r . 1 a r a Tr" ii t n 525-5 QMES C3CC3 0 Daily Delivery ' " NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 81 Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key tothe Cntl I - lowest" PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950 TT.lCK FIVE CENTS IV CABS ' V Published ot Canada's 1- j-mr-rk VOL. XXXIX Nn 144 , . , n. i Is Dead In Ootsa Lake 'QUAKE SHAKXS JAVA JAKARTA, Indonesia Seventeen persons were killed and many hundreds injured yesterday in an earthquake in east Java, reports said... The earth shook for a minute in some areas in the worst 'quake in SO years. Empty Bread Shelves Are Seen . In Rye Cities on West Coast LOS ANGELES (CP) Empty, bread shelves2 confronted housewives in five west coast cities again1 today with no sign of settlement in a strike by 3,1 00 A.F.L. bakers, now in its third day. An industry spokesman here, where 1800 bakers' are out, said "the strike can go on for months if the' Mike Fenton, Well Known Trapper and Guide, Victim of Heart Attack forest Patrolman Albert Cramb ' observed a small boat drifting on Russia Not Ready Vet union insists on a 35 hour week. The affected bakeries produca. about 90 per cent of the oread sold !n Los Angeles, Portland, -Seattle, Everett, Washington and 7. Ootsa Lake on Sunday morning early, with a dog sitting on the thwart. I Launching his patrol boat im-' mediately he found the body of ' Fenton floating within arms j reach of the boat. Constable W. j H. Richmond was notified lm- ' Skeena Level Failing Fast Bremerton, Washington . The t.f Us-vL-is -rr; ..... ., Li 1..' Seattle area's 70 strikebound . Would Only Fight if Victory, says McNaughton plants are suing local No. 9 of the baker's union for $20,000 a day damages. ' VANCOUVEK if Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton said in an interview yesterday war with Russia is not inevitable, but added: "The Russians would not go to wat without certainty of winning mediately and proceeded to the scene accompanied by Barney Mulvany. Investigation showed ; that the deceased had left the Slim Henry ranch fo r home , Danger of Flood at This End Over Nechako Still Rising The turbulent Skeena River at Salvus, 56 miles east "of here, dropped eight inches since yesterday, it was announced this shorUy after 11 p.m. His watch ' Are Broke But Happy Final Incidents in Burning of Nora Jane Sinks at Sea. Five crew members of the ill-fated Nora Jane which went French coal ... . , .... for Ruhr Steel ".HAN COAL-STEEL POOL PLAN "TO REMOVE ONE CAUSE OF WAR"-Six European nations are negotiating a plan to pool ;Sal and steel production under a central authority whose d eclsions would be binding on all six. The countries are France, em Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The plan is hailed as the first concrete proposal to bind each .-in an alliance which, they say, would remove one of the causes of war. The plan fostered by Foreign Minister Schuman of : Jias not attracted Britain's Labor government, but Opposition Leader Winston Churchill and Liberal Leader Clement Dav--sund the government take part In negotiations. Today they have no such certainty and I believe they know it." McNaughton said some day the world will win Internationa', atomic control and the Unitea Nations is slowly but surely ap-proachng worla government. morning. At all other points east of Prince Rupert to Burns Lake, 320 miles away, water has receded from two to six inches But, between Vanderhoof, 360 miles east of here, to points west of Prince had stopped at 12:15 and investigation by the Constable Indicated that he had been standing up rolling a cigarette. Apparently stricken with a heart attack ,he had fallen overboard, and was dead before he struck the water. The crepe sole of his shoe had nicked up a trolling hook and 5 PORT IN WAR- ueorge, me necnano mver nas nammg m Hecate Straits Longest Day risen irom two 10 iour mcnes Lumber Prices At Record Hlohs -rjly a few feet of line had paid out. Ship Import Being Banned 01 Year Today The Public Works Department stated this morning that water will have to drop about ten oce Rupert Not Open To in Attack - McNaughton Today tnls lipsy old earth of Michael Foley Fenton was well well known as a guide and trapper and had worked for Frank VANCOUVER" W--Lumber In Victoria and Vancouver Monday afternoon, left for Vancouver yesterday by plane. The skipper, Capt. G. McKenzie, is in hospital suffering from bruises to the left calf, elbow and hip. Following their arrival in port, they stepped onto another Powell River Co. vessel, the J. S. Foley and recuperated from their ordeal. Then, some of them barefooted, were whisked away to