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Trance
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who
will
be
remembered
by
nrl
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in
Prince
Rupert
as
a
trolling
fishernft
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wenty
years
ago
was
a
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in
the
lorm
of
an
attempted
trip
from
Vancouver
to
New
York
over
the
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yester-.i
LaGuardla,
fiery
UNRRA
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of
j
were
bring
sent
to
J
were
not
suffl-tr.
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ab
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-land
waterways
of
the
continent.
He
was
at
Prince
Ocorgc
the
latter
part
of
last
week
and
b
now
heading
for
Summit
Lake
to
travel
down
the
northward
rivers
Into
Alberta.
j
"O.
P.".
who
13
now
C8
years
l
of
age,
hacf
left
Vancouver
April
7
and
on
arriving
at
Prince
George,
felt
relief
that
the
hard-
fst
part
of
the
trip,
the
ascent
of
the
turbulent
Frascr
River,
that
far,
was
behind
him.
Particularly
arduous
had
been
thi
trip
from
Qucsncl
to
Prince
George
which
took
no
less
than
seven
days
and,
during
which,
'
'rum
.Oraniic
j
"ls
supplies
became
completely
by
tram
after
the
j
exhausted.
It
took
five
hours
,
h.
d
become
clog-
i
alone
to
conquer
Cottonwood
t
d
"ravel
of
,th?
I
Canyon
as
he
dragged
his
13
II:
hw.y
I
foot
plywood
canoe
over
pres-
x
a
aiade
through
'sure
Ice
Jammed
In
mounds
up
('
an
a
civic
recen-I
to
18
feet
In
height.
At
Hlxonl
Creek
he
called
It
a
day
and
hauled
his
canoe
and
duffle
to
the
Cariboo
Highway
where
he
flagged
down
a
truck
and
rode
Into
Prince
George.
Smith
plans
to
follow
the
disused
route
of
the
old
fur
traders
eastward
down
the
Athabaska
River
and
other
streams
and
lakes.
He
will
reach
Lake
Winnipeg
on
the
Saskatchewan
River,
then
proceed
along
the
Winnipeg
River,
and
eastward
to
the
Great
Lakes.
Smith
expects
to
carry
his
canoe
over
nearly
500
miles
of
portages
before
he,
reaches
the
Hudson
Rjvcrapdycw.YorkJtc
Is
carrying1
a
suitcase,
packs'ack,
food
and
some
tools
to
repair
the
canoe,
as
well
as
a
letter"
from
Vancouver's
acting
mayor,
Charles
Thompson,
to
Mayor
O'Dwyer
of
New
York.
Before
starting
out
from,
Vancouver
on
the
canoe
trip
Smith
had
'been
engaged
In
mining
at
the
famous
old
camp
of
Cripple
Creek
In
Colorado.
PARIS-
Votera
or
Prance,
at
the
polls
yesterday,
disapproved
of
the
proposed
new
constitution
which
had
been
favored
by
the
High
Low
and
socialists
but
to
which
the
conservatives
were
ounosed.
Karly
returns
showed
i
-.
.
.
.
the
disapproval
by
a
margin
oi
at
least
a
million
votes
ten
million
(o
nine
million.
It
Is
regard-cd
as
a
major
reverse
for
the
leftists.
Under
the
new
constitution
tl)c
senate
would
have
been
abolished
with
but
one
parliamentary
chamber,
and
the
president
would
have
become
a
mere
figurehead.
The
rightists
claim
the
accession
of
a
communist
dictatorship
would
have
been
facilitated
by
one
chamber
having
the
prerogative
of
electing
both
president
and
premier.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
May
7,
1010
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BLUM
SPEAKS
IN
BEHALF
OF
FRENCH
LOAN-
Leon
Blum,
special
envov
to
the
Unltod
Stat-.s
on
economic
matters,
told
the
senate
foreign
relations
committee
that
France
faces
a
four
billion
dollar
deficit
in
her
gigantic
task'
of
rehabilitation.
