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at
Canada's
Most
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Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.'
122.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
MAY
26,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I
Starts
Job
Widely
Mourned-
Manitoba
Flood
Sufferers!
COALITION
IS
Frank
Dibb
NOT
BREAKING
Danger
Of
Further
Floods
Is
Now
Over
J
WINNIPEG
(CP)
The
Army
announced
today
i
it
is
pi.ereon
holing
its
plan
for
a
general
evacuation
of
Greater
Winnipeg
because
the
"
Red
River
flood
The
Daily
News
Is
Receivinq
Subscriptions
Halibut
Sales
!
American
Cnah,
18,000,
22.6c,
22.5c
and
20c,
Storage.
J.
B.,
32,000,
22.5c,
22.5c
and
20c,
Storage.
Canadian
Hopewell,
21,000,
24.2c,
21c
and
21.5c,
Pacific.
Borgund,
13,000;
Five
Princes,
12,000,
to
Co-op.-
Passes
Away
Kcnrry
Speaks
on
Gas
Line,
Hospital
Insurance,
Aluminum,
h
w
'
f
t
t
-
I
"
w
.
r
m
I
Promtront
Citizen,
Skilled
Pulp
and
Paper
situation
is
so
much
improved.
The
statement
was
made
by
Brig.
R.
E.
A.
Morton,
the
Army's
flood
control
commander.
"
Artizan
and
Community
Worker
Dies
Frank
Dibb,
master
craftsman
of
the
typographical
profession
and
head
of
the
Dibb
Printing
Co.
here,
long
prominent
in
public
service
and
fraternal
circles
and
leading
citizen,
passed
away
yesterday
after
As
long
as
the
coalition
was
giving
good
government
to
the
province
of
British
Columbia,
he
saw
no
reason
why
It
should
break
up,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
told
the
Princo
Rupert
Liberal
Association
Thursday
night.
Mo
government
,he
declared,
was
set
Britain
Ends
Gas
Rationing
LONDON
Britain
today
abolished
gasoline
rationing.
Great
Flood
Relief
Show
Some
of
the
top
talent
from
the
entertainment
world
will
assemble
in
Maple
Leaf
Gardens
tip
to
perpetuate
political
par-
noon
at
3:15
In
the
Prince
Ru-
ties
but
rather
it
was
the
duty
of
j
pert
Qeneral
Hospita,.
Hi8
death
government
to
give
good
busl
will
be
widely
mourned.
Al
Fuel
minister
Philip
Noel
though
he
had
passed
through
Baker,
who
made
the
announce-
It
came
less
than
24
hour?
after
D.
M.
Stephens,
top
expert
on
the
Red's
behaviour
fcaLJ
in
an
interview
that
"Oretsr
Winnipeg
-is
now
out
of
,iar
-
r
as
far
as
a
wholesale
evaiuat..n
is
concerned."
I
Meanwhile,
operation
ra?
bow
started
at
both
ends
of
the
Red
disaster
area.
Clean-up
squads
moved
Into
Greater
Winnipeg
flood
zones
behind
the
retreating
river
to
start
the
city
wide
scrub
and
disinfect
campaign.
The
first
train
in
two
weeks
moved
into
Emerson,
the
..Inter-,
national
border
town
where
the
muddy
Red's
month
lon
rampage
started.
r,
4i
;
a
critical
illness
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
ment
in
the
Commons,
said
tiw
nrss
administration
and
he
felt
justified
in
saying
that
British
Columbia's
coalition
had
given
fair
service.
Any
time
a
government
showed
more
interest
in
'
'.
'
:
1
(V
-
t
.
he
had
rallied
strongly
and
his
demise
after
a
second
cerebral
hemorrhage,
came
as
a
deep
in
Toronto
tonight
to
participate
in
"Flood
the
Fund,"
the
greatest
radio
show
ever
produced
in
Canada.
Radio's
Red
River
relief
rally
will
be
carried
on
both
CBC
networks
and
will
be
made
available
to
more
than
one
hund
move
a
major
step
in
the
gradual
easing
of
wartime
controls
is
effectvie
tomorrow.
