' I ; Vi.'-XJAi PROVINCIAL L12?.'.T!, 113 VICTORIA , 2. C. LV.-; onr.iEs DRUGS wmm Daily Deliver NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVIII, No. 138. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. TUESDaV, JUNE 14, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS : i i I Cl yinni baa T i On Wed nesday- n s. u " ritisli I Minister, Labor Leader, y or I wo uenera Uisiting iyros fire (Stoeerioed Here Candidate, Address Final 'r TRUCKERS AT ctions Coming Off ish Columbians vote tomorrow to fleet a 48-uvincial government after a vigorous cam-nlivened by a federal election which follows lays. There are a total of 138 candidates for tors to choose from between 8 a.m. Pacific UNION DEFIES LABOR GOV'T Friendly Service Club Visitors Invading City Coalition Rally In City COUNCIL MEET Bylaw Being Temporarily Relaxed Pending Permanent Amendment . LONDON Railway strikers at the week-end defied a government demand to end their t Time and 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, in- xuyh Social Creditors, - - . GYROS FROM SOUTHERN' MUTISM COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON HERE FOR DISTRICT CONVENTION Friendly Gyros, more than eighty in number, arrived in Prince Rupert this afternoon aboard the Most of the truckers of Prince uoii of Electors, twolrimu rlTrr Return of Government Held Vital to Future Progress and Prosperity of the Province An international labor union leader, a provincial cabinet minister and a city business man the latter two election candidates last night pointed to continuation of Coalition government as the only way to assure economic expansion and unfolding prosperity in this province. ' Rupert are not taking kindly to frpssivos and eight the council's efforts to have cer "Sunday only" work stoppages on Great Britain's national railway lines. Engineers and firemen, demanding revised schedules which will not keep them away from nls. nEAKIKu LAilj SET BY COURT tain of the city's traffic bylaws aiitiim and me u.c.r. enforced, judging from the views unated candidates In expressed by several members of steamer Chilcotin, specially chartered for the occasion, from here and there in 'southwestern British Columbia and the states of Washington and Oregon for their annual district convention. Their gathering home at night, halted their The trio were JacK koss, last Legislature 36 trains on the north-south lines at midnight Saturday for the fourth week-end in a row. bill through the House and if I had to do it again I would put is the most Important interna- a 13-man delegation that visited the council chamber last night while the council was In session. The bylaw In question does not permit of angle parking, .is wi re elected, eleven be ternational representative of thej International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for Western Canada, Hon. E. T. Kenney, pro- tional meeting which will two Bill 66's through If it would bring the Aluminum Co. to this held In the city this year. and one Laborite in ridings. London trainmen are called Hearing dales for five civil actions and one appeal against a liquor conviction were set by County Court Judge W. O. Fulton Monday In the monthly trial-setting session of the court. June 28 was set for hearing of an appeal by Charles Woods against a conviction on a charge of supplying liquor to an Indian, Besides those arriving by double parking or parking of to a mass meeting today. An m tins election nave steamer, others are coining by vehicles more than 12 inches other emergency session of the Cabinet is also called. contentions that the train, plane and car. The In cincial Minister of Lands and Forests, and John D. McRae, Coalition candidate for Prince Rupert riding. Addressing a final, pre-election meeting in the Civic Centre, coast. "If I can throw industry into northern B.C., that's where it's going to go as far as I am concerned. There will be no company towns connected with any of ternational President, Leon E. Isaksen of MadLson, Wisconsin, 1 stifle British Colum-ii at a time when the is ready for industrial from the curb. Although the bylaw has been in effect since 1943 it was not until this year that enforcement was strictly carried out. The chief difficulties as far as the truckers are and the International vice-president, Russell Carter of Edmon handed down by Magistrate W. I MENTIONED IN T 1 r ,. ., i,, ..I... ii i i ' and the C.C.F. the Coalition will they based their appeal for CASE, SUICIDES ton, are arriving by tram Coalition party support on the 1 IRE AT LYTTON LITTON, B.C. lire early yesterday swept throned the main street here and destroyed five business buildings, causing property loss estimated at y!50,000. The driven flames destroyed three WASHINGTON D. C, O1' Pol