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143.
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RUPERT
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r.
TTTEKnAV
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9n
iom
mrnv
vivv.
tontr
AftS
uicky
-jEscapfi
From
Fir
Flaming
Logging
Boat
Nora
Jane
Abandoned;
New
Type
Fish
Reefers
!o
Be
Tested
in
Experimental
Trip
A
joint
C.P.R-C.N.R.
National
Research
Council
team
starts
work
today
in
aii
effort
to
improve'
refrigerated
fish
shipping
methods.
The
experiments
are
in
connection
with
Fisheries
Minister
Mayhew's
eight
point
program
to
increase
consumption
of
fish
and
improve
its
marketing
condition.
Artir?
for
the
C.P.R.
are
P.
E.
.;-
Captain,
Crew
Saved
IV
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lost
"
j
Powell
River
service
boat
Nora
Jane.
I
RESCUED
J
Captain
G.
McKcnzie,
Mate
Francis
Macdonncll,
!
Chief
Engineer
W.
R.
McKinnon,
Second
Engineer
iO.
Nocente,
Seaman
Frank
Schwan,
Cook
William
j
Cooper.
Due
Here
Sunday
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U.S.S.
SHIELDS
FIRST
SEA
SHIPMENT
MONTREAL
The
first
shin-load
of
British
Columbia
lumber
to
reach
Montreal
hy
watr
since
pre-war
Vlays
was
un-loaded
here
today.
Shlvi'iT?:
men
said
it
was
yheaper
to
send
the
5,000
000
feet'
of
B.C.
fir
by
water
than
by
rail.
WIPES
OUT
FAMILY
LEIGH,
Neb.
Mrs.
Henry
F.
Bahns,
48,
and
three
children
Eldon,
20,
Ardith,
14,
and
Helen,
8,
were
found
dctd
in
their
beds
in
a
blood
spattered
farm
house
near
here
Monday.
The
body
of
the
father,
4D,
was
hauled
from
an
abandoned
well.
Police
said
"everything
points
to
a
quadruple
murder
a.-1
suicide
by
Mr.
Bahns."
Brougham,
chief
superintendent
of
perishable
traffic,
Montreal;
G.
F.
Morrison,
superintendent
of
perishable
traffic,
western
llvision,
Winnipeg,
and
M.
;:
hon
memanical
engineer.
.Montreal.
For
the
C.N.R.
are
J.
.
Townshcnd,
general
super-itendent
ol
perishable
traffic,
ii
treat;
D.
McVeigh,
super-.ntendent
of
perishable
traifi".,
viiiripe..
For
the
Nitional
Res'
;
h
Council
is
OUo
Younr;,
resident
enineiu,
Pacili;
fisli-Vancouver.
.
v
ho
experiments,
Mr.
;
rou;;!iman
told
the
News
yes-.erd-iy,
is
to
reach
zero
tempera
A
sudden
explosion
and
fire
aboard
the
Powell
River
Co.
service
boat
Nora
Jane
Monday
afternoon
forced
the
crew
of
six
to
leap
into
rough
Hecate
Strait
seas,
about
40
miles
due
west
of
here.
Capt.
G.
McKcnzie
sufferd
bruises
to
his
left
leg,
elbow
and
hip
in
his
leap
for
life
through
the
flaming
pilot
house
,
.
'
window.
The
other
crew
mem-
Theatre
Is
Resuming
Nw
House
at
Third
Avenue
And
FirBt
Street
to
be
Ready
Fall
Construction
of
the
new
$125,-000;
reinforced
concrete
Totem
liili'lre
to
be
erected
by
Famous
Plajrcrs
Canadian
Corporation
at
the?
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
Firfe
Street
will
get
under
way
as
on
as
equipment
and
ruate-
rials
including
90.C03
feet
of
Trying
To
Prove
Need
bers
were
unhurt.
They
had
a
miraculous
escape.
.
The
Vancouver
seamen
were
picked
up
in
a
matter
of
minutes
by
the
Prince
Rupert
troller
Sandy
S.,
Capt.
A.
Sandhals,
which
trailed
about
200
feet
be
rouh
lumber
from
Little,
Haug-
lantl
Si
Ker
of
Terrace,
for
the
tures
in
refrigeration
cars
dur-
ing
shipment.
Two
types
of
car3
will
leave
here
Thursday
fcr
.Viontre-il,
accompanied
by
a
check
car.
