PROVINCIAL VICTORIA, B. C. kip Till It Hurts - B. C. Flo - Give Generously, Give Nov! I nce Rupert's NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Prompt Service 4 inuring x tod Byke onr.iEs Dticos wiiiiy v At At All All Hours Hours ' log STAR CABS C. FLOOD Daily Delivery PHONE 81 Emergency CAMPAIGN Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Pert "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVII, No. 139. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS I LcUve $25,000 Ued to Uate $10,422.04 n o 1 L To Dy lie weir $20,000 On Columbia .Dili) Danger Hon. Louis Perrault, Montreal, is Dead TRIUMPHANT CEREMONIES HERE GREET ARRIVAL OF HEW SHIP The triumphant progress of the new Canadian And Fraser iNotvcr MONTREAL, ffi Hon. Louis Edouard Perrault, aged 74, former Quebec attorney-general and cabinet minister, died late VSSi 1 111 T. -"MSB. National steamer Prince George on its maiden voyage Sunday night m Montreal. He had a climax at the vessel's home port Saturday after- jhad becnji member of the Legis- $15,000 iniKi lature for 23 consecutive years. VANCOUVER, (CP) After three weeks of punishing labor, it looks as though British Columbia's flood menace is on the wane. Haggard fighters look with hope renewed on a fall of the levels of the crazed Columbia and Fraser Rivers. Slowing seepage along the Fraser, coupled with noon while the ship stopped at Prince Rupert for three hours on a charter trip to Alaska. Ceremonies of welcome for the luxurious new "iS vessel and her personnel were held on the sun-bathed after I '1 1 f rj n x lllHI $10,000 WAV TRY TO AVERT MINERS' STRIKE WASHINGTON, (fi Pressures mounted on both sides of the soft coal contract talks today with barely three weeks left to avert another country - wide Ur r 1 L,t lid Ur I deck when Mayor Nora E. Arnold f)Piirrr rrnurr' and Dr- R- G- Large- president 1 JUiNLfl jtiJljtj jof the Chamber of Commerce, sssgaasassassssgsssa; spoke before an audience of citi i QUADS BORN, DOING WELL receding levels and Increased current out to sea, Indicates that the flood is going down. The Columbia too Is falling gradually after an eight-inch dally gain for more than a week. All dyke fronts are rated, stronger than ever! Another 14,000 sand bags were zens and visitors who thronged aboard to Inspect the ship. Besides meaning promotion ; for senior officers of the Can-j adian National Coast Steamships fleet ,the inauguration Into ser Highlights of the brief, Initial strike. The resent wage agree-vlslt was the presentation to the ment expires June 30 but an $5,000 poo 3 'v plugged Into bad" spots over the ship of a silver rose bowl and to nidustry-wide vacation to July 5 Capt. Ernest Caldwell of a pen makes that the actual deadline 111 BRISTOL, Eng., 'to Quadruplet girls were born prematurely here Saturday by means of Caesarean operation lasting 40 minutes. The average weight of the quarduplets was four pounds. All the babies are doing well and so is the mother, Mrs. Margaret Good, who had been expecting twins next month. week-end at Trail and the riverside streets now have a second line of defence. Officials em and pencil set. both accepted by .against which John L. Lewis and vice of the fiew steamer Prince , George has involved the addition : of several new officers, j Among some of the particularly ! well known figures on the Prince Capt. Caldwell from Dr. Large, his operators are working. phasize, however, that the dan ger is not yet over. Spongy ramparts may still deteriorate and the danger Is still there. George hailing from Prince Rupert are Fourth Officer Inge Valen, former well known local MacArthur 10.00 ALL READY FOR WHAT MAY COME Iraqi staff officers are shown mapping their campaign In Palestine, Just prior to beginning their all-out offensive in the Holy Land. They are a part of the troops fighting under the command of King Abdullah of Transjordan. The fighting has now been suspended. BEN HOGAN WINS OPEN . LOS ANGELES h Ben Hogan They were the gifts of the Chamber of Commerce. Mar.ter of ceremonies was G. A. MacMUlan, superintendent of Canadian National West Coast Bteamships. With him In the official group was K. E. McLeod, general passenger agent, Can fjialle : 10.00 Call is still out for volunteers fishing boat skipper who served Association 200.00 at Burnaby, Lulu Island and dan i.id Cafe 30.00 as a navigating ouicer m rvuym ger points near New Westmin ,ilor 25.00 (Janaaian wavy aurmg me war ster. Evacuations continue. " i Grocery Co. Ltd. .. 