LI SHAKY PROVINCIAL LIBRARY, 113 vi:to?.ia, e. c. : " OUr.lES DHUGS Daily Delivery PHONE 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port - "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXIX, NO. 137. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1950 : PRICE FIVE CENTS ALUMINUM PLANT In Southeast Alaska; V Strike Lasft Li Crnm Nnrthornn P Mm; n rn Loggers' Date Foir JtJI MUNI MUiUibl.iU.U. fAKCOUVER (CP) The Vancouver Sun says iispatch from Victoria that preliminary, surveys carried out this summer for another hydro- efcfclcRneiflt IIS H eairmmg ic.aluminum development "using some of vast water resources." . . . .c Aluminum Company of America," the dis- 1V, "is planning to send U'to study problems of r r r ' m K H r r Final Meetings Today In Last Minute Effort To Avert Tie-Up Hew Regulations lo Relieve IGarbaae Garbage Service Service K Federal Labor Minister ,fflC, whim coveis me N.Y. Newspaper Haying Strike 1 NEW YORK -The American Heavy Third Avenue Traffic Being Being Improved Improved ?m7Q,l Hakoe Annod Tn Partioc I - . An extra garbage collection truck to pick up garbage in the L'JCJUU Recommendation of a special committee on park ing and traffic, presented to the city council laivt , & Yukon ana Aiasiia. te and Taglsh Lake in wjtfrn B C. would be the rces of water. Bennett pieman Lakes In the wald be part of the sys-, am would be built across ff south of Whitehorse - back water for storage, "jnn adds, "Just what ef-may have on Aluminum jy of Canada's big pro-;fwdsmulr Park area is le clear. In the case of business section at an estimated ; cost of $50 per week wages and Newspaper Oulld (CI.O.I went on strike today against the New York World Telegram and Sun. The World Telegram missed its first .edition refused to cross the picket line. The World Telegram and Sun, one of the largest afternoon papers in the United States .has a circulation of 600,000. Nearly 400 editorial and business employees are on strike to back up night, were approved as follows: (1) That parking on Third Avenue between Mc-Bride and Seventh Street be limited to one hour between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily except Sunday. (2 That earh taxi si nd be the operation of the truck for fonr hours a day, waa approved by City Council at their regular mecUng last right. . in presenting the report Aid. J.N. Forman said there had LbC.'s only benefit would net rentals. been a Joint meeting of the allotted reserve space for one car per stand. ' ( (3) That vehicles travelling north on McBrlde Street be not OTTAWA Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, federal minister of labor, while stating that the dispute did not come within the jurisdiction of his department, today urged both sides in the loggers' strike dispute in British Columbia to make every effort to settle their differences and avert a strike. Speaking to the House of Commons, Mr. Mitchell said it was easy to get men out on the strike but it might, be harder to get them back to work again. VANCOUVER (CP) Coast loggers, prepared to strike Thursday, reported no progress after an emergency meeting with operators and the provincial Labor Relations Board Monday. The parties are meeting again today. "We heard no new proposal for settlement," said Tom MacKenzie, policy commit- demands for a ten per cent gen-crat wage increase. 75 Houses Per Year Slide board of works and health committees with Dr. Duncan Black, director of Prince Rupert Health Unit, which had arrived at that solution. . : '; . , One swamper of the regular ij Triln HELICOPTER CRASHES SOUTHAMPTON All three occupants were killed when a Cierva air horse claimed to be the world's largest helicopter crashed and burst into flames today. FIVE YEARS TO LIFE SAN FRANCISCO Samuel Barton, 32, and Robert Wilson, 28, both of Vancouver, B.C., were yesterday sentenced to from five years to lile for the second degree murder of Dr. Edward Muentzer, 36, February 18. Both pleaded guiKy. FRENCH PLANE MISSING PARIS A French military aircraft with 13 aboard was today reported missing on a flight from Tananarive, Central Madagascar. A search is being made for it. I1QIII To keep pare with what was U Conditions cn Railway being done in Vancouver, Pi lnc? garbage crew' would be used, he permitted to make a left hand turn onto Third Avenue. (4) That parking In front of, the city hall, and beside the government liquor store be re-j strlcted to fifteen minutes between 0 a.m. and 6 p.m. (5) That the unnecessary sounding of horns after 11 p.m. be forbidden. In presenting the report Aid. Many Dead In Crash at Sea PARIS 0 A four engined Air Prance plane with 50 persons 'board crashed into the Persian Gulf last night. Dimerous as Yet said, together with an additional driver and swamper. He thought additional revenue from the i 3ood conditions but a a In the Mount Robson i frost comes out of the Rupert should be building about 75 new houses every year, said J. D. McRae, ML. A. for Piince Rupert, In sjiraking before the Prince Rurert Trades and Labor Council at its regular monthly meeting. Housing was only ono of sev tas the cause of delay extra service would help pay the extra cost and that it would allow the regular garbage crew to give better service in residential areas. 