PBOVlNCJAl- V PROVINCIAL LI3.1At. . 113 VKJIO.'UA, B, C. .1:. T.3,Gp:.:ES"C3C33 Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PH0IIE8I Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXIX, NO. 141. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS ike Patrols Aumeiitedl Wiftfci Hoali Cemtkiii THE WEATHLR Fraser (limbs As Creeks Racketeers And Hie In Havy Heads Synopsis It will be mostly sunny and warm over British Plane Crashes Columbia today, but there will scattered thunderstorms this OTTAWA W A shuffle affect- evening over the southern pari i PARIS tfi The Paris news- Choke With Melting Snow Telephone Communications Interrupted By Electrical ' Storm; Dike Seepage Still Under Control; Army " Engineers Keinforce Patrols , faper Franc Tiereur charged today that two men, killed In a French CD-4 ulane that crashed at Bahrein, died because they knew too much about racketeers In Indo-China The racketeers, trio newspaper said, operate a Chain of gaming houses and brothels and pay the Vietminh (national insurgent movement nig mree oi me top aoministra- of the province. Warm sunny tlve posts of the Canadian navy , weather will continue on Sunday 'and four of Canada' naval offi-jwlth afternoon temprature? cers was announced yesterday by j ranging fiom 75 to 90 degrees in I the Defence Department. almost all regions, j The changes stem from tli North Coast Region Sunny ' retirement in September of Rear and warm today and Sunday. I Admiral Frank Houshton of Light winds. Low tonight and Ottawa. He has been vice-chief high tomorrow at Port Hardy, of naval staff since 1947. His Sandspit and Prince Rupert 50 successor will be Rear Admiral and 70. , Harry Dewolf of Halifax who i jhas been flag -officer of the High Water .' VANCOUVER (CP) Rivers and creeks across British Columbia roared sullenly today, choked with know water and facing no indication of any cooler weather to stem the potential havoc they may spread. The lower part of the province yesterday went for protection. Forty-six persons ACQUITTED ' EDMONTON A Supr-me . Court Jury yesterday acquitted !)- ear old Mis. Marie Smith uf the knife slaying of Chinese grocer Wei Hon Pon in ' his "vn lo-vn store last April 13. The all male Jury deliberated one hour. The trial lasted five days. U.S. WINS TENNiS WIMBLEDON The Vnited , States team won the Wight-man eup tennis tronliy today for the 14th consecutive time. The U.S. team took Us fourth victory today in the best of yeven competition. THREE MISSING POMEROY, Wash. A flash; flood brought on by a cloudburst roared down a gulch through the hottest day of the year1, while the mighty , i ' Ci ; i, Mr s racmc coast since 1848. j Rear Admiral Wallace Creery ' will succeed Dewolf. Capt. James Skeena River Still Rising Revolt Downed; Peru is Quiet AREQUIPA, Peru ffl Peru's F rater inched up against 100 miles of dikes protecting thousands of homes in the Fraser Valley. Dike patrols, augmented at Agassiz, up river, by army engineers, report seepage has been controlled for the time being. An electrical storm severed telephone lines, hampering flood control, while farther down the were killed in the first ' crash Tuesday and 39 died Wednesday.! The crash of a second , Air France skymaster in the Persian Gulf led to strong suggestions yesterday that the lost air liners may have been sabotaged by Indo-Chlna rebels. Eighty -five were killed in the sister planes under almost identical conditions within less than three days. The weather was bad in both eases. Sabotage is common place in the long fought war between the French sponsored Viet Nam state in Indd-Chlna end the communist led forces of Ho Chi Miii. "; k PLACED UNDERGROUND Native Torontonians think jn i 1 1 1 a r y government today Up to 18 inches of water covers C. Hibbard of Victoria will succeed Creery as chief of naval personnel. Mrs.