»MORROW'S -TIDES— ver 18, 1952 urd Time) 48 19.4 feet 22.6 feet { 78 feet 23 feet om Tests nounced States Moy Prosecute ‘ ’ rvers of H-Bomb The Energy luded a weapons wriments bomb t Sunday pecifically xeon bomb ist ended the mid- “ Eni- of shots Gordon on said he tests tion with that the ting. with J wecution PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS A the last before a general election. « shows the centre block of the Ps Senate meet to debat« for members NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBLA’s NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"F tince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” VOL. XLI, No. 269 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C sssaaremmeaiateginani rans emeseat ne session Of parliament opens Thursday Nov. 20. It may be xpected by many to be called for the fall of 1953. This photo irliament Buildings where members of the Commons and the national and international issues, to enact new laws and to pass the government's all-important tax proposals The centre block alse contains the library and offices . (CP PHOTO: ” Mother ytted of der Charge After one of “the grimmest aviation week-end history the United States today counted 88 persons ing in crashes of eight miiitary planes and three civilian aircraft in dead or mis 4| the disappearance or quitted of in the} r idiot Nine air force planes searched in valn Sunday for a huge C-119 HOW?) flying boxcar which disappeared en a a flight from Elmendorf Air ew | Foree base to Kodiak with 20 . imen aboard A ey-Gen-| All told there are 81. pas- mip deettie) sengers “Aid crew members ter Will) aboard U.S. Air Force trans- instl-| ports unaccounted for. Forty- ain | eight are knewn. dead in DeTE! crashes of a military trans- - 7 oT port, a fighter plane and three s livine navy eraft. Nine persons were the killed in civilian crashes. cham- The US. Air Force said the me t¥pe plane from Elmendorf field wa ‘¢ pact. on a routine flight during Ex- erclse Warmwind, Alaska train- Pilot ing manoeuvre 5 Aboard were five crewmen ooe air force medical afficer army and 14 Alaska men stationed in n MiGs Al ted States iown at MIG~15s « US Bad weather on Saturday cur- tailed search operation but clouds cleared Sunday and nin planes shuttled between Ancor vp Christens New Packer; jaces IIl-Fated Kanawaka at the Prince Rupert Fisher- Association wharf on Saturday) tuna clipper, the Borris, was nto the Co-Op fleet under the enger, ? nera)| Captain Norm Seibert f the Juel (Bud) Angell, brother of christen- the former owner engineer mechanic, came north with the ' ‘FO’ Challenger and will remain here ip at the) until the Co-op employs a man welcome for the job was pur- While purchase price of the replace| new ship was not disclosed, it which | jis estimated that cost today of in collision} building a packer of the same *amship Com-| type would exceed $150,000 tht ae a W. H. (Bill) Brett, president Challenge “of the Deep Sea Fishermen's ind t - T) union, was among those attend- on.) salmon’ ing the christening and Mayo! * Wunber a to! Harold Whalen, Aldermen : packers | George Hills and Mike Krueger t Pah aeges |were welcomed aboard after - Ydock short-| they had concluded a special “ and when) council meeting. ted ‘eae _*| Pedersen proudly showed the om ed | visitors his new prize and took Waka Ninawa) great pride in letting everyone liner po 9? & %6-ljook over the boat. There are lan cone, UeF ON) private staterooms for the crew Wative ps; Ploneered| and it has a compact kitchen Ye Prin fishing busl-| and dining quarters. my —«“UPert area) When she goes into service, Narr ‘there will be a crew of six, in- |cluding the captain, oe marine sup-| Pedersen, who has been with the Co-op,|the Co-op for the past eight “W addition to| years, said a skipper will be its, Seattle where| appointed possibly in the spring. a a from Sverre! Two packers operated by the P aieg Angell, He|Co-op are the Ogden and Azur- at one ey! Captain | ite. The Hickey was lost in 1947 Mvaks Six rescued| when she sank on Hammer “0 May, and! Rocks, near Triple Island. 