlers
will!
Spurting
a
well-formed
rose
bloom
of
hybrid
shrub
variety
in
liis
buttonhole.
Dr.
C.
H.
Hankinson
was
a
caller
at
the
editor's
office
this
morning.
January
24
is.
of
course,
a
late
date
for
roses
still
to
be
blooming
in
the
gardeiu
but
it
is
no
record
for
Dr.
Hankinson
has
had
them
in
at
least
one
previous
year
as
late
as
February.
Nor
is
the
doctor's
bridges,
and
power
lines,
and
was
alluded
to
at
the
annual
mines
which
were
discovered
,
;
a
greater
euucauoiuii
i.Ti
ir
tl;e
bringing
home
,:i.tdian,s.
both
loreimi
and
burn,
n!
what
citizen-
?i;taii-
"tisMtsz
means
of
coin-.t
communism.
Mr.
Gibson
t!U
T.e
Canadians
wrro
l
U
iii'm.M-
propaganda
prwire
advocating
other
:
of
gi'Vfrnir.cnt"
yet
little
5t;ngdw!i'
throughout
thl
ry
to
renin
kI
our
people
of
advar.taecj,
muter
which
live,
G.b.-oii
viici
that
there
"8
fi(rci;r.
language
DPWs-'s
in
Canada,
nineteen
of
i
were
preaching
commu-
Ho-ver,
he
did
not
think
ar-n
was
to
ban
the
s
or
outlaw
communism,
ijii.s
should
be
able
to
be
required
to
report
the
stocks
PORTLAND
CANAL
!2800
feet
of
tunneI
road'
meeting
Thursday
night
and
the
this
week
along
the
coast
south
'
on
hand.
The
black
market
is
to
Announcement
of
the
contract
PIONEER
PASSES
outcome
was
the
adoption
of
a
of
Prince
Rupert.
Both
mines
De
clamped
down
upon.
i
suggestion
that
the
executive
:
were
beached,
and
are
therefore
eign
ministry
coniirniea
mai
France
would
devaluate
the
franc
i
even
without
permission
of
the
international
monetary'
fund.
should
make
representations
to'po
hazard
to
navigation.
There
died
in
Juneau
recently,
Peter
Lowe,
67.
who
for
many
year's-
was
well
known
Jn
the
Portland
Canal
region,
and
Hy-der.
He
was
an
old-time
pack-
the
Northern
B
C.
Power
Co.
iisking
for
.special
consideration
in
the
matter
of
rates.
Elec-
BULLETINS
i
The
first
mine
was
dieovered
by
Percy
Pierce,
skipper
of
the
j
fishing
boat
Rodney
P..
who
hps
noted
garden
the
only
local
j
,
one
In
which
roses
arc
still
j
blooming
and
budding
in
this
iCIinTUCD
DAV"
unusually
mild
winter.
UK
I
IIlK
I
A
I
.
,
,,
..
.
,.
,
.
a
trap
line
on
Banks
Island.
He
considerable
more
than
does
fuel
7
...
.
followed
a
visit
here
last
week
of
George
Roach,
of
Toronto,
an
official
of
the
"Mining
Corporation
of
Canada.
Mr.
Roach
conferred
with
Mr.
Kingston
and
H.
D.
Foreman,
general
manager
of
Torbit
Silver
Mines..
Employment
of
between
90
and
100
men
will
help
relieve
the
current
seasonal
unemployment
among
tradesmen
and
laborers,
according
to
Mr.
Kingston
who
said
that
Prince
Rupert
men
wpuld
be
employed
on
the
work.
the
west
found
the
mine
on
I
horse
operator.
A
sister,
in
the
i
east,
has
been
notified
of
his
death.
'
fi.
Jm.it
i
ii
rr
o.iH
it
u-ac
ff1r
Kv
:
coast
of
the
island.
till
111
.Ulli
'
V
v
fH"
s.tv
the
annual
meeting
that
this
was
out
of
line.
f
and
hear
hat
was
Rolnj?
BOOST
SOUGHT
Civil
Servants
Not
Satisfied
With
Increases
(iiven
By
Federal
Government
KASHMIR
BEING
RAIDED
AGAIN
The
second
mine,
was
found
on
Aristable
Island
in
Laredo
i
Channel
by
the
crew
of
the
boat
Amarilla.
Both
mines
were
reported
to
the
local
Department
of
Transport.
i
KAY
FRANCIS
RECOVERING
Had
Many
Friend
In
Prince
Rupert
Ernest
Anderson,
whose
den
death
in
Vancouver
id
b'-ni;
mj
rnlmhterd
as
for
themselves
what
'ly
Train
Service
re
Ij
Looked
For
NE
WDEI.HI.
P
-Thousands
I
OTTAWA
(P
-
Federal
civil
ser-ot
armed
raiders,
equipped
with
!
vantu
will
seek
additional
pay
'
the
Civil
Service
Fed-penetrated
machine
guns
and
mortars,
increases,
four
to
five
miles
ejation
of
Canada
announced
Into
Jammu
Territory
in
south-'here
today.
The
announcement
Col.
