onr.iES DRUGS Daily . Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert,. the Key to thf Grc-t Northwest." PHOHE 81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 38. - PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949 -.' ., PRICE FIVE CENTS Canada Hieadl CHieerfml Waging lialik With las In Lower Sheena National Railways offices here late itU'd they were being faced with a ,iorating snow situation in the lower v. Within a ten-mile distance between all and Telegraph Point no lss than five ', ' w J' I Of Bo minion- inie down during the day aggregating "r I., i l s-m tViAiioanH thousand feel In In lertfrtVi length ortrl and rone from six to fifteen feet In depth. ::. I DOMINION BRIDGE GETS STEEL JOB On Izenty fss lluee I in ltime SCHOOL BOARD SUBMITS $20 BUDGET, HIGEST III ITS HISTC;Y Prince Rupert School Board today submitted the It was still snowing heavily and adverse reports were coming in one after the other to Superintendent C, A. Bcrner from between Terrace and Tyee. Days ago Bcrner said that such snows had not been experienced In the history of the line and ' since then they have become much worse. . . . Admitting It wan hard (o make further predictions as to when largest budget in its history to city council to, cover Towers Sees Extreme Inflation Lessening; " Credits Beir.g Ec:3Cj OTTAWA (CP) Indications that, extreme inflationary pressures are lessening today prompted the Bank of Canada to take the brakes off use of general credit for financine of business capital expenditures. operation of city and district schools for 1943, The ,.4..l v.. i. '. i BLOCKS UNION George Drew thinks provinces should be consulted about Newfoundland before final acceptance. y, . (p Pope to make a ma-1C cusp of Jos- totai uuuec, eAciuhivu oi. uveriuueni, . groijts s IS $208,867. v ; i The final budget figures were approved laist night .ntizsnity at a Sun- v) a special meeting ' ol the 4: ion ii bchool Board which tllm&K,ed the line would be clear again, the railway company made arrangements for Canadian Pacific Airlines to make a flight this morning to Terrace to lake Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., having been awarded the contract for erection of steel in connection with the Columbia Cellulose Co. $25,000,000 cela-nese mill at Watson Island, Port Edward, is now making active preparations for the commencement of this important work. The Northwest Construction Co. of Prince Rupert Tias been given tho work of erecting a $6000 frame building which will be used as an office and headquarters for Dominion Bridge. . The work started today. Pilotless Plane Flew Three Hours a succession or meetings at which costs and revenues were i Square. expected to id- i tratlun of all flewfie Union Strikes Snag Col. Irrw Holds I'roviners Graham Towers, Governor of the Bank of Canada, coupled publication of the annual report with notice to chartered banks withdrawing Whipped Into line. . . . , TACOMA-- For three hours in Rome at a The $208,867 bud; t be Monday a small tilnne with no one in it circled high over Ta-1 ofIsct bv Bovorr--:,.i grants tt ;i irrouo aucn- coma, finally crashing in the toiamng Ib5,l0i, wl..cj will leave to DRY DOCK POWER ON TOMORROW nioiintains. The plane had been citv and district taxyenr accidentally started in motion fmd an additional $141,753 tot Should He Consulted OTTAWA -Legislation pro-vldliiK for Newfoundland's union with Canada hit an unexpected when .the pilot got out to crank finance xhwA operation City's share ol the school cost the credit conservation "suggestion" issued last February. The report gave a cautiously optimistic picture of Canada's linanclal progress but made no forecast. At a press conference Towers said that Canada had fared better in postwar years than many would have believed possible in 1944. the engine. A passenger climb- in passengers and essential express and to bring out passengers and express which has been held up there since the line be-cam blockaded by the snow last Wednesday. However, continuing snowfall and" poor, visibility caused abandonment . of the flight. , ; . . . . Snow fighting equipment was battling Its wy towards Terrace yesterday with . slides coming down behind 'the' rotary plow as It crept eastward toward the divisional point at Pacific where weary crews were to be given snag in the House of Commons cd out hurriedly and broke his is J7.44 percent, while the rural iil'upe, diplomats jhnc expected to in al Hungary's , Jiiulsenty. MSTER TENDED yesterday. Georfie Drew, Pro- leg and ribs. district assumes 12.56 percent. CELLULOSE GETS WAR BUILDINGS Falls River Supply Petering Out As Water Level Lowers Northern B.C. Power Co. plans to. put into operation tomorrow t, .1 .... J I. ,AnM nlnnl ...UlnK gressivc-Conservative