PROV.'N'CIAL LIBfARY ARROW'S vi- 2. C. ORMES- ljje Daily Delivery TIDES .(Stodanl Time ',, W 21. '9i4 , ' 2 51 20 2 feet 16 00 1" feet 9 36 3 3 feet - 12 8.6 feet Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' ,uk -Alil, NO. 118 PRINCE RUPERT. RC. THURSDAY. MAY 2n 1Q14 DRUGS PRICE FIVE CENTS S'GSG! mm HoCo w n - - : IFD(o y mw Speed Sandbagging Submarine Disaster Averted As Creeks Overflow - VANCOUVER (CP) . . Public works crews work-ng round the clock in the British Columbia interior leld 'a tenuous grip on swollen rivers and streams Wednesday as the threat of a major flood mounted. it ' ' ' Craft Surfaces A.s anxious residents sand-1 - hftiMrtifflf. tti- rt .ffl.,. , .. . .. . d'1 iJ HAVOCS THE YEARS HAVE WROUGHT 111 streamlining both the human and auto-atis! Perched on the spare tire of a 1912 model car, Doris Everitt points out how ithem in these days cars that la. In the beach attire of yesteryear Mario Siciliano, despite the costume, shows she wou Id really be out of place In the 1054 model auto sits. Both cars were on display at a recent car show. See page 5 for story on Ontario's history In world of cars. Coalition Group Leads De Valera In Irish Voting Near Rescuers LONDON ( Ileuters) A British submarine reported lost off the south coast today suddenly surfaced after an all-out attempt to rescue it had heen launched. Eir!irr the admiralty had announced that eon tart, with the 715-ton Scorcher had been lo't this mornlna during training Carthy Would C ut U.S. Aid Dagged rushing creeks In the Kootenays near Nelson, trucki carrying men and equipment were dispatched from Princeton o check a breakthrough on the Similkmmeen river. There was no Immediate danger reported In Princeton, but a number of fruit orchards and side roads to the south were inundated. Some small bridges were also reported to have been swept away by the . debris-clogged creeks. Near Nelson, the main southern trans-provincial highway was reopened Wednesday night after a brief closure caused when creek spilled over the roadway. In the east Kootenays, Mark creek overflowed its banks at DUBLIN LP Coalition forces opposing aged Prime Minister Eamon de Valera forged ahead today as returns for more than two-thirds of the scats in the Republic of Ireland's parliamentary election were announced. Though de Valera's Flanna Fail men of destiny party remains the laigest single faction, the four-party bloc behind former , premier John Costello has a good chance of winning a Allies Trading With Reds JUKHIXI. Cart.hy's now-recessed televised enemies. " jlON Chairman tangle with army officials, he Bridges said In an interview w iRcp.-N H.t said declared McCarthy "Is frantical- that the appropriations (roup. (xeercises in the English chun- his appropriations 'y roaming lor diversionary which passes on foreign aid ' i . i hr.riiin. Bnn. tu- - . . i nei iui niaM' a scBii.ii- .v KviiMii wiuji viiu ounjr ftpei-.- lunos. aneuay ntis taKen cog-in'fl tlie extent to tacle of his record In recent j nlzancc of Stasxen s statement!! SENDS DISTRESS CALL - World allies have hearings." ! Indicating a weakening of the majority in the Dail The submarine normally csir one point within the city of Kimberley, sending muddy water swirling Into some side street.' rics 44 officers and men. She ; sent out. a distress call after he. i When the count was suspend ed last night, 117 of the 114 con ing unable to surface, and emer- I J but was quickly brought undei grmcy rescue operatic ns started riix bans un trade! McCarthy, In what he said j ban on trade-with the Reds." 5a j was "painful and unpleasant" i - "We will want to go Into this j.m for an invest!