ay Hriusn Columbia, lo the Aluminum Com-' District' Governor Wilson ice said Saturday that one of the Hunt of Penttcton and District concerned arise In the two blocks of Third Avenue where the absence of a lane on the south side fore deliveries to be made to front entrances of places of Lieutenant Governor Leonard A men mentioned In the Judith A. Coition trial Friday had these developments, either. They will all be under the Municipal Act. As long as I am a minister of this province, there never will be another .company town." ' - Although it is the object of C.C.F. criticism, the powers of Bill 66, which gives the cabinet authority to deal with the Alu ul tiers. i Prince Rupert the isht is between Wil-i. C.C.F. member of eight-year record of the government which, they intimated, had placed this province' and particularly Its central and northern areas, on the highroad to unprecedented development. The opposition course, they warned, the untried pathway of Loekett of Seattle lead the main I stores and thpn inmnpil lhp last . t,, , ... committed suicide here May 28. Woods was fined $150 and $2.50 costs by the magistrate. Civil actions set were: British Columbia Packers Ltd. versus Leonard Mercer for $581, set for June 27. Brown and Harvey are acting for the plaintiffs. Emily Hiltz versus John Groven for $55, sloinl over until the next session of the court. MacLeod and Ray for the plaintiff, Brown and Harvey for the defendant. y . . v ..unfit n. nn. uinii ui - body which arrived by steamer. I business. Mayor Nora Arnold accom-! For years it has been the cus- Leuislaliirc, and J. D meek He was Morton tt.eiu; non oi anoiner More ana a of the fire torn of truckers to back their aged 48, of Chevy Chase, Mary cafe.' The origin is not luun. vehicles into the curbs when C.C.F. socialism, would lead to panied P r e s 1 d e-ji t Maurice Brydges, Convention Chairman W. J. Scott, Chief Oreeter Frank Skinner and practically the en land, whose throat-slashed botfy was found floating in the Put-omac River Friday night.- ! minum Co. of Canada are very mild compared with som- of the authoritative powers granted the Lieutenant - Oovernor -in - making heavy deliveries. .The traffic bylaw rules out this 'recession" and withdrawal of confidence on the part of those Sl'NSET Sl'RVIVORS ANCHORAGE, Alaska Four method of discharging and, when tire local O y r o , membership who would invest capital to ex iiitmx local bu.slners iiu; as Coalition noml- larger vole in expedite Ruierl this cl-m in 1945 when a 3811 ballots were cast S' ej.t reecivjns ,1,337 D Pattullo, i.34fl. int ih'burgh, 538. 4- ploit British Columbia's rich but which turned out this aftornon to meet the. delegates and their representaUon was made to the Council at a previous meeting. Charles S. Vtcrs versus Anton ( Vejl for $74.73. set for June 30. was transferred' from1. Depis Court , a t Burns I arose out of a hunting tiaellei Who were wmn paraded tempore aulhorUallon 'was ex which Small Lake, council of Saskatchewan, he declared. Mr. Kenney read portions of the Saskatchewan: Marketing Act which, he charged "unsurps unlimited powers" from the people's representatives and places the burden of proving innocence on anyone charged with infractions of orders-ln-councll. ''The C.C.F.," he declared, unused resources. COALITION WILL BRING PROSPERITY Mr. Kenney, who is seeking re-election tn Skecna riding, sounded the keynote of his party's appeal when he declared that in preliminary negotiations with the Aluminum Co. of Canada and other big industries expedition last fall. I Three naturalization ccrtlfl- cates were granted by Jude Fulton and two applications for BrownatHl, Harvey for .the plaint tiff, MacLeod and Ray for the defendant. Northern Cartage Ltd. versus George II. 8tanbridgo for $195.50. Drown and Harvey fH- the plaintiff, MacLeod and Ray for defendant. Set for June 22. Houston Meat Market versus Fred Bjorkman for $107.04. Stood ML CITY away in waiting cars to convention headquarters at the Civic Centre' for registration preliminary to a full program of entertainment, as well as district business sessions, which will mark a big' two' days continuing into Wednesday and Thursday. The Prince Rupert Gyro Club lias been planning for months to give the visitors a pleasant and memorable time while here. Opening social event will be a tended permitting heavy materials to be loaded or unloaded when the truck was backed to the curb between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pat Forman, speaking- on behalf of the Fishermen's Cooperative Federation and as manager of the Co-operative Bakery, stated that unloading flour from a truck parked parallel to the curb Involved considerable more cost due to the extra timetethred for the job. (MAINS