r r PROVINCIAL 113 Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strotegic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" piio::e81 VOL. XXXIX, NO. 134 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1950 . PRICE FIVE CENTS if I, CnMAf I fl Belfoife OKDA7D Record Star iltt in Pe"n B.C. Losing In Oil Business Government Urged To Plan. For Pacific Pact KING RECEIVES 1IRTHDAY SALUTE ; LONDON ffi The King, in scarlet uniform and 'towering bear skin hat, stood under a hot sun yesterday to take his birth- aoW, cowboy "ongster, I bis repuiano" jses spellbound while j songs of the range Applevhaite Seconds Motion To Extend Vote To Natives OTTAWA At a meeting of the special Parliamentary committee on the Dominion Elections Act, Hon. Walter E. Harri.s, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, gave notice of a motion, seconded by E. T. Applevvhaite, Member for Skeena, to amend the act by providing that the right to vote in the Dominion elections be extended to Indians i provided "he executed a waiver his homeiy yarns. OTTAWA (CP)-Creation of a Pacific defence J TeZZ pact and other measures for guarding Canada's west- London's Horse Guards. , uswed by Master of era sector were urged on tne government m the ton, Londoners thronged tire route f.E. Anlieid ana uie 1 . ft well chosen and introductory num- band, Hank did his from Buckingham Palace to the parade ground to view the Royal family. VANCOUVER 0)-An Eastern Canadian oil company executive said Thursday the attitude of the British Columbia government toward oil companies 1 casting the province millions of dollars In business. J. M. Prltchard of Montreal, president of McColl-FTontehaj Oil Company, said B.C. Is the only province 'which has not given oil companies the freedom of pricing their own business. He added: "If the government mons by Howard Green , (PC., Vancouver-Quadra). Besides advocating the counterpart of the Atlantic alliance, he asked: 1. Adequate air forces withi '- : - well defended fields. 1 W I I k A J songs, mi ;re au- 4 moral. All were sell t way a to carry VTI'IhQ llflTu ! ,ax exemption under the In- FOUR ELECTROCUTED PEARSON, Ga. Four linemen were electrocuted near here Thursday when a power line broke in pouring rain and shot 2,006 volt of ilectricity Into soggy ground where men were working. GAVILAN WINS NEW YORK Kid Gavil.n, Cuban welterweight champion, Thursday night earned a unanimous ten-round decision over Mike Kobzalls of Pittsburgh. DROP KILLS 50 TOKYO More than fifty 2. An air coastal patrol able 1 1 f a f jt Into each nuance oi EXETER, England. K The Bishop of Exeter, Rt. Rev. R. C. Mortimer, advised parents to make a "thundering nuisance of themselves until t,hey- found what religious instruction their children were getting at school. ivwve T ivi to deal with submarines- the words and music. who do not normally type of music Snow arried along by the 3. Pacific naval forces '-adequate to deal with submarines .ind protect harbors. 4. A substantial reserve army roup. 5. Development of a civil defence system for the west coast. Equipment As soon as proper power machinery, which police are endeavouring to locate, is available and transported to the scene, search OUIIIU WUIU On July 24 MONTREAL W Fifteen international brotherhoods, Involved in jvages and hours dispute with Canadian railways, announced yesterday they are distributing of the man and would give oil companies the right to regulate prices at a fair market price the companies would spend millions of dollars here. There would be new refineries and new outlets heii Immediately If there was a change." yjly in the applause dian Act, from or in respect of personal property, In a form prescribed by the Minister of Cltizensrlip and Immigration." No compulsion would be involved- Each Individual cfould choose whether to accept the privilege or not. Among the amendments , -,o the Dominion Elections Act suggested by the chief electoral office is a proposal to provide for a 28 day period between nomination day and election day in such large constituencies as :amters. 