1952 i Time) 17.8 feet 19.6 feet 1.5 feet 5.2 feet or City Problem nto St. Laurent J mber of Commerce Makes lea For Land Air Field nment for some years Sunday night! onally to Prime Minister Louis St. | | Laurent, i cheered | je stablishing IS | here (Prince Rupert is served onty | § by @ sea-plane base.) “Because you experienced to-| day what you have not experi- le enced elsewhere on your tour, the Chamber of Commerce feels it appropriate at this time to} draw your attention to our need! of a landing field here "You landed today on Depart- water,” said Mr. Youngs. anxious Mr. Youngs handed the Prime} jlane base here.| Minister a large brown envel-| iad a “delightful|ope containing the resolution Powell River| “which we hope you will peruse | ith Grant MeCon-|at your leisure,” just after Mr. | { CPA, and “I| St. Laurent addressed the pack- ession he be-|ed crowd in the Civic Centre not | auditorium ce Rupert but for The resolution stressed that! t there be @/ amphibious aircraft now utiliz-| his point.” |ed for passenger transportation | of the| by air were built during the} g an air-| Second World War and as these | select ajaireraft are no longer being | made they could not be replaced | “as and when they become ob- solete.” Earlier, Mr. St. Laurent sini |\diseussed airport possibilities | |} with Mayor Harold Whalen and | aldermen, (See earlier story,| page 6.) The Prime Minister said in his speech that the “northward jtrend” of industry in Canada " have ity effect on. the fu- ous groups!ture of Prince Rupert.” cation and | While the great eothatanet Of Nel inat accompanied its (P > win rm| é t panie s rince r reed .|Rupert’s) selection as the west- ern railway terminus was" pre jmature, there are many signs \today that those early hopes are not far from being realized,’ ’ he} said GOOD FUTURE Mr, St. Laurent |“good omen” Prince jincrease in population by one- third between 1941 and 1951, and counted the city’s increas- ing fishing activity and opera many new industries following ition of the Columbia Cellulose 3) Laurent } ‘ Rupert onstruction i planes mise to have the future farold Whalen muuncil cham- 1 Pacific Alr- the ire ecessary point- iirport it in his costly af- iid Can-| stly things Lawrence | in example ably sure tion a "big you can't ind airport, tler. with: it.” listed, as. a Rupert's Was pre ockeye und spring Tifts he said: mnplimented iimon has for me about the from Mr, Howe Trade Com- ' think he ever (Continued on page (News Publisher [Arrives i in City and on bore pe 1id the fish} Skeena es the Prime | Magor, publisher of The Daily News, Mrs. Magor and itwo younger children arrived 'in the city today on the Princess | Louise to take up residence pet | manently Mr. Magor, who was injured jin an accident at Kemano Bay (in May, was released from hos- a famous | pital in Vancouver a few weeks oted ‘mathema-| ago and has been recuperating at his home _there rent Speaks to ¢ Children John ALICK’ the RO} t nom-de- | Ludwig Dog- Bides being SANDERSON throng after telling them that “perhaps one of you might some- ert, 9 x r . ( a ers wel- day be the Prime Minister of adian states-| this great land.” Prime’ Minister Welcomed at the school en- wurent ntenpeel trance by F. E. Anfield, com- h a Canadi gt missioner of the Boy Scouts i ac*an Pacific here, he was introduced to | exactly 2 p.m. CC by Federal and 1 \ his first visit . acda’s most strat- OT LS Officially greeted Vhaite of Prince MP for Skeena, Other dignitaries from the ranks meet and talk Of children who alr base, ach with his now- and shook hands lore he was taken 1m, scoutmaster Archie Mitchell of the 4th Prince Rupert Troop. Asked if he wished to inspect scouts in th guard of honor, Mr. St. Laurent said: “A casual inspection satisfies me that everything is in perfect order.” Entering the school, he spoke with several children, many of whom took pictures of him with their tiny cameras. He then met A. M. Hurst, high school principal and A. Bruce Brown, acting chairman of the school board, who with Hon. R. W. Mayhew and Mr. Applewhaite, occupied positions on the plat- form of the school auditorium. Dp le ral Oke 0 the {) f ps his agenda was a