MARY rr'ff 11a -1 VrfA Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port f Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PH0,!Eq1 VOL. XXXIX, NO. 42. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS r ectiort OVS o at V4 1 (it 1 i ' - i British Election1 Consensus That Is FY I, Result Be V.! ! Will Close Last Minute Manoeuvres Anticipated (7 ''7 - (1 Sentence "tomorrow IToljcrt Vogeicr, CtnfcsscU ! Aniriran Spy, To Learn Fate Search Keeps On Five Airmen Stiil Sought They May Have Landed mi Aslidown Rather Than Pri.rvess Royal Standings Of Parties Seals Cut 625 In British House LONDON a Division of large constituencies in 1945 resulted In the member ship of the House of Commons being Incrieased from 615 to 640. A redistribution of constituencies tlfective at the February 23 g-eneral election cut the number of seats to 625. Following Is the standing, of parties, at dissolution, Feb 3. Labor .. ..... 390 Conservative .... 201.. National Liberal 13 Liberal 10 . Labor Favored by Majority of Observers t ...4 ., ...... ' . - i j !:'0 k'j ... ' ' '-- ...,-,. - - -i - . uKj-ai-wi t: ir.c iiungrr IT .-. A , T O T I .. I 1.. ... . n.l..l..l , inn j .j.ctutor, Cyula Alapi, to- R IN ON ,,(K IAIj i,i.jJa3 iiaiiau tuition xiumaiAji I.OMnnv (fi)i i : day 3rke,i r0r "mest severe cun- ,, ' . ' j Search for five mcmoei's of the ishmi&il" for the American busi- Uieai hl'Uain s lronprnl crew of the United dates Army i ness i an, Rob: rt A. Vo",clcr, und B-3G which was ditched in the SiX et-delend intj on trial fo' ff Erlif .-. 11CVIO, IJliUWII ft lOIl'IIl 1U.IIK14.1 UUU e 'o.isi" Hist afler a dinner given in i-h en, .v. ft Hi'' Villa M:id;ima, which was at-..mbris if I lie Italian cabinet. During his visit to visited v.nii Kaiy's president, Lulgl Elnaudl, and his Holii'"''. P'V- Phis XII, at Vatcan City. darkness early last Tuesday 'spyhn morning as it took fire while on I not a a flight from Alaska to Texa.1:, j est j: turned today to tiny Ashuown to be snd saootasc. But he dii tuaijy iisk lor the yever-nally death. Sentence is Kissed tomorrow. election moves into the stretch drive today. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said that his Labor Island at the joining of Whale Channel, Squally ChantKi and "S FINAL PHASE i no imn was di.s.'ii.s.sing ' steps ui. m, ii',,h,.,i ci'.i..." I Campania Sound off the Wcs'. .. vua.'ii oi ri iiici.'hs noyai iu;iiiu Of National AhiOi tokt the People's Court tiuit Vofjeler. 33-year old asslst-r nt vVr-r'-e-iit'eiit of the Intcr-natioil'l Te! 'jihoiic and Tele- .)!-;l"h,. js ",t ,Spy W10 lost, dn(J is v.'.i:ia .ked." Vosf.ir tin-lessrd to the fii 'n'o; a:::t s-i'd tliat the ron-fe-d!m v. is vv; 1'out pressure. He National Labor ......... '- ' National (Non-Party). 2 . Independent Labor Party ' Labor Independ. dndlvj , 5 Independent Labor '. . 1 Common Wealth ...... ...t.. - " Independ. Conservatives Irish Nationalist 2 Communist : .'......:.' 2 Scottish NaUonalbt Scottish Nationalist Independents - ....1 14 Vacant Totals .",640 . economic ussiUance when the Marshall Plan ends in 1932. Meanwhile, both parlies arc henplllfr r llr.Iin.