The Edmonton Bulletin from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 1

Bea Thrifty 0MONTON BULLETIN komemakcn follow Tho daily iar shoppers that conn rythim from to Milady's troasaeaa Road Boa Thrifty tho women' section of Tho lulletin £Y-NINTH YEAR EDMONTON ALBERTA WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 1949 Telephone 26131' PRICE 5 CENTS DOITD 6-Storey Building Is Still Smoking Smoke etill billowed from the burning at -storey Northern Hardwire Building at 104 street and 102 avenue today as weary firemen battled grimly against a blase likely to cauae more then $3000000 damage Huge crowds of alghtseera dur- DUKE FINDS TRAIN IS SIX DRINKS LATE LONDON March l-(CP-As the night train to London was SO minutes late th Duke ef Edinburgh and Edinburgh's Lord Provost had for tho Twenty minutes later the train wai still late So they had another tha Duka told hta after-dinner Ilstoaors decided the train was an drinks late When we reached London I am suro many clti-arns wars surprised to see the Lord Provoet and myself on such extremely good term Hotel Extension Gets Okay 4 Go-Ahead Order Is Given to CNR On Big Addition Sy DICK JACKSON Edmonton Bulletin Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA March Transport Minister Chevrtar today gave the order to the Canadian Nation al Railway! on construction of the $4000000 addition of 380 rooms to the Hotel Macdonald It wai established this morning at the office of mince minister MacKinnon The Justice Department-working on a legal opinion sought by cabinet for aomo ceme up with tho answer that the CNR could moke the expenditure even before it reached the house of commons for approval Tho expenditure is contained In the CNR estimate which will be taken before tha commons by transport minister Cbevrier later this icmUm This means the absolute green light for the Edmonton a cabinet source informed tho Whole Department Called to Battle Flames tire Edmonton fin department all night Still burning at press-time blase enveloped top three storeys bf six-storey structure Damage is expected to exceed fiercest fire in recent Edmonton history is shown at its height early thia morning as firemen struggle deeper ately to prevent blase from spreading to upper floors of Northern Hardware building 104 street and 102 avenue Starting at 11:45 last night fire defied efforts of en Calgary 3-2 In Opener of Semi-Finals Family Loses Home by Fire Hurd Time By BARBARA ABBOTT A rasing fire gutted the homo of a Wist Jrnspcr Place family today White ill flro-dlgMIng equipment wu eoamlntevl on th Mating Northern Hirdwwro building la the heart of downtown Edmonton a man and wife were edruggllng to mv their flversom towelling at 15307 Avenue NO FIRI EQUIPMENT Ho described how repeated ad-forte to obtain help la flghllag the fir today were unsuccessful 1 guess everything wan he uld "They told me at the Firs Department tbit there wu nothing to ForMyiaroId Adolf Ruber end bto wifi Ruth thia to ths third time wllhla twe years they hive been made homeless by fire This ilternoon only a tow scorched places of furniture sad smouldering plte ef rubble la ill that remains of their home BABY RIKUID Their two-year-eld diaghtof Either wrt rescued fey bar tether "This uld Reaber shlckea rancher) about the sad I see now asdsMsad why 'peopt foal like soaimlttlag suicide' Ite told a story of thru years of appalling misfortune He teg everything Indudlng furniture ad clothing la Um first flro that wiped nut hla uninsured fetlock home Six months later hla second kuuss wen burned to the ground BURNED UNDER TRUCK In July IMS ho wu seriously burned 4wn pinned under an overturned lumber truck Bear Slarkyk mine He still kmp aa a result of Injuries Three months ago be bought the house that was destroyed today thought things were st leal going all ho told Bulletin reporter "Then two weeks ago I chopped off my loft think while cutting wood" With eyebrow Binged and his rlothes blackened Hasher made a pathetic figure Mrs Rasher to still attempting to selvas something from ths remains at her homw Her Httte girl ha bets taken to relatives at Arvill And Mr Reaber Is already pra-parteg to convert a seat by food-etori shod into living aecdmsnodatlM One Killed Four Injured In North Road Accident One man was killed and four other persona injured yesterday In a highway accident near Hudson Hope BjC MS miles northwest oi BdmontoniMr Dead Is wmian 'Jones at Hudson Hop Injured art Mel Neds Schneider Stubbs and King Gething all ef Hudson Hope According to reports reaching Edmonton a truck driven by Neils left the road and rolled down steep slope seriously Injuring the four passengers Jones died enrouta to hoapltgL By Stan Mote Biillttln Rparti tdltff Sandy Andy Gtovechok top goal-sniper during the regular run