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at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prirvc
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
125.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
MAY
30,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Ipecfeaculair
aze
in
N
IT
Bay
ay
URGING
CHANGE
BY
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i
Manitoba
Flood
Sufferers!
FORCE
BRINGS.
LIFE
u..
Restates
The
Daily
News
Is
Receiving
Subscriptions
No
Veto
Policy
WASHINGTON,
(CP)
State
Secretary
Dean
Acheson
Is
reported
to
have
assured
Trygve
OTTAWA
fP-The
armed
forces
are
making
it
an
offonsn
puh-ishablcby
up
to
life
Imprisonment
for
servicemen
to
advo.;?tc
governmental
changes
by
f.irce,
It
is
disclosed.
Defense
Department
la
officers
said
thf
change
ar'ses
di
Oil
Warehouse
Fire
In
East
Causes
Half
Million
Damage
NORTH
BAY.
Ont.
(CP)
Damage
was
estimated
at
$500,000
in
n
fat
that
today
rippetl
through
-an
Imperial
Oil
warehouse
and
still
blazed
fiercely
this
afternoon.
A
column
of
steel
grey
smoke
mush-,
roomed
2,000
feet
into
the
air
over
the
plant
and
hung
like
a
huge
blanket
over
the
city
of
20,000.
Cause
of
(
tne
outbreak,
fed
by
a
hu?e
!
....
ii
i
1
1
rectly
from
the
cold
war
and
Is
directly
related
to
the
menace
of
Communism.
Ue
that
the
United
States
will
not
use
the
veto
to
keep
Communist
China
out
of
the
United
Naions.
This
restatement
of
United
States
foreign
policy,
appeared
today
to
have
been
the
principal
firm
development
In
meetings
held
by
Lie,
United
Nations
secretary-general,
with
President
Truman
and
Acheson.
STORM
CAUSES
DEATH
GREENVILLE,
Texas-Wrecking
winds,
a
small
tornado,
hail,
driving
rains
anl
a
brilliant
lightning
display
slammed
across
North
anil
East
Texas
last
night
causing
one
death.
RUSSIAN
GRAIN
GENEVA,
Switzerland
A
Soviet
offer
to
negotiate
an
agreement
for
large
scale
supply
of
Russian
grain
to
Western
Europe
was
published
today
by
the
United
Nations
I
I
!
'
J
store
of
gasoline,
industrial
oils
i
'
''
V
Holiday
Deaths
Hear
401
Mark
Defenceless
From
Atom
f
CHICAGO
J
Violent
deaths
Chrysler
Strike
and
rubber
tires,
could
not
b3
determined
Immediately.
Scores
of
residents
fled
from
nearby
dwellings
as
the
area
on
the
city's
outskirts
shook
fro;ri
the
explosion
of
drums
of
gasoline
and
naptha.
The
fire
was
first
noticed
by-two
warehouse
workers,
Howard-Caverry
and.
Bill
Morris.
"It
just
came
'poof',"
said
Caverly.
'l
looked
up
and
there
was
the.
fire."
.
cdr:ed
close
to
the
400
markj
today
as
the
four
day
United
economic
commission
for
1
f
e.
"HUtes
Mcmornl
Day
h,llldav
j
Tjirpaf
piipH
limp
C
P
Enrop.
nched
ils
neak
.
With
today's
IIIICUICIICU
JUIIG
J
LONDON
One
of
Britain'3
foremost
atomic
scientists
has
published
an
opinion
that
Britain
would
be
almost
defenceless
in
atomic
warfare.
Prolessor
P.
M.
E.
Blackett,
writing
in
a
booklet
just
published,
'
termed
an
adequate
k
ev
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i
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jU'
.
