PROVINC1A- LIBRARY 'I PROVINCIAL LI2.?,I, in VI 03UES D3CQS . 'Daily Deliver'' NORTIIERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COI.TJMTUA'IJ wirwnpiniro Published at Co PHONE vol xxxtv wn -iv ihumi run rnnce Kuperr, rne R.ey ' to tn urcor riorthwesr 81 114. ' PRIMPS- UTiDiro-r , n . r Tnrm. "-"-' v.,. ufioum, Mai, , PRICE FIVE CENTS i: Li fcT7 l! Soviet Installations One Mile From Alaska Climax Of 7Save United Nations7' Mission; Press Statement Is Promised V ice ;Ij it ELMORE f HILPOTT i Civilians Iking Kvaruatcd From Kg Diomcdc- Could Cut, Off Americans In Bering Sea While the United States is abandoning some of its defence bases in Alaska on the grounds of econ LPong and !". MOSCOW (CP) Prime Minister Stalin and United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie talked for 90 minutes at the Kremlin last night. The conference climaxed a I'save United Nations" mission which had brought Lie half way around the world to see the Russian leader. Representation in the U.N. omy, there are indications that the Soviet Republic-is extending its sphere of military installations facing the northern American outpost. According to reports brought here by Alaskan passerby, the Russian authorities have been evacua-j ting civilians from the Big Die-' . . ' mede Island in Bering Sea. Thrj IJn 0011010 I OOO was a major topic at the dir.- cussions. Another session was held this morning. Lie toli news men he would have a press con ference tomorrow morning. Principal issue' at , stake is whether or not the Communist ji,10ve w taken as a prelude 10 Hie arming of the Island which, , mlU awav tmm I.llflr. i of muddy wat Jr poured over the Riverview section of Winnipeg R'Ver gUShed 0Ver dikes near the three municipal hospitals patients were evacuated and more than 100 families fled the . (C. P. Photo) HOSPITALS INUNDATED-A sea S rTf Whe" RCd (laige buildings at topi. Some 140 ATP El. . Season s First Train Leaves Halibut Pr. Rupert Port Simpson I j j Boy Drowned ' ; A seven year old native boy was ! lound drowned this morning in ' foot of water underneath a dock ' at Sunnyside Cannerv. about 14 ! miles east of Prince Rupert ud I he Skeena River. I Peter Wesley, son of. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wesley waJast seen by his father at noon yesterday At about 9 p.m. lne iamily became slightly worried and commenced searching for the lad. They not ified the B.C. Police at Port ward and a search was conducted j without success until about 3 a.m. this morning. Mr. Wesley continued the search and at 8 a.m. found his : son drowned. The family arrived from Port Simpson recently and commenced employment with the company. Mr. Wesley is an old time employee of the canning firm. The ypung boy is survived by many brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements are be - ing conducted by Mr. Wesley and it is expected thp boy will be buried at Port Simpson. Vancouver Trade Prominent Business Men On Goodwill Trip Canadian National Steamships popular new 5800-ton ss. Prince George, having just undergone annual inspection and overhaul, Half Million Pounds Of Fish Landed At Exchange Today The first special fresh fish train of ihc season left Prince Rupert last night with twelyeWs. Total car opened to last night were 34. j "3 ALL HOPE thai Walter Harris was fer of the Henty kn he was a toy. k was he will have ;,r of admiration ' .1 ;,o young jvumuia .., jrillmi? escape from lne Sh'd in Vancouver M their deportation i! io sail lor Korea. id Yoiit; ;mc youns ; who fled lrom North r.;n their auti-Com-;i;uidcs had pot them .! vilii tlif Communist Arconiiiig to Pon your exportation of 1 wry Ions if you tannic, id. th the Hod gov-ii! North Kurea. er. they say, condition. :. Korea are equally In-T!, 'iiisaiidf nf refugee. d into the tiny little There is no chance V: at job, 111 i;ii less to Mr studies ni Korea rant conditions. S VOUCH FOR THiJ . sfve.Mi diiferuit fam--t offered to guarantee af Ihes.. boys if they !.. Ifl pursue their Jl Cviuda. Canada to lose bv W' Pong and Yorm re for two or threo 'm law of Canada nei- 3ts to come into Can tor than the regula tion channels. Pung 1 re st'jdeni.s. and Iw. In fact you just H these boys and not iplains the fact tht.1 p'fr.. families who "MS of these bovs be anie to Canada arc l befriend them no. BOYS WERE RUS- ;! dwtsrs. or ant.1- 11 Czechs, thev would into the m-itish or nes in Omnanv. In 11 'he ripht, oi political reality. Canada he less In the case of the 'MiSh clOSirl.f.