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Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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XXXVII,
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No.
305.
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Win
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Hail
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DOMINION
taWA
Record
-brcak-i.aes
of
production,
externa!
I
income
and
employment
STORM
STRIKES
HARD
The
worst
storm
to
strike
the
Vancouver
area
in
13
years
caused
damage
estimated
at
hundreds
,of
thousands
of
dollars.
Wet
snow
toppled
communication
Rate
Struggle
B.C.
Men
Are
Appointed
OTTAWA(CP)
Broad
nowers
which
die:
deeply
-f
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f
,J
;
'"n't
'
-1
it
""i"u
-
atu
vanfloa
s
ivta
maus-vrir.
Trade
Mini.ster
Howe
year
1948,"
he
wrote
in
f-nd
review
of
trade
and
ry.
"has
been
marked
by
sliest
levels
of
'production
rterual
trade
in
our
peace-.ilstury
and
by
Icrels
of
inane!
employment
which
never
been
exceeded
at
any
Forrestal
Asks
I
Military
Aid
to
!
Non-Ccmmunists
WASHINGTON
Defence
Secretary
James
Forrestal
on
Wednesday
night
urged
military
aid
to
non-communist
Europe
JURY
FINDS
MURDER
III
GIRL'S
DEATH
VICTORIA
P)
A
coroner's
jury
found
Wednesday
that
into
Canadian
transportation
problems,
particularly
railways,
have
been
vested
in
the
new
Royal
Commission
on
National
Trans-
poles,
isolating
British
Columbia
from
the
rest
of
the
world
for
15
hours.
This
photo,
taken
on
Lulu
Island,
near
Vancouver,
shows
how
telegraph
lines
were
swept
down.
(C.
P.
Photo)
New
Year
Prospect
Good
Despite
High
Jobless
Level
GROWING
POPULATION
BRINGS
MORE
EMPLOYMENT,
HIGHER
SCALE
OF
UN-EMPLOYMENT
THAN
PREVIOUS
YEAR
Prince
Rupert
will
enter
1949
in
a
better
position
from
a
standpoint
of
employment
than
it
has
in
any
post-war
year,
despite
the
fact
that
unemployment
insurance
claims
are
at
a
high
level.
.
-
Claims
registered
at
the
Unemployment
Commission
Office
here
now
total
560,
a
slight
increase
over
even
though
the
cost
may
"necessitate
hard
decisions
by
our
I
port.
Linda
Jean
King,
three-year-old
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Edgar
people."
In
""iieral
the
commission's
Seditions
are
eood
in
Can-:ram
every
point
of
view."
I
at
the
s;niK'
time,
he
not-
King,
View
Royal,
was
"murder
ed
by
person
or
persons
un
In
his
annual
report
U
President
Truman
he
laid
down
a
program
to
bring
greater
harmony
among
the
often-quarrel
.!
rhi
Hpnpndpnep
tit
f!un-
known."
The
little
girl
was
found
shot
through
the
head,
lying
beside
thi
family
Christmas
tree
early
dimiestic
prasperlty
upon
reign
tnrde
never
has
been
apparent
than
in
the
last
authority
closely
follows
the
lines
demanded
by
the
seven
provinces
whose
dissatisfaction
v
ith
the
rail
freight
set-up
prodded
the
government
into
taking
action.
Hon.
W.
F.
A.
Turgeon,
High
Commissioner
to
Eire,
will
head
!
?
.
.
...
.
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r
-
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nse-sl
serious
nrntj-
ling
armed
services.
He
also
urged
a
universal
military
training
law
to
become
effective
when
the
draft
was
no
longer
required.
(
on
Christmas
Day
when
the
the
dismal
year
of
1947,
but
at
mother
went
to
the
house
to
came
from
abroad,
from
I
ibiiiiy
ol
her
customers
to
codk
dinner.
The
body
of
the
the
board.
Other
members
in
fasher,
dead
from
-
a
bullet
wolmd
in
the
head,
lay
near
the
clude
Henry
F.
Angus,
head
of
the
Department
of
Economics,
.it;,
"hyrd
currency"
for
imports
und
from
the
is
wrought
in
the
very
jre
of
world
trade
and
linancc.
