f r?j VINCI At LIBRARY a 1 " .. P30VI:ftlAL LISr.ASY, ' a, I W k - I ORMES . VICTORIA, 2. C. DRUGS I. ' ' ' ! ) DAILY DELIVERY 1, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRXTISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' r Published ot Canada's Most Sfrotegic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to tke Great Northwest" Phone 81 ' j, VOL. XLI, No. 105 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, May 3, 1952 , TEN CENTS (including comic section) p li A (TV cABS LPATCHBP lliuPO WE jOlnElii y ullljv 1 5 06 m 4 i'Wrm Official Statement . Miller 10 VUVIIVIIW iruivinq U Here !Candidates on Spot I Will Ask nefinitnlv for AM Ch.i,- Coming Out .Monday OTTAWA (Canadian Press) Li ing costs, which rose to unprecedented height late last year, point down now. The third monthly decline in a row is likely to be shown on Monday When the Bureau of Statistics publishes the cost of living index for ! VANCOUVER (CP) British Columbia's Ro-afe(r j:, the Liberal -man Catholics will back individual caudidates in th j wpaisn "11,b('r June 12 provincial election. Catholics, unable to find Independence j Day in Japan j All Q11IH a Emperor and j ' Premier Address People TOKYO (CP) Japan celebrated ! official Independence Day sober- ; Jy today with Premier Shigeru Yoshira imploring his country- j men to find courage to rearm. Elaborate security plans were i carried out by thousands of po- i lice but there was no repetition ' of the violent May Day rioting of Thursday. Ten thousand helmeted police j were stationed around the Im- i perial Palace grounds to watch i for agitators and persons carry-! lng weapons but only 15,000 j turned up to hear Emperor Hiro- j ?M. wikiiu-u -v. ,i nni. , . t prince RuiJ-Tt rwing, , a iwutaui vuiiiiiuu will back the only candidates w ho pledge support to .hc prcm:cr himseu '.r-1. juhn.-.on. rsoi will arrive in the yrtcrcd plane May 31. . .... u.-.. Tnhnann - - - Strike Cuts ! t Down Flying , ; j idrcs, a public mtvung rnirr's visit here will course "f a campaign h will cover the entire j Sun, Jetliner ! ' Successful JOHANNESBURG (CP) A Brit- ' lsh Comet airliner landed here 6663-mile flight from London which pioneered me wona nrst let passenger service passengers . me nner, DENVER 9 Effects of at The actual drop in February country-wide oil strike began was 1.7 points, the biggest mushrooming Friday as more monthly point decline ln nine key negotiations bogged down ' years pushing the barometer of and plant shutdowns spread. ! prices down to 189.1 from 190 8 Deputy ArministratQr Bruc-eiln January and from a peak of Brown of Petroleum Administra- 1 191.5 last December. March. 1U..,.U The decline for March was in-j eluded in a forecast by Trade Minister Howe about six weeks ago when he dropped a strong hint that the February index would ease by about two points. The ,ndex Js based on 1935- 39 prlces equalling 100. Safe Break A 1 - XT tlOZGlLOIl -- Some time during the night the safp in the Hudson ( Raul Co.'g stora at, Hazelton was ''- PRESENT MEMORIAL WINDOW This 29-foot high stained glass, ' Window will be presented to the Anglican Cathedral at St. John's,. .Nfld., by Sir Leonard Outerbridge, lieutenant-governor of Ne foundland, to commemorate his lather and mother. Sir Joseph and Lady Outerbridge. Standing before the window in th6 Whitefriars glassworks in London, England, of James Powell and , Son, Ltd., are Frederic Hudd, C.B.E., official secretary, Canada. House, and Edward Maufe4R.A. (CP PHOTOi - HALF BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT Power And Aluminum Industry Near Skagway Like Kitimat Jit: Ixalll ;and Clew of five. W : mnrlfl t ho "rrl-rt titft nnnr 24 ' knur, m . W fl .. 