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B.C.'s « Pacific National

Exhibition at’ Vanvouver
gf persons lined miles of streets lo see the opening day parade,
history. A score of bands, hundreds of armed service personnel from both. sides of
dozens of commercial and organiza tional floats made- the parade | ae two-hour

“VOL, XLVIII, No, 202,

 
 

" Wednesday,
the. longest and

 

iMormation affiee:
eather crew mem: | wreckage. by the time they’ in
the smashed ship: ‘reached ‘it. They said pieces of
‘the ship were scattered over a,

Ham. when the last

Swallow - and i" son, Harold,

/ mediately and drove to the
“scene,
Flames were sweeping the

wide area. wot
NUMBER OF EXPLOSIONS,
Swallow. said<also there,svere. A.

coast salmon areas, as follows:

 

until further notice.

number’ of explosiois, apparently ‘might: have beert at aboard: ‘the
of fuel tanks aiid ammunition. Jerashed plane." a

DEPARTMENT CLARIFIES
FISHING AREA CLOSURES

; 2 the Federal Fisherles Department - here thls morning
clarified yesterday's announcement on closure of some north

th Toll in U.S. B-36 Crash
ot 24 Dead, Three Injured

training flight out of ‘the Ellls-

Bee recovered carly sald they were about to retire The plane had been oni a routine
ig the death toll to; when they felt a “concussion worth base, 13. miles ‘west of
ph Friday night of a: which shook the ground.” They Rapid City.

pmber un i's way in’ saw flames light up the sky im- |

The alr force paid 24 ‘hodtes
had now been’ brought: to'a filn-
eral home here, - “

Names of all‘ victims’ were be!

g withheld pending notification
of next of kin... 5
The. air force’ officers. sald the
‘plane carries ‘a normal crew of
~ 22 They said, however, they were
checking, rgports,: ‘aithaty, there.

 

Area Three and the Nans River gillnet area are closed

Salmon purse-selning Arca 5 ds closed to all net Mshing
operations with the following exception: Ogden Channel and
the northern part of Grenville Channel above Kumealon

Inlet, where gilincl and purse-seining

permitted,

operations. will be

Principe Channel gillnet aren ts open to gillnet fishing.

In the Butedale area, the portion of the area north of
Wright Sound fs closed to all net fishing, as are the waters
of Aristazabal Island, Price Island and Higgins Pass,

 

Pioneer of B.C. Northland,
HF. Bert’ Kergin Dies

Another ploneer of Brtish Col-
‘Unbin's norbhland, died — this
Tmorning In New Westminster,
He was Werbert Frederick “Bert”
Keren, 0), former MLA,
‘Auin, and well-known through- |
out this distret.

Mls brother, Dr L. W. Kergin
of Prince Rupert, left today by
plane for Vancouver where the
funeral servlee will be held on
Tuesday, Also residing in Prince
| Rupr Is his nephew, Dr. W, 8
Kergin,

Horn in Wat Catherine's /Qnt,
In 1806, Mr. Kergin came west
With his family tn 1005, after
completing two yenrs oat the
Unlveralty of ‘Toronto, mad set.
Wed at Port Simpson,

Shortly afta his arrival, he
ontorod the employ of the Yukon
Telegraph Company and was
alationed at Telegraph Polnt on
the Skeona Rivor,

Ho spent foue years at that
post, during the construction of
(ho Grand Trunk Pagitle,

With word of construction of
the Canadin Northern Rallway,
ho moved to Alowart, In Wine for
the hoon days of 110 ta 1912,
And ontored buslness In the then
hustling elty,

On tho collapse of the boom,
he moved to Alleo Arm and opors
od wv forry Kervica bolwoon Alico
Arm and Anyox, While at Alice
Atm, he wos elected ta the 1d,
loglalntive nsNoMbly, wand xorvad
AK Abi) MLA for 10 consecutive’
Yonra, Ti hte frat election eam
Mlgh he waa oppoand by Ald,
Coorgo B, Onvey of Princs Rue
Porte another woll-known cial
Nob oldtinor, ‘Tha lwo, doxpito
Qlnahing polliical views, wore
olono fronds,

