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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
18.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
22,
1949
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FIVE
CENTS
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ionalist
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to
Treat
Terms
to?-
Communists
Not
Likely
On
Anything
But
Own
rr
at
the
railway
jidi's,
one
east
,st
of
Kwinitsa,
equipment
had
by
mid-morn-aliis
were
run-
400
feet
long
down
p-came
RESCUE
IS
UNDER
WAY
R.C.A.F.
Endeavouring
to
'
Take
Eleven
Mem
Off
'
Hudson
Bay
Ice
Floe
WINNIPEG
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
moved
v
;
i
.
.
.
,;urnoon
w
I
hif
mi
'
k.viiiusa
auu
uj
NANKING
(CP)
China's
tottering
government
tonight
announced
the
appointment
of
five
delegates
to
negotiate
peace
with
the
Communists.
Heading
the
delegation
will
be
Shao
Li-Ize,
veteran
peace
advocate.
Appointment
of
the
delegation
came
'
a
few
hours
after
A.cting
President
Li
Tsung-Jen
1,1
been
cieareu
Get
Ready
For
Pipe
Line
Job
R.
Campbell
of
the
contracting
firm
of
Campbell
&
Bennett
arrived
in
the
city
on
plough
scni
oul
,rrt.
Mountime,
similar
proportion
five
miles
assumed
the
place
of
Chiang
j
rapidly
today
to
effect
the
rescue
of
eleven
men
from
a
Hudson
Bay
Ice
field
which
was
their
overnight
hoThe
after
their
plane
was
forced
down
on
the
i
fast
lap
of
a
4.000-mlle
mercy
I
mission
into
the
Arctic.
la.
Puu&"
.3
after
twenty-two
years
at
the
I
r
I.
the
CoquiUam
yesterday
after
,
!
noon
from
Vancouver.
He
is
The
first
man
to
be
removed'
will
be
Harold
Dunn',
radio
operator,
employee
of
the
Depart-
hc'.rn
of
the
Nationalist,
government.
Li
had
announced
his
intention
of
sending
a
peace
delegation
earlier
at
a
tea
party
of
government
officials.
The
move
puts
the
issue
i
ment
of
Transport,
whose
illness
,,rl;i,..
to
turn
mediately
head-,wud
slide
was
tins
morning.
,iiu
fur
the
East
departing
until
:m
when
it
got
,
and
33
minutes
.
the
East,
due
lu
is
running
c
owing
to
con-
:..
......
,A
i
here
in
connection
with
preliminary
organization
preparatory
to
the
installation
of
a
long
pipe
line
which
will
carry
water
from
Pond
Lake,
an
extension
ot
Prudhomme
Lake,
to
Watson
Island
for
the
new
celanese
mill.
Mr.
Campbell
is
inspecting
facilities
for
the
unloading
of
machineiy
and
equipment
at
Watson
Lake.
started
the
flight.
The
spot
is
about
70
miles
southeast
of
Churchill
where
the
weather
is
45
below
zero.
A
stretch
of
open
water
Intervenes
between
the
ice
field
and
shore
so
dog
teams
cannot
make
a
rescue.
The
R.CA.F.
is
using
a
ski-equipped
plane,
borrowed
from
the
Saskatchewan
government
squarely
up
to
the
Communists
as
to
whether
they
will
deal
with
the
Nanking
government
minus
Chiang
Kal-SJiek.
There
is,
apparently,
no
indication
as
yet
that
the
Communists
will
treat
on
anything
but
Red
terms.
,
j&
;lpf.
J
HIS
UU,U
10:45
tomorrow
V
v-'
Football
air
service,
which
ca
take
off
in
500
feet.
With
the
crew
members,
including
three
British
Columbia
men,
is
an
unidentified
Eskimo,
also
an
ill
Army
doctor.
Pilots
who
checked
the
area
H'O
POWER
PROJECT
One
or
the
largest
piwer
p-oierls
now
uni'.er
construction
in
eastern
C;muda
is
the
Dcs
Joachims
development
on
the
Ottawa
River,
140
imles
from
the
capital.
Work
Is
proceeding
during
the
winter.
This
Department
of
Mines
and
Resources
photo
shows
one
of
the
diversified
operations
necessary
to
build
the
dam.
