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CENTRAL
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PH01IE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
99.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
28,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Aire
c
P
P
TAR
V
r
Hon
McAfee
Choice
;
FEARS
SOVIET
JRimerl-
'
Conservatives
10
I
lnw
IMannfarHir"
T
c
PrnnnoaJ
Escape
Gate
From
Great
Port
Narrows
SHANGHAI
(CP)
Escape
gate
from
communist-threatened
Shanghai
began
closing
slowly
today.
For
foreigners,
the
last
ships
are
preparing
to
get
under
way.
The
American
lir.er
President
Wilson
sailed
today
with
300
United
States
refugees
on
board.
For
the
Chinese
land
routes
are
coming
under
com
A
...
V
i
I
(jaiition
Candidate
ior
rnnce
Kupert
p
R.
McAfee,
well-known
GO-year-old
lum-,'hifacturer
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
unanimous
jf
the
rrogressive-uonservauve
nominating
-held
in
the
Civic
Centre
last
evening
for
the
.
i'.'
i.:
Ti
Tt...
i
munist
troop
domination.
I
aimff
coalition
convention
mr
x
rince
uuperi
d
riding.
1
here
were
no
other
nominations
i
and
delegates
Commonwealth
Is
Carrying
On
LONDON
tfi
In
a
terse
joint
to
the
coalition
i
convention
were
not
instructed.
There
was
no
intimation
at
the
meeting
that
might
indicate
when
this
convention
will
take
place.
Between
forty
and
fifty
were
pre.sen
t.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
president
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
Association,
was
in
the
chair,
and
read
a
telegram
from
the
Pro.
vincial
Coalition-
committee
A.
C.
Desbrisay
and
A.
H.
Cox
the
substance
of
which
was
as
lollows:
declaration,
eight
Common-
decide
it
is
necessary,
wealth
countries
yesterday
British
warships
are
still
In
pledged
themselves
to
remain
the
Vangtse
and
Whangpoo
united
as
"free
and
equal
num-
Rivers
but
British
authorities
bers"
of
the
world's
oldest
fam-
have
not
yet
undertaken
emer-lly
'
of
nations.
gency
evacuations.
Thus
the
Commonwealth
haSj
CommUnist
forces
are
con-hurdled
one
of
the
most
form!-
verging
on
thc
city
from
west
dable
constitutional
problems
in
and
nortnwest
and
are
just
Its
history-how
to
accommo-
across
the
Whantmno
RtV(r
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'Nominating
conventions!
MINNEAPOLIS,
CP
Strike
of
must
be
composed
of
equal
num-l
1300
American
Federation
of
Labor
of
Conservatives
and
Liber-;
bor
emPl"ys
of
the
Northland
als,
whether
delegates
or
proxies.
Number
of
proxies
to
be
arranged
by
the
mutual
consent
of
both
parties."
It
was
suggested
that
proxies
be
held
to
a
minimum.
Thc
chairman
Of
the
nominal-ing
convention
is
to
be
chosen
from
the
delegates
oresent
and
,
,
d(.iate
.
,
,
UT
"""'J
VlCWeU
UW
MYSTERY
WOMAN
Freda
Linton,
the
last
of
20
persons
sought
as
links
in
Canada's
Russian
espionage
case,
is
shown
Jcaving
a
v.Monlrcal
Com
icioru
an.appeiu-in
on
charges
of
"conspiring'
to
"violate
tlie
olflciuTSeerets
Act".
She
'surrendered
to"
K.C.M.P.
at
Montreal
recently
after
having
been
sougth
for
three
years.
She
told
police
that
siie
mas
married
and
expecting
a
baby
in
June.
'
(CP
Photoi
NEW
ONTARIO
PREMIER
TORONTO
Leslie
Frost,
54-year
old
lawyer
of
Lindsay,
Ontario,
was
elected
new
head
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party
of
Ontario
and
will
probably
be
sworn
in
as
Premier
within
a
week.
He
succeeds
Hon.
Thomas
Laird
Kennedy,
temporary
party
head
and
Premier
after
George
Drew
resigned
to
enter
the
federal
field.
MRS.
QUEZON
SLAIN
MANILA
Mrs.
Aurora
Quezon,
widow
of
the
Philippines
first
president,
her
daughter
and
son-in-law
were
killed
today
in
a
bloody
machine
gun
ambush
that
brought
death
to
10
persons.
Ten
others
were
wounded.
President
Elpidio
Querino,
on
being
informed
of
thc
ambush
in
northern
Luzon,
ordered
an
immediate
campaign
against
the
killers
who
are
identified
as
Communist
bandits.
