I fm e ... . - ! PROVINCIAL Ll2?..Vtt xr-c-u-rn---r VICTORIA, B. C. LAY ORPES DRUGS mam Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER I Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" PKOHE 81 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 137. PRINCE RUPERT B C. MONDAY. JUNE 13 1949 PRTne mvv nrwra -ARACABS WHICH? reemieirjfc At Paris Reported It A Vishinsky Willing To Political Eyes Turn This Vayj OTTAWA CP) A third and final provincial election will throw its shadow on Canada's pending federal balloting when British Columbians parade to the polls June 15 and political observers here hold that the voting will be full of implications for the federal result much more so than either Nova Scotia or Newfoundland balloting. Both the eastern provinces REACH ACCORD IN FISH PLANT WAGE DISPUTE Settlement of a protracted Come to Limited Terms PARIS (CP) Andrei Vishinsky of Pvussia was saicPtoday to have consented to a limited agreement on problems of Germany at the Big Four foreign ministers' conference. These problems include currency, road and railway traffic and inter-zonal wage dispute between coast fishing companies and the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union appeared likely today after union members agreed to accept an offpr made bv the ' " ' ' """ ' ( . ; - I J i T trade. , The conference Is recessed today at the request of the Rus Double Murder 1 i v.. ( t i! 'i l 4 : s sians and will re-convene to- companies and to postpone a' strike vote. A statement to this 1 effect was made by the Union. A strike vote within the union, which was to have been , morrow. It may adjourn Thursday to another date in the nqar returned Liberal administrations but the question in British Columbia is whether the C.C F. will make inroads. If they are to be stronger federally after June 27, the strength is expected to come from British Columbia and Ontario. Today " is " federal nomination day throughout the country and lists of persons seeking 262 House of Commons seats will be known officially. Prime Minister L. S. St. Laur- future. Seen Possible But Authorities Have Not Yet Established Cause of Death of Elderly Vancouver Couple jtaken today, was forestalled when union members agreed to accept an offer by the companies for wage Increases higher than those recommended by an arbitration board which has been C.C.F. RALLIED BY RED FLAG VANCOUVER Bodies of an eral weeks. v r ' i , in -nr I I -Mnmnmr - i i.r.nn r ill APPLEWUAITl! r- "" ' , ; . M : ' I i 'Nm:.'' i' . . fit r 1 f r- .1 : elderly Vancouver couple, esti-! mated by police to have been dead more tfian five days, were found Sunday In their cottage in South Vancouver. Police are today . probing the mysterious double death of Mr. and Mrs Coldwcll and Winch Speakers ent is moving back into action at Big Meeting in Vancouver after an absence enforced by Saturday Night laryngitis and will conecentrate on ntarl Quebec with a VANCOUVER The Red Flag was sung at the opening of a nyln triP t0 Newfoundland. C.C J. election rally in Peter George Drew, Progressive Con-Pan ballroom here Saturday servative leader and the party'tf At a union meeting Sunday, attended by Alex Gordon, business agent of the coastwide union, it was agreed to accept a I company offer which, in effect, it was stated, would provide for 1 an eight-cent an hour wage in-' crease across the board for male i workers and six cents an hour VOTERS-Herny O. Blrks, President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, tells -four Canadians out of the more than 600,000 who passed their 21st birthday since the last j election of, the importance of using their votes on June 27. The young voters are to right) Barbara Fillan, of Ottawa; Louise McLaren, of St. Lambert, P.Q.; Camille Mar-; and Dorothy Shea of Montreal. night when M. J. Coldwell and main spring, Is back in Ontario while M. J. Coldwell is in British Mike Gcluch, Including the possibility of a double slaying although the actual cause ol death is as yet unknown. There were no marks of violence, it was at first reported, on Columbia which he will leave tomorrow. The Social Credite:, Sol in Low, is also in Western Canada. ' for female workers. The arbitration board recommendation, which the union PER' DIES KB' BOAT TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) Harold