. psvi:.-IAL LI.. J 0 Doily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Delivery l..nnKPATCHED U I Published or Conodo's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 vuu AJt, no. 75 , prince RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS . mm Al 1913 '-' -. 1 j. Victoria, New Westminster up 1 NAVY LEAGUE RESUMES Sea Cadet Corps Rupert is. to be "4 . Take Vote on 'By Glass' Sale Mandate Desired By Government, Wismer Says VICTORIA (CP) A plebiscite on changes in. i PLOWMAN This farmer unconsciously forms a part of a beautiful Spring scene on the ppn nsula. eight miles north of Victoria. Across the Juan de Fuca Strait can be seen 3aker In Washington State. (CP PHOTO) After two years of inactivity, Prince Rupert branch of the Navy League of Canada last night was revived at a general meeting in the Navy Drill Hall. Its first two projects are reformation of the city's Captain Cook's Sea Cadet Corps and to locate the physical assets of the former League branch. BY SYSTEM Mrs. Rolston Goes Across VICTORIA. Mrs. Tilly Rolston, Vancouver-Point Grey Conservative-Coalitionist member, yesterday defected from the government side of the Legislature and walked across the floor, announcing she would it as an independent. She thus followed the example of W. A. C. Bennett, South Okanagan. With the loss of the two members the government now controls 37 members of the Legislature with 10 in combined opposition. With the two Coalition members having now deserted the party since the current political crisis arose over increases in compulsory hospital insurance rates, political observers here still hold firm to the belief that the government will not resign. It still has two years to run before an election. From all quarters of the prov hay Yard Crew wg Important Job jve Men Have Responsible Job Getting Traffic Ready for Movement ry weeK six to seven ireignt trains leave upert loaded with thousands of tons of vital and export material. Along the 40 spurs of track which stretch twining in and out the length of the four-and-a-half miles of n National Railways yard, these trains have nade-up" and cars continually spotted for "Oscars" for '50 Awarded HOLLYWOOD (CP) Jose Ferrer won the motion picture academy's Oscar last night as 1950's top actor for his sword- swinging role as "Cyrano de Bergerac." Judy Holliday took the best actress award for her dumb- blonde portrayal In "Born Yes terday. ' As expected, "All About Eve" was named "movie of the year. Best foreign language film was The Walls of Malapaga. Special awards went to Actor Oeorge Murphy, for travelling 35,000 miles as good-will ambassador for the Industry last year, and to Louis B. Mayer, seven times president of Association of Motion Picture Producers, for more than 35 years of outstanding contribution to the Industry. The Irving Thalberg Memorial award went to Daryl Zanuck (20th Century Fox for "consistent, high-quality production in the last three years." Other awards included: Best scoring of musical picture "Annie Get Your Gun." Best music score "Sunset Boulevard." Best song "Mona Lisa," by Mack David, Al' Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, for "After Midnight." , Motion picture story "Panic In the Streets." Screenplay "All About Eve," by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Story and screen play (by the same writers 1 "Sunset Boulevard," by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshaman, Jr. Direction "All About Eve," Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Supporting actor George Sanders, "All About Eve." Supporting actress Josephine Hull, In "Harvey." France Feels She's Snubbed WASHINGTON (CP) Franco complained officially to United States today against being left out of British-American defence meetings in the Mediterranean. French Foreign Minister Schu-man, who is rrere with President Auriol, personally lodged pro test during a talk at the state department with Secretary Acheson. Bchuman Is reported to have asked for an explanation why France was excluded from a number of strategy conferences on the Island of Malta. Woman Stricken At Lighthouse Lighthouse Tender Alexander Mackenzie Speeding to Egg Island Lighthouse tender Alexander Mackenzie, Capt. Norman Mac- Kay, headed out in a hurry at in Prince Revived A call will be made immedi- ately for all boys between ages of 14 and 18 who are interested In joining the Sea Cadets. With the list of names