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AND
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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
290.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
FRIDAY.
DECEMBER
17.
1948
.
PRICK
FIVE
CENTS
i
ii
i
ii'iriiij
ir
t
-7
.
,
racl
Fails
io
Get
United
mi
to
.1
Terrace
Elects
United
States,
Russia
Abstains
'
-'
Y
Dudley
Little
TERRACE,
(Special
to
Daily
Canada
Favor;
C.H.R.
CASE
IS
PRESENTED
OTTAWA,
0i
Hearing,
of
British
Columbia's
case
against
the
mountain
differential
is
expected
to
end
today.
Canadian
National
Railways,
in
its
case
for
retention
of
the
PARIS
(CP)
Israel's
bid
for
membership
in
the
United
Nations
failed
to
win
security
council
approval
today.
-
Five
countries
voted
to
admit
Israel.
They
yvere
United
States,
fcussia,
Soviet
Ukraine,
Argen-tina'and
Colombia,
.
Five
countries,
including
Canada
and
Britain,
abstained
and
one
voted
against
the
new
mountain
differential,
'contend
News)
Dudrey
G.
Little
won
a
three-year
term
on
the
Board
of
Village
Commissioners
at
the
municipal
election
here
yesterday.
He
defeated
the
retiring
commissioner,
Thomas
P.
Walsh.
The
vole:
Little,
118.
Walsh,
67.
"
There
were
two
spoiled
ed
that
the
annual
cost
'
for
the
British
Columbia
run
was
$3,000,000
above
the
prairie
lev-.
i'state.
STAGES
COME-BACK-Ex-Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
who
headed
two-year
aldermanlc
poll
by
substantial
margin
in
yesterday's
civic
election.
A
-
ii'Atf
An
affirmative
vote
of
seven
el.
The
railway
evidence,
it
was
exacted,
wouiu
"oe
completed
was
required
for
approval
by
today.
Figures
f
the
C.N.R.
were
given
by
T.
t.
Gracey,
assist
ant
comptroller.
He
said
that
the
eleven-member
council.
Stranded
Trucks
Are
Back
In
City
Clarence
Thomson
and
William
Oair
Bring
Vehicles
in
After
Snow
Blockade
U.C.A.IIAT
SEEK
MAIL
COiTTRACTS,
'
-
'
tpieop
Charlotte
Airline?,
which
lorjpierly,
operatetj
.a
nun-sched-ule
Berylce
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver,
Is
resuming
Its
intereat
'on
the
north
coast
and
may
station
an
aircraft
here
$1,750,000
goes
to
extra
oper
aling
costs
because
of
the
moun
tains
and
$l,33,0OO
annual
in
'".erest
charges
and
debts
Incur
'
'
'
Is
red
on
early
mountain
construc
Three
NPA's,
Two
Independents
Returned
In
Civic
Voting
Here
Casey
Back
In
With
Wide
Margin
,
Present
School
Board
Members
Are
Returned
AH
Plebiscites
Approved
Prince
Rupert
electors
returned-three
Non-Partisan
candidates
and
two
independents
to
city
coun
Two
local
trucks
which
were
'
'
tion.
;
Gracey
said
that
British
Col
caught
last
week
near
Kwinitsa
when
heavy
snow
blocked
the
umbia
comU
are
12
per
cent
over
the
prairies
In
traffic
units.
He
also
showed,
however,
that
Brl-
fiext
jear.
iji
;anUcipUon
of
airt
Skeena
River
Highway
are
back
in
Prince
Rupert.
Clarence
.
ash
,
Columbia
costs
are
under
mail
con
ttactS.
with
the
Islands
and
northern
'pohlU-
.
,
;
;
v
Word
of,
the
company's
inten
i
the
national
average
and
those
i;
.V
-
oi
eastern
lines.
.
cil,
three
INon-Partisan-endorsed
school
trustees
and
gave
clear-cut
approval
to
three
plebiscite
questions
tions
was
-received
by
H.
