UiiHAKY PROVINCIAL U33A3T, vmiu.-UA, 3. C. onriEs DRUGS Daily Delivery CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER JV vrTUhed Conoda' Mo Strofegic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" PHONE 81 VUL. XXXIX, NO. 101, PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 1 way w age Dispute to Canada D em eons 1 Star Enlists in U.N. Narcotics Drive Six Die as Army Bomber Hits Tree U.S. Strikes On And Off ! Forces Accident ! Rare Cut Sharply j OTTAWA Canadian Army, Navy and RCAF vehicles covered more than 31,000,000 miles hi 1349 with an average rate of ac Telephone Tie-up Off But Tcletypers out Chrysler Railway Companies Are Accepting Board Finding-Strike Uote On Anyway . ' OTTAWA (CP) Acceptance of the two major Canadian railway companies of the majority reports" of recent conciliation boards will not affect the decision already made" to take a strike vote, A.; R. Moshcr, president of the Canadian Congress of Labor, said today. Mr, Mosher said he felt certain " - - - - - the employees would vote for a cidents of only 3.8 for each 100,-000 miles compared with a rate of 4.7 for the same distance last year. LEBANON, 111. m A United States Air Force B-25 bomber struck a. tree today showering naming gasoline on two adjacent houses and killing six men known to be aboard. Army officers said parts of four bodies had been recovered. They continued the search for the other two but said there was not a chance that any of the plane's occupants survived. NEW YORK a A threatened ; countryw ide tie-up of United States telephone service was av-1 ; ci ted early today by agreement I tif the striking maintenance and ' installation men io resume nee;o- j j tiations. j ' The action, ended, at lea.it Eleven J mPorarily, tne week-long strike ! Tornadoes Hit South f ! OKLAHOMA CITY ff; New Lighthouse 01 lu.tuy employees only four ! persons, and possibly more, died 4inii U f IV.,., , 1 1 .. 1 j Extra Flights Air Service Is Increased 110 BOATS OCT One hundred r4 ten halibut boats had cleared from Prince Kupert for the fishing grounds up to Saturday night. Since then a few more cleared. CRASH NEAR KERICMEOS KEREMEOS Oil flicks in 01-alla Creek, 10 miles north of here, and trares of oil in Here-meos drinking water caused search for a missing aircraft, lost since early last week on a flight from Tiail to Vancouver with two men on board, to be concentrated today on that particular area. CRASH IN CALGARY CALGARY A plane crashed into a house in South Calgary after a wild career which woke the city. Plane and house were practically demolished. Four occupants of the house escaped narrowly. The 22-year old aerial joy rider. Jack Harper, on an authorized flight, was killed KILLED ON WALAHAT DUNCAN Mike Chester, 23, Duncan, was killed when he was thrown yesterday from his as savage tornadoes, i;pped over rwlK .Clcs.lrcuu,ra Set lines at tele-ins P"et Oklahoma UP and West Texas dur- the week-end. Threats of ?none "xchanees in 43 stales. It more black spirals hang m -a the Picke,t line rather than leaden skies over toth states. ' lhe strike itself that was expect- A weather expert says that M 10 hobble service, conditions over the stricken ? But nother segment of com- . . . . - nuri-at,ions was hit by ' a strike aras are just right for more ... . . ., ft teletype curators and other twisters. traffic workers against the Uni- I Life fcwMtftaub r Canadian Pacific Air Lines is increasing Its daily service between Prince Rupert and Vancouver for the especial benefit of week-end travelers. Commencing rr tooper is wfirumen 10 u.m. ueauquancrs at Lane I I N. Y., by Benjamin Cohen, U.N. Assistant Secretary- strike. ''' Frank Hall of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees said a conference com? mittee of his organization would not make its report before May io. : v Canada's two major 'railways today advised Minister of Labor Mitchell that they are " willing to negotiate settlement of the wage dispute with some'124,000 employees on the basis of two recent federal conciliation boar J rports. Canadian Pacific ano Canu. dian National Railways emphasized that "the additional costs involved can only be met,, by Increasing charges for our services to the public." Majority reports of the conciliation boards" handed down April 15 rejected seventeen of the -witway unions .claims for outright' pay in-! creases. They recoramended a lor Public Information. Mr. Cooper visited U.N. to record Tender Due Soon j Harbor Master Here To , Be Appointed In About j Three Weeks i The new 150-foot motor vessel Alexander Mackenzie, now near-ing completion at the Burrard dry' dock at North Vancouver, will be ready by the end of June