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AND
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
vul.
XXXVII,
No.
165.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JULY
15,
1948
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STAR
V
CABS
SITUAT
ST
MENACING
ON
STARTING
Oil
OCEAN
VOYAGE
Railway
Strike
Threat
Caused
Anxious
Moments
tot
Aquitania
Passengers
WOULD
BOYCOTT
iz&n5Y
it
a
BRITISH
GOODS
YUGOSLAVIA
IS
ASSAILED
BUCHAREST
CPi
A
violent
attack
on
Yugo-Slav
leaders
by
the
Cominform
which
"uncompromisingly"
rejected
Yugoslavia's
answer
of
earlier
Com-lnnform
criticisms
today
widen-
NEW
YORK,
0;
First
of
a
British
Cabinet
In
Session
and
Report
Presented
To
King
RUSSIANS
ARE
TALKING
ABOUT
INTERFERING
WITH
AIR
LIFT
series
of
rallies
urging
boycott
of
British
goods
will
be
held
here
yv
rry
i
tonight
in
protest
at
British
policy
in
Palestine
of
supporting
the
Arabs
at
the
expense
of
the
'
rt
'
n.
w
i
'
"c-
t
iil
Uic
rift
between
Yugoslavia
and
other
eastern
European
communist
states.
A
paper
said
that
the
Yugo
i
V-
'
LONDON
(CP)
The
Hritish
cabinet
for
three
hours
today
studied
the
Soviet
refusal
to
lift
the
Jews.
Importers
are
being
asked
in
a
circular
letter
to
stop
the
buying
of
British
products
with
the
warning
that
names
of
importers
who
do
will
be
published
so
that
consumers
who
do
not
wish
to
purchase
British
goods
may
be
properly
informed.
A
prominent
group
In
the
Bri
slav
reply,
which
branded
Com
MONTREAL
Fear
of
missing
their
ship
through
a
possible
rail
strike
was
dispelled
late
yesterday
afternoon
as
nearly
1000
passengers
left
here
on
two
Canadian
National
Railways
boat
trains
for
Halifax
to
board
the
Aquitania
which
is
due
to
leave
Halifax
tonight.
Passengers
who
made
train
connections
here
will
arrive
at
dockside
this
afternoon.
As
Aquitania
passengers
converged
on
Montreal
yesterday
anxiety
was
widespread
that
the
threatened
rail
strike
would
wipe
out
their
plans
and
preparations
for
an
ocean
voyage.
With
the
announcement
of
a
settlement
in
the
railway
labor
dispute
t
he
tense
atmosphere
in
Central
Station
was
replaced
with
smiles
and
laughter
as
the
happy
voyagers
prepared
to
board
the
trains.
Failuret
o
connect
with
the
Aquitania
was
to
many
more
than
the
loss
of
a
pleasant
holiday
at
sea.
There
were
Canadian
business
men
in
the
group
who
had
spent
months
making
inform
charges
as
"invented
berlin
blockade
and
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Beviti
went
from
the
meeting
to
inform
the
King,
indi
slander"
and
"lies"
was
"ne
of
the
basest
documents
which
cating
the
seriousness
in
which
the
situation
is
held
A
Hritish
spokesman
would
not
comment
on
the
tish
boycott
move
Is
the
Sons
of
.showed
that
Tito's
regime
Intends
to
carry
further
Its,
anti-Marxist
and
anti-Soviet
policy."
Liberty
committee.
Soviet
rejection
of
Allied
notes
pit
!(ient
h'
I"
'I-''-
(cr
return
as
A
broadcast
screams:
"Don't
be
a
party
to
murder.
Don't
buy
THE
WEATHER
demanding
the
end
of
the
blockade.
The
Russians
said
they
wero
willing
to
negotiate
if
the
talks
British
goods!"
DISORDERS
IN
ITALY
Li
Synopsis
There
is
little
Indication
of
any
marked
change
In
weather
over
southern
and
central
Brit-
.
t
Mf
j
(
mm
,
p.
.
