I. A" JAR V CABS laVuM-VIC HFI ORMES DRUGS vh i'B iav. 'js yr- 'J'Jl iwio" ---- 113 1 V VICTC?.!'-. 2. C. DAILY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the 'Key to the Great Northwest" Phone VOl,. XL, No. 209 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1951 . PRICE FiVli CENTS DELIVERY 31 Fifty Cent f 3! i Taxi is Out lone Deal iferred ) People l,(Minril I K-tiiifj .,. Rll,.ri citizens will be s;, iW. m- by a plebiscite )T! I.'1"'!' 1,VIC I'lPCtiOIlS piovidc the city ul, jiiti.iiwiic iliul telephone r. n! sm a a pi' biile is Dramatic U.N. Move to Accept Communist Plan MUNSAN (CP) United Nations Command, in a dramatic move to end the cease-fire deadlock, today offered to accept the Communist Imffei' zone proposal if an armistice is signed within 30 days. The Communists indicated they might agree. : North Korean Major General ' i , ' ' ' I The minimum basic taxi rate in fi-sri--- Rupert will be hi tiled from 50c l.o7.rc if city ei.iir.ri! I'ivi ,s i ho requited appro v:i' In ;j imaiiii.ioii.s decision i She Prince Rupert .Taxi Axso-clat.on in a nieeiin,. this week. 'Mr; nci-tni.; decid.-d nn a 25c Increase arum the hoard in the taxi laiv .-a!'' Waiting time will ho lai.vd from $4 to $5 n hour. Tin- ii.LU l) till; late schedule was i he principal r ii bj -el, of biisiiit i;; Hi, a meeting of llic AssataHon in the Carpenter's Union Hall with President H. L. !tuut.son in .the chair and repiesentatives of practically all taxi concerns in the city attending. French House Crisis Deferred PARIS ' Premier Rene Ple-v-r's coalition gpvernment ap-peu: ed in dancer of defeat today on the isrue of France's austerity program includinc sharp cuts In France s dollar imports. President Vincent Auriol inter-vi'ed and a vote of confidence m Parliament was put off until Tuesday. Socialist and Peasant groups announced they would abstain In the previously scheduled vote which would have implied con- I i;i i night decided Mill. whether or not I. I til U'-'l' i Make Freiaht tidence in th.? government while . . Rates Equal Lee Sang Cho said the p. an "seems in the main to be In accordance with our principles." The Reds said they would study the plan overnight. The plan demands a clear-cut assurance frGm the Reds that agreement on a tentative ceasefire line would not be an end of the shooting before a full armistice is signed. .id ar,,'" a iiuirtai ui ir Kiiitic (Canada) i u r ui permission from 3:,. mill ilepuiy minister 4-(Mlitn-s, is expected ,w ucik n:i a week's survey of t.!i !cjlr.iw system which ,,; ripinly deteriorating, liui.y lias proposed to ill-lf m rhai (!! a temporary .h.i ii .11 provide 500 ad-, p . phones. Present sys-In- repaired hi last ;r."i'' years. Committee of Parliament at Ottawa Has Big Job Communists and DeGaulllsU made it clear they would join forces against Pleven. With the Socialists and Peasants abstaining, it was thought, the government parties could muster only about 215 votes in the Nat ional Assembly, the lowvr house of Parliament, against 221 for the Communists and De-Gaullist opposition. No Denial by I Gen. Ridgway TOKYO. - (ienerul Matthew Rid)! way rtvcaUd yesterday that a report ol Communist atroili"S against United Nations troops OTTAWA. Committee of Parliament Is now considering a railway freight rate policy de May Run tor i , the city must place lm a new automatic i, tlw i-.mvim, uhiH signed to meet Canada s economy and its prospective industrial growth. Such a policy is not easy to attain. Canadian Industry is still, K Hi tallnl in about three :','X . . . ROYAL COUPLE AT ST. JOHN'S-HMCS Ontario slowly moves into the dock at St. John's, Nfld., bringing Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada's newest province as their Canadian tour drew to a close Sunday morning. In the background is the harbor through which they sailed Monday for England. This photo is by Jack Judges. (CP from Toronto Telegram) Mayoralty i to a large extent sectional, and General Kidi;way cast no rj ir, .. .v lor the project have to come be- doubt on tiie charges of Lieutenant-Colonel James M. 11-jn- Aid. H. M. Daggett has not yet in.' ai a laier oaie. H f Oi.iss.