-McNeil laid at Rest Funeral services for Mr?. Janet i Jenny) Jackson McNeil, who passed away at Prince Rupert ,:.ge dappearance of College Street over the past few is sure sign that their city Ls growing up. These before r pictures show College between Bay and Yonge, on the 3 looked last fall and on the right as it looks today. The i appearance was brought about by placing the overhead - tiring underground and removing the old cross-armed five miles of the Skeena highway between Kwlnitsa, 45 miles east of here, and Salvus, 56 miles distant, it was disclosed by the Public . Works department here today. And the rise of the river gradually continues at all points, J river near Chllliwack two huge spotlights went on as watchers probed two possible troubls yjots. Forty families have moved from the undiked area in Albion. Albion. t claimed complete control of Are-qulpa and said leaders of the , short, bloody assault there had been arrested The government blamed the revolt on commun-Usta and leftists. (A broadcast bv radio station at Lima, Peru, said imorc than 120 persons wer? killed and 300 wounded in the fighting at Arequipa since Tues- day.) ' r poles. It's all part of a city and hydro-planned policy to wiring in the downtown area underground over the next pars and give Toronto a place alongside London. Ont.. General Hospital Wednesday in her thirty-third year, were held At Usk .the Canadian National krircal, Canada's two leading cities In this movement. ; Big Deal Friday afternoon from B.C. Un- Railways announced today, water dertakers fune'ral chanel Rev E ! has risen three Inches. J near Here today and luted a house from its foundation. Three persons are missing and ' presumed drowned. ' ' DIE IN ICE BOX ' ALEXANDRIA, Va. Three negro children were smothered in an abandoned 'ice box in a rural home near here. The lid apparently fell shut while the three were playing inside, and the latch caught. KILLED IN AIR CRASH , SHANNON AIRPORT, Eire-Eight men were killed when an R.A.F. Halifax bomber crashed last night into Croag- U.S. Editors Visit Canada Inj Ivory i Is In j r ii Pioneer City Woman Passes ST. LOUIS Oi St. Louis Temperatures in the flood-threatened area remain in the 80's and no decrease in readings is expected. Public Works Foreman W. A. Wright of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Hymns sung were "Lead Kindly Light" anC "Nearer, My God, ta Thee." Mrs. F. Antrobus pre- I urowin International Head Coming Browns and New York Yankees of the American League Thurs OTTAWA A group of 25 editors and publishers from twelve states In the United States ar Death removed another- of ! day night closed the. biggest Prince Rupert's highly esteemed ' Sided at the ,r8an Pallbearers , Mathews arrived in the city last player deal in major league base wcic uauj uiub.ic.o. ivuuu, n 5hl and rpnorted that a erad- rived here Friday on an editors' ?EG-During the past 4-ithern and central i experienced warm Secdine nf all trrnln a nrl Unll If nnan ninniuip nnmon ! Prince Rupert Gjfro Club will i . . . ... , . , and Norman Munro, and John!Ua1 but not aiarming, rise is ! ball since the season opened. j goodwill tour of Ontario, upon-1' T T T . -J . 1 VT Q i receive a visit nex week from K. The Browns secured pitchers noticeable in the Skeena river. sored by th province of Ontario. At a breakfast in the Chateau aiiy completed with ;Prlnce Rupert Generah, Hospital, haun on Achin Island off the coast county of Mayo. , Bewer and John McLeod. the new . loternaticviai preside- He returne dthis morning. j Duane Ptllette and Don Johnson, after a brief Illness of Mrs. Mar " !our ,to six inches Deceased's little daughter: Public Works employees con-J infplder Ctsorge Stlrnwelss.J9JQd GOVERNOR. BE' fcihCWEir, 01!?- tha Lorne McKlnlcy,, .ho had J Joyce, living wits tm-gnnti-'i ,Inue- lo rclnforce embankments outfielder Jim Detslng in ex wouaVwho will be here on his (Canadian National Railways the nkrentli. Mr. and Mr Joe Me-' change for hurlers Joe Ostrowskl ! editors were welcomed by E. A. at Hazelton. The C.N. R. announced this morning that the railway is not being affected by high water. llvefl here for about forty years. Predeceased in 1940 bj her husband, the late J. W. fcKinley, who was an early investor and property owner here,' Mrs. Mc-Kinley ls survived by a son, J. Nell, at Fairilght. Saskatchewan. Her husband, John Christopher McNeil lives In Prince Rupert. Interment was at Falrvlew cemetery. Funeral arrangements TAIPEI, Formosa General Chen Yi, first post war Chinese governor of Formosa, will be executed by shooting tomorrow for aiding the Chinese Communist government, a spokesman