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PROVINCIAL
LI3HA3Y,
119
onr.iEs
DRUGS
Daily
Delivery
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
r-
PHOHE
81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacify
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL
XXXVIII,
No.
168.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
20,
1949
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
K
I
ed
si
Seattle
P
r
n
i
BRITAIN'S
TRADE
!
Lead
SalvationlROBBED
BANK,
Victims
Were
Not
In
Ship
But
In
Houses
BALANCE
ADVERSE
CAPTURED
Army
Drive
;
:-.vv
My
(Story
on
Page
5)
Daring
Attempt
at
Getaway
by
Two
Bandits
in
Ontario
Fails
SEATTLE
(CP)
An
air
transport,
with
32
persons
aboard,
crashed
into
five
houses
last
night
LONDON
9
Britain's
adverse
trade
balan.ee
in
June
was
the
highest
since
Scptmeber
1947
and
her
imports
were
the
largest
on
record,
the
Board
of
Trade
amjounces.
h
4.i
ee
c
t-i'
T);
ttnli
TKi
,.i,-
BRITAIN
NEEDS
ATOM
LONDON
Manchester
Guardian
saiil
yesterday
that
-
Victor
Desmarais,
ased
23,!
oner's
office,
reported
many
hours
later
that
six
bodies
was
captured
today
by
the
pot-j
had
been
found
in
the
wreckage
and
debris
of
wreck-
if
was
important
Great
Britain
.should
obtain
the
secret
of
the
final
process
for
the
Excess
of
imports
over
total
exports
and
re-exports
in
-
June
ice
at
nearby
Kirkiand
Lake
in
ei
homes
into
which
the
twin-engined
C-4b
tell.
1
xm
n.-l
I
I
Search
is
continuing.
connection
wiin
a
oaring
Dans,
tobbery
here
yesterday.
I
atomic
bomb
because
it
might
i
was
54,200,000
($216,800,000),
an
Increase
of
16,400,000
over
May.
SEES
CONFLICT
Arrested
earlier
was
Leo
Mar
OR
MATHESON
DEVELOPMENT
Dcvclopme-nt
of
deposits
near
Matheson,
Ont
is
indicated
by
the
shall,
aged
27,
who
told
Police'
IIN51JJL
KUbolA
Miraculously
most,
If
not
all,
of
the
persons
aboard
the
Chicago-bound
plane
escaped
with
their
lives.
Most
of
the
vic-
.umarKed
by
the
Johns-Manville
Co.
The
company
Chief,
Ralph
Paul
that
his
com
70
claims,
drilled
20,000
feet.
Maurice
Gannons
is
'
CHICAGO
Addressing
thousands
of
Shriners
at
a
ceremon
SOVIET
RUSSIA
irtimond
drillins
crew
of
32
men
now
at
work
nn
silo
I
be
her
only
salvation
should
United
States
hesitate
to
enter
a
sudden
war.
A
secret
meeting
of
the
Atomic
Energy
Commission
of
thQ
United
States
is
being
held
today
on
the
subject
of
exchange
of
atomic
secrets
with
Great
Britain
and
Canada.
panion
was
drowned
in
Larder
Lake
when
they
tried
unsuccessfully
to
use
a
seaplane
to
make
their
getaway.
ial
here
yesterday,
President
t
tims
were
believed
to
have
per-
Harry
S.
Truman
said
that
Lshed
in
the
houses.
Al
JUNIOR
KING
AND
QUEEN
CHAR6ES
ITAlY
tensions
and
conflicts
were
Tw0
of
the
six
bodies
have
been
tentatively
identified.
mounting
and
trouble
was
developing
behind
the
Iron
Cur-
'
yesterday
accused
Italy
of
E1VE
EDUCATIONAL
BONDS
Both
men
came
from
Nor-anda,
Ontario.
Two
hold-up
men
yesterday
robbed
the
bank
of
$2000,
stole
a
taxi,
commandeered
an
air-
,
breaking
the
terms
of
her
peace
tain.
Th
chief
executive
expressed
confidence
that
peace
That,
was
one
nf
thn
Hnr.Ulrm.
'
taty
pledge
by
joining
the
At
MORE
POI.il?
CASES
VANCOl'VEB
Seven
more
cases
of
poliomyelitis
broke
ool
in
Vancouver
during
the
1
could
be
broueht
about
in
the
I
lanuc
raci
wincn
was
wnucu
announced
last
night
at
an
or
an
act
of
aggression
against,
Russia
for
which
United
States,
I
week-end,
making
the
total
Neither
of
them
were
aboard
the
plane.
