; ‘s mMORROW'S STIDES— ¢ 7 NCI Y 1 fer NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER VOL, XLI, No, 271 ty Teach é OO 2 aT 7 awl Pie ’ rhe } a's PY) AL. LEADERS—These are the m wh ‘ { the Parliament Bulldings, are (right te-left) M. J Commons at the session of Parliament i. sok ake a wre . f “ CCF leader; Prime Minister St. Laurent and George electic is exvects by Hed Drew, Progre Conservative leader. Inset is Solon Low he je yographe m t ier of the Social Credit party CP PHOTO) Nic Not Interested in Throne Speech; | Street Costs nt to Know About Likely lax Reduction Too High Say LEOD p ituation disturbs ° paratior he government. It shows that Cit Fathe ifferer the traditional pattern of pub y rs 4 lep t t i whaviour has be¢ome Dpadiy The city is going to seek the traditional pre-sessional atm¢ rambled. That leads to un ie ’ ee ee ee phere last-minute | Casiness over what the new pat Cw of citizens on Sherbrook ist reparations coincids tern is going Ww be Avenue regarding constructio: with final hours of sometimes ne { @ road past their homes painful public suspense to ere-, ONE-TRACK PUBIC Cost to the city of building a of ting excitement of i somewhat unwelcome in- road is estimated at $14,500 «a: peech expected great events. But this ference which the Cabinetomin against $9,500 for the own wen year there ho such bulld-up. isters draw from the apparent; .. : . igns I wouldn't be right to say that/ lack of advance interest in the >’! “icermen feet the ct last the ie was cynical Throne Speech is that the pub-|*74re 6 Eren> Sernne Sp on attitude dain the ession ncerned stubborniy with seClLION Ls Sparsely se ttle G and thy egislativ progra B I one thing, namely, the |*7°8¢ would be @ dead-end street its, pla t attaching K p of lower taxes Al the last regular meeting ar : . ance t ounch endorsed a motion by ion for that one-track Ald. George Hills that for econ t 1 the govern- ; : . a rather badly. It wishes! °™cal reasons the road be con-| that the public mind could be! **Ucted w ee ee f rison 10 ro en liverted from its concentration |°#¢. Aid L George Casey he moment on the tax issue,|“"4 Darrow Gomez dissentea . * The C current definition; Ald. Ray McLean, wh otgun-Firing Guards 2 "mie oat Ste 4 thing that would cause the he believed the city would be ‘ orate to forget temporarily, Well-advised to prepare for con that taxation is taking struction of it of their pay efvelopes and and a road in lant that the (CP)—Shotgun-firing guards recommended counch | ’ : : : | : } |} Wane throughout i | LONDON @ ,here yesterday Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"F ince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1952 ers Seek $40 000 | | ty Worst Polio Epidemic in B.C. Declining; Cases Total 548 VICTORIA British Colum- bia’s worst polio epidemic is de- clining, Dr. G. K. Amyot, deputy minister of health, reported Tuesday ihe polio epidemic is on the the province,” he said rhe number of cases 4 None Injured | Crashes Into Nanaimo Dock By The Canadian Pregs * NANAIMO—The 6,200-ton car-passenger ferry, | Princess of Nanaimo overshot her landing here Tues- day night and thundered into a marine gas and oil boats. ? The Nanaimo was refloated at high tide today with the aid of five tug A preliminary little No one ashore nor iMire of system wa shore -denting ship The Nanaimo cut her swath of destruction tirough harbor shipping while docking after the 35-mile trip from Vancouver Passengers were removed by the motor vessel Atrevida, last of them reaching shore three hours after the accident Her wanderings left the Na- naimo within 100 yards of the Nanaimo post office, with a 10- degree list to starboard and her stern wedged between the shore and the CPR wharf survey showed damage was imjured, neither ferry an electrical signal blamed for the antics of the on Lett Wingers Shut Out by Labor Party Aneurin Bevan and his left wing rebel support- ers were shut out of the Labor Party’s “shadow cabinet” in bal- lot, results announced today The vote was conducted among Labor members of the House of Commons to pick debate leaders of the out-of-office party “Chinese Cook Committed on Customs Count Wah Chang