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XXXIX-
In
84-
Sanodo'
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHOHE
81
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
SATURDAY,
APRIL
22,
1950
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
F
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F
oods
Than
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From
Trieste
I
in
!
Death
j
Trouble
Coming
Unless
Run-Off
Starts
At
Once
VANCOUVER
(CP)-There-will
have
to
be
heat
soon
or
''we
may
have
a
bigger
flood
than
we
saw
in
1948,"
C.
E.
Webb,
chief
engineer
for
the
Dominion
Water
Power
Bureau,
said
today.
Describing
flood
MOSCOW
O)
Russia
has
demanded
the
withdrawal
of
British
and
American
trrops
from
Trieste.
The
demand
was
contained
in
a
nine-pace
note
handed
Brit-
sh
French
and
American
en
possibilities
on
the
Fraser
River,
he
said
there
is
more
snow
on
the
mountains
now
than
there
was
last
year
year
or
the
year
before
'
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I
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fill
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targe
Theft
iCase
Started
Preliminary
Hearing
of
Former
Clerk
at
Butedale
Cannery
Preliminary
hearing
of
Cherles
Alexander
Taylor
alias
John
j
Barrie
Sanders,
41-year
old
for-
mer
clerk
at
Butedale
Cannery
the
Canadian
Flshinar
C.n
'
commenced
in
Stipendiary
Mag
istrate
H.
F.
Glassey's
court
here
today
and,
after
hearing
of
two
witnesses,
was
adjourned
until
next
Wednesday.
Sanders
Is
charged
with
stealing
approximately
$11,042.81
from
his
employers
at
Butedale
on
or
about
September
6,
1947,
at
which
time
a
large
consignment
of
cash
n-Aoi-vrtai
ffcuu
wis
GERMAN
AGAINST
GERMAN
-
Demonstrators
of
the
East
German
Communist
youth
organization,
left,
jeer
a
police
.nan
who
stands
jus
across
the
border
in
West
Berlin
after
the
young
Reds
had
been
balked
in
efforts
to
storm
the
border.
There
have
been
many
such
demonstrations
and
rallies
along
the
line
that
separates
the
western
and
eastern
zones
of
Berlin
since
the
threat
was
made
that
500,000
Communist
youth
would
march
across
the
border.
into
West
Berlin
on
May
28.
Western
authorities
say
they
are
prepared
to
deal
with
any
such
eventuality.
-
:
,
,
voys
in
Moscow
by
Andrei
Gro-myko,
first
deputy
foreign
minister.
;
.
The
note
charged
the
three
western
countries
with
'
failing
to
fulfil
obligations
in
the
strategic
Adriatic
territory
under
the
peace
treaty
with
Italy,
also
Insisted
on
the
appointment
of
a
governor
for
Trieste,
a
matter
on
which
the
United
Nations
security
council
has
consistently
failed
to
agree.
Floods
In
Manitoba
Situation
Looking
Serious
As
Rewrve
Army
Hits
.
Danger
Mark
WINNIPEG
fl
Wheels,
of
f
lood
prevention,
machinery
gathered
speed
today
as
the
turbulent
Red
River
waters
continued
to
swell.
The
flood
level
was
reached
today
and
observers
said
the
rise
was
not
yet
over.
There
could
be
a
serious
situation.
"
.
Southern
Manitobans
In
the
Red
River
valley
are
prepared
to
move
their
families,
livestock
nnd
furniture
to
higher
levels.
Barricades
and
dikes
are
being
disappeared
from
the
company's
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
will
be
ap-office
at
Butedale.
proaching
the
north
coast
to
1JASK1ULL
KC(K:S
Pacific
Coast
K;m
Francisco
2,
Sacramento
0
(10
innings)
Hollywood
7,
Seattle
0
Oakland
0,
Portland
4
Los
Angeles
10,
San
Diego
0
Western
International
Yakima
13,
Spokane
5
Tri-Clty
11,
Taronia
8
Wenatchee
8,
Victoria
5
Salem
2,
Vancouver
1
'
American
Washington
7,
New
York
14
Boston
8,
Philadelphia
2
Chicago
1.
