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Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII.
No.
243.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
18,
191!)
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Senate
avoirs
Alas!
asia
Kan
way
States
dent
Authorized
Steel
Stride
May
o
to
President
Truman
OONA
RIVER
VOTES
AGAINST
SCHOOL
BYLAW
Seal
With
Canada
m
HP
11
it
hator
iviagnuson
leus
upper
The
small
Porcher
Island
community
of
Oona
River
was
i.
.
.
..
House
ot
BeneNts
ot
Line
Final
Effort
Being
Made
To
End
Paralyzing
Tie-up
HiNGTON,
D.C.
(CP)-Con8truction
of
a
1
muT
ZuZ
0m
Prince
George
to
Fairbanks
would
vote
against
the
school
money
,d
bearing
a
rich
potential
in
coal,
oil
and
!fa,Lon
?f
tober
8'
c';orain.3
well
as
providing
a
vital
defence
link
is
in
reached
city
clerk
h.
d.
Thain
ites
plans
to
guard
far
north
possessions,
from
there
yVday-
llll
II
IIJWPWIWIJIMJIWII'
..
j
,
V
.
barren
Magnuson
of
Washington
told
the'
?
SZt'"
Automobile
Industry
I
Operating
On
Borrowed
Time
and
May
Have
to
Close
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)
Government
labor
officials
decided
today
on
a
big,
final
fling
at
trying
for
voluntary
settlements
in
the
United
States
steel
and
coal
strikes..
It
was
strongly
indicated
that,
if
f.he
federal
mediation
chief,
Cyrus
Ching,
fails
in
various
moves
planned
for
this
week,
he
will
turn
the
,
Senate
yesterday
law
wUn
no
one
for
,ptfd
and
sent
to
present
transporUtlon
facilities
the
only
village
In
the
district
jjian
a
bill
author-
are
not
being
put
to
the
fullest,
which
failed
to
give
the
aegotiate
with
Can-lf?
of
a
1400-mile
h
Alu-ska.
Building
would
cost
possibly
MO
OOO
and
$1,000,-
two
big
strikes
over
to
Presi-
use.
school
measure
support.
Premier
Byron
Johnson
visited'
However,
the
soMd
anti-bylaw
Washington
last
week
to
con-
front
will
not
affect
the
prefer
with
United
States
parties
ponderant
city
and
district
m:ij-interestcd
in
the
deal.
It
did
orlty
which
was
far
greater
than
not
alter
the
Premier's
stand
tne
necessary
three-fifths-
re-that
Ottawa
and
Washington
1ui"l
by
the
Schools
Act
must
settle
the
matter.
'
Complete
count
of
ballots
in
It
was
announced
here
yes-
the
cltv
and
district
gave
a
vote
tarday
that
British
Columbia
01
760
ln
avor
of
the
bylaws
and
is
to
get
a
$15,000-a-mile
aid
172
a8altlst-grant
to
finance
the
extension
Here
ls
a
recaP'tuIatlori
of
the
umowrs
are
plar-
EPIDEMIC
OF
MEASLES
HITS
CITY
SCHOOLS
T.
H.
ATKINSON
General
Manager
JAMES
Ml
I
It
President
S.
G.
DOBSON
Chairman
of
the
Board
dent
Truman.
Then
It
will
be
up
to
Truman
to
decide
if
and
when
he
wants
to
employ
emergency
powers
of
the
Taft-Hartley
labor
law
including
strike-stopping
injunction
or
industry
seizure.
Authoritative
source?
at
Detroit
said
today
that
the
United
States
automoboile
industry
is
operating
on
borrowed
time
a.
An
epidemic
of
red
measies
ROYAL
BANK
EXECUTIVE
CHANGES
Election
of
Sydney
G.
Dobson
to
the
Chairmanship
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
The
Royal
Bank
of
Canada
is
among
many
executive
changes
announced
by
the
bank
today.
Succeeding
Mr.
