NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 1 55 ' " X VICTORIA, S. C. 1 ' ORMES drugs PHOViNCIAL m Blue Daily Delivery LlEtfiAHY p- STAR j PHONE 81 Cabs Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" . ... . ......... V mw ..- n mifnuniv 1 nnlT nn 4 m m nnmn vnTirc nMTTO VUL. AAAVil, NO. 08. 1'KXNUK KU1W, iwwni, AriviJj il, into PRICE FIVE CENTS i HHKKOiCH3!)K(OOOOOClO0OH cific Northwest Arab Invasion of Palestine Is Under Way, Says Report Britain Would Fight It Back 3de Association nts Alaska Line BULLETINS INVASION DENIED CAIRO Government quarters today denied foreign and local press reports that Egypt has invaded Palestine with regular armies. FAVORED FOR "GUINEAS" LONDOU The Maharajah of Baroda's My Babu is a two to one favorite today for the Two Thousand Guineas, England's richest horse race, tomorrow. The Cobbler, an entry of I.t. choice at 7 to Z. Six Nations toKIA (('!') A -joint United States-Canals"1 .. ..i. . i i i . ska railway was advocated ivionuay Dei ore MOUNTAIN DIFFERENTIAL REMOVAL IS SOUGHT BY BRITISH COLUMBIA OTTAWA (CP) Application for removal of the KtecMith general conlerence ol the 1'acific f Trade Association, it was reported mat i Truman approved the plan for the con- ll 1 M 1 ii. 1 "mountain differential" freight rate on hauls over the ,n of an AiasKa railway and it is assumed Rockies is being filed with the Board of Transport the plans call lor the inclusion of British Columbia's Pacific Great Eastern Railway. May Move In To Holy Land JERUSALEM (CP) A reliable Arab source said today that troops of an Egyptian armored division had crossed Palestine's southern frontier at dawn today. The report came on the heels of a Damascus report WERABLE Commissioners by British Columbia, it was announced Monday. Disclosure of the move was made before the cabinet by Premier Byron Johnson 6f British Columbia during the submission j by provincial premiers against . m i WANTED ' Mil - ft ft - "-"?TZ-;-,;?t;: . C. B. Lindcman, Seattle pub-1 I i.slx-r and retiring president of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association, said the Association should back the line north from Prince George along the orlgin- the recently-awarded twenty- KanI If aKKaH Also Hear ukc- Eichtri-n-Year- Allowod to Vote one percent railway rates Increase. ' The differential rate Is a charge of IVi times the prairie f V .V (P -The House of al unitea states Army survey. On-. heard c warnea mat me racmc Monday a 1 NirtHunci mlrrlit Kn Kv-naccaH on OF Million Huge Robbery Pulled Off by Underground Jews in Tel Aviv TEL AVIV, h Heavily armed youths who said they were mem the single trans-. that mllilarv Dlans fnr a rallw!iv rate level on certain freight hauls over the Rockies. Premier Johnson askei that the differential be romoved before the rales were increased. jit be adopted in, Can-1 paral)eI lhc prcsent Alaska turui system to Insure j Highway under which the access itv reprcseniauon m would De from Edmonton. KILLED i.1 CAVE-IN MIMICO, Ont. Three workmen were killed when a mound of earth caved in while they were working on the excavation for a storm sewer. A large power shovel was used to remove 20 feet of mud which toppled over their bodies. JEWS CALL FOR HELP TEL AVIV The Jewish Agency today called for the United Nations to take definite action against an Arab offensive in Palestine. The Jews, it was said, are doing all they can to defend Jerusalem for. which a major battle appears to be looming. INDUSTRIALIST DIES D E T R O I T William S. Knudsen, co-ordinator of America's Industrial might in the Second World War, died today following a long Illness. The 69-year-old former president of General Motors Corporation was a Danish immigrant and was known by fellow indust ;it. ANOTHER GARIBALDI ENTERS ITALIAN ARENA The famous 'name of Garibaldi is again figuring in Italian politics as the 65-year old grandson of the famous patriot, General Gulseppe Garibaldi, takes part in the fight against communism. The general, who has been carrying on the tradition of his grandfather by fighting for liberty, in South American and European countries, has taken over direction of the new Rome newspaper, "Rome Nolle," in support of the Christian Democrats against communism. Said he: "I'm doing what my grandfather