Synopsis
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AM
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11
HOLMES
MBS
AFTER
MISHAP
'0
year
-
old
was
taken
to
.
Eve
with
In-
a
traffic
mls-A"
r.ue
near
the
;:j
a:
night
c
r,;lured
when
ie
curb
near
r
7.!t
Street
and
i.
passing
taxi
,
ram
and
high
:?
o:ily
traffic
Rupert
In
1947
Bridge.
York-
:
(femes
came
to
HUing
at
Ed-;
mii
the
Cana-outbreak
of
Wir
and
served
?
r.hr
Armis-
he
63rd
and
1
Z
E.F
and
was
j..
members
of
I
Bi
uiich.
Cana-
ncd
to
dn-?18,
a:id
came
r
Rupert
He
uou.-ly
since
;
a
longshore-:
.'break
of
the
W.
w
lie
was
em-
:rrl
when
the
Am-
y
-.sine
o
Pnnce
ku-
vived
t
iu
wife
at
Avcvjd
West,
and
Mt
H
Molmes.
Mr
George
Bcur.'
Sask..
and
Blltnh
of
Edmon-carricd
sisters
in
w..i
be
held
Satur-
WEATHER
:ur
inches
of
rain
.hc
west
coa.st
o'
-.3
m
the
past
24
zi'M
of
a
Pacific
Rinds
which
have
caatai
waters
will
afternoon,
aw
flurries
have
several
of
the
in-during
the
night.
r-ave
pevented
any
cempcraturrs.
he
coast
will
be-during
the
day
weather
Is
expect-
ue
through
New
i
moist
Pacific
air
nur
Into
the
prov-1
I
temperatures
will
normal
In
most
I
R'wert,
Queen
Char-'
N'urU)
Coast
Cloudy,
i
'rcast
and
showcrv
Thursday
Winds
over
the
Queen
!
Temperatures
nor-ght
and
highs
rt
Hardy
35
and
iid
40,
Prince
Itu-
.j
Cloudy
with
1
snow
flurries
to
il
ItTtrvrls
cnllfh
"'
the
Prince
George
cre.-:!m
in
lloht
this
'o
v
r
LlEht
iu-inds
elsc-
Tfmprraturcs
normal.
l8ht
and
highs
Tlnirs-Jcsnel
10
and
30,
Prince
and
30,
smlthcrs
io
Tc'egraph
Creek
10
and
1947
In
CANADA
JANUARY
1
Canadian
Citizenship
Act
becomes
law.
7-Hon.
J.
A.
Mathleson,
83,
former
chief
Justice
and
former
Conservative
premier
of
Prince
Edward
Island,
dies
at
Charlottetown.
10
Fire
at
Goose
Bay,
Labrador.
$2,000,000
damage.
11
Government
lifts
price
controls
on
wide
list
of
goods
and
wrvlces.
Controls
retained
on
food,
clothing,
fuel
and
rent.
17
Rodrlgue
Cardinal
Vllle-neuve,
63.
dies
of
heart
ailment
at
Romana
Convent.
Alham-bra.
Calif.;
Rev.
Dr.
W.
J.
Clark,
96.
former
moderator
of
the
Presbyterian
Church,
dies
at
Montreal.
19
Prices
Board
announces
upward
revision
In
prices
of
automobiles,
leather
goods
and
restaurant
meals.
31
Price
Board
announces
revised
price
tellings
on
copper,
lead
and
zinc.
24
Government
announces
revocation
of
orders
in
council
permitting
deportation
of
Canadian
citizens
of
Japanese
nrtrin.
30
Canada
demands
larger
Lin.refcemailUKJn
mem
orandum
to.pcclal
deputies
oi
ho
niB
Pour
in
London:
third
jsslon
of
the
20th
parliament
nrn
at
Ottawa:
Fred
Rose.
labor-Progressive
mcmben
for?
Montreal
Cartler.
servlhp.
six
years
for
espionage,
expelled
from.
House.
31
-Price.
