PROVINCIAL LiCRARY I - A, PROVINCIAL IIBRA3T. 1 113 ORMES TISTORIA, B. C. 'OROGS DAILY DELIVERS , CABS v Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XL, No. 264 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1951 PRICE FiV3 CENTS i.isl'ATCIIKI) Fil I III Will I'M! if" I III 'I 11 ition Worries Aussies riPffllil I Australia (CP) Lat- hi liRures indicating' trol is useless without a wage freeze and all the controls that i aU ady increase in i f i,'ave the population; ir:'i. "M six per cent In the ; jjv.ns trom July 1 to j jo imced up the basic ! go with it. Basically, rising prices here are part of a world-wide inflationary trend which h HR nffprt.- Poppy Day Launches Memorial Services Color is added today' to the ordinary dress of Prince Rupert citizens as a red poppy .adorns every lapel or it should, says Rod MacLeod, president of Canadian Legion, BESL 27. remum udiiic ricaycu With Mighty Weapons Prime Minister Sees Nations " Hovering; on Fearful Brink LONDON (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill voiced fear Friday night that Russia and the West may "tumble or drag each other" into a i 9 13s. to tiu 7s. a ; -!l:i('V. An oftice boy , :,.;irj mine at Mount lis 9.s. a week, and a , on a whale chaser' ;Ja WI'I'K. I 4 mis been creeping up , . a ralian people faster Jf:.ir more than a year. I 1 jil'iil .is tiie average lor I 1 '123 -1927, the ofli- j i inmit index stood at i fc,.t. l3i. It rose to j ji',, i.4 in 19j0. For f 4- vr.u the figure was j i,:,V. i!;i: for oeplcm- i cd most other countries. But there are special factors intensifying tne problem In Australia. One Is the steep Increase in Australian wool prices. Another is the increased immigration total, running at about 125,000 Immigrants a year It Is estimated that every immigrant involves a capital expenditure of about 10U0 before he starts to add to the national income. And pressure of immigration on housing, transport and, to some extent, on food supplies is considerable. Australia also is rhrnnipiiltu sees mm I " ' 'I I i ',. - v-. ' t ' X K . v '') . ' . MiTiiritiP -:" " ' " Poppy Day, promoted here by Canadian Legion members with headquarters, for the day in the old liquor store on Third Avenue, 1 third world war. Russia Is Rebuffed He said that he had a feeling thai neitha iria Brdnlc n flnht Churchill Humorous lei. is Prime Minister I short of coal, steel, electric power and transport facilities. These shortages have prevented production increasing as fast as .i s must is that since :;ce in December, . ist of living has iii-auoiit 35 per cent, lull .system of fixing !! mi .ins that ill-he co.st-of-llving in-. .iiiniu ally rellected j mI ..iijal of higher Proposal to Seat Red China In United Nations Blocked PARIS (CP) Russia suffered a sharp defeat today in its campaign to seat Red China in the United Nations. The 14-nation steering committee refused 11 to 2 to put the question on the agenda ol the General Assembly. One nation abstained. The United States delegate, Warren R. Austin, said the Soviet move "is a proposal which has been considered and reject :.,hi4 higher prices, launches again the November 11 Remembrance Day services to be held tomorrow at the cenotaph In the square before the Couit House. Platoons of Navy. Sea Cadets, Reserve Militia, Cubs, Scouts, IODE, Legion members. Legion Women's Auxiliary and other veterans with medals clankinir, will fall in Sunday morning at 9:45 in front of the Legion building. Parade to the cenotaph, accompanied by the Civic Band, will be led by Zone Commander J. S. Wilson, assisted by Aid. Darrow Gome. Rev. Frrd Antrobus will conduct tht Remembrance I'av aervice. Because this day falls on a Sunday, Prince Rupert churches will hold their morning services beginning at 11:15. The cenotaph ceremony. Including laying of wreaths, will end with the two-minute silence period at 11 a.m. is necessary u cope W1M tnc inflationary effects of higher ex- ' port incomes and immigration. I Also looming large is the defence and development program. During and immediately after the Second World War the public works program of roads, railways, Irrigation schemes and tne vast Snowy Mountains nydro-eltctric plan was allowed to! lapse. Bui since the war the1 need for these public works has beoxme urgent. Bo has the need I lor diverting a proportion of iii'Siier wages. Pr.mier Winston Churchill ouipped humorously ln his .p?ech In the Guildhall In London last evening, the occasion being the Lord Mayor's annual banquet. He made brief reference to the bomb-:mr attack on the Guildhall building by Hitler's bombers. 113 mentioned that it was the xi.-:t time he had spoken there as Prime Minister. "The Ouildhall, My Lord Mayor," said Churchill, who waj Britain's wartime premier, "was blown up when I would have spoken." There was a pause. "As for me, before it wa- testored, I had been blown out." ii.wcnisls accept, automate artjust,- on not keep pace n,.; co.