Winch, the national and provincial leaders respectively, were the principal speakers. Coldwell predicted that there would be a million unemployed in Canada within five years. He questioned the ability of the government to hande an unemployment crisis and said that the present unemployment to had refused to accept, had been j the badly decomposed bodies for five cents an hour with an : which were found Sunday morn-improvement in overtime condi- ing by the police after neigh- known Prince Rupert in collapsed end died bors had reported not seeing the couple for several days. No ELECTION TALK IN TSIMPSEAN deck of his boat Satur- weapon was found. The cottage &urance was inadequate and In- pt wane on the Hecate tions. Employees in the, fesh fish and cold storage plants rejected the proposal and asked the Provincial Labor Board that a supervised strike ballot be .taken. Voting was to have begun at 9:45 this morning. rolling grounds. He was rns Wick of 1248 Beach efficiet and would break down under an emergency. Winch said the C.CF. would A novel touch was added to had, .however, been ransacked. A preliminary autopsy did not disclose what caused deaths. There is possibility of a double the Prince Rupert coalition i resident of this city murdej; with robbery as the mo- l Kick collapsed and diwl !y on the deck of his . Thi inmmnv nffpr urovided 1 . win more seats than ever in the campaign Saturday night when provincial election. The Coali-' William Beynon took to the air tion government he denounced from station CFPR and made an ' for its taxation and patronage. Impressive case out In the . ----- - uve. .This is being investigated t Johanna, in which he ARCHIBALD Two candidates were in the field when nominations for Skeena federal riding closed . this afternoon. They were Ted Applewhaite, Liberal, and Harry Archibald, C-C.F. RlrTE BULLETS OVER SEAMEN VANCOUVER m Two rifle bullets whizzed over a squad of truncheon-swinging police at A crowd of 2400 attended the Tsimpsean tongue in support of H.iss were trolling for by detectives under command of C.I.B. Inspector Frank White. The couple were 67 and 57 yeaiT of age respectively. meeting. iinon in Hecate Straits Jack McRae, the coalition didate. Mr. Beynon also spoke wk Saturday evening, f was brought to port mat mere snouia De no -production standards" contained In their offer providing they do not already exist in the plants. A secret ballot among' the union members here indicated their willingness to accept the company offer. The Labor Board has been advised that a strike ballot will not be neces-stary at this time. Mr. Hass. THE WEATHER in English. Later he spoke from a sound truck at the corner of Third Avenue and Sixth Street to a Saturday night crowd of natives assembled In the city. it Tromsoc, Norway, 66 Beattie .46 Bcvcourt 19 Bobjo 14 Buffalo Canadian 094 Consol. Smelters 84.50 Conwest 85 Donalda -38 Eldona 50 East Sullivan-.;- ....-..-..rr 1.75 Oiant Yellowknife .... 5.50 God's Lake 33 Hardrock 18 Harricana 05 Heva 06 4 Hosco 16 Jacknife 04 Joliet Quebec 29 Lake Rowan 08 Lapaska .074 Little Long Lac 660 Lynx 10 Madsen Red Lake 2.51 McLcod Cockshutt .... .85 Moneta 40 Negus 2.12 Noranda 50.00 Iiouivcourt 09 Pickle Crow 1.80 ( Regcourt 04 San Antonio 3.80 Senator Rouyn 31 Sherrit Gordon 1.40 Steep Rock 132 Sturgeon River 16 Silver Miller .! . .34 Vancouver Bay on ne 06 Bralorne 8 85 B. R. Con 03 Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress 03Vi Hedley Mascot 22 Pacific Eastern . .05 - Pen Oreille '.; ..v 145- Premier Border 02 V2 Pioneer 3.20 Privateer 13' Reves McDonald' 146 . Reno .05 Sheep Creek '. .1.09 Silbak Premier 26 Taku River 17 Vananda 15 Salmon Gold 13 'i Spud Valley 07 Oils-Anglo Canadian 300 A. P Con .17 Atlantic .54 Calmont -30 C. Si E 4.25 Central Leduc 60 Home Oil 9 00 Mercury H Okalta 1-30 Pacific Pete 225 Princess 21 Toronto Athona 10 Aumaquc 12 Mr. Wick emigrated Synopsis The weather is settled and clear Med Stales, then came Not ony natives but white from California to Vancouver voters listened with interest to tne week-end as they held forty la where he settled in w a cuple of years. He Mr.Beynon's appeal- Prince Rupgrt in 1917 red the fishing Indus t- Canadian Seamen's Union pickets at bay while the freighter Rockside took aboard a replacement crew of