M1 PROVINCIAL LIDIUST, 113 ORMES .H ICTOP.IA, S. C. '"DRUGS 'it Z E I DAILY DELIVERY STAR V CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ''Mi '! RADIO DISPATCHED T Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key " to the Great Northwest" I Pnone 81 VOL. XL, No. 297 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1961 PRICE FiVIS CENT8 YEAR-END REVIEW n iF JU. f giRecord Production Roots uuuLr J J N In Resources ot Canada l ,-. By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Preus Staff Writer Danish Motorship Blazing Inferno Off Columbia River May Have Grim Fate ' What Will Now Happen To American Fliers In Hungary? OTTAWA ,(CP) The spectacular mid-century transformation of the Canadian economy, turning Canada from an obscure nation to one of the world's "ts. continued to carve out economic I AR1S The Soviet Foreign 'Mb' Oeloie the honaay, H. A. Minister, Andrei Vishinsky, in a Pickering, superintendent of the bitter anti-American tirade on Halifax division, Canadian Na-Wednesday, charged four United tlo"al Railways, said here today. States fliers, now held in Hun-1 Postal, port and railway offi-gary, were spies and he hoped cials are co-operating to rush they would get "due attention" , the unloading and despatch of t.om the Communist military nearly 17,000 bags of Christmas aad judicial authorities jma11 arriving at Halifax between and in three liners, 5? Saturday Vishinsky refused to be pinned d- wn. however, as to whether he I'16,3, a S. iCu".ard j,n" o Arabla tne meant the four fliers would be l!le fS- and tried by a military court. I8 Manch,, e r .... . I Tnp mill nn nf Im.tprc niiH France Not Worried by Aloofness . PARIS P Encouraged by British support, if not alliance, French officials yesterday ex pre-d confidence they can keep together n six-country interna tional army, with one uniform, one budget and one command. Two days of talks between French leaders and the British prime minister. Winston Churchill, put new force behind the drive by France for an European army. In a joint communique Church-Ill withheld Britain from joining the army he himself advocated but promised that British troops will be linked with those of the European defence community for training, supply and operations. by land, sea and air. Six-power talks among France West Germany, Italy, Belguim, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will begin in Paris December 27. They will try to put the linal touches on the army set-up Absenteeism Holds House Gold Miner Gun Swinger , St. Thwaites Shoots Everything That Moves In Korea WITH THE CANADIANS IN ' KOREA '(P' George Thwaites auinted . critically along his tank s 50-calibre machine gun It swung freely under his grip and as it pivoted from side to , side its sights covered known 1 Chinese positions on the hills '. 2.000 to 4,000 yards ahead. Three Vancouver Tcrsons and Two From' hikliorse Unreported From MS Frria ASTORIA, Oregon (CP) Fire early today courted the Danish motorship Erria into a flaming I'enio in the mouth of the Columbia River. The .ast.utiard .said that eight passengers and three crew inhers are possibly missing. " j Twenty-three pas.svngers and 80 ni(.IIlbcrs of ,,le crcw have lF ATMFD I b''cn accounted for, estimates 11 L r I 1 L r ! bring )n the belief that there j w. re 1 14 persons aboard the ship. Synopsis 1 The lire, believed to have . ... ... ti..p,Aj - . ium a snorted caoie It and the tank's 87-millimeter ; machlnei but the basic had accounted for plenty of siun in the oUlicltl. tne mliii Viuiie&e in me seven iituuuis they had been fired in anger tey hkl inwaiLes oi unariLon. urn.. and his crew. The tank from a troop of the Lord Strathcona's Horse com- ... manoed by Lieut, stratneona Macdonaldof Vankleek Hill, Ont., I was P-rthed on a hilltop of the I United Nations' front. It was one of "D" troop supporting the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's canaaian Lignt iniantry aug in- to the forward slones nf the hill. mc u Be us iwocu m ail ".