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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Parifir
Port-Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
222.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
22,
1949.
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
Board
Grants
Eight
Percent
Freight
Rate
Increase
JCABS
insport
YOUTHS
ENJOY
31
Boim
in
Huumuii
iu
Ln
Hrantorl
I
act
Cnrinnr
NORTHERN
TRI
Parliament
May
Debate
Devaluation
LONDON
fiA
cabinet
meeting
today
is
understood
to
have
decided
to
recall
Parliament
to
debate
devaluation
of
the
pound.
Housing
Plan
Presented
By
Government
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
ijClllUiuiiiuu
ft-uoiupiiiig
A
tired
but
happy
group
of
Los
Angeles
newspaper
carriers
passed
through
Prince
Rupert
on
board
the
Princess
Louise,
on
their
return
voyage
from
the
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
gave
the:
meeting
a
full
report
on
the
J
Washington
talks.
far
north
These
lucky
youngsters
(j')Tho
Uoard
of
Transport
Corn-in
a
majority
report
today
granted
an
,t
ii,cra:
e
in
railway
freight
raten,
rate
is
in
addition
to
the
21
percent
sel-auardnl
carriers
in
March
of
this
year.
aid
that
an
increase
of
15
percent
would
jweanwime,
speculation
in-
,.
,
t
wrl
aie
the
winners
cf
the
Los
Angeles
Examiner
circulation
contest
and
have
Just
completed
a
creased
that
devaluation
may
Bu:iu:tL
ttcu-
compei
Attiee
to
call
a
general
J
nesday
outlaied
a
program
election
soon.
The
labor
rank!
.
.
.
.
,
,
and
file
remained
restless
and
I
aimed
at
solving
Canada
3
Veek
of
visiting
by
sea
and
air
to
llH't't
crsaary
fearful
that
higher
livine
costs
'
cV,nv
1
iiuiiniiii;
n
1
1
1
j
1
lucvj
liii
u
1
a
o
j
mky
come
from
devaluation.
r
ial
needs.
wevrr,
the
2
per-wtll
remain
in
the
ami
tin-
ovi-r-all
pd
to
net
t
lie
rail-iO.OOO.OW)
i"
addi-
of
Ketchikan,
Petersburg,
Juneau,
Skagway
und
White
Horse
In
the
north
the
carriers
took
trips
Into
tne
interior,
over
the
old
Trail
of
'98,
where
they
saw
relics
of
the
gold
rush
days
and
did
a
bit
of
prospecting
themselves.
LOS
ANGELES
MAN
IMPRESSED
BY
CIVIC
CENTRE
encouraging
home
ownership
by
providing
both
"low-rental
and
subsidlzef,
low-cost
dwellings.
The
program,
read
to
Commons
by
Reconstruction
Minister
Winters,
disclosed
that
the
Fed
APPLICATION
FOR
B.C.
PIPELINE
IS
REJECTED
The
boys
stayed
overnight
at
I
Dick
Lambert
of
the
Los
An
;c
s
a
ter
;c
railways
ipmary
iippll-
THE
BRIDGE
THAT
WAS
BUILT
BY
ARMY
EN
GINLMcS
A
ousy
26
hours
was
put
In
by
Canadian
Army
Engineers
from
Ottawa
and
North
Bay
w(hen
erection
of
this
190-foot
Bailey
bridge
over
the
Pptawawa
river
deep
In
the
bush
coun
try
of
Algonquin
Park
was
completed.
On
completion,
the
bridge
which
spans
the
Petawawa
river
on
a
road
between
Des
Joachim
and
Hall-burton
and
which
was
erected
as
a
training
exercise
was
turned
i
over
to
the
Hydro-Electric
Power
Commission
for
use
in
future
power
developments.
Above,
40-odd
sappers
are
seen
working
on
construction
of
huge
bridge.
geles
Examiner
and
Dr.
E.
Merk
fc!yrai
ln
iii
ley,
reereational
director
of
Los
White
Horse
and
on
their
return
were
accompanied
by
ex
perienced
guides
who
explained
the
highlights
of
eaeh
port
of
call.
As
one
boy
put
it:
"This
eral
government
plans
to
amend
the
National
Housing
Act
to
cut
approximately
In
half
the
down
OTTAWA
O
Lack
of
evidence
that
it
could
successfully
run
a
natural
gas
pipeline
from
northern
Alberta
to
Vancouver,
payment
required
by
prospective
and
nearby
United
States
cities
home
owners.
