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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.XXXVIII,No.l71.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B
.C,
SATURDAY,
July
23,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
finston
Church's
Assails
A
a
Lab'
ir
uovernmeiT
Ids
'Are
Dim
Efetress
to
PacMcWS-
Sees
Imminent
Peril,
Chaos,
Communism
t
H
V
I
I
II
V
U
J
I
IV
I
!
Deputy
Minister
at
Chamber
Meet
Here
Decentralization
of
industry
In
British
Columbia
was
one
oi
I
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,
T
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.....
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i
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s
w
,LlLi-"v""r
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T
r""
"
1
sgian
Freighter
(Trouble;
Halibut
Vessel
Is
On
Rocks
the
Important
alms
of
the
pro
WOLVERHAMPTON,
England
(CP)
Former
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
said
today
that
the
British
Labor
government
has
led
Britain
into
imminent
peril
of
"communism
and
national
bankruptcy."
He
said
an
economic
collapse
was
looming
which
would
"carry
many
other
countries
with
iu
Into
chaos
ana
communism.
Firing
the
first
big
gun
of
the
CO-ORDINATING
COUNCIL
TO
AID
BLOOD,
TB
DRIVES
teSlfec
fete
1;
.
1
1950
election
campaign
at
a
party
rally,
Churchill-
said
the
Socialists
had
failed
to
put
forth
any
effective
plan
to
meet
danger.
He
told
his
listeners
that
the
cure
for
Britain's
condition
is
to
"return
to
a
svstem
which
TLE
(CP)
The
3,000-ton
Norwegian
1
Skaubo,
apparently,
won
its
battle
with
rjro
today
and
began
limping
into
port
igree
list
from
415
miles
out
in
the
Pacific,
bound
from
Manila
and
heavily
laden
and
chrome
concentrates,
copra
and
I
the
ship
flashed
vincial
Department
of
Trade
and
Industry
which
was
making
special
efforts
to
obtain
industries
iot
the
north
and
central
hinterland,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
told
last
night
by
E.
G.
Rowebottom.
deputy
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
whose
brief
visit
to
the
city
coincided
with
a
special
meeting
of
the
Chamber.
This
was
one
of
the
important
functions
of
the
regional
development
board
organization
of
the
department.
Satisfaction
was
expressed
by
Mr.
Rowebottom
at
the
large
new
cela-nese
Industry
at
nearby
Port
Edward
and
the
prospects
of
being
established
In
the
central
Volunteer
work
in
aitenauiB
provides
incentives
for
effoit.
the
Red
Cross
blood
donors
clinic
self.denlali
lnitiative
and
good
housekeeping."
ATTLEE
RESENTHI.
Prime
Minister
Attlee,
at
Dur
here
on
August
1,
i
ana
j
ana
the
mobile
tuberculosis
clinic
on
August
15
will
be
undertaken
by
j
mpmtvr
organizations
of
the
'.
today
thut
its
en-
w'as
dispatched
to
Uyak
Eay
ijped
and
was
list-
where
the
halibut
schooner
,
)
Foremost,
with
a
crew
of
four.
I
.
went
aground
on
Cormorant
rt
said
the
eng..:es
Ro(.k
Slie
,s
UsUng
bad,y
out
ham
today,
called
the
new
Conservative
Dartv
olatform
"ono
of
Women's'
Co-ordinating
Council.1
Otl
the
vessel
was,
is
in
no
immediate
danger.
A
special
meeting
of
the
council
the
most
dishonest
tiocumf.nt,s
1'
voted
Thursday
afternon
to
un-
have
ever
road
He
said
..lhe
the
vast
aluminum
Industry
slowly.
;:r's
call
topped
a
A
coastwise
search
was
being
made
for
the
power
cruiser
British
Columbia
area.
j
r
is
....
.
,
t
1
y
dertake
the
project.
