PROVINCIAL LIE?.A?.Y, VICTORIA, 2. C. OnfiES .DT1UGS Daily Delivers PH0IIE81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPEU Published at Canada Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVIII, No. 95. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1949 - PRICE JTVK CENTS jne Minister St Laurent Admits Feeling for General Election I -k X " FfflGH D OUMTAM MIA L TO EMD IT ir mL r Climactic Dedsoon NandGcl NO RUSSIAN I PEACE FEELERS, WEST INDIES RUN STARTS f WASHINGTON W President u MONTREAL Canadian. Na- ; Tr.uinan said that no peace feel-1 tional Steamships yesterday be-' ers from Russia has come his! ran its 1949 schedule of service way. He made the statement' 44 jsts Dissolution ot jment at Once VkAU, Ontario (CI') Prime. Minister St, jiil ho e today that his tour of the west ind-m that ''the people feel there should he an kn." He told a press conference ahoard his ate to Ottawa that it would be possible to TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1 SUCCESSFUL CULMINATION OF B.C.'S LONG FIGHT r J R.C.A.F. PLANE LOST IN EAST btewecn Montreal and the West when asked about rumors abroad Indies with the sailing at noon that Russfa was trying for a roof the 7500-ton "Canadian Con- j sumption of four-power talks struetor," under the command i on the German occupation, of Capt. D. C. Wallace D.S.C.,! R p., O B E. The vessel is bound ;-. for Nassau, Bahamas, and 1 Kingston, Jamaica, with a heavy R K wiy 1 1 A I N f Tfl OTTAWA, (CP) Removal of the historic differential freight rate and above normal char- i 1 .1 W-k 1 1 1.1 irlianient id most at once and carry on fur Halifax (c seven planes yes on some hauls over the ttocKies was ordered toaay took to the air yesterday to by the Board of Transport Commissioners. In a judg- (,f (It goVcrilll. KOV('n,IU"!!t i, , cargo of flour, medical supplies. I ri 1 t IV start a dawn-to-dusk search for ment climaxing a low battle over the contentious a missing Royal Canadian Air. . . RrtIJ Vf1 f i, f , u ftBMtnin!t paper products and other Can- j ijvrrnor - General's jcul cf supply vol' d I He did not ciah- BUY WHEAT Force aircraft with seven men MERCY FLIGHT FOR ESKIMOS be removed by July 1. ; 1 1 ; " t.MinL.U'i' is enroute OTTAWA (Pi Government trade officers term as "splendid" a British proposal to con ailmn goods. The Canadian Constructor, which arrived here on April 13, was the first oT the company's vsesels to return here this year. Other C.N.S. ships now in port are the Constructor's sister ship Canadian Cruiser', and the pas The Mountain differential rate which is IVi times the prairie scale is estimated to cost freight shippers about $4,500,000 a year. The railways contended that the $3,500,000 which they get annually from the differential rate amounted to only a fraction of the actual increassd operating costs caused by the mountain tinue buying Canadian wheat aboard. The plane was reported overdue on a flight from Ottawa's Rockcliffe airport to Chatham, New Brunswick. , The medium-sized plane, a Beechcraft Expediter, carried six airmen and a Royal Canadian Air .Force civiliaji employee. rapi'al alter two a,ssMi8 the W. sl- I EDMONTON '(f A Royal Can- 0. .. vivsl a -.ess lira.. ' adian Air Force Dakota plane gird G.iiOD miles of carrying medical aid to an epl 1, iiuiuii.t! i.wcntv demic-ridden Eskimo settlemen through the United Kingdom's own supply of American dollars. The proposal was outlined by a ',vv V . 9 " " . ... ... r , I at caniDiiage Bay. zuu nines in-! Bnm.; private con k British source in Washington. the Arctic Circle, took off party workers and id Officials, who have not heard senger vessel Lady Nelson, flagship of the Canadian National's West Indies fleet. (Capt. Wallace was at Prince Rupert for a time during the war as naval officer in. charger. welcomes. The B. C. government made application to tne Board for removal of the rate in the summer of 1948, claiming it to be "unjustly discriminatory" against the province. However, other western provinces took varying positions on the issue. yesterday Hum f ort Nelson, B.C. for Sawmill Bay, Northwest Territories. , Air Force officials here said that, after refuelling'' there, the TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy 8. D. Joliuston Co. Ltd.) territory in British Columbia. This was estimated at more than $9,000 a year. Elimination of this special revenue, the Canada ian Pacific Railway claimed, would create a need that could be filled only by