L DISPATCHED ri VCSOir7 PROVINCIAL LI07.A7.T, OrtMES DHUGS Daily lDc livery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA '3 NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' PHONE 1 VOL. XXXIX, NO. 195 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS i 2j4 i n -7, Major Announcement Expected ', Opens ival J As Strike Deadline ..Hears j I Jibuif 0 livic l rnire LAffalr Drawinf rtwds In rine i , 1 W Tr- ob well done" were niid by E. T. Apple- f. For Skecna, Satur- as he paid tribute to liilwrps of hard work- if lhrou:ih the years had thf Civic Centre and -.r..-. NEW RAILWAY OFFER ...... , mi. union men who want mon MOMREAL ti The government's spcc'al railway dispute n-oncy and shorter hours. The mediator went anew to the conference room mid-afternoon uas no announccmet after these today presumably to hear from union heads their answer to iha meetings but Canadian Press su;;r lates1 offer cf the railways concerning the institution of a M-hour ge3ted tha, a -iii"or announ-e-work week. It was understood that the stumblir.T block between ment m be 'expected by mkT-the unions and the railways was the date at which the 40-hour an,ernoon week would come in, force. The railwjlyS are understood to have j priy ccnferencc3 have he made some new offer in this connection. At Ottawa, well informed , , govrrnmc-.- sources said there was some ground for hope that ; e0m; Y E ? 0V in mid-town hotel settlement may be reached around 3 p.m. P.D.T. .week-end a . . - i wnere the special mediator. Dr. , . W. A. Mackintosh . of Queen's ' .,.Tr. , , University, has been carrying on MUMiKLAL (CP) (2:30 p.m. PDT) Railways since Saturday morning his et'- and rail unions were still stymied on the strike issue'' bring the ,two side3 tdr today and, as time ticked on toward tomorrow's 6 a.m. , Tight-lipped character of the I walk-out deadline, the situation looked grave. Late protcefdings. was efum?.unel Ul " . 6ion,. . , a statement from the Canadian ,tnis morning there were new conferences with rail- National Railways which said: wayjieads entatiyes .of 124,000 non-operaf " SSffifX mr '" ripm? nnv nimnr nf anir Hnrl Ar it RolnR. Mr. Apple-formally opening the Centre Carnival f r fccspolce a full measure ' ' I L still the art of mll-te Civic Centre, Mr. if said, and that was Its trying and tincer- TOUGH G01NQ Winnipeg Scottish and Van e'ouver' wallowed j In mud and water uiiaer u. Wi-rential downpour in the final game of. the Donv inion soccer" Championship at -Vancouver. A handful of fans watched Vancouver win 4-0 to takev the best-f-three series In two straight games. . . . ., f (CP Photo) He referred to the Im- "FREE" ARMAMENTS OTTAWA Canada has demised a plan whereby it will offer to supply North Atlantic power in Europe with "free armimen';" Infomvd quarters disclosed today. The plan will hare to he given parliamentary approval before it ran he brought Into operation hut It if expected It will be discussed tomorrow at the meeting in London where North Atlantic Council deputies are assembling. ARABS NEUTRAL ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Informants said today that the Arab States tonight adopted an attitude of stubborn neutrality In East-West conflict because of what they term "unfair treatment" from the Western powers. The policy was agreed on, the sources said, by the seven-power Arab league's political committee. PENITENTIARY RIOTS SAN Ql ENTIN, Calif. Two riots rocked San Quentin prison's mess hall on Friday and Satarday nights. They were quelled when guards fired over the rioters' heads. Eleven prisoners were treated for minor Injuries. Warden Clinton Duffy blamed the incident on "a group of rowdy kids blowing off steam." ROYALTY DOING WELL LONDON Princess Eliza- htt h rt rl hfr Heuehtr Wtt bf a healthy body and is the development of Civic -Centre was con- character." so much In this com-ii, Indeed,' exemplified i North Korean Resistance Is Being Bolstered id democratic way of At Ottawa the government at this stage had no intention of intervening further in the deadlock on railway wages and hours, a cabinet source said early this afternoon. ' . i, However, this high authority a pleasure, Indeed, to b the eleventh Annual re Carnival. It the Inaugural the THE WEATHER . Sysopsis Fun Railway is were fully under way Bald this attitude did not preclude the possibility of go em Communists For Another Preparing Offensive va a large measure Rupert Gets Real