One
of
the
cars
will
be
a
mechanical
unit,
the
Cher
Grits
Win
And
Lose
forms,
have
arrived.
J.
P.
Knox,
superintendent
of
construction
for
the
contractors,
Dawson
&
Hall,
arrived
in
the
city
Of
Housing
How
to
prove-
to
government
the
need
for
additional
housing,
of
which
every
one
seemed
awiire
was
the
problem
that
con-
by
car
last
we-'K
from
Vancouver
hind
the
blazing
craft.
"We
havo
great
admiration
for
him,"
said
the
crew.
The
blast
occurred
at
2.55
p
m.
and
in
less
than
.
15
minutes
the
entire
deck
of
the
60
ton,
G6-foot
vessel
was
ablaze.
Crew
members
compared
the
lire
to
that
of
a
blast
furnace.
Cause
of
the
ex
Call
for
local
carpenters
to
be
OTTAWA
Q)
The
Liberal
government
yesterday
retained
twG
seats
in
three
federal
by-elections.
Progressive-Conservatives
won
the
third.
used
on
the
job
is
being
made.
The
new
theatre
is
to
be
com
a
new
overhead
ice
tank
type.
)nc
ol
the
chitf
worries
of
re-'
Lrigeiation
men,
Mr.
Brougham
taid,
is
to
maintain
even
tem-pen
lures'
throu0hout
the
car
and
throujh
different
climatic
.ondiLions
on
the
trip.
A
similar
joint
experiment,
was
run
last
winter
with
canned
trodted
a
meeting
last
-night
of
pleted
by
the
latter
part
of
Oc-
the
city
council
housing
com
!x)bcr
or
November
mittee
with
representatives
of.
Mr.
Knox
is
no
stranger
to
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
here
a
Liberal
Leon
D.
Crestohl
won
in
the
Montreal-Cart
ier
four-
plosion
Is
not
known.
;
Elderly,
white
haired
Chief
Engineer
W,
R.
MacKinnon
was
trapped
in
thu
engine
room
,as
the
blast
shook
the
vessel.
"
AU
sealed
doors
except
the
entrance
.ne
Chamber
of
Commerce,
'ri'adss
and
Labor
Council,
Prinze
Rupert
Credit
Union,
and
J.
D.
Aciiie,
I.L,A..
.
few
years
ago,
with
Carter-Halls
1
and
Aldlnger,
on
the
building
of
man
fight,
and
Samuel
Balcom,
aother
member
of
the
party,
won
over
two
opponents
in
-Halifax.
fruits.
Only
that
time
the
object
j
'
was
to
keep
temperatures
up
to
bO
degrees
to
prevent
freezing.
I
j
hat
was
run
oyer
C.P.R.
linrs
.4
the
igrfiin
elevator.
out
of
Vancouver.
-.They
hope,
!
Nowlan
won
back
the
0?&x,
nv.
open.
An
obstacle
wedged
asainst
the
engine
room
hatch.
"
Second
En-Tiner
O.
Nocente
rushed
to
the
aid
of
the
trapped
crew
member
and
removed
the
obstacle,
-m-'mm
he
said,
to
find
a
type
of
carl
that
will
serve
both
purposes,
j
Mr:
Brougham
said
there
was!
some
talk
that
.Mr.
Young1
Aould
be
called
upon
by
tlie
tiver.'
People
had
beeri
aXtef
the
Dominion,,
government
to
'
do
something
-about
the
shortage
and
municipalities
had
been
after
the
provincial
government.
When
both
governments
had
got
together
to
fom
the
present
plan,
he
said,
'the
public
would
ucparimtnc
oi
isneries
tor
a-new
technicaf
department
when
.ne
party
arrives
in
the
east.
U.SS.
NICKEL
Arms
Ship
Is
Exploded
Seventy-three
Crew
Members
Missing
and
Feared
Lost
SUEZ,
Egypt
W
The
British
freighter
Indian
Enterprise
exploded
and
sank
ln
the
Red
Sea
last
night
and
72
crew
members
of
the
73
are
missing,
agents
for
the
vessel
announced.
The
blast
tore
the
ship,
which
was
carrying
580
tons
of
explosives,
apart
300
not
get
'together
to
show
that
they
wanted
something
done
held
before
the
1949
general
election
and
appeared
to
have
lost
by
five
votes
last
year.
The
result
in
the
Nova
Scotia
riding
was
declared
void
because
some
"servicemen
in
the
riding
at
the
time
voted
when
not
eligible
under
th
Elections
Act.