He
said
two
American
oil
companies
agreed
to
bring
.
in
additional
supplies
of
oil
and
to
accept
Sterling
instead
of
dollars
in
pay
perpetuation
of
party
than
the
5hock
to
his
many
friends.
The
service
of
the
people,
the
peo-'
final
relapse
came
at
his
home
pie
of
Canada
could
be
expected
Wednesday
night.
He
had
been
to
rise
up
in
arms.
j
able
to
be
out
earlier
in
the
day
Mr.
Kenney,
speaking
of
the
to
see
the
Victoria
Day
parade,
question
of
an
Alberta
gas
line
Mr.
Dibb
was
born
in
Pudsey,
red
and
twenty
radio
stations,
the
largest
network
ever
at
ment.
Since
gasoline
went
on
ration
September
23,
1939,
motorists
to
the
coast,
reiterated
favor
for
Leeds,
England,
and
would
have
tempted
in
Canada.
It
will
be
LOCAL
MAN
WINS
.
heard
from
nine
to
ten
thirty
pRZ
fs
IRISH
B.m.
i
the
Yellowhead
all-Canadian
been
68
years
of
age
had
he
lived
J
have
been
allowed
varying
route
and
expressed
the
opinion
until
December.
Having
learned
amounts,
permitting
from
80
to
270
miles
driving
a
month.
Terrace
Crovns
Alcsan
on
how
to
make
the
bot
of
a
bad
situation
i
illustrated
by
the
placid
faces
of
thn-cynuniMiUT!.
who
have
found
temporary
refuge
from
the
Winnipeg
flood
in
a
cottage
I:nmp
fj
Beach.
The
Roberts
boys,
Louis
12,
Leonard
9
arid
Donald
4,
were
evacuated
-their
St.
Viifll
home
after
the
water
rose
t
cover
the
ground
floor
in
less
than
an
hour.
TVir
plipht
will
!
alleviated
by
the
Manitoba
Flood
Relief
Fund.
Contributions
may
aW
directly
to
the
Fund
in
Winnipeg
or
paid
into
any
Bank
in
Canada.
that
the
Peace
River
would
the
typographical
trade
in
the
eventually
become
an
important
i
Old
Country,
Mr.
Dibb
came
to
feeder
to
such
a
line.
Never-
Canada
at
the
age
of
23
and
'
theless
.he
felt
that
such
British
was
first
located
at
Saskatoon
in
Columbia
members
as
E,
T.
the
plant
of
the
old
Phoenix
Applewhaite,
M.
P.
for
Skcena,
newspaper.
In
1912
he
moved
to
were
sincere
in
supporting
the
'
Calgary
where
he
became
inter-granting
of
charters
to
more
'
in
the
Albertan
newspaper,
than
one
pipe
line
company
so
After
four
years
there
he
went
Queen
Of
May
George
Dibb
of
this
city,
in
the
Irish
Kofpital
Sweepstake
drawing,
has
drawn
a
prize
of
100
sterling,
according
to
a
message
received
from
the
Hospital's
Trust
in
Dublin.
The
sweepstake
Is
on
the
forthcoming
Derby
race.
AlgomaPark
.
k
Preferred
:
V
Victoria
Day
Well
Celebrated
Baseball
Scores
THURSDAY
National
Chicago
4,
Brooklyn
5
Pittsburgh
0,
Philadelphia
3
St.
Louis
7,
New
York
5
'
.
American
"
Washington
0,
Cleveland
3
Philadelphia
6,
Chicago
1
Boston
15,
St.
Louis
12
'
'
New
York
6,
Detroit
4
s
that
there
might
be
no
monopoly,
to
Kelowna
to
become
the
man-
1
laming
Death
Rages
At
Interior
Town
TERRACE
Sharon
Mcllroy,
13,
cretty,
dark-haired
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Mcllroy
of
Terra
,mjsA
Uie
v.caadian
Legion
candidate,
was
crowned
May
-
Queen
at
the
kinsmen's
FLOOD
FUND
!
