pecvi!:cial li:: VICTORIA, 2. C. mm KicmHyke NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER lublished at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific rortVTrince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVIII, No. 101. miNCE RUPERT, B.C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY -A, 1949 PRICK FIVH CENTS )lcl(ic I ' t' VlC-f Is ills l'UHUt0 Choice it) Ag ireeinnieifiifc ,to Lift lloc Dill Uousiy - 7 . Four' Arrives Ucr Narrow Win Uver weicion TO STOCKHOLM f y l 1 . McAfee On First Ballot . 13 ? $'' - - i nu i I - ? I - ...? 1 j , FOR CONFERENCE Miss V. M. Mooney R.N., Hospital Superintendent, Leaves Today Her ultimate objective being A 4 Momentous Decision Foreign Ministers' Conference On Whole German Question to Follow Soon .miiiiil warlinie navai wuicur, was nomination ciiiuliilatt! for Prince Uupcrt provin-at a i"!"1 I-neral and l'rojjressive-Con-nventi in Prince Uupcrt Tuesday niht. ..'vwuthe Liberal candidate for the nomin- ,5 given 44 vni.fs tof - -- inMiA.'tf, lumber' socialist regime which would, Stockholm, Sweden," to attend an interim conference of the International Council of Nurses June 12 to M, Miss P. M. Mooney R.N., lady superintendent of - y -, 'A: tic Conservative j but frustrate industry. I OMIlflM i(' Tin. IW Mr. in- itu;iv tri the Trince Rupert General Hos MK. ftlcAKEK SPEAKS Mr. McAfee, on a flip of a pital, left on today's plane for 1 Vancouver. She will be away ,tr Hie first ballot .jUK issue, Mr. Me-lut Ihf nomination miliums, Iinmedi-rrllii' executives of until August and Miss Edna lift the Berlin blockade and counter-blockade. All ifstrietions will be mutually lifted. After a "reasoih able period" a foreign ministers' conference will be licld to compose differences over the whole German tl'uetition. It will be the first time in a year and a coin by the chair, made the first address. The meeting was unique in the political history of Prince Rujxrt. The Important thlnt; Dobbie R.N. wiil be acting lady superintendent of the hospital ' ..i-l,.i.ir - -.1.. ii.fill W(1!. X ' ,3d Conservative as- during her absence. W. II. lililiTT, I C.l . J. I. MellAK, COALITION ,i,t into session to was that Liberals ana Conservatives were meeting together been held. in the Interests of good govern tampiiittn bet. wen, 15 election (late. ,. u( me coalition "l a visit to'Princc Russia, it" is expected by the ment belna maintained. lie Miss Mooney will attend a Tuberculosis Seal Sale organization meeting in Vancouver on behalf of the local Soroptlmist Club before enplaning for Montreal where she will sail May 13 aboard the Empress of France Brett Is Press Association's diplomatic trusted that harmony and co GLASGOW STORE FIRE 14 DEAD correspondent, will lift the Ber ;ioI Premier Byron lin blockade on May 12. 'Date FEDERAL VOTERS' LIST TO START NEXT MONDAY .Preparation of - the federal -Nominated of May 23 is being mentioned for Liverpool. After visiting with relatives In London, where orwratlon would be the outcome. He thanked his nominators and many" friends for sympathy and encouragement. He was not unknown in P(lnee Rupert after 30 years of residence here. The re- r 1 tour of the tcn-which will include Mjrments in the jnd at such points as the time for the foreign min GLASGOW, PThrec lumned 50 feet from tlif C.C.F. CHIEF COMING Harold Winch, Leader of the C.C, F. Opposition in the provincial Legislature, after a speaking tour through the central interior, will arrive in the city by car tomorrow from Terrace where he is speaking tonight. Tomorrow nc will be heard here. This is Mr. Winch's fifth election campaign. W. H. Brett M.L.A. is accompanying hirn in from Terrace. Mr. Winch will leave by plane Saturday for Vancouver. isters' council to meet In Paris. she nursed during the war, Mi.ss roof of the building to the street below as fire swept a de Tfow. vanucrnooi, Mooney will go to Newcastle ta embark June 8 on the steamer The Foreign Office declined to comment on this report. At a nominating convention held in the C.C.F. Rooms, Fulton Street, Tuesday night, W. H. Brett was again unanimously ic-nominated as . candidate to KDonsibill! v of the deleeates was voters' list in Skecna riding villi lift under way next Mon partment . store here today. Fourteen bodies of victims have been recovered so far. Several Telle a. SmU hers, rrace mid Prince s convention waA day