THE KELOWNA COURIER • . • - • /.r-. ■.< —— ---------— --------- - Kcdowna, I’ritish Columbia. Thursday, March 17, 1949 \’i'M m*:K (C Audited Paid Circulauon V O L U M E 45 TWICE WEEKLY—MONDAY & THURSDAY Comes Spring and Blossoms...and Examinations Liberals Fail to Nominate • WORLD NEWS FLASHES ( By Canatlian Prc#» ) Candidate for Yale Riding Contentious Cocktail Bar Question After Five Hours of Debate Shelved for Another Year as Wismer Resolution From Kelowna Liberal Group Calling for Indicates Plebiscite V(^ill Be Taken LAKE LEVEL Co-operation with Pro-Conservatives, is Defeated (City of Kelowna I'lsruren) Feet —Four-Man Committee Will be Appointed to V1CT< )KIA—'J lie H.C. Lcf;islature last iukIA lai<l tlic c<K:k- m l.cvcl tlilH morning ........... a0.31 Level on Monday ............... 09.34 Consider Probable List of Candidates—Names tail bar f,diost for another year, defeating a C.C.F. resolutKjn I#*;'; Decrease ..........................................®3 Will be Placed Before Another Nominating Con­ asking for an investigation of licjuor distribution and consunii»- Agreed tnlniinum ............. WIJJ tion inethod.s in various parts of tlie world. Agreed maximum ............... 102.5 vention — Kelowna Resolution Causes Bitter De- 1048 peak level (June 28) 10-I.82 It was defeated 37-10 with two nieiuljer.s .swinging B ate I’rcvlou8 record lilgli, 1028 104.6 over to the government side in the tally. Johil Meinnis (f-PC Fort <;eorgeL and J. 11. Corsbie (CCh', Peace River) voted with m-i the government. W ill Definitely Nominate Attorney-(ieneral Gordon S. Wismer said an enquiry woiilu be just a waste of time. The decision must be reached through H. T. Craig By “'mi-: HEAVEH” a public plebiscite, if and when the government arranges to L'I'I-.R live li(»urs of liilter ilehate, ])UiKtuate(l Iiy cliarges of have one, he declared. disloyalty (o tlu- parly, insinuations of a hiully-oi'gani/.cd - f i i a A ineeliiig, anil har.ingning ovc-r jiarty policies, topped fiy an :d- f i k !e GUTS^ TWO-STOREY h o u s e Well-Known niost nnaninions decision that (he Liberals will nol h.ive any VICTORIA — Mrs. Mary Is. bird, 38, burned to death and part or iiareel of co-operiition willi (he I’rogressive Gonserva- four others cscajied early today when flames swept through a tives, the Vale Liberal .^ssociation failed to nominate a candi­ two-storey boarding house here. Origin of the fire is unknown. i4 Lawyer Dies date Monday night for the forthcoming’ general election. Mrs. Bird was the widow of Robert Bird, who disappeared from Instead a fonr-inaii committee will he :q)pointed by the the S.S. ITincess Joan between Victoria and Vancouver a year Pronounced Dead After Col­ executive to consitlei’ a list of jnohahle candid.ates, ami these ago last New Year’s Day. She was trapped in her room. lapsing on Steps of Police names will he jdaecd before another nominating convention to FILIBUSTER DELAYS VOTE Court he called by the executive. In one of the stormiest ])oliiical meetings ever held in the ROMI.C — Communists delayed adherence to the Atlantic Herbert Vivian Craig. Kelowna (Jkanagan, the 170-odd delegates did not adjourn until elose to Alliance today by a filibuster in parliament. They also churned barrister, widely-known in legal 1 ;i.m. Many drove ov(5r 100 miles to attend the meeting, and up strikes in Milan and Genoa'in protest. Screaming conunun- and political circles in the Okana­ gan and at the Coast, died sudden­ before I’resident Howard Thornton declared the meeting ad­ ists and socialist deputies fought an Atlantic pact Battle with '■■r- ly this morning after a heart at­ journed, Some expressed displeaure over the way the eonven- rival groups on the floor- of the chamber, as left-winger mem­ tack. He was 68 years old. tion had been conducted. bers attempted to talk out the debate' and delay a vote of con­ Mr. Craig was stricken at 10 % o’clock, just as he neared the steps A Kelowna resolution submitted at the start of tlic meeting, which fidence in the Decasperi government. ' - of the B.C. Provincial Police office called for the postponing of the nominating convention until ofTorts had on Mill Avenue. Police carried been made to unite with the Progressive Conservatives to bring forth an AWAIT COURT DECISION him indoors where, upon the ar­ independent candidate with a view of defeating the CCF standard- PAW PAW , Mich. — In a two-room tar-paper shack behind rival of a physician, he was pro­ bearer, touched off the fireworks. nounced dead. The lawyer, who in Presented by Bob Hayman, president of the Kelowna and District the city dump, a desperate 13-year-old