1 I provi::c:al lie.a?.-, VICTOR 2.- C. onnEs enecs Daily Delivers NORTHERN AND CENTRAL. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rnpert, the Key to the Great Northwest." PH0!!E81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 81. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS -L. JStates Over MORE HARD LABOR AND AUSTERITy FOR BRITAIN A X 9 v. r" f li 41. .Jt fravcU uf turo,,e 4 1 11 ffPravda said were afoot to FEDERAL VOTE IN MIDSUMMER' OTTAWA ffl Rumors, strictly without confirmation, are floating about the corridors of Parliament today that the federal election will be called for late June or early July. The recent budget, with Income tax cuts, has helped w spur election gossip but tne man who pulls the trigger, Frime Minister St. Laurent, has told reporters that he does not know the date. U Europe's muiuuy Sir Stafford Cripps oi . brancn t J under the ,,s Army v it a'w .--- Violence In Ship Strike Assaults On East Coast States Depaimuiu. Presents His Budget FILM ON THIS DISTRICT OUT VICTORIA Provincial Department t of Trade and Industry is about to release a R I 4 1 being converieu to into an arm of States general staff of . ....inffj on It 5 Beer Tax Is Dropped Penny A Pint But Cheese, Meat, Butter Imposts Are Increased LONDON (CP) Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor noes armies. ferial assistant in Lent of State would W" ill - "? v, "- w. a DENOUNCES U.S. ARMS ALLIANCE " 1 I - licw. liim euUUt-u fiignway 16" picturing attractions and industries of a new part of the province the central Interior country between Prince George and" Prince Rupert. Designed to attract tourist travel and draw attention to the possibilities of an important area" of British Columbia, it will have widespread distribution. if a huge new nun-use program. ! different kinds of ,iS up of prepara- of the Exchequer, today sentenced the British taxpayer to another twelve months of hard labor and austerity. He presented the House of Commons with the 1949-50 budget, denying any substantial tax cuts VANCOUVER Col. Andrew D. MacLean, of Toronto, one of - j session a c - i Canada's top magazine publish- Window Broken In Vancouver VANCOUVER On Violence Ir. the Canadian Seamen's Union strike' has occurred on both coasts. Iii Halifax early today two ship's officers were admitted to hospital after being attacked by an unidentified mob. The men were" engineers aboard the strike-bound freighter Sun Prince, one of eleven vessels tied up In this port by the Canadian Seamen's Union deepsea shipping strike. The' injured men were identi LhC mOSl impOIWIll. today - ,.nn,ml..H denounced American Amrrlnon- and raising the basic prices of some kinds of strictly ers, . American foreign . ;. , ..-.;'' ' '.-?. Canadian military co-operation. The president of Hugh C. Mac- pravcla Lean Publications Ltd., told (he Vancouver Rotary Club "H's no secret that the Americans are II RATE beginning to push their neighbors around." The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Is taking steps with k view to having a premiere showing of this picture arranged In Prince Rupfrrt. Request to this effect is being hiade of the Department of Trade and Industry. NG ENDS fied ynly as Charles Caddell and Harold Syverson rationed food. The Chancellor defied the powerful Trades Union Congress, one of the Labor government's principal supporters, by declining to lower the country's stiff purchase taxes running from 33Vi to 100 percent on a vast number of things sold at retail. But Sir Stafford helped the little man a bit by cutting one penny a pint from the beer tax. However, cheese and meat w'ill go up four pence, butter two pence and margarine, one penny. . The, import duty on tea will drop by six pence and. on sugar by l'i pence but it will not help the housewife. The cuts will be DREAM FULFILLED-At Ottawa ceremonies . marking Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, Prime Minister St. Laurent strikes the first line of the new province's coal-of-arms in the archway of the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings The plaque,, alongside coats-of-arms of the other nine provinces, was orgiinally left vacant in the hope that someday Newfoundland would become Canada's 10th province. (CP Photo) It Is believed about twenty seamen boarded the. freighter j .Canada's $70,-. year battle over increases came to ,y. After a final (lay 1. . .14 ..I and took the engineers ashore ' 1 . , Li Kin either for force or persuasion Later they were beaten up. Airline Transfer 1:1 mm a oauciy i J . ... r, .. .1 .. r ,iki l ie uuaiu ui In McAdam, New Brunswick, Commissioners re four of thirty Seafarers' Inter Ion on the railways' Is Quite Limited OTTAWA, (P TransCanada Air Lines plans to move only 159 of Its 1,G00 Winnipeg personnel national Union members were attacked by club or blackjack- BADMINTON IN FINALS The finals will be played tonight os follows: Men's singles, championship flight R. McClymont vs. S. Cornwell. Men's doubles, championship flig) R. McClymont and S. Cornwell vs. J. P. McDonald and B. Murray Indies' doubles championship flight-F. Cross and L. Basso-Bert vs. B. MacDonald and J. " ' Cross. for a general 20 jst in freight tolls. wielding men td gave no Indication SALVAGE VESSEL DOCKS HERE WITH SURVIVORS OF SUNKEN REDONDO Youthful Captain Hob Ghul, skipper of the al-vae vessel Kodiak Salvor, 1 trough t hiss sturdy boat into port here last night for shelter carrying three survivors of a wrecked ship which she had refloated applied to reduce subsidies on The trouble started when Sixt0 Montreal and sees no possi k;; judsmcnt will be those commodities. i n in the case, which bility that the transier win De seriously extended beyond '.that figure, G. R. McGregor, T.C.A. MORE AUSTERITY Sir Stafford Cripps, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, brings down budget. The stiff cigarette tax, about reduction of which Some hope I d hist July and has men- stopped at McAdam over-nlglit on their way to the east coas), from Montreal. A gang of men' entered their hotel, broke I hcarins since Janu president said today. had been held, remains the same. . The Chancellor warned. Brit within a matter of hours after she had begun her Into rooms In search of the men. In Vancouver a plate glass window was broken by unknown Vote -Attracting Slogans maiden northbound voyage, out of Seattle Mixed doubles championship ain that she can and must sell more goods hi Canada and ths United .States,.. "We didn't waste any time . persons at the of flees of Uite Sea- flight R. McClymont and B. 0 SPEED UP Hiving her a try-out, grinnca i mert International Union Po- Payne vs. winner of S. Cornwell the . 20 ycur-oiu wova man Ucc are mvestigaung but believe ftmr-D.-HSBlweno- -fcrB.- Murray ROAD who. Is skipper of what he do- that the incident was the work and F. Cross. DEATH TOLL Debated By Conservatives Suggestions and Counter-Suggestions Start Argument. Among British Politicians j By JAMES MeCOOK I scribes as the best equipped and of 'pranksters rather than the most powerful salvage boat to Canadian Seamen's Union, rival Consolation Round Mixed doubles (atMel Man- he based in Alaska waters. of the S.I.U. fen and H. Mark vs. Bob Mac- j of ( nninicrcc i jhfird Sn Asks h Itr Kiprditrd NOW EIGHTY Rupert Chamber of Donald and J. Cross. (b F. Symes and S. Trc-ineer vs. B. Bacon and M. Jackson. Men's Doubles 1 The 117-foot Kodiak Salvor, a converted LC'T (Landing Craft Tank), carried as additional crew, two young seamen and the cook from the Juneau tug Rc- ... !.. ...:iu 41. derided last night to Iran Scene Of Trouble Russian Krj;iiiit-iil Makes l oray Into Territory and Battle ICnsiies TEHERAN, Iran (P A military Informant says that a Russian regiment, supported by tanks and armored cars, made a foray into AwrDaljan province and attacked the Iranian GOUZENKO GIVES TESTIMONY IN U) speed up UlC pro- 1 pari.mlnt of Public! Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CI') Conservatives on the hunt for a pithy phrase to help them win the 1950 general election now wonder if talk about "a property-owning democracy" docs them much good. Conservatives have liked the phrase and used it lip and down the land. The "property-owning democ- regard to the work of tlondo whicn lounoeren wiui me. rvrv f-ri THI 1 1 loss of one man in Fl tel.) ugh I A WW PY I KlAI rig out and hard-ihc highway between last ' Wednesday N. Pavlikis and II. Morgan vs. Bill Bacon and F. Symes. N. Home and S. Vickerman vs. winner of N. Pavlikis and II Morgan vs. B. Bacon and F. Symes. Ladies' Doubles Hound early morning. EFFINGHAM, Illinois, f The death toll in the United States' second most tragic hospital tire mounted to an estimated 80 today. Forty-six " victims of the fire which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital early Tuesday have been lden tiled. Thirteen were newly born badies. As officials attempted to determine the cause of the blaze, workers resumed the grim task of searching the ruins for bodies of 34 still reported miss perl and Port Edward. ' v 1 K-iiH ' fnrl'iv1 Mint, t.hp PiikIiiiik they envisage would en-, ' 'Ke-' "".i..,,, ..,,, ,.'acy Absent from the" 81-foot hway committee, for k Gurvich reported, ho department was a In celling this work Ladies Doubles-S. Home and M. Viereck vs. C. Worskett and courage people to make lo put forward a precise policy, way in the world, enjoy profits m simpie terms, based on dog-and the ownership of homes, and ma but on certainly clearly de-other possessions. . fined principles. m ill uii in tciiigciivc uiiitai jit 1944. at the height of the war, to check on Soviet espionage systems then operating In Canada, the United States and Mexico. . The man was Colonel Mil- post. ' Iranian troops answered the Russian fire and an "important battle" ensued last Thursday and Friday, the source said. It had been expected D. White. dondo's crew list were Barton Buslicy. Seattle seaman, wlio lost his lift In the wreck and Capt. Lloyd Hurley Clark, of Tenakee, Alaska, who stayed at Bella Bella where his badly 'damaged ship now lies. this the work would Men's singles-Mel Hansen Boothby' said there was con vs. F, Syme3. Conservative speakers set forth that socialism does not en- fusion of thought in the party, stein, Gouzenko said, who came', ' The Iranian eovernnieiit is nkiivn mm eiifh AYiTurrtriefi nut. . a i i. i ,,...,, believed to have handed Ru.-L T, UciTondo received serious BUILD STORM SEWS. Ft REOINA ff Flfteen-tiiourand to Ottawa and stayed two weeks w K - - musiraiea oy nonsenae umC- wouId be content to have all I times talked about bulk-pur- ln June 1944 in the eulse of a ing. National Guardsmen patrolled the hospital area and huge searchlights during the night lighted up the blackened rubble still believed to contain the bodies Of many victims. Only the naked walls of the way. As far as could ! falling for tenders being considered. It (I that, unless tilings d up, the season ,V'-r and nothing done c fact that the need ( was great In view fit that was uoinu on dreary.cniise an(j long-term contracts.' bottom damage when she struck Canon Rock shortly after mid diplomatic courier named Mil-' BrlUms 011 ,the same skv .level,' i dependent on tl le state, ( jt Was "ludicrous" to see Con- sia a stiff note or protest. It" is reported that the dash occurred at a lime or strained relations when Russian pressure was mounting, causing specula- llie former Soviet embassy j j.. tlelr ambition Lin... surrendered .. to servatives speaking in favor of tons of earth were dug out oi this city's "innards" this Winter. The earth resulted from tunnelling operations on a 7,000-foot storm sewer system. The night, March 30. She was refloated but sank near the beach in Safety Cove, nearby. Bushey social security. I increased Commonwealth trade "Property-owning democracy, and aeiilnsb bulk purchases three-storey building are stand- Wward. dirt was used to build up low-1 tion that this oil-rich country parly strategists thought, suited wjch Dominions' governments! Ulg. . I . , I : . 