failed to come up with a counter The same went for Alec Pringle another flanker who consistently filled enemy nets through most of the season' But Bill Maher was good for a Ing th nooa hour war being kept hark to woodee barriers LIVE AMMUNITION It la knows that live ammunition la eonaiderablo quantity I stared In the building but no on at tho com ef the fir aeemed to know Just where Fire hod burned out on the fourth floor but wu biasing fiercely on th fifth and Mxlh floors Firemen could not predict when tho flames would be completely extinguished Fire Is believed to have started in a parking room of Gault's Alberts Lid on tho fourth floor The ceuu has got bora ascertained SINGLE LOIS 3300400 Chief suffarer wu Gaults At borta Lid wholesale dry goods firm which occupied (ha fourth and fifth floors Date Detente company assistant manager aald today that the stock valued at $500400 wu total loss Destroyed he uld were 1000 different Ucmt Including for-alture text lies and linoleums The goods wars Insured The fir marked the strand big blase In Ihn building tha first on-euring 30 years ago when fire almost levelled th whole Interior of the structure It wu formerly known tha Ro-villon building Top floor of tho six-storey steel ad concrete structure is occupied by Starry and Campbsll Leather Goods and Dominion Textile Company Damage suffered by these firms his not yet been determined All tha premlus were storage ware houses Water which wu poured Into th building at more than 1400 gsilons minute by four boaster pumpe sad Unas of hoes eauaod satea-Otve dimiga to lower floor Reaching a depth of four biches la some spots tha water sot waste-paper baskets and chain aflul In tha basement It wu II Inrhss deep FIREMCN HAMFERED Deni clouds of smoke birred many' of 4ho firefighters to don masks sad they were further hampered by (he ladders and on their clothing as the flying spray quickly (rose in last aero temperature First alarm wu turned In by po-lies constable Cliff Jones who allotted tho Initial blau In ths south-oast corner of tho fourth floor A short lima later a general alarm was turned In Edmonton branch of tho world-famous firm of Dub and Brad-street situated immediately below tho main point of tho fire Is expected to suffer heaviest Water dame( Filing cases and desk containing extenslvo company records were drenched by tho torrents which usrided down stairways and elevator shaft About 10 Edmonton business firma havi offices and wirehouu pace th structure Building was (Continued on Page 2) Ste "Fire Less Spring Due For Comeback Calgary Man Wins Appeal CALGARY March (CP-Gordoa Alexander Graham of Calgary yesterday won hii appeal against sentence of six months imprisonment and a fine of 100 The appeal wu allowed by Chief Judge McDonald In district court Graham was convicted and sentenced to six imprisonment when he appeared In city police court recently on a charge of dangerous driving 10 Feet Added To Oil Strata At Schoepp Pay sons of Canada's thickest oil bearing strata was Increased another 10 fret yesterday Drtilatem teat of the Interval from Wli to W23 feet at Schoepp No 1 filled to reveal tha under-lying water layer for which the well has been searching for more than two weeks HEAVY OAS FLOW Tha teat recovered an Immediate gas blow at the rale of 303000 cubic foot per day Oil flowed to tho surface and R370 feet were recovered la tho drill pipe The well haa since been deepened by coring to tha 1433 feet leveL The oil hearing none haa eow been proven to be foot thicker than that ef the BcdwaUr field which art a record laat Ml whoa a tW chasm of Mi teat waa estate Uahad la tha dlscovsry wall parial Bedwitcr No H'NT OF DEPTH Poaslbla extant of the jkhoepp discovery may ha Indicated la an Unconfirmed report thia fnornlng from tho Midland Petroleum No 1 well tax mllei north of nine feet of porosity and oil staining oblain-od white coring at below tho 1103 feet leveL Baseball Sued For Large Sum NEW YORK March API-Max Lanlar and Prod Martin who once hitched for St Louis Cardinals sued organised baseball for damage totalling 32400400 yesterday in an effort to break tha five-year autpansloM imposed on them for Jumping to the Mexican league They also obtained federal court order directing organised bascbaU to show cause Much 13 why it should not bo temporarily restralnsd from barring thsm and from demanding that pltyart sign contracts containing a reserve or a termination Tbs reserve often called the backboM of professional wu attacked as a violation of tho anil-trust laws in ths suits filed in fsdsral court hero by John piynn Now York lawyer Named defendants ware A B-(Happy) Chandler baseball com la-slonar Ford Frick president of the National League William Har-rldge president of tha American League George Troutman president of