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"Prince
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VOL.
XLI.
No.
128
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
31,
1952
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CENTS
(including
comic
section)
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Keep
the
Home
Fires
Burning,
Hubby,
or
You
May
Draw
Fire
WINNIPEG
(P
Winnipeg
housewives
may
be
able
to
lay
a
charge
against
their
husbands
if
they
don't
get
busy
and
stoke
no
the
furnace
in
cool
weather.
However,
the
Winnipeg
Real
Estate
Board
mostly
men
haven't
warmed
to
the
idea.
In
a
brief
submitted
last
night
to
city
council's
health
committee
the
board
objected
to
terms
of
a
draft
by-law
which
states
"the
person
responsible
for
the
heating
of
any
building"
must
maintain
a
minimum
temperature
of
68
degrees
between
7
a
m.
and
11
p.m.
from
Sept.
15
to
May
15.
Penalty
unar
the
proposed
by-law
would
be
a
$50
fine.
MPS
:
Prisoners
Try
To
Provoke
Rash
Move
More
Trouble
on
Koje
Conciliation
Board
To
Hear
Dispute
Union
Calls
it
"Package
Deal"
By
Tbe
Canadian
Presa
VANCOUVER.
About
7550
employees
of
the
B.C.
fishing
industry
overwhelmingly
rejected
an
employer
"package"
deal
designed
to
hold
a
line
on
wages,
a
Vancouver
trade
unionist
said
today.
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KOJK
ISIAND.
United
Nations
prison-camp
officials
expressed
their
opinion
today
that
Commu
are
"trying
to
provoke
us
Alex
Gordon,
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union
PRIDE
WINS
SWEKP
Mrs.
Keil.h
McMahon
of
Toronto's
suburban
York
Mills,
an
18-year-old
bride
of
nine
months
and
her
husband,
23,
won
$140,000
in
tbe
Irish
Hospital
Sweepstakes
when
the
Aga
Khan's
Tulyar
won
the
Epsom
Derby.
They
were
among
six
Canadians
who
came
into
sudden
wealth
as
a
result
of
holding
sweepstake
itckefs
on
winning
horses.
Three
persons
in
the
Toronto
area
and
one
near
St.
Catharines,
Ont.,
held
tickets
on
Tulyar.
Second
and
third
prizes
went
to
Canadians
in
Montreal
and
New
Westminster,
Prime
Minister
Arrives
For
Libera!
Campaigning
l'l-ernier
Hymn
Johnson
flew
into
Prince
Rupert
at;
noon
.today
and
.
will
.sp'fc!:;Ht.
,th
Civic
Centre
(TLC),
said
late
returns
yesterday
showed
about
85
per
cent
of
the
industry's
3000
shore-
workers,
500
tendermen
and
400
salmon
fishermen
were
opposed
to
the
companies'
proposal.
The
Fisheries
Association
of
B.C.
May
9
offered
tendermen
and
shoreworkers
the
1951
contract
and
proposed
prices
of
'sal
mon
be
slashed
from
-a
low
of
two
cents
on
summer
chums
to
high
of
five
cents
on
coho.
Since
ballots
were
sent
out
to
union
members,
negotiations
have
continued
and
tne
dispute
now
goes
to
a
conciliation
board.
Union
is
asking
for
a
15
per
cent
pay
hike
for
tendermen
and
33
for
shoreworkers,
plus
boosts
in
the
price
ot
fish,
from
2'2
cents
to
five.
Fish
prices,
however,
will
not
go
before
the
board
but
will
be
argued
out
between
fishermen
and
operators.
,
,
Three
Guilty,
One
Dismissed
Trial
of
four
men
in
police
court
here
on
charges
of
robbery
with
violence
conducted
this
morning
with
three
of
them
being
remanded
for
sentence.
The
case
was
heard
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
i
Awaiting
sentence
are
Angus
Brussard,
who
pleaded
guilty
to
the
charge,
and
Frank
Browne
and
Steve
Nazurak,
who
were
found
guilty.
Charge
against
the
fourth
man,
Chester
Warford,
was
dismissed.
The
charge
was
laid
in
con
nection
with
an
early
morning
rumpus
in
a
westend
rooming
house
on
May
18.
Evidence
disclosed
that
Joseph
Mandruski
suffered
injuries
and
reported
loss
of
about
$30
after
a
group
of
men
went
to
his
room
to
demand
a
drink
and
on
refusal
a
tussle
ensued.
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Norman
I
i-uier,
63-year-old
pack-
npany
executive,
was
Liberal
member
for
the
.
mn.sitituency
of
Wat-
i
ir'.h
in
one
of
Monday's
:al
by-eiecuons.
