2 l 553uj3Qf3nf-SBS A, Vf j VICTORIA. 2. C. .2&3y31 DAILY DELIVERY STAR V tABi NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER RUHO PISPATC'HKn Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' Phono 81 Iv'iVil"' VOL. XL, No. 155 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS n ' r? n sis IFdp Hike In Canadian Freight Rates Is Allowed By Board OTTAWA (CP) Board of Transport Commu-sioners today awarded the railways an interim freight rate increase of 12 per cent. The higher n.tes are estimated to add $54,000,000 a year to Canada's Cost of Living I First Get-Teg Booming Edmonton Mammoth Problem For City Council mm Es Set For TOKYO (CP) Com By GRAHAM Canadian Press EDMONTON (CP) town have given Edmonton tonight to preliminary cease-fire talks in Korea on. FLASHES - FI lABET H COMING OTTAWA Prime Minister St. Laurent announced today that Prince Elizabeth and Prince Philip will visit Canada during October. St. Laurent aid they have accepted an invitation extended to them in London by External Affairs Minister Pearson who is at present overseas. CHARGE OF Ml'RDF.R WEST Sl'MHE KLAND in the country. And they appear destined to become i! tt noutl'l ST! points over the .commander, had proposed such a meeting for tonw-worse before they get better. . t inn hag the commander-m-chtetj 4y-. a lgure' , j row but his spokesman said today '.hut Sunday would Hits New High OTTAWA. The Canadian CCv C. ..Vlr..z ll.jex &uiliieu ta a new high in May. The index ! ttaeMh. ThiVwal an ad- I Jack Guest Eliminated . HENLEY-ON-THAMES ...... v.luu,.u uaiouuui jj Guest was beaten by six feet in I the first round of the Diamond ""s " ui me iwyai neniey Regatta today. He was beaten .......... Kw T?ritr T T, ..1- i oi uenmaric. 1 . io-,rr-uia ---- loromonian ' .".k..,,, a hP'n8 l "Pt the triumph nf 1" hie " lathw J ir,b. -,. ( o who in 1930 won the Diamond. RUPERT WINS AGAIN annual freight Mil. The railways had asked for 89U00.000, chiefly t6 meet higher wage costs. It is the tnira rrmi'T inrrPRK" n rail rates since 1946. ' The new award, while author izing a general Increase, pre scribes a series oi customary inceptions including the west' -rain traffic, Joint rates between Canada and the United Stales md export rates to and from Canadian ports which are kept , ,n a parity with those of competing United States ports. I The board also granted the railwavs permission to Increase to $1 50 from 75 cents their minimum charge for small less than carload shipments. British To Leave Iran TEHRAN ff British oil men prepared final p'sns to get out Hi Iran within Ihc next eighteen (lavs, leaving the Iranians to solve their own problems unless a compromise in the oil national- ization dispute is reached. The British-owned Anglo-Ir-' iian Oil Co. is to complete ruation of British personnel lrom the fields unless negotla-1 linn arp rcKinnerl Thai Revolt Over Army Takes Over Navv f . T5 a XT"' yr Thailand's i Royal Navy was all but liquidated ! wore dismissed and jailed Approximately 73 percent of the naval personnel has been dropped from the service at least l-r six months A general has taken over control of what is left of the Navy. Premier Pibulsonggram, kidnapped by plotters last Friday, hit back swiftly. In suppressing the revolt in thrt nays iignung, me flrmv i had already struck a serious D1J ai me wavy. iue GMpoi u tne . ..c mai nai wavy was caPtured by thft Army ! ji., i. heW Pner uoara me snip. ome, i,lUDDorn "aval units are ; stm holding out In a fort at the ; mnuth nf trio Phn T!i-.