-Almost
a
score
of
women's
or-
(
Conservatives
engages
in
whol
-sal
abuse
of
the
goveinment
and
Mr
Rowebottom
also
express
ed
his
pleasure
at
being
able
to
ganlzations
will
provide
assist
call.4
from
wide-
Marvlr
overdue
in
Seattle
after
of
the
North
Pa-
having
turned
back
from
Prince
t
Rupert
on
the
International
uard
cutter
CtUrrl
cruiser
race.
''of
arc
me
J,lZ
rrincc
sTWt
nupen
nCh?r
ur
anU
for
clerical
work
and
lor
'
how
or
0'therB,Bs
would
havs
01
of
Commerce
Cjonimprrp
in
in
aennn
action.
"Hnw
..
.
1
1
0
cruv,
,.
:
"
:"rf
me
comiort
ana
convenience
oi
been
better
if
they
had
been
in
th!
at
the
bl00d
clinic
wh,ic
Power.
They
woula
not.
I
shud-
.
"v
"
s
mi
ar
assistance
will
be
given
der
think
tills
fbrmirrrinnf
T3(f
IcVi
Pn
'
i
UCI
VKJ
wlulR
what
would
ha,v-2
u.lu.,
vU,u,-
t
th
tubercui0Sis
x.ray
cllr.lc
haDDened
b
a
wnrlr
ntr
fr.r
Ihn
honoflt
nf
.
I
iidppenea.
1
;;..;,.
..
::
::.,::
two
wem
later.
:
.
mUU,UUM
ui
,.
paiuuuii
0
,ii
Upon
rPr..
Air
Travel,
Airport,
Road,
Brewery
Sought
Piu.
,
;
'
"
sr-fi'wtm.
.-
f.
11
0
-
I
I
and
the
province
in
general.
We
RACE
CRUISER
ord
of
those
who
give
their
blood
and
those
who
take
advantage
in
our
department
feel
that
we
are
doing
a
good
lob
in
promot-
Mlffm
if
n
m
-r
-
-
t
t
--mm
ijiui"M'.y
m
n
ir
ling
industry
for
the
province
01
me
T
X
y
"
rUjJlNU
but
we
realize
too
that
such
"'is'"'"""""
-a
-
-
Ply
tnree
members-
The
Tacoma-to-Juneau
crul.wr
organizations
as
these
and
the
assistance
and
co-operation
we
l-
"oru"1
IUU"-
t'"
:
race
which
brought
10
sou:hern
guard
Service
and
Universal
jht
Saving
Or
None
At
All
ed
By
Chamber
of
Commerce
solutions
for
presentation
to
the
annual
boats
here
on
July
13
and
14
juf
the
Associated
'
Boarrls
tjf
-Trade
of
may
have
brought
tragedy
to
ono
of
the
competing
cruisers.
The
30-foot
cruiser
Marvtr,
VhlcM
turned
back
at
Prince
Rupert,
is
reported
missing
between
Nanaimo
and
Seattle.
She
was
at
Nanaimo
on
Wednesday.
,
01
lne
Dl0,,a
aonol:
"llve'
receive
from
them
are
an
in-
tne
sPlrlt
ot
co-operation
shown
valuable
factor
In
the
success
of
our
work
i
by
the
women
and
outlined
what
Mr.
Rowebottom
had
listened
1,rould
tlred-
He
11160
8how'
with
interest
to
a
number
of
,ed
a
film
whlch
depleted
a
blood
resolutions
which
had
been
dis-.donor
clinlc
n
action,
cussed
at
the
meeting
prior
to
Mr.
Young
appealed
for
a
gen-being
dispatched
to
the
forth-1
crous
measure
of
response
to
coming
annual
convention
of
the
campaign
for
blood
donors
the
AccnMato
nao
,.f
n
uhieh
will
culmlnte
with
the
If
'
'
DARING
ROBBERY
Two
gunmen
held
up
a
branch
of
the
Imperial
Bank
of
Canada
In
Northern
Ontario
townot
Lmttier
Lake
escaped
wlth.cash
estimates-at
''from
$2,000
to
$12,000
and
attempted
a
getaway
in
a
stolon
plane.
