1 V T C 7 7 onr.iEs DHUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PHOIIE 81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 76. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THRUSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS til Joins L loses His Lb. Onta-io : . ; it -in. kst- , -T.T--1 Hi Lident of Dow Tenth Province Comes Into Dominion Tonight KINGS RECOVERY 'fflrnc CI AHh IS SLOW PROCESS tvLUJ ULAltU YACHT MISSING' LONDON A prolonged period of convalescence is ahead fori gAN JOSEt Rjca King George following his re- vaphtMmlnta,hAhnm. "were reported a plane crash i tario. ' SEAMAN'S BODY AND SURVIVORS OF WRECK NOW AT OCEAN FALLS Body of Burton Bushey, seaman of the Seattle tug Redondo who lost his life when the vessel foundered after striking Canoe Rocks in the Fitz- .-i-Ci'.y Airport, STEAMHIP FARES BEING BOOSTED Recent dropping ol the fifteen percent transportation tax will not be long enjoyed by travellers on British Columbia coastal steamships. The fares will be Increased by all lines by fiften percent, it Is announced. The increases will come into effect cent operation. The first social j aino.Hanlon Ireamre-hunttng irMtn namnn r Vi- he Vino has nninnl aH is Ip and Midland, jeeived word engagement accepted for November 7 ,w. a passenger I Calvin Cainp- expedition to Cocos Island is reported today to Be more than 48 hours overdue at Cocos, southwest of Panama in the Pa- OTTAWA (CP) A strategic area in military terms far exceeding its physical size will slip neatly into the pattern of Canada's defence Fvvstem one minute before midnight tonight. Simultaneous with the official entry of Newfoundland into Confederation, the newr province will be fitted into the country hugh area early yesterday morning, and four survivors of the ill-f ated craft were landed at Ocean Falls early this afternoon bv the provincial police ,t had died m , I ..,1 1 Ur. . . boat pjjl n in command off DIVISION AT EDSON ' Skipper William Mason. f imge about 4! i wide command and area system PROTESTING AT HORSE SLAYING The P.M.L. 17 yesterday picked up the four survivors of the Re on. Sieved to have ,way. crashing .Growing Traffic Causes Restoration of Status PENZANCE. Cornwall, Eng. ft dondo from Finn Bay, Penrose The ship, with nine ' aboard, left Funta Arenas, "Costa Rica, Saturday noon. Officials say they fear" the yacht's engines may have been disabled. Plans for an air search were being made last night. The expedition includes four persons from Vancouver. They Six women and two men began Island, entrance to Rivers Inlet, a 1,000-mile horseback trek to-'where they had been abhrto ' day to protest against slaughter make shore after the loss of WINNIPEG Restoration of the Edson territory as a full division of the Alberta district Is an DELEGATES ARE IIAMED Prince Rupert Liberals Nun -Committal So Far On Coalition CHANGES III ALLOWANCES Legislation Announced by Minister of Health at Ottawa OTTWA, (P Plans for two important changes in family allowance legislation were an of the armed forces. j. Today is a day of triumph and rejoicing for most of 325,000 Newfoundlanders but, for others, especially in Avalon Peninsula where the capital city of St John's and the most of the island's wealth is found it is a day of sorrow. Some strongly resent being "taken over" by Canada. Or the whole they are fiercely independent. jus in i rr of horses in meat-rationed nounced totity by H. H. Sparling, are Harry O'Hanlan and his wife Word has been the death in tional Railways. Also announced , J? , "Z U the promotion of W. B. Frame,' Ho1 " and Jef. H,an f ls not definitely if they formerly assistant superinten-, k(no were aboard Prince Rupert (provincial their vessel. The police boat then proceeded to Safety Cove where the body of Bushey was recovered. A coroner's i'nquiry will be conducted at Ocean Falls following the arrival there of the police boat with the