would have done if he were alive." ber of the Jewish underground Stern group pulled a $1,000,000 daylight bank robbery today un that TransJordan Arab legion had occupied the town of Jericho and was moving Into the Dead Sea Valley of Palestine. This was discounted here since legion security forces are on loan to the British authorities under both old and new British-TransJordan treaties. Last night it was reported that Arab armies from four and possibly six countries would launch an Invasion of Palestine within a week with the major battle for Jerusalem. Armie3 would definitely come from TransJordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt and probably from oposal was advanced The railway north from British Columbia would not only serve as a defence project but would promote development of a rich territory. Yesterday the provincial premiers asked that a royal com- mission go into the whole freight rales question and that the increase ! in rates be withheld un-' til Its report had been received. Ross, Progressive- der the very eyes of the Hagana guards. ive, Souns, iwaiiiouua, kly won support of Conservative ana E. O. Carlson, tourist official, urged rclxation of existing liquor restrictions in British Col ,-edit members. The youths, just after dawn, visited the homes of all the directors and cashiers of Barclay's Bank. At gunpoint they took matched keys to open the vaults: B.C'S PART IN WORLD PICTURE- with it was the sug- umbia in order to encourage tourist traffic. He advocated WINNIPEG NOW FLOOD CENTRE ul persons of eighteen i to vole in federal cocktail bars. Olof Hanson and Arnold Fla- Some of the bank officials were beaten to make them surrender the, keys. Just after the bank opened ten are attending the conven Iraq and Saudi-Arabia. An Arab State in the Holy Land would be declared May 15 following the British withdrawal, it was stated. WARNS AGAINST CCF DICTATORSHIP "If one is to consider where British Columbia is going, one must consider where the world is going," said Hon. E. C. Carson, minister of public works, in Abatement Now Appears In Other Parts of Prairies Hon as representatives of trie rrr 7r Mrr Associated Boards 01 Trade 01 WINNIPEB &-- Flood condi-! rialists as "the greatest pro RjLI UIVU 'ontrsil' British r.nlumbla The Arabs, it was said, were not considering any trusteeship two. of the group, wearing military1 police arm bands, asked admittance to Inspect the armed guard kept by Hagana's Jew of modern ; Hons, to which the prairie prov duction genius COUNCIL of the Holy Land unless the inces yesterday counted ' twelve deaths directly .attributable, FORTNIGHT an address to the people of British Columbia last night. "No part of the world can isolate itself from the present general convulsion least of all a place ish militia because of the wave y ioriniuht lies ahead MAYOR BLUSHES OVER COUNCIL'S CONGRATULATIONS were lessened somewhat last 0f rcCent robberies by dissldient night in Saskatchewan and Al-1 underground groups. When the United Nations guaranteed them control of Palestine In the near future. Iraq has agreed to full mili-'tary co-operation "to save Arab like British Columbia wmcn lives council as its members have all kinds of things we re on its trade with the world. on a session of com- berta but showed only partial doors were opened larger groups signs of diminishing in Mani- 0f youths rushed up. quire to buy, not next year or mwlings to make final "Well, the world is certainly going somewhere at a rapid toba. the year after, we need these services now. The provincial .ion of estimates for i budget which must rate, though- no one- ran be- sur? Here in Winnipeg the Assini-bolnc River was still rising and Palestine," Informed sources stated,. Unlay.