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Most
Slrateeic
I,acifif
1'ort-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHOIIE
81
vuu
AXXVIII,
No.
190,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C
,
MONDAY,
AUGUST
15,
1349.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r7
CABS
Ki
Prince
Rupert
WatrfroriS;
o
long
To
Dampen
MURDER
CHARGE
FORMALLY
READ
Seine
Boat
Captain
Slain;
Brother
Held
Carnival
m
On
.
Charge
Of
Slaying
annual
Civic
Centre
carni-:Iierly
by
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
at
in
a
gala
week
aimed
attractions
for
Prince
Hupert
I
-
'
1
t
'r
'
J
ft
Right
Wing
Parties
Win
FRANKFURT,
Germany
(
Western
'Germany
has
handed
Its
right
wing
parties
a
mandate
A
Nanaimo
fisherman
is
being
held
on
a
charge
of
murder
in
the
city
jail
here
and
two
of
hid
crew
mates
were
held
as
material
witnesses
following
the
death
Saturday
night
aboard
the
seine
boat
Izumi
III
of
Vivian
Johnson,
age
39,
skipper
of
the
vessel,
who
ciied
within
a
matter
of
minutes
after
being
struck
in
the
chest
by
a
.22
calibre
bullet.
Held
on
a
charge
of
murder'
the
starboard
side,
the
knifs
Is
Earl
Johnson,
34
-
year
-
old
j
falling
between
his
legs.
'
brother
of
the
dead
man,
who,
The
rifle,
a
.22
calibre
slngle-the
charge
alleges,
held
the
gun
'shot,
was
found
by
the
police
that
killed
the
older
man
at
'on
an
unoccupied
bunk
on
the
10:15
Saturday
night
while
the
port
side
of
the
pilot
house.
TTl
As
CorPral
Tar
Co"1
SUble
Urr
entered
the
Cow
Bay
.
.,
,
'
castle
of
the
boat
a
short-
crribTofTr
zidr
r
at
Lni-
London
III,
who
was
In
the'
J0
,
?
parr,e
ne
Wow
'
"
"
"
lhe
Uttle
fcumi
Ill's
galley
at
the
time
QUEBEC
SEA
CADET
CAMP
HOST
TO
VISITORS
FROM
FOUR
COUNTIES-Members
of
the
Swedish
contlngct
ut
the
Empire
Sea
Cadet
camp,
Camp
Ewlng.
Choisey.
Que.,
are
seen
83
they
marched
past
the
reviewing
stand
during
official
welcoming
ceremonies.
Defence
Minister
Brooke
Claxton
took
the
salute.
Thc.camp
was
host
to
sea
carleU
from
the
United
Kingdom,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
Sweden
and
Canada.
Billy
Toderas
of
Prince
Rupert
attended
the
camp
and
his
story
la
told
in
the
Dally
News
today
10
direct
the
new
federal
repub-
mpft,
lie
lor
the
next
four
years.
More
than
24.000,000
Ger
mans
swramed
to
the
polls
ye-
terday
In
the
first
free
election
since
Adolf
Hitler
took
over
In
1933,
They
handed
Communism
Its
fourth
major
defeat
in
western
Europe
since
the
war.
France,
Italy
and
West
Berlin
had
said
"No"
to
the
Reds
in
earlier
elections.
Topping
the
vote
with
7,358,-025
were
the
Conservative
Christian
Democrats.
Close
De
of
the
killing,
also
was
held
over
"T,
"
nana"
Uon
lle'ble
urr
rece,ve1
a
wound
the
week-end
as
a
witness.
on
ins
arm.
ef
Fails
Ions
At
Xpert's
tenth
opened
avn'itfht,
ushering
carnival
constant
r:in-
fvenlnn.
a
large
he
Civic
Centre
if!
and
midway
aril
patronized
:
At
11:30
the
jyty
COIllr.St.'illtS
itit
int
rofturt
ion
IhfU
the
slagr
caused
caneella-
ra(p
wlih
h
had
j
!o
lend
color
to
limine
Instead.
old
officially
de-ival
open
in
the
.'ic
Centre
,prri
Shrine
club
:it
and
played
a
whs
in
the
lobby
,1115
prot
ceding.1;.
