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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
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NO.
88.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C.
SATURDAY
APRTi.
lis
imn
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pmrp
PRICE
civf
FIVE
CENTS
bight
Wa
Bemied
e
increase
.Railway
Woirker.
1
Conciliation
Boards
Find
against
Workers
;
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n
Get
Percent
Compromise
Plan
Deemed
Unacceptable
To
Unions
Involved
OTTAWA
(CP)Railway
union
demands
for
higher
pay
and
shorter
hours
were
sliced
to
a
fraction
in
federal
conciliation
board
findings
made
public
today.
Rejecting
the
claims
of
seventeen
unions
for
outright
pay
increases,
majority
reports
of
two
formula
that
would
give
about
124,000
employees
a
short-
boards
recommended
Island
Logger
In
Fair
Shape
J.
V
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VANCOUVER
ft
A
Queen
crs
and
it
appeared
certain
that
Charlotte
Island
logger,
who
a
strike
vote
would
be,
ordered,
suffered
a
spinal
Injury
white
"The
railway
workers
-asked
at
work
in
the
woods
on
Wed-!
for
bread
and.
have
been"
given
nesday,
Is
reported
in
fair
con-
a
stone,
said
A.
R.
Mosher,
dition
in
the
Vancouver
General
president,
of
the
30,000-member
Hospital.
He
is
27-year-old
Bill
j
Canadian
Brotherhood
of
Rall-Dayne,
employed
.
by
Morgan's
way
Employees
(CCD.
.
.
.
logging
camp
at
Cumshewa
In-
(
under
the
award
noh-o'per-.
WINDSORS
IN
CANADA
The
Duke
and
Duche
ss
of
Windsor
are
shown
on
their
arrival
in
Calgary
to
visit
their
4,000-acre
EP
ranch
at
Pekls
ko,
A1Um:
about
65
miles
southvest
of
Calgary.
The
Duke
and
Duchess
last
visited
Canada
and
.their
ra'nph
In
1941.
.
They
said
they
have
no
intention
of
selling
the
property
which
nestles'ln
the
Rocky
Mountain
foothills.
(CP
Photo)
LOCAL
ENTERPRISE-
Air
Sea
Rescue
lel-
fating
employees
those
who
do
Dayne
was
flown
from
the
'not
run
the
trains
would
get
'
Queen
Charlottes
to
hospital
at
an
average
additional
6.8c
In
a
Prince
Rupert
by
Queen
Char-j
general
hourly
rate
of
..
$1.03.
lotte
Air
Lines
and
then
trans-
-(
The
Unions
had
asked
for
pay
j
ferred
to
Vancouver
hospital
by
boosts
'of
front
seven
to
ten
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
for
'
cents
an
hour.
"";
'.-;"'
1
further
treatment
after
it
had
The
Unions
had
also
anked
been
found
that
he
suffered
a
'
for
reduction
In
the
work
week
fractured
spine
and
possible
in-,
from
48
to
40
hours
with
a
five-I
jury
to
the
spinal
cord
resulting
I
day
week
and
no
loss
of
take-
Ail
air
sea
rescue
.service
is
now
specific
Job
to
do
if
an
emcrgen-in
operation
in
Prince
Rupert
cy
call
comes.
All
would
assem-Pcrsonnel
of
the
CPA.
QCA
and
ble
at
the
C.P.A.
haftgar
at
8eal
the
Prince
Rupert
Aero
Club
Cove.
.
:
.
.'
have
banded
together
to
form
an
;
Sgt.
Lance
Pottortpn;
oil
hear-
Sanders
Trial
I
Set
April
21.
John
Barrie
Sanders
Is
back
In
Prince
Rupert
under
police
escort
to
face
trial
on
a
charge
of
theft
by
a
clerk
in
the
sum
of
approximately
$10,000
following
his
recent
arrest
In
Ontario.
He
was
brought
back
here
from
the
eastern
city
by
Constable
Ed.
Anderson
of
the
provincial
police.
Preliminary
trial
has
been
set
for
April
21
before
Stipendiary
Magistrate
H.
F.
Glassey.
The
charge
arises
out
of
the
coincident
disappearance
of
Sanders
and
the
money
from
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.'s
store
af
Butedale
about
three
years
ago.
He
was
pursued
by
police
but,
flying
e-dai,
kept
ahead
of
thci
i.
Finally
he
was
picked
up
for
the
British
Columbia
police
after
having
become
involved
in
the
East
with
the
authorities.
He
has
been
serving
time
at
Burwash
for
an
offence
In
Hamilton.