imposition of a general two percent increase across the country. It asked that, if the board took off the of the proposal officially said the institution or the proposal would give Canada "further confidence"" that the wheat contract was to be fulfilled. COAL INDUSTRY j Lashes liberals In a series of hearings open TMEJR ROYAL HIGHNESSES the Princess Elizabeth and Duke or Edinburgh are pictured during a visit to ing last fall in the west and con- .06 ti 9.25 OUTLOOK GOOD OTTAWA ffc-Federal authorities say the outlook is good for Canada's coal industry. Despite eluding here in February, Bri-1 differenUal ,it immediately plane was scheduled to continue 1 1 'i Cambridge Bay where fifteen Eskimos are rcorlcd dead of j influenza. j The plane is carrying a doctor, ; two nurses, a dispenser and nied-ical .supplies. . 11 P DAY KK-S1GNI TORONTO -Clarence (Happy i Day today signed a 1949-50 c n- Vancouver Bayonne Bralome .... B. R. Con B. R. X Cariboo Quartz .... Congress OSVi'wsn Columbia submitted that; grant such a general rate in- . George Hills leit today by air on a trip to Vancouver. the railways had not proven their unit costs were higher hi British Columbia than on tin 10 1.30 .04 crease in addition to its application for a twenty percent hoist already before the ji.l One is Worth id Thai of Another ! i;N, Nil., ?-.. -Cull. some regional predictions that tracl as coai.h of Ul0 X()..()nl(J hard times are ahead -notably Mal,lc Lrafs hockcy clucn it w;is r,-..,,-, Aih,.ri.i ,,ff, bo,, ih . '" ,ni '"-'o ta oj announcer hp nas niirrn' i Tt.-r)M m r Hedley Mascot 28 prairies. 3 it line- tour hero last. . XJiVJil Vin, can see no cause for gloom in I coached the club to five Stanley Germany invaded Poland on tie 25,000-men industry. Cups. September 1, 1939. Pend Oreille 4.10 Pioneer 3.50 T i . ; .. -n i - Drew, lciiier c THE WEATHER : GLASGOW WINS i nmu ouruer 1MI4 t vc - Coiifiervativo HUGE F1HE FOR EVASION . Privateer . .1 " Rt-eves, McDonald 2 00 Synopsis - - -Am active storm" which gave over a half an inch of rain at 4 M SCOTTISH CUP to iei liuiii.) .sli'ii.t at, VVf'rmir.iiig ' ilraC t one was '.von h I cliaiRi!!!. mt.i1 her J.i'k's and iiilstcpra- GLASGOW O' --Glasgow today won the SeotUsh Cup Nanking Falls Sweep Over several points as it moved over the south coast early this morning is now pushing into the interior. Rain which is falling In MONTREAL 0 Albert San-soucy, wealthy textile merchant was yesterday sentenced . ;. tp $100,000 in fines or 2'z years the central interior will move angtse Sheep Creek ... Silbak Premier Taku River (ask) Vananda Salmon Gold Spud Valley Oils Anglo Canadian A. P. Con Atlantic Cahnont C. & E Central Ledui; 1.27 .33 .30 .25 .13 .07 3.75 .23 .65 .40 4.75 .90 I j by defeating a fighting Clyde f .ml I'm Mr ("lax-'squad 4-1. The Rangers coppe.l t Ural den; d that the Scottish Association's an-juncs wer? in slur- nual classic before more , than fwsimrt" pictures 120.000 fans. had confirmed Scottish Division A results ' s that plain j were were: NATIONALIST DEFENCE CKUMBLING SHANGHAI NEXT ON LIST NANKING, (CI) The Chinese government Fast Time Is Going On abandoned Nanking today and departing Nationalist j Dundee 4, Partiel; Thhtle 2 (Scheduled Oct. 30; East Fhe 5, Albion Rovers 1 (Scheduled Oct.! M)) Hibernian 2, Falldrk 0 iSched t'lnme f(pvoli-d a lsirge por-I'PWll In nyly t.j )in had been a p"r-i upon him ty I he imprisonment on five charges involving $1,000,000 in tax evasion by lnmself and his company." Claude Prevost, special federal prosecutor, told Judge T. A. Fontaine in criminal court yesterday that Sansoucy has paid back or is repaying the government the amount due in tax arrears. It is believed the fines constitute a record in Canada for tax evasion. The Royal Canadian Mounted Pulice. searching for stolen bonds, accidentally stumbled upon a safety deposit box cache of more than $1,000 in Canadian and United States security and into the northern Interior early this morning. Showers are expected in the southern interior region. Clearing will take place overnight in most sections but more cloud and rain is forecast for the coast tomorrow as another disturbance approaches British Columbia from the west. Forecast Queen Charluttes and North Coast, Clear, northern section, and overcast with rain southern section, becoming overcast with intermittent rain all sections this afternoon. Overcast with showers this evening and cloudv Sunday morning with af Home Oil , 