Dobson
as
President
ls
James
Muir,
who
has
been
General
Manager
of
the
bank
since
1945.
T.
H."
Atkinson,
Assistant
General
Manager
since
1943,
succeeds
Mr.
Muir
as
General
Manager.
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
ou"K
great
in
number
but
so
far
not
Railway
serious
in
effects,
is
sweeping
U,e
Alaska
railway
provineially-owned
.
provinciully-owned
i
Eastern
but
have
ouidered,
Magnuson
lay
Is
construction
)00
extension
pro-if
present
Quesnel
Prince
George.
Jk
federal
govern
--ried
to
be
little
ln-t
Canadian-Unltei"
A
to
Alaska
on
the
ii
the
cost
will
not
unarrtaking
and
the
city.
The
Prince
Rupert
Health
Unit
today
reported
thai
1
HL
W
LATHER
30
children
had
come
down
with
Yes
No
City
717
154
City
rural
poll
....
U
5
Hunt's
Inlet
10
0
Port
Edward
1
0
Osland
a
0
Dlgby
Island
3
2
Port
Simpson
5
0
Oona
River
0
U
Synopsis
,
the
disease
over
the
week-end.
far
as
steel
supplies
are
concerned.
Shutdowns
of
three
weeks
and
more
are
not
un-'ikely.
Car
and
truck
makers
had
a
Present
and
Proposed
Phone
Rates
The
first
serious
snow
out-1
The
epidm'c
was
described
as
break
of
the
winter
hit
thfijbing
in
its
"second
wave,"
c&l-southern
prairleS
overnight.ac-
j
culated
on
the
incubation
perioc.
Aldermen
Are
Warm
Toward
Phone
Project
Residence
Present
Proposed
Business
Present
Proposed
four
to
six
weeks
Inventory
ot
steel
when
the
strike
began.
companied
by
drf
iting
snow
and
since
it
first
spread
through
near
zero
temperatures.
In
Brit-
j
city
schools
three
weeks
ago.
Ish
Columbia
the
storm
was.
it
was
described
as
beini;
SHIP
BURNS,
marked
by
a
lew
snow
flurries
"real"
or
red
measles,
as
con-In
the
Interior
TnounUms.
J
trasting
with
German
measles,
.
Cloudiness
persisted
in
the
which
are
similar.
-
iS
5K)CK
Flat
Top
And
3
CREW
SAVED
southern
'
interior
overnight
No
immediate
figures
on
how
Individual
Line
Mono
desk
Mon
wall
Standard
desk
Standard
wall
1
Party
Line
Mono
desk
'
Mono
wall
Standard
desk
Standard
wall
Extensions
Mono
desk
;
keeping
temperature
In
the
low;
many.
"rrmch-eirtiaire
bewi
,ifrrc--f
$5.50
5.00
525
4.75
'"4.5lf
4.00
4.25
3.75
1.50
5.50
5.00
5.25
4.75
4.50
4.00
4.25
'3.50
1.75
1.50
4.50
4.00
4
25
3.75
3.50
3,00
3.25
2.75
1.25
1.00
6.50
00
6
25
8.75
5.00
5.25
4.50
2.00
1.75
mgrn'M
thirties.
However,
in.
the
Prince
ken
with
the
disease
were
avau-George
region,
where
skies
were
able,
but
all
three
of
the
citv's
.05
9.75
.03
clear,
temperatures
dropped
to
public,
elementary
schools
have
four
above
early
this
morning.
'
children
absent
because
of
Ground
frost
was
reported
at
a
measles
few
coastal
points
overnight1
The
Unit
had
received
no
re
(Ml
Twenty-one
Members
of
Collier's
Crew
May
Have
Perished
Unless
the
aldermen
change
thir
minds
within
the
next
week,
city
council
will
put
Its
formal
stamp
of
approval
on
Telephone
Superintendent
J.
F.
