PROV LIB oRROW'S TIDES— rime) 1952 18.7 feet 21.3 feet 88 feet 34 feet anaes VOL. XLI, No. 272 EM Radio Firms. ‘a May Enter >a Television New Powers Sought In Throne Speech ; OTTAWA (CP)— The! Caiiadian Government an-: nounced it will allow pri- vate companies to enter the field of television, now oceupied solely by the pub- licly - owned Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion, The government also an- nounced it will seek the renewal ' ,of its peace-time emergency | powers, first granted by Parlia- ment following the outbreak of war in Korea An associated minister of na- a MLN! OPENS—Governor-General Massey today opened the seventh session of Canada's Canadianborn named te the vice-réegal post, Mr. Massey officiated for new session. Here Mr. Masey is shown entering the Senate chamber tonal defence will be appointed uniform (CP PHOTO) |. The announcement was con- tities _| tained l : Wi a bie alr 'from the Throne, air gs Home on Polar Flight purope read at the | of Canada’s 2lst Parliament. The session may be the last before a general election, ex- land opening of the Seventh session | Danish The Scandinavian Airlines lap of a System's “Arild Viking” took off fight Wt 6:58 am. Greenland time ‘across (2:58 PST) from the big US. air tld to foree base at Thule, North Green- { Citizenship Award Fund sSteadily With Donations teadily, the campaign for’ public Alex Hunter Good Citizenship rought in a total of $97.00, Cham.- - ppeal is) way be made in the beginning of oak a ‘next your aller the Good Citizen plaque | of 1952 has been elected by public warded) natlot. The citizen selected must Citizen Of lin the opinion of the “voter” be will 8@! one who has contributed most to mmurn- the betterment of the community he Hate | «resulting in some tangible bene editor Of| ty or salutory influence” In one or more fields of civic affairs in Prince Rupert Donations received to date are from the following: Phil Lyons $10: J. S. Wilson, $10; H. B. Bore- ham, Winnipeg, $10; E. T. Ap- plewhaite, $20; Mah Chung Kee, e plaque ss Chosen t Secretary exsident- ' $5: Johri McNaughton, $5; J, D tr an~| MeRaec, $20; W. J Raymond, $10; wen i George Casey, $2; “A Friend ary $5 Contributions should be turn- ed in to The Daily News office and all cheques made out to the | Alex Hunter Good Citizenship ‘Award Pund OCREDS LOSE BY-ELECTION NLD RESIGN, SAYS CCFer CCF front-bencher Randolph Hard ht if Social Credit the Nov. 24 it should resign immediately Kalso-Slocan told a political OTe sec - Governor ‘Jregon @s LOSES nember for wes here it is the end of the Social Credit If they lose, and if they believe in ud resign right away.” M’ 33 DAYS IN RUSSIA AS Noscovites ‘Happy, Co cow are)|the Soviet Union does not need want other currency than ted, = John | or its own, and for that reason does n delegate than 100| not cater to tourists. on Lounge “Russia is so self-sufficient ist night, that she does not want tour- nember of ists, nor is their accommoda- Brotherhood) thom at the present time to ‘tors. and, take eare of them.” ‘America YAFL)| Explaining that he and six Neouver, spent 38/other Canadian trade unionists et Union, eight | were guests of the Russian trade i Moseow. |} union movement, Mr. Hines said Moscow the strictest regulation for any- , nee of any} one entering the country con- »),. 1% First intro-| cerns money. the city with! “You must declare the amount Was a visit|}of money on your person when Y.y trical plant) entering Russia and on leaving.” / woman doc-| “Se of the poly-| working in a Russian factory made 800 rubles a month and ex- plained that because Union does not want our money, Everyone|it is diffieylt to compare the ‘ once a year! value of a ruble against the vere 25 doc- and a 25-bed Plant ie | Canadian dollar on a monetary| istries of the tithe, (berated tor] basis,” hes, yn, aN sure.” He said, however, lin yy. @@VeSs today} rubbles would be “about equal diye Le Will speak| to $250 a month here. "© Meeting, said]. “But rents would range only He told how a 19-year-old boy | “the Soviet| scale is set by the trade union that 800}employment and while the ho- pected in the Fall of 1953. ' | Airline The speech, read by Governor- | orabie and th 2,385-mile officials reported fav- North Atlantic for the) will be asked to vote money to! jump to Copenhagen. enable the CBC to establish tele- | The flight is the first of two vision stations in Halifax, Win-} province are “a disg exploratory Los Angeles-to-Cop nipeg and Vancouver enhagen runs which the airline Applications will be comsider- | hopes will be a prelude of the! eq for private TV stations in es commercial service Over the | cities where the CBC has no tele- | eae vision outlets or immediate plans | The Viking carried 