TELEPHONE
RATES
I
P
-
''")cl3v
c";int
ye;
to
come,
th?
etorruc
defence
of
the
British
ct!i
:
w?-c
-xpocted
member
of
local
195,
United
'
1
Ust
year's
three
day
Automobile
Workers,
voted
Sun-r.a;
".
ay
wocK-end
toll
oftr;ay
to
go
on
strike
June
5
or
j
sooner
at
Chrysler
Corporation
of
Canada
plants
here
if
the
r
v-
t
'M
it
f
s
4
.
-If
13.
c.l
--!
To
Appeal
Rate
Boost
V
.
SECOND
CLOSURE
company
fails
to
meet
the
J
n
ion's
pension
and
contract
I
demands.
Isles
"quite
impracticable.''
He
added
that
atom
bombs
would
no:,
ne:essarily
prove
quickly
decisive
in
a
war
between
Russia
and
the
United
States.
PRO-CON
LEADER
IN
THOUGHT
LIKELY
-!
OTTAWA
The
Hoard
of
Transport
Commissioners
announced
today
the
British
Columbia
Telephone
Company
is
awarded
an1
interim
rate
increase
amounting
to
about
93
per
cent
o."
i.ie
increases
proposed
by
the
company.
A
an
example,
a
telephone
now
costing
S2.50
per
month
j-ould
be
raised
at
$3.25
whereas,
if
the
full
increase
asked
by
the
company
had
bee
if
granted,
it
would
have
been
$3.50.
"stoopnagle;
dead
BOSTON
Chase
Tayhtr,
52,
known
to
radio
and
the
screen
as
"Col.
Lemuel
Q.
Stoop-nagle,"
died
yesterday
in
hos
WASHINGTON
rt.
The-T
ni'ed
States
is
reported
as
set;
for
a
enck
(own
on
Czechoslo-'
W
r.l
Over
Billion
rrrif
P.E.I.
RESIGNS
C
HARLOT
1
ETOWN
ff
Dr.
2j
i
vakia.
VANCOUVER
British
Col-um'c'a
will
have
to
foot
about
$2,000,000
of
Canada's
$13,01)0,-000
freight
rate
bill
for
the
latest
rate
boost
allowed
rail
lines
by
the
Board
of
Transport
0;?,.-missioners.
The
new
increase
in
'Ine't'nt
rates
was
awarded
last
i'eek
to
!
It
is
beliuved
the
Cz,ech
con
IU
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1
1.)
.
.
.
.
1
Tnnlf
nnvenn
I
r,
ft
All
sulate-ceneral
in
New
York
I
SG
FOR
WINNIPEG
George
rormoy
sifums
nis
laracu
uncicic
iUi
vmouu,
.,
..
miiiht
ho
Howrt
as
nno
nns.sihlo
i
WAbHINGTON
SB
President
W.
J.
P.
MacMillan,
69,
former
premier
and
leader
of
the
Progressive
Conservative
party
in
Pr.nce
Edward
Island
since
1933,
'
has
resigned.
The
Provincial
:onventi6n
to
elect
a
new
leader
is
scheduled
for
June
27.
result
of
the
demand
by
Prague
Truman
te
expected
to
a.
for
a
second
reduction
in
the
,
Consres
this
week
for
about
American
riinlr.mat.i
stuff
in
1
tl.
225,000,000
to
finance
United
Wiring
All
throe
wore
among
a
host
of
Canadian
and
American
periormcrs
i
appcaieu
fi-.i's
M;iplc
Leaf
Gardens
before
a
crowd
of
14,907
customers
In
a
benefit
show
for
Manl-Cxl
rclVf.
Carson,
a
native
of
Carman,
Man.,
acted
as
master
of
ceremonies
for
the
.show,
;
over
729
radio
stations
in
Canada
and
the
United
States.
The
show
raised
$25,336.
(CP
Photo)
States
arms
shipments
to
14
Czechoslovakia.
,
countries.
pital.
The
comedian
had
been
I
railways
but
spokesmen
.
au
there
would
be
an
appe.il
to
t!
