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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
94.
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
21,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
V
Critical
Firei
Rates
Issue
s
Up
Today
Jon-Confidence
Uotes
Are
Being
Decided
On
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
House
of
Commons
is
expected
to
vote
today
on
the
ticklish
freight
rates
issue.
Actually,
there
will
be
two
votes,
one
each
on
two
motions
of
want
of
confidence
in
the
government,
which
arise
from
the
recent
21
percent
increase
in
WAITER
REUTHER,
PROMINENT
C.I.O.
LEADER,
IS
TARGET
OF
ASSASSIN
DETROIT
(CP)-
Firing
through
a
window,
an
apparent
would-be
assassin
shot
and
severely
wounded
Walter
P.
Reuther,
president
of
the
C.I.O.
United
Automobile
Workers
Union,
Tuesday
night.
Hastily-summoned
surgeons
placed
Reuther
on
the
operating
table
a
little
more
than
two
hours
after
na(j
keen
sno
aj.
trough
a
I
freight
rate
charges.
window
in
his
home
while
he
HALIBUT
FLEET
HEADING
NORTH
STREAMS
BLOOD
jds
of
people
streara-
Gov't
Holds'
Vote
Margin
Some
Tenseness,
However,
Exists
In
Italy
Following
Election
jil
over
Germany
to
Good
Friday
miracle
arsreuth.
They
came
was
taking
a
midnight
snack.
Authorities
Immediately
began
an
inquiry
and
Prosecutor
James
McNally
said
Reuther
blamed
the
shooting
on
management,
communists
or
a
screwball,"
Reuther's
condition
is
described
as
"excellent,
all
things
considered."
NOMINATIONS
One
of
the
votes
of
confidence
has
been
moved
by
the
C.C.P.
group
and
the
other
by
the
Pro-
gressive
-
conservaUve
party.
Both
motions
criticze
the
government
for
not
holding
up
the
Increase
but
the
Progressive-Conservative
motion
goes
a
bit
further.
It
censures
the
government
for
falling
to
remove
inequalities
in
the
freight
rate
structure
before
the
increase
becomes
effective.
While
acceptance
by
the
House
of
either
of
these
motions
could
mean
the
govern
yi
t
ji
fv
-
f
1
u
i
Of
SEATTLE
..Doughty
fishing
vessels
upped
anchors
at
a
dozen
west
coast
ports
yesterday
to
head
for
Alaska
in
an
open
scramble
for
choice
locations
on
the
North
Pacific
halibut
grounds.
A
record
armada
of
six
hundred
ships
Is
expected
to
be
dispersed
throughout
the
area
when
the
season
opens
May
1.
r
at
the
possession
or.
;a
Neuman
(above)
fds
from
wounds
each
.day.
Out
of
nail-like
a
her
palms
and
out
shoulder,
where
the
Tied
the
cross,
blood
ich
year
on
the
an-ot
His
death.
ROME
P
Virtually
complete
official
count
of
the
popular
vote
in
the
Italian
Chamber
of
Deputies
as
a
result
of
the
first
of
the
week
elections
shows
that
Premier
Alclde
de
Gasperl's
ARE
RECALLED
WASHINGTON,
DC.,
The
White
House
yesterday
announced
that
President
Truman
was
renominating
mem
Christian
Democrats
got
48
7
percent
of
the
ballots
cast.
i.
HAN
TO
FRITZ
KUHN
IS
SENTENCED
ment's
defeat,
the
administration
is
believed
to
have
marshalled
enough
support
of
dis-sldient
members
in
its
own
ranks
to
ensure
rejection
of
both
opposition
thrusts.
'
With
only
156
of
41,647
precincts
missing,
the
Communist-
MRS.
ROOSEVELT
IS
GUEST
OF
ROYAL
FA
MILY
Mrs.
Eleanor
Roosevelt,
in
London
to
dedicate
a
statue
of
her
husband,
Is
shown
at
Windsor
Castle
with
the
royal
family.
Left
to
right:
Queen
Elizabeth,
Mrs.
Roosevelt,
King
George,
Queen
Mother
Mary
and
Princess
Margaret
Rose.
mm
bers
of
the
Atomic
Energy
Com
i
led
Popular
Front
got
30.7
per-
'
onnl
tit
Vi
a
mt
a
mission
for
new
terms
and
then,
1
MUNICH,
m
Fritz
Kuhn
(missing
former
leader
of
the
without
explanation,
suddenly
The
Christian
Democrat
vote
was
12,681.527
to
7,995,601
for
!L
IUIHL
recalled
the
announcement.