-u. but Ihey i.. .1 id accept tlm and both are afraid of war's consequences. In a speech at the annual dinner of the Lord Mayor of London in the famous Guildhall, Churchill said: "What is the world scene as presented to us today? "Mighty orces armed with fearful weapons are baying at each other across a gulf which I have a feeling neither wishes and both fear to cross hut Into which they may tumble or drag each other to their common ruin." Churchill said that the American efforts to deter communist aggression are the "main foundations of peace." The fact that the United States had been permitted to establish an atomic base in East Anglia placed Great Britain in the forefront of Soviet antagonism and Britain was, therefore, entitled to expect that the maximum of assistance would be forthcoming from the United States. The Prime Minister pledged that, nn maltpr Viniw unrvirmlnr I: j,ut lorward by some ; I ;nat tin- only way to ,'imis circle is to stop' ed nearly 90 times. " THE LION ROARS Fearful of nations falling Into abyss of war Is Prime Minister Winston Churchill. pruuueuve capacity lo re-armament. In 1949 the Commonwealth Arbitration Court reduced standard working hours in industry from 44 to 40. In 1950 it increased the "real" basic wage by Continued on pane 8t IS ter hand, employers i in&aids the Labor ipn-iUon that the 4i 'ii is urict control ol , !h. is .say price con- Turkey Joins Big Three Log Scale Runs High Increased Manufacturing Activity Boosts Forest Production Second Pats Taking Over CRAVE DECORATION ' Parade will then march through city centre, down Third Avenue to Sixth Street, following Second Avenue back to the al Tour To Go Ahead With Middle East Command PARIS (CP) The Bur Three Legion building. Following this cei;mony, a decoration party headed by Legion President Rod MacLeod, will continue to Fair- WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN the eonr of rtotu mtaht M irina End British Food Outlook Bad an! Turkey joined in a four-power declaration today that they would set up an Allied Middle East command despite Arab objections. Timber scaling in Prince Ru- view Cemetery where wreaths pert forest district continues to and POPPs will be placed on the Mock Attack Proves Fatal B.C. Soldier Killed Dunns Army Practice At Camp Burden .CAMP BORDEN If Sgt. Edward Francis Smith, aged 29, of Erickson, B.C., was killed Friday doling a mock Infantry attack In which more than 100 infantrymen, firing live ammunition with tanks, threw up a protective fire trom machine guns. Sgt. Smith was acting as co-ui.ver when a bullet struck him in the head. , Thi "ffltmfat said .that ttR KOREA 0i A dirty, shabby flag 1 government would not falter or was hauled down and seconds fau do its duty later a new maroon and gold one i am confident we will suc-was put up in it place. The ceed," he asserted. "It is always simple ceremony marked relief a comfrt in time of crisis to ji the Setonu bauuUi. r .niccs, o mat wart -mmmiu k Patricia's Canadian Light Infan- path of duty." try, by units of the First Bat- ,' Mr. Churchill said he had good talion. I hope that the great mass of the The First Battalion's move- nation would give ungrudging mant to. Korea was' completed ald to the government. LONDON P) Britain's food suiipues are In a more dan&ei-ous position today than in 1941, the year of Hitler's blitz and the submarine war, the government warned Friday. The ministry of food made the statement. United States, Great Britain, France and Turkey had decided to go ahead with the defence organization because "defence of the Middle East is vital to the i ' Nova Snitla Prin-I'.tli ami the Duke of i are s h hv on tlie sea ii'u; Ifim here to Bt. I iihdlaiKl. on the 4- n( the Royal Tour f They ..-ft early this .ii'iard HMCS Ontario "k ie al St. John's to- rmiiu. At noon Mon-lfi!l embark from Bay ( 'ii'indland, for home hit new high levels owing to the Braves or veierans. . j consumption of the flew Colnm- BANQUET ' . 'i "'; bia Cellulose pulp mill and u.?- A banquet Monday afternoon tallied intensive sawiiiilhng op-1 d dance ln th evenln both eratlons throughout the area. jat tne Uglon Auditorium, will The scale for the month of j climax the week-end celebra-i October this year totalled 42,-j tioni and an eight-day Legion' 686.691 board feet, compared j week during which the Women's with 38,342.182 board feet in, the j Auxiliary to the Legion supplied same month last year. an catering. So far this year the scale is "And they've done a wonderful 299,389,500 board feet compared job," said President MacLeod ; free world." The Arabs have claimed they are capable of providing adequate defences against possible Communist aggression. with the arrival in the regimen-! rHfhee,ff ? h0p6f tW2 , , . or three years a faithful and tal area of its last t two compan- Britain independent would have ies pf 200 officers and men. j gone far to restoring herself as Remaining members of the an important nation in bring-Second