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the
Great
Northwest
VOL.
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No.
61
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
MARCH
13,
1951
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Health
and
Welfare
is
Most
Costly
Item-Municipalities
Gain
VICTORIA
(CP)
Finance
Minister.
Herbert
Anscomb
today
brought
down
the
biggest
budget
in
British
Columbia's
history.
Estimating
expenditures
for
the
year
ending
March
31,
1952,
at
$118,269,000,
the
minister
of
finance
told
the
Legislature
that
revenut
in
the
next.
3
And
Half
Billions-
Defence
Costs
Boost
Spending
To
Huge
Figure
.
OTTAWA
(CP)
A
government
spending
program
of
$3,580,915,000,
boosted
by
record
peacetime
expenditures,
was
submitted
to
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
by
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
Bombing
lor
the
coming
fiscal
year.
It
was
$858,300,000
more
than
has
been
approved
to
date
lor
the
current
year
that
ends
March
31.
However,
the'
distance
will
be
narrowed
later
thi.vmonth
when
the
government
seeks
supplementary
votes
lor
some
large
Items
of
1950-51
expense.
-
Defence
expenditures
of
around
$1,700,000,000
With
$1,600,000,01)0
for
the
defence
department
itself
boosted
Mr.
Abbott's
1951-52
estimates
to
the
whopping
total
In
spite
of
an
over-all
reduction
V
;
of
$35,268,000
in
all
department
n
except
defence
and
the
new
fence
production
department.
Defence
department
estimates
i
!
j.
fV
L
k
its
j-
-
rrr
tm
vm
SPENDING
MILLIONS
.
,
.
Hon.
D-utiglatt
Alil
ott
ing
to
create
production
facilr
ities.
The
department,'
set
up
a
few
days
ago,
will
have
spent
about
$7,000,000
by
the
end
of
tills
month.
Dealinc
cnilv
with
pxnenrii-
lures
,
540-page
blue
Uk
-
not
give
any
Indication
of
deft-
cit
or
surplus
for
the
current
or
coming
fiscal
years.
It
contained
110
forecast
of
revenue
for
1951-52.
That
ts
o
cume
auei
uh;
iMoier
ii.-i;caa
m
the
budget
of
the
minister
of
finance
which
Is
expert?d
to
:all
I
for
a
substantial
increase
in
.
are
up
$837,382,000
over
the
amount
authorized
to
data
in
the
current
year,
Mr.
Abbott
estimated
that
rle-,
fence
department
production,
with
allied
crown
companies,
is
going
to
cost
$64,212,000
of
which
$50,000,000
will
be
capital
spend-
Wants
to
Get
Big
Act
HIS
DAT
Minister
of
Finance
Anscomb
introduces
budget
in
"
'
Legislature.
City
Council'
Anxious
To
Plan
at
Once
for
New
Water
System
A
new
water
system
f
or
Prince
Rupert
is
to
be
the
immediate
study
of
City
Engineer
D.
C.
Stewart.
A
thorough
survey
of
the
present
system
with
a
view
to
replacing
it
was
recommended
last
night
by
City
Council
at
its
regular
meeting.
.
var-
is
Are
tiing
on
I')
American
froops
ft
into
yudnng
Unlay
control
of
the
vil
-laltalion
of
Chinese
11
miles
southeast
and
less
than
three
iii'st
of
the
Chinese
area.
United
(ill
Division
patrol
the
town
Monday
hdrew
after
a
brief
iIoiir
the
70-mlle
I
Nations
forces
ip
strangely
elusive
North
Korean
sold-
ird
the
38th
paral-
arhcad.s
of
three
is.
closing
In
on
iv
within
25
miles
boundary
between
nth
Korea.
v
in
vent
'CP)
-
One
man
another
injured
a
Canadian
Na-
Ivs
freight
train
.wait
i
gravel
slide
at
14
miles
north
of
iiecr
E.
C.
Robert-1
Brakcnian
A.
Q.
of
Kamloops,
was
n
condition
is
not
'
body
Mean's
0
Million
Ringing
I
llJ,V
C.
c.
MILNE
I
'line
rang
in
il1'0-
of
Canada,
4
know
It's
'
tmt'
1IM
!l
Utn.9
i.