th Memorial High ere, once again he le children, welcomed him, Word for all, with children of all . they flocked around P'Oled through the There wasn’t a sound in the auditorium as the Prime Min- ister extolled Canada, its fu- ture and its citizens and when he finished, cheers rang from the more than 300 children He city’s most urgent requests to the! Close to 700 people port ;}as T. Norton Youngs, Prince | ;Rupert Chamber of Commerce | ; * | president, handed Mr. St. Laur-|‘ sible jent a resolution calling for "ac- | |tion as soon as possible” in| j a- land alr port | 4 Che PROVINCIAL i LIBRARY Da 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., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1952 VOL. XLI, No. 211. vo t v the] Ce cv ‘ IMPORTANT FIND-—-Barbara Shaw, 20, second-year student of anthropology at the University bringing to light one of the most in Canada. The Toronto girl was lump of black and bent copper, Indian axe Emerson, as dating back to the Old Copper is sh6wn with Jack. Mangan, Later it was ident head of the University’s former prospector, | { 1 } a ys of Toronto, is credited with | important archeological finds shown what appeared to be a | which she recognized as an | ified by Professor J. Norman department of anthropology, | Culture of 5,000 years ago. She | who found the | relics on the short of Farquhar Lake, near Wilberforce, 60 miles | north of Peterborough, Ont. other relics including copper a apeartie, eete and several Cha Miss Shaw helped him uncover xes, awls, fish-hooks, flanged Icedony flint scrapers. | | Salmon Fishermen Strike ' For Higher Chum Prices British Columbia salmon fishermen kept their seiners and gillnetters in port Sunday on strike for) higher prices for ehtim salmon. Tribe Makes Gains, Brooks ‘Advance Lead NEW YORK(?)Cleveland In- dians gained ground on the New York Yankees in the American League pennant race Sunday while Brooklyn Dodgers enlarged their lead over the New York Giants In the National League to five games. Husky Mike Garcia and Steve | Gromek pitched the Indians to} 4-0 and 3-1 victories over the St Louls Browns to cut the Yanks’ advantage to two games Yankees defeated Washington | )-1 behind the eight-hit pitching | of Ed Lopat and a grand-slam | pinch-hit home run by Johnny | Mize Preacher Roe, surprise starter | backed by four home runs hurled the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Giants in the third of their five game series which will be completed today with a day-night doubleheader Homer Stevens, the United Fishermen and Al- lied Werkers Union (TLC), said more than 90 per cent of the fishermen voted in favor of the tieup. The vote was held last week- end among 3000 to 4000 fisher- 51% cents a pound, about half of last season's price, the eRe said, Inquiry Ordered In Ship Sinking OTTAWA (—Transport Min- |ister Chevrier today ordered a! preliminary inquiry into the loss of the Princess Kathleen, Capt J. ©. Barbour, supervising ex- aminer of Masters and Mates of Transport Department in Van- couver, was instructed to con- duct the inquiry who had come to see and hear him. Wearing a smartly cut grey flannel suit, white shirt and maroon tie, the ‘0-year-old Prime Minister said: "T take great faith in meeeing the younger generation who, as we pass along, will take over the affairs of government,” ‘J came to Prince Rupert to see what might have been ex- pected to commence 40 years ago. “The city did commence, but it did not progress with the ra- pidity that was expected, but it is now moving and I believe you are heading for a great fu- ture.” Children of all nationalities sat motionless as the Prime Minister told of the great in- dustrial expansion taking place in Canada, in particular in Brit- ish Columbia, and said “your government will see that the re- sources are protected for your future.” “The greatest assets of a na- tion,” he told them, people who compose it.” He said thére is room for many more in Canada and Prince Rupert Welcomes Great. Statesman within the next few years the population could easily be doubled, “The government,” he said, “is doing its best to keep the wotld at peace and we have reason to believe that