"
"'
ALLEGIANCE
OATH
ATOMIC
TALKS
AT
CHALK
RIVER
is
sure
more
fun
than
studying
geography
at
school."
Accompanying
the
boys
is
Dic'i
TODAY
S
STfV
l"-
i;ourwy
6.
D.
Johnston
Co.
t.td.
20
perrer.L
I
tie
would
d"al
w;h
a
acai'i
after
ill
sion
on
Transports
its
findings.
The
cted
next
spring,
.rase
will
t.ck.'
i-f-after
I
ho
Board
a!
order
;
-
(
d
0:1
The
order
is
V
lift
Wei..
has
stalled
an
application
of
The
remainder
or
the
program
envisages
a
Domlnlon-DfOVirv
ASKED
BY
LLC.
West
Coast
Transmission
Co.
OTTAWA
ffi
The
External
Lambert,
education
division
dir-
Affairs
department
announced
ector
of
the
Examiner,
and
Dr.
today
that
another
In
the
series
I
E.
Merkley,
director
of
the
Rec-of
Anglo
-
American
-
Canadian
reational
and
Youth
Activities
of
before
the
Board
of
Transport
c,al
partnership
on
a
755
pef.
Commissioners
cent
inanc,Rl
basis
to
under-
The
application
lo
build
!
take
a
potentiaUhree-polnt
proline,
which
would
bring
cheap
of
land
ey,
con.
fuel
to
these
centres,
was
re-
n
.
.
1nw
.t
and
CALOARY
f
An
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
Crown
for
officers
of
the
T
des
and
Labor
V-v!ouver
Bayonne
06"2
Bralorne
10.25
B
R.
Con
0412
Angelrs
schools,
stopped
off
for
an
hour
and
took
a
tour
of
Prince
Rupert
last
night
and
seemed
to
be
very
pleased
with
what
they
saw.
Mr.
Lambert
said
that
this
city
seems
to
be
the
most
prosperous
city
of
any
they
had
visited
on
their
whole
trip
and
predicted
great
thing
for
Prince
Rupert,
i
Dr.
Merkley
was
most
lnt"iest-;ed
in
the
Civic
Centre
and
after
being
taken
on
a
tour
of
tiie
,
Centre
by
Don
Forward,
saitl
that
this
was
exactly
what
wa
wrled
In
Ios
Angeles.
There
is
a
program
under
way
I
to
try
and
build
a
Communi'y
I
Centre
in
each
community
of
atomic
talks
will
be
held
at
Los
Angeles
schools.
Chalk
River,
Ontario,
Septem
jected
on
grounds
that
ft
Is
not!
......
-
,
ber
29
and
30.
The
announcement
came
as
Trade
Minister
yet
proven
that
there
are
suf
The
plan
would
rer?ice
the
amount
of
required
down
pay-
ficient
supplies
of
gas
and
that
Howe
continued
a
high-level
B.R.X
OS'a
Cariboo
Quartz
1
15
Congress
04
Hcdlcy
Mascot
.30
Pacific
Eastern
.05
Pioneer
3.65
Congress
of
Canada
has
been'
orderedby
TLC
s
annual
convention.
Action
to
amend
TLC
constitution
rame
after
short
but
lively
debate
In
which
some
MTiOil
OF
II
behefit
..?
provincial
ana
leuerui
cajjuii.
conference
in
Washington
on
I
ment
from
one-third
of
the
cost
lot
the
dwelling
to
one-sixth,.
permits
have
not
yet
been
atomic
policy.
?
own
.
..
The
municipalities
will
play
a
,.
'
would
run
troml
.
.
.,.
.
M
tf?
Tkn
Kna
'remier
Boraer
u'i
members
claimed
it
would
be
a
Dawson
U""
"'.
f.
"
"
Athabasca.
through
M
It
W
II
I!
II
.(
li
1
V
1
$
Creek,
down
the
Fraser
Valley
to
Altar
Thins
Ranks
OX
All-Girl
Band
be
parties
to
tne
uuuiuuuu-u-vinclal
agreements.
Privateer
.21
Reeves
McDonald
:
2
40
...Sheeo
Creek
1.25
measure
similar
to
the
lan-Hartley
Act
in
the
United
!
Los
Angeles
and
Dr.
