4 R CABS ADLO DISPATCHED -Union Talks EAL (CP) rt JIN |e Contract ity Speed Limit Debate ooms For Traffic Men ULLETINS Reopen negotiations be NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” VOL. XLI, No. 167 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., | Reduction from 25 to 20 MPH Asked by Members A major debate is expected to take place in City idian railways and 17 unions representing | Council Chambers next Monday over a proposed il * * dits Escape With Cash ANCOUVER (CP)—Three bandits escaped ec by only a few minutes today after holding up urf Hotel here and escaping with $500. Night was bound and gagged, and two other workers ked out by bandits. * * x? 1e Crashes Into House GELES (CP) crashed into a house today ; ‘ rom plane House was unoccupied ire and neighboring home damaged by -A light plane, taking off Four bodies It gher Freight Rate ould Hurt Fisheries Result in Truck Movements Of Fish From West Coast By The Canadian Press A ¥ W A Phe day that if railways are granted further) x;ueger and George Hills freight rates of greater qui of fish imto market i Pacific uuncil said in} GJuebec coasts increases 1 adversely on mnship between protein foods, produced, i | markets.” are current request of rail- Board of Trans oumissioners for freight incre of seven and “hit the fishing time when large |! canned fish are on nd while price reduc- made in an ef- 1951 stocks.” ises ver cent ta ¢ being ear aid everyone hat railways must revenues, But “it » be time, how se depending ‘ Ortation on facilities lihood should give nt to ultimate ef- eadily increasing costs no railway ° anese Ship ds Barley Japanese freighter, under com R. Watanabe, Dominion Grain load barley. p came here from Van after lining was re- in began pouring into late Wednesday Maru, ( plain my Baldwin, is aeccom- & Dr. Charles Borden of | versity of B.C, and _his| les in their study of -mi- through Tweeds ol Myr and Mrs. D. F.| always been interested | laLology very fortunate rote Dri ‘bout the plan to go to a| in Euchu Lake inj sand Fisheries» Gouncils of Canada) vere, Mayor Harold Whaten, Mr: | it will probably result in intities of fish by truck. Tougher Bombing In Store For North Koreans TOKYO (AP Gen United State J Army chief Lawton Collins of taff tougher that even North Kor boday sald bombing ean military targets is in Store for the Communists if they “in sist.on prolonging the wat United Nations planes within the last three weeks have hurled some of the mightiest air attacks of the war at Red power plant facilities in North Korea and alt military targets in and near the North Korean capital of Pyong yang He told a press conference on his return from the front that the U.N, command is prepared to “use anything—except germ wal fare—-to protect its forces in Korea from being driven out.” The controversial decision to bomb the Yalu River power plants was a routine one, made as part of ‘shifting bombing pattern.” He said also that “within a few years We will use atomic artillery on the battlefield.” The U.S. Bighth Army would not. be pushed out of Korea without “an outside power throw ing considerable weight into the a ‘ struggle.” The U.N. could even push the Reds out of North Korea “if we thought it was worth the cost.” 14. Year-Old Scout Takes Long BVilderness with University Scientists Inber of the Second Prince |the park, 60 miles east of Van-{ed in painting and has shown | ; Se Boy Scout troop, 14-year-|derhoof, and asked if a boy of | some of his work at hobby shows |his age could be included in the party. Dr. Borden, whose own 14- year-old son, Harvey, also a Boy Scout, was going on the expe- dition, asked Jimmy to go to |Burns Lake for an interview The Prince Rupert lad accept- of 1467 Sixth Avenue] ed the invitation and after a talk | plete s with Dr. Borden wrote his par- and considers|ents that he was enroute to the ito fill the area with water. The |site, where they will be cut off | company is building a dam across Borden when he} from civilization until the end|the Nechako River which will of September Jim has always been interest- yperating workers will reopen here. on! move to reduce the speed limit in this city frofn 25 te 22, it was announced today * persons 120 miles an hour, following a « definite | The move is contained in 4) route, which would require po- jsection of the new traffic by-| lice supervision | Jaw now under revision by city Angle parking will be banned | counicl on Second Avenue and cars will | It was first brought up in) pp allowed ic park 18 inches from council on May 28 and at that | time two aldermen—Mike Krue- ger and Darrow Gomez—-voted jagainst it | Council spent more than two hours again last night liscuss- ing revision of the by-law and named a special committee to make a tour of city schools to- night to draw up a section con- curbs instead of the present 10- inch maximum aldermen agreed that many new of their cars on the curb side when they park within the 10- inch limit, Under the new by- law, they said, there would be ample room to open