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pnOViNU'.AL
PROVINCIAL
II3HOT,"
VICTORIA,
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Deliver
rf
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
CABS
Published
ot
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
109.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
10,
1950
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firemen
Four
U.S.
Railroads
Bad
Burns,
Others
O.K.
For
High
Water
";nCA('
(CP)
Railway
firemen
went
on
I
Frank
Oobheart,
about
4K,
eral
Hospital
this
morning
as
an
employee
of
Millard
Cannery
satisfactory.
i
was'
seriously
burned
in
a
gas
The
explosion
occurred
at
explosion
this
morning
on
the
fu
10:30
a-
m-
iurJ"
ter
the
vessel
sank
to
the
bot-company.
seiner
Point
Yoho
.
lom
f
hart)or-
Firemen
(lay
on
four
big
United
States
Railroad
sys-I
federal
mediators
kept
trying-
to
halt
the
it.
It
was
the
first
major
U.
S.
railway
strike
I'
it.
May
If
-1(5
strike
of
some
18,000
firemen,
ninp
'tii
cut
sharply
into
the
eountrie's
rail
'
VANCOUVER,
British
(Columbia
is
taking
heed
to
the
flood
suffering
of
her
sister
province-knowing
an
ominous
cargo
held
high
In
the
hinterlands
can
maks
it
happen
here.
Many
communities
are
rneparing
for
the
worst
and
disaster
committees
are
mushrooming.
I
The
most
recent
snow
survey
report
of
the
water
rights
branch
docked
at
McLean
s
Shipyard
at
fought
desperately
to
keep
trie-
Seal
Cove.
Two
other
men
were
are
from
spreading.
It
was
be-,
-
K-
strike
is
Ja'ion,
li
l
to
a.
in.
fc.-ie
a
I1!!:
feared
for
a
while
that,
a
third
explosion
would
create
havoc
at
the
scene.
4
Manager
Bruce
lauded
the
work
of
the
Prince
Rupert
firemen
and
men
who
assisted.
Ves-
singed
about
the
face,
and
hands.
About
25
vessels
were
in
danger
as
the
seiner
burned.
Coobeart
attempting
to
start
the
engine
of
the
vessel,
turned
the
key
and
apparently,
.iu.c
Perm-'
nca.s
uitiuui-
of
the
Department
of
Lands
says,
"Peak
flows
of
flood
magnitude
can
be
expected
on
most
streams
Lies
wr-st
of
San-
fuel
Southern
Railway.
City
Budget
Is
Over
Last
Year
'IXvtpitc
an
Increase
of
ap
pushed
the
switch
when
the
en-
sets
were
moved
away
from
the
pine
exploded..
The
blast.
"lifted;
burning
boat.
"
ikcsmci)
.sum
wine.
"
-n
irr'ilininii
jrf'.'mM
I
n
mi
n.
iwi
KK),000
railway
woik-
be
made
idle
y
the
4
clisu!i"
is
over
till'
In
the
province"
if
the
-delayed
run-off
from
the
mountain-comes
in
one
giant
rush.
A
prolonged
hot
spell
would
do
this.
The
report
says
the
situation
is
"very
similar"
to
the
disastrous
Ilood
conditions
of
1948.
itlSTORIC
AREA
Fort
Beausejour
in
New
Brunswick
was
built
by
flic
French,
between
1751
and
1755,
durln?
their
loni?
atruEKle
with
the
English
for
possession
of
Canada,
but
before
it
was
act
u-ally
completel
it
was
captured
by
the
English.
Du
rins
the
.American
Revohcfun
in
1776
it
withstood
an
attack
by
the
Invaders.
Aftor
the
war
of
1S12-14
it
gradually
fell
into
ruin
and
in
1926
"
it
was
established
a3
a
National
Historic
Park.
This
photo
was
issiiccj
by
the
Department
of
Resources
and
Development
which
maintains
the
N
ational
Parks
and
Uistoric
Sites
Service.
