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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
55.
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
KARCH
7,
1950
1
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
f
CHT
PERISH
IN
AFMTMM
MOUSE
HRE
OCEAN
EARLY
MS
MOMIMG
FALLS
native
Leader
Would
Off
Pressure
If
Steel
lization
Is
Deferred
I
3
ativc
Leader
Would
Hold
Off
Pressure
Nationalization
Deferred
...(CPjWinston
Churchill
today
of-'
3
.abor
jrovemment
a
chance
to
ease
its'
jj
Four
Women,
Two
Children,
Two
Men
Are
Known
Victims
THE
DEAD
j
Mr.
aud
Mrs.
Fielden
Whatmough,
both
65.
j
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harry
Wonnacott,
both
28.
"
j
The
eight
month
old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Won-rncott
Mrs.
Sally
Diane
Phillips,
aged
20
.
Mrs.
Phillips'
seven
-weeks
old
son.
Mrs.
Thelma
Rannie,
mother
of
Mrs.
Phillips.
Bodies
of
eight
persons
were
recovered
today
I
from
a
fire-jmtted
apartment
house
at
Ocean
Falls,
paper
town,
150
miles
south'
of
Prince
Rupert,
owned
,
by
Pacific
Mills
Ltd.,
pulp
and
paper
operators.
Recovered
iso
far
are
the
bodies'
of
four
wtmen,
two
j
children
and
two
men.
i
Sheriff
M.
M.
Stephens,
accom-
-
isition
in
exchange
for
the
postponement
nalization.
'irst
dash
since
the
elections
which
cut
nitv
to
seven,
Churchill
put
Prime
Min-
I
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e
tile
s)nl
Icf
on
Makes
Delivery.
UNEMPLOYMENT
MOUNTS
WASHINGTON
Unemployment
total
in
the
United
States
reached
a
total
of
4.684,000
during
February
the
highest
since
August
1941
before
the
country
went
to
war
the
Department
of
Commerce
reported
yesterday.
But
the
Department
noted
that
56,953,0110
Americans
had
regular
jobs
in
February
include,
t
those
not
actually
at
work
because
of
strikes.
cwAzresT
rum
dies
BKOO
KLINE,
Mass.
Lew
Lehr,
54,
who
was
famed
for
his
newsreel
comedies
and
his
remark
that
"monkeys
is
the
cwaziest
people,"
died
today.
HAWAIIAN
STATEHOOD
'
WASHINGTON
Statehood
for
Hawaii
was
approved
by
the
House
of
Representatives
today
on
a
vote
of
261
to
110.
i
fur
a
aellintc
,
ijor
would
not
until
ii
(Uito
li"1-if
months
after
J
flection."
prime
Minister
Landed
On
Naas
River
pritLsli
v.itors
had
i.t
x.ivornmont
ndujtry.
L
asked
fur
ilee-
panted
by
Mrs.
C.
J.
O.
Olsen,
who
will
act
as
official
stenographer,
left
Prince
Rupert
on
Vancouver
Board
jiiitlirj
out
that
;id
i)('('ll
elect
o
voir
at
tlic
the
Cofpiltbai
this
afternoon
for
Ocean
Falls
for
the
purpose
of
iQI
Trade
Coming
conducting
an
Inquest.
He
was
to
be
met
at
Bella
Bella
bv
the
ii
Are
With
the
Alaska
Statehood
bill,
approved
last
week
by
the
House,
it
now
goes
to
the
Senate
where
considerable
opposi
police
fcaat
PML7
and
taken
to
I
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade,
,Qcean
Falls.