,
.
-
President
of
the
operating
coni-
pany,
Air
Transport
Associates
Incorporated,
said
he
did
not
think
any
of
those
on
board
were
killed.
Failure
of
one
of
the
plane's
1
engines
was
blamed
for
the
cat-
;
L.
M.
FELSENTIIAL
plane
at
gunpoint
and
tried
to
-world
-without
resorting
to
war.
escape
by
air
from
this
nor-
j
communism
might
have
tem-thern
Ontario
gold
mining
com-lporary
trouble
but
would
ultl-munlty.
,
matly
destroy
itself,
Truman
The
plane
was
wrecked
in
the
declared.
Great
Britain
and
France
were
cases
to
date
thirty
fre
carnival's
"Junior
buecn"
contest
will
'o
winners
a
sub-junt
In
"educational
Ch
will
provide
the
youngsters
with
a
st
to
continue
their
mc
10
or
15
-years
1
ganlzatlonal
meeting
of
the
carnival
committee
which
laid
plans
for
the
week-long
gala
jvent
scheduled
for
August
13
to
20.
The
"Junior
King
and
Queen"
(Continued
on
Page
2)
I
lake
when
the
pilot
refused
to
leave.
j
responsible
by
inv4ting
Italy
to
Join
the
pact.
Notes
were
sent
to
United
States,
Great
Britain
and
France,
the
Moscow
radio
said.
A
note
to
the
Italian
government
declared
the
North
At
astrophe.
One
of
the
buildings
hit
by
COMMENDS
ROAD
PROGRAM
ALONG
Later
the
young
man
giving!
the
name
of
Leo
Marshall
was
I
arrested
by
a
posse.
Invest!-1
!
gators
accused
him
of
being
one
1
of
the
bandits.
j
I
No
charges
were,
however,
the
pteme
was
a
two-storey
ap
lantic
pact
to
be
"aggressive"
CANADIANS
SHOULD
STAY
VANCOUVER
Lawrence
A.
Steinhardt,
I'niled
States
ambassador
to
Canada,
before
leaving
for
Prince
Rupert,
said
that
Canada
stood
on
the
threshold
of
great
developments
and
he
did
not
see
why
Canadians
should
want
to
leave
Canada
for
the
United
States.
1
DOCK
XsTKIKe'
WORSE
LONDON
The
London
20c.
artment.
Four
adjoining
houses
were
burned.
,
The
plane
hit
the
buildings
after
falling
to
clear
utility
poles.
FRASER,
CARIBOO
Halibut
Sales
American
Alaska,"
27,000,
Storage,
le,
14c.
Canadian
Kaare,
40,000,
Storage,
17.5c,
145c.
Kenn
Falls,
9,000,
Allin,
ia
Is
lenged
i.
1,
FcoiiHinic
and
Forces
Arc
j
laid
up
to
late
last
night.
I
The
police
quoted
Marshall
I
as
saying
that
the
second
man
(had
jumped
from
the
plane
into
Fraser
Canyon
and
Cariboo
19c,
and
aimed
at
Russia
and
the
"people's
democracies."
"
("People's
Democracies"
is
a
term
applied
by
the
Soviet
Union
and
its
eastern
European
satellites
to
Communist-dominated
countries
such
as
Romania.
Hungary,
Czechoslovakia-
and
Bularia).
highways,
once
an
artery
f
rought
with
dangers
to
motorists
be-
the
lake.i
Aaking
the
loot
with
19c,
Robert
Parker
returned
to
the
him,
and
had
been
drowned,
cause
of
its
narrow
width
and
I
cy
at
the
first
of
the
week
from
However,
$1500
was
found
on!
apparently
aimless
turnings,
is
a
trip
as
far
as
Vanderhoof.
He
Marshall.
fast
becoming
one
of
the
best
tr,ir
number
nf
drivers
with
17.5c,
14.5c.
H.
C.
Clipper,
Storage,
19.
Be,
18.3c,
15c.
JGTON.D.
C.
0-rip-ficlals
said
today
that
routes
in
the,
province,
accord-
m
to
bring
back
new
cars
Officers
then
started
dragging
the
lake
for
a
body
but,
suspecting
Marshall's
story,
mg
to
Doug.
Frrzzell,
city
motor
dealer,
who
returned
to
thOrCity
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
I,td.)
sent
search
parties
into
the
GAMBLING
CZAR
IS
SHOT
DOWN
Tuesday
night
after
a
drive
horn
'
"
'-
Vancouver.
