NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER pOVlNCIAL ORMES drugs LIBRARY Daily Delivery mm CTORIA, s.c. PHONE 81 r -Cabs 4 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert,- the Key to the Great Northwest," VOL. XXXVII, No. 113. VmNCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS 5. F avors u N. Aefomi To Keep race K t May Queen Candidates Truman Backs U.S. -Russian Marshall On Note Exchange. Central Highway To Be Filmed kinsmen's Cur nival May 24 This Summer SOVIET PRESS HITS MARSHALL BERLIN 0)- 8oviet-controlled newspapers in Berlin today assailed Secretary of State George Marshall of the United States as a "foe of peace." They also criticized Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln for his statements in the House of Commons yesterday on the proposed Russian - American I jinies of five princesses, candidates for the IMay Queen, were announced last night during n of the Kinsmen Club's executive, fma Montgomery ; was chosen to represent Memorial High School. Joan Anderson was WASHINGTON (CP) President Truman today said his hopes for eventual peace have not been increased by the recent exchange of notes with Russia. The President told a press conference he is supporting to the limit State Secretary Marshall's statement that what is needed is action rather than gen ' ' ij Tto,"" ' 'W5 ' i VICTORIA British Columbia government motion picture photographs, completing documentary films showing the tourist and industrial attractions of the province, this summer will concentrate their efforts on finishing up a film II hv the students . AI1..A of King Edward School as lur lur queen queen. eral talks. talks. entitled "Highway 16." Highway 16 is the northern transprovincial highway which links Prince George and Prince Rupert. Work on the film was started last year. PRO-AMERICAN PARTY STRONG IN KOREA VOTE Marshail said yesterday that if Russia desires to promote peace she can act through the United Nations and other allied agencies. ' The Secretary of State ruled Former City Pupils Win i i- i ii 400,000 GET PENSIONS BOOST Juice vC tried off the honors at Istrofl School while! Jlarlon topped the clec-jlic Annunciation School km Ball was voted the nUr candidate at Con-e; School. Lr each school held el-Lid named their own tatlve lor the Queen Liter in the week the SEOUL, Korea (CP)- i 1 i: - i RESCUERS SEEK THREE MINERS OTTAWA, (Pi The war 'pensions bill got final approval from Commons Wednesday. Veterans Minister Gregg said that cheques covering retroactive pensions increases of 25 per cent will go out early In June to 400,000 recipients. X out any two-power Rosso-American talks on matters of concern also to other nations. President Truman said that Marshall had covered thoroughly the situation as it was lft by the exchange of notes between the two countries. In response to questions, the President Te- nign nonors VANCOUVER Two students of the University of British Columbia who received their early education in Prince Rupert were graduates with high honors at the 1948 convocation. . May Queen commii-minounce the name of Pro - American Syngman Rhees' followers captured at least 61 of the two hundred seats in south Korea's constituent assembly, partial returns showed today. Rhecs' party won 50 seats and k'liu win wear -ne uun during the Club's cele-n May 24. ' j: SHAMOKIN, Pa. -R cscuc crews worked today in an attempt to reach 3 miners trapped 175 feet below surface in an independently operated hard coal mine. The three miners were trapped yesterday as a heavy rain filled the shaft with about fifty feet of water. Elizabeth May Charnley, who peated that he would be glad nt R. G. Moore reporter won the Governor General's to talk with Prime Minister or decorating the Gold Medal as the head of thetalin in Washington. RAIL WORKERS TO OPERATE 1600 students, is the daughter jal have already been. the friendly Dai Dong youth and that details for i movement garnered eleven more, dancing have been The Korean Democratic Party of Frank M. Charnley who was a chemist with the Pacific Fish- Asked what the two would talk about at