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Pacific
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"Prince
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Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
147.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
23,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Campaign
i
Active
$25,000
i
if
ption
to
Date
$M,09U.46
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I
ermain
Situation
i
tvcm
Moire
C
muse
Bulletins
Kelowna
Is
Threatened
RUSSIA
MEETS
SATELLITES
To
Map
Out
Economic
Battle
Against
Western
Allies
Berlin
Made
Two-Currency
City
I
c
en
,$20,000
!
jpi)
$15,000
PRA1R1E
FIRES
ARE
SPREADING
WINNIPEG
Oi-Northcrn
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan
forest
fires
today
cover
an
estimated
100-mile
area.
Airplane
pilots
report
at
least
twelve
fires
In
the
Flin
Flon
area
In
the
vicinity
of
the
.
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
border
with
the
worst
blaze
at
WARSAW
(CP)-
.
.
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!
"
1
i
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-4
$
Island
Falls,
Saskatchewan,
FISHERMAN
IS
MISSING,
FEAR
DROWNED
sixty
air
miles
northwest
of
Flin
Flon.
Russia
today
called
a
surprise
conference
of
her
eastern
European
satpl-'
lites
which
may
map
a
battle
against
the
western
allies'
plan
to
set
up
a
western
German
state.
Summoned
were
Poland,
Czechoslovakia,
Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia,
Romania
and
Hungary.
All
of
these
countries
A
crew
member
of
the
Vancou
fit)
pj
$10,000
ver
fishing
boat
Chief
Skugaid
is
missing
and
believed
to
have
Okanagan
Is
Now
Faced
With
Flood
Menace
Oliver
In
Danger
KELOWNA
(CP)
Evacuation
of
residents
of
low-lyinir
homes
here
was
under
way
Tuesday
night
as
the
Orchard
City
was
imperilled
by
rising
waters
of
Okanagan
Lake'
which
recorded
the
highest
reading
in
history
at
104.84
feet.
Dikers
are
hastily
reinforcing
the
banks
of
the
river
at
Oliver
where
a
major
breach
could
ruin
hundreds
of
thousands
of
acres
of
fruit
crops.
Telephone
circuits
between
Oliver,
Kelowna
and
Pen
tic-ton
are
weak,
necessitating
long
delays
in
communication.
"Kelowna
is
badly
up
against
it,"
said
Chief
Magistrate
INFANTILE
I-ARALVSIS
FORT
ST.
JOHN
Ten
cases
of
infantile
paralysis
have
developed
here.
It
is
of
mild
type.
All
public
gatherings
have
been
banned.
BUTTER
SHORTAGE
VANCOUVER
A
Vancouver
butter
dealer
says
that
the
worst
butter
shortage
in
history
may
occur
this
winter
unless
provision
Is
made
for
free
entry
of
supplies
from
New
Ztaland.
NO
REMOVAL
VET
VANCOUVER
A
spokesman
of
the
Canadian
Manufacturers'
Association
said
today
that
information
bad
been
received
from
the
government
that
no
immediate
removal
of
the
25
percent
special
excise
tax
was
contemplated.
FIGHT
POSTPONE!)
NEW
YORK
The
Joe
Louis-
Strikers
Divided
rlrnwnpH
In
Prlnep
Rnnert.
harhnr.
Searches
by
the
city
police
and,,"Bn1'a
upa,f
J,1
fTatH
to
pp0S!
the
Marshall
Plan.
Unconfirmed
reports
say
that
Foreign
Minis
British
Government
Sends
Troops
to
I'nload
Ships
ter
V.
M.
Molotov
Is
heading
the
jV4
Ml
fcl
$5,000
Russian
delegation.
The
three
western
allies
today
LONDON,
Pi
Ranks
of
dock
workers
split
Tuesday
rejected
a
Soviet
order
for
the
inquiries
by
his
fellow
crew
members
have
failed
to
reveal
his
whereabout
since
Saturday.
