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AND
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at
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Pacific
PortTrince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
48.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
26,
1948
P2ICE
FIVE
CENTS
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overnment
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.
.
V
.-"rr.
"Disguised
Dictatorship"
Says
U-S.,
Britain,
France
LONDON
(CP)
It
was
rnade
known
today
that
Great
Britain,
the
United
States
and
France
condemned
the
new
communist
regime
in
Czechoslovakia
as
a
"disguised
dictatorship"
which
"placed
in
jeopardy
the
principles
of
liberty"
and
can
only
be
disastrous
to
the
Czechoslovak
people."
However,
there
,
C
N
OLTPOST
MANNED
BY
HAGANAH
Photo
shows
a
typical
Tel
Aviv
defence
point.
Would
Cut
Off
Czechs
Export
Controls
May
Be
Imposed
By
United
States
Against
Communist
Regime
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
P
The
United
States
government
may
clamp
rigid
export
controls
on
Roods
going
to
Czechoslovakia.
Officials
say
they
are
considering
this
move
as
a
way
of
expressing
displeasure
at
the
communist
overturn
of
the
Czechoslovak
government.
Such
controls
would
limit
the
Hanah,
the
sUII
Illegal
Jewisn
army,
wun
a
man
and
a
girl.
This
outpost,
like
i
ir3iuun
tl
ad
connected
by
telephone
with
Haganah'S
defenee
headquaru-rs.
i
AviVs
norihern
border.
is
no
move,
as
yet
to
break
orr
IR
IS
JUDGE
RULES
AGAINST
UNION
ATED
-
The
INDIANAPOLIS
'Judiie
Lu
thf-r
W.
Wygert
yesterday
ruled
acain.st
the
International
Tvmt-
Urges
Trans-Canada
Road
Ontario
Mr
miter
tails
Fur
rrdrral
and
Provincial
Co-oprration
OTTAWA
(tl'Pl
The
fed
iA
To
relations.
In
a
joint
declaration,
the
three
governments
also
said
the
communists
had
seized
power
in
Czechoslovakia
through
"a
crisis
artificially
and
deliberately
instigated."
With
an
apparent
reference
to
earlier
communist
power
grabs
such
as
in
Hungary
the
three
western
powers
charged
that
the
crisis
had
served
as
a
REVISION
COURT
ENDS
HEARING
Canadian
National
and
Other
Appeals
Dealt
With
Civic
Court
of
Revision
concluded
its
hearings
into
appeals
against
1948
property
assessments
this
morning
by
sustaining
the
assessments
levied
by
4v
.
f
"
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1
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acquitted
lat
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in.-pir.tcy
:
tinvt-rnment
:
r.
-
-
C'Ki'ove
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I-i-im-
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v
:
c
first
I
praphira!
Union
A.F.L.
in
its
amount
of
heavy
machinery
and
effort
to
d-adhxk
the
Tail-
equipment
Czechoslovakia
can
buy
in
the
United
States.
Czecho-it.
Hartley
injunction
filed
ag2in.st
Slovakia
$49,000,000
in
the
spent
Wvgert
denied
the
union
s
"nited
States
last
motion
to
dismiss
the
petition
year.
for
an
injunction
tiled
bv
the
.
.
.
.4
office
of
Robert
N.
Irhr.m.
!
URGE
CANADIAN
general
counsel
for
the
National'
pil
IK
INDUSTRY
'
.
i
Li"-
City
Assessor
H.
D.
Thain
against
nine
pieces
of
property
and
reducing
the
assessments
against
five.
OTTAWA
P
Trade
Minister
C.
D.
Howe
told
Commons
that
Labor
Relations
Board.
The
judi'e
announced
that
he
would
hold
a
hearing
on
March
3
on
ths
Injunction
petition.
cover
for
"use
of
certain
methods
already
tested
in
other
places."