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The
minister
of
lands
stoutly
f?er
of
a
weekly
newspaper.
!
defended
British
Columbia's
hos-
i
Following
a
short
time
in
the
I
pital
insurance
scheme
whjch.ht
"
Okanagan
city,
he
moved
to
ieit"nad
tfie
preponderance
oi
Vancouver
to
Join
the
printing
I
public
support
behind
it
and
firn
of
Rose.
Cowan
&
Latta.
In
Over
Roosevelt
Park
as
Centre
Truck
Tram
Hits
IGas
,
George
Fritz.
:.
5.00
.Construction
and
General
Empire
Day
celebrations
at
the
which
was
certainly
here
to
stay.
,
i92C
when
that
firm
took
over
the
printing
business
of
K.
L.
!
Civic
Centre
on
Wednesday
af
Mistakes
might
have
been
made
but
he
felt
the
scheme
was
now
Rauk
here-
Mr-
Dibb
became
1
Laborers'
Union
5.00
......
,
,
iICACO
(CP)
A
wall
of
fire
enveloped
a
Dan,g
Servlce
8UUon
3
street
car
after
it
struck
a
double
trailer
(jaiopy
collection)
...
r.
7.53
partner
manager.
In
1938
he
.!,
l.-.f
;l,
onrl
00
,prsmis
diPd
in
,
Duchess
of
Edinburgh
ternoon
before
a
large
crowd
of
people.
The
crowning
took
place
on
the
stage
in
the
Auditorium,
last
year's
queen,
Margery
Thomas
placing
the
crown
on
her
successor's
"head.
Queen
Sharon
then
gave
her
thanks
of
Field
Sports
Activities
Prince
Rupert
Public
Relations
Council
will
ask
City
Council
to
attempt
to
have
the
Park
committee
spend
a
portion
of
the
mill
rate
alloted
to
park
improvements,
on
Algoma
Park
tor
the
purpose
of
turning
the
park
into
a
ball
field.
This
was
decided
by
the
council
at
a
meeting
Thursday
night
after
considerate
discussion.
i
Council
felt
the
park
shmld
ba
bought
out
the
Rose,
Cowan
St
Latta
interests
and
changed
the
name
of
the
f
irm
;tb:
Dibb
Printing
C.
Reeritly
Jiis
son,
George
Dibb.'.tpok
pyer
the
business.
Years
agd
Mr.
Dibb
served
f'
two
terms
as
an
alderman
but
his
principal
interest
in
public
Chapter,
I.O.D.E
25.00
H.
A.
Breen
5.00
H.
Chen
2.00
John
Phillipson
5.00
Mrs.
S.
Hunter
100
Thirty-one
others
were
injured,
at
least
threo
j.
About
20
remained
in
hospitals.
.reading
flames
from
the
thousands
of
gallons
"4
in
the
huge
truck
"T
deceased
and
his
home
on
Graham
Avenue,
Westview,
was
one
of
the
show
places
of
the
city.
A
few
years
ago
he
purchased
property
on
the
shores
of
Lak-else
Lake
and
had
a
summer
home
there.
The
bereaved
include
the
widow,
one
son,
George,
and
three
grandchildren,
Frances
Woods
of
New
York,
and
Winnifred
and
Georgina
Dibb
of
Prince
Rupert.
A
funeral
service
will
be
held
here
tomorrow
morning
at
11
to
all
for
making
her
queen
and
on
an
even
keel
and
was
in
good
hands.
Mr.
Kenney
spoke
of
the
natives
and
felt
that
the
obligation
did
not
cease
with
giving
them
the
vote.
Every
step
should
be
taken
to
better
their
lot
ana
make
them
good
and
responsible
citizens.
"I
cannot
see
why
the
Japs
should
be
r.'ouraged
to
come
back
into
the
fisheries
of
British
Columbia,"
he
declared,
asJ
sorting
that
the
Indians
were
well
fitted
by
natural
adapti-bility
for
work
in
the
fishing
1
eight
two
storey
(
!
affairs
was
in
connection
with
Deadlock
May
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
which
he
devoted
much
time
and
energy.
