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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PH0IIE8I
VOL.
XXXIX,
No.
13
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
0.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
19,
1930
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
4
gd;
Nearby
Destroy
II
emmpSe
Lrned
I
i
8?,
?ash,!
guuetiM
Two
Men
Have
Narrow
Escape
Out
On
Ladder
Dentures
.
.
re
Loss
in
the
firo
-
roused
j
;
j,
i-o
lit
t
le
the
worse
;
experience
i-urly
this
,
,
ii
names
completely
;
ii,
rork-pei-clied
lunil-
Mrbi.iiKl,
one
of
the
:
roluietl
his
flight
irom
j
!
if
U
-
"
V
,
A.''
........
yi-
.
r-
Moose
Temple,
one
of
the
old
landmarks
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
total"
,
ly
destroyed
by
fire
which
broke
out
shortly
before
6
o'clock
this
morning.
The
adjoining
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce
building
had
a
narrow
escape
but
efforts
of
the
fire
department
saved
It
might
have
been
a
serious
situation.
The
ancient
three
storey
frame
structure
occupied
an
imposing
site
on
Second
Avenue
overlooking
the
harbor
in
the
central
business
section.
It
was
built
nearly
forty
years
ago
as
the
original
Prince
Rupert
Club
and,
as
such,
was
lor
many
years
a
centre
of
activities
of
business
men
and
of
social
affairs.
Several
years
ago
it
V
from
serious
damage.
Two
ol
S
',52.
."
v
V
I
ive
men
who
lived
in
the
i
by
the
Moose
.
hiirl
and
ton
storev
of
the
1
ws
aequircu
'
'
cmie.mg
were
assisiea
oown
lire
!,""
,
m
.
-
!,r;
-
-
'
.
V,r-a
f'l.lof
L'n
rl
Dlrnr
ollr
Ov-.
ladders
in
their
night
attire,
:
losing
all
their
effects
In
the
-
AX
btnHI
t
iu,
staled
woe-due
lu
inlcn.se
smoke,
ic
wiis
unable
to
save
:
his
personal
belong-
!
In
discover
Hie
fire,
i
j
rwins
of
the
otiier
,
mis
.spreading
the
;
.tending
disaster.
l('k
in
my
room
aiul
;
;r
simie
of
my
.stuff.
ul
the
smoke
was
so
;
w
il
v.
y
sn't
any
use."
'
.
stairs
but
was
held
;
smoke,
so
I
ran
to
the
j
llcil
for
help."
brand
made
another
quick
evacuation.
Damage,
estimated
at
about
$25,000,
is
a
i
.
V
111'
L'U
,
1
UVbMVI,
the
fire,
expressed
his
appreciation
to
several
willing
citizens
who
helped
his
firemen
in
their
arduous
fight.
"I
don't
know
the
names
of
them
all
but
I
certainly
w:ould
like
you
to
thank
them
on
my
behalf,"
the
chief
told
the
Dally
News.
partially
covered
by
Insurance.;
GAI.E
FLATTENS
ARENA
A
GiV-milcS-an-hour
wind
wrecked
this
arena
at
Chestcrville,
near
Ottiwa.
A
power
failure
shortly
before
the
crash
was
probably
responsible
for
saving
the
lives
'
of
some
12
or
15
hockey
player.
They
left
because
of
the
hydro
break
and
had
hardly
got
outside
when
the
arena
collapse.
,
C.
P.
Photo
t
The
fire
was
fought
in
sharp
I
14
above
icro
weather
and
cf-j
forts
of
firemen
were
to
some
i
extent
hampered
at
first
by
low
pressure
in
water
mafns
!
owing
to
the
general
water
'ALL
OUT
MANHUNT.
If
building
but.
serins
shortage
in
the
cold
spell.
Other
lines
were
shut
ofl
for
the
time
Tried
To
Take
Her
Own
Life
h
fui
ile
to
save
any
be-
;
Boston
Bandits
Sought
Dead
Or
Alive-!
being
as
available
water
was
Labor
Takes
Off
Gloves
concentrated
on
the
blaze.