10
years,
the.se
'
lawd
more
;
the
Civic
Cen-
nnpr
that
this
ls
a
successful
"
Major
Arnold
1,'iiiis
estimated
in
1.5(10
people
ding
rluiini;
the
(.
nint
h,
lamely
MthfT.
estab-i
la
a
caj
nival
but
whirh
Indi-t
a!
tendances
rMi
duriiiR
the
day
night
wi
re
than
on
the
I
if
the
!f48
car-
fntre
manacinE
forward
said.
s
in
the
bathiiiR
Intrwluced
I"
the
audl-Wheeler,
of
Van-
ii
a.s
master
of
n
put
on
a
part
ol
the
stage
of
maRic
held
r""t
spellboinuK
,!l"E
act
by
Ken
and
Cliff
Johnson
and
Mickey
Dolan
were
released
this
morn
ing
alter
assuring
the
court
that
they
would'
be
on
hand
to'a
give
evidece
at
the
coroner's
I
nouse-
inquest
and
the
preliminary
1
Wnen
Earl
Johnson
was
taken
hearing
.
to
the
police
station,
he
wa3
The
killing
is
said
to
have
f0und
to
have
a
ash
on
the
upper
part
ot
left
followed
a
heated
argument
In
arm-which'
Earl
Johnson
and
another
The
wound
was
treated
bv
Dr-brother,
MaCQona
Clifford,
age
32.
had
hind,
with
e.932,303
were
the
Social
Democrats
who
want
to
nationalize
Industries.
Fiee
DemixraU,
who
favor
the
free
4i
.
4
111
Uf
a
t
I
I
I
1
SEARCH
BEGINS
FOR
FISHERMAN
Fear
for
the
safety
of
Christopher
Matthews
of
Masset,
crew
man
aboard
the
Francis
.
Millerd
Co.
seiner
Worthman
T,
set
off
dragging
operations
in
the
Cow
Bay
section
of
the
waterfront
this
morning.
Fellow
crew
members
of
the
missing
man
told
city
police
at
thr
week-end
that
Matthews
had
,
not.
been
seen
since
last
Thurs-
day.
He
disappeared
while
the
heat
v.'us
tied
up
at
the
Cow
Bayj
floats.
Fellow
crew
crew
members
members
and
,
friends
borrowed
grappling
in-
sttunients
from
the
city
police
and
started
dragging
the
Cow
Bay
section
of
the
harbor.
"NICE
TO
HANDLE."
SAYS
PILOT
OF
BRITAI
JET
AIRLINER
This
is
Britain's
four-Jet
airliner,
the
new
Comet
de
Haviland,
which
was
completed
ahead
of
Canada's
model,
and
passed
her
first
flight
tot.
The
streamlined
ship
with
swept-back
wln",
fbse
800Q
feot,
,the,n
flew
at
100
rei'l
Over
the
airdrome
for
the
benefit
of
company
employers.
Ifr
"this
plioto
the
hew
Jet
airliner
Is
shown
at
the
Hatfield
airdrome.
In
foreground
is
the
D
II.
103
which
was
used
to
calculate
wing
resistance,
stress
and
strain
and
speed
for
the
new
plane.
Earl
Johnson,
34
-
year
-
old
fisherman
charged
with
the
murder
of
his
brother,
Vivian
"Vic"
Johnson,
aboard
the
seine
boat
Izumi
III
here
Saturday
night,
appeared
in
city
police
court
this
morning
and
heard
charge
of
murder
read
to
him
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
The
tall,
dark-skinned
fisherman
was
remanded
for
eight
days
or
earlier
for
preliminary
hearing
on
the
murder
charge.
Since
the
hearing
will
be
a
preliminary
examination,
no
plea
was
entered
by
Johnson's
counsel,
M.
Willa
Ray.
Both
Mrs.
Ray
and
,
Crown
Counsel
T.
W.
Brown
agreed
to
the
adjournment
so
that
the
Inquest
Into
Vic
Johnson's
death
can
be
completed
before
the
preliminary
hearing
starts.
Police
documents
which
had
listed
the
name
of
the
dead
man
as
"Vic"
Johnson
were
changed
'when
the
accused
man
told
the
court
that
his
brother's
name
.had
been
Vivian
Charles
James
Johnson.
The
inquest
Is
scheduled
to
begin
at
2
p.m.
Tuesday.
Three
men
who
had
been
held
as
material
witnesses
over
the
week-end
were
released
this
morning
after
they
had
assured
Magistrate
Vance
that
they
would
be
on
hand
to
give
evidence
at
the
Inquest
and
pre
liminary
inquiry.