10.59 inches of pre-"" wpuvcr.. m April brought the i It left London airport at 2 ir.owJali total at Prince P m. OMT yesterday, r the first four months j The Comet cruised at an econ-:p to a total of 34 93 omlcal 490 miles an hour at an .irti is about ten inches average altitude of 40,000 feet. a the first one-third ! Qn one ,e( of the fllght; (rom rase -vtiir Rome to Beirut, It reached a a meacre C9 8 hours speed of 525 miles an hour. .i in April made the JUNEAU. Construction of a $500,000,000 hvdro-electHe plant near Skagway, involving an uu.i IOr ueience sam orders will be issued next week to limit fly- I lng in general. The strike, ha i said, has put an already tight supply of aviation gasoline In "a precarious position." The Air Force said it has or-1 dered'a cut down on flying ac-' tivities outside of the Korean! theatre. Additional picket lines went uu as members of 22 ALF indepen- . dent, and CIO oil workers' unions j began tightening their erirj o-v I industry in support of demand i for wage increases. i Nearly Made : Ball History Turk Lown Came Close To No-hitter NEW YORK fCP Turk Lown i H'ris lust ninff nitphnc qu,qv fr,v.' broken Into and the safe blown, according to word reaching divl- slonal headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police here today. An undetermined amount of money was taken. industry comparable to that now under way at Kitimat near Prince Rupert in British Columbia, is being considered by the Defense Production Administration in "Washington, and George Sundborg says the chances of approval are "excellent."' , . , Sundborg, general manager of Stewart Man Passes Away Ernest Lewis, Stewart wharf- . , ... ..... , in nieir scnooi aemanas, their education policy. In a leading editorial, the ,"B. C. Catholic," official organ of the archdiocese, Friday ad-l vised members of the church to examine every candidate. Those who do not coma out In favor of aid to Catholic schools. It said, will receive no Catholic r' . " which has led the fight in seek- lng support for separate schools j ' ... ., ,., , 1"J ouiu tne uaauuiauuil wiu not interpret . our present sys- tern of double taxation as dis- crifnination which must be eliminated. Each candidate will be approached for "definite interpretation." If he does not so interpret it he will receive no Catholic votes, the spokesman said. Threatens Embargo B.C. Watching Situation Feeders Barred TO ACT MONDAY VICTORL (CP) British Columbia Hill reimpose Its livestock embargo Monday if dues not agree -to stricted safeguards against foot-and-mouth disease, Agriculture Minister Harry Bowman said today. Mr. Bowman said that federal authorities had not lived up to their agreement on' control of shipments. VICTORIA The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Harry Bowman, I emu rtiutty ue hub uoncu ; to ban all cattle movements out :of Saskatchewan. He &a!d he 1 has also asked tha Federal gov-J eminent to close Immediately all Saskatchewan stockyards except ' those where immediate slaughter ! Is planned. , I "If Ottawa fails to comply with these demands, we intend i to take appropriate action wlth- L, rinv thP minkt QJ JQQ BilQ 1UUUII1 111 Saskatchewan, it was lifted on April 17. "if we do't get what v.e want from Ottawa," Mr. Bowman said, the ban will come quickly." GARDINER'S PROMISE jlnger and resident of the Port- land Canal mining camp for Newcastle Winner Again flitrltr uonrv an-a "TV.,,,.- uuy in rrincc jaiperi uenerai Hosnit.nl nftnr hnvtnrr h 0 ' brought to the city earlier In the; week. Arrangements for thei funeral. In the hands of B.C. Undertakcrs, have yet to be i made. ' Sixtv-flve vear of ace and a a bit of baseball history Friday.! T RrAnlf CfrilrA But one toss without stuff start- ''IV UICQA Jill AC ' native of Nova Scotia, Mr. Stew- ' ed him on the road to ruin.: It was the top half of the ninth1 inning and the 27year-old hurlerj was bearing down for his Chi-1 art was a veteran of World War . One and had been In ill-health I for some time. H- '? i 6 . 1 'I: -1 . . . I . . -w I ' . ' 4 5..-- I -1c ! . t Ik '.(. 1 1- N. , i ' . s . 1 ... .- ' 4 i 1 , - - It .1 M 1 It . 'i I " j, it j ki ll: r, , - , ,. t . I' " t in i - ;r ! 1 1 1 1 , f " -" t i 1 ' , . , i - r ! t 1 1 1 . , s t S r f . . " , t f - - )M a . . . 