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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest:
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
23.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C.
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
28.
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
opeals
for
Co
G
ooti
IP
ire
'
9
y
n
A
t
!
Dollars
Should
Mot
REBELS
WOULD
a
41,
4
1
"'ft'
I
t
.
-
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Override
irieudslii
SEAL
RANGOON
Conflict
for
Control
of
Burma
VANCOUVER
(CP)
lit.
Hon.
Anthojiv
Eden.
t
i,
-
NOW
SETTLED
Agreement
between
Canadian
National
Railways
and
provincial
government
concerning
Jurisdiction
over
the
section
of
ilght-of-way
In
which
tiie
Skeena
River
Highway'
flanks
the
railway
line
between
Tyee
and
Terrace
has
been
finally
reached,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
forest.
Becoming
More
Intense
RANGOON,
(l
Rebels,
the
war
for
independence
steadily
mounting
in
fury,
seized
three
important
cities
in
heavy
fight-
Britain's
No,
2
Conservative,
told
a
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
meeting
last
night
that
trade
difficulties
must
not
be
allowed
to
overide
friendship
between
Canada
and
C-reat
Britain.
He
said
that
they
were
purely
a
matter
of
dollar
shortage
and
the
two
nations
will
win
ihiough
if
they
ttick
to
K.r
t
,
J
in;;
today.
They
took
Basscin,
1
"
'.'AJ'(.-A'rf(,
gether
in
mutual
aid.
icrond
largest
port
in
the
Irrl-vvMy
de'.t?.,
and
Teur.goo
r.nd
Pyu
in
an
apparent
drive
to
.seal
off
the
capital
city
of
Rangoon
from
the
rest
of
Burma.
This
would
give
them
a
grip
on
Rangoon-Mandalay
airways.
advised
the
highway
committer,
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
with
which
he
met
yesterday
afternoon
during
his
visit
to
Frinee
Rupert.
The
provincial
government,
under
the
agreement,
has
complete
jurisdiction
over
the
section
of
right-of-way
which
the
highway
uses.
Thc
on-re
debonair
former
Foreign
Secretary
left
today
for
San
Francisco
enroute
to
New
Zealand,
Pakistan,
India,
and
Malaya
on
a
Commonwealth
"fact-finding"
tour.
Eden,
on
arrival
yesterday,
POLICE
-Dan
Keller,
60,
former
Toronto
light
whs
sentenced
to
three
years
In
Kingston
Pcnl-uul
last
fall,
escaped
Monday
night
from
Klng-luspilal
where
he
was
recovering
from
a
serious
.r
is
shown
here
as
he
was
led
Into
a
Toronto
polling
and
crying,
following
his
apprehension
last
rt
back
from
a
lavish
tour
of
Europe.
(CP
Photo)
NEW
TRACK
IN
HEARING
OTTAWA,
9
The
Board
in-Transport
Commissioners
today,
in
its
freight
rates
hearing,
refused
to
cut
off
evidence
con
HAS
NOT
GIVEN
UP
WORLD
FLIGHT
was
visible
testimony
to
Britain's
SEATTLE
Mrs.
Richard
postwar
austerity
program.
The
former
foreign
seenftary,
once
cerning
a
multi-million
dollar
Morrow-Tait
of
England,
who
PENSION
HALIBUT
SEASON
was
wined
and
dined
by
Alas
ii
to
Spread
j
Union
Secretary
George
And-
is
Are
Proposed
erson
said
that
he
will
wire
the
TRANSPORTATION
CRIPPLED
Seventy-five
per
cent
of
Re-gin&'s
busses
and
streetcars
went
up
in
smoke
when
an
explosion
in
the
city's
municipal
transportation
system
car
barn
set
olf
a
fire
which
destroyed
17
trolley
busses,
17
streetcars
and
10
gasoline
busses.
Loss
was
estimated
at
$1,000,000
and
the
fire
was
described
as
one
of
the
most
serious
In
western
Canada
in
recent
years.
CP
Photo)
improvement
program
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
Counsel
for
the
provinces
opposing
the
rate
increases
objected
to
the
evidence
on
the
claim
that
it
shifted
the
whole
inquiry
onto
a
new
track.
one
of
the
world's
best-dressed
men,
was
distinctly
shabby
in
battered
black
felt
hat
and
sliiptd
morning
trousers
which
had
seen
belter
days.
Eden,
however,
was
still
a
ARBITRATION
BOARD
TO
SIT
OVER
SALARIES
proposals
to
(the
Commission
office
In
Vancouver
tonight.