During tho deprosslan, Mr,
Vorgly lett U0. far tha: onal,

 

for:

 

and entered the employ of Boyle
Brothers, diamond drillers, He

‘was stationed at Port Arthur,

Ont, for drilling projects in
northern Mantloba and northern
Ontario,

Tn 1942, his health: failed and
he returned to British Colum-
bin, After a yenr in the south,
during whieh tiie he underwent
Nt serfous oporation, he came to
Prince Ruport, and waa omploy-

ed by tho-Americana during the

lattor part of the Second Wortd
War, Tn 1040 he retired and
moved to Vancouver, whore he
has bean since.

Surviving ts his wife, Frances,
Whom he marrlod in 1010. Bho is
the daughter of Prince Ruport's
Hirst harbor master, Captain Me»
Croskrito,

Rosldes his wife by Vinncouver,
and brothor and nephew here,
Mr, Kergln ts survived by a son,
Hu. “Tod” Korgin of Victoria,
do dniighters, Mrs, Nolaon
(Iinppy) Brayshoaw of San
Miteo, Callfornin, and Mra, A, D,
Monh) Midlano. . of ‘Victortn,
ROVON gianeohitetran, and ane
other brother, Dr We Korgin
In Vancouver, «

Fanoral xervinn wil], be held
Tuoaday from: Num and Thomp-
son Funeral Home tn Vancouvor.
Tho family tna toquentad that
ho floword lo sont:

Winoral sorvicog for Mra, Jos
ale Jonson, a), Who waa found
cond on tho shore none the fed-
orn flahormon'a floaty Auguat
20, will bo hold at 8390 tomer.
row nflorngon, Borviees with te
conducted by Canon Baall 8,
Prookter at Grenville Court:
ohapel, 1B, 0, Undertakora and
Intormont will bo nt Palrvlow
eanelary, '

Stanley Milchell,

| PROVINCIAL
| _UBRARY ©

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 1s BRITISH | MELAS NevSPAPER
“Published at Canada’ s Most Strategic Pacific at

 

 

 

Catch Valued:

VANCOUVER. C

men cashed. in on: onié* ‘of

they: landed’ more than

coast waters,

catch valued -at more . than
$1,000,000 averaged a good

for about 22% cents a pound. -

Officals said Thursday's fish-
ing paid for Canada's contribu-
“ion to the Hell’s Gate fish. lad~.
der. progr. am, described as. the
key. to. the “excellent”
tiver run,

A. d. Whitmore, chiet super-
intendent of the department of
fisheries, sald the Fraser. river
project, was started in’ 1944 when
Canada, and the United States
cach contributed $1,000,000. Pre-

ted: Sockeye : from getting,
through: ~ whem dhe!
“There? ts” deeasonabie. ‘gaye

{ance that we ¢anchaye compar-

able runs every four ‘years-for
a long, long: “me, " Whitmore

sald,

Peak. of the run is now con-
sidered past, with the main body
of salmon moving into the Strait
of Georgia, headed for Puget
sound, where a big fleet of Am-

- rican fishermen will be waiting.

 

Two Youths Die
In Car Crash

VANCOUVER (P)—Two youths
died and two others were in-
jured in a two-car collision here
early today.

vend are 20ryenr-old* Donald
a Marshall and = 2l-year-old
Donald H. Robson, They were
gronouncea dead on arrival at
hospital after thelr small Eng-
lish car collided with another:
aula,
A companion, — 22- year-old
suffered A
fractured knec cap. '
Driver of the second auto was
24-year-old Leslic J, Stapleton
who suffered head lacerations,
The small car, driven by Rah-
son, was a total loss,

_At-$1,000,000)

 

British Columbia. sisher- :

the largest’ sockeye rutis |?
[in history. Thursday when.

