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Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
63.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
MARCH
15,
1948
PRICK
FIVE
CENTS
M
b
Sieae
I
A
Bitter
Fighti
mig
OH
ra
ws
FINNS
DOUBTFUL
ABOUT
TREATY
Fiercest
Battle
of
War
Raging
Into
Third
Day
u
Convention
Plan
Is
med
by
Ass'd
Boards
U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRANT
DIPPED
VASSALBORA,
Me.,
An
airplane
"
carrying
Republican
presidential
aspirant
Robert
A.
Taft
and
Senator
Owen
Brewster
plunged
today
into
Kennebec
River,
but
Brewster
said
i
.
'V
'
-V"
VA
I
fee
Held
This
Fall
With
Date
Subject
HELSINKI,
(!,
Finland
has
Informed
Russia
there
are
some
''doubts"
about
a
military
agreement
between
the
two
countries.
Finns
expressed
hope
of
staying
out
of
International
o
Transportation
Arrangements
Arab
Military
Courts
Order
Purge
of
AH
Arabs
Charged
With
Dealing
With
Jews
JERUSALEM
(CP)-The
fiercest
battle
vet
Taft,
or
the
pilot
neither
he,
was
hurt.
ijl-i'S
The
Associated
Hoards
of
Trade
of
.
.
.
i
....t
:..
l
,1
IAA
..l
l
!riti.-h
l
oiumuia
iid
ut-cmcu
w
ancau
Brewer
said
John
t.
ciark,
d
on
the
gands
of
Southern
"Palestine
was
re-
pilot
of
the
Maine
Aeronautics
.
,
..
,,.
,
,
.
,
T
.
,
,
A
,
ported
in
its
third
day
today,
with
Jewish
and
Arab
commission
plane,
"did
a
great
President
Johuo
Paasiklvl
ad-
Uiliiv
of
its
annual
convention
ai
Juneau
11
at
T
Greene
of
vlsed
Prime
Minister
Stalin
that
ft
is
announced
by
Lr.
L..
M.
job"
of
setting
down
the
air-
iaianues
aireauy
numoering
60,
ni.
ij
v...
i
i
t
:i-
tjii(j'jJL
ui
Uiv
nowtiavcu
;uoi
uo.
Finland
expected
the
Russian-proposed
treaty
of
co-operation
to
be
freely
considered
In
nego-
craft
when
it
developed
engine
trouble
enroute
from
Augusta
to
Bangor.
atH'MS
are
now
ujiuci
way
at
uuuuu
auu
were
said
by
an
Hagana
information
to
have
driven
,
a
wejge
0
aj(j
0f
the
be-
the
date
will
be
subject
to
trans
tlons
which
open
in
Moscow
next
Monday.
CITY
FIONEEP.
PASSES
Jet
Planes
For
jh
Should
dependent
Europe
Reduced
To
16
Nations
Claims
Bidauli
leaguered
settlement
of
Gath.
The
death
toll
of
the
battle
so
far,
according
to
the
Hagana
version,
was
28
Arabs
and
8
Jews.
Hagana
sources
said
their
forces,
rushing
to
life
the
Arab
siege
of
Gath,
blasted
a
municipal
building,
a
post
office
and
eight
stores
and'
houses
in
the
Arab
village
of
El
Faluja,
about
20
portation
arrangements.
Probably
it
will
be
In
early
fall
when
a
steamer
will
be
available
lor
a
special
charter.
Member
boards,
so
far
answering
a
check
to
confirm
the
decision
of
the
Prince
Rupert
convention
to
have
the
1948
convention
in
Juneau,
have
with
almobt
complete
unanimity,
reaffirmed
the
decision.
Each
have
indicated
they
will
send
about
Building
More
U.S.
Navy
Air
Arm
ABOARD
U.S.S.
BOXER
AT
SEA
f'
United
States
navy's
air
arm
is
In
the
process
of
conversion
to
10-mile-a-minute
Jet
planes.
This
was
announced
by
the
navy
following
trials
last
week
aboard
this
27,000-ton
aircraft
unoinv.
iecmrr
WALLACE
GETS
A
RUNNING
MATE
U.S.