They
were
I
Clifford
Johnson,
youngest
brother
of
the
slain
man.
Mickey
Dolan,
a
brother-in-law,
and
.Tony
,Silvey,
crew
man
v
of
another
Anglo-British
Columbia
packing
Company
boat
who
had
been
visiting
on
the
Izumi
III
at
the
time
of
the
skipper's
death.
The
three
men
assured
the
court
mat
they
would
be
on
hand
when
required.
The
charge
reads
that
"Earl
Johnson
on
Saturday,
August
13
did
unlawfully
murder
Vivian
Charles
James
Johnson."
Overthrow
In
Syria
President
and
Premier
Shot
Yesterday
in
Sudden
Coup
DAMASCUS,
Syria
W
Syria's
President
and
Premier
were
shot
yesterday
In
a
lghtning
military
coup
repercussions
of
which
thundered
throughout
tlie
explosive
Middle
East.
Col.
Sami
Hennawl,
aged
51,
Syrian
hero
of
the
Palestine
war,
led
a
group
of
senior
Army
officers
who
overthrew
the
gov-i
eminent
of
Marshal
Hus
ni
Zayim.
i
A
sharp
burst
from
a
firing
squad
at
Great
Mazza
military
barracks
ended
the
rule
of
the
stocky
little
Zayim
who
had
seized
power
4V2
months
ago.
Zayim's
bespectacled
Premier
Musen
Bey
Berazi,
generally
considered
the
brains
of
the
regime
died
with
him.
I
Pnl
Unnotvl
1c?unH
nnmmnn-.
iques
telling
of
the
shootings.
They
called
the
dead
rulers
'traitors"
and
"tyrants"
and
ordered
the
Army
and
police
to'
Air
Liner
Falls
Ireland;
Nine
Are
Lost
ben
ordered
from
the
boat
by
their
elder
brother.
Ihe
dad
man's
name
was
Vivian
Charles
James
Johnson.
He
was
commonly
known
as
Vic."
Police
were
called
tn
t.hm
shortly
after
10:15
by
Mrs.
Jennie
Johnson,
wife
of
the
dead
sklppef-
who
was
cook
aboard
the
Izumi
III.
Clifford
Johnson
appeared
at
the
city
police
station
a
few
minutes
later
to
report
the
killing.
Corporal
A.
H.
Taylor
and
Constable
P.
C.
Gurr
of
the
city
police
who
responded
to
the
call,
found
Vic
Johnson
slumped
beside
the
engine
which
takes
up
part
of
the
room
In
the
forecastle
of
the
Izumi
III.
Sitting
in
the
cabin
were
Earl
Johnson
and
Mickey
Dolan,
husband
of
the
Johnson
brothers
sister,
who
was
engineer
aboard
the
Izumi
III.
Dolan
and
Clifford
Johnson
are
being
held
by
the
police
as
witnesses.
Examination
by
Dr.
J.
A.
Mac-donald
showed
that
Victor
Johnson
had
been
shot
in
the
chest,
just
the
right
of
centre.
He
apparently
had
died
within
a
matter
of
seconds
after
being
shot.
He
was
reported
to
have
muttered
a
few
words
before
he
died.
The
Izumi
III
belongs
to
the
SHANNON,
Ireland
(CP)
An
air
liner
bound
from
Home
to
New
York
bellied
into
the
Atlantic
off
the
Republic
of
Ireland
early
today
but
surface
craft
saved
1!)
of
58
people
on
board
and
landed
them
at
Gahvay.
The
four-engined
Skymaster
was
on
the
Rome
to
Shannon
leg
of
a
flight
to
New
York
and
overshot
the
Shannon
airport.
The
pilot
radioed
that
he
had
Jkll
Arnf
lost
his
way
and
was
out
of
gaso-
ANNIiAl
I
AmlY
V
Into
Sea
W
iiii
m
mm
m
a
v
m
GOLF
TOURNEY
JASI'ER
PARK
LODGE
The
annual
Caddy
Oolf
Tournament
played
over
this
Lodge
s
famous
(Continued
on
Tage
4)
-
t
s
ft
f
jit
1
MIES
PRINCE
RUPERT
-Pretty
Cynthia
Norton
of
Terrace,
local
choice
for
Miss
P.
N,
E.
honors
at
Vancouver
Exhibition.
She
goes
south
this
week
to
compete
with
other
B.
C.
beauties.
Van
Meer
Photos.
rranrlseo.