..X
;
Is
concerned
all
of
Germany
and!
not
just
Berlin.
They
left
the
next
move
up
to
the
western,
allies.
SENT
BACK
TO
STATES
n
Riots,
General
Strike
and
Leftist
Challenge
Reports
in
London
that
new
ROME.
(
Bloody
riots,
a
ated
I
i.sh
Columbia
during
the
next
18
!
hours
Skies
should
remain
rela-i
tively
clear
with
afternoon
tem-i
peralures
reaching
from
75
to
plans
for
the
trip.
Contact
with
paralyzing
general
strike
and
a
notes
would
be
sent
to
Premier
British
firms
had
been
made
and
appointments
arranged.
leftist
challenge
to
the
govern-
Joseph
Stalin
within
a
wee';
HALIFAX,
P
Nine
United
States
civilians
who
were
detained
here
today
by
Canadian
customs
officials
tor
four
days,
termed
"pure
speculation.'
Missing
the
ship
would
have
In
Berlin
the
official
Soviet
ment
wracked
Italy
today
In
the
wake
of
an
attempt
yesterday
at
the
life
of
Communist
leader
Palmlro
Togllatti.
,.,
prepared
to
fly
their
"mystery
r.
,i
u
Taegliche
Rundschau
.
,
:
,
.
ROYALTY
VISITS
LONDON
HOUSING
PROJECT
Princess
Elizabeth
and
her
husband,
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh,
are
shown
n
presi-
85
over
the
Interior
and
65
to
i.ii.in
w.is
num-
75
at
the
coast.
These
are
near
v
ba'.iot
a'
normal
for
mid-July,
r.al
rimvention
An
onshore
flow
of
moist
iiit
tn
b-
ran-
pacific
air
Is
causing
cloudy
newspaper
plane"
back
to
Westchester
today
printed
a
Russian
threat
walking
through
the
Cherry
Orehard
housing
estate
in
Green-
of
interference
with
the
United
The
pane
wU't
carry
just
enougnj
wichi
Soutn
London,
as
eager
crowds,
wanting
a
glimpse
of
the
spelled
losses
in
the
future.
There
were
others
who
were
anticipating
family
reunions
which
had
been
postponed
since
the
war.
If
the
trains
ceased
operation,
these
reunions
would
have
undergone
further
postponement
until
hard-to-get
pas
States-British
air
life
which
Is
gas
to
get
them
there.
j
Customs
officials
released
the
i
taking
food
and
supplies
to
Ber-
j
lin.
"Obviously
the
time
nasi
come,"
the
newspaper
said
"to
imn.
Senator
.
skl(.s
anj
occasional
light
rain
'
i't
Kentucky
nr
over
the
Queen
Char-
jrclanutum
1(lt,s
(me
cloudiness
extends
Ioy
.ice-presidential
mt0
the
far
northern
mainland
but
no
rain
Is
expected
in
that
plane
yesterday
after
a
$100
Six
persons
were
killed
and
hundreds
are
In
hospital.
Togliatti,
being
treated
for
three
wounds
Inflicted
by
a
student
yesterday,
Is
reported
to
be
improving.
Communists
gathered
In
dem
Princess,
are
held
back
by
London
police.
In
a
short
ceremony
after
their
visit,
to
the
estate,
the
Duke
received
the
freedom
of
the
borough.
Columnist
Noel
Whitcomb
of
the
London
Daily
Mirror
stated
this
week
that
he
understood
Princess
Elizabeth
was
preparing
to
have
her
baby,
expected
later
this
year,
without
an
anaesthetic.
Childbirth
with
or
without
anaesthetic
is
a
matter
or
controveuy
in
Britain
at
the
moment.
fine
for
illegal
entry
Into
Canada
Just
after
t
he
nine
men,
be
regulate
the
problem
of
air
cor
ridors."
Russian
authorities
warned
sage
could
be
secured'
on
another
ship.
