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"Prince
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Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XXXIII,
No.
161.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY.
JULY
12,
1949
PR1C8
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CENTS
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o
crashes
,
Widely
2
Q
i
lead
In
Noted
Newspapermen
Die
RENTS
IN
PRINCE
RUPERT
LOWEST
1
Air
Liner
In.
Big
Dutc
m
7rnia
I
Occurs
1
jprce
Fight
FARM
EXPERTS
ARE
IMPRESSED
LONDON
a
Seven
Cansrilan
farm
experts
who,
returning
to
Canada
aboard
the
Aqultania,
on
Wednesday,
said
today
that
they
were
Impressed,
after
a
two
months'
study,
by
the
British
Agriculture
Minlstty's
advisory
service
to
farmers.
"British
farmers
seem
Imbued
with
the
importance
of
preserving
the
fertility
and
productivity
of
their
soils,"
said
Prof.
G.
N.
Ruhnke;
director
of
agricultural
research
In
Ontario.
"My
impression
is
that
they
look
on
livestock
crops
and
soils
as
being
very
closely
related
and
this
scientific
approach
to
the
problem
evidently,
reflects
the
OTTAWA
-Rents
In
Prince
Ruert
average
the
lowest
for
any
city
In
Canada,
according
to
figures
issued
yesterday
by
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics.
The
rent
average
In
the
Pacific
coast
city
is
$22
per
month
as
compared
with
the
average
of
$37
In
Toronto.
The
price
of
canned
vegetables
in
Prince
Rupert,
on
the
other
hand.
Is
the
highest
of
any
city
In
Canada.
H.
R.
Knickerbocker
Among
Forty-Four
Who
Came
to
Flaming
Death
Near
Bombay
BOMBAY
(CP)
A
Royal
Dutch
Airlines
(KLM)
Constellation
crashed,
today
three
miles
from
Bombay's
Santa
Cruz
airport,
killing
44
persons,
including
thirteen
American
newspapermen.
The
plane
had
,
taken
the
American
correspondents
to
New
Delhi
for
an
interview
with
Prime
Minister
Pandit
Jaw-
aharlal
Nehru
and
was
then
to
fly
to
Amsterdam.
It
was
com-
ing
to
Bombay
from
Delhi
when
"
i:les
(GT)-
iial
air
liner
.
;
persons
aboard
I
t
d
burst
into
t:::
ill
west
of
Santa
a
Pass
today.
ANTI-COMMUNIST
PACT
MANILA
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
of
China
and
Ihe
President
of
the
Philippines,
meeting
here,
have
agreed
upon
the
principle
of
a
Pacific
I'nion
similar
to
the
North
Atlantic
Security
Pact
for
the
purpose
of
halting
the
spread
of
communism.
STRIKE
LEADERS
JAILED
SYDNEY.
Australia
Two
leaden
of
Australia's
striking
coal
miners
were
jailed
for
contempt
of
an
arbitration
court.
Each
got
one
year
for
failure
to
obey
a
court
order
telling
them
to
pay
$48,750
into
a
court
account.
The
men
had
withdrawn
the
money
from
the
Union's
bank
-if
Driare
uie
piane
was
1
''Sw.'
-
landci
at
Long
Beach.
I
"
a.
the
pilot
radioed
Emolovment
Thin
the
disaster
occurred.
Names
of
the
Americans
aboard
are:
H.
R.
Knickerbocker,
radia
would!
bring
the
craft
Year
Is
Better
it
BurlMiik.
Hp
request
Il.M.C.S.
IIAIDA
Kamloops
Mayor
Enjoys
Large
Rupert
Salmon
to
be
at
the
airport
VANCOUVER
Employment
Is
i4i"re
had
been
a'better
In
Vancouver
now
than
It!
mlnl'stry's
PHcy."
commentator
for
radio
station
WOR,
New
York,
and
noted
war
correspondent.
Nat
Barrows,
Chicago
Daily
News.
I
'
Bertram
Huleh,
New
York
Times.
.
Charles
Gratke,
foreign
editor,
aboard.
was
a
year
ago.
Today
there
,1
Airline
said
that
the
are
8000
registered
as
unem-J'
carries
a
passen-
ployed,
compared
with
14,000
at
of
'Jfty
prisons.
the
same
lime
last
year,
the
;Mr.scngers,
said
the
PREMIERJOHNSON
GOING
TO
OTTAWA
Mayor
James
W.
Moffatt
of
Kamloops
and
his
colleagues
on
the
city
council
dined
royally
on
fresh
spring
salmon
as
a
result
of
an
exchange
of
courtesies
between
himself
and
Mayor
Nora
E.
