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VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
29.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
4,
1950
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Ileb)
IS
vie
Skill
for
Greater
Production
Tracing
Signals
Police
Report
For
December
'Two
Years
For
Theft
tf
Here
.
I
-Trying
For
Use
Of
Hydrogen
Bomb
Would
be
Immoral,
Say
American
Scientists
FUiea
Ui
city
police
court
dur
two
years
im-New
V.'estmui-
I
"Sentenced
of
5
prisonment
in
Bwew
Oiue
ing
December
of
last
year
tofuJ
s
,-ml
nt
I'rcsby-
'
V
1.
!
;-l!W,
,,.,1
chairman
Wii!ni
pastor
i
mi
the
Prince
920,
some
$200
less
than
I
he
was
imposed
D.
Vance
in
!
Fter
penitentiary
!by
Magistrate
W.
;
wmifciiuKhL
if-
American
I
city
police
court
this
morning
troops
were
today
posted
at,
two
I
on
Bert
Cox
who
plectpri
gtii!-
f
,,(,T.ai;v
to
help
NEW
YORK
(CP)-
Twelve
top
American
physicists,
nine
of
them
atomic
experts,
warned
sol-
points
foily
and
fifty
miles
south
weuk
to
a
-
kg
ii
iiui.
mmmu
tf'yjyyji
r-
Al;-'F:
';i-l
ty
earlier
in
the
charge
of
stealing
the
sum
of
K
i
.
1
11.
.
.
1
.1
.
1
...
1.
..
11
vember
figure.
Court
costs
in
December
were
$169.25
bringing
the
total
revenue
up
to
$1,CS3.
"
Twenty
-
eight
persons
were
charged
with
Intoxication
in
a
public
place
under
the
Government
Liquor
Act
and
21
natives
were
charged
with
intoxication
under
the
Indian
Act.
.
Under
the
Vagrancy
Act,
18
am
from
&
where
he
was
clerk.
Cox
was
service
station
enmiy
louny
tnat
one
nyurogca
oomn
can
uestroy
employed
as
a
New
York
or
any
other
large
city.
They
said
that
use
alleged
to
have
.
....
,
,
,
1
.
,-.
of
Haines
Junction
on
the
Alaska
Highway
monitoring
S00-kilo-cycle
frequency
used
for
radio
distress
signals
in
the
hope
that
new
clues
may
be
found
in
the
thereabouts
oi
a
missing
C-54
American
transport
with
44
oc-
pocketed
moneys
received
from
ot
tne
H-bonio
wouKi
betray
mora;ity
ana
11
r
get!
sales
of
gas.
a
previous
record
that
the
United
States
uromise
not
to
use
It
first.
.)
against
accused
was
produced
-
-:
The
group,
.
headed
by
Dr.
Dcrson's
were
nrosecuted
and
15
tonvlcted.'
Speeding
and
park-5r,,,:;'as-
LisU-nin;.;
pasts
were
W
IwlM-d
in
locations
where
tng
violations
brought
prosecu-
'voi,
e
a,,d
C0(l0
tions
to
15
persons.
One
man
des-
'&
erti,l
Mh
wife
rinrine
n,.ce,l.r.
ll;ard
on
emergency
fre-
and
it
was
also
stated
in
court
j
that,
even
while
he
was
on
bail
awaiting
sentence,
he
had
cashed
worthless
"checks
with
city
merchants.
No
Change
in
Cut-Off
Hans
Bethe,
Cornell
University
;
processor
of
science,
said
:
''We
'
believe
no
nation
has
the
right
!
to
use
such
a
bomb,
no
matter
j
how
righteous
its
cause.
The
only
circumstance
that
migh'.
,p,ii
t.t.t.
Miller
Island.
;"d
Port
rOJiiti1''
i-ci
at
tilC
;Ui
li.bytery
of,
hll,,h
nt
Canada'
U'b
u''k
and
ui
,
ajjpoiiittct
to
go'
:!,('
matter,
j
j
l.s
I""
uf
rort
i
(Itciid
chairman
,,y
,ur
the
coin-Kcv.
P.
H.
Mai-1
as
secretary
and
ton
Julia-ston
of
rcasurcr.
nniiiiiiUct'S
were
I
;.:
i
Education,
Stu-adiD-Kcv.
L.
G.'
I
.Hid
S.iciul
SerA
I
ShuHC
Bel-1
Rev.
P.
II.
Mailcuj
quencies
earlier
in
the
week.
Poor
flying
weather
is
again
was
charged
and
convicted.