BASEBALL
SCOlCKy
National
Chicago
0,
Cincinnati
2.
New
York
2,
Brooklyn
13.
American
Washington
2,
New
York
6.
American
League
St.
Louis
4,
Detroit
3.
Philadelphia
6,
Boston
10.
Chicago
3,
Cleveland
11.
National
League
Brooklyn
8,
New
York
11.
-c
Cincinnati
3.
Chicago
8.
Western
International
Yakima
at
Vancouver
postponed.
Salem
7,
Bremerton
4.
Spokane
11.
Victoria
4.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
well,
defined
area
of
low
pressures
has
moved
to
north-!
ern
Vancouver
Island
during
the
night.
This
storm
is
sending
cold,
moist
air
across
the
south-ern
half
of
the
province.
The
weather
will
still
be
very
un
settled
today
and
clearing
skies
tonight
will
bring
colder
tem
peratures.
Tomorrow
will
remain
cloudy
with
few
or
no
showers.
Winds
which
are
reaching
gale
force
over
exposed
coastal
waters
today
will
become
light
tonight.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Intermittent
rain
today.
Cloudy,
with
scattered
showers
tomorrow.
Southeasterly
gales
(35i
m.p.h.lj
and
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
today.
Southerly
.
..........
1
...i.rl..
mil
I.
.4
li
1..
w",uo
u,cua
day
and
tomorrow.
Little
change
jn
-
tempcraturu
Lows
lonignt
and
hjghs
tomorrow-At
Port
Hardy
38
and
50,
Masset
35
and
50,
Prince
Rupert
35
and
50.
NAPLES,
Italy
Princess
Margaret
of
England
embarked
today
for.
the
storied
Isle
of
Capri
in
the
course
of
a
month
'a
"strictly
private"
tour
of
Italy.
QUALITY
OF
EXH
IBITS
FEATURES
ART
AND
CRAFT
SHOW
AT
CENTRE
High
quality
of
exhibits
is
the
keynote
of
Prince
Rupert's
third
annual
crafts
and
hubby
show
which
opened
at
the
Civic
Centre
for
four
days
Wednesday
afternoon.
Notable
among
the
displays
is
the
general
high
level
of
workmanship
which
is,
perhaps,
the
best
purpose
of
the
meeting
and
men-
tioneu
how
it,
had
been
understood
previously
that
thee
would
bo
j
jint
action
as
between
respective
parties.
He
then
announced
that
the
meeting
was
open
for
nominations.
J.
T.
Harvey,
in
proposing
the
name
of
Mr.
McAfee,
said
he
believed
that
there
would
be
Liberals,
as
those
of
his
own
party,
who
would
feel
constrained
to
support
Mr.
Afee
on
the
coalition
convention
floor.
Mr.
McAfee
had
lived
here
since
earliest
days
and
was
very
well
known
and
long
active
in
everything
pertaining
to
good
citizen
ship.
Mr.
Harvey
then
formally
moved
the
nomination.
It
was
seconded
by
Bert
Wouden
and
carried
unanimously.
Ill
V15I.I1
1JY
HONOR
Mr.
AcAfee,
in
thanking
the
IN
U.S.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
0;
The
United
States
Senate
is
worried
this
week
with
the
Russian
official
espionage
record
In
Canada.
Senator
James
O.
Eastland
Democrat.
Mississippi)
read
a
Canadian
government
report
on
the
Soviet
spy
ring
traced
to
the
Soviet
embassy
in
Ottawa.
The
chances
are,
Eastland
said,
thal
thc
same
tnin8
Is
going
on
in
the
United
States
"The
facts
brought
out
by
the
Royal
Commission
in
Canada
are
sufficiently
well
documented
and
thc
Investigation
so
thorough,"
he
said,
"that
we
must
accept
the
Ending
that
situation
ii
this
country
is
parallel."
Eastland
spoke
in
support
of
a
bill
to
plug
loopholes
In
United
States
immigration
laws.
Bus
Strike
Hits
Manitoba
Province
i
ureynour.a
Lines
today
shut
;
down
10.000
miles
of
bus
routes
serving
some
1000
communities
in
Manitoba
and
eight
in
Midwest
-states.
C.N.
STEAMERS
RUNNING
AGAIN
Lady
Nelson
Sails
With
S.
I
T.'
Crew
"
MONTREAL
Tlie
"Lady
Nelson"
flagship
of
the
Canadian
National
Steamships,
has
sailed
from
Montreal
with
a
Seamen's
International
Union
crew
aboard.
She
will
embark
passengers
Monday
next
at
Boston
for
Bermuda,
Leeward
and
Windward
Islands,
Barbados,
Trinidad
and
British
Guina.
