VICTOR vAtr- !::- -1 "i ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH (XLuMaIA S KSWSFAFE3 DRUGS BLIrtUC A Prompt Servki fE$ At All Hourt k ikliti'n PHONE 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port-Trince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" STAR CABS VOL. XXXVII, No. 162. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JULY 12. 1948 PRICE FIVE CENT3 ROR Railway Strike fags Dn Balance; (Final Efforts To Ward Off Tie-la 0m ADMITS KILLING Seattle Student Held For Sex Murder of Waitress SEATTLE, A 20-year old Seattle university sophomore, the confessed slayer of a drive-in restaurant "car-hop," will face a murder charge, Deputy prosecutor J. Edmund Quigley said today. John Russel Gasser signed a confession in the presence of six other law officers that he killed Onna Woodcock, 22, in a fit of Compromise by Minister of Labor Rejected But Dispute Gap Harrowed OTTAWA In final efforts to ward off the general railway strike scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Thurs -in. m 1 day morning of this week, Minister of Labor Humphrey Mitchell presented a compromise wage pro I - v posal at meetings with representatives of companies and railway brotherhoods today. Details of the new proposal were not made known 0 1 if 1 , I . 1 W:- 1 S A.'s NEW PRIME MINISTER IN CAPETOWN Mr. Malan. new- South African prime minister, following the recent defeat of General Smuts, has arrived in Capetown from Pretoria to take up residence at Groot Schuur the official Capetown residence of the prime minister. Here Mr. and Mrs. Malan are seen walking through the crowd after their arrival from Pretoria. Mrs. Malan has just received a bouquet from an admirer. Official Report on Skeena Flood RESULTS OF INSPECTION BY HON. IS VICE-CONSUL Importance of Prince Rupert Recognized By Sweden Aid. Arthur Brooksbank, who for years has been Identified with the affairs of the Swedish consulate here through his association with the office of Dybhavn & Hanson, has been appointed Swedish vice-consul at Prince Rupert, It Is announced. The appointment is effective as from April 15, 1948. Appointment of Mr. Brooks-bank as vice-consul makes Prince Rupert the only point west of Montreal where there Is a consul and vice-consul in the same consulate. The consul. Incidentally the senior for British Columbia, Is Olof Hanson. Prince Rupert was made a consulate six months ago. BULLETINS . JHKS LIKE TRl'MAN ' 'JIP UELPHIA Tne De,n-erCa a t i o n a I convention pci today to pick a Candida'" bi November'i president! election and it seems lkeythat the choice will be Prewdent Harry Truman. The lait-niinate entry of Senator CteBde Fepper of Florida as a candidate of the "Liberal" wlu reented a candidate to oppose wutnan. ume reoeis picked pvernor Ben Lahey of Arkansas. Truman is believed to have enough pledged votes to win. ' IMPOl ND BIG PLANE ' H A L I F A X Customs Collector Charles Collins today said he had impounded a I'nited States Flying Fortress which arrived from New York with nine men claiming to be on a navigational training flight The plane, however, is said to be in the service of the Hagana army of Israel. Montreal Housing MONTREAL The population E. T. KENNEY ARE ANNOUNCED Estimated oust of immediate relief and rehabilitation of property both municipal and private as a mull of flood damage in the Skeena Kiver area was placed at $'),525 by Hon. E. T. Kenney, minister of NAMED SUPERINTENDENT R. H. Robertson, succeeding G. A. Glay in charge of Canadian National Railways at Kamloops. GOLF TOURNEY HAMILTON Canada's best amateur golfers set out over the long, narrow fairways of Hamil- UoiU ..Aacaoter course, today In quest of two national champion - ships, the Willlngdon Trophy, interprovincial team honors and the junior championship. lands and forests and M.L.A. for Skeena, who made province-wide inspection of flood areas together with recommendations. Mr. Kenney visited the norlh--m pnetttf -Tti 'pmviwr-fTom Prince Rupert to Prince Georye and reported as follows: "Along the Skeena River starting from KwiniLsa to Kitwangi Bill Mawhinney, of Vancoti- j railway companies which were ver, drew most attention among j broken off last week, the juniors. He scored a blister-1 With the deadline only three ing 32 for nine holes in prac-; days away, Mitchell warned the tice, three under par. union chiefs that, if a tie-up Supporters predicted that he j actually developed, the govern-would shoot 140 over the 36-hole J ment would take steps to out- there is rather exte nsive dam-, aoiy from erosion and It ws age particularly to railway afd j only through the united efforts highway. The main damage,! 