.
chartering
tho
steamer
Prlnrs
I
One
entire
familv.
a
man.
his
George,
plan
to
be
in
Prince
ttu-
wife
and
their
eighteen-month
Prt
for
twelve
hoar
May
17
in
I
old
child,
arc
known
to
have
the
course
ol
northern
goodwill
irri.-.w
in
the
blaze
Which
cruise,
the
Prince
Rupert
cnam-i
the
b
of
Commerce
was
advised
last,
swept
throimh
25
suite
Pilot
Hoy
Berryinail
in
ide
flights
from
Prince
RuihtI
Mon-duy
aftcriijon
and
this
morning
to
Aiyaiish
natives
village
on
the
Nuai
River,
ni.icly
miles
north
of
Prince
Kii;ert.
having
been
able
to
Is;k1
mi
the
river
in
the
village
with
relief
supplies
instead
of
dropping
the
provisions
on
a
mow
covered
field
as
had
been
at
first
arranged.
He
found
the
river
ire
.silJiielenUy
gone
out.
to
make
the
landings
and
drew
up
to
the
bench
and
unloaded
500
pounds
yesterday
afternoon
rind
,
1000
pound
this
morning.:.;
;
til.f
UAirvmtin
frmi-irl
flin
twin.
'
night
by
Re
T.
Ros.e,
executive
!
apartment,
a
wooden
building,
at
.secretary
of
the
Vanceuver
Board
Tle
excursion
"will
bring
many
i".iii.'m,i
Into
three
uiiiij
and
entering
2
a.m.
tion
from
the
"ast
is
expected.
Big
Eastern
siates,
and
Uali-fornia,
too
have
argued
that
it
is
disproportionate
to
give
Alaska
and
Hawaii
two
Semtors,
.An
equal
number
with
feirge
stales.
'
-
;
T""'
itmt
McKnluht
.
uie
oea?l
and
not
yet
been
re-
i,4iA-)
''f'i
;
-.V,
The
njnc
missing
have
iea.sed.
."
'"
Thompson
ended
Industrial
and
business
leaders
of
the
southern
pity
here.
,
.,
With
suggestions"
of
tours
cf
local
Industries,
notably
the
Columbia
C'ellulse
mill
at
Watson
Island,
arid
ftshing:
plants
here
to
a
The
bodies
were
removed
won
as
Mnslstrat
MnniiUctl
the
pair
r
pie
on
the
Naa.s
River
In
good
.
V
morgue
this
afternoon.
The
blaze,
known
to
have
.
Uirted
hi
the
third
floor
of
the
and
at
Port
Edward
among
other
fresh
supplies.
Management-Labor
Meet
..hree
-
storey
Balsam
Apart-
activities,
the
entertainment
ments.
lit
up
the
entire
town
lor
committee
of
the
local
chamber.
and
Evitt,
charge
j
.iminary
hearing
j
!Xi
operator
told
cii
the
two
ac-
While
lee
had
cleared
from
the
river
for
about
2500
feet
in
front
of
Aiyaiish.
the
Naa.s
Is
still
solidly
frozen
below
there.
Berry-
P.
M.
Ray,
chairman,
was.
dele-
FIRE
DEVASTATION
Four
persons
died
and
a
score
of
others
were
injured
in
a
blaze
that
swept
through
a
block
of
buildings
hi
the
heart
of
Mon
treal's
Chinatown.
Firemen
ure
seen
pouring
water
on
the
blaze
near
the
Intersection
of
Lcgau
thctiiTc
Street,
and
St.
Lawrence
Boulevard:
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r
:'
.
(CP.
Photo)
more
than
two
hours,
xi
was
two
hours
before
the
tragic
conflagration
was
extinguished.
C.N.R.
wharf.
An-
WINNIPEG
-ReprescntaLves
of
gated
ta
in.stitute
entertainment
arrangement.
Luncheon
and
dinner
event;
are
expected
to
ba
arranged.
Residents
rushed
to
the
aid
of
the
Labor
organizations
it:
thr
I
firemen
to
assist
in
brineimr
the
man
reports.
Berryman
left
here
at
2:45
p.
J
m.
yesterday
and
way
ttfick
at
;
5:40
p.
m.
