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or
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PH0HE8I
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VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
18.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
23,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
er
Crisis
Here
Is
Worse
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VE
ME
km
TPiic-s
ta..
ctapt
th
msn
A
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4
Tragedy
Strikes!?
is
Many
Ignore
Appeal
For
Curtailment
Zl
title
unA
Drastic
Action
?
May
Be
Taken
For
the
first
time
hi
ten
days,
the
city
reservoir
boasts
a
supply
oi
water,
but
only
15
inches,
mayor
G.
W.
Rudderham
announced
this
morning
that
th
city
water
system
is
slightly
Improved
but
supplies
at
Woods-worth
Lake
and
Falls
River
are
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becoming
dur.gerously
low.
Dras
!tlc
action,
he
said,
will
have
ti
bo
taken
In
a
day
or
so
If
no
'charge
occurs.
.
;
The
Mayor
will
go
into
confer
I
encc
with
civic
officials
this
ofi
,
ternoon
to
discuss
the
Immedlati
!
problem.
t
But
a
change
in
the
critic;
j
vat
r
and
power
situation
hert
j
'
(icp"iids
on
the
weather
and
Dlgi
'
by
Island
Uil.!
morning
promtser;
i
othiicj
(lint
wtll
ease
ihe
erl.ilt.
Temperature
skidded
tv
3-bove
wro
early
this
mondiig
at
Dlgbjr
Island
and
at
approximately
0
a.m.
toiiay
the
mercury
registered
ztt-
in
the
city.
A
cold
nortli-easlerly
wind
at
25
miles
per
hour
Is
not
a
siijti
of
any
weather
change
as
the
weatherman
predicts
clear
and
cold
conditions
for
the
future.
'
Nominated
For
CIIICAOO
-Arthur
Lagueux
of
jyui'b,c
l.Hliiy
was
nominated
for
j
president
of
Rotary
International
.,
at
a
meeting
vi
the
.uouun.Uij.
j
commit
tee,
'riie
announcement
j
was
nude
by
Charles
o.
Tennent
of
AshevlUe
n.C.
chairman
of
the
nominating
committee.
Other
committee-
members
are
from
Argentina.
Britain-.
Canada,
Fin-
lan
dund
New
Zealand.
.
'ND
FRASER
V
ALLEY--
The
worst
winter
In
decades
created
this
flcsolnto
scone
m
the
ley.
ciclit
miles
wr.a
of
ChilHwiick,
D.C.
Tnal's
the
trans-Canada
hlghvay
in
the
lorr-ihis
iieri;l
pluii.
Now
the
Fraser
Valley
is
prepartng
for
a
flood
tii
;a.st"r.
(CP
Photo
WTo
Start
In
Summer
-
Ruilfrmn
ImmArliafolu
i
1
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UUMUI(IV
tllklllWUHKVl
J
TWO
P.
(I
K.
MEN
DROWNED
LILLOOET
Two
trainmen
are
missing
and
believed
drowned
when
an
engine
on
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
hit
a
rock
slide
and
plunged
into
Scton
Lake
near
here.
The
men
are
reported
to
be
Alexander.
Munro
and
Harry
Seymour
but
other
details
of
the
acciden
are
not
available.
A
blizzard
swept
the
district
during
the
morning
as
the
mercury
dropped
to
zero.
NATIONALIST
STRAFING
TAirEI,
Formosa
Chinese
Nationalist
war-ships
bombarded
Chapu,
45
miles
southeast
of
Shanghai,
an
official
dispatch
said
today.
The
Sunday
attack
set
off
huge
fires,
and
ammunition
dump
explosions.
Chinese
Communist
defence
"works
were
heavily
damaged,
the
Nationalists
said.
Sea
attack
followed
extensive
air
raids
along
the
Red
mainland.
It
was
the
fleet's
nearest
approach
to
Shanghai
since
the
port
fell
to
the
Reds
last
spring.
REVOLT
IN
INDONESIA
JAKARTA,
Batavia
Indonesia
rebel
guerrillas,
led
by
the
former
Netheriand
Army
captain,
today
attcked
the
West
Java
capital
city
of
Bandoeng,
seizing
key
points
in
,
the
city
.
About
600
guerrillas,
including
deserters
from
the
Netherlands
Army's
Indonesian
Corps,
were
reported
to
have
captured
Indonesian
Array
headquarters,
a
telephone
exchange
and
other
Important
centres.
