Prince Rupert Daily News SPECIALS!! ii!u.ns OKKSS SHOES aiiuts All All sizes sizes j Tuesday, May 8, 1951 ':.t nf.. ray.. Reflects and Reminisces opi'Cljlt MEN'S U'NDERWEAK-ComWnatloMs a'l aim -All ...l .. FISHERMEN'S PILLOVERS- gcod weight " ""ui in a very , n Independent daily newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Daily Newspaper Associat'on. . ' A. HUNTER, Managing Editor. H. G. PERRY, Managing Director. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Carrier, Per Week, 20c; Per Month, 75c; Per Year, ji?"? $8 00; By Mail, Per Month. 75c; Per Year, $8.00. Jfci'1 - Pubitthed every afternoon except Sunday by ZZZZ-' Ince Rupert Daily News Ltd., 3rd Avenue, Prince Rupert. HOYS' WIVDBREAKERS All sizes BOYS' IH.l'E IEMMS 8-fe NO SERIOUS WORRIES Many an old soldier is having trouble financially, but it's not that way with General MacAr-thur. He is drawing $18,000 and, il that is rather slim, there's five millions for his memoirs. CANADA'S COST-OF-LIVING INDEX 1935-39 100 : . 2 O - 1 J" 200 DEC. I784 '90 DEC Ui pi 171 m' I -Is 50- liOI-Oj J CANADA 1 140 ' y 130- . 120 1946 , 1947 . 1943 , 1949 ', 1950 1 ' 1951 w j : j ) t I I 0 0 j S ''I f,' V'-' A h V N hop end avo at STAY COOL A United States senator saysj he understands an atomic bomb j and Korea whi, h ! a sizeable Tungsten Ore Percental 0 "via also have iHmw Ul supply. U Rpnuirprl will shortly be exploded 300 feet underground in an Aleutian island, to determine what happens. There are thousands of islands of all shapes and sizes anywhere north of Queen Charlotte Sound and we live on one. It is always easy to make a miscalculation. However, nothing is gained by being nervous and it's a good swift way to go, anyhow. Irre mlv timet..' - - in Alaska during 19m"; JUNEAU. Needed to toughen , ",r "'versltte mine nc; the hiitcs of tanks, ships and ""tn alstj s kjiow, armour, tungsten ore is being eaL Fairbanks, Ancho sotiKht by defense Industries in 011 Seward Peninsula. :t:The New Traffic numerous traffic accidents in Prince MORE- Rupert bring home to us an appreciation of rt-The greatly increased volume of motor vehicle use in the city and the care that must be exercised by " u who use the streets motorists and pedestrians alike. They also point up the responsibilities of those charged with the direction and regulation of traf-""fift Motorists must be imbued with the attitude that it is better to be safe than sorry that it is . better to go out of one's way to be careful, j Pedestrians should also be impressed with the importance of seeing that they do their part out of fairness to the motorists and also for their own , protection. ' Both cars and pedestrians have their lights and responsibilities. There is little use in discussing who, if any, may LIVING COSTS SOAR An advance of 2.1 po rt? in March in the cost-of-living index from 179.7 to 181.8 was announced Thursday In the H:use of Commons by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, trade minister. Almost half the increasi was due to the price of butter. U.S. Consumer's Price Index stood at J8I.6 on Jan. 15, but the two figures ar-i not directly comparable. Solid line represents th Canadian figure; dotted the the U.S. lCP PHOTO i "All they know is the north" is what Alderman Bert Glassey says ' when invited to describe Vancouver's views concerning otter parts of the province. He returned from a recent visit there, respecting census taking, next month. the Territory, it is reported by the Alaska Development Board. The nation is in a bad way tuni;.sten-wise, imports to meet industrial requirements having increased from 53 to 80 percent during the past 10 years. Moreover, in some instances large for-ei;;n sources have been cut off alto;i:th;r. These include China 100,000th DP Here HALIFAX-Greeted by Cana- tunnel would be driven to the 800,000 hp. power house on Krmano River. The road from Kemano Bay to the power house sir,e was now practically finished. Wharf construction had started at Kitimat. Vandorhoof and Burns Lake are ali.;adv stirring under the Mean Now Under Way Company Official Reviews Operations in (iuUing Great Prjjeut Moving Ha Mid-month is when the fleet of ; coastal craft will step out. Thej dale is the fifteenth. Officials: representing all lines speak j freely. Business is away ahead of any previous record at this time. tmpetus of the new construction dian government Immigration H Aluminum Co. of Canaia is Ad yew Invetimwi D.J or lfOr fot pfOip-J w.l1 think som.