(CP
Photo)
SPEAKER
Former
Premier
John
Hart
to
preside
over
Legislature,
succeeding
Robert
H.
Carson.
LOCAL
LIBERALS
STIRRING
IN
ANTICIPATION
OF
ELECTIONS
Resolve
to
get
the
party
stimulated
without'
delay
in
readiness
for
the
approaching
.
election
campaigns
highlighted
last
night's
annual
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
Association.
With
a
view
to
inspiring
interest
and
sparking
organization,
the
meeting
authorized
the
executive
to
proceed
with
plans
for
an
early
dinner
meet-:
;
said
the
plane
had
been
brought
down
in
the
only
good
spot
in
fifteen
miles.
VANCOUVER
ARROWS
COMING
TO
PRINCE
RUPERT
IN
EARLY
FEB.
Louis
Would
Fight
Again
,lirst
Rmind
8,
Muntose
3
Particle
Thistle
4
:,
Quetn's
Park
1
wburgh
0
fi.
Keith
2
i.
Ktliinuimck
2.
uiinnstiiiie
1
4.
Celtic
3
Fiilkirk
1
ill
it-uiiiaiis
1
;c
0,
Ill'Dei'liian
4
idcmiouls
1,
Al-
Speaker
of
House
Quits
THE
WEATHER
Hitt
news
for
basketball
fans
comes
from
the
Civic
Centre
with
the
announcement
that
Vancouver
Arrows,
one
of
Canada's
MIAMI
Florida
Heavy-
Forecast
ing
of
the
Association
for
both
vative
faction
in
coalition
was
at
men
antl
women.
Formation
of
present
dominating,
the
Liberal.
,
Former
Premier
John
Hart'
May
Succeed
Robert
H.
Carson
rturton
rM-iarl!
rs
and
NnrUl
weight
champion
Joe
Louis,
said
a
women's
Liberal
organization
i
Feeling
was
unanimous
that
a
Fridav
that,
as
far
as
he
was
Coast
Variable
cloudiness
with
t
is
conteniDlated.
i
strona
and
vibrant
Liberal
party
'
vthtorta
n,
Promw
nvmn
I
top
basketball
teams,
will
visit
Prince
Rupert
early
in
February
for
a
two-game
series
with
local
All-Stars,
i
The
last
time
Arrows
were
here
they
dropped
two
close
ones
i
to
the
local
reps,
thercoy
going
home
a
bit
surprised
and
disap-
pointed.
-
';
-
The
.-erles
will
give
the
Kn-als
just
the
kind
of
(itilf
opposition
they
need
prior
to
the
provincial
showdown
in
early
.spring.
runceini'd.
inhere
-were.
only
two,,
"u"f
-J
-Vta
nrctii(R
last
iMK
Mso"
should'
br
-perot-ttrnted.
-Future-
.Tr,hnSnn
"nnnminn
v.erdav
ovcrnigm,
oevo.i.u.s
,
-
,,..,
1
..
u
.
7
.
.
"
discussed
the
question
of
con-
prospects
of
the
.party
Urination
of
the
coalition
in
pro-
I
viewed
with
enthusiasm.
r?1
j
tnai
me
speaner,
KODert,
n.
war-son,
has
resigned
due
to
ill
I
cloudy
Sunday
by
noon
ana
UUe
fight,
this
June
-EV,zard
Intcrmit-
overcast
by
evening.
viiicial
government.
Outcome
j
OFFICERS
ELECTED
health
and
that
the
government
Charlcs
and
Lee
Savold.
tent
light
snow
Sunday
evening.
was
the
decision
to
make
no
II.
lUuth
RnVYl.,
1
)
j.
Straiiiarrs
0
lb"
South
2,
East
i
After
hearing
annual
reports
,
has
recommended
to
the
Legis-
Limited
of
Calgary
In
a
written:
Here
lor
the
first
of
a
series
Winds
light,
becoming
south-
of
the
president,
secretary
and
lature
the
appointment
of
For
Judgment
issued
at
the
Court
of
six
exhibition
mutches
in
i
easterly
15m.p.h
tomorrow
ai-
1IMS
AfiAINST
OIL
CO.
:
CALCJARY,
ft
William
H.
Cutter
of
Vancouver
was
award-id
a
court
order
for
$54,000
and
J.'nin
City
1
would
that
he
of
House
here
today.
