i!
PROVINCIAL
LI2:U.ii,
LIBRAHY
VICTORIA,
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0.
136
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRIT18H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAP
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21,-40'
p
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Prompt
At
All
Service
Hours
lily
DeUrcrr
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81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
STAR
y
CABS
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
163.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
13,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CARS
COMING
Railway
Interested
In
Finding
Use
For
Warehouse
Installation
FROM
ALASKA
Railways
and
Union
Still
Several
Cents
at
Variance
ir
Not
stion
1
Now
Russians
Building
New
Base
Watching
It
Very
Carefully,
Says
New
Vice
-
President
Impressed
With
Prince
Rupert
On
First
Visit
Canadian
National
Railways
will
do
everything
in
its
power
to
prevent
the
demolition
of
the
great
Cabinet
In
Double
Session
In
Effort
to
Effect
Eleventh-Hour
Settlement
OTTAWA
(CP)
A
Union
spokesman
said
today
that
the
railways
and
the
eiehtepn
international
lpP.r
lla"
1
OTTAWA
RULING
BEING
AWAITED
HALIFAX
Oi
"I
am
holding
the
plane
and
its
crew
until
wc
have
a
ruling
from
Ottawa,"
said
United
States-built
warehouse
in
the
company
yards
here,
declared
J.
P.
Johnson,
new
vice-president
and
general
manager
for
western
lines
with
headquarters
Movement
of
automobiles
by
steamer
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Alaska
points
is
showing
an
increased
volume
and
a
substantial
proportion
is
to
and
from
Haines
to
link
the
Skeena
River
'Highway
with
the
Haines
cut-off
to
the
Alaska
Highway
as
the
route
gains
in
favor
for
motor
traffic.
The
steamer
Princess
Louise,
in
port
front
Alaska
on
Saturday
afternoon,
landed
no
less
than
six
cars
three
from
Haines
and
three
from
Ketchikan.
By
Sunday
morning
all
were
whisking
eastward
along
the
Skeena
River
Highway
headed
for
Prince
George
and
southward.
L''liu'(l
Na"
,-,,!
Palestine,
tn
brotherhoods
are
still
"several
cents"
apart
in
wage
in
Winnipeg,
in
the
course
of
an
interview
with
rep
compromises.
Meanwhile
the
Canadian
railway
crisis
tf
.security
council
resentatives
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Would
Dominate
Gu'f
of
Finland
With
Naval
Establishments
On
Finnish
Site
STOCKHOLM
US)
Reports
reaching
here
from
Porkkala
in
the
Gulf
of
Finland,
west
of
Helsinki,
suggest
that
the
Russians
are
constructing
a
big
scale
naval
base
on
the
Peninsula,
the
s:te
having
been
leased
to
them
under
the
Finnish
treaty.
Fishermen
report
hearing
explosions
every
day.
From
the
new
base
and
the
naval
base
at
Talllnin,
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
Gulf,
t'.'.e
movea
closer
to
lhursday
s
deadline.
Frank
H.
Hall,
chairman
of
the
negotiating
com
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
Daily
News
which
punctuated
-hat
the
united
have
to
it
was
ready
Looking
To
mittees
for
122.000
railway
em
settle
th-J
fore
to
Customs
Collector
Charles
Collins
after
announcing
the
Impounding
of
a
flying
fortress
which
arrived
from
New
York
on
a
purported
training
flight.
"Ottawa
has
all
the
facts
before
It
and
I
can
say
no
more
at
this
time."
The
collector's
statement
was
made
a
few
minutes
before
the
plane,
reported
to
be
In
the
service
of
Hagana
Israel
Army,
ployees,
made
the
statement
as
.
ivnitcd
Nations,
the
cabinet
met
in
an
eleventh-
CITY'S
BRIEF
'
ike
It
.4.
could
m
hour
session
to
plan
a
settle
ment.
