.... f T-)- CABS v'CTOrA onr.iES DRUGS Daily Deliver) NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port--rPrince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest," PHOHE 81 J&AAVIII, Nu. 48. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1949 PRICE nVE CENTS TTT f TV t ALLEGED WIFE VANU U VIC EMBARGO ON PASSENGER TRAINS R. ARREST ! i i - 1 ENDS, TRAIN IS DUE HERE TONIGHT Passenger train service between Terrace and , ' 3 Prince Rupert was expected to be restored tonight for the first time in a week with the announcement NORTHERN B.C. IS 'VAST, EMPIRE' Percy Baker of Burnaby Taken in Nev Orleans by the railway divisional office here that the westbound train from Jasper would arrive here on, or time of 10:45. Br, VANCOUVER (CP) for the mutilation slaying waitress wife, Julia,' Percy suburban Burnaby, has been captured by the pcee in New Orleans. ; v ; Baker, who eluded a contineit-wida msnLunt VANCOUVER ' Attorney-Gfnpral Gordon Wi.mer said last night that the provincial government is opening up and will continue to open up the vast northern parts of BriU - ish Columbia which he de scribes as "vast undeveloped Empire." He said that millions of dollars in natural resources lie dormant in British Columbia's north country. fORM COMPANY ON ISLAND RESORT Officers of Limberlost Lodee Limited Elected at Meeting Thursday Night Its arrival will mark the first passenger train through the lower Skeena snow belt since last Saturday night when an feastbound train left the city ?nd battled Its way through drifts and slides In one of the grimmest sessions of the season. Since the beginning of the week, Canadian National Railways have kept an embargo on passenger train movement along Uic lower Skeena until Conditions Improved so that they could move with a reasonable certainty of getting through. However, freight trains were kept moving' and a threatened coal shortage relieved. "Barring bad breaks, we ex- pfct to have tonight's train in on time or shortly behind time," the Dally News was told at noon. "If everything goes right, the passenger train will leave for the east on Monday night as srheduled." Two freight trains were ex 1 1.1. 4 1. 1 .. ..ft vvitu unc law; uiis miciiiuuu since May, was taken into custody in the Mardi Gras city on a charge of vagrancy. He was under the alias of James Allan Harris. Burnaby police charged Baker with murder after his wife had been found strangled and stabbed 63 times with scissors. Baker vanished the night of the slaying. Police are now trying to find THE WEATHER Synopsis ine noraiern section of a weakening Pacific storm off the B.C. coast has now moved in-1 lana over soutnern Aiastca ana Limberlost Lodge Limited, new out how he got across the bor-local company which has been der, legally or illegally, organized to take over the San- It is expected he will be either gan River resort on the famous deported or extradited to stand North Beach of Graham Island trial here, and develop . it for all-year NOWY RriUsh Columbia last week rxKitncfd licavy rains in wuiic anas ,ic l.rntiblrd wiUi snowslide.s. Top ph)io shows an auto marooned in Victoria ! tunc rciord rainfall of 3.35 Inelies in 24 hours. Stress were turned into lakes liiiii.MK run inki tliousands of dollars. Bottom photo reveals why the trans-' ludian National train was held up for 50 hours 140 miles east of Vancouver. , of snow and others caused the rerouting of many trans-continental trains. HOUR AND WATER DIET carrying lour carloads of coal, as follows: one of meat and dozens of President, Neil Kingston, empty boxcars and refrigerators.) Vice-President, Ross M. Kings-The latter will permit the ship- ton. D TIRESOME BY TRAPPERS will affect only the Queen uie He brought in tnree passen-Charlottes. Another active Pa? ; om rr v. n Prmn nf Rmi- Gardner Brought Overdue lescucd From Head of By Police Boat, Are Friday Two Weeks 'ment of frozen fish which has been piling up during the last couple of weeks. - A Small slitie, 20 feet long and three feet deep, came down on the line two miles east of Salvus uus iiioiuiiig uui ik was (juiu&iy cleared away by the rotary snow plow which is preceding the two freight trains. ix lie tk lasic ingredient of the staff of nil have link attraction for some time to '; clflc Kt,orm located about 1500 mlles 'cst r Vancouver Island is expecica to orine rain and strong southeasterly winds , to the north coast by Sunday morning ana to tne soutnern coast late Sunday night. For ' most sections of the province however the week-end