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onr.iEs
B3UGS
Dai7y
Delivery
NOHTHXRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
immvim
Pulled
at
Canada'!
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHOIIE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII.
No.
2!fl
PRINCE
Pmwi-v
oimroT
n
B.
r
WEDNESDAY,
urirrw
men
a
v
urarnmr..
RUPERT,
C,
NOVEMBER
2.
1949
CLEANS
RANKS
Headquarters
Here
Smelters
Opens
Exploration
Office
I
'
'.
y
f
,
-
a
An.
P
Expels
Drive
To
Electrical
Workers
Purge
Itself
Of
Reds
Aircraft
to
be
Used
in
Field
Operations
Out
of
Prince
Rupert
An
exploration
program
of
mining
properties
In
Central
and
Northern
B.C.
and
the
Yukon
will
be
carried
out
by
Consolidated
Mining
and
Smelting
Co.
of
Canada
from
offices
In
Prince
Olfice
which
is
being
established
on
a
permanent
basis
will
be
examining
properties,
both
those
already
owned
or
controlled
by
the
company
and
those
belonging
to
private
prospectors.
With
their
owu
aircraft,
Mr.
Moore
and
Dr.
Whitmore
will
cover
central
and
northern
Bflt-
IqJi
f!nltimhla
anH
th
VnVnn
OCTOBER
SETS
RAINFALL
MARK
Whai
nay
bb
an
all-time
record
rainfall
for
any
one
month
fell
Rupert
over
the
next
few
years.
'
Terrltory.
Durtng
the
summer
The
company
is
now
In
the
pro-1
months,
they
wlU
baye
prospect-cess
of
arranging
office
space
in
lng
teams
In
the
field
searching
on
Prince
Rupert
during
October.
Customs
Revenue
Down
This
Year
Customs
and
excise
receipts
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
in
October
dropped
to
the
lowest
figure
so
far
this
year
while
receipt?
for
the
first
10
months
of
the
current
year
are
almost
$70,000
below
those
for
the
same
period
of
1948.
Receipts
last
month
toU-.iled
$15,693,
as
compared
with
S35
56b
In
September
and
$30,797
In
October,
1948.
Total
revenue
so
far
this
ycai
has
been
$356,787,
while
for
the
ncd
A"1'"
Outburt
ay
AND
KT)
.
0f
Industrial
,i
((.
I'M
COll-
(vexjM'ilcd
the
jical
Workers,
o-ealM
't
Xhc
act
imii
camp
m
sponsored
bv
:j,Fr
and
nf'er
an
;fPch
by
CIO
Pre-.array
ho
shout'-.!
.
no
room
m
nlts"
Murray
rise!
the
last
two
OTf
CEW
leaders
ijir
('imimunl.st
ii,-h
li''
Mid
they
aaopl
the
CIO
pol-
Calls
October
ijr'ijifiit
answered
nirmc
Oct
nber,
uc-
Chit
f
Km
I
Becker.
jtnry
(Ires
and
re-
mikp.
So
lar
this
irljvn
67
lire
calls
br?n
less
than
iw
10
months
of
t!:
(ire
rails
and
A
J17.000.
I
-Til
'
I
.
J
i
'mSM.
!.:
.-.
1
m,
tf
j
,
At
least,
the
21.30
Inches
which
fell
last
month
has
not
been
equalled
In
the
last
12
years
for
which
the
Dally
News
hai
record.
According
to
the
Dlgby
Island
weather
station,
the
2139-Inch
ficluee
fell
on
28
out
of
the
31
nuv
in
October
eliminating
hopelessly
any
powiblHy
tnal
1919
might
rank
as
one
ci
the
dlstrct'3
"dryer"
y.-ars.
Up
to
the
eno.
.
or
tomb
r,
thugs
loked
fairly
cm!.
is
The
nine-month
total
was
a
mere'
59.21
Inches
but
the
October
rains,
which
washed
out
a
seclior.
of
tlv
Woodworth
-
fchawatlam
water
main,
also
flushed
away
any
hope
of
achieving
a
dry
rec
ord.