Civil
Servants
In
Ottawa
Are
,33,000
OTTAWA
The
total
number
;d
oi
civil
servants
in
Ottawa
33,000
and
their
average
salary
is
$2,369.40.
This
means
an
an-
I
nual
payroll
of
$78,177,000.
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Lraguc,
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Div.
Arscital
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United
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Birmingham
City
0,
Middlesbrough
0
Bolton
Wanderers
0,
Blackpool
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0
Burnley
1,
Charlton
Athletic
0
Chelsea
0,
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
0
Derby
County
2,
Evcrton
0
Liverpool
1,
Fulham
1
Manchester
United
0,
Portsmouth
2
Stoke
City
1.
Aston
Villa
0
Sunderland
1,
Manchester
City
,
2
j
West
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Albion
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Division
Barnsley
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Blackburn
Rovers
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Bury
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Leeds
United
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Luton
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Brentford
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Preston
North
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3,
Bradford
0
Queen's
Park
Rangers
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City
0
Sheffield
United
2,
Tottenham
Hotspur
1
Southampton
1,
Sheffield
Wednesday
0
Swansea
Town
0,
Chesterfield
2
West
Ham
United
0,
Cardiff
City
1.
Scottish
League,
Div.
A
Clyde
2,
Celtic
2
Division
B
Stenhousemuir
7,
Dunfermline
Athletic
6
-Scottish
League
Other
Match
Hibernian
2,
Airdrleonians
1
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"Sayonne
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9.00
13.
R.
Con
.03
B.
R.
X
.08
'2
Cariboo
Quart
1.27
Congress
32
Uedley
Mascot
25
Pacific
Eastern
.05
Pcnd
Oreille
5.45
Pioneer
:.
.
3.25
Premier
Border
03
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Privateer
13
Reeves'
McDonald
2.00
Reno
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043,i
Sheep
Creek
1.08
Silbak
Premier
35
Vananda
18
Spud
Valley
07
Salmon
Gold
07
.
Silver
Standard
............
.75
Oils
Anglo
Canadian
......
480
A.
P.
Con
.32
'Atlantic
185
Calmont
.'
.43
Central
Leduc
;..
1.33
Home
Oil
13.75
Mercury
.09
Okalta
1.80.
Pacific
Pete
5.90
Princess
.45
Royal
Canadian
..,
.OS
Royallte
13.00
Toronto
AUuma
.16',
Aumuque
.1.
.41
Brattic
.66
Bevcourt
..
.35
Bobjo
.15
Buffalo
Canadian
15a
Consol.
Smelters
........
96.00
Conwest
1.21
Donalda
58
Eldona
.30
East
Sullivan
7.00
Giant
Yellowknife
8.00
God's
Lake
.36
Hardrock
.,..
.
.38
Harricana
.07
Heva
09
Hosco
.09
Jacknife
.08
Jolict
Quebec
70
Lake
Rowan
15
Little
Long
Lac
.48
Lynx
,
.25
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.10
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.64'
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.90
Moncta
.39
Negus
'---.---
-6
Noranda
.!.
68.B5
Louvlcourt
.27
Pickle
Crow
1.76
San
Antonio
3.55
Senator
Rouyn
:
27V'j
Sherrit
Gordon
2.46
Steep
Rock
3.10
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
75
Upper
Canada
3.85
Dukes
Western
Title
Winners
NEW
WESTMINSTER
O,
New
Westminster
Duke
of
Gonnaughts
last
night
fought
off
the
Card-ston
Cougars
In
a
last-minute
drive
to
win
the
Western
Canadian.
High
School
basketball
championship,
taking
the
final
game
38
to
34.
The
Dukes
had
von
the
first,
third
and
fourth
names
in
the
best
of
five
series.
L
Board
Makes
L
Report-More
yd
Increment
of
to
Prince
Rupert
criment,
no
souwrn.
percent
across
ine
ircrease,
nave
wen
increase
which
aver-
bout
five
percent
in
m5
decision
of
a
can
ard,
the
report
or
t.tl.1
J
W.r
mbia
Labor
Relations
ft
conciliation
board.
iii
of
Howard
K..
.
-.
O.'ia.
CMirniau.
mi
j.
a
Rupert,
and
Mor-a
o
Vancouver,
rep-
x
Prince
Rupert
Fire
sanation,
Is
unanl-
h
terms
which
It
has
W
ior
a
new
collect-
lf.r.
between
the
city
emtn.