Summer The weather will be warm and i sunny over the province today inent move this afternoon if tt should be warranted by develop i night patronage for M leature while the Is Busy Line i Complete with terminal clear i with exception of the West Coast ments in the eleventh-hour rail region. Where dense fog contin and commerce show re of -interest. way-union negotiations in Mont ues to keep the weather cool. Some afternoon thunderstorms biuret were the Junior Highest Temperature Read- New Drive for Pusan Appears to Be . In the Making; . - expected in the Kootenay's today. Quren Contest, Selec- real. . Cabinet members were standing by for an expected meeting later in the day but, up to I p.m., it had not been called." A weather disturbance, which The sun had Its Innings Saturday and Sunday as hundreds Is in the Gulf of Alaska today !or populnrltv among i expected to br'rv tain to the il features la the mlnl- last Tuesday, ae maintaining j JOKIO (CP) North Koreans, hard hit by allied X?'. edfcVi"buHu "ZJ cpunler-attackajn the List two days, are reported to North Coast tomorrow and clouds kar which-rdover km Saturday afternoon ance form and train orders Issued by C. A. Berner, CN R. superintendent, the Civic Centre miniature railway went into operation Saturday afternoon, .eluded amopg i'assopcer'i J or the first" "trip1 were E". T.-'Apple-whaite M P, J. D. McRae M.L.A., Mayor George Rudderham, C. A. Berner, Sub - Inspector F. B. Woods-Johnson, R.C.M.P., Sgt. L. A. N. Potterton. R.CM.Pr, B;ll Scuby and T. M. Christie. Mr. .Berner drove the final spike. . The trains orders read "Kid be building up threatening troop concentrations on to the South Coast and Central Interior. ' t jperfs finest, summer ! the year, la adding ... -The governments ' attitude within "eighteen hours of the strike deadline was confirmed at an emergency cabinet meeting last night and set out authoritatively as this: "Beyond the appointment of the mediator now working in -Montreal It does not intend to intervene. It hs -not withdrawn from its view , hat two sectors of the Korean front. . ; Reports from the battle zones, where allied forces claim to have inflicted 11,000 casualties on Commun- health-giving rays. Tony Crawley's ferry was carrying capacity loads to Salt Lake from 11 a.m. until mid-afternoon, while dozens of people went over In their own boats, on fishing boats and any means of water transport they could find. Those with automobiles went nounced today. I FAMILY DROWNED COTE A U LANDING, Quebec A United States family of j three was drowned near here ( Saturday when their car , 1 i slipped on a wet pavement. k to the 1950 carnival. Forecasts s North Coast ntegion Sunny, and warm today. Cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Rain in northern section tomorrow morning and thi big affair con-h the "Miss P.N.." Bueen parade from the 1st in forty-eight . hours, said that the Reds appeared to be i preparing major offensives ' on : the central and southern fronts. If and the first pres- overturned twice and dropped into the Soulanges Canal. A to Rainbow Lake. Lakelse and dies' special East run merrily over the remainder of the region matter is one for settlement Hlirinff Q f t o r-r n-rt QnH Aireninfr ' 1 . . . ' "'" u TO DAY'S S7CX:KS- (Courtesy S O, Johnston Co Ltd.) 'Vancouver . Bayonne . .02', the trained dog show. econa car oroppea mio me Reuters news agency saw tnat .canal yesterday but Its occu - -.......(, oeiwen. railways ana unions. Wind light today;, southeast, 20 afternoon ' m.p.h. tomorrow. Cooler to- j "That is the ' position this morrow. Lows tonight and highs j afternoon," the source said "al-tcmorrow-At Port Hardy 50 and i thoush the situation- Is still Bralorne .: 8.75 along until evening". and "Run I otner piaces. Meanwhile anglers Carefully and watch out and j were out by the score on both Do Not Get Hurt." It proved 1 rlver and sea. a popular ride for the kiddies j Saturday's football game be-who were waiting for it to start ; tween Aiyansh and a selected long before the first trainload t Prince Rupert team drew a pulled out. large group of spectators. It was Strike the North Koreans were building up two new bridgeheads west; of the Naktong River, one at' Hyongpung, fifteen miles south-, I j east of Taegu and the other in ! jthe Waegwan-Kunwi area about J B R. Con. ' .02 b.r. x ..;.:. m Cariboo Quartz 1.00 pants escaped. The three dead were Verina Ranalli, 24, his