PROVINCIAL Che Daily Ne NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBLA’s NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—“P ince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” VOL. XL, No. 263 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1952 ‘TEN CENTS (including comic section) ° ~m PROVINCIAL '* : p . i + Be We DAILY DELIVERY ‘Phone 81 membrance Day Declared bliday For Most Workers British Columbians will nark Remembrance Da rhe pro aimed ne day &@ nouday under usO NaS been made a holiday witness. Report of H-Bomb. losion Published by Paper pane “First eyewitness account of :plosion at Eniwetok” was car- Angeles Examiner, It says the mb look like “a runt.” ° DA esident who received place | 4 tter from a friend at the wetok | Atomi Energy Commission's "| Pacific proving grounds The AEC has kept mum thu far oT heduled autumn tests : The blast the letter writer sid, was viewed through dark Hi and “appeared as a huge which grew iarger appeared were there intil Plane x €ie 4 All we could do wa tand sppear here and gasp in amazement “ an awe al the enormous size — jae Pia LY und force released before us.” | : pee nha teed as a e Examiner withheld the|- ; ' . ; names of both the writer and A MONUMENT OF SNAGS--This photograph shows what borders the Lougheed Highway between Vancouver and Mis- Prince Rupert and Jasper dian National Railways. f The welcome news, received from CNR headquarters at Win- aipeg, means there will be | ‘eduction in the six-day-a-week service which hz. been in effect for the past two years. It was announced last August % by John Pullen, CNR vice- wresident from Montreal during his annual inspection of the yest, that the service would re- vert to the former three-day-a- veek schedule if the operation much activity along the whole division and at Prince Rupert, it has been decided to main- tain the service and make no reduction during the winter months.” The CNR operations out of Prince Rupert have been active for many months with hundreds of cars being brought in each month loaded with grain, logs donor of the letter happens when afi area is flooded for the purpose of producing sion City on the lower mainiand. The once bautiful summer Men Aboard wo milite public informa hydro electric power without the removal of trees from the hesort _ fishinging paradis ‘ : | no Manoeuvres tidn =offics Honolulu said projected shoretine of,such a lake. Stave Lake was flooded wort anid: Gang ng peratna mee neve walbmesd ted no knoweldge of any by building of the Ruskin Dam in 1920 to produce vower for since. That is what will happen to Dweedsmuir Park, says the » explosion in the the B. C. Bleetric Company. Today, the dead snags still pre- Burns Lake and District Board of Trade, if clearing is not t 10 ont an apeneny along the entire perimeter of the lake which undertaken before the am Gating of the area. Capt. Harry Cross at Pacific) — Arctic Fleet Headquarters said he} S05 foe ete 8 =) TQ MAKE POWER FOR GIANT ALUMINUM PLANT cept. that they were scheduled | 1. Yor ils Tan the Maj. Douglas Mitchell at the e its army's Pacific headquarters said nmit, if the tests had taken place “It's as a on ' en 0 a er ig $ road me.” ad omplete news to red Special to The Dally News which my office has been work-] facilities will be located pansion, we can count 228 new 1 RCAF Head JUNEAU Confidence that ing since 1947 and on behalf The other entails an agree-. Alaska corporations which have un Canadian agreement can be ob-| Of which a great many obstacles/ment with Canada permitting registered with the Territorial ” tained to divert Water from the have been overcome,” Mr. Sund-| diversion of water from the upper Auditor in the past year. This is To Retire upper Yukon system for the pro- | berg said in an address here Yukon system so that it can be not the total number of domes- : f Aluminum Company of Two such obstacles remain lropped 2.200 feet by tunnel to|tic corporations operating in posed and other goods and leaving | with full loads from the Colum- | | bia Cellulose Company plant on) | Watson Island. \ MUCH FREIGHT While there has been no an- |nouncement regarding amount of freight handled through . | port, it is reported that a sub- stantial increase will be shown over last year’s operations. During Mr. Pullen’s visit, he said there had been such an increase in business generally along the Prince Rupert-Jasper line that . a,@4ravelling freight agent had to appointed to handle the volume. An indication that activity iily Rupert- Jasper Train Schedule To Remai Traffic Volume Demands Service More Grain, Pulp Shipping Seen From Northern Terminus The present passenger train service between will be continued indefi- nitely, it was announced this morning by the Cana- New Prexy ‘Heads PNE VANCOUVER €P—ZJ. 8. C. Moffit has been elected presi- dent of the Pacific National Ex- hibition succeeding G. Mort Ferguson. Vice-presidents