PRovi auL ui. onr.iES DRUGS VICTOftI-, B. C. LY Diiily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port , "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PHOHE 81 VOL. XXXIX. NO. 38. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1950 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS fo) yr Cellulose Man In Hero's Role Fish Packer Takes Bomber Crew Members Off Beach Half Spurt Fails To I' v t l I he Deficit At Ketchikan Two vessels of the Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. are tut & I ''Vv' . , , t m vt i I back at thclr home base at I KAN (Special to Daily News) 1 nnee Price RUpert arter partiqipat- ii- lets wont clown as the international . lns ln thrilling rescue of 1 1 i ... seven men marooned at Green teliikan Elks went into the third game vine, 20 miles up the ice-locked Naas River, Kays a story which Uhikan won Gl to 03. However, al 2:30 p.m. Three survivors of the B-36 were picked up by a fish packer, the Cape Perry, off the West Coast of Princess Royal Island today, according to word received in Prince Rupert early this afternoon. Six others were reported to be on the beach and were about to be picked up. All are in good condition. Earlier Report According to word received by the provincial i..-.ilin.r hv .seven t.oinU in the uc : ,las bo,'n ,i-vilrti',!l on the basi. m, 1)V ti llclli.. ailing oy fctven own punts j.v.,. in ... of a a re(;cnl reccnl Diii) acco..nt U.S. Strike WINDSOR Officials of the C'lny;;k'r Corporation of Canada Limited declined to comment today on what effect I he United Stales Auto Workers' htrike m idians i'tl O not downhearted. I hey Candidate for hero's honors for have accustomed themselves to organizing and directing the the surrounding here and are . rescue operation was Howard l ' confident they will be able to Rcld, coast logging superinteu- I win In the next game Thursday j dent of the company, which in ... , . ! I ..I. .1.1 nod. A..A..I 1.... -. 1 " -7i Hon against their parent company in uoijce i1t,ro today the Royal Canadian Air Force at cTr Port that the seventeen men strike begun 20 days ago. official.;! of the crew of a big American B-06 bomber, which lu-re said they expected to face j has been lost since early Tuesday morning oil a flight at least a partial shutdown in,froin Fairbanks to Fort Worth, Texas, may have illinlr.il iiiuls ami mi;. ii. iiun.vntum; a large uissojvmg Prince Rupert trailed 23 to 11 . pulp plant on nearby Watson at the end of the first quarter island ' and 41 to 23 at the half but they out-shot Ketchikan In the , M-v,, "'i. employed by final half thirty points to I Indian Agency on the bulld-twenty thus the confidence j lg of new schools, were slrand-th.it they'll be able to turn the,ed In the Indian village when tables tomorrow night. j the intensely cold weather froze lohan.sen topped the scorers; the river solid and prevented -..,..- u, piuuucuoii ny reo. - - . oailed out in the country around . i i. it;;..!.'';, v ....... iu or is. boinc materials and ,, Terrace or Kitimaal. There was .mm in crowd stampings put into Canadian- Ua ImPCll made motor cars and trucks are ilv lUwll I I ' ' " " I T 1 1 ' 1 , - , iiran tan.i'uiai wit ii seventeen tor iveicnntan uie aenvery of minding material : i - t processed at the Detroit plant. no immediate explanation 01 such a report. "Ih6 Daily News long distanced Terrace at noon but there was 110 information available there. Owing to snow u,,,,!;,! in the wnose oiiu-r rugn i.corrr wwc anrj equipment, several attempts Walk Alone ,i in v. mi ll UK- were made to remove the men and proved unsuccessful. urewcr, ij. unu junnson u. Prince Rupert scorers were: Amcy, 11; Holkcstad, 1; Spring, . I .. t III -A i S IH'III ii"" RESOLUTIONS FOR C.CF CONVENTION ich U held for , conditions in the wild country Apparently Angus McEachern between Terrace and Kitimaat, does not relish the sight of u an overland search from there 12- Davis, fl: Scherk. 