-y told council regarding massacre of the made up his mina as to whether he will be a candidate for the Equalizing of Allies Make ut cost of the new v"M"" oi war uui cxpre.sseu . .. i-i.-,t',.t llwt Ir... ,.)....-..... ,...1 On Lobor Front Terrace Workers Vote to Strike Seventy-five sawmill workers of Little, Haugland ti Kerr Ltd., i Terrace, .will strike if further negotiations now broken off ate ; not resumed. In a governmcnt-I supervised strike vote held Tues-' day, 72 per cent of the cm- population and markets are very unevently distributed. The Maritime provinces suffer from their distance from adequate markets. The central provinces, Ontario and Quebec, possess more of a "compact economy," with a greater industrial development and larger population. The western prov- incps lnnk In unrld markets to mhi not be available "" "-" " , i tvimeirw when th been ls.-ucu 111 cu-oi cliaat loll mayoralty at the civic election in December. The foimer mayor said this wlLh Wa.-.hin had fceeii .irnve at a figure-from I mi 'inii'ii 2-Mile Gain morning that several people had suggested to him that he enter u .i!)i"Ml expenditure' ' reipm,', Crash at i Oakland Two Transport Planes Collide and Three Die OAKLAND, Cal.-tJi Two transport planes collided over Oakland airport today. One crashed and its crew of SldOtKi lor a complete ''l-l "i-ht Coiiiaiuntst ra-iii.eie counler-.s.i('ie by the against Coin- the field and that he was considering the matter. Freight Rates OTTAWA P -Equalization of freight rates in Canada Is going to take about live years, two rai'way experts Friday told the House of Commons special com J tin' Ii inside and ouUide enarges 01 in if ' hi- s v.-l mi i United Nation. Entry of Aid. Daggett would make a three-cornered contest. SEOUL (CP) An Allied divi-, absorb a large part of ils agri. sion, supported by tanks, today cuUural production, but Alberta, smashed ahead nearly two miles at least witn its oil and gas in a surprise attack along a development may well look to nine-mile front in central Ko- a conjiiderable expansion of Its . '.he company would nmnh.ts. ui as iiiiK'li as we are," ; jil.iyuis voted in favor. Kmployces are asking for the coastal agreement Instead of the interior agreement provisions under which they arc now operating. Uillereijce in wages is 'JO to i cents an hour, and a 40- f nynr "jf the people mittee studying the government's Aid. Harold Whalen has announced already that he will run. Mayor H. F. Glassey confirms that he will be a candidate for re-election. re-, , - - secondary industries. Mineral The Reds were knocked off 11 diSC0Veries m recent years have i 'In" inuiiey bylaw, the .ui.i Uii y know it." .-.qua! ization bill. Bequest for The" estimate came from Leon three died. The other, its rudder carried mils by eany auernoon. helped to broaden the industrial 'jmrrr ( a-i v objected to ine Allies advanced so speed- j horizons of several provinces. ..it. 'in tinns" of the n.iur ween compared to present away, managed to land at San iiour week. Main features of the legisla- BC Sisters ity that tne Chinese had no time to counter-attack. '! ilk.' this now-or-tievi FrancLsco airport. A great fire broke out as the transport crashed. ... . . . i tion are that under it railways Jwill as , far .as possible "charge i tolls to all persons at the same Discount Key.. . To Oil Issue Iv siiid n f.'iTing to the! y'' v"';i'r-n1 that a dc-' ill In needed lmme- d. iivery of the tern- s . i . H, , 't. 5I t .. . -1 I . 1": . i , . 