-fn Initial. "".jiu.a whi"n flows past Bangkok buti naval tstablisnments elsewhere are under Army control. I Lome Main is Beaten i I ' WIMBLEDON -0 Canada's Lome Main and Miss Barbara ! Knapp of Britain, holders of the ' Canadians doubles title, w ripfpafpft tnriav R-1 fi-5 I Jnnonh ISepll Asboth and Mrs. Suzie Kormoczv of Hungary In the fourth round of the mixed doubles of the all- England tournament. Sunday- General Matthew probably be acceptable. There is no change in the previously agreed date next Tuesdayto start actual . armistice talks at Kaesong, 35 miles north of Seoul near the 38th parallel. Meanwhile an unusual quiet 'has : settled over the 100-mlle Korean oattielront. i xhrpp ffirprs frnm Mf.h side none over the rank of colonel u,iii moot i tho talk and their iob will he oniv - 10 make arrangements for the actual aciuaj armistice armistice talk laiK. Newspaper correspondents " will ?eIMe(i at the pre" I limlnary talk. ' last night, Prince Rupert Alaskans' hoirif rliMmmirl Day week-end by one run; George C lark, 28, was charged Tuesday with murder in the death of his brother-in-law who died early Sunday after ; a wild gun and fist fight. Harold L. Tavender, 43, was found dying at the foot of a 300-foot cliff near his home in this Okanagan Valley town. Police I said an argument preceded a brawl. FIRE UNDER CONTROL ; CAMPBELL RIVER Nat ural or man-made firebreaks ' Tuesday corralled the Camp- j bell River forest fire and rain clouds mingled with a veil of smoke were hanging over cen tral ancouvrr Island, giving promise of early relief a.l- TROTTER Staff Writer Four years as an oil boom the worst growing pains ' contracts already awarded for this year. , The city is so pressed for money It has about decided to turn a four-block downtown area, reserved for years for a civic centre that never mate- rialized. Into a business area where high taxes can be charg ed. A "Miracle Mile" project pro- posed by New York financiers, to give Edmonton an ultra-mod- prn 49?. OHO OOfl pivir pntrp u;a defeated at the polls last year, i nit, ntv fnmrit rnmntrnlier roller F F P r. Orken-' flrkpn- cien uen n saVs says says aumuiiiuu Edmonton's Edmonton' s f future lumie uture capital expenditures will have to k fiinH oimr,ct ontirpi,, n debenture sales and capital bor- rowings because of its greatly- . . . neD elea reserves. He ftas recom- mended that new public works hp restricted -to essentials with- out which the city could not function. I This year the city Increased the tax rate from 49'2 to 56 mills. Then It set out to borrow $15,000,000. j Canadian Investment houses turned thumbs down and the citv failed twice to sell deben-' tures privately In New York. ! Financiers felt the ratio of Ed-; montons bonded debt to its as- sessment more than one-third QI JlU.OUU.UUU Was at ine poilll : where further investment risky. '(Continued on Page 2 . . j 1200 Attend Exhibition 1 Another "successful" night is hnur Prinr-P Rimert Fyhihition - - - - - - - - Z 7 1 luiaance "'to ai ine btoes Digge.si show snow. A A mirinii'ht midnieht crnwrt crowd nf of more more thanSDeoDUnawttemaTn - a traction-the gymnastic dis- nloii fnti featuring t urmrr d Hn7on dozen otn athletes oroa Ketchikan Loses at Home Park by 1 Run houh "d might cause a of the disastrous In a seven inning game Alict., omln Wfr,j T,'ru:u., t t. v v""" " U n Van rfor di.v. unrf irirr,or arrived in th citv h par! '"- fcIAiw kivo.cu Iicwiimoil S LUJJ Lcuiii-uy unc This Drobalv would mean caD-Mnlir "Jn ana tnlS time on thfl this morning from Ootsa Lake011,' Jlmited funJs are being Sr-orp was AA PrinrP Pnr,pvt V,nrl f-,. rr.-n-.n- f: , b Rid-way. United Nations y J - HaK fel CI i i 2 Behind fy Lirie Billy riene piC-hi Chicago White Snx L,f.k to wi.u'.n half a game i,f h" American League lead Tu 'i-y a ni l the New Yo k uti valuable gron: 1 the National League ch.r-" e h'.'-kri the White Sox to :l t 11 ) 1 1 n three-hit "ee-i n victory viinjry over over '.cwland I-iians, enabling lite Sox to nick up half a CX.iny on the pace-setting New York Y&r.kfes '.vha -were idle. Z';:.