Detroit
4
-
National
Cincinnati
5,
Pittsburgh
7
New
York
1,
Brooklyn
8
'
at.
Louis
0,
Chicago
2''
Philadelphia
2,
Boston
2-
(Called
end
8th,
rain)-
.
ralscd
and
Reserve
Army
rUOiUj.bir
24
while
the
elder,
black
Roy
Thomson
Dailies'
Head
TORONTO
P;-Roy
H.
Thomson
of
the
Thomson
Dailies
yes-i-eulay
was
elected
president
of
'the
Canadian
Daily
Newspapers'
I
Association.
j
Olhor
oficers
elected
at
the
jCDNA
annual
meeting
inciuried:
!
First
Vice-President,
-
E.
C.
i
Whitehead,
Brandon
Sun.
I
Second
Vice-President,
Allan
I
Holmes,
Gait
Reporter.
I
Trygve
Lie-
Sees
Ending
Of
-Cold
War
r
LAKE
SUCCESS,
kfc-The
Unl-'tf'd
'.'Nation's
Secretary
General
raudousfy
indicated
today
that
he
hopes
to
lay
some
groundwork
for
ending
the
cold
war
during
his
trip
to
Europe
and,
possioly
to
Russia.
Trygve
Lie
told
a
final
weekly
press
conference
before
sailna
to-
!
morrow
that
he
does
not
expect
'
any
immediate
results
from
scheduled
talks
with
European
ieaders.
"I
believe
that
all
decent
people
desire
in
their
hearts
that
(
he
cold
war
be
ended,"
Lie
added
"but
it
will
take
time.
I
do
not
expect
too
much."
Clarke
McLean
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Camosun
yesterday
Consul
CZECHS
CONDEMNED
PRAGUE
Two
Czechs
were
sentenced
to
death
today
by
state
court
on
charges
of
high
treason
and
spying
for
the
United
States.
Both
men,
who
had
been
parachutists,
pleaded
guilty
to
being
leaders
in
a
spy
ring.
:
MORE
DOCK
FIRES
KRESTOV
A
Four
more
Doukhobor
buildings
were
burned
down
here
yesterday.
There
are
now
80
Doukhobors
In
jail
at
Nelson.
.'
CRASH
IN
JAPAN
,
TOKYO
The
United
States
Air
Force
lost
a
transport
plane
which
crashed
in
a
'
storm
last
night
in
the
moui-
tains
southwest
of
Tokyo
with
35
persons
on
board.
The
fate
of
27
passengers
and
crew
was
undetermined
hours
af-
'of
ter
the
accident.
Passenger
Included
one
of
Gen.
Mac-Arthur's
key
officials.
Wants
to
Know
About
Fish
Regulations
Executive
council
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
i3
wiring
Hon.
Robert
Mayhew,
minister
i
of
fisheries,
asking
what
step
if
any,
are.Jjeuig
taken
to
Implement
recommen
-
j
datlons
to
the
International
Fisheries
Commission,
especially
In
regard
to
a
split
season,.
Adth
a
view
to
spreading
out
the
season
.
and
taxing
Detter
aa-
vantage
of
conservation
quotas.'
Recent
statements
in
OttawSi
by
Mr.
Mayhew
in
answer
to
questions
prompted
the
execu
tive
-to
make
the
inquiries.
E.
T.
Applewhaite
M'.P.
Is
also
being
contacted.
Second
B.E.
ase
Now
On
McKnghl
and
Thompson
Being
Tried
in
Conection
With
Gordon
&
Anderson
Burglary
At
the
second
trial
of
George
McKnight
and
Stewart
Thomp
son
on
a
breaking
and
entering
charge,
whicl
began
In
Supreme
Court
Assizes
this
morning,
taxi
driver
Ernest
Jabour
told
the
court
that
around
the
hours
of
D.m.
Christmas
Eve,
he
drove
'
George
McKnight
to
the
rear
of
die
Gordon
&
Anderson
prem-
ses
on
Third
Avenue.
After
a
iiirniii
was
civpn.
MrKniBht
was
admitted
through
the
rear
door.
A
short
while
later,
said
Jabour,
McKnight
and
Thompson
emerg-
j
id
and
with
several
articles
,
i
entered
the
waiting
taxi.