1 Contracts For Theatre Here tee chairman of the I.W.A., representing 32,000 workers. The union is asking a 17 cent an hour wage hike and a union shop. The conciliation board recommended a nine cents ai hour boost and a mainlenjnce ol membership clause in the J. N. Forman said there had been representatives from taxi stands and retail merchants together with police at the meeting where the regulations were t' train from the East, .lydue at 10:15 p.m., but ported fourteen hours late iduld bring It in at 12:15 eral subjects which Mr. Mcllae ' . Vancouver Concern Given Job by Famous Players- discussed with the, Trades and iiayron to ttoit ; Labor Council which suspended At Least Year its regular order of business in t - V . kin. trANrrtrrviTB n Frankl Al. aiorrow unless there Is "delay. The slide near "dent came down during j contract. MOUNTAINEER DIES til hit was... cleared . by After many hours of rescue j operations, five are known dead, i dx have been rescued and the (ate of 39 persons is in doubt. They are probably lost. " The plane ditched In the gulf north of Bahrein Island, off the East coast of Saudi-Arabia. ' Three survivors are: members of the crew of eight. The other three are among the 42 passengers aboard the Saigon to Parts night. Fenders For Mr. Me-rtae felt that it was the mona- Canadian leamerweigni ;wwuytn-ine acan.ot "The strike deadline of Thurvi- o'ay .still stands,", said 3. tftewarE" Alsbury, district I.W.A. president. "Today will tell the tale Canada's mountain climbers. arcing. will not go to Eng reRponsibflity of members of the f chaniP' Don Monday, died yesterday in land to iigm Konnie uiayion pr in the Fraser River at legislature to represent the l whole area of their constituency anrl nnt r.n r.ontvulmn XJt . rot for anther year, anyway. He has an offer to meet Clayton Oeorge and east has been drawn up and that each contentious item had been voted upon.-. Sgt. - Potterton had assured him, h said, that his. dr partment could at present enforce the new amendments. Aid. Douglas Frlzzell explained the no left turn onto Third Avenue at McBrlde was to try to keep as much unnecesary traffic as possible off Third Avenue. Amendments to the traffic bylaw will be enacted to bring the new regulations into effect. xmslderably, C. A. Berner, ;1 superintendent, said Japanese To ,.., ..c ,B..,.... ",jfor the Brltlsn Empire feather-therefore, welcomed the opnor-j t cham lonsnlp but his tunlty to meet such organic- Oervais. 'said: "I but it still twenty feet be tions as the Trades and Labor ' ,,,, think Frankie needs j , Canadian Corporation ' - u- Con&fuct(pn of the Famous Players-Canadian Corporation new Totem Theatre, at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and First Street, which was suspended a few months ago, is about to be resumed. , j J. H. Black, local manager, has ! received word that the contract has been let to' Vancouver contracting firm of Dawson & Hall whose equipment Is expected to reach the city any time now. j , Fred Welch 1 & Son, another ! Vancouver concern, have the contract for plumbing, heating i and ventilation. j f ' rails at Prince Oeorge Council to hear proposals they feet, six inches below at ant. might have for new or amended another year. Clayton's too good for us now." ' Bank Staff At legislation. New School Tenders are being called by hospital. Aged. 60, the small, wiry mountaineer started climbing more than 40 years ago and is credited with valuable survey work. He provided most of the information known today about the province's Coast range. FLOODS ON FRASER " NEW WESTMINSTER Dike patrols were instituted at Nico-ftie.r Island in the Fraser River today as the river water continues to rise steadily. It was up 15 inches in the last h River water has been Mr. McRae gave a detailed re torn four Inches at Ams- port on the matter of hospital the board of school trustees here 14 Inches at Pacific for a new 11 -room hign scnooi insurance and stated that" all were paying the same rates and that the scheme provided for the j Farewell Party A Bank of Montreal staff j party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. with gymnasium, activity room, hours but Is still well nek level. Bulkley River ins been dropping. administration and industrial nsurlng of. all people Including arts sectjons and eleven-room