!r.-. c::v P?.:vi:;jr.'.L liz.-av, J V. V -A &. iCV. T!jr - . 'i -. i; OnMES DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL, BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Conodo's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' PHONE 81 IA INU jy . - PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS FROM 1 CUED NOW i if EL j . I .YEMEN salt" .. '. i .... ' " w ' '4 , " .-SI . -S, , , i , v,l ,vm& I d Wive Rytotre llm Rescue Being Carried Out Ninety Miles South M Here Two of Survivors Known to Be Injured Canadian Naval Shore Party on Princess Koyal Island Ten members of the crevr of a United States Army 13-36 bomber, which went flaming to earth or sea off the West Coast of Princess Royal Island, 90 miles south of Prince Rupert early Tuesday morning, have been safely transported to Tacoma. An eleventh, who was rescued from a rocky mountain cliff after being suspended upside down for ten hours when his para- comft gan(;renous. -chute became entangled in a Six ,nen had been lociHed t cliff was rescued during the mitht by a shore party of H.M. J , break t(Jd cff ta ' I 'c, 1 1 rrrt A I tim tin mod 1 m shown In lop photo, taken by t ; f,j7;,v- ' ? - f I ,.-'' ' ' s , 'i 1 : -j progress to reach them. picked , "J"B up this . morning by v,7 a tr r, ,- tu,. ,',r( nL Mm,.i,Vi,, fore it crashed probably In water; , tl"Cty,hl"lrrfi t to the north of Queen Charl.iiU Cayuga are now Ughtlng b through deep snows and rough . ., ' .,,. , ," " i'l;,. terrain. . At noon today these . ,lwo ' h'f 'n cuW ttnd raln a,K, laclt parties had reported hearing shouts and gunshot signals. i loou- I - Reports indical that the men It h.is now become apparent had jumppd in Uk. vicinity ot that seventeen crew members prn(,ess Royal jK,Hnd afVer tnree of tno bomber parachuted out maUl ,rrP K,lM, on- -rt. SEARCH SAGA A crashed U.S.A F. Dakota on a mi- of the survivors, Pte. Ray R. Sweeney of Hu'i T'hnee.xs Patricia's Canadian I.iht Infantry who siioli -i s on the Dakota, wardilng for a U 8. A V. icard. "I he four who were picked off Ihe moiin . in'wi-alher were Pte. Dick It. Clappison. If i mil :nountain The lower p ii Injury in i'-nl missing by iiclie.ipter ., lei I ,; mid Man. photo shows four members of the the crash. They were acting as since Jan. 20 With 41 persons afl'T .sK'lidliig 7G hours In sul)-Opl PU;. Sweeney; Pte. Jack Shaw, V.'iiniipci'; anii Pte. Orville Carter, Ochre. Rivi they abonded their blazing hip which .1. had 1 suffered ....rf 1 engine troubli: . and toot fire on- a rl-.i.i- r l.- ' ") U "uo"M 'V."". : , "Lr -"r .' w,J.7' u-lu "HM. wus "ii iWVrh.u,,,red man knrm-n so lar as ' PR.OUD, AGLC PEOPLE , ' !ni?s3!!5 M .Vanishing Race Bui Growing.. Progressing, Club Hears Tlic p)nlit'P)s with which the Indians of tlu Twentieth ConUiry are faced were ably presented . .. i i ..: i: ..r t.n..,v,.,'n ution hamber die lull u-xl of a tin- 1'rince Rupert CuiniiKicf on '-he presented to n us ill at us meeting : ,,- Hupcrt Ch.im .,. hold-, the fol ujlii nlerenee : ;ui(l wiiter sh-irt- 1 1 K in nntUi C t'inii-llV- 'heve-thr "Company"", in r.uat'raph IV ,.!,( A",l'-(II1'-Ilt s. I..,- ir.ht. heat, ,1 :h,ll t! i. 1 1 1 : : ti j irplus to meet in-ds. , oiien I i doubt i! !uis (-iiiiileleil "! (ii-vci'il'ie.eiit huv-of not Ifss than ,cr th:m .it Woi'd-. rrjuir (l by .sniit I hum iiiiijearj to e bv tin' Comp-iny i luilhi r (levehni- , (hhi II 1' oi more -Ilic fur h i v.i u- or ; f fur I lie ell Iens j liie.dnl within Oic i i nipliilcd bv I he il Willi i : as n .fill in II"' flan! - j rlu.