body. Bushey came from Juneau and gave his address as 13 Walr of Wing com- actually the yacht. iWon, 36 year .. WAR MINE KILLS FIFTY JAPANESE TOKYO Japan had a serious 5 c hmne at Pen- a general mecung last nignt, f"u was a son-m dent at Edmonton, to be superintendent of this new division with headquarters at Edson. Succeeding Mr. Frame as assistant superintendent at Ed- took no stand on the Issue of continuation or termination of ONTARIO il. H. Pooler, MORE SECURITY BEING PLANNED -general of lne COiilltion in the provinci-.il nounced yesterday by Hon. Paul Martin, minister of health. The first would change from three years to one the residence period required as one of the conditions of eligibility of . an immigrant child. The second would repeal a provision which reduces the amount of allowances for the fifth and subsequent children irncy postwar casualty yesteMay. i r.ut Street, St. Alban's. Vermont. FILIBUSTER field but left it to the dlscre- He was serv- When a mine drifted ashore and . He was discharged as a private rnonton will be G. A. Hannon, Linn in tirwpwLPR i.n nPYT. vppk s II landman mi - pxnloriprt 170 mi ps northeast nfifmm' tho TTnittri States Armw lormeny assistant superintendent at Edson. i convention oi me Hritish 1:0 -1 ,, l 1 T .-. .a SPENCERVILLE, Ont. CP) In- . 1 ai j oneu m ii an. here fifty persons, mostly chil in lath is believed umbla Liberal Association The survivors are listed as: j Captain Loyal Harley Clark, In making this announcement creased social security measures Mr. Sparling stated that Uie are being planned by the, fed- I Vancouver. dren, were killed and ' 100 persons were injured. K.fumonia. in a family of more than four. eral government. Minister of Delegates to the convention were named.. Those who indicated their readiness to attend C.C.F. Leader Blocks Government's Charity Bill TORONTO E. B. Jolliffe, leader of the 21-man C.C.F. group, staged a one-man filibuster in the 90-seat Ontario legislature on the Progressive-Conservative government's ties bill. Tenakee, Alaska. Seaman Leslie Alpough, 9316 Success Avenue, Los Angeles. Seaman Daniel Marvin Snyder, 1500 West Ninety-Third Avenue, Los Angeles. Cook Jolian Ascua, Tenakee, Agriculture James G. Gardiner disclosed here last night. lie was speaking before a Grenville-Dundas nominating convention. PT. EDWARD restoration of Edson to full division status was because of the growing importance of that territory and the greatly increased traffic, much of which was created by the great oil development in Alberta. "We are in 1 TO MEXICO TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. JoUnston Co. Ltd.) Vancouver Bayonne ... '. 00 . Rralorne 8.00 As a result, it is not- nbv SPY TRIALS IN Alaska. were George Mitchell, president of the Association ; Arthur Brooksbank, secretary; Jack McRae. B. J. Bacon, George B. Casey, Robert McKay and T. N. Youngs. Also named as delegates were Emil Blain, J. H. Schuman and L. M. Gordon. if Pepin Iment u l.m aline creasing our facilities there in known when the bill, n&w in CANADA COSTLY Local Pulp Going There to Make Itayon second reading, will come before M order to give the fullest possible service to the shippers and the public," declared Mr. Sparling. OTTAWA The investigation British Columbia's export B. R. Con 03 B. R. X .09 Cariboo Quarts , 1-25 (? RrjiiT.senla- the House again. Today the provincial legislators met early to discuss depart rental estimates ... required into spying, In Canada, and the cost of the subsequent trials al trade to Mexico will be swelled T , Mr. Frame commenced rail- Toronto In Club Final ish Columbia s Two committees were named mrurcd today l0 organize finances for 1 roadinc as a brakeman at North ready, makes a cost of $300,000. substantially when Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd -starts oiicra BaCieXord in 1920 and has served the delegation and the oUicr to It" will toe fnore than this with the last trial to be called, that before Ontario's 1948-49 fiscal year ends tonight. Congress .. .03Va Hedley Mascot . " 35 f Pacific Eastern .04 2 Pend Oreille : .'