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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
26,
PRINCE
RUPKRT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
1,
1949
price
FIVE
CENTS
Market
For
0
nan
L
yinnioer
United
:fore
Y
?ed
Near
Wast
lie
huge
rock
Chinese
Nationalists
Are
till
Showing
Fight
ill
way
line
atj
Export
Controls
Are
Being
Relaxed
For
Time
VANCOUVER
(CP)-A
new
market
f
6r
British
;
nnlnmhin
InmViPf
in
tVio
TTrftroH
Rfatoo
trsrlcnr
Defiance
of
Reds
Shown
"
V""
"v'-u(
.vvi..vu
7
as
the
government
announced
the
relaxation
of
some
A
A
1
-:
export
conirois.
Dominion
controller
W.
R.
Uren
authorized
the
;
export
of
a
number
of
grades
which
will
release
cer-
mui
iJenjeiivages
ui
cicai
mill-
NANKING.
(CP)
Li
Tsung
-
Jen's
government,-'
showing
nex
life,
today
sharply,
warned
the
Communists
to
lay
off
irrelevant
demands
if
they
want
peace--A
statement
told
tlic
Reds
Uiat
the
government
Ls
still
able
to
fight
but
that
continualion
of
hostilities
1$
un-desirable
.""beeause
.the
people
can
no
longer
bear
civil
war."
Stewart
Is
Relieved
Although
Steamer
Landing
Again
Balked
by
Worst
Winter
Conditions
'
'
4
'
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,
.
.
-
ber
to
the
United
States
market.
At
the
end
of
ninety
days
the
control
office
will
assess
stocks
of
lumber
In
the
Vancouver
forest
district.
If
the
shipment
has
been
too
great
It
may
re-impose
controls.
Local
lumbermen
say
tlire
is
lots
of
lumber
in
the
yards
for
rinnriMt.ta
nuprix
inH
thof
tVio
Of)-
allowing
Sun-i
will
be
no
e
Rupert
until
e
earliest,
It
is
morning
at
Clonal
Suprr-erncr.
it
the
500-foot
red
rock
may
m
the
adjoln-inie
to
permit
mporary
track
"Klne.sday
eve-even
longer
vice.
t
the
Kile
has
f
the
500
feci
4
by
rock
but
'ount
of
blast-red
before
the
xk
are
broken
;an
be
handled
equipment,
ound
Is
com-,ace
where
it
Issengers,
mall
),tcmpt
U
being
round
the
rock
of
deep
sn,ow
Snow
in
the
Wst
of
Salvus,
deep.
t
the
blast
site
mioval
of
rock.
I
off
to
obtain
ick
ballasting.
Aimougn
oaiked
by
the
loot-
day
trial
Is
unnecessary,
thick
field
of
solid
Ice
former)
1
between
the
meeting
of
the
glacial
fresh
water
of
the
Salmon
and
Bear
Rivers
at
the
head
of
Portland
Canal.
CaDt.
ARGENTINA
IS
DENIAL
BY
SAM
CARR
John
Boden
was
successful
TItLTCHIHf
I
ID
yesterday
in
delivering
passen-
I
lUli
I
LlllflV
Ul
gers,
man,
express
and
essen
BUENOS
AIRES
05
Argentina
j-r:
-
X...
'-.
'2
tial
freight
to
the
DeoDle
of
Knows
Nothing
Abort
Secret
Documents
Taken
From
United
Stales
Files
iiuui
from
the
k
ii
c
abcauiti
stampr
waay
naitea
tne
transier
01
-
u
v
Camosun.
The
ice
precluded
nioney
abroad
and
the
importa-
'
...
...
.
...
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1
.
.
'
I
NEW
YORK
-Mf.
and
Mrs.
Sam
Carr
testified
briefly
today
before
a
grand
Jury
Investl-
manoeuvering
or
tne
steamer
01
loieigii
gooas
m
oraer
1
which
would
have
been
neces-
10
permit
stucty
of
her
financial
j
sary
to
make
the
normal
land-
policies.