Senator
Glen
H.
Taylor,
left,
Idaho
Democrat,
is
shown
in
a
fond
and
happy
pose
with
Henry
A.
Wallace
in
Washington
after
he
announced
that
"I
am
going
to
cast
my
lot
with
Wallace
in
his
brave
and
gallant
fight
for
peace"
by
joining
Wallace's
third
party
movement.
Taylor,
speaking
over
a
radio
broadcast,
said
he
will
accept
the
vice-prjsidential
nomination
as
Wallace's
running-mate
in
the
revolt
against
the
Democratic
party.
JIinistr
f
v
'
-
f
manee
win
no-
a
dozen
delegates.
Dr.
Abbott
said
that
hair
FFARIS
P
Foreign
Minister
George
Bidault
of
France
told
the
Marshall
Plan
conference
today
that
"Europe
has
been
reduced
to
tine
16
nations
assembled
here."
He
told
delegates
at
th&
open
Greene
state3.
,
reached
a
stage
;"s!
benn
the
build-
V
The
re-check
was
taken
at
the
carrier.
For
the
first
time
jet
j
fighter
planes
operated
from
a
j
carrier
flight
deck
under
rou-
Tt
independent
eco-
suggestion
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
Which
tine
conditions
at
sea..
ing
of
conferences
on
the
Euro-
pean
recovery
plan
that
the
"rending
apart
of
Europe"
by
countries
boycotting
the
Mar
miles
northeast
of
Gaza
in
the
southern
desert.
PCRGE
OF
ARABS
DEALING
WTTH
JEWS
A
correspondent
with
the
Arab
volunteer
army
reported
that
new
milftary
courts
began
a
purge
yesterday
of
Arabs
charged
with
dealing
with
the
Jews.
He
said
100
Arabs
were
on
the
list
to
be
hunted
down,
tried
and,
if
convicted,
hanged.
The
Palestine
government
estimated
that
damage
from
El
Faluja
bombings
at
$120,000.
h
prepared
tor
ao-
nem
me
Juneau
convention
c
the
Empire
Club
should
be
abandoned
unless
there'
Mr
Abbott
said
Can-
was
assurance
of
a
subsUntial
KfcALlIN
VLK
1
I
J
E.
Parker
j
Stanley
.je
of
American
ex-
number
of
delegates,
wnicn
as-iijk
fjt
LlJAL.
shall
Plan
had
become
fearsome.
Russia
and
her
satellites
spurned
participation
in
the
plan.
'
At
the
present
session
pro
SM1THERS
MAN
DRAWS
HORSE
IN
IRISH
HOSPITALS
SWEEPSTAKE
SMITH
ERS
Tommy
Goodwin
of
the
Canadian
National
Railway's
dispatcher's
office
here
is
basking
under
the
smile
of
good
fortune
and
is
awaiting
the
outcome
oi
the
Grand
National
Steeplechase
at
Aintree
this
Saturday
with
outward
calm
although
he
has
drawn
a
horse
in
the
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstake.
demnnstraiea
once
surance
now
seems
luruicviuuiB.
vulnerable
her
eco-,
The
Associated
Boards
roster
,jn
i.i
in
its
exag-
includes
17
Canadian
and
seven
p
iicienee
upon
the
American
member
boards
so,
at
s
lor
materials
and
helf
a
dozen
delegates
eacn.
S.
E.
Parker,
City
Pioneer.
OTTAWA
There
will
be
much
less
oil
used
in
Ottawa
houses,
offices,
churches
and
apartments.
During
this
summer
many
buildings
will
be
reconverted
to
the
use
of
coal.
This
reconversion
may
run
as
high
as
25
per
cent.
i
n
Euiope
lor
mar-
would
make
144
delegates
in
ad-
posals
are
expected
to
be
ad-1
vanced
for
the
inclusion
of
Spain
and
Western
Germany
under
the
plan.
j
dltion
to
which
there
would
be
-
reached."
declared
repesentatives
of
the
govern-;
"
a
stage
in
our
ment
departments
and
railways.
