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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
107.
PPINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
MAY
B,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Worst
Fi
aire
Mokes
n
T
won
anada's-
Rimouski
Bewildered
.Railroad
Agent
T
Baseball
Scores
t
As
'
TODAY
National
-
J
f
I
V
1
1
J..:.
fl-
IU.iU
Thousands
Evacuated
In
Manitoba
Floods
'(
.ftOYisei
uu
huiiii
By
Disastrous
Fire.
Brooklyn
7.
Pittsburgh
5
'
There
were
lour
home
runs
in
"American
railroads
are
con-
iee
WINNIPKO
.The
Red
River
scious
of
the
potentialities
of
HIMOUSKI,
Que.
(CP)
Stunned
and
bewikler-busincss
in
northern
British
Coi-1
etj
residents
today
counted
their
loss
in
one
of
th;
urribia
and
are
watching
the
sit-
i
t
Hiisrrftii
firps
in
Canadian
historv.
It
v
I
0RE
PHILrOTT
A
thin
mantle
of
snow
that
moved
in
with
cold,
biting
weather
covered
the
blackened
ruins
of
312
homes
and
a
dozen
business,
educational
and
religious
h)
IN
ISKAKL
the
game.
SATURDAY
Amcriia.ni
v
Detroit
8,
Washington
0
r
Chicago
1,
Boston
11
St.
Louis
4,
Philadelphia
12
Cleveland
5-4,
New
York
4-
National
New
York
9,
Pltsbuigh
8
Brooklyn
4,
Chicago
5
Boston
15,
Cincinnati
11
Philadelphia
11,
St.
Louis
7
SUNDAY
uation
of
1,4:0
men,
women
and
children
from
low-lying
parts
of
Norwood
and
East
Kildonan
began.
When
all
were
out,
the
number
of
Soulhei
n
Manitoba
homeless
would
be
10,000
or
more,
about
half
in
the
Winnipeg
area.
The
Red
was
still
unsatisfied.
i
United
States
army
engineers
in
North
Dakota
said
a
new
and
still
more
violent
attack
was
coming
today
added
more
than
1,000
vie-
Urns
to
Its
1950
flood
score
hi
!
Greater
Winnipeg.
Its
muddy,
sluggish
torrent
already
higher
than
in
any
year
since
1826
lashed
at
shaky
dikes
in
a
dozen
places.
Hundreds
of
service
men
.and
civilians
under
military
control
stacked
sandbags
against
j
leaking
barriers.
While
they
I
worked
in
the
glare
of
searchlights,
a
hurried
but
orderly
evac
I'l'XLE
NOW
TAKING
uation
very
closely
with
a
view
to
development
up
to
the
present
stage
and
the
future
business
expansion,"
said
E.
C.
Cnapman
of
Vancouver,
general
agent
for
B.
C.
with
the
Chicago
and
Milwaukee
Railroad.
I
"
Mr.
Chapman
arrived
in
the
city
yesterday
and
expects
w
re-
Iiou.sc
of
Commons
U
fca.s
pipelines
i
uiip
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
buildings,
prey
to
a
roaring
conflagration
that
caused
mdnctary
loss
of
$20,000,000
and
'
mx:
2.500
of
the
15,000
population"
homeless.
So
far
as
could
be
-
RAAP
PLANE
CRASH
SYDNEY,
Australia
A
Royal
Australian
Air
Force
Catalina
flying
boat
crashed
and
.burst
Into
flames
while
attemptV-ij
a
forced
landing
on
the
air
strip
t
Georgetown,
North
Queensland.
Sunday,
killing
five
of
her
crew
of
seven.
';.
IIOGAN
WINS
rtKU.lt
:
WHITE
SULPHUR
SPRINGS,
W.
Va.Bcn
Hogan
tied
the
world's
record
for
72
holes
of
foil
on
a
par
70
course
with,
21
under
par
193-66
for
259
to
win
lhe
Gree.-4'irier
open
golf
tournament
by
10
strokes.
Host
pr
Sam
Sncad
finished
second
in
the
four-day
event
with
i),isi
important
ever
liuda.
The
weather
is
sunny
over
riatcr
Ui;ui
a
strug-
most
of
the
province
today.
Tim
learned,
there
were
no
deaths
in
Idf
wlK'thi.T
Canadian
lines
are
to
be
u.scd
Wednesday
only
cloud
area
is
around
Prir.ce
j
the
fire
that
raged
for
mor
,
main
here
until
j
night.
This
is
his
first
inspec-;
Rupert
which
is
on
the
edge
of
j
than
30
hours.
The
Red
Cross
treated
score:
Slight
Damage
d
Won
Easiy
fcmcoil
hu
Cim
By
Middleground
:
tion
trip
to
northern
B.