Main
proposal
Is
that
each
kans
who
went
to
her
aid
when
?he
crashed
last
November
while
essaying
a
world
flight,
was
in
Edmonton
when
last
heard
from.
She
was
trying
to
earn
enough
money
to
have
her
plane
repaired
and
fly
home.
"I
have
come
to
Edmonton,"
she
wrote
powerful
speaker
and
he
told
the
Board
of
Trade
that
he
was
appealing
to
Canadians
to
pro
Chief
Commissioner
M.
K.
Archibald
allowed
admission
of
details
of
the
new
spending
pro-
A
three-man
arbitration
board
will
bit
at
Prince
Rupert
on
Feb
halibut
boat
be
allowed
to
make
one
trip
during
each
calendar
month
after
the
season
opens
on
May
1
and
that
seven
days
fishing
time
be
allowed
In
Area
Two
and
nine
days
In
Area
Three.
her
husband
in
London
"be
ruary
2
and
3
to
seek
settlement
cause
Alaska
is
t00
ouUandish.
114
ir
the
Deep
,
Union
and
Hie
Owners'
Assoei-;
agreed
on
.;niMm
of
the
xson
ami
their
.
be
submitted
;i
by
the
Interims
Commission,
cmlations
are
,ils
made
to
the
iicr
this
month
,i
of
the
fish-t
Seattle
a
nd
'
season
instead
iwded
Area
Two
have
prevailed
gram
but.
indicated
the
board
t
Ktrve
,ho
"deep
and
abiding
would
do
no
appraising
of
the
.friendship
'
between
Canada
and
C.PR.'s
value
if
the
case
de-lGlcat
Britain
at
all
costs.
He
velopcd
into
a
rate
of
return
on'said
,nat
"tllC!
problem
which
investment
issue.
He
said
he!
confronts
us
is
mutual
and
it
had
been
thinking
of
ordering
'
shoui
d
not
cut
our
brotherhood."
an
investigation
of
the
physi-l
"We
must
see
to
it,,"
Vontinued
of
a
dispute
between
the
Prince
jj
have
becn
offered
two
jobs
as
Rupert
Teachers'
Association
,
a
night
club
nger
and
one
or
Fishermen
and
vessel
owners
DRIVES
900
MILES
FROM
SOUTH,
BUT
LAST
90
WERE
IMPASSABLE
Highway
Should
Be
Kept
Open
In
Winter,
Bus
Operator
Says
Probably
the
strongest
proponent
of
winter
highway
maintenance
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
today-
is
Cherrill
Mclntyre,
pr
rbtcr
!
of
Watson'
l.l-ivnl
JI
.jnui!
miViii
Kvmnrit
u
J'no"onwt
Villa
intn
ana
ine
noara
or
scnooi
trustees
i
two
radio
offers
have
enme
niv
at
Seattle,
Vancouver,
Ketchi
way.'
kan
and
Petersburg
have
Indi
over
the
1949
salary
schedule
lor
district,
teachers.
'
.
Chairman
of
the
board
will
be
Graham
Ladner,
Vancouver
cated
their
agreement
to
such
the
Canadian
Eden,
"that
we
do
not
pledge
cal
property
of
Pacific
Railway.
a
scheme
and
it
Is
believed
that
their
Influence,
along
with
BREAK
UP
ourselves
by
bi-lateral
agreements
to
deliver
to
foreign
counli
ie.s
that
Canada
can
boy
from
us."
Prince
Rupert,
may
result
In
agreement
by
the
Commission.
lawyer,
while
the
school
board
representative
will
be
PavU
Chairman,
of
Kelowna.
C.
D.
Juneau,
Alaska,
fishermen
ifl.o
rltv
TVnn,'"".ir;
.Vi'"
v.
at
.
.My,
?.fT.tir
Aavi
tVia
.
no
was
appartnuy
n
iej
nng
Qwv
of,
Vancouver
will.
repr
and
yoat.
owners,
iwwcvcjc
have
been
consistently
opposed
to
CHECKING
UP
ON
GOTTWALD
PRAGUE,
XP
Rumors
persisted
today
that
Andrei
Vi.sh-insky,
Soviet
deputy
foreign
minister,
was
in
Czechoslovakia
on
a
mission
connected
with
Europe's
new
economic
council
fntion
to
an
address
made
earlier
by
rcscllt
j.he
union.
Howard
T.
Mitchell,
retiring
.
Last
faJIi
lhc
waBC
eomniiltee
president
of
the
Vancouver
,of
lhc
Teachers'
Association
sub-Board
of
Trade,
that
the
time
mjUed
proposals
for
salary
is
near
for
new
reciprocal
trade
schedules
this
year.
