PROVINCIAL LI3?..?.T. K A il A A. 113 Onf.lES DRUGS vicryl, 2. c, .: Daij Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S KZWBFAPXB luhlishcd at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." PHONE 81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 201. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1949, PRICE FIVE CENT3 Quivered o Moved cean Problem Of mi iv van ruiiii lllliftl II QJ9 UJH n H H 11 H Z NEARLY MADE CHANNEL SWIM DOVER, England Blinding fog forced Mrs. Willi Croes van Rijsel, 31-year old Dutch housewife, to abandon her bid to swim the English Channel yesterday after seventeen hours. ass; Rocks, T InM imber! :Ier Feet ling main m t i Down Tumbli C The plucky Amsterdam, who ame ing is believed to have been less than two miles from the goal when she quit, took it In her stride. Ashore an hour later, she smiled and said: "I'm going to try it again." Story of 'Quake Centre Is Told Iks Are vsa; . ... . Started '-.'-4 ' U"r r. . J Capital f ,t r:,;:r:,:ff . ,t . i, EMPLOYMENT IS SATISFACTORY l But Housing is Reaching :TO'. I). ( ' i h, : ( ritial Stage In Prince Rupert countries W t,nay on the (if liow t" Graphic Account Is G i v e n By Queen Charlotte Fisherman A first-hand report of actual experiences during the recent earthquake has been supplied to the Daily News by Charles Valley, ( captain of the MV Omar K, and a fellow captain, Paddy Dwyer of the MV Belinder, two fishery patrol boats operating near the south end of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Their two engineers, Mickey Dwyer and Roe; Morrison, ieel sure that they hack on her :. There if a ny.st'Ty as the n ' At the monthly meeting of the local employment advisory committee last evening considerable disussion took place regarding the need for housing accommodation at present and the 1 feeling that the shortage would become even critical in the near future caused the committee to formulate a resolution to the Regional Committee pointing out the need for some organized Anflo-Canadian- ial talks begin. r. of devaluating f- i 7 3 effort to have houses buflt. c Whether this should be done L 5 and of boost-guld. Slates turns the proposal to ,11 Plan dollars That could run into bluRcr United Slates ol other unof-briiiE talked. were In the centre of the earth- with special inducements given by the municipality or whether j quake area. ' Sunday was a calm, peaceful evening with the sun low In the sky shining over a placid sea. I But Just after tight o'clock there WHERE PLANE HIT The wide gap In this clump of tamarack trees traces the course of the ill-fated R.C.A F. Canso amphibian as it crashed in the northern Manitoba bush, killing its 21 occupants. Bits of tiebris are -scattered along the path of the plane, which was flying from Churchill, Man., to Winnipeg when it crashed and burned. There were no survivors.. Q Photo) the problem should be tackled on a wider basis with the department of Industry giving a (lead was a matter for consider was a low fumbling that seemed locked in the .:h level British, African officials ation. The local employment to come from behind Swede FIVE DIE office is advising all who write from outside point3 of the need Mountain. Then everything began to shake and the noise In Reds Take To Attack to have accommodation taken Memorable Trip Over creased and sounded like heavy IN CRASH DIEPPE VETS RETURN TO FRANCE Sgt James Copland of the Essex Scottish Windsor, Ont., and Pipe Major Angus Graham ,y for what may most important Aory. rid Is watching ground work ) care of before they come to the of the Camerons of Winnipeg are shown above playing a Lament city. The local employment situ thunder. Valley and Morrison came out on deck to see what was causing the rumpus. The water Quivered and sureed and rocks at the ceremony held at Dieppe cemetery in France on the 7tJi r'Axi'rrwi nt, rMiinrsf Com LEOrOLDVILIE, Belgian Congo O. Five persons were killed today when a DC-3 air f.i a! the mm- to satisfactory