r; ; ; : . 2. c. Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUTJBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHOHE 8t Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific . Port . "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' Vnr wvtv t n a V"J- ' PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS hi i CABS D I Fleet TM Coali N himig ft Voming o Hack After Abbott Favors f o Orient ;Lower Tari,ls i isal MONTRFAL O Finance Min- e r ' isler Abbott said Thursday he be- j ((T) -Pre-war poison for Paci- licves thRt ..tne 0"oprl ikn Inonnsd fiViinrr flopf Pte policy for Canndn wii.h ro- VKI ' . u H'1-im'n-uic ,7 7 'Pt to tariffs and other trade tv.ck Hon. Robert W. Mayhew, minis- barkers is to set th:m j3n 9'. . Wm tn...I More Rain For This Area One of the most acceptable mornings since before Christmas greeted city citizens today as they walked briskly to daily chores in mild damp air and soggy, slowly disappearing snow. Rain fell through the night and early morning and, according to the Digby Island forecaster, rain occasionally mixed with snow, will drop through today and tonight. Moderate westerly winds will prevail with temperatures above the 40 degree level durins afternoons. Yesterday the minimum reading stood at 37 above, falling to 30 above overnight. . Iviek 1,',CK 11 from u Japan, said in an intr- rep son able levels and kceo them j ,, . 1 i. down, both here and abroad." v that the Japanese neei uoes nut, warn-'to the Pacific Coast. "They realize it 'f i This does not mean free trade." he said in a speech pre-j pared for delivery et the an-, nual meeting of the Canadian Section of the 1110' Chamber of Commerce. I, ? 2 Dr. Athens Is Diving Champ cir liumcianu ; i but they do to n-.ii hi their .,.,-s .south of ,.ci sixty per .tems from the aiavs be that w said. More ,op)r and 4u0,-n-iRed in the nrJaiiy Japan 1 ;..ih producer. Would Train Fliers Here . :.-. ';t. SINCLAIR SEES TITO 1 VANCOUVER Marshal T:io : of Yugoslavia says Ms split with Russia is permanent, U was reported ve&ittday b James Sinclair, M P. for Corns Capilano. Mr. Sinclair, la a telephone interview , f r n Rome with the Vb r Sun, said Tito had ti..i . .: "The Russian-) tal ; thing and five nothing. There is no turning back on the road we , are on. The Russians never forgive." Mr. Sinclair has been on a trip to Belgrade in his capacity as Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance to discuss Yugoslavia's debt to Canada. TOP SECRETS STOLEN ROME Thieves, believed by the Turin-Rome Expreso whn an international spy ring, to- day robbed an Italian government official of top-secret documents.' The official, Walter Sobri of the Ministry of Transport, was travelling on the Turin Rome Express when robbed. A brief case, containing documents on railway installations, described as "of llyilrdgen BLIND MOTHER HAS FOURTH CHILD, IXIES HER OWN HOUSEWORK A mother who has never seen her husband or children, Mrs. Edward Stevens, 36, of Oakville, Out., gave birth to her fourth child recently. Seen with husband, Teddy, seven, Kenneth, four, Lynda, two, and buoy Bryan, she lost her sight and right hapd in a percussion cap explosion when she was six. She does all housework and is the "best cook in the whole 'orld," according to her husband. Prince Kujiert Aero Club in Annual Session Dr. Kcrgin Ite-Kletted HoiiiIk Too i Klaus Fuelis, Confessed Spy, binmilted Gave Great Help To Soviet id To Many Attend Deccico Funeral The annual nicellng of the Frinee Rupert Aero Club was held in Club quarters ut Seal Cove Wednesday nlicht. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as i lollows: i. rresidmt, Dr. W. S. Kergln reflected. 