Patricia's still in the mS. peace and security In the 4 Impress of Canada, j with 214,709.268 board feet in the today. v. , . .. . .T woria. Variety entertainment will be presented at Monday's events, including community singing. uicauc pmaueu lor unikcu n- tibns Army Commander', General lirst 10 months of 1950. Here was the scale per varieties this October with figures for the same month a year ago alo shown for comparison: i t 111.H on. i5o Hcl. IT. Bl. H. James Van Fleet, who expressed desire to meet "heroes of Kap- Railway men Are Buying Bonds yong before they leave Korea." Weather Fisherman Drowned VANCOUVER Hisan Yam-amotc, Japanese-Canadian fisherman, is believed to have been drowned in the near sinking of his gdlncttcr in heavy seas off Mitlenatch Island near Campbell River. Thj mtor vessel Northern Ex- General Van Fleet congratulated the battalion on its record West Holds Its Ground. Big Three Foreign Ministers Meet ta Parry Vishinsky PARIS O' The West held Its ground Friday in the face of Russia! rejection of the Truman plan for peaca and disarmament. Fir- 1.16S.9M Cednr S.S4H.M1I I tuo-liour v.sit here li yul euple, after being 1 iy Mayor Tony Oal-ii'ivl an address and n at I lie City Hall. visited the sports fc one of the Dominion !f plants. w.is Pnnce Edward which culminated in ' in dinner last even-I Chariot tetown Hotel, j s as presented with I; 'phii w fox cape. Pre-t:-p C. Jones proposed 'l Hie Duke of Edln- ':i'l''d. Earlier in the ' t '-'al couple had lunch-J'-iy with Lieutenant's ; nd Mrs Prowse 3 045.114 6.642.609 13.431.711 10.4H7.7S4 U.488.225 1.827.807 410.962 18.8BS.743 13.75B..165 a. 539.1 S3 U.077.732 718.033 Spruce heir.lix it Balsam jHckpme Miscellaneous Totals . . . . . ana read aloud its presidential : MONTREAL A total of 53,268 citation for conduct which set officers and employees of the it "apart from and above" other Canadian National System have units of the Eighth Army. j purchased $13,252,350 worth Of . j sixth series Canada savings NO PAPER MONDAY bonds and have exceeded their objective by $662,750, it was an- 42.680.691 3B 342.182 ! press pulled the 30-foot half- 'Phone Workers , Stay Independent VANCOUVER '-ti Members of the Independent Federation of Telephone Workers in British Columbia yesterday voted down a proposal to join an international trade union. A total of 2,486 ballots were cat but the necessary two-thirds majority for adoption of the proposal was not forthcoming. The vote showed 2,452 "yes" and 2.03Q "no." Bids for a merger had been made by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFLI and Communication Workors (CIOi. Romberg, Famous Composer, Dies NEW YORK Composer Sig-mund Romberg, aged 64, who wrote "The Desert Song" and "The Student Prince," died last night A . nrnlifi writ.pr " Rnmlwrff Synopsis 1 Rapidly moving storm centres from the Pacific continue to make British Columbia weather. Strong southerly winds are blowing over the coast today, behind a system which moved inland overnight. These winds will decrease slowly in most sections during the day. Another active system is expected to M just off the coast tomorrow morning and submerged bout from the Island beach and towed it Into Vancouver Friday. No trace of the fisherman was FOREST PRODUCTS Production of poles and piling in tne district during the month of October amounted to 316.800 lineal feet, compared with 127-974 lineal feet in the same month last year bringing the I found in the gillnettcr. Monday, being declared a stat-1 nounced-here tonight by C D. utory holiday ln British Colum- Cowie, vice-president and treas-bia for the observance of Re- urer. membrance Day, the Daily News The system total exceeds that will not be published. The next of the fifth series bonds when regular edition will appear on 46,307 officers and employees Tuesday. - - 1 subscribed $10,947,250. Rebellious Young Liberals to move Inland during the day. total for 1951 to date to 1,710 477 lineal feet as against 490.379 This system will cause an in- r V 'i- "i United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson went into a huddle with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain .and Foreign Minister Robert Schu-man of France to plan strategy to parry the counter-thrust of Russia's Andrie Vishinksky which was hurled into the United Nations Thursday. Friclay'a United Nations session brought no fireworks. Delegates of New Zealand and Australia took the floor to denounce Vishinsky's snub and pledge support for the American plan. lineal feet in the same peric crease In coastal winds tomorrow. of 1950. I Showers will be quite general The tie scale this October was cr the coast and in much of the 22,576 pieces while 189 cords of 1 interior today with some de-wood were counted ln the past crease In precipitation and month. cloudy tonight. Tomorrow will be cloudy and showery as the new storm moves through. Precipitation will fall as snow in the northern and extreme eastern Mictions of the interior. Xmas Wheat Seek Johnson Resignation? VANCOUVER (CP) The Vancouver Sun, in a newspage story today, says the resignation of Premier Byron Johnson as provincial party leader has been demanded by a group of rebel British Columbia young Liberals. " " ; turned out 78 muslcales andj more man aauu songs. Temperatures will continue much as they have done for the past few days as moist Pacific air continues to push over the coast. The Sun says the decision toitlecuo" rremier jonnson re- Payments Piopuscd to Young Liberal Convention in Vancouver VANCOUVER Pi "Christmas Problem Ships Now Useless HONG KONG The seven tuses uieir aemanas. hA r-i; oil - t: o""" . 