(CP
Photo)
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AWVIU)
Robert
tortile,
lfi-year-old
life-:rnni
Tily,
Alia.,
near
has
bce:i
awarded
lira
asi-rirs
of
Mountbatten
for
Ins
act
of
bravery
.ing
two-year-old
Fran-'hak
from
drowning
In
nu
I
Vulcan,
Alta.,
last
Tt
award,
presented
mil
fiic
Earl
Mountbat-Burnia,
will
be
made
y
on
a
world-
wide
;'
thi.
Royal
Life
Saving
of
England.
Robert's
iravery
was
judged
the
''jt-tanrtir.R
during
the
mumhs.
(CP
Photo)
V
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IM'.,M.Set.
Rlch-
IX,".
26,
of
Melfort,
'"(I
Victoria,
B.C.,
was
h"
immediate
award
In
ir
"f
the
Di.stingulshrd
I
Mr.i.ii
for
gallantry
''Miip
with
the
1st
m
f
the
Princess
Pa-.ttmarllan
Light
In-m
Korea.
Sgt.
Buxton
'
1,1
evacuatel
aP
was
wouiuled
while
"iiiiR
a-i
infantry
pla-"al
heat
orf
a
"fanatl-'ipse
attack
on
his
II
l't
March
28.
(CP
National
Defence
v
e
11
!!.-
14
BVron
I
I
Boss
.Inhn.
pd
by
private
plane
'"f
Liberal
political
ity
tonight.
He
"
behalf
of
J.
D.
!
'ti
,
'
seeking
re-
B.C,
(CP
PHOTO)
booming
little
centre
near
the
Alberta
border,
the
well
was
the
tenth
to
blow
In
in
the
last
two
months.
Mr.
Johnson
goes
to
Terrace
after
his
visit
here.
Mr.
McRae,
who
was
seriously
injured
in
an
accident
at
Kemano
on
May
10,
will
appear
before
the
public
tonight
for
the
first
time
since
he
returned
from
hospital
in
Vancouver.
The1
37-year-old
member
of
the
last
Legislature
is
expected
to
speak
briefly.
Beef
Price
Continues
OTTAWA.
Agriculture
Minister
Gardiner
announced
in
Commons
today
that
the
government's
floor
price
on
beef
will
be
continued
at
its
current
rate
25
cents
a
pound
for
good
steers
at
Montreal
and
Toronto
until
Sept.
1
next.
TIDES
Sunday,
June
1,
1952
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
7:26
15.4
feet
20:15
17.1
feet
Low
:.
1:35
9.2
feet
13:39
7.2
feet
Canada
Ready
for
Mass
Arming
Planes,
Guns
and
Ships
OTTAWA
(CP)
Canada's
$3,500,000,000
arms
program
has
hurdled
the
tooling-up
stage
and
the
mass
flow
of
planes,
guns
and
ships
soon
will
come
from
assembly
lines,
Production
Minister
Howe
said
Friday.
He
opened
the
debate
in
Commons
on
defence
production
estimates
with
a
6000-word
statement.
He
disclosed
that
F-86E
Sabre
jet
production
has
doubled
over
original
plannings
and
will
double
again
before
the
end
of
the
year.
United
States,
he
said,
is
buy
ing
Canadian
Sabres,
produced
at
Canadair
Limited,
Montreal,
and
likely
will
buy
more
next
year.
U.S.
also
has
indicated
it
intends
to
play
a
new
contract
in
Canada
for
a
trainer
plane.
I
Inr
nart
of
the
three-vear
$5,000,000,000
defence
program
launched
more
than
year
ago.
Howe
estimated
that
of
the
$3500,000.000
which
wili
go-
into
arms
about
$1,400,000,000
may
be
spent
during
the
1952-53
fiscal
year.
Opposition
members
were
not
in
agreement
with
Howe
that
the
program
Is
satisfactory.
Howard
Green
(PC
Vancouver
Quadra)
said
that
defence
production
called
for
long-range
planning
and
not
just
a
three-year
plan.
More
orders
should
be
placed
In
the
United
King
dom.
RCMP
Watch
For
Communists
OTTAWA
(CP)
RCMP
are
keeping
an
eye
on
Canada's
Communists
for
signs
of
Red
disorders
which
may
break
out
in
this
country.
However,
officials
doubt
there
will
be
any
disorders
despite
reports
of-
trouble
in
other
lands,
part
of
a
world-wide
design
by
Communists.
pleased
to
let
the
tennis
club
operate
the
courts,
but
"we
bet
ter
get
authority
first
before
we
turn
over
the.
jurisdiction
to
somebody
else."