Inexperienced,
fliers,
they
crashed
the
plane
oii
the
far
shore
of
the
lake
and
one
man
was
captured.
He
claimed
his
companion
had
drowned
when
he'
fell
in
the
lake,
together
with
the
loot,
but
skeptical
police
continued
the
search
and
captured
the
missing
robber.
The
top
photo
shows
the
route
of
the
bandits'
escape
from
the
bank
toward
the
town's
seaplane
base.
The
stolen
plane
is
shown
in
the
centre
of
the
bottom
Photo.
(C.
p
Photo)
adopted
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
at
a
special
general
meeting
last
night,
it
of
five
official
delegates
to
the
conven-j
Jin
the
hands
of
'
f.
S.
Btackaby.
In'
north-central
British
Columbia,'
(official
delegates,
the
government
of
British
Col-Jinembcrs
of
the
Umbia
be
canvassed
for
an
?x-
Good
Game
Gf
Soccer
Fish
Buyer
Says
lie
visit
here
of
a
Red
Cross
mobile
unit
to
receive
the
blood.
Work
required
during
the
tuberculosis
x-ray
clinic
was
outlined
by
Miss
Joyce
Leslie,
head
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Health
unit
are
also
expected
pression
of
their
views
on
the
subject.
Was
Bound,
Gauged
Solutions
are
as
5.
Reiteration
of
the
demand
1948
SUNSHINE
HERE,
ELSEWHERE
In
1948,
the
hours
of
bright
sunshine
recorded
at
Prince
Rupert
totalled
an
average
of
1,034.
At
Smithers,
the
total
was
1,516,
Prince
George,
1,774,
Sum-mcriand,
2,00",
Victoria,
2,193,
Nanaimo,
1,882.
In
one
of
the
season's
best
fnirhall
framoc
a
Hnf
ort
ninial
nursing
staff.
upon
the
government
of
Canada
lerest
of
better
for
the
Immediate
establishment
of
a
Coastguard
service
on
the
organizations
jeproenrea
n,
Genera,
Motors
Bde
,
d
fl
the
28
women
who
attended
the
dra(;
second.half
to
three.
were
Anglican
Women
meeting
S(aU
wm
l
j
mslness
relations
Pacific
Coast
and
that
the
gov
for
the
improvc-
SEARCH
FOR
"PIRATES"
WHO
liOB-IJEI)
RIVERS
INLET
MAN
CONTINUES
Search
is
continuing-
today
in
the
Rivers
Inlet
area
for
two
"pirates"
w
ho
are
alleged
to
have
bound
Auxiliary,
United
Church
Wo
tral
British
Columbia
and
assured
the
Chamber
of
the
cooperation
of
the
department
in
all
ways
possible.
j
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
southward
flow
of
cold
air
from
Alaska
yesterday
generated
a
storm
which
lay
just
west
of
Vancouver
Island
this
mornirg.
Last
night's
steady
rain
measured
one-quarter
inch
at
Vancouver
Airport,
three-quar-lnch
at
Comox,
and
one-
and
one-quarter
Inch
along
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island.
The
downpour
along
the
coast
will
taper
off
to
scattered
showers
early
this
afternoon
but
the
in
ernment
of
British
Columbia
team
in
la
:t
Heavy
Battery
i.mspoit
between
men's
Auxiliary,
Women's
Cana-
night
take
active
and
persistent
meas
i
.1
s
"North
Star"
Footb:;"'.
ti
'-e
Rupert
that
ures
to
keep
this
matter
before
lie
made
bv
the
aian
cauo,
Business
ana
nu-fessional
Women's
Club,
Sorop-
and
gagged
a'iish
buyer
in
his
boat
and
made
off
League
match.
It
was
the
final
ffame
fnr
thi.i:
trnnhv
u-hirh
uTrs
ms
service
where-
Friday
eTcr
P
after
invadi&
vessel
at
1M5
be
granted
In
timlst
Club.