tho National Aaaodatloa of Minor Leagues and all 11 major teagM clubs Socking triple damages under the Sherman and Clayton antitrust law Lanier sought 31400400 and Martin 11000 400 Quake Rocks California SAN FRANCISCO March A sharp earthquake apparently centered near Santo Crux shook 200-mll section bf too California coastline including San Francisco at 1:30 Sm Edmonton Um today Ths quake caused soma damage st Hollister Calif breaking plate glass windows and turning ever plied canned goods In grocery itorcf Hollister which is OS mites south of San Francisco Is located atop the "Sin Andrea Fault which hu been responsible for previous earthquakes Ths temblors were felt as far coat ss Stockton 10 miles Inland Downtown street here were crowded with tho curious residents after the shocks but there wu no panic marker and as though to tsko up aomo of tho alack resulting from the Clovechok-Prlngle shortcom-a defencemen Doug Lane and Gordon Watt each hit paydirt Besult was that Edmonton flyers on tho strength of these three payoff driven edged Calgary Stam-peders at tha Arana last night in tha lid-lifter of beet-of-five Western Canada Hockey League semi-final A Jam-packed house gave Flyer a great send-off as they pointed collective noses down tha play-off trail in defence of tha Allan rup they won last season MAHER STARTS IT Maher staked the locals to a 1-0 lead late in the first period and with Keith Woodall going la tenacious style 'in the nets they never fell behind over the rest of the route On two occasions tho fighting Stampeders drew level But Watt pulled the handle for the Jackpot at 1132 of the last period to make it 3-3 for Flyer and this time tha Cowboys failed to reply DEVIC4 SCOTT FOR STAMPS Stan Devleq onetime Flyer and Archie Scott late of Trail and other mountain points tallied for Calgary (Continued on Page See: Netminding Edmoatoa'a eprinf-liic weather which received a setback Monday was due for a comeback today according to word from the weatherman Ha aaya temperatures will moderns considerably her today reaching a high of 34 above ai warmer air moves into thia region from tho northwest Th i forecaster promises warm spcU lasting for about four or five days Tha mercury will drop to five above tonight but tomorrow It will reach 0 above Temperature yesterday only roao Qto 23 above and last night the mer-eury dipped to ona above coldest la almost two weeks Coldest spot on the prairies was Princo Albert where it dropped to 14 below Temperatures wen moderating in the' Yukon this morning and Snag reported reading of seven above I Yeetertay's me Canada temperatures: 0 PraMe as -T Vancouver BS Fitrnrw mar xupeit at Edmonton Komtooeo Ponhotd SI -4 1-enttatan 4S LrthbrMC SI -O Band SB CkKory 1 Jeoper VcrmUiou 11 Casino IS Ooronotlon IB II Winnipeg 1 Mod Hot II a rt Wttkaa auKWd as Toronto 4S Albert 14 -14 Otto wo SO 1 Chnront IS 11 Mootreel Vtotoria 4 HaHfas St tMrtasivati At Maridpl Airport 44 It Last Obstacle Lifted For Federal Building List obstacle to placing the federal building on the market square was removed yesterday afternoon Town Planning Commission wltb- Leaders StiU Favored HAMILTON March 1-fCP)-Crowda streamed Into tho Thistle dub today nearly -aa hour befora tha Dominion's top eurlaiu started fifth-round play In the round-robin Canadian curling championship The 'spiel has espturod tha Imagination of this sports-loving city and tickets are at a minimum for tho tournament which sods Thursday night Manitoba and British Columbia deadlocked la first place with four victories each were considered to keep their unbeaten airing Intact Manitoba met Nova Scotia which has won two of Its four matches and tha British Columbiana mat Prince Edward Island also with a woa-two-lost two record Other games brought together Alberta and Quebec Saskatchewan and New Brunswick and Ontario's quartet from Chatham agalnit Nor tbern Ontario The sixth round of tha tournament 1s scheduled for I P-m (MST) tonight out dissenting vote author lied resonlng of a sufficient area on tha market square from park to general business district to permit erection of tho structure Th resonlng request earn before tha commission through a resolution of city council In which the commission wu requested to consider the resonlng of the property BACK FROM STREET Tho commission's resolution carried the rider that tho building he recessed by 30 feet from street lint Mayor Harry Alnlay and City Commissioner Monties appeared befora th com mission In support of tho monies proposal Both Intimated to tha commission the placing of tho federal building on the market square rested on tha members' decision to ehango the son If tho som change la not made th federal building will placed on Us original alt on 103 avanu on tha wait lido of tho eivlt centra