TwoJ
fire
hydants
were
frozen.
Thvee,
lines
of
hose
were
used.
'
Preferably
Dead
-Trail
So
Far
Cold
MONTREAL
-
Police
.said
to
day
thai,
50-year-old
Mrs.
Joseph
ishi
d
to
the
roof
and
!
.iik
stairs
clad
only
in
j
'
tiiiiciit.
and
a
blanket
mist
ai
wuud
his
body.
:
in'
police
slalion
bare-
t
ly
tliere
fur
about
ten
'
when
I
noticed
the
'
wall
a
flame,"
lie
re-
ANOTHKR
UK
I)
WALK-OUT
LAKK
SUCCESS
Russia
today
walked
out
of
the
secret
meeting
cf
Big
Kive
powers
and
Canada
on
atomic
controls,
protesting
at
continued
presence
of
Chinese
Nationalist
delegates
Jakob
Malik,
Soviet
deputy
foreign
minister,
told
reporters
as
he
left
United
Nations
headquarters
that
he
will
not
participate
in
atomic
talks
as
long
as
the
representative
of
Nationalist
China
is
present
(J1KL
IS
EVASIVE
CALCAKY
Believed
to
he
the
missing
17-year
old
Beverley
Van
.Home,
heiress
of
Mont
real,
a
girl
arrived
here
by
plane
early
today
from
Vneouver
en
route
East
she
evaded
reporters
and
photographers
here
and,,
accompanied
by
a
woman
companion,
took
refuge
in
downtown
hotel.
Miss
van
Home
is
the
great-granddaughter
of
Sir
William
Van
Home,
one
of
the
founders
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
She
disappeared
from
her
home
in
Montreal
in
December
and
had
had
been
working
as
a
dishwasher
in
a
Vancouver
restaurant.
NEW
CHEESE
CONTRACT
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Agriculture
Gardiner
today
announced
completion
of
a
new
Anglo-Canadian
cheese,
contract
under
which
Canada
will
ship
85,000,000
pounds
of
cheese
at
25c
a
a
pound.
He
also
announced
that
the
price
of
cheese
would
be
supported
at
28c
a
pound
during
1!)50.
STUDY
IIYJMO
JH)Mi5
..
.
.
...
.
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
government
was
understood
to
!
going
ahead
today
on
experimental
work
preliminary
to
'production
of
a
super-hydrogen
bomb.
'At
least
some
top
officials
in
the
Truman,
administration
believe,
the
bomb
will
eventually
go
into
production.
President
Truman,
himself,
will
probably
make
the
final
decision,
one
way
or
another,
but
it
is
understood
he
wants
much
more
information.
(ien.-eral
Omar
Bradley
is
being
called
into
consultation
'n
the
matter
tomorrow.
NOT
FINANCING
I'OKK
WASHINGTON
T
he
Economic
Co-operation
Administration
said
today
that
it
has
informed
Great
Britain
no
further
Marshall
Plan
financing
will
be
available
for
Canadian
Pork
products.
A
provision
of
the
European
Recovery
Act
prohibits
KCA
funds
from
being
used
to
buy
foreign
supplies
of
any
commodity
in
surplus
in
the
United
States.
i
Narrow
Escape
i
Two
of
the
residents
of
the!
Thomas
j
building,,
who
were
assisted
out
(irrali-st
Manhunt
in
History
"i-iiii(!
on
Af
U
r
Hisgrst
Robbery
P'yccs-
.
.;
Police
Commissioner
Locus,
vho
reported
she
had
drowned
her
two
grandchildren.
a(teinp!:-d
Ui
commit
suicide
at
t
rijips
War.ru
liritisli
Industry
Hays
Conservatives
and
Communists
BOSTON
f
-
Reward
of
$100,-
Sullivan
said
that
Brink's
Incor-
ul
third
storey
windows
on
lad
on.
tint
iiiati4H.iiu.i
usi
.nM,t.
im
was
p()Std
y,.su-rday
for
in-
porated
,thc
victim,
estimated
A't
attendant
found
her
trying
;-,-mi,tln
ln:ti'.i'
to
Uir
r.anlurn
l.lt.-ir
at
41
Mid
(MM
nnrt
"Til
en
ders,
were
Gillis
Roycr
and
Leslie
Parkes.