-"lvf.c '. inijl l'il j after three of the survivors of t lie 'crashed bomber nad arrived hark hi si nitslit from- Fort Worth to A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE ROYAL FAMILY The Marquis of Milford Haven turns photographer to snap his fiancee, Mrs. Roni-aine Simpson, in the drawing room of the train taking them to Washington, DC, where they will bo married February 4. The marquis is a cousin of King George VI. er :e To See I minute manoeuvres "aimed at licl,p k Ulcil'' sli11 m,SKl8 com- nvasion rades. inal seven- 1 is rcporiid to have said that he Members of the ori; swayin;? 'he crucial on-tiiefence voters between now and Thurs- fi'iv Tlilv i ri'i' n I nri rvic Yukon (CP) Exercise WW. itcen-man crew, these ihue li;,d i .vris vel' t'ca'-d while in custody TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy . D. Johnston Co Ltd ticuii.rly imnortant since 'alll?n,d "?ut companions n,iht! nnd t.fnmrt ( :im:m nans am Americans hau driven BRITISH COLUMBIA AIRMAN IS KILLED have landed on Ashdown railirr P'llitifal nb. ei v rs are ai;i"ceU than Princess Royal island to; Th? general opinion seems to be '.which the other twelve had lM:it. t.ht. Iilll..ltl.' U'ill hr tflnn Robbery At Burns Lake that neither Labor or Conserva-; ' ly parachuted. IMratiiuietl. I i OTTAWA 0i Lt. Lpslie Fry ' Peever, ager 25 ,of Lynn Valley, Eriti.s-h Columbia, was killed Sat-jurday when a Firefly fighter Main Break Drops Vcler is ami were skinni.shin alonjf the mw today on the way to resist an Alu4:a ly 'Vm-my (American) force.-?. as nt all today was that the weather Alter seven, - The Royal Canadian Aii Fore fives will get a clear majority and that Liberals and others m.'iv li:ivi IHn It'i l:i n .! i.t riiiu-nr Vancouver Bayonne Bralonic ... B. R. Con B. R. X Cariboo Quartz . said that CaU Ilarolti Harry, pilot; Lt. Paul Gerhari and Lt. plane crashed nito the Atlantl- .03 9.33 .02 y'i .06 1.25 .20 s ' ...( OI...I -.in A breaking nd interlng ! Rr-r-ir; of a main on the water- temperatures; charge was laid Friday- against Congress New l 4'J ban, till: j li'onl lj( :'.r the drv di'k during! jlhc vrk-eiiJ caused a six fool' Oeean during exercises off Charleston on ine east coast of South Carolina. He had taken off from the aircraft carrier Magnificent. A companion was saved. David Leon Georfie, an Indian Hedley Mascot 25 led upward to; Pacific Eastern In fact, one popular opinion Ls "1"'1'" win icinaiii on that there will be su;h a situa-ilhe coast' to sludy P' of the ttnn after ihe ekvllon that a,rea ,ul Pl)olnt spots where tllf y Jumped and where their cither a coaliicn of -some khiU , will be f rm 1 or another elec- comrade may have lauc'ed They .ion Iwld at an early dale. :wm tel1 1,10 ol'dcr ot Jum, lime However, ten of twenty polit- i '"'val etc., for computation, ieal experts in Britain forecast a! Meanwhile 300 searchers sir-Labor viettay in Thursday's con'. i f'-nt muuig an inch - by - inch at Bums Lake, fullong the theft of $50 from theXmineca Cafe there. Tlie divisional .office of the B.C. Polloe 1ier was Informed that a large cash regis 'loss Ins! lie water level in Acrop-iiilis Ilfal reservoir. Before the . break t he level, gaining at the ' rate of a foot, daily since the re Vcronto Is final phuM'Sj .. MinUi'-r of BriKike Clax-j Ambassador inll and .sen-1 us KH Uj-Uw;., iorse today, i cent rril-ic- weather, had been 'up iiiilP;. feet of the normal tmit fiix w u f:bnservaUve win noyat isiana. Pend Oreille Pioneer Premier Border Privateer Sheep Creek .Silbak Premier.. Taku River Vananda- A Salmon Gold .... Spud Valley 12 foi, level. Following. Uiel ter containing the sum of money was removed and later discovered btCLskle : the " cafe-.. . The machine had been opened with an axe. Following the arrest of the native, the sum of $47-51 was recovered, it Is reported. - . f lotij.itnc of ttir? break, the gain was resumed again today. , . .or, 5.40 ! 