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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHOHE
81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Ku
pert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
113.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY.
MAY
14,
1349
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
YlL
iter
On
Road
toad
Meair
n
RUPERT
LITTLE
THEATRE
PRAIRIES
NEED
Floods
Feared
if
Warm
Weather
Spell
Keeps
Up
SOAKING
RAIN
OFBEil
StMUK
PLAY
of
Winners
In
Music
W
.
111
m
Temperatures
Above
Normal
and
Moisture
Below
B.C.
Fruit
Looks
Good
Hood
conditions
alone:
the
Skeena
and
Bulkley
V
Drama
festival
Here
'
1
rivers
are
becoming
an
increasing
possibility
as
the
e
of
the
second
Prince
Ilupert
and
Dis
WINNIPEG
Soaking
rains
are
water
levels
continue
to
rise
unuer
me
unyeuuo
extremely
warm
weather
in
the
interior.
'
'
Renorts
from
un-countrv
overnight
tell
of
water
ir,d
Drama
Festival
last
night
the
cups,
medals
were
presented
to
the
various
the
drama
adjudicator,
Mrs.
Audrey
the
Immediate
requirement
of
practically
the
.whole
grain
growing
area
of
the
west
Since
April
1
temperatures
in
the
three
prairie
provinces
have
overflowing
the
trans-provincial
highway
near
Telk-
la
pulidey;
'
'
'
-
-
'
.
I
4
,
Ii
iiii,,
him
l'y'';
mr.fiiiMafc.t
"
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JL.r
..
-
wa,
Z6M
mues
east
oi
rimce
vu-
l
of
Education
senior
play
was
lt
prince
unpen,
Association
fr
it-".
Aggression
Is
Invited
Storm
In
a
Pliiliu
Johnson
pert
with
the
pcobpect
of
an
even
greater
rise
if
present
temr
peratures
continue.
Along
the
lower
Skeena,
between
Terrace
and
Prince
Rupert,
the
river
level
is
within
two
feet
of
the
highway
surface
in
many
places.
The
river
has
come
up
more
than
six
feet
In
the
last
week
and
recorded
a
two-foot
rise
on
Friday.
Myru
Chappie,
anged
from
4
to
8
degrees
above
normal
while
precipitation
has
varied
from
15
to
100
percent
below
normal.
During
the
past
week
no
rains
worth
mentioning
occurred
except
at
Dauphin
and
Swan
River
which
had
Just
over
one-quarter
inch.
Elsewhere,
except
in
southeastern
Manitoba
and
the
Peace
River,
soaking
rains
are
required
as
high
winds
have
evaporated
topsoil
molr.ture
and
subsoP
moisture
reserves
cjo
not
exist.
Some
soil
drifting
has
occurred,
arrcsK
was
ad-
WASHINGTON
DC.
(?
The
BERLIN
SELF-RULE
BERLIN
Great
Britain,
I'nited
States
and
France
today
approved
self-rule
for
;,nitliy
Kcehn
for
.,;iy
B-lair
in
"Moot
Slip
won
the
Fisnermen's
Co
llation
cup.
United
States
Department
of
State
said
today
that
the
pres-en
defences
of
western
Europe
arc
so
weak
that
they
"Invite
military
aggression."
The
Department
said
the
United
States
"must
assist"
in
rebuilding
these
defences
wUh
the
first
year's
arms
aid
program
of
$1,130,000,000.
trophy
fr
the
;tor
was
given
10
j
shu
played
Mor-
Vast
quantities
of
snow
still
remains
on
the
upper
mountain
slopes
of
the
interior
and,
If
lt
melts
quickly,
observers
in
the
up-country
centres
see
every
possibility
of
a
flood
of
as
damaging
proportions
as
last
year.
TraveJlers
arriving
in
the
city
by
car
last
night
said
that
the
water
level
In
several
places
between
Terrace
and
Kwinitsa
i3
only
two
feet
from
the
top
of
in
"Storm
In
a
School
croup
the
principally
in
central
and
west-j
ern
Saskatchewan
and
east-j
central
Alberta,
according
to
the
weekly
crop
report
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Good
progress
Is
being
made
in
seeding
of
all
crops.
In
Manitoba,
planting
of
sugar
beets
western
Berlin
under
limited
Allied
supervision.