The
government
order-
1
ins
at
Stewart'
riVlr
an
tho
ed
denartments
and
nrivat
pv-
i
!
f
yards
of
rock
eating
Communjat
activity
in
the
explosion,
the
United
States
and
were
then
skipper
turned
back
after
get-
porters
to
return
permits
which
of
dynamite
,
taken
back
to
Ellis
Island.
,
mig
wmim
nan
a
mne
01
llic
una
oeen
issuea
mem.
wharf
and
anchored
off
the
...
'
:
Hyder,
Alaska,
float,
where
transfer
was
effected
by
gasboat
A.'L
I"
I."
'
C
Questioning
of
Carr,
key
figure
in
Canada's
post-war
spy
trial,
was
held.
In
camera
and
between
ship
and
shore.
There
UUIIvlOn
Ol
II
f
P
I
newspapermen
were
noOallowed
livL
to
query
MnC'
It
"was
.learned
nau
oeen
a
mile
ot
batsune
the
ice
before
the
transfer
was
Fish
Traps
madn.
,
.
.
!G
from
his
counsel,
however,
that
Carr
had
told
the
Jury
that
he
knew
nothing
about
secret
docu-
,
EVACUEE
Harold
Dunn
of
Ottawa,
transport
department
4
Cr..
Uie
return
leg
the
Dakota
made
a
forced
landing
on
the
ice,
radio
operator'at
lonely
Arctic
Buy,
at
the
northern
end
of
BaN-.
of
Hudson
Bay.
Dunn
and
a
fellow
patient
an
Eskimo
were
fin
Island,
is
carried
to
a
Dakota
aircraft
which
made
the
lnnfj,
e.ken
off
with
the
craw
of
the'Dakoi
by
an
R.C.A.F.
Norseman
til
rt
,
head
of
Portland
Canal
at
9:30
1
Alaska
Senate
Asking
Vnited
,-.
uil,
.
.
J
rnen.fcs
VKfn
from
United
Rates
lejfc&XMfjfet
.JfUX&l")
PHP
AivlliiUmIw,'nwiWl
ltcutloij.nd
.taken,
to
Churchill.
...
...
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4
...
...
....
CP),
a.m.
'ana
was
aay
by
jwon.
uf
voagresar
ir"j
b,
Are
j
government
files.
'
Wis
1
'
-
'
"
'
"
.
'
Immediate
Legislation
was
a
bright
and
calm
day
with
SUCCUMBS
AFTER
j
GRIM
EXPERIENCE,
,
JUNEAU,
ti,
A
memorial
the
thermometer
about
20
above.
Provincial
public
works
de
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Prince
George
To
Fairbanks
asking
Congress
for
immediate
abolition
of
fish
traps
in
the
territory
was
adopted
by
a
15
-
Mure
than!
ilburban
Lou-
1
eti
and
driven
I
f
early
today!
and
Ice
floes.
partment
had
partially
broken
up
ice
leading
to
Stewart
anil
n
I
mE.;
,
idents
(
;re
a
?lr
1
tf:
u
.
r
V..;
.
water
;
and
r
Hyder
but
the
steamer
herself
TO
SUE
FOR
PROSECUTION
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
Allows
Appeal
Against
STCA
-
of
Saanich
Man
OTTAWA,
!,'
Tlie
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
today
allowed
the
appeal
of
Sydney
Pickles
THE
WEATHER.
.
.
'Synopsis
'
'
'
Overcast
skies
'
and"
widely
scattered
snow
flurries
are
general
over
the'
interior
of
Brttlsih
Columbia
this
morning
while
the
coasUl
rejious
remain
relatively
clear.
"
V
,'
!'
to
1
vote
in
the
Alaska
Senate.
Another
bill
recorded
Senate
support
of
a
move
to
provide
had
to
do
considerable
breaking
before
being
able
to
make
ANCHOMAGE,
ilt
A
prospective
lioiuc.sir.uicr,
wiiu
hunc
upside
down
for
20
hours
in
the
wreckage
of
an
Alaska
Air
Lines
DC-3,
dU(i
hoie
10
days
alter
the
plane
ploughed
into
a
Kenal
lc!iliisiiiH
hillside.
