PROVINCIAL ne ncaa smcucmudaiina Li a Daily News ~~ RS 19.3 feet DAILY DELIVERY 8 2 1d tee ‘ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBL4’S NEWSPAPER 59 feet Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—“'F rince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” Phone 81 , eae Soe VOL, XLI, No. 263 _PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 195 PRICE FIVE CENTS keena TB Death Rate Dangerously High ? City Health Officer _ Alarmed at Situation Disease Tests Ordered in Schools Because of “startling and frightening” facts | concerning the incidence and mortality rate of tuber- 'culosis in this area, the Skeena Health Unit will carry | out tests for the disease among all children in schools within its jurisdiction. Op a ubeletone i ves he nt, therefore, ) This was made known veday is a oo soe | by Dr. Duncan Black, city medi know child 4 lcal officer and Health Unit|0sis germs in the body so tha lsirectans eevee ae A hs ange | Dr. Black reported that figures| Prevent serious trouble in tater lecompiled by the Health Unit|life. This can easily be deter- disclose that incidence of tuber-| mined by means of a tuberculin leulosis in the region among| test, Which tsa simple and harm- '“gther than Indian class” is eon-|/ess test and hurts no more than i siderably greater than the pro-|# mosquito bite. ivincial average and that the “A positive test need cause mortality rate is nearly three| ne worry. It does not mean ‘Mystery’ Ball Streaks } Across Rupert Harbor ‘Flying Saucer’ Reported By Early Morning Witnesses A shiny, spherical object “the size of a plane” reported streaking across a pre-dawn sky today over'| Prince Rupert harbor started a flurry of conjectures | ranging from weather balloons to visitors from Mars, ! or a speedy reconnaisance by an unidentified aircraft. At least three persons saw thee a plect hi ie ect which they sald was! travel anywhere as fast as these raveling very fast.” Two saw it | people say go in a northeasterly direction It aus travel ne teiter a at 8 awn ae a a’ the speed of the wind, which was negligible at that time.” A third reported seeing the shiny ball, whieh I thought was a comet” streaking across The observer explained that the city from the west, then | 50me times balloons sent up for arcing to the south at 7:50 am,.| weather forecasting purposes SEARCH FOR OIL—a helicopter carries a party of geologists | times as high. that the child is diseased but All three witnesses said the | develop a leak and therefore, %¢@tching Canada’s hinterland for oil. The party took off for the With 121 new cases of the | it does mean that an X-ray object was flying at cloud level| come down slowly after attain-| North West Territories from a campsite in the vicinity of Nahanni | disease reported last year, | should be taken of the chest, and described it as a “round! ing a certain height Valley, 700 miles northwest of Edmonton, famed in story and | which was seven per cent of | and this will help to find out legend as the “Headless Valley” of mysterious ‘death. (CP Photo) | the B.C. total, this area was | if the germs have done any if so, how much. shiny object about the size of No such balloons are released | i a + rel ideal at _|from the Digby Island station, . ee pee | Se 9 ee ae sm e ee = across the harbor from Prince | al ea ee 5 u ae e pro- “In order that every child in later tha e height of clo Rupert pport i . school may be tested, the assist- : this m es 2 i 3 is ance co-oper s nose norning was about 2,000 This is not the first report of This is an unenviable record and ation of the A ve? RO ; ee ; af of which I think none of us ts ested in com- : Fred Ramsay, a @raughts- eee ; ~— - For Lar er Defence Bud et |should be very proud,” Dr. Black vetiiiae ee ae the consent ne s1(DIES—Canada learned with embarrassment at the | ™an at Columbia Cellulose Co. | ~ °° * oe ee ve = g g declared. “One difficulty that has form whieh will shortly be given similar object was described World War that Germany knew’ ft aheunt Ltd. pulp mill, told a reporter (on 7 so a faced us in attacking the disease | to the —— than Canada herself. Scier ae he saw the object at exactly | *P* Ging across the barkor ; —— ‘has been the shortage of hospital rime then to as ie Hal 8 am. while standing on a Se OTTAWA—Don: . : ‘ 'péds. Another is the absence of ini¢ hen t t« i re nce . 