He
left
at
10:40
iiilsj
morning
and
was
back
at
12:
I
;
mechanical
department
or
uu
I
blare
under
control.
Canadian
National
Railwys,
to
Balsam
Apartments
is
typical
Of
other
residential
structures
of
the
kind
used
at
Ocean
Fulls
World
Understanding,
Developed
'By
Education,
Seen
As
Peace
Way
gethcr
with
representatives
of
the
company
management,
have
Grandson
Is
50
noon.
At
1:30
this
arternoon
he
left
for
h!.s
base
at
AHford
Bay.
tak
witness
testified
jurrhwd
quan-acid
at
the
refill.
Jior
testified
that
a
before
Chrlst-"l
McKniglit
in
a
h
Street
and
Vt-'"'Kniglu
handed
live
dollar
bill
and
'
he
purchase
nil-
just
finished
a
conference
in
Winnipeg,
when
problems
of
both
groups
were
thoroughly
diseas
j
Argument
Continues
Aluminum
vs.
Salmon
j
VICTORIA
Cf
Salmon
fiiher-lcs
vs.
uluminum
industry
controversy
cropped
up
in
the
Legis
ed.
It
was
the
twenty-sixth
an
ing
A.
B.
Anderson.
Masset
sawmill
operator,
as
a
passenger.
Mr.
Anderson
had
been
In
the
cliy
on
business.
nual
gathering
oi
the
uniqur
system
of
employee-management
et
together
originated
in
1924
Inspiring
Address
by
Pedagogical
Head
Opens
Kducation
Week
Here
"Wars
are
made
in
the
minds
of
men
and
only
in
the
minds
of
men
can
world
peace
come."
Dr.
A.
II.
Lord,
principal
of
Vancouver
Normal
School,
used
by
the
late
Sir
Henry
Thornton
5'icr
stated
he
Burns
Victim
Young
Gordon
McEwaii,
one
and
a
half
year
old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
McEwan,
died
In
Uie
Nanaimo
Hospital
last
night,
The
child
succumbed
after
suffering
third
degree
burns
caused,
when
lie
pulled
a
steaming
tea:
pot
from
the
table.
-
f
The
baby
was
thtf
grandson
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jack
Haveloek.
jrf
The
meeting
was
held
undei
for
the
accommodation
of
company
employees
An
airplane
left
Vancouver
today
for
Ocean
Falls
with
provincial
fire
marshal
and
officials
of
Pacific
Mills
on
board.
The
provincial
police
plane
was
also
reported
bringing
officers
north.
It
was
the
worst
tragedy
in
the
history
of
the
down
coast
manufacturing
community.
The
Investigation
proceeds
with
Sgt.
McBrayno
in
charge.
The
eighth
body
was
recovered
from
the,
ruins
of
the
apartment
house
this
afternoon.
All
other
occupants
of
the
Coplan-Gubirchev
Are
Found
Guilty
the
joint
chairmanship
of
T.
II
Lindsay,
vice-president
of
tin
stoic
and
bought
t
subslanee.
taxi
drvier,
also
lature
again
yesterday.
NEW
YORK
A
federal
jury
,
.
,
.
...
.
rll,f
a,,!,,,.
5n
-m
Last
week
the
C.C.F.
opposition
railway
carmen,
and
A
Beard-
Ehaw,
general
superintendent
ol
today
found
Judith
Coplan
and
i
Uiese
worus
ui
x
nine
m".u
...
....
HaroW
wln(.h
requesled
pt
hail
asked
him
Valentin
Gubitchev
guilty
of
con-:jnt.nj..jniT
Education
Week
address
before
a
ptiyllC
Premier
Byron
Johnson
if
he
fie
acid.
He
stated
motive
power
and
car
c
(ulpmcnt.
Renrcsentativt.3
wcie
ri-isent
LiSCfl
civ
m.iwm..