;
,
ttieal,
economic
and
is
,
now
challenge
'
a
iclate
domination
of
a
(
irtain
countries
in
a
'
fi'pe.
.1
i
fmi,'
these
are
Coin-
rough
bush
country
to
search
for
the
second
man
In
case
he
had
managed
to
reach
shore.
E.
T.
APPLEWIIAITE
Mickey
Cohen
and
His
Party
dock
workers
went
on
strike
yesterday,
bringing
the
total
now
to
15,34V
British
Ship-pins
.Federation
.
has
refused
to
intervene
tietween
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Co
inn
and
Canadian
shipowners,
holding
like
the
government,
that
it
is
entirely
a
Canadian
matter.
FIRST
TINA
LANDED
ASTORIA
First
tuna
of
the
season
was
landed
at
this
port
yesterday.
The
price
tumbled
to
$350
per
ton,
$300
lower
than
last
year.
There
is
a
heavy
holdover
of
tuna
from
last
year.
'
ESCAPE
FROM
OKALLA
VANCOUVER
Lower
Main
Vancouver
Bayonne
.s.
-
08
Bralorne
,
9.65
B.
R.
Con
.03
B.R.X
i
".07
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
11
ict
with
tlifl
Roman
iiit1i
and
Marshal
"The
upper
Fraser
and
Cariboo
used
to
be
a
narrow
road,
hardly
wide
enough
for
two
cars
to
pass,
often
partly
covered
with
gravel
slides,"
Mr.
Frlzzell
said
this
morning.
"Now,
it
Is
a
four,
Attacked
at
Smatr
Los
Angeles
Cafe
LOS
ANGELES
Gangster's
le
against
Moscow
Tag
Halibut
fugoslavla.
Congress
03
Vi
and
conflicts,"
as.
bullets
early
today
cut
down
1
and
in
some
places,
a
six-lane
pfe?
-1
uman
called
them
j
the
Rambling
czar,
Mickey
Co-
Hedley
Mascot
.24
Pacific
Eastern
06
Pionerr
3.20
highway
which
has
been
straightened
out
and
is
being
o
spoech
yesterday.!
hen,
and
three
other
persons
Off
Portlock
u
rcaslng
for
a
long
including
a
state
-
appointed
Premier
Border
03
',i
n
ics
say.
bodyguard
for
the
dapper
hood
Privateer
14
Reeves
McDonald
2.15
hard-surfaced."
Mr.
Frizzell,
accompanied
.by
Mrs.
Frizzell,
drove
back
from
Vancouver
after
spending
the
last
fortnight
in
Vancouver
and
Hi
i'
I?
"AYWWniYWV'
V
lum
-as
the
party
left
the
smart
Sunset
Strip
Cafe.
None
of
the
party
were
killed
Schooner
Eagle
Here
to
Resume
Research
Operations
After
Long
Lapse
A
Reno
uj
IISSING
:
aw;
land
was
being
combed
today
for
two
prisoners
who
escaped
from
Okalla
just
before
supper
time
yesterday.
They
were
Edward
Stanford,
I
but
all
are
In
a
serious
condl-
tion.
Harry
Cooper,
special
body-
I
On
her
way
to
Portlock
Banks
Seattle
on
business.
They
went
off
Kodiak
Island
to
resume
south
on
the
Prince
George.
1HYSIDE
r
halibut
tagging
in
Area
No.
3
for
Right
now,
contractors
have;
I
doing
eighteen
months
boatj"'irrt
aitmed
to
Cohen
bv
the
nrhl
police
:i
.
h-i
v,.rt.
id,
California
attorney
-
general,
!
theft,
and
John
Howe,
13
months
for
a
similar
offence.
W
SllPinnon
to
in
wrc
iiit
inibi
.srvrreiy
wounofu.
OSlur
victims
were
Miss
Dee
Iiivld,
a
blonde,
und
Edward
f
reported
dlsap-1
Sheep
Creek
1.17
Silbak
Premier
30
Vananda
.21
Salmon
Gold
UV2
Spud
Valley
:
08
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
3
30
A.
P,
Con
18
Atlantic
67
Calmont
31
C.
&
E
4
60
Central
Lcduc
75
Home
Oil
975
Mercury
O9
Ok,
lit
a
.