ours has Its North Pole closer to the sun than it has been for a year and closer than it will be jumped to record Mghs with top grade common up roughly $10 to OTTAWA, To promote $96 a thousand board feet. Deal inches before the two floating bridges, 58 and 68 miles east of Prince Rupert, can be put back in operation. This also applies to the five mile stretch of inundated highway between Kwlnitsa and Salvus. Water levels below railway Swannell and other geodetic and mineralogical surveys for many years in the Coast Range, packing through Tweedsmuir Park, the summits of Kemano Pass for another yar. Digby Island . business for Canadian shipyards, said there could be approxl- ' the government plans to ban the mately 13 hour3 of sunshine pos- import of ships from the United slble today but that possibility 'ig ers blamed the American demand for Increases which followed fluctuation In market prices last week. aeral A G. L. McNaughton, of the international defence board, now visiting in Vancouver and ria, made reference to Prince Rupert in the of an interview. Speaking of defences and the Pacific Northwest, ral McNaughton remarked that it would not be and the Copper river. Since 1928 J has gone by the boards already tracks at -Shames and Amsbury were seven and eight feet respectively. These points are 80 he has been in the seasonal employ of the Forestry Department, and had Just received his first superannuation cheque. The body was placed in the t to ipeak of anything Fraser and Payne's store ; and outfitted. u'tlT With hardly a cent in . their pockets, although attired in spanking new clothes, they felt like "respectable vagrants." . They will be happy to see Uioir families upon their arrival in the Lottery Ring Is Broken Up touid give comfort to an and 90 miles east of Prince Rupert. The five mile stretch of high Archangel Bui with reference to warehouse of the Circle Guides to await the arrival of a cororner. Pke'8 aincerest mourners were way between Kwinltsa and Sal Euper:. it was his belief) VANCOUVER R Police said j vns remained covered with about with the cloudiness that appeared mld-mornlng and the forecast for overcast and showers. Actually the most sunshine recorded at Dlgby Island for a single day thl year was June 16, when the sun was out all day. There was 12.5 hours of uninterrupted sunshine. There would be more in Prince Rupert, as rfays Mountain stands between the Island and th3 sun while its rays have already reached the cltv. Yesterday a record of 16 days without rain was ended. Show Transport Minister Chevrier disclosed yesterday to the House of Commons shipping committee that that is the purpose of a 2 Valine clause In a bulky series of amendments to the Canada Shipping Act, which 'have already passed the Senate. , . " The clause gives the minister power to bar from Canadian registry any ship built outside Canada. He said it is not planned to use it against shipping built In the United Kingdom. wl)f,he.m citv .. io .inunta TO-w mnosi-uiv one of them Monday night -it base would not be open ! " X J iitudu. An enemy force U Q V If TfiQ out-flanked too easily. North Vancouver man has ''McGee" Knox, who had been danger is past. . - his constant companions. smashed what is believed to be a country wice lottery racket. Ray Salisbury, 49, is charged with selling sweepstake tickets. Three express packages he carried were filled with stubs of Body of elderly Michael Fenton, a retired forestry employee, was 'found floating in Ootsa !i it ra; McNaughton holds the chairmanship of the :it joint U.S.-Canada ol Deience. He is, like-i member of the Interna-Jotat Commission which s boundary and v;ater a. Ho is Canadian dele- NELSON Oi Michael (the Archangel) Verigin and his aide, Joe Podovlnikoff, last night were convicted of seditious conspiracy. More charges are to be heard. Verigin Is leader of the radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobor col- Lake Sunday, British Columbia police here were notified today. It Is believed by police that he tickets, which police said were sold in such places as Quebec, The Pas, Man., and Ritchie, Sask. drowned the previous day. . Next of kin have been notified and an wired his wife before "she could read the papers about the blast." Capt. Arvld Sandals, who effected the rescue of the six members of tha Nora Jane's crew-after they had been forcel to leap into Hecate Straits from their blazing vessel, has returned to the fishing grounds, lie was about seven mile off. he said, when he noticed the Nora Jane asmoke and obviously In trouble. He hastened to the scene and had just reached astern of the flame-stricken vessel when Capt. McKenzie