""'""OSulB DRUGS ICT03IA, bMflMkcry HA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'8 NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Princ. Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PH0IIE81 VOL. XXXIX, NO. 40. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900 PRICE . FIVE CENTS CABS )umm . HP . da for I Downtown Shooting Board Set Up, Laltorites Win But e Rig Slrike Delayed Woman .Shot, Chinese Dead By Scantest Margin WASHINGTON il President I Truman Unlay net up an emergency fact-finding board, auto-I j matieally heading off a nation- : wining StAlU II CONTLM'ES lanes and surface craft are i wide railroad atrlkc scheduled i when Hi'' Royal- ; f()l. Monday. The action haw the uttc No. 1 ceased !CffrC(, 0f delaying the strike for ,n a few weeks ; slxly duy8 Dispute is between the . LONDDN (CP,) The Labor government tonight had won a victory in the general election; of yesterday by a small majority. In one of the closest election races in British history, the Socialists edged out Winston Churchill's Conservatives. Tragedy Shortly Before Noon in Second Ave. Rooming House Hih'I and a ltLL1' carriers and brotiicrhoods of, rig will remain , rujwuy conductors and railway l A Chinese waiter is dead and near Skidegatc trainmen. The latest standing of elected - . ? " lor furl her devci- members was Comjlanc? MeM.iht.prs, a white woman, is in General hospital I with a serious wound in her right : temple after a shooting affray ;in the King George Hotel on iS-Towl Avenue. ! Labcrite, Seymour Hills. j In the last House of Cotumoiis i Labor held a 148-seat majority j over the Conservatives. S, , I Both Liberal and ommwnistj 313 287 7 20 - labor :,. : ... . Conservatives t.iberals Doubtful ide afur cornplc-jical survey this geological infor-ovided by the o official.. slated. i. company lalta Petroleums Masset Has Good Times , look a severe beatipp - ., " ( oiiini on rst Wlpsd Owt ," Comniunlsl leprtsentation. in the House was Wiped out-whn continuing the search around' Princess Royal .Island, down the coast from here, for five mi sine men -rem the linited States B-36 rnmber which was I'it-hed a week an la: t Tuesd ir a"t"r taking fire. The missing men are now iielieved either to have failed lo survi"" plunge or to have perished in the sea.' DAYLIGHT SAVING VICTORIA British Columbia will have daylight saving again this year from pril 10 to September t-i. The government makes the announcement following the adoption by Vancouver city at the recommendation of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. - - v THREE ROAD ROl'TES VICTORIA Randolph Hard-ing (C.C.F.-Kaklo-Slocan) told the Legislature yesterday that British Columbia should have i to the B. C. Gov- j Frank Mali, waiter at the Rex iCufe, was dead at 11:55 this i morning, lie was found by Const. iJohn Brady of the city detacli-itnent, B. C. Police, tace down, jhead turned to the lelf and blood oozing out of the wound. A Willie Gallacher, fiery repre - The Speaker. There arc' 625 seats in the Hou e. ' ".i. ....?'"';' Figures toi.ipded by the Canadian Press tonight showed that Labor had won more than 313 seats necessary for a majority In the House of Commons. . This, was on the basis of seats already'- conceded and likely results on basis of leadership. - Prosperity at Principal Community of Norlhrrn Graham Island ii additional pci-iicn Charlotte Is-U holder of the 'n P iermlt. Oil sentative of West Fife la the last Parliament, lost the riding. His only colleague ln the House, Philip Plrathi. was beaten-yesterday. Harry. Pollott, general secretary of the party, mas defeated as ho had been tn' l!?e 1945 election. " .Yesterday young resulted: in a record 83 percent poll and voters seemed to divide their choice !'gatc lest well i was also an-H further plans of lull be to conduct fial study of land Principal community of nor- ma v,I',VPr1 W1,s cluU:,lcd ln hern Grahajn Island, the townjllw "Bnl ,lallU' of Masset Is enjoyins continued! Witnesses C. S. McBridc and prosperity, It U reWrted by B vie Johnson wero" asleep when T. Phillips who arrived In UiciUlry hoarcl ulc s)lls. Running city yesterday by air and ex-; t.0 tlirlr Iour, they saw the woman MIOHTY MOUSF, 1AKES DEBUT Developed by the VS. navy, the "Mighty Mouse," a powerful new type aircraft rocket, is shown In tliese photos being fired from a Douglas Skyralder during a lest at the naval ordnance station, lnyoken, Calif. The rocket, more deadly than any developed during World War II, Is fast and powerful enough to destroy