C!ttv
Pfiii5itj4hlp:
on
cheek
intf
ampcring
the
air
search.
duties
during
evenings
and
curly
tllu
Out
.f
r..vw
t3....At
1....
n-I
Fire
Chief
Indignant
The
power
situation
is
practically
the
same
as
far
as
water
levels
and
curtailment
hours
are
concerned,
i.
B.
Black
stated
this
morning.
No-
immediate
change
in
cut-offs
is
expected.
force
us
to
use
it
would
be
If
we
or
our
allies
were
attacked
'oy
means
of
this
bomb.''
mornings
found
18
business
prem-!
"
Alr
Force
P,anc
arc
con"
hes
insecure
and
in
each
ease
the
-dmin
to"1"""'
to
the
B'-aVf;r
management
wax
advised
check
doors
and
windows.
The
:
count,rf-
trn
"
Lake
in
the
Canboo
monthly
police
report
also
sUted;
dut"ct'
w
lTXT
nad
Ve"
three
persons
were
musing
dur-)
lcle,a
.
...
v....
hut.
nil
'jjortcd
a
low
flying
plane
over
Fire
chief
Earl
Becker
was
in
an
indignant
"mood
following
Speaking
of
talk
around
the
A
manufacturer
of
electrical
equipment
(right)
learns
new
skills
at
a
t
raining-within-industry
institute,
set
up
at
Paris
with
the
help
of
the
International
Labor
Organization
(ILO),
a
l!.N.
Specialised
Agency.
The
manufacturer
will
show
the
new
methods
he
has
learned
to
his
foremen
who
will
pass
them
along
to
their
workers.
l.i.-
nnkin
....
T1
In..
nt
locatd
within
a
short
period
v"""'
v
and
Maintenance;
Wnliiid,
Queen
!
jn-Ri'v.
11.
Stew-
a
fire
call
Thursday
niglt
from
city
of
the
possible
purchase
of
747
Seventh
Avenue
West
at
generating
equipment,
Mr.
8:15.
Three
tenants
in
an
up-
Black
said:
"Every
effort
has
f
lairs
apartment
had
dumped
been
and
is
being
made
by
the
ashes
in
a
paper
carton
set
in
company
and
its
associates
to
the
kitchen.
Fire
resulted
and
supplement
the
present
power
curtains
and
a
section
of
the
supply
with
emergency
equip-wall
were
burned.
,
'
mcnt."
The
firemen
were
confronted
,
,
with
a
blast,
of
heat.
In
addition.
'
,
That
nc!'ed
10
dat.
he
ad'
uiia
wic
lejjurus
were
yiveii
mj
the
city
police
office.
'
Due
to
weather
and
icy
conditions,
17
vehicle
accidents
occur-ed.
Two
charges
of
reckless
driving
were
laid
in
this
respect
and
convictions
cre
obtained.
I
i
r
...
"
jr.-.
I
Km
r'iilN
i.viion.v-
Kev.
G.
II.
i.iiiuii
lev.
L
C,
John-
E
I)
Forward
I
painted
walls
and
furniture
tieu,
Dy
various
iirms
coniuciea
has
been
too
small
and
of
such
a
type
that
could
not
be
operated
iri
conjunction
with
the
j
were
blistered.
I
This
is
the
second
case
of
its
,
A.,
4
-
n"-
Six
Building
........
II
,
V
.
V
.
I,
.
.
.
tifiV.,
...
...
NKW
PLANT
COMING
The
Northern
B.
lv.
Power
Co.,
through
its
general
manager,
T.
It.
Hlack,
today
announced
sy
ana
u
incapaoie
01
even
roomer
In
the
Vernon
Apart-
,n
mcnts,
Second"
Avenue,
did
a
we
.-Milium
uiing.
ns
in
me
ouier
Mr.
Black
stated
the
comp
-
a.ui
Statistic
I
C
jii.
oc-an
Falls
Sao'i
:is
elected
-
trrn
on
iie
set--
T.ii'.'.f
of
British
if'
n
me
.ind
Rev.
that
the
eowoajMr
bAmi
urderj
cawr.
-
the-three
-tetwnts
-ere
'
-
i
,
"w.v-
m
any's
eastern
offce
is
doing
alt
'
'
w
1
y?n
-a
V
f'fn
Permits
Issued
j
Six
building
permits
to
a
total
'
value
of
$11,700
were
Issued
by
the
city
during
January,
approxi
a
new
38IU-h.p.
tliesrl
generat
given
a
sound
talking
to
by
the
to
assist
in
this
respect.
ing
plant
lor
the
augmenting
chief.
.1
,
l
in
a
one-year
mately
$3,000
less
than
during
I
December
irt
last
year
but
more
j
than
Ow
$8,900
total
in
January
!