Mc
Knight
and
Thompson
are
jointly
harged
with
breaking
and
en
tering
the
establishment.
McKnight,
ln
cross-examina
tion,
asked
Jabour
if
previous
I
arrangemncts
had
been
made
with
him
(McKnight).
Jabour
said
"No."
j
Jabour
testified
that
McKnight
j
had
told
him
to
keep
the
articles
j
for
a
few
days.
He
reported
Me-
j
I
Knight
as
saying:
"We
didn't
'
get
anything."
I
I
I
ATTENTION
ALL
10-PIN
BOWLERS
1
Private
Banquet
at
,
Bowling
Alleys,
11
o'clock
TONIGHT
Everything
Free
'
hour,
Charged
ing
Tilings
krriaRC
h.nir
of
Hi's
city
i
i
in
city
police
this
morning
with
imnlvliR
W
Betty
c
body
was
found
in
ruming
house
April
it
water
and
Castllle
it
was
inU'iitled
to
V
Uat'U
Willi
"
ocuring
the
miscur-man.
S
Fottcrton,
provin-
tins
for
Hie
pro.se-jntrd
adjournment
nj
until
Saturday,
Ray.
acting
as
de-i,
secured
bail
for
tl.e
sum
of
$2500
in
irrcst
was
made
fol-
investigation
which
autopsy
which
in-cnty-ycar
old
girl
phenol
poisoning
abortion.
remanded
for
t'lght
aring
in
city
police
ornlng.
!.
has
been
adjourn-I
takin
into
custody
iat
niylit.
It
Stymies
Children
Buckinghamshire,'
Almost
1,31(0
school
ed
their
pocket
ks
to
buy
a
retire-their
lavorite
pol-
cle
Joh:,"
Simkin.
Inciu'ii'U
sheoherd-
ster--
across
a
dun-
intcr.spction.
Tlic
bought
him
an
ln-
wrist-walrh
when
hire'
chief
con-
to
a
26-ycar-oui
Diiiuls
to
s.-rving
or
lehamsliirc
police.
f'pted
the
watch
it
"i
his
pension.
The
to
get
their
pennies
AL
TIDES
April
23,
11)50
-
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feet
17:52
15.3
feet
.
11:22
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feet
23:07
10.7
feet
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The
picture
today
belles
an
optimistic
forecast
of
less
than
a
week
ago.
Truman
Sees
No
Third
War
FORT
BENNING
.Georgia
t
President
Truman
said
today
that
he
does
not
believe
there
will
be
a
third
world
war.
He
made
the
declaration
shortly
after
the
United
States
Army
had
put
on
a
flashing
demonstration
of
its
"hot
war"
techniques.
The
President
spoke
Informally
at
a
luncheon
before
most
of
the
top
military
and
civilian
brass
of
the
United
States
armed
forces.
"If
the
Fraser
River
Isn't
well
on
its
way
up
shortly
after
the
first
of
May
we
can
look
for
trouble."
Floods
caused
$30,000,000
damage
In
the
Fraser
Valley
two
years
ago.
THE
WtATHER
.
Synopsis
Very
unsettled
weather
.
still
continued
over
all
of
British
Columbia
this
moraine
as
cool
Pac-
fic
ajr
continues
to
flow
in
from
the
west.
The
clouds
and
show-
ers
which
are
so
general
this
this
afternoon
and
evening
and
the
prospect
Is
that
Sunday
will
be
sunny
in
nearly
all
sections.
Temperatures
will
continue
a
little
below
normal
although
the
sunny
weather
expected
on
Sunday
should
raise
afternoon
temperatures
above
the
low
fifties
reported
yesterday.
A
Pacific
storm
now
entering
morrow
and
increasing
cloud
and
some
rain
is
forecast
lor
these
regions
by
Sunday
afternoon.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
with
sunny
intervals
and
an
occasional
shower
'
today.
A
few
cloud.s
overnight
and
tomorrow
morning
becoming
cloudy
in
the
afternoon.
Light
rain
beginning
In
the
afternoon.
Continuing
cold.
