PROVINCIAL: Paovi.v:i?L Li::..ir.s 1- lie vie::'"-. '- - v., , 11 .. j onr.iES DRUGS Oaj Delivery northern and central British columbias newspaper Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port i "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PHONE 81 - -lii3lNa 40- PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., FRIDA; FEBRUARY 17, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS a : SB ' i w QGT1& hi z e pread Search On is Appointed r ii .!r u r !B,C. Timber Prospects n I Former Local Banker Dies i. secretary 1 J umm Island u r ess nova i Heavy Benefits 19 Million In ESospital Fees Paid Adverse Heather i 1. i.... J.,w,..,...l parties today f riwl. snovv-eovered Vncess Koyal , IliMy miles south of here, today Stales aii iutli who parachuted out of a :' , i Tnemhv 1 M,,,y- Twelve Oil others H. t two 0 in 111 - Vl : til-. ' ' ' " Ml -X, ioumu. A United Suites Army IH1- copter slotted footprints. lcad - in- to the wisst coast of the 1.- 1 1 1 4 Il I.I I yesterday but dwindling furl Mipply forced the aircraft to il,,-.,!.. J in-,'. Ground search parties reached one empty paracnute nanging Ironi a tree and (sighted another. Four paruciiut.es were located by the helicopter but It is. not known whether or not these belonged to the men already res- MONTIHSAt, The appointment of I). I. Grant K.C.. as secretary of the Canadian National Hallway and ll.s subsidiary com panies was announced lien- ves- inuiiv uv lift Kir fluid. i, " n ; system, in his new pom. Mr Stlt ! em, personnel. ; 1 Bom rlllil' - " Fcbru- ary J, J001, lJuii.,a.s IrvhiK Giant .piimtcu Mic law department of Canadian National Hallways ii,fi u solicitor a I. Toronto in i August, 1030. In February, 1U18, Ill U'!l !llll,iill,.,l ...... I. ( I relary 0f u,,. railway at system ; UrudlulrUrj Montreal. A son ol the bile IIiim Jntlfr. rvvM linglls Grant, Justice of Appeal of !u,e supreme Court of Ontario, Mi. Orant matriculated from St. Andrews College, Toronto, and attended the University of Toronto In 1919 and 1920. He served jwith the law firm of Johnston, I McKay. Dods, and Grant, Tor- Harold Winch Is Critical Swrial Leader nl OppiisiliiM) Has Hi? Hay hi l.iRislaturr VICTORIA t Opposition Leader Harold Winch opened de bute on the Speech from I he Throix'-m lie HniMie FAVORITE IN U. K. ELECTION Prime Minister Clement Attli e -"adopted" as the candidate for (he ctir.f ilwiwy of West Wallhaiti, Enu. Tlie Attlee eovernmcnl. fittliling for its life in the forthcom cucd.- lonlo, and graduated from Os- Tlierc were no further clucsjgoodc Law School in 1020. He was or signs up to noon today, ac-iappolnted a Kind's Counsel in cording to a radiophone eonver-1 1940. He is a member of the Can-sution which brought the search ladlan Railway Club, and oT Phi progress up U (liibC. ' jDeltr, Phi. ing general election on Feb. 23, is g;ven'ji better-lhan-cven chance to win by the public opinion polls bi'in; conducted. Prince Rupert Silting Close To Good Oil, Says Operator Prince Uupvrt very definitely 1ia. the jiossibility of liefoinin a good oil town hut the people here do not seem to realize it, says (Jarsyn (!. Mitchell, veteran Lt. William Kldd of H.M.C.3. Cayuga said that ground parties from the destroyer as well a.sj Royal Canadian Air Force and Army were out today their i auks were augmented by civilian volunteers from the Cana dian Alpine chid at. Vancouver which was proceeding to investigate reixjrls of smoke signals. The twclltli Kui"Vlvor was bronchi out yesterday by n ground party which had heard uta cries for ' help at a point. tbout a mile and a half In laud. independent oil operator, area. He arrived from Vaneotiver hy plane on Tuesday and left yesterday. J'or (keen Charlotte Islands lesUiwtiiin.4lH':'4iJjJci4jt.';.iiJ.l..J . - Klhl.i-r..4:rMUUrl.v. v.a ensued, by atlackinj; lie- hnillh hi.sur-( Mr. Mitchell expres.a'd eon-ancc ticheme of the province and j fidcuec lliat oil would be strucfc uneiiKiloyiiu nl, Ihroiic.lionl Hid -i in Mils