- frnm rafy our novemmrnt lhe letter of nlB hiw m W time to arram-n W admission into Surely we ure nu. te to reuses from KlliSees from AIRKADY AD- Miiploaos of reiii- tioincH ... ; .. U "USSla ln ,ar. 1, rp'S had ;cl they were in :;'"e uo;iL as young 1 lung. tlif? R.,1,,,, u sl(1('nce in loim, ,. J ' p P""S and Yon,- Cm r,Ul'y ln,?) "si:ari., .'"4nai iifw,..i. .. , Bps. u """""le aim rc'fM that'tlvy ' and Bfaduate wiU ALL Til P. lon m "W 1)01111 w ay never t,,.,, thrilll:ig "t Mini.., "13'. 11 'Shin, of Canada to "Ive thic 1: f'8 u"a Ycng- . H) jail Chinese Government J will be recognised by Western Powers, Today Lie met - Communist Chinese ambassador ; to : the United States. Little Change in Borough Voting LONDON H Labor yesterday claimed an over-all net gain of 83 seats la last week's country w;de local government contests,, ! most results of which have been j reported. But Conservatives sail I in the contests Ih 378 provincial I boroughs they had 317 gams including a net gain of 97 seats from Labor. On the whole, the elections showed no spectacular change in the position of the ' ; " Lester Franklin, Port Edward, j and Robert Franklin of the j postal staff left by Monday night's train for a three week'y holiday trip to Saskatoon. Board Wednesday Princ George, Jasper, Edmonton, Kamloops and other points. The party leaves the ship at Prince Rupert to board a C.N.R. train for the remainder of their, tour. During their day rfere they RAILAY STRIKER x CHICAGO Oi The strike by railroad firemen against four major rail systems threatened sharp cuts ln many segoierja ' of industry in the United States. Prospects of an early settlement apeared dim. The walkout, which started last week, Involves only 18,000 firemen. But as many as 200,000 other rail workers may be idle. Countless other1 thous ands are expected to-be made idle by a long strike. Canadian rail workers are not affected by the walkout. ,(.,, t;; been requested along with other will be here tomorrow morning 6 j " " ' V " , V'""3 I tries, the celanese and fisheries On this particular voyage the ! plant at Port Edward an(j Sr- ship wil carry members of the i'row night will be tendered a re-Vancouver Board of Trade, on a ceptlon and dinner by Prince Ru-goodwill tour to Prince Rupert, pert Chamber of Commerce. . ' , & j aaTT ijfi IViomtds Island (An.ercian own-1 rdi. Is the nearest Russian point to United States teritory. Removal of civilians from Big I-lomode Is In line with reported n.:en', exclusion of American j Eskimos from Little' Diomede ind elsewhere in that area who hivn bten traditionally accustomed to paying friendly visits for trading and other purposes.) Incidents have bt.cn reported lately of where Eskimos from the American side have been t'r.aimd by tlvj Russians and closely questioned about Installations. Arming of Bix Diomcde Is seen as a possible serious menace to the United States line into the Arctic and northern Alaska Including the oil reserves in the Barrow region where even now tliillins is proceeding. Also in that area the United States has a geophysical laboratory for weather research and study ol the cosmic ray. " While the Russians appear to be moving their installations closer and closer to Alaska, the United States Itself has been abandoning air basis at Nome and Shemya, at the far end of the Aleutian Islands, according to word brought here from the north. Ladd Field at Fairbanks, EJelson Fieid, 26 miles from Fairbanks, and Elmendorf Field, at Anchorage, now remain as the principal Ion? range air lields in western and northern Alaska. Winnipeg Refugees IV'opIc ReachiiiR rrince, Ku-;crt From Hood -Stricken Prairie Metropolis " From 50,000 to 60.000 refugees a day are cither coming Into ot leaving Winnipeg, according to Mr.s. William Michalczuk, whose husband is employed with the Canadian, National Railways traffic department in Winnipeg. Mrs. Michaljuk arrived hers Saturday nlg"r.t to visit her "mother, Mrs. .lohn Dybhavn. On the train also were Mrs. Rogan, who came to visit her daughter, Mrs R. Boychuk, 6th Avenue Wes;., and Mrs. Anna Young, who came to visit a daughter here. None had been flooded out but there was water in their ba-scnients, which had backed up the sewers. Another family also came here, they had been forced to leave their home. Mrs. Michalczuk says, their Fort Rouge home has water ln I the basement and that consider" ably higher water would be ne: cessary to flood their yard. Bad sections of Greater