rival Seafarers' International Union (AFL) men. Ten policemen were uninjured while several CSU men i he followed until the !iis death. LOCAL TIDES Tuesday, June 14, 1949 High 3:13 20.8 feet 16:25 18.4 feet Island and far out over the Pacific Ocean. The only showery weather reported in the' province is in the north coastal area. Temperatures will continue to follow a rising trend with maximums reaching the low seven-tics in the Vancouver area and the mid eighties in the valleys of the southern interior tomorrow-Forecast Queen Charlottes and North I Mr. Wick purchased Johanna with which he Local Cadet Awarded Trip Billy Todcras Going to International Camp at Montreal Low 9:56 2.6 feet were alibut and salmon. For roughed up. Police said strikers carried rocks. 22:08 8.5 feet. the MRS. GUSTAFSON IS LAID AT REST Final Rites On Saturday Afternoon for Pioneer Woman of Prinoe Rupert Old friends gathered Saturday afternoon to pay final respects to the late Mrs. E. E. Gustafson, resident of Prince Rupert since 1910, whose death occurred last week after a long Illness. Rev. Earl Soiland, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiated and Mrs. J. C. Gilker presided at the organ to accompany the hymns. Following the service, interment was made in Falrview Cemetery. Old friends acted as pallbearers. They were Stephen Coma-dina, Gunnar Petterson, Peter Wlngham, A. O. Morse, Robert Walker and John Basso. There were numerous beautiful floral tributes from the following: The Gustafson Family. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wlngham; Mr. and Mrs. M. Beaton and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson and Clarence; Prince Rupert lour years he had been !. Mr. Wick went to Vic-take training in the r service in the Naval n's Reserve, fur which illed in 1939. He served " Fishermen's Reserve, : the British Columbia !il 1944. Leading Cadet William Toder- Coast Cloudy today and to-as of Captain Cook Sea Cadet' night. Clear tomorrow. Scat-Corps has been chosen to rep- tered showers ' today. Westerly resent Prince Rupert at an In-1 winds (15 mph) slightly warmer tcrnational Sea Cadels camp to tomorrow. Lows tonight and be held in August at Camp Ewlng,' highs tomorrow at Port Hardy Montreal. One hundred1 Sea 45 and 62, Massett, 45 and 60, CadeU from all over the world ' Prince Rupert, 45 and 00. will attend the camp and to bel C.C.F. Gov't Would Be Fatal Mistake nrvivecl by his wife, two' FIFTEEN JAPS ARE EXECUTED GERMAN VOTE ON AUGUST 14 SCHLANGENBAD, Germany, (f Germany's first general election for sixteen years will take place August 14. Minister-presidents of eleven western German states agreed here yesterday to call the elections of the first parliament of the "Federal Republic of Germany" for that date. Drinking Bobby Spxer Divorced s. a .son, two brothers, "'nee Rupert, and a sls-'iioouver. They are Mm. ;--si Fossum, Mrs. Roy G;"'ies, a son, Ingwald H'-mber of the halibut Ji!in, and two brothers, kil'ler of the B.C. Lady, ' a crew member of the al The sister Is Mrs. ;l(ll'i'm of Vancouver, '""nil will take place y afternoon fmm st VANCOUVER Principal speaker at an election rally Saturday nipht in the ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver, Premier Byron Johnson told an audience of 1200 persons that election of a C.C.F. government, if It ever came about, would be a mistake from which the country would never recover- TOKYO tfi Fifteen Japanese war criminals, including two convicted in the Bataan death j Civic Employees' Federal Union chosen as one of their number is regarded as a distinct honor. Choice of Billy Toderas was made by a local board consisting of Lt. Ocorge Brown of H.M. C.S. Chatham and James N. For-man, president, and T. M. J. Fortune of the local Navy League of Canada executive which sat last week. In addition to Toderas, there were five other local Cadets whose proficiency had qualified them as contenders for the trip to camp. They were Ronald Rhodes, Robert Woods, Matthey No. 5: Mr. and Mrs. Hans Han march on the Philippine Islands near Manila, have been MUieran Clnnil-. A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE BROTHERHOOD, OF THE INTERIOR SKEENA DISTRICT BROTHERS AND SISTERS: As your District Vice-President for Skeena District, I wish to draw your attention, as to what The Coalition