NEGEV
FIGHT
CONTINUING
TEL
AVIV
W
An
Israeli
army
spokesman
said
today
that
fight-in;?
is
still
going
on
in
the
Negev
the
same
time,
more
people
are
working
than
at
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
Prospect
for
increasing
employment
are
good
for
the
coming
year,
according
to
Unemployment
Insurance
Officer
E.
V.
Whiting,
who
feels
that
the
die
university
of
British
Columbia,
FOURTH
PLACE
IS
N.H.L.
KEY
MID-SERIES
SPOT
giro's
body.
An
inquiry
into
the
death
of
th
father
will
be
held
today.
Evidence
showed
that
there
had
been
marital
trouble
between
ar.d,
Hi'vold
Iunis,
professor
of
Political
Economy,
also
of
the
:nn
tll,
Invpvl
nifiU
1-HU.m
!
University
of
British
Columbia.
the
parents.
desert
in
southern
Palestine.
He
trict
Is
in
the
early
stage
of
a
said
that
the
battle
was
less
in-
period
of
steady
growth.
jed
and
a
"phenomenal"
:i-20
per
cent
of
the
y's
euMte
national
out-.i-s
devoted
J
capital
tx-
WEINERS
VIA
MAILSLOT
Aiadino
Fanini
gazes
forlornly
from
his
three-room
Vancouver
home
in
which
he
choe
to
stay
when
it
was
padlocked
as
a
bootleg
establishment.
A
friend
is
slipping
weiners
and
chocolate
bars
through
me
letter
slot.
Later,
Fanini
left
the
house
to
appear
in
court
as
a
witness
and.
police
locked
him
out.
T'anini
somehow
got'
back
in
his
hmssn
and
later
was
arrested.
tense
than
earlier
in
the
week,
I
UUICIUEIZE
t'.jre.s
on
plant,
equipment,
TORONTO
Vfi
They're
not
contesting
-
National
-Hockey
League
leadership
right
now.
The
big
fight
is
over
the
fourth
and
last
playoff
spot
and
Toronto
AUSTRIAN
NAZI
IS
SENTENCED
VIENNA
W
Herman
Goering's
"S
and
construction.
iirity
had
been
expanded
but
over
a
wider
area.'
Air
activity
on
both
sides
was
reported
confined
to
areas
where
ground
fighting
was
in
progress.
The
United
Nations
Security
Council
yesterday
ordered
another
"cease
fire"
in
Palestine
and
the
withdrawal
of
Jewish
troops.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
"While
more
people
are
actually
unemployed
this
winter
than
a
year
ago,
there
are
also
more
people
working.
This
is
an
indication
of
a.
population
growth
.
during
the
last
12
months,"
he
;
said.
Here
are
the
current
unemployed
figures
for
the
dlstrlpt,
which
includes
the
area
as
far
east
as
Burns
Lake,
with
comparative
figures
for
December,
SUMATRA
OIL
BAT
VIA,
Java
T
The
Dutch
authorities
announced
today
they
seized
the
last
economically
important'
area
controlled
by
the
Indonesian
Republic,
the
Djambl
oil
fields
of
Southern
Sumatra.
The
installations
were
undam
and
the
Montreal
Canadiens
should
help
the
year
to
a
rousing
finish
tonight
when
they
clash.
The
two
Canadian
teams
meet
again
Saturday
at
Toronto,
and
"h
long
-establish
d
Indus-
'
jsmolor
vehicles,
farm
ma-
ry
and
textiles.
Now
in-
j
f-
had
bern
successfully
j
islic
d
and
consolidated,
as
i
'
"
ease
of
synthetic
rubber.
brother-in-law,
Dr.
Franz
Hue-ber,
today
was
sentenced
to
18
years'
hard
labor
by
a
Viennese
peoples'
court
for
high
treason
and
Illegal
membership
in
the
Nazi
party.
He
was
Austrian
Minister
of
Justice
before
the
RAILWAY
MAKES
CHANGES
IN
GEN.
MANAGERS
WINNIPEG
Appointment
of
A
Jewish
spokesman
said
that
the
result
of
the
mldseason
ser-1
his
government
has
received
no
I
tries
which
onoe
were
les
could
be
important
when
the
aged
"on
the
whole,"
but
efforts
Anchluss.
word
of
the
Security
Council
order,
therefore
it
has
not
dealt
with
the
question.
