Presence of a large t-i and ravens led - s - ih. Ti i ' . lu Liitr atonic r... ing in that area, i k. nn 1 lion 1 rt n 1 . IL. ..11. Id iltllld tfaL" dLappcarcd on Por derly man in the rough wilder ncss of Porcher Peninsula. Jacobsen's companions on the ill-fated hunting party were Martin Gundersen, Einer Christiansen and Louis Andersen. Locdl Delegation t i 4 n i f V lf I f I I II Jill J lit r r. i A I I i v i I IP,, M W m 1 r l 1 IV YV MLII IUJIU P.USIMvSS MKN OK "l-IHST CITY TAKE TP INVITATION TO MAKE THIS THEIR GATEWAY POUT (Bv O. A. HUNTER) iMxrhtfmimr limirls of friondlv association nnrl snpi'-il further secured at the i ti r l 1 fvi'pndlv iiitprnatioiial Gfood- terini- man n-iifl n .. .... A .... . . l 1 il. JVlV.IIIItllI 1 11. nil' .... . "I II oieamsnip s new coaMcii unci uiuaun. n ih? auspices of the ; fcpe-t Chamber of Com-1 to points of interest around the bj: ' or the trip was bustling and concentrated little ' ate in this intimate- city while others were making J manner the interest irt and railway terminal 1 ' 3 continuous south-Al.ka and to offer 'o tlicrc not only in. Pre ::it transportation '-'t in ,hc days to come f! 01 U1C lacuiucB ;f thu port and dls- - IU1UI.IVL' JJI VJJIV w n Ii; 1UUI1U Ulliy 1W J " r ilctcly let down n remain of the artificial i uaiiii:i3 us uiut '-e Rupert may be made -1 as well as Voalcal port 7 la "li United States 1,1 oi uic continein. mi.ou arising from this at cf the Ketchikan s people to oav a return Prin.A T.. t i.i tvupvri. at an cany i- Vxt of the Prince Hu- -V nitn 10 maKC a "linn. .... . - in r nr SOUU1- A1a-ka next spring or kuadcast L.uncu events Of t.hi Kntnr- 111 10 Kctchlknn wpri a lauio broadcast from. -H:n uic leaders of the Jclgation were miest "and a reception and ''J ward the steamer "'at Which the Prince .dumber of Commerce "l to omc an mrmhm nikan Chamber of Ccm- "o more effective means been devised than thc Ilne bounds of hip 9 am. and leaving ' yie Prince Rupert wr being welcomed by reception commlt- uuurs to iu own s"ai being driven business calls. The radio broaa- cast took place at 11 o'clock and was followed half an hour later (by a reception In the lounge of thc Camosun after the luncheon took place. Thc naturally attractive "First City" vl Alaska presented an especially beautiful scene on thc crisp early Deccmibcr morning lying amid its picturesque and newly Miow-blankctcd hills under a clear blue sky. It was Uic llrsi snowfall that Ketchikan had had this winter. As far as Its mainstay Industry of fLshlnB is concerned. Ketchi kan was found to be seasonally quiet these days but the many marine servicing plants oi me town are fully occupied on overhaul work to thc hundreds of fishing vessels which make their home there. The big sawmill in Uic centre of thc waterfront ls runninj f"U turning out lumfocr not for thc local market, which needs it badly enough. but for the order of thc United States Army in Alaska. A new project which has Just commenced is the opening up of a newly discovered bmcstonc mine about 16 miles-from Ketchikan which will ship its product in a large way to Vancouver, wasn-ipton, for use In connection with thc manufacture of aluminum, pig iron and cement. This Saturday morning; was a particularly busy one In downtown Ketchikan .'or It was the last .shopping day .prior to what was expected to be the final boat mail lo the United States, before Christmas the sailing of thc steamer Princess Louise today an illustration of southeastern Alaska's Isolation because of the 'maritime strike which ha been extended as far as the release of ships is concerned by a walk- CENTRISTS WIN PARIS The Centrist movement, Re publican Populalre of victory over the French Com-Oeorje Bidault, won a narrow munist parly In Sunday's electoral college ballotling for seats in the Council of Republics, upper chamber of French parliament. Completed returns frhowed jlI.IUYwim 62 of 121 seats while Communists cap-lured 61 and Leon Ilium's Socialists gained 37 seats. STORMS IN BRITAIN LONDON While gales tore at the coast uf Britain Sunday, mow, hail, rain land landslides ruled the land, s'he cotiniryr side is flooded as a result of heavy rains, Know aid halt. Three inches f rain fell on Dartmoor. Mountainous seas disrupted ocean shipping;. EXECUTION STAYEJ) TORONTO Ontario Court of Appeal today granted Mrs. Evelyn Dick of Hamilton stay of execution at least until her appeal against la conviction for the torso murder of her trolley car driver husband can be heard. She wag, sentenced to be hanged January 7. Now the execution date has been set over to February 7. FATAL B.C. FIRE MERRITT A 70-jear-old Indian woman, Mrs. William Jack, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed a bouse near here. She perished after succeeding. invlngvslx chil- I UICII, COMMUNITY CHEST TORONTO Community Chest subscriptions' in Canada this fall were half a million dollars in excess of 1915. Vancouver raised $585,000 of an objective of $750,000. Victoria raised $93,000 of $100,000. THE WEATHER Synopsis Rain ls falling over the whole. ..British Columbia coast this morning. In thc Interior skies are overcast with some snow flurries. No improvement is expected in the general weather situation today. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Continuous rain today. Tuesday, continuous rain In morning, be coming showery In afternoon. Winds southerly (30 m.p.h.) today, tonight and Tuesday morning; westerly (15) Tuesday afternoon. Little change in temperature. Minimum tonight-Port Hardy. 35; Masse tt, 33; Prince Rupert, 33. Maximums Tuesday Port Hardy. 40; Mas-sett, .38; Prince Rupert, 38. out of checkers on thc Seattle waterfront. The reception committee which ! took thc Prince Rupert visitors In hand and extended wholeheartedly and with generous hand all thc hospitality and courtesy which the limit of time made possible included R. L. Jernbcrg, president of Ketchi kan Chamber of Commerce; J A.. Talbot, George H. Beck, Ralph Bartholomew, Ronald Mllligan, Maurice Oaksmith, Andrew Crawford and E. C. Arthur. Mr. Jernbcrg opened the radio r PROV NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRIlisfdUIBIA'S NEWSPAPER o TAXI TAXI TAXI 93 , phone jUJ 11,ul,t 537 vrr w if 1111 nuvviurj DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE: Stand: .i 0 t pi"!-- mnieSS liuit'i ill f'lwr.l Hi,. -. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port-Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt vvu. aaav, NO. 287. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 9.. 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEVEK E IN SASKATOON FIRE Aimrif nf Dnrlir Kino ivni w in liiiiiw nr. mi La wb u - " J J aim mdv ouivk nans i ... n: . - L n w n w n n n n SM UluEjlJr;dl lilll.K ii 1 -1 If . . i .. pyjeu w v j v v..-v..vAvu inula uii a ucavll Kaiiii mi, 1 u'vnvi '"mini, uu kjumuiv uiav lution 'o the disappearance of 73-year-old Hans , .nuclllir ltlf'(l ( )fi llin 1 Mrllil'i ,.n i liiintiV.. ad body was o James Shaw a,-, of Kitkatla a!'" dipping clams ;. nine west of Kit- c m the general t:t jsiMbscn dlsappear-. t.:i wa months ago. i is discovery was t,;p :tty this morn-vr...ro Ridley, skipper ,;:kc Quathlaskl XV, : a cargo of clams e Rupert from Kitkatla. x:j was louna lying on h ic: nigh water mark :.i Annus and was in chcr Peninsula on October 4 while hunting tfcer with a party of four. Despite several Intensive searches of the area, lie was never found. Ridley informed the provincial police here of the finding of the body, and an attempt to identify it will be made. The police boat P.M.L. 15 Ls at present at the Queen Charlotte Islands. The search for Jacobsen was led by his son, Roy, who came from Winnipeg on October 15 in the hope of finding his father's body. Several expeditions involving as many as 30 men at Sr-mposcd condition, I a time failed to locate the cl Bulleti ns LIVELY CAMPAIGN PROMISED WITH 24 IN THE FIELD FOR 11 CIVIC SEATS MAYORALTY FIELD I jjJjjl ijjf i MAYOR II. M. DAGGETT ALD. NORA ARNOLD Entry of Civic Labor Slate Is Most Important Last - Minute Surprise THE CANDIDATES Mayor Mayor H. M. Daggett, Aid. Nora Arnold. Council (two-year terms, four to be elected) George Anderson, Mrs. Ediih A. Black, Arthur Brooksbank, George B. Casey, A. E. Field, Aid. George Hills, Hugo Kraupner, Aid. Robert McKay, Arthur Murray, A. S. Nickcrson, Gunnar Selvig, James Taylor, A. D. Vance. Council (one-year term, one to be elected) T. B. Black, W. H. Brett (ALL A.). School Board (five to be elected) Mrs. Dorothy Becker, A. B. Brown, G. J. Dawes, A. J. Dominato, Dr. R. G. Large, Robert Montgomery, W. F. Stone, Prince Rupert voters today cast a critical eye over one of the largest offerings of talent ever served to them prior to' a civic election. With the close of the nomination period at 2 o'clock this afternoon, 24 candidates had filed nominations for the 11 positions to be filled at Thursday's elections. Six Young Basketball Players Lose Lives in Vancouver Id. Tragedy VICTORIA (CP) Six teen-age members of the Sookc Athletic Club basketball team were killed late Saturday