As
a
result,
the
statement
said,
Czechoslovakia
has
suffered
"suspension
of
free
exercise
ol
Parliamentary
institutions
and
IGE
BILL
Appeals
by
the
Canadian
Na-
the
government
hopes
to
see
the
development
of
motion
picture
production
in
Canada,
and
said
HELICOPTER
BRINGS
FOOD
TO
LIGHTHOUSE
Buffeted
by
a
howling
gale,
a
frail-looking
helicopter
dropped
food
supplies
to
the
three
keepers
shown
on
the
light
balcony
of
the
Wolf
Rock
lighthouse
eight
miles
off
Lands
End,
England.
The
men
had
been
marooned
for
2
days
by
storm.
The
high
winds
were
churning
the
waters
over
the
rocks
below
as
this
picture
was
made.
eral
covrrnmrnt
was
urged
in
the
lloune
of
Commons
rs-trrday
by
G.
K.
Kraser
(Pro-j;reisivr
-
C
onservative,
Petrr-lioroufih)
to
ro-operate
with'
the
provinces
in
building
a
hard-surfaced,
all-weather
highway
from
Halifax
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
.Mr.
I
rase
r
said
that
Canada
wan
losing
millions
of
dollars
annually
because
there
was
no
TransCanada
Highway.
The
Department
uf
Resources
should
draw
up
plans
for
such
a
highway
and
seek
co-oprration
of
the
ninr
provinces
in
bringing
it
into
bring.
i
iionai
Railways
against
mree
!
waterfront
properties
were
'
pressed
by
W.
D.
Meyers,
coun-';
sel.
for
the
railway
tax
commis-
sioner's
office,
Winnipeg.
These
appeals
were
in
behalf
of
les-
the
establishment
of
disguised
dictatorship
.of
a
single
party."
A-
British
Foreign
Office
spokesman
said
today
that
Britain
will
have
to
consider
the
that
the
country's
"interesting
possibilities
are
obvious."
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.C.F.
leader,
said
that
Canadian
dramatic
art
had
reached
"a
very
high
level"
in
radio
and
urged
the
govern
DOCTORS
ARE
HOLDING
OUT
I
Not
Favorable
to
National
Health
Scheme
In
Britain
OOOKWoowweHj0oOKW
Ssees
of
railway
property.
The
1918
Court
of
Revision,
question
of
recognizing
the
new
:
:
TOD
A
Y'S
STOCKS
:
:
which
was
resumed
this
morn'
ment
to
encourage
filming
full
length
stories
of
Canadian
life.
,
-li,c
govern-
i
'.,
rf
e
x
c
i.
a
ii
k
f
!
D.
t,.;,
approval
:
rrpi
lis
Corn-1
!
:
1":
bart.'ly
.sk.n:-
j
a!
Pai;:a:nentary
;
ak
nf
(
i:
c
t'.-
d
;
:
saw
oppo-'
'.i;:.!
ol
de
f.:n:i.i
r.:.
Tim
i
A
spokesman
said
that
the
com
ing
after
a
two-week
adjournment,
was
featured
by
a
far
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
munists
had,
forced
.
their
(
got-
"smaller
percentage
of
revisions
;
ernment
upon
Czechoslovakia,
Toronto
GIRL
ROBBED
OF
than
was
the
1947
hearing
using
undemocratic
means,
which
followed
re-appraisal
of
Britain
has
been
In
consul-property
in
the
city
by
a
Van-
tati0n
with
France
and
the
couver
appraiser.
United
States
on-
the
Prague
This
morning,
the
court
made
crisis,
the
following
decisions-
'd
by
,i!intli(
j
LONDON
The
BntUh
Medical
such
as
the
"epic"
settlement
.!rAfiucfcUum
And
BnUsH
of
the
prarrtes.'-T.'-
'
-jcrnment
cannot
aijne
on
the'
They
spoke
during
considera-
National
Health
scheme.
The
Hon
of
the
government's
emer-'
former
represents
the
majority
fjency
program
to
conserve
'of
British
physicians.