ti replace the Birnie as lighthouse tender for the Department of Transport operating out of Prince Rupert, it is announced by N. A. Beketov, local agent for the marine department, who returned to the city cn the Chilcotln last evening from Vancouver. Capt. Norman MacKay, at present In command ' of the Birnie, will be master pf ' ! the new vessel, it is expected. , for a radio program entitled "Shooting Gallery" tentary ibing the U.N. Narcotic Commission's efforts to control bome 3a persons were injured severely by the wrecking of blasts of the twisters. In Texas hail added its bombardment to the wind and swell ed the damaged toll. ttl dru? traflic. "Shooting Gallery," will be aired over ted Press, a news service. The alk-out Interrupted a bulletin announcing the company's final fyafje offer. ' There were " indications that fhe end of the 97 -day strike of 89, 00 United workers against Chrysler Corporation was in the making at Detroit. In New York, 12,-000 service employees called off of stations in the world's English-speaking countries. today, there "wil be two flights each way on Mondays and Sat- I urdays. The regular daily flights will leave at J2:10 noon with extra flights at 4:50 p.m. on Mondays and Saturdays. Planes will arrive 3:50 p.m. the regular daily flight) and 7:50 p.m. Mondays , and Saturdays. The early flights J will carry the mail. The extra flights will involve the use of two pianes on the is Orderly in Spite Of motorcycle on the Malahat Highway, 't a four day strike. Royals Are Coast Hockey Champs Day Demonstrations Seven Rescued . MEMORIAL MOVES TO while in Van- NEW WESTMINSTER fl The CUP PLAY TORONTO Beketov, 1 Mr. UN (CP) Threats of trouble marked t May Day celebrations in divided Berlin acted aciea couver, as an examiner New Westminster Royals caplur- By Draegermen Vancouver-Sandspit section of the l ight. 1 , "vt" t'" cU the pacific Coast hockey t cool-headed German police from both side uj iiaiuur muster tti, jrniiue rvu- t pV ninirinciiin Qn t tifrlo Vii V . a t . t a . f lin a t? Many .outbreak .of rioting. w rm. 'the western sector an estimated 750,000 Ger- Scotia's famed draegerman crew. Capt. J. H. Elfert. The anal downing tiie Los. Angeles Mon-' appointment of the harbor mas- ; archg in one oI tne coses mo'st King of Sicm Wed In Simple Service TORONTO 0) Memorial Cup hockey will return to Toronto TwesdeyfUgbt wtfljft hMoeat Canadiens tackle Reguia Pats in the third game of the best of seven junior classic. The first two gasme were in Montreal with Montreal leading the series 2-0. formula that Wiuivi give the employees a shorter work wee.'., higher hourly rates and generally less in their weekly pay enKelopes.,.,. , S. F. Dingle, vice-president, ; Canadian National Railways, . arid N. T?. Crump, vice-president of the (li.ndinn Pacific Railway, today delivered to Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour, a letter dealing witn the conclusions of the boards icered speakers who attacked Russia and communism. A few blocks away, gruelling series in P.C.H.L. his- ter here is expected to be made within three weeks. There were Lseveral candidates. some of whom are veterans of the Moose River gold mine, went into action again Saturday to bring to safety sevn miners trapped in an Allan Shaft coal pit by explosions and fire Groping through searing heat Country BANGKOK, Thailand King Fhumiphon has taken as his bride a beautiful 17-' year-old princess. In a blue wed- ' ding sarong, Sirikit Kitiyakorn tory. The final score, 5-4, was as I close as early games of the tense series., I I For the first time in five years ootball :: Fires of the league's extstpnee the spr- I and dangerous gasses, the 20-man thousands of eastern Berliners took part In organized demonstrations where speakers assailed the west. In Moscow, capital of all communist-style May Day celebrations, Generalissimo Stalin reviewed thousands of cheering Russians In a mammoth parade. Moscow was engulfed in a sea of red bunting. , April Weather Fine in Rupert became queen of ' storybook of conciliation on demands of Thailand in simple Buddhst I the non-pperating labour organ-rites. The king will be crowned tea tions for increased hourly May 5 and thev will leave soon i rates of pay and adtfptlon cf During March League, First Div. m City 2, Aston Villa 2 ies finally went the distance. Ollie Dorohoy's unassisted goal at 1:49 of first overtime period concluded the seven-game rescue squad brought out the sevn men five were seriously j burned up from ' the 1,200-foot level to safety. 