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"Prince
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Key
to
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Northwest."
PHONE
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VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
281.
rRINCIS
RUI'E'i
B
C.,
FRIDAY.
DECEMBER
2,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ancouver
Flood!
Situation
T-
as
io
ooiay.
K
A
Capilano
Bridge
Is
Killed
on
Port
Edward
RoadlMfl0"
ty
ivian
inie
ng
Swanson,
Drill
eman,
fatally
Hurt
Out
Again;
Seymour
Creek
Surge
Stemmed
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Army
searchlights
glared
along
half
a
mile
of
flood-raging
Seymour
Creek
on
the
North
Shore
early
today
as
four
hundred
men
sand-bagged
its
banks
to
save
expensive
homes
from
damage
or
destruction.
Heavy
rain
in
the
mountains
which
tower
above
the
North
Shore
of
Vancouver
Tenders
Being
Culled
by
Ottawa
for
This
Anil
Other
Projects
Tenders,
returnable
D'ccniber
14.
are
being
called
by
the
federal
government
for
removal
and
disposal
of
the
old
quarantine
wharf
on
Digby
Island
which
is
being
abandined,
after
having
served
the
Dominion
government
radio-telegraph
station,
and
the
construction
of
a
new
en
Struck
By
Truck
t
district
const
miction
fatality
of
the
year
Kton
llio
Prince
Rupert
-
Tort
Edward
high-is
morninjL?
when
a
00-year
old
rock
foreman
Ut
being
crushed
by
a
truck
on
the
Wood,
wharf
inside
Dodge
cove
to
take
Harbor
poured
uncontrollably
through
narrow
rock-its
place,
according
to
advice
re-
rimmpfl
rlvPr
hprf
J
McLay
highway
project
a
mile
from
the
ceived
here
from
E.
T.
Apple-whaite,
M.P.
for
Skeena.
The
;
new
wharf,
to
be
built
inside
Dodge
Cove
of
creosoted
pili.ig
and
untreated
lumber
.will
meas-
its.
led
was
Ililding
Swanson,
rock
drilling
fore-
More
Power
For
Canada
Today
the
flood
risk
seemed
to
be
receding.
Seymour
Creek
had
dropped
five
feet
from
its
peak.
One
water
control
official
said
there
was
little
chance
it
would
rise
as
high
again.
j
ui-e
462
feet
in
length
with
width
o
fegiht
feet
and
wharf
head
16
'by
16
feet.
Connected
with
the
I
Cooler
weather
was
turning
Boy
Prodigy
Coming
Here
i
htF
by
8anfeway
wlu
a
new
!
abating
rainfall
into
snow
at
n
four
wheels
passed
.tody
vdien
he
stepped
.road
Into
the
path
of,
thicli
was
backing
up.
j
,
iir.saf.s
to
the
accident.
I
remit
and
Alex
Grant,
i
ho
were
working;
j
few
feet,
said
that;
apparently
unaware
of
j
-jiicliinj
truck
because)
r.st
set
up
by
air
com-
Alexander
t'slrr
to
f.
iiucurule
u
uy
u
mot
iioai.
aiso
cauen
for
i
an
8
x
12
foot
shed
and
a
(board
walk
915
fset
long
and
8
feet
"
wide
connecting
up
the
,
wharf
with
the
wireless
station
superintendent
residence
and
Organ
at
I'nilcd
Church
North
American
Bill
Approved
By
British
Parliament
LONDON
()
The
House
of
Commons
today
passed
the
North
American
bill
through
all
its
stages.
The
bill
gives
to
the
federal
Parliament
of
Canada
power
to
amend
the
Canadian
constitution
in
matters
lying
solely
within
its
jurisdiction
without
reference
to
the
British
Parliament.
'
The
new
bill
had
already
been
The
right
year
old
child
prod
i
the
existing
trail
to
the
wireless
higher
levels
of
the
North
Shore
mountains
and
the
run-off
was
expected
to
drop.
At
dawn
all
dike
workers
were
sent
home.
Since
last
Saturday
throughout
southern
British
Columbia
early
winter
storms
have
taken
nineteen
lives,
isolated
tons
and
villages
and
caused
damnge
counted
In
the
millions
tt
dol
igy,
Alexander
E-sler.
will
be
tin
centre
of
attraction
on
Decern
station.
'
-
.
.
