Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 1

Cream of Comics Every Day FOKECAST: CLOUDY, MILD. 4- 'One Canada's Great Newspapers man sonnxu ALBKKT.V, FRIDAY, FKBKi'AKY 14, 1017 SINGLE COPY, 5 CENTS arret 1 tjjmtA 13 Scenes 20 Miles Southwjst of Edmonton As Leduc Oil Well Starts Producing toal Ded rirc I II Lastor wmnd.ce I i Say Prospects "Best In West" The" giant, billowing flame and dense, black smoke that spiralled skyward with a roar Thursday was enough evidence for .100 persons that the Imperial Oil company's Leduc Xo, I well, 20 milt's southwest of Edmonton, was producing oil oir at the rate of an estimated barrels a day. I'nofficial Edmonton observers who saw the well come into prod tetion said they woi Id estimate ihe initial flew to be about. Iff PASTOU. Many thousands of in tht; business section (tf this ars wortli if build.

ings ii, n. miles iouiliea' of oiildcriug i coal bed loiiou miner iuroi i riuav flare again, lit fresh danger, an emcfteacy nuetingf being held I rid. afternoon 'tf barrels per day flusl product ion. although they pointed out this flow might increase or fall off sharply at any time. Imperial Oil officials refused to comment on the flow, but I tA -t- iciii.M'lves abovi niiriii-'f; mass of 'declared it will fake many production tsts before the actual ire (lislrie; txv Edn iton offi- town firemen.

"iving ivice, and me 'iiemiccil by a 1 under the town. The fire lint authorities loured it mi llll'llilt'l IMC ClllllilHlllliy. Because of the consta' of the Castor town counc to discuss thfc siluatior Since rcsi nts J'oiu cnul, that spreads over (nt ciiils wore rushed to direet the inuircs, inspo" Dllllllll (if lie d(- lent of bridges. I)u Vciiiintccr fircl'i and Ilan iin'iiai'i'd. agree riday that I under rout 1 lie blaze lin'iik nut Since ft -'MS 'MM I Si llmi brigade creep along under any in i 4' ic was nest, ist gninst the the burning coal be fire mari al olfic and amount taken off in barrels per day can be estimated.

Some weiis in the. Turner Valley field ran 1.000 barrels or better fliif production. Xow, few produce more than 300 barrels per da under the government's conservation regulations. Linking this city for the first time with an oil develop- ment that has the possibilities of being the biggest field in Canada next to Turner Valley, the wildcat well 'kicked in" with a flow of oil and gas at 3:50 p.m., shooting flame and smoke into the sky from a relief pipe. For a moment, seemed as though a miniature atomic bomb had been dropped as the smoke formed a mushroom-like cloud and beat its way upward with a roar.

The fuli impact of the possibility -of oil being discovered in the Ed-1 gravity, the oil is worth In the monton area was felt, by many as flame from the dark, brown oil neighborhood of $2 per barrel, but lit the darkening skv. no one, not- even company experts, i -fv y'-- i deep buildiiv. nnuTM n.Ainf tV n.Vtnt. 4k. tA' Iia 'm propriet of the baseiueiit (Tllll'llt Thmw I kmis or waK (Hired into tlie llilVP while a large eur.

ml removed. fire is believed to have si. -t uout 10 days ago. Can to have been spontf is ver- nbustiou when from In the store basemer rlieatert the "slag" coal leet below ground level. Town officials reported coal and bed covers the entire 1 is ff A in IB if3 is I TVln main Vmrri nil Vac formed on the lips of men, women and children as the gusher finally shot its way through tons of water and mud in the hole nearly a mile below the earth's surface to daylight and the use of man.

Registering a grade of 38 degree MM Rescue Vessels Remove 150 From Ship Stranded Off B.C. ft I 4 Ask Separate Flight Act To Govern Rates in West xx VANCOUVER, (CP) Rescue snips, aiter Datuing through a southeasterly gale, early Friday removed 150 passengers and crew members from the SS. North Sea, aground or. Middle Ref near Bella Bella. B.C., ZOO miles north of Van couver.

