LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. C. 165 liA? 31,-49 March 11 1A, B.C. TNCOI.TLETK 1949 June 8 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH Columbia's ORf.lES DRUGS Daily Delivycr PHOHE Sl OH vpwctt.ro Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port-Trince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' VOL. XXXVIII, No. 1. PRINCE-RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY. JANUARY 3, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS TAR J 1! ' 1 11 Pr ft According ress .elanese 0 dcieon Construction To Start Early SulleiMA Killed In ane Crash :urteei :attle In Spring, Company Head Says i j.'l'IIJ.; (dA transport plane loaded with . University stdents crashed and exploded scc-; alter a takeff from Boeing .Field last night, .,,.;it kast forteen of thirty persons aboard it. JERUSALEM IS RAIDED Two Air Attacks On Holy City Jewish Retaliation On Cairo JERUSALEM Jerusalem was bombed by unidentified war planes last night, the attack being, apparently, concentrated on the Jewish quarter. A new threat of Jewish retaliation against Cairo was thereby brought. There were two raids. At least five persons were injured in the first raid. No details arc available on the second raid which was three hours later. IEW YEAR DEATHS TORONTO With a list of twenty violent deaths during the New Year holiday week-end, Canadians looked back today on a holiday comparatively safely spent when set against the death toll of 55 killed in the Christmas days of the previous week-end. Canadian Press compilation found that only one high World Dates Of 1948 By The Canadian Press Large Deliveries of Steel and Concrete for Material Stockpile Starting This Month Work in connection with the construction and operation of the high alpha cellulose pulp mill near Prince Rupert is progressing steadily, according to a btatement issued today by HaroId'TJlancke, President of Celanese Corporation of America and its susidiary, survived I)' crasn ana one person was still Mr 1 .SCVI'll Vf MIIUCIIl, in i '!:$ -s Vf;.l V; JANUARY -.fillip' (n "HI UirtiUil ! COLLAPSES, nil 11 I'-3 from I of British 1 Nationalization Columbia Cellulose Company Ltd. "Clearing of the mill site," ; - ciii tor ;e Air ("IiVu.t, a non- railways effective. Mr. Blancke said in New York to take them 11141 l'i'" 2 Prime Minister Attlee ac "has been completed and it is CuniiPcU- CAHADA-U.S. ui Ni' Itfvcn, DIES WHILE AT CHURCH cuses Russia of "new .Jt! tin-holidays. Many . . ,, oiuiwnt North- now ready for construction of the buildings. A camp to house construction workers is being 4 B u r m a's , independece treaty with Britain ratified. 5 Scmiramis Hotel, Jerusa IN DEFENCE THE WEATHER way crash resulted in deaths, that being in Vancouver where Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Howard and her brother, William Cuundley, lost their lives when an interurban siruck an automobile at Twelfth and Arbutus as a wig-wag signal failed to function. Ontario led the provinces with fen violent deaths. Quebec's toll was five and British Columbia's four. QUEEN MARY AGROUND SOUTHAMPTON Sailing of the steamer Queen Mary for New York, scheduled for today, has been delayed until tomorrow because of damage done when the giant liner ran aground off Cherbourg-Saturday. Officials of the Cunard-White Star line said that repairs were of a "minor nature.", Eight lem, bombed, and 20 Arabs Jules Bcguin, a city pioneer of almost 40 years' standing, collapsed and died Sunday morning while worshipping at Annunciation Catholic Church where he had been a faithful erected and is to tie followed by warehouse facilities which will' be used during construction for materials arriving on the site. "The stock piling of aggregate : In rilin'i' aiwmrd the 4 ( nilxi's nf the crow, is 'TaLd Die plane was U'fl hi to 100 iialcs per it f.iltered. struck the id ' a il hurst Into names. killed. 12 President Truman pre Synopsis Warm air was spreading over sents largest peacetime budget communicant since cumins to northern and central British Columbia this morning. The warming was most' marked at has been under way for several weeks in order to provide an Prince Rupert In 1910. $39,669,000,000. j 15 Barbara Ann '.' Scott at Prague wins second consecutive ladies' figure skating title. Plan of Co-cperalion In Event of Attack Agreed Upon OTTAWA (CP) Canadian Press has learned that Canada a.nd United States have completed plans for joint defence in the event of attack. Both would send forces overseas if necessary. United States tioops would be sent to Canada. Born 7; years ago just outside ample sunoly of material for Prince George where temperatures rose from 23 below last Montreal, Mr. Seguin spent many years in the north as a pouring concrete. Large quanti evening to near zero early this ties of steel are to be moved by morning. Along the northern 20 British Commons approves allowances of 50,000 to Princess Elizabeth and Prince rail from the East and cement f levated i Canonry end of the central coast tn.TC een hundred passengers stayed aboard the ship during the twelve hours she was ashore on a mud bar. . PROBE AT OKALLA by freighter from Vancouver were similar but less marked Philip. commencing at once. . 