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PH0IIE8!
VOLJKXXIX,
NO.
54.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
MARCH
6,
1950
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1
alks
Nationalization
LONDON
(CI'
The
Labor
government,
facing
a
new
Pari
ia
men
t.
with
a
precarious
majority,
today
presented
a
program
devoid
of
controversial
issues.
The
Speech
from
the
Throne,
read
by
the
King
at
the
..opening
of
the
thirty-ninth
Parliament,
made
no
reference
.to
nationalization
or
any
other
matter
.
pabp
t.cuth
eff
a
dangerous
Former
French
Premier
Dies
PARIS
(P,
Albert
Lebrun,
i"i''d
78,
former
President
of
the
French
Republic,
clinci
today.
Son
tf
poor
farmers,
Lebrun
was
elected
president
in
1932
and
served
until
1940
when
he
was
deposed
during
the
war
by
Mir-hail
Philllppc
Pctain
after
France's
defeat
by
Germany.
Spurned,
So
Shoots
Woman
Evidence
presented
at
the
inquest
into
the
death
of
Frank
Mali
indicated
that
Mali
had
previously
threatened
Constance
McMaslers
before
firing
at
her
in
the
King
George
Hotel
last
Friday.
.She
was
shot
in
the
right
temple
but
a
curling
pin
had
deflected
the
revolver
bullet,
saving
her
life.
The
bullet
uped
along
the
outside
of
the
cran
debate.
Later,
however,
Prune
Jl
M.
P.
UNSEATED--To
appeal
or
not
is
llie
problem
puazUlig
Angus
F.ldei
kin,
Wollvllle.
N.S.,
farmer,
as
he
sits
in
his
House
of
Commons
office.
He
is
mulling
over
a
Nova
Scotia
Supreqie
Court
ruling
that
his
election
June
27
as
Liberal
member
of
parliament
lor
Annapolis-Kings
Is
void
because
of
election
irregularities.
If
no
apical
is
made,
the
seal
will
be
declared
vacant
and
a
by-election
called.
C.
P.
Photo
i.
SLAUGHTER
IN
BROOKLYN
I
Negro
Killer,
C.N.R.
Restores
!
j
Full
Service
',
;
1
i
MONTREAL
Hie
foilwin
statement
was
issued
here
tht;
afternoon
by
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
and
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Worn
coal
.shortages
force!
the
Canadian
National
Railway
to
reduce
passenger
services
in
i
Canada
by
twenty
five
percent
,
j
the
railway
management
prrimi:;-,
ed
that
the
the
trains
which
were
being
temporarily
discontinued
would
be
put
back
into
operation
its
soon
as
conditions
justify
it.
Now
we
are
keeping
our
word.
Full
C.
N.
R.
train
ser
vice
will
be
restored
as
from
j
Wednesday,
midnight,
March
3
all
trains
will
go
back
on
their
normal
schedules.
To
the
publie
who
have
given
us
their
understanding
support
we
express
our
thanks
and
say
t
that
the
Canadian
National
will.
as
in
rt
vears,
continue
to
firn-Ivide
fast
reliable
up
to
date
transportation.
.
In
addition
to
restoring
pas
senger
train
services,
the
management
has
xiven
instructions
that
coal
consigned
to
commercial
and
other
users
be
given
preferential
movement
over
our
lir.se,
:
,
;
Sid
Grauman,
Showman,
Dies
!
HOLLYWOOD
W
Sid
Grau-
Mental
Hospital,
Slays
Four
C.N.
SERVICE
KKSTOKKII
i
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Transport
Lionel
Chevrier
announced
today
that
srrviiis
i
Canadian
National
lines,
which
had
been
cut
a
few
i
ugo
by
25
percent
oa
;
mini
of
the
coal
shortage;
will
be
restored
this
Wednesday.
STAIN
must
apohmu.k
BELGRADE
Marshal
Tito
;
said
today
that
Joseph
Stalin
would
have
to
anolotpc
to
VueoSlava
beforr
nentia'imis
between
the
two
countries
could
be
resumerl.
Tito
ilmied
rumors
of
a
reconciliation
between
Russia
and
TuiruSlavia.
DIES
IN
JMl,
VANCOUVER
Kuriolph
Uerkman,
53,
eollapsril
and
died
in-
city
jail
here
after
being
arrested
for
dninkeiv-ness.
An
inquest
will
be
held.
It
EDS
WALK
OCT
i
LAKE
Sl'CCESS
Russian
delesa'tes
walked
out
of
the
I'nited
Nations
commil'.ce
on
Ihe
children'!
emergency
relief
in
protrst
at
presence
of
Chinese
Nationalists.
I
SEATTLE
FLOODED
SEATTLE
Several
Srattle
streets
have
been
closed
on
account
of
inundations
caused
by
floods
as
a
result
of
heavy
week-end
rains.
