PHOViMClAi- I LISHARX LISHARX,, I PROVINCIAL LIE?.A?.It 113 f,ctsi" 3 C' " lllES onuGs Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Jtuoert. the Kev to the Great Northwest" PH0IIE81 VOL. XXXIX, NO. 108. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS p As 1 V I See m I T la : 1 2 Nationalist Hopes Are Fading Fast Heart Attack Death Cause To Hold Out Are Abandoned; jO RE PHILrOTT 1 ... i.tll l I.M WW 'W CONTEMPT CHARGED New Lighthouse Tender Expected ' Within another few weeks, the COS. Alexander MacKcnzic, the new lighthouse tender will arrive to take over patrol duties in the north. She will operate out. of Prince Rupert. Built at Burrard dryduck In Vancouver, she is 150 feet In length and will be valued at S1.000.C30 when fully equipped. It is expected the ship wijl be ready Jcu service not later than the end of June. Her commanding officer will be the present master of the Bimic, Capt. Norman McKay. All Dykes Giving Out TAPEI 0i A 'blood transfusion in the form of planes, spare parts, ammunition and other war ' equipment might save the Na-1 tlonalLsU, but It must come quickly. Because of Russian aid to Chinese Communists, time Is pressing and the issue of Nation-ellst survival Is much In doubt.! It was reported today. With the ; recent loss or Hainan Island. Na-1 tionalist holdings nave been re- r duced to no more than 14,500 ! XL a new nation, ful of one of the jtioiis on earth? L old, Israel ha. rated her second Jrthday. Probably no f received two more t.r'.r.clay presents. was the recognition jell liepublle by Briber's language that An Inquiry Into the death of Frank Fischer, whose body was found In his cabin this week, determined he had died of a heart, attack at an unspecified date. Decomposition had set Ir. more noticeably than at first was expected. The body has been released to B.C. Undertakers. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. res About square miles, including Formosa and not jusi ce Ship Incident LONDON -Sir David Kelly, Britain's ambassador in Mus-has urgently inquired at the Soviet foreign ministry about the Russian arrest of the Briliih WASHINGTON Counsel for the Senate Communist inves- ' tigators today recommended that Earl ISrowder and Frederick Vanderhilt Field be cited, for contempt of Congress. Browder, former chief of the American Communist party, nd Field, wealthy New Yorker, refused to answer many questions when they testified before the Senate sub-committee investigating charges that there are Communists in the State department. Field refused to say if he is or ever has been a Communist. ' it RUNAWAY FREIGHT JUNCANNON, Pa. Skidding cars of a derailed freight crashed i n t o Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited near here today. A mail car and three passenger cars were NO LONGER MATTER OF FIGHTING; MERELY DEFENCE; FORCES TAKE OVER WINNIPEG (CP) Winnipeg abandoned its light to hold out flood water's today, and Deputy City Engineer A. J. Taunton said, ''the city has come to the end of its flood defence fighting. Our resource' are exhausted and things have gotten out of hand. It is no longer a question of defence but of relief."' All city dykes but one have been swept away. J. W. Sanger, general manager of Winnipeg Hydro, told an emergency council meeting today the city will be faced with a major evacuation job in the event of a further river rise of five feet. The Winnipeg Tribune quoted Sanger as saying, "Total evacuation of Winnipeg may be necessary." Seized Vessel Is Released fishing trawler Etruria while Union Protests C.P.R. Layoffs TORONTO Oi Union officials yesterday protested recent layoff of 500 Canadian Pacific railway employees and called an emergency meeting of the Railway Association of Canada to consider the situation. Officials claimed the layoffs were a definite vio fishing in the White Sea. -The Etruria was detained by a Soviet gunboat while fbhing off a White Sea island. Pats Stay In Puck Series MONTREAL r) Regina Pats Thursday night laced Montreal Canadiens 7-4 to extend the best of 'seven Memorial Cup hockey series to another tilt.