The
Germans
are
given
direct
administrative
control
of
the
western
portion
of
ihe
city
but
wide
supervisory
powers
are
reserved
for
three
western
commands.
REDS
NEAR
IN
G
SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI
Two
Communist
wedges
today
plunged
closer
to
Shanghai's
heart.
Thunder
of
artillery
resounded
throughout
the
lense
city.
The
battle
is
raging
within
twenty
miles
of
the
city.
Bri-'
ons
have
been
given
final
evacuation
warning.
All
Americans
who
wish
to
leave
have
.left.
f-d
by
the
Music
Wiriaiion
for
the
DREWS
AT
HOME-Gcorge
Drew,
national
leader
of
the
Pr(?jessivf
Conservative
party.
Is
shown
enjoying
a
quiet
evening
at
his
Guclph,
Out.
home
on
the
eve-
of
the
federal
election
campaign.
Hi
re
h;
reads
to
'his
two
children
Edward
and
Sandra,
while
Mrs.
Drew
sits
on
the
arm
of
his
chair.
(C.
P.
Photo)
MAJOR
BREAK
IN
WATER
LINE
the
highway,
while
further
east,
married
to
Booth
ii
School
for
the
,1
Cloudburst"
by
t.
directed
by
Mi;;s
will
be
almost
completed
this'
the
Bulkley
has
ben
rising
for
several
days
and
has
overflowed
C.N.R.
ORDfRIi'G
Five
Block
of
Residents
nil
Fourth
Avenue
East
Cut
Off
in
Farly
Morning
week.
An
Increase
of
10
percent
In
wheat
acreage
Is
indicated
ior
Manitoba
with
Saskatchewan
and
Alberta
showing
a
5
per
I
::
TODAY'S
STOCKS
j
(CourUry
S.
n
Jnlmstoit
Co.
J,t,d..'
'man
won
l
he
cup
I
Its
banks
onto
the
highway
at
one
place
near
Telkwa.
Thermometer
readings
In
the
DIESEL
EHG'.NES
Residents
of
five
blocks
o
cent
Increase.
Total
oat
acreage
Qrttit
V
a
re
r
i
e
t
riot
V
1
tto
hfian
a
v
Fourth
Avenue
East
were
cut
junior
actress
for
:,rc
a.,
Mrs.
Mary
.M'ibur.'.l."
junior
actor,
Mel-
shows
Utile
change
while
barley
1
tremely
high
and
bright
sun-
F.1SLLR
GIVEN
VP
off
from
city
water
supply
without
notice
early
this
mnrnin;;
Is
down
slightly
and
flax
great
SOCTHAMPTON
Gerhart
shine
has
turned
the
mountain-
ly,
perhaps
40
percent.
Lisler,
No.
1
Communist,
tlee-
si.cle8
into
roaring
cataracts.
1
.
1
it..
:
.
e
4
..
.
1
in
the
Okanagan
prospect".
MONTRI.Ar,
Tliu
Canadian
National
Railways
lias
placed
orders
-in
--Cma-ita
for
thirty-
rlsht
new
die
si
lrt
li
ciric
loco-,
here
by
E
A.
Bromley,
vice-pres-
idrnt
in
cl.'ir;'"
of
purchases
and
a
tores
for
the
.V.'tim.
j
B
Bevrmi't
I!
)!.;
.
Buifalo
Canadian
Co)4,At
Smelters
Cooweat
Dnilda
K'i!
'i;;t
E'vst.
SitHivan
Vancouver
Hayonni'
!
Bralorne
B.
H.
Con
Cariboo
Quartz
Oni'.rer.s
ltidley
Ma-cut
Pacilic,
Eastern
,
.08
i
9.15
.03
.
tm
117
03'
i-.24
.00
for,
the
fruit
crop
are
excellent.
Cherries
show
the
heaviest
blos
.(warded
the
cuplaUcr
a
major
break
had
occur-.jal
of
Mr.
Jones
red
In
the
main
Just
off
of
Mc-Uw
Lovr-Lurn.".J
Bride,
about,
.
4
.a,m,
.
A
torrinJL
rv
by
the
Depart-j
bursting
through
the
surface
of
i
ai.ui
for
the
best
the
street,
poured
down
McBride
awarded
by
ad-
Street
for
a
couple
of
hours
be
..:
.....
