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FRIDAY,
MAY
5,
1950
.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
!
I
i
h
As
1
y
i
Occupying
Force
Me
Chan
ging-Jlo
Weireinice
Says
Water
'9nnL
ORE
fHILPOTt
n.'4i
IM
I
.oiulon
and
I
went
out
Occupation
Role
Changes
WASHINGTON(CP)-State
Secretary.
Dean
Acheson
will
seek
British
and
French
agreement
in
London
next
week
for
gradually
reducing
and
eventually
ending
allied
occupation
controls
over
Germany.
The
end
of
the
occupation
but
not
actual
withdrawal
of
British,
French
and
American
troops
in
four
old
menus,
In
Critical
Condition
Immediate
improvement
in
Prince
Ruperts
water
supply
is
essential,,
according
to
a
statemcni
yesterday
afternoon
by
D.
J.
Ford,
engineer
for
I'.C
.Underwriers'
Association.
Mr.
Ford
said
the
condition,
of
the
water
works
here
was
"annallinp"
.
and
-loan
Hal-PTacious
SUbur-
1
FLOOD
STILL
WOR8K
WINNIPEG
FIod
waters
in
the
Red
River
have
yet
to
reach
their
crest.
Ani
inch
of
rain,
mixed
with
snow,
since
yester-
,
'
"
v
about
18
months
is
the
objective
f
dav
has
aggravated
the
situa
uas
all
cluttered
up
ulS.
jean
Halton
wa.s
and
that,
unless
something
was
done
about
it
rirf-.t
sow,
tin
re
was
a
good
chance
i
Laborites
Win
British
Seat
Well
Informed
officials
said
that,
while
troops
would
be
kepi
in
Germany
on
the
new
basis,
western
defence
forces
were
holding
a
front
line
in
the
col
l
war
rather
than
as
occupation
armies.
f
the
city's
losing
Its
class
A
ullng
for
fire
Insurance.
The
present
supply
comes
i
com
two
sources,
Woodwortti
ake,
eiht
miles
from
the
city,
ng
out
the
money
ihc
cans
were
filled,
jjs,
being
the
wife
of
;tkcencst
and
f
aire
it,
tcr,
Mrs.
Halton
is
a
f!iie
national
health
Britain.
.c
you
folks
still
have
Flat
Dismissal
For
Red
Claims
.
-
ii
1
1
IA
i
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:
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V
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J
'HI
jj
0
LONDON
ih
The
British
Labor
party
retained
Brig-house
and
Shawatlans
Lake,
six
miles
rlistarft.
Mr.
Ford
stated
the
ion?
mains
were
becoming
In
scat
in
a
by-clcction
yesterday
j
and
its
majority
in
Parliament
j
pennies
from
school
asked.
jjht
you
had
social-
creasingly
b;tl
and
were
reach
ins?
the
state
where
they
wcr
"worn
out."
now
stands
at
nine.
The
Labor
candidate,
L.
J.
Edwards,
won
j
with
a'
majority
of
437,
about
Bomb
Explosion
Kills
14
In
Sicily
CANTANIA,
Sicily
A
store
of
heavy
calibre
aerial
bombs
exploded
yesterday
near
hero
kill
i,e
over
here.
Doesn't
He
came
to
Prince
Rupert
sment
look
after
a!i
one-filth
of
the
majority
in
the
February
election.
There
was
a
i
Monday
from
Ocean
Falls
and
fci
line
in
ana
poi:u
tism?"
combined
Conservative-Liberal
TOKYO
(H
General
McArthur
yesterday
rebuked
as
"provocative
Impertinence"
Russian
claims
that
maintenance
of
United
States
miliary
bases
In
Japan
violates
Allies'
occupation
policies.
The
Supreme
Allied
Commander
in
Japan
dismissed
sharply
yesterday's
demands
by
Lt.
Gen
tion.
The
entire
town
of
Morris
has
been
evacuated.
Hospital
patients
have
been
brought
here.
F(M)I)
RATION
OFF
WELLINGTON,
N.Z.
