mMORROW'S -TIDES— 4 1952 lime) 19.8 feet 6.0 feet 7.8 feet +6 feet ormer L 4 , ir, to be held at Toronto eel | ! j | : > be a farm Without the melons and of Agincourt the Royal Ont., holds this Agricultura] Winter Nov, 14-22 (CP PHOTO) ty to Bill Province 1 Use of Local Jail e Ruy vert is going to send a bill vernment for its use of the city A 2 Sentsactd ot | mer Oner until Prepares wsal of itice Plan Plan, ferred tered by| ntries ‘tants LY NEWS Ma Ad Bae " or iv ~ Separtment of ! “ANZA tion wishes __ © on the list which will appear on page 3 “| heading of MEETINGS, This service is free, ‘o any events for fund-raising purposes Attempted Theft VANCOUVER who took part in ful holdup on Hudson's Bay Nov were , Two men an unsuccess- fifth floor of departinent store sentenced Wednes- three years in th i day to fo prison if and four years was Donald Francis Swan, 20, who pleaded gu to i alot with who received The WEATHERMAN Says tenced y the charee wil 21 th g v Janush years iam rec Synopsis An intense storm which has deen moving rapidly across the Pacific Ocean lay about 400 miles southwest of Vancouver island this morning. The main part of the storm will have passed the coast by this evening but showers will continue for most of Friday Rain and strong south winds will mark the passage of the weather disturbance through the southern and central in- terior of B.C. tonight Gale warnings have been ued for all coastal waters for the peried from mid-morning until late this evening Forecast Gale warning issued Increasing cloudiness this morning. Overcast with inter- mittent rain this afternoon and evening and Friday. Not much change in temperature. Easterly winds 20, increasing to easterly gales 40 about noon and shifting | to westerly winds 30 this eve- ning. Low tonight and high tomor- row at Port Hardy, Sandspit, and Prince Rupert 38 and 45. OFFERS NEW LIC SERVICE FEATURE © feature, the Daily News will publish »" Wednesday a list of meetings scheduled to | He community during the week, Organizations “ebhone or send in their notice of meetings this newspaper. to announce a meeting | other , ell VOL. XLI, No, 266 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA4’s NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"Ptince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1952 Bus Lines Proposes New Scale Cannot Continue Without Raising Fares Officials of Arrow Bus Lines Limited said today the company | ean not continue operations un- | i less it 18 permitted to increase fares in this city to offset in creased operating costs A new of rates which it wishes to put into effect will be put forward at a special council meeting Saturday, replacing two proposals that have ceived unfavorable criticism Me! Forbes, manager of the bus line, said inactivity in the fishing industry has caused a decline in revenue of about $100 a month for the past months while operating have moved upward In a compromise proposal the bus line will seek the following scale of fares Adult fare—-13 cents cash or two tickets for 25 cents cale re- COBLS Children, six to 12 years of age—five cents at all times Children over 12 and holding student cards—five cents on school days between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and 10 cents at other hours and on non-school days All children under six years of age travel free Any child over 12 years of age with No student card would pay an adult fare The original application by the company last August, which was opposed by council, sought an increase from 16 cents to 15 cents for adult fares and from five to 10 cents for children except on school days between & a.m, and 6 p.m. ; Public Utilities Commission truck transportation in BC. It suggested, however, the bus line draw up a new pro- posal and obtain city council backing before submtting it to the PUC The bus line last week sub- mitted a request to increase adult fares by 25 per cent and make school children pay adult fares after hours and on all other non-school] days Disclosure of the new offer for the first time at the coun- meeting last Monday, brought severe criticism from several aldermen and led to the bus company's decision to draw up the new proposal and ask support at the Saturday meeting. If council the bus permission the rate school line will from the structure again PUC into posal seek to put effect Arrow bus lines has been op eratng here for the past 10 years and While costs have increased no advance in fares has taken place Annual report of the line shows 438,950 passengers were carried i lines during the year ended last July 31. This is an average of 120 per day and the company