Acceptance
or
e
mandatory
and
both
parties
under
1
Act
and
the
arrc-
o.'
which
arc
retro-
January
1.
must
be
AfrJ
15.
salary
for
a
fourth
It
K35
per
month
with
the
former
"224.
tt
now
receives
$175
W
tith
$170.
rale
pays
as
follows:
$175
$U7
kliar
$219
!t;t
$230
iTar
$235
unce
man
$240
20
MAYS
vale
includes
rccom-a'utory
holidays,
no
k
being
taken
by
the
ioard
on
the
request
pin
for
six
statutory
A
pay.
in
the
number
of
Bf
year
Is,
however,
iter
twelve
months'
will
be
17
holidays
an
increase
of
three
let
live
years'
service.
24
holidays
ner
ronctssion
to
the
fire-e
recommendation
of
for
a
service
pay
in-
'1
15
per
month
on
of
ten
years'
serv
er
each
five
vears
further
$5
per
on
ef
the
firemen
for
r
the
supcrannua-
w
not
granted.
fCAL
TIDES
H
April
16,
1950
.
0:49
20.4
fee;
13:10
19.4
feet
.
7:04
3.9
feet
19:05
5.4
feet
WEATHER
I
Synopsis
P1
Columbia
coast
Wet
nltf
la
'"h'iv
know
;
the
twenty-four'
,1"
UP
to
threo
Ini-h..
rlonS
Hie
west
coush
of
k'and.
cioudv
nn-
ca
has
been
gen-
1
5
Drovince
U.-IIV.
rUvit-y
mostiv
r.,nfir.n.i
W
sections.
There
is
or
any
marked
lm-Vn
Editions
todav.
u
Sundav
tim
inri.
i
mnc
through
at
""'e
is
some
evi-'oUier
tr
....
is
not
ex-
St
win
Wltt''ner
ai-
,n
the
American
forecast
nlr
arm
of
sea
rescue
operations,
Five
names
were
handed
to
the,
city
detachment
of
the
B.C.
Pol-he
here
and
those
people,
all
con-!
ncctcd
with
a!r
services,
would
be
contacted
In
the
event
of
a
:
disaster
or
near
disaster.
The
!
move
was
initiated
following
the
Faster
Sunday
near
tragedy
when
Dr.
William
S.
Kcrs?ln
came
close
to
hein?
lost
in
cold
Chatham
Sound.
Each
member
of
the
ASR
has
a
New
Plan
On
Douks
VANCOUVER
-
A
p!an
to
end
a
half
century
of
strife
in
Douk-hobor
districts
of
British
Colum
bia
may
be
made
public
next"
week
following
the
renewal
of
terrorism
"yesterday
in
the
Koot-enays
with
the
burning
of
several
houses
by
fire
raiders
at
Brilliant,
250
miles
east
of
here.
Property
damage
was
estimated
at
$50,000.
Hymn
chanting,
Doukhobors,
reported
by
the
police
to
be
members
of
the
radical
Sons
of
Freedom,
put
the'
torches,
their
symbol
of
protest,
to
he
home
of
the
late
Peter
(The
Lordly)
Verigin,
gasoline-fed
flames
spreading
to
nearby
houses.
Thirty-six
of
the
raiders,
all
voune
men,
were
taken
into
cus-
i
i
i
i
j
inln
(Knli-
nufn
way
ana
ue.ueu
cars,
unuer
puue
ci-ui
u,
w
taken
to
Nelson
pending
Service
Started
ing
about
the
service,
lauded
the
Idea
and
added
that
police
would
only
be
too
glad
.
to
"
assist
the
.service
by
listing
the
'
persons
that
would
need
to'
be
contacted.
The
five
persons,
police
or
the
general
public
would
contact,
are
A.
Shubers,
dispatcher
for
CPA;
Bob
Kslsey,
Instructor
at
the
Aero
Club:
"Bill'
Priests-manager
f
QCA:
Capt.
Bob
MjInnPS.jsilot
with
CPA
and
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergin,
"resident
of
the
Aero
Club.'-.-
!
AIR
PASSENGERS
To
Vancouver
(oday)
W.
Seymour,
S.
J.
Robin,
L.
O.
Public-over,
C.
Aspinall,
R.
W.
McAlplne,
M.
Andransln.
To
Sandspit
(today)--'
Mrs:
B.
Rentmeister.
"
.
"
I
From
Vancouver
(Friday)
;
Miss
Enid
Ball,
Miss
B.'
Woolf,
Mr.
Hayier,
s.
j.
itooin,
u.
Herbert,
K.
Staples,
Miss
M'.