600, 000. fish from west

   

Fisheries _ officials ‘said the |

weight of. 74 pounds and sold I

Adame]

viously, he said, blgcks At cer
tain levels of the river preven-|~

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TORONTO -
of today and yesterday paraded
today at the Canadian National
Exhibition, perhaps with litle
more pomp than usual for roy-
ilty: was watching,

’ The Duchess of Kent, who
Friday, sent CNE towards what
may be its greatest success, took
the salute today as Canada’s
armed forces’ and veterans
marched on Warriors Day.

“We have not forgotten the
sacrifices made by the Cana-
dians during the war,” the
Duchess sald yesterday in op-
ening the 76th annual CNE, “the
fact that more than a million
and women from this
country: were at our side
throughout those years was a
gesture of real friendship, and
Tam glad Jam to be given the
opportunity of taking the sal.
ule at the Warriors’ Day Par-
ade, and expressing something
of what Is fell by everyone at
home for those who fought be-
side us,"

 

 

 

TATHINT NELSON gots adivirhi

ctrrty (halt first vacation In

 

 

Amorloan tolovinton and radio atdtoneoa,

 

 

Blonka from hor trmily aa thoy

rouurn from Murope, Sho and hor. moneRoky, 14 (kneeling):
David, 17) and Qwalo, the hushaud nnd tathor—tourod Rurope

yonrs, Thay aro Wolle known to

ae wor STAR: ROY ROGERS: help S a. young adm en as
phens, 4, of Toronto, to’ get a ‘head ona ¥:
Ataway.” Roy Rogers: is appearing at: the
hibition grandstand show this year. :
Hjpearance at a’ children's party i in Toront

~The war rors !

 

. Go somothing about It, oftorlng

‘that the girls were-insane,”

nounced, Jullet's: mother, |
. Hilda, Hulme, sat with het eres

 

 

  

Before the ‘warrlors’ ip de
Defence Minister’ iRalph Teampe
ney addressed .a directors’ hin-
cheon meeting. and the:,CNE
generally will get down, to. a
full at «D- Day. Program

 

_WEATHER

Synopsis

A low pressure area has. be-|'
come stationary off the Oregon
coast, Though this disturbance
is weakening the northern limit
of its cloud Iles along the south-
west corner of the province.
There will bo, occasional patches
of thin cloud’ over the south
covst today, skles will be sun-
ny. throughout’ the province ox-
cept for patches of fog drifting
on shore at some points on the
north. const. Temperatures in

aul regions will be a little warmor

today and Sunday,

Regional! Foreeast

Valld unui! Sunday midnight,
North coast reglon—Sunny

talay and Suiday becoming |,

cloudy Stnday ovening, Exton-
slve fog patches over the open
water deiftig over the shore
IIncs tonight and cloaring bo-
fore noon Sunday, Little change
In temperature, Light. winds,
Low tonight and high’ Sunday
ut Port Hardy and Prince Rue
pert 60 and 0, Bandapit 60 and
a0,

DETROIT Young rowdylan
Is on the downgrade In Dotrolt,

Authoritlos have thelr fingors
croasod, Bub. thoro ia dofinite
ovidence in the police record
that-boy gangs nyon't the critl-
onl ‘problem thoy wore jual a
month ago, {

Tho poiloo youth buronu cable
maton this kind of Juvenile trou.
blo haw {allot off 28 por cont,

The cure, if ib en etre, has

probably hoon {nh part a‘ corlyns
tivo of tho ald “apnra the rod
and apoll the child" rule.