Arnold
recently.
s
control
bureau,
had
Christian
Science
Monitor.
MAYOR,
CLERK
1
'Jlaten.
The
pilot
4
one
of
the
men;
i
I
1'iin
a
steep,
i
fling
through
the
j
Mountains
from
p
indo
Valley
to
the
V-
Heads
South
For
Repairs
Passengers
Excited
As
Good
Seamanship
Extricates
CoquKJam
After
Stranding
V
I
C
T
O
R
I
A-Premier
Byron
!
Johnson
will
leave
within
ten
'
days
for
Ottawa,
seeking
fin-!
ancial
assistance
in
connection
j
with
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern!
Railway.
The
possibility
of
an
j
Interest-free
loan
to
finance
the
extension
from
Quesnel
to
Prince
George
will
be
discussed,
also
the
buildinz
bv
the
federal
izov-
!
Miss
Dorothy
Brandon,
New
York
Herald-Tribune.
Jack
Werkley,
Times
Magazine.
William
H.
Newton,
Scrlpps-Howard
News
Syndicate.
Thomas
Falco,
Business
Week
and
other
magazines.
Fred
Colvig,
Denver
Post.
DELEGATES
TO
VICTORIA
MEET
Mayor
Nora
'
E.
Arj.old
and
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thaln
were
The
salmon,
a
huge
specimen,
carefully
packed
in
ice,
was
delivered
to
Mayor
Moffatt
during
Kamloops'
.
"B.
C.
Roundup"
by
Don
Forward
who
acted
as
Mayor
Arnold's
secretary
while
on
a
motor
trip
south.
M'
-
5
.
1
Fauia
;
between
,Jlltura-San
w.
..
.
vm
-m
Following
her
stranding
in
eminent
of
a
lumber
assembly
named
by
city
council
last
night
J.
Howard
Durley
ofjMasset
Inlet
Saturday
midnight
dock
at
Squamlsh
1
to
act
as
delegates
to
the
annual
-junty
said
that
eight-
which
resulted
In
little,
if
any,
James
Branyan,
Houston,
Texas,
Post.
Miss
Elsie
Dick,
Mutual
Broadcasting
Co.
M.
S.
Burton
Heath,
News-
The
salmon,
supplied
by
the
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.,
was
by
way
of
a
re
1
meeting
of
the
Union
of
B.
C
gers
had
been
re-
hull
damage
but
put
her
In
a
Municipalities,
which
will
take
plive
from
the
wrecked
crippled
condition
with
a
bent
lid
that
the
death
list,
crankshaft,
Union
steamer
Co-
1I.M.C.S.
NOOTKA
4
nnnpr
TT.ntjrrwica
A
e
e
n
n
laflrtn
lably
number
28
per-
quIUam.
Capt.
William
McConibe,
place
In
Victoria
next
September:
-
The
two
were
approved
try
un-
ply
courteous
for
a
10-gallon
hat
which
Mayor
Moffatt
had
sent
to
Mayor
Arnold
during
the
senior
"B"
basketball
championship
playoffs
here
animous
consent
of
the
six-
aldermen
present
to
take
part
jast
spring.
Syndicate.
George
Noorad,
tamo
Kmunen-,
tator
of
Portland,
Oregon.
A
Reuters
News
Agency
correspondent
who
rushed
to
the
scene
of
the
crash
reported
that
bodies
of
the
victims
were
charred
and
-
completely
unrec-onlzable.
.
,
There
has
been
a
suggestion
.
of
Indonesian
sabotage.
in
tne
convention
and
to
pre-j
According
to
a
letter
resent
five
resolutions
which
have
ceived
yesterday
from
Mayor
been
prepared
by
the
city.
J
Moffatt,
the
fish
was
so
large
Mr.
Thain'g
appointment
met
that
he
divided
it
with
his
left
hT
under
low
at
5
o'clock
yesterday
afternoon
for
Vancouver
where
she
will
undergo
repairs.
It
may
be
two
or
three
weeks
before
the
vessel
Is
back
In
service
as
the
shaft
will
have
to
be
drawn
and,
In
view
of
the
engine
fittings,
this
may
be
a
somewhat
complicated
operation.
The
Coqultlam
is
being
towed
as
far
as
Namu
by
the
Powell
;:is
head
".EES
NEW
:
PLAN
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
B.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
Bayonne
.
.06
Bralorne
..
10
00
B
R.
Con
.03
B.R.X.
