tctts a. vr oar.iHs mm 1 M 1 I A 'Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest.' PHCHE SI aAAVi"' No- 4- PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS eliools And Universities : Final Talks Train i - m ft IL. L . I MERCURY HITS SEASON'S LOW ROYAL ASSENT TO NEWFIE BILL Final Phase of Canadian Negotiations Completed On All lance w - ; T Track ji unidentified 'iou.sly injured jvc olliers wore Secretary of State Acheson Government Probe Of Jed Activities Minister's Urge Hon. R. C. MacDonald Sees Possibility of Steel Mill Establishment VICTORIA (CP) Municipal Affairs Minister R. C. MacDonald charged in the Legislature yesterday that Communists had infiltrated into British Columbia schools and the university and called upon the government to investigate their activities. The charge was made in reference to the case of Gordon Martin, the iaw student, whoi i TRAIN WRECK KILLS 27 PARIS Driver of a locomotive which collided during the night with the Metz-Dijon Express at Port D' Atelier, causing 27 deaths, was arrested today. More deaths were feared among .thirty gravely injured of a total of 50 hurt. Among the dead were two children. Arrest of the driver fol- Jouudian Pacific 1 May be Able to Engineer I Kuceesful Security Agreement WASHINGTON D. C. ;-Sec-rctary of State Dean Acheson j .as reported to be about ready j today for final talks on the j proposed North Atlantic alli OTTAWA 0 In a sparsely- ! filled Senate chamber, Royal Assent was given yesterday by the Governor General to the terms of Union for Newfoundland, marking the end of the Canadian phase of negotla- .......... ii.tiw.h horrnn l MlAil Prince Rupert was not spared last night when the Weather Man hurled a blanket of extreme low temperatures throughout the province. Official reading at the Digby Island weather station showed a season's record minimum of 12.1 degrees, tne lowest so- far recorded here this winter, outfreezlng Thursday night by almost passengc r 'icd three mill's i night. pwsaioly caused ,jicri is believed the accident oi thirteen v, f I odi the biuiia wuii.il it3aii til iviv nti.ii . . ... , a 45-man convention, elected by lowed ponce inquiry conducted as rescue squads the people of Newfoundland, used blow torches to cut through twisted w reckage. ance after an "encouraging" session with the foreign relations committee. Committee members spent thfee hours yesterday behind closed doors with Acheson sug recommenuca uns iuiure lorm uf government. Assent was glveu by Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rlnrret acting for the gesting ways to get around del icate spots in the treaty's word .c.s remained on nine coaches , shallow ravine. :ii head injuries. :ie taken to tlie ing. was refused admision to the bar. I Mr. MacDonald also referred to the formation of the campus "peace councu" at the University following an address by Dr. James Endicott of Toronto, an ex-missionary to Toronto. Endi-. cott. National Peace Council executive, called for an action ' I' It :, "'.:": t JL . xnc secretary of State may PASSENGERS lay before representatives of Canada and western European one degree. i Just to make sure that his 1 efforts were appreciated, he added a five-mlle-an-hour ' north wind which put a vie- j ious edge to the frosty air. ! Temperatures throughout the rest of the province achieved record minimums in many places and forecasts generally indicate little change for the week-end. j POST OFFICE IS 'SHOWED UNDER' , ARE MOVED C.N.K. Line in South Cleared I PORTLAND PAPERS CEASE PORTLAND, Oregon Portland papers Ore-gonian and Journal ceased publication again today following another failure in wage negotiations. NANAIMO WINS NANAIMO Nauaimo Clippers defeated University of B.C. Thunderbirds last night in the first of the seven-game series for the British Columbia Senior B hockey championship. Score was 6 to 1. Second game will he played tonight. CZECHS FAVORED STOCKHOLM Czechoslovakia has the edge to win the world's amateur hockey championship after defeating Switzerland yesterday while Canada defeated Austria 8 to 2 and United States won over Sweden G to 3. Canada and Sweden still have an outside chance. The Czechs have not yet been beaten. AIR LIFT SUCCEEDS ran 10 DEATH onimunicalion Maintained countries next week a proposed agreement which is expected to offer promise that the United States will take steps to help maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. But there will also be the reminder that United States cannot go to war unless Congress approves. ill. Difficulty group to fight "American aggression." The minister also said that : the time was ripe