Wlille
the
old
wharf
at
the
northeast
corner
of
Digby
Island
Is
to
be
demolished,
the
HOUDE'S
HAPPY,
TOO
Mayor
Camnilen
HouSe,
of
Montreal
hustled
to
the
dressing-room
to
congratulate
Montreal
Alouettes
after
they
defeated
Calgary
Stampeders,
28-15,
to
win
the
Grsy
-Cup
in
Toronto
Saturday.
It
was
Montreal's
first
Dominion
football
title
in
18
years.
Left
to
right,
Tommy
Manaslersky.
Bobby
Cunningham,
Mayor
Houde,
an
unidentified
man,
Coach
Lew
Hayman
and
Virgil
Wagner.
.
(C.
P.
Photo)
light,
which
has
marked
its
end
ber
7
and
8
when
First
United
Church
presents
a
recital
Inaugurates
the
installation
of
the
new
Hammond
electric
organ.
Young
Esler,
who
sings
In
a
beautiful
soprano
voice,
plays
the
I'-ctric
organ
with
the
ability
of
and
has
been
an
aid
to
naviga
and
pneumatic
roci;
ifpeel
Into
its
path.
j
F.einii
r,
20,
driver
ol
i.
said
that
he
was
of
Suanson's
presence
r
tlir
accident
had
.
lie
was
looking
from
sale
n
the
cab
as
lie
x
h'V
vehicle
toward
limits.
Swanson
was
by
id
sets
of
dur.l
'
if;
i,gl:l
hand
side.
passed
by
the
House
of
Lords
and
now
only
awaits
formal
Royal
assent
before
becoming
law.
lars.
j
The
Kjymour
Creek
upsurge
in
Northern
Vancouver,
one
of
tion,
will
be
retained
on
a
dolphin
which
will
be
-Installed
at,
the
spot.
(his
seaport's
suburban
dormi
Birthday
Party
3
Banquet
Signalizes
Jcnth
Year
Other
tenders
be-ng
caned
for
Arms
Flow
To
Europe
tories,
was
an
unexpected
blow
io
ihuD"c1i"ed.s''""of
'tiren
'
flghCng
nature
on
the
coast.
A
less
spectacular
new
flood
also
occurred
last
night
at
Port
Coquillam,
20
miles
east
of
Van
by
the
department.
Include
refio
faflon
with
riew
pftiiig
and
floats
of
the
fishermen's
floats
east
of
the
drydock
on
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront
and
for
a
new
wharf
with
30
by
40
foot
float,
and
gangway
at
the
native
village
of
Mellakatla.
Of
Fish
Co-op's
Incorporation
,
A
puff
of
blue
smoke
which
drifted
upward
from
ten
blown
'candles
in
the
Civic
Centre
auditorium
last
night
was
the
signal
marking
the
official
open-
Sixteen
Dead
In
Air
Crash
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
I
(r
A
Real'
(Royal)
Airlines
-
DC-3
plane
crashed
in
a
rainstorm
at
an
cmcrgincy
field
in
Sao
Paulo
state
yesterday,
killing
20
of
22
persons
aboard,
the
line
announced
today.
A
woman
and
her
five-year
old
daughter
wer"
the
only
survivors
of
the
crash
which
killed
the
other
sixteen
passongers
and
four
members
of
the
crew.
,
.,
.
couver,
on
the
north
bend
of
the
Fraser
River.
A
tributary
of
the
A
crew,
composed
wa
and
two
comprcs-
irking
along
a
rock
'
Ice
l
from
the
travcl-jii
ot
the
load.
Swan-Vtd
mi
to
the
right
1
ilic
hack,
away
from
did
Or.
nit's
drill.
ijiiiiilance
w;is
called
"'I
Swanson
to
hospital,
l
(lied
a
(hurt
time
a
player
many
times
his
age
and
composes
some
of
his
own
music,
lie
has
just
completed
a
lour
of
Cannria,
Ktiglaml
and
Scotland
with
the
Elgar
Junior
Choir.
He
was
a
featured
soprano
soloist
and
also
played
the
organ
while
on
tour.
The
choir
played
in
more
than
50
recitals
and
concerts
while
away
and
young
Alexander
played
the
organ
at
Port
Call,
Cardiff
and
Norwich
In
separate
engagements.
He
also
sang
In
Hie
Olasgow
Cathedral,
an
800
year
old
church,
and
is
believed
to
be
the
youngest
soloist,
ever
to
sing
there.