-thlng's wrong if e kerp blowing: It." before Leons v.i" ready t : turn to something else. The immigrants are one of the nvi diVei'Mlicd groups of workers to come to Canada. Tfr-y include farmers, miners, domestics, woods, text ile, sugar beef, leather, lumber and other classes or workers. work. Terrace was hopeful of and other ottlcwis as lie sieppeu development-; in that area in the on Canadian .soil, sixtvm-yeiir-ditfction of Kitimat. , old Leons Ziemunis, the HMUiOOth Putting In of a new city in displaced prison to immigrate what was previously regarded as to Canada, got :i musing welcome a wasteland was ffuirkenine the tin his arrival lu re from Hrem- i already going full blast toward vr. NO cpirc SPACE to TO tpAKF SPARE vs,.abli,hment of the mulU- 'We re loaded to the gunwales: . .. " ,, ' ,. , i,i,i smeller at Kitimat, ...in, i... n.i , r,.i tv.o 1 million dollar Wit.il uuuiiiltri,', unt.1 lutt , . . . , ,Ln( ...ill I,,,,,., ,v CALVIN BULLC nd. , i - UII lUlUlM UMUS UKU ' Will llUr HI OI of ' """"lir .. . X . -11 .....4 Zt 1,nM hVrn .... ,1 ! ; canneries are booking loads Pe of activity in the whole erh wen, Germany, i.n Saturday, al , and cans and supplies. I don't know i B ' ,i rr, , n anrl to ' provliKo and in this picture H. was amoi.K ! 3'HI in.nu,rants wtere it's all going to, but we ! f""' PrlJi Runert at i Pnce Rupert was destined to who made the fanvAUunUr are going to handle every bit of iXln SK wl reat part. He predicted crossing U, their n,w Cann.llun be to blame after a serious and irreparable accident Has happened. The idea is to prevent accidents. There is also a responsibility on the part of the civic government to see that everything possible is done to make conditions for traffic as safe as possible that the facilities for safe traffic are provided including streets in decent condition and adequate sidewalks. All this, we realize, cannot be done at once but it is important that those concerned should realize that improvement of the public thoroughfares should have a high priority in municipal planning particularly since safety of -life and limb is so vitally involved. n, somenow. nutvi uie way ,,.. , it anri no sudden rusn but a steady ann iioine in uie oo wenjr. oroeressive development of the Rut his birnest thrills of tlv-h NOW IS TH TIME TO ! steambcat men speak as they , think of the next month or so.1 whole hinterland. Indeed, as it day came as lie slo: cl at'mir'.ni; commenced to take its place in 0ne of three big. streamlined district during the past week or so. told the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night. The new project is attracting a measure of interest to this RE-ROOf ithr industrial development of Canadian National Railways i The biggest uo coast shipping boom in B.C. history. That's I what they're saying. Flush times Canada, Prince Rupert would be- steam locomotives which idled j com-a an important artery. He at the head of long boat trains vVe will do the ioi; 4 nart of th-j province such as it and uiiu mors uiuic on mi the uic way. way. Heavy item, said saia credit crean, was was due oue to in Hon. mm. E. d. T. i. at at. oovusiov dorksitte waiting tvamn; to i ) take t-.ir.u the uu; Asphalt or Ceil m u.j hpfnrp nrt the machinery for Alcan, Klmat minister of lands and immigrants to all sections of and all that. Goods in quantity , K.7i8 piririncv1 fmsts' antl to "orth,rn mem-; Canada. Mechanically inclined for the great cellulose plant just J'6" beomtaB f interwt I J" 0? " and I ; bers. i Leons, who speaks Enslish. chat- Shingles I'Olt ESTIMATES side Prince Rupert. Deliveries (where 1 fViQ c;noQlra nrpfl ftoH trio Afir.nn- I wit: Mr. Vincent expressed pleasure! Pci with Engineer Elmo Hall, of hone 909 GREER & BRIDDEN LTD. po.bi scon due for defence projects at the cordiality and hospitality Ushment of important secondary iln the north! More freight, at establishments in the wako of thi,, ti.0 iho i., , , Alcan's industry nas Columbia spring British 1 known. that had be.?n extended to him here. "And I have been fascinated by the weather," he commented. The Alcan official left on today's plane for Vancouver. Accounting for his presence in HANDSOME LUGGA this area, Mr. Vincent explained Halifax and on the Invitation cf the driver, beamingly stepped up into the cab and the eiu;in-ver's scat. j Hand on the throt'le. Leons' assumed a pose worthy of Cu:,cy Joires himself, while Engineer Hull let lim in on some of the secrets of driving big engines. Yanking the cord and tooting the whistle of I he QTIR engine gave him a big laugh, iind Engineer that he was collecting interesting facts and Imparting such in JUST ARRIVED- formation as he could. Hi had Just come from tha interior after viewing preliminary progress