Edwards'
plan
to
start
renewal
of
the
city
telephone
system
on
a
pay-as-you-go
basis
on
an
immediate
ln-1
crease
in
subscriber
rates.
Threshing
the
proposal
out
in
commlttce-of-the-whole
session
last
night,
the
aldermen
expressed
general
approval
of
the
plan
in
principle
after
dredging
up
1.25
Mono
wall
SEATTLE
0
Seventeen
members
of
the
crew
of
the
wooder.
lumber
schooner
Salina
Cruz
were
taken
from
lifeboats
tonight
after
the
schooner
burned
and
rolled
over
180
mile.
west
of
Gray's
Harbor
Washington.
Ten
men
were
taken
from
one
lifeboat
and
seven
from
another
by
the
Fish
and
Wild
Life
service
vessel
Black
Douglas.
a
...
No
chances
are
recommended
ln
the
monthly
cost
of
jaern
Je
BERWICK,
Northumberland,
The
aircraft
carrier
Albion
and
the
small
coal
freighter
but
temperatures
were
kept
up
port
on
Annunciation
School,
at
many
places
by
the
strong
Miss
Freda
Hilton,
senior
Pub-winds
which
developed.
,
j
lie
Health
Nurse
at
the
Health
A
flow
of
warm
moist
air
was(
Unit,
said
that
generally
the
beginning
to
spread
over
the
attacks
were
mild.
However.
Northern
Coast
this
morning
there
were
a
few
cases
where
.standard
wall
or
desk
extensions
either
In
business
places
or
residences.
However,
Installation
charges
for
new
telc-phoneswould
be
Increased
from
$3
to
$3.50,
while
Installation
charge
for
extensions
would
be
boosted
from
$1.50
to
$2.
The
present
discount
system
for
bills
paid
by
the
fifteenth
of
the
month
would
be
continued.
Border
l
and
will
bring
cloudy
skies
and
complications
had
combined
to
occasional
rain
to
that
section
make
the
cases
more
serious.
Edwards
told
the
aldermen
that
as
the
cables
and
transmission
Maystone,
2,000
tons,
collided
in
a
gale
in
the
North
Sea
yesterday.
The
freighter
snk
swiftly
and
eight
hours
later
only
three
of
the
24
crew
members
aboard
were
known
to
have
survived.
Lifeboats
fought
foaming
waves
to
hunt
for
survivors
near
t
..
..
'Mier
m
of
the
province
during
the
next
what
criticisms
they
could
on
their
initial
view
of
the
document.
Their
final
word
on
the
mat
lis
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,
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5.30
345
.03
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1.13
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.08
.10
.00
4.20
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.75
.39
li.70
.
100
twenty
four
hours.
However,
lines
were
gradually
repaired,
i
Five.
Year'
Telephone
Plan
SAHD5PIT
MAN
the
remainder
of
the
province
present
high
maintcance
costs
will
continue
to
have
cool
clear
would
be
progressively
reduced.
Gold
iliej
.
ISUCCUMBS
HERE
weather.
Forecasts
adding
to
the
funds
available
lor
further
rehabilitation.
j
the
Fame
Islands
on
the
north
radian
North
Coast
Region
Overcast
ln
northern
section
and
clear
John
Mather,
a
piuneer
resid-
ar,
t
nf
.QanHcnlf
OiiPPn
flhflr-
east
coast
of
England.
The
newly-built
18,300-ton
Albion
was
manned
by
a
civilian
crew
and
was
in
tow
to
dry
deck
ter
will
be
reserved
until
the
regular
meeting
of
council
next
Monday
night
when,
after
a
week
of
pondering
Its
Implications,
they
will
vote
on
Its
acceptance
or
rejection.
Judging
from
their
Initial
reaction
however,
it
appears
that
the
plan
will
be
adopted
almost
unanimously,
since
views
ex
elsewhere
becoming
overcast
i;
Jn
,hospital
fume
remuu
uv
wna
aiiciuui
n.