1 Vice-President, Wm. Mclean. ! Secretary, J. Flnley. Stiideiris' Revival Here AUCKLAND -Canada scored a first place victory in British Empire Games tonight when Dr. George Athans captured the springboard diving ; championship. Dr. Athans Is . an interne uV Vancouver General Hospital. Dr. Alhans liad been trailing Peter Ilcutley of England up to the last plunge but he flnaily beat him out. Five thousand persons watched the handsome young Vancouver medico, close out his competitive swimming career and who plans to retire now to private practice, score the triumph Hie sixth for Canada in the week long games. A heavy rain was falling. A three-man Canadian swimming team, including Allan Gilchrist of Ocean Falls, came second to England with New Zea LONDON . Klaus Fuchs. brilliant Gennan-born Britisli scientist, wlio confessed to giving vyal atomic spcrets to Russia, was today committed fur trial. He faces a maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment if i Requiem Hitih Mass for Giu-scppc' Joseph" Declcco. 73. who j died in General Hospital hist Pund:.y. was celebrated by Rev. ! Father K. Green at 9 a. m. Frid 'V Illinois College Students Turn to Religion Mature of It, Teachers Mi, i:itor i:i !! A It Lord. Vjin '.uvcr Nor- the maximum importance were stolen from his compartment. If . convicted on two charges ol violating the Official Secrets Act. Fuchs confessed that since 1942 he knowhngly and continuously passed or. to Russia British-Aiiicrican atomic secrets, the r-os'-eutidii told the court today. WHEATON. Illinois 0 A spun- i in the Church of Annunciation laneous religious student revival Manj friends attended the ser-which started Wednesday nipht ! ier hich wns followed by pray, at. Little Wheaton College, had ' trs ut the Fairview Cemetery bv developed into a marathon Rev. .Father O. P. M ihan. prayer meeting today. Some 15U0 i Fronds also assembled for j ' Treasurer. E. C. Wallace. I Chairman of Technical Com-! ! niit U-e, R. Kclsey. ! Chairman of Enlertaiiiment. R. ', Vool.s. i Chairman of House and ! Grounds, N. Hkogmo. ! Chairman of Ground School, 'Pat Deanc. i niiectors J. C. Gilkcr and B. i Abereronible. ! Tlie President, in hi.s annual students and 110 faculty members ! piavprs at fie Grcnville Court C .vrWabiy. tills could have In-ri"(!",-i ir formation not only on of the non-seetanan fundament NEW YORK The impact of the coal strike is being felt to-night with the taking of hundreds of passenger trains off their runs. Freight services are being cut by twenty-fiVe percent a.r,U passenger train curtailment from thirty to fifty percent. Thousands ol railway employees wil lbe laid off. Quitting "Reds" 1 land and Australia third and loin Ih. i nr.-' school 1 ,ii In- Hie sp"al'.T K-iai ..'um Week f A -. m. el'.air- ,i!,.-;,:i'-n Wee': j ,,- I'm lMp-il I r r .. ;;.i:nunc"tl j ..- a- ..irmiio!!'. j IV. ic Cfiiiro I Ills i ! U be held i.'ii- A..nii;' him i lh::j,-"'l the previous day r.t 8 n in. ; Pai;!'(Ter.s were Iiuis Amad.'o Charles Ba'agno, B. Sylvester. J Cinersui ard A. Richards. Ftine"-!! 'report, expressed satisfaction as ! far as uromess was concerned. A alist prolestant school joined in the prayer service. They jammed Pierce Memorial Chapel for more than 32 consecut ive hours. Sonie remained during early motiiiivr tiours and there was no indica the jl mi bmb but also on the hydu' gen bomb. . In 7nMii actor. Millard Tyd-nr-;. Democratic. Michiuan, declared that Fuchs had given in-"cvnv'tion which mmht have jTaylorcraft plane had been pur arri)ti"rinent. were in chrrge of Man Killed In Terrace Woods C Undertakers. : B. chased and a certificate of air worthiness obtained. ' The Club was now in the p'l:.,-- tion of a break-up. No classr 