Wavine
of
flash-
LONDON
it:
Sir
Staifoid
0
'
u,
,,..1
t-
4
t.,,i,
.
lo
cnuKC
nerseii
wiui
ner
nano.s
jf
nir.e
darinr:
bandits
wlio
held
alone
with
that
figure.
fir
four
occupants
also
,lt
a
torn
where
he
was
b.-it'ti
th(1
t.sUi,usi,mcnt
ot
Brink's;
The
crime
set
off
a
courlry-
'JV-!1V
.
F
"L'JJ"'"U;,.;:qa't-afed.
.armored,
tar
pst-iwiUc
manhunt
for
thg.
squad
oj
umnuuMi.,.
ablUhmenl.
here
Tuesday,
and
gunmen
who
marched
into
the
money
transportation
firm's
nine
jji-i
.-.uiial
effects
arc
wearing
borrov
d
a
In
ail
ihcir
clothing
'
j
Hlccts
.some
of
tllC
K''rs
l'i.l
Vriillets
enn-h.
One
of
thrill
lo.'.t
ids.
Annlhcr
left,
his-
1
hind
in
his
hasty
exit.
lights
revealed
the
plight
0t
u.uuo-these
men.
Others
who
resided
trV
lnat
8loves
wul
bc
ofn
Labl
there
but
made
their
escape
byjis
relumed
in
the
general
clec-itair.s
were
Eddie
'
Hiidebrand,
ttorr
oirfrcbruary
23.
M
a"
rrtujoi
Joe
Long
and
Howard
Walker.
;
political
speech
last
night,
Lubor'i
Roycr
and
Parkes
had
tarried
I
chief
apost
le
of
planned
cconornj
In
their
rooms
to
try
to
get
in-
j
made
these
two
points:
to
their
clothes
and
then
found
j
1.
A
new
Labor
governmen'
themselves
trapped
by
flames
1
would
establish
development
enveloping
the
stairs.
Hildc-j
councils
for
industry
on
a
coin-brand
was
aroused
by
smoke
,
piS(,ry
ma
kirgC:
scalebasis
pouring
into
ills
room
and,
!
"overriding
any
political
oppoii-"""
i
1
",i,'
lu,u
"""
v
-"
made
(heir
iielawny
with
$1,500,-iimshed
her
rtrandsons.
John.
aged
0(K)
,
C!,sh
.1H,
che,.kiS)
leavine
three,
and
Pierre
Paul,
18
months.
u
,;(
,,st
,,Ujll,
ap))curfd
iinio
the
St.
Lawrence
River
be-
.
,
...i
,,
..
to
ue
A
toio
uiiii.
rt-iit-itii
ovii
iu
cause,
she
could
not
bear
to
si'"
Ihein
sent
to
a
foster
home.
Police
are
at
tempting
dragging
operations.
wrapped
111
a
bjankei,
ran
wt
tion
that
may
bc
encountered."'
file
police
station
after
arous
2.
Britain'
trade
union
move
office.
"There's
lit
t
ic
to
work
on."
said
Police
Sitpl.
W.
Fallan,
when
discussing
the
nine
bandits
who
plundered
the
premises
of
Brinks
Incorporated
Armored
car
linn,
"but
officers
have
their
orders.
We
are
out
to
get
every
robber.
Nothing
else
matters.
If
any
office
rfeels
he
has
a
clue,
pursue
II.
to
the
end,
110
matter
where
it
goes
or
how
long
It
may
take.
With
him,
time
is
nothing.
We
want
every
bandit,
dead
or
alive
preferably
dead."
The
nations
greatest
manhunt
lias
spread
all
over
the
union.