.18
.U',4
1.05
47
63
2.48
som
on
record
while
apricots
will
be
heavy
in
fresh
and
liht
in
canning
varieties.
Other
fruits
Archibald
Nominated
Giant
Yellowknife
5.80
was
taken
.
oft
the
Polish
steamer
Batory
here
today
by
Scotland
Yard
agents
on
warrant
from
American
authorities.
The
captain
of
the
Batory
yielded
up
Eisler
after
having
at
first
said
he
would
take
him
on
to
Poland.
CAPOT
WINS
PREAKNESS
j
PIMLICO.
Mil.
The
Preak-ness
was
won
today
by
Capot.
xhioSt.
Andrew's
uii'ir
Choir,
con-1
indicate
a
heavy
crop
in
pros
pect.
fore
the
line
was
lurnea
on
Waterworks
crews
then
went
Into
action
to
di
up
thirty
feet
of
street
to
a
depth
or
four
feet
In
order
to
Ret
at
the
break
and
An
order
fur
eiyliteea
72-ton
dicsol-electnc
tocoiuotlves
lias
been
awarded
to
the
Canadian
General
Klectric
Company.
For
..mwn",!
CITfic"
111!
Pllilff
Kfl-
33
.17
06i2
:.
,08
.20
God's
Lake
Ha
id
Rock
Harricana
...
H
'va
Iloseo
Uls
were
also
work
in
the
?
hi'"
good
C.C.F.
Names
Former
Mem
make
repairs.
It
was
cxpecieo
1'eod
Oreille
3.KU
Pioneer.
3.30
Premier
Border
021
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
.90
P'-no
Sheep
Creek
l-O
Sjlbak
Premier
M
.Salmon
Gold
H'
Spud
Valley
-
-08
04
Jacknife
.38
service
would
be
restored
by
late
,
wjml
r.1uH
,,)iy
,in,
,0
,.arry
afternoon
to
the
residents
of
the
,
o(jt
f-lw
Idllway
U)
area
who
were
caught
as
tncy;
.
nu)tiV(,
w,.r
opera-rose
with
no
water
for
any
pur-
province.
Jotiet
Quebec
Second
was
Palestinian,
and
third,
Noble
Impulse.
Ponder,
winner
of
the
Kentucky
was
fifth.
under
12
years,
vTsommoaux,
Ter-
Wi'Iit
10.
Lorim
.09
Lake
Howan
ber
to
Contest
Federal
Seat.
Harry
G.
Archibald,
member
of
Parliament
In
the
last
House,
was
chosen
last
night
by
a
nominating
contention
of
the
constituency
C.C.F.
Party
to
contest
Skeena
riding
in
the
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
No
break
in
the
current
spell
of
warm
dry
weather
is
in
sight.
Temperatures
are
expected
to
reach
the
eighties
and
low
nineties
again
over
the
southern
interior
and
the
mid
seventies
along'
the
southern
coast.
Isolated
thunderstorm
activity
Is
expected
to
occur
again
this
af
.08
.17
.12
Lnpaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
pu.se.
The
only
recourse
was
lor
unshaven
and
breakfastlcss
men
j
Twenty
lfi'Ki
h
p.
(Uest
l
switeh-nf
Hie
house
to
uet
out
the
pails
;
in.,
locomotives
have
been
or-
June
27
federal
election.
and
kettles
and
transport
water
Oils
Anp.lo
Canadian
Atlantic
Calmont
C.
&
r.
,
Central
I.educ
3
9.")
.71
.3H
D.00
.02
from
other
parts
of
the
home
riered
from
the
Montreal
Locomotive
Work.-..
They
will
be,
as-i
signed
to
service
at
various
terminals
across
the
country.
j
The
two
orders
bring
,
thni
number
of
lieei
locomotives
in!
!
Vr.
Flora
Melvin,
.
under
12
years,
t'TCimineaux
and
Terrace.
Murray
Boas.
Murray
Boas
and
""'Wiim
was
Riven
rs
and
aelrrsses
Russell
Morrison.
Home
Oil
H
Merenrv
10'
2
city.
Last
year
a
similar
break
occurred
just
a
few
feet
cast
of
todav's
but
at
a
time
of
day
when
the
residents
could
be
Uiven
notice
to
put
in
a
reserve
Midseu
Red
Lake
2.90
McLeod
Cockshutt
93
Mowta
43
Negus
2.32
Noranda
'.