survivors of a fishing boat accident in Aleutian waters that tools four lives . arrived here Mfliiday in a Flying Fortress rescue squadron. Tlie vessel was the halibut boat Sunset which carried a crew of nine, five of whom drowned Saturday when the vessel capsized under the impact of two huje waves in False Pass separating the Alaska Peninsula from 1 1'niniak. The survivors , were t rescued by a second "boat. FEDERAL NOMINATIONS OTTAWA A total of 849 candidates in Canada's ten provinces are seeking election to the 262-seal House of Commons June 27. Nominations closed yesterday with the total falling far short of the 951 sreking election im 1915 although redistribution and addition of Newfoundland's 15 which are interested in B.C., the . "don't want to see prosperity constant question asked hlm'.ln this .province. They are. a was: ''Can you assure us stability product of hard times, a prod- NAMES naturalization were received. Cer tificates were granted to Ati-rlaan Pieter van Slolk of Terrace; Jospeh Christiansen Thomt of Prince' Rupert and Mrs. R. Toth of Prince Rupert. Applications for naturalization were received from Thomas Arthur Mulhern and Chow Bing Quon. uct of the hungry 'thirties. Four over until next court. Brown and Harvey for plaintiff. Dominic West versus Clarence Thomson for $100 for guide service and boat rental, stood over until the September silting of voters' list in Prime (Continued on Page 8) :0 polling divisions will of government?" "That is a question that the people of British Columbia alone can. answer," he asserted. "It Is the question that they must an reception prior to this evening's names of 5,078 voters, dinner and dance. HALIBUT SALES MWlso pointed out that he could not unload flour when It the court at Smithers. The case, swer at the polls on Wednesday. was raining and, consequently, Canadian 55,000, to Co-opera- Combat, Business sessions will open Wednesday, morning followed by stunt luncheon for the men in the Civic Centre at noon while If they answer In the affirma tive, this province will see such ve' Ketchikan Fliers Come Here For Goodwill Breakfast Sunday he could not always take advantage of the iyt hours allowed for angle-parked unloading. J. A. Lindsay said that, hi attempting to take advantage of the IVi hours allotted for the ladies are having a luncheon aboard the Chilcotin. Fishing trips, drives or such ASPHYXIATED IN MANITOBA WELU seats has boosted the .House to figures released : Officer H. F. Glassey. lon of the list for the ig stations was com-uruay night. 1 the revision, the list the names of l.'i'.'l 'liungcs involved the ut of five names be-tlnplieatlon, 1)2 addl-15 corrections. final figures for the Skeen Hiding ha? not received by R?'.t.rnliis other diversions as can be ar a wave of expansion, and prosperity as, our pioneers never dreamed of." 'I he Aluminum Co. of Canada has 100 men on the coast watersheds making engineei-ing surveys of waterpower and dam sites which may ranged for the delegates will discharge of heavy loads from take place in the afternoon fol-! the angle position, there was a lowed by a beach party at Digby lot of waste through having Island or a leisurely cruise.truck3 and men waiting for the THORNHILL, Man. A 24-year-old farm worker, J. Ralph McGregor, was asphyxiated Saturday and two other men, a father and son, were overcome aooara uie unucotin, uepenauig deadline at 9:30. lie recoin- mean a $3UU,0tiu,nnu development if preliminary plaan mature. Seven Ketchikan aviation enthusiasts flew in from the First City Sunday morning to have breakfast with the l'rincf Rupert Aero Club and thereby made another innovation in the way of international goodwill getf.li res between Canada and Alaska. Four light aircraft two Taylor craft, one Piper Cut) and noe Grumman Widgeon -brought In the flying'srptette. I all but one which had some Fliers and students of the Ket- mechanical difficulty and waited ehikan Air Se rvice, they were until 5:30 while a part was being Magnus Hanson, proprietor of brought from Ketchikan. by gas fumes while trying to jretcue the victim from the bottom of a 40 -foot well at a uponhe condition of the weather. Feature events on Thursday mented'that the time be extended to Include at least the hour-and-a-half from 8 a.m. to f-od MacLe.il. It. is felt ''If that company comes to this Nt it will top (lie 15.000 five mile nortly Doney farm, west of here. largest voters' list in coast It will mean tne building of the biggest dam in the world, a structure 800 feet hlglv which will create an artificial lake 150 will include the official opening 9:30 a.m. by International President Leon Percy CaniPron of Hyde Trans-E. Isaksen of the new McCly- fcr recommended that for 8 hours mont Park swimming pool and