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81
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
97.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
26,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
MAS
DOU
Bli
VICTORY
TOR
GOVE
Stage
New
Atom
May
luouDie
lion;
1
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In
Pacific
Ocean
Vtl&WU
victory;
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An
Extra
Sc
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On
Kniwctok
l'rocceding
j
Dongas
II.
Cornell
STILL
NO
TRACE
VANCOUVER
Six
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
today
continued
the
search
for
a
light
plane
missing
on
a
flight
from
Trail
to
Vancouver
with
two
men
on
board.
A
helicop
IhIXGTON
(CP)
Indications
of
another
Five
Vote
Margin-Close
Election
In
Scotland.
''.
LONDON
(CP)
leapons
test
this
summer
seems
to
be
in
the
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.it
is
true
literally,
because
irom
April
until
ter
is
standing
by
at
Princeton
ugust,
prevailing
wincis
at
tne
testing
ready
for
use
in
case
the
Britain's
L
a
b
o
r
goveni-
scarch
shouid
be
localized.
4.
i
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i
mpnr.
wnn
iron
rritifi;l
foct
j
at
Eniwetok
Atoli,
tar
out
in
the
racuic,
a
favorable
westerly
direction.
An
easterly
UNION
LEAUc.it
ARRESTED
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!
1
by
a
slim
five-vote
margin
radioactive
push
today,
averting
a
Parlia-
Apartment
Is
Blown
Up
Suburban
Structure
in
Seattle
Destroyed
Today
j
'
SEATTLE
An
explosion
wrecked
a
four-storey
apartment1
building
just
out
of
downtown
Seattle
today.
There
were
no
known
fatalities
and
the
number
of
occupants
was
not
reported.
At
least
twelve
persons
were
sent
to
hospital.
A
boiler
explosion
in
the
basement
was
the
cause.
The
sharp
jolt
rocked
the
34-unit
Linnea
Court
area
about
j
2:25
a.m.,
jarring
neighbors
from
"
their
sleep
in
several
blocks
around.
The
building
did
not
burn.
,
'
i
"It
looked
like
a
500-pound
bomb
had
dropped
through
the
roof
and
exploded,"
one
witness
said.
First
two
fioors
of
the
apartment
dropped
into
the
basement
when
the
blast
destroyed
supports.
!
Windows
were
biown
Into
ad-
i
1
jacent
streets.
j
j
Several
persons
were
trapped
;
on
upper
floors
when
the
rear
ol
the
two-year-old
building
collapsed.
All
were,
however,
pre-
j
sumed
rescued.
Cause
of
the
biast
was
at
first
not
known
and
firemen
reported
strong
smell
of
illuminating
gas
throughout
the
structure.
Later
a
boiler
explosion
was
announced
,s
Hawaii.
Therefor
j
astobe
(lie
best
timq
Quotas
Same
As
Last
Year
Iperimcnts.
VANCOUVER
John
C.
Forbes
secretary
of
the
Woodworkers'
Industrial
Union
of
Canada,
was
arrested
today
on
a
downtown
street.
The
arrest
was
ordered
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
Man-son
last
week
when
Forbes
was
found
guilty
of
conirmnt
nf
mentary
d
e
f
e
a
t;
s,ca
.
,
t
would
have
forced
it.
sib
resignVwr".
In
quick
sue'ce.sjion,
LaJor
mus,-t'T
ered
304
votes
to
299
for
the
cooii
1
bined
opposition.
J
.
;
a
hydrogen
boml)
,,dy
fur
a
lest
in
the
nths.
along
with
lm-
The
first
vote
was
on
the
guv-
h,ic
bumbs,
i.s
a
mat-
Halibut
quotas
in
North
Pacific
f
i;
hing
grounds
will
remain
at
court
for
withholding
$11,000
or-
ernment's
proposed
increase
in
ulaiwn.
There
have
dered
payable
to
the
Interna
the
gasoline
tax
from
nine
pence
5,000,000
pounds,
the
same
as
last-
Iflcd
conjectures
that
tional
Woodworkers
of
Atncri
ca
(CIO).
bent
ulready
may
me
hydrogen
bumb
b.;nor
way.
