PROVINCIhl LIBRARY .1- ,1 i i .. ;r jw x.. S23le.CIAL LI2.V.r:, ORMES Llfl Tjv:::;:::!, t. c. .-DRUGS I DAILY DELIVERY. CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER DISPATCHED Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XL. No. 250 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 PRICE FiVIS CENTS i ies Results- Labor Seen Somewhat Stronger In British Election Today L IT" Tory Odds 10 or EM m mum m RIVER- IS rns m the British 3:3(1 this afternoon I neck and neck race NEC m I Lessening Conservatives Still Confident of , Victory, However LONDON (CP) -Millions of Britons trooned Lo 3 33 ETp IIS) for. Mim MM .ativi's " - 10 ,l . 1 r'ed 603 .. 625 t.- will h pniint- i(' M . " liL,. 1 11 , t in i, tut t-euiuuiUcr iu-Ui uaiiui boxes today the critical general election that marked the second (and possibly the I Boy Spared Former Queen of !r , Portugal Passes Diversion Of Waters To Raise Income Tax to Meet Old Age Pension Cost Meet last of Winston Churchill's re I rrom IUIII I ixoose V I J l J JM. lentless ellorts to unseat the VERSAILLES 0 Former I socialist government or Prime i . . i ! Queen Marie Amelia of Portugal I . - ... i Minister Clement Attke. The j NEW WESTMINSTER d- Trie died today. She was 86 years of lAMrlll P"11 close at 9 p m. which is i death sentence on 17-year-old age. JUMUll jl P"- Pacific Standard Time, i t ranc's Stephen Sykes of Mis-1 s I 'By late afternoon earlv returns ! sinn ha hen rnmmniPfi in life Accident in . Galley Death Such Is Latest Claim in ' Ocean Falls Murder Trial At Vancouver VANcdlJVER (CP) Testimony that Joseph Ferguson died accidentally was heard yesterday at the murder trial of Winfred Stanfield Young. Ferguson, second cook on the American freighter .Washington, was fatally stabbed at Ocean Falls June 26. Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables testified that Young, chief cook, first said to them: "Oh. hell, I'm guilty. I iiurUnce to B.C., should start coming In.i ! .mprhonment. Early reports indicated that! H, haf, been, convicted June 2 voting throughout the morning ; ol lne s:x-siayjn,, oI 13-year-old ntir of Fisheries 16 OTTAWA Hon. Paul Martin, minister of health, announced today that personal Income tax would be increased two percent as part of the plan to help finance the new $1,000,000.00 universal old age security program. There will also be an Increase of two percent in the corporation tax and two percent of the general sales tax will be earmarked fov the pension fund; starting January 1. Afler Januaiy 1 there will be a $40 a month pension for every Canadian over seventy years of age. The income tax increase will become effective July 1 next and the corporation tax January 1. Under the plan the maximum a person will be expected to contribute to the personal income tax is $60 per year. Mighty Blast Change Course of Swift Interior River VANDERHOOF (CP) Man on Wednesday pulled the Nechako River out of its hed for the first time in history. The incident marked completion of the first step in the Prince Gets Eight Salmon Koyal Couple Continue Hi liday Head for Nanaimo Tomorrow i Laura Grant whose nude body was found In a pasture near her j homi. He had been sentenced to I be handed December 11. ! Sheriff Frank Cotton of New limstcr of flsneries, "".". ,d,v Ihai he will fly , Weather, which had been ack,y for a confer- SoV and cl(i whP" rwilj open- Noiu Pacific fisher- ed at 7 a m tur"ed during thp nifirninu 1 Tk... :, .-.. 1 was advised Wed Westminster stminsti .day h by -sending a five-man uiipieceuenieu , EjllZU' went , w p ,, Wh also Include "l,e. ot voting during the fir.,t "crVvw of state "at VICTORIA O-Princess ,r, u.pu.y minister Ihe t h 7lnct a"d ,fhP ml Dr. O. L. Hart .1 , been commuted. . : h'ng ?n tn S,l,'ail Settling Down Georgia New Deal Aluminum Co. of Canada's $550,000,000 project te build a stabbed Jjim." i. nilnt.w",! utiitinn ' '"'"x-i vtinvc uixiiy, one Ul jus Wednesday. Philip caught eight grilse young salmon weighing is sending ten " mighty power dam and aluminum plant in the heart of tha British Columbia north coun Estimates f the exbected "much greater than last time." Peace Talk To about two pounds. An information officer, re iThe majority of tnese early vot- Tory majority have been scaled ,i the nartv ex- ,uu uie rx , vy pal ,.,,,, pm ers wnnM would ho be Riieiuliiit. Socialist govern unvprn. try i!0n BCHIS ojrting on the royal couple 10'iday activities at Eagle Crest in Japan about two "c i Survey of reports from virtu- 1,-,,,,.t is of first allv everv majf area ' the ment supporters balloting before they went to