PROVINCIAL LIBRA SIY 113 VICT2?.IA, B. C. 3153 DIMES DnUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Princt Rupart, th Kay to the Graat Northwest" VOL. XXXIX, NO. 124. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS Li quar' Store Heire Is -Awar G16Q ontract For I,, Manitoba Flood Sufferers!; Berlin Parade Peaceful Southern Firm To Carry Out Job Of Construction Three contracts for liquor stores in this district at an aggregate cost' of $121,020, have been awarded The Daily News Is Receiving Subscriptions jBllt Bristling With Hate i TOT ELECTROCUTED PHILADELPHIA A three year old boy put his tor.jue j the Mission City contracting firm of Fraser Valley into an electric light socket BERLIN (CP) A half million disciplined East German youths, their blue uniforms sodden from day long downpours, chanted and marched yesterday in Berlin's biggest Communist show sinco the war. ; The vastly prepared Whitsuntide rally turned out to be a peaceful parade, not a putsch. By nightfall only one iff fi I minor Incident had marred the II !(Pnff m demonstration. A Communist wpilvlll Builders Limited, according to an announcement in Victoria. The contract for the store at Prince Rupert was let at $61,700 as compared with FLOOD FUND SUBSCRIPTIONS , Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boyctauk $5 George Miller 5 Armstrong Agencies ......... 10 . P. Montchal 2 Class 7 (1) Booth School 3.00 Mrs. William Hall 2 Mr. and Mrs. W. Davidson 2 J. Zabudney 5 4. and was electrocuted last night. 1 The child, Francis Ritch, was found in the cellar of his home j with his tongue in the outlet 1 of a plugged in extension cord. I WEEK-END DEATH 250 j CHICAGO The accidental I bids of Mitchell & Currie Ltd. Six Deaths Spot youth beat up a news vendor 1 Of Red Ideas and was arrested. Korean Election SEOUL (CP) The little republic of Korea, born of turmoil I, for $69,278 and Northwest Construction for $79,990. . - Contract for the Terrace store is $29,540 comparing with bid3 of Bovill Si Hann, Smithers, at $31,115.56; Greer & Bridden, Prince Rupert, $28,995 and R. C. Mutch. Prince Rupert, $29,403, and Northwest Construction for $29,472. The store at Vanderhoof will cost $29,780 compared with bld3 from Bovill it Hann for $33,-239.13 and from A. P. Anderson 4 or $37,057. ' and strife of the Second World. death toll in the United Stales for the Memorial Day week-orii mounted to 250 today. The total included 164 lives lost in traffic mishaps. Drownings accounted for 47 lives and 39 persons died from miscellaneous causes. WENATCHEE rTBLlSIIER J But It was a parade that WASHINGTON (CP State mocked and caricatured the Secretary Acheson returned Sat-West ' and eulogised Stalin and urday from the London talks on lhe Soviet Union and carried fhe cold war to be congratulated high drum beats of hate. The' by President Truman on the biagest hand was saved for 10.- "wonderful Job" In promoting 000 jSCkbooied troopers Of the P.nnrt.ion mnn. Wostprn Pulp and Paper Or Sawn Lumber? Question of whether No. 1 logs would go Into the manufacture of pulp at the new pulp mill of Columbia Cellulose Co. at Watson Island was discussed with Hon. E. T. Kenney during his visit to the city at the end of. the week. , -X 'V War and hot spot In the Asian cold war since then, today wound up a quiet (for Korea) campaign for tomorrow's national elections. Six deaths, three kidnapings, four cases of arson and about East German "peoples police, which thj West calls an army. DEAD TORONTO Rufus Woods, powers. But Trygve Lie, General of the United Nations, who has visited Stalin in Moscow, may be received skeptically, Was Pione : some sources say. Lie