Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 1

I VI Edmonton Weather 2i-hottr forecast: Widely showers this ev tearing near clcuiy Friday afternoon, light uinds. 'One of Canada a Great Newspapers ittottiot HMMT-l'Ol Kill YEAR JJD.MONTO.V, THIKSDAY, JL'XE 2G, 1947 COrr, 5 CENTS 00 Pro nai oao $50,000,0 gram New Alberta Liberal Leader And Provincial Executive Privy Council Decides Part Rights Bill Invalid Oil Hunt, Development To Be Mainly In Alberta (I Imperial Oil Limited is pre- LONDON, (CI) The judicial committee of the privy council Thursday formally reserved judgment on lie validity of Alberta's Social Credit Canada Liquor Sales I VI "hill of $374,000,000 In 1946 (f rom Dispatches to The Journal) OTTAWA. Canadians in all nine provinces in the fiscal year of 194 The ruled ultra vires of li provincial legislature a competence, by the supreme court of Alberta has been ap I consumed liquor to the amount of $374 438,090, according to a return i taoled in the commons Wednesday. The total includes $1,188,855 worth of alcoholic beverages sold In Prince Edward Island, although the sale of such beverages In that pro i vince is prohibited except for medicinal purposes. pealed to the council by the province, and argument has proceeded since Monday before The return also gave the value of spirits, wine and beer sold in other provinces during 1946.

Largest sales were In Ontario, followed by Quebec X. I I I The breakdown: Spirits Nova Scotia $11,042,337 New Brunswick $9,593,866 Quebec $46,268,384 Ontario $58,471,888 Manitoba Saskatchewan $6,823,399 pared to spend up to on its exploration and development program in western Canada ehielly in Alberta "provided 1 tie. climate is suitable'' and development of its oil properties proceeds favorably, President Henry H. Uewetsori disclosed in Edmonton Wednesday. Mr.

Hewrtson indicated, in an interview in the Maedouald Wednesday night, that ''climate' refern to factors such as general bi'siness conditions and' government regulations, which had to be cousidered in determining the advisable extent of capital investment in any area. Referring; to his statement, the oil executive said, "I wouldn't have said that six months ago, which indicates the encouragement we have derived from Leduc developments." Kdmonton still is the company's choice for a refinery point and as soon as such a move was justified bv field de Wine $362,928 tl.256.63G S6.270.228 $9,013,257 $969,005 $1,457,334 Beer $11,310,982 $5,777,742 $38,024,809 $68,290,923 $11,337,074 $12,318,572 $17,285,809 ci it Jr 1 Alberta $10,066,155 British Columbia $20,163,853 $1,015,278 $17,564,324 a panel of law lords headed by Viscount Simon. It was learned that the law lords have already decided that Section Two the important, operative part of the bill, giving the provincial government power to control credit, is ultra vires of the Alberta legislature. The committee's judgment however, will not be official until a written decision is banded down later. Court officials said the fact that consideration of the section ended without any argument being called from counsel representing the do In Alberta the figures for spirits and wine were grouped together and were not available separately.

WILLIAM FEDl'MW Injury Fatal To City Man Prowse Elected New Leader Of Liberals In Province members of the newly elected executive. In the picture, front row, left to right, are Harold W. Riley, of Calgary, vice-president of the Alberta Liberal association, J. W. Stambaugh, of Bruce, re-elected president, and Mr.

Prowse. In the back row are Nelles V. Buchanan, of Edmonton, secretary, on the left, and L. S. Turcott, of Leth-bridge, treasurer.

Just after being chosen as new provincial leader of the Liberal party in Alberta at the party's convention here Wednesday, J. Harper Prowse, M.L.A. was greeted by minion government made it obvious Injured at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday! what the committee's rulintr would Defeating his two opponents by a wide margin, J. Harper Prowse, Avoids Punishment turn 11 UUK 111 Hllltll 11C H3 DC- passenger was in collision with a There was a short adjournment taxi.

