R CABS pO DISPATCHED CITY HALL al Daggett received council to say , pired in the closed will five a recount of my } Don Stew dent of work it Mr. Stewart ration because ting the full the nature of this because I wanted stewart, I asked tid you re would endangering future.” was learned ryone vevel ot New or Denounces read the iad been published rhe Daily News, luded a sState- had closed layor Who ected to the Mayor Whalen been against zardiess how blem “might. be up is public should city rid and con sed sessions ong that I’m more closed vast five years 15 years I've } 1 don't. hea bjecting.” y would have ind added Bhould believe in the in ce of the press. We not ¢ clude meeting a reporter knowing not in the not be " lain matters interest will iosed sions ey can become Darrow Gomez ittee meetings ding the etings Was de ing members pret mi QO 0 pp the board of direc Rupert General the lane behind paved has gone back of works for con- have intime, council con- pread caleium chlor to settle the dust, ction by the board ) pokesman for the pointed out that dust ane, raised by auto- ‘fle, Was a hazard to it kitchen which bor- pi{t il board feels pav- ‘ane 1s a must. Dr health officer, and ements, the hospital upport us,” said Mr. he ! aid he realized the ne paving and that it 1 matter of money” topped it pave that part we will el another part of our fram wait for a year.” Of works will consider ‘his can be done, sed Session Blown d he “strenuously objected” to the type! given the occurrence in The Daily News. ; the street asking me what it was |j Che D) PROVINCIAL | NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—*’Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952 VOL. XLI, No. 165 Outcome of the “secret” session | was a “pep” talk to the superin- fendent of works by some alder- art tee 4} wih W rv Wall} the way in which the works was directed re nol city public Main objection Ald, Daggett had concefning the news story that publicity had been given because I mov- was “so much ed a closed session and that I was criticized for calling a closed session as far as the | public was concerned | “T have had many people call me by telephone and stop me on ali about, and I want myself clear closed ses to make ig that I asked for the|§ on only to protect a} again next month. City council last night passed two readings of the lengthy by- law- which calls for borrowing the near three-quarter million dollars at an interest rate of 454 per cent. By the time interest and prin- cipal have been paid in 20 years the total will amount to $1,052,- 150. The bylaw pdebiscite on which ;member of the city staff.” Closed Sessions “Il guarantee the shall oppose it again Ald. George Hill the board of works, said he was “proud that I have called for closed meetings at times to pro- tect the identity of some people families, in cases of social wel- fare, I think we were quite right also in calling a closed meeting next time I chairman of e%4 4 ae be i ld 4 BOATS FOR OLYMPICS—Members of the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto address the crates carrying the four-and eight-oared boats for Canada’s Olympic rowing crews at Helsinki. Ted Pun- chard, left, an executive of the rowing club, supervises the pack- pve in Intelligence of Press | said ital Request Recommended in this instance.” Mayor Whalen also repri nS manded Ald. Daggett, saying unfit for use 1 believe you committed a grave error by introducing the ment by sea matter in the first place in coun- Ho cil. We have committee meet ings for such things. I should think, also, that the board of works would like to hear of such a matter which concernes them before the whole council.” would not time” there enough cover all mittees Aid. Hill iid works committer went or be neat vening to} all com in one business of board ‘of ng Friday up to midnight. Ima; ine what h if each] committee h bi | hallot péile ness Those the proposed two-month test, hoped that by having entire council attend committee meet ings at once would b nefit to each alderman We will then all know what we are talking about when we sit in regular session,” said Ald Gomez the meet would ippen ad that much the first time in favor of giving method a of b Search For Lost Plane Continues EDMONTON (CP) — Borderline weather prevailed in Yukon to- day as 13 aircraft took off from | Whitehorse to continue their |search for the Edmonton-based |} RCAF Mitchell bomber now missing three weeks with four men aboard | Meanwhile, seven survivors of | hos-|a USAF B-17 bomber, which| pital *board had done well in | crashed and