factories and Industrial plants. Even as Air War Continues In Korea Both Sides Suffer Losses Later, they said, Young explained that he and Ferguson were alone in the ship's galley. Turning, Young said he lound Ferguson standing over him in a menacing position, holding a large pot of beans. Young had reached behind him for a kitchen knife to defend himself. Ferguson had lunged forward and Impaled himself on the blade. Although the wound was small, I to British Colum- f"""' wnaniduve Every Indication Is that they uiiii.sl r of fisheries ", "V 7 . : . . v The official said that theMthe Socialists) have succeeded Lodge, said the Princess did not ' ilp a line. She wore a blue rain- VICTORIA if A new deal for ;oat and hood with calf-high hospital insurance of non-regis- l'bber boots. rrants and delinquents is includ- PhiHp wore a tweed Jacket .d In four changes in a plan an-and grey flannels. - j nounced Wednesday by the min- The motorboat was handled i I ter of health and welfare. Hon. layers of this pro- MUNSAN, Korea (P Following .he" deferred acceptance yester-lay by the Communists of Pan- number of people who cast ballots between 7 and A a.m. was f uitoied considerable in getting out a big vote," the official said. Between 9 a.m. and noon, the .nunion as the site for renewal ?f Korean armistice talks, Red and Allied five-man delegations !ln.' protection and a of salmon. Consc- livl we have a right st when it comes." source said, the polling appeared by E. L. Boullbee. one of the A. D. Turn bull, on the eve of the to be running about two per owners of the lodee. Phillu did snscial session of the Legislature. Three bulldozers and a dragline closed a 100-foot gap in a cofferdam to send foaming wat- , ers through a 1500-foot diversion tunnel. Site of the new dam has been drained of water and dam construction work will now begin. The damsite is 60 miles soutn-west of this bustling central interior town. Earlier Wednesday a -deafen-! ing dynamite blast had freed I the lower end of the tunnel so the water could flow through. 1 More than 1200 pounds of powder set off the blast which .' buried lock and shaved boulder 1 hundred of feet into the air. an artery had been cut. Fergu- Churchill onto the deck wu iinu lull uirao . . , xgain today. It is their first !?" kta"erf,1 he where collapsed and died. cent greater than in the 1950 not take the tiller. : Mr. Tuinbull said that none election. During the morning it rained of the changes, all interim recom- Conservatlves said they were hard and the reyal couple stay- rtiendations of the recent board confident that these ballots ed indoors. In the afternoon it ot inquiry, required legislation. meeting since August 22, the day before the Rds broke off dis-tirjlonr after charging that, an IDES - lihpllprP 1IIJWICVI October 2(1. 1951 were ai leasi evenly mviaea u c'. -ared off enough to allow them Th. chanaes are: Weather I not lavoraoie to us. t fish and take a waik around i 1 1. Introduction of a system i Allied plane had bombed and "trafed the old conference site (f Kaeson.- ' '- - -i . - , I liH'lMm Dtv Suit KUrU4 By Winston Churchill. ; rnc source, who a-sKed not lo 225-acre estate .surrounding ;rrr non-reclstrants and deUn-1 j be lucntined. said estimates ol thr lodge. quenti can become eligible by' (the Conservative majority have1 rhilin carried a shoteun but navine one vear's Dremiums bvi 10::5a '"21 4? 4:14 18:40 18 2 feet 16 0 fort 6 8 feet 7,5 lect Synopsis Co'd air from the interior of The entire construction camp LONDON ORt. Hon. Win- j been scaled down now. They are nr. pheasants were sighted. 'November 30 and agreeing, to the province was sweeping down!of 900 nad ben Put n the alert, the coastal inlets this morning I Hardrock drillers, caterpillar . s(on Churchlll sued the London ' talking about a majority of 3d n was a peaceful, restful day pay off the rest in instalments, f 11. England f Own- Daily Mirror, pro-Labor news-i to 45 seats. : for the Print-iss and her husband . 