The
man
is
Harold
Tynjala,
23,
who
was
last
seen
early
Saturday
morning
on
his
ay
to
the
Chief
Skugaid,
at
that
tims
moored
at
the
Home
Oil
Co.
dock
here.
Apprehension
as
to
his
whereabouts
resulted
in
a
search
of
over
the
Issue
of
ending
the
nine-day
wildcat
strike
that
hai
tied
up
142
ships,
including
10
Canadian,
in
the
port
of
Lon-
issuance
of
Russian
-
controlled
currency
for
all
Berlin
and
announced
their
own
Deutschmark
would
be
used
In
the
city's
western
'
'
'
sectors.
Harry
Angle.
luce
clon'
cnclanBcrinB
food.
$
5
00
perishable
Maturity
of
strikers
at
a
meet
5
00
lutchcr
..........
1
1
ley
5.00
ing
called
by
the
Transport
and
General
Workers'
Union,
voted
to
return
to
work
tomorrow
k.iwford
5.00
t:isnr
15
nn
United
States,
British
and
French
authorities
say
they
arj
making
Berlin
a
two-currency
city
rather
than
submit
to
arbitrary
violation
of
four-power
agreements.
TERRACE
PILOT
the
waterfront
yesterday
by
the
city
police.
Earlie",
it
was
believed
by
his
friends
that
he
might
have
left
the
vessel
to
stay
ashore
with
friends
for
a
day
or
two.
'
..,,
,,,
iiiiwrver,
oniy
jiwu
oi
me
jd.uuu
J
1
members
attended
jtltosh
6.80
The
Chief
Skugaid
docked
Jersey
Joe
Walcott
fight
was
post
poned
today
until
tomorrow
in
the
Yankee
Stadium
because
of
rain
and
threatening
weather.
Anxious
To
Drop
Taxes
Austerity
Imposts
Coming
off
here
Friday
evening
with
36,000
pounds
of
halibut
and
was
to
.
k
:
i-eiul
lo.oo
:
r
I
Hire
5.00
,
I
fey
I
5.00
;
C
Binders
5.00
il
fK'iit
10.00
I.
,
jj
Wood
5.00
MAKES
MERCY
FLIGHT
NORTH
A
triangular
mercy
flight
in
which
a
Skeena
Air
Transport
plane
started
at
Prince
Rupert,
paused
at
Alice
Arm,
then
delivered
a
seriously
ill
man
to
the
Red
Cross
outpost
hospital
at
A
rival
meeting
of
4500
men
voted
to
remain
idle.
With
the
strikers
still
falling
to
heed
the
appeal
of
the
union
leaders
to
return
to
work,
Prime
Minister
C.
R.
Attlee
today
made
pood
a
threat
which
he
made
yesterday
and
sent
troops
to
the
London
docks
today
to
unload
ships
of
perishable
foodstuffs.
sail
early
this
week
back
to
Area
Three.
However,
her
skipper
delayed
sailing
on
account
of
the
missing
man.
According
to
the
police,
a
taxi
Wright
10.00
fp
3.00
COMMUNIST
DIRECTORS
ARRESt
f
A
SURPRISE"'
Jack
Sta-chel,
(second
from
lefti
is
pictured
with
reporters
after
his
release
m
$3,500
bail.
Stachel,
49,
U.S.
national
educational
director
of
the
Communist
party
in
the
United
States,
was
arrested
by
the
F.B.I,
and
immigration
authorities
on
charges
of
entering
the
U.S.
illegally.
Stachel
said
his
arrest
was
"quite
a
"surprise."
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Workers
driver
recalled
delivering
a
man
utioiiiil
Union
....
25
00
Terrace
was
made
In
the
lonp
answering
Tynjala's
description
to
a
spot
In
front
of
the
Home
nker
&
Co.
Ltd
....