53.75
Louvieourt'
.
..
11
Pickle
Crow
1.92
Reereourt
04
Vi
San
Antonlon
395
Senator
Rouyn
353,4
Sherrlt
Gordon
LIT
'
Steep
Rock
144
Sturgem
River
I6V4
Silver
Miller
39
Fraser
River
Is
Dangerous
Rising
to
High
Levels
As
Unprecedented
Heat
Wave
Continues
VANCOUVER
lh
Turbulent
Fraser
River
was
close
to
the
flood
stage
today
and
emergency
patrols
are
on
the
alert
along
could
be
Mr.
Archibald's
name
was
the
only
one
submitted
and,
in
accepting
the
nomination,
he
said
that,
after
representing
this
constituency
for
the
last
four
years,
he
was
fully
aware
of
ths
responsibility
and
honor
being
placed
upon
hint.
If
elected,
he
declared,
he
would
endeavour
to
use
the
experience
he
had
gained
to
further
serve
the
voters
of
Skeena
federal
riding.
Convention
Chairman
J.
B.
Black
read
letters
of
appreciation
of
Mr.
Archibald's
service
supply
until
repairs
made.
Oka
Ha
Pacific
Pete
.
Pniieess
Royal
Canadian
.
South
Braeait
Toronto
Athona
2
30
2.8a
.27
Vi
.on
u
.la
.13
.11
ternoon
over
the
southeastern
section
of
the
province.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy,
clearing
about
mid-day.
Clear
tonight
and
Sunday
except
cloudy
in
vicinity
of
Dixon
Entrance.
Scattered
fog
patches
tliis
morning.
Winds
northerly
(15
mph
)in
exposed
areas
and
light
elsewhere.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Sunday
Port
Hardy
43
and
65,
Mas-sett
40
and
54,
Prince
Rupert
40
openit;"ii
on
C.N.R.
lines
to
a
total
of
Kl
of
various
types
consi.liii'j;
of
yard
switchers,
mad
switcliei
J
and
road
locomotives.
The
72
ton
locomotive:;
are
of
a
class
which
can
be
operated
in
Kinr
units,
each
of
600
h
p.
or
FISHERMAN
PASSES
AWAY
Auniatiue
nie
U:j
miner,
a
fisherman
on
multiples
of
two
or
more
this
coast
for
the
last
30
years,
,
in
the
250-mile
dyke
system.
Under
cloudless
skies,
with
sunshine
sweeDine
the
valley,
the
river
'wnne
Langrlde
!
Hitlis.
0
the
east
of
'
'"K
Cup,"
Roy
Pd
a
Rift,
of
flowers
r,"r-
Mrs.
Chappie.
M'J,li
left
on
to-w
Skideale
Inlet
lbp
stationed
with
'Flsons
Co.
fjr
the
units.
The
twein.y
swucnum
locomotives
will
each
have
a
r
died
in
hospital
here
at
the
ac
of
82
He
had
been
a
resident
for
I
starting
tractive
el
fort
of
bli.-
-c
4
of
the
city
Pioneer
Home
was
born
000
pound:;,
and
an;
w
au;"
"
c,v.
iitm
Deceased
and
60.
CONSERVATIVES
is
boiling
to
higher
levels
andl
the
gauge
at
Mission
was
expected
to
reach
the
minimum
flood
mark
of
J8
feet
by
today.
J.
B.
Carsweil,
chairman
of
at
Troecen.
Norway,
and
was
j
the
pnvent
fleet
now
in
service
married.
There
arc
no
known
!
at
yard:;
and
tei
mnnib
alou
V
from
many
parts
of
the
constituency
ranging
from
Atlin
to
Ocean
Falls
and
as
far
east
as
Burns
Lake
and
Endako.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
convention,
Mr.
Archibald
accompanied
by
W.
H.
Brett,
C.C.F.
candidate,
sailed
on
the
Co-quitlam
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
where
they
will
conduct
a
week's
campaign.
I
the
iH.UU'l-UUR'
(JiiriH.
relatives.
the
Fraser
Valley
Dyking
Board,
BEING
WARNED
4
said
today
that
there
was
every
confidence
that
flood
conditions
could
be
met
but
he
added:
"If
t
LONDON
'0?