Tho caurla have adopted a
“got tough polloy, Teonenge of-
fonclora inve boon packed off to
jal, Horotoforo thoy got off
With a reprimand, aan rule,

. The’ girls cannot be. cxcoutea
under. New: Zealand’ ‘law: ‘They
will be> kept. in custody “during
Her Majesty's ‘pleastire’- that

  

 

“When the: sentence * ‘was:

 

‘by the Prince Rupert Dally aie
-{n.c0-0 operation’ ‘with “ weekly
: _Rewspapers in the area, is feat- '

 

 

 

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Adult groupe ‘nao aot out to

     

““Another- development ‘during

in the world¢at: McDame.
Creek; just south ‘of. the’ Yukon
border, Again, in’ the’ Portland
Canal-area, what promises to be
one of the largest copper mines
on the continent is now being].
explored.” "

Picnic Site.
Changed

Lack of maring (ransporta
Hon has caused cancellation
of Dodge Cove as tho site for
the Parks Board's public ple-
nile tomorrow, but the plenic
will be held nevertheless,

Playground supervisor Ruse
ty Thun, sald this afternooy.
(hat the plenle for children
of the playground program
nnd tholr parents will he held
ab MoClymont park from It
a mon, Manned as part of
the day's prograly. Is i soft.
ball, game botweon parents
and) children, and sporty
events at Algoma Park and a
Impromplu swimming meot,

Kofrealiment for tho cliid
ron will ho provieled by the
irks bowed,

 

 

wd ‘ alvle authorltlos,
Hatiior this aummor Dotrolt
war Marmed over recurront oute
brenks of kid. gang viulence,
Rival ganga, often armed, met
in aotunt combat. Boys got save
oroly hurt, Somotinos thoy wore
knifed, Thoro wore neighborhood
doppadntions, too, Vandallans
wan frequont: Bohool bulldiings
wore partloular victina of pluie
der and doatruction,

ATTACK OITIZENS

At thrios thoro wore wanton ene

abrdet attacks ‘upon oltizers,

A ornckdown on tho younge
ators tina now been: In offeot for
one month, ;

Thapoctor Ralph Bnkor, hoa Mt
of the polleo youth bureau, snl
tho deoronan In juventia rowdys

the past two years has been the!
discovery and. proving of dhe of!’
., { the: largest. high-grade asbestos |; aa
“amihes’

\ Maglite W. B. Vance crac
down yon: ‘Speeding. drivers: in

jal court this morning, hain
Hg. out stitt, ‘fines. for, motorists

apoed limits, 9"
“Gordon Dixon, Prince Rupert

ling: Police testimony’ “showed

‘thig’morning Dixon was chased.

Sleeat along ‘Third’ Avenue, out
McBride to’. the. corner”: of
Hloventh avonte and. Conrad
gtroet at-specds varying from 30
to. 60 miles an hour,

ta specding, on ‘Third “avenue
having beon-clocked at a speed
of between 30 and: 35 miles per
hour, sand Was fined $20 and
costs,

Josoph Van Walllngham: wis
fined $10 and costs after bolng
found guilty of exceeding. tho
apeod’ Minit on Second Aventte,
Wilfred Trojhan of Prince Ru-
por pleaded guilty to speeding

costs after evidence was hoard
that tho accursed had travelled
betwoon. 45 and 80 miles por

 

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feat

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Detroit Courts’ Get Tough Policy
Proves Deterrent to Young Rowdyism

lam slonis from bho courts’ “storn

wtiltuelo” nid an arowaod oltly .°

pony,

Bakor dlatluguished botwoon
“eowdylam" ond actual Juvantia
prime, In’ tho latter, he sald,
thoro his heon’ no deoronso,

Mayor Albert“H, Cobo's youth
partion, cooperating with
hié polleo, courts, schools, chur.
hea and other groups, set dul
broad.
we mid doltnquency \n

eral,
one inte 0 tnalata on having
the penis An court whonevor a

nacilg idanped for 1
Wave of roweylath dentt: gunoys

 

nll with the Inok of o—
f Manco

‘Torraca and was fined $50 and .

program against’

offendor apponra batore
Al

exceeditig lnown and: designated wens
wag fined $50°and costs after‘ho
«| pleaded guilty to dangerous driv-
{that ‘despite the heavy. fog early

the pollee car from Fulton. i.

Ruagell Johnson, plonded guilty

hour In-q Torraco 20-mille-por-