Chairman
Pat
Forman
advised
tennis
club
officials
that
they
would
be
responsible
to
the
Park
Board
if
they
are
granted
permission
to
run
the
club.
Commissioner
Armstrong
said
the
courts
are
on
Park
Board
property
"and
I
don't
think
we
can
let
a
private
club
run
them
all
the
time.
They
are
public
property
and
should
be
open
to
anyone."'
Chairman
Forman
will
discuss
the
mater
with
City
Clerk,
Bill
Long
on
Monday.
Holkestad
brought
to
attention
of
the
board
the
recent
meeting
of
the
tennis
club
at
which
officers
were
elected
and
season
fees
set.
Chairman
Forman
said
the
board
would
discuss
oiteraUon
of
the
courts
and
fees
after
ho
has
seen
the
city
clerk.
OTHKR
BI
SINKSS
Other
business
included
a
general
discussion
of
parks
iin-(ContiniiPrt
on
naee
7)
tonight.
Tanned
and
full
of
enthusiasm,
the
.
leader
of
the
Liberal
party
went
directly
to
the
home
of
Jack
McRae.
Liberal
candidate
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
June
12
election.
Accompanying
the
premier
Tiere
was
Mrs.
Johnson,
Percy
Richards,
executive
assistant
to
the
premier,
and
two
news-!
papermen.
j
Mr.
Johnson
was
scheduled
to
meet
a
group
of
natives
thisj
afternoon
and
attend
a
tea
in
J
the
Civic
Centre
auditorium
before
speaking
tonight.
He
addressed
a
meeting
at
Stewart
last
night
following
a
trip
earlier
in
the
day
to
Kin-colith.
The
premier,
who
has
been
make
a
province
wide
tour,
visited
the
Peace
River
country
on
Thursday
find
while
at
Fort
St.
John
watched
crews
changing
a
drill,
bit
at
one
of
B.C.'s
newly-found
wells.
He
was
welcomed
at
Fort
St.
John
by
both
oilmen
and
agriculturists.
Tho
premier
was
given
a
spe-
ially
engraved
shovel
to
turn
the
first
sod
for
a
new
pro
vincial
building.
Six
hours
after
the
premier's;
party
reached
Fort
St.
John
an-1
other
gas
well
blew
in.
I
Located
two
miles
from
the
nist-led
prisoners
of
war
into
a
rash
move.
t
Only
yesterday,
a
prisoner
attacked
an
American
guard,
touching
off
the
shooting
incident
which
killed
five
prisoners
day
before.
Another
POW
was
killed
by
accidental
discharge
of
a
guard's
gun.
A
fifth
prisoner
died
today
and
one
of
two
other
wounded
POWs
is
In
serious
condition.
A
spokesman
tor
Bri.-Oen.
Haydon
L.
Boatner,
commander
if
the
Koje
Island
camp,
said
this
is
the
official
view:
"They
know
we
are
going
to
move
In
and
split
them
into
smaller
groups
and
they
know
there
isn't
anything
they
'
can
qo
about
it,
so
they
are
jittery
ind
are
trying
to
provoke
us
into
a
rash
move."
Camp
officials
revealed
that
the
Royal
Canadian
Regiment
company
on
Koje
will
join
the
liing.i
Shropshire
Light
Infantry
Tuesday
In
guarding
th
troublesome
compound
68.
That
is
where
the
disturbance
was
quelled
Thursday.
-
Prisoners,
came
up
with
a
new
banner
addressed
to
the
new
UN
troops
sent
to
bolster
Island
security
force.
It
said:
"Canadian,
British,
Dutch
are
employed
hy
American
Imper
ialists.
Don't
be
puppets
of
American
Imperialists."
Two
More
Navy
Ships
Arrive
On
Training
Cruise
Two
more
Roval
Canadian
Navy
ships
converged
on
Prince
Rupert
today,
bringing
another
100
cadrts
on
a
training
cruise.
The
frigates
Beacon
Hill
and
ntloni.sh
pulled
.
along
sido
IMCS
Sioux
shortly
after
10
T.m.
The
Sioux
came
to
Prince
Ru-
oert
on
Thursday
and
has
been
led
up
at
Ocean
Docks
await
ing
the
other
vessels.
They
will
remain
here
until
Tuesday
when
they
head
for
Alaska.
The
Sioux
brought
48
unl-'erslty
naval
training
cadets
md
there
wpre
another
,
10
aboard
the
frigates.
The
Antigonlsh
is
well
known
to
British
Columbians
not
only
for
her
war
record,
but
for
the
magnificent
role
she
played
during
the
drastic
1948
Fraser
Valley
floods.