Research
Into
the
records
6lnce
1938
show
no
single
month
with
so
much
rainfall.
Nearest
to
it
fell
In
that
time
was
November,
1939,
when
18
83
inches
fell.
November
1940
was
somewhat
moisture-laden,
too.
During
that
month,
18.07
Inches
lei).
October
set
something
uf
a
n
cord,
loo.
for
lack
of
sunshine.
Total
hour
of
sunshine
were
28.
the
lowest
olnce
last
December
Highest,
temperature
was
53
de-
erees
on
October
31.
Minimum
NEW
GOVERNOR
Lt.-Oen.Sir
Alexander
Hood,
left.
Is
shown
on?
his
it
rival
at
Aibuoy's
Point
Bermuda,
to
take
over
as
govern
or
of
the
colony.
With
htm
Is
Hon.
Wlllam
Addis,
acting
govern-
(CP
Photo)
fame
period
last
year,
It
wa;
$122,896.
FRENCH
HORSE
RACE
WINNER
MELBOURNE.
Australia
(Tithe
Foxsaml
yesterday
won
Melbourne
Cup
race,
lloyle
was
second
and
Benvolo
third.
A
crowd
of
101,000
Jammed
Flemlngton
race
course
t
o
watch
Foxmmi.
son
of
a
French
sire,
Jazaml,
win
the
two-mile
classic,
Australia's
greatest
horse
race,
byl'r
lengths.
The
event
was
worth
about
$30,000
and
ihe,
four
year
old
winner's
share
amounted
to
approximately
$24,5(10,r
.;
Thirty-one
thoroughbreds,
re-
presenting
the
?
cream
of
the
crop,
went
to
the
oost.
PAT
PHILLIPSOfF
BICYCLE
WINNER
son,
859
Summit
Avenue,
who
tonight
will
receive
a
new
bicycle
ai
first
prize
for
her
leading
r
'fort
ir,
the
sale
of
Kinsmen
Hal-
?MUl.N
I
degrees
and
the
average
1
AMETHYST
WELCOMED
PLYMOUTH.
England
The
shell-scarred
Amethyst
came
home
to
Plymouth
Sound
yesterday
.her
101
lonely
day
f-i
Mie
Yangtse
forgotten
amid
cheering
and
shouting
of
proud
Britons.
Ships
sirens
'
announced
her
arrival
for
miles
and
Lancaster
bombers
flew
overhead,
dipping
wings
In
salute.
The
gall?.-.,
sloop
was
flying
the
white
ensign
(hat
Chinese
Communist
guns
could
not
shoot
down.
She
was
welcomed
not
only
by
a
great
crowd
gathered
on
shore
but
by
every
waterborne
craft
within
sight.
NEHRU
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
Prime
Minister
Pandit
Nehru
arrived
in
Vaxrouver
today
to
receive
a
civic
reception
and
other
honors.
He
laces
a
full
engagement
schedule
including
lun-rheon
and
dinner
speeches
and
visits
to
City
Hall
and
University
of
British
Columbia.
NEW
KUAD
OPENED
HOPE
At
t
o'clock
this
afternoon
at
Allison
Pass
Prem-irr
Byron
Johnson
turned
the
golden
key
that
officially
opened
the,
lIope-PrlDceUm.Jlifhf
way.
There
was
a
huge
motor
cavalcade
from
the
Oltanagan
and
Kootenay
which
met
at
the
pass
with
similar
caravans
from
the
lower
mainland.
VANCOUVER'S
DENSE
FOG
VANCOUVER
Dr.me
fog
blanketed
Vancouver
during
the
night
and
this
morning.
Thousands
of
people
were
late
for
work
as
surface
traffic
was
slowed
to
a
snail's
pace.
Some
air
traffic
was
stopped
altogether
and
marine
traffic
vas
also
slowed
down.