In a pounding sea. the 3.133 ton ship struck the reef in Seaforth cnannel on the inside route to Alaska, late Thursday night. The rescued were taken to the fishing village of Bella Bella where some were housed in the hospital for the night and others given shelter in private homes. Two stretcher cases, sick passengers en route to hospital at Seattle, were among rescued. The North Sea, bound for Seattle from Ketchikan, Alaska, was reported resting easily, but her hull was damaged and the No.

2 hold full of water. The Canadian National Steamships' Prince Rupert is due at Bella Bella during the morning and will pick up the rescued for transportation to Vancouver. 150 FLEE FIRE OGDENSBURG, (AP) About 150 persons to safety when a general alarm fire gutted the newi Ogdensbuig hotel Thursday causing damage estimated unof fici- ally at $150,000. OTTAWA. (CF teitern board of tran they were V- V- Counsel for' Friday told U' commissione higher freif ast and claii -d rates thai '-r the dispar''v-through increases f.

Id be 'iling of 30-per- nt by the railwi A "wesjt. i rates af. "correct was pr'f osed bv M. I cour i for w.n. while C.

'uocke, reprise iv British Colurr.b An-nounce' V. at province in' Jed to bring a 'separate applies ion for rcmov-i. the differ-MUii. narged tor it over the f' uies. A.

iijient continued over the or the board i being his. into the railwa; application for Railwr irged the heai should be rid to the qiie. on of the car-V financial nosi with regional abilities taken ui ater, while the i-ovincial lawyer? lalmed the investigation ie In more general terms. Opposing fore- fought the case before 'he boar of transport com- (Continued Page 2, Col. 6) Parley io Discuss Mine Wage Plan GLACF 3AY.

N.S.. (CP) Maritime init i Friday looked to Ottawa nv next In their dispute with Dominion Steel id Coal corporation a compa and United Mine Worker-crs leaders hesded for the rapit a last-hour attempt to Rver a major colliery shutdown. a conference to be held in Oti va Saturday, before a midnight sn i the disputants ex-p ed to hea discussed a federal fv' nula providing the $1 40 a day i aked by the minen partly contingent on increased reduction. That formula was enunciated fliursday by Labor Minister Mitchell i when he suggested that 40 cents1 of the proposed wage increase be Austin and J. A.

lands and lines. Cousii iu. chief the Castor ne building nvnor oe tlie va? ions. hue I'd' one poir.f lis in i- bey said that seam and the fi. by Tlf Jiond 'Wiart, busines i here, the entire V' Hie store been broken up.

i'ioiu the C.P.R. water tank i eoal se: Pouring of water of the urning eoal is being i.i from i foot to six feet thick and ander the ground from te leei. Actus burninit of the seam was noticed Mr. Wiert when he was in the checking the furnace. saw smoke issuirs; from crad.

in the cement floor. The cem' was very hot. Britain Declines U.S. Coal Offer WASHINGTON, (API- President Truman made public FYiday a message from Prime Minister Al-tlee declining an American offer of aid in the British coal crisis. Attlee's message said the need for coal in.Burope is "no less pressing" than that of the British Isles jnd added "we could not ask that cargoes should be diverted from Europe to the Dnited Kingdom." Attlee's message followed statement by Thursday offering whatever id the United States could muster and proposing to divert coal shipments to continental Europe to meet the British fuel emergency.

Possible Easing Fuel Crisis Seen LONDON. (CP) Prime Minister Attlee and his "coal cabinet" sought Friday to fix an approximate date for ending the industrial shutdown jn Britain. The conference waj the first indication to the Hland's 49,000,000 browned -out and shivering; inhabitants that the end of the fuel crisis might be in sight. As drastic electricity restrictions were maintained into the fifth day, government sources said the return to normal mlsht be gradual. However, with only slight gains registered in coal stocks at power the British Gas council warned the country' 1.103 gas plants to be ready to shut off gas sunplies to non-essential industries.

Here are some sidelights on the fuel crisis: Britain's fuel ministry is jammed with letters containing suggestions. One proposed that electricity be "pumped." from Norway or Eire An official said It would take 10 vears to cet the necessary cable laid from Norway. As for Eire she depends on British supplies. In the Evening Standard another writer urged the "upper elates" 'to cut out (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Report Russians 'Seized' B-29's NEW YORK.