'of
1949.
-
j
an
I
possibly
I
Mi
vai
ituns
points
pre,sbv1
cry
at
the
.
WlKd
.
ii.
w,MM.rflMCTM(!iiiiij
AIR
PASSENGERS
From
Vancouver
(Friday)
3.
Fuller.
To
Vancouver
(today)
Mr.
of
city
power
supply
a-rd
that
delivery
was
expected
by
Ahb!
ust
to
permit
of
installation
by
;
November.
This
will
be
in
addition
to
the
company's
present
sources
of
supply-the
Falls
River
anu
Shawatians
hydro
plants
and
the
drydock
steam
plant.
Following
permits
were
issued:
i
World
Convcn-nMi.ui
Education
''t
in
Toronto
in
MOTHER
MISSING
Mrs.
Robert
Espe,
23,
of
Anchorage,
Alaska,
is
one
of
41
persons
missing
aboard
a
V,
S.
A.
F.
transport.
Her
husband,
a
master
sergeant
in
the
U.
S,
A.
F..
is
flying
In
one
of
the
search
planes
combing
the
Yukon.
An
expectant
mother,
Mrs.
Espe
had
her
twdSfyear-old
son,
Vetor,
with
her
on
the
plane.
((0
Photo)
Philpott,
Evitt
Co.,
Second
Avenue,
new
construction
-$7,000.
Dr.
A.
W.
Large,
Second
Avenue
construction-$3,700.
ALBERTA'S
OIL
INDUSTRY
HONORED
The
major
contributill)
made
la
Canada's
post-war
economy
by
Alberta's
booming
oil
industry
will
be
recognized
In
a
new
stamp.
It
is
the
50-cent
stump,
above,
to
be
Issued
March
1.
The
green
design
shows
a
typical
Alberta
oil
field
scene.
Beside
the
derrick
at
the
left
is
a
burning
natural
gas
flare
and
behind
a
spume
of
oil
shows
the
birth
of
a
new
well.
(C.
P.
Photo)
and
Mrs.
E.
Dunbar,
R.
V.
Cleri-
j
hue,
G.
Nupper,
F.
Warclroper,
H.
Swaboclu,
A.
M.
Smith.
!
To
SaiKlnpit
ttocliiy)
S.
B.
j
Laird.
ttliiv
iin
Dance
i
n
4
Wiu;,l
8
o'j
ID
In
12-Music;
i'l-Helrcsincnls.
;
in.mi'.
If
li!H"'.ll
Int.!.
1
Miwl
'
I
Peter
Melo,
Sixth
Avenue
West,
excavation-$r00.
j
N.
Mostad,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
I
reshlngling
-$350.
'
A.
Ferguson,
Fifth
Avenue
West
!
repairs
-
$100
.
1
R.
L.
Ncwcomb,
Seal
Cove
Circle,
septic
tank
$50.
llxpt
its
Meet
to
Aid
liliml
lUailns
I
LIVING
COST
DOWN
OTTAWA
Canadian
cost
of
Jiving
index
dipped
steadily
for
the
last
five
months
of
1919
but
at
the
end
of
the
year
was
still
1.5
points
higher
than
at
the
beginning.
Jhe
index
for
Oecrniber
1
was
down
half
a
point
from
fhe
previous
month
al
1(11.
TAKES
SEKIOCS
VIEW
WASHINGTON
J.
Edgar
Hoover,
chief
of
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation,
lakes
an
extremely
serious
view
of
secrets
Dr.
Klaus
Fiichs
may-have
giveu
to
i.ussia
about
the
use
of
atomic
energy.
Hoover
said
that
I'uelis
had
confessed
to
conlinuosu
spykiT
for
Russia
and
Unit
he
had
been
such
a
spy
for
ten
years.
Hoover
asks
for
700
special
agents
to
investigate
a
spy
ring
in
the
I'niled
States
which
may
fade
into
insignificance
that
which
caused
a
sensatie.-.
in
Canada
a
few
years
ago.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
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Synopsis
I.OKU
NORMAN
DlfcS
LONDON
Lord
Norman,
long
lime
governor
of
the
Bank
of
Kngland
a.rvl
one
of
the
world's
most
famous
bankers,
died
at
his
home
today.
He
was
78
years
of
age.
As
Montagu
Norman,
powerful
man
of
mystery
in
world
finance,
he
headed
the
Hank
01
England
from
liCO
to
his
retirement
in
PHI
when
he
was
raised
-
to
the
peerage.