FIFTY-FIVE
FEKISHED
'
WASHINGTON
It
is
now
believed
that
fifty-five
persms
perished
in
the
air
disaster
here
yesterday
when
a
Bolivian
fighter
plane
crashed
into
an
air
liner.
Only
survivor
was
the
pilot
of
the
fighter
who
has
a
broken
back.
United
Slates
Navy
Freshened
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
;hake-up
is
springing
from
milt
tary
policy
in
the
United
States
Navy
today.
Late
yesterday
President
Tinman
announced
Admiral
Sherman
would
become
at
53
the
youngest
chief
of
naval
operations
in
United
States
his-
lory.
Barometric
pressures
reached
a
high
of
30.52
Inches
on
October
18
and
a
low
of
29.18
Inches
on
October
11.
Highest
wind
velocity
officially
I
Lucklcsjt
girl
In
town
today
i?
recorded
was
40
miles
an
hour
rat
Philllpson,
10-year
old
daugh-from
the
southeast
on
October
ter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
E.
Phlllip-
on
'
1
ITHL
W
LATHER
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Variable
cloudiness
today
and
Thursday.
;
Fog
along
the
shorelines
tonight
and
Thursday
morning.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
'southeast
(15
mph)
in
the
ex
posed
areas
and
light
elsewhere.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thurs
J
Sandspit
45
and
'
5o
Prince
Ru-i
pert,
50
and
55.
B.
C.
Agreeable
To
January
Parley
OTTAWA
0'
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
Laurent
announced
that
at
British
Columbia,
were
satisfied
with
the
date
of
January
10
hr
had
proposed
for
convening
of
a
conference
on
revisions
to
the
Canadian
constitution.
PROVINCES
SATISFIED
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Reconstruction
Winters
told
the
House
that
some
of
the
provinces
already
have
Indicated
that
they
find
the
federal
government's
new
housing
proposal
a
"suitable
basis
for
joint
co-operation."
He
did
not
name
the
provinces
as
he
moved
a
resolution
amending
the
National
Housing
Act
and
providing
for
Joint
federal
pro-
vinclal
housing
projects.
Mr.
Winters
said
that
he
wa
"establishing
a
pattern
for
a
long-term
housing
developnfr.t
by
making
provision
for
n
""t
participation"
by
the
Dominion
and
the
provinces
?1.
Although
because
of
known
e
r
ror
In
the
wind
recording
hi-
strument,
this
is
a
conservative
'estimate
,
'
.
.
;
TransCanada
!
Highway
Probe
llowe'cn
shellout
tickets.
A
Grade
Five
student
at
Borden
Street
School.
Pat
had
2i.H
Innlnti!
fur
rllinp
chellollt.
t.leicets
I
.
-
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..
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1
2
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art
.
...
1.44
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04'
4
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wm
08
.
.
.
5.75
.
3.50
"to
03
i
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A'lidkl
..
.
.
2
32
04
"k
1.15
"Eier
39
1
17
OR
!&n
4
40
20
l.(K)
42
7
15
...
12.25
for
properties
or
examining
known
ones.
The
Prince
Rupert
office
will
be
one
of
three
exploration
centres
maintained
by
the
company
throughout
the
Dominion.
There
one
at
Yellowkniie
and
one
at
Halleybury,
near
Sudbury
On
tarlo.
The
office
at
Flin
Flon,
where
Mr.
Moore
and
Dr.
Whlt-
Spent
,a?1
five
Jear3'
will
be
open
during
the
summer
months
only.
Mr.
Ioore,
who
arrived
In
the
city
with
his
family
several
days
ago,
has
purchased
a
home
on
Seventh
Avenue
Easfc
Dr.
Whitmore
arrived
at
the
wtek-end
and
has
not
vet
secured
n
rosin
ence.
MORE
BUILDING
DURING
OCTOBER
Construction
in
prince
Rupert
last
month
took
a
tllght
rise
over
September,
according
to
the
record
of
building
permits
Issued
at
the
City
Engineer's
office.