1,1 1 ...,.! 1 XT . -"way commlllee also cipher clerk said Milstein met Sam Carr in Montreal and arranged for Carr to meet a Russian every three months. Bdore Judge A. G. McDoug-all, the Crown called Gouzenko as the first and most import lying roads and reclaim areas Is becoming the next focal point had his lieud crushed, when he was struck by a lifeboat which became dislodged in the impact which tore out the Redondo's llt, a bulldozer had for residential purposes. of the com war. Hie iOiiservaiave. lueai wt-ii. nu favored. they are faced with ffiie criticism! I tr. A,,rn I r A Tf that the ordinary man 'in the! Into the lists then jumped (I (lypLf I V hY drooi rwnn't bnnui u-iint it. Richard Law, former Conserva-! vlv I Ul UMIJ p Hie jnl) of snow dear rrrrrrrrr r I rr ww- ) ths end. tive minister, and son of former ant of 13 witnesses It Intends means. bottom. The Kodiak Salvor, which was northbound for Cordova, was In EVE1! UP SERIES :: TODAYS STOCKS Bonar Law, calling to back charges that . Two, groups of Conservatives Prime Minister Canadian. are critical: (Courtesy B. D. Johnston Co. Ltd ) VICTORIA W Vancouver Carr conspired with embassy officials to utter a forged pass- SM One group Is represented by WLAIl ILK synopsis insists over the imr- Law said it probably would be Clover Leafs, defending Caf.a- Johnston Strait when It received word of the wreck. She arrived at Safety Cove early Wednesday for Soviet agent in the II. Minshall of London who port a T. a eood tnlng for the United King-' dian senior basketball cham- u.o. uperauug uuuv.-i.tuc wr0i,e 1,0 llie iiuies oi 1,0110011 ; ,, m ,f Wp. ,mr,priimpnU were ' nlnns lust nieht laced the ViC N of British Coh.iu- of Ignacy Wltczak. that many think the Conserva.i pul -m he way of mulll ' toria YJvf.C.A. 63 to 43 to tie -..hmtcu snow flurries uve. pauy ueiuuu w.c ov latcral trade It should not be ; their best-of-five British uoi . :rl'(l luring the night Bealflc Bevcourt Bobjo Buffalo Canadian Consul. Smelters '. C'onwest .. t Donalda' Eldona East Sullivan clalists instead of moving, in the med that lhe old ways of opposite direction. His sugges- . . , R , Dr0RUcr. ; '. Skies were clear .51 .22 .11 .14 ;t:.r)) 1.18 .51 .80 . 2.80 ... 5.! afternoon. She found the Re-dondo hair-submerged on the beach at low tide and immediately began salvage oneratiuus. "It was right in our line," said t'upt. Ghul. ' We had her pumped free of water in 10 minutes and made sufficient bottom repairs to float her to Bella Bella." One of the notable -features BOXING TITLE LINE-UP LISTED WASHINGTON, -XT -The. National Boxlns Association to tion for a slogan was: pd wpre bad in present Umes "Every man a cpitalist. gnd multllateralism backed by ROBERT BOOTHBY RErMES the United States and ilie Com-This did not please Robert 1 monwealth. probably would suc umbia championship finals at one game apiece. ;w BASEBALL SCORES Pacific Coast League Portland 8, Los Angeles 2. , Hollywood 4, Sacramento 0. Oakland 6, San Diego 5. San Francisco 9, Seattle 8. Giant Yellowknife ; a,,rM the southern llc Provinrc and freez-inatures occurred early ' " i" the lower Fras-v and suuthern Interior ;rm hi,:h has been J .rain over the nor- has become much W 11 Is still ex God's Lake 3ft .18 day classed Joe Walcott, Ezard Boothby, Conservative member of parliament for Aberdeenshire ceed better than the restricted bilateral agreements entered into by the Labor government. .07 Charles and Lee Suvold as logi East, and spokesman for another Vancouver Bayonnc 00 Bralornc 8.75 B. R. Con , 03 B. R. X ! 