WY CABS ) DISPATE HED VOL. XLI, No. 197 UD, MISTER—During a rehearsal of is a bass drummer but abandoned the lume of the recorder o much for a norn is his musician's capable of great volume as note) ers, please The RCAF Band, compr d and Tactical Air Group Bands, has beer ( inadian National Exhibition the RCAF Band in idea in favor Can be and will give a NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’s NEWSPAPER oe at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—‘’Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRINCE RUPERT, BC., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1952 No Fines For Non-Payment Of Premiums VANCOUVER (CP) .— Health Thursday the end to prosecu- Lions for non-payment of hos- pital insurance premiums He said the government plans to replace prosecutions salesmanship. Mr. Martin said Credit government “is carrying a big stick” people join the scheme. The Hospital Insurance Serv- ice, established by the coalition government in 1949, has operat- ed on a compulsory basis. The Social Credit government plans to make scheme, Sary features can only be done with the assent of the Legisla- ture. Mr. Martin explained the gov- ernment aims. to make hospital not to make Toronto, little Mike McVeigh The only one of its kind in seen by its effect. on the ising 75 musicians selected from 1 engaged as the feature concert series of 28 concerts, com- nd marking the first time a Canadian band has held the CNE spotlight ~ ei Ww, ~ we a igen prt in Rupert Would Give City ern Service; Now Best Possible Rupert) should forests.’ Mr. King said ‘There is no doubt |of the province has ted in the government road pro iver, | gram New industry pected to move }the province until antee adequate modes portation.” in Creorge before get more out of their and operate but ise t is possible this ertising cant be’ ex part of Wwe can Line into our t Trade gual i that of trans i ts new Vincent tions officer for Company of briefly on progress on the giant Alcan project said that while there has some misconception abou amount of land to be flooded in the Tweedsmuir Park only about best | two percent of the 5,400 square public rela the Aluminum Canada spoke made and that a land e con being e and the © clty present part) been negilec~-j been¢ }area, Mr. Vincent said his com |pany had no official figure on! the amount of merchantable timber in the area to be flooded Mr. Shelford sald a figure of | 28,000,000 feet. mentioned in the | press at various times should be about four times that much | Mr, Vincent said that the CNR line into Kitimat is expected to be completed by September, 1954, and “I expect construction of the rodd fror Terrace to Kiti- | mat will follow the building of the illroad The convention endorsed sev- eral resolutions calling for road work throughout north central B.C. and one resolution from the Smithers Board of Trade de- manded that done before paving work be winter set in, in sec- give| miles actually will go underj|tions of the highway between | water Prince Rupert and Prince George ! resolu-| In answer to a question’from|that are considered properly ; luding | Mr, Shelford who lives in the}prepared for such work esolutions Premier W.| BUT WON’T OUTLAW LPP { I issocia harmony ice entral King, ind Cyril rge, eriti hrough B.C» and up the inister of Agains WINNIPEG | (CP) biggest union body, the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, will go on battling ‘Reds in union* ranks but balks at call- ing for outlawing of the Com- munist party in this country. The 502,000-member TLC, at Nave been of road of the | pie of B.C traniped on an attempt to have Department Sends Aid 0 - - § tricken Kimberly Health department experts were flown ‘o help fight a polio outbreak which Ot seven children doctor and three t nurses to the mountain eastern B.C, at the reque st of the provin- by wi,’ Was Dr. A, J, Nelson of Victoria, epide- ; 2 webbie Kimberley authorities on measures . utbreak is the worst in the province, There >in the district, seven have died, five have Ne ang : P 'd 20 are in hospital, Four of those in hospital “TLC Continues to Fight Reds in Unions Canada’s] it ease its annual convention yesterday, | up on its own tough in- ternal policy on Reds, but drew that and .gov- action against the La- sive party, the leg- arm of the Reds in this 1 line between ernment | bon Progres islative — The stand nti-Red that government TLC took the asking the federal to outlaw Commu- nist parties--or other subversive parties—might open the way to suppressions which could threaten the freedom of expres- sion in Canada. WINNIPEG ()—Percy Ben- gough, 68-year-old machinist, Thursday was elected by ac- clamation to his 11th term as president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Other national officers elected Included: Prairie Vice-President Carl | Berg of Edmonton; British Columbia Vice-President Birt Showler of Vancouver,” and Secretary - Treasurer Gordon Cushing of Calgary and Ot- re~ | Naguib paid a {the Egyptian garrison at Gaza, services so acceptable to public that more people will en- roll under the voluntary plan than were brought into the scheme on the compulsory basis. Last Rites Take Place At Villages of his ear drums | bass horn, played by Flight Sergeant W Boyce, of temperament More than 20 fishing vessels yesterday set out to return to | Greenville on the Naas River to accompany the body of Peter McKay, 33-yean-old son of Mr. jand Mrs. Fred McKay, who |drowned in the Skeena River | Saturday. | Other victim in the same ac- cident wasStephen Moore,.. 