announced today. The announcement said Chen pleaded guilty before a court and lorn Ferrlck. In addition, the Browns sold iriflelder , Leo Thomas outright to the Yankees farm club at Kansas City and optioned right hander Sid Schact to the same club. - I 1 tilhf ni.ttud. .nxrUrji a according to the np report of the de- 2 ol agriculture of the National Railways. icaJier was also ex- '1 in southern Saikat-licrs timely rains alle-il drifting and grass-latchlr.g. Is urgently required, ' In east-central ahd tberU where crops vary to ten inches in height. Garfield McKinley, fruit farmer , were by B.C. UndertakersA at Oliver, and two daugh- j way home after attending the international convention which ls being held In Banff this week. Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Smith will arrive here by train next Thursday night and will sail Friday night on the Prince George for Vancouver. He will meet the club at luenheon on Friday, the weekly luncheon being postponed from Wednesday, and a cruise and beach party with Dr. R. G. Large "as host, ls planned for the evening. ters, Mrs. J. C. (Aletta) Gllker It ls understood the Yankees also paid $50,000 to the Browns Bourque .Mayor of the city of Ottawa. Walter S. Thompson,' C.B.E., director of public relations, Canadian National system, told the editors that Ottawa, could ttiij week be regarded as the press headquarters of the democratic countries of the wojld. Meeting here were publishers' " from 43 countries of the British Commonwealth, along with leading representatives of the Unitsd States press Including Robert McLean, president Of the Associated Press; Frank E. Gannett. in the eight player swap., martial to charges of collator- 1 ation. ' ' . REMANDED FOR WEEK '! I Uf. II and Mrs. F. G. Daniels (Beulah) also of. Prince Rupert.' t ' . ; Mrs. McKinley was born sev-' enty-fivc years ago In Brownsville, Ontario, of English descent. Deceased, who had a wide cir vvdim Si. Laurent Flays Russia OTTAWA Oi Prime Minister St. Laurent, in a stinging attack on Russian Imperialism, charged that the whole communist press is a "vast apparatus of falsification." He charged, too, that Russia's 'imperialistic power is VANCOUVER Bail ol $10,000 each was set yeterday in police court for two men charged with possession of forgery equipment. Charged are Tony Warfield, 39, and Theodore Welch, 40. Both were re-.manded for a week.. Is Coming Up Dry, hot and calm weather is slated for Prince Rupert, and area for the week-end according to the weatherman on Dlgby Island. For the past few aiter- More Atomic Arrests Made cle of friends by whom her death will be deeply regretted, was a prominent leader of the Rebekah Lodge and for years had been active in the work of the Presbyterian Church. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon from Gren-ville Court Chapel of B. C. Baseball Scores ,. TODAY National League Brooklyn 10, St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati 2. American Chicago 7. Washington 1. New York 7. St. Louis 5. Detroit 4. Boston 1. Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 2. National Brooklyn 1, St. Louis 3. Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5. Chicago 1, New York 6. Pacific Coast Hollywood 3, Sacramento 1. Los Angeles 12, Seattle 3. Portland 9, San Francisco 4. Oakland 4, San Diego 3. Western International Yakima 7-12, Spokane 0-1. Tri-City 8, Tacoma 4. Victoria 6, Salem 3. Vancouver 4, Wena tehee 1. Gas Price Moves Up "wielded by an "autocrat" through "slave labor" methods employed by a small group of ruthless men. He told the seventh imperial president, Qa,nn.et Newspapers; and Paul Bellamy, editor of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Mr .Thompson, reminded ho visitors that about 15 U.S. tail carriers cross the border into , Canada very day, nd, in turn, Canadian National Railways operated in many of the", states south of the border. This fact. wn Alberta, moisture a are satisfactory and "jspects are good. in is required in most of both Saskatchewan "Ta. however, la order crop prospects. There tW3 inches of rain in " Saskatchewan Thurs-Ji lesser quantity in 'ten Saskatchewan. 