Standings
ln
the
Houso
of
Commons
now,
without
vacancies,
is:
'
-
'
Liberal
,188
Progressive-Conservatives
43
C.C.F.
13
Social
Credit
10
Independent
Liberals
.3
'
Total
262
American
Destroyers
and
Three
Federal
Vote
Given
Indians
The
vessel
vas
travelling,
light
to
Juskatla
from
Powel
River,-
It
was
destined
to
pick
up
a
scow.
It
left
the
paper
town
Saturday.
The
men,
unshaven,
weary
and
barefooted,
related
the
Captain's'
escape
from
the
pilot
house.
Sipping
at
hot
coffee
in
another
company.
craft,,
the,
"J.
S.
Foley"
from
Vancouver,
they
reddled
how
the
Captain
had
taken
over
from
Mate
Francis
MacDonnell
and
remained
until
he
was
sr-
about
it-
The
municipality
had
nothing
concrete
to
show
the
province
and
the
province
had
nothing
concrete
to
show
'
the
Dominion
government
as
to
the
actual
need
for
houses
in
Prince
Rupert.
Yet,
he
said,
the
seller-of
a
$7,000
home"
recently
had
received
20
applications
to
purchase.
Only
35
filled
ln
questionnaires
had
been
received
by
the
city.
The
meeting
decided
to
canvass
real
"estate
agencies
in
the
OTTAWA,
(Special
to
Daily
miles
south
of
here.
..
Hundred
Reservists
Due
Sunday
Two
U.S.
Navy
destroyers
bearing
three
hundred
reserve
enlisted
men
and
more
than
fifty
officer
reserves
will
arrive
in
Prince
Rupert
next
Sunday
on
an
annual
training
duty
cruise.
The
ships
are
the
2100-ton
destroyer
"Shields"
and
the
destroyer
escort
"Nickel.
Commander
James
L.
Foley,
USN,
is
coin-
news
ine
uct
to
amena
tne
i
l'K
'
-7,'
Dominion
Elections
Act
was
passed
yesterday
by
the
House
of
Commons.
It
extends
the
Dominion,
franchise
to
Indians
residents
on
reservations
provided
they
waive
exemption
from
personal
property
taxation.
,
rounded
by
scorching
flames.
No
I
other
exit
available,
he
squeezed
through
the
window,
was
wedged
'
j
for
a
short
period
as
.-leaping
I
flames
licked
at
his
body.
Ho
j
finally
pushed,
through,
landing
Fraser
Threatens
1,500
Acres
At
Harrison
Mills
and
ana
mandinK
the
"Shields"
city
to
obtain
the
number
listed
as
wanting
to
buy
or
rent.
It
was
TODAY'S
.
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co
Ltd.)
Vancouver
;
also
decided
to
leave
application
heavily
on
deck.
Three
large
and
eight
smaller
fire
extinguishers
were
useless
in
fighting
the
"blow
torch"
;
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
About
1,500
acres
at.
K
a
Harrison
Mills
was
threatened
by
high
I
rastr
River
tne
city
Han
to
be
mied
in
by
nlso
ln
overall
tactical
command
ot
che
training
force.
Lt.
Comdr.
Robert
Weir,
USNR,
is
commanding
the
"Nickel."
Both
officers
wear
decorations
for
their
extensive
war
services
in
Atlantic
and
Pacific
theatres.
watpro
tnrlav
n
t.hfl
flnnrl
Fate
nine
anneared
to
be:
a"
seeking
housing
"
.
i,
,
j.-i
uVu:
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thain
offered
The
provision
for
the
Indians'
was
attacked
by
the
Opposition
because
it
did
not
extend
voting
privileges
while
preserving
tax
exemptions.
They
would
have
given
the
vote
to
all
Indians
regardless.
E.
T.
Applewhaite
defended
'
the
measure,
pointing
out
that
'
the
effort
to
raise
the
Indian
to
''WANDER
FOLEY
to
write
an
official
of
the
plan's
(Continued
on
page
6)
collapsing,
out
eisewnere
uiK.es
are
nuiuuig
aumj
with
only
little
seepage
at
some
pressure
points.
An
appeal
for
all
to
help
was
lion
And
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
"
Slightly
cooler
temperatures
are
in
store
for
today
along
the
coast
and
Inland
as
far
as
the
sent
out
as
men
and
machinei
poured
sandbags
and
rock
into
the
threatened
spot.