and his crew started leaping into the sea. All but one had life jackets. The alxth was clinging to a hatch cover. The rescue was speedily effected by hauling the survivors one by the Atomic Energy Com- j 0ny at Villiers on Vancouver He formerly was chief ) island. Podovlnikoff is his sec ers durine the day saw to that However, it cleared during the evening and remained that wav until mornlns:, when Old Sil arose In all his glory to flood the city and district. Later cloud1? hlof ked him off at intervals. Tomorrow the North Pole starts 'ts lone trip away from the sun and davs will become progres inquest is set for this week. Towers Urges Sales to UX ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. A Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, advised Canadians to shoot for the"' United States market. For practical purposes, the United States market is the only one in the world where imports are not restricted for foreign exchange reasons, he said in an address to the St. John's Board of Trade. Mr. Towers said the solution to Canada's foreign exchange Fraser Flood e for Canada ; on the Nations Security term ended last Janu- Seems Beaten retary. Charges against the men take in conspiring to encourage Douk-hobors to disobey the laws of Canada, to assemble when nude, Would Cut British Aid VANCOUVER Victory has General Motors And Union Agree . TORONTO, ffl A five-year agreement between General Motors Company of Canada and the United Automobile Workers (CIO) was announced last night. It now goes to the union membership for approval. It provides for annual 5c per hour increases to regular employees. The settlement will cover wages, company paid pensions, j to refuse to fend their children sively shorter for the next six months. But comfort cannot be derived from the fact that todav s officially the first day of -ummer. been won over Fraser River flood waters at Harrison Mills. After an all-night battle a weak spot In the dike there has been to school and to commit iockeye U Boat plugged. The dike protects the main line of the Canadian Paci fic Railway, the Lougheed high way and many acres of .rich land. Cadomin Mine Retains Dead CADOMIN. Alta. ffi The BASEBALL SCORES American I.eaifue Chicago 3, Boston 1 Cleveland 5, New York 1 National League Cincinnati 6. Brooklyn 5 problem must come in part from an increase in her sales to the United States. Ducharme Tries Supreme Court . C.P.R. trains are still runin? M in the Naas for the l! of sockeye glllnetting ' in 390 salmon. Average Naas was 110 per boat WASHINGTON 0 Leading Republican senators drafted a proposal today to strip $340,000,-000 out of Britain's recovery .funds unless the Labor government Joins in a pool of Europe's coal and steel such as proposed by the Schuman plan. The penalty proposed against Britain would be in the form of an amendment to the co-opera one aboard the Sandy S. Then the rescue ship proceeded towards cort to be met off Tug well Island by the police boat P.M.L. 15 to which they were transferred and brought on into Prince Rupert. Beam trawlers in the vicinity have since reported having seen insurance and hours of work at the company's plants at Oshawa and Windsor. Ontario. although slowly because of water lapping at the rails. boats. The Mission gauge rose from , 24.07 feet to 24.12 feet overnight but dropped to 20.11 this VANCOUVER W Counsel for the Nora Jane finally sink late : ; TODAY'S STOCKS : J (fourtMiy 8. l. JolinMon Co. Ltd.) tion administration act, which The flood picture generally sets the rules for the European Frederick Ducharme, convicted Monday night Last vestige was slayer, will try to appeal to the j a charred lifeboat which was Supreme Court of Canada. j Dicked up by one of the Dugald McAlpine says he will ' draB2ers thp Smith Rnlinfl continues encouraging with in recovery program. A draft of aeh Skoena catches were J'er, an average of about M boat, the catches there Msidered fair, catches remained fair Stoenu and Naas yester-t dropped from the good 3 ff the day before, "'day approximate avcr- bodies of five miners trapped over a week ago in a flooded coal mine tunnel 270 feet below the surface are tlill unlocated today. A man's severed leg, a miner's helmet, a smashed lamp and various articles of clothing are all that have been discovered In the round the clock search by rescue parties. Miners say It may be weeks before the bodies are found. dications that the crest has the plan is bsing passed among passeed. Toronto Athona 09 '2 senators as the first step before mane application snortiy. The British Columbia Appeal Court yesterday dismissed Du- placing the proposal before the THE WEATHLR LOCAL TIDES . Thursday, June 22, 1950 Senate appropriations com charme's appeal. He is scheduled mittee. Synopsis Wlrfoonrpnri cloudiness to hang June 30 for the murder High 5:42 has 17.3 feet 18.1 feet 5.2 feet spinster j 18:39 12:09 formed over- the interior in ai" Blanche Feme Fisher. , flow of cooler air from the 1 Low Halibut Sales Aumaque .30 Beattie 58 Bevcourt ,. 