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Cinada'g
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
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CENTS
A
Ambii
(ussiami
Marifciimie
mis
iTAire
KeawaKemnsig
Office
Is
Jammed
By
Many
President
Takes
Oyer
feds
of
Bags
of
Xmas
Mail
jth
500
Kicks
of
mail
arriving
by
train
during
.'lit,
-r0
sacks
by
boat
from
Vancouver
this
!,r
and
the
late
air
mali
also
coming
in
this
American
Admiral
Sees
Necessity
Of
Ensuring
Sea
Lane
Stay
Open
BOSTON
(CP)
Admiral
Forrest
P..
Sherman,
chief
of
United
States
naval
operations,
said
today
that
there
is
"ample
evidence"
of
a
reawakening
of
Russian
"maritime
ambition."
He
added
pointedly
w
the
l
ost
umce
is
extra
ousy
today,
the
...
,
,
'
,.
,
pestling
with
huge
piles
of
parcel
mail
as
I
duss
matter
a1
.vaits
handling.
hristmas
rush
this
year
complicated
again
by
vurcjer
Charge
that
a
superior
force
of
United
States
aircraft
carriers
must
be
maintained
in
order
to
keep
vital
sea
lanes
open.
In
Case
Of
Miss
Fisher
VANCOUVER
0
Puzzling
cir-
Outstanding
Athlete
Vancouver
Girl
Awarded
Honor
cumsiances
surrounuing
me
death
last
month
of
a
religious.
movie-going
spinster
of
45
were
revived
yesterday
when
police
charged
an
unemployed
laborer
with
the
murder.
Charged
In
connection
with
the
death
either
November
8
or
9
0f
Feme
Blanche
Fisher
Is
Fred
rjucharnc,
27.
The
man,
a
nat-Sunclay
lvc
of
Elkhorni
Manitoba,
was
arrcsUtJ
December
5
after
con-,;on
8tab,M
frcd
Ujrec
shots
haU
Mm
he
flcd
ft
m
CURTSEY
ENDS
IN
SIT-DOWN
Wearing
a
broad
smile,
Queen
Elizabeth
accepts
a
bouquet
of
flowers
in
London
from
six-year-old
Victoria
Hutchinson
who
follows
up
the
presentation
with
a
curtsey
of
her'own
design.
The
curtsey
ended
when
Miss
Hutchinson
sal,
down
and
hard.
JOG
JAKARTA,
Java
Qi
Presi-
dejit
Sockarno
of
Indonsesa
has
been
sworn
Into
office
under
uiv
mosirm
oam.
He
received
a
"
8U"
"aiuie-
Sockarno
humbly
declared
himself
-the
servant
of
the
j
people,
not
their
master,
and
,
appealed
to
the
world
"to
clasp
hands
with
the
newly-born
country
that
wants
to
determine
Its
own
fate."
The
new
President
raised
the
.
historic
"proclamation
flag,"
the
(red
and
.white
banner
of
the
Indonesian
Republic
which
he
j
first
unfurled
at
his
bungalow
in
Batavia
on
August
17,
1945,
'
in
the
declaration
of
Independence
from
the
Netherlands.
Evangelizes
Pubs,
Police
Complaining
SPENNYMOOL,
Durham,
Eng.
Rev.
Ronald
Gibbens
has
been
warned
by
police
against
waging
an
evangelical
campaign
In
public
houses.
"Police
tell
me
complaints
nave
been
made
about
my
visits
to
public
houses."
Gibbens
said,
'
011
the
grounds
that
they
may
cause
a
breach
of
the
peace
.
"Yet
during
my
visits
only
two
publicans
have
objected.
I
hal
a
tremendous
welcome
In
one
pub.
They
asked
nie
lj
play
the
piano
and
for
15
minutes
I
played
popu-
,
lar
and
classical
music,
and
j
some
hymns,
to
a
packed
house."
j
Family
Allowance
Checks
For
Xmas
This
being
Christmas
week,
-t-hetpiMr
'
-arriving
famrtyHnftwrfrnre
are
earlier
than'
usual
in
BritLsh
Columbia.
The
date
was
advanced.
Total
payments
amount
to
$1,750,000
affecting
280,000
children.
I
Steel
For
P.G.E.