Board
announces
price
incretvsts
h)
Nothing,
cot-
tons,
soaps,
oil
and
fats:
-Royal
Commission
report
on
IZ-o-tabred
in
House.
(
9-Strikc
of
Noranda'Que.i
Mines
ends
79th
day.
(Continued
on
Page
Three
i
sun9
hits
MOiSSTIM
h
Dvmg
mto
jTuync
;
Columbia
coast
NEW
YORK
(CIM
Capt.
J.
IV.rdan
of
the
('-race
Une
strainer
Santa
Clara
reported
today
by
radio
that
his
ship
struck
a
"sea
monster"
In
the
Atlantic
off
the
North
Carolina
coasl.
The
water
around
was
Mood
rid
and
It
was
assumed
the
steamship
rut
the
monster
in
two.
The
visible
part
of
the
hmly
was
about
33
fret
lone
Tin.
rrraturc's
head
appeared
about
2'
feel
across,
two
feet
I
il.lrU
anil
five
frrt
lonf.
SAN
FRANCIS.
CO
O
-"Virus
X"
which
has
made
200,000
persons
ill
In
the
Los
Angeles
area
during
the
last
few
days
has
been
identified
as
"type
A"
influenza,
a
common
and
mild
form.
The
health
department
said
A"
'flu
Is
that
a
positive
"type
present
in
the
area,
also
many
cases
of
epidemic
nausea,
so-called
"two-day
flu"
and
com'
mon
cold.
TO.MOHUOW'S
TIDES
Thursday,
January
1,
1948
,t.i,
4:57
20.0
feet
Low
16:49
10:51
23:19
19.9
feet
7.9
feet
4.1
feet
VANCOUVER
'MOVIeTlOPS,
POLICE
HUNTING
FAKE
"PRODUCTION
MAN
ice
the
slip
Monday
and
said
o
was
a
P'fS
featuring
a
prpmln-that
the
movie
wou
Id
be
filmed
nere
ere
clalrc
and
starring
family
cnt
Vancouver
Trevor
and
Jack
Holt
Jr.
,d
and
lt
Dad"
(Frank
Capra
sr.)
would
cm
iv.
would
be
a
technicolor
extravagatm.
disclosed
hcn
a
tcicp
-
The
hoax
was
w
Jr.
was
u
ye-..
ood
revealed
that
Capra
lng
.
.
i..i,u
in
Hollywood
were
tiip
man
reuinu
.
.
fore
they
arrived.
V
CIVIC
CENTRE
TfeW.
al
W.
K.8TONK.
iZ
V-
-
NOKTREKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLOMBIA'S
NIWBPAPIR
f
TAXI
one
13
T
a
i
I
I..
I
ft
.
.
..-r
i
v
'Bunf
r
i
tn
7'si
jw';
inrmwwui.
msjsmsx
I
LsLiim,,
,
Mm
.
Jfe&&
c
'MMEbSSKM.
to
12
Midnight
.
.
.
and
When
the
clock's
enthusiastic
hands
wend
thejr
way
the
bells
intone
the?
New
Year
.
.
.
resounding;
throughout
your
home
.
or
that
partv
vou
are
attending
.
.
.
the
Daily
New
joins
your
friends
m
wishing
you
a
New'
Year
full
of
happiness,
attainment
and
good
health.
'Mystery
Plague'
Found
To
Be
'Flu
1947
In
Prince
Rupert
JANUARY
1
Mayor
Nora
E.
Arnold,
Prince
Rupert's
first
woman
mayor,
assumed
office.
9
The
city's
will-o'-the-wisp
"Coal-bin
prowler."
who
had
been
terrorizing
the
area
near
McBrlde
Street,
struck
three
times
during
the
night,
stole
nothing
and
eluded
the
police.
14
Mayor
Arnold
and
Alderman
Youngs
left
for
Victoria
In
an
effort
to
have
the
provincial
government
approve
the
city's
intended
action
in
using
sinking
fund
money
for
street
rehabilitation.