Food
rationing
in
New
Zealand
will
end
next
month.
TW
Conservative
(
government
announced
today
butler,
lust
or
rationed
foods,
would
come
off
the
rationed
list
June
4.
NEHRU
RE-APPOINTED
NEW
DELHI
-Jawaharal
Nehru
was
re-appointed
India's
Prime
Minister
to-iay
in
a
change
in
cahincl
required
by
the
country's
new
constitution,
wldch
became
effective
last
January.
Nehru
and
his
old
cabinet
resigned
earlier
today.
ONE
AT
A
TIME
SAN
FRANCISCO
Red
China
put
into
effect
i(s
new
marriage
law
which
outlaws
polygamy
and
sale
of
women,,
Pciping
radio
announced
this
week.
Both
practices
have
been
condoned
in
China
for
thousands
of
years.
candidate
who
was
defeated.
.spent
the
fim
pan
of
the
week
inspecting
the
plant
of
Colum-bia
Cellulose
at
Port
Edwart.
He
.-pent
Thursday
with
Fire
Chief
Earl
Becker.
JW'ER
WE
GOT
WAS
jjrrier.
We
found
thai,
:Jing
Britain's
com-
dl
care
scheme,
th?
GRAZIANI
NINETEEN
ing
14
and
Injuring
40.
Killed
vcre
workers
disarming
bombs
in
order
to
take
the
explosive
for
industrial
uses.
The
store
contained
30
bombs
weighing
3,600
pounds
each.
They
blew
up
when
a
workman
was
taking
the
cap
off
one
of
therri
GETS
YEARS
voluntary
agencies
bund
more
necessary
In
fact
Lord
Bev-
t
man
wno
piannci
Highway
In
Good
Shape
eral
Kuzma
Dercvyanko
lor
explanation
of
the
"reconstruction
of
former
Japanese
naval
and
air
bases"
In
Japan
and
adle
lo
grave
secur-
THE
WINDSORS
KEEP
MOVING-
The
Duke
of
Windsor
gallantly
helps
the
appreciative
Duchess
from
their
private
car
as
they
arrive
In
Grand
Central
station.
New
York.
The
royal
couple
came
from
Montreal
after
a
trip
to
their
ranch
in
Alberta
where
the
duke
hopes
to
find
oil.
ROME
$
The
Italian
military
tribunal
convicted
former
Marshal
Rudolfo
Graziani,
Fascism's
Lion
of
Africa,
of
treason
charges.
He
was
sentenced
to
19
years
in
prison,
but
amnesties
and
credit
for
time
already
served
in
custody
cut
the
actual
sentence
to
only
one
year
and
four
months.
.
as
urging
the
whole
keep
the
voluntary
,;;ve
and
healthy.
t"cn
found
in
actual
;:i;U
Uie
voluntary
i
tilings
that
no
gov-
II.
C.
Perry
and
C.
A.
Warner
Drive
in
Frum
Prince
George
VAGRANT
GIVEN
THREE
MONTHS
Clara
Fowler,
no
iixed,
abodr
was
convicted
In
city
police
court
Wednesday
by
Magistral."
W.
D.
Vance
on
a
charge
or
vagrancy.
She
waj.
given
three
months
and
was
escoistcd
to
Bait
Cupboard
Is
Bare
-
Bait
larcaucraey
could
do.i
Mrs.
Halton
told
hool
children
have
Satisfaction
with
the
condition
of
Uie
highway
between
Prince
George
and
Prince
Rupert,
considering
the
time
of
year,
Is
expressed
by
H.
G.
Perry
and
C.
A.
Warner
who
arrived
In
the
city
last
night
after
the
500-mllc
Prince
cGorge
Monday
night
by
Break,
Fish
Escape
From
Pounds
Cormcn'i
Dance
Enjoyable
Affair
One
hundred
persons
attended
an
enjoyable
dance
held
by
the
carmen
of
Canadian
National
Railways
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall.
Harmonious
and
enlivening
music
was
provided
by
Mike
Colu-i's
Orchestra
and
John
McNauirh-ton
was
master
of
ceremonies.