area In th" near futui". V . TIP RAC1 Pipe in hand, Britain's looks I i .solemnly as lie was w ho is now scoutintr in this l.'iin foiir trips into the Lone Mountain country during the last three months, travelling by do't team on some occasions in v"'7 below zero weather. French Strike Calls ignored I'AP'S t -."oad t'ounlry-wlde rail-1:1 and e 1 strikes, ordered ; (., -lay by ('; iiimuni.'it. unions In pn.list it, Uie unloading of United S'.at.' s anus in France. were said by a government of- i - 1 ;t i lodav '' have been "near ly a to':d failure." f 1 1 i -1 ; I ;jt. headquarters " of ti " n.iiLiihUivd railway system which employ? about 400,000 ViorkfiiJ s-itd that a two-hour :-i!. iutui!tr.l- !d deiuoiistration sti ike had firzled A t!f hour ' !ri';c call hi northern eoa) fields also appeared to have been Ignored by miners ''.iuiini.iu"t deniunstratlon or- ui'l'S. , .. . . i , Arnold Flaten Dies in Vict'tna j j Today News is Shock Here j Prince Rupert people, among' whom deceased had a legion ol i friends, will learn with a seii;,cj Oi du;p itgi'.tof Hit iieai.ii winch i occurred in Victoria tuday of! Arnold Flat-ni, whu was for j nearly ten years manager o! the i Royal Bank of Canada he . M Fiateii had been In ill h"alUi lov , some time but the end came un-1 expeet.etlly. The funeral will take! place in Victoria on Monday. Born on a farm in ; pH iub'-r 2!). 1895, In Minnesota, of Scandinavian parentage, Mr. Flat;n Joined the service of the Royal Bank of Canada in September 1913. His service with the bank of took him for a time to the West Indies. He served with the United States Army in World War I alter which he returned to the hunk For some lime he wa.i accountant at Prince George and cam-from I Ladner, where he had be i manager, to Prince Rupert.. II" came here on March Hi. IPri'J and left in March l!i48 to lake over the management of the Douglas Street branch at Victoria. Mr. Flaten tijok a keen and :tc-live interest in public at fail': while in Prince Rupert and wa i president of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce and of i the board of directors of Prince j Rupert General Hospital. He wa-;l also a prominent irlember of ,hj Gyro Club and was a Mason. Besides hts widow, Mr. I'talen is survived hy two dam'ii'crs Barbara and Judith. They wit' have the deep sympathy ut many friends. To Improve Insurance Extension 01 riieinH".vnirnt J Protection forecast ' at Ottawa j OTTAWA - Extension of uucm-i ployiuent Insurance was f r" j cast hi the speech from thej Throne at opening of Parlia- ment yesterday. Canattiao em- ployment and prosperity was at, j a high level, the Speech said.! and present unemployment was; largely seasonal and temporary. Export trade remained high. 1 Extension- of domestic rent, controls; amendments to thej Canada Shipping Act and re j wilting of the Indian Act was also forecast I ' Canada must be prepared lor ' a sudden attack in the cold war,' the Speech said. Maintenance, of Defence was imposing a heavy ' burden. . ' I Plane lost -Iwo Aboard PPCKANE CI" r lifiht Aeiotica plane, with t vo on board, Is overdue in northern Idaho and is presumed to be down, the Com -merclal Aeronautics A'.hniTiisU'f Won repotted. The C. A. A raid that boys had rented the plane for photography purposes, Two private search, planes are out but with no results. 'Ik 1 e. " " , . , .. K 4k A., a. Are Brighter in United ' Kingdom, Visiting Official Saysj VANCOUVER Prospects j are good for increased British j Columbia timber trade with Great Britain, T. A. Storey, chair- vnv, of the Timber Development! Association of Great Britain, said I here last night. "Restoration of . the timber trade means as much to Great Britain, as lt does to British Columbia." Mr. Storey said. "We in England are not sitting down and doing nothing." Mr. Storeys Association had fought what, he described as an "extremely serious" tendency to substitute other materials for Umber in Britain. The attitude the British government to-' wards timber had changed materially in the last eighteen months, he said. "Now they are beginning to realize its true importance." .