-Montreal leads the series 3-1. ,iis mat uriiain au jpulfs or doubts the gborn Israel to live a ijjveniing and sov- in the areas now pli armies. js the last import-I to give such final, jion. Hence the Is-k are justified in the :hat one chapter o! t closed, and a new jf.. one has opened, i cowl oiUhduy pre.i- incorporation Into Jc ,:t kingdom of Jor-f areas ot Palestine still Tlie Ketchikan crabbing ves-! sel Jackie Joe, seized In Canadian waters off the Queen Charlottes Tuesday by the fish-erics patrol cruiser Kltimaat. Capt. Wtlljam Earnshaw, Is released, It Is announced. The vessel returned to Ketchikan. Armed forces took over management of flood control work through Uie Red River valley today. Port Simpson Patriarch Dies Premier Douglas L. Campbell announced that Brigadier R. E. A. Morton, General Officer Commanding for Prairie Command, has been appointed directing officer of flood relief. The services assumed ciiarge following a night of near disaster proportions through the Greater Winnipeg area with Its population of more than 300,000. Flood waters poured into three areas of Winnipeg and St. Boni- lation of the union agreement. Latlimore Turns On Sen. McCarthy PORT SIMPSON Riclmr:) Wells, aged 73, patriarch of this Elizabeth- Taylor Weds Late Today BEVERLEY HILLS a EH?a native community, died at his 1 face shortly after midnight. New inroads by the Red River were home here Tuesday night after TALKS TO WOULD CHATHAM Wi Arthur Lav-cry has becomes a member of amateur radio's Century Club with two-way short-wave contacts with at least 100 of tin more than 200 countries of the world. His call letters VE3BDB have been heard even In countries behind the Iron Curtain and Mr. Lavery has cards from the operators he talked with. long illness. He was prcdo- naH spurml vpars nfrn hv Viil WASHINGTON Vh Owc.l .as. it is no secret negotiations , have under way between government and .ah. not be finalized un-stioii was answered cuuiury were the of Palestine to be- "scraped" by the runaway freight and several passengers wrre injured, none seriously. Thrre Is no indication what caused the derailment of the freight. . PORTSMOUTH WINS LONDON Portsmouth today won the second straight English football league championship by defeating Aston Villa 5-1 before 42,390 soccer fans. The sailors triumphed by a slender goal-average over Wolverhampton Wanderers. -APPROVE BILL . ,-; HALIFAX By a split yote along; parly lines, the Nova Scotia Legislature yesterday approved a bill to grant pen wife and is survived by two ' sons. Victor Wells and Gordon forecast. Martial law is not involved In the miliary order but Brig. Morion will assume over-all command of navy, army and air force personnel and civilians used in flood fighting. At least three dykes have burst. "IIIOUSANDS EVACUATE' Latimorc has denounced his ac-cuser. Republican Senator Jos Wells. eph McCarthy of. Wisconsin, as a man who "disgraced his party and the people of his slate and belh Taylor and Conrad Nidi Hilton, Jr., head to the altar late today and thence to a reception ' featuring carved ice statues of doves kissing and the horn of plenty spilling fruit. Then the 18-year-old film star and her 23-ycar-igld, hotel heir bridegroom leave for a European honeymoon. The father of the bridegroom has a hotel fortune estimated at $125,000,000. Old Country nation. In a 15.000 word sta'e-mrnt, punctuated by angry shouts-and his fists banning t.Tr table. Lattimore demanded that the Senate investigating committee return a verdict notify Prince of Wales Veteran is Here Engineer Capt. L. J. Goutly, late of the Royal Navy, arrived Thousands of persons have had to evacuate their homes alonA the swift running Ked River and more than 200 patients have' been mevtKtf-tariM l-iuij.iviircalent-ri riitinifipal troNpiUli:1 " i- - ' The first life was lost in Winnipeg when a volunteer was drown-rd. It was the second fatality in three weeks of severe flooding that has swept the Red River valley. All dykes in th Winnipeg area are threatening to collapse. They have been eroded by constant, pressure from the still rising Red River, which already has left all but Football they to set up an-idtion? ' Or were thev of the neighboring' -and il bo which' c and democratic j HJin Audullah's king-' to be a good thing , 'crnt'ii. U simplifies n complieates the arc in the Middle! detrucks the pro- J ing McCarlhy that the Senator had been "caught out at his one Southern Manitoba town under water. Radio stations blared Wednesday aboard the Prince Rupert for an inspection trip with a view to possible cstab- fraud and deceit." Once aiain. as hcdid April 6, Lattimore denied bitterly McCarthy's charges that he is a communist. e troublemaker, tnr warnings and admonitions through the night to residents of the two cities to be calm. The river level at Winnipeg is at 26 feet, eight feet above the flood risk level and the highest It has been in 88 years. Hotels are jammed with refugees and one downtown hotel in Winnipeg is prepared to turn its dining room into a dormitory. Extra cots have been placed in hotel rooms. The R.C.A.F. station at Steve-son Air Field, well removed from flood danger, is prepared to handle x 500 refugees from flood zones. listment or a naval engineers school. Capt. Goudy was aboard H.M.S. Prince of Wales when Churchill met Roosevelt during World War II. He was also In lipr at the time she was sunk by Japanese bombers. itl of Jerusalem. 