—e orROW'S TIDES— Council Battles Phone ly Elected Alderman Calls | ‘foolish and Near Sighted’ rds shook City Couneil Chambers| y-elected Alderman Ray McLean| purchase of the old goy-|! the telphone system, yy ion to DT RIAL ve Check rtroom Dynamite Bovda Che PRO o cIAL| RY | D NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA's NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—'’Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” VOL. XLI, No. 224 A rnc a enacts Building And just as ing a the second alr was clear- battle ensued when Alderman James Prusky| | irged appointment of one of the charge hands as “boss” at the city dump | Mayor Harold Whalen, quick to answer Ald. Prusky, vacated the chair to say “the dump is in the best condition it has ever been and I object to appointing 1 charge hand as boss.” Council ninute however, after a in which ilderman had something to say, passed a motion from Ald. Prusky appoint Angus aiscussion very to n Gillis in charge of the dump ( wn on be Bank icKson ATHER— DY NHOpsis i { 4 tre f wil a - ye , he ( ed Forecast pf Ww area tem today mor l to 47 ar 64 50 °—British ¢ um POO death ring the londay re ‘Ol 42-year . Nging the “aths this year OL ic ie broke out »...’ Falsing the year 290 hey °n CBC when gath laterial ted CBC regional ', Who is at a What hat us and first we doen. now what he hopes to do,” Mr. Harlow | Rupert and brought up in Prince material | explained today. In the discusion of the tele- phone bylaw, the city to purchase the liquor store, Ald, MeLean flayed council for “being so foolish as to use one of the city’s few remaining good commercial corners to heuse a telephone system.” | Ald. McLean, attending his | first councll meeting since be ing elected Sept. 11, said nh on’'t know what the motive has| veen or is for purchasing this uilding but I think the coun il is taking a very near-sighted | view | While lacked admitting he iny details relating to coun-| cil’s decision, he caused every | Iderman and Mayor Whalen to peak when he was told the city nade no attempt to seek bids construction of a building for the on. city-owned | property CHANGING SITE for vate: systen Aid: McLean asked if council oy . : UMION ACTION ak waa ta sosttion re.| Brunswick election, started laying the groundwork} Ele wait ‘Uiee (itiicti'e couaatittue garding the site “as presently; for their first government in 17 years. will place the offer before the considered, to a site not costing | Hugh John Fleming, 53-year- | ———— membership ae a strong any greater ee — have |old lumber dealer and son of a é eo that it be re- been allocated by the bylaw tO! former premier, led the party P / Si k a : site less desirable for indus-|tnhrough a vigorous campaign to 0 ice ee | Seiners and gillnetters have trial or commercial purposes.” | win 33 cut of 52 seats and to Fi: A i ee eae a rut In short,” .said: the. new al-'tare the leadin three seats 1S ermal on | vo among the fishermen which, derman, “would the telephone Hon. John |B. .MeNair, prem- the union said, showed 90 per bylaw necessarily’ have to re cent, in: fayor-of the strike action, vert to the people. for consider. ition.’ City Clerk Bill Long said the city solicitor informed him the only posible way to change it is by appealing to the Legisla- ture because purchase of the an integral part of the! store is bylaw The telephone bylaw was overwhelmingly endorsed by the ratepayers on Sept. 11 and hefore council adjourned last night it was finally adopted, Work has already started on the outside plant and relief equipment is expected here soon to ease the load on the present obsolete system, During discussion of the move by council to purchase the store for the telephone system, Ald. Casey said “the site has been supported by the people and I see no reason now why we should obstruct the whole thing on a matter we have en- dorsed time and again.” Said Ald. McLean: ‘The peo- ple endorsed the bylaw, because the system was going in the old liquor store but be- cause we need a Heated argument took place after Mr. McLean asked bids were sought for a new building and when Ald, George | | Hills attempted to review the whole thing, he was stopped by Mayor Whalen. “The alderman asked a ques- tion and wants only one an- (Continued on page 6) 7 0 Air Prince Rupert Story ‘ De used