ROYAL
ANNIVERSARY
LONDON
The
King
and
the
Queen
celebrated
their
27th
NEVER
SEEN
ANYTHING
LIKE
IT-These
dogs
are
full
sisters
bat
there
is
two
years'
difference
In
their
ages.
Both
Tiny,
2'2
years
old,
left
and
five-month-old
Baby
were
born
with
one
front
leg
missing.
Otherwise
the
animals,
a
cross
bet
ween
pomeranian
and
a
fox
terrier,
are
normal.
Their
owner,
Dolores
Bernard
of
Windsor,
Ont.,
holding
them,
says
they
can
romp
as
well
as
any
other
dog.
Veterinary
Dr.
T.
H.
Boyd
says
they
are
the
first
three-legged
dogs
he
has
ever
seen.
(CP
Photo)
year,
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
announced
yesterday.
Tire
1950"
season
opens
at
12.01
u.m.
Monday.
Quotas
are:
Area
3
(Cape
Spencer
westward
to
Cape
Sarlchef
on
Unimak
Island!
28,000,000
pounds.
Area
2
(between
Willapa
Harbor
and
Cape
Spencer,
Alaska)
25,500,000
pounds.
atomic
experts
have
d
take
at
least
a
year
.
velop
H-bombs.
And
,en
suggested
we
may
(10.5c)
to
a
shilling
and
a
half
(21c).
.
;
,
The
second
supported
the
gov-i
ernment's
proposed
33V'
percent
purchase
tax
on
trucks.
J'
I
It
was
Prime
Minister
Attlee's
narrowest
escape
so
far
in
the
new
House
of
Commons
which
was
elected
February
23.
.
Although
handicapped
by
illness
in
the
ranks,
government
forces
won
through
over
the
combined
opposition
of
Winston
wedding
anniversary
today.
The
Royal
couple
returned
yesterday
to
Buckingham
Palace
from
their
loiige
at
Windsor
near
London.
kd
in
perfecting
one.
e
factor
of
favorable
s
lime
of
J
car,
there
Lgns
that
an
atomic
Red
Purge
In
Czechoslovakia
as
the
cause.
INDONESIAN
REVOLT
JAKARTA,
Indonesia
A
new
revolt
against
the
Central
Indonesian
government
was
reported
today
to
have
broken
coming
hp
at
Eni-
.entionmg
dates,
the
es
Atomic
Energy
Churchill's
Conservatives
and,
the
Liberal
party.
The
victory
In
the
House
coincided
with
another
closed
for
Spending
To
Be
Investigated
Red
River
Is
r.
and
defence
depart
out
in
tb
slate
of
East
Indo
.'Labor
when
the
government
nesia.
Reliable
neutral
sources
upped
its
overall
margin
In
the
ed
President
Truman
Vancouver
and
Medicine
Hat
See
Strange
Aerial
Objects
VANCOUVER
The
superintendent
of
operations
at
Vancouver
airport
reports
having
seen
at
4
o'clock
yesterday
afternoon
-
an
object,
shaped
like
an
ice
cream
cone
and
which
he
belioved
to
be
about
150
feet
king,
flash
Into
the
sky
from
the
west
at
an
estmiated
altitude
of
2500
feet.
It
passed
over
at
great
speed.
Many
Vancouver
citizens
reported
seeing
what
they
believed
to
be
"flying
saucers."
At
Medicine
Hat,
Alberta,
at
midnight
a
"v-shaped
object"
was
reported
seen
a
great
distance
from
the
earth
on
the
bright
and
clear
night
moving
rapidly
overhead.
Suddenly,
it
veered
upward
and
disappeared
into
the
heavens.
j
said
separatists
on
the
island
House
to
eight
votes
with
election
'
f
rt
Ambon,
traditional
capital
of
j
of
a
Laborite
in
Scotland.
The
the
Aloluccan
Islands
bad
pro-
I
victory,
however,
did
not
come
in
Changeable
!
PRAGUE
(B
Purge
of
the
j
Czech
government
of
any
sympathizers
with
the
,
western
powers
continues
with
a
cabinet
shake-up
coming
in
the
midst
of
widespread
trials
of
alleged
'
spies
and
saboteurs.
During
the
'
week-end
47
persons
were-,
tried
and
the
state
courts
are
trying'
another
eighteen.