He
was
I'clcr
Pouinira
of
San
Francisco.
$15,000,000
for
an
Alaska
hous
Vancouver
Bayonue
"...
003
Bralorne
9.00'
B
R.
Con
.03
',2
b.r.x
.10'2
Cariboo
QuarU
1
45
Congress
:
05'
4
a
near
approach.
he
damage
home
on
the
Jiwrence
River
ppt
350
yards
)o
four
feet.
ing
authority.
Commodities
landed
for
Stew
art
included
vegetables,
tobac
co,
vegetables,
fruit
and
meat
Everything
went
off
without
mishap.
Persons:
transf
errlne
from'
of
Sanich,
Vancouver
Island,
in
his
$10,000
damage
suite
against
officers
of
the
Victoria
branch
MILLIONS
TO
FIGHT
V.D.
Kill
fur
Construction
of
Railroad
In
t'.S.
Scniitn
;
WASHINGTON,
.
T)
Senator
Warren
.
Magnus-sen
(Democrat,
Washington)
yesterday
introduced
in
the
Vnited
States
Senate
a
bill
(o
authorize
the
construction
of
a
railroad
link
in
Canada
to
connect
existing
railroads
in
,the
United
Stales
and
Alaska.
The
measure
promises
that
the
link
be
constructed
from
Prinre
(ieorge
to
Fairbanks
where
Hie
Alaska
Railroad
ends.
Not
znt
(Virnmr.-H
1
Revision
of
the
Society
for
the
Prevention
of
Cruelty
to
Animals
and
ordered
a
new
trial.
Pickles
was
charged
by
the
SPCA
with
failing
to
care
for
four
sheep
on
his
fatm."
He
was
acquitted
and
launched
an
action
for
malicious
prosecution.
The
British
Coiumuia
Supreme
Court
had
dismissed
ais
action.
PARACHUTED
TO
SCENE
OF
CRASH
ROSEBURG,
Ore.,
W
Capt.
Fred
Harcourt,
doctor
with
the
air
rescue
service
from
McCora
Field,
parachuted
to
the
scene
of
a
crashed
airplane
30
miles
southeast
of
here
last
night.
With
him
was
an
enlisted
para-chuter.
The
wrecked
plane
is
believed
to
belong
to
John
Krause
jr.
of
Anttoch,
California,
who
disappeared
several
days
ago.
Rescue
pilots
saw
a
man
walking
around
the
plane,
trapped.,
but
apparently,
unhurt.
O'lTAWA,
O
The
Dominion
nnd
provinces
will
spend
more
than
one
million
dollars
this
year
in
an
intensified
drive
aaainst
venereal
disease,
the
Uepartnicnt
of
Health
announced
today
An
active
stdrni
which
was
devclopin-'in
the
Gulf
of
AU
aska
this"
morning
is
expected
to
brlnj
rain
and
snow
to
the
northern
coast
tonight'
with
snow
spreading
to
the
northern
Interior
and
mixed
rain
and
snow
spreading
to
the
southern
cast
by
Wednesday
evening.
Ktrong
southeasterly
winds
are
fxpected
to
accompany
the
Ktorm
as
it
passes
over
northern
coastal
waters
early
tomorrow.
forecast
Queen
Churiottes
and
North
Coast
Clear,
becoming
overcast
this
afternoon.
Intermittent
rain
beginning
tonight
and
turning
to
mixed
rain
and
snow
before
morning.
Cloudy
frequently,
overcast
on
Wednesday
with
showers,'
mixed
rain
and
snow.
Winds
light,
increasing
to
southwesterly.
20
ru.p.h)
by
midday
and
southeasterly
(30
overnight.
Winds
shifting
to
northwest
20,
m.p,h.)
Wednesday
morning
and
decreasing
to
northwest
rjo)
by
afternoon.
Milden.