Federal
cabinet
by
sevtn
pro-,
vincial
governments.
,
.
.
Shippers
here
said
they
based
their
prediction
on
the
feet
Uvi..
western,
rates
were
alre:idy
hiejv
er
thfftr-fn
-the
east.?
The
ra
increase
was
3.4
per
C8fif""is'
i
The
State
Department
and
f
budget
bureau
have
recommend-;
ed
this
amount
as
necessary
to
bolster
American
policy
in
the
Section
Asked
Bright
'Sunshine
Follows
Showers
Seven
Appeal
!
Rale
Increase
FLOOD
FUND
WINNIPEG
CP
Brilliant
S(J
BSCR
I
PTIONS
I
coKl
war.
Trie
money
would
DC
"I
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
Refinancing
sunshine
-today
licked
up
the
.
loot
t
rarne
flf
two
fierce
showers
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Steve
Dumas
.
..
$5
Associated
Bds.
Convention
Dates
Annual
meeting
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia,
will
be
held
in
Prince
George
August
23,
24
and
25,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
advised
at
its
monthly
meeting
last
night
by
Duncan
Kerr
of
Terrace,
secre
A
i
CP
-The
Canadian
Ingalls
3
;
...m,.j
t
v,oif
on
innh
Oary
Hitler
Era
Brought
Mwav
veslcrdav
asked
I
"
..
.u.
oa
vi.
Job's
Daughters
...
5')
OTTAWA
fH
Seven
provin-!
Ju,y
cial
governments
today
appeaf-1
.
President
Truman
is
sched-ed
to
the
cabinet
against
the
uIed
to
submit
ih
request
to
latest
freight
rate
Increas
and
Congrefa
Thursday.,
Ksked
that
it
be
stayed
from!
.
"
coming
into
ciperation.,
The
rail-j
1
Halibut
Sales
.
.
.
i
ox
waver
iiiw
wc
iru
10
653
Taxi
To
Mind
in
Berlin
"prutectiun"
for
Itself
icy
v.aU'rshed.
The
flooded
river's
ie
conscuucnces
of
the
i
drop
was
apparently
unaffected.
J
National
Railway's!
At
7:00
a.m.,
CDT,
the
level
stood
under
treatment
for
a
cardiac
condition.
.
DIES
IN
BOAT
BLAST
OLIVER
James
Russell
Harrison,
packing
house
foreman,
lost
his
life
Sunday
when
his
motorboat
exploded
and
sank
in
Osoyoos
Lake.
Mrs.
Harrison
and
an
eight-year
old
son
were
rescued.
IS
FORMOSA
SAFE?
TAIPEI
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
thinks
Formosa
is
safe
from
invasion
by
Chinese
CommiMYsts
unless
they
receive
Russian
help.
Meanwhile
Hong
Kong
hears
that
400
Chinese
Communist
planes,
including
some
Soviet
jets,
are
strung
along
the
Chinese
coast
from
Shanghai
to
Hainan.
ARRIVES
IN
OTTAWA
organization
plan.
The
Big
Auio
Race
BERLIN
(P
With
pomp
and
fanfare
reminiscent
of
the
Hitler
era,
East
Germany's
Com-
v.ays
are
aiming
at
June
16
as
the
effective
date
of
the
3.4
per'
cent
increase.
It
was
awarded
last
Thursday.
i
at
25
5
leei
me
lowest
umm
since
May
6.
Today
there
was
a
fifty-foot
tary
of
the
Associated
Boards.
H.
B.
King
of
Prince
George
is
1
munist
brigades
paid
homage
to
Stopped
By
Rain
break
in
the
St.
Boniface
dike;
.....
lnu
mwir
rnrnrtofl
Ifl
uuv
wain
no
j
owed
cumpauy,
argu-it
cijuld
be
sent
Into
ty
by
the
proposed
rc-of
the
government
i-d
the
Royal
Coin-on
Transportation
to
f,
Johnnv
such
an
extent
that
there
is
no
,
INDIANAPOLIS
chairman
of
the
convention
com-
j
Russia's
war
dead
Sunday,
mittee.
