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Key
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Northwest"
PHONE
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VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
92.
rlllNCr.
KUrliKT,
ii.
v.,
1HURSDAY,
APRIL
20,
1950
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Convicted
April
Snow
iCnnn
Molfr
Cf-
More
Homes
At
Krestova
Are
Burned
it
1.
T
v
i-
strifes?
BOIS
DE
COULONOE
This
Is
the
official
restd
3nce
of
the
Lieutenant-Governor
of
Quebec
province.
It
was
given
the
French
name,
Bois
de
Cou
longe,
at
the
last
session
of
the
provincial
legislature.
Formerly
It
was
known
as
Spencerwood
after
Sir
James
Spencer,
a
former
Prime
Minister
of
Oreat
Britain.
Built
In
Sillery,
a
Quebec
city
suburb,
on
a
high
plateau
overlooking
the
St.
Lawrence
River,
the
residence
was
re-named
after
the
first
owner
of
the
property
under
the
French
regime.
,
(CP.
Photo)
TUDA
Y'S
STOCKS
iCotu
tesy
8
O.
JohnsUm
Co
I.ul
(
Prince
Rupert
awoke
this
morning
to
discover
a
snowfall
had
taken
place
during
the
nignt.
it
was
.too
slushy
to;
-amount
to
anything.
Neverthe-
less,
there
was
snow,
it
soon
dissolved
under
bright
morning;
.sunshine.
For
weeks,
there
had
been
barely
a
flake',
the
ground
being
tare,
and
the
general
impres-i
sion
that
spring
was
actually
here.
But
Prince
Rupert,
before
this,
has
been
known
to
sprin?
surprises:
Red
River
is
Menace
WINNIPEG
(CP)
The
Red
River
tributaries,
turned
Into
raging
torrents
by
the
spring
ice
break-ups,
last
night
fed
the
greedy
stream
and
threatened
widespread
floods
In
southern
Manitoba
from
the
internation-
al
border
to
Winnipeg.
Patrols
watched
ice
Jams
which
might
cause
-
the
Red
River
to
back
up
and
burst
its
banks!
at
weak
spots.
,
Full
fury,
of
the
rising
river
is,
still
to
come,
said
engineers,
as
the
river
showed
a
steady
pse
at
Fmerson
on
the
Internatibn-al
border
at
Norris,
thirty
m;iles
to
the
north.
i
Conditions
fare
easing
In
some
afflicted,
areas.
.f
U
Violent
tide
0
run-of?
wats,
which
had
swsmped
five
south-
em
Manitoba
towns
began
to
recede
last
night
hut
road
and
roil
wmmnnirsitlnill
vrerp
jtlll
disrupted.
I
POST-WAR
BATTLE
One
of
the
last
battles
of
the
War
of
1812,
fought
at
New
Or-
leans,
occurred
15
days
after
the
peace
was
signed
ending
the
war
in
1814.
ft
m
h
H
1
r
"
CRASH
TRAIL
Uy
OF
AIRCRAFT
1
NELSON
(CP)
Nude,
hymn-singing
mobs
of
fanatical
Doukhobors
have
protested
twice
during
the
last
twenty-four
hours
in
their
traditional
fashion
at
the
nearby
shanty-town
of
Krestova.
'
.
Fifty
strong,
a
moo
late
yesterday
fired
three
homes
l:i
that
town,
?3
mJes
east
of
here,
before
they
were
dispersed
by
the
police.
Today
another
mob
of
naked
men
and
women,
numbering
100,
gathered
and
fired
a
hous3
as
well
as
the
car
of
John
Le'oe-
doff,
one
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom
leaders.
1
These
were
the
second
and
third
fire
raids
In
less,
thin
a
week
In
the
Doukhobor-troublej
Kootenays.
Members
of
the
radical
Sons
of
Freedom
sect,
blanled
for
fifty
years
of
violence
In
th
Kootenays,
are
said
by
the
authorities
to
be
responsible,
protesting
apparently
at
the
imprisonment
of
fellow
Free-domites,
.