as| mentary series showing what the|Lake. The broadcasts, probably pro- | average citizen thinks of the place in which he lives, why he is there, what he is doing and “We also want to find out what people do for entertainment and interesting angle. to the Other points to be included in the first, part of the series are) Prince George and Williams \f 40~ | which commits || new system,” | if | PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1952 | SIXTH HIT—Fit. Lt. Ernest Glover of Leaside, Ont., who has top score among the half dozen RC Air Force MIG hit. He now has a record « two destroyed prigoner Tories Sweep Maritime Vote In Surprise Election Upset By The Canadian Press | FREDERICTON — .aflor.a.sweeping: surprise upset,.in_ yesterday's New ier through the last 12 years of Liberal rule, lost his seat in York but 16 party supporters® were elected to form the opposition Seventeen candidates in the field—-12 CCF and 5 Independ- ent Liberals—lost their deposit Among these was CCF leader Claude Milton Promising efforts to abolish a four per cent sales tax imposed in 1950 and government “waste and extravagance,” the Pro- gressive Conservatives picked up strength across the province winning back old_ strongholds and finding new ones FROM LOW TO HIGH Win for the Progressive Con servatives brought them from the lowest ebb to the highest in 22 years g In the 1930 election they won 32 out of 48 legislative seats. In 1935, they were decimated to a five-man opposition, jumped to 1/19 members in 1939, and drop- i;ped to 12 in 1944 In 1948, they again were toss- led back to five seats, in a new not | and enlarged house of 52 seats.|Long also will represent Mr. MeNair called the elec- | tion on what he termed a “first class political issue’— | whether an international un- ion should be recognized as bargaining agent for a group of civil servants, Mr. McNair said his govern- /ment would not grant such rec- |ognition | Mr. Fleming said this is not the real issue of the campaign: The real issue was “govern- |ment waste and sales tax.” | running a half-hour each, are expected to start in November. | Having been born in Prince | George, Mr. Harlow is thorough- ly familiar with the points on | his assignment, His grandfather, variety of] amusement, so I was glad to dis-| Hugh R. Grant, was responsible “hich will|cover that the Alaska Music| for construction of the Presby- natural | Trail concerts start here tomor- | terian : it is|row. That should provide some- | father worked out of the ctiy for are the | thing different and should make|the CNR. Mr. Harlow himself past- | an Mn ‘ ahead for | broadcast.” chureh here, and his was employed in various posi- \tions in the north country before | joining the CBC. : | He expects to remain in Prince Rupert until Saturday against the Communists in Korea, has scored his sixth During the Second World War, the 29-year-old pilot flew Hurricanes for the RAF until shot down and taken | |Brotherhood Ac Indian fishermen rey Brotherhood of B.C. have }| salmon tomorrow. In a joint statement issued at Vancouver this morning, the Brotherhood and Fisheries Asso ciation of B.C., announced that j a “mininfum price agreement” 1: had been reached on Monday } + | The decision wili affect hund- | 1! reds of Skeena River native fish- | ‘érmen and others along the en tire B.C. coast. Homer Stevens, secretary of | the United Fishermen and Al- lied Workers’ Union, bargaining agent for thousands of other fishermen on strike singe Sept 6, said the union’s central strike f | and policy committee will recom- ;}mend rejection of the offer ac- cepted by the Native Brother- hood ‘AF pilots serving with the US. | Minimum prices will be: Seven and one-half cents a pound for fish caught in the Johnston Strait-Fraser River area; six cents for Central- Northern area fish and 5% eents for fish caught in the Queen Charlotte area and the west coast of Vancouver Island above Estevan, f four Red planes damaged and (CP PHOTO) Stevens said “these prices dif- | fer.In only one respect from the |offer previously rejected by the |\UPAWU.” The difference, he : sai, was an increase of half a Progressive Conservatives|cent a pound for Johnston Straits-Fraser River fish. Manslaughter William Scow of Alert Bay, VANCOUVER @—A charge of | president, of the Native Brother- |manslaughter