. 4.90 Pioneer : 3.05 m wrt-c'tow in- the operating department in of Sam, Carr. To date, the :'me in locating prepare res j!u lions. The finance committte con sisU of L. M. Oordnn, Pierre Le Ross and Alex McRae. trials number nineteen. be available this premier oraer ui 72 PENSIONS FOR WAR VETS I'y as a result of The resolutions conlmittee n Ul ' rnnKists of Robert McKav. W. M. tlons on the Prince Rupert pulp ; . i BOSTON Kf) Tlie leg-weary P t ' , . , , 1 Toronto Maple' Leafs rested to- In Mexico, l'rcbidciit Zacapu. &dy after wjllniag the ri(,hl lor Miguel Alt-man of the southern Ule third SUCCessive year to en-republic has Just opened offic- ter the final play-offs for the lally a new viscose xayon plant Stanley Cup. Toronto, injury owned jointly by the Mexican free and bolstered by -reserves interests and Ceianese Corpora- in depth, took a 3 to 2 decision tlon of America, parent com- here last night over Boston pany of the British Columbia Bruins to take the National v rations I Fiilieries s WASHINGTON Rankin (D.-Miss.) has in many positions throughout western Canada since. He was appointed an assistant superintendent in 1941 at Prince Albert. Mr. Hannon started in the motive power department as a rivetter in 1917 and after several years . as fireman was appointed rule instructor in 1944. He was appointed assistant superintendent at Edson in 1948. pauoi w,(o and Roderick MacLeod. ncn 1UIUI llsh- -n,,- cuhlnKN; onrrrvpttpd ns troduced a new veterans' pension Privateer .18 Reeves McDonald 2.40 Reno, .08 Sheep Creek 1.25 Silbak Premier ; 35 Taku River 25 Vananda .24 Salmon Gold 13'2 Spud, Valley .06' bill limited to veterans of World resolution material were:. War I. The measure calls for .the single 'itlcd a . marine-; i ! (! Q'.icen Cliar-'i out of Pringc; latrd "and -main-pral weeks late fir Approval of $72 a month for single men when transferable: vote j 12) Compu lsory automobile PILOTED EARLY RAIL SHIP HERE Donald MarLennan Revisits Prince Rupert After Many Years An interesting visitor to Prince Rupert this week was Donald MacLennan who was here long before the railway was connected up and who, since leaving the city, became connected with the salmon canning industry, Mr. MacLenan and a partner they become 65, provided, their income does not exceed $2,000, or $3,000 if married, or with de Oils- League semi-final cup series four ' ' ! games to one. There was a distordcrly spectacle in last nignt's game when furious Boston fans, protesting firm New York offices of Celanesc Corporation made the following statement on opening of the new Mexican operation: ' " pendents. insurance with Issuance of licences. 3 Auto insurance payable with gasoline purchases. GROWING "Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd , a a benching decision by Referee T ALASKA Surgeon's Knife Is Also Blood Pump LONDON Surgery in which blood lost during an operation is automatically and immediately returned to the patient's body has been made Canadian subsidiary of Ceianese Kmg Clancy, threw bottles and The meeting also named dele-; f I I ff Artmrlin i tr IIJWII r n..- ,lI,In Il,n Vlnalmur St.pf- nrovincial nomin- "u"a mass oi uuin uu un ur. gates for a Anglo Canadian ,. 3.80 A. P. Con. '.. .22 Atlantic 64 Calmont 38 C. & E 4.60 Central Leduc 100 Home Oil t 10.25 Mercury 12 Okalta 1-92 Paciiic Pete 2.31 Princess 28 "Royal Canadian 08V South Brazeau -15 KITIMAAT SITE MOST FAVORED For Aluminum Industry In British' Columbia to be held i tUiiau utuis v v...., AL i,uuk BtTcuw-cu ui'o ating convention plant near rruice nupciw om-Lni to clear tne ice ana uie ieams Columbia. ! were sent to the dressing rooms piloted the steamship Crown oi possible by the invention of a , Qalicia, loaded with steel rails April 19 following the provincial convention. They are E. T. Applewhaite. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Armstrong, Arthur Brooksbank. When this plant is completed during the interval. young English hospital attend ant. He has developed a new j it will produce the highly important dissolving wood pulp for f'ctic explorer, in-f - says Siberia is lilated and Alas-P-ast, not just yet. f rc is a burgcon-f in the Siberian ,:i a million peo-I'arming, mining, t shipping. They I'd grow their own Ik t n.imi w r. nacmv John W. i ' L . 1 , ' ' , v. . - - -, . from Vancouver north.. This was away back in 1909 and the freighter came here with steel for railway construction. Another rail laden vessel he remembers well was the Hercules from Bergen. In the past 25 years Mr. Mac Eyolfson, G. P. Lyons, Pat Maz7.et, Robert McKay, sr.Mal-j colm McLeod, Alex McRae, Toronto Athona .16 Latest advice from Victoria says two major survey outfits are being ent out April I by the Aluminum Company of Canada to make final tests of sites for the establishment of an aluminum industry In this province. , There are at-present, two available sites known. One is at manifold operations of the parent organization in the United States and Mexico. "The Mexican .plants provide a large amount of rayon to fabric manufacturers in the republic to the south but most weavers Aumaque 19 Beattie 47 type of surgeon's knife, which, as it cuts, draws in the flowing blood, purifies it and pumps it back into the patient's veins. The knife has a grooved blade and a light tube running from the handle. As an incision ls made a small electrical pump draws the blood from the wound, passes it through the Lennan has revisited Prince CHURCHILL TONIGHT BOSTON Winston Churchill is expected to tell the world tonight what he hopes to see for man in this war-marred century. The 7 - year - old statesman will speak before 14,000 persons at Boston Gardens on "The Twentieth Century. Its Promise and Its Realisation." His broadcast will be carried by CBC at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. .21 .11 's Bevcourt ... Bobjo Buffalo Canadian .. Rupert but few times and he notes astonishing changes. He .14 W M. Watts, T. Norton Youngs. J. D. McRae, Emil Blain. J. J. Judge, G. C. Mitchell, Rod MacLeod, John Gurvlch, Lee M. Gordon, Thomas Speers, G. A. Hunter, Pierre LcRoss, W. E. Chappie, John Rosedale, J. H. Schuman and Douglas Frizzell. Bute Inlet. This is little more claim a shortage of yarn. "Wood pulp and other essential materials used in both the I BATHER. iH(isis Sh'tit'iist, cales are f from the north-falunihiu coast in f'oUier storm ap- purifying system and returns spoke of Arthur Little, who started the first newsstand; the first newspaper, and Harry acetate and viscose operations are shipped to Mexico by Celan- Evans, whose clarion voice went Consol. Smelters 98.00' Conwest 1-20 Donalda 49 Eldona 58 East Sullivan 2.74 Giant Yellowknife .... 5.00 God's Lake -33 Hardrock ,. -17V2 J esc Corporation of America. echoing across the hills as each t Uv Pacific. it through a vein in the arm "DREAM BOAT" IN REHEARSAL boat arrived, extolling the mam IJlIIIii!Ilffl U '""case over the "if UloVinre. Ii.r- fold merits of the Calumet lodg than 100 miles north of Vancouver. By tapping Chilco Lake, " and other nearby bodies of water a total of 950,000 h p. can be developed. But this involves a serious Interference wlUi the salmon industry. Breeding would be greatly affected. -' Approximately 200 miles lur-t ther north is another group of lakes, largest of which is Eutsuk. It is here a total horsepower of 1,500,000 can be developed, and ing house "just up at the top of M.L.A.'S HIKE INDEMNITIES I Harricana 07 Vi Heva : MVz f'lh rain spreading I'm- area by late J1"- Passase of this I MEETING At the final rehearsal of the Borden Street operetta "Dream the. street with the car rails: Mr. MacLennan, who