It
Is
just
four
years
ago
that
the
Antigonlsh
steamed
up
the
Fraser
River
passed
New
West
minster
to
help
direct
sand
bagging
operations
throughout
the
valley
and
aid
in
evacuating
farmers
trapped
by
the
raging
river.
Altogether
more
than
ih.uimi
.
J
...
persons
were
evac.uai.ea
irum
tlood
areas,
with
tne
uanaaian
naval
personnel
taking
a
major
role
In
the
task.
After
their
return
from
Al
aska
the
three
warships
will
take
on
another
batch
of
cadets
at
Victoria
for
a
trip
to
Califor
nia.
RKCREATION
While
in
Prince
Rupert
the
navy
personnel
is
being
entertained
by
various
organizations
and
if
the
weatherman
cooperatesan
all-star
Canadian
navy
football
team
will
match
wits
with
Prince
Rupert
in
a
two-game
series.
First
game
Is
scheduled
for
this
evening
and
another
may
be
played
on
Monday.
Lt.
Noel
Langham,
.
staff
officer
at
HMCS
Chatham,
met
with
officers
of
the
three
visiting
ships
to
arrange
sports
and
other
entertainment
for
the
men.
Boston
Mother
Expecting
Quintuplets
BOSTON
(AP)
The
Boston
Post
says
in
a
copyrighted
story
that
Mrs.
Marion
L.
Manning,
27,
of
South
Weymouth,
mother
of
three
children,
is
awaiting
the
birth
of
quintuplets
in
Weymouth's
South
Shore
hospital.
The
Post
says
Dr.
Robert
R.
Ryan
of
South
Weymouth
told
Mrs.
Manning
flve
weeks
ago
that
she
would
give
birth
to
at
least
four
children,
and
after
consultation
and
X-rays
told
her
to
prepare
for
five.
,
Neither
Dr.
Ryati
nor
Mrs.
Manning's
husband,
John,
could
be
reached
for
comment.
The
birth
is
expected
in
mid
August,
the
newspaper
says,
add
ing,
however,
that
"it.
could
happeft
anytime.
-
-
Official
Mourning
Ends
Today
OTTAWA
After
four
months,
Canada's
period
of
official
mourning
for
King
George
VI
ends
today.
There
will
be
no
formal
recognition
of
the
event
but
It
will
be
signalled
by
a
number
of
little
things
including
the
disappearance
of
black
iwcktles
from
the
dress
of
a
fair
number
of
officials
from
the
governor-general
and
cabinet
down.
Officers
of
three
armed
forces
will
take
down
their
black
arm
bands.
The
Governor-General
and
Stale
Department
will
cease
sending
correspondence
elged
In
black.
A
relative
quiet
which
has
fallen
i
over
official
social
life
here
will
end
In
weeks
ahead.
Rt
.Hon.
Vincent
Massey
will
give
his
first
big
party
since
he
became
Governor-General
in
October
at
time
of
the
King's
death.
Civil
Servants
Reject
Offer
Of
Government
VICTORIA
W
British
Columbia's
10.000
civil
servants
have
rejected
the
government's
offer
of
a
five-day.
36:4-houh
week
for
office
workers
and
a
five-day,
44-hour
week
for
outside
woikers
on
a
four-months
test
basis.
provincial
Secretary
W.
T.
Straith
said
Friday
the
B.C.
Government
Employees
Association
has
informed
him
officially
of
the
rejection.
He
had
no
comment
to
make.
The
vote
was
not
announced.
In
turning
down
the
offer.
locals
of
the
association
followed
the
advice
of
the
executive.
Executive
now
will
endeavor
to
re
sume
negotiations
with
the
cabinet
on
their
demands
for
a
five-day,
"maximum
40-hour
week"
for
all
workers.
Workers
already
have
accepted
the
government
offer
of
a
five
per
cent
wage
increase
and
incorporation
of
the
cost-of-living
.bonus
into
the
wage
structure.
Halibut
Landings
Halibut
sales
were
slow
on
Prince
Rupert
exchange
today
with
only
four
boats
reporting.
Sales
on
the
exchange
were;
Frisco.
18,00,
17,
15,
12,
Pacific;
B.C.
Producer,
60,000,
17.2,
14,
12,
B.C.
Packers;
Invercan
III,
30,000,
17.1,
14,
12,
Royal;
Bessie
Mac,
10,500,
17,
14,
12,
B.C.
Packers.
Sold
to
the
Co-op:
Five
Princes,
13,000;
Dovre
B,
48,000.