Leader of; largest single item listed Is $lS3,6ao for. teachers salaries which include" a recent pay in Tw K "J uul !,.,. TJl,il,!!o mHh crease und provision for the payineut of "increments to sume . teachers' salaries next lishment of the Canadian 'ffi Jl the Opposition, moved that the Union not take place until the provinces hud been consulted." Col. Drew mudo his motion as the House debated the address to be sent to the United Kingdom Parliament asking It to confirm terms of Union set. out in -a Six North Da- GUIDE MISSILES FOR 3000 MILES TWO ESKIMOS BROUGHT OUT EDMONTON. ffTwo Eskimos, suffering from a mysteri WASHINGTON It has "been Air Force at Uie Seal Cove aif 'r . base, baw teen acquired from!is fb'e' of the r shortage to caiTy the load War Assets Corporation by the beyond that Umc- forestry department of Colum-1 bia Cellulose Co. which has 7118 dry d,J( Planl Scjitember. ' Estimated receipts this year include $61,402 In basic government grants, approximately rest and equipment serviced following arrival there ut 8 o'clock this morning. . ' , ;.. . ' While regular trains have been announced that the United States program of defem will embrace guided missiles .-apabls i of ; travelling as la? ag three ous disease, are belnit treated a bill adopted last week by the House of Commons. awarded the contract to North- Ufi in lonj unction with the avu been added $ areas of the i i.s a result of J r the week-end iilcd relief and v. In some purls $(l lodiimt them' in others. I passengers in ft t-r being stalled the railway company started re- J today at the Arctic Air Force 1,1 vocational grants and station, her- after an epic' th balance In students' tuition flight by two Royal Canadian . ees- ;' west Construction Co.' for their ohaatlan plant, the-company s conversion at a cost of $16,008 Bccondatf hydro unit. Hpwew, thousand miles to strihe a de- - finite targti. ' . routing passengers, mall and express for Prince Rupert by way Preliminary indications a r c thut the Drew motion will be defeated. M. J. ColdwWI. C.C.K. leader, said his group would join the Liberals In opposing the Air Force mercy olunes. ksi years budget,. which was into workrooms, bunealows and Uie alls Kiver Planl wul De bunkhoiisps' liv nnnnpntinn -W. kepV operating at minimum accepted under protest by the city council, was $178,309. How-evur,-; a somewhat greater Vancouver ana steamer up ilic coast. ; , . " SuicrJuf,i)dcm Borner said this morning that, after a few the Watjoi' Island pulp mm, -capacity so that It will not be project. ' The alterations win be damaged b? lce whlle taacUvc- HEEATHER V V-' V Synopsis! .x A "well developed storm over Six others, reported seriously iU,,wcre lull behind at. the Cres-! well Bay trading post. It is not why they were left be-; hind or if t.liev nrp :ilsn heitic li known i... .... amount was spent, but because The water shortage which has made by the contractors at Stful of increased grants and tuition hours at Pacific for rest "of crew and reservlclng, the rotary plow would "face westward again In i from rural areas, a slight 'rPs treated. -1 Cove and the structures wlfl t moved on skids'to the site where they will be Used. ' ' surplus was recorded. plagued (tie power situation here the North Pacific will bring for the last week, continues to southerly gale-force winds and grow more serious with the cold, rain to the Queen Charlottes rainless weather that prevails. . and North Coast today. As this T. B. Black, general manager ' disturbance continues its east- r Drew motion. Solon J.ow. Soe.lal Credit lender, said lie will support Drew. The Mberal-C.C.F. combination would roinprl.';t a substantial majority.. Drew's proposal was contain-, ed In an amendment to the formal address. It said there should be Immediate consultation with the provinces on Newfoundland's entry Into Con federal ion. The , The city's share of the school another attempt to reopen the line to Prince Rupert. Ever op-Utnl:stie, Mr. Bernerwas hope .5 )N budget will be Included in city ward motion, ram is expected ful that trains might be able to TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) estimates this year and will be a factor In determining Uie tax rate for the coming year. move in and out or Prince Rupert again by Wednesday. He pt Imlirs May . jrtalens (iovrr.'Kr, .uiMillations" felt that the worst ol the sides Nine other Eskimos of the village were reported to have died. A ski-equipped Dakota plane left Cambridge Bay, 1440 air miles northeast of Edmonton and landed near Fort Ross. It picked up thetwo and completed the COO-mile return Journey. The eiulit Eskimos, survivors of 17 at the native Crcswell Bay settlement, were taken last week by Trapper Ernest Lyle to the Fort Ross area on Somerset Island. of