Ironically,
the
homes
burno.l
yesterday
were
owned
by
Sons
of
Freedom
charged
or
now
serving
time
for
similar
raids.
No
arrests
have
been
made
but
names
were
taken.
Special
precautions
have
been
taken
to
guard
an
important
nearby
bridge.
It
Is
expected
tWr';e
riia'Be
i
march
on
Nelson.
.
'
R0TARy
DISTRICT
)
...
v
DMD
IWTiBHWH
IlblXK.
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
i-
receiving
an
official
visit
today
from
the
district
governor,
t.
H.
(Toby)
Jackson
and
a
dinner
meeting
is
being
held
.
tonight
instead
of
the
usual
weekly
luncheon.
Mr.
Jackson
arrive:!
by
plane
this
afternoon
and
will
be
returning
south
tomorrow.
PLANE
ENDS!
CRASH
HERE!
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mm
4
S3
mi
mm
vmm
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TRIAL
PROCEEDING
j
Trial
of
George
McKnight
j
r.-l
Stewart
Thompson,
charged
with
breaking
and
entering,
j
Is
proceeding
at
the
Supreme
j
Court
Assizes
today.
The
jury
1
foreman
is
William
Scuby.
"
.
CHARGED
WITH
ESPIONAGE
,
PRAGUE
Six
Czechs
went
!
on
trial
here
on
charges
they
were
members
of
a
spy
ring
organized
by
the
I'nitcd
States
j
I
Embassy
in
Prague,
the
official
Czech
News
Agency
announced.
The
defendants,
accused
of
high
treason
and
espie-ajej
were
listed
as
former
Army
Major
Jaromir
Ncchansky,
Vcleslav,
Milos
Sprysl,
Kiri
Lonnaiek,
Karel
Lois
and
Miss
Szenka
Vackova.
BUDGET
UNPOPULAR
LONDON
London
morning
newspapers,
with
the
exception
of
the
Daily
Herald,
had
hardly
a
good
word
to
say
for
Britain's
new
budget.
U.r.ler
the
caption
"A
Barren
Budget,"
the
Times,
independent,
said
thcr
was
no
sign
that
present
policy
would
permit
any
"signifcant
reliefs"
j
in
future
budgets.
.The
Daily
Telegraph,
Conservative,
called
Sir
Staford
Cripps'
budget
wholly
inadequate
to
a
situation
in
which
to
put
off
the
evil
day
is
to
only
enhance
the
evil
that
threatens."
The
Daily
Herald,
Labor,
termed
it
"wise
and
just"
and
added:
"it
continues
the
policy
by
which
the
government
"is
leading-'tSe
nation
to
economic
recovery
anl
independence."
KAIL
STRIKE
CALLED
CHICAGO
Brotherhood
of
Locomotive
Firemen
and
Engineers
today
announced
that
members
will
strike
at
6
a.m.
April
26,
tying
up
vital
segments
of
the
United
States
railway
system.
The
strike
is
against
four
railroads,
four
in
the
New
York
Central
system,
and
is
called
to
support
the
Union's
demands
for
an
extra
man
on
mulliple-en-gined
diesel
.locomotives.
DR.
SANDER
BARRED
CONCORD,
New
Hampshire
The
New
Hampshire
Board
of
Registration
in
Medicine
yesterday
revoked
the
licence
to
practice
of
Dr.
Hermann
N.
Sander
and
found
that
"his
moral
character
...
is
such
as
to
require
revocation
of
his
licence
under
the
law."
It
left
room
open
for
re-application
after
June
19,
1950.
CALGARY
WINS
AGAIN
CALGARY
Calgary's
Mitch
Pechct
scored
four
goals
last
night
as
Calgary
Stampedcrs
outclassed
Fort
Frances
Canadians
9
to
1
and
took
a
two
games
to
one
edge
in
the
best
of
seven
Allan
Cup
Western
Canada
finals.
