Florida to Prince Rupert r I nver neacnes u Caotain i irm v Here to Collect Al Successfully culminating VWfrln tn this "Slinsnt. PnH Pant V (1 TTl I I . I . I 11J1 IVItt " - w Mnvuvv a. WAV N (.4 IILi - i).vp:tr-oi(i retired Mtnna ik ill it i Li til ax uiiiiiiiuii lu v hi i ill. ill i'i 1 1 iir i , MOO medal, nut up ny ... nnl A I rvinrifiii w I iiiuiiji mill ill lOO" . m mm W. I ft J 1 A V nCAl lAMAIil- , I - - - ROM FLOODS Inprfcedrntrd June Rains Show no Sign of Abating frEWIPEO. f1 - Rain weary !ar.:tahar, - arc workin? fever-;h: o ' 131 flood conditions :rrt untold riamacc to mA hioharnvq thrnnvhniit it province They were fared with an add- rnzard u hen flax fields near Itlla :rc pelted with liail- ::c Thi. was in the south- r'.ir. pari of Manitoba. E;cs!icre the unprecedented i. ., tlirv (J no signs of abat- I: . D.'itipl:!') area, northwest of I $330,000. T 1 1 CHUIIWACK, -Three teen t- :'.:' iu hospital here d: : 5i m tenous injuries c uu iu ui jay ins-u in a a:-!:urk t rash Four others of .i: a uut vascimcrs were ;!. '.; injured. The truck drlv- r ir,.j unharmed. The seriously 1 were Gertrude Waeffer . ur, Turmann 15. Olive 14. All live in Sardis .ps..:v UUIIU . MIL LI II If I 1 1 1 n i i iiKiirii V I W M V Tonnto Sends Key to 5kjtoon As New Air Strrice Starts TORONTO- The link between io., iu and Saskatoon forecd 65 IAJ' l.r n'hnn T"" 1 I nuwi lUIUIlMJIIIHU-l 'funded that progressive prairie " recaiiea wnen Mayor H. Saunders, C.B.E., K.C., sent l7 with Inscribed plate to w A. W MacPherson to com semorateTransCanada Air -mnew direct air line between 10 cities. key and plate were nrc nttd by the mayor to Miss """a Houseman, assistant su pervlsory stewardess 1 It to Winnipeg where it was -"SBOriCd tO finxkntann h TJCJL ift in. i e between Saskatoon, Win- and Toronto. The plate rPads: -presented to he aty of Saskatoon hv thn City of Tornntn fn - 'v jiiswncai association ten them created by the wnders of Saskatoon and to 7iarV U t, . ... - "'c imK which brings them "los" in fact." A Picture of a T.C.A. 21.nas- ' aircraft over Toronto Is nravcd on the plate. misj Houman pointed out an wresting coincidence by re-,u un? lh- she was on board :h Plane when the photograph All nij. Mavor 5 j ii hat th. U..,B c'Jlu,c.a -. n7 jtseu was merely token one as, owing to con- over which flip rltv hnH Hon l ' the Proper Prcsenta-maki, y was dclycd In the the! 11 wU1 be forwarded to a, I Saskatoon as soon glt " v w jepiace me wKen lira a a Idea. Ih-ii .r "wtoon girl, should carry J' the u, . uaieway uiiy l8SlSsirri FLOOD .Lrii!ic , . . M .. a tw more Indies 1 rain t Ih. u "ave '"rther swollen rech lvx Kver wnicii sturd 100'ear 'h level 'rt7 . Therf have been ur(k In levees, ft aunr; ort ci..i. " ''i. Wt .iih vinik V Manson a 5100-mile o sen pnntnin n-nvn uie I'nnce Rupert Pub c M.m. - .n 1 1 Z 1... K iiiuiintiii. mi .11 itiviitr- i nr ' , me nrsi car to dnvc thlf yrar irem Florida to Prince Rupert, Capt. Slayton, accompanied by nis 13-year old eon, Dick was met at Galloway Rapids by May. or Nora Arnold and other local dignatorles. His 1939 Stude-bakcr car with flags and banners was triumphaiitly escorted by a spectacular 14-car procession from Oalloway Rapids Bridge for the seven miles to the city It was a gloilously clear ind sunny night. Capt. Slaytcn. "who had left Tampa June 3, reaohlri? the Canadian border at Blaine June 13, declared that the road from( Ptlncc George to Prince Rupert , compared favorably with other roads he had travtrjed on the Ions drive, cxcelilne romc of the toads in Jhe southern part of the province. He wes entranced with the mountain scenery on the way Into Prince Rupert Overnight stops were made at Smithers and Prince George. He told of hew hs had almost abandoned the Prinxe Rupert goal when customs officials at Blain had informed him the road was not open Into Prince Rupert and that the Alaska Highway wai the only way to get here. Capt. Slayton explained that he had hecome interested In the drive into Prince Rupert by reading in a Flortdi. paper the Tampa Daily Tunes