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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
9,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
B.C
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
237.
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Tragedy
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H;:n
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of
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Head
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woman
...
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the
hosuttal
a
a
hunting
trip
f1
if.
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tYA
A,.
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r-uo
tilt;
Anvnno
JSirranf
ai
-mi,
in
me
uan-
"we
jforce
need
ftlJUIVUItl
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suerimpnSi
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in
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to
nprfnrm
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administrative
w
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An
liable
--..n
For
Europe
rain
rmnniissioner
T.
W.
S.
Par
sons
Going,
on
Superannuation
at
Kiul
ot
Month
VICTORIA.
Thomas
W.
S
Parsons,
commissioner
of
prov
incial
police
since
1938,
will
re
tirp
nn
covernment
superannu
atlon
at
the
end
of
this
month,
it
is
exDccted
that
Commis
sioner
John
Shirass
will
take
jhls
place.
D.C
-Amerl.
aRreed,
In
Tnl
a
suB8estlon
of
...
,
.
maite
an
"'ucn
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In.
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.
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t
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The
retirement
of
Commls
,ior
Parsnns
tntrether
With
IOIUUV.
the
recent
superannuation
C
of
r-103ednum
f
Pmrst
Gammon
of
Kamloops,
will
Involve
a
num-Ik,,..
nf
rhnnies
amone
high-
ranking
officers
of
the
British)
Columbia
Police,
involving
the
transferring
of
present
inspectors
and
the
appointment
of
at
least
two
new
ones.
Qualifying
J
examinations
for
inspectorial
.
VioiH
omniitr
ranK
were
retcnnjr
0
iinM
f,rmc
.
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m
.tofr
enrcrnnnrx
iinti
2tt:iiiC4iiit.
awi.
w
n
It
is
.understood
inspector)
Hugh
Mansell
of
Prince
Rupert
is
going
to
Kamloops.
!
Commissioner
Parsons
started
his
long
and
honorable
career
-rr
tin
be-
..
ai
.n..(tlt1
nnllro
in
1
u
wiiii
Lilt:
uiufivt
ww-
1
the
north
many
years
ago
and
;
,
u.
'.irted
was
stationed,
among
other
r
wjr.der-
places,
at
Red
Pass,
Terrace,
..j
vjuld
be
prince
Georce
and
Prince
Ru
pert,
having
been
formeiT
in-
?
'
i
r.:..
coal-
spector
at
Prince
Rupert.
l,
In'
pc
.:3
that
"S'MfinFDATK
I
I
y
y
uivn
ikrf
IN
CONTROL
Left
Wingers
Rebuffed
by
Premier
Attlee
in
His
Cabinet
Shuffle
urcar-
clement
Attlee's
latest
cabinet
for
moderate
over
extreme
left
wing
elements
of
the
Labor
government
and
Parliamentary
Labor
Party
Defying
me
extreme
left
wing
pressure,
Mr.
'Attlee
removed
Emmanuel
Shlnwell,
who
has
!
been
a
storm
centre
since
the
I
f
ifel
crisis
of
last
week
and
fol-
!
lowlne
the
nationalization
of
the
-t:.
shooting,
mines,
from
the
fuel
ministry.
-litrSj
Mr-
AUlce
also
accepted
thC
I
a
Pfo"!
re.lgn.Uon.
of
five
other
senior
i
-
.
tl.
ministers
ana
prumuwu
vw
Lore,
Han-!
lcsser
mln
.lster?
.m
arte
"e
n
h,H
i
a
wholesale
caDinei
uu
bu"-"'
..
.naa
:
mpnt
shuffle.
f?hlnwell
iiow
be-
-
in
me
alter-
,
,.,
nApr
I
comes
muusici
ui
Defence
Minister
A.
V!l
Alexand
er
and
Hugh
Galtskell,
aged
i,
succeeds
Shlnwell.
ported
premature
explosion
but
the
company
had
receiveo.
n
information
other
than
"indi
cation
that
three
men
were
alive
and
four
others
were
dead
ana
had
not
been
brought
to
tne
surface.
Officials
did
not
have
definite
word
as
to
what
caused
the
ac
cident
or
how
many
of
the
tim
men
employed
at
the
mine
were
in
the
shaft
at
the
time.
Local
Tides
Friday,
October
10,
1947
irih
10:38
18.7
feet
Low
22:41
4:09
10:38
19.7
feet
4.8
feet
7.7
feet
McClel
CONSUL
GREETS
BRITISH
VICE
;
ADM
RAI,
land,
left,
British
consul
at
Philadelphia,
J
'r
of
the
Sir
William
C
Tennant,
-"-SSScted
at
British
cruise
r
a
IU1.S.