- o' ' aevrod a 9 to 8 !?-'.' ' 'r j victory over the Phiia-!r : .'"!!'. Plr"ies to pull within tim"-and-:i-ha!f games of the Br vMy Dclr'T-;. The Dodeers rh't.nr. -'' a 4 to 3 decision to the :Bn-l..n Braves. Wa-t'sHigtori Senators upset the B R d Sux 4 to 1. Cinina i'i Reds trmmc-d St. T.ouiK Cardinals 10 to 4 and Pittsbuiu Pirate defeated Chi-cs ;', 2 ti) 0. . Ocf-Cbll Scores Tl'rsnw NiSicnal Y.n-k 0. Pliiladelphta 8 Bo- ten 4 PenoKlyn 3 :rer : :fr '-St.-Lmils4':- ' -I -;t: -;l..iu--e 2, Chica;o 0 Amrwin Cht'-tHr ) 4. Cleveland 1 V.'a-.hin?V'n 4- Boston 1 Pacific Coast Fe;:: i;o 3. Oafe'and 2 SS.irv-Mi.vrt'i 13, Hollywood 6 Po-etien:! 3, Los Angeles 1 Su:t FrancUco 2, San Diego 1 Western international y.inc-r.iver 7, Yakima 5 S iH'ti! 4 Taeoma 3 Victoria 5-1, Tri-City 3-7 WenaU'hee at Spokane post-.t-("-:i, rain. Hiqli Month n Customs Customs collections for June this year in Piince Rupert were the highest for a single month to date in 1951 with a total of $72 410.57, bringing' the year's toi.ii so lar to $333,617.31. Dunn" the same month TfX year, S:n,851.32 was collected. Total coiicctinns for 1951 were $5f.8.C81.52: with the high in March 0: $108,628.61. T rt. HIGHLIGHTS the ping nf the wells in the Khuzls- an oil field and shutting down if the giant refinery. 1 , , . 7 " . ""r"" t,"'1'--1 YOUNG ROYALTY CHOSEN and will return to the Interior Friday. ! .- I j I of "Espionage" j Five Years For AP Man margms. ; Larry Warner s'artcd and stayed in for the w:hole ganw,-: ! pitching himself out of one hole after otht-, a K34e',U:i-knocked hits right and, let!.; Crisis of the game was in tho last inning with the home. team Queen Loraine Arno,d Wkk Are Association Press correspond-' ' "Oatis Convicted I'UAdUK (CD- cnt William Oatis has been iirisnn nftor hem it nmi v.'r.t Representing all Prince Rupert s "vounger set , . .,, ,r .. . c lrom ages three i to live n. will be tiny Miss Loraine r 1 v"vv. iv i i-gh, Ji'iw.f n M i i "i , - . :V( - A KKtr hi- Mi:', i 'f ' We. ! if i h .' r ' Diane Berg, 3, and Arnold o,,p crowned Junior Kino- & At the Prince Rupert Exhibi- tlon last niht- 12 chose t. t frnm An pntrioc Tn V . . Zlz?- "cau "lc iiS ul " play a of ... being chosen as sup- committee chairman and organ-of the best of B.C. a Fro-Rec porting princes and princesses, 'lzer of the contest, was master In those four years, Edmon- ton's population has jumped from 115,000 to 160.000, double the 1931 total. Now Canada's eighth largest city, its popula- uon is increasing iuuu a monm as the magic of oil lures job- seekers and the allied cheap natural gas attracts unpreee- dented Industrial development. The city's growth has devel- oped into a racking civic-gov- j-ernment financial headache, Unra hniiCAe muoH rnaHu uirlo. walks, parking, schools, sewers, Eas. water and licht utilities and public services are needed uri;- enuy. And the citv has reached the bottom of 1U financial barrel, lAlderman William Hawrelak . .,t 4 -i. says: 111 iwu years me tuua- Uon wUl be critical. The city is at the end of Its borrowing capacity." Edmonton embarked on a five-year program in 1948. plan- ning to spend $40,000,000 on capital extension of city-owned utilities. In the next three years $38,000,000 was spent, instead of tne intended j.uuu.uuu. mosi oi the money was borrowed. It IS a good example of how last the gmolea up- ... Tne iy-ownea teiepnone sys- l-riu irpui ws 1.11c naibii. iwu (ui telephones has Increased lrom 17956 to 10,180 in the last year despite 5200 installations. Costly conversion of the Edmonton transit system from street cars , to trollev coaches and bases, lfT Wor'd The Edmonton mimic school