- My SETTLE STRIKE WASHINGTON Hopes ol an early settlement of the long cial miners' strike wrre bristlier- today after a secret conference betweeu . Jehrt . I,. Lewis, the operator mid th , "V( rnniciit. Contempt .' ol cn -'i oriM ccilinns against the uukiii have b,een delayed. The cum iy has only enough coal IrU for eieht Hays and ration- i tin; ha? started in New York. .. . " - - ...I !.. I..... I It'llfUlt. MORE ATOMIC IIOKKOR WASHINGTON A member of the atomic weapons committee of Congress told Hie Veterans of Foreign Wars today (hat Hit United States is now workkif 011 a radio active poison gas. .'' AMERICANS ARMS FLOW WASHINGTON American arms may soon start flowing' to three Asiatic countries as part of a stepped-up Truman administration effort to slop Hie spread of communism in the Far East. Officials say that slate and defence departments also may recommend givin? Mvlia a share of the $75.000.U0U fund which President Truman has a free hand to use for military purposes In the general :rea. A slice of undisclosed store has already been ear-marked for the tniied States of Indonesia. Military aid for hard-pressed Indo China and for neighborir.j Thailand Is re-i'ited under urgent study. OLD COUNTRY ELECTION LONDON Foreign Secretary Bevin may reply personally to cold-war themes raised by Churchill's Edinburgh address, it was Indicated today. A spokesman at Bevin's election headquarters In London's Woolwich East ccrfitltuency sab! there is a possibility that he Foreign Secretary may revise an election broadcast to include at least a passing reference to Churchill's remarks. "w re; Mly IrtTIl ! is- Ip I l Soon hninsMiilalHUi ,irrliiiK a'"' '.cram i engineer al lull exploration Consolidated Co. at Prince ivinj! in about a Turuiilo to lube -pa-scngcr Dene which the .,c out of hue an Uil ion factor ' pi ulii ;i in III nil (lirecllons Prinri- llupert. nl 1 1 ii- aireralt, ill immediately .ikini; mil pros-anil geological inh-ri'ir. cua.slal and ti i In the ii Tiininiii Mr. h a ilrlliitiK Jol) j w uli'iii nied De- iriin-' llupert a Afti-r pickiiiK will call atintii la .iy bac k to MiiK a ucoIdk-f Muore is also id air engineer, lis uf I lie alr-'i out pi ospect-lii' Taku River and lo White- if interior. "iii;ical crew t'i Anyox, !' hue the old In carry out "ik Later the viil inti) enm-'ituiiiHl In the "I the Oinlti-iuii. There will 'titlis' work 111 'TilllullK. ip li.ir Hie air-weeks' l'Xied- 'Iti and Yukon A ill uk.o have 'if re dm inc the lour ucoloplcal 'vrn.Hy of Uilt-' will ussut tr. ''Iier Consolld- tve at ilic new nl'iuark-rs. 'I Denver iiir- 'led is a mach- wliii li the B.C. I'.iUul service A I MLR I'sis as aoproach-; morning and hum Vancou- VICTORIA ''APremier Byron Johnson said in tiie Legislature today that 170.000 accounts amounting to $15,000,000 had been paid to dte by the hospital insurance plau. He said that all phases of the tervice must be examined with a view to modifv-ing and. improving the plan but he did not elaborate. Nowhere on the continent was so wise a service given for sj reasonable a premium. During the session questum: about administration-of hospital insurance will be dealt with .'by Minister or Health Pearson. Mr. Johnson said. He added: "government will overiook no opportunity to strengthen the plan and maintain as high a service n? possible at the lowest possible premium." The Premier further announced a $20,000,000 school protrrav: and a further grant of $7iK! 000,000 to the University. Jets Win- Rupert Takes Hoop Victory In idpiie of the Umss of BUI Sunberg with a sprained ankle I just before half time. Prhi'je RuoerL. .Jets, scored, a 43 to 35 " victory i ... .. over . UAM tr,..,il Ketohlkaji 'Elks last iilalit for their first victory of the Alaskan town. Sunbei-g went to hospital for an x-ray examination which disclosed no fracture. He was soon out and will