ESCAPED,
RECAPTURED
VANCOUVER
Five
convicts'
broke
for
freedom
rrs
from
Okalla
prison
were
at
large
on
ly
thirty
mm-
utes
before
being
recaptured
largely
due
to
the
work
of
the
warden's
son,
Mervin
Millman,
a
former
naval
officer,
wha
spotted
the'
convicts
streaking
for
an
outside
fence.
He,
with
bis
father
aid
guards,
made
cha-e
and
fired
three
shots
,
over
the
convicts"
heads
to
satop
them
in
their
tracks
600
feet
away.
APPLEWHAITE
NAMED
OTTAWA
E.
T.
Applewhaite
Skcena,
Howard
Green,
Vancouver,
and
II.
W.
Ucrridge,
Kootenay
West,
have
been
named
on
a
special
committee
of
the
House
to
study
legislation
on
elections.
FOUND
PLANET
Pluto,
the
outermost
planet
ol
LiMinin
Sucsrstca
0
uciiy
e
,
now
working
on
the
phenol
poisoning
fol-
j
uy
Young,
-year-
Rupert
waitress,
who
dead
yesterday
in
a
,ue
rooming
house.
4ii
autopsy
was
per-
i
orsans
were
re-,ch
arc
being
for-
Vancouvcr
lor
patho-
.nLiiatiuii.
j
been
an
abortion,
;!U'ii.
and
a
di.sinfec-whirh
might
have
,:h
within
a
matter.
The
girl
s
body
wa3
:
hours
after
death.
Lde
it
clear
that
there
;ns
of
violence
ana
hat
no
arrests
had
and
no
one
was
be-
a
no
evidence
f
f
n
as
had
been
sug
arly
rumors.
:
will
be
held,
it
was
yesterday
by
Coroner
ens.
the
dale
having
sd
as
yet,
however.
legion
nding
Mtmbrrs
(
rr-
ptwni
lu
hr
I
reed
of
Rii:er
Branch
of
Lemon,
at
the
rr-
niceiiii!;
la.sl
niuht.
Srantini?
of
fully
xT-vups
ior
19S1
no
receiving
the
allowance
or
the
hi.
::uiment
eonimit-
!
a
.special
cabaret
.ll
be
run
on
Sat-
May
13.
The
nclude
a
floor
sho,
iiipper.
Kg
approved
die
5
taxi
stand
to
W.
in
the
New
Legion
h
tKvial
rrntiil
cum.
t
up
to
determine
e
use
of
the
audi-
fck
committee
was
!
wrk
in
conjimc-
sick
roinmittee
of
Auxiliary.
tl
anepird
at
laat
'!
were:
h''e
An-ela
Cheryl
at.
Cpl.
P
Hules,
Roval"
Ar-
txrps,
Pte.
(Tfd
to
VII
'si(i.-R.c.N.n.
iF.n.)
r
Hinhiaiulcrs.
Sst.
fii'ih
Ma-Ti-r.
Cans'-
Corps
i
previously
'"na
Horse,
Pehm't
ii.
ling
lit
Wi
im-on
1
and
Various
shins
r')l
control
'
"
S
M;i
in,
rt.C.N
Mri.
,rC
Tarlisky
R.
C.
'
'n
sixty-s,.ven
y--
"
w
members
?i
lhp.
Canadian
I
-lKt
lhe
beginning
of
April
21,
'
1950
-
3:05
19.8
feet
16:04
16.9
f-et
9.51
44
foet
21:37
8.9
feet
Atom
of
Faith
New
Attitude
i.
Is.
Prescribed
(
aiinda
Mill
Land
of
Opportunity
il
Knitiraced,
Toronto
.Man
Tells
Cyro
There
may
be
extant
In
the
'.oild
today
a
more
general
at
titude
of
"Whut's
the
Use?"
but
till
"yti
can't
hold
good.
mn
cwn,'
phllowphized
Norman
iacphee
of
Toronto
who
was
a
diverting
speaker
at
yesterday's
weekly
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club.
Mr.
Macphce
Is
feeretary-treasurer
of
the
Toronto
Type
Foundry
and
Is
Hominent
as
an
accountant
and:
an
expert
on
corporation
taxa
tion
affairs.
