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1 TODAY'S TIDES: High 5:47 a.m. 14.5 feet; low 10:42 a.m. 11.5 feet; high 2:52 p.m. 13.3 feet; low 10:48 p.m. 1.3 feet Pm WEATHER: Clear and colder today and Saturday.

Low tonight 20, high Saturday 38. CUM ttJUNDKD ISRfi FINAL i MArine 1161 40 PAGES VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949 VOL. LXIII. No. 107 mm DOUBLE EXTENSION FC to 0eroe: Ofl Vaoc yver; South by Had $13 Million Plan Bared by Premier By LESLIE FOX Sun Staff Reporter VICTORIA, Feb.

11. Premier Johnson topped a $90 million five-year government expansion program for B.C. today with the announcement the Pacific Great Eastern 1. I i B.C. TO JOIN PARLEY ON LOW-RENT HOUSING By Sun Stiff Reporter VICTORIA', Feb.

11. The provincial government will take part in a joint Dominion-Provincial-Municipal conference to be held this year on a plan for low rental housing projects, Premier Johnson announced in the Legislature. He made no commitment, however, on what, attitude the government will take. In reference to housing, he said more than 9000 homes have been built in B.C. since the veterans' housing scheme was launched and several thousand more are either building or planned.

nanway will be extended the 83 miles from Quesnel to Prince George and linked on its southern end by a highway from Squamish to Vancouver. The government, he said in his policy speech to the Legislature, intends to lay out $13,329,000 on its PGE program, which is part of a vast scheme for developing the rich B.C. hinterland. HIGHLIGHTS OF PREMIER'S PLANS $90 Million B.C. PREMIER BYRON JOHNSON forward with confidence.

(AP Wirepnoto) Tragedy Ends Test Flight of Secret Bomber Unionists Returned In Ireland WRECKAGE of a secret U.S. Navy bomber, which crashed into the sea off Los Angeles last Friday while on a test flight, is raised from the sea by the submarine rescue ship Floriken. No trace was found of the two pilots who were carried to their deaths. Along with it will go a $5 million public hydro plant at Quesnel to supply electricity for a huge pulp and paper mill planned by private interests, a $500,000 lumber assembly plant at Squamish, and a $2,329,000 scheme for overall improvement of the government-owned railway's equipment. (Bowater interests of London, already operating pulp mills in Newfoundland, are understood to be behind the plans for a mill at Quesnel, as reported in The Sun Feb.

In announcing the government has decided to go ahead itself with the much talked about extension of the railway, the Premier disclosed that various mooted proposals for American interests taking over the railway have never amounted to anything; and he confirmed that the two national railways are not interested in taking part in the PGE. However, the federal government at Ottawa probably will help in financing the scheme, he revealed. It will mean that the PGE, instead of being a railway running "from nowhere nowhere," as it has often been described, will get switching connections for freight with the CNR at Prince George at its northern end, and have a direct land connection with the big railway and steamship terminals of Vancouver at its southern end by the highway. The construction of the new 83-mile link is to start this summer. Program Outlined By Sun Staff Reporter VICTORIA, Feb.

11. To take care of the government's part in an unprecedented period of industrial expansion in B.C. Premier Byron Johnson today proposed a total program of extraordinary, expenditure above the regular budget of more than $90,000,000 over the next five years. The details: Pacific Great Eastern Railway to be extended 83 miles from Quesnel to Prince George at cost of $8 million. A road to be built linking the PGE terminal at Squam-ish with Vancouver, via the coast route, for $2 million.

A lumber assembly plant for Squamish costing $500,000. Four-year plan for improving PGE right of way, buying new engines and equipment to cost $2,849,000. TILL NO RAIN IN SIGHT BELFAST, Feb. 11 (CP) Sir Basil Brooke's Pro-Partition Unionist government today was re-elected and won a "mandate" for Northern Ireland to continue as part of the United Kingdom. It Will Be Colder Tonight; Temperature to Touch 20 The election was fought on the single issue of king or repub lic." Mounting returns showed the government retained con trol of the 52-seat legislature and there were indications its majority may have been increased.

A new three-year highway construction program of $10 million a year, to begin this year. A $5 million hydro plant to be built by B.C. Power Old Man Winter has a "full Nelson" on Vancouver again. His icy grip, weakened mo mentarily by Wednesday's light Commission at Little Canyon near Quesnel to supply power The Unionists held the 27 seats necessary for re-election. Opposing parties held five.