'Okanagan Valley wea-tarmlng up, with hot 34 col nights. ' Some s and other vegetables "ercd from frost and :rm magots. With the " ol the apple crop, pros-' not look too promising ;nt. NEW YORK tt A tormer United States non-commissioned officer at Albequerque, New Mexico, was afrested yesterday noons, temperatures have reached into high 60'g and during evenings dropped to between 48 to 58 above. This morning the mercury stood at 55 and a calm prevailed. FREAK CAUSES RCS1I BOMBAY Ten thousand tried to storm a tenement after a rumor that a woman gave birth to a horse. Police took possession of the -still-born "infant," which resembled a foal eight inches long with hoof at end of limb, a rudi by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a charge of giving Temperatures, before this after press conference delegates, "Russia remains the typical empire of the past." AIR PASSENGERS To Vancouver (today) Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Williams and daughters; H. L .Campbell, C. A. noon is over, are expected to Sockeye Season Opening Sunday The Skeena and Naas Rivers symbolized the goodwill that existed between the two countries for over one hundred years. Following a tour of the city, the editors were entertained at luncheon by the Canadian Restaurant Association, and at din atomic secrets to Harry Gold, Phlladelphlan accused of passing atomic serrets to the Ttussians. The F.B.I. Identified the man as David Oreenglass, 23, of New York. ' The ' Greenglass arrest cam.e less thun'24 hours after the seizure in Syracuse, N.Y., of reach over 75. The weatherman predicted hot and dry wreather for the entire coast with Vancouver probably receiving a 90 degree reading. In Prince Rupert, 75 degree temperature ls quite sufficient to warrant loosening ties, rolling Lind, Miss E. Holmes, R. Colbert, R. Altken, A. H. Young, J. G. Lee( Mrs. Oulllet, Mr. Yosyk, C. Mc- w ill be dotted with little glllnet-ters tomorrow evening, when hundreds of fishermen will be er Trout mentary tail and equine head. HAZE DISPERSING . HONOLULU The haze pail, which shrouded Hawaii and the vast mid-Pacific for three days and nights was being swept away today by a north trade wind. Skies are blue over Honolulu a.rd most of the Hawaiian Islands. The haze is persisting on the west coast of Hawaii near the erupting Mauna Loa. another suspect in the Klaus out to catch the first fish of the Kenzie. season Normally about 800 fish-1 To Sandspit (today)-L. Pollard, .lng licences are issued to Skeena L. Pearson, Mrs. O. Jones and Manitoba beeves and Uklng a dip- Price of gasoline, went up H'2cuP fishermen and about 150 to naas miam, Mrs. r. ivusa, ! even u it iias tu uc u mc iww,. I Sunday should prove an excel In the first shlD- From Sandspit trnaayi w. fishermen. No indication of the ner in the Chateau Launer as guests of the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, Hon. Rob- , ert H. Winters, Minister of Resources and Devslopment, as host. Last evenlngr the party boarded the Continental Limited of the Canadian National ''iaSlA'ays and proceeded to the Lake of tha Woods area, where they wiii visit kind from the Jas-1 lent holiday. a. Duncan, J. Blackburn, W. "mal Park flsli hatchpr- i number licensed this year can be elven. as yet. Some Japanese- P. Karol- Fuchs spy ring and within hours of the arrest of a scientist in Pasedena, Calif. At Syracuse, Altred Dean Slack, 44-year-old chemist, stood accused of conspiring to supply Russian a?ents with samples of a powerful United States explo-five. Slack, who claims he Is "violently opposed to commun Rodeers. C. Trudell f1 yearling lake trout left in. Prince Rupert as well as thorughout the province today following art authorization of the Increase yesterday by. the provincial government on recommendation of the Fuel and Petroleum Board .The wholesaler gets lc of the advance and the . Halibut Sales . American have obtained lic- vlch, J Papei, T Orr From Vancouver (Friday) Klamc Minmt.aln Na. i D. Canadians ences. Pai Manitoba, to stock , ' i emith H MarHnnftlri. Llndy, 68,009. Atlln, 28.1c, 25c Gtllnetting season lor socseye ( i. . . -- r,, Ma as i? rtnkka L. Calvert. E. A. KUtn- and 21c. "fs of clear Lake. 