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About
100
Eligible
To
Cast
Ballots
Here
.
Between
600
and
700
fishermen
and
shorework-ers
are
expected
to
head
for
the
polls
here
in
the
next
seven
days
following
the
start
of
voting
tonight
to
elect
a
union
executive
slate.
if
-1
y
Vis
.
.it
2
Pilots
Die
In
Mid-Air
Collision
4
Others
Escape
From
a
Crash
By
Thr
Cutiwiuui
pr
HALIFAX
A
roaring
mid-air
collision
claimed
the
lives
of
two
nava!
pilots
Thursday
but
four
others
escaped
when
they
.....ini
mill
Yiliiriirt
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mtifc
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jf
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,..L
,
g,.
md
cannery
workers
was
"badly
hurt
through
strikes
and
frictions
in
the
fishing
industry
last
season.
"Therefore
we
resolve
that
the
former
union
executive
be
removed
Immediately
and
that
leaders
be
elected
whom
we
can
rely
upon
to
exercise
good
judgment
in
the
future."
Children's
Spring
Parade
l!"
H
VS
tot
M.I.B
SK.T
tuPS
1U
own
spring
parade.
There
aren't
many
Eaiter
bonnets
cufpj
hrn
the
sun
l
shining
and
winter
snow
has
gone.
t
'A
ASK
Each
local
of
the
United
Fish
1
ermen's
and
Allied
Workers
Union
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vancouver
will
be
voting
at
different
periods
up
to
April
18.
This
first
general
membership
balloting
in
the
union's
history
will
elect
this
year's
slate
of
officers
from
the
following
candidates:
Kurt
Larsen
and
Reg
Payne,
for
president:
William
Herlihy
and
Homer
Stevens,
secretary-treasurer;
William
Goddard
and
Alex
Gordon,
business
agent,
one
for
each
office
to
be
elected.
Payne,
Stevens
and:
Gordon
hold
the
offices
at
present.
All
three
have
served
several
terms.
Their
posts
are
opposed
bv
Larsen,
Herlihy
and
Goddard
v.
ho
say
they
are
"leading
a
membership
revolt
against
dictatorship."
MEET
TONIGHT
A
joint
meeting
of
fishermen
edging
Work
in
Small
Isolated
dements
Urged
by
Apple
whaite
rode
a
crashing
third
plane
to
earth
and
clambered
out
of
the
burning
wreckage.
All
four
men
aboard
the
an'.i-.submarlne
Avenger
which
crashed
near
Gaspcreaux
Lake,
in
Annapolis
Valley,
walked
out
ot
the
woods
today
after
camping
I
ptr,
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T
A
ppuhaite.j
Commons
lor
Induing
and
othrr
w
lot
up-j
work
In
Miiall
isolated
tettle-
r..r
r:ht
In
the
meiits
along
the
British
Coium-
ft
tV
V"
bia
eL.stline
that
arc
isolated
except
by
bout.
Works
Minuter
Fournier
promised
he
would
give
the
matter
consideration.
Specifically,
the
kxeeiia
member
a?iked
for
improvement
in
harbor
facilities
at
Bella
Coola,
dredging
of
a
numtier
of
small
to
FLEES
TO
EGYPT
overnigni,
protected
by
para-
j
chute
tent.
!
Flown
to
hospital
here,
they
apparently
suffered
no
serious
injuries.
j
A
few
hours
earlier
another
0
ESCAPE
PRISON
TERM
and
shoreworkers
at
the
Canadian
Legion
auditorium
has
been
called
for
7:30
tonight,
T.
E.
Parkin,
northern
represen
A
IIIGE
FOUNTAIN
OF
WATER
gushes
more
than
20
feet
into
the
air
following
a
break
In
a
water
main
at
a
west-end
Montreal
intersection.
Force
of
the
break
ripped
up
a
70-foot
square
of
asphalt
and
caused
considerable
damage
to
the
pavement
in
the
vicinity.
Residents
of
nearby
houses
reported
almost
a
foot
of
water
In
their
cellars.
.
harbors
including
that
at
Dodee
:
Avenger
and
a
Sea
Fury
crashed
iCove
and
dredging
of
Skidegate;
'n
mid-air
over
trie
outskirts
of
;
tative
of
the
union,
announced.
Haiifax
and
made
a
fiery
de-itn
;
Rules
and
conditions
for
will
be
explained
at
the
plunge,
one
across
housetops
i
Into
a
wooded
area
and
th-:
i
Narrows
between
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island.