the league will make application for a charter to revive the corps, fe. A. Woodside was in the chair. He turned to the 30 pea- pie gathered there and said: ''Two years ago we had a small but active Navy League here and a Sea Cadet Corps of 100 boys. Then, suddenly, it fell through. Now we have to start all over again." Apparently, that won him the presidency, for Mr. Woodside was unanimously elected to head the branch. Others elected were: Vice-President, George Dawes. Secretary-Treasurer, J. T. Bul-man. The executive committee consists of 20 members. NAVY INTERESTED Lieut. Cdr. J. W. Golby, com manding officer of HMCS Chatham, said the Navy was "most Interested" in reviving a Sea Cadet Corps in Prince Ru pert but that members of the Coiunittee would be subject to approval by both, the Navy League of Canada and the RCN Reading from a new publlca tion, issued by the Navy as a directive which all Sea Cadet Corps must follow, Lt.-Cdr. Gol by said the RCN supplied all physical requirements and outfitting of Sea Cadets. For the uniforms, which cost $25.13 each, Prince Rupert League would have to post a bond. Only item a cadet would have to purchase are shoes, at $3.13 a pair. "We wont have a worry there," said Mr. Woodside, cheerfully, "because our league is solvent. We still have $104 in cash and $1000 In bonds." He said this league was probably the most fortunate of any to start with such finances. "But we also had about $1000 worth of equipment, much of which we can't locate," he said, and suggested that immediate action be taken by the executive to locate the equipment, such as typewriters and other office material. He suggested some of the equipment "might be in some one's private home" and pressed for its immediate recovery. "After all, we paid lor it once, and shouldn't have to again Next meeting is to take place in about 10 days. Monthly meet ings will fall on the third Friday of each month, the league decided. Members of the executive elected were T. J. Fortune, Ned MacLeod, Sidney Alexander, Mrs. J. R. Elfert, Mrs. A. L. Holtby, Stan Saville, Mrs. Stan Saville, Robert Moore, Fred Huber, R. Adams, Mrs. J. W. Golby, Mrs. A. F. Davidson, Capt. A. F. Davidson, E. A. Dawes, E. M. Ray, Arthur Ogilvie, Capt. William Koughan, Orme Stuart, N. A. Beketov and Sidney Youngman. Tried to Sell Secrets 20 Years TOKYO (CP) A court-martial today sentenced a 20-year-old United States Air Force corporal to twenty years' Imprisonment on a charge of trying to sell military secrets to a man he thought was a Japanese Com munist agent. Far East Air Force headquarters identified the airman as Cpl. Carl E. Mills of Sayre, Oklahoma. The Air Force said the "Com munist agent" was a Japanese polioemun in disguise. VANCOUVER (CP) Victoria and New Westminster, who fin ished the regular Pacific Coast Hockey League season in first and second place, respectively, now have the inside track in the scramble for berths in the championship playoffs. Victoria downed Portland 4-3 1 last night to take a 3-2 lead in their best-four-of -seven semi- final series. New Westminster ( IZ ZtiZ 4-2 Wednesday night. EAGER FOR FRAY Penticton Is in City Penticton's Omegas, here to defend the British Columbia Senior "B" basketball cham pionship, are in town. They are meeting up again with Prince Rupert's Jets. The smart-looking melon-toss ing aggregation arrived this afternoon aboard the steamer Chilcotin, eager for the fray which starts tonight at the Civic Centre and continues tomorrow night. "We did it last year. We'll do it again," said a spokesman, talking about the similar final in 1950 when Prince Rupert's Jets went to the Okanagan metropolis and took it on the nose. A round of entertainment has been arranged for the visitors "but it's the games first," realisticaUy commented one of the rugged-looking leather toss- ers. Ready for Sacrifice WASHINGTON, D.C. (CP) The French President, Vincent Auriol, pledged at the start 01 his five-day state visit that France "will accept every sacrifice for defence." He told President Truman that France and the United States have common objectives, including peace and collective security, and the more France strives to realize them "the more firmly resolved are we to defend ourselves." "France wants neither slavery nor war," Auriol said in respond ing to a toast by President Truman at a dinner given by the American President. Fred Good To Alberni PORT ALBERNI (CP) F. M. Good, Prince Rupert, has been appointed city engineer for Port Alberni by city council. Good will be employed for a six-month probationary period at a salary of $350 a month. He was formerly city engineer at Prince Rupert and has more recently been with the Department of Public Works on Queen Charlotte Islands. Hockey Scores National Montreal 1, Detroit 0. (Montreal leads best-of-seven series, 2-0.) Pacific Coast Victoria 4, Portland 3. (Victoria leads best-of-seven semifinal, 3-2.) Baseball Scores Pacific Coast Hollywood 11, Sacramento 10 San Diego 4, San Francisco 3 Seattle 9, Los Angeles 3 Oakland 14, Portland 13 j ." -i i-. 