with very mnntt troon. hurled back on anniversary of the famous raid. The two pipers accompanied Presentation to Mrs. Airi Mitchell Culminates Job's Daughters Tour duled to start the Canadian detachment of Reserve Force soldiers all veterans l and timbers could be heard com of the raid who were present for the occasion. (Can. Army Photo) lmg down the steep sldes of th the the front north of Canton, have , vacancies ceeo.ng vne number of applicant. There Is and have returned to the attack craft crash-landed and burst into flames shortly after tak no unemployment among the "On behalf of the directors. women In the city. While the VTO WARD ing off from Leoptildville airport Two were passengers and the others members of the crew. made new gains, tne aeience ministry admitted today. The ministry said that Manchurian f fV,o T?(H ifnnral. Lin fishing industry Is slackening many mountains that make "up-this Lockeport area. All along the shoreline for a distance of twenty feet out the water seemed to be boiling and the tit dp! wave ten feet high ran lnlan ( off there is a backlog of con on of the road crews- tnd taff ot the Union Steamships I wish to present you with these flowers for a good job well done." So said little Sandra Skinner, daughter of Frank Skinner, local agent for The plane carried sixteen oassenners and crew of four yy all Ul m.711 wirtv ohuuiu fit.v. Plao have recaptured Anhwa, y Rapid? BiiriRe The Columbia work for all Great Hurricane Lashes Florida; Damage Is Heavy WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CP) A-tremen as discussed Cellulose Company has Increased its payroll as construction ! the Prince Rii- The quake lasted all of two minutes with one terrific shake. For when it left the airport here on a regular run to Elizabethvllle, 1000 miles away and near the Northern Rhodesian border. company and Mrs. banner, xlalton Thurs-!1 -'th Director O. Mc- Managing hcaw work in hours af terwards there were miles north of Chan:;sha, on a sector of the front more than 370 miles north of this refugee capital. There was no news from the front closest to Canton. That is on the northeast where the Reds are 143 miles or less away. many lesser tremors. Blue line con- ioomiir uii apiJiuvuiK'j. On shore was Mckey Dwyer :t Watson Island "e prenonution of a beautiful FINALISTS IN dous tropical hurricane today had swept through Florida's rich citrus belt with millions of dollars in progresses. Work should be started soon on the highway from the city limits to Galloway Rapids. The plan for directing some of the courses provided at the Hiah Shool to give specialized who said that he had to hang lake Is under JonQuet. or rea gmuiuu was umuc WOMEN'S GOLF become U) Mrs- Alrx Mlw:l1'-" u" wlc ,u is con- turn of the victorious Jods VANCOUVER (P- Bab-s Davlcs property damage already counted in the State. The Palm Beaches were hard hit and so was Belle Glade "d and nioiect,- of Vancouver, lone Canadian i 7 DIE IN SUB instruction leading to training 1 frr CVio fishing and on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee where dam-1 on to a tree to keep from fallng down. Underfoot he could hear and feel the rocks grinding. "I've always wanted to know what a real earthquake would feel like, and my gosh, it sure was a dandy."- The tidal wave took his dinghy up and he had to run by the piovin- Daughters yesterday afternoon, of public works Lout applause burst out from the proceeded with, many assembled parents, rela-consldered uu- j tlV('s a,ul Mends as the girls dis- age is estimated at more than SOLO P-The United t, proce.sSing industries is be-submarine Ciehino exploded, foowen up Present at ttie burned and sank in Arctlc I mftting were J. S. Wilson, chair-waters yesterday. One member Robert Mc PATRIARCH OF hake embarked from union stcaim-i any repie- $1,000,000 by town officials. Up and down the Gold Coast, a stretch of 120 miles, the storm loff Vimicpe nrirnofpH nnri trees wmi-finalist, was eliminated yesterday