2. Reduction of the 30-day i and temperatures will be gener if .'el hi; idlums wvie re- papei, for libel today for a gen-j This estimate was. 11) laci, me after a wearying round of offi- waiting period to fourteen days; Siiipii they found their cral jlection eve spread saying one held by independent anai- Cjai receptions. With cooler but and allowing a period of seven it tis; with the mooring that Labor Is the party "you can during the last four days, dearer weather forecast, the lavs grace on payments. j lux on; ground TOKYO A comparative lull fell over the Korean battlefields today as truce negotiations re-opened In Panmun-j:m. But jet fights raged for the fifth straight day. In the air. Allied and Communist jets tangled in two brisk skirmishes. One t .munist plane was damaged. There was no report: of Allied losses. , 4 But the culprits turn- really trust to defend peace. .conservative suppui lcis, now- coupie aiso nave today free at 3. Acceptance of "terminal : operators, cooks and foremen alike crouched in corners of. buildings and under beds. So swift is the water in the canyon where the dam will be built that engineers nave not yet been able to determine tha exact nature of the river bottom on which the great earth fill will rest. De rats who chewed Exact nature of the libel is not ; ever, had talked of majorities tag:.' Crest, 106 miles north ot i cases" who are paid up and : ally colder tonight in most mainland areas by Friday morning. At Prince George a mew October record was set with 13 below as compared with the previous mark of 4 below set in 1935. Temperatures in the southern interior were mistly just above freezing while on the coast running from 70 to 100 seats. stated. here, before they resume their recommended bv their doctors as Canadian tour Friday when they , fsponsibllitv of British visit Nanaimo In the morning. ; b a Hospital' Insurance. ROYAL HOLIDAY SPOT i cross on mmus crusader lo van- 4. "Regularizing" of practice, a'ready provided for in the Act, o( suspending indefinitely ar- minimums were in the mid- The Panmunjom agreement. vars of persons of very limited ; setting up new security rules, had thirties. Cloudiness is decreasing as the dry polar air moves southward and most interior and south incomes who pay for the current j been signed Monday by Allied six months and allowing them , and Red liaison officers and ! couvcr to board the Canadian ; National Railways royal train with stops at Chillhvack, Boston Bar and Edson enroute to Ed- ; monton whvre they are due Sat- I urday, i Thb morning the royal couple went Into the woods and saw j loggers topping fir and spruce i tree:;. coverage. ratified a few hours later by the j coast points will be sunny today Prince Dies-Flag Half Staff The flag over the Swedish consulate here flies at half mast today, The reason is that Prince Carl, a brother of the late King Gustave, died yesterday. I . sCH' H 13, v (Allied truce delegation, the Reds j In the north coast it will re-delaying their approval for 48 , main cloudy due to a weak storm hours, , I bu. there will be very little pre- The Red ratification came i cipitatlon from this disturbance. j after the Chinese Communist i Forecast Hospital Meet More Friendly leader, Mao ize-iung, naa can- 1 , . n 11 11 1 r 1 n 3 ! p vi-wl T 5 Would Settle Dock Strike ed upon the United States to i.ttle the Korean war by peaceful means, AIR WAR CONTINUES Meantime, while ground fighting seems to have subsided, the j North coast region - Cloudy ; today and Friday. Rain showers I on Queen Charlottes and over I open waters. A few snow flurries I tonight at heads mainland in-I lets in north portion. Little change in temperature. Light easterly winds except northeast : (201, some mainland Inlets, be- dhere was "a mucl. niendlier" atmosphere at the annual B.C. hospitals Association convention 1 - : .... ... t-w his year than in 1950, reports air war continues. Allied planes Top United States Trouble She lter Arrives in New York C. Stevenson, Prince Rupert Sees End of War in Korea NEW YORK United Nations Secretary General Tiygve Lie expressed confidence today that there would be an early settlement of the war Ui Korea as a result of the resumed truce talks. The war theie might come to an end within a month. Often settlements of this kind camp stiddenlv. clashed with 150 Communist jets General Hospital administrator, ' m another blazing battle as B-29 : T I'J i-acie estate near Qualicum Beach. 108 miles nortn of Victoria, will be home Eiiabcth and the Duke of Edinburgh during their private holiday which started un Vancouver Island- home the cominB ''8nt tftis afternoon and wno recenuy reiurueu 110m me ; Superforts pressed NEW YORK ff A United States top trouble shooter came Lo New York yesterday to try suumeusu nai luiugm over open watei. Lows tonight and highs meeting. ! second attack in two days Hon A. D. Tuinbull. minister ; aeanst, nPW Communist, bass (....: I 1 tomorrow at Port Hardy, 32 and 45; Sandspit, 38 and 48; Prince Rupert. 