,1
jer
that
they
were
new
series
of
tests,
ar,
there
have
been
:;e
at
Bikini
Atoll
in
eatEnlwctok
in
1948,
,
time
for
today
s
crucial
test.
I
The
Scottish
contest
in
Dum-
Steady,
Receding:
and
Rising:
'
atf
Various
Poirsts
claimed
an
independent
state
of
the
south-Moluccas.
The
Separatists
Included
local
authorities
and
"were
supported
It
may
be
about
ripe
bartonshire
west
division
went
to
I
Tom
Steele,
Laborite,
by
less
than
:)WINNIFEO
'CP'
The
swollen
I
3.
:
has
been
let
for
re-
OTTAWA
0
A
veteran
Liberal
member
told
the
government
yesterday
that
he
Is
worried
about
"large
and
rapidly
Increasing
portion
of
our
payments
that
have
come
to
be
listed
as
uncontrolled
expenditures."
James
E.
Matthews,
80-year
old
member
for
Brandon,
said
in
the
Commons
that
if
too
great
a
load
of
uncontrolled
expenditures
are
piled
up
on
the
superstructure
of
economy,
the
pillars
or
trade
and
production
will
collapse."
There
is
a
move
for
a
Royal
by
Indonesian
soldiers
of
the
Netherlands
East
Indian
Army
it
improving
terminal
three
hundred
votes.
The
tally,
after
a
recount,
was:
Steele,
Laborite,
20,367.
I"-
:,!
Robert
Allan,
Conservative,
20,-074.
t
-
Latest
government
change
was'
Red
River
last
night
displayed
j
that
whereby
Dr.
Alexei
Cepicka,
the
temperament
of
a
ballet
1
son-in-law
of.
President
Klement
dancer.
Its
levels
at
three
sep-
j
'
Gottwald,
is
named
minister
of
arate
stretches
on
southern
he
Eniwetok
proving
sioner
J.
L.
Watson
of
Vancouver
who
was
assisted
by
District
piously
to
get
ready
Scout
Training
Chief
Scout
F.
E.
Anfield
and
his
iustice
and
head
of
the
state
Manitoba's
100-mile
flood
front
1
office
for
church
affairs,
sue-
were
at
the
same
time
steady,
re-
Course
Concluded
ig
An
army
con-ice
recently
was
as-;clp
with
tlie
work,
'
task
force,
comix
Gen.
E.
R.
Ques-T
force,
has
been
set
Railway
Films
Highly
Praised
ceeding
Ludvik
Svoboda
who
has
ceding
and
rising.
been
relieved
of
the
post
by
his
At
Selkirk,
35
miles
north
of
own
consent
and
now
becomes
here,
the
swell
held
steady.
At
a
vice-premier
and
director
of
Winnipeg
it
fell
slightly.
At
hard
Commission
to
investigate
pub
lie
expenditures.
f'it
tlie
next
tests
the
state
office
of
physical
wel-
hit
Emerson
on
the
international
fur
Eniwetok
fare.
border
the
level
is
still
rising.
assistants.
During
the
five-day
course
the-leaders
were
primed
in
the.
methods
of
best
teaching
their
troops
and
packs
the
rudiments
of
first
aid,
knot
tying,
game
instruction,
fire
laying,
mapmak-lng,
and
play
acting.
A
thorough
briefin
of
Scout
rules
and
procedure
was
given
by
Mr.
Watson.
Scouters
assisting
in
the
District
Training
Course
were
H.
L.
Quick,
L.
Sykes,
Rev.
B.
Prockter,
D.
L.
Garon
and
A.
G.
Boas.
.
The
Boy
Scouts
and
Cub
lead-,
crs
of
the
Prince
Rupert
District
I
held
final
ceremonies
Tuesday
I
night
in
the
Catholic
School
Hall
to
conclude
an
intensive
five-day
I
1
training
course
which
began
last
I
Thursday
and
covered,
every
!
phase
of
the
Scout
and
Cub
training.
Marlboroughs
some
U.S.
ships
aro
Mwek.
The
"Elder,"
(
1
f
-
-
If
4J
r
fell
waiting
transfer
to
the
Indonesian
Federal
Army.