Sheffield,
after
the
10.000-ton
the
Philadelphia
navy,
yard
on
Its
good-will
tour
visit
of
a
Britisn
first
peacetime
toast.
It
was
the
Quaker
City
in
more
than
10
years.
hptueen
between
3
3
and
ana
5
o
o'clock
this
"
it
was
Indicated
there
would
be
a
large
majority
in
favor
of
striking.
Meantime,
residents
of
British
Columbia's
three
major
cities,
faced
with
the
grim
prospect
of
walking
to
work,
waited
apprehensively
for
the
outcome
of
negotiations
of
seven
labor
disputes
involving
3,305
workers.
MISSING
IN
NORTH
ATL1N
A
woman
and
two
men
are
missing
in
their
35-foot
gasboat
on
Tagish
Lake
in
Northern
British
Columbia.
They
are
Mrs.
Eva
Watt,
William
Jeffery
and
Benny
Evans.
The
trio
left
Take
Landing
nrtober
2
in
their
boat
and
failed
to
arrive
at
their
destination.
BACON
RATION
CUT
LONDON
Britain's
bacon
ration
of
two
ounces
per
week
is
to
be
halved
from
October
of
the
strikes
19
as
a
result
in
Canadian
meat
packing
factories,
the
Food
Ministry
announced
tonight.
The
Ministry
said
that,
should
the
Canadian
strike
continue,
even
the
ration
of
one
ounce
per
week
could
not
be
maintained
for
long.
THEFT
OF
SECRETS
WASHINCTO
N
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
announced
Wednesday
the
arrest
of
two
former
service
men
on
charges
of
theft
of
highly
confidential
photographs
relating
to
atomic
energy
development.
F.B.I.
Director
J.
Edgar
Hoover
gave
the
names
as
George
Thompson,
42,
and
Ernest
I'aperellb,
29.
The
photographs
were
re
covered.
LOS
ANGELES
IS
REOPENED
Union
Accedes
to
Edict
of
Maritime
Industrty
Arbitrator
SAN
FRANCISCO,
)
Waterfront
Employers'
Association
announces
that
it
is
reopening
the
port
of
Los
Angeles
as
directed
by
the
Pacific
Maritime
Industry
arbitrator,
Arthur
C.
Miller.
The
arbitrator
termed
the
suspension
operation
as
a
"violation"
of
the
C.I.O.
longshore
contract.
.
exolosion.
I
CANADIAN
MINISTER
HAS
HOME
ATMOSPHERE
IN
AUSTRALIA
and
leader
of
the
Canadian
deletion
minister
ThP
Hon
Brooke
CKxton
left
Canadian
defence
rierenW
in
Canberra,
Australia,
2
on
the
Japanese
peace
settlement
to
emp
B
oT
commissioner
for
Canada,
while
he
was
in
Can-r&S.
thP
t
Kenneth
A
Greene,
high
Si
hltifrandkaughter.
Patsy
had
arrived
lh
AustraUa.
Mr.
Clax-tai
is
shown
here
with
Mr.
Greene.
Mrs.
Greene
and.daughter,
Patsy.
Mine
Blast
Kills
Four
Another
Tragedy
in
Ontario
Tliis
Time
At
Central
Patricia
TORONTO
Four
men
were-
killed
and
three
others
were
rescued
today
fro
ma
blocked
rescued
tooay
iivm
muvr.cu
mine
In
Isolated
Red
Lake
min
ing
district
of
northwest
Ontario,
it
was
learned
from
the
company
head
office
here.
tannprt
-
tirAfa
j
iilC
iVIVii
"
"
5niP
shuffle
is
urceDted
as
a
triumpn
i
.
oonn.fnnt
level
bv
a
re
cite
rn
,
a
t
w
.
t'i
ki
Bulletins
AWAIT
STRIKE
RESULT
VANCOUVER
Result
of
the
street
railwaymen's
strike
vote
in
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria
yesterday
is
pxnected
to
be
made
known
JURY
COMMENDS
GALLANTRY
Or
TERRACE
YOUTH
vmppn-vear-old
Roy
Clifford
now
In
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
was
commended
by
a
coroner's
Jury
here
weanesaay
fnr
his
callant
attempt
to
save
-vs
afternoon.
In
Union
...uarterthe
.lift-.
oI-JUs
hU-lthree-vear-Old
f
Drotner,
vyiui""
ing
into
their
burning
home
when
It
was
destroyed
by
fire
at
Terrace
on
the
night
of
Sep
tomhpr
23.
