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rive
CiiMio
Be
Mad
onto
rist
in
Ai
Jaska
To
prtrcss
F
or
United
Sates
rirotectioini
I
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in
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I
Planning
Against
Russian
Defense
Surprise
Atom
Thrust
f
:
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f
Washington,
d.c.
(CP)
United
state.
military
forces
are
embarking
upon
a
huge
building
inogram
of
bases
outside
the
continental
limits
ot
trie
United
States,
especially
in
Alaska.
They
propose
to
spend
on
these
bases
about
$239,409,000
of
the
'
'
.
Hto,000,000
rr
mnmn
they
are
asking
,.
Congress
to
authorize
for
military
public
Works.
,.
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;
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?
.
1
i
Mrs.
Arnold
WOMEN
OF
THE
YEAR
The
Canadian
Federation
of
Business
and
Professional
Women's
Clubs
has
chosen
Mrs.
Nancy
Hodges
of
Victoria,
Speaker
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature,
as
"Woman
of
the
Year."
The
award
Is
given
(or
outstanding
public
service.
Recipient
of
the
1948
award
was
Mrs.
Nora
Arnold,
then
mayor
of
Prince
Rupert.
'
FLASH
!
!
I
JOHNSON
COMING
HOME
j
LONDON
Premier
Byron.
Johnson
left
last
night
on
his
return
to
British
Columbia
af-
,
ter
a
three-day
visit
to
London.
'
He
addressed
the
British
Timber
Federation
at
dinner
j
last
night
and
appealed
for
use
,
of
more
British
Columbia
her
rather
than
timber
tutes
in
British
building.
CANADA
WINS
TITLE
i
LONDON
Edmonton
Mer-1
curys
last
nicht
regained
the
worm
amateur
hockey
crown
for
Canada,
whipping
Sweden
3
to
1
in
the
final
game
of
the
tournament.
I
y
THE
NETHERLANDS
Rt.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
Mrs.
Hodges
I
Friday.
March
24.
1950
1
High
4:10
19.0
feet
-17:03
15.7
feet
Low
10:55
.
6.2
feet
i
22:32
9.5
feet
Cye
endangered
Local
Lad
Victim
of
Heart
Attack
A
few
hours
after
he
had
bee;
!
admitted
to
hospital
by
city
am
,
oulance,
Wal'.tr
Bod?er,
"5,
9.2:
j
yinth
Avenue
West
died
earl'
:
Lhls
mornin?.
He
suffered
a
hsar!
ottacK
at
11:30
p.
m
yesterday
at
his
home.
A
resident
here
with
his
wii
for
the
past
18
months,
Mr.
Bod
ger
came
here
from
Smither3.
A
j
veteran
of
the
First
-World
War
he
served
In
the
58th
Battalloi
Canadian
Expeditionary
Force
in
the
battle
at
Ypres,
the
Somme
and
Let:s.
He
was
ga.ssed
Mr.
Bodger
lost
a
son
durln.
the
Second
World
War
in
service
In
the
Navy.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Cana
dian
Legion.
The
deceased
was
born
at
Peek-ham,
Surrey,
England.
He
Is
survived
by
his
wife,
twt
daughters.
Mis.
J.
B.
PauUs
o
this
city
who
U
presently
in
Vic
torla
on
a
vUU,
and
Mrs.
R.
t
Bates,
Telkwa,
nd
one
son
Wal
'ter,
at
home.
j
Funeral
arrangements,
unri?
,the
direction
of
B.
C.
Undcrta
kers
will
be
announced
later.
talented
musician,
Mr.
Blighlylene
improved
the
chorus
by
two
"practices."
.
The
Booth
school
farce
"The
Devil
Amone
the
Skins'"
was
!
t.he
finest
Derformance
of
the
evening.
The
adjudicator,
James,
ML-Grath,
along
with
the
audience,
praised
the
performance
highly.
I
it
u
hettpr
than
when
I
sawi
lit
done
In
Victoria
some-
years
nsro
.
he
neciarea.
Prime
Miru-i'T
of
Canada,
has
been
awarded
the
iocoration
The
Netherlands
can
bestow.
At
a
special
.ring
the
official
visit
of
Prince
Bernhard
to
Ottawa,
given
the
Grand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
The
Nether-.
routstandiiiB
services
to
the
Allied
cause
during
the
(C.
