. 113 y t r.---, r OiltiES DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Pukl U J Sx no0 0n0da', MSt S,rate9ic PaclJic Port - "P'in" RPrt, h. K.y to the Great Northwest" PHONE 81 E RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS mil rnn mm ior Government Sticks 9At?t kLtu. J President Truman "wiiaiiAaiiviiii p bt Back Down ' vidKing request ing Election t r WASHINGTON, D.C. (CP)-President Trflman i asked Congress today for power to seize and ojieraU' the coal mines- The White House announced that ii)X((T) The Labor government was, i.oi-ted today to have decided against any ' from its position on nationalization of Iruman will send a message to Congress this afternoon. A draft of legislation to carry out the 'mine seizure will go to both houses of Congress with the fT newly appointed cauinei oi rnme Minister : tlce met for a short time today and a well ,,hy correspondent of the Press Associa-.fU'ii writes with official guidance, said: Mac ARTHUR IN COMMAND "IN EMERGENCY"- U.S. Secretary of Defence Louis Johnson is shown with the joint chier.s of staff at a press conference in Washington when the chiefs revealed that in the event, of an emergency." in the Pacific. General Douylas MacArll.ur will have command of the Pacific fleet. Seated above are hmTl,,ry Johnson Heft, and General Omar Bradley, ehair-man of Ihe joint chiefs of staff. Standing (left U riKM General Uns, ai my chief of staff, and Admiral Forrest Sherman message. Winch Is Critical ; I j Opposition Leader lovrrs ' j Wide Gamut of Subjects I VICTORIA Speaking for two hours in the Legislature, Op position Loader Harold Winch discussed subjects ranging from inflation to hanging, j Criticizing the budget, Mr. i Winch said that Finance Minister ( Aiiicomb could show economies in his own department by switching some items to oilier depart i ments. Other denartmlnls did i the s-ame thing unlil the budget! became a mass of confused n.-- 'ures, lie claimed. I ! The OpiMwitlon load f that the actual wealth of t he ' province was lower than lata i year, contending that increased value placed on it. was due to inflation. He was referring to Mr. Ansci mib s figures on production, . As for unemployment. Mr . ' . iriivj -Wmlw-elatmi lhat the tiurfibei of idle was increasing monthly with nothing in the budget to take care of the eontinn.-v i . Application For Subsidy i:. T. Applcwhaitc M.I. Appears Before Canadian Maritime Commission OTTAWA, P Hearing or un application nf Union Steamships Ltd. for u subsidy contract for passenger and freight, .services between Vancouver and northern pui Us of British Columbia and the Wui -en Charlotte Islands lias been on lifi.ry the Canadian Maritime (.'oniinib.iion. Gerald McUeun, managing director of Union Kleamslilps, presented an outline of the company's case and LY T, Apple-.wlniilc, M 1. for Skccna, staling that he represented the" whole northern British Columbia coast l S1'! clear he was not interested in the company as such but in the com- to , , I I Gyro Killers ; I .... . . I tnrough trud to form with, i..,.i,..4u..u - . markup uuu jean Uu(l(,r - rrn. to have bim fited to tlie extent j COW BAY FLOATS J REPAIRS SOUGHT Immediate action by the provincial department of pub-lie works on the repairing of tlie Cow Bay flouts is being pressed for by the executive of the Prince Rupert Liberal Association which was in session ' this week w h president John Mel.eod In I hp phmr Pictures depicting the present condition of the floats, which have had no repairs for some time, are being taken and will be sent to llr: minister of public works. Hon. E. C. Carson. Rotary Gianls and iiage riirlhlul Basketball Show 1(1 .It II III 'I . at the (..vie ( entre last night the Kotary Giants ami vj.u vi.a.a jviiiers came a hard foutrht fun-t.:ifV-.,i !'--- The President turns to jm possible seizure following the ref 'is-al of miners to go back work despite court orders, thu f plunrr- ing the country deeper ibUi cri-.':is for lack f coal. " Despite the step a.skiii Congress for the legislating, it i.s learned the White Hi;us si.i.l is clinging to hone that thi iic'mtt seizure can be avoided, li'.pe is that a settlement may be i- . ed. Z Howard Grui Sees Danger Thinks Canada Now In Most Vulnerable t'osilii.u OTTAWA-Wilh- China' now ,"uler wmmuiirt control, Cana ,ua is in greater danger than :nr. oilier country in the world, IU1 Green. PrHmjsstve-3ftnf t- vative, Vanrijitver Bnrarstl de- claredlu the House of CifciaH yesterday. II. pictured p-, slble agare.jsfte attack fihin in. berla by way of the Bertin una Alaska and eventimtiv t.. the great cities of the 'iu'. States. - f Mr. Gwft HopeS thai. Cuir'f would lake the lead in a Pac'fe 'rei,M! iMrl a'?