will be sunny and mild, Forecast North Coast and Queen Charlottes Cloudy this afternoon. Overcast Sunday. Continuous ,rl,in Smith, sr., and Joe Prattinger, two '!' "ho were ri-scucd from the wilderness jtf (.'anlncr Canal this week, if! I'rallifii'cc rlim;ixed a four-month ' in ihr Mum-- with a flour- went to Kantano Buy to InvcsM-1 Wanted for nine months of his pretty 30-year-old Jean Baker," a 31," of PLANE IS 111 " FROM TERRACE Skeena Air Transport'! SeaBea Arrives for First Time in Week Skeena Air Transport's SeaBea, plane arrived Thursday afternoon from Terrace, breaking at least momentarily the blockade on passenger traffic between here and the interior town owing to snow conditions which have tied up the railway. The SeaBea had been held grounded at Terrace for several days owing to snow conditions on the air field there which was finally cleared of drifts which were as deep as six feet. Finally the rotary snow plow and blower were able to clear enough space for Pilot Tom Rt,hePr to take off wltn his macnl thers, r'. C. Ellis of Vancouver . and He,ib Youngol this city, c rr,v..ff tii E.ino tm- irn, ,ith nfh mnirov w nf fh rht nf the Department of Tuberculosis Control took p lace today. A planned flight of the Canadian Pacific Airlines Canso to Terrace was cancelled because of poor visibility at Terrace. east (35) Sunday. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight Beattie .. .53 Bevcourt 21 Bob jo .12 Buffalo Canadian 16 Consol. Smelters 101.00 Conwest .. 1.12 Donalda .55 Eldona . 8 East Sullivan 2.72 Giant YellowkRlfe , 5.10 , God's Lake .41 Hardrock -152 Harricana 7. .06 Heva 10 Hosco .26 V2 Jacknife 04 V2 Joliet Quebec " .36 Lake Rowan ' .07 Lapaska .06 Vi Little Long Lac Lynx -.12vi Madsen Red Lake .. 2.65 McLeod Cockshutt .1.00 Moneta ..., .40 Negus '2.16 Noranda 54.00 I Louvicourt .-. 1 -.29-2 Pickle Crow : 2.05 Regcourt .05 San Antonio 4.10 Senator Rouyn .41 Sherrit Gordon 2.16 Steep Rock 1.45 Sturgeon River ., .17 Silver Miller - .33 FINANCIAL BURDEN RELIEVED BUT HOSPITAL STILL SELF-DIRECTING rain beginning Sunday morn- and highs Sunday: Port Hardy ing. Winds southerly (20 m.p. 40 and 46, Massett 40 and 44, h.) today, increasing to south-' Prince Rupert 40 and 45. :: TODAY'S STO(XS : : (Courteey S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) shortly behind, its scheduled WATTS IS NAMED TO CONCILIATION BOARD BY CITY ; Tormer Mayor and Ex-Alderman Thomas Elliot! Will Represent Opposing Sides in Firemen's Wage Hearings ( hainnan to be Named... City Council Friday afternoon named William M. Watts Its -eprt'.stfntativc on a conciliation ; board which will seek settle- ment of a wage dispute between the Prince Rupert Fire Fighters Union and the city following the breakdown of negotiations' and earlier conciliation efforts. , Mr. Watts received the appointment at a special meeting or council held at 5 p.m. ysc-terday. He will sit with Thomas Elliott, who was announced by the firemen Friday as their member to the board. The two will choose a chairman to complete the board. No date for the board hearings has yet been announced. but it is expected that it will take place in the near future since waces are au impiHtaht item on the city budget which is now bring drawn up. While any decision of the board is not necessarily binding on either the city or the firemen, it is oelieved that its recommendations will be accepted. An earlier attempt by a provincial Department of Labor conciliator lo settle the wage differences failed. Basic firemen's claim is for the current Vancouver wage scale, plus a $2.r a month in-, crease which Is also being sought) by the Vancouver firemen. The i city's initial counter-offer was 7'--. per cent increase over the lytit scale, amounting to about $1!) a month. Negotiations, which, have been under way since late in January, Tailed to bring an accord between the two groups. Mr. Watts is a former mayor of the city and Mr. Elliott has served as an alderman. MERCY FLIGHT TO FAR NORTH Alio! her "Olisrure" i;pidemic Visits Arctic Village OTTAWA Kl"-A vast area of Canada's sub-Arctic is under quarantine as the government prepares to investigate an "obscure" malady which has affected 2: persons, killing four and causing rapid and severe imralvsis. The sickness has struck at Chesterfield Inlet, 350 miles north of Churchill, Manitoba, on the northwestern shore of Hudson Buy. Both white and fokimo persons are believed affected. To reach the point, a Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota will take off from Winnipeg next week on a l.ooo-mlle mercy iliglit. carrying three nurses and 300 pounds of medical supplies. Trying to Rescue Marooned Trio SEATTLE The United til-ales Coastguard reported last niht thai an effort would be made today to rescue a woman and two men who arc marooned on Grass Island, forty miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska. High winds and heavy seas are buffeting the island on which the power barge North Cloud loundered Monday. tourist trade, held its initial meeting Thursday night when company ouicers were elected Secretary - Treasurer, R. C. Barbour. Directors George II. M Mi - ,r. - and J. T. Harvey. Ross Kingston will be leaving next week for Sangan River to u'cmaui uic fAim-uig piciiuscs and prepare for the construction ' of new cabins and recreation I hall. i ; Although 1948 marked an "historic change" in methods of hospital financing here, just what extent the changes will effect administration are hard lo tell. President C. G. Hani said in his annual report to the Prince Rupert General Hospital Association last night. Mr. Ham was chosen presi dent again for the current year following the election of five members to the board of directors. C. A. Berner was named vice-president. Other directors are Martin F. Stuart, Earl Gordon and Sydney Elkins. They will sit with Government, Agent Gordon Forbes and William Watts, provincial government representatives, Alderman Harold S. Wlialen, city council representative, and Dr. W. S. Kergin, medical representative. The hospital was operated last year at a deficit of almost $6,000. RESTRICTIONS ON POWER ARE OFF VANCOUVER Hydro-electric water reserves have ini- . company officials said that starved reservoirs in the hills had been replenished to a saie point. Rain which started 15 days ago is continuing, j President Anfield who also thanked H.M.C.S. Chatham for ( i making the drill hall available. Scouts-Guides In Mass Rally Scouting and Guiding have been flourishing in volume of enrolment and measure of enthusiasm during the past year or so and the reason therefor was apparent last night at the naval drill hall when more than 300 Boy Scouts, Wolf Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies assembled in mass rally and display. A gathering of several hundred parents and friends lined all sides of the big building to watch with admiring approval the exhibition of various group octivities and pursuits which form the curricula used in the development of happy boys and girls as individuals and as groups and prepares them along fitting lines for the assumption of good citizenship in due course. Mayor Nora Arnold spoke at the opening of the proceedings The marked increase in num bers and progress of the boys and girls she saw as a sign of a healthy, happy city. She lauded Airplane Carries 207 Passengers SAN DIKGO P A world's rexord for number of passengers carried in an airplane was claimed yesterday rot " the United Slates navy flying boat Caroline Mars. The big plane flew from Alameda, California, with 207 passengers aboard. Old Country :: Football :: Football Association 1 tip, . Sixth Round Brentford 0, Leicester City 2. Hull City 0, Manchester United 1. Portsmouth 2, Derby County 1. Wolverhampton Wanderer 1, West Bromwlch Albion 0. I irst Division Arsenal 5, Bolton Wanderers 0. Birmingham City 1, Charlton Athletic 0. Blackpool 2, Preston North End 2 (tie). Chelsea 2, Stoke City 2 (tie). Evcrton 2, Burnley 1. Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 1. Sheffield United 0. Aston VU-la 1. Derby County vs. Liverpool, JIuddesrficId Town vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United vs. Sunderland and Newcastle United vs. Portsr mouth, postponed because of cup fixtures. Second Division Blackburn Hovers 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1 (tie). . Bradford 0, Grimsby Town 1. "'Cardiff City 1, Plymouth Argyle 0. Chesterfield 0, Coventry City 0 (tie). ' Lincoln City 3, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Iton Town 4, Nottingham ,",,rt'st 3: , Queen s 1'ai K lcaiigeis i, i ham ('. Southampton 3, Bttrnsiey u. Duty vs. Leicester City, West Bromwlch Albion vs. Leeds United, West Hani United vs. Brentford, postponed because of cup fixtures. Scottish Lrasue, pivis'on A Aberdeen 4, Partick Thistle 2. Albion Hovers 1, Thud Lanark ' 5. Clyde 1, Motherwell 0. Kast Fife 3, Celtic 2. Hearts 3, Falkirk 1." Morton 2, Hibernian 3. Queen of the South 0, Dun-;dep 1. . . ,.. , Vancouver Bralorne (ask) 8.80 B.R. Con 03 B.R :. .10 Cariboo Quartz 1.33 Congress 04 Vi Hedley Mascot 42 Pend Oreille - 5.00 Pioneer - 3.20 Premier Border .30 Privateer .19 Reeves McDonald 2.80 Reno .06 Sheep Creek 1.35 Silbak Premier 35 Taku River 25 Vananda 32 Salmon Gold 12',i Spud Valley (ask) .08 I Oils- Anglo-Canadian 3.75 A.P. Con 20 Atlantic .'