25.00 j aft"r which lie joined nie im- one time Fort Worth, Texas, caddy, on Saturday won the United States open golf champion adian National Steamships, Van DAMAGED PLANE BROUGHT BACK Bukery 25.00 1 perlal Oil Co. as an officer on couver. Mayor Arnold, smart In her Baseball Scores SATURDAY National Boston 2-9, Cincinnati 3-11 New York 7, St. Louis 5 American Chicago 5, oBston 3 Cleveland 7-9, New York. 5-4 ship. His 72-hole total of 276 10.00 Imperial Vancouver whence he Free Masons 10.00 : came to the Prince George. crash boat when notified that the Skeena Air Transport Sea broke the tournament record, for 10.00 , Electrician on the Prince nie Bill Cooper Makes Perfect Landing with Seabee Pilot Bill Cooper of Skeena bee was due for a possible crash Flood Peak Now Passed white shortie coat and dress with big black hat, declared that the occasion was "really auspicious" and expressed her happi landing within a few minutes. n 5.00 George Is another Prince Rupert Low 5.00 man R. G. Macaulay who for AkCran.spo.rt hrough hi,s .dam-. Qnong . 5 00 years was at. the Prince Rupert He -sped -from, the - Yacht Club floats and was off the Canadian Fish and Cold Ctorage Co. docks ness "at welcoming the hew Prince ci.Chop Suey ......... 5.00 'Dry Dock. 5.00 the event by five atrokes. Jimmy Demarest came second with 278, It was Hogan 's first United States open golf title. The victory earned him $2000. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy 8 D Johnston Co. T. w George to her home port. She recalled the original Prince when the plane winged in. H'n:h Because the amphibian plane s But Official Warning is Given" of Further Danger from Columbia River PORTLAND, Ore., B The t Lee ... George and Its sister ship the Prince Rupert which is still retractible landing wheels were aged Seabee plane down to a perfect landing on Prince Rupert harbor in semi-darfcness at 10:30 Saturday night while anxious watchers muttered prayers for his safety. "I don't ever remember making a better landing," said the red-headed airman as his plane Booms 'frozen" in the retracted posi operating. A pioneer Prince Rupert girl Is the stewardess, Mrs. Hilda Drummond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Halvorson, Eighth Avenue East. Here is a complete list of officers of Prince George: Master, Capt. Ernest Caldwell. Chief Officer, Capt. R. W. tion, Pilot Cooper was unable to 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 ire Cafe Cafe n Gong third and, apparently, last flood crest of the Columbia River swirled seaward today. Hope "We have always felt as If they were extensions of our city," Mrs. Arnold said. "We were as fam taxi the coughing aircraft onto the air base ramp. Instead, it was towed by the A.P.C. to the Vancouver fis St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 3 Detroit 4, Washington 1 Pacific Coast Sacramento 9, Oakland 7 Hollywood 3, Los Angeles 5 Seattle 3, San Diego 4 .j Western International Yakima 4-5, Tacoma 5-8 Spokane 5-4, Victoria 6-2 -Salem 3-2, Bremerton 1-3 Wenatchee 1-5, Vancouver 13-6 SUNDAY National Philadelphia 8-2, Pittsburgh 7-9 , Boston 8-10, Cincinnati 7-5 New York 8-2, St. Louis 7-3 Brooklyn 1, Chicago 3 American Detroit 9-9, Washington 3-2 Cleveland 3, New York 5 luk Sparkcs. Span was being towed to a mooring wharf at Seal Cove. "On the other hand, I can't remember when I felt happier to get out of the air." With only four of Its six cylinders delivering power, Pilot Cooper brought the Seabee from Hartley Bay where he had been .in Lin Dick aircraft landing floats nearby. "Prince Kupers looks pretty good after spending four days at Hartley Bay," grinned Cooper. "However, the people down there were certainly helpful and hospitable." Cooper decided to attempt the Bralorne 8.00 B. R. Con .03 B. R , -05 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Dentonia 01 V Grull Wlhksne .04 Hedley Mascot 49 Minto 01 iliar with their corridors as we are with our own city streets. We are extremely gratful that this proud new ship has been named the Prince George." CONGRATULATED Mayor Arnold greeted the officers and crew members of the ship as "old, personal friends" Second Officer, Robert Third Officer, Fred Harnett. Fourth Officer, Inge Valen. Chief Engineer, Leslie Wilson. that the greatest danger is passing was tempered by United States Army warnings that there will be no respite from the high water menace for several " weeks. The known dead in the three weeks of flood stands at 40, most of these being in the Vanport area. The damage is set at more 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 