PROVINCIAL i 113 3. . ;onf.1ES DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COITrturmva Mmrcoioe-o Published at Canada's Jutnct .... d:i: Dr " n.. v . t . . . .1 PHONE 81 vol . yyyiy lyvimiv rnnce KuperTtina iy to rne ureai norrnwesr AAA1X, NO. 50, PRINCE RUPERT R C. WEDN K.RT"I A V , - - - - - ' tniuvvu , 9iv ; m.i.V'Ci rivb vlii 1 o k irtheir r Fireig Auth Kate Uhc'fcase " us era! Rent Controls Ruled Valid r. Parliament Opens British House Convenes Again Is Rendered By Supreme Court Hike of 7.4 Percent Is Granted to Railroads OTTAWA-(CP)-iA general increase of 7.4 percent in railway freight rates was authorized today Ly the Board of Transport Commissioners. The Commission ruled that the interim eight percent increase granted to the railways last September Supreme Court of Canada, today upheld the validity Decision of the court was should be boosted to sixteen percent over rates pre- Justice Ihibaudeau Kinfret. (i-.j'iBft, nnmnt iKz0ff? o vj'uhvuo Axil nivvu has the right to enact the : Cabinet Changes Made I By Altlce to Strengthen Position " LONDON Parliament tpened today following the general election after Prime Min-i ier Clemr.L Attlep had reshnf- Ified his Labor cabinet aionn ! j'ujng ponucai urns to men a thjoatened Can rv. tlve challenge In the Hoti'e. Col. W. Doiglas Clifton. Can.rvative, 'was re-elected Stieaker. At a party caucus, the Prime Minis ter -was re-elected leader of the Labor Par;.y. As the Hyiii"3 opened, the !;ov-inunent heard wards of "Cheer Up" fit m the Cmervallvs. Prime Mini i.er Attire, whr;- 3 Five Negroes Shot to Death i w thrive m Lt'jjr v(ilV majority in tiej 625-iwmber Hjiisc ef Cjcmnv v , KITWANOA Branches of the was cut U a neant seven In last; Native Brotherhood of British w?ek's election, kept, his topi Columbia, at, recent meetings cabinet aides Herbert M.rri-' here and at Hazelton and Kitz-t-Ji, Deputy Prime Minister; negnl;la with leading : chiefs FvX'Oign Secretary Enw d, Bevin : aniong those hi attendance, con- vailing before the award. This amount to 7.6 percent (rvcr current rates and sixteen per cent over the rates before Jap Return Is Protested in a 20 be land decided to ask that no J;m : aae.se be allowed in the pmnmk isideratinn ... should . ho otunn ..' rj, Vm, a natives who. in addition to being 'Canadian born citizens, are the I aoongnies of. this country, Answering complaints which hs cnlini .. rs! urn -allpnorl tr. Mu.... u nave niade in renaid to inefflclenc? ino natives submit that they have produced salmon to the capacity I nniiements of the canwra witb - i out. the services of the Japanese.! j and Chanj ellor of the Exehe-illerr.d the qncUon of the return .qiier Sir Stafford Cripps I'd Japanese llshermen . to the . However, Mr. Atllee tnade': British Cohimhia coastal areas City Is Given Legal Advice Following Is the; text In full of a Idler received by the ci.ty council at Us meeting on Mondav nh.lit from solicitors. Brown and 'larvcy. who Iii'd been n.sked for nn opinion as lo possible action .H'.iinsi Northern British Columbia Tower Co. arising out of the recent nov.oH 'tiJu"e. ' "Since, receipt 01 your letter of February 10 we have ftonr Into this matter at immc len:;tt' ami by reviewing our old files wire able In locate correspond -enee drafted by us tn 1943 which enabled you to find a forinul demand made by the citv on the Power Conip,!iy In l!M3 You were also able lo locyte I lie original um.ttl.sfaetnry reply to thai, demand. H fur as we knvw Ihe Power CoiiiKiiry did nrt follow up Us two paste. iU-crii answer to the. demand -.'