He
was
four
.
several
automobiles.
-1
nere
found
in
the
;
buildings.
But
mora
1
persons
mostly
Neg-sere
made
homeless.
End
In
Month
$310,000
Gift
to
her
sponsors,
the
Legion
Club.
Ker
attendants
were,
Audrey
Murie,
Shirley
Cole,
Evelyn
Jackson
and
two
small
flowerj
girl
Sandra
Gordon
and
Judy
Kerby.
The
Terrace
Cub
pack
formed
the
guard
of
honor.
Then
followed
the
Maypole
Dance
by
the
girls
of
grade
-r
under
the
direction
of
Miss
V.
Booth.
There
was
a
big
program
of
races
and
contests
for
the
boys
and
girls
and
adults
with
a
years
president
of
the
hospital
1
o'clock
in
First
United
Church
board
and
it
was
during
his
reg-
j
with
Rev.
L.
G.
Sieber
of
ficiat-ime
that
the
new
Prince
Rupert
;
ing,
interment
to
follow
at
Ter-
From
Britain
LAKE
SUCCESS
Secretary-General
Trygve
Lie
said
today
he
hones
for
a
definite
break
by
o'clock
in
the
after-
race
at
4
rioon.
improved
with
a
view
of
having
it
as
a
centre
of
field
activities
instead
of
Roosevelt
Park.
It
would
centralize
sport
activities
especially
after
the
building
ot
projected
tennis
courts
atjHxth
Avenue
and
McBride
Street.
They
felt
that
Roosevelt
Park
was
less
suitable
as
it
was
open
to
severe
winds
and
colder
air.
Vice-president
Ed.
Williams
will
arrange
a
meeting
by
the
finance
committee
in
order
that
.t,mp
or
Julv
in
the
United
Na-
LONDON
9
Britain
today
General
Hospital
was
built.
He
was
chairman
of
the
building
committee.
industry.
Mr.
Kenney
stated
that
the
'
"
.inn,
deadlock
over
China.
Lie
ear-marked
100,000
($310,000)
trapped
passenger'
'
hysterically
as
they
'lice
from
the
f
lamina
Thirty-two
of
the
48
"s
burned
to
death.
driver
burned
in
the
'is
truck.
It
was
loaded
tri
7.0(10
and
8,000
'I
gdiolmc.
Honorary
pallbearers
here
will
made
the
statement
at
the
first
for
disaster
relief
in
Manitoba
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
was
press
conference
since
returning
and
Quebec
and
said
emergency
progressing
favorably
with
its
in-
fmm
t.,11,.,
talks
,i,iih
with
Primp
Prime
Minister
Minister
supplies
supplies
will
start
flo-vlnj;
across
vestigations
with
a
view
to
locat-
Mr.
Dibb
was
also
prominent
be
Shelford
Darton,
Dr.
L.
W.
'
in
affairs
of
the
Masonic
Lodge
Kergin,
W.
D.
Vance,
C.
V.
Evitt,
horsef'hoe
tournament
running
all
afternoon.
A
Softball
game
.,,
a
p,.tirfpnt.
Truman.
Lie
the
Atlantic
tomorrow.
,
ing
in
British
Columbia.
Last
was
played
during
the
after
noon
between
Prince
Rupert
and
was
a
past
master
of
Tsimp-sean
Lodge
and
past
district
deputy
grand
master.
He
was
also
a
member
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
nuiiuc
mm
also
declared
Russia
still
has
full
confidence
in
the
United
Nations,
i
As
a
first
instalment,
a
Brit-
year
half
a
million
dollars
had
ish
stratocrulser
will
fly
to
Win-
Deen
spent
on
engineering
re-nipeg
bearing
eight
tons
of
searCh
with
a
view
to
develop-
C.
H.
Elkins
nad
S.
C.
Thomson
with
E.
D.
Forward,
E.
J.