22. pas- for a station. ” sengers, a erew of 13, such , The speech said resistance of oa vere equipment @S | United Nations forces in Korea | co dives ona’ ine neta and inereasing strength of the 500 pound ot nail *, ane’ forces of freedom in Europe have Her quan hope to inaug lessened the dangers of war urate a commercial service on __%#!ph O. Campney, appoint- | th ed soliciter-general a few ~~ i eee S00ee Oe ks a. is being mentioned ‘tween Los Angeles and Copen-| Wee £0, s thagen soo” ° + as Meely chelee fer the new. iil post of associate defence min- ister. The speech said income tax reguiations dealing with defer- The WEATHERMAN Says be eased; plans being made for the development of the St. Law- rence seaway and power project and navigation improvements on | Brisk northwest winds buffeted the lower mainland of B.C. last; The national health grants night in the wake of the dis- program will be extended; pro-| turbance which moved rapidly! vision will be made for greater eastward over the province. The educational aid for children of wind dropped to light early this| fathers who died as a result of morning war service, and amendments to Cloudiness persists in the the National Housing Act are southern interior and a few) planned but detatls were not dis- areas of the lower mainiand | closed. | While relatively clear skies have returned to the remainder of the province, Cloudiness is expected to spread to the northern coast HBC Governor cistwpance whieh ‘moving, Resigns at 65 Gulf of Alaska this! There will be rain on| LONDON ©.—Sir Patrick Ash- oast tomorrow ley Cooper, 30th governor of the| j Hudson's Bay Company, an-| nounced his resignation Wednes day night. He said the job calls for energies of a younger man the morning the north into Forecast coming overcast dur- Overcast on Liea be ng the afternoon Wednesday rain beginning soon; Sir Patrick, who was 65 Tues- after midnight and stopping| day, remains a director of the about noon Friday, Little change! Bank of England and chairman temperature Low tonight and high Friday it Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 35 and 47 of the London Board Northern Assurance Company There was no immediate word as to Sir Patrick's successor CANADIAN LABOR ENVOY ntented Union Delegate Tells Meeting belween four and seven per cent,of travel within the country as against our high rent, and his without letting tourists come living costs would be much’ in.” cheaper than ours because there no hidden taxes on meals, Explaining that working wo- men can take their children to) | are cigarettes and other articles nurseries and _ kindergartens The only tax is on income! built near factories, he said and that is on a sliding scale.”| “there are equal opportunities Mr. Hines said construction of huge apartment blocks is gradu-| ally replacing old homes in and} around Moscow. The ments, in many cases, are built} the nature of the occupation.” behind rows of old homes which} One of the few persons to lare torn down and the streets | visit Russia since the war, Mr. | then widened Hines left Vancouver last Aug. | “That's the main reason for) 4 | such wide streets in Moscow.” | SET WAGES Wages for men and women are} lthe same for identical jobs, he| | told the meeting, and said “the | for women who take a practical part in the trade unions.” He said “annual vacations vary Asked how he was selected as the B.C, delegate, he said “my name just happened to be the one chosen.” Trade unionists in the Soviet Union had_ invited Canadian unionists, through the Canad- ian-Soviet Friendship Society, to visit Russia. The society in Vancouver asked the unions to sel up a sponsoring committee which selected several names. Mr. Hines moved to Canada from his home in England at the age of two. He was back for movement.” Salaries for doc- tors and other professional per- are established by the min- government. |. Mr. Hines said he saw no un- | sons tels in Moscow and other cities are “very busy, it is not from tourists. There is a great deal red depreciation on property will, the Pacific Coast will be studicd,) apart-| from 12 to 48 days according to| Smelter Workers’ Union, iINCIAL RARY a omens Che Daily News NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBI14’s NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—”Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Ordeal in Ravine Near’ City VANCOUVER ©-—A 76-year ~Old man is catching up on his | eating in hospital here after being held captive for three ddys by the steep walls of a ravine The lonely ordeal didn’t take place in the wilderness but on the outskirts of Vancouver in Burnaby municipality. ' Hauled up by a rope and s 150 feet down a ravine to which he had elung for more than 