"
i
Tle)
call
hack
ai'l
'''f.
1,lu"le
almost
'f
latted
It.
iu
open
a
store
r,11,Us
10
kow
if
a
E't
mount,
i.......n
,
jl
,
'
"uwiiaue,
I
wild?
And
when
ll
...
I
Olllv
mljih
it's
going,
in
Wnbia.
Evervhnrtu
n,
Mean's
act-a
""milium
nroteft.
lP
billing
right
"
u.
st
thinu
thut'a
the
railwau
iin..
At
this
wrltlnir.
ltive
assnranre
'
through.
But
juscs
a
fresh
crop
r
-iiipany
is
ul
moves.
The
Pits
it
to
The
Jf
miiiiun
on
'utiles;
f,
the
'
found
yet.
If,
7
ee
going
to
"pment,
some
?nrves
in
a
hurry.
W
,
out
a
mtIe
renting
sume
of
yy-
Aealnst
'lu'Pment
we
una
d
anH
..11
..
ls.tibackgroun.
Is
doing:
.
f'T'nt
btrac-IVatHlerhoo,.
0n
lh
T'
w..n
Slle
nn
House
Passes
Hospital
Hike
VICTORIA
The
bill
amending
tlie
Hosptal
Insurance
Act
to
provide
for
Increased
premiums
and
payments
for
the
first
ten
I
days
in
hospital
was
given
!
second
reading
in
the
Legislature
',
yesterday
by
a
vote
of
32
to
12.
Four
Coalitionists
M.
P,
Fln-nerty,
Blmllkameen;
W.
A.
C.
Bennett.
South
Okanagan;
Andrew
Whisker,
Cowichan-New-castle,
and
Dr.
J.
J.
Oillis,
Yale
bolted
to
Join
the
CCF
and
Tom
Uphill,
Labor,
in
voting
against
the
government
on
the
issue.
.'
Premier
Byron
Johnson,
speaking
briefly,
said
he
had
no
apology
to
make
for
hospital
insurance.
Troop
Train
Case
Starts
PRINCE
GEORGE
(CP)
The!
court
case
born
of
the
Rocky-1
Mountain
troop
train
disaster
j
last
fall
started
today
In
this
northern
British
Columbia
city.!
Preliminary
hearing
of
a
man-
slauRhter
charge
opened
in
police
court
against
tall,
bespectacled
Alfred
John
Atherton,
22,
former
Canadian
National
Railways
telegrapher
at
Red
Pass.
Atherton
Is
alleged
to
have
relayed
a
train
order
incorrectly,
resulting-,
in
4he
head-on,
col-
iiNtan',
;
November"!;
at'
Canoe;
River,.'
in
which
21
persons
lost
their
lives.
Typhus
Is
Bad
Enemy
a
rpport
tnat
typhus
In
Korea
has
wiped
out
an
equivalent
of
two
Chinese
Red
divisions
20,-
000
men
This
report
directly
contradicts
a
statement
from
Kiphl.h
Army
headquarters
in
Korea
only
two
days
ago
that
there
was
no
confirmed
evidence
of
anv,
typhus
.epidemics
among
troops.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Maltiliti
tlbtan..flM
I'!
..
..
I
Vwnnn.4.
N.n.iL
n
.mi,-.
game
best
of
five
series
)
Trail
8,-
Kimberley
8.
(Trail
leads
best
of
five
Series
2-0,
one
game
t!f
U
STOCKS
Johnston
t'o.
l
td.)"
Aumaque
.23
Beattle
60
Bevcourt
47
Bobjo
14V2
Buffalo
Canadian
26
Consol.
Smelters
139.50
Conwest
2.30
DonaWa
,.
,.51
Eldona
East
Sullivan
8.50
Giant
Yellowknife
7.20
God's
Lake
.38
Hardrock
25
Harrlcana
.14
Heva
12
Hoseo
.6'a
Jacknlfe
.06
Joliet
Quebec
.61
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
85
Lynx
15
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.37
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.49
.McLeod
Cockshutt
3.10
'
Moneta
.35
Npsur
95
Noranda
79.25
I.otivleourt
.:
20
Pickle
Crow
1.71
Regcourt
41j
San
Antonio
,
2.55
Senator
Rouyn
'22
Sherrit
Gordon
3.20
"
Steep
Rock
8.80
sturgeon
River
..