P.
Photo)
Collapsed
In
Cooler
Room
A
city
electrician
had
a
narrow
escape
at
5
p.m.
yesterday
when
he
was
overcome
as
air
be-:ame
exhausted
while
he
worked
in
a
refrigerator
room
at
the
Commercial
Hotel.
'
Jack
Wyllie.
780
Alfred
StreeL
jfTiployea
by
trie
NortMrn
B.
C.''
Jower
Company,
entered
th
dot
el
yesterday
at
approximately
Music
and
Drama
Festival
Here
is
Off
fo
Good
Start
-
-
.
i
tlon
In
the
National
Hockey
by'
League
last
night
A
Plymouth
car.
driven,
by
deeatinS
WUi
Robinson
and
Herb
Spencer
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
two
to
one.
of
Terrace,
arrived
in
Prlnca11
Detroit
Red
Wings
won
8
to
7
Rupert
at
12.15
today
after
four
over
New
York
and
set
the
Ran--hours
1
and
ten
minutes
of
drlv-
gers
more
firmly
In
fourth
place,
ing
over
the
Skeena
Highway)
In
a
cellar
team
engagement,
from
Terrace.
!
Chicago
defeated
Boston
8
to
5.
n
pUiini
Wl'fh
RniW
SnH
MffWJ
Prince
Rupert's
third
annual
music
and
drama
festival
was
officially
opened
in
the
Capitol
theatrf
yesterday.
Inspector
of
Schools,'
Joseph
Chell
was
happy
to
see
the
interested
parents
although
there
were
only
100
of
them
and
added
that
"it
is
an
honor
for
me
to
be
representing
the
Department
of
Education."
-
,
1:30
p.m.
At
5
pjn.
one
of
the
III
I
IU
J
Illy
1
1
I
III
1
w
It
mum
nuvii
vaiters,
Grant
Smith,
went
down
i
.
v
'.
.
..
,
,
.
,
,,
:
Vancouver
specialists
are
to
determine
whetnei
into
the
beer
cooling
room
a'ncf
discovered
Wyilie
stretched!.
6i
it
will
be
possible
to
save
the
right
-eye
of
Michael
nis
back
over,
the
upright
beer
:.'Greene
,
yoUng
son
of
Dh
and
Mrs.
LiI
Greene
of
"wyiiie
bin
il
unfortunate
accident
while
the
had
the
cooling
j
this
city,
following
an
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co
Ltd.)
ua
wa.rjlavino;
in
his
home
on
coruen
oireet
mes-
.oom
thawing
the
dafrostinj
ecu
of
a
cooling
unit
with
an
ace-
torch.
He
had
lain
in
tlie
day
.evening
j
i
V
The
pupil
of
the
eye
was
pene
-
trated
at
fclo.se
range
by
a
hdme
made
arrow
from
a
bow
gun
with
which
the
children
were
playing
in
a
room
of
the
home.
Ducharme
Condemned
Conviction
of
Murder
of
Miss
Fisher
Being
Appealed
VANCOUVER
it,
Dugald
Mo-Aipme,
defence
counsel,
announced
todav
that
ha
would
appeal
the
convicuon
lasi
mght
of
Fred
Ducharnu
on
tht-uiaige
of
murdering
Fern-
Blanche
Fisher.
Ducharme,
was
sentenced
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
Manson
to
hang
June
30.
The
14-day
trial
of
Ducharme,
j
charged
with
the
sex-slaying
of
the
45-year
old
spinster,
ended
late
yesterday
in
the
conviction.
Miss
Fisher's
body
was
found
in
the
murky
waters
of
False
Creek
here
last
November
3.
.
McAlpine,
as
grounds
for
op-
j
peal,
alleges
misdirection
of
the
:
jury
by
the
trial
judge
that
cie-
fence
evidence
had
been
mini-
mized
while
crown
evidenca
had
been
emphasized.
'
In
a
statement
when
asked
if
he
had
anything
to
say
before
sentence
was
passed,
Ducharme
daclared
that
Miss
Ducharme
was
"alive
and
contented"
when
she
left
his
car.
Accident
-
r
led
by
his
mother.
Dr.