contends that passenger city Trevenues are likely to reduce ieven further because of the in- creasing number of private ve- hicles The bus line, in its submission to the PUC line operated at a profit, and loss On the city line was being subsidized by that run In the proposal advanced to council last Monday, aldermen flid not object to the increased adult fare but Opposed the boost in children’s fares. During the discussion, Alder- man George Casey asked Mr. Forbes, who was a spectator, if the company intended operating a bus service past the new hous- ing projects and Was advised it would “when the houses are occupied and it was warranted.” Alderman Darrow Gomez said he objected to the increase “be- cause there is no recommenda- tion for an improvement of service. “t don’t think the buses are up to scratch. We are looking after the interests of the citizens and if we are going to back this proposal I think we should have some assurance that the company is going to do something.” Arrow Bus Lines does not oper- jate under a franchise with the) city and Mayor Harold Whalen said “if we don’t like the service (Continued on page 3) three , | ‘This’ request was rejected by? the Motor Carrier Branch of the which controls all rates on buses, itaxis and supports this pro >, said the Port Edward | | | » WARM NOVEMBER—The caler PRICE FIVE CENTS inister Makes Reply idar says November but grass stil] is growing on Victoria, B.C., boulevards and city workmen Art Parey, on a power mower, and his assistant George Bryant find it hot work under a brilliant sun month and November continue | VANCOUVER (€P)—Six candi- dates filed nomination papers | Wednesday for British Colurn- | bla’s two Nov. 24 by-elections which will renew the struggle between CCF and Social Credit for political power in the prov- ince Social Credit won 19 seats and CCF 18 in the 48-seat Legis- lature at the June 12 provincial general election when alterna- jtive voting was used for the | first time in B.C Social .Credit formed a min- South African Holds Malan’s BLOEMFONTEIN—South Africa’s appeal ¢ unanimously decided that Daniel F. Malan’s high court of parliament is illegal. * The court's action posed new! voters in Similkameen riding, at | today Power Firm Must Get , City Notice The city of Prince Rupert must give Northern B.C. Power Com pany notice of termination of its contract within 12 months of its expiry date if it wishes to pur chase the business The city solicitor answe! to a query from council, disclosed this fact and added that the 12 months’ notice applies only if the city wishes to purchase power company assets in city. It does not include power plant at Falls Rivet Aldermen decided at a meeting last Monday to start negotiations in ine the the jimmediately with NBCPC and the B.C, Power Commission cor cerning the city’s future powe! supply , Contract with NBCPC expires | on March 1, 1954 (See earlier story page 7) Fifth Trip | By LARRY STANWOOD Right now Bill Robertson is heading back to a typewriter—or }a pen and a ledger book-—for an- lother stint of work but a pocket- ful of memories, a trunkful of notes and photographs, and a large sheaf of travel folders already beckons another cross- country tour. | The next one will be Robert- son's fifth trip and it’s to take} him to some of the few places on the North American continent he | has not yet seen. But first there’s work to be done, The man who has set an objective of seeing as much of | the continent on which he lives} before he settles anywhere, soon will be following a daily office routine for... “Well, at least until next sum- mer,” the ‘Ontario-born contin-} ent-trotter said as the dug he had taken of a trip just com-T An October sunshine record was established last $ Warm. / (CP PHOTO) Candidates File Bapers for , By-Election ority government, taking into} Finance Minister Einar Gun- the Cabinet two ministers te, Pa is seeking election in were not elected as members of/ the Similkameen riding. His op- the Legislature | ponents are H. 8. Kenyon, CCF, The Social Credit members | and Joseph Klein, farmer-labor. in Columbia and Similkameen The present standing in legis- resigned their seats to open | lature is: CCF 18, Social Credit the way for two ministers to | 19, Liberal six, Progressive Con- try fer election. |servative three, Labor 1, Va- Attorney-General Robert Bon-|cant three. nef is being opposed in Colum-' som and Liberal George Keen- leyside. Madson was defeated ip the summer election. Appeal Court Carson, Progressive Conserva- for Lillooet. | Constitational experts in | Victoria contended Wednes- i oe the end 6f their fledgling | Action