1 ' j after for Switzerland. Wanderers 2, Wolver-'i Wanderers 4 No large fires broke out during April but a few came close to becoming major blazes. Qulc work on the part of the fire rtnnartmnrif nn Anrll 9t ftt 12:50 ' Anxious relatives by the hund reds milled about the pit head. Very fine weather was enjoyed by Prince Rupert residents dur-1 ing April with a minimum 'amount of rain and a maximum 'amount of sunshine. 3, Middlesbrough 2 1, Newcastle United 3 junty 1, Charlton Ath- United 3, Fulhan Crown Case Concluded THE WEATHER ; Synopsis p.m., with the aid of the C.N.R.j yard crew, averted a major dock conflagration. On that date, the! CALGARy (? A 22-year-old five-day, 40-hour work week. This letter sets out: . . . 1. The railways accept the findings of the conciliation boards. . 2. Cost to the railways In man hours lost by reduction of thj work week. .- 3. Cost of proposals now iu dispute with the two union groups, and cost of the substantial demands from other classes of employees, i. ij-i 4. The willingness of the tail-ways to negotiate with" the employees on the basis of the majority of the boards. 'ly 1, Blackpool 1 '"d i, Ever ton 2 ( i ' Rain was general along the southern British Columbia coast and Lower Mainland this rtiorr.-I ing as another storm moved in from the Pacific. Showery conoi-l tions extended over the northern Bacon Fisheries smokehouse near the C.P.R. docks caught fire. Damage was estimated at $150. Total number of calls during "nwich Albion 0, Man- ft City 0 vs Portsmouth and LITTLE HOPE TO GET $50,000,000 OTTAWA 0i China's civil war has cost Canadians at least $51 ,000,000, External Affairs Minister Pearson told the Commons. He said the government had only a faint hope of collecting that amount from the beleaguered Nationalist regime which it still recognised. Nationalists used up that amount of the $00,000,000 made available lor them. Floods Moving ;wl VS Hiirldpi-sfii.ld the month was 20. At the end of last week, a coast and Into the Bulkley Vai- postponed due to Cup out ley while cloudy skies had spread Aviation Company employee was killed today when a light plane in which he had been buzzing the city crashed into a bungalow in north Calgary. Dead is Jack Harper, advertising and sales employee of Foothills Aviation Ltd., Calgary. The bungalow's four inhabitants miraculously escaped serious Injury. Both the plane and house were demolished. Harper was killed instantly.. total of seven fires broke j Only 7:74 inches of precipitation was recorded last month I compared with 14.73 inches in . April last year. Precipitation was recorded in 20 days. j Sunshine hours totaled 83 in 18 days. During April last year, only 36.7 hours of sunshine was recorded. I Maximum temperature last month was 59.2 above on April 28 and the minimum registered 31.2 above on April 8. Mean temperature was 41.3. Maximum wind velocity was registered as southeast at 28 miles per hour on April 4, 14 and 19. Greece and Yugoslavia Friendly ATHENS 0" Greece at the week-end joined Yugoslavia in seeking better relations between the two Balkan neighbors. Following closely on Yugoslavia, Premier Tito's announcement that his government would soon name a new minister to Greece, Premier Nicholas Plastiras said his new government would send a diplomatic representative to Yugoslavia. Vancouver's Roy the entire province. and in once Instance promot over Breond Division J 4. Plymouth Argyle 1 action by the firemen averted what might have been a large Uty 3, Bradford 1 Showery conditions will spread into the southern interior durms the day as the system continues its eastward motion. Rain will Town 4. Brentford 1 Mrs. W, D. Vance returned to the city on the Princess Louise this morning irom a two weeks' visit In Vancouver. r blaze. This was at the Besner Apartments on April 28 at 3:45. had left, a cinarette on 4, Burv 1 Twn 1, Chesterfield 1 continue the southern coast caused to along a table. Damage was Lh. .aiia anrk renins to an until this afternoon when show- f North End 3, Cardiff ! l K " S . . . A..n.-k lit: ...Ml .1 T-n! I o Park Rangers 2, Black-Kfivrrs 3 Maximum barometer was 30.61 I inches on April 18 and the minimum barometer was 29.38 on the j first day of the month. Woulers Winner ,u "'"U-a.5, Hull City 0 ' ''Ww 5, Leicester City a TlWn 1. T(ltl.pnhnm In On Winnipeg WINNIPEG, fc The Red River cut" loose with new flood blows Aod.iy at soggy, groggy southern Manitoba. The Canadian Army moved into the Red River flood zone as the highest water since 1832 poured toward Winnipeg, the pryvlnce's largest city. Kmr 0 Nil Uniied 2 Rhrriirf amount of approximately HI'.i. ery uunamuus win oeveiup. iv-m- j . At the Pioneer Laundry April lively cool showery weather will ; 12 at 2:25 p.m. sparks from a continue over most of the pnv-drying machine Ignited lint un- ince tomorrow, der the wooden floor of the j , forecast buildtng. A large amount of smoke was encountered by fire- North Coast Region- Clour.y , men who ripped away a section with a few showers today and of the floor. Damage was est- Tuesday. Little change in tom-lmated at $133. . perature. Winds southeast 15. During last month, bush and Lows tonight and highs torpor-grass fires were practically non- row at Port Hardy, Sanaspit existent. But during last week and Prince Rupert, 40 and 40. of the month, four such blazes , . j were responded to Total financial damage dur- jAiir IWrnhA i Liiw last month was approxi- UUlV) l!jlWUV HALIFAX '05 Determined,!