11 British who are in with King Ab-i M to 'the extent of Offering Aid To Manitoba WINNIPEG (f -Ontario and t Saskatchewan have offered a helping hand in Manitoba's a considerable cash year and supplying kJ' officers for his sions to Cabinet Ministers. Ministers' pensions would range from -4,000 to -5,000 at the age of 60 after 10 years' service. i Western Foreign Policy Mooted LONDON 0i The Big Three will try next week to-sketch a master plan against Communist aggression. Foreign Ministers, of Britain, the United States and France will meet in London. The ideal outcome, It is felt here, would bn a "Western" foreign policy to replace those of individual powers, but that degree of unanimity is not altogether likely. Preliminary talks have made It plain, however, that Knglish Lrac'ie First Division Derby County 4. Bolton Wanderers 0 Everton 3, Manchester City 1 Fulham 1, Middlesborough 2 New Castle Uivtcd 3, Blackpool 0 Portsmouth 5, Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 2, Arsenal 5 Sunderland 4, Chelsea 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5, Birmingham 1 Manchester United vs Liverpool played March 15 Second Division Coventry City 1, Barnsley 1 Hull City 1, Cardiff City. 1 Luton Town 3. Bradford 1 Plymouth Argylc 2, Bury 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Totcn-hum Hotspur V Southampton 3, West Ham United 2 Glasgow Charity Cup Final Rangers 2, Celtic 3 Baseball Scores Today , American League , Cleveland 5, New York i ' j Yesterday : American League ' Detroit 9, Washington 6 Boston 5, Chicago 2 National League Boston 13, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 5, New York 4 St Louis 3, Philadelphia- 2 1 Chicago 7, Brooklyn 6 ' Pacific Coast League Seattle 8, 5; Sacifmenlo 2, 11 Oakland 0. Hollywood 2 San Francisco 11, Los Angeles 5 Portland 7. San Diego 3 , MIDDLEG ROUND WINS Middleground won the Ken-lucky Derby this aftr rnor.-i with Hill Prince and Mr. Trouble second and third respectively. Summer Training In Reserve Force P'c all it. is a mil w I flood plight as the Red River! democracy in one of ating loss of $3011,452 last year. The corporation's annual report blames a smaller fish pack and lewer' price of fish. Tt;i yeai. before the firm made a ..net profit of $843,332. ', Fish Pocking Company Reports Loss in 1949 ASTORIA. Ore. -The Columbia River Packers Association Inc., Oregon's largest fish packing firm, reported a net oper niost crucial areas, 1 enlarge his domain, iali has had to stage '"is throughout all itiinp: the newlv nn- swelled to a new peak of destruction. Premier Leslie Frost, Ontario, and Premier T. C. Douglas, Saskatchewan, pledged L. Campbell of Manitoba. They the assistance of their provinces in telegrams to Premier Douglas offered use of equipment such With the increase of the number of Canadian reserve forces from 41,000 a year ago to 49,000 today and the improvement of organlzatios, equipment and ar- tnev rangemcnts, the ml lis tor of na the three countries feel ROCKCL1FFE must move closer together u tional defence, Hon. Brooke Clax- as bulldozers, heavy duty pumps, air ambulances and supplies, j ton, is appealing for the c-j-opr Ihey hope to win the cold war. alion of employers in allowing s of Lhf. Arab tcrr1-"f the Jordan river. 1 to set. up a parliu-Bive it the right t i or al least pass on! lk(,s. It will probably I ' ginning, but it 1.-1 of denuicracy. The filing on. s a strong neighbor 111 shy can make a L(XAL TIDES Sunday, May 7, 1950 ! employees leave .of absence for (annual Navy, Army, and Air Force training. "Summer ing is more useful than ever fore," says the appeal of the min Lxncctuig Erncft Jabour, a taxi company employee here, was remanded in city police court Saturday for one week. Jabour is charged with supplying a room, hot water and High 4:43 19.4 18:19 17.1 Low 11:38 4.2 feet ister. ! soap for an Illegal operation. The Worker ni'luihlic mm' lino charge arose last month follow-lnc the discovery of the body of l'wli'C o. whom over Trimbles spelled with a capital "T" existed hero a young woman in a downtown 23:55 9.9 feet THE WEATHER Synopsis Sunny weather was general over British Columbia this morn- Police are con Chinese Entry Is Discussed ,ve "f'ved in the piuii This