Florida,
Louis
said
Colter
claims
$100,000
from'
meet
the
winner
lur
2,
Duiiferm-
definite
move
at
this
time,
pending
a
provincial
convention
which
is
to
be
held
this
year
and
is
expected
to
clear
the
Issue.
Opinion
was
expressed
by
some
speakers
that
the
Conser-
mer
Premie
John
Hart
as
Speaker.
Mr.
Hart
is
now
a
private
member
of
the
Legislature
for
Victoria.
ternoon.
Litue
caimge
;n
temperature
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow:
Port
Hardy
25
and-
36,
Massett
25
and
36,
Prince
Rupert
23
and
37.
.
.
....
-
fito'i!
o
(i
a
iii
ct
f.flnpral
Potrnlo-
match
but;
if
there
was
ho
such
match,
he
would
go
to
Canada
on
an
exhibition
toun
the
two
oil
companies
for
their
alleged
failure
to
drill
a
well
on
his
oil
lease
in
the
Leduc
area.
il.HiiriinEAimon.su
:.'
v.v...
;
2,
Aberdeen
1
j
urns
Limited
and
Superior
Oils
il
1
Division
i
'I'1
en's
Park
Ran-
i
Says
Pray
da
Editor
Age
of
C
Coven!
i
y
1
Chesterfield
ommunism,
treasurer,
the
meeting
elected
officers
as
follows:
Honorary
President,
Rt.
Hon.
Louis
S.
St.
Laurent,
Prime
Minister
of
Canada.
Honorary
President,
Hon.
Byron
I.
Johnson,
Premier
of
British
Columbia.
President,
J.
D.
McRae
(reelected).
Vice-President.,
Oscar
Havroy
re-elected).
Secretary,
T.
M."
Speers
(reelected
i
.
Treasurer,
J.
J.
Judge
(reelected
I
.
Executive
R.
H.
Parker,
B.
J.
Bacon,
H.
F.
Glassey,
W.
A.
Armstrong,
A.
S.
Nickerson,
G.
C.
Mitchell,
W.
M.
Watts,
Rod
MacLeod,
T.
N.
Youngs,
Robert
McKay.
G.
P.
Lyons,
J.
A.
Schu
r
!1
6,
:
1
ll
fl
-71
i'l"l'Milh
Argyle
1
-vii
2,
Cardiff
City
2
1
1,
Sheflield
WeiU
''
1
;y
5,
Lincoln
City
3
Forest.
1.
Blurk-
Anglo-American
"War
Mongers"
Are
Assailed
MOSCOW
(CI').
l'ravda's
editor,
in
the
presence
of
rremier
Stalin,
said
last
night
that
this
is
the
cen
MUCH
STEEL
IS
SALVAGED
C.N.R.
Assists
Canadian
Mills
in
Production
MONTREAL
To
assist
Canadian
mills
in
the
production
of
steel,
the
Canadian
National
Railways
in
1948
turned
in
a
total
of
234,000
tons
of
scrap,
according
to
a
report
made
yesterday
to
the
steel
comptroller
by
E.
A.
Bromley,
vice-president
of
purchases
and
store
for
National
System.
This
was
an
increase
of
26,000
tons
over
1947
and
28,000
tons
over
the
nine
year
average,
1939-1948
inclusive,
Mr.
Bromley
added.
In
the,
1048
total
of
scrap
salvaged
by
the
C.N.R.
57,500
tons
!
i
1
1
1
fa
...
.
I
0
1.
I.utini
"l"nwn
1
I
llol.spur
2,
Wsst
I
bion
0
I
Umi.ed
2.
liury
1
j
Oiilcdonla
vs.
North
'
lie
will
be
replayed
JJ'
No
extra
lime
mann,
John
Eyolfson,
John
A.
McRae,
J.
S.
Lindsay
and
John
tury
of
Communism.
At
the
same
time
r.
N.
I'osteloy,
addressing
Soviet
leaders
on
the
twenty-fifth
anniversary
of
the
death
of
Lenin,
said
that
Russia
has
an
"unshakeable
will
for
international
co-operation."
.
.
The
Red
editor
bitterly
attack-
Si
McLeod.