09 Cariboo Quartz M7 Congress 03i Hediey Mascot 33 Tend Oreille 4.80 Pioneer 3-3r Premier Border 02:i4 Privateer 18 Reeves McDonald 2.30 Reno 08 Sheep Creek 1-23 Silbak Premier 34 Taku River 20 Vananda 25 Salmon Gold . 14 Spud Valley 00 Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.05 A. P. Con. 22 Atlantic 73 Calmont 41 C. A E 5.00 Central Leduc 1.05 Home Oil 10 75 cal contenders in that order, for the heavyweight title vacated by champion Joe Louis. Ilardroek Harrleana .... llcva lfosco Jacknllc Juliet Quebec Lake Rowan m" Increase of clou.l party element. Boothby wrote in reply: x " 'Property - owning democracy' . . . has done good service for the Conservative party dur over Two Canadians were listed as .22 .04 2 .38' .082 .07 of the Kodiak Salvor are net powerful pumps which can suck up 10,000 gallons of water a minute. ' . - Her first rescue job came within a little more than 24 hours after she had cleared Seattle on WINGS MEET hlAPLt ItM wmiiern BntiS?. ' The outlook for "out standing boxers" in their divisions. They were Johnny h for .I,,,-.. . .. Lapaska Greco, Montreal welterweight, Detroit Eliminates Montreal . straignt, games 10 we ncuia. Little Long Lac 87 t H -.ua skies on in uie the ing the past 25 years, but, like patriotism, it is not enough.! Big Gordie Howe was tne and Ll'l Arthur King. Toronto her maiden voyage following a lightweight. Lynx 12 Madsen Red Lake 2-95 McKenzie Red Lake 50 McLeod Cockshutt .... 1.12 ''rcest ' Charlulics a,,,. Nnrli. From Stanley Cup DETROIT, it' Detroit Red Wings prepared today to make their second straight bid for the Stanley Cup against the Tor RAILWAY'S NET hero last night as he rapped home Detroit's first goal after three minutes of play in the first period. Rearguard Leo Reise scored the winning counter midway through the second ra1 today. huge conversion job which made her the best-equipped all-round salvage boat in Alaskan waters. She is owned by the Robert O. (Continued on 1'age 2) Moncta 46 EARNINGS DOWN 2.50 With all due respect to Mr. Mm shall I cannot feel that the slo-, gan 'Every man a capitalists-only not quite so b'ig a capitalist as Stinnes, Carnegie,, Krupp or Schwab' is likely to sweep the British electorate off it feet next year." Boothby said, as his contribu onto Maple Leafs. They earned W.S..ch.B"Be in the right to meet the defend Ncg Noranda Louvlcourt Pickle Crow neneourt ... .55 .16 2.20 .0454 x,u.; 1 W11'trht and "way . frit, i ing champions last night when they scored a 3-1 victory over 38 Mai.. , . 11 tKirtly MONTREAL Net railway earnings, lower than any year since 1905, were announced last night by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for 1948, despite "gross earnings which, have period and Jerry Couture s tally late in the third period clinched it. Glen Harmon scored Montreal's one counter. The first two games of UK- Prince LOCAL TIDES Thursday, April 7, 1949 1 and 45. Montreal Can.tdiens for the final game in the bestof-seven San Antonio 4.10 Senator Rouyn 43 Sherrit Gordon 2.10 Steep Rock I-55 semi-final play-off series, High 7:39 17.4 feet 21:24 16.0 feet Mercury I Okalla ?. 2.37 Pacific Pete 2-35 Princess 32 Royal Canadian 08 & Toronto Alhona :.. -16 Vt Aumaque ' -Va tion to a rising debate over what tactics the Conservatives should follow, that the "Tory party will not recapture the confidence of I the public until it Is in a position. Last year, Detroit lost out in final series will be played here reached a new high." Gross earnings were announced as Hbav i. .7 vtri IRE llW 1.27 11.1 feet ib the finals by dropping four , t rictay ana eunuay. $355,249,702. 14:50 6.3 icei Sturgeon River Silver Miller ....