'n?"'ird ui Russia's development were held yesterday and tlvn 1 I I VS Irs !,tlon tp begin tpwalilig,tt fsehool and giving flying instruc M -the liydrofc frwib-'By-wie-,: two year's.) TERRACE HEfM'S will probably be none today. A loRi'ing accident took the nn'; ibtit-Tl bV j tion as soon as weather permit;. MONSTER EGG 111, nf Ulllium Tivlni1 nmiOfit'pn Trail Having? Union Switch GUAY TRIAL TO BE POSTPONED tot Kcmo Lumber Company, at! T,"c P'dent, extended hearty ! I "anks to the executive for tlre-I Terrace late yesterday afternoon. lale ,,our8 a,ld sa,,s- Worklu.1 in the woods nine miles i i TERRACE -Mr. and Mrs. W. i A. Griffiths, formerly of Prince ' ,.rth r,l T,.i r:.ee the m iridle-ne ! 'f tory Ucnlevcmenu La Dr. Kergln, In closing, suggest QUEBEC Le Soleil reported i Rupert, now living on farm today the trial of J. Albert Guay. land on, the highway about Quebec jeweller, accused of j two miles west of Terrace, have i- il'.Y Will 6c canon Ki'huol .': to Ihe pro-,ii Adlrm. Ti a 1 it rV pnur to Ids i;;i.;Miii;'. It d HI adiiress tun 'is of in- man was htruck in the back and ..nL Kir n oi .,- tlr.i l Vt tnrll ItfT ed as the obeciives for the com- TRAIL (f The executive officers of Local 480 of the International Union of Mine.iMill and Smeller Workers resigned ves- ! back when hit by a falling tree "B "r ! m," 1 He was taken to the Terrace Red ; .-- Cross Hospital and pronounced SNOW HAMPERS SEARCH WIHTEHORSE. A snowstorm today held down planes searching for the big , United Stales transport, now missing for two weeks with 44 persons on board. Meantime a ground rescue party, including five parachutists and a RCAF doctor, inched its way up a jagged inounta'n peak to the aid of ten stranded fliers who have now spent three days and nights in sub-zero weather since their search plane crashed Tuesday. The rescuers jumped from a "Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota in," dead on arrival st ruction and increase in mcin- bershio. i The meeting was followed cy a i social. murder in connection with a plane crash that killed 23 last September, may be postponed from February 20 until February 27. Le Soleil said in a newspage story that crown prosecutor Noel Dorion, due to take charge of the case against Quay, at FAROUK OPENS NEW PARLIAMENT His majesty. King, larouk, is shown as he listened to the address to the king being delivered by H. E, Nahas Pa-stha. new Egyptian premier, during the opening or the Egyptian parliament. Nahas Pasha's party won a majority liliilr.ssioll. vill b'.i- hi- a hen in their poultry home, which laid an egg last wck of mammoth proportions. It measures ei;,rht inches In circumference one way and nine and a half inches the other. It weighed seven ounces, and w.is found to contain another perfect egg inside. 'i i!1m r li-i.lin-t present, is occupied with a case j In Sherbrooke and is unlikely' Merchant Marine Policy Defended to be free February 20. Taylor, In his early forties, had been a Terrace resident with liU wife and teen-age son, William Jack', since April of last year, and was woods foreman with th? company, logging contractors for the Columbia Cellulose Company. A coroner's aiiiuesi began at 2 p. m. todav and it Is exueetci tlie body will be forwarded to the former .home or the deceived In Fort Willla.v.. Ontario for burial. He was a veteran of the Second Great War. in addition to his wife and in parliament during the recent elections. Boris Horsfall's Operatic Cur-nival troupe, after a successful engagement here Wednesday night, returned to Vancouver Thursday night aboard the Prince Mustangs And . Jets I terriay and the United Steel Workers of America rciO-CCLi moved in to form a new locrl which