19, |} of Canyon City. Peter McKay is survived by |his wife, who is a_ sister of} |} young Moore. | Memorial services were held jhere for both. Service fer Mc- Kay were conducted in St. An-| | drew’s Cathedral, while Moore's services were held at Grenville Funeral Chapel. The Greenville | }and’ Aiyansh bands were in at- tendance Mr. McKay was one of Green- ville’s most popular citizens, highly esteemed for his public service. He was also a highly rated musician of the Greenville | band and of the church choir, and one of the area’s best ath- letes. His father, Fred McKay, as- Sistant manager of the Arran- dale cannery on the Nass, is leader of the Greenville band Deceased’s uncle, Harry Mc- | Kay, was in charge of funeral arrangements. Reports Hint New Move By Egypt's Army CAIRO (€P)—Gen. Mohammed flying visit to southern Palestine, amid un-| confirmed press reports that) some Britsh troops at the Suez Canal may be moved there. Since seizing control of Egypt last month, Naguib has been| touring every unit of the Egyp- tian army. may be established as an alter- native base for British troops wishes. There has been British Comment on this. Princess 22, Birthday Spent Quietly BALMORAL, Scotland —Prin- cess Margaret was 22 yesterday— and like many another British little sister, she spent her birth- day quietly with her family. A small family birthday party was held last night in draughty Balmorak Castle but no official bgt were planned. aoe birthdays are regarded | as Strictly private affairs and tawa in British newsnaners Minister Erie Martin announced |} with the Social || it a voluntary | but removal of compul- | Press reports suggested Gaza) in the Suez area to meet Egypt’s | no official | the} er’s office entrance in Uranjum City. PRICE FIVE CENTS Rains Come—Halt RECORDING CLAIMS—Prospectors staking claims in Saskat- chewWan’s uranium staking rush must register the location and details at the provineial government's temporary mining record- A group mill about the tent (CP PHOTO) Property Boom Hits Skagway | Multi - Million Dollar | Alcoa Project Rumored This summer home at St. Patrick, “\life president. PROVINCIAL er ateC) RM VICTORIA, 8B. C. ‘DRUGS: DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 orest Fires Burns Lake Blaze Under Control As much as two inches of rain falling last night on certain sections of the 40,000-acre Burns Lake fire has brought B.C.’s largest woods blaze in 10 years “almost completely” under control. Forestry officiaits said today that “quite a little” rain fell in almost every fire area over- night bringing relief to many weary forest fighters. In most sections it was the first real rainfall in 29 days. “It helped a lot,” said forestry men. “If heavy rain continues for another day we may be able to lift the closure order.” The main forest district of the province—the Vancouver area— has been closed down for more than two months with a few days exception. The woodsmen’s 45-day strike had just been settled when for- estry officials drew the curtain on logging activities due to long continued spell of hot weather and consequent fire hazard. For the last two weeks, as many as 150 fires including the huge Burns Lake blaze have been burning at once with as many as 2,000 men fighting the devastating raze of B.C. wood- lands. Two firefighters are known to have lost their lives, one at Beaton, B.C., and another in the Burns Lake area. A third man, who disappeared in the Burns Lake tragedy, is still being sought but is also feared to have burned to death. Charge Laid In Stabbing PRINCE. G@ CP)RCOM? said last night a) 24-year-old Stephen George Joseph will be charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing affray at Vanderhoof Sunday. Prime Minister Leaves Thursday For West Coast OTTAWA @—Invigorated by a long holiday, Prime Minister St. Laurent goes back to work next | week and heads inte his biggest meet-the-people tour since the | 1949 general elections. | The 70-year-old prime minis- ter is due to head west Thursday, Aug. 28. on a trip designed pri- marily as an extensive visit to British Columbia but with var- , ious stops in Ontario and Mani- toba. He will be gone 16 days. | He is due here Monday from Que., where he has spent his longest vacation in the four years | since he became prime minister. | Between then and Thursday jhe is expected to meet with the cabinet, catch up with work in |his office and prepare for a |journey which is considerably more elaborate than when it was originally planned. The original motive was at- tendance at the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Bar Asso- | ciation of which Mr. St. Laurent jis a past president and honorary He will be in Vancouver Sept. 4 and 5 to at- tend that meeting and to take part in ceremonies at the Uni- versity of British Columbia which will bestow on him anctigr honorary degree. In BC. he will visit Cran- | brook, Kimberley, Traik Pentic- ton, Kelowna, Vernon and var- ious other spots on Vancouver | Island, Powell River, Prince Ru- |pert, Smithers and Prince cenet tail lodged in Prince By The Canadian Press ’ _— "Twelity-year-old Sam a | He will visit Ontatio conte jams was seriously wounded { ius on his way and comin hi em- ANCHORAGE, Alaska.