UPA UREN GT RETA RUN ENTREE NUTR REN oOMORROW'S -TIDES— ber 20, 1952 i Time 7 20.0 feet 21.9 feet 74 feet 24 feet No VOL. XLI, 297 0 urrie Jebate ersists Laurent, Drew change Letters (CP) — the army the be- Pro- vative Minis- over on ied in ietlers Drew, ey Prime Heading For Korea aoe THREE CANADIAN RED CROSS giris are taking films of the Grey Cup football championship game with them = Japan fdr ae : — howing to Canadian servicemen. Left to right are a McGregor teat f Fort William; Lise Laurendeau, St. Gabriel de ion idon ~ f . inte nd Naomi Griffin, Penticton, B.C. First audience for the films inister of Wil be patients convalescing in Tokyo hospital. Girls wil] serve Korea and in the Maple Leaf Club in Tokyo "nce Power Question Is Major saad .. Issue Before ‘53 Council y ad major issue facing the in-!be a factor in determining rates , 0 ity councll is the con-/| or would the Commission be pre- - : wial electric power ques-' pared to accept the rate base tion: who will be the supplier to) recently approved by the Public « Prime Prince Rupert after the North-) Utilities Commission? this re-.ern B.C. Power Company's 20-| A. The amount paid by the ents year franchise expires in March,|Coimission for the company’s pap » 1954? aaaihe would represent capital spenditures| Will the present supplier bejin ment carrying fixed granted a new franchise, or will chacenic and would certainly be ' the B.C. Power Commission. be‘ a factor Tr’ th® Gost of service " asked to take over? and, conseqt@ntly would influ- . the : The answer is needed soon if ence rates. The PUC rate base the Ottawa he is to be no interruption in would have no effect upon rates 49 Prime the city supply of power charged by the Commission mo make a Wh ire waiting Q. If the Commission acquired t shuff r h clarificatior om th electrical, utility in the eM t r Commission, they « Rupert area, what pro fron ¢ ing answers to some f plant expansion would that he questions asked of the Commis- ried out st if | week by city delegates A. Such expansion as required 1 George Hills and Mike to provide. for the power de in ‘ mands as they foreseen. The ive demar ; further clarification w@S actual program would depend for Mr. Clax d when it was founc going ywpon engineering studies of the ous and di the questions at a council various alternatives ns ih the army.| meeting that some answers @P-) © noes the Commission agree peared to cortradict certain sec- that there is no interconnection tions of the Electric Power Act with another energy producer, arch Stopped of Be which governs the ad-| type of auxiliary plant is . ministration Commission required’ to guarantee contin- or $0S Signal OTHER ANSWERS a ulty of service? ; Meanwhile, ther ar other : sal as soak’ weinlld R (CP)...Alr-ground answers to the questions to be A. An “auxillary” plant oul terious flashing | cor ered, as well as a personal not gu arantee continuity of ser- ted on Mayor report by Ald. Krueger vice; it could only provide emer- neouver Island While the Commission would gency partial service. A dupli- ioned by the not commit itself on iy of the} cate plant would be required to AF direct questions, certain answers &U arantee complete oo A ng SOS distress are highlighted below production plant properly con- maintained and oper- require duplica- acquired structed would | ated, does not assets Won rted Wednesday Q. If Robert MacKen~ the an Alrways the the commission ts of the company amount LSNE paid for such Le ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. CHALK RIVER ONTARIO SOON \MINATION SQUAD at the Chalk River atomic plant explores the area — geiger . radiation survey meter are shown checking for excessive radiation which’ leaked “* and forced evacuation of the 350 \ pin-point hole in the big atomic pile last wee : Left - right are: Campbell Tait, head of the radiation hazard control branch; Dr. A director of the division of biology and radiation hazard control, and Charles adiation supervisor. a ae ee cop AL | PRO‘) ; ; ; ; NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER , motorists, ihe said, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., PRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1952 B.C. Gover Unions, CMA Pian Protest New Move VICTORIA (CP)—British Columbia is to have) a part-time Labor Relations Board. | Labor Minister Lyle Wicks announced Thursday | the full-time five-man board will be abolished in January and replaced by a part-time board on a per diem rate. ° spa Chairman D’Arcey Beldwin BULLETIN. will continue in his $8,000 a year) best on @ full-time basis MONTREAL—Settlement of “We believe a part-time setup; the big railway union wage will save money and be more| dispute was announced just efficient,” said Mr. Wicks before press time today. Four members of the present A joint announcement from — board will retire Jan. 12. They| the railways and 177 brether- | received $6,500 year salary plus) travelling expenses to a wage inerease of seven Both management and labor| Per cent plus seven cents an have been represented on the hour for the 144,000 non- board and they will be asked to| operating employees, effective nominate members for the new! Tetreactive to last Sept. 1 board cenrseitacassiercaeneseesomanseneneeeeee Member of the part-time . board, Mr. Wicks said, will be Giant Dam paid $15 day plus “reasonable” travelling expenses Labor and management are prepared to protest Spokesmen for major labor groups said last night they plan to ask the government to “re- Collapses Into Creek . ” tte whe VANCOUVER — The consider” 6 pian giant steel coffer dam used in A spokesman for the Canadian construction of Vancouver's Manufacture Association said new $14,000,000 Granville his organization favors the full-! g¢ereet Bridge collapsed today. time board operatien rather ies ot water from Mein than the new setup Creek, in the downtown indus- er ne ne trial section, poured into the dam, destroying machinery and Sweeping out timbers No-one’ was tnjared=* .