be home with the team tomorrow afternoon "Our team was outstanding," said Ounnar Anderson over the telephone from Ketchikan this morning. "If we had not lost Sunberg we Would have double;! the lead. We were In control all the way." . The games coiuit 011 Uie wintei' series . wtth Ketchikan . now stands at two wins each with Ketchikan having a one point Jcad on the scoring aggregate. labor Pledges Jobs For All LONDON, W The Labor Par; ; topped its election pledges today with promise of Jobs lor all. The party manifesto lor the February 23 general election seeks to assure the working man that, under a Labor government, he need never fear mass Joblessness of the pre-war period. "The supreme aim that we set before the nation Is maintenance of all employment," Bay? the manifesto. HOCKIY SCORES National Toronto 3, Montreal - !K S, -I !..,., - .....iiri.-MrrFST'-ii at the (C. P. Photoi in waiiu was -serionu Bi "routine search." He had a oi-oken ankle. All the twelve survivors balled out from an altitude of about, )()0 leet over Prlnce.iS Royal Island. The Canadian r'lshing Co.'s lH packer Cape Perry sighted two of them on the bench on Wednesday niornma and mmjii picked up t'n ,uon ,ru,M t!lttl vicinity. '"Iliey were tired and wet." the captain of the Cape perry reported "out we had plenty of extra clothe, grub, whiskey .inii rum." Later the men were t ransferred to I he United Stales Cuudt?uard, v hlch flew thi'iii to M'-Cord Field at I'ttlMIIIUl. A r.U inlle gale and heavy rain was hampering the search lo- dav. v hlrly iik'm or Ui" Canadian Ai.iny 'a ere flown to the scene e.-iU-i'day. C.N. Exhibit Is Dedicated HOJJOKKN, N.J.--A Canadian National Railways system permanent exhibit In the transportation museum of the New York SoeleLv of Model Ku- . ,. T V glneers, Inc., w-.is ueuicaKu 'STOCKS Ji.hustou Co Lt'J 1 Ish Columbia. He demanded thai all curresMndenre passing between Minister of Heal 111 George S. Pearson and Former Commissioner Or. J. M. Ilcrshcy on the hospital nlsuraiice .se.heine be tabled In I he House, llr. Ilershey resigned late In-December. Mr. Winch emphasized Hint hospital Insurance was here to stay despite opposition of insurance companies and some members of the Medical profession. Had weather was not the cause of all Ihe unemployment now pre-vailint; hi Hellish Columbia. Winch said. There was no provision for those not on iinein- ploymeiif, Insurance or those re. i reiving social welfare assistance Mr. Winch told Uie l.i Rlslature i This was anothn- ckaniple ol inrlvali- enteriulse bdlin to Hnd h jobs In peacetime. I Private enterprise can provide full employment only in war !lime, he continued. ' Private rl). Uerprtoe can provide everything !n time of war. hi time ot peace it cannot, provide the essentials of Die." Premier Uyp.ui Jolmton Inter-rupiefl lo say that Ottawa had paid out In uneiuploynui:. iiujiir- lance uiKiViamiiy anowances m tills province In December ana January Hie Mini ol 9u.bu0.uvu. ,.:. it ol the Mr. Wlncli culled nr a new bill id ri"hl.s nir all people 01 Canada which would give Indians equality with whites. Frank Calder. M.L.A. for Atllu, for example, enjoyed certain privileges in the legislative chamber which he did not have outside. Burns to Death In Bingo Club I CHAIIl.t IT) K'lOWN d" - A woman was bunted to death and twelve oilier pi runs are in hospital for treatment urt-c a Tire 'dcslroved a one-slor-v snorting are believed to be .seriously burn- led. FORT BAEINE POST OFFfCE OTTAWA vs a result of a rt uuest made last fall by E. T. Aonlewhaite. M.P. fur Skeena, the "Prince Rupert is sitting close lo some oil lands as nice as any in the province. They are not necessarily as far from Uie city rven as the tjueen Charlotte Islands but could be 011 the mainland near here." As for the Islands. Mr, Mitchell is optimistic of oil bviii'X found because of the seepages and other signs. Mven if one hide does not result hi a strike it does not mean the oil Is not there. Mr. Mitchell has