1. . . i-: t "quui uisuiuuuun in o.. will be held at the next general election in 1953, Attorney - General Gordon Wismer told the Legislature yesterday. "It Is felt a mandate should be obtained from all citizens in the province," he said. "I therefore state on behalf of the government that a plebiscite should and will be held at the next general election. "We should either Introduce sale of liquor by the glass or refuse to do so and stand or fall in a democratic way at the polls," he added. Canadiens Win Again Rocket Whizzes Again in Another Overtime Thriller DETROIT (CP) No doubt about it, Maurice (The Rocket) Richard, of Montreal Canadiens, ranks as" one of th National Hockey League's greatest clutch, players. If in doubt, ask Detroit Red Wings, who are defending the Stanley Cup! Richard whizzed, broke up a sudden-death overtime game here last night to give Montreal a 1-0 win and, what's more important, a 2-0 edge in their best- of-seven semi-final Stanley Cup series. It marked the second game in a row he had done the same trick. Just as 13,818 fans here were wondering if they were going to be treated to another two-hour-plus game, such as opened the Detroit-Montreal series, Richard scored. The goal came after 42:20 minutes of overtime play. TheWeather (Synopsis) Slow clearing is taking place along the southern coast of the Province as the low pressure area which remained off the coast of southern Vancouver Island yesterday moves slowly inland. In the interior skies are expected to remain cloudy for a large part of the day with clearing during the late afternoon. Another active storm is located this morning about 600 miles west of the B.C. coast and is expected to bring rain and strong southeast winds to northern coastal area by tonight or Saturday morning. (Forecast) North coast region Sunny with a few cloudy intervals today clouding over this evening. Rain tonight and Saturday morning. Cloudy with occasion al showers Saturday afternoon and evening. Little change in temperature. Winds light, increasing Saturday morning to southeast (30) and shifting Saturday afternoon to westerly (20). Lows tonight and highs Saturday at Port Hardy 35 and 45, Sandspit and Prince Rupert 34 and 44. BASKETBALL PENTICTON PRINCE RUPERT FRIDAY 8:30 p.m. SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. Saturday game broadcast To Organize Air Warning OTTAWA (CP The Air Force today announced plans to strengthen its early-warning system with a 150,000-member ground observer corps to keep constant watch for possible airborne landings and parachute descents by enemy forces or agents. A call will be made for 150,000 observers. Men, women and youths, preferbly those not qualified for regular military duty in wartime, will be eligible to take observer posts. Canadian Downs MIG TOKYO (CP) An RCAF pilot today shot down a Russian-made MIG when more than 80 United Nations and Communist jet fighters tangled in two dogfights over Korea; Flt.-Lt. Onrer Levesque, Montreal, RCAF pilot flying with a U.S. fighter-interceptor wing, made one kill of the day. Two MIGs were damaged. UN planes were not touched. Levesque's kill marked the first Communist plane shot down by a Canadian in Korea. Anchorage Has $100,000 Fire ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CP) An estimated $100,000 worth of furniture was destroyed in a warehouse fire here last night. The blaze also caused disruption of telephone communications between the city and nearby military installations. one fireman was overcome slightly and two others were overcome by smoke as they bat- tied fire which spread to rail road cars near a warehouse. Passing of Ole Strand Ole Strand, for many years an engineer with the Department of Fisheries patrol fleet here, passed away early this morning in the Prince Rupert General