U..t
'
.
tmr
oirnlnvf.
t.VlP
United
........
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rl
rnftimyi.
Snll'l1r
Tnm
Rolrl
i
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"o
.
,.
n
-:,
rfw
uii,
l.i-iimi
:lt
niirht
"ix.m
ii
ru.l.,l.u
In
Wpkhitii
C;in-
H.
On
the
night
of
States.
.
iiiei-tiug
in
uic
vviii;
nnv
-.vV..v...
lo
;
H.ar
bpfore
lhe
House
and,-""'"
;.':.:.
",;:.,
Vaneo'.ivcr
ZJ,
Z:r
ada.
as
far
west
as
ur.
Lora,
wno
nimsen
uiw
imeu
ol,(ijt
his
objctlons
to
giving
Mbour
recalled,
I
d
a
ral).
He
was
'
Problems
dealing
with
general
working
conditions,
sntety
sm;-vest.lnns.
fire
nroteetioii.
su:v
this
city,
a
Mrs.
Havelock
left
by
C.rA.
this
morning
to
attend
the
funeral
which
will
be'
held
In
Ntui-almo
on
Friday.
"
-
the
gathering,
told
now
ion-tlve
delegates
from
28
countries.
...
t
.i..t..
.ii.
,n...i..n
Ui
K.ui
1j
ir
the
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
water
rights
for
the
establish-.
KillR
GeorL'e
lintel
'
building,
which
housed
eighteen
families
have
been
accounted
for,
rt
was
announced
this
afternoon.
The
blaze,
which
broke
out
in
u-"
'
i
u.,A
iu.,i
i
k.-,i
ment
of
a
$300,000,000
plant
at
'gestionis
from
the
employees,
ant
TPUAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
H.
U.
Johiis-lou
Co
LtU
)
tfliu
.
...
"...
.
-
.
..,
.
ll
.
nrr.liim
on
was
picked
up.
wis
asked
to
de-Ihc
C.N.U.
wharf,
i
ilo'cther
in
the
UNESCO
eon-
Kitunaat.
At
that
lime
the
ire-
many
uwi
.
...a....-
work
of
the
men
were
Uie
oaily
ferenec
in
Fn-land
in
1948.
At
mirr
said
the
government
and
the
top
storey,
destroyed
the
two
I
upper
floors
before
the
firemen
I
ilalor,
the
witness:
I
returned
and
hired
tll'-p
I
il.
.t..
i
wmm
v.t,"..v
ii'm
Ullfll
UWU
tUltlllrt
'fiioni?
to
tne
svstem
co-operaftvc
Too
Little
Air
to
Kill
vr.cy
hacl
urvoioiwa
a
'ivuuu;
I
rr..
ni-x-l
fni'in.i
Tfir
rifh
Yesterday
Mr.
Winch
rose
to
a
mectliig
W
DC
held
later
In
Mon-
''
'iiv
rwing
1
Pvllege.
He
said
he
had
trcal.
other
and
had
become
deeply
(
and
alarmed
citizens
brought
it
under
control.
Tart
of
a
large
housing
project,
the
building
wao
owned
by
Paci-fiic
Mills
Ltd.
whose
large
pulp
and
paper
mill
supports
the
town's
3000
persons.
Company
officials
urc
assist
If
TV
ii
v
rimirler.
"eneraJ
manager
f
lie
was
given
a
bag
Beveoui
t
2t)
Bobjo
.14'
Buffalo
Canadian
.09
Consul.
Smellers
..:
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Con
west
109
Donalda
.58
'2
Eldona
33
East
Sullivan
5.20
Giant
Yellowknife
.:
0:10
ambued
with
enthusiasm
and
oenutoi
iom
ueiu
abMiig
In
addressing
the
delegates
stres'
:
S"i
fto
i......
convinced
of
the
possibility
of
n
ne
.would
appear
Deiore
a
com
vjrld
Deace
through
nntiual
un-
mii.tcc
of
the
Legislature
and
O
v
'
1
ll.llllll.l
,
ky
hole
saw
and
!li,1t
he
Ihruw
off
tu
tut;
vault:
ui
.