such a meeting, the President said that he would let the newspapermen know -if such a meeting ever came about. won 27 seats, miscellaneous lit. Monlador, chairman of groups won 12 and non-affiliat- fore it was moved to Vancouver tie committee reported ex candidates took 82 Jews Will FOR GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON The three railroad brotherhoods which called off their threatened United States-wide strike on The Communists boycotted the from Prince Rupert during the war. She received public school education in Prince Rupert. Miss Charnley also won a special gold medal and scholarship for chemistry. Proclaim THE WEATHER Synopsis The disturbance that brought rain to the southern half of B.C. jnad contacted a num-Jhscs. service clubs and janizations in regards I'fiitrics. Business places j y who have generously jjprtze money in the past, started the fund fi'ady lur this year. Monday will run trains as long as the government has control Edward Bryant Dixon Lambe, election and their victories in south Korea since the election machinery was put in motion in February has resulted in the deaths of nearly 500 Koreans. SUSPECT FOUND INCAPABLE OF STANDING TRIAL of the railroads. ; son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lambe, has moved Into Al- But tne mmuie uie lines are , . . . yesterday jcskiuoj NewGov't JERUSALEM Tiie Jewish Provisional Government will pro turned back to the carriers. TvtTTk terta this mornlnf- HoWer-whether h lu,. " hp two weeks or two years. 35 SEAMEN TRAPPED ABOARD SHIP Thirty-five members of the Canadian Seamen's Union are in Wetland, Ont., jail as a result ol a canal lockman pulling a flood lever and trapping the aboard the C.L.L. steamship Glenelg after a fight in the locks. The seamen had boarded the vessel as it entered lock 5 and cowed the captain and C.L.S.U .crew with clubs and stones. This photo lihows men bearing clubs aboard the coal carrier Glenelg at Thorold, Ont. Police have charged them with trespass. they will call another strike un- 1. . . . ... . . wake ot the storm w n pou u. received all his public and high h VENTION OF less an agreement is reached . . 7 7, V .. " on the west coast oi vancuuvci claim a Hebrew State in Pales school education there. His ,,,, .imost. ttn ineh meanwhile in their wage-rules dispute. - . , WRITERS VANCOUVER, An Assize Court jury Wednesday night clared William Plercy, , 39, of father was transferred from and half of raln m Ust Prince Rupert to' Vancouver 24 hourg Continued showers are some years ago. in the service eJpected over mosi reglons to- Tliat was the wold today from one of the top brotherhood men North Vancouver, Incapable "on I YORK - One hundred oi tne Canadian isn ana uow ,,,(h ri.iiv riearinit skiea members of the Avia who talked to report s on the S(,urage Co on Friday. Methods To Slow Strikes Are Proposed In Commons Forecast grounds of insanity" of standing trial for the shotgun slaying on February 23 of his neighbor, Bernard Smith. Piercy was ordered held in custody pending a ruling from the Lieutenant - tine tomorrow night, effective one minute after midnight, when the British mandate ends. This was decided in 1'el Aviv today after an all-night session of the Provisional Government. At the same time the Seven-State Arab League prepared to set up what it called an Arab Administration to function in co - operation with oceupyins Arab forces. Elsewhere in Palestine today scattered clashes .were reported between Jews and Arabs but Queen Charlottes and North Coast Southern section: overcast with scattered showers to I.O.D.E. APPOINTS NEW EDITOR TORONTO Miss Zoe Paul tors' Association, repre-I major newspapers and in the United States ,ida, will wind up their I convention here Sun-:i they fly to Montreal I day aboard four 40-: North Star aircraft I -Canada Air Lines. condition that ms name wouiu not be disclosed. Tiie strike was called off when the United States government obtained a restraining court order against the strike ufter President Truman had taken the railroads over from the operating companies as a means of A, the Code preparatory to its third OTTAWA (CP.)