Illegal | ==" eg They sala the government ‘could be displaced only by de- ourt) feat on the floor of the Legis- snictoy | lature. The House will not meet Minister | unsd) sprite, There are some 15,000 eligible Prime threats of grave civil strife for| the southern end of the Okan- the race-torn country jagan Valley along the U.S. bor- Five judges dismissed the! der, and about 3,500 in the Co- government's appeal against! lumbia Rockies along the Al- the Supreme Court’s ruling that! berta border. parliament acted unconstitu-; | tionally in setting itself up as the highest court to rule on Allied Pl, constitutional questions | 1 anes Parliament, in which Malan's » Nationalists have a small ma- Drop Flaming jority, took action after the ° ourts struck down the key law G. / B b mn Malan’s white supremacy aso ine om S ee SEOUL (P)—Allied planes to- The country already is torn day dropped flaming jellied y recurring bloodshed and gasoline bombs on entrenched violence and a Negro civil dis- Chinese Reds im the Sniper bedience campaign against re- Ridge-Triangle Hill area on strictive laws Korea's bleak central front. ee ee pero, The victorious South Korean ° // infantry, meanwhile, mopped Magistrate / up Red remnants around Pin- point Hill, the dominant height Magistrate Walter D. Vance,/on blood-soaked Sniper. first treasurer of the city of Republic of Korea troops re- Prince Rupert, was taken to captured Pinpoint Wednesday in hospital last night for medical an artillery-supported charge. treatment Elsewhere along, the 155-mile He was taken ill at his home battle line action was confined on Tuesday to patrol skirmishes. The third vacancy was caused | bia riding by CCF’s Chris Mad-| recently by the death of Ernest tive House leader and member day that a double defeat for | Social Credit would not mean | DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 To Grticism Kenney Denies Charge Concerning Alcan Deal By The Canadian Press VICTORIA—British Columbia’s former min- ister of lands and forests, |replied to criticism of his ‘City Firms | minister, R. E. Sommers. | In Prince Rupert last week Mr. Sommers criticized |former government for permit-| | ting Alcan to flood the Tweeds- |muir Park area for its power | development | Mr. Kenney said Mr. Som- mers should “get out and bring some industry to B.C. before he starts tearing down what somebody else has done.” Mr. Kenney denied the gov- ernment had failed to consult with experts in the civil service before concluding the agreement with Alcan. In Prince Rupert Nov. 6, fol- lowing an inspection trip of the Tweedsmuir Park area, Mr. Somimers blamed the former government for not discussing j“at any time . . the timber | situation with any ‘of the tech- | nical advisers im the forestry | department,” and said that | ; blame for the present situation | | “should fall fairly on the shoul- | ders of the former minister of the | : | lands and forests ...” | BURNS LAKE DEMAND | | A demand that the govern-| jment or Alcan take immediate | E. T. Kenney, Wednesday policies by the present To Bid on Phone Work All electrical contracting firms in Prince Rupert have been in- vited to tender on the outside plant of the new automatic tele- phone system here. Deadline is this Satu ony. Tenders will be opened at a special meeting to be held here Saturday at 2 p.m. at which George Knowles of Vancouver, sales engineer for Automatic Electric (Canada) Limited, will open the sealed bids before the mayor and aldermen. Automatic Electric was award- ed the contract to construct the new system following endorsa- tion by ratepayers of the $675,000 telephone bylaw last Sept. if. Council asked Automatic Elec- tric several weeks ago to give local contractors a chance to bid on the outside plant and to open | steps to remove merchantable | tenders here. timber from the-area to be| flooded and to clear the pro- | of the outside plant will not ex- In the bylaw, it is stated cost |jected shoreline of the future ceed $187,000. lake of some 350 square miles,; is spearheaded by the Burns yoke and District Board of ir aes | been followed up. .with..support. 