Talt;
;
Miss
I.
McCauley,
Miss
E.
Moret,
,
Mrs.
G.
Johansen,
R.N.
!
From
Sandspit
(Friday)
-Mrs.
Davics,
M.
J.
Williams.
To
Vancouver
(Friday!
J.
T.
Fowler,
E.
G.
Webster,
R.
Brace-
well,
Mr.
Farquhar,
A.
Hilliard,
I
To
Sandspit
(Monday)
Miss
H.
Wahl,
E.
Wahl.
From
Vancouver
(Thursday)
C.
E.
McAdams,
F.
L.
McDonald,
W.
Deare,
J.
H.
Falls,
C.
W.
McMillan,
J.
W.
Farquhar,
Miss
Sinclair.
j
From
Sandspit
(Thursday)
Ken
F.
Harding,
Mrs.
Relnt-meister,
G.
Kelly.
I
BASEBALL
SCORES
PACIFIC
COAST
!
Sacramento
3,
Los
Angeles
2.'
(10
Innings).
Oakland
4,
Seatle
3.
San
Diego
10,
San
Francisco
0.
i
Hollywood-Portland
postpon-
ed,
rain.
r
.
j
Miss
Enid
Ball,
teacher
a
Booth
Memorial
High
-
School,
returner!
tn
the
citv
bv
Diane
,
er
work
week,
higher
hourly
!
rates
but
generally
less
in
week-,
ly
pay
envelopes.
...
The
findings
brought
an
im-!
mediate
blast
from
Union
lead-
home
pay.
The
board
settled
on
a
41-hour
week
rather
than
the
re
quested
40-hour
.
period
and
worked
out
a
compromise
on
the
Unions'
demands
for
48-hour
i
pay
for
the
shorter
week.
,
The
findings,
if
accepted,
would,
.mean
that
the
bulk
of
the
employees
would
take
a
weekly
wage
cut
to
get
shorter
hour8
although
not
as
large
a
cut
M
the
reduction
of
working
time.
FVanlf
,,
-nnkp.ma-
far
fifteen
international
railway
unions,
said
It
is
a
"foregone
conclusion"
that
the
-majority
of
the
findings
will
be
rejected
by
the
workers
The
only
major
group
that
would
get
a
wage
increase
would
be
some
20,000
"back
shop"
employees
now
on
a
44-hour
week.
They
would
continue
working
the
same
hours
with
a
higher
hpurly,
wage.
Mr.
Kenney
Is
-
-Acting
'
Premier
VICTORIA
Hon.
E.T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands,
was
yesterday
appointed
acting
Premier.
,
,
.
,
Premier
Byron
Johnson
is
still
holidaying
in
California
while
Minister
of
Finance,
Herbert
Anscomb
is
In
Toronto
and
Attor-
ney
General
G.
S.
Wismer
is
at
Otl.nu.-fl
npcrnt.iat.inff
with
the
'Mounted
Police
for
taking
over
of
the
policing
of
he
province.
Should
Mr.
Kenney
have
to
leave,
Hon.
Harry
Bowman,
minister
of
agriculture,
would
be
acting
Premier.
...
.
.
i-
,
r
..
I
i
ca
in
partial
paralysis.
Horse
and
Buggy
Hau
Danor
tisuj
i
upvi
Jim
i
,
ATLANTIC.
CITY
,
CP)
A
New
J
-.......
j
today
that
interpretations
of
j
1911
United
States
law
has
kept
the
grade
of
paper
used
by
newspapers
"substantially
the
same
as
it
was
in
the
days
of
the
horse
and
buggy."
Gerard
Larocque
told
a
joint
mechanical
conference
of
the
New
Jersey
Press'
Association
pud
the
Pennsylvania
Publishers'
Association
that
the
1911
law
permitted
importation
of
newsprint
from
Canada
duty
free.
The
law
was
revised
in
1922,
he
said,
and
''subsequent
rulings
have
interpreted
(the
law
to
mean
that
quality
of
newsprint
shall
remain
unchanged."
As
a
result,
the
newspaper
In-.
dustry
has
been
prevented
from
'enjoying
the
benefits
of
modern
technology."
Fined
!
For
Giving
Worthless
-Checks
Fines
amounting
to
$125,
or
three
months'
imprisonment,
were
levied
against
J.
Donald
.
.
,
.
.
...
