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2 Prince Rupert Daily News

Thursday, November 27, 1952

 

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Uncle Sam Drags Feet

Greeting the Future

IT IS an astonishing, om-
inous picture we now)
see at the UN.
Afver months of painstaking |
behind-the-scenes conversations |
with China, India has developed |
a plan for breaking the deadlock |
over the exchange of prisoners |
jof war. This plan has been ac- |
|cepted by the majority of the |
| UN committee which is trying for

wear |peace in Korea. But the United

So it has been with the Canadian National's |Sto’*s ls palling tries to “go|
Prince Rupert. No one familiar with this loyal old — wii ind dei all
vessel will fail to experience some nostalgia over the | poth parties in the United States
announcement that its days in west coast service | Would have jumped with joy at
aré Yiumbered. But age, like many other things, is
acceptable only in moderation, and there will be

S A SHIP goes through year after year of
A faithful and efficient service, it develops an
individuality which becomes one of the pleasures of
being-on board. With the passage of time it becomes
more-comfortable and homey. Even the noises take
on a familiar, soothing note in the same manner
that creases in an old hat seem to make it easier to

support of Canada. In fact, once
again India and Canada are rec-

 

 

 

  

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London Free Press

 

“A BAD CASE OF ACHES AND PAINS” — By

   
   
   
        
   
    

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great and unpredictable) Yuletide holiday.
world of Parliament to,
occasion no more than)
passing comment when it

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4 WEEKS o
ys suddenly Sepmerss ) WE HAVE
As a result, the fact that the;
ah Speech from the Throne now TO CHRISTMAS A LAY-A-Way
Qin, under debate is the gabbiest| PLAN
document of its kind in many

years, but with the least legis
lative content of any such docu
ment since the end of World
War II, ian't receiving too much |
attention 4
The combination of verbosity,
with emptiness is the sort of

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quile regardless of which polit-| : ;
ich). party happens to be in | YOUR EXOLUSIVE “INGLIS” DEALER
2 power || Phone 644 Box 127
oy What is intriguing MP's on ail |
sides of the House about the
Merle Tingley in the | present Throne Speech is just
(CP Photo) one thing,—which tsn’t either

CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT

ites length or ite legislative gen-
eralities. It's its failure to men

 

the Indian formula, which has
gerferal agreement with the CNR that the time is

all along had the whoie-hearted
ognized by the whole UN as a
neat when the Prince Rupert must give way to re-

peace-making team.

Why does Uncle Sam hang
back? Why once again raise the
point that ther? TGS be no
forced repatriatien prisoners,
when the plan. 4&@@if makes it
erystal clear that there could be

placement.
Jt is heartening to note that, in making this
decision, Donald Gordon and his advisers have taken

. L.: . means ¢ ‘Oni the . ° opened a warm and close battle ne antl ahaha | = Cttinn of 2
inta,account the industrial developmertt, actual and ene rg because of the’ other day that in about 16 months recently Ottawa over the health insurance issue Oley seal Felts ak Gs a uate one econ
‘ : e ‘ +s > + SiCal TACs ° a oy sada . al tain nig“ a 2 é iLon & a on Une To 1 Gay of Decemiy
potential, centering upon B.C. Since the Prince + + + eabinet ministers and civil servants spent Se ae eT or te dine 46 te eee at ten o'clock a.m., for the purpose of *electi:
«Rupert serves northern ports, one can read in these THE INDIAN peace’ formula) for gir travel with Trans-Canada Airlines. administration in the United J) "epreaent tem Aldermen, School Tra
‘lin®Sa recognition of the possibilities in this part of aa ne Sinuter “and oer Ra a ny spent Rag other myasen Porgy ns Pome ant COMUSSIONET

¥ . . . . f mm | air lines, Gn trains, snips, in res iOaly nae ? ry The nod of omination of

«the country whieh has long been lacking from other a. es a ones * oe taurants and hotels wasn't dis- that the Stevenson debacle foil ni ' <a avoes

. + . : . a \ closed, It would probably run up ra should be accepted as a warning}f °°”

8 2 “ pa -fire =f . » a ale i nominated i riti
eS as eee casanted. eaatte $10,000,000; governments don’t eee of the fate awaiting a govern- The candidates shall be nomina n writi

.