C.
this
a
group
of
storms
moving
across
I
year.
He
says
he
makes
about
southern
Alaska.
Ciear
skier,
are
ilur
me
ueveiuiiiiii'iii
1
ur
for
uur
big
ncigh-
,.U'd
States.
important
in
this
!,rc
,c
(mentions
to
be
de-
America:!
i
Cleveland
5,
Washington
10
Detroit
8,
New
York
6
St.
Louis
0-2,
Boston
8-8
!
Chicago
7-2,
Philadelphia
3-4
j
National
j
Brooklyn
3,
Pittsburgh
'New
York
4-5,
Chicago
3-2
Philadelphia
6-6,
Cincinnati
0-4
Boston
0,
St.
Louis
15
four
such
visits
every
year.
His
expected
again
tomorrow
with
of
people
for
cuts
and
burns.
,
Believed
to
have
started
when
a
power
line
snapped
in
Saturday's
heavy
wind,
'
fire
raced
through
the
lumber
yards
of
Price
Brothers
Lumber
Company.
It
spread
with
almost
un
Norman
von
Nida
of
Sydney,
!
company,
Mr.
Chapman
suited,
temperatures,
reading
to
ine
Australia
Austraha.
third
th.rd.
'
low
sixties
at
Vuncouvcr
and
works
with
theC.N.U
very
nicely
yM&
and
to
Uw
mW
8e,entifi3
UUUOUU
I
II
U
UJ
LCUISVILLE,
Ky.
ft
Middle-
'
ChCSt"Ut
rangCr
lhe
A
chimney
lire
late
this
morn-
i
ing
at
the
home
of
O.
Ness.
1725
faoulous
KinS
rancn
ln
Texas,
I
lrhjinent
in
an
open-
j
-bo;i!(t
manner?
Or
are
I
i
M.
P
's
to
be
by-passed
i
I:
:.-,sic
to
be
settled
1
Fifth
Avenue
East,
caused
slight
carne
a-runnlng
iitto
the
stretch
'.
Frozen
fish,
for
instance,
is
load-
in
t,ne
southern
interior.
cd
into
C.N.R.
freight
cars
from
The
second
storm
in
a
week
American
vessels
and
is
shipped
to.strike
the
west
central
plains
damage
to
the
ceiling.
The
blaze
tof
the
United
States
Is
bringing
ed
doors
byf
agencies
,
tin
people
have
no
I
tii
t.hi'
'nasf-prn
TlnLld
Rl.u'.f-s
DAVIS
HEADS
MISSION
i
OTTAWA
Hon.
T.
C.
Davis
lias
been
named
head
of
Canada's
missic.-v
Allied
High
Commission
in
Bonn,
Western
German
capital,
it
was
announced
today..
Davis
is
the
former
Canadian
Ambassador
to
Nationalist
China.
at
Churchill
Downs
Saturday
to,
out
game
everything
thay
chal-'
lenged
him.
He
won
the
76th
Ken
I
tocky
Derby
vith
something
to
believable
speed,
whipped
nj
wind
at
times
reaching
80
miles
an
hour.
The
fire
cut
its
swath
through
the
western
section
of
the
city,
licking
up
building
after
building.
Thousands
of
daze
l
residents
loaded
their
belong
it
.01
was
qnickly
extinguished
by
fire-
j
'men.
Flames
escaped
hrough
the
flue
and
igniied
wallpaper
and
1
laths.
.
I
A
city
driver
was
spotted
by
Many
Boatmen
Drown
In
East
,
1
snow,
rain
and
thunderstorms
in
From
there
the
Chicago
and
MU-
,
ft
band
from
Montana
thrcugn
jwaukee
Railroad
takes
over.
A
i
Wyoming
and
the
Dakotas
and
1
large
consuming
area,
Mr.
Chap-
'
southward
into
Kansas
and
Ark-
!
man
said,
is
Illinois,
Iowa
and
ansas.
This
is
the
storm
which
spare.
Son
'of,
Bold
Venture,
he
rtlNE
ISSUE
itself
is,
:
ti'oup
wants
to
buy
ur:.!
gas
and
to
pipe
;
fuel
via
an
all-Can-
j
o
to
Vneouvcr,
and
never,
in
early
contention,
prov
the
city
police
patrol
car
as
it
Indiana.
Much
fish
is
transport-
shows
signs
of
moving
north
failed
to
stop
at
the
approach
of
ed
himself
a
better
colt
than
ward
and
dumping
more
rain
on
ings
on
vehicles
of
all
descriptions
and
fled
amidst
the
smoke
and
showering
cinders.
St.
Joseph's
hospital,
a
'four
storey
bricW
building,
and
the
Sisters
of
Charity
orphana"-
the
flood
swollen
Red
River
and
U
S
A.
ed
to
that
territory.