Resolutions
for
consid-
Western
troops
and
West
Ger-eration
of
the
convention
are
man
Pollce
patrolled
the
West's
invited
up
to
August
15.
i
ctof
on
e
flert
3
heralded
Whitsuntide
-
the
long,
Executive
of
the
local
Chamber
(
raUies
went
tnt0
high
gear
will
consider
the
matter
of
offi-;
xhere
were
minor
incidents,
but
danger.
RIOT
BREAKS
OUT
IN
MANILA
PRISON
MANILA
(I"
A
riot
broke
out
in
the
big
Muntinslupa
prison.
First
reports
slid
nine
prisoners
v
American
North,
58,000,
24c,
24c
and
20c,
'
Storage.
Canadia.n
B.
C'
Ladr.
60,000,
25.1c,
25c
and
21.5c,
Storage.
Dollina
II,
50,000,
25c,
25c
and
22c,
Atlin.
W.
No.
10,
41,000,
25c,
25c
and
22c,
Pacific.
LOLAL
tides
Wednesday,
May
31,
1950
Parfons
today
won
the
thirty-fourth
annuai
500-mile
Memorial
Day
race
with
an
assist
from
a
rainstorm.
The
handsome
'
Van
Nuys,
Calif.,
American
Automobile
r
v!inR
Association
champion
fbr
1949,
had
set
a
record
breaking
cial
delegates
and
resolutions
for
,
mainly
the
city
was
calm
and
Progress
Noted
At
London
Talks
the
convention.
rnd
one
guard
were
killed
and!
many
wounded.
The
prisoners,
j
part
of
S,000
criminals
housed
orderly.
lUtuie
dtreclfriB
the
Transport
freight
rates
that
would
w
(he
c
P
R.
a
"fair"
its
rail
property
in-
THE
WEATHLR
I
here,
seized
machine
guns
and
.'tarted
firing.
I
Manitoba
Flood
'
Relief
Commended
NEW
YORK
(CPI-L.
B.
Minister
of
External
Affairs,
pate
until
the
downpour
stopped
the
race
at
340
miles.
Only
High
said
today
on
his
arrival
from
j
previous
Memorial
Day
ra.?e
22.9
feet
19.7
feet
0.5
fee.
6.3
feet
0:30
13:35
7:13
19:12
OTTAWA
The
Prime
Minister
of
Pakistan
arrived
in
Ottawa
today
and
was
met
by
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
other
dignatories.
He
wil!
address
a
joint
session
of
Commons
and
Senate
tomorrow.
Low
London
that
Important
progress
j
ln
1926,
had
been
stopped
by
'
was
made
ln
strengthening
the
ralIli
and
it
had
gone
400
miles.
I
North
Atlantic
community
j
it
was
the
first
speedway'
Synopsis
Fine
weather
Is
general
across
the
province
and
indications
are
that
this
condition
will
persist
ln
most
regions
for
the
next
36
hours.
The
storm
wheh
yesterday
had
begun
to
develop
off
the
!
Support
of
the
Manitoba
Flood
Relief
Fund
was
strongly
urged
by
Robert
A.
Bryce,
president
of
I
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Com-I
mcrce,
in
a
communication
read
j
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
'iam-ial
device
that
f,f
t
least
iiart
of
SR.
surpluses
and
turn
!
the
ieileiui
govern-
Ontario
Lake
Rise
Threatens
Power
FORT
FRANCES.Ontario
0-Painy
Lake,
rising
about
twi
inches
a
day,
still
laps
at
some
lakeside
cottages
and
threatened
the
city
and
private
electrical
Installation
with
flooding.