The
statement
was
heard
Wednesday
that
no
fewer
than
three
thousand
constables
and
sleuths
of
Investigation
joined
the
Boston
police
in
a
great
manhunt.
"We
want
those
men
dead
or
alive
-pi.
ierably
dead,"
said
the
head
of
Brink's
Incorporated.
All
known
criminals
arc
being
roundel
up
for
questioning
and
all
place.';
where
criminals
are
known
to
hang
out
are
being
combed.
The
nine
precise
marked
gunmen
pulled
off
one
of
the
United
Slates
biggest
robberies,
stealing
more
than
$1,000,000
at
gunpoints
War
Veterans
Geltina
Less
ing
the
other
four
men..
Fireman
Bert
Cameron
assisted
by
Harold
McGowan,
played
an
heroic
part
in
rescuing
Royer
and
Parkes,
assisting
theni
down
a
twentj-foot
ladder.
They
suffered
somewhat
from
exposure.
men)..
8,000
strong,
has
siven
definite
pledge
that
food
stiUikUe
will
not'
be
reduced
ay
long-
a
the
unions
continue
to
suppor
the
government's
standstill
ui
wages.
Cripps
lashed
out
at
both
..
th
Conservative
and
Communis
OTTAWA
ft
-
-Government
costs
for
war
veterans
are
expected
to
decrease
by
around
$15,000,000
in
the
next
fiscal
year,
starting
Two
cnninii'rcliil
travelers.
P.
and
leaving
behind
another
$1
Ausli;ili:i
'P
-
Two
(1
.seven
men
were
whi
n
a
I'ycliinc
swept
Wales
and
pari
of
mi
ll'-.;
were
damaged
i
re
destroyed
In
Sytl-
aiv.is
.seven
inrh'-H
of
iliin
21
hours.
In
Syd-li'
ic
was
live
Inches
aiting
gale,
ul
small
erart
liltcr-cs
of
Sydney
llurbur
Davis
and
J.
B.
O'Sullivan.
from
parties.
The
former
would
brui
no"VeiUf
'VnoVe'r6
lS
'
m
to
democracy
some
$1000
of
sample
Roods
tts
policies
being
the
precurso
Frozen.
water
oioes
were
being
of
Kawlsm.
The
Communist,
thawed
in
the
Moose
Temple
,.
,
,
.
late
Wednesday
afternoon
and
were
a
'sabotage
party.
it
was
thought
bv
Fire
Chief
I
,
,
Karl
Becker
,that
this
might
arc
operating
throughout
I
re
April
I.
Informed
quarters
on--oor
.000
because
they
could
not
llcipiite
tnat.
the
bill
for
Iwo
carry
it.
The
grotesquely-masked
world
wars
will
range
between
ennmen.
hi
thtir
twenty-minute
$1)00,000,000
and
$260,00,000
a
precision
raid,
snatched
the
vear
lor
the
next
live
years
at
money
from
an
opett
fault
after
gagging
and
trussing
five
em-
least.
....
.
states
of
New
England.
New
York
City's
Department
of
Criminal
Investigation
has
thrown
all
weight
Into
the
pursuit.
A
check
is
being
carried
on
among
the
owners
of
automobiles
to
see
if
any
cars
are
missing.
Car
owners
are
asked
to
be
quick
in
making
complaints
or
any
incident
that
might
be
significant,
where
car
driving
or
use
of
gasoline
is
concerned.
Hundreds
of
1.
Jury
rinds
J
Negligence
TOD
AY'S
STOCKS
f,,U..v
f
l.
,)l)llll:ti.m
'-'
'
''I
n
til
r
j
'
1
v
-
iiavp
been
the
cause
of
a
smouldering
fire,
Bajemcnt
and
first
floor
of
structure
were
in
full
flame
when
the
department
was
called
by
Edna
Sanhals
one
of
thv
young
woman
occupants
of
the
Commerce
Mess
In
the
bank
building
nearby.
Occupants
or
the
Commerce
Mess
are
the
Misses
Edna
Sandhals,
Audrey
Patterson,
Margaret
Steevcs
PUN,
Ruth
Ramsay
and
Janice
Patterson..