OCEAN
FALJ.S
WINS
AUCKLAND
tctcr
Salmon
of
Victoria
and
Lucien
leau-inont
of
Ouehee
City
won
men's
IKf-yard
free
style
swim
heats
to
qualify
for
the
final
today
in
the
British
Empire
Games.
Jim
Porlelauce
of
Ocean
Falls
advanced
to
the
final
of
the
men's
lG5l)-yurd
free
style.
Kay
Mr-Nainee
of
Victoria
and
Irene
Strong
of
Vancouver
failed
to
Vancouver
lJayonnt
03',2
liralorne
9
(if)
1J.
H
.Con
.02
II.
K.
Xi
00
Caribou
Quartz
130
Heat
tie
Ucvcourt
'
Hub
jo
Uuffalo
Cuiuidiun
Consul.
Smelters
Conwest
.
Donalda
,
Eldoiiit
East.
Sullivan
.
.08
100
00
..
1.12
.50
.33
4.75
(wintry
!
1
A
strong
flow
of
warm
moist
air
was
spreading
over
British
'Columbia
from
the
southwest
'
this
morning,
bringing
with
it
the
long
awaited
milder
weather.
'Snow
fell
over
the
southern
hair
'of
the
province
during
the
night
I
and
was
turning
to
rain
ulong
the
oiIhiII
::
Giant
Yellowknife
0.20
God's
Luke
34
'''ism-,
I
irst
I
i
v
.
38',2
coast
early
this
morning.
Some
Tonighls
train,
due
from
the
Fust
at
10:15,
was
reported
today
to
be
eight
hours
und
twenty
Congress
New
16
Medley
Mascot
I'ucific
Eiistern
)
.
IVnd
Oreille
5.40
Pioneer
3.25
Premier
Border
03
li
I'rivaU'er
.13',
2
.Reeves
McDonuld
2.50
Reno
02:!i
Sheep
Creek
U5
Silbak
Premier
-38Vi
Vunanda
11
Salmon
Gold
00
Spud
Valley
-04!
i
Oil,-
Seven
iiitcriiiiiional
experts,
of
whom
live
were
Mind,
recently
met
al
Paris
under
the
auspices
of
the
CnUcU
Nations
Educational.
Scirntilir.
and
Cultural
Organization
(CNESCO),
lu
plan
Hie
adoption
of
a
single
world
script
(Braille)
for
the
blind,
lu
this
group
arc
Professor
Niekola
Kassili
(left)
of
the
School
for
Ihc
Blind,
Cairo,
and
Sir
Clulha
MacKcnzic
of
UNESCO."
0GV?
freezing
rain
was
reported
in
the
.07',i
Fraser
Valley
uud
over
Southern
.09
j
Vancouver
Island
early
thi
;
.05
's
morning
but
it
soon
turned
to
.73
'rain
as
temperatures
climbed
.05
above
the
freezing
level.
.04','j
Continued
unsettled
weather
is
'"'i'V
2.
Ars-iui!
I.
''
Maui
lKu.f
City
0
'tmli'ivrs
I,
I'orU-
Slnkc
City
2
'''V
Liverpool
2
A.sluii
Villa
1
1(1
T"WM
1,
Wolvcr-Wan((.'c!-S
0
minutes
lute.
This
would
bring
it
in
at
6:35
a.m.
tomorrow.
expected
over
the
week-end
a
the
Pacific
air
continues
to
flow
C.
H.
Klolz,
project,
engineer
at
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
ut,
Watson
Island,
leaves
aboard
the
Chilcolln
Sunday
evening
for
Vancouver
on
business.
Ane.lo
Canadian
4.20
'
"nil"d
3,
Runilcy
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ii;'
fltuti
Ath-
y
u
Albion
0,
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lhirdroek
....
lUirrlcana
Heva
Hosco
Jacknirc
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapasku
Ml
t
ie
Long
Lac.
Mmlsen
Red
Luke
MeKenzje
Red
Luke
Mct.cod
Cuckshutt
..
Moneta
Negus
;
Norandiv
Louvlcourt
Pickle
Crow
Regcourt
San
Antonio
Senator
Rouyn
Sherrit
Gordon
Steep
Rock
Sturgeon
River
Silver
Miller
'
Upper
Canada
qualify
in
the
women's
110-yard
free
style,
.
ClICKCHILL'S
CHARGE
LEEDS,
England
Winston
Churchill
accused
the
Labor
government
today
of
tearing
Britaiij
apart
with
elass
warfare
at
the
most
rritieal
hour
in
its
peacetime
history.
Churchill
said
the
Labor
party
was
taking
a
leaf
from
Soviet
Kus-sa's
hook
by
keepng
wartme
controls
in
order
to
gel
everyone
into
their
po.ter
and
make
them
stand
in
queues
for
favors
which
an
all
wise
power
governing
machine
chooses
to
bestow.