-" the Soviet minister demanded before the United' Nations political committee that it call on the United States to repeal its mu-al security pact. ' MOLDAVIAN INCIDENT Vishinsky's attack followed but did not mention a Moscow loiiwuin.wii-.nw Auwuav b" - that two men with Russian- "J ?lnLeaK; H?lHnhroen" cuted after being dropped by an I Amprienn nlnnp in MnlHnvia ft ,. . ' " : 7' jpiurti owk nnu iviiuci pait, vi Romania, for spying and sabotage. The announcement from the military collegium of the court said they were dropped in Russia from an American plane manned by American military officers. Their names were given as A.l I. Asmanov and F. K. Sarantsev. Michael McDermott, state de- oorimeni nres ntficpr in Wash. TEHRAN Iranian Parliament! The Soviet Supreme Court said was unable to sit today when 38 that the two men had been put legislators refused to attend to death as American saboteur-unlil other members had with- j spies which had parachuted into drawn derogatory remarks re-! Russia. Thwaites' Sherman, named HVGE OIL OITPUT "Cognac," a few days earlier had Records were piled up hi the accomplished the best shoot In oilfields, where Canada prodJC-her Korean career a share in a ed an estimated peak 47.0U0.00O-known 160 Chinese dead and a 000 barrels of oil almost double history in lyol. It Is expected to exert ev;i. more powerful influences in 1952. Rooted in the bustling development of Canada's natural resources, the prosperity created new wealth and new millionaires and new high mark3 in the production of such essentials as oil. newsprint and iron ore. Though inflation ate away at some of his earnings, the white-collar worker and the factory man benefited too, through higher salaries and wages and thrmiffW t.lip ' rrpat.inn nf npuj jobs wnl(;h g(jej. hand.ln.nand with economic development. Switching to defence production caused a few false .sUrr.3 and breaks in the economic nrtri thA , tnc nr.ni,int ti n- aDated, helping Canada us 1 ... looo.OOO.OOO total value of aU goods and services produced I uurlng & the year Thts is an inerense nf nluoit. wnnnnoo OuO from the nrevirms -issoand hign m government economists predict that in 12 the gross national product may n PVen . hinhernoihw t.n s?i . --r- r' J u00.000.000 or $24,000,01)0,000. the 27,600,000,000 in 1950. Next year it Is expected to be higher and only a racti0n of Canada's oil potential is yet harnessed. i iron ore production rolled b ment and wealth to Ontario, ZiA oi ?".. ucucu miu iauiauui bT- ntaiL Ui new uou-ore ueveiupmeiiio. Canada's leading commodity, newsprint, which almost caused an lnt.prn!i t Itin li I urmuWhlri l iconimucd on page 7) far as fighting is concerned. "Yet as far as soldering is concerned it's been much worse. "For troops out of the lino there is no distraction whatever." Gunner in Thwaites' tank in Tpi. C. M. Anderson of Montreal. I Other members of the crew are Tnra .TrWir, v,.,,,-,r Ann t SaV driver, Edward Had i, Ed-" I"ontof1' loader-operator; John Cosl Vancouver, co-driver. j j Mr. and Mrs a Ci Hun sailing t.iiniohi. nn Ui zri,.a George for a Christmas holiday visit to Vancouver. . '- " ;.' 1 who'e platoon of 36 Chinese Com- munists attributed exclusively to her Now the ground war had halt- ed a,nd U.N. troops were ordered Mail Rush At Halifax HALIFAX There's going to be a rush here at the port of Hali- lh1iLhofc parcels from overseas into as many Canadian homes as pos- parceis win require the opera- tion of 22 extra railway mail Prince Albert 47 Below Zero PRINCE ALBERT Prince Al- Dert was the coldest point on the Drairies a urine me nitrnr il was 47 below zero. Snag, in the Yu- J1' wWch rePorted the winter's lowest temperature so far at 50 , , .npiin. l u I. t .o i me 10 up iu u ociow zero looay. Tighten Up On Flying ' u""" regulations 10 "PP1? 10 a11 fKhts by civil air- "wt K "uii a'as were announced Wedncs Regulations are designed to "Enten tne burden placed on the search and rescue facilities of the Royal Canadian Air Force which in recent years have been eaUeri called nil on many many timpa times fnr for long Iniiir and arduous searches. Regulations make it compul- sory to tile night notification wi.ii uut- BpjuiLiiii,r m.;iu;jr ui the Department of Transport before taking off, detailing itinerary and other information. In addition, after July 1, 1952, all aircraft in the north must have either two-way radio installations or portable emergency radio transmitters. The northern Dart of British Columbia anrl of Vancouver Island are included In the ",c new "cw regulations. "b ""'"" 30 Passengers Injured by Storm SOUTHAMPTON. Thirty pas- sengers suffered cuts and bruises (while crossing the Atlantic on the liner Queen Elizabeth which arrived here yesterday after a rough voyage as bad as the vessel has had in two years. Fur- niture and dishes were smashed, "Mill v.via)W f 'is IT ' 1 'st? Ireton. said the state depart- day the Department of Trans-tiWif knowK- tiitthinr abniit 'iJik P't- -'.. -..