Loiva
tonight
and
hlglis
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
35
and
40,
Massett
35
and
40,
Prince
Rupert
34
aiuj
38.
BULLETINS
ship
to
shore
were
Mr.
and
Mrs
John
Wostenholme
and
child,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gordon
Rothie
and
child,
Mrs.
John
McKay
and
child
and
Miss
Janet
McLeod
and
George
Kusta3.
Boarding
the
ship
from
Stewart
were
Waiter
Hansen,
Jack
Bouzed,
Mrs.
John
Thompson,
Mrs.
Robert
Hutchlngs
and
J.
P.
Forrestal.
Capt.
Boden
reported
th
plight
of
the
people
at
Stewart
not
serious.
Chief
food
shortage
is
in
meat
and
eggs.
By
next
week
he
hopes
that,
either
by
further
efforts
of
local
blasting
operations
or
an
amellora-'
lion
of
the
long
cold
spell,
he
will
be
able
to
tie
up
alongside
Stewart
dock.
,,
There
are
ample
food
supplies
on
hand
to
take
care
of
the
needs
of
the
community
for
at
least
another
week.
This
has
been
one
of
the
most
severe
winters
in
the
history
of
Portland
Canal.
The
cold
has
THREE
CHILDREN
BURN
TO
DEATH
A
second
motion
ire
In
the
gov-.'!
the
Parllu-I
yesterday
as
Throne
Speech
i
il
C.C.F.
leader,
fni'ins
last
night
PMilulcnce
in
the
tl!!'
grounds
that
F
provide
an
over-program,
an
"ting
of
ayricul-
exchange
of
l'i
Canada
and
t
speculation
in
t
tl.irsou,
minister
pimnccd
the
ap-I
!lirrp-man
cum-f
ll
Criminal
l'f
St.
Laurent
I
Hie
government
I
'lie
possible
cs-P'cdiately
ol
f
liUitions
whlcti
fre
with
a
long-if
Program.
Hedlcy
Mascot
54
Pacific
Eastern
08
Fend
Oreille
6.00
,
Pioneer
3.55
Premier
Border
.
.OS.i
Privateer
.18
Reeves
McDonald
3.25
Reno
08
Sheep
Creek
1-50
Silbak
Premier
38
Taku
River
34
Vananda
.37
Salmon
Gold
.16','2
Spud
Valley
00
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4
90
A.P.
Con
24
Atlantic
70
Calmont
-41
C.
&
E
6.00
Central
Lcduc
130
Home
Oil
12.12
Mercury
14
Vi
Okalta
1.37
Pacific
Pete
2.75
Princess
33
Royal
Canadian
.'
.10
South
Brazeau
18'2
Toronto
Athona
13
Aumaque
.31
Beattie
57
Bevcourt
30
Bobju
13
Buffalo
Canadian
HV2
Consol.
Smelters
112.00
Conwest
..
."
.
1.35
Donalda
55
Eldona
69
East
Sullivan
3.15
Giant
Yellowknile
5.65
God's
Lake
.".
52
Hardrock
.20
Harricana
.......
08',2
lleva
:
11
Hosco
28
Jacknife
:..
05
Joliet
Quebec
,
42
Lake
Rowan
r
.06
'i
Lapaska
-
.08
Little
Long.
Lac
95
Lynx
.13
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.77
McKenzie
Red
Lake
40
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.10
Moneta
.48
'a
Negus
..:
2.40
BRISTOL
MINES,
Que.,
3J)
Three
children
died
yesterday
when
fire
destroyed
a
one-storey
frame
dwelling
in
this
Villa
Or
iS
n
W
i
1
0
C
MrtftVvitrflpt
-i
been
intense,
varying
from
10
P
flW
t.fi
9R
ahnirn
wrlf-U
V.s...,
.
.
vv
MW
uoo,v
1VJ1
ilCavjf
Ottawa.
snowstorms
interspersed.