Loong, chief cook board deep-sea freighter Ocean Venus, was committed for the trial in a higher court at a pre-/ liminary hearing in police court on a charge of smuggling The Chinese was arrested by Canadian Customs officials last! Saturday after he left the ship carrying a shopping bag which police said, contained strands of the |imitation pearls and 10 cigar- | $200 or} ette lighters valued at He appeared before acting po-| lice magistrate Sid Johnston He will probably appear be- fore Judge W. D. Fulton in who abdication in| County Court later this week The Ocean Venus is loading which brought Elizabeth to the| barley at the Dominion Grain! manager of the paper. Elevator and is scheduled to sail ip the third maior riot this year levels to which a post-war rescind its original motion of ah prison, the world's largest |". eee re ree . | h scien . * walled penitentiary PROMISE OF INACTION in weemae se ci Nn With the interest of the pub 1 aNd that it should b oOrces aa ir roe 2 ggg i a. focussed upon taxation, the qon¢ Ald. Gomez criticize: . ca “apy ee . Soe lage supplants the Throne aldermen for suggesting that th eng spy : Speech as the hard core of real ane be made into the road and Ing of owt goalotan meern in the new session. But aiso reminded council about the vet en’ th bu n was the budget isn't due until some | petition ° escribe ten inything weel after the Christmas re ale Mill wuid happen f It follows that the pre Despite 20 shotwut un it Christmas weeks ahead are mort | kaon unas cee ve vertunetory than Dyke, Duchess . y . i pectacula e . , . . as Actua difficult to se M be / t d i ¢ w dhe pre-Christmas week ay nvi e n Ap a levelop major importance ? t ofik \ nt one in July The Prime Minister and the To Coronation ( ‘ ‘i : _ Minister of Finance will be in vs re sca +. London. Hon. Paul Martin, key) LONDON @-—-Court circles A spparentiy f ne 5 ister in any possible revival| speculated Tuesday that ne pen othe f a health insurance scheme,| Duke and Duchess of Windsor tne flared up in the prison) i be in New York. With these probably will be invited to the | over y/ @ning hall ang spread i to the conior figures thus engaged/coronation next June and that yard HOCK sewhere, it’s a safe wager that | gesture will complete the Duke's now the caretaker Cabinet that- will| reconciliation with all members $2.70 emain on the job isn’t going/ of the Roya! family HOCKEY SCORES nitiate any really; major; The Duke WHL Bar usiness, It will be content to/ 1936 started a train of events ) have things run in a normal Vancouver 2 uwskatoon 11 routine. Politically, it’s aim will | throne, is here for a short visit OSHL—Kelowna 8, Ver ye a holding war i with Queen Mary HERMAN Says moving te ng light : B.C. coast fh age moist i pe By CLYDE BLACKBURN Prime Minister of Canada for, tive study of the records and an, the army—has . oun, 8 cunaeian Press Staff Write: 22 years before his retirement|intimate personal relationship will cor OTTAWA Mackenzie King’s|in 1948, (The book is published) with the late Prime Minister nd there | fear of trouble in Korea prought| by Longmans Green.) te and book atieewtns to mac h howerg in | him, close to a break with His) In more than oe — sali Po eae ee spread- | ChOs« successor Louis St. Laur-| Mr. Hutchison, editor o 1¢/ 8 smMans ¥ at “ r cmenten wr ewe years before the Korean | victoria Times and author of | cold, es political ae pote gore October Forecas |war broke out, Bruce Hutchison) “Canada, the Unknown CON Tr ak Sn of pettish =; . Dh shoy, jteports in his book, “The In-/try,” gives a frank and heel ge absurdity. Not Oday ANG) credible Canadian,” now off the! times cruel account of Macken- Most incredible of the stor- a “ange in| press. zie King’s thoughts, motives, ac-| ies—that describing Mackenzie | es ee This is one of the previously-| tions and utterances during 950| King’s capitulation to cabinet | keeping , ore hm ual id stories In the newspaper! years of Canada’s often-turbul-/ demands for conscription _ in norrow at] * ST eabeita ce acai : >and 46 } Sandspit man’s painstaking account of the life and times of Mackenzie King ent political history, The book vives evidence of a