Return
to
normal
on
the
railways
was
the
most
cheering
news
the
prospective
passengers
had
heard
in
weeks.
onstrations
to
protest
the
attack
lieved
headed
for
Palestine,
attempted
to
take
off.
woo
oooooooooooooooooooo
TODAY'S
STOCKS
I
they
would
be
conducting
para-
r'L'ion.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
on
the
Queen
Charlottes
with
occasional
light
rain
or
drizzle
during
the
awrn-
on
their
leader.
The
government
ald
today
(chute
jumping
practices
In
one
i
i(9
i
,
5
l
of
the
corridors
leading
irom
that
a
"back
to
work"
movement
,
H
-runs
rrf
skii.u
a
i
his
arreptanr
,t;v
pretlictiw
!
I
ami
B.ir''.ey
ft
UM'l!.-.
di'ii'l
till'
cnnvcnU"!!!
ol
!!
iVii
till'
:
iA
One
demon
-I
a
S,
tutor
Rrii-
,
,-nrei
h$
pro-
j
It
i,U'.r
and
the
:
I
Berlin
to
western
'Germany.
was
rafkin0
t.h
0fnfra1
Strike
which
was
'clamped
down
on
j
"
"
ust
to
bad
li
ilv3
Italy
bv
Communist
labor
after
Russian
parachuters
get
in
the
liiH
Cloudy
this
afternoon,
tonight
and
Friday.
Variable
cloudiness
along
the
northern
The
announcement
withdrew
all--embargoes
and
warning
of
freight,
express
and
passenger
movement
and
was
made
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways
at
2:30
p.m.
eastern
standard
time.
Embargoes
were
also
withdrawn
by
the
CNR.
on
hotels
and
commercial
telegraphs.
the
attempted
assassination
of
way
of
American
transport
Togliatti.
1
planes,
said
General
Lucius
Clay
mainland
today
and
Friday.
Courtesy
8.
D
Johnston
Co.
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Bralome
7.25
B
R.
Con
03
B.R.X
09
Cariboo
Quartz
100
Orull
Wlhksne
04
Hedley
Mascot
40
Minto
01
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Pend
Oriehe
4.15
Pioneer
2.40
lnm.-;f
4s
Wind
light
over
the
entire
region.
Little
change
In
tempera
SKEENA
SOCKEYE
RUN
INCREASES
ture.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday
At
Port
Hardy
48
and
60.
Massett
53
and
65,
Prince-Rupert
52
and
68.
f
r;v
(drinc
It.-;
b
'in-
tlv
Civil
H
!
I'Tc
ronflir-s.
i
tit
i
wil
rights
in
the
1948
k
'
vi,
in
half
Premier
Border
.03Vij
As
Many
As
280
Fish
Caught
By
Gillnetters
On
Skeena
Sockeye
gillnetters
on
the
Skeena
River
reaped
a
rich
harvest
overnight
as
their
catches
hit
the
highest
level
so
far
this
season.
Boats
fishing
on
the
upper
boundary
of
the
sockeye
LESNEVICH
ASKS
SHOT
AT
TITLE
CSl!
SHOT
l
l'ON
SAItNIA,
Ont.
A
shotgun
blast
fired
yesterday
by
a
ship's
officer
broke
up
a
raid
by
six
members
of
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
on
the
freighter
Lethbridjce.
I'ellets
wounded
three
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
men
but
Canada
Steamship
Lines,
owners
of
the
vessel,
claim
that
five
men
were
hit.
All
six
are
scheduled
to
apear
in
court
today
on
charges
of
unlawfully
boarding.
TRAIL
MAYOR
DIES
TltAIL
Mayor
James
Hryan
of
Trail
died
last
night
after
being
seized
with
a
heart
attack.
JETS
CROSS
ATLANTIC
(iOOSE
HARHOR,
librador
Six
Vampire
fighter
jet
planes
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
rested
here
last
night
after
crossing
the
Atlantic
Ocean,
the
first
time
for
jet
planes.
They
came
by
way
of
Iceland
and
(Jieenland.