Merkley
hopes
they'll
be
as
active
as
Vancouver.
Seattle
.
and.
1
1
inarlian
Press)
lr,
Canadian
g'
".
VANCOUVER
O
The
biggesi
;ur
Civic
Centre.-"
'
ilif
a
nniltt
frnm
trouble
with
rurfning
an
all-gir
MEED
FOR
NEW
rrency
remains
at
;
STEEL
SI
RIKE
THE
WLATHER
'yona
trie
end
o
MAY
BE
DELAYED
it
then
fil
ahead
y
otherwise
would
State.
(.
SamP
rtpposPd
this
on
the
grounds
th-at
the
Communists
would
sign
any
kind
of
affidavit.
-
The
constitutional
amendment,
which
finally
got
overwhelming
support,
compels
all
office
candidates
to
swear
an
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
King
and
to
tak
oath
that
they
will
not
associate
with
any
group
subversive
to
Canadian
SCHOOLS
BACKED
BY
KING
ED.
P.T.A.
Synopsis
Lif.ht
frosts
again
touched
the
valleys
of
the
central
and
south
eastern
interior
regions
of
Brit
6ilbalc.
Premier
39"
Taku
River
25
Vananda
.09
Salmon
Gold
.12
Oils
,
Anglo
Canadian
.'.
4.20
Atlantic
.72""
Calmont
-32
C.
&
E.
5.95
Centra!
Lediic
81
'j
Home
Oil
H
00
Mercury
1"
Okalta
1
75
Pacific
Pete
-
3.05
Princess
27
-fears
that
the
dv
would
be
re-!
orchestra,
Maurice
Jackson
wll.
tell
you,
is
finding
replacements
for
the
players
who
desert
the
saxophone
for
the
sink.
Since
his
band
the
only
all-girl
band
in
Canada
was
formed
In
1945,
Jackson
has
lost
lb
girls
via
the
altar
route.
"And
when
you
only
carry
a
full
complement
of
11,
that's
quite
a
turnover,"
says
leader
Jackson.
The
girls
all
between
17
anc
22,
come
from
scattered
points
on
the
rairies
and
eastern
Can-
lutrh
the
benefit
NEW
YOKK.
1
With,
more
than
r.00.000
workers
already
idle
In
the
United
States
as
a
result
of
labor
disputes,
there
w-as
hope
today
that
the
threatened
strike
of
1,000,0000
CIO.
steelworkers.
-would
be
postpon
I
A-4t
i
ih
'
-V
i
t!
It
was
a
"get-acquainted"
meeting
of
the
King
Edward
Parent-Teacher
Associatioa
in
the
school
music
room,
Tuesday
evening.
Seventy
members
attended.
'
The
President,
Mrs.
R.
E.
Mortimer
was
in
the
chair.
The
alms
of
the
Parent-Teacher
Association
were
read
by
ish
Columbia
during
the
night.
Clear
skies
and
light
winds
give
promise
of
pleasant
weather
over
these
areas
In
the
next
24
to
48
hours.
Frosts
will
again
occur
in
the
Cariboo
and
Koote-nays
with
lisht
ground
frost
expected
in
the
low
areas
of
the
Okanagan
tonight.
j
Fog
natches
in
the
low
lying
nance
differential
!
with
the
govern-lremeitf
that
the
tret
both
benfits
i
of
the
year.
The
-Ives
all
mines
an
n
ounce
while
the
;
amounts
varying
S
to
$16
an
omire
Royal
Canadian
u
Toronto
1
ada.
ed.
I
The
steelworkers
were
sum-i
moned
by
Phillip
Murray,
Un-
ion
president
to
decide
Whether
I
or
not
to
comply
with
President
Truman's
request
that
the
J
Athona
-I3
W
.ins.
?
k,
4
I
Local
Man
Saw
Noronic
Launched
Billy
Bell
of
Prince
Rupert,
formerly
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
service
was
Aumaaue
-
-V
14
i
LETTER
OF
1870
n
me
productivity
1
Saturday
night
steel
strike
areas
of
the
southern
coast
will
j
Mrs.
P.
Mark.
..
.
clear
rapidly
this
morning
and
I
The
membership
convener,
form
again
during
the
night.
Mrs.
W.
W.
Bowes,
reported
104
Beattie
5
Bevcourt
3
deadline
be
extended
six
days.