27 Irag premier resigns fol i lowing Baghdad riots. "Arrangements for procuring construction materials have been 30 Gandhi assassinated for prospector before settling -in Prince Rupert. For the last couple of years he had been aware of a heart condition which is believed to have been the cause of his eventual collapse and death, about 10 minutes after he entered the church to attend Mass. Mr. Seguin came west before the turn of the century and took employment in a shipyard In One problem still outstanding is that of slandardizaion of arms upon which, however, some progress has been made. li.istial I'roiiiolion . j;.4-.il S. Procktrr completed, and the delivery FEBRUARY rises overnight with ear ly morning temperatures in those regions well above freezing. Over the remainder of the province cold clear weather still persists although gradually rising temperatures are exacted there during the next 48 hours. The storm which brought rain 4rn A fi I. MeNaotrhton schedules provide an adequate VANCOUVER Prison guards have been suspended and there will be ,a searching inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a jail break from Okalla Prison on Sunday when eight young men escaped from the prison by sawing their way through bars. .Two Burnably policemen spotted a stolen cat-last night and found the occupants to be five of the eight escapees. They had beCn on the loose for appointed president of United suPPy of materials for rapid cr-ti r action of the buildinRs as soon February at Lake Success. as conslruffUon starts.sayarMrl H Vf f TTt -4-Cevlon becomes a Uomin- Blancke's '.statement. "Every !VV.i V L I I L U nr Basil S. I'mcktcr 13 A , iIiick veins iu rector, i l( vuii d ii t lie canonry !: j.ii'irew's CtUi'drul here. :U ioum-nnciit was to have i J :k!c personally by the California. In 1898 he joined and near gale winds to the ion within he Commonwealth, thing will 'be in readiness to rAHff HTFfA northern coast lut night ap drufction of! I 1 1 ("r'rM- the Klondyke gold rush and, thereafter, spent 10 years In the 6-Barbara .Ann Scott wins proceed with the-construction "? .... ..- Yukon and Alaska. ther -tmit bkucr-TrrRrt:: spring. '.,' r ;.- - 1 ,,To Shtceed J. fe. M-jrjuR. , As u pro;.pei:lor, lie also took part in the Nome gold rush of 1900 and several smaller stam- ncdes. including the one at 'i. .' Ii. C;P: 'in, Bishop of :f ..i, .; lot Oii;ionaton njj Andrew's yesterday but 4 i! the Bishop made this m "If ie now Canon Pruckter liis ministry In this dio-f ; Shusliana. twenty-one hours after sawing a bar and dropping twelve feet to the ground. H7ur lji-Vcar-tild and a 22-year-old Indian were nabbed, the officers arrest ing them at gunpoint and taking them back to prison. Later another of the escapees was rc-taken. VICTORIA BARRISTER DIES VICTORIA R. S. Stewart. Yates, prominent Victoria barrister and clerk of the-Legislature since JtM f, died today. He was a member of a well known pioneer Victoria family for which Sates Street was named. v pears to be moving northeastward this morning. However, cloudiness and rain are expected to spread to northern Vancouver Island by Tuesday with snow flurries spreading into the northern Interior today. Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast Overcast with intermittent rain today and Tuesday. Winds southerly (30 m.p.h.i. Coming to Prince Rupert in 1910, he took employment with Olier Bcsner at the Knox Hotel Olympic tginre skating ' UUe""at St. Moritz. 8 R.C.A.F. Flyers win Olympic hockey title at St. Moritz. 10 Thirty-three inmates of St. John's, Newfoundland, old peoples' home burned to death. 15 Barbara Ann Scott retains world figure-skating title at St. Moritz. 18 John A. Costello, . 56, United Irish party leader, elected Eire prime minister. " 20 Britain, United States and France agree to Saar Valley being attached to French economy; eight anti-communist Czech cabinet ministers re He w as the owner of a residence Son First Avenue, opposite the Knox Hotel. He had lived in re . Another former Canadian Navy vessel of the war, the Flower class corvette Sudbury, will go into commercial service on this coast this year. The 105-foot ship is now at the West Coast Shipyards in Vancouver being reconverted as a, towboat and freighter to replace the old J. R. Morgan, one-time in the service of Canadian National Steamships, in running between the mainland and Queen Charlotte Islands as a rice ship fo rthe Pacific Mills; .The, J R. Morgan was recently retired af-" ter having operated for neiiy forty years on this coast. Little change In temperature. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday: Port Hardy 34 and 40, Massctt 35 and 42, Prince Rupert 32 and 40. 00-OOOOcoo?Kociootoaooa TODAY'S STOCKS ft. tirement for the last few years and recently attended the annual "Over 70 Club" Chibtmas dinner whrrc he appeared In good health. He was unmarried. Mr. Seguin Is survived by a nephew in Seattle. Another nephew died In the Washln;-ton city a short time 8go. 1 Shanghai City Council Asking Communists to Negotiate Peace SHANGHAI (CP) The Shanghai city council today went over the head of the Nationalistic govern: ment and asked the Chinese communists for a ceasefire order and the beginning of peace talks. The appeal was sent in a radio message to the Communist capital of Yenan for relay ' to all Communist leaders. It said: : of the mill will serve to keep the erection of buildings in step with the equipment deliveries. "Contracts have been let and purchase orders Issued for practically all of the major pulp mill equipment items. There has been no delay of the construction schedule. The preponderant amount of the construction and equipment orders have been placed with Canadian vendors, very little being purchased in the lnited States. "Surveys of ehe timber limits are well along and have reach-j ed the point where logging plans have been formulatd and some orders for equipment placd. It is expected that a quantity of logs will be in the inventory by the end of 1949, and that .a major logging program will get under way early in 1950. , Arrangements have been made for log storage and the leases for booming grounds are about ready to be issued." George Martin of the local construction engineering staff, after spending the past two weeks In Vancouver, is leaving there by air tomorrow for New York to consult with Celanese Corporation heads in regard to the local project. During the sign. 22 Explosion shatters Jerusalem business district 43 killed. 25 Communists win control of Czechoslovakia; Klc-nient Gollwald new premier. 29 Three cars' of Cairo-to-Haifa train blown up; 28 British soldiers killed . MARCH IS BURNED TO DEATH HjeioowjooeKXwuiooooooeooiM Vancouver, Bayonne OSi Bralome 8.!0 B R. Con 03 B.R.X 08 'a Cariboo Quartz 1.35 Congress 01 flcdley Mascot .41 Pacific Eastern 04:,4 PePnd Oreille 5.50 Pionper 3.05 if? "On behalf of the six million Rev. Of St. HOCKEY SCORES National I,ra;ue Saturday Montreal 3, Toronto 5. New York 1. Boston 4. Detroit 3. Chicago 5. Sunday Toronto 2, New York 4. Chicago 3, Detroit 5. Pacific Coast League Saturday San Diego 2, Fresno 3. Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 8. . Portland 5, Tucotna 2. Seattle 4, New Westminster 1 Sunday Vancouver 2, Seattle 6. Fresno 2, San Diego 3. '.'OMRS CANON 1 S. Prockter 'Tw's Cathedral. 03 'i . ... .15 Premier Border Privateer 10 Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign mini ster, commits suicide. 12 Britain, France, Belgium, the Netheiiainds and Luxembourg adopt treaty draft setting up Western European Union as anti-Communist bloc. '14 United States Senate approves first year's operation of European aid plan. 15 Communists and Fascists Reeves McDonald 3.00 people of Shanghai, the Communist leaders are asked to order an immediate cease-fire and leave everything to discussions between your representatives and those of the government." "Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek appears to be still disposed to carry on the civil war although the Premier of China and some of the leading gen r f St 4 ' "V t at Vamleihoof where he six-and-a-half years as r Ix-forc proceeding to Eng- fr a ycar-aiul-a-half. Ue-;n to Canada, he was for " at Williams Lake and ft Macklin in the diocese iiskiitoon whence lie came 00 1.47 36 26 " .45 ll'.i ...... .0G Reno Sheep Creek r . Silbak Premier Taku River Vananda Salmon Gold Spud Valley barred from British government work ' connected with national coming month important en I)..:.. erals are disposed to negotiate for peace. Interior of the I rovinciai 'nine Kiinert. nii veins gineering officials of the Corporation are expected in Prince Rupert. diocese the others being Canon C. A. Ilinchllfrc of SmJlhers and Canon W. F. Kushbrook of Prince Rupert. , - ....... v ''le'iiUiiii or Mr. l'riK'kfcr a Miii'd canon In this Oils-Anglo Canadian 4 60 A.F. Con 23 Atlantic 91 Calmont 50 C. & E 0.10 Court House is tailing on a new 'look us painters and decorators Tragedy Victim is Granddaughter of Sheriff and Mrs. M. M. Stephens The six-year. old daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. Melvin Stephens, living in Healdsburg, about 60 