-i; In I In- Colli - :'; . i Mami-i):'l Cmin- f uf I'.iVn i Riiprrl ' in l.iiiip:? ;i "l'C- ' iiji.iny l.i iiiiitM-- I di-vi-l. i m it nl " ;i.-; ; Hid i;;ri-l Mil-Ill. ' .if.invl'iiii". h is :f I'n'.'.rr Cnr)w:t. lii!llll-(l in Ii1:n-- ' i.;il ill Ihr ('it'.-uf 'I'l nlf ils In rfh I)' i;u1 nieid . t m very wny tu 'oil; IniH'ii?. :n.H ' iiuln. 'vies in tin-'led r-,r in .Mild ('Miii:iiiy Iiim! ' nl Mil likrhhiiiid i IM'Ai r ;,ll'ii t.n;r tie iii'tnal or rt:i'.-t- whirli (-wiiili rs of l!l and lii. it then- is li'' jire -.i-nt shurt- Mlll.irill.ll c "t m ri - i "I I'lince Kiiix rt ruin 'I a Npeciii! il w 1 1 1 1 tln nic-'ii' 111 I tl H III. il. 1)C- 'il il i xislxl mid 'I'llinl Hie Coin -"Mirdi.ilo .steps In viili'd In,- bv the l'HIMIMls Iu;k in I;;;::; '"-tllllll'.. till " Coinmerec the following ac- Cnmiiniiv be 110-1 1 1 u 1 1 : , , ; ! j Couaril JJ'rlin-e Ifupert that ! " be 111 delault 1 said A!;reement., s i-r Mil l, default. Ci.mpuny fc;- rc-la undertake elect lie d e v e 1-: I'li'M nl and fu '- it leehnieallv "ie.ili! ,he neees- "Ha Uike beinc, hii i.i.,ee, jis eon-lu Agreement, u lle City can be l"'s l'.vdro-elect- 'V lor ii.s citizens m which conne -- '"'Kideicd that, the f'sed diesel gen- himil.s the re-he A'o.'epment. r - U'llsts of Ilia r-l 1,V. V A SHI plus Of rtri "' l'ic lviw-er for in. c (ii in the City n- ;ilc:v.mei- (if'nn e I' suini: at Wocd- U) a 'ni;e oimi q'i uvjiaLiYi; tiuuiiuii.- ui voiioumn Cluli women when Mrs. Ethel Rrant Monturc ad- , . . ... , , . , dressed their inectm.tr on Wednesday atternoon ?t Helped in Rescue Local Men On :S3pi Perry : 'Two PiiiM-c Rupert iih-u an; mrmbcrs of the erew of the Can- ariian Fishing Co.'s paekf-r Cape Perry A-liii'h played a prumincnt pert ypsli-iday In Un- rescue of survivors of the United States B-30 bomber frniii Uie west coast .. .. . . . oi rrmej-ss Kyyai Island near Afdidown Island at the west end - Wbidi; Cliuiinel north of Surf Inlet. ;The two Piirn-e Rupnl uu-n bii! Reuben Seliei k anil Ted Mcn-Y.W. the latter the son Of Marry vlensdes. ITIir C;i)- Perry is u Vam imv-r bowl but rmvs a Hood deal out of Prinr-e Rupert. R renlly sin. has K'l'ji swy'vi; the siineboaU operulinu armind the jnouih of Hurt Inlet. "t'lie is inrv Ix-II' ved tn be 'l udlim south with a load of herring. The )oint of rescue is about ninety miles in an air line from I Prince Rupert. :?!foes! Trcop Mcvcment On j i I ' i EDMONTON - What, is regard ', e l ih Hie loncest motorized .-oop riiovcment In tlw niiitury1, iil-lory of Mie United RUtea I frt'in Camp Curson, Colorado, to WhjpJinrse" Yukon.A.Terriiury.f --litVsi i,r-j his been t fiinrjH: t-n . The force is virllcipaHii(; wlllij Canadian te..ips in a joint (-x r- else lo ii.ni, Arctic clolliloi' audi eiiuipmeut and eiidnranci' of soMiers unrlr-r the strain of Arctic combat. Tc convoy runt? oUmnl Vnllod States Highway B7 rrom Coloruclo U Gival Falls, won mm.. From thai city a cross-' ed tntot'ioiada to Kdinont'iii. niHi from ih-n-to Dawson cn-ik n.i the Alean Highway to White- horse. Telegram Reiecrs Newspaper (juild TORONTO Kdltorial employ ee.s of the Toronto Telegram re-' jecled the Toronto Newspaper Guild as bargaining agent. Forty-six and a half percent of 158 men and women voted in favor of the Guild. ! Fairbanks Joil Is Going Swank FAIRBANKS There i con-! i;eslion in the Fairbanks jail so 'ater prisoners have been placed . in the newly eon.ji)leled and j rather swunk sect ion, reserved j for the "trusty" inmates. This isj equipped wo n suuwcr uauis soring beds, reading and card ; playing facilities and a separate i entrance. I New Railway Vice-President MONTREAL W. H. llobbs. secretary ol the Canadian National Railways, has been appointed vice-president of personnel, it was announced here yesterday by Donald Gordon, chairman and president of the Company. The naming of Mr. Hobbs to his new post Mr. Gordon said is to carry out. the management's policy of modernizing the Suing activities of the personnel lilnnurlmonl Tlw, fa n rl I., 11 TJ-.i. tional has more Hum 100.000 men and women on its payroll. . R. C. Johnston, assistant vice-president, personnel will continue to conduct the labor relations of the railway with the unions and brut hei'hoods. Mr. llobbs li;?s been in Hie executive department of the Can adian National and predecessor i-iinoinnieu fur Hit, 17 vn:nw His work has brought htm into Jeff Davis Sensationai ! Locals I'mlile to Slop Sensational Nrw Metliihutla . Scorer KETCHIKAN Prince Rupert Ji-l.s lod nalii to New Mctla-katl.i last nltiht by a fa-ore of 77 to (ill. They had lost the first tiimic wilh the smart native. u'i- j'ricalion on Monday nifO't o'i tOj i-'l. ' it was a fast cxeltinn Ktuw in whii h Prince Ruicrt eoinparcd very favorably wllh th"lr oppoii-cnl.s. However, the pheuoim-nal shooUin; of MeUukalla's Jcffi Da"ies, M-orliifr 24 points, could, not be overcome. This player bad . scored 44 against the House of .Davids. i Davis and Holke.stad wen- out-j slaiulhm for Prince Rupert. Tli" Una' e.ani'- of the Jets Jets' , tour will be played in Ketchikan ; tonight, mid the team relurns 1 home tomorrow. Annual Meeting I'M T WITH CHINA LONDON A number of eastern European countries were reported today to lie forging, in roiu-ert with Itus-sia , a niulli-niillioti dollar trade pact with Communist China. They are identified as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Finland (she is anti-communist hut dcnrmlt-iit upon Kus-sia's goodwill). Delegations of these countries have been in Moscow during Chinese-- Kusso talks which eulminaU-d in a. new treaty. not m:ai. savs winnii: LONDON VVinsli.n t'hurrhill said today that it was "quite untrue- that he was dead. However, it was a good story for the whispering campaign or the Labor Party. But it would have ueen more artistic to keep the story until election day," the veteran statesman caustically remarked. OTTAWA IIOCSK OPENS OTTAWA Parliament opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Speech from the Throne dealt, among other things, Willi trade and unemployment problems. Cl.OVl ltl FAKS Rl COItU VANCOUVER Vancouver Cloverleafs set a scoring record in the opening game of the intercity basketball finals last nisht when they, defeated New Westminster Lutkies 9;S to til. i IHES AtttK BROTH tK ' WINNIPEG Mrs. J. C. Fullec of Winnipeg died today levs ttian twenty-four hours after her brother, Edward A. Armstrong-, j city editor of the Winnipeg- I'reti Press and sports I official, had died suddenly only a few hours after a curling game. Armstrong was 4(i years of age. He had complained of dizziness during the game. JOIIANMSkI IM; TKOtBLE JOMANNESliCRG Johannes burg's civic and police lenders held emergency discussions here after a second night of rioting- in the city's non-European outskirts. Deputy i police commissioner J. P, j Coet7,ee, describing