the power company, said today that the situation would be watched carefully and that any action required to maintain the power supply at a near normal level would be taken. Monday, the company applied to the B.C. Power Commission for permis union should not be consumiited until after ".satisfactory conclusion" of such consultations. were over although continuing snowfall made Uie . situation fJKarl Baldwin of Mill difficult. Col. Drew said lie look second' place to none insupporling the to spread to southern Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland by tomorrow morning. In the Interior cloudy skies will persist today while snow is expected in the northern and central districts tonight and tomorrow. Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast Overcast today with rain commencing about noon. Cloudy with showers tonight. Cloudy with snow flurries .tomorrow. Wind southerly (15 Bi.p.h.), in J v. as oivc scute iot ut dawn, to-wt another crisis he inys may give rc- union of Newfoundland with sion to curtail the use of power If necessary. At last night's city council The train, dye from trie East at 10:45, is eight hours late as a result of delayed connections at Jasper. Us progress will, of course, depend on the battle Canada but was concerned with lifir iiiiRKP.st story in meeting Alderman Black asked f cis, lie' says, con- the way that union was 'to be brought about. The government was planning an amendment to the constitu that the mayor, and chairmen. against the snow along the nim and sugar hard Islands in of the board of works and utilities committee be given juris- diction over street lighting and the city's water supply in viewj of the present emergency. There will be no train out before tomorrow night. Delay of United Slates bound lroeii fish from Alaska is an WOULD EXTEND SUPREME COURT HALIFAX (f-Stanley II. Mc-C'uaig of Edmonton, president of the Cunadlan Bar Association, urged fast night that the Su-J.i'eme Court of Canada hold sittings in the provincial capitals If appeals to the Imperial Privy Council are to be abolished. He said that Supreme Court justices would get better understanding of complex Canadian problems if they held sittings In different parts of the Dominion. MUST HAVE PROVOCATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ft-Senator Bourke Kickenlooper said to is C'liiveriuir of lias been recalled i "consultations." Vancouver Bayonne : 06 Yt Bralorne , 9.00 , B. R. Con 03 Vz B. R. X 10 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Congress (ask) 05 Hedley Mascot 45 Pend Oreille 5.55 Pioneer 3.30 Premier Border 033,4 Privateer 19 Reeves McDonald .... 3.10 Reno 06 Sheep Creek 1.46 Silbak Premier 37 Taku River (ask) 37 Vananda (ask) 38 Salmon Gold 14 Spud Valley 00 Oils-Anglo "Canadian 4.55 A. P. Con : 25 Atlantic .70 Vt Calmont .40 C. & E 5.00 Central Leduc 1.18 Home Oil 11.75 Pacific Pete 2.20 other element which Is spurring The permission was granted pile plain speuk- the railway in speeding the re without comment. 'iiei-s on arrival creasing to southerly (35) this afternoon, becoming westerly (25) this evening, northwesterly (7 m.p.h.) tomorrow. Little change in temperature: Lows tonight and highs tomorrow-Port Hardy 34 and 38, Massett 30 and 36, Prince Rupert 30 and 36. opening of the line as rapidly The move was seen as an ef ""t- resign unless and, "in that FAMILY KILLED IN AIR CRASH MAXVILLE, Out., Q Transport Department Inspectors today will probe the twisted burned wreckage of a plane which Cashed six miles north of here, taking the lives of a Montreal f ainily of seven. They were killed when a light single-engined plane exploded In mid-air and plumetted to earth last night. The dead are Wallace C. Siplc of Bea-consfield, president of the Siplc Aircraft Co., his wife and five children. as possible. There arc already fort to streamline procedure in tion wihoii consult inn the provinces. He said the provinces should realize that. It the British North America Act could be thus amended wilhoul consulting I he provinces, it could ho amended the same way for any other purpose. NAVAL OFFICERS TO U.S. CENTRE O T T A W A it The United some 15 or 10 cars of such fish ' west Indies will case emergency masures may have to be taken. here awaiting transport cast while thfi motorship Lueldor is due tomorrow from Alaska with "Ut Is silent on Hie eonsulUtluns lio Is the son another 13 cars. Arrival of re COUNCIL BACKS AUTOMATIC 'PHONE frlgerator cars from the East 1'i'line Miiiiv.t,, Is being awaited to handle this 1 SYSTEM IN ARGUMENT WITH CASEY States threw open the doors ash. Twelve passengers were to day at Terrace awaiting trans yesterday of one of lis special day that the UnltedStates should be "morally committed" to act under the proposed North