doors cerning parking in school zone Mr. Brown, outlining reasons areas for various changes, as recom- Reason for reducing the | mended by the traffic committee, received approval of the section iconeerning stop signs which will be placed five feet from an in- tersection There are varying 'distances for signs at present speed limit from 25 to 20 is to safeguard children playing on the city’s narrow streets. Some aldermen believe that 25 miles an hour is adequate while others feel that an autoist has|47OUnG the city y not sufficient time to stop if On his suggestion, council | travelling over 20 miles an hour.) 4!so will be given autherity | While it has been pointed out| Under the bylaw to pass reso- lthat few children have been| lutions concerning traffic killed or seriously hurt by auto-| Changes rather than have to ists here, Thomas W. Bruce, pass a bylaw “every time a QC, city solicitor, told council! Sit¥ation arises. last night that “we are long) Some sections of the new by- jaw are a combination of one or two from the old regulations. One section approved by the traffic committee to reduce ton- nage permitted by trucks and buses, was overridden council and will remain at | present limit of 15 tons Peace Talk overdue in killing our children,” because of some of the traffic jlaws in ‘effect. | Named to the committee that | will inspect school zones tonight 3rown and aldermen Gomez, Since the 20-mile-an-hour ; limit question has been discussed the move has een criticized by various citizens, which leads to the belief that it may be a major topic at the meeting next Monday at which aldermen hope Scares Japan jto complete discussion | Alderman Hills said last sani Stock Market | he eee ah ee aaa sat TOKYO © Peace rumors present a > meeting when eC} a ‘ ¢ as new by-law was fifst discussed | swept through Japan today as : and ha asked bsp a 20 yy of the| truce negotiators in Korea pre [Nortions he missed so he will|Dared t@ meet again tomorrow . gs ; ae - h lafter two possibly significant iknow what transpirec | | recesses called by Communists KEEPING ORDERLY LINEUPS Responding to the rumors, Aldermen last night approved|Japan’s stock and money matr- a section of the new by-law/kets slumped. Market depression which will make theatre owners| Was based mee _ shopkeepers responsible for | an armistice would stop United keeping orderly queues in front| States buying from Japan and of their establishments possibly bring an industrial de itl 5 the tne _ | Pression, t a — vibe = There was no official basis fo ups must be on the curb side . ‘as bri ; the widespread belief that peace of the sidewalk to allow free I a passage for passersby. is on the way It was pointed out that at the present time, occasions have} «=m WEATHER — arisen whereby citizens are : forced to step onto the street to Synopsis pass by lineups in front of the-| A ten day hot spell in the In terior ended abruptly last night as a high level disturbance mov- storekeepers and other busi-}ed rapidly southward through | nesses are seriously affected bythe region. Showers and cools: un-orderly lineups tur moviesweather will be experienced in and “these people should not) that region today with tomorrow \have to suffer.” a little warmer. |. , By lining up on the curb side,, The disturbance skirted the aldermen agreed, it would also | C0ast. Only a few showers occur: allow patrons leaving theatre "ed there and skies were almost |free access on the sidewalk and clear, However there are signs on or atres Several aldermen claimed that }would prevent crowds milling of a weak system in the northern sround Gulf of Alaska. This will bring Council will be given, under| Clouds to the north coast today and to the south coast late to- morrow another section, permission to jreview any decision made by the \chief of police regarding per- |mits for a parade. A parade is jlisted as a group of 25 or more Forecast Cloudy today with a few sunny periods in the afternvon. Cloudy tonight and early Friday, clear- ing in the late afternoon, A little warmer, Winds northwest 20 in exposed areas, otherwise light. Low tonight and high Friday at Port Hardy, 49 and 67; Sandspit, 52 and 65; Prince Rupert, 50 and 65. Trip In Because of the high curbs here, | car owners are unable to get out | by the | Way Cafe. the THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1952 F PRICE FIVE CENTS FEELING BETTER?