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XLI, No. 171 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 22, 1952 pvincial Coffers If Needed rhe provincial treasury has $6,104,422 in a iccount Which can be used as a cushion by vernment if it decided to withdraw from the | tax rental agreement Byron Johnson made the announcement today yrevious tax rental agreement there was a } nt of $5,070,609 which was credited to the t to act as a financial buffer | 249, penalties on arrears of taxes, also has been | account | 00,000 ‘Suspense’ Account | pense h ada Gains Close To | f Million People By The Canadian Press 1 \WA.—Canada’s population increased an 1,000 in the year ended June 1, bringing erp reer: a tar in INCIAL LIBRARY, : 2 +i ae PROV PRICE FIVE CENTS re ec ORMES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 cd annie aaa aN ee Democrat + Convention Confused CHICAGO between states kept delegates b apart as the national Democratic | yn convention continued today J ey were no nearer selecting ‘Giant US. Chain To Buy ‘Into Simpson's opment in Canadian merchandis- ing was announced today in the A verbal war! formation of a new company to TORONTO ©—Unique devel- fishermen—gillnetters and uy the mail order office busi- | ‘No Strike’ Proposal T Be Voted on by UFAW — Gillnetters, Idle For Second Day A recommendation to British Columbia salmon Seiners seiners—not to strike is being sent to all members of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (AFL-TLC) for approval. This was announced in Van- couver last night by the UFAWU as thousands of sockeye fisher- ess of Simpson's, Limited, on | an. 7, 1953 | The new company, to be called fishermen are asking last year’s price for chums—7!2 cents — 14,430,000, rate inerease could be maintained—indi- that it won’t be—Canada’s population 15,000,000-mark by late 1953. » Sockeye Division ing Tie-up ER Divi- almon catch nd American suspended | gration Estimate of the increase in the population was made by the Bureau of Statistics. It took the} population total 14,009,426 re- corded June 1, 1951, in the de-| cennial census, added birth and} immigration and _ subtracted| deaths and the estimate of emi- | bathing beauty contest Increase of 421,000 compared | with a gain of 297,000 in the} previous 12 months; 265,000 be-| tween June 1, 1949, and June 1,| 1950 SIREN SONG—Shirley Harder, 19, perches Several More Wheel Sets Here For Soap Box Derby a] atop a police cruiser hand on the siren, announcing the Toronto Police Games and Winner among the 60 beauty cotestants got a $1,000 prize and the Miss Toronto Title , | and put into the background the | (CP PHOTO) a Candidate for the presidency | gimpson-Sears, Limited will than before the convention open-| pring into the Canadian retail ed, but it seemed certain they | field for the first time the giant wotld succeed in drafting Gov-| United States mail order house ernor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois | of Sears, Roebuck and Company, to be their standard bearer | of Chicago. , If he accepts he is expected to| simpsons-Sears, to be owned eee 5 an early ballot. | 50 per cent by Simpsons, Limited, | ‘The old question of states’|and 50 per cent by Sears, Roe- | rights > boiled over to submerge} buck, will expend the present mail order business and also the | will operate a chain of retail | stores across Canada. Locations | of new stores are not announced. |Oratory and eloquence of | keynote speaker and others. | The subject involves the ques- | tion of whether or not the fed- | eral government can protect the | oe | Negroes in the matter of em- | lie | ployment and equal rights. Chilliwack Man | Meanwhile, the popular can- | | didate had removed himself from | the running. Vice-President Al- | men remained in port following rejection of a half-cent increase offer by the companies for pinks. UFAWU officials here said at noon today that instruc- tions have been received from Homer Stevens, secretary of the union, to call a meeting for 1 p.m. tomorrow in the while the companies are offering 5% cents.” “These prices,” said Mr. Parkin, “represent a cut of from 20 to 30 per cent over last year although gear prices, engine and boat repairs, gas, oil, grub and other expenses are as high and in many in- Civie Centre at which he will | stances higher than _ last speak. year.” ‘ “The meeting will be attended| The announcement by the only by members of theUFAWU,” said R. L. Gardiner, “and it is expected a recommendation of some kind will be made.” A spokesman for the union in Vancouver Said the order, by the negotiating committee to tie UFAWU in Vancouver said to- day the combined vote of the UFAWU and Native Brotherhood members rejected