.
.
NEW
BERLIN
BLOCKADE?
BERLIN
Russian
technicalities
crippled
Berlin
truck
traffic
to
Western
Germany
today
and
delayed
three
United
States
military
trains
during
the
night.
The
trains
were
stalled
with
delays
of
up
to
six
hours
at
Ilelmstedt
on
the
Soviet
zone
frontier
by
Russian
investigation
of
travel
papers
of
three
non-American
passengers.
Jitter
a
telephone
call
to
United
States
Army
'headquarters
at
Hoidelburg,
Soviet
officers
dropped
the
inquiry
and
the
trains
proceeded
"FAIR
DEAL"
TAXATION
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
today
sent
to
the
United
States
Congress
a
tax
pro-.
gram
calling
for
a
cut
in
excise
and
sales
levies,
plugging
of
loopholes
and
one
billion
dollar
boost
in
taxes
on
corporations,
estates
and
big
gifts.
In
a
special
message,
President
Truman
said
that
cuts
are
"most
urgently
needed''
in
the
taxes
on
freight,
railroad
and
bus
tickets,
long
distance
telephone
and
telegraph
tolls
and
"the
entire
group
of
retail
excises
including
such
items
as
toilet
preparations,
luggage
and
handbags."
(est
Word
on
Local
Accomodation
jeets
Provyhf
by
Ajent.
.
J
riK'tioii
of
the
Sir
Charles
M.
liays
Hotel,:
Prince
Rupert
witli
a
nuxlern
new
hostelry
or
more
capacity,
as
well
a
thirt!
mov-tlu
abe.
is
exnected
to
commence
thi.s
sum-
Coast
Points
T.-UL't'iiy
struck
the
commuiii-
'
tit's
of
Ocean
Falls
and
Namu
over
the
wk-f
nd.
B.
C.
Police
at
Ocean
Fulls
informed
the
divisional
ol
flee
here
of
the
death
of
a
five-year-old
son
of
John
Thompson,
native
at
Bella
RMIa,
t
iu
a
Ilr,;
destroyed
.'the
;
family's
dwelling
Saturday
night,
j
Al
Ocean
Falls
.young
Bradley'
Wayne
Miller,
29
dny3
old.
ws
j
found
dead
In
ills
crib
Sunday
;
morning.
Death
Is
bellevwi
to
be
J
due
to
suffocation.'
'
TJiree
other
of
the
Thompiou
children
were
rescued
by
their
mother
who
suffered
severe
burns.
Her
attempt
to
save
J
youni,'
Alexander
was
futile.
Mrs.
Thompson
had
returned
home
after
meeting
a
coastal
steamship
to
find
the
house
In
flames
and
the
clilldren
were
locked
Inside
the
home.
Doc
to
Inclement
weather
conditions,
the
B.
C.
rollce
vessel
r.
M.
L.
13
based
at
Ocean
Falls,
j
was
unable
to
make
the
trip
to
Namu
for
necessary
Investigation.
In
the
meantime.
Dr.
Darby
nt
Bella
Bella
la
making
examine
lions
after
removal
of
the
body
there
for
burial.
At
Ocean
Falls,
a
coroner's
Inquest
U
being
held
Into
the
death
of
the
29
day
old
infant.
Bulgorian
Elder
Statesma
n
-
Dies
.
-
-
SOnA
rr
Premier
Vasl
Kol-nrov,
one
of
Bulgaria's
-elder
ttatPimien,
died
today
after
a
long
illuess.
He
was
72
years
of
age.
Kolarov's
death
was
announced
by
Radio
Sofia.
Three
days
of
national
mourning
were
decreed.
even
the
hardened
natives
(
could
not
get
their
boat3
past
Graveyard
Point.
Provisions
were
getting
low
at.
Greenville,
work
was
Impossible
at
25
below
aero
weather
and
something
had
to
be
done.
A
conference
was
held
with
Columbia
Cellu-
j
lose
Company
oficlals;
Jackj
Martin,
construction
superln-
j
lendent.
for
the
building,
project
i
and
local
Agency
officials
as
a
re-
I
suit
of
which
it
was
decided
to
1
ry
and
get
a
steel
landing
barge
into
the
river
to
bring
t
the
men
out.