The
lurv
found
that
the
child,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Clif
ford,
died
as
a
result
of
burns
rppplved
in
the
fire.
He
suc
cumbed
in
the
early
morning
nf
ReDtember
24,
15
minutes
after
he
had
been
rushed
to
hospital
at
Prince
Rupert
CRIPPS
IS
ALARMED
-
The
lury
commended
Roy
for
his
brave
attempt
to
save
Ins
brother
before
they
retired
to
consider
their
verdict.
Corporal
T.
D.
Brunton
told
of
hearing
Teddy
Clifford
tell
his
Darents.
of
the
fire
while
they
were
In
the
theatre
and
of
the
efforts
to
save
the
burn
ing
building.
The
flames
had
fore
fire
fighters
got
into
ac
tlon,
however.
Members
of
the
jury
were
Alan
MacDonald,
foreman,
Hll
Lawrence
Ryan.
AIR
PASSENGERS
For
Vancouver
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
M.
Felstenthal,
F.
E.
Crone,
A
Dean,
.
D.
McDonough,
C.
Youngman;
Britain
Headed
For
Economic
Strangulation
Unless
Some
Relief
Forthcoming
LONDON
)
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
head
of
the
Labor
gov
ernment's
new
economic
ministry,
told
a
press
conference
yesterday
that,
"in
the
absence
of
some
hew
dollar
availability
for
Europe
and
ourselves,
we
s'hall
be
driven
to
cut
still
further
nur
dollar
lmDorts."
This
would
be
the
beginning
of
a
process
Which,
unless
rapidly
arrested,
would
lead
to
gradual
"prnnomie
straneulatlon."
Britain's
economic
chief
said:
"We
should
have
no
alterna
tive.
We
"have
already
begun
to
dig
into
our
gold
reserve
of
gold
and
dollars
reserve
which
are
none
too
big
and
which
serve
the
whole
sterling
area."
Settlement
Confirmed
Marine
Engineers'
Union
Head
Insists
Strike
Has
Been
Obviated
VANCOUVER
&
Reports
that
the
strike
of
British
Columbia
coastal
marine'
engineers
might
"still
be
called"
were
denied
to
day
by
Denis
Heard,
national
president
of
the
Marine
En-
elneers'
Association,
American
Federation
of
Labor.
"As
far
as
I
am
concerned
the
strike,
has
definitely
been
awprtprt"
Mr.
Heard
told
the
Canadian
Press.-'4'
A
settlement
has
been
reached
on
wages
and
hours,
the
two
main
points
in
dispute."
Members,
of
the
Association
have
criticized
the
Union
ex
ecutive
for
the
settlement
reached
with
the
operators
of
thirty-six
coastal
steamships
In
an
emergency
meeting
Wednesday.
They
claimed
that
the
strike
"might
still
be
on."
They
charged
Union
representatives
with
failing
to
follow
Instructions
In
ac-
Tfce
hearing
was
concluded
ceptlng
an
offer
from
the
by
Coroner
M.
M.
siepnens.
steamsnip
operauua
oi
72
v"-
after
receiving
evidence
irom;Cent
mommy
increase
iur
Mr.
Clifford
and
Corporal
T.
V.
Brunton,
of
the
Terrace
provincial
police
detachment.
According
to
testimony
by
Air.
Clifford,
the
cause
of
the
fire
was
an
explosion
In
the
kitchen
stove
.which
he
had
been
told
by
his
nlne-year-od
son,
Teddy,
set
the
kitchen
ablaze
while
he
was
bathing
the
three-year-old
nrenaratorv
to
bed
time.
r
-
-
.
.
...
4,
Teddy
dasnea
out
oi
me
house
and
told
the
oldest
brother,
Roy,
of
the
explosion.
Roy
ran
into
the
burning
house
and
passed
through
flames
to
save
the
child.
!
Teddy
ran
to
the
Terrace
Theatre
to
inform
his
parents
j
who
had
left
the
house
an
hour
;
before.
!
Mr.
Clifford
testified
that,
before
leaving,
he
and
Mrs.
Clif
ford
luiu
had
imu
checked
www
the
kitchen
engineers
and
ten
percent
for
other
engineer
ranks,
together
with
a
44-hour
week.
They
claimed
that
the
membership
was
very
"dissatisfied"
that
the
executive
had
not
held
out
for
original
demands
of
12
Vi
percent.
Mr.