-'inst the rv. cioacnmr-iii of Commune.1 Km, sia. v - - - r by Mrcm r. conlaet might be made with" a boat, ,t :. ,: :,' Aiyansh. like the rest of the district, had un exceptionally severe winter and it K believed by Indian Superintendent li. E. Anfield that more food than usual liad been used for this reason. Alao -some of the people there did not have a very good fishing year in 1949 and might not have laid in very heavy slocks. - The villa?" Is already completely out of 'milk and butter. -o- - i-""-u "unrvciuiin uuiiii;. ltuie- thrown to the-ml antl even fonHl ..... .m,.v v.m.uu.i.m jomed in tlie lUn. ,21 'hnll" 'S!'l"U fi W"L1; ' ' music toy . the Pilnro Hnio:t k. .... p.-,,-; Pi'iiy's services. NATIVES ARE RELIEVED Aiyansii Villaae. Short of Food. w Receives Provisions 1$ He Communist? Are Driving on Strachey i LONDON P- Lord Beaver-brook's newspapers today stepped up their campaign for the ouster of War Minister John Strachey by challenging him to Drove that. ha had ever openly avowed com- , munlsm. The challenge was the Even-i ing Standard's reply to a state- ' mcnt from 10 Downing Street, i official residence of Prime Min- I Istcr Attlec, saying that Slrachpy, a frfl winger, disowned the Communist Party in 1040. Strachey, former food minister, who was named new war minister in . the Labor eabinet this week, has declined to issue a statement now. The Canadian Press said, however, that, tack in 1938 when his bellrfsmot, him into trouble with j the United Slates authorities on visits to the United Slates, he t told newspapermen: "I am not' and never have been a member of the Communist Party or the inird Internationale." Road State 'Protested Premier Informed by t'nion WaUon Island Work The InLT.mtkmal Hod Car- and Building and Common . . ...... J"ttUUiri; vmwi at-m, a. tciegram mi rrpm ht Kvnm .loniiuon twi-ju 1KMI men holn. mmk lilln riim i poor government supervision of the road irom Watson Island to Prince Rupert which is in a deplorable condition." William James, conciliator and consultant of the Union, made I announcement to this effect to the Prince Rupert Daily News this afternoon. Mr. James announced that support of the Prince Rupert Cham- wi ber v.4 of Willi..;. Commerce with Willi a M view Vie w to V 'havi th condiUon remecIied. The bus concern, handling the men between Prince Rupert and jWat.son Island, claims that it is gosling over $200 per day for 'springs and tires and threatens to slop operations until roads arc put in shape, Mr. James said. i Beallie ., .00 Bevcourt .30 Bobjo .12Vi Buffalo Canadian .09 Va Consol. Smellers 94.50 Con west .... 1.10 Donalda &j E'.dona 53 East Sullivan 5.10 Giant Yellowknife 0.10 God's Lake 33 Hardrock 3B!i Ilarricana ' .Oii'z Heva .00 'a 1 Iosco 08 Jacknifo OG Juliet Quebec 63 Lake Rowan OU Lupaska 04 U Little Long Lac 54 Lynx . .17 Madsen Red Lake 3.00 McKenzle Red Lake 53 McLeod Cocksliutt 3.15 Mon eta 3 4 'x Negus 1.50 Noranda 70.00 Louvicourt , 20 Pickle Crow 1.80 Rcgcourt 04 San Antonio 3.63 Senalor Rouyn -27Vi Sherrit Gordon 2.2G Steep Rock 2.30 Sturgeon River 22 Silver Miller 64 Upper Canada 3.35 J hree hundred native residents of the iee- feJu.'d Naas Kiver village of Aiyansh, about ninety ail Juiles northeast of Prince Rupert, have run so low o food ABOLISH MEANS TEST VICTORIA Abolition of the means test for old age pensions anil the granting of the provincial franchise to all citizen at 18 years of age were advocated in the Legislature yesterday. Arthur J. Ash, Coalition member for Saanich, said the Mrans Test should be discontinued since all parties are agreed on the matter. Granting of the franchise to 18-year olds and adoption of the transferable vole method in future provwial elections were advocated by W.A.C. Ben-. nett, Coalition member for South Okanagan, lr.F.;NCE MINISTER ILL OTTAWA Defence Minister ( lax ton is ronfiurd to his home as the latrsl victim iu a siege of sieknesM that is providing ene of the uiisthedulcd studies in connection with Exercise Sweetbriar. His illness is not serious but it is connected with an outbreak of pneumonia, flu and colds during the manoeuvre. WAS