Carlo Hansen who left Sunday aboard the Camosun for Van old age pensioners. warm weather could elementary school wun aamm- Get Million OTTAWA H Justice Minister Garson announced today the government will pay $1,222,829 to some 1,300 Canadians of Japanese origin as a result of a commission to study claims that their British Columbia properties, seized in wartime, were sold too cheaply. Money to cover tho claims will be sought from Parliament In a supplementary estimate. He tabled in the Commons a report from Mr. Justice II. I. Bird of the B.C. Court of Appeal, who Investigated the claims which started two years ago. The Commission dealt, In all, with 1,434 claims involving not only Flood Relief : Drive Ending The Manitoba flood lellef campaign will terminate officially Thursday, it was decided at the regular meeting of City Council last njght. Aid. Oeorge Casey said that, since the council had taken the President H. S. Harrison !?J floods as there la much lstration section and activity room. Bids are returnable by June 30 so that construcUon may get under way during tha thanked Mr. McRae for his attendance. Inquest Set For Tonight twenty-lour hours, the gauge at Mission reaching 18.2 feet today . !'t on the mountain but wr U hopeful that there ao serious floods. The council voted the sum of $25 to Manitoba flood relief. couver where Mr. Hansen has been transferred to the superintendent's office, was held Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Ardagh. During the evening Manager G. O. S. Blackaby, on behalf of the staff, made a presentation to Mr. Hansen. Only members of the staff were present. present summer. Site of the new high school is in Hays Cove Circle near the It was decided to hold an Jn Islanders Initiative in organizing the cam- Road Being Kept Open present Booth Memorial School other meeting June 18 to start arrangements for a Labor Day Inquest into the death of 63-year-old James Edward McLean, who was found shot through the right temple with a bullet from a 22-calibre rifle Safurday, will be held tonight with Deputy Cor Site of the new public school UaiKn, he thought the co.incll f Revenge 5ht the Watson Island celebration. is on Seventh Avenue East in should terminate It. He sug- the school block occupied by geste(j the above date. He said 'ill be after revenge lor tV that about $2,500 had been col Kim? Edward School for which it will be a replacement. aiming handed out to Abel Si Odowes last oner Bruce Stevens presiding. McLean lived In a small cabin Although sewer conatruution north of the tracks will not be postponed until after the fishing season closes as asked in a peti TODAY'S STOCKS homes and farms, but businesses, cars, trucks and other The cost of the new high R7 evening in the Senior lected, according to The Dally News, but that did not take into account what had been collected on Smith Island in the Skeena T f a i . - - T League. They appeared 7 with a much stronger school has been estimated at $495,000 and the new elementary school at $325,000.. at places other than at the news uer organized team to paper office and the City Hall. ' week-end Commercial's Slough across from North Pacific Cannery, about ten miles cast of here and pias found by neighbour Peter Peterson. . . His death appeared as a case of suicide. He thought the total amount " their place. Aumaque . Beattie .... Bevcourt Bobjo would be much larger. 29 .62 .44 .13 Vi Members of Tyee Lodge AF. tion from business organizations in the area affected, closure of the toad waterfront west -of Cow Bay will be limited to eight hours a day from 5 a.m. until 9 a.m. and from 6.30 p.m. until 10.30 p.m. A report of the board of works , Vancouver Bayonne 03 1 Bralorne 8.00 B R. Con 04 ' i j B.R. X 05 'i i and A.M. attended service at It was unanimously agreed that the campaign end June 15 First United Churcn Sunuay .n1 that advertisements be Buffalo Canadian 3b Consol. Smelters 100.00 I To Be On ntng Side evening. Led by the worshtptui master, A. D. Ritchie, the mem-hors of the craft gathered In the placed asking canvassers to turn .1.50 to city council last night stated in ihelr books and collections Resuming River Search Tomorrow ;that the board had conferred by that time. . THE WEATHLR . Synopsis There was a general increass in cloudiness over the whole province this morning Near the southern border scattered showers occurred overnight and more showers and thunderstorms are looked for in the southen interior this afternoon and evening and again tomorrow. Temperatures which rose to the nineties in the central interior yesterday will be a few degrees lower. On the coast large areas of fog and low cloudiness will hold temperatures in the sixties, except in those spots where the sun breaks through the clouds w1' Field