when. teams of enumerators bei;in to circulate through the large territory to register voters Venus for Bergen, Norway., whence she will go to Stockholm by rail. After the nurses' conference, she will make a tour of Europe Including Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, others are missing. A police of RAIL PICTURE ficial said he feared more were n by W. M. Watts represent the Co - .operative. Commonwealth Federation in the forthcoming provincial el- ectlon for the Prince Rupert I for the Dominion elections which dead. Sitvnson acted as NOT SO GOOD 4 Watts was put In are set for June 27. The enumeration period, which Lucerne. Locarno and Venice. riding. J. 8. Black was conven-l wj'.i'in of Dr. R. O. She will sail from Liverpool for Reds Take to decide whether or not he possessed the qualifications, character and temperament for candidature. He felt he had now reached a point In life where he could, if called upon, engugt actively In politics. Mr. McAfee, as an employer himself, declared that lie was In full sympathy with the aspirations of labor which had gained tremendous economic power and rightly so. He had also for a Hood many years been closely associated with ihf Indians and Won chairman, Mr. Brett accept- will see 140 representatives of cd the nomination with appro- i the C.C.F. and . Liberal taking "ar Uavroy. Moving Montreal July 19 on the Empress Grand Trunk Western Figuring on Deficits Instead of Surplus , of Canada enroute home. .Hi lar secretary was ciation. s names of eligible voters, will ex LOUIS ASTORIA IS LAID AT REST " final rites for the lata LouU Committees were appointed tend to May 14, a six-day period 1 Range lioi DETROIT Forecasting the THE WEATHER . srromled l)y B. J. if proceedings, Mr. 'irularly welcomed earnings of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad for 1949 is a Synopsis According to the Elections Act, enumeration is to begin on the forty-ninth day prior to the election and is to be conducted to take care of the election campaign. Films were shown the. delegate, including the National C.C.F. convention held last Skies will be mostly clear difficult task, C. A. Skog, vice-1 across southern British Coi Important China Port t'l to Communists Appeal to' Save Shanghai Astoria, who passed away in the j city on Monday were held th! in o r n 1 n k ai. Annunciation rimri'h with r?ev, O P. Mohan t of the native ias Rratifying that hvn been Krantxi umbia today and mostly cloudy! ,u.,ai"jl atifl northern l)V representatives of the two wi lcomed the fact that they had ArraneemeX w,-rr m-Mr Mr' f:Ucw!irU led kt K.li in the n " '""" I 7 onl SHANGHAI. SHANGHAI. Xf V' China China's s Na- Uttl Hw-iu rmte'A Da lis o wie LiiuYuite. j At tt government con irmed scattered showers are expected naiJft resxin,sllillilis. eonven-previous lecierai election, m tins near fill-' riding, the parties are the C.C.F. a federal nominalioi Won to be held in the tire. on the northern coast. Temper wnlioii lie hoped O.MJ. as " 'celebrant. '"The .ser- vice was at tended by many friends of the city pionerr who died at. the a(?e of Bfi after more than 40 yearn of residence-In the city. I atures are rising slowly and the becif-TT.nttrr-- f W ' franchise which the duties and responsibilities , that were thereby Involved. One of the actuating factors in deciding to run, said Mr. McAfee, had been his faith In the chow to the Communists without a fight. The loss of this port and rail city 100 miles down the yimild prevail and would ensue president and general manager told the annual meeting of the 'rowel'!? -fcoHrd of fllrretors Hrr Monday. , Uncertainty as to the course of general business and traffic trends for the remainder of the year cast doubt on the railroad's earnings picture, he said. Inauguration of the 40-hour week fr non-operating employees, which will necessitate the hiring of additional work-, ers, and recently granted w'age LIGHT PLANE IS "viilisUtiiu'. of Mis. coast cut Shanghai's last stand which captured the seat in 1945 and Hie Liberal party which backed the runner-up. The enumerators will team up )u Vlrs, with one C.C.F. representative working with a Libernl. Forty enumerators will com II ni rime LcRoss escape route to South . China. ciehty , coalition which had given the tl'iiliiils nf Chinese press dispatches said STILL MISSING that a force of 400 Communists 1 prviii and four! best type of government and took over. 