Hall
said
it
was
"touch
West
Loast
Official
Announcement
Made
By
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
MONTREAL
O'Thc
Aluminum
a
busy
lew
nours
wnicn
tne
new
western
railway
executive
spent
here
yesterday
Inspecting
the
company's
terminal
facilities.
Mr.
Johnson
had
just
finished
visiting
the
massive
structure
with
which
he
was
greatly
impressed.
He
gave
assurance
that
the
railway
company
might
be
Five
Resolutions
to
be
Presented
to
Union
of
B.C.
Municipalities
Convention
was
scheduled
to
take
off.
and
go"
as
to
whether
an
agreement
would
be
reached
by
noon
Wednesday
to
call
off
the
tie-up.
The
cabinet
broke
up
for
lunch
after
a
two-hour
session
during
fc,
the
Arabs
to
g,
Israel
High
...ceil
at
Tfl
Aviv
deftndini;
stra-,S
have
offered
to
J,'lsl1
-lrrline
a
U-man
said
that
FUEL
OIL
IS
SHORT
A
five-point
brief
dealing
with
such
subjects
as
the
prov
Russians
could
dominate
the
entrance
of
the
Gulf
and
protect
the
approaches
of
the
huge
naval
base
of
Kronstadt
outside
of
Leningrad.
Company
of
Canada
today
announced
officially
that
it
Is
be
counted
upon
to
do
everything
TRUMAN
TO
BE
CHOSEN
incial
amusement
tax,
business
which
no
decision
was
reached,
tax,
Public
Libraries
Act,
pro-'
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
ginning
engineering
studies
ofjin
its
power
to
find
a
use
for
OTTAWA
0Rl.
Hon.
Clarence
social!
Mitchell
announced.
There
tato'.D.
Howe,
minister
of
trade
andential
Pow
sile
in
Brlttah
perty
assessment
and
Columbia
the
structure.
But
finding
a
use
might
not
be
so
easy.
The
company
was
interested
in
exploring
PHILADELPHIA,
t
The
assistance
will
be
presented
by
be
another
meeting
this
after-
commerce,
expressed
concern
last
the
Prince
Rupert
city
council
noon.
j
night
In
regard
to
Canada's
fuel
to
the
annual
convention
of
the
Hail
siiri
that
thp
union'
"
supply.
He
doubted
If
there
Democratic
national
convention
This
Increases
the
possibility
of
a
new
aluminum
industry
on
the
west
coast
similar
to
the
huge
plant
at
Arvida,
Quebec,
n
comrminurn
for
a
meeting
to
sign
sui-
1
,1
ilc
would
open
-
r;
ii-way
Jewish
jjrt
legion
forces
any
and
all
suggestions.
j
Mr.
Johnson
confl-ned
previous
reports
that
the
warehouse,
on
which
an
option
had
previously
been
held,
was
now
is
expected
to
vote
tomorrow
on1
Union
of
B.C.
Municipalities
ri(,UI.ecj
lhey
needed
an
increase
wu'd
be
enough
available
to
the
presidential
nomination
and
next
September.
.
I
0f
23
4c
an
hour
to
maintain
meet
tlie
requirements
of
all
the
President
H.
8.
Truman
is
con-
A
draft
of
the
brief
was
ap-j1948
iivin(r
standards
but
ho
oil
burners
in
Canada
during
sidered
certain
to
be
chosen
on
proved
by
city
council
last
ngiht
would
nol
disciose
whether
this
the
coming
winter.
The
sltua-
the
world's
largest
plant
cf
lis
SHIP
MUTINY
IS
PUT
DOWN
LONDON
W
The
United
States
Navy
said
today
it
he.d
received
a
message
saying
that
"everything
is
under
control"
aboard
the
United
States
freighter
William
Carson
whose
master
kind.
Power
sites
in
the
Gardner
the
first
ballot.
back
In
the
hands
of
War
Assets
after
It
was
presented
by
a
spc-i
was
the
lalM,
fiure
nronosed
tion
m
regard
to
fuel
oil
was
Neither
Senator
Claude
Pep
Canal,
Dean
Channel
and
Kr.ignt
Inlet
are
being
considered.