(?i
S,rm;ill(l
for
a
.H'COlKl
the
hatches
off
the
deck.
Man-
ager.
Jim
Bruce
was
In
the
cabin
and
employee
Ronald
Mc-Lagan
was
on
deck
when
the
explosion
occured.
After
Cob-beart
was
lilted
from
the
bilge
by
the
two
men,
a
gas
drum
blew
up.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
reported
Cobbt
art's
condition
in
Ge
i-i
.
Thick
black
smoke
;
followed
1
by
spurts
of
flames
spelt
doom
to
the
vessel
but
it
is
expected
the
seiner
can
be
salvaged
as
the
structure
will
probably
be
rtill
intact.
The
men
were
preparing
the
vessel
for
the
salmon
season
up
the
Skeena.
proximately
$58,000
In
the
1950
1
budget
compared
to
the
19-1'j'
ligure,
city
council
has
been:
able
to
hold
the
mill
rate
down
to
GO
mill?,
identical
to
the
prt-j
reding
year.
Budget
for
1950
la;
Ion
all
multiple
unit
Lmutivcs.
The
road.
Id
grant
the
demand.
I,i
said
the
demand
ORTY
YEARS
HERE
he
roads
$10,01X1.000
Burner
Causes
I
;Vi25,703.83.
was.
Is
forty
years
Unlay
since
d.
Alex
Mackenzie
cams
to
Smoke
Damage
E
ss.
e
Hupert,
arriving
here
on
Thursday,
May
11,
1950
Rupert
City.
He
was
born
REMANDED
Cjriiy
Lowe,
charged
last
month
with
slcalinf
a
radio,
was
remanded
in
provincial
court
by
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
this
morning.
His
case
comes
up
again
in
eight
days.
High
Approximately
$20,000
oi
the:
increased
expenditure
is
attn-t
bated
to
telephone
rehabilitation,
but
this
will
be
olfsct
by
he
increa.se
in
telephone
rates
instituted
last
December.
I
i
Waterworks
expenditures
are
rsUmatcd
at
$U,t)U0
more
than
in
1949
clue
to
the
excessive'
...
9:45
10.6
leet
j
22:22
18.4
feet
j
3:50
8.0
fectj
15:57
0.6
feet
I
Low
A
flooded
oil
burner
in
a
bunk-house,
;
owned
by
tlie
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Ltd.,
;U
Seal
Cove
caused
smoke
damage
',
to
the
building
shuitiy
after
noon
today.
The
burn.r
is
situ
t:d
in
t
Lives
Lost
abano
Fire
0,
Que.
if)
A
swift
blaze,
half
of
this
3,2()0
inhabitants,
was
under
control
today.
House
Defeats
Red
Outlaw
Act
OTTAWA
fc
The
Commons
accepting
the
Government's
claim
that
Canada's
anti-subversive
laws
were
adequate,
yesterday
rejected
a
Progressive-j
Conservative
move
to
outlaw
i
Communism
and
other
such
ac-
tivities
as
a
threat
to
the
secur
in
Scotland,
and
prior
to
locating
In
this
city
lived
for
a
while
in
the
United
S'ates.
Mr.
Mac-Kenze
who
has
just
as
much
faith
in
Prince
Rupert
as
ever,
aHd
feels
confident,
a
big
city
is
gradually
developing,
has
long
taken
an
active
and
progressive
part
in
the
business
and
community
life.
the
boiler
room
of
the
bu
ldn
g
vl
xh
houses
i.
ewpny'-es
?
damage
suiiered
last
winter.
THE
W
LATHER
Synopsis
A
weak
weather
disturbance
SALMON
NKAKI.Y
OVER
ASTORIA,
Ore-The
spring
salmon
season
on
the
Columbia
River
is
dwindling
away,
packers
and
fishermen
said
today.