4 - ; singe then to pte ‘up. Here & Defence | downtown street. Be AWA ~Donald Gordon, chairman and pres- | vovincial legislation Ting are 0 Serenener target and « presmiriged : pon edible Sak shite il Guabiic Falls | ident of the Canadian National Railways, today an infected person to go to hos- ew. Tra iC RGUCt waGerwater phywies experiments front of the theatre on Third ’ pital or obliging him to remain (CP PHOTO) | Aver warned that the railways had no reserve of rolling | tere once admitted.” Avenue oqeue : . " es t caw thie object, a white bail Rain Exceeds stock and facilities with which to accommodate the He explained that 254 new Si ns Sa bout the size of a plane and \beds which have been made about the size of 4 | quick and enormous expansion of ‘(Raffi that would vaiable at the Pearson Sana- Outdoor Feature Presented appeared we ve trating ome-| Last ‘Year Level |giivk wm cron pan | avaluble a dhe Pearson, Sans-| : sly on News’ Sports Page ae was traveling at about The weatherman reluctantly eee planning — beyond? ——_- en nee ie ate’ Gea Half Hour miles an hour, I would | disclosed today that there were competence, control or re-| gy this serise the railwa had alled sey, or three times the’ speed\22% hours of sunshine durinteeponsibility of railway manage- a cohstaeniatidiiateenber of foul Board of Health has c upon | Daily Author of BPORTSMAN’S pr- WP eee : pr oN ga : + the Seo Santi eaten penne ite ferent kind GEST, Hal Sharp is a noted wild-| 71.7 rate eee ee ok dae sesintion nc sho naar or weather Thesis, fe wad. ‘to introduce stronger legislation! Taxi Leading Zones teen _ ney » writes tersely | rying saucers as Vial aaa a” 3 ,, Canadian defence effort, he said,| Mr. Gordon gave lack of traf- | dealing, with the sunyset. To Come Next Week DIGEST and simply, passing on to his co th-, The total brings to 8316 the oo cord the railways at least | fic density as @ principal reason| There is a better record for ll year- readers an expert knowledge of - tbl going in - _ "| number of hours of sunshine so, *'™ ™ t r ys @ 4| Why Canadian railways had not combatting tuberculosis among) #alf-lour parking signs went sport- | the many phases of outdoor life. | °*°'" care Pangan the far this year, compared with | 85 mu er a copied the example of American "tives of the area than there is/ yp on Third Avenue yesterday to He has a wide range of experience | D&tbor 1 watched " pass Out 9446 in the same 11 months of ee ae ae et eds running gleaming #™0n€ other classes of the| make official the new ruling laid JEST is (J-| With the great outdoors. For as of sight among the bubldings 1951 eiven to defence industry gen- streaminae = population, Dr. Black added. He| down by city council last week: \ ong as he can remember, Sharp . Rae & WERE, Digging further into the stat- | ©™@*Y “I am not prepared to con- Pointed out that natives are/only half-hour parking between vets has fished, hunted and hiked in Standing beside him, also istics the Dominion Meteorolo- To deny the railways the! cege that our Canadian trains under federal - responsibility}gand 5 pm. . a The the wild places of the world waiting to go to work at the gical station on Digby Island right to earn a subsistence levelj are on the average inferior to which allows a more effective} Close on the heels. of these cae For the beginner, SPORTS- Watson Island pulp mill was | found that rainfall to the end of of revenue would be foolish at american trains, and in terms approach to the problem and that) signs will come other, principal ; kind of MAN'S DIGEST is an obvious Miss Nina Youngman. She | November already has passed the any time. To do so in this un-| of passenger comifort and con- the work of the Miller Bay Hos- ‘among Which are those indicat- al, top- boon. To the veteran, new angl corroborated Ramsay's des- | total precipitation for the whole | certain state of world affairs, yenience I have ample evidence pital and other sanatoria in the| ing taxi loading zones on: Third kle and OM things long familiar will be | eription, only she didn't think of 1951 could well be tragic,” said MY.|to support the conclusion that province bave been of tremen-| Avene. , | t cuts in Dighlighted by Sharp's informa-| the object traveled with such In the 20 days of measurable | @OTdon in an address here be-| our new equipment ranks among TEST CHILDREN respect. A new céuneil resolution makes — oa eres iitusteations speed ne very fast, Precipitation last month, 7.46 —— ems ge i # the best to be found on this! «7, most cases tuberculosis de-' fates cae te cae: he author is his ov artist was going ery 185%. inches of rain dro d over the “The railways must be ready | continent. ‘ Characteristicaily, he feels en- though, and it appeared to have city and er eae of snow to demonstrate their unique “The question of what the’ an te oe much trouble tion of a Seen —— of ator Sees thusiastic about his job a haze trailing behind it fell on November 28, bringing | Capacity for efficient mass/ public wants and is willing to until one is grown up,” Dr. Biaek aatine “auainaeere fe = Outdoor sports have been so| She confirmed the time WS’ the total precipitation to 7.51 | transportation for the move-/pay for is not a simple one to | mitted only at-designated poinis ' neglected in the past that I just | 6 a.m. “because I looked at MY) inches and the 11-month total ment of troops, and the evacua-| answer,” he continued. a oa ‘ 6 tion had to do something about