Delicious
refreshments
were
Const.
John
Medley
and
his
wife.
The
accused,
was
picked
up
last
week.
interested
in
these
aver
the
years
that
un't
quit,
e
don't
jx-nnkw
m
much-
as
ire.
But
we
do
need
THREE
STATES
HIT
KANSAS
CITY
IP;
To.liadoe.il
slashed,
through
small
town.i
and
rural
areas
of
thrca
slates
last
night
Injuring
about
SO
persons
and
-
causing
serious
property
damage
No
deaths,
were
reported.
;
1
drive,
.They
amide
the
trip
In
leis
NICK
SCHMELING
CENTRE
DIRECTOR
TERRACE
Nick
Schmeljng,
who
Is
a
cousin
of
Max
Schmel-4ng,
former
world's
heavyweight
boxing
champion,
was
the
unanimous
choice
of
the
I'iial
interest
irt
whai,
GALLANTRY
AWARD
WON
BY
LAPRADE
MONTREAL
fi
Edgar
La-prade,
30-year-old
centre
wlrli
Iown
the
Canadian
served.
The
committee
In
charge
fund
Rneuinatism
Su-
consisted
of
Frtd
Hill,
R.
Pollock
It
was
reported
recently
that
the
herring
pound
at
Hunt's
t
Inlet
was
minus
herring
when
halibut
vessels
attempted
to
take
on
the
small
fish.
Anxiety
and
sh
.
of
halibut
skippers
Is
blamed
for
the
breaking
away
of
these
nets.
Too
many
vessels
ticing
up
at
the
pound
caused
the
net
.to
rip
and
herring
escaped.
And
Hunt's
Inlet
is
not
the
only
pound
in
the
same
con-,
dltion.
Reports
state
that
all
along
the
coast,
pounds
were
swept
away.
The
halibut
vessels,
it
is
said,
moved
in
too
close
and
for
various
reasons,
some
may
be
mysterious,
the
wire
nettings
broke.
Late
last
week
persons
along
the
waterfront
could
not
help
but
chuckle
as
Uiey
visualized
captains
of
vessels
plowing
leisurely
to
the
b;yt
grounds
and,
upon
finding
no
bait
:
ground,
return
to
a
frozen
fish
centre
in
great
haste.
,
One
man
in
the
fishing
business
along
the
coast
said
they
were
all
"going
crazy.
.
,
.
jl
ad
an
unlucky
break
Civic
Centre
directorate
last
night
for
the
position
of
director
of
the
Civic
Centre.
His
ciuties
will
commence
Rupert
People
Malcolm
Blair
and
Peter
Ferguson.
';)
New
York
Rangers,
has
been
awarded
the
National
Hockej
League's
Lady
Byng
trophy
a;
the
most
gentlemanly
player
o!
the
1949-50
season,
it
was
an
urely
fashion
in
two
days,
stopping
here
and
there
to
call
on
friends.
Wednesday
night
was
spent
in
Smithers.
During
the
past
wrek
the
spring
run-off
has
commenced
in
the
central
interior
where
the
weather
has
boon
quite
warm.
There
is
water
on
the
road
at
some
points
were
culverts
have
not
been
able
to
take
the
flow
but
it
is
not
seiious
and
nowhere
is
there
serious
delay
to
steady
driving.
Public
works
equipment
was
first
campaign.
Il.s
iunds
comes
right
on
of
the
Cancer
drive
anipaign
to
build
a
nounced
yesterday.
.
i
Attend
Funeral
Many
former
Prince
Rupert
people
attended
the
funeral
of
'A.
Singing
Douks
To
Penitentiary
"
same
thinj.
applies
Canada.
But
you
suf
this:
l
ever
made
to
the
Terrace
Board
of
Trade
Wants
More
Action
on
Road
Program
:
VANCOUVER
Ch
Chanting
a
Canada
was
ever
more
''
support
For
a
flni
noted
at
work
along
the
way
and
dirge-like
hymn
and
wllh
bat-ton
made
in
com-l'the
condition
of
the
road,'
as
a
!
tercd
'
baggage
slung
over
their
result,
should
be
getting
better
Miouiners,
oi
oons.oi
rreeuom
greatest
of
all
criij-
the
late
Mrs.