The
Board
agreements
between
Great
Brit-
considered
the
suggested
scale
ain
and
the
Commonwealth.
U)0
nign
and
made
counter
pro-Mitrhell
said
that
the
United
poS!lls
which
were
unacceptable
Kingdom
should
not
be
dealing
tu
the
teachers.
any
change
in
the
present
regulations.
H
also
is
proposed
that
no
"incidentally"
caught
halibut
be
permitted
to
be
landed
from
any
area
until
the
Area
Two
season
is
terminated.
Purpose
oming
mil
Meeting
in
I
Tails
to
(t
on
mutual
aid.
The
rumors
halt
started
yesterday
when
It
was
of
this
suggestion
is
to
i
Smith
m
bien
wnn
kussiu
ana
na
The
teachers
then
submitted
what
fishermen
believe
to
be
a
suggested
that
Premier
Klem-
considerable
abuse
of
permit.
rllt
Gootwald
was
veering
into
satellites
when
Canada
could
use
it
and
offer
needed
prod
Illegal
Supplying
Has
Ketn
Going
On
In
Montreal
MONTRE
A
L-It
is
believed
here
that
a
large
scale
and
well
organized
ring
illegally
supplying
fish
will
be
broken
up
now
that
something
do
work
on
is
in
possession
of
the
authorities.
This
is
in
the
seizure
of
$500
worth
of
muskellongs.
A
charge
has
already
been
laid
by
the
Department
of
Lands
and
Forests.
The
fish
was
being
transported
by
car.
It
is
not
yet
known
how
many
loads
of
fish
have
been
.sold
or
how
long
the
ring
has
been
In
existence
but
the
impression
in
government
circles
is
that
the
practice
has
been
going
on
for
many
months.
deviationist
paths
from
Soviet
provincial
con-British
Columbia
Canadian
hegion
ucts
in
return.
fishing.
Under
current
regulations,
policy
such
as
brought
Marshal
Tito
of
Yugoslavia
into
"disgrace"
at
the
Kremlin.
not
l)(
ied
in
I
engugt'ii
in
ine
uiiim-cuu.
this
year
alter
huge
vehicle
from
Vancouver
to
Terrace,
taking
two
-."Wys;
for
the''
"M0-mU
trip
Be-
tuc
WFATHFR
iaa
cuse.
of.uanow
.
conditions
be-w
tween
Terrace
and
Prince
Ru-Synopsis
pert,
he
was
forced
to
load
the
The
barometer
at
Vancouver
bus
onto
a
flat
car
and
have
it
reached
30.81
inches
of
mercury
hauled
here,
early
this
morning,
the
highest
"The
people
of
this
city
should
reading
since
records
began
in
exert
pressure
to
have
that
sec-1908.
Other
points
in
the
in-
tion
of
road
kept
open
in
wln-terior
and
along
the
southern
ter,"
Mr.
Mclntyre
said
with
coast
are
reporting
equally
high
some
conviction
Thursday.
"If
or
higher
figures
as
the
result
they
can
keep
the
other
900
of
a
steady
rise
for
the
past
36
miles
open,
they
ought
to
be
hours.
As
might
be
expected,
able
to
do
It
on
the
last
90."
skies
are
clear
in
most
regions
Highway
between
Vancouver
and
temperatures
still
well
be-
and
Terrace,
he
found
in
"ex-low
normal.
Vancouver
ex-
cellent"
condition,
he.
said.
The
pcrienced
a
low
temperature
of
frozen,
snow-covered
,
s
u
r
f
a
c
e
15
during
the
night.
Cranbrook
was
as
smooth
as
pavement,
repbrted
13
below
zero.
Warmer
He
travelled
as
far
as
Clin-air
which
is
causing
rain
in
the
ton
the
first
day,
then
on
to
Prince
Rupert
area
still
shows
Terrace
the
second.
He
was
no
sign
of
moving
towards
the
forced
to
wait
three
days
In
southern
coast
and
so
end
the
Terrace
before
getting
a
train
prolonged
cold
weather
and
to
Prince
Rupert,
drought.
The
bus,
a
40-passenger
vehicle,
'
Forecast
will
be
used
In
transporting
Col-Ouccn
Charlottes
and
North-
umbia
Cellulose
Co.
workers
to
ern
Coast
Overcast
with
occa-
and
from
their
jobs,
sional
rain
today
and
tomorrow.
red
cod
and
trawling
fisheries,
are
permitted
to
retain
14
per
cent
of
their
catch
In
halibut.
The
meeting,
held
In
the
BIGGER
RUSSIAN-
BCf
the
ca:;e
to
arbitration
as
provided
under
the
School
Act.
