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Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
162.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JULY
12,
1947
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CENTS
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Chandler
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In
Genera'
Hospital
i'i
operation
for
an-
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end
of
ho
week.
JI.i7
HOLLYWOOD
Condition
of
Benny
Cleveland,
21-year-old
Ims
Angeles
bantamweight
boxer,
who
collapsed
after
losing
a
four
roiijid
preliminary
.here
last
night,
Ls
rcportrd
ery
precarious
today
following
a
brain
operation.
Cleveland
collapsed
in
a
dressing
room
shortly
after
losing
a
derision
to
Boh
Adams
of
lw
Angeles
His.
physician
said
he
suffered
a
hrinorragc
of
the
brain.
TO
Tl'N'A
GROUNDS
VANCOUVER
Rosalie
III
owned
and
skippered
by
Capt.
Norman
K.vall,
bet
amp
the
first
piovinclai
boat
to
sail
for
the
California
tuna
grounds.
It
slipped
out
of
port
at
djwn
today.
If
favorable
repot
ts
warrant,
other
boa
Is
will
follow
suit.
geokgi:
young
again
TORONTO
(CD
George
Young,
who
first
won
international
swimming
fame
twenty
yean
ago,
ramc
bark
to
Toronto
Friday
and
filed
entry
in
a
ten
mile
marathon
swim
at
tlie
first
post
war
renewal
of
the
Canadian
National
Exhibi-bition.
RUSSIA.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
PRAGUE
Clement
Gottwald,
Czech
Prime
.Minister,
announced
today
that
a
five-year
trade
agreement
between
Czechoslovakia
and
the
Soviet
had
been
concluded
in
Moscow
-He
made
this
statement
on
his
-return
from
the
Russian
capital.
CHINESE
TRAIN
WRECK
1IOXG
KONG
The
Central
China
(News
said
today
that
more
than
200
persons
were
killed
and
scares
injured
north
of
Canton
Thursday
when
a
passenger
train
jumped
the
tracks
and
plunged
into
the
river.
1
4
MANITOBA
IT.000
WINNIPEG
With
more
than
2.V0OO
acres
of
crop
land,
near
Pale,
St.
Paul,
about
fifty
miles-west
of
here
reported
saved
from
Friday's
flood,
the
flood
fv-.hters
have
moved
on
to
IVrlar
Point
where
the
Assin-ibninc
River,
even
now,
is
level
with
the
recently
constructed
dykes.
CONVENTION
ENDS
WINNIPEG
The
Canadian
Federation
of
Mayors
and
Municipalities
on
Friday
concluded
the
tenth
annual
con-fcrence,after
devoting
most
of
Hie
discussions
during
the
three
days
of
meetings
to
questions
siivli
as
housing
and
th
plight
of
municipalities
faced
by
shrinking
sources
of
revenue
and
increased
demands
for
services.
IDKNT
TRUMAN
INSl'KCTS
CUAItl)
OK
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v
wildfan.
is
shown
Inspecting
his
faent
Harry
S.
Truman,
escort
oy
r
.
-
hard
at
the
Rideau
entrance
to
Government
Hall
shor
went
vUlt
He
was
accompanied
on
his
tnree-aay
v.u
ft,
SENATOR
SHOT
AT
WASHINGTON
Two
shots
were
fired
harmlessly
at
Senator
John
Bricker,
Ohio
Republican
and
possible
presidential
nominee,
In
the
Senate
office
building
subway
today
by
a
man
described
by
Bricker
as
a
disgruntled
patronage
seeker.
Ilricker,
who
was
not
injured,
told
office
assistants
he
believed
the
shots
were
blank
caitriges.
CONVICTS
SLAIV
BRUNSWICK,
Ga
Five
negro
convicts
were
shot
to
death
and
right
others
wounded,
two
critically,
at
a
stale
highway
work
camp
Friday.
The
warden
said
an
escape
had
been
attempted.
SUPPLIES
TO
GREECE
WASHINGTON
I
wight
Griswold,
chief
of
the
American
Aid
Mission
to
Greece,
said
yesterday
that
military
supplies
valued
at
$35,000,000
arc
enroute
to
equip
the
Greek
army
and
navy
on
an
"anti
bandit'
basis.