Both
o,
Pm
on
xhi
ws
ee(.
lrin,
which
di,i
Way
nicht
due
'M
expeeti
d
to
-
'his
aftj'niiu.11
Mrs.
Jennie
Johnson
then
rushed
out
of
the
forecastle
via
stalrwav
nd
Into
the
pilot
6
n
Jorinson
formally
"is
w.m
iua
owner
s
mur-
der
8unday
morning.
Also
a
s,ronB'
weU-buUt
man
he
served
Tt7''1
Canaillan
AtrTtirce
i
during
the
war.
'
Tumi's
three
other
crew
members,
none
of
whom
were
In
the
forecastle
when
the
skipper
was
killed,
were
Fred
Robinson
of
Prince
Rupert,
Bert
Dorio
of
Vancouver
and
Clarence
Ander
son
of
Hartley
Bay.
The
dead
man
and
his
wife
lost
a
year-old
child
about
a
year
ago
as
a
result
of
polio.
.
.
'j
'
i;
Split
Season
For
Halibut
International
Fisheries
Commission
Session
Here
September
28
,
The
International
Fisheries
Commission
will
hold
a
series
of
six
sittings
on
the
issue
of
a
split
season
for
halibut.
The
hearings
will
be
in
Seattle,
September
23;
Vancouver,
Sept.
26;
Prince
Rupert,
Sept.
28;
Ketchikan,
Sept.
29;
Petersburg,
Sept.
30;
and
Juneau,
October
1.
The
split
season
Idea
thoush
this
was
not
entirel-v
conclusive,
and
the
matter
was
left
open
with
no
action
taken
meetings.
Tuesday,
August
16,
1949
High
5:57
15.2
feet
18:08
17.6
feet
Low
0:06
7.5
feet
11:44
8.6
feet
Football
Tonight
7
P.M.
CANADIAN
LEGION
vs.
HEAVY
BATTERY
k
nishtly
door
tutted
cioc,
tta;
dn"f
Prize
draw-
Mrs.
Ei;.P1;
'"conlini'e
Mils
enterprise
system
with
no
res
eivatlons.
were
in
third
place
with
2.827,948
votes.
Trailing
the
field
were
the
Communists
who
slumped
from
ten
percent
of
the
popular
'vote
In
J!M
to
about
six
percent
1,360,469
votes.
TODAY'S
5TOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
loOff
B.
R.
Con
.03
B.
R.
X.
.07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.10
Congress
.04
Hedley
Mascot
.25
'Pioneer
3.50
Premier
Border
.04
Privateer
.21
Silbak
Premier
.40
Taku
Rivre
.23
Vananda
.15
Salmon
Gold
.13
Anglo
Caadian
3.55
A.
P.
Con
.16
Atlantic
.66
Calmont
.31
C.
&
E
-
5.40
Central
Leduc
.75
Home
OH
9.75
Mercury
.09
Pacific
'Pete
2.40
Princess
.20
Royal
Canadian
..
.06
Vj
Toronto
Athona
.12Vi
Aumaque
.18
Bcattie
.64
Bevcourt
.20
Bobjo
.15
Buffalo
Canadian
.12'j
Consol.
Smelters
08.50
Conwest
1.15
Donalda
55
Eldofia
..
66
East
Sullivan
..'
2.40
Giant
Yellow-knife
6.80
Ood's
Lake
.44
Hardrock.
.21
llarrlcana
.06
V2
lleva
.11
1
Iosco
.16'2
Jacknife
.06
Jollet
Quebec
46
Lake
Rowan
08
Lapaska
07'j
Little
Long
Lac
59
Lynx
15
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.95
McKenzie
Red
Lake
48
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.10
Moneta
43
Negus
2.40
Noianda
58.00
Louvlcourt
14
Pickle
Crow
2.17
Hcgcourt
06
San
Antonio
4.30
Senator
Rouyn
39
Sherrit
Gordon
2.38
Steep
Rock
1.73
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
38
1
.
C
ev,''iing
until
one.
1
'
Its
fuel
exhausted,
the
air
liimr
fr-11
Into
thn
rirrntl
n(
f
ihn
west
coast
of
Ireland
in
the
dark
-
1
ness.
:
'
Nine
of
the
58
occupants
were
killed
and
the
rest
were
saved
In
a
dramatic
sea-air
rescue.
Among
those
saved
was
Ruth
Nichols,
aged
48,
noted
American
I
avlatrix.
