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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII.
No.
93.
PBINC
E
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
20,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
vis
and
His
Union
-f
Anti-Commtmist
Smashing
Sed
for
Contempt;
tuft
IT
Are
An
Strike
victory
ndkateo
In
Italy's
General
Election
Is
1
vl
v
v
w
viiinv
(cHi'(iT0N,
n.O.
(CP)
.John
L.
Lewis
was
.n1'
r
i
i
t:
i
xr,...i
1'
;;'
f
'
fined
f'v"'u
a"u
1
uiuteu
luuie
vruiiei&
si
400,(10(1
lor
contempt
of
a
court's
stop-strike
There
were
threats
of
a
full-fledged
walk-out
)
'
14?
T
AII'IC!
tioo
c?i4-
t"
r
loll
KILLED
IN
-lift
COUl
1J.
lA'.US
ttttO
Otlll,
LU
jUll.
.
.
.11.1
,!
-
Lre
T.
Alan
ijOlu.suuiuugii
aix-epieu
a
guveiii-
menclauon
ioi
.h-,t
it
hart
ocen
ius
'BEYOND
F011DEST
HOPES'
SAYS
.
PREMIER
GASPERI
ROME
(CP)
A
smashing
anti-communist
'
victory
is
indicated
today
after
the.crucial
ejections
of
Sunday
and
Monday
and
Vice-Premier
'Giusseppe
Saragat
announced
that
"communists
will
not
be
admitted
into
Italy's
new
government."
He
said:
"The
Italian
election
means
the
rebirth
of
democracy
in
send
Lewis
filiation
to
.
..i.i
...t-of
)VlQ
in
arc
auuuiu
".-
,
EXPLOSION
LILLE,
France,
0
A
coal
dust
explosion
ripped
through
a
coal
mine
here
Monday
night.
Police
officials
said
that
five
lives
were
lost.
Twenty-one
miners
are
missing
and
at
least
forty
were
Injured
in
the
blast
which
sealed
off
the
entrance
to
the
mine.
jjine
Workers
ol
Ainen-
BENELUX
TO
MEET
A6AIN
Merger
of
French,
British
and
American
.ones
to
.
Re
Discussed
and
tlie
Union
nua
io
conviction
in
,
similar
TO
BE
DECORATED
Sgt.
Darrow
Gomez,
called
to
investiture
in
Vancouver
May
14
when
he
will
receive
Distinguished
Conduct
Medal
from
Governor-General
for
valorous
service
overseas
with
Canadian
Army.
Europe.
It
s
a
great
set-back
,nes
Cold.sborough
im-
yip
s.
Yy
I
tC
Li
A
A-
.
Vft
,
Cn
.X
t
..
f,.r
rrnn
na
con-
About
three
hundred
miners
were
brought
up
alive
through
nee
announcca
ycsieruay
u.a
lrw
granted
a
govern-,
JU""
Ilia
TTnltnrl
SIsIm
Oroot
Hrlt
Atom
Test
Announced
,nn
m
rnns
(
H
a
pen-
.v.
...
to
Russia.
Italy
Is
now
part
of
western
Europe
and
not
the
Balkans.'
.
Returns
from
three-fourths
ol
Italy's
senatorial
districts
show
the
anti-communist
parties
two
to
one
ahead
of
the
communist-led
Popular
Front
coalition.
a
connecting
shaft.
J"u"
"
.
..!
1
tr
111
,.,
Civil
contempt
On
T1-
a"
rim.e
series
oi
laws
voaay
on
me
iu
ind
the
Union
had
been
oi
wnin
uiiy.
PARTY
LEADERS
JOIN
IN
APPEAL
"Benelux"
countries
Belgium,
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
t
Test
of
"an
atom
weapon"
has
been
No
Sleep
-in
This
Sunday
:!iv
ol
Civil
ana
cinu
tomnt
vpsterdav.
the
Netherlands
and
Luxem-
rremier
Aiciae
ae
tjraspens
OTTAWA
Rt.