Earthquake in El Salvador which had already been taken towards the great new proiect Hall -finally had to say "Someone j r:Uye Long-And Like it AVERAGE child born today can expect to THE live 68 years. This is ft, e highest life span in his-;tpry, but it can be pushed, even higher not only by new medical discoveries but' by right living on the j)art of individual men and women. Amram Scheinfeld, author of the recent book. "The New You and Heredity," examines in a May Reader's Digest article the chief factors influencing the life span. . Some of these factors are completely or partly beyond your control your sex, for instance, anil the kind of work you do. If you're a female you have an overwhelming advantage. In middle life, 15 per cent more women than men have survived; by the the super dam and diversion in the Nechako Canyon, the lesser THE QUIXTS The Dionne quintuplets have youth and wealth and it follows, as a matter of course, that they must also have beauty or what it amounts to. The quints' latest photos appearing in the News Friday shows five good lookers. Now that they are growing up, their future will be a matter of permanent interest. And right here is the place to mention that, when they were bom, there were not a few who took only a casual concern in what was almost a miracle. dam at Tahtsa Lake, the ten- SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CP) At least ICC!) persons w." reported killed in an earthquake mile tunnel to be driven through R. M. MacLeod, barrister and solicitor, was elected to membership in tiro Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night. he mountains from Tahtsa to Sunday in the cities of Jucuapa the 800.000 h.p. power plant at and Chinameca, about 92 miles i ; . i ' )'' : tJ ' . r f s Kemano Bay, the great smelting east of here. plant and city at Kitimat. I Strong quakes destroyed many Thei'.? was no time to l-;se. hehrmes and PubUc buildings said, since 1954 was set as the Mllny lsous were ouueu m Select your luggage in Matched Sets or individual pieces from our wide choice of Leathers, Fabrics and Colors. Fashion vear for the first aluminum to b Lllt 1 Longest Air Race Planned Video Hitting Movies Hard Newspapers and Radio Little Affected 1 I 111 T M II V SUPREME V GASOLINE J I ' 1 . A" Footwei 7.0's, 20 per cent more, and among nonogenarians women outnumber men by two to one. f -Farmers and professional men clergymen, teachers, lawyers, doctors live longer than other occupational groups. Slightly shorter are the lives of businessmen and white-collar workers. Next are skilled and unskilled workers; lowest on the list are produced. The road was now in from Vanderhoof down to the Nechako River dam site and an aircraft landing strip had been established there. The supply line from Burns Lake to Tahtsa Including the road along Francois Lake and by way of the Emerald Mine and Nadina was being commenced. Lake tugs and barges were under construction nn the shores of Ootsa Lake so, that supolies might be taken in by way of the lakes pending the CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z. f Plans have been competed for NEW YORK (AP) While the i the longest air race ever prompt- movie industry faces the prob' Eng- i ed the 1953 contest "from 1 land to New Zealand. lems of films for television, a artists, writers, actors and musicians, survey shows that newspaper 1 Sponsored by the Canterbury HELP WANTED P..rmann. nnllliins fur suitable men. M'ist But you Can do some things to DUsh the average reading has been virtually i p0 n . , 1 1 . , & I ffected ffected by. by. the the in increase in tele completion of the road to Tahtsa International Air Race Council, Lake whence a 10-mile water the race ls tillfi to s,art on or I about Oct. 10. 1953. The shortest wmrkini? conditions. Ton wacvs. Two weeks holiM ' listening has lot less than i i -;fPn above the 68-year mark. You can worry less, vision and radio ! l' ' avoid overwork, keep your weight down, eat, drink been affected a -and smoke in moderation. If you you're a bachelor and mAn A leading leSafndve expected. , great circle route between the observers. And If the producer start " and finish Is 10.208 nautical advertising agency, not only fails to make a profit I ZT. u,, uij. x; . , nines. after a survey in all 48 states, not too confirmed in your bachelorhood you can wuu bci-5 urn-., uiiiy a iraciioii ui ' after one year employment. 60 "i Medical ric fcs paid by firm. 2 First Closs Automobile Mechanic! 