10.35 Mercury 11 Okalta 2.35 Pacific Pete 2.41 Princess .20 Royal Canadian 082 Sou til Brazeau 16 troops olew up the big' railway station just outside the undefended walls of the capital. All along the Yangtze River, demoralized government troops gave way before a Red assault that breached the great river - barrier. Fouv Nationalist armies, Joilil JJ Me- uled Feb. 19 . hie Pren.ier's Motlierwell 1. Morton 0 (sched- ..icl I nmtnined 'n ikmss H'ed F-b. 19. Ml"s and lnio'- pre-' Quien of the South 1, Hvurts f- 4 (seed uled March 5. NO. 1 RED IS STONED totalling probably 100.000 luen. have retreated southward. Thev left Nanking's waterfront "hi flames and the city unprotected from the fury .of looting mobs. ternoon winds southeasterly (15 currency Whether government troops DARTMOUTH, En- , IP An enraged stone-throwing crowd Toronto Afthona , 14' 2 Aumaque ".. .18 Beattie f. 47 Bevcourt 21 Bob jo 12 Buffalo Canadian ..... .12 Consol. Smelters .. .. 97.00 Con west .. 1.17 Donalda 52 Eldona , 60 V East Sullivan 2.87 Giant Yellowknlfe 6.20 besieged Britain's top Commun could still make a stand was ill question. Demoralization lias set in among many units. Many) IU VILLAGERS INSTAL NEW F, SON OF EDWARD GAMBLE ATL The niatitle of authoril v of para-""r of this Porcher Island native" band was I'l'H'sday to Russell Howard Gamble, 25-year folate ('hief Kdward 11. (Jamble. O.B.E., at in St. Peter's Chuivh attended by visitors f.v native village from P.ella Coola north. Loral Cloths Change Kail-ways, Straiiihliips Continue on Standard Dayliuht Saving in British Columbia will become effective at midnight tonight. Judging from the comment one hears on the streets, the change cannot be described as popular, particularly on account of' the concision it. causes. However, like it or not, the clocks go forward as front midnight tonight and it means an hour's less sleep for everyone including those who get up to go to church. The fast time continues un-fill September 25. Railways ami telegraph offices continue to operate nil standard time. Steamers confining their runs to British Columbia ports go on daylight time. Those which go to Alaska stay on Standard time. m.p.h.i tomorrow morning, increasing- to southeasterly (25) in afternoon. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow: Port Hardy 38 and 54, Massctt 36 and 50, Prince Rupert 38 and 48. ist Harry Pollitt in a buiklitv: for hours here early today. lie finally escaped unharmed. WOULD SCUTTLE HART FORMULA - Vancouver The Vancouver News-Herald says that Es- The incident followed the have tuCt fighting to sit down and aw.'ilt their conquerors Premier Ho Yltig.Chin has taken over the defence ministry and presumably flew to the uncertain haven of Shanghai which break-up of a political meeting where Pollitt had discussed the .37 .shelling of four British ships - ...... .11 ',z .OfiVrt by Chinese Communists. dignify the mr.y be the next Objective of the f.'ojnminil.:to.' Canton seems like Only recognition or ancient il St. SECRETARY OF ARMY RESIGNS WASHINGTON D. C. President Truman has accepted the resignation of Secretary of the ly to become the refugee capital. TRAGEDY ON - mi neir an esfi- ' God's Lake" Hardrock Harricana Heva Iosco Jacknife Jollet Quebec ... Lake Rowan Laoaska Little Long Lac Lynx In London a British Foreign I .Orfli 20 y4 .04 .36 .09 'i ..11 .80 .14 ' """Pl- .2(1 Oof them "l the large edifice. lHli Hie was marked ?"Pr "1 ancient tribid , Army Kenneth Royall who wrote qulinalt Progressive-Conservatives are prepared to scuttle the Hart formula in nominating their own candidate in the riding. 1 ,n Commander Charles T. Beard, Liberal, was elected in 1945 but the seat is traditionally Conservative, the paper claims. Under the formula, the nomination of a candidate to oppose the C.C.F. must be a Liberal but the story says that the Conservatives will "cold shoulder" the Liberals to avenge "something wrong with the convention tu 1945." Office spokesman said today that' Chinese Nationalist guns, as veil as Communist artillery, hud fired on a British ship in th; Yapet'.e River. The spokesman custom was when the three oilier Kit.kafla Chiefs -Matthew Hill. Henry Brown and Henry Watts - acknowledged their new Chief's sovereignty by placing their hands upon his head. The new Chief's position us PRAIRIE FARM REG IN A fi Three persons were, shot to death and another was found alive with throat rut In a farm home forty miles south "Pliarci and