William Feduniw. 58. black- after Attorney-General Lucien Mav-tnmh. 7819 101 died in 1henard of Alberta concluded his sub-Rival Alexandra hospital at 8:00 mission that Section Two of the m. Wednesday.

bill, authorizing control of credit. 'The Times Says- velopment a refinery would be M.L.A., 34 years old, was elected on ffir0ugn Want Ads constructed here and the oil i the ballot as leader of the, FALLS CITY (AP) piped to it. Liberal party in Alberta at the clos- Lry smith, a' Palls City young- The interview followed a visit by ing session of the party's provincial ster. placed the following aU in Mr. Hewetson and a party of oil i convention in the Masonic temple the Falls City Daily Journal: officials to the Ctlmar-Leduc sector Wednesday afternoon "If the party who found my coal where the company has four wells i r'r at Oil City theatre will return it, in production.

The party is travel- War veteran former newspaper- be punished." 262,000 Are Idle In States As Labor Troubles Spread The victim was one of seven did not conflict with dominion French Politics Uneasy persons injured in the accident but i banking laws i Plan European Recovery Then Viscount Simon recalled German Economic Council (A Dlgtu From The Times. London) both sides to give counsel for guidance. one other. John Noonan, 11627 87 st. was detained in hospital.

The rest were released after treatment. Peter Feduniw. 7819 101 brother of the victim and driver of NEW YORK. 'API Work stop- oy P'ane to inspect Alberta claimed bv friends The coat was returned. No one properties of the company.

"r- I7s.e c'a 7v, uae m.nished When the public hearing was re- LONDON. The French political in TTnit i fioMc in in. mr 1 a tci Lain niiici iiutu iuc owi 1 1-- sumed the Dominion of Canada scene remains clouded, reports The protest against the new labor 'bill Ime BOSlOn mayor Mr. Hewetson confirmed that Im the truck, was arrested by police and the Canadian Bankers' asso Times' Paris correspondent. Next and a strike of 40.000 workers at 10 Must Go To Jail perial Oil has been negotiating for 1 "1 triumphed over Jonathan M.

i Wheatley, of Chancellor, and J. H. en a dangerous driving; charge fol elation, respondents, were not called week thA s.mhiv will fnr east cast smpyaras in a oispute over Tremblay, former M.L-A. for Grou- fAP Mayor coal mine, two miles east of the nines civji, ui me Claim Food Higher If Rail Bates Rise wages, uuw averaging ji.jj iiuuny, i t. mminp: fnr thp a vote of confidence in the govern- boosted t0 more tnan 262,000 the James M.

Curley of Boston Thurs- city Umits, but said he did not know fr0d: nominees lor the the emnr tato nf Ih. n.tint(. ment's economic policy, and until number made idle Thursday. lowing the accident. When he appeared in police court Wednesday, en adjournment was granted in the hearing and he was released on $2,000 bail.

Police Thursday had not decided 'Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) upon to answer Maynard's submission that the section was within the legislative power of the province. Argument began immediately on Section One of the act, setting forth citizenship rights in Alberta and (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) and declined state whether Im- i Before the voting commencea, it Curtailed operations in steel was announcea mat io aeieaio day lost his appeal for suspension of a six-to-18 month jail sentence on mail fraud charges, and must serve it. Representative of two Alberta, had registered.

The report of the wholesale grocery concerns Thurs- mills and railroads and other coal-using industries resulted in layoffs of an unestimated number of workers. returning officer, H. O. Patriquin, i (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Tanner Denies th.t rt koiini.

in th "3ia me ouaiu ui the vote is taken an uneasy truce reigns. Key to the situation is the state of the Socialist conscience, for the Socialists, having supported Ihe financial proposals, now feel it is im-(Coinued on Page 7, Col. 4) A judge denied a plea of defence c0r? r5nha3 thC United colmcel that tne 72-year-old mayor, vorxor pro -incral leader. commissioners in Edmonton any increase in railway freight rates As a clear majority was necessary wouM haye t(J be paSfed on to the to elect on the first ballot, Mr. consumer.

