library ' ' -r) vicio:;:., 2.'c.'-v; lis onr.iEs DRUGS Daffy Delivery ' : NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ivoLUxixdNo D onoda' Mo S'otegic Pacific Port - "P,iCe Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PHONE 81 lJJX-84. PRINCE RUPERT, B. ft, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS longer lr ens ties In Ummm 0 D trD 'XCABS oca a I I ii . i ,f r . ' . .,ZZ' ""Jt""' ' ii y rm CRAE REPORTS ninum Industry For Part of Province in tany Morning r ire i i f Jt ..... f : ks Very Promising ! A . 75-year-old pensioner, resident . of this city for . ol ja 3 - rs Perished t. t in his flaming cabin on Wantage '. road at 6 a.m.. today. The dwelling is a total loss. I Rnrlv nf Jnhn ilnrlc H mix! Meets I hi bosc Police Change Not Immediate To Speed Road Work ' miiiaries to the ultimate establishment of the Atlas Boiler Works; was found in his bed by firemen who hacked through the rear of the building aluminum manufacturing industry- with . .i rr .t I Tl I. i i. kirce in trie J weeusmuir rant area ana great itimaat are proceeding smoothly and Me- . 1 A A 1 Vim, vice-president 01 Aluminum company a is enthusiastic about the prospects, says M. U A. for Prince and pulled out the badly burned remains. The front door, only entrance to the cabin, was a mass of flames. There WAS a cookstove in front and an oil heater near the bed. On November 1, 1948, a similnr blaze occured at the same address and a companion of Harris waa admitted to hospital. Fireman Jack Furness, on ca'l at Ihat . time, remembered the location of the bed. Therefore this morning firemen chopped through the rear wall " and found Harris' body. Police were searching the ruins thl morning against the possibility of anyone else having been with Harris. Across the road from the fazed cabin lives Bert McEac-hern, war pensioner. He told a Dally News reporter who visited his dwelling, that at 5:30 ajn. he slipped Into bed and dozed eff . Shortly after, he heard a dog barking, and looking out the window, noticed the flames. "I don't remember anyone seeing him 'yesterday but occasionally he had visitors." r Si ' 'J 'Jt. ' A - A'' - , ; , Masse! Players Score Success . :, NEW MASSET Athree-aet mystery-farce, excellenUy enacted, was presented. to a full house by the New Masset Community Players and an appreciative reception was glveni The play was directed by Nell King ston of Limberlost Lodge and those taking part were Owen Kingston, Jean Flndlay, Muriel Anderson, Jessie Simpson, Nor-ah Burton, Marlon Anderson, Margaret Oreen, Phil Burton, Jack Findlay, Ardcn Crist, Bob Mallory, Harry Archblaid, Jim currie and Wilfrid Smith. frld Smith. Last night the players travelled to Port Clements . for a presentation and tonight they are at Queen Charlotte City. Native Night For Jaycees At an executive, meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce It was announced that five of the young Metlakatla villagers have accepted invitations to attend the regular meeting this Wednesday night.. Peter Lelghton of Metlnkatla will be the guest speaker. The resignation of Harold Hcl-gerson as vice-president becaus of business pressure was accepted with regret, also the resigna tion of Lt. Mike Staplcton from the executive was accepted. The latter has left for a new post In Edmonton with the Royal Can-adian Signal Corps. , Eric Speers waa appointed vice-' president and Dave Haya was ap-1 nolntrd as secend vlce-Drcsldent Alf Rivett of 239 Fourth Avenue West, noticed the flames from (his back porch and promptly notified the Fire Department. They pumped water from a creek across the road ' from Harris' cabin. No utilities are located along Wantage road. ' Const. Jack White Is conduc Canadian Built Ship Hits Mine LONDON The Vancouver-built Canadian freighter. Fort Nasquallie, now Under . Britiih registry, struck a mine. in. the North Sea yesterday. S,O.S. slg-1 nals were sent and a Dutch tug proceeded to the rescue. Today th 7100-ton vessel was limping toward Amsterdam under her ' " cwn power. Job's Daughters' Nets Sum of $150 Over $150 was raised last week at a Job's Daughters tea and i i home cooking sale at the home of Mrs. Alex Mitchell,., fourth Avenue West. A large attendance of ladies purchased the attractive articles on sale. High light of the affair was the drawing for six prizes on jehlch tic kets have been sold for the past month, and five