-I PROVINCIAL LIB3A3I, 0E1IS DRGdS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTHAL BRITISH COLUMBIA NXWSPAPR PHOIIE 81 I'uhliHhcrf nt fannrla's Most S-tce1r P-ifir Pnrt "Prinrp R"?wrf. the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVIII, No. 265. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS K A F Fed R V or lunicipalitiei era f.JV. Drafts Traffic Convention ! ' ! I' r- SEEK OPINIONS ON SEX FILMS FOR STUDENTS CABS ..I y-v f .... vr i if.-.-. ' yf : ' ' !r' I 1 ..... ' . . 'f".f I fit f". J, . ))'; " v I r V ' -X: ;rrr i ' t -4 1 Grants To Be Paid 5 In Lieu Of Taxation OTTAWA, (CP) Finance Minister Douglas Abbott today in the House of Commons disclosed a plan of the government to pay approximately 100 of Canada's municipalities about $5,000,000 per year in federal grants in lieu of taxation. The plan, based on three assessment principles, Public reaction to two films on sex education will be sought by the Prince Rupert Parent-Teachers' Council and the re-spuiue will be a factor la deciding whether or hot either or r , r-S-s -jv y- .. , - J w p, A"- Jtm fw '..'.'4 will be Incorporated in govern ment legislation which is expected to be Introduced during the current session and brought hit a COURT SEES GAMBLING GAME both should be i,hown in city schools. The Parent-Teachers' Council Is circulating letters among local groups asking adult attendance at a showing of the films at the Civic Centre on November 21. Prince Rupert Junior Chamber of Commerce received such an invitation. Opinion as to whether or not the films should be shown to students as part of the school educational program will be sought by balloting after the showing. Junior Chamber President Harold Hampton told the Jaycces. Invitations are also being sent to other organizations The Gyro Club also received one and referred It to Dr A. W. Large with a view to having it shown at a club luncheon. DEMONSTRATED "Ace-away", favorite dice game of certain Alaska Highway points, was demonstrated in Stipendiary Magistrate H. F. Glassey's court Saturday afternoon by a crown witness at the preliminary hearing of a Col effect January 1. Based on the philosophy that establshment of federal property helps local business, the government's payments generally will amount to 75 percent of tho municipal tax, less four percent. Four percent Is what the government considers "national average" of federal property to total assessment. Crown companies, defence establishments, parks and the Canadian National Railway are exempt from the plan but these zrganizations, Mr. Abbott said in a 6,000 ward statement, can work out a system of payment with the i HEROINE -Seven-year-old Tasma Lee (Tammy i ,i to swim last lear so two-year-old Kenneth Bo-ay Tammy, a member of the Campbell River, B.C. M:il !ie and her parents moved recently to Victor-v!,ill int ) the Campbell river last May. Without hes-plur.-f d i!i and brought him to shore. Constable Pe-; Vn'.or.i lOnce at Prince Ruperti, of the British umbia Cellulose Co. worker charged with cheating in a game of dice. The accused man. Eugene Tackling world road traffic problems, a U.N. conference has agreed on an international road traffic convention which eventually would help motorists in all countries. The convention suggests the adoption ot a simplified international driving permit which would be honored everywhere. The above exhibit of driving permits issued by 40 countries shows the necessity of reaching some form of simplification and greater uniformity in driving permit requirem-nts. nvmcMl ponce atiijwii wtui luuiiuy, xcuvjvuu ,;de Stiver Cross last week for her bravery. (CP Photo) George Frazeau, also known as Freddie Fraser, is charged with substituting a pair of loaded dice in a game of ace-away In a camp bunkhouse at Watson Island on November 6. The charge reads that he did unlaw municipalities. Phiof IMoltor J I bullet in A AbSF.sGERS Old Country LEGION HEARS OF GOOD WORK Antigonish To Visit Here fully cheat with the use of Vrpt Passes dice."' :: rooiball Among evidence arraved bv Canadian frigate H. M. the Prosecutor Corporal A. H. u- Airagomsu. . wui