Hon.
L.
S.
St
courwl"
said
that
an
bourg
will
be
represented
at
Laurent,
minister
of
external
af
would
be
made
at
niu-
--
fairs;
Hon.
John
Bracken,
lead
held
a,t
proving
grounds
on
,
American-backed
Christian
De-Eniwetok
Atoil
in
the
Marshall
mocrat
party
has
almost
half
Islands,
the
United
States
Ato-
the
total
votes
between
east
and
mic
Energy
Commission
an-
west
and
may
yet
get
an
ab
nounced
yesterday.
soiute
majority.
This
Is
the
first
such
test
to
Early
returns
In
the
Cham-
er
of
the
Progressive-Conserva
tive
opposition;
M.
J.
Coldwell,
leader
of
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation,
and
Sol-
Daylight
Saving
Again
Trains,
Aircraft,
Ships
On
Standard
i
i
une
oi
me
cniei
oojecuves
n
Huulus
president
of
the
talks
Is
the
proposed
mer-Nu
3
United
Mine
of
the
Trench
with
the
com-of
America.
Indiana,
bined
American
and
British
at
filling
Lewis
would
zones
of
occupation.
...h,
ie
The
miners
American,
British
and
French
BRITON
SETS
ALTITUDE
MARK
Test
Pilot
Jolui
CimniiiKham,
30
(above),
war-time
night-fighter
ace,
took
a
Di
-Ilavilancl
Ghost
Vampire
la
British
jet
fighter)
up
to
59.402
feet,
or
better
than
IIV4
miles,
to
set
a
world
altitude
record
which
betters
by
more
than
half
a
mile
the
world
record
set
by
Colonel
Mario
Pezi,
of
Italy,
10
years
ago.
The
plane
(above)
fs
the
same
as
the
Vampires
in
operational
use
by
the
R
AF.,
except
for
a
new
De
Haviland
Ghost
engine
developing
a
12.000-horsepower
thrust
at
high
speeds.
Cunningham
said
that
he
just
flew
the
plane
to
the
highest
point
it
would
go
with
that
engine.
Cunningham
is
shown
entering
the
plana.
ber
of
Deputies
indicate
a
simi
ton
Low,
Social
Credit
leaaer,
lar
defeat
for
the
communists.
Illegal
in
Alberta
but
required
be
announced
since
those
held
at
Bikini
Atoll,
also
in
the
Pacific,
in
1946.
The
Commission
added:
"The
V
Mil
...ill
1
I
nr
I
formed
Sunday
night
in
a
national
appeal
lor
support
of
the
cam
because
of
the
con-
military
go.umS
...
u
...
u..
:
by
aw
m
British
Columbia,
day-
nit;
uuiiici
cute
paign
for
the
relief
of
children
light
saving
will
be
introduced
The
returns
raise
the
possibility
that
anti-communists
bad
seized
undisputed
control
of
both
houses
of
the
new
Parliament.
Interior
Ministry
tabulations
on
the
Senate
vote
give
the
test
was
conducted
under
full
security
restrictions
of
the
Ato
for
the
most
of
Canadians
nextj"1
stricken
European
countries,
week-end.
An
hour's
sleep
will
,r
rr.i
Tii
iff
be
lost
in
the
readjustment
to
nNrPVAT!Vr
mic
Energy
Act
and
issuance
of
235.001)
or
the
400,000
.1
mine
workers
arc
now
it
is
felt
in
some
quar-..;
they
m;iy
not
be
out
:
Some
district
lender
i
.,ns
the
men
to
return
further
information
to
the
pub
lic
concerning
the
test
Is
not
Christian
DemocraU
3.171,569
or
forty-seven
percent
of
the
vote.
The
Popular
Front
coalition
of
AID
ALLOTMENTS
Britain
Gets
More
permissable
at
present."
ARE
MEETING
summer
schedule.
