r at PROVINCIAL library PROVINCIAL. LI33A3T, VICTORIA.. S.C 113 VICTORIA. S. C. 3150. 5 rr OIir.lES DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHJERN AND CEN TRAL. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S KJWSPAPXR PHONE 81 Published at Canada'g Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest.' Vol. XXXVIII, No. 279. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENT8 p ower n New and E eefcioiri Gaimi More Native Schools I Another 'Quake On Charlottes Labor Out By 12-Seat Margin In First Upset In 14 Years Election Picture Lacks I Shape; Aldermen Scarce .-V i-oing U happen in the forthcoming civic Economic And Health Beilermenl Result In More Indian Children Earthquake shocks are still recurring on the Queen Cliar-lotte Islands and at 1 a.m. Saturday there was another tremor .is iinylmdy's guess and a lot of people arc' A general increase in thus province's population iyy ATOMIC of native children is reflected in the Skeena agency WEAPONS TEST and has been directly responsible for the necessity Washington nie united Free Enterprise versus Socialism Basis of Voting WELLINGTON (CP) New Zealand electors today chose free enterprise over socialism, turning out of office the Labor Party and into power the National Party. ' ;,t that. JJiggest conundrum of all is the .,jc situation. i.cix scats to fill, three candidates have filed another five prospective candidates ot a building program whicn nas already .involved tne construction of new and larger schools at Metlakatla and Kitkatla, now completed, and others at Green remindful at Ma.sset.of the ma-j jor one on August 21 which caused consternation and considerable damage. According to word from the islands, the latest shock lasted for about twenty minutes, shaking houses and wakening people up. States plans to make a new series of atomic weapons tests at Eni-wetock in the Pacific. This was made known Tuesday night in a ville, Kincolltli and Hartley Bay The National Party, campaigning for a return Uiint. announcement. hv the I same us those governing the nomination and election of an aldernv.in. He must have pro Atomic Energy Commission and j 0f f r(e enterprise, captured 4G out of 80 seats in the il ilicm. , other hand, the raft promises ri'nl contest. Ko w g ji.didiil't have filed this, il Is expected. on which work is about to commence. - Indian Superintendent F. E. Anfield estimates that there the Defence Department $20,000 THEFT FROM QUEBEC JEWELLERY STORE .RA.NDY, Quebec Jewel house of Representatives. The Labor Party won the remaining I The campaign, resolved itself perly and olhe qualifications prescribed by the Municipal F.'eclions Act. However, no damage was done. Ever since August 2t the Islands have bren experiencing periodic, earth tremors. "VI The result, ended 14 years of, largely inu a struggle un,wra. h:s been an increase in native i The announcement gave no indication when the tests wll be, held. They are to determine the 1 efficiency of the improved weapons developed since the last ex government by the Labor Party. Socialism and free enterprise. Sydney George Holland, Na- school population In his agency of twenty percent in the last lery, of an estimated value of At, the dissolution of Parlla- ment .Labor held 40 seats and Uional Parly leader, said during five years. It now totals -about!'-" was stolen from a Granby r)00 children. U.tore early today and a wlde- Conservative tle election campaign mat nis the National or periments at the Eniwetock proving grounds in the spring of 1943. Leading Co-op Thls increase, the superin- spread police search was set up tendent attributes, partly to the for five men in a taxi, improved economic conditions! of the natives but possibly the Yv" Broulllctte, proprietor of flf r i J - Til'! I andWalPs an! Aid. II. , . BbTi. McKay, Aid. frli.iiii and Aid. liar- ! , nalrd for sil'l- ,- far are Alderman jyy, I'.rii- Fame and r;v-h while Alderman ,rl;, W A Mclean, ,;;en. Michael Krcu?T J Glavsry still ' had .; this allcrnoon. j i Teacher Here BLOCKADE RUNNERS TAKE OWN CHANCES WASHINGTON S-crelary first objective will be to "set the people free from the domination of the State." Leading Labor In its unsuccessful bid for re-election was Prims Minister Peter Fraser, crusty, Scots-born politician. Fraser, 65, has beeri Prime Minister since 1940. Party, held 38. One seat was vacant and one held by Frank Langslone. Independent Labor. Langstone, former High Com-mis' in'ier to Canada, broke away from the Labor Party last August .opposing its decision to support compulsory military training . more important contributory , "e jrwt;uery suji e, Bam m factor has been the betterment rases had been "completely in the health of the natives as j cleaned out." His estimate loss a result of the greatly expanded ' was tentative and he said it may Continued rm r - 'l be higher. j Talk to br .M. M. Coady, Di-I rector of tlie Department of Ex-! tension of St. Francis Xavicr ' University, Antigonish, N.S., for of State Achcson said today that-American ships are entering the Chinese blockaded port of Shanghai at their own risk. He Indirectly rebuked the 1:.