they informed commission members SEIK MARKET SITE Commission members asked Mayor Alnlay concerning plans for a new market building and ware informed the commissioners were seeking a tile for this structure Ralph Bellamy commission member expressed the view that the prottefon of merchandising stalls la a market building should be discontinued Mayor Alnlay uld commissioners also were of tho opinion tho market should bo restricted to tales direct from producer to consumer Law-Fraud Fund -Asked In BG VICTORIA BG March (CP) measure to force tho British Columbia Law Society to act up a 3100000 anti-fraud fluid la before the legislature If approved the bin would protect those who legitimately claim to hava been defrauded by lawyer rteatitution would bt made up to 35000 Presenting the hill Attorney-General Gordon Wlsmtr said the fond will be established by ass easing an lawyers practising la the province IS a year The assessment would continue until 1100000 is realised CAB Ready ForTelevision QUEBEC March Directors of tho Canadian Amociitlon of Broadcasters in policy atatw-meot today aald CAB members ate prepared whole-heartedly to co-operate with CBC a mutually satisfactory basis" la television programming Tha atatement appended the provisions "that they ire granted licences to operate television stations and that the powers of regulation are placed in the hande of an independent regulatory body" Th policy atatement requested Immediate Implementation of A recommendation of tho 1M7 parliamentary committee on radio that Canadians ha permitted to engage in and develop new radio and television techniques at quickly as possible Prohibition Ends TOPEKA Kas March AP) Liquor be (an flowing legally Into Kansas today It marked thia end of years of prohibition in the state Governor Prank Carlson signed the state liquor control law lata yesterday classification that will permit the exploitation of the property The tend is located aorth of 1 avenue between 141 and 149 ti reels Th property Is not subdivided Legal description of tho property is NE quarter ef section 23 township 32 range 25 west of the fourth meridian McGregor's request will be submitted to city council Monday light next wah Overnight sew Maximum thlo dole loot rw IISI Minimum thlo dote loot year Thunder ounrtoo ooeoooooo ikiSoo Thunder eudoct a las' Families Moved Out Of Danger WASHINGTON March API United States Army said last night that all families of American I service men have bees removed from areas threatened by Commun-snr 1st Invaders in China About 1400 dependents and their household goods were moved to "safer areas'! DRILLING APPLICATION MADE CCF Predicts Qctober Election HALIFAX March 0 (BUP) A Nlchqlson parliament member from MacKenxle Saskatchewan today predicted the federal elections would tak place In October Nicholson who la national treasurer of tha OCT- party said one of tha Mg reasons for bolding tho election to October was that Newfoundland had been promised representation In thf House of Commons six months after confederation To date council has nut set any policy regarding exploration for oil within tha city limita However conversations art proceeding between civic officials on ways and means of cotuolldstiiig clvte-held mineral rights sod to determine policy ss to their development Official i stated that many more applications for permission to explore far oil within the city limits will suds to city council Oil Derricks May Sprout Within City Many Are Hit By US Floods CHICAGO March 0 AP)-Plood woters left hundreds home-lea la four states today A new flood threat developed In Montana and rising waters plagued many areas of Nebraska still reeling after a winter-long bout with weather's elements I Surging waters from swollen Streams spilled over thou usds oi acres of land la Nebraska Iowa Montana and Louisiana But colder weather la many parts of the mid-western states checked some of the overflow Tho Missouri river was generally A below flood stag over Ha course through tight atiMs from northern Montana to southern lUinoiA Bui many ef the big tributaries a mild rampage Oil derricks maj) sprout throughout tho city of Edmonton In the near future First application tor permission to explore test and drill for oil within the city limita has been made to city council It has been filed by James McGregor 10133 101 avenue manager Capitol Service Station Ho sqpka resonlng of a quarter section of land within tha city limits from agricultural to WORN AND KLAC'KKNKD by this fight to save hia blazing home on the outoklrte of the city ia Adolf Reaber Thia Ja the third time ha hu been made homdeos by fire lie limpa from serious leg burns ro-eeived in a trucking accident laat summer and ia now recovering from tho lone 6t a thumb two weeks ago -Photo bySulUvam a.