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Northwest"
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
127,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
MAY
31,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiJ
ORST
AIRCRAFT
DISASTER
YET
iher
Plane
Accident
C:Il..
TI
I
5
1
iriy-
i
nrce
Lives
L
So
Badly
Mutilated
That
funeral
May
Be
Necessary
IePOSIT,
Maryland
(CP)
The
mutilated
amine
ison
mfolk
Utif
Bells
No
j,
i
Dawson
I
sod
due
to
atr
transporta-
ijhtencd
their
d
U?cd
'or
tnc
beat
from
ii
u
scheduled
ll
It
iJ
feared
Labarge
Ice
it'ij
tlie
vessel.
lit
.-oi
been
avail
-
lU
No
potatoes
,
m
Cm
Fair
;J0
per
gallon,
-i
bri-liips
but
L
are
finding
jnr.it
adequats
ETINS
IvGCR
REMOTE
Ifict
of
the
C.N.H.
thtt
this
after-
Ik
Skttna
Klvcr
(our
inches
t'tatj-four
hours
'j
of
a
washout
I
rtaotc.
W
VOTE
I-
The
House
of
committee,
Pe
to
strike
out
e
Elections
Act
wits
persons
of
h
l
British
Col-
I'M
in
a
Horn-
RHEUM)
'
IcelanU
The
ttkte
of
an
Ice-
Pl,
missing
i
s
spotted
I
uletp
mountain
leipresed
that
all
iNshed.
Mfdi.
fcplched
to
the
ill
be
difficult
hlxcaux
of
lh
mountain
I5"
CROWN
Scotland
l
of
i'i,u.
defeated
his
iwmmate,
nck
fWBrit.
North
y
in
thirty.
(
B"Uh
Ami.
"Pioiwhlp,
Ibinpl
f
Italy
ledshap.
'or
i.
,
ts
y
will
Lin.
i
;..
it.
'i.
l
rn
i
i
.
.
lation
(iisasier
in
uniieu
aiaies
History
led
today
to
trie
Kainbridge
naval
training
Ky-nine
pab&enycis,
unu
oi
inem
a
Daoe
ifour
crew
members
died
last
night
when
any
tow
"'fm'Dcrs,
1
-
winposec
1
....
1'
18.0
feet
lX
00
3.8
feet
6.9
feet
.
an
EAuiein
ninnies
SOUtn-j
bound
from
Newark
to
Miami,
;
crashed
three
miles
from
Port
j
Deposit.
;
The
big
ship
of
the
air
plum
meted
nose-first
Into
a
forest
and
burst
Into
flames.
The
explosion
shook
buildings
miles
away.
The
fire
burned
for
three
hours
and
prevented
rescuers
from
approaching.
There
was
one
Canadian
passenger
among
the
victims,
Miss
Nora
Gllberry
of
Toronto.
The
.
and
confused
that
it
was
thought
a
mass
funeral
might
be
neces-trt
sary.
PRODIGAL
SON-
Behind
bars
in
Detroit,
Joseph
Lukas,
alias
Lukasiewicz,
strikes
a
remorseful
pose
after
his
arrest
on
a
charge
of
having
stolen
$15,-000
from
his
mother
In
Pontlac,
Mich.
an
act
which
drove
the
woman
to
attempt
suicide.
When
arrested
with
two
companions,
Lukas
had
spent
all
but
$3,500
of
the
money
in
29
days
of
high
living
In
Milwaukee
and
Chicago.
They
were
headed
for
Florida
when
picked
up.
The
companions
were
Identified
as
Rudy
Forslund,
of
Alpha,
Mich.,
and
Nick
Poulos,
of
Milwaukee.
MORE
U.B.C.
RESULTS
OUT
Further
local
Sludents
Sucml
In
Examinations
VANCOUVER
Fallowing
is
a
further
partial
list
of
University
nf
nrtttsh
Columoia
examina
tion
results
for
10W-47
semester
Applied
Science
First.
Year.
C!ai3
Tw-Peter
II.
North,
Robert
L.
Peachey.
Passed
with
Supplcmeniais
Helge
P.
Holkcstad,
StKond
Year,
Passed
wun
oup-plementals-L.
Gwynn
O.
Holt-
4jy.
Civil
I'nRintcrins
Third
Year,
Class
One-Ray
mond
A.
Pillman
(fiolntuiat.
AgriinUure
Third
Year.
Claws
One
C.
Daniel
Taper.
Faculty
of
I-aw
vir.t
vrnrP.issed
with
sup-
plcmentols-James
D.
Flslier.
Second
Year,
oiass
Frank
S.
