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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
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JhihliRhed
at
Canada's
Most
Strateeir
Parifir
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
PHONE
81
VOL.
XXXVIII
No.
195.
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
AUGUST
20,
1949
.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CABS
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.
ommmiity
Officials
on
Lottery
Charge
r
nt
Grey
'
C
EARL
JOHNSON
Hoard
Convention
Urges
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COMMITTED
OH
Raid
on
Carnival
Results
in
Seizure
of
Car,
Other
Prizes
WILL
TAKE
CASE
TO
SUPREME
COURT
IT'S
WINTER
IN
ARGENTINA
BUEN08
AIRES
Tills
city
has
had
Us
coldest
day
of
the
year
to
date.
There
was
a
.
temperature
of
28.24
degrees.
Ice,
uncommon
In
the
Argentine
winter,
glazed
the
streets.
For
MURDER
CHARGE
,
of
B.C.
Liquor
Laws
,
plebiscite
Asked
Despite
Opposition
Within
Prince
Rupert
Delegation
Earl
Johnson,
34-year
old
Na-naimo
fisherman
was
commit
ASSOCIATION
LEADERS
SAY
the
first
time-
In
fifteen
years
tllS-'"1'"111"
"u",uo
Ui
iiauc
ui
mere
was
a
snowstorm
at
Mar
;h
Columbia
convention
here
Friday!
del
Plata,
a
fashion
resort
200
llnnnn
rliut.;V.iHir.n
rtan
i;m""M
J"
of
Buenos
Aire.
ted
for
trial
this
morning
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
follow-1
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Four
officials
of
the
West
in-his
preliminary
hearing
on
point
Grey
Community
Association
were
served
a
charge
or
murdering
his
"
"
brt-her,
Vivian
(Vic)
johnsoa
w'tn
summnnses
on
charges
of
conducting
a
lottery,
pboard
the
seine
boat
izumi
in
The
charges
followed
a
police
raid
on
the
Carnival
on
MrotZn!
siwr
of
'Wednesday
in
which
an
automobile
and
other
prizes
vessel
was
shot
to
death
with
a
Were
Seized.
.22
calibre
rifle
in
the
forecastle
Officials
of
the
association
''
iiia
for
lack
of
effectiveness
in
con-!
..
1:
-
u
i..:
1.750
X-RAYF.n
IN
FIVE
DAYS
the
provincial
government
to
hold
a
irn
the
will
on
A
total
of
1750
people
received
x-rays
at
the
two
travelling
after
he
had
ordered
another
announced
that
they
will
fight
TRAINS
COLLIDE
..
-..j
1
x-ray
clinics
In
the
five
day
per
jsmc
until"
Ul,ui
both
directions
from
Intervening
centres
of
population.
brother,
Clifford,
from
the
boat
the
case
and
take
it
"to
su-jJJ
EASTERN
U
S
lod
between
Monday
and
Frl-
in
a
laiuiijf
4uauci.
piciuc
euui
l.
11
lit
gcb&ai
y
.
Vanderhoof's
resolution
that
day,
Prince
Rupert
Health
Unit
the
Turgeon
Highway
from
Van-j
reported
today.
derhoof
Into
the
Omlneca
mining
Friday
s
total
at
the
mobile
iranls,
cocktail
'it
clubs.
1
was
put
for-Prinre
Rupert
mimcrce
whose
rr
divided
on
'
K
country
be
extended
the
short
1
un't
which
visited
Cow
Bay
and
the
Fishermen's
Co-operative
The
tall
Negro
will
coir.e
up
for
jury
trial
at
the
fall
sitting
of
the
Assize
Court
here
September
20.
His
committal
followed
a
preliminary
enquiry
in
which
Mrs.
Jenny
Johnson,
wife
of
the
slain
man,
told
how
she
had
seen
the
shot
fired
and
her
hus
CANAAN,
N.H.
Two
dle-rl
Boston
and'
Maine
pasengf-r
trains
crashed
head
fin,
on
a
siding
here
yesterday.
Forty-four
passengers
were
injured
but
none
seriously.