(API The New York Times said "at least three B-29's (Superfortresses) in operational condition vanished after having made emergency landings near Vladivostok," extreme eastern Russia, before the Soviet declared war on Japan. in at leasit two instances, tne Times said, "Russian fighter planes opened fire on the obviously friendly American planes and, in at least one instance. Russian anti-aircraft batteries opened up. in daylight, on a stricken Superfortress." i The crews, the Times said, were interned with other army and navy aviators at Tashkent in south-central Russia in a camp that at one time held 131 Americans. Canadian Leads In Figure Skating STOCKHOLM, (CP) Displaying all tne grace and skill which won her the European title earlier this month, lovely Barbara Ann Scott of Ottawa Friday won the first hail of the women's compulsory figures In the world figure skating championships here.

Miss Scott. 18, scored 873.4 points. Oictchen Merrill. United States chaTpion, was second with 842.0 points and England's Daphne Walker was third with 834.1. i I 4 I 1 i I 5 i 'V4 tii eLj 1 1 r'i 1 Til rxPl-Z 2 Coast Men Plead Guilty To Edmonton Bank Holdup Two Vancouver men pleaded Woman Faces rial guilty in Edmonton police court For Officer's Death ty the armed daylight rob- i bery of the Imperial Bank main ROME.

(Reuters) Maria Pas-1 33-year-old Italian teach-1 braneh Feb- 3 when 3 er who is alleged to have shot Brig. I stolen. R. W. de Winton.

commander of the Magistrate Millar remanded 13th Ir.fantrv Division at Pola, Willi Ernest Amalo, 25. and William flow will be. "It's producing That's oil," was the way Walker Taylor, western production manager for the oil com- Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) Latest treasure trove of "black gold" was discovered when Imperial Oil Ltd. struck oil near Leduc.

The above ma, shows how to set there, the numbers representing miles. From Edmonton, go 21 miles south to Leduc, eight miles west and four-miles north. You will then be standing by Alberta's newest oil well. George Capstick, 39 to 2:00 p.m. Friday for sentence.

The pair, both tight-lipped during- an impassioned plea on their behalf by H. L. Spankie, defence counsel, shuddered in the prisoner's box when the magistrate delayed sentence on an offence which carries a maximum of life im-' prisonment and lashes. Charges of possession of stolen property, $3,033, and illegal peas- e.ssion of liquor against Donna I. McKay.

26. of Vancouver, were set aside to 2:00 p.m. with no pleas entered. Magistrate Millar ordered restitution to the Imperial Bank of Canada of $552 foimd on Amato and wnen they were arrested (ConUnucd on Page 2, Col. TUXEDO OFFERED FOR SALE TODAY It should be easy to find some place to go.

if you are all dressed up in the full drape tuxedo listed for sale under Want Ad Heading 30-1. Also offered by the same advertiser is a new dress shirt size 151-. The tuxedo is size 40. Fbr $3,250. you can purchase the stock, fixtures and equipment of a bicycle shop.

The shop is centrally located and the rent ts low. See Heading 50. A mining company requires a laboratory technician for industrial hygiene work. Duties will involve microscope work, taking blood tests, etc. This ad appears under Heading 16.

Want ads form a market place where you can shop for real bargains. Make them a must in your newspaper reading. Cover the complete circulation of both Edmonton newspapers at the special joint rate of five cents per word per day. All ads received at either newspaper office by 11:00 a.m. can be published on the next date of isnue.

EDMONTON (q) FT JF tiierslie I 8 leduc 5 provided through an increase in tne A celling price of coal and the other I $1 be paid by the company on tj graduated ba-is dependent on in- i creasea per-man piuuucnuu. mm xiic uiu, uv.vivi, be tried by a British fourt martial. it was learned Friday. She is noj longer believed to be a member ofi a gang or involved in an anti-1 British conspiracy. I After her arrest the woman pro- duced a letter in which she said she intended to shoot a senior army officer as a protest against the former Italian port of Pola being transferred to Yugoslavia under the peace treaty TliPre vl 95 a "tense atmosphere in I Pola Fridav.

Furniture of families going to other parts of Italy he- fore the Yugoslavs took over was lined on the quayside of the port. I Officials said 29.000 people were I leaving the city. 1 rind Ino liuilty War Frauds Case VANCOUVER. (CP) J. L.