At
(itinsc
Harbor
they
met
1
1
United
States
jet
plants
headed
in
the
opposite
direction.
arwrw.w
and
vippi
(ifici;atii!i
the
convention,
e
Auib.ima
dele-tojld
m.er
vote
support
his
civil
f
...
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'
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2
'
?
I
BRIGHTON,
Eng
0-Gus
I."snevlrh
thinks
that
he
and
Jersey
Joe
Walcott
should
fight
for
the
vacant
world's
heavy
PACKERS
PLANT
WORK
STARTED
New
$20,000
Building
Being
Erected
on
Waterfront
Work
preliminary
to
construction
of
a
cold
storage
plant
and
warehouse
for
Canada
Packers
Ltd.
has
begun
on
the
waterfront
property
formerly
occupied
by
the
navy
boom
defence
section
and
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock.
Construction
plans
call
for
a
72
by
48
foot
building
which
will
be
situated
on
an
acre
of
ground
leased
by
the
meat
packing
company
from
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
estimated
$20,-000
job
will
be
carried
out
by
L.
C.
Eby
and
Son,
city
contractors.
The
building
will
be
one-and-a
half
stories
high,
of
frame
H,''!'li
Truman
:vii
nabK
split
call
inr
a
spc-ere'
Julv
20.
'"n
within
IS
area
on
the
river
off
Point
Lambert,
reported
up
to
100
fish
each
for
the
night's
work.
After
a
relatively
poor
start
which
lasted
during
the
first
two
weeks
of
the
sockeye
season,
the
catches
began
to
im-
weight
boxing
title,
never
mind-lnf:
an
elimination
contest.
'
I
knocked
out
Tml
Mauriello
'-makers
mertinnJ
Mclio
Bettlna
who
are
rated
;i
and
hnusini'
No.
1
and
2.
That
should
qualify
me,"
said
Lesnevich.
i
prove
this
week
on
the
Skeena
although
on
the
Naas
they
are
still
reported
as
small.
nf2
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
1.70
Reno
08
2
Salmon
Gold
13
Sheep
Creek
115
Taylor
Bridge
40
Taku
River
30
Vananda
33
Congress
023,4
Pacific
Easr.ern
05
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.02
Spud
Valley
H
Central
Zeballos
01
Silbak
Premier
29
Oils
A.P.
Con
16
Calmont
-36
C.
&
E
6.55
Foothills
2.70
Home
8.15
Toronto
Athona
"7
Aumaque
16'i
Beattie
56
Bevcourt
25
Bobjo
-12
Buffalo
Canadian
.07
Vi
Consol.
Smelters
11700
Conwest
l-l
Donalda
...
56
Eldona
1
23
East
Sullivan
2.65
ji
,
The
700
boats
on
tne
bKeena
i"
!v
wniiid
r-civil
rmhl.s
1
r.
the
.sprrjal
'llil'i!
said.
"Villi
that
the
wiluleeiilf
how
-nm:
",m
the
"'.nine,
a
mere
1"h
was
a
'('I'liblican-
DISCONTENT
IN
UNIONS
MONTREAL,
O
Discontent
has
been
heard
In
some
union
quarters
over
the
settlement
of
Premier
King
Appreciative
Thanks
Minister
of
Labor
for
Settling
Strike
Canadians
Baseball
Scores
Paeifk-
Coast
League
Portland
2-7,
Seattle
0-1.
San
Diego
1-3.
Sacramento
3-0.
Oakland
2,
Hollywood
5.
Los
Angeles
4,
San
Francisco
3.
Western
International
League
Tacoma
3,
Bremerton
9.
Yakima
8,
Salem
1.
Spokane
4.
Wenatchee
10.
Victoria
9,
Vancouver
2.
NATIVE
SON
REVISITS-A
Prince
Rupert
born
boy,
who
left
here
25
years
ago
at
the
age
of
12
and
has
not
been
back
since,
is
revisiting
the
city
and
is
being
welcomed
by
old
timers
who
remember
his
mother
and
father
very
well.
He
Is
Jack
B.
Anderson,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
J.
Anderson.
