PROVINCIAL LI2PA3I, victoua. 2. c'at 3150 ORLIEG DHUGS Daj Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada'! Most Strategic Pacific Port PHOIIE 81 3 VOL. XXlflY KO On trntlifr rTm.-.n n .. "Prince , ... Rupert, the Key tc . the Great Northwest' ivurini, o. v. v tijr BoJJA Y, JANUARY 25, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS h. . neaf'Keached Comisy "f ".., ii n -.rower mpooim J W CABS l IL- ! ance ; - -. - - - Casey vs. Black Rebels In Withdrawal Vancouver Again Hit Submarine 'Improbable' Power Cut Again - j: Restrictions; Are Doubled Prince Ruitert People Cut Down to Almost Half Time ! VANCOUVEH (P; Vancouver ; is pretty well recovered from' the "worst storm of the winter vhieh heaped snow ten Inches . n ft tt fVin H,l. KODIAK 0 -Sighting of the submarine offKodiak, since dls- credited, was reported Sunday ' .. ...... submarine with the manoeuv-i ers. On the report being received, staUed traffic, confined run- f Aldermen, digs up polnta that They said they were told by the taken over the most M the town areds to the business area down seem very logical until Alder-'Navy to divulge no details Ali a few hours earlier, town unable to get home from man T. B. Black, stands up slow- were Interviewed by high nove. Dutch troPs. regularly garris-Jobs and claimed the life of iy an(i returns a barrage of words officers. oned on Bandoeng, third largest William Stanley McUeod, aged ,nat hushes the chamber Includ- ! Navy winter excerclses are be- city in the United States of In-75, who suffered a heart at-' mg Alderman Casey ' - Ing conducted In North Pacific fionesla,. patrolled the streets to- tack and died despite efforts xiL'JJiJ but official sources did '-lay looking for deserters from hqnlvnw, of inhalator crew at a nearby WhfPPened at Mondays city . . . of th their forces. " .. - fire station - - - '- - ' if " 1-' ' ' - P. 7 I Traffic snarls forced cancel- nuttce of thc presented a latlon of elassfti In all but three report stating that representa-Vancouver district schools ln- tives oI the Northern B. C. Power eluding tne University of Bri-ICo- and thc committee had met tish Columbia. Vancouver and; arid received a submission re-New Westminster schools were ; garding the extension of ' the closed yesterday but reopened j power franchise and revision of ' - - j today. rates. - : ... the Navy immediately clamped The sudden withdrawal of the jti a secrecy ban and sent out guerrillas surprised- U.8.I. offi-planes to search the area. Re- cials as much as the original ac-sults of the search, were not tlou agalnst the city announced except for the state-! . ment of skepticism that it was' Electric Availability People, of Prince Rupert, by compulsory and voluntary curtailment, yesterday met the reduction in light and ' power consumption appealed for bypie Northern British Columbia Power Co. in order to spin out its dlmin- lshlng reserves of energy poten tial in the face of lowering lake water levels and coal piles.. Accordingly Thomas B. Black, general . manager of the company, although, doubling the cut-off periods which had been slapped on previously, expressed ." hope tliat no more would be necessary and they might even be relaxed " " ' " soon. . With present curtailment - of electricity ln effect and if .the jcoal supply la Increased, Prince ! Rupert will be supplied with suf-jflcicnt water and pwer for 'ap-I proximately another month. ' L 10-day supply at coal is on liana to fed the dry dock plant, 'Mr. Black stated this morning and more shipments of the necessary fuel are being made here. -' : , . , , a;!EFS MEET Gen Waid Haislip, second from right, vice - chief of staff of the United greets Canada's chiefs of staff on their arrival' in Washington for defence talks. Air Mar.l W. A. Curtis, Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes, Gen. Haislip and Viee-Adinlral JAKARTA, United States of Tnrinnp.qia P A nrtvnf oiiprrilln armyi whlch had been attack. , the Unlted states of lndQn. esla. left Bandoeng .suddenly on The guerrilla army was led bV Ian outlaw former Dutch of fleer, 1 cant. R. P. P. Westcrline. j j CHRYSLER STRIKE. DETROIT Chrysler workers marched out on strike today after six months ot futile negotiations over a' pension plan. Vnited Automobile Workers (CIO) ordered Its 80,000 Chrysler Corporation members to "hit the bricks'' immediately after negotiations broke off. FATAL PKTKUSPIRO FIRK PETF.RSBl'RG, Alaska " JSnowuall vd a salt water bu- ket brigade failed last night to stem a lire which burned three children to death and destroyed