The
Litter
project,
he
sid.
was
UiBd
bf.Un:
British
QOlumUia
meeting,
he
said.
Only
pjud
up'.
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Oslo
Reiner,
former
Hitler
general
and
leader
m.j
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f
.rat
big
po,t-war
Nazi-like
party,
has
landed
In
it
u
ai,i,ni!ieed
today
Polltt
said
the
German
a
Cj.ro
had
wi.t
word
of
Renieri
arrival
there.
!
"
ri,.iri
po'
have
been
hunting
tor
Remcr
1nce
mi.
r-n
tie
didti
I
eho
up
to
alart
nervtnr
three-'""
impoiwd
for
drlamtng
ax
"traitor"
1944
iuh
a;.-,
trKd
u
kilt
Hitler.
other
into
Bedford
Basin.
members
are
eligible
to
vole.
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of
the
pilots
was
Idetiti-'
Fishermen"
Aiaoriatum.
tied
as
Lieut.
Robert
O'Neil
ol
Kitimat-Bound
TC
A
Plane
Lands
Safely
10:30
p.m.
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Balloting
will
also
be
open
'
from
7
to
9
p.m.
next
Monday,
Wednesday
and
Friday
at
the
WINNIPEG
A
chartered
j
Winnipeg
until
they
were
served
Ottawa.
Nunie
of
the
other
pilot
will
be
released
after
next-of-kin
have
been
notified
The
four
who
walked
away
from
the
blazing
wreckape
of
their
Avenger
in
the
AnnapoliJ
ard
to
Sit
Here
Monday
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
plane
i
What
was
wanted
was
small
channel
ko
fi.sh
packers
and
the
like
could
come
through
the
,
channel
at
haif
tide
or
higher
without
daner.
Otherw
Ise
they
;
miLst
go
miles
out
of
their
way
around
Queen
Charlottes
to
reach
mainland
ports,
i
Speaking
on
the
estimates
of
the
department
of
public
works.
Mr
Apple
finite
said
some
of
the
'
communities
of
the
North
Pacific
coa.st
were
tlceiKlent
almost
en-
near
Firemen's
Dispute
!
Valley
crash
were
identified
as
breakfast.
No
alarm
was
given
on
board.
Captain
Nelson
Norquist
of
Vancouver,
telling
of
the
trouble,
said:
"I
decided
I'd
just
have
to
stay
up
there
until
the
ice
melted
or
until
they
got
gravel
down
on
the
runway."
The
plane
was
scheduled
to
Metropole
Hall
on
Third
Avenue,
union
headquarters.
On
Saturday,
April
25,
local
votes
will
be
counted.
A
joint
committee
of
shore-workers
and
fishermen
has
been
elected
to
take
charge
of
the
balloting.
Members
are
William
Hale.
W.
D.
Griffiths,
Mrs.
Vi
Patrick.
R..L.
Gardiner,
C.
Sc-cord.
Louis
Smith,
William
Ma-chura,
Ivan
Adams
and
Mr.
II
AKOLD
WINCH
...
no
future
plans
.
Harold
Winch
Formally
Quits
Political
Ring
'
VANCOUVER
Harold
Winch,
leader
of
the
CCF
party
in
the
B.C.
legislature
for
IS
years,
formally
resigned
frorx
politics
today-
In
a
statement
given
to
the
B.C.
convention
of
the
CCF
party
Sub-Lt.
J.
W.
Paton
of
Montreal;
CPO
R.
E.
Oeale
of
Dartmouth,
NS.;
PO.
P.
Martin
of
England
and
AB
M.
Legare
of
Gatlneau,
Quebec.
i
jn
ri)!,
i
.atiDii
board
Hewitt
of
Vancouver,
was
ap-
t
i
P
m
Monday
In
;
pointed
yesterday
by
the
provtn-rr.'r
!o
iv.M
ln(.
,
rM
Labtlr
f(Ciat)orui
Board
Other
'!:(
Fire
Fighters
two
board
members
are
Thorna.s
'
Jifity
in
their
du-
Killott.
apixilnted
by
the
firemen,
tlrely
uixn
tcr
lra!i,sportaUon.
continue
to
Vancouver
later
to
with
47
persons
on
board
developed
mechanical
trouble
shortly
after
take-off
early
today
and
circled
Winnipeg
for
five
hours
before
returning
safely
to
the
field.
The
giant
North
Star
plane,
taking
43
miners
to
the
aluminum
development
at
Kitimat,
B.C.,
was
unable
to
retract
its
landing
gear
after
take-off
and
its
landing
flaps
jammed
down.