:
Extension
Due
amve
tmm
''
BnUl"
1,1
announce.
AIR
I'ASSKNGEKS
To
Vancouver
(today)
Miss
J.
P.
Wilkinson,
T.
P.
M.
Grant,
Miss
Peggy
Smith,
R.
S.
Turner,
P.
Ovr,
G.
Glass,
G.
Dickson,
Miss
A.
MeAlpine,
Miss
B.
Forbes,
11.
Magnus,
Miss
G.
Petit,
J.
L.
Parent,
L.
Gefcrson,
W.
Frocsc,
J.
W.
Macri,
R.
Hoyter.
To
Sandspit
(today)
R.
Hole.
From
Vancouver
(Wednesday)
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
M.
McDonald.
M.
G.
Gormely,
district
forester,
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
today
from
a
trip
to
Portland
where
he
attended
a
forestry
conference.
was
clothed
only
In
a
raincoat
and
a
pair
of
rubber
shoes.
Dale
of
the
preliminary
hearing
was
.set
today
in
city
police
court
for
December
28.
Ducharnc
lived
in
a
squatter's
.shark
on
False
Creek
and
was
also
known
as
Farusworth.
Clark
Gable
And
Lady
Ashley
Wed
HOLLYWOOD
-
Clark
Oable
was
honeymooning
somewhere
today
with
Lady
Sylvia
Ashley,
39-year
old
widow
of
Douglas
Fairbanks
sr.
They
were
married
in
a
surprise
ceremony
late
Quiel
Wedding
A!
Ahm
Collage
Ar-'l'iiek.
wedding
took
place
Saturday
evening
at
8
o'clock
at
Ahm
Cottage,
1438
Overlook
Street,
the
home
of
Canon
W.
F.
Rushbiliok
who
officiated,
when
Mrs.
Joan
Johnson
became
the
bride
of
Oscar
H,
Johnson
of
this
city.
Mat
ron
of
honor
was
Mrs.
Ella
Vaccher
'while
Arnc
Eyolfson,
brother
of
the
bride,
attended
the
groom.
Mr.
Johnson
is
employed
by
Campbell
and
Bennett
at
Port
Edward,
while
Mrs.
Johnson
is
on
the
staff
of
Wallace
Dept.
I
Store.
They
will
reside
at.
the
'
Angus
Courts,
Second
Ave.
Captain
and
ivus.
W.
F.
Robert-:on,
who
have
been
on
a
holiday
yesterday
at
a
luxurious
guest
j
The
Hist
steel
for
ranch,
forty
miles
north
of
Santa
j
QUESNEL
!
tllc
P
G
E-
nl!lin
lin('
tension
Barbara,
California.
fori10
Prince
George
is
expected
to
It
was
the
fourth
marriage
Ko
less
than
lu.uuu
ici,-
.
:i,l
voslprrlav.
half
if
mui"-u
jv"
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-----
.
!or
the
East
wnicn
win,
,
not
reach
their
des--
nn
time.
"Air
up"
air
iocs
not
include
Christ-
,rds
mailed
av
bccunu
i
.te$.
.
whole,
it
has
been
an
,
.;ini
rviri-stmas
Post
Office
although
I
doubtless
be
the
usual
iate
rush.
Handling
of
has
been
facilitated
bv
-Jng
of
an
extra
parcel
nd
an
extra
stamp
and
:
wicket
at
rush
hours,
,v
hours
were
announced
Postmaster
J.
R.
Mori-
the
box
lobby
open
from
9
a.m.
until
Monday
a
complete
will
be
taken
and
none
Hhhies
will
ouen.
wu
the
Post
Office
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as
usual.
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LABOR
PARTY
KK-ELLCTtl)
KINGSTON,
Jamaica
William
Bustamentc's
Labor
Party
will
form
Jamaica's
government
for'
the
next
five
eai.
Returns
flooding
in
from
yesterday's
election
gave
his
party
17
of
32
house
of
representative
seats.
The
rival
National
Party
gained
13
scats
and
Independents,
two.
MINER'S
BODY
FOUND
BLAIRMORE,
Alia
Part
of
the
body
of(
Nvwfoumlland-born
Ben
Carter,
67,
was
uncovered
at
Grcenhill
Colliery
near
here
last
night
by
a
party
of
75
men
who
had
been
digging
for
four
days.