German-American
merican
Bund,
Bund,
was
was
As
first
announced
Truman
convicted
-j
.
.
in
absentia
yesterday
j
YIT
171
C1
CI
tn
H
denazification
I
LLtl
1sVJLVjj
tne
Front-
Rupert
Ruvai
Cana-
Force
veteran
is
to
be
In
third
P,ace
ls
the
Indepen-
was
nominating
Sumner
T.
Pike
uethtJ
by
a
Bavarian
varlan
LEWIS
CALLS
MEN
TO
WORK
Appeals
to
American
Coal
bv
the
Governor
aem
socialist
unity
party
wnicn
court
as
a
major
Nazi
izi
offender
offender
and
was
sentenced
for
a
four-year
term,
Lewis
I.
Strauss
for
three
years,
William
Waymack
for
two
years
and
Robert
F.
Bacher
for
one
year.
it
llied
wilh
Christian
in-
ne
,t
Canada
at
an
t
Vancouver
on
May
Democrats
in
the
government.
to
serve
10
TVf
.
I
Platform
years
in
a
labor
camp
found.
The
court
was
Miners
to
Return
to
Jobs
Kuhn
had
had
ties
with
Adolf
1
tnir.iiTmrrrM
r
ih.
T
Armine
G,
Boas,
sanl-
has
1.848,80
votes
or
7.1
per-nd
former
technical
cent-
n
the
Air
Force
who
Is
Meanwhile,
with
Italian
com-
the
British
Empire
munlsts
demanding
representa-
Mmu1U,
y.v,.
v,
-
xx.
HiUer
and
ha(j
attempted
snite
of
the
conviction
and
fines
trmminn
vi
m
v,
'
John
Bracken
Gives
Keynote
Speech
at
t'.-C.
Convention
OTTAWA,
'ffl
John
Bracken.
.
.
-
MacdjjtMi,
ii
io
tucaivsgjr
U1W
HAw
imposed
upon
himself
and
his
United
States.
He
escaped
from
camp
on
prQ?rasive
.
Conservative
lead
Dachau
internment
February
4.
tion
in
the
cabinet
under
threat
j
m
his
citation,
of
causing
dangerous
tenstlon,
ring
as
a
hospital
violence"
has
broken
out
both
In
isolated
Fogo
Isl-
the
north
and
south
of
the
coun-SVwfoundland.
in
1944
try
In
protest
at
"election
fraud."
I
commended
for
the
Six
Socialist
leaders
have
de-
lis
commanding
offi-
manded
that
their
ionowers
PLAN
FOR
PALESTINE
United
Mine
Workers'
Union,
John
L.
Lewl3
last
night,
in
a
direct
appeal,
called
upon
strilo-ing
miners
to
return
to
their
jobs.
The
assistant
attorney-general
indicated
that,
if
the
miners
went
back
to
work,
civil
prosecution
would
not
be
proceeded
with
and
no
further
penalties
'
would
be
sought.
THE
WEATHER
Clouds
were
thickening
"
over
the
province
this
morning
in
advance
of
a
storm
whloK
is
apr
proaching
the
B.C.
coast.
Rain
fell
over
most
of
the
coastal
areas
during
the
night
and
commenced
in
the
southern
Vancouver
Island
and
the
Lower
Mainland
areas
this
morning.
The
storm
will
move
inland
late
this
afternoon
and
give
occasional
rain
in
the
Interior
tonight.
Another
storm
centre
is
forming
off
the
Oregon
coast
and
will
give
continued
unsettled
weather
over
the
province
tomorrow.
Forecast
STANDINGS
IN
ITALY
ROME
A
late
tabulation
indicates
that
Premier
.Alcide
de
Gasperi's
Christian-Democrat
party
wui
hold
oii
of
the
574
seats
in
the
new
Italian
Chamber
of
Deputies.'
Communist
led
Popular
Front
parties,
will
hold
178.
Christian-Democrats
wiii
hold
130
seats
in
the
Senate
against
74
by
the
Popular
Front.
TAX
GOING
THROUGH
VICTORIA
British
Columbia's
three
per
cent
sales
tax
was
given
third
reading
in
the
Legislature
Tuesday
night.