- five minutes and he will convince you that the human race is A Bnard picture, Incrcdible Coincidence .V tiff Trawler's Net Finds .Body brandtsen Steamship Line for having sent its vessels into that area, two of which have been shelled. - Acheson reported that the gov BASKETBALL . Co-ops Score Decisive losing perhaps the biggest bet of all by overlooking a single, simple truth. And although he is a Monsig-nor of the Roman Catholic Church .his idea is not primarily juts t" fill, was partly Tuesday when W. J. .lis currently a trustee, j,atimi papers. Trustee sato whose term also jti not know whether m. re-election or not. j altemnon, no other i bad come forward, jt H M Daggett and o! iMissirigaBeorgelP.ov;Gll ernment has rejected all requests of the shipping for an American theological it is economic. He j Victory Over school naval convoy . preaches Or , rather, teaches T .i - L - I By a million-to-one chance, an American beam lifted from the floor of Hecate human economic betterment and ; trawler's net Tuesday FRIZZELL TO RUN O .Douglas Frlzzell, city motn he makes it a stimulating, force- strait, the body of a man believed to be George fclen. whose terms jld not expire un-k. have both resign dealer," said this afternoon that I lui oicssage.. - Here on invitation of the i lor mayor, leaving Powell, "36-year old MettakaTIa fisherman arttr parts of the wreckage of the boat in which he disappeared last October 10. ifn Wilfred McLean he plans to file papers for a one-year aldermanic term. He expects to file the papers Thursday Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co $ fwman for another operative which today concluded In addition to the The Junior Game Last Night Between Kinsmen 4 and Rupert Hotel Was Excellent. -There J.;...;. Was Basketball for the Whole Game Last night Co-op went into high gear in the last half of the final quarter of the Senior League basketball game to rain baskets in from every angle, winning by a decisive 74 to 57 score. The Bo-Me-Hi team was leading 51-50 with about eight minutes left to play and it looked like any-1 - one's game. Then the team fell ness on Brownwood's bench. its semi-annual meeting, Dr. Coady is recognized as probably. ;tar seats, two are up for election. CHOSEN QUEEN OF NORTH AMERICA Margaret Lynn Munn, Miss Canada, Is shown during the Inter-American beauty pageant, held in Lima, as part of the 1949 Peruvian exposition, where she was elected Queen of North America. 21 contestants from North, South and Central America were represented In the con- at procedure would s tulluwcd If there iificicnt candidates to MacLean Enters Race Nomination of Walter Austen MacLean. for alderman were filed at the city hall this morning. Resident of Prince Rupert since 1921 and former member of the city public works department and alderman, Mr. MacLean was proposed by Nora E. Arnold and seconded by James H. Thompson. Germanic slate ha; tct of considerable in- Because the Cooltdge II. was of fish ' des-tnled carrying a cargo - for Seattle, Cofbner U. M. Stephen's 'arranged for- passage on the halibut boat Margot II., Capt. Olof Anderson. By radiophone they agreed to rendezvous In Ogden Channel. Margot II. left port early In the afternoon. The coroner's Jury, which convened at 7 o'clock last night aboard the Margot II. In the lee scoring only two points and missing six free shots awarded him on fouls. I'x is how Returning The almost incredible coincidence took plade about eight miles west Of White Rocks at the north: end of. Banks ; Island In the' general; area where Powell disappeared in his trolling boat Rowena while crossing from Queen Charlotte Islands nearly seven weeks ago The body cfficiaily unidentified, but believed to be that of Powell was brought to the surface rrom 63 fathoms of .water by tlie 00-foot trawler Coolldsie II.. of Bellingham, as it neared the end of a three-week voyage sfter bottom fish in Hecate apart and gave a display of wild passing and shooting that netted them exactly six more points while Co-op were going 3 D Thaln explains lt: test, which was something new the greatest authority on the cooperative movement in Canada. In fact, he is regarded as its father. Dr. Coady