9 I ' cago Cubs with a 1-0 lead over "rated Win the Cup twice ln succes" d on a self-serve!10 the Brooklyn Dodgers. Billy Cox .aPs Jhe estimated I Z- ; si0n' That was 61 ears a0' was at plate and dashed the ; ployees went on strike for higher ' Hero of the game was Chilean-hopes of the former Dodger iwages born George Robedlo, New-farmhand with a clean single! . sLlpton staff marI. .. nf castle's tough inside left, who to the left on first pitch. Before I Itrikpttttn' Arsenal's veteran' goalkeep-the inning was over the Dodger, ; ? worTglfsS Oeorge Swindin five min-had scored three runs and;t hoJ, th , lu -utes from the end of play. The Smith Again For Atlin r c u u . Duncan Smith, who sat nito make a brief address In his first public appearance since the country's peace treaty went into eilect early In the week. No Trial For Dr. Endicott OTTAWA jJ: Tile Minister of ; External Affairs, Hon. L. B. Pearson, announces there seems little likelihood of the prosecution of : Dr. James Endicott of Toronto; or any Canadians who have ' visited Communist countries and : allegedly made untrue charges' about Canada and her allies. Mi. Pearson told ttvi House ex- ternal affairs commltttee he has, as -yet, no definite legal opinion to report. I Dr. Endicott has been asked In t j a letter elthelr to confirm or deny reports that he said, while ln ; China, that Canada was impli- : ! cated in alleged germ warfare ' In the far east. . - - Today's Stocks : (foiirtrs.T H. . JiiIiiiIuii (i. Mcl.) : VANCOUVER American Standard 26 Bralorne 6.00 B R X 034 Congress .06 Cronln Babine 44 Giant Mascot ...... ; 99 Indian Mlrres 172 Pend Oreille 610 Pioneer 2.35 Premier Border 27 Privateer 08 Reeves MacDonald 4.00 Reno , 06 Sheep Creek 1.58 Silbak Premi-er 58 Taku River .07 Vananda 13 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley .. 09 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 4.25 Oils-Anglo Canadian 8.00 A P Con 59 Calmont 1.75 Central Leduc 3.75 Mercury 30 Okalta 4.50 Pacific Pete 13.75 Royal Canadian 25 TORONTO Athona 13 Aumaque 24 Beattle DuQuesne , 53 'i Bevcourt .'. 1.18 Buffalo Canadian 28 Consol. Smelters 33.00 Conwest .'. 4.00 Donalda - 40 Eldona 23 Vj East Sullivan 8.05 Giant Yellowknife 10.00 God's Lake 50 Hardrock 13 Harricana HVi Heva .: 11 Duvex 92 Joltet Quebec 45 Little Long Lac 70 Lynx 16 Madsen Red Lake 1.88 McKenzie Red Lake 43 McLeod Cockshutt 2.81 Moneta 44 Negus .61 Noranda 74.50 Louvicourt 29 Pickle Crow 1.75 Petrol Oil & Gas 1.27 'Senator Rouyn 20 Sherrit Gordon 4.35 Steep Rock 7.00 Silver Miller 1.60 Upper Canada 184 TIDES Sunday, May 4, 1952 (Pacific Standard Time) High 9:31 15.9 feet 22:10 17.5 feet Low 3:38 9.0 feet 15:42 7.0 feet Atlin in the Legislature ald This would mean re-impo-.r. ltlon of the BC- embargo on i. 1 t m 1 j- nominated Liberal candi-1 prairie livestock. here this week. He ! The embargo was first impos- the Alaska Development Board, made known his optimistic be-j lief on return from a trip ; through - the states on several matters of business. ; The construction job is one that has been considered off and jfn " recent years, he says, as the Talya power proJeet' Sundborg said he (alked in Washington with Samuel w. Anderson, deputy administrator for aluminum in the Defense Production Administration, in an attempt to learn whether the Taiya project is included in plans known to be in the mill for expansion of the nation's aluminum producing capacity. LARGEST OF ALL Anderson, according to Sundborg, said that it is, and, in fact, Is the largest of all that are being considered. Location of the proposed plant in Alaska would be the result of availability of water " for power. Alumina chemically-refined from bauxite would bt shipped in for processing inf. aluminum. Sundborg polnt!.i out that alumina can be shipped luii& uisiaiices 101 piuceMing ii the power is cheap But one possible stumbling block to the project is that the chain of lakes from which the water would come are on Canadian soil. , 2 Sundborg said talks with the Canadians have been held afid are continuing. The problem- is somewhat complicated because jsome of the water originates. in the Yukon Territory under the jurisdiction of the Canaduiv government at Ottawa and soma in British Columbia under, pro- vincial government. . . - . The lakes which would be tap-j ped are Bennett, Lindeman, Ta-! gish Marsh and Atlin. -t To" direct the flow from them to the power house. 14 miles -of tunnel 30 feet in diameter would through solid Biailifc ilocK. . . Tne Plant reportedly would provide I.dOO.OOO kilowatts as in fM rtthmv ueF.ebr.YarL2alle mor.ths' total of the ') hours which Is 100 Me less than average. father figures for ;i of April are as fol- ! .a tdi.p'-ratuiT, 64.0 on ; tempi rat ure, 29 on . :;:p ratine. 41 2. i it barometer, 30 35 on ;i barometer. 