The
C.C.F.
made
a
last
minute
attempt
to
block
the
Act's
passage
by
moving
a
six
month
hoist.
The
motion
was
defeated
25
to
12.
1945
withdraw
Irom
association
wim
er,
yesterday
placed
the
basis
of
his
party's
platform
before
sup
porters
from
all
parts
of
Una
country.
;
Mr.
Bracken
said
he
favors
a
broad
contributory
social
security
scheme
and
told
of
other
things
his
party
would
do
if
elected
in
the
next
general
federal'
election.
The
Progressive-Conservative
leader
made
It
clear
he
wa3
receive
the
medal
at
the
communist
party.
ot
Viscount
Alexander
:stiture
to
be
held
at
services
headquarters,
MENNONITES
TO
VOTE
VICTORIA
Mennonitse
and
Hutterites
were
given
the
franchise
in
amendments
to
the
Provincial
Elections
Act
brought
down
in
the
Legislature
Tuesday.
Japanese,
Douk-hobors
and
native
Indians
are
still
excluded
unless
they
served
in
the
armed
forces.
TENSION
AGAIN
LONDON
Russian
disputes
with
the
western
powers
over
Germany
and
Austria
sharpened
today
with
new
thrusts
and
counter-thrusts.
A
Russian
commission
has
found
the
British
plane
responsible
for
an
air
crash
over
Berlin
April
15
in
which
15
persons
died.
VANCOUVER
WINS
MAGRATII,
Alta.
Vancouver
defeated
Magrath,
Alberta,
by
a
score
of
83
to
59
in
the
first
of
a
two-game
total
point
series
for
the
Alberta-British
Columbia
basketball
championship.
Tentative
Proposals
Put
Forward
by
United
States
LAKE
SUCCESS,
P)
A
47
MINE
TAX
IS
PASSED
incouver.
The
three
'"11
be
represented
at
point
trusteeship
plan
for
em-
Should
the
coal
strike
flare
anew,
Lewis
might
face
a
still
battled
Palestine
was
yesterday
counting
on
the
support
of
his
itiire
and
there
will
ceremonies
attendant
VICTORIA
After
four
divi-
offered
by
the
United
States
listeners
who
are
here
to
at-for
consideration
by
the
United
tend
a
three-day
annual
meet-Nations.
It
was
made
clear
that
ing
of
the
Progressive
Conser-
presentation
ol
the
t
slons
and
threi,
hours
0f
to
a
large
number
of
,
bat
tne
four
per
cent
tax
bill
bigger
fine
and
even
jail
for
civilian
contempt
on
Friday.
Meanwhile,
the
result
of
Lewis'
Prince
Rupert,
ueen
inar
it
was
not
a
formal
rjroposal
but
i
vative
Association
of
Canada.
Ion
mining
operations
passed
i0ttes
and
North
Coast
dtwatin
was
won
lhe
Britlsn
Columbia
Legislature
mlUent
rairr
today
and
devaotmn
to
duty
,
vpstprdav.
The
C.C.F.
wanted
wlnrfS
southeast
115
m.p
appeal
(
)
the
miners
to
hurry
was
mereIy
brought
forward
for
back
to
the
pits
was
an
ava
The
convention
ends
today
and
closing
sessions
are
expected
to
be
highlighted
with
reports
Of
the
resolution
com-
PiN
his
station
of-
the
tax
increased.
h.)
increasing
to
southeast
25
m.
comment.
A
group
of
powers
to
be
selected
later
should
defend
Pal-
wment
incidental
to
H.irnlH
Winch
ODDOSition
v.
iv,t
Tlttlp
chanee
in
15-MiLE
GAP
STILL
REMAINS
ON
HIGHWAY
estine
and
keep
order,
the
docu-
mittee.
That
committee
may
ment
said.
It
did
not
commit
give
some
indication
of
the
re-
mendation:
"Hospital
kader
fended
that
estimat-
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
ot
extreme
dexterity.
ed
$750X0o
revenue
from
the
w
ns
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
40
ommended
for
the
B
Act
was
.,meagre
return
to
the
anbd
48
Massett
38
and
45,
r,f
ovrlnitatirm
of
nat-
i
o..nn.f
JQ
onrt
4i
ception
to
Mr.