Con
struction
authorized
last
montn
totalled
$17,188,
as
compared
with
$9,620
In
September-
I
Total
value'
of
building
since
Uhe
first
of
th
year
is
$239,353,
as
compared
with
$158,448
for
the
first
10
months
of
1948.
"
Forty-three
permit,
ranging
downward
In
value
from
$2,000,
were
Issued
last
raonth.
Major-
ty
of
them
were
for
alterations
and
repairs
to
eating
buildings.
with
a
few
mirror
construction
jobs
authorized.
A.
Duffus,
$100,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
F.
H.
Thomas,
$50,
Herman
Place,
repairs.
E.
Kermode.
$290,
Fulton
St,
alterations.
Nel3
Mork,
$1,000,
plghth'
Ave
East,
repairs.
...
,
G.
Cook,
$500,
gighth
Avenue
West,
repairs.
A.
Buclk,
$17Q,
ppw
Bay,
addition.
J.
Kowolek,
$158,
Hjnth
Avenue
West,
addition.
R.
M
Clark,
$150
Ninth
Avenue
West,
repairs.
A.
Melln,
$2Q,
Tenth
Avenue
East.addUcn.
'
G.
Andersan,
$600,
Eighth
Ave.
East,
repairs.
J.
Kuternoka,
$300,
Second
Ar
enue
West,
repairs.
G.
Hebb,
$300,
Eleventh
Avenue',
repairs..".
'
W.
Lund,
$150,
Eleventh,
'Ave.
repairs.
A.
McNeil,
$700,
Ambrose
Ave,
addition
E
r,rlKnn
t1
,nn
Thr,
"'
'
"-
'
:
alterations.
D.
Bjarnson,
$150,
Second
Avenue
West,
repairs.
L.
M.
Barnholdt,
$408,
First
Avenue
West,
repairs.
-
S.
Bird,
$200,
Borden
Street,
'
construction.
".
-
T.
M.
LeClaire,
$250,
Seventh
Avenue
East.repairs
.
'
O.
Abbott.
$250,
Ffth
Avenue
'-';'"
East,
repairs.
M.
Peterson,
$189,
gecondve-enue
West,
repairs.
R.
Kelsey.
$247,
fifth
Avenus
East,
repairs.
:
:'
S.
Elklns,
$360,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
repairs.
'
1
F.
J.
Dafoe,
$288,
Eleventh
St..
repairs.
W.
Landon,
$283,
Fourth
Ave.
East,
repairs.
T.
McMeekin,
f
i0i
F
ourtti"
Avenue
Eaet,
repirg.
R.
Roy,
$240,
Eifhth
Avenue
West,
repair?.
',71'.
II.
R.
Hamilton,
$1,
Sixth
Ave.
East,
repairs.
R.
Kelsey,
5203,
Fffth
A7EUe
East,
repairs.'
;
1
O.
Mostad,
$381,
Sttth
Avenua
East,
repairs.
(Continue
pg
page
2)
the
Canadian
.Pacific
of
flee
here,
Neeiy
Moore,
formerly
in
charge!
of
the
company's
exploration
office
at
Flin
Flon,
Manitoba
will
be
engineer
In
charge
of
explor
ation,
while
Dr.
D.
R.
E.
Whit
more,
also
formerly
of
the
Man!
Is
toba
mining
centre,
will
be
in
i
cnarge
of
the
geological
end.
With
ConsnlirtatiH
iMlntner
nnH
Smelting
since
1937,
Mr.
Moore
is
an
aircraft
pilot
and
will
handle
the
plane
which
will
be
used
here
early
hi
the
new
,year.
A
new
DeHavllland
Beaver
is
on
order
and
will
be
delivered
in
January
or
February.
.
..
i
According
to
Mr.
Moore,,
the
bulk
of
the
work
out
of
the
local
RECORD
HIGH
IS
SET
TODAY
This
seems
to
be
a
period
of
the
year
when
records
are
set.