visit Kreuger, S. : uupner. A. Morgan, I One of the most colorful and a GOVT CRITICIZED OTTAWA There was stiff criticism of the gov-ernmenUtoday in debate over the resignation of F. Taylor of the city police were Prince Rupert December 3 and- ,H K svir- ; Speaking at the annual Re-I mi'inbi ance Day banquet of the ! Canadian Legion, Zone Repre-1 scntative J S. Wilson told some-uiiR of tiie functions of the I historically glamorous natives of .this entire district, Chief WalU-v several sets of dice which thelwm sau wo cays in con (English League, First Div.) Aston Villa 2' Sunderland 0 police hart scleri with th uffi1 Unuation of a north coast K. Holi. traihhl"trtiIoe;iit was announc Blackpool 1, Derby County 0 (Wright of Kltselas, died at U' Charlton Athletic 1, Liverpool s " village yesierday, a:ord- I wrrviiicittl executive which- was ot "setti-ch "warrants frdm Fra-zeau's room "in the bunkhouse and from a safe-deposit box in a city brokerage ofice. 1 STOCKS ed at H. M. C. S. Chatham this morning. A familiar visitor here in 1947 and 1948, this will be her first stop here this year. j act ive, among other things, on (the matter of employment. This, ing to advice received In the city this afternoon from Terrace Chief of the grizzly bear tri'w with the native name of N ,asd- An objection by defence A. MfcGregor as commissioner of the Combines - Act.- The Speaker was to rule this afternoon on a point of order by Prime Minister L. St. Laurent that the matter of Mr, McGregor's resignation could not be debated a second time. Opposition Leader George Drew ancf John Dif enbaker of the Progressive-Conservatives and Stanley Knowlcs, C.C.F., are insisting ' on the debate. Mr. Wilson said, was in some cases, becoming a real hardship. Mr Wilson complimented the hoc, Wright was one of ihe notfd river men of his day and i"or years acted as a pilot of i-iver Trying to Keep Road in Shape Provincial public works depart rx-seryice men on their splendid , steamers operating between Poi i Counsel Rod MacLeod to the introduction as evidence paraphernalia for the playing of a card game known as "Three-card monte" was sustained by Magistrate Glassey as having no bearing on the dice charge. Mr. MacLeod also objected to Uie introduction of an information to obtain a search warrant ,j:!z Essington and Hazelton as they turn-out in the annual church and Remembrance Day parades. -Everyday should be a day of Re- navigated the tortuous and Evcrton 0, Manchester United 0 Fulham 3. Bolton Wanderers 0 Huddersfield Town 1, Chelsea 2 Manchester City 0, Arsenal 2 Middlesbrough 3, West Brom- wlch Albion 0 Newcastle United 3, Birmingham City 1 y Portsmouth 0, Stoke City 0 (tie) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Burnley 0 (tie) (Second Division) Blackburn Rovers 4, Barnsicy 0 Bradford 1, Preston North End 2 Brentford 1, Luton Town 0 Bury 3, Grimsby Town 1 Cardiff City 0, West Ham United 1 Chesterfield 4, Swansea Town 1 ment grader is now working regularly on the road between Princ Rupert and Port Edward with a view to keeping It in as good a shape as possible, for the heavy i membranee of fallen comrades," he exhorted. He also paid tribute to the record of the local lirdtr traffic it is now'bearing. District treacherous Kitsclas Canyon. Rich was Wright s fund of historical lore and fond was he of the telling. He is believed i have been close to the 100-year mark In age. Until recently he wsr: a worker in Skcena River canneries and often visited Prince Rupert. and the search warrant itself I on grounds that neither had I been properly sworn to by Con-j stable Len Turner, Magistrate Glassev who had issued the Engineer H. W, Stevens has informed the Prince Rupert Cham 10.35 ,03 .0512 133 .32 .03 .03 333 S'i .17 2.30 .04 1.13 ,3B .10 .09 . 4.30 1.2 J .3!! . 