i atabs pnavn-UL Li:::.v.a, i: i? vicicn, h . cfL 3i50Rr,1ES DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHKRN AND CKNTBAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S HXWSPAPKB PHONE 81 Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVIII, No. 225. PRINCE RUPERT, Bi C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1949. PRICE FIVE CENTS fnousandl Coast iFishermeh Start fcrik Tl ur ii i ; Salmon Industry Tied price Controversy O'ER (CD Four thousand British Col-,nmiii, ifiiflcrmen and plant workers are ifhiim salmon strike called by the United MURDER CASE OPENS FALL ASSIZE COURT Fall session or Assize Court opened at the Court House here this morning before Mr. Justice J. O, Wilson with two murder chargs and an attempted rape rase llstorj on the criminal Russia Admits Possession Of Atomic Secret Since 1947 MOSCOW (CP) An official Russian statement Sunday said that Soviet Russia has possessed the secret of the atom bomb since 1947. The statement, issued by Tass, the Soviet news agency, came at the same time that Russia renewed her demand in the United Nations for prohibition or in ..i ... I T : A nr Hid AH"''' (''s umuii yjy.v.ij.). i.jfiO mm will he idle within a week if Lima's and additional thousands of can PEARSON BLASTS SOVIET ATOMIC control of the atom bomb. The lass statement did not confirm or deny the occurrence of an atomic explosion In Russia, but recalled a statement by V. M. Molotov, then Soviet foreign minister, on November 6. oianiKil tli.it its "ov'TV.h''iimnt:I.V" an,r p ji'i'l"1!! "f ... ,.r pi"hl ami a uranium ore had helped Russia to break open the seqeret of the atom bomb. "Withaut the help of German scientists," the officer sal;!, "Russia could never have de- docket. The session opened thU morn- ! log with a murder rase, that, of Jimmy louls. Bear Lake Indian, charged with the stab-killing of hu Rt'-p-fatii'-r, William Lwinis at Bear Lake last April I. It Is continuing today. Tomorrow, an attempted rape charge against Peter Wll'lams, a native is expected to come up. Williams hi accused of a'er.ipt-Ing to rspe a young native p. hi at a fikeena Ri.'e.' cannery last rr"-CONTROL STAND v. or chum caught NEW YORK (f L. B. Pear r''.' - ' '...'V 1947, to the effect that the secret jveloped an alomlc weapon so of the atom bomb had 'i6ng.soon- since ceased to exist." More than 200 German ?x- In Frankfurt, Germany, a high : perts were reported In Frank-American officer said that Ger-, furt to have worked in the man brains, equipment ara ' Soviet Union since 1945. son. Canadian delegate to Uip United Nations, blasted Russian proposals for International con huwrnls " '''"" V. . - .. August. Final rase of the criminal docket Is a murder charge against Earl Johnson, of Na- 'THE. WLATHER trol of atomic weapons as ' uwi'i H'r'rd ..hyporrtcai and meaningless" (fr of 7 nut:! a j( RuKsla continues to demand im ;r chums hi naUr)nai sovereignty in atomic ail with 5'4. 5'- problems. i to thT areas m Dominion's External Af- CITY PIONEER naimo. He Is to be tried for the gun-shot death of his brother. NORONrc MASTER Captain Wliliam Taylor of Sarnia protesting against being priotocrraphed on the pier after flames sweeping through his ihip had forced him from the engine-room exit. Face scorched and rlgM hand bandaged, Capt. Taylor told the Canadian Press 18 hours after the fire that after going through the ship twice he tried to return by the regular gangway but was prevented. Then, he said, he broke away and ran to the bow to get aboard but was stopped by the crowd at the ship-side. The