I1""
imuiuuuna
cuiiiuiiitcc
p
-
bv
nis
grouo.
Labor
Minister
uui,
"c
mm.
per
of
Florida
or
Governer
Ben
and
was
being
watched
closely
by
the
company.
He
expressed
the
opinion
that,
under
present
conditions,
there
was
little
likeli
pointed
on
June
28.
Committee
j
MilchPirs
,alest
proposal
was'
There
snould
be
enough
gaso-members
were
Alderman
T.
B.j
15,
HaU
dpnjf,d
Us
tnatjline
.the
minister
said.
Black,
Alderman
A.
S.
Nicker-;,.
.
.
.
J
o
'ata:
last
oaruei
ij
f
.'rv
ol
Jerusa-
f
nsidrrablc
suc-
'.
ed
war
in
Pal
-.4
raptured
l.yiidu
)
lamest
in
the
(J.
y
was
the
scene
j
with
bolh
sil"s
..j.irtillrry
into
the
NEW
ALLIED
iornv2c
I
HARRY
TRUMAN
IS
son
and
Alderman
Robert
McKay.
All
the
resolutions.
If
approved
A
striKe
woum
oe
a
very
j
p.
pp.
IT
IMP!
AIMH
vJrr
1U
CnULrtnU
.ortn.is
nmttpr
for
unions
man-;
hood
of
the
government
permitting
its
demolition,
even
lf
for
no
other
reason
than
it
would
play
a
vital
part
from
a
defence
standpoint
should
there
mutinous.
The
battleship
Missouri,
in
the
Azores
waters,
messaged
that
the
trouble
had,
apparently,
been
quelled.
Earlier
United
States
Navy
headquarters
had
said
that
the
Lahey
of
Arkansas
are
expected
to
prove
any
serious
threat
to
Truman.
Supreme
Court
Justice
William
Douglas
delivered
an
unequivocal
"no"
to
his
supporters
and
left
the
field
to
Truman
who
has
enough
pledged
votes
to
Insure
the
618
necessary
to
win
a
majority.
Actually
there
is
more
interest
In
the
vlce-presldentlal
nom
agements
and
the
public,
Jtali
BOSTON
An
airline
clerk
admitted.
There
had
never
been
'
Rianced
at
a
passenger
list
here
be
such
a
thing
as
another
war.
AIR
STRIP
AT
BERLIN
American
coastguard
cutter
a
general
railway
strike
In
Can-
j
and
e
xcitedly
called
the
press
ada.
This
was
a
"wonderful
j
room:
by
the
U.B.C.M.,
will
be
brought
to
the
attention
of
the
provin-'
ctal
government
with
the
Idea
of
having
them
made
effective.
The
resolutions
urge
that:
1.
The
amusement
tax
be
res-!
clnded
on
amateur
games
with
The-
railway
executive
saw
the
!
.
..
..
.1
t
1
1
4-
record"
which
the
unions
would
I
"Harry
Truman
Is
here
and
is
undertaking
of
the
Celanese
campDeu
nao
oeen
oroercu
w
Corporation
of
America,
with
its
intercept
the
William
Carson
4
IrlTRACT
break
only
with
"utmost
flying
to
England.
Reporters
dashed
to
the
runway
where
ination
for
which
Senator
Al-
a
Bri-
Allies
Bolstering
Vp
Transport
as
Crisis
The
strike
would
actually
come
they
met
Harry
Truman
ben
Barklev
of
Kentucky
ts
tav-
great
mill
at
Port
Edward,
as
1
aboard
wnicn
muuny
was
men
the
turning
of
the
tide
in
in-j
reported.
dfctriateekptgfK,
naX.grinwj
yfepri
ts
plying
onie-Rupert.
A
new
payroll
of
700
where
between
Portungal
and
inbef
ffect
nt-6
a
m.