.
j..
t
Being
Considered
by
Council
Rehabilitation
Program
Based
On
Increase
In
Present
Telephone
Rates
A
"five-year
plan"
for
rehabilitating
the
city
telephone
system,
based
on
a
pay-as-you-go
financing
scheme
involving
an
increase
in
telephone
rates
was
presented
to
city
council
last
night
by
Telephone
Superintendent
J.
F.
Edwards.
Sitting
in
informal
committee-of-the-whole
ses
nrrinnal
Occasional
rain
rain
over
over
the
tne
yueen
Oueeninere
mu,ma
.
lwu
for
completion.
.
The
collision
.
.
th
ul
He
was
75
yesirs
d
rhnrint.tpg
hpir
nnirifr
this
eve-1
.
.
mmmeu
a
noie
in
me
carrier
"I
can
engineer
the
thing
if
you
can
arrange
the
financing,"
he
said.
Initial
phase
of
the
plan
calls
for
a
gradual
renewal
of
lines
and
cables,
after
which
a
new-telephone
exchange
building
and
an
exchange
itself
will
be
con
-educ
-
i
old.
Mr.
Mather
was
boriv
ln
Ire-;
ning.
jvuiaer.
ugni
wmus
uc-
inn
1,-,
and
she
is
reported
to
be
taking
water.
The
Albion
had
three
survi-ors
from
the.
freighter
which
was
carrying
coal
to
London.
.
pressed
last
night
Indicated
that
it
was
considered
an
acceptable
Pete
co.n.ug
-
"Vland
and
Came
to
Canada
as
a
vicinity
of
Queen
Charlottes
hy
For
hg
this
evening
and
over
entire
B
nere
he
was
a
far.
region
tomorrow
morning.
J.ti
later
.settling
at
Sandpit,
alternative
to
the
overall
financing
plan
which
was
approved
earlier
this
year,
but
which
was
Spokesman
for
the
Mayston'3
toaadian
sion,
the
aldermen
discussed
the
Toronto
owners
said
lifeboat
crews
were
still
at
sea
and
had
some
hopes
HHugnt
anu
mgna
where
he
followed
the
same
oc-
at
Port
Hardy,
37
and
50;
Sand-
c
tion
spit,
39
and
52;
Prince
Rupert
Hg
,g
surylved
by
his
w-fe
an(J
proposal
and
referred
It
to
the
would
be
definitely
to
raise
funds
or
picking
up
other
survivors.
I
shelved
because
of
the
city's
1
questionable
-ability
to
raise
the
,$500,000
necessary
to
put
the
sidered.
Mr.
Edwards
requested,
however
that
council
givo
immediate
consideration
to
a
site
for
the
proposed
telephone
building,
since,
during
the
line
renewal
plan,
it
will
be
necessary
to
design
the
set-up
so
that
it
would
terminate
at
the
new
building.
to
re-build
the
present
unsatisfactory
outside
line
system
which
noxt
formal
meeting
on
October
24
when
their
final
decision
will
be
rendered.
ft.
is
causing
an
increasing
amount
of
trouble
as
it
grows
older.
The
two
married
daughters
in
the
south,
one
in
Vancouver
and
one
at
North
Vancouver.
The
late
LOCAL
TIDES
Thc
plan
calls
lot
an
Increase
in
subscriber
rate
schedules
which
will
amount
to
roughly
$i
Wednesday,
October.
19,
1949
I
Mrs
Edward
Wahl
of
Digby
Is
Canadian
Smelters
20.7
feet
High
11:23
Alderman
George
B.
Ca?ey
CRASH
KILLS
FIVE
PROVINCETOWN,
Mass
A
small
plane
crashed
In
the
sea
today
off
this
Cape
Cod
resort
town,
killing
five
passengers
including
a
mother
and
two
Infants.
Initial
plan
Into
action.