The
thermometer
today
set
a
10-year
record
for
high
tem
perature
when
it
soared
to
64
degrees.
,
Accompanying
the
warm
air
was
a
clear
sky
and
a.
light
wind
which
developed
from
a
flat
calm
early
this
morning.
.
However,
such
perfect
wea-:
"thf
r
ma
carry
the
seeds
of
its
own
disintegration,
since
Dlgby
Island
weather
station
reported
the
barometer
falling.
.
Mild,
bright
weather
persists
throughout
the
province
and
is
here
to
stay
a
day
or
two,
at
least(
according
to
the
forecast.
House
Burned,
Child
Perishes
Indian
Dwelling
at
Burns
E
Lake
is
Burned
to
Ground
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
were
advised
today
that
the
house
of
Isaac
Sam,
a
native,
on
the
Burns
Lake
Indian
reservation
was
burned
t0
tne
ground
last
nlgnt
and
one
of
Sam's
children,
Joseph
1
William
Sam,
was
burned
to
death.
The
remains
were
recov
ered
and
the
coroner
at
Burns
Lake
is
investigating
UNITED
STATES
MARKET
NEEDED
NEW
YORK,
-
North
Amert
ca,
particularly
the
United
States,
must
assume
a
new
role
-
in
lurmsning
a
reaay
mporc
,s.
J
.11.
nations,
Donald
Gordon,
deputy
governor
of
the
Bank
of
Can-
ada,
declared
here.
Only
by
tills
action
can
the
dollar
sliort-'
age
be
effective
and
perman
ently
overcome,
Mr.
Go'dou
said
in
an
address
prepared
for
delivery
before
the
thirty-
sixth
national
foreign
trade
conven
tion.
Coupled
with
openly
markets.
North
America
must
also
supply
development
capital
for
less
advanced!
regions.
Alice
Arm
Drowning
Provincial
police
boat
P.M.L.
15
left
here
this
morning
for
Alice
Arm
to
investigate
the
circumstances
of
the
drowning
at
Silver
City,
near
there,
Tuesday
afternoon
of
Charles
Severeid,
aged
63.
The
bod;'
was
recovered.
A
son,
Harry,
sent
the
request
for
the
poace.
OTTAWA.
Appotntemenl
"She
certainly
worked
for
It."
of
a
federal
commission
to
In-
Pat's
mother
said
this
mornlrg
vesicate
all
pluses
of
the
pro-
'
she
was
out
in
all
kinds
of
weu-Jnet.ed
TransCanada
.Highway
thcr
and
came
home
soaked
were
urged
on
the
royal
commls-
several
times."
Fion
on
transportation
by
the
Winner
of
the
bicycle
was
de-TransCanada
Hlphway
A.ssocla-tlcrmlncd
or
a
point
system
tlun
(Vellowhead
Route!
Asso-
which
allowec'.
two
points
for
eaol.
elation
Alberta-British
Columbia
ticket
sold
and
one
'point
lot
Indian
Art
Is
Deteriorating
Culture
Like
Way
of
Life
is
Fai
Cry
From
Ways
of
Origin
CALGARY
Modern
Indian
"culture"
is
as
far
from
the
ancient
origins
as
the
slovenly
res-
,eiuwuis.
from
-WwMW,fre
prairie
he
once
called
his
hviritiiig
ground.
The
Royal
C&nimlsslon
on
Arts,
Letters
and
Selene?!
a
yesterday
heard
tha
t
the
crude
but
power
ful
carvings
of
th
Indians
hid
been
replaced
by
'
"a
Saccharine
brand
of
Imitative
Vork.
1
A
brief
presented
by
the
Cal
gary
Arts
Centre
blamed
cultural
aeterioration
on
"
well
meaning
people"
who
warped
Indian
chl1-
dren
to
the
white
man's
loom
FIVE
PERSONS
ARE
DROWNED
THESSALON,
Ont.