Winnipeg are St. Vital, East Kildonan, and St Boniface east of the Seine. The Parliament building is still on dry ground All trains leaving the city are crowded, Mrs. Michalczuk says, and extra coaches are carried. All bridges to St. Boniface are IICOUUCIO LUOC By 5 Minutes NEW YORK Well digger Doniinick Atteo died in agony just after five rescuers freed him from the bottom of a 20 foot shaft, where he was trapped for more than 2i hours. Half blinded, the 49 year old father of six children had fought oft pain and exhaustion until the last in what doctors described as a superhuman effort of will and courage. Workmen tunnelling under a Brooklyn tarage reached Atteo's side at 11:10 a.m.. Pacific , daylight time, and reported an hour later he was almost clear. But the tortured man failed to hold out. Atteo was burled to the arm pits and had one leg held by ab oulder. A lighted cigaret lowered to him had caused an explosion that twined him on the exposed face.. , Pioneer Of Norfh Dies Col. J. M. Marmillan Early Industrialist, Passes Away Lt. Col. J. M. Macmillan of Vancouver died Friday at the Shausihnessy Military Hospital In Vancouver. He was the father cf Ewen Macrrillan, manager of Ca.ssiar Cannery. Born In Lochranza. Arran, Scotland, Lt. Col. MacMillan was a pioneer of Northern British Columbia, paving commenced mild curing spring salmon on the Skeena River at Port Essington In 1898. Lt, Col. Macmillan was prominently connected with the early history of the fishing and hal- I nig industry on the a. u. coast. He took up larpe timber holdings tn the Queen Charlotte Islands and negotiated land developments in the northern interior. He was a director of the Cassiar Packing Compuny Limited at the time of his death. Well known in military circles, Lt. Col. Macmillan served in the Boer War, and went overseas with the First Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, He commanded the Seventh Battalion for some years after the cessation of hostilities. Surviving are his wife, a daughter Isabel of Vancouver, and a son Ewen, manaping director of the Cassiar Packing Company Limited with plants on the Skeena River. . Well Known Pilot Lost NANAIMO 9) Capt. Albert Gcorgeson of the -Dominion Pilotage authority was reported missing, believed drowned, yesterday after he slipped from a life ran in Tahsis Canal on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Capt, Georgeson and two others took to the raft after a water taxi hit a log and was wrecked. Caot. Albert Georgeson was well known in Prince Rupert and - r,lf tl.n lor many years was nm.i u. j coastal freighter Salvor, now the ; ts'nnrt Frtnee. loadings since the" season loday another half chalked up at the local fish oi nalitiut passed through. were broupht ln bv American boats and the remainder by Canadians. The Prince. Rupert Fisherman's Co-operative took 9,,000 pounds with the rest go-1 ina to fish companies. j Following are the sales re-1 corded : j American j Christine, 53,000, 21.2, 20. 18, Atlin. i Sanalc, 55,000, 21.1, 20, 18,' Storage. . ' Commando, (',1,000, 21, 20, 18, : Storage. Mirtindale, 80,000. 21, 20, 13, Storage. ! Columbia, 53,000, 21.1, 20, 18, racific. ' Little Dipper, 2,000, 21,20, 18, Fate Hangs On 14 Foot Dike Winnipeg Looks Anxiously at Bloated Red Itiver WINNIPEG l The eye's of two ? lood weaij, crippled cities focusscd today on a fourteen foot dyke and the homes it protect; from the bloated Red River For three weeks the river, higher than at any time sine: 1832, has eaten at the huge carta and sandbag barrier which skirls St. Boniface and its Norwood suo-urb opposite lhe Winnipeg business district. Other whole suburbs in the metropolitan area arc inundated by the Red. The Winnipeg business section is threatened. Even most of St. Boniface is evacuated. But, Lyn-dale dike still held. Today it was described as the main "crisis" uolnt. Hot Plate Is Cause of Blaze million .pound session was exchange as 538,000 pounds Of the total, 353,000 pounds Storage' . , Yaquina;' 44.000, 21 1,, 20, 13. Royal. : . ''' Canadian Mitkof, K.000. 23.2, 21, 20, ' " Atlin. Relief, 20,000, 23.4, 21.5, 20 Storage. Connie Jean, 20,000, 23.2, 21.5, 20, Booth. Invcrcan No. 3, 9,000, 23, 21.i, ?0, Booth. Victoria. 