any known aircraft with a direct hit. Complete report from all seats will not be available for several red on me uuw days. . . : . . - 1 Four remote- Scottish constit pecis to remain unin Tine nr;!rusn out buod pouring out ol of the -week. Mast notable1 her temple. She ran down the activity of late at Masset. Say!. stairs where the ambulance later Vancouver and i.slon of the com- until almost evenly between Cowser-were vallves and Labor with litW Tor uencles (Jo not .report Monday. Two of these ilthe comdclloll of held by Conservatives,, one by the Liberals and, olhur niinwiiv vitn th' Saskal- ASKS FOR RIGHTS National UDerai ana nc Dy a groups. ., Labor man in tfie last House. I Anthony Eden, who stands fiini'iu for long- Voting ln a Manchester divis- second to Chu'ehlll in Iva-v been deferred -until Uvc party leadeiihlp, wa.s re- i of 233,309 acres t cast of Kerro-,lcy in west cent- Mr. Phillips, has been the cun-;plcked ler up and took ncr to struction of the now crab ca"-; hospital, nery for Sam Simpson's Queen; Charlotte Canners. The project! The witnesses said llicy heard is now nearlng completion and, the woman scream four times in about a month's time, .-should before she ran from the second be ready to start packing tic; storey room. The woman Is be-hclllhli for which the north lieved to be an ex-CWAC. A Graham .Island beaches a r e I month ago she was taken to hos-lamous. Primarily designed for pital where her stomach wa3 crab conning. It will be readily pumped out. three highways linking with the : Transl'anada Highway. However, he believed a southern route through the Crow's Nest into this province should be the first choice. P LAYER IS FINED MONTREAL Billy Reay .r the Montreal Canadians ' wax fined $100 today by President Clarence Campbi-H of' the National Hockey League for a when he "punched"" Referee March 9, due ,to the death of a elected to the House for Warwick Frank Calder Of At I in Makes Maiden Speech In Legislature kin. Also, in souin- . the company te No. 90 in the of Noah Turner candidate. . ' . I and Leamington divuiion. Tlie Labor government's lead ln Betw een 4:45 and S p. m. t oday the elections was whittled down Labor and their eombined toes today under a Hood of Conscr-1 were dead level four times and vative victorir in farm and four times Labor went icto a :,,.ih11 city districts. The Labor one-seat lead. Thrte minutes I margin In the contest for Houae later Labor spatted into an ov- convertible 'for the putting up Hjrr..t.l .,...(.., I ll.nl Is. nnrt or dams, .shrimps and prawns.: """t VICTOUIA--(CP) Frank Calder University ol ixumiwu seats pluoimeteui crau icaa oi uv mjbis. Out Clement Davles. teader of tlie Ivrjra an overnight figure of 61 A year round operation. It will. , . ,, nsnmrnU brtwwn the two. provide a substantial 'measure of employment for both whites Tiie woman is approximately and Hit Uvea. The site U Ju.st to 2a years of use while Mall 1;; the north of the government about, 40. The bespectacled dock: - Ilol'nnd and Phillips are Chinese wai well known hre. about to start pile driving for having worked at the Rex Cafe Many of today's first returns were f rtu districts the I.aborito had conceded in advance. Still' to be heard 'from were many feather educated fuU-blootled Indimi, made his maiden speech in the legislature yesterday, jus C.C.F. member for Atlin demanded a hilKof HglXs,' suclias wUs laid down in the United Nations, for all minority grouj).s. Quotino; the late Hooker T. Washing-ton, noted negro educator, ('uldtrtiaid: "No race can hold another race down in t he ditch without staying in the ditch with it." , . ;- The Indians do not ask for a for a number of years. lie had normally safe Labor districts in Parliamentary Liberal party, led : a niftil rra,nd:.Dr . followers back into the House when he Was re" -elected 1n Montjamorv riding. Tlie possibility of another election was being freely discussed as late artenioon counting put Winston Churchill' Conservatives closer to Labor. Morgan Phhllun, gtneral sec l'Mse of the Mount Hugh McLean. The incident occurred when the Canadiens were-playing at Detroit February 8. -v ' MORE INH RANI k' , OTTAWA Measure ior the exlension of unemployment benefits was introduced In the lloH.sji of Commons yesterday and was approved by Opposition parties although they did not agree that this was the means of meeting the unemployment crisis. There u ill be supplementary payments for January and, February for those whose insurance had run out in the fall. Tbe maximum for. receiving payments Is raised from 3100 to $5800. tut of Transport Scotland. . i Prime Minister Clement Attlcc learned early today that he had scored a personal ' victory in Walthanistow ., West n riding of I'.miatirally relay. the cannery dock. 