70 hours after tumbling over its Wink’s first words to police reached tive top were “I'm very hungry and have a sore back.” “DISGRACE TO COMMUNITY’ cewnsare, ces Liquor Inquiry Chairman Deplores Certain Hotels VANCOUVER (CP)—The chairman of British weather over Greenland General Massey, said Parliament} Columbia’s liquor inquiry board charged Wednes- day that a “substantial number” of hotels in the race to the community, existing ‘only te boost liquor consumption.” Several Hours Daily Closed for | ' | Construction | (Riistern: section of the streteh lof Highway 16 under construc- | | tion just east of Galloway Rapids Bridge wili be closed four hours tomorrow J. A. Easton, general superin-| tendent of Wood & McClay con- tractors, said a portion also was closed today from noon until 4 p.m. to allow removal of muskeg from beneath the old road While the closure cuts off travel between here and Terrace, he said an arrangement could be made to allow passage for any emergency trip Portions of the road will be closed daily for the next “three or four days,” he said so that all the muskeg can be cleared away and” replaced with rock. The whole job is expected to be com- pleted by the end of the month The eastern section will be closed tomorrow between 10 a.m. and noon and from 2 p.m. until | 4 p.m tor Diesels For Pakistan KARACHI, Parkistan (€P) —- Pakistan railways have received | 23. diesel electric locomotives | from a United Stages company for service on the North West- ern Railway in West Pakistan. Pakistani officers and staff are being trained in operation and maintenance two years during the First World War but returned to Vancouver at the end of the war, at the age of 12. : He is married and has eight children in Vancouver. Since returning from Russia he has spoken at several cities on Vancouver Island. Alderman George B. Casey, member of the Mine, Mill and was chairman of the meeting and in brief intreductory remarks said the “Russians stood many years ;of turmoil but while I don’t | know what goes on behind the | Tron Curtain we don’t have to be |; Communists to believe in what | that country has done for its | people.” | Other members of the spon- | soring committee were: Ald, Jim |Prusky, of the Boilermakers’ | Union; A. Wallin, carpenters’ junion; Tom Parkin, northern | representative of the United | Fishermen & Allied Workers’; Union; B. McGuire, Interna- |; tiomal representative of the |MMSWU, and W. Griffiths, ling Wednesday from a point brink was Theodore A. Wink. and ambulance men when he > Housing Group Named T Allot City Rental Unit 76-Year-Old Man Spends Lonely New Applications Must Be Madeby Home-Seekers. First House Ready for January Appointment of a housing authority to adfnin- ister the 50 rental homes being built here by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation was announced today with Orme G. Stuart named chairman for a three-year term. Other members, all of whom received a certified copy of an order-in-council from the pro- vincial secretary's office at Vic- toria, naming them are: Norman Bellis and Mrs. M. Willa Ray, who will hold ofice until December 31, 1954; Robert. G. Moore and Hugh A. MacKenzie, who will hold ofice until Dec. 31, Mr. Stuart said the agrée- ment between the governments and the city “Is not a a housing scheme and tenants receive modern adequate hous- ing at actual cost “The large volume of appli- cations expected requires that there must be a fair and equit- able method in allocation of 1953. Known as the Prince Rupert Housing Authority, first body of its kind appointed in B.C., they will select a secretary-manager who will supervise the general operation. Alloting of the houses to H. H Stevens was questioning members of the B.C. Hotels As-| their brief to the board. | sessment of all the ) ad | sociation after presentation of | Highway 16 | “I am not condemning you,” Mr. Stevens said. “I am just drawing your attention frankly to the situation. “Why have such places been eliowed to carry°on? They are not hotels in amy sense of the term.” Why hdiisn't’ your assoc: ation disowned them? “This has been going on for years. You would have to be blind not to see it.” David Kyle, spokesman for the Association, said his group has been trying to raise the standard of such hotels. TCA to Buy New Aircraft MONTREAL ©@-—Purchase by Trans-Canada Air Lines of 15 Viscount turbo-prop aircraft costing about $11,500,000 was an- nounced Wednesday by G. R. Mc- Gregor, TCA president. The planes, purchased from the British firm of Vickers-Arm- be done on a first come, served basis, but on @ facets con- cerning the case,” said Stuart, adding that first of the new units is net expected to be available for occupaney un- { ; ; til early in