Br-r-r
Who
Would
Live
In
A
Palace)
The
lucky
ticket
was
bought
at
Prince
George
last
October
and
Goodwin
had
almost
forgotten
he
had
it
until
a
telegram
arrived
announcing
his
luck
in
drawing
a
TODAY'S
STOCKS
"Revolution"
Results
i
tf.is
dependence
and
II
suildinR
of
a
more
Mexican
4
Courtesy
S
D
Ji
h
tut
on
C.
I
AWAWAW.VM'.v.'
ndrpendcrit
economy
ENERAL
!
horse.
-,
.
.
.
.
A
winning
horse
would
bring
a
fortune"
even
a
non-starter
would
mean
a
substantial
amount.
v
A-'
Douks
Ban
Parenthood
to
Stop
Community
Crowding
NCED
ON
!
From
Visiting
Artist's
Concert
Prince
Chavchavadze
and
Stockowskj
Confuse
the
Law
With
'1812
Overture
Prince
George
Chavchavadze,
who
learned
about
revolutions
in
his
native
Russia
in
1917,
ran
into
a
"revolution"
while
on
a
concert
tour
in
Mexico
that
had
him
and
the
local
law
authorities
nonplussed.
The
international
concert
artist
whose
piano
vir-
LONDON,
(CP)
There
is
.
no
hot
ater.
no
elevator
wr
vice
and
furnaces
are
unlit
today
at
Buckingham
Palace,
official
residence
of
the
Royal
Family,
following
a
strike
of
assistant
engineers
employed
by
the
Ministry
of
Works.
The
men
struck
yesterday
at
the
palace,
at
both
Houses
of
Parliament
and
other
government
buildings
in
protest
against
the
Treasury
refusal
to
increase
their
present
weekly
wage
from
$19.50
to
$22.
RY
CHARGE
Dies
Suddenly
Stanley
E.
Parker,
one
of
Prince
Rupert's
prominent
pioneer
citizens
for
almost
40
years,
died
at
his
home
at
320
Second
Avenue
early
Sunday
morning.
He
was
68
years
old.
.
Active
in
the
business
life
oi
the
community
since
coming
here
in
1909,
Mr.
Parker
served
the
city
as
an
alderman
and
school
trustee
and
also
was
president
of
the
Chamber
of
Commercethen
known
as
the
Board
of
Trade
an
organization
whose
activities
consumed
his
interest
for
years.
For
more
than
a
quarter
of
a
century,
he
operated
the
automotive
firm
of
S.
E.
Parker
Ltd.,
which
he
turned
over
to
his
son,
Robert,
a
year
ago
on
his
re
HON
'
Major-v.u',:
E
Meyers
to-:enred
V
20
months
:s
m
prison
after
a
Vancouver
Bralorne
9.50
B.R.
Con
03
B.R.X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.65
Dentonia
11
Grull
Wihksne
.05
Hedley
Mascot
70
Min
to
02
Pend
Oreille
240
Pioneer
3.10
Fremier
Border
.04"
.j.
Privateer
.18
Reeves
McDonald
1.20
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
19
Sheep
Creek
-..
1.00
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
Vancouver
News-Herald
said
this
morning
in
a
dispatch
from
Nanaimo
4
ix.cn
ha
Wl
in
Kurone
and
tne
America
jl.
convicted
him
last
m
i!irre
cuunu
of
in-
Tmer
business
a.sso-
lUUMll
liao
iv.i
-i
.
i
i
'
,i
i
r
i'
i
lit'
i
;i
m
ifi
in
i
imi
MiuuiL
i
in
x
x.
ii
will
be
heard
m
recital
neic
at
-
the
Civic
centre
on
March
22.jliers,
on
ancouver
Island,
have
placed
a
ban
on
new
.'
un:ler
oath
to
a
mitlce
cluriim
a
war
but
the
program
will
not
include
j
babies.
jfl.rutx'.