-,. w me oniy on seen enemy. !yona the 4.000.0OO-t.m mark for 1 A"d -iat, --at tcast. we do-v. the firsL lime and Users are iii-we shoot up every damn thing dications that in 1952 production .1'- moves," he said. may reach more than 5.000.000 The day before they had sll- tons, bringing increajsed employ- !-, , , .-I 'il I i I !'-.1' !'-t' t I" r eneeci an enemy seu-propeuea that had their gun .... .tanrH..: . . . peppSTed . . - , .,.,' . ' ; fore they had killed six Chinese! spotted carryinK ammunition on a ridgetop 4,000 yards away. Closure to Be Applied St. Laurent Threatens Drastic Move to Speed Debate OTTAWA tf Prlnw Minister St. Laurent served notice to the House of Commons today that he intends to apply "closure" a diastic move Xo halt Parliamentary debate if the House docs not complete lis work by tomorrow night. The Prime Minister told the chamber that he intended to take the step Thursday, December 27, the date on which Parliament is : "heduled to return to work If government heglslation Is not! dealt with by tomorrow night. Closure is a rarely-used Par- j liamentary device to put a question before the House without further debate. The last time the closure was applied was years ago In the days of the famous constitutional issue. L'. D. Fulton i Progressive-Conservative. Kamloopsi said it was an "unchristian threat" since it would Interfere with the hope of many members to be home with their families for Christmas. It was an attempt, Fulton added, to have the resale price maintenance legislation "rammed" through the House. RED IIKitRING? George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, charged Wednesday that the government was trying to distract attention from its lack of action against the high cost of living by pushing through the legislation to prohibit the resale price maintenance. Prime Minister St Laurent and liif supporters hud admitted, said Mr. Drew, that the legislation would have little t -fleet upon the cost ol living. He suggested that, if the government really wanted to tackle the cost of living problem, it would reduce taxes, cut expenditures and remove some of the credit restric-! ions. With no end of the debate in sight. Prime Minister St. Laurent served notice that, unless work of thi .session is completed by adjournment hour Friday, members will be asked to return December 27 to handle remaining business. SafeLahdng After Ocean Engine Break OAKLAND, Calif. (P-A mar ine corps transport plane, carrying 31 persons, landed at Moffat Field near heie safely Wednesday after the propellor of one of its four engines went out of commission 700 miles off the California coast. The DC-4, flying with three engines, and under an emergency escort, landed at this naval air station without mishap. The pilot said the propellor ran wild. It was two hours before its pecd or pitch could be controlled and the prop was feathered so that it. no longer threatened to shake the engine loose. Natives and Beer Mixing-No Trouble Since beer parlors legally opened to B.C. Indians in Prince Rupert Tuesday, only one case of drunkeness among natives has been prosecuted, police said today. There were none reported the first day. But this does not mean that natives have not been drinking beer. Most tavern operators report serving native patrons. Some taverns were well patronized. Meanwhile, most natives accept the new order In a quiet manner and with the attitude that the privilege has long since been their due. spread quickly through, the 400- loot vessel. Order to abandon ship came five or six minutes after the la was sounded aboard the 8.780-ton craft. irew anu passengers escaped In lifeboats and many were picked up by coast guard and fishing vessels. Five Canadians are aiming lhi missing. They are: Miss Dorothy Myers and G. F. Scott, Vancouver. Mrs. A. M. Brunlecs and daughter. Hi;ireth, W'hile-hmse. V.T. Mrs. C. M. Taylor, Vancouver. About. 