'lids .should be a big cycle year for pink salmon In Masset waters. , Coi ikm 1 1 ra b le ) in pro ve i ne nt-s have been made at A. B. Anderson's Masse l sawmills 'In Del-kiitla Slough, along tlie road been drinking col fee a few hour:i before tlie shooting with Culist. Brady, the officer, who had discovered his body. Sgf. Iincc Pol lerton. 1 Const. Ross Oibson and "Const. Brady were first on the scene following a ti'tcpiione call from titi'.Iand- I'Kluliitioii radio London. In a 'f oiir-coriiered race Information to and Annette I.s- hand -out,- Calaer said. Tliey retary of the Labor Party.- saw Labor "needs a majority of thirty seats to function effectively as a govenuneat.' Attlee piled up 21,095 votes to 8,988 ' for .his c'Miser'vuUvc opponent. " : .' ' .. ' l il Dick Saunders, fnjm injin Miisset Lt,vK-i town, wjkh, and am. twenty .... lo members of al their lunch- Also successful was- Sir Staf J. . M A ( j.rv,st,y While men are in steady employment' tl.nConst. Gib-u"rc- 'son acquired the keys to Hie r Ir. Saunders des-h of the DOT. ford Crlpps, Chancellor of the i Exchequer. Sir1 Stafford had) three opponents Llberul, Con-j servative and Communist. A lmmber of houses arc being :room. Const, Brady rushed up Ambulance Kept Busy improved around the town and we face-lifting Is being done f il feet, above sen relayed weather ask for . equal opportunity on education, health .matters, employment and equality of citizenship. . - While Calder was not In favor of racial discrimination, he deprecated the action of private fishing companies hi sending to tlie interior tf the province to recruit former Japanese lisher-nni ln numbers to man fishing boats. This would drive out the older assets Who had been suoh an asset during the war. the stairs and found the door closed. Pushing it open, lie saw the hoily on the floor. Sgt. l'otterton is continuing the Investigation. Burly Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin won in Woolwich East. Health Minister Aneurln Bevan won . In the Welsh constituency of Ahbyvale. ,,' : 'i ' on Karl Lindner's Kurl.scourt Hotel. Not quite so definite are these projects but Masset Is heariiv' 'hat an nir strip is to be put in nenr the ixilnt on the south City ambulance was busy yesterday as fpur calls were one ln the morning, two Five ministers ia report success George (luring the afternoon and the were-. Labor: : Minister 1 , -49 V:J ill ' X Proceeding With Education Minister Geo. I fourth in the evening. First call Isaac, of Delkatla Slough where it! l..l..u Sff. ...,-.. 1,,lnt l! lii and Annctto I1 'lilts, iii turn. i"ii and guidance Jllyiim the coanf, t'il. He added thai J' are received by 1 a liindllnc from the Canadian fiys. f are relayed by lie stated, to I it Prince George, f Kdmonton and P' Parc a forecast. A is drawn uu so Tomlinson, Lord Privy Seal and; of the day was at II a.m. when Deputy Prime Minister Herbert! Ewart Bayllss of the St., Elmo Morrison, the last-mentioned In j Hotel was taken to General Hos- U.S. Official Takes Plunge VIENNA iff; A man Identified by police as the United Stales naval attache to Bucharest plunged to his death in a railroad tunnel south of Salzburg today. Semi-official sources said to day there was no hint of foul play. ' United States Army investisa tors tentatively identified tbe man as being Capl. Eugene Karpe close friend of Robert A. Vogeler Anieric.au business man, who was Saskatchewan Rink Winner Lewisham South. A soimwhat unique marine (n pmnf ( hfirnP incident of the winter at Masset llHIICIilJI VllUlljV w.is the washing up Nortli Island beach of large quantities WASHINGTON - fl Judge Hich- if li.rlin. nhiilones which had mond B. Kcech refused today to drop contempt of court charges There w:as Jubilation among Conservaitve leaders at Iiondon Party headquarters as Labor's lead was reduced.- . Winston Cliurchlll lvaa reelected to Parliament. His son, pltal. At l:30p.ip., the ambulance met the Queeu Charlott Airlines Rapide t Uke , off Mrs. Wilfrid Brown of Masse tt stricken with appendicitis, wlro was then rushed to General Hospital. Stanley Wllkins, Prince Rupert been torn from their normal rocky Jiabltats. Frosty wcatlicr kept thorn ln good shape and Uiey were hauled Into Masset against tlie striking coal miners union and ordeied trial for Monday. He told attorneys for the QULBKO -- A determined Saskatchewan rink yesterday won the Canadian' school curling championship when it nosed out a powerful Manitoba rink by one FRANK CALDKR M. L. A. Heard in Legislature. 