has made the name of St. Francis Xavier University synonymous with co-operatives because it is the well-spring of ideas which have spread throughout the country. "Our main business is adult education and when wc mobilize for adult learning, we run smack into the economic issue," declared this physically huge man who, Jg only five candidates themselves by the FALLS to town to garner 24. It was a CHUNGKING 1 deadline, each big-night for Arney, Flaten and! BEFORE 'REDS 'in by acclamation un- FITCH FILES PAPERS Nomination papers of Donald in beauty shows. The contestants did not appear in bathing suits but were Judged In evening gowns only. Co-opcrotive In General Session m liird for the four of Pitt Island, brought in a ver Rupert Hoikstad, who grossed a total of 50 points. Ted Arney played a beautiful driving game. HONG KONG O" Communist forces moved In on Chungking today and reliable reports from vacancies or the two "scancies. breaking up - play after play diet which listed the body as Franklin Fitch for alderman that of an undentified man and were filed with Returning Officer H. D. Thain this morning. His the cause of death as drowning. Coroner SlcDhens paid hich ; proposer is Richard Long and his 9w five, aloivi with from'Taipeh, Formosa, Generalissimo and shooting swish shots aldermen remaining despite his 60-odd years is more Seml-annuai i-nuce ivu-jei t . Strait. , Cuulidye ii , slippered oy Capo. Harvey D. Kmc of liel- year, would get to seconder, Harolfl S. Whalen. Fishermen's Co-op metlng has active than many a youth. "No modern adult educator can dodge nal choose another pcr- impossible angles. Rupert Hoi-! Chiang Kai-Shek's headquarters, kestad and Jim Flaten were'said that the city fell at noon, equally effective although not He had been leading the de-adding fence of Chungking and trying to quite the driving power President LI Tstung- and leadership nrnviderl hv Ar-'tf-t Actin8 t final seat. the economic issue." Ions Rovrrnine their Snow Lower On am. 'lucauay Wiien utT net up The vigor with which he has 'Id. Of course hn the pursued this idea for almost 30 jen 10 return to iiina iium una been held in Oddfellows' Hall this week as out of town delegates and approximately 200 members met to discuss general business. The meeting ended Tuesday. Out-of-town delegates from various organizations of the ney. Ladies' League In a better than average i-uiii. wucti her SiX-uiuii crew laitud Uie net, lliey lound tlie ouuiy utcuiuposta buuy oi a CKEY SCORES British colony. , A dispatch from Chungking to Chinese newspapers here said that 20,000 Red troops had crossed the Yangtze at 1 a.m. Tuesday, Mountain Tops Away later than usual, winter levelled down towards Prince Rupert with disconcerting nearness overnight, dropping a warn fti-ifir ( nasi 3 4. Oakland 3 game In the ladles' division the People's soundly trounced their a 5, Fresno 3 tribute to Capt. Kiffe and his erew for the sense of responsibility which had caused them to sacrifice almost 12 hours of their time in a strange country (o bring the body to the attention of authorities. "It was fine citizenship Mr. Stephens said. "There was no other reason why they should have given up a whole day in another country when (hey had a perishable cargo below." He also lauded Capt. Kolise of the B.C. Troducer for the dispatch with which he notified the police of the occurence and for standing by the Coolidge during the day. ''tstniinsUT 4. Tacoma U arch rivals Dom's by a 21 to 9 local time and entered the out-score. There was just no nold-j skirts of Chungking. Hulling Industry included R. Bes-ore, Chicago, representing the Fl.shennen's Federation Incorporated: D. G.-MacUonald, Van i ing Jackie Budinich who ran! Mr m w . t ing blanket of snow on the higher slopes of Mount Oldfield and Mount Hays within a few hundred feet of the rooftops. City residents arose on .this clear and cool morning to see . 4 lit a tidy 13 points to practlo-1 ally win the game on her own efforts. Once again there was, too much holding and hacking,' couver .secretary-treasurer of t h e Fishermen's Co-operative Federation; T. H. Sorcnson, Van- man lashed to a smashed Snul, part of the mast of a boat.a r.nc, life ring and two trolling poles. The body was clothed in rubber flshermun's gurments. Tlie Coolldf,e crew experienced great difficulty in raising the mass, but finally got It on deck. Unfamiliar with Canadian procedure under such circumstances, Capt. Rifle headed lor , White Rocks harbor, but contracted another trawler, tlie B.C. Producer. Her skipper leapt. Fred Kohse radioed the provincial police here and stood by the Coolirige. BRITONS REACT TO N.Z. ELECTION