'
1
The
barge
was
readied
and
fueled
and
on
January
10,
in
company
with
the
Agency
launch,
Naskeena,
and
the
Cel
uescuc
oegins
n.
rauiopnone
circuit,
tying
in
the
two
vessels
and
the
barge
vith
the
villages
of
Klncollth
and
Greenville,
was
arranged
and
plans
were
finalized
for
the
crew,
accompanied
by
natives
(Continued
Page
6)
ileel
William
Noppe
of
Vancouver,
whode-
'r
W-i
-
1
it
C
o
a
I
Is
Scarce
Unless
there
is
an
in-mediate
forty
percent
reduction
in
the
consamp-t
i
0
n
of
electricity
in
Prince
Rupert
or
the
long
cold
snap
turns
to
soft
and
wet
weather,
ihe
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
will
be
able
by
ten
days
to
provide
only
enough
energy
to
keep
essential
fcidtis-trles
going
on
a
minimum
basis
and
all
other
consumers
will
have
to
be
cut
to
strict
-and
tight
rations
which
would
Involve
cutting
off
the
city
by
sections
for
certain
periods.
Ir
fact
It
was
decided
at
n,
conference
between
Mayor
O.
W
Rudderham
and
T.
B.
Black
tc
start
restrictive
action
tstsor-row
If
necessary.
-
"Instead
ot
responding
to
the
appeal
for
voluntary
curtailment
of
power
usage,
ths
T"
pie,
as
a
whole,
were
mere
rt
the
consumption,
Mr
1
v
said
today.
On
Saturday,
tiw
day
after
the
first
appeal
wa
made,
consumption
Increase'
by
five
percent
over
ntrmal.
Oi
Sunday
Ilfteeu
percent
l
mon
than
normal
consumption
fo:
Sunday
was
used.
'
While
some
eofisflffirririVJ:;-imve
cut
their
use
of
eloctruri
ty.
Mr,
Black
aid,
other
fcsv
apparently,
Increased
it
anc
consequently
there
has
baen
ni
reduction
in
the
total
usage.
-
With
water
levels
at
Fall
plants,
continuing
to
dror
an?
effort
being
made
to
cowervs
them,
the
company
has
th
steam
plant
at
the
Canadian
National
dry
dock
running
on
a.
full
time
nauls.
one
hunarec
tons
of
coal
dalJy
Is
being
used
and"
slowness
of
deliveries
of
coal
to
the
city
had
today
re
duced
the
stock
of
fuel
avail
able
there
to
ten
days.
Co-op-erat'on
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
to
speed
augmented
deliveries
of
coal
was
being
sought,
and
assured.
-
Water
levels
at
Woodsworth
Lake
dam,
source
of
the
Sha-watlans
Lake
power
plant
water
supply,
is
being
lowered
at
the
rate
of
4.8
inclies
per
day,
leaving
a
maximum
storage
available
for
all
purposes-
of
twenty
days
at
the
present
rate.
Woodworth
Lake
wiaxi-
mum
altitude
level
Is
35153
It.
The
present
level
Is
346.05
feet
while
the
minimum,
useable
level
Is
337
feet.
Falls
River
maximum
level
is
302
feet,
the
present
level
is
88.2
feet
unci
the
nduhuum
useable
level
282
feet.
At
the
present
rate
Falls
River
would
be
exhausted
in
twelve
days.
With
a
forty
percent
reduction
In
power
consumptiouwthe
dry
dock
plant
could
be
kept
running
Indefinitely,
Shawat-las
plant
thirty
days
mi
Flis
River
plant,
twenty-one
fav6.
Both
Falls
River
and
Wood-,
worth
Lake
water
sheds
have
had
freezing
temperatures
foi
the
last
40
days.
There
has
been
no
precipitation
whatsoever.
Mj
Black
reminded
also
the
vital
importance-
of
water
sup'
ply
from
Woodworth
and
Sha"
watlans
Lake
being
mulntalnec
if
the
dry
dock
plant
is
to
b
kept
running.
Tills
points
t
the
necessity
of
general
wate:
as
well
as
power
conservation
Mr.
Black
this
morning
rec
ommended
to
Mayor
Rudderhan
that
street
lights
be
cut
of
from
1:30
commencing
tonight
The
mayor
accepted
the
recommendation.