burned Friday while | raising $45,000 in their modern-|searching for the Mitchell, are ization fund drive. The request| reported recovering satisfactor- of $206,000 was to make up the |ily in Anchorage, Alaska. | deficit, of $65,000 pledged by the — - hospital as its share of a $100,-| S66 theaternigation plan | — WEATHER — Part of this modernization is : |already underway Forecast Invitation by Prince Rupert; A few clouds today and Wed- Junior Chamber of Commerce to| nesday. Fog patches along main- ‘attend a meeting to clarify the|land coast tomorrow morning. status of the defunct public re- | Not much change in temperature. lations council was accepted | Winds northwest 25 decreasing | A letter from the Jaycees ask- | to light tonight, Low tonight and led for the meeting, to which rep- | high tomorrow at Port Hardy, 54 resentatives of the senior cham-| and 65; Sandspit, 50 and 68; ber and the public relations| Prince Rupert, 50 and 68. lecouncil have been invited, to) ‘ erga | clarify the financial status of aj jcampaign for funds to publish a ; pamphlet Council “strongly recom- mended” to next year's council to approve the hospital board's second request: a donation of $20,000 spread over a period of three years, first payment to be made next year. Council agreed that the Superliner Also Breaks t .. §1 t ave in legendary ' myth which reads: oned i é ty Days It Will Remain’ he patron saint of Winchester Cathedral! from the 10th to th century, whose death is entered in the Anglo-Saxon ‘icle under the year 861, must be looking oyer Prince Vithin, whose body was transferred from an almost to a hew basilica on July literature as St. Swithin’s day if thou dust rain For forty days it will remain; St. Swithin’s day if thou be fair For forty days ‘twill rain na mair, West Record NEW YORK (€CP)—The super- liner United States easily broke the westward speed record across the North Atlantic today and came home as queen of the seven seas. For the first time in 100 years, she brought to U.S. the mythi- cal blue riband—emblem of speed supremacy along’ the world’s commercials sea lanes. The United States beat British liner Queen Mary’s. 14-year westward record on her maiden voyage by nine hours and 36 minutes. She clipped 10 hours off the Mary’s eastward record 15 #971 AO, Gtdy been the has connected with The boats will replace two shells which arrived in Helsinki The shells now being sent were built in Kelowna, B. C., for the Olympics but arrived in Toronto too late: for ship- Socreds Choose Leader By Secret. Ballot System. CCF Strengthens Organization VANCOUVER (CP)— which will form the next government in British Co- lumbia, met in caucus here today to choose a leader. He will be premier and will be selected by secret | Progressive earlier this month. nce (CP Photo) ”~ ~s | The Social Credit party, history that B.C.'s chief \legislative officer has been chosen in this manner. Top mention, ‘ror goes to Lyle Wicks, president of the B.C. Social Credit League; W. A. C. Bennett of Kelowna, Conservative mem- ber in the last legislature until he broke ranks, and R, BE. Som- ers, school teacher at Castelgar, and ric Martin of Vancouver Decisions taken at the caucus | may not be known until late to-| night “We do not expect to make any | announcement until tonight,”| Lyle Wicks said at press time} today. | Meanwhile, the provincial ex ecutiye of the CCF party has de- | cided to put two fulltime organ- | igers into the B.C, political field | as a result of gains made in the} June 12 election In a statement, the executive | said the members regret ‘that | thousands of voters do not real-| ize that by voting Social Credit | they were supporting a political party that differs from the Lib erals and Progressive Conserva- tives only by name.” The executive also supported the decision of CCF organizers jn Vancouver-Burrard and Similkit- meen to ask for a judicial Je- count for narrowly-defeated can- didates there. It was disclosed that the CCF election campaign cost $10,000. ieadership New Talks on Steel Strike PITTSBURGH ‘CP)—Apparent- ly nudged by the White House, the steel industry and the strik- ing United Steelworkers Union (CIO) arranged new peace talks tonight on the heels of the re- ported rejection by the union of latest settlement offers. The Office of Price Stabiliza- tion also turned down demands of three steel companies for price boosts ranging from $5.60 to $6 a ton to cover the recently- granted wage boosts. HIGH AVERAGE There are 3.25 miles of wire for every telephone in Canada. the Fishermen’s Association | the, citizens