6. Extension of the Canadian ram was broken with L. A. Prexie Is Cautious OTP of selections by Bandmaster Peter KClans showed tl.em- Japanese railroad men were buried alive today whcr a cliff collapsed on to a railroad line north of Tokyo. TWO GIRLS DIE top notch bandsmen. 90,000 strike ballots with returnable date July 24. The announcement came from military rangers, developed dar-i will; be resumed for an automob-ing the last war to help resist Mle, containing three men Will-invasion. jianTGibb of Prince Rupert , and He said the proposed pact Don Fraser, sr., and Donald thould Include Canada, the Fraser Jr. of Terrace which is United Stales, Australia and j believed to have plunged over New Zealand. , an embankment into the swirl-In brief reply, Defence Min-.-, waters of the Rkeena River -on each successive ap- Frank H. Hall, chairman of the : Skeena, instead of 14 days as at Resignations Of Teachers To date seven resignations from city and district school present provided. The commit of contrast In types tie effect was a well Not Committing Himself on Statehood Recjgnizcs Prince Rupert A. J. Gock, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, visiting Prince Rupert this morning with a chamber tee has not yet reached a decision on either matter.' last Sunday. sinced program. Mr. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. Two young girls were burned , to death Thursday In a fire that destroyed their home. Threes it'Je stories were Just Lstcr Brooke Claxton said he would not like the Impression to go out that the government did not feel it had to guard the Pacific. Inspector F. B, this morning stated the h to set band number negotiating committee of the unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The unions sought a 40-hour week to replace the present 48 hours plus a seven cent an hour general wage Increase. The compromise recommended by the conciliation board was rejected by the other persons were severely power grappling equipment, when party of 226 persons going to I available, will be transported up Sam tnen came dbck Alaska on a goodwill tour, had jff number of selec- burned. Dead are Aileen Waugh, 16 ,and her sister Fanny, 5. .. BRISTOL, England P. 1 ;he gamut of emo- THE WEATHER Synopsis The cloud whicn has been so persistent in the southern sections of the province appeared to be decreasing .this morning. It is expected that all regions will be sunnjf tomorrow with the exception of the more northerly no comment to make as to his personal views on the question of Alaska statehood. He observed, however, that the Los '3t quantity of songs tn Skeena . The equipment ,he stated, will be operated from the water. Most difficult task will be transporting the machinery past Kwlnltsa i union. ' Mrs.Parlell Is j J ! New Regent : j Local Women of the Moose ! Belcher, secretary of the Tobac- j : list as true as the one wonder at the i his voice. Angeles Chamber -was on record as favoring statehood. co Workers Union, said here that teaching staffs have been received at the School Board office, it was announced at a meeting of the board Wednesday night. Of the total, four are from city teachers. Following are resignations: J. B. Densmore, Booth Memorial School. Mrs. B. Gray, Conrad Street. Mrs. B. Cameron, Conrad Street. Mrs. Orace Chrlstenson, relieving teacher. Mrs. E. L. McCaxrlston, principal at Port Edward. A. Clark, Port Edward. Miss Yvonne McLean, Port new cigaret-producing ma-1 where the rivsr's swirling .water Increases. "It's not going to be L lomething distinctly ' Mr. Gock was reserving his Records High Ball Score chine Is being tested. Its output have elected officers for the en is estimated at 1,500 a minute suing year as follows: own personal opinion srtout Alaska statehood until he had paid his first visit to the terri an easy job," said tlte nspector. Meanwhile, a further problem confront the officers. Since last coastal regions. . Low cloud and Jog, which is forming ovei the water, will drift overland In tht se sections causing generally dull way of entertaln-?and, as