—Bruce and Catherine Scott ask after the health of one of the 12 King Penguins brought to Vancouver's Stanley Park from the Antarctic. During an attack of food ' poisoning the birds were kept in a walk-in refrigerator at a 4 temperature of 34 degrees and 10 recovered. (CP Photo) Survey of Game Fish Lakes Underway Here by Scientists Prince Rupert anglers are going to be asked what they want insofar as fishing in nearby lakes is concerned — whether many small fish, or a few large fish. And then they will be told whether or not the lakes can sustain their wish. Dr. Peter Larkin, game fish biologist for the provincial Game Commission told Rod and Gun Club members last night he and Fishermen, Operators At Crises VANCOUVER ()—British Co- lumbia salmon fishermen, sched- uled to strike at midnight Sun- PROVINCIAL LIB2ARY, VICTORIA, B. C, ils DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Fishermen Vote Sunday on New Salmon Price Offer VANCOUVER ()—Coastal fishermen will vote during the week-end on a new price offer. A joint statement from union-operators today said a new price had been offered for pink salmon. Details were not given. The statement said: A secret ballot will be taken as to whether the price agreement is to be signed or a strike is to be called Announcement of the coast-wide ballot is expected Sunday. Riots, Violence Climax Election Quebecers Mob, Fire Shots MONTREAL (CP)—Quebec’s rough-and-tumbie political scene last. night blossomed into violence at the climax of voting in the hotly-contested though one-sided general election. yontreai and Levis were trou- ble centres. Shots were fired and N ati on al eS ee Returned To Quebec Troops were called out to dis- perse a mob of 500 in Levig¢ where Reynold Belanger gained a seat for the Liberals from QUEBEC ()—The Union Na- tionale government Wednesday was re-elected for its third con- secutive term with its record- Union Nationale. breaking 1948 majority of 72 in Earlier, police. turned fire- hoses on the mob demonstrat- the 92-seat legislature reduced by 28. ing: against the Liberal victory, The Liberals, winners of only but failed to disperse it. The mob was armed with sticks, baseball hats and bottles. eight seats last election, almost tripled their strength by electing 23 members. They gained 15 At least 12 automobiles were overturned by an angry crowd seats from Union Nationale and one from a Nationaist candidate, ihe day, have reopened negotiations with cannery operators. Neither United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (AFL) rep- resenting 4,000 fishermen, nor Fisheries Association negotiators had anything to say following meetings which began yester- day. An association spokesman said talks have reached a critical stage and a premature announce- ment might bring on a dead- lock. a crew of five scientists and helpers will make a survey of Prudhomme, Rainbow and Diana Lakes. Dr. Larkin will report on the findings at a public dinner meet- jng Friday night at the Broad- A hatchery may or may not be the answer to increase trout | fishing here, Dr. Larkin told the |small meeting with sportsmen, A full survey of food and |spawning conditions of the three lakes and many others between here and Prince George was ‘started on yesterday upon arrival lof the team. Abandoned Baby Claimed By Mother Forest Fire Destroys Three Homes PRINCE GEORGE ( — Relief supplies for three families left homeless by a swift moving for- Mother of a tiny year-old baby | est fire arrived here by air Wed- sir} found abandoned in a down-! nesday from Vancouver. town cafe here last Monday; They were hastily loaded on norning claimed her baby late | trucks which rolled out over old yesterday. }logging roads for the stricken F. E. Anfield, superintendent | area 35 miles northwest of here. of Indian Affairs, said the griev-| A light rain falling after 16 ing mother did not know her| days of drought helped to corral baby had been left unattended.| the 1,000-acre blaze but fores- She had left the baby in the|ters said a close watch will be care of friends here while| kept on it. One sawmill, out- searching for her husband! buildings of another, and at vyhom, she said, had come to! least three homes were destroy- Prince Rupert with her from aj ed. ‘annery orf the Skeena river Damage to the two mills alone When she failed to locate him, | is estimated at $40,000 he went back to the cannery Seventy men and four tractors find that neither her baby | gained the upper hand over the nor husband had returned home. | fire, believed to have started She did not hear a_ radio! from a spark blown from an open broadeast asking the mother of} mill burner + to gathered in a vacant lot near the home of Belanger. but lost a seat in Gaspe North to Union Nationale. The show was punctuated by Premier Duplessis, who at 62 a march of a group of men be- ing conducted out of Three Riv- ers by police. No one was hurt. Two were sent to hospital in a wild melee in the Liberal com- mittee rooms at Montreal Mai- sonneuve. ‘Two Pri is celebrating 25 years in poli-| wo riests ties, won 68 seats compared with | k 82 in 1948. | Duplessis and all but three of Crac U n his “20° ‘cabinet ministers were; 2°” ae re-elected. Liberal leader Georges Lapalme was defeated Small Pp ane in his home constituency, Joli- ette, in his first bid for seat. PENTICTON, B.C. €P) — A In the Legislature, another Painfully cut and bruised Ro- blow to the Liberals was the) man Catholic priest hiked 12 death of Henri Groulx, shortly} miles across rugged, heat-shim- mering hills Wednesday to re- port he and another priest been injufed when their plane crashed on a mountain slope late Monday. after he had retained Montreal