Commanded
by
Capt.
N.
J.
Roach,
O.B.E.,
the
Nelson
will,
also
carry
a
heavy
cargo
of
flour,
medical
supplies
and
other
Canadian
products
to
thc
West
Indies.
Coincident
with
thc
sailing
of
the
Nelson,
V.
E.
Eke,
passenger
traffic
manager
of
the
company,
announced
that
passenger
service
to
Bermuda,
British
;
West
Indies
and
British
Guiana
by
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
wffl
be
resumed
im
by
thc
strike
action
of
the
Can
adian
Seamen's
Union
against
Eastern
Canadian
operators
of
decpsea
ships
but
the
C.N.S.
vessels
have
now
been
manned,
said
Mr.
Eke,
with
experienced
crews
under
contract
with
the
Seafarers
International
Union.
Thc
Lady
Rodney,
sister
ship
of
thc
Nelson,
is
expected
to
reach
Georgetown,
British
Guana
soon.
She
sailed
southbound
from
Halifax
recently
in
cargo
service
only,
but
will
bring
passengers
on
her
northbound
voyage
to
Boston
and
Canadian
ports.
The
8000-ton
Rodney
is
commanded
by
Capt.
Anaglet
LeBlanc
O.B.E.
The
three
diesel
cargo
vessels,'
Canadian
Challenger
Canadian
Cruiser
und
Canadian
Constructor
will
also
curry
passengers
again,
said
Mr.
Eke.
The
Challenger,
under
Capt.
Frank
Smith,
embarked
passengers
at
Georgetown,
British
Guiana,
and
will
pick
up
pas
sengers
along
thc
route
of
her
northbound
voyage
to
Montreal
She
is
due
here
about
May
12,
and
her
next
southbound
vovhkc
is
scheduled
for
May
21.
Passengers
will
be
carried
in
the
Canadian
Cruiser
from
I
)T.iir!ii
nn
Mav
7
and
in
thc
JVIUHIIi
vw
v"
v
Canadian
Constructor
out
oi
Montreal
on
June
10.
LOCAL
TIDES
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Friday,
April
29,
1949
High
1:36
20.9
feet
14:
IB
18.9
feet
Low
8:10
3.1
feet
20:03
6.9
feet
lacLeod
Named
rrr-
bung
unicer
MacLeod
of
the
legal
MacLeod
ami
Ray
has
;
an
appointment
to
Returning
Office
for
ceral
constituency
or
in
the
forthcoming
ejection,
which
will
j;e
this
summer,
proD-
;jne
it.
mi.
ivuifiiruu
Jilbiied
an
office
for
pose
in
Room
10,
Smith
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Tiiain
fa
appointed
election
it
the
federal
election.
1
DEMAN
DS
MORES
BACK
t
of
I'nliiv.ful
lion
Btins
Made
Canada
YORK.
0
-Canada
v.a.s
xpecteti
to
answer
a
fctinm
It
hv
Pnl-
the
Dominion
with
un
kfrpir.g
Polish
art
a
rebulr.il
i,s
reported
Ji
delivery
to
the
58-
iwmbiy
v.
hull
meets
Meadows.
Suehv
said
Premier
Dupiessis
of
Quebec
r-ust
of
the
treasures
--e
valued
at.
spvrrul
hilars
and
were
sent
to
lor
safekeeping
during
la
tlif
Puiish
minister
Eugemtisz
Z.
Jan
said
yesterday
that
wld
consider
taking
before
the
United
Jr
International
Cou't
e
'f
Canada
docs
not
le
treasures.
0!TARio
Pew,
M.
Fm.t
w.
iai
,,,:;:
,T
nf
,,uu
aim
f'
""'.
at
the
Pro-Lo'Wrvativo
conven-
A
to
the
lenrt-rsi,,,,
Dart,,
..
0
111
Ontario.
A
"'"USiiv
rvt
Mr.
""ei.s
ti,..
riding
of
"1
thn
be
Legislature.
01
n.
SV(ni
in
as
Pre-n'Xt
"
VI
.11-
T
.
i(
week.
t.
Ki'i.
cult
...
,
"'mister
Pie-
""Win
i
ii
i,r
..
tliK
re
now
Oeorgc
"t
2
"
bo
relieved.
here.
Airplanes
are
still
taking
out
refugees
over
land
and
sea.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
stand
by
in
Hong
Kong
ready
to
ev.
acuate
the
British
community
of
Shanghai
if
the
authorities
Opinion
of
observers
is
that
Shanghai
will
fall,
possibly
from
within
by
economic
confusion
or
fifth
columnry.