Keith
Dixon,
Transport
announced
yesterday,
came
first
,
Department
agent,
notified
the
to
Prince
Rupert
in
the
twenties
After
Collapsing
Under
Mysterious
Circumstances
Following
Wild
Party
COLUMBUS,
Ohio
O
Actress
Kay
Francis
continued
today
to
naval
authorities
who
sent
a
crew
north
on
Thursday
to
remove
the
hazard.
tu
the
conversation
';rs
h
".ive
up
river
and
m
tncre
will
be
plenty
J
came
on
the
heels
of
a
government
announcement
boosting
salaries
of
17,000
lower
paid
workers
by
an
average
of
$180
per
year.
The
increase
is
retroactive
to
Oceober
1.
1947.
ern
Kashmir,
reports
reaching
here
said
Friday
night.
Villages
were
reported
burned
and
refugees
were
said
to
be
arriving
at
Jammu
City,
the
winter
capitol
of
Kashmir.
ATTLEE
ON
COMMUNISM
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attlee
yesterday
called
Communism
a
"fanatical
movement"
which
was
"completely
repugnant"
to
western
civilization
to
which
it
had
no
appeal.
It
might
have
an
appeal,
the
Prime
Minister
said,
to
"backward
people."
Russia
had
no
right
to
foist
its
political
system
on
other
countries.
LIMBER
STRIKE
ENDED
SEATTLE
Signing
of
a
wage
pact
granting
7'-c
an
hour
increase
for
40.800
Washington
and
Oregon
lumber
mill
workers
lifted
the
threat
today
of
the
Pacific
Northwest's
first
major
strike
of
the
year.
The
agreements
were
reached
here
yesterday.
The
base
rate
is
raised
from
$1.3i'-
to
$1.40
per
hour,
retroactive
to
January
1.
The
I'nion
originally
demanded
a
30c
per
hour
bost.
It
is
indicated
that
negotiations
will
be
reopened
immediately
for
further
pay
increases.
appointment
if
the
trail,
fin'xi
summer
is
not
made
That
is
what
they
are
ll?
fur
and
thev
base
this
and
will
be
particularly
well
remembered
among
the
old
timers.
He
was
in
the
First
Great
War,
taking
an
active
part.
He
made
his
home
in
recent
years
in
Vancouver,
being
in
the
wheat
shipping
service
but
always
returned
to
Prince
Rupert
whenever
there
was
a
movement
of
wheat
at
the
northern
port.
talloii
r
.
t.
in
completion
of
the
ADMIRALS
FAVOR
SHIP
SCRAPPING
Prime
Minister
Replies
to
Criticism
of
Winston
Churchill
l"S8-
vessel
replacing
the
c
veori!c
and
''flaiifw
plant
progress
o:
at
Port
Ed-
!
gain
on
an
"upee
respiratory
in-I
fection"
which
forced
her
from
j
the
stage
of
Hartman
Theatre
here
to
an
oxygen
tent
in
hospital.
She
collapsed
yesterday
;
seriously
ill
from
an
overdose
of.
sleeping
pills
and
under
circumstances
which
led
police
to
de-j
tain
Howard
Graham,
aged
37,
her
stage
manager,
who
was
later
released.
The
actress'
phys-lician
refused
to
give
details
of
I
the
illness.
I
Graham
had
been
originally
COURT
MARTIAL
OPENING
MONDAY
ADLOCK
IN
LONDON,
9
Prime
Minister
Clement
R.
Attlee,
replying
in
j
the
House
of
Commons
yester-
j
dav
to
Former
Prime
Minister'
HEALTH
UNIT
IS
DISCUSSED
1
At
Meeting
of
Salvation
Army
Home
League
Mrs.
Smith
Is
Speaker
Featuring
the
program
at
a
regular
meeting
of
the
Salvation
Army
Home
League
this
week
was
an
address
by
Mrs.
Smith
of
the
Public
Health
Unit
who.
after
being
introduced
by
Mrs.
C.
Carlson,
spoke
on
"The
Purpose
of
the
Health
Unit
and
Its
Benefit
to
the
Community."-Following
the
address
there
was
general
discussion
during-
which
Mrs.
Smith
answered
questions!
.
There
was
reading
from
Honn-League
quarterly
of
instructions
on
how
to
cure
nervousness.
Eighteen
members
attended
the
meeting
which
was
opened
by
Mrs.
J.
Wilkie
with
a
hymn
following
which
scripture
was
read
and
Capt.
(Mrs.)
Jarrett
offered
prayer.
At
the
close
of
the
meeting
tea
was
served
under
the
dir.
ection
of
Mrs.
R.
Swanson.
KK
LEAGUE
i
i
Further
Action
in
Connection
Winston
Churchill's
protesti
With
Destro.ver-I'reiRhter
against
the
decision
to
scrap
five
i
('""ision
British
battleships,
said
the
ac-
HALIFAX.
(--
Court-martial1
Men
was
being
taken
"on
the
"'i'l
(iamrs
Thi
i
.i.
booked
"for
investigation
of
assault
to
kill."