photograph was taken by Art Cole of the Toronto Globe and Mail. Photo) Synopsis"' A weather disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska Is expected to bring an increase In cloudiness to the northern B. C. coast tonight with some rain to the Vic Johnson on a fishing Doat CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY here In August. Prosecuting in the Louis osi: today Is Deputy-Attorney Gen eral Col. E. Pepler, K.C., of Vic A citizen of Prince Rupert Prince Rupert region tomorrow, since earliest days, F. J. Fuller Over the rest of the province of Fint Avenue was able to look the weather is expected to re- MclAUGHLAN ROUGHS UP KARLEKKO for wk-to-w k Ia(rs Mintsr delivered one of Tig pric.s in lire nis iongest an(i mast direct crit-kfi tmun s. Cisms ,f Russian policy in the isked lor 11 cents jj N- Assembly. Johiist'ii ? su ait Hn said that the peace pro-rice guaii;iii rl a p0sai made last week by Foreign comiMi.; . '.i' f Minister Vlshtnsky was "obvlous-jot hanrti" chums y mpant for propaganda, not they h.nl to pay peace." He said there Is no real peace, ' but fear and Insecurity in the world today. AIR DEFENCE COSTS DOUBLE toria. T. W. Brown Is appearing In behalf of Louis The murder charge arose out i. tAiiiv r.i w tl HinrrTI I LI f back on the eightieth annlver- main sunny xoaay ana wraui- Ifl I V I I W 1 T AM N ll W K F" 1 L II 1 11 U"y of his birth on Friday. He row with little change In tem-11 UkyilU I UHJI.IW continues to enjoy good health perature, Regional forecasts heavyweight -and takes a live : Interest in local valid until mirmlght Tuesday. .jack McLaURhlan, , coast junior 1 i-iiji. fe . . , j r progress and affairs in general.. forecast wi-csllinrr rhamn. crowned a oistinEuisnea career ot North coast BeEion sunny of the death last April ft of 70-year-old William Dennis, Louis' stepfather, following a drinking TORONTO O For an Internal air defence system, the Depart ment of National Defence ha ATHLETES i -uac 'consr-bie" Vi61ence here Saturday night by winning the NoLS Tf'T morrow. Little change in em- part which, according to tentl-mony, also involved Louis' mother, Mrs Harriet Dennis In their house at Bear Lake. Bear Like Is north of Hazelion. EDUCATED quantities of radar equipment of L,,. p tjte) an(j yt tne same ime doled OUt a gen- Prince Rupert in 1906. He pur- TODAY'S STOCKS (Cnurtcnj 8. D. Johrwlrn f o nerature. Wind light toiay, t - Czechoslovakia : ri 3Thra ; M$WHDt of.4JUnishment to lo Jvarknko to thclthyroperttr-a wa. Sootflrtr tohuWrahd Ihcy w.Ulbe.prKlwJ .ii Cn-.a lln con.structlon and community , iw trmleht and hisrt Civic morrow. mnrrmv Low tonight and nign ada, Defence' Minister ciaxujn j great vocal delight of a packed gallery at the - Preliminary 'hparfng "of'Ti ease was held at JYrnce Oeorge tomorrow, Port Hardy, 45 and 58; Massett and Prince Rupert, 48 and 58. development. All told, his contracts included 28 buildings. The year 1906 was far In ad aid. j Centre auditorium. So far this year, he said, ai.1 if McLaughlan means what heiSo complete a villian as this Kar- Vancouver Bayonne 07 Bralorne 10.00 . 10 the little Re:l Marxist train-iint to compel craft construction ccsts have says, he now will fade into the vance of completion of what was B. R. Con 03 Vz then known as the Grand I wnt lias set up a been $45,500,000. for I've months, 1 sliadowy glory of retirement re-more than double the total fir j picte with honor and, let us hope, all of last year. j sufficient dollars to make his re- last June. ' ' 4 Dr. John Gordon MatAfthu-.