From
here
Mr.
Chapman
travels
as
far
as
Red
Pas.;
Junc
its
tributaries.
NEW
YOHK
0
Treacherous
the
fire
truck.
The
driver
will
be
(
your
Hosl,
California
favorite
or
.spring
squalls
caught
thousand,
issued
.
summons.oUce
said
to-
Hm
Princ
Lnc
Virginia
threat
ol
New
iork
and
New
England
,
day
that
if
possible,
the
patrol;
'
and
Ulc
oUler
3
rWaU
boatuien
witliout
warning
dur-
cur
follcws
the
fire
truck
to
eneh
when
tbe
nig
the
sunny
week-end
and
left
blaze.
They
added
that
drivers
chips
were
down.
He
ran
the
1U
BRIDGE
COLLAPSES
;
ISTANBUL,
Turkey
A
bridge
in
Northern
A.mtolio
collapsed
'yesterday,
dropping
a
bus
Tilled
with
49
passengers
into
a
drei
ravine.
Twenty
-
five
were
killed,
the
other
24
injured.
MINE
FOUND
tion,
near
the
Alberta-3
itifch
I
Regional
Forecast
were
destroyed.
Other
buildings
ms
Business
....
'
Columbia
Dorocr,
...
.
p,.,,,..,..
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0,m..uw,
b
i.
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,,11
llmhor
.v....
junv,,
-s
11114
li:.iu)
bllCtC
uiiv
products.
.
.
j
with
occasional
light
rain
today
J
friary,
the
technical
school,
and
tomorrow.
Little
change
hi
Rimouski
hospital,
two
hotels,
a
miles
In'
two
minutes,
one
and
tnrce
fifths
seconds,
on
one
fifth
off
the
derby
record
set
by
the
immortal
Whiriaway
in
1941.
He
ub'.'ut
20
dead
or
missing
in
lakes,
I
must
be
taught
to
top
at
the
ap-riveis
and
salt
water.
High
winds
!
proaeh
of
anyTmej-gency
vehicle,
tail
end
of
the
midwest
storm,
j
1
.
'
'
-Jrr:c
"
HA.AL
1
reached
G5
miles
an
hour.
Winds
lpt5
also
fanned
forest
fires
In
New
Tuesday,
May
A.
1950
pniup
wui
i
Is
to
bring
;
pclinc
y
cross
U.
S
A.
!
iivin:'.
bis
eitie.s
like
',
:i
route.
It
frankly
j
already
existing
bii;
j
lhe
U.
S.
A.
j
.!.
would
bi
t;vk--
T.d
of
the
mainline
'Wwwrv
,"
,
R.U(iHT
dollars-:)
nd
sisihoii.
designed
to
aii'U
on
page
0)
(rewarded
R.
,
J,
Klcebers,
Jr.
l:;rilrmd''aml
trtanked
ont;
inost
iHlh
'7:11'
""
16
8
"feel
1
owner
of
King
'am
h,
with
$32,650
VANCOUVER
A
mine
has
hern
reported
adrift
off
the
fjtarn.
C
liar
In
tti
Islantfs.
4b
first
in
quite
a
long
time.
Nothing
was
known
as
to
the
identity,
or
if
it
was
from
Japanese
or
Russian
onree.
The
general
Stgcnt
forsces
a
temperature.
Light
winds,
in-
theatre
and
nearly
a
score
of
lcr-e
business,
ttwrtwet
to-CJttW.UJZ
t'V
southerly
120)
..bl-oreslargeandsman.
territory
and
exclaimed
this
area
evening.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
1
Many
homeless
were
taken
is
ripe
for
investment.
It
isn't
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
and
care
of
"
by
residents.
Others
"Go
West
young
man"
any
Prince
Rupert,
40
and
55,
San-
were
Weltered
in
tents
and
more
he
said,
but
"Go
North."
spit,
40
and
50.
buildings
thrown
open
to
them.
20;40
17.1
feet
Hill
Prince
finished
second,
1
Low
private
flying.
'Upper
New
York
state
had
IJie
worst
drowning
toll
with
10
dead
or
missing.
1:19,
10.0
feet
lengths
back.
Mr.
Trouble
was
13:50
:
6.1
feet
Ihird
with
Sun
Glow
fourth.
.
i
.;
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L..)
in.
.
jiiW-umi
m
wn
win
Js.
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v.
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,
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!
It-
!
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I
jih
unjumieii
Miiiwiiwr
n
MERRITT
TILSTON
SMITH
FOOTE
7
untiC
-
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m.
...
in
i
i
What
Canada's
V..
Winners
Arc
lioing
On
VA'
Bay
MAHONEY,.
ing
the
fignting
in
tbe
German
HochwaWH
uring
in".
he
lost
both
legs.