most-exhaus- 1944 in the face of a real or imaginary threat of revolt by BC AUTHOR RELATES INTRIGUING STORY OF CANADIAN STATES ‘for Japan on Saturday. already ap- peared in print as an extract, That story has not been de- nied of commented upon pub- licly by those surviving who were concerned most closely with the and ; A ets SMAN King Book Reveals Startling Events in Late Premier's Life PRICE FIVE CENTS School Bo reported has been week since Sept. 13.” Total for the province to date is 548, with a death toll of 30. Trrere were 304 cases tor the} same period in 1947, a previous record year as Car-Ferry Increases which would The request was made special meeting last night cov, ORMES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Salary Increase ard Hears =» New Wage Proposal cost the city and district an additional $40,000 have been requested by the | Prince Rupert District Teachers’ Association. to the School Board at a by the salary committee of the association. ? The city of Prince Rupert con- | tributes 46.9 per cent of the! cost of teacher salaries and rural) areas contribute 53.1 per cent. *If the increases are granted they will take effect January 1,/ 1953 : ' ; While the provincial depart-| aground after smashing) ment of education annually| station and moored fish-|™2*e* @ grant to school dis- | } j | | | tricts based on the number of! . | teachers, it is mot affected by) Cit Defers j}any additional salary perenaes,| y i The teachers want the min- . | imum starting salary for a Home Service Normal Scheol graduate with a first class certificate in- . . creased from $2,296 to $2,900, Application and salary for university graduates raised from $2,750 H. L, Knutson has applied to} to $3,308, the Public Utilities Commission! Under the present scale teach- for permission to operate a shop-| ers receive an annual increment pers’ service here with station! of $130 and salary for element- wagons ary teachers can climb as high} This was disclosed in a letter) as $3,850. Salary for high school} to city council from William | teachers can rise to $4,700. High | Brown, superintendent of the/school teachers with specialist Motor Carriers’ Branch of the | certificates can receive a salary PUC up to $4,830. Blementary teach- Mr. Brown asked council's views! ers with special qualifications on the request before dealing) can get a salary up to $3,980. with it because the PUC already nha | was reviewing an application by! ANNUAL BOOST | the bus line here for increased! The association seeks an an- | fares ; nual increment of $150 with el-| After considerable discussion, | aan ae salaries Some Ald. George Casey moved that} Ng 450, high school he council withhold its décision un- | ets to $5,450 and those with ape-| | ti the bus line issue was settled | cial qualifications to $5,600. | and six aldermen favored the/ Presenting the brief to the! move while Alderman McLean / School Board were R. H. David-_| : and Gomez dissented. }son, vice-principal at Booth; R. An amendment by Ald. McLean | G. Moore, principal at King Ed- | that council deal with the ap-| W4rd, and T. G. Bateman, prin- | plication at the present time, | cipal at Conrad Street School. | seconded by Ald. Gomez, was de-| The Board, after a short dis-| feated when Mayor Harold Wha-/ Cussion with the eet len east the deciding vote. | Said they will meet again to dis; Explaining his idea to council, | “USS the request Mr. Knutson said it would be a ; personalized service in which he} would pick up housewives at Payroll in Prince Rupert school district is about $200,000 a year | their home, bring them down) for 62 teachers. There are 26 bn} town to shop and take them the staff at Booth Memorial} home with their groceries. Chil-| High School. dren six years and under would| Besides receiving a salary bas- | ride free and each person would | ed on the wage scale approved | be allowed 30 pounds of grocer-| by the board, high school prin-| ies. |cipals receive an administrative | Ald. McLean said the service | allowance of $300 and elementary | |would not affect the bus com-|School principals get $200 extra. | pany because under Mr. Knut-| . Principals also receive an