fine wig Second Engineer, Robert Bal- crnunded for three days with pay Sam 2.00 flight to Prince Rupert after he dry. .Sue 2.00 had been unable to get the ser- engine trouble. He landed here in the half-light of dusk at w 2.00 and congratulated the management of Canadian National Steamships on "enterprise and than $140,000,000. Wong , 2.00 Sixty thousand are homeless. ling 2.00 Third Engineer, James Hard-castle. Fourth Engineer, Fred E. Bail-lie. Junior Engineers Edward Wark, William F. Hamilton and Arthur Tarns. vices of a mechanic at Hartley Bay. He radioed the Canadian Pacific Air Lines station at Sandspit that he was coming to Prince Rupert and the message was relayed to Cherrll Mclntyre, Skeena Air Transport agent here. Mclntyre arranged for the Pend Oreille 3.80 Pnioneer 2.50 Premier Border r 03 Vi Privateer 19 Reeves McDonald 1-85 Reno- 08 Vi Salmon Gold Mft Sheep Creek 1.12 Taylor Bridge 40 Taku River 35 Vananda 36 Congress .023i Kong 2.00 ow 2.00 Uahs 2.00 P. Maahs 2.00 maximum landing speed while a crash boat sped nearby to rescue him if necessary. It was almost necesssary. Despite the fact that he made a perfect landing, he almost struck a floating deadhead which did not become visible until he was on the point of touching the Bulletins n Jack 2.00 St. Louis 7-1, Philadelphia 5-3 Pacific Coast Hollywood 4-3, Los Angels 10-4 San Francisco 0-9, Portland 4-8 Sacramento 1-Q, Oakland 4-1 Seattle 3-5, San Diego 5-4 Western International Yakima 4-2, Tacoma 12-3 Bremerton 1-4, Salem 0-2 Vancouver 2, Victoria 2 (flood relief exhibition). Electrician, ,R. G. Macaulay. Purser, A. H. Robson. Assistant Pursers Robert Yuen Que' 2.00 Floon 2.00 A.P.C. to stand by for a possible crash. The Seabee made a forced (Tailor) ... 2.00 Henry, Charles Holt and Alex water. courage?" Dr. R. G. Large extended the ! congratulations of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce to the company and staff. The new ship, he suggested, was a vestoration of the grandeur which was associated with the Canadian National fleet. "The Prince boats have been the royalty of northern waters and the ultimate in luxurious travel," he declared. "The new Prince George Is a symbol of the faith of the Canadian National in the north country and KownE 100 "It was awfully good of you landing Thursday morning at fellows to come out. I was re-! Hartley Bay while carrying J. P. 1.00 '"B 1.00 minding myself that there were MacDonald, fire inspector of the IK 1.00 Pacific Eastern 05 V Hedley Amalgamated .. .02 Central Zeballos OlVi Oils A. P. Con 15 Calmont 52 C. & E 6.80 a couple of buoyant seat covers Prince Rupert Forestry District Gorovenko. Wireless Operator, A. Yeomans. Chief Steward, John Kerr. Second Steward, Peter Lobbam Storekeeper, Peter Merrick. Chef, Albert Houghton. Nurse, Mrs. Watkins. Stewardess, Mrs. Hilda f'ng l.oo handy." Tony Crawley put his harbor cruiser A.P.C. into the role of PALESTINE ALL QUIET MARINE STRIKE BANNED NEW YORK A United States district court judge today granted the government temporary injunction restraining a threatened country-wide strike of more than 100,000 maritime workers. The strike had been threatened by seven unions involved for any time after tomorrow night. It would have involved dock workers on east, Gulf and west coasts as well as seamen who man the most of the nation's merchant shipping. The injunction was asked by the Department of Justice acting under orders from President Truman. 800 AT HOSPITAL You - 1.00 Yee 1.00 Gam 1.00 Yip 1.00 I'oo 1.00 'W 1.00 Yin 1.00 the port of Prince Rupert. j Canadian National Steam ships officers and men command a fine reputation for CAIRO, Egypt, ffi The Arab-Jewish truce was reported to have brought quiet at last to Palestine today. Walt McElroy Is Vancouver Champ Ynons Kee 1.00 to Bella Coola. MacDonald proceeded south in another plane. Canada's Track Stock Mounts HAMILTON, ft Canada's low-rated track stock for the 1948 Olympics rose when 34-year old Gerard Cote virtually cinched a berth on the team. The little policeman from St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, outsped the field of 26 to take-a poular victory on the 26-mile 385-yard route for the official trial. His -Walt Mc- Sen Yen 1.00 Way Yuen 1.00 VANHOUVER, ft The United Nations mediator, Crab Fleet Operates Out of Old Massett Cannery on Q.C. Islands Three crab boats are operating out of Massett this year. Up to the present time their catches have not been sufficient to keep the cannery at Old Massett operating full time but the best part of the season is still ahead and those who fish for crab expect that, with better weather, catches will greatly increase. Flagship of the crab fleet is Sam Simpson's Tow Hill, a and 19- oi - trimv 21-vear ow ace Count Folke Bernadotte of Swe Woo LOO year old Bill MawWnncy bat- den, was on Rhodes, Greek Island in the Mediterranean off Turkey, setting up headquarters Fhee .... 