35 of the passengers were taken aboard at Vancouver. One of the lifeboats, launched from the burning ship. Is missing and may have some of the unreported people aboard. Splitting 3 Percent Sales Tax VICTORIA 9 A new formula for distributing the three percent sales tax will be presented to the 1952 session of the legislature, it was learned Wednesday. The government, It appears, is just as anxious to devise new formula for the municipalities which have been complaining about inequalities. One plan already under consideration is the earmarking of sali'.s tax grants for education and social services. Under this scheme social service costs would be derlucted from the grant, and the balance assigned strictly for education. Another formula, involving a general average, per pupil, Is being considered. Government leaders take the stand that one per cent of sales tux is definitely Intended mostly for education. They point out, however, that municipal councils have been putting maximum of revenue allowed under regulations from the grant into general revenue. STOCKS Jiillll. - loii o. I. M l. In civilian life a gold miner! 1951 was boosted to a recori hi northern Ontario and Quebec. 5 525,000-ton production-an in-Thwaites was an officer during crease of 214i000 tons from 1950. the Second World War when he Next year producers are hopeful served with the Armored Corps 105.000-ton of a increase to a ho imuir air nas released us p (in milv a very small por ol British Columbia but! arc definite signs that the .Mich is weakening. The; pruture rose to 41 degrees uic St James on the south- i Charlottes overnight but xherc in the province tem-jium Wl're below freezing. , i 1 1 1 1 1 -1-1 1 sections of the pro-c uncsncl was the coldest i 21 below while on the coast ictj'liird registered a low of 17 recs he weather is expected to . cloudy both today and lo-rw Snow will tte quite gen-iiiit.l mid-afternoon or even-Another storm now moving ard B.C. will cause more snow oi row in the interior while r the coast the snow will m' to rain In many of the c exposed areas, mpcruturcs In all sections show a slow trend toward' it values. I ... . "V'urem.sl '. 1 , "tii co.t.L region Cloutly! ii occasional rain over the! rlottes loday and Friday.! along the mainland and iitii Vancouver Islaftd, Msnng to rain In lower scc-s late in the day. Cloudy i showers of rain or wet snow i irrow. Milder. Winds wesl-'211' in western sections, ! adiiiK slowly eastwards dur-1 'he day. Lows tonight and 1 is tomorrow-at Port Hardy,! 'lid 37; Saiid.spit. 35 and 4a; I Kupert. 28 and 35. I fJoudy Skies Vina Warmth on 'led skies brought wanner l'r.iture.s and snow flurries nisht, Digby Island weather 1 wn rciHirted u low of 23.5 Pared tu is the previous it- Forecast Is for mixed I and rain today and tomor- and Mrs. J. B. MacKay " arrived in the city from ace and are sailing tonight 'he Prince George for a trip Vancouver. TODAY'S fUlOI'lM !V I). VANCOl'VF.Il '"''"'an Standard . .3(1 iilorne 90 rx "; .04 ' j 'I'llxio Quartz 15 'tigress .06 '""in Bablne Z'.Z.'. .51 ,;lit Mascot .00 ''an Mines .24' "d Oreille ZZZZ. .85 nicer .95 ''"il' r Border"'.'";" .34 Valecr .08 c'ves McDonald 6 00 "''! Creek 1 70 l0ak Premier . .63 'handa .16 n Gold .02 u" vauvv .18 Ver Klri ,,!.. -.I k --iiuuiy t,. .50 rwrn Uranium 15 'Bio Canadian 8 .85 "inont .65 Si E .. .00 nl'ai Ledu'c .55 'me on .50 f1t'rcury """' .22 alta . .30 ,yal Canadian 19'i 'Wit,. .50 and the Provost Corps, He re- signed his commission to join the Korea force. "Most people said this would be no country for tanks," he says. "Before we arrived people did not leave the roads with their tanks. We were the first, It seems, to go into the hills with the infantry and cover them in action there. rsh fr''rntJdeal ta,nk C0U" V" ntSeCOnH f"" ing a, all the time and if it hap- pens to ram you just have to stay put. You've got to co-ordinate with the weather here. But we do er -there, and stnv thpre "But really, they painted Korea much worse than it really is, as nil:: '-." gardlng Premier