Marshall Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress .22 Hedley Mascot 31 Pacific Eastern 05 Pend Orielle ,6.35 Pioneer 3.25 Premier Border 03 Privateer 15 Reeves McDonald 3.20 with Mitchell & Currie Ltd. regarding the requested postponement of construction and learn P Alexander savs in a dls- church parlors and proceeded Into the church. Rev. L. G. Sie-ber preached appropriately. AIR PASSENGERS tv vonnmivw (today) K. F. Conwest Donalda Eldona East Sullivan Giant Yellowknlfe God's Lake Hardrock Harrlcana Heva Hosco '. Jacknife ed the postponement would ! woiished yesterday that ! the war hernim hpr Hansons Are Farewelled .65 28V2 8.95 8.40 .33 .48 .11V4 .08'; .08 V2 .09 Having obtained a power barge from the Columbia Celulose Co. and assembled dragging equipment, British Columbia Police Is anlr.rf t i i. . lllll-K I.ll. Will and not because of any 11 unrest or popular de Saturday evening the home ofl cost the contractors approximately $5,000 in additional equipment rehCals. The contractors proposed to start work about June ; 19 and reiucsted permission to ctose the rtoad daily at the times mentioned, during which time they would Reno 03 Sheep Creelc 1.15 SUbak Premier 33 Taku River 17 V Salmon Gold .06 Silver Standard 1.75 will tomorrow resume operations In the Skeena Rivr 55 miles east of Prince Ruper1, where an auto mobile is believed to have plunged into the river carrying Wil mons the people. 1 Alexander wbji wnrtim Joliet Quebec .69 Harding, K. W. Frost, O. Quast, Mr. Everett, Capt. 3. M. Bell, MaJ. J. O. Mumford, M J. Bed-dows, Mrs.'M. R. Cooper, Mrs. F. Sherwood, L. Blackburn To Sandsplt, (today) Mr. and Mrs. Nybloom. To Vancouver (Monday) MP. Mrs L M.' Felsentnai was me scene of a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Hansen who left the following day for Vancouver. the honored couplR, r"T-in-chlef in Italy 'vernor-onprai nf ron. Lake Rowan .17 Lanaska .05 Little Long Lac 48 I.vnx ?7 MRdsen Pd lake 2.68 liam Gibb of Frlncc Rupert and Don Fraser sr. and Don Fraser tr. of Terrace t: their deaths. Mrs. G. D. Meal. ine dispatch was written Snd SaVS tho .nr.lt ill T. station watchmen at the Standard Machine Shop. The committee recommended the proceedings be followed and the pe wains Mr. and Mrs. T n l93 under Marshall Bad- earJy in the day. I Forecast ! North Coast Region Mostly clear but with fog and overcast I low cloudiness over 'and near j the open water. Little change in I temperature. Wind light. Lows ; tonight and highs tomorrow ' At Port Hardy and Sandspit, fco I and 65; Prince Rupert, 45 and 60. Purklnson. From Vancouver (Monday) i vomirh Mr McKenzte. H. 3. ,c"rred because the It.-.l- ""nment had decided In '"l that hat tiin the ii Baseball Scores MONDAY Western International titioners notified to that effect. The recommendation was adopted. ' time had come I Lennox. J. Kendrlck, E. A. Clarke. y to the aid of the vic- iwra. n. n . B Black, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Ardagh, Mr and Mrs. A. P. Crawley Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hems-worth, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. BeckM, Mr and Mrs. T. Norton Youns. Mr and Mrs. H. M. Wlghtman and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Williams. Halibut Sales A . letter from the Canadian Western Uranium 80 Oils-Anglo Canadian 5.60 A.P. Con .52 Atlantic 2.51 Calmont 70 C. ; E. 8.55 Central Leduc 1.90 Home Oil 16.00 Mercury 22 Okalta 1.90 Pacific Pete 6.90 Princess 65 Poyal Canadian l2!2 Royalite 14.50 Toronto Athona 09 National Railway gave permission for a temporary level cross Vancouver 2, Salem 0, Wenatchee 8. Victoria 1. MrT-enH Cockshutt .... 2.90 Mneta .38 Nezus 1.35 Noranda 70.25 I.ouvicourt , 19 Pickle Crow 2.25 Regcourt .0734 San Antonio 2.98 Senator Rouyn .28 Sherrit Gordon 2.15 , Sieen Rock 3.20 Sturgeon River .52 Unner Canada 2.90 Silver Miller 1.00 LOCAl TIDES to?sday, June Ui 1950 W .H .Maclnnes, G. DlbD, Mrs. u. Veltch, Miss B. Iverson, O. Salter, A. F. Aitken, Mr. and Mrs.'Shep-pard and infant; Mrs. Hiatt, H. M J. Mather. R. Grey, J. F. Drake, C. Bedard, E. Wallen, I. Trass-feth, E. Blackburn, C. M. May, Capt. J. M. Bell, Major J. S. Bed-riows. Major J. Mumford. ing via Manson Way near the Standard Machine Shop providing the railway assumes no re- Exhibition Game Yakhna 7, San Francisco 6 (10 Manitoba Flood Relief Canvassers are requested to turn in books and receipts by June 15 to CITY HALL (139) AMERICAN 43,000. 26.8c, sponsibllltv there. It was point-' Innings I 26c, 23c Eagle, 0.06 19.8 feet 13:10 17.1 feet Only games scheduled. No games scheduled major ed out that In the contract the contracor had assumed all 26.2c, 25.6c Royal. Atlas, 44.000, 22.5c, Pacific From Sandsplt (Monday) E. J. 6:53 3 5 feet I leagues. l 18:40 8.8 feBt Kelesoglous, A. Jones.