raffles for various other articles. ... . - Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Donna Me Arthur, Honored Queen, re ceived the guests. The event was convened by Mrs. M. McAr-s thur, Mrs. Carl Brechin, , Mrs. Harry Calderwood, Mrs. R. Stra- chan and Mrs. N. S. K. Brewer. The conveners were assisted by Mrs. S. R. Donaldson, Mrs.' W. Eastwood sr., and Mrs. H. Mork, who were also In charge of . the home cooking table. A sale of daffodils was1 In charge of Miss Barbara Teng. ' Pouring were Mrs. L. W. Ker gin and Mrs. Robert Gordon for the first hour and Mrs, J. Simpson and Mrs. J. McLeod for the next hour. Servlteurs were members of Job's Daughters. Following were the draw winners: Mrs. George Cook permanent wave set, donated by Modern Beauty Shop. Mrs. J. Redpath, Rogers silver steak dish, donated by Manson's Jewellers. Mrs. E. Gardner, Auto travel- 'jg rug donated by William F. Stone - Mrs. Pete Adlem, embroidered linen pillow slips, donated by Miss Dorothy Kergin. .jVVHERE SIX PERISHED -A bucket of coals, fan nerl by the wind, is believed to have started the .fire which claimed the lives of six children in Sc arboro, near Toronto, rurly Thursday morning. This photo shows Roy Harding, father of the vie thus, who escaped with his wife and two sons', -searrhing through the ruins of his home. The six children, ranging in age from 8 to 16, died in the upstairs of the building. (C p Pnoto Dr. Kergin's Story- yew FBMANnm TGIIT1 wtDS MADRID, Spain General- issim Franco gave his only child, carmen, in marriage yesterday to the Marquis de VUlaverde, a young and aristocratic Madrid physician. The 23-year-old Carmen Franco Polo wore a white faille dress. The Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, Enrique Cardinal Pla Y Deniel,f ficiattd at the rites which united the daughter of Spain's ruler to 29-year-old Cristohel Martinez y Bordiu. BROTHER KILLKR SENTENCED ALLENTOWN, Pa. Harold A. Mohr yesterday was sentenced to a prison term of three to six years for the so-called mercy killing of his cancer-ravaged brother. Mohr was convicted Friday of voluntary manslaughter. Judge James F. Henninger also imposed a tint of $500 on the 36-year-old tannery worker. The maximum sentence for voluntary manslaughter is 12 years in prison and a fine of $6000. SURVIVORS PICKED VP SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico The United States Navy here announced today a United States destroyer has picked up four survivors from an amphibian plane which crash forded 40 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday. There were no imediate details. - MIXED VIRUS SAFE OTTAWA Health Department spokesman said today there is nothing: in Canada to indicate that there is a "tie-up" between poliomyelitis and the combined dipiheria-whooping cough injection used in this country. He said no steps will be taken lo discontinue the use of the injection, which has been banned by the County Council in London. RADIO PRODUCER SUICIDE NEW YORK Hugh Ernst, B9-year-old radio producer and husband of the actress, Betty Furness, committed suicide with a shotgun in a hotel room last night. A clipping of a Broadway newspaper column reporting Furness and Mrs. Furmsss lo be divorced, was found in the room. BRIDGES SENTENCED SAN FRANCISCO The United States government moved today for immediate revocation of Harry Bridses" citlzensnip. Mien action, u siiccesful, would open the way for a federal hearing to deport the C.I.O. longshore boss to Australia following his conviction and sentence to five y e a r s' imprisonment on charges of perjury and conspiracy. Bridges had been charged with perjuring himself at a naturalization hearing in 1945 by denying he was ever a communist. The sent- ence on Bridges was passed yesterday. FORD STRIKE SETTLED WINDSOR The threatened strike at the Ford plant here was settled today when the union members accepted the company's $55 pension offer. They had at first asked for $100. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Thain and W. D. Vance, who were among local Masons who went to Ocean Falls at the week-end for the in- stitution of the new lodge there Will 1CL.U111U1& IVl Wlt lll Ull the Prince Rupert tomorrow morning. Others returned on the Princess Norah yesterday and the Coquitlam on Sunday. "I thought I could find some nice soft grass and fall asleep." hid dinner with Mr. n flays asu w -- lubose expressed sat- L: there Is a suitable ji!h with less hear! illy anticiatea. mis tnare joing Into the Uine feasible route.) line from damsitc mt and for trans- from power plant t difficulties still prc- ves in regard to the iliroush the moun- Kitimaat. Recently. Riail been in Switzcr- brtay studying con- rhlch are similar to part of British Col- iib relurn from Vic- Rae yesterday dis-he Daily News some t of the Legislature tended his maiden ii all to very new to youthful M. L. A. I u t he still had not ply away from the nii a tyro. However, it he has accllma- I to the legislative derablc extent and 1 a gra.sp of many pk business. M.L. A. had nothing1 about negotiations to Royal Canadian taking over the f ice. While the Leg- given Its stamp of w absorption of the pee by the federal, pas still very much 'nary stages. iture had approved f' the maximum pre hospital Insurance f 136 per year and pd the Commission Hi per capita grant fiKipKlitles upwards f Patient day but, It finitely understood "id only be as a la.st lv. a deficit of $2,-bn estimated for 11 operation of thc s ' v Hiau. Pli-!., J,r.. r '""' aniicuitlcs, p'dhewas convinreH i hospital insurance fund and certainly I a Breat service t.i! f Ul Province gen- oi cocktail bars, Mr. ""re was still much a' tu what i.h. ,. I it. N' of Hquor. nj. f People, apparel1 "ant cocktail bars r r fifty ercent felt fW on Page 5) , Divisi.m I f c"Mlton All.-j'U. Newcastle 'vision 2 Westhi am Uni- P South, ern PnTowa Norwich for Club I000'000 worth of ttrms and cr the remainder of the year. Sid Gonlck and Vernon Ar- j military aid to Thailand to fight dagh were appointed to the ex- . comunlsm. Premier Pibul Song-ecutive committee. said today. , TODAYS STOCKS (Courtesy 8. D. Johnston Co Ltd Vancouver Eilers In Two Game Lead WINNIPEG Vancouver Eilers defeated Toronto Montgomery Maids 57 to 51 last night to taKc a 'two to nil game lead in the Western Canada senior basketball championship series. BANGKOK, Thailand M The United States has granted $10,- Aumaque ,40 Beattle 70 Bevcourt, .35-'., .Bobjo - .14':. Buffalo Canadian Vo',2 Consol. Smeltsrs 95.00 Conwest 1-22 Donalda .&8 ElUona .32 East Sullivan 6.80 Giant Veliowknife 7.00 God's Lake .40 Hardrock .38 Harricana .07 ' Heva .07 Hosco .07 V: Jolict Quebec .67 Lake Rowan .15 Lap'aska .03 ' Lynx . .23 Madsen Red Lake 3.05 ing an investigation and plans for an inquest are being made. The victim has a son, Mathew Harris In Vancouver, a World War II Navy veteran. He is aha survived by other children and sisters in Scotland. Deceased was born in Glas gow, Scotland, and came , to Canada in 1908 and to Prince Rupert in 1916. Montreal Jewish "V-t"' Team Champions MONTREAL Montreal Young Men's Hebrew Association Blues defeated University of Manitoba Bisons last night to win the Dominion senior basketball cham- , plonship. Score was 57 to 33. The Montrealers won the final three games to one. THE WEATHER Synopsis The Pacific storm which caused gale force winds over the coast Cloud nas spread into tne interior but little precipitation has fallen. A Jew showers arc fore- cast as the storm moves inland Temperatures will continue a little milder as the Pacific air moves over the mountains. Over the coast the weather will coninue quite unsettled with cloud and frequent showers ex- u "'k-l"" uuw!l tomorrow. Forecast North Coast Region-: Cloudy snowers roaay ana again tomorrow. Little change in tem- perature. Winds-Southerly, 30 nules per hour, decreasing to (20. fKto fiiranlntr WinH sntithtvrr. --- 20) tomorrow. Lows tonight ana nlgns tomorrow ai. x-ori Hardy and Prince Rupert, 35 anj 50- Sandspit 33 and 48. J. E. Ormheim returned to the city on Sunday afternoon's train after a business visit of a few days to Teiraue. Mrs. B. Wick. 30 quarts of milk, list night Is now weakening and donated by NorUiland Dairy. iUl move into the Interior to- Mlss Lynn Gordon, three Pyrex day- Whids up to nearly 80 miles sauce pans, donated by KalenPer hour were reported in the Hardware. Charlottes while two inches of I Raffle winners and prizes were ' rhi or more was reported at as follows: several points along the west 1 Mrs. G. Shenton and Mrs. A. 