1 First Closs Automobile Body RcP"1 and Pointer. Apply: There will be two sections-speed and transport. Aircraft now in operation could fly nonstop from England to Christ-church, and it is possible that by reported "the number of persons j his cost, how is he going to keep who read daily and Sunday ! making films of that quality? newspapers is about the same In j PRODUCED FOR T.V. homes with television as in A number of movie companies homes without it." While radio j have television and radio stations listening droDs when television on the air or aDDliraf.iona nenrl- 1953 there will be planes which It boost your life span by getting married. Married men, Scheinfeld says, have lower mortality rates at alLages; in the 25-to-44-year range twice as many h&chelors die. Medical men agree that humans can and should live longer. But this ideal of longevity imposes another challenge to mankind: to make the world a place wherein a long life can be enjoyed. 5 --.jt' ( r , V 1 - " ; I r v n 4c, ' j Rupert Motors M comes into the home, 67 per cent ; ing with the FCC. The industry I can complete the course In a of those with TV sets reported j Is asking the FCC to set aside i sint'le day- Aircraft in the speed they still tune In radio too. special television channels for I section are permitted to refuel in But the report said that movie use by theatres so they can have ! '"Sh'- CHRYSLER, PLYMUUin u- attendance Is apparently the their own networks with televi- ots may use any route Pro i. .. 3 sion programs exclusively for vided they check in at the one intermediate check point, which theatre showing, to supplement j will be in the vicinity of Basra. film fare. The FCC said that In consider There are numerous great circle routes which could be followed, BUTJ, This Week's hardest hit, with 18 per cent of: those in homes without televesion attending on an average day, compared to only 12 per cent from homes with television. This points directly to the problem facing the movie industry. The federal communications commission has strongly hinted that the movie-makers should ing applications it would examine the co-operation of the movies with television which, it declared, some taking a northerly course and others following routes much I fc. M III m in M m. ri m m ...ITS K1 lT-T..I, Cnnrtnn Console R""110 needed Hollywood's films andiIunner soutn- bome cross Iron services of Hollywood's stars Curtain countries for a consldcr- $21 3-Speed Combination . i maw: wieir lums uvauaoie lor No. 2 6-Tube G.E. Mantel Radio $ J many of whom are required by aDle olslance ana may De rwea their contracts to stay out of out b P'lots on tnat score' television. j Entries are open to any coun- However, a half-dozen or more i try, organzation or individual, independent producers are turn- j Provisional entries have already ing out films specifically for , been made in the handicap television. j To which the movie industry i replies, in effect: How can you LOitiDinanon No. 3 7-Tube G.E. Console $ sell a house that cost $100,000 to build to someone who can afford television. transport section by British to pay only $4,000? Overseas Airways, British Em United Television Programs, Inc., with headquarters here, m Listen to GEORGE . DREW TONIGHT 8:15 p.m. P.D.S.T. - CFPR Published by the Progressive Conservative Party 3-Speed Combination No. 4 6-Tube G.E. Radio Long and Short Wave No. 5-4-Tube G.E. Mantel Rio a gooa mm costs around a million dollars and some much pire Airways, Royal Dutch Airlines, Qantas Airways, and Arm- handles the television film out- ...Jl more the forthcoming "Quo put of four independent produc-. strong-Whitworth Ltd. De Havil-ers, particularly for second show-' lands have also indicated that, Vadis" hit $7,000,000. Very few IM they will enter in at least one section. i The Royal Aero Club In London will control the race as far ings. Rut on the question of costs, a spokesman said a producer can't spend over $15,000 for a half-hour video film (at the Northern B.C. W $30,000 an hour) and as Basra, and the Conterbury rate of make a of the top television programs cost as much as $40,000 to $50,000 for production of a one-hour show, which is exclusive of the costs for network and station broadcast time. If the film is released on television so you can see it at home for nothing, who is going to pay to see it at a theatre, ask Industry Co., L profit on it. Even at International Air Race Council Brsner n r. t m Phone 210 Prince Rupert, H.C. $15,000, he said, the producer has ; the remainder. On each section to sell the film for second or the prizes will be: first, 10,000 third showings before he gets ($30,000); second, f 3,000; third, onto the profit side. 1,000; fourth, 500. I rt. 1