GREETINGS
TO
STALIN
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Attlee
today
sent
a
birthday
message
of
greeting
to
Prime
Minister
Stalin
of
Russia
through
the
British
ambassador
in
Moscow,
Attire's
message
said:
"Permit
me
to
tender
you
my
greetings
and
congratulations,
on
the
seventieth
a.rmivcrsary
of
your
birthday
and
my
best
wishes
for
your
continued
good
health."
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
polar
air
which
has
gripped
the
entire
province,
for
the
past.
few
days
is
receding
slowly.
Temperatures
have
risen
sharply
along
the
coast
during
the
night
and
tonight
promises
to
be
much
milder
throughout
the
entire
province.
A
disturbance
which
lies
about
400
miles
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
will
bring
rain
to
the
north
coast
today
and
showers
to
the
south
coast
overnight.
Skies
will
remain
generally
cloudy
in
the
Interior
with
some
light
snow
expected
in
the
north
central
portion
tonight
and
tomorrow.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Intermittent
rain
today.
Cloudy
with
showers
tomorrow.
Milder,
wind
light,-becoming
.southeast
(20
mphi
by
afternoon
and
shifting
to
southwest
(25)
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
higlis
tomorrowAt
Port
Hardy,
37
and
44;
Sandspit,
39
and
44;
Prince
Rupert,
37
and
43.
Cariboo,
Prince
George,
Bulk-
I
ley
Valley
Regions
Variable
cloudiness.
and
widely
scattered
tnow
flurrict
today.
Overcast
with
Intermittent,
snow
tomorrow
Not
quite
so
cold.
Light
wind
.,
becoming
southerly
(15),
tonight.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Quesnel,
15
and
25,
Prince
George,
15
and
25;
Smith-ers,
15
and
35.
Northern
B.
C.
Region-
Cloudy
and
cold
with
occasional
snow
flurries
today
and
tomorrow.
Light
winds.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Telegraph
Creek,
5
below
and
15
below.
Thursday,
December
22,
1)19
High
3:21
20.4
feet
14:56
22.0
feet.
Low
9:01
8,1
feet
21:30
2.4
feet
Miss
Margaret
Murtinuseii,
R.N.,
who
gruduatcd
this
year
from
Royal
Jubilee
Hospital
at
Victoria,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
the
south
and
will
spend
a
vacation
here
with
her
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
M.
Murtinuseii,
before
proceeding
to
Princeton
where
she
has
accepted
h
nursing
appointment.
James
Ellefson,
who
has
been
attending
school
in
Seattle,
returned
to
the
city
m
the
Prince
Menzies
Makes
first
Address
CANBERRA
CP;
Robert
G.
Menkes
in
his
first
broadcast
as
Australian
Prime
Minister,
said
today
that
his
government
will
seek
a
United
British
Empire
and
cultivate
"real
understanding
with
the
great
Unltdl
States
of
America."
However,
Menzies
added,
Australia's
happiness
would
in
the
long
run
depend
upon
the
well-being
of
the
simplest
citizens
of
India,
China
or
any
other
great
communities
of
the
people.
Sammy
Snead
Is
Golfdom's
Best
CHICAGO
W'
Sammy
Snead.
sweet-singing
golfer
from
from
White
Suipher
Springs,
West
Virginia,
was
officially
crowned
g")
It's
lop
-money.,
.winner
f
and
captor
of
the'
coveted
Vartton
Trophy
for
1940.
The
Professional
Golfers'
Association,
which
recently
proclaimed
Snead-
"golfer
of
the
year,"
calculated
,
Sammy
had
amassed
$31,093,
as
he
won
six
major
meets
and
finished
sec
-
ond
or
third
in
seven
others.
The
Vardon
Trophy
went
to
Snead
for
a
snappy
average
of
09.37
strokes
for
seventy-three
ten-hole
rounds.
5
'
S
j
i
r
COMMONS
NEWCOMER
Dr.
E.
A.
McCusker,
making
his
first
bid
in
federal
politics,
was
elected
Liberal
member
for
Regina
City
in
the
1949
election.
Dr.
McCusker
was
born
in
1890
in
Alfred,
Out.