ThursdoyM
hrM
alaal
einains
in
Deadlock
ed
their
disappointment,
und
re
had
ben
mentioned
by
Truman
!Yfr
Completion
the
Azores.
persons
might
be
expected
to
bring
a
minimum
increase
of
BERLIN,
XS
United
States
engineers
are
rushing
construc
Capt.
E.
W.
Bralthwaite
had
sent
an
SOS,
saying:
"Crew
Americans
4000
or
5000
in
population.
"After
i
out
private
benefit.
This
would
remove
the
provincial
levy
on
gate
receipts'
at
various
amateur
sports
events
where
proceeds
are
used
for
the
continuation
and
expansion
of
the
sport.
2.
That
the
Public
Libraries
Act
be
amended
to
permit
assistance
to
any
public
library
at
the
discretion
of
the
Public
Library
Commission.
3.
That
the
provincial
stat
as
his
running
mate
but
he
haa
said
he
will
be
in
the
field
for
uo
office.
OCCUPANCY
OF
HOMES
EASIER
marked:
"At
Salt
Lake
City
200
people
were
on
hand
to
meet
me."
DIVORCE
MILL
STILL
GRINDS
OTTAWA
In
Its
pre-proro-gation
spurt,
the
House
of
Com
your
years
of
knocking
your
heads
mutinous.
Cannot
control.
Please
against
what
seemed
to
be
a
'come
at
once."
stone
wall,
your
wheels
may
now
The
Carson,
a
Liberty
ship
at
last
begin
to
turn,"
he
sug-of
more
than
seven
thousand
gested
.
1
tons,
is
bound
from
Genoa
to
Nova
Scotia-
The
industrial
development
de-1
Irainane
Project
icilfwill
set
expert
d
tp'.Ml
advire
before
ill
:
final
payment
f
Construction
Co.
weik
done
at
Fair-rylas!
winter,
which
tea
;.v
was
not
com-sai
-factory
manner,
it
I
w
as
awarded
to
Joa.'!
ruction
for
a
OTTAWA.
Xt
The
Prices
Board
vesterdav
extended
the
partment
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
was
always
ac
field
for
landlords
who
may
petition
for
occupancy
of
their
own
homes
on
the
basis
of
BULLETINS
All
Star
Game
SPORTSMAN'S
FIELD,
St.
Louis
American
Leaguers
today
defeated
the
National
Leaguers
by
a
score
of
5
to
2
for
their
eleventh
victory
in
15
all-star
inter-league
benefit
games.
The
National
Leaguers
out-hit
the
Americans
8
to
6.
Stan
Musial
made
a
home
run
in
the
first
with
one
on
for
the
only
National
League
scoring.
Hoot
Evers
made
a
homer
for
the
Americans
in
the
second
30.
Because
of
con
tion
of
a
new
air
strip
at
the
Templehof
airport,
Berlin
terminal
of
Western
Allied
transports
which
are
flying
supplies
into
Berlin
to
beat
the
Russian
railway
and
highway
blockade.
The
new
strip
is
designed
to
accommodate
tne
largest
aircraft
such
as
superforts
and
monster
transports.
Sir
Brian
Robertson,
British
military
governor
In
Germany,
insisted
in
London
last
night
that
aerial
transport
services
to
Berlin
should
be
tripled
as
they
were
not
at
present
keeping
pace
with
the
requirements.
Earlier
yesterday,
as
Sir
Brian
conferred
In
London
with
the
chief
of
staff
of
the
Ministry
of
Defence,
General
Sir
Percy
Hol-lis,
and
other
service
chiefs,
it
was
disclosed
that
considerable
utes
be
amended
to
define
the
amount
of
business
tax
payable
by
each
class
of
business.
At
present,-
business
taxation
is
at
the
discretion
of
municipal
councils
and
it
is
felt
that
no
equitable
basis
of
taxation
exists.
Provincial
statutes
now
provide
municipalities
with
the
right
to
tax
but
offer
no
guidance
regarding
the
relative
extent
of
-f
f
swampv
land!
"Rrievous
hardship.'