Four
eastern
Canadians
were
listed.
A
trainman's
error
in
switching
sent
the
Montreal-bound
Ambassador
Into
the
southbound
Ambassador
out
of
Montreal
An
amendment.
L.
M.
Greene
of
In
addition
to
prizes,
tickets,
with
stubs,
printers'
forms,
and
))ther
printed
matter
wre
seized
In
the
raid
on
the
printing
shop.
All
this
parapheranalla
is
said
to
have
been
connected
with
the
draw.
City
Prosecutor
Gordon
Scott,
who
advised
pouce
officials
to
lay
the
charge
under
the
Criminal
Code,
said
that
he
ir
confident
they
can
make
the
charge
stick
Laut
vpnr
a
Kiml-
distance
to
Flnlay
Forks
and
the
north
side
of
the
Peace
Rive;
was
approved.
Those
speaking
In
its
favor
were
Senator
J.
O.
Turgeon
who
had
been
Instrumental
In
the
original
bullulng
:it
a
Royal
Coni
wo?
ne
the
social
a?!
cts
(it
the
was
242
and
at
the
breakdown
unit
In
the
Health
building
231
were
x-rayed.
Since
the
two
units
moved
Into
the
city,
the
mobile
machine
has
x-rayed
738
and
the
breadown
has
handled
1,012.
The
breakdown
machine
will
remain
at
the
Health
Unit
building
until
the
end
of
the
month
and
the
mobile
unit
will
leave
next
week
to
visit
interior
towns.
band
slump
to
the
floor
and
die
within
a
matter
of
seconds.
According
to
witnesses
the
quarrel
which
preceded
the
which
was
standing
in
the
siding.
A
wooden
milk
car
,
behind
the
engine
was
smashed
to
had
tu
immediate
be-ar
shooting
charge
was
laW
agalnst
thf
matchwood
and
took
most
of
the
shock.
Kinsmen
Club
In
their
draw
but
th:
jury
decided
it
was
not
illegal.
ginning
wiifu
vie
juiiubuii
uu-
jected
to
Cliff
and
Michael
Patrick
(Mickey)
Dolan,
another
crew
member
and
a
brother-in-
wis
rejected
by
of
the
road
with
federal
aid
as
19
The
rrsulu-!
an
artery
opening
up
gold
min-'
the
plebiscite
lng
areas.
'
14
to
3.
Among
special
guests
heard
at
iby.
prrldcii
of
Friday's
convention
session
were
,.rt
chamber
of
Cr.
M.
Norrls,
Vancouver
Board
tusly
opposed1
l
Trade,
Major
II.
Cuthbert
,o
iiKieiisi'
the
Holme,
president
of
the
Asso-r
and
the
pro-Id0'
Boards
of
Trade
of
Van-soul
destroying
couver
Island,
Victoria,
Thomas
liquor
business.
Robertson
of
New
Westminster,
!
Associated
Boards
representing
ircailon
led
by
Biker
of
Kpi-
llf
Trade
of
Fraser
Valley,
C.
A.
the
House
of
Reprseentatlves.
The
latter
body
slashed
the
budget
in
half.
The
funds
were
FOUR
OF
THE
BEST
Competitors
for
the
title
of
Miss
Canada
shown
here,
from
left,
are:
Betty
Brown
oi
Mimico,
Ont.,
and
Patricia
Bullock
of
Lethbrldge,
Alta..
in
the
back
row;
Norma
DuPont,
Quebec,
and
Aklene
Markle
of
Toronto
in
the
front
row.
(C.
P.
Photo)
law
of
the
Johnson
boys,
bring-l
.
m
.
WOULD
REMOVE
YULE
TREE
DUTY
meant
to
supply
members
of
ing
liquor
aboard
the
Izumi
III.
VKIYIO
rK.WUK.AlVl
the
Atlantic
Pact
with
arms.
Witnesses
testified
that
Vic
r
ltili
1
O
1
ILL
UIN
Johnson
also
had
accused
CHf-
WASHINGTON
The
United
WASHINOON
f
Senator'
P..