* Police. Warn e Fortunately, no workmen were Motorists, ue tewtledh CAF e The day shift. was just pre- Pedestrians + paring to report when the 100- foot by 30-foot structure col- lapsed ; cord ‘ iti é . ss A word of caution and warn The dam, constructed on the ing to pedestrians as well as bottom of False Creek, was‘used for underwater work on one of the main piers motorists came today from the RCMP, with particular emphasis laid on those using street cross- walks gee ae ene Crosswalks are designed for a particular purpose-to make njure Vian crossing a street safer for the pedestrian- but the way some people make use of them, they aits ours are courting death,” said Sgt Harry Norman, head of the city . detachment For Assistance He explained that he had noticed many people taking to| A Prince Rupert man is in the crosswalks from the side-| good condition following a two- walk without stopping to see if' hour wait yesterday afternoon any traffic was near. Here lay|on ag lonely roadside for help the danger, said the sergeant. after his car veered off the “Cars can’t always stop on a/Skeena Highway near Tyee and dime, especially if the street is icy. One of these times a pedes- trian is going to find himself under the car.” The sergeant cautioned all pedestrians to look both ways when stepping into a crosswalk then walk directly across. Don’t loiter, or hesitate He also had a word for the the usual warning mixing liquor with hit a rock bluff Earl Roberts suffered a gash on his skull and chin in the accident which smashed the front end of his car and shat- tered the windshield Bleeding profusely, Roberts walked a quarter of a mile toa Canadian National Railways lineman’s cabin where linesman Bill Brechin offered first aid and telephoned for help from Prince Rupert about not gasoline “This city has a lot of taxis,”} Dan Lippet, of Dan’s Service “if a man must drink | Station, arrived at the scene during the festive season, let} | with a towing truck to find the him take a cab and get home | damaged car “in a pile of rocks.” safely | Lippett said the road in the “The police want everyone to| | ee a 2 re lift have a Merry Christmas, so this tes <. toe "ee bet pore a is just a little reminder els ay help.” ruck proved too rough for Rob- _— jerts, transferred him to a bus Oa hy | at Rainbow Lake auto camp. Jaycees Elect | — weatner Bert Jeffries New Presiden A well-known and popular cae Prince Rupert businessman last aoe ae Pent a hie: night was elected president of | | spit 38 aa 44, ’ the Junior Chamber of Commerce! here for 1953. He is J. H. (Bert) Jefferies, first vice-president, who succeeds G. Neely Moore. ‘Si lamese Twins Other officers are Jerry ve-| Cling To Life mire, first vice-president; Sid Gonick, second vice-president; | Forecast North coast region | Showers today and Saturday. A little colder tonight. Westerly |gales 35 will subside to 25 this jafternoon and to southerly 20 Saturday. Pettenuzzo, Hugh MacKenzie, Dr.) first survivors of a head-to-head | |S. Burns and Bill Gordon, ex- today by the slenderest of | threads, {ecutive officers. Mew hoods said they have agreed | Low tonight and high | CHICAGO —The tiny Brodie | Roy Brown, treasurer, and Gerry Siamese twins, medical history’s| A. A. Miller, John MacDonald, J. ' surgical separation, clung to life| errr ners PROVINC Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—“Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” PRICE FIVE CENTS 5-Man Labor Rel peep ‘ mee sie . IAL LIBRARY, 118 B. Cc DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 CANADIAN TROOPS with the NATO formation in Germany line up to send Christmas parcels back home. At the Army post office in Hannover, with Cpl. Fred O'Hara of Ottawa~-behind the counter are, left to right: Pte. Richard Watson, Moncton, N.B.; Pte. Leo Gollogly, Kingston, Ont.: Navigator Holds Rfm, Julien Dulle, Kitchener, Ont., Reins and Pte. Eric Luman, Kingston. Santa Heads For Arctic Stations Special to The Daily News OTTAWA This week the Royal Canadian Air Force is again playing Santa Claus to the lonely weather detachments in Canada’s Arctic, by dropping 3,000 pounds of parcels and mail to the Department of Transport’s isolated weathermen. Christmas air drops this year will be-made at such widely.scat- tered spots as Nottingham Island, Resolution Island, Isaachen, Arc- tic Bay, Cape Hopes Advance, Mould Bay, Eureka and Alert, all located in Santa's backyard. The most northerly station, Alert, is just nder 600 miles from Santa's workshop at the North Pole. Taking over from Saint Nick this year are two RCAF squad- rons, 426 transport squadron based at Dorval, and 412 trans- port squadron based at Rickcliffe, Ontario. While 426 North Star aircraft visit the stations farthest from the mainland in the west- ern and far