These figures include 20 seats which iduudii, was sirenginenea taaay for a new DUiD mili planned by private Capital wim a new surge of exception- Borrowing power of B.C. Power Commission to be Highway Surveyed went unopposed and four other seats in Queen's University will the Polar ion, I increased by $15 million, for general developments and Surveys for the Squamish-Vancouver highway have imoroveu rural eitx-u uicaiiun. REDS TRYING TO SHUT WEST OUT OF AUSTRIA LONDON, Feb. 11 (BUP) -Russia sought today to bar western military advisers and technicians from Austria after the allied occupation ends. Soviet delegate Georgi Zarubin insisted at the big four Austrian treaty talks that the proposed treaty prohibit foreigners from participating in the "designing, production and maintenance of war materials" in Austria.

Five-year hospital building program, with federal and local aid. to total $20 millions. not be determined until the end of the month. First results gave the Unionists an unexpected, success against Labor in the dock division of Belfast and a clean sweep School buildings costing $9.6 millions (of which govern ment Davs half authorized for comme year A $2 million office building for Victoria, to go ahead jt the city's other Labor seats with other general buildme proiects. Extra $1.5 million for UBC to complete its expansion program.

Another million proviaea ior irrigation projcia, was indicated. In four other Belfast constituencies Unionist majorities rose by thousands, the highest being obtained by Lord Glentoran in Bloomfield. Voting in the country areas showed that Nationalists and Unionists polled in strength and that changes are unlikely. And there will be no relaxation from the "cold hold" for 48 hours, the frosty old man's seconds, the Weather Bureau officials said today. These weary watchers of the skies can see no sign of storms brewing off the coast to bring either rain or snow.

The mercury will drop to 20 degrees tonight, it is predicted. Actual low this morning was 22 degrees. Icy weather is general over all of Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest with blizzard conditions reported on the Prairies. Vancouver's hope of continued rain and higher temperatures, after .77 inches fell overnight Wednesday, was dashed when the two storms, expected to bring the change, moved on rapidly. The storms were only 12 hours already been started, the Premier said.

(It is understood this will follow the benches of the coastal route rather than "across the top" through the Vancouver watershed as originally proposed.) He said it will establish Squamish as a deep-sea port, give the PGE buiness from Britannia mines, which lie along the road route, and help lumber mill all along the PGE line. Passenger and express service will be improved: immeasurably by cutting down the present three and one half hour boat trip between Vancouver and Squamish to a' 90-minute highway trip. The PGE scheme was only a part of Premier Johnson's vast program for B.C.'s development. Hospitals $20,000,000 It includes another $30,000,000 for general highway construction, $20,000,000 for hospitals over five years, another $9,600,000 school building program this year, stepping up B.C. Power Commission's construction by $15,000,000, and a series of new buildings and public institutions, as well as an allocation of $3 million for more Reds Move Church Purge to Bulgaria Survivor Saw Sea Snatch Captain By PAUL ST.

PIERRE "Where's your boat, daddy?" These were the words that greeted 46-year-old Dan Johnson at the B.C. Packers wharf in Steveston today. He is one of three survivors snFTA Fph. 11 fAP) Communist-governed Bul- crnria is eoing to Dut 15 Protestant ministers and officials on trial soon on cnarges oi ireason, violating cuiiciity iawo apart instead of the normal 24 and spying for Britain and tne united Mates, of the ill-fated fish packer Pass-'hours What Am I Saying! By FRANK MORGAN As many a young actor has found, trying to make a living by acting is a precarious business. I know.

The first 30 years are the hungriest. The reason so many actors go hungry is there are so many hams and not enough good roles. and cleared too auicklv. Golden Gloves Vladimir Topencharov, deputy ing which sank in the 3,000,000 Stranded foreign minister, said the church Queen Charlotte Straits Wednes men already had "fully con leaving clear skies in their wake. City public works, department, however, are one jump ahead of the weatherman.

They are not going to be caught short with PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 day, carrying her skipper's body fessed" to the spy charges. (BUP) A transit strike hit this third largest city of the nation with her. irrigation schemes the B.C. Interior.

Both the hospital and school works require funds provided by local authorities and the Dominion will contribute to hospitals. Mr. Johnson spent a eood deal of timp nn thp histnrv The government Thursday night disclosed the indictments nn a nM4 "Always crazv about boats." clogged street drains in case of today and left 3,000,000 daily pas said Johnson as he swept his rain or sudden thaw, ana namea sen gers without trolley, bus and British churchmen, educators On Tonight At Gardens Approximately 31 bouts will be held tonight when The Vancouver Sun Golden Gloves tourney opens at the Exhibition Gardens at 8 o'clock. The bulk of the street-cleanins small son into his arms. of his recent negotiations on the PGE, and bared, for the in nine tne msme story or attempts oy w.