This
will
mean
;
virtual
complete
.black-ou
downtown
as
sign
and
displa;
lighting
Is
already
out.
-;
-
.
ILLINOIS
PIONEERS.
.
French
traders
and
mlssionar
ies,
late
in
the
17th
centurjV-weri
the
first
white
men
in
Illinois.
Vancouver
UoUl
and
the
Martin
Inn
ai
.
vlll
he
lii-re
in
.k
to
inspect
Hie
Kaftel
Interests
of
To-
ronto
who
art-
al:;o
behind
the
vtcw
to
.startiii!?
o
the
plans'.
'"J1''1
lroJi-cl.
Work
of
sv
nihiy
has
been
converting
the
administration
iHpvulo
an
entrance
building
will
umniieiKC
linnic-
'VutiT.ruiit
side
a
dlately.
:
aooiid
Avenue
for
Ku!v
mMivm
ului
WUipH'd
duil.ir
Klruclure.
with
electric
Moves,
electric
re-;
Uils
eft
it
t
was
frigerators
and
heated,
the'
tlu-
city
last
nl"ht
commodious
Kuitcs
will
be
niost-
DARING
MARINE
FEAT
Construction
Crew
Rescued
From
Naas
River
By
Operation
In
Ice
-
r
.
Friday
the
Thirteenth
of
January
held
no
terrors
for
the
local
Indian
A
gency
or
for
a
costmc-tion
crew
ice-locked
at
Greenville,
some
twenty
miles
up
the
Naas
River
from
its
mouth.
It
marked
the
culmination
of
a
successful
operation
which
rescued
the
men
from
winter's
icy
grip.
SAniistronu
of
Ann-
lv
of
four
rooms
with
some'
lies
who
returned
threes
and
some
fives.
The
'iices
in
Vancouver
hmr-room
suites
will
have
two
the
conversion
of
bedrooms,
combined
living
and
United
states
ad-
iiin!;ii!
room
and
kitchenette,
j
Imildiiin
'a
re
into
There
will
also
be
some
bache-1
'I.
block
of
betwecii
lor
suites.
.
j
ixty
suites
by
the
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on
Page
0)
!
I.
HOCKEY
SCORES
SATURDAY
National
llo.
ton
1.
Montreal
3
'
Nc-.v
York
I,
Toronto
2
Chlcat:"
3.
Detroit.
5
,
Pacific
Owst
';
Fresiiu
1.
Lor,
Angeles
1
.
Vancouver
4.
Sau
Franel;:eo
6
Victoria
3,
Taconut
4
Portland
1,
New
Wastminster
6
SUNDAY
National
-
'''
Montreal
5,
Boston
i
Toronto
1.
Detroit
0
"
Pacific
Coast
lacoina
5
.Seattle
1
Fresno
2,
San
Diejjo
2
Tuesday,
January
24,
l'JOO
High
5:18
19.0
feet
17:25
16.7
feet,
Low
11:35
7.8
feet!
23:25
7.5
feel
THE
WEATHER
(Synopsis)
A
cold
Arctic
air
muss
covers
all
but
the
extreme
southern
section
of
British
Columbia
this
morning
and
temperatures
tonight
are
expected
to
drop
sharply
In
all
southern
districts
In
Ihe
Cariboo
and
the
Peace
River
districts
temperatures
are
in
the
neighborhood
of
40
below
zero
,
with
Prince
George
reporting
a
low
of
47
below
at
5:30
this
morning
Freezing
temperatures
extend
across
all
of
Canada
with
,
temperatures
In
Northern
Alberta
and
tjie
southern
Yukon
colder
than
fifty
below
zero
(
Forecast
Nor
1
1
1
('oast.
Region
-
Clear
along
mainland
Cloudy
with
occasional
snow
flurries
along
Queen.
Charlottes
and
northeust
vuust
of
Vancouver
Island
Continuing
cold
Winds,
northerly,
20
miles
per
hour
Lows
tonight
und
highs
Tuesday
-
At
Port
Hardy,
18
and
25.
Sandspil,
15
and
20;
Prince
Rupert,
5
and
15.
NOTICE
All
evening
activities
in
the
Civic
Centre
gyms,
auditorium,
training
room
and
games
rooms
are
cancelled
due
to
the
water
and
power
emergency.