Hospital. The end came after a long illness which had necessitated several trips to Vancouver for treatment at the hands of specialists. He had been in the local hospital for the past two weeks. Mr. Strand was born in Hemnes, Norway, May 10, 1892, and came to Prince Rupert in 1924 after farming on the prairies and in the Fraser Valley. He resided at 1205 Beach Place and is survived by a widow and two children a son, John, and a daughter, Olive. - TIDES - Saturday, March 31, 1951 High 7:44 17.7 feet 21:39 16.2 feet Low 1:35 10.5 feet 14:54 5.7 feet ii. the switchmen, do Mirk, rain, snow or )i their "28," oil-fed they ply these lines They never leave they are always go- here. And at the end ay they have a train to leave or the cars nveniently so they up their train wlth- time. w these tracks pretty now;1 smiled Lome foreman of the switch a a spectator watches iniul travelling, first , then back again, ink it's all very con- loreman said, "but work according to a re matte up from the 'hat Is, next to the "plained. First cars PPed along the way first. "Through cars" H to Prince George -are left to the last tae are cars loaded products, which con- major part of traf- ere. THIS , or items are oil and j from the large stor-I oil companies and wirougnout Central -andise and food from s 'I Prince Rupert Vancouver are shipments." tiling crew consists of "reman and -"men. Engineer Jack m been with tho ot M years, 14 as a .onpage 4) Govt. pt Safe States Fisheries Service vessel-7h'ch was reported be overdue on a tattle to Juneau, .? 41 Ketchikan. She , 7 O'clock w Z "wuem f0t 1 , '0 Mar- Unii.: '"quarters ilea State: !s Coast- Ct?ever in thVf lhe overdue h wmcr was YANK GUNS GROWL j Red Thrust Is Held up TOKYO (CP) American big gurus today stalled the first Chinese Red counter-thrust In six weeks along the western Korean battlefront. United States forces spotted Chinese moving along a mountain trail north of Uijongbu. Artillery pounded the mountain and by dusk the Reds still had not pushed through the curtain of fire. Bitter, - close-range fighting flared all day throughout the area.- Americans won a commanding hill with hand-grenade attack that rocked the Reds back on their heels. The Reds have moved 30,000 fresh troops into the front. Long lines of vehicles rushed Communist troops and supplies toward the battlefront. Communists appear to be massing troops and supplies for a spring offensive which Allied commanders predict the Reds will mount during the first three weeks of April. The Communists threw today's counter-attack at Allied forces on the western front, Try to Solve Double Murder RIVERSIDE, Cal. (CP) Searchers yesterday found the bullet-pierced body of a young mother whose husband was slain two days ago on a desolate lakeshore road. Sheriff's officers continued to grill Sgt. Lawrence Walker of Newark, New Jersey, about the double murder in which the infant son of the couple was lett playing on a pink blanket beside the father's body. Walker viewed the body soon after it was found and muttered "I don't know anything about It. I never saw her before." The mother was 18-year-old Doris Cook, sought since the body of her husband, Richard Cook, also 18, was found sprawled on a little-used road.. ince, however, a tide of protest is lasning at the government. Today's Stocks (Courtesy 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) 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Speaking in the Legislature yesterday, the attorney-general defended hospital insurance as a great "humanitarian service" fully worth the cost. He pointed out that the maximum a person would pay for hospitalization in a year would be $77 and $42 if there was no necessity to go to hospital m ANN UAL MEETING 5:30 last evening alter Depart-1 Deceased was a member of ment of Transport here was ad-, Tyee Lodge, A.F. & A.M., under vised that Mrs. L. P. Dupuis, 'the auspices of which the fu-wUe of the lighthouse keeper at neral will take place next Moa-Ess Island in Queen Charlotte j day afternoon from First United Sound, was ill and believed suf-; Church. FiRlNCE RUPERT -'MERMEN'S CREDIT UNION JO.0.F. HALL fAY, MARCH 30th - 7:30 p.m. HLMS REFRESHMENTS iering from acute appendicitis. The Alexander Mackenzie is due at Egg Island at 2 o'clock this afternoon to pick up Mrs. Dupuis and take her across Queen Charlotte Sound to Port Hardy where she will be taken aboard a CPA plane for hospital in Vancouver. 1