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ii
n
H
HUNGER
r
i
CABS
mm
E
NOW
RESORTI
K
TO
CANMBAIISl
LIFE
17.
A'.
F
Raited
in
Eritrea
.
h
This
All
There
Is
to
It?
ENT
pioneer
CIM-.
Rupert,
wiv
mov-
"Probably
True'
Says
Leader
of
Churches
HONG
KONG
(CD
Hunger-mad
peasants
of
China's
great
famine
area
are
resorting
to
cannibalism,
recent
arrivals
here
said
today.
Starving
peasant
hands
in
North
Central
China
are
reported
to
he
luring
childrep
into
the
hills
to
he
eaten.
No
confirmation
is
possible
here
but
Dr.
F.
L.
Chang
of
Shanghai,
vice-president
of
the
World
Federation
of
Churches,
said
the
reports
are
probably
ina
tin
i;
m
ul'-wjks.
expects
,
cast
early
next
iles
qnitp
w
lew
n
the
way
of
do-
a
reference
to
nursed
that
lifts
is
different.
For
illy
takes
a
!:"
'.
loots
to
becoim
,!r
James
son
.
sUdyin.:!
medi-,
to
make
good
Legion
Building
Opening
Deferred
Owing
to
delay
in
delivery
of
.
some
of
the
furnishings,
formal
opening
of
the
new
Canadian
Legion
quarters
has
been
postponed
from
Wednesday
until
Saturday.
Col.
C.
W.
Peck,
V.C.,
beloved
to
all
old
veterans
as
leader
of
the
first
contingent
out
of
tha
city
in
World
War
I,
will
be
hero
to
take
a
prominent
part
in
the
proceedings
as
will
be
Col.
John
McGregor
V.C.
Col.
Peck
is
arriving
on
Wednesday
and
Col.
McGregor
will
come
Friday.
'
Yesterday
afternoon
Legion
members
turned
out
in
"
force
equipped
with
their
gardening
instruments
and
aided
by
a
D-4
bulldozer
placed
at
the
disposal
of
-
the
branch
by
Messrs
Wood,
il
i
7
'
Basketball
true.
Police
Chango
Cpl.
Taylor
Transferred
v
ik
'
sill
'
i
HU
Tlia
I
-
-;-f
s
i
f
I'M
)
.
Ji
A
J
pn
Ana
ho
Win
Parr
&
McClay
to
tidy
up
the
grounds
and
approaches
to
their
I
I
,
fc.ni.iKcri
it
aiinl
.
sklMMm
Ill
I
I
i
m
to
Ihiiilf
Op-I'rime
liiipcrl
uew
uo
me
tiui
Blue
uii
This
.
,
Sikh
..
lad
in
his
raw
wool
,
cap
was
one
of
,
,
hundreds
,
.
of
boys
,
premises
,
.
,
,
Trst
Avenue
ln
.tl
t
lor
at
a
school
in
Patiala,
India,
who
reported
for
BCG
inocula-
preparaUon
tion
against
tuberculosis.
Norwegian
nurse
Rachel
Johnson
Is
the
opening
ceremony,
administering
the
inoculation,
one
of
some
200,000
given,
during
During
the
pasi
two
weeks
the
a
BCG
demonstration
campaign
in
India,
sponsored
jointly
by
building
has
been
viewed
by
the
United
Nations
International
Children's
Emergency
Fund
many
visitors
who
have
expressed
(XOVKKLEAFS
Ot'T
MHTIRRIDGC
Magrath
Rockels
Saturday
advanced
In
the
Western
Canada
basU-ribail
finals
against
Winnipeg
by
dumping
Vancouver
Clover
Leafs
72
to
M.
Mag-rath
rame
up
from
behind
to
take
the
best
of
three
series
fnnn
the
Leafs,
defending
Canadian
Se.rror
champions.
Cpl.
A.
H.
(Curly
i
Taylor,
tvio
has
been
sncond
in
coinnvmd
'l
the
city
detacliment
of
provincial
police
here,
has
been
Irans-
i
ferred
to
Vernon
as
non-commissioned
oficer
in
charge
of
city
detachment
there.
His
succes-f
sor
horr
will
be
Cpl.