Greene
was
to
leave
this
afternoon
to
be
present
for
the
final
decision
as
to
whether
or
.
(CP
Photo)
-
jCivic
Ce
ntre
Local
doctors
were
In
lmmedi-
not
the
eye
could
be
saved,
out
ate
attendance
and
found
the
j
postponed
his
departure
when
a
eye
ball
torn
badly.
Surgical
at-
more
reassuring
morning
retention
was
rendered
at
once
and
port
was
received.
'
yesterday
the
lad
was
taken
by
;
The
boy
is
now
in
Vancouver
plane
to
Vancouver,
accompan-
General
Hospital.
Vancouver
Sun
Music
Editor
Stanley
Bllgh,
adjudicating
musical
events,
was
in
good
form
and
did
a
fine
job
In
explaining
errors
and
giving
aid
to
the
young
musicians
who
ranged
between
eight
and
11
years
of
age.
'
"Do
not
be
frightened,"
he
told
the
well
mannered
and
cutely
dressed
little
girls,
"I
am
iidv
only
here
to
criticize
but
to
help
and
guide
you."
Befor-
and
after
each
per-
lovmance,
tiie
tiny
girls
politely
rurtlsiod
and
returned
to
their
places
to
await
the
Judgment
of
the
adjudicator.
In
the
auditorium-
of
the
Civic
Centre
last
nicht.
vocal
solos
The
idea
is
to
safeguard
the
United
States
from
a
sudden
"sneak
punch,"
possibly
with
atomic
-weapons.
Alaska
Is,
apparently,
to
be
made
into
a
bristling
air
defence
fortress.
To
make
it
so,
a
total
of
nearly
$117,861,000
is
to
be
poured
Into
the
frontier
nearest
Russia.
Canadians
In
Second
Place
Play-Off
Positions
Settled
in
National
Hockey
League
MONTREAL
W
Montreal
Can-adlens
cinched
second
place
posi-
Aumaque
151
Beattle
,
.60
Bevcourt
29
1
Bobjo
12
y2
Buffalo
Canadian
;
.13
Consol.
Smelters
:
92.50
Conwest
1.08
.
Donalda
.57
Eldona
301-2
East
Sullivan
5.75
Giant
Yellowknife
6J5
God's
Lake
,32i2
Hardrock
.37
Harrlcana
.05
Heva
.06Vi
Hosco
07
Jacknife
05
Joliet
Quebec
57i2
Lake
Rowan
.
.07
Vi
Lapaska
2.05y2
Little
Long
Lac
-
-
.50
Lynx
1.94
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.05
McKenzie
Red
Lake
55
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.35
-Moneta
342
Negus
;:.
1.48
Noranda
63.75
Louvicourt
.26
Vz
Pickle
Crow
4l-82
San
Antonio
3.60
Senator
Rouyn
25
Sherrit
Gordon
2.18
Steep
Rock
2.60
Sturgeon
River
'.
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'
Silver
Miller
.87
U
Upper
Canada
3.60
RESERVATIONS
.
At
Mr.
McGrath's
suggestion,
nounced
his
condition
as
satis-"Devil
Among
the
Skins"
will
factory
and
added
that
he
had
be
repeated
Friday
night.
I
been
rescued
just
in
time.
He
will
I
He
lauded
all
fyur
performers'
remain
in
hospital
for
anothei
ma
is
wior
litiuns
and
!'lay
sessiin
of
.Music
Festival
iiig
se.siion
-n
the
vcjI
',:!
and
aid
and
one
play
;
per'or:ners
v.'f-e
iss
lor
V
-
.
1
1
3
i!-under
11
yr:'r::.
u.d
P.jhb
c
filei
nc
''
tesi
pi.ee
"The
1
n"
and
t!i"n
eeh
Ion
of
his
own
Bligh
prai.d
the
'both
buys
but
re-'ere
werp
not
n-"irc
rcd
in
the
fe.st-
oists
each
r.ffetrj
1
"April's
a
Lovely
election
of
her
own
singers
were
Gail,
Holmes,
Barbara
n
Best,
and
Alan-
iko
offered
as
vo-
pme
Happy
Spring"
Ay
.
The
nrihiriui
tel
that
she
has
a
!