2: Don as ioou oi uic construction ii""'" n ,lis Scherk, 2; Flaten, 12; Sunberg.l crew dwindled, Columbia Cellu- i H Gibson, i 4 I lose Coiiioanv was asked to un- Tlie Jets arc playing as alii to-jdertake another rescue attempt. The company's landlna barae myiil in nuw iiL-iyitutua. una. olliriati'd, Cuiiiili Kasil S. :-s ill I he Mas- i 'illU W'lll illip-II Parker of iilicmied in a Prince Rupjrt C.CF. Club is policeman and he stressed the would be a very difficult under-engaged ln preparation of rosoi- point to Magistrate W. D. Vance taking, utions for the provincial convon- in clly pollee COUrt Xuc5day " tion winch will be held in Pen- . second major search aimacU to aIlcnioon- r touch British Columbia ln three ticton during the Easter season. j W. II. Brett, president of the Charged with unlawfully mak- weeks today probed through un-ctub. at present in the south, is ing nitroglycerine and out on certain Queea Charlotte Sound obtalnina further Information In h,ii , w oi ,t weather for seventeen persons 1 the only boat in the vicinity j with enough power and a tough enough hull to break the ice, got under way. The Agency A FEMALE FIRST Mrs. Nancy Hodges of Victoria, the first woman ever named speaker of a parliament in the Brit i."h Commonwealth, presided at the opening of the British Columbia legislature yesterday. Here she is seated in the speaker's chair in the legislative assembly. Mrs. Hodg.s, who also writes a newspaper Falls River Still Rises i regard to the convention local until next Wednesday due to toe 0W?,,lB,.ant "opllVi seventeen men on boar.) Mm:: f i ilm! column, has been a Coaill ion-Liberal member of tin; house since j t.alcs to which will be named might have tnanaard to launc!: launch, Naskeena, and the company's lug and camp lender, D. IT. M'-Doimal. joined the wmie parly. Fighting a CO-mile gale and (CP. Photo' l'J4f. i laier. Hi Oilison ir cx-ii (Irrras'-id as d fiimilv man. McLeod. I "Everywhere I go, one of those officers is needling me . . . always following me," he their rubber life rafts from the $6,000,000 plane and then survive icy, tumbling waters of Queen Charlotte Sound drove the ' 373j I j AIR PASSENGER? sij' (I at the ' In spite of a draw which as-! temperatures 20 degrees below ,nv Hie hymiv;'Kuirt m clvlnu Prlncp Runert ' 'ero, the party reached Kin nlnn. ..! cl,mu ll.t. ctl xr. T(.0 VICTORIA SESSION L ittle S .Hark My Soul" ,,. ,Wirin rvn inrP i eolith and set up radio com- Mild he could do nothing about ' C8nadian ror,e h(,ud. it but to see the office down- ...,.. v., ,,,- ,hh Mi.- urpnse stairs. tne water level yesterday, i0reenvlUe and tl)c vessels. Ar- FaUs River dam of the Northern rungom0l,tg wcrc then made for n il! CI S VC-re From Vancouver tMondayi W WUua...G. ILKluWDr.JLO). 1 .it .UW)..Matr; C . i operations, hud seven aircraft I Hying while, .smother, twenty or, ! more were operating from United States basea In Washington I A Cunadian destroyer, II. M. C. S. flilUsh Cirtuintolft WyywOo.r ' h5 j-tttfinaroDnetf " 'constiuctWD crew v"" r ," ;:"v"" LOCAL TiDES Oalbi jith, II. Ci. Gold, M. Char- rom Jti.s. Hank . : !,,. 1, .risen and her foot and a half, to- hike out over the lee to a opeec liwworth. A. Casey, L. Walsh, Dr. El.sey, Mr. Marshall, D W. Thursday. February 10. 1950 s...ii..r .High 1:26 19.9 fee during the last twenty-four rendevous with the barge, at Red 1! the Ma.sonic Cayuga Royal Cauadian Airfarce hours, Thomas' B. Black, general Bluff, a camp on the lower j Naas. - ' j 13:11 21.0 feel launches and United States Navy From Sandsnit tMondayi Low 7:13 0.7 feet and Coastguard Vessels aided 'mansiger of the company, an-i,i,iifl by ih- nounced today. Therefore the tehU r. tin full se-vice will be continued ln-lornurded by definitely. Mr. Black said. The Columbia Cellulose barge Mrs. . McWilliams. them. - - - 2.1 feet VICTORIA (CI" The Speech from the Throne, read