He
is
vice-president
of
the
Saskatchewan
Medical
Association
and,
as
a
brigadier
In
the
Army
medical
corps,
was
In
charge
of
medical
services
for
the
Second
Canadian
Corps
during
I
the
Second
World
War.
He
Is
I
a
past
president
of
the
Canadian
'
Rugby
Union.
.
(C.
P.
Photo)
i
.
George
today
to
resume
resid-R.
nice
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
B.
Skinnei
yorden
Street.
FUGENE
HIGH
SCHOOL
BAND
of
Eugene,
Oregon
CONCERT
Wednesday,
"Dee.
28,
1919
8
p.m.
Civic
Centre
Auditorium
Sponsored
by
Bu-Me-Hl
Students
Council
Students
50c
(Tickets
on
Sale
at
Civic
Centre
and
Orme's
Drugs.)
(301)
I
trip
to
Vancouver
and
Port
Al-berni,
returned
to
the
city
on
VANCOUVER
Oi
It's
a
wonderful
feeling
18-year
old
Eleanor
McKenzie
has
today.
"I
never
dreamed
that
anything
like
this
would
happen
to
me,"
said
the
young
Vancouver
spruit
star
who
was
announced
yesterday
us
Canada's
outstanding
woman
athlete
of
the
year.
A
teammate
Interrupted
Eleanor's
packing
for
the
British
Empire
Games,
for
which
she
departs
Thursday,
to
break
the
great
news.
Miss
McKenzie
who
is
seventeen
years
of
use
Is
a
star
of
track
and
ficki
was
officially
named
yesterday
nt
Hamilton
by
the
Women's
Amateur
Athletic
Federation
of
Canada
as
.Can
ada's
outstanding
woman
athlete.
The.
announcement
was
made
by
Margaret
Lord,
Federation
secretory
.
Only
two
athletes
were
nominated
for
the
honor
by
W.A.A.F.
of
fleers
the
speedy
Miss
McKenzie
and
Irene
Strong,
20-year
old
Vancouver
swimming
star.
Mist
;
McKenzie
won
by
a
casting
vote
alter
a
tie
of
the
executive.
Irene
Wall
of
Montreal,
Federation
president,
cast
the
deciding
vote
in
favor
of
the
sprinter.
The
two
will
compete
February
4-11
in
the
British
Empire
Games
at
Auckland,
New
Zealand.
They
will
leave
Vancouver
by
ship
tomorrow
with
the
first
group
of
Games
athletes
and
officials.
Two
Years
In
Penitentiary
Two
years
in
penitentiary
was
the
sentence
meted
out
at
Sudtli-ers
last
week
by
Judge
W.
O.
FuHon
to
Raymond
Peters.
Point
Grey
Indian,
after
he
had
been
l"und
guilty
el
assault
with
in-lent
to
rob.
Peters,
it
was
shown,
had
set
upon
June
Llm,
a
Chinese
restaurant
man,
on
the
street
a
nd
proceeded
to
belay
bhn
with
a
flashlight.
Kee
Mali,
another
Chinese,
came
up
whereupon
Peters
made
off
to
be
taken
in',
a
custody
later.
J.
T
.Harvey
acted
as
crown
counsel
In
the
case
and
Peters,
who
showed
that
he
was
not
unfamiliar
with
such
circumstances,
eondutced
his
own
deletion.
He
was
disclosed,
to
have
hud
a
record.
M.
O.
Kullander
of
the
local
Forest
Branch
office
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
today
from
a
trip
to
Victoria
on
official
duties.
HOLIDAY
SEASON
CLOSING
HOURS
Retail
stores
in
the
City
will
remain
open
until
8
p.m.
December
23rd,
closing
at
6
p.m.
on
December
24th.
Stores
will
be
closed
December
26tii
and
27th
and
January
2nd
as
well
as
Thursday
afternoon
"ch
week.
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Merchants
Ass'n.
Joini
Xmas
Tree
Attended
By
70
'
Approximately
70
adulls.
and
(
Yhfldren
"'were
present"
iit
"the"
annual
Christmas-
tree
in
the
Oddfellows'
Hall,
Tuesday
afternoon.