wholesale grocers, it was Prowse obviously had more than 228 i statedt would be vmable to absorb estimated away from who is in "-health, be given a few 1 1.1 I lmi. i their jobs, most of them in nrotest days to clear up pressing municipal VH liillll VUl Claim Car Dealers Consider Abandoning Rail Transport against the labor law. i matters. Terms of proposed reduction of ur i.arr,prf thatj Ule lncrease- maximum acreage to be held by -we in rt over- Evidence was given by Harold V. QrlV rra norPAn rf nil Asvmnnttar in Lewis, of Caluary, who spoke in w.

iuuiMuj i thdm nr ma or tv. Alberta have not been arrived at support of brie submitted by The spreading wutk stoppage among coal miners held the attention of officiate in Washington. Representative Fred Hartley, N.J., co-author ot the new labor law. termed John L. Lewis, U.M.W.

president, a "rebellious and mutinous Mystery Objects Seen In Oregon Alberta automotive dealers joined inuthern Industrial enterprises tQueen Receives lite cuuiuuimi utreuuiK ut 111c uuuju1 of transport commissioners Wed- Northern rr Oman definitely, stated Lands and Mines i Home and Pitfield Limited ana Minister Tanner Thursday. He I the Wheatley moved that LohU petrie rjmited. labelled as "premature" a Caleary i the electi." be made unanimous and The proposea 30 percent boost newspaper report that starting tnis carrled unanimously. I j-gj by the railways would have Thursday maximum oil holdings Given an ovation when he spoke the effect of causing an average would be reduced from 600,000 following his election. Mr.

Prowse increase of almo.4 five percent in acres to 200,000 acres. expressed his appreciation of the ttie cost of groceries in Alberta, it "That report is premature. While great honor he had received. vras claimed. citir.en." PENDLETON.

(AP) Nine nesday to protest the railways' ap Delay Building Of Post Office By John Bird (From The Journal's Otlawa Bureau) OTTAWA. Alberta members in commons committee Wednesday night, pressing for new post offices at Red Deer and at Fairview, received scant assurance that any new projects could be undertaken there for the time being. F. D. Shaw, S.C., Red Deer, expressed disappointment that the Hartley, asserting that "other bright, saucer-like objects flying at leaders of organized labor are show plication for an Increase in freight tates.

The board had one of Us heaviest days of cross-ex? mination of LONDON, (CP) The court circular reported Thursday that Miss Monica Storrs of Fort St. John, B.C., was received in audience Wednesday by Her Majesty the Queen. It was understood the conversation changes will be made these are not "I thank you and want you to The brief said any flat Increase incredible" speed at 10,000 feet altitude were, reported here Wednesday by Kenneth Arnold, Boise, Idaho, pilot, who said he could not hazard a guess as to what they were. settled," said the minister, -who on share the work," he said. 'T am witnesses since the regional sit ing signs of that rebellious activity," proposed adding a new section of the act to deal with Lewis and the "challenge" of other union leaders.

The United Automobile Workers (C IO.) in Detroit summoned its executive board to a meeting next his recent return from a tour of I study and oil states in the United I ting started and an even heavier I dealt almost entirely with Miss was scheduled for Thurs- Storr's experiences as a welfare day. The board plans its second I worker In northern British Columbia C3 (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2) No Official Word in rates "could only have the effect of increasing the present inequality." Tlie brief found inequalities in transcontinental freight rates, Canadian rates as compared to U.S., the difference in rates from B.C. interior points to Calgary in comparison with the rate to Vancouver Arnold, a United States forest States announced Alberta oil regu-xcrvire pmnlm-w pnun-rprt in spnrch- i lations would be revised. night sitting Thursday.

during the last 15 years. Tuesday to decide on a policy in ine for a missing Diane, said he Tne Calgary report said new I tub- storr a sifter nf De" project, recommended by Automotive dealers, represented orrs is a or s'gniea me mysierv oDjects ues- i iv 1 troit. more than 32,000 workers will day at 3:00 Tn were fyin Thursday and would not apply to Hnffprifp YftflllC be laid off shortly because of a between Mount Rainier anri Mount, i companies already holding the llUllvl IIC LAUUU3 between Mount Rainier and Mount where the mileage is nearly the by H. J. Wilson, of Calgary, indi- rtonam otorrs.