. (promised and if hit infifrmatlon Is correct UiU mUlU. -he a tnatlcr lnv , f, - ' ' ,-, (Coi.liiiutd jju'ie J , mjiiw ' fifteen chanzca in lower J brackets hi a mjve obvi..u lv aimed .at strengthening thcjwhlch are claimed by the natives. Piity for new elections which' The meetings felt that, regard, ino i observers feel will be liekl les of discrimination, first cou SEEINO DEMOCRACY AT. WORK Touring the U.S. to observe cleinocraey at work,, members of the Jajianese Wet visit the V. 8. drfrnec department orxices hi Wa.shlnptoiu The delegation cliair-raan, Takeshi Yamazakl, shakes hands wlUi Louis Johnson (righli, tlcfenen sot-rotary. This is the group that was rr fused admlUanee 0) (he BosUmi eily council. ' .. I.KUPAKI) IEA1-. OKLAHOMA CITV Oklahoma's now famous leopard lieU in his case last night lieen hours after he had been raptured following a cun-eentrated hunt. "It is hard say what caused death" aii Julian Fancier, zoo director, who led a 61-hour hunt which ended in the Jungle fat passive capture. The animal was captured after Meal. ... ' . " 1 KSPA,,K" STRIKE?, VAMOIVER- Vancouver Local 226 of the International Ijpographical Inion (AFL-has applied for permission to take a itrlke vote tCHinsl . the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver News-Herald, e l.T.U. said yesterday. The Lniim has rejected recommendations of a conciliation board up. to negotiate a wre dispute.' Bl'RNLB IN BOX t Alt HAMILTON The bodies of a man and a women, burned beyond recognition, were found today In a box tar on a railway siding at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant. The ear contained bales of crude rubber. Police believe the pair may have been trapped in the car through error and Started a tire to attract attention. - INVASION OF FORMOSA TAIPLI As the Chinese t-imnuiiilsl radio was foresting an early invasion of -rn,osa t "liberal the ruim-"t" Iie"ncrah,J(i v thiattg Kai-Mirk announced ., he has aeecdfsit lo appeals to resume the presidency of .Nationalist t hlua. NKW FOVVfcK TREAT V' trri AWASlgiiing of a iieiv treaty between Canada and the-I'niled States wblch will provide' for an increase f lifly percent in hydro-elect rlc power at Niagara Falls and a beauti-ficatlc.: program for the falls was announced by Minister of External Affairs L. B. Pearson, ticorgc Orew. Progressive-Conservative leader, gave his approval and expressed hope of an early consummation of the whole St. Lawrenc waterway project which has been begged down for years in the United Slates Senate. ELIMINATE SASKATCHEWAN OTTAWA Irwin Sluder, Liberal member for Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, proposed in the House of Commons yesterday that Saskatchewan be eliminated as a province and be divided up between Manitoba and Alberta with the dividing line somewhere between Rrgina and Mcose Jaw. He was protesting at the excessive taxation Im- . posed by the present provincial government. - mom c as (Cl')The imous decision, rent controls. by Chief tlC'CS tiiin Ivii'iviuu ul parliament h; idi deals Willi na- ciicy irisln? 0111 1)1 aitrced that It Is . . ...... i.l tl.n llfilt I'J Ul'liuu W" tlnic necessary h legislation when j l.m-'er exists. 11 uf the court is In ; an u)inl"M and Is ni anyone. II is in iMlcrai qiieiliim put A means that the rnmnit can ask lo extend controls rcnus Unit ordinal--ive expired March ilevrtl tlr.il the fx- tor one year tJ -01. pj Are iizens Injn rl W. ll.i",-:;iml Kinks' iiKik- I speech hci c. t'l - ie,j' re.vctlli'il lx'-'I iik hi 1) .1 1 1 1 j lnriilii;; out to I He nlvi reniai ked j lieu 1 lie nicnibc1 rt(lirl.ire that he I l ire Mi".Jau;iU' cmnt li.hill". tTS LIMIT- teen Year i .-((T' liiitish scientist, "iiis' imprisonment C his adopted I Anicrican atom wit meted out to' niMiinuim sen-'ft could Impose, far old leader In ic restwcli. had ' in Old Bailey Lord Clilef Justice ; caniuated hhii ri)'ins the country 'Wn him refuee fpirable harm ijt f&n and Britain. emcnt -Bomb t Vurk falls Action Dr. Cvril f MIIII'I'IIIO i.ir..ri I He natives ' lw " ' further poind to the' ,. T, Borr W'-r served here nolnl.,!! of fisheries nelpnikL;!1'' VIM PWa a'lld. 