for the es-, tablishment of a big iron and steel smelter in British Colum-I bia and hinted that such a de-' velopmcnt may be realized in a short time. He said that several "jubstiinUal people" were lnter- VANCOUVER -Cr -fifty passengers on a Canadian National Railways Montreal to Vancouver Literally hunaids of sacks of mali and parcels were piled in t.lip rlountjtwn nnKt. nffipn enrlv THE WEATHER Synopsis CK. Out. (P , run) live: f,c years of age, , liialh ycteriluy . I a tlmnmli We r,arcnts, Mr and I i pheii-ijll. The rcn absent Iron, j a icw minutes I, find the house .,.. .... ..i..uii..i.; -1 l this morning after its arrival here nt 3:2n m thP first, ms- afler bein8 approached recently. isiiD-zcro temperatures are REDS AT SCHOOL Hon. R. C. MacDonald sees Infiltration into B. C. educational system. passenger train, which was stalled for forty-eight hours In deep snowdrifts hi the Fraser Canyon 114 miles east of here, were moving again yesterday. Train No. 1, which was flue here Wednesday morning, was backed up for eighty miles and then rerouted to the Canadian Taclflc Railway to Hoie where It, went back on the C.N R. line. Olflcials .my that the fifty, passengers had enough food recorded as the central interior sengcr train to move into the He said tnat ne exPects a f avor-or British Columbia is gripped city In almost two weeks. i aole decision from these inter-by another cold wave. At Prince j The train came through ests within a few weeks. George the mercury dropped to from Terrace, where it picked " 45 below to record the lowest up mall, parcels and express temperature of the winter and which had accumulated since TnnAV'C. CTPiPfC POLICE PROBE : the pfilrlrst. niirht. slnep Jommrv offi c,.i,,., JLJrt. 1 kJ t- I wvlW (Courtesy B. D. Johnston Co. lAd.) ' 1947. An active Pacific storm 9 by a series of snow-slides and npw approacmng Uc vasnmg- drifts which hnve kwt am k CRASH IUP.IEEH -Kan., ft-i'wit'. 'v re killed today lines coi'mii'd in j re. One was a MAM'S .DEATH-"": The' provincial police launch P.M.L. 15 wjll leave Sunday morning for ButecJale to investigate the death of Charles Wellde .ami were uot inconvenienced cx-.j ecpt for the delay. I The Canadian Pacific Railway is battling to clear the Kettle I j tun coast will', produce xtfoiig .removal . rew.; e I : ,,t : Uy 'jmsy. ; cu'WflyvuMV fryc V. ci.poa Trie train arteu"iw ia '.ne I southern coastal waters during waice 0f a rotary snow plow; ! the day. Snow flurries are WhiCh had cleared drifts from ! likely to spread to southern the tracks in the face of a ; Vancouver Island and the lower , strong wind which piled snow j mainland during the late morn-I back on the rails almost im-l . c' Vancouver Btiyutine ':07 n Bralorne 0.00 B. R. Con .03 U B. R. X 10 Cariboo Quartz 1.35 BLUL1N When a British plane landed here with dried cabbage and raisins, the Allied air lift in the Berlin blockade had reached one million tons. Six hundred tons are being delivered daily. ' ROOKIE JINX VICTIM k ' NEW YORK" -IIick y Casteliani, pride wf -the" Pennsylvania coal towns, seems to be the latest victim of. the rookie-of-the-year jinx. Recently feted as the outstanding boxing newcomer of 1!48, Casteliani was beaten last night by Charlie Fusari in a close ten-rounder at Madison Square Garden., KILLED IN CRASH BUENOS A1RIES The American embassy said yesterday that eight persons are believed to have perished in the crash of a United States Army C-47 plane near Salta, Argentina, south of the Bolivian border. BELIEVED MURDER jJUifcula transmit . Valley line at Coryell where Itnvai An Force ' sn,nv 8jj((.s on Thursday hurled i ei"lit box cars 200 feet over a ! at his cabin at nearby Klekana i ing and early afternoon. Cold mediately after its removal, j and cloudy weather will con-. jx was reported at Divisional jtinue throughout the week-end. superintendent C. A. Bernerfc ledge. No one was Injured but! (he blocked track delayed pas- ! oi There is little likelihood much needed rain. Forecast office this morning that a passenger train will leave for the east at 10 o'clock tonight fol- senger trains from the t,usi. On account of the heavy snow j conditions telephone lines con- i Heeling the coast with Eastern j Canada are being barely held Inlet which was reported to district police headquarters here this morning. . According to a radiophone call from Coroner George Graham at Butedale, Wcllde's body was found on the floor of his cabin by Paddy Jeffley on Friday. Jeffley had previously visited Wellde on Thursday and found him in apparent good health. It is believed that death was from natural causes but the matter will be investigated. upon. - Queen Charlottes and North i0Wing the rotary plow to Ter-Coast Variable cloudiness over race the Queen Charlottes and clear ( lt'wiii be tue second' easl-itnd cold on the northern main- bound passengcr train to leave land today and Sunday. Winds here tnls wck Freight trains northeasterly, 25 miles per hour. wU, follow the passenger. In the exposed areas. Light j le train, ordinarily due northeasterly elsewhere. Lows ht,re from tne East at 10:45 to-tonight and highs Sunday At night was held for twenty-four Port Hardy 25 and 35, Massett . hours at JasDer awaiting a riirriVd a errw . )a.'