board, telescoping Into about flv five years vears construction construction th that nor- mally would be done in 15 or 20, describes its financial plight as "critical, nanning expenoi- . . . , ,iure oi 3,uou,uuu io ..,uou,uuu ui the next three 1 years, n S0."J has been unable to sell about ionnnnn Hmr,, 1 .,' Today's Stocks I VANCOUVER American Standard 17 Bralorne 610 1 B R X .03 Cariboo Quartz 1.10 I Congress .06 Hedley Mascot .53 Indian Mines .21 Pinnter 1.90 Iremicr Border .32 , Privateer .09 Reeves McDonald 4.20 Reno .03 I Sheep Creek 1.52 ! Silbak Premier 35 Taku River 07 Vannnda 13 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 1.85 Oils-Anglo Canadian 5.65 A P Con 35 Atlantic 285 Calmont 93 Central Leduc . 1.80 Home Oil 15.25 Mercury 12 'i Okalta 2.20 Royal Canadian .10" 2 TORONTO Athona . .07Vi Aumaque . .19 Beattlc .45 Bevcoitrt . .40 Buffalo Canadian .17 Consol. Smelters.. .110 no Conwest . 2.55 Dnnalda Eldona East Sullivan Giant Yellowknife God's Lake Hardrock is Harricana Hcva 12 Jarknife Jollet Quebec Little Long Lac Lynx Madsen Red Lake 2.05 McKennie Red Lake .... 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.51 Moneta -.. Negus 75 NorancTa - 72.00 Louvicourt 16 Pickle Crow 1.57 San Antonio 2 50 Senator Rouyn 18 at bat- Wlth basra lcaded and Ins outs- Warner hurled three put-outs in a row to keep the ore run lead for Prince Rupert. j Bill Gunn, Prince Rupeifs; right fielder in the All-Star line- j up, got in two hits, the most for man on his team. Two any rims . . . . were were scored scored oy oy f prince Rupert in , he first inning. Today's game is a nine-inning aflair, Letourneau pitching. Yes- ! terdays line-up was as follows:: Abel and Warner, battery; ; Dr--nrnie; first base; Cliff Dahl, second: Bill Lambie, third; B. S.mundson, short; Gunn, left. "eld; Miner Simundson, centre; Andy Marshall, right. i TIDES - - Thursday, July, 5, 1951 (Pacific Standard Tin?) 'High , 1:39 20.1 feet 14:40 1S.0 f .-ct Low 8:20 2.6 feet 20:16 8.1 feet V A N court. Five Communist Judges said half of the 10-year term will be 'suspended for good behaviour." He was ordered exiled from Czechoslovakia after serving the sentence. Three Czech emplovees of the , Associated Press who were tried with Oatis were convicted of espionage and sentenced to from 16 to 20 years. Halibut Landings American Sea Bird. 28 nnn m sr. 17 is,. ' ' ' Storage FOOTBALL TONIGHT, GENERAL MOTORS vs ! CANADIAN LEGION 7 o'clock kick-off i here during the Dominion Berg And King Fair Rulers i i David Wick, 4, when they anrl Oi " j .w6..w, a quick smile and slight nod of ! . v.;. j u. , era! 1?u.ndred mothers- others ano cnuoren. j Norton y exhibition of ceremonies. He announced crowninsr of the coudIp. attended by the princes and princesses, 1 ! would take place Friday night when official crowning of the; Queen of the North also will , take place. Q ' ,; tldllDUt " 1 . i ! Awn Kstrhilfan "viwnmiu To fill late orders for fresh ' fish deliveries to the eastern iwu iucai usu uuyui concerns "went on the board" fr halibut at Ketchikan at the week-end and bought catches of two United States boats which were brought here Sunday and transferred to Monday evening's train for shipment East, The Royal Fish Co. paid 20.8c, 17c and 15c (at Ketchikan) for 27,000 pounds from tne Havana while Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. (B.C. Packers) took the 42 000-pound catch of the Sunset for 21c, 17c and 15c. THE NORTH" IMISS MARGARET OAGNON Columbia Cellulose Eall Club candidate FOUR WOMEN OR G!m FOR FULL OR PART-TIME WORK Apply r?ioncer Laundry. sentenced to 10 vears in' r,f c ,,,r, u,, n,.s i 1 J E A T H E R Synopsis ; Showers were reported from most sections of the province j ,,.. ,k- ,.,n,.t Amounts of rainfall