3 it,! LOS ANC.lil.K3 ii.ii DiuW. Men ill's plan lor distributing ttie $12,atiu,(lotl estate, ol Thomas l.r.f uu i.l,',ii,U, ,1 l-'rl.l., '..tll'l- rate whether by weight, mileage ard J. Knowles. Canada's No. 1 freight rale expert, and F. C. S. Evans, vice-president and general counsel of the Canadian I'rri'iHc Railway. ' - - The committee also heard fiom Mr. Knowles a suggestion that the equalization plan could be drafted with the Maritimes excluded as sought by the governments of four eastern seaboard provinces. "I think we should have one Thousands Flee Italian Homes or otherwise." Thus there will be unifoim basic rates across the country, relieving the railways of the burden of the annual cost Missing After Crash Turns up "!ld ""l euar-;the Superior Court had rejectcj n ... . . ,, , , a Claim 01 a later will. !1 11.. a k said he did not , , ., Leading the Issue here is Kiank Howard, president of Lo-.al 1-71, international Wood-A.iiKcrs' Association, Vancouver. "11 negotiations are not re- tuned, tne men will strike," he told The Daily News this morning. "We are waiting to hear from Richard Mahoney, representing Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association, bargaining agents for tne operators." Negotiations for the new agreement which is enjoyed by sawmill workers on the coast d i he company .'iimnanv's s nro- pro- i "w " sei lii oiciiv ANCHORAGE, Alaska Two weeks after he disappeared on a uniform rate scale from Levis, plane flight, a Fairbanks man j Quebec, to Prince Hubert. B.C.. ROVIGO, Italy (CP) Some of maintaining the r?ad beds 150000 persons were reported across the wide linn. i -Lrveen fleeing their homes today in the east and west Canada through Po delta as Italy's worst floods northern Ontario, a region in 50 years conunued the ram- where little traffic originates. S Olive's1!'63"5' ""jc-ROWS NEST RATES By train, truck and boat, vil-! There are some important ex-lagers and city dwellers hurried" eeptions to the equalizing of to safety of the northern coun- freights. Outstanding among walked into an Alaska river divide equally Jia.OtlO Deiween two Vancouver sisters, Eul.ilie, ayed 'M, aud Virginia, 22, unmarried daughters ol the wealthy hunbeiman, I'rentite tiioeiu i. The court uphiid the doeu-nient winch Lee wrote in 1K34, :' ay. but moved that "I th'' li'iaid. or a siml- '1 sl..i;ilil he confirmed '" pal y in writing. as milled to Aid. H. ''a R. ti.in that the city -" a cr.niuiete survey of 'e system . Snowies told the committee in settlemint with the story that rpp'.y to a question from Minister LONDON Dspute over what discount, might oe offered British buyers of Iranian oil is reported to be one of the main stumbling blocks to possible settlement of the Anglo-Iran oil controversy. Reliable informants say Iran has offered to sell Britain up to 70 per cent of its oil production at a price about 15 per cent below the world market lfvel. Britain was reported holding out for a discount of around 40 to 50 per cent, before it consents to recognize Iran's decision to nationalize the billion dollar Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. ne ana nis woman passenger sur-1 of Tl ansport Lionel Chevrier. vlved a crash landing, the Civil i began July 1, he said. The union points out that three other mill naming Merrill, Lees uncle, as operators in the area are giving tryside. Thev fled Rovigo as tor- these are the Crow's Nest rates rents of water began surging k School Aernautics Administration reported Friday. Pilot of the ill-fated light plane was Bob Rouse, foreman of a construction project at Fairbanks. Miss Viola O'Brien, Fairbanks the so.e custodian and ol the their employees coastal agree-raeiio and automobile fortune to m(iit benefits, oivide as he sees lit. j xhey are Columbia Cellulose Lee leaped to h death in Los Co. Ltd., Boyson and Dale, and Hospital VA Puis Up $900 Angeles in I'JjO. ? Classes over the streets. Thousands of others were pulling out of about 40 villages. Since November 8, when high winds aud torrential rains struck northern Italy, millions of dollars of damage has been wrought by Storms ana floods. cafe cashier, who accomapnied ! Makes Substantial Payment him. Is believed to be alive al-l On Account of Modernization ; Fteno Timber Co. The last two !are following provisions of the i agreement, although it is not iyet olllcialiy signed. Negotia-i uoiis are under way, said Mr. ! Howard. and the Maritime rates. The principle of the Crow's Nest rates was established in 1897 when the Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to lower freight charges on grain and flour from the western fields in exchange for a substantial subsidy to construct the railway through the mountains of British Columbia. This lower rate is essential to western producers to enabie them to get their grain to world (ellulose Co. though needing warm clothing. 