Persons
$'
the
ditch
the
wn"
bought
houses
before
last
f
ver
completed
as'APril
mav
now
PetiUo"
lf
tney
ST'ided
and
coun-
nave
wnal
lne
uoaru
tu"alu"a
tive
and
on
the
alert
and
might
be
counted
upon
to
do
everything
in
its
power
to
promote
the
development
of
this
port
and
line
so
that
the
traffic
of
the
company
would
be
improved.
Mr.
Johnson
was
luily
aware
of
the
strategic
location
of
Prince
Rupert
as
the
logical
railway
(Continued
on
Page
3)
a
real
grievance.
Tne
oara
announcement
stressed
that
interpretation
of
"grievous
hardship"
remains
unchanged.
taxation.
4.
That
the
government
be
imo
as
surety
for
JUpletion.
,t
instruction
Co.
-1
Shannon,
in
an
1:
-Mermen
for
fln-V
I
in
a
letter
last
condition
of
the
it;jl:;po.s.sible
to
dig
'
S
f
the
channel
tfc
.se
fn
a
provln-i
cunt
ract
which
j
ailor
of
making
'tat
hi.s
own
ex-
MIGHT
INCREASE
ALASKA
RATES
numbers
of
new
troops
were
be
SUPPORT
FOR
MARSHAL
TITO
BELGRADE
Marshal
Tito,
who
has
defied
the
Soviet
Conln-
ing
flown
Into
Western
Germany
requested
to
establish
an
assessment
commission
following
the
recommendations
of
the
Gold-enberg
Report
on
provincial-municipal
relations
with
a
view-to
standardizing
assessments
throughout
the
province.
Because
of
the
wide
differences
in
assessments
In
various
parts
of
the
province,
the
Gold-enberg
commission
recommended
that
measures
for
standard
ARABS
MAY
ACCEPT
CAIRO
It
was
indicated
today
that
the
Arabs
might
accept
an
extension
of
the
truce
in
Palestine
as
proposed
by
the
United
Nations.
King
Abdullah
of
TransJordan
is
said
to
favor
a
truce
and
is
endeavouring
to
induce
Egypt,
Syria
and
Iraq
to
accept
it.
NO
SOLUTION
TORONTO
A
conciliation
board
in
the
dispute
between
Canada
Steamship
Lines
and
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
has
failed
to
reach
a
solution.
Conciliators
L.
W.
Brockingtqn
and
Douglas
McNish
criticize
the
company
for
refusing
to
negotiate.
AUSTRALIA
WINS
MANCHESTER
The
third
test
cricket
match
ended
in
a
tie
today
so
Australia
retained
the
historic
"Ashes"
against
SEATTLE,
P
Any
change
by
when
the
Americans
tied
the
count.
Three
runs
in
the
fourth
on
timely
hitting
gave
the
victory
to
the
Americans.
Vic
Uaschi
was
the
winning
pitcher
ana
Johnny
Schmidt,
losing.
The
game
ended
in
a
downpour
of
rain
with
thunder
and
lightning.
U.S.
AMBASSADOR
AT
JASPER
PARK
mons
passed
291-
wlivcJrce
,
byis
without
a
murmur
from
either
side
of
the
House.
The
bills
provided
for
the
separation
of
couples
In
Quebec,
the
only
province
without
a
divorce
court.
Halibut
Sales
Kodiak,
60,000,
21.5c,
21.5c
and
10c,
Storage.
Dollina,
17,500,
21.3c,
21.2c
and
10c,
Storage.
Sea
Pride,
43,000,
21.3c,
21.3c
and
10c,
Atlin.
Island
Queen,
40.000;
and
Do-vre
B.,
34.000,
Co-op.
Gony,
20,000,
Black
Cod,
Coop.
FRANCE
FACING
GENERAL
STRIKE
PARIS,
XS
France
today
faced
the
possibility
of
a
general
strike
involving
a
million
government
employees.
Plane
personnel
have
already
walked
off,
causing
a
tie-up
of
air
traffic
between
France
and
French
North
Africa.