Arthur
Wel-lens
from
Richmond
Municipality
near
Vancouver.
Cpl.
Taylor
has
been
here
for
:
(UNllfcri,
me
worm
tieaun
tirganiwiuun
..-y,.
.
t.hlr
mrnrtw
anil
unnreplitinn
nf
'
Scandinavian
Relief
Societies
and
the
Government
ot
India.
rrnttrt'rt
Vets
;
won
the
rihi
.he
Stiiinr
n
Bri-ba-'kcUwll
tlia.se.
second
game
cf
otil
point
.series
nrs
54
to
43.
The
:
ended
in
a
tic.
lower
mainland
;cs
Nanaimo
el-d
River
by
win-.
RI
SSIA
W
ALKS
OUT
the
facilities
provided.
As
much'
work
has
to
be
accomplished
he-fore
"Opening
Day"
It
has
b"en
'
decided
to
close
the
building
to
'visitors
during
the
present
week,
'
but
the
officers
"
of
the
local
jbranch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
-have
every
intention
of
appoint-
3Vi
years,
LadysmiLh.
having
come
from
s
LAKE
SUCCESS
Russia
to-Last
December
lie
(ay
wafted
out
of
the
United
Hew
Channel
Dug
For
Kalum
River
To
FacilitaleXelanese
Log
Drive
tuitions
Commission
on
.,
Human
Rights
spreading
its
boy-
:
was
presented
here
with
hl
twenty
year
good
service
nicrHil.
j
I
Cpl.
and
Mrs,
Taylor
and
fain-
ily
will
leave
Sunday
night
next
on
the
Camosun
for
the
south.
Thoir
residence
on
First
Street
i
will
be
taken
over
by
Cpl.
and
j
The
blue-and-whlte
Has
of
the
I'nlted
Nations
is
run
to
the
top
of
n
will
nl'iv
Nan-1
"
flag
pole
at
the
Ert,re
PiUI
of
Asmara,
signalling
the
beirin-m,.
will
mp-t
of
work
by
the
l,N-
"ommission
for
Eritrea.
The
Commis-
'"
.
:
,
sion
is
now
in
th
former
Italian
colony
to
ascertain
the
wishes
of
Prince
Hupirt-
the
inhabitants
and
to
make
recommendations
on
Its
future
status,
being
played
at
...
'or
the
provin-1
I
L
..
',
,
,
k.
Tsapapkin
f
Russia
left
TERRACE
The
Kalum
River,
which
joins
the
if
"vls"0"
DTJ,atin
.,'
,
the
Branch
Is
established
In
Its
...
..:
,1,.
ci
i
i-
i
m
mi
the
of
the
i.
opening
meeting
Skeena
a
short
distance
west
of
Terrace,
.will
soon'
.
.
.
new
ouarter.
quarters
when
wnen
residents
residents
oi
f
commission's
spring
session
,
,
,.
(
!
in
a
new
channel
near
the
confluence
as
after
his
proposal
to
oust
e
running
the
city
wiu
have
an
opportunity
nationalist
China
was
reject-
ja
result
of
a
straightening
OUt
operation
Which
has
,
ot
viewing
the
premises
of
which
ed
hy
a
vote
of
12-2
The
walk-
tne
memDers
are
JusUy
proud-
Columbia
near,
been
compicted
bv
the
Construction
j
out
was
preceded
by
an
at-
I
J
.
!
:,tlc.
u
the
choice
of
mes.
Prince
Ru-
Co.
Ltd.
for
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
tack
by
Tsarapkin
against
the
I'nited
States.
.
in
Invitation
lor
Snap
Election
For
Britain
In
June
Seen
as
Labor
Manoeuver
V
played
there.
The
object
Is
to
facilitate
the
-
driving
of
timber
from
Colum-
J
Rmoval
of
about
40,000
yards
bia
Cellulose
big
logging
oper-
Gf
material
has
been
involved!
atlons
up
the
Kalum
River
to-
jn
digging
the
channel
with
bulldozer
equlp-
wards
the
celanese
plant
near
dragline
1
and
PLANE
BLAST,
SEVEN
DIE
PllOEN'X.
.