Mossadegh. I Scheer to 1 "Whirligigs' A former Prince Rupert-based 1 pilot will take on a new flying : job in the near future. He is! Pilot Thomas "Tommy" Scheer. i for the past nine months with Onppn Queen r,h-arlntt Charlotte Airlines, A r nn nrhr, who 1 iciv touay to oecome auacnea to Okanagan Aero Service Ltd. to fly "whirligigs" helicopters. The Okanagan airlines, which has been doing considerable survey work in northern B.C. for Department of Lands and Forests, is expected to establish large scale helicopter operations at the Kitimat-Kemano Bay area. Pilot Scheer says he has not flown helicopters before, but is eagerly looking forward to training for the new flying job. Would Cut Out Funny Books WASHINGTON, DC. The United States government is en- .avoring to obtain a reduction n the production of comic books ?e- that newsprint may be saved for other purposes. 'Xmas Trees By Jaycees Deck City Two full - blown t'hirstmas trees decorating the ccrners of MeBi kle and Third Avenue, and Third Avenue and Fourth Street were erected last Sunday by a group of Junior Chamhe-r of Commerce members. Leaving early, the small group toured several miles of country before sighting their choice. Decorative lights, lighting fac-ellitics and power is supplied tfree of charge by Northern B. C. Power Co. Ltd., while stands for the trees were supplied by Northwest Construction Co. The tees will be removed after the festive season by the erecting party. Jaycee activities will re- isume in 1952 with opening of a public speaking class, date to be announced. - TIDES - Friday, December 21, 1951 incident and that he had never heard of two men with those names! The two were nnWerf in An. ust shortly , after dropping into Russia's m Moldavian republic Profit of Forest Co. TORQNTO 0i British Colum- i.s 1 t,i..-.- i.j 1 71 r.l". "LUJ,""" "f " r'i"TMe-. "VL!rf: tcmber 30. 1951, after income taxes, of $2,709,763 or $1.33 per share. This compares with $2,994,733 or $1.50 per share In the previous year. Working capital of $6,746,993 compares with $9,037,445. Capital expenditures was $5,- 073.566. E. P. Taylor, president, said in the annual report that enforced ' idleness of logging camps for nearly three months last sum- mer, due to hazardous fire con ditions, reduced earnings. Lost Plane Lands Safe COBURG. Ontario O An air liner, with 47 persons aboard, lost in a snowstorm over Lake Ontario and with radio communication out, made an emergency landing in a snow-covered field near here today. No one was hurt and tire plane was only slightly damaged. The machine was bound for Newark, New Jersey, from Bur-bank, California. Servants' Ball At Buckingham LONDON. The annua', servants' ball was held at Buckingham Palace last night. The King was not able to attend but Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were present and danced with the servants. 'lMM.. vn for Hd?-. Z?rr - -r V .:. .. 1 , TOIIONTO Alliolia Aumaque Bcattic Bevcourt Btiflalo Canadian .... Consol. 'Smelters Conwest Donalda Eldona East Sullivan Oiant Yellowknlfe .... Ood's Lake Hard rock Harricana Heva Jolivt Quebec Little Long Lac Lynx Madsen Red Lake .... McKcnzie Red Lake McLeod Coekshult .. Moneta Negus Noranda .... Louvicourt , Pickle Crow San Antonio Senator Rouyn Sherrit Gordon Steep Rock .0!) .21 V4 .10 .7214 .19 79.50 3.80 .52 201b 9.20 10.65 .36 .14 .12 .10 Vi .43 .76 .12 14 2.16 .45 295 .34 .72 81.00 J& 1.65 2.65 .16 405 6.10 BREAD FOR GREECE Almpst 100,000 potential loeves of bread left Port Colborne, Ont., recently for Greece in ane of two shipments designed to relieve the food shortage in that country. One of the freight cars was decked out with the emblem of the Unitarian Service committee, sponsors of the crusade. In front of the car are seen, left to right: C. V. Kester, branch manage'r of traffic at the Maple Leaf Milling Co. plant, Port Colborne; Mr. R. Robinson, assistant manager and H. H. Knoll, mayor of Port Colborne. The car tains 714 140,-pound ' bags of Canadian hard wheat flour. Another car will leave the mill shortly. (cp PHOTO) High 6:45 18.0 feet Mr. and Mrs. William Camp- 18:55 15.9 feet! bell of Pacific are sailing to-Low 0:12 7.2 feet! night on the Prince George for 13:05 9.3 leet i Vancouver.