He
Is
visiting
in
Prince
Rupert
for
a
few
days
with
his
brother
D.
A.
Macphce
who
was
a
gutst
also
at
the
Gyro
luncheon.
;
"The
Atom
ot
Faith
in
the
j
Future"
was
Mr.
Macphce's
subject.
The
alcm
was
today
re-1
Rarded
ns
the
essence
of
power.'
'
He
chose
to
speak
abllquely
on
t.hea
torn
faith
which.
combln-
ed
with
personal
power,
he
felt
was
the
need
of
the
world
in'
these
times.
Forty
years
ago
one
heard
the
expression
of
attitude
"You
can't
keep
a
good
man
down,"
on
implication
of
faith
n
the
person,
the
community
anA
tJio
future
which.
1111
fort-I
nnelv
aon
ared
to
have
ZnCed
tX
to"
"at
s
i.
use,
anyway
i
Notwith.stat.dlnK
that,
Mr.
Macphce
felt
that
Canadians
still
hhd
the
opportunity
and
the
riht
to
rise.
"Do
you
real-
Ize
the
tremendous
advantages
we
have
here
In
Canada?"
he
.Of
Assault
Middle
-
aged
bespectacled
Ellis
Ladds,
former
Columbia
Cellulose
employee,
was
found
guilty
in
Supreme
Court
Assizes
-yesterday
on
a
charge
of
indecent
assault.
A
12-man
jury
returned
the
verdict
after
20
minutes'
deliberation.
The
charg
read
that
the
accused,
a
male
person
did
indecently
assault
Mervill
Passaw,
another
male
person.
-
First
witness
to
take
the
stand
was
the
victim,
24-year-0)d
logger
Mervill
Passaw.
Ha
lold
the
court
that
In
the
eve-Inj
on
November
23
last
year,
he
was
drinking
a
glass
of
beer
In
a
Third
Avenue
beer
parlor.
1
A
few
tables
away,
the
accused
find
a
younger
man
were
in-
i'ulging
and
later
the
accused
Reckoned
to
Passaw.
He
asked
'
it
Passaw
would
drive
him
to'
the
Government
grain
elevator
I'ear
Section
Two.
The
accused
ordered
Passaw
to
stop.
Wnen
he
refused
to
submit,
Ladds
struck
him
over
the
head
with'
a
beer
bottle.
Regaining
con-
scJousness
a
few
minutes
later,
Passaw
grabbed
his
attacker
and
drove
towards
the
police
station.
The
accused
escaped
twice
when
Fsssaw
attempted
to
force
him
into
the
police
station.
A
police
constable,
following
Passaw's
description
of
the
attacker,
later
arrested
Ladds
on
Third
Avenue.
Prosecutor
T.
W.
Brown
Informed
the
court
that
tne
case
would
be
short
and
his
summary
and
address
to
the
jury
would
be
likewise.
it
Ladds
acted
in
his
own
de-
H,:.xss.
a3
attempted
to
,5.werve
nrs
victims
story,
tie
suggesiea
that
Passaw
had
intentionally
missed
the
preliminary
hearing
due
to
a
"conscience"
because
he
(Passaw)
had
attempted
to
rob
him
(Ladds).
He
also
suggested
that
Passaw
knew
he
had
large
sums
of
money
on
him.
Passaw.
swore
he
had
never
seen
Ladds
or
knew
of
him
previous
to
November
23.
Other
witnesses
were
Cpl.
E.
A.
Wales
and
Const.
George
Redhead.
In
addressing
the
jury,
Mf.
Justice
James
M.
Coady
warned
that
the
nature
of
the
crime
Fhould
not
prejudice
their
decision
'
The
trial
of
Ladds
commenced
at
10
a.m.
Wednesday
but,
due
to
the
absence
of
both
police
officers
who
were
engaged
in
emergency
duties,
the
case
was
adjourned
until
1:45
p.m.