29.08 on I'Aiwam. 10.32 In- 2.7; total, 10.59 tn- .098 hours on twenty uinti velocity, south- ' V U ID. KS NOMINATE iam pndidate f W'APT 'am. UNii: William 'n member fur IJ t(1 10 1 KH(i was llle party convention third eandirlatA alder, CCF, and ? X 1 I ,i Vv1 V - Sl"illi, Liberal nl 111 h vvms "orial rr Cup I an ,,n,,.. '"f ouciph ... , V. ..... w Thomas S. Mackay, Pro- .. A Montreal Store MONTREAL Dupiiis Freres Ltd., Montreal s largest east-end n inn t-T nt nt-k r n -r nm utpifin '.' " 1 i ' hunters who jammed the estab- j lishment to capitalize on price reduction Strikers, who seek a weekly 1 . ., t , i : ipay'uuusi, vi jiu, iiiciuae saivs clerks, mail clerks and ware-' housemen. All are members of a Catholic 'synuicaie oi uupuis rreres, an "I l"e 'n lie Confederation of Labor. Salaries now range from $25 to $30 a week. Fish Fleet Still Tied ' Beam Trawlers Awaiting Answer From Companies On Price Increase Demand Still awaiting answer from the fish companies in the demand for an increase in the price fori ground fish and ling cod, beam trawling vessels are remaining 111 poii, over uus -enu alter. having been tied up since early in the week. Another meeUn of fish oomtmnv , - renrpsentatlves 1 with those of the United Fisher- men's and Allied Workers' Union is scheduled for Mondav. Thp fisihprmpn arp nsklnff for o an overall half-cent increase from the present prices on on ; g j tsfeive vuiKNft v au e. William Duncan Smith, long j actively Identified with the , Portland Canal district, was born January 4, 1899, Edinburgh. ; United Captures Coveted f Trophy Second Time Straight j LONDON (CP) - NewcastleUnit - ed scored the soccer feat of the ; century today by defeating Ar- senal 1 to 0 to win the Football ! Association Cup for the second ! year in succession. Blackburn was the last team bal1 ,nit t?e Pst before bounc- lng into the net Arsenal's main consolation was the fact they played the iiiioi. i of the cup final with only 10 men. Wally Burns, jaged 31, the International who nlnvc riuht. hanfc frr Arcpncil ,went off the field with a knee injury twice in the first half and did not resume nlav In the ! second ! Joe Harvey, captain of the Newcastle squad, received the I coveted soccer cup from Prime Minister Winston Churchill, act- ing on behalf of the Queen who : Is still in mourning for her ! father. 1 A full capacity crowd of 100,-000 I ' packed Wembley Stadium to see the final. Gov't Wins ' ' i On Budget j 1 , OXTAwa OV-The r.,, government ! - ir . .i 111K uuvwi a ttr iiuii-';uiuiui.',icc 1 . ... . ,i, defeated motion a CCF expres- kh ! . blllK LllC UUUgb lia. lllV exempted medical -expenses en - ! tirelv tlrely from from the the income income tax. tax. meat. The CCF s non-confidence mo- ; tion said the government ignored : the wisn of the commons as ; expressed in a unanimous resolu- 1 Lown's dream of getUng the first uud no-nier in 35 years uuiiipieieiy wasnea oui. I i ik J3U5LUH nea oox qiq not! wait so long to lower the boom on the upstart St. Louis Browns. They knocked out Ned Garver by scoring nine in the sixth in-; i ning on the way to 13-6 romp. Roth tho rnHMr onrt doj Sox bolstered their league leads. . Brooks pulled half a game in; front of the Cubs in National ! and the Boston rookies opened a two game gap on St. Louis in the American. Lefty Eddie Lopat finally found the groove and stifled Detroit with two hits for 4-1 New York Yankee victory. Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 6-2 and Philadelphia Athletics outlasted Chicago White Sox 13-12 in the American League night games. In National League games played under lights the New-York Giants shaded the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in 10 innings. Boston Braves nipped Cincinnati Reds 2-1 and St. Louis Cardinals downed Philadelphia Phillies 3-2. i- ' Old Counliy FOOTBALL Football Association Cup Final (AT WEMBLEY 1 Arsenal 0, Newcastle United 1. English League 3, Division Derby County 1, Chelsea 1. Stoke City 3, Middlesbrough 2. English League Division II Cardiff City 3, Lees United 1'. Luton Town 4, Barnsley 2. Sheffield United 1, ueens Park Rangers 2. Glasgow Charity Cup First Round Matches -Celtic 1, Clyde 0. (Celtic goes into semi-final after winning toss 01 