Caldwell
when
he
pleaded
guilty
I
'
to
two
charges
of
false
pretenses
in
city
police
court
this
week.
r.i,i,,1i
,,,0
om-trt
t
tho
ritv
k
ri.t
Toni,
wv,ito
iQCt
wppk
I
from
Smithers
and
brought
be
fore
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
He
was
charged
with
uttering
false
checks
here
in
December.
A.
Bruce
Brown
acted
for
the
defense
while,
Cpl.
E.
A.
Wales
was
prosecutor.
LEOPOLD
WOl'LO
RETl'KN
BRUSSELS
Kins'
Leopold
J
of
the
Belgians
said
today,
if
Parliament
agreed
to
recall
him
to
the
throne,
he
proposed
to
transfer
his
prerogatives
to
his
son,
Prince
Bau-tlouiu.
:
'
COLD
IN
EAST
.
.
CHICAGO
An
unusual
late
spring
cold
spell
has
caused
millions
of
dollars
damage
to
L'nlted
States
fruit
crops
and
.
has
disrupted
'
sporls
pro-trams.
Record
low
readings
for
mid-April
have
been
set
in
many
states
including
New
.
York,
Georgia
and
Alabama.
Snow
fell
in
some
eastern
j
areas
with
an
eight-inch
fall
I
at
North
Adams,
Mass,
At
New
York
there
was
seven
degrees
J
of
frost.
SOLD
OUT
TO
Rl'SSIA
BERLIN
A
United
Stales
Air
Force
Court-martial
today
convicted
Cpl.
Gustave
Mueller
of
St.
Paul,
Minnesota,
of
trying
to
give
secret
military
information
to
Russia.
He
was
sentenced
to
five
years'
imprisonment
and
dishonorably
discharged
from
the
Air
Force.
,
SEALER
CAUGHT
IN
HEAVY
ICE
ST.
JOHN'S,
Newfoundland
it'
The
sealer
A
1
g
e
r
i
n
e
was
cauieht
In
heavy
ice
off
New-
foundland
and
another
sealer.
Terranova,
is
punching
a
pas
sage
through
to
the
disabled
ship.
The
Algerine
.
carries
a
jcrew
of
about
seventy.
England
Wins
Over
Scotland
.
wms
OVER
GLASGOW
W
England
de-
icaueu
otouanu
to
0
today
at
Hampden
Park
to
win
the
Football
Association
international
U.N.
Mission
Inspect
African
Colonies
she
soccer
championship..
The
vic-attended
Friday.
While
in
Vancouver,
sessions
at
the
con-
tory
qualifies
the
English
eleven
vention
of
the
B.C.
Teachers'
to
compete
for
Uie
world
soccer
FederaUon
"
cup.
JOINT
ROAD
ACTION
Highway
from
Juneau
to
Tulsequah
and
on
to
Atlin
Meets
With
Favor
VICTORIA
0)
Posslbilty
of
joint
action
by
the
United
States
1,
wir"
nTiiVft"-'-)-"
and
British
Columbia
governments
to
construct
a
highway
linking
Juneau,
Alaska,
with
the
Alaska
Highway
was
seen
today.
The
public
works
department
Is
interested
in
building
a
40-mlle
road
from
Taku,
Alaska,
to
Tulsequah,
British
Columbia,
to
serve
mining
operaUons.
United
States
officers
are
also
reported
Interested
because
it
is
only
a
short
distance
from
Tulse
quah
to
Atlln
which
is
now
linked
with
the
Alaska
Highway.
'
At
the
other
end
Juneau
could
be
linked
with
a
short
ferry
service.
'
.
V
v
j
una
sunrtay.
J
.
-
.
.
.
.
.
I
w
m
b.,,,,
runs
,"'
"'pera
Cliff
Hi
-'cks
of
Guelph
Biltmores
stops
a
shot
from
Bill
Goalie
MONTRFAI
BEATS
GUELPH
J?01
,
J.
m
th
first
same
of
the
Eastern
Canada
Junior
hockey
.m6ht
and
Members
of
a
United
Nations
Visiting
rmssum
vo
"
in
plantation
labor
camp
in
the
Brdish-administered
out
to
inspect
conditions
a
Cameroons
in
West
Africa.
UfN.
no
'
er
overall
supervision
over
the
administration
of
11
colonul
tern,
tone,
which
have
been
placed
under
the
U.N.
Trusteeship
System.
N
S2A
A
Port
Hardy
'and
41,
'""
Vic
DiMarco
(4)
of
(CP
Photo)
finals.
Canadiens
won
4-2.
Also
in
the
play
are
an
unidentifed
Guelph.
.
.
,
.,
d.l)BilllH
I
in
WW
'
player
and