When
Alexander
Eslcr
sings
and
plays
he
is
doing
the
Uiin?;;
CuquUlam
River
siowly
over-;-piaad
Its
low-dyked
banks
and
forced
evacuation
of
thirteen
Billion
Dollars
Worth
to
Go
Ovr
from
the
I'nited
States
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(M
A
billion
dollars
worth
of
United
States
arms
will
start
moving
ling
of
a
banquet
honoring
the
tenth
anniversary
of
'
the
incorporation
of
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co
homes
In
low-lying
areas.
j
to
western
Europe
in
-a-
few
operative
which
in
that
time
has
become
a
key
force
in
the
north
coast's
economy.
weeks
now
that
Atlantic
Treaty
TronsCcmada
Highway
More
Than
50
Percent
iireulrnt
took
place
countries
have
unanimously
which
adorned
srk.
.
1
he
candles.
agreed
on
their
grand
strategy
defence.
Defence
Secretary
Lewis
John
i,
lio
was
in
a
cabin
on
He
is
believed
to
be
son
was
back
from
Paris
today
he
likes
to
do
best
In
the
world
and
to
hlm
It
has
become
an
old
1
by
a
brother
in
On-
had
been
in
the
cm-
Two
Years
In
Prison
Man
Who
(
heated
in
Mice
Game
at
Port
1.
1.
ward
Sent
Over
,
t
tie
t
l
aser
valley
towns
oi
Haney,
Hammond
and
Pitt
Meadows
were
without
water
because
of
a
storm-broke
main.
Meanwhile,
the
Army's
temporary
Bailey
Bridge
across
the
Capilano
River
to
We-t
Vancouver
went
out
again
last
nishl
under
pressure
of
new
high
water
in
Capilano
Creek
but
was
being
replaced
with
another
today
and
it
was
expected
the
permanent
bridge
would
be
up
in
ten
days.
Ferries
are
operating
again
between
Amblesid2
end
Dundarave,
vessels
of
both
the
Gulf
Lines
and
Union
Steam-si
dp
Co.
being
pressed
Into
ser
"Kl,
Purr
and
McLay
ative
philosophy.
By
working
together,
we
can
obtain
a
fuller
j
life.
This
means
not
only
to,
work
among
ourselves,
but
with
other
co-operatives
in
the
federation
and
the
wholesale
societies.
lie
cautioned
his
listeners
not
to
lose
sight
of
the
co-operative
principle
in
.the
everyday
business
of
working.
THE
WXUNMNGS
A
first
hand
account
of
the
struggles
of
early
members
to
t
Srptcniber.
OTTAWA
The
government
was
told
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
it
should
be
prepared
to
pay
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
of
the
proposed
5,000-mile
hard-surfaced
Trans-Canada
Highway.
to
present
the
plan
to
President
Truman
and
State
Secretary
Acheson.
'Johnson
is
the
United
States
member
of
the
defence
committee
of
the
twelve-power
Atlantic
alliance
which
adopted
thf.
plan
at
a
meeting
in
the
French
capital
yesterday.
'"
a
lavish
birthday
-cake-
baked,
incidentally,
in
the
Co-op's
own
bakery
were
blown
out
by
Miss
Irene
Hansen,
'daughter
or
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harry
Hansen,
members
of
the
original
fishermen's
co-operative
movement
here
and
the
youngest
employe
of
the
organization.
The
series
of
speakers
who
mounted
the
rostrum
after
the
150
members
and
guests
had
enjoyed
a
cold
plate
dinner
was
climaxed
by
Dr.
M.
M.
Coady,
director
of
extension
of
St.
Eriin-
h
HE
WEATHER
Some
Opposition
members
and
George
Cruickshank
(Liberal,
Fraser
Valley)
suid
the
government
should
undertake
to
pro
Two
years'
In
New
Westminster
Penitentiary
was
the
sentence
lmxscd
by
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
In
County
Court
yesterday
afternoon
oit
Eugene
George
Prezeau
for
cheating
In
"l"I.Sl
ail'
u-all
hl,,u
Im
1,1
1'iteJlc
this
morning
vice.
'l'clcd
to
coiiflnue
with
Railways
arc
running
late
on
Xavier
University,
Antigon-
6
dice
game
at
Watson
Inland
Ids
Jylcsseiilnc
fiii-ep
l.hniiiuh
account
of
continued
Frastr
Kiv
recently.
'
lsh,
N.S.,
whose
theme
was
"Con-
Prezeau
was
convicted
on
two!
Unuous
Adult
Education"
if
the
er
mluods.