.14V4
Silver
Miller
1.43
B.C.
Project
Into
Low
Gear
hi
-Financial
Post!
the
Vancouver
office
of
and
the
Alcan
executive
taxes
in
suite
of
a
reduction
.,!inlnese
ana
worth
Korean
fiscal
year
was
estimated
at
$118,503,000
which
would
leave
a
surplus
of
$234,000.
No
new
taxes
were
announced.
Expenditures
.
for
the
year
ending
March
31,
1951,
will
be
about
$117,000,000.
Four
years
ago
expenditures
were
about
half
that
amount.
Tlie
biggest
single
item
in
the
budget
is
$27,424,674,
outlay
for
the
health
and
welfare
department,
an
increase
of
$4,400,000
over
the
previous
year.
Mr.
Anscomb
said
that
by
March
31,
1951,
the
compulsory
insurance
scheme
will
be
about
$12,750,000
in
the
red.
Other
main
items
In
the
budget
are
$17,805,388
for
education,
an
Increase
of
$1,374,233
over
the
previous
year;
$12,697,445
for
public
works,
$3,000,000
less
than
last
year,
and
$7,683,625
for
lands
and
forests,
an
increase
of
nearly
$1,000,000.
More
money
will
go
to
school
boards,
rural
schools,
the
Univer
sity
of
British
Columbia,
municipalities
and
social
allowances.
Aid
for
municipalities
will
amount
to
$18,612,520,
an
increase
of
$2,506,315
over
the
previous
year.
The
minister
asked
for
legislation
to
provide
for
additional
borrowing
powers
for
$28,000,000
for
the
development
of
power,
highways,
railway
construction,
flood
control
and
other
public
services.
m
Apart
from
the
provision
for
additional
borrowing
-
powers
amounting
to
$28,000,000
for
tlie
development
of
the
province
including
power,
highways,
railway
construction,
flood
controf
and
other
vital
public
services,
perhaps
the
most
striking
features
in
the
budget
address
were
the
analysis
of
the
fiscal
relations
between
the
province
and
the
federal
government,
which
Included
studies
of
the
relative
tax
contributions
by
provinces
to
the
federal
treasury
and
the
analysis
of
the
provincial-municipal
relations.
With
respect
to
the
latter,
it
was
shown
that
during
the
coming
fiscal
year
municipal
financial
assistance
will
amount
to
the
staggering
sum
of
$27,385,000
as
compared
with
$2,960,000
during
the
first
year
of
the
Coalition
government's
administration.
No
other
province
in
Canada
haS-ac-corded
such
generous
financial
assistance
to
tts
municipalities
as
that
given
by
the
government
of
British
Columbia.
Mr.
Anscomb
said."
(Continued
on
page
6)
City
Council
is
Not
Protesting
VANCOUVER
The
city
council
yesterday
refused
to
protest
to
the
British
Columbia
Public.
Utilities
Commission
at
the
application
of
the
B.C.
Electric
Co.
to
increase
power
rates
here.
A'
motion
of
Aid.
Alex
Fisher
to
make
such
a
protest
had
no
seconder.
cloudiness
and
widely
scattered
showers
today.
Overcast,
t-onlpht
with
rain
commencing
about,
midnight.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lipht
winds
becoming
southeast
(20)
tonight
and
Increasing
to
southeast
(30)
by
morning.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy
32
and
42;
Sandspit
35
and
42;
Prince
Rupert
35
and
42.
t
'
t
M
forwarded
to
the
provincial
government.
Aid.
T.
B.
Black
thought
it
would
not
be
befoie
1952
that
money
for
the
Job
could
be
borrowed
from
th?
government
and
it
would
not
be
until
1953
that
anything
would
have
to
be
paid
by
the
city.
"But
by
all
means,"
he
said,
"we
should
get
at
the
job
of
surveying
now
we
know
how
long
it
takes
to
get
such
a
plan
approved."
Aid.
Black
also
sug-
Bested
that
the
old
line
be
left
in
if
possible
for
a
subsidiary
supply.
A
renewal
-
of
the
laterals
would
be
included
in
the
survey,
council
decided.