The
French
cabinet,
which
rejected
the
union's
demands
for
higher
wages
for
low
income
groups,
today
ordered
all
radio
and
weather
personnel
back
to
work.
In
Paris
the
order
was
Ignored.
I
form,
won
a
resolution
oi
sup
the
Maritime
Shipping
Commls
sion
in
the
recently
expired
ship
port
yesterday
from
the
Com
ping
program
would
probabl;'
result
in
.
increased
shipping
munist
party
of
Macedonia
whicn
condemned
the
action
of
the
Bul
garian
and
Rumanian
Commu
nlst
parties
in
supporting
the
Conlnform
against
Yugoslavia.
and
Berlin
owing
to
the
tenseness
and
uncertainty
of
the
crisis.
Still
the
Kremlin
says
nothing
of
the
three
Allied
notes
delivered
several
days
ago
demanding
an
end
of
the
blockade.
German
news
agencies
spread
the
report
that
Marshal
Vassily
D.
Sokolovsky,
Russian
military
governor,
who
stopped
the
movement
of
irains,
trucks
and
barges
from
the
west,
will
be
transferred
to
a
field
command
when
the
crisis
is
over.
Planes
have
been
steadily
increasing
the
flow
of
food
to
Berlin.
With
whiter
approaching,
coal
is
another
matter.
'
nUr
conditions.
'ris
Chairman
told
his
col-f
his
opinion
the
I
'd
been
paid
to
ruction
Co.
had
'
work
that
had
Shis."
i
went
over
the
ruled
it
He
knew
was
there.
He
)
a
certain
work
'
done
it,-
Alder-
da
red.
'
T
Don
Stpunrt.
rates
to
Alaska,
G.
W.
Skinner,
president
of
the
Alaska
Steamship
Co.,
said
today.
He
denied
that
the
recent
program
had
been
a
"gravy
train"
declaring
that
benefits
had
gone
to
Alaska
as
reduced
rates.
WAGE
INCREASE
ization
be
taken.
5.
That
the
cost
of
social
assistance
be
entirely
assumed
by
the
provincial
government.
At
present,
the
provincial
government
pays
a
large
portion
of
social
assistance
costs,
but
the
aldermen
felt
that
this
service
should
be
borne
wholly
by
the
provincial
government.
Ray
Atherton,
United
States
Ambassador
to
Canada,
arrived
at
Jasper
Park
recently
to
enjoy
park
attractions
and
fishing
and
BEST
SUPPLY
OF
URANIUM
camp
life.
He
was
a
visitor
to
Prince
Rupert
during
the
war
,
OTTAWA
mi
The
government
Is
ijeveloping
in
North
Saskatchewan
the
"most
promising"
uranium
deposits
discovered
sailing
here
aboard
a
private
TAYI
DRIVERS
k.
i
.
.
I
.in
ii,
o
nH
nf
the
war,
Rt.
yacht,
and
being
received
by
Mayor
Daggett
and
city
council.
Later,
he
was
guo.st
of
honor
at
a
largely
attended
dinner
at
the
AROUSE
ROOMERS
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
-i
trade
and
commerce,
said
IS
TURNED
DOWN
WELLS,
B.C.,
O
A
conciliation
board's
majority
recommendation
for
a
10
cent
an
hour
wage
increase
and
union
shop
was
turned
down
Monday
by
the
Cariboo
Gold
Quartz
Mining
Co.
Ltd.
here.
Economic
paralysis
spreads
in
western
Germany
with
production
dropping
40
to
80
per
cent.
VANCOUVER
Two
taxi
American
muivaij
UMU'"
drivers
sounded
theri
horns
early
here
and
gave
an
address
iu.
on
THE
WEATHER
this
morning
to
arouw
uic
occupants
of
a
rooming
house
at
ASSIZE
COURT
England,
having
won
the
first
two
matches.