7.00 1 36 Legion branch than which none in the province had a better record. He stressed the importance ot the younger veterans taking an active part in Legion affairs. Immediate .Past President "mirr 4 RESIGNATION ASKED VICTORIA The British Columbia executive of the C.C.F., in session here, called for the resignation of Minister of Justice Stewart Garson because of the suppression of the report of Combines Commissioner F. A. McGregor on price-fixing in the flour milling industry. FREIGHTER EXPLODES ILFRACOME, Devon, England A 3,554-ton Spanish freighter, the Monte Gurugu, exploded and sank in a gale near Lundy Island today, leaving a crew of six dead and six missing. Rescue vessels, bucking heavy seas in answer to an S.O.S., picked up 21 survivors. ber of Commerce. The district engineer refers, however, to difficulty which has been experienced in keeping the road "In condition owing 'to heavy rainfalls. , warrants, admitted them as evidence. Rudolph ncKcns, owner or a set of dice which was used In Ralnh Smith, to whom a past nresident's badge was presented . . , r A ro11 ia appreciation 01 u kuuu juu the November 6 ace-away game, clinic PYnri' sserl satisfaction at said that that Frazeau had .en Hull City 2, Coventry City 1 Leicester City 3, Queens Park Rangers 2 riymouth Argyle 1, Leeds United 2 the progress of the local branch of the Legion which he felt was a credit to the community and ! which could be made even better. Uiluc tered the game after it was well under way and had asked to! be allowed to use his own- dice. The 15 or more men in the game objected. Gen. Pearlies Is Critical HOCKEY SCORES Saturday Toronto 4, Chicago 0 Montreal 5, New YiHk' 3 Detroit 7, Boston 5. Sunday Montreal 0, Chicago 0 Boston 4, Toronto 2 Detroit 1, New York 1 Pacific Coast Seattle 3, Vancouver 1 Saturday Vancouver 6, Porland 2 13.00 3.75 .15 .35 V2 ' .08 Later, Pickens said, after he had lost $175, he examined the dice and found that two of j J, S Wilson proposed a toast to I the ladies, acknowledging par-ticiiliuly the work of the Women's I Auxiliary. Mrs. Ralph . Smith ! presented a bouquet to Mayor Madidii them had teen substituted. He ; Tiirnnld FATAL COCKTAIL PARTY COLUMBIA, Ohio The managing editor of Ohio State University's daily was shot and killed early Saturday by a fraternity brother. The shooting followed a cocktail party and dance at Delta Tau fraternity celebrating home-coming, the members Nora Arnold who Joined in uie i.'ihi.irs to the Legion and the Of Canadian Defence Policy White Paper Presented to Parliament J OTTAWA A white paper, on Canada's defences tabled in tho House of Commons drew criti Sheffield Wednesday 2, Southampton 2 (tie) Tottenham Hotspur 7, Sheffield United 0 (Scottish League liv "A") Aberdeen 3, Partick Thistle 1 Clyde 0, East Fife 1 Hearts 0, Falkirk 0 Motherwell 1, Hibernian 3 Queen of the South 1, Dunne; 1 (tie- Raith Rovers 1, Third Lanark 1 (tie) Rangers 1, St Mirren 0 Stirling Albipn 2, Celtic 1. An- New Westminster 3, Los demanded that Frazeau re-'tum the original dice. After some argument, Pickens said Frazeau took Pickens dice from eles 2 Victoria 4, Tacoma fi Oakland 4, San Francisco 4 cism from Major-General G R. San Diego 3, Fresno 3 THURSDAY Pearkes, V.C., Progressive-Con Auxiliary in their "work for a principle." Since World War II the status of women had changed. Her Worship felt. Today, as they had done in the war, women were taking a direct part In many lines of activity, sharing the work ,ml the dangers with the rfil t .riauiu.i servative, Nanaimo, that Can .10 .10 .53 .28 .10 ll.G.OO 1.07 .50 .49 4.55 coo .3a ada's defonae policy still appeared to be based on the as his pocket and put them on the i'ole. Frazeau then left the game where he continued to gamble, and went Into another room Pickens said. Pickens identified his own dice, and two, which he said Frazeau had subsUtuted for his own. Joseph Sperling, camp jani Pacific Coast Seattle 3, Victoria 2 Vancouver 4, Tacoii.a 1 New Wetmi nster 2. San Diego 2 Fresno 0, Oakland 0 sumption that there would be liv.m Nyw tljcy could be called plain -women" Instead of "ladies." ; Col. S. D. Johnston termed the said. John D. Heer, 20, who shot Jack T. Mckeown, 21, said, "when I get drunk, I get trigger happy." RONNIE CHARLIE'S BIRTHDAY LONDON It was the back pages for London's party-going debutantes today. , A one year old with six teeth was giving high society's most exclusive birthday party. He's Bonnie