3 45 .1)3 V2 .14 1.13 .3:; - . .12 ii .11 Oli'i .04 4.05 .22 1.50 ' 7.15 l.?0 ! ; 11.25 10'i Won From League Leading nij hmr say 1tre e'n-f) K''' --low-Uyhig.fcurt -wMh -inKl they Vui 'not hazard a guess. All Waker has been going over 'foresee a narrow margin rur f s";e any survivors who may I whoever wins Bookmakers odd:; .be. lpU ui'VC at thC sarc', is still favor Labor. being continued and not to give Door-to-door canvassing and "I' "Pe-s)Wfch-ina!:ing has teen stepped -- - - i up throughout the country by THE WEATHER ttNGLRS I BEST CANADIAN TENNIS PLAYERS Oils- ( lttroit Saturday But Lost To , Rangers Last IWiglit j ' NFVV YORK il; After ing to within tnree games of the t (Sat in day I j Mil Mi. II.! Mrs. E. Uunbur! burial Held the candidates necking 6o Anglo Canadian A. P. Con Atlantic C. & E Central Lcduc ... Home Oil Mercury MONTR'.-.iJ, H Henri Ruchon vl Montreal 'A.:s named top male u'aved by the Canadian Lawn Tennis As- iciation today. Lome Main of V.iih reiver is second. Jim Mac ken if Montreal third and Walt Slolilberg of Vancou Saturday - A. Mrs. 11. iielin,! ,rvc" Af Cedaro: u tVs I Synopsis I Cloudy and mild weather was , being reported from most of the j province this mornin1;. Mote rain is on its way for the coast tonight land tomorrow in the form of a 'i-tor in new well out over the Pc-Icitic and due to reach the cort ParlUmentary seats. Seamen Stage Bloody Baiile Okalta ,.. 200 P. .league lcader.iJiip by defeating the pace-making: Detroit Red Wmgs in a hard-smashing high-.sMckiii;; fcame r.t the Maple Leaf Gardens iin Toronto Saturday night, the Mapol Leafs went to New York last nignt and lost 2 to 1 to the Rangers. It was Toronto's Hist win over Detroit on I Toronto ice this winter. I UKiay i - M. C Palmer, A. ver fourth. Filial KM Hero And at Interior Village for Mrs. f.ditll t T'honipson Pacific Pete 4.45 Princess 36',i Royal Canadian Otili Ruyalite 945 . Toronto :i8. -uy i - Mr. and : infant. j INSURANCE FUND FOR PUBLIC WORKS i c tomorrow. The sto-n-. NEW YORK h A band of men "&V will br ng extensive rloudine.-s ,7. i . i . ,i , armed with knives .dubs " !a,,1 some li,lv sn;nv to the in-least om- gun staucd a b oo ly lwmm-ow. Tcm.ierat.ire.s battle and broke up a meeting of .... , . ,. , OTTAWA -F ulianicntary ac-Camida's largest ON IIO(; KONfl KOKDKIt I !; RO.VP-1ntornifd tor-i eiirn smircFK said today that ( liinrsr ('onimnrhis li a T e massed more than Z.'i.OOO lro on the lliin?. Kong-China border during the last three days. They said that 41st. and 4 ! ml Communist armies, under (ien-erals Wu Yuan-Man and Sung Clii-Ilu-v;, are being concentrated less than five miles from the border. ANTI-COMMCMST RKVOI.T T.U'IT, Formosa The Nationalist defence ministry announced today thai lUO.OOB-farmers bad revolted in the Tune linn Lake region of Hunan Province, killing nwiv Communists. The ministry said the revolt bad been marked by excessive requisitioning of rice by ( binese Communists. The revolt occurred in the main i-ice-crowing district of China. MINKI5S STAY OCT MW YORK Although the most of the coal miners refused to return to work today '.