Max
,
Hcilbroner
which
was
held
in
Vancouver
on
Monday
of
this
week
from
thn
Center
&
Hanna
chapel.
Dean
Swanson
of
Christ
Church
Cathedral
officiated
and
pallbearers
included
George
Bryant,
W.
E.
Drake,
C.
H.
Ormc
and
J.
H.
MacLeod.
Among
those
attending
the
funeral
was
John
Bulger
who
leturned
to
the
city
this
week.
Since
the
funeral
Max
Ktil-bi
oner
has
left
for
Ottawa
with
his
daughter
Mrs.
Carson.
TERRACE
Strong
disapproval
of
the
public
works
program
of
work
was
expressed
at
Wednesday
night's
meeting
of
the
Terrace
and
district
Board
of
Trade
in
the
Credit
Union
Hall,
C.
J.
Nor-rington
presiding.
There
appeared,
it
was
said,
to
he
No
Lives
Lost
In
U.S.
Plane
Crash
MINNEAPOLIS
W
A
United
States
air
force
twin
engin
C-46
plane
today
crashed
In
a
wooded
area
near
old
Chamberlain
air
base.
First
reports
said
there
was
a
crew
of
three
and
23
passengers
aboard,
but
no
lives
were
Doukhobors
arrived
here
on
their
way
to
Oakalla
prison
In
suburban
Burnaby.
Twenty-three
of.
the
all-male
contingent
were
committed
for
nudism
at
the
recent
trial
at
Nel-
iscs
rheumatism.!
from
now
on,
barring
floods
or
he
little
home-treat-
some
such
eventuality,
rd
cars
are
a
familiar
!
At
Terrace
Mr.
Perry
and
Mr.
'ost
parts
of
British
Warner
visited
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Soon
similar
facilities
Tommy
Fraser
at
the
Omincca
vidccl
across
most
of
Herald
Dlant.
Mr.
Pcrrv
Is
much
i
slackening
up
of
the
hard
surfacing
projectlfo'r
Russ
Statement
Dashes
Hopes
FRANKFURT,
Germany
(Pi
Chancellor
Konrad
Adenauer
charged
tod.iy
that
1.500,000
Oetniniii
were
still
missing
in
the
Soviet
Union.
He
demanded,
in
the
name
if
humanity,,
Uiat
the
Kremlin
account
Tor
their
fate.
Adenauer
made
a
special
appeara'nrc
before
li.o
West
German
Parliament
at
BtKin
af-,
ler
he
learned
of
last
night's
Soviet
announcement
Uiat
repatriation
of
German
war
prisoners
had
been
completed.
Th2
the
highway
which
is
especially
;
impressed
with
the
prosperity
of
son
and
Trail
and
will
serve
terms
leal
nir,L,.;
at
the
nearby
British
Columbia
the
Terrace
and
the
outlook
for
the
nnnllnnllnrt,
r,
I
Unu
U7numim,lni
I1,4
ami
the
general
future.
p-iunmini
i--w
v.,iitiunn.i.
j
last
Canada
are
teaming
Mr.
Pen
v
will
hn
snendina
the
THE
WEATHER
Ht
three
way
attack
lu-xt,
few
thivs
in
l.hi
elt
v
on
bnsi-
"iscasc.
The
present
uuiers
niso
uivoivcu
in
wic
outbreak
of
burning
and
stripping
during
the
past
few
weeks
will
face
trial
at.
the
Nelson
Spring
Assises
on
arson
nild
conspiracy
charges.
lr
$7:.IHI0
in
1mi.i,
Canada
r
,i,i,.i,
v,
i.
"v
"""""
SK
linn
i..
needed
on
Lakclsc
Avenue
to
combat
the
dust
nuisance.
