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"Prince
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Key
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Great
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
204
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
2,
1947
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and
C.
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leaving
today
for
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Mrs,
Drake.
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revenue
for
the
last
month
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was
t.hn
Viio-h
F
thls
year
with
Pared
with
August
pugusi
of
1947
Is
&y
ho,926.19,
on
totals
fnr
t.
the
1946
rev-'8'405
1wer
against
$184,.
is
year
lt
Terrace
left
to-fiultlam
for
Van-
VIOLENCE
FOLLOWS
PICKET
LINE
BREAK--
Determined
worksrs,
led
by
Donald
Thomas
(wearing
Panama
to
the
right
of
the
flag),
president
of
a
machine
company
of
Clinton,
Mich.,
are
shown
as
they
advanced
towards
the
picket
line
in
front
of
the
company
plant
in
a
back
-to-work
movement.
A
few
minutes
after
the
photo
was
made,
the
group
was
intercepted
by
strike
pickets,
and
a
free-for-all
broke
out,
in
which
eight
persons,
including
President
Thomas,
were
injured.
The
back-to-work
move
followed
a
poll
of
the
workers
by
the
Clinton
Chamber
of
Commerce,
which,
It
is
said,
showed
215
out
of
234
favored
a
return
to
work.
j
Sulk
NEW
FISHERIES
MINISTER
FKEDKIUCTO.Y,
WIV
Milton
(I.
Greggs,
president
of
the
University
of
New
Brunswick,
has
been
offered
the
vacant
,
portfolio
of
Federal
Minister
of
fisheries
and
is
likely
to
accept
Prime
Minister
King's
offer.
MINERS
VOTE
STRIKE
LONDON
Yorkshire
miners
have
voted
to
continue
the
strike
against
the
govrrment's
order
calling
for
longer
hours
of
work.
Minister
of
Fuel
Shin-well
and
Minister
of
Food
Strachey
have
issued
a
warnr
ing
against
such
strike
action.
PALESTINE
REPORT
LAKE
SUCCESS
A
special
committee
of
the
United
Nations
has
issued
a
majority
recommendation
favoring
the
partitioning
of
Palestine
into
two
separate
Jewish
and
Arab
states
with
Jerusalem
as
an
autonomous
international
city
and
the
admission
of
150,000
Jews
in
two
years.
The
British
mandate
would
be
ended
after
independence
is
attained
until
which
time
British
administration
would
continue.
ECUADORIAN
REVOLT
QUITO
All
Ecuador
continues
in
a
state
of
siege
following
a
Conservative
revolt
in
four
states
against
the
government
of
a
week.
The
centre
of
the
revolt
is
at
Rio
Bamba,
100
miles
south
of
this
capital
city.
APPEALS
FOR
PEACE
NEW
DELHI
Mohammed
Ali
Jinnah,
Premier
of
Moslem
Pakistan,
has
appealed
to
all
his
peope
to
keep
the
peace.
Those
responsible
for
murder
of
Hindus
"will
be
treated
with
an
iron
hand."
COMMUNISTS
WIN
BUDAPEST
Hungary's
general
election
has
resulted
in
a
Communist
victory
3,700,000
to
1,900,000
against
the
combined
Opposition
groups.
Catholic
Democrats
came
second.
Opposition
spokesmen
have
called
it
"the
greatest
vote
fraud
ever
perpetrated."
The
government
admits
irregularities.
Three
Communists
were
killed
in
the
course
of
the
CANADA'S
WORST
TRAIN
tin
A
SEARCH
CALLED
OFF
VANCOUVER
The
large
scale
search
for
Walter
Pav-lukoff,
alleged
killer
of
Bank
Manager
Sydney
Petrie
of
Vancouver,
in
the
Surrey
area
has
been
called
off
as
Chief
of
Police
Walter
Mulligan
does
not
believe
he
is
there.
"But
we'll
get
him
O.K.,"
says
.Mulligan.
LABOR
DAY
TOLL
NEW
YORK
So
far
the
Labor
Day
violent
death
toll
in
United
States
is
45621
in
airplane
crashes,
254
in
traffic
accidents,
69
drownings
and
89
miscellaneous.
GREEK
CRISIS
V5TILL
ON
ATHENS
Greece
had
a
government
today
for
the
first
time
in
a
week
but
the
new
cabinet,
headed
by
Constants
Tsaldaris
and
almost
solidly
Populist
(Royalist),
seemed
doomed
to
collapse.