'livjilid iH'tween (Conlinued on i'agc 2 The graveside rile at Falrview Cemetery was conducted by Rev.- F. Itayner, O.M.I. Pallbearers, Including family niem-bersj- were Angelo Astoria, Isolds Astoria, Louis Astoria Jr.. C. P. BalaKtio, Harry Astoria 'and Leon Ulaiu. VANCOUVER, 'P' -- .aich planes skimmed through thf A Hone Kong report says that I l"ll..i va lives increases are expected to result 'itan aiiii'iun an appeal may be made to the United Nations to prevent pile the voters' list in Prince Rupert and 100 will operate in the I large rural area. Since voters 1 need not regislcr'for the list as I was the ease in the provincial SEVEN PERSONS in a reduction in net operating narrow valleys of the Coqiiihal-la Pass country today in the hunt for William Grant, Van IliiiMiuu sharp frost which occurred in almost all parts of the interior last night are not likely tonight. A storm centre 500 miles west of Vancouver Island is moving slowly east and will give occasional light rain on Thursday over exposed parts of the 'coast. Forecast 1 Queen Charlottes and North Coast Cloudy today and to-nigHt. Scattered showers this morning. Overcast with occasional light rain tomorrow. Winds southeasterly (15 m.p.h ). Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow: Port Hardy 35 and 50, Massett 35 and 50, Prince Ru- Shanghai being made a f " three inlnuU's income as compared with 1948, Mr. Skog declared. On the basis of present indications, the op BURN TO DEATH J'S III rilliiiiiLileu Ut election list, the work is expected to be completed quickly. and the meeting LOCAL TIDES (Fadilc Standard Time) IW( fur Min.l:iu- EFFECT OF OIL LINES 1943 erating net will be cut by $2,-778,616. The toad Is budgeting for a new deficit of $2,565,935 after taxes and , fixed charges, compared with a net surplus of $595,096 in 1948. Assuminff a continuance of 17.U feet Thursday. May. 5 High 5:55 19:33 'S placed Hie nainc couver pilot, and his nurse passenger. Sheila Cure or Cardston. Alberta, who disappeared .Tuesday night over the Siniilkanieeii Valley. They had taken off at, 8 p.m. from Princeton and arc believed to have run into a .snowstorm. Eight planes searched all day yesterday and resumed the hunt; today. Provincial police patrols and. forest workers have joined in the search. 16.4 feet In nomination'. 5.7 feet Low 12:58 t Ills career as a I 1IINTON, Wekt Virginia " -Seven persons perished today as fire swept a two-family frame house and burned It so quickly that all seven sleeping occupants were trapped without chance of escape. The dead are: Mrs. Anna June Deeds. 24-year old divorcee; her two children, Kay 4. and Hazel 6; Mr. and Mrs. James Ellison, their daughter, Diana, three months; STRANGE CHOICE EDMONTON Q A thief recently took his time about ransacking an Edmonton home. He went through all the drawers and cupboards and finally the ice-box. Loot: One wrist watch, one baked potato. pert 38 and 50. C.N.R. Vice-President Is Not Pessimistic , WINNIPEG Commenting" on man who was ex- the present reduced rate of industrial production, operating revenues for 1949 are estimated 11 -known among old ''it'' lllil I imi,ru TWINS AND TWINS WAINWR1GHT, Alia Wainwriiiht hospital set somc-ihim. of a district record re the effect of pipe lines carrying MilciUrd I,,.,,, ),p oil from Alberta to prairie re at $48,097,000 against $51,419.-487 last year, a decrease of $3,- Premier To Visit Here Ills life in Prince : 322,487, or 6.48 per cent. Oper cently when two sets of twins were born within three days. fineries, Alistair Fraser of Montreal, traffic vice-president, Canadian National Railways, said here that, while these new and Homer Tinchc, 30, a visitor. T1 for the alvenee ,;r In which he had (IWInciion, r i,:h ating expenses of $41,314,000 'are predicted, compared with $41.-857.871, a decrease of $543,871 or 1.30 per cent. Head of Coalition Government tlreiiifly active In transportaiion arteries would, io Be Here On May 21 TODA Y'S STOCKS a"lrs, helm; H nicm- In the first quarter, operat- WIS (ll'PMHiv.Mo.w . . .. . ...n.nmJ - Pl-Rltlipr HVl On I JOllllSOll Ol JohiiKtoi) Co. Ltd ..... .Aimitiifi. inia pn til (Couitcay a. Van be elected ' British Columbia, in the course h, 1949 ennmared with $11.