wife Mary, 27, and their twenty months old son Jock Anthony. All were of Rochester, New York. bo; sancispit 5.1 ana bo; prince nUid." He said this position did Rupert 50 and 65. not mie 0ut the possibility of . Mayor Rudderham, who was . . ueenlv contested game and iiinent the same distance to the north-! government action in theevent that something should develop engine driver, received the train gave watchers plenty of ex- west. I Mrs. Jack Hoskins arrived home : at Montreal to indicate that Over Wares and orders as engineer ana rar. , element. The final wnistie saw Applewhalte as conductor. For ; the game drawn 4-4. those who were watching it was j BaI1 fans yesterday were hard to tell who was getting tho tre!lted a g00d brand of base- Sunday on the Prince George government action was called for. after spending some time at j The informant also said he did Twelve miles north of Taegu! in the central sector, allied j troops were pushed back two miles during Sunday night but checked the Communist drive: HALIFAX STORM LASHED HALIFAX A hurricane churning along the Atlantic seaboard carved inwards toward Cape Breton today and weather officials said the M Critical Point r Rochester Minnesota, undergoing ! not know of any new concessions inost fun out oi mat, nrsi riae baI in the finai niavoff game treatment at Mayo Brothers' . having been out forward by C.3 clinic. rputants in the deadlock.-. I NOTON Tralnmcn with the aid of night-flying fighter-bombers which attacked k in three kev term-1 battered by h the first steo In ft f ineiJ milM n ' hour between Commercials and Watson Island. The huge crowd saw the "Islanders bow in defeat 7-3. Commercials now meet Abel 4c Odowes for the league champ . , their targets by the light of i . . . l r w iuq i nil w ny i the officials or the children who managed to get on thet train. Five hundred youngsters tool? rides 'during the afternoon with even more in the evening. - Also among outdoor rides is the chair-o-plane, which also proved a popular attraction Saturday. report from the White . Another immediate threat ap- ionship. fs that President Tru-1 h matching develop-1, centred seventy miles from Halifax. Winds up to sixty miles an hour, accompanied by heavy rain, lashed Halifax and other mainland Nova Scotia towns. Tonight - - at the Congress . .20 Hedley Mascot ; 2S Pacific Eastern !'.:.. .05 Pend Oreille 7.20 Pioneer 2.40 Premier Border .93' Privateer .69 Reeves McDonald 3.40 Reno .04 - Sheep Creek 1.10 Silbak Premier . .27 Taku River 05 Vananda 12'2 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley 03 Silver Standard 2.05 Western Uranium 70 Oils-Anglo Canadian 5.40 ' A.P. Con , Atiantlc ..v... 3 76 Calmont -52 C. It E " 8 05 Central Leduc 175 Home Oil - 16 00 Mercury -12 Okalta 180 Pacific Pete 6.75 peared to be in the deep south; where the Communists are building up at Chlnju for a new j" offensive aimed Pusan, the! main Allied , nort on the outh-I eastern tip of the peninsula. i ne Intends to seize the Carnival buntry-wlde depute Is h and hours. Today's , The large load of freight carried by the Prince George made it necessary for her to lay over 'here longer than she expected,, and tourists took advantage of the extra time to look about the i nooks and crannies often missed j on the quick trip through. Some j j even got over to Salt Lakes.' Saturdav the hiehest temper- called f0f five davs. ! Photographic Display Fine Train Depends said the Idea is to call . w the fact that the ' Russia Is Asked About Prisoners LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. CT Bri- ... 7 p.m. ' Doors open Midway Outdoor rides Industrial and Photo Exhibits. .7.30, p.m. COMMENCING POST OFFICE CARNIVAL "P. N. E." QUEEN PARADE., 8 p.m. Coronation Carnival Queen and' hissed on for al-.