For
years
his
father
was
identified
with
the
service
of
the
Laundry
here.
Mr.
17c
per
hour
wage
Increase
made
yesterday
.to
head
off
the
gen
eral
railway
strike.
Railway
men
construction
and
surfaced
with
cedar
grain
asbestos
shingles
and
duroid
patent
roof.
It
will
house
offices,
a
cooler
and
freezer
and
dry
storage
space.
According
to
Robert
Elkins,
local
representative
of
the
company,
the
new
plant
will
permit
storage
of
meats
and
other
produce
here,
whereas,
at
present,
orders
are
taken
only
for
direct
delivery
because
of
lack
of
such
space.
reported
an
average
of
50
fish
on
Monday.
60
on
Tuesday,
and
100
for
those
on
the
upper
reaches
of
the
area
last
night.
One
boat
was
reported
to
have
caught
260
sockeye.
Average
for
the
120
boats
on
the
Naas
this
week
has
been
between
30
and
40
per
boat
each
day.
At
Rivers
Inlet
in
the
southern
section
or
the
district,
1.000
gillnetters
have
been
averaging
30
fish
a
day.
In
the
Butedale
area,
wher3
80
seiners
have
their
nets
out,
the
boats
averaged
650
pinks,
85
chum
and
50
sockeye
on
Wednesday.
Similar
averages
were
reported
by
the
30
seiners
in
Vancouver
say
that
the
increase
Is
not
enough
and
are
urging
that
the
pressure
for
35c
tr
The
strike
was
called
ofr
yes-
Anderson,
wno
i
i-
r,
rA
111
IMP
terclay
less
than
15
hours
beiore
by
his
wue,
is
fuBaB"'
Spared
Much
t
OTTAWA.
Xf
Canadians
would
probably
never
ktjyw
how
much
they
had
been
saved
as
a
result
of
the
settlement
of
the
railway
wage
dispute
and
the
warding
off
of
what
would
have
been
a
paralyzing
strike,
declared
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
in
a
press
conference
yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.
King
was
accompanied
by
the
minister
of
labor,
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
whom
the
CP.
Seeking
Higher
Rates
tin.
rlourlllto
fnr
llio
itnilliaZO
Of
'in
toijy
L
,
.
,.i.,0
D
.llav
union
'"'
rnm
I
officers
In
an
overnight
six
cent
Ihn
"fe
sides
aHj
,.i
do-
Ul
.
U1UII
'
1U
tllUll
lllil
blows
:it
A,-n,
1
...
.i.u
'
manfls.
settled
tne
aispute
wm
"'tis-Uem
area
the
ranwaVs
on
the
17c
an
hour
OTTAWA,
W
N.
R.
Crump,
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
said
last
night
that
he
believes
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
should
be
given
printing
business
ai
can
California,
operating
his
own
shop.
It
is
aiso
in
San
Jose
that
his
father
and
mother
now
make
thel.
home.
They
are
enjoying
good
health.
Mr.
and
Mis.
Anderson
Jr.
will
leave
by
the
Catala
tomorrow
evening
on
their
return
south.
s
m.
Johnson,
Hays
Cove
Avenue
merchant,
is
an
uncle
of
Mr.
Anderson.
"n
'nol
to
the
lnerensp
hasls
ffnlnc
back
to
Canada
Packers
originally
planned
to
build
a
storage
plant
here
several
years
ago,
but
the
start
of
the
war
made
It
impossible
to
get
materials.
Part
of
the
building
will
sit
on
land
used
by
the
dry
dock
during
the
war.
A
frame
building
formerly
used
as
a
rivet
storage
shed
is
being
demolished
to
iake
room
for
it.
Prime
Minister
publicly
thanked
for
his
success
in
having
brought
I
a
stop-gap
15
per
cent
freight
in
the
Grenville-Principe
area.
The
week's
seining
closes
tonight.
Fisheries
regulations
allow
each
week's
seining
to
begin
Sunday
night
and
closo
Thursday
night.