Heard
admitted
that
there
was
dissatisfaction
among
the
mpmhprshin
and
stated
the
whole
thing
would
be
threshed
out
at
a
general
meeting
STILL
FIGHTING
RATE
INCREASE
United
Action
By
All
Torts
of
Coast
Against
Ship
Freight
Boost
Urged
by
Local
Chamber
Concerted
action
by
Vancou-
1
,
,
T
stove
and
found
that
the
fire
ver.
Prince
Rupert,
Victoria,
Na-was
low
and
the
drafts
closed.
nalmo,
Port
Albernl.
Powell
He
could
give
no
cause
for
the
J
River
and
such
ports
in
resist-
i
mrr
t
n
o
iriiii.vi
i
it-1
i.rii
u
ni.tvHuu
vtiw
"
v
In
coastal
freight
rates
which
has
been
effected
by
the
steam
ship
companies
Is
being
sought
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
on
recommenda
tion
of
its
freight
rates
committee
of
which
E.
J.
Smith
's
phairman.
"Tt.
would
only
be
by
the
united
action
of
all
communi
for
results,"
says
tne
mem
freight
rates
committee.
T.ittip
hone
is
held
by
the
com
mittee,
however,
of
combatting
mar
Mork,
Donald
Nixon.
Wll-lthe
steamship
companies
on
:
j'thpir
increase
In
view
of
the
Dominion
government
lifting
controls
on
transportation
charges
even
before
receipt
of
the
report
of
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
which
hurt
been
considering
the
ap
plication
for
a
thirty
percent
Increase
In
railway
treignt
rates.
Local
Fishermen
Lost
As
Seineboat
Heeled
William
Field
and
Oleg
Krestnick
Are
Believed
Drowned
When
Crew
Swept
Overboard
in
Stormy
Johnstone
Strait
a
r,frv.
rroio
plnimpfl
the
lives
of
two
Prince
in
autumn
b"
w"
-
-
.
Rupert
fishermen
on
Wednesday
when
,
the
,
J.
u
li.
Todd
and
Co.
seiner
Florence
II,
heavily
laden
with
fish,
heeled
over
in
the
churning
waters
of
Johnston?
strait,
ouu
miies
buuui
ui
iimi-c
""'i
o
her
crew
of
seven
overboard.
NO
RELIEF
TO
POLAND
Canada
Denies
Share
of
Post-UNRRA
Fund
No
Official
Reason
Given
nresldent
of
Canadian
National
Railways,
answering
representa
tions
mule
recenty
by
Uie
prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
that
Prince
Rupert
should
be
the
port
of
registry
of
the
new
coastal
liner
Prince
George,
nas
written
as
follows:
"You
will
be
pleased
to
know
that
we
have
arranged
to
have
nur
steamship
'Prince
George'
rppistered
in
Prince
Rupert.
am
glad
to
have
been
able
to
.meet
your
wishes
In
this
case
BRUSHING
UP
ON
LOCAL
HIGHWAY
Deputy
Minister
of
Mines
and
Resources
Helping
to
Make
Its
Existence
and
Attractions
Known
Assurance
that
his
department
will
do
everything
In
its
power
to
make
known
the
existence
oi
t.hP
motor
hiehway
to
Prince
Rupert
together
with
the
mani
fold
attractions
of
the
area
it
traverses
is
given
in
a
letter
re
¬
ceived
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Pifblic
Reatlons
Council
arom
Dr.
Hugh
H.
Keenleyslde,
deputy
minister
of
mines
and
natural
resources.
Recently
the
Public
Relations
rramcil
drew
to
the
attention
nf
nr.
Keenleyside
incidents
of
where
certain
federal
officers
hart
eiven
misleading
informa
tion
in
respect
to
the
Prince
Runert
Hiehway.
Dr.
Keeniey
aide's
letter
says
that
the
mat
fpr
1s
belne
brought
to
the
at
tention
of
officers
of
his
de-
nartment
and.
in
addition,
is
being
referred
to
the
deputy
minister
of
national
revenue
rnstoms)
and
to
the
commls
sloher
of
Royal
Canadian
Mount
ed
Police.
HAD
BUSY
TIME
IN
AUSTRALIA
OTTAWA
Hon.
Brooke
Clax-ton,
minister
of
defence,
who
returned
here
recently
after
at
tending
a
conference
in
Can
berra,
Australia,
spent
14
days
there.
Every
day
he
was
on
tne
move
for
he
had
much
area
to
cover
In
limited
time.
Fof
about
25
days
he
.covered
1,000
miles
a
day.
Out
of
25
night's,
22
were
spent
in
different
places,
a
good
many
sitting
up
In.
a
plane.