Firemen
concentrated
efforts
on
saving
the
bank
building
to
.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
storm
centered
to
the
west
ol
the
Oregon
Coast
is
bringing
the
long
awaited
milder
temperatures:
'lo
southern
British
Columbia.
Snow,
which
began
In
the
Okan-agan
and
Kootcnay
Valleys
overnight,
will
reach
the
Cariboo
and
Prince
George
areas
this
afternoon.
Snow,
accompanied
by
considerable
freezing
rain
which
has
fallen
over
Western
Washington
and
Oregon
since
Wed-
CALGARY
t'
-
A
coroner
s
jury
Vancouver
12'
.54
Wednesday
night
ruled
that
neg-
detectives,
well
known
as
well
as
1
(iiarU
.
,,r'nZ
ncsday
evening
reached
southern
,
,
with
their
hoses
as
the
Moose
1
...
,
.,
.
.23
I
licence
on
the
part
of
an
engm-.13
eer
and
fireman
resulted
in
the
U9'!i
'
crash
of
two
Canadian
Pacific
10150
j
Railway
trains
at
Soulheu.sk,
-
1.15
Allu.,
December
29
In
which
.54
t
hree
persons
were
.
killed
and
.3(1
more
than
sixty.
were
injured.
4.00
!
Named
as
negligent
were
En-C.40
'gineer
John
F.
Townsend
and
.35
;
Fireman
John
T.
Sparrow,
both
of
34:1
.
i
CulLNirv.
Both
were
on
the
No.
8
Vancouver
Island
and
Uie
Lower
i-is'
Ih
?U
v-nK'.
p
.iiiiiiiiiiiww'i,"'
Aumaque
Beuttle
Bevcoill't
.
nobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
Consol.
Smellers
.
Conwe.st
Donalda
Eldoua
East
Sullivan
Giant
Yellowknifc
God
'a
Luke
Ilnrdroek
Harrlcana
Ileva
,
I
Iosco
JacUnife
Jollel
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lupaska
Little
Long
Lac
n.5o
i
'.(17
.
1.25
.
.27
.no
5.71)
3.15
.113'
.
.13
2.45
.02",
1.17
.35
ii
:i
.i'"a
.05
1
building
could
nut
be
saved.
Manager
R.
G.
Hopkins
of
Bank
of
Commerce,
on
the
scene
at
6
a.
111.
to
rush-stationery
and
documents
into
safe
as
his
building
seemed
doomed,
said
the
bank
suffered
no
serious
loss
except
for
some
minor
damage
from
water.
The
cornice
of
the
building
was
shattered.
Roof
of
'the
bank
building
more
or
less
obscure,
are
at
work.
The
haunts
of
known
criminals,
the
associates
of
those
who
have
records,
the
families,
and
friends
of
former
convicts
are
as
far
as
possible,
being
kept
under
observation.
Even
certain
people
above
suspicion
are
not
neglected.
'
CLUE
KVAt'OKATLS
One
clue
in
the
express
company
robbery
evaporated
today
when
police
discounted
a
story
of
J.
Hannafin,
28,
Newark,
New
Jersey,
that
he
had
driven
the
hold-up
car.
Hannafin
wa.s
revealed
to
be
a
formr
stale
hospital
patient
and
menial
hospital
orderly.
Police
said
lie
had
been
drinking
and
.apparently,
had
not
been
in
Boston
for
months.
.0G',ii
1
'X.l-ald
Mainland
this
morning.
Unsettled
waather
with
a
mixture
of
rain
and
snow
will
persist
across
the
southern
half
of
the
province
tomorrow
.Extreme
northern
areas
will
remain
cold.
Forecast1
"North
Coast
Region
Overcust
southern
section
with
mixed
rain
and
snow
commencing
this
afternoon.
Clear
in
Prince
Rupert
area,
becoming
overcast
this
afternoon.