4 1 . ' v ; Forecast North coast region Cloudy today and Sunday. Occasional light rain, little change in tem J. J. Proudfoot, Victoria, provincial Young Liberal president) was called In during the late stages of the secret caucus. He is quoted as saying he would go all down the line with the rebel group. payment" for piwlrie farmers Ming Sung ships which have ask for Johnson's resignation and an immediate' end of coalition was voted on at a secret meeting Friday. The newspaper added that the rebel group set December 15 as tiie date for an emergency convention to discuss future action on coalition. perature. Winds easterly 20) except 30 over open water. In stirred prolonged controversy in Canada now are lying idle and useless on China's Pearl River, may be recommended to the federal government by the Young Liberal Federation In convention here. behind the iron curtain at Can rrouuiooi, says ine paper, will make an official announcement of the British Columbia Car Smash Kills Three VANCOUVER H Three persons were killed early today when two cars collided at an In-v.Tsection in nearby Ladner. Police say that the bodies were so'badly mangled that they have not yet been able to identify them. Five others were Injured. TIDES - Sunday, November 11, 1951 High 11:37 21.3 feet . feet Low 5:26 6.2 feet 18:07 3.5 feet Gerald Robertson, 940 Ambrose Avenue, asks the Daily News to explain that the "Gerald Robertson." who was fined after con-; viction on a charge In police court, was not him. There Is, apparently, another person of Delegates from Saskatchewan ton. Reliable reports reaching here indicate that the Communist the Sun, was held during a lullBrouP's P!ansf of the session of the national con and Alberta Friday pictured the harassed condition of pialtie In the Young Liberal Federation vention today. convention. farmers in financial straits be creasing briefly to 15 tonight. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sand-spit, 40 and 48; Prince Rupert, 36 and 48. Snow Lowering On Mountains During the week, enough snow fell to whiten the peaks surrounding Prince Rupert, without coming down as far as the town-site. But high on the mountain tops, overlooking Wark Canal and on Mount Hays In particular, the snow that Is there now ippears heavy enough to be still there well into next summer. ?;i,0EbY An accident came close to marring the last of f! arranged for the tour of Montreal by Princess "IS f1 when ""Uioritles have found the ships cannot be of use to them and the vessels, built in Canada with a federally-backed loan, are fimply rusting away. They were seized by their crews afeer their owners, the Ming Sung Industrial Co. Ltd., failed to meet an instalment on the mortgage held by a Canadian bank. The payment was made good by the Canadian government which guaranteed a $12,-000.000 loan to the Chinese firm, whir-h has a subsidiary company In Canada. a chunk of concrete crashed to the verandah of "About 20 of the 35 British Columbia delegates to the national meeting attended the secret session. Arthur Laing, member of parliament for Vancouver South, who flew home from Ottawa last night, is considered the most likely candidate for the new provincial leader. The young Liberal group also threatened to run an independent Liberal candidate ln every provincial riding In the next cause the bulk of their crop is unsold. Price controls are due for discussion before the convention ends Saturday night but a survey shows few delegates In favor ol price-fixing. v Question of a national flag for Canada is expected to spark sharp discussion. Montreal delegates have brought three designs which they waved on the convention floor .yesterday. CCFErsHave Quiet Meet Business at the regular meeting of the local CCF Club this week was of routine nature, affairs of this party, like others, appearing to be in the doldrums locally these days. President W. H. Brett was in the chair over a fair attendance at the Metropote Hall. . . . 1 s veterans' Hospital close to where the Princess had ii'"!5 Arrws point to the cornice from which the piece 1 fell and (bottom) the chunk of concrete and the flag jP'nitt at the front of the hospital. The Princess had f'm the spot about a minute before the masonry fell. 1 (CP PHOTO) the same name.