of the wMankuv-mlal offer. Having been, thinking at the time of driving west for a visit to Port Townsend, Washington, he decided to make the try for the medal He followed the old Span- Lh Trail route through the extreme southern states from Florida to Los Angeles end thence north to Seattle. He passed through 10 states and one Canadian province. The presentation of the Man-son medal will take place from the stae of th? Capitol Theatre tonight. Today he was speaker at the Gyro Club luncheon and at 6:30 this evening he will be Interviewed over station CFPR. Later in the week Capt. Slayton will head eastward and southward. He will visit Tort Townsend, Washington, before returning East. He u a native of Washington State. Accompanying the transcon tinental driver from Prince Oeorge was P. E. Robertson, of Prince George, a member of the tourist council of British Columbia. At Terrace he was met by J. Harry Black, president of the Prince Rupert Automobile Assoclatron, and Al M3nson, medal donor, who escorted him into Prince Rupert. The drive in from Terrace was made In a leisurely four hours. Capt. Slayton followed the sea all his life until two years ago when he was retired for health reasons. He commanded Liberty ships during the war. His father was a marine engineer with the United States Geodetic Survey for many yean, serving among other vessels on the old cutter Bear. It was at Blaine lst Thursday that Slayton was told that It was Impossible to drive between Prince Oeorge and Prince Rupert. "We went back to Port Town-(Contlnued on Paze 6) 1 NORTHERN AND CENMlU'TISlI COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone 235 TAXI Phone Sill) IdAV AND NIGHT BURVICE i BUnd: noteL Third Ave. OM Ernpre "Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Porl-"Prince Hupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVI, No. 153. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1947 price FIVE CENTS Seattle Halib MUST TIGHTEN I HEIR BELTS Further Reductions in Rrilhh Imports LONDON, June 30, Ot Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, announcel in the House of Commons that Orcat Britain would go back to four-page newspapers ta economize on dollar imports of newsprint and that there would be cuts In tobacco and gasoline Imports. The meat ration Is to be further i cut. j Mr. Dalton said the serious rise in world prices, and the "severe shortage" in dollars, made Import cuts from dollar countries essential. He also declared there would be seme restrictions in Imports of consumer goods, rather than food, This would apply particularly to textiles. VIOLENCE IS CONDEMNED JERUSALEM, 0 Continuing Arte if vlnVnra In tho TTnlv T.anrt I which claimed the lives of four British during the week-end earned the condemnation of the United Nations Palestine Inquiry commission. I The commission adopted a re-! solution denouncing the series of incidents which have occurred since the group arrived here two weeks ago but declined to take direct action. Nine of the if members voted for the resolution, with the Aus-trajlan and Indian members abstain Informed sources said the commission also discussed appealing to the Jewish underground groups to end thlr' violence. Difficulties On Alaska Highway .WHITEHORSE. Y.T. Flood waters, floating lc?. eight-foot driftwood Jams and a glacier were only a few of the many difficulties surmounted by aimy engineers In keeping the Alaska Highway open to traffic during f the4 spring thaw. This has toeen reported by Brigadier Geoffrey Walsh, commanding officer of the Northwest Highway System, It was disclosed today. MANSON HITS DOPE TRAFFIC Heavy Sentences Are Passed Al Vancouver Assizes Ry Judfre Manson VANCOUVER, Smashing blows against the dupe trade in the Assize Court weir made when Mr. Justice A. M. Manson Imposed sentences totalling eleven years, fines totalling $800 and 15 strokes of the ipaddlc on convicted violators of the Narcotic Act. How Yee, Chinese seaman, drew a maximum penalty of seven years and two five - strike whippings with the paddle