Prior
to
adjournment
the
jury
was
relected
as
follows:
Williim
Tooth,
Billy
Ewart
Leach,
Arthur
Smith,
Michael-
Eckland,
John
rSmith,
George
Acton,
John
Chrlstensen
Jr.,
Percy
Andrews,
Allan
Armstrong
and
William;
Jlorwill
Sentence
on
Ladds
was
ri-the
served
until
the
end
of
assizes.
More
Atofri-s
Plans
Laid
For
Plant
In
Ontario
OTTAWA
(CP)
Plans
are
being
laid
for
a
!
iiou;
atnmif"
onormr
nlant.
I
bj
i
y
at
Deep
River,
Ontario,
Dr..
C.
J.
Mackenzie,
chairman
of
the
National
Research
Council,
said
today.
Dr.
Mackenzie
said
It
Is
hoped
government
approval
for
the
project
will
be
obtained
shortly.
.
Construction
however,
will
not
start
before
1951.
Dr.
Mackenzie
declined
to
estimate
the
cost
of
building
the
second
Canadian
atomic
pile
but
said
a
"good
many
millions''
would
be
spent
over
a
penoa
01
years.
j
BALTIC
FARMING
Farming
is
the
work
of
more
than
60
per
cent
of
the
popula-
j
tion
of
Estonia.
v
i
:
j
I
j
S
!
Royalit
13.05
Toronto
Athona
-..
.15
Aumaque
..
,
-
.42
Beattie
07
Bevcourl
.32
Bobu
13
Buffalo
Canadian
13'2
Consol.
Smelters
09.50
Conwesl
1.22
Donaldai
59
Elckma
V..
!.
.31
I
East
Sullivan
CJ5
Giant
Yellowknife
7.75
God's
Lake
37
Ifardrock
.45
Harricana
.07
Heva
.09
Hosco
.'
09
Jacknife
.07
t
Joliet
Quebec
.70
Lake
Rowan
1514
Lapaska
05
V4
Little
Long
Lac
48
Lynx
25
Madsen
Red
Luke
3.00
San
Antonio
3.60
Senator
Rouyn
28'2
Sherrit
Gordon
2.r0
Steep
Rock
3.20
Sturgeon
River
22
Silver
Miller
75
,
Upper
Canada
3.70
.'..
.
Uphill
Struggle,
Rangers
Kopelul
DETROIT
The
Stanley
Cup
hopes
of
the
underdo,
New
Yor
Rangors
are
again
0n
the
up
toc)ay
after
lhey
bfiat
lhe
'Detroit
Red
Wings
4-3
in
over
Ume
Tucsday
njgnt
even
the
&t
lwQ
gamcs
apiccc.
Jt
strictly
an
uphill
battle
of
pot-ariiy-orphaned
R
who
will
have
to
play
tiie
remaining
games
in
the
best-of-seven
series
on
Detroit
ice.
Their
own
playing
site
at
Madison
Square
Gardens
is
taken
up
with
a
circus.
PATTULLO
GIFT
APPRECIATED
T
he
membership
of
the
Can-
adian
Legion
last
nirht
gave
a
heartfelt
vc.te
of
thanks
to
former
Premier
T.
D.
Pattul-o
nrv,
r'-'-cW,
nf
a.
donation
of
twenty-five
dollars
to
assist
the
new
buildiivt
nro-!nm.
Mr.
Pattullo
conais
tulated
the
legion
on
Its
work
and
wished
them
many
more
years
of
success.
WARTIME
AGREEMENT
The
Ogdensburg
Agreemen,
of
Augv
;
1940,
provided
for
a
joint
di.
ience
board
for
co
-
oper
-
atlon
between
Canadian
and
United
States
general
staffs
of
armies.
L
Vancouver
Bayonne
03
Bralorne
9.15
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X.
05
Cariboo
Quarti
1.31
Congress
,
,-.27
Hedley
Mascot
.29
Pacific
Eastern
05
Pend
Oreille
5.60
Pioneer
:
3.25
Premier
Border
...
:
,.0?..
Privateer
.'.v
..-
lZVt
Reeves
McDonald
2.15
Reno
03
Sheep
Creek
1.11
Silbak
Premier
.34
Vananda
.18
Salmon
Gold
.06
Spud
Valley
...