Tsaldaris
said
today
that
he
was
still
willing
to
negotiate
with
the
opposition
for
a
broader
coalition
cabinet.
FRENCH
THEATRE
F1RE
RUEIL,
France
Bodies
of
87
persons
burned
to
death
Saturday
in
a
movie
theatre
fire
were
buried
here
today-after
a
community
funeral
service
which
drew
20,000
persons
into
the
streets
of
this
crepe-covered
Paris
suburb.
MORE
DOUKS
ARRESTED
NELSON
Police
swooped
down
on
the
hill-top
vilage
of
Krestova,
Monday
and
arrested
a
total
of
16
men
and
women,
bringing
to
thirty
the
number
so
far
arrested
in
a
determined
three-day
drive
to
smash
the
outbreak
of
terrorism
and
arson
in
west
Kootenay
Doukho-bor
settlements.
Some
are
charged
with
arson,
others
with
riotous
assembly.
TORNADO
IN
'EAST
JIANCROFT,
Out.
Full
extent
of
Eastern
Canada's
largest
tornado,
a.
rip
-
roaring
twister,
that
slashed
a
trail
of
destrictlpln
through
five
eastern
Ontario
counties,
was
being
determined
today
as
residents
rallied
to
aid
stricken
farm
families.
iMost
'iof
the
striking
force
of
the
tornado
which
(killed
a
12-year
!old
girl,
was
ispent
In
a
Kftnse
Mfst.
EAST
OF
WINNIPEG
NAZI
WAR
CRIMINALS
Eighteen
More
Convictions
of
Gestapo
and
SS
Men
Murdered
Canadians
HAMBURG,
P;
A
war
crimes
court
today
convicted
eighteen
Gestapo
and
SS
men
accused
of
murdering,
on
Adolf
Hitler's
orders,
fifty
British
and
Dominion
airmen,
Including
several
Canadians,
who
made
a
mass
escape
from
Stalag
Luft
III
In
Silesia
in
March
1944.
All
eighteen,
who
had
pleaded
innocent
both
to
two
general
charges
of
killing
and
carrying
nut
orders
in
violation
of
the
laws
of
war
and
to
seven
charges
cf
shooting
officers,
tool:
the
verdicts
stoically.
Sentences
wll
be
passed
later.
They
will
probably
be
execution.
Tourists
Attracted
By
Local
Museum
A
coat
of
paint
and
a
few
at-'
tractive
signs
can
sometimes
go
a
long
way.
Friday
afternoon,
tourists
from
the
wlterfront,
after
Inspecting
totem
poles,
sauntered
through
the
deep
rock
cut
and
came
out
on
Sec-end
Avenue
to
be
faced
by
the
museum.
There
were
24.
All
passed
inside
and
.others
followed.
Dr.
H.
II.
Black
left
on
the
Co
qultlam
enroute
to
Montreal
where
he
will
take
up
post
graduate
work
in
the
Children's
Memorial
Hospital.
He
has
been
Identified
with
Dr.
C.
H.
Hankln-son
here
for
several
months.
AUGUST
IS
DAMP,
DARK
But
ifeather
So
l?ar
This
Month
Compares
Favorably
With
1946
Sol,
the
bright
old
man,
un-covered-his
face
on
17
days
during
the
month
of
August
to
shed
'
This
was
a
comedown
from
July
his
beams
lor
a
total
of
82
ho'irs
'
on
th?
people
of
Prinze
Rupert,
when
he
was
more
gracious,
;
parading
across
the
clear
sky
for
128.6
hours.
To
date
his
greatest
public
appearance
was
made
In
May
when
he
smiled
169
.9
hours
in
24
days.
So
far.
this
year,
except
for
the
month
of
January
and
February,
there
was
less
seen
of
the
sun
in
August
than
any
of
the
others
although
June
was
only
.9
hours
ahead.
At
this
time
last
year
there
had
been
only
8185
bour3
cf
bright
sun
as
compared
with
714.5
hours.
In
the
first
eight
months
of
this
year,
i
The
gentle
rain
from
Heaven
I'came
down
orU
19
days
during
the
mcath,
piling
up
to
a
height
of
7.94
Inches.
Outside
of
January
when
10.63
inches
fell,
this
month
led
the
wet
parade.
Dri
est
month
this
year
was
July
with
a
mere
4.23
inches.