-- It, was reported . that regular armies of Arab , League members would start a, general attack on Palestine times." In 1940 he headed the mammoth rearmament program initialed by President Roosevelt. DROWNED UNDER BRIDGE VANCOUVER Heavy seas, driven by strong northwest wind, claimed, thren lives Sunday when a small motor boat capsized under Lion's Gale Bridge. The dead are Steve Glow, Jean Harjie and Mitchell Eliuk, all of Winnipeg. Eugene Mundry of Vancouver, fourth occupant, of the craft, was rescued by two Vancouver residents. by ttir May 15 tlcad- I the peak of the Red River flood by Uic Municipal Act. wk will sec u round "soon." Iraq army and air fores movements are to be kept secret government has to provide every form of public service for a quarter of a million additional people who have come here since the beginning of the Second World War. It has to plan for the needs of many new towns, and old towns now grown to unrecognizable size. It has to build for the present. At London the Foreign Office J committee meetings lidermcn strive to an-iwrniiil and extraor-cxiK'iiclitures for the the basis for taxa- They disarmed the guards and herded employees Into one room and opened the vaults with the matched keys. They escaped In two waiting taxis with a million dollars and negotiable bank securities. Strike Vote On Railway May Follow Disagreement was moving down from Emerson, fifty miles south of the capital on the Manitoba-Minnesota border. Winnipeg and Emerson have been Manitoba's two worst trouble zones. The swollen Red River had readied a fifly-one year high record of 44.8 feel at Emerson Sunday. Originally expected late Satur said today that Great Britain would resist any Arab "incur Despite her businesslike leadership of an all-male city council. Mayor Nora Arnold, last night came forth "with a distinctly feminine blush when she received the official congratulations of the aldermen on being chosen "Woman of the Year" by the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The motion was proposed by Alderman George Casey and received the enthusiastic endorsement of his colleagues. "I'm very pleased that the honor came to this city, not only for myself, but for Prince Riiert's sake," Mayor Arnold replied, smiling. "It has focus-sed a good deal of attention on our city." roads, bridges, hospitals, schools sions" Into Palestine before she and all the other equipment of quite where. It is always difficult, perhaps impossible, for any generation of men to recognize the place 'they occupy in the flow of history. But in this year of 1948 we can certainly recognize a remarkable cycle of events. We are faced everywhere by a revolution which calls itself communism and curiously enough that revolution began precisely a century ago this year. It was in 1838 that Karl Marx declared in his original Manifesto that 'a spectre Is haunting Europe,' the spectre of communism, a ghost that has never been laid. The year of the manifesto was a year of general revolution in almost every Euro Tursclay me committee a modern community and al a TANKER HERE FOR REPAIRS day, the Keel River flood crest was delayed in coming and actually was not reached until yesterday. Emerson authorities had An American tanker went dry dock here Monday after lays down the mandate over the Holy Land on May 15. "That remains our intention," a spokesman said in response to questions concerning Britain's position in the event of Trans-Jordan's warrior monarch, King Abdullah, carrying out his reported intention to seize control of Palestine immediately. Trie spokesman said, however, that s will be consolidated 'tial meeting of coun-iinniitice of the whole e rate bylaw will be 's first reading at Uic mpeting 0n May 10. "Ml meeting will bo May 12 to give final time when prices are extremely high. "In other words, our community plant has proved quite inadequate to meet our new population and our increased needs. It is burtsing everywhere at the scams. The government, there of Conciliation Board In Wage Dispute noon for hull repairs. She was sent urgent requests for help to the Standard Oil Co. of Cali- Winnipeg on Sunday. At the fornla vessel Alaska Standard, time of the request, Emerson's 730 tons, which is to have salt ' two main streets were under M to the bylaw. fore, is compelled to build an water' scoops installed on her water to a depth of four feel pean country and most people .ir,l..,.rrarl nlunt onrl IH12 In ll.VPlf hull. The Alaska Standard ar had the feeling then that the "' w. while some sections of the town were under nine feet of water. An unseasonable snowstorm world was falling to pieces We ' amoIe that we the Foreign Office had received no official reports that Arao troops had actually been moved Into Palestine. rived here from Ketchikan on Monday al noon and will return ought to understand that leel-! tmooo.OOO on Era of the Garbage Struggle Back Door Collections Here ing a century later when he wheelo history has made a ill amount the ordmary turn, we, wu, unci. i... . . . mon,.nQt.p nf PK. VETS PENSIONS cil.V householders, that weekly wrestling feeling that the world Is falling ' and' fOTteB with an overloaded garbage can will soon be to pirurs. nnimint.itiir to 7 million, ail ill - to Ketchikan when the repair lashed Alberta renewing danger work is finished. She is under of floods after some abatement command of Capt. Harold Soli- but the high waters were reced-bakke. 