ls.be- Madsen Red Lake 3.05 f 'w fi ls' iniuiiirafion TODAY'S BASEBALL American 8 :"TI' u iniidern cere the Fresident that he wants to return to private life. In a let ter he said: "My recent personal inspection in overseas theatres lias shown the Army everywhere to be in excellent condition and has confirmed the belief that war is not inevitable." ('mPliyed complete- leader of the band is unique in a Huston il. New York 8 (New indignantly denied a charge that British ships on the river had joined Nationalists in an attack r.sainst Communist positions on i-he north bank. Official;; are still waiting for manner similar to that of his York's first, defeat! Washington 1, Philadelphia H v- v. v.v7j. . . . ; , east of Prince Albert, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police report. The dead are: Mrs. Katheriua Balalsky. aged 29; her son, Bohda, 6, and A. D. Theodore Adamovio,' aged 48. The husband of the dead wo father. The late Chief Mwurri Gamble was a Bella Bella man . I National League Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 5. nilec Iw'iiiwi-i invitpd to the position r- 1 news of the outcome of two at McKenzie Red Lake 47 McLeod Cockshutt .... 1.08 Moneta 45 Negus 2.40 JNoranda 55.25 . Louvicourt -IS Pickle Crow : 2.15 Regcourt 043,i San Antonio .". 4.15 "-40 Senator Rouyn Sherrit Gordon 193 Steep Rock '1-35 Sturgeon River 17 Silver Miller . -40 "'VMI'ionsiiip i of paramount chief at Kilkafta Boston G, New York b (caneu end ninth, raim. Chicago 2, St. Louis 9. American Leapuc many years ago when the other chiefs of the village found them PRINCESS AND POPE LOCAL TIDES (Standard Time) Sunday, April 24, 1943 High 11:19 17.5 feet 23:47 18.9 feet Low 5:26 7.3 feet 17:30 6.3 feet tempts to secure a Communist crase-fire to aid the battered British frigate Amethyst. CRESCENT IS STANDING BY Naval headquarters in Ottawa lust night said the Canadian KETBALL J ,,M(iIT I 8:;io p.m. I AT civir 1 man i.s given an even chance of recovering from ills throat-wound. v Police say that Balalsky i;i under guard in Wakaw Hospital No charges have been laid. selves unable to agree oij tnuai matters. The new chief was elected by hi r.iiinu; villagers earlier this l eader of British Protestant Body Objects to Visit LONDON J. A. Kensit, leader of the Protestant Truth St. Louis 2, Chicago f. New yrk 5, Boston 3. Detroit 3, Cleveland 4 (10 innings. Philadelphia 2, Washington 2. Pacific Coast League Los Angeles 1, Oakland 0. Sacramento 7, San Diego 2. V..v,v.---r.... year by unanimous vote ana The police say that a rifle, axe j destroyer Crescent was standing by al. Hong Kong to evacuate Canadian citizens if necessary. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McEwen, k ,. .... and knife are believed to have been used In the slayings. their choice was suDinuiea iu tin Indian department for approval The approval was forthcoming ' MKETINU JTr' meeting of ?,r Wwlion mem. I he held -i. , and preparations begun for the CIVIC CENTRE San Francisco 7, Hollywood 5. Portland at Seattle" postpon KINSMEN! A SPECIAL MEETING will be held MONDAY, APRIL 25 8 PJV1. CIVIC CENTRE All members please attend (95) inaugural. th lucsuay, at 1:30 n.m ti... Called to the ceremony by the It i.s not engaged in action on the twho came north from Victoria : society, has written to the King war-engulf cd Yanglse River. for the wedding this week of asking him not to give per-Thc statement said tho Cres- their daughter, Donna, to Thorn- mission for Princess Margaret cent" was "primarily" at the dls- as George, are leaving on Mon-o visit Tope Pius during her posal of Canadian ambassador! ! day's train for Smtthers to spend , forthcoming tour of Italy, to China, T. C. Davis, "particu- a few days vLslting after which j "While an official visit might Uuiy to render assistance in they will come back here for ( justify one's course of action, a evacuating Canadian cituens another week before proceeding , private visit is in a different should this prove necessaiy." 1 to Victoria. relationship," Kensit wrote. " ' lo Cunvl ... . ed, rain. Western International League Wenatchee 20, Bremerton 10 Salem at Tacoma, YaKima at Victoria, Spokane at Vancouver, 11 postponed, rain. u i a new APRIL 27-30 Exhibits accepted Tuesday, April 26, 2-5 p.m. 7-9 p.m. alley great bell of St. Peter's Church, which was a gift from the people of Prince Rupert, the procession proceeded to the church. (Continued on Page 6) wine. 6 C G' "AM," Secre tary.