Thil
Board
has
been
advised
by
Vic-1
torlui'that
Highway
16
must
first
he
prepared
for
this
hard
surfacing
through
the
towns
an.l
villages.
.
'
(
Nothing
being
done,
the
Board
heard,
on
three
or
four
important
projects
on
Kalum
Koad
which
affect'
the
livelihood
of
(he
district.
Mr.
Bot-tomley
will
be
asked
about
this
Fire
Strikes
At
Vancouver
Firm
ui
u.u.
wnicn
Synopsis
Cool
showery
weather
was
spreading
eastward
across
British
Columbia
this
morning
threatening
to
delay
the
late
sea-
Mr.
Warner
will
return
to
'"f
movement).
No
fm
ls
too
small.
None
Trincc
George
on
Sunday
by
car.
His
daughter,
Beverly,
came
to
Smithers
witli
him
and
is
visit
yie
son
even
more.
Clearing
is
ex-
Soviet
statement
dashed
blB
to
meet
the
need.
arc
Coo
.nno
sufferers
'
flic
OKI
bv
sum".
hundreds
PPCted
along
the
coast
this
aftcr-
hopes
of
families
of
ing
there
with
relatives
while
her
ol
thousands
of
missing
soldiers
father
ls
on
the
coast.
Pemnali.sni;
twice
as
tract.
Clearing
l"u
Radio
Following
correspondence
between
the
Board,
E.
T.'.Apple-mhaite,
MP.
for
Skeena,
and
the
department
of
transport
radio
division
at
Ottawa,
concerning
radio
interference
here
an
Interference
car
will
be
sent
here
early
in
the
summer
to
make
a
thorough
Investigation.
Last
year's
request
for
a
game
warden
for
the
district
has
met
with
no
apparent
action.
The
rpqurt
will
be
repeated.
A.
L.
Berner
has
turned
down
Uie
Board's
request
for
a
night
operator
at
the
depot
as
business
here'
does
not
warrant
It.
The
postal
department
see
no
necessity
for
a
postal
box
at
the
nation
when
the
Post
Office
is
so
near
to
it.
The
Board
decided
to
endorse
the
Burns
Lake
nomination
of
George
Ogston
as
provincial
director
and
will
seek
the
support
VANCOUVER
f'-A
two
.alarm
fire
last
night
caused
$100,000
damage
to
the
Industrial
Engineering
Ltd..,
largest
manufacturers
of
power
saws
in
Canada.
No
one
was
Injured.
The
blaze
was
confined
to
one
quarter
of
a
square
bloclf.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
IS
READY
TO
HELP
VICTORIA
tPiJpremier
Byron
Johnson
told
Manitoba
yesterday
he
was
prepared
to
do
anything
possible
to
be
of
help
in
the
flood
crisis.
"i
as
sufferers'
disease,
seven
tim.es
"''
victims
of
cancer.
Form
Aid
Poymcnts
Are
Highest
Yet
.lilies
;is
many
as
have
'LE
WllHrt
lc
,.,,.,111....
OTTAWA
A
government
of-1
ficial
yesterday
estimated
that
lederal
payments
under
the
I
cheap
suunlv
oi
and
also
What
work
is
proposed
.for
this
district.
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
will
be
acquainted
wllh
the
Board's
dissatisfaction
witli
the
complaint
that
promises
have
been
made,
appropriation's
have
been
voted
and
nothing
been
fulfilled,
and
a
commute
will
interview
him
when
ho
conn's
here
very
shortly-
.
A
recommendation
will
oe
sent
to'
Victoria
that,
as
the
extr'its,
like
corti-1
Promise
siirti
rr.u,
v
RUSS
WANTS
SMALL
ONLY
$5,000,000,000
LONDON
-
Moscow
radio
announced
yesterday
that
Russia
had
decided
to
float
a
20,000,000,-000
ruble
bond
issue
"for
the
re-habiltation
and
development
of
the
national
economy."
At
the
current
rate
of
exchange
this
would
bring
In
the
equivalent
of
$5,000,000,000.