Winds
light
becoming
southeast-
erly
(20)
tomorrow
afternoon.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomor-row-iHt
Port
Hardy,
Sahdspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
32
and
45.
Old
Country
-
:
Football
(Scottish
Cup
Final)
East
Fife
0,
Rangers
3
!"
Scottish
League,
Div
A
Aberdeen
6,
Sterling
AlbionT2
Hearts
6,
Dundee
2
Ralth
Rovers
2,
Queen
of
the
South
0
'
Scottish
Other
Matches
'
Alrdrleonlans
3,
Motherwell"
6
Celtic
3,
Hibernian
2
St.
Johnstone
4,
Albion
Rovers
2
Falkirk
3.
Alloa
Athletic
0
Kilmarnock
10,
Derry
City
3
Football
Association
Amateur
Cup
Final
Wellington
4,
Bishop
Auckland
0
.
Irish
Cup
Final
Linfield
i,
Distillery
1
English
League
Div.
I
Aston
Villa
J,
Bolton
Wahtf
r-ers
0
:''
Blackpol
0,
Chelsea
0
Charlton
Athletic
2,
Birmingham
City
0
Everton
1,
Burnley
1
Fulham
0,
West
Bromwlch
Albion
1
Huddersfield
Town
3,
Sunderland
1
Manchester
City
2,
Den
by
County
2
Middlesbrough
2,
Stoke
City
0
Newcastle
United
2,
Manchester
United
1
Portsmouth
2.
Liverpool
1
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
3,
Arsenal
0
Second
Division
'
Blackburn
Rovers
2,
West
Ham
United
0
Bradford
0,
Swansea
Town
2
Brentford
3,
Barnsley
0
Bury
0,
Queen's
Park
Rangers
0
Cardiff
City
1,
Sheffield
United
2
Chesterfield
3,
Leeds
United
I
Hull
City
1,
Luton
Town
1
Plymouth
Argyle
0,
Southampton
0
Sheffield
Wednesday
1,
.
Coventry
City
I
ate
Is
Closed
United
Stales
Retaliates
For
Actiun
of
Prague
Govt
t
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
W
United
fiUites
Friday
.ordered
Communist
Czechoslovakia
to
shut
down
its
consulate-general
in
Chicago
not
later
than
May
1.
The
action,
announced
In
a
note
to
the
Czech
government,
is
in
direct
retaliation
for
orders
closing
libraries
of
the
United
States
Information
Service
in
Czechoslovakia
and
the
American
consulate-general
In
the
city
of
Bratislava.
McKnight
Is
Convicted
Young
redheaded
Stewart
Thompson
waj
acquitted
yesterday
afternoon
in
Supreme
Court
Assizes
on
a-
eharge-
of
breaking
and
entering
Ranee
and
Hardy,
ft
grocery
establishment
on
3rd
Avenue,
on
t.m
night
of
Decem-
moystached
George
MeKnight
wtw
found
guilty
by
a
12-nian
Jury
after
an
approximate
40-
mlhute
deliberation
The
jury,
shuffling
back
to
the
(Jury
section
rt
5
a
in.,
had
for
two
dayss
at
ard
listened
throiiK'i
many
statements
by
crown
witnesses
and
one
defense
witness.
A
short
trial
was
expected,
but
unfdrseen
events
arose
such
as
the
recalling
of
a
few
crown
witnesses
by
George
McKnight.
'
'
1
As
tlie
verdict
was
read
by
Foreman
William
Scuby,
none
of
thb
two
prisoners
appeared
too
expectant.:.
Following
testimony
of
crown
witnesses
and
one
defense
witness
in
the
morning,
the
trial
was
adjourned
Until
1:45.
The
afternoon
session
commenced
with
an
address
to
the
jury
by
Mc-Kight
who
was
not
represented
by
counsel.
;
McKnight
suggested
that
police
tried
to
frame
him.
Not
leaving
the
counsel
table,
he
spoke
slowly
and
referred
to
evidence
given
by
Violet
Sampare
who
said
she
was
with
McKnieht
from
9:30
to
12
midniirht
on
the
night
of
De
cember
24.
(The
break-in
at
Ranee
and
Hardy
took
place
between
those
hours).