15.00
irson
Co
10.00
summer
twilight
last
night
COURT
OKAYS
Rupert
Club
25
00
Pilot
Bill
Cooper
of
the
Ekeena
Dewey
Is
Favorite
PHILADELPHIA
Favor
at
the
Republican
national
convention
here
to
name
a
candidate
for
president
of
the
United
States
appears
to
be
swinging
to
Governor
Thomas'
E:
Dewey
of
New
York.
There
was
a
striking
Indication
of
"
this
yesterday
when
Senator
Edward
Martin
announced
that
he
would
not
allow
his
name
to
be
put
in
nomination
but
would
nomii
-ate
and
support
Dewey.
The
Alabama
delegation
also
intimated
Its
support.
Nominations
will
start
tonight
with
the
balloting
tomor
Oil
Oo;
dock,
about
3:30
Saturday
"
"
:'
morning.
It
is
feared
that
he
may
have
Mess,
120th
Air
Transport
Seebee
Intended
!l.V.
I1.C.J
50.00
to
take
off
for
Terrace
at
9
p.m
fallen
from
the
wharf
while
Soon,
Ottawa
Indicates
OTTAWA
Although
reports
at
this
time
are
termed
completely
unauthorized
and
prematuressources',
close
to
-
the
government
Indicate
that
the
cabinet
is
anxious
to
drop
the
contentious-excise
taxes
Imposed
In
connection
with
last
November's
austerity
program,
and
only
timing
stands
hi
the
way
of
their
repeal.
The
taxes
apply
to
a
broad
list
of
durable
consumer
goods
ranging
from
home
electrical
Instead
In
response
to
an
urgent
call
from
the
mining
town
of
.
(til
s
Mess,
120th
-
fcry
50
00
KtfKiipert
Hotel
Staff
15
00
n
ti
Lean
2.00
PENSION
PLAN
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.,
Judge
T.
Alan
Goldsborough
Tuesday
Kave
John
L.
Lewis
the
legal
green
light
for
a
$100
per
month
Vancouver
Bralorne
7.75
B
R.
Con
04
B.RX
:
O8V2
trying
to
get
back
to
his
boat.
Tynjala's
home
Is
at
the
coast
settlement
of
Sointula.
Moneta
40
Negus
2
25
Noranda
49.00
Louvicourt
60
Pickle
Crow
1.92
Alice
Arm,
he
headed
north
There,
he
picked
up
a
man
..ItfKootc
5.00
1.30
Cariboo
Quarts
D.ri
nam
10
00
known
as
Mr.
Payne
who
was
suffering
from
a
cerebral
hemorrhage,
resulting
from
a
strol:'.
jb'ierhide
5
00
pension
plan
for
miners.
RADIOACTIVE
ORE
IS
FOUND
Judge
Goldsborough
dismissed
HKF
FAMIIV
REGINA
W
Hon.
J.
L.
Phelps,
tm
f
mt
mm
'
lh
M
im
TA
ITtf
row.
Meantime
a
"Stop
Dewey"
coalition
appeared
early
today
a
plea
of
Ezra
Van
Horn,
trustee
for
the
operators'
United
iMine
Workers'
Welfare
Fund,
'for
a
court
order
to
block
pay-I
ment
of
pensions
t'o
retired
miners.
It
marked
Lewis'
first
triumph
Saskatchewan's
minister
of
re
appliances
to
automobiles.
One
minister
said
the
taxes,
if
and
when
repeal
was
announced,
would
not
be
dropped
all
at
once.
Rather
some
will
be
retained
and
others
modified.
INU
IUUII
Regcourt
04
Vi
San
Antonio
3
30
Senator
Rouyn
3f)
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
2.03
Sturgeon
River
16
Silver
Miller
.23
HOMESTRETCH
IN
CAMPAIGN
sources,
announced
today
thatto
be
geUing
under
way
foUow.
ing
a
meeting
yesterday
of
Sena-
M
HOMELAND
tor
Taft,
Harold
Stassen
and
Governor
Earl
Warren
of
in
three
trips
to
Goldsborough's
court.
new
radioactive
samples
live
times
better
than
those
originally
discovered
have
been
found
at
the
Lac
la
Ronge
field.