The
Mm-
United
States
dollars.
;
i.stor
of
Health
charges
that
the
Medical
Association
can
be
best
'
j
described
as
a
"small
bedy
of
I
KULJfc.
5
1
Lt-L.
j
politically
poisoned
-leople."
PRICE
BOOST
J
!
$6000
IN
SATCHEL
":,:r.'!it
won
by
j:.
a
Pronressive-
Al.hona
03
Aurnaque
20
Beat
tie
71
Bevcourt
48
Bobjo
13'2
Buffalo
Canadian
11
Consol.
Smelters
95.50
Conwest
85
Donalda
.
80
Eldona
88
Elder
03
Giant
Yellowknife
.
..
5.20
God
s
Lake
76
Daring
Daylight
Hold-up
On
Street
In
Vancouver
Tmlay
VANCOUVER
CP
A
daring
ir.rr.Snu
Rt
which
T..:id
eu:reiiy-
i
r'.tnrt;..n
in
the
'.j
haid-curmncy
i
ancouver
Bralorne
10.30
B.
R.
Con
03'
2
B.
R.
X
07
Cariboo
Quartz
190
Dentonia
111.
Grull
Wihksne
04,
Medley
Mascot
75
Minnto
02
Pend
Oreille
2.30
Pioneer
3
40
Premier
Border
04
Privateer
25
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
10
.
Salmon
Gold
20
"2
Sheep
Creek
1.02
The
start
of
the
::rewo:ks
oc-1
WASHINGTON
f
On
White
I
P
r
o
v
i
n
c
i
al
Department
of
;
Mines,
former
ore
essay
office,
reduced
to
$400.
Armour
Salvage
Co.,
waterfront,
reduced
to
$3,500.
Both
of
these
properties
were
i
Immigration
For
Alberta
!
curred
when
the
Minister
moved
instructions.
Attorney-
n..iinly
the
j
d
vlih,
rohberv
of
a
woman!
:
,
'.!,
the
car-
'House
a
resolution
welcoming
ryinu
out
of
the
scheme
next
i
mesyenner
netted
two
and
pos-
j
Gencral
Thomas
Clark
sent
(
Federal
Bureau
of
Investication
July.
defeated
;
Mbiy
three
thiic.s
about
$0001)
In
'I'.i'.'ti.
ami
short
-
cash
cash
and
ana
cnecus
checks
iictc
here
thix
iiim
morn-
iiihih-
reduced
because
the
buildings
""
.
now'ing.
ine
cnici
n,m.mu,.,
;
panics
to
inquire
into
last
week's
wnich
Elite
as
adopted
Audrey
Blaikie
told
police
that
j
is
U1C
plp"M"
advance
in
steel
prices.
;o2
to
the
bank
with
!
w
UK
uw
'
"
'1
'
.
:
she
was
going
.06'2!in
question
are
being
demolish-.14
ed
at
the
present
time.
.35
j
Assessment
on
the
former
R.
.05
jC.A.F.
warehouse
at
Seal
Cove
.38
was
reduced
to
$10,000
on
ap-.12
peal
by
Canadian
National
Rail-.061.1
ways.
Hardrock
Heva
Hosco
Jacknife
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
ol
wuu
annuany.
me
uut
the
niiinev
when
a
man
trabbrd
aimed
at
mak
,.tw.i
.1,0
r.rrvine
fed
the
plan
i
Ketchikaii
Plane
On
Mercy
Flight
Jumped
into
a
waiting
car
and
i
fVEATHUl
f
nuisis
ing
them
"a
branch
ol
the
government"
and
imperilling
their
nrofcssional
freedom
toward.
Prairie
Province
May
Take
400,000
Britons
In
Ten
Years
Starting;
Now
LONDON
A.
J.
Hooke,
minister
of
economic
affairs
in
the
Alberta
government,
said
yesterday
that
his
province
plans
to
begin
a
movement
of
imi-grants
from
Britain
by
sea
or
air
in
June
with
the
goal
5000
for
the
first
year.