"J1
and
projects
It
mark
swarded
for
'
1
'o
Alarma
Cushing.
f
3i
a
tfam
under
12
'
,
"B
nuue
''"ji'u
me
accom-
iiir-
Bligh
commend-
"ice
approach
ity
of
voice
and
iSf;
a
very
capable
s
team
from
10"
F-bol
'
Mtntimi".
M
ntenk0
.
k:.
ans
""la
Played
the
ac-
-
Mr.
BliKh
15
Pianist
for
an
wu'
!"3rmance
and
noti'
of
the
singer
'
.
m
e
clsses
Mr.
Rt
the
itorward
way
;
oik
songs
were
u
tnat
tei.
.
1
Bill
Donaldson,
Dick
Large,
Roy
Webber
and
Margaret
Cagno.
He
said
they
did
a
fine
job
in
Vancouver
Bayonne
.'.
05
Bralorne
9.10
B.
R.
Con
02
y2
B.
R.
X
.05
'a
Cariboo
Quart
1.30
Congress
29
Hedley
Mascot
23
Pacific
Eastern
,
04
Pend
Oreille
5.15
Pioneer
3.30
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
13
Reeves
McDonald
2.05
Reno
05
Sheep
Creek
1.08
Silbak,
Premier
32
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
06
Spud
Valley
04
Silver
Standard
60
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.15
A.
P.
Con
:..
.27
Atlantic
1.53
Calmont
51
C.
&
E
7.20
Central
Leduc
115
Home
Oil
12.00
Okalta
1-63
Pacific
Pete
4.80
Princess
3Vi
Royal
Canadian
05
Vt
Royalite
11.00
Toronto
Athona
:
08
V2
and
a
Booth
Memorial
High
School
play
were
presented
to
"keeping
up
the
play"
a
very;liear
and
rroat
doors
were
un
over
330
spectators.
Mr
Bliuti
was
concerned
about
the
small
showing
of
boy
vocal-
ists
on
the
program.
He
was
sure
there
were
more
young
noio
cintrpn
tn
Prince
KUDeri.
;
'
'
""j-sw
"i
p.
ft
"
"i.
.
t
1
t
wm-
yr--nmf'"y:T''m"
s4
i
ft
if
y
v
yp-
n
-
'
y
ii
n
y
yi
l
nnd
Pmnhasized
that
.something
room
half
-a
'hour
when
found.
The
waiter
immediately
summoned
Manager
Harold
Helger-
son.
The
pair
moved
the
uncon
scious
man
to
another
room
where
the
inhalator
squad
of
the
fire
department
revived
him.
Dr.
W.
S.
Xeigin
arrived
on
the
scene
and
ordered
the
man
trans-
Uerred
to
hospital.
ThU
morning,
Dr.
Kergln
an-
dayi
Mr.
Helgerson
said
the
man
was
not
locked
In
the
beer
room.
lo
ked
aion
the
front
ent-
ce
ciosecj.
The
manager
cut
his
hand
in
an
effort
to
re-
move
lne
victim
from
the
room.
Gas
fu,ues
were
very
sUong.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
The
British
Columbia
coast
is
in
the
path
of
an
unusually
strong
Pacific
storm
and
winds
this
morning
of
up
to
78
knots
were
being
reported
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
At
most
other
points
top
velocities
were
near
45
knots.
Rain
has
spread
across
the
coast
overnight
and
will
reach
into
the
Interior
later
in
the
clay.
The
weather
tomorrow
in
the
wake
of
the
storm
will
I
be
cloudy
and
cool
over
most
of
B.C.
with
a
few
showers
in
tne
more
mountainous
sections.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Intermittent
rain
today
and
toYiight.
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
tomorrow.
Little
change
In
tern-
,
perature.
Southeast
gales,
35
miles
per
hour,
decreasing
to
j
southerly
20i
this
evening.
Lows
.
;
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
t
j
Rupert,
37
and
47.
should
be
done
to
bring
them
the
1400
s-stated
that
it
did
not
into
the
open.
convey
the
atmosphere.
But.
Five
girls,
vocalizing
in
the
he
added,
facilities
in
the
thea-13
year
old
group,
were
grouped
tre
did
not
permit
it.
together
by
Mr.
Bllgh
into
a
chorus
following
completion
of
that
class.
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very
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and
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important
and
usually
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in
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Will
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Police
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