'Iwp"elilfire; Sentence Traitor-Scientist nt a few months at most i Emmanuel Shlnwell g:e.s Innn ; ministry of food to defence. uiu.i lkiujii wi a move iip frotii Chancellor of the Duchy " wv i . Fiery Aneurln remains as min- I Mer of health and John Stra- i 1 che.y at the office. I Afraid Of Aluminum Senator Tom Red Also Sees Jap Menace to f isheries OTTAWA tP Tliomas Reld.1 bagpipe playing British Columbia ( iSenator, yosterday startled the I Senate with the assertion that two dangers now threaten hisj province. One danger, Reid said, was the possible exploitation of Qllf.ua T.,A fill,.., rJ,,,,,n r. ! attempt by aluminum interest to! grab off hydro-electric power "'""6 "'c '"- i. The Senator, referring to the aluminum lllTllfl lill rl.i danger tirr.,1. said i-nifl ll.n the British tl.il I. I. Columbia government was about to hand over one of Canada's "most wonderful heritages" to one of the "world's largest, combines." flu Victoria there was no official comment from the government on the Senator's charges He was presumably referring to the Aluminum Company of Canada Limited.) LOCAL TIDES Thursday, March 2, 1950 High 0:25 18.0 feet! . , 12:0(1 20.5 Teet Low 6:07 8.0 feet i I. . 18:40 18:40 2.7 2.7 feet1 feet1 Klaus Fuchs. brilliant Ger- was sentenced today to after pleading guilty country by turning over bomb secrets to ltussia. .. - - " ttiat the catisf-" oT depict kid of ;sitimon on the Skeena River and other coastal rivers has been overcrowded fishing gear aa well jas reals, ducks and bears. The i admittance of the Japanese T.. ...... ...... would notteiict to decrease the fishing gear oh the coast. Haold. slcialr- as vice-presld " '"r "'e 7 V . . . the I !.rict' Vnide'J at various meet- Ka Contempt Trial h Going Ahead WASHINGTON DC !. The BOVPrnmont ... went ahead with the contempt trial of Joha! L. Lewis' United Mine ic Workers tiui rv lovi. of I - America amid still more talk y the possible government seizure of the mines and - continuing spread of troubles from the coal shortage. One government official offered the personal view that government seizure would appear inevitable if (.here is not real progress touay toward a settlement, of the bttlkc. , Meanwhiie, the coal shor'uug'Ji b'-eaine more serious than ever with the unemployed, as a result, mounting by the thousands and the nation's coal pile diminish- Uie interim increase. The increase is applicable to most traffic within Canada except grain and grain products moving within Western Canada wluch are exempted and eoal and coke upon which "the Board authorized an Increase of 7c per ton on top of 8c awarded September. The award, it Is estimated i;n- offk-ially, will yield the railways gross of about $28,000,000 a year. The new rates may be put into effect by the railways on fifteen days notice. The increased rates are expected to be put Into effect between March afid 25, as soon as tariffs can arranged. Commissioner F. M. Mcpherson felt it. might have been desirable to be given special consideration to long haul traffic. The latest, increases represents n ..,...,.! ., il jcivtm. uvi riiv v.-L well villi': rates including a 21 percent hoist in 1948. , iPaardeberg Day r PAlAUratAf) VVlCUIUlCU .,.,.,,.t, ....... ,..., a...,-, , - .'""VAmjm wbM fill Vtr i. rwwRiiitioit .