will vote also in- | cludes expenditure of purchasing |@ telephone exchange building, | which city council has decided | will be the old government liquor | store on Third Avenue. ' The new telephone system—an | automatic, dial exchange—will , completely replace the old sys- } tem and will add several thous- jand new telephones. ; | It will be installed by the | Automatic Electric Co. of Can- ada, Ltd. The borrowed amount is to be | paid back from revenue of the telephone system which has been estimated at not less than $127,- 000 for 1952, The bylaw, after it has passed the third reading at a special council meeting tomorrow night, will be sent to the Victoria de- partment of municipalities for approval. Then the bylaw will be pub- lished in its entirety for the pitblic to read. ONE PLEBISCITE PASSED A plebiscite was -passed last | | December by Prince Rupert vot-| Saturday that the chief justice, consumption, bringing them up ers to authorize city council to|who settled the six-weeks-long/t Ontario-Quebec levels. This enter into negotiations for a new strike of woodworkers in 1946, | would not affect the statutory telephone system. A complete survey of the present system has been made by the Automatic Electric Co. It Salmon Price Talks Reopen; Strike Near The bargaining committee for salmon fishermen will meet with B.C. in Vancouver tomorrow to re-open talks on this year’s salmon prices. Meanwhile, the strike deadline of July 19 remains in effect, ac- cording to Tom Parkin, secretary of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union Sockeye salmon gillnet fishing has been underway since June 22, following agreement to ac- cept. 25 cents a pound—same price as last year—up to July 19. Strike of fishermen origin- ally was set for June 22 but was postponed hecause, union offi- cials said, about 1000 fhative fishermen on the Skeena and Naas depend almost entirely on sockeye fishing for their livelihood. Mr. Parkin said the shore- workers have applied for a sup- ervised strike vote and it pro- end. KEMANO.—A whirlwind tour of this bustling camp at the head of Gardner Canal brought to a close the trip through North-Central B.C. by Canada’s Minister of Resources and De- velopment, Hon, R. H. Winters. Met at the dock here at 3:30 p.m. Monday by Walter Abram- son, resident engineer for the Aluminum Company of Canada's vast development here, Mr, Win- ters Saw how a “town” of more than 3006 workers has been hewn out of wilderness in just a very short time. The minister, who was pre- vented from an early-morning take-off from Prince Rupert by News PRICE FIVE CENTS Dial Exchange Planned In Complete Overhaul Prince Rupert voters will go to the polls once | | This time tax-payers will vote on whether or' not they want to borrow $675,000 for a new tele-| phone system. The plebiscite will be held August 7. will also loan the city a tempor- | ary connection board which will | allow a few more telephones in| be added to the present system | while it is undergoing a change. | The new system is expected to| be in operation in three years, or | less. . | } The change over will likely np en RARY, 118 VICTORIA, B. Cc. PROVINCIAL LIB DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Tax-Payers Vote August 7 On $675,000 Phone System Aviation Council luncheon Here For Those Interested in Flying A luncheon will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Civic Cenive for ail persons or organizations interested in promotion of flying—for pleasure or profit. Seven representatives of the B.C. Aviation Council will land here tomorrow morning in four planes on a province-wide tour. The luncheon has been arranged by city council, Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, and Prince Rupert Aero Club. Mayor Harold Whalen and six aldermen will represent the city. Two 15-minute talks on landing field, air transport and general flying subjects will be given, and a question period held. Railways Apply For be made in one day. If the citizens reject the plebiscite, however, it will mean that a new telephone system for Prince Rupert will be de- | loyed for at least another three | to five years. Freight Rate Boost 16 Per Cent Increase Asked Voting will take place between | Sone and hein Ge ee Ca | OTTAWA.