88 Die in Week-End of Aviation Mishaps age and Kodiak seeking clucs Meanwhile, helicopters and small navy boats seanned the ca off Japan for 11 men miss- ing after a C-48 transport div- ed into the ocean eff Korea Saturday night. Seven others were rescued. Helicopters also flew out the mangled bodies of 44 passengers and crewmen killed Friday in the mountainside crash of an other flying boxcar 18 miles east ;of Seoul. The plane carried 37 soldiers back to Korea after leave in Japan ‘Phantom Gunman’ Held - In Toronto Shooting Saw Movie Thriller, Then Shot up Streets With .22 TORONTO (CP)—A youth who said he was | half-hour programs dealing with | : , MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS VICTORIA, &. C. Raise In Fares ON RADIO TONIGHT Prince Rupert Takes to Air On Broadcast A radio reporter's impression | of what i means to live in Prince | Rupert today—-compiete with re- | corded interviews with several | city residents——will be aired to- | night at 7:30 over CFPR i This will be the first of two} Prince Rupert on a series pre-| sented by Canadian Broadcast-} ing Coroporation, entitled “In-) troducing ' | The reporter is Bob Harlow, who will narrate the story as several citizens will hear-them- selves on the air Other B.C. cities included in the special series are Prince George and Williams Lake, time of broadcast to be announced i Local Firms Tender on Phone Job An attempt to determin if a Prince Rupert electrical contract- ing firm is in apposition te fulfill Jismoniract to consjruct the out-| | side plant of the a felephoriel i system is being made today The firm, Grant & Newtorn); submitted a bid of $92,930 for the job, compared with tenders of $170,000 by C. H. Williams & Co. of Vancouver, and Peterson Elec- a trjie-Construction Company, also phantom gunman and fired on five persons, was ©! Vancouver, of $173,108 if it picked up by police Saturday night while on his to do more shooting. 7 : Greek Rally Police said the y arrested Don aki Edward Fisher, 18, and. he told them he sat through 12 P, R of showings of “The Sniper’ —a Party Keturne movie thriller—before going on seteintnihaniat° ius st - the shooting spree wounding ATHENS © Field Marshal | three persons and just missing| Alexander Papagos, military hero two others, Friday night of two wars and leader of the He faces three charges of at-| right-wing Greek Rally party | tempted murder and another| Swept to an overwhelming vic- even of housebreaking tory in national eiections Sun- | . 7 day } Two juveniles, pais of Fisher x : who were picked up earlier, also Experts predicted that the final count would return 200 to face housebreaking charges 250 members of to the the Greek Rally Five pet 300-member parliament roronto sons were fired upon streets Friday night apparently deranged gun ot by the man who used a .22 rifle. Thre« . . were wounded slightly. A police a Killed in man escaped injury ‘ Police immediately drew if C h tention to co ncidence of film rain fas. showing at a downtown theatre Thi Sniper in which a gun LEAMAN, Alta An engi digs holes for poles in rock, and WaY $164,000 if it is responsible only for poles set up where hampers digging The tenders were opened at a special meeting of elity council Saturday and the meeting was adjourned until tonight after efforts to contact officials of the iocal firm were unsuccessful, Aldermen George Hillsg and Ray McLean met with officials of Grant & Newton this morning to see if the contractors wish ‘to stand by their bid The tenders were opened by acting city clerk Audrey Wrath- all at the council] meeting with George Knowles, sales engineer for Automatic Electric (Canada) | Limited, which was awarded the} mntract no rock to construct the new ,utomatic telephone system here, | in attendance After the figures were disclos- } Mr, Knowles and Eric Janes, superintendent, of the city’s tele- | ; phone system, attempted to con- | | decision could be reached | n psychopath. fires at persons | &T and fireman of Canadian i ets in a North American | National Railways freight were | itv with a small calibre gun | killed Sunday when the train c y wi Lé eehal « smashed into the rear of asecond , S freight BIGGEST PART | Engineer Al Eaglesham of Ed North America has a total area | monton was killed and Fireman f 8,300,000 Square miles com-| Walter Worsfold, also of Edmon pared 6,800,000 for South Am- : ‘and internal injuries. Federal Election Prospects May S (Editor's note The seventh of Canada’s Qist Parlia- ment opens Thursday. It may be the last before Prime Minister St. Laurent calls a general election, expected in the fall of 1963. In this story, one of a series, D'Arcy O'Donnell, a veteran Canadian Press parliamentary reporter, de- soribes what is in store for mem- } bers of parliament and dicusses | the prospects of an election.) } By D'ARCY O'DONNELL | OTTAWA — The seventh and! possibly last session before a general election opens Thursday, Nov. 20, for Canada’s 2Ist Par-| liament | The legislative program at the| of the Commons and Senate moment is a government secret./ will meet briefly to prorogue If other pre-election sessions| the sixth session, adjourned Juy are a guide, it will contain little! 