by Lieutenant-Governor Charles A- Banks at the opening of the British Columbia Legislature yesterday, held few surprises for members and guests as 19.40 started out alone Into the icy river, but the "e wuter wulv inlets ""t"ts for Provincial police (it Prince Rupert were advied yesterday ai ternoon that a large aircraft with engines laboring and oiu "teethe bur-' Eveivthlng is now contingent J hc eB'nc P1" with .ace tomor- nnon he wv the Falls River !h(lU'C PI111 All , ( . . . i . . . rtnlr ff ice After hasty ca.me repairs were the twenty-second session got under way. made the landing barge shoved j t c h.,,C Mi.-. Mo.-.,.,. T4,.fl(r..u 1. Black said, . in view of the pros- i 'off asaln. Meanwhile, the con-: ! l"u l1 ""' """ w..tov- spurting fire, wh.i .sighted ove-iMasett at. 10:30 Aonday night j headina- southward. I An oil flick was reported seen 'hi Queen Charlotte Sound to ihttw, uierc is a nazara 01 , ' Victoria, the first woman . slrwUon crew reachcd ReU f tHdnuj n . at . ., the k breaks and repairs would also be in British Common- Bluff d ,ted f t barge j -speaker a ' ' McAdama. difficult, he cominented. ,hlch was , ., crasUlng wealth Parliament. She read will Robinson.1 A brief nterruDtlon ln service ' .... L. 7. n i,o Hmise from COL. utqi iiakt dii;s Caplain Larry Thomson Dies ) D . . . , HIIUUSU IUC UliCK ice. AS MIC. B'CT""b" n ,1 I j 1 . - R DiKlds and this due to break, morning was a ni!isss nf , snl . israel-ereeUnir which had been : as pallbearers, ln the transmission line. high, were pushed up on the' brought by Harold Winch, CCF burgc reached the men solid ' Leader of the Opiosition, who sund bars by the tide. The men visited Israel last year. VICTORIA Col. II. N. I'rqu-bart, noted Victoria soldier and former commanding officer of the Canadian Scottish, passed away here last night. He served overseas in World War I at the Mcnioer., or tne shipping fra- TODAY'S STOCKS :: were taken aboard quickly and Second only in Interest to teinity will learn with deep re-brtullit t-j Kii-.colith. where they the elevation of Mrs. Hodges gn t of the n ussinu of C. jitahi v.erc transferred to the Na- was the seating of Frank Calder Laurence Tlioiiison M. li. E., 07, fkecna which brought them of Atlin. first Indian member, widely known British Columbia . U Juiin .inn c:i l.ui day but it was doubled that this would have been from the missing plane. Capt. W. B. C'sldwell and officers of the steamer Prince George, arriving here todny, keot a look-out in Queen Charlotte Sound as they tsleumed north yesterday afternoon but raw r trace that might have been associated with the missing aircraft,. Capt. Cfldweli wld that u strong southeast aate was flowing ln the Sound. "I am afraid than nny ulvcxaft which came down In Queen Charlotte Sound we-uhl hve Utte chance, Capt. I of any Canadian Parliament, i pilot who died at his home at Uirough to Prince Rupert. Second Battle of Vpres. j FINNISH EXPLOSION j HELSINKI, I Inland An j explosion occurred on a staircase of the Finnish Parliament building and Mew out 1 all windows in a meeting t room. None were hurt. Fin- City Accepts 1 Among plans Included in the IG5U Lulie Strict. Victoria, rc-Throne Sptwh were: :ct-iHy. i 1. Closrr lalson between nit-. Captain TIioiii.mmi, who was live Indians and the provincial born in the Shetland Islands, roveriiment lit all matters-coin-, M i vrd with the U. V. Pilotage 'lug within the jurisdiction of ! Authority just one year short or ' the province. 'Hurler of a century. In the .24 .13'i .08' 4 Cj 1.10 .03 30',;. 1.43 C.15 .32 AMERICANS SKEPTICAL WASHINGTON Skeptical American officials take the view that Russia, while appearing lo grant favors to the CIiii-.