. 65 Calmont .... .36 C. & E. ... 4.35 Central Leduc 92 Home Oil 9.75 Mercury .12 Okalta 1.15 Pacific Pete 2.08 Prindess .26 Royal Canadian .... .09ij Toronto Athona .11 Aumaque . .23 gale. Tln-rr,at. desterled Indian ' village, they found the two men living on the remnants of thlr food supply-bread, water and sue.ar. The rest liad been lost a month before when their skiff capsized in Kamano Creek. With 12,000 pounds of supplies, liicludint; materials for building a log raiitn, ttie two men set oui lor Piuttlimer's newly pur chased trap line last October. They landed the supplies on the beach and proceeded up the Kamano IU.ver for about 12 miles to establish a base camp. TOW; II (OINTKY Because of the difficult terrain, they did not get all their supplies moved in until Novem ber 22, a' month of arduous buck-packing interspersed with trail-cutting on the trap line. Continuous .snow built up to a depth of 20 feet on the level, which. In that country Is rare, because most or the land slartrts on end. Night arter nighl the valley echoed to the rumble of snow slides which eventually filled it lo isuch a depth that travel, even with iww. shoes, was almost Impossible. Karly in January, food began to get low, so the partners decided to move over the 3,000-foot height of land to Tahtsa Lake, but were unable to gain their objective. On January 1(1 'Continued oil Tuge 3 British Columbia Leads All Canada VANCOUVER iff'-Premier Byron Johnson told the Laurier Club last night that, British Columbia's hospital insurance plan, social services and natural re-sotirces expansion overshadowed anything litdii!' Httemuted in Canada. LOCAL TIDES . Sunday. February 27, 1S49 High 1:35 19.6 feet !'!. lasicrt a 'ii' si'i'l'lii-;; had upiiR iiiiniiilain nary 23. Tlicv Ix't'e Friday af-bat I'.L.M a 1)11. nirlul f in which Miry 'r'M line in one wriioMs of the ! smith of 1,,-iT. I ll it's a "cood '''I'liiiiK. despite f as first, f,. & I'l'illt.llitei- tun, f11 Hicy failed to " will a Skeena P'nc which was f '' Hi-in Kiinnlic.x (: t Hie nort lift Twecdismuir li,ry I" TahUsa rs inland, across truiii Kam- f u' two trappers p November. !''llbn 12 miles p F'vr. the m11 " '-'"'Ii- f way to f llkl-. r "in i; ii . miles. ht ,,.. - .'..v oi inn I rilt'tl the ,,,.,., i'llni)S;,l,,, " miles of l-nni back," ' "Tl"' valley was sn,,w from the that it. i,.b .... ') u 11 1 it,. i : r HI" nvil, the ,"i,m-' r-l.un.rtl to I r,,t"" lcd ii.. Wed-laimeh ...hi. ,Oo"0- Engineer '""I'ic and ; Anile,-.,,.. imoard. NIGHT I Shoot ri... Scouting and Guiding as media proved to such a point that Bri-of developing loyalty, courage, tlsh Columbia Electric Co. lift-service, reliability, respect and ed all restrictions on use of co-operation, all attributes of light and power as from niid-good ciuizeusnlp. I night last night. Street lights are on again throughout the IMritESSIVK CEREMONY night. One of the impressive features' a. E. Grauer, president of the of the program was that of pre- British Columbia Electric, lift-scnlation of flags by the Cana- ed the restrictions on the hydro-dian Legion to two scout troops short and winter-weary lower and four cub packs. The pres- inainland as the drought which entations were made, on behalf lasted 61 days gradually ended, of the Legion, by James Nicoll,: Rationing of industrial power group chairmen and leaders be- had been lifted Wednesday and .WVVSSVWAVWWWVWWVWWVW To Members of the S PRINCE RUPERT FISHERMEN'S I CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION J Notice of Meetings to be held in the Oddfellows Hall S 2 p. m. Sunday, February 27 th; Membership meeting to 5 discuss problems on Amalgamation. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS ing called forward to receive the flags with due ceremony. The Prince Rupert Shrine Club Band was in attendance and its music greatly enhanced the program. It was used in ac- companiment to a number til the marches and drills. Suitable acknowledgement was voiced by 10 A. M. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28th 10 A. M. TUESDAY, MARCH 1st 10 A. M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2nd 13:22 20.7 feet Low 7:28 6.6 feet 19:46 Rangers 2, &i. "' : 3.2 feet j