No
particular
reason
for
I05-.
of
pressure
during
the
cold
weather
had
been
determined,
said
Aid.
Ca.sey.
The
reservoir
vow
"still
comparatively
empty."
It
was
Mowing
the
coldest
nicrht
of
the
winter,
March
5,
that
the
.pressure
began
to
fail
Pay
Increase
cent
of
their
wages.
"That
ts
as
far
as
we'll
go."
raid
the
mayor.
The
employers
had
not
yet
responded,
however,
and
City
Clerk
R.
W.
Long
was
Instructed
to
ask
for
an
Immediate
reply
to
the
city's
offer.
BASKETBALL
PLAY-OFFS
Tuesday
"
:0
p.m.
Booth
vs
Annunciation
7:45
p.m.
Cooks
vs
Rupert
Hotel
8:30
p.m.
Hi-Gold
vs
Fashion
In
Rome
Explosions
at
Italian
Foreign
Ministry
and
American
Embassy
ROME
(CP)
A
bomb
exploded
last
night
outside
Italy's
Foreign
Ministry,
Chlgi
Palace,
shatter
Ing
several
-windows
In
a
block
in
downtown
Rome.
No
one
was
Injured.
An
hour
later
a
second
bomb
exploded
in
the
garden
of
the
American
Embassy
several
blocks
away.
There
was
no
damage
and
no
one
was
injured
there
either.
Police
reported
that,
with
the
fragments
of
bombs,
they
found
bits
of
leaflets
signed
bv
the
"Black
Legion"
warning
against
any
accord
in
London
.
which
would
forfeit
Italy's
claim
to
the
return
of
Trieste
territory.
Protests
at
Power
Raise
Strong
objection
to
proposed
Northern
B.C.
Power
Company
rate
hikes
was
raised
last
night
by
Aid.
H.
S.
Whalen.
speaking
to
City
Council
on
behalf
of
the
hospital
board.
Aid.
Whalen
said
that
the
present
annual
electric
bill
for
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
amounted
to
$8,133.22.
At
the
new
rates,
this
would
be
increased
by
100
per
cent.
"This
is
far
out
of
line
for
hospitals,"
he
said,
giving
com
parative
figures
of
lighting
costs
to
hospitals
in
other
areas.
North
Vancouver's
hospital
paid
$3,844;
St.
Mary's
Hospital,
New
Westminster,
$2,269;
Duncan
Hospital,
$1,552;
Vernon,
$1494;
and
Pentlcton,
$3,228.
"Our
hospital
should
get
a
better
deal
as
far
as
electricity
is
concerned,"
Aid.
Whalen
said
Council
referred
the
matter
to
the
utilities
committee
for
report.
Aid.
T.
B.
Black
said
later
he
thought
;he
increase
In
the
an
nual
cost
would
amount
only
to
eight
percent,
adding
that
the
offer
was
still
open
for
the
hos
pital
to
instal
their
own
substation.
TheWeather
Synopsis
Today
promises
to
be
fine
in
most
parts
of
the
province.
Temperatures
will
be
mild.
There
will
be
a
few
showers
along
the
north
coast
and
over
the
mountains
In
the
intrrlor
while
elsewhere
skies
will
be
generally
sunny
by
afternoon.
Last
night
temperatures
ranged
around
35
on
the
coast
while
in
the
interior
they
were
around
20
in
the
northern
sections
and
25
to
30
in
the
southern
valleys.
Maximums
today
will
range
from
35
and
45.
A
new
storm
Is
developing
rapidly
about
900
miles
off
the
coast
and
rain
is
expected
on
the.
north
coast
tonight
spreading
to
j
the
south
coast
by
morning.
Forecast
1
North
coast
region
Variable
hard
to
say
right
now
T
.l..i.
1,
nrll
...
i
uim
l
nnuw
.
.
.
r
ui
l
in
about
three
years."
the
Nechako
River,
2.
Building
an
11-mile
"access
road"
from
the
Gardner
Canal
along
the
Kemano
River
to
the
,.
..
:
sue
oi
tne
powerhouse
3.
3.
Buildlne
Building
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TIDES
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Wednesday.