—Railways today applied for a new Centre, August 7, which is a)series of freight rate increases that would amount Sannane |to more than $80,000,000 a year. Two proposed gen- eral increases totalling about 16 per cent would bring to 97 per cent the accumulation of post-war Agree to } | ————= | (CIO-CCL) and it won approval | | { of | Sees All in One Hour | Whirlwind Tour of Alcan by Minister Mediator VANCOUVER (CP)—Coast lum- ber operators today agreed to ask Chiei Justice Gordon McG. » Sloan tos mediate the strike of | 32,000 woodworkers. The suggestion was made last be called in as mediator. The suggestion was adopted by the executive of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America) at a meeting of operators this morning. The multi-million-dollar in- dustry has been tied up by a wage dispute since June 14. ‘Baby Found Abandoned In Pushcart A tiny baby girl was foun abandoned in downtown Prince Rupert this morning and taken to the Salvation Army hostel. F. E. Anfield, superintendent of Indian Affairs here, in a ra- dio broadcast to all natives said the baby was discovered at 2:30 a.m. in a white pushcart buggy in which there was a black over- night bag. The broadcast said: “The baby is well and may have just come out of hospital.” He asked that the contact him or police. —TIDES— Wednesday, July 16, 1952 (Pacific Standard Time) mother rate boosts on types of traffic to which they apply. These make up about half the, railways’ $900,000,.000 a year freight movement. n a three-way move before the Board of Transport Commis- sioners, they asked: 1. An immediate general in- crease of seven per cent. 2. A further but not neces- sarily immediate hoist of nine }per cent, 3 An inerease~ in -rates ‘on |grain and grain products mov- ling in the west for domestic '“Crow’s Nest Pass” rates on ex- port grain traffic in the west. Under two general-increase proposals coal and coke would be exempted from the per- centage boost but under each of two sections of applicatien Ling expenses... 4 would be subject to increases of between 10 and 20 cents a ton. Along with the application, the Railway Association of Canada served notice that carriers will seek a further increase if cur- rent wage demands of their unions result in higher operat: t Queen Suffers Slight Cold LONDON ( — The Queen is confined to her room with a slight cold, Buckingham Palace announced today. She conferred honors to 250 men and women this morning.even though suf- fering from a chill. RCAF. * High 9:17 15.2 feet 21:11 18.6 feet 3:02 5.7 feet 14:43 9.5 feet ton. BULLETINS -RCAF Searches For Plane VANCOUVER (CP)—An American plane with two men aboard which disappeared on 200-mile flight from Penticton late Monday was sought today by RCAF searchers. Plane was bound for Vancouver. Identity of fliers and home town not disclosed by the * Mysterious Object Sighted VANCOUVER (CP)—Brightly glowing object behind a luminous vapor trail, was seen across Vancouver last night by dozens of puzzled citizens. It disappeared over Howe Sound in “shower of fire.” x 2 Disagreement Ends Steel Talks NEW YORK (AP)—New steel strike peace talks ended today with the industry and United Steelworkers in disagreement but standing by for further word from the White House. Move may come from Washing- * * low clouds and fog, was accom- panied by his private secretary, R. L. (Bob) Elliott, and this re- porter. About 30 miles south of Prince Ropert the sun was shining brightly and the minister was awe-struck by the snow-capped mountains and scenery through the islands dotting the flight south. A boiling sun greeted the party at Kemano, although a strong wind was blowing. Mr. Abramson, who spent eight months on a giant tunnel pro- ject under construction in To- ronto, welcomed Mr. Winters and the party was taken from the landing float by tug to the dock where they boarded a sta- tion wagon for a 10-mile ride through once-dense forest to the Kemano camp site. A ramp, originally construct- ed to allow persons to move from the float te a smaller pier, has not been recon- structed since it crashed last May 10, claiming the life of Alex Hunter, managing editor of The Daily News, and seri- ously injuring Jack McRae, Liberal MLA in the last legis- lature, and John F. Magor, publisher of The News. Dust and rocks kicked up from the wheels of the station wagon didn't bother Mr. Abramson as he sped along the well-gravelled road, all the way answering ques- tions and describing the project to Mr. Winters, while at the same time he kept in contact with various parts of the camp by radio from the car. During a one-hour tour, he showed the minister how a huge work base has been hewed from forest, the giant tunnel being _mended” to next year’s council. constructed, and explained the vastness of the project. A sawmill operated by tha company converts all useable timber into necessary lumber and (Continued on Page 6)