At
least
five
feet
of
water,
backed
up
from
the
Harrison
River,
may
pour
in,
cutting
the
Lougheed
highway.
In
Ottawa
today.
Trade
Min-
lots
Draw
Bayonne
-
-
-03
Bralorne
7.50
B.
R.
Con
.,
03
B.
R.
X
05Vi
Carlbpo
Quartz
115
Congress
'i0
Hedlry
Mascot
30
Pacific
Eastern
05
Pend
Oreille
6
80
Pioneer
-
310
Premier
Bord'r
:
03
'.4
Privateer
-',
-16
Reeves
McDonald
3.10
Sheep
Creek
US
Silbak
Premier
,
-34
Taku
River
-10
Silver
Standard
-
1.75
Oils-
The
ships,
which
with
tne;
exception
of
Commander
Foley!
are
entirely
manned
and
directed
by
Naval
Reservists,
come
from
base
in
San
Francisco.
They
are
visiting
Juneau
and
Taku
Glacier
this
week
before
j
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
for
their
one-day
call.
The
US3
'Shields"
is
a
Fletcher
class
destroyer
carrying
five
5-'
inch
guns
and
numerous
antiaircraft
guns.
She
was
launched
at
the
Pugct
Sound
Navy
Yard,
niemerton.
on
December
4,
1944,
LAST
OVERBOARD
Seamah
F.
Schwan
and
Mte
Macdonnell
were
the
last
crew
members
to
abandon
the
vessel.
They
attemptd
to
lower
a
skiff
but,
as
the
small
boat
was
located
over
the
origin
of
the
blast,
it
rapidly
caught
fire.
In
th
"
ensuing
rush,
Second
Engineer
Nocente
leapod
overboard
followed
by
Cook
William
Coopef,,
The
skipper
and
chief
engineer,
thinkln?
all
members
were
over,
leaped
Into
the
water.
But
at
the
stern
were
Macdonnell
and
Schwan.
They
reached
the
heavy
lifeboats
by
crawling
full
equality
with
the
whita
Canadian,
Involved
the
Indians
accepting
the
responsibilities
as
well
as
the
privileges
of
citizen
ship
and
that
the
vote
itself
would
have
little
value
unless
the
responsibilities
were
also
accepted
.
h1
and
Moton
Draw
Baseball
Scores
National
New
York
5,
Brooklyn
8
Pittsburgh
1,
Boston
0
Cincinnati-Philadelphia
postponed
American
Washington
3,
Chicago
4
,
Don
Ritchie
of
Pacific
Stevedoring
left
aboard
the
Coqiiit-lam
'today
on
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
Cariboo
and
Prince
George
areas.
Pfil
(ioal
(i.ves
This
Is
being
caused
by
a
movement
of
air
from
the
Tacific
which
is
also
causing
some
variable
cloudiness
but
little
or
no
rain.
The
southern
interior
will
remain
very
warm
with
only
a
l."ler
Howe
toid
the
Commons
his
information
via
telephone
from
B.C.
was
that
all
dikes
were
holding.
He
said
he
believed
the
Fraser
had
reached
its
peak
for
the
year
and
only
some
leakage
had
occurred.
The
level
at
Mission
today
at,
8
a.m.
was
24.19,
an
increase
of
.25
feet
since
yesterday
morning.
ris
An
Uvcn
Break
a
hard-fought
footbntt
ovening
In
the
North
'"Petition
the
Canadian
'
drr
once
again
with
"neral
Motors,
the
final
H
one
goal
each.
Thes
"ave
met
thrcP
times
this
1(1
have
drawn
each
tim
slight
increase
in
clouds.
So
far
j
this
month
Vancouver
Island
and
,
Anglo
Canadian
570
.55
A.
P.
Con
Mr.
Applewhaite
said
it
was
not
fair
to
the
Indians
to
assume
that
they
wished
to
take
every
right
and
not
accept
the
duties
of
Canadians.
,
In
reply
to
a
suggestion
that
he
government
was
holdins;
a
large
proportion
of
the
population
in
a
position
where
it
had
no
voice
in
the
country's
affairs.
Mr.
Applewhaite
stated
that
every
Indian
was
now
offered
a
voice
The
disastrous
flood
of
1948
leached
a
24.7
feet.
-mis
were
mad
ln
t)ie
'
for
Purser
and
was
named
Thomas
Shields,
a
Navy
hero
of
the
War
of
1812.