Salmon
catches
dropped
sharply
over
th
week-end
and
are
down
to
an
average
of
100
or
200
pounds
a
boat.
Some,
fishermen
have
givr.n
up
for
the
season.
Gordon
Doing
Ihorough
lob
'
An
increase
of
$3,000
in
the
Lrning
ruin
put
the
fin-
has
crossed
over
most
of
the
.i
province
during
the
night.
A
few
tue
company.
The
Fire
Depailment
returned
to
the
hall
about
half
an
hour
before
the
bunkhouse
fire
after
attempting
to
quell
a
blaze
on
a
seiner
at
McLean's
Shio-
uches
to
smouldering
but
added
to
th3
dis-if
the
homeless.
There
B.wrd
of
Works
expenditures
will
not
mean
that
more
work
will
be
done
this
ytar.'tout
that
ihe
War
Damage
fund
prevl
ausly
-
available
for
road
re
-
500,00(1
I.BS
MORE
'showers
were
reported
in
the
in-
',
JASPER
Donald
Cordon,
CM.
G.,
Chairman
and
President
of
ity
of
the
state.
By
a
vote
of
147-32
the
chamber
turned
down
the
motion
by
Up
to
May
9
there
was
500,-
terior
and
some
rain
fell
on
the
t.'iuwn
loss
of
life.
lien
lhc
mnro
hniihni
i-,n,iH
rnaci.
Snnnu
u,niv,n.
..i,..
the
Canadian
National
Railwavs
V&prtt
than
same
time
last
yea.
prevail
today
and
again
tomorrow
'
is-ng--a
Pkmfh;it
to
hiako
....
..
.
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n
j..,:
.
...
'
.
.
...
io.,nnli
l,i
r.f
ho
uauforti
w"
vuuc
r
tent
uf
Its
ludust
rid?.'
in
inferior,
wnue
sxies
will
I
'"y"
""f
-
"""
inc.
costs
mis
year
nvusi
do
paid
by
increased
wages
an!
material
costs.
(hi
lust
and
almost
300
ibe
predominantly
cloudv
on
the
I
region.
Arriving
at
Jasper
today,
'ml
out
of
work.
Just
a
he
was
met
by
Robert
Summer-ville,
general
manager
of
C.N.R.
than
half
the
residents
Four
Prince
Rupert
Girls
Are
V.G.H.
Nurse
Graduates
coast.
A
second
storm
about
600
miles
west
of
the
coast
is
expected
to
cause
'rain
and
strong
westerly
winds
on
the
north
coast
tomor
hotel
system
and
Harold
Gunning,
manager
of
Jasper
Park
:
i
..ii
.-'
i
I
li'lCSS.
i
the
second
lire
disaster
days
to
strike
the
lower
vnee
River
area
--a
$".'0.-
Lodge.
Together
with
vice-president
Dingle,
he
made
a
careful
tour
of
the
Lodge
and
really
had
a
good
look
at
things.
While
row
morning
but
will
have
little
effect
on
the
south
coast.
Afternoon
temperatures
in
all
plaze
Saturday
lavuged
.
,
S
kr
"r.v
A
It
standing
on
the
first
tee
of
the
interior
regions
will
range
into
the
high
sixties
or
seventies
today
golf
course,
he
got
his
great
thrill
Of
the
1950
budget,
$311,000-.42
must
be
raised
from
general
revenue
accounts.
-
The
largest
part
of
revenue
this
year
will
be
from
the
telephone
department,
due
to,
increased
rates.
The
amount
will
be
approximately
$93,OQO.
Last
year
$08,399.81
wai
collected.
From
water,
the
city
expects
to
bring
in
$78,000,
about
$2,000
more
than'
last
year.
Local
improvement
taxation
will
take
up
$27,810,24
of
the
revenue
this
year.
The
city
Is
attempting
to
ob
ialibut
Sales
of
the
trip
when
a
mother
bear
and
tomorrow.
The
freezing
Anirriean
10,01)0,
20c,
19.0,
I.