veteran uriusn ior-cated the possibility of truck haul- eign office official noted for his s-e of cars into the prairies was work in the Middle East. She will bing investigated because of the return to Canada next month. maximum acreage of three blocks same, and rates on carioaas or WINNIPEG (CP) 3,500 tr.l nnnnmfAB Adams, in Washington state, he said, and appeared to weave in and of 200,000 acres each. It stated the present high western ireignt out of formation Arnold id he chan Prded Ior maximum hold- nd aJ. thta F' C' S' Evans' CPR' COunse1' out 01 lormation Arnold said he I Manitoba for South America this a ings of two blocks of 100.000 acres shortage of steel.

In St. Louis, Mayor Kaufmann said he would urge the Missouri state legislature to re-convene and pass legislation to restore the city's transportation, which has been paralyzed for two weeks by a strike. A Truman Vetoes clocked them and estimated their "Individual members of the asso- i summer, im "l'6 specific mark-up charges made by each, not to be adjoining. speed at 1,200 miles an hour. The wnnrt fQtoH maae "cw IUI i the wholesale irrocerv concerns.

The Wool Price ne aaoea ne taiKea weanesaay lations only would apply to crown brief said mark-ups "seldom" ex- departments, had been dropped from the estimates. Public Works Minister Fournier refused to commit himself to promising the erection of new buildings, under present conditions. Solon Low, 'Social Credit leader, urged the necessity of a new post office at Fairview "because it is a fast-growing town in one of the best farming districts of western Canada." The present post office, he said, was situated in a dilapidated old building made of rough boards with flooring so uneven, because of water seepaget that people could hardly walk around, without slipping. wun an umaenuiiea man lrom i nil right Kfrr Alh.ro nil whtc I 5ase ceeded 10 nercent. similar strike in Oakland, was ciation have talked about truck outfits bringing in cars from Fori.

William but dealers generally are not keenly interested as yet," Mr. Wikon said. The cars would be (Continued on 5, Col. 2) guay. it was learned weanesaaj.

ve8etable wholesalers' in its third week with no immediate Pian. south of here, who said he are vested in the crown, with the The emigrants will join other brief said any increase "would defi Mennonite-s in colonies established rutely be a hindrance to the free C.P.R., the Hudson's Bay land de partment and the Calgary and Ed indications of settlement. naQ sef similar on.iects over the Meat-packing operations at Om- mountains near Ukiah Tuesday, aha's Union Stockyards were cur- "It seems impossible," Arnold tailed by a continued strike of 425 said, "but there it is." monton Corporation being other there. It also was learned upwards distribution of these products." WASHINGTON. (AP) President Truman Thursday vetoed the wool price support bill because he said it would have "an adverse effect on our international relations." The measure would have con major holders of rights, to a I of 1.000 Hutterite colonists of Al- wholesalers believed rates were due relatively small extent.

i berta will join the exodus irom can- for a revision down, not up. C.I.O. Livestock handlers. In Washington, an army spokes man expressed interest in any ob- 0l1 companies in Calgary were i ada to Paraguay. Calgary Chinese Murdered In Shop tinued government prices on wool at present levels and authorized Bagpipe Players Said Underpaid By Dick Sanhurn iFrom The Journal's Ottawa Burtaui WASHINGTON.

(AP The Con- Ject which would fly at the esti- reported to have declined comment gress of industrial Organizations mated speed of 1.200 M.P.H., de- 1 on whether the proposed changes Municipal Affairs Minister uer-Thursday asked congress for immed- I daring: I would effect oil research until regu- hart said in Edmonton Thursday the iate action to prevent "collapse of "As far as we know, nothing flies iations were issued officially and Alberta government had no knowl-our economy." It declared that thus that fast except a V-2 rocket which Polished. edge, officially or unof icia of the nresident. tn hnnst tariffs nr far "there nas not been a sinele traveLs at about 3 son ps an hour mai-uosiuu -and that's too fast to be seen." I stage" said Tanner- step" to check rising living costs. ites. At the last session of the legis- I ima.