'Fund Pledge City To Finance Public. Meeting Truman Considers Mossedegh Plan WASHINGTON, D C. Non- -committal on the matter. Presi- The Women's Hospital Auxil-! iary, at a largely attended i monthly meeting held in Civic Centre, authorized the treasurer i to i-ssue, a check for $900 to the Another Taft Seeks Office UNUSUAL VISITOR FELPHAM, Sussex, England A frequent visitor here is a "white blackbird." This bird, des- Royal Couple Back at Home VICTORIA. The city council will finance a public meeting at markets. It applies to the Cana dian Nattonal Railways as well dent Truman yesterday promis- "H Sessions j ' Pulp and paper-! '''" i sponsorship of ' Ceilulusp Co'. Ltd.,: Tuesday night at wnional High School ' lir.st of ten lectures by TcKuul on "Forestry 56 Peopie already have' '! lor the 10-week Ui Uuswcll, personnel .said tiKlay. Classes are ,r lurthcr registration mH night, the dead- which all candidates in the cribed as of an exceedingly rare forthcoming civic election will be species. Is tame and feeds from as the CPR and it covers the ed to give careful consideration transport to Fort William at the to the appeal of Premier Mossa- heard from one platform. the hand. CINCINNATI Charles P. Taft.' Hospital Modernization Fund as brother of Senator Robert A. Taft Part payment of the $1200 pledge (R) of Ohio, has announced his to equip a semi-private room in candidacy for the Republican the new wing, nomination for Governor of Ohio. 1 A committee was appointed to Charles Taft. who like his bro- I' after the ' decoration of ther is an attorney, has been Christmas trees to be placed in head of the Great Lakes, to Van- degh of Iran for a loan. LIVERPOOL (CP) A 21-gun salute and cheers from thousands of Britons today welcomed Princess Elizabeth and the Duke couver and Prince Rupert on the Pacific Coast, and the port of Churchill bn Hudson Bay. The concession to Maritime Droitiinenl. in church work, in the various waras bedside stools V Edinburgh back home from a Dolitlcs and in civic entemrises Purchases of ti, united st ,.tBJ ! traffic is a 20 per cent reduc Celanese Net, Sales Off in Third Quarter tion on all freight between Levis, Stepping ashore '"' from the ",c Em l,it h lt Oi.bpi- and press of Scotland, the Princess .T1, " ,.,,., and her husband were ushered th?,.Mar A"? " a".i lor many years. " eteciric now ponsner were Charles' announcement was no approved, surprise. He has stumped the The secretary, Mrs. Moore, state for months, meeting with ungate to the Association of party leaders and making Hospital Auxiliaries convention "leeches. held in Vancouver, gave an in- i teresting report on the proceed- ' i inns. It was noted that there are drove I iviiuimue yiuvmucvs into a waiting car and NEW YORK. Celanese Cor- themselves. This concession, through crowded streets to the operation in its present scope 1 poration of America reported I , !--" L 7 it r,t . . r - - a. I town hall net income for three months On Monday there will be an yi j i , q U.,u. pital auxiliaries now in home at tho lir A Tl I r n nr. cnnn ,m. official welcome since 1927, will continue in force. The new uniform rate policy also will not apply to Joint in-( Continued on Page 5i ended September 30 of $5,670,-847, or 77 cents a share, compared to $9,944,361, or $1.67 a share, a year ago. Sales were $45,427,- tviycAinc Krls.c 0llilahall. " "I the registrants are "! t'tilumbia Cellulose J1;. but a "considerable aff outsiders. j"t, is .umed at assist 'J'l's tu gain general ui each phase of the ' epcral inns and to give T public an Idea "of a'e doing," explained B charge for the ""eh will feature 10 "l woodlands opera-""0 cumponents, kralt J pulp processes, sul-"ciss. dissolving pulo uses, paper mak-''"'smiig. Lectures will ' Mr. Telford, R. L. u. it. j0iies an(j R. Next meeting will be held in January. . i lOtil against $S3,409,3()4. I Earnings for the first nine Beer Drought Even Drier 1951 Salmon Pack Second Highest Synopsis Temperatures dropped to zero in the east Kootenay region last night. Elsewhere over the Interior they were in the twenties or low thirties. Along the coast thev ranged from thirty to forty. Thera will be some increase In c'oud over the south coast and Sub Report Questioned months amounted to $22,388.