'coast of Vancouver Island,. Was Crawling Crawling along the beach on his hands and knees, dazed and beaten from the ordeal of an ice cold swim, Dr. William 8. "Bill" Kergin was spied from a gas boat by a native resident of Metlakatla Henry Ryan, hours after the doctor had been dump ed off his yacht Into cold Chatham Sound Easter Sunday. I "He thought I was a seal and I think he was going to shoot, me," Dr. Kergin remarked. He said he does not remember the details of the rescue but only that he recalled lying in a boat travelling at a terrific speed. He said lie was thirr.ty and arked for a drink of whiskey. "Ami I was hungry. All they iiad were two sacks; of potatoes. For the next few minutes 1 chewed on two potatoes." From his bed in his Fourth Avenue home Monday night, Dr. Kergin related his grim buttle for existence during that taw, windy .Sunday afternoon. i Cruising- in Chatham Sound :with his wife and three young children, he stopped the Full Moon for an hour and watched j what he termed a "rare sight." About. 10,000 brant, a lesser goose, were feeding on herring spawn at Ryan point. Also Teed- jing were 1,000 sea gulls. j The presence of brant In this area, said the doctor,, especially at this time of year is rare. '"They usually gather at Quali- cum Beach on Vancouver Island." I After gazing at the birds, he proceeded on the return journey to Prince Rupert. He said he may have came too close to Ryan Point. Also the tide was receding. TELLS OF CRASH "All of a sudden, we crashed and the boat went, up to high heaven and over the reef and Along Beach listed dangerously as it continued its journey." . "1 had my hand off the wheel lor a second and before I knew what, had happened. I was clear of t.i,e rail and In the water. 1 sailed over the ia.1 wnlch is about one and one-haif feet in height.'' "I spied a rock about 100 yards away and swam for it." He described the rock, his home for the next four hours, as flat and about four feet long and two and one-half feet wide. The victim sat contemplating his fatJ. The tide was going down and would continue to go down for the next two hour3. While perched on tne slimy obstacle, lie watched the search boats comb Tugwell Bar. He stated that if lie could have remained on the rock for another 15 or 20 minutes the boats would probably have spied him. But the four hours were up and the tide was licking at- his seels. ; Garbed in a heavy Indian sweater, corduroy trousers and , "Romeo" slippers, he again slipped into the water and set out for the shore "like a huge black iwall in the distance." "That Indian sweater was a Godsend," he said. "It shedded the water." 1 Swimming and floating, he pushed forward but the beach seemed far away. "Then my knee hit a rock'. But the discovery did not dawn on mCi My knee hit another rock." 1 Wonderful Feeling Dr. Kergin leaned forward In his bnd smiling. 'I knew I had it beat," he sighed. "It was a wonderful fec'lag." He said he attempted to stand erect. s. . "I fell flat on mv lace". I Tlicn he began crawling among J boulders and jagged rocks to soft glUss and tres farther inland. I Vancouver Bayotine .'. .04 Bralorne 9.00 B. R. Con 02 B. R. X 05 Cariboo Quartz 1.27 Congress L 33Vi Hcdley Mascot . .26 Pend Oreille 5.S0 Pioneer ; 3.25 Premier Border . .03 V Privateer 13Vt Reno . .043i Sheep Creek 108 Sllbak Premier -39 Taku River 12 Vananda .17 Spud Valley .07 Silver Standard -81 Oils-Anglo Canadian 3.25 A. P. Con . .: - .32 Atlantic ..... 1 95 Calmont 1 44 C. & E. .25 Central Leduo 1-2 Home Oil : i... 14.65 Mercury .lOVa Okalta , 191 Pacific Pete 6.00 Princess .49 Royal Canadian 06Vfe . M. Hurst, plants donated by Mrs R. Gordon. Mrs. A. Husoy. a Crochet Pf made and donated by Mrs. Best, m w t?iH hundifcrrhiof. made and donated by Mrs. (Jeo. Fiizzell. Mrs. Bert Morgan, tray cloth, made and donated by Mrs. Geo. Frizzell. , Mrs. Albert Stiles, Norwegian biscuits. Mrs. H. Tattersal and Mrs. T. Gowen were in charge of raffles. . The money raised at the . affal of organlzatlon Loag. Beach to compete in the annual .... ... competitions this summer. Tne local girls took first honors last year at Spokane. ' ' , LOCAL TIDES Wednesday, April 12, 1950 High 10:14 . ,17.6 feet McLeod Cockshutt 3.85 Moneta 3B . - Negus , I-62 Noranda 69.00 Louvicourt , 28 Pickle Crow 1.75 Regcourt 04 ' Senator Rouyn 30 ' Sherrit Gordon 2.47 Steep Rock 3.10 " Sturgeon River 20 : " Silver Miller -77 Upper Canada 3.90 18.2 feet 8.9 feet 5.5 feet Then it was that Henry Ryan spied the mysterious figure In, sand. j 23:11 Low 4:21 16:43 Royallte 15.25 Toronto , Athona -12 J