reported in: the past 24 hours were generally i small although points along! northern and central Vancouver Island lweived from one-quarter to one-half an Inch In this period. j Skies along the northern coast. vecre slowly clearing this morning as the moist air moved southward and considerable clearing is expected tomorrow .in most sections of the province. v Forrcast Northern coastal region-Cloudy and cool with a few showers today. Sunny Thursday. Winds light, Increasing offshore Thursday to northwest 20i. Lows tonight and highs Thursdayat Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 48 and 60. Prince Rupert, B.C. tf 5, 7:30 p.m. uiuusui,' uui six on uie ei,age, three and three twQ Flrqt princess wlll Valerie Pinpr!l throp-vpar-nlH Ha.iahtor of M Pinera. sec0nd prin- cess Susan Bonalyn Stewart, tnree yearSi daughter of Mrs D. Stewart , , . . K .. McLeod, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. ! E w McLeod second t , Jonn Marsnall 3, son of kr. and , 1 Mrs. R. Marshall. u, ,. ' ?Z Berg, 338 Fifth Avenue East, and the junior king Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erling Wick, 1255 Beach Place. j Little Miss Berg has brown, ' curly hair and big brown eyes and wears a big smile for every- one. Last night she was dressed in a short yellow rayon pinafore, She was a favorite withe audi- ence as well as with the judges and received big applause after the judging. , Master Arnold Wick was dress- ed in a "Scotty" plaid suit and cap to match and acknowledged his victory with no more than FOR "QUEEN OF MISS ELAINE STEFFENS S'mis of Norway candidate HELP WANTED Young man for office position. Starting salary according to qualifications. Excellent opportunity for advancement. Apply in person to: ALBERT & McCAFFERY PROGRAMME at students. Last, nignts act was hlgnugnt- led by tumbling on the trampo- line, a spring-suspended canvas, !sortj of the gymnasts flying 20 feet through the air from a single bounce. The audience loved it and vow- they would be back for more Each r, light at the Prince Rupert Exhibition, the gymnastic cham Iplons put on a different show. After the show, the nightly prize was drawn in favor of Mrs. William Long, 237 Seventh Avenue East. Meanwhile, second judging of the bathing beauties was completed last night and the eight contestants Stand for the final word tonight, when they parade the stage dressed In both evening gowns and bathing costumes. Winner of the beauty contest is slated for Prince Rupert's candidate in the Pacific National Exhibition contest, Miss "PNE." provided, said T. Norton Youngs, exhibition chairman, that the contestant is 17 years or over. CANDIDATES ' K f : I if r 1 1 ' - V MISS MAE NEWTON Canadian Les'on caiididite EXHIBIT! 0 LIMITED Waterfront I ' ' I, v. VJ , - j ff (Natural Resources end InJastrhl Exhibits Open Erery Evening) TONIGHT: 7 (1(1 p.m. Gale Gocns :3fl p.m Gymnastic Show 8:00 p.ni The Forest Produces and Highway Sixteen films 10:00 p.m. Necliako Survey film 11:30 p.m. Kathii!!; lleauiy Finals anil Gynuiastit' Show 12:0 p.m. Midnight Nightly Draw THIRSDAY: 3:00 p.m. Children'!. Day ami Exhibits Open 3:13 p.m. Children's Films 7:00 p.m Gate Opens 7:30 p.m. Junior Fish Lcrhy 8:00 p.m. Peoples of the PolUt-lt and The Forest Gr-iws films 10:00 pan Ncrhako Survey (short version) and Pacific Ilalilnit films 11:30 p.m. Beautiful Ices Contest and Gymnastic SImw 12:00 p.m. Midnight :igh'v Draw JUNIOR FISH DERBY , TWO CLASSES: 10 and under 16 and under FI1H OF ALL KINDS Heaviest Fish Longest Fish Fattest Fish Smallest Fish Oddest Fish Any type of fish caught personally hy contestant in Prince Rupert Harbour or adjacent streams or lakes will be eligible. Judainq at Exhibition T - . " -. -J - - V Thursdoy, July t