'
benetit.
from
de-
Cloudiness
persists
over
the
memoers
vo
aaie.
present
at
the
launching
of
the
steamship
Noronic,
which
burn
Nl
be
so'ih-.-1-t.eri
SHEDS
NEW
LIGHT
OH
B.C.
DISPUTE
north
coast
regions.
ed
in
Toronto
last
Saturday
'hey
eft,
from
the
by
way
of
siihsirlu
Bobjo
16
Buffalo
Canadian
11
Consol.
Smelters
.
101.50
Conwest
I12
Donalda
5"
El
dona
06
East
Sullivan
3.25
morning
with
heavy
loss
of
life
U.
S.
Steel
Co.
has
accepted'
flic
Truman
proposal.
I
Meanwhile,
chances
faded
for
early
settlement
of
the
coal
.'
irike
whirh
began
four
t
days
a
to.
The
480.000
United
Mine
Workers,
who
are
out
on
a
"no
benefits,
no
work"
strike
appear-
The
new
members
of
the
teaching
staff
were
introduced
by
Principal
R.
G.
Moore.
Mr.
Moore
gave
a
shorty
address
on
School
Organization,
and
introduced
Mr.
I.
H.
R.
Jef-lery,
Inspector
of
Schools.
Mr.
Jeffery
stressed
the
need
for
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
today
and
Friday.
Occasional
drizzle
along
the
mainland
this
morning.
Litttle
change
in
temperature.
Winds
southerly
(20)
In
the
exposed
areas
-of
the
f
"
mines
vhieh
Mual-l-
a
$3M
subsidy
I
$3
SO
from
devahi-?"s
which
qualify
for
GOOD
USE
FOR
BOMB
CRATERS
It's
only
a
water-filled
crater,
set
in
the
midale
of
bombed
-
out
buildings
in
Berlin,
but
to
tne
German
yuongsters
who
use
it
daily,
no
private
swimming
pool
is
half
so
grand.
Bombs
destroyed
an
underground
garage,
leaving
a
huge
crater.
Later
an
underground
spring
ran
into
the
crater
and
filled
it
completely.
It
now
serves
as
"private
swimming
pool"
for
youngsters
in
the
U.S.
sector
workers'
district
of
Berlin.
A
diving
contest
is
in
progress
here.
VICTORIA,
B.C.
British
Columbia
people
were
not
fit
foi
resonsible
government
back
ir
1870,
in
the
opinion
of
the
colonial
secretary
of
those
times.
f
lount
will
have
the
fd
unlikely
to
return
to
work
until
the
steel
dispute
is
clari
The
launching
took
place
at
Port
Arthur
during
the
early
summer
of
1913.
and
attracted
wide
Interest
in
the
Great
Lakes
ports
and
general
territory.
Anions
the
various
public
bodies
that
travelled
to
Port
Arthur
for
the
occasion
was
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
Winnipeg.
uti.rarted
immn
iibsirlv.
buildings,
;
as
a
a
more
varied
Queen
Charlottes
and
light
else-
modern
school
n'Vioro
T.nw
tonight,
and'
hleh
requisite
for
fied.
Hon.
Philip
J.
Hankin,
colonial
secretary
In
Victoria,
made
his
outspoken
observations
In
a
letter
to
his
friend
the
Duke
of
Buckingham
In
England,
and
course
of
instruction
to
develop
well-rounded
personalities.
'
Mrs.
E.
W.
Betker,
speaking
In
tsi?-
--
...
Friday
at
Port
Hardy,
42
and
60;
Masf?et
and
Prince
Rupert
45
and
GO.
,TO!Ar
BASEBALL
New
York
3,
Cincinnati
1
that
letter
has
ust
been
pur
I-DNESDAY
chased
by
the
provincial
ar
chives.
National
The
letter
was
written
during
4-S
r
i
i
support
of
the
school
by-law,
gave
a
resume
of
difficulties
encountered,
and
finally
overcome
by
the
School
Board,
in
drawing
up
plans
for
the
new
schools.