Mr.
Phelps
said
that
no
record
can
be
found
of
more
extensive
outcrops
In
the
world.
a
few
hours
earlier.
Cooper
intended
to
bring
the
sick
man
to
Prince
Rupert,
but
because
of
darkness,
he
was
unable
to
get
a
clearance
to
land
here.
He
headed
for
Terrace
instead.
He
put
down
at
Ttrrace
at
3:30
this
morning
and
his
passenger
was
Immediately
taken
to
the
Red
Cross
outpost
hospital.
His
condition
was
described
this
afternoon
as
"fair."
Red
Cross
hospital
authorities
at
Terrace
had
little
information
about
the
man,
other
than
that
his
name
Is
Payne.
He
was
employed
at
Torbrit
Sil
Still
another
development
to
Basically,
the
tax
Is
the
excise
levy
of
25
per
cent.
However,
on
some
goods,
on
which
there
was
already
a
10.
per
cent
tax,
the
additional
levy
was
only
15
per
cent.
In
announcing
the
taxes
last
family
members
of
a
-Canadian
to
come
to
Rupert
following
repeal
'.'hlnese
Immigration
Act
neh
will
arrive
here
nex;.
day
was
the
statement
of
Governor
Ziegler
of
Michigan
that
he
Intended
to
put
the
name
of
FOOD-SHELTER
ARE
PROBLEMS
REGINA,
0'
Weary
entered
the
home
stretch
to
November,
Finance
Minister
Ab
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Thursday,
June
24,
1948
Senator
Arthur
Vandenburg
in
nomination.
Vandenburg
has
been
often
mentioned
as
a
possible
compromise
choice.
day,
before
Thursday's
general
bott
said
the
aim
was
not
to
raise
election
In
Saskatchewan.
Yes-1
revenue
but
to
limit
public
terday
was
the
last
day
during
spending
with
the
"objective
of
4
They
will
be
the
wife
-il'W
children
of
Edward
Kep
Mah,
better
known
4
''ity,
wiiere
lie
has
lived
early
boyhood
as
Ghee
CAFTFIES,
St.
Lueia,
it
Food
High
2:43
20.1
feet
and
shelter
'have
become
cnor
Grull
Wihksne
04
Kedley
Mascot
48',i
Minto
Ol'z
Pend
Oreille
4.00
Pioneer
2
50
Premier
Border
,
.03
Privateer
19'i
Reeves
McDonald
1.80
Salmon
Gold
.16Vi
Sheep
Creek
1.15
Taylor
Bridge
42
Taku
River
35
Vananda
36
Congress
0'i3,t
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
102
Spud
Valley
.1272
Central
Zeballos
01
SilUak
Premier
.30
Oils
A.P.
Con.
,
14
Calmont
48
C.
and
E
615
Foothills
3.00
Home
8.50
Toronto
Athona
.-07
Aumaque
.17
Beattie
j
62
Bevcourt
26
.Bohjo
-
12
Buffalo
Canadian
06
Consol.
Smelters
117.00
Conwe.'.t
108
Donalda
69
Eldona
1-38
East
Sullivan
2.77
Giant
Yellowknife
4
75
which
political
broadcasting
was
permitted.
mous
problems
in
what
remains
conserving
United
States
dollars.
The
special
taxes
will
be
re-
15:52
18.1
feet
Low
9:24
2.7
feet
21:28
8
3
feet
Final
addresses
are
schedule.1
for
M.
J.
Coldwell,
national
C.C.F.
moved
only
when
circumstances
f
ls
,MVUlf'
1
n"rsc,ay
f
24.000
population
following
the
Pnnee
for
Kan
I
Rupert
.
hnjke
Qut
Salm.day
ver
mine
at
Alice
Arm.
Yesterday,
while
at
work,
he
complained
of
feeling
ill.