He
is
shown
with
Sen.
Tom
Connally,
right,
chairman
of
the
senate
foreign
relations
committee.
Connally
said
that
a
loan
to
France
from
the
U.S.
was
not
directly
discussed,
but
that
the
Information
was
gathered
from
Blum
for
presentation
to
the
lawmakers.
Vancouver
Island's
Worst
Auto
Disaster
Family
of
Seven
and
One
Friend,
.All
From
Victoria,
Lo3e
Lives
When
Car
Plunges
Over
Nanaimo
River
vBridge
SdlM
Island
(CP)
A
pleasure
trip
ended
jn
the
worst
auto
disaster
in
Vancouver
Island's
history
Friday
at.
midnight
when
eight
persons
plunged
to
their
deaths
as
a
car
hurtled
through
the
Nanaimo
River
bridge
railing
on
the
Island
Highway.
Diving
operations
up
to
today
had
failed
to
locate
the
car
In
water
varying
rom
20
to
CO
feet
in
depth.
Those
killed
Include
a
family
of
seven
and
a
friend,
all
of
Victoria.
The
victims
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Earl
Slcen,
their
four
children,
Slccn's
brother,
Oran,
and
Mrs.
Kathleen
Wyatt.
,
Increase
In
Fish
Price
One
Cent
Mure
for
All
Varieties
of
Salmon
Being
Sought
This
Year
VANCOUVER
The
United
Fishermen's
and
Allied
Workers'
Union
is
seeking
a
lc
Increase
In
price
of
all
species
of
salmon
this
season.
A
reply
from
the
operators
is
expected
this
week.
Four
hundred
and
fifty
cannery
workers
have
won
the
eight-hour
clay
and
an
increase
In
wages.
IS
UP
TO
RUSSIA
TOKYO
If
Russia'
would
release
food
supplies
which
it
is
holding
in
Manchuria
the
world
food
shortage
rould
be
grrally
relieved,
former
President
Herbert
Hoover
said
here.
FISH
SALES
ON
EXCHANGE
Exchange
Has
Special
Sunday
Session
to
Purchase
Opening
Catches
Ceiling
Prices
First
halibut
of
the
season
was
sold
on
the
Prjncc
Rupert
Fish'
Exchange
yesterday
at
a
special
Sunday
session
of
the
bidders
-when
three
bpats
disposed
of
an
aggregate
of
79,000,
all
at
the
ceiling
price
of
18'ic
and
ICV2C.
Tills
morning
six
boats
were
in
with
114.000
which
also
received
celling
prices,
The
fish
is
being
shipped
fresh
to
the
eastern
markets
tonight.
All
was
Canadian.
The
landings
were:
Sunday
Arctic
I
35,000
Lorna
H.
23,500
E.
Llpsctt
15,500
79,000
Monday
Cape
Race
II
....
10,000
Dcmlno
II
15,000
Kyrlelle
II-
20,000
Co.
-op
Co.-op
Co.-op
Pacific
Booth
Atlin
Atll
32,000
Storage
Ankar
A
18.000
Co.-op
Narvik
,,.
17,000
Co.-op
114,000
DRIVER
ESCAPED
DEATH
Lloyd
Foster,
23,
of
Carlington.
Ont.,
escaped
TniTPK-
WRFCKED
dSS
when
he
S
tossed
more
than
25
feet
through
the
air
Into
a
ditch
by
a
speeding
freight
truck
was
complete
wrecked
train
near
Ottawa,
His
k-End
i,
-
ARABS
TO
A1TKAL
JAFFA
The
Arabs
arc
preparing
to
protest
to
ihc
International
Court
of
Justice
at
the
llacue
against
any
move
to
snd
100,000
more
Jews
into
PaPlestine
as
a
violation
of
the
British
mandate
which
the
Arabs
would
seek
to
have
dissolved.
4r
;
UltAZfANO
TRIAL
It
O
M
E
Trial
of
Kodolfo
criminal
is
scheduled
to
open
May,
21.