Very
active
Pacific
storm
is
sweeping
toward
the
B.C.
coast
this
morning
preceded
by
gale
force
iouUieasteriy
winds
and
rain.
The
storm
is
expected
to
cross
most
sections
of
the
coasi
this
afternoon
and
to
be
followed
by
cloudy
and
showery
weather.
Snow
will
spread
over
tiie
Interior
Uiis
afternoon
ahead
of
the
storm.
The
southwesterly
winds
following
this
disturbance
are
GAS
EXPORT
hart
lnreased
their
ean-tn
the
point
where
they
i
in
first-rate
Importance.
out
aluminum,
plasties,
icals
and
machine
tools
diyovcry
and
d.-velnp-nf
new
raw
materials
and
IS
OPPOSED
an
assistant
general
manager
for
the
Western
Region
is
announced
today
by
J.
P.
Johnson,
vice
president.
The
new
official
is
D.
V.
Guilder,
formerly
general
superin
1947:
1948
1947
Males
410
305
Females
150
173
Total
560
523
Most
of
the
present
unemployment
is
caused
by
seasonal
lay
to
set
fire
to
them
in
line
with
the
scorched
earth
policy
resulted
in
a
few
important
fires.
The
seizure
marked
the
part
of
the
Dutch
Army's
race
to
complete
the
campaign
before
the
cease
fire
order
became
effective
on
Friday
at
midnight.
CALGARY
Calgary
will
op
pose
the
export
of
natural
gas
Six-Power
Parley
'
In
February
"m
resources
went
on
1
tendent
of
motive
power
and
car
outside
of
the
province
until
consumers
arc
assured
of
adequate
long
term
supply
at
fair
expected
to
once
more
keep
temperatures
above
ireezing
over
the
coast.
prices,
the
city
council
committee
said
yesterday.
It
was
prev
last
vital
games
are
totted
in
the
record
book.
I
Detroit
Red
Wings
extended
their
lead
to
three
points
by
walloping
the
Boston
Bruins
10-2
in
last
night's
sole
game.
The
Bruins,
in
second
'place,
are
just
half-a-game
ahead
of
the
Chicago
Blackhawks
and
the
latter
hold
a
five-point
margin
over
Montreal.
Toronto
has
fifth
spot
with
a
one-game
lead
over
New
York.
'
'
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
toast
League
Los
Angeles
5,
San
Diego
2
San
Francisco
3,
Fresno
2
Portland
3,
Seattle
0
Oakland
5,
New
Westminster
1
TROOPS
MASSING
ON
CHINESE-BURMA
BORDER
Forecast
Oueen
Charlottes
and
North
iously
mooted
that
B.
C.
might
get
supplies
of
Alberta
gas.
equipment.
Atlantic
region,
who
lias
been
located
at
Moncton
for
several
years.
Mr.
Gonder
will
arrive
in
Winnipeg
early
in
the
New
Year
to
make
his
headquarters
here.
Mr.
Gonder
Is
the
son
of
Baptist
missionary
parents
and
was
horn
In
Pingyao,
China,
in
1908.
In
early
youth
he
was
brought
to
Canada
and
decided
on
rail
LONDON
The
Ruhr
International
Authority
announced
Tuesday
by
the
six-power
London
Conference,
will
be
set
up
in
February
with
its
headquarters
probably
at
Dusseldorf,
it
was
authoritatively
forecast
yesterday.
Proposed
Military
Security
Board,
linked
with
international
authority,
is
also
expected
to
begin
functioning
shortly
.
offs
in
the
fishing
and
logging
industry,
the
former
being
the
backbone
of
the
district's
economy.
Closing
of
the
Silbak
Premier
mine
at
Stewart
added
a
few
unemployed
to
the
current
roster,
Mr.
Whiting
says,
but
this
has
been
somewhat
offset
by
activity
at
the
Silver
Standard
mine
at
Hazelton,
which
now
employs
about
50
men.
i
"One
of
the
bright
spots
in
the
picture
Is
the
Torbrlt
Silver
Canada
now
could
look
'"1
witli
i-ntnnism
"even
ihr
next
century,"
with
the
"slvc
array
of
develop
-;
which
now
were
in
their
'y.
ada
had
new
products
to
the
world
markets.
Her
try
was
efficient
and
its
ie
low.