it will be success- ful. “No matter how large the nation grows, we must work together to make this a happy and prosperous nation.” Mr. St. Laurent said the main reason he wanted to see the children was to show them that a Prime Minister is “no differ- ent than anyone else.” terests.” , children, ing a private supper. ‘dress in the Civic Centre. | Princess Kathleen said to- @| scene near Juneau, said his ship | ly. She would have floated eas- ja |wester pushed her around side- |ways and that’s what took her “He’s just the same as you except he is trying to satisfy all the people regardless of their in- Following his address to the the Prime Minister was whisked to City Council Chambers where he was intro- duced to the aldermen. He tlten went tc HMCS Chatham to in- spect the sea cadets, Wrens and “are the {naval detachments before hav- In the evening he made a public ad- Cruise PROVINCIAL LIBR: RARY VICTORIA, PRICE FIVE CENTS Ship so. ORMES | DRUGS 5B. C DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Sinks Nea Alaska Coast—All Save ‘Could Have Been Saved VANCOUVER (CP)— Capt. Graham Hughes of the sunken steamship day: “If we could have got | help, she never would | have gone down.” Capt. Hughes, who arrived | here by plane from the wreck - was off course at the time of the grounding but that she was not in the wrong channel. “She wasn't damaged so bad-~ ily enough if we could have got tugs to help. “We tried to back her off, without suceess. Then by run- ning her two engines in oppo- site directions we tried to keep her stern up to the wind, but 40-to-45-mile-an-hour nor- Si life, “Nobody likes to see the ship} go down like that. It was ter-| rible.” Sunshine, Dignitaries _Welcome PM old “sol broke through the’ \ | secretary of rainclouds Sunday exactly half|said a general election is immi- an hour before Prime Minister St. Laurent landed in a CPA) plane at Seal Cove airport. | It was the first time in three days that the sun had shone over Prince Rupert and it set the stage for a great welcome.|can settle this question,” Laurent was accOM-/| Premier said. immediate | Hn, his private secretary; Hon.) the political situation was caus- W. Mayhew, Federal Minister|eqd by the breakup of the coali- tion government and the inde- men along the B.C. coast. An-; Mr. St. nouncing the result Saturday | panied by J. Ww. Pickersgill, clerk | night, Stevens said the union| of the Privy Couneil; Ross Mar-| in the public mind was ordering an Strike. Besides fishermen, thous a Fisheries; Bill Munro, and} of cannery workers will also be| Grant McConachie, president of affected Canadian Pacific Airlines. issu ; . | The plane was piloted by W. Fishermen are seeking last | year’s price for chums. Fisher- T. (Wally) Jennings with Cece | ies Association of B.C. offerea | McNeil, chief check pilot for| CPA's domestic lines, second in command, Stewardesses were Miss Ray- jmonde Quelette, formerly of} |Montreal, and now on CPA’s| | Pacific runs, and Miss Margaret ;Grant of Vancouver. | The Prime Minister was, the {first to step off the plane after |it was pulled into the hangar. He was greeted by E. T. Ap- plewhaite, Liberal MP _ for Skeena riding, who in turn in- troduced him to others in the jwelcoming party, including Mayor Harold Whalen, T. Nor- ton Youngs, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Inspec- tor W. M. Taylor of the RCMP; Sgt. T. A. Stewart, RCMP; Jack McRae, former Liberal MLA for Prince Rupert; D. G. Frizzell, Al Armstrong, Walter Smith, Alex Haig, president of the Canadian Legion here, and W. C. R. Jones, head of the Colum- bia Cellulose plant at Port Ed- ward. —WEATHER— Cold Arctic air at present ly- ing east of the Rockies is ex- pected to move into the north- ern Cariboo toddy bringing cloudy colder weather to central interior regions. Rain associated with the dis- turbance spread to all the southern coast during the night and the rain area will extend into the southern interior as the cool air moves eastward to- night and tomorrow. Forecast Cloudy and cool, clearing northern mainland this after- noon. A few showers over Char- lottes today. Intermittent rain southern section today with a few showers