Due
to
the
icy
condition
of
the
airport
runway,
the
pilot
decided
against
an
air-brake
landing
which
stops
the
plane
sharply.
Sand
spreaders
rushed
to
the
field
and
sand
was
thrown
over
day.
'rr.fni
'
(
fly.
Both
are
01
Prince
Rurx
rt.
harbor
ImDrovcments
scheduled
of
the
board.
Robert
j
When
the
two
botrd
members
tor
Bella
Coola.
a
community
could
not
aaree
on
a
chairman,
with
neither,
rail,
highway
nor
OPPOSE
EXECUTIVE
'
While
the
CFAWU
headquar-1
Reds
Deliver
important'
Soviet
Spy
on
Asks
Mr.
Winch
said
he
is
retiring
because
of
"poor
health
and
ncr
;
he
was
appointed
by
the
LRB
.air
connections
with
the
rest
of
j
The
wage
dispute
involves
a
the
province,
j
!2
per
cent
Increase
sought
by
The
Pacific
Coast
member
ex-ithr
firemen
while
the
city
ha,
j
pressed
appreciation
for
the
sub-'
taken
a
"hold-the-llne"
policy
of
jstnntlHl
amounts
voted
for
ters
here
estimates
no
more
than
700
members
are
eligible
to
vote
here,
there
are
more
than
3.000
Indians
In
the
district
including
shoreworkers
and
fishermen
who
will
not
be
voting.
They
are
either
loo
far
out.
e
Cents
Letter
to
UN
MUNSAN
(CP)
The
Commu
granting
no
Increases
this
year
Uie
ice
to
permit
a
safe
landing
The
passengers
were
unaware
living
in
their
villages,
-or
they
of
the
plane's
trouble.
They
did
are
not
union
memoers
oui
not
know
they
were
still
over
vous
exhaustion."
He
announced
his
.ntenUun
t
resign
at
dissolution
of
the
legis
lature.
He
told
the
press
afterward
.
that
he
had
not
not
been
asked
and
was
not
considering
runnini
in
the
federal
field.
He
gave
nc
hint
of
his
future
plans.
WEBSTER
RECOMMENDED
Meanwhile,
it
is
reported
tha'
Arnold
Webster,
Vancouver
hint
school
principal,
has
been
recom
-mended
by
a
meeting
of
CC'
members
of
the
legislature
an
dredging
of
Delkatla
Slough
at
Mussel
and
for
dredging
Inverness
Channel
near
Prince
Rupert
but
urged
that
no
delay
be
allowed
in
getting
these
jobs
under
way.
The
fact
that
a
dredge
would
be
In
the
area
for
these
jobs
was
urged
as
an
economic
argument
for
the
dredging
of
Skidegate
Channel,
a
project
which
he
said
had
the
endorsement
of
every
fisheries
organization.
Including
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
and
the
Fisheries
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v.
members
of
the
Native
Brotherhood.
The
Skeena
district
branch
of
the
Brotherhood
is
strongly
opposing
re-election
of
the
present
UFAWU
executive,
which
has
governed
union
bargaining
policy
in
the
past.
A
resolution
that
the
present
nists
today
delivered
to
the
United
Nations
command
a
"very
important
letter"
outlining
detailed
plans
for
exchanging
all
prisoners
of
war,
while
liaison
officers
agreed
on
swapping
disabled
captives
starting
about
April
21.
Contents
of
the
letter
were
not
disclosed.
However,
Communist
spokesman
said
the
proposal
clarifies
the
Red
position
on
exchanging
prisoners
and
calls
for
reopening
of
full-dress
truce
talks
now.
Liaison
teams
are
expected
to
sign
the
agreement
for
exchanging
sick
and
wounded
Ring
Smashed
In
West
Germany
BONN
F
V
i
c
e
-
Chancellor
Fran
Bluecher
announced
today
the
smashing
of
a
widespread
Soviet
spy
ring
in
West
Germany
He
said
it
wiis
directed
by
Russian
army
officers
at
Soviet
headquarters
in
East
Berlin
and
specialized
In
industrial
espionage
in
the
vital
Ruhr
Valley.
Bluecher
said
more
than
36
Germans
had
been
arrested
and
more
will
be
jailed.
He
termed
the
ring
the
"largest
Soviet
secret
organization
uncovered
in
Western
Germany
since
the
beginning
of
occupation
in
1945."
The
arrests
followed
search
raids
by
federal
police.