Bracken's
announced
policies.
lanche
of
orders
from
twenty-seven
unions
to
the
coal
diggers
to
be
back
on
the
job
in
force
by
Monday
at
the
latest.
The
air
was
cleared
at
once
and
the
pension
strike,
which
began
March
15,
seemed
to
be
definitely
over.
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
offeree
to
Lewis
its
"ut-
f!"'
rnu
nuirciK
ition
(,rf...
:B
,
United
States
troops
to
any
enforcement
program
nor
did
it
specify
who
would
maintain
peace.
a
7
T
8
"
.
"
lural
resources."
ouuunding
hospital
Hon
Herbert
Anscomb,
minis-nohas
displayed
ex-
K
r
nt
finan(,e
said
the
measure
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
April
22,
1948
Margarine
Is
To
Fore
'u
and
resourceful-
ji..j
t,P
niace
waa
wvuiqftvu
ww
n
.
f)fl
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
E.
Starr
returned
to
the
city
this
after
Public
Works
Department
snow
removal
crews
from
Print
e
Rupert
and
Terrace
are
working
to
narrow
down
the
15-mile
gap
which
is
still
blocked
with
winter
snow
on
the
Skecna
River
Highway
between
Kwinitsa
and
andling
medical
prob-
I
1
Radio
1
Unit,
Fogo
ol
tne
two
per
ceni.
"
12:50
21.6
feet
21.0
feet
2.8
feet
3.8
feet
value
of
ore
mined
which
was
most
support
in
the
struggle
for
noon
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
Costa
Rica's
War
Over
Edition
to
services
6:39
"
declared
ultra
vlres
ln
a
court
Low
18:50
13
C
O.
has
success'
decision
last
year.
1
,
the
miners."
'an
extended
trip
to
the
south.
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Liberals
In
Both
Commons
and
Senate
I'rge
Removal
of
Ban
OTTAWA
Bitter
criticism
Exstew
about
60
miles
east
ol
the
city.
No
definite
predictions
are
being
made
as
to
when
the
road
'r-ded
a
large
number
"a
medical
cases
for
"'her
facilities
exist.
!n
to
duty
under
''fumstances
is
con-
ll,rthy
of
the
highest
..ition.''
of
the
ban
on
margarine
loomed
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
will
be
open
to
traffic
since
the
yesterday
in
boln
Houses
oi
frozen
condition
of
the
snow
is
Parliament
and
it
all
came
from
Bevcourt
35
Bobjo
.12'2
V
and
Horses
Insurgents
Assume
Control
As
Former
President
Flees
CARTAGO,
Costa
Rica
0
Rebel
Leader
Jose
Figueres
rushed
couriers
to
his
armies
today
to
halt
further
bloodshed
after
ratifying
an
agreement
with
the
government
aimed
at
settling
revolt-torn
Costa
Rica's
civil
war
in
which
the
insurgents
appeared
to
be
the
victors.
Former
President
Teodoro
Picardo
Michalski
and
about
thirty-five
ex-government
officials
arranged
to
flee
from
a(l
In
Fire
'
-LV'LLE,
Rhode
Island
Liberals.
In
the
House
of
Commons
James
Sinclair,
Liberal,
Vancouver
North,
roared
out
in
all
directions
time
and
again.
His
attack
was
aimed
straight
at
the
cabinet
and
his
own
Liberal
party.
The
Senate
heard
the
same
sort
of
thing
from
four
Liberal
senators.
making
hoavy
going
for
equipment
on
both
ends
of
the
obstructed
area.
However,
if
a
spell
of
warm
weather
were
to
arrive,
the
joo
could
be
completed
in
a
relatively
short
period
because
the
snow
would
soften
and
make
the
work
easier.
Public
Works
crews
have
bunk
cars
and
kitchen'
cars
near
Uv?
job
nnd
are
remaining
out
all
JJ1
known
onlv
as
ard
Bolts"
anrt
as
ra
horses
perished
n
fire
swept
ou';
barns
at
Pascoag
enly-sevcti
horses
i
ln
the
ruins
cn.
However,
the
full
scale
drive
week,
rather
than
coming
in
at
fbr
support
o
the
controversial
',adly
burned
thov
ha.i
Buffalo
Canadian
.09
Con.