O.
Archibald,
M.,.
after
lie.
had
.informed,
them"'
that
Postmaster-
when
they
voted
in
the
annual
civic
elections
Thurs
day.
,
.
;
Gf
oeral
"Sriiest
Beetrapd
would
Harry
M.
Daggett,
independent
view
sympathetically,
applica
candidate
for
a
two-year
alder
HIGHER
PENSIONS
BEING
SOUGHT
VANCOUVER,
0
Federal
civil
servants
on
pension
have
a
message
for
Santa.
They
want
Thomson
arrived
yesterday
afternoon
and
William
Gair,
witli
a
Lindsay
Cartage
vehicle,
ar-j
rived
Wednesday.
Tlxy
were,
i
extricated
by
Department
of
Public
Works
snow
fighting
equipment
which
came
west
from
Terrace.
Thomson
reports
that
a
trench
wide
enough
for
one
vehicle
was
cut
through.
The
snow
is
up
to
a
depth
of
three
feet
on
either
side.
The
Public
Works
Department
has
already
announced
that
it
is
not
the
intention
to
keen
the
-
-
r
manlc
seat,
topped
the
poll
among
city
council
aspirants,
tions
for
air-mail,
service
to
Isolated
coast
settlements.,
Mr.
Archibald
passed
the
information
on
some-time'
ago.,
At
present,
Queen
,
Cliarlotte
AJrfJnes
la
i
the
only
.company
holding
air
mall,
contracts
on
while
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
present
School
Board
chairman,
led
the
tation,
920;
Against,
272.
Favoring
Roosevelt
Park
Improvement,
761;
Against,
433.
Centre
of
interest
during
the
vote
count
was
the
contest
for
the
one-year
term,
which
settled
into
a
fight
between
Alderman
George
Casey
and
Alderman
Robert
McKay.
McKay-took
an
early
lead
but,
as
the
count
progressed,
Casey
forged
iUC
MOMENT
In
a
historic
ceremony
held
in
the
Senate
Chamber
of
parliament
;s
Saturday,
the
confederation
agreement
between
Canada
and
Newfoundland
was
ay
representatives
of
both
countries.
Prim?
Minister
St.
Laurent
is
shown
placing
his
re
on
the
document
while
A.
J.
Walsh,
chairman
of
the
Newfoundland
delegation
and
.nor
fur
his
country,
looks
on.
'
(CP.
Photo)
an
increase
in
pensions
to
meet
the
high
cost
of
living.
Pension
allowances
are
now
trustees
race
with
821.
The
present
School
Board,
Board,
which
Includes
Mrs.
E.
W.
the
;
coast
other
than
the
two
based
on
the
1924
cost
of
living.
major
-Hues,
Canadian
Pacific
road
d
,
U
L
.
,
t
The
Hollar
now
purchases
as
Becker
and
A.
Bruce
Brown
who
sought
office
again,
was
re
much
as
49c
did
then,
it
is
said
and.
TransCanada.
Q.C.A.
oper-j
through
the
"snow
belt"
of
the
atc$
air
airmail
sentec
between
IN
and
some
civil
servant
pension
loer
Skeena
elected.
Aid.
Q.
B.
Casey
won
over
Efforts
will
be
made
to
keep
the
-roaiS
Tra
iromrrnee"
RU-;
IRICA
ers
are
trying
to
get
along
ou
less
than
$50
a
month.
A
resolution
is
hi
process
of
preparation
asking
that
allow-hiiccs
be
increased
at
the
next
session
of
Parliament.
Bonus
of
$10
per
month
which
Is
being
sought
is
"sufficient
to
compensate,
ai
least
to
some
extent,
for
the
present
abnormal
Increase
in
living
costs."
Vancouver
and
Tahsls,
Zeballos
and"
Xyuquot.
on,
Vancouver
-Is-
lanij.;.
'-v.-'-;.;
V,
'
f.v'.u-:
.