...
.05
Silver
Standard
.89
oi,s
Anglo
Canadian
4.85
A.
P.
Con
..:
.33
Atlantic
"
1-80
Calmont
48
C.
&
E.
8.05
Central
Leduc
4.73
Home
Oil
1400
Mercury
,
.-.
.10
Okalta
1-84
Pacific
Pete
i
-
5.70
Princess
:
40
Royal
Canadian
06
JHz
WE.ATHER
Synopsis
Tim
wPHl.licr
will
be
muc
2
pt
ii..
British
Columbia
.
.
...
i-
toast
l0Clay
a"U
?
'
J?
TZ'.
row.
TOW.
ine
Hie
icau...B
iruuuiK
-
-
other
PaciliC
uisiuroancu
uu
,
night
and
will
move
easiwaru
.
over
Vancouver
Island
and
the
j
lower
mainland
before
mid
after-
i
noon,-
Rain
is
general
along
the
,
west
coast
ana
snowers
wui
spread
Inland
in
the
next
12
hours.
Some
clearing
will
follow
j
in
the
late
afternoon.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
and
cool
with
widely
scattered
showcrs
today
and
Friday.
Winds
!
westerly
20i.
Lows
tonight
and
nlgns
fidayat
Prt
Hardy,
32
',an(i
48;
Sandspit
and
Prince
ku-
pert,
30
and
45.
FORMED
BY
VOLCANOES
Iceland
Is
an
Island
of
volcanic
origin,
and
still
has
many
geysers.
t
ROMAN
LEGEND
The
legendary
date
of
the
founding
of
Rome
by
Romulus
was
in
753
B.C.
Annual
BASKETBALL
DANCE
presentation
o'
trophies
at
Canadian
Legion
Auditorium
Saturday,
April
22nd,
9:30
p.m.
Admission
50
cents
(94i
asked
hhTlisteners.
For
Instance,
F.
VW.-V
lJt.",
f5
:m
Lfl
V
VaSA"
..,n,t
V
L-
'A
-W
'.
V-.j
there
was
this
privilege
of
free
association",
'being
allowed
to
say
what
one
pleased,
to
function
as
one
chase,
to
exercise
one's
rugged
individualism.
Above
all
there
was
the
chance
for
a
per-
son
to
rise.
"If
other
countries
are
lying
down
In
despair,
why
snouia
ws
ao
iiKewiscr
ne
asKeu
-
"Here
in
Canada
mere
is
sun
the
opportunity
to
look
upward
and
walk
forward."
Rut
there
was
more
to
U
than
the
'mere
thinking;
of
thoughts.
Thoughts
were
not-worth
anything
If
there
was
not
the
application
of
effort.
"I
would
say
to
Canadians,
particularly
young
Canadians,
today,
'Get
off
your
fanny
and
get
on
the
job'
Turn
off
the
television
and
do
some
thinking
for
yourselves!"
Things
functional
were
the
Job
and
the
duties
to
be
done
Virtue
and
real
satisfaction
came,
however.
In
the
things
beyond
the
mere
doing
of
the
job
the
pride
in
the
result
of
the
ef
(Continued
on
page
5)
1
1
JET
CRASH
KILLS
ONE
Lorimer
Fairhall
of
Winnipeg
was
killed
when
an
R.C.A.F.
Vampire
jet
crash-landed
in
a
residential
district
of
St.
James
in
suburban
Winnipeg.
Fairhall
was
in
his
garage
tuning
up
his
car.
The
plane's
pilot,
FO.
Victor
Barber,
27,
was
seriously
injured
when
catapulted
20
feet
from
the
plane.
His
right
leg
was
severed
and
he
suffered
numerous
other
Injuries
as
well
as
shock.
A
tjitrd
man,
Gilbert
Hughes,
was
slightly
injured
when
the
plane
hit
the
rear'
of
his
home.
(CP
Photo"
the
solar
system,
was
discovered
photographically
at
the
Lowell
Observatory,
Massachussets,
!n
i
March"
1930.