4. that is controversial and almost certainly some things pleasing| usually a 2,000- to 3,000-word to voters generally, ;document drafted by the cab- Another safe bet is that many) inet, is not expected to refer to of the speeches during the ses-/| election possibilities. sion will be directed more session | their speeches and mail them | free to electors. An indication of government legislation will be contained in the Speech from the Throne to be read by Governor- General Vincent Massey at the formal opening of the new session, The ceremony will start at 3 p.m. EST in the Senate chamber. to} | voters at home than to listeners! elected June 27, in the Commons. For a smiall/ does not expire until Aug. 25, fee, members obtain reprints of | 1954, but there are persistent The Speech from the Throne,! tion next spring shortly before (members will come to the ses- | Laurent hasn't dropped any re- A few hours earlier, members| cent hints about his plans. tact Grant & Newton before any | C. H. Williams of Vancouver | was the only one of three con- actors present at the meeting. “BUSY EMPORIUM" The city of London was des- }ton, died later of a broken back cribed by Tacitus in A.D. 61 as busy emporium for traders,” The present Parliament was 1949. Its term reports an election will be held in 1953. In the United States, where presidential elections are held every four years, the election date is fixed by statute. In Can- ada, where Parliaments are elected for five-year terms, the government of the day sets the election date, Prime Minister St. There has been speculation that the election will come Monday, Oct. 5, 1953. A few observers forecast a snap elec- the June 2 coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Indications are, however, that CARRIES THE MACE — The mace once was an iron weapon used by bodyguards to protect the king. Now it has become a allegiance to the crown, Here Lt.-Col. W. J. Pranklin, ser- geant-~at-arms, Carries the mace used in the Canadian House of Commons. He is lead- ing a processien of members of the Commons for a Senate ceremony Where royal assent»is- given to government bills. (CP Photo) The WEATHERMAN Says A slow moving disturbance is centered over southern B.C. this morning rain has fallen at all southern coastal points over- night and considerable snow has fallen in. the central interior. In contrast northern § coastal regions were clear. Forecast ; Gale warning issued Southern section cloudy today and Tuesday.. Little change in temperature. Wind light. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy 38 and 45 Northern section a few clouds this morning. Increasing cloudi- ness this afternoon becoming iovercast by late evening. Rain overnight. Cloudy with showers | Tuesday. Little change in tem- perature. Winds light increasing | to southeast 25 in exposed sec-| cated that if we agree, they will fy, tions casionally 35 tonight. Low to-| late this afternoon; symbol of royal @uthority and | oc- | ORMES'” DRUGS Phone 81 Bu Lines Approved By Cit i PUC to Consider 25 Per Cent Boost | Adult Fares to be 13 Cents; | Children, Students Unchanged An application. by Arrow Bus Lines to increase | fares on city lines won approval of city council at a | special meeting Saturday afternoon. | Under the proposal adult fare | will be raised from 10 cents to | 13 cents cash or two tickets for | 25 cents. | Children fares, six to 12 years | will be five cents at all times, | afta children over 12 and hoid- jing student cards will pay five | cents on school’ days between 8 ;a.m. and 6pm. and 10 cents ;at other hours and on non- | school days, if the hike ts ap- | proved by the Public Utilities | Commission. | The bus line, on suggestior of ithe PUC, had sought council | backing and now will rule on = |the application. The line seeks jthe increase to offset higher | Operating costs. Aldermen agreed to back the increase after lengthy discus- sion on the service and en- dorsed a motion by Ald. George Hilis that council agree to the boost but reeommend to the PUC that while “we are in | agreement we expect some- buses and service.” Ald. Mike Krueger told of meeting with bus line officials jlast Wednesday at which the | latest proposal was put forward and said the company pointed }out that while revenue on city {monet is down about $100 a month “they said they are now ' losing between $1,000 and $1,500 ;a@ month on the Port Edward |run because of