Prince Charlie, son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, first grandson of the Kng and Queen and himself a prospective heir to the throne. The birthday cake weighed 40 pounds. The Prince is a bonnie boy and weighs 24 pounds, eight ounces. FORMER LOCAL WOMAN PASSES 'E time after war started rather than building up strength which would make successful attack impossible. It was ironic that the dscussion of defence should take . place on Remembrance Day. The white paper gave details of a plan for a radar defence screen for the protection of strategic CELLULOSE TO MEXICO tor, -who claimed that he lost about $200 after Frazeau joined Legion "a tour ol sirengui mm a inundation of good Canadian ctizcnshlp." He expressed his ideas of Armistice Day which he felt was an occasion lor "thlnk-( Continued Page 3) Mrs. Hugo Anderson, the farmer Mrs. John Ivarson of Beach Place and one of Prince Rupert s She game, identified Pickens dice and also two which, he ,07 '.10 .13 .07 .51 .or. said, Frazeau had introduced hi points and centres ot heavy in place of the originals. wan Sperling said that Frazeau had been allowed to put in one of his own dice to "match the col e Lie " 'Hod Lakn When the Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd. begins operations, cellulose will be exported from Prince Rupert to Mexico. A new viscose rayon plant was recently opened at Zacapu. Mexico. The plant is owned by Mexican interests and the Cel-anese Corporation of America parent company of the British Columbia firm. .with showers today and tomorrow. Little change in tempera dustry. The threat of war had decreased since 1948, the' wlite paper said. It announced that $31,000,-000 was being spent on defence construction work this year. v)ll known pioneer women, passed away at her home in Vancouver on Tuesday of lust wsek after a long illness. Her first husband was the ;a;e Copt. John Ivarson, for years opnintor of the boat Melvillei Boi In Norway sixty-four vears ago, Mrs. Anderson is sur Corsair Is Total Loss ors of the two sets ol dice De- THE WEATHER ins used, hut when the dice were examined, two of Fra ture. Wind, souUieast, 15 mph, j becoming southwest 20 mph dur-i Ing the afternoon. Lows tonight Rfl Uke .0'i .51 .11 3.2) IM .CI ,D7 2.Ci 60. n .1.1 . 2.C5 il 4.00 zeau s alee were in use. Synopsis With a westerly flow of moist , ancj highs tmorrow at Port Har- AnAPTTiv if The luxury vived by two daughters, Mrs. Hans air persisting over the province, !y 40 and 48; Sandspit, 40 and 48; (Agnes) UnderdalV anc Mrs. According to officials of the company, when the Prince Ru-Dert plant is completed it wlli "I warned him never to use those dice in the camp." Sperling said. At the request of Corporal Taylor, Sperling demonstrated cloudy unsetUed weather will Prince Rupert, 42 and 48. Stanley (Lillian) Johansen. There nrnrtuce dissolving pulp wood yacht Corsair, which hit. the rocks near here at the end of the week, is regarded as a total loss. The vessel turned over on her side during the week after having been rebeached alter her first stranding. Mr and Mis. Fied Smith will how the game of ace-away, ai- are also two brothers, Aao.pn Wick and Henry Wick of Vancouver. A brother, John Wick of Prince Rupert, passed away prevail in all sections for today and tomorrow. Temperatures will continue : mild. Regional forecasts valid until midnight Tuesday. Forecast sail Tuesday on the Catala for! so known as "four-five-six Bull Harbor where Mr. Smith is played. Frazeau was commit-has been transfered with the. ted for trial by a higher court at Tuesday, November 13. 1343 High 9:06 18.8 feet 21:28 18.1 feet Low 2:40 6.5 feet 15:26 8.0 feet which will be vised in both, the Mexican and United States operations of the parent company the Mexican establishments providing large quantities of rayon to fabric manufacturers. CJV4 2.1.9 2.02 .21 "" Cordon- R.v,-r teller earlier in the year. The funeral took place In Vancouver on Thursday. Cloudy Department of Transport. j the conclusion oi tne nearuig. North Coast Region Capt. H. E. Nedden blames a breakdown of the steering gear for the stiundlng.