.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
Victoria
6,
San
Francisco
2
,
Vancouver
5,
Portland
3
San
Diego
4,
Fresno
2
.52
2.96.
.51
2.00
.31
1.52
G8.00
.15
1.93
.04
3.75
.28
Vie
2.21
2.55
.22
.61
3.05
1,111,1
livisilm
In
iron)
the
southwest.
Milder
T.eather
will
spread
into
the
interior
but
temperatures
will
noi.
rise
much
above
the
lrutzint',
level
except
along
the
coaal.
Regional
forecasts
valid
until
midnight
Sunday.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Overcast
today
and
Sunuuy.
Scattered
showers
mixed
rain
and
snow
today
and
scattered
snow
flurries
tomorrow.
Winds,
southeast
413,
mph
except
easterly
(30
mph
'''(inn
Norili
End
1
1,,IV'''
1.
Chester-
A.
P.
Con
23
Vie
Atlantic
1.55
Ciihnont
-53
Central
Lcduc
1.31
Home
Oil
!
11-85
Mercury
09',2
Okalla
2.05
Pacific
Tete
4
C5
Princess
38
Royul
Canadian
06
Vi
Royulile
9.10
Toronto
Alhona
08',i
Aumaque
:
12
ANNOUNCEMENT
TO
THE
CITIZENS
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
As
an
assurance
to
its
customers
agiiinst
recurrent
power
shortage,
even
under
extreme
conditions,
the
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Company
herewith
announces
that
orders
have
already
been
placed
for
a
dcisel
power
plant
of
3,800
h.p.
capacity
to
be
installed
in
Prince
Rupert.
Delivery
of
units
in
this
city
is
scheduled
for
August,
1950,
unci
the
plant
is
expected
to
be
reudy
for
operation
by
October
or
November
of
this
year.
The
city's
water
system
has
not,
and
will
not,
be
endangered
by
any
operation
of
the
Shawatlans
Power
Plant,
even
if
this
means
(he
eventual
closing
down
of
this
plant.
The
city
engineer
has
beta
consulted,
at
all
Limes,
as
to
the
city's
water
requirements
and
power
ui
put.
drastically
reduced
from
the
Shawatlans
Plant
to
voluntarily
assist
the
cltys
water
supply.
An
estimated
minimum
of
150
days
supply
will
be
maintained
at
all
times
for
the
city.
The
Company
cannot
be
expected
to
assume
responsibility
for
ally
portion
of
the
city's
water
system
other
than
the
45
inch
pen
f
"'.''I'SeaTown
2
u'""'(l
3,
Grliiu,'iy
""
1-
Cui.
y
t
'2
II(..i.sl!r
0i
uj,.ps.
'
U,lill''l
1.
Queens
I
vicinity
northern
Vancouver
Is-I
land,
becoming
northeast
(15i
I
overnight.
Little
change
in
t?m-'
perature.
Lows
tonight
und
highs
j
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
30
and.
Sunduy,
IVbruury
'"ITS
I)
''""KM.-
ll.v.
Al
5,
1950
21,0
feet.
21.7
reel
5.2
feel
2.3
foot
3:07
15:04
9:01
21:26
35;
Sandspit,
32
and
35,
Prii.ce
Rupert,
30
and
36.
,
-
Co-op
Membership
Meeting
SMndoy,
February
5,
1950
2
p.m.
Son$
of
Norway
Hgll,
5lh
Avenue
Prince
Rupert
Fishermens
Co-operative
Association
'A!i
4'""""'
n
stock
which
Is
jointly
controlled
by
the
City
und
the
Company.
,
Irrespective
or
criticisms,
which
may
be
valid
or
ol-hewlse,'
the
existing
power
and
water
situation
tins
to
be
met.
There
bus
been
admitted
inconveniences
and
losses
to
everyone
concerned
but
only
with
your
co-operation
and
assistance
can
we
hope
to
carry
through
until
the
return
of
milder
weather.
NORTHERN
B.
C.
POWER
COMPANT,
T.
B.
Black,
General
Manager.
ICE
'"vilfk
Thistle
0
.'ll;i,-k
1
J'
Quoun
of
I
he
:blonl.RaltllRov,
;'lk2'Si.!viimn:
!
BASKETBALL
TONIGHT
8:30
p.m.
Sr.
Bo-Me-Ili
vs.
Co-op
.
,
TONIGHT
Oddfellows'
Hall
Civic
Centre
WEDNESDAY
Tickets
Ormes
and
Civic
Centre
(29)