It was remarked in this column a few days ago
»thafone of the favorable effects Kitimat will have

War-prisoner question would

be | like such facts known
, handed over to a\ Four Nation ; ‘hey hide them, if they can

VICTORIA

VICTORIA—There was a note in the papers the

and so

é & , ce committee to consist of Sweden, In B.C. it’s just as bad, per
on Prince Rupert will be the encouragement of | Switzerland, Poland and Czecho-; capita. B.C. cabinet uninleters

. pe reas : Slovakia. The Four Nation com- and civil servants spend about
coastal traffic. To Kitimat ean be added the expand- | riittee would havewmvteriet period | $1,000,000 4 year running around
ing industrial points in Alaska, and this city in its |te re-screen war prisoners of | the country. There should be

own right must be considered an increasingly im-
portant port of call.

home or stay away from home,}

With account taken of these factors it is not after the~ brief
; rash to predict that the CNR’s new ship will enjoy
: a business that its predecessor never had. While cost
+ of building a vessel runs into millions of dollars, the
investment is in every way a sound one. It will be
* good for the CNR and it will be good for us.
Sad though the departure of the good ship
» Prince Rupert will be, we will welcome its successor
and look forward to joining it on a trip into the
bright future.

| phete
;
{committee set.

j ¢ + #
| WHAT IS wrong with his plan?
' Why do the 4merijcans

adians, British auc members of
all other Comm th coun-
‘tries have done? So has France,
and the whole’ gcaplAsian bloc. |

could be across
Curtain if he feared to go, or dis-

sent

-- liked to go for any reason. Qn/j friendliness

as they themselyes freely chose. | travelling
| Any part of this task incom-! money should stay at

would be handed over to a UN | eat fancy meals in

Far Eastern matters in general. | .
& And one wonders

both sides, allowing them te g@)| some culling down on it

There's mo reason
on ithe

why people
fampayers’

the bot
period | hotels, in expensive suites, and
fanry res-

eal with | taurants
too, if it’s

necessary that so much travelling
be done, anyway It's not neces-

net'sary that B.C
jump at it, as Ute indians, Cam- | every conference from here to

be represented at

Piorida and back '

Under the pilaf | no prisoner the country
ross that Iran | Meetings.

This reporter likes te get about
and attend small
They're always re-

freshing in the country, a hearty

about the people

the other hand, no prisoner could | that you don’t always find in the

Prestige in the Air

be coerced or coaxed mto saying | Clty. And, in the country, its
that he wanted to stay in the | Still the style to have some sing

captor’s country, .ac.aome other |49€ It was that way at Port

LTHOUGH the loss of eight men aboard the
RCAF bomber which crashed near Comox is a
tragedy which no words can soften, it serves perhaps
more effectively than anything else to drive home to
us On the west coast this important point: the RCAF
is climbing back into the air again, in strength.

Far from the main centres of activity, we have
nat fully understood the extent of this development.
Itis a fact, howover, that within the past year the
au force has undergone extraordinary expansion.
Ir that time fourmew squadrons have been formed,
raising the total to 16, and two more are immediately
planned. Eight new stations have been opened, two
of ‘Which are on the west coast at Comox and
Patricia Bay. Personnel has increased by 10,000,
bringing the total to about 37,000.

While these factors all point to surprising {Jed truce talks.
growth, the most spectacalar evidence was provided
by, departure of the RCAF’s No, 2 Fighter Wing
fqgy france—an event which was hardly noticed
throughout the country.

Stationing of No. 2 Wing on continental Europe
provides western European air defences with their
most powerful single component. No other NATO
country with forces in Europe or the United King-
dom can put such numbers of modern fighter planes
into-the air.

Since British squadrons there are equipped with
Meteors and Vampires, and the USAF units rely
mainly on Thunderjets, the Sabres of No. 2 Wing at

country than his mn
Nobody would 4
dent-elect Eisenk

on clear-cut support on the

after j
| What is probably behind Unele |
Sam's strange sloth is probably
the inflwence of John Foster
Dulles, who is determined to keep |
the USA. in the driver's seat,

| viet bloc opponents, but also With

i TA ‘0 fies Sxacnas lies, |
uch as Canada HE Britain.
* +

had so much ‘look in, let)

ainininnt-ts

peace plan Uncle Sam should be
plainly teld to “grab it while we
can.”

| This is our great chance to
| get peace in Korea at last. If we
do not grab the chance, When we
have it, we may as well prepare
ourselves for a dark period im-
deed. For we wWiil not only be
threatened by extra pressures
and challenges from without—
but with far more dangerous
rifts and strains within the
western partnership.