Farm
folk
still
fight
fast
time
which
lasts
to
ScptemDer
25
on
j
Victory
Is
Celebrated
Hume
Town
Pays
Tribute
to
llaskcluall
Champ
al
Dinner
and
Dance
the
groundi
that
"you
can't
make
cows
and
chickens
realize
you
have
pushed
the
clock
OTTAWA
W
Tlic
annual
meeting
of
the
Progressive-Con
-.'crval.ive
Association
of
Canada
opened
yesterday
-with
a-series
MR
CAUSE
ahead."
-
,-
J
Than
Billion
Under
Marshal
Plan
Split
Orln
Puiuhl
DC
a
xnmmn.
Ol
ClllJieu
"CLUii't
communisU
and
Left
Wing
Socialists
got
5.382,976
votes
or
thirty-one
percent.
Returns
from
4400
of
41,000
sections
-
in.
.the,,
Chamber
vol
e
gave
the'
Denrocrats
2,131,608
and
the
Front
936.202.
Premier
de
Gaspert
said
the
returns
were
beyond
his
fondest
dreams
and
he
said
the
reason
for
the
victory
was
Italy's
"firm
intention
not
to
be
'
RAIN
WRECK
'daylight
"
afternoon
by
the
nlty,
will
go
on
saving
thf
C.C.F.
FOREIGN
FOLIC
mTAWA
The
C.C.F.
Monday
urged
"dynamic
social
ac-v
tion"
to
kill
"blind
fear"
of
a
third
world
war.
A
party
statement
called
for
support
by
the
British
Commonwealth
of
the
newly-formed
union
of
western
democracies.
Such
a
successful
union
would
lessen
danger
of
Russian-American
conflict.
first
lirntral
meeting
of
dele
Civic,
business
and
organization
leaders,
at
the
call
of
Mayor
Nora
Arnold,
made
no
delay
In
getting
together
last
night
to
honor
Prince
Rupert's
conquer-
with
another
season
of
confusion
ensuing
due
to
the
fact
that
transportation
services
train.
FORD.
Cheshire,
Eng.
tP
said
yesterday
that
a
n
a
hurry
to
get
home
j
ing
basketball
heroes
following
air
ant
some
steamships
wi:
.itted
that
he
pulled
the
tnPir
return
home
from
Port
continue
on
standard
time,
aienjcnry
cord,
causing
(
Albernl
where
they
captured
WASH1NGT0N
(CD-Great
Britain
is
due
for
more
than
$1,:J00,0W,0W
of
the
$5,300,000,000
European
recovery
program,
Congress
learned
today
k
near
here
ut
tile
week-
gates
which
was
also
closed
to
the
press.
Party
organization
Is
expected
to
be
the
main
theme
of
discussion
but
threats
of
communism
Tare
expected
to
attract
more
than
passing
reference.
Chiange
Kai-Shek
,
In
Dictatorship
NANKING
(P'
Generalissimo
C'huing
Kai-Shek,
who
said
he
did
not
want
the
job,
assumes
virtually
dictatorial
powers
after
Race
Segregation
Being
Protested
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Grant
Reynolds,
a
negro,
'told
Congress
yeste'rday
that
a
country-wide
campaign
of
civil
disobedience
had
started
in
protest
against.
the
provincial
Senior
B
hoop
championship.
They
gathered
to
a
number
of
about
forty
in
'
the
Civic
Centre
dining
room
In
a
welcome
home
and
victory
dinner
at
which
the
presentation
was
made
to
each
member
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
IS
BEING
RAISED
i!"h
was
fatal
to
24
per-
soldinr
said
he
stopped
in
Saturday
because
he
to
urt
oir
ut
Wlnsford,
scheduled
slop.
Seven
ol
his
train
were
crush-n
a
speeding
mail
train
it
from
beli
ind.
-The
next
biggest
aid
allot-j
menU
are:
j
Prance,
$1,130,000,000.
The
Netherlands,
$5!9,000.00O.
Italy.
$703,600,000.
United
States'
and
British
zones
of
Western
Germany,
$437,400,000.