1 ing again last night: : : TOD A TS STOCKS : : Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. 0HWHKHKHKHHKHKHKHKl But'what actually was hap-1 rrpas. of , million over last or tlH) past a dark experience relegated to OTTAWA (CP) A conciliation board, established to deal with demands of railway employees for general increases of 35c an hour, has been unable to bring about a settlement of the wage dispute, Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell announced Monday. A majority report of the board recommended that the employees be granted a general increase of 7c an hour, effective last April 8. The employees representative, Samuel Baron, Montreal, urged general wage Increases of 20c an hour. Frarilt H. llall, railway unions' negotiations leader, said today in Montreal that a committee representing eighteen brotherhoods will deal with the majority report of the board of conciliation. He expressed the opinion that the committee will call for a strike vote. of oblivion. pening a hundred years ago this year for tnis particuiar purpose, year? The world was not falling i ...... i' June 1 it can be looked on as one of the to pieces. It was not suffering "V "w". - - "f war .and a dislocation of the immediate f-.,m ih naltiK nf rieath hut from "c " estimated our future needs be- iwlou thai Intruded the labor pains of birth. It was w'y over the thres- voked the following changes In cause have greatly under-.... constructive we beginning the most ... . .v.- estimated our ODUortunities anl MAY BE UPPED OTTAWA (ft TheT House of Commons veterans' affairs committee today voted unanimously to recommend a 25 percent Increase 4n war pensions after a Liberal member had said there were "good prospects" that the government would approve. Earlier by a 16 to 15 vote, the committee defeated Opposition motions for a 33 percent increase and higher cost of living bonus. e atomic nire. nonon in riiiiiiH.ii iiiliii v. Liin Toronto Athona '.. .07 Auniaque 16 Va Heattie 64 Bevcuurt 37 the growth of our province. What Vancouver Bralorno 8.00 B. R. Con 03 1 4 B. R. X , 0(i Cariboo Quartz 1.50 , Dentonia ' .02 "Itruns who waltzed ca'ls in liehinu arms we have seen so far is only the beginning, only the . preface to first period when man, with new machinery, could hope to enjoy anything like a reasonably cum-fortable life. collection charges: 1. Residential rales will be 50 cents a month where formerly they were 35 cents. Tills entitles lhc householder to five standard can collections. For more than bH('k step to the front kly Intervals can the story of our growth during Bubjo .124 the next few years. wiclr children off-a happier aitc with "Now, it would be expensive enough for the government if five cans the charge will be $1 a month. "s of their own hartll- it had only tb enlarge the ex . "What, you may ask, has tills century of history to do with the future of British Columbia? I think it has everything to do with the future of British Columbia. In the world at large, I 2. Two smaller than standard- lUUior, vijo ,l,,li'l. Wnoui sized cans will be considered one isting plant. But at the same time another increased load "Willi Is . . . wiw I THE WEATHER can, providing their capacity Is not greater lhan one can. r 'hose terrible clnvs must be shouldered. More people in British Columbia mean larger Usl to have to carrv W fun h:iir ,.. ... costs in every government department and institution. When SEALER ABANDONED ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. The 25-man crew of the sealing vessel Norma Conrad have abandoned the ship which is being crushed by grinding ice floes off Labrador. Reports say the men have taken to the ice. Another sealer, the Wimoda, has headed to the rescue. believe, we are today, as we were in the revolutionary year of 1838, in the first difficult phase of a great upward movement In man's fortunes as industry, ma Grull Wihksne 04 Hedley Mascot 55 Minto OlVi; Pend Oreille 4.45 Pioneer 2.75 Premier Border 04 Privateer . 