Police
Raid
Paris
Red
Strongholds
PARIS
(CP)
French
police
to
day
cracked
down
on
Commu
nists
with
a
series
of
dawn
raids
on
Red
party
headquarters
and
offices
throughout
the
country.
Arms
and
ammunition
were
seized
in
a
number
of
cities.
A
raid
on
the
headquarters
of
the
Communist-led
Confederation
General
du
Travail,
In
Toulon,
uncovered
cases
of
cartridges
loaded
with
buckshot,
the
Interior
Ministry
said.
Toulon
was
the
scene
last
night
of
rioting
In
which
several
police
were
injured.
.
Armed
police
pounced
on
Red
offices
throughout
Paris
in
si
multaneous
raids.
BERLIN
(CP)
Communist
police
today
abrupty
seized
the
Hamlet
of
Buergerablage,
on
the
fringe
of
Free
West
Berlin,
and
ordered
its
43
families
to
get
out
of
their
homes.
Western
authorities
said
it
was
part
of
a
Communist
propram
to
seal
.
Berlin
off
from
the
surrounding
Russian
zone.
Labor
Man
Quits
Due
to
Politics
VANCOUVER
Dick
Hen-ham
Friday
resigned
as
vice-president
of
the
Vancouver
Labor
Council
(CCD
because
of
a
political
action
dispute.
He
threw
the
semi-annual
meeting
of
the
council
into
an
uproar
earlier
this
week
when
he
declared
non-confidence
in
the
council's
support
of
the
CCF
in
the
June
12
provincial
election.
"The
policy
was
laid
down
by
the
CCL
In
a
national
convention
to
support
the
CCF
party,"
Henham
said.
"My
feeling
Is
that
I
can't
support
that
policy."
WEATHER
-
-
Forecast
A
few
clouds
this
morning,
becoming
cloudy
this
afternoon.
Rain
beginning
late
tills
afternoon.
Cloudy
with
showers
tomorrow.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Wind
light,
Increasing
to
southwest
20
this
afternoon
and
shifting
to
south
to
southeast
30
this
evening.
Wind
shifting
and
decreasing
to
westerly
20
after
midnight.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandsplt
end
Prince
Rupert,
45
and
53.
Parks
Board
Approves
Tennis
Court
Operation
by
New
Club
Operation
of
the
tennis
courts
now
under
construction
on
Second
Avenue
West
became
a
major
topic
of
discussion
at
the
regular
meeting
of
the
Parks
Board
in
City
Hall
last
night,
BULLETINS
The
courts
are
being
built
on
I
Park
Board
property.
The
Board
endorsed
a
suggestion
by
commissioner
Art
Murray
that
the
chairman
contact
the
city
clerk
regarding
the
possibility
of
letting
the
newly-formed
Prince
Rupert
Tennis
Club
operate
the
courts.
It
was
pointed
out
by
commissioner
Bob
Armstrong
that
since
the
courts
are
on
Park
Board
property
that
jurisdiction
cannot
be
turned
over
to
a
private
club
that
will
charge
a
fee
to
all
persons
using
the
courts.
Helge
Holkestad,
club
president,
and
Ralph
Hood,
vice-president,
appeared
at
the
meeting
to
explain
their
views.
Holkestad
said
the
Rotary
Club
had
advised
them
that
they
could
run
the
courts,
with
the
result
that
tennis
enthusi
asts
have
been
working
on
the
site
for
some
time
preparing
the
ground
for
laying
of
asphalt
by
the
city
works
department.
The
Rotary
Club
Js
using
Its
funds
to
pay
for
hard-topping.
Commissioner
Murray,
who
acted
as
secretary
at
the
meeting
in
the
absence
of
Peter
Lien,
said
the
Board
would
be
very
Church
Jewels
Stolen
NEW
YORK,
Two
jewel-encrusted
crowns,
valued
by
police
at
$100,000,
today
were
reported
stolen
from
the
Regina
Pace
Votice
shrine
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
in
Broooklyn.
Police
said
thieves
sawed
through
a
bronze
grill
surrounding
the
shrine.
To
Re-finance
CNR
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Cabinet
gave
word
today
it
is
ready
to
ask
Parliament
to
approve
revision
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
financial
structure.
It
is
expected
to
take
the
CNR
out
of
the
'Reel
Stalin's
Health
Failing
MUNICH
(CP)
Radio
Free
Europe
said
last
night
Generalissimo
Stalin
has
been
advised
by
doctors
to
retire
from
all
posts
in
view
of
his
rapidly
failing
health.
Bitter
strife
in
Russia
is
being
stirred
up
on
choice
of
a
successor.