With
a
vital
in-in
a
large
and
nxuaudinu
trade,
she
had
b?en
at
the
;ljnl
of
International
con-for
the
reduction
of
barriers
around
the
world.
LOCAL
TIDES
.
Friday,
December
31,
1948
RANGOON
P
Four
battalions
of
Kachin
troops
were
rushed
to
Huih
2:20
19.4
feet
the
China-Burma
border
today
following
reports
of
Chinese
bandits
massing
to
attack
Sin
13:50
21.7
feet
Low
7:55
8.2
feet
20:30
2.0
feet
lunkaba,
a
commercial
town
on
roading
as
a
career.
He
became
apprenticed
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways
in
10'J5
in
the
Coast
Rain
mixed
with
snow,
becoming
cloudy
with
showers
by
this
evening.
Cloudy
with
showers
of
rain
or
snow
and
rain
mixed
tomorrow.
Winds
southeasterly
(45i
shifting
and
decreasing
to
southwesterly
(30
1
this
afternoon
and
to
southerly
(20i
overnight.
Milder.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
at
Port
hardy,
33
and
31!;
Massett,
31
and
35;
Prince
Rupert
33
and
37.
the
frontier.
Earlier
reports
said
Canadian
shops
at
Stratford
and
five
years
that
200
bandits
attacked
the
town
Christmas
Day,
obtaining
;:
TODAYS
STOCKS
::
arms
and
ammunition.
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
1
td.
FisheryValue
i
i
i.
i
FIRST
SKY-WRITING
ACE
RUMORS
Skywriting
was
first
used
In
later
he
transferred
to
Toronto
us
mechanical
draughtsman.
He
worked
his
way
through
the
department
and
returned
to
Stiatford
as
shop
foreman.
In
i!H2
he
was
appointed
superintendent
of
the
motive
power
shops
in
Montreal
and
two
years
later
he
was
moved
to
Moncton
Toronto
Athona
11
i
England
about
1922.
POD
CHINA
mine
at
Alice
Arm,"
he
said.
"While
it
is
not
in
production
yet.
it
will
employ
between
250
and
300
sometime
early
in
the
year."
.
Another
is
the
Columbia
Cellulose
operation
which
will
employ
about
1,500
men
in
plant
construction
and
in
the
woods
when
work
begins.
At
present,
preliminary
operations
at
the
Watson
Island
plant
site
are
dormant
during
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
season.
Work
will
re-(Contlnued
on
page
4)
INKING
War
or
peace
Aumaque
,
17
'z
Beattie
51
Bevcourt
23
Bobjo
131i
4
i?
itt
fv'P
is
nigner
OTTAWA
(CP)-Fish-ermen
on
Canada's
coasts
took
in
about
$13,000,000
more
in
the
first
eleven
months
of
this
year
than
they
did
in
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
The
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported
Wednesday
that
the
V
Mil
Hooded
Nankinii
today,
11
government
spokesman
11
reports
that
Chian
Kal
lifs
called
together
his
""ants
to
discuss
China's
al
future.
said
the
spokesman
as
general
superintendent
of
the
motive
power
and
car
shops
in
charge
of
the
Atlantic
region.
Oilier
Important
changes
in
the
operating
department
of
the
C.N.U.
efiective
January
1
are
announced
us
follows:
Will
Buffalo
Canadian
18
Consol.
Smeltesr
121.75
.
Conwcst
.".
132
Donalda
56
Eldona
'..
72
East
Sullivan
3.15
""""U
i--nuan,
ui
a
nisi,
4.65
.43
.21
Giant
Yellowknife
God's
Lake
Hardrock
iam
McSparron,
formerly
superintendent
or
transportation,
Manitoba
district
is
appointed
assistant
to
the
general
manager,
ESTABLISH
LOSS
FUND
landed
value
of
sea
fisheries
went
up
from
$42,744,000
to
$56,439,000
during
the
eleven
months.
The
quantity
also
in
conference,
the
Chinese
lry
leaders
came
for
"Con-'tions
rather
than
a
confer-This
is
taken
to
mean
""'.V
are
here
to
rindividual,
r
than
collective
talks
with
''1R.
Vancouver
Bayonne
04
Bralorne
8.60
B.
R.
Con
.03
B.
R.