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
EXECUTIVE
!AYSRUPERT
ALASKA'KEY
POINT'
Prince
Rupert
is
described
as
a
transportation
"key
point"
in
a
Washington
press
report
dealing
with
the
proceedings
of
a
United
States
Senate
committee
investigating
transportation
relations
of
Seattle
and
Alaska.
S.
W.
Fairweather,
Canadian
National
Railways
segregation
of
races
within
the
United
States
armed
services.
Reynolds
testified
before
th(
OTTAWA
'ff'-Maximuin
bem
undi
:r
I
being
elected
China's
first
con-
fit
for
married
persons
1
..:n.-.l
TJ
V,ort
l
I
Tn....n,w.n
I
SULUL1U1UU
UlCA.UCllt.
BU
D
CASTELL
House
of
Representatives
armed
services
committee.
me
unemployment
iiiauio"
'Act
is
being
raised
from
$14.40
asked,
instead,
to
be
named
.
.
n
Kiii
tint
u
ini:t
uiif-H
nil.
of
the
team
of
a
handsome
silver
statuette
as
appreciative
community
memento
of
the
memorable
occasion.
Following
the
jlnncr
there
was
a
reception
by
the
Prince
l!ii
pert
Basketba.l
Association
in
the
Moose
Temple
prior
to
a
large
dunce
in
the
Civic
Centre
ballroom.
I
"I
want
to
thank
you
men
for
Recovery
program
planners
expect
to
spend
approximately
$l.CCO.OO0.0C0
for
grain,
$500.-000.000
for
cotton,
$400,000,000
for
petroleum
and
$100,000,000
ES
HIS
LIFE
to
$18.30
a
week
or
from
$2.40
,
nmui..
......
to
$3.05
per
day,
Hon.
Humphrey,0111
lwer.
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
an-
a
DPTC
I
TWinM
vice-president,
in
his
testimony,
runner
and
Priis-
VI
lYlVJL,J
uniuii
WITH
SABOTAGE
said
he
believed
the
destiny
oi
for
tobacco.
,
nounced
Monday
In
the
Hou
,e
of
Commons.
Introducing
enabling
legisla-
LIGHTNING
BOLT
KILLS
PLAYERS
')'
Siiiilhrrs
Served
ar
Here
1
MONTREAL
Pat
Sullivan,
cally
putting
Prince
Rupert
on
Prince
Rupert
was
to
serve
Alaska
as
Seattle
served
the
territory.
He
testified
on
bills
aimed
at
Ihn
removal
of
pertain
re-
askan
delegate
to
Washington
and
was
also
urging
the
Senate
sub-committee
to
approve
legislation
that
would
benefit
Canadian
steamship
lines
to
operate
between
Alaskan
ports.
.
...
'ii,m
Mr
Mil.ehell
mild
the
maxi-
f
ormer
president
01
me
iase
M'kunr
Arnmn
v...,
.....
uie
spu.w
.imp,
".-,
hnfit
fnr
unmarried
ner-
Seamen's
Union,
yesterday
said
in
a
brief
presentation
"'-"
fr
.,
hi
the
Canadian
Seamen's
ALDKRSHOT
-A
lightning
slricUolls
againsl
Canadian
....
....
-
,,nH
thinir
triinir
sons
sons
was
ueius
uuu.-n.i-u
holt,
which
struck
a
soccer
field
sabotaging"
grain
Z
Thoo
ionVlhe
ni
of
.
12:30
to
$14:40
per
week
or
from
Union
with
shipments
to
Europe.
LONGEST
PREMIER
KIXOKO
O
T
T
A
W
A
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
will
tomorrow
become
the
Premier
with
the
longest
record
of
service
in
written
history
of
the
British
Commonwealth.
Today
he
equals
Eighteenth
Century
Sir
Kohrrt
Walpole
who
served
Britain
7,620
daw
munv
championships.