........
i'-I
now
of
nothing
wc
do
that
ih
'more
valuable
to
both
of
us
than
der..tandlng.-
In
earn
ouier
uie
i,;i
received
a
reply
in
the
af
ing
the
police
In
the
a
3.
MANCHESTER,
New
Hampshire
-
A
Harvard
pathologist,
appearing
Tor
Dr.
Herman
San-
dor,
testified
today
that
an
intra-velnpus
Injection
of
40
centimetres
of
air
could
not
have
killed
Mrs.
Abbie
Borroto.
iirmanve.
these
cooperative
meetings:
Corn-
Then
the
Premier
answered
I.,
problems
aie
-ipproaehed
with
an
open
mind
and
in
a
PLAIN
LI
i
dclogutCvi
had
fi
und
the
com-invm
nualltles
of
tolerance,
felnd-j
linra.
puHty
of
thought
and
.InU-gi-Hy.
I
By
intennluylln
and
meeting
of
petiple
in
Mich
causes
ns!
education
and
peace,
min'li
could
be
dene
in
the
way
of
reaching
understandings
that
would
remove
the
causes
of
dis
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Bayonne
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131
Congress
New
25
Hedley
Mascot
24
Taeific
Eustern
05
rend
Oreille
5.20
Pioneer
v.
3.30
Premier
Border
02'i
Privateer
13'j
Reno
04
Vz
Slurp
Creek
1.06
Silbnk
Premier
30
Taku
River
W
VaiiaiKla
12
Salmon
Gold
00
Spud
Valley
.
05
Oils-Anglo
Ciinuiliun
3.85
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P.
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23
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;
1.40
('almont
48
C.
Ik
K.
7.00
Central
Ledue
107
'opsis
falling
over,!
"
.1
lie
Kooteliavs
I
The
41-yar
old
Dr.
Sander
is
on
trial
for
murder
on
a
charge
that
he
killed
lhe
cancer-stricken
woman
by
injecting
that
amount
nf
uir
lulu
tier
veins.
large
percentage
of
sot.gesi
torn
handled,
a
general
betterment
results.
Today's
meeting
mavte
the
start
of
e
eeend
quarter
ol
a
century,
a
record
we
are
proud
of
as
It
stcsses
to
Jie
Industrial
world
how
labor
aud
maimee-men
can
work
together
runic-.ably
for
the
etneral
betterment
of
all
concern!
d.
bluntly:
"We
have
no
Intention
of
asking
for
advice."
Fire
and
Dust
SweepsPlains
CHICAGO
U!
-
Double-bat
ailed
.threat
to
farmlands
fire
while
the
ret
!
enjoy-
March
8,
1950
Dr.
Ford
said
lie
wao
basing
:r
iikles.
Wednesday,
High
3:46
cord
and
conflict.
Points
or
difference
between
peoples,
no
matter
their
eol
r.
their
religion
or
way
of
life,
would
be
found
to
be
much
less
than
(heir
points
of
similarity
(Continued
on
ra(
2i
22.0
feet
his
estimate
on
the
fact
that
it
19.3
feet
took
eight
centimetres
to
each
3.1
feet
2
15
pounds
of
body
weight
to
5.7
feet
kill
a
dog.
God's
Uike.
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lIutTlcuna
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loseo
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Jaeknife
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Jollet
Quebec
.08'
Lake
Rowan
!
UT-'a
Ltipiuska
05
Little
Long
Lac
;
&ti
.
Lynx
18
Maclsen
Red
Lake
3.00
McKeii.ic
Red
Luke
,52
MeLeod
Cucksliutt
3.10
Monela
.35'
4
Negus
:
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1.4!l
Norailda
Of.OO
Louvleoillt
.21
rkl;
It;
Crow
1.80
Regeoiii't
'..