T. Uatcneller You going to be a fisherman, too?" he asked the child. Like Robert McCaffrey, 67-year-old cook who returned home today on rescue shin, first mate or Seattle to make an arrangement on the railway. "He had a scheme which in larsre measure was promo More than 60 boxers register ed in at the weigh-in today considered the disaster the Western sports Centre. u.

wmcn as "contacts" in spying activities. (In New York, an official of the Northern Baptist Convention, President Truman's denomination, said the charges were a "terrible thing" and bracketed them with the treason trial of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, Roman Catholic primate of Hungary, as part of a -Communist "persecution of all religions Protestant, Catholic or Jews." (The last church census in crews, 250 men, are now opening up drains. Another 50 men and fleet of trucks are sanding icy streets throughout the city this morning. By afternoon, this number will be added to the men on the "drain detail." B.C. public works department announced 'Wednesday that load and speed limits for busses and trucks will be restricted when the thaw comes.

Trucks will be limited to 15 miles an hour and busses to 25. Carrying, capacity will be restricted to 50 percent. Meanwhile, Vancouverites con I 'm'mmifig' w.y -s, ir- i tional and involved the alienation of many of our rich resources," the Premier said, declaring that until he lays before the government a bonafide proposition he does not propose to deal with, him. As long ago as 1947, a lawyer for Mr. Batcheller applied to the government for all the available pulp timber in the Quesnel Lake area and watershed, and said they intended to seek all the timber on the Parsnip and Finlay Rivers, he said.

112 pounds Reg. Watson, fcagle-tlme vs. Jim St. John, DOKK; Kd. Robertson, Victoria vs.

Ken Hupe. North Vancouver. Byes: Lloyd Broad-bent, DOOK and Len Kupcnak, Bur-rard AC. iiao lu VAfJCLT in IllS WOLK. He was met by his wife and two sons at the dock.

McCaffrey, the cook, declared the sinking wasn't as tough an experience as he'd had before. 1934 listed 8371 Protestants "I was torpedoed twice in the first war," he said, "that's rougher. Torpedoes don't give tinued to fall on treacherous ice- Bulgaria, compared to 5,000,000 members in the Greek Orthodox Church, the national faith.) you so mucn time." covered sidewalks. Six were in Turned It Down McCaffrey got off the bow of i The fifteen indicted are lead 118 pounds Art Harrison. Victoria, vs.

J. T. Skidmore. Gibbs AC; K. Montgomery, Grandview vs.

Tom Palmer, Haney AC; R. Langston, Haney AC vs. Len Walters, Burrard AC; Bob Shires, Western Club, bye. 126 pounds D. Thompson, Western vs.

Del McNeill. DOKK; A. Tompkins, North Vancouver vs. B. Langston, Haney; B.

McDonald, New Westminister vs. Bob Kimbel, Tacoma, D. Stammers, New Westminster vs. Earl Vance, Duncan, B.C.; Verne Bockhodt vs. J.

Hadcock. Eagletime: Dennis Labossier, Western vs. Larry Crampton, Eagletime. me uudi minutes Deiore it, them women. siippea to tne Bottom.

He was Transportation throughout the with skipper G. (Buster Brown! city is back to normal with BCER ers of the United Evangelical Church. Represented in the church are the Methodist, Bap uicu ui a nearc auacK while attempting to launch the Please Turn to Page Two lifeboat. 1 See "Weather" tist, Pentecost and Congregational faiths. FRASERVIEW TENDERS CALLED 135 pounds Jimmy Johnston, East End AC vs.

Ralph Noble, North Vancouver: Virgil Larson. Tacoma vs. Billy Donnelly, unattached; Art Burgess, Victoria vs. George Helt. Western; Joe LeElanc, Navy vs.

Joe Ren-ny Nanaimo; Ken McPhee. Burrard A.C., bye: Dick Webber, Grandview bve; Bruce Codvllle, UBC, bye: Don Codville, UBC, bye. 147 pounds Pete Dignard. Richmond vs. Louis Lawrence.

Western (1st round): L. Kehoe. Burrard Lions vs. Hal Holloway. HMCS Naden i'2na round): Russ Roberts.