Is due to report this week on the Russian 500 arrests have been reported. Among those clamped In Jatl were 42 candidates and 178 ele j-tioneers. Main charge ,was violation of the election laws in sympathy with Communism. Parks Are Disgraceful Everybody Agreed Something Printer He. leader's reaction toward the United Nations officials' 20-year Mr. Kenney agreed that U; seemed to be a pity to see fine ' logs going into pulp and paper, j Yet, he remarked, a thousand feet of timber yielded more in cash and gave more employment when made into pulp or paper than when made Into 1 peace project. But in official sources of the United Nations, ; the United States State Depart- Jersey Joe Takes Should Be Done But Where j (nent has sounded skepticism Is The Money? over the Russian sincerity in ac cepting any suggestion for end- A. O, Franks Passes t In New Westminster Another pioneer c i Prince Rupert has pas' jThe death of Algernt j Franks took place abo I Sundav in Melrose sawn lumber. Mr. Kenney did not think Columbia Cellulose planned on putting in a sawmill at Watson Island. German Champion x..c m L.ie cny are in ! ing tn cold war;XCept on Sov- a disgraceful condition and are i let terms alone progressively getting worse I am ashamed to take tourists around ' MANNHEIM. Germany CP)tH New Westtmin' Jersey Joe Waleott Sunday night Jlved' mi C.lty ioi 3 HEADQUARTERS of the Manitoba Flood Relief: Fund n Pnme Minister Louis St. Laurent chaU with H. W. Gen rul Chairman of the Fund. He is shown handing vS.ii navemcntJa which, -lu expressed unqualified ap-, , 1 support of the work of the Fund. Fishing Vessel 1903. 1 .thjera.' Now tthether -ft is'"the Predict More Spy Arrests ; won-a ten rouna aecision over Hein Ten Hoff, German heavyweight champion in Germany's first big international ring show j Parks Board or the City Council,, ! ' IVf Irflf c J to blame I do not know butnome-' III LIMlvJJ For the past few years lUr. Franks' general health had not been of the best but he was able to be up and about as usual tin-til early in the year. He was a tGoans Assess Their . thing has to be done and done at ! I once." So said Art Murray when SEATTLE (CP) Ffty mile an since Hitler's time. No title was i at stake, but the fight had been j 72, publisher of the Wenatchee I World, died in hospital today ' after a heart attack.' SHIP RUNS BLOCKADE HONG KONG The British steamer Sausang arrived at Shanghai today from Hong Kong after running the Chinese Nationalist blockade. It was understood the voyage was without incident. ANOTHER KHAN? LOS ANGELES The Times says it has learned from "source close. to, the Jiamilvr' that Princess'Aly" Khan, for- merly Rita Hayworth, is expecting another baby. DESERTERS FORGOTTEN OTTAWA The armed forces, finally washing their hands of secc.nl world war deserters, are giving the green light for their return home to roughly 100 Canadian servicemen who quit their uniforms and vanished overseas. Nobody will ever know how many heedjt. ONTARIANS WIN $77,500 TORONTO Mr .and Mrs. Tom Harper of Woodstock, Ont., wc.vt $77,500 when Gal-cador, a horse they drew in the Iijish sweepstakes, finished first in the English Derby. WINNER IN QUEBEC QUEBEC S. Martincs, Brooklyn, N.Y., was winner of j he waj asked for his opinion by heralded as a chance for the ilinotyDe operator, and remained hour winds and heavy seas battered the disabled halibut trawler Oceanus, In Queen Charlotte LONDON. (CP) Two Lonjn newspapers predicted Sunday that more persons, including German to bid for a shot at the iactive in tnlg trade u to a few j the Parks Board at their meeting in the City Council chamber. Mr. As Sun Dries Homes world