The
company
plans
to
station
a
'
six-passenger
seaplane
at
Prince
.Rupert
for
charter
work
next
summer;:
company-
off
iclals
say.'
'
''
'
.
"
,r.
'
n'hefumpany
was
the
first
line
to
establish
air
service
at
Prince
Rupert
more
than
two
years
ago,
but
'
withdrew'-
when
;
it
lost
to
i
JANK1RO,
tl"
-
More
e
hundred
persons
arc
I
hundreds
ui
e
missiir;
mikIs
homeless
in
two
Brazil
today
in
the
huvy
ruins
which
scut
!
floods
over
wide
BIG
HAUL
OF
DRUGS
VANCOUVER
Itoyal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
today
recorded
what
is
believed
to
le
the
largest
.seizure,
of
heroin
in
Canadian
history
'W
ounces
w
ith
a
black
.
market
value
of
SOOO.ono.
Josc)h
Denizet,
37,
has
been
charged
with
possession
"of
the
narcotics
following
his
arrest
and
seizure,
of
the
drug
in
a
west-end
hotel
yesterday.
k.C.M.P.
officials
withheld
details
of
the
seizure
ahead,
coming
out
with
a
majority
of
146.
Of
the
three
pleiscites,
the
one
seeking'
opinion
on
-the
telephone
rehabilitation
plan
received
the
largest
majority,
although
approval
in
all
three
cases
was
overyhelming.
Of
1,192
votes
cast
on
the
telephone
plebiscite,
920
favored
the
plan.
Voters'
attitude
in
this
regard
will
likely
bear
weight
with
the
provincial
government,
whose
approval
must
be
obtained
for
a
money
bylaw
which
must
be
submitted
to
the
ratepayers
before
the
proposed
$550,000
could
be
borrowed.
It
was
an
election
vagary
that
gave
Alderniau
George
Casey
a
majority
and
also
approved
the
bylaw
which
he
had
bitterly
opposed
prior
to
the
el
C.F.A.
its
bid
to
operate
a
sched
AW.-
Rubert
McKay-
Ui
a
-spirited
contest
fo
rtlie
one-year
alder-manic
term.
Despite
the
fact
that
this
year's
voters'
list
contained
almost
500
more
names
than
in
1947,
there
were
fewer
voles
cast
yesterday
than
in
the
civic
election
a
year
ago.
Thursday's
vote
was
1,304,
while
in
1947
1,366
ballots
were
cast.
The
results:
ALDERMAN
Two-Year
Term
(First
Four
Elected)
Harry
M.
Daggett,
737.
Harold
S.
Whalen,
651.
James
N.
Forma-n,
644.
Wilfried
J.
McLean,
512.
George
E.
Hills,
498.
George
D.
Frizzell,
464.
August
Wallin,
442.
George
D.
Anderson,
390.
Elmer
D.
Manson,
256.
ALDERMAN
One-Year
Term
uled
air
rball
and
passenger
line
lo
VancoifVer.-;
'
'
liivi'
beaten
down
with
ivmtoluiiy
for
15
days
C.P.R.
CONTESTS
TAXATION
RIGHT
('asp
is
Before
Supreme
Court
of
Saskatchewan
pert
to
Tyee
and
that
section
is
today
reported
to
be
in
good
shape
for
travel.
JOBLESS
ARE
FLOCKING
IN
VANCOUVER
H
Unemployed
are
estimated
to
be
flocking
into
British
Columbia
from
the
prairies
and
Eastern
Canada
at
the
rate
of
two
hundred
per
eek.
Unemployment
service
officials
are
under
orders
to
give
no
iVr-tlier
figures
on
what
they
call
a
normal
winter
influx
of
jobless.
.
Welfare
people
disagree
that
it
is
a
normal
situation.
Police
are
also
in
a
quandry.
They
blame
much
of
the
recent
crime
on
floaters.