0f lne townspeople that build-however, insofar as the settlers ' jtlgS were not washed down th are concerned, started at ap-i river. Dyking was done and proximately Re mo where many j buildings moved away from tho buildings were dislodged In the I river front, but, erosion at that ,-nt ( harco in Border rtie govern-.via said that ,ps are men-, rs and warns; ndiiig herself! ,nt made last! ,,nr Ministry,; ,,mus state of ; . prmips are ttur Na.i col- j in exile, and :mn hiK'lli- . ,. said that the : by Ante Pav-., ar criminal Croatian guv- ti if r. SRDER Caicary pol-d an investi-nivsterv RUf- ic f the body ,in under the; hiimted" rot- i believed that drrcd early la1 i -.1 iiv was kirn- J 'Kimas rharlcs j .nsl It was found jung uldren invest!- j wits' :i the building re king the dead- nd im question-; a of in dead man, I "lit! n John Hall, j with r RCAF. In t he hnd lived ; rath. m the cottage' parly , inc of 1020. I that l-t in Mar - n .'.Imp ment with h vcr saw him a re wa a jag- t-inple and one l vad T-irr'c ,4 I u;iv tandafri Tln.ci day, Wy 13. HUB i I ; :m 17 4 fret "I lit 2 lr.-t 8 7 feet fi 2 y 5 9 If"' TCfetfUT J Dyke a r I 1FLOOD ! 1GENCY ' : ' -IPAIGN l 1 i 525,000 4"i"e. $l9,rti.73; $:n.ouo $ i "1.000 $10,000 i I $5,000 'mtions "D" T- PoIIch !! spital 1 80.00 : Division 1 ayi Chapter, route today. WRITER DROWNED rage Saturday morning. He has been held without charge since his arrest Saturday night. The girl's nude, slashed body was found lying In a muddy vacant lot. She had been crimin ally assaulted and gagged with her own black brassiere. FREIGHT PROBE HALIFAX Q - The premiers of seven provinces will meet with the Federal cabinet on July 20 at Ottawa to discuss the freight rate issue, Premier Angus L. Macdonald of Nova Scotia said Sunday night. Mr. Macdonald gave no hint of what new proposals, if any, might be laid before the cabi net. I It was announced Wednesday that the Dominion government had rejected a request from the seven province!; for a Royal Com mission to investigate Canadian railway freight rates. The government also turned down a request for a 21 percent increase in freight rates. TODAY'S STOCKS Courttm 8 U Johnston Co itu Vancouver Bralome 75 B R. Con. .03 B R.X. .09 Cariboo Quartz 1.25 Orull Wihksne .05 Hedley Mascot .40 Minto .013,4 Pend Oreille 4.20 Pioneer 2.50 Premier Border .03 Privateer .18 Reeves McDonald 1.90 Salmon Gold 12V'j Sheep Creek 118 Taylor Bridge .40 Taku River .30 ' Vananda 36'i Congress 03 Pacific Eastern 05 Hedley Amalgamated .. .02 Spud Valley 11 Central Zeballos 02 Silbak Premier 28 Oils A P. Con 13 Calmont -44 C. & E 6 50 Foothills 2.75 Home 8.00 Toronto Athona 07 Aumaque 16 Beat tie 58 Bevcourt 24 2 Buflalo Canadian 07V'2 Consol. Smelters 116.00 Con west 1-28 Donalda 65 Eldona 1-32 East Sullivan 2.65 Giant Yellownife 4. 55 God's Lake 57 V4 Hardrock 13 Harricana 07 Heva 11 Hosco " 33 Jacknife 04 Joliet Quebec ..35 Lake Rowan .06',; Lapaska 04 Little Long Lac 68 Lyn OV2 Madsen Red Lake 40 McLeod Cockshutt .95 Moneta 37 Negus 2.15 Noranda 48.75 Louvicourt -55 Pickle Crow 1.95 , Rpgcoiirt 04 'A San Antonio 3.55 Senator Rouyn 40 Pherrit Gordon 2.40 Steep Rock 2.05 Sturgeon River 15 Silver Miller 22 Mrs. F. J. Skinner and daughters Sharon and Sandra are sailing Tuesday on the Camo-sun to spend a three-week holiday at Grantham's Landing. vicinity of the Ferry as well a: great deal of erosion and loss of surface land to their farms in particular across the river liom Remo. "In the vicinity of Terrace. more particularly Brauns Island, w here there i.-i an area of smr three to four hundred acres largely under cultivation con nected to lie mainland oy a REGINA KP'A capsizing boat'erKj and prospecUve traveler:; ended the career of one of west-j WCre being advised not to content Canada's best-known sports j rnence journeys which will take writers, Dave Dryburg, about 40, afler Wednesday night to com- but were taken away by the representatives for consideration and answer. Whether or not the strike would materialize hung, it was felt today, on an attitude of give and take by both sides. Later it was announced that international unions engaged in the wage dispute had rejected the government's latest settlement proposal but came down on their wage demands. The announcement was made by Frank H. Hall, chairman of the negotiating committee for the eighteen unions, after the con ference with Mr. Mitchell who on Saturday had made a suggestion as to basis on which a settlement could be worked out. "We have now told him that it Is not enough and have suggested an alternative," said Hall. Neither proposal was disclosed but Hall said that last week's spread between rail company and union demands was reduced after the meeting with international men. Mitchell also went, Into con- f erence wlth the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Em