Canadian
Legion
taken
by
BaUery
Jn
Qf
th
Women's.
Auxiliary,
Catholic
Wo-
og
Ue
men's
League,
Lutheran
Vo-
'.
.
'
avunrt.
Ihn
raluhlixhment
of
SUCh
mOlTling.
I
NEW
SECRETARY
FOR
CHAMBER
many
flights
as
iy
Instead
of
the
1
a
Coastguard
service.
Robbed
was
Robert
Findlay,
a
buyer
for
the
Van-
6.
Reiterating
opposition
to
couver
Fish
Co.
of
Steveston,
the
establishment
of
daylight
who
told
police
he
had
been
s,.e
uny
fire
arms
or
have
a
i'I
six
flights
per
Ketchikan
into
P.
II.
Llnzey
is
the
new
of
the
Prince
Rupert
trussed
up
aooara
his
boat
the
,
chance
to
scrutinize
either
of
men's
Auxiliary,
Municipal
Chapter,
I.O.D.E.,
Queen
Mary
Chapter,
I.O.D.E.,
Presbyterian
Ladies'
Auxiliary,
Rebekah
Lodge,
Red
Cross,
Sonja
Ladies,
Salvation
Armv
Home
Leaeue.
Women
of
i;
the
Importance
succeed-
tlie
two
robbers.
.
Corporal
M.
N.
MacAlnine
of
Chamber
of
Commerce
Also
by
two
men
who
slipped
aboard,
robbed
him
and
then
slipped
away
again.
-
f
ijtl
tlevelopment
for
the
Ocean
Falls
detachment
of
hig
E.
T.
Applewhalte,
whose
elec-
the
Moose
and
Ladies'
Oranee1
Sunday,
July
24,
194?
a
'fit
at
Prince
Ru-U'.e
'
f'
lcsts
of
the
port
terior
which
has
been
cloudy
will
get
showers
and
scattered
thunderstorms
this
afternoon.
Southern
British
Columbia
will
be
sunny
tomorrow
but
showers
will
move
into
the
northern
sections
the
provincial
police
is
at
Rivers
tion
as
Member
of
Parliament
Inlet
today
conducting
an
in-
for
Skcena
makes
necessary
his
saving
unless
it
be
on
a
Dam-Inion-wide
basis.
7.
The
holding
by
the
provincial
government
of
a
plebiscite
to
learn
the
will
of
th?
people
regarding
the
selling
of
liquor
and
wines
in
restaurant,
cocktail
lounges
and
night
clubs
with
the
understanding
that,
In
the
event
of
the
plebiscite
being
in
favor
of
such
sale,
the
grant-
ice
f
t
it,
the
district
of
VCStiL'ation.
..it,,tl.m
11
frnm
Rentemher
1.
fl
E-
h
Columbia
and
fvin
!and
Dominion
as
According
to
police
reports
reaching
here,
Findlay
was
asleep
in
the
pilot
house
of
his
boat
which
was
moored
for
the
night
in
a
small
bay
in
Rivers
Inlet.
He
was
awakened
by
a
Benevolent
Association.
Mr3.
A.
mh
12:59
175
feet
L.
Haines,
president
of
the
Co-
Low
6:40
30
feet
ordlnating
Council,
was
chair-
18:35
8.5
feet
man
of
the
meeting.
...
;
man
who
recently
assumed
duties
in
the
Canadian
National
Mrs.
J.
P.
Gorman
arrived
In
Railways
city
ticket
office
here.
iniuniivit
..v.
1
Mr.
Llnzey
wa3
elected
at
a
meeting
of
the
Chamber
last
nii'ht,
his
name
having
been
iml;
a
'in
rif
HiiiirtlnllR
of
the
province
from
the
west.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Clear
today,
becoming
overcast
tonight
with
light
rain
commencing
th"
I
ftlver
Hich-
recommended
by
the
executive
flashlight
shining
in
his
face
.
ii
.i
i,
"
as
Mi,
iu
i
fig
01
SUCH
Huum-ca
wuum
1
...,.
i
anri
was
01
l1prd
to
ovcr
Hi
the
city
on
Thursday
night's
They
have
taken
up
residence
In
train
from
Regina
to
take
up
the
Ham
Apartments
on
Second
residence
here,
Joining
Mr.