WE ALL LIKE THEM
One butcher to another: “I like

to wait on brides. They don’t
present form the elite corps of western Europe’s |;em°m™er What prices used vo

air defences,

| Langley Nov. 19 when BC's $4th
péet Presi- | birthday was celebrated. The
fof stalling Langley Seciai Club «I think

was the name) under a Mr. Caid

| . : ve of | Storage
LUBA to stand “Up-tie' talk out | desperately need to alleviate an| ness, the richness and fragrance |
¥ : electric power shortage in the! Of juley halibut steak or salmon

| Verily, the day approaches when NB. Farmers

; a a ati {Canadians will consume
Perhaps it wasn't exactly what) won ¢eh

ne Vacate Land |

Now when India, with the help} used a big stick and he held it
and support of Canada and many | menacingly over the
others, has worked out a fair our good friends and neighbors

alone any “say” in the long stal~-* Mr

|

j

| peace plan merely to enable him | Well sang songs and, I thought,

to make that much, publicized | Teally Sang them well, with nice

trip to Korea—and so get what balance amd harmony and evi-

glory would acérue) fo. him, if | Gent enjoyment of singing, which

peace came im ately there-| is, perhaps, more important! than
mea ‘all else

e

Lands and Forests Minister R
2. Sommers got himself into
deep water over his hot-headed

not only with regatd to the So- | Statement about Peace River gas

and Kootenay water stotage. If

said Mr. Sommers, seekirmg votes, WPice. and {hulthess choice

* 7 . de Une ith decision
t take our natural enguage. On JD ARNG is ma
pe age, e: Spee larerFT* rn ‘tthe radio ¢ Ster-]

jation) you breathe in the tasti-

facilities, which they

jto Uncle Sam ‘or well over aj J
| year now no f USA. has | Northwe st
as

Sommers said, it was
belligerent way he said it

the

Elmer W. Martin, Burnaby’'s
industrial commissioner said:
‘The best way to lose am argu-
ment is to walk into somebody
with a big stiek.”

Ald. Halford Wilson of Vancou-
ver said: “This threat ‘of Mr
Sommers) might have an ariverse
effect on them (the Americans) .”

Charles Gueffroy, president of
Portiand Gas and Coke Company
said: “I dan’t like the sound of
that kind of business.”

Mr. Sommers is fairly young
and experienced, and he was
Muffing his way through. Ottawa
should tel him provincial cab-
inet ministers shouldn't go dab-

 

bling in international affairs

 

The manner in which Canada is maintaining its
prestige in the air gained during the last war is a
proud accomplishment.

{Scripture Passage for Today

 

 

" “The silver... and the gold is mine, saith the ‘Lord.” liquor,
2 ale —Hag. 2:86.

! .. GETS HER WISH Among television watchers was

« HEPOHIN, England (CP) — Asked} $ir Miles Thomas, Chief of Brit-| jt,

@

on @"guiz program what would] ish overseas Airways corporation,
be-her wihs if she had only 20] who arranged for her to be taken
hgurs to live, 16-year-old Gillian n a comet flight.

« .Poole said “to fly’ in’ comet.|] arranged for her to be taken on

 

driving.

Court Dismisses Drunken Driving
Charge—Doctor Had Drink Too

STRATFORD, England (AP)—A man charged with driving
while drunk was acquitted in court after protesting that the
police doctor who examined him was. under the influence of

The defence presented another doctor as a witness. He
testified that when he shook hands with the police surgeon,
the latter smelled strongly of alcohol. The police doctor denied

The court held the defendant did not get as full an exam-
ination as he was entitled to for such an offence as drunken

head of | led with the ring and seemed U d p ote
enna nervous when marrying for the t t \ that believe in returning power ”
fourth time, not long ago. The n er ro es } lie

  
   
  
   
    
  
   
       
   
       
   

tion national health insurance

ST. LAURENT- ABBOTT
VICTORY

It's well known in Capitai
cireles that for approximately a
fortnight before the House re

REPORT

... by J. K. Nesbitt

NOTICE

Public notice is hereby Given to Ue elector
Municipality of the City of Printe Rupert that | requin

 

ment that went empty-handed writing shall be subseribed by (Wo electors of the manieiny
before the voters : as proposer ar ad seconder, and shall be dels |
Re Ss an | They comtended that a pre-! Returning Offieer at any tinre betwee he da

 

Ss election session shouldn't end and twelve o'cloek neon of the day of nominatior
Reminisces | without the Health Insurance writing may be in the form numbered 9 in the Seheduy
| scheme at least being initiated Live Municipal Elections Art ure ha
} As a compromise they were pre renicieiice, Alm occu palion or destripiien of ta
It's early enough, yet il seems | Pared to be satisfied with the posed, in such manner as sufficiently |
that in London coronation styles | appointment of a House com-| candidate; and in the event of a peli being nee

are already being exhibited | mittee to survey the prelimin
Visitors from America are ex-/| aries of the legislation, with the!
pected to cross the Atlantic well- | understanding that the legisia-
hecied

poll shall be apened on Ube eleventh day of Dhcemix
the Civic Centre, corner of MeBride Street and 8+
f which every person is hereby required '

ition itself would be passed ini} “* :
wi ithe first seasion after the elec-! govern himecif accurdingly
THERE WERE OTHERS | thon