He
wai
presented
with
his
VC.
by
the
King
at
Buckingham
Palace
end
was
invalided
back
U;
CanatUi
In
1940
lie
'married
w
ViPiauuver
girl
and
tluy
have
on
i-.ikl.
!
.
s
REMAINS
IN,
SERVICE-Five,
years
after
the
end
ol
the
war
in
Europe
one
of
'Mr.
eight
sui
-viving
Victoria
Cross
winners
of
t
he
Second
World
War
si
ill
serves
in
the
Canadian
armed
forces.
He
is
Lt.-Col.
,
John
Reefer
Mahony.
New
Westminster,
B.C.,
native
who
now
Is
director
of
public
relations
for
the
Canadian
Army.
His
Victoria
Cross
was
won
on
the
Mclfa
River
in
Italy.
Merritt
won
Canada's
first
Victoria
Cross
of
the
Second
World
War
when
he
rallied
the
South
Saskatchewan
Regiment,
which
he
commanded,
to
'
plunge
through
a
line
of
German
pillboxes
at
Dieppe.
He
was
captured
und
liberated
in
1945.
The
former
Progressive-Conservative
M.P.
for
Vancouver
Burrard
is
slmwn
in
his
Vancouver
law
oriice.
V.C.
AT
WORK
Alvia
i
Smoky
Smith
now
shoot
a
camera
Instead
of
the
deadly
Piat
gun
which
won
him
the
Victoria
Cross
in
Italy
when
he
b-ok
up
a
Of
rman
detachment
trying
to
wipe
out
a
Canadian
bridgehead
on
the
Savip
River.
He
is
now
manager
of
a
flour
lshing
photo
studio
in
Nw
'
Westminster,
B.C.
Previously
he
had
been
an
Insurance
salesman.
He
is
married
and
has
two
children.
,
David
V.
Cut-tie
who
won
the
Victoria
Cross
for
his
bravery
at
Falaise
Gap,
occupying
the
position
of
equipment
superintendent
for
the
Woodlands
Division
of
Quebec
North
Shore
Paper
Company
and
the
Ontario
Paper
Company
at
Bale
Comeau,
Que.
A
Moose
Jaw,
.
Sask.,
garage
worker
before
the
war,
Maj.
Currie
served
wiLh
the
South
Alberta
Regiment.
He
left
the
army
in
1945.
He
is
37
and
has
a
15-year-old
sou.
1
LUMBER
SALESMAN
-Th
fifth
anniversary
of
V-E
Day
finds
Victoria
Cross
winner
Paul
Trlquet
at
his
desk
In
Montreal
offices
of
H.R.
Mac-millan
Sales
(Quebec
Limited,
a
lumber
firm.
He
was
captain
with
the
Royal
22nd
Regiment
when
he
won
the
V.C.
"for
determined
leadership
and
example".
in
action
at
Or-
tona,
Italy,
ln
1943.
A
native
of
Cabano,
Que.,
Trlquet
stayed
ln
the
army
until
the
end
of
1947
with
rank
of
lieutenant-colonel.
(All
CP
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SPIRITS
ADMINISTRATOR
Major
John
Weir
Foole,
Madoc-born
padre
wlio
won
the
Victoria
Cross
for
heroism
during
Hie
bloody
raid
by
the
Canadian
forces
on
Dieppe
In
H'42,"
is
,
deputy
commissioner
of
the
Liquor
Control
Board
of
Ontario
five
years
after
the
end
of
the
war
in
Europe.
MaJ.
Foote
was
chaplain
of
Royal
Hamilton
Light
Infantry.
He
remained
In
the
army
for
some
time
after
the
war
resigning
to
contest
the
provincial
riding
of
Durham
in
the
1948
Ontario
election.
Following
his
election
to
the
Legislature,
he
was
appointed
to
his
present
past
on
the
liquor
board.
bRUG
EXECUTIVE
Ma
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Fred.
A.
Tilston,
44-year-old
pharmacist,
is
vice-president
of
The
Sterling
Products
of
Canada
Limited
,one
of
North
America's
largest
drug'
manufacturing
firms,
at
Windsor,
Out.,
five
year-
b
tier
ilit
war
in
which
he
won
the
VC.
He
joined
the
'inn
in
HMO
c.flcr
graduating
from
tiie
Ontario
Colle-.1
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Thannacy
end
in
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lu.
nationa.
sales
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served
as
a
major
with
the
Essex
Scottish
and
took
part
in
the
1942
.aid
ou
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Dieppe.
He
was
ivnrded
the
Victoria
Cross
for
uravery
dur-
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Five
years
after
the
end
of
the
war
in
Europe
finds
Maj.
FIRST
V.C.
Lt.
Col.
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