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Great
Northwest"
PHOHE
81
VOL.
XXXIX,
No.
57
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
9,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Votes
,
Mi
lion
Do
mn
IT
roir
ttawa
.f
,
1
i
I;:
4
hi
'
.-'-fl
3-1-
-
,jt
r;
Substantial
1
Amounts
hi
k
jf.
Main
Ottawa
Estimates
X
J
w!
Hoins
for
Kkwna
riding
totullinu
almost
one'
utt
SANllt
A(JillnU)
million
dollars
in
the
aggregate
have
been
placed
in;
manchcSter,
n.
the
main
estimates
which
were
tabled
a
few
days
atru!hire
Rr-
ii'rmar.n
Sander
in
the
House
of
Commons
at
Ottawa.
Public
works
projects
in
various
parts
of
the
district
are
included'
.as
well,-as
one
major
item
for
mail
subsidies
.-antlj.
steamship
subvention
to
Northern
British
Columbia"
t"
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ALL
ABOUT?
PRINCE
CHARLES
VANTS
TO
KNOW
in!!!"-!
-(I
in
tin'
unties
of
Lin:
pilot
K'upl'''
than
In
i.
uiiiir
rojal
yiMiiip,:-UT.
A
piulnciiiiiics
tK.icci
ivc
apirars
1,,,-t'
in
thf
Irtimty.
ultliuiiKh
l'nire
C
harlf.s'
musf
ciof.sn'l.
seem
worried.
In
the
pram
)iii:M
!y
proees.ioii
u
little
gill
tukc'H
Hie
aii',
(uiU"
oblivious
of
being
part
of
a
royal
k
Indm
7
ills
In
isas(
r
in
Fails
IP
E;in
I'lri.-lits
to
Save
Wile
Elderly
Were
About
to
Take
Vacation
,)
.4nivv
of
the
apartment
block
was
blaz-)
when
a
man
rushed
out.
He
immediately
wife
was
missing.
With
a
low
moan
of
c
ln',il.
!'(
back
into
the
interior
of
the
lie
was
later
found
by
fireman
beside
the
.-
wife.
IT
WAS
AN
AUSSIE
-
NEW
ZEALAND
CONTEST
Canada's
British.
Empire
Games
athletes
are
home
from
Auckland,
New
Zealand,
with
few
laurels
ut
many
pleasant
memories.
One
of
the
reasons
why
the
Canadian
girls
did
not
take
top
honors
Is
shown
in
these
two
photos.
Top,
S.
Strickland
of
Australia
is
going
over
the
lust
hurdle
in
the
80-metre
hurdle
event
neck
und
neck
with
J.
Sehooch
of
New
Zealand.
Above,
the
finish
has
Misses
Strickland
and
Sehooch
breaking
the
tape
together.
And
another
New
Zea-'
lander
was
third.
.
-
Prince
Charles
(in
buygy,
at
the
little
girl
who
has
slcppcil
lo
dp
curbing
tier
iiilhusiusm
French
Utility
Workers
Strike
PARI.'-;
'P
'J
-amis
of
tl'ili-ties
workers
wenl
on
strike
(
liroiilHHif.
I'lance
today
hot
'.overmuent-flrafled
key
personnel
kepi
li;;l)is
and
fias
burniivs.
Only
in:,
ned,
le
nolierable
ef-feet
of
the
.st
ntna'c
was
loweiin?
of
(,-as
pressure.
Housel.olclers
fMind
it
lo(;K
a
iont;
lime
lu
eook
breakfast.
'
At
least
tei:
pireent
f
100.UIK)
workers
in
the
nationalized
utilities
are
at
their
posts.
Submission
1
From
Labor
OTTAWA
Ci
-
Passage
of
tin
all-lnclu.sive
.security
prog
rum
at
this
session
of
Parliament
headed
the
list
of
demands
presented
to
the
government
today
by
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada.
,
In
their
annual
legislative
submission
to
eabr.ieo.
the
oificers
of
1
the
400.00
nieniber
Congress
u!-
so
declared
Mat
unempioy.r.ent
:
hu
I
hi
"'line
r.aiioral
emergency
nn,i
enil.,H
for
immediate
action
to
provide
work
for
an
estimated
i
390.CU3
Jobless
persons.