such, wa ap-It was particularly I'm to have here In tiruit whose recorded Jsdy so well known In NEW YORK !. Fans long tory. . That first visit will com Senior Regent, Mrs. Frank I Parlctt. , ""' . Junior Regent,-Mrs. C IU Col-I ' iins. ' jjiiEjt, the, Skeena ,haa risen, Jwo Makes Plea mence when he steps ashore at ; Ktmemtwr -tins tSevastatmfath; continue zs- romp oi June e, isdu. ; Temperatures , win u "I'm Going to fcs Good-bye," "My Those Wedding Bells For Museum Essington. and one half feet. ' The'lnspector visited the scene yesterday as Constables E. D. Anderson and F. Ross Gibson were busy operating grappling equipment from shore. They all returned to the city late last night. Chaplaih, Mrs. P. Curie. Recorder, .Mrs.' Robert Armstrong. Treasurer, Mrs. Percy Welte. Junior Graduate Regent, Mrs. i Harold Muncey. Five new candidates were elected ,to membership at a well attended meeting this week. Ketchikan tonight. The prominent Los Angeles banker explained to a Daily News reporter that the Los Angeles body was also on record as favoring statehood for Hawaii but he was not in agreement himself. He based his view on a visit he had paid to the island territory. "In ths first place." explained Rotary Club Hears Some Interesting Facts About Institution AIR PASSENGERS To Vancouver (today P. Allen, . E. Clarke, T. H. Steven s Ring for Me," "My taw Blue Bonnet little Buddy," "I 'id Meet Again Some trriage Vows." "With ;IT!m Wed," "Wasted bonder Where You Are 4"01d Shep." . Many ! w Hank's own com- son, F. C. Penny, D. Denham, Mr. Mrs. Margaret Ellis, anthropologist, graduate of the Univer Mann, 8. F. Tough, Mr., Mason, to The sum of $25 was voted Terrace Man Passes Away sity of Hawaii and University of wlnni Flood RellrI. 1 , I I. f nt.m-.Kln .nhflb nil nl TheBoston Red Sox yester- j above normal . In the northern day humbled St. Louis Browns j interior while over the southern -"-second day In a row and all! regions considerable warming is Koring marks, except the an- j expected both today and again cient 1397 symbol, , were smucfg- j tomorrow. As a result, afternoon ed from the record books. The j temperatures should reach nor-barrage followed Wednesday's; maI figureg for the season again. 20-4 victory over the Browns-By j Forecast -scoring 29 runs In one game and j 49 In two consecutive contests,1 Nortn coa reeion Cloudy tht Sox set records. I but wlth sunnv Intervals in the They boomed out 51 hits in i afternoon both today and asain two games for another total, tomorrow. Little change In tem-live more than the previous; perature. Winds light. Low3 record. Bobby Doer hit three tonight and highs tomorrow at home runs and drove home eight! Port Hrdy Sandspit, 48 and runs in yesterday's slaughter.! 60, Prince R ipert 48 and 65. Ted Williams and Walt Dropo each had two. A total of seven LONDON (0 A consignment homers was only one short of jot Dutch tulips have been re-the record. Reived by the King and Queen. Terrace Board of Trade Is ' Mr. Gock, "I found the people of Hawaii themselves do not want 'statehood. Certainly the busi- Mr. Norman, Mrs. McDonald, W, McMillan, R. O. Campbell, H Snow. To Sandsptt (today) 3. h nd some of them, W cut, have not yet Government Aids Rehabilitation as recordings. From Vancouver (Thursday) Fl the performance, M'ed cowbov steDDed A. W. Richardson, D. Denham, the Rotary luncheon here Thursday afternoon, encouraged the club to take an active part in making the local museum an active one. "If Prince Rupert wants a museum," she said, "It can have It. You already have a fine start." Mrs. Ellis, who is spending the summer collating the museum TERRACE . William John'necsmen do not." Crrrlgin. 