been active In the Pence Ktver district around ni-:ivprloft!'c Allifi't fnr l.hirtv- Ihree vears'and. with B. 1. Nes- i bitt, Vancouver geologist, recently turned over to the lew Motikman Pass O'l Co. of Vancouver drillini: rights In the Lone Mountain area ol Monk man Pass where there are promising oil and gas Indications, at least six gas seepages having been encountered. Other oil companies which have become Interested In that area are Pioneer Gold, Del,. Rio, Catvan and San Antonio. Mr. Mitchell lias made 110 less TUUA '$ (Courtesy 8 j. Yancyuvf r Rayoiine Hralornc tl.;)'! H R Con .1.1:! ' U R X .Oil Cariboo Quartz . l.tIS Congress New lied ley a.scoi .z.i Pacific Easier iv .OS I-'end Oreille !).1tl Pioneer 3 ttl Premier order .o:i;' 1 Privateer .11 Reeves McDonald 2.11 Reno .in-1,, Khcep Creek 1.10 Silbuis .Premier . .37 1 Taku Uiver .1',! Vanutida .11 Salmon Gold Spud Valley Oils-Anglo Canadian 4 0" A P ('on .22"' Atlantic 1.47 Cohnont .52 C & E . .. ' :.. 7.0(1 Central Leduc 1.15 Home Oil 1100 .Mercury .10' OkalU 1 .'JO Pacific Pete ... '. 4.40 Princess .30 Royal Canadian .00 ': Royalite' 9.25 Toronto Aihona .07 'i nerc yesterday ty W 11 "-,u"b' unrm,,ioyed registering in those of -Moid real,. In hla first Uuldlu umMl ,,,, ,b(t kl IO , .,1 m,o f'ppearancc as vice-president of , , , tinl(.' "Pi'it,. As the ertonnel, v.dcl) appointment. vas iuinouneed hi Montreal arller this -week. The Canadian National exhibit includes Illuminated train tall signs featuring the "Conllnen-tal Limited." the "International Limited," of the Grand Trunk Western, and Ihe "Montrealer" of the Central Vermont, aa well a.s 3i large framed map of Can ada showing Canadian National lines in all or the country's ten provinces. The pxhlbll was ae- .. ' 1 l;md the ruin ' iy but another xpi'cled 011 the tdterniMin and steadyt rain, accompanvlii'' lleeil Cllll'ln.fl nl if 111 Uie (iueen llud gale wam- 'uds lmve been A'jui..mue ... 12 lieaUie 05 tvvruirl 2 li Ctilijo 13 Huflalo Canadian ..08 ui S'lielUii's 'J7.75 ''mi i t.' 1.1.3 loua!da , 53 Kklcna . i0 I' .I't. Sullivan 4.70 1 i mi Y'Knile 0.10 O'ld's l.4t ki .32 ' Hartlruel; 32 I leva (J7 If Of CO . .OjJ'. .1 u'kiiii'f . .. .05 .lolict U'.icbrc 07 l,;il;e iiuw.ui 05'. I a. .e l i . . . Of !,!-! l..'.na Uie .47 I vux 15 M. ' t I'm Lake . 2.P0 McKen?!e Vid Luke .SS M' l.etd ttoekahtitl 2.57 Miuieia :h f'cuus . . Ml Ner:intla 08.25 I.,.':v!:i;urt 17 Pickle Crow 1.05 Kegcrm: t . . .04 San Ant;:ni' 3.55 Sherril Gordon 210 Sleep Rock . . 2.30 Sturgeon River 21 Silver Miller 66 1 Upper Canc.da 3.15 "')le coast to be cepied In behalf of the society by Secretary George R. Brack-' inann. The Canadian exhibit has the place of honor over the world's lar;csl accurate scale model railroad; a trackage system or m,,if, Minn uoimii I IwiiiuihI fiet. us afternoon. i"'Mied tlirough ''i" passes as "'" ifi now at a s"ir r(.r.,.,iin which was built bv members or club where mnco was oen.g p.ujr-t.h.. i,-1,.,ihI..., M,.,.irtv unit Is cd. None of the twelve persons ki'il nr. !ast P'-IUll K.-iln operated within - the Society's (pnrl 'i-s In the Lackawuna ter-mhial al Hobokcn. r"i Shuwers ln- b. ' .. . - f"'ay. Utile fiature. Win.ls ..nrm - ,, J S ...u. St vAaifcAialfoiWRiM'.'.''''' 1 f.1UnB southwest BE GAMES 'WINNER Blond Dill Pamell of Vancouver gave Canaca one of iU victories LOCAL TIDES Saturday, February 18, 1900 High 2:31 20.9 14:25 Low 8:27 5.1 20:44 2.9 British Empire games in Auckland. :'.Z. Parnel! covered the mile in Uie reeora-Dreasius of the Here Parnell Is shown leading in a heat four minutes. 11 seconds on the closing day games. Which he also won. Also in the photo are D. R. MacMillan of Australia, Tom White of England, T 'I to soutU-Southeast Lows to-J4 wmorrow-at t"? Sandr-nt f't 32 and 42. feet post Office Department has fin-21.2 leetjnounced it.s intention of opening feet a Post Office at Fort Babine at ' : feet the north end of Babine Lake. Rich Ferguson of Toronto and Mossie Marshall of New Zealand..