Among
'
other
things
S10
a
j
month
old
a';e
ixnion
with
no
menus
test
was
called
for.
I
Prime
Minister
St.
Lairent
said
there
were
constitutional
Islands.
Union
Extends
Alaska
Cruises
:
Alaska
eruises
of
tiie
Union
Steamship
Co.'s
steamer
Chllcu-1
in.
whieh
in
the
past
have
terminated
at
Ketehikan
with
.the
exemption
of
special
cxeijrslonx
further
north,
are
to
be
extended
this
year
to
Juneau,
Skagway
anu
Sitka
on
a
ten-day
basLs.
,
;
The
first
of
ten
voyages-
is
seheduled-
for
arrival
at
Prince
t
Rupnrl
on
Saturday,
June
10
'i
wllh
reiurn
here
on
the
Thyrs-
1
day
evening
following.
Thereafter
the
trips
will
be
every
ten
;
days
with
arrivals
here
north-
'
bound
on
at
Saturday
or
a
Thurs-
day
and
southbound
on
a
Thurs-'
day
or
Monday.
'
Arriving
direct
from
Vancouver,
the
northbound
stay
here
will
be
from
8
a.m.
to
12
noon
standard
time.
'
i
The
vessel
will
make
the
Alaska
:
ports
of
Ketchikan,
Juneau,
Skag-waV
and
Sitka.
Thirty-three
hours
will
be
spent
at
Skagway,
WHtlng
"f
thf
aUway.-
aut
river
boat
trip
into'
the
Yukon.
The
arrival
here
southbound
will
be
4
pan.
with
sailing
sou
tit
bound
al
6:30
p.m..
the
schedule
calling
for
a
morning'
cruise
up
Gardner
Canal
and
calls
at
Bute-dale
and
Ocean
Falls,
enroute
back
to
Vancouver.
'
The
Prince
Rupert
-
Queer
Charlotte
Islands
and
Prince
Rupert-Alice
Arm-BU-wart
routes
j
will
be
maintained
by
the
steam-
ers
Camosun
and
Coquitlam
re-
spectivcly.
j
I
High
5:14
20.2
feet
18:31
16.0
feet
Low
12:07
5.2
feet
23:57
9.4
feet
ports
and
Queen
Charlotte
i
K.
T
T
A;
A;
''
''
u
wiiaitc,
iiaitr.
M
M
V
P.
for
!i;eena.
has
sent
the
following
I
lit
of
vul.es
to
Hie
eit.v:
Grant
to
Hidkley
Va"ev
A-ri-I
cultural
and
Iridu.-t.rial
Assooia-lion
JIOD
Smithers
Piiblie
Building
.rMWlO
Snaiibaat,
E.sshigton,
Wanes
28.025
Operation
.
24.4PI)
Total
52.515
.ii"-
'Vnn
V'hart
T'eciw
M
le
tlo"
32.0fltr
Allivm
Harbor
Float
find
.Shed
'
.
13.1.00
Bella
Ci-ola
S.-iw
Orld
and
Loading
Platroun
30,0(10
Undue
Cove,
Dlgby
Island
Wharf
30
000
MaM
Keaplanc
-
'
Land!
on
.
35.(K)0
j
Port
Clemcrts
Renewal
of
Floats
...
18,500
Frinec
Rupert
Fairvir
Bav
1
Breakwater
.
.
.
302.00"
,
Priuee
Rur'-t'
Rr-ndway
audi
'
Renew
1
ot
Fisher-
men's
Floats
.
77.000
Mall
subsidim
and
steamship-
J
subvention.
Vancouver
and
N
jrthtr"
frt.s
of
B.
C.
and
Queen
.
Charlotte
Islands
345.M10
Children
Steal
-
Radium
Needles
C
TTAWA
0-
Natliral
Research
Council
of
ficiuLs
today
rc-
ported
they
had
recovered
all
of
twenty
radium
needles
which
had
been
sloan
yesterday
froirt
a
Nauoiiai
Kesearen
council
warrl)0Use
xhc
lasl
of
lhe
m
U?en
dangerous
needles
was
found
in
lower
town
district
in
4...
i.