it is expected ths majority of the 8;no workers here of onsolidated Mining and Smelt ing will immediately Join. Resignation of the officers was announced by John Gordon, in-tcrnational representative. He wil ladminister the local's affairs until a meeting Is held to elect a new slate ol officers. The mine and mill union war ousted from the Canadian Congress of Labor last year when it was charged with being directed by the Communist-led international executive . Harvey Murphy of the mine and mill union sees "treachery '' in the move. . M"-. Adli'iu 'ii1'1"- have been '.'.ui- ijI cliis.ii Ooin 1 SCI IK'S iii (.he 'i' Hup-rt and i iiiid ;"-t up at '.v iliruii:di'ut il.'Vs brfure VA-""liMiciires. Th'; "I Iv.o of tin se : I1', v., ami wop' "I Mr. Hunter of i.. i . . ..i . . i lale yesterday and landed 300 yards from the wreck. I i X I Returning to her childhood country after many years in : Ketchikan. Mrs. Nelson passed I through the city aboard the ! Prince George Thursday night, SAINT JOHN, N.B. Transport Minister Chevrier sad yesterday It would have cost the federal government $25,000,000 a year to keep Canada's deep sea merchant fleet in operation. Out- George. Aged Woman Is Burned to Death MONTREAL Mrs. Laura Tremblay, 84, lost her life and two children were Injured in a fire that destroyed a frame bungalow in suburban ville Jacques Cartier, across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal. Two youths, overnight guests, had carried the elderly woman and several others t o safety. It is WHITEHORSE 9 Canadian i Mustang fighter planes, yestcr- j day more than held their own against American jet aircraft in j a mock clog fight at low alti is survived bv a j lining the reasons behind the son. Mr. Iavic iiiiH'iled daughter in Fort Wil enroute to Australia, where she will ti'.kc up residence. Mrs. Nelson has many relatives in the hum. tudes over tlii.-. northern bass. The "baltl";"' was a training prelude to "Exercise Swett- inMuaimej- j 'I 'In" l'linee It u- j ; Av.ecj.itidu v.'a', j i " in In Ihe uicet- i governments decision 10 pay a $3,000,000 subsidy to Canadian shipping companies for one year only, Mr. Chevrier said he felt the gfjvernmcnt had adapted Ihe onlv sensible DOliCV. country down under. Terrace Weather Very Pleasant TERRACE -Weather conditions In Terrace have been most pleasant following the rocf-nt cold spell. A new fall of snow of about two or three inches has made watking eaay, and the temperature ranges from 20 to tliirly-M.x sib've. The bit lor winls have iil.o abated. ' Ijuar. joint winter manoeuvre THE WEATHER thought Mrs. Tremblay ran )n thr nortn liici is scheduled back into the burning home believing others were inside. ;; TODAY'S STOCKS :: (Courtesy S. U. Joliutlou Cu Ltd. J tv get underway from Whiten irsc February 13. The Must-U'gs flew at be-Iv.een 3T)0 and 375 miles an hour i. ii .i i i( n v.'c i I; 1 be ' Education -'-mew" uud in 1 leal me articles ;' during Hie 'in various eili-o.ii (1'i'U. The Synopsis I Most of the province is over- AppLE GROWERS cast and mild today with cold Jl ' weather confined to the extreme ARE SEEKING Alt' northern edge of British Colur.i- . M , ' ,.,. -n.. ii, mucl tir av Ul innn 4w -v. Premier An- AIR PASSENGERS To Vancouver ( today Mr and Mrs. R. Allen". J. C. Stevenson, J. C. Martin. J. S. English. To Sandspit. (today) II. Helin From Vancouver (Thursday J. C. McLean. will change to scattered showors gallon headed by o. ,f niivi.i trus MacDonald, er-nipnrod with the .WO miles peri i li nil- .of the jets. ' Five thousand Canadian and j ' American troops and Itw plnnes . '.i!l participate in Uie Sweet-' ! briar nrunocuvers. wlll confer HOCKEY SCORES National Loas'if New York 5. Chifaiio It- Bcattie : 52 Hevcourt Jfi Bobjo . .14 Buffalo Canadian ........ .08': Consul. Smellers 99.15 Conwest 113 Donalda -57 Eldona .31 East Sullivan 4.75 Giant Yellowknife 6.25 ?L ' d snow WU,' begin in the with federal authorities ; today interior this afternoon and par- to discuss possible fwaj to Annapolis Valley stelunw South- sist tonight and tomorrow. . w k ! h,.iiiiil" A fTi n ITl eI I 1. I Vancouver Bayonne 03 'a Bralorne - 9.25 H R Con U2':-' li R X 06 ... Cariboo Quartz 1.-23 Congress New 23'g Ileciley Ma.scct 26 Pacific Eastern , .05 Tend Oreille 5.60 Pioneer 3.40 Premier Border 03'.? Privateer 13, ..riw it'.ifM h eh swent tlie coaai. apu: B""- " by.v...... . spokesman said the discussions last nigth are subsiding to fresu southerly winds tills morning.. Temperatures will rcinuin mild. Forecast North Const Region Ovcrcust with ruin showers, occasionally nixed with snow today and to-nlfht. Little change In tempera would be in the nature of "pre-1 liminary talks on current problems faced by the growers." There was no assurunce a final agreement would be reached. Mrs. Diana Blair Shower Honorcc .34 .36 .061: .07 .08 V .05 God's Lake Hardrock Harrlcana Hcva Hoseo Jacknife ; v. ill be an- ; 1 "r ils't. reported j ;,;,l!'" i to Chair -"''i' ' r i 'embers of ' r. it .Wrifiht, I 7 ;- ""', Mrs. I ' 1 e'"'"ra. ' "i-ide-tl Iti'pre-! 1 ( '"''and, ri'porl-1 ' ' 1 'oviiiciai ex- 1 -i in Vaneou ': " '' i.ilierwhlch 1 v.d'j ihe- xeltl"-; 1 '' I lie IV C. T.F. . mnvrr )lt. --(, Ai Li Ti'aclv "s " ' "fi'l workah 1 "lift and it U "!' eoulil be p: ,- " v "i fil Mr. ( - "' i li! report l " I he ani":ul Reeves McDonald .03 ture KrtuM i wester V WI110S. J Reno Sheep Creek ... KiUjuk Premier Taku River Vananda miles per hour. Lows tonight, and , 1.13 .38 .12 .11 .07 highs tomorrow at Port Hardy. Salmon Gold 3U and 40: Kundsplt, JJ una jo. Prince Rupert, 32 and 38. Due eveulir: prior to me marriage of Mrs. Diane Bliih' to Hubert Elkins of Terrace, which took place yesti rday, Mrs.William Long and Mrs. A'j Phillipson were shower hoslsses in honor Joli-t Quebec : .70 Lake Rowan 05 1 Lapaska .04s Little Long Lac , .51 Lynx .14 Madsen Red Lake , 2.88 McKennie Red Lake 55 MeLeud Cocksliutt 2.08 MoneU ,.1 Negus 1.50 Noranda 68.00 Spud Valley Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.05 of Miss niuir. lively girts weie ' 111 In H.C.T.K '"'"w at Ea; .er '" -"HI.. n'ni"Mi;ly )-' "'inns of "i,p presented In a small ear uuu there was much fun in their un-w rapping. Later in the evening tempting reticshmcnls were served. Invited guests were Mrs. it. t,r Mrs.". D Mtch. Mrs. R. .19 1.S3 .04 3.75 Louvijjourt ... Pickle Crow . Regcourt San Antonio Saturday, February 11, 1'JaO A P. Con 8 Atlantic Calmont B Central Lcduc ' 1-20 Home Oil U 35 Mercury 10 Okalta 2.00 Pacific Pete 4.50 Princess : 3 Royal Canadian 06 'i Royalite 9.25 Toronto Athona 08 Aumaquc -12 7:59 High 19.3 feet 15.7 feet Senator Rouyn 23 Sherrlt Gordon "'"'(I'll by K G. ' ""I'i'AMt Lhti CO'U- n anreen; t 'V'1 ''liunl Tr; ''w from Jumi- Low 21:48 1:34 15;17 Jones. Mrs. E.'V. Whiting. M-s.. wnn.ini Rood Mi-'" Iris Christ 9.9 feet 5.8 feet 2 3 2.43' .22 .62 3.40 iansen. Miss Chprlotte Balato. ic neinhine Balagno, Miss, Steep Rock Sturgeon River ... Silver Miller Upper Canada .. JAP REPATRIATES WELCOMED FROM RUSSIA Crowds line the road outside Tokyo to greet Japanese repatriates, the first group to arrive In the winter-time from Russia. Of the 2,500 men to arrive aboard the Takasago Marti from Nahodka, 200 were hospitn! cas"s. Mis n Vonrien sailed aboard r , Miss M. main, ivnao .J' nations will be r,.i nm Thursday .Millie Bill. night for a visit to Vancouver. Audrey Wrathall . , ' s. . V. ,