38 Bobjo .'. 12 Vi Buffalo Canadian . .31 Vi Consol. Smelters 102.50 Conwest 147 Donalda 64 E'.dona .-. 31 East Sullivan 6.95 Giant Yellowknife 7.80 God's Lake 30 Gordon Visits Engine Shops northwest. Temperatures in the :nfs on the Skeena were nsMc waters and 22 per 11 outside waters. In the 1!ls'de catches were 75 per :,i 15 to 20 outside. ' warning approximately ll wore licensed in the ' a"Q 125 in the Naas. central valleys wil be about ten Trying a Twig to Save a Tooth degrees lower than yesterday. Scattered showers and thunder MONTREAL Donald Gordon. C.M.G., chairman and president 'A - storms will develop during the day from the Cariboo down to the Okanagan and Kootenays. Canadian National Railways, American Eloise III, 20,000, Atlin, 26c, 25c and 21c. Canadian Sea Pride, 65,000, Cold Storage, 27c, 26c and 22c. Joan W. II, 38,000, Atlin, 27.4c, 26c and 22c. W10, 20,000, Cold Storage, 27c, 26c and 22c. vsited the locomotive and car Vancouver Bayonne 03 Bralorne 7.75 B. R. Con -i 04 B. R. X 05V4 Cariboo Quartz 1.25 Congress 20 Hedley Mascot 28 Pacific Eastern .06 Pend Oreille 6.70 Pioneer 3.10 Premier Border 03 Vi Privateer ISVi Reeves McDonald-. 3.10 Reno , 04 Sheep Creek 1.15 Sllbak Premier 33 Taku River .' 10 Vananda 15 Vi Salmon Oold 05 ' silver Standard 175 Western Uranium 74 Oils Anglo Canadian 5.90 A. P. Con -51 Atlantic - 285 Ca'mont - C. & E -810 Central Leduc 1 90 V shops at Point St. Charles, Montreal, yesterday afternoon to see h Orders The Vancouver and Victoria areas will have sunny afternoon with cloudy skies taking over during the night and lasting until about noon. Along the coast a storm is moving in from vi at first hand how the company spends $1,500,000 each month for labor and materials. It was his n Oil first inspection of these shops, the largest on the system,, and icUVER CP, -Receipt of -nited Kinnrtnm'a lnmhrr B. C. Lady, 29,000, Cold 27.1c, 26c and 22c. Combat. 38,000, Cold Storage, the ocean and rain is expected in the Prince Rupert area with scattered showers continuing through most of Thursday. he said he was impressed with or 1950. the skill and efficiency of the "disappointing; 27 3c 26c and 22c. -5 reported by a spokes- Good Partner. 34,000, Atlin, Ior British Columbia 27.3c. 26c and 22c. Haidrock 1 .46 Harrlcana 12 Heva : 08 Hosco ,. 07Vi Jollet Quebec 65 Lake Rowan .18 Lapaska 05 Little Long Lac 45 Vi Lynx .. .40 Madsen Red Lake 2.72 McLcnd Cockshutt 3.15 Moneta : t.35'2 Noranda 69.86 Louvicourt 20 Pickle Crow 2.23 Regccurt .05 San Antonio 3.05 Senator Rouyn ' .27 Sherrit Gordon 2.25 Stepp Rock 3.25 Sturgeon River 22 Silver Miller 90 Forecast North Coast Region Overcabt with intermittent rain today and tonight. C16udy with a few showers Thursday. Little change "Pcrators, Miss Jean, 30,000. Pacific, Z7.ic, 26c and 22c. Taplow, 51,000, Co-op. works. During his tour, Mr. Gordon chatted with many of the 3,000 workers, and he told some of them that he hoped for a continuation, or betterment, of the shops' monthly overhaul of 28 locomotives, 22 passenger cars and 201 freight, cars. the total order to be 1 UOtftpnvi nvlll..V. finhiin. in temperature. Southerly winds (15 mph), increasing to south Home Oil 16-50 con- W0.000 hnn-H w .,H Children's diets should .16 east (2") mph) this afternoon. Southwest winds (15 mph) to- School children in an Indian village learn how to brush their teeth with twigs and charcoal powder. Their teachers are public health specialists attached to a malaria control team sent to India under a joint program of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization. Members of the team use spare time to show children in villages getting; malaria protection how to protect teeth with materials at hand. Mercury Okalta Pacific Pete 2.00 6 95 .65 morrow.'Lows tonight and highs tomorrow At Port Hardy 50 and 60, Sandsplt and Prince Rupert 45 and 60. toat represented onljMjae tain at least one pint of mlik Deduction of the com- every day one snd one-half CS, H1"8',, 'Pints for teen-agers-a satisfac-15 will be called t , 10, v . July the United Kingdom re- try surce of vitamin .., r C anii and a a ' to bids July 22. dependable source of vitamin D. Princess General meeting Port Day committee, Friday 8 p.m., Civic Centre. It Royal Canadian 09 Royallte 1300