- day and Friday. Winds south- lod of slowing strikes MiUn theme of the advoca. ine Trotter, former Alberta easterly 25 miles per hour to-newspaper woman, has been ap- day and southeast 15 miles per pointed editor of Echoes, offi- hour tonight and Friday. Little cial magazine of the Imperial change in temperature. Low to- maintaining transportation services within the country. . SMELTER MEN GIVEN BOOST Daughters of the Empire, the night and high Friday at Port Jerusalem itself remained quiet. wa.s proposed for the Fed- tions was: oral Labor Code today by , v , uns "sponsible f"; - . .. , legal strikes should lose their the Ontario Mining Asso- bargaining right, ciation and the Deep Sea 2- strike votes should be gov- ahip-.w.KTs Association of Brit- erument-supervtaed and by sec- Tiie restraining order is a national Echoes committee an-, Hardy, 46 and 54. Northern sec- faUun writers will leave U Airport at 8 a.m. I Sunday and will arrive lifal one and one-half iier. They will be the i the Canadian aviation I while in the Canadian nounced recently. tlon: overcast. Widely scattered temporary one, eflective unui May 19, when a more lasting ar Miss Trotter succeeds Mrs. showers Friday morning, winds TRAIL, An increase oi Mary Agnes Pease, editor since ' easterly 20 miles per hour to- rangement will be reached. twelve and a half cents an houj 1920. Echoes serves 32,000 mem r,,r oil hnnriv-ratfid employees bers of the I.O.D.E. in Canada 'Miof the Consolidated Mining and OIL FIELD CLOSES TO HALT GUSHER EDMONTON Wi The govern iiili Columbia. i . . ,. ... , 3. Sympathetic strikes and Their suggestions were made "secondary boycotts," where in briefs to the Commons In- workers in one plant refuse to diistrial Relations Committee as handle goods from strikebound it continued its consideration of plants should be barred. day and light Friday. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Friday: Mussett 43 and 55, Prince Rupert 48 and 57. as well as a number of non-member subscribers both at Smelting Co. was announced Wednesday.' The wage boost, retroactive to March 1, is part of an agreement home and abroad. reneherl between the umiea ment of Alberta authorized the OLOF CARLSON step-daughters, Mrs. Alex Geary, jjMrs. Roger Menard and Mrs. Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' closlllg clown of the $300,000,00') Baseball Scores American League Chicago 5, Boston 6 Detroit 14, Washington 9 St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 8 Cleveland at New York postponed, rain National teagtie Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh 0 Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati 7 fing their arrival at i airport they will in-f number of Canacllan-I'craft, including both land military versions of n North Stars and De ; Chipmunks, Beavers I's Also on display will $ Haviland Vampire, a f''f crart callable of 'i exee of 51)0 m.p.h. I'is lieeii adopted by the I'linulian Air Force. One ;: TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. Loduc oil field, beginning today Union and the company Frank Bobbaert, all of this city CALLED BY DEATH to protect it from a well that and a step-son, Oliver Reicl, ol has gone out of control. Vancouver. The contract also provides for Increased shift differentials and a two-week vacation annually after two years service, Instead of five as formerly. Olof Carlson of 224 Ninth Avenue liast, a resident of Prince A brother, Oscar Caiisuii, also for the last 18 years, 'lives in the city, and there are Rupert Western International League Salem 8, Victoria 3 died in hospital Utat night at several brothers in Sweden. All other games postponed, rain Valves were closed throughout the entire field at 8 a.m. and drilling in the immediate area of Atlantic No. 3, uncontrolled since March 8, came to a halt, because the gush e r threatened fire and explosion. To head off the disaster threat, all pipe line resources Bevcourt -SlVi Bobjo .12 Buffalo Can 09 Vz Donalda 72 Conwest 1.08 Eldona - 106 Elder 50 . Giant Yellowknife 4.50 ' LOCAL TIDES Funeral