amazing influx J placed a heavy "'e economy of t.hc ilnrinV t.ho winter months and until about a month rooming house tinuing the investigation. in the best of Pcs " would be a big ago. Now, not a single unemployed skiled or unskilled laborer walks the streets of Prince Rupert. In fact, said Edward V. Whiting, manager of thu Unemployment Commission here, it will be necessary - i i i uy-l-i I V 1 PLANE V I - I CRASHED ' a stroim ! ing, although cloudy skies were ! persisting in several regions and a few light showers had been reported along the coast. Although healthy, i P'lllV nation nf such n OTTAWA 0 Repeal of the present Chinese immigration law would prove to the world that In Canada "we practice as well as profess human rights." Klondyke Night Well Attended t1 such ;i small or.io Vancouver 7niinmiVCl " v- u import, neip uum i t0 CIO SO whiln livllu I some cloudiness is expected to t'evelop In Uie Interior this af- ternoon thc trend toward clear f thrift r j the Senate committee on human a piker, uue io uie cuniumun.-.. of zero level temperatures. I l 1- We have orders for common laborers that we cannot fill," he stated. inches unon Inches of snow, ana -,.,. Qr prinxe Rupert last in leneweu next to Impossible. "ts and needs peace. Is SOON to have a no water, resulted in any ,majoi , n,ghl droppeci 52 years off its Industry here standing still, and shouldprs to rcllve the clays or the employment office wasi98 Thc annuai Gyro frolic at working overtime paying week- j (he clvlc Ccnt,rc brought out AREA OF CRASH This map shows the area in which the U.S. Dakota aircraft crashed recently about 10 miles southeast of Ottawa killing Laurence Stcinhardt, U.S. ambassador to Canada and four others. Thc plane was enroute to Washington. One crew member survived. rights was told yesterday. In its 2,000 word submission the committee for the repeal of the Chinese Immigration law claimed that discrimination against Canada's Chinese on account of race still prevails In immigration laws'. " iiviuji ti y u i N 'A. c. Robinson who ob? skies will continue and Sunday should be another fine day. With clear skies in the afternoon, temperatures will continue to rise over thc province ing the next to days and should approach thc normal values for i this time of yriar. However there .will still be frosts at night in These spring months will ne the best for employment sine; the war. Everyone Is crying for ln-lp iukI a demand for help prevails in every industry here No doubt it may become wore as the months slip by. j.serycr at the ly sums to uncmpioyea pcisun. bcarclcd men and bcncs 0f the Hardest hit were employee un gay '90's, who disported them- the Columbia cenuiosc w- I selves about thc hall. & fr uie XJnitod Ration at the Ur.i-LrC' 011 M'-'hday, May pany- I Centre of attraction was the In the eniDlovmcnt business The demand for loggers tllls ' dance, which lasted from 10 p.m, sections of Interior. ; the employee and the employer 4- -noss Canada. ," '"' both at UN and ;;e's one of the most thcSl-' troubled times. arc classed as .sellers and buy year- Is exceptionally ntav along thc coastal area. Thc cu'- . i i .. .... n . ,irae nearh' until 2 a.m. A good crowd gathered to trip thc light fantastic to thc strains of Andy McNaugh- ers. The employee sells his labor in Marcn una "a n nnn rln fmf rWOf MlH CUt ih Z.UUU.uuu -' I tnii's orchestra. There was a HELP WAMTES "Construct ion Labourers. Apply in person Columbia Cellulose personnel . office, Watson Island. (10GI FOOTBAll President's vs Vice-Pres. Sunday, 3 p.m. Acropolis Hill Grounds Players meet in Armories, 2:30 p.m. and the employer Is the purchaser. The purchaser, therefore, is going to find it slightly difficult to find a market here. nd Z U spHef a.1 -nstant stream of people . L. . wiL ihat. il is dcclln- tween the games room and thc Forecast Valid until midnight Sunday North Coast Region Cloudy this morning becoming sunny by after'noon. Variable cloudiness overnight and sunny tomorrow Little change in temperature. Light winds. Lows tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sandspit 37 and 50; Prince Rupert 36 and 55. ing Ts actually on the upgrade, dance floor n n r i ii o' the winter, the p'A.W.U. fcio1 Meeting f allows- ruu. A cood crowd tunica out and Figures 99 times out of a hun weather hit Prince Rupert like left behind sui'ilclent funds to a hiacksmith's hammer. The f1" Sund dred do not lie. But every silver lining (Continued on' page has a help the Gyros carry on for a 5 . while lunger. ay May 7th sitimHrm was SO ticht that R (Hi bass drum, In comparison, was