140
Pacllic
Pete
2.30
VANCOUVER
There
was
rainfall
of
cloudburst
propor
Giinnysldc
cannery
f
i'
old
native
fisher-
i
(NerlHlei
Herbert,
a
Cohen
!
henchman.
not
b'-cn
.'.eon
'a
Tuesday
morn-.
which
has
not
been
carried
on
for
several
years,
the
veteran
Seattle
halibut
schooner
Eagle,
under
charter
to
International
Fisheries
Commission,
is
in
port.
With
Capt.
A.
Strom
in
command
and
seven
crew
members
and
five
members
of
the
scientific
staff
of
the
Commission
or
board,
the
Eagle
arrived
last
night
from
Seattle.
Tomorrow
she
will
make
a
run
out
of
here
for
the
purpose
of
familiarizing
the
staff
with
actual
tagginr,
work
and
later
In
the
week
will
THE
WEATHER
G.
R.
S.
BLACXABY
NO
EXPORT
OF
GAS
ALLOWED
Important
Statement
Made
By
Tremier
of
Alberta
,
a
search
which
was
Ids
alternoon
by
three
large
asphalt
spreading
machines
on
the
road
and
It
is
expected
that
the
major
part,
of
the
road
now
under
construction
will
be
finished
befogs'
the
end
of
the
season.
"Toughest
part
of
the
route
is
the
section
between
Burns
Lake
and
Smithers
where
taerc
Is
an
obvious
lack
of
maintenance
equipment,"
Mr.
Frizzell
said.
The
rest
of
the
northern
trans-provincial
road
Is
In
good
shape,
including
the
portion
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrs-ct,
which
is
receiving
continuous
treatment
by
public
works
graders.
COURAGEOUS
Famed
Helen
Keller,
the
heroic
wo-,
man
who
triumphed
over
blindness
and
deafness,
is
shown
as
she
celebrated
her
69th
birhtday
by
working
on
her
blojraphy
of
"Teacher,
Ann
Many."
The
manuscript,
representing
years
of
work,
was
three-quarters
finished
when
It
was
destroyde
in
a
fire
that
razed
Miss
Keller's
Easton
home
in
Easton,
Conn.
But
she
began
all
over
and
Is
now
almost
caught
up
again.
She
uses
a
braille
typewriter.
'
kers
and
fisherman,
Royal
Canadian
.O6V2
Synopsis
Somewhat
unsettled
weather
persists
over
most
regions
of
British
Columbia.
Another,
weak
disturbance
from
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
caused
light
rain
over
the
northern
coast
this
morning
and
.12
the
SUerna
Slouch
i
is
Robert
Sam-ena
Crossing,
who,
may
have
drowned.
South
Branca
u
Toronto
Athona
Aumaque
Beat
tie
Bevcourt
'
M.sts,
how
ever,
that
.12
.16i
.54
.23
EDMONTON
Any
hopes
procee(i
north.
residents
of
other
parts
of
Can-j
In
charge
thus
far
of
the
scien-ada
and
the
United
States
had
tific
party
Is
Norman
L.
Free-
fishing1
cloudiness
extends
over
the
on
the
'
"i-1
southern
coast
and
much
of
the
(Continued
on
Page
6)
Hie
alarm
which
l:,
interior.
Scattered
shower
uc-
sil'ty.
tivit.y
and
brief
periods
of
sun-
of
getting
cheap
natural
gas
were
dashed
by
Alberta's
Premier
E.
C.
Manning
'
yesterday
in
aj
Bnbjo
15
Buffalo,
Canadian
lO'i
Consol.
Smelters
9500
.
Conwest
107
Donalda
56
.
v-'!i'
his
been
fish-
shine
are
expected
over
these
two-man
cUlnettcr
.eglons
during
the
day.
Cloudier
cannery,
visited
,ess
wm
continue
thru
Thurs-
iiinysrdo
at
the
dav
tions
in
dounlown
Vancouver
,
yesterday
afternoon.
Catch
basins
were
unable
for
a
time
to
carry
it
off
the
streets.
JOHNSON
TO
OTTAWA
VICTORIA
Premier
Byron
Johnson
leaves
tomorrow
for
Ottawa
lo
discuss
with
federal
government
the
possibilities
of
assisting
in
the
financing
of
the
extension
of
the
Pacific
(ireat
Eastern
Railway
from
Quesncl
to
Prince
George
and
a
new
lumber
assembly
wharf
at
Squamish,
1
ATTEMPTED
HOLD-UP
TENTICTON
Police
are
holding
'
a
local
restaurant
owner
following
an
armed
robbery
attempt
on
a
local
bank
yesterday.
Members
of
the
staff
foiled
the
bandit.