- response to John I.. Lewis' latest oriler, a federal judge today extended the stop strike order until March 3 in the hope that a settlement may yet be reached. New York was a duli place last night is "The Great While Way" went bl.uk with the strict curtailment of all street lighting owing to in-creasin'jjy critical coal short (e Day lion to open i will remain mild in "rank and lib;" of CIO. nier- ".U 'v, r.rrtTv lna,me boaro-the six minor, ! midnight Tuesday. chant seamen here. i ! Precast Forecast , Unemployment lnsurar.ee Fund iiimn of r-nnstnbles said that 30 to 3a ; .. , , , ; to nnance puuiic worss is nov, uesday bt'in" consiorred. Beiore the fimrf could be touched, the con-. i North Coast Reoion Cio;idv I with scattercd.diowers of mixed snow and rain tociav. Overci-' vith intermitient rain tonight ;piid tomorrow A little milri-r Light winds today, increasimi t" soulheast gales (45 mnlu Tues employers Tlie little cemetery at Cedar-vale, In which interior community deceased had for so many years made ner home, w:L4hft scene ot the burial on Saturday afternoon of Mrs. Edith Thompr son, who passed hay 1n Prince Rupert, last Wednesday. Many friends toined with the fanyjy In the lust rites. Owing ta snow -wi ice condition?, it Was hnpojlbtt to hold a service in the Cedarvaii Church so the obsequies ' were confined to the graveside.' Rev. P. H. Mallett. United Church pastor 8t Terrace, officiated. The hymn wss "Lead Me. O My Saviour, Lead". Oid friends of the family acted as oallbearers- Mr. and Mrs. E. 3, Haapala and Mrs. Kenneth Reid went from ,-.er.l of contrt'juting i would be required. r"ve Tuesday, ; idaesdav and ''111 . To iiKinv ' day morning. Lows tonient anc' The Detroit Red Wings had taken a two goal lead in the firvt half of Saluiclay night's game with Howe, assisted by Abel, and Black, unassisted, scoring for the Red Wing.;. In the third the Maple Leaks smothered the Red Wings in a wild attack and scored through Smith, assisted by Meeker; Ezimcki from Gardiner and Watson, and Smith, from Jin-da iuid Kennedy. Detroit is now leading the league with tiG points with the other teams running as follows: Toronto lid; Montreal, 56; .New Yoik, 53, Boston, 47; Chicago, 43. Week-end scores were: Saturday Detroit 2, Toronto 3 New York 4, Montreal 2 Sunday Toronto 1, New York 2 Boston 4, Chicago 4 Montreal is playing at Detroit tonight. highs tomorrow At Port Harriv , Sandsoit and Prince Rupert 35 ! men. battered their way into a Ihall where 200 members of the National Maritime Union were ! meeting. Four were taken -to hospital. Five wen: hold for questioning. I -Rank-nd-fil"," opponents of President Joseph Cumin, met to discuss what they called "anti-Democratic leadership." Curran calls them Commumst- Jcd. v iSees Churchill iAs Peacemaker Father of Norman j looker Passes Away ' Father ot Wt.rnwa Baker, pro-1 prietor of te Civic Centre din-! In re ini and a visitor In Prince! Rup-rl l.i t year when he madcj many friends, t-'ercy Jack Baker j pa-.ved a way ' list night in Sail! Lake City. Deceased was bom 1 ai. Stoke on I rent. F.ngland, In, lttll!) and is .survived by fouri .sons, the oldest being Mr. Baker of this citv and three others. "Mans. Shrove 1 I'ancake Day.' I)uiSS and old ''ilh a least, of ""Jlliered pan- l special Pan-' ni"'-I in (he ll"', (lie slarl Housewives' I'l' Pare their ! called "Sliriv-' " ' a pees- I .07'. .12 . .57 ' .25 .12 V- .03 98.00 1 02 .53 .28 4.75 0.15 .30 I .33 Va' .05',!; .or.: 113 '.