100 tied right tnrougn w - ni . n,,w. before MCEiroy wuu courtesy, service and seamanship." Dr. Large then presented the silver rose bowl and pen and pencil set to Capt. Caldwell, while photographers' cameras flashed. Capt. Caldwell declared that both he and his crew were "very proud that the new ship Is registered at the port of Prince Rupert. "We have many friend- You . i 00 ty amateur golf championship for negotiations toward a last nh,., 1 nn Sunday. He had a va-nuiu -. ing peace. i.uu Mawhinney's Sam 52-foot craft especially designed 100 1 of 280, bettering 100 score by one stroke. time was two hours, 46 minutes, six seconds. Jng Lee oy the owner. Built to withstand the Tqw Hill ' the buffeting of Hecate Straits I .t.onn mrt vnt Third member of the fleet is piuni Halibut Sale ships in this city. Prince Rupert the Tow he converted 38-foot trailer Yon Chung Lim . Al nuiua wucun. ocvauc v. Both Jews and Syrians charged each other yesterday with new violations in northern Palestine but all was quiet today. Subsidy For Local Aero Club Sought Likelihood of federal subsidy being obtained for the Prince ,! people ' are noted for their hos and,'.. , tl,t ,ho American Brisk. 45,000, 1950, 18 NEWFOUNDLAND'S SECOND VOTE Hill is equipped with live crab tanks and pumps that are con size the Queen rarely goes crab bing beyond Tow Hill which is pitailiy. 1 retuu um ........ ever we are in port, particularly at Christmas and New Years, 10 50, Storage. Emnress. 24,000, 19 50, 18 and 16 miles east of Massett on the north beaches. Captain Adam l.oo! 1.001 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 ST. JOHN'S, NfUd., W-New- VANCOUVER Response to the evacuation call on Sumas Prairie due to the flood danger is now almost 90 percent. The Red Cross Hispital at ( nearby Abbotsford is housing 800 refugees of the Sumas and Matsqui areas. ISLAND MILL FIRE PORT ALBERNI An $80,000 fire destroyed a sawmill owned ' by Littleton Bros. Lumber Co. at Sproat Lake, 5 miles from Port Albernl, Saturday and continues to threaten timber in a 30-acre area. Company workmen and British Columbia, forestry officials are standing by to protect the forests. They have built a fire guard with bulldozers and shovels. 10.50, Storage. Canadian , ui-ot. I. 50.000, 19.60, Bell and his one-man crew tena oimdlanders will choose be Ting tang Wuh Yew Wong Jak ... 18 stantly changing the water for the benefit of the crabs. Captain Simpson and his two-man crew tend 244 traps strung out in the shallow waters nn the east and north sides of Rose Spit. The Don Marie, a 48-foot seinse boat, also has a crew of 14 f traps. tween Confederation with Can- your people open their homes to us. That means a great deal to a seaman." A ceremony in which Benjamin J. CodvUle, retired veteran lighlkeeper was presented Rupert Aero Club U suggested by W. F. Stone, chairman of the aviation transport committee of the Prince Rupert Chamber of f'hong The canney makes its ownlacia and responsible government crab traps. Shaped like a base lor the future on July 22. That drum the traps have welded date has been announced for frames of tubular metal. Overe second referendum bv the the frame a wire mesh is woven 1 commission government Sun- 'lime Knn and 10, Atlin. LOCAL TIDES (Standard Time) Tuesday, June 15, 1948 I Commerce The committee is Chunsr with the Imperial Service Medal three and is skippered by Wll- still working with hope of suc ffl Street School h rnl Keith Dixon, District f red Bennett. She Has naa live crab tanks installed and her from monel or copper. On each j day. The commission form of Cub Pack Marine Acent. Department of 5.00 8:05 n -v leel cess toward the removal of certain restrictions obstructing the ready movement of Alaskan side bf the traps a funnel shap- j government was eliminated by High foremen's Union 50.00 Trahsport, on behalf of His 20:45 191 feet crew is responsible for 232 crab traps which are set in the same general area as that covered by fWdrell 5.00 ed opening is left as the crab si the first referendum held re-' (Continued on Page Six) jeently. planes into Prince Rupert. Low - 2:05 7.4 feet 14:16 6.2 feet (Continuec on rape Two) "ntlnued on Page Two)