Me.Khlaht
:ald
that
he
had
no
doubt
in
reference
.
to
Roste
Holmqutst's
evidence
which
timed
the
blast
at
11
p.
m.
He
attacked
Const.
White's
evidence
again
asking,
"could
It
be
that
he
put
evidence
in
the
clothes".
He
was
referring
to
the
bar
of
soap
and
ballast
found
nn
a
nair
of
old
grey
trousers
belonglngt
o
him.
"I
believe
all
Jabour's
evidence
should
be
disregarded,
McKnight
said.
"He
seems
to
get
away
with
everything.
Does
he
think
if
he
helps
police
now,
they
would
let
him
continue?"
queried
McKnight.
He
said
to
the
Jury;
"If
you
think
there
U
a
frame
up,
I
hone
I
get
the
benefit
of
the
doubt."
Crown
Counsel
Prosecutor
T.
W.
Brown,
in
addressing
the
Jury,
related
that
the
Crown
had
taken
into
con-(Contlnued
on
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at
Canadian
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The
shortage
was
discovered
after
Sanders
had
disappeared
from
Butedale
over
a
week-end
a'lctedly
without
notifying
the
manager-
.
Fred
Reich,
who
was
assistant
to
Sanders
!
as
bookkeeper
at
Butedale,
was
one
witness.
He
told
of
the
money
which
had
ar
rived
at
Butedale
where
Sanders
had
been
ln
charge
of
casn
He
did
not
see
Sanders
with
the
money
or
cash
bag.
The
short-
age
was
established
following
an
audit
TRIP
IN
TAXI
Joseph
Van
Wallegham,
Prince
Rupert
taxi
driver,
toldof
driving
Sanders
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Fort
St.
James.
He
had
said
he
was
a
logging
man
from
the
Islands
and
going
to
Prince
George
to
buy
machinery.
On
the
way
to
Prince
George
he
had
stopped
for
telephone
conversations
as
a
result
of
which
he
changed
his
plans
enroute
and
turned
north
from
Vanderhoof
to
Fort
St.
James
to
board
a
plane
for
Edmonton,
Instructing
witness
to
proceed
to
Prince
George
and
wait
lor
him
for
a
return
trip.
The
trip
from
Prince
Rupert
started
o..
a
Monday
morning.
Sanders"
confided
in
Van
Weileg-
ham
that
he
had
a
large
amount
of
money
on
his
person,
telling
him
to
stop
if
he
was
asked
oy
police
but
not
for
anyone
else.
Thirty
miles
east
or
Burns
Lake,
a
police
car
stopped
them
(Saucers
was
asleep
in
the
oack
of
the
car
at
the
time).
witness
was
asxea
u
ne
naa
a
passenger
named
Taylor
and,
when
he
said
"No,"
was
permitted
to
proceed.
Next
day
following
Van
Wall-!
egham's
arrival
at
Prince
George,
j
Sanders
met
him
in
Prince
j
George
and
reiterated
the
re-1
niio.'l
fnf
ViltW
In
uratt
fr,
Vi
i
m
t
rt
return
from
Edmonton.
When
Sanders
had
failed
to
return
by
the
following
Monday
Van
Wallegham
set
out
to
come
back
to
Prince
Rupert.
Mean-j
lime
he
had
seen
newspaper
headlines
of
the
robbery
from
Butedale.
He
(witness
)
was
called
to
the
police
station
at
Prince
George
and
asked
for
a
descrip-,
tion
of
his
passenger.
Constable
Ed.
Anderson,
acting
for
the
crown
at
the
preliminary,
was
granted
adjournment
until
next
Wednesday
by
which
time
William
Malcolm,
manager
of
Butedale
cannery,
is
to
be
here
as
a
witness.
i
Sanders
is
not
represented
by
counsel.
'
afternoon
from
Vancouver
on
Joseph
Chell,
inspector
of
one
of
his
periodical
business
schools,
returned
to
the
city
on
visits
for
Investors'
Syndicate,
the
Camosun
yesterday
after-
He
brought
his
car
with
him
noon
from
a
trip
to
the
Namu
and
will
be
driving
into
the
in-area
on
official
duties.
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