SEATTLE
A
Jurisdictional
squabble
between
two
salmon
ran
n
rr.y
labor
factions
may
tic
up,
the
Alaska
salmon
industry.
Pirket
lines
were
ordered
today
for
all
suppliers
in
Scat-tic
headed
for
Alaska
canneries.
.
.
''i
'
WELL
SHAFT
RESCUE
NEW
YORK
Dominick
At-teo
was
almost
unconscious
from
pain
and
exhaustion
as
rescue
workers
toiled
to
rescue
him
from
the
bottom
of
a
20-foot
well
shaft.
Attco
had
been
buried
up
lo
his'waist
for
nearly
24
hours,
s
One
leg
was
pinned
by
a
boulder.
WAIT
ON
OTHERS
TOKYO
Prime
Minister
Shigeru
Yoshida
lold
a
press
conference
tod
-y
Japan
would
consider
outlawing
Communists
after
it
sees
what
other
cou-itries
do.
Central
Douglas
McArthtir
recently'
urged
and
levels
which
have
assumed
such
an
importance
lately
will
remain
at
or
above
the
7000
ft.
level.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
Comunism
and
"other
slmlar
activities"
a
criminal
offence.
The
vote
ended
a
lengthy
and
lar-reaching
debate.
,
C.C.F.
and
Social
Credit
pait.'es
voted
with
the
Liberals."
"
HASEBALL
SCOltES
i
TUESDAY
'
American
-'
'-,
Detroit
1,
Boston
6
'
St.
Louis
2,
New
York
t
Cleveland
8,
Phllade
jpfiia
9
Chicago
2,
Washington
b
,
National
,
J--.
New
York
0,
Chicago
ti
Brooklyn
5,
Pittsburgh
10
'
Boston-St.
Louis,
postponed.
Western
International
Salem
3,
Yakima
2
-
"
.
Wenatchee
3,
Spokane
2
i
Victoria
7,
Tri-City
2;
jj
Tacoma
at
Vancouver,
rain
Pacifc
Coast
Sacramento
2,
Portland
1
Hollywood
5,
Los
AngelT.0
San
Diego
8,
Seattle
ISi
Oakland
7,
San
Francisco
7
.
(11
inning
tie).
.
.J
PM,
la.Oc.
19.5
and
16c,
I
I
18.000,
l'j.'Jc,
19.5
and
,
with
occasional
light
rain
or
tain
a
larger
sale
tax
grant
this
Canadian
and
her
cub
ambled
across
the
fairway.
Suddenly
the
animals
stopped
and
staged
the
most
wonderful
tumbling
and
wrestling
act
imaginable;
Ringlinr?
Bros,
would
phy
a
million
for
such
a
team.
Leaving
Jasper
Mr.
Gordon,
accompanied
by
his
son
Donald,
jr.,
will
find
out
what
makes
the
Wheels
really
go
round
as
he
will
join
Engineer
Landed
and
Fireman
Louis
Broton
on
the
engine
cab
and
ride
the
engine
l.'om
Jasper
to
Red
Pass
Junct'on,
where
the
president's
party
will
leave
the
main
line
to
Vancouver
and
start
for
Prince
Rupert.
year
amounting
to
$62,000.
Tills
amount
is
over
$3,000
more
than
tM,
27,500,
21.10c,
20.5
and
yai.
)''ver,
45,000,
21c,
20.5
and
lilin,
f
Beale,
25,500.
20.9c.
20.5
drizzle
today.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Ruin
overnight
and
tomorrow
morning.
Cloud
with
a
few
showers
in
the
afternoon.
Winds
southeasterly
(15)
increasing
In
south
easterly
(55)
tonight
and
shifting
to
south
westerly
(20)
about
noon
tomorrow.
Lows
tonight
and
hiyhs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
45
and
55;
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
43
and
52.
last
year's
figuc
of
$57,847.79.