Perry
(Prince
George).
NurMiiff
pif
vpnr-Passtd
with
Sup-
P.
Pullen.
plcmentals-Detty
NO
SCHOOL
FOR
THEM
,Nlne
hundred
D,.utnh.u,9n
Indian
children
cenj,iy.
BI6
NARCOTIC
HAUL
IS
MADE
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
P;
One
cl
the
largest
recoveries
of
narcotics
-in
recent
years
here
took
place
Friday
night
hen
two
bottles,
containing
cne
hundred
tablets
each
of
cocnlrie,
codeine,
morphine
and
nembutel
were
seized
Iby
police
in
i.
down
town
hotel.
Two
men
heve
fceen
arrested,
charged
-with
poysession
-A
narcotics.
Skeena
River
Is
Still
Rising
Watchful
F.ye
Being
Kept
on
Railway
and
Motorists
Chary
About
Setting
Out
NO
KOAI)
WASHOUTS
Provincial
Public
Works
department
office
here
has
"no
information"
on
reported
washouts
along
the
Skeena
Kiver
Highway
between
Tyec
and
Terrace,
the
Dally
News
learned
this
afternoon
tracking
down
rumors
that
high
flood
waters
had
made
the
artery
impassable.
"We
know
that
there
is
water'
on
the
highway
In
certain
places,
but
wc
have
no
information
on
the
road
being
warned
out,"
a
Public
Works
spokesman
said.
"As
far
as
we
know,
cars
are
still
running
between
here
and
Terrace,
although
in
some
places
the
water
is
almost
up
to
the
running
boards."
Little
or
no
apprehension
is
felt
by
C.X.U.
authorities
that
the
river
will
damage
their
trackage
in
the
Kwinitsa
area
where
the
worst
flood
condition
is
being
felt.
So
far
train
service
has
not
been
affected
by
the
high
water
which
has
covered
the
rails.
The
water
covers
the
railway,
which
is
adjacent
to
the
highway,
only
when
the
tide
is
high,
backing
up
the
cur
rent.
Tonight's
train,
scheduled
to
arrive
from
the
cast
at
10:45,
was
reported
to
be
running
three
hours
late
after
it
had
been
held
up
by
a
rock
slide
near
Mount
Ilobson.
With
the
Skeena
River
continuing
to
rise
rapldiy,
a
watchful
eye
is
being
kepi
on
Its
level
in
relation
to
the
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
At
ithe
same
time,
with
reports'
of
seme
bridges
being
shaky
and
-nme
parts
of
the
read
beiiig
un-
der
water,
some
motorists
pause
until
the
situation
becomes
somewhat,
stabilized
before
starting
to
drive
over
the
nn-
'way.
,.
......
Yesterday
afternoon
me
wvei
f
ihP
river
at
Kwinitsa
wife
a
mere
one
foot
six
inches
below
tcp
of
the
rail,
having
risen
from
.2
feet
8
Irenes
in
i
nouis.
lAmsbury
the
river
was
7
feet
11
inches
below
rail
from
8
feet
3
Inches
the
day
previous,
ai
Shames
the
rise
had
been
from
p
feet
6
inches
to
6
feet
5
inches.
Pacific
reported
8
feet
2
inches,
compared
with
8
lcet
6
inches.
At
one
time
yesterday
water
was
two
feet
over
the
tracks
at
Kwinitsa
but
this
was
at
high
tide.
Railway
pecple
have
been
keep'ng
their
fingers
crossed
the
cooler
welcomin.2
and
are
weather
which
there
has
been
....
-
pnnnift
o:
aavs.
xue
llve
in
regions
n
;
;
theSkeena
River
Is
high-no
a
schools
J
P
-
f0J;
mn
lt
has
been
for
inspector
of
There
had
four
year;.
gen-1
three
or
f
Z:ATr,To
washouts
on
the
railway
mnrn'w
I
PEOPLE
OF
GERMANY
MIXING
BEER
AND
POLITICS
TOGETHER
AGAIN
N
UN
DIE
H
Al
In
the
per-war
days
the
Germans
used
to
concentrate
in
their
beer
gardens
to
discuss
the
affairs
of
the
nation
over
their
sudsy
steins.
The
custom
apparently
has
returned.
Recently
about
5,000
persons
gathered
In
the
Frankfurt
zoo
beer
garden
to
hear
speakers
from
the
Russian
zone.
At
top
is
a
section
of
the
crowd.
At
bottom
is
one
of
the
speakers,
August
Froelick,
president
of
the
Thurlpgian
parliament.
The
poster
in
background
reads:
"Brothers,
join
hands
now,"
the-slogan
of
the
Communist
party.