four and three and the defending champion, Grace -Lenc.yk of Newington, Connecticut, is also out of the Canadian women's golf open. Grade J)cMoss of Corvallis, Oregon, beat Babs Davies and meets Mrs. Marian Herron of Portlaud who beat Miss Lenczyk. In and retrieve it. Paddy D'yer is time as the 1 tatala. Cupt. hi. ijnepparu, wiui Co. was Itself I "ip skirl of the pipes played by In a good road ' Pip William McKay spreading NATIVES DIES was out in the other dinghy at Kay, W. E. Waterman and E. Victor Whiting, manager local Unemployment Insurance unrooted. Shrubbery was torn to! the narrow entrance towards ribbons. I The death of Chief John Bol- of the crew, a civilian tecnnic-ian, was last and six Navy submariners, aboard a sister ship. Tuks, perished during rescue oner lions. T Cochlno's 84 officers and mci.. were saved. there as ex- wr the harbor, possible. The Proudly carrying the two n ol the road handsome trophies that the drill Swede Bay. Here the cliffs are over a thousand feet high. His dinghy rose and fell and he made to be nut nnilpum huil won at Kookane. Alex Vclocity was as high as 155 ton occurred at Butedale re-miles per hour. j cently at the ripe age of ninety- However, only one death was eicht years. Born at Kitlmaat, attributed to the storm. Andrew Mr. Bolt-on was a member of the for the beach. The boat cap- nsurance and staged a dis- Mitchell said that, as soon as their uniforms the team went on the floor, he; play for the benefit of tne people sised but he got it and himself The two vessrls, together with( the submarines Toro and Cor-j I knew that they would win. Their of Alert Bay ana u.so Rate Upped drill was perfect. Ti.ey had just, and Mrs. noener, 1""" Jonkman, 20. was drowned at Miami as he tried. to swim ashore after purposely sinking his sailboat to protect it- from the storm. At least fifteen were Injured. Eagle Tribe of Indians. He was a fisherman most of his life but had been in retirement for a number of years and with his wife, had been living with their son Walter Bolton. sair. were on cold water manoeuvres when an explosion in the battery room sent the craft to the bottom. completed a march of Illlecn moving incunn'""'' blocks In very hot weather Ujo. Los Angeies, wno v.r. VANCOUVER U Premier By ron . Johnson announced yester ashore. All agreed that the mountains, some of them four miles away, actually moved up and down. Next day there were lota of broken trees and roots floating about the Inlet and many new slides were visible on the mountain 3ides. Though the men called the Catala's passengers. but tlwy performed their drill day that compulsory hospital' Besides his widow, Cecelia, insurance services would C0S'' on duty in West Palm Beach to 20.1 feet like veterans. Many of the girls have remained in the south w visit friends and those returning were Ruth more In 1950. Single persons will prevent looting in the damaged! deceased is survived by three 4:01 16:17 :0:08 21.1 feet sons, Job, Roderick, and Walter, pay instead 01 ia ana niui- cny i Kctcheson. Margaret Strachan Heather Brewer, Diane Kennedy, ried persons with dependents! Wmds died down today, head-will pay $33 Instead of $24 and 1 ing inlo the 0ulf 0f Mexico. $30. The new payments will be, due in October. SCOIUiS Carol Moorehouse, Ethel Moore-imise, Marjorle Tatwrsall, Olive 3trand, Mary Strachan, Margit vfacArthur. Donna MacArthur, wife of me motion or me waier a naai and one daughter Violet, Walter Wilson, all. of Kitimaat. wave they noticed that actually Clifton, it was not a wave but that the Mrs. His sister Lucy wife of Chief Heber L. Clifton whole body of water seemed .to of Hartley Bay, also survives, jrise and fall, with many whirl- ' pools appearing and reappearing The remains were taken from as lf there were a grcafc commo-Butedale to Kitimaat for burial. tlon underneath. However, there Full congregations from the vil- was no Blgn of any dead ish lages of Hartley. Bay and Kitl- and not more tnan an hour af -maat, as well as neighboring terwards herrmg could be seen friends, were present at the nippmg about and some ccno funeral which was conducted by imriiiip LIBERALS TO NAME LEADER I'rican 'Cleveland 0 Oerd Lien and Mclalne Brechin. Premier Johnson said that the one-year old plan had not been paying its way owing to higher hospital charges due to Increased costs, principally in salaries and wages, and another Mrs. Robert Gordon, Miss Tat I Miltchcll and Bobble Mitchell also returned with the party. 