Thft
HopePrinceton
CUSTOMS
REVENUE
$38,000
LAST
MONTH
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the.
port
of
Prince
Rupert
during
November
totalled
$38,521.tij,
more
than
double
the
figure
ioc
October
and
some
$10,000
greater
than
for
November,
1948.
Total
form
a
group
buying
organization
on
North
Island
was
given
by
Jack
Murray,
well
known
(roller.
He
recalled
how,
about
2
Oycars
ago
"17
or
18
of
us
met
on
the
beach
and
agreed
to
buy
together
on
a
wholesale
basis.
"The
president
stood
on
a
log
to
make
a
speech
and
the
see're-(Continued
Page
6
'
Coiisldcrbulc
cloudi-"pected
over
the
prov-numerous
showers
on
and
Fraser
Canyon
rodds'ar?
op
en
again.
vide
more
than
fifty
percent
joij-
j
tributlon
In
provinces
where
nature
of
territory
makes
road
construction
particularly
costly.
Other
Liberal
members
praised
the
legislation
and
expressed
the
hopes
that
the
provinces
would
agree
to
co-operate
on
the
project.
A
C.C.F.
amendment
which
would
have
called
for
more
than
counts
and
acquitted
on
a
third.
Sentences
of
two
years'
were
Imposed
on
each
of
the
counts,
"'and
a
few
in
the
Inter-
co-operative
movement.
is
to
develop
to
its
full
stature.
Master
of
ceremonies
K.
F.
Harding,
manager
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-op,
gave
an
outline
of
the
growth
of
the
"''iwalures
will
be
sllght-r
tonight,
and
tomorrow.
th
terms
to
run
concurrently.
J.
T.
Harvey
prosecuted
and
Rod
McLeod
defended.
Forecast
n'
v.,
.,,....,.,..
TL
HOCKEY
SCORES
(National
League)
.
Detroit
2,
Toronto
0.
Boston
5,
Chicago
4.
1
receipts
at
the
customs
house
here
so
far
this
year
are
;$395,309
1
as
compared
with
$405,64?
in
the
same
period
a
year
ago.
Spied
Both
For
organization
since
Its
beginnings
some
18
years
ago
as
the
Prince.
Rupert
and
North
Island
Co-r.p-
Ski
Lodge
fifty
percent
federal
contribution
was
rejected
152
to
46.
The
division
was
on
a
Speaker's
ruling
which
the
House
sustained.
'
'
-
1
k-m;;,
p.
'-niUeied
snmvrrs
1
a"l
Eat
urday.
Little
"
temperature.
Winds
'20
mphi
Lows
tonltiht
November
Record
Building
Month
Is
Burned
'"''S
tllllll)l-riiwnl
Pelf..
Nazis
And
Reds
Russian
Orthodox
Priest
Pleads
"Partially
Guilty."
SARAJEVO,
Yugo
Slavla
(')
BOY
PRODIGY
Alexander
Eslcr,
8-ycar-old
organist,
who
will
Inaugurate
organ
at
First
United
Church.
RUSSIANS
CLAIM
"AMAZING"
WHEAT
ln!l
M,
Po.
t
Hardy
3!!
and
"H'it
32
and
42,
Prince
,
11
and
42.
j
crat.ivcs.
I
Groundwork
laid
by
the
early
members,
he
declared,
had
made
possible
the
solid
growth
enjoyed
since
incorporation
10
years
ago.
By
way
of
illustration
he
said
that
while
member
equities
in
the
movement
today
total
$1,200,000,
ten
years
ago
they
were
only
$40,000.
for
an
additional
$38,53.
I
The
11-month
total
so"
far
I
this
year
is
already
$160,000
greater
than
the
whole
construction
value
In
1948
and
ex-I
eeeds
the
complete
1947
value
by
$130,000.
,
New
Theatre
and
News
P.uilding
Principal
Items
for
Month
Construction
in
Prince
Rupert
hit
a
six-year
high'ln
November
soaring
to
$145,136
on
the
strength
of
building
permits
A
Russian
Orthodox
priest
pleaded
"partially
guilty"
today
story
for
he
has
been
competing
In
festivals
as
a
singer
since
the
age
of
three.
When
he
had
taken
only
a
few
to
charges
that
he
worked
for
SEATTLE
-uV-Frc
early
today
destroyed
a
big
ski
lodge
at
the
Milwaukee
Ski
Bowl
In
the
Cascade
Mountains.
An
official
of
the
Chicago,
Milwaukee
and
St.