-ese Reds in a newly-signed 30-year treaty, may have really put the squeeze on' China in secret clauses f the treaty. Dean Arliesuii, Srcretary of Slate, charges Unit Itu .sia is in process of "attaching' large areas r China lo Soviet Russia. Officially there is no comment from the Stale Department, however. NOTED JLDGE DIES l'LBEC Hon. Eiicien Cannon, distinguished member of the Quebec Superior Court and former Solictor General of Canada, dird yesterday at Hie age of 63. CRASH AT GREAT FALLS GREAT FALLS Eight men were killed and seven escaped when a I'nited Stales Air Force B-Si!) bomber crashed today shortly after taking off from the Air Force base here about " 0:30 a.m. The big four-cineed plane, which had been search-in?, for the missing B-oti in Queen Charlotte Sound, plum Caldwell commente.". 2 Legislation in respect lo " '"' ")"'-. '-The tel-phoiie line, which con-: ,,lxuUol, of KsquimaH. and Na-' bn-n sh-uom-d as ns.deut pl- iVcUs the city exchange with Nanaimo Uailwav Ih H, lands. ,,! . v:'li,,!:'1 ",'n;f,ls , ..... , 1 n... ,.,v, l"'it' " l-cninil visitor t.. Diiiiwauaus powri House, uie . i'""!"5 thf norl wi!b c'ec'i-:;ea .shipping. with the rcsi, 01 uanuiui o.v .113 Vj vl!"2 till 1 25 .2 2 (15 5 10 .03 :: 4 n (13 1.15 .3a .12 .11 .o'l .04 :i us 1 3ti .r.o He was awarded the M. B. K. for t his f-i ivices in IlritHi Columbia land's 300-man electoral college had bren scheduled to meet today to name a new president. RAILWAY TROIBLE VANCOIVER Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways have 'their lines through the Fraser Canyon running again after being blocked for another 24 hours by heavy slides. ONTARIO BLIZZARD ehlorliuiior plant and Miller Bay Hospital, will be maintained us fur as the eily limits by the city in line Willi a utilities committee recoininednalioii which was adopted by the city council Monday night. The Dominion Government Telephone and Telegraph Department U at present repairing the line and, when the THE WEATHER Synopsis British Columbia residents awakened to one of the mildest mornings of the season today with temperatures along the southern coast ln the high forties while even ln the interior of the province there were few temperatures reported below 35. Strong southeast winds frequently of gale force lashed the west coast or Vancouver Tslaml-overnight and brought heavy rains to that section of the province as a small but active storm agreement with Dominion and provincial ".overuments on the Tranifanada Highway. 4. Legislation on proper maintenance of reconstructed dyking .system hi the Fraser Valley and other sections. 5. Assistance for Hie University of British Columbia U continue its building program. 0. A three-way housing pro lil-VCOUlt Hohjn ltul falo Cuiwdiiii .. Coiisol. Siiielicrs Coliwe.st Dnniil'Ju Klclumi Fast Sulllvun (Hunt Yellowknlfe God's Luke Hardroek llarrleniia .... Hcva Ifoseo Jacknlle .Toilet Quebec Lake Uowun , Liipaska . ..." LIMIe Long Lac Lynx - Miulscn Rd I.a'iie .... McKenv.le Red Luke Mcl.eod Cockshutt ... Monetae Negus Norunda Louvicourt Pickle Crow Rigcoiirt San Antotilo .Senator Rouvn Shrrrlt. Gordon Sleep Rock Sturgeon River Silver Miller Upp;-r Cunuih . wateM dnrmn World Wit JJ "Lyrry", as he wa affect innately known lo 'all hi.-i friends had been in ill lipalth since hist May, and hud retired from the pilot a'.-.e t rvvi i on reaching the retiring are hi tin- prcvioiw year. Goim: to fea at aa early are and spemhu'-v se eral ye ars sall-inu out of the HritUli l..l''s. the veteran mariner came to Victoria. .32 I .00 ! .07 .05 .0(1 i . .05 .Ol'i .40 . .14 . 2.8j . .SI . 251 M-i . 1.43 . 07.05 . .nii . 1.8.r) .04 .. 3 00 .2! . 2.1 a . 2.33 ... .'-o .' . 