.--eiier.. The :. j n crew id four . e. no .survivors, ij.iilc.s are said In ?:.ited" in the air it'll Collision. Country Mkilt :: Htll I :() ICt'i.i y 3' .), Luton Town 3. I I mitball ('up i' Ihioud I muariiiii t. i. 2. Wtue llivisimi A f i)in Hovers 0. if ndfen 2. 0!as!;ow Hangers congress -vfz Hedley Mascot 47 Pacific Eastern .08 Pnd Orille 6.00 Pioneer 3.40 Premier Border 033,4 Privateer 19 Reeevs McDonald 3.10 Reno 0G Sheep Creek .r 1.45 Silbak Premier : 35 Taku River .37 Vananda -34 Salmon Gold .14 Spud Valley 06 'z Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.50 A. P. Con 23':! Atlantic 80 Calmont -43 C. & E 5.30 . Central Leduc 1.20 Home Oil 12.25 Mercury 12 Okalta 1.25 Pacific Pete 2.40 20 and 30, Prince Rupert 15 and Vancouver train bringing two carloads of mail for points between Jasper and Prince Rupert and will not be arriving here before tomorrow night. At the post office, second, LIQUOR CAN PASS YUKON Restrictions Oix Shipment Tlirmicli Territory Now . , Iteiiuivpil CALGARY Alaskans can now drink Alberta beer without making special application lo Ottawa tor It-s tranait through the Yukon. This came about when an order wa; tabled by Hon. J. A. MeKlmioii, mlnlHter of resources, revoking six liquor ordinances that formerly applied to Yukon Territory. Hard Ihpior and beer is ship No-Mans Land Set In Berlin Tension Mounts As Result of Killings Near Zone Boundaries third and fourth class mail was dumped in huge piles after i the train's arrival and sorting personnel worked feverishly to ! clear the accumulated mass. WINDSOR, Out. Mrs. Pauline Stancek, aged 70, is dead and her husband, John Stancek, GO, is in hospital with head injuries as a result of what police call, a murder and attempted suicide. The woman died from multiple slash wounds over the body. The husband was found in a field across the street from home with, a revolver in his pocket. LABOR RETAINS SEAT LONDON Labor retained the seat in P.ayley and Morlav Yorkshire by-election when Dr. A. D. 1). Broughtdn was re-elected with a plurality of 7080 votes. Labor had won the seat in the IMS general election. CONCILIATION FAILS OTTAWA A conciliation board hearing the dispute bet ween decpsea shipowners and the Canadian Seamen's Union (TLC) reported yesterday that it had "failed at conciliation" but recommended that the companies hire seamen either through Union offices or through the seamen's section of the National Employment Service. i Wjlt-en or Hie 'I Kile 2 CONTROLS AND LIVING COSTS OTTAWA Vi Opposition members told the government in the House of Commons ytf-terday what they felt should be done about controls and the high cost of living. Solon Uw, Social Credit leader, bluntly charged the government with being the "main culprit" In the rising Princess .31 Vi Royal Canadian 093,4 South Braaeau. 18 ped along the Alanka Highway, Bundles of Vancouver newspapers dating from as far back as February 9 went to city distributors for delivery to subscribers. A continuance of the current cold weather, will it is believed, reduce the danger of further snowslldes for the time being, at least. However, a thaw on the lower Skeena subdivision departmental officers explain. It " 'I.Vde, Molher-"'"I I'nrliek .iris. Niood Division "nidloi-d 0 (Met I''. Iliirv goes through Yukon Territory in bond. Hitherto, a special Order-ln-Cnuncll had "To be BERLIN -a Russia set up a no-man's land through the centre of Berlin today after-several border shooting incidents including at least two fatalities. "Danger zones" were established around various control points and all pedestrians and loiterers were banned. - Soviet-controlled German police yesterday killed a German while tightening their blockade within a blockade and the incident heightened tension between communists and , their foes who charged that the shooting was "murder." Rumors of a new Soviet zone currency reform meanwhile sent the Russian - sponsored passed at Ottawa for as much as a single truckload of beer l( Toronto Athona 12 Vz Aumaque 34 Beattie .56 Bevcourt .'