—A, boom in property | iia, inden oat Eihety die te Rin [values in the southeastern Alaska town of Skagway}on Aug. 28 anda Hamiltén on reported Thursday is coincident with rumors that developments are expected soon on the long discussed | British Union Employers Meet LONDON (€CP)— Union repre- sentatives of 2,000,000 engineer- ing workers today held a secret, second-stage meeting with a council of employers to decide if workers will strike to back their demands for wage in- creases of $2 a week. The claim already has. been rejected by the employers, but the unions, many of them en- gaged in rearmament work, de- cided last week to. put the case again before taking alternative action. New Diplomat, For Austria OTTAWA (CP)—Exchange of | | diplomatic missions between ;}Canada and Austria were an- | nounced today in statements re- | leased simultaneously at Ottawa and Vienna. Dr. Victor Dore, 72-year-old |Montreal-born scholar, has been appointed Canadian minister to Austria and will couple his work there with his present duties as minister to Switzerland. Synopsis | There has been a marked | change in the general weather situation over B.C. during the past 24 hours. Cool, moist Pa- | cific air is displacing the more |dry air which has covered the | province for an extended period. |In this new air mass scattered showers will occur over most of the province today. Forecast | Cloudy with scatteted showers today. Cloudy tonight and to- morrow. Little change in tem- perature. Winds southerly 20 toda, light tomorrow. Low to- night and high tomorrow, Port | THE WEATHER little fuss is mate aboyt them| remaining clondy through Sat- urday, a = multi-million-dollar aluminum plant project there. The Anchorage Times said) Skagway property prices have “after mysterious buyers anything in town.” The Times said one ‘Seattle man purchased $30,000 in Skag- way property and that a Sitka man bought $20,000 worth. The Aluminum Company of America, which has held water- front rights and other property at Skagway since 1948, declined to confirm or deny reports that an announcement on the pro- ject was imminent. At Pittsburgh, President I. W Wilson of Alcoa said the com- pany “has nothing to say about the report or any. details one way or another.” Wilson acknowledged that Alcoa representatives are in Al- aska, but said “any statement regarding their purpose there must come from them.” Crew Saved From Sunken U.S. Freighter DOVER @—Thirty-seven crew members of the American Lib- erty ship Western Farmer were rescued from the gale-lashed English channel yesterday as their freighter broke in two and sank after being rammed by a Norwegian tanker, Capt. Gunnar Utvik of Gal- veston, Tex., and the rest of his crew—sSeveral of them battered and bruised—were picked up by lifeboats just off the Goodwin Sands, known as the “graveyard of the. channel.” ‘ They were landed safely at this old south England port and nearby Ramsgate. The tanker Bjorgholm, out of Oslo, escaped withont serious damage risen sharply in the last 30 days | ap- | peared and were interested in| purchasing or optioning almost} resérve. Second Baby Quint Dies SAO PAULO, Brazil (CP)—Sec- ond of Mrs. Maria Albano’s girl quintuplets died at Sao Paulo Maternity last night. Sept. 12. He speaks in Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg in a two- day Manitoba visit on ‘his way | home. | -TIDES— Saturday, August 23, [952 (Pacific Standard Time) High 2:37 19.7 feet} Five babies were born to Mrs. 15:00 19.9 feet | Albano, 38, on Tuesday night SO oa 8:49 3.8 feet} and placed in incubators. One 21:08 5.0 feet | died yesterday. BULLETINS Jet Crash Lands, Pilot Safe CARLETON PLACE, Ont.—PO R. J. Childer- hose, St. Boniface, ‘ran out of fuel today and crash- landed his F-86 Sabre jet with an 800-yard long skid in a farmer's field. He walked away from the wreckage with only a cut over one eye. The 21- year-old pilot said he ran out of fuel at 20,000 feet. a * National Health Scheme Demanded WINNIPEG — A national health insurance scheme, a contributory plan subsidized by govern- ment, was demanded today by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in convention here. It would cover medical, surgical, optical, dental and psychopathic treatment. + ~ * 400 000 Miners May Strike WASHINGTON (CP) — Government officials said today John L. Lewis has given formal notice his contracts with the coal industry will expire at the end of September. This sets up the possibility of a country-wide strike of 400,000 miners. x 2 UN Planes Smash Communists SEOUL (CP)—United Nations fighter-bombers today smashed Communist targets all across the Korean peninsula. United States Sabre-jets dam- aged two Russian-built (AlG-15 jets. Allied planes | bombed warehouses and Comimunist supply areas, ,