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
Congress
03
'i
Hedley
Mascot
25
Pacific
Eastern
08
Pen
Oreille
4.
SO
Ploweer
3.25
Premier
Border
03
Prlvatter
14
V2
Reeves
McDonald
2.35
Reno
05
Sheep
Creek
110
Silbak
Premier
.30
Vananda
15
Salmon
Qold
13
Vt
with
the
approval
of
Mayor
Arnold
who
pointed
out
that
fellow
city
council
members
and
all
enjoyed
a
generous
portion.
As
a
publicity
gesture,
it
was
a
success
too.
Mayor
Moffatt
;l
is
-studying
an
ai-
the
"city
Is
putting
forward
a
resolution
for
a
revision
in
the
Residence
and
Responsibility
le
ii,
prepared
by
Utll
River
Co.'s
tug
8.
D.
Brooks,
I
Coiitinuea
on
Page
6)
'
9
Tfsi
Act,
with
which
Mr.
Thain
is
'
said
that
it
had
been
present-acquainted
and
which
could
save
I
ed
to
him
by
Mr.
Forward
in
LOCAL
TIDES
:
Wednesday,
July
13,
1949
High
2":
57
20.4
feet
15:55
19.0
feet
Low
9:33
2.6
feet
21:47
7.3
feet
iriident
A.
Bruce
rfcy
shave
as
much
f
the
estimated
Bip.il
telephone
re-epl
by
repairing,
.
Pillaring,
some
of
front
of
a
crowd
of
"thousands"
who
attend
the
.06
i
now
in
use.
"MSI,
'3CS
Alaska
Has
Big
'Quake
"Whopper"
of
Disturbance
in
Aleutians
1
it
take
action
on
the
city
several
thousand
dollars."
Appointment
of
delegates
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Union
of
Central
B.
C.
Municipalities,
scheduled
to
be
held
at
Terrace
on
September
1,
was
deferred
until
a
later
meeting.
However,
the
a.uermen
agreed
that
as
many
as
possible
should
attend
the
central
municipal
GOV'T
TO
PAY
iiiient
last
night
Spud
Valley
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
.....
A.
P.
Con
Calmont
Home
Oil
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aw,
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AMERICANS
WIN
GAME
IMerman
.
H.
M.
3.00
.16
.31
9.35
lan
of
the
utill-
jf
put
it,
"it.
is
pre-iisiiieration
at
a
BROOKLif
m
Play
was
NEW
YORK
-
Selsmomolo
Mercury
.
09
Okalta
1.35
Il.M.C.S.
ATHABASKAN
These
are
three
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
destroyers
engaged
this
summer
in
providing
sea
training
for
Officers
and
men
from
the
20
Naval
Divisions
across
Canada.
"Nootka"
and
"Haida"
are
attached
to
the
East
Coast
fleet
and
"Athabaskan"
,
Is
based
on
the
West
Coast.
(R.C.N.
Photos)
gists
throughout
the
United
-
i
1
suspended
by
rain
In
the
bottom
I
of
the
sixth
Inning
in
the
an-j
nual
All
Star
baseball
game
this
in
agreed
tiiat
Its!
States
reported
a
severe
earth-
conference,
"Those
interior
communities
get
a
feeling
of
assurance
when
Mora
Pacific
Pete
2.50
Royal
Canadian
06
Vi
South
Brazeau
132
Toronto
Athoua
1
ii
.
,,
,
.
OlVCIllWll
TVlUil
14
it-
iiiiiv.iiv.uii
hey
know
that
Prince
Rupejrt
but
fe
Is
Interested
in
them.
We
can'
.
...
..
,..
a
f
v
I
let.
i
until
the
arrival
i
cntly
in
the
North
Pacific
area,
-fiew
vpr
chief,
John
F.I
The
Franklin
Institute
in
,
t
'
i
is
expected
to
I
Pliiladelphia
called
It
a
"whop-
1
;
dillies
on
Aiitrnst
1.
ner
of
an
earthauake"
and
said
demonstrate
our
interest
in
them
if
we
all
attend
the
Terrace
conference,"
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
said.
'if
i
Jji'
h
of
the
econ-
Mr.
Love's
rceommenda-
It
happened
to
be
In
the
Aleutian
Islands.
It
was
reported
at
9
p.m.
Saturday,
Pacific
Daylight
Time.
Aumaque
16!i
Beat
tie
,
.50
Vz
Bevcourt
23
Bobjo
17
Buffalo
Canadian
102
Consol.
Smelters
91.00
Conwest
100
cordljjg
to
Alderman
T,
Was!
the
retmlr
nf
pv.