There
is
four
feet
of
water
ill
some
Taeonia
basements.
WINTER
IN
KOOTENAV
c
CRANBROOK
YViiter
has
gain
hit
the
Kootenay
country.
There
has
been
11
inches
$f
wet
.
snow
,
here
since
the
Week-end,
;
T.C.A.
flights
were
jhypassmg''
C
r
a
n
brook
and
t'astlcgar.
today.,
i
MINISTER
RECOVEKLVO
VICTORIA
Condition
,
of
Hon.
George
Pearson,
minister
of
health
and
welfare
who
went
to
hospital
last
week
with
a
nervous
breakdown,
is
reported
today
to
be
satisfactory
although
he
will
have
to
remain
in
hospital
for
two
weeks.
Talk
Meeting
With
Russia
PARIS
nVBriUsh,
French
and
American
foreign
ministers
will
dlwMS8
a
Pos;sible
meeting
with
,
.
,.
,.
,
fwn
"'
ther
in
Lon-
j
tpr
Rfjhprl.
Kchiimnn
nf
VVnnrp
Leftists
Win
Greek
Votes
General
Nicholas
1'lastiris'
Party
in
Slight
Lead
Following
Election
ATHENS
-General
Nicholas
Pla.stiras,
Uic
old
warrior
who
drove
Kin;;
Cons
ar.tinc
Into
exile
in
Wi'l,
emerged
from
yesterday's
iiiitionul
elections
in
Greece
:is
a
powerful
new
Leftist
force
In
Greek
politics.
With
nearly
one-hair
of
the
voles
coiinted
today,
Plasliras'
National-Progressive
Union
held
a
.slender
lead
over
the
country's
two
traditional
purlieu
-
Former
Premier
Cnnslaniin
Tsaldaris's
Onservalive
-
Populists
(
Royal
-i.st
;)
and
Sophicles
Vcnlclos'
Moderate
Liberals.
Anolher
new
Leftist
parly,
the
Republican
Krntit,
headed
by
Former
Foreign
Minister
John
Sophiunopoli:;,
polled
u
sizeable
vote
thai
sin
pi
l.sed
the
most
of
observers.
(on.ervalive
polil
Icians
said
that,
the
Communists
-
whose
parly
was
outlawed
as
a
result
of
the
civil
war
that,
ended
last
fall
turned
their
support
to
the
Leftist
parties.
Challenge
Of
Annola
People
of
luilia
Awakening
to
IScltrr
Things,
Says
Speaker
A
large
congregation
at
morning
.service
in
First
United
Church
on
Sunday
hi'tud
an
informative
and
challenging
address
by
Miss
Anne
E.
Copilhomc,
R.N.,
on
the
work
of
the
church
in
Angola.
The
service
w
as
under
I
he
auspices
of
the
Women's
Missionary
Service
with
Mrs.
R.
E.
Foster,
Mrs.
J.
S.
Irvine
and'
Mrs.
K.
1
Faught
in
charge.
!
Miss
Copithorne,
who
is
home
on
furlough
from
West
African
!
:
mission
fields,
slated
that
there;
was
an
awakening
among"
the
young
peoples
of
Africa
and
with
it
a
longing
for
better
things.
,
They
will
make
any
sacrifices
in
!
their
endeavours
to
break
away
from
the
terribly
crushing
power
of
wiUiirraft
and
its
ever
present
oppressing,
dominating
sense
of
fear.
The
nerd
for
assistance
is
challenging.
Over
sixty
percent
oi
babies
die
within
a
year.
Among
young
mothers
the
mortality
is
distressingly
high.
Leprosy
is
prevalent.
Jhit
the.
people
are
trying
to
make
their
own
freedom.
Out,
ol
sixty
youths
who
graduated
lor
High
.School
education
only
ten
could
be
given
the
chance
owing
hi
lack
or
funds.
They
themselves
iContiiiuod
nil
F.?r
21
Aid.
Douglas
Fri.cll
left
by
today's
plane
on
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
NEW
YORK
i
CP
i
A
19-yeur-old
youth,
just
released
from
hospital
for
the
criminally
Insane,
slaughtered
four
strangers
and
stabbed
three
other
persons
in
a
ten-minute
rampage
through
crowded
Brooklyn
streets
yesterday.
The
mad
killer.
William
Jones,
a
negro,
was
finally,
beaten
t
olHTNifll
,1
Least
,N
I).
C
(t
H'H"-ntract
sail
more
,1
miners
swiirin-pits
today,
''iid-
;cat
"ir
ll'"""
,lf(l
Slates
and
in
Uic
cal
fields
cuiiic
rs
Uic
)i
ii-
they
l
per
(lay
"pack-lllU,lc
assurance
:y"
work
for
(I,
prrliaps.
imlil
IKf.
ins
il
meant
gel-
.Ibllll'S.i.