- , discussion of his own party's matter very thoroughly and see usue came after I "shortcomings," called for the i that the aid we are giving, or Its Carthy told the Sen- i llsti"K by Stassen of "every type equivalent, is not directly or into that it would be ; of material which we have agreed directly filtering into Commun-Sif not to cut off i that our allies can ship to our , 1st hands." es financial aid to ; Later a message was received from the Scorcher renm-tirm "aill t&; 4 tested seats were decided. This was the standing:-Flanna Fail 54, Independents 3. coalition parties 60, made up of Fine Gale 40. Labor 13, Clann Na Talmhan farmers 4, Clan Na Poblachta republicans 3. well." control. CREEK CONTROLLED Cottonwood creek, which ran out of control at a point twe miles south ot Nelson, was stiii being held Wednesday night after flowing through one houst THIS PHOTO BY WALTER B. JACKSON of the Windsor Daily Star was judged best pictorial photo by the Commercial and 1 mere are 111 uau seals, oui Press Photographers Association In Its annual picture compe Derelict and washing out a side roac titlon. Jackson made the picture, which he calls 'lach ship "the sin- j !iry and economic i the Communists. t tad barely finished ' ra before the for- j iaanlslrator, Harold f shut bark with a! 'Jut what the Wis- I put off until May 26 following serving residents across the while jvorklng; 09 an lce-flshlne assignment, - t 4 CP. Photo) Ithe death of one f . .he candi The dreaded signal "sub smash" was sent out as a routine precaution after contact was lost with the Scorcher, the admiralty said. In a few minutes the Jnvy had Its ruscuo machinery in operation.' The Scorcher Is one of 17 S-class subs capable of making a crash dive in 30 seconds.. She 's more than 200 feet long and carries two guns, a four-incher .and a 22-mllllmetre anti-air- Residents sandbagged weak CIGARET PRICES MAY RISE ONE CENT IN VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ff Cigarette prices in many Vancouver stores are expected to go up one cent a packet within the next few days. Several tobacco Jobbers say hey have given up a year-old price war with chain stores. Chain stores will-maintain a price of 31 Cents plus tax but Independent shops are expected to sell packs of 20 for 32 cents plus tax. ,' dates. - Observers now give de Valera's party practically-no hope points along the creek bank; pnd public works crews pourec in tons of fill In an effort tc Logger on Mend After Bullet Taken From Heart Abdomen of gaining enough seats to give . 1. n n , 1 i deflect It back to Its course. wic u-jctir-uiu fiiaiiCMimn even the precarious two-vote control One road In the area remainert he held before the voting. ailran senator said 'x. unbelievable and 'to has tangled with "fore, said "we are lias for peace under isenhower's lcader- w refi-renee to Me- .ian bu" one lias -'wa ii-uiu.'i . ggATTLE A 32-ycar-old closed between Curion Junction and Klngagate on the interna- ' 1 .1 1 "T. ""u ta" ulJ logger was recovering Wednes- Lo 13 torpedoes., i . ( 0l(y atttr , bullet being remove! assistki iitf KFAKrit ' .-.Irom. hi heart 'slipped irom 8 Two Sawmills Official; throughout.-tlie'iB.C i jtiirgeon c lorceps. traveled Gown Razed: by Fire interior reported a "serious" deterioration ' of '.'. condition ; as gravel baiks''rid ; dikes- '4rrp Prince Rupert Man Nabbed After Escape From Oakaila ea7 Vote J The Scorcher was one of scveu 'submarines which assisted in tilt search for the submarine Af- fray when she went down 30 'miles off the Isle of Wight in undercut ahd eroded by the QUESNELL, B.C. Damage waters. TEMPERATURES HOLD KEY estimated at between $80,000 and $100,000 was caused Tuesday a vein to. the abdomen and Was retrieved after a second Incision. The bullet victim, Wayn? Sturdcvant of Bothcll, was shot 10 days ago at the home of Homer Lee Morrow, In Snowhomish county. A surgeon who declined use of Two c.scnpcd convicts from tallied freedom last n'ght by (April, 1951. All the Affray's frTesf :orMee when fire destroyed two saw Day-time temperatures, which Oakaila prison farm, one a hub a fence In a coiner oi crew of 75 were lost. vant's chest to, remove the. bullet froni a heart 'c'avlty. As the dgctof's forceps grasped .the, pellet, it slipped and dropped ' back Into the heart.: ,': ( '., v: ;. ' 1W put a; iburn'tqiwt ori the heart," the surgeon said,: "and made x-rays right there in the operating room." The pictures showed the' bullet, pumped past a valve and down a vein, had lodged in the abdomen. The heart and chest openings were closed quickly, end another Incision was made to remove the bullet from th.p tbdomen. Game Tonight If Weather Good mills at Two Mile Flats, near here. 1 have been in the: mid 80's for most of the week, hold the key 1'ilnrc Rupert man Jailed after the prison grounds, u series of cafe thefts, were re- ' An admiralty spokesman explained later that officers on the .