. : 29 Bobjo ' .12 Buffalo Canadian 17 Consul. Smelters 106.25 Con west 1-25 Donalda -58 Eldona -62 East Sullivan 2.85 Oiant Yellowknife .... 5.45 God's Lake ...'. 44 Hardrock '. HVj Harricana 08 cost of living because of Its taxallou policies. He urged elimination of the eight percent sales tax, abolition of nuisance tuxes and payment of subsidies on selected foodstuffs. Harold Tinunihs, Progressive-Conservative, Parkdale, asked the government for action to go through to northern Alas f-:' ' l.ineoh, City o. Cilv I) f"'1 riield 0. '''""'' . Queens W.ieklM.rn kan centres such as Fairbanks. PROSPECTS FOR it probably will bring down more snow accumulated on mountain slopes. Snow, removal crews report that the snow is now banked so high along the track between Kwinitsa and Kemo thai in some places it is almost impossible for the rotary plow to throw new snow far enough to keep it from rolling back on the rails. f in I, K "'Ihrltl Wed- BIG INVESTMENT FOR ALUMINUM Amounts to HcUeen 530,000 Flood Damage On Vancouver Island VICTORIA Victoria and the .south end of Vancouver Island is counting damage al $200,000 following floods which have occurred following Wednesday's mild spell. The weal her is West Heva 10',2 2 ""l-Mmi.s 1 Hli-t. ; eastern mark tumbling on the permit the removal of controls rather than extension. F. S. Zablltny, C.C.F., Dad-phin, argued that price controls should be re-imposed, not only lo lower costs of living but to provide for a fair division of nlilionul income. Hosco 29 Jackuile .05 Hlun Tinv German markets despite Russian denial that a chang is impending. v.s. Wc.s't. fiiiJlnn ntid $511,0110 I'er Kmployre VANCOUVE R The cost of building an uluininuni plant, Mc- !,ih-s schcil- lightening up again with lowei y, in Division -m iH'i: temperatures. cause of f,)0l,. Neely DuBose, vice-president of the Aluminum Company of Can CROPS ARE GOOD ('omeni in Western I'uitcd Stales is About Hoods Following Hig Snows CHICAGO (P. Heavy snows in the western United States vhieh have been hard on livestock should do u world of good lor this year's crops, experts say. A survey of states most Pllected by the severe cold and snow shows that there is little to worry about In regard to next season's prospects for r "iviM,,,, ada, told the Canadian Club ul STATE-CHURCH PEACE URGED From Palace to HOCKEY SCORES Pacific Coast Ban Francisco 5, Oakland 4 LOCAL TIDES Sunday, February 20, 191!) High 6:28 19.4 feet er .Mid,. lei's 4 Canadian Farm ABEUOORN. Que.---Count Al- i r II,, Derby Jolict Quebec 41 Lake Rowan 08li Lapaska 08 U Little Long Lac 85 Lynx : r 123,4 Madsen Red Lake .... 2.74 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt .... 1.06 Moneta 45 Negus 2.35. Noranda 57.00 Louvicourt 37 Pickle Crow 2.12 Regcourt 06 San Antonio 4.10 Senator Rouyn 45 Sherrit Gordon 2.15 Steep Rock 1.53 Sturgeon River 15U Silver Miller 35 cxander ZamoysKy aim VISHINSKY IS IN BAD WAY PRAGUE A staff member, oi the Russian. Army Sanatorium at Karlsbad states that the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrei Vishinsky, is gravely 111 from a nervous disorder. He is unable to concentrate 911 anything and cannot be seen by anyone. Karlsbad is 70 miles west of Prague near the German border. Staff employees and a nurse make no secret of their concern over the condition of Vishinsky. 19:51 15.5 feet. Low 0:10 8.6 feet: 13:27 6.5 feet luncheon here, is very high. It requires an investment of between $30,000 and $50,000 for each employee, he said. Mr. lHillo.se, whose company is studying the possibility or setting up a $300,000,000 plant In llrillsh Columbia, gave an outline of the history of aluminum. IUs production requires an enormous amount or electrical power as the metal Is reduced from bauxite by an eloctrolytic BUDAPEST, ib A usually well-informed source said today that Hungary s Roman Catholic bishops have received a letter from Josef Cardinal MindszentJ urgng a slate-church peace. The bishops met privately yesterday, the informant said, but adjourned without making I U'l'lwu (I. night wheat and other grain crops which arc grown principally on the plains. are making a new start in nie In this Quebec-Vermont border vllluge., The Count traded a palace In Poland for a seven-room farm house. They are amazed at Canada and intend to stay here. "Western Europe," said his Countess, "is half dead. Eastern Europe is almost dead." written after Mindszenty's trial earlier this month. The Cardinal was convicted of treason and sentenced to life Imprisonment. Chief worry is that floods following the heavy snows may a decision on the letter. be extensive. The letter Is said to have been