Police
said
they
had
found
evidence
of
a
"wild
party"
in
the
actress'
hotel
room.
1,1
Maple
anf,
i
Hints
THE
WEATHER
of
Commander
J.
C.
Littler
ol
oesi
leennicai
aavice
oi
our
an-Victoria.
commander
of
the
des-
mirals."
'HONTO
tfafs
(i
With
Torontj
nd
Detroit.
Ri-rf
trover
Micmac,
when
it
collided
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Char-
"We
came
to
the
definite
con
now
tied
al
..
..
.
"'.
lMX-
clusion
mai
tne
scrapping
oi
i0t
Les
and
North
Coast
Clear
NO
TRUCK
WITH
L.P.P.
"
.ii
do
played
to-,
NilU"l
Hockey
le
8
the
M
,
....
,
.
.
these
ships
would
not
materially
weaken
our
strength,"
Attlee
added.
along
the
mainland
with
variable
cloudiness
elsewhere
today.
Increasing
cloudiness,
becoming
with
the
freighter
Yarmouth
County
July
16
with
loss
of
11
lives,
will
start
here
Monday,
it
was
learned
Friday
night.
Official
investigation
into
the
collision,
which
took
place
in
a
heavy
Tor
off
Halifax
Harbor,
U
!
lowly
-hi,...
,
......
KSattlie
Gard..v
v
...
The
Prime
Minister
said
he
did
1
overcast
by
Sunday
afternoon,
nut.
hPiiPVP
war
in
ho
tmminpnt.
intermittent
rain
over
the
CC.F.
Has
Not
and
Never
Will
Collaborate
With
Them,
Declares
Harold
Winch
attached
blame
for
the
accident
.
but
he
did
believe
that
"we
have
Queen
Charlottes
by
evening.
Winds
northerly
U5
m.p.h.i.
Ui;ht
tonight
and
southerly
(15
m
n
h
I
tnmnrrnu'
NnriYial
t.pm-
to
use
our
greatest
exertions
to
do
away
with
the
causes
of
war.
j
VANCOUVER
(P
In
a
state-'ment
here,
Harold
Winch,
lead-
peratures
with
lows
tonight
and
C'F-P-
Pffiu"-
sai
i
w,
"1
u.e
wiupie
ournry
lu
Chicago
hilt
''''S
l)r,n,ltS(,ew
w
n
the
automobile
city
i
J
fixlu
e
s
t
Bosi....
the
CC.F.
has
not
in
the
pa.st
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy
32
and
42,
Massett
32
and
42,
iand
will
not
in
the
future
col
RADIOPHONE
AT
KITIMAAT
Indian
Agent
F.
E.
Anfield
returned
Friday
afternoon
on
the
agency
boat
Naskeena
from
Kitimaat
where
he
attended
the
opening
of
the
radiophone
ser
Socialists
Join
With
Communists
i
-v..(l
wiLIl
M'W
to
Commander
Littler
who
is
the
holder
of
the
Distinguished
Service
Cross.
The
two-thousand-ton
Micmac
was
heavily
damaged
and
has
not
yet
been
repaired.
Sixteen
were
injured
in
the
collision.
LOCALTIDES
Sunday,
January
25,
1948
Prince
Rupert
30
and
42.
""ngers
meetins
Bruins.
laborate
with
the
Labor-Progressive
party"
Mr.
Winch
said:
"The
Communist
change
of
party
line
In
Canada
strikes
me
as
an
ad-
J
Merryneld,
former
M
vL!n"ce
Rl"t
and
vice
at
that
village.
Installation
of
the
radiophone
there
brings
last
2
..arr'ved.
ROME
0
The.
Italian
Socialist
Party
Congress
Friday
night
voted
for
fusion
with
the
Communists
in
forthcoming
Italian
elections.
The
voting
was
519,616
to
243.159.
Provisional
figures
announced
by
the
Congress
have
been
revealed
mission
that
they
recognize
the
to
five
the
number
of
phones
on
FROM
LATIN
AND
GREEK
The
word
"comet"
is
derived
from
the
Latin
and
Greek
words
for
"hair"
from
the
fancied
resemblance
between
the
tail
of
tl.t
comet
and
hair,
streaming
o-v
uil
IMP
I
spend
n
r
failure
of
their
previous
tactics
the
north
coast
Indian
Health
publicity
shy.
Charles
FIIFR
IN
THE
OR1ENT-SU11
a
urn
re
ItZ:'
as
he
it
arrival
,U1
Lwd
a
'
cers
following
his
g
ton.
o
tne
a
Japan
on
an
inspection
the
d.sire
i
can
Airways.
He
expressed
taken
of
him.
-
High
0:56
12:35
Low
6:31
19:19
19.0
feet
22.6
feet
8.0
feet
nfi
cV-et
and
uro
now
endeavouring
to
unsljud
the
workers
through
a
n.w
hypocritical
approach."
services
circuit.
The
sixth
will
be
installed
at
Kitkatla
in
the
near
future.
'
:
'in
the
wind.
50
10
th
l"p
J'
interior.
From
here
he
i