Oor-
Avenue.
Sunday
morning.
Little
change
Hi
ves
and
elint-(
osely
supervised
Dy
ine
govtin
en
bridges
which
nent
council
of
the
Chamber.
President
O.
R.
S.
Blackaby
paid
tribute
to
Mr.
Applewhalte
for
the
excellence
of
his
serv
lie
was
then
gagged
and
bound
and
relieved
of
$120
from
his
in
temperature.
Northerly
winds
!
;tantly
repaired.
HFFEKEM'E
OF
OPINION
A
Key
key
to
a
.)lng
If
Mini,
m-elnin
tiirifr
nf
nniniiin
rievclou-
trousers
pocKei.
nl
of
Jhwr
)
drawer
which
contained
$3,000
adjacent
to
th?
ed
over
two
resolutions.
Regard-
(15
m.p.h.)
today
and
souther
(15
m.p.h.)
tomorrow.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy
50
and
62,
Mas..it
50
and
62,
Prince
Rupert
48
and
62.
Ri-
with
heavy
rock
lng
daylight
saving,
there
was,"1
company
money
was
uikuii
hmimuc
to
a
larg;
some
favor
for
asking
for
a
uiawer
upem-u.
i
eating
away
t.v
plebiscite
in
the
province,
mis
The
two
roooprs
neither
of
ices
as
secretary.
To
follow
him
I
would.
Indeed,
be
a
matter
of
difficulty.
However,
it
was
satisfactory
to
all
that
he
would
!
now
be
able
to
cl
try
on
his
j
vigorous
efforts
or
behalf
of
city
and
district
in
he
broader
j
sphere.
'
v
I
Compliment
to
Mr.
Apple
i
t
lie
road;
prepare
idea
was
dropped
on
a
vote
jf
whom
Findlay
can
identify,
i
i
i
l
eena
River
Hiuli
-
BASEBALL
SCORES
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
National
League
St.
Louis
5,
Brooklyn
4.
FRIDAY
National
League
Pittsburgh
3,
Bo.st.on
5.
St.
Louts
3,
Brooklyn
1.
Chicago
6,
New
York
5.
Cincinnati
1,
Philadelphia
2.
American
League
Washington
1,
Cleveland
2.
Philadelphia
0,
Chicago
12.
New
York
8,
Detroit
2.
Boston
4
St.
Louis
2.
Western
International
Wenatchee
10,
Vancouver
3.
Yakima
18,
Tacoma
6.
Spokane
6,
Victoria
5.
Sal?m
7,
Bremerton
4.
Pacific
Coat
Los
Angeles
10,
Hollywood
3.
Seattle
C,
Portland
5.
Sacramento
10,
San
Diego
3
,
Oakland
13,
San
Francisco
4.
LAST
STAND
FOR
CANADA
4-surfacing
as
rap
fio
by
the
goven.
fang
out
deflnf.;
fyear
to
private
e
I-w..
11
to
4
in
favor
of
asking
straignt
jltlissed
$300
in
boat
expense
that
there
be
Dominion-wide
ad-1
money
which
was
in
a
can
in
option
or
no
daylight
saving
atJanother
part
oi
tnc
wll,,ci
house,
all
President
O
R
S.
Blackaby1
They
departed
so
silently
that
Findlay
was
reported
to
have
vacated
the
chair
to
speak
itrnnirlv
acainst
the
idea
of
been
unable
to
hear
them
go.
white
came
from
another
'
ouarter.
E.
O.