-pot ordered rescue operations The blaze, which left 20 men -Koreans from ' turned to Jail earlv todav after ' Klu his name told of the operating to developments within the next lew days. o start after contact with thej'm mishaP and tne fortunate outcome. The gravest threat In the Pa cific northwest exists at Bon The surgeon opened Sturde- cities and shell- ' un all-night search by 60 prison; A prison spokesman said they trekked to polling i guard. KCMP and Vancouvei j were "not the desperate type, "to vote for a new ' police. it's Just a ease of spring fevci National A.sscmb- i The pair, Michael Moshenko, ! and itchy feet." Both were Jail-tai has been called j 22, of Prince Rupert, and Frank- ed for burglary. President. Syngman I lin B. Adams, 21, of Nanalino, : Moshenko was entcived to 18 ne rs Perry. Idaho, where the turbulent Kootenai river climb temporarily without work, ripped through the Brown Miller brothers and Saloon sawmills, and spread to nearby bush. Firefighters brought the bush fire under control and prevented spread of flames to other buildings. Brown Miller said work will start Immediately to put his mili back into operation. Scorcher had been lost for an hour and a halt. But messages asking the submarine to surface were continued after rescue work brgan, lie said. The Scorcher eventually re-established Contact, and surfaced in response to the ilaritv. motitlis in Oaknlli by Police Magistnite W. I). Vance here two Kinsmen Club Names Barbour New President ( months ago, After he was caught ed to the S3.1 foot level Wednesday night almost flood stage. Some 40.000 acres of farm land in the area are threatened. A state of emergency has been declared, and civilian volunteers and army engineers have bepn working steadily building up dikes. The rate of the river's rise Weather permitting, Oordon and Anderson will play host to Esquires at Roosevelt Park In a scheduled game of the Prince Rupert Senior Baseball league. G Si A which sports a two-wln-no-loss record will have Dennis red-handed breaking into the Central Cafe. His arrest by an RCMP constable concealed In tin? cafe, 1 nded systematic rifitug of the cafe till over a period oT abort Fix weeks. Nine Arrested In Drug Haul TORONTO ff-In .simultaneous moves in Toronto and Montreal Wednesday the RCMP closed a drug-peddling trap they said may smash a narcotics ring with Canada-wide and International connections. Halibut Landings! Continue Light Tii ere was no activity at tliej Curly Barbour was , elected president of the Prince Rupert Kinsmen Club last night, replacing Bill Bond In the post. The annual election of of- slackened somewhat Wednesday HEAT WAVE SWEEPS INDIA NEW DELHI 1 The temperature in India's capital hit 112 degrees today as the season's first severe heat swept northern India. The official forecast: hotter Friday. his wife Were among rW balloLs In Seoul. N 8.WJO.01K1 ballots "re the polls closed '"may be two day.s returns are In. ' helM:d bring out ' fmm the Indc-1 opposition blocs of !'(la,n and inter- Pl"lly strong document authorities the voting ap-"' The country Is Prf ncy pli,.e a,.rt. N the day a S(.hool f In orrirrH were 'heir ii.i.v .... Reed as its starting pitcher. Es- as the water spread out over a quires have won two games and wider area. It Is expected to Prince Rupert Halibut Exchange 1 ficers, who will take over club lost two. Game time is 6:30. 1 1 each its runoff crest Saturday Alcan Profits Nine persons. Including two women, were arrested in raids h this morning as only four boats came in all bound for the Co-Op and pucker l.-'idings continued light. Laigest load received at the Co-op whs the 20.000-pound Reported Down Eisenhower Statement, Stresses Difference In British U.S. Views on Pact For Asia the two cities. Officers said other arrests ure expected shorl- lv operations in September at the start of the new season also saw the following executive named: First vice-president, Hugh Waller; second' vice-president, Frank Dafoe; treasurer, Ralph Anderson; secretary. Tommy Kid: directors, Jim Mellor and Harry Sheardown; registrar, Doug Jelstad; Bulletin editor, Bill Long. MONTREAL fCPl-The Alum- RCMP Inspector J. E. . ruicK- , """ v . , .i,u.,v i,r. 11,0 ori-Ml will i icceiilly reiiorted a consolidated tB"" V' , IV ''Wrtmeiil store Oilier