3.15 work Is completed, the city will gram for purchase and rental I accept the responsibility of inula- bHw(,m Dominion, province and TORONTO First blizzard of the winter struck southern Ontario with up to ten inches of snow. It moves east through Qurhi-c. Snow - w hipped by slronc winds, roads are dan meted to the prairie about three miles west of the local tabling the line from the ex in 10U1 accompanied by His brother. Tliom&s. who also scrv-1 nnmii'lpalities change to the city limits. Mayor j base from a low altitude. It 1 burned shortly after it hit one id as a coastal pilot tor 3' yt'ars and is now reared and living In side of a hiehwiiy and careeii?il Riidderhiim spoke of damage that had been done lo the line by vandalism, .such ns shooting-.22-Ciilibre shells. lna short lime W. R. Love, foimerly T this cily and now residing in Victoria, arrived in the city cni th Prince Gi .ifvi; today from I hi 7.0(1 1 ir. io8r .io2 1 8) 4.?:") .34 '.j iG"a a uo .'in . X! .54 it Is expected I lie eulirc line will south on oil" or his periodical be transferred to the city. business visits. center moved onto the coast. Several points on the west coa.it of the island reported three inches or more in the twenty-four hour; rip to 4:30 a. m. today. Cold Arctic al. covers the northern edge of .he province again this morning and appear:; to be. moving slowiy southward. This cold outbreak is expected to spread over the Prince Gsorge region during Uk next two days. mill over the road. r.XASIKIVl RE-ELECTED HELSINKI Anti-Communist Joho rassikivi was today i-e-elected president of EV i'and for the second six-year term. Tin college of 300 electors met and gave Paasikivi a majority vote of 171. The 79-year old statesman was clioseu over Communist Maimo Pekkala who received 67 electoral votes. The Arrariau candidate. Ur. Cbro Ki kkiuu'ii, received 62 votes. Victoria. Captain "Larry" Thomson is also survived by lii.s widow in Victoria, a" ither brother. Captain Iv-.be't Thomson, a relit -ed C. P. H. coastal masU-r, and three si,U-rs Mrs. K. l.aurenson and Miss (riaee Thomson in the hetlaud Islands, mil Mrs. C Cheyne. Cove.irry. Fngluud. True to the traditions of the -eu. ' Larry" ixpresscd a desire that lp.s rcuwins Im- buried at sea and his wishes were carried out. the solemn ceremony of cast-in -j his ashes from a pilot boat ti' k iiirt place off Face Rocks, a uoint which had figured so much in liia career as a pilot. 70 The remainder of the province Notice of Meeting gerous. The weather Man says the storm is the tail end or a Texas twister which has wrought damage in I'nited States. Toronto had three inches of snow. Outbound Trans-Canada Air Lines flights wcrc cancelled. SENTENCES OPPOSED VICTORIA The government will oppose short sentences imposed on Doukhobors last week oil members of the Sons of iTccdoni, convicted or acts of violence. Attorney General Gordon Wisinrr said he would appeal the ruling of the court (Mr. Justice A. M. Manson) that leniency should be shown since the offenders were misguided persons and not morally wrong. Sentences in no case exceeded a few months. Meeting of the Prince Rupert Fishermen's ' 'H be held In the Oddfellows' Hall, Thursday, appears to be In uo immediate danger of coMcr weather Forecast " North Coast Peglon--Variable cloudiness ov-jr th; Queen Charlottes today, receiving cloudy overnight. Elsewhere cloudy with widely scattered showers today and Thurrdav Little cntr'j RADIO CABS FIRST IN RADIO FIRST IN SERVICE OTHERS rOLLOW WE LEAD I ' "' A" nicmb rs and Uicir families are rcquest- f;ll'ii-l;mcc. i 1 Kl' '" im oiil.taiiding Co-operative Film which js!',?'rDr' ,Coil,y'3 visit here hi December, will bo "iuid i'Ue" lUl'S 3ustbecn nominated for an Aead-i , shuuia be seen by all Uiose who have the I (It) I EXPLOSIONS IN SOI TH I VANCOIVER Tolice are i'l-I vestigatim; mysterious exnlos-I Ions which early today rocked I three widely-separated areas of i Vp.-i -oiivcr and New Wc'tsuin- sler. They arc thought lo have I been caused by home-made bombs. in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and highs tomorrow - at Port Hardy, 36 ar.ti 45, Sandsnit, Pacific Const Vancouver 6, New Westminster 4. Ta'-oma 3, Seattle 1. Victoria 1. San Diego 4. San Francisco 4, Fresno 5. For Dependable 24-Hour Cab Service PHONE A 70 RADIO CAB ,3 and 42; Prince Rupert, ..j aw. I40' a