Tuesday. Winds northerly 20 northern section region and northwesterly 15 southern section. Low tonight and high Tuesday at Port member of the ill-fated Princess Kathleen — 16-year-old Ireton Robert Bowey of New Westmin- ster, who looks like 12—today is the pet of the stewards’ depart- ment, job in the rescue operation. This is his first year at sea and it was his first voydke with the were cared for by Juneau fam- ilies and some were housed in the Baranoff Hotel. Only B.C. passengers were: us; Miss Ether Bellas, Miss Kath- leen Burnside, Miss Lois Ives, of Vancouver; Miss Norma Nichol- Elizabeth Smyth of Cloverdale. Election ‘Not ‘Imminent, Says Premier jing speculation of an early re- | turn to the polls, Premier W. A. C. Bennett said Saturday “only cisive election of June 12. cannot be secure as long as no party has a working majority in the legislature. tle this question. But I want to make it clear while there has {garding an election, which is cisive results election, Young Boy Does Man's Job in Rescue Special to The Dally News ‘ JUNEAU Youngest crew Just a boy, he did a man’s ompany. Passengers off the Kathleen Mrs. Frances Albee, Chemain- on of Langley Prairie and Miss VICTORIA (CP)— While strik- janother (B.C,) general election can bring about stability on the political and economic front. “Fhe “governinent has never nent,” he Premier added. But he went on to say that stability cannot be secured as long as no party has working a majority in legislature. “And only another election the The uncertainty which exists regarding “The stability in this regard “Only a new electron can set- been a lot of speculation re- only natural due to the inde- of the June 12 that the government has never made any statement that an election is imminent.” Fierce Battle Range in Korea SEOUL ()—Chinese and South Korean infantry battled fiercely today for control of Capital Hill amid bursting shells from tre- mendous United Nations and aboard was lost. Three plames of the Canadian Pacific Airlines have evacuated some of the stranded passengers, balanee will be taken aboard the company’s Princess Eliza- beth which left Vancouver yes- terday. the 5908-ton Kathleen crunch- ed aground with her bow almost underneath a cliff at 3:15 a.m. Earthquake - conscious Califor- nians aboard said blow felt like such a shock. guard-aided rescue efforts, 307 passengers aboard were taken ashore, ones climbing down ladders to the beach. ing tide began to fill the hull, ‘Princess Kathleen Meets Fate in Northern Graveyard The relentless waters of southeastern Alaska’s ‘ship’s graveyard” claimed another Canadian Pacific Steamships vessel Sunday—its flagship, the Princess Kathleen, on the beach only a half mile to the road. About 160 of younger pas- sengers, many of them on tour sponsored by the Catholic Young Men’s Institute of San Francisco, climbed down lad- ders to shore and hiked to the road. Coast guard boat took 110 of older passengers to the harbor and returned and took between 30 and 40 to Auke Bay, both points within easy access to the road to Juneau. After crew got ashore, they huddled near fires and as the Kathleen finally filled with water and took its last plunge they bared their heads and wept. RESCUE SMOOTH The Kathleen rescue opera- tions described by Fort M. Gil- more of San Francisco, assist- ant to the vice president of the i Southern Pacific Railway, as We carried out “beautifully and The ship slipped from its|smoothly.” His wife and daugh- rocky berth and sank, with its/ter were with him on the trip. bow going high into air, in 90} Three other Canadian Pacific feet of water at 1:40 p.m. The have been lost in the im- spot was 18 miles north of Ju-|mediate area and a fourth was neau. salvaged. The Kathleen left for Juneau One atts Meee es Friday morning from Prince Rupert docks on her ninth| Worst marine disasters took But no person of the 425 and the A mile and a half off course. Within four hours, with coast many of the younger Near mid-day, when the ris- Capt. Granam QO. Hughes or- dered “abandon ship,” and 118 officers and crew also put es disses the 342 30) bets cruise trip of the season: asta ee a This was an extra trip and was