Possibly
Castell,
pioneer
fanner
ospector
of
the
Evelyn
"far
Smil
hers,
was
killed
Jtiay
artemoon
while
tree
near
his
home
His
body
was
found
Mjn-'Wning
by
Joseph
Tom
Savard
who
reported
to
adquarlers
at
Smithers.
ships
carrying
United
States
freight
and
passengers
between
porU
of
Alaska
and
from
Canadian
ports
to
Alaska.
THE
WEATHER
Monday,
fatally
injured
two
players
and
sent
six
persons
to
hospital.
The
holt
knocked
down
all
twenty-three
men
on
a
playing
field
including
the
referee.
some
day,
Prince
Rupert
may
even
produce
a
Dominion
chamDionshin
team."
Her
Wor
Governor
Gruening
gave
his
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
.lohnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
unqualified
approval
to
the
bills
ship
then
proceeded
to
present
the
statuettes
to
Coach
Alex
"'lice
stated
Indication;
!l
to
Castell
having
been
Bill,
Captain
Angift
Macphee,
Synopsis
Skies
were
clear
this
morning
in
the
southern
and
central
sections
o
British
Columbia
and
cloudy
in
the
northern
sections.
The
fine
weather,,
however,
i3
near
an
end.
A
storm
is
approaching
the
B.C.
coast
and
is
expected
to
cause
gradual
in
The
American
ship
service
had
been
conspicuously
"unsatisfactory
and
Inefficient."
He
objected
greatly
to
the
statemenU
that
the
proposed
measures
u
a
deadhead
from
a
:
Jack
Lindsay,
Rupert
noise-
"w.
After
the
accident
stad,
Herb
Morgan,
Joe
Davis,
Scv
Domlnato,
Sonny
Beynon,
Vancouver
Bralorne
B.
R.
Con
B.
R.
X
polled
armroximnt.plv
t.u,n
7.00
...
.02
V
ea
.13
d
yards
before
collaps-
mquest
is
being
held
"
Smithers.
.
llcvcouit
37
Bohio
10
Buffalo
Canadian
....
.09
Consol.
Smelters
:
107.75
Cun
west
95
Donalcla
"70
Eklona
...
86
Elder
.
53
Giant
Y'knife
4.15
Cariboo
Quartz
would
hurt
the
United
States
merchant
marine.
The
bills,
he
said,
would
benefit,
rather
than
harm.
He
could
further
say
that
Dentonia
02
;s
survived
by
a
wife
and
Mcl
Holkestad,
Jim
Forman
ana
Donald
Fitch.
She
waxed
somewhat
nostalgic
when
she
recalled
how
"old
timers"
Bill.
Lindsay
and
Morgan
at
one
time
used
to
"sit
down
there
In
front
of
me"
in
Borden
Street
School.
Angus
Macphee,
responding,
residing
in
Vancouver.
'rri'd
sisters,
both
of
;
11
time
lived
In
Prnce
;;;
reside
in
Eastern
creasing
cloudiness
over
tlte
province
today
with
rain
commencing
along
the
northern
coast
this
afternoon
and
spreading
to
the
southern
coast
tonight.
Rain
will
be
general
along
the
coast
tomorrow
with
scattered
showers
In
the
Interior.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Over-
the
monopolistic
trade
in
Seattle
was
passing
up
Prince
Rupert
development.
The
Alaska
Attorney-General,
Ralph
Rivers,
testified
that
th;
pending
mea
tires
would
in
reality
affect
U.S.
lines
very
little.
77
15'i
06'4
U
30
04
God's
Lake
Ilardrock
...
Harricana
.
Hcva
Hosco
Jacknife
....
his
appreciation
w
cxpresed
IFRrr
FEC
SETTLERS
cr-r-r-.
ni
finals
of
the
Prince
Rupert
4
,Vf
V"
T-i
if
at
all.
Their
business
would
PEACE
RIVER
remain
unhampered.
cast
with
scattered
showers
this
A
morning.
Rain
this
afternoon,
Joliet
Quebec
.31
Lake
Rowan
10
Little
Long
Lac
95
Mr.