Bluecher
said
the
ring
was
disguised
under
the
name
of
the
"Institute
of
Economic
Research"
and
has
been
operating
for
several
months.
Police
said
some
West
German
industrialists
were
among
sus
Chums
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The
Kishcr-'m
a.'kd
Judue
J
B
T'Onu.iy
rourt
Thurs-
"if
nminmiiii
price
"'on
at
nine
cents
a
at;Ut,st
eight
cents
majority
of
fishermen
,or
Uicir
catch
from
lr;Paiiics
last
foil,
''(iinliuc
is
ai-tlng
as
"
to
-vine
the
price
-hums
In
accordance
Ul
agreement
..'Oflober
between
the
::'h,rnifii
and
Allic
d
B.C.
Fislie--
,'h'
Ul1"-
win
Its
rase
"""niiin
rate
of
nine
iti(in
would
have
Two
agreements
already
have
hern
sinned
on
that
basis
with
the
Civic
Workers
and
the
Electrical
Workers.
Firemen
claimed
during
negotiations
that
the
city
proposal
gave
them
a
cut
In
wages
with
the
proposed
removal
of
service
pay.
This
will
be
the
third
year
running
that
a
conciliation
board
has
been
required
to
settle
wnge
differences
between
firemen
here
and
the
city.
It
W.
Long,
city
comptroller,
will
present
the
city's
brief
opixKing
the
wage
increase.
Lloyd
Wlshart,
president
of
the
New
Westminster
local
of
the
Fire
Fighters'
Union,
will
present
the
firemen's
brief.
According
to
the
Municipal
executive
"be
removed
imme
Association
of
B.C.
Mr.
Applcwhaite
also
urged
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that
at
the
same
time
the
harbor
at
Dodge
Cove
on
Dig
by
Island
should
be
dredged,
pointing
out
that
If
this
much-needed
work
diately"
was
endorsed
unanimously
at
a
Brotherhood
district
meeting
at
Hazelton,
earlier
this
week.
Harold
Sinclair,
vice-president
of
the
Skeena
Brotherhood
said:
"We
want
as
leaders,
good,
sound,
well-experienced
men
who
have
fished
for
the
past
25
years
or
more
and
fully
understand
the
fishing
situation.
If
we
have
good
leaders,
we
.
.
.
!
I
1
14.
f
top
CCF
executive
members,
t
take
Winch's
place.
The
recommendation
will
b'
considered
by
the
full
convention
tonight.
Mr.
Winch
said
there
was
nc
dispute
and
no
spit
in
the
CCF,
and
added:
"I
cannot
accept
any
contention
that
my
resignation
would
be
detrimental
to
the
CCF
in
the
forthcoming
election.
The
CCF
is
not
a
one-man
party
and
Harold
Winch
is
not
CCF."
He
forecast
"great
strides"
for
the
CCF
in
tha
June
9
provincial
election.
prisoners
Saturday
at
Panmun-Jom
If
Interpreters
complete
Chinese,
Korean
and
English
drafts.
was
not
done
whila
a
dredge
was
in
the
area
It
might
be
years
before
a
suitable
opportunity
would
be
found
i
,,,
.
iisher-I
l
of
nixiut
sioo.noo.
Act.
deadline
when
settlement
of
i
agreements
between
city
and
;
unions
must
be
reached
Is
April
j
15,
next
Wednesday.
'
can
always
enjoy
me
oeiieuvs
ui
,
-
iunutng
our
industry,
without
any
friction."
Mr.
Sinclair
said
the
entire
Skeena
district
of
fishermen
pects
arrested.
He
added,
however,
that
they
were
not
big-
ssian
People
Desire
Peace,
name
industrialists.
pda
Official
Tells
Americans
DR.
ROBF.RT
JAMFS
MCCRACKEN,
49,
a
former
professor
at
McMaster
university.
Hamilton,
Ont.,
and
now
pastor
of
New
York's
famed
Riverside
church,
has
been
named
one
of
the
12
great
preachers
of
the
United
States
by
Life
magazine.
Dr.
McCracken,
born
in
Motherwell,
Scotland,
was
assistant
professor
of
Christian
theology
and
philosophy
of
religion
at
McMaster
from
Visitors
Face
5-Point
Deficit
In
Senior
B
Championship
Bid
-WEATHER-
Synopsis
A
tremendous
high
pressure
area
centred
on
the
rim
of
the
Arctic
dominates
the
weather
over
western
Canada.