A
large
early
run
of
pinks
is
reported
in
Whale
Channel,
i:i
the
Wright
Sound
region.
I
United
stales
March
1.
This
was
less
than
1
half
of
the
original
demand
of
s
m
Haifa
said
!5c.
!9
"s
were
within
With
the
companies
yielding
"of
Nazareth,1
b
this
government-negotiated
i
Palestine
base
fliure,
the
railway
unions
rc-r'T
Ai'nb
army
of
caied
their
strike
order
to
150,-
an
end
to
the
deadlock
that
!
rate
boost
to
meet
the
increas-had
existed.
The
strike,
had
it
;
ed
cost
to
be
occasioned
by
the
eventualizrd,
might
even
have
wage
increase
award.
A
further
Giant
Yellownlfe
4.50
God's
Lake'
60
Hardrock
H
Harrlcana
06
Heva
.'.
12
Hosco
33
Jacknife
04
Joliet
Quebec
33
Lake
Rowan
06
Lapaski
04
Little
Long
Lac
65
Lynx
08
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.33
McKenzie
Red
Lake
37
McLeod
Cockshutt
95
Moneta
37
Negus
2.11
Noranda
49.25
Louvlcourt
55
Pickle
Crow
x
192
Regcourt
05
San
Antonio
3.55
Senator
Rouyn
40
Sherrit
Gordpn
2.35
Steep
Rock
2.02
Sturgeon
River
15
Kaukji.
1
000
men
that
would
have
halted
price
increase
was
"inevitable",
and
it
would
add
to
the
railway's
operating
costs,
Crump
said.
He
estimated
that
a
15
per
cent
boost
would
be
needed
to
provide
the
$27,200,000
which
the
wage
award
would
increase
the
C.P.R.'s
annual
operating
costs
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Friday,
July
16,
19
....
10:15
15.7
fed
22:00
Ml
fcpt
3:57
5.3
feet
15;4f,
8.9
feet
High
had
a
very
serious
effect
during
the
critical
world
situation.
There
had
been
no
pressure
or
coercion
brought
to
bear
on
any
on
e.asserted
Mr.
King.
Nor
had
the
question
of
a
possible
resultant
increase
in
railway
freight
rates
being
mentioned
he
asserted.
There
nad
been
no
commitments
in
regard
to
possible
subsidies
or
approval
of
tran
and
telegraph
service
at
8
o'clink
this
morning.
Union
officers
said
that
the
prompt
recall
actloi
would
leave
the
country's
train,
telegraph
and
ancillary
rallrotd
services
running
sinootliv.
lUND
IS
Lowing
edging
Low
GEN.
PERSHING
PASSES
AWAY
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
General
John
J.
Pershing,
who
command
-ded
American
overseas
forces
in
World
War
I,
died
in
hospital
here
shortly
before
dawn
today
after
a
long
Illness.
He
was
87
years
of
age.
Halibut
Sales
American
Sonla,
28,000,
22.4c,
22.10c
and
10.5s,
Royal.
Canadian
B.C.
Lady,
21,000,
21,
21c
ana
10c,
Storage.
Miss
Jean,
45,000,
22c,
21.6c
and
10c,
Atlin.
Sea
Maid,
32,
Co-op.
Corp.
A.
E.
Wales
and
family
$
10.00
The
,.mio0
also
revoked
have
arrived
in
the
city
from
Quesnel.
Corp
A.
E.
Wells
is
rates
Increases.
No
unttertaK
Inspector
F.B.Woods-JohnM
"
to
the
returned
provincial
police,
a
trip
to
city
last
night
from
Smlthers,
Burns
Lake
and
Haz-elton
on
official
duties.
ings,
direct
or
indirect,
had
been,
being
transfened
to
take
charge
$
10.00,
without
delay
perishable
freight
5.00
embargo
and
other
precau-2-00
Hons
tlvy
had
ordered
In
pro-150
1
tectlon
a-ainst
the
strike
even-$19,055.29
Quality.
made.
'
of
"ie
f.-Ri.i,.
nere.