PREMIER
OF
JAPAN
TOKYO
Y
Social
Democrat
Leader
Katiyama
may
be
called
upon
to
take
the
Premiership;
as
the
head
of
a
four-partj
coalition
government
for
Japan.
Premier
Shidchara
recommends
him.
PROSECUTE
UNION
HEADS
WASHINGTON
A
United
Slates
Senator
today
called
upoiftthe
government:
ln,';ir-.
slitutc
criminal
prosecution
against
leaders
of
the
coal
mine
strike
in
the
United
Stales.
'
SMALLPOX
DEATH
SEATTLE
The
13th
person
to
die
of
smallpox
in
Seattle
succumbed
Sunday
night.
He
was
Vernon
Woods,
aged
72.
Officials
report
no
new
cases
of
the
disease
and
that
all
patients
arc
showing
satisfactory
improvement.
I'.IU.
MOVES
IN
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
have
moved
into
Alcatraz
prison
to
investigate
the
bloedy
riot
last
week
which
cost
the
lives
of
three
convicts
and
two
guards.
Order
has
been
completely
restored
to
the
prison.
Ringleaders
were
two
99-jear-tcrm
servers
and
one
lifer.
The
death
sentence
will
be
asked
for
them.
on
Fish
G
Two
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen
Lose
Lives
When
Carried
Over
Side
By
Wave
During
Squall
Bulletins
r
Andrew
Sorcnscn
and
Ragnar
Frcdricksen
of
Halibut
Boat
Edward
Lipsett
Victims
Another
Man
Suffers
Exposure;
Boat
Burns
A
sudden
wind
squall
in.
treacherous
Hecate
Strait
Saturday
morning
claimed
the
lives
of
two
Prince
Rupert
fishermen
who
were
washed
overboard
from
Capt.
Olof
Skog's
45-foot
halibut
boat
Edward
Lipsett.
Victims
of
a
giant
wave
which
washed
over
the
after
deck
of
the
boat,
almost
at
pilot
house
height,
were
Andrew
Sorensen,
59,
and
Ragnar
Fred
rickscn,
age
36,
veteran
fisher
men
out
of
this
port.
Third
crew
member
was
Gil
Giainano
as
an
Italian
war
i
bert
Ervick,
who
managed
to
save
himself
by
clinging
to
the
halibut
gear
hanging
over
the
ship's
side
after
the
wave
had
pushed
him
In
to
the
sea.
He
sustained
minor
injuries
to
his
arms
and
hands
while
climbing
back
to
the
boat.
According
to
Capt.
Skog,
who
supervised
the
unloading
of
10,-
000
pounds
of
halibut
from
his
vessel
Sunday
afternoon,
a
sud
den
squall
caught
the
Edward
Llpsctt
while
her
crew
were
hauling
in
gear
eight
miles
ca&t
of
Rose
Spit
on
the
dogfi:
took
a
wave
that
came
up
almost
to
the
top
of
the
pilot
house
washing
overboard
the
three
crewmen
and
1,500
pounds
of
halibut
which
had
been
lying
on
deck.
"The
sea
was
as
smooth
as
glass
when
vie
made
our
sets
at
6
o'clock
Saturday
morning,'
said
Capt.
Skog,
who
had
been
in
the
pilot
house
stearing
the
boat.
"Shortly
before
11
o'clock
a
strong
southeaster
came
up
and
then
this
wave
hit
us
without
warning.
It
washed
the
men
overboard
and
flooded
the
engine
room,
stopping
the
engine."
Capt.
Skog
said
that
the
Edward
Llpsctt
heeled
heavily
to
port
after
the
wave
passed
over
and
the
pile
of
fish
on
deck
slid
Into
the
sea.
The
wave
came
over
the
port
side
while
the
men
were
busy
dragging
In
gear
over
the
starboard
side.