Anotner aarK aeea lature. the Land Settlement Pro- was added Thursday to the long hibition Act was amended, refusing hst of complaints the C. B. C. lw Hutterites the right to increase I heard about itself from membert nresent land holdings in Alberta 01 tne commons radio committee.

Pilot Wanted $150,000 To Try To Beat 700 M.P.H.; U.S. Army Fliers Volunteer For XS-1 Rocket Tests Tom Reid bagpipe-t 1 1 i CALGARY, (CP) oaigary pouoe restrict imports if foreign wool or Thursday had no clue as to the products pushed down domestic Identity of the person who bludgeon- prices. ed to death Charles Mah 60- The enactment of a Iaw pr0. year-old Calgary Chinese tailor viding for additional barriers to late Wednesday afternoon. the importation of wool at the very This was the seventh murder in moment when this government is Calvary In 21 months, three of the taking the leading part in a United victims having been Chinese.

i Nations conference at Geneva" to Police discovered Wing body reduce trade barriers "would be a crumpled on the floor between a tgic mistake," Truman said, single bed and an easy chair in He added in a message to tiny, littered living quarters. grcss: The position of the body and the "it would be a blow, to our leader-si ate of the room indicated a Strug- ship in world affairs glo had taken place. "it would be interpreted around There were several wounds on the world as a first step on that hnih the back and front of Wing's 'same Toad to economic isolationism and the right to establish new colonies within 40 miles of already established colonies. James H. Forbes, head of the government assessment branch, is in Liberal member from New Westminster, indignantly charged the C.B.C.

paid lower fees to bagpipe players than it did to other "musicians." T-To nrntacla'f vicrnrm I ct Aouthern Alberta looking over all Hutterite colonies for the purpose vm ftrst-cla. Give Open Verdict In Bride's Death BRACEBRIDGE, (CP) The strange drowning of pretty Christina Kettlewell, bride of eight days whose body was found May 20 in shallow water in the Severn River in Ontario's Muskoka district, Thursday was as much a mystery as ever! The inquest concluded Wednesday night with an open Verdict which said: "This jury finds Christina Kettlewell came to her death on May 20, at Dinnertime rapids in the Severn river, Muskoka, In a small (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4 General Strike Called By Arabs JERUSALEM, (AP) Officials of two Arab cities which the United Nations Palestine committee will of assessment. Mr. Gerhart saia Mr.

Forbes had reported no plans for a mass move of Hutterites. The Winnipeg report said the four Hutterite leaders from southern Al musicians, and a lot ot people thought there ought to be more bagpiping over the air. There was plenty of terrible music on the air, he said, and bagpiping was preferable to a lot of it. A C.B.C. representative said he was unaware that there was my skuil and the floor and furnishings down which we and other countries travelled after the First World War were splattered with Diooa.

bertaJohn Wurz. Peter Hofer, David Waldner and Jacob J. Wipf have conferred with Prime Minister King regarding the Alberta legisla- financial discrimination against tion. bagpipe players. with such disastrous consequences.

"I cannot approve such an action." The veto was the third major one this congressional session. Truman previously had vetoed a tnx reduction bill and the Taft-Hartley labor bill. Where To Find It A THisements, Theatres 11 BrWe Comics ijj rrnssword Puzzle 18 District 8 E-iitorial inancial 23 Cft the Record Radio J'J 10, Thev'U Do it Everv Time 1H tmcie Hav's Corner 18 Want Ads 20, 21 22 Women's 1j. 16, 17 Coast Murder Details' Baffling EIGHT POLIO CASES VANCOUVER, (CP) Vancouver's 1947 poliomyelitis register totalled eight Wednesday as two new suspects were diagnosed as suffering from the disease. Dr.