elected were Dr. J. C. Berry and Thomas R.. lid not prove economically | Fyfe. ound, W. J. Borrie was elected hon- The announcement this | orary-treasurer. morning said that “as the The new officers will take of- volume of traffic continues |fice at the annual meeting satisfactory, and with so | Dec. 11. : BCHIS Still Compulsory Says Bennett VICTORIA (—Premier W. A, C. Bennett Friday declared that British Columbia still has a com- | pulsory hospital insurance plan. In reply to questions during an interview, he said: | . “The Hospital Insurance Act ‘says the plan is compulsory. It is compulsory. We have no power t by-regulation (order-n-council).” The Premier blamed news- papers for public confusion re- garding the nature of the scheme. “Our position is clear. At no time have we ever said no per- son is required to pay hospital insurance premiums. We have only said we will not prosecute delinquents.” America development near Skag One has to do with obtaining|create electric energy on the | Alaska. That figure would be) will be further increased was He said the former govern- N Yi way is expressed by George from the United States Congress Alaska coast more than 850. The 228 are new. the announcement here on | ment, too, had ceased prosecu- ext aged Sundborg, general manager of legislation making available 20, “We are confident that both Alaska corporations formed with-| Thursday night that the CNR | tion of hospital insurance delin- nd the Alaska Devolpment Board. |000 acres of land on which the] Sets of arrangements can be in the past 12 months. will construct a four-car rail- | quents last March. OTTAWA Marshall’ wphis is a development on plants, docks and community | Concluded.” ‘By comparison, only 42. way ferry slip to handle prod- 1 Wilre Austin Curti 9-year Mr Sundbo.g deseribed the | domestic corporations got into ucts from the Ketchikan Pulp Old Country id Chief of Air Staff and fathe B F F h 9 gene the en lo- | business in a year as recent as! — ae "ao cues. later ¥* Canada’s revitalized air foree }cation of which is in the Taiya | 1945.” i i double the ca’ ity. FOOTBAI i s retiring Jan, 31, 1953, the De- “Heavy Ga e atters ng iS | Valley near Skagway, as the He called Alaska’s economy! The continued operation of Ith 5 h fence Department announced! jeer ee ee art eial sal ss ld not a growing one but an ex-|the Dominion Government last night | Pees Sg ody rag rere ‘| ploding one LONDON.—Soccer results: cneme i a air Vicd-Mal Chermel Shipping Ceases re being experienced in Alas new Wadia ee oa ee ENGLISH LEAGUE hali C. Roy Clemon, a native of a Oe : | the railway busy with full sta Division I— Arsenal 2, Mid- sible Says Winnipeg and 48 Friday, will go LONDON (CP)—Shipping in the English Chan snake tat a Veteran CNR heeualina ‘ae seeieas and care: dlesbrough 0; Aston Villa 1, tive job of bossing the $2.000.-) ) .amained at a virtual standstill today as 4/| of $40@ million, and the pro- even mean employment of addi-| Preston North End 0; Blackpool leader 00.000 three-year buildup of alr : i at i : a a) jected output is 200,000 tons of M B od tional workers. 0, Newcastle United 2; Bolton power as a bulwark of Canadian | howling gale continued unabated for the second day.) aluminum ingot per year. an urie It is also recalled that mr.| Vmderers 1, Burnley 2; Chati- defence policy More than 60 ships were shel-? “Since the origniat announce: | Pullen said the company is pay- ye ogy ge she ag ge = of tering in the Straits of Dover er Faustus, which sank in the | ment, the company has disclosed In Vancouver jing “a lot of attention to this a en an pad been ‘J Kid M h between Folkestone and Dover entrance to the harbor. No that the ultimate devolpment at | jline and we are going to pay a 1 (tie): canine United 1 Fri 1 att ews rhe storm, whith raged over ships could leave. ve ae a eee A veteran Canadian National lot more.” Sheffield ebecadehan ie ied: ; ace : High waters smashed the first stage to which all the vate Se alia y 1 ' Wins Decision Western Europe, claimed a total Faustus over a breakwater and figures mentioned up to now Snel’ Me Ror gaye Portsmouth 2, Tottenham Hot- of 18 lives in the last two days.) .,vage experts said the only |relate,” Mr. Sundborg reported. | buried in the rv a Cadi The spurs 1; Sunderland 1, Stoke SPOKANE, Wash Harty! phere were no casualties in|... to clear the channel quick- | “Without diverting any addition- | 2 vs Diver ¢ The ne ne ‘City 1 (tie); Wolverhampton Kid) Matthews gave away 30 Britain ; : t io » her ar oo al water, production can be step- - — sentiad ™ er aoe 7, Manchester City 3. pounds Friday ‘night and ther ly was © Diow her up ped up at some time in the future | Mr. McChesney operated All ERMA Division 1—Barnsley 3, Bury hout.