services will be held 1948 the age of 48. Born in Sweden, lie came to Canada 25 years at;o, living in Ontario before coming west. He 'Saturday afternoon at Oren-Iville Court Chapel witli Rev. Pacific Coast League San Francisco 4, Hollywood (10 innings) Oakland 5, Los Angeles 3 San Diego 5, Portland 4 Sacramento-Seattle, rain Friday, May 14, High 4:36 18:05 Low 11:34 23:39 Vampires will give a fralkm flight over the fullest will be presented s,Hivenir portfolio con-f information about all s of the Canadian avia- luslry. I the inspection of the fUic party will be taken fcliUeeini! l.i-ln In MmU 19.4 feet 17.2 feet 4.1 feet 9.6 feet Vancouver Bralorne 8.50 B. R. X 07 Cariboo Quartz 1-60 Dentonia 01 Grull Wihksne 04 Hedley Mascot 53 Minto 02 Pend Oreille 3.95 Pioneer ? 85 Premier Border 03 Privateer .21 Reeves McDonald 1.75 Reno 09 Salmon Gold 16 Sheep Creek 1.08 Taylor Bridge 40 Taku River 42 was a fisherman and carpenter. auu oonana oi bt. rams iaim-Surviving are his widow, three eran Church officiating. are to be devoted to drawing off thousands of barrels of oil on the surface where it is bub 66 .13 ' 08 12 God's Lake Hardrock ... Harricana .. Heva Hosco 8I bling 30 feet into the air in places. Drilling will be started, aimed al either bringing the wild well permanently under control, or sealing it off. "Winn at the Windsor .05 . .35 .09 Jacknife Joliet Quebec Lake Rowan . f luncheon. In the after- P'C DilTl.v mill i-f, lr. Little Long Lac 88 "'ft where members will .08 y2 Vananda New .38V4 Lynx I Hip trans-Atlantic div- Madsen Red Lake 2,60 Congress 03 lul'n boarding the TCA .41 McKenzie Red Lake tar for l.hr, nii,m ti BURGLARS LOOT CLOTHING STORE VANCOUVER "--P r e c i s i o n Fish Sales American Polaris, 65,000, 15.50, 14.50 and 9.50, Storage. Norrona, 43,000, 15.50, H.jO and 9.50, Pacific. Aleutian, 47,000, 15.50,. 14.50 and 9.50, Storage. Pioneer, 45,000, 15.50, 14.50 and 9.50, Storage. Wolverine, 11,000, 15.50, 14.50, and 9.50, Storage. Canadian Brooks Bay, 34.000, 15.50, 14 and 9. Whiz. Western Spirit, 35,000, 15.60, 14 and 9, Booth. Tnvercan III. 5.000, 15.20, 14 Pacific Eastern 05 Hedley Amalg 03 Central Zeballos 00 Silbak Premier 38 N where they will ar- P P.m. Oils burglars obtained $3,000 worth WILL of clothing today after an early -ND CAMP McLeod Cockshutt 1.01 Moneta 37 ' Negus 2.43 Noranda 48.50 Louvicourt .60 Pickle Crow 2.08 Regcourt .05' San Antonio - 3.85 Senator Rouyn 44 Sherrlt Gordon 2.70 Steep Rock 2.08 Sturgeon River .17 ' Silver Miller .30 morning raid on a store in suburban North Vancouver. The burglars emptied the Gordon Parr Men's Wear store of WA -. More than 6,000 f" w"l , take summer A. P. Con 19 Calmont 50 C. & E -5.90 ' Foothills 3.00. Home 8.55 Toronto Athona , 08 Aumaque .154 Beattie 73 f Lamp Petawawa, the the major part of its clothing 7 base no mues nori- stock and took $20 from the cash Jiiawa. The firxl. nf slv register. The store was raided and 9, Atlin. P. Doiron, 32,000, Co-op. Tramp, 24,000, Co-op. Lois N., 16,000, Co-op. courses will commence between police visits. Thieves drilled through a steel plated rear door to gain entrance. N'J'ION! Aii aeiegates for Prince Rupert Trades and pur Council are reonesteri to attend regular meeting, The Great Wall of China extends across mountains and Help send a High School Track Team to Inter-High School Meet at Nanaimo ' Get a ticket for the , CIVIC CENTRE mgh school Track Dance frlmayu ' $1.50 Couple The 4 Dukes ", Dancing 10-2 TAKING HER TRIALS This picture of tiie new C.N.R. coast liner was taken as she ran her trials recently at Esquimau where she was built. She is being turned over by the builders in a few days.' She will make her first call at Prince Rupert about mid-June on a special cruise with a Los Angeles Chamber, of Commerce party. The first regular voyage will bring her to Prince Rupert June 21. Already she is booked to capacity for Alaska cruises. (Picture by Victoria Times) vaiievs for 1.400 miles, and in Hay. May 13, at 8 p.m. Guest speaker, brother Alec vice-president, Trades and Labour Congress. (It) some places is 25 feet thick at the base. r j s