was laid Monday | hood, said in a statement against Pete McEwen, 19-year- | “Our membership has lost, a old fisherman, sought since Sept lot. of valuable fishing time as a 11 in the traffic death of 66-| result of the present closure year-old Phillip J. Harris. Mc-| These are minimum prices and Ewen was reported to have left|we still hope that the market Vancouver aboard a fishing boat | will improve and that we will be | Sept. 12, ‘able to get higher prices.” Mayor Whalen Takes Vacation, Ald. Glassey in Acting Post | Mayor Harold Whalen was granted leave of jabsence from Oct. 2-20 at a council meeting last inight and Alderman Bert Glassey was appointed | jacting-mayor. a Mayor Whalen plans a vaca- jtion in the south and will at {tend the annual meeting of the |Union of B.C. Municipalities at Vernon Oct. 9-11. Alderman| | George Hills and City Clerk Bill the intersections which they con- sideration, Requests from two organiza tions for tag days during Oc- cil was informed that “the j}month is closed.” City Clerk Bill Long said the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Gyro Club had already spoken’ for the dates several months ago. Council decided to inform the IODE that they could have their tag day on Nov. 22 and the Women’s’ Auxiliary could have Dec. 6. Canadian Legion was granted | city at the UBCM. A special meeting of City }Council has been called for 7 |p.m. Wednesday to discuss res- olutions to be brought before {the UBCM convention. There are 57 resolutions prepared by various B.C. municipalities. Council endorsed a recom- mendation of the _ finance committee to advise the Park Board that its application to have the Roosevelt Park |on November 8. Closest Satur- Beautification Trust funds | day to Remembrance Day is al- transferred to general park | ways set aside for Poppy Day. funds cannot be legally al- lowed. are spaced two weeks apart. City Clerk Bill Long, in an- swer to a request from Ald. George Casey, said neither the city nor Northern B. C. Power Company have received any copy of the Public Utilities Com-| mission report rejecting an ap- plication from the NBCPC to in- crease rates. Ald. Casey said the city sol- jicitor should “keep prodding”| for the report. His motion was} seconded by Ald. Prusky. } A request from the Elks } missing for a week with his Sunday in the Fraser River n No trace of the mother, found, police reported, The Club to erect signs at four sider dangerous was given to the police committee for con Mrs. Lebourdats is the da Operators and will resume fishing for fall chum taber were discussed and coun-| permission to hold Poppy Day| News ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Bre cepts Minimum | Price; Union Objects Strongly resented by the Native signed an agreement with lumber May Find Market In Japan VANCOUVER (CP)—Immediate revival of British Columbia’s lumber exports to Japan, on a substantial scale, may be indi- cated by arrival in Vancouver of Mr. Ichikawa, director of Japan Lumber Importers’ As-| sociation of Tokyo. Mr. Ichikawa is conferring with officials of local firms. Japan is in great need of Douglas fir, red cedar and hem- lock, said Mr. Ichikawa. Shido Maki: Drive Planned PROVINCIAL Ete: s Nader Music z Teil CONCERT TOMORROW - 8:30 P.M. Natives Sign Separate Agreement For Fishin eR emer I SOMETHING NEW—This sharp-nosed anima] is one of the collection aboard the African Zoo Train. It is a Tapir from Brazil, It resembles a hog and has four toes on its iront feet and three on the back. The zoo, sponsored by the Prince Rupert Shrine Club, is open each morning at 10 a.m., Expense Fund Isssue Remains In U.S. Political Limelight By The Canadian Press WASHINGTON—The expense-funds issue re- mained in the political limelight today as candidates of both parties faced charges of improper conduct. Senator Richard M. Nixon is scheduled to make a _ special dential candidate may be fight- For Civic Centre A one-night drive to obtain memberships in the Civic Centre Association has been set for October 2 Plans for the city-wide canvass were discussed at a meeting last “get-together | Will be held in the Civic Centre night and’ a ft |this Thursday at which team captains are urged to attend. Delegates said the member- ship drive would continue for a week or 10 days after the one- inight