SHE DKAI) UEt'OKE M4NCHESTl.il, N IL A head .nurse in the hospital testttird today at the trial of Dr. " Her I .. . X mann nanacr inai vne paiiriu hH had rf.a.i. death pallor . and J was not ... breathing before the air was injected. Dr. Sander yesterday i testified that he knew the woman was dead before he injected air into her veins.' Hawks Down Canadiens CHICAGO CP The recently unpredictable cellar-dwelling Chicago Black Hawks scored a Hashing 5 to 2 victory over Montreal Canadiens here last night and spoiled the Canadiens' chance of getting into exclusive possession of third place in the National League standing. Detroit Red Wings are still riding high in the standing with nine points over Toronto Maple Leafs. Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers still share third place with Boston in fith and Chicago at the bottom. Montreal Canadiens' goalkeeper Bill Duman sustained a bad cut over the eye from contact with a skate last night and required ! several stitches. Education Week Public Meet mz. Civic Centre. March 6. 8 p.m. .speaker, Dr. A, R. Lord, principal Vancouver Normal SUiojI. See Dally News tomorrow for complete schedule. It THE WEATHER Synopsis A large iturni centre in Hie Gulf of Alaska is sendinc very moist air over the province. Light rain Is being reported from most sections oMIie interi r and steady rain and strong .southerly winds from along the coast. Skies will clear slowly tomorrow ilii showers persisting in all areas. Temperatures will remain mild today but will become a little cooler tomorrow with showers persisting in nil areas Temperatures will remain mild today but will become a little cooler tomorrow. Forecast North Coaot Region- Intermittent rain tcday. Cloudy with frequent showers tonight and tomorrow. A UUle colder. Winds southerly (25 niplii occasionally reaching 35 miles tonight. Westerly winds, tj miles tomorrow. Lows tonight and hi'hs tomorrow At Port Hardy 35 and 42. Sandspit and Prince Rupcit 32 and 40. after the severe winter that the Department of ( Indian Affairs is dispatching Pilot Roy Berryfnan " with his Queen Charlotte Airlines DeHaviland Rapide there tomorrow with emergency " umiutioi i fi.r allV i.a tin' SM c il :)ni. t) I'll'.' IH'W jiuli .lit, Will r:ll-. nt Willi il i.-; ill juvi rirnent ill ,it in hi and .st -fl yen im m i: s that il wuid .-t.iv il aul sli-t us well 1. i.Mliall.l- awl i a ;. ..!. m t'jir.iii'iii -,i tt ll'-IT .nun -,-t ii. m.i Not in i.h: I'iv i-ul.i y .( "ii !-i M .sciu 1 I':- .,h-iil liul. !:ilc 111 any move It'f t.lil .i jiitvs cm.. is I', I' allV ll.'.lll Uiii'.cd Nuiimi.s in M He did lint :ly. Iimi-vt, on a annum M.-Mirnn lit' inn' tm, in u f-.cn- J fur Ihr We,l- :k out a 4.4 then fur tin la ii n!d an im-.n ;il, M, .,;). 111 liis oiler ii'ta that tin' 'as always op'-n.' is ' A Baltimore N to have forty p' of air injected behalf of the N Hampshire trial, wntimetres is (lie as alleen.n- i veins of the Hampshire cancer ie death Dr. Hcr- 8 now being tried. contend, how- m,jre than 28 cc's series of ".shots." I f 4" "iiriiiii, J ADA-Sir Basil " niiislrr .r v..,. "'U visit r, ,.. V laies t,,lis VlSl Will ov 'I1 Phot,,) NE BAND m 8:15 c Centre c St-. .i , supplies. Two trips will oe made with sixty-one bundles containing 1500 pounds of essential provisions. Arrangement'- lravc been made to make the drcp on the village playground which Is still covered wil.'h several feet of snow. The Naas River lee is still viilid for 'many miles out from Aiyansh but near the mouth it has in w commenced to disin- ti rate making it impossible to traverse it to an Ice edge Where WD A TS STOCKS (JouiU-.sy ii. D. Juhu&luu Co Ltd.) Vancouver t Shrine B:hid which was followed! j1 lowed ' by the march-on of the teams; with Hi" Hot-iry ten in arriving clad in trunks and pyji.ma lops and led by a smart m-.mJiina f'x,"p. J? and trailed by w-hat turned out to be Um -whir w nd" FOentha Tlie Gyro team showed up fully dicicd t.) play ball except for their c;i.u1i Bill Stone who was garbed iu hockey eiiuipinent and SK'.IM'S. From the moment the starting, w!ii.'l'.e sound and white cane, dark glassed, referees were escorted off the floor until tlie , fir.il whistle blew just about, evi ryihin j happened. The Gyro's! started the action by replacing ; their first t-tring with a pint; j-ived leu m ranging from tlireei lo ten years and while the Ro- tary wew prulesting the kids; scored the first