That burglary the Gather night; On the other side, Prime Min
canmot be said to have been thejister St. Laurent, Finance Min
first time a safe containing thou- | ister Douglas Abbott, and power

Given
Novenbe:

mder my hand al P

e Thay '

ed

sands im cash disappeared imjfy) Trade and Commerce. Min- R W oy
Prince Rupert. Gome years ago | ister C. D. Howe opposed both . : ry
another safe, with a substantial

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plec ? change vests hed. And! 51 or a committee compromise —_ .
long before that, from a hotell rhey held that existing revenues
rhe ; ; et f
ve ) — — t = ore wouldn't finance the scheme, the
as ta mu € i
' ost of which is estimated at
recalled, was recovere '
9 ee a piv on ce AS! around $400,000,000 annually a BES 8 8 88 aaa a
tore, thane tan” Soe sate They rejected the idea that
a ed . aS l taxes could or should be in 2
we never heard of any. If there sreased to cover it
was, someone should have been er * i to be expected, th
fired r ’
St. Laurent-Abbett-Howe com- a
: bination won the day. Health
; F ee — days ae ae insurance was dropped from the a
cuper? had & mirror * Caim-
hi session's legislative program

ree i mild air and a spell of

fog. Im fact, it Was not unpleas-

ant. Yet, how many could drum

up enough reckless courage not

to declare, the weather was in
shape?

And the Speech from the Throne
was lengthened to cover the
omission. That's just standard
political procedure. The less you
have to offer, the more you talk
about what you have

But perhaps the last word on
health insurance hasn't yet been
heard. The Liberal Casicus holds
its first meeting of the session)
today. The Cabinet Ministers
have still to convince the rank-
andefile Liberal MP’s that they

=the ret
\ retrea
‘ fr ‘| ° ’
trom lerusm
HE'S GRADUATED' *
Whoever is entrusted with the
duties of causing fish to become e.
delicious, is making a grand job continues
af it. He works for the federal
government, has a clear, pleasing

 

In Australia and New Zealand. in Britain
and most Western European countries, ond
now in the United States voters have turned
from leftist experimentation to governments

Cana- |

It is said Mickey Kooney fumb-

32-year-old [iim star and father
of three is doing pretty fair, al-
though his admirers still feel he
can’t reach maturity. Well, it
isn’t his fault

SAINT JOHN, NB. ©--Assur-
ice from federal officials has
followed protest meetings by
residents of the areas in Queens
«nd Sunbury counties in south-
ern New Brunswick where Can-
aca's largest army camp is to be
established

Many of the farm families
wart from not wanting to leave,
their homes, feel they haven't

people themselves.

) In other werds, throughout the tree world
so-called planned economy by governments
is yielding place to planning by those who
take the risks of enterprise and have the

At Niagara Falls time clocks
have been abolished, each em-
ployee having been put on his
honor as to time. Should each
one follow his conscience there

jwill Be fewer funerals for

hatin been given enouth infarmatian : capacity for leadership.
eh ther > about expronriation plans and :

ONCE ONLY what they will be paid for their

properties

| A spokesman for the British) Pederal officials reneated that

| Law Society says every husband | payment. would he fair and just
is entitled to philander once in| en¢ricient for the owners to es-
his life. He advises wives it i | tablish themselves comparably
better to forgive once, than t0| pjeewhore They also sald that
try to forget forever. But where moet familise would be notified
does the wife, amd her little-shot-. . wean phead of the time their
in-a-lifetime come in?» nrowerty would be perded. Ir
‘ome cases moving would be un-
necessary for two or three years
COVERS HINGE AREA

Rural families seprematine
vhomt SOR mersons liwe in the
M-hyv-M-mile ereq chosén for
‘he full camy site

Ravmonad Sectt. 46, a farmer at
Summer Hill. is one of those op-
pored to the nrotent '

“We all know that if we have
'> Jeave this nrea for the wood of '

the country op whale. wehave B s
eeeeeuaee

“ Biltigh Columbia con prove 10 ™

% world it is in harmony with ths “4
trend, it may well hope to continue ” 4
ing the investment money vitol © 1

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\THAT FATAL REMINDER

Woman, complaining about in-
gomnia: “I tried counting sheep
but it only reminded me of the
price of lamb.”—Dan MeCor-
mack’s cartoon,

Tim Buck, aged 62, forecasts
Canada's worst depression in
1953. One worker in every four
will be out of a job, he says. Tim
didn’t fee] that way when he

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spoke in Prince Rupert sometime} to pet we don't think it is being
in the thirties. What's wrong) handled properly,” he said in an
with the man? l interview