Major
criticism
expressed
by
the
aldermen
to
the
"five-year"
plan,
which
Is
published
in
detail
ln
another
Daily
News
story
today,
was
against
its
failure
to
levy
the
rehabilitation
costs
against
the
city
generally
ln
the
form
of
taxes,
rather
than
per
telephone
a
month.
The
pro
felt
that
the
Dlan
showed
"ec
current
charges
are
Just
about
sufficient
to
cover
the
cost
of
operating
the
system
now.
This
would
leave
bulk
of
the
Increase
lor
repairing
the
system.
Mr.
Edwards'
plan
and
the
rate
increase
recommendations
were
12.00
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20.9
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4.5
feet
4.7
feet
23:44
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land,
who
died
a
year
ago.
also
was
a
daughter.
Family
members
from
Sand-splt
will
arive
on
today's
plane
from
Sandspit.
ceeds
of
the
increase
would
Df
set
aside
in
a
special
fund
for
onomy
and
good
common
sense,
:
u..
rnlt
(Itnt
Iho
fnlnnhnnn
ill-
,
lines
whieli
'
debtedncss
should
be
charged
an
'fWkllifn
serve
the
city.
Estimated
amount
against
taxation
like
other
utili-
in
after
it
became
evi-
brought
by
to"
be
raised
for
the
purpose
Lake
.
against
the
portion
of
taxpayers
side
plant
and
I
would
suggest
that
this
be
accomplished
by
let
tics.
He
also
felt
that
it
snouia
increase
will
be
$1.882
'
ricnt
that
the
city
would
be
un
I
..
.
who
are
telephone
subscribers.
Coupled
with
this
criticism
was
ilia
WARNING
All
water
used
for
drinking
purposes
should
be
boiled
until
the
present
pipeline
emergency
Is
over.
A.
G.
BOAS,
City
Sanitarian.
SOVIET
MARSHAL
DIPS
LONDON
Moscow
ndio
announced
the
death
of
Marshal
of
the
Soviet
Union
Feo-dor
I.
Tolbukhin,
who
commanded
Soviet
troops
capturing
Hungary.
!
recognition
of
the
fact
that
the
make
Immediate
allowance
Ior
i
able
to
borrow
a
suggested
$550,-
ntn
'
'
the
"300
to
400
potential
new.
000
to
replace
the
system's
Inside
subscribers
who
want
phones.'"
Under
the
proposed
rate
ln-i!U,d
outside
plants
with
new
Mr
Edwards
said
that
he
had
crease
schedule,
all
types
of
tele-
!automaUc
equipment
and
cables,
plans
which
would
enable
about
Phones
would
pay
$1
a
'lUli
more
than
they
do
now
with
the
1
EXT
OF
PLAN
v
80
new
phones
to
be
connected
j
plan
will
be
unable
to
supply
any
great
Increase
In
new
tele
it
Quebec
ting
a
contract
for
the
hanging
of
messenger
cable
throughout
the
entire
city,
following
which
the
existing
(telephone)
crew,
with
the
occasional
addition
of
other
local
help.
could
gradually
renew
the
remaining
cable.
Messenger
cable
is
the
wire
which
carries
the
lead-covered
transmission
cable
so
that
it
wiu
not
sag
or
break
because
of
its
an
.
to
the
present
exchange,
oui
that
the
switchboard
could
not
Lac
phones
until
at
least
three
years
after
lis
Inception.
KATE
HOIST
FAVORED
However,
the
aldermen
looked
favorably
on
the
proposal
to
Increase
rates,
which,
Alderman
J.
N.
Forman
pointed
out
"arc
carry
any
more
man
umo.
excepuuu
ui
ouu.ua.u
Texl
of
,nc
plan
is
as
f0nows:
wall
Installations,
which
would
,.u
is
opparenti
a.sUyi
lhat
be
increased
by
75
cents
month-
,
plant
camlot
be
expected
to
ly.