If
the
economic
development
of
his
province
permits,
Mr.
.45"2
.50
.mi
.04
.07
.02
"2
.13
01
Vi
.43
Taylor
Bridge
Taku
River
Vananda
Congress
Pacific
Eastern
Hedley
Amalg
Spud
Valley
Central
Zeballos
Silbak
Premier
was
driven
away
by
a
confederate.
A
third
man
may
have
been
in
ih?
cat,
she
believed.
,
Dry
dock
assessment
was
sustained
at
$300,000.
Assessment
of
$6,670
against
Swift
Canadian
Co.
property
was
confirmed.
This
appeal
also
was
entered
by
Canadian
National
Railways.
BRISCO
TRIAL
IS
CONCLUDED
,;!:i-
'orm
moved
'
;'"u!ii-r;i
Hntish
;
n.nrtui
ii
.
A
broad
j
''
'
Kotiib
niid
ruin
'"''liii;:"
in
ad-wnrot;e
dear
;
':':'i'r.v
:
i.."s
and
""'"'ty
v
iiiiis
are
I
til"
v
.ike
of
the
I
i
vira-ht-r
and!
-
urc
j
j
expect
-
1114
"f
the
province
i
j
Friiiav.
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.15
Calmont
45
C.
and
E
4.00
Foothills
3.50
Home
6.00
I
William
King,
976
Ambrose
j
Hooke
said
that
Alberta
should
j
Avenue,
improvements
confirm-
aDie
to
abSorb
400,000
emi-,ed
at
$1,500.
Grants
x
in
ten
vears
Little
Long
Lac
1.26
Lynx
10
Mad.sen
3
10
McKenWc
Red
Lake
57
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.40
Moneta
36
Negus
2.53
Noranda
45.00
Louvkourt
:
1.25
Pickle
Crow
2
30
Regcourt
07
1
San
Oiitonio
...
..
4.15
Senator
Rouyn''
56
Shcrrit
Gordon
2.15
Steep
Rock
2.15
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
35
patients.
Minister
of
Health
Bevan
says,
the
opposition
of
the
Meclie-d1
Association
"links
more
ik?
;
;
squalid
political
conspiraey
than
representation
by
an
honorab'e
.
and
learned
profc.s4on."
Their;
(.pposition
was
nnthims
mere
oi
less
than
attempted
sabotage
,
if
an
Act
oi
Parliament.
The
chief
Oliposititm
Speaker.1
R.
A,
Butler,
accused
Bevan
of;
lining
words
such
as
"squalid
I
politics"
because
he
knows
thai
'
lit
is
in
"the
waters
of
squalid'
I
polities
that
he
mo.st
enjoys
R.
C.
Wilson,
1143
Ambrose;
,
Case
of
Gill-Nrtter
Unds
In
Keronvieliiiii
VANCOUVER
The
Bri:;coc
trial,
involving
a
Vancouver
,
fisherman
and
having
a
Prinri
Mrs.
A.
T.
Holland,
wife
of
a
Massctt
building
contractor,
was
flown
here
Wednesday
af-teriiot.n
by
an
American
Coast
Guard
plane
from
Ketchikan.
She
is
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
where
her
condition,
according
to
her
physician,
Dr.
W.
S.
ICerg!n,
sat-islaetory.
The
flight
was
made
in
a
PBY,
American
counterpart
of
the
Canso
amphibian,
in
command
of
Lieut.
Robert
A,
Lemmon.
"
With
Massett
community
irking
under
the
heavy
charges
that
are
made
for
Canadian
commercial
aircraft
to
make
"mercy
flights,"
an
appeal
was
made
to
the
United
States
Coastguard
in
this
case
and
there
was
quick
and
ready
Avenue,
improvements
confirmed
at
$2,160.
J.
L.
McEwen,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
land
reduced
from
$1,100
ASK
RUSSIA
FOR
ACCOUNTING
Tanker
Being
"1.