FT.-LT
BILL
COOPER
LANDS
WITH
TIGER-MOTH
FOR
TERRACE
CLUB
TERRACE
On
Friday
evening,
as
the
Tiger
Moth
plane
of
-
the
Flying
Club
appeared
as
a
tiny
speck
over
the
mountains
to
the
northeast
it
was
ap
parent
to
the
excited
grou
Ihc
air-port
that
Terrace
has
atf"
last
been
caught
In
the
web
of
the
alr-mlndcd
world.
The
day
had
been
unusually
fine,
a
rosy
light
still
hung
over
the
western
horizon
when
the
hum
of
a
motor
became
audible
from
the
northeast.
The
tiny
dot
which
hove
Into
view
rapidly
took
form
as
It
ncared
the
expectant
group
at
the
airDort.
!
After
duly
turning,
the
pilot,
Flt.-Lt.
Bill
Cooper,
landed
at
,
the
southwest
corner
of
the
field
whero,
Bill
Martin,
vice-president
of
the
club,
awaited
him
In
a
jeep.
With
Mr.
Martin
to
guide
him.
the
pilot
taxied
the
plane
to
the
hangar
where
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sid
Cooper,
were
awaiting
him
with
the
rest
or
the
crowd.
C.
L.
M.
Glggcy,
president
of
the
club,
welcomed
Bill
Cooper
as
did
the
other
charter
members
of
the'
club
who
wre
all
present.
The
plane
was
given
a
careful
scrutiny
and
all
expressed
them
selves
well
satisfied
with
It
and
anxious
to
take
flying
lessons
as
soon
as
possible
)
waiting
by
the
hangar
at
"After
the
wave
passed
I
look
ed
out
the
pilot
house
door
and
saw
Ervick
crawling
back,
over
the
side
of
the
boat
and
I
could
see
the
heads
of
Sorensen
and
Fredrlcksen
In
.the
sea
some
dis
tance
away,"
Capt.
Skog
said
I
tried
to
get
the
engine
start
ed,
so
I
could
rescue
them
but
it
wouldn't
rtart
and
the
men
disappeared,"
Broadside
to
the
sea,
the
vessel
dock,
Halibut
gear,
which
had
been
hanging
over
the
ship's
side
when
the
great
wave
struck
got
caught
in
the
propeller,
causing
difficulty
'In
getting
the
engine
started,
according
to
,Capt.
Skog,
but
he
was
eventually
able
tj
get
It
colng
tmd
arrived
In
port
Capt.
Skog,
who
sailed
for
the
grounds
on
Tuesday,
had
taken
16,000
pounds
aboard
and
had
intended
to
fish
Saturday
and
Sunday
to
complete
his
load,
then
come
to
port
Sunday
night.
Both
of
the
fishermen
who
were
lost
were
veteran
halibut
men.
Sorensen
had
fished
out
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
last
25
years,
working
on
many
different
boats.
Fredcrlckscn
had
been
a
crew
member
of
the
Edward
Llpsctt
for
the
last
three
seasons.
It
is
understood
that
both
men
were
mmarrled,
and
that
both
had
been
born
In
Nor
way
Capt.
Skog,
who
has
been
owner
and
master
of
the
Edward
Llpsctt
since
1930,
fishing
out
of
Prince
Rupert,
said
that
it
Is
the
first
time
that
any
such
mishap
has
occurred
on
his
boat
during
his
life
at
sea.
An
inquest
into
the
loss
of
the
two
men
may
be
held,
Coroner
(Continued
on
Page
6)
KING
VICTOR
TO
ABDICATE
ROME
King
Victor
Emmanuel
is
reported
to
be
getting
ready
to
leave
Italy
by
yacht.
However,
there
Ls
no
confirmation
of
abdication.
NEW
CONSTRUCTION
AT
OCEAN
FALLS--At
the
top
are
the
new
theatre
(left)
and
girls'
dormitory
which
are
nearlng
completion
at
Ocean
Falls,
being
built
by
Northwest
Construction
Co.
Ltd.
of
Prince
Rupert
'which
has
about
40
local
men
working
at
the
paper
town
on
contracts
totalling
$100,000.