Arizona
A
converted
B-25
exploded
in
the
air
near
here
Saturday
and
plunged
stcven
employees
of
the
North
American
Aviation
Co.
of
Los
Angeles
to
their
deaths.
The
wreckage
was
scattered
over
a
half-mile
Prinoe
Rupert.
ment.
Actually
the
river
is
being
,
An
lndirect
resuit
of
"the
op-
Germans
Ire
Slaughtered
KIEL,
Germany
W
A
west
German
newspaper
published
an
unconfirmed
report
today
that
Russian
troops
had
killed
102
German
uranium
mine
workers,
including
four
women,
in'
quelling
a
riot
Saturday
near
the
Sov
Would
be
Last
Thing
Conservatives
Want
t
Stavon
To
restored
to
what
is
believed
to
'
cration
will,'
It
Is
expected,
be
j
have
been
lis
original
channel
,
the
removal
of
flood
trouble
of
many
years
ago.
even
before
from
the
rich
farm
land
of
the
I
the
town
of
Terrace
came
into
Dutch
Valley
upstream
from
I
being.
A
clrcuituous
and
sharp
e
diversion.
Hazrlton
at
Michael
Greene
Loses
His
Eye
VANCOUVER
(f
The
Injured
lktht
rye
of
Michael
Greene
of
Frincc
Rupert
was
removed
by
a
city
surgeon.
PLYWOOD
PLANT
CLOSES
NEW
WESTMINSTER
The
j
bend
In
the
river
will
be
elim-,
LONDON
(CR)
Prime
Minister
Attlee
and
his
Labor
Party
lieutenants
may
decide
on
a
snap
election
at
any
time
within
the
next
six
months,
political
f
fur
driving
all
LOCAL
TIDES
plant
of
Canada
Forest
Pro-
Inated
with
the
new
course
pas-duts
was
closed
down
today
sing
through
an
Indian
reserve.
I
iet
zone
town
of
Fronhaut---
between
the
Kiel
or
Machrichten
s&iS
that
173
other
Germans
were
injured
Mine
at
Terrace
py
where
it
Is
sources
predicted
today.
Some
observers
believe
the
new
contest
may
come
as
early
as
June,
six
months
in
the
riot
stemming
from
a
re
after'employees
walked
out
in
demand
for
fulfilment
of
a
five
consecutive
shift
contract
The
company
calls
it
an
unjustified
strike.
The
boy,
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
L.
M.
Greene,
suffered
a
torn
pupil
The
channel
will
be
shorten-
1
luesaay,
wiarcn
za,
iudu
ed
about
half
a
mile
by
the
High
8:35
16.6
feet
cut-through
which
will
be
six-
22:20
15.8
feet
ty
foet
wide
and
fifteen
feet
Low
2:24
11.6
feet
deep.
t
15:44
66
feet
passenger
cars'
"i
one
motorist
tcredhiseye
after
the
budget
is
announced
April
18.
This
is
the
when
an
arrow
en
bellion
among
workers
following
six
accidents
causing
loss
of
life.
It
did
not
state
the
source
ot
Us
information.
f'P
as
lar
as
Haz-
last
thing
the
Conservative
Op
Skeena
River
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
3.
D.
Johnston
Co
Ltd.)
while
he
was
Vlaying
in
his
home
last
Tuesday
evening.
He
was
flown
tcr
Vancouver
where
doctors
found
it
impossible
to
save
the
aye.
An
operation
was
performed
Saturday.
position
wants
and
the
government
knows
it.
'
i
The
Conservatives
would
like
to
see
the
government
remain
in
office
Ion?
enough
to
take
a
rap
at
what
they
call
"Socialistic
economic
mismanagement
in
the
last
five
years."
i
Play-off
Spots
CanarJiens
In
Second
Place
fl
local
cars
made
the
season
from
".
There
were
al-
from
Terrace,
p'aved
the
road-j'y
just
west
of
nd
p-)!
holes
arc
MOVED
$800,000,000
MONTREAL
The
Bank
of
Canada
moved
yesterday
and
special
precautions
were
takeh
on
St.
James
Street
as
$800,-000,000
of
money
went
with
it.
Armorrd
cars,
specially
guarded,
made
the
transfer
on
St.