Smith,
W.
M.
Watts,
John
Thompson,
G.
F.
Forbes
and
Earl
Gordon
as
active
pallbearers.
Arrangements
for
the
Masonic
committal
service
at
Terrace
are
in
charge
of
B.
R.
Dodds.
ian
choots
niilows.
blankets
and
and
Terrace
teams
with
the
latter
winning
by
a
large
margin.
The
tug-o'-war
was
won
for
the
third
year
in
succession
by
the
Orange
Lodge
and
the
tro
the
committee
arrange
for
collection
of
contributions
from
various
city
firms
so
that
the
work
of
the
council
can
be
carried
on
throughout
1950.
Some
supplies
another."
a
charter
member
of
the
medical
dressings.
Euteuk.Xahtsa
area
and
as
Spy
Aid
alotted
to
tire
ravageu
upeit
UJIU
wuu
will
be
f
Q
,.
,a
tn
ho
Gardening
was
a
hobby
Rimouskl
and
Cabano.
phy
is
now
retained
by
them
Liberals
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M.L.A.
Correspondence
read
by
secre-
3GT0N
(i
-
Senator
I
expended
this
year
particularly
!
on
the
projected
transmission
In
the
gym
of
the
Centre,
the
;
tary
H
F
Glassey
was
approved
Mahon
iDem.
Corm.)
i
refreshment
booth,
crown
n'an
I
line
between
Kemano
River
:'
the
P-d-r-il
Bureau
by
members.
.
,
In
the
absence
of
President
Ed
Fred
Hall
01
Terrace
Dies
:
power
house
and
the
plant
at
j
Kltimaat
which
covered
some
I
difficult
mountain
country.
He
Mussellam,
vice-President
wiu-iams
acted
as
chairman.
:"''
:Z:VZ:
D.
McRae
Reports
to
Uca.
-lH'mU
Association
on
Various
Matters
Harry
Gold,
5
chartes
of
aiding!
Highway
matters,
hospital
ln-
K!s:iS
pU(.ns
The!
suratice,
housing,
Alberta
gas
insisted
that
no
important
sal-
chor,
hoopla,
bottle
toss,
bingo
and
fish
pond
drew
the
crowds
rnd
nickels
and
the
day
was
a
big,
financial
success
for
the
Kin
and
everyone
had
a
grand
time.
The
dance
in
the
auditorium
in
the
evening,
had
a
very
lare
TERRACE
The
death
of
Fred
j
mon
spawning
grounds
were
in-
111:1
Philatlelnhian
was
I
line
route
and
policing
were
HaJ
7Q
occurTed
at
5:30
o'clock
volved
in
the
Nechako
River
area
T;i(!,cvy
niLht
and
an-!
amonn
subjects
discussed
by
J.D
nn
Thursday
morning
at
the
i
and
pointed
out
again
mat
tne
tercivlnjr
secret
in-
j
McRae,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert,
Outpost
Hospital
where
he
was
principal
critic
of
the
aluminum
8)
t
United
States
in
a
report
to
the
Prince
Rupert
uken
Qn
Weclnesciay
evening
(Continued
on
page
Liberal
Association
nursuay
tl.in
n
iririen
seizure.
He
t,tlni!mems
from
Fuehs
Sln'i
it
on
to
the
Rus-
FOOTBALL
LEAGUE
OPENING
GAME
Battery
vs.
Can.
Legion
Tonight,
7
p.m."
Succumbs
To
night
on
the
recent
session
of
eayes
tQ
mourn
his
passing
his
the
Legislature.
wlfe
anci
three
daughters,
Freda,
John
McLeod
presided
over
the
,
Mallory
of
Massett;
crowd
of
happy
dancers
and
the
i
peppy
music
of
Gavan's
Rhyth-;
maires
kept
everyone
moving,
j
The
lucky
ticket
winners;
were
drawn
by
Queen
Sharon,
j
the
first
prize
of
$100
going
to
A
E.
Carlson
and
the
second!
prize
of
50
to
Miss
Miry
Little.!