each day trucks wlth hPavy loads In the evening the district gov- j b permitted to back in and un-crnor's dinner and ball prior to load on Thlrd Avenue and that 7 of the riding. H'milnation period of-wl at 2 o'clock Mon-""" with the navies of miles long. It will mean an aluminum plant and possibly a Ketchikan Air Service, C. Bass, The local club plans a return T. L. Cummlngs, D. Crawford, O. visit once its Taylor craft is ARE VISITING NEWFOUNDLAND the sailing of the Chilcotin at of Commons total to 262 from the 1915 nu in her of 215. The Liberals lead wilh 260 candidates, the Progressive Conservatives with 218 and the C.C.F. are third with 176. Ontario has 2G6 candidates, Quebec 250 and British Columbia, 5G. LIVELY MEETING RICHMOND. Out. George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, last .liighl was given a noisy reception as he and two opponents in his riding of Carleton appeared on the same platform. A rrowd of 500 cheered, booed and heckled each candidate. DEFYING t'O.MMl NISTS HEREIN Western Berlin railway workers today voted six to one, lo continue the strike rather than knuckle under to a Communist threat of reprisals. DROWNED IN ERASER VANCOUVER C. K. (Pat) Waters. 31-year-old electri bill's officially listed' Olsen. R. Sharvy and L. Parketf. ready for operation which is ex-5 for " I ted about July 1 with Bob election. Candi-I . , , , pec ears be prohibited from parking on that part of the Avenue (Continued on Page 7) 1 will seek election on "'' E. T: Appiwhalte. "(1 Hurry O. Archibald, fertilizer plant, a steel plant and another pulp mill. They are prepared to develop up to 2,500,-000 horsepower of electrical energy. ''The leader of the Opposition says he will repeal the bill which gives the Lleutenant-Governor-ln-council power to deal with MONTREAL R C. Vaughan, C.M.G., Chairman and President, Canadian National system, left here accompanied by N. B. Walton, G.B.E., Executive Vice-President, for an offlcitl Inspection of company rail lines. iney nrnv-u m. . I Kelsey as instructor. after a stop at Port Simpson lor w g Kergln is president a weather check, and set down at or )hR ,oc.a,' dub and Mrs. Hplcn Seal Cove. Breakfast took place ( Mar(.niUloni secretary. Bobby as guests of the local Aero Club ( W(wda ,s chal,.nmn 0f the cn-at the Broadway Cafe following lrl.talnment, committee, a visit to the local club. j Ah(ml fmv neoule attended a 1 a.m. Friday on the return voyage to Vancouver. . Special arrangements are being made for a large public ceremony in connection with the opening of the pool on Thursday afternoon. Each city school has been iwited to send a hoy and girl to take the initial plunge. The mayor will also be on hand to receive the deed from the Gyro Club to the $10,000 property. (Continued on Page 8 Hall Tonight THE WEATHER Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast Cloudy today. Clear to: night and tomorrow. Westerlj winds (15 m.p.h.), slightly warmer. Lows tonight and highs tomorrowAt Port Hardy 40 and 65, Masset 40 and 65, Prince Rupert 45 and 65. , ' these people between sessions, i steamships and communication Well, I'm the man who put that services in Newfoundland.. i rKVEI.T I'ARK After being extended felicita- general meeting and social eve-tlons and an enlhuslasic send- nlng of the local club Saturday, off, the visiting aircraft took 'Andy McNaughton provided off at 2:30 on the return home music for dancing. :30 P.M. rc'als vs. Merrhanls itpiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllffliffllffl fraiClillBr niiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiinniinilll!inilllll!l!ini!lll!ll!lll!!! m it mm ii.iraiiiinn IlllliillllllllliliillllinilllllllllllllllW U L II L l i I ill II i tl UimiNlit cian, died last night when he leaped into the muddy Frasrr after his new cabin cruiser, Frances I, exploded and C.C.F. COMMITTEE ROOMS ' METROPOLE HALL For Information and Transportation on Wednesday PHONE 10 (Published by C.C.F. Campaign Committee) CAST YOl'K VOTK FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP VOTE COALITION For Transportation to Civic Centre Phone 551 THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE URGES YOU TO Me As You Like BUT VOTE -FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION TO' POLLINO BOOTH .WEDNESDAY ....... PHONE 646 burned to the water line on its trial run. He leaves a wife and five-year-old boy. GRUESOME ACCIDENT NEW WESTMINSTER A 16-ycar-old boy, Dallas Jenks, suffered the loss of two legs when he walked into a saw in a mill on Grey road. One leg was cut off at the time. The other had to be amputated. Condition of the lad is reported "satisfactory." DIUTT B 1L. Jl 11 U (Published UDllMltQ bv oy Prince r,u"'D Rupert f Coalition Committee) miiiimiiiiimmimillllllll