Nor, ley. pioneer 65 year-old Vancouver builder, and his two sons, Paul and Archibald, late Thursday were remanded for sentence after being found guilty in county court ot conspiracy to defraud the federal government on war contracts during 1942 to 1944. Conviction was entered by Judge C. Lennox alter a five-day trial. Sentence will be pronounced Feb.

20. The crown presented more than 100 exhibits of allegedly fictitious invoices and cheques of Northevs wartime company, Millwork Industries Limited, which supplied furnishings for ships built here dur- lug the war. Individual invoices mentioned in testimony involved such sums as' $340 and $700 but there was no in- dicaticn of the total amount in-1 volvca Crown Prosecutor G. L. Fraser told the court that the accused re-; duced the profits of Millwork In-dustr'fs on war contracts by charging personal and nousing supplies against the company.

rejected a somewhat' similar formula recommenced by Mr. Justice Carroll of the Nova Scotia supreme court, government-appcint-ed conciliator, who had described the union's wage demand' as -justified." The Weather Forecast: Clear, becoming cloudy Saturday morning, light winds increasing to west 20 tomorrow. Temperature tonight at Edmonton steady near 20 above, increasing early Saturday morning to 30. Fine weather continues on the western prairies with temperatures Bbo it 20 degrees above normal in the Calga ry-Lethbrid'je area, ana close to normal elsewhere. Th5 cool air that has covered Saskatchewan and northern AiberU for tlie past few days will retreat slowly northeastward Friday and westerly winds will carry the mild Pacific air into all regions by noon Saturday.

Temperatures are expected to remain steady during tne and then climij rapidly Saturday to give thawing over the entire district except in the Prince Albert region. Prospects for Sunday are for mild weather. Estimated low tonight, 20 above. Estimated high tomorrow, 45 above. At Edmonton Saturday, sun rises sets 5:43.

Yesterday's maximum. 20 above. Overnight low. 8 above. Trace of freezing rain.

Excitement ran hish among 500 persons Thursday who watched the Imperial Oil company's Leduc No. 1 well. miles southwest of Edmonton, come in'o production. In (II the 156-foot derrick is seen in the background, with a separator tank in the forground. Two 500-barrel tanks are on the right.

In (21 a giant smoke ring, measuring about 20 feet in diameter, floats, in Ihe sky. The ring was formed by smoke which belched from a fire at the end of a flare-pipe. In (31 the flame and mushroom-like smoke roars upward from the flare-pipe. darkening the sky. Interested spectators are shown in (41 watching activities by the derrick.

They include Mayor Ainlay and acquaintances. Mike Turta, owner of the quarter-section of land on which the Well is located, is shown i.i (51. Valve which diverted the flow of oil and gas in a separator and ihen into huge tanks is shown being turned in (6) by Hon. N. E.

Tanner, minister of lands and mines. In the centre is Vernon Taylor, assistant production manager fur Imperial Oil in western Canada, and Walker Tavlor. right, production manager. us. Envoy Won't i Palestine Issue Air Crash Kills 4 In South Alberta LETHBRIDGE, (CP) Four men were killed in the crash of an aircraft west of Coleman Friday morning.

Coleman is in the Crowsnest Pass area, 75 miles west of Lethbridge. The men were believed to he construction officials from British Laborite Is 'Lost' in Greece ATHENS, (Reuters) T. G. Thomas, Labor member of the British commons, has been unreported since he was believed to have entered guerilla-held territory in Thes-saly four days ago, a British embassy spokesman said. Thomas came to Greece la.st month primarily to give evidence for the defence at the trial of members of the Greek left-wing youth organization Epon.

t.eiurn 10 roiana i WARSAW, (Reuters) Arthur Bliss Lane, United States ambassador to Poland, will not return to Poland after his recall to Washington for consultations about futiue United States policy regarding! Poland, it was authoritatively learned Thursday night. informed the Polish foreien office Thursday nisht he would leave for Washington Feb. 24. ill Go to U.N. LONDON.

(API Foreign Sec retary Bevin said Friday Britain would take the Palestine issue to the United Nations. Bevin made the announcement to Arab delegates in the final session of I the British-Arab conference which attempted unsuccessfully to the Holy Land problem by agree- ment. 3.