The
Conserva
tive
party,
buoyed
by
one
of
its
t1
4,
few
major
electoral
victories
the
freakish
weather
continues,
however,
for
a
long
time
any
over
Labor
since
1945,
was
cau
HOLLAND
TUNNEL
thing
may
happen."
tioned
today
by
Its
followers
The
heat
wave
is
In
the
sixth
IDEAL
CLEANERS
AND
LAUNDRY
j'te
employees,
wish
to
announce
that
wc-
have
appliwJ
to
J36
International
Laundry
Workers
Union,,
to
acainst
Dlaclne
too
much
em
.:
A
day
with
temperatures
in
the
nineties
in
the
interior,
levels
phasis
on
the
national
slgmf
icance
of
the
results.
l
J
wheh
are
termed
unprecedented.
A
spokesman
at
Conservativ
-
.
headquarters
said
his
party
had
administered
"a
very
sev
4
41
BEING
CLEARED
NEW
YORK
W
Bulldozers
scraped
through
deep
zero
and
matted
wreckage
today
to
clear
blast-seared
Holland
tunnel
for
Its
daily
load
of
46,000
cars
and
trucks.
A
big
truck,
rolling
towards
New
York
with
a
cargo
of
chemicals,
had
blown
up
yesterday.
It
spewed
lire
and
poisonous
gas
through
300
feet
of
traffic-clogged
tunnel.
The
,1
6
ere
defeat"
to
Labor
in
Thurs
U.K.
Taking
Rejoin
(lee
Unio
day's
'borough
elections
but
he
said
this
does
not
ncessarily
mean
that
the
trend
will
be
re
B.C.
Salmon
peated
In
next
year's
general
id
of-
Wc
alao
takr
lhi
oMo,l,.nil
v
to
express
our
rcRicts
at
(Continued
on
Page
5)
VANCOUVER
0!
Fisheries
Pr
sinrw
1
1
lL
the
I
Union
l,.;n
ms
as
well
well
Urr8"icere
apologies
to
hoth
as
our
ckv
r
tor
ni,r
l
..-.l.j
1
-.rhlrli
nu.te
unintentionally
Minister
Robert
Mayhew
announced
today
that
the
United
tunnel
Is
expected
to
be
ready
for
normal
operations
by
late
this
afternoon.
The
damage
may
total
$1,000,000.
No
one
was
killed.
i
nl
i.
Sllrk
.
1
an
unpleasant
controversy.
Kingdom
had
placed
a
$20,000
order
for
British
Columbia
lumber
and
salmon.
uiisundcr-
TOUAV'S
SCORES
American
Philadelphia
8,
New
York
5
National
St.
Louis
4,
Pittsburg
3.
LOCAL
TIDES
jCalie
now,
that
our
actionhacl
been
catisnl
by
n2
of
Union
procedure
during
our
meetings..
ONTARIO'S
NEW.
PREMIER-Leslie
M.
Frost,
who
was
elected
leaner
of
the
Ontario
Progressive
Conservative
party,
was
sworn
in
as
premier
of
Ontario
Wednesday
afternoon.
Premier
Frost
is
alijwn
here
as
he
signed
the
paper
of
office
at
Queen's
Tark.
(C.
P.
Photo)
Sunday,
May
15,
1949
3
Exhibition
Football
J
J
PRESIDENT'S
'
TEAM
VS.
f
?
VICE-PRESIDENT'S
TEAM
?
$
SUNDAY,
2:30
P.M.
J
1
Everybody
Welcome
The
salmon
order
will
total
$3,000,000
to
$10,000,000
and
will
cover
the
sale
of
300,000
to
400,-000
cases.
Details
of
prices
and
species
are
to
be
worked
out.
The
lumber
order
will
be
the
first
half
of
1949
and
will
total
around
$10,000,000.
EMPLOYEES'
COMMITTEE
22.1
feet
High
DISREGARD
TIME
Clocks
are
seldom
given
as
wed
18.9
feet
Coal
is
a
source
01"
vitamins,
sulfa
drugs,
rubber,
fertilizer,'.,
paints,
insecticides
and
2:44
15:53
9:28
21:30
1.6
fee
H.
SCHMIDT
G-
SHADE
Low
ding
presents
in
China,
where
It.
SUDEN
8.0
feet
they
are
considered
bad
omens