INDUSTRY
TIEII
UP
HONOLULU
C.I.O.
workers
yesterday
struck
the
multi-mil-licn
dollar
pineapple
industry
at
the
harvest
peak,
but
continued
negotiations
appear
continues,
as
representatives
of
the
pineapple
companies,
and
Harry
Bridges.
International
Iongshoremen's
and
Warehousemen's
Union-
conferred
without
apparently
wjnak'ing
any
headway.
B.C.
COW
WINS
CALGARY
The
entry
of
Col.
Victor
Spencer's
Earls-court
Farms
.
at
Lytton,
B.C.,
swept
all
major
awards
among
Hereford
females
at
the
annual
pure
bred
livestock
show
held
in
conjunction
with
the
Calgary
Stampede.
MINERS
WORKING
HARD
G
L
A
C
E
B
A
Y,
N.S
Nova
Scotia's
12,000
coal
miners,
determined
to
get
the
promised
II
cents
per
day
wage
increase
If
they
boost
production
to
the
level
set
by
the
company
by
Dec.
1,
are
shattering"
-ill
production
records
in
the
Cape
Breton
collieries.
And
this,
despite
the
mine
labor
force
is
about
1.300
below
the
pre
strike
level
oi
last
winter.
DAL1E
PITT
NEW
MINE
MANAGER
Dale
Pitt,
formerly
manager
of
the
Silbak
-
Premier
mine
at
Stewart
has
resumed
tha,t
position
under
a
company
reorganization.
The
position
was
held
In
recent
years
by
Dr.
D.
L.
Coulter,
who
ls
now
In
Vancouver
and
ls
expected
to
come
north
at
the
week-end.
HONOR
IN
OTTAWA
tly
an
r
j
,
t
OUawa
i
Conference
Under
Way
Ilisaric"
Meeting
in
Parts
Starts
Kevin
Elected
President
PARIS
-W-JDelcgatcs
of
sixteen
countries
today
b?an
con
ference
on
the
European
eco
nomic
recovery
program
with
United
States
aid'
and
were
told
Great
Britain
and
Trance
would
give
the
Mrehall
plan
firm
backing.
Foreign
Secrytry
Ernrst
Ecvln
was
elected
president
of
the-
conference
and
immediatefy
placed
.
to
the
suport
cf
the
Marshall
r;lan
the
resources
of
the
whol?
British
Commonwealth
"insofar
as
we
can
Influence
It."
Russia
and
eight
other
eastern
states
were
not
represented.
French
Foreign
Minister
BI-r'ault
said
at
the
opening
of
the
meeting
that
"the
time
has
come
to
re-make
Europe
and
this
conference
is
not
in
any
way
directed
against
any
state
or
group
of
states."
Kenny
Method
Is
Being
Used
To
Cope
With
Record-breaking
Epidemic
of
Polio
in
Vancouver
j
VANCOUVER
Oi
The
num
-
Qf
Greater
Vancouver
polio
,.
,
.
...
....
epidemic
cases
Increased
today
to
2t
as
the
record
cf
r.utbreaks
was
checked.
The
record
today
tops
the
previous
record
of
37
in
1010.
.
tt
Dr.
Stewart
Mirrray.
health
officer,
said
that,
alter
-being
closed
three
years,
the
isolation
ward
of
the
General
Hospital
had
now
been
reopened.
Nurses
are
being
added
from
private
wards.
The
Kenny
treatment
and
method
will
be
utilized.
This
consists
of
moist
heat
applications
to
static
muscles
and
re-education.
Common
Cold
Not
Employment
Hazard
JUNEAU-Judge
O.
W.
Folta
of
the
District
Court
here
is
unable
to
see
that
a
common
cold
ls
an
unemployment
hazard.
In
keeping
with
this
view,
the
Judge
has
reversed
a
decision
of
the
Alaska
Industrial
Board
which
had
previously
awarded
$603;ll
as
workmen's
compensation
to
Steve
Chutuk.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
active
disturbance
which
developed
off
the
coast
yesterday
has
moved
inland
Into
the
Interior
of
British
Columbia.