James
Street.
Trafifc
was
moved
off
the
old
financial
street
diirin;
the
transfer.
One
motorist
strayed
in
by
mistake
and
wound
up
in
a
police
'
THE
WEATHER,
Synopsis
Cloudy
skies
are
general
over
British
Columbia
as
fresh
Pacific
air
streams
over
the
province
from
the
northwest.
Frequen
showers
have
been
reported
overnight
along
the
coast
while
liglV
'
snow
has
been
falling
over
the
west
Kootenay
section.
There
is
Be
vcourt
29
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Canadian
13V2
Consol.
Smelters
.
92.50
Conwcst
1.10
Donalda
55
,
Detroit
vs.
Toronto
.
Montreal
vs.
New
York
f
numerous.
Tral-
-pe
the
situation!
Drowning
Accident-
French
Ports
Strike-Tied
I
These
are
the
play-off
positions
I'
bJ,f
I.
.
....
i..,i...,l
H,vlfv
T.rnnilP
I
III
I
ItllllV
1-112
snot,
nn
t.hn
IOr
llie
I'lUiiiiiiw
"
J
"
"
o
VIII
J
IfvWf
1
stretch
of
about!
PARIS
P'
All
but
two
French
.
a
resuit
of
schedule-conclud
'as
Snow
area
In
nnrii
urn
tinH
nn
torlav
bv
a
21-
u
ot
inn
nrl
nf
t.hp.
week
'
D
rr
ri
nrrA
...
v..w
i-
lllli
ttinn.D
au
i
'
"
"
Vancouver
Bralorne
9.00
!
B.
R.
Con
02'
Cariboo
Quartz'
1,25
j
Congress
31
!
Hedley
Muscot
!
22
"
Pacific
Eastern
04
'2
Pioneer
3.25
t.
Premier
Border
03
Vi
Privateer
13
j
Reeves
McDonald
2.50
Reno
04'
Sheep
Creek
1.07
Silbak
Premier
32
.
Taku
River
12
Vananda
11
'
Salmon
Gold
06
',i
Spud
Valley
.042
Silver
Standard
61
I
f
Shames
where
hour
dockers'
strike
ordered
by!
Th
ininiR
chamuionship
was
IXCLUfUlLU
"1!ile
car
treneh
the
Cnmmiinist.-led
Confedera-
I
,,
c,v,n
lime
cn
in
favor
of
Eldona
31
no
Indication
of
any
marked
East
Sullivan
5.70
change
in
conditions
during
th
Giant
Yellowknife
6.10
next
48
hours.
However,
brief
God's
Lake
30'i
periods
of
sunshine
are
indicated
Hardrock
38
for
this
afternoon
and
tomorrow
Karrican
05
with
shower
activity
along
the
Heva
06
y2
coast
ending
by
tomorrow.
Hosco
06
Vi!
Forecast
Jacknife
05
':
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
H
nk
which
tion
Generale
du
Travail.
Two
Delro
Rcd
wlnBS.
1
Body
of
four
year
old
Emma
"'fkin?
u,
for
a
executions
are
Marseilles
and
tt
tt
flBht
to
the
end
be-
waumusqm,
one
oi
uie
n,u
Sergeant
Brunton
To
Port
Alberni
Set.
Thomas
t.
urunton,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
and
for
the
past
few
years
stationed
at
Smlthers
as
non-
M
should
cars
Cherbourg.
There
are
about
'tween
Monlreal
and
Toronto
for
natives
drowned
in
the
Naas
onnnn
.i
rfnni,
,rirprs
in
.
'
n,hirh
the
Rtvcr
at
Aiyansh
last
Friday.
was
recovered
at
10:30
a.m.
Body
of
her
sister,
six-year-old
Gloria,
France.
It
is
reliably
estimated
'
canadiens
finally
won.
that,
"nhnnt.
R5
ner
cent
obeyed
,,i
niirhf
fhe
Cnnndinns
v
I
-
Onl'UH'IIJ
.
...jln-
Tuesday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Light
winds.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
it
the
walkout
order.
hinnked
the
Chicago
Black
Hawks
sw"
'b.