press re-ports of the' night s rioting i as "grossly exaggerated," ad- ; milted that police fired sev- i rial Sten-gnn bursts at uni- ; ilentified stone throwers at- tacliiiiK ambulances and other j victims in Sophiatuwii. . TH4.MIS IN FLOOD LONDON Mood waters today spread across many miles of the Thames Valley in the seventeenth consecutive day of rain, the normally narrow, leisurely river was two miles wide between Oxford and Reading, Henley, London's boat dik suburb, had hundreds of acres swamped, Many homes were floodrd a-r.d the water was expected tn rise still further. Tonight's train, clue from the (East, at 10:45. was reported this iflernoun to be on time.' HOCKEY SCORES ; Boston 2, Ne., Yolk 2 Detroit '0, Chicago 3 I j AIR PASSENGERS From Vancouver t Wednesday i V. . Sheardown, D. Moguin, G. C. Mitchell. From Sandspil, Wetlnesiiayi -Mr. Breadin. To Vancouver today i Mr. Davis, 1,. M. Rice. To Sandspit (today C. G I 1KcIleU' ,M,r' a"d Mrs, G. Mc- BOY SCOUTS CONGER! Civic Centre Friday, Feb. 17th 8:00 p.m. Please note lime The other ten who parachuted a, the crippled air giant be- Tpn wpr, .. . ni,,kprt .... (lff srion -. t- " r - " , th b h Canadian fishing packer p-A. ... Cape -K Perry and then transferred to an American 'PBY and flown to Port Hardy. the only serious casualty, was Suspended head tiown for ten hours aft llifi V" izte6 u trr brr?r- ?ther SUrViVOM had CUt ' him dOWll, fi c!1,lm while para- chute and continued tne search for remaining crew member;-, Yesterday a ground party were on their wiiy fur (lie rescue of the injured man and search for the missing six. Early yesterday a plane, guided by one of the vessels based at Port Hardy, was to have dropped para-rescue inun if terrain on the Island warranted such a drop. But apparently the drop was not carried out. ,- Yesterday afternoon at 12:20 an American coastguard Grum man Goose landed at Seal Cove airbase for fueling purposes. The amphibian plane was engaged in the search and, when reports of the rescue were received, the plane took off ugaln at 2:35, Aid. Glassey Is Speaker Guest speakei at the regular Kinsmen's Club dinner meeting lust night was Alderman H. F. Glassey. Alderman Glassey spoke on the history or this district since 1904 wtieu he first arrived here. He said that those were Uie days of the pioneers when Caledonia, which is now Fort St. James, was the capital of this Province and Prince Rupert received one mall delivery a year until they fought for and got two mall deliveries a year. Aid. Glaai.ey rebuked the Board of Trade of Vancouver for their selfish attitude in keeping Indus try centred in their area instead of trying to develop the rest of the Province. He said that out of every dollar tills Central British Columbia produces, Vancouver takes 75c of it and they even try to take part of the remain ing 25 cents. Alii. Glassey closed by calling upon the Kinsmen and other young men's groups to press forward for more action lo assure development of Central British Columbia and to follow the bla.ed trails of Uie pioneers. Aid. Glassey was introduced by iC. Barbour and thanked by Kins-! men President Ed. Garner. During the business session o.F the meeting the Kinsmen voter to take on Uie "March of Dimes' hi tills area to support the national campaign to fight polio. . Final plans were also completed for the running of the Suit of the month Club which will have a new suit as a prize each month. ' IC P, Photo i - to crow Into a new way of living .... .i it. .1.1 tir iitiitl foftl mif way and know what will be best for our young people. Indian mothers have the same aspirations for their children as have any other mothers." In .speaking of the educational facilities available lo Indian children Mrs. Monture expressed her appreclatoin of the small rural schools that are available to Indian children she herself went to one of the first Indhin schools in Ontario. Mrs. Monture cited many In- oian peopii; who, oenenwuig from the educational facilities made available to them, are contributing richly to the edu- , rational and cultural life of wiuuj, i "'rney are repaying a wm io Cauada," she said. "We cannot just oe receivers -we iiuusi, ue. (Continued on Page 7 Friday, February 17, laU Hii ,h :M 2(1.6 feet 13:51 21.7 feet IrflW 7:M S.7 reef 2U:13 2.3 feel THE WEATHER ' i Synopsis A polar air in.i.ss is nuivii inroup mountain air passes m to the Prlnr;: George area but elsewhere in Uie province normally mild, wrwlher prevails. A Pacilie storm li approaidiing the coast, bringing rain and snow flurries. Forecast Prince Rupert -Cloudy with fculfered showers today: wind. s:out I least. 15 miles per hour today. 30 miles per hour tomorrow; little change In temperature. I BASKETBALL! TONIGHT 7 p.m. Two Junior and Girls' Game Of Oueen Mary ters were sate were flashed out tn-nl-tr t-... irii--liiif n ft rtiinrt n-Vi At ,i i , Vi i ei 'o fi h tpacker Perrl Ca pe r Si up3 fe eK L.rn I l,r l.n.n.fnrr.H t,, TTnlfpH States coastguard planes which flew tiicm to Seattle. I The five still unreseued are be-! i lieved to be at. the head of a lake ion Prinress Royal Isiand, hud-jdled, together in sleeping bags, it. was reported at approximately 10:30 tills morning. Last night, a report stated that smoke was not iced about two or three miles a inland. .. . . A ground party wliicli utarled thr search from the western brach of the Island ure believed to be at the site and a helicopter is being brought In, presumably from Vancouver, to rescue the branded U.S. airmen. Reports also Indicated an aircraft was biineing in fuel for the helieop-tei. Tho Canadian destroyer HJvI. C.S. Cayuga and a U. S. Coastguard cutter are standing by off tho beach. In ihe meantime, Uie other ten men. rescued off the -beach by the Canadian Fishing packer Cape Perry yesterday afternoon, ure in good condition in Seattle. They were taken off the vessel and flown to Port Hardy In an American PBY.. From there they were transported to Seattle in a C-ft.2 Hying boxcar The seriously Inured airman, u technical sergeant, who was suspended head down for 10 hours alter his parachute tangled in in a crevice. Is now safely off the island ami is being flown south. He has contracted gangrene In his legs. The $0,000,000 bomber on u !lli",ht 4mm Fairbanks to Fort Worth, Texas radioed Tuesday! ! morning that three engines were! afire and the one dead. Thei plane was set on an automatic pilot and headed out to open ! waters. The men balled out and next day the Cape Perry was first, to the rescue. Canadian Press ; A Canadian Press dispatch early today said that seventeen men who had parachuted from tlv blazing ice-laden B-36 were 'located alive and ten returned In Rood condition to an American buse at. Seattle last night. The Uniied States Coastguard "and the Canadian Navy were then reported to have found seven 'men still on rugged Princess Royal Island. Of these seven ' Vital! Trippodl