night when an automobile in which they were riding plunged through a bridge and dropped ninety-two feet into Jacobs Creek, 22 miles west of here. Those killed, were Jerry Shafer, aged 17, said to have been thc driver of the car in which the biys were re- 4tifittii frnm i Ki clrat Kill irimo DUBLIN O; The government plans provision of 100 new vo . iJf.ni, mmMnc,ocinf,catlonal training schools to bring cm,-. nn,A n. ni,-.one within five miles of every crt Hansen, 15; Fred Smith, 17; Gordon Duncau, 15; and Warren Shields, 15, & . Three otae. members of thc team escaped a similar fate when they remained behind at Jordan River. Failure of the boys to reach home at night, caused a search i by the parents of Plmlott and Shields. They found a 40-foot guard rail over Jacobs Creek torn away and the smashed car lying upside down In thc creek. All six bodies were still jam med In the crushed vehicle and broadcast with remarks of wel-' police said those not killed In come, referring to the growing contacts between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert. Greetings From Prince Rupert W. F. Stone, president, offered greetings from thc Prince Ru-(Contlnucd on Page 2) the plunge had been drowned. Thc bodies were recovered by loggers from nearby Camp 69 who had been called to the scene. Coroner E. C. Hart went to the scene but nt) date for the inquest has yet been set. Engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip LONDON it) A week-end deluge of publicity for Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark today whetted the British people's expectations that the 25-year-old court favorite would soon become engaged to Princess Elizabeth, heiress to the British Throne, in the "royal romance" of the vear. Prince Phillip recently made a request for British person. Here Is the full list of candidates for all offices, with their sponsors and seconders: For Mayor ' Alderman Nora E. Arnold R. Of Large, J. R. Morin. Mayor ,H. M. Daggett W. II . Brett, O. Wl Rudderham, Two-Year Aldermen Oeorse Anderson W. H. Brett. !Alex Sinclair. Mrs. J. S. Black W. F. Rush brook, T. II. Sorenson. : Arthur Brooksbank L. W. Ker- gln, P. R. Cameron. t George B. Casey Agnes G Murray, II. A. Breen. A. E. Field J, rf. Thompson J. E. Murray. Roper, Richard Long. Hugo P. Kraupner W, S. Ker- gin, Jack Mussallem. Aid. Robert McKay W. J. Scott, Honora L. Sifversides. Arthur Murray, jr. Allan Mac - donald, A. II. Olvle. Arthur S. Nickerson T. N. Youngs, George E. Peters. Gunnar Selvig Wilbur G. Sheardown, Earl C. Gordon. James Taylor T. II. Elliott, Frederick Miller. Allan Dewstow Vance S. D. Johnston, John McLeod. One-Year Aldermen T. B. Black W. M. Watts, II. A. Brecn. W. H. Brett G. E. Hills, H. M. Daggett. School Board Dorothy L. Becker J. C. Gll-ker. Kathleen M. Hill: A-Bruce-BrowihrW. R: Mo AjTee. W. M. Watts. George James Dawes H. P. Kraupner, Edward A. L. Davles, Americo J. Dominato Richard Long, T. H. Wilford. Dr. R. G. Large T. Fraser, W. J. Scott. Robert Montgomery Robert Wood, Alexander Gomez. William F. Stone C. H. Elklns, Dr. R. G. Large. Coastguard Chief Is Moving South After serving for 16 years in Alaska as district supervisor of the United Stages Coastguard Service, for 12 years at Juneau and the last four at Ketchikan, iX. Cmdr. John McLaren Clark was a passenger Saturday night aboard the Camosun bound for Seattle to which" city he has been transferred. Ills wife is already in Seattle. Local Tides Tuesday. December 10, 1946 nicrv. i 2(1.9 feet Low Beavers Go By Air To South America Veteran Manitoba Fur Rancher Aids' Argentina Develop Fur Trade THE PAS, Man., O) Thomas Lamib, veteran northern -Manitoba fur rancher who last month took 20 Canadian beaver by air to the Argentine, has completed arrangements to ship 30 more next summer and is considering an Argentine government request that he take a dozen carl-boo from South Indian Lake near here, it was learned In a letter from Buenos Aires. . A bush pilot in the north for many years, Mr. Lamb was provided with a government flying boat and Spanish crew to make a 1,500-mlle survey of the lower Andes to locate a home for i'he beaver. The project is part of an Argentine plan to develop fur ranching in that country. Mr. Lamb said he found suitable cold water and trees in an area near Cape Horn. Hockey Scores National League SATURDAY Boston 1, Toronto 5. SUNDAY New York 6, Boston 4. Toronto 5, Detroit 4. Montreal Five, .Chicago 3. EUROPA SINKS LE HAVRE The French-acquired former German luxury liner Europa, rechristened thc