HALIBUT
SALES'
Canadian
OlcWIcM,
20,000,
17.40
and
14,
Booth.
Covenant,
36,000,
Co-op.
Arctic
I,
17,000,
Co-op.
Neptune
II,
17.000,
Co-op.
Toodle,
14,000,
Co-op.
Northern
Breeze,
33,000,
Co-cp.
Prosperity
A.,
32,000,
17.30
and
14,
Pacific.
Osbjorg,
C.000,
17.20
and
14,
Atlln.
Sonja
I,
42,000,
11.40
and
14,
Royal.
UEMovi:
mi:al
ceilings
OTTAWA
Ceiling
prices
on
meals
on
restaurants,
hotels
and
public
eating
places
will
likely
be
removed
shortly,
it
was
learned
today.
It
is
understood
that
the
Prices
Board
first
considered
raising
the
ceiling
but,
after
further
investigation,
decided
it
was
best
to
remove
controls
"SOAKING
RICH"
IS
NOT
ENOUGH
To
Obtain
Revenues
Needed
to
Meet
Expenditures,
Says
Minister
of
Finance.
OTTAWA
P)
The
Minister
of
Finance,
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
said
In
the
House
of
Commons
on
Friday
that,
no
matter
how
hard
he
"soaked
the
rich,"
he
could
not
obtain
tne
retenues
from
them
needed
to
meet
cur
rent
expenditures.
Mr.
Abbott
made
this
statement
after
A.
M.
Nicholson
(C.C.F.
-Mackenzie)
had
suggest
cd
that
no
one
be
left
more
than
$25,000
annually
after
haying
paid
Income
taxes.
Mr.
Abbott
stated
there
were
not
sufficient
wealthy
people
from
whom
to
obtain
the
money.
President
Truman
Coming
To
Canada
on
Visit
of
Goodwill
WASHINGTON,
D.C
(CP)
President
Truman
will
make
an
address
In
Kansas
City
next
Saturday
and
leave
for
a
goodwill
trip
to
Canada
the
following
Monday,
the
White
House
announces.
He
will
go
to
Ottawa
and
it
Is
expected
he
will
address
Parliament.
He
will
remain
until
the
evening
of
June
12
but
details
of
the
schedule
are
tentative.
In
Ottawa
it
is
announced
that
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
Kingwill
make
a
statement
in
Commons
Monday
on
the
matter
of
Mr.
Truman's
visit
to
Canada.
CANADIANS
ARE
LUCKY
Forty-Five
Draw
Honrs
in
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstake
DUBLIN,
0)A
ucky
Canadian
holder
df
an
Irish
sweepstake
ticket
drew
Tudor
Minstrel,
odds-on-favorite
in
the
Derby
to
fee
run
at
b;'.rcm
Downs
June
7,
C3
the
iwecpstakes
drawings
went
on
today
Four
Canadians
held
tickets
on
Mighty
Maaharatta,
Pseudonymo
and
fcket
numbers
have
not
'been
diE'Josed.
A
ticket-holder
hiay
get
$100,-
1
000
if
his
horse
vihs;
I
Forty-five
Canadians
drew
(Winning
tickets.
MONTREAL
BOY
SCOUTS
COMING
Preliminary
Claris
are
being
made
toy
the.
Prince
Rupert
1
District
Boy&Bcouts
Association
-for
theentertalnment
of
!
a
group
of
itwenty
Montreal
i
Bey
Scouts
and
leaders
who
will
visit
Prince
P.upert
August
2D.
Arriving
by
steamer
frcm
Vancouver,
UTe
party
will
proceed
east
toy
train
In
the
evening.
While
here
members
of
the
party
-will
be
taken
to
ithe
Skeena
iRiver
to
ses
the
sahnon
fishln?,
to
local
fishery
plants
and
to
the
celanese
mill
site
at
Port
Edward.
ELECTION
FOR
HUNGARY.
SOOM
A
Resignation
of
Present
Prime
Minister
Has
Been
Forced
BUDAPEST
ffii-Lajos
Dinnycs,
46-year-old
former
Minister
of
War,
was
asked
today
to
form
a
new
Hungarian
government
after
the
previous
government
had
resigned
following
an
all-night
cabinet
meeting.
A
statement
came
from
the
cabinet
to
the
effect
that
the
new
national
elections
will
be
held
In
September.
Meanwhile
reports
are
circu
lating
that
the
Communists,
having
forced
Premier
Nagy
from
office
are
continuing
a
determined
move
to
force
Hungary
Into
a
police
state.
