VOL. XLI, No, 232 mc INFTIATEON southeast Asia, university freshmen are initiated But at . University the facully makes it official, setting a day aside for the The new students are “humbled” physically first by walking a ielded by all the other undergraduates, through a series of arche: he university campus. Exhausted after the three-hour ordeal they ivecation hail for an address of weleome by the principal Buddhist monk on the prone apprcee * {CP Photo) timers Honored With Trophies - ae Celebrates Jubilee Despite Rain IC SANDERSON 4 studies While the outdoor program A carévan of cars jHammed for children had to be! the Centre in the ansaferred to the Civic Centre,| drive resident and there Was mot a compiaint in timers around the the throng as they flocked into he the galily-decorated auditorium to receive free ice cream and fm! drinks loaded at visiting old city outstanding audiences assembled in Skeena or Om ineca district, the banquet in the evening was highlighted by the presentation of tro- phies to two = distinguished oldtimers. George Little, t to Hand Decision (elgar Woods Licence canminet will meet at Victoria on e fate of an application by the to be honored when —WEATHER— | only a few of the origpiais teft 7 ij but prédicted a “great future” inland today and will give show-| we are in doesn't excite me,” ‘ters im northern interior dis-| he told the audience. “I think * | trtet | the progress is just starting Some clouds will spread to the| here. Even a war can’t stop us ithern sections of the prov-| now e today but skies will remain The other oldtimer to be- pre tiv sunny with temperatures sented with a trophy was for- ve normal mer lands minister E. T. Ken Porecast ney, who with Mr. Littie was on Nerthern section, a few ciouds/the first town council. He ar ; * today and tommorrow, widely scat rived here tn 1911. He was also } : te red showers today, not much the village's first magistrate change in temperature. Light Mr. Kenney, also caught off winds. Low tonight and high) guard, thanked the citizens and © tomorrow at Sandspit and) recalled in a short talk the first! Prince Rupert 46 and 52 meeting of the school author-| siichiciniiniishaplciiniibtiiainiatinnmenanpen ities. He suggested that before . * too long someone should obtain . Immigration the sterios of oldimers snd P compile a history of the village. | . “ Increased It would be a tragedy to [ail i OTTAWA €P)—A total of 126,-/to record our growth.” be 02% immigrants reached Can Harry King proposed the toast to the oldtimers and Frank Dockerill of Telkwa, who met George Little here shortly after the turn of the century, replied Emil Haughland, who has sda in the first eight months of this year compared with 116,657 tiim the corresponding period of 1951 Immigration from Britain to Canada increased by 51 per) cent with arrival of 30,137 im | iigrants from U.K SITY STUDENTS SAME WORLD OVER i€ Jontinued | on Page 4) afternoon to Deseribed as one of the most | ever | founder of the i village and a prominent figure) “Mele Communist j in its development since his ar-| Yesterday's election jtival here in 1905 was the first Diet hig son, Doug, a village commiasioner,;! on behalf of the citizens pre-. Company, an affiliate of Colum- | sented him with a trophy in : recognition of his many contri- t management licence on ee ? Caught completely by sur- | prise, he noted that there are Th pe india that| for Terrace i : rome rain to the northern) “This Kitimat read which BC. ecomst yesterday is moving | we hear about and the bubbie heen chairman of the village | NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIGH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, BC. Yanks Even iSeries With 7-1 Victory Raschi Hurls Three-Hitter ing, undaunted |New York Yankees a 7-1 second game of the World Series, The victory evened the at one game each In the sixth inning, the Yanks woked liked the old time mur- derers row that used to swamp ail opposition but it was just! |a climax to a series of scoring | threats that saw Yankee run- ners on bases first six innings Carl Erskine, Brooklyn pitech- Was in constant trouble be- er jfore he was finally removed | with bases filled. The teams eae to New York tomorrow Japan Ousts Communists TOKYO €PPrime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida and his Liberal | party have won a clear majority jin Japan's House of Represen- tatives, virtually assuring the continuation of the country’s pro-American policies Voters refused to return a fo office im In the old Communists | {parilament> ihad 22 seats \ oomchinmehceatenbinatinpineliailaeie Premature Report on Blast Hinted _ LONDON (CP) The Evening) News today splashed an uncon-/ i firmed report that the first | British atom explosion has tak- en place on the Monte Bello Is-| lands off Australia The Evening News says there are strong reports in London that the biast has taken place and has been successful A Reuters correspondent on Onslow. 