Smelters
107.75
Conwest
.90
Donalda
.75
Eldona
-
.92
Elder
.48
Giant
Yellowknife
4.05
Hardrock
-
.15
Harricana
-
.06
Vi
Heva
.lO'j
'
Hosco
.32
Jacknife
.04
Joliet
Quebec
.
-
.33
Lake
Rowan
,
.10
Lapaska
.05
Yt
Little
Long
Lac
.99
Lynx
07
'i
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.50
McKenzle
Red
Lake
.53-McLeod
Cockshutt
......
1.02
Moneta
-
.27
Negus
2.14
Noranda
'.
-
.49.00
the
end
of
each
clay,
consequent
One
horse
ran
"re
truck
and
butter
substitute
does
not
mean
that
the
margarine
question
has
been
brought
to
a
head.
In
Commons,
partcularly,
it
may
Costa
Rica
today.
Former
officials
booked
reservations
on
Pan-American
planes
less
than
twenty-four
hours
after
the
peace
agreement
had
been
signed
by
Picardo
and
a
representative
of
Figueres.
The
agreement
provides
San-
""
an
automobile
Vancouver
Bralorne
7.G0
B.
R.
Con
02
'a
B.
R.
X
06
Cariboo
Quartz
1-26
Dentonia
-
.02
Grull
Wihksne
...
04
Hedley
Mascot
53
Minto
t
01
Vt
Pend
Oreille
3.95
Pioneer
2.70
Premier
Border
03
14
Privateer
19
Reeves
McDonald
1.65
Reno
08
2
Salmon
Gold
16'2
Sheep
Creek
100
Taylor
Bridge
40
Taku
RiVer
54
Vananda
20
Congress
-
.024
Pacific
Eastern
05
,
Spud
Valley
12
Central
Zeballos
00
Silbak
Premier
-
.32,
Oils
A.
P.
Con
-
.19
Calmont
-
.58
C.
&
E
6.25
Home
7.90
Toronto
,
Athona
-
.07
Aumaque
16
Beattle
67
killed.
AJN
ASKS
ly,
the
office
here
is
receiving
little
information
on
the
progress
of
the
clearing.
In
some
places
along
the
road,
winter
snow
is
packed
to
a
depth
of
more
than
six
feet
and
this
has
been
increased
by
more
recent
snowfalls.
Earlier
this
week,
snow
fell
to
a
depth
of
eight
inches
at
the
Rainbow
Lake
summit.
No
word
as
to
the
amount
of
snow
which
fell
further
east
lias
been
received
ly
the
Public
Works
office
here.
1(ISTS
ltos
Leon
Herrera
yesterday
as-isumed
the
Interim
presidency
'until
May
8
when
It
is
believed
a
constituent
assembly
will
be
am;,"
u"n
author-
called.
not
be
even
put
to
a
vote
this
session.
It
will
probably
not
be
discussed
again
for
another
month.
Fort
Worth
Wins
From
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
(P
Fort
Worth
Rangers
of
the
United
States
Hockey
League
clubbed
their
way
to
a
five
to
three
victory
over
Vancouver
Canucks
of
the
fan,.!-
CU
IB
rritv
uie
Pst-
the
war
crime
:
trials
NUREMBURG-At
KRUPP
ON
TRIAL
IN
the
The
rebel
leaders
will
continue
to
advance
upon
the
capital,
leaders
said,
avoiding
firing
as
much
as
possible.
Armed
troops
roamed
the
streets
of
San
Jose,
the
capital,
today
and
sporadic
shooting
was
heard
in
spite
of
the
peace
agreement.
Louvicourt
.57
Pickle
Crow
-
1.90
Regcourt
T
.06'
San
Antonio
3.85
Senator
Rouyn
.39
.
Sherrit
Gordon
2.20
Steep
Rock
.
2.05
Sturgeon
River
16
Silver
Miller
.29
in
Nurembu
g
Ge7;any
Alfred
Krupp
(centre,
owner
of
Andrew
Thompson
returned
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
af
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
in
rractwns,
Britain
ternoon
from
a
business
trip
to
the
first
game
of
an
exhlbl-
cSL
ciL'antic
Krupp
munitions
comumc,
labor.
!..
Krupp
was
forced
-
to
sit
his
treatment
of
slave
Shis
ormer
financial
director,
Ewald
Loeser
(right).
The
SSm
of
personal
quarrel.
ft
KrupP
in
1943
as
a
result
a
Vancouver.
tion
series.
1