-i ! .05 J .71 : .05 a .04';, .57 .15 2!R .52 2.70 .34 1.45 60.25 .17 ' 1.80 3.60 . .25 2.18 . 2.30 .21 .07 1 a . 3.15 Athona Aumaque Beattie - .... Bevcourt Bob jo Buffalo Canadian Consol. Smelters Con west Donalda Eldona Fast, Sullivan Giant Yellowknife ... God's Lake Hardrock Harricana , Hcva HOSCO ..: Jacknife' Joliet Quebec Lake Rowan La pu.sk a Little Long Lac Lynx Madsen Red Lake .. McKcnzie Red Lake McLcod Cockshutt Monet a Negus Noranda Louvicourt Pickle Crow ..." Regcourt San Antonio .,: - Senator Rouyn ..' SUerrit Gordon Sl eep Rock Sturgeon River i Silver Miller . .. Upper Canada "... HOCKEY SCORES 1 Victoria 1, Fiesno 3. Iaxs Angeles 2, San Francisco (i. ' Vancouver 3, Tacoma 7 Portland 3, New .We(stmin-j ' ster 3. Snow flips on the Falls River being resident in the United States. ' ins (inne. Ilieu i niin-lies to be 'Ived (lf their ;is' day before ,,vi' Tuesday," Prince Rupert to join other mem-Vr. of tlie family at tlie funeral Beforp the remains were sent, to Cednrvale. a service was held here in the Orenvllle Court Chanel of B. O. Undertakers at' " hieh Rev. Canon Basil S. Procter, reclor of St. Andrew's Cafche-Tni. of fic'nted wlh Mrs. 3. CGH. Ver nccompanvlng the hynuj, which were "Neurer My Ood to Thee' and "Abide With Me," . The fnllnwlr.g sent beautiful Horal tributes The Fnmlly. Mrs. f. Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Christie and fifher. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Hanaon Mr. and Mrs. .F. Paavola. Mr. and (Continued page K'-ad loreman with the Department, ef Public. Works nl Pt. Clements. F. Ward arrived in the Hty from Masci. aboard the Chileolin 'in. '.day nielit. transmission line sent the electricity off in the city for about twenty minutes just, after six this morning and aain this morning about 10.30. "'Ml il'l i':ile:ikn LONDON (P -Lord Heaverbrook says tliat. Former Prime Minist-r Winston Churchill can end the atomic armaments race between east, and west beraus! be enjoys .the respect, and regard or Joseph Stalin. He said tliat, if Churchill was Prime Minister, a facc- to-face meeting would offer high i hope of "peace and tranquility" WAS AS GOOD AS j LEGAL MARRIAGE j CAMBRIDGE, Eng. Justice I Gordon Stable .summing up a ! case here in which it appeared ''I'l'ake Day """ive.i of yore i:i .'' of an on- age. STEAMHt Ft.AM.K-SWF.rT. j COI'LMIMiF.N Flames i i j swctil the tittle Danish steam- j j ship Kronprinz Olav In foe- ! covered Kattegat Strait early lodav. driving 108 passengers into lifeboats for safety. All passengers, travelling from Oslo to Copenhagen aboard the 3,n:s8-1on vessel, were picked up a short lime later by the Sv ed-ish-Anieriran liner Stockholm. On'y a few were injured in abr. j (oiling ship. While the passeiieers were ordered off. most of Hie ship's crew of f if -V r-niained aboard to fieht the blare which several boors late! was reported to be under control. i "MHMMl MINE MLAST i that, a woman witness . was M' I In ir aceinn- ' f known by the name of a man ' to whom she was not married, ; remarked: "The fact that the i efendant and the witness have ''"n '"'ir Pancakes. "Hied by in,,. air and a skillet.