Wall
and
desk
monophons
witn
any
clpgree
of
extensions
would
be
raised
by
30
Ucimcy
wlUl0Ut
extensive
re-cents
a
month,
while
the
rate
for
h;lbiiit.at,inn
within
the
next.
Work
on
New
Theatre
Under
Way
With
Digging
of
Site
Twenty
four-party
lines,
he
said.
l!Red
3.10
1.47
own
weight.
shutt
.
standard
desk
and
wall
Instru
at
same
level
they
were
ln
1910."
lP
lne
meantime,
he
said,
four
years.
Secondly,
no
matter
"Since
it
appears
impossible
to
how
desirable
such
a
course
;
borrow
for
even
this
portion
of
will
be
available
to
the
Rush-brook
Heights
area,
which
has
the
fewest
phones
of
any
section
of
the
city,
sometime
next
year.
Even
as
an
expedient
to
in
K
j
costs
in
ev7,ield
h8Ve
gone
2.K
Gl.f
i
UD
Krent.lv
-
.
1
the
work,
I
suggest
that
the
wort
be
done
progressively
and
the
expense
thereof
be
defrayed
from
Flnanno
rw'ma"
T.'
B.
Black
ments
would
remain
the
same.
Installation
costs
for
new
telephones
would
be
raised
from
$3
to
$4.50,
while
the
cost
of
installing
extensions
would
be
boosted
from
$1.50
to
$2.
The
proposed
new
rate
sched
creasing
the
number
of
phones
s&ld:rfir;7Vt
increase
available,
the
aldermen
did
not
rii"'1"'
Breaking
of
ground
for
the
new
Paramount
Theatre,
to
be
e
reelect
on
Third
Avenue
at
First
Street
by
Famous
Players
(Can-aoian
Corporation,
got
under
way
this
morning
when
Allan
E.
Barr,
rub-contracting
for
the
general
contractors,
Mitchell
&
Currie,
started
a
big
clam
power
shovel
on
digging
out
the
overburden
This
phase
of
operations
will,
it
is
expected,
take
about
a
weeks
time
after
which
the
ground
will
be
in
readiness
for
the'
excavation
of
the
rock
for
the
basement,
which
will
be
carried
out
by
Mitchell
&
Currie
themselves.
The
material
now
being
dug
out
is
being
removed
In
truck
to
First
Avenue
near
McBride
Street
where
it
ls
being
used
by
the
pppsHn'ont
of
Pt'b!!s
Works
for
filling
purposes.
rates
with
tAl3
'la
of
imProv,nS
would
be,
it
is
financially
impossible
for
the
city
to
purchase
a
new
building
and
switchboard
equipment
and
to
renovate
the
entire
outside
plant
at
this
time.
"Bearing
thes
factors
in
mind,
it
is
my
considered
opinion
that
the
best,
and
possibly
only,
solution,
ls
to
proceed
immediately
''lth
the
renovation
of
the
out-
,,,ie
people
will
find
feel
that
they
should
Increase
the
syst
the
number
of
phones
on
party
.l.
.0-1
1
ij
"
.
2
f-rt
"
.
1.75
.20
,1i
monthly
Income
of
the
system
if
this
were
augmented
by
the
increase
of
rates.
"I
estimate
the
total
cost
of
the
material
to
be
in
the
neighborhood
of
$110,000
and
my
plan
thpr
lves
Uxco
to
pay
tne
aen-
ule
would
be
subject
to
the
same
Rock
lines,
which
Alderman
Black
itermied,
decreasing
service
to
present
subscribers
while
at
the
same
tmie
rising
thp
rutss.
$1
discount
now
ln
effect
if
the
charges
are
paid
by
the
due
date.
Obietv?
of
the
Inrrep'es
cit
Incurred
by
the
present
worn-out
system."
In
explaining
the
likely
outcome
of
his
plan,
Superintendent
'Conth"".le!,.
i
asre
c
'
I