'H know the tvne Randolph Churchill, was defeat r encountered. He United Mine Workers uf Allien by the sackful. Many were the id by Michael journalist, but Footc, Labor Hotel, was transferred to Jjospi-his son-in-law, tal at 4:30 p.m., and ln U eve- fine feeds which the Masset folk ea Hint they could have trial by had of tlie succulent delicacy. jury 11 (icy desired. Duncan Sandys, was a winner, ning at 9:15, J. E. Cook,, 1050 sentenced to- fifteen years' im Cliurchlll rolled up a total of Ambrose, was taken to hospital prisonment on Tuesday on THE WEATHER Synopsis The latest if a scries of active Pacific storms is this morning moving into Alberta, leaving nil various types of mg the coast such ;liso wltii an air I ween 130 to 140 others at 160 to "ir, and newer 1 the DC-4, fly-lr D'T hour. This. charge of being un American spy ! 37,239 votes to 18,604 for the by tlie ambulance. victory In the last round of pl?y Third place wa.s occupied by British Columbia with Prince Edward Island fourth. Labor Leader's Brother Suicide t:: WD A V;S STOCKS :: (Uourlesy a. U. Julniitou Co ) culls for a great ileal ion facilities. nr hut the northeastern .section of the province id a moist south- ! erly flow of mild Pad Tic air. There, was some Indication thl ; morning of a minor disturbaive was developing about 7C0 miles southwest of Vancouver Island tuition division of .12', .015 911.25 1.0!) SPRINGFIELD. Illinois f "f,r iKilnts, oper-to air navi- Vancouver Bayonnc 04 Brolomc O.Stl B. R. Con 03 B B X 00 f'ldcrs explained. "' radio ranges '"ullng systems, 'owers and other Thomas A. Lew'.s. nged 67. brother of John 1 Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, was found shot lo death In his home here - today. Deputy Coroner Catherine' Rutherford 1 said ho had .shot himself bc- but this storm Is cxtircled to affect only the southern sections of the province tomorrow. Forecast North Coa:;l Region Cloudy with occasional showers today f sure safe travel." . SkP v such as denartmer.t ht. Mild. cause of ill-health. and Saturday. Winds Metric power and Lows tonight and highs Saturday Cariboo Quarts . .. 142 Congress Ne, 20 Hcdley Mascot 1 Pioneer 3.35 Premier Border 03' Privateer .14 ' Reeves McDonald 2.15 Reno .03 Sheep Creek LU Sllbak Premier .: 37 TakuRlvcc 12 Vananda 1' Salmon Oold ort Spud Valley 04 At Port Hardy, Sandsplt and Prince Rupert., 30 and 43. '"Ik, a letter rend '". indicated that ' ft- Shrine fMnS : LOCAL TIDES Saturday, February 25. 1950 High 6:31 17.3 feet 20:05 13.9 feet Low , 13:53 8.3 feet fy music for the National League New York 7. Chicago 3 Detroit l, Montreal 1 Bob.io Buffalo C:n:i;idlan Con. Smellers .. . Con w est Donalda Fldona . Frist SnlliviMi Ciiinii, Y'Knile God's I. like Hardroek Harricana Heva I Iosco - .lacknife Jot let Quebec Luke llov'nn I.aimskii Little Long hue ... Lynx ' Madscn fted Luke MeKenie ReH I.'-k MVI.eofl oe'.sliutt. Moncta Negus ' Noranda Ixiuvicourt Pickle Crow Kegcouil "Sail Antonio '. Senator Rnuyn Sherrlt Gordon Steep Rock Sturceon River uyro basketball i .53 .2t 5.15 6.15 .32 .06 H. .04' it .53 .16 2.95 .54 2.07 ' .35 1.47 . 70.011 . .17 . 1.87 .04 3.65 . .31 3.K'f . 2A! .92 . .67 r"" inven t,n tin. Oils- ,r from the fartli- 9 " msL To Our Patrons: is presented to Anglo Canadian 3.P8 A P Con 22 P'ng ion. ,l'"'-uUng Km- iicetlng of "Owng to the deplorable condition of the Port Edward Road we cannot always guarantee that ,"ur buses will be on time; we hope that whoever is responsible will sec that something is done tibout if. s Wc thank you. The Munuqemenr, ARROW BUS LINES LTD Atlantic L40 C As E 7 00 enlral Lcduc J-10 Home Oil l. '10 Mercury l5 Okalta : 4.40 Pacific Pete ".34 Princess Oti Toronto Alhona : 08';, Aumajue 12 x& Beattle 58 Bevcourt 29 P.1; 'fid in 'r 'hiy, Fch. 24 f '"K of nieni- rnHu". sund -v, iPm. (171 JUBLEUS HUDDLE -Some of Toronto's unemployed huddle on the floor of the Fred Victor Mission on Jarvis Street. This photo was taken In the February cold spell when the men had no other, place to sleep. The mercury went to 10 below zero hi downtown Toronto. Each night the Mission tries to take care of the overflow from the St. Lawrence market where hundreds line up nightly , for free accommodation provided by the city. . (CP. Photoj Silver Miller Upper Canada 3.30