January and “rents will run from $78 te $99 a month.” Members of the authority will without r I will be guided in their | junder the joint agreement be- tween the Dominion and Provin- cial governments and the city. |career with his The secretary-manager will'Larnin and f receive a salary and his duties! world’s best featherweights and lightweights, died here Wednes- day in the boxing ring. will include assessing present accommodation of applicants. APPLICATIONS New application forms have been printed and are now avail- able at the city clerk’s office at the City Hall Mr. Stuart said persons who filled out forms last April must also fill out the new forms. “The fact that any person completed an application form does not constitute an under- strong, are powerede by four Rolls-Royce Dart engines. j ; } | { i | { i j POSTED TO PARIS — Lt.-Col Cc. B. MacFarlane, 37, of Ham- | ilton, Ont., has been chosen to attend the third course of the NATO defence college in Paris. A native of Jarvis, Ont., he en- listed in 1942 and served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany during the Second World War, (CP from National Defence) Sabre: Jet Sets Speed Record THERMAL, Calif. @—A roar- ing, flame-spewing F-86D Sabre jet plane piloted by Capt. J. siade Nach, of Edwards Air Force unofficial world speed record just a shade under 700 miles an hour. Nash, 31, made four low-level passes over a measured three- the Inland Salton Sea, 235 feet below sea level, Nash topped the 670.981 mph ard L. Johnson who flew an | UFAWU. earlier Sabre model, F-86A. | Authority to provide that per- | son with a house. base Wednesday established an) taking or obligation on the part of the Prince Rupert Housing “Until a secretary-manager is appointed, the city is assisting in the distribution of application forms which should. be complet- ed and returned to the city! clerk's office until further not-| ice.” ; “It is emphasized+that this | arrangement is temporary, des- | igned only to assist the Author- | ity and save time. available accommodation, therefore the policy for award- ing living units under control and management of this Au- thority is very firm. “The following information is taken into consideration when assessing applications: number of children or other dependents; present living accommodation and conditions; financial re- sponsibility; present rent; in- come; residence in the city.” Famed Fighter Dies in Ring As Referee... ay Sian VANCOUVER (P)—Hector Mc- Donald who started his t Jimmy Me- many of the The 43-year-old McDonald, who became one of the Pacific Coasts best known referees after hanging wp his gloves, died after collapsing from a heart attack in the ring at Vancouver College. PENTICTON @ — Premier .W. A. C. Bennett indicated in 4 by- election speech here last hight that B.C. will have a general election, probably soon after the spring session of the Legislature. Once during his he re- speech ferred to the election “in the next year,” and later said “when we come back to the people as we Will do within a few montha,” He told his audience B.C. w ;eollect $9,000,000 annually , “The city has no part in hous-| royalties when the Westerast tion.” jing administration or alloca-;: Transmission gas line is in full | operation, Former Red Czech Leaders. On Trial in Prague Court The Canadian Press By : VIENNA—Fourteen | Communist Czechoslovakia, including former foreign /minister Vlado Clementis, former top leaders. of went on. trial in Prague court today on charges of treason and espionage. |- Austrian Press Agency reports , Said Clementis had confessed to | the responsibility for the death | of Jan Svermo, Slovak Commun- |ist hero who took part in the /anti-Nazi uprising of 1944. | Reports said Rudolf ; | former secretary-general of | party and another of the chief |defendants, had admitted to | Preventing medical treatment to | Svermo. Slansky was charged also with plotting “elimination” of Presi- dent Klement Gottwald. No western correspondent was permitted to witness the court room drama, which compared | kilometre course at the edge of with the famous Moscow trials} Government House made the | of 1936. | Slansky, one of the architetcts of His Excellency ~ To Rest After Strenuous Trip OTTAWA (€P)—-Governor-Gen- eral Massey, advised by his doc- tors to rest, has postponed ~ a planned pre-Christmas trip to the Nerthwest Territories, only part of Canada he has not visit- announcement Wednesday. A spokesman said the an- the Red Czech regime, was ar-|nouncemnt was not to be con- mark set Sept. 15 by Maj. Rich-| rested in November, 1951, along/Strued 4s meaning the Governor- ‘with sores of ctr tp. governs General is ill. He is not cancel- ment and party officials. ling other engagements.