-cak".;" beeunie for the world. Victoria Newspapers Roisc Their Prices VICTORIA (! Subscription rates of (lie Times and Colonist ne-vspapers are un from $1 to $1.25 per month eflecl.ive March 1. Street sales are still 5c. not. been married has nothing i In do with this case. Their as-j sacialion seems to have stood up jas well as, if net better than a :ccJ many ly;al marriages." "s,'l(ild spur'.. Sitka Publishes Daily Newspaper SITKA- The t.rst daily newspaper" in tlie history of the one time .Rusiian capital of Alaska. Is now publishing. It is the Sentinel and will appear five days every week.' diver.siop ; ":"derii! ti. ' Day l)e.,n ' Phere of eel -''d Hiii, ,,,.,, V A ' .--.' I OSLO 'OT Ai explanation lias now been found for a vio-; lert explosion which shook ! homes and bulldinns on the in- 1' t General Power Situation Good A nicliire of Frank Calder, weeKS withi ner ( s o f hit several Native Child ? T Dies Suddenly A seven 1'ioiilh s old native daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johnson of Atyahlsh died suddenly at 10 p. m. Friday. Dora Mildred (suffered ervlng artells followed bv convulsions shortlv before she died although shfe had not previously been reported sick. M. M. Steohens, coroner, was no-WinH tt the child' death bv Mrs. j S. Kinley, field matron at Aivnn-, ish. Mr. Stenhens stated thl3 lmnrnln(? that, further information from Mrs. Kinley Is being Iravelliwr OF member for Allin In the, uir.i A ,..,.-.,..l.,.U, mini lilallted f i-'aue, i'f.ed spee'!il Columbia Legislature, i ' ' ,1. ...!... .1.. u ...ii h. British f"l 1 Cl-,,.,1. uu u, u,e w . oiw u - i , southern newspap- J, i W HI 1 I 1 1 I L Kill iu .iji lllio-ni'v 1 - Indian first tv itiai l'l in the vil-"ver yii i, . ers. Mi. iinii' i of the n.ninher in the history f"ina or of fish. VrVM ATOMIC COMMITTED CANBERRA The Australian povernnienl will set up an pan- licat.s. The power situation in general is believed '0 be gradually improving. T. B. Black. Northern B V. Power general manager, stated this morning. No official word from Falls River had been received by Mr. Black over the week-end and he could not make House- was beimr sworn in by V K Debeek, clerk with thct c'.CF. leader, Harold Winch, looking on. I A J. Vrebosch arrived hi the Tuesduy, February 21, 1950 DISCUSS PACIFIC PROGRAM IN TOKYO - Supreme Allied commander in Japan, Gen. Doiighus M.icAithui greets the U.S. joint chiefs of staff on their arrival at the Haneda airport, Tokyo. At left Is Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. At right, is Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenbeig, chief of staff of the U.S. air force. U.S. navy forces have recently been strengthened in the Pacific and MacArthur has asked Jor further reinforcements. i industrial committee to advise f'ar Canadians' n ,1', devclomncnt of atomic t "enerav rcnerators The commit- High 3:56 20.2 feet 16:07 18.2 feet Low 10:11 . 5.7 feet 22:07 6.3 feet inon".'" tee will susuest a policy Qf . ... .. , , . i.. t,.t 1 1 I . ...411 1.1 ...1 . .. for city on the CoqulUam yesterday i a delinire siatemeni vouceuoiis iwaiu" uitu oi ucwuo wj-the situation there. ther an inquest will be held. - I' suctcs- atomic energy generation - I the government. from Vancouver.