-of Prince George, testified this morning that Dennis' body contained three knife wounds in the back, any one of , w.hich might have been responsible tor his death. u Alex Bob, a native trap,jer where athletes physical, political lenko? Not often does such an un - pretty physiognomy completely match the personality behind it. As a crowd-pleaser, the thing was exceptionally done. Kaiienko dropped McLaughlan for the first fall, in the second round, Sgt, L.A.N. Potterton of thQ city police returned to duty today after a three-week holiday during which he motored . to Smithers and the Lakes B. R. X 05 V2 Cariboo Qurta 120 Congress 04 I led ley Mascot 28, Pacific Eastern - 06 Pend Oreille 5.15 hi classes to com- I Trunk Pacific. There was only a handful of people here, most of them engineers and surveyors and others in employ of the railway. These included James Bacon, harbor engineer, J. H. l.itimimist cctuca-! ; Also, Canudis ovm two-scati iong-ranae. night fighter interceptor. Is auiiit to be tested A development contract for $4,ntn -000 for 10 of the ;.v (itl'C.'IS has been let. I Pioneer 3.50 focy cumplct the from Bear Lake told of return thereby building up a wave of Pillsbury, A. W. Agnew and Bill I be allowed to Premier Border 03'2 illg to the small village oc the tirement a thing of dignity. Certainly, lio fighter, whether of the mat or glove; variety, ever approached retirement with louder applause echoing in his ears than he received Saturday night when he dropped curly-locked Kaiienko for two falls in the final session of the Civic Centre's two-night tournament. village of Metlakatla, across the Casey, to mention a few. One iron curtain. The. Privatcr t PVcnlne of Anrll 5 and hearing antl-Karlenko sentiment which he skillfully developed as the brawl went on. McDonald 225 1 du if a Rt.rnopln rnmhi!? Reevs sen alter several v.. -do ' auui.uu -v .... A . tn. Ties iiut.i,;inilhj Reno 04 heep Creek 1-25 like tennis player harbor. ' Mr. Fuller served in the First Great War, and also spent a while in South Africa, this being not long after the ending of the Boer war in that country. He also lived for a while in the of the first he met was P. W. Anderson, another well known contractor. Bishop Du Vernet, who established the Anglican Church here had already arrived in the dist- from the Dennis home. Ho en- U.K. UUV 1 1U tered the building to find Mr. CONFIDENCE and Mrs. Dennis lighting on the i floor. He seDaiattd them and' LONDON 0 The government .37 ny. deserted while Kern countries. And looking at It iiom the op Silbak Premier Vananda Taku River .... Salmon Gold . When McLaughlan retaliated In the third, Joy was unrestrained and as the crowd warmed up, so did the fighters. The battle ended in a blaze of .08 .24 .12 'remained for an hour for their will call for a vote of confidence pasite direction -the fans' side I tempers In co' off. over its devaluation decision in no Prjnre Rupert fight crowd, rict, living then in the native United States. ii a i.iipn hnded for hs on Parnamenis emergency kiu.. in recent times at least, has ever Oilt Ml SCORES "ODAY cabin l.V! y '.:dd away to pl-e-, which opens tomorrow. This bcpn treate(i to a livelier show action in the fifth when Kar . - 11 III!.. , .-- 4 ... r. JIcw.Iicjd,! trrl!iu n T IPr T.nR . - i ir i lenko was hurled bodily from the oare supp.:r una uas caueu oul y wuuJtu man MCLaugman mm iva-tcu- K I ..li 1 . . 