These
were
presented
by
Joe
EihuHzic,
president
of
the
Kin.
Heart
Attack
IT.
""Ul,
NOTICE
if)
1
1
meeting
whcih.also
heard
an
Marle
Mrs
MacDonald
of
Ter-address
by
E.
T.
Kenney
and
dis-
,
'Fl.anceS(
Mrs.
Cyril
of
Sar-cussed
many
local
matters.
(Us
and
a
slster
Mrs.
Albert
j
Knight
of
Sardis.
Son
of
a
THE
WEATHLR
Methodist
minister,
the
de-Forecast
t
ceased
was
born
in
New
West-North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
minster.
a
veteran
of
the
First
with
showers
today
and
Satur-
World
War
,he
came
to
this
dav.
Little
change
In
tempera-
,otrl(.t.
wlth
his
bride,
a
for-
TERRACE
Duncan
MacCaul-cler,
26,
of
Kelowna,
died
at
11:30
o'clock
on
Wednesday
evening
in
the
local
hospital
where
he
was
taken
earlier
in
the
evening
by
Nr,rs.
J.
Sikler,
registered
nurse,
who
noticed
his
condi
r""ri"pit
meeUnt?
of
Lndse
No.
58
A.F.
&
J
oe
hcitl
In
.
the
Masonic
fin
r.
ft,
H.iirr
n
nit
nn
tion
in
the
lobby
of
the
Terrace
10:15
ture.
Winds
westerly
(15
mph)'
hool
teacher,
in
1920,
and;
.
'
Kjklpr
has
his
a-m.
for
the
pur-
A
last
desperate
filort
w
save
a
invciuu
vhuir
n.iv.le
l
today
and
light
tomorrow.
Lows
.
.
Hig
sudden
death
.
.
ff.
Vptpran
ot
the
Sec-
conducting
a
funeral
.
Wor.
Bro.!
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
ftt
has
come
as
a
shock
to
.
tne,ond
World
Warj
deceased
has.
Hie
Rt
Out
of
respect
to
the
memory
of
the
late
Frank
Dibb,
we
will
be
closed
Saturday,
May
27.
:
..
.
,v
'
Dibb
Printing
Co.
-'Church
at
11
am.
iVtoa,,Terrace
B-C.
Last
this
Winnipeg
citizen
as
the
flood
waters
nue
m
his
flood-stricken
house.
The
water
is
waist-deep
and
still
rising,
and
he
has
very
little
hope
of
keeping
his
remaining
pieces
of
furniture.
The
Manitoba
Flood
Relief
Fund
hasten
organized
in
Winnipeg
to
help
such
people
and
its
objective
of
$10,000,000
dollars
is
to
be
used
to
help
flood
sufferers
reestablish
themselves.
Donations
to
fund
may
le
made
to
any
Bank
in
Canada
or
direct
to
Manitoba
Flood
Relief
tund
headquarter
In
Wir,,ii)PB
vv,
,3
XJI
iVi
I""
A
F-
&
A.M.
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
ana
rrmw
district
which
has
known
mm
i
been
a
patient
in
the
snaugn-1
Ruipert.
44
and
55.
fof
&Q
many
years.
He
was
a
;
ricssy
Military
Hospital
and
wasl
-,
-r-.rt-c"
'
ranger
fish
warden,
log
scaler.
1
10
have
returned
there
for
fur-I
LOCAL
1
IDtb
.Active
to
the
end,
he
was
gov-
1
ther
treatment.
He
died
from
a(
Saturday,
May
27,
1950
rnment
scaler
for
the
Columbia
heart
attack.
New
to
this
dis-
i
1
"
Hgh
:
9:47
17.4
feet
,
here
Funeral
ar-
Urict
the
deceased
had
been
em-
22:06
20.0
feet
e'
"
t
wiU
De
announced
ployed
on
the
government
rock;
Low...
3:42
.l
feet
anfm
rrvi-her.
!ntpr'
1
feet
15:47
6.1
--
Vance,
Secretary.
(it)