She
saw
action
in
support
of
Australian
landings
on
Brunei
Bay
in
the
summer
of
1945
and
fulfilled
subsequent
duties
in
waters
off
the
Philippine
Islands
that
same
year.
The
Shields
now
operates
ln
the
alt.
along
side
the
vessel
and
attempted
to
drop
one,
but
their
effort
was'futile.
Every
process
they
employed
in
trying
to
swing
the
14
foot
lifeboat
failed.
"Just
try
dropping
one
of
thoie
heavy
thinps
in
a
pitching
boat
in
high
s;as,"
said
Macdonnell.
(Continued
page
(?)
the
Lower
Fraser
Valley
have
only
reported
a
trace
of
rain,
whereas
the
normal
rainfall
for
June
ranges
from
one
inch
at
,
Victoria
to
two
and
three
quarter
i
Inches
at
AbboUsford.
There
Is
j
no
sign
of
a
break
ln
this
drought
for
the
next
few
days.
I
Halibut
Sales
3.80
.81
3.10
1.0R
1650
.16
2.
CO
6.fl
.71
.10
12.85
eena
Ri
Atlantic
i
Calmont
C.
&'E
Central
Leduc
Home
Oil
Mercury
'
Okalta
Pacific
Pete
...
Princess
Royal
Canadian
...
Royalite
-
iver
American
Grant,
50,000,
25.7c,
25.1c,
Atllu.
Seattle,
32,000,
25.5c,
25c
and
ln
public
affairs
and
the
new
Act
was,
in
fact,
a
great
forward
stride.
Naval
Reserve
training
program
and
is
assigned
to
the
Alameda,
California,
resorve.
Salt
Lake
Ferry
SCHEDULE,
Leave
Cow
Bay
Floats
Dally
12
noon
2:15
p.m.
4:30
p
in.
,
7:00
p.m.
'
7:35
p.m.
Sunday
Continuous
Service
Starting
1
1
a.m
Lost
Boat
Leaves
Salt
Lakes
10:00
p.m.
21c.
Storaee.
Forecast
Pping
Canadian
I
North
Coast
Reuion
Mostly
'
The
"Nickel,"
named
ln
honor
Kodiak,
39,000,
27.6c,
27c
and.c'oudy
today
and
Wednesday.
A
'
Won
Over
of
Marine
Corps
Private
Thomas;
F
Nickel,
who
died
heroically
In
,
the
South
Pacific
in
1942,
was
launched
in
early
1944
at
Hing-
f
ham,
Mass.,
and
ordered
im-
Tonight's
train
from
the
East
scheduled
to
arrive
here
at
11:15
Wednesday,
June
21,
1950
JVPY
TRIES
SVICIDE
HOLLYWOOD
Judy
Garland,
Movie
songstress,
cut
her
throat
in
a
fit
of
anguish,
her
studio
disclosed
today.'
The
wound
is
not
serious,
and
no
stitches
were
taken.
32c,
Atlln.
.
!
few
sunny
Intervals
m
the
auer-
Dolllna
II,
53,000,
27.6c,
27c
and
noons.
Extensive
sea
fog
over
j
22c,
Storage.
'
!
the
water.
Little
change
in
tem-
I
Ispaco,
40,000,
27.7c,
27c
and
perature.
Light
westerly
winds,
j
22c.
Booth.
-
.Lows
tonight
and
highs
trnnor-
!
Teeny
Mllly,
28,000,
27.6c,
27c
row
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
u
three
and
a
half
hours
High
H-n
RiVer
is
dropping.
y
Pfficlals.
reported
today
aH
points
water
has
recast
two
Inches.
Colder
s
"loved
int.n
tViB
rinr-rer
p.m
mediately
to
Atlantic
convoy
,
arrWe
at
2:45
a
m
j
.
.
.
..
tv,.
"MtcWpl"
later
car-
"
4:43
17:50
11:22
23:46
18.2
feet
17.8
feet
4.3
feet.
8.1
feet
Low
delay
is
caused
..
.
.
j
k.tiiu
tnr
tw
tomorrow.
Tne
Phan:
Green
3!1
Black
923
H
fear
of
a
major
t:0Di
I
and
Prince
Rupert,
5
Oand
60.
and
22c.
Pacific.
ucipaieci
i
"
Marianas
and
Ryukyus
islands.
by
late
connections
at.
Jasper.
a
Diminish
ing,