Basketball
practices
and
badminton
are
cancelled
and
league
giimfH
postponed
till
further
notice.
Meeting
rooms
for
essential
meetings,
and
library
will
be
open
as
usual.
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FORWARD.
Secretary.
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The
construction
crew,
con-
slstlng
of
Robert
Wagar.
foreman,
Jack
Bennie,
H.
Kyolfson,
'
II.
E.
Petersen,
.Tom
Penny,
Pat
:
Carey
(formerly
of
Skeen
Air
j
Transport)
and
Charles
Pcter-'
sen,
the
350-pound
cook,
were
!
employed
by
the
Indian
Affairs
i
branch
on
the
bulldhrg
olf
three
I
new
schools
to
be
erected
by
,
the
Agency
and
had
been
work-1
ing
up
the
Naas
since
early
in
December.
About
the
middle
of
last
month
came
the
cold
weather
which
rapidly
froze
the
river
fcover
and
prevented
delivery
of
two
large
scows
of
prcfabri
-ated
material
to
the
uprlver
village.
This
cituluinent
was
then
unloaded
at
Klncollth
and'
the
scows
returned
to
Prince
lulose
Company's
McDougall,
VANCOUVER
Waves
of
l!upertt
In
the
meantime,
re-
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KincolKh
was
reached
Vi1th'coirior
air
washed
over
the
lower
.spite
extensive
use
of
dynamite,;
bows
shcather
by
Ice
In
the
face
j
mainland
today,
checking
a
two-ll
was
Impossible
to
get
the
of
a
60-iulle
northerly
gale.
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tiUaw
ylu(,
threatened
floods
crew
out
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mi-
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ooats
ana
the
men
rccon-1
cllcd
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themselves
to
spend
Christmas
on
the
Naas.
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A
further
attempt
to
get
the
men
out
was
made
after
the
New
Year
but
the
screaming
north
wind
was
so
fierce
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Lake
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Antonio
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River
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Canada
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Ex
VANCOUVER
EUPLOSION
VANCOUVER
if'
An'exploslon
which
rocked
dozens
of
Kerria-dale
district,
homes
last
night
was
set.
off
by
a
blast
to
destroy
some
dynamite,
police
tald
today.
Several
cases
of
dynamite
were
exploded
on
the
bunks
of
the
Fraser
River
a
quarter
of
ii
TniHe
from
the
nearest
house.
One
woman
said
It
"sounded
like
a
V-bomb
going
off."
NOTICE
OF
MEETING
The
annual
meeting
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association
of
Prince
Rupert
will
be
held
Friday.
January
27,
19UO,
at
8
p.m.
in
the
Civic
Centre
Auditorium.
The
order
of
business
will
include
the
presentation
of
Annual
Reports,
election
of
directors,
etc
All
paid
up
members
of
the
age
ol
nineteen
years
and
over
w
ill
be
entitled
to
voting
privileges.'
C.
O.
HAM.
Secretary.
(H)
Fraser
Floods
Less
Menacing
alld
brought
death
to
one
pcruon
Antoinette
Pascall,
aged
3,
of
Cranbrook,
was
killed
Saturday
w
hen
100
pounds
of
ice
slid
from
the
roof
of
a
two-storey
school
and
struck
her
on
the
head.
along
the
swollen
Fraser
River
were
able
to
relax
vigilance
j
slightly
,
snow
lighters
in
Fraser
Canyon
still
struggled
to
tree
ne
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
trains
blocked
by
;
slides.
!
I
An
air
lift
ferried
many
stranded
passengers
to
Vancouver
Sun-jday.
!
btalled
trams
expected
to
be
j
on
their
way
to
Vancouver
"some
j
time
today."
I
In
Uie
Frast-r
Valley,
evacuated
farmers
began
moving
back
as
thc
threatening
river
receded.
NOTICE
TO
CITIZENS
Unless
there
is
u
DRASTIC
CURTAILMENT
BY
TOMORROW
in
consumption
of
electricity,
cutting
off
supply
by
sections
for
periods
of
from
two
to
four
hours
will
be
instituted
immediately
as
provided
for
by
authority
of
B.C.
Utilit
iei
Commission.
'
i.
W.
Kl'DDKKilAM.
Mayor.
T.
B.
BLACK.
Gen.
Mgr.,
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.