35 and 45. TODAY'S STOCKS 'net untangle the wucat striKe of health and weilare, jold nos- in northwest Korea. '.hat is choking the east coast, -p.tal administrators and direc-; General Matthew Ridgway's The federal mediation director tors: "You and I have both been : headquarters in Tokyo announc- ?yi us S. Ching sent his chief j subject to a lot of unjust criti-! etj that Allied pilots had shot Mdt, Clyde Mills, on a hurried , elsm but we'll just have to live down eight Red jets, probably nlfs'on as cry arose for White through it." drsro d two and damaged ten. 'use intervention In the snow-; Me. Tuinbull told hospital men ; The Fifth Air Force said that strike. I and that, because of fast lal'ing women one superfort and one jet fight- Mills got here a few hours'after i rising costs, the "fixed buget" er were si10l jown and "several ITO seamen threw their weight I which B.C. Hospital Insurance Superforts damaged severely. ,rhind the dock strike and System had advanced last yearl . (t ixirtrkv . II. Johnston Co. Llil.l VANCOUVER American- Standard :. .31 B-alorne 6.00 threatened to make passenger ! would probably be extended in B R X .05 Iners as well as cargo ships idle. , many cases. Rebel American Federation of The provincial government Maggie Back At Halifax 'ibor dock workers have crip-jlcd the vast port of New York as ten? of thousands of tons of sup-ei'ler are backed up. Ships ate also tied up at Bos would, he said, make up the difference between budgeted finances and actual costs or operation where these were unprecedented. The Association passed the resolution that hospitals could not go to the people for finances for operation, but that it would be the responsibility of the provincial government. i f Mi i ? i r.iHi , , . . ' !1 ? .. "H 4 1 t I -T-" J ' I 1 ' ,1,1,1 Tr i - 1 ;li i , '-C'-" ; I, I'll V T X& ! .nJ'i 1. ' ! l-W - 'V. Jv . ! " '.'' - - ... USl: HALIFAX HMCS Magnificent eturned to Halifax yesterday from a' two months' Mediterranean cruise. The commander of the Mag nificent. Capt. Kenn-eth Adams. TORONTO Athona .09 Aumaque ' 33 Beattle .31 . Bevcourt 601', Buffalo Canadian .29 Consol. Smelters 179 00 Conwest 3.75 Do'nalda 39'i Eklona 19 East Sullivan 9.90 ' Giant Yellowknife 11 40 God's Lake 36 Hardrock ; 16 Harricana 08' 4 Heva !. .12 Jollet Quebec"... 45 lj Madsen Red Lake 2 25 McKenzie Red Lake 51 McLeod Cockshutt 2.85 Moncta 33 - Negus .73 Noianda 85.00 Louvicourt 49 Pickle Crow 156 San Antonio ! 2.58 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Oordon 3 85 Steep Rock 7.55 Silver Miller 1.42 Upper Canada .. 1.70 Caribjo Quartz 1.45 Congress 08 Giant Mascot .99 Indian Mines .25 Pend Ouille 9 50 Pioneer 2.10 Premier Border 34 Privateer " 10' Reeves McDonald 6.00 Reno 03 'z Sheep Creek 1.65 Siibak Premier 60 , laku River , 07' j Vananda 18 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley 26a Silver Standard 2.50 Western Uranium 5.80 Cronin Babine 55 Oils-Anglo Canadian 7.85 A P Con 50 Calmunt 1.85 Central Leduc 2.55 Home Oil 17.25 . Mercury 26 Okilta 2.70 ton and Albany, stevedores there minting in sympathy with the New York strike. Air Force material for General Elsenhower's North Atlantic treaty forces in Europe lie on the Newark docks. Stevedores there refuse to touch It. DOCK DISORDER A brief but spirited scuffle jrupted on New York's strlke-becalmed waterfront today when some 100 longshoremen drove '.hrough strikers' picket line. Fist fights broke out but no one was seriously hurt. turns over command to Captain Kenneth Dyer and goes to the Pacific coast to take charge of 'hp establishment at Victoria. Then members of the Magnificent crew, who had been stricken with polio, are at work again. Miles Donald, pioneer Alice Arm mining and transportation man, having arrived from the north on Tuesday, is sailing tonight on the Prince. George for Vancouver, enroute to his home at Upper Blackville, near Newcastle, New Brunswick, to spend the winter. Mr. Donald is still R. G. Benson and his wife re- j tunved recently to Prince Rupert j from the Atlin district where, j for the past year he has been i Forest Ranger, This is the first' ' time there has been a ranger in that area. i French habitant pieces match honey tones of knotty pine wails in suite chosen for t mi "t Eaglecrest, the vacation home on Vancouver Island chosen for the holiday i.ath'Sal "'"Pie. Windows of the suite loo't out across the patio to the sea and a bedroom i are attached to the suile. Polar bear skins and hooked rugs are on the floor. 1 ' (CP PHOTO) Wildcat dock strikers' leaders aid the walkout would spread suffering from the effects of injuries sustained in the Canoe River railway wreck over a year ago and will receive treatment in Vancouver. to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chester, Pennsylvania, today.