30
Temperature
in
Prince
Rupert
dropped
to
four
degrees
below
zero,
the
lowest
since
1918.
I'EItRUARY
3
The
thermometer
"soared"
above
freezing
point
for
the
first
time
in
more
than
a
week.
Maximum
was
32.5
degrees.
4
Seven
Port
Esslngton
people,
five
adults
and
two
children,
were
drowned
In
the
Skeena
River
when
their
boat
was
overturned
by
the
Ice.
4
A
50-mlle
an
hour
southeast
gale
blew
down
the
Exhibition
building
at
Roosevelt
Park.
10
The
first
passenger
train
to
arrive
in
Prince
Rupert
stopped
here
after
being
held
up
by
snowslides
along
the
Skeena
River.
28
The
Evening
Empire,
Prince
Rupert's
pioneer
newspaper,
ceased
publication
after
40
years,
bting
merged
with
the
Daily
News.
MARCH
6-
-Purcnase
of
the
military
'
wing
ot
the
l
i
Rupert
General
Hospital
for
$5,642
was
announced
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
hospital
association.
12
Plans
for
the
construction
of
a
$15,000,000
textile
pulp
mill
at
Port
Edward
by
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America
were
announced
by
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
provincial
minister
of
lands.
15
Bo
-
Me
-
Hi
basketball
team
returned
to
the
city
from
Vancouver
where
they
took
part.
In
the
provincial
high
school
hoop
tournament.
APRIL
3-Leadlng
Cadet
Albert
Eyolfson
was
chosen
to
represent
Prince
Rupert's
Corps
In
a
proficiency
competition
which
had
as
its
prize
a
trip
to
England
on
H.M.C.S.
Warrior.
10
The
Canadian
cruiser
Uganda
and
destroyer
Crescent
docked
here
on
a
two-day
visit.
25
ThetClapp
Block,
Short-ridge
Apartments
an
an
army
garage
were
destroyed
by
a
fire
which
left
32
people
homeless
during
the
night.
29
More
than
50
halibut
boats
left
Prince
Rupert
for
the
banks
as
the
1947
season
opened.
They
represented
the
L-to-Z
section
of
the
fleet.
.MAY
6
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
were
preparing
to
enter
scheduled
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert.
7
Closed
for
two
months
by
a
snow
slide
at
Kwlnltsa,
traffic
on
the
Skeena
River
Highway
was
resumed
after
snow
clearing
operations
had
been
completed.
a
The
halibut
boat
Yankee
Boy
brought
in
the
lin..
uuli-
IConU
mi
i
ii.
fajje
Six,
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
304
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
31.
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Kai-Shek
Hits
Out
At
Soviet
The
WORLD
hi
1947
JANUARY
4
Nationalization
of
British
coal
mines
effective.
2
Violence-
flares
in
Jerusalem.
4-
-Vast
storm
in
Pacific
over
250,000
causes
property
damage,
no
casualties.
5
43
killed
-when
Chinese
airliner
crashes
near
Tslngtao.
7
Secretary
of
State
Byrnes
resigns,
elective
Jan.
10.
13
Privy
Council
upholds
projected
bill
to
make
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
final
court
of
appeal
in
Dominion.
15
Britain
and
France
to
conclude
military
alliance.
16
jVinceht
Auriol
elected
first
president
of
Fourth
French
Republic.
17
Texts
of
peace
treatirs
with
Italy,
Bulgaria,
Hungary,
Romania,
and
Finland
released
by
Big
Fcur
Council.
21
Gen.
George
C.
Marshall
sworn
In
as
U.
S.
secretary
of
state.
31--British
women
and
child
ren
ordered
evacuated
from
Palestine.
FEBRUARY
4
Evacuation
convoys
of
British
women
and
children
move
cut
of
Jerusalem.
6
Ellen
Wilkinson,
55,
minister
ofeducatUin
ln.Britlsh
La
bor
sovernfiCfh
t:
mesaf
Lon
d
on
10
Four
million
joblessjn'
British
fuel
crisis,
drastic
elec
tricity
cuts
put
into
effect;
peace
treaties
with
Italy,
Romania;
Bulgaria,
Hungary
and
Finland
signed
by
Allies.