64, resident or the dis- Mr. Gock pointed out that trict for 33 years, passed away . Japanese predominate In the at the Outpost Hospital on Mon- j population of Hawaii and he tfay after a lengthy Illness. Sur- 1 thought "we should have a look viving are his widow. Fern, and at the new generation of Japan-two small sons, Billy and Brian, ese who are coming up there." his mother, and one brother, jit should be kept In mind that, Hugh, both of . Antigonlsh, Nova If Hawaii gets statehood, Japan- Mrs. J. Lamb, Mrs. M. Pettyplcce, & auditorium floor to fph books for about !ans. Mrs. B. Simpson, T. Coulter, C Sarget, Mrs. J. Sabarne, W. H OTTAWA (Pi Finance Minister Abbott announced in the Commons today that the Federal government will grant $12,-500,000 to the Manitoba govern- Thomrjson. R. Johnson, Mr. Ma f ARRIVALS son, Dr. R. H. Ball. C. Woodworth here, told of the many excellent ment ' as "initial payment" for ! Scotia. Funeral services were ese will be prominent as citizens S. Moslln, E. Czepil . "Ntt Rupert Sun, Kclowna: R. S in government and judiciary. specimens that were in the mus- J Red River Vauey flood rehablli- j held today from the Church Of course, Mr. Gock admitted, u "ennam. J. M. Clark. of the Sacred Heart. tatlon. Vancouver; C. L r I !l Catherine's, Ont.: F. it was an altogether different situation In Alaska. v Anyway, he wanted to see Alaska. KNOWS ABOUT RUPERT : TODAY'S STOCKS : eum already two oi tne id iiaie mirrors in existence, a full copper mirror (nlost were broken ceremoniously-to show contempt for lesser chiefs), two small Chllcot blankets, a dog skull with four teeth more than normal dogs and many other Interesting Items. She said the skull would l. Johnston Co. Ltd.) ""iSbyLsland; Harry C. fh'kan; R. Ball, Cranky: R. L. Johnson. k. Washington; W. Hazelton; E T r'ctea; A. J. Bond ( Courtesy S. Saturday. June 10, 1950 The prominent Los Angelan 15.8 feet had, apparently been well briefed High Aroused by Highway Tragedy TERRACE It seems to be ouite apparent that only a terrible fatality, such as that resulting in the death of possibly three persons.a few days ago, will open the eyes of the Department of Public Works at Victoria to the ever present danger to motorists. of the short, sharp turn near the small tunnel on the Skeena highway east of Kwin-i ; ; ' itsa. This was the opinion, in- necessary places, also" to have dignantly expressed, by the immediate action on the dust membsrs of tife Terrace and dis-, nuisance on L&kelse Avenue now trict board of trade on Wednes- that the highway is not being day evening in the Credit Union j blacktopped this year. . 10:02 22:09 4:01 15:45 18.6 feet 6.7 feet 8.2 feet Low r Mr. and Mrs. W. R. K Pa.. . . . . u Aiene, Idaho. be analyzed and a report made on it. The speaker said this area and the Queen Charlotte Islands were ncs Of Mastodon as to the position of Prince Rupert In relation to Alaska. He did not need to be told about this being the terminus of a transcontinental railway and other Information In regard to the port. As for Prince Rupert's strategic position In recard to Alaska and Us possibilities for greater use; he commented: "We did use Prince Rupert in the war, didn't of particular interest to anthropologists and archaeologies because the tips of three distinct cultures met here. It is honed to get a group of archaeologists working in the area soon,. e Brought To City Hall. In a communication from the For three years this board has district engineer the board' was ( been agitating for a guard rail informed that no extra work we?" y of a mastodon, under a spruce stump BOO j and two checker board signs to be placed at this point. '-Two order had been Issued for this district due to the bad state cf the roads from the spring Mrs. Ellis told of tne neea 10 have a museum sponsored. She said Prince Rupert was in a fortunate position In being able. and a half years ago the tim Vancouver Bayonne- .03 Bralornc 8.00 B. R. Con ... 0AV B. R. X 05 Vi Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress 20 Pend Oreille 6.20 Pioneer - 3.15 Premier Border . .03 Reeves McDonald 3. 10 Sheep Creek 1.18 Sllbak Premier 35 Taku River .IIV2 - Vananda 18 Salmon Gold .06 . Silver Standard 1.78 Western Uranium 70 Oils-Anglo Canadian 5.25 A. P. Con' -50 Atlantic . 2.05 Calmont -75 C. & E R-80 Central Leduc 165 Home Oil '. 15.25 Mercury ' .19 OkalU 1-73 ;"Uere discovered on Nigei Island in bhush-Jy recently. The island lies inside the north Vaneouver Island. charge admission ana him to Bevcourt 43 Bobjo ' .13 Buffalo Canadian .25Va Consol. Smelters 104.50 Con west - .1-50 Donalda .'