i ptoyees, 4Btiu - with, toera. in- 1 dependently of the international I unions. - As yet neither faction has re- sumed negotiations with the law any future strikes in vital public services. Meantime an embargo 011 handling of perishable products was put Into effect at the week- i piete. Tom Reid Tells Ottawa of Fraser Valley Floods OTTAWA Tom Reld, M.P. for New Westminster ,told the Ki- ! wanis Club here, In describing COMMIE DOOM London Times Sees Handwriting In Attack On 1'ugoSlavia LONDON The Times says "the writing is on the wall for Communists everywhere" as a I result of the Cominform attack on Yugoslavia. In France and ' Italy they stand stripped of their last claim to act as nauonai parties. Coninf orhi Is seen more clearly than ever as first and last "a Russian tool." REINFORCE BERLIN LONDON An authoritative source said today that Britain has sent Considerable numbers of new troops to western Germany because of the tension in blockaded Berlin. The informant said that many will be flown Into Berlin Itself. ON FIRST VISIT Paying his first visit to Prince Rupert since his appointment a lew months ago as vice-president, and general manager in c"argc of western lines, Canadian National Railways, J. P. Johnson of Winnipeg is In the city today. He arrived on the Prince George this morning from Vancouver and will proceed East by rail this afternoon. R. C. Vaughan, chairman of the board and president of the Canadian National, who was on the coast and was to have come here, returned hurriedly from Vancouver to Montreal at the week-end because, it Is understood, of the Impending strike situation. Mr. Johnson, who Inspected the company's local facilities to day, was met here by J. P 0iper. gel'irTfl""5irperinteiT-' dent, Vancouver, antl C. E. Stewart, superintendent of motive power and equipment. They and C. A. Berner, divisional superintendent here, are going East with Mr. John son today. Also here to meet Mr. Johnson are J. L. Charles, chief engineer, western region, and St. John Munro, district engineer, Vancouver, who arrived Sunday evening. SEATTLE LEARNS Told A Few Things About Motor Transportation From Here to Alaska Information bureau ot the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, which misinformed motor tourists from Florida recently that there was no transportation for automobiles between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan, has been put straight on that matter by E. T. Applewhaite, secretary Of the Prince Rupert Public Relations Council. In addition to advising the Seattle Information bureau that four coastal liners, operating on regular schedule, can take cars from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan, Mr. Applewhaite has also pointed out that three of these vessels include in their schedule calls at Haines, Alaska, where cars can be unloaded to be driven on over the Haines Cutoff to the main Alaska Highway. "The Haines Cut-off is going to be one of Alaska's biggest tourist attractions for the motoring traveler," asserts Prince Rupert's enthusiastic counterpart of Vancouver's Leo Sweeney. The Haines Cut-off matter came up when the West Palm Beach motorists told the Dally News they had never even heard of it until they reached Prince 'Rupert. ' The British Columbia Govern- ment iravei Bureau aisu bfls a. copy of Mr. Applewhaite 's letter to Seattle. Fish Sales Ispaco, 33,000, 20c, 19.20c and 10c, Cold Storage. Clipper II, 15,000; Signal, 33,-000; Melville, 38,000, Co-op. Mrs. J. B. Rae and two children are sailing Tuesday on the Camosun on a holiday trip to Vancouver. of Montreal is 1,300,000 and Leader-Post for the last 18 yeais. j United Farmers of Alberta ap-sixty percent of the number Dryburg drowned about 50 pealed to the federal govern-cannot afford to pay more than ff,et, from si10rP at B-Say-Tah, ment to take over the railways. $35 in rent lor a place ot lrVe s&sk ., 600 miles northwest of ' A strike, they said, would be In. This is a report from the Regina. The boat capsized as I disastrous to the agricultural Board of Trade. It would take be snatched his wife's purse to ! industry. 