Baldwin
has
moved
that
in
future,
import
duties
on
evergreen
However,
observers
said
that
it
seemed
unlikely
that
,
the
Democrats
would
b
able
to
muster
a
majority
in
the
Sen-
States
government
forces
be
ford
of
trying
to
claim
the
attentions
of
his
wife
who
was
cook
aboard
the
fishing
boat.
gan
an
uphill
fight
today
to
Chr'."tnias
trees
be
eliminated.
f
innings
at
the
Borner,
divisional
supertnten
(tool,
Canadian
National
Rail
ways.
n
and
s)on.sore'l
Every
season,
thousands
of
trees
The
hearing,
which
began
salvage.
$1,450,000
foreign
arms
ate
foreign
relations
and
armei
program
which
was
attacked
by
services
committee.
of
his
description
are
imported
h
rilled
for:
Friday
afternoon,
was
conduct
Led;
by
Crwn
Counsel
T:
W
W
r
"
v
H
Iroin
Caiiada.
loInrcKMit
ob-V.-1
?'".
vyi
V
Brown.
Mrs.
M.
Wllla
Ray.
act
ed
in
behalf
of
the
accused
man
travel
between
and
the
United
moval
of
from
Hs's
of
pertain
('h
as
coal,
oil
Dr.
J.
A.
Macdonald,
testified
that
examination
RESOUNDING
DIN
ANTICIPATED
WHEN
CITY,
SMITHERS
TEAMS
MEET
SUNDAY
Smithers
ball
teams,
like
Bulkley
Valley
potatoes,
ol
the
lung
cavity
where
the
bullet
came
to
rest
showed
that
j
ueorg'
reported
on
uib
-
iai.,
meeting
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association.
Friday
afternoon
a
reception
was
held
preceding
a
dinner
meeting
where
delegates
were
the
guests
of
the
tSmlthers
Chamber
and
heard
an
address
by
Senator
J.
O.
Turgeon.
Ladies
of
the
convention
were
entertained
Friday
afternoon
by
Mrs.
Olof
Hanson
at
her
Lake
in
addition
to
the
.22
calibre
II
Htr
h
produce
and
!'
products
to
tir
between
these
luraeed
for
the
Oldest
Newspaper
Observes
Birthday
QUEBEC
Hie
Quebec
Chronicle-Telegraph
Li
now
observing
Its
185th
anniversary.
Nex-t
month,
the
Chronicle-Telegraph
will
formally
note
that
with
The
Courant
of
Hartford,
Conn.
(U.S.A
)
It
is
the
oldest
surviving
newspaper
enterprise
in
North
America
.
Sif
m
,
are
always
good
.
.
.
and
like
the
ground
crop,
some
years
they
are
better
than
others.
While
no
report
of
the
quality
of
the
spud
harvest
is
at
hand,
indications
are
that
thq
baseball
team
is
up
to
standard
calibre.
yait
ft,.
slug,
there
was
a
.38
calibre
bullet
lodged
near
the
lung.
Mrs.
Johnson
iater
told
the
court
that
Victor
Johnson
had
received
the
bullet
11
years
ago.
She
did
not
describe
the
clr-.
i
InU'sratlon
of
'lie
vast
regional
h.-
-
,
ft
When
the
teams
met
earlier-
lloi'flll
IKllnnu
tn
I
Kathlyn
home.
In
the
morning
and
that
prop
they
were
guests
of
Mrs.
.K.
Collison
at
the
coffee
hour.
"ad
markers
be
'
such
lilphways
Concluding
social
function
was
TRADE
BOARDS
PARLEY
CLOSES
SMfTHk'rtS
Prince
George
.
.J
this
season,
they
divided
games
and
In
both
cases
the
winners
built
up
early
leads
only
to
have
the
losers
come
back
to
make
strong
comebacks
that
Just
failed.
Both
games
turned
out
to
be
slugging
matches,
though
many
tight
pitching
battles
have
been
contested
between
the
two
teams.
No
matter
how
the
games
go,
the
Smithers-
cumstances
of
that
shooting.