returned south today, found the "Years Ago" column in the Daily News deeply interesting. Hosco 24 Jacknifie -04 Joliet Quebec 36 V2 Boat," yesterday afternoon at the Civic Centre,- the real life children saw the lovely white f , iuu'e across the1 ''- be marked !' '' lr the southern f !mw Hurries in the f"rerst r"'l,JUes an.l n,.,..i. dream boat drawn onto the stage REG IN A Members of the Saskatchewan Lcgllature voted yesterday to increase their sessional indemnities from $2000 to $3000. The bill was introduced by Premier T. C. DOuglas and was quickly passed. Only opponent was Jacwb Benson, a Pf!S mpmhnr frnm'I.nst Moun- by great beautiful moths. As the SUBMARINES AS CARGO CARRIERS children Cecamc sleepy theyj boarded the dream boat and Lake Rowan 08 Lapaska , ; '.OVA Little Long Lac ...I: .76 Lynx -I3 Madsen Red Lake' 2.75 McKenzie Red Lake 38 McLeod Cockshutt .... 1-03 Moneta ! Negus 2.30 Noranda .. 54.50 Louvicourt 19 Pickle Crow 2.03 tm' nun Unlay r-ast gales this would have no bearing whatever on the salmon fishing industry. The proposed site is in the Gardner Banal area, at Kiti-maat, or nearby Douglas Channel. From Kitimaat it is only 40 miles to Terrace and it is assumed a railway would be built , by the company to gain connection with the Canadian National Prince Rupert line. f,l"llllg were thus carried away to Dreamland. There they were! HALIFAX-Submarincs could shown some of the people who carry grain from Port Church- ' ' " 0 southwest' .. . , . Utpvnn,,,, .... tain. Members ot tne urn-itu toii, uiuc li hl... . ill throughout the year, Sir Hu opposition voted with the 1 III'., 1 . make dreams good, and some '''WS 10- l-fmorrow-.port; ! Rl,l'm 35 and 45. For the 'Purpose of lie-organizing THE l'HO(JRKSSIVE CONSERVATIVE i ASSOCIATION For the Polling Division of Prince Rupert, of the Electoral District of Prince Rupert, you are very cordially invited to attend a meeting m the Civic Centre, Prince Rupert. THURSDAY. EVENING March 31, at 8 o'clock p would be appreciated, if you would please ask vour friends who may be interested in the welfare of the Party to join you on this particular occasion. J. E. MERKYFIELD, bert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, said in Winnipeg some time aso. He had been to Port Churchill as a member ol the Research Development branch of the American Military Planning Commission. "Submarines," said Wilkins, "are definitely suitable for carrying grain cargoes." . RED LITERATURE AT HIGH DANCE TORONTO nif-tribution of Regcourt -04 'A San Antonio 4.00 Senator Rouyn - .39 Vi Sherrit Gordon 2.16 Steep Rock 1-50 Sturgeon River .16 Silver Miller -44 It is heard in Victoria that the trend of evidence for the selection of one of these two areas stands today at 60 to 40 in favor of the larger and more northerly project. who make dreams bad. Fairies and gnomes, pirates and Indians, as well as many more folk familiar to dreamers, appeared on the stage before p. rainbow-hued backgrpund, there to sing, dance or do a drill. The whole picture combined color and action designed to appeal to the eyes and ears of those watching the performance. Between the two acts of "Dream Y.O'FFS fl'lfUMy t E"t!,VS: N"rth Slar po-met LOCAL TIDES Communist literature is protested by York Council. It has been done at a high school dance. "I would like to hang people who hand out this kind of reading," said Reeve Wni. Each. ' One pamphlet depicted Marshall Montgomery inspecting troups. one was captioned "sizing them up for a grave Friday, April 1, 1949 Boat,", the Borden Street All Roads Lead to Civic Centre Auditorium for Operetta "DREAM BOAT" ADULTS 50c TONIGHT by Borden Street School, 1:15 STUDENTS 25c Organizer. ... 20.8 feet: 18.9 feet' 4.0 feet 6.3 feet RhyUiem Band of 50 tiny tots High 2:39 rehearsed their songs and j 15:08 dances, accompanied by their Low 9:05 own rhythmic Instruments. I 20:59 (10) nun lilmiHiiiH yard."