COMMUNIST
VICTORY
.
'
SHANGHAI
Chinese
Communists
claim
a
big
victory
.'over
nationalists
in
renewed
fighting
in
central
China,
Four
nationalist
armies,
each
of
15,000
men,
were
destroyed
and
six
towns
captured
in
one
day.
MINERS
BACK
TO
WOEK
SYDNEY
Miners
in
Northern
and
Western
Australia
are
returning
to
work
but
in
New
South
Wales
there
has
been
no
marked
tendency
to
Eldona
b
East
Sullivan
2.1?
statement
clarifying
Alberta
s
position
on
the
matter.
The
Premier
said:
"The
government
is
not
satisfied
there
Is
enough
gas
at
present
to
meet
'-WO'!
"!
was
last
sen
at
Forecast
Nin
th
Coast
Region-
Overcast
Monday
nwninp:
P&r'y?
4-Mf
si-
5.&
.43
.18
Giant
Yellowknlfe
God's
Lake
Hardrock
I
,Hlt
11(1
fell
into
the
wjtn
intermittent
rain,
becoming
eni
out
rishmr;
In
,.1n,,v
with
scattered
showers
Harrlcana
"'VSj
pt
without
tcllln
,
f1'!!
a
matter
of
spec-
u
v
.15
.06
'A
.33
m
Heva
Hosco
'.
acknife
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
L-
15,
under
com
Alberta's
needs
and,
therefore,
no
application
for
its
export
will
be
considered."
The
Premier
added,
however,
that,
if
the
time
comc3
when
the
government
feels
export
of
gas
will
be
permlssable,
then
permits
will
be
issued
"with
the
understanding
that
Canadian
requirements
will
be
given
first
priority."
this
afternoon.
Cloudy
tonight
and
Thursday.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
light
except
southerly
(15
m.p.h.l
In
the
exposed
areas,
shifting
to
westerly
(15)
this
afternoon.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday
At
Port
Hardy
50
and
60,
Masset
50
f
ipper
Reg
Good,
w1
I
6f
jr.
-
-VW
'e
cannery
and
near
the
Skeer
y
and
learn
wheth
r
"Pare
has'
been
ser
1
l;ist
appearance
tit
.
1
1
r.
.
and
60,
Prince
Rupert
50
and
eo.
John
Medley
of
fie
ERNEST
BEVIN
IS
ALSO
ILL
I'd
detachment
of
fr,al
police
dragc-d
1
hi
'4
1
.
Lapaska
-07
Little
Long
Lac
.59
LLynx
.12',
2
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.70
McKenzie
Red
Lake
....
'
.47
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
1.00
1
Moneta
-40-
Nagus
2.08
Noranda
55.00,
Louvicourt
H
Pickle
Crow
2.00
Regeourt
-04
San
Antonio
:
4.10
Senator
Rouyn
34
Sherrit
Gordon
1-99
Steep
Rock
1-56
Sturgeon
River
........
21
Silver
Miller
37
"car
the
Sunnys
le
day
afternoon
wlt'.i-
LONDONA
second
key
mem
'..
mm
ber
of
Britain's
cabinet
has
left
for
Switzerland
for
a
rest
fol
end
the
24-day
strike
which
is
paralyzing
the
economy
of
the
country.
.
nlr.g,
a
call
went
cut
lowing
doctor's
orders.
Foreign
Crossing
people,
mw
Thursday,
July
21,
1949
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin,
suffering
the
canneries
and
High
10:28
14.6
feet
l"g
grounds,
to
eo
to
from
heart
trouble,
is
leaving
for
CROSS
ATLANTIC
IN
SMALL
FISHING
BOAT-Another
band
of
Latvian
lefugees
arrived
hi
Boston
having
braved
the
Atlantic
In
a
converted
fishing
craft.
They
seek
entry
to
the
Unl-ted
States
or
Canada
as
their
adopted
country.
First
knowledge
U.S.
authorities
had
of
the
voyage
was
when
the
vessel
appeared
flying
the
Latvian
flag.
Pictured
are
some
of
the
84
refugees.
A
smiliar
party
of
Esthonians
has
arrived
at
Halifax.
,
at
3
o'clock
this
nf-
Geneva.
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps,
22:02
18.4
feet
Low
4:16
6.6
feet
15:46
10.1
feet
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
National
Pittsburg
8,
Brooklyn
6
f
take
part
In
dr-;-1
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
ft-luns
at
low
tide.
left
yesterday
for
Zurich.