Financing
committee
chairman
T.
B.
Black
pointed
out
lit
ritv
council
Monday
night
c,
Puclllc
MISS
BETTY
Pl'LLEN
MISS
Al'DREY
IH'NTER
"11,
23.000.
21c.
vil
R
iul
Japan
to
consider
wneiiier
Communists
deserve
that
due
to
additional
property)
sales
last
year,
there
is
now
more
taxable
property
on
tlv:
rolls
and
that
the
mill
revenue
has
inreased
from
$5,015.69
to
$5,183.45.
The
same
lax
rate
will
produce
an
additional
$10,000
in
tax
revenue.
He
warned
Unit
every
economy
has
been
effect
fl)tll.
tian
No.
4,
18,500,
21.4c,
16'"c,
Booth.
'
f
No.
2,
42,000,
21.1c,
20.5
I
-;c.
Storage.
I
Co-op
fX
3,500;
Venetla
Prince,
VANCOUVKI.
.
-Prince
Rupert
figured
prominently
in
annual
graduation
exercises
of
the
nurses'
training
school
of
Vancouver
General
Hospital
Tuesday
night
which
culminated
in
exercises
for
tho
1950
class
held
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
The,
graduates
this
year
include
Miss
Betty
Fuller.,
daughter
of
Mrs.
H.
F.
Pullrn,
-
Four
Rupert
Boys
Graduate
Today
VANCOUVER
-
Awards
lo
Uni
ed
in
nreuaring.
the
estimates
and
that
each
committee
will
have
to
work
within
the
money
"osperily
A
35,000;
Mae
b'00;
Oldfield,
20,000,
12'000;
FaMma,
2,500.
allocated
to
-
it.
to
be
in
attendance.
Other
events
in
connection
with
the
graduation
week
proceedings
included
a
dance
Fri
versity
of
British
Columbia
outstanding
scholars
announced
today
included:
'
Heads
of
graduating
classes:
"!
.1
I
All
Miss
Audrey
Hunter,
daughter
of
.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.
A
Hunter,
Miss
Hilda
Potlinger,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
W.
Poltinger,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
and
Miss
Ruth
Walton,
daughter
ot
Mrs.
F.
S.
Walton,
also
formerly
of
Princ
Rupert
'and
now
of
Vancouver.
1
omen,
Children
Asked
day
evening
in
the
Spanish,
Room
of
the
Hotel
Georgia
when
the
graduates
were
honored
guests
of
the
board
of
dl
rectors
of
the
Vancouver
Genera"
Hospital.
Governor
General's
medal
B
A.
degree)
Robin
C.
Giles
Thornton,
Vancouver.
University
Medal
for
Arts
and
r,..l
,
l.T,,mrllll
InC
nMfl.
RdClllt
Leave
Stricken
City
The
graduation
exorcise
tonic
8
nces
Bl
deee,
-Margaret
i
Pe
ip
the
Armory
of
the
Unw
fll'EG
Flood
control
jUart
operated
its
last
train
until.
the
flood
crisis
Is
over.
.
Other
rail
lines
have
been
cut
for
some
Jays.
's
today
recommcncl-
versity
and
the
address
to
the,
uu
aunnay
evening
uie
riuu-113
nates
attended
Canadian
Mem-Dean
by
Rev.
graduates
was
given
Cecil
Swansnn
of
Christ
orial
Church
in
a
body
and
were
r
hnreh
riat.hprtrai
Miss
Elinor
addressed
by
Rev.
Dr.
Gerald
Ethel
Smith,
North
Vuneoiw-r
,
Convocation
prize,
$50
(B.A.
in
Science
degree)
John
Wallace
Colbert.
Victoria.