(n AofflOITIOnt Nr and a half without! v'l JvlllWlllWlll tain. United States and Aus- i he men went out at' Jtralia asked today that the st- Paul and Cleve- Departure of tonight's train General Assembly of the United , "The best exhibition I hnve ature of the year was recorded, seen in Prince Rupert." wns the at Digby Island at 77.8. The! way Sgt. L. A. N. PoHr-rton des-! previous high was 77 deg. reg-! crlbed the photography exhibit . istered June 7 and 17. Sunday's at the Civic Centre carnival. .maximum temperature was 75.1.' Winner of the grand prize , Sunday saw more hours of sun- j from Prince Rupert for the East Nations Investigate at its final rirronri. nn Bfhothor r not a ! session why Russia has not re- PCAL TIDES . J patriated aU Second World War! , , settlement is reached H of t, the . hu th Knvlp(. was George Furniotis with his shine with 11.2 than Saturday's 11.30 Pay. August 22, 1950 ! dlsPute whlcn would lead 10 lhe The General Assembly will open " Junior Kinq and Queen, p.m. Todd and Pluto Stage Show and Dancing till 1 a.m. -NIGHTLY DOOR PRIZE photograph of the fishing vessel j 8.8. Fog in the mornings pre .Parma in the scenic class. He (vented registering perfect rec 9:05 15.3 feet "allwy strike tomorrow, ine the Fall session on septemDer i. also won second in the same'ords for the two days Attendance At Carnival 20:39 18.9 feet i 'train is scheduled to leave at 9j 2:32 5.5 feet p.m. daylight time and might! U-22 10.0 feet A beautiful display of north-' class. avnw ia v- a tit viiv v v i em lights shortly after midnight I Sunday morning was followed Monday morning by a slightly j Delegates To Prince George late settlement. . t. A . MMI-ll n I Accoraing 10 unomcmi ic-, OOTBALL IOHT 7 O'CLOCK Tomorrow - -at the Other winners were: Human Interest M. Kullan-der Snapshots Arthur Berg, M. Kullander Portraits Rev. L. Thorpe, Edgar J. Hamlin, Terrace Industrial Arthur Berg. M. ' Kullander Unusual M. Kullander, Bruce spectacular show. Many will remember the past, week-end for its sheer grandeur, while many others will nbt be able to ' forget it until their , ports today, the sailing of the steamer -Prince Rupert tonight from Vancouver for Prince Ru- Whether or not the railway strike materializes, Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce will have .arnival Twelve to fourteen hundred people thronged ' to the Civic Centre for the opening of the carnival and fair Saturday night. This was not as high as last year but officials are not too disappointed with the - results. They feel that, if anything, the weather was too, good. Twelve hundred oaid railway pert was to be cancelled unless a good representation at Prince P VS. Gen. JuUt,. sunburn eases up, at least. t WW the strike wasjsettled by 3 o'clock i George for the annual conven- 2-5 p.m. tlon Wednesday, Thursday and i this afternoon. vaIiis I Amnnff nnssenfrpra nn t.hp Natural Color M. Kullander, ! .... '.. w , fir.f .nH E.nrH niBanoi vanrauvw was master aaou ii iu ovvuiu i fares plus 3o6 or more rides Icq wpII for the DODUlarlty . A breathtakine non-comnetl- Marcnant. p.m. URGENT Outdoor rides Train and Chair-o-plane Industrial and Photo. Exhibits. Doors open Midway Outdoor rides - Industrial and Photo, Exhibits. Todd and Pluto Stage Show. ' Todd and Pluto Stage Show and Dancing till 1 a.m. ; "' good. There are about 60 to 70 1 competitive exhibits beside Mr. . the miniature railway enjoyeo " "i"-y - mmi Saturday. Each trip, today was by Jack Wrathall forms one of full right up to the time the rail-1 the main features of the show, way closed down at three o'clock i Many of the shots are of Prince so that the youngsters would, Rupert and district as well as have a chance to see the Todd some in the Rocky Mountains. Wrathall's showing The whole I 7.30 11.30 p.m. p.m. Friday. Departure of some of ' the delegates was contingent upon the leaving of a train for the Interior tonight. A provisional list of delegates ! up to today was J. T. Harvey, J. i W. Scott, Dr. L. M. Greene, W. A. Armstrong, who are already In the Interior, and C. A. Berner, F J. Skinner, G. C. Mitchell, Wll-i liam Crulckshank and O. A. j Hunter, who would leave to-1 night If the train runs and I that was uncertain up to this afternoon in. view of the lmpend-'ing strike. ... . display is well worth seeing. ;ornmodation with two or more bedrooms Judges were Sgt. L. Potterton, I and Pluto do show. At the , some entries which came in too Rev. Basil Prockter and A. F. Skattebol. throttle of the train is Gordon; late for Judging will also be en- f hers- Phone Red 442, School Board Office. Home Cooking Show entries received afternoon and evenina. NIGHTLY DOOR PRIZE Committee in charge of the i Swanson with Keith Maltman in tered as non -competitive. ?l'nless .'. .. .... .... . . Sgt. Potterton said it was diffi- show consisted of A. Van Meer, charge of the operation Wrathall and Mrs. R. D. The chair-o-plane also proved cult to choose winners, as the 1 J ""Hiuaaiion avauaoie trie tiign sennm , wUl be wtihout Teachers) 196c quality of all exhibits was so , Thorarinson. ; a popular ride.