1
..,1
nnftc.i-
L-l
M
f
fnl
a
lorn
coroD'ii'.ro
caruin
stuiiecs
with
p;iper
;uid
matted
with,
snow.
A
group
of
children
are
I
.staled
lo
have
been
responsible
s
'
for
the
thef
but
there
will
be
IIVI
Ji
wt
u
iivyi
i.
i
RUl
dangerous
lo
anyone
nai.ai-
Ing
them,
were
missing.
'
"
-''if.,
Wt.WlWgilH.'Wllmm
3
ii-r
?
i
'"Si"-'
v,
.---SHI"
tmr
wins
Confidenci
LONDON
Labor
mastered
ail
its
strength
this
afternoon
to
defeat
by
a
margin
of
14
what
amounted
to
a
want
of
confidence
vote
on
a
Conservative
amendment
to
the
Throne
Speech
expressing
'
regret
that
no
mention
was.
made
of
the
steel
industry
which
Labor
says
it
,
will
nationalize.
Liberals
voted
with
the
'Conservatives
HOCKtY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
'
'
New
Westminster
4,
Taeoma
2
Portland
1,
Seattle
1
Kan
Francisco
2,
Loa
Angeles
1
Malional
.
Jjetroit
5,
Boston
3
New
York
4,
Chicago
2
,-
was
freed
today
on
the
charge
cf
murdering
a
eanccr-ridden
patient.
)
AKKIAL
A.MRIXAM
K
VICTORIA
Art
aerial
am-bulanep,
whleli
would
lie
based
al
Stewart
and'
would
be
available
for
carrying
patients,
doctors,
nurses,
school
trustees
ti
mail
when
necessary,
was
proposed
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
by
Frank
C'afdcr,
t
IF,
Atlill.
IINIMANS
PKOTLST
JAI
ICTORIA
Indians
of'
me
!
Keena
Kiver
tribes
vesterdnv
protested
at
the
reiurn
of
Japanese
fishermen
to
their
fishing
f
rounds.
They
sent
a
petition
lo
Hon.
E.
T.
Kcn:.uy
against
the
threat
to
their
inherited
living.
OPPONKNTS
I
OK
KLTKKT
VANCOUVER
Premier
Hotel
lias
won
the
Lower
Mainland
Senior
B
basketball
play-offs
by
default
from
the
Mawson
Clarkson
squad
and
will
meet
Powell
River
in
the
next
ste.p-toward
the
provincial
championship.
A
similar
series
with
Nanaimo
will
follow
and
the
winners
of
that
series
will
play
on
the
coast
March
24
and
23
against
Penlicton
who
captured
the
Interior
champiunslup
last
night
by
defeating
Keluwna
53-
28
in
the
second
panic
of
a
total
pBnH
wrtM.
pr,-m.e
Kutl
w
jl,
meet
the
southern
champions
either
in
the
interior
or
on
the
coast
March
31,
April
1
and
2.
Secret
Weapon
Tragedy
14
Dead
in
i
Prison
Fire
ALBUQUERQUE:.
New
Mexico
f'
Fourteen
military
prisoners
were
trapped
behind
their
bars
(and
died
late
yesterday
when
fire
swept
through
a
wooden
guard
house
at
Sandia
secret
weapon
base.
Two
other
prisoners
were
critically
injured.
Seven
men
were
overcome
by
smoke
which
boiled
out
of
u
temporary
bar
racks
type
of
structure
on
a
bomb
assembling
reservation
The
fire,
apparently,
broke
out
in
an
oil
burning
stove
at
the
far
western
tip
of
the
building.
HAMILTON
'J'
Police
said
ty-
day
that
John
Kovach,
aged
51,
killed
ills
sleeping
bride
of
three
i
months
w'th
a
revolver
at
dawn
h
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11....
4
1...
IUUUY
UI1U
Hiril
VUIllt'U
lilt
r-.v-
pon
on
himself.