He
went
home
to
rest
and
shortly
afterward
was
overcome
with
a
warrant
and
there
is
no
author
THE
WEATHER
9
"o
Where
lie
will
meel
ins;
on
their
arrival
there
,
ALLOWANCE
FOR
TAX
COLLECTION
VICTORIA
Proclaiming
the
three
per
cent
retail
sales
tax
to
become
effective
July
1,
the
'
cl
rrbu
Synopsis
A
weak
disturbance
moving
across
the
northern
British
Col
and
raged
unchecked
for
eight
hours,
all
but
wiping
out
the
city.
Thousands
were
left
homeless
by
the
blaze
and
food
is
scarce.
No
lives
were
lost.
fWianghal
on
July
.
He
t-
to
bring
ttiem
back
to
leader,
and
Premier
T.
C.
Douglas,
with
all
candidates
returning
to
their
home
constituencies
for
election
eve.
Mr.
Coldwell,
In
a
speech
at
Kamsack,
said
the
C.C.F.
was
fighting
a
coalition
and
that
the
ity
for
announcements
concerning
the
Immediate
possibility
of
.their
removal,
said
Hon.
Doug-lias
Abbott,
minister
of
finance,
i
in
Parliament
yesterday
J.
M.
Macdonnell,
Progressive
-
Conservative
member
for
Muskoka,
REDS
KIDNAPPING
Rupert
on
July
21.
lias
not
seen
his
family
oming
back
to
Cannd::
a
year
ago.
He
visited
in
1939
and
was
caught
provincial
government
announced
yesterday
that
retailers
will
faced
Its
toughest
movement
test.
be
allowed
three
per
cent
com
CHANGE
MADE
IN
ANNUITIES
WOMEN,
CHILDREN
mission
for
collection
of
the
tax
which
will
be
on
purchases
over
fl'y
the
war.
He
returned
fc
country
in
July,
1947.
had
commented
on
a
Canadian
Press
report
which
said
that
the
duties
were
to
be
lifted.
If
that
were
true,
said
Macdonnell,
there
had
been
a
budget
leak
and
a
gross
breach
of
confidence
concerning
members.
OTTAWA
The
House
of
15c
and
meals
over
50c.
Rents,
i
his
wife
will
be
his
twn
Commons
has
given
first
read-
ATHENS,
W
Queen
Freder-ika
of
Greece
said
Monday
that
between
8000
and
10.000
children
have
been
kidnapped
by
umbia
coast
this
morning
brought
overcast
skies
and
in-termitten
rain
to
that
section
of
the
province.
Increased
cloudiness
and
rain
are
expected
to
spread
over
Vancouver
Island
by
Thursday
afternoon
with
widely
scattered
showers
reaching
the
central
Interior
by
tomorrow
evening.
Cloudy
skies
and
widely
scatered
showers
over
the
southeastern
corner
of
the
province
will
clear
slowly.
Temperatures
will
be
slightly
lower
tomorrow
over
the
central
Interior
with
little
change
elsewhere.
kit!!
flood
and
fuel
re
among
the
exempted
items.
P'ers,
Mah
Lew
Ken
ana
hill
Increasing
the
lug
to
a
nnr
and
his
soifMah
Qnen
maxirn,im
annuity
which
can
JEWISH
ARMS
SHIP
BURNED
TEL
AVIV
An
8.600-ton
ship
which
was
unloading
arms
for
the
Jewish
underground
and
which
was
fired
upon
by
the
Jewish
Hagana,
regular
army,
took
fire
at
Tel
Aviv
yesterday
whereupon
the
two
Jewish
factions
quit
fighting
one
against
11
are
youngsters.
They
bo
bought
from
the
Federal
gov-
Gen.
Markos
Vaflades,
leader
of
jppected
to
arrive
in
San
rrnmcnt
from
$1,200
to
$1,500.
the
communist
guerilla
army,
i
eo
on
the
Montcagle
on
As
wen
as
increasing
the
max!-'
and
sent
to
camps
of
neighborly
I
mum
the
bill
Increases
from
ing
Russian
satellite
states.