| chopped young Harry Wills down The great Dutch port of Se ee Coeanen: tons of aluminum an-|‘Tains throughout the western BE Blackburn Rovers 1, Leeds plans {to size with a strong left hook| Rotterdam lay idle teday. Its nually. The cost of this large | *egion for many years, mainly Sa United 1 (tie); Brentford 2, Pul- ra ito win a unanimous 10-round traffic was eut off by the CCF per Taiya sroiect will total $700 | Out of Prince George, Edmonton ys ham 2 (tie); Doncaster Rovers Canada, | decision wreck of the 6379-ton freight- psiition pr é lane Jasper. cal 1, West Hain United 1 (tie); ——" Unhurt in “The Aluminum Company's! A member of the CNR Pio-| The mercury dropped to’28 at| Everton 0, Rotherham United 1; lannouncement of intention to meers Association, he also was / Vancouver last night to give the Huddersfield Town ‘1, Notts . | proceed, however, relates only to|a member of the West Edmon- | jowest record so far for this fall. | COU"*Y 0; Hull City 0, Luton Car Accident the first, or $400 million, stage.| tom Lodge No. 101 AF & AM. [tn fact. it was colder than at Town 2: Lincoln City 1, Birm- to con-| Besides his widow, he leaves |Penticton with $3, and Kem-|msham City 1 (tie); Motte Pue- { iI think we can manage | |tent ourselves with that. for the i CCF leader to Vancouver from Penticton Was struck from be hind by another car on the out- skirts of the city. Nobody was hurt and the other disap- peared clared that the people of north- ern BA. should insist that every aspect of the ALCOA proposal be investigated thor- | South Koreans oughly before an agreement is | Thrilled’ at ee he's Election Wiaile advising against any | “dog in: the manger” attitude, he said that many desired Cana- dian projects might be made to fit into the picture, including the Atlin to Juneau highway and| the Hazelton to Alaska highway. Former land’ minister §. T.| re Car None injured As Navy Blimp Lands in Sea BRUNSWICK, Ga, (--A freak accident dumped a Navy blimp into the Atlantic Ocean 55 miles east of here Friday but the 11- man crew was rescued quickly by a submarine summoned by & PUSAN, Korea President-elect Eisenhower o delighted and the entire na in obtaining water rights for the Aluminum Company of Canada project at Kitimat, has protested against any move to divert water | Eisenhower,” end to the war. “Please imclude ... «. Mr: es from Vancouver at the head of Howe (CP PHOTO) borg said: - “As a measure of business ex- jtraining patrol with another! |lighter-than-atr ship when the| 1en wilderness from Squamish, 30 mil window blew out of the cab. » ecame the northern terminus of the front line. 347-mile line, (AP) — Presi- | dent Syngman Rhee of South | Korea has sent a message to the United States saying “we Kenney, who was instrumental tion is thrilled” over his pro- jected trip to Korea to seek an Rhee said. “Her ETE aa ; ; sh C ja government- BH Pao ay, Five thousand persons saw a train of “ BH ee ae g1.9-mile, |COMPanion airship. The blimp | power out of the province. |presence will be a great honor ' Great Eastern Railway complete !ts inaugural rut in 1012, was on a routine anti-submarine| Continuing on the subject of| land encouragement to out suf- “tension trom Quesnel to Prince George, B.C. The railway was started ip Aldskan development, Mr, Sund-}fering people and the United Nations forces fighting in the because of The greater part of the proy- ;ince should continue sunny to- day and tomorrow but the ap- | Proach of a Pacific disturbance jis responsible for the present cloudiness in the northwest cer- ner of B.C. Rain should result over the northern coast tonight and Sunday, and a gradual in- crease in cloudiness is looked for on the southern coast to- f| morrow. i Forecast Cloudy today and Sunday, | light rain in the northern sec- tion tonight and “in all sections tomorrow. Little change in tem- perature, Winds light, increas- ing in the northern section to southerly 20 this evening. Low! tonight and high ‘tomorrow at Port Hardy 38 and 45; Sandspit and Prince Rupert 42 and 48 S. est 3, Plymouth Argyle i, Shef- VANCOUVER @—M. J. Co F |two sons, William of this city.) loops with 29, , | well was in a traffic accident time being and Gordon who resides in Ed-| blanket of low lying cloud in field ne 5 tae ae here Friday night, nothing set Commenting on the subject | monton |those areas overnight that ae eee . ; |ious though recently, K. E. Applewhafte, | ee should clear away this after- ‘ The car driving the national) Liberal MP for Skeena, de- | noon. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division A—Celtic 5, Third Lanark 4; Dundee 0, St. Mirren 0 (tie); Falkirk 1, Rangers 2; Hibernian 3, Airdrieonians 1; Motherwell 3, Clyde 6; Queen of the South 4, Hearts 2; Partick Thistle 1, Bast Fife 3; Raith Rovers 2, coaninanse: i Striking Airlines. Workers Return | New York @—Some 300 flight engineers Friday called off their strike against United Airlines and headed back to work while the eee board looks into the wage dispute. For two days the strike tied up i the company’s DC-é6s and Strato- cruisers in eight cities.