Rowebottom
it
in
a
given
perl
d
I
rienutv
minister
of
trade
and
V1
tr
h-n.irl
...ill
U
i"(lU
Will
UC
CU.
t
commerce
for
British
Colum
f
urfaced
and
Ui
it
MONTREAL
Canada
faces
elimination
from
Davis
Cup
play
today
with
Frank
Sedgman,
Australia's
sensational
young
tennis
ace
.coming
up
against
Brendan
liquor
in
restaurants,
cocktail)
Working
the
gag
off
his
lounges
or
night
clubs.
He
felt
mouth,
Findlay
called
for
the
bia,
who
was
a
guest
at
me
meetine,
told
of
the
persistent
tracing
of
Hlghv
,.y
Ill-rim
KrtV
V,.
the
nrnnosal
was
merely
an
at-
assistance
01
111s
ciew
man
correspondence
from
Mr.
Apple-
Bracken,
Montreal,
in
the
first
whaite
on
matters
pertaining
to
at
the
same
tl
ie
ate
to
larje
deg
ie
Ernest
Reed,
who
took
his
bonds
tempt
on
the
part
of
the
liquor
interests
to
Impose
more
"rot
off.
They
then
contacted
the
cut"
on
the
people,
extending
British
Columbia
police
at
Ocean
interests
of
the
Chamber,
of
the
remaining
two
singles
the
(Jfiidllures
that
i
re
Falls
on
the
Alco
s
radiophone
of
Commerce.
It
had
become
matunes
or
me
norm
America
so
that,
whenever
one
mention-,
zone
tie.
Australia
has
a
two-
eovernmtnt
earn
the
plying
of
an
iniquitous
and
Itr
r
Flndlav
aoDarently,
did
not
repairs.
miserable
trade
on
human
weak
ed
Prince
Rupert,
one
thought
,
to-one
match
lead
Sunent
of
a
brcw-
ness
and
frailtv.
Hiss
appeal
to
of
Applewhaite.
Yesterday
Australia's
classy
doubles
Dair
of
Jack
Rrnmuie'n
"mnt.rni
and
not
boost"
the
would
be
better
control
of
liquor
''ntral
British
Coi-
Mhat
approval
be
Al
Mamon
is
opening
his
second
Prince
Rupert
store
on
Monday.
Located
in
what
was
the
late
M.
T.
Lee's
tailor
shop
on
CANADIAN
AIRMEN
TRAIN
WITH
U.S.N.
Able
Seaman
W.
R.
Parfitt,
of
Keewatin,
Ont.,
and
E.
J,
Gregory,
Toronto,
tune
up
an
R.C.N.
Firefly
aircraft
at
Dartmouth,
N.S.,
in
preparation
for
a
.
,
v
.7
T.
VXr
for,
and
Frank
Sedgman
.
swept
to
an
liKC
Applewhaite
working
tlrol.,
I
Dominion
govevn-
their
communities,
it
would
be
I
'
.
.
..
.
,,
.
:
.
.
liquor
traffic
fell
In
deaf
ears
consumption
with
the
system
of
for
the
Chamber
adopted
the
open
sale
than
by
the
present
Prr.c-1
where
is
was
necessary
resolution
for
a
plebiscite.
system
tically
all
the
members
had
a
to
buy
whole
bottles
and
con-
tiio
.iihtee.t.
the'sume
liquor
more
or
less
sur-
uhiihuu
"
111
mr
uuuuica
iijiiuir,
fessary
conscn:
of
1
government,
to
fun
for
this
purpose
Third
Avenue,
the
new
store
will
better
for
British
Columbia,"-""
'fT
;
In
,
.
beatmg
Bracken
and
Btohlbsrg.
set
Point,
Rhode
Island
The
18th
v
Canadian
carrier
d
air
m,ra
group
carry
chinaware
and
gift
nar-
the
deputy
minister
ventured
'
6-3,6-2,6-2.
WU1
receive
operational
flying
training
there.
chandise
to
say
WJ
g.J
V
Viv
w
r
that
there
.
reptiously.
usible
parties
f
.
m
concensus
bein
i