4
to
0
at
the
Forum
in
Montreal
An
inquiry
into
the
tragedy
commisioneri
officer
in
charge
rori.
naray,
oi
uu
u,...i..-t-.
LONDON
'CP1
The
Labor
Party's
'
went
to
Boston
last
night
for
was
conducted
by
Coroner
M.
M.
for
the
provincial
police,
is
be-
0ils
over-all
mainritv
in
the
House
of
I
,i
,uh
ihn
Rruins.
Stephens
here
this
morning
and
in
transferred
to
Port
Alberni
J
AnPln
Canadian
4.40
and
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
4S.
Commons
was
reduced
to
three
I
Toront0
did
not
fare
so
well,
a
verdict
of
accidental
death
was
according
to
announcement
at
"Wiled
that
A.
P.
Con
27
Atlantic
1
GO
Calmont
50
today
with
the
death
of
F.
A-'Tney
had
an
overwhelming
pronounced.
Information
was
headquarters
here.
Sgt.
Norman
Cobb,
member
for
Brighouse
and
victory
g
to
nothing
over
Boston
brought
in
by
Const,
Ed
Anderson
Dewitt,
how
at
Prince
George,
Spcnborough,
a
Yorkshire
con-
Saturday
night
at.
the
Maple
who
flew
with
Indian
Superin-
wU1
SUCCeed
Sgt.
Brunton
at
stltuency.
Leaf
Gardens
but
lost
5
to
J
to
tendent,
F.
E.
Anfield
to
the
nat-
smlthers.
I
Regular
meeting
of
th
DenP
Sea
Fishermen's
Union,
will
bn
held
Tuesday
March
28th,
7;
30
p
m
Officers,
for
1950,
will
bfl
ejected,
members
please
.attend
this
meeting.
(73)
Joliet
Quebec
57
Lake
Rowan
.10
Lapaska
06
Little
Long
Lac
49
Lynx
18
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.10
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.70
Moneta
..'
34Vj
Negus
1-48
Noranda
69.50
Louvicourt
28
Pickle
Crow
180
Regcourt
-04
San
Antonio
....
3
60
Senator
Rouyn
26
Sherrit
Gordon
2.10
Steep
Rock
2.60
Sturgeon
River
-20
Silver
Miller
.85
Upper
Canada
3
?''rival
of
essen-FWshings
neces-f
the
postpone
-
"I
the
opening
of
F'mlses
on
First
t
Saturday
Nicht
the
Rangers
at
Maaison
equine
-
Body
of
50-year
old
native
Paul
VANCOUVER,
Vancouver
Garden
last
night.
BASKETBALL
!vitd
Guests
and
FElon
Members,
C.
&
E.
7.25
Central
Lcduc
1-25
Home
Oif
12.15
Okalta
1-80
Pacific
Pete
5.50
Princess
39
Royal
Canadian
05Vi
Royalite
H-15
Toronto
Athona
"8
Aumnque
14
Beattie
.
-58
Wright
had
already
been
recover-
leads
two
games
to
one
in
the
ed
but
bodies
of
the
two
children
best
of
five
series
for
the
northern
j
were
carried
under
the
Ice.
division
play-offs
of
the
Pacific
The
tragedy
occurred
-as
Hockey
League
as
a
result
of
a
3
Prince
Rupert
Symphony
Orchestra
Concert
Civic
Centre
Friday,
March
31
,
8:15p.m.
The
week-end
scores:
SATURDAY
Boston
0,
Toronto
8
Chicago
0,
Montreal
4
!
SUNDAY
Chicago
5,
Detroit
4
I
Montreal
3,
Boston
3
I
Toronto
3,
New
York
b
l,,n
B
E.S.L.
No.
27
B.C.
PLAY-OFFS
f
Ry.
Seery.-Mg
I
Wrlgnt
ana
tne
two
lltue
gins,
to
I
victory
over
iui-uuia.
new
.
'his
nieces,
wtre
wiOcUng
the
Westminster
won
over
Seattle
Nuas
Hlver
in
a
citioe
iu
11
:3
three
to
two.
Los
Angeles
de-'p.m.
Friday
,
j
feated
San
KrancLsco
4
to
2.
TONIGHT
8:30