the latest company offer on pinks by 51 per cent. (Original union demand for pink prices was 10 cents, but and 279,000 between June nternational |) 1948, and 1949 ; Plans are well advanced for ring direc- The 1949 figure did not iN-|the annual Soap Box Derby on oni hain clude the 345,000 population); apor Day—but the boys appear « . a Now t}e —* wee | ’ ight by Am- gained by Newfoundland’s entry | to be a little shy into Confederation inadians are Only seven have signified their nsidered in| MOSTLY BIRTHS lintention of competing in the The bureau said the increase|event being sponsored by the the dispute between | this year was due to a high level | Trades and Labor Council, Friz- snadian members of |of births and to the arrival of | Zell Motors Limited, representa- Fishermen and Allied (216000 immigrants between) ves of General Motors products Union (AFL) and the | june 1, 1951, and the corre-| here, and the Daily News orkers contimue, | sponding date this year | Six boys entered last year’s | States would end up All provinces shared in the| race and so far only one has re- urge percentage of the key cathh = IDES— pulation. increase, Largest in-| entered this year crease of 163,900 for Ontario was | followed by 118,000 to Quebec, | 33,000 to British Columbia, 31,-7 000 to Alberta, 22,000 to Mani- is strictly a boy's event. It’s aim is to promote both craftsmanship and sportsmanship through com- 13, 1952 toba, 13,000 to Newfoundland, petitions in building and racing 20.0 feet and 111 to Saskatchewan Soap Box Derby cars 18.8 feet Nova Scotia and New Bruns- Good sportsmanship requires 2.5 feet; wick each gained 10,000 and that your car represents only 6.9 feet| Prince Edward Island 5000 : : : your own skill as its designer and builder—just as, when it comes to the race, your per- formance will represent your own skill as a driver. ULLETINS Don't worry too greatly whether your car is perfect, you will have all winter to rectify Settlement of Oil Dispute any defaults—but make every - : effort now to build your car rit HAGUE (CP)—The International Court according to the rules so you can t test it t is not competent to deal with the n oil dispute. Britain had contended | power to settle the dispute ye Fire Victim Dies MONTON (CP)—Alfred Peters of Ottawa, ary to the manager of Jasper Park Lodge, died spital today. Peters suffered severe burns in Granby (Red) Watmough, who is chairman of the Soap Box Derby committee, has some ma terial at his home-—739 Fifth West—and boys who plan on en- tering should first submit their names at the Daily News office then see Mr. Watmough Construction plans are avail able at Frizzeli Motors and the 1,000.0 : : wheels—special wheels—are on 00 fire which destroyed the lodge last display in the motor firm’s win r dow First thing necessary, though, }is to enter oria Olympic Entry Fails ELSINKI (CP) Bob Hutchinson, Victoria, | eliminated from the 200-metre event today he placed sixth in the second round heat. Tragic Stewart Crash So far, 12 organizations have offered to sponsor boys in the race and it is imperative that the boys enter this week, so pan Reseda Lone Survivor Tells Grim Escape Story “7 was in the front seat lothers in the back | “It didn't bother me too muct RIC SANDERSON | pert General Hospital by Queen Charlotte Airlines after treat- of a car plunge| ment in Stewart General Hos- vaters of Portland | pital. nterview from his} re told today how | tragedy: safety from the| “We had been down to the | water irried four of his}Camosun to see a friend, Jack | jammed, t ‘heir death last Sat- | McBeth, who worked in a mine} eon |here, off on a trip to Vancou- McLeod, 23-year-old | ver. therine McLeod of} “John (Brockbank) ‘fered only a badly|see some other people on the ind shock in the! boat and the rest of us had din- 1 claimed the lives| ner with McBeth. Love, owner of the| “When the call was sounded |a window. "Canal Telephone and| for passengers to leave, we got! , : bh Co. John Brockbank,| off and met Brockbank on the|get to shore. I can’t swim but of Boyles Brothers | government wharf. | guess I learned right there. ng company at the} “We had driven down from the | and two other! hotel (about 14% miles from the me. whose names are| wharf) in John’s new car and | feet held pending word | arranged to meet afterwards. | was f-kin |. “We had gone about half a! him “(nd his brother, Ian,| mile from the dock when John | or legs. “the King Edward] tried to miss a pothole in the | dead. , Wart, tiny mining| road and we hit the cliff, which | “After wie head of the canal.