heavyweight crown. Sound early today as the 52 foot vessel and its crew of six await- Canadians and some Americans i Murray was present as represen-,ni tin h arrostoiH !n thp atomic. I tative of the Baseball Association. ed aid from the coast cut- sovorobe. There was no official J- 8. Wilson, president of the guard ter Northwlnd confirmation of the reports. Football Association, was also The cutter reversed its course Neither Sunday weekly, the ; present oy invuauon. tie agreea OT0I1A (CP) Soggy Manitoba dried Sunday under a blazed Western sun. The "tinned its headlong drop. The twin cities of -sr and St. Boniface drowsed through a warm, i .... . . T A But last nlgrit after receiving the RpvnolHs News nor the Sunday i 'th nat Mr- Murray said Empire News mentioned names. The Empire News said that for he felt that the citizens tl.em- stricken vessel s call lor help. It ' selves were to blame too. It was was expected to reach the up to them to take a more active Ocuanus this afternoon'. There 'May. A lmht breeze lilted dust on rorcage Jumbo's First Day Nets Over Hundred Total sales in the Jumbo halibut weight guessing contest r Winnipeg Flood Relief were Just over $100, it was reported today by Jim Allison sponsor of the project. Lowest guess to date was by a little girl from Portland on a tour. It was 15 pounds. Highest guess so far is 591. the last ten days Dr. Klaus The vast Hood of 1950 was fast becoming a months ago, when he resigned from the Daily News staff because of illness. i.i Mr. Franks was born 73 years ago his birthday was March 23 in Lincolnshire, England, and came to this city 42 years ago, after having spent a short time In Saskatchewan. He was in the' employ of the late John Houston, Jn association wlth-JSUO. Dennis, now in San Francisco, and the late S. D. Macdonald, well known in early day activities in the publication of Prince Rupert's first newspaper, the Em-pre. . Z It was In 1928 that The Empire was purchased by Mr. Franks, has ! Interest In the state of the par was no Indication ef the vessel's Fuchs, convicted atomic spy, real peril to those not . " niiu ou tu ui tug pirmuiv bu ui.ai wwuure. upon those responsible. I The Seattle owned Oceanus was reported 30 miles southwest been "Identifying suspect alter suspect from films and that thousands of people have been flown secretly and under close uard from America." PilolHeld On Damage Charge MONTREAL (CP) An Ameri of Goose Island, 100 miles north of Vancouver Island. Halibut Sales Jlectfd by the greatest 'i hit Manitoba since it 'Province in 1870. The over. Wy created Manl- rehabilitation authored to swing into ac-'')' thousands, force'! 'homos by the dirty, -wr, spent the day their losses. Members 01 the board and of the City Council were agreed tl.at something should be done and t'one at once but pointed out they were handicapped by lack of funds. They had already plans underway to m&ke improvements. It was also agreed that it would be unwise to spend any more Baseball Scores Rainfall Lighter Than Expected the first prize of $10,000 in the Canadian Aleutian Queen, 48,000, 25.5c, 25c and 22c, Atlin. Unlmak. 65.000. 25.5c. 25c and money than was necessary Just j 22c, Storage can pilot was charged today with damaging an airplane Just before it was to take off for Rome with 52 passengers on a Holy Year trip. The pilot, James Vinson. 