--v. as 'given the surrender at Paarc'e-berg. February 27, 1900. Veterans marched in paradi , there was the placing of wTeaths ....rl ,. Llnli. Jln ,.l Clnn.. WITlk. Ulllll. I OV Utdlll Y .. , " ' " 1 'u "J":.: 7. . - P. , LJ smith was announced. The first contingent to Africa, from Canada was the Royal Can- ' adian Regiment which, as part of the 19th Brigade, took part In the operations around Paarde- berg. The unit, which was in action about three months after enlisting, sailed from Quebec late in October, under Colonel W. D. Otter, aboard the freighter .Sardinian which had been con verted into a temporary trooper. The landing was at Capetown. In Monday's celebration here. ,., , ,i Ill " '"J "''' I"'"?0,1;' e iwi,h'lie Koyal Canadian Regi- linn I' vii wniuuiini'i wihu c Canadian Red Cross first went overseas. Their first post, under Surgeon General O. S. Ryerson, was set up at Orange River Crossing. He was the only Red Cross Representative at. Klmberley. Fifty years ago there were no field ambulances. Instead, there were oxen. Enteric fever raged In Bloemfontcin. About five thousand were stricken. For a while, deaths averaged about thirty a day. THE"-WEATHER . Sou'lieast gate force winds, 50 to 60 miles per hour, were cccuring over the eastern portion of the Gulf of Alaska this nicrninj and extended as far ou;ii as the Queen Charlotte Islands. The.-? winds ure expected (to subside gradually tori, y as the water disturbance moves Inland over the... north coa st. ' .1 SMcs were mainly clear oven the sou 'hem portion of the province this nvc'.rnuvj.. However, the contmud eastern ni-rtion ot the Pa.ifie slot m will bring Increased cltmiiness to all sections of Ihe province wlUi some light rain, 'to the southern coa tomorrow. ... , ' ... Forecasts North Coast Region Cloudy tod.iy with lntermlUenA rain cc muiencing about noon. Cloudy with tiiowtrs tomorrow. Little char :e in 'temperature. Wkids ?ori'.he?nt- (25i today, occasionally reaching (50 at exposed positions. Southwesterly (23, tonight and tomorrow. . Lows tonight and hlgha tomorrow at Port Hardy 40 and 45; Sar.dspit arid prince Rupert, 3( and 45. Northern B.C: region Cloudy with snow flurries today and tomorrow, A little milder tomorrow. Wind light. Lows tonight and hli?ha itomorrow--at Telegraph Creek 15 and 25. jv. pre. found slain In adjoining houses today. ' Jim. Turner. '57,. Baptist prea- Avlicr. und Uire; Tinner chlidreo J. T. Turner, jr., aged 8; Jimmy I. on. ID, and B'bbie Joe. 4, wpip lying on their beds- hi the Tur-j ner home. , John Harvey Arllen, also a Baptist preacher, was found shot to death In un adjoining hou;,e. Slight Damage From Fires No eKlensive damage was caused by fires during February as firemen rcsondcd o Utl calls. No damage was done at seven of ihe small bla.es. On February 2, at. 8:15 p.m. firemen extinguished a blaze caused by hot ashes. The ashes- were dumped hi a paper carton causing slight damage to the floor. The blaze occurred in the quarters of roomers at the home of Mrs. O. Bendiksen, 747 Seventh Avenue West. Chimney fires accounted for the majority of calls. stocks coop uurnld uur. CHICKENS SURVIVE Hit :iiiff V.:rl Prtx-t.-r i.,,t ! nie.i.ci. i.ad JJM-Ir h.nds.n.a Of clitrltrt-ji i ail 'this ins. Responding to a rail by W. A. Jones of 704 Bevcnlh AvWi-ue Writ at i a. m., thev arrived j to find Mr. Jones' tool shed ablaze. The fire yfy.-i t-onllned (o the .sinaH istnietijre. ! '1 he Fire Chief eoilsidTed-t'ie five hens and rooster as "cook-fd -erse" bn' when he shoved rd a water h'o.s' through a hole I into the chicken cooo section, loud molesl ins enrkles atd i squawks emllied from within the interior. Aop'irr'iUv the feathered fowl wee allergic to show-rs that early In the tiuirnin?. f.ike the skipners of doomed, craft, they did not budge from their d"ni!iin until n, stream of water ni'led their r.o')0. There was talk among tit" Tlremen on the scene re"ardi'i the Inhal'itor sqnad. Bui the chickens snr'dyed i -ri i-helt i-oiidil'on lodry Is rep-irlcd as-"good". ; , D.i mat wts reus-cH to the I'1-terlor of the shack by the flames and some of Mr. Jong's loils were buriied. . Vrncoi'vcr 3. Victoria 0. ' San Francisco 0, Fresno 2. roihi ys ' '"- ' Vatieouvrr . , Hayonne' - '. , Hrnlome ... 