A
moderate
southwesterly
flow
of
moist
Pacific
air
which
follows
has
delayed
any
marked
improvement
in
weather.
Rain
is
now
falling
on
southern
Vancouver
Island
and
the
lower
mainland
will
become
showery
during
the
afternoon
but
little
clearing
ls
now
in
sight.
Cloudy
to
overcast
skies
and
rain
showers
will
continue
in
the
remaining
coastal
areas
with
widely
scattered
shower
activity
over
the
Interior.
Temperatures
arc
somewhat
below
the
early
July
normal.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
with
rain
showers
today,
becoming
cloudy
tonight.
Cloudy,
with
rain
showers
Sunday.
Light
winds,
little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
At
Port
Hardy
48,
Massctt
47,
Prince
Rupert
45.
Highs
Sunday
at
Port
Hardy
58,
Massett
56,
Prince
Rupert
58.
Fish
Sales
Canadian
Lois
M.,
50,000,
Co-op.
Northern
Breeze,
31,000,
Co-op
Joan
W.
No.
2,
50,000,
22.1
and
17.5,
Royal.
TO
ESCAPE
FROM
IT
ALL
FOR
TWO
YEARS
These
live
Austrllians
have
set
out
from
Sydney.
Australia,
in
a
50-foot,
slnglcrmasted
ketch
for
a
round-the-world
cruise.
They
expect
to
bekone
two
years,
at
the
end
of
which
time
they
hope
such
thingf
as
housing
shortages,
atomic
control
and
International
disagreements
will
have
been
settled.
.
mam
Mrs!
Harry
S.
Truman,
wife
"of
the
United
States
chief
executive,
and
her
daughter,
Margaret,
are
shown
with
the
president
on
the
observation
platform
of
their
private
car
on
the
special
train
crossing
the
International
border
into
Canada
at
Quebec
recently.
This
was
Mrs.
Truman's
and
Margaret's
first
visit
to
Canada,
and
both
expressed
pleasure
at
their
first
glimpse
of
the
green
and
rolling
countryside
of
the
rich
farming
country
of
Quebec
province.
Horses
Here
On
Way
To
Stikine
Enroute
to
Telegraph
Creek,
a
shipment
of
horses
will
be
due
in
Prince
Rupert
shortly.
In
the
north
they
will
be
utilized
as
pack
animals,
and
the
saddle.
Here
they
will
be
joined
by
a
dozen
more
from
the
Interior
and
all
proceed
to
Telegraph
Creek,
together.
Boftlc-Fed
Fawn
Is
Barnyard
Pet
LONDON,
Ont.
Oi
Everybody
at
nearby
Dochester
especially
school
children
Is
talking
about
"Susie,"
the
baby
deer.
Tom
O'Neil,
found
it
near
his
farm.
He
almost
ran
over
It
with
his
tractor.
Just
a
day
old
it
weighed
but
slx
Pounds
and
was
a
weak
and
frightened
little
fawn
when
carried
back
to
the
O'Neil
barn.
Susie
now
weighs
14
pounds.
Mothered
for
a
week
by
a
young
heifer
and
bottle-fed
alter
that,
she
has
grown
strong
and.
has
lost
her
fear.
Recently,
Annette
Sloss,
eacher
at
Rout-ledge
School,
S.a
No.
5,
took
her
pupils
down
the
road
to
see
the
"little
deer."
Susie
made
an
in-'
stant
hit.
The
sight
of
so
many
children
and
being
handled
so
often
didn't
bother
her
a
bit.
Game
warden
Bert
Smalley
of
Strathroy
has
Issued
a
licence
and
a
permit
which
gives
Susie
a
permanent
home
with
O'Neil.
MEAT
PRICES
ARE
SKY
HIGH
CHICAGO
A
year
has
passed
since
the
ending
of
the
office
of
Price
Administration.
The
anniversary
finds
beef
and
veal
62
per
cent
more
costly.
Pork
ls
quoted
78
per
cent
higher.
Mrs:
D.