the lull in the fishing industry.” | “I think there must be some | increase in view of the position | the company now find them- | selves in, and I don’t think the | Proposal now advanced is too | far out of line.” | Ald. Jim Prusky, although he) | later backed the motion to agree | to the increase, said he thought! | council should have something | concrete regarding a timetable; jand “the bus company should) | tell us what service they will give the citizens of Prince Ru- pert.” . | NO FRANCHISE } Ald, George Casey wanted the) company to sign an agreement with the city but Mayor Harold, Whalen explained that the line , does not operate under a fran- | chise and suggested the city was | not in a position to dictate terms ; under the present set-up. } | “All we are doing is agreeing | to*the bus line’s application for! an increase. The PUC has indi-| act on the request.” Ald. Darrow Gomez also want-| buses and service.” “I think we will leave that up to the PUC,” said Mayor Whal- en, adding that “we can always complain to the commission, which gives the bus company its orders, if we don’t like the ser- vice. improved and that we shouid solicit the help of the PUC in our effort to get improvements we deem needed and neces- Ald. Hills’ motion when put to a vote was endorsed by all ex- cept Ald. Casey. Commenting on the decisicn, Aid. Hills said “what we've done is ask the PUC ‘to give the bus company the in- crease and I think we should now see what we get during the coming winter, and if it doesn’t work out as we think it should then we will be in a position to act in the spring.” HONG KONG (P)—The 5,530- ton Norwegian freighter Rostro with a crew of 60 men aboard has disappeared. Shipping circles fear sha has fallen into the hands of the Chinese Communists. The ves-~ sel has just. undergone repairs and was awaiting orders when, without explanation, she hoist- ed anchor last Friday and left, Nothing has been heard of her nce. First Boxing Championship For Australia JOHANNESBURG © — Jimmy | Carruthers became Australia’s - first world boxing champion Saturday when he knocked ban- tamweight champion Vie Towell of South Africa out of the ring in 2:19 of the first round. The underdog pounded Toweel ‘om the opening bell and the scheduled 15-rounder ended with the champion helpless on his night and high tomorrow at ed the city to have “some agree-| hands and knees before a crowd Sandspit and Prince Rupert 38 ment” with the company “where-! »f,3,000 in outdoor Grand Sta- jand 45. | by they will have to improve the’ dium. hape Program For Parliament sion grepared to stay. until late April or mid-May. Adjournment or prorogation is expected at least two weeks before the cor- onation to enable members to travel to London Possibly no legislation will awaited more eagerly than the 1953-54 budget. It may contain a definite clue as to whether this is dn election session. Finance Minister Abbott and other. members in the Cabinet have hinted that the time for tax reductions is approaching. Progressive Conservatives have charged that the government has postponed tax relief until just before an election. Reference may ‘be made in the Speech from the. Throne.to some, measures introduced at the last session but still unadopted at adjournment. They inclide revisions of the Criminal Code, the Food and Drug Act and the Trademarks Act. The Criminal Code revision, due to be studied by parlia- mentary committees, will stiff- en penalties for dangerous driving and will abolish min- imum penalties for many other crimes. The trademarks and Food and Drug revisions will bring those acts into line with present prac- tices. No matter what the new ses- sion may bring, members can look back on four historic years. Parliament obtained power from the United Kingdom to amend the British North Amer- ica Act—the basis of the Cana- dian constitution. The Act was passed by the United Kingdom of the Canadian provinces de- cided to federate. Although Canada later became a self-governing country, the power to amend the BNA Act rested With the United Kingdom. Amendments desired by Canada had to be approved by the UK. Parliament. The lest session saw the first amendment made without ref- erence to Westminster. The amendment provided readjust- ment of representation in the Commons, The present standing in the Commons: Liberals 183; Progressive Con- servative 48; CCF 13; Social Credit 10; Independent Liberal 2; Independent 4; vacant Total 262. The Senate: Liberal 75; Progressive Con- * “ ‘Parliament in 1867, when some servative 8; vacant 19. Total 102, pete.