Government has done for you. Not just by high talks and wild promises but that thy have granted us the power and right to vote. With that power and right to vote we now have a voice in the Councils and in the affairs of our country. We have been fully granted privileges to demand our just claims. We have also been given to understand that we are to partake of the Social Security benefits, hospitalization, and to take part in the industrial expansion of the province. And above all, our native children will be sitting, as do the white children, in the high schools. That of course is more than a million dollar benefit for our children. And that we shall not be under liability of taxes- But that we are now to enjoy the fullest measure of equal citizenshipthe greatest measure which any Canadian citizen can enjoy. That is the work of the Coalition Government. And remember brothers and sisters, that it was through the continuous hard struggles of your leaders of the Native Brotherhood Organization, that the door is now open to us and that we have a voice in the affairs of our country. And that will be greatly benefited by our children in the years to come. For that reason. Brothers and Sisters, I urge you one and all to stand firmly behind your wn organization and from ' your own organization's grounds. VOTE FOR THE COALITION GOVERNMENT VOTE FOR THE HONORABLE E. T. KENNEY, WHO IS ON THE SKEENA RIDING, JOHN D. McRAE, PRINCE RUPERT RIDING AND WILLIAM D. SMITH, ATLIN RIDING. By doing so, you will fully protect the Interests of your just claims-Bear In mind, Brothers and Sisters that the aims of your organization are for the welfare and betterment of your condition. For that reason, I speak and stand on your behalf and I am not in a position to betray you, brothers and sisters, but I have my deep mind on your behalf. Signed: HAROLD SINCLAIR District Vice-President . Native Brotherhood for Skeena. ( Published by Coalition Campaign Organization) sen; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lock-wood; Mr. and Mrs. G. Giske and Family; 537 Taxi.; Pete Peterson; Alfred and Jeanette Henricksen; Mr. and Mrs. G. Thain and Family; Mrs. Ct E. Johnson and Family; Rose and Carl Zarelli; Eric Rosang and Family; Anna and John Clausen; Ellen and Tom Christoff; Mr. and Mrs. P. Ga-mula and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Kali Tonight HALIBUT SALES Canadian hanged at Sugamo Prison, General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said today. BASEBALL SCORES " American 0 SATURDAY Washington 9, Detroit 8. New York 12, Cleveland 7. LOS ANGELES C Singer Frankie Laine, bobby-sox idol, Allin, 21.2c, Sedgcwlck, Donald Lelghton and " V BATTERY vs. lNl,tM. MOTORS won a quick divorce from his vouns wife, Nellina, aged 24, Allerdby, 46,000 19c and 17c. Twinkle, 30,000, 19c and 17c. Norman Shenton. Pacific, 21.5c, Todcras will leave for Montreal i July 30. 7 P.M. after testifying that she "drank too much." Mrs. Anna Jackson; Philadelphia at ty. Louis post-' Bakken; poned. j . f (,.CV "SUNDAY K New York 0-1, Cleveland 6-3. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 8. Boston 15-7, Chicago 3-5. Public Meeting Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Walker; D. Cavalier and Eva; Cecil Batt; Mr. and Mrs. George B. Casey; Mr. and Mrs. K. Hallberg; Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Good and Family; Johnnie, Steve and Frank Comadlna; Mr. and Mrs. Gust Kvist; Andrew Melvln; Mrs. TONIGHT AT 8:30 CIVIC CENTRE I rm HON. E. T. KENNEY MINISTER OF LANDS AND FORESTS Washington 0-3, Detroit 9-6. National SATURDAY Pittsburgh 3. New York .4. , St. Louis 6, Philadelphia jGina Lund and Florrie; Mr. andj (Mrs. H. Johanson; Ellen and! Gunnar Petersen; Mrs. Dorothy JACK ROSS INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF IJJ.E.W. J. D. McRAE COALITION CANDIDATE FOR I'KINCK KUPEItT Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn U. Chicago 5, Boston 2. SUNDAY . , f St. Louis 7-3, Philadelphia, 3-C. Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 28. ' Pittsburgh 6, New York 8. Chicago 6-0, Boston 2-2. V M. filfert; R. M. Clark and Family; Clara Brown; Mr. and Mrs. AhtonVell and Family; Capt. and Mr. C. Parkvold; Mr. and hifs. Stan Olson; Mr. and Mrs. JoVV,?ft5,?,nc1 Family. f VERYBODY WELCOME SUPPORT COALITION J