Hospital
officials
said
little
hunt
was
held
fer
the
.
man's
recovery.
Investigators
ald
1lie
shooting
apparently
stemmed
Irom
a
family
rjw.
'
-CHILD
HURT
IN
HOMF,
OGEMA,
Ea.sk
-Three-year
old
Charlotte
White
played
too
close
to
her
niotrivr's
washing
machine
and
her
hand
became
caught
in
the
wrinajer.
The
rollers
pulled
her
arm
throu-;;h
to
the
elbow
before
the
lire
blew
out
and
the
nidclilne
s'.tvped.
Charlotte
will
recover
but
will
1
have
a
sore
arm
for
a
lona
time.
Perrys
Back
;
From
England
PRINCE
GEORGE
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
G.
Perry
returned
to
Prince
George
today
from
a
Irtp
to
England.
!
Mrs.
Perry
had
been
away
since
lust
August.
-
Mr.
Perry
left
a
month
ago
to
meet
her
They
left
London
at
4.15
p.m.
Monday
and
arrived
in
Vancouver
at
midnight
Tuesday.
The
came
on
to
Prince
George
from
Vancouver
by
plane
last
night.
Dominion
Curling
Round
Six,
Three
Rounds
to
go
Alberta
8,
British
Columbia
6
Manitoba
17,
New
Brunswick
9
Nova
Scotia
3,
Quebec
5
Ontario
18.
P.E.I.
6
Saskatchewan
5,
Northern
Ontario
11
Hubert
Davidson,
chief
en-
j
giiieer
id
the
snagboat
Essing-1
Ion,
tindrrwcvit
an
onentl.lon
in
j
t
he
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos
i
pital
earlier
in
the
week
tid
b:
now
reported
lo
be
prcgrc33lne
i
favorably.
.
and
financial
difficulties
In
the
The
authorities
issued
a
warn-wpv
of
an
all-inclus'e
social
se-
jng
yesterday
when
it,
was
dis-eurity
program
but
Minister
of
covered
that
the
twentv
needles.
Health
Paul
Martin
said
sufh
in
appearance
resembling
nulls
measures
we
being
brough",
about
niece
by
piece.
FUTURE
LOOKING
ROSY
L(Mkiiij
To
TllisjSlays
Wife
And
Industry
uni'M
iii
in
v.
.is
to
tiidav.
V.'iiii
his
)(I.lll!l!li
'.
t
I
bo.l!l
Jjrrl
I'Uli.'lil
lor
riotien
in
V
'ii-
'.Ill.l,
hUll;
l
!-
.
;
iii't
v.i'lnn
arm'.-
U;e
mts
.iii.il
Ir.i-,
as
rev
i'ii
led
by
im
.ire
in
!.v.'.i.
v:
ii'ie
an'
hI;
vv;
k
raul
tiie
t.-s
of
er.nl
'Hi
Tuiii
Ci;!i-'
and
N.
I.
Kiables'
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S.llllli
t
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(.nly
morniii"
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mI
uit'
itlf
;
.
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lr;."n
v.
ii'iiu
ml
il
is
brUi'Vi"!
re
Miiollieri-U
to
rra-Jl'.e;!
'
situ
i'ed
:n
a
as
one
ol
the
"1
V'll-.m'.i'Ci-s
but-!
!'.
Ill
I.
lie
illy.
Ai
d.
a
tit
as
he;
Br
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!
1
next
III
it
;
leipei'
I
l.itif.
i.
.
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Mi'idenly
brl-:
el
the
rooms.
'imrkly
.slipped
j
'
i
be
lire
ese.iii'.M
!;
;iit
have
seorcliedl
!
j
""del
uav
in
the!
j1"'
suivivors
of
the'
On-inally
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die
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below
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a
mass
of
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m:iv
I'louniaiiiK.
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Columbia
l,',t
l'lbnb
above
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in
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hours
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bas
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reached
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three
inches,
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,
snair
a
m
Friday.
Winds.