Paul
Railroad
said-the
loss
would
probably
run
from
$100,000
to
$150,000.
The
lodge
was
operated
as
a
scenic
ski
resort
about
a
dozen
years
ago.
It
was
at
Yak
on
the
the
Nazis
during
the
war
and
lately
spied
for
Russia
against
Premier
Tito.
LONDON,
'(Pi
An
"amazing
wheat"
that
yields
over
120
bushels
an
acre
has
been
grown
In
the
Soviet
Union,
the
Moscow-radio
said
yesterday.
The
broadcast,
heard
in
London,
said
that
a
winter
wheat
bearing
five
heads
on
each
stock
had
been
developed
at
the
Kara-
Vaiicoiivf-i-
n,,.i,
months
piano
he
entered
the
Mr.
and
Mr
w
t.i-.
Kelly
Piano
scholarship
for
or-
W.R.
May.
ean
and
won
It.
He
was
one
of
taken
out
for
a
new
theatre.
Daily
News
building
and
54
other
building
jobs.
Total
for
the
first
11
months
of
1949
is
$348,489.
The
greatest
since
1943.
Father
Aleksel
Krishko,
in
long
black
priest's
robes,
is
the
head
of
ten
Russian
White
"But
physical
assets
alone
cannot
build
a
strong
co-operative,"
he
declared.
"There
Is
also
need
of
co-operative
good-wlll-the
belief
in
the
co-oper
!ll,(lsPll
(Today
)-
Building
permits
issued
during
last
month
include.
A.
Ferguson,
$250,
Fifth.
Ave.
West,
move
bslldlng.
F.
Cameron,
$100,
Eightli)
t
Ave.
East,
construction.
O.
Jackson,
$175,
Sixth
Ave.
East,
construction.
H.
Fladset.
$100,
Sixth
Ave.
20
winners
among
354
entrants
C.
Vail-
y.
'inc.iuiver
(Tnriiivi.
nimi-flitto
rAincr
trioH
hpra
acc
At
that
time
he
had
had
no
for
r
east
side
of
Snoqualmle
Pass.
r-J.T.
Beckett
E,l
nnvP'
,
,,
.
,
,
,
igana
Agricultural
station
at
Kaz-
spies
for
the
Soviet
Embassy
In
,
,
...
,
.
.
.
.
alrn
-"
tVin
Iran
rwirrini
n
near
n
the
Iranian
tin
border.
SariilKiiH
iTofiri
:n
Construction
of
a
new
by
Famous
Players
Corp,
'S'
W.
Milllrrn.-.
n
lt
K
.
Belgrade
and
spreaders
of
Cominform
propaganda
against
the
Tito
regime.
Yields
above
50
or
60
bushels
per
acre
are
considered
phenom
,t.
-t)Mi,
ivi.
m.t
t
-
Hear-
mal
study
of
the
organ
because
his
father
and
mother
had
decided
he
should
study
piano
first
The
explanation
seems
to
be
that
Alexander
is
a
genius
and
his
parents
accept
the
fact
of
and
the
Daily
News
building
West,
repairs.
raised
the
vale
of
permits
Is-
Shell
Oil
Co.
$850,
construe
sued
to
$106,600.
Other
work,
tion.
ranging
up
to
$4,000,
accounted
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
ALD.
CASEY
enal.
The
U.S.
government
i
average
for
all
wheat
is
17.9
Camosun,
bushels
per
acre.
arrived
la
I
'
Union
steamer
Capt.
Harry
McLean,
-in-
his
gift
with
great
sinip"r"
This
year
he
will
give
up
choral
work
and
singing
to
study
the
VS.
KAV-HI
lr'.
Oecember
3.
1949
port
at
1.30
this
afternoon
from
Vancouver
and
waypolnts
and
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
for
Massett
Inlet
points
whence
she
will
return
here
Sunday
afternoon
to
jail
south
at
9
p.m.
that
evening-
.
FIGHTING
FORM
ON
THE
AIRCFPR
TONIGHT
AT
6:15
violin
and
devote
a
lot
of
his
time
to
school.
On
the
program
with
Alexander
Esler
will
be
Agnes
Har-rod
of
Vancouver
who
will
be
feature
at,
the
organ.
Tickets
On
Sale
CIVIC
CENTRE
-
0:02
17.G
feet
H:48
20.6
feet
5:40
8.9
fret
18:29
4.6
r-el
Dec.
2nd
3rd,
8:30
p.m.