29, to maintain Roosevelt Park In Margaret I, 50,000, 25.4c, 25c and 22c, Royal. jst Troops Mr- Macdonald and W. J. Ray-was Despite the way it felt, there less than an inch rainfall1 mond from the late S. M. New-from 4 a.m. Saturday to 4 a.m.!lon- uder that ownership, The Monday. However the six hour Empire continued in the daily period from 4 to 10 this morn-, Held for nintjen years, when ing showed .6 inches of rain. it was bought by H. G. Perry of lhe 24 hour periods ending at Prince George and amalgamated 4 a.m. Sunday and Monday re-'with the Daily News, selectively showed .37 and .42 Mr. Franks served in the South lnches- j African War 1899-1902, as a the meantime and rather to concentrate on McClymont Park. Icy to improve Algoma Park. Cape Race, 7,000, 25.2c, 24.5c' Army aii Navy veterans Eng- lish derby sweepstake. Mar- j tinss held the lucky ticket' on I the winning horse, Galcador. STRANAHAN WINS ST. ANDREWS, Scotland Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio, Saturday won his second British amateur golf championship within three years when he overwhelmed Dick Chapman of Pirhurst, N.C., 8and 6 in the 36 hele final. h PhiiW whese address was given as Florida, was accused of releasing the and Ispaco, 38,000, 25.5c, 25c which la Itll I, Ul W1C HILViJf IlllMlb Park, and also to recommend to fin umiia i j air brake pressure on the plane. 22c' Bootn- the elected Parks Board which Co-op -1 will t.akp nffim npxt. vpjir that wmosa tCP) Na. The defect was discovered in a routine check before the plane 26,500,.. Rodney.. thnlr future .-dans should ho In i ''nS- member of Company 82, Imperial Yeomanry. He belonged to several Masonic and Moose lodges, and In recognition of his forty years with the International FRANK DIBB IS LAID AT REST concentrate on McLymont Park.,7,0M- - ! In the meantime, the Parks! I Board assured the representa-l THE WEATHLR SATURDAY j American New York 1, Philadelphia 6 Detroit 8, St. Louis 6 Cleveland 1, Chicago 6 Boston 4-8, Washington 3-2 SUNDAY New York 6-5, Philadelphia 3-6 Cleveland 0-7, Chicago 2-0 Detroit 6-2, St. Louis 2-1 Boston 8, Washington 7 SATURDAY National Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 8, New York 5 St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 1 Brooklyn 1, Boston 7 SUNDAY Brooklyn 1, Boston 4 Philadelphia 5-1, New York 2-3 St. Louis 6-7, Cincinnati 2-2 Chicago 6-5, Pittsburgh 0-1 Pacific Coast Saturday Oakland 3, Sacramento 0 Seattle 4, San Francisco 3 Hollywood 6. San Diego 4 Portland 4. Lcv Angeles 1 TERRACE Rt. Wor. Bro. took to the air. A lawyer, Joseph Cohen, said the action arose from a dispute over ownership of the air craft. Vinson, he said, was acting on instructions from his company-Ocean Air Trade Ways which typographical union was pre- Frank Dibb, past district deputy jsemed j tives of the Football Association j Forecast j that thev wou'd grade the p!?y- North Coast Region Cloudy jing pitch, repair the players' with occasional showers today, j booths, erect u gate and e'ean Cloudy tomorrow witti rain be-up the surrounding stretches. ginning In the afternoon. Little ,a'fia acri-d Russia Wring 300,000 Soviet Red China. There f confirming the "Ms sairi earlier .7 and Communist 11 "-rertl t.h;lt 4000n0 7n could settle in 1 The defense minis-re Uian 150,000 Sov-,'; art Rationed in such : 9na cities as Dairen. i had leased the plane to Curtiss v.as buried 7 T with I V full TMonM Masonic local union on the occasion of rites here Saturday afternoon , ni! Jeav8 nere- In aon to his widow at following a service in the Mi- fonic Hall conducted by Wor-ialiano Island, surviving rela- fhipful Master Elwood Brooks; tives are three sons, Roy Franks with Bro. David Bain as chap- of New Westminster, Stanley Present at the meeting were cnanBe ln temperature. Winds E. D. Forward, chairman, W. D southwesterly (25 mph) decreas- Reid Flying Service Ltd. The defence chose trial by jury. Preliminary hearing was ! tambie. secretary, C. P. Balasno, ln 10 "b"1 y tnis evening. H. C Whalen, Pat Forman. Aid- Winds southeasterly (151 tomor-'ermen George Casey. Don Fitch, l'w morning .Increasing to i W A. Nj;Lean with J. S. Wilson, southeast (30) in the afternoon. ; lain. Tlie service concluded with Frank?, of Fraser Lake and Jaclc t the Masonic ritual at the grave- j Franks of Prince Rupert. . and and Changchun. sct for June 6- nal Spy Hunt May side in the Kalum Cemetery. ! two daughters, Mrs. Roy (Lillian ) Pallbearers were Hon. E. T.' Becker, and Mrs. A. C. (Elsie) Kenney, James McGlashan, L. Cameron of Prince Rupert. Finlayson, K. Keefer, S. Kirk-, Tne funeral wlI1 take place and G. Lambley. aldy ! Wednesday afternoon from the president of the Football Associ- -Lows tonight and highs tomor-Ption and A;t Murray of the row at Port. Hardy, 40 and 55; Baseball Association present by Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 40 invitation. and 52. ll SNOW IN COLORADO DENVER Snow covered northern Colorado and Wyoming today. In Denver, big tree branches, broken by the weight of a seven-inch fall, littered the streets. ARREST FOLLOWS CRASH PRAGUE, Ciechoslovakia Twelve persons were killed and 12 others injured when an express train and a freight collided in Slovakia. Engineers of both trains were arrested. 16 HOMELESS IN FIRE 1 OTTAWA Fire of unknown origin, caused $75,000 damage and drove 16 persons from 'their apartments In a downtown ' business block. TO RESUME CAREER ROME Ingrid Bergman hopes to return to movies soon, a friend said. He quoted Che star as saying she plans to resume her career when publicity about her and Roberto Rossellinl dies down. Any Tire How me cuici iiiuuiiicia wcie uic widow Mrs. Amy Dibb, Mr. and Sunday Los Angeles 4-0, Portland 2-9 , Hollywood 8-0, San Diego 3-4 San Francisco 12-8, Seattle 6-7 j Oakland 2-10 Sacramento -9. (CIM Indications todav are that Aluminum Ladders Gracing Fire Hall Prince Rupert Fire Department is the proud IS fnv i,v,..l ...m. n. i...:. . 1 4 U TTnWurl Patterson Funeral Home in New Westminster. AIR PASSENGERS FTo Vancouver t today Mi. B. Woolf, G. A Beare. Doiii Little and son. F. B. Johnson, Mrs. H. Thorn, J. 'ln antf-esmon;ige drive whose pace has not Mrs. George Dibb, Mrs. Irene , Vance, Mrs. R. Gordon, Mrs. T. ! If. Wilford, Mr. Charles Collins, j Other friends were with the ; funeral party which came by car from Prince Rupert follow-! ins a service there. "lc"erl since the celebrated snv trials of 1946. j;re are siRns that it may blow .open at any J !t is all submerged h and curtained off. No- ; Ua was talking Western International Saturday Wenatchee 5, Tacoma 3 Trl-City 5-0, Salem 2-1 Vancouver 17-4, Yakima 8- 3 Spokane 14-1. Victoria 8-14 Spokane 14-1. Victoria 8-11 Sunday Tri-Ctty 3, Salem 1 Wenatchee 7-3, Tocoma 6-9 Onlv eame? scheduled possessor of two brand new, pieces of equipment. Last week two aluminum ladders, one 40 feet, the other 20 feet, were unpacked and now grace the fire hall. Firemen are confident that the light weight ladders will be of inestimable value if ever they are called on to tackle a blaze in a multiple storey buildinc I The mourners were the guests, Farris. f 'cf Mr. and Mrs. H. Spencer T Sandspit today F. Dar-Kitsumgallum for the short time old- H- C. Miller, Mrs. Marshall , they were here as they returned ! and infant. J. Orvick. R. Luca:, I to the coast almost immediately B- Lane, J. Parker. eftr the lntermenl. I From Sandspit (Saturday) i , Mr. Eowker, A. Berg, D. Crosby. LOCAL TIDES Tuesday, May 30, 1950 Hiah 12:44 19.4 feet :5th, ' . ; wept "P ntinn swoop on a ' a"mi; spy net wo-k Low 6:24 1.3 feet 18:25 6.1 ftet