- In general, the weather pic-methodical Roy Woulters, Van ture looked good during the last couver and Montreal, a 5-6 un- . week of the month and, as the derdog, ended George' Ross's 20- j final days of April passed away, month reign as Canadian middle- ( the sky changed to a rain washed weight boxing king here Satur- color and during the first day of day by hammering the former May, occasional showers are be-West Bay Road, N. S., farm boy Ing noted. fsday 2 h l,-ase, Division A i s ' Hibernian 0 , , , ;. lbi, 2, parUck , !le 1 1 Ulrk 4, East File 1 Dvisiii B rraUne Athiet. if 9 Wll hits submission In the ninth ! round of their scheduled round championship battle. nock o ' I Thirty soldiers were rushed to I Morris, 41 miles south, to throw up a sandbag dike around the hospital. An amphibious duck stood by to remove patients If the army failed. All of Morris, a j town of 1,000, was covered by the ! muddy river water. Scores of rcs-; klents, heeding their mayor's AIR PASSENGERS In Nelson Court malely $500 as compared witn March's loss of about $900. During march, firemen responded ''fkO, Dundee United to 19 cans ana uie vuiuu".5 NELSON -Police were pre- i lit.. Cliiia Ciirn fin I ' f'.w'lycun. 1st R........I From Vancouver (Saturday) Mrs. E. R. Powers, I. Tucker, Mrs. G. R. S. Blackaby, J. Parkin, fire was ai me o"" ; wared Saturday. They came to apartments on March 12. tlydc () 0t,1MalclIPS' 'Useniuir 2 n u....... . Pioneer Woman j Of Ciiv Passes ! Mrs; Fanny Leaper, another well known pioneer woman of the citv, passed away in the Prince Rupert General Hospital yesterday morning. Seventy-five warning to evacuate, movea io Winnipeg and other places. In Winnipeg the river rose all ceurt with- hlrrifets. At V I."'h1 of 30 radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, women chanted prayers and disrobed. One woman stood stark naked in the pourt room while some other women took off most of U1A Uuddcrsficiu Tiwn Fraser Flood Danger Grows nilca 2 ' h 3 Queen of the , during the week-end. By eany ' today It stood at 23 feet, only five j inches below the level reached in ) 1948 when the last floods occurred. Streets in some residential W. Doran, Mr. and Mrs. H. Leaske. From Sandspit (Saturday) -' Mrs. C. Charleston. To Vancouver (today) Mies F H. Campbell, Mir. Tucker. To Sandspit (today) F. Mc- Mahon, R. Tierney, A. N. Arrow-smith, C. O. Carlson, George Malencld, A. Gaborieau, R. Man- tha, Mrs. O . Charleston, Mr. Assen, F. Russ. Queen Charlotte Airlines (to- Ifr,,.!-- . ' .-""if mniet:c 3 11. if H could nnlrl .YI5 Oi ttKC, IVITS. AjCttpCl nail ominous their clothes before police VANCOUVER -The ,n p Rn f threat of flooda In the" Fraser Val- act wlln biamcets. j 4Q , makinK her home at suburbs were under water . t, lev and southeastern British Col- "The onlv evidence ! have is 1867 Seventh Avenue East. She pCAL TIDES 2 1950' I 0:5G 23.1 feet SIAMESE TWINS AT FIVE MONTHS Brenda and Beveney Townsend, the Siamese twins born to a Toficld, Alia., couple, now are five months old and healthy. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Townsend, shown here with the twins, plan to send them to an Edmonton hospital early in May for an operation which is hoped will separate them and give the girls a chan"9 tor a normal child-hocd, nCP Photo onrthPir'thr. and four umbia continued to grow today ln disrobing," one woman said .was the widow of the late Harry mfw. motheis ana tneir tnree a a w,n the forecast of summer-like as she removed her coat. The Leaper, a pioneer railway em-day old babies and four expect refusal of thtrtv inHnHW veral women. Dlovee. Son of deceased. Albert WHU , - u j i v v.. v . - v - - ' will urrivg from Winni- cay) to Massei, Mr. luma.. iu the mountains to start their nor- were sentenced to three years in Leaper I "142 20.8 'eet ant mothers, were In the Morris I 7:26 0.7 fect hospital. Some of the patients f 19:31 JLJ feel, were seriously ill. mal run-off. ' ',n'- un tomonow night's train. J Juskatla, J. uimr. - N.-S-W .-S I '- ' V N