11.,. 1).30 U. R. Con .... -.oa It. R. X : . (i.) Cariboo tiuarl, . . 1.43" Congress. New ,23 riedley Mascot . .22 I'aeillr. Kaslern ... ... .07 I'etid Oreille . , ....... . 5.30 . rjoneer 3.25 . I'l cmier Bonier . .02 'i '.Privateer !. ........ .. Si'i Jeevcs McDonald 2,05 . Reno . , - .OajJi'. fsheep Creek .... . 1.10 f.llbal; Premier .37 Vauauda -' . . .. .1.'! , Hnlmun CRiltl ; . , . .00 .Spud Valley 0i , Oils Anglo Canadian . 3.85 Alliintic 1.35 C. Si E ....... 7.05 Central Leduc ,. 1.10 Home Oil ;..: 10.75. Mercury . ,. .09 li Okalta .- . .... 1.80 Pacific 'Pete , , 4.20 Princess .32 Royal Cunadlan ......... .00 Uoyulite ' 9.30 Toronto Athona - V. 08 Aumaque . .13 'Bcaltie' "".60 iilg iilg alarmingly. alarmingly. i level lo brini! nicnl between l.hn fvsia against the use f"n Iximb. Upside Down Native Fined Native James Lawson was able I.j nppear In city pmce cout t Wt clnentiiy nrornln jt in perM)ti. He could liavc been lay -iiis In a wotKlen box. . Twj constables of the city police squad picked lilm up at 0.30 pin. dan:;llnsi head first, from he Fi.-herinen"s Wharf (it Cow B. y. The constables noticed a leg protruding 'through the railing of the float. Invee-tlualiii" they discovered 'wsxm unconscious and In the IK'culiar portion. He was taken to the llee station and booked on a drunk charre. Asked by Mal-lstnU c W. I). Vaiw.e -where lie had obtained tlie liqu r, the aecu sed replied thai a while nun gave it to hlin before .sailing for Vancyavcr on the Ohilcdhi Tuesday. iVa;if;tnite Vanee- reminded the Mccti-H-d he was lucky to be alive and fined htm $20 and co. Is of $3.50. SrOKANK HOTIX FIKH ' SI'OKANIC The well Unuttil Itedpalli Hotel here itenrly drslrovcil by a Sl.'lOO,-tMMI lire early today alter a Hix-liuur ficbt l.v firemen.. More I ban 259 Rliesls fled from the liiiildimt or were carried hi I lie street. lt.C.M.1'. IN B.C. OTTAWA U was learned last night that the Royal Can "ailian Police may take over policing of British Columbia within a few months. The province has opened preliminary discussions with the federal Justice authorities into the possibility of the R.C.M.P, taking over the B.C. Police Force. As yet, however, no formal application has been made for such a move. ' w BrlliUns second 'lial United u". Oreat Brltuin 'V lake nn. i,.. f..r victim of I ' caibutt do- , Bevcourt -.30 Bnlijo , : 13 IJuliulo CunadianJ .. .... .0!'2 Cono. Kmoiu-rs'. 115.25 Conwesl? " 1.10 Doilalda L .. .50 Kldona .32 East, Sullivan 5.10 I Giant Veilowknll'c 6.15 i tiod's Lake , 33 I UaidroeU : 30 ' Ilarrleaua . .' , .'..05 lleva , . .OGVa i iioyeo .08 Jueknire .07 I Joiiet qucbee ...',...'....'...' 07 ! 'Lake Rowan : 05',i I l upasUa Ot'4 !. Little Long Lac .' .53'a ' Lynx .. . .. . ... .162 ' Madseu .Red Lake . 3.10 McLrod Cockshutl . 3.25 . MeKenzie Red Luke .... .53 Moneta- : .3G ' Negus '. 1.50 : Noranda 09.75 Louvieourt 20 Pickle Crow ,.;:!... 1.90 . ; Rcgcourt' .04 San Antonio 3.G0 Senator Rouyn .27 Sherrit Gordon ....,. 2.25 Sleep Rock 2.35 Sturgeon River .21 '2 Sliver Ivliller .65 "Upper Canada 3.30 "ul he "i.tny years .lllnr. .. i . . '""'"mchliiid t he Wrmileij. ,i... -I u - - i , 1 I " sr x vs. svw" " . ?l . ' NE BAND NCERT 3, 8:15 ?c Centre j rodents 35c . Nyr WOKKIISD ABOUT 'ATOM BOMBS Optlm ism and' cheerfulness in spite ot atom bomb and cold war problems were the keynote of meetings of western force commanders in Holland when Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Kelghtley, commander of the British Rhine Army, left, and Gen. de Lattre . de Tassigny, commander In chief of western uni on land forces, had talks with Gen. H. J. Kruls of -. the Dutch Army.