Liberie, sank In harbor here -today. The 49,746-ton transatlantic liner broke its moorings in a storm and smashed against the hulk of "the sunken French liner Paris. All cn board were taken ashore safely. Worst Blaze In History Of Province Barry Hotel in West End Consumed in Early Sunday Holocaust SASKATOON (CP) Eleven persons perished Sunday in an early morning fire which swept through the three-storey 89-room brick-built Barry Hotel In Saskatoon's west side and eighteen others were taken to hospital, one at least being in serious condition. It was hours before those who died In the flaming building could be Identified due to loss of the hotel register. Many jumped from windows but others died of suffocation. The fire spread In what seem-ed seconds, and, when firemen realized the building was doomed, they concentrated their efforts on saving lives through aerial ladders and even enter? ing the blazing building. As the flames subsided the firemen found most of the eleven bodies in rooms although, two or three lay In blackened corridors where they had collapsed as they sought escape. The Inside of the buUdlnz was gutted but the Interior of brick walls, showed only traces of fire. The cause of the blaze Is not" I immediately- knownaand' police said there would be an Immediate investigation. One theory-was that it had been started by the cook In a nearby restaurant, DOUGLAS, Isle of Man 0) also destroyed, starting a fire The air service between Belfast with gasoline, and Isle of Man, suspended in It was the worst fire in the 1940, is being restored. history of Saskatchewan. TERRACE NOW HAS CIVIC CENTRE . BUILDING BOUGHT FROM WAR ASSETS TERRACE An event of great importance in the history of Terrace Village took place Saturday when, a cheque for $3790.60 was dispatched from the municipal office to War Assets Corporation in Vancouver, being payment in full for the drill hall in the local military camp which will be converted into a civic centre- led in to the municipal office on It was decided at a recent Friday. Thanks to the actirlties meeting of ratepayers; that it of the committee headed; by A might incur delay and perhaps Yoxall, ably seconded by ;D G. difficulties if the village tried Little. to borrow the money so patriotic Owner of the land on which citizens quickly started a sub- ' the camp is built, George Little ription fund to pay cash for promised to give the land.lf the 1414 23 7 feet v uuuuuio wiui ii io w m t vuiagc tau gcu uuuuiug. 8:09 20:55 WILL ANNEX MANDATED TERRITORY SMUTS Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, premier of South Africa, has announced that the Union of South Africa will annex the mandated territory of Southwest Africa whether the United Nations' general assembly approves or not. He Is shown here pointlnR to his country on the large globe in the terminal building at LaGuardla airport, New York, after his arrival from Europe to attend the United Nations' conference 6 9 feet l'"e wnBle Qisirici as a commun- inas is now accumpusnea auu 0 5 feet lty ceiUre in a similar capacity, Terrace and district has a centre jin fact, as the civic centre lrfjfor sports, gatherings, fall fairs Prince Rupert. and ample p.ccbmmodation for The money collected was turn- meetings of all kinds. Frustrated Miners Go Back to Work as GovV Seeks to End Strikes PITTSBURG (CP) Soft coal miners trooped back to their jobs today and resumed production of desperately needed fuel, ending a 17-day work stoppage which crippled United States economy. The miners were generally calm and quiet as they pre pared to go back to work but many echoed the words PACIFIC COAST SALMON PACK Pacific Coast canned salmon pack to November 30 was 1,347,-Sl2 cares according to the latest bulletin Issued by the director of one Library, Pennsylvania, of western fisheries, Vancouver. United States government today Comparison with final figures SOuRht an Iron clad no-strike for 1945 pack shows this year's pack to be 391,799 cases less. The 1945 pack was 1,739,311 cases Tills year's pack by varieties, for all areas was: sockeye, 543,-111; springs 8,088; steelhead 4.108; blueback 2,914', coho 97,-033; pinks 116,599; chums 575,- 1 658. digger who moaned: "I hate to go back with nothing to show for it but three weeks of lost pay." Meanwhile at Washington the pledge from key Industries in the wake ot'its victory over' John L. Lewis in the coal walk-out. Initial effort was directed at the public utility field with representatives of unions and managements summoned to a meeting here today.