their Indian community home near here. The town's normal water supply is frozen up. FIVE YEARS FOR HJvSS NEW YORK Alger Hiss was today sentenced to five years in federal penitentiary. Sentence was pronounced by Federal Judge Henry Goodard in the courtroom where Hiss was convicted on two perjury counts last Satdrday. Defence counsel said the ease would be appealed. . VANCOUVER STADIUM VANCOUVER City Council last night eyed a whopping bill involved a possible $750,000 but carried through' With plans to have the 1954 British Empire Games staged here. The coun-ril approved a $300,000 Civic Stadium on Little Mountain, sealing 5,000 people. Construction may start July 1. j.U. Its size crisis I . Water level at Falls River is S 6,1 feet. Now receding at 2 feet per day following the drastic cute ' ; in power consumption water can drop , aipt her .6 . leet bejfore the j power from there will be exhausted. - J Fifteen inches of water re-I mains in thc city reservoir which means. Don Stewart, city engin-jecr, stated, that all city homes ) are being supplied excepj, Jor j those with frozen pipes. Thawing i of four hydrants hi the vicinity Murder Charge Is Withdrawn NKW YORK Judge Saul S. Streit Monday ordered charges of j first or soconti degree murder be withdrawn in the t'ial of! Ralph Mward Barrows, accused i of slaying Colin Cameron Mac-. i ,.t thr people Of ;mlti) their d.d-; spi'.o of the ne-i dscrviiiK clec-.n ibn lace ot t he is to say nothing .mniciKT oi the i the Dailv News jKellar, Montreal U-xtlle exeeu-i,l(jon itwr! to a four- live, Nov At It Again In City Council Over Power ' ....... . . I always seems to end in the same manner. Alderman Oeorge Cas"y. firmly opposing an issue nliffwint,.J U. 1 i - J1 ' 1 - 1' vu'icu ineeung wnen. the com- Commenting on his- company's! proposal. Aid. Black stated his ' company is prepared to erect the parit immediately adding ' that j the city cannot rely on "rater " . Tr . . , - ; j As Iar as am concerned." A!d- Black "the council. If j they wish, can nut It before the) PfPle Dut the plant should be completed before the .winter 'of 1931." . ' , . . . ! "Why were these plans not tton lime?" Alderman Casey curi- pusly queried. j ( I "The plans," Alderman Black ai-jrued, "were not drafted In time for the flection." Alder- ' 'Continued on Page Four)' Vancouver Mail , Via Pr. Rupert r Witlr railway lines in , and out of Vancouver paralyzed by snowfall and slides, malls from Vancouver to points' between Prince Oeorge. and Saskatoon arc now moving ; by way of Prince Rupert Five hundred sacks of mall arrived today on the Prince George f rorn '.Van: couver to be transferred to mall cars on which they will.be taken East this evening. - Everything Is moving freely on the Prince Rupert-Jasper line, Superintendent C. A. Ber-ner reported again tills morning, subject only to delays of trains to thc division owing to severe winter weather on the All nnKPrinr and --a - - , yittUKft I"-' freight trains have been moved I smoothly. Last nights train, from the East, late In leaving Jasper, is reported due in here ! at 6 o'clock this evening. ; ! Steel, Timber , ! Decontrolled j I ;' j OTTAWA ff Primary steel ; and timber will . be decontrolled when , current legislation expires March 31, it was learned i-esterdav. It is Understood that the cabinet has decided not to seek renewal of govern - : ment controls on these Uo commodities.' Thus , authority over price and movement IU Return to industry, ana private. f i,o i-f Hmc In elev - ; en years. Rent ' control will continue pending reference to thc Su preme Court of Canada which is , 1,0 be heard between now ano March 31. Basketball PRIOR TO GAME (II) Adults $1.00 Students 50c a- submarine. i On Edge of Storm Drief Check In Cold Snap . Snow Comes But No Substantial Relief From Winter's Icy Grip Vet Seen One of those storms in the Gulf of Alaska, which often brings soft southeast winds and rainfall to Prince Rupert, was passing by this morning but this part of the country appeared to be ouh tm the dge-of 41 acd in splte of snow flurries, the Wea- ther Man had little to offer in j the way Of hope for an appreel- j able amelioration of the long cold snap. Prince Rupert people, meanwhile, facing their power and water crisis, continued their fervent hopes for rain plenty and-soon. , r Local Skies clouded over late last night and It started to snow lightly at 4 a.tn.. two inches having been recorded by 10 a.m. Wind had shifted to southeast, 25 miles an hour, but, according to the forecast, it was to veer to east, 25 