The
The
children
were
those
of
total
ta
lot
slow,
to
date,
at'Mr.
and
Mrs
Joe
clea
xho
BARBARA
ANN
BEST
TORONTO
Barbara
Ann
Scott,
Olympic
fiRiire-skating
champion,
now
in
professional
ranks,
was
today
named
winner
of
the
Lou
Marsh
memorial
Trophy
as
Canada's
outstanding
sports
competitor
in
1918.
She
was
elected
over
three
other
nominees.
U.S.
RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON
United
States
officials
held
out
hojie
:
today
that
settlement
ef
the
Arab-Jewish
dispute
may
be
a
step
nearer
now
with
full
Am-eriea.ri
recognition
of
both
Israel
and
TraifsJordart.
MORE
roWlRFIL
ATOMS
WASHINGTON
The
United
Stales
has
new
atomic
bombs
which'
have
more
explosive
energy
than
the
old
ones,
the
Atomic
Jinergy
Commission
announced
yesterday
in
its
fifth
semi-annual
report
to
Congress.1
The,
,
report
offered
ra
descriptions
of
the
new
design.
'
,V
'
o
iuuHcs,
aiRiidoad
are:
Lorraine,
4-
at
the
Silbak
Premier
Minp
-
u
V
l
s
vi
.
"--.'...
'
-
Dwayne,
2;
Andrew,
8
months.
Nothing
could
be
done
to
fight
the
flames.
As
the
parents
watched,
efforts
to
prime
a
nearby
pump,
which
was
frozen,
proved
unsuccessful.
Heavy
sncw
prevented
outside
aid
from
being
given.
r
L
TIDES
February
a,
1940
I
3-8
19.7
f(,et
I
ls:
19.0
feet
.!:03
7.0
feet
1
22:1
1
5.2
feet
COMMUNIST
ARMY
IDLE
i.
Apparently
Awaiting
Answer
to
Demand
for
Arrest
of
(hiang
Kai-Shek
;
NANKING,
ih
Communist
unities
are
still
idle
six
miles
north
of
Nanking
where
they
have
been
for
the
past
week.
Apparently,
they,
are
awaiting
action
on
the
Communist
radio
demand
that
the
retired
president,
Chiang
Kai-Shek,
and
other
Kuomlntang
officials
on
the
Communist
"war
criminals"
list
be
arrested.
Acting
President
li
Tsung-Jen
left
Nanking
yesterday,
flying
to
Shanghai
on
an
undisclosed
1
r"
mission.5
over
30
feet
is
reported.
A
crew
of
about
10
men
has
been
employed
for
the
past
two
weeks
at
the
mine
clearing
the.
snow
from
the
buildings
and
Felix
Hunger,
who
is
in
charge
of
the
property,
reports
having
con-siderabletrouble
In
negotiating
the
road
to
Stewart.
Icing
conditions
in
the
canal
have
never
been
worse.
January
Customs
Revenue
Is
Down
Customs
and
excise
receipts
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
during
January
totalled
$28,541,
a
drop
of
more
than
$22,000under
Jan
uary,
1948.
The
amouat'
was
$19,000
less
than
December,
1948.
DOLLARS
ACCEPTED
Dollar
bills
to
the
equivalent
of
2,
($8)
per
passenger
are
accepted
on
all
British
Railways'
steamers
and
trains.
etbali
Noranda
..
A
58.25.
Louvicoiut
.42
Pickle
Crow
2.15
Regcowt
06
San
Antonio
4.30
Senator
Rouyn
44
Sherrit
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
1.57
Important
Notice
Canadian
Club
Dinner
to
be
held,
,at,
Civic
Centre
instead
of
JPresbyterian
Church.
RETURNS
TO
SENATE
-Senator
T,
1.
Bouchurd,
07,
absent
from
the
Senate
for
nearly
a
year
because
of
illness
that
made
him
temporarily
blind,
announced
recently
he
will
be
ba:k
in
the
Senate
Chamber
this
year.
This
recent
photo
by
Malak
of
Ottawa
shows
him
relaxing
at
the
piano
at.
his
St.
HyaciiTihe,
Quebec,
home.
.
(CP
Photo)
GHT
f-Hl
vs.
cn.np