Under
the
laws
of
the
.Spiritual
Community
ol
Christ
a
woman
desiring
to
give
xander
Hollolf
whr.i
anything
as
ambitious
as
nis
Mexican
venture.
Chavchavaaze's
Mexican
"revolution"
is
an
experience
that
he
innold
Stockowski,
the
Be
birth
to
a
child
must
apply
to
'enr
e
.sLU(l
that
til!1
Air
Victims
May
Never
Recovered
Congress
03'
4
Pacific
Eastern
05'
2
REVOLUTION
SWEEPING
OVER
COSTA
RICA
SAN
JOSE,
Costa
Rica,
.0;
the
elders
for
permission.
Thei
enreti
oenrral
was
tirement.
The
firm
opened
tne
city's
Ford
Motor
Co.
agency
in
a
'very
urave
and
luice.
03
.12
.01
M
44
Hedley
Amalgamated
Spud
Valley
Central
Zeballos
Silbak
Premier
.
ciders
then
grant
a
permit
allowing
the
woman
to
choose
from
the
males
of
the
community
one
she
wants
to
be
the
1923.
famed
orchestra
conductor,
will1
remember
with
laughter
for
years
to
come.
Desperate
Costa
Rican
govern
:;mum
sentence
he
Mr.
Parkers
passing
came
I
imposed
was
30
vears.
with
unexpected
suddenness.
He
Oils
It
happened
in
the
town
o.
.
.
.
rrt
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
There
are
scattered
cloud
banks
along
the
B.C.
const
this
morning
but
these
will
clear
during
the
morning.
Clear
skies
cxk'iKl
iutoss
the
interior.
A
very
weak
pressure
pattern
exists
over
the
province
and
adjacent
section
of
the
Pacific
weather
conditions
are
expected
to
remain
unchanged
today
and
Tuesday.
ment
tried
today
to
stem
the
revolution
sweeping
the
country.
Opposition
has
virtually
isolated
the
capital.
Seventy-five
per
cent
of
.
San
Jose's
power
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska,
tr
Weather
balked
an
aerial
survey
Sunday
of
towering
Mount
Sanlord
where
30
persons
died
Oaxaca,
Mexico,
wncre
Luam.-
.40
3.80
Calmont
C.
&
E
had
been
ill
at
home
for
only
a
week,
confined
with
the
'flu,
but
had
been
up
and
about
until
I
CLAMPS
Home
5.80
Toronto
father
of
her
child,
the
paper
said.
The
tory
said
that
as
a
result,
the
community
is
being
"swamped"
with
babies
and
the
elders
have
been
forced
to
discontinue
Issuing
permits
to
save
the
community
from
being
overcrowded.
immediately
before
nis
aeatn.
1
Dlants
have
been
blown
up
anci
avadzc
and
Stockowski
had
agreed
to
appear
to
help
out
the
local
symphony
orchestra.
On
the
program
was
Tsehaik-owsky's
exciting
"1812
Overture",
and
to
the
score
had
been
added
thp
neal
of
bells
and
shots
of
J
ON
REDS
P
(t
Prime
Minist-r
I'llee
anounccd
in
the
iCommons
today
thai
!
eweriiment
had
do-
in
the
crasn
oi
a
uii"cu
Northwest
Airlines
DC-4
plane
flying
lrom
the
Orient.
Their
bodies
may
never
be
recovered.
Friday
night's
disaster
was
the
worst
In
Alaska's
aviation
.07
.17
.62
.37
.14
.10
Athona
Aumaquc
Beattie
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
In
addition
to
his
widespread
opposition
forces
said
they
were
community
activities,
which
he
trying
to
cut
the
remainder,
effected
with
a
quiet
cheerful-
j
Tne
city's
Industry
Is
at
a
vir-ness,
he
was
also
prominent
injtual
standstill.
A
general
sit-the
Masonic
Lodge
and
Prince
;
down
strike
has
been
caHed
for
Rupert
Shrine
Club.
A
member
j
today.
The
community,
an
offshoot
of
Doukhobor
groups
in
the
interior
history
and
Northwest
Airline's
to
employ
anyone
te
a
member
of
the
Consol.