basket of the ; game. I As the game rocked back and forth many and varied Inter ruptions entered the scene led, ; ' f by the arrival of Franken- stein (Dennis Mullroneyi who! marched i.p and down the floor,! in piling awe to nil and sundry.; The. Gyro put on a teeter-totter I pei -fi. nuance vjlh Gyro President A. J. D iniinato and Rotary President Roy Van der Sluys depicting I'hcir work in playgrounds around Prince Rupert and the Rotary retaliated with a lady E.;b Breltt dressed In a barrel led by a circus barker rn ai Clirisliei and promoting Hie RoUiry Barrel cnnU'st which will lake place shortly. Noun Baker of the Gyros pre-j.eiitcd sets of crulrlies to tlie pen' iiuforlunale players of tin1 ' l.niken down" Rotary and Tom ("liri.slle canie bar I? with a pre-feut'ttion In the "much loo youir;" Gyro's. One of the largest i n.wd.s to ever jam into m basketball game k it after Hie final whistle, having had un enjoy-1 ahleeveniiisr nd the many! Ivitaiv and Gyro Charities will benefit greatly from the won-; (itrful support that this event W.IS given. ; 1'lw final wWc was announced us n to, Ki alUKiii.'.h the score beard .lii.-wed 22 to 13 for Gyro. Ditrin:; the . luUn'iiilssion the Uolary chorus, .directed by Gyro 1'iaille Baliiuno. pisciited a group of well received songs to t:lu lnl.cre.slcd tviullence. Tl They san;,' "Roll the Old Chariot Home" and "Kentucky Babe." The shapely Job's Daughters' drill team consisted of Drill Ma jorette Edith jorcian, uonna Arthur. Diane Kennedy, Hoa ther Brewer, Claire Ritchie, Mr. Applewhaite staled it was I up to the company to show the . Coinniis.sion by records and fig- ures whether or -A 61 uhsiuy was I needed to maintain the services I a..,.i... - ,.., - ..,.,,...,... ,.v.u w.. H.v...v; services were the absolute minimum to enable tlie area to tarry on, not to mention expansion. The member pointed out the area produces primary products and basic commodities which are the backbone of Canadian economy and that in these days it was essential to such production to build up communities whero men ind families could iive In reawn-U!e comfort and security. He slated no alternative form of transportation is avail.it ie to many places and no other company appeared to be willing or able to supply the needed service. The hearing is continuing today. Sfill Search For Victim MONTREAL ft--Firemen cautiously picked their way through ice-covered debris today in a search for more possible victims who may have been trapped in the $1,000 ,000 bltwc that swept Montreal's Chinatown early yes-teiday. Four lives were lost, it Is known. Major George Balc'T, Held di-1 rector of a Red Cross field station which has been set up near J the scene, said last ninhl that twelve persons were missing following a rooin-by-room search of tlie Lotus Garden Hotel where tlie fire originated. Some of these, of course, may be slaying with friends and unreported. An oil furnace explosion is said to huve caused the blaze. Fire Commissioner Jean St. Germaine said he will open an inquiry next week. WINDSORS AT MARDI GRAS I NW OKLKANS Tliis eilyl jeounlcd three dead and about 200 injured hi the wake of the annual Mardl Gras celebration., T'hn rnka ni i i rA ' a.iu iuv-iicao oi vviiiu - i SOT ll.pro nm.mn V, f li ,m,o i n A c . of distinguished visitors. Hialorne 0.40 B. R. Con 02 H. It. X. 05 Cariboo uarUs 1.35 X'ongrcss .2 Iledley Mascot .22 j Pacific Eastern 0a Pend Oreille 5.33 Pioneer 3.30 Premier Border .03 Vi I'rivaleer M i Reeves McDonald 2.05 I Reno .03 Sheep Creek .. I .JO Sllbak Premier 37 Vananda 12 Sahnon Gold ,.00 ' Spud Valley 01 Oils - . Antjlo Canadian 3.80 j A. P. Con 22 'z Atlantic 1.30 j Calinonl , , ,45 I O. & E 7.10 Central Leduc 105 j Home Oil 10.75 Mercury .lo'.i ! Okalfa 1.75 Pacific Pete 4.20 Princess 32 Royal Canadian .05 Va Royalile 9.30 , ' Toronto Athona 08 la Aumaque -.IVi U-hx h A it .k ' '"- y flli ' 'TTt4 " ! '-:. ' : -'i If M "': V!-vXj( - - . i SO ' ff.r x - - - -v ' I i , . - M C ' i j : SNOW NOT WELCOME TO ISRAEL BOY As the Middle East ex-peiienced i Us worst winter in inure than 50 years, Uik VcnicuiU. Jewish boy sees his first snow. He is standing barefoot in eight-below-zero weather at the Ras El Ayn camp, where tents for 85,000 immigrants have been set up. The youngster is one of more than 40,000 boys from Yemen, who were recently removed to the new State of Israel with the help of the United Jewish Appeal.