father is waiting today the past has often acted for the Liberal Association, it resulted in two and a half hours of bitter debate, for something,—anything to happen. Crowded into the tiny crown in court cases, was to have and necessitated a half-hour adjournment before Thornton ruled it out prosecuted in a rentals case in the of oidgr. A resolution calling for Ujc adjournment of the nominating house are Carl Harvey Blake, his wife, Winnifred, 16, and their second place to final spurt of concentration on school three-week-old son, and eight in-laws. Carl is jobless. There is In spring a young man’s lancy lightly turns to temporary court house in the po­ convention and reconvening as a general meeting, was presented, and it work. , lice office. was carried. ' thoughts of love. The poet neglected mention to what Apple blossom time in the Okanagan will be be­ no prospect of work despite all his efforts. Icy March winds channels a young lady’s thoughts turn, but for Uiis A native of Ireland, Mr. Craig The Kelowna local then presented the same resolution, and the de­ tween May 8 and 15. Apricot trees will be out in was wearing a cluster of sham­ bate over the merits of Liberalism started again. Put to a vote the reso­ seep through the card-board walls. miss apple blossom time is school examination time. bloom a few days before apples, followed by cherries The main diet for all the family is bread and potatoes. Win­ Within the next month or six w e e k s thoughts of a r ­ rocks on this St. Patrick’s mom lution was finally defeated. Hayman then moved that the resolution be cing, school hops, sports and entertainment must take and peaches. when he died. Funeral arrange­ submitted to the various Liberal locals, and once again the suggestion nifred recently tore the baby’s four ragged diapers in halfs to ments, entrusted Kelowna Funeral received a negative vote. make them go further. Carl sacrificed his own food to buy the Parlor, will be announced later. Led by a strong Vernon delegation and receiving a considerable canned milk. But in spite of everything, she and Carl want to Born Near Dublin amount of support frem the central and southern part of the valley, the 12,000THCAR northern Liberals wanted to nominate a candidate immediately and the remain together. ■ ■ r i ii Born near Dublin, Mr. Craig at­ advisability of naming a Liberal standard-bearer without first canvassing Officials are silent on the question of whether Carl would Local Police Break O ne tended school there, graduating VALLEY FRUIT from Trinity College. After com­ the field, again, resulted m another long discussion. be sent back to school. Even though his plight has gained wide ing to Canada he enlisted in the Jim Hendry, Penticton, charged hour approached midnight. ' publicity, chances of him getting a job are dim. because Mich­ O f ^X^orst Juvenile Crime 72nd Battalion in February, 1917, southern delegates had wasted the Some of the northern delegates igan law forbids the-issuance of a child labor permit to youths LEAVESSTON ■ and was transferred later to the evening, and implied the chairman were late in arriving, being held up under 14. Carl, who weighs 176 pounds, and is five feet six in­ 29th Battalion. He saw service in failed to give the proper leader- by the detour south of Vernon, First Lot of New Zealand De­ France before he was discharged ship. To which Mr. Thornton lash- Finally, 'Thornton called themeet" ches tall, “is level-headed and mature for his age,” friends say in August, 1919. ed out by declaring he had made ing to order. Rings to O perate in City licious Apples Will Arrive Upon his return to Canada, he 23 trips down the valley and it None of the delegates pulled any WILL RE-ARREST GOV’T EMPLOYEE In East Shortly went to take charge of Land Regis­ was not" too much to ask delegates punches, and there was a definite try Office at Kamloops, coming to to attend one meeting. split between those who favored WASHINGTON — The government today moved to re^ N E of the worst juvenile crime rings ever to operate in the collaboration with the Conserva- arrest 27-year-old Judith Coplan, until recently an employee of The 12,000th car of the 1948 erop Kelowna in 1922 to set up a pri­ L»p Service „ ^ 0■V cuycity ISis believedijciicvcu to havejitivv. been broken up, -Sgt.0 -- -R. B. Me- of fruit and vegetables will leave vate legal practice. During his 26 ■ ■ „ ^ - T -u 1 Turn to Page 5, Story 1 the jmstice department, after charging her with specific acts Kay. NCO in charge of Kelowna Provincial Police, announced Kelowna the latter part of this yfe'ars here h e w as active in the A.