She
credited
the
Parent-Teacher
Association
as
a
whole
and
King
Edward
Parent-Teacher
Association
in
particular,
with
promoting
the
movement
for
new
schools,
and
urged
everyone
to
X,
l,itt.br-,h
7
the
heat
of
a
famous
debate
which
began
in'
March,
1870,
In
the
B.C.
legislative
council
on
the
subject
of
confederation
with
Giant
Yellowkmfe
680
1
Ood's
Lake
3
Hardrock
30
Karricana
07
'
4
Heva
K'-'i
Hosco
-
-13
Jacknife
09
Joliet
Quebec
54
Lake
Rowan
08
1
Lapaska
p612
Little
Long
Lac
-74
Lynx
I2
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.15
McKenzie
Red
Lake
52
McLeod
Cockshutt
155
Moneta
38
Negus
,
2-30
Noranda
58.50
Louvlcourt
19
Vi
Pickle
Crow
2.26
Regcourt
0G'i
San
Antonio
4.30
Senator
Rouyn
43
Sherrlt
Gordon
3.00
Sturgeon
fiver
-21
Steep
Rock
1-78
Silver
MMiller
...
46
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Louis
1-0
Now
Yurk
9
Canada.
Union
was
achieved
ii
July,
1871.
r
fi-R)-i.on
r
Archivist
William
Ireland,
win.
get
out
and
vote
for
the
by-law
fhiladrlpi,
ja
1
released
the
letter
for
publica
0.
W
on
October
6.
af'ihut.m
7
tion,
said
it
w.-js
"a
forthright,
!ari'i:
Coast
Oakland
S
frank
statement
of
the
personal
oinions
of
twe
senior
member
uf
2
R
.
-'
tlU(
1
5,
San
Franchc
the
colonial
civic
service."
Hankln's
appointment
as
col
A
resolution
was
passed
by
the
meeting
that
King
Edward
P.-T,
A.
go
on
record
as
approving
the
school
by-law.
;
.
,
A
color
film
"Nova
Scotia"
was
shown
by
Jo
Goscoe,
after
which
delicious
refreshments
were
served
In
the
lunch
rom
by
Mrs.
B.
Roald,
assisted
by
the
members
of
the
Executive.
onlal
secretary
was
not
pouuiijr.
I'j'-Los
Angeles
4
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
L.
Armstrong
of
Edmonton
arrived
in
the
city
Wednesday
afternoon
on
the
Miss
Edna
Doble.
formerly
of
pert
General
Hospital,
left
this
Prince
Georee
to
visit
their
son
and
daughtr-in-law,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Allan
Armstrong.
Mr.
Armstrong
will
return
to
Edmon-
PtTt'.bfr
lo.ln
J
.
.ir.iir
cmlira
nf
tlio
TT
S
Trens-
the
nursing
staff
of
Prince
ku-weke
to
visit
her
home
at
Cop-Der
Citv.
Miss
Dobie
was
Act
'
"
v..
w.w
FINANCIAL
CHlfcta
ruv-ivuvi-on..i.,
'li
25
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t,i
.
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ii,ii!h
TVimrlas
Abbott.
Canadian
FOOTBALL
FINAL
Benefit
Shield
Gen.
Motors
vs.
Canadian
Legion
TONIGHT
6:30
TM.
Mrs.
Armstrong
FINE
GRAIN
IN
SPITE
OF
DROUGHT
Prize
grain
is
the
barley
grown
by
Alphonse
Schmidt
of
Mildmay
and
the
wheat
was
raised
by
Norman
Schmidt,
a;so
of
Mildmay.
Despite
the
drought
this
year,
judges
at
the
C.N.E.
farm
exhibits,
said
entries
in
grain
show
were
of
finest.
.
-
cm
uiey
jonn
w.
enycier,
it-ii,,
nmvd
'J.w
250
t
t
.
.nfcrrnrp
nf
ministers
for
Can-
ing
aMtron
during
the
absence
ton
this
week,
city
Phyllis
Mooney
last
,
-
.
c
Hiiuisier
01
nuance,
uuimg
vw..."
2
1
f
iet
I
ada,
Great
Britain
and
the
U.S.
The
theme:
world
trade
to
ease
expects
to
remain
In
the
for
the
next
fortnight.
1:44
20:07
of
Miss
summer.
1.8
nf
debtor
nations.
LOM
-
FRIDAY
and
SATURDAY
NIGHTS
-
CIVIC
CENTRE
?
Friday
Main
Event
9:30.
Ringside
$1.50,
General
Admission
$1.00,
Students
50c
Friday's
Winner
vs.
Jack
McLaughlan.
Boxing
8:30,
r
,
,
c
beattie
,no
..rwiman"Saturdav
liatiman
-odiuruaj
.
i
T
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.
Leo
Kalenko,
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