|was on the driver's side. He corn and educated in|couldn’t seem to straighten the oe car and we crashed against ‘own to Prince Ru-| several times. aA into about 20 feet of water went to| ‘I was stuck in the car, but | was conscious. I tried to I floated to the sur ad ( LOVe¢ eG drill t Mine | Avi t } reaching the rocks Remember the Soap Box Derby The | about 30 feet up the embankment | while we were hitting the cliff) Here is his own story of the| for about 80 yards, then all of a| Ray Snider from Hyder, Alaska, | sudden we were headed into the|his wife and I think the steering gear | boy “J don't recall any tumbling. | We just plunged over the side find | | the door handle and couldn't so \lay on my b&ck and kicked out face and somehow managed to} “Mr, Love was floating behind | when I saw him as | He seemed to be 40 or 59 | they found him on away. I didn’t think ther anything I could do to help | He wasn’t moving his arms} advised him he probably will be He iooked like he was/released from hospital on Wed- was tired and couldn’t get out of | held at Stewart when he returns. the water and hung onto thé sea- | it| weed for about 10 minutes. Then |T took off my shoes and crawled | | vin Barkley, apparently smarting | sponsors can advise their | under the lack of support from pears President Truman, bowed out. Remember the sponsor buys| Barkley said publicly that his the wheels for your car. The rest | withdrawal was due to labor is up to you. Total cost of the | opposition to his candidacy. car to the boy should not exceed | ‘ ey $10 | Boys who entered last year— | RCAF six of them—should come for-| » ward quickly if they wish to race B b G II nf this soar The wheels on their om. er 0 I e cars must be examined, because} BAGOTVILLE, Que. (CP)—Two only the special Soap Box Derby | air¢raft, a Vampire jet fighter wheels can be used jand*a Lancaster bember, collid-| There are 10.sets of new wheels | ed in’ mid-air 30 miles south of L.-fo.-more-—-so speak quickly | here today. jboys. A list of entrants and}; The RCAF said “some crew | sponsors wil] be carried later this | members were definitely killed.” week Other reports said seven or eight | Remember also—entrants may ! died. |accept limited help from other | * concen - — WEATHER — under 16 years of age in Synopsis designing and assembling the car, Helpers not, however, ; permitted to build an entrant’s A disturbance moving slowly | car, or parts of the car southeastward to the west of | The car MUST be built by the} Vancouver Island brought rain | boy who will drive it in the race.| to south coastal areas this morn- . “— |ing in some districts it was the first measurable precipitation since June 29th. The cloud assoctated with this weather system will spread east- ward over southern B.C. today. In northern areas the weather Found Killed y Bullet et aia warm for the 22-year-old Fort Babine Ind-| Forecast jan, Mrs, Julie Duncan, was] Cloudy southern part with in- |found dead early today With 4/ termittent light rain, Clearing by bullet through her head in her} parly afternoon. Sunny northern cabin at Pendleton Bay on Bab- part A little warmer tomorrow. yt Poe __| Winds northeasterly (20) today RCMP here were advised this4 jn exposed areas of southern sec- morning by investigating officers} tion otherwise light. Lows to- that the woman's husband has) nieht and highs tomorrow, at been taken to hospital at Burns] port Hardy. 50 and 63; Sandspit, Lake, 28 miles south, suffering | 59 and 66: Prince Rupert, 48 and | from a bullet wound in the head. | 74 we —— Details of the incident were not known, RCMP have returned ito the cabin to Complete investi- igatons, They were notified by neighbors and found the dead ‘woman about 4:30 a.m. Vampire, | boys are Young Woman To Shore Mossadegh Regains lran Power TEHRAN (CP)—Former Premier Mossadegh today rode back to- ward power on a wave of popu- lar support as the Majlis (House of Representatives) voted in fa- vor of his resuming office. His appointment has yet to be | to the road I saw a car coming and yelled “It was another friend of mine, 7 their 12-year-old | “Ray took me to the hospital ang the boy went back to the | wharf to get assistance after I | told him there were four others. 4 “The hospital notified police land then they got the QCA agent jto charter a plane to bring a }doctor from Prince Rupert | “I didn’t Know about the 1; others until Sunday when we |flew here. Mr. Love must have been dead |who saw Ahmed Yavam, the shore The others Were still in the car.” Mr. McLeod said the doctor Shah e | |}mands for wider powers. | nesday. I} An inquest is expected to be The new model car, purchased only a few weeks ago, wrecked, in the riots. Drowns at Kemano 29-year-old Chilliwack man, is presumed to have drowned here Sunday when the truck he was driving careened from the dock to camp 5 into the raging Kemano River. Sunday morning but discovered until late afternoon. |The truck was found in 24 feet, | Fishermen Lose Boat, Swim Without Clothes |approved by Shah Reza Pahlevi,| his} jrecent designate for the post, swept from premiership yester-| decided to strip their clothes and day by the urge of bloody rioting.