catches were: Neptune, 'or the innnilng to By ALAN HARVEV LONDON Jl British reaction to President Eisenhower's latest be a big blow to drug peddling rings across Canada. trrj to cast. 10.000; Tramp, 8,000; Primrose, fi.000. bal I old. y-General To Check ret profit Of $2,647,248 for the first quarter of 1!M compared with $3,A55.20ri for the corresponding period liist y-r. Sales in the first throe months this year amount lo $50,850,283 against $57,110,051 for the corresponding period in 1503. Lower sales for the 1054 quarter reflect a reduction in overseas statement about a Southeast 'eva conference might prove Asia security Ract clearly shows positively damaging to the West-the divergence of views between em cause. In addition to being Britain and the United States on merely non-productive." Far East policy. The Times, an Independent At a press conference in Wash- newspaper, also says that the lngton yesterday, the president discrepancy between the British said the proposed security pact and American views seems to be for Southeast Asia might be one of timing formed even if Britain refused) "This reluctance to take 1m-to participate. mediate steps cannot be inter- Diplomatic sources in London 1 preted as the .easy view of a por Magistrate's Action .slilinicn',s to affiliates. M w t A,,lr'",y-! Commenting on the attoiney-"sli v m m general's derision, Mr. Paull said, WmiM."1 "WdlngTin glad he's going to look Into feel the president s statement country smiatea a saie uisiam-e underlines the fact that the ' from the threatened area," says ter O. Saul " -1,. . , t Ma.. The Times. V """'"-a uon- .""uuver M ; is .-col-ted skew .-anr.r -.-Mi ft imts It l " will ,- f. W'Cr 1 Dailiira 1.1 . . "lr their ".. . "Malaya is a vital British interest and would be immediately threatened if the war In Indochina should decisively turn to the advantage of the Communists." THE WEATHER North coast region Cloudy today and Friday with scattered showers today. Little change In own Wi lent ll. . """URiil g voe.i. , K ''om Andy paull it. Mr. Saul's remarks show Just how bad the racial discrimination Is from Burns Lake to Smilhers. "When I was in Burns Lake. I saw Indians, who went Into restaurants were only served at the counter. They couldn't get their meals at tables. "In the theatres, they're herded into a corner like a bunch of dogs. "In Smilhers, when the Indians come down lu sell their furs, they can't get a room. "Racial discrimination up there Is rampant, and something should be done about It," Mr. Paull said Chiang Urges Free World Aid TA1PKN, Formosa W Chiang Kai-shek today began his second term as president of Nationalist Chin with a call for more military and moral support and a strong alliance of anti-Comniunist Asian countries. Chiang said his Nationalist armies can recover the mainland of China if given a "reasonable amount of moral and material support from the Free World and an adequate supply of the implements ol ar " main difference in approach is one ot timing. The U.S. wants to go ahead quickly with plans for an anti-Communist alliance in Asia, and Britain wants to go slow. And British press comment today emphasized the Importance of timing in relation to plans for an Asian pact. "The president's words suggest that there is now a potentially serious divergence of view between Britain and the United States,'" says The Daily' Tele graph, a Conservative newspaper. "Unless tnis can be contcted taere is u danger that the Oen- 's3t , "'"Orth Aineriea 'iherl, nootl u.i . Her rt lu wroie .ruajrhehad whom the aor-trie Promised to TRANSPORTATION has long been one of the problems of the Maritime provinces. Long road or rail hauls to markets elsewhere in Canada or the United States are costly. The $3,000,00lj ferry pictured in this artist's drawing is designed to help-solve one of those problems. The ship, now being built at Lauzon, Que., will start some time next year plying between Bar Harbor, Me., and Yarmouth, N S It will provide fast transportation for loO vehicles and 700 passengers. It will he operated by the Canadian department of transpoit and Canadian National Railways. temperature. Winds westerly 20 In exposed areas, light elsewhere. Low tonight and high Friday at Port Hardy 45 and 60, Sandspit 4b and 65, Prince Rupert 4o and ,60.