miles north of ' San Franf isco, has died from the effects of burns sustained a few days ago. Up to yesterday no particulars had been received. In a long distance call from San Fransisco to the child's grandparents, Sheriff and Mrs. M. M. Stephens, 432 Fifth Avenue West, word was first received telling of the tragedy. The victim of the burns, Betty, is survived by a brother, and parents. Mr, Stephens, whose boyhood was spent in Prince Rupert, and who for while was employed at the dry dock, has been living in California for a considerable time. A year or so ago, Sheriff and Mrs. Stephens, travelling by air, made a trip to California, tills being the lust time they saw the little girl, news of whose tragic death has just come to them. ... The long distance call came from Miss Laura Stephens and was without details, but it is thought the child's dress might have caught fire from an open fireplace. scrub down its hallways In pre security. 24 Britain borrows $60,500,-! 000 from International Monetary Fund. 28 Communist - led government bloc elected in Romania. 31 Russians begin inspection of freight and travellers through Soviet zone of Berlin. APRIL 5 Twenty killed in Cairo following strike of 3.000 policemen. paration for a repainting job, the first since 19;4. The work is being done by Fred Scadden. V i Ijs wty-lnch December Snowfall; rilinmli til nn1tino ill ULltt GUARD CHURCH LONDON, tP Rather than close his church all day because of thieves, Rev. Reakes, vicar of All Saints, near Battrrsea Park, appealed for people to keep walch in the church for a few hours at a time. Central Lrduc 1 55 Home Oil 14.011 Mercury 16 Okalta 1.02 Pacific Pete 2.99 Princess 39 s Royal Canadian 12 Hosco 18 '" Ituier.',s snowfall (lur-set a record that ".H d nnnm.icherl In re- than 1947 and three inches less than 1940. ' It was In the matter of sunshine, however, that the district triumphed in 1918. During the your there were 1,038 hours of .22 ';!"V't Its total prccl-U;',Nl!,e year was the South Brazeau Toronto Jaeknife 01 Joliet Quebec .45 Lake Rowan .06 Lapaska lO', Little Long Lac 78 Lynx 12'2 Matlsen Red Lake 2.43 McKenzle Red l ake 32 Mcheod Cocksluitt 97 6 Finland signs 10-year military alliance with Russia; British budget introduces new-type income tax freeing 500,000 persons of taxes. 12 Mr! Roosevelt unveils statue of late president in Lon i;1 1i:i:,, uramlins to .13 Athona bright sunshine, a record for at least 10 years. Sunshine in De Aamaque n''2 Beattle 51 Bevc.ourt 22 l d by the Doniin-M-atlou at Lit.by 'I'Uin;; December cember totalled 22.7 hours, nine FAMOUS SPEEDER DIES-Sir Malcolm Campbell, first man to drive an automobile at faster than 300 miles per hour, died Saturday at Reigute, Sur-. rey, England at the age of 63. He had been iu failing health since an eye operation in June. The cause of his death was not announced. 000,000 front Tel Aviv British bank. ; MAY . 1 Cliiislos Ladi.r, Greek justice minister, assassinated at Athens. 3 Cliakravartl Rajagopala-ehaii appointed Governor-General of India. 5 Premier Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium resigns. 14 Britain ends Palestine hours more than In November. Average tcmpcniture for the month was a frosty 31 degrees. "'lies, the heaviest P"i'le,j hi for that month 9- tlht decade, while pie- don, 14 British Commons suspends death sentence for five years. 19 Chiang Kai-Shek elected China's first constitutional president; John L. Lewis, United States mincworkers' chief, convicted of contempt of court. 26 King George and Queen Elizabeth married 25 years. 27 Stern Gang, Jewish ter- Maximum was 44.9 degrees on December 18 and the minimum 14 degrees oil December 16. Barometric extremes during the month were 30.8 inches on i I llie month was Moisture content was calculated at Moiieta 14 v Negus 2.16 Noranda 54.75 Louvicourt -35', Pickle Crow 2.01 Regcourl 05 San Antonio 395 Senator Rouyn . .41 Shcrritt Gordon 2.11 Steep Rock .'. 1.61 Sturgeon River 15 Silver Miller 41 Bobjo 13' i Buffalo Canadian 171-. Consul. Smelters 122.25 Con west 1-35 Donalda 53 Elclona 70 East Sullivan 3.15 Giant Ycllowknife 4-70 God's Lake 43 Hardrock 20 Harrlcana 08 Vi Heva 09i OCA! . TIDE51 Tuesday, January 4, 1949 Hich 4:44 18.8 fee ''sing lo inches of IIAKKY FRANCES ADASK1N MAKR Violinist Pianist CIVIC CENTRE THURSDAY 8:15 P.M. Dcc-cmbcra 18 and 28.65 Inches mandate; Jewish provisional government' at ' Tel Aviv announces formation of state of Israel. 16 Chalm Weizman, Zionist Continued on Page 8) 1 on December 18. 18.5 feet nc.h of water. Snow ;5 days. 8 Maximum wind velocity was 8.9 feet 1:23 Low 10:36 22:52 1 1 ii ZlfllixMi. II minllil II' 11 Hi I illf WHIPTHHITI 5.8 feet ! roiist organization, steals $1,- '?n tor the year was J 'I?l"3le4 54 miles on hour from the south east on December 22.