Such
bond
issues
have
been
issued
by
the
Russians
at
various
times
since
the
end
of
the
war.
Jt'cs-
I
rcoortprt
fmi-.
IllSt
Vp-
..o
,.
noon
and
in
many
sections
of
the
interior
tonight.
As
a
result
frost
may
be
expected
again
overnight,
in
almost
all
interior
regions.
A
storm
which
moved
eastward
across
British
Columbia
four
clays
ago
has
now
developed
into
major
proportions
in
the
American
Middle
West
and
is
giving
everything
from
blizzards
over
the
Great
Plains
area
to
tornadoes
and
winds
of
hurricane
force
In
Oklahoma
and
Texas.
Heavy
rains
were
reported
close
to
the
flood
stricken
areas
with
one
point'
in
Minnesota
recording
more
than
one
inch
In
six
hours.
Regional
forecast
valid
until
midnight
Saturday.
North
Coast
'
Region
Cloudy
today.
'Sunny
tomorrow.
LUUc
change
in
temperature.
Light
winds.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
I
;
oi
uie
ama:
f
obtained
from
e
'"jections,
'
Pl
SCemt-
t..
i.
Prairie
Farm
Assistance
program
would
amount
to
more
than
$21,-000,000
in
the
194950
crop
year
the
highest
in
history.
The
official
said
drought
and
other
conditions
ou
'the
prairies
were
so
unusually
harsh
that
the
government
will
be
shelling
out
$3
for
every
dollar
the
Western
farmr
paid
Ink.
the
Prairie
Farm
Assistance
Fund.
"
lu
ue
near
tno
t
01
vy
ble
1PIU
Mid
euro
nf
Miss
Prince
Rupert
Also
Miss
.
Northern
B.C.
-
Wins
At
Smithers
Lovely
18-ycar-old
Joyce
Tattcrsal,
who
last
week
won
the
title
of
"Miss
Rupert,"
also
gained
the
title
of
"Miss
Northern
B.
C."
last
night
in
Smithers
against
competition
frdm
most
of
the
other
cities
in
the
Northern
area
Miss
Tattcrsal,
a
graduating
student,
of
Booth
Memorial
,
High
School,
Is
the
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lcs
Tattcrsal
of
738
Taylor
Street,
Prince
Rupert,
-
.
.
Other
candidates
were:
Miss
Terrace
(Joyce
Cote)
Miss
Hazclton
(Jean
Lancaster
Miss
Smithers
(Anna
Emerson)
Miss
Tclkwa
(Beatrice
Burke)
.
Miss
Houston
(Corny
Baggermau
)
rocai
worss
department
have
all
.
of
the
Prince
Rupert,
'
Burn,'
they
can
handle
with
ro
i
l
Lake,
Smithers
and
Vanderhoo
maintenance,
they
should
be,
Boards
of
their
nomination
o
left
lo
do
that
and
all
new
con-
Frank
Doekerlll
for
provlncia
struction
projects
be
let
on
con-
j
vice-president.
.
wh'''h
has
I'H'.
.
lumal.s
si
"ce
the
time
u.iaurs
"IJttfr
how
great
the
U
,
kmd
of
organi-CA
R
S.
Is
build
ni
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
53.000
pounds,
all
to
Co-op
Robert.
22.000
pounds;
Alii
SI.
00;
Gulvik,
15,000;
Kaien,
12.-
000.
vn
('Hial
if
WP
,.
,
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
and
I
C,ippkr.'
Sandspit,
37
and
47;
Prince
Ru
pert,
38
and
52.
HELP
WANTED
f,.
Construction
Labourers.
Apply
in
per-
son
Cblumbia
Cellulose
personnel
office,
Watson
Island.
FOOTBALL
President's
vs
Vice-Pres.
Sunday,
3
p.m.
Acropolis
Hill
Grounds
Players
meet
in
Armories,
2:30
p.m.-
"'y.Mavfi.
inr.
KLOMDYKE
MITE
civic
centre,
Friday
may
s
.:4a
21.0
feet
22
'
fi.l
feet,
(106)