Outremont for the party. Groulx was minister of health in Que- bec’s Liberal government from 1939 to 1944. Father Vincent Myrich, of De- troit, could only mumble: “Could I have glass of water,” when he reached the RCAF station at Summerland 10 miles north of here. Finally he was able to report that Father J. Lavoie, also of Detroit, who received a broken ankle and other injuries in the crash, was awaiting help at the crackup scene. He said their plane crashed eight mlies from Penticton on a steep mountain slope. It fell a few minutes after take-off from Penticton for Vancouver. A ground party is expected to bring out Father Lavoie today. Red Chinese Admitted To Olympics B.C. Packers’ Income Down By $1,000,000 VANCOUVER (—British Co- lumbia Packers Ltd. reported Wednesday its net income for the year ending March 31 was $951,817—nearly $1,000,000 less than the previous year. President J. M. Buchanan re- ported the decrease from $1.893,- 942 was despite the increase in volume and sales over the pre- vious year which totalled a record of $41,032,693. He said reasons for the de- crease were the general increase in costs of fish, labor, boat maintenance, containers and freight; tmability to market all of the large 1951 salmon pack due to a restriction of world ¥ the baby to contact Mr. Anfield or police and it wasn't until af- ter her husband telephoned her from here yesterday that she knew her baby was being cared for at the Salvation Army hos- tel. The mother immediately came | to Prince Rupert by boat, met |her husband and after explain- jing. the mix-up to police and |Mr. Anfield was given her baby and the three returned to the | cannery. | Mr. Anfield in a broadcast this morning thanked all who offered assistance in the two-day search. “Tt was just one of those fhixed |up cases,” he said, “and I don’t |think it will happen again.” |here. He was born in New West- |minster and came here as a | youngster, attending Conrad and |King Edward schools before tak- |ing his junior high at Booth, He | graduated earlier this year into | Grade 9. The expedition hopes to com- } tudies before the Alumin- j}um Company of Canada is ready HELSINKI @-Canada qu competition by defeating Egypt robin tournament game Victory over Egypt gave round games. They defeated Romania 72-51 Tuesday Canada led 38-31 at half i |flood 300 square miles of the region. * to shave only one point from margin in final half. Canadian Hoop Team Qualifies For Olympics; Wins Round-Robin ialified for Olympic basketball 63-57 today in qualifying round ? Canada their three qualifying Italy 68-57 Monday and beat n today’s game and Egypt able The baze is in the heart of a small sawmill district. Forestry planes kept a continuous watch on the fire. -TIDES— Friday, July 18, 1952 (Pacific Standard Time) High 11:40 16.0 feet 23:09 19.1 feet Low . 5:09 4.5 feet 17:02 9.9 feet markets; sharp rise in the value of fish oils following parallel declines in prices of fats and oils in the world market, and reduc- tion in value of United States dollars in terms of Canadian money. BRIGHTEST PLANET The minor planet Vesta, dis- covered in 1807, is the brightest— the only one visible to the naked fe HELSINKI (CP)—The Interna- tional Olympic Committee today voted to allow all Chinese Ath- letes to take part in the Olympic Games regardless of political af- filiation. Vote on question was 33 to 20. Dr. Otto Mayer, chancellor of the IOC, said the committee acted on the fundamental prin- ciple of allowing all of the youth of the world to participate eye. in the games. Four more organizations today signified their wish to sponsor boys in the annual Soap Box Derby here Labor day. Boys wishing to enter the race should get their names into the Daily News office quickly. Re- member, only 10 boys will be able to race, so those wishing to win one of the trophies or prizes be- ing donated better step lively. The four latest sponsors are: the Junior Chamber of Com- merce, Savoy Hotel, 99 Taxi and “!the group at Columbia Cellulose Company on Watson Islandn known as the CCC 300 club. Earlier the Electrical Workers union and Engineers union said they would sponsor boys. The Trades and Labor Coun- cil and Frizzell Motors Limited, representatives of General Mo- tor Products here, are sponsoring the derby in conjunction with The Daily News. Doug Frizzeli announced this morning that 10 sets of special wheels for cars entering the race had been received and are now on display in his firm’s Third Avenue show window. Soap Box Derby Entries Limited; Boys Should — Submit Names NOW To Get Sponsor In Race Boys who need assistance in building cars should speak up fast so there. will be no disap~- peintments. The derby will be run on Sec* ond Avenue, Big advantage of this derby is that any boys wno find de- faults in their cars will have all winter to. figure out and fie them in preparation for their entry in the B.C. Soap Box derb run annually at Mission City on May 24. The field is limited, boys, sa get your entries into the Daily News office . . . NOW. anit aoa