THEWEATHER
Synopsis
A
southerly
'flow
of
cool
moist
air
over
the
British
Columbia
coast
will
cause.extcnslve
'cloudi
ness
and
widely
scattered
rain
showers
across
the
province
for
the
week
end.
Cold
air
from
northern
Canada
Is
moving
Into
central
and
southern
British
Columbia
and
temperatures
In
these
areas
are
expected
to
be
10
to
15
degrees
"below
normal
for
the
next
two
days.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
north
coast
Overcast
with
rain
showers
today
and
Sunday.
Light
winds,
little
change
In
temperature.
Minimum
tonight
Pprt
Hardy,
45.
Maximum
tomorrow
58.
Minimum
tonight,
Massett,
58.
Mini
mum
tonight
Prince
ftupert
35.
TO
PROBE
SALE
OF
JAP
LANDS
Public
Accounts
Committee
Accepts
Proposal
of
Conservative
Member
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
House
of
Commons
public
accounts
committee
Friday
accepted
a
proposal
by
Karl
Homouth
(Pro
gressive
-
Conservative,
Waterloo
South),
that
the
committee
recommend
to
Parliament
the
appointment
of
a
commission
to
Investigate
the"
disposal
of
evacu;
ated
Japanese
lands
in
British
Columbia,
The
committee
would
study
the
sale
of
Japenese
property
by
the
custodian
of
enemy
property.
Coroner's
Jury
Urges
Outside
Vents
on
Boat
Fuel
Tanks
Deaths
of
Robert
Houston
and
Stan
Orvik
In
Explosion
of
Lorna
H.
Is
Investigated
A
recommendation
that,
the
fuel
tanks
of
boats
have
their
air
vents
placed
above
decks
resulted
from
an
inquest
last
night
into
the
deaths
of
Robert
Houston
and
Stanley
Orvik,
victims
of
the
explosion
of
the
halibut
boat
Lorna
H.
while
she
was
moored
at
the
Home
Oil
Co.
dock
here
on
May
23.
The
Jury,
convened
by
Coron
l
;
'
er
M.
M.
Stephens,
added
the
recommendation
to
their
verdict
after
Hans
Knutsen,
owner
of
the
boat
who
survived
the
blast,
Informed
the
court
that
the
two
spare
tanks
at
the
stern
of
his
vessel
had
their
vents
below
the
after
deck.
The
maki
tanks
near
the
engine,
he
said,
were
vented
above
decks,
thereby
allowing
the
fumes
from
within
the
tanks
to
escape
into
the
open
air.
The
jury
found
that
Houston
and
Orvik
came
to
their
deaths
as
a
result
of
injuries
received
during
the
explosion
at
the
Home
Oil
Co.
dock.
FUMES
BELIEVED
TO
HAVE
CAUSED
BLAST
The
rider
to
the
verdict
was
suggested
by
Coroner
Stepheas
after
the
conclusion
of
testi
mony
when
he
said
that
a
pos
sible
cause
of
the
explosion
might
have
been
that
fumes
from
the
after
tanks
dissipated
Into
the
hold
of
the
boat
when
oil
dock
attendants
filled
.them.
about
an
hour
and
a
half
be
fore
the
blast
occurred.
-Lihipincp
badlybiccause
of
air
injury
to
nis
ngnwieg
received
when
he
was
blown
but
of
the
pilot
house
of
the
Lorna
II.,
Capt.
Knutsen
took
his
seat
before
the
Jury
and
recounted
the
precau
tions
he
had
taken
to
clear,
his
boat
of
gasoline
fumes
before
starting
the
engine
to
return
to
the
halibut
grounds
on
the
afternoon
of
May
23.
He
left
the
boat
at
noon,
he
Said,
leaving
orders
to
have
the
fuel
tanks
filled
during
his
ab
sence.
He
returned
at
1
pjn.
and
went
below
to
Inspect
the
engine.
While
below,
he
opened
the
sky
light
and
doors
and,
smelling
the
presence
of
galo-line,
Inspected
the
engine
and
tank
connections
for
leakage.
Capt.
Kutsen
said
that
he
used
a
water
hose
line
to
flush
out
the
engine
room
and
under
the
tanks
and
then
pumped
the
water
out
of
the
boat.
The
boat,
he
said,
carried
480
gallons
of
gasoline,
120
in
the
two
spare
tanks
aft.
Vent
outlets
to
the
main
tanks
were
on
the
side
of
the
pilot
house,
but
the
vent
outlets
to
the
spare
tanks
were
below
decks.