(P-Four
life-
preservers
found
today
on
wind-
e
wept
Cockburn
Island
heighten-
ed
tears
that
a
woman
and
lour
men
were
drowned
Monday
night
in
the
rrueh
waters
of
North
Channel
between
Algoma
County
and
Manltoulln
Island.
Three
preservers
and
two
gasoline
cans
were
discovered
by
searchers
half
a
mile
from
a
des
olate
spot
where
an
18-foot
emptj
I
overturnef.
inotorboat
was
wash-ed
ashore
yesterday
The
people
.
were
mlssl'.ig
irom
this
ooat.
The
little
craft
is
known
toj
have
hai
the
five
persons
01:
board..
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(CP
Photo)
mi
1.97
3.80
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iiidiau
Toronto
.09-1.,
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.57
and
realized
more
than
$Ki
In
aid
of
the
Kinsmen
Ha'.'owec.i
celebration
for
city
children.
each
one
collected.
Pat's
scor?
v,as
2,134.
The
bicycle
will
be
presented
to
Pat
at
the
monthly
meeting
of
the
Kinsmen
Club
at
the
Civic
Centre
tonight.
TWO
FIRE
CALLS
TUESDAY
NIGHT
Two
fire
calls
brought
the
fire
n
rtnlent
trucK
company
(
out
Jast
n,gnl
Ne,(,hpr
0f
them
wi
serious.
At
9:55,
the
trucx
maoe
!a
run
to
1413
Eighth
Avenue
East
where
an
overheated
chimney
In
the
home
of
F.
C.
Hill
had
caused
alarm.
At
12:15,
an
overheated
oil
stove
brought
the
truck
to
the
home
of
William
Long,
237
Siv
enlll
Avenue
East.
New
Theatre
To
Be
Named
Totem'
At
the
suggestion
of
Manager
J.
Harry
Black,
the
new
Famous
Players
Canadian
Corporation
theatre,
excava
tion
for
which
at
the
corner
.f
Third
Avenue
and
First
1
street
has
commenced,
will
I
tw
named
"Totem"
Instead
of
"Paramount."
This
name,
it
is
felt
by
Mr.
Black,
would
give
s
more
locally
distinctive
Idea.
Mr.
Black
has
Just
received
a
drawing
of
an
attractive
sign,
incorporating
the
totem
idea,
it
will
be
erected
over
the
facade
at
the
corner
of
the
new
building.
organization
which
favors
iht
most
northerly
of
three
proposed
routes
through
the
Rocky
Mountains.
The
Association
presented
its
brief
as
the
commission
opened
final
hearing
of
its
inquiry
into
national
transportation
problems
The
Assocatlon
urged
that
the
Dominion
government
set
up
either
a
royal
commission
or
a
'
federal
highways
commission
or
authority"
to
deal
with
construe-
'ion
of
the
highway
JOE
LOUIS
TO
'
TRY
COMEBACK!
t
1
ATLANTIC
CITY
(P
Harry
Mcnrtell.
exhibition
tour
agent
for
Joe
Louis,
thinks
the
retired
heavyweight
champion
plans
a
comeback
"or
he's
getting
his
dough
the
hard
way.'
Louis
lias
denied
that
he
plans
returning
to
active
fighting
but,
Mended
said
he
(Louis
1
had
cancelled
"two
or
three
four-round
exhibitions"
In
order
to
work
out
at
the
Uptown
Gym
In
New
York.
"When
.he
boxes
fours,
he
never
goes
to
the
gym,"
Men-
dell
said.
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PLACES
VREATH
Defence
Minister
Claxton,
In
Washington
for
conferences
with
Atlantic
Pact
nations
as
Canada's
representative,
prepares
to
place
a
wreath
on
thetomh
of
the
Unknown
Soldier
in
Arltngton
National
Cemetery,
just
outside
the
TJ.
S.
capital.
Lined
up
behind
him
are
Thursday,
November
3,
1949
High
11:58
20.4
feet
low
5:46
7.0
feet
defence
ministers
from
'the
other
Atlantic
Pact
nations
18:19
5.1
feet