-733, or $3 27 a share, compared with $29,989,645, or $5.03 a share, a year ago. Sales totalled $170,-940,107 compared with $169,021,-92. Harold Biancke, president, said the general decline In the I VICTORIA Brewery workvrs I met here Friday to consider the Jitiike situation but there was no VANCOUVER British Colum bia salmon pack up to Wednes- SAN DIEGO The United indication of any relaxation in dru of this week had reached the States Navv doubts the authen- demand for a 3ac per hour wage highest total since 1941. The pack textile business adversely atlect- . .- .. - . c. V ' ' .. ; A ' ts. s : - s3 H central Interior today with showery conditions over the north coast. v be record. l.ic.ity of reports that an uniden- increase, rne Drewcites nave l01 tlp season 'to that date was ed operations for the third quar-tified submarine was seen off offered 25c. I L945.000 cases compared with ter and the decline has contin- San Dicco. Two destroyers went Meantime, the beer drought in the aii time record of 2.248.000 ued since. However, he added. &rm i" t'le soutn coast, tomorrow witn 'lin . f . , ..... ,,,. RimHkH Pisliimhia heeomps even , , ti i- ..a t i ft Orders 1 ttl nhantrt. okciwhoMi rwo iv.o ullL Jnmsuay, i ii cu uejiii cnui g- w. cases in lifti. it io nut cah:i.!icu presein. uiuiua uoiis me WltlU 111C i.i'ue eisewueiu uver uie . mange , ,,: drier n,i nor,. i.,i n.tii ,ov, ih. ;,..i. i, r,M0ii v o uuu muiiu uuwiiiig. i lima oraoiii a uu.ai ivnvii oiiuai'iuu o (lauuauj uiiihv,- I province. I mg. j A Government Liquor Board two miUion case mark. official said no steps had been i . made to import beer to the pro- j Di;p!essis Closes Gambling Resort j vmce. .aaa-M-aMaijaiMliteaidtaiM it' m Hi.m 1 r friMfft 1 1 li B "SjiT-v:. iMiiiilil1iir'n I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Woods and i family are sailing tomorrow night on the Camosun to make j the round trip to Alice Arm and Stewart andthen on . to Van- jHutterites - I Not Wanted Forecast North coast region Cloudy w.ih showers today. Rain tonight. Cloudy with showers tomorrow. Little change In temperature. Wind southerly, 25 miles per hour, becoming southeast (40) tonight and southwest (25 tomorrow morning. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow TIDES l Opening f7ER. - Tfte fetish 'Court of Appeal has , 'e di.st,nct school board thich!! t(5 reopen the . '-n have been closed . weeks. Decision of !;rt rejecting an ap-i, ' a citizen for such reversed. MONTREAL. Premier Maurice Duplessis yesterday ordered the closing down of a big gam Sunday, November 18. 1951 MEDICINE HAT. The Social couver where they will spend the RAF FIGHTER CHIEF Air Marshal Sir Basil E. Embry, Com-mandcr-ln-Chicr, Fighter Command, Royal Air Force, (left) is greeted by Air Vice Marshal F. R. Miller, Vice Chief of Air Staff, RCAF, on Sir Basil's arrival in Ottawa to meet Defence Department officials, and senior RCAF officers. Sir Basil, in Canada for a week's visit, will go to Toronto before leaving for the United States. (CP from National Defence) 17.5 feet Credit party and the Canadian ' next iew weei.5. ouuii aner me 19.0 feet Legion have joined in opposing New Year, Mr. Woods, who re- bling place just outside the High '...'..:.' 4:15 city. In a raid vesteraav 177 ar-: . 15:41 10.2 feet the establishment of a Hutterlte ! cently sold out the Savoy Hotel, 9:45 22:35 Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince rests were made. Complaint was Law Rupert, 40 and 48. made by a parish priest. j 5.5 feet community south of, this city. I expects to return to this district.