FINED
$300
FOR
iatfi
of
Hio
re
Janeiro
Onus
and
were
'tt
iiy
a
cloudburst
two
''J'
i
of
biilli
stales
'!
hundreds
were
injur-"
antliorities
have
a.sked
"niment
to
rush
mill--'"es
to
the
worst
hit
1
p.iraehule
medicines
Muff.s.
ection.
HEOINA,
Tlie
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
stood
pat
today
on
its
contention
that
an
agreement
entered
into
with
the
federal
government
in
,
1880
cx-emfll.ed
its
property
in
Sas
peal,
counsel
saying
that
the
1880
agreement
.
which
stated
that
neither
federal
nor
provincial
or
municipal
body
could
tax
any
part
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
was
still'
in
effect.
Y.
:
'
The
right
of
Saskatchewan
municipalities
to
tax
C.P.R.
property
comes
up
with
the
contesting'
by
the
railway
company
of
the
validity
of
Saskatchewan
govornnient
-
amthdments
giving
the
municipalities
the
power
to
tax
the
company.
Thursday's
vote
count
began
at
8
o'clock
and
was
completed
by
10:45.
Use
of
the
Hunter
ballot,
a
patented
voting
scheme
katchewan
from
municipal
business
and
property
taxation.
The
point
was
raised
by
company
counsel
at
yesterday's
opening
of
a
two-day
session
before
Saskatchewan
Court
of
Ap-
but
said
it
was
the
largest
ever
made
in
the
west
and
probably
the
biggest
ever
made
in
Canada.
DOUBLY
ORPHANED
VANCOUVER
Little
Norma
Mary
Whitfield
today
is
a
complete
orphan.
Eighteen
days
ago
the
six-month-old
girl
was
found
crying
in
a
perambulator
in
the
hallway
of
a
downtown
hotel.
Police
found
her
mother,
Jeanie,
and
her
four-year-old
brother,
James
Michael,
dead
in
a
gas-filled
room.
Tragedy
came
again
last
night.
Iter
father,
Leslie
Whitfield,
tow
boat
man,
was
found
dead
in
a
gas-filled
room.
He
left
a
note
signed
"Les."
saying:
"Don't
forget,
I'm
going
to
Jeanie.
I'm
still
sane."
'
;
'
.
ASI
lORL
IN
I
IARBOR
.
VANCOUVER
A
7,000-ton
Swedish
motorship,
Paraguay,
went
ashore
early
today
in
deiio
fog
in
Vancouver
harbor'but
was
later
released,
little,
it
any,
damaged.
The
thermometer
went
down
to
20
the
lowest
temperature
here
above
zero
here
today,
so
far
this
winter.
SENTENCED
TO
HANG
mnMTiMi'Af
n(iii4.l;is
Pcrreault
was
convict-
W!;aii
Mi
VIHtIM!
d-itt
rrn
are
niovliij!
north
Pacific
again,
which
permits
all
votes
on
the
ballot
to
be
counted
at
the
same
time,
was
credited
by
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thvln
as
being
respdn-slble
for
the
speedy
count.
Use
of
the
old
type
of
ballot
would
have
made
it
impossible
to
complete
the
count
bei'ore
midnight,
Mr.
Thain
said.
ILLEGAL
FISHING
Fine
of
$300
was
Imposed
by
Magistrate
W
D.
Vance
in
city
police
court
this
week
In
the
case
-
milder
weather
to
the
:.-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
(First
Named
Elected)
Aid.
George
B.
Casey,
594.
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
428.
.
Henry
N.
Powell,
209.
SCHOOL
BOARD
(First
Three
Elected)
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
821.
Mrs.
E.
W.
Becker,
787.
A.
Bruce
Brown,
718.
Mrs.
J.
S.
Black,
471.
Peter
P.
Forman,
399.
Hugh
A.
MacDonald.
321.
PLEBISCITES
Charlottes
and
North
of
the
local
fishing
vessel
Stra-fen,
owned
by
Peter
Anderson,
which
wa3
convicted
of
fishing
hllbut
illegally
in
Area
2.
The
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
t
td.