The
event
was
held
by
the
Oddfellows'
and
Rebckuh
,
lodges
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mrs.
J.
W.
McKinley,
district
i
deputy
president
of
the
Re-,
bekah
Assembly,
welcomed
the
I
children.
Interesting
films
were
shown
by
Mrs.
E.
A.
Evans
and.
numerous
"oh's"
and
"all's"
I
were
heard
from
the
tots
when
,
animal
and
bird
movies
were
,
screened.
Carol
singing
followed
and
the
program
concluded
with
irritations
by
Marion
Evans
und
Eileen
Howe,
ballet
dancing
by
Sylvia
Chei'ry,
vocals
by
Ver
non
Healy
and
a
piano
solo
rendition
by
Grace
Woods.
While
children
danced
around
the
Christinas
tree
singnig
'
Jingle
Bells,"
Santa
Claus
appeared
and
distributed
gifts
and
delicacies.
The
event
ended
with
three
cheers
for
Santa
Claus.
Convenor
was
Mrs.
L.
McLean.
The
refreshment
committee
consisted
of
Mrs.
W,
McLeod,
Mrs.
J.
S.
Irvin
and
Mrs.
Line-ham.
A
committee
for
entertainment
comprised
Mrs.
T.
Priest,
Mrs.
J.
W.
McKinley,
Mrs.
Horace
'
jii
-jasBirwwyip.-P-
"
joiium
pjpjuw
y
"
.
.ij.nii"iiiii!iMy
s
,
both
the
male
idol
of
millions
of!
'
woiiicn
!
Ashley.
Gable
is
forty-eight;
years
of
age.
Only
a
few
close
friends
were
in
atU
niiancc
at
the
ceremony.
I
Shortest
Doy
Is
Dork
and
Murky
Cloudy,
murky
weather,
with
a
Ua.sli
ol
ruin
anu
sicev
nu
a
si
onn
from
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
,
predicted
lor
this
evening,
mark
!
the
shortest
clay
of
the
year
In
I
rrlncc
Rupert
today.
It
will
be
I
a
while,
of
course,
before
lcngth-
cuing
days
arc
really
noted.
WINTER
ARRIVES
ON
SKEENA
RIVER
All
4
lie
hikes
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
have
becom
frozen
and
Ice
from
three
to
six
inches
thick
Is
pushing
and
Jamming
its
way
down
the
Skccna
"liver.
Temperature
In
Terrace
Sunday
morning
at
9:30
was
down
to
6
degrees
above
zero.
IX.XXXX'''
f
NOTICE
II,
was
erroneously
reported
that
nil
stores
Would
remain
open
Friday
night.
The
following
food
stores
will
be
closed
as
usual
Friday
night:
SUNRISE.
BLAINES'.
RUPERT
BUTCHERS,
PIONEER
MARKET,
!
OVEVtWAITEA,
RANCE
&
HAR-U)Y,
JONES
FAMILY
MARKET,
!
SHKARDOWNS,
BUI.KLEY
MAR-i
KKT,
SKEENA
GROCERY.
I
KAIEN
CO-OP,
PRINCE
RUPERT
FISHERMEN'S
CO-OP.
These
merchants
wish
to
point
out
that
owing
to
the
heavy
Xmas
business,
Uiey
will
be
compelled
to
work
Friday
evening
preparing
orders
anil
cleaning
turkeys
for
Saturday's
deliveries.
Help
us
to
help
you
by
placing
your
orders
early.
,298'
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
the
south.
.
V.
J.
Nelson
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
today
from
Ocean
Falls,
where
ho
is
located
as
customs
officer,
to
spend
the
Christmas
and
vew
Year
holiday
season
ut
hi:
home
here
.
Tattcrsal,
Mrs.
Alex
Barbe,
and
rs.
G.
Howe.
.
-
-
was
made
in
accordance
with
.
,
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TO
THE
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Bishop
iv.c.e
Johnson
and
Gerald
Berry
(second
from
right),
Petcrboro,
Bishop
(second
from
left),
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Nelson
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Milli-r
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Canary
Out
are
shown
with
Swiss
guards
atter
tney
nan
an
auiuuu
.u.
idence
in
Castelgandolfo,
Italy.
The
visit
of
the
Canadian
p.elates
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traditional
visa
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