,.
,o
Kcltlcii:"lil.
nm
a
four-week
,
in,
a
looming
in-,wn
and
some
.
jbiiily
in
wl"1'
i
nt
called
a
"sick
pins
higher
coal
,,
the
cost
nf
the
I-
-i-kcr-s'
Rains
at.
year.
cun.suiii'
rs
may
tun
liirt
pouring
out
irruw.
Strike
ened
9
A
strike
'
,'ijluniUta
roast,
it
,e
iipn'utoi
s
un-i
uiiict'ineiil
is
15.
re
a
satisfactory
I
June
la
will
be
lliiulilla'e
strike'
mun
for
Brliish
'
ol
(lie
hitei
na-m
is
nf
America
BniUli
Culum-SiMi
was
unali-prte
i
during
the
ijf
delegates,
include
a
wane
liuur
and
union
RSENAL
NAL
Today's
draw
for
ill
llie
English
ball
Cup
paired
Chelsea
and
iace
in
the
final
nirr
soccer
com-
pu
unset
mliilitv
i'tl
Saturday,
will
Uic
glamor
boys
on
March
18
In
ill
be
held
on
Eiuuiid
,
L
M;inii
7,
rj;,o
3-,t
22.2
feel
lr,:
20.8
feet,
2.7
fret!
LATI
ILR
"ilsis
Ml
'in;
almi
coast
ui'isi
''
vakr
Of
Vest
or
into
submission
with
gun
butts
aIKr
police
had
pursued
him
'
'
-along
three
bloor-lralled
Blocks.
"
.
Jones,
turned
loose
last
Saturday
as
being
sane,
would
not
tell
police
what
made
him
grab
a
carving
knife
from
a
restaurant
and
rage
through
the
tenement
district,
slashing
at
the
heart
of
every
passerby.
.
The
four
who
died
were
white
men
whom
Jones
had,
apparently,
never
seen
before.
'
,
ium.
The
jury
returned
a
verdict
of
suicide.
.
On
the
day
of
the
shooting
aflray,
Miss
McMaslers
had
been
.shopping
with
a
friend
and
then
decided
to
return
to
her
room
at
Hie
Palmer
Apartments.
Short
after,
Mah
arrived
and
demanded
that
she
come
with
him.
He
held
a
revolver
hv
his
hand.
She
had
no
alternative
but
to
obey
ills
connnand
und
the
pair
descended
the
back
stairs.
Harry
Ebtwtt,
operator
of
75
Taxi,
had
brought
the
Chinese
iContmued
pagr
3i
Obsession
;
;:
I
Doctor
Cannot
Explain
Action
MANCHESTER.
N
il.
h
Or.
Hermann
Sander
said
today
from
i
the
witness
stand
that
"I
never)
had
any
intention
of
killing:
Mrs.
Borroto."
j
The
41-ycar
old
country
doctor,'
on
trial
for
murder
in
the
death!
of
the
cancer-ridden
woman,!
Slid
he
called
for
a
syringe
on
I
the
mornlnc
of
December
4
last,
after
he
looked
at
Die
patient!
und
th'.ii':ht
nIic
was
dead.
I
"It
was
my
opinion
she
was
dead,"
Dr.
Sander
testified,
lj
cannot
explain
what
action
II
took
then.
Something
snapped.!
Why
I
did
it
I
cannot
tell.
It
doesn't
make
sen.'-'e."
The
doctor
v;escd
he
had
acted
on
an;
obsession.
The
case
may
reach
the
jury,
'
Thursday.
j
Dr.
Sander
can
be
sent
to,
pi
iMin
for
life
If
convicted
of
j
first
de-.rce
nnu'dcr.
The
state
has
not
as'..ed
for
the
death
penally.
man,
aged
70,
veteran
Hollywood
the
Chilcotin
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
fhcwinan
whoe
theatre
was
E.
J.
Chapman
from
Port
Clem-famed
fur
the
footprints
left
in
cuts;
H.
Oray
and
F.
Green
from
the
concrete
of
the
forecourt
by'Masset'-film
stars
and
oilier
celebrities,!
,
"
'
Minister
Attlee
told
the
House
that
it
was
the
intention
of
ISie
government
to
go
ahead
with
the
nationalization
of
the
Iron
and
steel
industry,
The
Spech
from
the
Throne'
it-splf
.aid
that
only
limited
legislation
was
proposed
at
the
present
so-sion.
the
fir.t
siiuie
the
general
election
of
February
23
wiiiirrh
cut
I
abor's
majority
in
the
House
from
148
to
seven
seats.