4rv nnnna fnll- 1 ring and into the front seats 1 Lfisiie by Mrs. D-imis. Heti'iniiig to camnet nu m i. ko put on. ' Y mi K 6 lour times. Referee Tom Andrewchuck, an ex-wrestler himself, needed con Anglo Canadian 4.15 A. P. Con 19 Atlantic Calmont ... -32V2 Central Leduc 83 Home Oil 11 50 Mercury '0 Okalta 1-80 TODAY the cable, he foim I Ix u;i . tlci d. mg in wie iuui All three nd been "very country following devaluation. drunk" Alex Bob f,titied. ! While he wao in tlvi house tlfied by Ales Bob as th? prop- Where, for Instance, has mass hysteria risen to such a pitch as it did in the fifth and final round Saturday night when Kar- rational St. Louis 3 if.. 1 siderable agility to stay out of the first time, he put Jimtny erty oi jinimy la.... 4 1. Brooklyn 8 lenko receiving ; what ev-yone I Jurors hearing the case ,re t mils to bed. tre witness i,-s Cincinnati tr COIH'-fUfU was ma j uoi uco-.iij, the way of hurtling, sweat-! drenched bodies and at the same time, officiate ov?r trje niceilic?. Three boxing bouts and a bat 305 .27 Taclflc Pete Princess tlfied. Louis hau gu.e 10 b.t-.p. "u ;wa hurled bodilv from the ring York 4 t.. Ti , ,vua nn Hnskins (Smlthprs). Daniel J. r fwrican lour times by McLaughlan And when as occurred Satur- Ilia icuiii', u mi. r - his feet and told him that "my Wick, Henry R. Copeland, Geoige nnH w,i 'Lee. Ivor Wahl, J. W. Odowes, Toronto I Cleveland 5 has a crowd been tle royal by fighters from Red Watmough's training class at the Civic Centre provided the pre . Boston 3 A hunting knife, pirscuted by A. W. Allaire, Emll Blair., Cict-ve oay night allowed the pleasure of boo-ing f'JNDAY rniinsel PeDler w.n idea- Keefcr ana rea t. uaii .12 .is .62 .28 .18 Athona Aumaque Beattie Bevcourt Tobto liminaries. Donald Husvlk and Arthur Tur- 1 8t. Louis 6 ! Buffalo anadlan IOV2 'Winnati n.T N'v.' York 3-i hm 4 i Consul. Smelters 104.00 Conwest 11' Inalda 53 Eldona 62 East Sullivan 3-35 Gud's Lake Hard rock 26 "'evelanrl 7 ' cotte fought to a draw as did Gordon Brain and Donald H.iud-enschild, while Dicky Bury was awarded a decision over Billy Watmough. In the battle royal, Doug Lc-tourneau gave an excellent account of himself among the four pairs of flying fists. Involved in the battle, In addition to Letour-neau, were Carl Jackson, Danny H I'ii'.l ilplUa 'tic (w 1-5 Ri rv. ' Sail Fru incivj llanicaa Heva -13 Hosro JacknlTe -08 Joliet Quebec 49 Lnke Rowan Lapaska 06 Little Long Lac 68 Lynx -13 Madscn Red Lake 3.00 Newfield and Rocky Terry. In Friday night's boxing preliminaries, Billy Saunders took a decision over Sydney Bond. The 5'JNDay Kollywoort n bout was one of the best, of first night's card. MS All Wles 1 1 5-1 San Fra-i- McKenzle Red Lake Miod Cockshutt Moneta Negus Noranda Louvlourt fir firl lYII' inr t HilniwM1lWII.IIIi' liiiaMI 1 Mtf ll.ln Ifiimlri'li' T'ffflf J SCOTCH PRICE REMAINS SAME LONDON Scotch whisky is not going to be devalued. The council of Scottish whisky dis Pickle Crow 2.20 Kegcourt wi AS DAY IS DONE A couple vacationing In Bermuda relax at the water's edge to watch the setting sun and listen to the gentle surf cs it rolls in on the pink-tinted sandy shore. The southern coast of Bermuda is lined with more than 12 miles of sand beaches like the one shown in this Bermuda News Bureau photo "Pteinbi r 27, 1949 San Antonio 4.10 Senator Rouyn u 4:33 18.6 f.:et tillers has decided to adjust tirie.es on whisky for export to secure for Britain as far as possible the previous dollar Income 'from whisky, Jffjlfl or ouiet coves where visitors speira -mc u. m..5 " 16:32' 18:25 23:19 20.6 fset1 7.6 r-ot. I (C. P. Photo) Sherrlt Gordon 2.98 Steep Rock 175 Sturgeon River 22 Silver Miller 42 and pwimming in the warm waters. 4.5 4 cross. The bridge was a complete lof. et i