Stewart Mur-tay. medical health officer, said China Says Russia Breaking Treaty VANCOUVER, (CP) John An-dras. a 35-vear-old self-styled artit thre other patients were under ob- who had been living In a supposedly servatj0n as possible polio victims. visit Saturday issued a call Thursday for general strikes on that day, but their decision to emphasize an Arab boycott of the committee's probe was not unanimous. The strikes were called in Tul-kram and Nablus.

However, Nablus' mayor, Suleiman Bey Toukan, told NANKING, (AP) China issued a white paper Wednesday accusing Russia of failing to. live up to her treaty and of blocking Chinese entry into Dairen and Port Arthur ever since Japan's surrender. The nanpr rallprl "Kfrwrnir'c "ori- The Weather flssued bv the dominion public weather office at Edmonton.) Showers and thunderstorms occurred overnight in all regions of Aibprta and Saskatchewan. Rainfall i 1 1 vnoccupiea army nut in eiaiuey for the past two weeks, Thursday appeared as a surprise link in the baffling chain of circumstances which ended early Sunday with the strangle-slaying of 27-year-old Mrs. Norma Burton.

Charged with vagrancy. Andras is the third man to be arrested in connection with the sla.vinz. Also held are Elmer Johnson. 25-ycar- reporters: "I will not be dictated ran-ed from ready half an inch at ous attention" to the asserted failure 1 to. I shall greet the delegates and old baker accused of murde- and a Swift Current.

Medicine Hat and abide by the treaty and declared welcome them in the traditional Coronation to .20 at Saskatoon and that "the Chinese government is hospitality of our city." A3 at Grande Frairie. iree at any time" to decide to send I The delegates' visit to all-Jewish More showers are expected Thurs- troops to both Soviet-occupied Man- Tel Aviv Wednesday was highlight-day and Friday in Saskatchewan churian ports. I ed bv a demonstration bv Irgun and Southern Alberta. The temper- The foreign office review of re-1 Zval Leumi, Jewish underground attire will continue much the same ations with Russia declared that 1 group Kriday, climbing to near 70 in most soviet obstruction had permitted the I material witness. Arthur Miiler.

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Ads phoned, mailed or wired in before 11:00 a.m. can be inserted the following day. Andras told police he saw two couples sitting on the gra-ss near i ROCKET-PROPELLED BELL XS-I FLOWN BY GOODLIN ON EARLY TEST his hut about midnight Saturday. WASHINGTON, (NANA) The final four attempts to ram the Bell acquired an orchestra and several The bruised body of pretty Mrs. departure of 23-year-old Chalmers i XS-1 through the speed of sound vocalists and is considering an as- Burton was found not far away Communists to infiltrate the region a D1 around Dairen and Port Arthur and Dees JTe lame a throw up a barrier to government p0r Man's Death (fruck) uoofliin rrr" supersonic more than 700 miles an hour it was sociation with Paul Mantz, Holly- early fcunaay 1 a Ja 1 1 i I DnliM wood sneed and stunt flier.

I Police have estaonnea mat me piloting stems from a U.S. army air learned here. regions. Estimated low tonight, 44 above, above. Estimated high tomorrow, 68 above.

At Edmonton Friday, sun rises sets 10:07. Yesterday's maximum. 69 above. Overnight low. 44 a'Mve.

Sainfall, .06 of an inch. He declared at Muroc, his quartet seen and spoken to by An-(esignation was not due to a lack oYas was the party of which Mrs. of confidence in the XS-1. Burton was a number. Others Goodlin has flown the XS-1 on were Johnson.

Miller and a second (Continued, on Page Col. 6) i IContinued on Page 2, Col. 4) It said that China prepared to send in troops Immediately after Japan' but Russia opposed the move "on the ground Dairen wA to be made a free port." GHENT. N.Y (AP) A huge swarm of bees attacked Clarence Felpel, 55, Wednesday and apparently were responsible for his death, his doe'vor reported. force desire to do its own piloting, statements bv an A.A.F.

spokes-and from a disagreement on terms man by Goodlin and by BcU ln. between Good and the Bell Air-1 Seated there were no hard feel-craft Corporation. Goodlin. it is reported, has Coodliu wanted $150,000 lor the taken a Hollywood movie test, has 0.