25 years, building 10.000 new efp jt from falling overboard, j homes- annually, to solve the' His wife and other companions ; 7fl 000 HOMFI F55S short bridge there was con- dependent upon fanmng. and) sports editor of the Regina brought here during the pack - RAIL EMBARGO IS FELT HERE able to enter that village. ' "At " Kirwanea ' Considerate damage was done to farming property there on the bank of the river. "Hazel ton suffered consider- point has been rather extensive. "On the Bulkley River near Smithers farm land was also flooded. "At Telkwa minor damage was reported. "At Prince George flooding of that portion of the townsite in the vicinity of what is known as the Bridge was extensive." ENVOY COMING NHhrrands rollsu,.Gene nrral to Canada Due Here July 21 Netherlands consul-general to Canada. Dr. A. Sevenster, will be a visitor in Prince Rupert July 21 in the course of a tour of west ern Canada, according to wora received in the city. Dr. Sevenster is accompanied by his wife. Object of the tour is said to be for the purpose of acquainting himself at first hand with this part of the country. He will also visit the central interior, it is expected, as already there has been a considerable movement of Dutch immigration to that area and more people from the Motherlands are coming. Dr. Sevenster is being invited to address the Prince Rupert Gyro Club while here. THE WEATHER Synopsis Little change will occur today in the cloudy showery weather which has delayed summer for so long throughout British Columbia. However, the general weather set-up is showing signs of change and improving weather conditions arc looked for in the next couple of days. Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast-Cloudy today and Tuesday. Wind, light westerly. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday-At Port Hardy 50 and 65, Masse tt and Prince Rupert 50 and 63. lug house strike several months the Fraser Val'ej floods, that ago, is not likely to be available 70,000 persons wtie uriven from because stock in that locality , their homes. Chief hope in av-will not be ready for market un- , erting repetition lay in taking til August at the earliest. a lesson from Holland. Present However, general opinion j dykes were wholly inadequate, seems to be that settlement will j he said, be reached before July 15, or If 1 while the present flood was not as disastrous in re.sjwcl of tne buildings on this Island as in 1!)3G the land suffered extensively. "In the vicinity of Terrace tn-t-keena appears to have more or less changed Its course from the main channel to what is known as the slough and in doing so a great deal of erosion has taken place and now there is a real threat and danger that it will cut through a very old channel .south of the town, In which case It would mean the flooding of many small farms and homes with most disastrous results. A hastily thrown up dyke diverted the water during the present flood and it would appear that the construction of a short dyke at the low point would prevent what may prove to be a major catastrophe later on. "In that same area one very fine residence suffered severe damage. At Usk the town was completely under water and a great deal of damage was done to buildings through silting, etc. People were able to move to a t .... 1.1..U high bench during tne m." ,.,..1, - Btn.rr.s Here a so. me Ferry connecting the north and south bank, by the collapsing of a tower and the breaking of the main cable, went clown the river and is a total loss. "DamaEe in the vicinity of IDoreen was also reported. but Shipments of Fish Halted Meat and Produce Now Held lTf The shipping embargo placed on perishable foods in advance of the threatened railway strike Thursday morning has halted shipments of fish from Prince Rupert to eastern Canada and may cause a meat shortage in the city If it lasts more than a week. The embargo, which went into effect this morning so that the rail lines would be clear of perishable shipments if the strike materializes, will cut off meat and produce supplies to Prince Rupert. Even if settlement is reached in the strike before the Thursday deadline, the embargo will dislocate the delivery of meat supplies to the city, causing present 'tocks to be stretched at least three days beyond their normal period. One of the city's meat wholesalers reported that they had enough meat for "current requirements and that these probably would be adequate for a week but, if the embargo lasts longer than that, there will be I a shortage. I Meat from the Smithers- Telkwa district, which was it is not, government action will be taken to assure delivery of vital shipments. Current landings of fresh fish are all going into cold, storage as the regular flow of refrigerated express shipments was brought to a halt by the embargo. "We are sort of getting used to these embargoes." a fishing company manager said This Is the third this year First there was the American Railway strike threat, then the flood and now this." . The Ketchikan fish packer Dagney, which brought down two carloads of fresh fish on Sunday, was still lying at the C. N.R. wharf this morning with her cargo aboard. Remaining landings of halibut will all go into cold storage here, it was learned, while the salmon will either be frozen or be sent to the canneries for canning. I was 11 n- 50.00 owing to Its isolation