The
old
bullet
was
sealed
in
protective
tissue
and
apparently
had
not
caused
him
any
trouble.
CUfiford
Johnson,
Mickey
Dolan
and
Anthony
(Tony)
Sil-vey,
the
latter
a
crew
member
of
the
seiner
London
III,
came
aboard
the
boat
just
as
Vic
Johnson
and
his
wife
were
leaving
to
eo
up
town.
Mrs.
John
The
Smithers
team
are
crowd
pleasers,.
they
are
a
scrappy
bunch,
do
a
bit
of
beefing
but
quickly
forget
ft
to
play
good
ball.
Like
the
local
squad
they
are
mostly
home
grown.
Unlike
Rupert
they
have
lost
several
players
recently
when
some
of
their
top
athletes
have
been
forced
to
move
for
better
jobs.
And
so
the
interior
club
sometimes
find
themselves
shortof
strength.
Some
of
their
junior
a
dance
rrilay
nigni
ai
Smlthers
Elks'
Hall.
The
convention
concluded
this
morning
when
four
more
resolutions
were
considered,
officers
elected
and
next
year's
convention
venue
was
chosen
as
the
venue
for
s-
'Such
names
wier"
and
"Mid-!
s'lKKested
f,,r
:on
as
"Hinh-beiween
Prince
ice
Ruprrt.
"
l
an
Alaska
to
the
intcr-t'onini..s(.n.
'rom
Terrace
'""'al
Department
v
r
:
-
k,-
r-''
-
i
vr
:
CllOS"!!.
There
are
eighty-seven
registered
delegates
and
guests.
Earl,
was
aboard
the
wince
Kupert
seriej
usuauy
,
provides
the
best
and
most
ex-
son
said,
boat.
avin
the
citln8
baseball
"Just
as
we
were
le
entertainment
players
are
breaking
in,
but
are
short
of
experience
so
It
is
an
of
the
season.
galley
door,
Cliff
and
the
rest
appeared,"
Mrs.
Johnson
said.
ticipated
that
they
will
pick
up
1950
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
B.C.
by
delegates
to
the
1949
convention
which
concluded
here
this
morning.
Officers
elected
at
the
final
session
today
were:
'
President.
George
Ogston,
Vanrterhoof.
First
Vice-President,
W.
J.
Scott,
Prince
Rupert.
Second
Vice-President,
Miss
Elizabeth
Winn,
Juneau.
Secretary,
Duncan
Kerr.
Ter
ln')"stry
to
take
I
learlln-f
in
n,
.
i
i
m
Juu
"My
husband
told
them:
'I
mean
this
take
the
liquor
off
the
a
o
mr
?;"1
oncraliMii
,r
light
with
these.
I
don't
need
a
coupie
oi
piayers
irum
ucisn-a
gun,"
Mrs.
Johnson
testified,
borhood
teams
to
round
out
the
"Earl
loaded
the
gun.
He
just
club.
NATIONALISTS
MAKE
BID
TO
HOLD
CANTON
ship.
There
will
be
no
liquor!
ttipiri
it.
when
he
lifted
the
gun
Players
expected
to
be
Oh
mm
aboard."
"Vic
was
outside
the
gallcv
my
husband
said:
"Alright,
if
hand
for
the
Sunday
games
in-
tarted
to
go
down!
you
are
going
to
fight
that
way,
elude
Jack
and
Gordle
Hether-
door.
Earl
VANISHING
LANDMARK
Vancouver's
skyline
won't
look
the
same
when
wreckers
complete
the
job
of
razing
the
old
Vancou-
.
vcr
Hotel,
long
a
city
landmark.
It
is
expected
that
demolition
of
the
huge
building,
begun
three
months
ago,
will
be
finished
by
mid-October.
(C.
P.
Photo)
race.
CANTON
9
Prwii
reports
salB
that
the
NationtUlsts
have
sped
strona
reinforcements
into
Final
resolutions
included
two
Pfwtiieini;
plan,.,!
''iniary
object
the
I
'""it
at
a
reason-!
antral
licit
l.sh
''"n
adopted
B
"
Prince
Ru-
""'IS
"I)
-d
im-ld
"nal
locntioi
iiig
of
ihn
pi
inc-f.