It
was
a
tough
trip,
he
declared,
there
and
back.
Conceded
arownea
wnen
uicj
lost
their
holds
on
the
seine
net
to
which
they
had
been
cling
ing,
were
William
Field,
60,
of
526
Eighth
Avenue
East,
and
Oleg
Krestnick,
18,
son
of
Gera-
slme
Krestnick,
768
Alfred
Street.
Rescued,
after
they
had
clung
to
the
drifting
vessel
until
it
was
towed
to
shetered
water
OTTAWA.
CT)
Canada
.will
I
were
Capt.
Martin
Johnson,
ou.
not
make
any
allocation
to
Pol-
skipper
of
the
65
-foot
seiner,
and
from
its
$20,000,000
post-
and
crew
members
FranK
mc-
UNRRA
relief
appropriation
ap-
Donald,
Larry
Henning,
Neis
.
.
-
.,
A.
1
t
n..vnl
...111
provea
Dy
riu'iiamem
last,
rouiii-
rjustavson
ana
wnour
raugm,
mer,
it
was
learned
yesterday.
au
0f
prfnee
Rupert.
No
official
reason
was
given
for
-Fiorence
II.
a
compara-
the
decision.
tlvely
new
vessel,
left
Prince
So
far
about
$4,000,000
of
the
Rupert
iast
Saturday
for
the
appropriation
has
not
been
al-
waters
oH
Vancouver
Island
for
locatea,
uanaua
nav"i&
herring
fishing.
It
is
Deuevea
made
relief
erants
to
Italy
ana
.
.
.
t
wheri
ureece
m
uie
um
u
and
to
Austria,
$3,000,000.
LOCAL
WISHES
MET
BY
C.N.R.
the
boat
struck
by
the
violent
gale
that
came
near
to
capsizing
her.
The
tragedy
occurred
south
ot
Alert
Bay,
near
the
northern
approach
to
Johnstone
Strait
which
separates
Vancouver
AIAAA
u
V
JJ
m.
w
-
-Island
IW
from
the
mainland;
The
two
missing
men
appar-
Mtiw
intr
tnoir
nn
ns
ririM
liir
trailing
seine'
'net
tnMUI1.;
guided
vessel
oriitea
mfsuu:
boiling
seas..
The
others
held
on
until
an
other
boat
came
along
towing
them
into
Growlers
Cove
on
Cracroft
Island,
20
miles
south
of
Alert
Bay.
The
missing
men
had
been
crew
members
of
the
Florence
II
while
she
was
salmon
fishing
on
the
north
coast
out
'
of
Klemtu.
They
had
planned
on
seven
or
eight
weeks
herring
fishing
when
they
left
for
the
south
last
Saturday.
VICTIMS
WELL
KNOWN
HERE
William
Field
was
a
well
known
Prince
Rupert
man,
having
lived
in
the
city
for
the
last
35
years.
He
had
been
a
fisherman
most
of
that
time
off
also
had
worked
as
a
carpenter.
Born
In
Estonia
60
years
aeo.
he
is
survived
by
his
wife.
two
daughters,
Mrs.
Carl
Erick-
son,
529
Eighth
Avenue
East
and
Mrs.
Lloyd
Mooney.
133
Fifth
Avenue
West,
and
one
son,
Victor,
at
home.
Oleg
Krestnick,
one
ot
the
youngest
deep
sea
fishermen
out
of
this
port,
was
18
years
old
in
September,
Born
at
Powell
River,
he
spent
his
boyhood
in
Toronto
and
Montreal.
He
has
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
for
the
last
three
years,
serving
on
various
halibut
and
salmon
boats.
Earlier
this1
season
he
fished
halibut
on
the
Wales
Island
-7,
Capt.
George
Howe.
He
Is
surr
vlved
by
his
father
at
768
Al
fred
Street,
and
an
older
brother
at
Port
Hardy.
SUPERSONIC
EXPERIMENTS
PADSTOW,
Cornwall,
Eng.,
SB
The
small,
pllotless
rocket
plane,
which
attained
a
speed
of
900
miles
per
hour
in
an
ex
perlmental
flight
off
the
Cornish
coast
yesterday,
is
the
first
of
a
group
to
be
used
in
Sup
ply
Ministry
experiments
witn
supersonic
speed.
The
experiments
are
expectea
to
produce
valuable
data
about
the
performances
of
ultrjhlgh-speed
aircraft
as
they
.approach
and
surpass
the
speed
of
sound
which
varies
from
about
660
miles
an
hour
at
sea
level
to
760
miles
per
hour
at
30,000
feet.
,