coin.) Rangers '4, Partick Thistle 3. Scotland, son of James Orrl uu, uit mm, u .,-Smith and Marlon Smith. Edu-1 'riculture. Hon. J. O. Oardlncr, ! Promised to ensure that no ced-to cated in Scotland, he emigrated """e f" Alberta allow-. are " West Summerland in 1910. ! , . , . . . ' ed Into British Columbia. He gave He served in World War I. , lnat assurance beforo the Com-1916-1919, with 100th Battalion ; mons comnllUee after George Winnipeg Grenadiers, 107th Bat- Crulcksilank (L-Frascr Valley tallon Olencampbell S c o u t s, ! warnecl tnat, unless the promise which had personnel of Mani-!wag glveu a uish Columbia toba native Indians and half-; woul(1 re-impose its embargo on breeds, among them Tom Long- j Alberta cattle. . ' boat, the famous Indian mara- cruickshana' aald British thon and Indian Joe runner Columbla llfted the embarB0 only Keeper 1 mile and 2 mile racer. agreenrenf with Mr. J?th, w,homlwer,e nnfs ini Gardiner that cattle from Al-the 1912 Olympics held In Stock- berU wou,d be allowed ln for holm. With the Third Canadian lmmedlate slaughter only. No Engineers, he was awarded the caUle were to be naowed i for Military Medal in 1917. , fatlenng purposes in B.C. pas- Mr. Smith also served In tures. 1 World War II, 1941 to 1943, with Yet wltllln the last 48 hourS( the 11th Area Signal Company, j sald Ml. crulckshank, two car-He was married In 1947 to Kay ,oads 0f feeder' cattle had come Watson, daughter of Mr. and int0 tne chllliwack area from Mrs. John Watson. , ; Alberta. District electrician for the! At Kamloops the Beef Cattle Canadian National Railways 'Growers Association telvgraph-B.C. district. 1922 to 1929, hc;ed premier Johnson and other than Grand Cou- , J " ground nsn ranging irom i2 All three opposition groups cents to five cents. . : united against the government For ling cod an increase of majority. They were Joined by one cent from five cents is ! one independent P. E. Gagnon sought. 1 (Chicoutimit. The fishermen also ask that: j. L. Gibson tlnd.-Comox-Al-the deduction of five per cent berni'i voter! with the govern- 'provincial officials urging im-Power mediate relmpositlon and partial ""beatable rom. 1 Northern B.C. iee S . . . , Sundborg said the project iW0U1Q De comparable to tnat now unaer way at ruumai near Prince Rupert in British Columbia, and would mean establishment of an industry larger thant that now basfd on all Alaska's salmon runs. It would be a greater indux- try than that of all the palp "nn" wuu-u cumu up ieu oy tun timber of the Territory, he saiS. "c vnrn a uc- cln might be reached by tho I irt Misses Vivian and Audrey Wratliall, who have been on a later became local manager, Co. Ltd., at Stewart from 1929 to 1911. From 1943 to W6, he was operator of the Falls River plant. He is now superintendent for Northern B.C.- Power Co. at Prince Rupert. Mr. Smith was elected mem ber ot the British Columbia Legislative Assembly 1945 for on weight lor Ice and slime be cut from five per cent to 2l3! per cent and three per cent I which is the deduction in Van couver. James H. Smith, well known general merchant from Terrace, who has been on a brief trip to embargo against Alberta cattle. WEATHER FORECAST North coast region A few clouds today and Sunday over the northern mainland. Cloudy 1 Sunday Little change in tern I nerature. Winds light. Lows tonight and highs Sunday at fOIt nillUJ', OV v., uaiiwoyii,, 35 and 54; Prince Rupert, 38 and 55. -fin,;. ,MK lorwartis lit H . VH.'lPnf.piTir,, fi'n the Memorial il senos in four 4cl ampionshlp for rtH lvps '"owed a haiBM over western ' thp U ,ul" tne icllPi: ursi of seven a Week ago. ;tion of March 26 calling for re-j Defense Production Administra -: moval of four per cent floor on 1 tion. medical expenses deductible from j " ; the taxable income. The budget lifted the celling the Atlin constituency, as coali- WU fcUllUlUaiC. nC WOO .ui.owv- cessful candidate for the Atlin Non-League Matches Vancouver, is due in the city 011 ; on deductible medical expenses trip south, are returning from Ayr United 2, ueens Park 1. ;the Coquitlam tomorrow evening; but left four per cent subject to : Vancouver on the Coquttiam to-Hearts 0, Hibernian 3. , on his way back to the Interior. I tax. i morrow evening. 1 riding in 1949 election.