Navy vs. Mike 1100-Home Building Project to Proceed Despite Complaints Last July a big eastern banker came out here to discuss Mr. Batcheller's proposals, but after hearing from the Premier decided to have nothing to do with them, Mr. Johnson said. Despite this, the Premier asserted, he since received word from the eastern banker saying Mr.

Batcheller was claiming to have government approval for his scheme if financing was available in the east This Mr. Johnson denied. He said: "The government is willing to consider offers for the Pacific Great Eastern but those offers must be on a sound business basis, with proper financial backing and free from promotional characteristics or schemes looking for large amounts of land and resources." Dealing in detail with his extension plan for the PGE, he said the railway will operate diesel freight trucks and passenger busses over the new road from Vancouver to Squamish. Under the new setup it will be possible for passengers to leave Vancouver at 9 a.m., catch the train at Squamish by 11 and travel through the spectacular scenery of the Cheakamus Canyon in daylight hours. At the other end through extension of the railway itself to Prince George industries along the railway now will be able to enter the prairie market over CNR and will have two deep water outlets, one throueh Sauamish and the W' 1 nf Di'snard and Lawrence Vs.

char- The Fraserview Housing Pro-i Mr. Jones agrees that there lie Stanyer. Western (2nd round); Art liect will not be delayed, despite ictifinWo mmnlaintt Stirling Britannia vs. Earl Cook. t- iTnr.

iare JUSUIiaDie complaints. rard AC (2nd round i. home subdivision. I Home owners fear increased 10 lbs. Bud Black.

Gibbs AC vs. a a rpcnif of sirlpwalks tr. iu viaoi This auiiranrr was nvpn hv as a result 01 siucwauvs he points dokk. vs. George Jeckell, Eritannia: Central Mortage and Housing and sewers going in," Misunderstanding is further caused bv the "bookkeeping methods" of expropriating the land.

"In order to facilitate registra-; tion of the new subdivision, we must expropriate the entire area," Mr. Jones says. "During that process, now going on, property owners lose ownership. When the new deeds are drawn up, most of them wiU get their property back." he says. There are four categories: I cm, ac Tom ation oUiciais today.

out. 175 pounds Tony Chursky. West-j "Only a sudden switch in gov-! But complaints that bulldozers Sll- ernment policy can stop it," J. 1 are trespassing are misdirected, Pete Worthineton. UBC, vs.

Ken A Hoffman. Chimwack; Norm reison, i "tiwjs mi. juiio. Navy, bve: Bob McGivern. dokk.

i are going ahead on schedule fcye. land calling for road tenders to- day. ether through Prince Rupert. i Cheaper feed coming from the prairies will enable Cariboo cattlemen to "finish" their cattle in their own country. It is true, he says, that some fences and clothes lines have been knocked down, but they were knocked down by the contractor.

"Our contract states that they must not under any circum- Heavy weteM ffieht Saturday Joe Ellison. Western; Phil Anderson. Gordon McArthur. Britannia, vs. I'BC.

vs. Art Senft, North One hundred and twenty-four lots will not be altered or touched. Concern over the project's future was felt when Ottawa announced a top CMHC official will fly to Vancouver Monday to investigate home owners' complaints of "government high I TV I i iiriWiMiWiiilii III TjllTii Tilfc 1 niliWtii ill Hi mi Ill nli i HHlnMi i I 111 stances cause damage to or tres Seventy-seven pieces, of vacant Subway for Toronto pass on any property occupied land will be bought. TORONTO. Feb.

11 (CP) Power Development The Premier conceded that the new hydro development at Quesnel is in advance of the present power needs, but he said there are 9 million feet of pulp timber in the area available for a pulp plant and "the government will press strongly for the undertaking. handedness. will be by dwellings or other struc-l Forty-four homes tures," Mr. Jones says. moved or torn down.

The Toronto Transportation! Decision to send A. D. Wilson Commission Thursday took its was reached after a flare-UD in ONE OF CONTENDERS lor light-heavyweight title when Golden Glovers start swinging tonight is Western Club's Tony Chursky, a 166-pounder. Chursky is one of many entries who are making The Vancouver Sun's promotion biggest yet Fights start in Exhibition Gardens tonight at 8 o'clock. "The contractor is responsible! Land area will be altered on step toward thp construe- the House of Commons Thurs- for Hon of a SSO.onn.OOO Tonge day over complaints concerning ings or property, and for settle-ling off pieces to allow for road-' Street subway system.

the project. Iment of any claims," he says, Iways, etc Pleat Turn to Pag Two See TG1T.