| strike out for the shore. They accepted Mossadegh’s | spent the night on the rocky |resignation last week after re-|shore and in the morning struck | fusing the aging premier’s de-| cut for Cape Caution, 20 miles News of the vote spread quick- lly through Tehran. Thousands| spotted a gillnetter, skippered by iof flags fluttered from shops| Pete Johnson, New Westminster. jand houses—but all had black} jribbons attachéd to commemo- was {rate the score or more who died up boats “until further notice” still stands; + The UFAWU and the Native Brotherhood of B.C., through the negotiating committee, seek the same prices for salmon as those paid last year. Through an error yesterday, The Daily News incorrectly stated that the companies had offered to pay last year’s prices, but Thomts E. Parkin, north- ern representative of the UFAWU, today clarified the |. price structure, He said: “The fishermen are not asking an increase over last KEMANO—Raymond A. Angus, off the road The accident occurred early was not of water. Another Victim's Name Released year's prices. Name of another man who| “The companies have not of- died in the car plunge at Stew-/| fered last year’s prices with the art last Saturday night was re-| single exception of sockeye at leased today. |25 cents a pound.” He was Charles A. Bradshaw, | (Since June 22, opening date about 23, Whose father is a CPR} for sockeye salmon gillnet fish- employee at Field, B.C. ing on the Naas and Skeena, fish- Relatives of the fourth man) ermen have received the 25-cent who died in the crash have not) prire from operators.) yet been located by RCMP. | Mr. Parkin said further: “The Charles Bradshaw was a stu-/| fishermen aré asking last-year’s dent at the University of Brit-|price for eohoe—18 cents—and ish Columbia and was employed the companies have offered 13; by the New Jersey Zinc Explora-| fishermen seek last year’s price tion Company at Stewart for the | of 914 cents for pinks—the com- summer months. panies have offered 8 cents; and Korean Truce | William M. Fechteler, chief of | United States naval operations, | said today he is hopeful of a| Korean truce soon. “T think the communists want) it,” he said. | In Seoul, Presiden Syghman Rhee said last night the Chinese communists are tired of having their men killed and want a compromise for a Korean truce | but the North Koreans “appear | Burrard steel strike. spokesman said. members later agreed to settle for last year’s price of 94% cents. Operators countered with the 714-cent offer and last Thurs- day fishermen voted on a new (Continued on Page 2) Union Clause Demanded By | Steelworkers United Steelworkers told the steel industry today that they must agree to full compulsory union membership as the price of peace in the 50-day steel strike. The union’s governing wage- policy committee insisted on ac- ceptance of the compulsory un- ionism for all employees in a resolution calling for a “settle- ment firmly based upon the recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board.” The strike, longest and costli- est in the steel industry history, has made idle more than 1,500,- 000 workers in steel and allied industries. Dockers To Be Laid Off Due to Steel Strike VANCOUVER (—Nearly 200 men working on Canadian destroyers in Burrard Dry Dock Company Limited, North Vancouver, will be laid off as a result of the United States Steel deliveries have not been keeping up to schedule, a unwilling.” VANCOUVER (—Two fisher- |men, Pete Roche, 27, and his \brother, Jack 22, arrfved here \today with a story of hardship \after their boat capsized. | ‘They stumbled nude and chil- \led about the wild northern Brit- lish Columbia coastline for 17 \hours before being rescued. | “We felt like a couple of {nature boys running through the |bush,” Pete commented today. | A week ago today two 25-foot |waves capsized their 28-foot ltroller, Rebecca, in Slingsby {Channel, 315 air miles northwest lof here. | Both men hung to their over- iturned boat 800 feet from the lshore but tide and wind kept learrying them farther out to } sea. Both powerful swimmers, they laway. | After 17 hours in the nude, they } fronically, they had to swim to the boat. “What are you—Doukhobors or} seals?” Johnson called. DOG DAYS—Even his jaunty. cap can’t help Dixie, a year-old Boxer owned by Marcel Quenneville of Cornwall, Ont., take his mind off the hot, humid summer days. (CP PHOTO)