85 miles from the is- land test site, cabled at the time of the News edition appeared that strong high altitude winds were delaying the blast and would unlikely take place at least until tomorrow 3 Months For Theft of $54 A 14-year-old native girl was convicted in police court her this morning of theft of $54 from a private home on Sep- tember 20 and was sentenced to three months in jail at Prince | George The had been traversed j from juvenile court case ' Siamese Freshmen Treated Roughly in College sermon of admonition by a they march behind appropriate | Buddhist monk. ibanners out into the neighbor- the| The whole morning is spent|ing streets. in humiliation of the freshmen On their return to the campus . — ~and women. jthey have to pass through a 1 m : At Bangkok's Chullalungkorn | series of arches, one for each Mad the same bs | Univers ity all the faculties mar-| faculty, distributed at intervals e “Wan college ——— | Shall their mew students in twos | along the parkways, "yt hua, *|im fromt of the administration| As the froshes advance they s ; le the} jbullding early on the morning | find lined along the approach D ‘ 7 of his | of initiation day. the students of the faculty to “ ind make! which each arch belongs, Each i ™ Seen he is | RUN ROUGH COURSE carries a leafy branch and some er lt#rally do just} After the greenhorns have |also have heavy sticks. hy & Whole day | been drilled in faculty cheers, Boys and girls alike run the Midres. n¢ “ “ Crown-| their ordeal begins. gauntlet and the heavy sticks, i “IY Dreside,, @®, PY! Watched by the whole univer-| it develops, are both to slow dent and a! sity——professors and students— them down and to force them onto their knees to get through | —also giving their tormentors a better whack with their branches, Frequently individuals on their way down the gauntlet are halt- ed and catechized on university history, checked on their know- ledge of the college cheers and otherwise humbled. Utterly exhausted—and some- times bruised—they are finally led to the convocation hall for the president's welcome and the hardly-needed sermon. The unique thing about Chul- lolungkorn’s initiation is the participation of the entire uni- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1952 BROOKLYN (CP)—Vie «;| Raschi’s three-hit pitch- Yankee} | power displayed in a five-| run sixth inning gave the! triumph over the Brook-| lyn Dodgers today in the! 1952) series | in each of the} “inight for Prince George to at- jthern ridings will Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port— Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest’ PRICE FIVE CENTS Former Korean Commander Forecasts Armistice—But Doesn't Know Why _ VANCOUVER (—-Maj.~Gen. A. J. H. Cantels thinks there be an armistice in Korea in six or nine months—but he can’t say why It for security reasons that. he couldn't say why, the former commander of Commonweath troops told reporters in an interview here r i have a hunch there will be a Korean armistice within six to nine months,” he said. Why, I don"t know.” will isn't i } | GOLD VANISHES—The wire cage in | ®rpert near “Toronto holds three the cargo bokes of or ada similar to six boxes which vanished after armed guards delivered them for a Trans-Canada Air Lines shipment. The smal] padiock at left | was the only guard on the consignment, awaiting shipment by plane. Police are investigating the quarter-million-dollar loss, revealed more than 12 hours after the gold had vanished. : (CP PHOTO) Vincent Massey Begins Tour Of West; to Visit 30 Cities OTTAWA (CP) — Governor-General Vincent Massey leaves Thursday on his first official visit to Western Canada since his appointment as Canada’s first native-born representative of the Crown. » His trip of more than a month calls for plane. train, boat and automobile travel to visit 30 cities and towns in the west. It beghis with a flight to Winnipeg tomorrow and winds up here Nov. 9 after covering more than 7,500 miles. During his tour, Mr. Massey will attend a round of recep- tions and dinners, make several speeches, tour western indus- trial plants, review troops and be initiated as an honorary chief of an Indian tribe. AT PRINCE RUPERT From. Oct. 17 to 19, governor- general will spend a private holiday at Qualicum, near Vic- torla. He boards the Sioux again to visit coast towns of Friendly Cove and Mackenzie Rock. The Sioux will carry the vice- royal party to Prince Rupert. | anne CCF Member To Attend Party Meet George Hills, CCF MLA-elect for Prinee Rupert, is leaving to- tend a CCF ing He will be accompanied by W. H. Brett, president of the Prince Rupert club Representatives from all nor- attend the conference at which Frank | Snowsell, CCF organizer for B.C., i will speak Following the meeting, which organizational meet- After visit there, the party jtakes