Below
ls
the
proposed
$300,000
hotel,
contract
for
which
has
not
yet
been
let.
Northwest
Construction
Co.
Ltd.
ls
a
bidder.
i
rounas
MUNITIONS
i-EXPLOSION
Great
Blasts
and
Flames
Near
Nuernberg
Saturday
Night
Uncontiolled
For
Hours
NUERNBERG
A
tremendous
fire,
punctuated
by
heavy
explosions
which
rattled
the
windows
of
the
Jail
where
the
alleged
high-ranking
Nazi
war
criminals
are
being
held
during
trial,
and
broke
glass
in
the
courtroom,
raged
uncontrolled
for
many
hours
In
an
ammu
nition
dump
at
a
village
eight
miles
from
Nuernberg
during
Saturday
night.
The
sky
was
lit
up
like
mid-day
and
many
people
fled
in
terror.
Thousands
of
Incendiary
and
rocket
bombs
went
off.
Finally,
with
help
of
rain,
the
flames
were
brought
under
control
before
they
reached
a
dump
where
deadly
war
gas
wa3
stored.
The
possibility
of
sabotage;
In
connection
with
the
conflagration
is
discounted.
LITTLE
GIRL
IS
MURDERED
Ugly
Child
Slaying
at
Minakl
In
Ontario
MINAKI.
Ont.
-Th
2llsh
i
at
about
It
o'clock
Sunday
riiehtA
'.
.i
.
bankV
ll-VjiiSainfWg
't
nKiTitot-f?
'hrAp-year-
old
Joan
Smith
was
kidlyapped
from
her
bed
here
Saurrday
night
as
her
parents'
were
out
visiting
and
her
nude
body
was
found
in
the
bushes
yesterday
wlUi
skull
fractured-wpAwlde
e-rasdft
for
.-i
the
killer.
A
post-mortem
Ls
"!
planned
to
show
whether
she
had
been
violated.
NATIVE
IS
THEOLOGIAN
Frank
Caldcr
of
Greenville
Graduates
From
Vancouver
College
Frank
Arthur
Caldcr
of
Greenville
on
the
Naas
River
is
the
first
Indian
to
receive
a
diploma
as
licentiate
in
theology
from
the
Anglican
Theological
College
in
Vancouver.
He
graduated
last
week
at
the
annual
convocation
at
University
of
British
Columbia
and
will
take
advanced
studies
at
University
of
Washington
In
Seattle
prior
to
ordination.
Calder
returned
to
the
city
Sunday
on
the
Catala
afterlre-ceiving
the
degree.
'r.
A
graduate
of
Coqualeetza
Residential
School
at
Sardis
and
Chiliiwack
High
School,
he
plans
to
take
advanced
studies
In
anthropology
at
the
University
of
Washington
with
a
view
to
entering
welfare
and
social
service
work
among
the
natives
of
British
Columbia.
In
the
meantime
he
has
taken
employment
at
the
,
Edmunds
and
Walker
plant
of
B.C.
Pack
ers
In
Prince
Rupert
wherp
.he
has
previously
worked
between
sessions
at
the
university.
Washington
Town
Near
Destroyed
UNDERWOOD,
Wash.
This
small
Washington
town
was
almost
wiped
out
by
fire
yesterday.
A
store,
hotel,
service
sta
tion
and
several
private
home,!
were
destroyed.
Thirty
famllios'
arc
homeless.
Sparks
from
a
defective
chimney
caused
the
blaze.
Damage
la
estimated,
at
$100,000.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
'
Clear
skies
and
higher
tem
peratures
are
cxpcctec
over
B.C.
today
except
along
the
north
coast
and
extreme
north
por
tion
of
the
province
where
skie
are
expected
to
be
cloudy
with
little
change
In
temperature.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
except
clearing
over
northern
Vancouver
Island
region
around
noon.
Winds
light.
Maximum
temperatures:
Port
Hardy.
58;
Massett,
57;
Prince
Rupert.
57.
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