'
Wilfrid
Saddler
Memorial
Gold
f'any
wonicn
and
children
f
'We
leave
stricken
Winni-f
'mce,
before
the
Red
River
Meanwhile
a
gigantic
squeeze
'Th
w
Paiiiaor
riirf.rtnr
of
nursina.!
fcwitzer
whore
subject
was
play
by
the
two
uncontrollable
rivers
slashed
into
fast
dwindl
j
-auim
gets
worse,
as
it
:
The
Man
From
Missouri.'
On
Sunday
afterioon
there
had
been
a
tea
in
the
rotunda
Medal
B.S.A.
degree
i
uoocrv
presented
diplomas
and
Mrs.
A
C.
Dcsbri.say,
presented
prii.es.
J
Following
the
excercises,
a
Purpose
of
the
appeal
John
Young,
Chllllwack.
Law
Society
Gold
Medal
and
Brock
n
me
muses
Home
wnn
in
rtceplion
was
held
in
Hall.
head
nurses
and
nursiag
slah
att'"lctiV3
iiu.iiiLai
a
uuirsica
"i
'
The
scene,
was
an
ne
graauates.
enp
rentpi'lns
unon
tne
irik
ing
suburban
Winnipeg,
driving.'
new
thousands
into
safe
gicund
at,
the
city's
heart.
When
the
exodus
of
bundle
carrying
residents
frou:
Sr..
Vital
in
southeast
Winnipeg
ends
Friday,
the
prairies'
largest
city
will
bo
bulging
with
an
estimated
25,000
flood
dispossessed
persons.
At
the
time
when
the
raging
Red
and
its
tributaries
threatened
to
cut
the
Metropolitan
area
of
the
visitors
to
the
ss
,V"
i-1
,
'r
t
t
tX
f
f
v
x
t
i
.
croun
of
voting
women
proud!'
One
Prize
(L.LB.
degree)
Frank
Urquhart
Collier,
St.
James.
Manitoba.
Prince
Rupert
students
graduating
were
L.
Gwynn
O.
Holtby,
B.A.
Sc.
(Mechanical
Engineering)
Class2;
Peter
H.
North,
E
A.
exercises
was
the
?
ZWit
PVT.
T-f
-f
V
of
their
new
white
standard-.,
graduation
i
as
iar
as
possib;e,
rx
city
facilties.
Brig,
r-Morton,
flood
relief
enn-I;
cml'hasized
this
was
an
""I
an
order.
fal
Canadian
Mounted
Pol-tl
arranB'ng
evacuation
of
f
"Us
along
the
Red
River
Cm
Pnatlonal
naU!r
boundary.
WinnlPe
r'"
H
control
headquartcva
!
ne
announcement
afl.tr
r
cut
the
iasUink
in
!h
?
110
s,w
Line
last
night
their
newly
presented
medals
mother
of
onrf
-irlimt
pai-h
Tvith
tilClf
Mrs.
U,
,
A,
HUluer,
wuo
is
a
,
.'t
is
.
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,j
jr,
.
,
i
,
t
j
t.
i
also
of
the
Vancouver
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hAt,n'W
t
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I
beautiful
lariH
shower
boumieis
graduate
of
red
roes
j
General
Hospital
Parents
and
friends
crme
Mrs.
H.
F.
Pullen
was
alsoi
SPRING
BEAUTY
Pussv
willows
against
a
clou
d
flecked
sky
herald
spring
for
the
prauics.
Sc.
(Mechanical
,
Engineering)
Class2;
John
Kendall
Breen,
B.A..
pass;
Peter
Postuk.
B.A.,
Class
2;
Roy
C.
Paulson,
B.
Sc.
in
Pharmacy,
Class
2.
daughter,
These
are
gr0wing
near
Saskatoon
where
farmers
are
beginning
to
prepare
land
for
grain
,
crops,
graduate.l
,
,
(CP
Photo:
from
ail
par
ts
oi
the
province
r
present
to
see
her
and
some
from
other
provinces,
Miss
Betty
Pullen,
into
half
a
dozen
isolated
sections,
housing
and
the
evacuees
became
a
top
priority
problem.