Santursane
sailed
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
wism
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
MORE
DISPLACED
PEOPLE
COMING
OTTAWA
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe
Minister
of
ReconslrHf
tion,
disclosed
on
Friday
that
the
government
has
taken
steps
to
admit
f
Canada
an
.additional
5,000
displaced
persons,
bringing;
to
10,000
those
now
being
allowed
into
the
coutry.
TRAINING.
AT
CAMP
BORDEN
CAMP
BORDEN
With
nearly
every
university
in
Canada
represented,
180
officer
cadets
are
now
receiving
general
military
training
and
special
Instruction
in
the
fighting
and
maintenance
of
tanks
and
armored
cars.
There
is
a
complete
departure
from
the
previous
methods.
At
the
completion
of
three
years,
the
successful
students
will
bo
nuallficd
as
captains,
Re
serve
Force,
or
for
a
commission
in
the
Active
Force
after
sixteen
weeks
of
training
for
three
successive
summers.
'
Soldiers
May
Fly
Free
With
R.C.A.F.
OTTAWA
Canadian
soldiers,
as
well
as
sailors
and
airmen,
when
going
on
leave,
may
travel
free
of
charge
on,R.C.A.F.
planes.
There
arc,
however,
a
couple
of
"Ifs.''
There
is
no
cost
if
the
plane
is
going
one's
way
on
a
scheduled
.duty
flight,
and
if
an
empty
seat
is
available.
Jpscph
Ferris,
local
agent
for
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
returned
to
the
city
on
yesterday
afternoon's
plane
following
a.
brief
trip
to
Vancouver
on
business.
Frank
Ward,
who
relieved
here
during
his
absence,
returned
to
Vancouver
on
yesterday's
I
right
.
Increase
of
12
V
per
hour
Is
Settled
Upon
PRINCE
GEORGE
Eight
thousaRd
loggers
in
central
British
Columbia
receive
12VLc
per
hour
wage
boosts
with
continuation
of
the
44-hour
week
as
a
re-sult
of
an
agreement
reached
yesterday
between
the
Northern
Interior
Lumbermen's
Association
and
the
International
Woodworkers'
Association
whereby
a
:
.
pw
n
Ll
iepression
ieDis
Being
Cancelled
OTTAWA
ft
The
Hause
of
Commons
on
Friday
gave
final
reading
to
the
Bill
providing
for
cancellation
of
$55,4.16,164
debts
built
up
by
the
western
provinces
during
the
depression.
For
British
Columbia
a
debt
cf
$8,342,190
was
cancelled.
CHANGES
IN
INCOME
ACT
OTTAWA
Oi
The
Minister
of
!
Finance.
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,'
said
today
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
number
of
"ministerial
discretions'
in
the
existing
Income
tax
law
would
be
reduced
from
forty
-three
to
forty-two.
under
the
proposed
government
bill
embodying
sweeping
changes
in,
Income
legislation.
"Further"
said
Mr.
Abbott,
!
there
remaining
two
do
not
af-I
fert
the
amount
of
any
tax
pay
able.
The
new
bill
is
aimed
to
brimj
simplicity
and
directness
to
the
Income
Tax
Act
but
will
not
Be
brought
down
till"
next
session."
Northwest
Company
To
Build
New
Gym
Contract
for
the
construction
of
the
new
gymnasium
in
connection
with
the
Civic
Centre
has
been
let
by
the
Civic
Centre
Association
to
Northwest
Construction
Co.
for
a
figure
Just
under
$6
000
which
does
not
Include
cost
of
materials.
Material
salvaged
from
the
Roosevelt
Park
gymnasium
will
be
used
to
construct
the
new
building.
W.
H.
Shortridge
has
been
employed
by
the
Civic
Centre
Association
to
act
in
an
advisory
capacity
during
construction.
BRITONS
KIDNAPPED
JERUSALEM
Two
British
.sergeants
were
kidnapped
from
Natanya
early
today
by
Jews
believed
to
be
extremist
un-dergiound
fighters
and
later
a
Jewish
source
said
that
Hagana,
moderate
Jewish
underground
army,
was
searching
for
the
pair
under
threat
of
Biitish
martial
law
it
they
were
not
found.