1 The girls, tired uiter a strenu-! ous two weeks replete with keen WINNIPEG W The provincial executive of the Manitoba Liberal-Progressive Association $3,00,000 was needed. The Premier said he was convinced that the people wished the service continued. voted todav to call a conven- Timothy Starr, lay minister lor excitement and all manner ol ilieaan ''' York 2 DAY -innal H" York 4 Philadelphia 2 Boston 3 ooklyn 2 new experiences, were still full of ( tion In September to name a the united Church of Canada.'" new party leader. C. Keith Irv- The Kitimaat Concert Band r ffj 1 1 IP TP ing, president, announced the ; playpd the hymns and buriel jJV,ALIjlJ decision. marches. In the lead, they were wmfxts IMIYr enthusiasm as they were welcomed by the crowd of relatives THE WEATHER I I i - , r A ' t It; and friends when the Cataia arrived. The trip will provide remi Synopsis Skies are clear over British Athletic Club to the cemetery. iriran Columbia today. However, some been holding the office for some niscences for many a day to come. They were loud in their Detroit 11 appreciation of hospitality ana courtesies extended them all Increase in cloudiness is expected over southern sections tomorrow. Temperatures in' the interior today and tomorrow will OTTAWA 0 -The National Mrs. Clifton spoke on behalf of her family and relatives In council of the Co-operative rendering thanks to William Mai- Commonwealth party will meet and here October 1 and 2 to take colm of Butedale Cannery, Thomas Wallace of B. C. Pack- action on a national executive who resolution urging a three year ers Sunnyside Cannery, collaborated In furnishing the program of organization and along the way. At Vancouver Tuesday night, J range through the seventies and months but the party leader is still the man he succeeded, Hon. Stewart Garson, now federal minister of justice. Members of the party executive are also urging postponement of a provincial election until the coalition issue is settled. before their steamer sailed, they were given a banquet by Van cducatlon. use of their seine boats enabl- low eighties and along the coast through the sixties and seventies. Forecast North Coast Region Sunny today. Cloudy tomorrow. Little Chicago 4-7 ! c'fveland 5 3' st- Louis 11 '"national - Salem 5-6 pokane 7 "Vancouver 4 f rcmerton 2 'c Coast smento 3 J1' battle 0 h. 7 ing the mourners to be brought g from their homes at Hartley onvmn niOPDUI to be1 OCi-iNHJiv Drtoriuaiiii Bay and the canneries change In' temperature. Winds i Premier Campbell lias report- Roosevelt Park Grounds couver Bethel at the Bethel headquarters in Grandview. Local Job's Daughters, now in Vancouver, were on hand to farewell them as the ship sailed, Capt. Ernest Shcppard was host at a party aboard on sailing night. At Alert Bay the girls donned present at the funeral. light. Lows tonight and highs cdly run into a strong movement tomorrow At Port Hardy 50 and Inside the provincial executive FIRE EVACUEES Neighbors lielped. load furniture aboard a truck and automobile as occupants of a summer home at Terrebonne Heights, Que., pulled out of toe path of a blazing forest fire m-arlng tne small Laurentian village. The army and the sut,eo'i.ed relation of the danger area. provincial police SUNDAY, t P.M. MERCHANTS vs. SAVOY Mr. Bolton was an honorary life member of the Native Brotherhood of B. C. aimed at breaking the coalition which is now nine years old. 62, Masset 50 and 60, Prince Rupert 48 and 63. S3 "u'iywood r,