.60
MR.
KING
DENIES
REPORTS
IN
HOUSE
God's
Lake
Hardrock
Harricana
07
Heva
10
family
member
who
will
$10
a
year
to
$60
the
minimum
1
in
China
is
Ghee'"
;
which
the
government
will
sell.
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
t
'.
who
resided
here
in
the
Mackenzie
King
denied
in
the
38
034
Hoseo
Jaeknile
I
years
of
the
city
but
re-P
to
China
more
than
a
Macdonald,
Arroll,
McMeekin
Winners
Results
in
last
night's
Cana
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
with
occasional
light
rain
today.
Cloudy
tomorrow.
Winds
light
westerly.
Little
Johet
Quebec
40
Lake
Rowan
07
jthe
other
to
join
in
fighting
the
.flames.
The
vessel,
however,
was
House
of
Commons
that
he
had
agreed
with
a
meeting
of
Liberals
that
subsidies
were
desirable
in
order
to
keep
down
the
pi'
of
a
century
ago.
She
widow
of
the
late
Mah
.destroyed.
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t
dian
National
Recreation
Association
Lawn
Bowling
League
a
.
II
I
.
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t
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;
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1
tJ-;
1
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r.
.
In
A.nnin
t
i,va
T
mire
In-
Lapaska
Little
Long
L,v;
Lynx
ion,
who
came
to
Prince
I
lliumer
iMlip
Ul
raueuuauiau
piitc
level,
mi.
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urutru
untvufic
111
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iv-
COMMUNISTS
'
BEING
BANNED
OTTAWA,
'(P'
Minister
of
Justice
J.
L.
Ilsley
told
the
House
of
Commons
Tuesday
that
no
communist
or
fascist
would
be
i,.,ori
tn
hold
a
position
of
O8V2
registry,
laden
with
Jewish
vol-
that
he
had
ever
lectured
the
night
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
In
1911
and
founded
the
11
Co.
which
his
sons
slill
unleers
and
ammunition,
was
minister
of
finance,
.
suggesting
Hardy
45
and
60,
Massett
50
and
play
were
as
follows:
Louis
Arroll
rink,
20;
Ross,
18.
Macdonald,
25;
McGrelsh,
17.
McMeekin,
18;
Frew,
17.
1
fired
upon
by
the
Jewish
under-
that
Mr.
Abbott
be
more
human
1
57,
Prince
Rupert
47
and
57.
Madsen
Red
Lake
2
45
McKenzic
Red
Lake
37
McLeod
Cockshutt
100
rrnnnrl
and
remove
SDecial
excise
taxes.
Canadian
Legion
Athletic
Club
TRACK
MEET
DASEKALL
3
GAMES)
SOCCER
Wing
his
death
In
1921,
flic
returned
to
China.
'
Intana
rivers
av
in
flood
ena,
Mont.
The
Maria
p'eton
Rivers
in
northern
pna
are
in
flood,
following
Msn
sales
Canadian
Zapora,
56,000,
23.20,c
22c
and
10c,
Whiz.
Selma
H.,
30,000,
Co-op.
Northern
Breeze.
17,000,
Co-op.
Atli,
17,000,
black
cod,
Co-op.
Tramp,
14,000,
black
cod,
I
LLaCii
J
trust
in
the
federal
civil
service.
He
said
the
government
was
"acutely
aware"
of
the
need
for
security
measures."
It
had
been
derided
not
to
set
up
an
"elaborate
organization
to
determine
loyalties"
of
individuals
as
had
been
done
in
England.
DOMINION
DAY
SPORTS
TICKETS
TO
ALL
EVENTS
$1.50
Ketchikan
vs.
Pr.
Rupert
Cup
Finals
i
N.B.C.
Championships
ROOSEVELT
PARK
THOMAS
REID,
M.P.
Parliamentary
assistant
to
the
Minister
of
Fisheries.
'
t
rains.