miles, this afternoon with cloud and snow flurries, clearing again tonight. A northerly gale warning was issued for Queen Charlotte Islands. Lowest official thermometer reading of the night was 12 above at 10 p.m. By 4 a.m. it had risen to 15 above and at 10 a.m. It was 19 above a long way to go yet .... . , before the grip of the cold spell it ( would be loosened. To settle arguments as to tlie duration of the cold spell which started before Christmas, some figures were obtained this morning from the Dominion meteor-! ologlst as to precipitation during t,ne intervening lime winen rcwi brought only ineffectual inter-i ruptions. Last snow- before to- j day was a few flakes, almost j unnoticed, on January 18, one; and a half Inches on January 0 j and three inches January 3 j which started with one tenth of j an Inch nf rnln That me:ins that ! Prince Rupert na naci but .0 of j ,,.,. .., liri.ciuitaHon so far -, ln jamuu.y last yeur i mc,les induclcct i m 1Q t mches ( if Scouts, Cubs See Pictures 5. 1948. '" , , . ,, , , - The udee ruled that (he Mate j had failed to prove a felony mur-jder or an InU-nt to kill in their ifii'fc against the. 20-ycar old oTZmi Rapids, Mh h.. youth j Judge Ktreit left for the Jury only consideration of immslaugh- ' tr in t lie first or second degree. i The wealthy MonUeiiUr was 'lmiiHi dead in his Canadian Club !. suite on the 19th floor of the jWuklorr-Astoria by a cleaning maid. ...-.i By midnignc the storm hadj moved into the bck-ueucred Fraser Valley where the cold snap had brought relic! from ; ,1 , , i on Railway traffic is hopelessly paralyzed. Canadian Pacific moved trains no further than Calgary, Kamloops and Pentic-. ton rwHiM in r- ii. r-on. dian National mainline trains, are eomlg only as far west as ' Edmoton with, a local from there to Jasper and Kamloops. j Title Bout- ' j I Maxim Wins I i From Mills 1 : ; LONDON 0 -Handsome Joey Maxim of Cleveland took back thc world's light heavyweight boxing championship to . the United States , last night by knocking, out' thc title-holder Freddie Mills of Great Britain in the tenth of fifteen sched uled rounds, at Earl's Court Arena here.' . , Mills went down for the count of eight and' then came up but could not remain on his lect. I ', Health Precaution Boil Water, Urges MHO , , , . , ... . In the interests of the public , , , health and as a precaution , against the possible outbreak ,i of r disease, r,. Dr. J. , McC. Black, medi cal health officer here, issued u .strong rccommeudatlon today that all water obtained by householders other than through the ordinary faucets should be thor- oufchly boiled before u.ing ;Tlus is important as far as adults are concerned but much more so for children." Pr. Black said: Dr. Black's warning comes as tlie city started, since yesterday afternoon. . delivering water by truck und can to people living in the higher parts of the city, where . pressure is poor owing to tlie low reservoir, and to others who have been cut off from water supply by frozen plpes. Other devious means,, by which con tamination might ' bo caused h(lV0 inciuiei tnc use of hoses, calTying in cans and barrels etc. TRAIL HOTEL BURNS TRAIL The Palace Hotel here was damaged beyond repair by fire which broke out in a lwM.ii counter on thc ground floor. Thirty guests csvaped In twelve below temperature. DAVID mn Mav. Tlie ehatige ffintpecteUly und Ir.wiicil the ru.h-! the paper null of -page paper which 'naajy earned in resort to the whenever pof-Mble crtsii although, of t cannot he evcrv N'1 ha. by its Mills, been utile Wiisiunptim) by nt. AL TIDES failure ,. ...... 6:40 18.0 l'J.2S) ii ifi.m 0.04 ii!) feet 13:37 5 feet Vvifli.mu! (lllllim lUU inai i CP. Photo) Gold Beats erne Boats 0M-rationst Given l' in Oik , Itun tt Kddye Pass t.'ntil Weather Ameliorate I Haying mutually agreed to tie tut iiittl! tlwrt iftt hnitn 'jniiillm- m )he cykl wcathcr coudi. lions which wen? rendering oper- afions almost Impossible anyway, , i(,..shr,:llhf!l Minbl)lll!4 of the herring fleet put into Prince Rupert Tuesday and released crews of several hundred men for i an en forced shore leave. ' t 1he chill-laden north wind had been sweeping down on tho fleet which was operating at Eddye Pass, not far outside of 1 1 Prince Rupert Harbor where large run had developed in re- . , , , , , , , cent days and to which the fleet. , , " . , , had moved from more remote , , , , . . , , . Surf Inlet. Seining had become 'nich impossible with the waU-r )r t.... !.. II... ..tttt'l.tlt., ttr.tL 1H l.lll(5 in UK uiimuu .-. 