In
Au
gust
of
1946
there
was
barely
enough
rain
to
lay
the
dust,
2.43
to
be
exact,
but
In
comparing
the
totals
for
the
first
eight
months
of
this
year
and
lasj-.
4l947's5L78
Inches
is
only
.36
inches
above
that
ct
1946.
In
the
matter
of
heat
August
trailed
May.
July,
June
and
April.
The
best
effort
registered
during
August
was
only
68
degrees.
May's
78
degrees
is
the
record
high
so
far
this
year.
Last
year
on
August
28
the
temperature
climbed
to
86
degrees.
Lowest
temperature
during
Ihe
past
month
was
46
degrees
recorded
on
August
19.
Average
temperatures
puts
July
In
the
lead
with
56.3
degrees
and
August
next:
with
55.8
degrees.
Last
year
August
had
an
average
temperature
of
59.
4,
highest
of
the
entire
year.
The
wind
puffed
but
pently
overthe
area
of
Prince
Rupert
during
August.
The
biggest
blow
was
a
20
m.p.h.
south-easter
on
August
28.
The
weather
summary
tor
August:
Maximum
temperature,
68
on
August
1.
Minimum
temperature,
46
on
August
19.
Mean
temperature,
55.8.
Bright
sunshine,
82
hours
on
17
days,
Precipitation,
7.94
Inches
on
19
days.
Maximum
barometer
reading,
3.0
on
August
24.
Minimum
barometer
reading,
29.69
on
August
6.
Maximum
wind
velocity
was
a
20
miles
per
hour
south
east
on
August
28.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Anderson
left
on
the
Coqultlam
today
for
a
holiday
in
the
south.
Thirty-Five
Persons,
Possibly
More,
Killed
In
Railway
Disaster
DUGALI),
Manitoba
Thirty-five
persons
perished
and
fears
are
entertained
that
the
toll
may
be
greater
as
a
result
of
the
worst
train
wreck
in
the
history
of
railroading
in
Western
Canada.
At
Dugald
station,
13.8
miles
east
of
here,
at
9
o'clock
last
night
a
campers'
special
coming
in
from
Minaki
crashed
headlong
at
35
miles
per
hour
into
the
standing
castbound
Toronto
train.
The
campers'
train
burst
into
flames
immediately
and
Iherc
were
scenes
of
the
wildest
confusion
and
horror.
All
the
dead
and
most
of
many
injured
were
in
the
campers'
special.
The
fire
spread
to
nearby
grain
elevators.
Thirty-five
bodies
had
been
recovered
up
to
noon
today
but
so
terrible
was
the
destruction
that
it
may
not
be
definitely
known
how
many
lost
their
lives.
A
.wooden
baggage
car,
ec-cmd
in
the
campers'
train
which
was
made
up
chiefly
,of
fuii
cars,
burst
iinto
Haines
on
the
impact
land
"he
flames
spread
quickly,
'trapping
many
inside
the
coaches.
A
string
'.of
ambulances
moved
slowly
between
'Tram-cona
and
the
debris-splashed
rightrof-way
around
which
railway
police
'threw
a
Icpr-donyto
keep
Ispectators
away.
Spectators,
drawn
to
the
scene
by
the
red
glow
caused
ty
burning
cars
heard
screams
of
the
'trapped,
Members
of
families
who
lived
nearby
saw
flames
shooting
50
feet
into
the
aid.
They
Said
the
two
locomotives
were
Jocked
together
and
Ihe
baggage
car
of
the
transcontinental
train
had
climbed
Ipart
way
up
the
tender.
"When
the
crash'
came,"
said
Charles
E.
Taylor,
33,
Vancouver,
who
was
aboard
the
special
train,
in
describing
the
scene,
"
I
kicked
open
a
door
and
got
a
number
of
people
out.
Then
I
ran
to
the
front
of
the
train
where
I
saw
two
women
with
their'
heads
torn
off.
I
got
as
far
as
the
first
coach
and
.with
some
others
got
four
or
five
people
out.
By
that
time
the
heat
was
so
intense
we
could
work
no
longer,"
Groups
of
relatives
wandered
restlessly
outside
a
funeral
home
today
but
they
will
not
be
permitted
to
attempt
to
Identify
the
dead
until
an
inquest
has
been
held,
possibly
tonight.
VKRSATiLr;
POET
Omar
Khayyam
was
an
astronomer
and
mathematician
as
well
as
a
poet.