addi- | son’s plan he would be calling at | onal $75 per teacher supervised | ithe citizen's home and return-/|UP to eight and $25 for each | ing them, whereas persons rid~| teacher over eight. They also can | ing buses, board and alight at|Teccive three additional incre- | set stops. jments after they have ee Those in favor of dealing with va the application at the present |S°* time were Aldermen McLean, Gomez, Krueger and Gilassey Contrary were Aldermen Hills, Currie, Casey and Prusky maximum on the regular Polar Flight Moneuer tees Inaugurated 4 Toronto Paper ¢ DC-6B alt= Viking,” new Douglas DC-6B air-| liner of Scandinavian Airlines | | TORONTO ®—The Telegram, | 'éne of Toronto's three daily today began its inaugura] polar! flight from Los Angeles to Cop-| |mewspapers, has been sold to/enhagen via Edmonton and ‘John Bassett, Jr., and associates | Thule air base in Greenland. | for an unannounced sum. | Thirty-five persons, including Bassett is the present general'a 13-man flight staff, were! aboard. The 2449-hour flight will cover @ minimum of 5,852 miles. i ; j | | | Effective date of transfer of | | stock is December 1. athies for Russia. j had accepted a place for Canada The Korean incident occurred! on the United Nations Korea in 1948, the year Mackenzie King | Commission; resigned. He had been away| from Ottawa and Mr. St. Laur-| Mr, Hutchison said Macken- ent, then external affairs min-) zie King was “incensed.” He ister, was acting Prime Minister.) was obsessed with fear of war The then Justice Minister, J. L.| in Korea and believed such a Ilsley (naw Nova Scotia's chief $200,000 PAYROLL | poli : fa WESTERN PUBLISHER—Wai- ter A. MacDonald, 55, sueceed- ed tht late John M. Imrie as publisher of The Edmonton Jornal in 1941. He had become business manager of The Jour- nal in 1937 after many years of newspaper work in Vancouver where he received his elemen- tary and high school educa- tion. Mr. MacDosald . was named first vice-president of the Canadian Daily Newspap- ers’ Association in 1952. U.S. Capable Of Attack, Says General SEOUL @ — General Hoyt 8. Vanderberg, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, said today the air force is capable of beginning aggres- sive war against the Red’s Man-, churian bases at any time the US. government changes its war ey. Gen. Vandenberg, on the last leg of a world tour of installa- tions under his command, told reporters “the air force is in a position to do anything the ad- ministration wants done.” B.C. Lawyer To Stand as Tory Leader VANCOUVER (—Les Bewley, promineat young Progressive- nance ‘Conservative, announced Tuesday he is a conditional candidate for leadership of the British Colum- bia Progressive Conservatives. The 35-year-old Vancouver lawyer said he would permit his hamre to go before the Nov. 29 leadership eonvention-—but would withdraw immediately if E. Davie Fulton, Member of Parlia- ment for Kamloops, agreed to run, Heavy’ Ice Halts Curling Temporarily Play at the Prince Rupert Our!l- ing Club was at a standstill last night because of poor ice condi- tions. Officials said “heavy” ice was caused when the automatic con- trol which governs the flow of brine failed to operate correctly. Draws which were to have been played will be completed later in the season. Remainder of draws for this week will go on as scheduled, Two games set for this Sunday have been cancelled. They are Bateman-Collinson and Kel- lough-Rowbotham. Other Sun- Another passage, incredible to ; those who believed they knew) justice) was leading Canada’s |Mackenzie King, tells of his/ delegation to the United Na- ; in his enrploy a servant) tions, the believed to be a Communist! The Prime Minister returned {spy and, for amusement, con-| to Ottawa’ to find that Mr. Iisley,| ttle but made it clear that he i tiding to him pretended symp-| with approval of Mr. St. Laureat, step should not have been taken without consulting him. “Isley prepared to resign,” the book says. “St. Laurent said day games will go as scheduled. REALLY DAMP The Ruwenzori mountain slo- pes in the Beigian Congo have an average annual rainfall of 200 inches. (Continued on page 4) bag oe La ¥ a doves & ae ae