Officials
said
that
Jews
in
a
taxicab
kidnapped
the
sergeants
shortly
after
midnight
from
a
sidewalk
only
100
yeards
from
the
police
station.
TRAINING
FOR
UNEMPLOYED
VANCOUVER
British
Colum
bia
unemployed
received
word
today
that
possibly
within
a
month
vocational
training
facilities
will
be
available.
Veterans
are
still
eligible
under
their
own
O.
V.
T.
scheme.
Col.
II.
E.
Goodman,
regional
supervisor
of
special
placements
National
Employment
Service,
said
that,
during
such
courses,
subsistence
pay
would
be
granted
learners
and
21
committees
would
be
established
throughout
the
province
to
review
ap-llcants.
A
candidate
must
be
over
sixteen.
Mrs.
W.
H.
Falrbalrn
and
Mrs,.
L.
Joyce
arrived
In
the
city
yesterday
morning
from
Vancouver,
and
sailed
last
night
on.
the
Cas
sia
r
for
Massett.
po55ioie
ue-up
in
ine
logging
m-
dustry
Is
averted.
The
holding
of
the
negotiations
here
caused
the
postponement
of
a
meeting
of
the
executive
of
the
Northern
Interior
Lumbermen's
Association
whlcn
was
to
have
been
held
in
Terrace
tomorrow.
Mines
Off
Graham
Is.
The
Department
of
Marin
has
warned
mariners
that
two
mines
are
reported
floating
in
a
kelp
bed
between
Rennet
Sound
and
Kano
Inlet
on
the
west
coast
of
Graham
Island.
The
Depuartment
of
National
Defence,
Naval
Service,
advises
that
two-
mines
previously
reported
ashore
on
Bonilla
Island
and
on
the
east
coast
of
Graham
Island,
near
Eagle
Hill,
respectively,
have
now
been-destroyed.
'
COD
MARKET
COLLAPSING
v
Demand
For
Cod
So
Slow
In
Nova
Scotia
Boats
Are
Remaining
in
Port
SYDNEY,
N.
S.
O)
The
market
has
dropped
out
of
the
codfish
trade
and
vessels
are
tied
Up
all
along
the
Nova
ScoUa
coast
an
official
of
one
sea
food
firm
said
today.
The
sales
of
frozen
and
fresh
cod
are
"so
low"
that
many
schooners
prefer
to
stand
Idle.
FEARS
WILL
PREVENT
WAR
GLASGOW,
W-Sir
John
Boyd,
director-general
cf
loeds
arid
agricultural
organization,
forecast
here
that
the
United
Nations
will
prevent
an
outbreak
of
war
"If
for
ho
other
reason
than
fear
of
war
prevents
even
the
most
powerful
nation
from
leaving
the
assembly."
"We
should
not
be
disappointed
because
there
ls
such
obvious
conflict
of
interest
and
so
much
disagreement
In.
the
United
Nations
assembly,"
Sir
John
said.
SOUTHEASTERN
DOCKS
HERE
With
Phillip
O.
Briggs,
the
owner,
aboard,
the
Briggs
Steamship
Co.
vessel
Southeasem
docked
here
from
Juneau
and
Ketchikan
at
10
o'clock
,this
morning.
She
carried
one
carload
of
tierces
for
rail
shipment
east
and
will
load
general
cargo
for
the
north
and
sail
Sunday
night
or
Monday
morning.
New
skipper
of
the
vessel
ls
Capt.
B.
H.
Moran.
The
fish
packer
Sydney,
Capt.
Osmund
Hendrlckson
docked
this
morning
from
Ketchikan
with
three
carloads
of
frozen
fish
for
rail
shipment
east.
William
Os-borne
sr.,
who
has
been
employed
la
construction
work
at
Ocean
Falls
for
the
past
few
months,
returned
to
the
city
yesterday
on
the
Camosun.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
July
13,
1047
High
8;00
15.6
feet
21:14
19.1
feet
Low
2:57
fl.4
feet
14:40
8.0
feet