'Kkv
but
also
conslder-
and
rain.
Over
the
"T
f
the
province
the;
charge
was
laid
under
International
Fisheries
regulations
with
'iH
ii'iiiuiti
cloudy
and
,;iy.
iiiui;ei'a;,ing
tumor-.
"'
Hurries
(ire
expect-
LOCAL
TIDES
Saturday,
December
18,
1948
High
2:54
19.3
feet
14:25
22.1
feet
Low
8:26
8.2
feet
21:10
1.8
feet
evidence
by
American
author
f
avoring
Chloramination,
894;
ties.
Rod
MacLeod
acted
as
n"st
M'ctlnns
liiiiiiiiTow.
counsel
for
the
prosecution
and
.
Against,
345
l'nrt'east
1
niarloUes
and
North
Bruce
Brown
for
defendant.
Favoring
Telephone
Rehablli-
It(Tinii,,ent
mixed
wiow
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tmrt
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Milder
to-i,oui,;,t,
nn,
hU-hr.
Port
Hardy
30
and
;il'tt
34
and
-in,
Prince
W
and
37.
Vancouver
Seattle.
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$1000
IN
ed
last
night
of
murder
in
the
slaying
of
Constable
Emile
Duranleau
in
a
bank
ho
d-..p
las
Se,
teniber
were
lu
led.
He
si
1
hang
in
which
two
policemen
March
2b.
Two
weeks
ago
Noel
Cloutiei,
1,
had
n
convicted
of
a
second
shooting
and
sentence,
to
hnng
March
11.
Donald
Perratilt
no
nhlumoL
Douglas,
is
the
last
of
the
trio
yet
to
ace
trial,
probably
at
the
spring
session
of
the
court.
BRITISH
FIRED
ON
P.ElvLIN
A
British
Army
spokesman
said
to-,1-iv
soldier
had
been
fired
on
by
UriUsh
1
nt
a
ton
rvmlvd
badly
injured
al-
S
st
1
alive
after
at
first
reported
as
having
I
XiMl
The
tidier
and
eight
co.nrs
were
fired
S
oVl
upon
'ione
when
Wednesday
they
accidently
night
while
crossed
hunting
into
rabbits'
Kus
The
eight
other
men
were
captuml
by
sian
troops
and
are
still
being
held.
CHIANG
WITHDRAWING
,
of
Chiang
lieadMuarters
NANKING
Supreme
Kai-Shek's
East
China
'kn
AI"il:JUlDE
.'"""st
taxi
.driver
last
saved
a
visiUiiR
couple
anxiety
In
addition
to
'"'s
l's.
Henry
Knutseu
bis
fares
to
a
rcsl-011
'Si'Vent.U
Avenue
."
Aru'l'
Hie
trio
he
found
!"6
s,'''t
of
t.hf
ear
:i
iiorNi"
aiillL'
n
1,,,,..
(
1,
.,
'
Much
In
Mw.i
,.i.n.
lle
wallet
was
.Imine-
'
ret
u
r
n
o
ri
4i
41
o
WITH
FRONT
LINES
OF
NATIONALIST
FIGHTING
NEAR
SUCHOW-Chluese
Communist
soldiers
captured
on
the
Suchow
front
are
shown
with
their
captured
weapons.
Red
troops
have
since
occupied
Suchow.
Three
government
army
groups
had
been
evacuating
the
city
and
the
Communists
entered
without
having
to
fight.
Meanwhile
heavy
fighting
Is
reported
between
Nationalists
and
Communists
along
the
Huai
river,
140
miles
from
Nanking
The
Canadian
embassy
in
Nanking
is
headed
by
Ambassador
T.
C.
Davis.
rfS,
Mr
r,,,
.
i..
withdrawhiT
from
tnreaieneu
hX""-.t't
011
Of
Hart.lpir.in.,,
-jiug
a
visit,
to.
the.
city.
;
ft,mi.Min
sncieni
i
eiping.
conunuing
w
s
are