it watch at the time.” to 82.98 inches, as against 79.20 tion of the whole population of} “Trial and error to estimate Unions Asked "Son points. are roughly 25 ts the way he puts it. Million But according to a third inches throughout 1951. a threatened area. our customers’ desires and feet from the end of each block who fish, hunt and hike are glad) Jiiass Miss Jean Paviikis, Highist temperature las Now is the time to plan for| spending habits can be an ex- on Third Avenue. Public park- October ” a ‘ a aie /. oa Canadian National Telegraph | month was 56 degrees above on | ASS rato ce emer. | Detsive ee To Probe ing there will not be permitted. Read it regularly ou Will) Worker, she saw a similar ob- | yoy 9 and 10 and mean tem-| S¢@¢y scale, and to be forearmed | expenditures running into mil- The space is for use of taxis , ave es a p that ject at 7:50 acm. oe way | perature for November was 41.5 —— — wae ng vo ~ [roc tgh ened ae taken «i a ‘ only. ; “a set the Ousy Man ¥ ust TAKC' to the downtown office. degrees. Coldest days were the | SeMtial services which w i K t t S t G he ae Gultert recreation when It was traveling very fast 24th, ais and 27th when the oe ee objectives of | market is anything but static.” I ima I e one ey Geantene ot temas eho and going in a southerly direc-| mercury dropped to 31 cae om JUST A MYTH aor parking in space normally re- Look for it today on page tion, after appearing coming out | I think it fair to say,” com-| yy, Gordon declared there was VAROOU TES ote See quired by shoppers on Third bea tinued Mr. Gordon, “that the stewards representing workers at Avenue and at the same time Progressive Se LEGISLATURE railways are called upon to un- we) foundation for the myth) Kitimat have asked Vancouver assist taxis which t pick wader told I Hi h a Ss It looked to me like a comet | ~ i re ne - sat pc é a . : which holds the CNR and CPR Trades and Labor Council to in- “ue w “ages! i: esday that cy Mignw y fall ry awfully i. c core OPENS FEB. 3 ‘ecinener tition Sncaaes - transcontinental schedules were | vestigate living conditions at the, “P aang lal asa aus t Shida telus Little 1azy, as though partially fans avon fe Ss © arranged by “some sinister i Some drivers have com e -g os Be es Cause Deaths covered by cloud or mist.” VICTORIA (CP) — ‘The British | this country. This quality of be- surasaabt or regulation impos- ee ae cor when they got tickets for park- , a May elec- CHICAGO ®-An early Decem A weather observer at Digby | Columbia Legislature will open | ing indispensable ought to in- | od on the CNR.” The present) a letter read at Tuesday|ing more than 18 inches from et by mid- ber downpour of snow, sleet and Island said he doubted whether) Feb. 3, Premier Bennett an-) Sure the railways a steady popu- schedules were determined in-| night’s counci] meeting charged the curb while stopping to pick rain today Was blamed for at|the reported object could have | nounced today larity : dependently by such considera-/ that men have been required to| up @ fare beside a parked car. ves Prime least 14 deaths in a wide area been a comet, but said it might Tt will be the first session of Actually, rail transport tions as the large number of sleep on cots in “unventilated Other signs due - arrive next, too smart of United States have been an ionospheric bal-j| the 23rd Legislature—and it also tended to be regarded as @ (stops to serve smaller commu- cubbyholes” and that health | week with = at zone into slec- Icy highways slowed traffic in | loon released from a Queen may be the last A provincial stand-by for use in emergen- nities; time at stations to handle | provisions have been violated by or poser a — urns * to the; many. sections and there were | Charlotte Island weather station. | general election is expected next, cies or when highways were | mail and express; connections the company. and er traffic regulations. : * ‘a csine ireds ofaccidents But a balloon would not| year. _Blecked and planes _Greuntied. with other major trains; avoid-| R. K. Gervin, council secretary, en ee Serre . —————~ | ing inconvenient middle-of-the-| said he believes some Vancouver | night arrivals and departures at| unions already are investigating | conares of Population. | eonalitions at Kitimat and if the neral - tic ocky Mountain ‘Trench’ Awaits Railroad “2°. = <""=82 2 weamerman | cumstandéa, not tradition or in- |not be ough by coun { man on the force, cut off the Parsnip—found small quanti- ; to 1890 The river floods in spring and | difference oouen a n . .’ | é Says M Murre head of the dead man with a ties but nevertheless colors of | The sons of the late R. W- each year the floods bring down | tte Ls tural re- : ; here over a | Wilson today have an extensive j Pattern of passenger service, | ¥y bMountein | buck saw, hauled it to Edmon- gold here and t ; , flour gold which is caught on| said Mr. Gordon. A t f | An extensive area of low pres- rained by the |ton with his prisoner. The kill- | distance of many miles, | investment in copper lead prop-| the bar. Colors of gold can still| Uu Oo oup | gure “covered the whole: of the Poace Rivers | ing took place when three pros- McConnell, the famous Cana- | erties on Enginika River, gaming bt ‘ 4 th at hie % oo continental limited train lguit of Alaska this morning. ne . eu pectors, bound for the Enginika gjan geologist, reported that he miles from its mouth. They own obtaine ere @& e ° | represents an investment of hk l Southeast pales which have ; iver, quarrelled violently. A) found gold, mostly fine, at the | lands at Finlay Forks and have | was worked as recently as 1928) oyer $2 millions, and on any | ee AY ower moved dowa the coast during the b cre : man was charged with the mur-| mouths of the Enginika, Kwd- erected warehouses there which when the B.C. Department of| particular day there are four night have subsided in all but ; ! MURRAY der but was found not guilty acha and Fox Rivers. oo ee ting oo carry- | Mines reported upon is possi-| of them moving in each direc- l ° ae silalion “geet Gok . form of mur-| “Nigger” Dan Williams was a) W. Fleet Robertson, the B.C.| "8 explora tio . | pilities. Roy MacDougali says it tion between Montreal and — icences these should subside about noon. by drowning/ miner on the Parsnip River geologist, reported in 1908 that; Carl Springer and Associates. the west coast, However, westerly gales will de- stained . the ee ee hen - seas in the gold existed on the north shore|of Toronto, who operate mines d often worked nowadays | ypu i Bie eke ahha by| VICTORIA ‘(®—-The British Co-| velop over the north coast this rkened the/jate sixties, and seventies. The of the Finlay below Bower Creek /in Atlin and in Yukon, have a nerant prospectors who stay) “Gus: dean : lumbia Automobile Association | afternoon with strong westerly to Ontele the! Mounted Police had his record for a distance of eight miles.| camp on a creek twenty miles | around for short periods making | hly $190,000; duph © Cal Tuesday asked the provincial|winds along the west coast of f the Finlay | when he came in later years to) There was enough there to war-| beyond Fort Ware and excellent | Wages cleaning the gold from ane oe ‘ Sons.000:- Se, government to decrease the an-| Vancouver Island tonight. These iFort St. John and set himself rant serious investigation, Gold} specimens of copper, silver and | the gravel of Pete Toy’s Bar. . tet u cen’ th ™~ nual motor vehicle licence fees|winds will die down slowly on tor has disap-| ‘as aw dictator of the whole was discovered on Silver, Vital | lead were brought out in October Into the Upper Peace, the | buffet-lounge nu @ same:/ from the present $25 average to| Thursday. le and Germansen Creeks, tribu-|of this year by: two prospectors,| Carbon River, a tributary, rums| day coach $131,000, and a parlor! ¢;9 for medium-sized cars and 8 De te wl t logist en facts ‘of “the om eer canine ‘_ 1871 that taries of the Omineca in 1868,| Tom Paul and Nils Hals, of Van- through an extensive, so far} car $190, |$5 for small autos. Gale warning issued. Cloudy te to hgh “age laetminees tae taken ple nty gold 1869 and 1870 respectively; on | couver. undeveloped, coal field owned by | WA SERVICE | A delegation, headed by presi-| with showers today and Thurs- Manson and Slate Creeks, trib- Early historians of the area/the P. Burns Foundation, Cal- Dining cars, he said, feature | dent Harry Duker of Varicouvef,/day. A little cooler Thursday. p Pe i from, the bare of the Pam > utaries of the Manson River in/ tell of Pete Toy and his female} gary. At Hudson's Hope, coal is Waldorf Service at steak-house ajso asked the Cabinet to abol-| Winds southwesterly 20 this ‘ dias ae = an That such —, = 1871 and on Tom Creek, tribu-| group of workers who took gold being produced from two mining | prices. A day coach to meet its ish the extra $10 registration fee! morning, westerly 35 this after- “cabin at ent Suans| aca King Goahing of Hud- tary of the Omineca in 1889, At) from an extensive bar at Finlay} operations and, in 1952, some) direct ¢osts, should have an on purchase of a new car. — and westerly 20 Thursday. ot nam Coleman in the * Hope and Alwin Holland, Victoria, the Department of} ' Forks, known as Pete Toy’s Bar.| 6,000 tons so far have been de-j| average Occupancy per mile of He contended the car owner, Low tonight and high tomor- ! 1905 ‘The ‘oi . son's une cting trip, panned | Mines says that these creeks This bar is about the size of a/ livered by truck to the Canadian | at least. fifty per cent. And the as a class, is the — taxed | row at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Anderson, then : a sold potahone bars on the produced $1,500,000 in all prior’ small airfield and as level Government at defence outposts (Continued on page 8) group in BC Prince Rupert, 32 and 38 €