place Saturday and Sun-| boards the train for a visit to day, Mr, Hills will leave for the | prince rge. annual meeting of the Union of o | B.C. Municipalities at Vernon. ICY REGION Mayor Harola Whalen, Mr. Hills and city clerk Bill Long will represent this city at the UBCM convention. Greenland has a total area of 827,000 square miles, of which more than 700,000 are ice- capped. CITY ROD & GUN CLUB PLANS TRAP SHOOTING Prince Rupert Rod & Gun Club intends to form a trap Shooting club here and an organizational meeting has been called by President Jim Bacon for Friday. A clay pigeon thrower and property for a shooting range has been acquired, Mr. ™..con said today. versity in the ceremony, which has official status. Plans to hold a derbv dance, at which prizes will be given out, also will be discussed. room at Malton Police Use present. VANCOUVER—Two in adjoining Buraby. The riot is reported to have broken out at noon today in the prison farm which houses 800 men. Police reinforcements were rushed from Vancouver by car and RCMP were called in from suburban districts. The prison is located about nine miles from downtown Vancouver. Details were not immediately available but one report said 90 men were involved in demon- strations. Prison officials refused to give any information over the tele- phone “There is trouble. That is all MES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Oakalla Prisoners Hold Guards In Noon Rioting Tear Gas But Bedlam Continues By The Canadian Press Police moved in shortly after 1:30 p.m. with tear gas but bedlam continued. One report said the riot started when the warden refused prisoners request for program of one man to a cell instead of three men as at a prison guards are being held as hostages by rioting prisoners at Oakalla jail POW Riot Signal For Break-Out CHEJU ISLAND, Korea (CP)~ Yesterday's rioting of this pris- oner of war island was the pre- lude to a planned mass escape of 5,884 Chinese Communists, United States authorities said today. Maj.-Gen. Thomas W. Herren told correspondents the riot was to be the signal. for a mass I can say,” one official said. There are less than 100 COURTENAY, B.C. ® — Mrs. Rose Wong, an American mis- sionary recently returned from Red China, charged hers..that Communist agents are operating in Courtenay. Mrs. Wong, who described her missionary work in China dur- ing an address here, claimed Red agents work among Chinese in Victoria and other Canadian cities as well as in Courtenay. Fear of reprisals on their rela- tives in China has kept local Chinese from saying who Is send- ing money back to China, she said. She said she knew of an area the approximate size of Victoria in which 5,000 inhabitants were slaughtered by Communists be- cause money had not beem forth- coming from America. Iraq, the former Mesopotamia, often has temperatures of 120 degrees in summer, and severe frost in winter. breakout but that U.S. troops moved in and broke the back of the planned revolt. General Says Chinese Can't Pass Defences VANCOUVER @—A three-line defence wall faces Chinese Com- munists in Korea. Maj.-Gen. A. J. Cassels, for- mer commander of the Com- monwealth brigade in Korea, said here Wednesday that the torcés of Red China would find the third impassable. “There are three lines of de- fence ... In my view if we don’t stop them at the first, we'll probably stop them at the sec- ond, and indubitably at the third.” Gen. Cassels, who left Korea last month, arrived here Wed~- nesday after a visit to Australia and New Zealand where, he said, he gave the respective gov- ernments the “low down” on Korean fighting. join the Civic Centre. Don't hes- itate in your decision. The Civic Centre is our greatest asset. “Tt is a centre for all and everyone should support it, even if we do not all take advantage of the many facilities. “The indirect benefits to the community as a whole can not be measured, but as juvenile de- linquency is a problem which is the responsibility of all citizens and the operation of a Civie Centre is the most dominant factor in the fight against this problem, I feel that we must ail Civic Centre Drive Aims At 2500 Membership Total Mayor Harold Whalen today issued a call to all citizens of Prince Rupert to support the Civie Centre. “Tonight you will be asked to? continued operation of our Civic Centre. “It has been brought to our attention that the Civic Centre has been operating at a loss for several years while at the same time it has been rendering and will continue to render an un- paralleled civic service. “We must not allow the Civic Centre to close. Support it now and every day.” More than 200 volunteer can- vassers are set to begin “cover- tng” the city at 7 o’ciock tonight in a drive to obtain at least 2,500 members in the Civic Cen- tre Association. rally behind this membership drive and make positive of the Don’t let these canvassers down.