12
Wartime
fco-operation
of
Canada
and
United
States
for
North
American
"defence
to
be
continued,
during
peace.
15
Fifty-three
killed
when
Colombian
airliner
crashes
on
El
Taplazo
Cl!Jf
en
route
from
Baranquilla
to
Bogota.
17
British
Royal
family
land
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
Implies
U.S.S.R.
Helping
Communist
Forces
in
China
NANKINO.
O'
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
charged
to
day
that
China's
"present
Com
munist
menace
comes
as
much
from
without
as
from
within"
nlalnlv
lmolvine
that
Soviet
Rus
sia
is
helping
the
Chinese
Reds.
"Unless
this
Is
chekmatcd,"
he
said,
"it
will
cause
the
down
fall
of
the
nation,
make
unity
Impossible
and
reduce
the
people
to
serfs."
The
reference,
first
from
so
high
a
source
directed
at
often
reported
but
unconfirmed
Russian
help,
was
the
Chinese
leader's
only
mention
of
foreign
influence
In
China's
civil
war.
KEEP
OUT
OF
ATOMIC
AREA
WARNS
U.S.
WASHINGTON,
O
The
United
States
put
all
countries
on
notice
today
to
keep
their
shlp3
and
people
out
of
Enlwetock
atomic
weapons
testing
area,
starting
a
month
from
now.
The
notice
said
"hazards"
will
exist
in
the
39,000
square
mile
area
surrounding
the
Pacific
There
Is
lltlte
fear
of
unsanctioned
observation,
with
the
possibility
of
long-range
peeping
pretty
much
confined
to
ships
or
submarines.
New
atomic
wea
pons
will
be
tested
on
the
highly
secret
cluster
of
coral
islands.
Sawmill
Operator
And
Raffled
Car
Missing
In
Terrace
District
Bert
Albertson
of
Doreen
and
Rotary
Car
Last
Seen
Christmas
Eve
Search
Parties.
Out
The
"lucky"
car,
raffled
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club,
on
December
12,
may
have
brought
ill
lnMr
tn
H.
fRprr.
Alhp'rlsnn
nf
Dnrcpn.
who
has
been
missing
since
he
drove
the
vehicle
out
of
Terrace
on
Christmas
Lve.
Provincial
police
from
Terrace
today
and,
Halgc
tSorensen.
Albertson's
sa'wm.lll
KING'S
SPEECH
SAVES
INTERIOR
MAN
FROM
DEATH
CEDARVALE
King
George
VTs
Christmas
Day
speech
to
the
Empire
will
ring
long
In
the
ears
of
B.
Bright
of
this
interior
village.
Mr.
Brlght's
interest
in
the
royal
words
saved
him
from
possible
Injury
or
death.
Mr.
Bright
arose
from
his
bed
in
an
upper
floor
room
of
his
home,
at
6
a.m.
on
Christmas
Dav
and
hurried
through
the
deep
snow
to
Henry
Wll-1
son's,
home
to
hear
the
royal
broadcast.
only
an
hour
before.
,
HOLY
LAND
WAR
j
TOLL
MOUNTING
JERUSALEM.
0.'
Six
persons
died
In
the
Holy
Land
today
as,
Jews
and
Arabs
continued
their
war.
These
killings
raised
to
487
the
toll
in
Palestine
since
November
29.
In
Tel
Aviv
a
young
Jew
was
found
shot
to
death
In
a
park.
Three
Jews
one
a
young
newsboy
delivering
copies
of
the
Zionist
paper
and
an
Arab
were
killed
In
isolated
outbreaks
o
violence
in
Jerusalem.
The
death
of
a
British
constable,
wounded
in
a
bombing
In
Jerusalem
several
days
ago,
accounted
for
the
day's
sixth
fatality.