X
08&
Cariboo
Quartz
122
Congress
03
12
Hedley
Mascot
'.40
Pend
Oreille
.v
5.45
Pioneer
3.15
Premier
Border
03
V
Privateer
14
Vz
Reeves
McDonald
2.95
Reno
06
Vi.
Sheep
Creek
1.47
Silbak
Premier
35
Taku
River
30
Salmon
Gold
HMs
Spud
Valley
06
Vananda
42
Oils-
Anglo
Canadian
4.40
A.
P.
Con
23
Atlantic
.93
Caunont
51
C.
&
E
6.20
Central
Leduc
1.60
Hofne
Oil
14.50
Mercury
1934
Okalta
1.60
Pacific
Pete
2
75
Princess
38
,
Royal
Canadian
.12
Vi
South
Erazeau
19
creased
from
1,084,000,000
to
1,181,000,000
pounds.
Other
features
of
the
report
were
record
catches
In
the
Atlantic
haddock
fishery
and
in
the
Pacific
herring
catch.
VANCOUVER
Pi
Dependents
of
B.
C.
Fishermen
who
die
in
Marine
disasters
may
soon
be
assisted
by
Union
Welfare
Fund.
They
have
had
a
fund
for
a
year
(Herring
Pilchard
Welfare
Fund)
to
reimburse
fishermen
who
lose
their
personal
kit
in
disasters.
It
was
established
by
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
SIMP
AHOY!
KYO
CP
A.Twi
inliuihiiT
Jan-
succeeding
J.
R.
McMillan,
promoted
to
general
.superintendent.
Robert
A.
Craven,
formerly
transportation
assistant,
is
pro-moled
superintendent
of
transportation,
Manitoba
district,
succeeding
Mr.
McSparron.
F.
Mus-grave,
formerly
rule
instructor
.and
inspector
of
train
despatching,
is
plomoted
transportation
assistant,
succeeding
Mr.
Craven.
W.
D.
McPhersun,
formerly
assistant
superintendent,
Port
Arthur
division
with
headquarters
t
Ki.mx
Lookout,
is
promoted
I.
Ushins
havr
hren
dls-
Harricana
08
Heva
10
Hosco
20
Jacknife
-.0434
Joliet
Quebec
.42
Lake
Rowan
06
Lapaska
..!v
10
Little
LongYac
80
Lynx
12
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.36
McKenzie
Red
Lake
34
McLeod
Cockshutt
97
Moneta
40
Negus
2.23
Noranda
'.
54.75
Louvicourt
v
36
Pickle
Crow
2.05
Regcourt
I.......
05
San
Antonio
3.85
Senator
Rouyn
42
'
Steep
Rock
1.56
GANDHI
MURDER
ll'd
and
kitd
iin
Hip
hlurk
IV.
TRIA1
POFJPI
I
inF
Workers'
Union,,
and
now
has
JMicc
repurted.
)asl
tetball
lng
paying
grants
to
widows
and
orphans
of
the
victims.
The
fund
is
made
up
of
payments
secured
through
working
agreements
with
fish
companies.
At
10c
a
ton,
herring
brought
$10,000
to
it.
NEW
DELHI
?)
The
trial
of
Nathuram
Vinayak
Godse,
and
eight
others,
for
the
murder
of
Mohandis
K.
Gandhi
last
January
30,
concluded
today,
after
six
months
hearing.
Judgment
is
expected
in
about
a
month.
RALLY
AT
PALACE-Over-entl
usl-astk
STUDENTS
LONDON
students
retreat
from
the
gates
of
Buckingham
Palace,
f
Rfii
attempting
to
force
their
way
into
the
palace
1
wl
a
S
ZZtvlOa
of
the
first
'Bonnie
Prince
Char-he
their
'Prince"
dispersed
when
the
police
students
and
'The
arrivlf
demonstration
which
followed
bizarre
and
ended
the
S
dining
of
Prince
Ch.rle,
Philip
Arthur
George.
transportation
a
8
s
i
t
a
n
t
In
charge
ut
rule
Instruction
and
inspection
or
despatching
winces,
succeeding
Mr.
Musgrave.
He
will
make
his
headquarters
in
Winnipeg.
,
TONIGHT
l
tr
.
.
auchikan
vs.
Pr.
Kunert