1 At the nearby Nelson Bros. Ltd. reduction plant, at Port Edward there was difficulty In getting lwi flfh mif ftfth hnli! n'in the cold. Nevertheless, 5000 tons of herring was landed then: since the week-end to be run through the plant as fertiliser. and oil. ! Smuts i For Power CAPETOWN CP Opposition launched an offensive yester day to unseal South Africa's Leader Jan Christian Smuts Nationalist-led Coalition gov- eminent. It was the lirst heavy attack since Smut's United Party was defeated in the May( 1948 general election. j Smuts, former Prime Minister, charged tlie government with steering the country to-, wards the rocks. rnilSE OF had nic' round of fert'ualed that Barrows MneKeiiar durinii a drinking and went to the Munis trealer's suite for another drink TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy 8. D, Johnston Co Ltd.) lie Citizens ol Prince Rupert w ntri.iiimrnt of power is neeessary ana uie w Iwlule is effective as from this morning at 9:00 a.m. of Third and Second Avenues is underway with anti-freeze, rocit coal and steam. , - ' , , , Loss of water at Shawatlans lias been reduced to 2.5 inches and at Falls River, 3.5 Inches. It is hoped both location's ian oe stabilized sooil. Starting today power -is being cut off in various parts of the city for an aggregate of nine to eleven hours hi staggered periods during the day and night Those depending on electricity for the carrying on of business or for industrial or domestic purposes., .were accepting the situation philosophically and plan-(Contlnued on Page Four) Beattle - ... .53 , Beveourt , i,,.-28 Bobjo k .12 . Buffalo Canadian ...... .09 Con. Smelters 100.50 Conwest i. ...... 1.10 Eldona ,, .-36 . East Sullivan 4.55 Giant VKnife $.25 ' God's Lake ..; -34 ; Ilardrock .'....vt t i Harricana .07 Heva '."'".Ofi Kosco in.09'i Jaeknlle .05 Joliet Quebec ,U .. .70 Lake Rowan ; .05 Lsipaska ,, ,,04 Little Long Lac ;.46Mi Ionix ' "43 ", Miidscn Red Lake ...,"2.90 MeLeod Cpckslrutt 2.41 ' MicKeiwie Red Lake v. .53 ; 1.48 - Negus .....;.....,. Moncla J4 Noranda ... 66.50 Louvtcourt ,, .16 Pickle Crow ,1.77 Regcourt ,', M San Antonio " 3.U5 Senator Ro'uyn 31 Sherrit Gordon 1-99 ' Steep Rock 2.77 Sturgeon River .:' .21' Silver Miller , - .48 Upper Canada ..' '3.10 I'll be off between the times given below: ,. : . 8:15 a m. to 11:15 " 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Midnight to 3:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. to :' " ,;'!' iMWr.h u St., vie 'i'1'1' ''iilll.ispital circuit) 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ls:; Vilu ii fur the 4th, 5th & SUi Ave. (Present Ilos-twit effective whenever an emergency line is cl t0 ihe Hospital Completion expected this afler- Vancouver Bayonne -03 Vi Bralome 8-50 B R Con 02 '2 B R XX OS Cariboo QuarU 11.35 Hedlcy Mascot , 55 Pacific Eastern 05 Pioneer - - 3.15 Premier Border , 03 Yt Privateer '12 Reeves McDonald 2.45 Brno -OS3, . Sheep Creek 1.15 SUbak Premier .38 Taku River lHs Vunanda 12 Salmon Gold .!..-..... 08 Spud Valley 05 Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.35 A P Con Atlantic 1.45 Calinont -52 C & E 7.50 Central Leduc 1.35 Home Oil 13 00 Mercury - -10 Okalta : l-9! Padflc Pete -45 Princess 38 Royal Canadian -06 Royalite 9-50 Toronto Athona uBVa Aumaque ' ,lh' litl' & !lth Ave, Sllmit Ave "l Will,. 9:00 a.m. to H: " 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Ml" 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. 9:00 a m. to 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Midnight to 2:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. to 0:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. lo U:0 ' 1:00 p.m. lo 4:00 p.m. irr"Nl, Scctiou 2 CIVIC CENTRE MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 30th & 31st '. . Prclitpinary 7:30 p m-. . Main Event 8:30 p.m. Reserved Seals $1.50 and $1.25 Rush Seals $1.00 : Scout training films were shown to 18a cubs and scouts of i Prince Rupert over the week-end. In addition to tho scout pictures, j forestry films were screened by W. N. Campbell of tlie provincial j forestry service. The two iilms ; were first shown in the Calholk; , Hall Friday to 10U boys. Eigl.ty i five scouts and cubs viewed the ; picfures In "tho Conrad Street: school Monday. F. E. Anf ield, , district conimisioner for Boy j Scouts was In charge "MC'ovc Bridge 4l" Utl, Ave. 'ALL RESERVATIONS TO BE CLAIMED 48 HRS. 9:00 p.m, to 2:00 a.m. NOin illllfN It. C. POWKll CO., LTI. per T. B. Black Students' Matinee Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. I i I