CITY
TO
PAVE
McBRIDE
STREET
Paving
of
McJride
Street,
which,
because
of
its
arterial
highway
status
is
a
responsibility
of
the
provincial
Department
of
Public
Works,
will
be
carried
out
by
the
city
and
charged
to
the
Department
as
soon
as
specifications
for
the
work
are
drawn
up.
This
information
was
given
to
city
council
last
night
by
City
Engineer
Don
Stewart,
who
told
the
aldermen
that,
as
soon
as
plans
are
prepared
and
approved
he
plans
to
blacktop
the
section
between
Seventh
and
Second
Avenues.
In
the
meantime,
he
said,
with
-the
completion
of
the
hard
surfacing
of
Seventh
Avenue
from
Hays
Cove
Bridge
to
McBrlde
Street,
which
was
finished
at
the
week-end,
he
plans
to
blacktop
Hays
Cove
Avenue,
Conrad
St.,
Claud
Street,
a
block
of
Seventh
Avenue
east
of
the
Hays
Cove
elephone
cables,
rather
More
British
Dockers
Quit
In
Spite
Of
Emergency
Edict
LONDON
(CP)
Following
decision
of,
London
dock
workers
to
remain
off
the
job
in
support
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union,
the
British
government
acted
on
cabinet
advice
today
and
moved
swiftly
to
invoke
the
Emergency
Powers
Act
of
1920.
This
gives
the
government
virtually
unlimited
powers
to
handle
CHILD
FINDS
w
replacement
for
the
OLD
RIFLE
ouiiicu
axiu
Mic
niiiciiaus
wcic
ahead
11
to
7
after
the
first
of
the
seventh.
Warren
Spahn
started
for
the
Nationals
but
was
pounded
out
of
the
box
as
the
Americans
gathered
four
runs.
Don
New-combe,
George
Munger
and
Verne
Bickford
followed.
Pitchers
for
the
American
League
up
to
the
sixth
frame
were
Parnell,
Virgil
Trucks,
Lou
Brissie
and
Vic
Raschi.
Score
by
innings:
12
3
4
5
6
7
American
....
4
0
0
2
0
2
311
National
....
212
002
-
7
tlon
p!
an
automatic
.53
.67
Donalda
Eldona
WAS
LOADED
May
Close
B.C.
Forests
it
I
s'e
i
one
of
the
prime
tents
fin-
successful
oper-'
&n
ittitomatlc
system
ifj
ith
P
4bles,"
Alderman
.Jmn
ftited.
East
Sullivan
2.20
Giant
Yellowknlfe
-
5.90
God's
Lake
40
Hardrock
19
Harrlcana
05
Va
the
crisis.
The
emergency
meas-
HALIBUT
SALES
ures
were
effective
at
midnight
last
night.
Today
the
govern
w'ves
inea
that
we
''
li
tin
the
exlstlnir
VICTORIA
(POwlng
to
the
extreme
fire
hazard
on
the
lower
Mainland
and
Vancouver
Is
ment
started
moving
members
Canadian
San
Juan,
58,000,
Atlin
22.7c,
of
the
forces
onto
the
docks
toJ
d
C
the
whole
job
for
Alderman
-
Rudder-
unload
the
idle
ships.
GAME
OVER
American
11,
National
7
THE
WEATHER
lieva
07
Hosco
16
Jacknife
05'2
Joliet
Quebec
32
Lake
Rowan
08
Lapaska
06',
4
Little
Long
Lac
61
Lynx
14
Medsen
Red
Lake
2.87
Today
there
were
127
ships
Idea,'
idle
and
15
more
had
insur
ficlent
stevedore
crews.
land,
the,
advisability
of
ordering
a
shutdown
of
logging
is
being
considered.
A
large
fire
is
raging
out
of
control
on
Staltze
Mountain,
13
miles
west
of
Duncan,
in
limits
of
the
Staltze
Lugging
Co.
and
Prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy
Bridge
and
Donald
Stireet.
jMr.
Love's
replied
WINS
This
section
of
the
project
The
number
of
dock
workers
off
the
job
increased
to
12,550
21.1c
and
17.5c.
American
.
(Black
Cod)
Wolverine,
12.000.
Cold
Storage.
MONDAY
American
Zarembo,
23,000,
Atlin,
23.3c,
22c
and
18.5c.
Empress,
21.000,
Pacific,
23.2c,
22c
and
18.5c.
Canadian
Combat,
45,000,
Co-op.
.46
Vi
McKenzie
Red
1
ake
a
100-man
crew
is
battling
to
today
in
spite
of
the
declaration
of
the
emergency.