and $500. ST. W)UIS MOVI.S AGAIN ST. LOUIS Slreet cars and busses have resumed service ending a 14-day strike that paralyred publie transportation facilities The population exceeds a million. The settle-ment agreement was signed yesterday. Montgomery Does Not See Push Button War; Can Counter Atom CANBERRA, Australia tt-Fleld Marshall Viscount Mont-Romery conference today there Is no evidence yet told a press button" variety. He said: the "push of a future war of I could not possibly recommend that we scrap everything we have and start pushing buttons." Montgomery says doeTno? subscribe to the theory that a third world war ne think that is the wrong sort is Inev table, and declared "I marshal said counter measures could of attitude. The field be developed quickly against atomic weapons." n NETHERLANDS GIFT TO CANADA His Excellency. Dr. J. H. Van Royen, right. Netherlands Ambassador to Canada, formally presented the Netherlands Memorial Garden to the Canadian people at a public ceremony In Queen Victoria Park at Niagara Falls, Ont. The garden, consisting of 6,000 ornamental trees, flowers and shrubs, is a gift fromjthe Netherlands National Flowers committee as a symbol of bratltude on behalf of the, Dutch people for Canada's war service. The gift was received by Hon. Charles Daley, left, chalrntin of the Niagara Parks commission. I1 j Salteihu . I MOLOTOV REJECTS, PARLEY ENDS PARIS Foreign Commissar V. Al. Aloltov of Russia today turned down the British-French proposal for European recovery under the Marshall program and, apparently, the conference of three foreign ministers on the subject of American aid to Europe, is over. Alolotor warned bolh western countries that their action would lead trf the division of Europe. TRAFFIC DEATHS VANCOUVER Andrew Wer-bowrcEi and Alice Carroll are dead and Alary Lewicki, 3, is still fighting for life following two separate traffic accidents. Wcrbowerkl and Lew-icki were struck Sunday. The former was killed instantly. The latter was hurled 31 feet by the impact. Aliss Carroll died of injuries rceeiwd a week ago. FATAL FIKF. VANCOUVER Firemen were combing the rums of a South Vancouver home which had been gutted by fire. A nineteen year old youth, Fred I-evinsky, lost his life Others were forced to flee in nijlit attire. Lev insky was found on the floor of his room, lie evidently was overcome when attempting to escape. Firemen say the blaze originated in his room. The cause of (he outbreak is not known. RADIO IN INTERIOR OTTAWA The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been able to get programs into some of the interior sections of British Columbia ty the Installing of booster stations but such facilities, arc not available in all sections of the interior. Tills was announced by A, D. Dtinton, chairman of the CBC Board of Governors, speaking at a Commons radio committee meeting. FEED PRICES UP OTTAWA Postmaster General Bertram! told the lltnse of Commons ..the ..current shortage of B.C. feed grains will probably necessitate B.C. feeders paying from two to three cents a bushel more for feed oats and barley. JAPAN WANTS PEACE TOKYO The Socialist Pre-" mier of Japan Tasa Katu-yanu urges an ariy conference and conclusion of a peace treaty so that Japan's "desperate economic situation" may be. remedied. rvAv Bluc j LaTuT Cabs j ut Fleet Strike Settled SPECTACULAR ACCIDENT VANCOUVER Four persons are in hospital following a spectacular accident in South Vancouver when a fire engine, rushing to a fire, collided with an automobile. The fireman, Eric Robinson, was the most seriously injured. He was pin- ncd between the fire truck and a telephone pole. SECRET SESSION OTTAWA A closed session of Senate and House will be held in the railway room on Friday to discuss European affairs. The last time a secret Fcssion of Parliament was held was in 1911 whin General AIcNaughton testified in con-ncition with the crisis on conscription. EXPLOSION KILLS CO SAN STEFANO. Italy Sixty crew members and dock workers are believed to have lost their lives when an