Qi!,
n
Char-
Rupert
anele,
ended
yesterday
u,i,n
Cloudv
when
Edison
Brian
Brlsco
was
sivitered
rain,
again
convicted
in
Supreme
Cifarme
tonieht
'r.i
f
nriticv,
r,Unmliia
on
a
Towed
to
Port
to
$1,000.
i
LONDON
(("Diplomats
said
David
Crocker,
two
lots
on
j
yesterday
that
the
western
pow-
Park
Avenue,
one
confirmed
at
;
ers
mtend
to
ask
Russia
for
a
$223,
one
confrimed
at
$250.
;
detailed
accounting
of
what
the
Mrs.
Olea
Dybhavn,
2104
At-
goviet
gOVernment
had
taken
lin
Avenue.
Improvements
con-
out
of
Austria
slnce
the
war
himself."
i
northerly
.
charge
of
retaining
a
stolen
i(ic
in
temoer-
riciK..nt
on'Rnt
and
hintm
Tll..n....
Un4
U.....
mrlriiclV
tn
Ha
fly
32
and
of
the
charge
at
armed
at
$d.suu.
Olof
Hanson,
two
lots
on
At-Un
Avenue,,
confirmed
at
$400
Iraq
Combatting
j
Smallpox
Outbreak
BAGDAD
IP
Boundaries
of.
42.
Princi
GOVERNMENT'S
CLOSE
CALL
Only
live
Majority
in
Latest
Division
in
House
at
Ottawa
28
ai
J
45.
They
said
that
such
a
list
is
essential
as
a
basis
for
discus-ision
for
the
Big
Four
deputy
I
ministers
trying
to
reach
some
i
o
n
room
(inf
r
m
Vt
o
inrmc
f
rv
r
each.
Peter
and
Borghild
Knutsen,
Prince
Rupert
before
Mr.
Justice
J.
O.
Wilson
in
the
Assizes
there
last
fall
but
successfully
appealed
a
sentence
of
two
years.
Briscoe
was
arrested
last
July
325
Eighth
Avenue
West,
im-
"B'"
JL
V
AncrriQH
ncifo
rroatv
Thn
o
f
provements
og
$1,920
confirmed.
"
r"
-
OIHT"
Joseph
Naylor,
1010
First
Av
tempt
to
get
an
accounting
may
be
made
today.
eight
districts
of
Iraq
have
been
j
ordered
sealed
and
compulsory1
vaccination
imposed
throughout;
SWARMED
OVER
PRAIRIES
It
is
estimated
there
were
the
country
to
stop
the
spread
By
last;
about
30,000,000
buffaloes
In
of
smallpox
In
the
urea.
Friday,
1C0
cases
had
been
noted
North
America
when
the
white
,i
l.
J
n
-1
!
man
f
i
ret
Q
rH
V-H
Til
in
possession
of
a
34-foot
gill-
UftL
'net
boat
bearing
the
name
Dinamac
Suffered
Broken
Crankshaft
Down
Coast
The
Home
Oil
Co.
tanker
Dinamac,
Capt.
Roy
MeLeese,
was
expected
to
arrive
here
this
afternoon
in
tow
of
the
tug
C.R.C.,
Capt.
Charles
Cur-rle,
after
breaking
her
tail
shaft
last
night
near
Wrhite
Rocks,
at
the
north
end
of
Banks
Island,
about
30
miles
southwest
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
Dinamac
was
proceeding
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
to
Prince
Rupert
when
the
mishap
occurred.
The
C.R.C.
left
shortly
after
midnight
to
give
the
vessel
aid.
The
Dinamac
had
unloaded
a
cargo
of
oil
at
Queen
Char-
enue,
improvements
reduced
from
$4,060
to
$3,860.
Robert
McCarthy,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
Improvements
confirmed
at
$5,075.
uuess
Who
'
whicn
ne
saia
nt
had
purchased
in
Victoria.