LONDON 1 iominent Labor Party members today expressed disappointment when told of the Labor Party defeat in the. New Zealand general election. Alice Bacon, deputy party (uivcr, general manager of tne -.i mm but the reterees tightened up considerably to call 17 fouls, j Intermediate League I Fashion won a 32 to 27 vic- the powdery mantle and to perceive Us resultant chill. While cool rain was falling, the snow had been coming to the moun ih::i:i 23:13 - 1:0 17-14 m feci. 1 Fishermen's Co-operative rea-17 1 ;ret 1 oration; and A. J. Wlrlck, Van- n.7 (eel. cotivcr, of the B. C. Co-operat- fi j feet ;vc Union. Tlie Coolidge headed south immediately after the inquest. The body was brought to I'rince Rupert at midnight and taken to B.C. Undertakers. Attempt to identify it positively lory over Merchants in spite of chairman said: "I am sure that the fact that Merchants had this is only a temporary set-strengthened their team by the back." addition of Bill Davidson who Lord Woolton, chairman Of the had stepped down from the Conservative party called the senior division. Davidson showed defeat of the Labor party In New Ihe effects of a month's idle- Zealand "a sign of the times. tain tops and it was well down I the sides of such higher crests ; as Mount Morse and those be-, yond. l' Although tlie temperature .overnight remained well above ' the freezing point 36 degrees presence of snow at so low a Scotia and eventually throughout Canada. "Your co-operatives out here lenth Anniversary Banquet Civic Ccnr-c Auditorium Dec. 1st, 1C Wat 7:30 p.m. are developed along lines pioneer level left a nip in the air this ed by us back there," he said. "It's a pretty sad slate) of af were being made today. Jurors who heard the inquest were George Redhead, foreman Olof Anderson. Edward Edward -son, Gordon C. Home, Robert Rrude and Calvin Stephen. Powell's trolling boat disappeared near White Rocks last October 10 while he and several Dr. (Monslgnort M. M. Coudy, leader in co-operative and adult education movement, here from St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, for two-day visit. years is reflected in tlie scope of the co - operative movement throughout the maritimcs. "The dynamics of the co-op fairs when people allow their morning and a warning of the possible frigid prospects ahead. However, the thing has some compensations in the public mind. Popular comment was aimed at reminding others that a year ago not only Mount Okl- problems to pile up Into a moun commemorating fie incorporation of the tainous scrap heap before they try to solve them," he declared. other fishermen were returning "They should take out problems from fishing grounds at the south end of the Queen Char- PRINCE RUP:RT FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Address by: DR. M. M. COADY PUBLIC MEETING Civic Centre Auditorium, Noy. 30, 1 949 at 8 p.m. i Speaker: DP, MM. COADY Director of tlie Department of Extension St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S. ' - Sponsored by: The Department of Extension of th University of British Columbia and the v ' Frinee Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association -.. fleld but rooftops and streets ns well were snow-laden. erative movement migm nave been stressed by the fact that we had ruraf depopulation and industrial strife nt that time, but actually, we are grouped together to learn of the vital social processes in both good and bad Mcmb:rs and Emoloyccs of all Co-opcrativcs Trouble developed In the. Falls River power plant last night and commencing at approximately 8:30 the city was in complete darkness for 20 minutes. Shaw- and Credit Unions in our stride, because, . if we allow them to pile up, any charlatan or demigogue can then convince the people that he can remove Ilium by putting a stick of dynamite under them and blowing them up in the form of revolution. Dr. Coady will address a public meeting at the Civic Centre tonight and a Co-operative banquet Thursday night. lolte.s The Rowena's engine broke down in a gale and she was taken In tow by another boat. Later, the second boat experienced engine trouble and the Rowena broke adrift and was never seen, again. There was nothing on the wreckage raised by the Collldge's net to Identify the boat, from which it came. Wts mov be obtained ot all Co-op Stores atlans Dlant was the source of and the Bakery supply for a time after the EVERYONE WELCOME times. Although the movement In the maritimes started with fishermen and farmers, tt soon spread to the Industrial areas of Nova "kick-off" at Falls River which, i (279- Allliil. ..!.... llonoitlir however, soon came on again. --"n.anlH m-i v.. - n