The
board
clio.se
Mr.
Chapman
as
its
representative
on
recommendation
of
the
B.C.
Trustees'
Association,
while
Mi'
Ovans
was
selected
by
the
teachers
through
the
B.C.
Teachers'
Federation.
Mr.
Ladner
was
chosen
as
chairman
by
the
two
arbitrators.
The
School
Board
estimates
that,
if
the
wage
demands
of
the
teachers
were
granted,
It
would
add
an
additional
$26,000
to
salary
costs.
Last
year,
$112,-
ROMANIAN
TRADE
.'id
.meed
today
Provincial
Con-Vciniiu
in
KH7
ven
for
the
con-lit
in
Prince
Ru-
MAY
DYNAMITE
WAY
TO
STEWART
Ice-blocked
Portland
Canal
may
be,
dynamited
to
force
passage
to
the
mining
town
of
Stewart
which
has
been
Isolated
for
10
days.
Uso
of
ex
Fishermen's
Hall,
was
attended
by
120
fishermen
and
boat
owners
and
was
under
chairmanship
of
Barney
Roald,
president
of
the
boat
owners'
association.
M
that
the
nerrs-
LONDON,
tj)
Tass
News
Agency
said
yesterday
thut
Russia
and
Romania
had
agreed
on
a
1949
trade
turnover
of
two-and-a-half
times
that
or
1948
-almost
$17,500,000.
The
two
are
among
organizers
of
the
Economic
Council
of
Mutual
Aid,
the
Communist
reply
to
E.R.P.
DRIFTED
10
DAYS
and
hotel
arrangem
e
n
t
s
Local
cummit-"'i
with
the
B.C.
inland
of
Union
thereupon
''tils
for
a
con-rM
here
the
last
"'ativc
arraniie-
IN
BERING
STRAIT
NOME
(t
-All
'Eskimo,
who
plosives
is
being
discussed
by
the
Union
Steamsliip
Co.
with
the
federal
Department
of
Transport
and
Die
provincial
government
following
failure
of
the
steamer
Camosun
on
two
occasions
recently
to
reach
the
dock
there.
AUSTRALIA
GIVES
O.K.
TO
ISRAEL
CANBERRA,
it-
--
Australia
decided
today
to
give
full
recognition
to
Israel.
Earlier
in
the
day
Switzerland
had
become
the
twenty-sixth
nation
to
rccogoira
the
JcwUi
state.
552
was
spent
in
teachers'
salaries
in
the
district.
WANDERING
POLL'S
The
North
and
South
magnetic
poles
are
not
in
exact
positions
but
move
about
in
a
general
area.
drifted
for
17
days
on
the
ice
of
Bering
Strait,
luis
been
res
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday,
January
29,
1949
l4
m;ne
fur
the
cued
and
Is
in
fair
condition
here,
lie
was
found
by
a
plane
flying
over
the
Ice
but
the
fate
High
19.6
feet
21
4
feet
Olllre
ll.o
Southerly
wind
(20
m.p.li.),
occasionally
reaching
30.
Mild.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomor
2:01
13:37
7:45
20:12
WHEAT
PRICE
IS
DISCUSSED
Low
of
two
hunting
companions
Is
Mud
for
the
CNK
steamer
7.7
feet
2.5
feet
unknown.
,t
In
i
rowAt
Port
Hardy
34
and
40,
Massett
35
and
40,
Prince
Rupert
32
and
40.
"iiiuiwiuue
r
'he
round
trip,
!'
'o
be
used
as
wliii,.
the
vessel
i'v,
sH,
T.
4
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t
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i,
1
i
.ririf
TODA
Y'S
STOCKS
(Coiirtrny
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N't
Seems
to
be
General
Agreement
on
Idea
of
$2
Price
WASHINGTON,
Canada
loday
told
the
international
wheat
conference
that
she
favors
a
$2
maximum
price
in
any
new
world
wheat
agreement.
Dr.
Charles
F.
Wilson,
dele-pat.P
said
that
the
Canadian
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for
1
1
io
de-""
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he
Steam's
set
fur
ii,
end
SOCIALISTS
STAY
WITH
DE
GASPER!
MILAN,
Italy,
'.CP'
The
Labor-.
Socialist
party
voted
yesterday
to
remain
in
the
ranks
of
Italy's
anti-communist
government.
It
Toronto
Alhonii
Ainnaque
Vanrouvfr
Hayoiine
Hralorne
H.
H.
Con
H.