NEEDS
'
STRESSED
The
meeting
instructed
the
executive
to
urge
upon
the
federal
department
of
public
works
the
immediate
putting
in
of
a
breakwater
a'nd
a
road
approach
irui-I
irst
Divisicni
ed
Anglo-American
"war
mongers"
and
reminded
his
listeners
ol
Stalin's'
assertion
that
peace
was
possible.
He
scored
President
Truman's
inaugural
address
which
termed
communism
as
"false
philosophy."
;l
i.
Arsenal
0
"'derers
o,
Livernool
were
returned
to
the
foundry
x
:
to
the
new
fishermen's
floats
at
on
an
exchange
basis.
Middlesbrough
0
Mhleiic
(I,
Pm-Us-
Village
Near
Extinction
Mercy
I
liclit
(ioes
to
Arctic
Where
Mysterious
Malady
N
Hits
Eskimos
TRENTON,
Out.,
(h-
A
mercy
plane
prepared
to
leuve
today
lor
Winnipeg
on
the
first
leu
of
a
flight
to
the
Arctic
intended
to
save
a
tiny
Eskimo
village
which
is
being
wiped
out
by
a
mysterious
epidemic
which
has
already
killed
nine
r
Us
17
The
CN.R.'s
efforts
throughout
Canada
In
the
salvaging
of
scrap
metals,
Bromley
said,,
had
been
of
considerable
assistance
in
Canada's
output
of
steel
and
the
continuing
production
of
this
systematic
collecting
will
have
an
important
bearing
on
steel
production
for
1949,
:'
t'hol.sou
i
''r
United
0,
Man-
0
(
tic
i
IN
CANADA
Rt.
Hon.
An-
Ihony
Fden,
former
British
Foreign
Secretary.
MAY
THROW
MINERS
OUT
Crisis
Itclwctti
('.L'.L.
idid
I'.M.W.
iDion
N'uMheni
(I
Uelling-
f
IUe
'
s
AMNESTY
DEMANDED
-
LAKE
SUCCESS
A
joint
resolution
submitted
to
the
United
Nations
security
council
calls
on
the
Netherlands
to
immediately
release
all
political
prisoners
in
Indonesia.
Th
resolution
was
submitted
by
China,
the
United
States
and
Norway.
Cuba
and
Canada
will
support
it.
The
resolution
is
considered
to
be
sure
of
the
seven
votes
needed
to
pass
it.
SHIP
SABOTAGE
VANCOUVER
Fred
Cray
of
Verdun,
Quebec,
is
being
held
by
police
on
a
charge
of
sabotaging
the
1,000-ton
Vancouver
freighter,
s.s.
Tahsis,
causing
the
vessel
to
flounder
for
two
hours
in
Puget
Sound
waters.
Cray
allegedly
told
police
that
he
had
damaged
the
steering
machinery
of
the
ship
which
was
loaded
with
5,000
tons
of
cargo
from
Honolulu.
Capt.
H.
S.
Docherty
of
the
Tahsis
said
that
lives
of
43
members
of
the
crew
had"
been
gravely
endangered.
'
.
.
'
HOME
OIL
DISLISTED
v
TORONTO
Shares
of
Home
Oil
Co.
Ltd.
were
delisted
from
the
Toronto
Stock
Exchange
Friday
following
suspension
of
trading
Tn
shares
January
4.
Trading
in
Home
issues
continues
on
other
Canadian
exchanges.
Original
suspension
and
subsequent
delisting
were
made
on
the
grounds
that
the
company
had
broken
two
bylaws
in
connection
with
its
current
offer
to
shareholders
of
the
privilege
of
applying
for
extra
stock.
TWO.
SURVIVORS
,
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska
Searchers
yesterday
reached
a
crashed
Alaska
Air
Lines
DC-3
transport
plane
on
Kenai
Peninsula
and
found
four
of
its
six
occupants
dead.
Two
survivors
are
pilot
and
one
passenger.
Co-pilot,
stewardess
and
two
other
passengers
were
killed.
,
Hudders-
United
()
0
(lie
l
TOUGH
TASK
FOR
LEAFS
Waverins
Sniythe
Men
Have
Double
Week-end
Hate
With
l'ave-MakhiK
Red
Wings
TORONTO.
f
,
A
big
weekend
is
coming
up"
in
the
National
Hotkey
League
with
three
buUoiii
clubs
-Chicago,
Toronto
and
New
York
running
neck-and-neek
in
a
fourth-pluee,
or
play-off
position,
battle.