The
;
and
eleven
ctcams
nau
ulu...
-
FOUR
DEAD
IN
PLANE
CRASH
OTTAWA.
0
The
Liberal
government
emerged
from
the
closest
test
of
the
six
weeks
old
session
and
this
Parliament
yesterday,
defeating
the
combined
opposition
by
a
vote
of
103
to
98
on
a
Progressive-Conservative
motion
to
table
certain
documents
passing
between
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
United
States
shipping
con
-
Premier
Man
-Iberia
Legislature
Crown
alleged
that
the
"Guess
boat
"Rio
II"
f
R.
E
At
1
wh')"
was
the
1
i
MERIDIAN,
Texas
ff
Four
1
members
of
the
twelve-man
I
crew
of
a
United
States
Air
I
Force
B-29
bomber
were
killed
LOCAL
TIDES
Incial
cabinet
'
was
slulen
lrom
tw0
vet"
re-,Whl,'h
lis
v'Pwpoim'
b"inu'
PranS
at
stpveston-
Vai'iance''
viithtt..
'
Brisctx
as
charged
with
re-
Friday,
February
27,
1948
?
"n
ltle
talllin8
the
stolen
craft
but
cie-
quesiii,,
ion
of
r
3:15
cerns
in
regard
to
maritime
port
jHigh
wcessarv
'
1
11,0
Ule
Guess
WHO"
was
u-
proce
.
business.
15:30
11
4
feet
near
here
last
nl.ht
In
a
crash.
21.7
feet.
Eight
members
of
the
crew
para-
3.4
feet
chuted
through
rain
and
fog
to
3.0
feet
safety.
the
estah,,.
e.stahlwi,
'.
.
;i"Ri"
.
I
II."
It
was
the
fourth
time
in
this
low
g
22
Last
week
Judge
A.
M.
Man-
lotte
Island
points
during
the
;
session
that
the
government
21:39
RUSSIAN
PIRACY
I
BALTIC
IS
SUSPECTED
BY
PAPERS
STOCKHOLM.
9
Suggestions
of
"piracy
In
the
Baltic"
were
made
Wednesday
by
Swedish
newspapers
following
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
crews
of
two
.small
Swedish
merchant
ships
which
left
Stolpemuende,
former
German
Baltic
port
now
In
Poland,
a
week
ago.
The
evening
paper
Aftonbladet
suggested
that
Russians
might
have
seized
the
ships
and
taken
off
their
crews.
The
Swedish
foreign
office
has
instructed
its
embassies
in
Moscow
and
Warsaw
to
ascertain
whether
the
seamen,
18
in
all,
have
been
picked
up
and
landed
at
some
Russian
or
Polish
port.
wty.
an.,
last
week.
had
come
through
a
vote
which
1
Mr
a,,.!
,
im
the
Assize
Court,
visited
the
requtst
da
j
Premises
of
the
Johnston
Na-'
a-
r
phasiL
i
!U'a"lkmal
Storage
Co.
under
the
mem
thai
a-amDie
Street
Bridge,
ana
jgave
it
a
majority
of
ten
or
less
,
jin
the
245-seat
house.
It
came
HUGE
STORM
AREA
when
Minister
of
Transport
When
fully
developed,
a
ty-
Lionel
Chevrier
objected
to
pro-phoon
or
hurricane
may
be
900
j
duce
documents
from
the
files
miles
In
diameter
with
a
30-'of
the
Canadian
National
Rail-!
mile
centre
of
calm.
ways.
U.F.A.W.U.
WHIST,
CHIRK
AGE
and
DANCE
Oddfellows'
Hall,
Friday,
February
27
Cards
8
to
10
Dancing
10
to
1
Admission
50c
Refreshments
rise
fr
om
'""isonally
inspected
the
boat,
iasi.
,
-
vnaiige
nnient
al"'Cianee
summer
It
was
moved
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vancouver,
being
taken
1,255
miles
by
train.
(lit.
I