TIE
UP
HOTELS
VANCOUVER
A
general
railway
strike
might
tie
up
both
the
Hotel
Vancouver
here
and
the
Empress
Hotel
at
Victoria
as
800
employees
of
both
are
affiliated
with
the
Canadian
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Employees.
WOULD
CUT
MAILS
OTTAWA
The
Postmaster-General
announced
yesterday
that,
if
the
railway
strike
goes
into
effect,
there
will
be
a
drastic
curtailment
in
mail
service.
It
will
be
confined
to
letters
up
to
one
ounce,
prepaid
airmail
and
medicines.
Full
session
nf
Assize
Court
ine
ubijuw
ocwku
uh
w...
1
for
the
work
iti
seen
eorreepond-fc'rmer
dty
engin-
Shannon
to
go
work.
4
contended
that
known
of
the
that
existed
at
h
ditch
before
the
''"t
that
he
had
"i
it
anyway.
He
4
Ids
opinion
the
'R
removed
earth
hank
had
con-
caving-ln
of
the
659
Camble
Street
which
taken
fire.
They
quickly
made
their
exit
into
the
street
as
did
occupants
of
neighboring
frame
buildings.
Synopsis
Clearing
has
been
general
over
the
southern
portion
of
the
province
and
temperatures
are
rising
to
more
normal
readings.
In
the
central
and
northern
portions
of
the
interior
yesterday's
,!..
i
in
navp
amounts
of
will
be
held
at
the
Court
House
,
pany
and
the
Union
of
Mine,
here
during
the
week
beginning
Mill
and
Smelter
Workers
(CIO)
September
27,
according
to
an
;
affects
this
town's
entire
popu-announcement
published
In
the
j
lation
of
1700
persons,
latest
edition
of
the
B.C.
Gaz-
'
Get
Together
On
uciy
iuiiK
lam
b
-
i
Enough
Food
For
Two
Weeks
USE
TRUCKS
AND
AIR
IN
RAIL
STRIKE
VANCOUVER
(I"
Food
supplies
here
are
considered
sufficient
to
last
at
least
two
weeks
should
the
threatened
railway
strike
isolate
Vancouver
commercially
from
the
East,
Board
of
Trade
officials
predicted
at
a
meeting
Monday.
At
the
same
time
transportation
officials
discussed
the
possibility
of
setting
up
emergency
trucking
facilities
to
handle
freight
in
the
event
of
a
tie-up
starting
at
midnight
Wednesday.
Air
Line
officials
stated
that
they
were
prepared
to
step
up
their
services.
-
ette,
official
publication
oi
tne
province.
between
one-half
and
one
men
Marine
Insurance
No
Major
League
Games
Scheduled
renditions
In
this
re
NEW
YORK,
(CP)
Because
of
the
all
star
game
today
in
St.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
Wednesday,
July
14,
1948
Louis
between
National
and
Am
MONTREAL,
Negotiations
are
under
way
for
a
working
agreement
between
Lloyds
Register
of
Shipping
and
the
American
Bureau
of
Shipping
on
the
matter
of
marine
insurance
Monday
night
announced
It
was
by
Hugh
Walker,
principal
Lloyds
surveyor
for
Canada.
High
h
who
was
Asslst-
"cr
at
the
lime
deh
was
begun,
llid
Btjreerl
with
"iat
it
appeared
'l't
in
the
wrong
1(,r
drainage
but
order
to
place
it
'
Page
Six)
BONUS
NOT
JUSTIFIED
OTTAWA
The
government
would
not
feel
justified
In
granting
a
cost-of-living
bonus
to
superannuated
civil
srevants,
the
Finance
Minister
has
announced.
gion
will
be
improving
gradually
from
now
on.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Variable
today
and
Wednesday.
Winds
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
50-85.
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert
50-63.
16.4
feet
19.0
feet
6.4
feet
7.2
feel
7:41
20:04
1:35
13:37
erican
Leagues
no
games
are
scheduled
for
either
of
the
major
Leagues
on
Monday,
Tuesday
or
Wednesday.
Low