Still
throuRh
the
recent
meeting
of
j
victory
for
Parsons
who
ran
the
Atlantic
Council.
second
to
Bill
Holland
of
Read-
"H
was
a
very
useful
meeting
j
ins,
Pa.,
last
year,
and
I
think
a
very
successful
i
meetine."
the
External
Affairs
TODAY'S
STOCKS
In
the
absence
of
President
L.
M.
Felsenthal.
the
chair
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamoer
of
Commerce
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com-
coast
FRASER
RISING
NEW
WESTMINSTER
The
moving
slowly
north
merce.
Chambers
of
Commerce
r.:.
v
....
should
bQ
s
head
0f
tne
M.ssion
gauge
almost
a
toot
Johnston
Cu
Ltd.)
i.
within
its
banks,
the
lake
is
at.was
taken
by
Vice-President
J.
its
highest
point
in
years.
'
c.
Gilker.
It
was
actually
the
Minister
said
of
the
discussions
,
courtly
s
.
.
1
,
i
Tl,.
1?
VtUUJJUlll
111
Oil
VUUilllUUHjlLLj,
aal
Wheal
cn!s
End
from
11.79
yesterday
to
among
twelve
mianuc
rm
v
:
powers.
"At
the
meeting
we
made
further
Important
prog-
j
Two
Dead
and
Four
Hurt
in
Tug
Blast
ward.
As
a
result
it
is
expected
to
miss
the
southern
parts
of
the
province
and
to
bring
increasing
cloudiness
and
fresh
southerly
winds
to
the
north
coast
tomorrow.
Rather
cool
air
still
continues
over
British
Columbia
but
gradual
warming
can
now
be
expected
to
persist
through
today
and
Wednesday.
Forecast
June
meeting
of
the
Chamber,
having
been
held
a
week
early
in
view
of
the
visit
to
the
city
of
W.
J.
Sheridan,
executive
secre-
'A
'CPiofficial
quar-
1
ress
in
building
up
the
North
At-
J
Vancouver
Bayonne
..
03
Bralorne
8.15
B.
R.
Con
03
Vi
B.
R.
X
05
y2
Cariboo
Quartz
1-20
-'My
confirmed
reports
i
lantlc
community.
OAK.VILLE,
Ontario
Q
Two'
men
were
killed
and
four
injured
Mr.
Bryce
declared.
Members
of
the
Chamber
were
presented
with
receipt
books
with
a
view
to
canvassing
for
the
fund.
Baseball
Scores
National
Brooklyn-New
York,
postponed
tary
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Guests
of
the
even-
today.
The
Columbia
River
is
well
over
the
flood
level
at
Vancouver,
Washington
and
Portland.
'
ESCAPE
WITH
$2,000
MONTREAL
Two
armed
men
today
held
up
the
branch
of
.
the
Banque
Provincial
at
St.
Catherine
and
Dorion
Streets
and
escaped
with
more
than
$2,000.
The
bank
is
in
the
eastern
section
of
the
city.
when
an
explosion
ripped
thrnnoh
th
t.117
Radell
as
she
.26
tentatively
has
;mti
m
syslem
of
bi
ht'at
agreements
with
'Kingdom.
a
tour-year
agreement
:es
JJiy
31.
Confirma-
Congress
Operators
Urged
To
Accept
Award
lay
moored
near
this
lakeshori
James
Stevenson,
Harry
King
town,
20
miles
west
of
Toronto.
&nd
J.
H.
Smith
of
Terrace;
Ed
The
blast
originated
when
a
Kellner
of
Vancouver,
and
G.
P.
spark
touched
off
fumes
which
Lyons,
Rev.
L.G.
Sieber
and
Don
had
settled
in
the
bilge.
i
Tucker
of
Prince
Rupert.
Hedley
Mascot
35
Pend
Oreille
5-80
Pioneer
3.
15
Prpmlnr
Border
03
North
Coast
Region
Sunny
with
a
few
cloudy
intervals
today.