27,000, 23.1, 21, 20, Storage Co-op Frcdclia, 30.000; North Cap, 15,000; Kaien, 18,000; Larry H., 18,000; Bargain, 14,000. Conservatives Win Two Seats TORONTO 0 Progressive Conservatives won two Federal by-elections yesterday, retaining Toronto-Broadview and wim.inc Hamilton West from the Libe-rais: Mrs. Ellen Fairclough, Hamilton controller and accountant, became the only woman member of the present Parliament. George Hees won the Toronto seat. Rail Strike In U.S. Ends CHICAGO, The worst rail- jrpad strike in the United States in forty years was settled today and striking fiiemen on five major systems were ordered back to their jobs' immediately. The affected carriers their passenger p,nd freight service disrupted by the six day walk out planned to resume normal service "as rapidly as possible." The strikng Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engic.p- HALIBUT FISHING THIS YEAR FASTER The Pacific Coast halibut quota for the 1950 season is being exhausted at a slightly greater rate than last year. Up to May 15 a total of 9,400,-000 pounds had been taken from Area No. 2 as compared with 9,100,000 pounds last year while the take from Area No. 3 was 1,100,000 pounds compared with 1,019,000 pounds. Last year the Area No. 2 season closed midnight June 2. WESTVIEW HIT AGAIN POWELL RIVER The third major fire this year broke out in West view, three miles south , completely destroyine a S30,-WM) -business block.-No tmi was' injured. The Fiesta Cafe and the British-American service station were among the businesses destroyed. Five cars were burned. Firemen blamed lack of adequate water pressure for failure to stein the blaze. , ! OUST "OBSTRUCTIONISTS" ABOARD THE TRl'MAN TRAIN ! President Truman put opponents of his "fair deal" program on notice today that he will fight to drive "obstructionists" out of Congress in the country wide November elections. PASSENGERS SAVED ' OSLO, Norway A Norwegian Airlines flying boat crashed while taking off last night, sinking six minutes af- tcr it hit the water. All 33 persons were saved, but some passengers received minor injuries. ERASER RIVER RISES NEW VVESTM INSTER 1 he Eraser River has risen s.'x feet at Mission to reach the 13-foot mark. The daner point is 20 feet. Frosty nights in the interior are holding down the run-off. BASE AT SPOKANE SPOKANE A B3S base is to be established here. The huc bombers, with sub-hast s in Alaska, will have a rauius which could take them to Siberia. Wednesday, May 17, 1050 High 1:08 20.7 feet 14:00 18.1 feet Low 7:45 3.1 feet 19:35 78 Jen THE WEATHER Forecast rinuriv todav and Wertnnsiinv A few snowers today. Occasional sunny intervals tomorrow afternoon. Continuing coo!. Winds westerly (301 decreasi" to westerly (15i by tonight. Lews to--night and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sanrlsplt, 40 and 51; Prin p-.;pert, "7 'ird 52. PRINCE RUPERT'S HELP ASKED . Campaign For Manitoba Flood Relief Opening A campaign is to be conducted in Prince Rupert for th-i relief and assistance of Manitoba " flood sufferers. City council is taking the lead and has. sct up a committee consisting of Aid. T. B. Black, Aid. G. B. Casey, Aid. Douglas Frizzell, Aid. H. F. Glassey land Mayor Rudderham. First move of the committee. ' will be to call a meeting of organizations on Thursday afternoon to perfect plans for the. campaign. ' Meantime the Dally News has ' ciaily newspapers in Canada to assist in securing relief for'the suf-I f erers in this disaster of major magnitude by commencing 'at once r . enourjn out. oxcent for the railwav bridge men recalled lines and A hot pl.ii, situated in a picket bathroom at the "homo of J E.ordred tne strikers to return to Gay. 1144 Ifkys Gove Avenue, ; work- started a sniill bUie t about i Both sides expressed their iat-8:45 p.m. Sunday and caused isfaction over secernent jerms. some .darnase to tne wall, fur- The carriers said they won the tains and linoleum ot the bath- fifUit o-. the principal issue, not room, it wat reported- by'h? to hire second firemen on ntul-Fiu Urj.nrtiTiPin. this morfiir tiple-nnh. rtipnel locomotives. car.acla !'X?1 up to Au Boods had t0 be transported with the solictation and acceptance q contributions. The contributions will be forwarded to the honorary treasurer of the Manitoba Relief Fund in Winnipeg who will mail official receipts to the contributors. The contributions will be deductible from income tax, it is announced. , ... v Meantime, it is announced that any chartered bank in Canada 'ill also receive donations to the disaster fund. ' 1 u ' from Winnipeg. The tr. , '""v p mat way vou ncKnm. ofon hi-iH.ro fi-nm PYirt . w life list. e W spirit of Rouge to the centre of town was -L : under water but st ill in use.