explosive-laden ship exploded at a dock hem RICH TOURIST INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, B.C. It Is estimated here that Canada will derive a quarter of a billion dollars from tourist business from the United States this yrai This should help Canada In .achieving a more favorable trade balance. NEW TRADE AGREEMENT LONDON A three year trade agreement between Great Britain and Hungary has been signed. Britain will receive baron, eggs, lard and other food products. Another agreement is In process of negotiation between Britain and Yugoslavia. BRANDON IN DANGER BRANDON Only a 30-foot dam, already severely strained, In saving this cityfront being inundated. A section of the northern part of the city has been evacuated. At Dauphin epidemic Is threatened due to flood conditions which have already caused two million dollars damage In that area. WERE ABLE TO AVERT TRAGEDY LOUVIERS, Colorado. fc -Company officials said a telltale wisp cf smoke coming fiom a dynrmlte-ladcn bul'dlng at the L iuvl?r; Powder Plant enabled them to evacuate workers from the danger zone before a heavy explosion felt 20 miles away .in Denver had razed the birifdlng. Impressed With Port Federal Official Suggests Waterborne Shipments of . Lumber Through Here Admitting that -he was Ira pressed with the excellence of the harbor and the adequacy of port equipment 'as' well as the possibilities of shipping being developed through here. Col. W ;J. Fisher, chiei ol transporta tion and communications, Department bf Trade and Commerce, Ottawa, suggested to the president and secretary and chaliman of the trade and commerce committee of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, in a final session Saturday afternoon, that it might be well to take active steps towards the promotion of shipping services and cargoes through here. Specifically, he proposed that the Prince Rupert Chamber cf Commerce might discuss with lumber operators of the central Interior; as far as the Prince HW.?ilefcJia!.ejfe.icpjns5t. an markets which would be reached by waterborne shipments via Prince Rupert. Lumber, wheat and canned salmon appeared to be logical basic commodities for shipping through Prince Rupert to the markets of the world. Mr. Fisher expressed the opinion that Prince Rupert would be commanding Increuing attention as a possible world shipping point and predicted that investigators along this 'line might be expected here from time to time. Col. Fisher sailed Monday night for Vancouver whence he will proceed east where he will prepare a report or. this port for submission to life minister. His activities on Monday included visits to, the fishery plants of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co.. J. H. Carson Co. and Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association. He also inspected the elevator, ocean dock, warehouse and other terminal facilities. ! crvrr pabtv 1 i TO KETCHIKAN On a goodwill visit for the Fourth of July holiday occasion, Mayor N. E. Arnold, Aid. George B. Casey, Aid. T. B. Black and Aid. G. W. Rudderh'am . sail tonight on the Prince Rupert for Ketchikan. They will be in the Alaska city until Saturday when they will return on the Camosun, Aid. Black and Aid. Rudderham are being accompanied by their wives. Mrs. B. Prockter Is making the trip with Mayor Arnold. HIGHEST WATER IN 100 YEARS ST. LOUIS, Oi-The waters of the Mississippi were at highest level In a century in this area today. This forced hundreds of lowland residents to evacuate their homes. An earthquake, tidded to the tenseness of the rltuatlon although It, apparently, had no connection with tht flqpds. The tremor was felt as far away as 100 miles. No heavy c'.amage was reported. One levee has lven way Puget Sound Vessels Leaving for Area No. 3 Banks Immediately SEATTLE (CP)-Settlement of the dispute that tied up most of the Seattle halibut fleet for the past two months was announced Tuesday night. Boat owners will receive 21 per cent of the catch instead of the 20 percent prevailing in past seasons with