TOKYO
EARTHQUAKE
TOKYO
A
short,
sharp
earthquake
was
felt
in
the
Kobe
Osaka,
Nayooa
area
today.
There
was
no
immediate
-report
of
damage
or
casualties.
An
army
spokesman
at
Kobe
said
American
installations
there
had
been
shaken
and
buildings
cleared
of
occupants.
He
said
the
shock
there
was
of
about
20
seconds
duration.
more
employml;;t
OTTAWA
There
will
be
fewer
job
seekers
in
Canada
after
mid-April,
the
Labor
Depart-'
ment
predicted
yesterday.
In
a
periodic
report
on
present
conditions
the
Department
said
unemployment
generally
had
decreased
Slightly
during
To
Meet
Stamps
d
which
caught
fire
trouble
recently,
U
a
r
layer
that
was
Eni-
I.
VANCOUVER
High
praise
for
two
new
Canadian
National
Railways
motion
picture
films
--now
being
distributed
through
,
the
United
States
was
voiced
hero
today
by
Francis
S.
Harmon,
vice-president
of
the
Motion
Picture
Association
of
America.
"I
am
confident
that
these
films
will
be
most
useful
in
turning
additional
American
tourists
to
Canada,"
Mr.
Harmon
said
in
a
message
to
Donald
Gordon,
C.M.O..
L.L.TV
Chairman
and
Tlie
program
was
under
the
direction
of
Scout
Field
Commit
-
fry
it
was
Koina
to
additional
buoy-i
to
fe
channels
into
ti.e
,
TORONTO
(P
Toronto
Marl-boroughs
last
night
edged
the
Shrrbrook
Saints
by
a
score
of
3
to
1
to
advance
to
the
finals
of
Allan
Cup
hockey
against
the
Calgary
Stampeders,
Western
Canada
champions.
Fruit
Peddler
Wins
Double
Fight
Crown
Eniwetok
where
the
TODAY'S-STOCKS
s
has
posted
"keen
(Courtesy
S.
I).
Jc.lin-tcm
Ca
I.IU.)
Jbiddcn
area,
rnuuhiu
j
President
of
the
C.N.R.
"
"
,!1'les,
was
blocked
off
Aumaque
36
V..
Eeattie
63
f
of
1848.
when
word
f
that
It
was
a
danger
ry
Persons
authorized
LONDON
(Pi
Terry
Allan,
24-year
old
London
fruit
peddler,
last
night
won
the
British
and
European
flyweight
boxing
Bevcourt
311
I
W
HQ
U
fnnicmtotake
part
in
Bobjo
.-,-13
Buffalo
Canadian
14
Con.
Srhelters
..:
100.00
at
Eniwctuk
would
I
crowns
by
outpointing
France's
!
Honore
Prates!
In
a
bruising
15-I
rounder.
Allen's
weight
was
i
111
34
pounds
and
Pratesl's
Mr.
Harmon
said
that
vt
lio
photography
In
Canadian-Heritage
and
This
Is
Canada
isYimply
magnifcent
and
I
was
e'speclally
impressed
with
the
way
various
racial
and
linguistic
groups
are
used
in
the
Canadian
Heritage.
The
Motion
Picture
Association
of
America,
of
which
Mr.
Harmon
.
is
vice-president,
is
headed
by
Eric
Johnston
as
pres-
Vancouver
Bay
un
ne
03
Bralorne
8.00
BR
Con
03
Vi
B
R
X
05
Cariboo
Quartz
1.27
Congress
27
Hedley
Mascot
33
Pacific
Eastern
:
:
'
.05
Pcnd
Oreille
5.55
Pioneer
3.25
Premier
Border
03.
Privateer
'
12
Vs
Conwest
1
r''e
su,h
precautions.
tl.r.l.
the
Jast
two
weeks
of
March.
70
CHINESE
DROWN
HONG
KONG
Seventy
persons
aboard
the
1,600-ton
Chinese
vessel
Hsinan
were
drowned
in
a
collision
with
the
8'-000-ton
Unllrd
States
merchant
ship
California
Bear
on
the
night
of
April
20,
the
Chinese
Communist
news
agency
alleged
today.
The
collision
waa
said
to
have
taken
place
between
Dai
re
n
anC
Cliefoo
on
opposite
shores
cf
the
Strait
of
Pohai,
Nortu
China.
p"
government
au-
110
pounds.