Smelters
96.00
of
Tsimpsean
Lodge,
he
had
1
underground
sources
say
the
cannons
which
were
to
make
the
Russian
music
a
real
triumph.
Arrangements
were
made
with
the
Archbishop
to
peal
the
cathedral
bells
and
with
the
gov
lirst
sine?
it
began
flights
to
iJarty
m
f.orr
"vit-il
the
Far
East
more
than
a
year
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast-Variable
cloudiness
today
and
Tuesday.
Scattered
rain
showers
this
afternoon,
light
winds.
Normal
temperatures.
Frost
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow:
Port
Hardy
32
and
48,
Massett
30
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
32
and
48.
of
B.C.,
began
live
years
ago
with
five
members
and
31
acres
of
land.
There
are
now
75
members
and
320
acres
and
20
babies.
of
tlie
state."
ago.
been
a
Deputy
Grand
Master
of
government
has
appealed
to
the
British
Columbia
Grand
Anastasio
Samoza,
former
pre-Lodge
in
the
early
1930
s.
sident
and
now
strong
man
iA
Mr.
Parker
came
to
Prince
j
Nicaragua,
to
send
help
as
soon
(Continued
on
Page
3)
as
possible.
fine
rule
will
govern
The
big
four-cnglned
airliner
fn
t
be
activelv
as-
vanished
while
enroute
ironi
Conwest
81
Eldona
-73
Elder
.53
Giant
Yellowknife
'
3.90
God's
Lake
60
U
Hardroek
13
'
i
Harricana
08
Heva
12
Hosco
30
Shanghai
to
St.
Paul,
its
next
ernor
for
a
volley
of
48
cannon
shots
at
the
proper
moments,
the
little
cannoneer
came
in
'o
rehearsal,
and
he
knew
exactly
when
every
cannon
shot
should
irn
off.
scheduled
stop
was
to
have
been
U.S.
Warns
Italy"
Against
Communism
Edmonton.
"h
Fascist
organlza-enme
minister
said,
w
in
any
way
asso-
the
Comunist
party
'y
as
to
raise
legitl-s
about
his
or
her
re-
Us
splintered
wreckage
was
.
i
LOCAL
TIDES
LEWIS
CALLS
OUT
MINERS
IN
DEMAND
FOR
PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
0
United
States
State
Department
said
to-
sighted
Saturday
at
the
foot
level
on
Mount
Sanford,
95
The
concert
was
Digun
umi
the
"Overture"
was
performed
with
the
ringing
of
bells
and
1948
Tuesday.
March
1G
h
4:22
P'ould
also
come
undrr
llii
19
8
feci
day
that
if
Italy
goes
Commu-
miles
northeast
of
here.
n?
explained.
Authorities
said
that
the
dan
PITTSBURGH
(CP)
two
territlc
explosions
uu-u
,
Oat
silence.
The
other
4G
shots
U)w
17:05
11:02
22:49
.
16.9
feet
nist
she
will
get
no
further
eco-5.5
feetj
nomic
aid
from
the
United
8.2
feet
States.
ger
of
slides
on
tne
active
gla
A
soft
coal
work
stoppage
KY
SCORES
were
never
urea.
The
music
concluded
and
the
I
CONSTRUCTION
PIONEER
DIES
Minna:
-,..,
cier
where
the
transport
disintegrated
probably
will
make
it
impossible
to
reach
the
Saturday
Toronto
5.
fk
2.
Montreal
3.
conductor
and
soloist
went
out
to
find
the
cannoneer.
He
had
disappeared.
'
'
Four
hours
later,
they
heard
he
was
in
the
local
calaboose.
They
rushed
down
and
found
.
Mm
lncked
in
&
dungeon.
He,
SKEENA
RIVER
HIGHWAY
TO
BE
OPEN
AGAIN
BY
NEXT
WEEK-END
I?v
the
end
of
next
week
the
nrnvinpil
nnhlip
Jacknife
04:14
Joliet
Quebec
34
"Lake
Rowan
12''i
Lapaska
Oeiz
Little
Long
Lac
116
Lynx
'
10
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.85
McKenzie
Red
Lake
....