. .643i ' Eldona .29 East Sullivan 7.00 Giant Yellowknife 8.55 God's Lake 31 Hardrock 53 ' Harricaha 10 Heva 08 '4 Hosco .., - oay4 Jacknlfe . .08 Joliet Quebec 69 Lake Rowan 17 Vt Lapaska 05 Little Long Lac 46 Lynx 30 Madsen Red Lake 2.70 McKenzie Red Lake 49 McLeod Cockshutt ........ 3.00 Moneta ' .35 Negus 1.46 Noranda 69.50 Louvicourt .20 Ptcklc Crow ., 2.35 Regcourt 07 San Antonio .'. 3.30 Senator Rouyn 31 Sherrlt Gordon 2.25 Steep Roc k 3.25 Sturgeon River 21 4 discovery was made by Ollie Ness, employee Hi Pe Logging Co. of Shushartie 13ay, wnen bers. It was stated, were placed 1 break-up. However, the Copper there but nothing further has City road is being repaired and been done. There has been no Kalum road will receive atten-appropriation for the work and tion. the expense could not come from , Other routine business maters the district's road maintenance were disposed of but the board appropriation. . j decided that a future policy The recent tragedy has would be to have all routine brought to a head tlw board's business and minor correspond-' rrievance at works department's ; ence dealt with at a council ! failure to act on road matters ' meeting so that there would b? "ton ws exposed by a gating for a Twenty feet in lprmth a stump by the roadside. The h.orf hnnps armroxlmately 18 there were so many tourists here. But there had to be some organization to see that it was run proDerlv and 11 could not bs on funds derived from admissions, she continued. Some were run on endowment, some by community organization. In the latter case memberships were taken out. She told of new. methods of exhibltine developed durinir the inu 1930s that closely followed red under eight 8raWl ahmih inn ft Ih. AVIU , 0! bpach and annrnxl. Baseball Scores American - St. Louis 4, Boston 29 Detroit 4, New York 11 Chicago 4, Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 6, Washington 7 ' National s ' New York 6, Chicago 5 Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 4 . Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 8 Boston 6, St. Louis 18 .. Western International Wcnatchce 7, Tacoma 1 Yakima 5-4, Spokane 1-1 Salem 2-8, Victoria 1-9 Trl-Clty 8-6, Vancouver 5-5 , Pacific Coast Hollywood 4, San Diego 3 Oakland 8, Sacramento 5 Portland 4, Los Angeles 1 Ran Francisco 11, Seattle 8 - ' . inches long, were crushed by the bulldozer. The yacht had anchored near a logging operation and were the first outsiders to view the nipa nf the 20 foot skeleton. brought to their attention. tlme for a guest speaker at each C. J. Norrington. president of regular meeting, trie board of trade, was a.sked The next meeting will' be the c' above tide water-;iplcs of the bones 'M. to Prinr-B Rnnarf. yChtsmin 1 ,u Th ornnn of Islands near by methods. It was . merchandising ,,7 "y Harvev Jordan have been the location 01 scen-l"'" t0 oack exhibits. types types 01 ,- irt.nnt , to eW, show Eleven tlflc research tin, 1UB 11 r1 CTuispr di...j ,1 and," w mu.c .-.-- rded led ai mice have been recorded WAV wniVCU Pacific rete 6.10 Princess -58 Royal Canadian 12 Royaltte 14.00 Toronto Athona H Aumaque 28 BnMie .R5 to Interview the district road strawberry social but the date of eneineer and lay local problems '.that awaits the ripening of the before him before goim; further j local berries.' The chairman of with them. These matters will , the entertainment commitee will also be communicated to him by make arrangements for that letter. meeting Pt which it is honed The board would like to have . to have E. T. Applewhaite, M.P., th-? highway signs placed in all,?s grest st?-W. . ( Victoria them In a manner samples are In the lJ -v p lQ i2 lnCneS stand. Dispersal 01 n'""'"! Silver Miller 1.04 , m.-n, 10 mcnes J1 anrt 1 museum at Ottawa. Loggers say they have ob served 12 inch lizards and spe e'es of ear'e& mice. . 3.05 Upper Cnnada waa one of the main luncuo of a library, she stated. ,j ge sections or "one w ere plied on