Overcast
with
occas
"0
I
Pt-U
j
1
jremipi
Iff
,S
easlbound
baggage-express
nam
from
Vancouver
which
sldc-swlpcd
a
westbound
passenger
train
from
Toronto,
RAILCOuIlS10N
IN
SASKATCHEWAN
'STURGIR.
Sa.sk.
Xf,
An
engineer
and
brakeman
-were
injured
.08
.09
.OC4
75
.05',:,
05
.52
14
IV
Icy
was
used
as
the
base
of
attack
on
the
spread
of
the
fire.
All
that
remains
of
the
build-
(
ing
today
is
a
high
chimney,
nml
l.hp
old
firenlaee.
The
lodge
Lynx
nadiau
ional
mixed
rain
and
snow
entire
tomorrow.
Northerly
uiifA
riinl.aiiiinar
various
dOCU-
ll6'u
T
o
rn
Si-1
ti
on
rmnlv
tint
imp
i
yesterday
in
n
collision
between
an
extra
freight,
train
and
a
Canadian
National
Railways
Reglna-Flln
Flon
passenger
train.
The
accident
occurred
at
Illghclilfc.
lay
in
the
ruins.
It
is
winos.
-su
nipn,
occasional
C
..
..
v...
,
tmCU,
near
me
scene
01
me
rouocry
pol
i.edue
i
twelve
miles
north
of
here.
The
being
opened
today
and
a
reaching
40
in
tne
mamianu
m-lotlgc
meeting
will
be
held
to-
lets.
A
little
milder.
Lows
tonight
night
to
assess
the
situation.
1
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Fire
Chief
Earl
Becker
and
Hardy,
25
and
35;
Sandsplt,
2C
his
firemen,
all
of
whom
took
and
35;
Prince
Rupert,
18
and
32
'A'-'-WOihVWsH".
.
T
-'
W
,.
...
..jT-
!'
ice
seized
1000
rounds
of
ammunition
and
a
pistol.
The
weapon
might
have
been
used
by
the
robbers
police
said
.
4..rl
2
!
in
7.M
1
12.r
)
l.HO
4.'5
0
.r.GVi
0
35
nm"
.nlwirtliiTllrMilfciB
i;':.T'f
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.1)5
McKcnzie
Red
Lake
59
McLeod
Cockshutt
2
42
Moneta
5
Negus
147
Noranda
67
25
Louvlcourt
'1"
-Pickle
Crow
I-90
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
31
Sherrit
Gordon
2.02
'Steep
Rock
2
89
Sturgeon
River
-21
Sliver
Miller
50
Upper
Canada
31
injured
were
Enginer
Larson
and
Brakeman.
Nine
freight
cars
and
a
passenger
coach
were
derailed.
.
,
5'cte
TIDES-
LOCAL
High
uiadian-
An
empty
money
bag
was
,)al
t
m
fighting
the
blaze,
were
,
found
by
school
children,
in
a
1
given
general
credit
for
dotoo
,
Boston
suburb
today.
It
might
a
good
job
in
saving
the
bank
have
been
connected
with
the
(
j
and
other
nearby
buildings.
robbery.
1
1
Residents
of
the
Temple
wers
There
is
insurance
protection
thankful
that
they
had
escap-for
the
lost
cash.
!
1
with
their
lives
from
what
1
EIGHT
WEEKS
OLD
Healthy
and
growing
steadily,
Brcnda
and
Beverley
Townsend,
Siamese-twin
sisters
of
Tofield.
Alta.,
arc
all
dolled
up
in
new
bonnets
and
sweaters
for
a
visit
with
their
mother,
Mrs.
E.
A.
Townsend.
The
babies
are
joined
at
the
abdomen.
The
family
doctor
said
no
operation
to
separate
them
will
be
attempted
at,
least
until
they
arc
six
months
old.
(CP.
Fholo)
'
First
United
Church
Congregational
supper
and
meeting
postponed
until
February
3.
t
(It)
.
,
3:00
14:43
.
8:40
21:11
20.6
fee
21.7
fee'
6.8
fee
2.3
feet
Low
.
Toronto
-
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