However,
It
promised
that,
if
other
measures
were
necessary
to
maintain
full
employment
and
national
.welt
"be
ing,
"my
ministers
will
not
hesitate
to
5ubm.it
them,
to
Parliament
even
though
'
they
may
seem
likely
to
prove
contentious."
",
Former
Prime
Minister
Win
slon
Churchill.
leader
of
tlm
Opposition
following
Mr.
Allien
'
will
speak
tomorrow.
r
In
the
debate
later
,
todaj.
Prime
Minister
Attlee
told
th:
House
that
Ids
government
hai
not
the
slightest
intention
(h
dropping
nationalization
pi'u-
-jects
ftill
"pending
that
of
the
Iron
and
steel
industries.
"There
is
nothing
to
be
done
in
the
TOattir
of
the
iriiii
and
"steel
industries
imir4?dlate)y
but
the
statute
Is
on
the
books
and
our
purpose
is
to
give
effect
to
acts
passed
by
Parliament,"
he
said.
The
law
is
slated
to
take
affect
October
1,
Ml"a
the
actual
takeover
by
the
government
Janu
ary
1,
1951.
Passengers
from
here
sailing
for
Vancouver
on
the
Chilcotin
Sunday
night,
Included
Mrs.
J.
Watt,
Mrs.
A.
Scott
and
Mrs.
J.
Hogan.
Disembarking
here
from
Old
Country
toot
ball
:
(English
League,
First
Div.)
Birmingham
City
2,
Huddew
field
Town
1
Burnley
0.
Fulham
0
(tiei
Stoke
City
2,
Manchester
City
0
:
-
Sunderland
2,
Newcastle
.Unit--
ed
2
(tic)
West
Brotnwich
Albion
lWul-verliampton
Wandcrers
ll
friendly
Match
Middlesbrough
5,
Blackburn
Rovers
0.
!
"
"
Otlier
sclieduled
games
"pott-poned.
English
League,
Second
.Div.
Barnsley
2,
Leicester
City
2
'
Coventry
City
0,
Tottenham
Hotspur
1
..
...
Grimsby
Town
2,
Plymouth
Argyle
2
Luton
Town
2,
Bury
1
''
;'
Preston
North
End
4,
Hull
City
2
.
Queen's
Talk
Rangers
0,
Sheffield
Wednesday
0
Sheffield
United
1,
Chesterfield
0
Southampton
3,
Cardiff
City
1
Swansea
Town
3,
Brentford
0
West
Hani
United
1,
Bradford
0
Leeds
United
vs
Blackburn
Rovers'postpoiied
because
of
cup
play.
.,.
.
P.R.
FISHERMEN'S
CO-OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION",
'
'
Membership
Meeting
Oddfellows'
Hall
'
I
y'
Monday,
Mar.
6,
7
p.m.
All
members
requested
.
to
attend
l54
1
Just
Out
Of
Sees
Hundred.
Million
Here
'
CALGARY
Addressing
the
Canadian
Club
here
recently,
George
Drew,
national
leader
of
Progressive
-
Conservatives,
suggested
that
a
hundred
million
shonld
be
the
figure
to
keep
in
mind
as
the
future
population
-a
target
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Gtauman
built
Grauman
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Chinese
theatre
in
1927.
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was
credited
with
originating
such
theatrical
customs
as
trousered
usherettes,
red
carpets
and
lavish
movie
premieres.
S.O.N.
MEETING
DATES
CHANGED
i
Meetings'
of
the
Sons
of
Nor-j
way
Lodge
were
altered
from
the
first
and
third
Wdnesdays
to
the
second
and
fourth
Wednesdays
of
each
month,
it
was
announced
i
at
a
regular
meeting
of
the
or-
'
ganizatlon
last
week.
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as
chairman
was
John
Fredhehn.
d
Lai
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Alpabst
Dale,
Holstein
of
a
dairy
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world's
second
highest
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cow
leads.
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about
day-
with
a
meeting
of
foreign
ministers
of
twelve
Atlantic
Pact
countries
for
the
dbcusslon
of
mutual
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SECOND
BEST,
BUT
GOOD
farm
at
Queenville,
Ontario,
is
producer.
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British
Columbia
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s
last
thruin.h.
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region
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coast.
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will
remain
Pi'
h'voi
r'0le
r;ii,..
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CUHI'll-
'OUrtV
ti.r,,,
tomorrow,
tomor-
Colombian
natives
are
shown
carrying
FLOODS
ADD
TO
POVERTY
their
humble
possessions
as
they
evacuated
their
homes
recently
when
the
turbulent
Rto
Cauco
and
other
rivers
flooded
several
thousand
scjuait
miles
of
farm
area,
causing
heavy
crop
a'
ion
facilities.
Damage
was
estimated
damage
and
tying
up
traiispi-.
to
be
in
the
millions
of
doling.
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