'he sunervlslnn nf Wlll- Two Ohio Families Missing in Flood ' CROOKSVILLE, Ohio Two families were unaccounted for today in the wake of a .flood on tne onceim o.. - . opens leading Industrial plants- ar.d spend Sunday at Minakl Lodge. the erford, t. a. oerge, u. prc, . fnmnrrnw at 6 cm. and lor Jasper hatehprv min- ism,", was arrested on a charge of espionage. He was Jailed at Saxbee. retailer Vic. The pump price uptown in Prince Rupert today ls 39 cents PM. the fish were placed They will return east via Port Arthur, Fort William and Snd-. bury, making stops at each of these cities. Ketovla, 48.0C0, Cold Storage, 26c. 25c and 2!c. Marconia, 72,000, Cold Storage, 26c, 25c and 21c. , -Canadian Waterfall. 41,000, Atlln, 2H3ic, 27.2c and 22c. . . TODAY 1 sPeclal baggage car in tanks. for regular gas and 41 cents fo No Fires Yet But Conditions Acute the co-oneratinn of remainder , of the district at 6 p.m. June 25. Seining in the Butedale, Grenvtlle Channel and Principe areas opens at midnight June 25. Canneries operating this year will be: . ' Skeena area Canadian Flsh-intr r.n Ltd. Dlant at Carlisle, premium. At the waterfront the price for the fishing fleet of all marked gas is 27c Including provincial which broke a dam, exploded a huge pottery kiln and set off a fire that burned the pottery to the ground. The flood was an aftormath of a cloudburst, which cut a wide swath through Ohio from southwest to northeast. Three thousand residents of low lying areas nearbv Utlca and released on $10,COO baii. The F.B.I, said Slack pdmitted giving samples and production secrets to Harold Gold. Philar?elDhia chemist awaiting trial on an esoimn?e charge. Gold Is alleged to have passed them to "his Soviet principal. Semen M. Semenov." At Pasadena, the Federal adlan National Railways, 'tents were made for re- Pe SUpnlv tn Vppn ' the LOCAL TIDES Sunday, June 18, 1950, 52,000, 25.9c, 25c, 21c, Songen Storage. Hoover , Fire hazard forecasts indicate ax that "burning conditions in the some service stations had not a 'he tanks at the proper High 58,000, 25.9c, 25c, 21c, ... . Cassiar, forests are becoming very crlt- increased their prices up to early food or cannerv i ai 20.2 feet 17.7 feet 2.7 feet 8 6 feet 2:32 15:42 9:19 21:15 Storage. Svmphony, 50,000, 26c, 25c, 21c, Low of the pottery making commu this afternoon. Anglo-British Columbia at Noii:i',cal( according to a statement of Investigation an- nlty scrambled to rnnf tops as I Bureau urp- Enroute, the fish Wargp of w D Taylnr( w'lcilife Services of lw and Development De-arti D. Mann, Jasper vf-i.-i- Pacific, B. C. Packers at sunny- j from district iorei side, J. H. Todd & Sons at Inver- nere today. water poured down the narrow jounced the arrest of Dr. Sidney valley from the broken Misco , Weinbaum. 52, California Insti . n ' Pir.ha.lAG T.t.H The statement poimea oui Atlln, ..,., Touring detachments in his district in a B.C. Police aircraft. Inspector F. B. Woods-Joh.ison returns to the city today. Dur Mine Company dam five miles ness, Nelson urus. runcm.. at Port Edward. niirfciiA nrea Canadian Fish- Thomas B. B'ack, general manager of the Northern B.C. Power Co., left on yesterday's plane for a trip to Vancouver during which he will attend a "25 class reunion of the University of British need for people to take every precaution to prevent forest fires tute of Technology scientist. Formerly with the jet propulsion laboratory, Weinbaum U charsed southeast. Five houses In the community near the dam were washed away Exhibition Football TONIGHT AIYANSII vs. GEN. MOTORS 7 p.m. iiri at, Butedale, J. H. . t.he week-end and until the ing the course of his trip he Todd & Sons at Klemtu. situation Improves. No fires that with periury and fraud against the government for swearing he Columbia. Mr. Black expects to landed at Smilhers. Burns Lake.) by the flftst rush of water. Three ' rst United States Naval 10 circumnavigate the 's the USS Vincennes, p tt Ncw York In Scptem-and returned via tVie Gooa Hnpe in Jun 13?". Bella Bella area a- v.. raw tne Drancn is return to the city next Weanes- Ootsa Lake and other points in' families are accounted for. No I has never been a member of the burning in the disinci, ciluci trace of t.he ot.he two was fou.id j Communist party. the Riihine country. idav. wst or In the interior. the r plant at Namu. Rivers Inlet area Canadian Fishing Co. Lt dat Goose Bay.