monthly fathometer rentals deducted from the gross I take. The owners had asked up HERE TONIGHT W. R. bev-enlsh, vice-president in charge of western lines, Canadian National Railways, In the- course of a periodical western inspection trip, is due here on tonight's train from Winnipeg. He Is accompanied by Mrs. Devenlsh and C. A. Berner. local superintendent, who met him in the Interkr. DIES SUDDENLY ON FISH BOAT James Anslow, 46-year-old Hays- port fisherman, died suddenly while fishing from his boat on the Skeena River Tuesday morning. The body was removed by the police to Port Edward and brought on In here. Anslow was forty-six years of age, single, of Irish descent and a native of New Brunswick. He had lived thirteen years In this area. Local Tides Thursday, July 3, 1947 High 0:54 20.1 feet 14:04 17.7 feet Low 7:40 2.8 feet 19:35 8.2 feet U. S. rLANE CRASH SIIREVEPORT Ten members of the crew were killed when a United States Army flying fortress trashed 15 miles east of here. to 23 per cent and the previous- ly paid for the' fathometers. ' Only 23,000,000 pounds rerriaW to be caught in the Area Three quota. About 155 vessels are expected to be at sea by, Thursday. DERAILMENTS ' DELAY TRAIN Will Be In At 9:45 Tonight. Twenty-one Hours Late Two derailments on the Frascr subdivision between Prince t orge and Jasper have caused the train, which was due to arrive here at42:45 last night from the East, to Be twenty-one hours late which will bring it In at 9:45 tonight, daylight saving time. One derailment was thaf of six cars of a lumber train which left the track near Legrand, sixteen miles west of McBride. The other was that of a work train, six work cars of which, went off sast of ?M:Brjdef wMleitprrjceed Ing from Jasper to the other derailment. There were no Injuries in either derailment. Four Entered In Port Queen Race Prinae Rupert's Port Queen contest will be a four-way cam-petition this year with candidates from the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Norway, Kinsmen Club and dyro Club seeking to achieve the royal honors. Close of the candidate entry period Monday evening found the following , four candidate's! enlisted: Junior Chamber Lorraine Youngman. Sons 'of Norway Ruth Jer-stad. Kinsmen Club Barbara Wilson. Gyro Club Betty Pullen. undson on third base. Dahl advanced to third and SImundson to home on; a single by Jack Lindsay. With the score advanced to 5-4, two men on bases and one out, it looked as though the locals would com? through to win. Then Wlndle, acting on Instructions, hit a bunt that went high and was caught by Ketchikan third baseman Busch. Busch then completed the unassisted double play by stepping on third to tag Dahl who had led off. However, It was a game in which Prince Rupert showed. its best field work and hitting of the series.; The locals hit seven urlng the nine Innings, undson.and Cliff Dahl tlnuea ou Page 4) KETCHIKAN TAKES FINAL TWO GAMES OF JULY 1 BASEBALL SERIES HERE Ketchikan 6, All-Stars 3 Ketchikan 5, All-Stars 4 Prince Rupert's All-Star baseball team bowed in defeat in the second and third games of the July 1 series Monday night and Tuesday to give the visiting Ketchikan team a record of three straight wins in the first half of the series. The second half will be played at Ketchikan later this week, the local team going norm lomgni. The local All-Stars lost Tues day's game by a score of 5 to 4 after muffing a chance to either tie the score or make a last- minute win In the ninth Inning. Monday night's game went to Ketchikan by a score 6-3. Tuesday's game was the best of the series with Prince Rupert coming within an ace of capturing victory in the nlntn Inning In a tense moment before their hopes were blasted In a double play at third base which saw two runs made Inaffectlve. The climatic ninth began with the score 5 to 3 In Ketchikan's favor. Bruce SImundson, plnch-hlttlng for Arney, singled. Then Minor SImundson flew out to right field. Cltff Dahl clouted a double that put Bruce Sim- A j 5 u 'i r 1 v- - ' 'i I h i n ri. i