Fairweather
said
his
com
FREAL-a
small
group
of
Basketball
Association,
the
Civic
Centre,
fans
and
citizens
generally.
Without
their
hearty
co-operation,
successful
league
play,
let
alone
a
championship,
would
have
been
impossible.
pany
which
operates
the
C.N.R.
!
tonight
and
Wednesday.
Winds
u"BHmtii,K
for
1
,
coast
steamshiD
line,
could
ex-
southeast
(15).
Increasing
to
lake
St.
John
area
It
Montreal
by
Can-
southeast
(30)
by
late
this
af
...
Orull
Wihksne
01
Hetlley
Mascot
53
'i
Minto
01
'
Pend
Orielle
4.10
Pioneer
2-75
Premier
Border
3'2
Privateer
10
Reeves
McDonald
1-65
Reno
'
08"2"
Salmon
Gold
l7'j
Sheep
Creek
1-00
Taylor
Bridge
-30
Taku
River
54
Vananda
20
Congress
02'i
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
-02
lz
Spud
Valley
I2
Silbak
Premier
32
Oils
A.
P.
Con
'
-16
Calmont
;
-51
C.
&
E
6
00
Home
-
795
Toronto
Athona
07
iC'
Aumaque
Beattie
88
Railways
today
lw
the
PearP
Riv.
rw
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
ternoon,
milder
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday
At
Port
Hardy
40
and
48,
Maa-sett
40
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
38
and
45.
1
'northern
Alberta.
The
ct,nsisU
of
Ph,i,
t
......
Commerce,
lent
his
voice
01
con
pand
iU
services
to
handle
whatever
increase
in
business
mignt
jesult
from
passage
of
the
bills.
He
was
puzzled
at
the
lack
of
development
at
Prince
Rupert
where
a
shipper
could
save
$2.60
per
ton
on
salmon
between
Alaska
and
Chicago
or
New
York.
"The
Canadian
passenger
ser
the
ttfi3
gratulatlon
on
behalf
01
hiitinsm
community.
To
mam
-
ncaas
of
families
win
n8
62
Lynx'
07'2
Madsen
Red
Lake
....
2.55
McKenzie
Red
Lake
53
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.05
Moneta
.'.
28
Negus
2.10
Noranda
,.
49.00
Louvicourt
59
Pickle
Crow
1.95
Regcourt
1
06
Vz
San
Antonio
3.85
Senator
Rouyn
39
Sherrit
Gordon
2.32
Steep
Rock
2.10
Sturgeon
River
I7
Silver
Miller
28
Persons.
These
fam-
the
r.hamDionship
was
a
"won
Purch;
iasprt
r
n
..
"
Properties
lhpr
n
Donnelly,
and
Gir-
.
LOCAL
TIDES
Wednesday,
April
21.
1948
vice
is
superior
to
the
Ameri
Kaiai
car
inn
...11,
t
can,
and
there
would
be
no
harm
CHAMP
WEDS
Flying
Officer
Hubert
Brooks
of
the
Olympic
champion
R.C.A.F.
hockey
team
came
home
with
more
than
the
Olympic
gold
medal
all
members
of
the
team
received.
He
is
shown
here
with
his
bride,
the
former
Miss
Birthe
Grontyed
of
Denmark,
whom
he
married
during
the
Olympic
trip,
as
they
returned
td
Ottawa
with
the.
team.
Barbara
Ann
Scott
was
thejr
bridesmaid.
derful
accomplishment
and
a
fine
bit
of
publicity."
He
extended
congratulations
and
best
wishes.
i
A.
P.
Crawley,
president
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Com-'Contlntted
on
Page
Six)
to
American
carriers
if
these
P'anN
(R('Valci.nre
of
th9
20.4
feet
4.4
feet
3.8
feet
High
12:00
Low
5:53
18:07
bills
were
enacted,"
said
Dele
K
7'1
Railways
gate
E.
L.
Bartlett.
He
Us
Al
n,nt
""u
Agricultural