A
Canadian
airlines
aircraft.
North
Star,
is
standing
by
at
Hong
Kong
for
possible
evacuation
of
Canadian
nationals
in
the
Shanghai
area
if
necessary,
External
Affairs
department
oN
ficials
in
Ottawa
said
today.
The
Diane
Is
on
a
survev
and
1
familiarization
flight
and
is
at,
the
disposal
of
Canadian
am-
bassador
T.
C.
Dabis
or
other
!
Canadian
of
ficials.
j
There
are
estimated
to
be
841
i
uuutiiuuu
living
in
iiiina
out
some
of
these
are
missionaries
who
will
choose
to
remain
even
under
communists.
MARCH
POLICE
FINES
SOAR
'
Police
fines
collected
in
magistrate's
court
in
Prince
Rupert
in
March
soared
to
a
total
of
$2,300,
mainly
as
a
result
of
a
police
crackdown
on
liquor
infractions,
according
to
the
monthly
report
of
Sgt.
L.
A.
N.
Potterton,
released
Wednesday
Fines
for
the
first
three
months
of
the
year
exceeded
$3,000.
During
the
month,
90
informations
were
laid,
88
of
which
resulted
in
convictions.
Forty-five
convictions
resulted
from
charges
of
intoxication,
laid
pil.hpr
li,if!nr
t.hfl
IriHinn
Ant
nf
the
Government
Liquor
Act.
There
were
five
convictions
lor
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
Monetary
losses
reported
from
criminal
code
complaints
totalled
$448
of
which
$326
was
recovered.
CALLING
OFF
HOOP
FINALS
Assumption
Coljeg-e
Unable
to
Come
to
Vancouver
Next
Week
to
Meet
Leafs
WINDSOR,
Xf;
Assumption
College
Purple
Raiders
swept
into
the
Canadian
senior
basketball
final
last
night,
defeating
Montreal
Y.M.H.A.
Blue
67
to
45.
The
Raiders
were
to
meet
the
defending
champions,
Vancouver
Clover
Leafs,
at
Vancouver
next
Monday
in
the
final
best
of
five
series
but
that
series
may
not
be
played.
The
Raiders,
on
account
of
examinations,
will
be
unable
to
go
;
to
Vancouver
next
week
and
the
Clover
Leafs
have
turned
down
a
proposal
to
play
the
final
May
20.
date,
a
monarchy
and
a
republic
(India)
within
the
same
framework,
i
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Pete
2.40
Princess
-
26
Royal
Canadian
08
Toronto
Athona
15'2
Aumaciue
16
Beattie
.47
Bevoourt
25
Bobjo
.11
Buffalo
Canadian
12
Consul.
Smelters
97.50
Con
west
1.16
DonafJa
.50
Eldona
59
East
Sullivan
2.80
Giant
YellowkniXe
6.30
God's
Lake
36
Hardrock
17
'2
Harricana
07
Heva
0812
Hosco
21
ft
Jacknife
04
Jolict
Quebec
35
,
Lake
Rowan
.09
Lapaska
09
Vi
Litle
Long
Lac
76
Lynx
14
Maefsen
Red
Lake
3.00
McLeod
Cockshutl
......
1.06
Ivloneta
42
Negus
2.41
Noranda
54.85
Louvicourt
15
Pickle
Crow
2.20
Regcourt
.05
San
Antonio
4.05
Senator
Rouyn
38
Sherrit
Gordon
1.90
Steep
Rock
1.36
meeting,
said
it
was
not
his
in-
j
mediately.
C.N.S.
passenger
ser-tention
to
speak
at
any
length.
vice
wus
interrupted
last
month
Rhl,;,r,i,m
n
V
t,o
i.,Tii
kev-
case.
But
the
noisiest
and
most
active
part
of
thc
display
are
thc
Junior
boys,
under
Mrs.
Mark,
as
they
saw
madly
making
plywood
guns,
swords,
animals
and
(Continued
un
l
age
Five)
NOVA
SCOTIA
VOTE
JUNE
9
HALIFAX
iff.-Nova
Scotia
will
,
,
,
.
have
a
general
election
June
9,
Premier
Angus
Macdonald
an
-
nounced
last
night.
Nomination
day
will
be
May
20.
The
Liberals
has
held
2K
out
of
30
seats
since
1945.
The
C.C.F.
got
the
other
two.
The
House
will
have
seven
more
seal
under
the
Redistribution
Act.