chartered by a ie ee cess Sophia sank Oct. 13, 1918, of Californians, although some| °™@¥ eight miles away. additional passengers also were} Twenty-six were lost on board. She sailed from Juneau for Skagway shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. First Officer Charles W. Savage was on bridge when the ship hit, Capt. Hughes re- ported. The: lookout sighted the reef and cliff looming up in the darkness and light rain but there was no-time for change in course. The First Officer was unable to explain the ship’s position, Hughes said. He was near col- lapse after the ship was aban- doned. NOT SERIOUS The ship’s plight was not be- lieved to be serious at first and passengers were served coffee. Winds kicked up six-foot waves and a drenching rain fell. On arrival of a coast guard cutter, lifeboats brought pas- sengers ashore, fires were built when the Islander hit Douglas Island Rock ‘in the area in September 1901. The Cutch sank in 1900 only five miles away, but with no loss of life, and the Princess May, which went on rocks in 1911, was salvaged later, also without any lives lost. Their holidays dumped 15 fa- thoms into Alaska’s inland pas- sage, 19 tourists arrived in Van- couver today carrying memories of a shipwreck and very little else. And for many of the glad-to- be-living Americans, who figure their loss of luggage a small matter when the ocean was play- ing for keeps, the story of a shipwreck had its beginning more than a year ago. They, and some 280 other passengers were aboard the ex- (Continued on page 5) BULLETINS NEW YORK—The World Series will open Wednesday, October 1, in the home park of the Communist artillery barrages. National League champions. Children Get Special to. The Daily News SMITHERS, —If the children of Smithers grow up to be as good Canadians as Olof Hansen “you'll be a very fine group of citizens.” So said Prime Minister Louls St. Laurent this morning as he gave them a holiday from classes after telling them he came here to show them that he is no different than any other man. “Although I don’t know very much about Smith- ers it was the home of my old friends Mr. sen. “Mr. Hanson was wonderful example for youngsters,” Mr. Hardy and Sandspit 40 and 60, Prince Rupert 35 and 62. and Mrs. Olof Han- a pretty good Canadian citizen and a the Hanson, member of par- liament for Skeena riding for many years and Norwegian con- sul of British Columbia for more than 30 years died in Vancouver a short time ago. He was born in Norway and came to Canada as a young boy arriving in this Smithers Greets Prime Minister; School Holiday Following Speech part of the country more than 40 years ago. He was one of the most respected members of the House of Commons. Stepping off his special car into the cool brisk air, the Prime Minister was welcomed on the station platform by lead- ing citizens of this village, then driven half a block to a play- ground where a platform was erected for him to address the assembled school children. Wearing a light grey top coat over his neatly tailored brown suit he said: “Canadais a pretty fine place to live and I don’t think there are any better citizens than you children. He strolled among the throng shaking hands with young and old. “IT can’t shake’ hands with all of you, even though I'd like to,” said the jovial PM, “but Fil shake hands with a few and you pass it along. “I've seen thousands of de- lightful young Canadians since I arrived in British Columbia a week ago and you are just as good as any of them.” When as Prime Minister he was told he could give them a holiday, they stood silent for a moment then cheered lustily after they realized he meant it. Mr. St. Laurent spoke with dozens of the citizens but paid special attention to the chil- dren asking each his or her name and telling them that Canada is the finest place to live, “no matter what town or province you are living in.” He went directiy from the open air meeting to the airport where he and his party boarded a Department of ‘Transport plane for Prince George, where a civie luncheon was scheduled, He goes from there to Edmon-~ ton by air and will board his special train in the Alberta cap= ital. .y