Abdul
Ader
Husselnl
Bay,
cousin
of
the
exiled
Mufti
of
Jerusalem
and
chief
organizer
of
the
Arab
armed
forces
in
Pal
estine,
claims
to
have
100,000
men
under
arms
and
recruiting
an
averaee
of
300
dally.
Bey
dis
claims
responsibility
for
any
ci
the
Arabs'
guerrilla
activities
during
the
past
month.
NOT
PUBLISHING
TOMORROW
In
observance
of
New
Year's
Day,
the
Daily
News
will
not
be
published
tomorrow.
The
next
edition
will
be
published
Friday.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
t?
When
a
Melbourne
artist
announced
recently
that
he
wanted
a
crew
of
20
to
accompany
him
on
a
world
cruise
In
an
80-foot
ketch,
he
received
520
appli
cants,
30
of
whom
were
women.
No
women
were
taken.
partner,
are
Joining
In
4,
searcfc
covering
28
miles
between
U&c
and
Doreen,
east
of
Terrace;
for
the
missing
man.
The
area
Is
deeply
blanketed
with
snow,
which
was.
falling
In
a
virtual
blizzard
on.
the
night
of
December
24,
when
Albert-
son
left
Terrace
in
the
shiny,
new
car
to
return
to
his"
harae
35
miles
eastward.
HUNT
STARTED
OV
TUESDAY
Apprehension
for
Albertson
was
not
felt
until
yesterday,
when
his
partner
attempted
to
telephone
him
from
Srnithers.
Sorensen
thought
his
partner
had
remained
In
Terrace
ratiier
When
the
broadcast
wasj
trkrj
attempt
to
drive
the
enw--ovTrhy
'
lefT
thevyniso
homej
.
to
return
tohls
home
only
to,
pe0p!e.
"who
saw
hlxn
find
that
the
whole
upper
storey
had
collapsed
under
the
weight
of
49
Inches
of
wet
snow,
most
of
which
had
fallen
during
the
night,
leave
the
village
at
5:30
pm.
December
24,
believed
that
he
had
arrived,
safely
at
Doreen.
Albertson
was
driving
the
auto-
T
4.
Au...
.
mobile
he
and
Sorensen
had
the
bed
which
he
had
left
,
purchased
from
Mrs.
Mary
R.
Franks,
after
she
won
lt
In
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
raffle
on
December
12.
Terrace
and
the
upper
Skeena
Valley
were
In
the
grip
of
the
season's
worst
blizzard
when
the
lumberman
headed
eastward.
Lloyd
Johnson,
Terrace
store
keeper,
saw
Albertson
drive
from
town
at
5:30
pjn.
The
mare
was
later
seen
seven
miles
rast,
at
Copper
River
by
a
Public
Works
crenv,
and
at
9
o'clock
he
was
observed
passing
Usk.
ARE
COVEIUXQ
ENTIRE
ROUTE
Following
his
partner's
tele
phone
call
yesterday,
a
search
was
organized
from,
both
cads
of
the
district.
Sorensen
set
out
this
morning
from
Doreen
with
horses
and
sleigh,
heading
westward,
while
Constables
Ted
Brue
and
Robert
Rogers
headed
east.
The
two
policemen
left
Ter
race
on
'a
freight
train
last
night,
going
as
far
as
Usk.
This
morning,
they
set
out
from
there
on
snowshoes
over
the
snow-
banked
highway,
Public
Works
crews
have
plowed
the
highway
seven
miles
east
of
Terrace,
but
they
say'
It
will
take
more
than
two
dap
to
clear
the
remaining
25
miles
to
Doreen.
Nothing
In
Sight
To
Stop
Price
Rise
WASHINGTON
0"
Wholesale
United
States
prices
edged
near
the
all-time
crest
of
May,
1920,
and
economists
say
nothing
Is
In
sight
to
stop
the
rise.
The
index
figure
of
162.5
was
recorded
December
20.
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tr
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n
New
Year's
Eve
Dance
Dancing
10-2
Modern
and
Old-Time
ODDFELLOWS'
HALl
Admission
$1
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