Fnv-Mvv
f
J
i,
of
any
similar
show
held
Lining
the
walls
and
tables
in
,
the
main
gymnasium
are
dis-
displays
by
more
than
500
exhibitors
while
the
the
ladies'
lounge
upstairs
is
an
art
show
which
presents
thc
work
of
Miss
Jean
Faure
and
her
pupils.
While
the
show
is
considerably
smaller
than
either
last
year
or
the
year
before,
it,
reflects
a
Lively
cundtlhm
in
crafl
interest
particularly
in
the
Civic
Centre.
This
is
accented
by
the
fact
that
all
exhibits
shown
this
year
are
on
display
for
the
first
time.
No
work
shown
at
previous
shows
is
present.
The
most
interesting
feature
is
that
so
much
of
the
hobby
show.,
this.,
year
,
consists
of
work
done
within
thc
.
Civic
Centre.
At
thc
show
two
years
ago,
not
a
single
article
had
been
made
in
thc
Civic
Centre
itself.
Thc
idea
was
merely
promotional.
I!y
last
year
there
was
a
small
amount
of
leatherwork
and
some
work
done
by
the
Teen
Age
Camera
Chd).
But
this
year
the
entire
centre
floor
of
thc
large
gym
from
the
front
door
to
the
back
wall
Is
taken
up
with
work
clone
en
tirely
in
the
Civic
Centre
itself,
i
And
to
emphasize
fhis
fact,
in
the
very
centre
of
thc
gym
is
a
circle
of
tables
at
which
members
of
the
Junior
and
Teefi
Age
craft
groups
are
actually
showing
how
they
do
it.
The
rnitrreti
work
in
the
centre
of
a
circle-
of
tables
and
around
thc
outside
is
a
crowd
of
interested
children
watching
I
every
move.
Georgina
Mitchell,
iitchell.'
Mardell
Soiland
and
M
argaret
Olsen
had
an
intent
group
watching
as
they
picked
up
tiny
colored
shells
with
tweezers
nad
glued
them
onto
a
base
to
form
roses
or
pansies.
Marilyn
Farmer
and
Gall
Harvey
were
cutting
out
and
sewing
plastic
aprons
for
their
dolls.
-Boys
Questioned
George
He
great
ly
appreciated
the
honor
and
felt
humble.
For
all
of
thirty
years
he
had
been
a
citizen
of
Prince
Rupert
and
had
long
(Continued
on
i'uge
2)
Pensioners
To
Get
More
OTTAWA
((P
Minister
of
Health
Paul
Martin
told
thc
House
of
Commons
that
legislation
providing
a
$10
a
month
increase
in
old
age
pensions
will
become
effective
as
soon
as
enabling
agreements
are
reached
with
tlie
provincial
governments.
The
House
of
Commons,
with
unprecedented
speed,
adopted
the
legislation
in
two
hours.
Martin
said
that
ninety
percent
of
Canada's
275,000
pensioners
will
get
the
boost.
C.C.F.
and
Social
Credit
mem.
bers
thought
they
should
get
more.
Need
for
new
agreements
be
tween
Dominion
and
provinces
was
expressed
because
the
Dominion
now
pays
75
percent
and
the
provinces
the
rest.
The
raise
will
be
from
$30
to
$40.
FINLAND
NOMINATLD
VICTORIA
E.
V.
Finlpiui
was
nominated
by
Progressive-Conxcrvatives
last
night
candidate
in
support
of
coalition
in
tlie
forthcomiiiR
provincial
election.
Liberals
claim
the
nomination
is
contrary
to
Hie
Hart
formula
for
the
scat
is
now
held
by
Commander
C.
T.
Beard,
Liberal.
""'7
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.The
St.
Peter's
Young
Peoples'
Association
presents
'SPRING
FANTASY'
A
Musical
in
Two
Parts
S
,
"Easter
Time"
"Le
Cafe
Parisienne"
(A
Gay
Nineties
Revue)
(Romance
in
Gay
Paree)
Civic
Centre
Auditorium,
8:15
p.m.
Friday,
April
29
TICKETS
AT
THE
DOOR
OR
FROM
Y.P.A.
MEMBERS
(100)
THIS
IS
CANCER
MONTH
THROUGHOUT
CANADA
During
the
present
month
the
Canadian
Cancer
Socity
is
making
a
national
drive
for
funds'required
for
research,
extension
of
diagnostic
and
treatment
facilities,
educational
work,
and
Service
to
cancer
patients.
This
picture
shows
a
group
of
voluntary
workers
making
cancer
dressings
in
a
cancer
dressing
station.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
free
dressings
are
distributed
to
cancer
patients
all
ov;r
Canada
who
are
being
nursed
in
their
own
homes.
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