None
of
the
three
can
afford
to
lose
too
many
more.
The
Maple
-Leais,
blowing
hoi.
and
eold,
face
the
toughest
Westview
Bay
before
the
appropriation,
already
made
by
Parliament,
expires
on
March
31.
Early
action
of
the
reconstruction
and
Jiard
surfacing
of
the
road
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Edward,
pledged
by
the
provincial
govern
men
t
in
connection
with
the
t.?w
celanese
mill
industrial
development,
will
be
urped
as
well
as
assistance
to
maintenance
of
municipal
thoroughfares
used
as
arterial
highways.
The
highway
situation
in
this
area
generally
will
lie
taken
up
with
Hon.
E.
T.
Kcnnev,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
who
will
visit
Prin.ee
Rupert
next
week.
Also
to
be
discussed
with
Mr.
Kenney
will
be
the
policy
of
the
British
Columbia
Power
Com
y
I.
Newcastle
Uni-
'l,
ler)jy
(ioimt.ry
1
"iplon
Wanderers
2,
political
organization,
the
quiet
and
serious
personal
promotion
of
the
advantages
of
patty
aims
and
principles.
As
for
the
candidate
himself,
the
expression
of
views
I
r'
support
of
the
members
collectively
and
individually
was
a
pre-requisite.
He
asked
that
he
be
kept
posted,
at
all
times
on
needs
and
problems.
Tribute
to
the
energy
and
ability
of
the
candidate
was
paid
Making
a
second
start,
ttuo
io
bad
weather,
a
skl-euiiped
Dakota
is
heading
for
tnr
hamlet
of
Cresweli
Bay
on
Sonier-Fct
Island,
10U0
miles
north
of
Churchill,
Manitoba,
and
400
miles
within
the
Arctic
Circle.
News
of
the
epidemic.,
three
months
old,
was
carried
part
way
by
dog
team.
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TlbES
I'.l.
Miiiiary
..
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21:12
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1!M!
19.(1
feet
Hid
feel
9.1
feet
02
feet
by
several
speakers
with
the
urge
mission
in
regard
to
Prince
Ru
OTTAWA
tPi
-
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Li'bor
yesterday
threateiiKd
with
indefinite
suspension
the
International
Union
or
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
Workers
from
C.C.L.
rmiks
for,
defying
the
Congress
The
C.C.L.
took
tins
stand
because
of
the
Union's
refusal
to
move
out
of
the
gold
mining
field
at
Timnilns
and
the
nickel
plant
at
Port
Colbomr.
The
Union
had.
been
previously
asked
to
vacate
the
fields
to
allow
the
Congress
to
organize
new
unions
there.
The
Union
had
been
suspended
earlier
following
a
previous
tussle
but
was
later
reinstated.
pert
in
the
light
of
the
expiry,
that
he
as
well
as
the
party
be
hree
years
hence
of
the
North-
l
backed
to
the
limit.
Columbia
Columbia
ern
British
Tower
task.
Only
two
points
ahead
or
the
cellar-dwelling
New
York
Hangers,
they
will
clash
twice
with
the
league-leading
Detroit
Red
Wings
in
a
home
and
home
.series
starting
at
the
Gardens
here
tonight.
Chicago
Black
Hawks
entertain
the
New
York
Rangers
on
Sunday.
'
Boston
and
Montreal
play
a
double
d4te
at
Montreal
and
Boston.
sketbali
Toronto
Extends
Daylight
Saving
TORONTO
Toronto,
it
Is
expected,
will
have
two
extra
months
of
daylight
saving
because
of
the
hydro
power
shortage.
Mayor
Hiram
McCallum
makes
this
announcement.
RED
CROSS
SOCIETY
Annual
Meeting
in
Civic
Centre,
Wed.
Jan.
2t.
8
p.m.
There
must
be
a
representative
attendance
if
Red
Cross
work
is
to
be
carried
on.
(21)
CD's
franchise
here.
CANDIDATE
HEARD
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
federal
Liberal
candidate,
addressed
the
meeting
briefly.
He
stressed
the
value
of
individual
effort
in
PNIGHT
Me-lll