northern Arctic, 412 Dakota's will make the drops in the eastern Arctic. Preparations for the Christmas drops started last October when the Department of Transport notified each family concerned that a Christmas delivery would be made by the RCAF. They were also advised to have any parcels and mail in the hands of the RCAF by mid-November for par- celling in the special heavy canvas containers used for drop- | ping purposes. While some supplies are para- chuted to the detachments, the majority are ‘free-dropped’ and | are therefore subject to damage | if not wrapped securely. PARCELS READY Earlier this month heavily- | bundled gifts were assembled at Fort Churchill, Man., and Goose Bay, Labrador. Weather is the chief factor in| Arctic flying and the aircraft} must be ready to take-off at a moment's notice. the aircrew use to plan their) flights are assembled from the | weather detail sent out by the} very people who will receive the | ‘All is Forgiven’ HOLYHEAD, Wales (CP) — It took 12 minutes of unorthodox battling for a 40-year-old town councillor and a former wrest- ler, eight years his junior, to settle a grudge they had been nursing 18 months. The principals, councillor William Pierce, one-time Scot- land Yard official and John Griffiths, known to the wrest- ling fraternity as the “Black Panther,” decided to settle the issue of honor in a boxing ring set up in Holyhead town hall, The grudge had been smoul- dering ever since the two men quarrelled when Griffiths Christmas parcels. Dropping supplies is always an exciting time for the weather- men. For monins the only sign of civilization has been the summer supply ship which made its yearly visit to unload heavy equipment and rations in Aug- ust. With the help of the Eski- mos who live near the weather shacks in their igloos, large oil ‘drumis ate carried toa clear ‘area away from the buildings, to mark the dropping zone. Roaring fires are lit in the drums as a gtide to aircraft. FIRES NECESSARY Due to the small amount of daylight at this time of year— roughly two hours of twilight in Deeember—fires are a necessity if the aircraft is to find the drop- ping area. The landscape below the air- craft is one of unending white- ness, broken only here and there Leaning Tower 18 But Won't Topple PISA,: Italy (AP) — Getting iby a few rounded hills. Only the \navigator huddled over his charts lean successfully guide the plane to its destination. Dropping the bundles is an exacting job. To make a success- ful drop the aircraft must fly no more than 50 feet from the ground. The pilot first makes a pre- liminary run over the oil barrels to survey the check the wind speed and direc- tion. When he has made his de- cision on the best approach angle, he throttles back the engines to make the run over the arta at the lowest possible speed. As the last of the bundles fali the whole detachment ruhs*for- ward to retrieve them, thé’ Eski- mo children and huskies running in front, while the Depattment of Transport men can‘ be seen waving to the aircraft as it thunders overhead. Feet Out of Line For 150 Years “There is no immediate dan- worried the leaning tower of Pisa | ger it will fall.” might fall before you are able to visit, it? The tower's slant is Increasing lat the same rate as recorded for After this year’s final exam-|the last 25 years, At that rate, it ination of the tower's steadily/will not topple for another 150 tilt, works increasing director nounced: public Edmonde Natoni an- | years, experts predict. The 700-year-old. tower now leans almost 18 feet out of line. CPR Freighter Drifting - Helplessly Off Coast VANCOUVER @.— Canadian Pacific , Steamship’s freighter ing a crew of $0. The Maplecove radioed late Maplecove, her rudder damaged, | phursday that the crew couldn’t jis drifting helplessly in a north- jwest gale, 1,260 miles off the} | British Columbia coast. The tug Island Sovereign control the ship, but that she was in no immediate danger, The ship is inbound “from | steamed out of Vancouver Thurs-| Yokohame after her second voy- Oddly, weather reports that|day night to rush aid to the/age to the Orient. }striken ship. At full speed, it would take the tug at least four days to reach the 10,000-ton Maplecove, carry- sought admission to a social club operated by Pierce. Wil- liam emerged from that clash with a black eye and a chal- lenge to fight it out in the ring followed. Seconds were named and ar- rangements finally made for a bout of six two-minute rounds. Word of the duel flashed around the community and the 500 seats in the hall were sold out overnight. More than 100 people crowded into the standing space that was left. Hundreds more .were turned away. The crowd greeted both men with resounding cheers. Then She is due here three days be- fore Christmas, but the long tow would mean she would not put into port before New Year's, ; Warning continued. Cloudy with Twelve-Minute Battle Ends Feud for six uproarious rounds ‘the two tore into each other, one boxing, the other wrestling. Neither was seriously hurt and when the referee finally gave the decision on points to Pierce, the gladiators walked out of the ring smiling broadly, arms around each other's shoulder. After dressing they retired to a nearby pub and drank a toast to “their lasting friend- ship.” Sac the Panther: “Most of the mischief was caused “by cee. All now is forgotten and forgiven.” and...-%4"