P;'f
hour.
l
ow
Illf.U
i
Ty,
28
and
40;
Sand-
)5;
P
r"tce
Rupert
22
I
Coiitimiiii!f;Shools
Himse
Hislrid
-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
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future
Assuring
Sims)
ahead
to
better
da,
vs.
A
minds
of
both
citizens
of
of
town
financiers.
This
And
li'Y'!0MII'lllS
(fiy
.Johnny
Triiiee
Rupert
can
Itxilv
bright
future
is
evident
in
Prince
liupert
and
out
northern
Pacific
port
will
Mu.
hect
ic
davs
of
early
brawling
war
period
but
employment
and
stability
Situated
.st'Mlcgically,
Prince
Rupert
proved
vital
during
the
wa-
vears
a.;
a
shipping
and
en.birkiiUon
yenter.
3ul
its
nious
natural
harbor
and
docking
'
facilities
h
ivc
remained
dormant
i
since
the
end
of
World
!
!
War
II.
Nearest
point
to
the
Far
East,
there
exists
a
hopeful
fidence
that
ships
plying
the
Great
Circle
route
to
the
Orient
In
the
Fitteen
Years
Imprisonment
NKW
YORK.
tP'-Judith
Cop-
onvas
tiiday
was
sentenced
to
tiftren
years
in
jail
tor
plotting
to
sny
fur
Russia
i
Valentin'
A.
Gubitehcv,
her
was
ordered
deported
to
uua.aa
within
two
weeks.
probably
not
experience'
railroad,
const
ruction
or
thy
can
be
assured
of
seasonal
during
many
clays
anew.
if
!
'".'fY'"'
y"
'
and
undoubtedly
will
remain,
a.
purtr.er,
received
a
fif-primary
Kourse
of
income,
but
tern
year
.suspended
sentence
and
fa-
eon-I
will
frequent
this
port
not
tar
distant
future
Men
with
an,01
eye
vo
me
im-'it
jjim.h.
www
shipping
concerns
may
not
be
hesitant
in
dispatching
vessels
to
Prince
Rupert
harbor
-Cor
tthich
no
shin
is
too
large
this
being
one
of
the
few
ports
on
the
Pac.ific
coast
that
can
berth
the
Queen
Elizabeth.
The
fishing
Industry
here
Is,
construction
ol
the
ColumbUt
JJClliliose
piaui
at
wuusun
im"u
iiiiiroximatelv
10
miles
cast
ol
,
Prince
Rupi
rt.
will
provide
addl-
i
tional
employment
for
citizens
and
transients.
The
city
will
grow,
with
-the
arrival
ol
permanent
plant
employees--
about
400
-
and
a
louder
jingle
In
cash
registers
.
..ii..
i...
.a.
.......
ni.i,r.(,iiii!
u.'ill
he
K"
p"
auaiDie.
ira'.isporiaiion
oi
i
pulp
to-
company
plants
In
the
United
States
p.r.d
Mexico
will
also
create
added
employment
Out
of
town
tycoons
have
been
keeping
both
eves
open
n
ref-
erence
to
the
housing
situation
here.
"
(Continued
Page
4)
Native
Basketball
Tournament
TONIGHT
CIVIC
CENTRE
CONSOLATION
ROUND
G:
00
-GREENVILLE
vs.
KINCOL1TH
7:15
BELLA
BELLA
vs.
BROTHERHOOD
CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND
8:30
PORT
SIMPSON
vs.
KITKATLA
9:45
METLAKATLA
vs.
KIT1MAAT
'RESERVED
SEATS
75c
RUSH
50c
STUDENTS
25c
CHURCHILL'S
RECIPE
FOR
RELAXATION
-
A
recipe
lor
relaxation
by
Winston
Churchill
Is
the
palette
and
paint
brush.
With
hu
position
as
opposition
leader
in
the
British
government
an
even
more
responsible
one
now
that
the
Conservatives
afp.
pisine;
hard
on
Labor's
heels,
his
opportunities
for
relaxing
will
be
fewer
than
ever.
He
found
time,
however,
at
the
end
of
the
election
campaign
to
spend
a
few
hours
at
his
easel
and
have
this
photo
taken.
,
oiurgeon
Kiver
i
i
I