Gi,'n
l.r.l
tllf
1:1
'
Hipinmy
a-vi
the
steps
and
took
a
.22
rifle
from
near
the
exhaust
pipe,'
I
slipped
in
and
tried
to
grab
the
gun."
,
The
gun,
she
said,
was
empty
at
that
time.
calling
for
action
by
Canadian
Ami-Hi-Rii
Governments
In
tint.
,...--
teporri
to
B.C.
highways.
FINNISH
LABOR
the
mountains
less
than
170
miles
northeast
of
Canton
in
an
attempt
to
check
the
Reds
southward
rush.
Report
is
probably
true
because
large
numbers
One
sought
continuation
of
road
to
the
Whltehorse-Atlin
Tulscuuah
on
the
Taku
River
FACES
SPLIT
HELSINKI
P
Finland's
cen
of
troops
have
been
passing
Trade
were
admitted
into
niembeship.
I
The
convention
closed
on
-
a
high
note
of
enthusiasm
over
I
the
fact
that,
Central
British
!
Columbia
and
rrinre.
Rupert
!
are
coming
into
their
long-envisioned
era
of
expansion.
n,r.,w
r.ninn'
in
the
last
few
and
thence,
across
tne
aiusk.
f
b"
IllSlillllnrl
trul
trade
union
federation
lias
acted
against
the
Communist
I
union's
erowina
offensive.
It
I'll
fight
this
way,
too,
Mrs.
ington,
Goodwin,
Norm
KJipat-Jahnson
testified.
'
rick,
Bill
and
Archie
Leach,
Cliff
Mickey
Dolan
testified
thatEmersop,
Senkplel,
Carl
Splcer,
at
that
time.,
Vic
said:
"Jenny
Spike
Arnold,
Bob
Fowler
and
get
my
knife."
possibly
the
Olddlngs
brothers
The
knite
was
one
used
for
from
Telkwa.
,
.;
cutting
fish
nets
and
general
j
The
local
squad
will
be
v'.r-work
on
the
boats.
It
had
a
tually
the
same
as
the
line-up
short
blade.
,
that
was
ready
to
repel
the
Dolan
stepped
between
the
Ketchikan
Invasion
last
week-two
men
and
Vic
said:
"Mickeyjend.
Dave
Abel
is
hobbling
you
don't
want
me
to
use
this
around
on
a
badly
sprained
(
on
you,
too,"
the
woman
declar-
ankle
and
Is
unlikely
to
be
ed.
I
ready
for
Sunday.
However,
rMickey
kept
pulling
on
Vic's
Herb
Morgan
is
ready
to
go
the
.
coat,
then
Earl
fired."
eighteen
innings
and
he
will
,
After
the
shot
was
fired,
Vic
undoubtedly
fill
the
bill
in
the
slumped
againsthe
engine.
As
capable
Morgan
manner.
Both
soon
as
Earl
fired,
I
took
hold
Letourneau
and
Rosedale
have
of
my
husband.
I
had
a
longer
lay-off
than
they
"I
asked
tiim
If
he
heard
me.j
would
have
had
last
week-end
He
said:
"Look
what
my,
for
the
Ketchikan
series
so
they
days
panhandle
to
Juneau
.
The
loss
of
Tayu,
170
miles
The
other
sought
imPve-
tml
west
o;
ti.
"My
husband
said
to
me:
"You
stay
out
of
this"
and
then
he
went
down
the
forecastle
steps.
He
ordered
them
off
the
ship.
He
was
firing
Clifford
and
Dolan."
Clifford
started
to
pack
hit
gear
and
Earl
began
to
do
the
same.
"My
husband
told
Earl
that
north'ast
has
put
the
Commun-mem
ana
jrai-i.m.."