J
James
Klll&a
anu
son,
Harry,
left
by
the
Camosun
Saturday
night
for
their
home
in
Van-
I
couver.
VETERAN'S
CRASH-
The
wrecked
amphibian
plane
piloted
by
Nelson
Miles,
veteran
Washington
commercial
flier
lies
among
the
trees
after
making
a
forced
landing
near
Bethpage.
L.I.
Miles,
slightly
injured,
was
taken
to
hospital
for
treatment
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13
Madsen
Red;
Lake
3.20
McKenzle
Red
Lake
5T
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.70
Moneta
45
Negus
2.28
Norandla
..45.25
Louvicourt
,
1.63
Pickle
Crow
2.65
Regcourt
27
San
Antonio
4.10
Senator
Rouyn
.69
Sherrlt
Gordon
3.30
Steep
Rock
2.00
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
September
3,
1947
High
2:40
20.4
feet
15:05
20.1
feet
Low
8:50
3.7
feet
21:12
4.7
feet
Mrs.
T.
Moore
and
daughters
Carol
and
Marline
left
on
the
Co
quitlam
today
for
the
south,
KILLING
IN
OKANAGAN
Arrest
Made
Following
Slaying
of
Man
and
Woman
Near
Vernon
VERNON,
O)
Police
report
a
man
and
woman
shot
to
death
late
Saturday
night
on
a
farm
at
Salmon
River,
30
miles
west
of
Vernon,
and
that
Thomas
Luxton
Is
arrested
and
charged
with
aouble
slaying.
The
dead
are
Mrs.
Luxton,
wife
of
the
arrested
man,
and
Hylton
Roche
Lane.
Luxton
is
in
jail
here
under
close
guard
following
an
attempt
to
slash
his
throat
and
wrists
with
glass
broken
from
his
spectacles
Harry
.Cripps
of
Rupert
Hotel
Dies
Harry
Cripps,
who
was
In
his
seventy-fifth
year,
died
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Mr.
Cripps
came
to
Canada
.
from
England
and
has
been
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
last
seven
years.
He
Is
sur
vived
by
two
nephews,
Lenard
Cripps
of
Vancouver
and
Wil
fred
of
West
Vancouver.
No
brothers
or
sisters
of
Mr.
Cripps
are
living.
Until
recently
Mr.
Cripps
was
employed
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Hotel.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
steady
flow
of
cool
moist
air
from
Alaska
is
causing
extensive
cloudiness
and
some
rain
over
the
province
today
from
the
Yukon
to
northern
Vancouver
Is
land
and
the
Prince
George
area.
The
southern
sections
of
British
Coumbla
are
still
clear
and
warm.
Afternoon
temperatures
yesterday
soared
to
79
at
Victoria
and
91
at
Lytton,
some
14
degrees
above
the
early
September
average.
Weather
conditions
will
remain
unchanged
over
the
various
areas
of
the
province
today
and
Wednesday.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Variable
cloudiness
and
showers
today
and
Wednesday.
Extensive
areas
of
fog
and
drizzle
along
the
coast
today
and
again
tomorrow
morning.
Light
winds
increasing
lo
southerly
(15)
tonight
Little
change'
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow-Port
Hardy
50
and
60,
Massett
50
and
60,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
fco.
FEW
FIRES
IN
AUGUST
The
month
of
August
was
an
easy
one
for
the
city
tire'
de
partment.
There
were
only
six
fires
and
the
only
damage
was
when
Highway
Construction'?
heavy
gas
shovel
toppled
over
and
burned
while
working
off
Park
Avenue.
French
Army
Chaplain
Is
Visitor
In
Prince
Rupert
A
visitor
in
Prince
Rupert
re
cently
was
Captain
Michael
Gamier,
a
chaplain
in
the
French
Army.
He
lias
already,
travelled
throughout'
Canada,
and
having
Just
completed
a
tour
of
Yukon
and
Alaska,
and
is
now
enrout
to
Washington,
D.
C.
where
he
will
make
special
studies
at
Georgetown
University.
Later,
he
plans
on
writing
on
Catholic
missions
in
Yukon
and
Alaska.
Aboard
the
SS
Camcsun
he
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
fro
Ketchikan.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
left
today
on
the
Coqultlam
for
Vancouver
on
his
way
to
New
York
where
ho
will
take
up
a
medical
post
graduate
course.
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I
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A.
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