'by several public figures, in- |cluding B.C. leading naturalist land author, Roderick Haig- | Brown, Mr. Sommers visited Burns | Lake and the Tweedsmuir Park area the first week in Novem- ber and said the government) |} hopes to send “competent en- gineers to the site to try to! estimate cost of clearing the; timber before it is too late.” But he stated in Prince Rupert that removal of mer- | | echantable timber from the | | area now being flooded by | | Alcan “would never eliminate | an eyesore that will stand as | a monument to the callous- ness of the former B.C, gov- ernment. The Aluminum Company of Canada recently blocked off the | northward flow of the Nechako | River by a huge dam and the 'water which was drained into |the Fraser from the lake-rich |Tweedsmuir Park area now is backing up against surrounding mountains. | The huge lake which will be formed in a few years, ex- pected to be 135 miles long, will }find an outlet through a 10- ; mile tunnel in the coast range | just above Kemano Bay, where it will provide the necessary hydro-power to operate Alcan’s huge smelter to be built at Kiti- mat } 5 ; | } ' j HISTORIC ERROR The West Indies were so named in 1492 by Columbus who thought they were the western limits of India The Board’s demands ual Take 2-Lives; Alpine Slides Others Trapped INNSBRUCK, Ausiria ® — Snowslides rumbling down Alpine slopes kept nine persons trapped today and claimed the first two deaths as early winter settied over the Tyrol. Mountaineers were making a second attempt to reach three lumbermen and their woman cook, They have been t¢ three days in a hut 4,800 feet above sea level in the mountains. But two workers, buried under tons of snow Tuesday were giv- en up for dead today—the first avalanche victims in the Aus- trian Alps this year. Dozens were killed there last year. lhe May Go To Moscow, Claims Paper PARI @-—-The evening news- paper France Soir said today that President-elect Eisenhower might go to Moscow if prelim- inary contacts with the Soviet Union turned out to be satisfar- tory. The right-wing socialist paper Said in a copyright New York dispatch: “Tke is convinced that it is necessary, above all, to seek a hew attempt at settlement with the Soviet Union.” Coming Up for Restless Office Worker jeted Vancouver he sold it. Too hard Robertson. who is 44, single to get around with it in the and a happy-go-lucky sort of | north country he claims fellow, Was. born in Ripley, Ont..; “And it doesn’t cost as much near Goderich. He’s been a!as most people think,” he adds. “west-coaster” since 1945. He|“Many have said to me, ‘you spent several years in the B.C./ must be a millionaire’ for me to interior on the P.G_E., two years! take such trips. But actually, it in Alice Arm, with time out for) costs only as much as your “just one trip,” and last year| tastes—and mine are of a ne- worked at the Kemano Bay site/ cessity not extravagant. ‘ Piaking extended | His travels have taken Rob- trips of one or more month's | —a on two trips nel ye duration in 1940. Since then | 2% New England aa bape he’s averaged one in slightly ——* “—" and from the thore than two years but they | CStern to ne sta- are getting more frequent of -| ps in both the U.S. and late, | Canada, “The more I see of this con-| Bach trip has cost him less tinent, the less I really think 1) than $500, but he admits that know about it and the more I|“I could have spent nearly that want to see,” He says simply. {much in one place. He trayels by bus, train, boats,} “And many holidayers do. or by private car—when he has) They visit swank night clubs and through a raft of photographs ‘one. The last trip he made with | places where a glass of beer costs never settle,” he said, although us OWn Car, When he reached a dollar. | “I may have the same glass of | beer; but it only costs me a dime. | And I think I get more for my money. I see a lot more than most people on a holiday.” His last trip was made frem Sarnia, Ont., through Chicago and through all the northern states, including a tour of Yellow- stone National Park. Before he left Ontario, he visited his home tewn then spent some time in Toronto. There he was interviewed by Clare Wallace, well-known commentator, and his story was broadcast over the coast- to-coast Dominion network of the CBC. But, claims Robertson, he has the westerner’s distaste for Toronto “I know that’s one place I'd where—or if — he will ever “settle down.” Robertson’s next trip, he says, is to take him to Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, and While he will spend his days working to save money for the trip, at night he will scan travel folders, study tourist literature and communication schedules to chart the course of his next “holiday.” Meanwhile, the smiling, chub- by-statured gent .from eastern Canada who walked into the Daily News office six months after the first time he was here, is packing for a short trip—to Kitimat and a job. Before this, however, he re- visited Alice Arm to say hello to friends and acquaintances there “whom I might never see again. “I have learned to know a lot he hasn’t made up his mind of people. Most of them I like @ lot.”