10 Reeves McDonald 192 Reno Ofi'z Salmon Gold .17 Sheep Creek l.Ofi Taylor Bridge 40 Taku River 54 Vananda 17 Congress 03 Pacific Eastern 05 Hedley Amalg 02', Spud Valley .12 Central Zeballos 00:,4 Silbak Premier 34 Synopsis A few snow flurries were reported . from the southern Interior during the night but other sections of the province wee clear and cold. Moist air is moving into the northern Gulf of '"UltitUile of bark rl.x.r- you realize that the cost of old age pensions has gone up from lW1' is about to break. chinery and skills sprang up to 3. Restaurants and stores will pay $1.50 a month for three cans a week. For each additional can they will be charged eight cents. 4. Apartment houses and duplex dwellings will pay $1 a month for two cans a week and eight cents each for additional cans collected. The garbage collecting force "W Wil Was inlrnrllwnrl 11 y city council as the $679,000 in 1939-40 to $4,766,000 in 1948-49. you see the kind of expenses we have to carry. And process the raw materials in pverv corner of the earth. And , , ,uf sU'"iKht-courtcsy no part of the earth no part- Buflalu Canadian .09', Consul. Smelters 108.00 Conwcst 1.05 Donalda .72 Eldona 89 Elder . 52 Giant Yellowknife ... 4.1(1 God's Lake 73 Hardiock ltt'j llariicana 61 Vz Heva .10 Hosco 31 Jacknife 04 Va Joliet Quebec 33 Lake liowan 10 Lapaska 05 Little Long Lac 1.01 Lynx .08 Madsen Red Lake 2.70 McKenzie Red Lake 51 McLeod Cockshutt 1.10 Monela 30 Negus 2.20 Noranda : 49.25 Louvicourt 63 Pickle Crow 2.05 Regcourt 04 , San Antonio 3.95 Senator Rouyn .45 Sherrit Gordon 2.50 Steep Rock 2.00 awing lime-peered ,Council chamber of the would ask in reply whether we can afford not to? Can we neglect our out-of-date plant? Can we do without more roads, for instance? And can we afford to "Her Juno i m, i will keen track of all cans col uPcitlcd bv , our costs of social service, now amounting to the formidable figure of $20,324,000 a year are recurring costs that must be met year after year. "It may be asked, can we afford to spend this money? I lected and charges will be made Oils till bnuage ui Ule neglect the health of our people, (Continued on Page Two) w.ii uc collected aors bv n, .... on the basis of the collection records. Thus begins a minor domestic millcnlum.. A. P. Con 20 Calmortt 60 C. & E 5.90 Home 7.75 Alaska and variable cloudiness will develop along the northern coast today. Temperatures are expected to return to normal tomorrow with continued fair weather In most areas. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Char-lotees and North Coast Clear, becoming cloudy this afternoon. Scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Light northerly winds, little change In temperature.- Lows tonight and highs tomorrow: Port Hardy 35 and 50, Massett 38 and 50, Prince Rupert 35 and 50. will feel this movement more directly or more powerfully than British Columbia. "We are feeling it already. The Increase In our population, the development of new industries, the growing output of all varieties of goods, the full employment of our people have greatly and permanently changed the life of this province. But the cost of such development conies high. In British Columbia today we are like" a young couple setting up in housekeeping we I" Evolve a ciiut ....... CIVIC CENTRE In , ""hilt II. lhe honSnh..i,.. ..... m 1 ng chore win be cll- I or Al. TIDES Annual Hobby Show : Wednesday, April 28, 1948 P Service, ART EXHIBITION 19.5 feet or to be more High 4:00 TRUMAN'S APPROVAL? OLYMPIA, Wash. Governor Walgren says he knows of no approval by President Truman of plans for construction of a railroad to Alaska. r-.u'Piion of - .. ..... APRIL 28TH MAY 1ST 16.6 feet 17:19 4.6 feet Silver Collection p 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.; 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Low lit ii " """e in 6 'l. CO!m!i , . 10:50 22:49 9.8 feet -" also in-