Sunny
tomorrow,
becoming
cloudy
ln
the
afternoon.
Intermittent
light
rain
beginning
late
,
in
the
afternoon.
Little
change
.
rain.
Only
game
scheduled.
,
American
Chicago
12,
St.
Louis
8
:ialso
given
to
a
London
'
VANCOUVER
(CP
I
A
reeom-''h'fh
said
Britain
had
mendation
was
made
today
that
;ca-!a
that
her
wheat
coastal
lumber
operators
accept
j
from
dollar
area
the
award
of
the
conciliation
ts
in
the
1950-51
crop
board,
rejected
by
the
policy
be
between
100
000.-
committee
of
the
International.
McCILi
1
.
.
Privateer
14
!
Reeves
McDonald
.......
2.50
I
'04
Reno
Sheep
Creek
1
18
Silbak
Premier
-34
;
'
Taku
River
i
Vananda
-17
i
Salmon
Gold
'..
00
j
SIR
STJtOME
LUNICNVILLE
"SI
Boston-Washington
postponed
in
temperature.
Winds
light
be-rain.
coming
southerly
(15
mph)
to-
Only
game
scheduled.
morrow
afternoon.
Lows
tonight
WeKt"rn
International
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Victoria
8,
Vancouver
4
Only
Hardy,
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Ru-game
scheduled.
pert,
40
and
55.
II
II'
--
..
WO
bushels.
Woodworkers
of
America
uiu-
mm
jfo's
Progress
CCI.K
This
w-s
umed
Dy
r
01
est
Industrial
Relations
Ltd..
representing
165
coastal
operators
in
a
contract
disptue
with
32,000
loggers.
Spud
Valley
-
08
1.70
Silver
Standard
.....
Mies
m
the
WWi.
KUessiiw
.
THE
YODELLING
RANGER
'Milnba
Flood
Relief
Ported
thi
,
HANK
SNOW
I
JAPS
ATTACK
U.S.
;
OCCUPATION
MEN
PRINCE
GEORGE
-Inspector
E.
Porter,
head
of
a
three
man
RCMP
personnel
tea
mhere
to
Interview
B.
C.
Police
personnel,
1150
jq
'iii'B
as
I
TOKYO
(CP)
Communist
led
four
Japanese
today
attacked
tated
recently
'
that
negotiations
.
wi
me
Prlnca
she
docks
to-
,
United
States
so
cuers
1.1
u
rovince
and
the
',
Person
CIVIC
CENTRE
JUNE
8TH
Two
Shows
7
p.m.
&
9
p.m.
Tickets
Reserved
$1.25;
Adult
$100;
Students
50c
At
Civic
Centre
&
McRae
Bros.
(Hi
.'
he
win
ht
m,
W1C
utiu
'
15
also
planned
to
THE
PAYOFF
Piloted
by
Chris
Rogers.
McGillcame
up
with
a
driving
finish
Saturday
to
win
the
91st
running
of
the
King's
Plate
at
Toronto's
Woodbine
Park.
McGill,
owned
by
Vince
Sheridan,
.took
the
lead
in
the
stretch
and
won
handily
over
Sir
Strome,
who
took
second.
Unlonville,
from
the
Hatch
stables,
was
third.
McGill
covered
the
lVi
mile-distance
ln
1.52
25
and
paid
'
(CP
Photo
$6.20
to
-Mn.
public
fight
of
the
A
ueaoccu-
8re
sUU
off
Fed
erai
uo
tlon.
The
battle
,
touched
.
Inspec.
other
skirmishes
as
American
go
n
E
H.
military
police
cracked
down
on
tor
Porter
s
msj
and
Corpo.ai
the
instigators.
At
least
eight
Stevenson
!
c,'e11-
arrested.
Japanese
were
-
t?
."
for
the
two'
""liners
Plays
he.
'tsk
end.