of Brooklyn had been brought down from a precarious perch on a 3000-foot cliff, critically Injured. His foot 'had been caught in the crevice : of a cliff as he landed three miles inland and his head had hung down all night. His legs had be- Mrs. J. Slewarl lle-l lecled Regent of Pioneer I.O.D.i:. Chapter Mrs. J Sl"wart was re-elected . I ('Kent of Quern Quern Mary Mary Chapter,, imperial Order, Daughters or the i Empire, at the minimi meeting held at the home, of Mrs. R jSchcrk, Graham Avenue. ! r.Mu.iivi no nil hi-.'ini-lies of the the Civic Centre. The attractive, stuartly-dit-ssed descendant of the famous Mohawk chid. Joseph nrarit, Kioke In a bcaulilully modulated voice and finite caplivalcd lu-r li-stcii'-ers with Iht charming, natural manner. Mrs. Monturc was born on the Mohawk Reservation at Brant-ford. Ontario, and her mother was related to Pauline Johnson, the famous Indian poetess. Although the Indians or North America are so often referred lo ;ls ;l vanishing race, Mrs. Miml ,.,. pointed out that quite coiilaaiy is so and that they are a niowmu pcopie. ineiu ure i:t2.n(io Indians in Canada and 4iiii.!mn In the United Slates. "We hat" lo be thoiirhl of-as a urolm'in. sain Mis. moiimui-. "Don't he ton critical of Indian i people if you thii'.k- they have i,...-n kIow in i-Jcuii' nir. ' sue continued. "'Vye need a time Warns Against caving Children 1 M 1 1 . 1 . . (iie. Chief Andilte of Ihe Hull Fire Department, warning parents not to leave thrir children u home a'-jn?, tlay or jbeds in futile hope of avoiding horrible death. McKnight, Tsiomscn i Jointly. Charged 1 New evidence presented in city I police court Wt dnesday led to the I laying of three jo'nl chan;"s I against Geui-:e McKnight and Stewart Thomson of wnla'.vl'vlly j breaking and etilcriii;; three pre-,mi.ses Deccmb.-r 24 and 3. Up to I yesterday T homson had only ! been held as a .suspect.. ! Preliminary hcarin". into the .i-harues bran trforc Mas'.stratc W. D. Vnnce yesterday momlm; iftenmo'i. O'd" crown wu- ji",fl . V PS1 Iloqi-h was Dr. Thomas 1"V- 1s chief onalvst. ror the Denoi'i- - - . r tn ivineiql j Chapter's work showed a very! night. r..U: . "t'liiUlren cannot successful year. These activities ! fiejil fire. 'I hey are terroi lzed jweie detailed In the annual n - by il. iiml more ofien limn not ;norl, of the secretary, Mrs. J. A. iw'ill hide underneath tables or Teng. F.'ection of officers for i'J- re-1 suited as follows: TTonoinrv Reuent Mrs. b. A Keilback. n-gent-Mrs. J. Stewart. 1st, Vice Regent- Mrs J. E Buddie. 2nd Vice Regent Mrs. J. Carr. Secretary Mrs. J. A. Teng. Ass. Secretary Mrs. H. Breen. Treasurer Mrs. S. A. Keilback. Educational Secretary Mrs. G. E .Moore. ' Echoes Secretary Mrs. R Srhcfk . Standard Hearer Mrs. Cillis. Arrangements were made to hold a rummage sale in the near future and the annual daflodii tea on Truster Monriav. The monthly raffle was won by Mrs. T V T2...1rlln T-Un nnvl mnpl I !1 II , , m-,, win oe neia ac ine iiuine ui '- D. Orchard McLeod. Leeds Apart- l-imhll-t ultli Mm ,,noi-ol(,,.i nurl'aieil UHll 1111.1111. ! staffs, in Canada, the United! States and overseas, of all Hie companies comprised in the Canadian National system. 1 Born at Bletchley, England hi 1891, 'he joined the service of the Grand Trunk. Railway Company Continued on I-age 8) I ktvIcin of a com. Bi'cl.iic engineer be P'1 to make a py of the power "'remcnts of 'he W actual and po-fuca page 3) 1 'e , 'ft 4 '. (cc