9
the
the
I
ance
of
the
highway
from
Prince
Ists
only
five
miles
from
I
orrined
them
to
cancel
'
.strike
call
or
face
expulsion.
to
Prince
Rupert
ano
border
of
Kwanntung
Province
ncniae
George
The
move
which
threatened
the
Haines
cutoff
and
the
connection
of
Haines
and
Prince
Rupert
by
a
ferry
service
suit
that
he
dldn
t
wide,
he
was
not
fired
to
split
the
fedeit.ion
of
which
Canton
Is
the
capital
and
the
temporary
haven
of
the
Nationalist
government.
.
Philippine
c
o
n
su
1
o
r
officials
ESCAPES
SERIOUS
INJURY
IN
FALL
Walter
S.
Bird,
employee
of
open
came
on
the
heels
of
the
have
to
go."
government
crackdown
on
ai
During
the
argument
which
Nrusi
21
able
for
motor
vehicles.
.
.
.
r.li-,1
tL-n
u
1949
Final
ennorM.nit-i"'
nritkh.Amprlran
Oil
Com-
rnnntrv-wirie
st.rikfi
offensive
fnllnwprf.
Mrs.
Johnson
tes
trifled.
iit'rrintj
int.
-
,
'
-
vnn
in
a
resolution
arriving
at
Manila
from
Amoyj
said
that
the
big
port
on
the
southeast
coast
appears
about
was
taken
to
the
Prince
which
has
already
caused
blood-
Earl
left
the
forecastle
and
went
-
i.,rii
riPiH
pany
11:54
23:31
5:32
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fr-t
19.9
fr
t
4.3
f'
-t
90
f-et
construction
oi
a
'
,
.
nenoral
Hasnital
VfS-
.Oirri.
The
.
executive
voted
nn
onto
the
nilot
house
top
...
,
1
A
at
Tugweu
ismmi
,,.rfnv
i
the
ambul-
eioht
to
five
to
order
four
strik-
where
.22
bullets
were
kept
fori
to
Pr
mc
appreciation
ance
afler
havln,r
xallcn
from
inS
unions
to
quit
by
August
23
St.
Laurcm.
rem
mi
ior
"
"r
the
d0fk
on
to
the
deck
of
thsior
get
out
brother's
done
to
me.
He
was
should
be
in
top
shape,
sliding
down."
Starting
time
of
the
evening
"As
I
went
down
Into
the
game
has
been
set
back
to
6:30
forecastle
I
picked
up
an
axe
'
to
avoid
conflict
with
eating
and
when
my
husband
spoke,
I
habits.
However
the
contest
went
toward
Earl.
He
said:
"I'll
will
be
called
promptly
to
allow
shoot
you,
too."
I
the
visitors
to
get
an
early
deT
(Continued
on
Page
5)
parture
for
home.
shooting
seals.
As
he
came
down,
she
tried
to
make
him
drop
the
bullets
overside,
but
he
resistea.
As
the
argument
progressed,
Vic
raised
.his
fists
and
said:
to
fall.
From
the
far
northwest
an
official
despatch
said
that
Communists
had
pressed
to
a
point
twelve
miles
southeast
of
Lan-chow
before
being
thrown
back.
Lanchow
Is
the
capital
of
Kan-su
province,
Nationalist
strong
mile
subsidy
lor
exieiii
...
J
,
boat
Merle
C.
Rail-
he
Pacific
unti
Great
Eastern.
tne
r-aciiic
(
Mr
Bird
alonp
aj
the
hp
f(,n
a
dlstance
of
tfteen
feet
wnZ'
,
r.iinmher
of
Com-
time
of
the
accident
which
03-it
appears
that
he
suffered
no
S
"ASEBAIX
i(ional
9.
New
York
f
Pittsburgh
3
meriran
1
V
!..
Smithers
and
the
Fort
curred
when
he
was
fueling
the
broken
bones
but
is
just
badly
nieiUB
ui
of
u..t
.
.
.
..
.
.
tUn.
K,.,,lSDrt
j
"Come
on
out
on
the
dock
and
Fraser
and
District
Boara
01
Doat.
in
apiue
iu
hold.
i
.
.
m
M
A
4k
SI
Ckt
eball
-
SMITHEQS
vs.
PRINCE
MPEBi
-
Sunday
m
ana
fcssup.m.