51
MacLeod
Cockshut
1.20
Moneta
30
Negus
2.25
Noranda
44.75
Louvicourt
71
Pickle
Crow
2.00
Regcoii't
07
San
Antonio
4.00
Senator
Rouyn
-48
Sherrit
Gordon
1-76
Steep
Rock
187
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
27
Sunday
Detroit
1.
J
6
N,
JEWISH
TROOPS
RAID
VILLAGES
supporting
John
L.
Lewis
demand
for
miner
pension
got
under
way
today.
Spearhead
of
the
move
in
(
Western
Pennsylvania,
where
early
surveys
indicated
that
nearly
one-half
of
the
56,000
miners
had
walked
out.
U.S.
Steel
Corporation
reported
nine
of
its
14
Western
Pennsylvania
pits
were
closed,
with
7.003
j
miners
idle.
The
corporation
ex-ipected
Its.
coal
output
to
drop
John
A.
MacKenzie,
a
civil
engineer
well
known
in
British
Columbia
and
who
spent
years
in
the
north
during
construction
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway,
died
in
Vancouver
recently.
He
took
a
prominent
part
in
the
building
of
bridge
foundations
when
the
line
was
being
put
through
to
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
born
in
Kincardine,
Ojit.
and
was
a
relative
of
the
!
Chicago
0.
Ju'st
League.
t
Weslminskr
had
been
there
since
after
.
works
department
expects
to
have
the
highway
be-
second
shot
for
the
Over-
1
.
J
the
tare
"
The
chief
of
Police
had
,
tween
Jerrace
and
Prince
Kupert
clear
of
snow
and
charged
down
on
him
and
ar-
open
for
traffic.
rested
him
wih
a
suspicious
Working
from
the
Shames
end
a
bulldozer
and
!6'
Seattle
6
,Ue,
JERUSALEM
Police
said
that
two
columns
of
Jewish
fighters
have
attacked
a
village
in
northern
Palestine
where
the
Arab
leader.
Fawzi
Bey
Al
Kauk-jl
has
proclaimed
martial
law.
They
reported
that
the
Jewish
rj
'
Tesno
5
What
are
you
doing?
I
v-plouh
are
now
digging
through
the
snow
which
has
showed
his
The
"cannons.
b(K,ked
th
..v,rif
tn
fir
the
tun.
but
today
about
20,000
tons,
or
one-
The
department
reports
that
it
is
expected
the
new
Kwinitsa
snowslide
di-
late
General
J.
W.
Stewart.
Two
third
capacity
iho
Police
Chief
was
not
im-.the
winter
and
sons
survive.
He
was
a
gradu-
AFRICAN
DISEASE
Saturday
Trail
Jones
and
Laughlin
Steel
Corporation
reported
all
its
Pennsylvania
and
Western
Virginia
mines
closed,
and
4.600
miners
idle
version
Is
completely
clear
cf
snow
but
the
big
slide
that
usually
comes
down
outside
of
the
Kwinitsa
tunnel
has
not
ocurred
as
yet.
ertime).
columns,
with
about
100
men
In
each,
raided
the
Arab
village
of
Kafr
Kanna,
north
of
Nazareth
last
night.
Three
Arabs
and
25
Jews
were
said
to
have
been
injured.
pressed.
He
knew
a
revolution
to
Drean
uiiuugn
wiuun
a
iew
when
he
saw
one,
and
this
had
days.
all
the
earmarks.
So
the
pro-'
Clearing
of
the
road
for
a
testing
cannoneer
was
dragged
start
will
be
to
a
width
of
ten
off
to
jail.
I
In
Sleeping
sickness
Is
an
Af
ri-:
ate
or
tne
university
01
loron-can
disease
which
mostly
affects
j
to.
At
the
time
of
his
death
he
Negroes
but
some
white
have
was
with
Canadian
Exploration
been
stricken
with
the
diseas?
Co.
Ltd.
Fds
best
of
tlve
final