Some
cloud
is
present
over
the
southern
mountains
of
British
Columbia
while
relatively
clear
skies
prevail
in
the
rest
of
the
province.
All
present
indications
point
to
sunny
skies
tomorrow.
Forecast
,
North
Coast
Region:
A
few
clouds
over
the
Queen
Charlottes
today
and
Saturday.
Clear
along
the
northern
mainland.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
light.
Low
tonight
and
"
u
'
th
Untied
""Hpor
""I
niello
t.
,";
k..to.
Hhe
llspauh
tillOSS
that
work.
We
told
him
of
the
desire
of
Americans
also
for
peace
and
said
that
understanding
and
co-operatln
were
necessary
on
both
sides.
Our
talk
followed
a
visit
through
the
printing
plant
and
production
departments
publishing
the
official
Communist
party
organ,
now'
circulating
8,500,000
copies
daily.
He
Introduced
a
stakhanovite
above-standard
linotype
opera
We
a
ruiied
I
hope
to
both
sides.
I
We
asked
Romanchlkov
If
he
could
foresee
the
peaceful
coexistence
of
communism
and
capitalism
Indefinitely.
Ills
answer
was
that
coexistence
was
possibly
any
length
of
time
both
sides
were
willing
He
added
he
hoped
we
would
tell
the
truth
about
what
we
saw
here
because
others
had
come
and
said
one
thing
while
they
were
here
but
something
else
after
they
returned
home.
He
said
the
Ru.v-.lan
people
desire
peace
as
proved
by
the
great
md
'0ns
nf
.tit..u
Mariners
Warned
Final
game
which
will
decide
the
senior
B
basketball
championship
of
B.C.
between
Prince
Rupert
Challengers
and
the
Kamloops
Merchants
gets'
underway
tonight
at
8:30
in
the
Civic
Centre
gym.
Kamloops
is
faced
with
a
five-point
deficit
after
losing
to
Before
the
game,
Mayor
Har-1
the
game.
Three
visiting
players
old
Whalen
will
present
a
totem
i
fouled
out
in
the
last
hall,
kav-
,
...
.
,
.
mg
Kamloops
with
only
four
pole
to
the
w
visiting
team
for
relay
plym
m
COUft
to
the
mayor
of
Kamloops.
After
,
coach
Barton
said
It
was
"the
the
game,
the
Star
trophy
will
be
j
roughest
time
we've
had
ail
awarded
to
the
series
winner.
season."
1
Bill
coaching
the
Chal-,
The
trophy,
emblematic
of
pro-
,
,
"
,
.
Uengers,
said
"we
hope
to
give
vincial
championship,
has
beenjthem
fiven
a
rougner
tim.
to.
won
three
times
by
Prince
.
night."
Rupert
since
1947.
Don
Forward,
vice-president
ol
Tonight's
event
ts
expected
to
;
the
B.o-
amateur
BukkcIImJ.
,t
p11,
Way
with
a
.
'rta.
the
official
f
the
Soviet
com-
Mariners
are
advised
that
Lawn
Point
(Queen
Charlotte
Islands)
gas
and
whistle
buoy
(List
ot
Lights
No.
2400)
is
out
of
position
approximately
four
n
his
office
In
the
iinr.'
in
the
first
game
last
cables
in
a
southerly
direction
Rupert
high
Saturday
at
Port
Hardy
38
and
58;
Sundsplt
35
and
55;
Prince
Rupert
35
and
60.
KINGSTON,
Jamaica
Eleven
persons
were
killed
today
when
a
Carrlbean
International
Airways
plane
crashed
on
takeoff
at
Palisarioes
alvpoit
here.
and
radio
r1
this
vast
hif
nieht
before
a
crowd
of
500.
A
tor
who
"set"
120.000
letters
dally,
as
compared
to
the
average
og
70,000.
The
composition,
printing
and
communications
equipment
through
the
plant
was
modern.
from
correct
position
(Canadian
Chart
No.
3806).
It
will
be
attended
to
at
the
first
be
aU
the
more
hotly
contested
because
of
Kamloops'
strong
pro
Association,
said,
of
the
refeioe-ing:
"Very
fair,
among
th
besl
I've
leetx"
.
Investments,
the
construction
and
rehabilitation
of
the
city.
As
we
saw
In
Moscow,
he
continued,
their
wish
was
to
continue
with
capacity
crowd
is
expected
to
witness
tonight's
finish
of
the
two-game
total-point,
series.
'
.
.
.
test
last
night
over
refereeing
of
'
n,""i
stimulating,