Atlantic Alliance only in cases defence schools to give a group In ft port Into Trlncc Rupert. It was 1.30 .32 09 .18 of unprovoked aggression against of Canadian naval officers the latest In defence-medical training. In all. twenty medical officers of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve wllKtake training !' That it HUGE PLAN OF DEFENCE AUSTRALIA It is planned to spend $i;O0,00O.OOQ on defence in Australia over a period nf 2j Unit.. Latest Assault On Telephone . Bylaw Repulsed by Aldermen Seven of the city's eight aldermen last night spoke, and then voted, against a resolution by Alderman George B. Casey to have Ernest Love, Stewart telephone engineer, brought to' Prince Rupert to investigate the proposed new telephone utility, thus reaffirming the support of council to the current plan ' to Instal a modern, automatic to bring theui In that arrangements had been made for CP. A. to fly to Terrace. There Is also an accumulation of mall and express at Terrace. The delayed passengers Included a local reserve army party which City Okalta Princess ! Royal Canadian .. South Brazeau Toronto Athona '. ;.. Beattle Aumaque Bevcourt Bobjo Buffalo Canadian ' ' Turimiii "72 la new but unspecified weapons and radioactive Isotopes at the .56 .33 .28 fuador. -Fifteen a member. Kickenlooper's o b s-e r v a Hon came after Chairman Tom Con-nally for the foreign relations committee; and Senator Arthur Vanderberf had made It plain that the United State's will not approve any treaty language which would morally commit the country to go to war. United .Stales Naval Medical has been training at Waln- I kiled iimi ni. !.,, . vears. Certain factories essen .12 Yi Centre at Hethseda, Muryiami. '.lured by cnrarreil I L .. . . . : ' . ... .18 Drawn from various naval lUim n ,i ( oau team wnicn lias neen vwii- tial in planning protection on a large scale, will betransfcrred from Great UrUam to Consol, Smelters 105.50 ic bn:.rr: ileast v. . . in5 Tcikw.1. - divisions across Canada, (he Reserve medical officers will ' at of III II a a . . . ... jweui aim muk are; also running short at Prince Rupert 1.17 .08 .64 Gonwest Donalda ESldona r;,slim rrom Mars" ,,r 175,0(10 l.r.rs.... tend the course In two groups. owing to the railway tie-up. The first, group, consisting ot f ix Pl'lp,e turmoil .is East Sullivan 2.80 P'ie siireiwi Kir ,. rilONE 118 'HONK 8 system. Alderman Casey's resolution was Inspired by correspondence.' with Mr. Love in which it was stated that a satisfactory manual system could be installed here for "less than half" the cost of automatic equipment and that the time required for delivery of the manual equipment would be far less. (Continued on Page 2) IS ('II I !..,( ,, I.. JOHN McllllliS : ntoiis. 5.50 .42 . .17 .0714 .1034 .29 Vi .05 Olant Yellowknife God's Lake Hardrock Harricana Heva Hosco Jacknife ""'IWI neuMm,.- 1 city wa MAKES CHARGES officers, began the course yesterday. The 11 of fleers comprising the second group will attend a repetition or the same course scheduled for April 2!-30. The course Is held for officers of the United Slates Naval Medical Reserve Corps and arrangements have beeil made with U.S. Naval authorities whereby Interested R.C.N. R iuedleu.1 officers may attend. well HS in r...lt.. ANNA STRONG IS NAMED SPY MOSCOW, W The Moscow press today announced that Anna Louise Strong well known American author and correspondent, has been arrested on charges of spying and will be deported. Miss Strong, who has been in Russia most of the time since 1921 writing books and articles which reflected strong pro-Soviet viewpoint, is one of seven United States correspondents in Moscow. She is listed as representing , the Allied . Labor " the broud- Joliet .Quebec 42 VICTORIA, (tl Julni Mclnnls, C.C.r. member ot the Legisla I. .07 Lake Rowan t m at $350,000. ture for Fort Oeorge, charged .06 Vi Lapaska 20 off on allDiy Cleaning . at the , 1'IONEER CANADIAN LAUNDRIES AND CLEANERS ' at your request WATERPROOFING AND MOTHPROOFING DONE , AT A SMALL EXTRA CHARGE Starting Feb. 14 and Ending Feb. 26 Little Long Lac 83 In the House yesterday that un autli irLaed . payments of $228; 00 liad been made to coii Lvnx 12 '4 Iketball tractefs since 1947. He said that LOCAL TIDES ROTARY CM'B Minstrel Show Singing Dancing Comedy 40 People 40 FEB. 17TH AND 18TII Tickets from all Rotarians and at Civic Centre. ' (39) pay mints, recommended but Wednesday, February 10, 1949 not aithoriaed, had been made Madsen Red Lake 2.73 McKenzie Red Lake 42 McLeod Cockshutt .... 1.07 Moneta 45 Negus 2.32 Noranda 57.00 Louvicourt 39 3:27 High 'NIGHT to sevm contractors. 15:40 22.2 feet 21.6 feet 3.8 feet 2.8 feet A. F, McDougall, Coalition, fJ-up Low News. Vancouver-Point Grey, advo SAVOY I cated continuation of coalitlota J