Dona
Ida
61
Eldona
31
East
Sullivan
6.75
P
keeping
a
strict
sil-
I
details
of
tests,
mm-
Giant
YTCnile
I'lS
believe
Russia
milt
God's
Lake
''"d
out
about
new
I
ident
and
is
the
organization
set
'nmrnls.
Hard
rock
Harricana
Slip
,.,...
up
by
the
motion
picture
industry
originally
known
as
the
"Hays
Organization."
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
cleared
over
most
of
the
Interior
during
the
night
and
there
was
frost
in
most
regions.
Along
the
coast
cloudiness
from
a
storm
offshore
kept
temperatures
in
the
high
thirties.
This
disturbance
will
give
rain'
along
the
coast
today
and
showers
in
the
interior
tonight.
There
is
another
storm
centre
about
1200
Heva
Ha.sco
Joliet
Quebec
La,ko
Rowan
.
Lapaska
-
i
"uwiuns
uo
0'et
a
f
nt
tesus,
authori-ilully
expect
them
to
Plro'
stations
this
side
Thall
Wands,
where
fS
located,
to
Hr.,L.
HOBBY
SHOW
"ud
fmm
ihip
stationed
at.bmnr-
US1C1C
Hie
dan-,,
I'Ca
v.i..i.
,
Reeves
McDonald
2.35
Reno
-
-03
Sheep
Creek
..'
-
U5
Silbak
Premier
.37
Taku
River
14
Vananda
17
SalmonGo
Id
07
Silver
Standard
88
Oils
Anglo
Canadian
4.90
.
APCon
32'j
Atlantic
,
1-95
Calmont
52
C&E
-
v
8''
Central
Lcduc
1.36
-
'
Home
Oil
15-00
Mercury
03
Okalta
1-74
Pacific
Pete
6.15
Princess
7
Royal
Canadian
,.05
Vi
Royalite
13
00
Toronto
Athona
-
miles
offshore
which
promises
to
bring
rain
to
the
north
coast
by
tomorrow
afternoon.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Intermittent
rain
today.
Clear
tonight.
v
'aiuaoie
infor-
ClU(,S
With
SM,n,,.
t
radiological
recording
.
Little
Long
Lac
.47
Lynx
.'
28
Madden
Red
Lake
3.05
McKenzie
Red
Lake
54
.
MsLeod
Cockshutt
3.70
Moneta
.
37
Negus
1.71
Noranda
69.85
Louvicourt
.21
Pickle
Crow
-
1.76
Regcourt
043i
San
Antenui
3.55
Senator
Rouyn
.27
Sherrit
Gordon
2.42
SteepRock
3.15
Sturgeon
River
22
Silver
Miller
.72
.
Upper
Canada
3.70
,
'
w'th
balioors
CIVIC
CENTRE
APRIL
27,28,29
Display
and
Sale
of
Hand
CrafH
2
-
5
p.m.
7-10
p.m.
EILEEN
CROSS
Thursday,
3:30
p.m.
Freezing
of
Foods
and
Use
of
Lockers
Thursday,
8:00
p.m.
Interior
Decorating
HOME
MOVIES
Each
Evening
8-10
p.m.
ART
EXHIBIT
Jean
Park
Cameron
Famous
Canadian
Artist
Minor
r.!
,
..
,
.
'taunigs.
.
al''ce
radio-
Variable
cloudiness
tomorrow
becoming
overcast
with
rain
In
the
afternoon.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Light
winds,
becoming
southeast
(30
mph)
tomorrow
afternoon.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
38
and
46,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
35
and
46.
DETROIT
WINS
STANLEY
CUP
Captain
Sid
Abel
of
Detroit
Red
Wings,
plainly
showing
the
wearing
effects
of
the
14-game
battle
for
the
Stanley
Cup,
happily
holds
the
coveted
hockey
trophy
in
the
dressing
room
after
the
April
23
4-3
overtime
victory
over
New
York
Rangers.
Red
Wings
also
won
the
National
Hockey
league
championship.
.
(CP
Photo)
vis-
Polarniri
,ri
.
tour
,
.
passes
ror
'
-
aistanci
ces
of
30
r
'"
more,