Food
for
the
country
and
ex
ORTH
today
and
Wednesday.
Scattered
showers
this
evening
.
and
tonight.
Fog
patches
along
the
coast
this
morning.
A
little
cooler.
Light
westerly
winds
today
becoming
southwest
(15)
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
Wednesday
at
Masset,
45
and
57;
Prince
Rupert
52
and
62.
Twelve-year-old
Arthur
Tur-cotte
of
514
Seventh
Avenue
West
saw
a
smaller
boy
play-"
ing
with
an
old
rifle
at
Cow
Bay
yesterday
and,
questioning
the
boy,
learned
that
he
had
found
It
In
the
wreckage
of
an
old
boat
hear
the
bridge
Mindful
of
warning
about
firearms,
Arthur
took
the
weapon
from
the
child
and
carried
It
to
the
police
station
where
he
handed
It
to
a
constable.
The
constable
ques-
tloned
him
about
the
rusty
gun,
then
opened
the
breech.
which,
surprisingly,
.
was
well
oiled.
Everybody
gave
a
startled
gasp
when
a
.30-30
bulle;
jumped
out
of
the
chamber.
For
some
reason,
neither
the
finder
of
the
gun
nor
Arthur
had
bothered
to
pull
the
trigger.
Most
relieved
of
all
was
Constable
A.
L.
Rossiter
who
had
casually
brushed
the
muzale
of
the
gun
away
from
him
when
it
was
laid
on
the
police
desk.
port
cargoes
destined
to
win
dollars
overseas
continue
to
pile
up
f
-
With
nearly
he
declared,
was
due
to
start
today.
Mr.
Stewart
said
that
he
and
Provincial
Works
Engineer
W.
H.
Stevens
had
looked
over
the
section
of
McBride
between
Seventh
and
Second
Avenues
and
that
Mr.
Stevens
had
recommended
paving
the
full
36-foot
width
of
the
street.
Details
of
re-grading
and
other
preparatory
work
still
have
to
be
worked
out.
control
it.
As
flames
lirked
through
British
Columbia's
timber
stands
and
the
burning
sun
seared
other
forest
areas,
provincial
forest
service
officials
prepared
last
night
to
order
the
halt
to
operations
in
the
bush.
hand,
the
South
!NorUi
5
to
3
here
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Cockshutt
1.03
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Moneta
41
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55.00
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Pickle
Crow
2.05
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San
Antonio
4.35
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Sherrlt
Gordon
1.87
Steep
Rock
1.36
on
the
docks.
MORE
POLIO
IN
VANCOUVER
'r
their
seventh
I''
eighth
annual
I
League
all-star
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VANCOUVER
Four
new
cases
mm
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Eniil
Blaln,
whose
marriage
took
place
here
a
fort
Pitcher
Charley
attle
was
tagged
of
polio
were
reported
in
Van
of
Sturgeon
River
18
'
couvcr
during
the
week-end,
WOULD
BUILD
WITH
WOOD
NEW
DELHI
iO
Timber
may
replace
steel
for
many
structural
works,
Dr.
S.
Kamesam,
export
official
in
the
Indian
government,
said
recently.
India
has
a
large
variety
of
timber
and
bamboo
forests
and
a
scheme
to
substitute
wood
for
steel
may
speed
up
industrialization,
delayed
by
steel
shortage.
SUGAR
RAY
WINS
PHILADELPHIA
Sugar
Ray
Robinson
last
night
won
a
unanimous
decision
over
Cuba's
Kid
Gavilan
.
in
a
15-round
fight
for
the
world's
welterweight
title.
A
crowd
of
about
35,000
saw
the
fight
in
the
Municipal
Stadium.
Robinson
weighed
147
lbs.
and
Gavilan
144
Vi
lbs.
night
ago,
returned
to
the
city
-cat.
Starter
Jesse
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if
to
date
to
sixteen.
Two
of
the
,
Diego
was
credited
I
Sunday
afternoon
after
a
two-'
4
week
motor
trip
through
the
R
H
E
southern
part
of
the
province.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
ROOSEVELT
PARK
6:30
PJVI.
SAVOY
vs.
MERCHANTS
Silver
Miller
36
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman
returned
to
the
city
yesterday
by
plane
from
a
brief
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
new
cases
are
'teen-age
boys
one
a
four-year-old
boy
and
one
10
000
200
5
11
1
Mrs.
Blain
Is
the
former
Miss
a
five-year-old
girl.
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110-3
10
1
Margaret
Sllnn.