canvass although one |member suggested that “no deep |thought is: necessary+—everyone | Should. -belong to, . the... Civic | Centre.” f “The Civic Centre has some- |thing to offer everyone. It de- | serves the support of all.” Court Action Continued by Fisherman | VANCOUVER ()-—Court action centres today on a-catch of 145 fish dumped into the’ sea here by striking fishermen Two Japanese Canadian fish- ermen Frank Toship Yamasaki and Kelly Takashi Hamaura claimed they were forced to dump the catch into the sea by |members of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (AFL) | who have been on strike for two | weeks in a wage dispute | In Supreme Court action the two fishermen seek an _ order | restraining the union from pick- | eting their boat and to have the | union’ and members declared an | unlawful conspiracy or combine. | They also seek damages for loss | of fish, | Both men said they had per- |mission from the Native Broth- ;erhood of British Columbia to fish for consumption purposes. ‘Airways Man | ee . Visits City | William S, Lawson of Van- | couver,, district superintendent Under a city rule, tag days | of airways in B.., arrived here |yesterday on his annual inspec- | tion tour. Body of 9-Month Baby Reaaneh Mother Still Reported Missing QUESNEL ()—Body of nine-months-old Tommy Lebourdais, 27-year-old mother, was found ear here. Mrs, Eva Lebourdais, has been mother and child disappeared from their Quesnel home Sept. 13. ughter-in-law of the late Louis Lebourdais, who represented Cariboo in the Legislature. address over a country-wide radio and television networks tonight to tell his story of the $18,000 expense fund made available to him by business men from his native California. The Republican vice-presi- ing for his political life. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, his par- ty’s candidate for presidency, has said he will listen to Nixon’s explanation before deciding whether the Senator will remain on his party's ticket. But seasoned politicians say the fact that the Na- African Zoo. __ | Train Draws Thousands More than 3,000 people have passed through the African Zoo Train at the CNR depot since it He. said it was true, as Chi- arrived here last week-erid: | gp ‘business man Kent Chand- Howard Bary, the man whol/ler said in a telegram to him, brought the show to the city,|that he had created a special Says it’s hard to say what the|fund in Illinois, and had used it visitors like best, “the kids, of|to supplement the salaries of course, like the chimpanzees and] some of his public employees. wae 4 the genial direc-|HABOR FOR STEVENSON tor, “our show is educational But, Stevenson said, none of and we have some animals andj "he men who benefited was an birds here that have never been |Clected official or office speaker exhibited in Canada before.” {89d “there is no question of Of the total who have seen the | Proper influence. |show so far, 1,800 were adults.|_ Meanwhile, the American Twelve hundred children passed |Federation of Labor convention through during the first two|*oday endorsed Stevenson. days and more than 200 teen-| The action was unanimous by aged youths have visited, the 800 delegates who acted on a train committee recommendation. The show goes from 10 a.m. to} This is the first endorsement 10 pm. each day. It leaves for}by convention action since the Vancouver next Sunday. A.F.L. was founded in 1881. ; dication he will not be drop- ’ ped. Meanwhile, Democratic presi- dential candidate Gov. Adlai Stevenson hit back at what ap- parently was an attempt to start a similar fire in his camp, . sks: TEMPORARY BRIDGE—The civil war in Indo-China is between the Communist-led Vietminh and the French and anti-Com- munist Viet Namese. The latter have the preponderance of men and armament but are held at bay by an elusive enemy fighting with mationalistic zeal. French officers say the pattern of warfare in Indo-China is being studied as a guide*to the type of fighting the Communists would use in Eufope in a Third World War. There are conventionally-grouped armies, regional troops recruited locally to battle police forces and well-trained “fifth columns” to conduct guerrilla warfare (blow bridges for example) and sabotage civilian activities. (CP PHOTO) tional. Committee is. a $75,000 on broadcast a eeatne: x