- 9t ""ic nmjnrlly over Heat tie v 853,000 a year earlier, Mr. Skog of a tour of central British Col : - --;, I - J W'lll-nt." Mr Ynnivr: Bevcourt '24 said. Operating expenses In the Vaurouver Bayonne W Bralome umbia, will visit Prince Bupert from May 21 to 23, addressing .11 fist quarter were $9,861,021 as 'r,,y. In nomlnaU'u .03! a public meeting on the night ai(l "we'll hiiun n of May 21, It is announced, lie Bobjo Buflalo Canadian Consol. SmelUrR Conwest Donalda Eldona .lit nn .12 '10.50 1.10 .47 .fit will arrive here by car and pro B R. Con ' DUX, Cariboo Quartz Congress lied ley Mascot "iir hands to ;-" F." w ho the ceed south by plane. .10 1.25 .04 .21 .05 affect rail traffic, he was -.not pessimistic over their coming to Western Canada. "If they can stimulate industry in the west pipe lines will be as good for our business as they will for the oil companies, he said. While considerable tank car traffic might be lost io, Llifl rails eventually there was every prospect that new industries would spring up and generate sufficient rail business to offset the loss. The greatly mechanized farm industry would benefit . from cheaper tuel and luutaumi . and ' should enable the - grain grower to compete more successfully abroad. "If it benefits Can-Hrist it. benefit the railways." Mr. the ( After visiting Atlln, Fort St Fast. Sullivan 2 07 :li(l 11,. 1 ..... John and Dawson Creek, Prem ,,., Pacific Eastern Giant Ycllowl-.nlfe 010 ier Johnson will be in Prince '" m lust election. 1 anrl 1. 1. .1.1.. Pend' Oreille 4 " against $10,336,612, and net operating revenues amounted to $1,591,979 against $1,516,388. The Grand Trunk Is continuing its program of improving equipment and roadway, Mr. Skog told the directors. In addition to the 500 new box cars now on order. 686 box cars are being built in the company's car shops at Port Huron. New-rails are being laid oyer a portion of the trackage, and roadbeds are belna continuously im 35 George May 18 and from there J30 I niyiiiy re ft McAfee UlHlM i, J his Itinerary Is a follows: .God's Lake Hardrock Harrlcaiia Heva Huseo "l0 wiulrt assuredly' ,,"yillcr1,nsiii .17 .20 be a , . J - -" oiiauie repre- Pioneer Premier Border Privateer - Reeves McDonald ... Reno Sheep Creek Sllbak Premier Taku River Salmon Gold ... May 18 (noon) Vanderhoof. May 18 (night) Burns Lake. May 19 Inpon Telkwa. May 19 (night Smithers. May 20 noon Hazelton. May 20 (night) Terrace. The Mil AG 2.00 .05 1.25 .34 .30 .12 ouieunie of this nicun n c. .. .1... 1 i wilunihi proved with heavy crushed rock ballast and by bank widening. II irenernllv J Eraser summed up. May 21 Prince Rupert Spud Valley -07 rl f the country .'".'or. Mr. llarvey """P-TUmd. of tt8. , c,i" of a free en-lV!m"t and nt. n - Jaeknife 04 Joliel illrec 3 Lake Rowan 9 Lapaska Wft Little Long Lac -r3 Lynx 13''"t Madsen Red Lake 3.00 McKenzie Red take H McLeod Cockshult 105 Moneta ' A 2 45 Negus Nru-Hiidi- 54.00 Oils- FORD STRIKE i j dy t L Sy X$ 1 jf A sx. THREATENED Ulohbyke night "AHOLD i 15 .23 .73 .41 5.U0 LOS 11.33 .11 Va Anglo Canadian .... A. P. Con '. Atlantic Calmont C. & E Central Lcduc Home Oil - Mereurv DETROIT, W Negotiators raced against time today in an effort, to avert a strike of 60,000 Louvlcourt 10''1' 5 I IN FKlNUfc KUf CM J DAN ON' - VODV1L - BEARD JUDGLV INCH M I P A INI Ford workers. A strike at the big Rouge River plant is scheduled for noon tomorrow. At issue is a charge by the CHINESE STUDENTS CHOOSE FREEDOM BUT Students from North Communist-held 1 China are shown with their "I Chose Freedom" banner as they arrived in Lunghwa camp out-fide of Red-dominated territory. An increasing number of students are leaving North China and coming south in what is described as the "I chose freedom pilgrimage." However, one student reports that Communist authorities are now demanding that students going south to study pledge that they will return. One student said he was required to furnish six guarantors before he wan permitted to leave. vi Center POKK AND lirJAiNS uaimii J THE CARNIVAL OF THE If EAR IN DAYS OF '98 STILE J ALL TO AID GYRO SWIMMING POOL PROJECT . ? CIVIC CENTRE FRIDAY, 9 P.M. Pickle Crow na Rcgcourt -' 4 00 San-Antonio Senator Rouyn -37 Sherrlt' Gordon 153 Sleep Jtock -i I-40 Sturgeon River 16 Silver Miller 30 ti n 1 1 p d Automobile Workers 250 Okalta PaclHc Pete 2 06 Princess Royal Canadian 1(5 South Brazeau Toronto ' Athona -14 Aumaque , (CIO) of a "speed up" on the assembly lines. Ford denied the union charge, &y. May 5 5 P.m.