She
was
employed
o-
assistant
stewardess.
On
board
were
47
Italian
"migrants
to
Venezuela
and
11
Americans.
After
the
Skymaster
had
overshot
the
Galway
airport.
n:i-
otlu-r
air
liner
tried
to
escort
it
back
to
Shannon
but
the
gasoline
cave
out
and
It
plopped,
into
the
calm
sea
15
miles
oil
the
coast.
British
and
American
transport
planes
guided
surface
vessels
in
rescue
operations.
Nine
of
the
Americans
on
board
were
employees
of
Trans-Ocean
Air
Lines,
owners
of
the
plane.
AUSTRALIA
Anglo-British
Columbia
Packing
nas
been
advanced
as
a
means
Co.
of
Steveston
and
had
been
of
lengthening
the
season
and
operating
out
of
North
Pacific
therfby
Piing
over
the
Cannery.
The
boat,
which
car-
?Uab,e
ttSuppIf
,
of
hallbut-ried
0er
matters
of
importance
to
a
crew
of
six
men
and
a
""Industry
"
taken
woman,
had
been
salmon
seining
up.
,
I
i
Prior
to
last
Jauary,
the
fish-
in
northern
waters.
en
and
l
TeeJ,
nrl
on
the
advisability
of
th
and
Mickey
Dolan
are
all
of
,,n-voted
250
spUt
KUm
and
,n
mQst
thj)
St.
George
Street,
Nanaimo.
DOrts
suooort
was
eat
l;ht
nml
'
b.r,
,
siaiiii-
u.V
last
Rn1
Deer
a.at
Aitrta
(.a
an
"!'
visit.
f.
VI
!
SRROW
'RNIVAL
join
forces
and
maintain
calm,
ana
nas
Deen
sxipper
oi
uie
at
that
time.
Some
decision,
French
left
wing
papers
In
Izumi
III
for
the
last
seven
however,
may
be
made,
follow-Paris
today
accused
Great
Bri-
years.
A
powerful
man,
about
ing
the
approaching
series
of
S.V
X
Jv
2
r
I
l
Train.
'"'rs
Open.
ost
iVrfct
t
.ontcst.
'
5how
antl
Vic,
me
oiaesi,
crooner,
is
a
veu-
eran
fisherman.
He
has
been
on
the
coast
for
more
than
20
years
16
feet
one
inches
and
weighing
about
200
pounds,
he
was
at
one
time
active
in
boxing
in
Vancouver.
Aboard
the
boat
police
found
evidence
that
there
had
been
drinking
prior
to
Johnson's
death.
During
the
altercation
which
resulted
In
the
death
of
the
skipper,
a
.22
rifle
had
been
picked
up,
It
is
said,
as
a
threat
to
force
Clifford
Johnson
to
leave
the
boat.
Allegedly,
de
ceased
had
set
the
gun
down
again
and
taken
out
a
short
bladed
knife
with
a
threatening
gesture.
Whpn
t.hp
shot.
WftS
fired,
he
j
slumped
beside
the
engine
on
nrTila.;n.
tain
of
engineering
the
Syrian
coup
d'etat
in
order
to
"get
rid
of
a
hostile
regime."
An
Independent
Left
Wing
paper,
Combat,
describes
the
execution
of
Col.
Zayim
as
"one
of
the
stages
of
the
struggle
being
waged
In
London,
Washington
and
Paris
for
domination
of
the
Middle
East."
EDMONTON
TO
BE
CANADIAN
REPS
TORONTO
J
Officials
of
the
Canadian
Amateur
Hockey
Association
decided
Saturday
to
send
the
Edmonton
Mercuries
to
represent
Canada
in
the
UTnrM
Vfnlrnxr
a
mnlnncVil
rc
nf.
London
next
year.
IS
WINNER
RYE.
New
York
tP
Australia's
22-year-old
blonde
tennis
ace
Frank
Sedgman
defeated
Italy's
Marccllo
del
Bollo
6-0,
6-4,
6-4
in
the
second
game
of
the
Davis
Cup
semi-final
round.
Later
Sedgman
teamed
with
Cnpt.
John
Bromwich
in
the
doubles
to
defeat
Del
Bcllo
and
Gianni
cVelli
2-6,
6-2,
6-2,
6-1.
Australia
won
the
round
lead
three
to
nothing
in
the
five
game
series.
0ir
prize
fan
Da.!
u.
n.