.R
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8.75
.o:i',i
10
Vis
Beattic
Bevcourt
rejected
Left
Wing
demands
to
stand
Js
that
this
prlCe
would
""'
result
was
a
'roiu
t,e
al-""1p'l
branches
",llr
required
Io
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put,
for-'"it'ches
a
deter-"''''Plaiiee
f
the
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1
Bob
jo
Cariboo
Quartz
1.35
pull
out
oi
ine
government
oi
ff
t
t0
objectives
of
in
Premier
Alcide
de
Gasperi.
Buffalo
Canadian
Consul.
Smelters
..
Conwest
Donalda
.05
.54
.07
0.25
Congress
lledley
Mascot
,
Pacific
Eastern
IVnd
Oreille
r'Ud
(lelee.,1,,..
a..
rs,
reiii'PKKiiiiKir
Eldona
fuches.
I,:if
,'
ternational
agreement
"whether
wheat
Is
in
scarcity
or
surplus."
A
British
delegate
said
that
the
United
Kingdom
expects
a
"substantial
reduction"
in
maximum
prices.
The
United
States
said
that
it
was
agreeable
if
favorable
provisions
can
be
obtained
on
East
Sullivan
Giant
Yellowknil'e
ONE
VILLAGE
IS
RELIEVED
But
Another
Snowbound
Community
in
Manitoba
Still
Feeling
Pinch
5.05
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,
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&
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xi
i
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rtLVv:,.
wll
God's
Lake
"u,n
of
atlend-vtl,ti""
on
the
steamship
ri,s.
"C.
Provincial
n,1,(l
the
pialKS
Hard
rock
llarricana
I
other
points.
Heva
Hoseo
WINNIPEG.
O
Fifteen
days!
m-y
i
.wrv
'V
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?
'
of
snowbound
isolation
ended
Cold
Weather
Is
.lacknifc
yesterday
for
the
village
of
Wa
Joliet
Quebec
-42
Lake
Rowan'
!ERS
OF
HONORED
Pioneer
3.35
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
19
Reeves
McDonald
3.40
Reno
07
Sheep
Creek
1.55
Sllbak
Premier
...
38
Taku
River
'-
.30
Vananda
30
Salmon
Gold
15',a
Spud
Valley
00
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
5.15
A.
P.
Con
21
Atlantic
75
Cahnont
.'
45
C.
&
E
6.15
Central
Leduc
1.38
Home
Oil
12.50
Okalta
,
1.40
Pacific
Pete
2.70
Princess
37
Royal
Canadian
lO'a
Out..-
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
.
Lynx
Madsen
Red
Lake
Tlic
staff
ot
hd
friends
!
Star
kopa,
135
miles
southwest
of
here,
but
another
hamlet,
Nee-lin,
25
miles
northeast
of
Wa-kopa,
was
running
short
of
coal
and
food.
A
Manitoba
government
snow
plow
broke
through
to
Wakopa
Wednesday.
Trucks,
carrying
18
tons
of
coal
and
a
ton
and
a
.uo
72
.92
.13
2.73
.40
1.04
.51
2.30
the
management
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Hitting
Industry
VANCOUVER,
0)
The
cold
wave
has
crippled
plants
along
the
Fraser
River
which
is
now
ice-laden.
The
big
plywood
plant
of
H.
R.
MacMiUan
Ltd.,
employing
700
workers,
was
closed
this
week
because
of
frost
on
log
booms.
At
other
plants
dynamite
was
used
to
blast
logs
free
of
ice
as
tugs
battled
to
keep
docks
open.
1l
'uuilversarv
i.r
McKenzie
Red
Lake
McLcod
Cockshutt
Moneta
Negus
:
u'c
Star.
The
die
form
of
,n
ftp
"
vuu-
irvent.v-i..i,.
.
HONOR
CANADIAN
DEAD
Remembrance
Day
services
were
held
In
all
Canadian
military
cemeteries
but
photos
recording
these
ceremonies
In
remote
areas
were
delayed
In
transit
to
Canada
This
External
Affairs
Department
photo
shows
the
Canadian
section
of
the
cemetery
at
Hodoeaya
Japan,
where
officers
and
men
of
the
Royal
Rifles
of
Canada
and
Winnipeg
Grenadiers
are
buried.
The
guard
of
honor
was
supplied
by
the
67th
Australian
Iniantry
Battalion
About
40
Canadians
from
the
Tokyo-Yokohama
area
attended
the
service.
(CP
Photo)
-
-sia
stall
a
innrp
(1
nr.
half
of
flour,
followed.
Residents
said
they
could
not
have
held
Noranda
57-75
Louvlcourt
Pickle
Crow
2.10
out
much
longer.
uiu.ll
40
VPre
each
present-lV
gold
watches.
Regcourt
06
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