March
14,
1951
J
High
5:01
18
3
feet
18:08
14.7
feet
Low
11:54
7.2
feet,
-
23:23
10.5
feet
TODAY'S
(Courtesy
8.
1.
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
..
.30
Bralorne
-
7.00
B
R
X
.04
Cariboo
Quar'z
1.30
Congress
.8?4
Iledley,
Mascot
.64
Indian
Mines
i;
.20
Pend
Oreille
...
7.75
Pioneer
2.fi.ls
Premier
Border
13?
Privateer
,
:
814
Reeves
McDonald
4.25
Reno
06
Sheep
Creek
1.63
Sllbnk
Premier
34
Taku
River
07
Vananda
IS
1
Salmon
Gold
,.
-3'a
spud
Valley
AV2
v
Silver
Standard
1.
2.50
Western
Uranium
1.55
oils
Anglo
Canadian
...
0.15
A
P
Con
41
Atlantic
2.95
Calmont
1-H
C
E
'.
12
00
Central
Leduc
2.47
Home
Oil
.,
18.00
Okalta
:
2.65
Pacific
Pete
9
35
Princess
.
1-50
Royal
Canadian
.9',
2
TORONTO
Athona
.08
Aid.
George
Casey,
board
of
works
committee,
first
recum-mendied
the
city
engineer
be
instructed
to
make
a
complete
survey
for
a
new
pipeline
from
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Company
power
house
to
Shawatlani
Lak?
pump
house.
Said
Aid.
D.
F.
Fitch:
"We
know
our
water
system
is
In
terrible
condition.
Our
plan
really
is
for
a
total
rehabilitation-"
"And
I
suggest
there
be
no;
longer
delay.
Get
at
it
as
fast
as
possible,"
said
Aid.
Doug.
Friti-zell.
Mayor
G.
W.
Rudderham
s:i't
that
the
city
"can't
pet
out
of"
spending
another
winter
w't'i
the
present
wat.-r
system,
but
it
could
"make
a
thorough
study
of
fhc
whole
job"
necessary
to
iu-st.al
a
new
.system.
A
plan
for
a
practical
system
will
be
drawn
up
by
Mr.
Sf.wartl
for
approval
by
the
council,
tli?n
BUDGET
AWAY
UP-
City
Limits
At
least;
$60,000
more
will
be
spent
by
the
city
this
year
than
in
1950.
Aid.
T.
B.
Black
told
City
Council
at
last
night's
meeting.
Last
year's
budget
was
for
$547,-000.
j
Mainly,
the
Increase
would
Include
higher
school
costs,
nod
a
hike
in
cWic
employees'
wages.'
The
wage
increase
Is
expected
to
cost
the
city
$20,000
more
this
year.
1
Mayor
O.
W.
Rudderham,
re-j
nnrtlnnr
for
the
wage
committee,'
said
civic
employees
had
been
offered
an
inorease
of
eight
per
wharf"
at
Kitimat,
proposed
site
of
the
smelter
and
townsite.
Those
are
the
concrete
facts
which
encourage
phone
calls
such
as
the
Alcan
executive
received.
They're
also
encouraging
tlie
B.
C,
construction
Industry
to
take
a
good
look
at
the
jolj
and
at
itself.
From
Victoria,
it's
reported
that
eight
of
the
big
gest
companies
may
pool
their
rcsoufces
to
bid
for
some
of
the
work.
The
interested
firms:
Emil
Anderson,
Bennett
&
White,
B.
C.
Bridge
&
Dredging,
Campbell-Bennett;
Dawson
&
Hall,
Wade
&
Co.,
Central
Construction,
and
Marwell
Construction.
MONTHS
MAY
COUNT
mis
"insurance"
will
cost
Al-
can
several
million
dollars.
But
what's
that,
they
ask,
against
the
saving
of
time
when
the
green
light
flashes?
Time,
in
this
case,
is
not
a
question
of
weeks
or
months;
it's
measured
in
years
three
years
for
the
first
stage;
five
years
for
the
full
project.
But
if
war
demands
a
sudden
expansion
in
our
aluminum
output,
months
may
count
-and
Alcan
will
be
ready.
World
expansion
of
aluminum
use
turned
Alcan's
eyes
to
the
search
for
new
power
sites
(Continued
on
page
8)