"I
had
Bobby
Houston
In
the
fo'c'slc
a
few
finutes
before
and
asked
him
if
he
could
smell
fumes
and
he
said
that
he
could
not,"
Mr.
Knutsen
said.
He
declared
that
he
felt
reasonably
sure
that
there
was
no
danger
from
fumes
after
he
had
washed
out
the
engine
room
and
ventilated
the
fo-c-sle.
When
he
went
to
the
pilot
house
and
pressed
the
starter
button,
the
engine
ran
for
about
a
minute,
then
stopped.
He
Dressed
the
button
again
and
then
the
explosion
came.
"There
could
have
been
some
thing
wrong
with
the
muffler,
because
it
didn't
sound
right.
A
faulty
muffler
could
have
(
caused
flames."
The
engine,
he
said
was
In
"first
class"
shape
previously,
having
been
recently
overhauled.
He
declared
that
he
thought
It
was
the
spare
tanks
In
the
after
hold
that
"blew."
All
the
men
were
sitting
on
a
ratling
on
the
after
deck
when
the
explosion
came,
except
Orvik,
who
was
sitting
on
the
baiting
table.
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman,
hospital
pathologist,
explained
the
in
MEDOS
TO
BE
HANGED
Death
Sentence
Passed
by
Mr.
Justice
Manson
on
Killer
of
Vancouver
Police
Officer
VANCOUVER-
the
comple
tion
of
a
five-day
trial,
Harry
Medos,
22,
was
convicted
by
a
ury
at
the
Supreme
Court
As
sizes
here
late
yesterday
afternoon
of
the
imurder
of
Police
Officer
Charles
Boyes
during
a
,gun
battle
on
False
Creek
flats
February
26
last.
He
was
sentenced
to
be
hanged
Wednesday
Jury
30.
The
Jury
was
out
only
37
minutes.
Immediately
after
Its
return
with
the
verdict
of
guilty,
Medos
was
asked
If
there
was
any
reason
why
sentence
should
not
be
Imposed
upon
hhn.
He
re
plied
"No."
Thereupon
Mr.
Jus
tice
A.
M.
Manson
passed
vthe
death
sentence.'
m
Trial
of
William
Henderson,
17,
similarly
charged,
will
start
Monday.
:Heerteaw'ayegdly-'
the
third
member
of
a
bank
hold-up
gang
'following
th
exploits
of
which
Constables
O.
O.
Ledlng-ham
and
BoyeS,
wjth
Gunman
Douglas
Carter,
were
killed.
The
encounter
'followed
an
alleged
frustrated
bank
hold-up.
Detective
Hoare,
credited
with
klllinig
Carter,
was
wounded
three
times
In
the
battle
and
Medos
was
also
wounded.
CHINESE
TRAIN
MINE-BLASTED
TIENTSIN,
P)
A
land
mine
exploded
today
beneath
a
fourteen
car
passenger
train
at
Lutal
on
the
Peiping-Mukden
Railway.
Later
reports
said
that
hundreds
of
persons
were
believed
killed
in
the
-wreck
with
many
others
injured.
Cars
werv
telescoped.
The
line
is
subject
To
frequent
attacks
by
Communists.
A
series
of
explosions
occurred
ancj
the
locomotive
was
destroyed.
juries
which
had
caused
the
two
men's
deaths.
DOCK
ATTENDANTS
GIVE
EVIDENCE
James
Irvine,
oil
dock
attendant,
said
that
he
heard
the
engine
of
the
Lorna
H.
start
as
he
was
standing
on
the
dock.
"It
sounded
as
though
the
muffler
was
blown,
then
it
all
went
up
In
front
of
us,"
Irvine
ran
to
the
oil
company
office
to
take
cover
from
falling
debris.
He
ran
down
to
the
floats
and
onto
the
troller
Beau
which
was
moored
In
front
of
tho
Lorna
H.
Knutsen,
he
said,
was
climbing
aboard
the
Beau
at
that
time!
Irvine
said
that
he
did
not
believe
that
the
faulty
muffler
above
the
pilot
house
of
tha
Lorna
H.
could
have
had
anything
to
do
with
the
explosion.
Witness
Ole
Slatta
said
that
he
had
fuelled
the
Lorna
II..
putting
133
gallons
Into
her
tanks.
The
Job,
he
said,
had
been
completed
before
12;20,
an
hour
and
20
minutes
before
tha
explosion.
He
assisted
In
carrying
the'
body
of-
Bobby
Houston
from
the
wharf
after
the
blast.
Nell
Stromdal,
John
Finley
and
Swlnt
White,
oil
dock
attendants,
recounted
their
stories
of
events
immediately
preceding
and
after
the
explosion.