.04
Sun
Antonio
3.55
Senator
Rouyn
.27
16:21
Low
10:10
22:14
m
1,1
cloudiness
is
Vi
l1'
eoast
during
''"'y-fmir
to
thirty.
'li
k
disiurbai-
e
'"
from
Ihr
P;,ri
lie..
HOCKEY
SCORES
Rational
Montreal
2,
Detroit
?
ami
dust
plagued
wide
areas
ol
j
lhe
plains
states
today.
Hlgb,
i
u
inds
tiarl
whipped
.
up.
duat
clouds,
yesterday
over
thousands
j
..
..
..r
r
.,i..tl.li
ti
....
J
iff...
f
A
Uib-A
tuiUv!
T
Wil
1'ievuil
over
City
Hin'biilanee
responded
to
three
calls
today
and
yesterday.
.....
.
.
,
.
t
it
jr.
r
I
Asljiltiwi
William
Moss
and
E.
Douglas
of
B.C.
Packers
here
sailed
on
the
Coqultlam
for
Bella
Bella
this
afternoon
on
company
oi
ui
nop
lunu.
visiuuiijr
i
ivir.
aim
mi.
aboard
Uie
Coquitlatn
Uiis
afternoon
for
a
two
week
vacation
at
Vancouver.
Mr.
Pike
is
a
radio
engineer
at
Digby
Island.
,
(,
A.Vt
p.lll.
1VUM1U.V.V,
'
:.
f-.
.,
..I.l.mlmr
u,.-Jtf
''
1!''t:ion
Clondy
Home
Oil
1100
-
,vc
tmi'sdav.
Ceeile
was
taken
to
General
""
"
rat
pi.it
-----
Hospital
from
her
residence
in
parts
of
Texas
and
New
Mexico,
parts
of
Texas,
Kansas
and
Neb
the
SUir
Ilium..
Four
native,;
In
Kansas
two
traflc
fatalities
raska.
from
Greenville
were
taken
to
were
blamed
on
dust
clouds.
t
In
Texas,
four
separate
lire,'
hoHttal
at
9
a.m.
this
mwnUig
,
The
dust
brought
hack
mem-
blaekpd
thousands
of
acres
ol
trom
the
Union
vessel
Coquitlam.
01.it.s
,J
U)e
-black
iillzzards"
of
choice
ranch
and
wheat
lands-
Oee;is-
illd
to.
'ill
IihImv
Oiw
patient
was
a
strove
nir
,,.
....,
.i,i-,iov
wu.,
u
1
aii
in
lhe
Texas
Panhandle'
BASKETBALL
PLAY-OFFS
TONIGHT
B:45
Junior
Rupert
Hotel
vs.
Kinsmen
7:45
Ladies
Dom's
vs.
Peoples
8:45
Senior
Brownwoods
vs.
Co-op
Mercury
.IO'j
Puclfic
Tele
.'
4.25
Princess
32
Royal
Canadian
07
Toronto
Athona
.08
'a
Aumaque
17
Vi
Beattie
00
Pustuiju.piu.
"r
twiisht.
1,l"aWBlu
totuor-i
W
nnd
'5-;
Prince
Rul
i.
started
blowlinr
so
carlv
In
the
uie
i
Near
Angora,
in
western
ftco-
case.
At
12.30
today,
jonn
Johnson
was
transferred
from
Sherrit
Gordon
2.19
Steep
Rock
.'.
2.45
Sturgeon
River
.21',
a
Silver
Miller
.
-67
Upper
Canada
-
3.40
wralnr.--timmm-
wrrdwrimore
General
Hospital
to
trie
Coqnlt-;
yer,---
-.
lam.
).,.:-
'
Yesterd.y-s
high
winOs
alst
Uian
mtejuT
Uiousand
acres.